The Library Board is meeting 02/25/2025 at 5PM. The meeting will be in the Cornerstone Conference Room of the Appleton Public Library so I would assume it will not be live streamed or recorded. The action items look fairly routine, including approval of monthly bill […]
Month: February 2025
Utilities Committee Meeting 02/25/2025 – Will Vote On Sole Source Native Landscape Management Contract With NES Ecological Services
The Utilities Committee is meeting 02/25/2025 at 4:30PM. They have one action item on their agenda which is a request to award a sole source contract with NES Ecological Services for $181,899.05 to provide native landscape management. An initial contract with NES was awarded in […]
Fox Cities Transit Commission Meeting 02/25/2025 – Will Receive 2024 Year End Performance Report, Review Ridership Numbers
The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 02/25/2025 at 2:50PM. They have two action items on the agenda. The first is the routine approval of payments for November, December, and January. The second is a request to extend their 2020 contract with Red Shoes Inc […]
Finance Committee Meeting 02/24/2025 – Will Vote On Pierce Park Pavilion Renovation Contract
The Finance Committee is meeting 02/24/2025 at 5:30PM. They will be voting on a number of requests to award various contracts for scheduled 2025 projects. The one that is probably of most interest to the Public is the $391,300 2025 Pierce Park pavilion renovation contract. […]
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 02/24/2025 – Will Receive Final Report On College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration, Vote On 2025 DPW Fee Schedule
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 02/24/2025 at 4:30PM. They will be receiving a final report on the College Avenue lane reconfiguration and voting on a request to approve the changes. Crashes are down by 12.7% and overall speed of vehicles has decreased slightly since […]
Alderperson Patrick Hayden Introduces Resolution To Change City’s Carbon Emission Reduction Goals
During the 02/19/2025 Common Council meeting, Alderperson Patrick Hayden (District 7) introduced resolution 2-R-25 entitled “Appleton Sustainability Advisory Panel’s Emissions Reduction Recommendation.” The city currently has a goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or earlier. If passed as written, this resolution would […]
AASD Board Of Education Meeting 02/24/2025 – Will Vote To Not Enforce Existing Title IX Nondiscrimination Policy, Will Keep In Place Other Policies That List Gender Identity As A Protected Class
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 02/24/2025 at 6PM. They have a full agenda for the meeting that includes a review of middle school geography curriculum materials and a report on the District’s K-12 long-range library media plan. They will receive […]
Alderperson Martyn Smith’s Invocation At 02/19/2025 Common Council Meeting – “[T]here are principles that are larger than our small moment in time, and when it comes to those principles, we should ourselves be fortified walls of bronze.”
Mayor Woodford: Please rise for the invocation which will be delivered by Alder Smith. Alderperson Martyn Smith (District 4): This term, I’m teaching a course on the Hebrew Bible, and we spent some weeks reading through the great writing prophets. This time around, I read […]
Common Council Authorizes City Staff To Negotiate An Agreement With Wisconsin Entertainment Group To Manage City’s Independence Day Celebration
The Common Council met 02/19/2025. One of the items they took up was a request to approve a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Appleton and Wisconsin Entertainment Group, LLC to manage the City of Appleton Independence Day Celebration. The item was confusingly worded. […]
Common Council Approves Use Of $134,180 Grant To Purchase Electric Vehicle And Install Charging Station
The Common Council met 02/19/2025. One of the items they voted on was a request to accept a $134,180 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant to be used for the purchase of an electric vehicle and the installation of a charging station. The city had […]