The City Plan Commission is meeting 05/28/2025 at 3:30PM. On the agenda are two rezoning requests and an amendment to the city’s Future Land Use Map, all three of which have associated public hearings. In addition to those, they have an annexation request, a preliminary […]
Month: May 2025
Utilities Committee Meeting 05/27/2025 – Will Vote On Water Tower Coating Contract
The Utilities Committee is meeting 05/27/2025 at 4:30PM. They have one action item on their agenda which is a request to award the repainting and repair contract for the water towers at North and Ridgeway to O&J Coatings Inc for an amount including contingency not […]
Transit Commission Meeting 05/27/2025 – Will Vote On Request To Complete Purchase Of Vacant Lot Next To Transit Center Needed For Construction Of New Transit Center
The Fox Cities Transit Commission is meeting 05/27/2025 at 2:50PM. The item probably of most interest to the public is that they will be voting on a request for authorization to execute an offer to purchase the vacant lot at 222 N Oneida Street which […]
Common Council Approves Updated Park Rule Restricting Alcoholic Beverages Within 20 Feet Of Pavilion Or Playground – Pavilion Restriction Does Not Apply During Special Events
The Common Council met 05/21/2025. Although they spent the bulk of the meeting discussing the request to take $107,000 left over from the 2024 budget and spend it on hiring a climate action consultant, they did separate out one additional action item which was the […]
Alderperson Adrian Stancil-Martin’s Invocation At 05/21/2025 Common Council Meeting – “Be Brief, Baby. Be brief.”
Mayor Jake Woodford: Good evening. I now call to order the Wednesday, May 21 2025 meeting of the Appleton Common Council. Do we have an invocation this evening? Okay. Alder Stancil-Martin will deliver the invocation. Please rise. Adrian Stancil-Martin (District 11): Thank you, Chair. Thank […]
Common Council Votes 11-3 To Approve Taking $107,000 Left Over From Pavilion Roof Replacement Project And Using It To Hire Climate Action Consultant – Mayor Woodford Pushes Back On Concerns Raised About Timing Of Proposal
The Common Council met 05/21/2025. The item that took up the majority of their time was the discussion and vote on the request to take $107,000 left over from a 2024 park pavilion roofing project and use it to hire a consultant to put together […]
Board Of Education Discusses Strategies To Deal With $11 Million Structural Deficit
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 05/12/2025. One of the items they discussed was strategies for how to deal with the District’s increasing deficit. During the 2023-2024 school year AASD had a deficit of over $12 million. For the 2024-2025 school year […]
Two Mayoral Proclamations Presented At 05/21/2025 Common Council Meeting – Drinking Water Week And Hmong American Day
Yesterday evening during the 05/21/2025 Common Council meeting, two mayoral proclamations were presented. With the first, Mayor Woodford proclaimed May 4-10, 2025 to be Drinking Water Week in Appleton. Although proclamations usually include at the end a request or encouragement for residents to engage in […]
Municipal Services Committee Approves Parking Changes Near Kaleidoscope, Street Occupancy Permit Associated With Brewery In Chase Bank Redevelopment, Two-Way Street Conversion Necessitated By Confused Drivers At Mosaic Family Health
The Municipal Services Committee met 05/12/2025. In addition to voting to increase the contract with Alta Planning + Design to conduct a Complete Streets review of the proposed Thrivent Development and approving changes to create a safe walking path to Sandy Slope elementary school, the […]
Municipal Services Committee Approves $20,000 Increase To Alta Planning + Design To Perform A Complete Streets Plan Review Of Thrivent Development – Cost To Be Paid By Thrivent
The Municipal Services Committee met 05/12/2025. One of the items they took up was the request to approve an amendment to the contract with Alta Planning + Design for a Complete Streets plan review of the Thrivent Development. The increase is for $20,220 increasing to […]