During the Common Council meeting later today on 02/05/2025 Mayor Woodford will be presenting two mayoral proclamations. With the first, he proclaims February 2-8, 2025 to be Burn Awareness Week in Appleton and encourages “all residents to become familiar with burn prevention and take appropriate […]
Year: 2025
AASD Board Of Education Approves New Attendance Boundaries For Edison Elementary – Will Include Former Columbus Attendance Area, Parts Of Franklin And Dunlap Attendance Areas
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 01/27/2025. One of the items they discussed and voted on was the request to set new attendance boundaries for Edison Elementary school to be effective for the 2025-2026 school year. This was prompted by the decision […]
Common Council Meeting 02/05/2025 – Will Vote On Bartender License For Applicant With History Of OWI, Use Of Grant For Purchase Of Electric Vehicle, Authorization For Emergency Replacement Of Water Treatment Plant’s Sodium Hypochlorite Tanks
The Common Council is meeting 02/05/2025 at 7PM. There are a few items on the agenda that stand out as noteworthy. Katherine applied for a bartender/operator license. She has a history of OWI, but she also potentially has documentation of her release from probation which […]
Posting Will Resume Tomorrow
Last week was a 5th week in the City of Appleton’s committee and Council meeting schedule. Typically, that means there are no meetings. Last week there were two special meetings, one for the Library Board and one for the Community and Development Block Grant Advisory […]
Finance Committee Meeting 02/05/2025 – City Staff Seeking Emergency Authorization To Replace Water Treatment Plant’s 3 Sodium Hypochlorite Tanks
The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting 02/05/2025 at 6:45PM prior to the 7PM Common Council meeting. They will be voting on a request o approve the emergency replacement of the sodium hypochlorite (bleach) tanks at the Appleton Water Treatment Facility. The tanks were […]
Library Board Approves Donor Associated Named Spaces – Donor And Board Member Tells Personal Story Related To Dedication On Plaque
The Library Board met 01/30/2025. They had one item on the agenda which was a request to approve the Named Spaces associated with donors in the library. The meeting lasted less than 10 minutes, and, after making one amendment to the name to be displayed […]
CDBG Advisory Board Makes Preliminary Grant Allocation Recommendations – Awards Pillars Full Amount Requested, Decreased WWBIC Award To $0
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Advisory Board met 01/28/2025 and set the preliminary allocations for the 2025-2026 CDBG allocations for private community partners. City staff estimated that there would be approximately $145,000 available to be divided among non-public partners and provided the initial recommendations: […]
City Plan Commission Receives Update On Update To City’s Comprehensive Plan
It’s a quiet week this week with only a couple committee meetings, so I would like to go back to earlier this month to the 01/08/2025 City Plan Committee meeting. During that meeting the commission received an update on the current efforts to update the […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Holds Delaire’s Alcohol License Application Until 02/12/2025 Committee Meeting – Hold Will Give Time To Police Department To Conduct Further Investigation Into Gambling Concerns
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 01/22/2025. The largest portion of the meeting was taken up with a discussion about how to proceed with the alcohol license application for Delaire’s. Concerns have been raised that the owner, David Boulanger, plans to operate illegal gambling machines […]
Community Development Block Grant Advisory Board Meeting 01/28/2025 – Will Vote On Preliminary Allocations Of Grant Funds To Private Entities
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Advisory Board is meeting 01/28/2025 at 11AM. They will be discussing and voting on the preliminary 2025-26 community partner allocations of CDBG funds. The Community Development Committee already voted to approve a preliminary allocation of $443,231 of expected CDBG […]