The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 05/12/2025 at 6PM. They will be voting on the purchase of various materials for English Language Arts and Social Studies. They will also be voting on a request to name the new West High School […]
Year: 2025
Municipal Services Committee Meeting 05/12/2025 – Will Vote On Contract Amendment Pertaining To Planning Of Thrivent Development
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 05/12/2025 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on a request to amend the contract for the Thrivent Complete Streets Plan Review to increase the total by $20,220 for a total not to exceed $45,100. This money will be reimbursed […]
Alderperson Vered Meltzer’s Invocation At 05/07/2025 Common Council Meeting – “[The Tao Te Ching] gives me comfort. When things don’t make sense, it helps me make sense of them.”
Mayor Jake Woodford: I now call to order the Wednesday, May 7, 2025 meeting of the Appleton Common Council. Please rise for the invocation which will be delivered by Alder Meltzer. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2): Thank you. I am going to read a selection […]
Common Council Votes To Hold Request To Spend $107,000 To Hire Climate Action Consultant Until 05/21/2025 Council Meeting
The Common Council met 05/07/2025. It was one of the shortest meetings on record, lasting only 9 minutes. One item was separated out. This was the request to take $107,000 left over from a 2024 park pavilion roofing project and spend it on hiring a […]
Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Receives Updates On ADP Staffing Study And Valley Transit Bus Driver Staffing Levels
The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 04/23/2025. In addition to receiving an update on the city’s conversion from its old enterprise resource planning system to Tyler Munis, they reviewed four additional information items including the Police Department staffing study, Valley Transit staffing levels, […]
Finance Committee Approves Award Of Lungaard Park Pavilion Project Contract To Milbach Construction After Receiving Assurances There Will Be No Issues With Subcontractors, Approves Creation Of Reserve Fund For $1.5 Million In Interest Earned On ARPA Dollars
The Finance Committee met 04/21/2025. Most of the meeting was taken up with discussion on the request to spend $107,000 to hire a climate action consultant and the request to allocate $20,000 for signage in the City Center/Fox Commons complex; however, they also took up […]
Common Council Meeting 05/07/2025 – Will Vote On Request To Spend $107,000 To Hire Climate Action Consultant, Go Into Closed Session To Discuss Matters Associated With July 2024 Flooding
The Common Council is meeting 05/07/2025 at 7PM. There are a few things that might be separated out for individual votes. The most likely item is the request to take $107,000 left over from a roof replacement project and use it to hire a climate […]
Mayor Woodford To Present 10 Mayoral Proclamations During 05/07/2025 Common Council Meeting
During the Common Council meeting on 05/07/2025 Mayor Woodford will be presenting 10 mayoral proclamations. With the first, he declares Friday, May 23 to be American Legion Poppy Day in Appleton and calls “upon all citizens to join in the observance through the wearing of […]
Community Development Committee Reviews 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan For The Community Development Block Grant Program
The Community Development Committee met 04/23/2025. One of the information items they received was a review of the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Program. Per the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, “The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program provides […]
Students Who Never Attend Class Considered Enrolled But Do Not Bring In Funding – AASD Does Not Clarify If It Has Confirmed That 20 Non-Attending Students Are Still Living In Appleton
On 04/14/2025, the Appleton Area School District Board of Education received a presentation on truancy issues at AASD and the steps the Leadership Team was taking to lobby the City of Appleton to implement a truancy ordinance to help combat this problem. During this presentation […]