During the 09/01/2021 Common Council meeting, the Council separated two items out for individual votes. The first item was Resolution 10-R-21 regarding the scavenging of solid waste/recyclables. The Municipal Services Committee had voted unanimously to recommend for approval updated language that would permit the scavenging […]
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Common Council Receives Covid-19 Update – 65.7% Of Appleton Residents Fully Vaccinated, Cases In Residents Under 18 Rose Less Sharply Than In Overall Population
During the 09/01/2021 Common Council meeting Interim Health Officer Sonja Jensen provided a Covid-19 update. She reviewed the case counts. Appleton had 315 total cases over the two weeks prior to the 09/01/2021 Common Council meeting—160 cases over the past week and 155 cases the […]
Common Council Approves Mayor’s Appointments To Appleton’s Redistricting Committee
On 09/01/2021 the Common Council voted 14-0 to approve Mayor Woodford’s recommended appointments to the Appleton Redistricting Committee. As outlined in his memo to the Council, the committee is composed of 10 members, 5 of whom serve by virtue of their roles and 5 alderpersons […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 09/02/2021
On 09/02/2021 Appleton recorded 14 confirmed coronavirus cases and 10 probable cases. Active cases dropped by 31 to 201. Cases out of isolation increased by 54 to 9,373. Deaths increased by 1 to 67. Our current 7-day running average of new confirmed and probable cases […]
Alderperson Vered Meltzer’s Invocation At 09/01/2021 Common Council Meeting – “Instead of asking how soon we can stop wearing masks, let’s ask how long we are willing to wear masks.”
The issue of masking has been talked about a lot recently due to the Health Officer resolution, the recent AASD mask mandate, and the start of the school year. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2) gave the invocation during the 09/01/2021 Common Council meeting and took […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 09/01/2021
On 09/01/2021 Appleton recorded 25 confirmed coronavirus cases and 12 probable cases. Active cases rose by 21 to 232. Cases out of isolation increased by 15 to 9,319. After 119 days with no deaths, Appleton did record 1 death with/from coronavirus bringing our total to […]
Mayor Woodford Presents 5 Proclamations At 09/01/2021 Common Council Meeting – Senior Center Month, Childhood Cancer Month, Hmong New Year, Arts In Education Week, and September 11 Remembrance Day
On 09/01/2021 during the Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford presented 5 mayoral proclamations. In the first, he proclaimed September to be “Senior Center Month” and encouraged “all citizens to recognize the important contributions of senior centers in the Fox Cities.” In the second he proclaimed […]
Common Council Passes Amended Health Officer Resolution On 8-5 Vote
On 08/18/2021 the Appleton Common Council took up and ultimately approved Resolution 12-R-21 regarding health mandates and the hiring of a health officer. This resolution was sponsored by Alderpersons Joe Martin (District 4), Matt Reed (District 8), Sheri Hartzheim (District 13), and Chad Doran (District […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 08/31/2021
On 08/31/2021 Appleton recorded 17 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 16 probable cases. Active cases rose by 31 to 211. Cases out of isolation increased by 2 to 9,304. Deaths remained unchanged at 65 for the 119th day in a row. Appleton’s current 7-day running […]
Common Council Approves Summit Street Reconstruction With Narrow 7-6 Vote
On 08/18/2021 the Summit Street reconstruction was approved by the Common Council on a very narrow vote. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any other street reconstruction that has resulted in such a vote. As explained in the recap of the […]