Common Council Votes Down Resolution Calling For City Parking Facility Management Study

The Common Council met 02/07/2024. One of the items they voted on was the Parking Facility and Management Study Resolution. This resolution called for staff to seek out a consultant to study and assess the city’s parking assets, including the downtown parking ramps, put together […]

Common Council Approves Use Of $134,000 In Grant Funds For Library Project – Declines To Clarify That The Funds Will Not Be Used To Increase Project’s Scope

The Common Council met 02/07/2024. One of the items they separated out for an individual vote was Resolution 1-R-24 which called to utilize $134,180 in Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds for the library project. The Finance Committee had recommended this resolution for approval by […]

Common Council Meeting 02/07/2024 At 7PM – Will Vote On Parking Facilities Study Resolution, Resolution To Use Efficiency And Conservation Block Grant Funds For Library Project

The Common Council is meeting 02/07/2024 at 7PM. There are a number of items on the agenda that may be separated out for an individual vote. Those include: View full meeting details here:  https://cityofappleton.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1143129&GUID=956D9EB8-0937-4FEB-BBFE-1F267D82ACB9

Resolution Introduced That Would Direct $134,000 In Efficiency And Conservation Block Grant Funds Toward Qualifying Library Project Initiative

The first resolution of 2024 was introduced at the 01/17/2024 Common Council meeting. Resolution 1-R-24 is the Resolution for Use of Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Funds and calls for $134.180 in Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds from the Department of Energy to be […]

Common Council Holds Parking Facility Study Resolution Until Next Meeting To Give Resolution’s Author A Chance To Participate In Discussion

The Common Council met 01/17/2024. It was a brief meeting lasting only around 13 minutes. The one action item that was separated out for individual discussion was the Parking Facilities Study Resolution. This resolution calls for staff to seek the services of a consultant to […]

Common Council Meeting 01/17/2024 – Will Vote On Parking Facilities Study Resolution

The Common Council is meeting 01/17/2024 at 7PM. There have only been a few committee meetings since the Council last met, so there are not a lot of action items on the agenda. The Parking Facilities Study Resolution will almost certainly be separated out for […]

Proposed Rental And Fee Schedules For Houdini Plaza And Jones Park Referred Back To Parks And Recreation Committee For Further Discussion

The Common Council met 12/20/2023. During that meeting, Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9) requested that both of the Parks and Recreation agenda items be referred back to the committee for further discussion. The proposed revised Houdini Plaza Rental and Fee Schedule would include a $25 […]

Alderperson Schultz Asks People During The Holidays To Remember People Held In Captivity By Hamas

During the “Other Business” portion of the Common Council meeting, Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9) took a moment to briefly mention the 8 Americans and 130 other people currently being held in captivity by Hamas. Mayor Jake Woodford: Alder Schultz. Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9): […]

Common Council Votes 8-4 To Deny Resolution That Would Have Used ARPA Dollars To Fund 10 Flock License Plate Reader Cameras

The Common Council met 12/20/2023. The agenda item that took up the most amount of discussion was Resolution 13-R-23 which would have reallocated $125,000 in ARPA funds to pay for the 5-year lease and maintenance of 10 additional Flock license plate reader cameras. [The initial […]

Common Council Votes 11-1 To Deny Resolution That Would Have Bumped Up Deadline To Deliver Executive Budget By 2 Weeks

The Common Council met 12/20/2023. One of the items they took up was Resolution 14-R-23 which, if passed, would have bumped up the deadline for the delivery of the Executive Budget to the Common Council by a couple of weeks from the first Wednesday in […]