Alderperson Israel Del Toro’s Invocation At 04/05/2023 Common Council Meeting – “As I look in this room, I don’t see a truly diverse representation of Appleton…yet. I don’t see a celebration of our diversity. Instead, I see the seeds of divisiveness.”

Mayor Jake Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Del Toro. Alderperson Israel Del Toro (District 4): First off, I want to congratulate my colleagues who were reelected to represent your districts last night, welcome our new colleague who has big shoes to fill, […]

Common Council Meeting 04/05/2023 – Will Vote On 1-Year Bird Scooter Agreement, College Avenue Lane Change

The Common Council is meeting 04/05/2023 at 7PM. The action items are for the most part routine, but there are a couple of items of note. The Council will be voting on a recommendation to approve a 1-year agreement with Bird Rides, Inc for an […]

Common Council Approves Infrastructure Maintenance Projects With Scope Reductions And Delays – Alderpersons Hartzheim And Doran Express Concern About Putting Off Infrastructure Maintenance

The Common Council met 03/15/2023. 3 items from the Finance Committee were separated out for individual votes. These were the three infrastructure maintenance projects that were discussed during the committee meeting, the wastewater treatment plant hardscape project, the 2023 concrete pavement projects, and the 2023 […]

Resolution To Eliminate No Mow May Introduced At 03/15/2023 Council Meeting In Response To Retraction Of Study Used To Support Passage Of Original No Mow May Ordinance Changes

At the 03/15/2023 Common Council meeting, Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15) introduced a resolution to eliminate the No Mow May program as a permanent part of the city’s ordinances, delete references to it from the city code, and return the related city code to the […]

Alderperson Alex Schultz’s Invocation At 03/15/2023 Common Council Meeting – “I just encourage you as you think about Atheist Day, to not think about atheism but think about your own religion if you practice it and consider doing things instead of just living behind the words of their religion, live behind the actions of religion.”

Mayor Jake Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Schultz. Alderperson Alex Schultz (District 9): Never easy to follow George. That I know. One second here. I just lost it. Well, I may have to wing it. So, I struggled a little bit with […]

Common Council Meeting 03/15/2023 – Will Vote On Projects That Required Cost-Cutting Measures To Stay Within Budget, Request To Extend Completion Deadline For Merge LLC Development

The Common Council is meeting 03/15/2023 at 7PM. In keeping with the last few meetings, there do not seem to be any particularly momentous or controversial items that one would expect to generate much discussion. It is possible that, as at the previous Council meeting, […]

Common Council Meeting On 03/01/2023 Lasts Only 8 Minutes – Mayor Woodford Asks The Public To Donate To Multiple Sclerosis Fundraising Effort So He Doesn’t Have To Sing In Front Of De Pere Residents

The Common Council met 03/01/2023. It was probably one of the shortest Common Council meetings on record, clocking it at around 8 minutes. I’ve prepared a PDF transcript of the meeting for your downloading pleasure. Not only was the meeting short in length, it was […]

Alderperson Vered Meltzer’s Invocation At 03/01/2023 Common Council Meeting – “I would like to share a poem with you tonight by Mary Oliver.”

Mayor Jake Woodford: Good evening I now call to order the Wednesday March 1, 2023 meeting of the Appleton Common Council. Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Meltzer. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2): Thank you. I would like to share a poem with you […]

Common Council Meeting 03/01/2023 – Will Vote On Complete Streets Study Scope, Items Related To Valley Transit’s Whitman Avenue Facility Remodel

The Common Council is meeting 03/01/2023 at 7:00 PM. There are not a lot of action items on the agenda, but there were a few items that garnered discussion at the committee level and may end up being separated out for individual votes. The scope […]

Alderpersons Del Toro, Meltzer, Fenton, Schultz, And Wolff Introduce Resolution That Would Ban The Use Of Chemical Fertilizer And Pesticides On Properties Smaller Than 5 Acres Within The City Of Appleton

During the 02/15/2023 Common Council meeting, the first resolution of 2023 was introduced. Resolution 1-R-23, entitled “On The Adoption of Language To Control The Unintended Misuse or and Overuse of Pesticides, Herbicides and Fertilizers or Public Property” was submitted by Alderpersons Israel Del Toro (District […]