Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Fenton. Alderperson Denise Fenton (District 6): I’m a reader. I come from a family of readers. When I was a child, I would hide in my closet with a towel stuffed under the door to hide […]
Category: Common Council
Common Council Meeting 02/16/2022 – Mayor Will Recommend Retiring Finance Director Be Replaced With Deputy Director, Present Certificates Of Appreciation To Finance Director Tony Saucerman And Interim Health Officer Sonja Jensen
The Common Council is meeting 02/16/2022 at 7PM. One never knows for sure which action items if any will be separated out for individual votes. There aren’t a lot of items on the agenda that garnered much discussion during committee meetings. Resolution 2-R-22 which would […]
Alderperson Alex Schultz’s Invocation At 01/19/2022 Common Council Meeting – “What should I do with all this anger [about the pandemic] and how do I channel it into something positive and something productive?”
I apologize for the lateness in getting this Alderperson invocation video posted. This is from the 01/19/2022 Common Council meeting. Before viewing it, you may benefit from watching this clip from the movie “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” which Alderperson Schultz references: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSUgqLI88OY Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s […]
Common Council Approves Three Items – Special Use Permit For Club Car Wash, Alcohol License For Alpine Swift Restaurant, And New Parklet Policy
The 02/02/2022 Common Council was a short meeting under 30 minutes in length. Three items were separated out for individual votes, but none of those items took very long to discuss. The three items in question were (1) the Special Use Permit #1-22 for a […]
Common Council Receives Covid-19 Update – Breakthrough Cases Seem To Be Holding Steady At 20-25% Of Total Cases
During the 02/02/2022 Common Council meeting, the Council members received a brief Covid-19 update. Interim Health Officer Sonja Jensen reviewed the standard pack of slides presenting Covid-19 related data. During the previous week, Appleton had had 685 total confirmed and probable cases, then was down […]
Common Council Meeting 02/02/2022 – Alderperson Firkus Plans To Raise Issue Of Proposed Carwash On College Avenue And Kensington Drive
This week is a light week meeting-wise with no committee meetings taking place. However, the Common Council will be meeting 02/02/2022 at 7PM. Mayor Woodford will be presenting an Appleton Housing Authority appointment. Ariela Rosa is a New York City native who moved to Appleton […]
Common Council Approves Hiring Of New Health Officer, Receives Covid-19 Update
The Appleton Common Council met 01/19/2022. The meeting took less than 30 minutes. The largest portion of the meeting was the Covid-19 Update. Although it was not as long as the update, another important part of the meeting was the vote by the Common Council […]
Two Resolutions Submitted To Common Council – First Would Ban Intoxicated Bartending, Second Would Reallocate City Brand Funding For Other Purposes
The Appleton Common Council met 01/19/2022. The meeting was not particularly eventful. No agenda items were separated out for individual votes and the meeting was completed in under 30 minutes. However, the first two resolutions of 2022 were introduced at that meeting. Resolution #1-R-22 Intoxicated […]
Common Council Meeting 01/19/2022 – Will Vote On Health Officer Recommendation
The Appleton Common Council is meeting 01/19/2022 at 7PM. Of particular interest is that Mayor Woodford will be making a Health Officer recommendation. The city has been searching for a new Health Officer since March of 2021, and Public Health Nurse Supervisor Sonja Jensen has […]
Alderperson Joe Prohaska’s Invocation At 12/15/2021 Common Council Meeting – “We need Your wisdom, Your guidance, and possibly above all Your humility to seek our common good together, offering our partner Council members the dignity and worth we would desire to receive from them.”
Mayor Woodford: Okay, here we go. We’re gonna have an on-time departure. I now call to order the Wednesday December 15th meeting of the Appleton Common Council. Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Prohaska. Alderperson Prohaska: This invocation is from a constituent of mine […]