The Appleton Common Council met 10/06/2021. At slightly less than 30 minutes, it was a short meeting, with most of the time taken up by information items. The Council did not separate any of the action items out for individual votes, and the balance of […]
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Common Council Meeting 10/06/2021 – Will Vote On Transportation Utility Study Contract, WE Energies Trail Design Contract, Schaefer Street Rezoning Request
The Appleton Common Council is meeting 10/06/2021 at 7PM. Mayor Woodford will be presenting 6 mayoral proclamations. The Council will also receive a Covid-19 Update. There aren’t a lot of items on the agenda since only 4 committees met between this Council meeting and the […]
Common Council Receives Library Project Update; Briefly Discusses Budget
During the 09/15/2021 Common Council meeting, the Council received an update on the Library Project. Mayor Woodford noted that it had been about a year to the day that the city had announced their change in direction and new focus on the existing library site. […]
Alderperson Brad Firkus’ Invocation At 09/15/2021 Common Council Meeting – “We keep paddling, doing what we can to move ourselves and our community closer to the end of the pandemic. Even if everyone’s not paddling in the same direction, and some of those people are fighting to make reaching the finish line harder than it has to be, we keep paddling, because on the other end of this is where we want to be standing, and standing still doesn’t get us there.”
Alderperson Brad Firkus delivered the invocation at the 09/15/2021 Appleton Common Council meeting. Mayor Woodford: “Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Firkus.” Firkus: “Thank you. For a time in my early 20s I worked as a cook. I had worked in a kitchen since […]
Common Council Receives Covid-19 Update At 09/15/2021 Common Council Meeting – Between September 1 And September 15, Breakthrough Cases In Fully Vaccinated Appleton Residents Accounted For 30% Of Cases
During the 09/15/2021 Common Council meeting Interim Health Officer Sonja Jensen presented a Covid-19 Update. I won’t run through the various numbers she gave regarding cases and vaccination rates because those will already be out of date other than to note that community vaccination rates […]
Common Council Approves 8.5% Alderperson Salary Increase With 10-3 Vote – New Salary Will Be Effective April 2023
On 09/15/2021 the Appleton Common Council voted 10-3 to increase the Alderperson salary from $6,221 per year to $6,750 per year effective April of 2023. Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim (District 13) who had chaired the Human Resources and Information Technology Committee meeting from which this recommendation […]
Common Council Approves Afghani Refugee Resolution – Council Members Discuss Differing Philosophies On Resolution-Writing
On 09/15/2021 the Appleton Common Council took up Resolution #13-R-21 “Support for Resettlement of Afghanistan Parolees in Appleton”. The discussion revolved around two main issues (1) what, if any call to action did the resolution have, and (2) a more philosophical debate about the value, […]
Common Council Meeting 09/15/2021 – Will Vote On Afghani Refugee Resolution And Alderperson Salary Increase
The Appleton Common Council is meeting 09/15/2021 at 7PM. Amongst other things, there will be a library project update and a Covid-19 update as well as two reappointments (one to the Appleton Redevelopment Authority and one to the City Plan Commission). Although one never knows […]
Editing Error Led To Alderperson Being Incorrectly Listed As Resolution Sponsor
While I recognize that this isn’t a hugely important thing, I was curious as to how Alderperson Brad Firkus (District 3) was incorrectly listed as a co-sponsor of the Afghani Resettlement Resolution when he hadn’t even seen the text of the resolution yet. I reached […]
Afghani Resettlement Resolution And Vehicle Noise Resolution Introduced At 09/01/2021 Common Council Meeting – Alderperson Firkus Incorrectly Listed As Cosponsor On Afghani Resettlement Resolution
Two resolutions were submitted at the 09/01/2021 Common Council meeting. The first was Resolution #13-R-21 Support for Resettlement of Afghanistan Parolees in Appleton. There was a slight hiccup with this resolution. Alderperson Brad Firkus (District 3) was initially listed as being a cosponsor of the […]