On 03/17/2021 the Appleton Common Council voted to approve the Finance Committee’s recommendation and award a design and engineering services contract for the Appleton Public Library to the company Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM). The vote itself was uneventful. There was no discussion and it […]
Category: Common Council
Common Council Approves The Donation Of 200 Unused Hospital Beds Purchased For The Pandemic
During the 03/17/2021 Common Council meeting the Common Council took up the proposal to get rid of the 200 surplus hospital-style beds the city purchased in the early days of the pandemic through the WG&R “Brighter Dreams” program. The city would get refunded 25% of […]
Neighbors To No Longer Have Say In Second Curb Cut Requests
The saga of Tyler and his request for a second curb cut has fully come to an end. For Tyler himself, the issue was resolved at the 03/03/2021 Common Council meeting at which he was granted his appeal for a second curb cut, but his […]
Common Council Does Not Vote On Proposal To Raise Alderperson Salary By $4,000; Item Refered Back To Committee
The Appleton Common Council met 03/17/2021. One of the items they took up was the discussion of the alderperson salary. The recommendation from the committee was to increase the alderperson salary from $6,221 to $10,125 beginning April of 2023. Mayor Woodford asked if there was […]
Common Council Meeting Scheduled For 03/17/2021
The Appleton Common Council is meeting 03/17/2021 at 7pm. The most interesting item of the evening will most likely be the discussion about increasing the Alderperson Salary. Alderperson Joe Martin is pushing for the salary to be increased from $6,221 to $10,125. Alderperson and Common […]
Appleton’s Common Council Vice President Katie Van Zeeland’s Statement On Alderperson Salaries
Here’s Alderperson and Common Council Vice President Katie Van Zeeland’s statement on the upcoming discussion and possible vote on the salary for Alderpersons. https://www.facebook.com/AlderpersonVanZeeland/posts/745705279464368
Alderperson William Siebers’ Invocation At 03/03/2021 Common Council Meeting – It Is My Most Sincere Prayer As We Begin This Meeting…That We May Prove Worthy Of The Confidence Placed In Us By Our Fellow Citizens
Alderperson William Siebers (District 1) gave the invocation at the 03/03/2021 Common Council meeting. Mayor Woodford: “Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Siebers.” William Siebers: “Thank you, your honor. Uh, with a prayer in part being an earnest wish or hope, it is my […]
Homeowner Granted Second Curb Cut
The human interest story of the 03/03/2021 Common Council meeting was whether or not Tyler was going to be granted his request for a second curb cut. I honestly find things like this to be some of the more interesting things to watch local government […]
Covid-19 Update At The 03/03/2021 Common Council Meeting
At the 03/03/2021 Health Officer Kurt Eggebrecht gave a Covid-19 update. On 03/03 Appleton hit a milestone of 8,000 cases to date since the beginning of the pandemic. On 03/03 Appleton had 279 currently active cases, meaning people who were at home in isolation. Unfortunately, […]
Appleton Police And Fire Departments Receive Mental Health Grants
During the 03/03/2021 Appleton Common Council meeting former Alderperson Curt Konetzke appeared and presented two grants from the International Association of Clear Thinking, one to the Appleton Police Department and the other to the Fire Department, to provide mental health services to their officers and […]