[CORRECTION: I had speculated that the Appleton representative that Alderperson Denise Fenton had referenced was Amanda Stuck. Alderperson Fenton has since said that Amanda Stuck was not among the people who reached out to her. It was actually Penny Bernard Schaber.] The Common Council met […]
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Alderperson Fenton Plans To Call For Council To Suspend Rules To Deliberate On Redistricting Referendum
Tonight Alderperson Denise Fenton was planning to request to suspend rules to allow the Common Council to debate the resolution on putting a referendum on the April 6 ballot regarding non-partisan redistricting. She was going to do this because the deadline to put something on […]
Common Council Meeting Scheduled For 01/20/2021
The Common Council is meeting 01/20/2021 at 7pm. There will be a Covid update and the mayor will be presenting 3 proclamations. As I posted about yesterday, he proclaimed 01/18/2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Appleton. He also proclaimed Jan 18-Jan 22 2021 to […]
Follow-Up On the Appleton Housing Authority’s Health Insurance Situation
In light of the Common Council’s decision of 12/16/2020 to not require the Appleton Housing Authority to find their own health insurance plan, I reached out to the AHA to gain a little more insight into their health insurance situation and the options available to […]
2020 Census Response Rates
At the 01/06/2021 Common Council meeting Karen Nelson gave an update on the census results for Outagamie County. She serves as the Vice Chair for the 2020 Census Complete Count Committee. She thanked the alderpersons for their help in supporting the outreach effort to the […]
Common Council Meeting Scheduled For 01/06/2021
The Common Council is meeting 01/06/2021 at 7pm. As per usual, there will be a Covid Update, but there does not appear to be any mayoral proclamations. Amongst other things on the agenda is an ordinance regarding rezoning the Refuge property from a Public Institutional […]
Recap of 12/16/2020 Common Council Meeting
The Appleton Common Council met 12/16/2020. The meeting started out with Mayor Woodford announcing the reappointments to the Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee. As you may recall, when I posted the agenda for this meeting I had wondered about reappointments vs. vacancies. The mayor stated that […]
Insurance Liability Increased By Keeping Appleton Housing Authority Employees On City Group Insurance
Sometimes I feel a little like the man on the seashore surrounded by thousands of beached starfish who is only able to throw back a few. There are so very many Appleton city government and AASD meetings, and between work and family obligations I am […]
Common Council Meeting Scheduled For 12/16/2020
The Common Council is meeting 12/16/2020 at 7pm. There is one mayoral proclamation wherein Mayor Woodford declares September through December of 2020 to be Hmong New Year Season. The mayor will be presenting some Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee Reappointments. I seem to recall Appleton putting […]
Recap of 12/02/2020 Common Council Meeting
The Common Council met on 12/02. The meeting was quite short (only 17 minutes), which I suspect is probably fairly normal for a December meeting and something I certainly won’t fault them for. After they voted on some committee reappointments, Mayor Woodford mentioned that the […]