The Common Council met 02/15/2023. At that meeting, Mayor Woodford provided an update on where the Trout Museum is in its journey to gain approval to construct a museum building on the grounds of Ellen Kort Peace Park. This was touched on briefly during the […]
Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Approves Table Of Organization Changes For Police And Health Department – Will Use Grant Funding To Increase Public Health Nurse Position To Full Time
The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 02/08/2023. In addition to the reorganization of the Legal Services department the committee voted on table of organization changes for the Police Department and the Public Health Department. Both of these changes were approved unanimously by the […]
Library Board Meeting 02/15/2023 – Will Set Library Director’s 2023 Performance Goals, Receive Personnel & Policy 101 Presentation
The Library Board Personnel and Policy Committee is meeting 02/15/2023 at 1PM. The one action item on the agenda is to establish the Library Director’s 2023 Performance Goals. As an information item, they will also be reviewing a presentation entitled Personnel and Policy 101. The […]
Members Of Public Raise Concerns To Board Of Health Regarding Noise Variances Being Granted To Fox River House
The Board of Health met 02/08/2023. One of the information items they discussed was the Approved Noised Variances. I’ve prepared a complete transcript of the discussion. This item received public feedback from a couple downtown residents who had ongoing issues with the amount of noise […]
Board Of Health Receives Report From State DHS Representative On Health Department’s Strengths And Growth Opportunities
The Board of Health met 02/08/2023. There were no action items, but there were a number of information items, the first one of which was the presentation of the Level III Health Department Designation to the Appleton Health Department. I’ve prepared a complete transcription of […]
Common Council Meeting 02/15/2023 – Will Receive Updates On Trout Museum/Ellen Kort Peace Park Proposal, The 12/26/2022 Polymer Incident At Wastewater Treatment Plant
The Common Council is meeting 02/15/2023 at 7PM. The committee meetings last week were all pretty tame, so I would not expect any of them to result in long drawn-out discussions in the Council meeting, although some, such as the Legal Services reorganization, may be […]
Where Is The City At With Funding For Infrastructure Maintenance? – 8 Alderpersons And The Mayor Weigh In
Back in December of 2022, the Common Council voted to approve Resolution 12-R-22. In its original form, this resolution would have eliminated the aldermanic parking pass benefit, currently valued at $480 annually per alderperson, and reallocated the $7,200 in total funds to the Public Works […]
Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Approves Reorganization Of Legal Services Department – Will Be Called “Legal And Administrative Services Department”, City Clerk Will Be Made Deputy Director Position
The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 02/08/2023. They took up and approved several Table of Organization changes to a few different departments, but I am going to focus on the request to update the Table of Organization for Legal Services because that item […]
Board Of Education Meeting 02/13/2023 – Will Receive Mid-Year District Scorecard Update, Vote On Lease Amendment For Scullen Leadership Center
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 02/13/2023. The meeting will begin in closed session starting at 5:30PM and will continue is open session, viewable to the public, either at 6PM or when the closed session ends (whichever is later). The closed […]
Municipal Services Committee Denies Snow Removal Fee Waiver Request, Amends Prospect Avenue/5th Street Parking Trial Request, Approves State/Municipal Agreement For Lawe Street Reconstruction Project
The Municipal Services Committee met 02/06/2023. A majority of the meeting was taken up with discussion about the proposed College Avenue Lane Reconfiguration; however, the committee did also vote on a number of action items and get updates on several information items unrelated to the […]