Transit Commission Approves Contract With New CAD/AVL Vendor – Will Replace Old Dispatch Program That Will Become Outdated At End Of 2023

The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 01/24/2023. The two action items that garnered the most discussion, were related to the potential new multi-level mixed-use transit center Valley Transit would like to build. There was, however, another action item that did result in some slight discussion. […]

Mayor Woodford To Present 5 Proclamation At 02/01/2023 Common Council Meeting – Burn Awareness Week, Transit Equity Day, Black History Month, Career And Technical Education Month, Gun Violence Survivor Week

This evening during the 02/01/2023 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will present 5 mayoral proclamations. With the first, he proclaims February 5-11, 2023 to be Burn Awareness Week in Appleton and encourages “all resident[s] to become familiar with burn prevention and take appropriate steps to […]

Public Arts Committee Meeting 02/01/2023 – Will Vote On Winners Of “Images That Define Appleton” Photo Contest

The Public Arts Committee is meeting 02/01/2023 at 8:30AM. The one item on their agenda is to review the submissions for the “Images That Define Appleton” photo contest and pick 12 pictures and2 alternates to be displayed on the Houdini Plaza Welcome Tower. There are […]

Common Council Meeting 02/01/2023 – Will Vote On Public Land Dedication Rules, Awarding ARPA Grant To RISE Apartments, Transit Center Development Items

The Common Council is meeting 02/01/2023 at 7PM. Many of the committee meetings this last week were cancelled so there are not a lot of items on the agenda. One never knows exactly what if anything will be separated out for individual votes. Items that […]

Transit Commission Discusses Mixed-Use Public/Private Transit Center Development – Approves Pursuing $25 Million Grant, Hiring Stafford Rosenbaum LLP For Legal Representation

The Fox Cities Transit Commission met 01/24/2022. They discussed and voted on a couple items related to the potential mixed-use transit center project. The first was a request for authorization to pursue a $25 million discretionary grant from the Department of Transportation to fund the […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 02/01/2023 – Will Vote On Fire Department Request To Purchase Red Wave Threat ID Spectrometer

The Safety and Licensing Committee will be holding a special meeting on 02/01/2023 at 6:30PM prior to the Common Council meeting at 7PM. In addition to several alcohol license applications, the committee will be voting on two requests from the Fire Department. The first request […]

Finance Committee Approves $1Million Affordable Housing ARPA Grant To RISE Apartments – Will Help Keep 48 Unit Affordable Housing Project Financially Solvent

The Finance Committee met 01/23/2023. A little over 20 minutes of that meeting was taken up with discussion on the request to award $1 million in American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) funds to RISE Apartments, LLC in the form of an affordable housing grant. The […]

Finance Committee Holds Two Items Until Next Meeting – Fire Station Floor Contract, Vosters Park Redevelopment Contract

The Finance Committee met 01/23/2023. The committee ended up holding two of the action items until their next meeting on 02/06/2023. One was a sole source contract for the floor epoxy in Fire Station #1’s rig room. The second was the Vosters Park redevelopment project. […]