Mayor Woodford issued a proclamation declaring January 11, 2021 to be Human Trafficking Awareness Day. He asked Police Chief Todd Thomas to give a presentation to the Common Council on on how the Appleton Police Department responds to human trafficking. Chief Thomas also included a […]
Although District 8’s alderperson Matt Reed voted in favor of putting the non-partisan redistricting referendum on the April 6 ballot, he did express concerns about the actual aims of the referendum and the practical ramifications of implementing a non-partisan redistricting process. He was concerned that […]
The Appleton Police Community Advisory Board is meeting 01/25/2021 at 6pm. No agenda is listed, but Chief Thomas did mention at the last meeting that the topic for January’s meeting would be APD’s mental health program and the way they respond to mental health calls. […]
The Finance Committee is meeting 01/25/2021 at 5:30 pm. On the agenda is… (1) A request to approve the Relocation Orders for the Richmond at Glendale, Lightning Drive, Spartan Drive, and Newberry at Kensington projects. Basically it looks like the city needs to widen the […]
On 01/23/2021 Appleton reported 8 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 8 new probable cases. Active cases rose by 4. Cases out of isolation increased by 12. There were no new deaths. Counting both confirmed and probable cases, 9.86% of Appleton residents have had coronavirus thus […]
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 01/25/2021 at 4:30pm. On the agenda… They’ll be voting on a resolution to allow the city of Appleton to negotiate with Outagamie County over the development and use of a proposed landfill. Appleton Downtown Inc. is requesting a permit […]
On 01/22/2021 Appleton reported 14 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 0 new probable cases. Active cases dropped by a whopping 76. Cases out of isolation increased by by an equally impressive 90. There were no new deaths.
The Board of Education is meeting 01/25/2021 at 6pm. There are a couple items that will probably be particularly interesting to parents. (1) In light of Ed Ruffolo’s decision to not accept a position on the board it looks like they will be reviewing the […]
I thought it would be interesting to start pulling out and highlighting the invocations that the alderpersons give at the Common Council meetings. These are nonpartisan positions and a majority of city government business is mundane. As a result the public doesn’t have the crutch […]
Appleton’s Assembly Representative is taking a strong stance on the issue of masks. Original tweet here: https://twitter.com/RepSnodgrass/status/1352807127534985216?s=19