During the Common Council meeting on 05/07/2025 Mayor Woodford will be presenting 10 mayoral proclamations. With the first, he declares Friday, May 23 to be American Legion Poppy Day in Appleton and calls “upon all citizens to join in the observance through the wearing of […]
Community Development Committee Reviews 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan For The Community Development Block Grant Program
The Community Development Committee met 04/23/2025. One of the information items they received was a review of the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Program. Per the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, “The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program provides […]
Students Who Never Attend Class Considered Enrolled But Do Not Bring In Funding – AASD Does Not Clarify If It Has Confirmed That 20 Non-Attending Students Are Still Living In Appleton
On 04/14/2025, the Appleton Area School District Board of Education received a presentation on truancy issues at AASD and the steps the Leadership Team was taking to lobby the City of Appleton to implement a truancy ordinance to help combat this problem. During this presentation […]
Board Of Education Receives Update On Plans For Columbus Elementary Building – Will Be Used For Expanded RISE Program; Other Plans On Hold Until Referendum Projects Are Completed
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education met 04/28/2025. During the meeting they received a brief update on the plans to repurpose the Columbus Elementary School building. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: AASD Superintendent Greg Hartjes told the Board that […]
Community Development Committee Approves $10 Increase To Erosion Control Permitting Fee, 5-Year Lease To Maple Lawn Dairy To Farm Undeveloped Land In Southpoint Commerce Park
The Community Development Committee met 04/23/2025. In addition to electing a vice chair, designating a contact person, and setting the date/time of the meeting, they took up two action items. One was a request to update the erosion control permit fee to $50. The other […]
Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Approves Creation Of Social Media Policy To Help Combat Flooding Of Facebook Comments Section With Irrelevant Posts
The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 04/23/2025. Outside of electing a vice-chair, setting a meeting date and time, and establishing a designated contact person, they took up 3 action items—a request to approve changes to the Community Development Department table of organization, a […]
Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Receives Update On City’s Conversion From Old Enterprise Resource Planning System To Tyler Munis With Attention To Issues With Utility Billing Conversion
The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 04/23/2025. One of the items they received an update on what progress the city was making in moving its Enterprise Resource Planning system from an old and outdated in-house system called iSeries to a new system through […]
Board Of Education Meeting 04/28/2025 – Will Review ELA And Social Studies Purchases, Receive Annual Wellness Report, Vote On Move To Paid Time Off Leave Model
The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 04/28/2025 at 6PM. As an information item they will be receiving an update on the repurposing of the Columbus Elementary school building. They will also be reviewing materials purchases for middle and high school English […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Votes 5-0 To Deny Bartender License To Applicant With Battery Conviction
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 04/23/2025. Lasting only 10 minutes, it was a short meeting. 4 ½ minutes of it was taken up by the bartender/operator license that was applied for by Angella, who was convicted of battery in 2024. The committee ended up […]
Finance Committee Approves Use Of Carryover Funds For City Center/Fox Commons Signage With Caveat That Item Will Come Back For Final Approval Once Dollar Amount Is Known
The Finance Committee met 04/21/2025. One of the items they took up was a request to approve taking $20,006 left over from a furniture upgrades project and a lighting upgrades project and using it to cover the cost of installing new signage in the City […]