Board Of Education Meeting 06/12/2023 – Will Receive Update On Naming Of New Elementary School

The Appleton Area School District Board of Education is meeting 06/12/2023 at 6PM. The Board will be voting on a handwriting instructional materials purchase for 1st grade as well as math standards, curriculum, and materials for Kindergarten through 12th grade. Superintendent Greg Hartjes will also […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 06/12/2023 – Will Vote On Ellen Kort Peace Park/No Mow May Resolution And Resolution To Have Appleton Join The Wisconsin Local Government Climate Coalition

The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 06/12/2023 at 6:15PM. They have two items on the agenda, both of which are resolutions. The first resolution they will be taking up is Resolution 5-R-23 which was introduced at the most recent Common Council meeting. This resolution […]

Finance Committee Meeting 06/12/2023 – Will Receive Presentation On City’s Investment Performance

The Finance Committee is meeting 06/12/2023 at 5:30PM. They will be receiving a presentation from a US Bank representative on investment performance. I would expect this to take up the most time during the meeting. They will also be voting on three action items, one […]

Municipal Services Committee Meeting 06/12/2023 – Will Vote On Parking/Traffic Changes For Two Downtown Projects, Receive May Bird Scooter Report

The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 06/12/2023 at 4:30PM. They’ll be voting on the anticipated awards of two pavement marking contracts, as well as voting on requests for various parking and/or traffic changes and restrictions. One of those parking/traffic items includes parking changes related to […]

CEA Agency Review Committee Meeting 06/12/2023 – Will Vote On Requests To Sole Source Purchase Fire Truck And Provide Letter Of Intent To Purchase Asphalt Paver

The Central Equipment Agency Review Committee is meeting 06/12/2023 at 4PM. They will be voting on two action items. The first is a request to purchase a fire truck via sole source and order it prior to 07/15/2023. The Fire Department wants to order from […]

Common Council Meeting 06/07/2023 – Will Vote On Fox Commons Development Agreement Including $4.4 Million In TIF Payments, Major Aspects Of Project Still Not Known

The Common Council is meeting 06/07/2023 at 7PM. When I posted the agenda on Monday, I said the action items all looked routine and it was hard to guess which would be separated out for an individual vote. I completely overlooked the Fox Commons Development […]

Common Council Meeting 06/07/2023 – Mayor Woodford Will Introduce New Communications Manager, Talk About Library Project Bid Opening Process

The Common Council is meeting 06/07/2023 at 7PM. This is the only committee/Council meeting taking place this week. The action items all look pretty routine, and it’s hard to guess what if any of them will be separated out for individual votes. Mayor Woodford will […]

Library Board Finance Committee Meeting 05/31/2023 – No Other Committee Or Council Meetings Scheduled For This Week

This week both has a holiday in it and also is the fifth week of the month which means no regularly scheduled committee or Council meetings are scheduled. There is, however, one meeting slated to take place. The Library Board Finance Committee will be meeting […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 05/24/2023 – Will Vote On Development Agreement To Turn City Center Into A Mixed Use Center With Housing, Supportive Services, Health Care, Retail, And Commercial Businesses

The Community and Economic Development Committee is meeting 05/24/2023 at 6:30PM. The one action item on their agenda is a request to approve a development agreement with Fox Commons Properties, LLC for the “transformation” of City Center “into a mixed-use center (Fox Commons) comprised of […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 05/24/2023 – Will Vote On Appeal Of Denial For Special Event Application

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 05/24/2023 at 5:30PM. Most of the agenda items are license related, things such as alcohol license applications and renewals, cigarette licenses, gambling machine licenses, and pet store licenses. They’ll also be approving the alcohol licenses for Mile of […]