Finance Committee Meeting 01/24/2022 – Will Decide How To Proceed With Rebranding Effort

The Finance Committee is meeting 01/24/2022 at 5:30PM. As you may recall, during the committee’s 01/10/2022 meeting they discussed a recommendation to award a contract for brand development services to Unlisted, LLC. Due to some concerns with the proposal the committee decided to hold off […]

Finance Committee Votes To Hold Decision On City Brand Contract Until January 24; Will Give Unlisted, LLC Opportunity To Respond To Concerns Raised About Proposal

The Finance Committee met 01/10/2022. Most of the meeting was taking up by the discussion regarding the request to award a contract for brand development services to Unlisted LLC. Senior Communication Specialist Sheng Riechers gave a brief overview of the memo she had submitted. She […]

Finance Committee Meeting 01/10/2021 – Will Vote On Covid-19 Related Budget Amendments, Contract For City Brand Study

Committee business is starting to get back to normal after the Christmas and New Years holidays. The Finance Committee is meeting 01/10/2022 at 5:30PM. They have multiple information items regarding construction projects and change orders. They also have 6 action items. The action items that […]

Mayor Woodford Responds To Questions About Metrics For Measuring Economic Success Of City Rebrand – Expects To Track Performance Indicators Developed In The Course Of The Brand Study

On 07/26/2021, the City of Appleton Finance Committee voted to recommend for approval the $500,000 excess general fund allocation to cover a city brand study and the implementation of that rebranding. Some residents have had questions and/or concerns about a city rebranding and the associated […]

Allocation Of Funds For Brand Study And Implementation First Step In Process – Not Approval Of Contract; Metrics Of Success To Be Determined

I’ve had a couple readers express concerns regarding the city’s plans to spend half a million dollars on a rebranding effort. Although the mayor’s recommendations regarding the allocation of the excess fund balance was referred back to the Finance Committee due to the desire to […]

City Finance Committee Approves Mayor’s Recommendations For Allocating The City’s $5.115 Million Excess General Fund Balance

The City Finance Committee met 07/12/2021 and took up two related items: Resolution #8-R-20 related to a city Brand Study and action item 21-0946 which was Mayor Woodford’s allocation of the city’s $5,115,000 excess General Fund balance. Alderperson William Siebers (District 1) asked Mayor Woodford […]