The Finance Committee met 03/25/2024. One of the items they voted on was the request to approve the 2023-2024 budget carryover appropriations. There were two long lists of carryover appropriations which can be downloaded below along with a transcript of the discussion: The only items […]
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Finance Committee Votes Unanimously To Deny Resolution That Would Have Moved The Executive Budget Delivery Deadline Up By Two Weeks
The Finance Committee met 12/11/2023. One of the items they took up was Resolution 14-R-23 which would move the deadline for the delivery of the executive budget to the Common Council up by a couple weeks from the first Wednesday in October to the third […]
Common Council Meeting 11/08/2023 – Will Vote On 2024 Budget, Possibly Reconsider 2025 Aldermanic Salaries
The Common Council is meeting 11/08/2023 at 6PM. They will be voting on and adopting the 2024 Executive Budget. There are several proposed amendments that they will be considering. Alderperson Chad Doran (District 15) would like to add $8,000 to the Police Department budget for […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Reviews 2024 Police Department Budget – Alderperson Siebers Expresses Concern That Police Staffing Has Not Kept Pace With Growth Of The City
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 10/25/2023. One of the information items they reviewed was the 2024 Police Department Budget. The discussion was not long, but there were a couple concerns that were raised that I thought might be of note to the general public, […]
Common Council Holding Public Hearing On 2024 Budget 11/01/2023
The Common Council will be holding a Public Hearing on the 2024 Proposed Executive Budget on 11/01/2023 at 6PM. This is the opportunity for members of the public to formally comment on the proposed budget. View full meeting details here: https://cityofappleton.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1121011&GUID=A23E34D7-A2F7-4226-80A0-9DF5F38183A8
Finance Committee Holding Budget Saturday Workshop 10/28/2023 – Will Review Mayor’s Proposed Budget
The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting 10/28/2023 at 8AM. Colloquially referred to as “Budget Saturday,” this is the meeting at which the alderpersons will go through the budget that has been proposed by Mayor Woodford, make any changes they believe are warranted, and […]
Finance Committee Meeting 10/09/2023 – Will Review 2024 Legal Services And Facilities Management Budgets
The Finance Committee is meeting 10/09/2023 at 5:30PM. The one action item on the agenda is a budget amendment moving $37,400 from the Jones Park Shade Project to the City Hall Remodel Project. The Jones Park project came it underbudget so staff would like to […]
Mayor Woodford Presents 2024 Executive Budget To Common Council – Highlights Increased Shared Revenue, 2% Net New Construction, Talks About Plans To Mitigate 18% Increase In Health Insurance Costs
The Common Council met 10/04/2023. During that meeting, Mayor Woodford gave a 25 minute presentation on the 2024 Executive Budget and Service Plan. I’ve prepared a PDF download of the Power Point slides, as well as a transcript of the presentation. In some respects, the […]
Mayor Woodford Gives Budget Development Process Update, Discusses Inflationary Pressure On City
The Common Council met 09/06/2023. During that meeting, Mayor Woodford gave a brief budget development process update. He outlined some of the inflationary pressures the city is facing and indicated that of the $1.9 million the city had received in additional revenue sharing dollars the […]
Common Council Votes Down Amendment That Would Have Reduced Departments Operating Budgets And Increased Concrete Paving Budget
The Common Council met 11/09/2022 and approved the 2023 Executive Budget. Although the budget ended up being approved without any changes, four amendments were introduced, all of which were voted down. The first amendment was a proposal to reduce the aldermanic parking pass benefit budget […]