The Common Council is meeting 12/07/2022 at 7PM. The agenda is not heavy, and none of the items stand out to me as particularly controversial. Mayor Woodford will be recommending to the Council that Kara J. Homan be hired as the new Community and Economic […]
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Common Council Meets Briefly – Votes To Keep 2024 Aldermanic Salary Unchanged, Approves Special Use Permit For Holiday Gas Station And Car Wash On Calumet Street
The Common Council met 11/16/2022. It was a very brief meeting with only two items separated out. The first was the special use permit for the Holiday Gas station and carwash on the corner of Calumet and Schaefer Street that had been discussed and approved […]
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 […]
Common Council Votes Down Amendment To Reduce City Employee Pay Raise From 5% To 4%
The Common Council met 11/09/2022 and adopted the 2023 Executive Budget. They made no changes to the budget during the meeting; however, four amendments were offered all of which were voted down. The first amendment was a proposal to reduce the aldermanic parking pass benefit […]
Common Council Meeting 11/16/2022 – Will Vote On 2024 Aldermanic Salary
The Common Council is meeting 11/16/2022 at 7PM. The agenda is fairly light and most of the items do not seem particularly contentious. No video was available for either the Finance Committee meeting or the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting on 11/07/2022, so I can’t […]
Common Council Votes Again Budget Amendment That Would Reallocate Council Training Budget To Concrete Reconstruction
The Common Council met 11/09/2022 and voted to adopt the 2023 Executive Budget. The budget was adopted without changes; however, four separate amendments were proposed during the meeting, none of which were approved. The first amendment which was to reduce the aldermanic parking pass benefit, […]
Common Council Votes 12-2 To Deny Budget Amendment To Reduce Aldermanic Parking Pass Benefit – Alderpersons Talk About The Value Of The Parking Pass Benefit
The Common Council met 11/09/2022 in a special session to adopt the 2023 Executive Budget. The Council ended up approving the 2023 budget with no amendments by a 14-0 vote. Although no amendments were approved, four amendments were made and deliberated on. The first amendment […]
Common Council Holding Special Session 11/09/2022 – Will Vote To Adopt 2023 Executive Budget
The Common Council is meeting 11/09/2022 at 6PM for a special session to adopt the 2023 executive budget. Alderpersons were asked to submit amendments ahead of time, and, per Alderperson Brad Firkus (District 3), three amendments have been offered thus far, two by Alderperson Chad […]
Alderperson Vered Meltzer’s Invocation At 11/02/2022 Common Council Meeting – “Now is the time for remembering the dead and also for remembering our ancestors. Now is the time for telling their stories.”
Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Meltzer. Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2): I’m going to start tonight with a land acknowledgement. Appleton occupies ancestral lands of the Menominee tribe. For 10,000 years the Menominee ancestral lands spanned Wisconsin and included parts of […]
Common Council Receives Library Project Update – Director Gazza Outlines Scope Reduction Plans
The Common Council met 11/02/2022. They received a 10-minute update on the Library Project. Here’s a PDF of the full discussion transcript: Director of Parks, Recreation, and Facilities Dean Gazza reiterated to the Council that the city’s goal was to remain within the established budget. […]