The issue of the 2024 aldermanic salaries has been referred back to the Human Resources and Information Technology Committee for further discussion. The committee will be discussing and voting on an amendment offered by Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2) during the 11/02/2022 Common Council meeting […]
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Common Council Approves Updated Street Terrace Policy Allowing Residents To Plant Vegetable Gardens In Terraces
The Common Council met 11/02/2022. One of the items they took up was the request to approve modifications to the City of Appleton Street Terrace Policy. The main modifications being voted on were to allow residents to plant vegetable gardens up to 36” high and […]
Common Council Meeting 11/02/2022 – Will Receive Library Project Update; Vote On Street Terrace Policy, 2024 Alderperson Salaries, Non-Union Employee Compensation, Wastewater Rate Increase
The Common Council is meeting 11/02/2022 at 7PM. Mayor Woodford will be presenting a number of proclamations. The Council will also receive an update on the Library Project. There seemed to be some technical issues with the videos of the committee meetings last weeks. A number […]
Common Council Holding Public Hearing On 2023 Budget On 11/02/2022
The Common Council will be holding a public hearing on the proposed 2023 budget on 11/02/2022 at 6PM. This is a formal opportunity for the public to provide feedback on the 2023 budget. Mayor Woodford gave a high-level overview of the budget to the Common […]
Alderperson Nate Wolff’s Invocation At 10/19/2022 Common Council Meeting – “Today, I will be reading, in its entirety, ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe.”
Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alder Wolff. Alderperson Nate Wolff (District 12) Thank you. All right. Today, I will be reading, in its entirety, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. Awesome. However, due to time constraints and the likelihood that I would […]
Human Resources And Information Technology Committee Recommends No 2024 Salary Increase For Common Council Members
The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 10/26/2022. One of the items they took up was a request to approve aldermanic salaries for 2024. (As a note, salary changes are voted for 1 ½ years ahead of time because currently service alderpersons are not […]
Common Council Approves Amendment To Comprehensive Plan Codifying Vision For Soldier’s Square
The Common Council met 10/19/2922. It was a relatively brief and uneventful meeting. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was a request to approve an amendment to the city’s Comprehensive Plan regarding the Soldier’s Square/YMCA Parking Ramp area. The change would […]
After Alderperson Doran’s Motion To Amend Is Ruled Out Of Order, Common Council Unanimously Approves 2023 Add-On Water Main Replacement Project List
The Appleton Common Council met 10/19/2022. It was not a long meeting, clocking it at just under 24 minutes long. When I posted the agenda for the meeting, I noted that there didn’t seem to be any particularly controversial items or even any items that […]
Common Council Meeting 10/19/2022 – Agenda Items All Seem Uncontroversial
The Common Council is meeting 10/19/2022 at 7PM. It looks like it has the potential to be a fairly uneventful meeting. There are neither proclamations nor anything else listed under the “Business Presented By The Mayor”, and, in looking at the various items to be […]
Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim’s Invocation At 10/05/2022 Common Council Meeting – “Lord, help us here in this chamber and in our own neighborhoods to give each other the benefit of the doubt, and to trust that we each have the same end goals of helping this city and everyone in it to grow and thrive.”
Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Hartzheim. Alderperson Sheri Hartzheim (District 13): My dad was often famous, or maybe I mean infamous, for the phrase “I once thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken.” He also really liked the song “It’s […]