The Common Council met 02/17/2021. Although it did not take up almost the entire meeting as it sometimes has, the Covid 19 update did still feature prominently. Health Officer Eggebrecht was quite pleased with the numbers. On 02/17, the total Appleton cases (confirmed and probable) […]
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Candidate Information For Appleton’s 8 Upcoming Aldermanic Races
The aldermanic positions for Appleton’s 8 odd-numbered districts are up for election on the April 6 ballot. 6 of those 8 races will be competitive races. District 11 and District 15 are both particularly open because there are no incumbents running in those elections. Of […]
Common Council Meeting Scheduled For 02/17/2021
The Appleton Common Council is meeting 02/17/2021 at 7pm. Mayor Woodford will be presenting two proclamations. In the first he encourages all who can wear a face covering to do so. The second declares February 19, 2021 to be Caregiver’s Day in Appleton and encourages […]
Alderperson Joe Martin Gives 02/03/2021 Invocation – “We Are Given An Opportunity…To Reflect, To Learn, To Celebrate, and To Recommit To A Consciousness In America That Embraces All Lives And Being Equal Regardless Of Race”
On 02/03/2021 Alderperson Joe Martin (District 4) gave the invocation before the Common Council meeting. Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Martin. Alderperson Joe Martin: Thank you, Mayor. This year marks the 45th year that the America has designated February Black History […]
Majority of 02/03/2021 Common Council Meeting Taken Up By Covid Update
[EDIT: I had originally written that Health Officer Eggebrecht stated we had 7,000 doses of vaccine coming into our state on a weekly basis. Although he did inadvertently give that 7,000 figure, he corrected it to 70,000, but I missed his correction.] The Common Council […]
Common Council Meeting 02/03/2021
I was finally able to track down the agenda for the Common Council meeting on 02/03/2021 at 7pm. Apparently the calendar on Appleton.gov was not linking to the meeting details, but the meeting details were actually posted on the city’s legistar page. Download the agenda […]
Human Resources Committee Discusses Alderperson Salary Increase
The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee met 01/27/2021. One of the items was a discussion about Alderperson salary. Per HR Director Sandy Matz, this item should have been up for discussion in the fall, but with communication and routines upended due to coronavirus, that […]
Covid Update At 01/20/2021 Common Council Meeting
Health Officer Kurt Eggebrecht gave a Covid update at the 01/20/2021 Common Council meeting. He reviewed the current number of cases and then remarked that we’re nearing the one year anniversary of when we saw our first cases. The last time the Common Council met […]
Common Council Approves Committee Appointments
During the 01/20/2021 Common Council meeting, the alderpersons approved all of Mayor Woodford’s appointments to committees, commissions, and boards. Per Mayor Woodford, those appointments filled a majority of vacancies. He stated that he was really pleased to be making serious headway on cleaning vacancies up. […]
Police Chief Thomas Gives Presentation To Common Council About APD’s Human Trafficking Response Procedures
Mayor Woodford issued a proclamation declaring January 11, 2021 to be Human Trafficking Awareness Day. He asked Police Chief Todd Thomas to give a presentation to the Common Council on on how the Appleton Police Department responds to human trafficking. Chief Thomas also included a […]