Finance Committee Approves $1Million Affordable Housing ARPA Grant To RISE Apartments – Will Help Keep 48 Unit Affordable Housing Project Financially Solvent

The Finance Committee met 01/23/2023. A little over 20 minutes of that meeting was taken up with discussion on the request to award $1 million in American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) funds to RISE Apartments, LLC in the form of an affordable housing grant. The […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves 2023 Grant Allocations For Community Partners – Representatives From Pillars, Habitat, Rebuilding Together Fox Valley, And WWBIC All Express Gratitude

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 11/09/2022. The one item on the agenda was a request to approve the preliminary 2023-2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Community Partner Funding Allocations. This was approved 3-0. I’ve prepared a transcript of the full meeting which you […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Meeting 11/09/2022 – Will Vote On Community Development Block Grant Allocations For 2023

The Community And Economic Development Committee is meeting 11/09/2022 at 4:30PM. There is one item on the agenda which is a request to approve the Preliminary 2023-2024 Community Development Block Grant Funding Allocation Recommendations. The city had $589,453 to allocate, $460,624 of which was available […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes On Two Grants For Fire Department, Receives Update On Third

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 09/28/2022. They voted on two grants received by the Fire Department and received an update from Fire Chief Hansen on another grant. The first grant they voted to approve was FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) for a Regional […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Police Department Mid-Year Report, Updates On APD Grants, Recruitment Report

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/13/2022. They received several updates from Police Chief Todd Thomas. The first was the 2022 Appleton Police Department Mid-Year Report. This was basically a three-page summary of significant events from 2022. Chief Thomas did not go through it in […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Fire Department Update – Learns About EMS Flex Grant Application, New Fire Department Public Education Specialist

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 07/13/2022. One of the information items they received was a director’s report from Fire Chief Jeremey Hansen. He started off by talking about the EMS Flex Grant. In February of 2022, Governor Evers allocated $12 million in state ARPA […]

Common Council Approves $250,000 In ARPA Grants To Mental Health Providers And Community Events Organizations

The Common Council met 03/16/2022. One of the items that they took up was the allocation of $250,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to various organizations that provide mental health services as well as to Appleton Downtown Inc for services to the local […]

Common Council Meeting 03/16/2022 – Will Take Up “No Mow May” Resolution, Reallocation Of Brand Funds Resolution, And ARPA Grants

The Common Council is meeting 03/16/2022 at 7PM. As was announced at the last Common Council meeting there will be no Covid-19 Update. There will also be no Mayoral Proclamations; however, Mayor Woodford will be making two commission/committee appointments. He’ll be recommending for appointment Jeri […]

Community And Economic Development Committee Approves $250,000 In ARPA Grant Allocations – Receives Summary Of What Those Funds Will Be Used For

The Community and Economic Development Committee met 03/09/2022. One of the items they took up was the allocation of American Rescue Plan Act grant funds to various organizations that provided mental health services. The allocation was approved but not without some discussion that included a […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Fire Department’s Request To Provide Confined Space Services To Purina; Reviews Two Grant Applications AFD Submitted

The Safety And Licensing Committee had several Fire Department related items on the agenda of their 01/12/2022 meeting. The first was an action item requiring a vote on a request from Fire Department to enter a contract with Purina Animal Nutrition to provide confined space […]