During the 06/02/2021 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will be presenting 4 Mayoral Proclamations. With the first, he proclaims June 2021 to be Pride Month in Appleton and urges “all citizens to honor, celebrate, and promote equal rights for all people, regardless of sexual orientation […]
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Mayor Woodford To Present 6 Proclamations During 05/05/2021 Common Council Meeting
During the 05/05/2021 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will be presenting 6 separate Mayoral Proclamations. 1. He proclaims the month of May 2021 as Nurses Month and called “upon all citizens to join me in honoring the registered nurses who care for all of us, […]
Mayor Woodford To Present Arbor Day and Earth Day Proclamations At 04/21/2021 Common Council Meeting
Mayor Woodford will be presenting two proclamations at the 04/21/2021 Common Council meeting. In the first, he declares April 30, 2021 to be Arbor Day in Appleton and encourages “residents to celebrate Arbor Day, support efforts to protect our trees and woodlands, and plant trees […]
Mayor Presents 4 Proclamations At 04/07/2021 Common Council Meeting
During the 04/07/2021 Appleton Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford presented 4 mayoral proclamations. In the interest of time, he did not read them, but he did comment briefly on each one. April 4-April 10 is Library Week, and Mayor Woodford signed a proclamation to that […]
Mayor Woodford Proclaims March Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
The Appleton mayor with the courage and moral insight to issue a proclamation declaring twice yearly time changes to be utter abominations will have my eternal gratitude. Until then, we have a proclamation from Mayor Woodford declaring March to be Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and […]
Mayor Issues Proclamation Encouraging Everyone To Wear Masks
In light of the WI State Assembly voting to repeal the mask mandate, Mayor Woodford issued a proclamation urging (but not requiring) the residents of Appleton to wear face coverings effective immediately.
Mayor Seeking Feedback On Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Coordinator Position
As posted last week, the city of Appleton is seeking a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator. The article on the city website announcing Karen Nelson’s departure stated that “Mayor Woodford plans to gather input from community partners who represent various, diverse groups in Appleton […]
Appleton To Seek New Diversity Equity and Inclusion Coordinator
It looks like Karen Nelson, Appleton’s current Diversity and Inclusion officer stepped down and is moving on to “a new position as Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) with Rogers Behavioral Health based in Oconomowoc, WI.” Her last day was 01/18/2021. Per the article […]
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. […]
Mayor Responds To Concerns Raised At Transit Commission Meeting
As you may recall sparks flew at the December Transit Commission meeting when commission member Dan Wilson voiced concerns that Valley Transit has not been following the correct procedures when making purchases of Covid-related supplies. Mr. Wilson ended up resigning from the commission in response […]