Common Council Meeting 06/18/2025 – Will Vote On Resolution To Rename Memorial Park “Veterans Memorial Park”

The Common Council is meeting 06/18/2025 at 7PM. Right now there are no mayoral proclamations listed or any other business to be presented by the mayor. I would expect that the main item up for discussion by the Common Council will be Resolution 4-R-25 which […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Presentation On District Efforts To Curb Student Absenteeism And Truancy

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 06/11/2025. The committee spent nearly 40 minutes receiving and discussing an update from the Appleton Area School District regarding the initiative to bring back an anti-truancy ordinance in the City of Appleton. AASD Superintendent Greg Hartjes as well as […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Votes 3-2 To Recommend Appleton Memorial Park Be Renamed “Veterans Memorial Park”

The Parks and Recreation Committee met 06/09/2025 and spent nearly 90 minutes discussion Resolution 4-R-25 which calls for Appleton Memorial Park to be renamed “Veteran’s Memorial Park” and for a plan to be developed to relocate select existing memorials to the park and to add […]

Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 06/09/2025 – Will Vote On Resolution To Rename Memorial Park To “Veteran’s Memorial Park”

The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 06/09/2025 at 6PM. They have one action item on their agenda which is Resolution 4-R-25 which would rename Memorial Part to Veteran’s Memorial Park, calls for the creation of a plan to move various existing memorials to the […]

Alderpersons Hayden, Van Zeeland, And Schultz Introduce Resolution To Rename Memorial Park “Veteran’s Memorial Park”

One resolution was submitted during the 06/04/2025 Common Council meeting by Alderpersons Patrick Hayden (District 7), Katie Van Zeeland (District 5), and Alex Schultz (District 9). Resolution 4-R-25 indicates that the existing Veteran’s Park in the city is going to be renamed and calls (1) […]

Common Council Holding Informal And Formal Organizational Meetings On 04/15/2025 And 04/16/2025 – Will Set Rules And Procedures For 2025-2026 Common Council Term

The Common Council will be holding an informal organizational meeting on 04/15/2025 at 6PM and then a formal organizational meeting on 04/16/2025 at 6PM. These meetings will take place after the Council members who were elected earlier this month are sworn in. The meetings provide […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Public Comment On Truancy Resolution – Residents Express Concern About How A Truancy Ordinance Would Impact Students Who Are Low-Income, Neurodivergent, Depressed, Or Victims Of Bullying

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/26/2025. The item that took up the most amount of time was the discussion on the resolution calling for the creation of a truancy ordinance in the city. The resolution ended up being placed on hold until the 05/14/2025 […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Holds Truancy Resolution Until 05/14/2025 Committee Meeting – Alderpersons Express Desire For More Details Prior To Moving Forward

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 03/26/2025. The item that took up the most amount of time was the anti-truancy resolution. During the 03/19/2025 Common Council meeting, Appleton Area School District Superintendent Greg Hartjes had given a presentation on truancy rates in AASD high schools […]

Safety And Licensing Committee Meeting 03/26/2025 – Will Take Up Resolution Calling For Creation Of Anti-Truancy Ordinance

The Safety and Licensing Committee is meeting 03/26/2025 at 5:30PM. They will be taking up Resolution 3-R-25 which, if approved as written, would “enact an ordinance prohibiting a person under 18 years of age from being a habitual truant” and keep this ordinance in place […]

Common Council Votes 11-3 To Approve New Emissions Reduction Goal For City – Resolution Viewed As A Statement Of Aspiration

The Common Council met 03/19/2025. One of the items separated out for an individual vote was Resolution 2-R-2025 which updated the city government’s emissions reduction goal to a target of reducing net emissions by 50% (13,600 metric tons of CO2e) by 2034 and maintaining as […]