The Finance Committee is meeting 04/12/2021 at 5:30PM. Amongst other items, the agenda includes… A budget adjustment for consulting services. This is related to ongoing plans to convert the closed Mackville Landfill from an active gas extraction system to a passive one, a change that, […]
Tag: Resolutions
Resolution Banning The Sale Of Dogs And Cats By Pet Stores In Appleton Referred Back To Committee
The Common Council, during the 04/07/2021 Council meeting, was going to vote on the Resolution banning the sale of cats and dogs by pet stores; however, Alderperson Michael Smith (District 10) asked for the item to be referred back to committee for reasons recapped below. […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Approves Resolution Banning The Sale Of Cats And Dogs By Pet Stores
On 03/24/2021 Appleton’s Safety and Licensing Committee took up Resolution #3-R-21 “Prohibition on Large Scale Commercial Dog and Cat Breeding”. This resolution was submitted by Alderpersons Maiyoua Thao (District 7), Denise Fenton (District 6), and Vered Meltzer (District 2) and states that “no pet store […]
City Plan Commission Meeting 01/26/2021
The city Planning Commission is meeting 01/26/2021 at 4pm. On the agenda are… 2 rezoning requests: A request to approve a Marsden Park plat that is located in Grand Chute. Consideration of Resolution 1-R-21 to allow the construction of Accessory Dwelling Units. [That may be […]
Alderperson Matt Reed’s Speech On The Non-Partisan Redistricting Referendum – “These People Are Not Accountable To The Voters”
Although District 8’s alderperson Matt Reed voted in favor of putting the non-partisan redistricting referendum on the April 6 ballot, he did express concerns about the actual aims of the referendum and the practical ramifications of implementing a non-partisan redistricting process. He was concerned that […]
More Details On Citizen Push For Non-Partisan Redistricting Referendum
Alderperson Denise Fenton was kind enough to go into more detail about the citizen push that prompted the Common Council to put the nonpartisan redistricting referendum question on the April 6 ballot. Former State Assembly Representative Penny Bernard Schaber and an additional person proactively reached […]
Common Council Votes To Put Non-Partisan Redistricting Referendum On April 6 Ballot
[CORRECTION: I had speculated that the Appleton representative that Alderperson Denise Fenton had referenced was Amanda Stuck. Alderperson Fenton has since said that Amanda Stuck was not among the people who reached out to her. It was actually Penny Bernard Schaber.] The Common Council met […]
Alderperson Fenton Plans To Call For Council To Suspend Rules To Deliberate On Redistricting Referendum
Tonight Alderperson Denise Fenton was planning to request to suspend rules to allow the Common Council to debate the resolution on putting a referendum on the April 6 ballot regarding non-partisan redistricting. She was going to do this because the deadline to put something on […]
Common Council Meeting Scheduled For 01/20/2021
The Common Council is meeting 01/20/2021 at 7pm. There will be a Covid update and the mayor will be presenting 3 proclamations. As I posted about yesterday, he proclaimed 01/18/2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Appleton. He also proclaimed Jan 18-Jan 22 2021 to […]
Board Of Education Passes Resolution Encouraging Community Members To Re-Commit To Following Health and Safety Guidelines
As per usual, Monday evening Board of Education meetings conflict with my work schedule, but I was able to tune in for the section in which the Board took up Jim Bowman’s resolution. In that resolution, the Board of Education encourages everyone in the community […]