This evening during the 09/18/2024 Common Council meeting, Mayor Woodford will be presenting 2 mayoral proclamations. With the first he proclaims September 17-23, 2024, to be Constitution Week in Appleton and encourages “all citizens to acquaint themselves with our Constitution, by vigilantly protecting and defending […]
Common Council Meeting 09/18/2024 – Will Vote On Public Participation Plan Related To City’s Comprehensive Plan Update
The Common Council is meeting 09/18/2024 at 7PM. I could easily see this meeting being one of the shorter ones this year. All of the committee meetings this last week were on the shorter side, and none of the action items garnered much discussion. I […]
Finance Committee Holding Special Meeting 09/18/2024 – Will Vote On Contract To Furnish The Police Station With Two New Workstations
The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting on 09/18/2024 at 6:45PM right before the 7PM Common Council meeting. They will be voting on the request to award the Police Station Additional Workstations contract to Nordon Business Environments in the amount of $48,100.37. This would […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Receives Update On Voting Options For November Election
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 09/11/2024. The action items were approved with no discussion, and most of the 6-minute meeting was taken up with discussion about absentee and early-in-person voting. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: City Clerk Kami Lynch, told […]
Library Board Meeting 09/17/2024 – Will Vote On Committee Appointments, Receive Update On Library Project, Receive Information On Appleton’s First Poet Laureate
The Library Board is meeting 09/17/2024 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda which is approval of the August bill register and approval of Library Board Committee appointments for 2024-2025. As information items, they will also be receiving a number of reports […]
City Plan Commission Approves Public Participation Plan Related To Update Of The City’s Comprehensive Plan
The City Plan Commission met 09/11/2024. They had one item on the agenda which was a request to approve the Public Participation Plan for the upcoming update to the city’s Comprehensive Plan. The Commission voted unanimously to recommend the item for approval. I’ve prepared a […]
Board Of Health Receives Update On Dangerous Animal Declaration For Aggressive Dog Named Ziva
The Board of Health met 09/11/2024. As an information item they received an update on the dangerous animal declaration for a dog named Ziva. The order declaring Ziva dangerous lists the dog as a male Great Dane, but then the notice provided to the owner […]
Board Of Health Receives Health Department’s 2023 Annual Report
The Board of Health met 09/11/2024. The bulk of the meeting was taken up with a review and discussion of the Appleton Health Department’s 2023 Annual Report. The report is 63 pages, so Health Department Deputy Director Sonja Jensen did not review the entire report […]
Finance Committee Meets 09/09/2024 – Holds Police Workstation Item Until Next Meeting, Approves Sole Source Contract For Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project
The Finance Committee Met 09/09/2024. They took up two items, one regarding the purchase of two additional workstations for the Police Department and one for a sole source engineering services contract related to the Appleton Wastewater Treatment Plant Hauled Waste Station Tank Upgrades project. The […]
Municipal Services Committee Approves 3 Road-Related Items, Holds Ballard Road Driveway Extension Variance Until 09/23 Meeting
The Municipal Services Committee met 09/09/2024. The entire meeting lasted for just under 3 ½ minutes. Given the brief length of the meeting, I have not prepared a transcript, but I have included the agenda packet for download. The three road-related items on the agenda […]