Appleton District 6

Old School with Post-It Notes Greetings District 6 Neighbors, Although last week was officially a “fifth week” without scheduled council or committee meetings, it was not an off week for council members, as we were finishing our review of the proposed budget, submitting questions to department heads and reviewing questions submitted by our colleagues ahead of the budget workshop on November 1. “Budget Saturday” is officially a meeting of the Finance Committee, which must approve the budget before the full council votes on November 12. However, almost all alders choose to attend. The process of submitting questions to department heads in the weeks before the Budget Saturday has really streamlined the meeting, which had sometimes run into the evening in prior years. This year’s session ran from 8:00 a.m. until just before 3:00 p.m. We expect to see a few minor amendments to correct clerical errors, but I am not aware of any major amendments that any of my colleagues plan to submit. Most ...

  Greetings District 6 Neighbors, Waking up to rain and now watching the trees blow outside my “office” window reminds me that fall leaf collection for us in Zone 2 will start this week. The majority of us are in the vacuum zone (all but those folks in the area east of Oneida and east of Meade and north of Northland and south of Capitol) so will need to rake the leaves onto the terrace. Notes from the  Public Works Guide :  I need to clarify a statement about the budget from last week’s newsletter. The proposed city property tax increase of 1.6% would bring the TOTAL tax amount to $6.95 per $1000 of assessed value. Thank you to the sharp-eyed reader who pointed this out to me. Correcting another bit of misinformation floating around to those of you who live near or travel through the Richmond/Ridgeview intersection – the temporary signal at that intersection WILL be converted to a permanent traffic signal in 2026. The city has been awarded a grant from the Wisconsin Depar...