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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for November 9, 2026

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Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, Yesterday’s Packer game was more like it, right? We did have a bit of tension in my house because we also had tickets to “The Sound of Music” at the PAC and had to leave home during the third quarter. As we head into the short days and long nights of fall and winter (is anyone else still ready for bed at 6:00 p.m. since the time change?) note that we have two more official weeks of fall leaf pickup left in Zone 2. However, it’s been so warm that some of the trees have just started to lose leave, so I’m sure that there will be a bonus round or two. Remember that in the vacuum zone that most of the district is in, we need to put the leaves on the terrace, not in the street, and that other yard waste needs to be bagged and set out separately from the leaves. No pumpkins or whole plants in with the leaves, please. The public hearing on the proposed 2027 budget was held ahead of the Common Council meeting. We heard speakers from the Appleton Concerned Taxpay...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for November 4, 2026

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Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, It’s been such a busy week that it seems like a month since the Brewers’ amazing World Series victory and the great celebration last Friday. I especially love that so many of the players were once Timber Rattlers – I know that the Timber Rattlers TECHNICALLY play in Grand Chute, but we’ll still claim them for Appleton and the Fox Cities. This newsletter will mostly be a deep dive into the budget, but I want to take a moment to thank all the election workers who dedicate their time to making sure that things run smoothly at the polls and after. I know there are several District 6 folks who work the polls – I saw a couple of you when I voted last Wednesday at City Hall, and there are definitely a couple of people who are fixtures at our normal polling place at the Scheig Center. We have a quick special meeting of the Safety and Licensing Committee at 5:45 this evening to address a delayed license application, and then we have the public hearing on the bud...
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Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, I’ll skip right over the Packer game and go back to the two thrilling Brewer victories. Those guys just don’t quit. I’m certainly glad that my last meeting tonight is at 5:30 so I will surely be parked in front of the television by game time. Before I get into the details of the council meeting, I just want to take a second to congratulate the winners of the City Star awards who we honored last week. This program was developed by city employees to recognize their coworkers (and a community member Friend of the City) for their accomplishments. There was a great turnout of colleagues to honor the winners. As expected, we had a big turnout for last week’s Common Council meeting. Almost everyone who was there for public participation spoke in favor of Resolution #16-R-26 Limiting the Use of ALPR Cameras in the City of Appleton. I proposed an amended version at committee that would restrict it to city owned devices on city property, and this version passed a...
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