Appleton District 6

Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, It’s pretty strange to look out at my terrace maple tree arrayed in all the fall colors while knowing that we have summer temperatures again. Nonetheless, fall leaf pickup begins next week (our district is in pickup zone 2) and will continue through the week of November 16. Most of the district is in the “vac zone,” so we put our leaves on the terrace. Outside the “vac zone” (those areas north of Northland and east of Richmond in our district), leaves and yard waste go in the street gutter. More information is here: Fall Leaf Collection . With leaf collection beginning and moving to snow removal, large item collection is done until spring as the same crews do this work. As I noted last week, the League of Wisconsin Municipalities annual conference was held in Appleton last week. Elected officials, administrators and city staff from all over the state attended. Kudos to Appleton Downtown, Inc. for putting on a smaller version of the “Light the Night Mark...

  Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, Is anyone else a little groggy after the late Brewer game last night? Those West Coast games are tough on those of us who go to bed early. It looked for a minute like there could be a repeat of Sunday’s thriller, but, alas, they play again even later tonight. Tonight’s full council meeting (the only city meeting of the week) will begin with a number of mayoral proclamations: Dysautonomia Awareness Month (Presentation at Meeting) Domestic Violence Awareness Month Diwali Awareness Month Coming Out Day White Cane Awareness Day Mental Health Day Indigenous Peoples' Day National Teen Driver Safety Week After that, the mayor will present his proposed 2027 city budget, and council members will receive our copies of the budget. I’m old school and asked for a hard copy, since I’ll spend the next couple of weeks with my highlighters and post-it notes, highlighting areas where I want to ask questions of city directors. I will send out a copy of the mayor’s p...