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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for July 22, 2026

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Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, While there is certainly less haze and smoke smell in the air, the air quality index is still indicating that the conditions outside are “unhealthy for sensitive groups.” I’m hopeful that the rain forecast for later today will get some of the smoke out of the air and with the end of the extreme heat we can go back to doing things outside. As forecast in last week’s update, the council meeting last Wednesday was eventful. We had three very big items before us and had a large number of people speaking during the public participation period. We did not begin addressing the action items on the agenda until after 9:00 p.m. Most of the people were present to voice their objection to Resolution #9-R-26 Establishing Public Oversight and Accountability Standards for ALPR Cameras & Mass Surveillance Technologies submitted by Alder Van Zeeland and me. Many of them spoke in support of the “citizen drafted ordinance” which is also being presented to the Oshkosh ...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for July 14, 2026

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July 19-25   Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, I hate to start with the weather report again, but it’s so hot! If you have to be outside, be careful and hydrate. The pools are open this afternoon and the library and transit center are designated as cooling shelters for those who don’t have air conditioning. I guess we will get a break starting next week. While it’s a full council week on the calendar, we have several other meetings scheduled. The Appleton Public Arts Committee met on Monday, July 13 because they did not have a quorum for their last scheduled meeting. The committee voted to approve the application of the Rotary Club of Appleton to install a Peace Pole in Ellen Kort Peace Park. The pole, which has peace messages in eight languages, and its installation would be funded by the Rotary Club and its partners. They also approved installing the kinetic wind sculptures that used to be in front of City Center in Ellen Kort Peace Park along Water St. Those sculptures were remo...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for July 6, 2026

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  Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, I hope everyone had a wonderful Independence Day weekend.  I was happy for a little break in the heat after what we experienced earlier in the week, especially for the Firecracker 5k in Kaukauna. That race has been my July 4th tradition for a number of years, and it seems like it’s always brutally hot. After the race I headed downtown to the farm market for some sweet corn and fresh salad greens to go with our holiday burgers, then helped my League of Women Voters friends pack up Constitution Square at the History Museum at the Castle for another week. Seeing people sign the giant preamble to the Constitution and take selfies with a live Lady Liberty was a perfect way to celebrate 250 years of our nation. As I noted in last week’s newsletter, there was not a full council meeting on July 1, so we have another committee week before the July 15th council meeting. Some committees don’t have any new action items and won’t be meeting this week – Mu...
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