Appleton District 6

Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, I hope everyone is enjoying the Labor Day holiday. With the holiday falling late this year, and with school having started, last week (or the week before), it’s hard to see this as the last official weekend of summer but I guess we can still call it that. I hope that you were not affected by the intense rain we had last week – I heard from Alderperson Croatt in our neighboring District 14 that some of his constituents experienced some flooding, and of course, there was a large tree limb down on Meade Street in the early morning hours. Because of the holiday today, we have an abbreviated committee week schedule this week. The week starts with a meeting of the Library Board Finance Committee, where I am a member by virtue of being the alderperson on the Library Board this year. The committee will review the proposed library budget before it is submitted to become part of the proposed 2027 city budget. We will also review the budget timeline and library fi...

Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, Clearly Mother Nature was just teasing us with those cooler days last week and the heat and humidity have returned with a vengeance just in time for back to school. Speaking of back to school, the parochial schools have started and AASD starts tomorrow, so let’s all be a little more careful on the roads and allow for delays, especially when we add the road closures into the mix. Last week was a busy one for a lot of the Common Council, despite the fact that the Municipal Services, Utilities and Community Development Committees did not meet. Monday’s Finance Committee meeting was fairly uneventful, with unanimous votes on all of the agenda items discussed in last week’s update. Wednesday, however, my day started with a 2 ½ hour joint meeting of the Safety and Licensing Committee and Board of Health at 7:00 a.m. The only action item was Alder Smith’s resolution which states that “ Common Council directs the City of Appleton, in consultation with the Apple...

Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, What a glorious day this was! I started my walk this morning in a light jacket, but when I passed by the Erb Pool on my way home this afternoon, it was clear that the cooler weather didn’t deter the folks determined to keep summer going until the last moment. Last week’s council meeting went as I expected it, with only the special event permit for Appleton Area NOW’s Rally for Equality and the occupancy permit for the vegetation on Superior St. being separated for individual discussion and voting – both by me as I abstained from both votes. I am a member of the organization that applied for the special event permit, and I am personally acquainted with the person who applied for the occupancy permit. I noticed that one of the local television stations ran a story on the special event application and there were a lot of comments implying that the council approves or denies late applications based on the organization requesting them. This is simply n...