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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for March 4, 2026

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Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, My brain is telling me it’s spring in spite of the long-range forecast assuring me that it is not. It WAS nice to take a walk yesterday without layering up and I certainly enjoyed the sunshine as I was out and about this morning. It’s also not spring yet for the Public Works Department – they’re still in winter snow removal mode until April, so don’t start putting bulky items out for pickup just yet. Likewise, spring yard waste collection is weather dependent, so if you’re cleaning out your gardens and flowerbeds already, either hang on to your bags or drop them off at the yard waste site. The Glenwood site is open Monday – Friday 9:00 until 4:30 through the end of March. Summer hours will start at Glenwood on April 4, and the Whitman site will open for the season on April 1. A couple of people have asked me questions about the AASD referendum. Remember that the school district portion of the property tax is not determined by the city even though it app...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for February 23, 2026

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Photo From Appleton Downtown Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, I confess that I am writing this from sunny Phoenix, AZ where today’s high temperature is expected to equal a record. We planned this long weekend during the stretch of brutally cold weather around the first of the month and I’m certainly grateful to be here rather than in the Northeast (or even home) right now. Crossing our fingers that the weather doesn’t cause a big mess that affects our return home tomorrow. Last week’s council meeting was brief as expected. The only item separated from the agenda was the parking change on College Avenue in front of Memorial Presbyterian Church – and that was only so that we could thank city staff, in particular the Traffic Engineer, for clarifying the resolution. We have a full slate of committee meetings this week, with only the Parks and Recreation Committee canceling their meeting on Monday. A committee meeting is cancelled if there is no business that requires committee and council ...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for February 18, 2026

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Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, Looking out at the bright sunshine, I’m almost glad to see the forecast calling for a return to freezing temperatures for the weekend so that the Avenue of Ice carvings can last for the full weekend. Appleton Downtown, Inc. has a list of sculpture locations and a link to Downtown Frosty Finds, in partnership with the Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau. Downtown Frosty Finds has discounts at a number of downtown businesses. Check them both out here:  Avenue of Ice Carvings - Appleton Downtown Inc. This is full council week; the only other meetings on the calendar were the CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) Advisory Board and the Library Board Personnel Committee on Tuesday. The CDBG Board was to vote on the recommended external partner allocations of the estimated $95,379 remaining of the 2026-2027 block grant funding (after core projects and city department projects previously approved by the Community Development Committee and Common...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for February 9, 2026

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Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, I’m getting ready for this week after way too much TV time over the weekend between the Olympics and the Super Bowl. I’m hopeful that a few days of warmer weather will make getting outside less of an ordeal. As expected, last week’s Common Council meeting was quite short, with only the Northland-Bellaire Flood Study proposal being separated for individual discussion and voting. The comments from council members were all supportive of the engineering study that would precede the work discussed in last week’s update. Even though the initial work would not make any changes to the infrastructure in District 6, we should benefit from the proposed Northland Avenue sewer improvements. As we move into a committee week, Monday will be the only day with a full slate of meetings. The Fox Cities Transit Commission, City Plan Commission, Community Development Committee and Human Resources and Information Technology Committee will not be meeting this week. Municipal ...
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