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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for September 21, 2026

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Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, Happy Monday morning to everyone! The Packers managed to save the game yesterday, the Brewers set a franchise record with their 98th win, and it looks like the days of heat a humidity are over for a while. What’s not to like? The weather also mostly cooperated with the Fox Cities Marathon events over the weekend. I stuck to the 5K this year, but I was out and about on the course yesterday cheering on friends who were racing, and I know it was a relief to have cool, dry conditions for a change. Congratulations to everyone who raced and to the thousands of organizers and volunteers who make these big events happen in our community. While I’m on the subject of things that make me proud about our community, I need to mention opening night for the Fox Valley Symphony. The orchestra is wonderful, and the programs are a great mix of new music and familiar works. Continuing the observation of the 100th anniversary of Harry Houdini’s passing, the opening work b...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for September 13, 2026

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Bales of Recycled Aluminum  Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, Unfortunately, we woke up this morning to the realization that yesterday’s Packer game was not just a bad dream. Clearly, there is much work to be done. Meanwhile, we cheer for the Brewers after they clinched their playoff berth last week and could clinch the division tomorrow. This lovely cool weather leads us into a full council week. All of the Monday committee meetings were cancelled last week for the Labor Day holiday, along with the Fox Cities Transit Commission, the City Plan Commission, and the Human Resources and Information Technology Committee, so we have a relatively light agenda Wednesday evening. The Library Board will meet on Tuesday evening, where the agenda includes approval of the August bill register and a budget amendment to record funding from the Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS) for the children’s programs - $1,000. The board will also vote on the report of the Finance Committee, which contain...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for September 7, 2026

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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...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for August 31, 2026

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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...
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