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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for April 27, 2026

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Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, Could it be, could it be that spring is really here? I see the trees leafing out; we have a couple of tulips blooming and I hear my husband getting quotes on mulch, but I still don’t trust it. While on the subject of spring, remember that we have three more spring yard waste pickups scheduled. If you want to take yard waste to the collection sites, remember that the Glendale site is open Friday – Monday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the Whitman site is open Tuesday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All yard waste other than grass clippings can be dropped off without charge; grass clippings are $4.00 per 30-gallon bag. We’re ending an odd month schedule-wise for the Common Council. Because state law and our city code determine the election date and the date that newly elected and re-elected alders are sworn in, we only had a couple of committee meetings last week, along with our informal organizational meeting and the formal organizational meeting. The remain...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for April 15, 2026

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  Greetings District 6 Neighbors, Happy Tax Day to those who celebrate (accountants, maybe?) Apparently, Mother Nature ignored my request last week for boring weather. At least it’s warm (for a while) and it doesn’t appear that we are going to have a repeat of the April blizzard of 2018, which started eight years ago today. We wind down the 2025-2026 council year this week, with our final meeting on tonight (Wednesday, April 15) However, the 2026-2027 council will be the same, with Alders Meltzer and Heffernan having won their elections. There hasn’t been a year with zero turnover in the council since 2019 when I was first elected, and my longer-serving colleagues don’t remember any years where there were no changes, either. I’ll refrain from my normal plea for more participation in local government. The re-elected alders will be sworn in on April 21 at 5:00 p.m. in Fox Commons. After the swearing in, we’ll hold an informal organizational meeting, where we will discuss any council ...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for April 6, 2026

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  Greetings District 6 Neighbors, Could we possibly have a dull weather week? Mild temperatures and a little sunshine? I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Easter or Passover and was able to spend some special time with family and friends. We finally got a little sunshine yesterday, so maybe the egg hunts could go on. With regards to the ice storm last week, I’ve reached out to the Department of Public Service to find out if there are plans for a pickup of debris. There were trucks out in the days after the storm, but I imagine that the primary focus in those early hours was to remove limbs that blocked roadways or threatened power lines. I’ll share when I have more information. When I wrote last week ahead of the council meeting, I neglected to note that we would be hearing from the winners of the Sidewalk Poetry Contest. I always enjoy hearing the selected poems read by the authors, and I’m sure they look forward to seeing their words gracing a city sidewalk. ...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for April 1, 2026

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Greetings District 6 Neighbors, No matter how long I live in the Midwest, I won’t get used to how hard winter fights before it gives way to spring. 60 degrees days with sun a couple of days ago, the view of the budding maple tree outside my window as I work, then the forecast of snow this evening and ice Thursday morning…sigh. This is a full council week, the probably the last before we seat the new council after next week’s election – more on that later. The only other meeting this week is the one the Appleton Public Arts Committee held this morning, where they discussed and voted on the Houdini-related photos to be displayed in the welcome tower in Houdini Plaza. As noted in an earlier update, this display, along with the proposed state historical monument for Houdini Plaza is being proposed for the commemoration of the 100 year anniversary of Harry Houdini’s death and in time for the Society of American Magicians convention to be held in Appleton the first week of July. The comm...
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Appleton Common Council District 6 Update for March 23, 2026

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Just a week ago! Greetings District 6 Neighbors, I  guess it was wishful thinking that the snow would be  m ostly gone by now, but surely, we are getting close to actual spring. I still think the roof will be closed for the Brewers opening week homestand. Sticking with sports, congratulations to the Badger women for their second straight (and ninth overall) NCAA hockey title! That takes a bit of the sting out of the men’s basketball team’s loss in the first round of the NCAA tournament. How are those brackets looking, by the way? Mine is toast, so I’m down to rooting against all the high seeds. The Common Council meeting last week was uneventful – Council President Van Zeeland chaired the meeting as Mayor Woodford was in Washington D.C. at the National League of Cities conference. He did appear remotely to share his recommendation for the city’s new Finance Director. The council approved the special events application for the No Kings event on Saturday afternoon. Be aware...
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