Appleton District 6

 Good afternoon District 6, As is customary, we had a special Common Council meeting on November 11 to officially adopt the 2021 budget. The only change from the budget presented and discussed on Budget Saturday was restoring the loan of $100,000 from the General Fund to Reid Golf Course for replacing the parking lot. As I noted after the public hearing, the source of the most comments was the library.   The 2021 budget includes $2.4 million for design. This will include the determination of whether to renovate the existing building or construct a totally new building. Construction funds are in the capital plans for 2022 and 2023. The regular Common Council meeting on Wednesday had a relatively light agenda. The mayor issued proclamations recognizing November as Native American Heritage Month and the week of November 28 to December 4 as Small Business Week. In the past we have observed the Saturday after Thanksgiving as Small Business Saturday, but this year, in recognition of the

  It’s hard to believe that the last time I wrote an update, I was complaining about snow on the ground when it’s 70 degrees outside right now. Even though it feels like summer, the leaves are basically down – we here in Zone 2 have one more chance for the leaf pickup – get them out this weekend for pickup next week. After that, you’ll need to take them to the yard waste site. From everything I hear, the election was very smooth in Appleton. I heard from a couple of people who voted in person that everything at the Mt. Olive polling place ran without a hitch. It certainly helped that there was beautiful weather to make standing in the socially distanced line more comfortable. We have a tradition in Common Council where the alderperson whose district has the highest voter turnout percentage gets to keep a small U.S. flag on their desk as a trophy until the next election. The City Clerk hasn’t given us the official numbers yet, but I did my own quick calculation, and it looks like we did