Appleton District 6

  Good afternoon District 6, Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father figures out there! I send you greetings from Little Rock, Arkansas, where I am staying with my daughter and son-in-law after she had her first child – my second granddaughter. It was so good to travel to be with them for the big day – actually the first time since Christmas of 2019 that I have seen them. That personal note is a perfect lead-in to the Common Council work that has generated the most discussion – our consideration of keeping virtual participation for alderpersons and members of the community. We had an informal organizational meeting on Tuesday where we discussed the topic for over three hours, eventually coming an agreement on both an ordinance change for the municipal code and for changes to our internal Council rules. The original policy for virtual attendance before the COVID emergency ordinance was very limited – basically only an alderperson with a qualified disability could participate v

Good afternoon District 6,   I hope summer is getting off to a great start for you and that some of you were able to get out and enjoy the pools over the (HOT) weekend. It is certainly good to see the pools open this year as we slowly get back to a more normal life. I also enjoyed being able to take in a Timber Rattlers (or Udder Tuggers for this special weekend) game on Saturday. It seems like most places are back to full capacity and not requiring masks for fully vaccinated people. I still keep a mask with me for those places that are still exercising more precautions.    Prior to Wednesday’s Common Council meeting, the Task Force on Resiliency, Climate Mitigation and Adaptation participated in the first of a series of workshops with consultants from EHSE Management Solutions. These workshops will focus on aligning the proposals made in the climate action plan proposal from the task force with the city’s ongoing sustainability efforts and to assign a priority and a climate action (Re