Appleton District 6

Good afternoon District 6, While this is not a meeting week – council meets the first and third Wednesday of the month, so a fifth Wednesday is a week off for the full council and for committees – a question has come up that I feel I need to address more generally. A couple of constituents asked me over the weekend about a social media post that took issue with the amount of opportunity for public input about the new library project and I got an email yesterday from a constituent who did not believe that the community had enough opportunity for input. I confess that I have not seen the post – I did a brief search today and failed to find it. However, I did want to make sure that everyone was aware that the library website has a page devoted to the building project: https://apl.org/building/ Monthly updates on the project are posted here, along with other relevant information. As far as public input goes, there have been multiple opportunities for the public to be involved with the proj

  Good morning District 6,  It’s sad that such a glorious first day of spring had to end with a disappointing Badger loss in the NCAA tournament. It seemed like they would pull it out until the very end.  The Common Council meeting last Wednesday focused on a couple of agenda items that were separated for individual consideration and votes.  The meeting began with the appointment of new city Finance Director Jeri Ohman to the Fox Cities Area Room Tax Commission (Appleton’s Finance Director always sits on this commission).  Ten members of the public spoke in favor of making No Mow May a permanent option for Appleton and one person spoke about the ARPA grants to non-profit organizations.  As expected, the No Mow May resolution – officially titled Resolution #3-R-22 regarding Municipal Code Chapter 12, Article III, Weeds and Wild Growth – which had been amended in committee to require annual approval, was amended back to the original language making the exception to the high grass/week or