Appleton District 6

Photo from Free-Pik.com Greetings District 6 Neighbors, I’m getting a bit of an early start on the update this week – my original plan to go follow some friends around the Fox Cities Marathon course today was changed when the race was cancelled due to the threat of lightning and storms in the area. I know how disappointed those runners and walkers who have trained so hard for the race are, but the organizers have to put the safety of the participants and the many, many volunteers who make events like this possible. The logistics of closing streets all over the Fox Cities made it impossible to delay until the bad weather passed. I did the 10k yesterday in beautiful (but hot!) weather, and, as always, I’m so impressed with the organizers of this event that has been going on for 30-plus years. Moving on to council business, the meeting last week was pretty short and uneventful as I expected. There was only one item separated for individual consideration – the contract for office walls and

  Greetings District 6 Neighbors, This is a full council week, but we do have a couple of other meetings this week. The Joint Review Board for Winnebago County met to review the annual report and financial statements for Tax Increment Financing District #7 (within Winnebago County) and the Library Board is meeting this afternoon (Tuesday, September 17th at 4:30 p.m.). The Board will approve the bill register and cash flow report for August, and vote on the Board committee assignments for 2025-2025. Administrative reports include the library building project update, APL hiring process update, library website and branding update and the launch of the Appleton Poet Laureate program. The President’s report will be Trustee Training: Updated Policy Review Schedule and staff updates include Children’s Program updates and Community Partnership updates. Remember that you can keep track of the library project here:  https://apl.org/building/  The Friend of the Appleton Public Library is very clo