Appleton District 6

  Greetings District 6 Neighbors, Waking up to rain and now watching the trees blow outside my “office” window reminds me that fall leaf collection for us in Zone 2 will start this week. The majority of us are in the vacuum zone (all but those folks in the area east of Oneida and east of Meade and north of Northland and south of Capitol) so will need to rake the leaves onto the terrace. Notes from the  Public Works Guide :  I need to clarify a statement about the budget from last week’s newsletter. The proposed city property tax increase of 1.6% would bring the TOTAL tax amount to $6.95 per $1000 of assessed value. Thank you to the sharp-eyed reader who pointed this out to me. Correcting another bit of misinformation floating around to those of you who live near or travel through the Richmond/Ridgeview intersection – the temporary signal at that intersection WILL be converted to a permanent traffic signal in 2026. The city has been awarded a grant from the Wisconsin Depar...

Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, We’re in the middle of another full council week, with the library board meeting yesterday as the only official meeting on the city calendar. The library board action items included approving the bill register, a budget amendment to record various donations, and approval of the membership agreement with the Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS) for 2026-2028. This agreement allows cardholders to check out materials in any member library – a benefit I certainly used when I worked in Waupaca. More big news was announced for the library in recent weeks. The Appleton Public Library was named as the Wisconsin Library Association’s Library of the Year for 2025, and staff member Maureen Ward was awarded the City Star Award for Excellence in Service Delivery at the Common Council meeting on October 1. Mayor Woodford will begin the meeting with six proclamations, most of which were issued at events around the city recently. National Teen Driver Safety Week Dys...

Greetings, District 6 Neighbors, Happy rainy Monday. I hope everyone was able to get outside and enjoy what might be the last of our summer weather over the weekend. With the Brewers and Packers both having off days, yesterday was a great opportunity to get out. You may have read that the Common Council passed a truancy ordinance last week by a close 9-6 vote. The ordinance will be effective November 1 and will sunset on July 1, 2026, unless extended by the council. The ordinance limits the “dispositions” or penalties that can be assessed to a student convicted under the ordinance – excluding such penalties as suspending a driver’s license, stay at home orders, or orders to attend a program when not under adult supervision. The suspension of a work permit is included as an allowable disposition but will likely not apply to very many students as work permits are only required for people under sixteen years of age. The maximum fine is the same $500 as in the state statute, but judges hav...