The Appleton Common Council met on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at 7:00 PM in the Council Chambers with 14 alderpersons present, one excused (Croatt), and one absent (Alfheim). Mayor Woodford led the meeting, which included multiple proclamations, a budget update, two public hearings, and votes on numerous agenda items. The most contentious item, the rezoning and preliminary plat for the Fourth Addition to Clearwater Creek, was referred back to the City Plan Commission after a divided vote.
If I may have your attention, please. Your attention, please. Just an announcement before we get underway. Just an announcement before we get underway for members of the public who are here for public participation related to the uh the item for Clearwater Creek. We have the rezoning on Clearwater Creek. We have a public hearing scheduled this evening as a part of the council meeting for that. So public comment for that item will be made under the public hearing. We'll have public participation that's separate from that. So those of you who signed up on the purple sheet, uh, we we will make note of your name and address. We'll we'll invite you up in the order you signed in. If you didn't sign in, but you're here to speak on that item, totally okay. You'll you'll do that under the public hearing. We'll just need you to state your name and address for the record. Uh, but just wanted to make sure that folks are clear about that before we get underway with the meeting, uh, that there's a separate public hearing from public participation uh related to that item. Okay. And with that, we'll uh we'll get going here. Yeah, I didn't have a note otherwise. Yeah. Good evening. I now call to order the Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 meeting of the Appleton Common Council. Tonight's invocation will be delivered by Alder Hartzheim. We gather together to listen and share, learn and educate, and to be granted wisdom and grace as we move Appleton forward in the best interest of our community. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call of Alders. All are represented with the exception of Alderperson Croat, who is excused, and we are expecting Alderperson Alheim to join us shortly. Thank you. Roll call of officers and department heads. And all are represented. Right. We have a motion and a second to approve. Is there any discussion of the minutes? Hearing none, please cast your votes. That motion passes 13 to zero, and the minutes have been approved. On a business presented by the mayor, as you'll see, a number of proclamations uh issued this month. And uh I'm I will share a couple with you here this evening. We have representatives from from two groups uh here to receive proclamations. Uh the others will be presented at events uh and out in the community over the course of the coming month. Uh but this evening, I believe we have some folks here from uh the Thompson Center on Lourdes here to receive a proclamation. If you're here, yeah, come on up. So this first proclamation is in recognition of Senior Center Month. And uh so all right. Whereas senior centers are a vital resource for healthy aging and for communities to properly support older adults, and whereas over the past three and a half years, senior centers across the country adapted and transformed into spaces that provided continued social engagement activities, support, encouragement, and countless meals to our aging community members. And whereas the Fox Cities Thompson Center on Lords is a senior center organization dedicated to the mental, physical, and emotional well-being for those over 50, focusing on fighting the effects of loneliness, isolation, and depression by offering opportunities for education, socialization, and wellness. Whereas the Thompson Center on Lords provides relevant and important programs to change the perception of aging and enhance the social, physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being in our community. Now, therefore, be it resolved that I Jacob A. Woodford, mayor of the city of Appleton, Wisconsin, do hereby proclaim September as Senior Center Month. And I encourage all citizens to recognize the important contributions that senior centers in the Fox Cities make and to support the efforts of senior centers through philanthropy and volunteerism. Thank you, Duana. All right, and now I think we may have some folks from the DAR here to receive a proclamation. Right.