The Common Council of Appleton, Wisconsin, met on August 5, 2026, at 7:04 PM in Council Chambers, with Mayor Jake Woodford presiding. The meeting lasted until 8:35 PM. Key actions included a failed reconsideration of the truancy ordinance, approval of art installations in Ellen Kort Peace Park, adoption of an updated purchasing policy, extension of the tornado state of emergency following the July 27 tornado, and approval of several routine items. Alderperson Vaya Jones was excused; Alderperson Brad Firkus and Alderperson Denis Dougherty appeared virtually.
Okay, that's the reconsideration. And then if that passes, we take up 26-0758. Okay. Thank you. We'll continue on now with Alder Hartzheim. Thank you, Chair. Under Finance 26-0998. Request to approve the uh 2026 purchasing policy, please. All right. Others. Alder Schultz. Take a chair from Parks and Rec, both twenty-six-zero nine seven four and twenty-six-zero nine seven six. That is the peace poll. And the kinetic wind sculptures. Okay. Any others. All right. So we will uh take it up as safety and licensing, but these are under items held. The first is twenty-six-one zero zero nine reconsideration of item twenty-six-zero seven five eight review options for truancy ordinance. Is there a motion on the reconsideration? Looks like and looks like we have restored the Granica system, so uh we can try. Yeah. Okay. I have the point Alder on the motion for this. Alder Croat has a thank you. Um does the motion need to be made by someone on the prevailing side or a member that was absent. Yes. Thank you. Okay, we have a motion from Alder Hayden for reconsideration. Need a second. Also eligible to do so. Oh, anybody can second. All right, we do have a second. We have a motion and a second. We're we're seeing it up here on the uh on our end, so we may be back up and running on on Granicus here. Go ahead. Okay. Well, we we have a motion and a second, so we'll we'll we'll keep trying and you can push buttons as they appear. Uh but uh we're gonna continue. So we have a motion and a second for reconsideration. Uh all right, all any discussion. All right, hearing none, all those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed? I'm gonna call the vision. We I I don't have a clear uh sense of of the vote. Uh we'll we'll before we do a roll call. Actually, are you are you prepared to call the roll? I'm prepared to call the roll. Do you have voting buttons?