All Things Appleton

The Human Resources and Information Technology Committee is meeting 09/10/2025 at 6:30PM.

They have one action item on the agenda which is a request to set alderperson salaries for an upcoming term. By law elected officials are not allowed to set their own salaries and must, instead, set the salaries of alderpersons who will be serving during a future term. That means, any change must be approved by December 1, 2025 to go into effect either April of 2026 for the half of the Common Council whose term started in 2026 or April of 2027 for the entire Council. Historically, the Appleton Common Council has chosen to set salaries two years ahead so that all alderpersons have the same salary.

City staff makes no recommendation on what the salary ought to be but has provided information on historical salary increases and the salaries for alderpersons in local municipalities and comparable municipalities elsewhere in Wisconsin.

For a salary change to go into effect, it must be approved by ¾ of the Common Council.

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The City Plan Commission is meeting 09/10/2025 at 3:30PM.

They have two action items on their agenda.

The first is a request to approve a 2 acre annexation on E Melody Lane currently in the Town of Grand Chute. The two parcels in question have single family homes on them and the owners would like to receive water service from Appleton.

The second is a request to approve the land disposition of a parcel on Division Street between Franklin Street and Washington Street. The parcel is currently owned by the city and leased by the PAC for parking. The PAC would like to purchase the parcel. City staff is recommending approval of the request.

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