1.27.2011

Spring Hunter Safety Classes

The APBA will be hosting a Spring Hunter Education Class on Thursday March 3rd, Friday March 4th, and Saturday March 5th. The times will be Thur. & Fri. 5:00pm - 9:00pm and Sat. 9:00am -1:00pm. The classes will be held at the APD in the lower level training rooms. Our class will be posted on the DNR website on this Thursday and our classes fill within a week or two. If you or someone you know is interested have them contact Tom Poss at 832-5548 to reserve a spot. I will need the following information

Name (First, Middle, Last)
DOB
Address
Phone Number
DNR Customer ID Number

If you need additional information please contact one of the HE Instructors: Pat Geenen, Chad Allaback, Tom Poss, Retired Lt Rick Nilson, Retired Lt Mike Kneeland, or up and coming instructors Derrick Danoski, Bill McCormick, GCPD Det. Brad Kuehl. If you have interest in becoming an instructor or just want to help we are always looking for people.

New Employee

Please welcome the new Friends Data Assistant.

1.17.2011

Healthsmart January/February Newsletter

Your HealthSmart January/February newsletter is now available. Check it out.

1.13.2011

Park and Rec on Facebook

Check this out! The Appleton Parks and Recreation Department has a Facebook page!

Click the "Like" button after you click on the Facebook page link below to receive posts on upcoming events, leagues and instructional programs or to view pictures of some of our facilities and program participants in action!

Be the first to hear about what is new through the Parks and Recreation Department.

Pass this along to your friends so they can stay informed, as well.

It’s an easy and fun way to keep it touch so join us on Facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Appleton-Parks-and-Recreation-Department/165063366871752

2011 City Maps Available

2011 City Maps are here and available to be picked up from GIS. Persons located outside of City Hall that would like maps can contact a GIS staff member to make arrangements for map delivery or pick up at 832-6468.

1.06.2011

Payroll Notice

Due to the recent signing of a tax relief bill by the President, you will notice an increase in your net pay this pay period. This is due to the 2% decrease of social security taxes withheld. This decrease will be in effect for the tax year of 2011.

The 2011 Federal tax tables have been received and will go into effect with the second payroll of January. With these new tax tables, you will see an increase in the Federal taxes withheld. 

Please contact Michelle Burton at 832-6438 with any questions.

1.05.2011

"New" home page

Forgive this long posting...

We will be going live soon with some modifications to the home page. This page doesn't make dramatic changes to the existing site, and has nearly identical content to the existing home page. What has changed is how and where we are displaying information.

http://www.apl.org/indexcr.html

This page will be less text-oriented and try to tell more stories with graphics. It will contain a slideshow that features a mix of upcoming important events, and some of our "core" services we want to promote. For example we will have core slides for:

  • Friends
  • Volunteers
  • FB page
  • WIFI
  • Databases
  • Recurring program series
  • Etc...
These core slides will rotate in and out as we have space in the slideshow or as they are seasonally relevant.

Below the slideshow you will notice blurbs similar to what you see on "what's new" currently. We will be referring to these as "stories." The slideshow and stories are in the center of the page to give them the most prominent positioning. The stories are fed through a blogger blog that staff will be asked to contribute to. The things that go in the blogger blog are decided by a subset of the marketing committee that Michael has assembled.


If you have ideas for slides or stories please let Michael Kenney know. He has a calendar of upcoming programs which helps us find places where we need to focus on specific important events (for example, the book festival, SLP, etc...) - this calendar also gives us the ability to see where we may have some "down time" in the calendar to rotate in more of the core slides.


The left column is very similar to what you are used to with the existing page.

The right column features a feed from the calendar with brief listings. Visitors to the site can click through to the more complete entries.

Please take some time to get familiar with the page before we go live with it. We would like to put it out for the public in the next week or so.

Sara has done an amazing job on this and I hope you will enjoy it.

1.03.2011

New IRS mileage and Travel Per Diem Rates

Per U.S. General Service Administration guidance, the mileage reimbursement rate has been increased from $0.50 per mile to $0.51 per mile, effective 1/1/11. Please use the correct rate on your 2011 travel expense forms