New Employee

Please welcome FOAL's new Executive Director.

New Emergency Exit Diagrams

Thanks to Tony we have some improved visual diagrams for illustrating emergency exits in the building. They are listed in the links on the Emergency Launchpad or can be found here.

Meeting Room Software

Resources for our migration to new meeting room software - click here.

APL Kitchenette Remodeling

The kitchenette near meeting room C is being remodeled into a conference room (along with part of the Tech Services processing room). The things that had been stored in the kitchenette had to be removed to facilitate the construction. Everything that had been in the kitchenette cupboards and on carts stored there now reside on shelves next to the refrigerator in the Bowling Alley (basement storage area). Also, due to Appleton Fire Department regulations, the lock on the door leading to the Bowling Alley needed to be changed to allow egress without a key from within the Bowling Alley. To that end, the key that formerly opened that door will no longer work. If you need a key to enter that area please let me know. In the meantime, you can always get in by calling Maintenance, Tony or by walking through Admin.

2010 planning

Thanks to all the work done by staff participating in our planning process, we have some results to share from our planning retreat. You can read the documents at:

P:\ADMIN\Planning\LRP 10\RICK 2010 Results

I appreciate the thoughtful input from staff and Board. We'll plan to start the work of our planning committees soon to begin writing the next version of our strategic plan -- the feedback and ideas we got from our planning day will be critical as we plan our path forward.

Feel free to share any comments with Colleen or me, your supervisor, or a member of the staff planning task force:

• Jeremiah Christman
• Kris Kipping
• Rorik Olson
  
• Diana Sandberg
  
• Ashley Thiem
• Tony Wieczorek

Thanks to Rick Krumwiede for leading us through these planning exercises and for compiling the results.

Join us for the Second Annual "Guns and Hoses" Hockey Game

The second annual "Guns and Hoses" Hockey Game to benefit NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness - Fox Valley) is Saturday, April 17th at 6:30 pm at the Appleton Family Ice Center. Plan to come out and support a good cause while watching our Police and Fire Departments battle it out on the ice--(all in good fun of course!). Adult tickets are $5.00, children's tickets are $3.00. Please come join the fun!

HealthSmart Training Plan

Have you always wanted to run or walk a 5K? There are plenty of events coming up this spring and summer. The HealthSmart Team has posted a "Couch to 5K" training plan on the intranet. Check it out and sign up for an event. Click here to go to the HealthSmart page. Training plans for longer events will be coming soon.

Google's Request for Information

The City of Appleton is considering submitting a response to Google’s Request for Information (RFI) on the Google Fiber for Communities experiment. The experiment is described as providing an ultra-high speed broadband fiber to the home network (up to 1 gigabit per second) in one or more trial locations in the nation. Google has stated it would provide service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people. A complete copy of the RFI is available on Google’s website. Proposals are due no later than March 26, 2010.
The public is invited to provide their feedback on a City of Appleton response during the March 8th public hearing at 5:00 PM in Committee Room 6 A/B, City Hall. Please see the attached document for meeting location details.


If you are unable to attend the public hearing, your feedback is also welcome by completing the brief input survey on the City’s website at www.appleton.org or sending written comments to the Community Development Department, 100 N. Appleton Street, Appleton, WI 54911 by Friday, March 19, 2010.

Thank you for your time and input. Feel free to forward this information to other interested parties.


Monica N. Klaeser
Deputy Director

City of Appleton
Community Development

Name the new City Magazine

In an effort to save on costs, the City is now combining its City newsletter (AppleSource) with the Parks & Recreation Activity Guide. The new magazine will be delivered to every Appleton resident and businesses two times each year in summer/fall and winter/spring editions. Our hope is that residents will keep the magazine for several months to use as a reference guide to City news and programs.


We’d like your input on what to name the new magazine! If you have ideas for a publication name, please submit them to Nancy Kohlman (Mayor’s office), Mel Lewis (H.R.) or Yvonne Monfils (Parks & Recreation) by Friday, March 12.

Working with the Transgender Community

The City of Appleton will offer two training sessions for employees on "Working with the Transgender Community." This is optional training for benefited staff, available at:

• March 16, 1:30-3:00 PM in the City Center Board Room
• March 18, 10:00-11:30 AM in our Lower Level Meeting Room

Helen Boyd, national transgender authority as well as author of the books My Husband Betty and She’s Not the Man I Married, along with her partner Betty, will help us better understand and work with members of the transgender community.

Because the City of Appleton has a policy which prohibits discrimination against someone who is transgender, it is consistent with City of Appleton’s philosophy that we treat all those we work with, whether they are other employees or members of the public, fairly and with respect.

After this training you will know more about:

• Why it’s important to learn about this as a City employee.
• Definitions: what being transgender means along with learning about those who don’t
• fit into stereotypical gender roles.
• What it means when someone transitions.
• Understanding what your response as a co-worker or representative of the City means.
• Refreshing yourself with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

To RSVP for this training, please contact Lindsey Hotchkiss at ext. 6458 or e-mail lindsey.hotchkiss@appleton.org by March 9th.

Evaluation of 2010 All Staff Training Session

Please fill out the attached Evaluation Form of the 2010 All Staff Training Session.

Healthsmart - March/April Newsletter

Your HealthSmart March/April newsletter is now available. Check it out.

Safety and Security - Captain Todd Olm

Please view Captain Todd Olm's PowerPoint presentation on Safety and Security from the APL Staff Training Session. Also listed in "other links".