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James Sutherland (42nd mayor of Appleton: 1972-1980)
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James
Sutherland
(42nd
mayor
of
Appleton
:
1972-1980)
Description
Asked
public
employees
to
take
a
voluntary
pay
and
benefit
freeze
.
Approved
'
better
'
(larger)
trash
cans
to be
placed
on
College
and
Wisconsin
Avenues
.
Fox
River
Bus
Lines
lost
a
bid
for
increased
subsidies
from the
City
and, in
August
1972
,
requested
the
Public
Service
Commission
to
allow
them to
discontinue
service
in
Appleton
on
September
1
,
1972
.
Vetoed
the
City
Council's
ratification
of a
new
labor
contract
with
meter
maids
in
1972
.
Funded
and
relied
on
outside
consultant
studies
. In an
effort
to
remedy
budget
issues
in
1975
,
Sutherland's
budget
called
for a
net
reduction
of
13
City
personnel
--
9
of them
police
patrolmen
--
on the
advice
of a
Washington
consulting
firm
that
said
the
city
could
get
along
without
them.
March
5
,
1976
,
about
100
city
employees
,
all
members
of
Local
563
(street
,
sanitation
,
engineering
and
park
employees)
called
in
sick
as
part
of the
labor
dispute
with
Mayor
Sutherland
.
Most
Appleton
streets
were
unplowed
and
garbage
was also
going
uncollected
.
Mayor
James
Sutherland
and
other
city
officials
were
manning
city
plows
in an
effort
to
get
primary
streets
cleared
by the
weekend
.
City
hall
clerical
employees
reported
to
work
(the
only
members
of
Local
563
to
do
so)
;
while
it
was
reported
that
some
clerical
staff
were
calling
in
sick
, that
could
not be
substantiated
.
March
8
,
1976
,
Teamsters
Local
563
also
charged
Appleton
Mayor
James
Sutherland
and
two
city
department
heads
with
prohibited
labor
practices
.
Union
attorneys
filed
the
complaint
with the
Wisconsin
Employment
Relations
Commission
(reported
March
16
in
P-C)
. In
May
of
1976
Appleton
was
awarded
a
$386,000
federal
HUD
block
grant
;
Sutherland
planned
for
all
funds
to be
used
for
downtown
redevelopment
.
After
being
defeated
by
Dorothy
Johnson
in his
bid
for a
third
term
, he and his
family
toured
the
United
States
for a
year
.
Subject
Mayors
Municipal government
Local Subject
Appleton (Wis.) -- History
Community
Appleton
County
Outagamie County
State
Wisconsin
Type
Still Image
Format
image/jpeg
Medium
Portrait photographs
Submitter
Appleton Public Library
Date Digitized
2004-10-06
File Name
apl00312.jpg
Digital Collection
Appleton Memory Project
Subcollection
Appleton Mayors
Source
Original portraits located on 6th floor of Appleton's City Hall.
Rights
Images cannot be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Appleton Public Library
Contact
WI Collection Librarian, Appleton Public Library, 225 N. Oneida Street, Appleton, WI 54911, 920-832-6173, www.apl.org
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James Sutherland (42nd mayor of Appleton: 1972-1980) 