By Robert Kennedy Mar 17, 2021 8:35 AM APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Appleton has a surplus of beds the city never ended up using during the pandemic. Tonight the city council will vote on what to do with the mattresses. The city purchased 200 beds with CARES funding right at the beginning of the pandemic. “There was a concern our health care system would be overrun with patients needing care,” said Mayor Jake Woodford. As a result the City of Appleton and health care providers made a plan to take the 200 beds and create an alternate care facility , similar to the one in Milwaukee. It was to be located at the Fox Cities Exhibition Center.