BUDGET TIMELINE

September Dates

  • Tuesday, September 1 – Common Council Meeting / Introduction of Executive 2021 CAPITAL Budget / 6:30 pm
  • Wednesday, September 8 – Finance Committee Capital Budget Overview & Hearings / 4:30 pm
  • Thursday, September 9 – Finance Committee Capital Budget Hearings / 4:30 pm
  • Tuesday, September 15 – Common Council Meeting / PUBLIC HEARING on 2021 Capital Budget / 6:45 pm
  • Wednesday, September 16 – Finance Committee Member Amendments to 2021 CAPITAL Budget DUE to Finance Department Wednesday, September 16 at 4:30 pm (released Friday, September 18 at 12 noon)
  • Monday, September 21 – Finance Committee: Votes on Executive 2021 Capital Budget / 4:30 pm

October Dates

  • Tuesday, October 6 – Common Council Meeting / Introduction of Executive 2021 OPERATING Budget | PUBLIC HEARING on 2021 CAPITAL Budget (Report of Finance Committee) / 6:30 pm
  • Monday, October 12 – Finance Committee Operating Budget Overview & Hearings / 4:30 pm
  • Tuesday, October 13 – Finance Committee Operating Budget Hearings / 4:30 pm
  • Tuesday, October 20 – Common Council Meeting / PUBLIC HEARING on 2021 Operating Budget / 6:45 pm
  • Wednesday, October 21 – Finance Committee Member Amendments to 2021 OPERATING Budget DUE to Finance Department Wednesday, October 21 at 4:30 pm (released Friday, October 24 at 12 noon)
  • Monday, October 26 – Finance Committee: Votes on Executive 2021 Operating Budget / 4:30 pm

November Dates

  • Wednesday, November 4 – Common Council2021 CAPITAL & OPERATING BUDGET Amendments dueto Finance Director by Wednesday, November 4 at 4:30 pm
  • Friday, November 6 -Common Council Amendments Distributed to Common Council: Friday, November 6 at 12 noon
  • Tuesday, November 12 – Common Council Meeting (Budget Only / Public Comment) / 5:30 pm
  • Wednesday, November 13 – Common Council Meeting (Budget Only/If Needed) / 5:30 pm
  • Thursday, November 14 – Common Council Meeting (Budget Only/If Needed) / 5:30 pm

The November 12 and 13 meetings of the Council shall recess or adjourn not later than 12:00 am (Midnight) unless the council by a 2/3 vote agrees to extend the time of recess to a different time.

CITY BUDGET INFO

The budget page is here.

CAPITAL BUDGET

Info

Kickoff (Mayor’s Message. May 4)

Agency Requests (June 12)

Executive Budget (Mayor’s budget, September 1)

Project map – slides of projects for the next 5 years

Meetings

Department Presentations – Night One (9/8)

Department Presentations – Night Two (9/9)

OPERATING BUDGET

Info

Kickoff (Mayor’s message, June 1)

Agency Requests (July 20)

Meetings

Hasn’t started yet.

Amendments to Madison Capital Budget at Finance Committee Tonight

Affordable housing, a new homeless shelter, buying a hotel for temporary housing, mental health ambulance costs?  I wish . . . instead we got the following 12 amendments to the Mayor's budget.

Roadmap to Madison Police Department Budget: Work in Progress

The Public Safety Review Committee (PSRC) has a budget subcommittee that is working on a report so people can understand the police department budget.