Tonight’s Council Consent Agenda

Looks like another Thuy Pham-Remmele show tonight. She separated almost all the items for discussion this evening.
The Exclusion list is below. Here’s the new explanation that comes with the exclusion list.

What is a consent agenda?

Typical consent agenda items are routine, procedural decisions, and decisions that are likely to be noncontroversial.

Examples include:
– Routine matters such as appointments to committees;
– Routine resolutions approving plans, improvements, etc.
– Reports provided for information only;
– Correspondence requiring no action.

Why is a consent agendas used?

The consent agenda is used by the Council to save meeting time and to help ensure that Council meetings focus on substantive topics that are worth discussion. Through the “bundling” process, the entire set of routine agenda items can be voted on in one action versus taking the time to vote on each individual item.

What is the exclusion list?

These are agenda items that alders have requested be taken off the consent agenda. The main reason an alder asks for an agenda item to be excluded is that they want to discuss/debate the item at the Council meeting.

Here’s the list:

Agenda Items #2 through #6 are PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS

The following items are extra-majority items to be included on the consent agenda with request for unanimous vote:

14. Legislative File No. 18895 – Approving plans and specifications and authorizing the Board of Public Works to advertise and receive bids for James Madison Park Shoreline, Contract No. 6324 and Amending the 2010 Storm Water Utility Capital Budget. (Report of BOE – 15 votes required)

20. Legislative File No. 18973 – Amending the 2010 Capital Budget of Engineering-Major Streets and Awarding Public Works Contract No. 6454, Hughes Place – 2010. (Report of BOE – 15 votes required)

27. Legislative File No. 19036 – Amending the 2010 Capital Budget of Facilities Management to fund additional costs for City-County Building capital improvements through a transfer of available funds from the Administrative Offices capital project. (Report of BOE – 15 votes required)

Items requested by alders to be placed on EXCLUSION LIST:

2. Legislative File No. 18630 – Public Hearing – New License: Walgreen Co • dba Walgreens #04805, 4518 Cottage Grove Rd • Agent: Douglas Subak, Class A Liquor & Class A Beer Aldermanic District 3 (Alder Cnare) • Police Sector 611 (Report of ALRC Public Hearing – Ald. Lauren Cnare, President Pro Tem – for purpose of re-referring to the Common Council meeting of 8/3/10)

6. Legislative File No. 18283 – Public Hearing – To SUSPEND the handcrafted goods vending restriction at the location identified in Street Use Permit #SUP2010021 on the 400 block of State St. on Saturdays from 11:00am to 3:00pm upon adoption/approval of this resolution until Saturday, April 2, 2011 (except for Saturday, May 8, 2010) and authorizing the International Socialist Organization to vend non-handcrafted goods. (Report of Street Vending Oversight Committee Public Hearing – Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele, D. 20)

7. Legislative File No. 18994 – Appointments – Report of the Mayor submitting citizen committee appointments (Business by the Mayor: 2/3 vote required for Water Utility Board appointment and Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele, D. 20).

9. Legislative File No. 19224 – Appointments – Report of the Mayor submitting an Alder committee appointment. (Business by the Mayor – Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele, D. 20)

16. Legislative File No. 18918 – Authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk and Chief of Police to accept an award from the State of Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance in the amount of up to $7,900 and to utilize these funds to purchase Wisconsin Interoperable System for Communications (WISCOM) radios to allow for interoperability between the Madison Police command center and law enforcement and emergency agencies. (Report of BOE – Ald. Mark Clear, Council President – for purpose of re-referring to the Common Council meeting of 8/3/10)

NOTE: CHANGE: Please note that Ald. Mark Clear meant to request re-referral to the 8/3/10 of Agenda Item No. 64 not Agenda Item No. 16.

17. Legislative File No. 18921 – Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with Sustainable Engineering Group, LLC to provide commissioning, enhanced commissioning, and LEED measurement and verification professional engineering services for the complete renovation, exterior improvements, and possible expansion of the Madison Central Public Library (Report of BOE – Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele, D. 20)

18. Legislative File No. 18929 – Authorizing the provision of $432,000 in Federal HOME Match funds to assist Common Wealth Development, Inc. in acquiring and rehabilitating two 4-unit buildings for the purpose of providing affordable rental housing. (Report of BOE – Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele, D. 20)

28. Legislative File No. 19037 – Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with Mortenson Construction to provide owner representation and construction administration services for the complete renovation, exterior improvements, and possible expansion of the Madison Central Public Library. (Report of BOE – Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele, D. 20)

Yup – more of the Thuy show, or Thuyatrics, if you wish.

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