Filling Madison’s $30M budget hole for 2021 starts now?
They're not going to fill a $30M shortfall by not ordering paper and pens. And we'll be paying for some pretty expensive curb painters and grass cutters.
Mon & Tues Round Up – May 4 & 5
A round up of round ups and updates to from the city and county.
Madison Mayor’s 2021 Capital Budget Instructions
Call me crazy, but this looks like just about any other year when it comes to the capital budget. Mayor urges caution, justify your projects, nothing half-baked and everything will be closely scrutinized.
Week of May 4
Dylan Brogan joins Brenda Konkel from Forward Lookout to team up again to let you know what is in the week ahead - city, county and schools!
What will the Madison City Council talk about tonight?
Nothing? Nothing has been pulled off the agenda for separate discussion for tonight. I'm sure they will still discuss things, tune in to find out.
Weekend Round Up – May 1 – 3
Alder and bike updates, F-16 night flights, water main flushing and that's about it for the weekend.
Madison City Week Ahead
Council meets this week, historic preservation and Oscar Mayer plans moving forward, Food Policy and Public Health and others meetings this week.
Tues-Thursday Round Up
Finishing consulting jobs and having a new full time job is kicking my butt - so here's a whole bunch of things that could be their own post if I had more time. Just a few more weeks and I'll only have one job and a blog!
Meet your new Madison City Council Executive Committee
It's not really what I expected. Seems almost counter-intuitive and the conservative end of the council. Will be interesting to see what they do. Or don't do - three weeks from now.
Nevermind, here’s the real Madison City Council budget schedule
There's nothing more annoying that reading materials for a meeting and then finding out they were discussing something entirely different that wasn't available to the public. Bad. public. transparency.
Weekend & Monday Round Up – April 25 – 27
I think I got it all, but some things may end up in today's round up.
6 Dane County Projects get WHEDA tax credit awards, other don’t (Updated)
The Valor (veterans affordable housing) and Salvation Army not funded at this time, Salvation Army not eligible.