Final Negotiation on Judge Doyle Square Housing?
On Monday, the Finance Committee will go into closed session to determine if they will accept the final negotiations of the staff team. Here's the information that is avaialble to the public.
City Week Ahead
Council budget week - will they get done in one night? Edgewood College and Salvation Army at Plan Commission, Judge Doyle Square final negotiations?, PFC set timeline for hiring chief?, repositioning public housing and more.
13 City Capital Budget Amendments to Finance Committee Budget Package
Adds costs for Reindahl Imagination Center, Affordable Housing, 9th ambulance, police, quiet zone, traffic safety and more.
12 City Operating Budget Amendments to Finance Committee Budget Package (Updated)
Adding ambulance and police, cutting police auditor, community building and outreach, Warner Teen Specialist and Gym Monitor, Olbrich staffing, digital equity, staff pay raises, BRT studies funding and more!
City Finance Budget Amendments (21-25)
City Council budget amendments come out at noon and I never finished the 4 part series on the Finance Committee meetings, so here it is. Snow and Ice, traffic safety, policing and wheel tax.
Round Up, Thursday 11/7/19
Various city updates, Cookies with a Cop (?!?), Occupy Madison 5 year Anniversary, Housing Openings at the YWCA and more!
Marquette Neighborhood Association in Crisis
Good grief. For that last week or so I've been watching the email list recount a deceptive if not illegal board election followed by tales of retaliation for calling out the deception. If the neighborhood association doesn't have a democratically elected board, what would that mean?
Common Council Executive Committee Recap
It's only 25 minutes! It's basically reports and updates on a variety of things of interest to the mayor and common council.
Wheel Tax Vote Violated City Rules?
There were many questions about the wheel tax meeting where several alders were first notified as being absent and then at some point the day of the meeting, it was decided that they would appear by phone. So, I looked into the city rules and here's what I could find.
Round Up – Monday 11/4/19 (UPDATED)
A hodgepodge of mostly City updates, including Free Thanksgiving meals and Madison Activist Calendar Updates.
City Week Ahead
Input on the city's budget taken Tuesday night, Salvation Army project funding, Assessor Q&A on impact of F-35s and more.
Next steps in hiring the police chief?
Police and Fire Commission met to discuss timeline and next steps for hiring the next police chief. Here's what they had to say.