I think there are only 2 1 meetings left to be held this week that haven’t been cancelled, Water Utility at 4:30 and a meeting just scheduled for Friday at 1:00. Apparently only 13 alders were able to attend. When I heard, I pointed out that the ordinances say:
MGO 2.185 Call of the House
(1) Any member may request by motion a call of the house in the presence or absence of a quorum and thereby require unexcused absent members to be sent for. Such a motion is in order at any time, except when the Council is engaged in voting. The motion shall be decided by a roll call vote and passed by an affirmative vote of a majority of all members present.
(2) While the Common Council is under call, and if a quorum is present, business may be transacted as if there were no call, except that no further action may be taken on the specific question under consideration when the call was ordered. (Am. by ORD-07-00194, 12-20-07)
(3) When the attendance of absent members is secured, each of said members shall have the opportunity to explain her or his absence; however, such explanation will not be mandatory. In addition, no fees or penalties will be assessed against any such member.
Of course, you can’t make a call if the council president cancels the meeting.
2:05
Meeting: Common Council Executive Committee Cancelled
Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 4:30pm
Location: City-County Bldg 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Room 108 Madison, WI 53703
2:09
Meeting: Common Council Cancelled
Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 6:30pm
Location: City-County Building 210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd Room 201 Madison, WI 53703
3:38
Meeting: Water Utility Board Cancelled
Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 4:30pm
Location: Madison Water Utility 119 E Olin Ave Room Conference Rm A-B Madison, WI 53713
Here’s the press release:
From: Veldran, Lisa
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2:24 PM
To: All Alders; CL GROUP; Deming, Amy; Dept Division Heads; EDO GROUP; Elliot Hughes; Firchow, Kevin; Garcia, Siera; Hardiman, Emily; Konkel, Brenda; Laschinger, Lisa; Lengfeld, Jay; Lisa Speckhard Pasque; Lloyd, Mary; McCarthy, Kate; Montana Leggett; MY GROUP; Niesen, Stefanie; Ofstun, Cynthia; Oleksiak, Claire; Parks, Timothy; Patterson, John; Putnam, William; Rhodes, Linette; Schesny, Rebecca; Schroeder, Ann; Stoiber, Jennifer; Stouder, Heather; Tao, Yang; Trowbridge, David; Wahl, Victor; Wolf, Karin; Allison Geyer; Becker, Abigal (TCT); Daily Cardinal; Dean Mosiman; Hannah McClung; Isthmus Calendar; Joe Tarr; Isthmus Davidoff; Lisa Speckhard Pasque; Logan Wroge (WSJ); Madison365; Mike Ivey; News nbc15; pschneider@madison.com; Shelley Mesch; Stentz, Molly; Channel 27 News; City Editor
Subject: Press Release: CANCELED: January 29, 2019 Common Council Meeting
Importance: HighCANCELLED: January 29, 2019 Common Council Meeting
Next Common Council Meeting is February 5, 2019With no quorum of the Common Council attending tonight’s meeting and the concerns with the severe weather, the Common Council meeting for Tuesday, January 29, 2019, has been CANCELED.
The next regularly scheduled Common Council meeting is Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 201, City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr, Blvd.
Contacts
Council President Samba Baldeh
(608) 501-1424
district17@cityofmadison.comCouncil Vice-President Sheri Carter
(608) 698-6027
district14@cityofmadison.comCouncil Chief of Staff Kwasi Obeng
(608) 245-5793
kobeng@cityofmadison.com
