Ok – I might as well keep going at this point. It’s 12:45 a.m. and we’re not moving very fast so I think I can keep up.
Amendment No. 1
Agency/Service: General Budget Policy
Page(s): ii (new)
Sponsor(s): Alds. Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Schumacher
Add the following narrative:
General Budget Policy:
To avoid the creation of future structural budget deficits, the City of Madison will not use one-time revenue sources to fund on-going operating expenses.
$ –
Total $ – Levy Impact: $ –
There were several questions about what the language really meant and what impact it would actually have in the future but it passed unanimously on a voice vote.
Amendment No. 2
Agency/Service: Miscellaneous Appropriations / Sister City Program
Page(s): 11
Sponsor(s): Alds. Cnare, Palm, Brandon, Compton
Eliminate funding for the Sister City Program
Sister City Program $ (10,000)
Total $ (10,000) Levy Impact: $ (10,000)
Here we go again . . . . . . .
And it fails . . . again . . . .
AYE Cnare, Compton, Palm, Pham-Remmele, Sanborn, Skidmore, Brandon
NO Clear, Gruber, Judge, Kerr, Konkel, Rhodes-Conway, Rummel, Schumacher, Solomon, Verveer, Webber, Bruer, Clausius
Amendment No. 3
Agency/Service: Miscellaneous Appropriations / Emerging Neighborhoods
Page(s): 11
Sponsor(s): Alds. Cnare, Brandon
Reduce Emerging Neighborhoods by $100,000 to restore to the 2007 level of $100,000.
Emerging Neighborhoods $ (100,000)
Total $ (100,000) Levy Impact: $ (100,000)
The Council is grilling the Mayor about this fund and its clear that there are various levels of understanding and misunderstanding. I’m not even sure if the Mayor understands his own program, but we’re muddling through and even though it is now after 1:00, seems like we’re getting a second wind. I think we’re just practicing for tomorrow night cuz we’re going to have the same arguments. AYE Cnare, Compton, Kerr, Palm, Sanborn, Schumacher, Skidmore, Brandon, Bruer, Clausius. NO Clear, Gruber, Judge, Konkel, Pham-Remmele, Rhodes-Conway, Rummel, Solomon, Verveer, Webber.
Looks like we are ending now (1:15). We’ll pick up with amendment number 4 in the Operating Budget. We only got through 20 amendments. We have 52 amendments left. That would be 8 amendments per hour if we wanted to be done by 1:00. Could be an all nighter. Or we’re going to have to set another date to meet.
