Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of June 30, 2025

Updates and Notices

The City of Madison will be closed for the Independence Day holiday on Friday, July 4. All emergency services will be available; please call 911 in the event of an emergency.

• Emergency Water Issue: Call Madison Water Utility at 608-266-4665, 24/7.
• Sanitary Sewer Back-up: Call 608-266-4430. An emergency crew will respond to your call.
• Report a Problem: Report non-emergencies that can wait until the next City working day.

Boards, Commissions, and Committee Meetings

Note: This is not a complete list of meetings for this upcoming week. All meetings and their details can be found at the Meeting Schedule page.

• Common Council: The Common Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 1, at 6:30 p.m. in hybrid format. Agenda items include modifying the Police Civilian Oversight Board appointment process.
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• Police and Fire Commission: The Police and Fire Commission meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 1, at 5:00 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include a discussion of the Police Chief hiring process.
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• Board of Public Works: The Board of Public Works meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 2, at 4:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include authorizing an agreement with MSA Professional Services for engineering services for the Starkweather Creek and Olbrich Gardens Watershed Study.
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If you would like more information about becoming a member of a City board, commission, or committee, please visit the page linked here.

Public Information Meetings (PIMs)

• Public Information Meeting: Housing Forward Proposals, Wednesday, July 2: Three new proposals being introduced by the mayor and several members of the Common Council aim to make it easier to build the types of smaller homes that we used to build across Madison and already see in many of the City’s more established neighborhoods.
• District 11 Town Hall on Budget and Housing: District 11 residents are invited to a Town Hall with Alder Bill Tishler on Monday, July 7 from 7–8 PM at Sequoya Library to discuss the 2026 City Budget and 2025 Housing Forward proposal. Ask questions, share feedback, and join the conversation.

Events

• Parks Alive at Galaxy Park, Monday, June 30: Parks Alive is back this year with more of what you love! Visit your local park and share fun, family-friendly activities while building connections with neighbors and creating memories with friends. As always, there will be free food, music and the occasional movie. Come out, get active and enjoy your local green space this summer.
• Movie in the Park | Dog Man, Monday, June 30: Grab a blanket or a lawn chair and join us for a free movie in the park! Movie: Dog Man(link is external) (2025) PG 1h 29m. Showtime: 6:30pm. This movie showing is part of the Parks Alive program. Parks Alive is 5 - 7pm.
• Summer Nights @ Westmorland Park and Drone Light Show, Thursday, July 3: 4:30 pm to 10:00 pm Dance into the night with Johnny Chimes and party legends V05, followed by a drone light show! Bring a chair, bring your friends, and don’t miss Madison’s best neighborhood concert series!
• Capital City Band Concerts - Celebrate Independence!, Thursday July 3: 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Join us at Rennebohm Park for a night of free music! Performances are for everyone and will feature a variety from marches, popular tunes, vocal and instrumental soloists, to military band standards. This special concert will celebrate independence, featuring the Black Knights Color Guard, a Salute to the Troops, and other patriotic hits! Bringing your own chair is strongly recommended. The Capitol City Band plays rain or shine! David Pedracine, Interim Music Director and Conductor Jim Latimer, Music Director Emeritus
• 84th Annual July 4th Celebration in Westmorland Park: Friday, July 4th, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm Co-sponsored by Midvale Heights Neighborhood, Sunset Village Neighborhood, and Westmorland Neighborhood.  All events take place rain or shine.
• University Hill Farms 4th of July Parade and Picnic, July 4th 9:30 am. Kids and Family Parade! starting at 9:30 am, parade at 10:00am. The Fourth of July Parade is primarily for children, but all ages are welcome to enter the parade as well as to watch from the sidelines.

Additional upcoming events can also be found on the City events calendar.

Announcements and News Releases

• City of Madison to Raise Disability Pride Flag in Honor of Disability Pride Month: Madison, Wi: The City of Madison is proud to host a Disability Pride Flag Raising Ceremony to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ceremony and news conference will take place on Tuesday, July… [posted June 27, 2025]
• Concerts on the Rooftop Moved Inside: Due to the forecasted storms tonight, Thursday, June 26, Concerts on the Rooftop will be moved indoors in Monona Terrace's spacious exhibition hall. Don't miss Latin Pride Orquesta’s exhilarating brand of salsa music and charged live shows… [posted June 26, 2025]
• Madison Updates its ADA Transition Plan : Over the past year, the Department of Civil Rights and many other City of Madison agencies have worked to identify barriers to access in all city programs, facilities and the public right of way as they worked on revitalizing Madison’s American with… [posted June 26, 2025]
• Madison Sister City Delegation to Visit Obihiro, Japan : The trip was organized by the Madison-Obihiro Sister Cities Inc. board to work for peace and better understanding of all cultures. [posted June 26, 2025]
• The Sustain Dane - City of Madison Recycle Better Course Begins on July 2: The Streets Division is once again working with Sustain Dane to offer the online Recycle Better classes. The class is in the evening of July 2, 2025. This is the last opportunity to take the course this year. By taking the Recycle Better class,… [posted June 26, 2025]
• Metro Transit Now Accepting Credit Cards: Riders are now able to pay their adult rate bus fares with both physical contactless Mastercard or Visa credit cards as well as mobile wallets like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Pay. [posted June 25, 2025]
• Parks Open House Thursday: The City of Madison Parks Division invites the community to view the draft 2025-2030 Park & Open Space Plan. Meet with staff and explore the plan's chapters at the POSP Open House on Thursday, June 26 from 3:30-6:30pm at Parks Lakeside Offices,… [posted June 25, 2025]
• 2025 Recyclopedia Booklets Now Available: Printed copies of the 2025 Recyclopedia are now available. You can pick up a copy at your local Madison Public Library location and the Streets Division offices. Copies can be mailed to you by contacting the Streets Division office that services your…[posted June 24, 2025]
• Street Closure for Concerts on the Square: Multiple streets around the Capitol Square will be closed on Wednesday, June 25th for the start of the annual Concerts on the Square event series. The streets will close at 3:00pm and will reopen by midnight. [posted June 24, 2025]
• Heavy Rain Continues, Urban Flash Flooding Expected, Avoid Flash Flooded Areas : The next few days are expected to have multiple, brief but heavy storm events which may result in urban flash flooding of roadways.  If you encounter a flooded area do not drive through.  Intense rains of this type can overwhelm the… [posted June 24, 2025]
• Phase 2 of Highland Avenue Project Begins Monday: Beginning at 5:00 am on Monday, June 30, the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) will begin Stage 2 of its Highland Avenue project.  Southbound Highland Avenue will close at the VA Hospital driveway, and the westbound on-ramp from…[posted June 24, 2025]

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