Highlights for the Week of January 1, 2024

City Offices are closed on January 1: Administrative offices are closed on Monday, January 1, 2024 for New Year's Day. Emergency services will be open; please call 911. Use Report a Problem for non-emergencies.

Snowplowing Updates: Streets Division crews will be out late Saturday night, December 30, and they will remain on the roads through the day on Sunday in response to the forecasted snowstorm. You can report a problem at the link provided.

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 here.

• Homeless Services Consortium Board of Directors: The Homeless Services Consortium Board of Directors meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 3, in virtual format at 1:00 p.m. Agenda items include updates to the Street Outreach section of the Written Standards and the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program implementation/underspent funding plan.
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Announcements & News Releases

• Jeffrey Clay Erlanger Civility in Public Discourse Award Winner is Dr. Fabu Carter: Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced that Dr. Fabu Carter is the recipient of the 2023 Jeffrey Clay Erlanger Civility in Public Discourse Award. 
• Mayor, Common Council, Madison Police Department Joint Statement on Recent Acts of Vandalism: Last night a business in our community was vandalized and sprayed with Islamophobic graffiti. This is the second incidence of hate-related vandalism in the past 48 hours and comes on top of a string of troubling Islamophobic and antisemitic…
• Large Items Free with Work Orders for Resource Recovery Charge Ratepayers :  Starting today, December 27, 2023 and continuing through all of 2024, Madison residents who pay the Resource Recovery Special Charge will not be charged for items that require a fee when they make their required large item work orders. Large item…
• How to Have Your Christmas Tree Collected: The Streets Division provides two rounds of curbside collection for Christmas trees. Crews collect trees only.  Wreaths, boughs, and other evergreen decorations go into the trash. The first round will begin on January 2, 2024, following the New Year…
• No Trash & Recycling Collection on Monday, January 1, 2024: No Streets Division collections on Monday, January 1. Drop-off sites & offices are also closed.
• Free Spongy Moth informational webinar will be hosted by the Tree Canopy Collaborative and UW Extension on Wednesday 1/17/24 at 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.  PJ Liesch (Director – UW Insect Diagnostic Lab) will be the presenter.  This will be an excellent opportunity for folks to hear directly from an expert.  
• 2024 Neighborhood Grant Program: Have you and your neighbors been thinking about making community improvements or strengthening your neighborhood group? The Planning Division will once again offer funding through the Neighborhood Grant Program for Leadership and Capacity Building and Community Enhancement projects. The application deadline is February 12, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. In late December, we will post updated grant materials on our webpage for 2024. In the interim, you can refer to last year’s  guidelines for assistance. Once you are ready to start an application, please contact the Planning Division at  Neighborhoods@cityofmadison.com, and share project ideas with your alderperson. We also invite you to attend an optional orientation meeting: Neighborhood Grant Program Orientation January 11, 2024
  • Virtual, 12:00 p.m. via Zoom. Please sign up to receive an email with information about participating in the meeting.
  • In-Person, 6:00 p.m., Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 206. 

Streets Division Updates

• Drop-off Site Hours: Drop-off sites are on winter hours. Check the hours before loading your car.  Drop-off site information is available at www.cityofmadison.com/DropOffSites.
• Winter Information: The City of Madison has a hub for all things winter from how to use salt correctly to winter recreation opportunities to free sand locations to snowplowing update email signups.  All of that is available at www.cityofmadison.com/Winter

Metro New Year's Eve and New Year's Day Service

Routes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, L, O, P, R, S will operate SUNDAY schedules. 

There is no extended service on New Year's Eve.

• Route 80 operates weekend recess schedule. 
• Routes 81-84 do not operate.

On Sunday and Monday, Metro’s customer service center will be open from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and the administration office will be closed.

For more information, contact Metro’s customer service center at (608) 266-4466 or email: mymetrobus@cityofmadison.com