West District Area Plan | Executive Committee Meeting | Common Council Meeting |
postedItems of Interest - District 20
6:00 p.m., Monday, March 4, 2024 | West Area Public Meeting on Draft Plan. Virtual Meeting. Registration required.
Meeting ID: 869 3839 4029
Pass Code: 145190
Tuesday, March 5, 4:30 p.m. | Common Council Executive Committee
Amending Section 33.13(1) of the Madison General Ordinances related to composition of the Common Council Executive Committee to modify the CCEC appointment process. Fiscal Note: The proposed ordinance changes the CCEC appointment process. No fiscal impact.
Title: Amending Section 33.13(1) of the Madison General Ordinances related to composition of the Common Council Executive Committee to modify the CCEC appointment process. Body: DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: Under current ordinance, the Common Council President appoints five members of the Common Council Executive Committee (CCEC) as well as an alternate in the event that the immediate past President is no longer a member of the Council or continues to serve as President or Vice President. This ordinance would change the CCEC appointment process so that five members are chosen randomly from among the alders who wish to serve on the Committee. If fewer than five members submit their names to be appointed, the Council President appoints the remaining members and those appointments are submitted to the Council for confirmation. Any appointment of an alternate in lieu of the immediate past President being appointed is also submitted to the Common Council for confirmation.
Common Council, Tuesday, March 5, 6:30 p.m.
6. 82356 | A look @ Madison's Finances, Jackson Skin, Research Director, Presentation Policy Forum, A Record Year for Referenda.
7. 82316 | Committee of the Whole meeting related to the 2025 budget outlook, and addressing the structural deficit.
Per Michael Haas, City Attorney, the Committee of the Whole is to provide feedback and direction to City staff regarding parameters and priorities for the 2025 budget. Regarding the substance of the discussion, the Finance Department is not expecting or requesting detailed directions about specific budget items or programs. The Finance Department's presentation will include a quick summary of the issues and options and then move into a framework discussion. This framework will focus on values and priorities of the Council, including some questions to prompt discussion. The goals are a continued building of understanding of the issues, proactive and positive discussion of priorities and values, and a general consensus of the broad framework for the 2025 budget. Alders are able to take a deeper dive into the discussion of the 2025 budget and the structural deficit. The President of the Council with
I invite you to view tomorrow's Common Council Meeting. Please email your comments related to your understanding of the alignment with your values. Also, email me if there is an interest in the District hosting a Saturday morning Conversation Cafe at the Urban League Employment Center, on McKenna across from the Elver Park? The Conversation Cafe methodology is based on the belief that 'we are wiser together' and that the future can be shaped 'through conversations that matter'. You can also host a Cafe within your neighborhood association.
PURPOSE. Conversation Cafe is a strategy that engages participations in dialogue by responding to open-ended content questions with group members.
West Area Plan
Noon, Tuesday, March 5, (virtual - registration required).
6:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, (in-person at Vel Phillips Memorial High School, 201 S. Gammon Rd., Wisconsin Neighborhood Center - no registration necessary-enter main doors facing Mineral Point Road.
All three meetings will cover the same content. A full PDF draft plan text and maps, including chapter introductions are available on the project website.
From A Constituent:
Dear Alder Harrington-McKinney,
In a time of high inflation that is making it difficult for people to make ends meet and afford daily life necessities, the city of Madison had an opportunity to help its residents by reducing its budget and the costs of living in Madison. Instead, the budget had a public market, a new exhibit at the zoo, and a number of other ancillary "services" that will be a drain on public finances added to the budget, none of which have any clear benefit to the city or community; keeping Madison affordable, however, does have clear benefits.
Since buying a house two years ago, my annual property taxes are set to increase by around $1,000. That is unacceptable, particularly alongside the twenty percent inflation of goods and services that are needed to maintain everyday life. These increased taxes will hurt not only homeowners but renters, as well, as they will experience downstream effects of rental property tax increases, limiting options for all people who desire to live in Madison, and compounding housing problems.
During these times, city leadership should be looking at ways to live within its current means rather than viewing residents' as a source of revenue able to support new, expensive projects that positively impact few but hurt the whole. The city of Madison could, instead, choose to do something different and be a place that intentionally tries to maintain (or even lower) the costs it imposes on its residents, so that residents desire to be here and can financially manage to do so.
I urge you and other members of our city leadership to reconsider how and where you are spending our money. Our city has to learn to live within its means and be able to sustain itself and so that its residents can sustain themselves, too.
Sincerely,
Name Withheld
City of Madison Resident
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