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MADISON, [12/1/2023] — The Madison community is invited to participate in the second of several upcoming Community Listening Sessions to be held by the Office of the Independent Monitor (OIM). This second session will be hosted at the Warner Park…

The City of Madison Parking Division is scheduled to increase several off-street parking rates, effective January 1, 2024. These increases are necessary as they provide continued maintenance of our facilities, improve the level of service offered,…

Sycamore and South Point drop-off sites closed Saturday December 2.

The City of Madison Common Council meeting will take place in virtual format only on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Common Council meetings are normally conducted in hybrid format (both in-person and virtually) but will shift to virtual...

Planning Division staff will present the initial design concept and discuss options for when the blocks will be closed to private vehicles. This will be a hybrid meeting, with in-person and virtual options.

For the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Metro has provided more than 1 million rides in a single month.  In October, Metro provided 1,075,549 rides, an almost 20% increase compared to October of last year. This is the highest…

Set out leaves on Sunday, December 3 for a last chance leaf pickup. Crews will be around to collect piles set out for pickup if the weather allows.

The Streets Division drop-off site at 121 E. Olin Avenue is now closed for the remainder of 2023.The site will reopen in the spring of 2024.The official opening date in 2024 will be available at a later time.Use Other Drop-off SitesTwo other Streets…

The City of Madison is ready for winter with its new collectable snow machine baseball cards, now available for free at all Madison Public Library branches, both City of Madison Streets Division offices and other locations across the City. The four…

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced today that Mary Bottari will be stepping down, and that Sam Munger will serve as Chief of Staff starting at the beginning of 2024.

Over 50 miles of roads were removed from the salt routes for this upcoming winter. In an average winter, this will save around 270 tons of salt from being spread on our roads and entering our waterways.

MADISON, [11/21/2023] — The Madison community is invited to participate in the first of several upcoming Community Listening Sessions to be held by the Office of the Independent Monitor (OIM). This first session will be hosted at the Madison…

November 25 and November 26 are the final weekend days for the drop-off sites for 2023. The Olin Avenue site will close until the spring of 2024 after its hours of 11/26.

Madison does not want or welcome hate groups like the one that invaded our community today. I know how disturbing it was to see Nazi symbols openly displayed on our streets. Please know that the Madison Police Department was closely tracking their…

Thanksgiving holiday will change the trash/recycling schedule for residents with a Thursday & Friday pickup day. Drop-off sites will be closed on 11/23 and 11/24, too.

Thursday, November 16, a group gathered in front of a memorial display located on the 100 block of State Street to hold a press conference in honor of those who have lost their lives on Madison’s streets in the past 5 years. 

The City of Madison and Madison College are announcing a plan to transfer ownership of Fire Station No. 6, 825 Badger Road, to Madison College for an expansion of the Goodman South Campus that will include a childcare facility. A draft agreement…

Sunday, November 19, 2023, marks World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The City will join community partners from the Vision Zero Task Force in honoring victims of traffic crashes, and their families.

I want to thank the Common Council for their work to pass a budget that continues to invest in our critical community services and infrastructure. The City’s budget process is never easy, and there are always more community needs and more good ideas…