Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of December 1, 2025

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 on the Meeting Schedule page.

• Finance Committee: The Finance Committee meeting will take place on Monday, December 1, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include awarding up to $13,963,000 from the Affordable Housing Fund to support four affordable housing development projects.
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• Plan Commission: The Plan Commission meeting will take place on Monday, December 1, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include creating a housing type called “cottage courts” in Madison General Ordinances.
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• Board of Public Works: The Board of Public Works meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include public works projects in districts 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, and 20.
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Public Information Meetings (PIMs)

• Far West Operations Building - Tuesday, December 2, 2025: A public information meeting for this project is scheduled for Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom. Registration prior to is required. 

Events

• Wright Design Series - Behind the Scenes of Frank Lloyd Wright: Modern Chair Design - Thursday, December 4, 2025: Go behind the scenes with architectural historian and exhibition curator Eric Vogel as he discusses Frank Lloyd Wright: Modern Chair Design, an exhibition that challenges the common notion that Wright’s designs were secondary to his architectural work
• Holiday Fantasy in Lights: Lighted holiday-themed displays set in beautiful Olin Park. Drive through from dusk until 10:00 p.m. to enjoy this magical light show for free. Lights are on from Saturday, November 15, 2025, through Monday, January 5, 2026.

Please visit the City events calendar for the complete list of upcoming events.

Announcements

• Help Shape Greater Madison’s Music Identity: The Hero’s Journey process is rooted in community participation. Through the survey, community members are encouraged to reflect and respond to what makes the Madison-area music scene unique.
• Help Us Envision Downtown Madison: Envision Downtown Madison is a strategic partnership between the City of Madison and Downtown Madison, Inc. (DMI) that will provide a vision for the future of downtown.
• City of Madison Secures $17 Million in Federal Funding to Modernize Metro Fleet : This significant investment allows Metro Transit to retire some of the oldest vehicles in its fleet.

Please visit the City's news webpage for additional news and announcements, and subscribe to receive notifications of news releases as they are posted.