Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of January 12, 2026

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.

• Plan Commission: The Plan Commission meeting will take place on Monday, January 12, at 5:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include development-related requests in Districts 4, 5, and 9.
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• Common Council: The Common Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 13, at 6:30 p.m. in hybrid format. Agenda items include creating a temporary moratorium on the issuance of zoning certificates for data centers and telecommunications centers of more than 10,000 square feet of floor area.
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For more information on joining the City's board, commission, or committee, please visit the linked page.

Events

• Neighborhood Grant Program Workshop - Wednesday, January 14: The Planning Division will host the Neighborhood Grant Program again in 2026. If you have a project idea and want to ask questions or are simply interested in learning more about the program, please join us for this workshop! This will be a hybrid meeting.

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

Announcements

• Metro Transit Service: Riders can stay informed by signing up for Metro Rider Alerts. Watch for canceled trips in Metro’s bus tracker or on third-party apps like Google Maps and Transit. Also, feel free to contact our customer service staff with any questions.
• 2026 Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award Honorees: Dane County Executive Melissa Agard and City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway proudly announced this year’s recipients of the City-County Humanitarian Awards honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Independent Monitor Report: During the December 17, 2025, meeting of the Police Civilian Oversight Board, Interim Independent Monitor Meeka Glass provided an update to the board but was unable to share detailed information due to a technical issue.
• 2025 Housing Tracker Year in Review: The City of Madison’s Housing Tracker shows steady progress toward the goal of adding 15,000 new homes of all types by 2030, with its latest update providing preliminary year-end totals for 2025.

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