City of Madison - File #: 46249

• File #: 46249
• Version: 3
• Name: Recreate the Department of Transportation
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/22/2017
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
• On agenda: 9/19/2017
• Final action: 9/19/2017
• Enactment date: 1/1/2018
• Enactment #: ORD-17-00099
• Title: 3rd SUBSTITUTE Recreating Section 3.14, creating Sections 33.55 and 33.56 of the Madison General Ordinances to recreate the Department of Transportation and to create the Transportation Policy and Planning Board and the Transportation Commission.
• Sponsors: Denise DeMarb, Shiva Bidar, Sheri Carter, Mark Clear, Rebecca Kemble, Steve King, Matthew J. Phair, Marsha A. Rummel, Michael E. Verveer, Ledell Zellers

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/19/2017	3	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
9/5/2017	3	COMMON COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
5/10/2017	2	TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION (ended 06/2018)	Return to Lead with the Following Recommendation(s)	Pass
4/25/2017	2	PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION (ended 6/2018)	Return to Lead with the Following Recommendation(s)	Pass
4/17/2017	2	SUSTAINABLE MADISON COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval
4/12/2017	2	TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION (ended 06/2018)	Refer	Pass
3/28/2017	2	PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE/MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION (ended 6/2018)	Refer
3/23/2017	2	LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEE (ended 6/2018)	Return to Lead with the Following Recommendation(s)
3/21/2017	2	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	Referred
3/21/2017	2	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	Referred
3/21/2017	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Add Referral(s)	Pass
3/8/2017	2	TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION (ended 06/2018)	Refer	Pass
2/28/2017	1	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	Referred
2/28/2017	1	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	Referred
2/28/2017	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
2/22/2017	1	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
The proposed ordinance change will recreate the Department of Transportation. Under the new organizational structure, the Department of Transportation will include the following Divisions: Metro Transit, Parking Utility, and Traffic Engineering. The ordinance change will require the creation of a Director or Transportation which is currently not funded in the City’s operating budget. The projected annual costs of a Director position (including benefits) is $200,000 annually. Funding for this position, as well as other costs associated with creating the new department, are subject to budget appropriation.
Title
3rd SUBSTITUTE Recreating Section 3.14, creating Sections 33.55 and 33.56 of the Madison General Ordinances to recreate the Department of Transportation and to create the Transportation Policy and Planning Board and the Transportation Commission.
Body
DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance recreates Sec. 3.14, MGO, establishing a Department of Transportation in the City of Madison. This ordinance also establishes for the City a Transportation Policy and Planning Board and a Transportation Commission. This ordinance will become effective on January 1, 2018.
Once this ordinance becomes effective, the following commissions, committees, and subcommittees currently contained in Madison General Ordinance Sec. 3.14 will cease to exist: Transit and Parking Commission, Pedestrian Bicycle Motor Vehicle Commission, ADA Transit Subcommittee to the Transit and Parking Commission, Parking Council for People with Disabilities, Contracted Services Oversight Subcommittee, Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee, and Joint Transportation Subcommittee. This ordinance assigns the duties that these commissions, committees, and subcommittees currently perform to either the Transportation Policy and Planning Board or the Transportation Commission.
For a more detailed drafter’s analysis pertaining to this ordinance, please see the attached drafter’s memora...