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Amending Sec. 33.31 of the Madison General Ordinances to Update the Membership of the Sustainable Madison Committee.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This ordinance updates the membership of the Sustainable Madison Committee by decreasing the overall body from 15 to 11 members, the number of alternates from 3 to 2, and adding a goal of having youth members (ages 14-24) appointed to the Committee.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Section 33.31 entitled “Sustainable Madison Committee” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
“33.31 - SUSTAINABLE MADISON COMMITTEE
The Sustainable Madison Committee takes a leadership role in the promotion of sustainability and environmental protection for the City of Madison, the Madison community, and the region. The committee consists of eleven (11) fifteen (15) members plus two three alternates: at least one (1) Common Council member, one (1) Board of Public Works member (who may also be a Council member), and nine (9) thirteen (13) various experts or community representatives with an interest in sustainability (no more than two (2) of whom may also be Council members). Members shall be resident members that bring, collectively, a variety of different perspectives and experiences related to, collectively, represent the following areas of expertise: (1) Air, (2) water, (3) energy, (4) transportation and land use, (5) food, (6) the built environment, (7) finance, economics and workforce, (8) culture (health, education, arts), and (9) environmental protection justice, (10) climate, and (11) youth perspectives (ages 14-24). The Mayor shall strive to appoint members drawn from the following portions of the community: Neighborhood groups, sustainability activists, youth (ages 14-24), business people, educational institutions and the development community. Members and alternates are appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Common Council. Members and alternates shall be appointed for a term of two years, with terms expiring June 30 with the exception of aldermanic members and the Board of Public Works member. The term of aldermanic members shall expire with the expiration of their terms as alders and the term of the Board of Public Works member shall expire with their term on Board of Public Works.”