Fiscal Note
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Adopting the 2025 Common Council Meeting Dates
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WHEREAS, MGO 2.01(1) states, “The Council will establish the meeting dates for all meetings by resolution and post the schedule at least annually, and may modify meeting dates for holidays and elections”; and,
WHEREAS, to ensure availability of City staff throughout agencies who are essential in preparing files for meetings, the schedule avoids dates with City offices closed on the 4th and 3rd business days prior to the meeting; and,
WHEREAS, the Common Council Executive Committee (CCEC) reviewed the proposed Common Council meeting dates and times at their meeting on June 18, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to MGO 2.01(4), no Common Council meetings are proposed for the following:
• New Year's Day (January 1, 2025)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 20, 2025)
• Spring Primary election (February 18, 2025)
• The evening before (March 29, 2025) and the day of Eid Al-Fitr (March 30, 2025)
• Spring election (April 1, 2025)
• From sunset at the beginning of Passover (April 12, 2025) to sundown at the end of the second day (April 13, 2025)
• Memorial Day (May 26, 2025)
• The evening before (June 6, 2025) and the day of Eid Al-Adha (June 7, 2025)
• Juneteenth (June 19, 2025)
• Independence Day (July 4, 2025)
• Labor Day (September 1, 2025)
• From sunset at the beginning of Rosh Hashanah (September 22, 2025) to nightfall at the end of Rosh Hashanah (September 24, 2025)
• From sunset at the beginning of Yom Kippur (October 1, 2025) and the day of Yom Kippur (October 2, 2025)
• Thanksgiving Day (November 27, 2025)
• Ho-Chunk Day (November 28, 2025)
• Christmas Eve (December 24, 2025)
• Christmas Day (December 25, 2025)
• New Year's Eve (December 31, 2025)
WHEREAS, the following is the schedule of Common Council meeting dates and times for 2025 (all meetings start at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted):
• Tuesday, January 14, 2025
• Tuesday, January 28, 2025
• Tuesday, February 11, 2025
• Tuesday, February 25, 2025
• Tuesday, March 11, 2025
• Tuesday, March 25, 2025
• Tuesday, April 15, 2025
• Tuesday, May 6, 2025
• Tuesday, May 20, 2025
• Tuesday, June 3, 2025
• Tuesday, June 17, 2025
• Tuesday, July 1, 2025
• Tuesday, July 15, 2025
• Tuesday, August 5, 2025
• Tuesday, September 2, 2025
• Tuesday, September 16, 2025
• Tuesday, October 7, 2025
• Tuesday, October 28, 2025
• 2026 Budget Deliberations (please note dates/times)
o Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
o Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. (if needed)
o Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. (if needed)
• Tuesday, November 25, 2025
• Tuesday, December 9, 2025
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council approves the above schedule of Common Council meeting dates and times in 2025.
(Note: Full schedule attached to this Legislative File)