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Adopting the 2024 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 for meetings, the schedule avoids dates with City offices closed on any of the 4 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 July 25, 2023; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to MGO 2.01(4), no Common Council meetings are proposed for the following:
• New Year's Day (January 1, 2024)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15, 2024)
• Spring Primary election (February 20, 2024)
• Spring election (April 2, 2024)
• The evening before (April 9, 2024) and the day of Eid Al-Fitr (April 10, 2024)
• From sunset at the beginning of Passover (April 22, 2024) to sundown at the end of the second day (April 23, 2024)
• Memorial Day (May 27, 2024)
• The evening before (June 15, 2024) and the day of Eid Al-Adha (June 16, 2024)
• Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)
• Independence Day (July 4, 2024)
• Labor Day (September 2, 2024)
• From sunset at the beginning of Rosh Hashanah (October 2, 2024) to nightfall at the end of Rosh Hashanah (October 4, 2024)
• From sunset at the beginning of Yom Kippur (October 11, 2024) and the day of Yom Kippur (October 12, 2024)
• Election (November 5, 2024)
• Thanksgiving Day (November 28, 2024)
• Ho-Chunk Day (November 29, 2024)
• Christmas Eve (December 24, 2024)
• Christmas Day (December 25, 2024)
• New Year's Eve (December 31, 2024)
WHEREAS, the following is the schedule of Common Council meeting dates and times for 2023 (all meetings start at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted):
• Tuesday, January 9, 2024
• Tuesday, January 23, 2024
• Tuesday, February 13, 2024
• Tuesday, March 5, 2024
• Tuesday, March 19, 2024
• Tuesday April 16, 2024
• Tuesday, May 7, 2024
• Tuesday, May 21, 2024
• Tuesday, June 4, 2024
• Tuesday, June 18, 2024
• Tuesday, July 2, 2024
• Tuesday, July 16, 2024
• Tuesday, August 6, 2024
• Tuesday, September 10, 2024
• Tuesday, September 24, 2024
• Tuesday, October 8, 2024
• Tuesday, October 29, 2024
• 2025 Budget Deliberations (please note dates/times)
• Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. (if needed)
• Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. (if needed)
• Tuesday, November 26, 2024
• Tuesday, December 10, 2024
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council approves the above schedule of Common Council meeting dates and times in 2024.
(Note: Full schedule attached to this Legislative File)