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File #: 87810    Version: 1 Name: Commending and thanking Alder Jael Currie for her dedicated service to the constituents in District 16 and to the City of Madison.
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/4/2025 In control: Council Office
On agenda: 4/15/2025 Final action: 4/15/2025
Enactment date: Enactment #: RES-25-00230
Title: Commending and thanking Alder Jael Currie for her dedicated service to the constituents in District 16 and to the City of Madison.
Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Juliana R. Bennett, Nikki Conklin, John W. Duncan, Tag Evers, Derek Field, Yannette Figueroa Cole, MGR Govindarajan, John P. Guequierre, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Isadore Knox Jr., Amani Latimer Burris, Sabrina V. Madison, Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, Charles Myadze, Marsha A. Rummel, Bill Tishler, Michael E. Verveer, Regina M. Vidaver, Nasra Wehelie
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Title
Commending and thanking Alder Jael Currie for her dedicated service to the constituents in District 16 and to the City of Madison.
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WHEREAS, Alder Jael Currie was elected to the Madison Common Council on April 20, 2021; and

WHEREAS, Alder Currie served on the Early Childhood Care and Education Committee; Committee on Employee Relations; Finance Committee; Housing Strategy Committee; Madison Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Advisory Task Force; Common Council Executive Committee Subcommittee to Establish a Council Code of Conduct, Common Council Executive Committee; Plan Commission; Jeffrey Clay Erlanger Civility in Public Discourse Award Committee; Community Services Committee; Disability Rights Commission; and Board of Park Commissioners; and

WHEREAS, Alder Currie was elected by her peers to serve as Vice President of the Common Council from 2022-2023 and President of the Common Council from 2023-2024; and

WHEREAS, Alder Currie led efforts to establish and unanimously adopt the first Elected and Appointed Official Code of Ethical Conduct, resulting in robust and continuing conversations about advancing the work of becoming a more inviting, equitable and inclusive community and body, through education, support, training, and resources; and

WHEREAS, with the help of city staff and peers, Alder Currie succeeded in a long-fought battle to get the city’s ninth ambulance in service, by getting funding for 10 new paramedic positions included in the 2022 executive budget; and

WHEREAS, Alder Currie has been a fierce proponent of innovative solutions to combat homelessness, and is especially proud to have supported the vision and implementation of the city’s first ever city-sanctioned campground on Dairy Drive; and

WHEREAS, Alder Currie, through her hard work and dedication to her alder duties, has faithfully and with honor served her constituents and the City of Madison;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and ...

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