City of Madison - File #: 02877

• File #: 02877
• Version: 1
• Name: supplementary Council meetings
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Filed
• File created: 1/31/2006
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• On agenda: 5/2/2006
• Final action: 5/2/2006
• Title: Amending Section 2.01(1) of the Madison General Ordinances to require that all Common Council meetings adjourn no later than midnight and to establish scheduled supplementary meetings to be held as needed.
• Sponsors: Zachariah Brandon

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/2/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Place On File Without Prejudice	Pass
4/4/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer to a future Meeting to Adopt	Pass
3/21/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer to a future Meeting to Adopt	Pass
3/7/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
2/7/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer
2/1/2006	1	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office
2/1/2006	1	Attorney's Office	Referred for Introduction
1/31/2006	1	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Approved As To Form
1/31/2006	1	Attorney's Office	Fiscal Note Required / Approval

Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
Title
Amending Section 2.01(1) of the Madison General Ordinances to require that all Common Council meetings adjourn no later than midnight and to establish scheduled supplementary meetings to be held as needed.
Body
DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance establishes that all Council meetings will end at midnight, with the last item for discussion taken up at 11:30 p.m. This ordinance establishes two supplementary meetings to take action on the City budget each November and sets the dates for November, 2006. This ordinance also establishes one supplementary Council meeting each month (except August, November, and December) to be held the fourth Tuesday of the month, subject to cancellation. This ordinance was not adopted at the Council's January 3, 2006 meeting, and is being reintroduced pursuant to Sec. 2.05(5), M.G.O.

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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:

Subsection (1) of Section 2.01 entitled "Meetings" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:

"(1) The stated meeting of the Common Council shall be held in the Council Chambers on the first and third Tuesdays of every month at 6:30 p.m., except in August and December the Common Council will meet only on the first Tuesday. In addition, in every month except August, November, and December, the fourth Tuesday shall be reserved for a supplementary Council meeting to begin at 6:30 p.m. These supplementary meetings shall be scheduled but may be canceled by a majority vote of the Common Council, which vote will be an agenda item on the meeting held on the third Tuesday of the month. All Common Council meetings shall adjourn no later than midnight, with the last item of business beginning no later than 11:30 p.m.; this time limit is subject to a suspension of rules by the Council. All unfinished business shall be ...