City of Madison - File #: 02530

• File #: 02530
• Version: 2
• Name: supplementary Council meetings
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Denied
• File created: 12/1/2005
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)
• On agenda: 1/3/2006
• Final action: 1/3/2006
• Title: SUBSTITUTE - 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: Kenneth Golden

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/3/2006	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Fail
1/3/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt With Amendment(s)	Fail
12/22/2005	2	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Substitute Created
12/21/2005	2	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office
12/20/2005	2	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Approved As To Form
12/20/2005	2	Attorney's Office	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
12/13/2005	1	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
12/1/2005	1	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Approved As To Form
12/1/2005	1	Attorney's Office	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
12/1/2005	1	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office
12/1/2005	1	Attorney's Office	Referred for Introduction
11/29/2005	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass

Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
Title
SUBSTITUTE - 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 in 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. If this ordinance is adopted, ID 02452 becomes moot.

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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 automatically referred to the next meeting. This schedule shall be modified as follows:
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