Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
Deleting Subsection (d), renumbering the subsections and creating Subsection (j) to Subdivision 6 of Section 2.05 of the Madison General Ordinances to allow direct introduction and sponsorship of certain resolutions recommended by the Personnel Board or the Director of Human Resources.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: Section 2.05(6) of the Madison General Ordinances provides that resolutions must be sponsored by a member of the Common Council or the Mayor or both. This ordinance allows resolutions relating to position reclassifications, position creations and deletions and the City’s Deferred Compensation Plan to be directly introduced and sponsored by either the Personnel Board or the Director of Human Resources. This change is similar to the direct introduction and sponsorship of resolutions granted to the Board of Public Works in Section 2.05(6)(j).
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (6) of Section 2.05 entitled “Introduction of Business” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
“(6) Unless otherwise provided in these ordinances, no ordinance or resolution shall be introduced unless it is sponsored by a member of the Common Council or the Mayor or both. Use of a Common Council member's name as sponsor must be with their knowledge and consent. This provision shall apply not only to ordinances and resolutions, but also to all substitutes and amendments. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the following:
(a) Recommendations of the City Attorney or Risk Manager relating to claims.
(b) Recommendations and advice of the City Attorney relating to litigation in which the City is or is going to become involved.
(c) Changes to ordinances and resolutions which may be mandated by state or federal law.
(d) Recommendations of the Personnel Board relating ...
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