City of Madison - File #: 00024

• File #: 00024
• Version: 2
• Name: Obsolete Committees and Commissions
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/6/2004
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)
• On agenda: 2/22/2005
• Final action: 2/22/2005
• Enactment date: 3/16/2005
• Enactment #: ORD-05-00042
• Title: SUBSTITUTE - Creating Section 3.46 entitled "Obsolete Committees and Commissions" of the Madison General Ordinances to establish that any committee that has not met in a calendar year would be automatically terminated by April 1 of the next year unless the Council acts before April 1 to keep the committee active or unless the committee is required by state statute or contract.
• Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz, Zachariah Brandon, Gregory Markle, Brenda K. Konkel, Ronn Ferrell

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/22/2005	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
2/16/2005	2	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office
2/16/2005	2	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Refer
2/10/2005	2	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Approved As To Form
2/10/2005	2	Attorney's Office	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
2/1/2005	2	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
1/4/2005	1	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	Re-refer	Pass
12/10/2004	1	Attorney's Office	Refer
12/9/2004	1	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office

Fiscal Note

No expenditure required.

Title

SUBSTITUTE - Creating Section 3.46 entitled "Obsolete Committees and Commissions" of the Madison General Ordinances to establish that any committee that has not met in a calendar year would be automatically terminated by April 1 of the next year unless the Council acts before April 1 to keep the committee active or unless the committee is required by state statute or contract.

Body

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

Section 3.46 entitled "Obsolete Committees and Commissions" of the Madison General Ordinances is created to read as follows:

"3.46      OBSOLETE COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS.  

If any board, committee or commission of the City has not met during a calendar year, the board, committee or commission may be abolished by an order of the Mayor issued after April 1 of the year succeeding the year in which the board, committee or commission did not meet.  The Mayor may not abolish any such board, committee or commission if the Common Council acts prior to April 1 to retain the board, committee or commission, or if the board, committee or commission is required by statute or contract.  On or before February 15 each year, the Mayor shall submit a report to the Common Council, to be referred to the Common Council Organizational Committee, designating those boards, committees, or commissions to be eliminated pursuant to this section."