City of Madison - File #: 18250

• File #: 18250
• Version: 2
• Name: Sister Cities
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Filed
• File created: 4/27/2010
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)
• On agenda: 9/7/2010
• Final action: 9/7/2010
• Title: SUBSTITUTE Creating Sec. 33.33 of the Madison General Ordinances to create the Sister City Collaboration Committee in the MGO’s.
• Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz, Bridget R. Maniaci

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/7/2010	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Place On File	Pass
8/3/2010	2	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO PLACE ON FILE - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
7/19/2010	2	SISTER CITY COLLABORATION COMMITTEE (prior to 9/7/2010)
7/6/2010	2	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	Re-refer	Pass
5/4/2010	1	COMMON COUNCIL ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE (ended 4/2017)	Refer
5/4/2010	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Referred	Pass
4/28/2010	1	Attorney's Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
Title
SUBSTITUTE Creating Sec. 33.33 of the Madison General Ordinances to create the Sister City Collaboration Committee in the MGO’s.
Body
DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This committee was originally established by Resolution 12443 on January 6, 2009. Sec. 33.01(4), Madison General Ordinances, states that “Standing Sub-units shall be created and dissolved by ordinance. To the extent some standing Sub-units exist as of the date of passage of this ordinance without authorization by ordinance, the City Attorney shall draft and introduce ordinances to reflect such standing Sub-units.” Thus, this committee is being recreated by ordinance. This ordinance also amends the composition of the Committee from that created in the authorizing resolution. The ordinance eliminates four of the Sister Cities from the Sister City Collaboration Committee due to poor attendance of those cities representatives and also because those cities are no longer Sister Cities in their own countries. The committee has been having a very hard time reaching quorum because of this and has had to cancel three meetings this year already. The four Sister Cities that are being removed from this Committee are Ainaro, East Timor; Oslo, Norway; Managua, Nicaragua and Bac Giang, Vietnam. This substitute also removes representatives of the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce and the Madison Arts Commission. Removal of these committee members reduces the Committee membership from 17 to 11 which should facilitate the achievement of a quorum at future meetings.
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