City of Madison - File #: 93419

• File #: 93419
• Version: 1
• Name: Creating a 1.0 FTE position of Legislative Analyst-LTE in the Mayor’s Office, authorizing an MOU with Harvard College to place a Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow in this LTE position in the Mayor's Office, and accepting a grant to pay employment costs.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/2/2026
• In control: Mayor's Office
• On agenda: 6/23/2026
• Final action: 6/23/2026
• Enactment date: 6/26/2026
• Enactment #: RES-26-00368
• Title: Creating a 1.0 FTE position of Legislative Analyst-LTE in the Mayor’s Office operating budget, authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding with Harvard College to place a Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow in this LTE position in the Mayor's Office and accept a grant from Harvard College to pay the salary, benefits and other employment costs, and amending the Mayor’s Office 2026 operating budget accordingly.
• Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Derek Field, Yannette Figueroa Cole, John P. Guequierre, Sean O'Brien

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/23/2026	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Unanimously	Pass
6/15/2026	1	FINANCE COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT (15 VOTES REQUIRED) - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
6/9/2026	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
6/2/2026	1	Mayor's Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the creation of a 1.0 LTE (Limited Term) Legislative Analyst position in Comp Group 19, Range 29 in the Mayor's Office 2026 Operating Budget. The position will be filled by a fellow matched with the City of Madison through the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative at the John F. Kennedy School of Government's ("Harvard") Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellowship program. The fellow is anticipated to begin on July 27, 2026, and the position is anticipated to last no more than 24 months. The fellow in the position will work with various departments to review and improve the City's development permit process and the transparency around the process to create a more predictable and efficient process. Further details on job duties can be found in the attached memo.
The resolution further authorizes the City to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Harvard setting the conditions of the fellow's placement and lasting through the duration of the fellowship. Under the agreement, Harvard will reimburse the City up to $300,000 over the 24-month period to pay for the fellow's salary, benefits, relocation fees, and subscriptions.
Lastly, the resolution amends the Mayor's Office 2026 Adopted Operating Budget to appropriate $65,563 from Harvard to cover salary, benefits, relocation expenses, and subscriptions for the position. This funding and the corresponding expenditures will be appropriated in the Other Grants Fund (Fund 1220). Harvard will reimburse the City for these expenses, and no City match is required. Expenses related to the position in 2027 and 2028 will be considered during the development of those Operating Budgets.
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Creating a 1.0 FTE position of Legislative Analyst-LTE in the Mayor’s Office operating budget, authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding with Harvard College to place a Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow in this LTE position in the Mayor's Office and accept a grant from Harvard Col...