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File #: 15224    Version: Name: MLK award
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/26/2009 In control: EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION
On agenda: 7/21/2009 Final action: 7/21/2009
Enactment date: 8/11/2009 Enactment #: ORD-09-00118
Title: SUBSTITUTE - Amending Section 39.06 of the Madison General Ordinances to add Dane County representatives to the Commission that determines the recipient of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award; and to specify the number of members within the commission and their roles.
Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz
Attachments: 1. Version 1
Fiscal Note
No fiscal impact.
Title
SUBSTITUTE - Amending Section 39.06 of the Madison General Ordinances to add Dane County representatives to the Commission that determines the recipient of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award; and to specify the number of members within the commission and their roles.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance states that the County Executive shall appoint four voting members to the Commission determining the recipient of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award. It also specifies the number of members and their role as voting or nonvoting members of the Commission. In addition, the ordinance changes the date the Mayor convenes the Commission from August 15 to March 15 of each year.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Section 39.06 entitled “Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
“39.06 REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HUMANITARIAN AWARD.
(1) There is created the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award or Awards to be presented a...

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