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Amending Sections 3.14(4)(b), (4)(c), (6)(b), (6)(c), and (7)(c) of the Madison General Ordinances to make the terms of certain members of the Transit and Parking Commission coincide with their other terms of public office.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance will make the terms of Alderpersons serving on the Transit and Parking Commission coincide with their Common Council terms and make the terms of persons serving due to membership on another committee coincide with their term on the other body.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (b) entitled "Composition" of Subsection (4) entitled "Transit and Parking Commission" of Section 3.14 entitled "Department of Transportation" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(b) Composition. The Transit and Parking Commission shall consist of nine (9) voting members to serve without compensation consisting of three (3) members of the Common Council, six (6) citizens and two (2) alternates who may be either Common Council members or citizens but at least one (1) of whom shall be a citizen. One member shall be an individual with special transportation needs requiring accessible fixed route transit or paratransit. Overlapping membership on the Transit and Parking Commission and the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission of two (2) members shall be encouraged but shall not be required. The Commission shall elect one (1) of its members as Chair and one (1) as Vice-Chair to serve in the absence of the Chair. The members of the Common Council shall serve ex officio. Two (2) members of the Transit and Parking Commission shall be appointed by the Chair of that Commission to serve on the Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee. All appointees (other than alderpersons) shall serve until their successors are appointed, confirmed and qualified."
2. Subdivision (c) entitled "Appointment and Terms of Common Council Members" of Subsection (4) entitled "Transit and Parking Commission" of Section 3.14 entitled "Department of Transportation" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(c) Appointment and Terms of Common Council Members. Common Council members of the Transit and Parking Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the Common Council. Terms for Common Council members shall be for a period of two (2) years commencing on the first (1st) day of May in the year of appointment. Terms shall end on the April 30th nearest to two (2) years following appointment coincide with their terms on the Common Council. Appointments for such terms shall be made at the organizational meeting of the Common Council on the third Tuesday in April preceding the end of each Common Council member's term or as soon thereafter as the Mayor makes the appointment. In appointing Common Council members to the Transit and Parking Commission, the Mayor shall consider the need for representation of the various geographic areas of the City."
3. Subdivision (b) entitled "Composition" of Subsection (6) entitled "Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission" of Section 3.14 entitled "Department of Transportation" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(b) Composition. The Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission shall consist of nine (9) voting members to serve without compensation consisting of three (3) members of the Common Council, six (6) citizens and two (2) alternates who may be either Common Council members or citizens but at least one (1) of whom shall be a citizen. Two (2) members of the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission shall be members of the Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee. Of the total members, one (1) shall be a member of the City Plan Commission, two (2) shall be users of the City's bicycle ways, two (2) shall be pedestrian advocates, and one (1) shall be an individual with disabilities. Overlapping membership on the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission and the Transit and Parking Commission of two (2) members shall be encouraged but shall not be required. The Commission shall elect one (1) of its members as Chair and one (1) as Vice-Chair to serve in the absence of the Chair. The members of the Common Council shall serve ex officio. All appointees (other than alderpersons) shall serve until their successors are appointed, confirmed and qualified."
4. Subdivision (c) entitled "Appointment and Terms of Common Council Members" of Subsection (6) entitled "Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission" of Section 3.14 entitled "Department of Transportation" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(c) Appointment and Terms of Common Council Members. Common Council members of the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the Common Council. Terms for Common Council members shall be for a period of two (2) years commencing on the first (1st) day of May in the year of appointment. Terms shall end on the April 30 nearest to two (2) years following appointment coincide with their terms on the Common Council. Appointments for such terms shall be made at the organizational meeting of the Common Council on the third Tuesday in April preceding the end of each Common Council member's term or as soon thereafter as the Mayor makes the appointment. In appointing Common Council members to the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission, the Mayor shall consider the need for representation of the various geographic areas of the city."
5. Subdivision (c) entitled "Appointment and Terms of Members" of Subsection (7) entitled "Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee" of Section 3.14 entitled "Department of Transportation" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(c) Appointment and Terms of Members. Each board or commission with membership on the Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee shall recommend its representative(s) to the Committee except that the representatives of the Transit and Parking Commission and the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission shall include the chair of each or the chair's designee. Appointments to the Long-Range Transportation Committee shall be for the same duration as the appointee's term on the parent Commission. From the list of potential Committee members recommended by the parent bodies, the Mayor shall appoint Committee members, and ensure that three (3) are also members of the Common Council. The members appointed to the Committee by the Mayor shall be approved by the Common Council. The Common Council members' terms of service on the Committee shall coincide with their terms on the Common Council. The member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors shall be appointed by the Dane County Executive. That member's term of service on the Committee shall coincide with her/his term on the Dane County Board of Supervisors. The Mayor shall appoint the citizen member who shall serve a two- (2) year term is a member of another City sub-unit and whose term shall coincide with the term on the other sub-unit. The Mayor may also designate an alternate. The Mayoral Designee Alternate may participate in Committee business as though s/he were a full member, but may vote only in the absence of at least one Committee member. The terms of the citizen member and alternate shall coincide with the two- (2) year terms of the Common Council members."