City of Madison - File #: 38522

• File #: 38522
• Version: 1
• Name: Establishing a parks facility catering permit
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/19/2015
• In control: BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)
• On agenda: 6/16/2015
• Final action: 6/16/2015
• Enactment date: 6/25/2015
• Enactment #: ORD-15-00064
• Title: Creating Section 8.175 and amending Section 1.08(3)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish a parks facility catering permit.
• Sponsors: Paul R. Soglin, Samba Baldeh

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/16/2015	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
6/10/2015	1	BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
6/8/2015	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
6/3/2015	1	BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS	Refer
6/2/2015	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Referred	Pass
5/19/2015	1	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No significant fiscal impacts are antcipated.
Title
Creating Section 8.175 and amending Section 1.08(3)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to establish a parks facility catering permit.
Body
DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance creates a parks facility catering permit. Currently, it is a longstanding Parks Division practice that a limited amount of caterers have been allowed to provide food and drink catering services at the Warner Park Community Recreational Center and Olbrich Gardens facilities. This policy was meant to protect the City’s facilities and the City’s customers by limiting access to catering opportunities to those caterers with an established track record of working with the City and the City’s customers. Under this policy, caterers were required to remit 12% of their net catering sales to the City. However, it has been discovered that the existing arrangements have not been specifically authorized by the Council nor are they expressly permitted by ordinance. As such, it has proven to be challenging to approve new caterers at these locations. There also does not appear to be a mechanism to approve caterers at other City parks facilities. This ordinance will codify the existing practices into a permit system, while opening up catering opportunities at City parks facilities to any caterer able to meet the City’s standards. This will make City parks facilities more competitive with private rental spaces by providing greater catering options for the City’s customers. In addition, there are currently no minority-owned caterers on the approved caterer lists. This ordinance will open up catering opportunities at parks facilities to minority-owned caterers who otherwise are unable to offer those services under existing practice, and is therefore in line with the City’s equity goals. Furthermore, by charging a permit fee to recover the City’s administrative costs of overseeing the catering program, the City is able to reduce the f...