City of Madison - File #: 67061

• File #: 67061
• Version: 2
• Name: Clarify Process for Designating Location and Means of Council Meetings
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/20/2021
• In control: Attorney's Office
• On agenda: 10/5/2021
• Final action: 10/5/2021
• Enactment date: 10/19/2021
• Enactment #: ORD-21-00066
• Title: SUBSTITUTE - Amending Sections 2.01 and 2.15 of the Madison General Ordinances to clarify the process for designating a location and the means of conducting individual Common Council meetings.
• Sponsors: Keith Furman, Yannette Figueroa Cole, Juliana R. Bennett, Grant Foster

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/5/2021	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Substitute	Pass
9/28/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO PLACE ON FILE - REPORT OF OFFICER	Fail
9/21/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Re-refer	Pass
9/21/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE	Refer	Pass
8/31/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Referred
8/20/2021	1	Attorney's Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
SUBSTITUTE - Amending Sections 2.01 and 2.15 of the Madison General Ordinances to clarify the process for designating a location and the means of conducting individual Common Council meetings.
Body
These ordinance amendments allow Common Council meetings to be held in-person or telephonically or electronically based upon a determination of the Mayor and Council President, subject to a vote of the Common Council.

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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: These ordinance amendments allow Common Council meetings to be held in-person or telephonically or electronically based upon a determination of the Mayor and Council President, subject to a vote of the Common Council.

This substitute ordinance requires the location and means of conducting Common Council meetings to be designated on the annual meeting schedule, subject to Council decisions to change the location and means by specific deadlines. The substitute also authorizes the Mayor and Council President to alter the location of a meeting in the event of exigent circumstances, such as inclement weather or the unavailability of a meeting location.

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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:

1. Section 2.01 entitled “Meetings” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
“2.01 - MEETINGS.
(1) The stated meeting of the Common Council shall be held in the Council Chambers, or at a location or by a means determined pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Madison General Ordinances, on the first and third Tuesdays of every month at 6:30 p.m., except in August and December the Common Council will meet only on the first Tuesday. A special November meeting or meetings will be held for the Capital and Operating Budgets. Following a regular City of Madison election, the newly elected Com...