Fiscal Note
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Repealing Section 12.02 of the Madison General Ordinances.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This ordinance repeals Section 12.02 which created a Traffic Bureau. There is no statutory requirement to have a Traffic Bureau created by ordinance, nor are other specific aspects of the police department created by ordinance. All aspects of this Section are addressed and covered under current ordinances and CBAs. The repeal of this section has no impact on Madison Police Department operations or personnel, it should be viewed as a housekeeping change through the elimination of an unnecessary ordinance.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Section 12.02 entitled “Traffic Bureau of the Police Department” of the Madison General Ordinances is repealed
EDITOR’S NOTE: 12.02 entitled “Traffic Bureau of the Police Department” of the Madison General Ordinances currently reads as follows:
“12.02 TRAFFIC BUREAU OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
(1) The Traffic Bureau of the Police Department consists of those officers of the Police Department assigned thereto by the Chief of Police, under the supervision of a Captain of Traffic directly responsible to the Chief.
(2) It shall be the primary duty of the officers of the Traffic Bureau, with such aid as may be rendered by other officers of the Police Department, to enforce the provisions of this chapter and of the State Vehicle Code; to direct traffic; to investigate traffic accidents; and to cooperate with the Traffic Engineer and other officers of the City and state in the enforcement of traffic laws and in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions.
(3) Officers of the Traffic Bureau, and other police officers, shall in the event of an emergency, direct traffic as conditions require notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or the State Vehicle Code.
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