City of Madison - File #: 78594

• File #: 78594
• Version: 2
• Name: Alder Five-Day Notice
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/27/2023
• In control: Attorney's Office
• On agenda: 8/1/2023
• Final action: 8/1/2023
• Enactment date: 8/11/2023
• Enactment #: ORD-23-00076
• Title: SUBSTITUTE: Amending Section 2.025 of the Madison General Ordinances to Remove the Notification Requirement if an Alder will be Absent from the City for Five or More Days.
• Sponsors: Yannette Figueroa Cole, John W. Duncan, Derek Field, Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/1/2023	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Substitute	Pass
7/25/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
7/11/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
6/27/2023	1	Attorney's Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No fiscal impact.
Title
SUBSTITUTE: Amending Section 2.025 of the Madison General Ordinances to Remove the Notification Requirement if an Alder will be Absent from the City for Five or More Days.
Body
DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This ordinance removes the current requirement that an alder notify the Common Council Office if they will be absent from the City for five or more consecutive days.

The Substitute requires alders to notify the Common Council Office if they will be absent from a meeting of the Common Council. It also requires alders to notify a City board, commission, or committee and/or the Common Council Office if they will be absent from a sub-unit meeting.

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

1. Section 2.025 entitled “Notification of Absence of Members” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:

“2.025 NOTIFICATION OF ABSENCE OF MEMBERS.
Every alderperson who for whatever reason cannot attend a regularly scheduled meeting of the Common Council shall notify Common Council Office staff of such absence by 9:00 a.m. the Thursday prior to the meeting in question; Common Council Office staff shall then notify the City Clerk of the absence. All such excused absences shall be entered in the record of the Common Council as excused. In cases where unavoidable circumstances make such advance notice of absence impossible, the notification of excused absence shall be filed with the City Clerk within one week of the absence and entered in the record of the Common Council. Any alderperson who because of an emergency cannot file prior notification of absence may be excused by orally notifying, at any time prior to or during the meeting, an alderperson or the City Clerk who shall so advise the Common Council. Any alderperson who will be absent from the City for five (5) or more consecutive days shall notify the Common Co...