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File #: 79844    Version: 1 Name: Room Tax Commission Chairperson Restrictions
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/12/2023 In control: Attorney's Office
On agenda: 10/3/2023 Final action: 10/3/2023
Enactment date: 10/14/2023 Enactment #: ORD-23-00089
Title: Amending Section 33.29(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to remove specific term limitations on chairperson of Room Tax Commission.
Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Yannette Figueroa Cole, Michael E. Verveer

Fiscal Note

No City appropriation required.

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Amending Section 33.29(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to remove specific term limitations on chairperson of Room Tax Commission.

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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS:    This amendment removes the restriction that a chairperson of the Room Tax Commission may not serve as the Chair for more than three (3) years in any five (5) year period.

 

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

 

                     1.                     Subsection (4) entitled “Powers and Duties” of Section 33.29 entitled “Room Tax Commission is hereby amended as follows:

 

(4)                     Powers and Duties. The Room Tax Commission shall have the powers and duties prescribed by Wis. Stat. § 66.0615. Any contract entered into by the Commission shall be approved by the Common Council. The Commission shall elect from among its members a chairperson, vice chairperson and secretary. No person may serve as Chair more than three (3) years in any five (5) year period.