COMMON COUNCIL

210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Room 201 (City-County Building)

Agenda — 31 items

1. 1 NOTE: This meeting may be recessed and reconvened on Wednesday, November 12 at 5:30 p.m. in a hybrid format. The Common Council will address the Capital and Operating Budgets Tuesday, November 11, with public testimony and deliberations. The Common Council may continue addressing the Capital and/or Operating Budget on Wednesday, November 12 (if needed) and Thursday, November 13 (if needed).
2. 2 Hybrid Meeting
3. 3 Speaking Guidelines
4. 4 Speaking Limit: 3 minutes for all items. You must register before your item is considered by the Council.
5. 5 The use of audible cell phone ringers and active use and response to cellular phone technology by the governing body, staff and members of the public is discouraged in the Council Chambers while the Council is in session.
6. 6 Roll Call
7. 7 Notified Absences: None
8. 8 Opening Remarks
9. 9 Disclosures and Recusals: None
10. 10 Introduction of New Business for Referral Without Debate
11. 11 Ordinances
12. 1. Amending various sections of Chapter 12 and Section 1.08(3)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to allow paid parking test areas and to update sections relating to parking meters to reflect modern parking meter technology and improve ease of administration. 90733 Refer Pass
13. 13 Resolutions
14. 2. Create or modify classifications for position placement in the 2026 operating budget as adopted by the Common Council. 90710 Refer Pass
15. 15 Public Comment
16. 16 Recessed Public Hearings
17. 3. 2026 Executive Capital Budget 89733 Adopt Pass
18. 4. 2026 Executive Operating Budget 90249 Adopt Pass
19. 19 End of Recessed Public Hearings
20. 20 Business Presented by the Mayor
21. 20 2026 Executive Operating Budget 90249 Adopt Fail
22. 5. SUBSTITUTE: Adopting the 2026 City Budget authorizing a 2025 general property tax levy of $326,666,421 for City of Madison purposes, adopting a supplemental increase of $80,161 in the allowable property tax levy for 2025, as authorized under s. 66.0602(3)(f), Wisconsin Statutes, and declaring the City's official intent to issue general obligation and revenue bonds to reimburse for certain expenditures authorized therein. 90658
23. 21 2026 Executive Operating Budget 90249 Adopt Pass
24. 22 AGENDA NOTE: The 8th paragraph of the body (referring to general debt reserves) requires a separate affirmative 2/3 vote, pursuant to MGO Section 4.17.
25. 23 Business Presented by the President of the Common Council
26. 6. Confirming the Madison Common Council meeting formats through March 24, 2026: 11/25/25 - Virtual 12/9/25 - Hybrid (Virtual & CCB 201) 1/13/26 - Hybrid (Virtual & CCB 201) 1/27/26 - Hybrid (Virtual & CCB 201) 2/10/26 - Hybrid (Virtual & CCB 201) 2/24/26 - Hybrid (Virtual & CCB 201) 3/10/26 - Hybrid (Virtual & CCB 201) 3/24/26 - Hybrid (Virtual & CCB 201) 86558 Adopt Pass
27. 5. SUBSTITUTE: Adopting the 2026 City Budget authorizing a 2025 general property tax levy of $326,666,421 for City of Madison purposes, adopting a supplemental increase of $80,161 in the allowable property tax levy for 2025, as authorized under s. 66.0602(3)(f), Wisconsin Statutes, and declaring the City's official intent to issue general obligation and revenue bonds to reimburse for certain expenditures authorized therein. 90658 Adopt Pass
28. 25 Announcements & Introductions of Items from the Floor
29. 25 SUBSTITUTE: Adopting the 2026 City Budget authorizing a 2025 general property tax levy of $326,666,421 for City of Madison purposes, adopting a supplemental increase of $80,161 in the allowable property tax levy for 2025, as authorized under s. 66.0602(3)(f), Wisconsin Statutes, and declaring the City's official intent to issue general obligation and revenue bonds to reimburse for certain expenditures authorized therein. 90658 Adopt Pass
30. 26 Adjournment Adjourn Pass
31. 30 Directing the Human Resources Director, with assistance from the City Clerk, Finance Director, Information Technology Director and other city staff who interact with administrative support functions, to analyze City agency administrative support needs and provide findings to the Mayor and Common Council by June 1, 2026, on administrative support issues and resource needs and allocations. 90832 Refer Pass

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