Madison City Week Ahead 11/10/25

Snooze of a week, snooze of a budget process this year with no capital amendments and 1 technical operating budget amendment. 

Monday, November 10, 2025

2:30pm Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Commission Workgroup on the Chief Engineer and Director’s Performance Review Virtual

• Project Kick-off: Executive Director Evaluation Process Design with MGT

5:00pm Landmarks Commission Virtual

• Advisory Recommendation – 425 N Frances Street and 450 W Gilman Street – Development Adjacent to a Designated Madison Landmark (Grimm Book Bindery – 454 W Gilman Street) (District 2)
• Certificate of Approval – 308 S Paterson Street – Exterior Alteration in the Third Lake Ridge Historic District – Signage (District 6)
• Demolition Historic Value Review
  • 501 N Whitney Way – Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a commercial building (District 11)
  • 3009 Stevens Street – Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a single-family residential building (District 5)
  • 425 N Frances Street – Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a commercial building (District 2)
  • 450 W Gilman Street – Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a commercial building (District 2)
• Secretary’s Report – 2025

5:30pm Police and Fire Commission Virtual

• Fire Department
  • Review the preliminary recommendation of the Fire Chief regarding promotions (5 candidates) and schedule personnel file reviews
  • Schedule informal meeting with promotional candidates for Division Chief and Assistant Chief
  • Consideration and potential action regarding the final recommendation of the Fire Chief for promotion of the following candidates following successful completion of the probationary period:
    • David Schrimpf, Lieutenant, 11/24/2025
    • Cory Hesseling, Apparatus Engineer, 11/24/2025
    • Bryan Steel, Apparatus Engineer, 11/24/2025
    • Adam Perez, Apparatus Engineer, 11/24/2025
  • Consideration and potential action to extend probationary period of Apparatus Engineer
  • General status report on Fire Department retirements and resignations
  • General status report on Fire Department disciplinary matters
• Police Department
  • Review the preliminary recommendation of the Police Chief regarding promotions (6 candidates) and schedule personnel file reviews
  • Consideration and potential action regarding the final recommendation of the Police Chief to hire candidates following the successful completion of the probationary period, 11/26/2025:
    • Natasha Barrales, Officer
    • Cody Campbell, Officer
    • Karina De Los Santos, Officer
    • Nicholas Deuchars, Officer
    • Devyn Dockery, Officer
    • Christian Engel, Officer
    • Jonathan Femrite, Officer
    • Michael Franklin, Jr, Officer
    • Nathaniel Hohf, Officer
    • Tanner Jarosinski, Officer
    • Gabriel Joy, Officer
    • Samuel Koll, Officer
    • Lars Lammeman, Officer
    • Riley Patton, Officer
    • Marc Antoney Ramirez, Officer
    • Kaden Rasmussen, Officer
    • Milcah Rivera, Officer
    • Jackson Sanford, Officer
    • Francesco Schiro, Officer
    • Melissa Steward, Officer
    • Amanda Stock, Officer
    • Colby Trautner, Officer
    • Henry Westburg, Officer
    • Caleb Wright, Officer
  • Status update regarding probation extensions and potential action regarding Police Department probationary extensions, if necessary
  • Consideration and potential action to add candidate(s) to Police Department hiring list
  • Status update on MPD Accelerated Class
  • Status update on 2025 Pre-Service Academy
  • General status report on Police Department retirements and resignations
  • General status report on Police Department disciplinary matters
  • Introduction and informal discussion with promotional candidates Angela Kamoske, Captain to Assistant Chief, and Diana Nachtigal, Lieutenant to Captain
• CLOSED SESSION
  • Consider the preliminary recommendation of the Police Chief for the promotion of the following candidates and report on personnel file reviews:
    • Angela Kamoske, Captain to Assistant Chief, effective 9/28/25
    • Diana Nachtigal, Lieutenant to Captain, effective 9/28/25
    • Sam Brier, Officer to Sergeant, effective 12/21/25
    • Kyle Hoppman, Officer to Detective, effective 9/28/25

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

12:30pm Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District – Employee Leadership Council Virtual

• Discuss issue requests.

5:30pm Common Council Virtual, Common Council Chambers

• 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
• Create or modify classifications for position placement in the 2026 operating budget as adopted by the Common Council.
• 2026 Executive Capital Budget
• 2026 Executive Operating Budget
• Adopting the 2026 City Budget authorizing a 2025 general property tax levy of $____________ for City of Madison purposes, adopting a supplemental increase of $____________ 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

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

5:30pm Common Council Virtual, Common Council Chambers

• 2026 Budget Deliberations, if needed
• Please refer to the November 11, 2025 Common Council agenda for items continued to this budget meeting if recessed to reconvene.

Thursday, November 13, 2025

8:00am Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Commission Virtual

• Consent Calendar
  • Review and Approval of Sanitary Sewer Extension Plans
    • 720 E Washington Avenue, City of Madison
  • Acceptance of Work: 2025 Digester Cleaning Project
  • Review of Bids, Award of Contract, and Increase in Total Project Cost: W4 System Improvements
  • Approve Transaction Amount and Approve Professional Service Agreement Amendment: W4 System Improvements
  • Review of Proposals and Award of Contract: 2025 Electrical Equipment Maintenance Project
• Topics
  • Project Update: District Organizational Alignment
  • Project Update: District IT Strategy
• Reports
  • Executive Director Update
  • Committee Reports
    • Executive Director Performance Review Subcommittee
    • Finance Committee
  • Regulatory and Legal Report
• Closed Session
  • Conferring with Legal Counsel who is Rendering Oral or Written Advice Concerning Strategy with Respect to Circuit Court Case No. 2024-CV-3109 and Court of Appeals Case No. 2025-AP-1725, City of Verona v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

3:00pm Notice of Possible Quorum of the Police and Fire Commission Madison College – Mitby Theatre

• Members of the Police and Fire Commission have been invited to the Graduation Ceremony for the 2025 Class of the Madison Police Department.

5:30pm Common Council Virtual, Common Council Chambers

• 2026 Budget Deliberations, if needed
• Please refer to the November 11, 2025 Common Council agenda for items continued to this budget meeting if recessed to reconvene.