Madison City Week Ahead 12/8/25

Last council meeting of the year looks quite uneventful.  Committees are getting in their last meetings of the year as well.

Monday, December 8, 2025

11:00am Humanitarian Award Commission, Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Virtual

  • Finalize and Select 2026 MLK Humanitarian Award Winners
  • 2026 King Coalition Program

5:00pm Landmarks Commission Virtual

5:30pm Sister City Collaboration Committee Virtual

5:30pm Police and Fire Commission Virtual

  • Fire Department Items
    • Review the preliminary recommendation of the Fire Chief regarding promotions (10 candidates) and schedule personnel file reviews
    • Schedule informal meetings with promotional candidate(s)
    • Consideration and potential action regarding Fire Department probationary status extension
    • General status report on Fire Department retirements and resignations
    • General status report on Fire Department disciplinary matters
  • Police Department Items
    • Consideration and potential action regarding the final recommendation of the Police Chief to promote/hire candidates following the successful completion of the probationary period:
      • Diana Nachtigal, Captain, effective December 22, 2025
      • Nicholas Eull, Lieutenant, effective December 22, 2025
      • Glenn Davis, Lieutenant, effective December 22, 2025
      • Liv Novitzke, Lieutenant, effective December 22, 2025
      • Zachary Rubin, Officer, effective December 22, 2025
    • Consideration and potential action to add candidates to Police Department eligibility list
    • Status update on 2026 Police Department Promotional Processes (Detective; Investigator; Lieutenant)
    • General status report on Police Department retirements and resignations
    • General status report on Police Department disciplinary matters
    • Informal meeting with Kipp Hartman, Captain candidate, effective January 4, 2026
  • CLOSED SESSION
    • Consider the preliminary recommendation of the Fire Chief for the promotion of the following candidates and report on personnel file reviews:
      • Ron Blumer, Assistant Chief, effective January 4, 2026
      • Nathan Franke, Division Chief, effective January 4, 2026
      • Ryan Staudinger, Lieutenant, effective January 4, 2026
      • Matthew Powers, Lieutenant, effective January 4, 2026
      • Jonathan Clinkscale, Apparatus Engineer, effective January 4, 2026
    • Consider the preliminary recommendation of the Police Chief for the promotion of the following candidates and report on personnel file reviews:
      • Kipp Hartman, Captain, effective January 4, 2026
      • Kelly Dougherty, Lieutenant, effective January 4, 2026
      • Chanda Dolsen, Lieutenant, effective December 21, 2025
      • Firoz Khilji, Detective, effective January 4, 2026
    • Discuss police chief hiring process employee roles and reviews/feedback

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

1:30pm Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District – Employee Leadership Council Virtual

  • Discuss issue requests.

4:00pm Monona Terrace Booking Event Assistance Advisory Committee Virtual

  • Review Fund Activity
    • Fund Availability – Fund Activity Memo
  • Review Future Fund Requests
    • Solution Tree – 2027 PLC at Work Institute
    • Society of American Foresters – SAF 2028 National Convention American Meteorological Society – 2027 ASM June Summit
    • National Rural Electric Cooperative Association – 2027 Connect Conference
    • National Correctional Industries Association – 2028 NCIA National Training Conference
    • National Correctional Industries Association – 2029 NCIA National Training Conference
  • Roll-over of Funds Request
    • Botanical Society of America – Botany

4:30pm Common Council Executive Committee Virtual, 201 City-County Building

4:30pm Community Development Authority – Housing Operations Public Hearing East Madison Community Center

6:30pm Common Council Virtual, City-County Building

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

12:00pm Homeless Services Consortium Board of Directors Virtual

  • Presentation: Continuum of Care – Notice of Funding Opportunity – Torrie Kopp Muelle
    • Action: There is a 30% cap on permanent housing. Determine which permanent housing renewal projects will be included on the CoC Priority List to HUD.
    • Action: Determine which project types will be included in Tier 1 on the CoC Priority List to HUD.

5:00pm Public Safety Review Committee Virtual

5:00pm Notice of Possible Quorum of the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center Board Monona Terrace

  • A possible quorum of the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center Board, and the Monona Terrace Booking Event Assistance Advisory Committee, may be present at Monona Terrace for a non-board related, social event being held on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 5 p.m., Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, 1 John Nolen Drive.

6:30pm Board of Park Commissioners Virtual

Thursday, December 11, 2025

7:30am Notice of Possible Quorum of the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Commission 1610 Moorland Rd

  • PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, there will be a quorum of the Commission of the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District present at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the Commission Public Affairs Study Session. This study session will take place in person, with no virtual option available. The study session will be held in the Maintenance Facility Training Center at 1610 Moorland Road, Madison, WI 53713. No Commission business or action will be taken at this meeting.

4:30pm Community Development Authority – Madison Revitalization and Community Development Corporation Virtual

  • No agenda

4:45pm Joint Campus Area Committee Virtual

  • Approval of Committee Rules
  • Amending Section 33.32 of the Madison General Ordinances related to the Joint Campus Area Committee to modify the composition and duties of the JCAC.
  • Amending Section 28.022-00289 of the Madison General Ordinances to amend the Campus-Institutional (CI) District Master Plan for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus for the portion of the campus generally addressed as 1111 Highland Avenue to include specific plans for University Hospital. (District 5)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison Project Updates
    • Armory and Red Gym Exterior Envelope
    • Athletics Hall of Fame
    • Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center (SHELL) Replacement; Kellner Family Athletic Center
    • Campus Utility and Energy Study
    • Dayton Street Chilled Water Line Updates
    • Engineering Drive Utilities
    • Engineering Education/Research Building
    • Philip A Levy Engineering Center
    • Grainger Hall First Floor Renovation
    • Irving & Dorothy Levy Hall (L&S Building)
    • Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center
    • Lakeshore Path Limnology Bypass
    • Lifesaving Station Erosion Control
    • LVM (Elvehjem) Facade Repair
    • Material Science Engineering
    • Morgridge Hall
    • Computer, Data, & Information Sciences
    • Music Hall Renovation
    • Near East Play Fields
    • Science Hall Renovation and Repairs
    • South Central Utility Project
    • Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Study
    • Vet Med Addition and Renovation
    • Vilas Hall Accessibility Improvement
    • Wisconsin Union Shoreline Improvement – Lake Lab Building
    • WIMR East Wedge Cyclotron Project
  • UW Health Project Updates
    • University Hospital C2 Module Addition
  • City of Madison Project Updates
    • 120-126 N Orchard St/1313-1314 Randall Ct. (Legistar #89762, 89776)
    • 425 N Frances Street/450 W Gilman Street (89583, 90011, 90381, 90393, 90538, 90968)
    • 511-515 W Dayton St (90014)
    • Regent Street reconstruction
    • Southwest Path lighting
    • Southwest Path-West Washington Avenue traffic light

4:45pm Community Development Authority Virtual

5:00pm Equal Opportunities Commission Virtual

  • Emergent Immigration, Deportation and Housing Issues Fabiola Hamdan, Dane County Immigration Affairs Office
  • Community Information Session
    • Please join the subcommittee.
  • Recognition of Ten Years of Service as an EOC Commissioner and Past President – Dr. Corinda Rainey-Moore and Recognition of Ten Years of Service as an EOC Commissioner, Commissioner Zach Madden
  • Non-Discrimination Clause – Klebba MGO39 language for March 2025 meeting 12032025 Correspondence re MPD Policy.pdf Attachments: Please join the subcommittee and reinstate the Ordinance Review subcommittee.
  • Alder Report to the EOC
  • EOD Manager Report: Technology updates, HUD Project updates, Training and Outreach, Special Projects, Employment/Housing/Public Accommodations Updates

5:00pm Notice of Possible Quorum of the Economic Development Committee Virtual

  • City Visioning for Economic Development Planning
  • Join the City of Madison, EQT By Design, and 4th Economy for an interactive workshop reimagining economic development on Thursday, December 11th, 2025, at 5:00pm virtually on Zoom. Learn more about their strategy and what lies ahead. Please register at this link: bit.ly/EDDPublicWorkshop. A possible quorum of the Economic Development Committee and/or the Common Council may exist at this event.

Friday, December 12, 2025

10:30am Board of Health for Madison and Dane County Virtual, Public Health Madison & Dane County

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