Monday is Yom Kippur so no meetings. Council asking for a report on OIR recommendations progress in the MPD and more
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
1:00pm Notice of Possible Quorum of the Building Code, Fire Code, Conveyance Code and Licensing Board Virtual
- 724 Heartland Trail BLDVAR-2026-22002 The applicant is seeking a variance from 2021 IBC 903.3.1.1 and SPS 362.0903(14) requiring an automatic sprinkler system be installed in accordance with the provisions in these sections. The applicant is proposing to use an alternative sprinkler system design and installation standard
1:30pm Board of Review Madison Municipal Building
- OBJ: 1246 ~ PARCEL: 0709-184-2002-0 ~ ADDRESS: 725 UNIVERSITY ROW ~ OWNER UNIVERSITY ROW APTS LLC ~ ASSESSMENT: $23,185,000
- OBJ: 1247 ~ PARCEL: 0709-184-2001-2 ~ ADDRESS: 727 UNIVERSITY ROW ~ OWNER: UNIVERSITY CROSSING LLC ~ ASSESSMENT: $6,240,000
- OBJ: 1248 ~ PARCEL: 0709-133-2133-0 ~ ADDRESS: 142 N FRANKLIN ST ~ OWNER: LOFGREN PROPERTIES 3 LLC ~ ASSESSMENT: $699,700
- OBJ: 1249 ~ PARCEL: 0709-224-4036-1 ~ ADDRESS: 616 S MILLS ST ~ OWNER: SPONEM PROPERTIES LLC ~ ASSESSMENT: $725,300
2:00pm Police and Fire Commission Virtual
- Initial Hearing in the Matter of BPSADC, Inc. v. Officer Baitinger-Peterson
4:00pm Facilities Programs and Fees Subcommittee (Parks) Parks Lakeside Offices
- Approving the 2027 Warner Park Community Recreation Center Fee Structure (Citywide)
- Approving the 2027 Park Event permit fee structure. (Citywide)
- Approving the 2027 Golf Madison Parks fee structure. (Citywide)
- Approving the 2027 Olbrich Botanical Gardens fee structure. (Citywide)
- Approving the 2027 Forest Hill Cemetery fee structure. (Citywide)
- Aquatics Informational Presentation.
- Parks Alive 2026 update
4:00pm Monona Terrace Booking Event Assistance Advisory Committee Virtual via Zoom
- Not on clerks agenda but in Legistar
- Fund Availability – Fund Activity Memo
- Fund Requests
- National Alliance Sickle Cell Centers – 2027 NASCC Members Meeting and Consensus
- GLACUHO & UMR-ACUHO 2030 Joint Conference
- Solution Tree – 2028 PLC at Work Institute
- Maize Genetics – 2029 Annual Meeting
- Tau Beta Pi – 124th Annual Conv 2030
- Society for Freshwater Science – 2029 Annual Meeting
- Society for Freshwater Science – 2030 Annual Meeting
- North American Lake Management Society – 2028 International Symposium
- Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums – 2028 International Conf
- Roll-Over of Funds Request
4:30pm Common Council Executive Committee Virtual, Room 201 City-County Building
- Amending various sections of the Madison General Ordinances to correct inconsistencies and improper references in the Madison General Ordinances, constituting a 2026 City Attorney Revisor’s Ordinance.
- Accepting the 2026 Agency Annual Surveillance Technology Reports for the 2025 Calendar Year
- Council Office Updates (2026-2027)
6:30pm Common Council Virtual, 210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
- Presentation: Poetry Recitation by mk zariel-“to be trans in america” after Etel Adnan’s “To Be In A Time Of War”
- Presentation of the 2026 Reverend James C. Wright Human Rights Award by the City of Madison Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) and the Department of Civil Rights – Equal Opportunities Division (EOD) to Dr. Corinda Rainey-Moore.
- Recognizing October 1 – 8, 2026 as Week Without Driving
- Recognizing September 15, 2026, through October 15, 2026, as Hispanic Heritage Month
- Performance and Activity Update from Destination Madison – Ellie Westman Chin, CEO
- 2027 Executive Capital Budget
- Approving Plans, Specifications, And Schedule Of Assessments For Parman Terrace Assessment District – 2027. (District 11)
- Approving Plans, Specifications, And Schedule Of Assessments For Milwaukee Street – Assessment District 2027. (District 15)
- Approving Plans, Specifications, And Schedule Of Assessments For Sherman Avenue, N. Sherman Avenue, and McGuire Street Assessment District – 2026. (District 12)
- Submitting the appointment of Gregory McClain for confirmation of a five-year term as Civil Rights Director.
- Authorizing the City’s acceptance of a Permanent Limited Easement for Public Pedestrian Trail Purposes from the Mary Ann McKenzie Legacy Trust over and across a portion of the property located at 3105 Woods Road in the Town of Verona, Wisconsin to extend the Ice Age National Scenic Trail.
- Approving Park Commission Resident Appointment to the Long Range Planning Subcommittee of the Board of Park Commissioners
- Approving Plans and Specs
- Public Works Contracts
- Accepting improvements
- sidewalk improvements – University Research Park – Science Drive Sidewalk
- stormwater management improvements – Woods Farm – Stormwater Management
- street and lateral improvements – 5622 Eastpark Boulevard
- sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and street improvements (excluding bituminous surface pavement) – Eagle Trace – Phase 8
- sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and street improvements (excluding bituminous surface pavement) – Village at Autumn Lake Phase 15
- Assessing benefits
- S. Paterson Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement Assessment District – 2024.
- Amending the Final Schedule of Assessments for the Evergreen Avenue, Ohio Avenue, and Sommers Avenue Assessment District – 2025. (District 15)
- Declaring the City of Madison’s intention to exercise its police powers establishing the Euclid Avenue and Birch Avenue Assessment District – 2027. (District 11)
- Granting additional Special Vending Approvals under MGO 9.136(1)(k) as detailed on the accompanying special event resolution table.
- Report of Operator License Applications September 22, 2026. See attached report for list of operators.
- Accepting the 2026 Agency Annual Surveillance Technology Reports for the 2025 Calendar Year
- Amending various sections of the Madison General Ordinances to correct inconsistencies and improper references in the Madison General Ordinances, constituting a 2026 City Attorney Revisor’s Ordinance.
- Authorizing a non-competitive goods and services contract with Johnson Controls Building Solutions LLC, for building automation control upgrades services.
- Authorizing the acceptance of a grant for $250,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Idle Sites Redevelopment Grant program, authorizing contracts with WEDC and OM Station LLC for the use of the funds and amending the 2026 Adopted Operating Budget for Economic Development Division – Office of Business Resources’ purchased services. (District 12)
- Authorizing the Parks Division to submit, and if awarded, amend the Parks Division’s Capital Budget and accept a grant of up to $2,300,000 from the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program for the implementation of the James Madison Park Master Plan. (District 2 and District 6)
- Accepting Wisconsin Department of Health Service donations of naloxone (Narcan) and fentanyl test strips for overdose prevention for the Police Department’s Madison Area Recovery Initiative (MARI) and Patrol
- Amending the 2026 Police Department operating budget; and authorizing the Mayor to accept, if awarded, a USDOJ Office of Victims of Crime three-year grant for $500,000 to embed a crime response specialist within the Investigative Services Section, coordinate activities and services with the Crime Response Program of the Dane County District Attorney’s Office Victim Witness Unit, and meet the need to protect victims by restabilizing their safety and security options, improving victims’ ability and openness to cooperation and participation in the investigative process and criminal justice system
- Amending the 2026 Police Department operating budget; and authorizing the Mayor and Chief of Police to accept a USDOJ COPS Office Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act grant for $250,000 to provide Department-wide wellness and resiliency services, and Peer Support Team training.
- Approving the schedule of Special Charges for the State Street Mall/Capitol Concourse for 2025/26 Maintenance Charges. (District 2, District 4, and District 8)
- Amending the 2026 Engineering-Bicycle & Pedestrian Capital Budget to transfer existing budget from the Sidewalk Program to the Hermina-Starkweather Creek Ped Bridge project. (District 15)
- Recreate the 1.0 FTE position #4782 of Civil Technician 2 as a GIS Specialist 2.
- Delete the classification of Parking Division Director from CG18, R17 in the salary schedule and recreate the classification in CG18, R19. Recreate position #1275 as Parking Division Director in CG 18, Range 19 and reallocate the employee
- Recreate the 1.0 FTE position #779 of Accounting Technician 3 (CG20, R16) as an Accountant 1 (CG18, R06) and reallocate the employee to the new position.
- Authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to accept $35,000 for passenger rail modeling work and amending the Transportation Department’s 2026 Capital Budget (Citywide).
- Authorizing the Negotiation and Execution of a Three-Party Contract with Walker Consultants, Inc. and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for Curb Management Planning Services (Citywide).
- Approving a loan of up to $400,000 to MTZ Charitable Organization, Inc., or an affiliate LLC, from the Community Facilities Loan Program to help finance the construction of The Family Life Center to be located at 2019 Fisher Street; and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign an agreement for that purpose. (District 14)
- Authorizing a MOU between the City of Madison, the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, and Wisconsin Youth Company to establish a Community Resilience Hub Network.
- Authorizing Business Associate Agreements between the City of Madison Fire Department and Business Associates for EMS ride-along programs to ensure HIPAA law compliance.
- Authorizing the Finance Director to execute a contract amendment with ClearGov, Inc. to add software modules for capital budgeting and financial reporting
- Directing the Chief of Police to report on the status of the recommendations regarding the policies and procedures of the Madison Police Department.
- Chief of Police 2nd Quarter Report: Chief John Patterson, Madison Police Department
- Report of the Risk Manager – 8 claims
- Authorizing a non-competitive service contract with ParkMobile, LLC for additional application-based meter payment services.
- Authorizing the Traffic Engineering Division to accept a federal grant for $96,648 to maintain a safety education program and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into the grant contracts and State/Municipal Agreements with Wisconsin Department of Transportation. (Citywide)
- Adopting the City of Madison Pedestrian Plan (Citywide).
- Adopting the City of Madison Safe Routes to School Strategic Plan (Citywide).
- Designating City of Madison Polling Locations for the November 2026 General Election.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
1:00pm Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Technical Coordinating Committee Virtual
- Committee Member Reports
- Review and Recommendation on Draft 2027-2031 Transportation Improvement Program for the Madison Metropolitan Area and Dane County
- Staff Reports
- Communications re: WisDOT US 51 (Stoughton Road) South Study
1:30pm Board of Review Madison Municipal Building
- OBJ: 1227 ~ PARCEL: 0709-334-1002-2 ~ ADDRESS: 3001 W BELTLINE HWY ~ OWNER: 3001 WBH LLC ~ ASSESSMENT: $4,240,000
- OBJ: 1228 ~ PARCEL: 0708-234-1007-5 ~ ADDRESS: 202 S GAMMON RD ~ OWNER: WEST PLACE THREE LLC ~ ASSESSMENT: $3,629,500
- OBJ: 1250 ~ PARCEL: 0708-271-0402-0 ~ ADDRESS: 502 PLAZA DR ~ OWNER: CORTLAND POND APTS LLP ~ ASSESSMENT: $25,161,000
- OBJ: 1251 ~ PARCEL: 0709-133-3119-9 ~ ADDRESS: 27 N WEBSTER ST ~ OWNER: CAPITOL’S EDGE LLC ~ ASSESSMENT: $11,390,000
- Approval of Board of Assessor uncontested values from September 2, 2026.
4:30pm Urban Design Commission Virtual
- 2025 Zeier Road – Signage Variance
- 5606 Russett Road – Public Building for MMSD Toki Elementary and Orchard Ridge Middle Schools. (District 10)
- 5501 University Avenue – New Mixed-Use Development in Urban Design District (UDD) 6. (District 19)
- Secretary’s Report
- Recent Plan Commission Actions
- Upcoming Matters
- Business by Members
4:30pm Board of Public Works Virtual
- Public Hearing: Stormwater Utility Request for Tree Removal Permit for Castle Creek Channel Improvements at Warner Park.
- 4 change orders – $127,000
- Accepting improvements
- storm sewer and sidewalk improvements – 3802 Kipp Street
- public stormwater management improvements – Jannah Village Stormwater Management
- Approving improvements
- removal of existing street trees and installation of public improvements – 2402 Darwin Road
- Approving plans and specifications
- Declaration of Intent – 200 Block Nygard Street Assessment District (14th Alder District)
- Appeals regarding prequalifications of various contractors to bid on City of Madison Public Works Projects, and contractors applying to be licensed Concrete Layers, Asphalt Pavers, and Mudjackers as approved by the City Engineer, if any.
- Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute Amendment No. 4 to the existing Purchase of Services contract between the City of Madison and Brown and Caldwell for engineering services for the Wingra Proper Watershed Study. (District 5, District 10, District 11, District 13, and District 14)
- Awarding Public Works Contract
5:30pm Community Resources Committee Virtual
6:00pm Police Civilian Oversight Board Community Engagement Subcommittee Virtual
- Community Feedback on Permanent IPM Hiring Process
- Discussion of the survey and other strategies to solicit community feedback regarding the permanent Independent Police Monitor (IPM) hiring process.
- Community Forum Debrief
- Discussion of key themes, observations, and community feedback from the September 17, 2026 community forum co-hosted with the Community Response Team, Social Justice Center, and Freedom, Inc.
- PCOB Community Engagement Handbook
- Presentation and discussion of the PCOB Community Engagement Handbook Legistar File 94893
Thursday, September 24, 2026
4:30pm Housing Policy Committee Virtual
4:30pm Community Development Authority Virtual
- No agenda
4:45pm Joint Campus Area Committee 21 N Park Street, Room 1106
- 2026-2027 Joint Campus Area Committee Work Plan
- Elected and Appointed Official Code of Ethical Conduct
- Near West Area Plan Update
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Project Updates
- 333 East Campus Mall Renovation
- 1800 University Avenue Demolition
- American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) Lot 63 Parking Garage Expansion
- Armory and Red Gym Exterior Envelope – Athletics Hall of Fame
- Biotron/Old Meat Muscle Demolition
- Camp Randall Sports Center (SHELL) Replacement; Kellner Family Athletic Center
- Campus Framework Plan
- Dayton Street Chilled Water Line Updates
- Engineering Drive Utilities
- Extension Building Demolition
- Grainger Hall First Floor Renovation
- Irving & Dorothy Levy Hall (L&S Building)
- Kronshage-Jorns-Humphrey Residence Halls Renovations
- Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center
- Lakeshore Path Limnology Bypass
- Lifesaving Station Erosion Control
- LVM (Elvehjem) Facade Repair
- Memorial Union Swim Pier
- Music Hall Renovation
- Near East Play Fields
- Nutritional Sciences HVAC Renovation
- Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center
- Residence hall potential project
- Science Hall Renovation and Repairs
- Sewell Social Science Curtain Wall Replacement
- South Central Utility Project
- Vet Med Addition and Renovation
- Vilas Hall Mitchell & Hemsley Theater Life Safety + Facility Pre-design
- Vilas Hall Accessibility Improvement
- Wisconsin Union Shoreline Improvement – Lake Lab Building
- WIMR East Wedge Cyclotron Project
- WIMR III Pre-Design Study
- UW Health Project Updates
- University Hospital C2 Module Addition
- City of Madison Project Updates
- Regent Street reconstruction
- Southwest Path lighting
5:00pm Disability Rights Commission Virtual
- No agenda
Friday, September 25, 2026
5:00pm President’s Workgroup on Madison Police Department Use of Deadly Force, De-Escalation and Body-Worn Cameras Policies and Procedures Virtual
- Introductory Presentation to the President’s Workgroup on Madison Police Department Use of Deadly Force, De-Escalation, and Body-Worn Cameras Policies and Procedures
- Meeting Schedule
- Work Plan Structure
- Expert Testimony Invitations
- Future Agenda Items
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