Only two items separated for discussion. Everything else will pass with recommendations on agenda unless separated at the meeting, or the public shows up to speak.
WHAT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA
What is a consent agenda?
Typical consent agenda items are routine, procedural decisions, and decisions that are likely to be noncontroversial.
Examples include:
Routine matters such as appointments to committees;
Routine resolutions approving plans, improvements, etc.
Reports provided for information only;
Correspondence requiring no action.
Why is a consent agendas used?
The consent agenda is used by the Council to save meeting time and to help ensure that Council meetings focus on substantive topics that are worth discussion. Through the “bundling” process, the entire set of routine agenda items can be voted on in one action versus taking the time to vote on each individual item.
What is the exclusion list?
These are agenda items that alders have requested be taken off the consent agenda. The main reason an alder asks for an agenda item to be excluded is that they want to discuss/debate the item at the Council meeting.
Please note that public hearing items are never included on the exclusion list. They are specifically scheduled and taken up by the Common Council at 6:45 p.m.
CONSENT AGENDA
CONFIRMATION HEARING
16. Legislative File No. 60176 – Submitting the appointment of Justin Stuehrenberg for confirmation of a five-year term as the Transit General Manager (Business by the Mayor)
The following items are EXTRA-MAJORITY ITEMS – Extra Majority vote items will be recorded as unanimous votes unless a roll call or exclusion is requested:
24. Legislative File No. 60219 – Amending the 2020 Engineering Major Streets Capital Budget transfer $510,000 of existing GO borrowing authority between major project Monroe Street and major program Citywide Flood Mitigation, and Awarding Public Works Contract 8536, McKenna Boulevard Flood Mitigation Phase 2 (City Wide ADs) (Report of Finance Committee – 15 votes required)
25. Legislative File No. 60249 SUBSTITUTE – Authorizing the execution of a two-year Lease Agreement between the City of Madison and Watson Smith LLC for the City’s lease of the property located at 4502 Milwaukee Street for temporary shelter purposes, with the option to purchase the property at the end of the two-year lease. (Report of Finance Committee – 15 votes required)
26. Legislative File No. 60291 – Amending the 2020 Adopted Operating Budget to transfer $152,900 in salaries and benefits from DPCED Office of the Director to the Planning Division and transferring 3 positions of Administrative Clerk 1 (#619, #610, and #615) from the DPCED Office of the Director to the Planning Division. (Report of Finance Committee – 15 votes required)
28. Legislative File No. 60335 – Amending the 2020 Operating Budgets of the Police Department; and accepting a U.S Department of Justice Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) grant award of $279,128 to fund unbudgeted COVID-19 response supplies and equipment. (Report of Finance Committee – 15 votes required)
32. Legislative File No. 60383 SUBSTITUTE – Amending the Public Health Madison Dane County Operating Budget to appropriate $700,000 to Increase Staff Due to the COVID-19 Health Emergency and Add Funding to Assist Persons Who Are Required to Quarantine Due to a Positive COVID-19 Test. (Report of Finance Committee – 15 votes required)
33. Legislative File No. 60384 SUBSTITUTE – Amending the 2020 Adopted Operating budget to transfer $350,000 from the City’s Contingent Reserve to the Clerk’s Office for Supplies and to transfer $355,000 within Direct Appropriations from the Contingent Reserve to Supplies for COVID-19 related costs. (Report of Finance Committee – 15 votes required)
Agenda Items part of the CONSENT AGENDA WITH ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS as noted:
14. Legislative File No. 60514 – Report of the Mayor submitting alder committee appointments. (Business by the Mayor – Note: SUBSTITUTE Appointment Report was submitted by the Mayor)
52. Legislative File No. 60499 – Amending the 2020 Adopted Operating Budget to transfer $89,032 in salaries and benefits from the Information Technology Department to the Mayor’s Office, creating a new classification of Communications Coordinator in CG18, R12, and recreating vacant position #4449 of IT Specialist 3 as a Communications Coordinator within the Mayor’s Office Operating Budget. (New Business for Referral – Ald. Grant
Foster, District 15 – Additional Referral: President’s Work Group on Council Communication Tools & Processes)
Items requested for EXCLUSION:
12. Legislative File No. 60412 – Confirming Mayoral Emergency Order #2 and providing a COVID-19 response for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness by allowing temporary use of specified City Lands, Terminable at any time by the City in order to support safe outdoor space practices. (Business by the Mayor – Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 6 – Purpose: Referral to City-County Homeless Issues Committee)
30. Legislative File No. 60368 – Directing $80,000 of the Municipal Art Fund towards Art in Public Places projects. (Report of Finance Committee – Ald. Shiva Bidar, District 5 – Purpose: Moving Amendment)
AMENDMENT TO ARTS FUNDING #30
Agenda Item No. 30
Common Council Meeting 5/19/20
Amendment to Legislative File No. 60368 – Directing $80,000 of the Municipal Art Fund
towards Art in Public Places projects.
Sponsored by: Ald. Shiva Bidar, D. 5
Additional language:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that until the Madison Arts commission can resume meeting, staff will implement the following changes to the approval process for spending Art in Public Places funding:
- The Arts Program Administrator will issue a call for artists who have lost income due to COVID-19.
- Members of the Madison Arts Commission will individually rank the applicants so that staff can create an eligible pool of artists to draw upon for a variety of projects.
- Staff will coordinate public art and placemaking projects under $10,000 to take place in five areas of the City -North, South, East, West, and Central, with a focus on areas that are public arts deficient and using Racial Equity and Social Justice principles.
- Proposals will be reviewed by the Chair of the Madison Arts Commission, at least one staff member from the Planning Division’s Neighborhood Planning, Preservation, and Design team, and the Arts Program Administrator.
- Recommended proposals will then be advanced to the Planning Division Director for approval.
- These changes will take effect once approved by the Mayor and the Common Council. Once the Madison Arts Commission is allowed to again hold a regular meeting, they will resume the role of vetting applications and proposals; and,
UPDATE
Agenda Items part of the CONSENT AGENDA WITH ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS as noted:
- Legislative File No. 60249 SUBSTITUTE – Authorizing the execution of a two-year Lease Agreement between the City of Madison and Watson Smith LLC for the City’s lease of the property located at 4502 Milwaukee Street for temporary shelter purposes, with the option to purchase the property at the end of the two-year lease.(Report of Finance Committee – Ald. Grant Foster, District 15 – Recommended Action: Re-Refer to 6/2/20 Common Council Meeting)
