Just a few minutes ago, the Common Council received this e-mail from the Mayor:
From: Mayor
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:08:55 PM
To: ALL ALDERS
Subject: RTA Support ResolutionDear Alders,
As the County Executive and I have publicly agreed to work together to promote a Dane County-Wide RTA, I am requesting that we refer the RTA Support Resolution (Council Agenda Item #122, & Legistar ID #06762) back to the Mayor’s Office, and return it to the Council for action on July 17th. This will enable me to continue working with County Executive Falk on the drafting of identical substitute resolutions that express our shared commitment to the creation of a countywide RTA, and of our support for the passage of enabling legislation by the State Legislature.
As you know, passage of this resolution simply expresses our request that the legislature allow us to create an RTA consistent with the agreement reached by the County Executive and myself. If and when that enabling legislation is enacted, there are still a number of events that would have to occur before the RTA would be put in place. These include: securing federal funding; passage of intergovernmental agreements to create the RTA; and a countywide referendum.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Mayor Dave Cieslewicz
Notice anything missing?
Why not have a public discussion about it? So much for open government. Or at least pretend to involve the “legislative branch” of government? This will still need 11 votes to pass and if it passes with less than 15, we won’t be anywhere near consensus.
