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The city council will meet again tonight at 7pm to consider the rest of the 2006 capital budget and all of the 2006 operating budget. That means you still have time to let the council and the mayor know how you feel about the proposed budget amendments (listed below).
The council heard four hours worth of testimony last night (click here ) about what our priorities should be as a city. The vast majority of this testimony was arguing for city services to be maintained or improved. Not one person said the council should cut services to keep taxes down. Not one. It's clear how we as a community feel about this. What's not clear is what the council will do tonight. You can still influence that – let your voice be heard.
Please do any or all of the following:
a) council(at)cityofmadison(dot)com to send an e-mail to all alders
b) call 266-4611 and leave a message for council members
c) contact your alder (click here to find out who your alder is and here to find out their contact information)
A full list of budget amendments can be found here or look below:
Operating Budget
Capital Budget
Capital Budget
#8 cut funding for city channel painting and carpet replacement – sponsored by Konkel and Gruber
#9 cut funding for carpet replacement in MMB 260 - sponsored by Konkel and King
#11 funding for affordable housing in TIF districts – 10% set aside. No levy impact – sponsored by Konkel, King, Verveer
Operating Budget
#1 cuts sister city program - $10K – sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas, Compton
Two people testified against, none for
#2 cuts study circles - $20K - sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas, Compton
Two people testified against, none for
#3 adds $40K for "transit for jobs" and moves it to OCS - sponsored by Konkel, Benford, Gruber
#4 removes contingency from affordable housing trust fund funding - sponsored by Konkel, King
One person testified for, none against
#5 allows $200K to go to affordable housing trust fund if it's in contingent reserve at end of 2006 - sponsored by Konkel, King
One person testified for, none against
#6 charges the parking utility $500K for use of public land - sponsored by Golden, Konkel, Webber
Three people testified for, none against
#7 increases building permits by $0.01/sq ft - +$400K - sponsored by Konkel, King, Gruber
One person testified for, none against
#8 cuts extra funding to convention and visitors bureau - $146,950 - sponsored by Konkel, Webber
Three people testified against, none for
#9 reduces extra funding to convention and visitors bureau - $73,475- sponsored by King, Olson
Three people testified against, none for
#10 raises room tax - +$430K- sponsored by Konkel, King
One person testified for, two against
#11 uses money from room tax to pay for city's contribution to Overture, freeing up general fund dollars- sponsored by Konkel, King
One person testified for, two against
#12 cuts the advertising budget of 18 agencies by 10% - $27,603- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas, Compton
#14 cuts funding for police cars and other police support budget - $85,220- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas,
#15 adds security screening for three city facilities in anticipation of concealed carry law - $996K- sponsored by Konkel, King
#17 adds a public health nursing position - $24,492 - sponsored by Konkel, Verveer, Webber, Olson
One person testified for, none against
#18 cuts funding to the joint board of health - $2,134- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas, Compton
#19 cuts funding to AIDS Network - $6K- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas
Five people testified against, none for
#20 adds $5K for safe communities coalition- sponsored by Gruber, Olson, King
One person testified for, none against
#21 restores funding to continue an accessibility tool for EOC - $3K - sponsored by Konkel, Olson
#22 moves funds from EOC reserve to the fair housing contract - $2,268 - - sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas, Compton
#23 deletes funding for an intern in the city attorney's office - $2500- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas, Compton
#24 adds funds to enforce anti-sweatshop policy - sponsored by King, Konkel
One person testified for, none against
#25 cuts a clerk-typist form the clerical pool - $45,614 - sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Palm, Radomski, Knox
#26 cuts $20K from golf course fertilizer/chemical budget- sponsored by Konkel, King
#27 restores funding for crosswalk snow removal - $25,069- sponsored by Konkel, Olson
One person testified for, none against
#28 adds funding for paratransit - $620,700- sponsored by Golden, Konkel, Webber
Twenty one people testified for, none against
#29 adds funding for Metro to avoid service cuts - $558K- sponsored by Webber, Konkel, Golden, Olson
Twenty four people testified for, none against
#30 adds a traffic engineer to do traffic calming - $65,865- sponsored by Golden, Olson
#31 reduces traffic engineering "general work supplies" budget - $50K- sponsored by Konkel, King
#32 cuts funding for parking ramp signs - $500K- sponsored by Konkel, King
One person testified for, none against
#33 adds funding for the office of business resources - $50K- sponsored by Konkel, Olson, Verveer
#34 cuts funding for jobs with a future - $5K- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas, Compton
One person testified against, none for
#35 cuts a position in the planners office - $54K- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Van Rooy, Knox, Compton
#36 adds funding for a Regent St. master plan - $20K- sponsored by King, Knox, Webber
Two people testified for, none against
#37 adds funding to reduce the child care assistance waiting list - $225K- sponsored by Konkel, Benford
Four people testified for, none against
#38 funds the "weed and seed" position if federal funds are not received - $13,739- sponsored by Golden, Konkel
Two people testified for, none against
#39 cuts funding for a child care specialist - $35,390 - sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas, Compton
One person testified against, none for
#40 cuts funding for the youth by youth program - $3400- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Thomas, Compton
Two people testified against, none for
#41 moves planning councils to the planning unit and makes the funding process competitive- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Van Rooy, Radomski, Knox, Thomas, Compton
Twenty people testified against, none for
#42 changes the description of the "transit for jobs" program - no fiscal impact- sponsored by Golden, Konkel
#43 cuts funding for the senior center receptionist - $6500- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Cnare, Palm, Radomski, Knox, Thomas
One person testified against, none for
#44 cuts funding for Sunday hours at the downtown library - $60K- sponsored by Brandon, Sanborn, Radomski, Knox, Thomas, Compton
Four people testified against, none for
Posted by prodane at November 16, 2005 10:15 PM