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Committee keeps two-year alder terms for board and commission appointments after rejecting alternate
Summary
The Madison Common Council Executive Committee on March 11 voted to amend section 33.016 of the Madison General Ordinances on appointments to boards, commissions and committees, retaining a two-year cycle for alder appointments after rejecting a proposed alternate.
MADISON — On March 11 the Madison Common Council Executive Committee approved an amendment to section 33.016 of the Madison General Ordinances governing appointments to boards, commissions and committees, and rejected a proposed alternate that would have created one-year alder appointments in some cases. The main motion passed by a 5–1 roll-call vote after debate over administrative complexity and continuity for alders and appointees.
Alder Tishler, the sponsor, described the proposal as a compromise to allow one-year terms where only a single alder serves on a committee while preserving two-year terms where two or more alders serve. "Basically, this is a a revision of an alternate of the,…
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