Common Council Podcast

The Council discusses expanding TID #32 to include the Edgewater Hotel development as well as an ordinance pushing back the date at which landlords may begin showing and leasing apartments to other tenants. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

The Council discusses an ordinance allowing taxi drivers to charge estimated fares prior to the actual trip as well as whether to pay McDonald’s $312,000 for alleged negative impacts to their business due to the new pedestrian bridge erected in front of their restaurant. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

This is the second of an ongoing series of briefings to the Council regarding the High Speed Rail Project. Chris Klein, Assistant to the Mayor & Chris Petykowski, City Engineering will make brief presentations and answer questions from the Council.

The Council discusses whether to grant various Walgreens stores a liquor license to sell beer and/or wine and various agenda items relating to the Overture Center’s possible purchase by the City. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

Chris Klein, Assistant to the Mayor & Chris Petykowski, City Engineering make brief presentations and answer questions from the Council about the upcoming high speed rail project.

The Council discusses an ordinance to allow the ISO to sell literature on State Street and discusses various items related to hiring firms to assist in the rebuilding of the Central Library. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

Items discussed at this meeting included an ordinance requiring Class A liquor license holders to ban habitual drunks from purchasing alcohol as well as several road improvement projects. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

Items discussed at this meeting included the removal of a pre-leasing requirement for TIF funding for the Bio-Ag Gateway project and possible punishments to several downtown bars for liquor license violations. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

Items discussed at this meeting included the renewal of several liquor licenses and a resolution opposing any immigration policy that promotes discrimination based on race or ethnicity. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

The Edgewater Hotel redevelopment finally came to a close tonight after a marathon meeting debating five Edgewater related items. All eventually passed. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

The Edgewater Hotel redevelopment finally came to a close tonight after a marathon meeting debating five Edgewater related items. All eventually passed. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

The Edgewater Hotel redevelopment finally came to a close tonight after a marathon meeting debating five Edgewater related items. All eventually passed. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

A discussion with members of the Common Council on the proposed Tax Incremental Financing for the Edgewater Hotel project. Included were presentations by City TIF Coordinator Joe Gromacki, City Comptroller Dean Brasser, and Assistant City Attorney Anne Zellhoefer. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

Items discussed at this meeting included a proposal supporting “rebuilding” the Central Library and a report about racial disparities in the Dane County criminal justice system. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.

Items discussed at this meeting included a resolution honoring the life of Robert Goodman and a resolution urging the State not to place a rail station at the Dane County Airport. For more information, click on the links icon located at the top left corner of the page.