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Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of April 14, 2025

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Alder Bill Tishler, District 11
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Boards, Commissions, and Committee Meetings

Note: This is not a complete list of meetings for this upcoming week. All meetings and their details can be found at the Meeting Schedule page.

  • Common Council: The Common Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 15, at 12:00 p.m. in hybrid format. Agenda items include honoring the service of outgoing alders, swearing in newly elected and returning alders, and the election of the Common Council President and Vice President.
  • Common Council: The Common Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m. in hybrid format. Agenda items include allowing for hotels to rent 50% of their rooms for stays of thirty consecutive days or more, as well as proclaiming April 21, 2025 through April 25, 2025 as Arbor Week.
  • Board of Public Works: The Board of Public Works meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 16, at 4:30 p.m. in virtual format. Agenda items include authorizing a contract for design engineering services for the Regent Street reconstruction.

If you would like more information about becoming a member of a City board, commission, or committee, please visit the page linked here.

Public Information Meeting (PIMs)

Announcements and News Releases

Please visit the City news webpage to find additional news and announcements and to subscribe to receive notification of news releases as they are posted.

Events

  • Bird & Nature Adventures | Starkweather Creek Area, Saturday, April 19: Outings include nature walks, canoe/kayak adventures, bicycling tours, and more, and are sponsored by the Madison Friends of Urban Nature, Goodman Community Center(link is external), and the Friends of Starkweather Creek(link is external). No registration is required. Pets are not allowed.  Kids under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
  • Bird & Nature Adventures | Warner Park, Sunday, April 20: Walks at Warner Park held on the 3rd Sunday of every month are co-sponsored by Madison Bird City FUN partners Wild Warner(link is external). Meet at the "rainbow" Warner Park shelter by the lagoon. Parking is available nearby. No registration is required. No pets are allowed.
  • Celebrate Earth Day in Your Local Park: Celebrate Earth Day with your neighbors and friends by volunteering to clean up your local park! Join this community-wide volunteer event on Saturday, April 26.
  • District 11 Book Club: Special Author Event – May 8th at 7:00 PM Featuring Jeremi Suri, author of “Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy” The Civil War may have ended on the battlefield, but the fight over democracy never did. What emerges is a vivid, and at times unsettling, portrait of a country striving to rebuild itself, but unable to compromise on or adhere to the most basic democratic tenets. What should have been a moment of national renewal was ultimately squandered, with reverberations still felt today. The recent shocks to American democracy are rooted in this forgotten, urgent history. 
    You're invited to the District 11 Book Club event on Thursday, May 8th at 7:00 PM in the main meeting room at the Sequoya Library. A limited number of copies will be available to check out at the "Ask Desk" on a first-come, first-served basis. This is a casual, public event open to all—and even if you haven’t finished the book, you’re welcome to attend and join the discussion!

Additional upcoming events can also be found on the City events calendar.

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Alder Bill Tishler

Alder Bill Tishler

District 11
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