City Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of March 24, 2025

City Meeting and Event Highlights for the Week of March 24, 2025 

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, March 25, at 6:30 p.m. in hybrid format. Agenda items include a briefing on State Legislature Affairs from the Government Affairs Team. 

• Meeting Details 

• Meeting Agenda 

• Register for Public Comment 

• Watch Online 

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 Meetings (PIMs) 

• Davidson Street, Park Court, Maher Avenue, and Gary Street Reconstruction, Wednesday, March 26: A public information meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m., March 26, 2025, via Zoom. Registration prior is required. 

• Sidewalk Replacement Program: District 20, Thursday, March 27: Bids for public works contracts for sidewalk repair and replacement within Alder Districts 10 and 20 have been received and opened. A public information meeting is scheduled for District 20 sidewalk repairs at 5:30 p.m., March 27, 2025, via Zoom.  Registration prior is required. 

Announcements and News Releases 

• How to Get Your Brush Collected in 2025: Brush collection for 2025 will start soon. Here’s what you need to do so Streets Division crews can collect the brush you made by trimming your trees, shrubs, or bushes:… [posted March 21, 2025] 

• Update: Street Closure - East Wilson Street April 2 to mid-June: Starting Tuesday, April 2, East Wilson Street will be fully closed between S Pinckney Street and King Street for the continuation of the East Wilson Street reconstruction project. A detour will be in place to send westbound Wilson Street traffic to…[posted March 21, 2025] 

• Update: Street Closure - 100 Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard at Doty Street: Starting Wednesday, April 2, R.G Huston will close the 100 block of Martin Luther King Jr Blvd at Doty Street to repair concrete pavement within the intersection.  The street will reopen the following Wednesday, April 9. See attached map… [posted March 21, 2025] 

• How to Track Your Absentee Ballot: The City of Madison Clerk's Office has issued absentee ballots to 33,579 voters for the April 1 election. So far, 13,535 have been returned to be counted. More than 6,500 voters have cast ballots via in-person absentee voting.  [posted March 21, 2025] 

• Madison Arts Commission Seeks Artist for Landscape Mural at New Public Market: The City of Madison and the Madison Arts Commission are looking for an artist to design a vibrant native landscape mural for the highly-anticipated Madison Public Market. [posted March 20, 2025] 

• Public Test of Election Equipment on Saturday : The public is invited to observe the City of Madison public test of election equipment this Saturday. The Clerk's Office intentionally schedules the public test on the weekend to make it accessible for the community. [posted March 20, 2025] 

• Local Museums and Libraries Rally Support for the Institute of Museum and Library Services after Recent Executive Order: MADISON, WI—President Trump issued an executive order Friday night that would gut the only federal agency dedicated to supporting American museums and libraries. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is a government agency that provides critical funding to museums and libraries in all 50 states. [posted March 19, 2025] 

• In-Person Absentee Voting Begins Today : In-person absentee voting for the April 1 election begins today. [posted March 18, 2025] 

• Mail It Back Monday – Make Sure Your Absentee Counts : The City of Madison Clerk’s Office has issued absentee ballots to 24,492 voters for the April 1 election. Only 806 of those absentees have been returned to the Clerk’s Office. [posted March 17, 2025] 

• TetraPAKMAN’s 'Wake Up!' Art Installation Brings Data into Focus on the Windows of Madison Public Library's Central Library: MADISON, WI – The windows of Central Library will display the next iteration of Wake Up!, an ongoing project by current Bubbler artist-in-residence, TetraPAKMAN. The large-scale art exhibition was installed on the first and second floor windows of Central Library facing Fairchild, Henry and Mifflin Streets on Saturday, March 15 and will remain in place through Tuesday, April 22nd to coincide with Earth Day. [posted March 17, 2025] 

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 

• Hospitalized Absentee Voting Begins Today, Tuesday, March 25: Voters who are hospitalized may appoint an agent(opens in a new window) to pick up their absentee ballot from the City Clerk's Office, beginning today. 

• Craft with Kids, Wednesday, March 26 (this event occurs on multiple dates): Be a part of this fun and rewarding intergenerational program. Once a month make crafts and have fun with a local preschool class! All you have to do is show up. If interested, please submit a volunteer application. 

• Community Dinner, Sunday, March 30: Join Madison Parks at the Warner Park Community Recreation Center for a free community dinner! This event is free and open to the public.  

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

ABW,

Alder Amani

Amani Latimer Burris, Alder, District 12

(608) 345-8747 (cell -- text preferred)

District12@cityofmadison.com

P.S. As always, here is a directory of all of the major city departments: https://www.cityofmadison.com/departments.  If you know the department that should handle your issue, feel free to reach out to them directly and also feel free to cc me in on the email if you want to know of your complaint, concern or question.  This will help you:

1. Get direct help and
2. I can stay abreast of your situation.

Yep, you can contact  me by email and I prefer that you text me, or call me at (608) 345-8747, especially if the email you want me to read or review is urgent.

Here are other ways to reach out:

Reach out through the City website at www.cityofmadison.com/council.

Reach out to all Alders:  you can email us at allalders@cityofmadison.com.

Reach out to the Mayor's office:  their email is mayor@cityofmadison.com

Reach out to the Common Council office:  if you don't know who your issue, comment or question or concern should be routed to by sending an email to:  council@cityofmadision.com

This will go to the Common Council Office and they will get it routed to the right place.  The Common Council staff is very knowledgeable and helpful and really there to serve, just as we are.

And finally, if your issue is urgent or you are having trouble catching up with me, feel free to call the City Common Council office at (608) 266-4061 or send an email to council@cityofmadison.com and let them know you are trying to reach me.   

We receive hundreds of emails, especially if an issue is contentious or controversial, and unfortunately our department has a limited staff.  Of Course, my cell is listed above so, again, feel free to text or call me.