STAFF COMMITTEES.

Madison General Ordinances § 33.27

in effect

33.27 - STAFF COMMITTEES. (1) The City may establish formal committees of city staff. These staff committees are called Full Committees, Quasi-committees or Informational Committees, as described herein. (2) Full Committees. Full Committees each have a separate ordinance setting forth their powers and duties and are subject to all the rules applicable to committees, except they are not subject to the rules on term limits, committee attendance or filing of statements of interest. The Full Committees are: (a) Reserved. (Rpld. by ORD-25-00001, 1-24-25) (b) Board of Assessors. See Sec. 33.03, MGO. (c) Olin Terrace Use Commission. See Sec. 8.39, MGO. (3) Quasi-Committees. (a) General. Quasi-committees are established primarily to deal with issues of internal concern to City employees. The following rules that apply to other committees will not apply to Quasi-committees: term limits on members as set forth in Sec. 33.01(6)(b), attendance reports, filing of statements of interests, and allowing Common Council members to participate in meetings. Legislative items cannot be referred to a Quasi-Committee. If input of a Quasi-committee is desired, the matter should be referred to the department or division head related to the Quasi-committee. Quasi-committees are subject to open meeting law requirements, quorum, terms for members as set forth in Secs. 33.01(6)(a) and (d), MGO, limits on meeting dates, public comment and the filing of minutes. (b) (Am. by ORD-14-00011, 1-14-14; Rpld. by ORD-24-00026, 4-26-24) (c) (Am. by ORD-14-00106, 6-16-14; Rpld. by ORD-24-00026, 4-26-24) (d) Deferred Compensation Committee. There is hereby established the Deferred Compensation Committee (DCC) composed of seven (7) employees of the City of Madison to include the following employees or designees: Human Resources Director; Finance Director; City Attorney and four (4) additional employees chosen by the Human Resources Director with one of the four additional members being nominated by the Finance Director. The DCC is charged with the duty to make and implement on behalf of the City all necessary decisions relating to the 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan for the benefit of Plan participants in compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations, including preparing, maintaining and updating the Investment Policy Statement. In furtherance of its responsibilities, the DCC is authorized to effect amendments to the Plan to comply with amendments to Federal and State laws as may from time to time occur without further action by the Common Council. In addition, the Human Resources Director is authorized, on behalf of the City, to execute all Joinder or Participation Agreements with eligible employees which are necessary for employees' participation in the Plan. Members of the DCC shall be appointed by the Mayor upon recommendation of the Director of the Department of Human Resources and are not subject to Common Council approval. The DCC may adopt such other rules or bylaws to govern its operation not inconsistent with these ordinances. (Am. by ORD-26-00014, 4-3-26) (4) Informational Committees. (a) When an informational-only committee is established, their meetings shall be noticed pursuant to the open meetings law. No quorum or minutes will be required nor are these committees subject to other rules of committees. (b) Technical Advisory Committee. A subcommittee of the Water Utility that discusses drinking water quality issues, issue alerts and performs water quality testing. This subcommittee consists of eight (8) members including four experts and three managers and one engineer from the Water Utility. (Sec. 33.27(2)(d) Cr. by ORD-10-00092, 9-27-10; ORD-11-00037, 3-8-11) (Sec. 33.27 Cr. by ORD-08-00046, 5-10-08; Am. by ORD-09-00052, Pub. 4-2-09, Eff. 8-1-09; ORD-16-00054, 5-25-16)

Source: City of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison General Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wi/madison/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORMAWIVOIVCH32--45_CH33BOCOCO_33.27STCOFetched: 11/1/2026