ORGANIZATION UNDER MAYOR PLAN.
Madison General Ordinances § 3.01
in effect3.01 - ORGANIZATION UNDER MAYOR PLAN.
(1) The government of the City of Madison is organized and constituted under Wis. Stat. ch. 62 providing for the City Mayor and Alder plan with a Common Council composed of twenty (20) alder, one (1) from each alder district. The Mayor and alders are to be elected for a term of two (2) years; provided, however, that beginning with the 1991 Spring Election, the Mayor shall be elected for a term of four (4) years, and that beginning with the 2025 Spring Election, alders shall be elected to staggered terms of two (2) years, with alders in even-numbered districts elected in even-numbered years and alders in odd-numbered districts being elected in odd-numbered years. To implement the staggered terms, the 2025 Spring Election shall include one-year terms for alders in even-numbered Districts. In subsequent elections the term for all alders shall be two (2) years. (Am. by ORD-22-00127, 12-15-22)
(2) Except in cases of a resignation or other vacancy, all elected officials of the City of Madison will serve until their successors are elected and qualified. (Cr. by ORD-20-00053, 6-10-20)
This is a charter ordinance and shall be effective upon sixty (60) days from passage and publication subject, however, to the referendum procedures of Wis. Stat. § 66.0101(5).
(Am. by Ch. Ord. 67, 2-12-93; effective 4-17-93)
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=COORMAWIVOICH1--10_CH3OFBOEMPURE_SUBCHAPTER_3AOROFDE_3.01ORUNMAPLFetched: 11/1/2026