Topics of Note City Council block votes on 36 items without discussion, review them here. Public Hearing Set for April 27 to consider zoning and rezoning of Jordan Lane and Memorial Parkway areas City Council uncritically received a presentation from the Community Action Partnership which is failing to reduce the number of families relying on
This article by Tiffany Knox originally appeared on DontMessWithMadison.org Since July 2022, “Madison Forward” has been collecting signatures to call for a special election to change Madison’s form of government. Many citizens are skeptical about this change. This article will look at two reasons why Madison residents should be concerned: Potential conflicts of interest with
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says in this video that we don’t want government to run smoothly! Gridlock is a good thing. Partisan conflict is fine. Why? Because if government were free from all these hassles, it would grow in power and size. A lot. And the power of ordinary people would shrink, a lot.
What is lost? The right to vote is lost: If we vote for this change, we lose the right to elect a mayor to be the city’s executive. The city council now gets to select the city’s executive. Accountability is lost: Currently, if Madison citizens don’t like the mayor, they can elect a different one. If
Current form of governmentMadison has a Mayor-Council form of government. There is a city council with seven members who represent seven districts of the city. Voters elect a council member for their district. Because the city is not very big, the council members’ jobs are part-time. Every voter gets to elect the mayor, who works
Topics of Note • Changes of Councilman Devyn Keith’s roles • Special Recognition: Boys & Girls Club of North Alabama • City of Huntsville enters settlement agreements pertaining to opioids Attendance City Officials Present Tommy Battle, Mayor City Council Members Present: John Meredith, President Devyn Keith Bill Kling David Little Jennie Robinson Absent: Changes in
Topics of Note Attendance City Officials Present: Paul Finley, Mayor Mary Beth Broeren, Director of Developmental Services City council Members Present: Absent: Ranae Bartlett Greg Shaw Teddy Powell Connie Spears Maura Wroblewski Karen Denzine Governance Model Transition to City Manager In discussion, public comments were predominantly concerned about the transition from the current City governance
On December 12, The Madison City Council briefly discussed the possibility of future marijuana dispensaries in the city. At the December 21 meeting, the Council voted on whether to allow marijuana dispensaries in the city. The vote failed. During discussion, several concerns were voiced: The Council concluded that the best course of action was to
The meeting opened at 6:00 pm with a prayer in Jesus’ name offered by the lead pastor from Asbury Church, Rev. Dr. Tommy Gray. Many people were present to observe. Some were in attendance to receive awards, and many others out of concern for the heavy debt the city is incurring for the development of
Medical Cannabis: The council members received a presentation from Henry Thornton (ExternalRelations Office, Mayor’s Office) which summarized the state’s Medical Cannabis program which wasauthorized in the 2021 Alabama legislative session. This legislation authorized the establishment of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) which will function to regulate and grant monopolies through a fixed number of
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