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Review and consideration of approval of the 2024 Common Council Meeting Calendar
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Submitted by:
Steven Braatz, City Clerk
Department:
City Clerk’s Office
A. Background/Rationale
Sec. 2.02.070 of the Municipal Code sets the Council meeting dates and times as the “first and third Tuesday of each month at seven-thirty p.m., except during the month of August when one common council meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday of the month.” The section further allows the Council to designate another date for meetings.
In 2021, we established a practice to begin approving the calendar of Council and Council Committee Meetings.
B. Key Issues for Consideration
1. 2024 is a leap year, so there is an extra day.
2. January, April, July, and October are all 5-Tuesday months.
3. Juneteenth Day falls on a Wednesday.
4. Christmas and New Years holidays are on Tuesday/Wednesday.
5. Proposal includes removing the first Common Council meeting in January. The 2023 calendar did not include Committee meetings the week of Christmas.
6. Proposal includes moving the second Common Council meeting in February and the first Common Council meeting in November to Wednesdays to accommodate the elections.
7. Proposal includes removing the March 26 Committee meetings and the April 2 Council meeting. March 25-29 is the Wauwatosa School District spring break. April 2 is the Presidential Preference Primary and Spring Election.
8. Proposal includes removing the September 3 Committee/Council meetings. Coming out of the August recess, there is usually very little that happens at this meeting.
9. As with past years, the proposal includes no Committee meetings the week of Christmas.
C. Fiscal Impact
N/A
D. Requested Action
Once all of these decisions have been made, recommend to the Common Council the approval of the 2024 Common Council meeting calendar.
E. Attachments
• 2024 Calendar - Draft