City business will be about as busy as can be for hizzoner over the next week, owing largely to the annual budget battle royale that starts Tuesday evening. Though the Wednesday and Thursday meetings of the Madison Common Council are only scheduled "as needed," there's no doubt that will be a marathon of late nights like those in years past, if not more so due to the added controversy of proposed higher bus fares and wholesale cuts across many programs long considered safe.
The daytime itinerary for Mayor Cieslewicz is likewise busy, filled with the regular array of city meetings, phone calls, and lunch dates, along with a groundbreaking for a new fire station on the far west side and a stop by the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce policy meeting, one only a few months before the next round of aldermanic elections.
One thing that's missing from the schedule, at least in comparison to the last few years, is the hunting trip immediately after the budget battle. That's not an option this weekend, though, as the white-tailed deer general gun season in Wisconsin doesn't open until the following Saturday, November 22, its traditional pre-Thanksgiving spot on the calendar.
The mayor does have an animal-related event this weekend anyways, though, as his family's dog Calvin will sit down, and maybe roll over, for an "interview" with My Dog Magazine, a promotional program of the Goochi Poochi Pet Salon & Boutique here in Madison.
Monday, November 10, 2008
9:00 a.m. Conference call with John Norquist (Mayor's Office) 10:00 a.m. Policy Staff Meeting (Mayor's Conf. Room) 11:00 a.m. Department and Division Heads Meeting (MMB 260) 2:00 p.m. Groundbreaking for Fire Station #12 (South Point Road) 3:00 p.m. Christine Beatty, Joel Plant (Mayor's Office) 4:30 p.m. Board of Estimates Meeting (MMB 260)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
8:30 a.m. Dr. Craig Samitt, Alder Julia Kerr, Mario Mendoza (Mayor's Conf. Room)
10:30 a.m. Mayor's Management Team Meeting (Mayor's Conf. Room)
12:00 p.m. Lunch with Charles Trainer (Ocean Grill)
2:00 p.m. Pam Williamson and Policy Staff - appointments to City boards, committees and commissions (Mayor's Conf. Room)
5:30 p.m. Common Council Meeting - Budget (City-County Bldg, Rm 201)
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
9:00 a.m. Telephone interview for UW Health (Mayor's Office) 10:00 a.m. Staff Meeting (Mayor's Conf. Room) 2:00 p.m. Office/work time 3:00 p.m. Jim Hess, Mario Mendoza (Mayor's Office) 5:30 p.m. Common Council Meeting - Budget, if needed (City-County Bldg, Rm 201)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
11:00 a.m. Enis Ragland, Joel Plant (Mayor's Office) 2:00 p.m. Chief Noble Wray, Joel Plant (Mayor's Office) 3:30 p.m. Augie Olvera, Ray Harmon (Mayor's Office) 5:30 p.m. Common Council Meeting - Budget, if needed (City-County Bldg, Rm 201)
Friday, November 14, 2008
7:30 a.m. GMCC Public Policy Meeting (The Madison Club)
9:00 a.m. Alder Marsha Rummel, Twink Jan-McMahon, Joanne Schilling, Anne Walker, Larry Nelson, David Dryer, Kevin Briski, Joel Plant (Mayor's Conf. Room)
10:00 a.m. Overture Center Feedback Session (Overture Center)
11:00 a.m. Common Council Leadership Meeting (Mayor's Conf. Room)
2:00 p.m. Robert Dunn, Mario Mendoza (The Edgewater Hotel)
4:00 p.m. Jennifer Alexander, Mario Mendoza (Mayor's Office)
Saturday, November 15, 2008
10:00 a.m. Calvin's interview with My Dog Magazine (The Mayor's home)
