# Common Council: Meeting of October 20, 2026


**Body:** City of Madison Wisconsin
**Date:** October 19, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Public Safety, Grants & Funding


The City of Madison Common Council met on October 20, 2026. The Council adopted the consent agenda by unanimous vote, with Alder Glenn abstaining on agenda item 51. Procurement- and funding-related items included authorization to apply for and accept a U.S. Department of Justice community-policing development grant of up to $200,000 to pilot a drone-as-first-responder program; authorization to apply for a Wisconsin DNR surface-water education grant for signage along Lower Badger Mill Creek paths; and a Finance Committee recommendation to approve a second substitute concerning the purchase of three Power Pro CS ambulance cots and power loaders, plus maintenance and service, from Stryker Sales Corporation. The consent agenda also included contract 9782 for the South Point Public Works Facility, though the transcript does not provide further details. No separate budget vote is shown; the 2027 executive operating budget was the subject of public comment, including a request for additional funding and staffing for the Office of the Independent Monitor.

The meeting’s main discussion was agenda item 79, a resolution to terminate the interim independent police monitor and transfer oversight responsibilities. After extensive public comment and Council questions to staff, the Council took up the item out of order, but the transcript ends before a vote or final action is recorded. Other consent-agenda actions included numerous zoning changes and a resolution authorizing artwork agreements; no further procurement details or amounts for those items are clear in the transcript.

**Source:** City of Madison Wisconsin