City to hear requests from LAIC, chamber

By CHUCK CLEMENT, Staff Reporter

The Madison City Commission will hear funding requests from the heads of the Lake Area Improvement Corp. and Madison Chamber of Commerce when it meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday at City Hall.

The city commissioners will receive a request from Dwaine Chapel, LAIC executive director, asking for $140,000 as the city's contribution to the development corporation's annual budget. Chapel will also request the city's annual $100,000 contribution to Forward Madison, a program dedicated to job retention and development.

Julie Gross, Chamber executive director, will make a request for the chamber to receive $75,300 in city support for the next fiscal year.

In 2010, the city funded both entities with the same amount that they received in 2009: $63,000 to the chamber and $140,000 to LAIC. The city also committed $100,000 in 2010 to support Forward Madison.

In other business, the commissioners will consider:

-- Approving a request from the chamber to close the 100 block of S. Egan Ave. and the 100 and 200 blocks of N. Egan Ave. to traffic on July 30-31 when Madison holds its annual Crazy Days event.

-- Discussing the municipal ordinances related to maximum lawn height and related penalties.

-- Approving a peddler's license for Weston Zaludek of the Southwestern Co., a provider of preK-12 educational materials.

-- Approving plat in Schultz's Addition.

-- Recognizing the appointment of City Engineer Chad Comes to the state Water Management Board.

The commissioners have scheduled an executive session concerning contract negotiations at the end of the meeting.

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