Finance Committee: 2027 Operating Budget Hearing, Day 1

Virtual — in-person anchor: Madison Municipal Building, Room 215, 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison, WI 53703

October 12, 2026 4:30pm – 10:00pm

Agencies present their 2027 operating budgets and alders question them. This is the primary public forum for the oversight-funding fight. Precedent: in August the committee demanded a full itemized accounting of every Ruiz-incident cost before releasing $28,500 to the OIM — while MPD's budget growth faced no such hurdle. Expect the OIM and any PCOB request to be forced to justify line by line.

How to participate

• Watch the meeting: cityofmadison.com/watchmeetings — also carried on Charter Spectrum 994 and AT&T U-Verse 99.
• Register to speak, or to register support/opposition on an item: cityofmadison.com/MeetingRegistration — registration is required for both in-person and virtual public comment.
• Written comments: financecommittee@cityofmadison.com (Finance Committee)
• Interpreter, translation, or disability accommodation: contact the City ahead of the meeting — 608-266-4671 (Finance)

Meeting details

• Monday, October 12, 2026 · 4:30 PM – 10:00 PM · Virtual — the Finance Committee has met virtually all of 2026. In-person anchor when hybrid: Madison Municipal Building, Room 215, 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison, WI 53703.
• Meeting page: Finance Committee

Other details

• Full City meeting calendar (Legistar): madison.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
• City 2027 budget page: cityofmadison.com/finance/budget/2027
• City meeting agendas — and each meeting's own Legistar page — are posted roughly one week ahead. Until then, cityofmadison.com/city-hall/committees/finance-committee is where this meeting's agenda, documents, and watch link appear. Committee room locations are set per agenda under MGO 2.15.