Madison Common Council is a
city council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...
of the legislative branch of the government of the
City of Madison in
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
. The Madison Common Council consists of 20
Alderpersons elected from 20
wards who serve two-year terms. The Common Council considers ordinances and resolutions whose subject matter includes traffic codes, taxes and housing regulations, among other issues. The Council's presiding officer is the Mayor of Madison, who chairs meetings.
*= Common Council President
^ = Former Common Council President
Salary
Council Members currently receive $12,692 a year in base salary, the Council Vice President receives $13,692, and the Council President receives $15,444.
Notable Former Members
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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms in the Wisconsin St ...
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Paul Soglin
Paul R. Soglin (born April 22, 1945) is an American politician and former three-time Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, having served a total of 22 years in that office between 1973 and 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a candidate for Gove ...
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Lisa Subeck
Lisa B. Subeck (born June 17, 1971) is an American political organizer and Democratic politician. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the west side of Madison, Wisconsin, since January 2015.
Early life and career
Bor ...
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Samba Baldeh
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Susan J. M. Bauman
Susan J. M. Bauman is an American attorney and former politician. She was the 54th mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, and the first woman to be elected mayor of that city.
Biography
Bauman worked as an 8th grade mathematics teacher in the Madison Publ ...
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Albert G. Schmedeman
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John B. Heim
John B. Heim (July 15, 1848 – November 2, 1919) was an American politician.
Heim was born in Rochester, New York. He moved to Madison, Wisconsin in 1858 and was in the bookbinding business. In 1881, Heim served on the Madison Common Council ...
References
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External links
City of Madison Common CouncilCity of Madison Common Council Aldermanic District Map
Madison CommonCouncil
City councils in the United States