Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway called the $22 million in revenue voters approved in the 2024 referendum ‘critical’ in the budget-writing process.
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is proposing to boost funding for Madison’s newest library and men’s homeless shelter and add nine more paramedics in her 2026 budget, released this week. She also has maintained funding for the city’s Office of the Independent Monitor, just as the agency’s director resigned on Oct. 6.
The mayor’s $452.5 million budget makes no significant cuts to city agencies and adds 24 positions to the city’s workforce. It also includes a 3% cost-of-living raise for most city employees. Personnel costs, which include salaries and benefits, comprise 61% of the proposed expenditures. Overall spending would increase 4.6% from 2025…