00:00:02:09	00:00:03:12	>> We all think we know
00:00:03:12	00:00:04:26	what government is.
00:00:04:26	00:00:05:27	>> How it works
00:00:05:27	00:00:07:04	and what it does.
00:00:07:04	00:00:08:27	>> But what is it really?
00:00:08:27	00:00:09:27	What do we mean
00:00:09:27	00:00:11:06	by "government"?
00:00:11:06	00:00:12:11	>> Is it this?
00:00:12:11	00:00:14:05	>> Or this?
00:00:14:05	00:00:15:06	>> Are these people
00:00:15:06	00:00:16:17	the government?
00:00:16:17	00:00:18:05	>> Are you?
00:00:18:05	00:00:19:03	>> These are just some
00:00:19:03	00:00:20:05	of the questions we'll try
00:00:20:05	00:00:21:11	to answer for you today.
00:00:21:11	00:00:23:15	>> On Engage.
00:00:29:24	00:00:31:04	>> Hi, I'm Zach.
00:00:31:04	00:00:32:07	>> And I'm Paloma.
00:00:32:07	00:00:34:00	We're here at Madison City Hall.
00:00:34:00	00:00:35:14	Of all the forms of government,
00:00:35:14	00:00:36:15	local government like this
00:00:36:15	00:00:37:15	has the most direct impact
00:00:37:15	00:00:38:22	on our lives.
00:00:38:22	00:00:40:10	>> From streets, to parks,
00:00:40:10	00:00:41:21	to garbage pickup, local
00:00:41:21	00:00:43:03	government affects your life
00:00:43:03	00:00:44:15	every single day.
00:00:44:15	00:00:45:19	>> Most Wisconsin cities
00:00:45:19	00:00:46:24	have a mayor and city council
00:00:46:24	00:00:47:25	form of government.
00:00:47:25	00:00:48:27	So, what's it like
00:00:48:27	00:00:49:25	to run a city?
00:00:49:25	00:00:50:25	Let's follow Mayor
00:00:50:25	00:00:52:25	Dave Cieslewicz and find out.
00:00:54:25	00:00:56:03	>> One of the things that
00:00:56:03	00:00:57:12	makes the job interesting
00:00:57:12	00:00:58:11	is that there really isn't
00:00:58:11	00:00:59:14	much of a typical day.
00:00:59:14	00:01:00:22	I usually get in the office
00:01:00:22	00:01:03:10	around 8:30, or so.
00:01:03:10	00:01:05:05	And I'm usually home by 8:30,
00:01:05:05	00:01:07:12	or so, at night.
00:01:07:12	00:01:08:12	So, what happens in those
00:01:08:12	00:01:09:19	11 or 12 hours in between is
00:01:09:19	00:01:11:28	always a little bit different.
00:01:14:23	00:01:15:26	Hey, how are you?
00:01:15:26	00:01:16:23	Dave.
00:01:16:23	00:01:18:01	Hi, good to see you.
00:01:18:01	00:01:19:01	>> How are you?
00:01:19:01	00:01:19:29	>> Good to see you.
00:01:19:29	00:01:20:29	Hi, Katie.
00:01:20:29	00:01:22:15	>> I saw you in the park.
00:01:22:15	00:01:23:20	>> And they're
00:01:23:20	00:01:25:19	riding their bikes!
00:01:25:19	00:01:26:25	(laughs)
00:01:26:25	00:01:28:04	I'm Dave Cieslewicz,
00:01:28:04	00:01:30:21	the Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin.
00:01:30:21	00:01:31:27	In fact, I wrote in my blog
00:01:31:27	00:01:33:27	about it.
00:01:35:26	00:01:37:00	It was shovel-ready.
00:01:37:00	00:01:38:27	We had the plans ready to go.
00:01:38:27	00:01:40:13	And it's a pedestrian bike path
00:01:40:13	00:01:42:11	going over Aberg Avenue.
00:01:42:11	00:01:44:18	It's a dangerous crossing.
00:01:44:18	00:01:46:24	When the stimulus bill passed,
00:01:46:24	00:01:48:06	we immediately applied
00:01:48:06	00:01:50:06	for funding.
00:01:50:06	00:01:51:07	Do you guys have something
00:01:51:07	00:01:52:11	to say?
00:01:52:11	00:01:53:20	Do you want to talk?
00:01:53:20	00:01:54:26	(indistinct talking)
00:01:54:26	00:01:55:26	You're on there.
00:01:55:26	00:01:56:27	It's up to you.
00:01:56:27	00:01:57:23	>> Yeah.
00:01:57:23	00:01:58:20	>> Okay, okay.
00:01:58:20	00:01:59:28	You got stuff, okay.
00:01:59:28	00:02:01:04	>> I've got stuff.
00:02:01:04	00:02:02:07	>> Okay.
00:02:02:07	00:02:03:18	Reuben, do you want to talk?
00:02:03:18	00:02:04:23	>> Sure.
00:02:04:23	00:02:05:25	>> It's a substantive project
00:02:05:25	00:02:06:24	that we actually planned for
00:02:06:24	00:02:07:18	and budgeted for.
00:02:07:18	00:02:09:00	But then, there's the public
00:02:09:00	00:02:10:25	aspect of sort of celebrating
00:02:10:25	00:02:12:05	that, and thanking those
00:02:12:05	00:02:14:15	who should be thanked for it.
00:02:14:15	00:02:15:19	Good to see you.
00:02:15:19	00:02:16:23	>> Good to see you.
00:02:16:23	00:02:17:28	>> A great day.
00:02:17:28	00:02:18:27	>> Good.
00:02:18:27	00:02:19:28	>> And I'll introduce you
00:02:19:28	00:02:21:09	right at the top.
00:02:21:09	00:02:23:02	We are here to announce our
00:02:23:02	00:02:26:29	first economic stimulus package.
00:02:26:29	00:02:28:04	We estimate that about
00:02:28:04	00:02:29:18	three dozen people
00:02:29:18	00:02:30:24	will work on this project.
00:02:30:24	00:02:31:25	These will be good,
00:02:31:25	00:02:33:17	family supporting wages.
00:02:33:17	00:02:34:16	And it will do exactly
00:02:34:16	00:02:35:28	what the stimulus package
00:02:35:28	00:02:38:05	was intended to do.
00:02:38:05	00:02:39:11	This is a shovel-ready project,
00:02:39:11	00:02:40:11	and the shovels are ready.
00:02:40:11	00:02:41:14	So we're going to move
00:02:41:14	00:02:42:17	some dirt.
00:02:42:17	00:02:43:13	All right,
00:02:43:13	00:02:44:24	so on the count of three.
00:02:44:24	00:02:49:27	All right, one, two, three.
00:02:49:27	00:02:51:02	So, we're going to move this
00:02:51:02	00:02:52:04	over there.
00:02:52:04	00:02:53:04	(laughter)
00:02:53:04	00:02:54:24	And then we'll move it back.
00:02:54:24	00:02:55:26	All right, thank you.
00:02:55:26	00:02:57:03	This was great.
00:02:57:03	00:02:58:11	>> Thank you.
00:02:58:11	00:02:59:10	>> Larry, thank you.
00:02:59:10	00:03:01:03	Rob.
00:03:02:25	00:03:04:04	City government has about
00:03:04:04	00:03:05:09	two dozen different agencies,
00:03:05:09	00:03:06:25	2,700 employees,
00:03:06:25	00:03:08:11	a budget of $230 million.
00:03:08:11	00:03:09:20	We're a very
00:03:09:20	00:03:12:04	far-flung operation.
00:03:12:04	00:03:13:18	We run everything from
00:03:13:18	00:03:14:26	a police department
00:03:14:26	00:03:17:18	and a fire department to parks.
00:03:17:18	00:03:19:00	We have over 260 parks
00:03:19:00	00:03:21:04	in our city.
00:03:21:04	00:03:23:13	We have over 750 miles of street
00:03:23:13	00:03:25:17	that we need to take care of.
00:03:25:17	00:03:26:21	We pick up garbage
00:03:26:21	00:03:28:16	from 62,000 households,
00:03:28:16	00:03:29:21	and recycling from
00:03:29:21	00:03:32:24	62,000 households, every week.
00:03:32:24	00:03:34:08	We run a library system
00:03:34:08	00:03:35:28	that loans out millions of books
00:03:35:28	00:03:38:12	every year.
00:03:38:12	00:03:39:24	Our Madison Metro bus system
00:03:39:24	00:03:41:05	has almost 14 million rides
00:03:41:05	00:03:42:04	a year.
00:03:42:04	00:03:43:03	So, we're a very,
00:03:43:03	00:03:44:14	very diverse organization.
00:03:44:14	00:03:45:15	It's one of the things
00:03:45:15	00:03:46:14	that makes the job interesting
00:03:46:14	00:03:47:08	and fun.
00:03:47:08	00:03:48:13	There's always something new
00:03:48:13	00:03:50:03	to learn.
00:03:50:03	00:03:51:19	To receive this recognition
00:03:51:19	00:03:53:07	are Bill Vandenbrook
00:03:53:07	00:03:55:17	and Mike O'Brien.
00:03:55:17	00:03:57:29	(applause)
00:03:57:29	00:03:59:12	Literally, the mayor of Madison
00:03:59:12	00:04:01:14	runs the city,
00:04:01:14	00:04:02:20	puts together the budget,
00:04:02:20	00:04:04:05	hires the managers,
00:04:04:05	00:04:05:24	makes day-to-day decisions
00:04:05:24	00:04:07:04	about the nuts and bolts
00:04:07:04	00:04:09:11	management of the city.
00:04:09:11	00:04:10:13	And then, the mayor is also
00:04:10:13	00:04:13:20	the symbolic leader of the city.
00:04:13:20	00:04:15:15	And so, I do my share
00:04:15:15	00:04:17:01	of ribbon cuttings.
00:04:17:01	00:04:18:18	This pair of scissors, right?
00:04:18:18	00:04:19:27	When you're running with
00:04:19:27	00:04:21:10	scissors, how do you carry them?
00:04:21:10	00:04:22:16	>> Down.
00:04:22:16	00:04:23:19	>> No, it's a trick question.
00:04:23:19	00:04:24:26	You never run with scissors!
00:04:24:26	00:04:26:03	(laughter)
00:04:26:03	00:04:27:03	But, when you're carrying them,
00:04:27:03	00:04:28:03	down is right.
00:04:28:03	00:04:29:03	Okay, here we go.
00:04:29:03	00:04:31:00	One, two, three.
00:04:31:00	00:04:32:02	Yeah!
00:04:32:02	00:04:33:00	(applause)
00:04:33:00	00:04:34:02	All right! Thank you.
00:04:34:02	00:04:35:11	High fives!
00:04:35:11	00:04:36:23	High fives, high fives!
00:04:36:23	00:04:37:23	There you go.
00:04:37:23	00:04:39:21	High five.
00:04:43:25	00:04:44:29	We have an annual capital
00:04:44:29	00:04:46:19	budget process, in which
00:04:46:19	00:04:49:00	we layout the capital projects
00:04:49:00	00:04:50:12	we're going to do,
00:04:50:12	00:04:51:07	streets, buildings,
00:04:51:07	00:04:52:02	anything you put--
00:04:52:02	00:04:52:29	Bricks and mortar.
00:04:52:29	00:04:53:29	Anything you're building
00:04:53:29	00:04:55:15	is in the capital budget.
00:04:55:15	00:04:56:23	We also do something that a lot
00:04:56:23	00:04:59:02	of municipalities don't do,
00:04:59:02	00:05:00:17	which is try to plan ahead.
00:05:00:17	00:05:02:00	And so, in addition to next
00:05:02:00	00:05:03:03	year's budget, we plan ahead
00:05:03:03	00:05:04:20	for five years.
00:05:04:20	00:05:05:18	Which streets
00:05:05:18	00:05:06:18	need to be rebuilt?
00:05:06:18	00:05:07:20	Do we need to build
00:05:07:20	00:05:08:24	a new library somehwere?
00:05:08:24	00:05:09:25	Do we need to build
00:05:09:25	00:05:11:03	new fire stations
00:05:11:03	00:05:13:00	to accommodate a growing city?
00:05:13:00	00:05:14:10	And so, my job as mayor, again,
00:05:14:10	00:05:15:19	is to balance the needs
00:05:15:19	00:05:16:23	of the entire city, one agency
00:05:16:23	00:05:19:02	versus another agency's needs,
00:05:19:02	00:05:20:18	to try to see the big picture.
00:05:20:18	00:05:22:22	And then, to also try to decide
00:05:22:22	00:05:24:09	what it is we can afford,
00:05:24:09	00:05:25:24	just like a household budget.
00:05:25:24	00:05:27:04	You can want everything
00:05:27:04	00:05:28:22	in the world.
00:05:28:22	00:05:30:08	You can want a new swimming pool
00:05:30:08	00:05:32:15	and a new rec room, a new car,
00:05:32:15	00:05:34:10	but you can't do them all.
00:05:34:10	00:05:35:12	And so, you've got to decide
00:05:35:12	00:05:36:15	which needs are priorities
00:05:36:15	00:05:37:19	and which ones can wait
00:05:37:19	00:05:38:27	for another day.
00:05:38:27	00:05:40:15	All right, I've got to go.
00:05:40:15	00:05:42:25	Go play some golf.
00:05:45:10	00:05:47:23	(laughter)
00:05:47:23	00:05:48:27	This is a fund-raiser
00:05:48:27	00:05:50:17	for the 100 Black Men,
00:05:50:17	00:05:52:07	an organization of mostly
00:05:52:07	00:05:53:15	professionals, African American
00:05:53:15	00:05:56:18	men, who mentor black youth.
00:05:56:18	00:05:58:06	Their big event every year
00:05:58:06	00:05:59:19	is they distribute hundreds,
00:05:59:19	00:06:01:19	maybe a thousand backpacks
00:06:01:19	00:06:02:25	every August,
00:06:02:25	00:06:05:03	filled with school supplies,
00:06:05:03	00:06:06:08	to kids in the community.
00:06:06:08	00:06:08:28	So, they do really good work.
00:06:08:28	00:06:10:02	>> You want to move through
00:06:10:02	00:06:12:00	the Par 3 quickly...
00:06:12:00	00:06:13:01	>> It gives me an opportunity
00:06:13:01	00:06:14:05	to help a good cause.
00:06:14:05	00:06:15:08	But then, I get a chance to
00:06:15:08	00:06:16:18	talk to a lot of guys out here,
00:06:16:18	00:06:17:18	some of whom
00:06:17:18	00:06:19:05	I wouldn't get a chance to see
00:06:19:05	00:06:21:12	in other circumstances.
00:06:21:12	00:06:22:17	In this case, it's some of
00:06:22:17	00:06:24:01	the African American leaders
00:06:24:01	00:06:27:14	in our community.
00:06:27:14	00:06:28:25	A lot of my job is about
00:06:28:25	00:06:30:24	relationship building.
00:06:30:24	00:06:32:06	What you want to do is develop
00:06:32:06	00:06:33:07	trusting relationships
00:06:33:07	00:06:34:09	with as many people
00:06:34:09	00:06:35:14	in as many different parts
00:06:35:14	00:06:37:03	of the community as possible.
00:06:37:03	00:06:38:05	>> Good luck to us.
00:06:38:05	00:06:39:17	>> Good luck to us.
00:06:39:17	00:06:40:21	This is really all part
00:06:40:21	00:06:42:29	of that relationship building.
00:06:48:24	00:06:49:28	Alder King?
00:06:49:28	00:06:51:02	>> I also want to be added
00:06:51:02	00:06:53:24	as a co-sponsor on Item 92.
00:06:53:24	00:06:55:02	>> Well, as mayor,
00:06:55:02	00:06:56:06	I'm not sure I'm in charge
00:06:56:06	00:06:57:19	of anything.
00:06:57:19	00:06:59:22	Item 92 is very popular...
00:06:59:22	00:07:01:21	There is a City Council as well.
00:07:01:21	00:07:03:11	And of course, I can't enact
00:07:03:11	00:07:05:06	anything of subtance
00:07:05:06	00:07:06:29	without getting approval from
00:07:06:29	00:07:08:18	at least 11 out of 20 members
00:07:08:18	00:07:09:17	of City Council.
00:07:09:17	00:07:11:05	So I need to convince them
00:07:11:05	00:07:12:20	of the rightness of something
00:07:12:20	00:07:14:02	I want to do.
00:07:14:02	00:07:15:15	At least in my mind,
00:07:15:15	00:07:17:00	it's fairly straightforward.
00:07:17:00	00:07:18:06	It would be
00:07:18:06	00:07:19:02	a conditional approval.
00:07:19:02	00:07:19:29	>> Conditional is the word,
00:07:19:29	00:07:21:09	thank you.
00:07:21:09	00:07:22:15	>> Requiring that we come back
00:07:22:15	00:07:23:18	to the Council
00:07:23:18	00:07:25:06	with an agreement.
00:07:25:06	00:07:26:14	Because so many of the issues
00:07:26:14	00:07:27:29	we deal with are very nuts
00:07:27:29	00:07:29:28	and bolts, direct services
00:07:29:28	00:07:31:29	to people, what you need to do
00:07:31:29	00:07:33:22	at the local level is cooperate
00:07:33:22	00:07:36:19	and get things done.
00:07:36:19	00:07:37:25	All those in favor...
00:07:37:25	00:07:39:16	signify by saying "aye."
00:07:39:16	00:07:40:19	>> Aye.
00:07:40:19	00:07:42:11	>> Those opposed, "no."
00:07:42:11	00:07:44:19	(indistinct talking)
00:07:44:19	00:07:46:02	Thank you.
00:07:46:02	00:07:47:09	>> Thank you, everybody.
00:07:47:09	00:07:48:16	>> I'm ultimately accountable
00:07:48:16	00:07:49:24	to the 225,000 people
00:07:49:24	00:07:51:04	who live in the city of Madison.
00:07:51:04	00:07:53:01	Those are my bosses.
00:07:53:01	00:07:54:13	We have a program to help
00:07:54:13	00:07:55:23	low-income families
00:07:55:23	00:07:57:13	weatherize their homes.
00:07:57:13	00:07:58:25	But I don't think I got elected
00:07:58:25	00:08:00:26	simply to take a bunch of polls,
00:08:00:26	00:08:02:24	or to hold my finger to the wind
00:08:02:24	00:08:04:24	to see which way it blows.
00:08:04:24	00:08:06:09	I mean, I think I got elected
00:08:06:09	00:08:07:24	to study the issues,
00:08:07:24	00:08:10:08	to use my best judgment
00:08:10:08	00:08:11:21	to make decisions about which
00:08:11:21	00:08:13:27	way to move on a given issue,
00:08:13:27	00:08:15:16	sometimes even if
00:08:15:16	00:08:16:29	it isn't popular,
00:08:16:29	00:08:18:20	sometimes even if the majority
00:08:18:20	00:08:20:13	of those 225,000 people might
00:08:20:13	00:08:23:04	think we should go another way.
00:08:28:13	00:08:29:20	Today will actually be a
00:08:29:20	00:08:31:13	particularly long day, I think.
00:08:31:13	00:08:32:16	I'll probably get home
00:08:32:16	00:08:33:18	about 10:00.
00:08:33:18	00:08:34:23	I've got three or four events
00:08:34:23	00:08:35:25	this evening.
00:08:35:25	00:08:36:24	I'll be going out and conducting
00:08:36:24	00:08:38:09	the Capitol City Band,
00:08:38:09	00:08:39:12	always something
00:08:39:12	00:08:42:08	that puts fear in my soul.
00:08:42:08	00:08:43:09	So, the days
00:08:43:09	00:08:44:14	are relatively long.
00:08:44:14	00:08:45:15	But they're always interesting.
00:08:45:15	00:08:46:23	You can never really predict
00:08:46:23	00:08:48:07	what's going to happen.
00:08:48:07	00:08:51:09	§ §
00:08:51:09	00:08:52:29	This is the Capitol City Band.
00:08:52:29	00:08:54:04	They've been doing these
00:08:54:04	00:08:55:26	free concerts here in the city
00:08:55:26	00:08:58:22	for 41 years.
00:08:58:22	00:09:00:11	§ §
00:09:00:11	00:09:01:19	So, once a year,
00:09:01:19	00:09:03:25	I come out and conduct the band,
00:09:03:25	00:09:05:13	poorly.
00:09:05:13	00:09:07:01	Are people ready?
00:09:07:01	00:09:08:03	Pay no attention to me,
00:09:08:03	00:09:09:05	all right?
00:09:09:05	00:09:10:29	(laughter)
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00:09:22:18	00:09:27:19	(band music continues)
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