Ellen Zhang
Atom feedMadison Common Council, District 8 · nonpartisan office · district per the city's roster
Source: Madison Common Council records · pulled · record through
Coverage starts in 2025. History is still being collected. 14 listed meetings await collection or refresh. Individual votes appear only when recorded by the clerk; voice votes do not identify each member's position. Tallies count both No and Nay as votes against; individual rows keep the clerk's wording.
- Recorded votes
- 5
- Voted No
- 1
- Other than Aye/No
- 0
- On the losing side
- 2 40%
- Sole No votes
- 0
- Attendance
- 100% 9 of 9
"Other" is everything the clerk recorded besides Aye or No: excused, absent, abstaining, voting "present", or presiding without a vote, shown on each row exactly as recorded. "On the losing side" counts Aye and No votes that ended opposite the clerk's recorded outcome, of 5 with an outcome on record. Attendance is meetings where the roll call records the member present, of the meetings where the roll was called with the member listed.
What the words on this page mean
- Aye
- voted yes
- Present
- attended but voted neither yes nor no
The clerk's own words appear on each row and on the linked pages; these are plain-language readings of them.
Votes with dissent · 5
Items where at least one member voted No, showing Ellen Zhang's vote and the council's tally. Each row names the action voted on, which may be a referral or postponement rather than final passage, and links to the clerk's record.
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Amending the 2026 adopted operating budget by transferring $28,500 from the contingent reserve to the Office of the Independent Monitor for additional staffing and services costs, and directing staff to provide a full accounting of costs associated with the City’s critical incident response between July 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026.
Action: Adopt · Meeting record
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SUBSTITUTE Amending the 2026 Economic Development Division (EDD) Operating Budget by transferring $75,000 from other agency budgets to EDD and authorizing intra-departmental transfers within EDD, approving program materials, and authorizing the Economic Development Division to administer a Williamson Street Business Stabilization Support Program (District 6).
Action: Adopt Substitute - 15 Votes Required · Meeting record
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Amending the 2026 adopted operating budget by transferring $28,500 from the contingent reserve to the Office of the Independent Monitor for additional staffing and services costs, and directing staff to provide a full accounting of costs associated with the City’s critical incident response between July 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026.
Action: Place On File · Meeting record
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Appeal of the Landmarks Commission's approval of a land division at 113 Ely Place in the University Heights Historic District, Legislative File ID 93071.
Action: Deny · Meeting record
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SUBSTITUTE: Amending Subsections 5.19(6), (7)(i) and (8) and amending Subsection 5.20(9)(f) of the Madison General Ordinances to add public reporting requirements for the Office of the Independent Monitor and Police Civilian Oversight Board.
Action: Re-refer · Meeting record
Scrollable, 5 in the list.
Motions they moved · 1
Items where the council's record names Ellen Zhang as the mover of the action taken. Each links to the clerk's page.
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Amending the 2026 adopted operating budget by transferring $28,500 from the contingent reserve to the Office of the Independent Monitor for additional staffing and services costs, and directing staff to provide a full accounting of costs associated with the City’s critical incident response between July 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026.
Action: Adopt · Meeting record
Scrollable, 1 in the list.
Recent votes
The 5 most recent of 5 recorded votes; the complete record lives in the city's own system, and the collected votes are paged here.
- Aye 94261
Amending the 2026 adopted operating budget by transferring $28,500 from the contingent reserve to the Office of the Independent Monitor for additional staffing and services costs, and directing staff to provide a full accounting of costs associated with the City’s critical incident response between July 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026.
Action: Adopt · Meeting record
- Aye 94250
SUBSTITUTE Amending the 2026 Economic Development Division (EDD) Operating Budget by transferring $75,000 from other agency budgets to EDD and authorizing intra-departmental transfers within EDD, approving program materials, and authorizing the Economic Development Division to administer a Williamson Street Business Stabilization Support Program (District 6).
Action: Adopt Substitute - 15 Votes Required · Meeting record
- No 94261
Amending the 2026 adopted operating budget by transferring $28,500 from the contingent reserve to the Office of the Independent Monitor for additional staffing and services costs, and directing staff to provide a full accounting of costs associated with the City’s critical incident response between July 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026.
Action: Place On File · Meeting record
- Aye 93802
Appeal of the Landmarks Commission's approval of a land division at 113 Ely Place in the University Heights Historic District, Legislative File ID 93071.
Action: Deny · Meeting record
- Aye 92386
SUBSTITUTE: Amending Subsections 5.19(6), (7)(i) and (8) and amending Subsection 5.20(9)(f) of the Madison General Ordinances to add public reporting requirements for the Office of the Independent Monitor and Police Civilian Oversight Board.
Action: Re-refer · Meeting record
Scrollable, 5 in the list.