MGR Govindarajan
Atom feedFormer member, Madison Common Council · nonpartisan office
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
- 16
- Voted No
- 5
- Other than Aye/No
- 0
- On the losing side
- 3 19%
- Sole No votes
- 0
- Attendance
- 100% 15 of 15
"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 16 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 · 15
Items where at least one member voted No, showing MGR Govindarajan'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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Appeal of Madison Landmarks Commission denying a Certificate of Appropriateness for 1123 Jenifer Street - Exterior Alteration in the Third Lake Ridge Historic District - Roof Replacement (District 6)
Action: Deny · Meeting record
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SUBSTITUTE: Amending Sections of Chapter 28 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Housing and Auto-Oriented Uses in the Transit Oriented Development Overlay District.
Action: Adopt with Conditions and Close the Public Hearing · Meeting record
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SUBSTITUTE: Amending Sections of Chapter 28 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Housing and Auto-Oriented Uses in the Transit Oriented Development Overlay District.
Action: Adopt the Following Amendment(s) · Meeting record
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Approving Plans, Specifications, And Schedule Of Assessments For Pontiac Trail, Boston Court, Rosewood Circle, and Nokomis Circle Assessment District - 2025. (District 10)
Action: Adopt and Close the Public Hearing · Meeting record
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SUBSTITUTE: Creating Section 23.202 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Age Restrictions on Hemp-Derived THC Products.
Action: Adopt Substitute · Meeting record
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Creating Section 23.65 of the Madison General Ordinances to regulate the sale of pets in retail pet stores.
Action: Adopt Alternate · Meeting record
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SUBSTITUTE: Creating Section 23.202 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Age Restrictions on Hemp-Derived THC Products.
Action: Adopt Alternate · Meeting record
- Aye 17 Aye – 3 No
Untitled item
Action: Call the Question · Meeting record
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2026 Executive Operating Budget
Action: Adopt · Meeting record
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2026 Executive Operating Budget
Action: Adopt · Meeting record
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Authorizing execution of a sole source $150,000 contract with Downtown Madison Inc. for the preparation of a Downtown Economic Investment Strategy (District 2, District 4, District 6, District 8, and District 13).
Action: Reconsider · Meeting record
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SUBSTITUTE: Extending the contract between the City of Madison and MACH Onehealth, Inc. dba Madison Street Medicine to provide those services and extend currently allocated funding through April 2026, at an additional cost of $0 dollars from the City of Madison, and authorizes the use of up to $100,000 of additional funds from Dane County to pay for those services
Action: Adopt Substitute · Meeting record
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Authorizing the eventual forgiveness of $1,613,365 of debt held by Madison Ice Inc. for the Madison Ice Arena (725 Forward Drive) and Hartmeyer Ice Arena (1810 and 1834 Commercial Avenue), authorizing the termination of existing land contracts for both ice arenas with Madison Ice Hartmeyer, LLC and Madison Ice MIA, LLC (Madison Ice, Inc.), authorizing the fee simple sale of Hartmeyer Ice Arena to East Madison Ice Collective and the fee simple sale of Madison Ice Arena to Madison Ice, Inc. for $1, authorizing a fundraising requirement of approximately $3 million by East Madison Ice Collective for capital improvements to Hartmeyer Ice Arena, and authorizing additional terms related to the renegotiation of the City’s relationship to the ice arenas (District 12 and District 19).
Action: Adopt with the Recommendation(s) · Meeting record
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Hearing re: Ethics Board Complaint filed by Emily Samson against Shadayra Kilfoy-Flores
Action: Adopt · Meeting record
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Authorizing the eventual forgiveness of $1,613,365 of debt held by Madison Ice Inc. for the Madison Ice Arena (725 Forward Drive) and Hartmeyer Ice Arena (1810 and 1834 Commercial Avenue), authorizing the termination of existing land contracts for both ice arenas with Madison Ice Hartmeyer, LLC and Madison Ice MIA, LLC (Madison Ice, Inc.), authorizing the fee simple sale of Hartmeyer Ice Arena to East Madison Ice Collective and the fee simple sale of Madison Ice Arena to Madison Ice, Inc. for $1, authorizing a fundraising requirement of approximately $3 million by East Madison Ice Collective for capital improvements to Hartmeyer Ice Arena, and authorizing additional terms related to the renegotiation of the City’s relationship to the ice arenas (District 12 and District 19).
Action: Call the Question · Meeting record
Scrollable, 15 in the list.
Motions they moved · 1
Items where the council's record names MGR Govindarajan as the mover of the action taken. Each links to the clerk's page.
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Approving roadway geometry for Regent Street (Randall Avenue to Park Street) (District 8, District 13)
Action: Refer · Meeting record
Scrollable, 1 in the list.
Recent votes
The 16 most recent of 16 recorded votes; the complete record lives in the city's own system, and the collected votes are paged here.
Jump to a year in the collected record: 20262025
- Aye 91958
Appeal of Madison Landmarks Commission denying a Certificate of Appropriateness for 1123 Jenifer Street - Exterior Alteration in the Third Lake Ridge Historic District - Roof Replacement (District 6)
Action: Deny · Meeting record
- Aye 90552
SUBSTITUTE: Amending Sections of Chapter 28 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Housing and Auto-Oriented Uses in the Transit Oriented Development Overlay District.
Action: Adopt with Conditions and Close the Public Hearing · Meeting record
- Aye 90557
SUBSTITUTE: Amending Sections within Chapters 16 and 28 of the Madison General Ordinances to create “Cottage Courts.”
Action: Adopt with Conditions and Close the Public Hearing · Meeting record
- No 90552
SUBSTITUTE: Amending Sections of Chapter 28 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Housing and Auto-Oriented Uses in the Transit Oriented Development Overlay District.
Action: Adopt the Following Amendment(s) · Meeting record
- Aye 90845
Approving Plans, Specifications, And Schedule Of Assessments For Pontiac Trail, Boston Court, Rosewood Circle, and Nokomis Circle Assessment District - 2025. (District 10)
Action: Adopt and Close the Public Hearing · Meeting record
- Aye 90169
SUBSTITUTE: Creating Section 23.202 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Age Restrictions on Hemp-Derived THC Products.
Action: Adopt Substitute · Meeting record
- Aye 90423
Creating Section 23.65 of the Madison General Ordinances to regulate the sale of pets in retail pet stores.
Action: Adopt Alternate · Meeting record
- No 90169
SUBSTITUTE: Creating Section 23.202 of the Madison General Ordinances related to Age Restrictions on Hemp-Derived THC Products.
Action: Adopt Alternate · Meeting record
- Aye
Untitled item
Action: Call the Question · Meeting record
- Aye 90249
2026 Executive Operating Budget
Action: Adopt · Meeting record
- No 90249
2026 Executive Operating Budget
Action: Adopt · Meeting record
- No 89347
Authorizing execution of a sole source $150,000 contract with Downtown Madison Inc. for the preparation of a Downtown Economic Investment Strategy (District 2, District 4, District 6, District 8, and District 13).
Action: Reconsider · Meeting record
- No 89779
SUBSTITUTE: Extending the contract between the City of Madison and MACH Onehealth, Inc. dba Madison Street Medicine to provide those services and extend currently allocated funding through April 2026, at an additional cost of $0 dollars from the City of Madison, and authorizes the use of up to $100,000 of additional funds from Dane County to pay for those services
Action: Adopt Substitute · Meeting record
- Aye 86169
Authorizing the eventual forgiveness of $1,613,365 of debt held by Madison Ice Inc. for the Madison Ice Arena (725 Forward Drive) and Hartmeyer Ice Arena (1810 and 1834 Commercial Avenue), authorizing the termination of existing land contracts for both ice arenas with Madison Ice Hartmeyer, LLC and Madison Ice MIA, LLC (Madison Ice, Inc.), authorizing the fee simple sale of Hartmeyer Ice Arena to East Madison Ice Collective and the fee simple sale of Madison Ice Arena to Madison Ice, Inc. for $1, authorizing a fundraising requirement of approximately $3 million by East Madison Ice Collective for capital improvements to Hartmeyer Ice Arena, and authorizing additional terms related to the renegotiation of the City’s relationship to the ice arenas (District 12 and District 19).
Action: Adopt with the Recommendation(s) · Meeting record
- Aye 85413
Hearing re: Ethics Board Complaint filed by Emily Samson against Shadayra Kilfoy-Flores
Action: Adopt · Meeting record
- Aye 86169
Authorizing the eventual forgiveness of $1,613,365 of debt held by Madison Ice Inc. for the Madison Ice Arena (725 Forward Drive) and Hartmeyer Ice Arena (1810 and 1834 Commercial Avenue), authorizing the termination of existing land contracts for both ice arenas with Madison Ice Hartmeyer, LLC and Madison Ice MIA, LLC (Madison Ice, Inc.), authorizing the fee simple sale of Hartmeyer Ice Arena to East Madison Ice Collective and the fee simple sale of Madison Ice Arena to Madison Ice, Inc. for $1, authorizing a fundraising requirement of approximately $3 million by East Madison Ice Collective for capital improvements to Hartmeyer Ice Arena, and authorizing additional terms related to the renegotiation of the City’s relationship to the ice arenas (District 12 and District 19).
Action: Call the Question · Meeting record
Scrollable, 16 in the list.