GM/JATCO ordinance

A lifelong resident worried about pollution near Jackson School and urged adoption to put the question on the ballot.

A petition organizer who said the council should adopt the ordinance or send it to referendum and warned against 'running out the clock.'

Skeptical of the projected job numbers, urged the council to do due diligence and avoid another Foxconn.

Cited Rock County's poor air quality and urged the council to honor the legal right to a ballot vote.

Speaking for the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, said the petition process exists precisely so residents have a voice when they disagree with city officials.

A Mount Pleasant transplant who saw Foxconn fail, asked the council to do its due diligence and not get caught up in dollar signs.

A commercial broker who marketed the site for years said no other development is economically viable there and urged the council to back the deal and send the ordinance to the ballot.

A small business owner who made ~100 videos on the topic, urged calm, patience, and good-faith dialogue rather than fear-driven decisions.

A chemistry professional who asked the council to adopt the ordinance outright, saying 4,670 signatures created an obligation to give residents a vote.

Said the ordinance would complicate redevelopment and urged sending it to the November ballot with continued public education.

Called the ordinance an anti-development measure that would scare off any large project and asked the council to take it to referendum in the fall.

Asked the council to place the question on the November ballot so the public can see the full scope before deciding.

A Madison resident and gubernatorial candidate who warned about unchecked AI risks and urged the council to work with petitioners to narrow the ordinance before a referendum.

A Navy veteran who said the ordinance was pro-voter, not anti-data center, and asked the council to adopt it.

A petition organizer who said the petition is pro-community-involvement and urged adoption of the ordinance tonight.

Asked the council to adopt the ordinance or refer it to the November ballot.

Asked the council to adopt the ordinance as is and not delay seven months to November.

Urged adoption of the petition and criticized NDAs limiting transparency around the deal.

Asked the council to improve how public input is incorporated and to adopt the ordinance or put it on the ballot.

Works in pre-development; worried the ordinance's wording could raise barriers for future developers, though he thanked the petitioners.

Thanked the petitioners for elevating community voices but noted community confusion, and urged adoption.

Thanked the council for not rushing and asked that the ordinance go to the fall ballot so voters can decide.

Supported a ballot vote but worried the ordinance as written would deter development and job creation.

A petition organizer who said the petition was about giving residents a voice, not stopping development, and asked for adoption.

Reminded council members they represent residents and asked them to adopt the ordinance outright.

Questioned the agreement timeline and whether parks could be developed into data centers; urged the council to adopt the ordinance.

Asked the council to adopt the ordinance.

Said health and environment matter more than dollar signs and asked the council to adopt the petition ordinance without change.

A Sheet Metal Workers union rep who argued construction jobs are 'permanent' by nature and urged sending the ordinance to the November ballot.