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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Police: man killed by officer not a burgler Intruder mistakes house for his own By Abby Becker the daily cardinal
A man who was shot and killed by a Madison police officer Friday was not a burglar but a new neighborhood resident who entered the wrong house, Madison Police Chief Noble Wray confirmed at a press conference Monday. Early Friday morning, the Madison Police Department responded to a possible burglary in progress on the 500 block of South Baldwin Street, according to Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain. Wray said there are a number of reports that the intruder, later identified as 30-year-old Paul Heenan,
was intoxicated when he entered the house. The resident called the police when she heard Heenan in her home around 2:45 a.m. and said her husband was downstairs investigating, according to DeSpain. Wray said Officer Stephen Heimsness responded to the call and saw “two men grappling and struggling” in the house, which is when Heimsness pulled out his service weapon. “Based on the description of the husband, based on dispatch, [Heimsness] believed he was seeing the homeowner struggling with the possible burglar,” Wray said. When Heimsness ordered the two individuals to “get down,” only the homeowner stepped back, according to Wray.
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City, campus committee discuss ongoing campus-area construction A joint city and campus area planning committee met Monday to review construction and renovation projects around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee discussed current plans for the ongoing deconstruction of the original Gordon Commons, which will be replaced with a large, outdoor garden area
where students can congregate. Deconstruction will begin Friday, according to UW Facilities Planning and Management Representative Gary Brown. Brown said the deconstruction schedule will attempt to keep the noisiest parts of the process confined to times when class is not in
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On campus
Honoring Heroes
Volunteers Monday spend their day on Bascom Hill reading the names of all the service men and women who have died in the line of duty since Sept. 11 to commemorate Veteran’s Day. + Photo by Abigail Waldo
Mayor alters budget amendments By Abby Becker the daily cardinal
At a last-minute press conference Monday, Mayor Paul Soglin introduced a set of substitute amendments to both the proposed 2013 operating and capital budgets, one of which would increase how much funding the city will allocate to the Overture Center for the Arts. Soglin’s most significant change to his proposed $266.4 million budget includes grant-
ing $500,000 to the arts center in addition to the original $850,000 outlined in the budget. But the additional funding would come in stages, according to Soglin, and would be dependent on a nonprofit group and how Council members decide to use premium funds. Prior to Soglin entering office, Downtown Madison Inc. and a non profit group called Friends of Madison Parks said
they would raise $350,000 to improve Lisa Link Peace Park, located at 229 W. Gilman St. and 452 State St., but have not yet paid the city back. Soglin said when the city receives that funding, he would make it available to the Overture. “I would assume [the nonprofit groups] would [pay] since DMI is such a strong advocate at all costs of funding
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Staff assembly votes to support HR plan By Tamar Myers The daily cardinal
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Academic Staff Executive Committee Chair Jeff Shokler introduces a resolution supporting the HR redesign Monday.
The Academic Staff Assembly voted Monday to support the implementation of the Human Resources redesign, becoming the first campus governing body to formally accept the plan thus far. The Assembly’s resolution, which passed by an overwhelming majority, included an addendum specifying that the plan only included enough details to be considered a framework and stating the committee expected to be involved in the future implementation of more concrete specifics. According to the Academic Staff Executive Committee’s analysis, 52 percent of the plan’s recommendations only provide a framework and will require further action in the future
before being fully implemented, including changes to compensation and benefits which will be finalized after a comprehensive study is completed next year. ASEC Chair Jeff Shokler emphasized that the resolution was only accepted on the condition that the committee would be included in these future decisions. “In this resolution we’re trying to make it very clear and very explicit that we recognize that this is a general framework,” Shokler said. “We expect to be fully engaged in those issues that have been deferred down the road, we are not blessing everything from this point forward.” In addition to the stipulation of committee input in future decisions, the addendum
also advocates for the plan to include cost-of-living compensation for all employees, among other provisions. The Assembly’s decision differed from that of the Faculty Senate, which voted last week to postpone making its decision on the plan until its Dec. 3 meeting, hoping details of changes to the plan would be released following campus feedback. The Associated Students of Madison student government will also vote on a resolution in support of or against the plan in the coming weeks. The plan will pass to the Board of Regents for a vote Dec. 7 before continuing on to the State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Employment Relations for final review.
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