MADISON, Wis. — The Madison Common Council approved the city’s proposed 2027 capital budget Tuesday, including money from Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s executive budget to begin a body-worn camera program for the Madison Police Department. Police Chief John Patterson has identified the cameras as his top budget priority. Several council members and the city’s Independent Police Monitor backed the funding after a Madison police officer fatally shot Corey Ruiz earlier this summer. Patterson also delivered the department’s second-quarter report during the meeting. The council separately considered a resolution that would require Patterson to report on the status of recommendations made in past reviews of police policies and procedures. Sponsors pointed to a memorandum cataloging more than 300 recommendations across 11 reports issued since 2017. Supporters said the department has not submitted a comprehensive status matrix in roughly six years and argued that the council needs a current, public accounting of which recommendations have been implemented, remain outstanding or need revision. One public commenter questioned how city officials could decide what needs to change without an accurate record of the department’s progress over the past decade. The proposed resolution would require an initial report within 90 days and updates twice a year. Opposition came from, among others, a member of the Police Civilian Oversight Board. The board member said Patterson has regularly communicated with the panel and had already provided a five-year strategic plan and progress updates. The member argued that critics had not reviewed the board’s meetings and minutes before concluding that the work had not been done. The debate comes as Madison officials face renewed scrutiny over police use of force, transparency and civilian oversight. The body-camera funding and proposed reporting requirement would address different parts of that broader accountability effort: one focused on documenting police encounters, the other on tracking whether promised policy changes have been carried out. The council’s consideration of the oversight resolution was separate from its approval of the capital budget. The available account does not state whether the resolution ultimately passed.