The City of Madison has a "Madison City Charter Commission" that provides oversight and maintenance of the city's "Home Rule Charter". The Madison Charter Commission is appointed by and serves at the direction of the Chief Judge of the 8th Judicial District. Reporting of activities is annually to the judicial district court and the city council.
The City of Madison has population of 1,551 based on the 2010 US Census. Madison has 11 full time, 9 part time and 18 seasonal employees. The fire service has 25 volunteers with the ambulance service maintaining 15 part-time paid "on-call".