Require a staff report to the City Council six months after the law is implemented.

Wegleitner, who has concerns about the ordinance, said she wants to avoid scenarios where the homeless are issued citations they can’t pay, warrants are issued, and they are taken to jail. “That cycle is not good for anyone,” she said.

Madison Police Central District Capt. Carl Gloede, a member of the committee, said the department would try to gain compliance through education with the hope that citations, costing $25 to $300, would rarely be needed.

The city’s Public Safety Review Committee is scheduled to discuss the revised proposal and amendments on Dec. 13, and the City Council is expected to take up the matter with final decisions early next year.

Supporters of recent efforts to rein in panhandling say proposals are intended to protect pedestrians’ own safety and that of drivers. Opponents contend such plans criminalize homelessness and are an attempt to make homeless people less visible in Madison.