COMMON COUNCIL
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · October 6, 2020
Minutes
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Minutes
COMMON COUNCIL
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
This is a virtual meeting. Those wishing to view it should go to
http://city.milwaukee.gov/citychannel or Channel 25 on Spectrum Cable.
1. Call to Order.
The meeting was called to order at 6:48 p.m.
2. Roll Call.
Present: 15 - Hamilton
Johnson
Kovac
Bauman
Dodd
Coggs
Rainey
Zamarripa
Lewis
Murphy
Borkowski
Perez
Spiker
Dimitrijevic
Stamper
3. Introduction of Officials Present.
The President acknowledged the following individuals present:
Chair of the Finance and Personnel Committee, Ald. Michael Murphy
City Attorney Tearman Spencer
City Treasurer Spencer Coggs
Comptroller Aycha Sawa
Mayor Tom Barrett
4. Public Hearing on the Mayor's Proposed 2021 Executive Budget.
A list of those individuals who registered, appeared, and spoke at the hearing is
attached to Common Council File Number 200001.
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5. Adjournment.
The meeting adjourned at 9:59 p.m.
Chris Lee, Staff Assistant
Council Records Section
City Clerk's Office
Public comments made using the eComments system can be found within the following file:
200750 Communication relating to public comments on the Mayor's Proposed
Executive Budget for 2021 (Joint Public Hearing).
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
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This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
In the event that Common Council members who are not members of this committee attend
this meeting, this meeting may also simultaneously constitute a meeting of the Common
Council or any of the following committees: Community and Economic Development,
Finance and Personnel, Judiciary and Legislation, Licenses, Public Safety and Health, Public
Works, Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development, and/or Steering and Rules. Whether a
simultaneous meeting is occurring depends on whether the presence of one or more of the
Common Council member results in a quorum of the Common Council or any of the above
committees, and, if there is a quorum of another committee, whether any agenda items listed
above involve matters within that committee’s realm of authority. In the event that a
simultaneous meeting is occurring, no action other than information gathering will be taken
at the simultaneous meeting.
Times for specific agenda items are estimations. If items cannot be heard at their specified
times, they will be heard as soon as practicable thereafter.
Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of persons with
disabilities through sign language interpreters or auxiliary aids. For assistance contact the
Legislative Services ADA Coordinator at 286-2998, (FAX)286-3456, (TDD)286-2025 or by
writing to Room 205, City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202.
City Hall and the Zeidler Municipal Building are accessible by "The Hop" City Hall
Stations, the MCTS Green Line, Gold Line, 14, 15, 19, 30, 33, and 57 bus routes. Visit
https://www.ridemcts.com/ for more information.
Bike racks are available on Water Street, Market Street, and Broadway, and a Bublr Bike
Share station is located on the northeast corner of Kilbourn Avenue and Water Street.
Limited parking for persons attending meetings is available at reduced rates (5 hour limit) at
the Milwaukee Center on the southwest corner of Kilbourn Avenue and Water Street.
Parking tickets must be validated in the first floor Information Booth in City Hall.
Persons engaged in lobbying as defined in s. 305-43-4 of the Milwaukee Code are required
to register with the City Clerk's License Division. Lobbyists appearing before a Common
Council committee are required to identify themselves as such. More information is
available at http://city.milwaukee.gov/Lobbying.
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Agenda
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Agenda
COMMON COUNCIL
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
This is a virtual meeting. Those wishing to view it should go to
http://city.milwaukee.gov/citychannel or Channel 25 on Spectrum Cable.
1. Call to Order.
2. Roll Call.
3. Introduction of Officials Present.
4. Public Hearing on the Mayor's Proposed 2021 Executive Budget.
Testimony must be made by phone or internet. Those wishing to provide oral testimony
must register ahead of time prior to 4:30 p.m. on the day of the hearing. Registration to
provide testimony will close at 4:30 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Please visit
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/100958666844850446 for information on how
to register and access the virtual webinar platform.
Speakers must be present in the webinar and will be called in the order in which they
signed up as they appear in the webinar platform. As a courtesy to others, all speakers
will be limited to two minutes. When your name is called and you are invited to speak,
please remember to “unmute”.
Those who do not want to speak but want to provide written comments are encouraged to
use the City’s eComment system by accessing this agenda at
http://milwaukee.legistar.com/calendar.
5. Adjournment.
Public comments made using the eComments system can be found within the following file:
200750 Communication relating to public comments on the Mayor's Proposed
Executive Budget for 2021 (Joint Public Hearing).
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
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This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
In the event that Common Council members who are not members of this committee attend this
meeting, this meeting may also simultaneously constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any
of the following committees: Community and Economic Development, Finance and Personnel,
Judiciary and Legislation, Licenses, Public Safety and Health, Public Works, Zoning, Neighborhoods
& Development, and/or Steering and Rules. Whether a simultaneous meeting is occurring depends
on whether the presence of one or more of the Common Council member results in a quorum of the
Common Council or any of the above committees, and, if there is a quorum of another committee,
whether any agenda items listed above involve matters within that committee’s realm of authority.
In the event that a simultaneous meeting is occurring, no action other than information gathering will
be taken at the simultaneous meeting.
Times for specific agenda items are estimations. If items cannot be heard at their specified times,
they will be heard as soon as practicable thereafter.
Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities
through sign language interpreters or auxiliary aids. For assistance contact the Legislative Services
ADA Coordinator at 286-2998, (FAX)286-3456, (TDD)286-2025 or by writing to Room 205, City
Hall, 200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202.
City Hall and the Zeidler Municipal Building are accessible by "The Hop" City Hall Stations, the
MCTS Green Line, Gold Line, 14, 15, 19, 30, 33, and 57 bus routes. Visit https://www.ridemcts.com/
for more information.
Bike racks are available on Water Street, Market Street, and Broadway, and a Bublr Bike Share
station is located on the northeast corner of Kilbourn Avenue and Water Street.
Limited parking for persons attending meetings is available at reduced rates (5 hour limit) at the
Milwaukee Center on the southwest corner of Kilbourn Avenue and Water Street. Parking tickets
must be validated in the first floor Information Booth in City Hall.
Persons engaged in lobbying as defined in s. 305-43-4 of the Milwaukee Code are required to
register with the City Clerk's License Division. Lobbyists appearing before a Common Council
committee are required to identify themselves as such. More information is available at
http://city.milwaukee.gov/Lobbying.
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