COMMON COUNCIL
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · October 4, 2021
Minutes
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Minutes
COMMON COUNCIL
Monday, October 4, 2021 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
This is a virtual meeting. Those wishing to view the proceedings are able to do so via
the City Channel - Channel 25 on Spectrum Cable - or on the Internet at
http://city.milwaukee.gov/citychannel.
1. Call to order.
The meeting was called to order at 6:47 p.m.
2. Roll call.
The Pledge of Allegiance was said followed by a moment of silent meditation.
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:
Mayor Tom Barrett
Chair of the Finance and Personnel Committee, Ald. Michael Murphy
City Treasurer Spencer Coggs
Special Deputy Comptroller Toni Biscobing
4. Public Hearing on the Mayor's Proposed 2022 Executive Budget.
A list of those individuals who registered, appeared, and spoke at the hearing is
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attached to Common Council File Number 210001.
5. Adjournment.
The meeting adjourned at 8:31 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:
210888 Communication relating to public comments on the Mayor's Proposed
Executive Budget for 2022 (Joint Public Hearing).
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
This meeting can be viewed in its entirety through the City's Legislative Research Center at
http://milwaukee.legistar.com/calendar.
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Agenda
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Agenda
COMMON COUNCIL
Monday, October 4, 2021 6:30 PM Virtual Meeting
JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
This is a virtual meeting. Those wishing to view the proceedings are able to do so via
the City Channel - Channel 25 on Spectrum Cable - or on the Internet at
http://city.milwaukee.gov/citychannel.
1. Call to order.
2. Roll call.
3. Introduction of Officials Present.
4. Public Hearing on the Mayor's Proposed 2022 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://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1866293862345900046 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:
210888 Communication relating to public comments on the Mayor's Proposed
Executive Budget for 2022 (Joint Public Hearing).
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
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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.
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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.
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station is located on the northeast corner of Kilbourn Avenue and Water Street.
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Milwaukee Center on the southwest corner of Kilbourn Avenue and Water Street. Parking tickets
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