COMMON COUNCIL

City Hall City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 Meeting Minutes COMMON COUNCIL Thursday, October 21, 2021 1:30 PM Common Council Chamber SPECIAL 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 1:53 p.m. 2. Roll Call Present: 15 - Hamilton Johnson Kovac Bauman Dodd Coggs Rainey Zamarripa Lewis Murphy Borkowski Perez Spiker Dimitrijevic Stamper 3. Pledge of Allegiance and Moment of Silent Meditation The pledge of allegiance was said followed by silent meditation. THE FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS: ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING: 4. 210894 Substitute resolution relating to the appropriation of the remainder of the first tranche of American Rescue Plan Act funds. Sponsors: Ald. Johnson City of Milwaukee Page 1 COMMON COUNCIL Meeting Minutes October 21, 2021 Recommendations approved by the Finance and Personnel Committee were considered. ARPA Omnibus Proposal 1G This allocation funds: 1. Affordable housing in the amount of $43,500,000 for the following: (1) Department of City Development (DCD) rehabilitation of 150 in rem homes at $100,000 each, for a total of $15,000,000, (2) $4,500,000 to support and expand current housing programs administered by DCD, (3) targeted demolition by the Department of Neighborhood Services (DNS) in the amount of $3,000,000, (4) $1,000,000 for compliance loan funding in DNS, (5) $10,000,000 in the Housing Trust Fund, (6) modular housing in the Department of Administration – Environmental Collaboration Office for $1,000,000, and (7) Westlawn for $9,000,000. 2. Lead abatement in the Health Department for $26,050,477. 3. A combination of lead-abatement, housing, and jobs programming for: (1) lead abatement workforce development in the Department of Administration for $3,000,000 and (2) Energy-efficiency upgrades to homes being remediated for lead in the Department of Administration for $2,000,000. 4. Continued response to COVID for $15,000,000 in the following departments: (1) Department of Administration – Office of African American Affairs for $400,000, (2) Fire Department for $1,000,000, (3) Health Department for $13,300,000, and (4) the Library for $300,000. 5. Jobs training with Earn and Learn for $1,300,000. 6. Early Childhood Education initiatives in the amount of $7,000,000, managed by the Department of Administration, as follows: (1) $5,102,500 in stipends for teachers, (2) $309,000 for dual enrollment in MATC, (3) $1,059,000 for the Literacy Lab’s Leading Men Follows, and (4) $529,500 for MKE Rising. 7. Lost Revenue, as outlined by the Budget Management Division, for: (1) Translation services for $300,000 in the Department of Administration – Information Technology Management Division and $300,000 in the Common Council – City Clerk, (2) six engine companies for the Fire Department for $14,783,529, (3) early childhood education costs for the Office of Early Childhood Initiatives for $315,687, (4) payment to MADACC for the City of Milwaukee’s share of operating costs for $1,867,000, (5) street lighting circuit reliability improvement for $10,000,000, (6) building energy account and construction supplies account in the Department of Public Works – Infrastructure for $4,245,000, (7) The Big Clean city cleanup for $2,310,000, and (8) operating costs not funded by user fees in the Department of Public Works – Operations for $3,096,000. 8. Additional levy savings to fund Fire Department salaries and wages in the amount of $36,049,977. The intent of this allocation is to place $30,000,000 into the Fire Department’s 2022 Budget for levy savings, and the remaining $6,049,977 going into the Fire Department’s 2022 Budget will be placed in the Police Department’s Budget to fund 3 recruit classes of 65 each for a total of 195 recruits. 9. Office of Violence prevention funding in the amount of $3,270,000 to fund the departmental special funds unfunded in the 2022 budget and to support and expand City of Milwaukee Page 2 COMMON COUNCIL Meeting Minutes October 21, 2021 414LIFE. Ald. Coggs moved separate action on the payment to MADACC for the City of Milwaukee’s share of operating costs for $1,867,000. A roll call vote was taken separately to approve the payment to MADACC for the City of Milwaukee’s share of operating costs for $1,867,000. (Prevailed 8-7) A motion was made by ALD. COGGS that this Resolution be AMENDED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: Aye, 8- Ald.Johnson, Ald.Kovac, Ald.Bauman, Ald.Zamarripa, Ald.Murphy, Ald.Borkowski, Ald.Spiker Ald.Dimitrijevic No, 7- Ald.Hamilton, Ald.Dodd, Ald.Coggs, Ald.Rainey, Ald.Lewis, Ald.Perez Ald.Stamper ARPA Omnibus Proposal 1G Ald. Hamilton moved separate action on the allocation to Westlawn for $9,000,000. A roll call vote was taken separately to approve the allocation to Westlawn for $9,000,000. (Prevailed 10-5) A motion was made by ALD. HAMILTON that this Resolution be AMENDED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: Aye, 10 - Ald.Johnson, Ald.Kovac, Ald.Bauman, Ald.Rainey, Ald.Zamarripa, Ald.Murphy, Ald.Borkowski, Ald.Spiker, Ald.Dimitrijevic Ald.Stamper No, 5- Ald.Hamilton, Ald.Dodd, Ald.Coggs, Ald.Lewis Ald.Perez ARPA Omnibus Proposal 1G A roll call vote was taken to approve the remainder of ARPA Omnibus Proposal 1G. (Prevailed 12-3) A motion was made by ALD. MURPHY that this Resolution be AMENDED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: Aye, 12 - Ald.Johnson, Ald.Kovac, Ald.Bauman, Ald.Dodd, Ald.Coggs, Ald.Zamarripa, Ald.Murphy, Ald.Borkowski, Ald.Perez, Ald.Spiker, Ald.Dimitrijevic Ald.Stamper No, 3- Ald.Hamilton, Ald.Rainey Ald.Lewis ARPA Proposal 45A This request will fund mailing the City of Milwaukee’s online American Rescue Plan Act Public Survey to residents within the 6th, 7th and 15th Aldermanic with 53206 ZIP codes. (Prevailed 15-0) A motion was made by ALD. MURPHY that this Resolution be AMENDED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: Aye, 15 - Ald.Hamilton, Ald.Johnson, Ald.Kovac, Ald.Bauman, Ald.Dodd, Ald.Coggs, Ald.Rainey, Ald.Zamarripa, Ald.Lewis, Ald.Murphy, Ald.Borkowski, Ald.Perez, Ald.Spiker, Ald.Dimitrijevic Ald.Stamper City of Milwaukee Page 3 COMMON COUNCIL Meeting Minutes October 21, 2021 No, 0 ARPA Proposal 47A This request will provide retroactive hazard pay for front-facing, City workers who worked from pay period 10 through pay period 16 of 2020. In total, this would apply to 1,456 workers. (Prevailed 15-0) A motion was made by ALD. MURPHY that this Resolution be AMENDED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: Aye, 15 - Ald.Hamilton, Ald.Johnson, Ald.Kovac, Ald.Bauman, Ald.Dodd, Ald.Coggs, Ald.Rainey, Ald.Zamarripa, Ald.Lewis, Ald.Murphy, Ald.Borkowski, Ald.Perez, Ald.Spiker, Ald.Dimitrijevic Ald.Stamper No, 0 ARPA Proposal 58 This allocation provides funding for lost revenue in the amount of $4,200,000, which is allocated to the Library for construction of the new Martin Luther King, Jr., branch library, and will be used to fill budget shortfalls and avoid cuts to services. (Prevailed 15-0) A motion was made by ALD. MURPHY that this Resolution be AMENDED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: Aye, 15 - Ald.Hamilton, Ald.Johnson, Ald.Kovac, Ald.Bauman, Ald.Dodd, Ald.Coggs, Ald.Rainey, Ald.Zamarripa, Ald.Lewis, Ald.Murphy, Ald.Borkowski, Ald.Perez, Ald.Spiker, Ald.Dimitrijevic Ald.Stamper No, 0 With the funding amount exhausted, the 24-Hour ARPA proposals were not considered. A motion was made by ALD. MURPHY that this Resolution be ADOPTED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: Aye, 15 - Ald.Hamilton, Ald.Johnson, Ald.Kovac, Ald.Bauman, Ald.Dodd, Ald.Coggs, Ald.Rainey, Ald.Zamarripa, Ald.Lewis, Ald.Murphy, Ald.Borkowski, Ald.Perez, Ald.Spiker, Ald.Dimitrijevic Ald.Stamper No, 0 THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS: ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING: 5. 210936 Substitute resolution relating to cooperative staffing and vehicle City of Milwaukee Page 4 COMMON COUNCIL Meeting Minutes October 21, 2021 agreements between the Milwaukee Fire Department and private ambulance service providers. Sponsors: THE CHAIR A motion was made by ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC that this Resolution be ADOPTED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: Aye, 15 - Ald.Hamilton, Ald.Johnson, Ald.Kovac, Ald.Bauman, Ald.Dodd, Ald.Coggs, Ald.Rainey, Ald.Zamarripa, Ald.Lewis, Ald.Murphy, Ald.Borkowski, Ald.Perez, Ald.Spiker, Ald.Dimitrijevic Ald.Stamper No, 0 6. 211007 Resolution authorizing the amendment of the ambulance service contracts with Bell Ambulance, Inc. and Curtis-Universal, Inc. to include subsidy payments. Sponsors: THE CHAIR A motion was made by ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC that this Resolution be ADOPTED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: Aye, 15 - Ald.Hamilton, Ald.Johnson, Ald.Kovac, Ald.Bauman, Ald.Dodd, Ald.Coggs, Ald.Rainey, Ald.Zamarripa, Ald.Lewis, Ald.Murphy, Ald.Borkowski, Ald.Perez, Ald.Spiker, Ald.Dimitrijevic Ald.Stamper No, 0 7, Announcements Announcements were made. 8. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 2:52 p.m. Chris Lee, Staff Assistant Council Records Section City Clerk's Office This meeting can be viewed in its entirety through the City's Legislative Research Center at http://milwaukee.legistar.com/calendar. City of Milwaukee Page 5