EQUAL RIGHTS COMMISSION
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · January 19, 2022
Agenda
200 E. Wells Street
City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53202
Meeting Agenda
EQUAL RIGHTS COMMISSION
TONY SNELL, CHAIR
MARTHA COLLINS, VICE-CHAIR
Mayhoua Moua, Nathan Guequierre, Jennifer Bennett, William
Crowley, Jessica Boling, Jamal Washington, Jacqueline Cook,
and Shelley Gregory
Staffing: Mr. Edwin Huertas, Jr., (414)-286-5532,
ehuer@milwaukee.gov
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 4:30 PM VIRTUAL
FULL COMMISSION MEETING
This meeting will be held virtually through Zoom. You can join by computer, tablet, or
smart phone at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89706548517 or by phone by dialing
312-626-6799.
Please use the access code 897 0654 8517.
1. Welcome / Call to Order (1 minute)
2. Roll Call (3 minutes)
3. Approval of November 2021 Minutes (1 minute)
4. ERC Chair / Vice Chair Elections facilitated by City Clerk Jim Owczarski (10 minutes)
5. Communication from the City’s Common Council City Clerk’s Office related to the office’s racial
equity and inclusion efforts. (10 minute presentation + 10 minute Q&A)
How does your department’s work specifically affect the city’s protected classes (as
stated in MCO Chapter 109)?
What accomplishments have you made in the last 12 months to advance the city’s racial
equity and inclusion goals?
Staff inclusion?
Service delivery?
Departmental resource allocation?
Internal and external policy changes?
What are your racial equity and inclusion priorities for the coming 12 months?
Staff inclusion and diversity?
Service delivery?
Equity in department resource allocation?
Key performance indicators?
Internal and external policy changes?
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6. Communication from the City’s Fire Department related to the office’s racial equity and inclusion
efforts. (10 minute presentation + 10 minute Q&A)
Department will respond to the questions stated in Agenda Item #5
7. Communication from the City’s Port Milwaukee related to the office’s racial equity and inclusion
efforts. (10 minute presentation + 10 minute Q&A)
Department will respond to the questions stated in Agenda Item #5
8. Communication from Standing ERC Committees (5 minutes each; 25 minutes total)
Communications, Commissioner Guequierre
Toolkit
Social Media Planning
Compliance & Enforcement, Commissioner Bennett
Complaint Intake Process
Outreach & Education, Commissioner Cook
Commissioner M. Moua's Resignation
Lunch n' Learns Frequency, 2022 Topics Outlook
Introduction of Roundtables within Committee Meetings
Efforts on greater engagement/support from ERC Commissioners
Governance, Commissioner Collins
ERC Handbook
Executive, Commissioner Snell
Preferred Language Protection
ERC Timeline for 2022
9. Announcements and community comments (5 minutes)
10. Adjournment
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.
Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities through
sign language interpreters or auxiliary aids. For additional information or to request this service, contact the
City Clerk's Office ADA Coordinator at 286-2998, (FAX)286-3456, (TDD)286-2025 or by writing to the
Coordinator at Room 205, City Hall, 200 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202.
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Milwaukee Center on the southwest corner of East Kilbourn and North Water Street. Parking tickets must be
validated in the first floor Information Booth in City Hall.
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