FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

City Hall City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 Meeting Minutes FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE ALD. MICHAEL J. MURPHY, CHAIR Ald. Nik Kovac, Vice-Chair Ald. Milele A. Coggs, Ald. Joe Dudzik, and Ald. Ashanti Hamilton Staff Assistant, Chris Lee, 286-2232; Fax: 286-3456, clee@milwaukee.gov Legislative Liaison, Jim Carroll;, 286-8679, jcarro@milwaukee.gov Thursday, October 17, 2013 9:00 AM Room 301-B, 3rd Fl., City Hall 2014 BUDGET HEARINGS Meeting convened: 9:17 A.M. Present 5 - Murphy, Kovac, Coggs, Dudzik, Hamilton Individuals also present: Mark Nicolini, Budget and Management Director Jim Carroll, Legislative Reference Bureau Martin Matson, Comptroller 1. 130517 Communication from the Mayor relating to the proposed 2014 budget. Sponsors: THE CHAIR Individuals appearing: Bryan Rynders - Budget and Management Division Chief Mark Rohlfing - Milwaukee Fire Dept. Sean Slowey - Milwaukee Fire Dept. Asst. Chief Gerard Washington - Milwaukee Fire Dept. Discussion centered on recruitment of minority and female firefighters and the lack of them in the current workforce. The Chief would prefer decommissioning a company to having rolling brownouts. He will come back with information on this prior to budget amendment day. Ald. Murphy questioned the Department whether it has reviewed the current locations of fire houses based upon changing population demographics. Ald. Coggs questioned how Open Sky has been functioning; per the Department, it has been working very well. Ald. Murphy questioned the unprofessional actions of the firefighters at one company and if they felt untouchable. The Chief said that 98% of the firefighters do a very good job. The Department is acting swiftly with appropriate disciplinary actions. Ald. Kovac would encourage the breaking up of personnel at fire houses. City of Milwaukee Page 1 FINANCE & PERSONNEL Meeting Minutes October 17, 2013 COMMITTEE Ald. Dudzik was concerned that he hears of consistent hazing and bad behavior by small cadres of firefighters. Decommissioning a fire house is not a political decision, but one made for public safety by the Chief. Ald. Dudzik thought that the Chief's opponents will use this closure to spread unrealistic fear. ponents will use this closure to spread unrealistic fear. This Budget was NOT ACTED ON A motion was made by ALD. KOVAC that this Budget be HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: Aye 5- Murphy, Kovac, Coggs, Dudzik and Hamilton No 0 Meeting adjourned: 11:03 A.M. Linda M. Elmer Staff Assistant 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 2