PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · February 14, 2019
Minutes
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Minutes
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
ALD. ROBERT G. DONOVAN, CHAIR
Ald. Terry L. Witkowski, Vice-Chair
Ald. Chantia Lewis, Ald. Jose G. Perez, and Ald. Mark A.
Borkowski
Staff Assistant, Joanna Polanco, 286-2366
Fax: 286-3456, jpolan@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison,Ted Medhin, 286-8681,
tmedhi@milwaukee.gov
Thursday, February 14, 2019 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall
AMENDED 2/11/19
File Number 181627 has been removed.
Files Number 181527, 181152 and 181447 have been added.
Meeting convened at 9:08AM
Present 5 - Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez, Borkowski
1. 181582 An ordinance relating to parking controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Ordinance be
RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following
vote:
Aye 4- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 1- Perez
2. 181583 An ordinance relating to traffic controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Ordinance be
RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following
vote:
Aye 4- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 1- Perez
3. 180729 Reppointment of Ald. Chantia Lewis to the Milwaukee Commission on
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Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Ald. Lewis
Reggie Moore - OVP
Karyn Tyler - OVP
A motion was made by ALD. PEREZ that this Appointment be RECOMMENDED
FOR CONFIRMATION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Donovan, Witkowski, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
Abstain 1- Lewis
4. 180730 Reappointment of Dr. Patricia McManus to the Milwaukee Commission
on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Dr. Patricia McManus
Reggie Moore - OVP
Karyn Tyler - OVP
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Appointment be
RECOMMENDED FOR CONFIRMATION. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
5. 180731 Reappointment of Dawn Helmrich to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Dawn Helmrich
Reggie Moore - OVP
Karyn Tyler - OVP
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Appointment be
RECOMMENDED FOR CONFIRMATION. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
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6. 180732 Reappointment of Tammie Xiong to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Appointment be
RECOMMENDED FOR CONFIRMATION. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
7. 180733 Reappointment of Mariana Rodriguez to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Reggie Moore - OVP
Karyn Tyler - OVP
Per the request of Ms. Rodriguez asked to rescind her reappointment.
There were no objections.
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Appointment be
RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
8. 180734 Reappointment of Maryanna Clesecri to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Maryanna Clesecri
Reggie Moore - OVP
Karyn Tyler - OVP
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Appointment be
RECOMMENDED FOR CONFIRMATION. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
9. 180735 Reappointment of Carmen Pitre to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
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President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Karyn Tyler - OVP
Reggie Moore - OVP
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Appointment be HELD TO
CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion FAILED by the following vote:
Aye 1- Witkowski
No 4- Donovan, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
A motion was made by ALD. LEWIS that this Appointment be RECOMMENDED
FOR CONFIRMATION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Donovan, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 1- Witkowski
10. 180736 Reappointment of Sharain Horn to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Reggie Moore - OVP
Karyn Tyler - OVP
Sharain Horn
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Appointment be
RECOMMENDED FOR CONFIRMATION. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
11. 180738 Reappointment of Judge Maxine White to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
A motion was made by ALD. PEREZ that this Appointment be RECOMMENDED
FOR CONFIRMATION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
12. 181630 An ordinance relating to payment of parking citations.
Sponsors: Ald. Johnson, Ald. Coggs, Ald. Dodd, Ald. Perez and Ald. Lewis
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Appearing:
Ald. Johnson - Lead Sponsor
DPW Parking - Tom Woznick
A motion was made by ALD. BORKOWSKI that this Ordinance be
RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following
vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 1- Donovan
13. 181572 An ordinance relating to locations where selling articles from parked
vehicles is prohibited.
Sponsors: Ald. Donovan
Appearing:
Ald. Donovan - Sponsor
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Resolution be
RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following
vote:
Aye 4- Donovan, Witkowski, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 1- Lewis
14. 181543 Resolution authorizing acceptance and funding for an ATF Milwaukee
Firearms/Violent Crimes Impact Team Task Force grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Captain - Daniel Thompson - MPD
Sgt. Steve Herrmann - MPD
Captain Schroeder - MPD
A motion was made by ALD. BORKOWSKI that this Resolution be
RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following
vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 1- Donovan
15. 181584 Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of a 2018-19 Homeland
Security WEM ALERT Portable X-Ray Device grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
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Captain - Daniel Thompson - MPD
Sgt. Steve Herrmann - MPD
Captain Schroeder - MPD
A motion was made by ALD. BORKOWSKI that this Resolution be
RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following
vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 1- Donovan
16. 181585 Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of an Organized Crime
Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Resolution be
RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following
vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
17. 181527 A substitute ordinance relating to a humane officer.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Donald Schaewe - DNS
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Ordinance be
RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following
vote:
Aye 4- Donovan, Witkowski, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 1- Lewis
18. 181152 An ordinance relating to the penalties for littering.
Sponsors: Ald. Stamper
Appearing:
Ald. Witkowski - Sponsor
Donald Schaewe - DNS
Ald. Stamper - Sponsor
Ald. Perez asked to be ADDED as Co-sponsor. There were no objections.
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Ordinance be
RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following
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vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
19. 181447 Resolution relative to funds transfer through the 2018 Common Council
Contingent Fund to the Health Department; as passed on Resolution File
#180343; $150,000 to Social Development Commission and $150,000
to Sixteenth Street Community Center to service residents in areas
where high concentrations of households with lead-poisoned children
have been reported.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Dennis Yaccarino - Budget Office
Ald. Stamper -
Michael Stevenson - MHD
This Resolution was RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED to the
FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE due back on 2/21/2019
Aye 4- Donovan, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 1- Witkowski
20. 181565 Resolution authorizing the Health Department to enter into a “PILOT PrEP
CLINIC AGREEMENT” between the Health Department and the AIDS
Resource Center of Wisconsin.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Dr. Freiheit - MHD
Bill Keeton - AIDS Resource Center VP
LEslie Cockerham - AIDS Resource Center VP Medical Affairs
A motion was made by ALD. LEWIS that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 3- Donovan, Lewis and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 2- Witkowski and Perez
The Public Safety and Health Committee may convene into closed session on Thursday,
February 14, 2019 in Room 301-B, City Hall, 200 E. Wells St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
pursuant to s. 19.85(1)(e), Wis. Stats., for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the
purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds, or conducting other specified
public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session. The
committee will then convene into open session for the regular agenda.
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Meeting adjourned at
10:56 AMJoanna Polanco
Staff Assistant
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.
Parking for persons attending City Hall meetings is available at reduced rates (5 hour limit)
at the Milwaukee Center (southwest corner of E. Kilbourn Ave. and N. Water St.) 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
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
ALD. ROBERT G. DONOVAN, CHAIR
Ald. Terry L. Witkowski, Vice-Chair
Ald. Chantia Lewis, Ald. Jose G. Perez, and Ald. Mark A.
Borkowski
Staff Assistant, Joanna Polanco, 286-2366
Fax: 286-3456, jpolan@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison,Ted Medhin, 286-8681,
tmedhi@milwaukee.gov
Thursday, February 14, 2019 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall
AMENDED 2/11/19
File Number 181627 has been removed.
Files Number 181527, 181152 and 181447 have been added.
1. 181582 A substitute ordinance relating to parking controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
2. 181583 A substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
3. 180729 Reppointment of Ald. Chantia Lewis to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
4. 180730 Reappointment of Dr. Patricia McManus to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
5. 180731 Reappointment of Dawn Helmrich to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
6. 180732 Reappointment of Tammie Xiong to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
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7. 180733 Reappointment of Mariana Rodriguez to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
8. 180734 Reappointment of Maryanna Clesecri to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
9. 180735 Reappointment of Carmen Pitre to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
10. 180736 Reappointment of Sharain Horn to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
11. 180738 Reappointment of Judge Maxine White to the Milwaukee Commission on
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, by the Common Council
President.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
12. 181630 An ordinance relating to payment of parking citations.
Sponsors: Ald. Johnson, Ald. Coggs, Ald. Dodd, Ald. Perez and Ald. Lewis
13. 181572 An ordinance relating to locations where selling articles from parked
vehicles is prohibited.
Sponsors: Ald. Donovan
14. 181543 Resolution authorizing acceptance and funding for an ATF Milwaukee
Firearms/Violent Crimes Impact Team Task Force grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
15. 181584 Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of a 2018-19 Homeland
Security WEM ALERT Portable X-Ray Device grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
16. 181585 Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of an Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
17. 181527 A substitute ordinance relating to a humane officer.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
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18. 181152 An ordinance relating to the penalties for littering.
Sponsors: Ald. Stamper
19. 181447 Substitute resolution reserving and appropriating $300,000 from the 2019
Common Council Contingent Fund to the Health Department to provide
services to residents in areas where high concentrations of households
with lead-poisoned children have been reported.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
--- May be referred to the Finance and Personnel Committee.
20. 181565 Resolution authorizing the Health Department to enter into a “PILOT PrEP
CLINIC AGREEMENT” between the Health Department and the AIDS
Resource Center of Wisconsin.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
The Public Safety and Health Committee may convene into closed session on Thursday, February
14, 2019 in Room 301-B, City Hall, 200 E. Wells St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pursuant to s. 19.85(1)
(e), Wis. Stats., for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the
investing of public funds, or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or
bargaining reasons require a closed session. The committee will then convene into open session for
the regular agenda.
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.
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Parking for persons attending City Hall meetings is available at reduced rates (5 hour limit) at the
Milwaukee Center (southwest corner of E. Kilbourn Ave. and N. Water St.) 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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