PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · April 25, 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, April 25, 2019 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall
AMENDED 4/24/19 -File 190098 has been removed.
Meeting convened at 9:09 AM
Present 5 - Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez, Borkowski
1. 190016 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 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
2. 190017 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 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
3. 190011 Reappointment of Commissioner Ana Veloz to the Milwaukee Safety and
Civic Commission by Alderman Zielinski.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Appointment be
RECOMMENDED FOR CONFIRMATION. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
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Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
4. 190023 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Milwaukee
Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Grant (Police Department).
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Dan Rotar - Budget and Finance Manager
Capt. Johnny Sprignuoli - HIDTA
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Resolution be
RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED. This motion PREVAILED by
the following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
5. 190022 Resolution authorizing acceptance and funding of a Drug Enforcement
Administration Task Force grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Dan Rotar - Budget and Finance Manager
Capt. Johnny Sprignuoli - HIDTA
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
6. 181919 Communication from the Health Department and the City Attorney’s
Office relating to the sale of e-cigarettes online and the concentration of
tobacco sellers.
Sponsors: Ald. Murphy and Ald. Johnson
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Communication be HELD TO
CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
7. 190033 An ordinance relating to penalties for using electronic smoking devices
and electronic smoking device paraphernalia in places where smoking is
prohibited by state law.
Sponsors: Ald. Murphy, Ald. Johnson and Ald. Lewis
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Appearing:
Michael Stevenson
Tyron St Junior
Ald. Lewis asked to be added.
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Ordinance be
RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following
vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
8. 181642 A substitute ordinance relating to the city’s towing drop fee.
Sponsors: Ald. Murphy and Ald. Kovac
A motion was made by ALD. BORKOWSKI that this Ordinance be HELD TO
CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
9. 181626 Communication from the Safety and Civic Commission relating to its
current programs and activities.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski
Appearing:
Ald. Witkowski - Sponsor
Lishunda Patterson - Safety Division
Members of Safety and Civic Commission - Randy Jones and Esperanza Gutierrez
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Communication be HELD TO
CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 1- Donovan
10. 181756 An ordinance relating to the installation of signs indicating the presence
of video surveillance systems in neighborhoods.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski
Appearing:
Ald. Witkowski - Sponsor
Nick DeSiato - MPD Chief of Staff
A motion was made by ALD. BORKOWSKI that this Ordinance be
RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following
vote:
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Aye 4- Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
Excused 1- Donovan
11. 190095 Communication from the Milwaukee Police Department relating to traffic
fatalities and crashes in 2018.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski
Appearing:
Ald. Witkowski - Sponsor
Lishunda Patterson - Safety Division MPD
Asst Chief Michael Brunson
Nick DeSiato - Chief of Staff MPD
Ald. Coggs
Asst Chief Banks
Ald. Murphy
A motion was made by ALD. LEWIS that this Communication be HELD TO CALL
OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
12. 190091 Substitute resolution relative to the acceptance of 2018-19 grant funding
available from the Wisconsin Immunization Program through the National
Centers for the Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Resolution be HELD TO
CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis, Perez and Borkowski
No 0
13. 181719 Communication from the Health Department related to file # 181216,
where the Commissioner of Health will provide an update in regards to
elevated blood-lead levels in Milwaukee children and the Health
Department’s process.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Ald. Coggs -
Angela Hagy - MHD
Michael Stevenson - MHD
Jeanette Kowalik - MHD Commissioner
Danika Hill - MHD
Brandon Stinson - MHD
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Deputy CA Miriam Horwitz
A motion was made by ALD. LEWIS that this Communication be
RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 4- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis and Perez
No 0
Excused 1- Borkowski
14. 181726 Communication from the Health Department related to file # 181218
regarding the Health Department’s 2019 Point-of-Use Water Filtration
Device Distribution Plan and the 2019 Milwaukee Water Works Water
Filter Distribution Plan.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Jeanette Kowalik - MHD Commissioner
Angela Hagy - MHD
Jean Schultz - Environmental Health Services Manager
Rosalind Rouse - Milwaukee Water Works
Ann Batiza - Milwaukee resident
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Communication be
RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 3- Donovan, Witkowski and Lewis
No 0
Excused 2- Perez and Borkowski
15. 190004 Communication from the Health Department’s Office of Violence
Prevention relating to the issuance of a request for proposals for funding
under the ReCast grant for summer program activities.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Appearing:
Jeanette Kowalik - MHD Commissioner
Reggie Moore - OVP
Ivy Yumang - MHD
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Communication be
RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 3- Donovan, Witkowski and Lewis
No 0
Excused 2- Perez and Borkowski
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16. 181941 Communication from the Department of Public Works and the
Department of Employee Relations relating to the safety of City
employees.
Sponsors: Ald. Donovan
Appearing:
Maria Monteagudo - DER Director
Jeff Polenske - Commissioner of DPW
Thomas Mishefske - DNS Commissioner
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Communication be HELD TO
CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Donovan, Witkowski, Lewis and Perez
No 0
Excused 1- Borkowski
Please be apprised that less than 24 hours notice is being given for this file because it is
impractical to give the 24 hours' notice.
This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
Meeting adjourned at 12:10
Joanna Polanco
Staff Assistant
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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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, April 25, 2019 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall
AMENDED 4/24/19 -File 190098 has been removed.
1. 190016 A substitute ordinance relating to parking controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
2. 190017 A substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
3. 190011 Reappointment of Commissioner Ana Veloz to the Milwaukee Safety and
Civic Commission by Alderman Zielinski.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
4. 190023 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Milwaukee Metropolitan
Drug Enforcement Grant (Police Department).
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
--- May be referred to the Finance and Personnel Committee.
5. 190022 Resolution authorizing acceptance and funding of a Drug Enforcement
Administration Task Force grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
6. 181919 Communication from the Health Department and the City Attorney’s Office
relating to the sale of e-cigarettes online and the concentration of tobacco
sellers.
Sponsors: Ald. Murphy and Ald. Johnson
7. 190033 An ordinance relating to penalties for using electronic smoking devices
and electronic smoking device paraphernalia in places where smoking is
prohibited by state law.
Sponsors: Ald. Murphy and Ald. Johnson
8. 181642 A substitute ordinance relating to the city’s towing drop fee.
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Sponsors: Ald. Murphy and Ald. Kovac
9. 181626 Communication from the Safety and Civic Commission relating to its
current programs and activities.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski
10. 181756 A substitute ordinance relating to the installation of neighborhood crime
watch signs.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski
11. 190095 Communication from the Milwaukee Police Department relating to traffic
fatalities and crashes in 2018.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski
12. 190091 Substitute resolution relative to the acceptance of 2018-19 grant funding
available from the Wisconsin Immunization Program through the National
Centers for the Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
13. 181719 Communication from the Health Department related to file # 181216,
where the Commissioner of Health will provide an update in regards to
elevated blood-lead levels in Milwaukee children and the Health
Department’s process.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
14. 181726 Communication from the Health Department related to file # 181218
regarding the Health Department’s 2019 Point-of-Use Water Filtration
Device Distribution Plan and the 2019 Milwaukee Water Works Water
Filter Distribution Plan.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
15. 190004 Communication from the Health Department’s Office of Violence
Prevention relating to the issuance of a request for proposals for funding
under the ReCast grant for summer program activities.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
16. 181941 Communication from the Department of Public Works and the Department
of Employee Relations relating to the safety of City employees.
Sponsors: Ald. Donovan
Please be apprised that less than 24 hours notice is being given for this file because it is impractical
to give the 24 hours' notice.
This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
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PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH Meeting Agenda April 25, 2019
COMMITTEE
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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