PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · November 19, 2013
Minutes
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Minutes
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
ALD. TERRY WITKOWSKI, CHAIR
Ald. Robert Puente, Vice-Chair
Ald. Joe Davis, Sr., Ald. James Bohl and Ald. Robert Bauman
Staff Assistant, Joanna Polanco, 286-2366
Fax: 286-3456, jpolan@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Richard Withers, 286-8532,
rwithe@milwaukee.gov
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:30 PM Room 301-B, City Hall
SPECIAL
Meeting called to order at: 1:35 P.M.
Present 5 - Witkowski, Puente, Davis, Bohl, Bauman
Also present:
Adam Stephens - Assistant City Attorney
Rebecca Grill - Deputy City Clerk Richard Withers - LRB
1. 130903 An ordinance relating to the licensing, permitting and regulation of
taxicab operations and public passenger vehicles.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski
Ald. Bauman request to be added as co-sponsor to this file.
There were no objections.
Individuals appearing
Public testimony
Riyad Saobar 721 W Grange Ave #202 Milwaukee WI 53221
Abdel Elewa 2426 W Mangold Ave Milwaukee WI 53221
Saad Malik 1331 W Edgerton Ave Southeastern Wisconsin Taxi Association
County Supervisor Russell Stamper II 5th District
County Supervisor 16th District John F Weishan
Harry Petersen 5020 S 13th Street Milwaukee WI 53221
J.D. Thorne 2739 N 72nd St., Milwaukee
Dan Coyne American Taxi 1086 Bernard Dr Buffalo Grove IL 60089
Anthony Sanders, Institute for Justice 527 Marquette AVe.,Suite 1600 Minneapolis
MN 55402
Harpreet Singh VP Souteastern Wisconsin Association 3824 S 16th Milwaukee WI
53221
Michael Richlin 100 W Pierce St Milwaukee WI 53204
Ali Mohamed 19700 W Imperial Ct., New Berlin WI 53146
Peter Tsounis 2828 E college Ave Cudahy WI 53110
Ismail Harvin President Southeast Wisconsin Taxi Association 2525 N Holton Ave
Red Christiansen W.A.T.O. 646 S 2nd St Milwaukee WI 53204
Timothy Wong 2524 N Holton Ave Milwaukee WI 53212 Southeastern Taxi
Association Driver
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Robert Wilkening 2365 N 59th St Milwaukee WI 53210 Dispatch Service
Harminder Singh 2714 W Howard Ave Milwaukee WI 53221
Bennie Lewis 4548 N 85th St Milwaukee WI 53225
Tajelsir Mahmoud 5293 S 13th St Milwaukee WI 53221
Kuony Machar 10210 W Jonan St Milwaukee WI 53224
Clinton Orugbani 5434 W Cherry St Milwaukee WI 53208
Michael Harris 3807 W Hampton AVe Milwaukee WI 53201
Mamadee Konneh 5904 N sherman Bvld #3 Milwaukee WI 53209
Salah Eltayb 2508 W Leroy Ave Milwaukee WI 53221
Joh Doherty PTRB & Study Subcommittee member 424 W Cherry St Milwaukee WI
53212
Olayinka George 6527 N 55th St Milwaukee WI 53223
Sukden Kmalssa 10759 Ca Oak Creek WI 53154
Christopher Abboud 6408 N 91s t St Milwaukee WI 53224
Alex Friedman 4155 W Rivers Edge cir#20 Brown Deer WI 53209
Surinder Tiwar PO Box 82049 Milwaukee WI 53205
Haytham 1721 W Aspen St Milwaukee WI 53221
Ayman Badwan Oak Creek WI 53154
Murad Badwan 7515 S Manitowoc Ave Oak Creek WI 53154
Mohinder Singh 8087 S Winona Dr Oak Creek WI 53154
Ald. Puente all handouts received become part of permanent record.
There was no objections.
A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Ordinance be RECOMMENDED
FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Witkowski, Puente, Davis, Bohl and Bauman
No 0
Meeting adjourned at 3:32 P.M.
Joanna Polanco
Staff Assistant
This meeting can be viewed in its entirety through the City's Legislative Research
Center at http://milwaukee.legistar.com/calendar.
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Agenda
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Agenda
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
ALD. TERRY WITKOWSKI, CHAIR
Ald. Robert Puente, Vice-Chair
Ald. Joe Davis, Sr., Ald. James Bohl and Ald. Robert Bauman
Staff Assistant, Joanna Polanco, 286-2366
Fax: 286-3456, jpolan@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Richard Withers, 286-8532,
rwithe@milwaukee.gov
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:30 PM Room 301-B, City Hall
SPECIAL
1. 130903 An ordinance relating to the licensing, permitting and regulation of
taxicab operations and public passenger vehicles.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski
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