PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · March 19, 2015
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 Dudzik, Ald. Robert Donovan, and Ald. Joe Davis, Sr.
Staff Assistant, Joanna Polanco, 286-2366
Fax: 286-3456, jpolan@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Adam Wickersham, 286-2170,
adam.wickersham@milwaukee.gov
Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall
Meeting convened: 9:11 A.M.
Present 4 - Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik, Donovan
Excused 1 - Davis
1. 141431 Appointment of Fred Crouther to the Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners by the Mayor. (15th Aldermanic District)
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Individuals present:
Steve Fronk -Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
One question was posed by the public
Speaker from the public:
Chris Ahmuty - ACLU - 207 E. Buffalo St., Suite 225
Recess: 9:40 A.M.
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Appointment be HELD TO CALL
OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
10:00 A.M.
2. 141703 A substitute ordinance relating to parking controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Meeting reconvened: 10:03 A.M.
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Robert Bryson - Dept. of Public Works - the department asks to strike the text in Part
2 relating to Wisconsin Avenue at request of Ald. Murphy.
A motion was made by ALD. DUDZIK that this Ordinance be SUBSTITUTED.
This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
141703 A substitute ordinance relating to parking controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
A motion was made by ALD. DUDZIK that this Ordinance be RECOMMENDED
FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
3. 141704 A substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Bob Bryson - Dept. of Public Works - the department asks to strike part 3, despite the
objection of the local alderman, Ald. Zielinski.
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Ordinance be SUBSTITUTED.
This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 3- Witkowski, Puente and Dudzik
No 1- Donovan
Excused 1- Davis
141704 A substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Ordinance be RECOMMENDED
FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
4. 141712 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Homeland
Security/Urban Area Security Initiative Planning Position Grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
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Steve Fronk - Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
A motion was made by ALD. DONOVAN that this Resolution be
RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED TO to the FINANCE &
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE . This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
5. 141711 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Regional
Interoperability Coordinator Grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Steve Fronk - Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED TO to the FINANCE & PERSONNEL
COMMITTEE . This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
6. 141635 Resolution authorizing acceptance and funding of a renewal of the
ATF Milwaukee Firearms/Violent Crimes Impact Team task force
grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Dan Rotar - Milwaukee Police Dept.
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
7. 141636 Resolution authorizing the Milwaukee Police Department to accept and
fund a Zoo Interchange Traffic Mitigation Project overtime grant
agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Dan Rotar and Sgt. Dan Richards - Milwaukee Police Dept.
A motion was made by ALD. DUDZIK that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
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No 0
Excused 1- Davis
8. 141637 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Milwaukee
Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Alex Ramirez, Lt. Jack Nicklaus and Dan Rotar - Milwaukee Police Dept.
Ald. Dudzik would like Mr. Ramirez to reach out to those states that have legalized
marijuana to see if this action might potentially jeopardize grants.
A motion was made by ALD. DUDZIK that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED TO to the FINANCE & PERSONNEL
COMMITTEE . This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
9. 141638 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of the 2015
High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area project awards.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Alex Ramirez, Lt. Jack Nicklaus and Dan Rotar - Milwaukee Police Dept.
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED TO to the FINANCE & PERSONNEL
COMMITTEE . This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
10. 141684 Resolution approving an extension to the Law Enforcement and
Security Services Grant Agreement between the Forest County
Potawatomi Community and the City of Milwaukee.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
David Muehl and Dan Rotar - Milwaukee Police Dept.
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
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11. 141758 Resolution approving renewal of the Law Enforcement and Security
Services Agreement with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski
Proposed Substite A accepted.
Jason Hartmann -- Vice President of the Milwaukee Brewers
David Muehl and Dan Rotar - Milwaukee Police Department
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Resolution be SUBSTITUTED.
This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
141758 Substitute resolution approving renewal of the Law Enforcement and
Security Services Agreement with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski and Ald. Murphy
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
12. 141718 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of the Community
Health Improvement in Metcalf Park and Concordia: Save
Lives-Immunize Grant from the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Yvette Rowe and Marissa Stanley - Health Department
A motion was made by ALD. DONOVAN that this Resolution be
RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED TO to the FINANCE &
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE . This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
13. 141719 Resolution relative to the acceptance and funding of the Universal
Newborn Hearing Screening Program from the State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Yvette Rowe - Health Dept.
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A motion was made by ALD. DUDZIK that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED TO to the FINANCE & PERSONNEL
COMMITTEE . This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
14. 141679 Communication from the Department of Neighborhood Services
relating to the results and effectiveness of and recommendations for
improvements to a 5-year pilot program for the trap-neuter-release of
feral cats.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indviduals present:
Don Schaewe - Dept. of Neighborhood Services
Anne Reed - Wisconsin Humane Society
Wisconsin Humane Society and the city both ask that the pilot program be allowed to
lapse.
Ald. Kovac also supports allowing this program to lapse.
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Communication be
RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
15. 141680 An ordinance relating to a trap-neuter-release pilot program for feral
cats.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Individuals present:
Don Schaewe - Dept. of Neighborhood Services
Anne Reed - Wisconsin Humane Society
Ald. Kovac
Julie Krytech - lives on the east side of Milwaukee
Karen Pawley - lives in Cold Spring Park
A motion was made by ALD. PUENTE that this Ordinance be RECOMMENDED
FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
16. 140252 Communication from the Health Department relating to the detection,
treatment and prevention of drug resistant infections acquired in acute
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care, long term care and other health care settings.
Sponsors: Ald. Murphy
A motion was made by ALD. DONOVAN that this Communication be
RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE. This motion PREVAILED by the
following vote:
Aye 4- Witkowski, Puente, Dudzik and Donovan
No 0
Excused 1- Davis
Meeting adjourned: 10:48 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.
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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 Dudzik, Ald. Robert Donovan, and Ald. Joe Davis, Sr.
Staff Assistant, Joanna Polanco, 286-2366
Fax: 286-3456, jpolan@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Adam Wickersham, 286-2170,
adam.wickersham@milwaukee.gov
Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall
1. 141431 Appointment of Fred Crouther to the Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners by the Mayor. (15th Aldermanic District)
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
10:00 A.M.
2. 141703 An ordinance relating to parking controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
3. 141704 An ordinance relating to traffic controls.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
4. 141712 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Homeland
Security/Urban Area Security Initiative Planning Position Grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
--- May be referred to the Finance and Personnel Committee.
5. 141711 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Regional
Interoperability Coordinator Grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
--- May be referred to the Finance and Personnel Committee.
6. 141635 Resolution authorizing acceptance and funding of a renewal of the ATF
Milwaukee Firearms/Violent Crimes Impact Team task force grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
7. 141636 Resolution authorizing the Milwaukee Police Department to accept and
fund a Zoo Interchange Traffic Mitigation Project overtime grant
agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
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8. 141637 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Milwaukee
Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Grant.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
--- May be referred to the Finance and Personnel Committee.
9. 141638 Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of the 2015 High-Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area project awards.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
--- May be referred to the Finance and Personnel Committee.
10. 141684 Resolution approving an extension to the Law Enforcement and Security
Services Grant Agreement between the Forest County Potawatomi
Community and the City of Milwaukee.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
11. 141758 Resolution approving renewal of the Law Enforcement and Security
Services Agreement with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Sponsors: Ald. Witkowski
12. 141718 Substitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of the
Community Health Improvement in Metcalf Park and Concordia
(CHIMC): Save Lives-Immunize Grant from the Medical College of
Wisconsin (MCW).
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
--- May be referred to the Finance and Personnel Committee.
13. 141719 Substitute resolution relative to the acceptance and funding of the
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program from the State of
Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
--- May be referred to the Finance and Personnel Committee.
14. 141679 Communication from the Department of Neighborhood Services relating
to the results and effectiveness of and recommendations for
improvements to a 5-year pilot program for the trap-neuter-release of
feral cats.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
15. 141680 An ordinance relating to a trap-neuter-release pilot program for feral
cats.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
16. 140252 Communication from the Health Department relating to the detection,
treatment and prevention of drug resistant infections acquired in acute
care, long term care and other health care settings.
Sponsors: Ald. Murphy
--- May be placed on file as no longer necessary.
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