PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · October 3, 2016
Minutes
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Minutes
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
ALD. ROBERT G. DONOVAN, CHAIR
Ald. Mark A. Borkowski, Vice-Chair
Ald. Jose G. Perez, Ald. Terry L. Witkowski, and Ald. Cavalier
Johnson
Staff Assistant, Joanna Polanco, 286-2366
Fax: 286-3456, jpolan@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison,Ted Medhin, 286-8681,
tmedhi@milwaukee.gov
Monday, October 3, 2016 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall
SPECIAL
Meeting convened: 9:07 A.M.
Present 5 - Donovan, Borkowski, Perez, Johnson, Witkowski
1. 160155 Communication relating to crime, fear, and disorder in the City of
Milwaukee.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Individuals testifying:
Dr. Patricia McManus - Black Health Coaliition
Jack Bartos - Community Building Milwaukee
Cheryl Gumb - victim of a carjacking with an automatic weapon
Fred Royal -- National Assocation for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
R.L. McNeely - Felmers Chaney Advocacy Board
Joseph Ellwanger - Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Alllied for Hope (MICAH)
Tammy Rivera - Soouthside Organizing Committee
Chris Ahmuty - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Darryl Morin - League of United Latin American Citizens
Sarah Milnar McLaughlin, Elysse Chay and Elise Wagner - Center for Youth
Engagement and Beyond the Bell Milwaukee
Patrick Schrank - left
Octavia Parker - Amani Dominican Center
Prophet Malcolm Hunt - Least of These
Rose Stietz - Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH)
Lamaris Mays - Magnanimous Man of Tomorrow
Ray Gingerich - Community Building Milwaukee
Jeanne Geraci - Benedict Center
Kanesha Durr - left
Brenda Hart-Richardson and Pastor Mose H. Fuller - block representative for Amani
Comm., pastor of St. Timothy Baptist Church
Nate Hamilton - left
Jay Holmes -
William Coleman - Safe and Sound (Katie Sanders had signed in)
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Valerie Dixon - a parent
C. Caffrey - Merrill Park Community Organizing Board
Bob Greene - Merrill Park Neighborhood Association
Lonnie Saffold - Lamb of God
Barbara Moore - Project Respect, Inc.
A motion was made by ALD. BORKOWSKI that this Communication be HELD
TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Donovan, Borkowski, Perez, Witkowski and Johnson
No 0
Meeting adjourned: 11:25 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. ROBERT G. DONOVAN, CHAIR
Ald. Mark A. Borkowski, Vice-Chair
Ald. Jose G. Perez, Ald. Terry L. Witkowski, and Ald. Cavalier
Johnson
Staff Assistant, Joanna Polanco, 286-2366
Fax: 286-3456, jpolan@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison,Ted Medhin, 286-8681,
tmedhi@milwaukee.gov
Monday, October 3, 2016 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall
SPECIAL
1. 160155 Communication relating to crime, fear, and disorder in the City of
Milwaukee.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
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