PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · December 10, 2014
Minutes
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Minutes
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
ALD. ROBERT BAUMAN, CHAIR
Ald. Willie Wade, Vice-Chair
Ald. James Bohl, Ald. Joe Davis, Sr., and Ald. Robert
Donovan
Staff Assistant, Jessica Celella, 286-2775
Fax: 286-3456, jlcelel@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Aaron Cadle, 286-8666,
acadle@milwaukee.gov
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 9:00 AM Room 301-B, 3rd. Fl., City Hall
Special
1. 141313 Substitute resolution approving a refined project description for The
Milwaukee Streetcar, approving a project budget for capital costs,
approving the estimate of annual operating and maintenance costs,
approving the project’s financial plan, appropriating funding as
necessary, and authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to take
various actions to advance the project.
Sponsors: Ald. Bauman
Meeting convened at 9:15 AM.
Individuals present:
Ghassan Korban - Commissioner of the Department of Public Works
Jeff Polenske - Department of Public Works
Ashley Booth - HNTB
Rocky Marcoux - Commissioner of the Department of City Development
Comptroller Martin Matson
Jennifer Gonda - Intergovernmental Relations Division
Randy Crump - Prism Technical
A motion was made by ALD. DONOVAN that this Resolution be HELD TO CALL
OF THE CHAIR. This motion FAILED by the following vote:
Aye 2 - Davis and Donovan
Aye 2- Davis and Donovan
No 3 - Bauman, Wade and Bohl
No 3- Bauman, Wade and Bohl
A motion was made by ALD. WADE that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR ADOPTION. This motion FAILED by the following vote:
Aye 2- Bauman and Wade
No 3- Bohl, Davis and Donovan
Meeting adjourned at 11:18 AM
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Staff Assistant
Jessica Celella
A motion was made by ALD. BOHL that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED
FOR PLACING ON FILE. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 4- Bauman, Wade, Bohl and Donovan
No 1- Davis
This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
Common Council members who are not members of this committee may attend this
meeting to participate or to gather information. This meeting may constitute a meeting of
the Common Council or any of its standing committees although no formal action will be
taken at this meeting.
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 www.milwaukee.gov/lobby.
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Agenda
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Agenda
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
ALD. ROBERT BAUMAN, CHAIR
Ald. Willie Wade, Vice-Chair
Ald. James Bohl, Ald. Joe Davis, Sr., and Ald. Robert Donovan
Staff Assistant, Jessica Celella, 286-2775
Fax: 286-3456, jlcelel@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Aaron Cadle, 286-8666,
acadle@milwaukee.gov
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 9:00 AM Room 301-B, 3rd. Fl., City Hall
Special
1. 141313 Substitute resolution approving a refined project description for The
Milwaukee Streetcar, approving a project budget for capital costs,
approving the estimate of annual operating and maintenance costs,
approving the project’s financial plan, appropriating funding as
necessary, and authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to take
various actions to advance the project.
Sponsors: Ald. Bauman
This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
Common Council members who are not members of this committee may attend this meeting to
participate or to gather information. This meeting may constitute a meeting of the Common
Council or any of its standing committees although no formal action will be taken at this meeting.
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
www.milwaukee.gov/lobby.
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