City of Milwaukee - File #: 090943

• File #: 090943
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution-Immediate Adoption
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/6/2009
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 11/6/2009
• Title: Substitute resolution directing City departments to implement various measures intended to reduce the costs of operating City government.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY
• Indexes: BUDGET

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/18/2009	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/6/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Murphy moved to amend by: 1. Deleting item #7 in the "Resolved" clause, which reads: "7. Cancel hard-copy subscriptions ot newspapers. (All departments except Library and CCCC-Legislative Reference Bureau)" 2. Renumber item #8 in the "Resolved" clause to #7.	Pass	14:1
11/6/2009	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: As amended.	Pass	15:0

Number
090943
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY
Title
Substitute resolution directing City departments to implement various measures intended to reduce the costs of operating City government.
Analysis
This resolution directs City departments to implement various measures intended to reduce the costs of operating City government. These measures, such as reducing the number of document hard-copies produced and increasing the use of LED lighting, cannot be easily implemented through line-item amendments to the City budget but will produce real cost savings for the City.
Body
Whereas, In preparation for the Common Council’s deliberation of the 2010 Proposed Budget, Ald. Michael Murphy, chair of the Council’s Finance & Personnel Committee, solicited suggestions from City employees on ways to trim the City’s budget and reduce the costs of operating City government; and

Whereas, Over 225 City employees submitted hundreds of budget-related suggestions to Ald. Murphy; and

Whereas, These well-thought-out suggestions demonstrate both a thorough understanding of complex City operating procedures as well as a recognition of the gravity of the financial circumstances now facing the City; and

Whereas, These suggestions have proven valuable to the Common Council in its discussion of the Proposed Budget and in the formulation of proposed budget amendments; and

Whereas, The Common Council finds that certain employee cost-cutting suggestions are worthwhile but cannot be readily implemented through line-item amendments to the 2010 Proposed Budget; and

Whereas, The Council further finds that this subset of suggestions could and should be implemented through changes to the policies and operating procedures of City departments; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the appropriate City departments are directed to take the following actions to reduce the costs of operating City government, commencing with...