Number
250489
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
241394
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS
Title
Substitute resolution creating an MKE Community Impact Committee.
Analysis
This resolution creates an MKE Community Impact Committee that shall consist of the following members:
1. The Budget & Management Director or designee.
2. The Comptroller or designee.
3. The Administration Director or designee.
4. The City Attorney or designee.
5. Seven city residents appointed by the Common Council President in consultation with other Council members. Appointed residents shall reflect a cross section of the city.
The Committee shall:
1. Devise a method for allocating funds within the MKE Community Impact Fund, to be presented to the Common Council within 120 days of the effective date of this resolution for its approval.
2. Administer distribution of MKE Community Impact Funds until all funds have been expended.
All Committee proposals shall be for non-police public safety solutions. In addition, the Committee will be staffed by the Common Council City Clerk, and all City departments are directed to assist the Committee as needed. Finally, once the MKE Community Impact Fund has been exhausted, the Committee is dissolved.
Body
Whereas, On April 2, 2025, the Common Council passed Common Council Resolution 241394, a resolution directing the City Clerk to expend from the resources reserved in the Council-Led Transfer Fund; and
Whereas, The resolution directed the City Clerk to expend funds from the department operating budget that were originally part of the Council-Led Transformational Fund; and
Whereas, One of the approved expenditures within that resolution was $600,000 for an “MKE Community Impact Fund”; and
Whereas, It is the desire of the Council that the funds allocated to the MKE Community Impact Fund be expended through a resident-led, community budgeting program; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the MKE Community Impact Committee, consisting of the following members, is created:
1. The Budget & Management Director or designee.
2. The Comptroller or designee.
3. The Administration Director or designee.
4. The City Attorney or designee.
5. Seven city residents appointed by the Common Council President in consultation with other Council members. Appointed residents shall reflect a cross section of the city.
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the MKE Community Impact Committee shall have the following duties:
1. Devise a method for allocating funds within the MKE Community Impact Fund, to be presented to the Common Council within 120 days of the effective date of this resolution for its approval.
2. Administer distribution of MKE Community Impact Funds until all funds have been expended.
; and, be it
Further Resolved, All proposals shall be for non-police public safety solutions; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the members of the MKE Community Impact Committee shall select the chair of the Committee; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the MKE Community Impact Committee shall be staffed by the City Clerk’s Office; and, be it
Further Resolved, That all City departments shall provide assistance to the Committee as needed to accomplish the intent of this resolution; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the MKE Community Impact Committee shall administer distribution of all MKE Community Impact funds and thereafter be dissolved.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB 180674-2
7/30/2025
Christopher H. Hillard