Number
040788
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN, PUENTE, DUDZIK, BOHL, BAUMAN, ZIELINSKI, HAMILTON AND D'AMATO
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to duties and composition of the safety commission.
Sections
312-23-1 am
320-27-1 rc
320-27-3-0 am
320-27-3-a am
320-27-3-b rc
320-27-3-c rn
320-27-3-c cr
320-27-3-d-0 am
320-27-3-d-3 cr
Analysis
This ordinance establishes the following relating to the duties and composition of the safety commission:
1. Reduces from 18 to 9 the total number of members appointed to the safety commission.
2. Establishes that two-thirds of the members shall be residents of the city who hold no other public office or public employment, and one-third of the members shall be representatives of private sector agencies and organizations providing public safety education and injury prevention training.
3. Establishes that the matters of safety under the review of the commission shall include, but not be limited to, motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, water, fire and firearm safety and accidental poisoning.
4. Authorizes the commission to establish advisory committees to assist the commission in carrying out its duties.
5. Establishes that the commission shall serve in an advisory capacity to the police department relating to the establishment of standards for and the placement of school crossing guards.
6. Establishes that the commission shall be responsible for the coordination of citywide cooperative public safety actions involving public and private agencies and organizations.
7. Establishes that the commission shall prepare and submit annually to the common council a report summarizing the status of the matters of safety the commission has the responsibility to review, including recommendations on appropriate actions necessary or advisable to be taken and comparisons and analyses of citywide public safety actions over time to determine the extent of progress being made to reduce and eliminate the public safety matters.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 312-23-1 of the code is amended to read:
312-23. Community Safety.
1. [[Establish]]>>In consultation with the safety commission, establish<< standards for the location of school crossing guards, conduct studies of locations for the placement of new crossing guard protection, the relocation of protection or discontinuation of service, and recommend to the common council the need for crossing guards based on the established standards and recommendations.
Part 2. Section 320-27-1 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
320-27. Safety Commission.
1. CREATION. There is created a safety commission consisting of 9 members appointed by the mayor for staggered 3-year terms and confirmed by the common council. Two-thirds of the members shall be residents of the city who hold no other public office or public employment. One-third of the members shall be representatives of private sector agencies and organizations providing public safety education and injury prevention training.
a. Three of the initial members shall be appointed for one year; 3 for 2 years; and 3 for 3 years. Subsequent members shall be appointed for terms of 3 years.
b. The members of the commission on the effective date of this subsection (2/18/05) shall continue to serve as members of the commission until February 28, 2005. The terms of all incumbent members of the commission on the effective date of this subsection (2/18/05) shall expire on February 28, 2005.
Part 3. Section 320-27-3-0 and a of the code is amended to read:
3. [[COMMISSION]]>>POWERS AND<< DUTIES. a. General. >>a-1.<< It shall be the duty of the safety commission to investigate, advise and report to the mayor, common council, police department and commissioner of public works and other city officials concerning the best methods of providing for the safety and convenience of the public in matters of safety and to give the greatest possible publicity as to safety precautions. >>The matters of safety under the review of the commission shall include, but not be limited to, motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, water, fire and firearm safety and accidental poisoning.
a-2. The commission is authorized to establish advisory committees to assist the commission in carrying out its duties.<<
Part 4. Section 320-27-3-b of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
b. Crossing Guards. The commission shall serve in an advisory capacity to the police department relating to the establishment of standards for and the placement of school crossing guards pursuant to s. 312-23-1.
Part 5. Section 320-27-3-c of the code is renumbered 320-27-3-d.
Part 6. Section 320-27-3-c of the code is created to read:
c. Coordination. The commission shall be responsible for the coordination of citywide cooperative public safety actions involving public and private agencies and organizations.
Part 7. Section 320-27-3-d-0 of the code is amended to read:
d. Report. Each year, and with the assistance of the police department and department of public works, the commission shall prepare and submit to the common council [[2]]>>3<<reports:
Part 8. Section 320-27-3-d-3 of the code is created to read:
d-3. A report summarizing the status of the matters the safety commission has the responsibility under sub. 3-a to review. The reports shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations on appropriate actions necessary or advisable to be taken by the various departments, boards, commissions or agencies or by the mayor and common council to reduce the rates of accident occurrences, and comparisons and analyses of citywide public safety actions over time to determine the extent of progress being made to reduce and eliminate the public safety matters.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Legislative Reference Bureau
Date:_____________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
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Office of the City Attorney
Date:____________________
Drafter
LRB04391-3
RGP
12/17/04