Number
041449
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution approving Law Enforcement Services Grant Agreement with the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the entry into a Law Enforcement Services Grant Agreement with the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club Limited Partnership (the "Brewers"). Under the agreement, the City will provide specified levels of police officer staffing at Miller Park during the Brewers baseball season and at all other scheduled special events. The Brewers will compensate police officers and sergeants at their current overtime rate for top pay.
Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club ("Brewers") has offered the Milwaukee Police Department ("MPD") a grant for assignment of on-premise Milwaukee Police Department officers and sergeants at the Miller Park baseball facility and surrounding areas; and
Whereas, The Police Chief has indicated a willingness to provide special assignment police officers and sergeants in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant agreement attached to this file; and
Whereas, The Common Council has adopted a Policy via Resolution File No. 011573 adopted March 5, 2002 (the "Policy") establishing the Policy under which the City would accept grants to provide additional police officer services to non-City entities; and
Whereas, The Policy was modified via Common Council Resolution File No. 021317 adopted December 20, 2002; and
Whereas, Consistent with the Policy as modified, the Common Council hereby finds that:
a. The Brewers operate a large sports venue known as Miller Park under a lease agreement with the Southeastern Wisconsin Baseball District ("District"), a local unit of government created under sub ch. III of ch. 229, Wis. Stats.
b. All real and personal property associated with Miller Park is exempt from general property taxation pursuant to s. 70.11(36)(a), Wis. Stats.
c. The Brewers have offered the City a grant, the terms and conditions of which are contained in the Law Enforcement Services Grant Agreement attached to this file, to fund the provision of additional law enforcement services at Miller Park.
d. Based upon the above-enumerated findings, the Milwaukee Police Department is eligible under the terms of the previously adopted Policy, to receive grant funds from the Brewers for additional law enforcement services in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Law Enforcement Services Grant Agreement attached to this file.
; and
Whereas, The District has approved this agreement; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that grants for the provision of additional law enforcement services be accepted if the grantor qualifies under the criteria established in Common Council Resolution File Nos. 011573 and 021317; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the grant application from the Brewers meets all criteria established in Common Council Resolution File Nos. 011573 and 021317 and on that basis, the MPD shall accept this grant without further approval unless the terms of the grant change, as indicated in s. 304-81, Milwaukee Code; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Chief of Police is authorized to execute the Law Enforcement Services Grant Agreement with the Brewers, a copy of which is attached to this file; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Comptroller is authorized to:
1. Commit funds within the Project/Grant Parent of the 2005 Special Revenue-Grant and Aid Projects Fund, the following amount for the program titled: "Brewers Grant":
Project/Grant |
Fund |
Org |
Program |
BY |
Subclass |
Account |
GR0000500000 |
0150 |
9990 |
0001 |
0000 |
R999 |
000600 |
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Project |
Amount |
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Grantor Share |
800,000.00 |
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2. Create the necessary Grant and Aid Project/Grant and Project/Grant levels, budget against these Project/Grant values the amount required under the grant agreement.
- Establish the necessary City Share Project Values.
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That these funds are budgeted for the Milwaukee Police Department, which is authorized to:
1. Expend from the amount budgeted sums for the specified purposes, as indicated in the grant budget and incur costs consistent with the award date.
2. Transfer funds within the project budget as long as the amount expended for each specific purpose does not exceed the amount authorized by the budget by 10%.
Requestor
Drafter
PBM:dms
September 24, 2004
1032-2004-2755:85501
LRB05048-2
BJZ/cac
2/8/2005