Number
231273
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
An ordinance relating to the duties of the city clerk’s office.
Section
305-1 rc
305-30-2 rc
305-30-3 am
305-30-4 rp
305-30-5 rn
305-30-5 am
305-30-6 rn
305-30-6 cr
305 subch. 2.5 (title) cr
305-31-0 am
305-31-1 am
305-31-2 am
305-31-4 am
305-31-5 am
305-31-6 rp
305-31-6 am
305-31-7 rn
305-31-8 rn
305-32-2-b am
305-33 cr
305-47-6 am
305-49 am
305-53-4 rp
305-53-5 rp
305-57-1-a am
305-59-1 am
Analysis
This ordinance:
1. Updates language relating to notification of tax refunds.
2. Updates language relating to the legislative reference bureau’s duties.
3. Creates a subchapter relating to the municipal research library.
4. Updates language relating to the duties of the municipal research library.
5. Requires the municipal research library to maintain a collection of public documents relating to the business of public officials of the city.
6. Updates language relating to the duties of lobbyists.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 305-1 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
305-1. Notification of Tax Refund, etc. The city clerk shall notify the commissioner of assessments of the cancellation, remission, or annulling of any tax or assessment, or of the refunding of the amount thereof, including the amount and year of the tax or assessment, the reason why the same was cancelled, annulled, or remitted, and the amount refunded. The commissioner shall maintain a record of all facts so communicated to him or her by the clerk.
Part 2. Section 305-30-2 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
305-30. Reference and Research Duties and Responsibilities.
2. Report upon any subject relating to local, municipal, urban, or governmental affairs upon which the bureau may be requested to report by any common council member or committee.
Part 3. Section 305-30-3 of the code is amended to read:
3. Prepare all [[bills or]] ordinances for introduction into the common council except for traffic control regulations; [[zoning and subdivision regulations]] >>zoning map amendments<<; establishment of width and grade of streets, alleys and sidewalks; salary and position ordinances; and those matters drafted by the city attorney.
Part 4. Section 305-30-4 of the code is repealed.
Part 5. Section 305-30-5 and 6 of the code is renumbered 305-30-4 and 5.
Part 6. Section 305-30-5 of the code is amended to read:
5. [[Provide]] >>Upon request, provide<< fiscal analysis for the common council and all council committees on matters that are or may be for consideration before the common council.
Part 7. Section 305-30-6 of the code is created to read:
6. Periodically submit to the common council non-substantive revision ordinances to renumber provisions of the code, correct and standardize cross-references, clarify effective dates, delete redundant or superfluous text, correct or improve grammar, correct names or titles, eliminate discriminatory language, and similar technical amendments.
Part 8. Subchapter 2.5 of chapter 305 of the code (title) is inserted immediately prior to s. 305-31 and shall read:
>>SUBCHAPTER 2.5
MUNICIPAL RESEARCH LIBRARY<<
Part 9. Section 305-31-0, 1, and 2 of the code is amended to read:
305-31. Duties Relating to the Milwaukee Code. The [[legislative reference bureau]] >>municipal research library<< shall:
1. Keep and maintain a [[loose leaf or otherwise flexible set]] >>copy<< of all sections of the Milwaukee code, whether currently in force or superseded.
2. Supervise the preparation and [[printing]] >>publication<< of [[such compilations of particular chapters or sections of]] the Milwaukee code as may be required from time to time.
Part 10. Section 305-31-4 and 5 of the code is amended to read:
4. Prepare and keep in [[loose leaf]] >>indexed<< form, arranged numerically, all sections of the code [[heretofore in force]] which have been repealed, amended or superseded by subsequent enactment, with notes relating to each [[section, subsection or paragraph]], and reference to numbering in previous [[revisions, compilations or printed volumes, and to keep indexes thereof.]] >>versions.<<
5. Prepare a [[definite]] plan for the order, classification, arrangement and [[printing]] >>publication<< of the code and present >>it<< to the common council [[in such ordinance or ordinances such consolidation or revision relating to the code or any portion]] from time to time.
Part 11. Section 305-31-6 of the code is repealed.
Part 12. Section 305-31-7 and 8 of the code is renumbered 305-31-6 and 7.
Part 13. Section 305-31-6 of the code is amended to read:
6. Correct spelling and typographical errors in the [[printed]] >>published<< code [[, provided the errors were not contained in the text when approved by the common council]].
Part 14. Section 305-32-2-b of the code is amended to read:
305-32. Official Depository for City Documents.
2.
b. “Bylaws” refers to the rules adopted by any board or commission for its governance and the conduct of [[meeting]] >>meetings.<<
Part 15. Section 305-33 of the code is created to read:
305-33. Collection of Reference Materials. The municipal research library shall maintain a collection of public documents and research and reference materials as may have bearing on any issue under discussion or consideration by public officials of the city, and make the collection accessible to city officials and open to inspection and use for reference purposes by the general public.
Part 16. Section 305-47-6 of the code is amended to read:
305-47. Principals’ Expense Statements.
6. There shall be a fee [[in the amount]] of $25 for each 30-day period or portion thereof, but not exceeding $100, for the late filing of any report required by this section.
Part 17. Section 305-49 of the code is amended to read:
305-49. Termination of Lobbyist Status. Upon termination of a person’s engagement or employment as a lobbyist, the principal shall notify the city clerk in writing, on a form provided [[therefore]] by the city clerk.
Part 18. Section 305-53-4 and 5 of the code is repealed.
Part 19. Section 305-57-1-a of the code is amended to read:
305-57. Allegations of Violations.
1.
a. The city clerk shall accept from any individual, either personally or on behalf of an organization or governmental body, a sworn statement on a form provided by the city clerk which states the name of any person alleged to have committed a violation of this subchapter and which sets forth [[the particulars thereof]] >>details of the alleged violation<<. The city clerk shall [[immediately]] forward the sworn statement to the >>accused and to the<< city attorney for review [[and shall forward to the accused within 10 days a copy of the sworn statement]].
Part 20. Section 305-59-1 of the code is amended to read:
305-59. Suspension, Violations and Penalties.
1. Failure to comply with the provisions of s. 305-47 within 10 days of written notification from the city clerk shall result in a suspension of lobbying privileges. The privilege of any principal to lobby, or a lobbyist to lobby on behalf of a principal, shall be restored [[immediately]] upon filing the delinquent report. The [[notices]] >>notification<< shall be sent [[by first class, prepaid mail to the address listed by both]] >>to<< the principal and the lobbyist [[in an envelope bearing the return address of the city clerk]].
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
__________________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: _____________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
___________________________
Office of the City Attorney
Date: ______________________
Requestor
Assessor’s Office
Drafter
LRB179581-1
Tea Norfolk
11/29/2023