Number
240488
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
211870
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Health to enter into a software license sharing agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Analysis
The Milwaukee Health Department is the local agent for food safety and related inspections in the City of Milwaukee on behalf of the State of Wisconsin. This resolution authorizes the Health Department to enter into a software sharing agreement with the WI Dept. of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection at no cost to the City to manage the inspection and enforcement of State weights and measures standards in Milwaukee.
Body
WHEREAS, consumer safety and licensing of retail food, lodging, and recreational establishments in Wisconsin is delegated to the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection under Wis. Stats. 97.30; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection may enter into agent agreements with local units of government under Wis. Stats. 93.06(11)a-b to conduct licensing and enforcement of consumer safety across the state; and
WHEREAS, the Department is making available to all municipalities at no cost software licenses for weights and measures activity as part of a statewide standardization of weights and measures data; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee that the Commissioner of Health is hereby authorized to enter into a software license sharing agreement in a form substantially similar to Exhibit A between the City of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the appropriate City officials are authorized to implement and manage the weights and measures software via licenses and access provided and paid by the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Requestor
Health Department
Drafter
Aaron Szopinski - Health Dept.
July 15, 2024
240488 Datcp Software Agreement Res