Number
241394
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
240788, 240979
Sponsor
ALD. CHAMBERS, COGGS, ZAMARRIPA, DIMITRIJEVIC, BUGELIS, PEREZ, MOORE, STAMPER AND TAYLOR
Title
Substitute resolution directing the City Clerk to expend from the resources reserved in the Council-Led Transfer Fund.
Analysis
This resolution directs the City Clerk to make expenditures from the resources reserved in the Council-Led Transfer Fund.
Body
Whereas, The 2024 Adopted Budget appropriated $2.4 million of tax levy dollars to the One Milwaukee Citizen-Led Transformational Fund Special Purpose Account; and
Whereas, Common Council File 240788, adopted on October 15, 2024, transferred the remaining funds from the One Milwaukee Citizen-Led Transformational Fund Special Purpose Account to the Council-Led Transfer Fund Special Purpose Account; and
Whereas, Common Council File 240979, adopted on November 26, 2024, assigned and transferred $2.4 million from the Council-Led Transfer Fund SPA to the Common Council - City Clerk’s Office department operating account; and
Whereas, These funds are eligible for carryover to 2025 under Section 65.07(1)(p) of the Wisconsin Statutes; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City Clerk is directed to expend department operating funds in the following manner:
Amount Organization
$230,000 Legal Aid Society
Asylum applications and work permit issuance
$100,000 Forward Latino
Power of Attorney bilingual and multicultural clinics, public education campaign on the current state of immigration law
$100,000 Voces de la Frontera
Public information campaign on the current state of immigration law
$100,000 Hanan Refugees Relief Group
Refugee services
$600,000 City of Milwaukee-MKE Community Impact Fund
Resident-led, community budgeting program
$75,000 Milwaukee Justice Center
Self-help family law forms clinic
$75,000 Diverse and Resilient
Violence and homelessness prevention services
$150,000 FASTFund
Emergency fund to assist Milwaukee-resident MATC students experiencing basic needs insecurity
$50,000 Friendship Circle of Wisconsin
SafeTalk Suicide prevention training in Milwaukee
$400,000 Safe & Sound
Funding to block clubs and neighborhood associations to support community-building initiatives
$50,000 Teens Grow Greens
Intern and apprenticeship programs in urban agriculture
$15,000 City of Milwaukee - Earn & Learn program
Increased wages for Earn & Learn participants
$300,000 Rooted & Rising, VIA Community Development Corp, Metcalfe Park Community Bridges
Gap financing for housing rehabilitation projects
$90,000 City of Milwaukee - Community Block Grant Administration
Support for existing programs to prevent homelessness
$65,000 Street Angels
Mobile outreach operations and Showers of Hope operations
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That these expenditures will serve the public purpose by addressing immediate needs related to poverty, homelessness, mental health, public safety, family stability, and employment opportunities; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Clerk shall enter into contracts for the services contained in this resolution upon review and approval of the City Attorney that the allocation complies with existing federal law; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the process for City Clerk expenditures for the resident-led community budget program shall be established by separate resolution; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Clerk shall disburse the funds for support for existing programs to prevent homelessness based on recommendations from the Department of Administration-Community Development Block Grant Administration, which shall be provided within 60 days of adoption of this resolution.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB180431-2
Kathleen Brengosz
3/31/2025