City of Milwaukee - File #: 201192

• File #: 201192
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/15/2020
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 1/19/2021
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration Office of Equity and Inclusion to cooperate with the City Clerk Inspector General in conducting a Racial Equity Audit of all City departments.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS
• Indexes: AUDITS, OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/28/2021	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/19/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
1/13/2021	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Nikki Purvis - Office of Equity and Inclusion Ald. Coggs to amend from 3 months to 6 months to begin the report. There were no objections. Rhonda Kohlheim - Inspector General	Pass	5:0
1/13/2021	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
12/15/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

201192

Version

SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

200001

Sponsor

ALD. COGGS

Title

Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration Office of Equity and Inclusion to cooperate with the City Clerk Inspector General in conducting a Racial Equity Audit of all City departments.

Analysis                      

This resolution directs the Department of Administration Office of Equity and Inclusion to cooperate with the City Clerk Inspector General in conducting a Racial Equity Audit of all City departments.

Body

Whereas, The 2021 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 200001 on November 24, 2020; and

Whereas, Amendment 3A to the 2021 Budget placed a footnote in the Budget stating that the Department of Administration “Office of Equity and Inclusion shall cooperate with the City Clerk Inspector General in conducting a Racial Equity Audit of all City departments”; and

Whereas, Studies show that there are large racial disparities across key indicators of child, family, and community well-being in Milwaukee; and

Whereas, The disproportionate impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and recent acts of police brutality against black and brown individuals have highlighted to the general public some of the inequities that persist throughout society; and

Whereas, In September 2020, the Common Council passed File Number 200744, which expressed the City’s support for federal legislation declaring racism a public health crisis; and

Whereas, The City’s 2021 Budget highlights the need for the City to achieve racial equity within government itself and in the community it serves; and

Whereas, The Budget creates the Office of Equity and Inclusion in the Department of Administration, which supports improving racial equity practices of existing and new services, ending disparities in City government, strengthening outreach with people of color, and strengthening partnerships with community stakeholders; and

Whereas, A Racial Equity Audit of all City departments will help assess the level of racial disparities that exist within the City; now, therefore be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Department of Administration Office of Equity and Inclusion shall cooperate with the City Clerk Inspector General in conducting a Racial Equity Audit of all City departments; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Department of Administration Office of Equity and Inclusion shall update the Common Council on the Racial Equity Audit within 6 months of adoption of this resolution.

Requestor

Drafter

Alex Highley

LRB176455-2

1/13/2021