City of Milwaukee - File #: 230540

• File #: 230540
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 7/31/2023
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Title: Resolution directing the Milwaukee Water Works to obtain Common Council approval prior to implementing a plan for lead service line replacements.
• Sponsors: ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
• Indexes: LEAD ABATEMENT, WATER WORKS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/7/2023	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Held as sponsor not present; will be scheduled for the next meeting.	Pass	5:0
7/31/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO; Minutes note: Ald Zamarripa asked to be added as co-sponsor. There were no objections.

IMMEDIATE ADOPTION

Number

230540

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor

ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC

Title

Resolution directing the Milwaukee Water Works to obtain Common Council approval prior to implementing a plan for lead service line replacements.

Analysis

This resolution directs the Milwaukee Water Works to obtain Common Council approval prior to implementing a plan for lead service line replacements.

Body

Whereas, Lead is a toxic substance whose ill effects are cumulative and there is no safe exposure to lead; and

Whereas, Young children are particularly vulnerable to the ill effects of lead exposure; and

Whereas, Lead drinking water service lines pose a threat to the health of City residents and should be replaced; and

Whereas, Replacing all the lead service lines in the Milwaukee Water Works’ drinking water distribution system is a complex undertaking with no evident funding source; and

Whereas, Limited funding requires the Milwaukee Water Works to establish priorities on which neighborhoods and areas of the city benefit from lead service line replacement; and

Whereas, Setting priorities for lead service line replacements requires the Milwaukee Water Works to equitably balance the health, safety and socioeconomic needs of the city’s aldermanic districts; and 

Whereas, The Milwaukee Water Works is currently working with community stakeholders to prioritize lead service line replacements by census block utilizing the following three factors:

1.               Area Deprivation Index.

2.               Incidences of Elevated Blood Lead Levels.

3.               Density of lead service lines.

; and

Whereas, Prioritizing the replacement of drinking water lead service lines by the Milwaukee Water Works will significantly affect city residents; and

Whereas, Common Council members are responsible for representing the interests of residents in the aldermanic districts they were elected to serve, and safeguarding their health and safety; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Milwaukee Water Works is directed to obtain Common Council approval prior to implementing a plan for lead service line replacements.

Requestor

Drafter

LRB178290-1

Aaron Cadle

July 28, 2023