Number
040788
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN, PUENTE, DUDZIK, BOHL, BAUMAN, ZIELINSKI, HAMILTON AND D'AMATO
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to duties and composition of the safety commission.
Sections
312-23-1 am
320-27-1 rc
320-27-3-0 am
320-27-3-a am
320-27-3-b rc
320-27-3-c rn
320-27-3-c cr
320-27-3-d-0 am
320-27-3-d-3 cr
Analysis
This ordinance establishes the following relating to the duties and composition of the safety commission:
1. Reduces from 18 to 9 the total number of members appointed to the safety commission.
2. Establishes that two-thirds of the members shall be residents of the city who hold no other public office or public employment, and one-third of the members shall be representatives of private sector agencies and organizations providing public safety education and injury prevention training.
3. Establishes that the matters of safety under the review of the commission shall include, but not be limited to, motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, water, fire and firearm safety and accidental poisoning.
4. Authorizes the commission to establish advisory committees to assist the commission in carrying out its duties.
5. Establishes that the commission shall serve in an advisory capacity to the police department relating to the establishment of standards for and the placement of school crossing guards.
6. Establishes that the commission shall be responsible for the coordination of citywide cooperative public safety actions involving public and private agencies and organizations.
7. Establishes that the commission shall prepare and submit annually to the common council a report summarizing the status of the matters of safety the commission has the responsibility to review, including recommendations on appropriate actions necessary or advisable to be taken and comparisons and analyses of citywide public safety actions over time to determine the extent of progress being made to reduce a...
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