Number
240521
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. PEREZ, JACKSON, STAMPER, CHAMBERS, DIMITRIJEVIC, BURGELIS, MOORE AND TAYLOR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the creation of the emerging youth achievement advisory council.
Section
320-29 rc
Analysis
This ordinance vacates all current positions on the black male achievement advisory council, and recreates the council as the emerging youth achievement advisory council with a revised membership structure.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. All current positions on the black male achievement advisory council are deemed vacated as of the effective date of this ordinance.
Part 2. Section 320-29 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
320-29 Emerging Youth Achievement Advisory Council 1. ESTABLISHMENT. There is created an emerging youth achievement council.
2. PURPOSE AND DUTIES. The purpose of the emerging youth achievement council is to make recommendations to the common council on matters relating to achievement of underrepresented youth including, but not limited to, items relating to the my brother’s keeper initiative, cities united, national league of cities, and the divided communities project. The advisory council shall:
a. Create or utilize an existing partnership structure that engages other local government officials, community and faith-based leaders, families, youth, funders, and other stakeholders within the city who are dedicated to improving outcomes for underrepresented youth in the city.
b. Strengthen data capacity that supports the city’s efforts to use data to document needs, target resources, assess the effectiveness of strategies and programs, and measure progress in improving life outcomes of the city’s underrepresented youth.
c. Develop and advance new policies and practices that are of sufficient scale to generate signifi...
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