City of Milwaukee - File #: 240849

• File #: 240849
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Council-Adoption
• File created: 9/24/2024
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Title: Substitute resolution approving the City of Milwaukee Inclusive Facilities Policy and Procedure for all City-Owned and City-Operated Buildings and directing implementation of the Policy and Procedure by relevant City departments.
• Sponsors: ALD. BURGELIS, ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC, ALD. BROSTOFF, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. COGGS, ALD. TAYLOR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/2/2024	1	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Ald. Taylor
10/2/2024	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Sponsor, Ald. Burgelis Bernadette Karanja Tony Snell Omar Barberena Ald. Zamarripa Jerrel Kruschke Sara Walish - HIVE Representative Sponsors Added: Bauman Coggs There were no objections	Pass	5:0
9/24/2024	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
240849
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
191168
Sponsor
ALD. BURGELIS, ZAMARRIPA, DIMITRIJEVIC, BROSTOFF, BAUMAN, COGGS, AND TAYLOR
Title
Substitute resolution approving the City of Milwaukee Inclusive Facilities Policy and Procedure for all City-Owned and City-Operated Buildings and directing implementation of the Policy and Procedure by relevant City departments.
Analysis
This resolution approves, and directs the Departments of Public Works and Administration to implement, the City of Milwaukee Inclusive Facilities Policy and Procedure for all City-Owned and City-Operated Buildings, which the Equal Rights Commission approved on September 25, 2024.

Body
Whereas, The Common Council adopted File Number 191168, a resolution relating to the establishment of a gender-inclusive restroom policy for City buildings, on November 26, 2019; and

Whereas, The Equal Rights Commission approved the City of Milwaukee Inclusive Facilities Policy and Procedure for all City-Owned and City-Operated Buildings on September 25, 2024; and

Whereas, This policy consists of a five-page document with minority and fiscal impact statements, a statement of purpose, definitions, a description of the policy’s applicability and administration, a list of the policy’s six components, a prescription for policy implementation by the Departments of Public Works and Administration, and an attachment with inclusive restroom signage examples; and

Whereas, The policy’s minority impact statement indicates that “[p]eople likely to benefit include families, persons with small children, transgender persons, and persons with disabilities”, considering that Black transgender women and other transgender people of color are especially likely to experience “harassment and violence in public restrooms”; and

Whereas, The policy provides that the Departments of Public Works and Administration shall report to the Equal Rights Commission every six months regarding the status of policy implementati...