City of Milwaukee - File #: 161645

• File #: 161645
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/1/2017
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/28/2017
• Title: Resolution directing Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of State legislation requiring the Wisconsin State Legislature to require mandatory, periodic, and uniform testing for the presence of lead in the water of all State-licensed child care facilities and all schools (public, private, and charter).
• Sponsors: ALD. PEREZ, ALD. BOHL, ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. STAMPER
• Indexes: LEAD POISONING, STATE LEGISLATION, WATER

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/6/2017	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/28/2017	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Sponsor added: Ald. Stamper II	Pass	15:0
3/20/2017	0	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added
3/20/2017	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Sponsors Ald. Perez and Johnson Added sponsors w/o objections: Bauman Murphy	Pass	5:0
3/1/2017	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
161645
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. PEREZ, BOHL, JOHNSON, HAMILTON, BAUMAN, MURPHY AND STAMPER II
Title
Resolution directing Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of State legislation requiring the Wisconsin State Legislature to require mandatory, periodic, and uniform testing for the presence of lead in the water of all State-licensed child care facilities and all schools (public, private, and charter).
Analysis
This resolution directs Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division to lobby for State law to require mandatory, periodic, and uniform testing for the presence of lead in the water of all State-licensed daycare facilities and all schools (public, private, and charter).
Body
Whereas, The State of Wisconsin licenses child care facilities; and

Whereas, The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction regulates all schools (public, private, and charter); and

Whereas, Safe drinking water for the infants and children of Wisconsin is of utmost importance; and

Whereas, The infrastructure used for delivering drinking water in many communities throughout Wisconsin includes privately-owned lead water-service lines connecting buildings to water mains, as well as interior plumbing in buildings that may leach lead into the drinking water; and

Whereas, Some buildings are at an increased risk for lead in drinking water due to characteristics of the plumbing at individual buildings; and

Whereas, Consumption of lead poses a significant risk to public health and safety, with infants, young children, and pregnant women being at the greatest risk of complications from exposure to lead; and

Whereas, Other communities, such as Flint, Michigan, and Washington, D.C., have been placed in the national spotlight for their residents being exposed to high levels of contaminants and unsafe drinking water, putting their residents at risk of public health crises...