Number
060095
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. ZIELINSKI
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to city purchase of ethanol-fueled vehicles.
Sections
310-18 cr
Analysis
This ordinance directs the city purchasing director and any other officer, agent, agency, committee, board or commission of the city to purchase, to the greatest extent practicable, vehicles which have the capacity to operate with an ethanol content of at least 85%. It is the eventual goal of the city to replace city-owned vehicles with those that operate with a cleaner-burning, sustainable alternative fuel.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 310-18 of the code is created to read:
310-18. Purchase of Ethanol-fueled Vehicles.
1.DECLARATION OF POLICY. It is a desirable goal of the city and a matter of legitimate concern to its government, constituents and environment, that the city reduce the burning of conventional motor vehicle fuels and increase the use of a cleaner-burning, sustainable alternative. It shall be city policy that purchasing decisions reflect that goal and city-owned vehicles eventually be replaced with vehicles which have the capacity to operate with an ethanol content of at least 85%, to the greatest extent practicable. The city will lead by example in making economically and environmentally responsible purchasing decisions which will encourage individuals, businesses and other levels of government to do the same.
2.ETHANOL-FUELED VEHICLES. To the greatest extent practicable, the city purchasing director and any other officer, agent, agency, committee, board or commission of the city shall make purchasing decisions that maximize the purchase of vehicles which have the capacity to operate with an ethanol content of at least 85%.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Legislative Reference Bureau
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Attorney
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