Number
130662
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY, WITKOWSKI, BOHL AND BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the procedure for determining City-owned school buildings surplus and authorizing their sale or lease, and directing the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division and the Common Council’s Legislative Coordinator to seek changes in state law to eliminate certain provisions relating to the sale of City-owned property.
Analysis
State law provides that, before the Common Council may adopt a resolution approving the sale or lease of underutilized City-owned property used for school purposes, the Common Council shall adopt by resolution a set of criteria under which the Common Council may or may not find that the City-owned property used for school purposes is underutilized. This resolution adopts criteria for the Common Council to use in determining if a City-owned school property is underutilized.
In addition, this resolution directs the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division and the Common Council’s Legislative Coordinator to seek introduction and passage of state legislation that would eliminate the taxpayer share of the Parental Choice voucher for pupils moving into property sold or leased by the City.
...Body
Whereas, Section 119.60(2m)(a)2, Wis. Stats., provides that, before the Common Council may adopt a resolution approving the sale or lease of underutilized City-owned property used for school purposes, the Common Council shall adopt by resolution a set of criteria under which the Common Council may or may not find that the City-owned property used for school purposes is underutilized; and
Whereas, The Common Council finds it is essential that the Council have the ability to sell or lease City-owned school property that it finds to be underutilized, and that the Council only has that ability if it adopts a set of criteria described in s. 119.60(2m)(a)2, Wis. Stats...
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