City of Milwaukee - File #: 151081

• File #: 151081
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/24/2015
• In control: COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 12/15/2015
• Title: Resolution establishing a Joint Task Force on Community Identification Cards to review and make recommendations relating to the creation and issuance of community identification cards.
• Sponsors: ALD. PEREZ, ALD. DAVIS
• Indexes: CITY CLERK, LICENSES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/28/2015	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/15/2015	0	COMMON COUNCIL	TAKEN FROM COMMITTEE; Minutes note: Ald. Davis asked to be added as a co-sponsor. There were no objections.	Pass	14:1
12/15/2015	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:1
12/7/2015	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Ald. Zielinski moved to be recorded as voting “aye’ on this matter. There were no objections.	Pass	4:0
11/24/2015	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
151081
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. PEREZ AND DAVIS
Title
Resolution establishing a Joint Task Force on Community Identification Cards to review and make recommendations relating to the creation and issuance of community identification cards.
Analysis
This resolution establishes a Joint Task Force on Community Identification Cards to address current challenges to residents without proper identification and create the framework for the establishment of a community ID card.

The 7-member Joint Task Force shall consist of the Common Council President or designee, 1 member appointed by the Common Council President and two members appointed by the Mayor. Three additional members are to be authorized by County Board resolution.

The resolution further directs that support and assistance to the Joint Task Force be provided as appropriate by the City Clerk’s Office, the City Attorney’s Office, and the Intergovernmental Relations Division-Department of Administration and other department.

The resolution dissolves the Joint Task Force if a parallel resolution and corresponding budgetary authorization is not approved by the Milwaukee County Board within 3 Milwaukee Common Council cycles.

The resolution directs that a Memorandum of Understanding containing the findings and recommendations of the Joint Task Force be coetaneously submitted to the Common Council and County Board.
Body
Whereas, Many residents, including immigrants, children and students, the homeless, transgendered individuals, the indigent, the disabled and elderly, runaway youth, adult survivors of domestic violence and others, currently suffer from the lack of official identification, which restricts their access to law enforcement, financial institutions, jobs, housing, and home and workplace protections; and

Whereas, Many marginalized communities lack a valid form of identification and without identification are afraid to report crimes to local law enforcement; an...