Number
13515
Version
Original
Reference
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution: Commitment by the Board to hold public listening sessions
Analysis
Body
WHEREAS, The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee owns and manages low-rent public housing, affordable housing via low-income housing tax credits and project-based vouchers, market rate units, and provides a variety of Section 8 vouchers, serving a total of over 15,000 Milwaukeeans; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) has expressed an interest in adding public listening sessions to their Board Meetings; and
WHEREAS, currently no other City of Milwaukee-affiliated boards or committee regularly utilizes listening sessions; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioners must be mindful of balancing the time of their volunteer service, among other factors, while assessing the effectiveness of those methods and practices which are at their discretion; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioners will want to review any practices or routines that evolve as, for instance, additional information becomes available or as members of the Board join or leave; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, the Board shall implement regularly-scheduled public listening sessions;
FURTHER RESOLVED, the Board directs HACM staff to prepare written rules and procedures regarding the scheduled public listening sessions based on input from the Board for approval at a future Board meeting.
Requestor
Drafter
Housing Management, Atty Greg Kruse, 10/8/2024