City of Milwaukee - File #: 001557

• File #: 001557
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/27/2001
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 3/20/2001
• Title: Resolution appropriating funds from the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account for the purpose of retaining experts and outside legal counsel in DeBraska et al. v, City of Milwaukee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Case No. 96-C-402. (City Attorney)
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: CONSULTANTS, SUITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/26/2001	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/20/2001	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	16:0
3/14/2001	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Meeting Commenced: 11:04 A.M. Ald. Hines moved to go into Closed Session. Roll Call: Ayes: 5 - Ald. Henningsen, Hines, D'Amato, Breier & Gordon Noes: 0 Also present: Laura Engan, Eric Pearson, David Schroeder, Anita Paretti, Marianne Walsh, Hattie Billingsley, Jennifer Meyer, Cassandra Patterson, Randy Gschwind, Barbara Woldt, Deputy City Atty. Rudolph Konrad & Asst. City Atty. Stuart Mukamal The purpose of this meeting was to confer with the City Attorney pursuant to Sec. 19.85 (1)(g), Wis. Stats., who is rendering advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the City with respect to litigation in which the City is or is likely to become involved relative to Items 14 & 15, File Nos. 001557 & 001558. (Ald. Gordon left at 11:25 A.M.) Ald. D'Amato moved to reconvene in Open Session.	Pass	4:0
3/5/2001	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/5/2001	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/5/2001	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/28/2001		FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
2/27/2001	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
001557
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution appropriating funds from the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account for the purpose of retaining experts and outside legal counsel in DeBraska et al. v, City of Milwaukee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Case No. 96-C-402. (City Attorney)
Analysis
Resolution appropriating funds from the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account for the purpose of retaining experts and outside legal counsel in DeBraska et al. v, City of Milwaukee, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Case No. 96-C-402.
Body
Whereas, The Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account is to be used by the City Attorney's Office for the purpose of retaining the services of experts and outside legal counsel; and

Whereas, Funding in the amount of $8,000 is necessary to retain experts and outside legal counsel in DeBraska et al. v. City of Milwaukee, Case No. 96-C-402; and

Whereas, This case was brought by the Milwaukee Police Association and certain individual police officers against the City alleging that the City has violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (20 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.) in the method by which it compensates non-supervisory police officers in numerous respects; and

Whereas, On September 26, 2000, Senior District Judge Myron L. Gordon ruled that the system utilized by the Milwaukee Police Department for affording police officers access to their earned and accrued compensatory time ("CTO") balances did not comply with the requirements of The Fair Labor Standards Act, and directed further proceedings to determine the nature and extent of any damages or other remedy to be afforded to affected police officers; and

Whereas, The City is vigorously attempting to limit its exposure to damages or other liability during the course of such further proceedings; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Comm...