Number
230620
Version
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution amending the program description of the American Rescue Plan Act-funded Street Lighting Program.
Analysis
This resolution amends the program description of the American Rescue Plan Act-funded Street Lighting Program.
Body
Whereas, Common Council File Number 210864 established and authorized funding for, a number of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-funded programs, including $10,000,000 for a “street lighting circuit reliability improvement” project to replace 13 circuits that have experienced the most failures in recent years, intended, in part, to “lay the groundwork for future deployment of LED lights;” and,
Whereas, Common Council File Number 211939 allocated an additional $10,000,000 in ARPA funding to the street lighting project at which time the Department of Public Works added additional failing circuits to the program; and
Whereas, Common Council File Number 220707 reduced the project budget by $500,000 and therefore reduced the number of planned circuits; and
Whereas, bid solicitations for the circuit improvement portion of the project have not returned favorable bids to the City; and
Whereas, the Department of Public Works has proposed redirecting the program funds to pay for the installation of LED fixtures throughout the upgraded circuits of the City, the purchase of circuit replacement materials, and circuit replacement design work, as more specifically set forth in the attached memorandum; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the program description of the ARPA-funded street lighting circuit reliability improvement project is amended as reflected in the attached memorandum.
Requestor
Department of Public Works
Drafter
Andrea Fowler:Kevin Muhs:C. Murphy
August 25, 2023