City of Milwaukee - File #: 181646

• File #: 181646
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/5/2019
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 5/7/2019
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to the creation of an annual service to the community event.
• Sponsors: ALD. STAMPER, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. COGGS
• Indexes: NEIGHBORHOODS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/15/2019	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/7/2019	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Coggs asked to be added as a co-sponsor.	Pass	14:0
4/24/2019	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Arlisia McHenry - City Clerk's Office Don Schaewe - Dept. of Neighborhood Services	Pass	3:0
3/6/2019	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Ald Rainey asked to be added as cosponsor	Pass	5:0
2/5/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
181646
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER, RAINEY AND COGGS
Title
Substitute resolution relating to the creation of an annual service to the community event.

Analysis
This resolution directs the Office of the City Clerk to create a permanent, annual, weeklong service to the community event to be known as BIG Serve MKE. It also directs the City Clerk to solicit private donations to support this event, and authorizes the acceptance and expenditure of such contributions.

Neighborhood cleanups by local residents and City employee volunteers at various locations, to be named BIG Clean MKE, shall be a feature of the event.
Body
Whereas, High-profile neighborhood events orchestrated citywide by the City to improve the quality of life for residents, build neighborhood pride and engage communities demonstrate the City’s commitment to serve residents, which in turn act synergistically to improve the quality of life, instill pride and encourage engagement; and

Whereas, Staging a weeklong series of community service events, and vigorously promoting the week of services as a single, unifying event will help build the BIG Serve MKE brand as a keystone of the City’s efforts to create an environment where residents can succeed and achieve their life goals; and

Whereas, The 2018 BIG Clean MKE community cleanup campaigns conducted by volunteers succeeded in bolstering neighborhood identity, pride and engagement by organizing community volunteers to eliminate unsightly litter and debris, sending a message to would-be lawbreakers that neighborhood pride and engagement would not tolerate criminal and anti-social behavior; and

Whereas, It is fitting that Milwaukee’s annual BIG Clean MKE cleanup campaign should be a feature of the BIG Serve MKE event; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Office of the City Clerk is directed to create a permanent, annual, weeklong service to the community...