IMMEDIATE ADOPTION
Number
221702
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
161061, 201701
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY
Title
Resolution amending the membership of the City-County Heroin, Opioid, and Cocaine Task Force.
Analysis
This resolution amends the membership of the City-County Heroin, Opioid, and Cocaine Task Force by adding a representative from an area treatment center to be appointed by the chair of the City-County Heroin, Opioid, and Cocaine Task Force.
Body
Whereas, The City-County Heroin, Opioid, and Cocaine Task Force was created by Common Council File Number 161061 on January 18, 2017, for the purpose of addressing the problem of rising prevalence of opioid, heroin, synthetic analog, and cocaine (in both powder and crack form) misuse and addiction in Milwaukee and to make evidence-based recommendations to reduce fatal and nonfatal overdose within the community; and
Whereas, The membership of the City-County Heroin, Opioid, and Cocaine Task Force was amended by Common Council File Number 201701 on May 4, 2021; and
Whereas, The Task Force has determined that a representative from an area treatment center would be beneficial to the ongoing work of the Task Force; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Common Council Resolution File Number 161061 adopted on January 18, 2017, as amended by Resolution File Number 201701, is amended by inserting Item Number 8 in the “Resolved” clause with the following:
“One representative from an area treatment center to be appointed by the Chair of the Task Force.”
Requestor
Drafter
LRB 177935-1
Christopher Hillard
2/23/2023