City of Milwaukee - File #: 060334

• File #: 060334
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/20/2006
• In control: STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 7/12/2006
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to endorsement and implementation of the recommendations of the Community Service Staffing Task Force.
• Sponsors: ALD. WITKOWSKI
• Indexes: BUDGET, OVERTIME, POLICE DEPARTMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/20/2006	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/12/2006	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO	Fail	3:11
7/12/2006	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	10:4
7/12/2006	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Ald. Murphy advised that he heard from City Attorney Tom Beamish and received the answers to his questions he had at the June 29th Steering and Rules Committee meeting. Also present: Deputy Inspector Anna Ruzinski, Milw. Police Dept.; Ald. Witkowski, 13th Aldermanic Dist. and Mr. John Balcerzek, President, President of Milwaukee Police Association	Pass	7:0
7/12/2006	2	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Fail	2:5
7/12/2006	2	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:2
6/29/2006	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Ald. Murphy moved to hold this file and a requested for City Attorney's opinion made relative to issues relating to how creating this new position of CSO and having it perform job duties that are normally performed by sworn police officers would pose any labor issues that could possible lead to a lawsuit again the City. Speaker: Maria Monteagudo, Dept. of Employee Relations Director Chief Nannette Hegerty, Milwaukee Police Department	Pass	7:0
6/28/2006	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/22/2006	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/20/2006	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
060334
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
050956
Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWSKI
Title
Substitute resolution relating to endorsement and implementation of the recommendations of the Community Service Staffing Task Force.

Analysis
This resolution endorses the findings of the task force investigating the creation of the position of Community Service Officer for the City of Milwaukee. This resolution further implements the findings of the task force and provides directions to various city entities to establish the position of Community Service Officer within the Milwaukee Police Department.

Body
Whereas, Common Council File 050956 created a process, through the establishment of a task force, to investigate means and methods that would lead to community service staffing for public safety needs for responding to Milwaukee residents’ calls for service directed to the police department; and

Whereas, In January 2006, a task force entitled “Community Service Staffing Task Force” was established in accord with the provisions of Common Council File 050956, and this task force conducted a series of meetings in order to consider and develop recommendations regarding the applicability of Community Service Officers for the City of Milwaukee to present to the Common Council for consideration and action; and

Whereas, In its report submitted to the Common Council, the task force concluded that the creation of a position of Community Service Officer would provide certain benefits to the citizens of the City of Milwaukee as well as to the police department including improved response time to calls for service, freeing police officers for higher priority calls, providing increased visibility for the police department, enhancing citizen satisfaction based upon shortened response times and improving community relations; and

Whereas, The task force considered the costs associated with the creation of the position of Community Service Officer and the task force concluded that ...