City of Milwaukee - File #: 030551

• File #: 030551
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution-Immediate Adoption
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/31/2003
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/3/2003
• Title: Resolution requesting the Fire and Police Commission to direct the Police Chief to limit expenditure of funds for police overtime.
• Sponsors: ALD. D'AMATO, Fredrick Gordon, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. HINES JR.
• Indexes: OVERTIME, POLICE DEPARTMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/8/2003	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/3/2003	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Alderman Davis moved to refer File 030551 to the Finance & Personnel Committee. Failed. Ayes: 4 - Davis, Wade, Sanchez and Hines Noes: 12 - President Pratt, D'Amato, Bohl, Johnson-Odom, Gordon, Donovan, Richards, Dudzik, Witkowski, Breier, Nardelli and Murphy Excused: 1 - Henningsen Alderman D'Amato moved to offer a substitute resolution for consideration in lieu of File Number 030156 being a resolution requesting the Police Chief to limit expenditure of funds for police overtime. Prevailed. The motion prevailed. Alderman D'Amato moved for adoption of File Number 030551 as substituted. The motion prevailed.	Pass	11:5
7/31/2003	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO
7/31/2003	0	COMMON COUNCIL	HELD IN COUNCIL	Pass	8:9

IMMEDIATE ADOPTION

Number
030551
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
030156
Sponsor
ALD. D'AMATO, GORDON AND MURPHY
Title
Resolution requesting the Fire and Police Commission to direct the Police Chief to limit expenditure of funds for police overtime.
Analysis
This resolution requests the Fire and Police Commission to direct the Police Chief to limit the expenditure of funds for police overtime to a maximum of $375,000 per pay period, commencing with Pay Period 19, which begins August 31, 2003.
Body
Whereas, The Common Council approved File Number 021045 on November 8, 2002, a resolution implementing a footnote provision of the 2003 City budget relating to police overtime pay; and

Whereas, File 021045 directed that the money in the Police Department's 2003 overtime account be transferred to a Special Purpose Account under the Control of the Common Council; that one-quarter of the total funds in this account shall be disbursed to the Police Department at the start of each quarter for use in paying police overtime; that the Police Chief is requested to present, in person, within 45 days of the start of each quarter, a report to the Finance & Personnel Committee detailing the status of the Police Department's overtime expenditures; and that the Comptroller is authorized and directed to create all accounts and to establish the accounting procedures necessary to fulfill this intent; and

Whereas, The provisions of File 021045 were not implemented; and

Whereas, As of pay period 15, July 3, 2003, Police Department overtime has totaled $9.85 million, or approximately $656,000 per pay period as adjusted for the Milwaukee Police Association (MPA) settlement; and

Whereas, Using the pay period average of $650,000, the Police Department could spend over $17.1 million on overtime in 2003, or $7.2 million over its MPA settlement adjusted budget of $9.8 million; and

Whereas, The Violent Crime Task Force has expended $3.6 million in overtime...