City of Milwaukee - File #: 211426

• File #: 211426
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 12/23/2021
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/8/2022
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Health Department to distribute free COVID-19 at-home tests and gift cards for individuals who have received COVID-19 vaccination booster shots.
• Sponsors: ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
• Indexes: PUBLIC HEALTH

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/8/2022	2	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE; Minutes note: Ald. Dimitrijevic said tha this file was held at the regular meeting and moved to place it on file since the federal government has taken care of the COVID-19 at home test kits. There were no objections.	Pass	12:0
1/18/2022	2	COMMON COUNCIL	HELD IN COUNCIL	Pass	14:0
1/12/2022	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: This matter was taken up again prior to the end of the meeting at 1:40 p.m. Appearing: Ald. Marina Dimitrijevic, 14th Ald. Dist. Ald. Spiker moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute A. (Prevailed 5-0) Please note that reference to Proposed Substitute C instead of Proposed Substitute A was an error and that the version before the committee was Proposed Substitute A.	Pass	5:0
1/12/2022	2	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:1
1/7/2022	0	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO; Minutes note: Appearing: Sponsor - Ald. Dimitrijevic MHD Commissioner - Kirsten Johnson LRB - Chris Hillard Ald. Murphy - Chair of Finance and Personnel Committee Ald. Murphy recommended this file be refer to finance and personnel committee given the possible financial implication of the resolution.	Pass	5:0
12/23/2021	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
211426
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Health Department to distribute free COVID-19 at-home tests and gift cards for individuals who have received COVID-19 vaccination booster shots.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Health Department to develop and implement a program using allocated American Rescue Plan Act funds to distribute 230,000 free at-home COVID-19 tests, the equivalent of one per household in the city of Milwaukee, through the City’s 14 library branch locations and other partners. The resolution further directs the Health Department to use American Rescue Plan Act funds to distribute 1,000 $100 gift cards to any Milwaukee residents who receive first COVID-19 vaccination shots or COVID-19 booster shots from the Health Department.
Body
Whereas, The arrival of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is likely to place considerable strain on our healthcare system; and

Whereas, Aggressive testing, in addition to vaccination, boosters and social distancing, has been shown to impede the spread of the disease; and

Whereas, The United States has lagged behind other countries when it comes to the availability of rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests; and

Whereas, On December 21, 2021, Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Library system collaborated with the Baltimore City Health Department to distribute over 5,000 at-home tests from the Library’s 23 branch locations; and

Whereas, Even limiting the number of tests to 2 per person, the Baltimore libraries ran out of tests within minutes, demonstrating the profound demand for at-home tests; and

Whereas, The Milwaukee Public Library’s 14 branch locations are well-distributed around the city, making them ideal sites for rapid COVID-19 test distribution; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Common Council directs the Health Department to use allocated American Rescue Plan Act funds to implement a pro...