City of Milwaukee - File #: 040134

• File #: 040134
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/25/2004
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 7/7/2004
• Effective date: 7/24/2004
• Title: An ordinance relating to the duties of the safety commission.
• Sponsors: ALD. WITKOWSKI, ALD. MCGEE JR.
• Indexes: SAFETY COMMISSION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/2/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO
7/23/2004	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
7/12/2004	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/7/2004	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
6/24/2004	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Ald. Witkowski introduced 3 accident-related handouts to the file. Aggie Sterns - Chair of the Safety Commission Dale Radtke - Member of the Safety Commission Ald. McGee asked to be added as co-sponsor	Pass	5:0
6/17/2004	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT

Number
040134
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWSKI AND ALD. MCGEE
Title
An ordinance relating to the duties of the safety commission.
Sections
320-27 rc
Analysis
This ordinance:

1. Directs the safety commission to establish, in consultation with the police department, standards for the location of school crossing guards. The commission shall request comments from the police department and the public relating to new locations of crossing guards, the relocation of crossing guards or the elimination of crossing guard protection. The commission is further authorized to conduct public hearings relating to the location of crossing guards. The commission shall recommend to the common council the need for school crossing guards at particular locations based on the established standards and input from the police department and general public.

2. Requires the safety commission to prepare and submit to the common council an annual report on motor vehicle traffic accident trends. This report shall include comprehensive accident data, a narrative interpreting the data and tables or charts highlighting locations with high accident frequencies. The police department and the department of public works shall assist the commission in preparing the report.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 320-27 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

320-27. Safety Commission. 1. CREATION. There is created a safety commission for the city consisting of 18 members appointed by the mayor from the citizens of the city and confirmed by the common council. Six members shall be appointed or reappointed each year, for a term of 3 years to commence on June 1st.

2. OFFICERS. The safety commission shall select from among its members a chair, vice-chair and secretary. It shall be the duty of the secretary to call meetings of the commission, to keep minutes of its mee...