City of Milwaukee - File #: 241249

• File #: 241249
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/26/2024
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 12/17/2024
• Title: : Resolution directing the Department of City Development to coordinate with business improvement districts and neighborhood improvement districts to explore ways to recover the costs of Police Department services to BIDs and NIDs through BID and NID special assessments.
• Sponsors: ALD. CHAMBERS JR., ALD. COGGS, ALD. TAYLOR, ALD. A. PRATT, ALD. MOORE
• Indexes: BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, POLICE DEPARTMENT, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/19/2024	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/19/2024	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/17/2024	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Taylor, Pratt, and Moore added as cosponsors.	Pass	13:1
12/10/2024	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Mark Chambers, Jr., 2nd Ald. Dist. Ald. Milele Coggs, 6th Ald. Dist. Vanessa Koster, DCD Matt Rejc, DCD Heather Hough, Police Dept. Matt Dorner, BID 21 Paul Schwartz, BID 2 This resolution directs the Department of City Development to coordinate with BIDs and NIDs to determine which BIDs and NIDs use the most police resources and explore ways to recover the costs of those resources through BID and NID special assessments. Ald. Bauman said of importance is to engage BID 21, BID 2, and the Police Dept.	Pass	3:1
11/26/2024	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
241249
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
240001
Sponsor
ALD. CHAMBERS JR., COGGS, TAYLOR, PRATT AND MOORE
Title:
Resolution directing the Department of City Development to coordinate with business improvement districts and neighborhood improvement districts to explore ways to recover the costs of Police Department services to BIDs and NIDs through BID and NID special assessments.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of City Development to coordinate with BIDs and NIDs to determine which BIDs and NIDs use the most police resources and explore ways to recover the costs of those resources through BID and NID special assessments.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee currently has 32 active business improvement districts (“BIDs”) and 10 active neighborhood improvement districts (“NIDs”); and

Whereas, The Department of City Development administers and oversees the City’s BID and NID programs; and

Whereas, The BIDs and NIDs make varying degrees of use of Milwaukee Police Department services and resources to prevent crime and address public safety issues; and

Whereas, The costs of providing these Police Department services and resources to BIDs and NIDs are borne by all Milwaukee taxpayers, not just those owning property in the BIDs and NIDs; and

Whereas, It may be possible to amend the operating plans to various BIDs and NIDs to provide for the use to BID and NID special assessments to recover a portion of the costs of Police Department resources provided to those districts; and

Whereas, The 2025 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 240001 on November 8, 2024; and

Whereas, Amendment 11 placed a footnote in the 2025 Budget stating, “The Department of City Development shall determine which Business and Neighborhood Improvement Districts (BIDs and NIDs) most heavily utilize Police resources and explore opportunities for those BIDs and NIDs to help contribute to the expenses for providing those services.”; now, therefore, be it

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