NUMB:
011115
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 2
XXBY:
THE JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
TITL:
Substitute resolution endorsing the proposed 2003-2004 City of Milwaukee Legislative Package.
BODY:
Whereas, There are a number of legislative proposals which are of importance to the City of Milwaukee; and
Whereas, These proposals originated in suggestions submitted by various City departments to the Judiciary and Legislation Committee and are included in Common Council File Number 011115, and were discussed by the Judiciary and Legislation Committee at its October 28, 2002 meeting; and
Whereas, Some proposals are best addressed as amendments to the 2003-2004 state budget, others will be introduced by individuals or groups outside the City of Milwaukee, and still others need to be further developed before being submitted in bill form; and
Whereas, These proposals have been reviewed and approved by the Judiciary and Legislation Committee and are recommended for adoption at this time as the nucleus of the City's Legislative Package; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that it hereby endorses and adopts the following list of proposals entitled "2003-2004 Proposed City of Milwaukee Legislative Package" as the basis for the City's Legislation Program in the 2003-2004 Session of the Wisconsin Legislature, with the understanding that said package may later be expanded by resolution of the Common Council as need arises:
1. Tax Exemptions
2. Assessment/Exemption Appeals
3. Property Assessments
4. Delinquent Taxes
5. Penalties for Failure to Self-Report
6. Timely Abatement of Nuisance Properties
7. Reintroduce 2001 Assembly Bill 208
8. Delinquent Property Taxes
9. Financing Options
10. Modify Development Zone Tax Credits
11. Brownfield Grant Fund Distribution
12. Extension for Environmental TIFs
13. Include Delinquent Taxes in TIF Costs
14. Expand Local Government Cause of Action
15. ...
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