Number
171272
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
171162
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, MURPHY AND LEWIS
Title
Substitute resolution requiring Legal Action of Wisconsin to provide an annual report to the Common Council relating to the performance outcomes of its contract to provide legal services to indigent defendants in Municipal Court.
Analysis
This resolution requires Legal Action of Wisconsin to provide an annual report to the Common Council relating to the performance outcomes of its contract to provide legal services to indigent defendants in Municipal Court.
Body
Whereas, Common Council Resolution File Number 171162 was adopted on November 28, 2017, approving the implementation plan for the Counsel for Indigent Court Defendants Special Purpose Account; and
Whereas, Appropriate City officials are directed to take the steps necessary to negotiate an agreement between the City and Legal Action of Wisconsin for the provision of legal services to potentially indigent defendants who appear at Municipal Court; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Legal Action of Wisconsin shall provide an annual report to the Common Council relating to the performance outcomes of its contract to provide legal services to indigent defendants in Municipal Court.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB170411-1
Tea Norfolk
12/04/2017