City of Milwaukee - File #: 041745

• File #: 041745
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/12/2005
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 9/25/2007
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Intergovernmental Relations Division-Department of Administration to seek introduction and passage of state legislation relating to Mayoral appointment of fire and police chiefs in first class cities.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY, ALD. BOHL, ALD. BAUMAN
• Indexes: FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION, FIRE DEPARTMENT, MAYOR, POLICE DEPARTMENT, STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/4/2007	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/25/2007	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	12:2
9/17/2007	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Murphy and Ald. Bauman added as sponsors during the meeting, with Ald. Murphy made primary sponsor, at the request of Ald. Bohl, the former primary sponsor. Amend the Whereas clause where the Council has to agree to the cause for termination.	Pass	4:0
9/17/2007	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: As amended.	Pass	4:0
9/17/2007	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECONSIDERED; Minutes note: Individual present: Phyllis Wolford - 1620 N. 20th St.	Pass	4:0
9/17/2007	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:0
9/11/2007	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/11/2007	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/12/2005	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
041745
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
021212
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY, BOHL AND BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Intergovernmental Relations Division-Department of Administration to seek introduction and passage of state legislation relating to Mayoral appointment of fire and police chiefs in first class cities.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Intergovernmental Relations Division-Department of Administration to seek introduction and passage of state legislation which grants to cities of the First Class the option of enacting a system under which the chiefs of their fire and police departments would be appointed by the Mayor. The chiefs could only be removed for cause by the Mayor.
Body
Whereas, Since its establishment in 1885, the Fire and Police Commission has been
responsible for appointing the fire and police chiefs of the City of Milwaukee; and

Whereas, The Mayor, as Chief Executive of the City, should have the power to appoint and the fire and police chiefs, similar to the authority the Mayor has for appointing other
City department heads; and

Whereas, In most major cities, authority to appoint police and fire chiefs is vested in the
Mayor; and

Whereas, There is a long tradition in the State of Wisconsin and the City of Milwaukee of establishing checks and balances among agencies of local government to prevent abuses and insure the widest range of participation in vital decisions; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Intergovernmental
Relations Division-Department of Administration is directed to seek introduction and passage of state legislation which grants to cities of the First Class the option of
enacting a system under which the chiefs of the fire and police departments would be appointed by the Mayor; and, be it

Further Resolved, That chiefs thus appointed shall only be removed from office for cause as determined by the Mayor.
Requestor

Drafter
LRB05138-2
A...