City of Milwaukee - File #: 230338

• File #: 230338
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 6/20/2023
• In control: STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to possible legal action to overturn certain provisions of 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 and allocating American Rescue Plan Act funds for the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of African-American Affairs.
• Sponsors: ALD. PEREZ, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
• Indexes: OFFICE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/11/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	REFERRED TO	Pass	15:0
6/26/2023	1	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Andrea Fowler - Budget Office Add Ald. Rainey, Bauman, Stamper, Dimitrijevic as co-sponsors. Jim Owczarski - City Clerk Ald. Coggs abstaining from using ARPA files, but supports the other portion. She asks to divide this into two resolutions. Request withdrawn.	Pass	6:0
6/20/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
230338

Version
SUBSTITUTE 2

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. PEREZ, RAINEY, BAUMAN, STAMPER and DIMITRIJEVIC

Title
Substitute resolution relating to possible legal action to overturn certain provisions of 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 and allocating American Rescue Plan Act funds for the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of African-American Affairs.

Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of Administration to allocate up to $781,220 from the second tranche of American Rescue Plan Act funds for the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of African American Affairs.
Body
Whereas, 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 includes a provision which prohibits using tax-levy funding for any local government positions whose principal duties consist of promoting individuals or groups on the basis of their race, color, ancestry, national origin, or sexual orientation; and,

Whereas, The City supports these activities, particularly through the Office Equity and Inclusion and the Office of African American Affairs; and

Whereas, The City shall therefore strive to have this provision overturned; and

Whereas, The City’s total 2023 Budget salary allocation for the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of African American Affairs is $781,220; and

Whereas, A portion of the yearly salary allocation for these offices has already been expended in 2023; and

Whereas, An alternative source of funding for the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of African American Affairs is the second tranche of the City’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) award, rather than tax-levy funds in the City Budget; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City is considering legal action to overturn various provisions included in 2023 Wisconsin Act 12; and, be it
Further Resolved, That funding to support legal action shall come from the tax-levy funding in the 2023 Budget for the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the O...