City of Milwaukee - File #: 200758

• File #: 200758
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/22/2020
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 10/13/2020
• Title: Substitute resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for enacting new Federal legislation to provide direct financial relief funding to local governments and provide economic stimulus.
• Sponsors: ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. MURPHY
• Indexes: ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, FEDERAL LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/22/2020	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/13/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	TAKEN FROM COMMITTEE	Pass	15:0
10/13/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Ald. Murphy moved to take Common Council File Number 200758 from committee. and further move to amend the language in Common Council File Number 200758 as follows: The title is changed to “Resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for enacting new Federal legislation to provide direct financial relief funding to local governments and provide economic stimulus.” The “Resolved” clause is amended to read, “Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Congress and the President of the United States are urged to promptly enact new Federal legislation to provide direct financial relief funding to local governments and to support continued aid for public health response by State and local governments; and, be it”	Pass	15:0
10/13/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
10/5/2020	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Individual present: Pres. Cavalier Johnson Jim Bohl - Intergovernmental Relations - had wanted some language changes made, but didn't provide the text and the video link cut out. Will be substituted on the Council floor with Jim Bohl language.	Pass	5:0
9/22/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
200758
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. JOHNSON, MURPHY, AND HAMILTON

Title
Substitute resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for enacting new Federal legislation to provide direct financial relief funding to local governments and provide economic stimulus.

Analysis
This resolution urges Congress and the President of the United States and to promptly enact new Federal legislation and appropriate funds supporting continued aid for local governments and public health response by State and local governments and urges continued funding of economic stimuli including rent assistance, mortgage deferrals, small business loans, and enhanced unemployment support.

Body

Whereas, Spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-nCoV-2 and the COVID-19 disease has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, with over 29 million confirmed cases and over 925,000 deaths; and

Whereas, The United States has more than 6.5 million confirmed cases of the disease since January 2020, and at least 194,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 in that time; and

Whereas, The public health response to COVID-19 necessarily falls to local and state public health authorities throughout the United States; and

Whereas, The necessary public health actions taken by state and local officials to reduce the spread of COVID-19 require actions that impact the local economy; and

Whereas, Sustained monitoring and control of COVID-19 will require additional resources beyond the current capacity of local governments; and

Whereas, The Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided hundreds of millions of dollars to local governments to respond to COVID-19, support food and shelter needs of Americans impacted by the economic recession, and sustain small businesses during the pandemic; and

Whereas, CARES Act funding must be fully obligated or spent by December 31, 2020; and

Whereas, Projections from experts estimate daily n...