City of Milwaukee - File #: 250278

• File #: 250278
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/3/2025
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 6/24/2025
• Title: Substitute Resolution amending the City of Milwaukee’s legislative package to include a provision urging the State of Wisconsin and the federal government to establish a program to encourage owners of multi-family properties to retrofit fire suppression systems.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. A. PRATT
• Indexes: INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, SAFETY MEASURES, STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/1/2025	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/24/2025	1	COMMON COUNCIL	AMENDED; Minutes note: Motion by Ald. Coggs to delete the first resolved clause, which reads: “Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division is directed to seek introduction and passage of state and federal legislation to establish and fund a grant program to encourage owners of multi-family properties to retrofit fire suppression systems; and, be it” I further move to delete the word “Further” from the beginning of the following clause, from “Further Resolved,” to “Resolved,”. I further move for adoption of the file as amended. This motion does not change the substantive intent of the resolution; it removes an unnecessary clause that may cause confusion due to its inclusion of the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division and not the Legislative Affairs Division.	Pass	13:0
6/24/2025	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	13:0
6/16/2025	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:0
6/3/2025	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

250278

Version

SUBSTITUTE 2

Reference

241415

Sponsor

ALD. COGGS, ALD. PRATT

Title

Substitute Resolution amending the City of Milwaukee’s legislative package to include a provision urging the State of Wisconsin and the federal government to establish a program to encourage owners of multi-family properties to retrofit fire suppression systems.

Analysis

This resolution directs the Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of State and federal legislation to establish a program to encourage owners of multi-family properties to retrofit fire suppression systems.

Body

Whereas, A devastating fire in a multi-family building located at N. 27^th Street and W. Highland Boulevard tragically claimed the lives of 5 victims on Mother’s Day this year; and

Whereas, The Milwaukee Fire Department indicated that lives would likely have been saved if the building had an automatic sprinkler system; and

Whereas, Passage of new legislation to encourage owners of multi-family buildings to install new fire suppression systems could minimize the risk of similar tragedies occurring in the future; therefore, be it

Resolved, That Common Council Resolution File Number 241415 is amended by inserting the following item in the document attached to the file as “Amended State Legislative Packet”:

Public Safety:  Fire Suppression

Introduce legislation to establish a program to encourage owners of multi-family properties to retrofit fire suppression systems.

Common Council

; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the City Clerk shall forward copies of this resolution to members of the City of Milwaukee’s delegation to the Wisconsin Legislature.

Requestor

Drafter

LRB180781-2

Gunnar Raasch

06/24/2025