Number
000696
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
An ordinance relating to compensation and reimbursement of certain city board and commission members.
Analysis
- Analysis -
This ordinance clarifies the intent of compensating certain members of city boards for their services on such boards - that compensation is provided as long as the member is not receiving compensation for employment by the city or a city agency apart from compensation for service on a board. This ordinance also updates for technical purposes language relating to reimbursement of certain members of city boards.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Part II, section 8 of the salary ordinance, file number 990705, as amended, is repealed and recreated to read:
Section 8. Boards and Commissions: Compensation and Reimbursement. A member of a city board shall receive compensation for serving on a city board specified under s. 1, pay ranges 030 to 047, as long as the member is not receiving compensation for employment by the city or a city agency, apart from compensation for service on a board or commission; or as long as the member's name does not appear on a city biweekly payroll apart from serving on a board or commission; or as long as the member's name does not appear on a regular payroll of the city apart from serving on a board or commission.
Reimbursement allowances for members of certain city boards are for estimated average expenditures in attending board meetings. A flat allowance of $20 per meeting shall be provided for the reimbursement of members of those city boards, commissions, committees and authorities listed below for a maximum of 20 meetings per calendar year ($400 per year). This flat allowance is intended as reimbursement for estimated average expenses, such as traveling, parking and other related expenses, normally incurred by members of such city boards as a consequence of their attending regular meetings of duly authorized city boards. Meetings eligible for reimbursement allowance do not include preparation meetings or subcommittee meetings.
It is clearly intended that members of the following types of board and commissions shall not be eligible for any reimbursement allowances authorized by this section of the salary ordinance.
1. Boards and commissions whose members are compensated under pay range 030 through 047 of Part 1, Sec. 1 of the salary ordinance.
2. Boards and commissions having separate corporate identities who have the power to establish their own reimbursement policies for their members, such as the housing authority and the redevelopment authority.
3. Boards and commissions established other than by common council action.
To simplify the payment of reimbursement allowances for members of eligible boards, such payments shall be made once each year. At the end of the year such board chair shall submit to the comptroller's office a list of members eligible for such compensation payments together with a record of the number of meetings each member has attended during that calendar year. Reimbursement shall be made at the end of the calendar year or when administratively feasible in the subsequent year. Members of the following city boards shall be eligible for a reimbursement allowance under the provisions of this section:
Arts Board
Deferred Assessment Board
Deferred Compensation Board
Equal Rights Commission
Ethics Board
Food License Review Board
Fourth of July Commission
Harbor Commission
Historic Preservation Commission
Holiday Commission
Library Board
Milwaukee Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Neighborhood Advisory Councils on Crime Prevention
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund, Retirement Board of
Public Debt Commission
Safety Commission
Transportation Commission
Board of Assessment: Members of the board of assessment shall be compensated at the rate of $60 per meeting, for a maximum of 20 meetings per calendar year.
Administrative Review Appeals Board: Regular and alternate members of the administrative review appeals board shall be compensated at the rate of $60 per meeting for up to 10 meetings per year.
To simplify the payment of compensation for members of the board of assessment and regular and alternate members of the administrative review appeals board, payments shall be made once each year. At the end of the year the chair shall submit to the comptroller's office a list of members eligible for payment together with a record of the number of meetings each member has attended during that calendar year. Compensation shall be made at the end of the calendar year or when administratively feasible in the subsequent year.
Department
City Clerk - Legislative Reference Bureau
Drafter
00379-1
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8/21/2000