City of Milwaukee - File #: 000788

• File #: 000788
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/22/2000
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 10/10/2000
• Title: Resolution authorizing the appropriation of $85,000.00 from the Common Council Contingent Fund to the Outside Counsel-Expert Witness Fund to cover additional expenses for expert witnesses to defend the selection procedures, pursuant to current litigation in the case captioned United States of America, et al., v. City of Milwaukee, et al., United States District Court Civil Action No. 74-C-480. (City Attorney)
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: CONSULTANTS, CONTINGENT FUND, FEES, FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION, SUITS PAYMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/19/2000	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/10/2000	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	17:0
10/4/2000	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Ald. D'Amato moved to go into closed session. Prevailed. Ayes: 5 - Ald. Hines, D'Amato, Henningsen, Breir and Gordon Ald. Henningsen moved to reconvene in open session. Prevailed. Also present: John Egan, Laura Engan, Sandra Rotar, Cassandra Patterson, Marianne Walsh, Ald. Bohl, Hattie Billingsley, Grant Langley and Miriam Horwitz	Pass	4:1
9/25/2000	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/22/2000	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO
9/21/2000		FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO

Number
000788
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
991974
Sponsor
Chair
Title
Resolution authorizing the appropriation of $85,000.00 from the Common Council Contingent Fund to the Outside Counsel-Expert Witness Fund to cover additional expenses for expert witnesses to defend the selection procedures, pursuant to current litigation in the case captioned United States of America, et al., v. City of Milwaukee, et al., United States District Court Civil Action No. 74-C-480. (City Attorney)
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the appropriation of funds from the Common Council Contingent Fund to the Outside Counsel-Expert Witness Fund to cover additional expenses of the city's expert witnesses in defending the selection procedures for police officer and police aide in the Milwaukee Police Department as developed by SHL/Landy Jacobs & Associates as was expected to be incurred in the defense of the on-going litigation in the case captioned United States of America, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., United States District Court Civil Action No. 74-C-480.
Body
Whereas, The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin has ordered the City of Milwaukee and the City of Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission to participate with intervening parties to reach an agreement on the use of selection procedures for hiring police officers and police aides to the Milwaukee Police Department; and

Whereas, In order to properly defend said selection procedure, it has been necessary to contract the services of SHL/Landy Jacobs & Associates which contract was previously approved by the Common Council in Resolution File No. 990692 which had authorized reserving $25,000 from the Common Council Contingent Fund to cover expenses for hiring outside expert, of which $17,745 was expended; and

Whereas, In order to properly continue the defense of said selection procedures, the sum of $175,000 was transferred from the Common Council Contingent Fund to the ...