City of Milwaukee - File #: 000790

• File #: 000790
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/22/2000
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 10/10/2000
• Title: Resolution approving a settlement agreement in Bradley DeBraska, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 98-CV-006533, Dunn v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 95-CV-011125; Rehrauer, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 98-CV-007745, and Elias v. City of Milwaukee, Circuit Court Case No. 97-CV-000973.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS, RETIREMENT BENEFITS, 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	Pass	5:0
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
000790
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution approving a settlement agreement in Bradley DeBraska, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 98-CV-006533, Dunn v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 95-CV-011125; Rehrauer, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 98-CV-007745, and Elias v. City of Milwaukee, Circuit Court Case No. 97-CV-000973.
Analysis
A series of charter ordinances enacted by the City of Milwaukee commencing in 1976, reduced the duty disability retirement conversion ages for policemen and firemen members of the employes' retirement system. In Bradley DeBraska, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 93-CV-016054 the charter ordinance was declared unconstitutional as applied to the extent that the mandatory duty disability retirement conversion age for certain policemen and firemen would be reduced to an age less than the age applicable to such plaintiffs on the date of their hire. Substitute 2 of common council file no. 980130 was adopted by the common council to implement the judgment in that case. In Bradley DeBraska, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 98-CV-006533, Dunn v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 95-CV-011125; Rehrauer, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 98-CV-007745, the plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment and injunction that substitute 2 of charter ordinance common council file no. 980130 violated their property rights. This resolution approves a settlement agreement resolving all disputed issues in the aforementioned cases and also Elias v. City of Milwaukee, Circuit Court Case No. 97-CV-000973 for those consenting to the settlement. The implementation of this settlement agreement will result in the dismissal of the cases as required under the terms of the global pension settlement approved by the common council for those participati...