City of Milwaukee - File #: 011730

• File #: 011730
• Version: 3
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/26/2002
• In control: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 6/4/2002
• Title: Substitute resolution declaring the City's support for the creation of a "W-3: Emergency Public Service Jobs Program".
• Sponsors: ALD. RICHARDS, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. CAMERON, ALD. SANCHEZ
• Indexes: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL CONCERNS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/13/2002	3	MAYOR	RETURNED NOT SIGNED; Minutes note: A communication from the mayor was returned with this file and is an attachment to this file.
6/4/2002	3	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Murphy presented a substitute resolution in lieu of the substitute resolution recommended for adoption by the Community Development Committee and move for its acceptance. (The motion prevailed.)	Pass	17:0
6/4/2002	3	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/30/2002	2	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/30/2002	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/30/2002	2	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Speakers: Laura Engan, DOA-Budget Mindy Williams Anne Hazelwood Tracey Jones Xo Vang Pamela LeBlanc Kendra Allen Michael Rodgers Kohea Lee Kenneth L. Clay Brenda Gregory Latasha Shaw Leo Ayala Isoria Vanessa Russell George Martin Marty Wall Matt Nelsen Salvador DeLeon Paul Aschenbremer Ald. Richards moved to amend by changing the Futher Resolved Clause to read as follows: "Further Resolved, That the City directs the Department of Administration to find sources of funding, at all levels of government, for implementing such a program." Prevailed.	Pass	7:0
5/21/2002	0	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/26/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
011730
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. RICHARDS, MURPHY, CAMERON AND SANCHEZ
Title
Substitute resolution declaring the City's support for the creation of a "W-3: Emergency Public Service Jobs Program".
Analysis
This resolution endorses the creation of a "We Want Work (W-3): Emergency Public Service Jobs Program" for all City residents – a program creating up to 500 new jobs paying no less than $12 per hour plus benefits. It directs the Department of Administration to find sources of funding at all levels of government for implementing such a program. It further declares that money derived from property taxes will not be used for this purpose.
Body
Whereas, In 1997, with the advent of the State of Wisconsin's "W-2" program, 31,000 Milwaukee families began the transition from Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) to what were supposed to be family-supporting jobs; and

Whereas, Families participating in the W-2 program are now beginning to reach their lifetime limit for welfare payments and will no longer be eligible for government assistance; and

Whereas, The latest University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute survey of job openings in the Milwaukee area showed a 10-to-1 ratio between active job seekers and full-time jobs available in the central city – up from 4-to-1 in 1998; and

Whereas, It is becoming increasingly clear that the Milwaukee job market cannot and will not be able to provide even a modest standard of living for the thousands of people who will soon find themselves without any means of support; and

Whereas, Private charitable agencies like food pantries and homeless shelters are finding themselves overwhelmed with calls for assistance, a warning of the much larger poverty and want to come; and

Whereas, On October 27, 2001, more than 600, primarily central city, residents gathered at the People's Economic Summit and, among their recommendations, endorsed the...