City of Milwaukee - File #: 020790

• File #: 020790
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/4/2002
• In control: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Final action: 3/4/2003
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Public Works to study and report on the optimal use of public works equipment and employes for provision of services to public and private agencies.
• Sponsors: ALD. HENNINGSEN
• Indexes: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, REPORTS AND STUDIES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/13/2003	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/4/2003	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
2/19/2003	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	3:0
2/13/2003	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/13/2003	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/13/2003	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/2/2002	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
9/27/2002	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/26/2002	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/6/2002	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/4/2002		PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
9/4/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
020790
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. HENNINGSEN

Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of Public Works to study and report on the optimal use of public works equipment and employes for provision of services to public and private agencies.

Analysis
This resolution directs the Commissioner of Public Works to prepare a report on how certain specialized equipment items and their operators (city employes) might be made available to other agencies, both public and private, to insure their optimal use – providing revenue to the City while at the same time offering services to those purchasing them. Possible items are included in a list attached to this resolution. This report shall be provided to the Common Council within 15 working days of the adoption of this resolution.

Body
Whereas, Due to its obligation to provide a high level of service to its residents, the City of Milwaukee, and particularly the Department of Public Works, is required to purchase, maintain and provide trained staffing for a wide range of equipment; and

Whereas, Some of this equipment is highly specialized, making it fiscally impossible for smaller communities, school districts and some private industries to purchase, maintain and staff; and

Whereas, Given the financial circumstances in which the City finds itself, it is prudent to explore every source of revenue that might be secured without diminishing the level of services the City provides to its own residents; and

Whereas, Common Council File Number 020426, adopted July 16, 2002, authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to enter into discussions with the City of Wauwatosa for the provision of street sweeping services on a pilot basis, has established a model of how such cooperative efforts can be undertaken for the benefit of all the parties involved; and

Whereas, Efforts of this kind could offer the City an opportunity to serve as a leader in both metropol...