City of Milwaukee - File #: 050095

• File #: 050095
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/3/2005
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 6/20/2006
• Title: A substitute resolution creating a task force to study pay equity in city government.
• Sponsors: ALD. ZIELINSKI
• Indexes: EMPLOYMENT, WAGES AND BENEFITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/29/2006	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/20/2006	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	12:2
6/14/2006	2	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/14/2006	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Speakers: Ald. Zielinski, 14th Aldermanic Dist. Mary Ryan, Advisory Committee with the Center for Voting and Democracy and is employed with the Alliance for Children and Families Ald. Zielinski submitted a proposed substitute for the committee's consideration. Ald. Murphy moved to amend the proposed substitute by changing the length of the task force from 18 months to 12 months. The motion prevailed.	Pass	4:0
6/14/2006	2	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:0
6/8/2006	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/20/2006	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Speakers: Ald. Zielinski, 14th Aldermanic Dist. Patricia Yunk, AFCSME, District Council 48 Maria Monteagudo, Director of Employee Relations Thalia Mendez, Greater Milwaukee Committee Kristin L. Settle, Institute for Wisconsin Future Ald. Murphy moved to amend by: Adding the following representatives as members of the task force: Milwaukee District Council 48, AFSCME, AFL-CIO; Association of Law Enforcement Allied Services Personnel, Local #218, IUPA, AFL-CIO; Laborers International Union Local 61and the Greater Milwaukee Committee. And by deleting the following Further Resolved clause: "Further Resolved, That up to $25,000 from the Department of Employee Relation’s operations account is reserved for contractual services so that the task force may engage a consultant to assist in the study where appropriate; and, be it " The motion failed.	Fail	2:2
3/20/2006	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	3:1
3/6/2006	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/8/2005	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/4/2005		FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
5/3/2005	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
050095
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. ZIELINSKI
Title
A substitute resolution creating a task force to study pay equity in city government.
Analysis
This resolution creates a task force to examine gender pay equity in City of Milwaukee government. The task force shall determine if there is pay inequity in city employment, and present its findings and recommendations to the Common Council within 12 months of adoption of this resolution. Upon submission of the report, the task force shall oversee any recommendations that are implemented.

This resolution also creates a pay equity task force fund to accept private contributions for the purposes of engaging a consultant to assist in the study where appropriate. The fund shall accept monetary contributions up to $50,000.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee is dedicated to fostering pay equity; and

Whereas, Pay equity, also called comparable worth, means eliminating discrimination in pay for female dominated jobs; and

Whereas, Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which make discrimination in wages illegal, full-time female workers are still earning less than that of full-time male workers; and

Whereas, A comparable worth study evaluates salaries based on the skill, effort and responsibility each job requires relative to other jobs in an organization, and a city-wide study could result in more uniform pay equity in city government; and various entities are interested in contributing funds to engage a consultant to assist in the study where appropriate; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that a pay equity task force is created composed of 18 members:

1. One member of the Common Council, to be appointed by the Common Council President.
2. Two citizen members to be appointed by the Commo...