City of Milwaukee - File #: 050644

• File #: 050644
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 9/7/2005
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 9/22/2009
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to community notification of sex offenders.
• Sponsors: ALD. ZIELINSKI, James N. Witkowiak
• Indexes: SEX CRIMES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/22/2009	3	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	13:0
9/16/2009	3	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	3:0
11/23/2005	3	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	3:0
11/15/2005	3	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO	Pass	10:5
11/2/2005	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	4:0
10/25/2005	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/25/2005	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/25/2005	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/25/2005	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/25/2005	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/25/2005	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/25/2005	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/25/2005	3	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
10/14/2005	2	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
10/14/2005	2	CITY CLERK	REFERRED TO; Minutes note: Not approved by City Attorney
10/6/2005	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
10/6/2005	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Motion by Ald. Zielinski to amend substitue 1, by changing the notification of residents in writing who live within a 1,000-foot radius of a premises where a sex offender is to reside to a 500-foot radius of a premises where a sex offender is to reside. Speaker: Deputy Inspector Ruzinski, Milwaukee Police Department.	Pass	5:0
10/6/2005	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	4:0
9/30/2005	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/29/2005	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/7/2005	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
050644
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. ZIELINSKI AND WITKOWIAK
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to community notification of sex offenders.
Sections
106-10 cr
Analysis
This ordinance directs the city clerk to notify in writing residents within a 500-foot radius of a premises where a sex offender is residing. The city clerk shall, on a monthly basis, request in writing from the chief of police information relating to a sexual offender, including the residence of a sex offender. The notice provided to residents shall contain information as specified under s. 301.46(2)(b)1 to 3, and 6, Wis. Stats., which includes the offender’s name; information sufficient to identify the offender; the statute the offender violated, date of conviction, adjudication or commitment; and the name of the agency supervising the offender.

This notification shall be applicable to persons convicted of first degree sexual assault of a child under s. 948.02(1), Wis. Stats.; second degree sexual assault of a child under s. 948.02(2), Wis. Stats.; and third degree sexual assault under s. 940.225(3), Wis. Stats., where the victim is a minor.
Body
Whereas, The Common Council is concerned about numerous recent occurrences in this state and elsewhere, whereby convicted sex offenders who have been released from custody repeat the unlawful acts for which they had originally been convicted; and

Whereas, The Common Council finds from the evidence that the recidivism rate for released sex offenders is alarmingly high, especially for those who commit their crimes on children; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee is a place of residence for families with small children; and

Whereas, Both s. 62.11(5) Wis. Stats., and s. 4-10, Milwaukee city charter, provide that...