Number
070045
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution directing the City Comptroller to transfer $1,000 for payment to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District due to a stipulation among the tributary communities.
Analysis
This resolution directs the City Comptroller to transfer $1,000 from parent account SM498050000 to sub-account SM498050008. This amount is required to be paid as penalty per Section 33 of a Stipulation between the State of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s tributary communities.
Body
Whereas, Following sanitary overflow events in mid-2004, a stipulation was entered into by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's (MMSD) tributary communities, including the City of Milwaukee, and the State of Wisconsin in December 2005; and
Whereas, Section 33 of said stipulation imposes a $1,000 penalty for the first Nonexempt Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO); and
Whereas, In September 2006 a mechanical failure at the City’s lift station located at 2500 North Lincoln Memorial Drive caused an SSO; and
Whereas, Per Section 36 of the Stipulation, any and all stipulated penalties shall be paid into MMSD’s Conservation Easement Program; and
Whereas, The 2005 budget for the Sewer Maintenance Fund included funding and borrowing authority in the amount of $1,206,000 for flow reduction projects (Account number SM498050000); and
Whereas, The adoption of Resolution File Number 050267 removed the borrowing authority for $137,500 of the original budget amount for the downspout disconnection project, which is one of the aforementioned flow reduction projects; and
Whereas, payment for this penalty shall be made from account number SM498050000; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City Comptroller is hereby authorized to transfer $1,000 from parent account SM498050000 to sub-account SM498050008; and, be it
Further Resolved, That after said transfer has...
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