City of Milwaukee - File #: 070748

• File #: 070748
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 9/5/2007
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 1/16/2009
• Title: Resolution reserving and appropriating up to $10,000 from the Special Purpose Account - Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund for the purpose of retaining the law firm of Attorney David R. Halbrooks in nuisance property proceedings relating to parcels at 822, 832, and 845 N. 25th St. and 2408 W. Kilbourn Ave.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN
• Indexes: CONSULTANTS, NUISANCES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/16/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	14:0
1/12/2009	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	4:0
9/17/2007	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Individuals present: Grant Langley, Vincent Bobot and Adam Stevens - City Attorney's Office James Dieter - 2400-block of W. Kilbourn Ave. Lawrence Mathias - Manager of a building across the street. Held as the City Attorney's Office is working on these properties.	Pass	4:0
9/11/2007	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/5/2007	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
070748
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Resolution reserving and appropriating up to $10,000 from the Special Purpose Account - Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund for the purpose of retaining the law firm of Attorney David R. Halbrooks in nuisance property proceedings relating to parcels at 822, 832, and 845 N. 25th St. and 2408 W. Kilbourn Ave.
Analysis
This resolution reserves and appropriates up to $10,000 from the Outside Counsel/ Expert Witness Fund of the Office of the City Attorney for engaging the law firm of Attorney David R. Halbrooks to pursue nuisance property actions relating to parcels located at 822, 832, and 845 N. 25th St. and 2408 W. Kilbourn Ave.

The 2007 Budget includes a footnote reserving $40,000 of the amounts in the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account “…to assist the City Attorney, Common Council, and the Police Department in abating public nuisance activities. No expenditure of this $40,000 shall occur without Common Council approval.”

No funds from this reserved amount have been expended. Section 304-23 of the Code further requires Common Council approval prior to retaining any legal counsel outside the City Attorney’s office.
Body
Whereas, Records of the City show that properties located at 822 (Tax Key 389-1720-000), 832 (Tax Key 389-1719-000), and 845 N. 25th St. (Tax Key 389-1702-000). and 2408 W. Kilbourn Ave. (Tax Key 389-072-000) have been associated with numerous calls for service and complaints of building code and other violations under current ownership; and

Whereas, Each of these properties contain multi-unit residential buildings; and

Whereas, Records of the City show that Vitaliy Prodayko, Irina Prodayko, Yuri Shteynbuk and Viktoria Shteynbuk, in some cases doing business as Inter LLC, are the owners of each of the 4 properties, and do not appear able or willing to maintain these properties in a safe condition free of hazards to the health and safety of t...