City of Milwaukee - File #: 140808

• File #: 140808
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/23/2014
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 1/17/2018
• Title: Resolution relating to identification of, and objection to, municipal public works projects in the We Energies service area that will involve absorption of utility relocation costs by We Energies.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN
• Indexes: ENERGY RESOURCES, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, WE ENERGIES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/24/2018	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/17/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
1/4/2018	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: ACA Tom Miller - City Attorney's Office Ghassan Korban - DPW Grant Langley - City Attorney	Pass	3:1
10/1/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Individual appearing: Tom Miller - Assistant City Attorney	Pass	4:0
10/1/2014	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	4:0
9/26/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/26/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/23/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	REFERRED TO	Pass	15:0

Number
140808
Version
Substitute 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
Resolution relating to identification of, and objection to, municipal public works projects in the We Energies service area that will involve absorption of utility relocation costs by We Energies.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of Public Works and the City Attorney's Office to jointly identify municipal public works projects in the We Energies service area that will involve the absorption of utility relocation costs by We Energies, and file petitions at their discretion, on behalf of the City of Milwaukee as a We Energies customer and ratepayer, with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to object to the requirement that We Energies be required to bear utility relocation costs associated with the projects.
Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee Streetcar, a 2.1-mile modern streetcar line, is a City of Milwaukee public works project planned for Downtown Milwaukee that will protect and promote the public health, safety and general welfare of Milwaukee and its residents; and

Whereas, In October, 2011, Brett Healy, a We Energies customer and ratepayer residing in Oconomowoc, filed a petition with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin for a declaratory ruling from the Commission on the question of whether the cost of moving certain utility facilities to accommodate construction of the Milwaukee Streetcar can be imposed upon utilities and their ratepayers; and

Whereas, Mr. Healy was concerned that, if private utilities must bear these utility relocation costs, they would pass the expenses along to ratepayers throughout their service territories, including ratepayers who would not use the Milwaukee Streetcar; and

Whereas, On August 29, 2014, the Public Service Commission issued its final decision on this matter, ruling that it is unreasonable for the City of Milwaukee to require private utilities to pay utility relocation costs associated with construction of th...