IMMEDIATE ADOPTION
Number
160303
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
151474
Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER
Title
Resolution directing the Residents Preference Program Review Commission to prepare a report on improving components of the Residents Preference Program.
Analysis
Common Council File Number 151474 - a substitute ordinance relating to the Residents Preference, Small Business Enterprise and Local Business Enterprise programs - creates a Residents Preference Program (RPP) Review Commission.
This resolution directs the RPP Review Commission to prepare a report on improving certain components of the RPP. This report, which shall be submitted to the Common Council within 90 days of adoption of the resolution, shall include studies on all of the following:
1. The use of money obtained from RPP non-compliance penalties for use in training or other related programs.
2. Improvements, additions or alternatives to the First-Source Employment Program.
3. The creation or improvement of exceptions or incentives to the RPP, including the use of unemployed or underemployed residents on projects outside the city.
4. The means for determining which unemployed or underemployed residents will qualify under the provisions of ss. 309-38-2-b-2, 309-41-2-d, 355-7-2-a-1 and 355-9-1-a-2, including the appropriate geographic boundaries (whether by census tract, ZIP code or some other measure) and the appropriate measure of poverty.
Body
Whereas, At its final meeting on May 26, 2016, the Workforce Organizational Reform Committee (WORC) approved its final recommendations, which included Common Council File Number 151474, a substitute ordinance relating to the Residents Preference, Small Business Enterprise and Local Business Enterprise programs; and
Whereas, As part of this ordinance, the WORC recommended the creation of a Residents Preference Program (RPP) Review Commission to review RPP compliance, performance and other program matters; and
Whereas, At its final meeting, the WORC also recommended several matters for the RPP Review Commission to review and report on within 90 days of the creation of the Commission, including:
1. The use of money obtained from RPP non-compliance penalties for use in training or other related programs.
2. Improvements, additions or alternatives to the First-Source Employment Program.
3. The creation or improvement of exceptions or incentives to the RPP, including the use of unemployed or underemployed residents on projects outside the city.
; and
Whereas, It is important to Milwaukee’s economic and social well-being that skilled local workers and small businesses, particularly those with low incomes or who are disadvantaged, benefit from the City’s various programs; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Residents Preference Program (RPP) Review Commission is directed to study and prepare a report on measures to be taken to improve the RPP; and, be it
Further Resolved, That this report shall contain studies on the following matters:
1. The use of money obtained from RPP non-compliance penalties for use in training or other related programs.
2. Improvements, additions or alternatives to the First-Source Employment Program.
3. The creation or improvement of exceptions or incentives to the RPP, including the use of unemployed or underemployed residents on projects outside the city.
4. The means for determining which unemployed or underemployed residents will qualify under the provisions of ss. 309-38-2-b-2, 309-41-2-d, 355-7-2-a-1 and 355-9-1-a-2, including the appropriate geographic boundaries (whether by census tract, ZIP code or some other measure) and the appropriate measure of poverty.
; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the RPP Review Commission is directed to report its findings and recommendations to the Community and Economic Development Committee within 90 days of the adoption of this resolution.
Drafter
LRB161895-IA
Andrew R. VanNatta
06/09/2016