City of Milwaukee - File #: 171162

• File #: 171162
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/7/2017
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 11/28/2017
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to an agreement between the City of Milwaukee and Legal Action of Wisconsin for the purpose of providing legal services to indigent defendants in the Municipal Court.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. COGGS, ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. PEREZ, ALD. ZIELINSKI, ALD. HAMILTON
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS, MUNICIPAL COURT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/6/2017	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/28/2017	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Rainey, Coggs, Johnson, Kovac, Lewis, Bauman, Stamper, Perez, Zielinski, and Hamilton added as cosponsors.	Pass	15:0
11/20/2017	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Murphy - Sponsor Steven Mahan - Director of Community Development Grant Administration	Pass	4:0
11/17/2017	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
11/7/2017	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
171162
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY, RAINEY, COGGS, JOHNSON, KOVAC, LEWIS, BAUMAN, STAMPER, II, PEREZ, ZIELINSKI AND HAMILTON
Title
Substitute resolution relating to an agreement between the City of Milwaukee and Legal Action of Wisconsin for the purpose of providing legal services to indigent defendants in the Municipal Court.
Analysis
This resolution approves the implementation plan for the Counsel for Indigent Court Defendants Special Purpose Account (SPA), directs the appropriate City officials to negotiate an agreement with Legal Action of Wisconsin for the provision of legal services to indigent Municipal Court defendants, and approves the expenditure of funds from the SPA in an amount not to exceed $45,000.

Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee Municipal Court has limited jurisdiction and exclusively administers cases involving City ordinance violations; and

Whereas, In such cases, defendants do not have the right to a publicly-funded lawyer or other advocate; and

Whereas, The 2017 Budget created and funded a Counsel for Indigent Court Defendants Special Purpose Account (SPA) in the Common Council - City Clerk’s Office in the amount of $45,000 to pay for a citizens’ advocate for potentially indigent defendants who appear at the Municipal Court; and

Whereas, The City issued a request for proposals for the provision of legal services to potentially indigent defendants who appear at the Municipal Court; and

Whereas, Legal Action of Wisconsin was the sole respondent to the request for proposals; and

Whereas, Legal Action of Wisconsin was founded in 1968 and has offices in downtown Milwaukee near the Municipal Court and additional staff at the Center for Driver’s License Recovery and Employability at the downtown Milwaukee Area Technical College; and

Whereas, Each year, Legal Action of Wisconsin provides free legal services to Milwaukee’s low-income community on a broad spectrum of issues including housing, driver’s licens...