Number
081658
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWIAK
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Intergovernmental Relations Division-Department of Administration to seek introduction and passage of state legislation to allow for the election of Milwaukee Area Technical College district board members by district residents.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Intergovernmental Relations Division-Department of Administration to seek introduction and passage of state legislation to allow for the election of Milwaukee Area Technical College district board members by district residents.
Body
Whereas, Chapter 38 of the Wisconsin Statutes, Technical College System, delineates operation of the 16 technical college districts in the state; and
Whereas, Each of these technical college districts is administered by a 9-member district board consisting of one elected official, one school district administrator, 2 employers, 2 employees, and 3 additional members, each of whom must be a resident of the district; and
Whereas, District board members have duties and powers including management of district funds, employment of both teaching and non-teaching personnel, preparation of an annual budget, the purchase, lease and sale of buildings and equipment, and authority to enter into outside contracts for district services; and
Whereas, Based on these broad financial responsibilities, a technical college district board is given authority to issue bonds or promissory notes and may also levy a tax, annually, on the full value of the taxable property within the district; and
Whereas, District board members in each of the 16 technical college districts are appointed by an Appointment Committee, whose makeup depends on the governing body - school districts, municipalities or counties - that initially petitioned for the creation of the technical college district, with the committee member from the appropriate governmental unit with the largest population ...
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