City of Milwaukee - File #: 180210

• File #: 180210
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 5/8/2018
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 11/4/2020
• Title: Substitute resolution appropriating $1,000,000 from the 2018 Common Council Contingent Fund for the purposes of expanding the City’s lead safety educational campaigns and lead abatement activities.
• Sponsors: ALD. ZIELINSKI, ALD. PEREZ, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. BORKOWSKI
• Indexes: CONTINGENT FUND, LEAD ABATEMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/4/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	15:0
10/22/2020	1	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	5:0
5/17/2018	1	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Zielinski - Sponsor MHD Commissioner - Patricia McManus Co-sponsors to be added: Perez, Lewis, Borkowski	Pass	5:0
5/14/2018	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/8/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

180210

Version

SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

Sponsor

ALD. ZIELINSKI AND STAMPER

Title

Substitute resolution appropriating $1,000,000 from the 2018 Common Council Contingent Fund for the purposes of expanding the City’s lead safety educational campaigns and lead abatement activities.

Analysis

This resolution appropriates $1,000,000 from the 2018 Common Council Contingent Fund for the purposes of expanding the City’s lead safety educational campaigns and lead abatement activities, including lead paint abatement, replacement of lead service lines, and purchase of lead-removing water filters for distribution to City residents. The Commissioner of Health is authorized to apportion the funds between lead safety education and lead abatement activities.

Body

Whereas, There are 121,240 residential properties (1-3 housing units) in Milwaukee that were built before 1978, when lead-based paint was banned, and there are 76,244 lead service lines in the City; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee is currently undertaking various lead abatement activities as part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce lead exposure to City residents, including lead paint abatement in targeted ZIP codes through the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, the distribution of lead-removing water filters to vulnerable populations in Milwaukee, and the replacement of both City- and privately-owned lead service lines; and

Whereas, Since 1997, 18,147 housing units have been made lead-paint-safe through the Health Department’s lead abatement activities; and

Whereas, Since 2016, 3,448 lead-removing water filters have been distributed, and, as of January 24, 2018, the Milwaukee Water Works has replaced 701 lead service lines; and

Whereas, The Health Department and the Milwaukee Water Works have also undertaken various educational campaigns to inform the public about the presence and risks of lead in water, paint and soil; and

Whereas, The Common Council desires to increase the funding available for lead safety education campaigns and for the City’s lead abatement activities; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that $1,000,000 is reserved and appropriated from the 2018 Common Council Contingent Fund (0001-9990-C001-006300) for the purposes of expanding the City’s lead safety educational campaigns and lead abatement activities; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the proper City officials are authorized to establish the appropriate accounts or funds to expend these funds; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of Health shall have the authority to apportion the funds between the expansion of the City’s lead safety educational campaigns and lead abatement activities.

Requestor

Drafter

LRB171293-2

Dana J. Zelazny

May 14, 2018