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File #: 181215    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/27/2018 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 12/18/2018
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute resolution directing the Executive Director of Fire and Police Commission to develop a plan for reducing 911 call wait times and present the plan to the Common Council within six months.
Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. WITKOWSKI, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. STAMPER
Indexes: FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSION, SAFETY MEASURES
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
12/28/20181 MAYOR SIGNED   Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/20181 COMMON COUNCIL ADOPTED

Minutes note: Ald. Lewis was added as a cosponsor. There were no objections.		Pass15:0 Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/20181 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION

Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Coggs - Sponsor Lakeisha Butler - C&PC 		Pass5:0 Action details Meeting details Video Video
12/3/20181 CITY CLERK DRAFT SUBMITTED   Action details Meeting details Not available
11/27/20180 COMMON COUNCIL ASSIGNED TO   Action details Meeting details Not available

Number

181215

Version

SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

                     

Sponsor

ALD. COGGS, WITKOWSKI, LEWIS AND STAMPER

Title

Substitute resolution directing the Executive Director of Fire and Police Commission to develop a plan for reducing 911 call wait times and present the plan to the Common Council within six months.

Analysis

This resolution directs the Executive Director of Fire and Police Commission to develop a plan for reducing 911 call wait times. The Executive Director should then present the plan to the Common Council within six months.  The resolution also directs that the plan should be developed in cooperation with other stakeholders that have authority over the countywide 911 system.

 

Body

Whereas, The City’s 911 call system is utilized by residents in safety or medical situations to receive services from Fire or Police Department emergency personnel; and

 

Whereas, Often minutes or even seconds of additional response time could mean the difference between life and death; and

 

Whereas, City residents often have to wait for extended periods of time for an emergency response; and

 

Whereas, The Fire and Police Commission oversees all aspects of Fire and Police Department operations and sets overall policy for these Departments; and

 

Whereas, The Common Council, through the adoption of the 2019 Budget, has directed the Executive Director of the Fire and Police Commission to develop a plan for reducing 911 call wait times; and

 

Whereas, Citywide reductions in 911 call wait times provide for all City residents to receive improved services in emergency situations; now, therefore, be it

 

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Executive Director of Fire and Police Commission shall develop a plan for reducing 911 call wait times and present the plan to the Common Council within six months; and, be it

 

Further Resolved, That the plan for reducing 911 call wait times shall be developed in cooperation with other stakeholders that have authority over the countywide 911 system.

 

 

 

Requester

 

Drafter

LRB 172878-2

Aaron Michelson

12/3/2018