City of Milwaukee - File #: 191432

• File #: 191432
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/17/2019
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/11/2020
• Title: Resolution directing the Water Works Superintendent to collaborate with the Department of Administration-Budget and Management Division to provide recommendations on establishing a program to facilitate lead water service line replacements by owner-occupants who do not qualify for the City’s current cost-share program.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• Indexes: LEAD ABATEMENT, WATER WORKS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/19/2020	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/11/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
1/29/2020	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Ald. Coggs	Pass	5:0
1/8/2020	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
12/17/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
191432

Version
ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. COGGS AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

Title
Resolution directing the Water Works Superintendent to collaborate with the Department of Administration-Budget and Management Division to provide recommendations on establishing a program to facilitate lead water service line replacements by owner-occupants who do not qualify for the City’s current cost-share program.

Analysis
This resolution directs the Water Works Superintendent to collaborate with the Department of Administration-Budget and Management Division to provide recommendations on establishing a program to facilitate lead service line replacements by owner-occupants who voluntarily seek to replace their lead water service lines, and present the plan to the Common Council by May 31, 2020.

Currently, property owners who voluntarily replace their lead water service lines rather than waiting until the City initiates replacement, either as part of an emergency leak repair or in conjunction with a scheduled main replacement, are not eligible for the City’s replacement subsidy, which caps the property owner’s share of replacement costs at $1,600.

Body
Whereas, The Common Council approved the inclusion of a footnote in the 2020 Adopted City Budget, directing the Water Works Superintendent to collaborate with the Department of Administration- Budget and Management Division to provide recommendations on establishing a program to facilitate lead service line replacements by owner-occupants who do not qualify for the City’s current cost-share program; and

Whereas, Property owners who voluntarily replace their lead water service lines rather than waiting until the City initiates replacement, either as part of an emergency leak repair or in conjunction with a scheduled main replacement, are not eligible for the City’s replacement subsidy, which caps the property owner’s share of replacement costs at $1,600, or any other subsidy or incentive; and

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