City of Milwaukee - File #: 191463

• File #: 191463
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/17/2019
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 1/21/2020
• Title: Resolution directing the Administration Director to develop and present a plan to the Common Council for implementing a pilot SEED universal basic income program based on the Stockton model.
• Sponsors: ALD. LEWIS, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. COGGS, ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. STAMPER
• Indexes: INCOME

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/30/2020	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/21/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Hamilton, Ald. Bauman, Ald. Rainey and Ald. Stamper asked to be added as co-sponsors. There were no objections.	Pass	10:5
1/8/2020	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Individuals present: Ald. Lewis and Ald. Coggs Sharon Robinson - Director of Administration Ald. Johnson added as a co-sponsor.	Pass	4:1
12/17/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

191463

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor

ALD. LEWIS, KOVAC, COGGS, JOHNSON, HAMILTON, BAUMAN, RAINEY AND STAMPER

Title

Resolution directing the Administration Director to develop and present a plan to the Common Council for implementing a pilot SEED universal basic income program based on the Stockton model.

Analysis

This resolution directs the Administration Director to develop and present a plan to the Common Council for implementing a pilot SEED universal basic income program based on the Stockton model. The Administration Director shall present this plan to the Common Council within 4 months of adoption of this resolution.

Body

Whereas, The 2020 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 190001 on November 26, 2019; and

Whereas, Amendment 7B placed a footnote in the Budget stating, “The Administration Director shall develop and present to the Common Council a plan for implementing a pilot SEED universal basic income program based on the Stockton model”; and

Whereas, In February, 2019, the city of Stockton, California piloted the country’s first municipal guaranteed income initiative; and

Whereas, The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) program gives 125 Stockton residents an unconditional $500-a-month payment for 18 months; and

Whereas, Guaranteed income programs allow low-income and working class individuals to decide for themselves where extra income would help the most; and

Whereas, Preliminary reports from Stockton indicate that the majority of participants spent their funds on food, merchandise, and utilities; and

Whereas, Milwaukee suffers from many of the same racial and economic disparities that Stockton aimed to overcome through this program; and

Whereas, Universal basic income could significantly improve the lives of Milwaukee residents who live at or below the poverty line; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Administration Director is directed to develop and present a plan to the Common Council for implementing a SEED universal basic income program based on the Stockton model; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Administration Director shall present this plan to the Common Council within 4 months of adoption of this resolution.

Requestor

Drafter

LRB175709-1

Luke Knapp

12/13/2019