City of Milwaukee - File #: 200676

• File #: 200676
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/22/2020
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 1/19/2021
• Title: Substitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a 2020 COPS Hiring Program Grant.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: GRANTS, POLICE DEPARTMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/19/2021	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/19/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL	RECONSIDERED	Pass	9:6
1/19/2021	2	COMMON COUNCIL	SUBSTITUTED	Pass	15:0
1/19/2021	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	9:6
12/15/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Hamilton moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute A. Ald. Murphy moved that the Common Council resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole for the purposes of hearing testimony from the Police Department and Budget and Management Division. There were no objections. Appearing to address the Common Council: Dennis Yaccarino, Budget and Management Division Nicholas DeSiato, Police Department Michael Brunson, Police Chief Thomas Miller, City Attorney's Office Ald. Murphy moved that the committee now rises. There were no objections. Ald. Hamilton moved withdrawal of the substitute motion. There was no objection.	Fail	6:8
12/15/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	RECONSIDERED AND ENTERED IN JOURNAL	Pass	14:1
11/24/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	HELD IN COUNCIL	Pass	15:0
11/17/2020	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Nicole Fleck, Labor Negotiator Nicholas DeSiato, Police Chief of Staff Tom Miller, City Attorney's Office Benjamin Roovers, City Attorney's Office There was no closed session.	Pass	3:2
11/4/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	REFERRED TO	Pass	15:0
10/28/2020	0	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Ald. Spiker moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute A. (Prevailed 5-0)	Pass	5:0
10/28/2020	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Nicholas DeSiato, Police Dept. Dan Rotar, Police Dept. Paul Formolo, Police Dept. Ald. Jose Perez, 12th Ald. Dist.	Fail	2:3
10/28/2020	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	3:2
10/22/2020	0	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO; Minutes note: Individual present: Dan Rotar and Nick DeSiato - Police Department Ald. Milele Coggs Dennis Yaccarino - Budget Office	Pass	3:2
9/15/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
200676
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. HAMILTON
Title
Substitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a 2020 COPS Hiring Program Grant.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Milwaukee Police Department to accept and fund a COPS Hiring Program (CHP) Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services in the amount of $9,712,096. This grant is fully funded by the USDOJ with no City match. The purpose of this project is to hire 30 additional police officers.

This resolution acknowledges that the executive command staff of the Police Department has agreed to pursue certain measurable goals and strategies related to staffing, response times, traffic enforcement, crime reduction, technology integration and community oriented policing, as desired by the Common Council.
Body
Whereas, Under the terms of CFDA #16.710, the City of Milwaukee appears to be eligible for grant funds from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; and

Whereas, The operation of this grant from 07/01/20 to 06/30/23 would cost $9,712,096, of which 100% would be provided by the grantor; and

Whereas, The Milwaukee Police Department will hire 30 new officers; and

Whereas, Some members of the Common Council have expressed a desire for the Milwaukee Police Department to adopt a number of measurable goals and strategies as a condition of accepting the COPS grant; and

Whereas, On January 12, 2021, the executive command staff of the Milwaukee Police Department issued a signed statement, included in the record of this file, acknowledging the Common Council’s priorities and indicating that the Police Department would work to achieve the following goals and strategies:

1. Incorporating a performance-based approach for producing measurements for police staffing and allocations guided by the framework and recommendations included in the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services -...