City of Milwaukee - File #: 201296

• File #: 201296
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/19/2021
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/9/2021
• Effective date: 2/27/2021
• Title: A substitute ordinance creating the office of equity and inclusion.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. DODD, ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. JOHNSON
• Indexes: OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/26/2021	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
2/18/2021	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/9/2021	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
1/27/2021	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Ald. Milele Coggs Nikki Purvis - Office of Equity and Inclusion Sharon Robinson - Dept. of Administration Ald. Rainey, Ald. Lewis, Ald. Dodd and all committee added as co-sponsors during the CED meeting.	Pass	5:0
1/26/2021	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
1/19/2021	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
201296
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, RAINEY, LEWIS, DODD, ZAMARRIPA, STAMPER, HAMILTON AND JOHNSON
Title
A substitute ordinance creating the office of equity and inclusion.
Sections
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Analysis
This ordinance moves the Office of African American Affairs from the City Clerk to the Department of Administration and establishes a new Office of Equity and Inclusion to replace the Office of Small Business Development in the Department of Administration.
Body
Whereas, It is the public policy of the City of Milwaukee to ensure equal opportunity, equity and inclusion for all of its residents; and

Whereas, To these goals, the City has established a number of offices and bodies, including, among others, the Office of African American Affairs, the Office of Small Business Development and the Equal Rights Commission; and

Whereas, The City has also participated in the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE), a national network of government working to achieve racial equity and advance opportunities for all, and renewed its membership in GARE in 2020; and

Whereas, To elevate the City’s commitment to equal opportunity, equity and inclusion for all of its residents, the City now establishes an Office of Equity and Inclusion in the Department of Administration and restructures the Office of African American Affairs; and

Whereas, The Office of Equity and Inclusion will be administered by a Chief Equity Officer, who will work in partnership with the Office of African American Affairs, along...