City of Milwaukee - File #: 201571

• File #: 201571
• Version: 3
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/23/2021
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 5/4/2021
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration - Budget and Management Division to create a transparent and inclusive plan for the allocation of funds received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY, ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. SPIKER, ALD. PEREZ, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC, ALD. COGGS, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. DODD, ALD. BORKOWSKI, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. HAMILTON
• Indexes: FEDERAL GRANTS, FEDERAL LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/12/2021	3	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/4/2021	2	COMMON COUNCIL	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Hamilton moved to suspend the rules to accept an amendment not provided in writing by Ald. Coggs. There was no objection. Ald. Coggs moved to amend the resolution by adding language that the plan shall be submitted to the Common Council for approval. (Prevailed 15-0)	Pass	15:0
5/4/2021	2	COMMON COUNCIL	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Stamper moved to amend the resolution to add the following provision before the last “Further Resolved” clause: Further Resolved, That the Department of Administration shall solicit ARPA allocation and expenditure priorities from Council members, compile responses provided by Council members, and provide the compiled responses to City departments to assist departments in developing their own requests for ARPA funding; and, be it (Prevailed 15-0)	Pass	15:0
5/4/2021	3	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Coggs, Rainey, Dodd, Borkowski, Lewis, Hamilton and Perez added as cosponsors.	Pass	15:0
4/28/2021	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Kovac moved to amend the resolution to add the following three provisions before the last “Further Resolved” clause: Further Resolved, That the Department of Administration shall work collaboratively with the City Clerk’s Office to develop the survey questions, which shall be subject to approval by the Common Council, and to analyze the results, which shall be posted on the City Clerk and the Department of Administration websites; and, be it Further Resolved, That the expenditure of ARPA funds prior to the development and approval of an allocation plan in accordance with this resolution may be approved by the Common Council and the Mayor; and, be it Further Resolved, That an allocation plan established in accordance with this resolution shall be limited to the first tranche of funds received by the City in 2021; and, be it (Prevailed 4-0-1)	Pass	4:0
4/28/2021	2	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:0
4/8/2021	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Appearing: Sharon Robinson, Dept. of Administration Ald. Jose Perez, 12th Ald. Dist. Nikki Purvis, Office of Equity and Inclusion Ald. Cavalier Johnson, Common Council President	Pass	5:0
4/1/2021	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
3/17/2021	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
201571
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY, JOHNSON, STAMPER, ZAMARRIPA, SPIKER, PEREZ, KOVAC, DIMITRIJEVIC, COGGS, RAINEY, DODD, BORKOWSKI, LEWIS, AND HAMILTON
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration - Budget and Management Division to create a transparent and inclusive plan for the allocation of funds received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Administration to establish a transparent and inclusive plan for the allocation of funds received from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). This shall include at least the following steps:
1. Conducting a public survey to identify the community’s priorities for ARPA allocations.
2. The Department of Administration - Office of Equity and Inclusion establishing specific and measurable goals related to the allocation of funds.
3. Presenting a proposed budget for allocating and expending the ARPA award.
4. Soliciting comments from the public following presentation of the proposed ARPA budget.
5. Engaging in hearings before the Finance and Personnel Committee to finalize the ARPA allocation plan.
This resolution further specifies that no final allocation of the City’s ARPA funds shall be approved by the Common Council until a transparent and inclusive plan in compliance with this resolution has been implemented.
Body
Whereas, The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), signed into law by President Joseph R. Biden on March 11, 2021, will provide Milwaukee with more than $400 million in federal stimulus investments urgently needed to help workers, families, businesses and state and local governments recover from the on-going COVID-19 public health emergency; and

Whereas, This federal award exceeds the City’s 2021 tax levy by more than $100 million and is equal to more than 25% of the City’s total 2021 Budget; and

Whereas, Given that the City’s ARPA award is of a similar scale to the City’s annua...