City of Milwaukee - File #: 221725

• File #: 221725
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/28/2023
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/21/2023
• Effective date: 4/8/2023
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the purchase of low- and zero-emission vehicles.
• Sponsors: ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. BROSTOFF, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. STAMPER
• Indexes: MOTOR VEHICLES, MUNICIPAL, PURCHASING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/7/2023	2	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
3/28/2023	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/21/2023	2	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	12:0
3/8/2023	1	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Kathleen Brengosz, Ald. Dimitrijevic and Pamela Ritger - DOA-Environmental Collaboration	Pass	5:0
2/28/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
221725
Version
SUBSTITUTE B
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the purchase of low- and zero-emission vehicles.
Sections
310-18 rc
Analysis
This ordinance directs the city purchasing director and any other officer, agent, agency, committee, board or commission of the city to purchase, to the greatest extent practicable, low- or zero-emission vehicles. It is the eventual goal of the city to replace city-owned vehicles with those that operate with cleaner, sustainable alternative fuels.

The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 310-18 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

310-18. Purchase of Low- and Zero-Emission Vehicles. 1. DECLARATION OF POLICY. It is a goal of the city and a matter of legitimate concern to its government, constituents and environment, that the city reduce the burning of conventional motor vehicle fuels and increase the use of vehicles powered by clean energy sources. It shall be city policy that purchasing decisions reflect that goal, and when vehicles are replaced or added to municipal fleets, the purchase of low- and zero-emission vehicles shall be prioritized to the greatest extent practicable. The city will lead by example in making economically and environmentally responsible purchasing decisions which will encourage individuals, businesses and other levels of government to do the same.

2. DEFINITIONS. In this section:

a. “Alternative fuel vehicle” means a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine that is capable of running on an alternative fuel, such as compressed natural gas or compressed renewable natural gas.

b. “Biomethane” means a pipeline-quality fuel produced by purifying the biogas generated through the anaerobic digestion of organic materials, or through a thermochemical process such as gasification. Biomethane is also referred to as renewable natural gas.

c. “Compressed natural gas” mean...