City of Milwaukee - File #: 230359

• File #: 230359
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/20/2023
• In control: STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 7/11/2023
• Title: Substitute resolution expressing the City’s opposition to various provisions in 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 and directing City representatives to work for their repeal.
• Sponsors: ALD. PEREZ
• Indexes: STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/14/2023	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/11/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
6/26/2023	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Jim Bohl - Intergovermental Relations Justin Moralez - Intergovernmental Relations	Pass	8:0
6/20/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
230359
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
220724
Sponsor
ALD. PEREZ
Title
Substitute resolution expressing the City’s opposition to various provisions in 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 and directing City representatives to work for their repeal.
Analysis
This resolution expresses opposition to the following provisions in 2023 Wisconsin Act 12:

1. The prohibition of advisory referenda.
2. The prohibition of tax-levy-funded equity and inclusion activities.
3. The prohibition on preferences in hiring or contracting.
4. The requirement to perform an outside audit of the Office of Violence Prevention.
5. The prohibition on using the tax levy to fund streetcar operations.
6. The prohibition on using tax increment district financing to develop or construct streetcar lines.
7. The imposition of maintenance-of-effort requirements relating to the Police Department.
8. The imposition of maintenance-of-effort requirements relating to the Fire Department.
9. The requirement to place police officers in Milwaukee Public Schools.
10. The provision allowing the Milwaukee Police Association to choose a member of the Fire and Police Commission.
11. The provision allowing the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association Local 215 to choose a member of the Fire and Police Commission.
12. The removal of Police Department and Fire Department policy oversight authority from the Fire and Police Commission.
13. The imposition of a limit on the City’s cultural expenditures and partnerships with non-profit organizations.
14. The requirement of a 2/3 majority vote of the Common Council for any new program expenditures or new position authority.
15. The requirement that the City identify unused City-owned buildings and prepare a formal plan for their sale or use.
16. The imposition of limitations on the authority of the Health Department Commissioner to close businesses to control an outbreak or epidemic of a communicable disease.
17. The imposition of limitations on the authority of t...