City of Milwaukee - File #: 230376

• File #: 230376
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/20/2023
• In control: STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 7/11/2023
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the City Attorney’s Office to review the legality of provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 relating to the City of Milwaukee.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. CHAMBERS JR., ALD. RAINEY, ALD. TAYLOR, ALD. A. PRATT, ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. ZAMARRIPA
• Indexes: CITY ATTORNEY, STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/18/2023	1	MAYOR	RETURNED NOT SIGNED
7/11/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
6/26/2023	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Ald. Dimitrijevic, Bauman and Zamarripa added as co-sponsors. Todd Farris - City Attorney's Office	Pass	8:0
6/20/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

230376

Version

SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

Sponsor

ALD. COGGS, STAMPER, CHAMBERS, RAINEY, TAYLOR, PRATT, DIMITRIJEVIC, BAUMAN AND ZAMARRIPA

Title

Substitute resolution directing the City Attorney’s Office to review the legality of provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 relating to the City of Milwaukee.

Analysis

This resolution directs the City Attorney’s Office to review and advise the Common Council, within 60 days of adoption of this resolution, on the legality of the provisions concerning the City of Milwaukee contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 12, and what legal actions the City may consider.

 Body

Whereas, On June 20, 2023, the State of Wisconsin enacted 2023 Wisconsin Act 12, popularly known as the “shared revenue bill”; and

Whereas, In addition to authorizing the Common Council to adopt a 2% sales tax, 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 places numerous new restrictions and requirements on the City of Milwaukee specifically; and

Whereas, Many of these restrictions and requirements stand to negatively impact the City’s ability to budget and respond to the preferences of city residents; and

Whereas, Furthermore, many provisions of 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 are only tangentially related to budgeting, such as the prohibition on advisory referenda, and stand to limit the ability of residents to make their voices heard; and

Whereas, Provisions requiring a 2/3 majority of the Common Council for approval of any new program spending stand to diminish the influence of individual Common Council members and, by extension, the tens of thousands of residents they represent; and

Whereas, Stripping the Fire and Police Commission of its ability to prescribe policies and standards for the Fire and Police Departments greatly diminishes civilian oversight and control over the sworn services; and

Whereas, Several provisions of 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 represent a unique intrusion on local control that stand to fundamentally alter the way the st...