Number
100324
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A charter ordinance relating to emergency management and homeland security provisions.
Sections
6-01-1 am
6-01-3 am
6-03 rc
6-05-1 am
6-05-2-a am
6-07-1 am
6-07-2 am
6-07-4 am
6-09-1 am
6-09-2 am
6-09-3-b am
6-09-3-d am
6-09-4-a am
6-09-4-b am
6-11-0 am
6-11-1 am
6-11-3 am
6-11-4 am
6-11-7 am
6-13 ra
6-13-2 cr
6-15-1-b am
6-15-1-c am
6-15-1-g am
6-19-1 am
6-21-2 am
6-23-1 am
6-23-2 am
6-27 am
6-29 am
6-33-1 am
6-37 am
6-41 am
6-43 am
Analysis
This charter ordinance updates the city’s charter ordinance provisions relating to emergency management and homeland security, consistent with recent changes in state law, as provided in ch. 323, Wis. Stats. It specifically:
1. Creates a definition of the term disaster consistent with that provided in state law - “a severe or prolonged natural or human-caused, occurrence that threatens or negatively impacts life, health, property, infrastructure, the environment, the security, or critical systems including computers, telecommunications or agricultural systems.”
2. Modifies certain definitions and terms.
3. Specifies that during a state of emergency, while the public business is being conducted at a temporary location, the mayor, common council and other city officers shall possess and exercise all executive, legislative, administrative and other judicial powers conferred upon them under state law.
4. Deletes obsolete provisions.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 6-01-1 and 3 of the charter is amended to read:
6-01. Purpose. 1. PURPOSE. By reason of the existing and increasing possibility of [[the occurrence of disasters of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from enemy action, sabotage or other hostile action, or from fire, flood, earthquake or other natural causes]] >>an emergency existing within the city whenever conditions arise by re...
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