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| 0 | 5) | Budget | Communication from Mayor Tom Barrett transmitting the 2005 Proposed Budget for the City of Milwaukee.
Minutes note: THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS WERE RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE:
3a. CITY ATTORNEY - Create 2 Assistant City Attorney positions to serve as Community Prosecutors. One position is to be assigned to the south side and one to the north side. (Ald. McGee)
Roll Call, Amendment APPROVED, Davis, Bohl, Murphy and Hines voting NO
5. CITY ATTORNEY - SPA - Eliminate Fire & Police Complaint & Discipline Fund SPA, move funding to Damages & Claims SPA. (Ald. D'Amato)
APPROVE
8. CITY CLERK - Create 6 unfunded auxiliary Office Assistant I positions. (Ald. D'Amato)
APPROVE
11a. CITY CLERK - Footnote relating to the reservation of $30,000 in the Facility Systems Program capital account for the remodeling of Room 102 in the Zeidler Municipal Building.
APPROVE; Ald. Dudzik voting NO
12a. CITY CLERK - Provide $37,000 for printing & mailing of "Call for Action" booklets. (Ald. Murphy, McGee, Witkowiak, Hamilton)
APPROVE; Alds. D'Amato, Witkowski voting NO
13. CITY CLERK - Provide 6 months funding for an existing License Specialist. (Ald. Murphy)
Roll Call, Amendment APPROVED, Alds. Bohl, McGee, Hines voting NO
14. CITY CLERK - Restore 2 positions of Fiscal Review Analyst - Senior in the LRB. (Ald. Murphy, Davis, McGee, Dudzik, Witkowiak, Hines)
APPROVE; Alds. Bohl, Witkowski voting NO
16. CITY CLERK - Restore position of Office Assistant III in the LRB. (Alds. Murphy, McGee)
APPROVE; Ald. Bohl voting NO
17a. Restore funding and FTE's for the Public Relations Supervisor position to preserve services for writing of newsletters, press releases and related functions and two Production Technicians at City Channel 25 to preserve programming services and avoid layoffs. (Alds. Murphy, Davis)
APPROVE; Ald. Bohl voting NO
22. DER - Restore 1 Diversity Specialist position, eliminate 1 Program Assistant II position. (Alds. Davis, McGee, Hamilton)
APPROVE; Ald. Dudzik voting NO
23a. DER - SPA - Eliminate the Mentoring Program. (Alds. Bohl, Dudzik)
Roll Call, Amendment FAILED: Alds. D'Amato, McGee, Wade, Donovan, Puente, Witkowiak, Murphy, Witkowski voting NO
Ald. D'Amato moved reconsideration. There was no objection.
Ald. Witkowiak moved to hold the amendment until later in the meeting.
On whether to hold the amendment until later in the meeting: Motion FAILS: Alds. Hamilton, Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, McGee, Wade, Donovan, Puente, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowski, Zielinski voting NO
Roll Call: Amendment APPROVED 15-0
28. DNS - Increase residential and commercial building recording code enforcement fee from $50 to $75, add 1 position of Office Assistant II. (Alds. Zielinski, Witkowski)
Ald. Murphy moved that this amendment be HELD until later in the meeting.
There was no objection.
Roll Call: Amendment APPROVED, Alds. Bohl and Dudzik voting NO
29. ERS - Footnote Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund. (Alds. Murphy, Donovan, Witkowiak)
APPROVE
30. FIRE - Amend pay range for Vehicle Operations Training Coordinator. (Ald. Murphy)
APPROVE
31a. FIRE - Eliminate funding for 3 Chief Officers' vehicles in the Fire Department. (Alds. Murphy, Witkowski, Bohl)
APPROVE; Alds. D'Amato, Witkowiak voting NO
32a. FIRE - Reduce Special Duty pay in the fire department. (Alds. Murphy, Bohl)
APPROVE
33. FIRE - Restore 12 Firefighter positions. (Alds. Donovan, McGee, Witkowiak, Murphy, D'Amato, Bohl)
APPROVE
34. FIRE - SPA - Create a $50,000 SPA for a study of Fire Department sworn staff. (Ald. Murphy)
Roll Call: Amendment APPROVED, Alds. D'Amato, Bohl, McGee, Puente, Dudzik, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
39. LIBRARY - Restore full hours for Central Library. (Ald. Witkowski)
Roll Call: Amendment APPROVED, Alds. Bohl, Puente, Dudzik, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
40. LIBRARY - Restore hours at Martin Luther King and Atkinson Libraries. (Alds. McGee, Hamilton)
Ald. D'Amato offered AMENDMENT 40a to restore hours at Central and all Neighborhood Branch libraries.
This amendment was withdrawn for redrafting.
Ald. D'Amato moved to HOLD AMENDMENT 40 until later in the meeting. There was no objection.
Ald. D'Amato offered a revised AMENDMENT 40a to restore hours at all neighborhood libraries.
Roll Call on AMENDMENT 40a: Amendment FAILED: Alds. Davis, Bohl, Donovan, Puente, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Hines voting NO
APPROVE; Alds. Bohl, Dudzik NO on AMENDMENT 40
52a. DPW INFRASTRUCTURE - Restore Cable Crew, Crack Filling Crew, Mini-Concrete Crew, Sidewalk Grinder Crew, Asphalt Crew. (Alds. McGee, Dudzik, Hines, Witkowski)
Ald. Dudzik moved original AMENDMENT 52 -- restoring one mini-concrete crew, one crack fill crew, one router crew, one sidewalk grinder crew, one cable crew and one street repair supervisor position - in lieu of 52A.
Roll Call: AMENDMENT 52: Amendment FAILED: Alds. Hamilton, Davis, D'Amato, Bohl, Wade, Donovan, Puente, Murphy, Witkowiak, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
APPROVE; Alds. Bohl, Dudzik voting NO on AMENDMENT 52a.
54. CAPITAL - DPW INFRASTRUCTURE - Eliminate CDBG reprogramming funds for street lighting. (Alds. Davis, McGee)
Ald. Bauman offered AMENDMENT 54a deleting $460,000 in CDBG reprogramming funds as a source for street lighting funding and providing tax levy funds in their place.
Ald. Bauman withdrew AMENDMENT 54a.
APPROVE; AMENDMENT 54; There were no objections.
56. DPW OPS - Reduce funding in Fleet Services by $25,000 for vehicle repair services. (Ald. Dudzik)
APPROVE
60. DPW OPS - Restore half of proposed 30% reduction in flower bed funding. (Ald. Bauman)
APPROVE; AldS. Donovan, Bohl voting NO
64. CAPITAL - DPW OPS - Eliminate funding for study to combine Sanitation & Forestry facilities. (Alds. Dudzik, Bohl)
Roll Call: Amendment APPROVED unanimously
66a. PARKING - Increase withdrawal from Parking Fund by $210,000. (Ald. Murphy)
Roll Call: Amendment APPROVED, Alds. Hamilton, D'Amato, Bohl, Dudzik, Witkowiak voting NO
71. WATER - Eliminate funding for the residential cross connection program. (Alds. Bauman, Witkowski)
APPROVE
74. SPA - Reduce the Wages Supplement Fund by $150,000. (Ald. Davis)
APPROVE
76. DEBT - $2 million increase in Delinquent Tax Borrowing, $20 million increase to Contingent Borrowing ($10 million for bonds sold to PDAF, $10 million for Other Reimbursed Borrowing), delete "(1a)" in Section 67.12. (Ald. Murphy)
APPROVE; Ald. Bohl voting NO
77a. REVENUES - TSF - Increase withdrawal by $300,000. (Ald. Murphy)
APPROVE; Ald. Bohl voting NO
ROLL CALL ON ALL OF THE FOREGOING "YELLOW PACKET" AMENDMENTS WHICH DID NOT RECEIVE SEPARATE ACTION: 15-0
THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS WERE PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE AND PERSONNEL COMMITTEE, WERE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION, BUT WERE SUBMITTED UNDER THE 24-HOUR RULE.
2. DOA (Ald. Bohl, Dudzik)
Eliminate Legislative Liaison Director, add $30,000 for intergovernmental consultant services.
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Hamiltom, Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, McGee, Wade, Puente, Murphy, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Hines voting NO
10a. CITY CLERK (Ald. Bohl)
Eliminate funding for the Council member travel budget and re-progam printing funding from Other Operative services. Provide funding for council member newsletters and retitle fund to Travel/Newsletter Printing Fund. Divide the funding equally among the 15 Council members
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED: Alds. Hamilton, Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, Murphy, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Hines voting NO
19. CITY CLERK - SPA (Ald. Davis)
Increase the Economic Development Committee Fund by $150,000
Ald. Davis withdrew this amendment.
20. DCD - SPA (Alds. Bohl, Dudzik)
Reduce funding for BID #2 from $36,000 to $18,000.
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Davis, Bauman, McGee, Donovan, Murphy,, Witkowski, Hines voting NO
Ald. Witkowiak ABSTAINED
21. DCD - SPA (Ald. Bauman)
Increase BID #2 funding from $36,000 to $60,000.
Ald. Bauman withdrew this amendment.
35. LIBRARY (Alds. Davis, McGee)
Eliminate CDBG reprogramming funds for Community Outreach and Technology Center.
Ald. McGee offered AMENDMENT 35a.
Roll Call on AMENDMENT 35a: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, Bohl, Donovan, Puente, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Zielinski voting NO
Roll Call on AMENDMENT 35: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Hamilton, D'Amato, Bauman, Bohl, Donovan, Puente, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Zielinski voting NO
36. LIBRARY (Alds. Davis, McGee)
Eliminate CDBG reprogramming funds for the Mobile Library Technology Services.
Ald. Davis and McGee both agreed to withdraw this amendment.
37. LIBRARY (Ald. D'Amato)
Restore book and acquisitions budget.
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Davis, Bohl, McGee, Wade, Donovan, Puente, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowiak, Zielinski, Hines voting no
38. LIBRARY (Ald. D'Amato)
Restore hours at Central and all neighborhood libraries.
Ald. D'Amato withdrew this amendment.
41. MAYOR (Ald. Dudzik, Bohl)
Reduce staff salary funding to 2004 levels.
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Hamilton, Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, Wade, Murphy, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Hines voting NO
Common Council RECESSED at 11:47 a.m. until 1 p.m.
The Common Council RECONVENED at 1:04 p.m.
A Roll Call was taken of members present at the time the Common Council reconvened. Ald. D'Amato was excused, all other members were present.
Ald. D'Amato returned to the floor of the Common Council at 1:10 p.m.
42. POLICE (Ald. Donovan)
Create new Community Police Initiative with $350,000 in overtime funds.
Ald. Donovan offered AMENDMENT 42a to provide overtime funding and FTEs to create a Community Policing Initiative.
Roll Call on 42A: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, Bohl, McGee, Puente, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowski, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
Roll Call on 42: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Hamilton, Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, Bohl, McGee, Wade, Puente, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
45. POLICE (Ald. Donovan)
move Police Officer recruit class to 3rd week of August 2005.
Roll Call on 45: Amendment APPROVED, Alds. Davis, D'Amato, McGee, Murphy, Witkowski, Hines voting NO
46a. POLICE - SPA (Ald. Zielinski)
Add $95,000 for the Milwaukee Alliance for Community Prosecution activities in Dist. 2.
Roll Call: Amendment APPROVED, Alds. Davis, D'Amato, Bohl, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowski, Hines voting NO
49. DPW ADMINISTRATION (Alds. Bohl, Dudzik)
Reduce funding for Professional Services to 2004 levels.
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, McGee, Murphy, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
50. DPW INFRASTRUCTURE (Ald. Bauman)
Increase street light burn time by 15 minutes in a.m. and 15 minutes in p.m.
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Davis, D'Amato, Bohl, Wade, Donovan, Puente, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowiak, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
51. DPW INFRASTRUCTURE (Alds. D'Amato, Witkowski)
Provide $20,000 for a Commercial District Crosswalk Pilot Project.
Ald. D'Amato requested unanimous consent to consider AMENDMENT 53 out of order. There was no objection.
Roll Call on 51: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Davis, Bohl, McGee, Wade, Donovan, Puente, Dudzik, Witkowiak, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
53. DPW INFRASTRUCTURE ( Ald. D'Amato)
Restore funding for crosswalk and street line painting.
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Davis, Bauman, Bohl, McGee, Wade, Donovan, Puente, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowiak, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
55. CAPITAL - DPW INFRASTRUCTURE (Ald. Dudzik)
Reduce funding for underground conduit and manhole program to 2004 levels.
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Hamilton, Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, Bohl, McGee, Wade, Puente, Murphy, Witkowiak, Witkowski voting NO
65. CAPITAL - DPW OPS (Alds. Dudzik, Bohl)
Reduce funding for concealed irrigation to 2004 budget level.
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Hamilton, Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, McGee, Wade, Donovan, Puente, Murphy, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
75. SPA (Ald. Bohl)
Reduce Tuition Reimbursement Fund from $720,000 to $700,000.
Roll Call: Amendment FAILED, Alds. Hamilton, Davis, D'Amato, Bauman, McGee, Wade, Puente, Murphy, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Zielinski, Hines voting NO
THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS WERE PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE FLOOR OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
Ald. McGee offered AMENDMENT 78 to expand the proposed flow reduction pilot project in the DPW - Sewer Maintenance Fund to include a $126,000 capital-funded retrofit control flow roof drainage pilot project..
On the motion to consider: The motion PREVAILED, Ald. Davis voting NO
Roll Call on 78: APPROVED, Alds. Davis, Bohl, Dudzik, Witkowiak voting NO
Ald. D'Amato offered AMENDMENT 79 to restore one program assistant II position in DER-Compensation Services and to eliminate one office assistant II in DER-Business Section.
On the motion to consider: The motion FAILED, Alds. Davis, Bohl, Wade, Donovan, Puente, Zielinski voting NO
Ald. Bohl moved reconsideration of Amendment 79's consideration. There was no objection.
On the motion to consider 79: Motion PREVAILED. Alds. Davis, Wade, Puente, voting NO
On Amendment 79: Amendment APPROVED, Alds. Davis, Bohl, Wade, Puente voting NO
Ald. D'Amato offered AMENDMENT 80 to "hard red circle".the salaries of Wayne Johnson, Bridge Laborer I and Ron Wilson, Clerk Dispatcher II.
On the motion to consider: The motion PREVAILED, Ald. Davis voting NO
Roll Call on 80: APPROVED, Ald. Davis voting NO
Ald. Murphy moved to hold this file until later in the meeting. There was no objection.
Ald. Zielinski offered Amendment 81 to reduce the Wage Supplement Fund to reflect the intent to hold the management wage increase to 1%.
On the motion to consider: MOTION FAILED, Alds. D'Amato, Bohl, Wade, Puente, Murphy, Dudzik, Witkowiak, Witkowski, Hines voting NO
Ald. Murphy moved to hold this item until a later point in the meeting. There was no objection. | ADOPTED | Pass | 8:7 |
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