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| | | | Also present:
Minutes note: Charles Roedel, Deputy Comptroller
Nik Kovac, Budget Director
Keith Broadnax, LRB Manager
Kathy Brengosz, LRB Fiscal Planning Specialist | | | |
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| 0 | 1. | Communication | Communication from the Mayor relating to the proposed 2025 budget.
Minutes note: -Fire Department
Appearing:
Angelique Pettigrew, Budget Office
Chief Aaron Lipski, Fire Dept.
Amanda Lewis, Business Finance Manager
Ms. Pettigrew and Fire Dept. representatives gave a Fire Department presentation on the following:
2025 Budget Summary, Positions & Salaries, Operating & Equipment Expenses, Special Funds, Services Delivered, Revenues, Capital Improvement, Mission Statement, How MFD Forwarded Racial Equity, Ongoing Efforts (to Improve Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging), Service Delivery, Impacts From Cuts, Recovery/Collection of Fees, Climate & Equity Impacts (Current & Ongoing Efforts), MFD's Commitment to Community Engagment, Key Performance Measures, 2025 Budget Proposal, Annual Run Totals and Rigs In Service, Response Time Data Corrolates to the Complement of Apparatus, Org Chart, Accomplishments
Further details for this presentation can be found within the file.
Members and participants questioned and discussed pursuance of Ground Emergency Medical Transportation (GEMT) program funding, fire response, capital issues (apparatus, stations), BLS (subsidy payment, contracting, outlook, telehealth option, reducing calls, vendors), MORI (opioid settlement funding source), fire rig apparatus and alternative response vehicle deployment, SOP changes, FTE increases (placement of those positions, facilities (funding methodology, maintenance issues and repair), grant funding, staffing (retirements, recruitment, hiring, support services, hiring of women), collaboration with peer support services
Ald. Spiker requested for a breakdown of direct reports data under management positions, data on alternative response vehicle costs, breakdown on attrition for retirements and resignations, and data in comparison with other cities on the hiring of women.
Ald. Coggs requested for a list of SOP changes the Fire Chief has done since being given authority over them. | NOT ACTED ON | | |
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| 0 | | Communication | Communication from the Mayor relating to the proposed 2025 budget.
Minutes note: -Fire and Police Commission
Appearing:
Shaketa Winters, Budget Office
Leon Todd, FPC Executiv Director
Nicole Fleck, FPC Deputy Director
Ryan Zollicoffer, Emergency Management Director
Ald. Mark Chambers, Jr., 2nd Ald. Dist.
Molly Kuether-Steele, FPC Staffing Services Manager
Bryan Rynders, Budget Office
Ms. Winters and FPC representatives gave a Fire & Police Commission presentation on the following:
2025 Budget Summary, Salaries and Positions, Operating & Equipment Expenses, Special Funds, Org Chart, Core Services, Department Demographics, Key Performance Indicators, 2025 Major Updates, Upcoming Classes & Recruitments, Emergency Management, Racial Equity & Inclusion, Milwaukee Police Department Recruits, Milwaukee Fire Department Recruits, Climate & Equity
Further details for this presentation can be found within the file.
Members and participants questioned and discussed cadet recruitment efforts and outreach (unique targeting, advertising mediums, bilingual translation, use of ambassadors, MPD recruitment, MFD recruitment, presence of uniformed personnel, branding, coordination), recruit classes goal and expectations, polic sworn vacancies, Act 12 (15% penalty), retention strategies, upcoming recruitment dates and timeline, academy training capacity, reduction in recruitment events, formal complaints (definition, resolution best practices, caseload, investigator capacity), measuring/assessing effectiveness of recruitment efforts, recruitment events (Girls Day, Earn and Learn, Girl Scouts), recruitment in schools (MPS mainly, targeted ages, coordination with MPD and MFD), social media (utilization for recruitment, consideration of a consultant), prehiring background checks (disqualification criteria, marijuna use and illegal substances), residency (consideration of referral bonus), emergency communications (Wilborn contract, staffing level preference, emergency text alerts), 911 call system operational control (oversight, factors for delay), executive steering committee (consider formalizing, FPC board oversight), key performance indicators.
Ald. Burgelis requested data on costs associating with recruitment efforts.
Ald. Coggs requested for input results from recruit class applicants regarding the effectiveness of recruitment efforts within their applications or from surveys done.
Ald. Spiker requested for demographic data to include other ethnicities such as African and Middle Eastern, costs for Wilborn contract including option to extend, and LRB study on emergency communication staffing levels and costs from other cities.
Ald. Dimitrijevic requested for future key performance indicators to be more expansive, holistic, and subjective. | NOT ACTED ON | | |
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| 0 | | Communication | Communication from the Mayor relating to the proposed 2025 budget. | HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR | Pass | 5:0 |
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| | | | Meeting adjourned at 12:31 p.m.
Chris Lee, Staff Assistant
Council Records Section
City Clerk's Office | | | |
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