The common council will come to order.

Will the city clerk please call the roll?

Alderman Pratt.

Present.

Chambers.

Here.

Brower.

Faulman.

Here.

Westmoreland.

Cox.

Present.

Jackson.

Samaripa.

Taylor.

Here.

Moore.

Present.

Bergelis.

Spyker.

Here.

Dmitrievich.

Stamper.

Mr.

President.

Present.

Fifteen members are present.

Please rise for the pledge of allegiance to be followed by a moment of silent meditation.

I pledge allegiance.

United States of America.

And to the Republic.

One nation.

Under God.

Individual.

Liberty.

Are there any corrections to the Common Council journal proceedings for the meeting of April 21st, 2026?

There are no corrections to the journal.

There being no corrections, the minutes of this meeting stand approved.

For the city clerk, please inform the common council of any commendations or condolences to be acknowledged at this time.

Item one, communication from the city clerk relating to various commendatory and condolatory resolutions to be acknowledged and affirmed by the Common Council.

One.

Resolution recognizing the following as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Honorees.

Michael Manon.

Among Van Shacker.

Resolution congratulating Teresa Christensen on receiving the 2026 Herb Cole Principal Leadership Award.

Three, resolution congratulating Lamb of God Missionary Baptist Church on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.

Four.

Resolution recognizing the grand opening of the Somali Resource Adult Day Center.

5.

Resolution recognizing the grand opening of Brim Cafe and Catering.

6.

Resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Leonard Liddell.

7.

Resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Cruz Nilda Adiape.

Resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Cortez Burt.

9.

Resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Shalanda Hammond.

10.

Resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Clarence Boone Carter.

11.

Resolution congratulating Linda Beckham on her retirement from the Office of the City Attorney.

12.

Resolution congratulating Cynthia Alexander Williams on her retirement from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Storage District.

13.

Resolution congratulating Lindor Schmidt on his retirement from the Milwaukee Health Department.

14.

Resolution congratulating Gary Armstrong on his retirement from the Department of Neighborhood Services.

15, resolution congratulating Nicole Waldner on her retirement from the Milwaukee Police Department.

16 resolution congratulating Antricia Morgan on her retirement from the Milwaukee Public Library.

17.

Resolution congratulating Anne Scallione on her retirement from the Department of Administration.

18.

Resolutions congratulating the following on their retirements from the Milwaukee Fire Department.

Christian Asmussen, Jeffrey Collum, Brent St.

John.

Resolutions congratulating the following of their retirements from the Department of Public Works.

Gentle Villis.

Robert Williams.

Lawrence Olizek.

Twenty.

Resolutions congratulating the following of their retirements from the Milwaukee Public Schools.

Calvin Jackson.

Steve Sanders.

Bridget Duncan.

Paul Guy.

Are there any objections to the foregoing commendations or condolences?

If anyone wishes to be added as a call as a sponsor to any of the commendations or condolences, please fill out the form on your desk and submit it to the city clerk before the close of the work day.

We will now take up reports of standing committees.

Alder Person, Jocasa Samaripa will not present the report of the license committee.

The licenses committee recommends placing on file two in ordinance relating to the sale of intoxicating liquor by the glass for consumption away from the licensed premise.

The licenses committee recommends approval of item three.

Common council file number two five two two three four.

Motion relating to the recommendations of the licenses committee relating to licenses.

Included in the file are the following recommendations.

Renewal with a 20-day suspension of the Class B Tavern, Public Entertainment Premise, and Food Dealer licenses of Giovanni Mull, based upon the preponderance of the evidence in the police report, Aldermanic applicants and neighborhood testimony that demonstrates that the operation results in a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the public, and the failure to comply with approved plan of operation for the premise located at 5398 through 40, North 76th Street, doing business as Lush Social Lounge in the second Aldermanic district.

Written objections have been filed.

Non renewal of the Class D operator's license of Sierra Jarrett based upon a second non-appearance.

No written objections have been filed.

Have the members of the comment council read the report of recommendations of the license committee, as well as object or are any objections filed in this matter, roll call, please.

Alderwoman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers.

Aye.

Brouwer.

Aye.

Bowman.

Westmoreland.

Ox.

Aye.

Jackson.

Zamaripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Forgellis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Dimitrievich.

Aye.

Stamper.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

Fifteen eyes.

Fifteen eyes.

Is uh Giovanni Mall or is counsel present?

Let the record reflect.

Let the break reflect not here.

Okay.

Are there any motions with respect to this matter?

Hearing no further discussion, I would ask for a vote of the common council members to adopt the recommendations of the license committee as contained in file number two five two two three four.

Would the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers.

Aye.

Brower.

Aye.

Bowman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cogs.

Jackson.

Zamoripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Bergelis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Dmitrievich?

Aye.

Stamper.

Aye.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

Fifty and eyes.

Committee report is adopted.

Alderwoman uh Maleley College will now present the report of the public works committee.

Public Works Committee recommends passage of four.

A substitute ordinance relating to sidewalk area dining permit fees.

The public works committee recommends adoption of five.

Substitute resolution directing the Department of Public Works to examine the feasibility of creating a dedicated scattered site walk replacement crew.

Six resolution approving a sixth amendment to lease agreement with Celico Partnerships, doing businesses for Ryzen Wireless for the placement of personal communication services antennas and ancillary equipment at 5600 West Oklahoma Avenue.

Seven, resolution approving an amendment to lease agreement with T-Mobile Central LLC for the placement of personal communication service antennas and ancillary equipment at the Southside Health Center at 1640 South 24th Street.

Eight substitute resolution approving levying of assessments and construction of accessible public improvements projects at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes.

With the city cost of these projects approved by this resolution estimated to be eighty-four thousand two hundred dollars for a total estimated cost of eighty-four thousand two hundred dollars.

Nine resolution determining it necessary to make various accessible public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the city engineering cost estimated to be forty thousand dollars for a total estimated cost of these projects being one million two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

10.

Resolution determining it necessary to make various non accessible public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the city engineering cost estimated to be $27,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being two hundred and fifty four thousand dollars.

11.

Resolution approving construction of non accessible public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes, with the city construction cost estimated to be five million eight hundred and seventy-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-one dollars and fifty-three cents for a total estimated cost of these projects being fifty-two, four hundred and thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and thirty-three dollars and forty-five cents.

Twelve, resolution authorizing an easement with Wisconsin Electric Power Company on City of Milwaukee property at 5575 North 76th Street in the 2nd Aldermanic District.

13, resolution authorizing the proper city officers to accept various city-owned utility easements in vacated North 32nd Street and West Wright Street and to execute quick claim deeds QCD 2894 and QCD 2948, conveying combined storm sewers, combined and storm sewers to Malow, Wisconsin LLC in the 15th Aldermanic District.

14, resolution relating to acceptance of funding of Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Congestion Mitigation, and Air Quality City of Milwaukee Route Optimization Grant.

15, resolution relating to the development of a plan to create security zones on public rights of way in areas designated as entertainment districts.

16, resolution consenting to the termination of the common ownership requirement of the properties located at 1245 through 47 and 1233 Northwater Street as it relates to an existing restrictive covenant in the Fourth Aldermanic District.

Public Works Committee recommends placing on file 17 a charter ordinance creating a department to be known as the Milwaukee Waterworks.

18, communication from the Department of Public Works relating to the possibility of directing city crews to conduct road repairs on weekends.

19.

Resolution relating to the operation of Dockless Mobility Systems.

20, in ordinance related to dockless mobility systems, and 21, communication from the Department of Public Works relating to pothole patching requests and responses, including location, time frame, and historical data.

Chair recognizes Oliver and Bauman.

Yeah, thank you, Mr.

Chair.

Mr.

President.

Regarding item 15, file 252239.

I move to send this back to committee.

Okay.

Motion by Alderman Bombers moved back to committee.

Doing no objections, so ordered.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report?

Hearing none.

Alderwoman Cogs moves for approval of the remainder of the public work committee with the clerk, please call the role.

Alderwoman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers.

Aye.

Brower.

Bauman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cogs.

Aye.

Jackson.

Zamaripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Berg Ellis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Dmitrie Evich.

Stamper.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

15 eyes.

15 eyes that committee report is adopted.

Alderwoman Marina Dimitrieva present the report of the Finance and Personnel Committee.

The Finance of Personnel Committee recommends passage of twenty-two, a substitute ordinance relating to the membership, organization, and activities of the City Information Management Committee.

23, a substitute ordinance to further amend the 2026 rates of pay of offices and positions in the city service.

24, a substitute ordinance to further amend the 2026 offices and positions in the city service.

The Finance of Personnel Committee recommends adoption of 25 substitute resolution authorizing carryover of certain fund balances from the 2025 through 2026 in accordance with Section 65.071P, Wisconsin statutes.

Substitute resolution rescinding reserved commitments and appropriating remaining funds from the 2025 Common Council Contingent Fund for the purpose of closing the 2025 financial books due to unanticipated shortfalls and current year operating expenses.

27.

Substitute resolution relative to the allocation and expenditure of up to six hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred and fifteen dollars of American Rescue Plan Act funds.

Twenty-eight, substitute resolution relating to pension cost recovery associated with reimbursable overtime and extra duty contracts.

29.

Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of the 2026 through 27 Wisconsin congenital disorder newborn screening grant from the state of Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Substitute resolution relating to expenditure of funds to be reimbursed by greater than anticipated revenue.

31 sub-resolution relating to expenditure of funds to be reimbursed by greater than anticipated revenue.

32 resolution relating to acceptance and funding of a state of Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Coronavirus, State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Program.

Milwaukee County Domestic Violence, high Risk Team Grant.

33.

Substitute resolution authorizing attendance at conventions, seminars, and other travel.

34 substitute resolution authorizing the sale and issuance of sewerage system revenue refunding bonds in one or more series.

35, substitute resolution authorizing the restructuring of paying agent, registrar, transfer agent, and depository services for outstanding storage system revenue bonds.

36, substitute resolution authorizing amendments to common council file number 991863 relating to the city's storage system revenue bonds.

The Finance of Personnel Committee recommends confirmation of 37 reappointment of Steve Mayhan to the deferred compensation plan board by the mayor.

38, reappointment of Molly King to the deferred compensation plan board by the mayor.

39, appointment of Jerry Allen to the employees' retirement system annuity and pension board committee by the Common Council President.

Forty, reappointment of Deborah Ford to the Employees Retirement System Annuity and Pension Board Committee by the Common Council President.

The Finance and Personnel Committee recommends placing on file the following 41 resolution relating to the American Rescue Plan Act funding allocation task force.

42 communication from the Office of the Controller relating to the fraud waste and abuse hotline report for the year ended December 31st, 2025.

43 communication from the Department of Employer Relations relating to classification studies scheduled for City Service Commission action.

Chair recognizes Alderwoman Dmitrievich.

Good morning, and thank you, Mr.

President.

Um I rise to speak on item 27 and make a motion to substitute 27 with A.

Substitute A as an apple.

Okay.

Okay.

I'd like to speak on it.

Please.

Discuss the need for this substitution, if you will, Mr.

President.

Substitute A is uh hopefully going to be considered by this body.

Um we found out uh a few weeks ago that there was one second.

Okay.

All right, go ahead.

I'm sorry.

Go ahead, Alderman.

That's okay.

We found out uh a couple weeks ago that there was still uh amount of money over six hundred thousand dollars, six hundred and seventeen thousand dollars of ARPA uh reallocation available.

At that time, um we found out that it needed to be used in um previously ARPA eligible projects and spent by the end of the year.

So um this looks like it's kind of the last of the last.

And I thank my colleagues for what's been a long um couple of years post-COVID in finding the most innovative ways, um, evidence based to make these investments for the city of Milwaukee.

If you think it's been quite a long road and journey to rebuild this city um after the pandemic, and something that I said along those lines was that unfortunately, Mr.

President, we had a pandemic in the city prior to the pandemic, and the pandemic um really exposed that and made things harder for those who had already had hard times.

It's with this sub it's with this substitute A that I offer upstream solutions.

Often we come into City Hall, and I uh sure I'm sure I share the disappointment with you that we have to end up being reactionary.

The new article in the newspaper, um, the new item that's stressing out our constituents, our city, and often we find that we're actually in the same situation as other cities across the nation.

What many of those cities have done is made strong investments in what I think substitute A does here.

I chose to focus on two programs that have an exceptional return on investment, ones that we have an amazing history with.

Evict Milwaukee, evict free Milwaukee with the legal aid.

Um, if you look at the history and the independent stout analysis, we've received many emails.

It was a hot item in the budget in the past few years, and this council has an amazing record of investing to prevent homelessness and promote housing stability.

When you look at that investment, it has truly paid off.

The more that we can keep families in their homes provide stability and stability to families and especially youth.

And I think that is needed now more than ever.

My substitute A does provide the largest amount for evict free, and that is at $317,000 two hundred and fourteen.

Next up, and I'm going a bit quickly because we've had a rigorous debate at committee, but I appreciate having the space here because I refrain from a long debate as chair of that committee.

It does not go to the Zilbert Foundation per se.

They are a funding partner looking to invest another three million dollars in the city of Milwaukee in Milwaukee moms.

So this is a national project run out of the bridge project based in New York with the Monarch Foundation.

And we've already committed to this, and I thank you for that prior commitment, and we're asking you to do it once again to draw down this funding in the city of Milwaukee.

What is unrestricted cash transfers do?

It provides an amazing amount of stability, independence, and actually an amount of pride and support.

We know that when moms were just on the cusp of Mother's Day here, are given the tools that they need, they make the right decisions for their families.

And this return on investment has been incredible.

You can see the memo here as well in the file, as well as other supporting messages that drawing down that amount of private investment for over 200 moms and families.

And in case you didn't know, it's not even though I do think 200 children are certainly worth it, three-quarters of our Milwaukee moms have other children in the household.

That means that when we draw down this three million dollars for 300,000, we are supporting hundreds and thousands of families and children.

Imagine what that could do to promote stability.

It is not a one-time investment, it is for three years.

This could be a possible partner in a in a dangerous um intimate relationship that is looking for final, finally financial independence to leave and start on their own.

We heard a testimony from a mother in committee, and so I think this program is working.

We've seen it actually really explode down south.

Many governments are partnering with nonprofits.

If we want to move the needle on these challenging upstream issues, we need to do it with prevention.

We have to address the root issues.

Family stability will help the city of Milwaukee.

It will reduce violence and it will hopefully eradicate childhood poverty, which is what we've seen.

Lastly, Mr.

President, I'm here to answer any questions.

We have some new letters that were added to the file from um Metcalf as well as the African-American round table in support of the bridge project, and everyone's been afforded um a letter there to take a good look at.

Thank you so much.

And with that, I move substitute A.

Okay, the motion before us is to move substitute A.

Chair recognizes Allen Chambers.

Thank you, Mr.

President, on that motion.

Um I like to thank my colleague for her tireless um commitment to uh moving such an amazing program.

That is the Bridge Project.

I personally did not vote for it when we first initially approved it in 2024, quite frankly, because I don't think it's not citywide.

I think this program should be uh eligible to every um pregnant woman in the city of Milwaukee, not just those that live um for zip codes, which this project this project does.

Um there was a heat map that was uh given out to us and show the zoobers amount of um applicants that did not get approved because they don't live in the zip codes.

Um I have a problem with that, you know.

You know, um, while, you know, when there were some questions that I asked the first time when they came to it, and there's questions that I asked this last time, um, when we were able to have a conversation in this and and I just want to put on the record that it's it's a little frustrating to hear the last minute um that there were um you know six hundred thousand dollars remaining in ARPA funds, and there was not a collaborative approach um in regards to this is the reason why I was put that file out to ensure that the council um can work together collectively in you know sponsoring um purpose you know things going around the city.

Um I'm gonna be voting against this um it's quite frankly because we have more uh important things, more pressing needs in the city, like our current youth activity.

You know, we've literally in this council we literally had a file about takeovers and about the amount of um the amount of children that are participating in those takeovers and just the need to do um things across the city, and I think that um we should be putting our focus on um that um my colleague who is the sponsor of uh substitute eight had a rather large uh takeover in her district and was extremely frustrated.

Hence why she was you know brought the file out and also promoted the apprehension of the the ringleader of said takeovers.

Um I think the energies need to be you know spread around.

I think you know Zilber is a great organization, and we were able to uh give them the initial tranche of 350,000, but I think there's a far much press uh far more pressing need um for these funds uh to leave a more lasting impact um more families um then if I'm not mistaken the remaining funds of this three hundred thousand will increase to think from one one twenty two to two hundred, Adam uh women.

I can answer that when you're ready, but do you want to complete the question?

That's the question to her.

Okay, so it's two separate cohorts.

Um originally the work that we did, and I appreciate this body for doing it, it was 100.

Then following our donation, I'm sorry, following our investment came an anonymous donation to get to 122.

This funding that I'm that we're requesting is for a second cohort, which would be another 200 Milwaukee um Milwaukee moms.

And the heat map that you mentioned, by the way, um, were women living under $35,000 that were pregnant across the city of Milwaukee that applied, and we should all that should weigh heavily on all of us, and it wasn't that they were denied because of where they lived.

The city money is going to moms citywide.

Zilber through the bridge project does focus on area code or zip codes of need, but the city money will be used citywide.

So thank you for that.

Um so I'm looking at the presentation that was given to us when they received their first tranche in 2024, and I'm reading the eligibility criteria to say it lives in the Milwaukee City Code zip codes 53204, 53205, 53206, 53215 with priority and neighborhoods in Lindsay Heights, Clark Square, and Layton Boulevard West.

Where does city wide come into play in it?

Mr.

Chair, they accepted applications citywide, and I again I want to point the fact that we should be I believe disappointed as a city that there's thousands of pregnant mothers living with multiple children under 35,000 dollars a year.

The Zilbert has always stood by the fact that they support what they see as uh zip codes and districts in high need, but the Milwaukee funds have been used citywide.

So I I don't I'm I'm just saying the same thing.

The city of Milwaukee funds, just like Arabic Milwaukee, um the other substitutes that are in front of us.

Um I know like employee for example uh is countywide.

They have a blended approach, but you can be assured that our three hundred thousand dollars will be city-wide, um.

Just to help uh the elder from the second district, uh of the number of applications from the 11th Aldermatic District, only one was approved.

My entire Aldermanic district.

So citywide, sure.

One.

Why?

And in addition to that, um bars the substitute that was passed in committee just prior to this meeting, um, you know, there was over three thousand applications.

3,083 applications for this year's summer earn and learn.

Now, you know, those who may feel some type of way saying that we gave a million dollars to them in the blog grants, uh Governor Evers gave close to $900,000 in the last charge of ARPA.

That money still, in addition to what we gave in the budget, that money still does not help um help the amount help to get those kids um activities to do in the summer as opposed to uh trouble and mischief.

And of those 3,083 2,000, I'm sorry, let me rephrase that.

Um 2,800 were people of color, and I'm not trying to make it a racial thing, but 2800 applicants uh for this earn learner were people in color.

Um I can't stress the need, and I can't stress the need that we have to have uh for our kids this summer.

Um we didn't already see some preludes.

The reason why we made some changes in the downtown area in the last council meeting was due to some of the impacts of our youth um coming downtown.

Um, you know, and we just have to not gonna say it's the end all be all, but we have to you know dig deep and do a little more, and I think these funds and resources are better equipped for that.

So I'll be voting against this.

Thank you, Mr.

Burton.

Thank you.

That was to respond to the questions that were raised and I I feel that I did that already.

Okay.

So the motion is to accept the sub.

I see no further likes on.

Uh could we do a roll call, please before it all?

So if this substitute is accepted, there will be no additional investment into youth um out of this um fund for the summer.

Is that that would be the case?

I believe so, yes.

Well, okay.

May I respond to that?

But you want that answer at Alder Woman Cox?

Alder Woman Demetravish?

Right.

So the two programs that I believe support families are legal aid society and the bridge project.

And many children, many youth.

What's not on this one is the other substitute, which includes employee Milwaukee and the summer youth uh internship program.

So just so substitute A has the two entities, which are evict free and legal aid, legal aid society, and then the bridge program, which I can see there's a difference of opinion, but I offer that it promotes family stability, eradicates child poverty, and it's for three years of uplifting people, um, and especially families in need, which I personally believe is an upstream getting to the root of the challenge um to stabilize families.

I do just before we take them, I do just want to thank for the record.

I absolutely hate how this came to us.

Um, because of our work with ARPA um to have leftover money be brought um before the council, um, prior to any suggestions of earmarkings of it, and that is not the way that this came um to us, and we are sitting here debating about the worthiness of arguably all very good programs, and our vote for or against any of them should not be an indictment of those programs.

I just hate that we weren't given the opportunity um to have more time to work with one another to decide on something that the full council um could be proud of in this moment and could push forward.

Having said that, with all that is going on currently, in this moment, I'm always investing in downstream and all of that.

I really am.

In this moment, with all that's going on from teen type governments to worrying about um what this summer will look like in this city, um, if young people don't have more to do or more engaging activities for them.

I will not be supporting this amendment because I think in this moment we have to do more for young people to prevent what we see is coming for the summer.

And this is at least an attempt to try to do that.

Thank you.

Chair recognizes Alderman Brower.

Thank you so much, Mr.

President, I really appreciate the comments from colleagues.

It's helping me to clarify some of my thinking on this I want to just share some of my thinking on this.

I think I completely agree with what Alderman Cogs brought that um this is forward very quickly and and I would have appreciated a larger conversation but in the absence of that we do need to make a decision and here it is before us.

What was compelling to me to support substitute A and become a co-sponsor of that uh substitute was that you know while six hundred and seventeen thousand dollars would be a lot to an individual or or even a small organization you know the comparison of of city government um it is a small fraction of the dollars that we're dealing with when it comes to our budget and so it's compelling to me to want to not um uh diffuse that money as much as possible um and to support robustly support some causes that we care about and I I really appreciated the comments from older cogs that this is not we we are in the position right now we're having to choose what our favorites are right and and it nobody would want to see it like that but that's probably maybe perceived it that's unfortunate um but really we just have to end up just dividing what little is left and and from my perspective what little is left after the for just one percent have taken all of it um the uh so so this was compelling to me to support this because the eviction free MKE is a really really stellar program um I'm a part of organization walking TSA that is supported as well it is it is a it is a program that we should support very robustly I'm really proud that the largest amount of money goes to eviction free MK with substitute A.

Um I also see a tremendous amount of value in the bridge project and the support um for young mothers um that that also provides but really I want to just say that ideologically I I was drawn to substitute A and intending to support it this morning uh because it um provides robust funding um for both of those programs um as opposed to to spreading it out a little bit more so we can have more of an impact with some specific things.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Chair recognizes all the women more thank you so much um I wanna just thank my colleagues um for this particular substitute and their advocacy around this amazing program um there's so many again and I I and I I just have to have to reiterate this there's so many worthy initiatives that we can do with this small little pot of money.

We're sitting here trying to figure out how to do a lot with a very little and I have to just highlight Alderwoman Cogs um and aldermen um chambers and just talking about our young people I think about back in the day where we're summer stars and there were teen clubs and there were so many different right you actually had the YMCA in the city um that catered to young people at boys and girls clubs that didn't work catering to old the older population at that time and we are looking at a moment and we're looking at sort of a a crisis that we're facing right now with young people where they're figuring out well, you know what?

I can't go to the mall.

I can't um there's no uh bowling alley that's in the city that caters to me.

Can't go skating, it's all the way out in Butler.

I may not have transportation to get out there.

Like we're thinking about all these young people, and there's nothing to do socially for young people, and so the emphasis again for the cause with the bridge project over three years, but we also have an a funding entity that has the time to raise those dollars for that program.

Young people don't have the time to wait right now.

We're dealing with tea takeovers and street takeovers, and we're dealing with all these incidents along with potholes and leaves, right?

Like this is a moment for us, and I know that we're all, you know, we all have our different initiatives that we want to support.

But you all we have to do something this year, and we have to do something now.

Summer jobs is an opportunity to do that, giving young people, especially some of our older youth an opportunity to get engaged, looking at a population that they're struggling.

Okay, what the increase in rent has gone up to.

Like people are struggling.

Now they gotta figure out how to deal with the price of raising gas, like we gotta figure this out, and it starts with us with prioritizing how we support our young people.

This is a small measure toward that while we figure out how to do more.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Chair.

Thank you.

Chair recognizes Paul in Chambers.

Thank you, Miss President.

I'll be brief on this.

Um cogs brought up something that just triggered something.

This is a bit of deja vu.

Um we think back in 2024, um, you know, we was having this sane debate where something was extremely rushed, where funds was just shoved down some members of joke, mine included, and ironically, one of them is one of the files that's on here.

Um, you know, to Ottawa Moore's point, we have we can't stress the amount, we can't stress the need for um, you know, youth investment.

I mean, again, I'm gonna replay the last council meeting as far as the appointment of um the the director of the you know community wellness and safety, and we stressed her, we brought her in the next cycle over talking about the youth takeovers and what they can do, and they don't have funding to do anything for the youth.

I'm all for supporting families.

I think, you know, the Zilber Project, the zipper uh project is a is a great project.

Uh I agree with my colleague on women more.

Yeah, more time to raise more money.

We we're able to give them three hundred and fifty thousand dollars to support an amazing cohort of women that's so desperately needed.

Um, but now I think this is the this is the time to double down on our youth, or the city's gonna get hot this summer and we're gonna be having more files and more, you know, more uh communication files out in public safety and and public works and every committee there is in this city about what we can do to curve down um the teen takeovers and and things of that nature.

So um I just want us to really um be mindful of this, and then uh with that being said, Mr.

President, I'm done, but I'm gonna actually separate the question on A.

Okay.

Um that is a matter of right.

There's one more person, one more light on other woman Taylor.

Did you want to?

Yes, I thank you so much, Mr.

President.

Um, this is very this is a very difficult um decision on which way to vote because I do agree with vote with all my colleagues in saying that we do need to um we do need to really focus on our youth and um provide positive outlets for them.

Uh but I do believe also that um that we need to provide a good support system for them.

Um and I do believe that when we strengthen the adults around our youth we then strengthen our youth because you give them a better support system.

Uh so it makes it a little bit difficult um because I do understand if we if we support moms and moms can have a better life then children can have a better life.

If we give moms a little more hope then children can have a little more hope.

So if moms get a degree kids are more likely to get a degree.

And so if um this program, bridge program, is strengthening moms, it's giving them that extra so that they can move forward in life.

They can um create a better life for them in their home and their children then it gives the children a little bit better um circumstance in which to move to improve their life as they transition from children into adult life.

So that foundation I think is really important um it like I said it's very difficult um because I do believe as older woman cox said that all of these programs are great programs to help move our city forward keep uh our families afloat um but I do believe that foundation is is where we have to start um so I do appreciate um the the bridge program and what it's doing um so I just wanted to say that um just for extra thought as we're thinking about which way we're leaning thank you.

Thank you.

Any other discussion Alderman Chambers?

Um I would draw my motion question.

Thank you.

So Waldeman Chambers withdraw the motion to separate the question it recognizes all the women prep thank you um I just wanna kinda speak to this entire process.

It's already been addressed but I do want to say that um given the conversation that we're having about the process I do hope in the future that we can be more collaborative um and that money isn't squirreled away trying to get whatever we feel like should be um funded as opposed to working with everyone um and I hope going into budget that we have this same idea that we are not trying to lock people out of it or keep people away um from the process um that happens far too often since I've been here um and we have got to be better.

Thank you.

That's all over um whenever we have these debates I try to think um a little bit outside of the obvious um and and what we're not saying and and something just hit me I know the options we've been given but it doesn't have to be one or the other might there be a way to invest in long term family security to help young people and a way to uh give teenagers and young adults more options this summer.

I don't think we have to do one or other I think we could do both not to the degree that everybody wants to given the limited funds but have one option that does still give to um the eviction free and um does more for um young adults employment wise uh as well as uh down payment assistance and then you have one that has eviction free and the bridge only the answer is somewhere in the middle um I know that similar to that committee, I encourage people to um come together and unfortunately that doesn't seem to have um happen, but in our decision here today, um I just really don't believe it has to be or the other and if uh we are to move forward with the one or the other.

I know that um Audit Chambers asked to withdraw his motion to sever it.

Um but if we're really moving forward with a vote on one or the other and not finding a middle ground, then I would ask to separate the question.

Okay, all right.

So um the the motion in front of us is to accept the sub and then separate it, correct?

Okay, all right, all right.

We'll do it now then.

So before we do it, I will say this.

If members have been paying attention to this debate, it is simple stuff like um for the S Y IP.

That's the young people that work with us here in City Hall.

Um for the young people for the departments that have acts for young people.

Correct me if I'm wrong, are the women more?

It is simply uh they're short the money necessary to provide the young people positions for the positions that have been asked for for departments here at City Hall this summer.

Correct.

That dollar amount, if I'm not mistaken, again correct me if I'm wrong, Ottawa More, is fifty-five thousand dollars.

Correct.

I know way more than it's being asked for employee and whatever else, but we can't find $55,000 for the departments here who want to hire a young person for the summer and given the several hundred young people that remain on the list for jobs that we don't have the money for, it's eight hundred and fifty positions, I believe.

Again, correct me if I'm wrong.

Um, are the women more that have been um that we there is funding for in general all of the summer stuff, but close to 3,000 kids have um applied, and of course we can't give everybody a job, but it's literally departments that want young people here at City Hall, not the agencies, not the organizations in the community right here at City Hall.

We can't find $55,000 to make sure that everybody who wanted a young person can have them, and a few more young people might be employed for the summer.

I just I get everybody has their things they want to support or whatever, but I just can't help but to believe that it is a way to at least a little bit um come to some kind of medical work.

Thank you.

Sure.

Point of order.

The chair recognizes all the one Dmitrievich.

How are we considering division if the substitute isn't before us?

Yeah.

So the clerk.

Mr.

Chair, and the system that exists before the common council as opposed to a committee, the substitute substitution is what is before the body.

This is the amendment process right now.

So we can take the vote on substitute A now.

Correct, and that is what is being divided.

But you can't divide before it's before us.

I think we need to take the vote in my opinion to substitute it first.

That is incorrect.

Because once you have substituted the file that is currently before it came out of committee, has been already amended.

It is Alder Woman Cogs' wish that each amendment item in this bundle in proposed substitute A be voted on separately, and that is primitive.

And the question before the body is shall parts of it be substituted.

The question for the body would be the individual items being inserted.

There would then have to be a separate motion to remove those items that are currently in the sub H, such or sub-sub-H, because you can't spend the same dollars twice.

So the council would have to move seriadum the $300,000, the $317,000, and then delete all the other items.

That is the effect.

Okay.

Well, I have the floor.

I do prefer to move forward with substitute A.

Okay.

We still the substitution is granted as a right, we have to do a roll call on the items separated.

I could have the point of order, the clerk told me that I thought you had to vote on the substitution.

Okay.

Okay.

There being no further lifetime, Mr.

Clerk, Mr.

President.

Chair recognizes Alderman Bergellis.

Can I move that sub H be before us?

And amend sub H with Alderman Chambers amendment.

Objection.

It's not in order.

It's gotta go.

So before us is the uh splitting of the of the file, correct?

Yeah, it is split over it.

Okay, chair recognizes all the stamper on the motion.

Yes.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Please clarify difference between what's before us and the ability to separate something that is not before us.

The motion before you, Mr.

Chair, formally, is the motion to amend.

There are two ways to amend, one is by substitution and one is by simple amendment.

Alderwoman Dmitrievich had proposed a substitution, which would eliminate the entirety of sub H, which was in the file.

However, Alderwoman Cogs, as is her right, has asked that this motion by Alderman Dmitry Dmitrievich be divided.

And that is this is something that can be divided and by Robert's rules of order, must well, it is permitted as of right.

Therefore, this is really no longer a substitute.

So each item within the substitute is being pulled out, and you will be voting on each one of them individually.

There is a consequence to this, because you cannot spend money twice.

If you insert the two that Alderwoman Dmitrievich has requested, you must delete those that persist in substitute age.

So the simple answer to question is what is before you by the order of it would be the 300,000 dollars for the bridge project.

Okay.

Chair recognize Aldermember Gellis.

Thank you.

So if this is a substitute to replace something, can't see the same funds twice.

So this the substitute that would the divided substitute that would be before us right now does not specify which funds are removed from the adopted committee recommended file.

So I do not believe that a split substitute would be in order because it does not identify which funds would be removed from what the committee recommended for adoption.

A pair of amendments that would reflect a deletion of the other items, Chair recognizes uh Aldermoven Dmitrievich?

I prefer I would like to offer my support for substitute A to keep it together.

We had a committee meeting, we had a special committee meeting, and this is what is now before us.

Um I personally would like to have a vote here on sub A.

If that doesn't succeed, then take up other options, but I would like to give sub A a try, Mr.

President.

Yeah, Alderman Cogs would have to remove our amendment.

It's still on the it's still on the floor to split or divide the vote on the question.

So point of order, Mr.

Clerk.

Alder Member Gilles?

Is there is there a procedure in our rules that would allow the body to object to a motion to divide?

No.

Do it be more to elaborate more.

The last time I looked into this question, I do not believe the word appeared in here.

Okay.

Chair recognize all the woman Dmitrievich.

I'll just add that I asked members to consider what are you dividing for.

So if you support A, you wouldn't support the divide, and we don't even know at this point what we're dividing for.

It would be uh on the board, it'd be on the council floor in new amounts.

Um I understand the effort and I respect it, but I I just think that we've had over a week and a half and that didn't come to fruition.

Um so to do that on the floor now.

If you choose to divide, I would ask I would oppose the divide.

Um I don't even know what the divide would get us at this point run letter H.

Um, I think there's been sufficient debate at committee and here.

Um, and I and I would like to move forward with substitute A, because otherwise I ask you to oppose the division because what is the division for?

Thank you, Mr.

Chair, and and remind you.

Sorry, also we only have a couple more months to spend this money.

So I'd like to get this done today and get it into the hands of the people who need it the most.

Chair recognizes all the bombing.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr.

President, but if one supports substitute A and one would vote yes on the two questions after the separation, correct?

Yes, okay.

Chair recognizes all the stamper.

Yes.

So the division is for A or for H?

Or A, get to H.

A.

A.

So what do we divide?

This hypothetically is run this by one.

We don't know what we're dividing because it doesn't tell us what I don't order.

What are we dividing?

Well, it's just those two.

I want to clarify that.

Yeah, I mean, it it takes the it basically divides all the stamper, the two items and a to have separate votes on them.

That's what it does.

So two separate votes on the 300,000 for Zippler Foundation, the bridge project, and 317,243 for legal aid society eviction.

Yep, that's what that's what the division does.

Takes separate roll calls instead of putting them together in A, it creates a division to have separate votes on both items in A.

How does that accomplish funding going towards the other initiatives?

It doesn't.

It doesn't.

Point of order, Mr.

Clerk.

One second, please.

Chair recognize, are you are you done, though, Mr.

Stamper?

Yes.

Chair recognizes all the woman Taylor.

Actually, I think that um thank you so much, Mr.

President.

I think that um Alderman Stamper sort of um was asking what what I was thinking about.

Um so if we divide this, we're then left to just vote on that essentially I mean sub A would only be the bridge, and we'll be voting on that, whether to give the 300,000 to the bridge.

Okay.

No.

Did somebody has both funding fiction and bridge?

Although McCoggs has to separate them, so we have two votes instead of one just on a separate vote on both items within A.

I guess my question then is if we divide these, then does that mean that um because when I look at sub A, we still there's 317,000 for the legal a eviction program.

Would that then be moved to can we redo sub A so that we can then begin to divide that for those programs?

If if one of them were to fail, then we'd have to reallocate then we can reallocate those.

Okay, I just wanted to make sure that we point of order that option.

Chair recognition recognizes all the member Gillis.

Thank you.

We don't know.

This uh a motion to divide without knowing where the funds would be appropriate from is not properly before us because we don't know what funds would be used for should one of these two divisions succeed.

Okay, understood.

Chair recognizes alderman brower yeah that that's all I was gonna clarify was regarding Alderwoman Taylor's question was that if we we could potentially vote on one or both of these and then we would have money that we could put in by emotions into other pots that are in other substitutes I mean that might be the intent here is this as far as my understanding thank you okay chair recognize alderwoman Dmitrievich thank you Mr.

Chair I just want to be clear if you choose to support substitute a you would vote aye on both of the items as they come up separately now thank you Mr.

President I'm hoping that we can call the roll chair recognizes um alder member gills thank you mr chair i or thank you mr president I maintain my objection that this is not properly before us however if you would like to support a different amendment for a different substitute like what was commit uh recommended by committee for an amendment thereof you would need we would need to vote no on both of these divisions so that the next amendment for the next substitute could be back before this body true any other discussion as that's uh chair recognizes alder persona yes I just want I did try to follow the special this morning I wanted to confirm though that that subs that second substitute that alder member gallis speaks to um the money for the bridge project was removed entirely is that correct I don't know if Alder Member Gallus wants to answer that answer that the committee did not move that portion of sub H forward correct thank you uh that was that was removed on a zero to five vote so zero dollars going to the bridge pad project in the in the uh amendment that you're pushing correct that amendment cleared committee by a unanimous vote zero dollars to the bridge project and that second amendment so I won't I I can't support it then thank you okay I know I see no for the lights so we'll have the question is divided we'll have two votes in front of us the clerk please call the roll on appropriating three hundred thousand dollars to the bridge project alder woman Pratt no chambers oh Brouwer aye Westmoreland aye cogs no Jackson Zambaripa aye Taylor forgive me more nois no spiker aye Dimitrievich aye Stamper Mr President aye nine ayes six no's six no's thanks file on appropriating three hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty seven cents to legal aid society for eviction free Milwaukee Alderman Pratt point of order all let me stamper can I separate fifty five thousand for the youth program and the youth out of this 317 oh no not doing the rule call how do you break up the roll call just start it's back our subject yeah you're gonna have to I mean break up the roll you're gonna have to try to reconsider and then prepare a written amendment if it's reconsidered thank you very much.

To do reconsider you have to be on the prevailing side correct correct yes.

Well that's my intention, uh, Alderman of the common council.

Yes, and alder women, to repeat, this is appropriating three hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty-seven cents to eviction free Milwaukee.

Alder woman Pratt has been recorded in the affirmative.

Alderman chavers.

Brower.

Aye.

Um, Miss Morland.

Aye.

Cogs.

Aye.

Jackson.

Thank you.

Samripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Regalis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Dmitry Evich.

Aye.

Stamper.

All right.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

Chair recognizes Alamie Chambers.

Um, now that we did this vote, this means a substitute is it before us is already sent so as far as.

I'll be forward.

The file is amended.

Now, if someone wants to make an amendment, you have to reconsider the file.

We'd have to prepare a sub.

Someone.

Rock and rule.

So is anyone going to make a motion or do we move on?

Yes, I'd like to make a motion.

All right.

All the Ms.

Stamper.

Motion to reconsider.

Okay.

Yeah.

Okay.

All right.

Well, we'll we'll bring this back, Alderman.

You're gonna need something in writing.

Kathy, I'll help you prepared.

Sure.

We're gonna as these amendments are prepared, we're gonna proceed with the rest of the agenda, and uh we'll come back to this.

Oh, there's tamper.

No, we're not the city clerk asks for a second, we're gonna continue with uh with the rest of the agenda and then get the amendments back after some reconsideration.

You ready?

Hearing no further discussion of this committee report, uh Alder Woman Dimitri and we should adopt the recommendations of the finances.

Excuse me, I can there being no further discussion committee per report.

All the women Demetrius would for adoption and of the recommendations of the Finance and Personnel Committee, with the exception of the item that's being held.

For the clerk, please call the role.

This is a vote on the committee report minus the item that was held.

That item is currently being held ultimately on the stamper.

Mr.

President.

Yes.

Please allow uh five minutes.

Please.

Just five minutes, but we will take a five minute reset of second.

Thank you, Mr.

Robert.

Um, anyway, that's what I'm doing.

Let me even know what if you need to know what you're trying to do.

We emailed and then I don't know what we're doing.

I don't know if you know what you're doing, right?

All going to the one doing that.

If we had anything, maybe any other one in the Their seats.

On the return from recess, Alderman Pride.

Present.

Chambers.

Brower.

Here, Bauman.

Westmoreland.

Cogs.

Jackson.

Zamaripa.

Hi.

Taylor.

Moore.

Hi.

I'm present.

Burgelis.

Spiker.

Shall we?

Dimitrievich.

Stamper.

Mr.

President.

Hi.

All members are present.

All members present.

I'm not doing anything.

Okay, we're back.

Um, I said you didn't you didn't need it.

Okay.

Alderman Dmitrievich is your.

Is your um is your motion?

Yes.

Give it a minute.

Alderman Stamper.

Well not everybody know I'm recending that uh that motion I mean.

Okay.

Chair recognizes Alderman Westmoreland.

Hey.

Mr.

President.

This question is for Alderwoman Dimitrievich and Alderwoman Moore.

I understand that my vote is wanted.

My frustration comes in that is when these substitutes were discussed and deliberated.

I was not part of these conversations.

These uh I heard from you yesterday, and I talked to you yesterday.

Well, my frustration is not bring not being part of the conversation on the front end.

So I'm just trying to figure out how do I become part of these conversations in the future early on.

Mr.

President.

Thank you so much.

Um I think a few of my other colleagues brought up the situation with Alderwoman Dimitrievic being the chair of finance.

She was the one that got win first to the dollars.

Um so she had an opportunity to pull together for projects and how she wanted the allocated, how she wanted the dollars allocated.

Um the first amendment, or as far as um the an option to it was then brought to the table by Alderman.

Thank you, Alderman Bergalis, where um he had a conversation with me on doing some other things that could broaden supporting an array of organizations, and that's how sort of a list came to be.

Um we just tried to take some recommendations that the administration um had um requested and try to do some things that would focus on some priority areas that we can again immediately use these dollars for to make an impact.

We then started having conversations with um as things unfolded, that measure didn't pass, we held it, and that's when um I started having some conversations um with um other council members on hey, here's here's a thought, here's an idea, this is what we're looking to do.

I agree with um what um Alderman Pratt said as far as just the process, and Alderman Cog said, like we have to do better at the process and how we bring in our colleagues, it would have been great if we would have said, Hey, colleagues, we have X number of dollars.

What are you all thinking?

What do you all, what would you all want to see?

I would have preferred that method better than sort of scrambling, trying to make sure that not just two agencies received a fair chunk of dollars that could go into doing some for good.

Again, for the projects, we're doing uh a lot, we're trying to do a lot, but very little.

So it wasn't intentional that you weren't included in that process in the beginning.

I think it's just structurally.

We need to figure out how we change things and how we stop doing things as business as usual.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Chair recognizes all the women Dmitrievich.

Yep.

There we go.

There we go.

Um so this whole package is in these packages is in response to the administration.

If if we all knew before they presented it to us, yes, I mean the administration found over $600,000.

And and the one thing that we didn't talk about at all today is that unfortunately, pretty much nobody here is going with the administration's recommendation, which was like the first thing that's in the file.

When we found out about it, then yes, it's up to anybody to amend it, and that came out um on Monday, you know, when the agenda came out last Monday.

So when the timing of us knowing that they had funds, this has been your everyone is in agreement here that often we find out about funds from the administration, and they have a concurrent plan with how to spend it.

So that that is how that was communicated.

Um, upon seeing that, that's when I put my change out there when the agenda was out last week.

Um, I informed members of finance as soon as possible, um, and then within 24 hours there was another substitute.

That's that's how that timing went, and then all the discussions were were made.

I think ideally what I hear from my colleagues is is that yeah, we would know these funds were available without a funding plan attached to it.

Um who goes around and asks for what people want.

I mean, I got I think that happened organically in these last couple days and weeks, but again, it was response to a funding plan that had already been put out there by the administration.

So when the agenda came out um on last Monday, that is when, yeah, I saw the agenda and I said I have a plan.

I immediately called finance members and said the substitutes up, and with like I said, within 24 hours there was another substitute.

That is how that um took place.

So I also I want to remind people, Mr.

President, that this is unique.

Why they didn't come out sooner, why there was another project, why there wasn't an open invitation.

I can only infer because there's five months to spend this, six months excuse me, and it must be prior ARPA eligible.

So it really was a unique.

I mean, you could all ask every one of us to submit 10 ideas, and I just don't know that it would meet those unique needs.

In fact, there was a substitute letter E or D, I can't recall, that had that ended up being removed at the table because it had something that was not ARPA eligible um for for bag leaves.

Leaf leaf bags excuse me so yes it is not an I ideal process we're trying to work in the process that was given um I feel confident that I reached out to everybody as soon as I had the information and could get a hold of people and talked about it I put it in the file um my substitute A has remained exactly the same since last Monday there's many other ideas and changes out there.

I would like to stick with substitute a um I would like to s stick with what was just approved by a majority of this council both parts of it to me that shows that there's support for both parts of it thank you Mr President thank you you have a motion alder woman Dmitrievich I do while I have the floor I have to admit to my um honorable colleagues I'm still a little confused I wasn't expecting the division but now that both from what I understand Mr.

Clerk correct me if I'm wrong that both parts of it the 300 and the 317 were approved by majority of this council it moved that into the file meaning that you're double spending it and so you have to remove from the file what this substitute amendment is which is common council file number 252047 by changing the amount of funding allocated to employ earn and learn and down payment assistance you would be double spending the money if you this is a a result of the action we just took and this was given to me um by the city clerk it sounds to me that this is implementing what my colleagues just approved by the two part majority vote on a Vic Free Milwaukee and the bridge program I I only want to offer one last point to my colleague I tried very hard at committee I tried very hard having a special committee this morning to not have to bring this to the floor in an unsettled way and for that um I apologize for any role that I had in that but I tried so hard to get it done before we got here.

Thank you Mr President thank you roll call please on the adoption of on the one second chair recognizes alderman chambers thank you Mr President so um I just want to put this on the record that we are essentially um saying that things are more important than what's going on with the youth in this current time with this vote um contrary to what people may think um I stand here on continue my support of the youth um as I have always been I will continue to support families as well but this vote as the previous vote we did as well um is basically saying that we are prioritizing different projects compared to the youth so when things get hot in this summer and it will we don't want to see press conferences or press releases you know saying condemning things when we could have doubled down on on figuring things out thank you Ms.

Chair recognizes all the number thank you very much of order what happens if this motion amendment does not pass and we double spend money is these were already recommended for adoption committee and any subsequent action and a substitute would follow so I would argue if this amendment does not pass whatever was done on the floor gets funded last yeah I city clerk informs me you would have to figure out a way to amend down to the money available so I would uh encourage my colleagues to vote against this amendment if you value down payment assistance and home ownership in the city you value some or youth programming and paying a livable wage for young people and not twelve bucks an hour.

Oh no on this amendment chair recognize all of Ms.

Stamper?

No, sorry, I don't know.

Okay.

All right, roll call on the uh simple amendment.

On Alder woman to be trivich's amendment.

Alder woman Pratt.

Chambers.

No.

Brouwer.

Aye.

Bauman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cox.

No.

Jackson.

Zamaripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Allen.

Burgelis.

No.

Spiker.

Aye.

Dmitrievich.

Aye.

Stamper.

Aye.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

Ten ayes, five no's.

Ten ayes, five no's.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report?

Um.

That's a separate box.

Okay, we'll have to move the file as amended.

Roll call, please.

On file two five two zero four-seven as amended.

Alderwoman Pratt.

Oh.

Chambers.

No.

Brouwer.

Aye.

Bauman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cogs.

No.

Jackson.

Samaripa?

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Boer.

Al.

Spiker.

Aye.

Dimitrievich.

Aye.

Stamper?

Aye.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

Ten ayes, five no's.

Ten ayes, five no's.

Any further discussion of the committee report?

Hearing none, Alderm.

All the woman Demetri will for adoption of recommendations finance personnel committee with a clerk.

Please call the role.

Alderwoman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers.

Aye.

Frauer.

Aye.

Bauman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cogs.

Jackson.

Samaripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Poor.

Aye.

Bergelis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Demetrievich.

Stamper.

Aye.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

59s.

Alderman DeAndre Jackson will now present the report of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee.

The Judiciary and Legislation Committee recommends adoption of 44.

Alderman Westmoreland.

Alderman Jackson.

Alzheimer's.

Alderman Westmoreland.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, my bad.

Alderman Westmoreland will now present the report of the judiciary and legislation committee.

That fault is mine and not the president's.

Excuse me.

The judiciary and legislation committee recommends adoption of the following.

44.

Resolution reserving and appropriating up to 150,000 in the 2026 damage and claims special purpose account and authorizing the settlement of the lawsuit entitled Barry Beverly versus the City of Milwaukee.

45.

Substitute resolution amending the city of Milwaukee state legislative package to express support for legislation requiring the installation of speed limiting devices on vehicles owned by those repeatedly convicted of reckless driving.

46.

Resolution approving the revised municipal court non-traffic deposit schedule.

The Judiciary Legislation Committee recommends placing on file 47 communication from the Office of the Assessor relating to 2046 assessments.

And the Judiciary Legislation Committee recommends disallowance and a definite postponement of items 48 through 50 claims against the city.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report?

I see no lights hearing none.

Alderman Westmoreland moves for the adoption of recommendations of judiciary legislation committee.

Would the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers.

Brouwer.

Aye.

Bauman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cox.

Aye.

Jackson.

Samaripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Bergelis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Dmitrievich.

Alderwoman Dmitrievich.

Excuse me.

Stamper.

Aye.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

14 ayes.

One excused.

14 ayes.

One excused.

Alderman Scott Spiker would represent the report of the public health and safety committee.

Okay.

The Public Safety and health committee recommends passage of the following.

51.

An ordinance relating to parking controls.

52.

An ordinance relating to traffic controls.

The committee recommends adoption of 53.

Substitute resolution directing the health department to collaborate with Department of Employee Relations to develop strategies to prevent clinic closures due to staffing shortages.

54.

Resolution relating to the acceptance and funding of a 2026 Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Safety, Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Enforcement Grant.

55.

Resolution relating to the application acceptance and funding of the fiscal year 2025.

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Local Solicitation Grant.

56, substitute resolution relative to the acceptance and funding of the 2026 Beach Water Monitoring Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource Resource.

57.

Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Health to enter into a grant agreement by carrying out the purposes of a healthy food establishment special fund.

58.

Substitute resolution amending the Common Council file number 251 240 relating to the acceptance and funding of the 2026 Women, Infants, and Children's Grant from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health.

59.

Resolution authorizing the Milwaukee Fire Department to enter into an agreement with the Managed Health Services Insurance Corps for Community Paramedic Services.

60.

Substitute resolution approving an emergency medical services intergovernmental agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee County, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31st, 2031.

61, substitute resolution authorizing the expenditure of opioid settlement funds.

The committee recommends placing on file 62, resolution relating to a trauma care and fire and police personnel.

63, resolution relating to the agreements between the community intervention task force and the law enforcement action partnership.

64, communication from the fire and police commission relating to standard operating procedures.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report?

Hearing none, let me spiker moves for adoption recommendations of the public health and safety committee.

For the clerk, please call the roll.

Chambers.

Cox.

Jackson.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Bergellis.

Spiker.

Aye.

Dmitrievich.

Stamper.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

149s when excused.

149s will excuse the committee report is adopted.

Alderman Robert Ballman will now present the report of the zoning neighborhoods and development committee.

Excuse me.

The zoning neighborhoods and development committee recommends passage of 65.

A substitute ordinance relating to the change in zoning from single family residential to multifamily residential or property located at 11919 West Bradley Road to allow multifamily residential development on a portion of the site located on the south side of West Bradley Road, east of North 124th Street in the 9th Automatic District.

66.

A substitute ordinance relating to the change of zoning from industrial heavy to industrial mix for the properties located at 2156 South 4th Street and 2166 South 4th Street on the east side of South 4th Street, south of West Feature Avenue in the 12th Automatic District.

The committee recommends adoption of 67.

Substitute resolution relating to a minor modification to a detailed plan development known as St.

Rita's Square to allow an additional building signage on the existing building located at 728 East Pleasant Street on the north side of East Pleasant Street, east of North Van Buren Street, in the third automatic district.

68.

Substitute resolution authorizing the sale back to Michael J.

Lowery, and Charlene Richcliffe, former owners of the city-owned tax deed of property located at 1847 North 2nd Street in the 6th Automatic District.

69.

Resolution approving amendment number 8 to the project plan for tax incremental district number 56, known as Erie Erie Jefferson, to allow donation to tax incremental district number 89, known as Garfield and North, and tax incremental district number six, known as McKinley School in the 4th Automatic District.

70.

Resolution approving a project plan development agreement authorizing expenditures and creating tax incremental district number 133 known as 2711 as wells in the 4th automatic district.

71.

Resolution to facilitate expansion of Milwaukee Public Schools.

Dr.

Martin Luther King Junior Playfield authorizing conveyance of two redevelopment authority to the City of Milwaukee on vacant lots to the City of Milwaukee and trusts for the Board of School Directors in the 6th Automatic District.

72.

Resolution authorizing the redevelopment authority of the City of Milwaukee to enter into a lease with ABM Industry Groups LLC for 634 North 5th Street in the 4th Automatic District.

73.

Resolution authorizing a sell back to Maurice Moray, former owner of the city-owned tax-deed property located at 3613 North 23rd Street in the 6th Automatic District.

74.

Resolution authorizing a sale back to Shalisha Burksharan, former owner of the city owned tax deeded property, located at 2247 or 41st Street in the 15th Automatic District.

75.

Resolution authorizing a sale back to Willie C.

Robinson and Inez M.

Robinson, former owners of the city owned tax deed of properties located at 29 rather 2539 North 27th Street in the 15th Automatic District.

76.

Resolution authorizing the sale back to Rodrigo Castillo Luna, former owner of the city-owned tax deed of property, located at 2329 North 15th Street in the 15th Automatic District.

77.

Resolution authorizing a sale back to Stephen L.

Perkins, former owner of the city owned tax deed of property, located at 2436 North 25th Street in the 15th Automatic District.

78.

Resolution authorizing a sale back to William W.

Jackson, former owner of the city owned tax deed of property, located at 3325 North 45th Street in the 7th Automatic District.

79.

Resolution authorizing a sale back to Emily Knox, former owner of the City Owned Tax Deed of Property, located at 3970 North 29th Street in the 7th Automatic District.

80.

Resolution authorizing a sale back of Joseph Holman, rather to Joseph Holman, former owner of the city-owned tax details property, located at 3245-47, North 23rd Street in the 7th Automatic District.

81.

Resolution authorizing a sale back to Angelo Clark, former owner of the city-owned tax deeded property, located at 3038 North Dr.

Lester Carter Drive in the 7th Automatic District.

82.

Resolution authorizing a sale back to Ramon Tibrucio and Anselmo Garcia, former owners of the city-owned tax details property, located at 1005 207, South 30th Street in the 8th Automatic District.

And the committee recommends placing on file item number 83, substitute resolution relating to the issuance of revenue bonds by the public finance authority to finance the acquisition of two multi two multi-family residential rental properties known as Arbor Bridge Apartments and St.

James Place.

Chair recognizes all the thank you, Mr.

President.

Regarding item 70, file 252192.

I move to send this back to committee due to some timing issues with the redevelopment authority.

Okay.

Motion by Alderman Ballman is to send back item 70 to committee.

So order here, no objections to order.

Chair recognizes Alderman Chambers.

Please record me in an affirmative for the uh public safety.

Okay.

But the record reflects Chambers' affirmative for public safety.

File.

Chair recognizes Oliver Brower.

Yeah, thank you so much, Mr.

President.

I would like to be uh registered in opposition to item number eighty three uh that was a resolution that was placed on file.

And I'd like to speak to that here for a moment um we have um before us an opportunity um or before presented before zoning was an opportunity to authorize at no expense to the city authorize um a entity to purchase and use revenue bonds to convert um to my knowledge several hundred units um to um from market rate to affordable um and I know that there were you know some concerns from the committee about this proposal um but I just want to you know I want to go on record saying that I don't want it that I want us as a body and as as a city to take every single opportunity that we can to adopt and acquire and have within the city limits affordable housing units.

The housing crisis right now is is spiraling out of control in the city here uh and and it's only with with you know with the billions wasted on this war that Iran with the mismanagement of our federal government um and and the and the Republican onslaught on communities like Milwaukee you know the housing crisis is only going to get worse in the coming years so there is an entity that wants to just all they need right now is our nod of approval to purchase revenue bonds or excuse me the float revenue bonds to purchase a property and convert it to affordable and in the process remodel the units um I just want to you know go on record saying that like that every single opportunity that we have like this before us we should take I was um unless there's information that I need to be enlightened on I was disappointed by the actions of the committee um and I understand that you know that you know the local elder expressed um you know the opposition to this proposal as well um but I would say that just I I cannot sit here and and and not take and not speak to an opportunity to provide affordable uh units um here in the city of Milwaukee.

I welcome affordable housing every single in every single space in this city including on the third district I'm really looking forward to a conversation soon hopefully with a developer that wants to propose some affordable units in the third aldermanic district and um but I just you know want to say ideologically I urge colleagues that we should be supporting affordable housing units in every single part of this city right now rent is getting out of control right now and we're we're just you know we're you know the landlords are a huge problem right this adopting this resolution would not fix that problem of the landlords obviously that's gonna require a complete systematic overhaul including um frankly eliminating capitalism uh which I support but you know what's before us here if we say if we would have said yes to this resolution that would have allowed for affordable housing units um to be created in an existing property um in the 9th Aldermanic district so I want to you know I want to express my support for this project and I hope many more like it uh come down the pike thank you okay let the record reflect your opposition two eighty three Alderman Brouwer chair recognizes Alderman Bauman yeah thank you Mr.

President I appreciate what Alderman Brouwer is saying but I think facts matter number one we have no idea what this buyer was planning to do with these properties they never came to Milwaukee they appeared virtually they never met with the local alder person there was never a town hall meeting there was never any community input we have seen these out of state schemes before where there's a nonprofit front but behind that front is a corporately owned and operated real estate investment enterprise and we have no idea what their track record has been in terms of producing affordable housing terms of maintaining the quality of that affordable housing we know nothing about this entity number one number two there's nothing to stop them from proceeding with this acquisition through other means other methods of financing and providing affordable housing if that's truly their goal and number two number three uh we were asked to provide input uh they could have proceeded straight to an acquisition.

They didn't need our input, but apparently they wanted to come to us for some savings on the investment side.

But frankly, we've seen these schemes come to Milwaukee before.

The promise of a nonprofit or affordable housing, we're good people.

But behind that front are corporately financed real estate operations that do not intend to provide the quality of housing that our citizens deserve.

So I enthusiastically blurred against this, and I'll vote against it again until an entity comes to town that wants to actually tell us what they're planning to do, show us their track record, give us the addresses of other properties that we can check on, that we can see if they maintain the heat in winter, and we can see if they have screens on the windows, and we see if the elevators are working in the buildings and all those kinds of details, which many corporate landlords in this city have a woeful record of not performing.

Thank you.

Any further chair recognize all the woman Taylor.

Thank you so much.

Um because this is my district, um, so I do want to uh speak up and um I do appreciate and and thank Alden and Bauman um for his support in this and what he um has mentioned in regards to this organization coming um with the lack of communication that they have put forth in uh trying to acquire property within my district.

Um I was hired to represent District 9 um and to represent the interests of the people that are in district nine.

I have a number of developments that are brought forth to district nine to try to address the housing needs of many other residents in district nine and not in district three.

Um so I will not go over into District Three.

Um trying to represent them and tell them what they need to do for their district.

Um so I appreciate being able to represent my district uh in the best interest um and that um with the number of units that we have proposed, um there um it is not necessary to have these two developments that I have mentioned before that are maintained um as they are uh to have those change into affordable housing units at this time.

Thank you.

Thank you.

There being no further decision.

So sorry, but chair recognizes Alderman Brower.

Yeah, thank you so much.

Uh just a couple different comments on that.

Um, yeah, I can appreciate I can appreciate that we should investigate um these these entities.

Um but what we're with the acute problem of affordability that we have, I think with an opportunity, if if they if they commit you know some sort of fraud or or are negligent, we should we should send DNS after them, they would be you know lying and fraudulent that it does not turn out to be affordable, and that is a consequence for them that they would face, and we would we should be pursued to the full extent of the law if in fact they do you know lie with a proposal that they're that they're making and they should be held accountable.

Um, you know, regarding the the concept of of what you know where we're um we're allowed to you know comment or not, either you know, through our rules or um informally, you know, I would just suggest this to colleagues um that the entire city is an ecosystem that exists in an interdependence with each particular part of it.

Um and so on the question of whether it's right and proper for me to comment on you know something occurring in another part of the city, I would argue emphatically, yes, um, that what happens in District 3 and on the east side impacts every other part of the city, and conversely, what happens in every other part of the city impacts district free, and that extends beyond our borders as well.

I mean, we don't exist in a vacuum with an impenetrable border wall on 60th Street with Walatosa.

We exist in an interdependence with the rest of this metropolitan area, the rest of the state, the rest of this country, and the rest of this world.

Um, so for us to for us to just, you know, just to for us to just believe that we are 15 different municipalities united by one, you know, with one administrative building in the middle of the city, um, I don't I don't agree with that concept.

Um, and I understand and would acknowledge that that might be different than what other colleagues believe.

Um, but I, you know, think that we should, you know, look at things and act um in a united way, and I know folks that have held my seat before have made comments like that as well.

And I I probably stand in that tradition to that we should all be considering while representing our constituents, we should all consider, you know, the the breadth of the entire city metro area and country um and world in every single vote that we take.

Thank you.

Thank you, Alderman Bauman moves for adoption of recommendations of the zoning neighborhood development committee.

Would the clerk please call the roll?

Alder Woman Pratt, aye.

Chambers, Brouwer, Bowman, aye.

Westmoreland, Ox.

Jackson, Zamarepa?

Aye.

Taylor?

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Burgelis?

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Dimitrievich.

Stamper.

Aye.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

Fifteen ayes.

Fifty eyes, the committee report is adopted.

Alderman Russell Stamper, the second.

When I'll present the report of the community and economic development committee.

The community and economic development committee recommends passage of 84.

A substitute ordinance relating to the membership of the emerging youth achievement advisory council.

The committee recommends adoption of 85 resolution relating to the acceptance and funding of a U.S.

Department Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Marketing Service Regional Food System Partnership Program Grant.

The committee recommends confirmation of 86 appointment of Beth Handel to the Business Approvement District number 51 by the Mayor 87.

Reappointment of John Rosetto to the Business Approvement District Number 51 by the Mayor 88.

Reappointment of David Stakeman to the business approvement district number 51 by the mayor.

89.

Reappointment of Colleen Cheney Trowinski to the business improvement district number 51 by the mayor.

90.

Appointment of Aaron Franseca to the business to the Milwaukee Arts Board by the Mayor.

91.

Appointment of Melissa Mueller to the Milwaukee Arts Board by the Mayor and 92.

Appointment of Maritza Arte to the Emerging Youth Youth Achievement Advisory Council by the Mayor.

Chair recognizes Alderman Stamper.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I have a motion relating to item number 84, substitute orders related to the membership of the emerging youth achievement advisory council.

I move to replace substitute one of common council file number two five zero six five nine with the attached proposed substitutes.

I further move for passage of this file as a minute.

This is simple language that need to be cleaned up.

And I'm abiding by it.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Motion by Alderman Stamper is the simple substitute amendment.

Hearing no objections to order.

Any other further business before any further discussion of the committee report?

Hearing none, Alderman Stamper moves for the adoption of recommendation of the community and economic development committee.

Would the clerk please call the roll?

Alder Woman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers?

Brower.

Aye.

Alman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Hox.

Jackson.

Aye.

Zamarepa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Burgelis?

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Mitrevich.

Aye.

Stamper?

Aye.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

Fifteen ayes.

Fifty eyes.

The committee report is adopted.

We will now take up communication from city officers.

Item number two six zero zero zero nine.

Communication from the city clerk relating to service of papers.

Order of file.

File number two six zero zero one zero.

Communication from the city clerk relating to the various amendatory condolatory resolutions to be acknowledged and affirmed by the common council.

Order of file.

File number two zero six.

Communication from the city clerk relating to official notices and reports.

Order of file.

File number two six zero zero two two communication relating to the notices filed under file number two five one six seven six.

A substitute ordinance relating to notice of closures for food establishments two six zero zero three four appointment of Cindy Wright Smith to serve as special deputy commissioner of the department of city development with respect to the signing of documents relating to the sale of cities owned property by the commissioner of the department of city development order of five file number two six zero zero four zero appointment of Kathleen Brangles as the representative of the legislative reference bureau and the chair of the zoning code technical committee order of file file number two six zero zero eight seven appointment of Missy Zober somber rather to the Milwaukee Public Library Board by the Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent order on file and file number two six zero zero eight nine communication relating to the appointments of Douglas Stern Patrick Mozinski and Frederick Kleimitz as the reserve municipal judges for the city of Milwaukee.

Order on file are there any items for immediate adoption there are five matters for immediate adoption item number ninety three file number two six zero zero four one resolution conditionally approving a final certified survey map item number ninety four file number two two six zero zero four four resolution approving final certified survey maps item number ninety five file number two six zero zero eight four motion amending the school of regular meetings of the common council and its standing committee for the year twenty twenty six yes rightem number ninety six file number two six zero one zero four resolution expressing the city of Milwaukee's opposition to the recent ruling by the Supreme Court relating to the 1985 1965 voting rights act and item number 97 file number six or the two six zero one zero six resolution to opposing the energies request to increase utility rates and authorizing a city attorney to intervene in Wheat Energy's 2027 28 rate ink increase case the record reflect I'd like to be a co-sponsor of uh 260104 and 260106 chair recognizes uh older women Dmitrievich request to increase utility rates um I know we've had a lot of information kind of thrown at us here um but I'm hoping that in the pat just like the past um this will be a fairly easy question for colleagues but not creating a light note here because it is incredibly heavy for the nearly half a million residents um that we serve again if you're a bit tired of hearing me speak on this imagine how tired I feel and imagine how tired the residents of the city of Milwaukee feel this feels like it's coming up every couple months now our work matters us taking a strong position publicly like this matters there was just a positive uh ruling by the PSC to have data centers in this council and I think each and every one of you unanimously said that future large data centers should pay a hundred percent of their costs they originally wanted 7525 um and that was put forth by um groups like the corporation of we energy so that was a success um one minor victory in a long long battle as soon as the ink could dry on that decision we energies a monopolistic corporation went forward and asked for another rate increase please look at this memo I thank Dave Galtean for putting it together on item two page two look at what's being proposed for 2028 and 2027 and it may at first glance not seem perhaps too much or up with the cost of living but that is absolutely incorrect.

The request would increase the typical residential customers bill by $14.67 per month or 10 point 28%.

And then another five point five two percent in January of 2028.

So again, that's 10 point two eight percent then followed by five point five two percent what does that mean for our Milwaukeeans who are already some of the most energy burdened people in the United States of America?

It means $14.67 $14.67 per month, then followed up by $8.69 per month.

On top of, if you look at page two, the increase is throughout the year.

Throughout the years.

We're not getting any better product.

And in in baby, I can tell you, specifically in my district, um, the power goes out all the time.

I have friends and family that have generators.

So we're not getting anything more for the money here.

In fact, their increases continue.

They make more money on the back of our people who can't afford other things they need, like housing, food, diapers, many of the things that we talked about today.

It leads to the instability and insecurity of our families.

So we will intervene with your support here.

Our voices have been heard.

Our voices collectively represent half a million people.

And we can cannot allow these decisions to be made on their behalf when it is so detrimental.

In fact, Mr.

President, I'll offer you one last point.

The more that these bills go up and the increases happen, um, almost unilaterally laterally, I know the PSC looks at it, the more work that we're gonna have to do in the city of Milwaukee to help people reach their needs.

It's actually coming back to us.

We're going to have to do more for our people because they're not going to be able to afford the quality of life that they deserve in the city of Milwaukee.

So once again, I ask for your support.

We have to continue to stand up, and I know many colleagues um wanna chime in here because it is an issue that people are thinking about every single day.

And we would like the PSC with this intervention to agree with us and stop the increases for our community.

Chair recognizes Alderman Brower.

Yeah, thank you so much, Mr.

President.

I would like to also be added as a co-sponsor for item number ninety-six, and want to just uh say heartfelt appreciation for the sp uh you know uh for the authors of this resolution.

We need to make our voices heard regarding what the out of control Supreme Court is doing to erode rights for every single person um here in the United States.

Um I also wanted to speak to item number ninety-seven regarding we energies.

We need to intervene and act, and I hope we can get a unanimous vote on adoption of this today to show that the Milwaukee Common Council is united in opposition to We Energy's continuing their quest for more and more profits and more and more greed.

We have to stop it right now.

And they're, they're gonna use every excuse in the book, right?

They're gonna, you know, if they didn't if they didn't have you know excuses before to not meet their climate goals, they're gonna use the Iran war right now as an excuse to not meet their climate goals and to raise prices, right?

This is um this is an unacceptable situation.

These um, you know, you can almost say that there's a system that's making this happen.

And I would argue that there is.

It's capitalism.

We need to stop it.

We can start that fight against the system that is oppressing every single person here in the city of Milwaukee.

We can start that um by opposing, and I really appreciate Aldorman Dmitrievich taking the lead on this and and making sure this got here this morning for immediate adoption so we can intervene in this rate case.

Uh, but there is more that this council can do.

There is definitely more this council and this community can do.

We can begin to explore uh using chapter 197 of the Wisconsin state statutes to replace we energies and actually get them out of this city.

Because when a business reaches the state of monopoly, it needs to be under public ownership, right?

And this and this definitely includes our utilities, but also other major corporations obviously need to be under democratic and people ownership as well.

And we have a tool in our toolbox that we could use as soon as we can muster the political will, which is chapter 197 of the Wisconsin State statutes.

Uh, I urge adoption of this, thank you so much.

Let the record reflect your sponsorship, co-sponsorship of item 96, chair recognizes Alderman Bauman.

Yes, I'd like to be added to 96.

Thank you statement as well.

Let the record reflect co-sponsorship 9697.

Chair recognizes Alderperson Samaripa.

Thank you, Mr.

Chair.

I would also like to be added as a co-sponsor for items number ninety-six and ninety-seven.

The direct flight co-sponsorship by elder person, Samaripa.

9697.

Chair recognizes Aldermans Piker.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, I'd like to be listed as a co-sponsor on item 96 relating to the SCOTUS decision regarding section two of the voting rights act 13 years after Shelby County eliminated largely the preclearance regime.

Section five.

There's precious little that exists left.

Um it's very disturbing, gonna have tremendous consequences.

I'd also like to be listed as a co-sponsor on item 97 as well.

Thank you.

Okay.

Co-sponsorship on 9697.

Chair recognizes all the Ms.

Stamper.

Yeah, thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, and I'll thank my colleagues for your co-sponsorship, and please add me to the one against the energies.

But um, I'm glad and blessed to be an elected official to stand up against this.

Uh 1965 voters' rights acts.

Uh opposition by the Supreme Court and the President of the United States.

So, uh it's our duty, it's all right, and I can't imagine what elected officials went through back then, leaders, Black Panther, all of those different leaders that went back through the civil rights movement, and Jim Crow Laws and all of the stuff that they did so we can be elected uh 2026.

So I wrote some comments that I like to share because I was flabbergasted when I saw that they could blatantly just change the constitution and the law right in front of us so you can change a map, so you can decide who can vote.

That's crazy that they're able to do that right in front of us, right?

In our eyes.

So uh this is this is what I'm feeling, and I've been feeling this since the day it passed, because uh I saw the other day that they already implemented the laws and trying to erase the minority vote.

So I rise in strong support of this resolution opposing the recent Supreme Court ruling that weakens protections under the 1965 voting rights act or the most important civil rights laws in American history.

The Voting Rights Act was created to ensure that every citizen, regardless of race or background, have a fair and equal voice in our democracy.

For decades, section two has helped protect communities from discriminatory voting practices and unfair district maps that dilute the power of minority voters.

This recent ruling sends the wrong message at a time when trust in our democ democratic process must be strengthened, not weakened.

It creates additional barriers for communities seeking fairness, representation, and equal access to the political process.

Milwaukee understands the importance of this representation.

We understand the sacrifice made by those who marched, protested, led, and even died for the right to vote.

We cannot remain silent when protections that generations fought for are diminished.

This resolution is about standing on the side of fairness, inclusion, and democracy.

It is about affirming that every resident deserves to be heard and every vote deserves to count.

I urge my colleagues to support this resolution and continue to fight to protect voting rights for all people.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Chair recognizes Alderman Chambers.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I'm going to ask for unanimous consent on items 96 and 97.

And I got some words to speak about 96.

Okay.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um I will be remiss if I don't express my frustration.

Um, you know, about Section 2 being completely good at essentially the voter rights act being completely good.

So I as well constructive some words.

Um, the voter rights act was born out of struggle, sacrifice, and to understand that democracy only works when every voice truly has a seat at the table.

Um, the recent Supreme Court decision weakens protection under the VRE, not just a legal ruling.

It's a step backwards for a community that fought too hard and too long to be heard.

As an elected official representing the historically underrepresented community, I know firsthand that access to fair representation does not happen by accident.

It happens because protections were put in place to stop discrimination before it can silence people at the ballot box.

We should not be making it harder.

We should not be making it harder for communities of color, working class neighborhoods, or historically marginalized voices to elect candidates to understand their lived experiences.

We should be strengthening our democracy, not narrowing.

This decision sends the wrong message at the time when trust and government is already fragile.

The voting rights act is not outdated.

The need for fairness, accountability, and equal access to represent uh to representation is as important as it was generations ago before us.

I stand firmly in opposition to any effort that weaken the voices of the people who undermine the progress of so many uh sacrifices to achieve.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Chair recognizes Alderwoman Taylor.

Nope.

I don't have it.

Chair recognizes Alderman Burgellis.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I was going to ask for co-sponsorship for 9697.

I appreciate Oldman Chambers speaking up for all of us.

But these two items reflect how fundamentally critical our democracy is today.

Eroding voting acts, eroding the voting rights act undermines the political collective will of a democratic society.

We're on a cliff, and the country has very little time to change course and correct the destruction of democracy in our country.

And utilities, costs, families across our state are already stretched thin by raising housing costs, groceries, insurance, gas, property taxes.

Now, yet another major increase in utility bills.

Utilities are essential services that people depend on every single day.

Let us not forget that this also impacts local governments.

We are one of we energy.

Having higher utility bill costs for the city means that we also have to adjust our budget.

The result will be fewer services paid for for our residents.

I believe Milwaukee needs to have a voice in this process.

Everyone in Wisconsin, every resident, should have a voice in this process.

We have to advocate for fairness, transparency, most of all, affordability now more than ever for ratepayers.

Residents I talk to are financially exhausted.

Government should not stay silent.

We need to stand with our constituents.

Clearly, who are struggling?

Keep up.

I urge adoption of both of these.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Chair recognizes Alderwoman Moore.

Uh thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, my colleague has already um expressed uh unanimous consent for 96 and 97.

That's what I was referencing.

Okay.

Chair recognizes Alder Woman Dmitrievich.

Oh, thank you.

So, okay, then I don't need to add myself to 96.

Do we have unanimous unanimously everybody?

Okay, well, let me just do one thing I forgot, Mr.

President.

Um in this beautiful chart though, I forgot to mention, I just think this is outstanding and for the people watching that from the years 2022 to 2026, there was a 32% increase from we energies, and now from 26 to 28, there'll be a 16%.

So again, 22 to 26, 32 percent, 26 to 28, 16 percent.

I just thought that was such an outstanding outrageous data point that it needed uh to be demonstrated in color.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Alder Woman Demetriovich moves adoption.

Would the clerk please call the roll?

Alder Woman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers?

Aye Brower, aye.

Ballman.

Aye.

Westmoreland, Cox, Jackson, Zama Repa.

Aye.

Taylor, aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Bergelis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Dimitrievich.

Aye.

Stamper.

Aye.

Mr.

President.

Aye.

Fifteen eyes.

59's.

The files are adopted.

Are there any announcements?

Chair recognizes Alderman Chambers.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, this Saturday.

Um Saturday, May 16th, from 10 a.m.

to 11 30 a.m.

Congresswoman Gwen Moore would be hosting Congressional Cafes, a district listening session hosted at in the second district at Marshall High School in the auditorium at 4141 North 64th Street.

Um, this is an annual event that the Congresswoman has held.

Um in the second district.

Um this year it will be attended by uh Congresswoman Gwen Moore, obviously, State Senator Latonia Johnson, state representative Supreme Moore Omakunday, County Supervisor Felicia Martin, and yours truly.

Um so it's a great opportunity to speak with your elected official there be resources there.

Um a great opportunity to hear some great conversation about what's going on in the nation's capital and the state, county, and also the city.

So uh anybody who is uh interested in coming over to Marshall, we'd be looking forward to seeing you um Saturday, May 16th.

Uh, Marshall High School again, 4141 North 64th Street from 10 a.m.

to 1130 a.m.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Chair recognized all Ms.

Tamper.

Yeah, thank you, Mr.

President.

Uh tonight and Thursday, I'm hosting along with a few community groups, a property assessment, information and appeal assistance, um, community meeting.

Two sessions on the process, how they got here, open up questions for the community, and most importantly, how to appeal.

They are tonight at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society from 530 to 7:30.

Um, West Center Street.

Assessor's office will be there, realtors will be there, and developers will be there to help individuals understand their assessment and to appeal if wanted.

And then also this Thursday at peak initiative, same time, 5 30 to 7 30.

Peak is located at 2480 West Cherry Street.

I encourage all residents to come out, anyone concerned about their assessment to come learn the process and do what you can to a fight against the city assessments.

A legend passed away in Milwaukee.

He's a frat brother of mine, a member and a learned of the Alpha Five for Fraternity Incorporated.

And I'm sure we're going to issue a common council press release.

Thank you to All Woman Cox.

But uh Dr.

Finn Layson was a leader and legend in the city, delivering over 10,000 babies in Milwaukee.

I can guarantee you if you're an African American person, black person that lived in the city.

If you weren't delivered by him, your cousin was your auntie, somebody in your family or somebody that knows your family was delivered by Dr.

Finn Layson.

One of the first black doctors in Milwaukee.

So all are invited to come spend time with his family and uh recognizing and honoring Dr.

Finn Layson.

We had the chance to give him his flowers when he was alive.

I'm very proud of that.

When he turned 100 years old, we were um in Old Woman College District, and we did a program and we changed the street.

Uh I think it's 4th Street, though.

Fifth Fifth Street.

We got Vale Phillips on fourth, right?

We got Dr.

Martin Luther King, we got Vale Phillips, and we got Dr.

Martin, Dr.

Finn Layson, all in Bronzeville and spread out.

So I'm proud of that, and that's the little bit of honor we were able to do in honoring him.

So the hit he'll go down in history.

So very sad news, uh, but at least we got to honor him while he was here.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Uh chair recognizes all the woman Taylor.

Oh, thank you so much, Mr.

President.

Um, couple of things.

One, uh, last month I forgot to mention a happy birthday to my daughter, uh, turned 33 years old, so um just wanted to make sure I gave her that shout out.

Um, the other one was I also um omitted to say thank you to PID and all the hard work that they put in to make teacher appreciation day um a success.

So I wanted to make sure I publicly said thank you to them for all their work.

Lastly, um, just wanted to mention that District 9 is committed to this is violence um prevention month, uh, and then we um uh had a lot of support with the violence prevention week um through Dr.

Fuller's school.

So I wanted to um continue to do things to um support our children and um focus them in a positive direction.

So we have uh Granville Kids Fun Day, and there's going to be a total of three.

Um two are in May.

So one is this weekend, May 16th, from 10 to 3 at um 9550 West Brown Deer Road at the Risen Savior Um Church parking lot, and then the next one is May 23rd, and it is um also 10 to 3 at the crossover center at 9155 North 76th Street.

Um all kids are welcome, come out, get they're gonna get free hot dogs, chips, and a drink, uh, and just have a lot of fun.

There's plenty of games.

Special guests is gonna be Milwaukee Fire Department and Milwaukee Police Department, and then the last one will be um as we did last year, um, uh also in recognition of my birthday and can't kids' fund day together, will be June 20th, so we can save the date, and again, we'll be doing the exact same thing, only we'll be adding the um uh bike raffle uh as we did last year.

Thank you.

Chair recognizes all the world prep.

Thank you.

First, I'd like to echo the sentiments of Arm and Stamper for Dr.

Finn Layson.

I'd also like to offer condolences for John Cowwitz, who passed, who was a former common council president Alderman in the city of Milwaukee.

Um just want to say some things that's going on in the first district.

So we are starting neighborhood walks.

First one is on May 18th.

Rufus King, starting uh at 1801 West Aloe starting at 11:30.

Have another one on May 20th with the Lincoln Park Neighborhood Group, starting on 19th in Hampton at 11.30 on May 27th.

We are also doing another walk, 5600 block on North 35th Street with bridge builders.

And then at 1245 on May 27th, another walk, 4500 block on West Custer with the McGovern Block Club group and on May 29th, 3900 block on West Vera, another walk.

Also want to highlight that we are having a community meeting regarding an application for to open a reopen the gas station at Titania and Roosevelt.

And this meeting will be on this Saturday at Lighthouse Youth Center, which is 2475 West Roosevelt.

And the family of Isaiah Allen will be there as well as the owners.

And they've been in communication.

So this is for the community to come out and voice their opinion about what they want to see next.

Just uh lastly, I'd like to say happy anniversary to my parents.

They just celebrated their 55th uh wedding anniversary.

Congratulations.

Chair recognizes Alderman Cox.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

I would like to wish my son who celebrated his golden birthday yesterday on the 11th.

He turned 11 a happy birthday.

So that's happy birthday, Calfani.

On May 30th, from 11 a.m.

to 6 p.m.

on 9th in Atkinson to 11th in Atkinson.

There will be the 14th annual Hill the Hood block party.

There'll be free food, community resources, and entertainment.

It is free and open to the public.

Again, that is May 30th, 11 to 6 p.m., 9th to 11th in Atkinson, the Hill the Hood block party, and all our invited.

Additionally, we are still accepting applications for uh vendors for the Brownsville Cultural and Arts Festival, which is scheduled for August 2nd on North Avenue between King Drive and 7th.

Those applications for for vending can be found on the city's website at Milwaukee Daco.

Thank you.

Chair recognizes Alderman Burgelis.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Please join Lieutenant Governor, Sir Rodriguez, County Executive David Crowley, Mayor Kevlar Johnson, Council President Jose Perez, and also Alder Person Joe Castle Zaripa and myself today in 39 minutes for the LGBT Community Center brand open brand opening and ribbon cutting at their new location 161 South First Street.

That's today in 38 minutes.

See you there.

Also, June 1st, we have a joint county and city intersex progress pride flag flag raising ceremony on the south side of the county courthouse, your tenth and wells.

That's on Monday, June 1st at 9 a.m.

Uh put together by both uh LGBTQ plus ERG groups of the county and the and the city of the Hive and Prism.

Please join us Monday morning, 9 a.m.

June 1st at the County Courthouse.

Thank you so much.

Chair recognizes Alderman Moore.

Thank you so much, Mr.

President.

Just want to invite our community out to Washington Heights night market.

They have an amazing night market.

It's coming up on May 14th from 4 to 8 p.m.

It is between 53rd and 54th.

And Washington Boulevard.

Also, Endris Park Bloom and Bloom and Groom Plant Sale is, I want to say it's this Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m.

Um at Endrus Park Playfield for those folks that are looking to spruce up.

Their homes and get some plants, please.

Stop by Endrus Park.

Um, couple more things.

Uh Danine Park also has their community play day on Saturday, May 16th at the Denin Park Tennis Courts from 1 to 3 p.m.

It is an amazing free family-friendly fun event.

So if you want to get outside, if you're in the neighborhood, please um check them out.

Um, a shameless plug here.

I had a chance to um go see the play, Raisin in the Sun, which was spectacular.

Um, it plays from May 8th through the 24th.

Google it, you'll see it, but um definitely a really cool um opportunity uh by um the um by Lorraine Hansbury.

Just it was amazing.

And lastly, I would like to congratulate my twin boys who both graduate this Saturday at the same time at two different schools.

Um Matthew Moore graduating from um University of Wisconsin on Whitewater with his four-year degree, and um Malachi Moore, which will be graduating from MATC with his associate's degree, and we'll be moving on to UWM.

So proud of um both of them and all of our scholars um that are graduating from whether it's kindergarten, elementary, middle, high school, and college, um, and beyond, we wish um our community well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh congratulations.

Uh Chair recognizes Alderman Jackson.

Thank you.

Mike, Mike Check, Mike Check, Jackson.

I wish I could give him time.

Breakout breaker, rubber ducky.

Okay, there you go.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Um, busy weekend coming up.

Um Saturday morning.

Bridge builders is having their serve day.

I can't attend, so I'll be sending my nephews to get to work.

They'll be planning, they'll be painting two garages, a porch, and painting a house.

So that's going on at 8 a.m.

at the Bridgewood's location, 4621 North 40th Street.

Sunset Heights has a cleanup on 51st in Urlaf at 9 a.m.

Second cleanup is at 12 at noon.

And that's the Faral cleanup.

Uh, Farrell was a young man that passed away five years ago.

This is the fifth annual cleanup, 4331 North 48th Street.

And also Saturday Sunday, we will have Earth Day in May, plant sale at Sherman Park Associations.

So play on words with my colleague Spruce up your gardens and everything with plants to purchase.

Thank you.

Chair recognizes all the woman with Dmitrievich.

Yes, please join us May 19th from 4 to 5 p.m.

at Brujas.

If you haven't been there, it's lovely.

3062 South 13th Street is for the Ohio Park neighborhood meeting.

Also playing on the spring um language that we're blooming together, and we will have a seed exchange May 19th at Brujas.

Thank you.

Any other announcements?

I just want to take a second to wish my son Victorio, who just turned 17, happy birthday, and um very proud of him.

And there being no further business before this council, it is adjourned.