And welcome to the meeting of the Milwaukee Common Council on June 23rd, 2026.

As the Chair of Finance, I have the honor to be filling in as President of Joseph Perez's absent today, so I'll be running this meeting.

And the meeting of the Common Council will now come to order.

Will the city clerk please call the rule?

Alder Woman Present.

Chambers.

Excused.

Brower.

Here.

Bauman.

Westmoreland.

Excused.

Cogs.

Present.

Jackson.

Here.

Is that Maripa?

Here.

Taylor.

Moore.

Excused.

Burgelas.

Present.

Spiker.

Here.

Stamper.

Perez.

Excused.

Madam Chair.

Present.

Twelve members are present.

Three are excused.

Okay, we do have a quorum.

Thank you so much.

Would you now please rise and join me for the pledge of allegiance to be followed by a moment of silent meditation?

I pledge of the fly.

Into the public.

Liberty and justice for all.

Thank you.

Okay.

Are there any corrections to the Common Council Journal of Proceedings for the meeting of June 2nd, 2026?

There are no corrections to the journal.

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

Okay, we need to take a moment to explain why City Hall has turned pink and green today.

Please stand from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Come on up.

Stand up, please.

We are truly, hold on.

Let's get sure.

We are truly fortunate to again be joined by the members of AKA who are marking the 12th anniversary of their AKA Day at City Hall.

And they visit here with the Common Council.

This year's visit features the Epsilon Kappa Omega and Upsilon MU Omega chapters, and we offer them a very hearty and warm welcome to City Hall.

I will now call on Alder Woman Miley Coggs, who is a proud member of the AKA sorority, and I would like her to recognize, I'd like to recognize her now to provide some additional comments.

Alder Woman Cogs.

Thank you, Adam Chair.

As was mentioned, I am a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated.

As a member, I recognize the level of sisterhood and service that this institution has been a part of since 1908.

So the pink and green, the sisterhood, run deep in my blood and in my family.

And I am so proud to share this day with each of you, who I know carry on the tradition of this sorority and its uh history of civic engagement at a time in this nation where it is critically important that more of us each become more civically engaged, so that the freedoms and rights that we have enjoyed and that we must the mayor, but it takes a citizen groups and people with with power because that's truly where the power is.

It is with the people.

And so as people watch today and see you all be a part of this meeting and the meeting we will have following this, dealing with more civic issues.

My hope is that they're inspired, that they're inspired to also become engaged because if we are to improve of this city and this nation, it's going to take us all.

So I just want to thank you all for being an example and being an inspiration here today, and happy aka day.

Thank you so much.

Are you still working on it?

Is this working okay?

Okay.

Um this year's theme is safe communities, strong democracy from neighborhood safety to the ballot box.

We're looking forward to spending the day with each and every one of you.

Thank you.

All right.

Now, Alder Woman Cogs moves that the Common Council resolve itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of making a number of presentations, hearing no objections so ordered.

We again have the great pleasure of welcoming Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day pageant winners who have demonstrated excellence and promise as up and coming citizens in our community.

They were crowned during this year's 55th annual Juneteenth Day festivities.

And I'm sure I don't need to remind anyone here, we have one of the largest and most beautiful Juneteenth Day celebrations in this country.

Right now, I now call on Alder Woman Miley Cogs to escort this year's winners to the front and make the presentations.

I know we have more energy than that.

We not only have a.

A competition in which the participants must be between the ages of 8 and 13.

They must be a Milwaukee County resident and have an upstanding reputation in school and their community while maintaining a grade point average of 2.5 or higher.

So be it resolved that the common council of the city of Milwaukee here with recognizes Michael Terry Jr.

on being named Little Mr.

Juneteenth, 2026, and wishes for him continued success in the future.

And be it further resolved that a suitable gross copy of this resolution presented to Michael T.

Alright.

Good morning.

My name is Michael Terry Jr.

I am going to attend Wozu Muscle of the Arts and I'm going to send great.

I am a defensive and offensive lineman for for the Sealy Pan Panthers.

My hobbies include football, games, math, and reading.

When I grew up, I would like to be a professional football player.

Well, the Green Bay Packers.

Wow.

Thank you for the time.

And as we uh go on to Mr.

Juneteenth, I do want to, I shouted out the past uh director of the page, Mr.

Andre Lee Ellis.

I do want to shout out the current uh director, Miss Felicia Williams.

Rehearsing and working with young people week after week, I'm sure wasn't easy.

Um but her and her team were committed to it.

I also want to give a special shout out to the parents of these uh magnificent young people who are here with us today today.

All right, for the Mr.

Juneteenth pageant, um, Mr.

Juneteenth must be between the ages of 14 and 18, and he must live in Milwaukee County and have an upstanding reputation in school in our community while maintaining a grade point average of 2.5 or better, and be resolved that the common council of the city of Milwaukee here with recognizes Jace White on being named Mr.

Juneteenth, 2026, and wishes for him a continued success in the future and be it further resolved at a suitable copy of this resolution he presented to Jay.

Good evening.

Um as she said, I am Jay Swite.

I'm 14 years old.

Some of my hobbies include acting, playing the alto saxophone, and playing football.

I go to go to my air high school, and when I finish with high school, I plan on attending Howard University.

Thank you.

Next up, we have little Miss Juneteenth, 2026.

Little Miss Juneteenth is uh for contestants, must be between the ages of eight and thirteen and are judged on poison personality, creativity, speech, talent, uh, and responses to interview questions and a written essay, in addition to being a great student.

We are further resolved that the common council of the city of Milwaukee here with recognizes Ava Gary on being named Little Miss Juneteenth 2026 and wishes for her continued success in the future and be a further resolve that a suitable in gross copy of this resolution be presented to Ava.

Here with us, I'm HRU.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

My name is Abra Gary, and I'm 2026, little Miss Jim T.

I go to Milwaukee Montessori School.

I'm nine years old, and I'm in third grade.

The activities are Jack and Joe of America, Girl Scouts of America, Rock Stars of Flags, Chair Squad, and Praise Dance Team.

When I grow up, I want to be a pediatrician and have my own skincare company.

Thank you for your time.

Out of the 35 uh pageants that we have had, I've probably attended um 30 of them.

And I've been a judge, I've been an MC, and I've been a contestant.

Um, and oftentimes, and I've been a person who didn't win the first time and came back um for redemption.

Um, but there is no um participant in the study that I've witnessed who has had more um tenacity, resilience, and determination than this year's uh Miss Juneteenth, who um, although not winning the first couple of times, um, was determined to come back um and for the crown, um, and did just that on this time.

Miss Juneteenth uh must be between the ages of 14 to 18, and contestants are judged on poison personality, creativity, speech talent, responses to interview questions and a written essay.

In addition to scholastic achievements, and you're further resolved at the common council of the city of Milwaukee here with recognizes Gianna Cooks on being named Miss Juneteenth, 2026 and wishes for her continued success in the future and be a further resolve that a suitable in gross copy of this resolution be presented to Miss Gianna.

Good morning, everyone.

My name is Gianna Cook.

I am eighteen years old, and I am honored to act as your 35th Miss June Team.

On top of acting as my home of honor, black student union co-president and editor in chief of the tried yearbook, revolve around the visual and performative art.

I recently graduated with honors from University School Milwaukee, and this fall, I will be headed to Jackson State University as a member of the New Way Party Minor College.

I am also a Project Kindred Pathmaker, which works to create civic change as young people in the city of Milwaukee.

I did not reveal this information during the pageant, but I actually see my life going two separate ways.

The realistic route is for my minor in psychology and my major in gravity design to converge into a PhD in art therapy, or I could be whisked away into a world of superstardom with my singing talent.

I am honored to be here and thank you so much for your time.

I give it up for 2026, Miss and Mr.

Juneteenth pageant.

Well, members uh please rise to show our support of these amazing young people and join us for some quick pictures.

Excellent.

Okay.

Okay.

We'll come back into session, please.

Um, let the record reflect that Alderman Westmoreland and Alderman Chambers be marked as present.

Alderman Russell Stamper the second now.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Also Alderwoman Charlotte Moore, let's make sure that the record reflects is present.

Thank you for that.

Thank you, everybody.

Um, Alderman Russell Stamper the second now moves that the committee of the whole rise and hearing no objections, so ordered.

Will 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 fifty-fifth annual Juneteenth Day celebration on June nineteenth, twenty twenty-six.

Vote two, resolution congratulating Gianna Cooks on being named Miss Juneteenth, twenty twenty-six.

Three, resolution congratulating Jace White on being named Mr.

Juneteenth, twenty twenty-six.

Four, resolution congratulating Ava Gary on being named Little Miss Juneteenth, twenty twenty-six.

Five, resolution congratulating Michael Terry Junior on being named Little Mr.

Juneteenth, twenty twenty-six.

Seven, resolution recognizing the public dedication of a Wisconsin state Historical marker at Lyndon Hill.

Eight.

Resolution recognizing the next bar on the occasion of its one-year anniversary.

Nine.

Resolutions recognizing the following as pillars of the St.

Mark AME Church.

Thomas McCallum, Joseph Campbell, Leonard Garr, Johnny Milton, Walter Bishop.

10.

Resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Mildred B.

Mills.

11.

Resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Barry Burtz.

12.

Resolution expressing condolences to the family and friends of Donald Ason.

13.

Resolution congratulating Elvis Locke on his retirement from the Milwaukee Police Department.

14.

Resolution congratulating David Lowry on his retirement from the Department of Public Works.

15 resolution congratulating Daniel Kenny on his retirement from the Milwaukee Public Schools.

Okay.

Are there any objections to the foregoing commendations and condolences?

If anyone wishes to be added 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 the reports of standing committees.

Alder person Jocasta Samariba will now present the report of the licenses committee.

The licenses committee recommends placing on file two communication from the licensed division relating to the permit process for parklets, sidewalk area dining facilities, and the active streets for business program.

The licenses committee recommends item three, Common Council file number two six zero two zero four motion relating to the recommendations of the licenses committee relating to licenses.

Included in the file are the following recommendations.

Renewal with a 30-day suspension of the extended hour established license of Mukesh S.

Darod based on the preponderance of the evidence in the police report and aldermanic testimony that demonstrates that the operation results in a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the public, and for the failure to comply with the approved plan of operation for the premise located at 3801 South 27th Street, doing business as Denny's in the 13th Aldermanic District.

Written objections have been filed.

Have the members of the Common Council read the report and recommendations of the licenses committee?

Roll call, please.

On having read the report as well as the objections.

Alderwoman Pride.

Aye.

Chambers, Brower.

Aye.

Bauman.

Aye.

West Morland.

Aye.

Cogs.

Aye.

Jackson.

Zamaripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Bergellis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Stamper.

Aye.

Madam Chair.

Aye.

14 ayes.

One excused.

Okay.

The report is approved.

And we're now on to ifesh S.

Durard or his counsel are present.

Okay.

If so, do you wish to address the common council?

Okay.

Then we will proceed to item number 23.

Alder Person Samaripa now moves that the Common Council convene itself into a committee of the whole for the purpose of taking testimony in these matters.

Hearing no objection, so ordered.

Both sides are limited to five minutes and must confine their remarks to the report and recommendation of the committee.

The applicant or their representative is now here.

Could you just quickly please introduce yourself?

Yep, attorney Zach Robleski.

Thank you.

Are there any questions for this attorney?

Okay.

You now have five minutes to discuss this item.

Good morning.

I represent Mukesh Darod, agent for Denny's restaurant, located at 3801 South 27th Street.

Uh, Denny's employs about a dozen employees every night in third shift food industry in an area where uh there aren't many third shift food industry jobs available.

Now, unfortunately, I had not been retained prior to the licenses committee meeting, but my written objections to the police report and to the findings of fact outlining the changes that the establishment implemented are included in my uh letter.

Today I just wanted to focus on some of the changes and steps that the establishment has taken since the committee meeting.

Umce that date myself uh management who is here, along with their security owners, met with Alderman Spyker, MPD community liaison officers, executive director of the 27th Street Business District, Terra Cavasos, and the community partnership unit of the district attorney's office.

That meeting was held last week at the Denny's establishment to discuss changes in protocols and procedures to address the concerns that the committee had related to the police report items.

Uh the meeting was productive, and a number of changes were implemented immediately.

Uh the first being the establishment increased security from Thursday to Sunday to seven nights per week.

Uh that is there, 10 p.m.

to 6 a.m.

every single day.

They also updated the security policies, the policies included in my report to the council.

That policies include immediate notification of any police interaction to both the owner of the security company and to management of Denny's.

Contact information has been shared with MPD in the bid, uh the bid director to ensure that video surveillance is shared with MPD immediately.

Establishment has also ordered a new monitor for viewings uh surveillance on site.

So managers will have the ability to view video surveillance footage with police while they're there.

And then finally, no loitering signs have been ordered uh and they'll be up at the establishment today.

Um in addition to those changes, the establishment is also finishing a nearly six hundred thousand dollar remodel project of both the interior and exterior.

Leave the parking lot should be finished today, but it just shows the establishment's commitment to the area of the neighborhood and the building.

Um, based on these changes, I don't believe that a suspension is warranted.

Um the establishment has taken immediate action to address the concerns.

However, if a suspension, if the council is inclined to accept a suspension, uh I would ask for a 10-day or that it would be reduced to a 10-day suspension.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

At this time, we'll ask if council members have questions for you.

So if you can remain here, please.

And the first slide I see is Alderman Peter Bergellis.

Thank you, Madam President.

This establishment had a 10-day suspension previously.

Why weren't any of these new changes implemented two years ago?

Two years ago, they did hire security staff at that time.

So some of the changes have been implemented.

You know, in response to this, they're increasing the security uh from three days a week to seven days a week.

Um, and then I think the biggest change is going to be the communication and the partnership with MPD community liaison officers.

Uh, I don't think the establishment knew of that relationship and of that asset at the time, two years ago.

And now that they have that connection with them, uh, have gone over the policies with the security company.

Uh, I mean, okay, but Denny's is part of the bid.

They're they participate.

Right.

But I I don't think they had a connection with Terra uh until this meeting uh last week.

Any of the businesses in the neighborhood are locally owned, operated, um, including members that participate with the bid.

Is the agent present here today?

The agent is not present.

The owner?

No.

No.

Not here.

Is he does he live locally?

The agent, the owner is in Kansas.

They do have a team of local uh upper management, they are both here present, including the executive director.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you, Alderman Virgelis.

Alderman Mark Chambers.

Thank you.

Um I think one thing that you said is kind of struck me, was saying that they didn't know about the relationship with the CLOs, and I know my colleague of the 13th, especially if they got hit with a 10-day two years ago, they know about the connection with the CLOs.

So I I I wish you would have said something differently than that.

I'm having a hard time as my colleagues stated, to believe that you know these um measures, uh, were not thought about prior to.

I think it I think it's on the line of skirting the line, just seeing how far they can get away with it.

Now they got caught, and here we are.

Um I just hope to serve as a wake-up call.

So I'll be supporting the 30 day suspension.

Thank you.

Thank you, Alderman.

Any other questions or comments from the representative of the applicant by council members?

Last call for questions or comments.

Uh thank you, sir.

Alder Person Samaripa now moves that the committee of the whole rises.

Hearing no objection, so ordered.

We also have our office of city attorney coming on up.

Thank you.

Assistant city attorney Travis Gresham.

Uh, you have before you the findings of fact, conclusions of law related to the matter, along with recommendation of the licensing committee.

Have it answer any questions at this time.

Questions or comments for the Office of City Attorney?

Questions or comments.

Um I see Alderman Spiker has a light on.

Actually, I'm good for now.

Okay.

Last call for questions or comments from the city attorney.

We'll now go to Alder Person Samaripa who moves that the committee of the whole rises.

Hearing no objection, so ordered.

Are there any motions with respect to these matters?

Okay, Madam Chair.

Yes, Alderman Spyker.

Sorry, this is what my light was for.

Um so uh as was reported, uh had a productive meeting with MPD, the bid, um, which has a letter in on this file.

The DA's office, um, and the owner appeared remotely, along with general managers.

Uh, so we have uh some pretty uh substantial changes in robust increasing of security at the establishment.

Um so I make the motion to reduce the extended hours suspension to a 10-day suspension in light of that um meeting and the results obtained from it.

Thanks.

Okay, thank you.

Every member has heard that motion, and it was a 10-day suspension, correct, Alderman?

Yes, okay.

Discussion of the motion by Alderman Spiker.

Okay.

Hearing and seeing none, Mr.

Clerk, please call the roll.

Okay, any objections to the motion by Alderman Spyker?

Okay, seeing no objections, so ordered.

Thank you.

Great.

Um, and seeing no other motions with respect to these matters and hearing no further discussion, we now ask for a vote of the common council members to adopt the recommendations of the licenses committee as contained in file number 260-204.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt.

Chambers, Brower.

Aye, Bowman, Westmoreland, aye.

Cox.

Aye, Jackson, Zamaripa, Taylor.

Aye, or Igelis.

Aye.

Spiker, aye.

Stamper.

All right.

Madam Chair.

Aye.

Fourteen ayes, one excused.

Fourteen ayes, one excused.

The report has been adopted.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report?

I'm sorry, the recommendations.

As adopted.

Hearing none, Alder Persons Amaripa moves for approval of the remainder of the report of the licenses committee.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers.

Aye.

Brower.

Aye.

Alman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cogs.

Aye.

Jackson.

Zamaripa.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Berg Ellis.

Spiker.

Aye.

Stamper.

Aye.

Madam Chair.

Aye.

Fourteen eyes, one excuse.

14 ayes, one excuse.

The committee report is now adopted.

Alderwoman Melee Lake Hoggs will now present the report of the Public Works Committee.

The Public Works Committee recommends passage of four, a substitute ordinance relating to state requirements for recycling and other purposes.

The public works committee recommends adoption of five.

Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name Carl E.

Hunt to North 47th Street between West Burleigh Street and West Roosevelt Drive in the 7th Aldermanic District.

6.

Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name Shirley Smith to North 111th Street from West Green Tree Road to West Daphne Street in the 5th Aldermanic District.

7.

Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name Mary L.

McCormick to North Prospect Avenue from East State Street to East Mason Street in the 4th Aldermanic District.

8 substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name Mrs.

Sherry J.

Trotman to West Roosevelt Drive from North Twentieth Street to North Tetonia Avenue in the 1st Aldermanic District.

9.

Resolution authorizing an easement with Wisconsin Electric Power Company on City of Milwaukee property at 823 South 4th Street in the 12th Aldermanic District.

10.

Resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute state municipal agreements for a state-led highway project with Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the construction of Interstate Highway 43 Airport Freeway, 92nd Street Bridge, and to set up funds for construction at an estimated total cost of $9,650,000 with an estimated city share of $5,500 and a grantor share of $9,645,400.

11.

Resolution authorizing the proper city officials to execute state municipal agreements with Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the City of Milwaukee utility alterations in conjunction with the I-94 East West Early Grading Menominee River 32nd Street Reconstruction Project at a total estimated cost of 45,065,200 with an estimated grantor share of 45,047,600 and an estimated city share of 17,600.

Twelve resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works and Controller to execute utility agreements with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for work on city facilities in conjunction with the I-94 East-West early grading Menominee River 32nd Street contract work with a total estimated cost of 12,720,000 dollars with an estimated grantor share of eleven million four hundred and forty-eight thousand dollars and an estimated city share of one thousand two hundred and seventy-two dollars thirteen resolution authorizing an easement with Wisconsin Electric Power Company on City of Milwaukee property at 3401 West Minicky Avenue in the 15th Aldermanic District 14 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 one hundred and fifty-six thousand dollars for a total estimated cost of one hundred and seventy thousand dollars fifteen resolution determining it necessary to make various non-assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the city engineering cost estimated to be twenty-five thousand dollars for a total estimated cost of these projects being two hundred thousand dollars.

16 resolution determining it necessary to make various non-assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the city engineering cost estimated to be one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for a total estimated cost of these projects being one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

17 substitute resolution approving construction of non-assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with a city construction cost estimated to be two million eight hundred and eighty-two thousand dollars for a total estimated cost of these projects being five million three hundred and ninety-one thousand dollars.

18 resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a document entitled Second Revision State Municipal Agreement for a state-let highway project with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming, design, real estate acquisition and construction of West Fond du Lac Avenue, State Highway 145 from North 19th Street to North 12th Street, and to set up additional funds for design engineering at an estimated total cost of $620,000 with an estimated city share of $155,000 and a grantor share of $465,000.

19 resolution directing the Commissioner Public Works to execute a document titled First Revision State Municipal Agreement for a State-let STP urban project with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation with a program in design and construction of East West Locust Street, North 7th Street to North Holton Street.

20 resolution relating to application, acceptance, and execution of funding of a green solutions grant from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District for the installation of eight green alleys to be constructed as part of the city's 2026 Alley Reconstruction Program and authorizing entry into a post-installation maintenance covenant with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District in the second, third, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, and 15th automatic district.

21 substitute resolution directing the city controller to set up funds to a pre to set up funds to a previous previously executed document entitled Grant Agreement under the fiscal year 2022 safe streets and roads for all grant program with the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration for the programming design and construction of pedestrian accessibility and safety improvements at up to 26 intersections citywide on West Capitol Drive, West Atkinson Avenue, South 16th Street, West Greenfield Avenue, and West Forest Home Avenue, with a final design, right-of-way and utility coordination, and an estimated total cost of $550,000 with an estimated city share of $110,000 and a grand tour share of $440,000.

22 resolution directing the Commission of Public Works to execute a document titled Third Revision, State Municipal Agreement for a State-let local bridge project with Wisconsin Department of Transportation with a programming design and construction of West Grange Avenue over the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The Public Works Committee recommends placing on file 23 resolution authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute project agreements titled State Municipal Agreement for a Transportation Alternative Program Project with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for two projects.

Thank you so much, Mr.

Clerk.

The chair recognizes Alderman Spyker, followed by Alderman Bergellis.

Alderman Spiker.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Regarding item four, I'd move to replace substitute two of Common Council file number two six zero one three two with the attached proposed sub, which clears up certain topographical errors noted by the Muni Research Library.

Okay.

Do all members have a copy of that to take a peek at just making sure everybody has it.

Should we move on that first, Mr.

Clerk?

The substitute's now before us.

Okay.

Okay.

Any objections to the substitute?

Alderman Spiker.

Hearing none.

So moved and adopted.

We're now on to Alderman Bergelis.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Uh it's clear that utilities are important and utility easements are a fact of life that we need, but the price that we energies has offered to pay the city for various easements, not just this year, but in recent memory, is laughably small.

So please note my objection to the $1,100 easement for number 9.

Also, the I-94 East West project is something that will be transformational for Southeastern Wisconsin.

But the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee residents have been taxed by the Department of Transportation, vehicle registration fees, fuel taxes, electric vehicle fees to pay for this.

I have to oppose any city contribution for that freeway project.

The Department of Concrete has enough money.

City of Milwaukee does not need contribute one more penny.

Please note my objection for 11 and 12.

Okay.

So the objections were 9, 11, and 12 then?

Thank you.

Okay.

So noted.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report?

Again, we are on public works.

Any further discussion of the public works committee report?

Hearing none, Alderwoman Cogs moves for approval of the remainder of the report of the Public Works Committee.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers.

Aye.

Brouwer.

Aye.

Bauman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cogs.

Aye.

Jackson.

Aye.

Samaripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Boor.

Aye.

Burgelis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Stamper.

Aye.

Madam President.

Madam Chair.

Aye.

Fourteen ayes, one excused.

14 ayes, one excuse.

The committee report is adopted.

Alderman Peter Bergelis will now present the report of the Finance and Personnel Committee.

The Finance of Personnel Committee recommends passage of 24.

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

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

Finance of personnel committee recommends adoption of the following 26.

Substitute resolution relating to reimbursement allowances for members of the Granville Havenwoods Advisory Council.

27.

Substitute resolution relating to acceptance and funding of the 2026-27 public health emergency preparedness grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

The Finance of Personnel Committee recommends placing on file 28.

Communication from the Department of Employee Relations relating to classification studies scheduled for fire and police commission action.

29 communication from the Department of City Development relating to the feasibility of creating an employee down payment assistance program.

30 communication from the Department of Employer Relations relating to classification studies scheduled for city service commission action.

31 communication from the Department of Employer Relations amending the salary and positions ordinances relating to clerical or administrative corrections.

32 communication for the Common Council City Clerk's Office amending the positions ordinance relating to adding auxiliary executive administrative assistant positions.

Okay, the chair recognizes Alderman Mark Chambers.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Please note my objection to item number 26260120.

Thank you.

That objection is noted.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report?

Any further discussion?

Hearing none, Alderman Burgelis moves for adoption of the recommendations of the Finance and Personnel Committee.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers.

Aye.

Brouwer.

Aye.

Bowman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cogs.

Aye.

Jackson.

Aye.

Salmaripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Burgelis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Stamper.

Aye.

Madam Chair.

Aye.

Fourteen ayes, one excused.

Fourteen ayes, one excused.

The committee report is adopted.

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

The Judiciary and Legislation Committee recommends adoption of 33.

Substitute resolution approving the settlement of the complaint entitled Tiffany Lewis versus the City of Milwaukee.

EDW case number 25 CV 1573.

Resolution relating to the claim of Gendlin Liver and Reimer SC on behalf of Michael Rogers.

And the Judiciary and Legislation Committee recommends disallowance and indefinite postponement of items 35 through 37 claims against the city.

Thank you.

Is there any discussion of the committee report?

Any discussion of the committee report?

Hearing none, Alderman Jackson moves for adoption of the recommendations of the Judiciary and Legislation Committee.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers.

Brouwer.

Aye.

Bauman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

What's Morland?

Aye.

Cogs.

Aye.

Jackson.

Aye.

Samaripa?

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Burgelis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Stamper.

Excuse.

Madam Chairman.

Aye.

Thirteen ayes to excused.

13 ayes to excused.

The committee report is adopted.

Alderman Scott Spiker will now present the report of the Public Safety and Health Committee.

The Public Safety and Health Committee recommends passage of 38.

An ordinance relating to parking controls 39 and ordinance relating to traffic controls.

The committee recommends adoption of 40 substitute resolution relative to the acceptance of funding of the 2026 27 Immunization Action Plan Grant from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

41.

Resolution relating to the acceptance and funding of the 2026 27.

Communicables disease revenging grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

42.

Substitute resolution relative to the acceptance and funding of the 2026 27 Cities Readiness Initiative Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

43.

Resolution relative to the acceptance and subsequent expenditure of a $3,500 contribution to the Milwaukee Fire Department from Habish Habish and Rotier.

44 resolution authorizing the Milwaukee Fire Department to enter into an agreement with the Milwaukee Board of School Directors on behalf of the Milwaukee Public Schools for continued operations of the survive alive house.

The committee recommends approval of 45 substitute motion modifying the Milwaukee Police Department's standard operating procedures regarding the duty to intervene and report unreasonable use of force.

The committee recommends placing on file item 46, communication from the Milwaukee Police Department and the Fire and Police Commission relating to police pursuit policies.

47.

Communication from the Milwaukee Fire Department and ATT relating to the deployment and use of FirstNet platform.

48.

Communication from the Fire and Police Commission and the Milwaukee Fire Department relating to the 2026 fire training classes and associated departmental vacancies.

49.

Motion modifying Milwaukee Police Department Standard Operating Procedure 660 Vehicle Pursuits and Emergency Vehicle Operations and 575 Video Release Policy.

And 50.

Communication relating to the issuance and temporary noise variance permits.

Thank you so much.

The chair recognizes Alder Person Jocasta Samaripa.

Thank you, Madam President.

I would like to speak on item number 45, the SOP motion modifying MPD's SOP regarding duty to intervene and report on use of unusable use of unreasonable use of force.

Madam President, I speak today in support of the final SOP motion in our ISO legislative package, championed by Alderman Alex Bauer and so many members of our communities.

Madam Chair, there was a time when I fretted about this piece of our ICO package.

I feared that it would be the most difficult for us to get through, and I worried that we would not get the votes in committee.

So very proud and moved was I when it passed with a unanimous vote of the public safety and health committee.

I want to send deep gratitude to Chairman Scott Spiker for his willingness to schedule this SOP motion and to every member of the committee who voted for it.

To Alderman Alex Brower, as I have done so often throughout this journey, I thank you for your leadership in Shepherding ICEO MKE through the legislative process.

You have had countless meetings with colleagues and activists and constituents, Alex.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your tireless commitment, not just to our immigrant community, though that is certainly the case, but to the people of the City of Milwaukee, period.

And a message to our constituents.

As I have heard a little bit of shade.

Folks mentioned that they want their elders focused solely on local issues, the issues of the city, things like garbage pickups, street cleaning, etc.

And I want to assure our constituents that we are focused on these matters.

But I also want to remind our constituents that we are here because of the incompetence and the outrageousness of the Trump administration.

We are here because of the ineptitude and the incompetence of Trump's ice.

We are here because of the Americans murdered in the streets of our neighbors in Minnesota, just next door to us.

Renee Nicole Good and Alex Predi.

Let us say their names.

We are here because our constituents, Milwaukeeans, like Salasa Sarsor and Yasenia Aduano were unjustly and illegally plucked from their communities or forced from their homes.

This is why your local leaders are taking up this charge.

Immigration, an issue that has historically been addressed at the federal level and sometimes the state level, is being taken up by your local elders because we must do everything that we can to keep our people safe.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Alderwoman Meleley Coggs, followed by Alderman Brouwer.

Alderwoman Cox.

I'm good.

Oh, you're good?

Okay.

Uh Alderman Alex Brower.

Thank you so much, Madam Chair.

Uh, really appreciate the opportunity to speak.

We um stand on a rather historic meeting today.

I'm so glad, and I'm so glad that members of the community have decided once again to show up.

Thank you all so much for taking time out of your busy day to be here at the Milwaukee Common Council and watch this happen.

The changing of a police standard operating procedure has historically been uh solely the purview of the fire and police commission.

We made a somewhat described Faustian bargain with the state legislature to achieve Act 12, which now gives us the power to uh change police standard operating procedure.

And if we are given a power and can use it for good, we should execute it.

And today we have before us the chance to pass this legislation and be the and have this be the first time that we've used this power um to modify a police standard operating procedure since Act 12 came into law, and let's use it and pass this.

And I think based on some conversations, I think we can pass this almost unanimously today.

I really think we can.

We need right now, this morning, 10 votes, yes, to pass the standard operating procedure.

Even if people are excused, even if people aren't on the floor, we need 10 votes.

I am hoping, colleagues, and I know members of the community are here, are hoping that we can get those 10 votes this morning.

This is entirely, and I believe this is one of the most consequential votes that I'll be taking here this morning, if not one of the most consequential votes of my tenure here so far on the common council.

This is an opportunity for us to put some teeth to the um proposals that we put forward, the multitude of proposals that we put forward to keep ice out of Milwaukee and prepare our city for the possibility of an ICE um occupation of our city by the Trump administration.

And let's be clear.

Let's be clear about what we're facing right now, okay?

I really I was thinking this morning as I was coming downtown that you know Darwin's theory of evolution um positive that a species would advance over time, but I really do think sometimes that the orangutan in the Oval Office challenges that theory of evolution.

And so I think what we're faced with here, right now, in Wisconsin and in Milwaukee and across this country, is a White House that's completely out of control and in a fascist downward spiral and trying to bring the rest of the country with it.

Well, let's be the bulk ward against that rising tide of fascism here today in Milwaukee.

Let's stand up to the Trump administration and to the critics and online trolls who say that we're wasting our time by doing this.

This will change what our police are required to do on the ground.

And what we're demanding that they do with this change to the SOP is uphold the oath that they took to protect and defend the residents of the city of Milwaukee.

Even if it's another officer and even if it's the federal government, we demand that they protect our people here in Milwaukee.

We demand it.

Thank you.

Every single, every single police officer who believes in this city who wants to be the guardian of peace instead of a warrior, but a guardian of peace will follow this SOP and intervene should ICE come to this city.

And I do not think we can rest on our laurels and think that they won't just because, as I said, Trump is on his back heel right now politically.

That does not mean he has stopped.

He is still, unfortunately, the president of the United States of America, and he still has a huge amount of power to deploy his goon squad, otherwise known as ICE, to any city he wants at any time.

So we should not rest on our laurels and think, oh, just because that happened in Minnesota, now the media is now talking about Iran, that everything's all good when it comes to ICE.

No, right?

They're gonna they're gonna use every tool they can to harass and oppress and deport our immigrant friends and neighbors.

Immigrants helped um to build this country, and we need to stand with them.

It is the bigger person in the world who, when someone is seeking refuge from another place, who sets a table to welcome them rather than shunning them.

And that's what this country should be doing.

We need to be welcoming every single immigrant into this country who wants to be here and who wants to build a better life.

We need their help to make this country actually great.

If that's what we purport to want to do here in this country.

So what this will do today, it is not a perfect piece of legislation.

It is not a perfect piece of legislation.

No piece of legislation that we adopt is going to be perfect.

When you're in the arena, you get dirty, okay?

When you're in the arena of making change, okay, but this legislation will compel our officers to do something we've seen instance after instance across this country where police have done nothing when ICE uh is executes complete barbary on residents of our cities.

We have seen city officers stand by, and I demand that our police do more than stand by.

I demand that they do something.

The statutes of the state of Wisconsin are the law of the land here, and if an individual, no matter their rank and no matter their title, commits murder, they need to be charged in Wisconsin.

And that applies to ICE.

That applies to ICE as well.

And so we are compelling our police to do that.

We are compelling our police to do that today.

Um, madam chair, I would ask for a roll call on this important piece of legislation so that we can ensure that we have the 10 votes needed, and everyone can know in their heart that today they did the right thing to stand up to the federal government that is completely out of control.

And uh, colleagues in the council, I urge you to proudly vote yes on this so we can not only make common council history, but we can have Milwaukee be the leader across this country in standing up to this administration.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Okay.

Okay.

Um, a roll call has been requested by a member of the common council.

And hearing no objections, it shall be called.

Um any before we go to the roll call on this motion, it is a motion, an SOP change.

Any other questions or comments on the motion?

Okay.

Um, Madam Clerk, just for clarity, could you just read the item in particular once again that we're calling the roll on?

Item number 45.

A substitute motion modifying the Milwaukee Police Department standard operating procedures regarding the duty to intervene and report unreasonable uses of force.

Thank you so much, Madam Clerk, and will you please call the roll on item 45?

Alderwoman.

Alder Woman Pratt?

Aye.

Chambers.

Brouer?

Probably aye.

Bauman?

Aye.

Westmoreland?

Aye.

Cox?

Aye.

Jackson?

Aye.

Zamarepa?

Aye.

Taylor?

Aye.

Moore?

Aye.

Bergellis?

Aye.

Spiker?

Aye.

Stamper?

Aye.

Madam Chair.

Aye.

Thank you so much.

So that is uh approved with 14 and one excused.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report?

Reminder we're on the entirety of the public safety and health committee report.

Any other questions?

I see Alderman Brouwer.

Yeah, thank you so much, Madam Chair.

I would just like uh to clarify and please uh would staff uh please correct me if I'm wrong, but the on the passage of that motion makes that motion now an official standard operating procedure.

There is no signature required from the mayor.

Am I correct on that?

That is correct.

That was the final action on that item.

It does not go to the executive bench.

Thank you.

Any other questions or comments or discussion on the remainder of the public safety and health committee report?

Okay.

Hearing and seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call the roll in the report.

Alder Woman Pratt.

Aye.

Chambers?

Aye.

Brower.

Aye.

Bauman.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cox.

Aye.

Jackson.

Aye.

Zamarepa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Bergellis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Stamper.

Aye.

Aye.

Madam Chair.

Aye.

Fourteen ayes, one excused.

Fourteen ayes, one excused.

The committee report is adopted.

We'll now move on to zoning neighborhoods and development committee.

And Alderman Robert Bauman will present this report.

The zoning neighborhoods and development committee recommends adoption of 51.

Substitute resolution relating to the minor modification to the detailed plan development known as Kane Commons.

Phase one to allow exterior alterations to the existing residential structure at 1162 to 64 East Kane Place, located on the north side of East Kane Place, east of North Humboldt Avenue in the third automatic district.

52.

Resolution approving a land disposition report and authorizing a sale of the city-owned tax-deed property at 3276-78 North Houghton Street in the 6th Aldermatic District.

53.

Resolution authorizing the sale back to former owners of the city-owned tax deeded property located at 2409 to 11 was Hopkins Hopkins Street in the 7th Aldermatic District.

The committee recommends placing on file item 54 communication from the Department of City Development relating to anticipated revenues that may be available from the tax incremental district extensions for affordable housing program and the 2027 budget.

Thank you.

Is there any further discussion of the committee report?

Any further discussion or questions?

Hearing none, Alderman Bauman moves for adoption of the recommendations of the zoning neighborhoods and development committee.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt?

Aye.

Chambers, Brouwer.

Excused.

Bowman?

Aye.

Westmoreland?

Aye.

Cox.

Aye.

Jackson.

Zamaripa.

Aye.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Ergellis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Aye.

Stamper.

Aye.

Madam Chair.

Aye.

Fourteen eyes to excused.

Oops.

There.

Excuse me.

Okay.

Thirteen eyes.

To excuse.

All right.

13 eyes to excuse.

The committee report is adopted.

Alderman Russell Stamper II will now present the report of the Community and Economic Development Committee.

The Community and Economic Development Committee recommends passage of 55.

An ordinance relating to the membership of the sister cities committee.

The committee recommends adoption of 56.

Resolution relating to the acceptance and funding of a talking book and braille library grant.

57.

Resolution relating to the acceptance and funding of the entered interlibrary loan services grant.

58.

Substitute resolution relating to the use and allocation of the community development block grant.

2026 reprogramming funds.

59.

Substitute resolution relating to the use and allocations of the home investment partnership known as homes.

2026 reprogramming funds.

60.

Substitute resolution relative to the allocation of funding from the home ARP funds to fund affordable housing.

61.

Resolution declaring the Beach Street Fall Festival to be an official city event and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of contributions for this purpose.

62.

Substitute resolution relating to declaring the Grandville Business Improvement District its pop-up event as an official city event.

63.

Substitute resolution rescinding Common Council file number 250855 and designating certain City of Milwaukee events and initiatives as eligible for contributions.

Reappointment of Jose Fernando Moreno to the business improvement district number 14 by the mayor, rather district number four by the mayor.

65.

Reappointment of Russell Rosetto to the Business Improvement District number four by the mayor.

66.

Appointment of Kurt Benzel to the business improvement district number 41 by the mayor.

And the committee recommends placing on file item 67.

Communication relating to the 2025 activities of the Sister Cities Committee and 68.

Communication from the Department of City Development, Milwaukee Fire Department, and Milwaukee Arts Board relating to the Public Artist and Residence Program.

Okay, I see there is a couple lights on, and I want to first go to the chair of the committee, Alderman Russell Stamper the second.

You have two amendments I see if you'd like to speak on the first one.

Yes, madam chair.

Thank you.

All right.

This year.

Together as a committee had the most money since I've been elected to put out in the community.

Reprogramming funds.

So we decided as a committee and as a council to make sure we invest in young people.

So we can spit the entire three million dollars to go into the community to focus on youth services.

So this year the city of Milwaukee invested nearly $3 million into our community with one clear purpose to provide opportunities for development, leadership, mentorship, and guidance for our young people throughout this summer.

During our budget deliberations, we recognize an opportunity to support additional organizations that are doing exceptional work every day, but often lack the recognition and resources necessary to reach their full potential and expand their impact in our city.

So today, as a common council, we proudly stand alongside these organizations and assist them in advancing their mission of nurturing, empowering, and inspiring our youth.

We thank these organizations.

We thank these community partners for their dedication, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment to our young people.

Please know that you have the appreciation, the support of the entire common council.

Every member of the common council understands the seriousness of this moment.

Investing in our youth is not simply an expense, it is an investment in the future of our neighborhoods, our city, and our generations to come.

Together, we are planting seeds today that will grow into stronger families, safer communities, and a brighter Milwaukee future.

So, um, let me show some recognition and support to Director Higgins and his block grant office for their support of the Alderman's wishes and desires to put this money into the community for young people.

Let me thank Alderman Jackson for his ingenuity and his ability to recognize an opportunity when there is one.

And I also want to like to thank the mayor's office and his support.

So with that, uh I am happy to announce an additional two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to go through some to the organizations I just discussed.

We're going to give um 50,000 to missing peace.

Does excellent work throughout the city, was focused on young people right on uh Brown Street, 50,000 to the community agricultural growing experiences.

Cage was doing excellent work mentoring young people around agriculture and leadership, the community task force MKE does excellent work with young people and guiding them and nurturing them, keeping them off the street and busy for the community true school.

We all know them who provides a hip hop uh orientation to young people and help them get involved in the music industry.

Sherman Park Community Association, they do great work with housing and young people.

Metcalf, the same Mirror Response Team, they have an excellent program that responds responds quickly to domestic violence situations and youth situations.

Uh Simba Soccer, who runs a soccer program for young black males, the TAP program, which is a training program for young people, teaching them the trades.

Journey House, we all know them to do great work in sports and organizations on the South Side, our youth council summer in internship where we're gonna promote and empower our youth council and our mentor program victory over violence.

Tracy Den's been putting in work for years.

I'm happy to be able to support some funding for him.

So uh these are the recommendations by the entire council.

Everybody was consulted.

I hope everyone's happy with this.

Uh, this shows uh what we can do with a little bit of money that we do have.

Thank you, madam chair, thank you.

Pardon me.

So with that, Alderman Stamper has now moved to amend attachment A to common council file number two six oh two oh five.

That's what he just read into the record.

You have it in front of you.

Um, please consider it.

And I see a light on by Alder Woman Melee Lake Cogs.

Um, okay, that's okay.

Any other you know, I'm sorry, I didn't want to okay.

We're on item 58, please.

Uh not on anything.

Oh, okay.

Yeah, I just want to take care of 58 and then we can move on because it does have this um amendment here.

Everyone has the amendment in front of them.

I just want to give a moment you've heard the presentation.

Questions or comments on that amendment.

Can I check if there's any objections, Mr.

Clerk, to see?

Okay, any objections?

Otherwise, we can move forward with it.

Any objections to amendment a amendment to attachment A, excuse me, uh, that was put forth by Alderman Stamper.

Okay, seeing none, so ordered.

So item 58 actually has a second uh motion by Alderman Stamper.

I want to just stand 58, Alderman Stamper.

Yeah, thank you.

Uh also during the deliberations, uh, discussion was pretty robust, and each organization that received money came up and presented what they were going to do with the funding.

During the conversation, Alderman Chambers reached out in support of organizations that need funding that that work tirelessly in the community.

And during the discussion, uh had an agreement made with um the county, the county leadership and safe and sounds leadership.

Uh to this day, the agreement has not been fulfilled.

Therefore, this amendment is to uh work towards honoring that agreement, and uh I'm going to support this request by my fellow aldermen in addition to hold holding companies and organizations accountable for what they say they're going to do.

So, with that, that's what this motion is.

I have a motion to uh substitute resolution relating to the use and allocation of community development block grant 2026 reprogramming funds.

Uh, as I said, we put out three million, but this particular organization was requested to work with two other organizations specifically.

They agreed, well, the request was not fulfilled.

Just want to reiterate that why this is happening.

This is a request for a hold in order to get that agreement fulfilled.

I move to amend attachment A to common council file number two six zero two zero five by removing five hundred thousand dollars from that allocation I discussed from safe and sound with the intention on holding it until they come to committee with the agreement to work with organizations that's doing the work in the community.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um I do have a question on that just because this is new, I was made aware of the previous item, but not this.

Just want to be clear, this does not impact the relationship that we had with the county and the MPS rec centers for the extended twilight hours.

That's a different item, right?

No, this is that.

This is that, this is specifically that, but of that, one of the main programs that can have uh in fact on that particular program or programming, was agreed to partner with, and they did not do it.

So we're hoping that this would bring them forth to do what they say they're going to do to partner with the organization that does the overnights, that knows the overnights, that does uh working with youth development after hours.

Okay, so yes to your question.

No, they can still receive it.

But they but they have to do what they say they were going to do at the table.

Okay.

This is new to me, so um, and I'm trying to.

Well, Madam Chair, for the record, the reason why it's new is because we gave them an opportunity up until right now to present what they said they were going to do.

And since they did not, we had to put this in immediately in order to hold them accountable.

That is my opinion.

That is that is what I witnessed.

That was my experience.

That was the discussion, and that's why I'm supporting this motion by Alderman, this request by Alderman uh Chambers.

I'll just ask one more question from the chair and then others have questions.

I'm concerned that if this doesn't get approved today for the relationship we have with the city of Mill, I'm sorry, with the um MPS rec and the Twilight Zone Twilight Centers, excuse me, um that have extended hours that it won't be taken up for a number of weeks, and those are weeks without extra hours and extra extended time.

Okay, well, someone needs to clarify it because this is something we supported, and I was glad to support it.

It was it's a huge improvement, and we need those hours, and I need to know before I can support this if it has an impact on those hours.

Yeah.

It seemed like it was part of a contracted relationship to have extra hours of the Twilight Centers across the city.

And if we're now not moving forward on $500,000, which was part of that relationship, um, I'm concerned about that um Alderman Stamper.

Legitimate concern.

I share that same concern, but also share a concern about you doing what you said you're going to do.

Now we can call a recess.

You can see if they're planning on uh living up to their word.

If they don't, then I'm just going to support support this whole.

If they would like to live up to their word, then I will support the funding.

But we had a good discussion, positive discussion.

Uh, and one of the longest CEDs of the year, and it's not that long on a regular basis.

But the discussion was robust and it was influential and it's all about young people.

So we just expect them to do what they say, that's all.

So if you were if you're we all share that concern, uh, but we we but one thing we cannot do is live somebody off the hook for not doing what they said it was gonna do when it becomes to young people.

Okay.

We're on item 58.

The sub the amendment is offered by Alderman Stamper.

I see a couple lights.

I'm gonna go in order of Alderman Chambers, and then I have a light of Alderman Bergellis.

Alderman Chambers.

Um thank you, Madam Chair.

Um to Alderman Stamper's point, um, and also to your point um far as the relationship with the county.

Um it was exclusively said on the table by Milwaukee County staff that um that these requests um of these uh groups, organization, and also location will be added by council in order to fulfill the agreement that was made on there.

Um so I will say the owners is not on us, the owners will be on the county.

Um this does not um stop the hours.

Um, you know, this does not hold hours because MPS rec is uh given the spaces in kind.

So the hours will be available.

It is staff time, and we're not saying that we will not honor our agreement, but they have to uphold theirs as well as it was stated during CED on the floor.

Um, so that is why I made the request um as Alderman Stapper made you know a point that we gave them up to this time, and we still have not heard not a single syllable from the county, as they stated it was.

So not trying to ruin any relationships, but we also are in this together and we're carrying our end of the bargain and our hope is they're carrying their end as well.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Um Alderman Burgelis.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and I share the sentiments from my colleagues uh from the 15th and the second.

We want to ensure that resources when we govern, we want to ensure that resources that we allocate are used for that for their intended purposes.

Thank you.

But that's not a function of the council, that's a function of the administration, department of administration.

They will not fund something that is not uh that does not conform to the written agreement that the city executes.

The council does not sign that agreement.

That's that agreement is signed by the Department of Administration, uh, and they will ensure that the rules of any allocation or any organization are followed before any funds are dispersed.

So I I see I feel that this uh substitute motion is uh not needed.

Uh and I do share um your concerns, Madam President, that this may interrupt funding for summer programs.

So uh although I feel I'm in agreement with everyone on the floor uh and on the dais.

Uh this this amendment is not something that would benefit our community.

The administration already com uh takes care of that function when they execute and fund contracts.

Okay, thank you so much.

Alderman Stamper has his light on.

Are you trying to put your light on Alderman more?

Okay, I see tapping it, but the lights okay.

So, okay, thank you.

I'll yield.

Okay.

Um Alderwoman Charlamore.

Uh, thank you, Stamper.

Thank you so much, Madam Um President.

I'll be brief because my colleague um shared some of the same um sentiments that I was um thinking about because you know we do have checks and balances um in place.

Uh my definite concern um is that we are already into summer um and having funds um held up for another cycle.

Um I I just feel that it'll be to the detriment of um the work um that's supposed to be moving forward, so I I would agree.

I I hear my colleagues um you know, uh in regards to their points, but I do have to say that um we have the appropriate um um checks and balances in place in order to uh move the funds forward so that they could be used um appropriately.

So I would agree that I would not recommend a hold.

Thank you so much.

Okay, um Alderman Stamper was next, but if you want to wait, I have other lights coming on.

So are you ready now, Alderman Stamper?

Well, I'm open to hear everyone's opinion.

So I'll come last, but I'm hoping to hear everyone's opinion.

Okay, I'll I'll note that.

I do want to stay some on the record though while you let me speak.

Um these are matching funds, just to be clear.

This is to expand their services.

So they probably in my estimation they will not stop them from continuing because we are adding on to what they already have.

But I did text the director for clarification.

So I'll be back with that clarification.

Okay.

Alder person Samaripa.

Um thank you, madam chair.

I do want to note in the amendment that we're currently discussing, it doesn't say that we're holding it, says we're removing five hundred thousand dollars from safe and sound.

So I just feel very uncomfortable and uh also want to state that um I I can't support this that motion, but I will support um the initial motion we were discussing with the 250,000 dollars that we're allocating to a variety of youth programming.

Um, but yes, I do want to be clear and make sure to reiterate it says that we're removing, not holding the 500,000 from safe and sound.

Thank you.

Okay, okay.

Um only other light I see is Alderman's stamper, and hearing um different opposition, we will need to take a roll call on this on this substitute amendment, so take a look at it.

Um Alderman Chambers and then Stamper.

Alderman Chambers.

Um thank you, madam chair.

Um, again, I'm gonna reiterate the um the purpose of this motion is not to not fulfill our um obligation to summer safe sites.

It's for them to give enough time to honor their commitment, what was made on the table during our discussion that has not been fulfilled at this time.

They've had over nearly two weeks to bring um what was requested at the table.

This does not stop summer safe sites from operating.

They have a million dollars already in funding in the programs.

They have already been operating.

They just started operating last night.

I was at the Madison one at 9 30.

They are operating currently, so it's not going to stop anything from running as status quo.

It's giving them an opportunity, as they should have done but prior to this, so we would not be having this discussion to honor their commitment at the table.

No more, no less.

Thank you.

Okay.

Madam President.

We have Alder Woman Moore and then Alderman Stamper.

Yeah, I just want thank you, Madam Chair.

I want to satisfy all the women's amber's concern.

Uh Jim, explain why you had to word it that way versus wording it how we wanted it to say hold.

Uh technically, it had to say remove versus hold.

So Jim could explain that.

Otherwise, that's the that's the point.

Could not say, oh, we had to say remove.

But Jim, you can articulate.

Um a city clerk will try to provide some clarity here.

Madam Chair, in order to facilitate the hold that was desired by Alderman Chambers, what you typically do is you remove it from the file in which it's currently located with the expectation.

The money doesn't go anywhere.

Uh it's not spent.

And instead, the expectation is that the administration, should it satisfy the concerns of Alderman Chambers and his sponsor and his co-sponsors, then bring forth another resolution to actually spend the money.

So it's held in the sense that it is still with the city, it's not appropriate, it's not allocated, it's not spent, and another file would be coming shortly if the council should so chew.

Okay.

We remain on the um amendment.

It was this the first amendment was adopted.

We're on the second amendment to 58.

Alderwoman Charlotte Moore.

Um, I just wanted to provide some um a little bit of uh clarity.

Um, yes, uh, there was funding that um was raised.

Um, the complete project um for the partnership between county and yes, city.

Um, the total partnership um was around, don't quote me, but it was roughly around 1.2 million dollars.

And that was for all those things as far as um having those sites, um, the Twilight Centers open, um, organizations that are going to be working with young people, the whole gamut.

It was the the total project was 1.2 billion dollars.

So if you take away our portion of those funds, it would substantially change the program for the entire summer.

So it's not just the twilight centers that were focused on, um, but it's the entire programming that was inclusive um of um what um the county came to the table with.

So I just want people to understand that um that you know have we have put up significant funding to be able to support this work for young people and young adults um throughout the summer, and for us to make the this decision now to you know um Jim said it just moves it from them, but again, it it puts us it it puts the program in limbo for the summer.

So I'm still trying to understand it if um if alderman chambers can also say what the priority or you you mentioned they didn't hold up their end of the deal.

I'm just trying to understand you know what that is, what they were supposed to have done prior to today.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Alderman Chambers.

Thank you, madam chair.

Um, undress this a little bit.

Um let's go with the first, let's go with the the last point.

Um during the presentation, we didn't fully get the full breakdown of how they're spending their money.

I'm in I'm in I'm in possession of a summer safe sites, budget executive summary where a substantial amount is going for pro for um flexible activation support, partner facing implementation management, and um central coordination.

Um that is done by a company of in power.

We know who runs in power.

I think they are a fantastic organization, and I'm not here to um hash that out.

However, um the request then during the conversation is the reason why that the summer safe sites and the extension of the Twilight Ums and the activation was based off of what is already currently being displayed in the summer by Comforce and we locked in MKE and Von Mays and his organization, and he's done it as I mentioned in committee.

We're used to as well, that they have ran a fantastic locked-in program, literally where I came in at 12 30 at night prior to my back to school festival to deliver backpacks to kids, and it was about 60 to 70 kids there at 12 o'clock, safely having safe interactions, no negative impacts or anything.

You got people learning how to cook, you have people playing games, you have people playing basketball and missing peace um in there, and the reason why in a part of the conversation during the presentation was they're trying to find the activation to make up for the hours after the twilight centers are closed at 10 o'clock, right?

That's Vaughn, and he was not inside, he was not involved nor implemented at any point in this organ in this conversation.

So when we are being real, when I when I made the simple request to have him as a partner and have one of the sites that he run as a lock-in to be in there, it was told to all of us as a committee that we are amenable to making that request, and I specifically asked that this be done prior to council.

We have not received it.

This is not going to stop the summer programming as I just mentioned.

They are operating currently as of last night when I went to Madison High School, which is one of the safe summer sites where they had a press conference that none of us were even invited to and didn't have no idea what was going on.

So we are still, they are still operating as is, but they are not fulfilling their they're not fulfilling their requirement as they mentioned on the table.

That's all I'm asking.

Okay, Alder Woman Moore, I have the looking at your light too, because I don't think it's working.

So I and I don't want to sort of go back and back and forth because if we don't, so from what I heard from the partners, the lock-ins are a part of the plan.

I I'm going to, you know, that from what was shared with me by the partners, they cannot make a commitment until money is on the table.

If there's no commitment of dollars, how they're not going to be able to say, well, this is what this is how it's going to work, this is what we can do.

But they told us at the table and and just recently they have shared with me that the commitment for the um Vaughn Mays and what he does with the lock-ins are is on the table.

It isn't something that they're um not including, in addition to um is this CommForce that received the an additional 20,000 through the 250.

Am I correct in saying that?

So not only is Comforce going to be included in this plan, they are also receiving an extra $20,000 to do, I'm not sure, but perhaps more lock-ins.

But I'm I'm trying to understand where the what are we missing here?

Because they they have funding and they'll have more funding, you know, through like so that's what I'm trying to just understand.

They're already a part of the plan.

I can clarify that.

Okay.

Um, I can clarify that before call calling the question.

Hang on, no, I'm not, we're not doing that yet, but um I see a light from Alderman Stamper too.

Let's go to Alderman Chambers.

Um, if you feel that you have answered that question, absolutely.

Go ahead, Alderman.

Um, when the when the question was posed, it was made as um the comforce was was in it as a miscellaneous item.

It was requested by me and voted upon my committee members, my colleagues on CED, that that needed to be an integral part as in that and missing piece to be one of the summer safe sites.

They have 14 other safe sites in there.

And then you bring up this 20,000 that we just approved.

Juneteenth, it was supposed to be a lock-in that was supposed to be scheduled, where Von Mays and his organization was struggling to find resources where he had to cancel said lock-in.

Am I correct?

He canceled, he canceled the lock-in on don't do it.

Just keep the comments dreaded to me.

I'm talking to you, Madam Chair.

Okay, um, you know, so um, again, it was brought up at the committee that he was a part of, and I can get to the the presentation.

He was a part of the community partners piece, which amounted to roughly eighty thousand dollars of the total um of the the total of the 1.2 million dollars.

And it was requested by me at committee that they are they get more into that and be more involved, not necessarily not necessarily just as a miscellaneous partner within that $80,000 funding source that they had.

And that was agreed to by the partners at the table that has not been fulfilled.

So we can continuously go around, we can continuously go back and forth.

And I I I respect my colleague, and I understand I am not here to try to stop the youth um from having a safe place to to congregate.

We need more investment.

This is uh a kick in a bucket compared to the total investment that they need, but we need to honor our apartment, especially if we're putting in $500,000 into this fantastic program.

It needs to be tailored as the way that was agreed to upon the table.

That's all we're asking.

We're not holding it up, it's not going to end summer, it's not going to end the summer safe sites.

It's not going to do any of that.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Any other comments?

We will take a roll call.

This is item 58.

We already amended it originally with Alderman Stamper.

Now we have this other motion.

Alderman Stamper on your amendment here for item 58.

Yeah, I just want to address Otterman Moore's concerns.

The money is there, and the commitment was based on the money that is there.

So $500,000 is there.

So, and so that's to address the first concern.

The second is the reason why I'm supporting this program so much is uh the power of the program lies in its ability to occupy, engage, and empower youth during the most vulnerable time of the year.

Youth are unsupervised during the summer hours and the late evenings.

This is hopefully a direct uh attack on the takeovers and the late nights on Water Street.

So I see this program as only I don't the only activity that we have right now to occupy youth between 10 and 2 o'clock in the morning, three o'clock in the morning that they're out.

So that's why I'm supporting this program because it's innovative, it's heartfelt, and and it takes a commitment and hard work, and the 20,000 came after because the amount of money it takes to house these young people.

So uh this isn't enough.

The money that we're going to support uh what we're trying to do with the 500,000 and getting them to partner with Comm Force and Miss and Peace is not nearly enough.

And this additional 20 was to help out based on we don't know what they're going to give them.

We don't know what they're going to partner.

We just asked them to develop a partnership and y'all decide how much you would like to support those two organizations.

We don't know they could give them five thousand ten, twenty, thirty, eighty, whatever.

We wanted to make sure this program operates throughout the summer, and uh I think it's one of the most powerful programs we have specifically because it's after hours.

Thank you, madam chair.

Thank you.

Any other questions on this amendment?

Again, um, I'm gonna just refresh our memory.

Madam Clerk.

Could you read this motion by Alderman's stamper on item 58?

Just that title part there.

Or do you have an infrared?

Oh, you don't.

Relating to relating to file 260205, titled substitute resolution relating to the use and allocation of community development block grant 2026 reprogramming funds.

Item number 58.

Committee, community and economic developments, the motion.

I move to amend attachment A to common console file number 260205 by removing $500,000 from safe and sound.

Analysis, this amendment modifies attachment A to eliminate funding for safe and for safe and sound.

Thank you so much, Madam Clerk.

Any other discussion of this amendment on item 58?

There will be a roll call.

Please call the roll on this amendment to item 58.

Adam Chair, I'm sorry, Madam President.

Okay.

Can all the removing more explain?

If we would ever way we vote, can you just because I want to understand what I'm voting on?

Okay.

So we have item 58 in front of us.

We've already amended it for the first part of it, which was the detailed items here that had the kind of like stipulated accounts.

That's taken care of.

Yep.

Now before us is another amendment which would remove the funding from safe and sound of $500,000.

If it fails, item 58.

If this amendment fails, item 58 as previously amended is before us.

If it's adopted, then it's amended as such, and that's before us.

So if you do not support the removal, you vote no.

If you wish to support the amendment and the removal of the funding, you would vote aye.

Is that clear to folks?

Okay.

So the second amendment to item 58 is now before us, and it is the removal of $500,000 from safe and sound.

I support the removal.

No is against the removal.

Okay.

Final questions or comments on this amendment.

Seeing and hearing none, madam clerk, please call the roll on the amendment to item 58.

Alder Woman Pratt?

Aye.

Chambers.

Brouer.

No.

Bowman.

Aye.

Westmoreland.

Aye.

Cox.

Aye.

Jackson.

Zamarepa?

No.

Taylor.

Aye.

Moore?

No.

Burgillis?

No.

Spiker?

No.

Stamper.

All right.

Madam Chair?

No.

We have.

Eight ayes.

Six no's and one excused.

Eight ayes, six no's, one excused.

The amendment passes.

Therefore, item 58 as amended.

Both amendments passed is now before us.

Should we take another roll call as amended or let me see if there's any objections?

Okay.

Okay.

Now it gets picked up as amended in the whole reading of the committee report.

Okay.

So 58 has been amended two times.

The new list of items and now the removal of the 500,000.

When we take up the full committee report, which we're up to do now, that'll be before us in the package.

Okay.

Any other questions on the final report of the community and economic development committee report?

Madam Chair.

Uh Alderman Bergelis.

I move to send 58 back to committee.

Alderman Burgelis wants to send the whole item back to committee to community and economic development.

Okay.

That is before us.

Um we have an objection noted by Alderman Chambers and Alderman Jackson.

Roll call.

Roll call.

I want to make sure everybody's can hear us here.

I'll just note that it's very important.

That it's very important to me and my district, which also hosts summer sites, that these extended hours are in place now, not later.

Okay.

The motion to send item 58 back to committee is in front of us.

Discussion of that motion.

Motion to send the item back to us.

Just want to make sure Alderman Stamper and Taylor heard it's a motion to send back to committee made by Alderman Burgellis.

That's before us right now.

Madam Chair.

Okay, Alder Person Samarita.

Thank you.

Um I just I will support Alderman Bergellis' motion.

I do want to say for the proponents of the amendment that was the removal of the five hundred thousand dollars, but we were told by Jamal, frankly, that's the only way we can do a hold.

Is this not virtually doing the same thing that the original the effect of the amendment was supposedly supposed to be a hold, not an elimination of the five hundred thousand dollars?

So I'm not sure why we wouldn't.

Proponents of that amendment wouldn't support sending this back to committee if supposedly the amendment was supposed to be a hold, not an elimination of funding.

Thank you.

The city clerk is reminding us that there is other parts of item 58 that has funding for this summer, that if the entire thing is sent back to committee, that would be held as well.

Okay.

So the referral back to committee by Alderman Bergellis is before us on item fifty-eight, Alderman Stamper.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

For clarity, so the hold is strictly just to discuss this 500, correct?

That's a question for the maker of the motion.

If you wish to answer Alderman Gellis, my you guys, all we want them to do is keep their word.

All we want them to do is do what they said they were going to do during this discussion, and if they make what they say, now if they can do that, we can resolve this right now.

All they need to do is do what they said they were supposed to do wasn't going to do.

That's it.

It's simple as that.

So whichever's the quickest way to get them held accountable, I'm supporting that.

So whatever the quickest way is, is that the quickest way, Jim?

Whatever the quickest way to hold them accountable, then that is what I'm supporting.

So if it's back to committee, that's fine.

Okay.

I would love to bring it back to committee because that's my committee.

But now I'm not interested in everything else though.

So we would have to we whatever the motion is where it does not affect the rest of the file.

Okay.

Right now in front of us the motion.

Yep, I'm gonna go to Alder Member Gallus.

The whole item back to committee.

Alderman Bergellis, and then I see Alderman Brower.

Thank you, madam president.

I I fully acknowledge that sending this back to committee delays other funding for other organizations, but I see that second amendment as wholly unnecessary.

I already spoke on it.

We have checks and balances in the administration.

They don't fund agreements until they are fulfilled.

Uh this is a kerfuffle that uh frankly wasn't ready for council action.

So send it all back to committee, figure it out, bring it back to us when it's ready.

Okay.

That motion is still before us, Alderman Brower.

Yeah, thank you so much.

Just wanna uh uh comment here.

No, I'm I'm I'm all in favor of holding organizations accountable.

I I hold every organization accountable.

I I completely agree.

Um, but and and having not watched the committee meeting, I may be speaking a little bit from ignorance here, but I just want to uh say you know, maybe echo the what Alder Member Gellis is saying that like if we're gonna say at the table, okay, organization that's across from me at the table, here's a new layer of reporting.

Do you consent to this?

And they say yes, were they aware at the time that they're consenting to that reporting was then going to be okay?

Now was it also set at the table?

Okay, and if you don't follow this, your funding will be in jeopardy then.

Um because if that's the kind of situation we're talking about, which maybe we do want that, I mean I'm not opposed to that kind of stuff.

Definitely the any organization's funding should be in jeopardy if they don't give us the reports that we want 100%.

But if that wasn't clearly communicated to them at the table, um, or if this does put something in jeopardy, yeah, maybe maybe people can clarify this for me and I would appreciate it.

But if this puts something in jeopardy, like and it wasn't fully clear and stated at the committee that this would jeopardize the the entire apparatus, well, like then that then that's on us for not being clear to them if if we're sitting here and saying, Oh, you haven't given us to the you haven't given us this report or information that we're requiring by today, but did we are we were we fully clear with this part and organization that it had to be here by 9 a.m.

Tuesday, July 23rd or June 23rd, excuse me.

Um so just want to make sure that that was clear, and then you know, bigger picture, like I mean, just what you know, Alder Member Ghost is saying that if we want reporting requirements in with part organizations, that really I mean, my personal opinion should be that it should be in contracts and in our in policies and contracts that the city has, when we say, okay, we're gonna bring on a partner organization and give you a big huge amount of money, okay.

Okay, here's all the requirements, and it's in writing, dates are clear, the controller's office is involved, we have a whole system bing bing boom of when reports get filed, they're in writing.

They don't have to be like little arrangements don't have to be made at the table of the committee.

But please clarify if that wasn't the case.

I want to make sure that I'm sure what exactly happened.

But I if if that is what occurred, then we should I don't agree with us just like adding requirements on at the table that aren't in a contract that we have with an organization.

Okay, thank you, Alderman Stamper.

Yeah, thank you, Alderman Bauer.

To clear it up, it was separated out in a separate discussion.

Alderman Chambers said, I'm specifically talking about Comforce, and I'm specifically talking about missing peace.

We reiterated they said yes.

We voted on their yes.

Everything was predicated based on their acknowledgement of Alderman Chambers' specificity sp specifics on these two programs.

It's clear as day.

That is what happened.

Okay.

So the motion is to refer back to committee.

Alderman Brouwer file followed by Alderwoman Moore.

Yeah, and then and then so just to and when Alderman uh Stamper gets a chance, Madam Chair, to respond, um, to this question, and then uh can somebody please just once again clarify.

I apologize for asking for this clarification, but just so I can fully aware here, and then they they committed to something, um, and then did then somebody please clarify again what didn't happen that needed to have happened by 11 a.m.

this morning uh for this to not work out, and now we have another amendment.

Uh nob, they just didn't we they haven't done it, but they said we don't have any, we don't have any verification that they're going to do the work.

Well, we're looking for something in place.

We have nothing.

We haven't heard from them.

Okay, we have not heard from them since that meeting.

So that's your answer.

We have nothing.

Madam President.

Yes, I have a point of question as well.

Do we have anything in writing that this elimination of the funding won't disturb this multi-collaborative approach?

You know, it's a partnership.

If we pull out, I just I don't have anything in writing or anything that documents that it might not be disturbed, other than everybody saying it's gonna be all right.

I'm a little bit concerned because it's a big part of the relationship.

I have the same concerns of not them being being the requirements or the commitment they have made.

I am not I am concerned the same thing as you are about not having them as part of there because one of their biggest asks and one of their biggest topic topics when they were discussing far this is how do we find a gap after the Twilight Centers close at 10 p.m.

as far as that missing gap from the evening times, and they don't have that, and that was my ask to incorporate that in there, correct?

That has not been fulfilled.

So you're saying concerns we have the same concerns, but just on different topics, the exact same thing.

The we may need to take uh a minor recess, um, which is a little bit unfortunate.

Um, but I'm seeing the need.

Um, one other thing I may offer is we could do another amendment in writing that puts in writing and codifies this agreement contingent upon what you're seeking, the release of the funds contingent upon it.

But that's something we'd have to think about.

So at this time I'm going to call for a five-minute recess.

Okay.

Um, yeah.

Well, I think that's it.

I don't know, I think.

Oh, Madam Clark.

What's more linkson.

Zamarepa.

Here.

Taylor.

Here.

Four.

Present.

Brigillis.

Present.

Spiker.

Here.

Stamper.

Here.

I'm here.

Madam President.

Uh present.

And Brower is present as well.

Thank you.

We do have a quorum.

I'm going to go first to the maker of the original motion that we were debating, which is Alderman Bergellis.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I'll withdraw my motion.

So refer back to committee.

Okay.

We're on item fifty-eight.

Hold on.

Community and on community and economic development committee.

Um Alderman Bergelis has uh requested to rescind and withdraw his um motion, which was to refer back to committee and hearing no objections, so ordered.

Yeah.

Okay.

So now we're back on item 58, and I understand we have another motion now by Alderman Chambers.

So we'll go to Alderman Chambers first, and I see a number of other lights on.

Alderman Chambers on your motion.

I want to be sure does everybody have the motion by Alderman Chambers on your desk.

Please take a moment to look at it.

Alderman Chambers.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

The release of these funds is contingent upon adding the Missing Peace Collective as a safe summer site and add a common force MKE as a name partner.

This amendment modifies attachment A to return the $500,000 that was just previously removed.

Back to Safe and Sound and also creates conditions for the release of the funds.

If I can speak on the motion as well.

Okay, Alderman Chambers.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um may think that this was not needed.

Some think that this is wasn't warranted or um anything.

I respect everyone's opinion in regards to how you know we legislate, but our our kids are out here hurting.

Um the purpose of this one is to honor the agreement, but two is to highlight some of the impactful work.

Um that a particular organization and a particular location within the city of Milwaukee has been engaging without any resources, any city resources, maybe minimum city resources.

Um so I won't say we have not gave them anything, but very minimal compared to other organizations that we fund across the city.

Um this particular um, you know, this particular uh organization was trying to do a locked in at Juneteenth, and for those who went to the Juneteenth um festival and know that um this organization has been volunteering um on side of uh DCWS and former for a life uh to manage the teen zone um with their own resources um to you know keep our teens safe and what he was trying to do in addition to the teen zone um honestly was to host a lock-in to keep kids safe.

Uh subsequently he was unable to um raise the amount of funds uh needed to properly run a lock-in, which takes a lot of work and a lot of resources and a lot of sweat equity to accomplish, and unfortunately, four individuals who shot Juneteenth night at a McDonald's, teenagers, they need help, I don't know how much we're gonna have to go back and forth and and say this, but this is minor compared this this this is minor compared to the investment that we really need to do in our youth, and uh applaud my colleague Auderwoman Moore for her tireless efforts and her her commitment to um highlighting much needed um engagement within our youth.

Um so you know, I I am pleased um that we're able to come to a resolution as long as it took.

And sorry to put John through the ringer, but I feel like this was a necessary need in order to ensure that um you know those that are putting in the work are being um being you know treated as a uh significant partner as they are and um I'm just a little disturbed by how we got here, but I'm happy that we came to a resolution uh and I actually my colleagues um support this motion.

Thank you.

Okay, item 58 motion by Alderman Chambers, which is uh an amendment to attachment A is before us.

I don't see any other lights on.

I want to triple check because we've had a lengthy debate here.

Any other questions or comments?

I will do a roll call on this on this motion before us.

It is an amendment to item 58.

Any other questions or comments?

Hearing none, madam clerk, please call the roll on the amendment to item 58.

Alder Woman Pratt, aye, Chambers, Brouwer, aye, Bowman.

Aye, Westmoreland, aye, Cox.

Aye, Jackson, Samarepa, aye.

Taylor, aye.

Moore, aye.

Bergellis, aye.

Spiker, aye.

Stamper, aye, Adam President, aye.

Fourteen eyes, one excused.

14 ayes, one excused.

That item 58 is uh now going to be part of the larger report here, and I want to see if there's any other further discussion on the committee report on community and economic development committee.

Any other discussions, questions, concerns?

Hearing none, Alderman Stamper moves for adoption.

Yes, Alderwoman Cogs.

I would ask to be a requirement as an abstention from item sixty-three.

Um Alderwoman Cogs wishes to abstain from item 63, hearing no objections, so ordered.

Anything else on the committee report of community and economic development.

Okay.

Um now Alderman Stamper moves for adoption of the recommendations of the community and economic development committee.

Miss Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Chabers, aye, Brower, Bowman.

Aye, Westmoreland, aye, Cox.

Jackson, Zamarepa.

Aye, Taylor, aye.

Moore.

Aye.

Virgilis.

Aye.

Spiker, aye.

Stamper.

All right.

Adam President.

Aye.

14 ayes, one excused.

14 ayes, one excused.

The committee report is adopted.

Alderman Robert Bauman will now present the report of the steering and rules committee.

The steering rules committee recommends placing on file item 69.

Substitute resolution relating to possible legal action to overturn certain provisions of the 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 and allocating American Rescue Plan Act Funds for the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of African American Affairs.

70.

An ordinance relating to the creation of the Immigration Advisory Board.

71.

Communication from the Office of the City Attorney and the Department of Neighborhood Services relating to the corporate ownership of rental properties.

Jud Lake uh report and uh I just wanted to um just briefly say I uh just as a comment here.

I um um was reached out to by this individual, but I think overall, I don't want to comment on the specifics of the case or what um the Judd Lake did, but I do want to say that I think overall the way our process works for making claims against the city um appears to the public.

I mean, while we may have legal reasoning behind it, um it appears to the public to be rather opaque and um uh convoluted and and cold and bureaucratic.

I think there might be some room um in the future for us to reform this and make it more accessible and have better conversations, but I'd like to be an objector to 37.

Thank you.

Okay, um Alderman Brouwer needs unanimous can consent for that to be approved.

Any objections to that?

Hearing none, so ordered.

Okay, any other discussion or questions on the committee report that was steering and rules, okay.

Seeing and hearing none, Alderman Bauman moves for adoption of the recommendations of the steering and rules committee.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt?

Aye, Chambers, aye, Brouwer, aye, Ballman, Wismorland, aye, Cox, aye, Jackson, Zamarepa, aye, Taylor, aye, Moore, aye, Bergellis.

Aye.

Spiker, aye.

Stamper, aye.

Madam President, aye.

Fourteen ayes, one excused, fourteen ayes, one excused, and the report is adopted.

Okay.

Um, are there any?

I'm sorry, we will now take up communications from city officers.

Item number two six two one six three, appointment of Gerald Ballard to the Fourth of July commission by the mayor.

Ordered on file.

File number two six zero two four-two communication from the city clerk relating to service of papers.

Ordered on file.

File number further file, item number two six zero two four three, communication from the city clerk relating to various commendatory condolatory resolutions to be acknowledged and affirmed by the common council.

Ordered on file.

Communication from the city clerk relating to official notices and reports, ordered on file, file two six zero two four five, appointment of Andrew Tisher as Milwaukee Police Chief's designee for the City Hall Campus Emergency Preparedness Committee, ordered on file, item number two six zero two six nine, reappointment of Alderman Robert Bauman to the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Board by the Common Council.

President, ordered on file, and item number two six zero three two two appointment of David Klein to serve as special deputy controller by the city controller.

Ordered on file.

Are there any items for immediate adoption?

There are four items for immediate adoption.

Item number 72, file number 260293, resolution approving final certified survey maps.

Item number 73, file number 26030.

Resolution releasing certain deed restrictions relating to the August 2000 conveyance of the property at 1208-A, West Wright Street in the 15th automatic district, item number 74, file number 260 301.

Resolution relating certain deed restrictions relating to the 2003 conveyance of the former tax deed vacant lot at 1212-214 West Cherry Street in the 15th Automatic District, and item number 75.

Resolution rescinding a closing deadline provisioned in common council file number 250 to 252 059 relating to the sale back of the city owned tax property located at 1847 or 2nd Street 6th Automatic District.

Thank you.

Is there any discussion of these items for immediate adoption?

Hearing none, Alderman Bauman moves approval.

Will the clerk please call the roll?

Alderwoman Pratt?

Aye.

Chambers?

Aye.

Brower.

Aye.

Bauman.

Aye.

Miss Moreland.

Aye.

Cox.

Aye.

Jackson.

Zamarepa.

Aye.

Taylor.

I.

Aye.

Rigelis.

Aye.

Spiker.

Stamper.

Madam Chair.

Aye.

14 ayes, one excused.

14 ayes, one excused, and the immediate adoption matters have been approved.

We're now on to announcements.

I would ask us members to be succinct as we do have our constituents from AKA waiting for us.

Please place your light on if you have an announcement to make.

Last call for announcements.

Okay.

I'm just gonna make one.

Yep, we have Alder Woman Cogs.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Um this year's this, I think it's the 16th annual umsville week will be August 1st uh through the 8th.

Um and on the 2nd, we'll be having a bronzer cultural um and arts festival.

We are currently uh taking applications uh for uh vendors.

Uh so if you're interested in vending at the Bronzo Cultural and Arts Festival, which is Sunday, August 2nd from 10 a.m.

to 6 p.m.

You can uh go to Milwaukee.gov um forward slash Bronzeville to get an application, or you can give my office a call at 414-2862994.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you so much, madam president.

Um first want to give a shout out to our youth interns.

They started today and man, I think we gave them a good welcome.

Uh but you all will be seeing them um throughout the course of the next seven um seven to eight weeks, and they will be um hoping to figure out how to get in all of your districts, but um I'm excited about um their participation um this summer.

Really quick.

Some really quick upcoming events.

Uptown get down, um, is going to be on Thursday, June 25th.

It's gonna be from 5 to 9 p.m.

on 56th on North Avenue.

Um, also uh our crime and safety meeting for District 3, uh 2333 North 49th Street is gonna be this Thursday at 5 30 um p.m.

Um also Martin Drive is having their movie night under the stars series um that will start this Friday, June 26th at 845 p.m.

Um, and also finally we are back at it for Washington Park Wednesdays, one of the um best music festivals um, you know, in one of our neighborhoods.

It's gonna be at Washington Um Park Banchell starting on July 8th, and it typically um folks can start arriving around 5 p.m.

Bring it launch here.

It is expected to be an amazing time.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Alder Woman Pratt.

Thank you.

Just want to invite uh everyone out to the 10th annual night out at McGovern Park, and that's 5400 North 50 Farsa Boulevard.

We're gonna be at Area 4.

We're gonna have food, family, fun, um, different resources will be there tonight from 5 to 7 30.

I along with uh a couple a few of my uh elected official colleagues to include Representative Taylor, Supervisor Martin, and uh Senator Drake.

So I look forward to seeing everyone tonight at McGovern Park.

Sounds great, okay.

Alderman Taylor followed by Stamper.

Alderwoman Taylor.

Thank you, um Madam Chair.

Um I just want to thank all the residents that came out to the Taylor Talk Backs this past Thursday, and I look forward to next month's third Thursday Taylor Talkbags.

Uh, and then also just um a big shout out to all of those that supported the uh bike giveaway this past uh weekend as well.

We had a 168 children show up, um 60 some with 60 something parents, and uh we gave out 62 bikes.

Uh so we had a lot of happy children that left the event, uh, and that was uh one of three, and so they were all just very great, and and I'm so grateful to um DCWS to Vision Zero to um I I'm not even gonna call them all out because I know that'll be a great list of sponsors, um, but um I want to give a shout out to Annette Jackson and a new um LA in my office who did such a tremendous job um being new to the office and um just she hit the ground running um and then the support uh from Deborah uh more as well and uh so just thank you to everyone who made uh this bike giveaway successful wonderful Alderman Stamper followed by Alderman Burgelis thank you madam chair let's congratulate the warning league and running rebels for 52 years of the basketball warning league um it kicked off on Monday and youth can sign up ages 10 through 14 warning is in full effect at Lincoln Park shout out to older woman Pratt uh Wilder Rise's big block party is this Friday it is on the 1900 block of 39th Street um annual block party come out after that we'll have a neighborhood walk called Dusk to dawn and I think we'll end up uh in the 10th automatic district with older woman more for the after set and then today a princess was born Kendall Ivany Stamp happy birthday baby thank you happy birthday for sure um alderman vergelis followed by Alderman Spiker thank you madam president the I promised last year at the when we announced the first annual Jackson Park um 4th of July parade that there would be more and this year I'm proud to sh to announce that there to welcome everyone to the second annual uh 4th of July parade that uh stretches from uh Manitoba to Lions Park Park neighborhood uh that will be at 1 p.m on july 4th also um same day please join us at 11 for the Alcott Park 4th of July parade thank you thank you alderman spiker uh thank you madam chair uh in addition to the 4th of july parade we'll be having at Wilson Park 10 a.m.

sorry uh uh around uh the park we will be having a planning meeting tonight for volunteers to sign up for that day's festivities it'll be tonight tuesday june 23rd at 6 p.m.

at the Wilson Park Pavilion thank you thank you any other announcements can I just allowing because I don't want to forget about Tracy Singleton who also has been working part time in my office and how big of a help that she was as well um with definitely getting volunteers and DPW for bringing all the chairs and tents and all of that so I just don't want to forget to shout them out.

Okay I'll conclude with um tonight's another beautiful night for Chill on the Hill in Humboldt I will be having a table there to greet neighbors and answer questions um a new series called Ask the Engineer where you can directly talk to the Department of Public Works about potholes lights traffic calming we're gonna give that a try just kind of bypass me and go right to public works um so I'll let you know how that works out again Chill on the Hill at um 5 30 to 6 30 p.m is my table with the engineers from Department of Public Works.

Thank you to everybody and thank you for those announcements and there being no further business this meeting manager.

Yes Alderman Cox I would ask that members who have the time please stay after the women of Alpha Kappa Alpha are coming back in here to take the group picture um that we always take and if you have additional time we'll be convening in room 303 to um have conversation um with the ladies uh as well thank you thank you thank you yes we will welcome aka back into the chambers and there being no further business this meeting stands adjourned