PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE

Friday, April 10, 2026 · 9:00 AM AM · Room 301-B, City Hall

TL;DR

This was an agenda-setting meeting for the Public Safety and Health Committee scheduled for April 10, 2026. The committee will consider 11 items including new parking and traffic control ordinances, police safety plans for entertainment districts, the appointment of a new Community Wellness and Safety Director, and resolutions on opioid settlement funds and health department staffing.

Agenda PDF

Agenda

  1. 1. An ordinance relating to parking controls.
    Ordinance
  2. 2. A substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls.
    Ordinance
  3. 3. A substitute ordinance relating to time-limited food truck zones.
    Ordinance
  4. 4. Communication from the Milwaukee Police Department relating to their plan to maintain public safety in the King Drive and Water Street entertainment districts during the spring and summer of 2026.
    Communication
  5. 5. Communication from the Milwaukee Police Department and the Department of Community Wellness and Safety relating to their response to teen takeovers.
    Communication
  6. 6. Appointment of Karin Tyler as the Community Wellness and Safety Director by the Mayor.
    Appointment
  7. 7. An ordinance relating to noise variances.
    Ordinance
  8. 8. Substitute resolution authorizing the expenditure of opioid settlement funds.
    Resolution
  9. 9. Substitute resolution directing the Health Department to collaborate with the Department of Employee Relations to develop strategies to prevent clinic closures due to staffing shortages.
    Resolution
  10. 10. Resolution relating to access to Fire and Police Commission meetings by members of the Common Council.
    Resolution
  11. 11. Communication from the Fire and Police Commission relating to Standard Operating Procedures.
    Communication
  12. This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
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  14. In the event that Common Council members who are not members of this committee attend this meeting, this meeting may also simultaneously constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of the following committees: Community and Economic Development, Finance and Personnel, Judiciary and Legislation, Licenses, Public Safety and Health, Public Works, Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development, and/or Steering and Rules. Whether a simultaneous meeting is occurring depends on whether the presence of one or more of the Common Council member results in a quorum of the Common Council or any of the above committees, and, if there is a quorum of another committee, whether any agenda items listed above involve matters within that committee’s realm of authority. In the event that a simultaneous meeting is occurring, no action other than information gathering will be taken at the simultaneous meeting. Times for specific agenda items are estimations. If items cannot be heard at their specified times, they will be heard as soon as practicable thereafter.
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