PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
TL;DR
The Public Safety and Health Committee met to consider updates to parking and traffic controls, emergency preparedness procedures, and multiple state and federal grant agreements. The committee reviewed funding for public health programs including disease prevention, family planning, and breast feeding support, as well as law enforcement grants for technology and drug trafficking enforcement.
Key Decisions
- Parking and Traffic Control Ordinances Agenda items presented for consideration
- City Hall Campus Emergency Preparedness Ordinance and committee report presented for consideration
- Public Health Grants (Wastewater Surveillance, STD Prevention, Family Planning, WIC Breast Feeding) Multiple resolutions presented for acceptance and funding from Wisconsin Department of Health Services
- Law Enforcement Grants (COPS Technology, Drug Trafficking, Justice Assistance) Multiple resolutions presented for acceptance of federal and state law enforcement funding
- Emergency Preparedness Staffing Agreement
Agenda
- 1. An ordinance relating to parking controls.Ordinance
- 2. An ordinance relating to traffic controls.Ordinance
- 3. An ordinance relating to locations where selling articles from parked vehicles is prohibited.Ordinance
- 4. Communication relating to the report and recommendations of the City Hall Campus Emergency Preparedness Committee.Communication
- 5. Substitute ordinance relating to the City Hall Campus Emergency Preparedness Committee.Ordinance
- 6. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of the 2026-27 Epidemiology & Lab Capacity National Wastewater Surveillance System grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.Resolution
- 7. Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Health to enter into an agreement with the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services to place dedicated staff in the Health Department for emergency preparedness support.Resolution
- 8. Resolution amending Common Council File Number 251845 relating to the acceptance and funding of the 2026-2026 STD Infertility Prevention Grant from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services.Resolution
- 9. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of the 2026-2027 Preventive Health Grant from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services.Resolution
- 10. Resolution relating to the acceptance and funding of the 2027 Family Planning Grant from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services.Resolution
- 11. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of the 2026-2027 Women, Infants and Children’s Breast Feeding Peer Counseling Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.Resolution
- 12. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of a U.S. Department of Justice FY2026 COPS Technology and Equipment Program (Congressionally Directed Spending) grant.Resolution
- 13. Communication from the Fire and Police Commission relating to Standard Operating Procedures.Communication
- The Public Safety and Health Committee may convene into closed session on Thursday, October 22, 2026, in Room 301-B, City Hall, 200 E. Wells St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, pursuant to s. 19.85(1)(g), Wis. Stats., for the purpose of conferring with the City Attorney who will render oral or written advice with respect to litigation in which the city is or is likely to become involved, and then may go into open session for the regular agenda.”
- 14. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of a 2026-2027 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program grant.Resolution
- 15. Resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a BioWatch Grant Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.Resolution
- 16. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of a FY2025 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program - Local Solicitation grant.Resolution
- This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
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- 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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