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Votes recorded on committee reports and other matters

- Licenses Committee (file 241706): Adopted by council; roll call recorded 13 ayes, 1 excused. (See separate coverage of the Dollar Tree and Pantry 41 licensing actions.)

- Public Works Committee: The council adopted the remainder of the public works committee report, including multiple resolutions and change orders, by roll call: 13 ayes, 1 excused.

- Finance & Personnel Committee: The council adopted the finance and personnel committee report, including payroll/position adjustments, grant acceptances and authorizations, and confirmation of an appointment to labor negotiator; roll call recorded 13 ayes, 1 excused.

- Judiciary & Legislation Committee: The committee report was adopted by roll call with 12 ayes and 2 excused as recorded in the meeting.

- Public Safety & Health Committee: The report and recommendations were adopted by roll call: 13 ayes, 1 excused.

- Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee: The council adopted the committee’s recommendations, including zoning ordinances, termination of PILOT agreements and the dissolution of tax incremental district #37, by roll call: 13 ayes, 1 excused.

- Community & Economic Development Committee: The council confirmed multiple appointments and adopted the committee report by roll call: 13 ayes, 1 excused.

- Steering & Rules Committee: The committee report was adopted by roll call: 13 ayes, 1 excused.

- Matters considered for immediate adoption: Four items listed for immediate adoption in the council packet (including final certified survey maps and approval to sell specified city‑owned tax deed property) were approved on the floor by roll call: 13 ayes, 1 excused.

The council's meeting record lists, by committee, numerous ordinances, resolutions and confirmations. Council members who presented committee reports included Alderman Robert Baumann (Public Works; Zoning), Alderman Scott Speicher (Public Safety & Health), Alderman Deandre Jackson (Judiciary & Legislation), and Alderman Russell Stanford II (Community & Economic Development). The clerk read items and sponsors into the record and the city attorney indicated the office had prepared findings of fact and conclusions of law for licensing matters where noted.

Where a specific file or action was debated on the floor (for example, the licenses committee matters and the finance file 241394 amendment), separate detailed coverage addresses the debate, motions and follow‑up tasks. For other committee items, the council approved the committee recommendations as presented on the agenda.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Milwaukee - COMMON COUNCIL on 2025-04-02 9:00 AM - Apr 02, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Milwaukee Common Council on April 2, 2025 adopted multiple standing committee reports and four matters for immediate adoption, with most committee reports approved by roll call votes recorded in the meeting minutes.","taxTitle","Milwaukee , Milwaukee County, Wisconsin","taxId",2851,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6616798,"Council adds $600,000 direction for resident‑led budgeting in council‑led transfer fund",321,2692000,3013000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2849927-3a7ada59cc388f537d87d3b411bd076a&start=2692&end=3013","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2849927-3a7ada59cc388f537d87d3b411bd076a/thumbnail_2692000.jpg","/articles/6616798/Milwaukee/Milwaukee-County/Wisconsin/Council-adds-600000-direction-for-residentled-budgeting-in-councilled-transfer-fund","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6616798-82351ae5dbb80b83a5190e0a55e822a9/orig.mp4?Expires=1775526811&Signature=VkuR2NUl2X2gE5k0-CuRkCXqEWcqsvcjWfC6HnB1GSmQQG9giyghnstwGAvuEaNjjMv-~qR6woIPYI3UOdbDy6s2E4wM5~1hhIbI1PeXECRU0IhhX8UsTtK1UaYU8EuoVhwqGG7a-~B4oECxj~WlRbkykT70DIWAykx50WnGFSeyIPA0-R3YEvFnUBuuy86nOBAOHsY~YtZTAIqrqhBXXsi9HVQsjQZTomArzmmY9wx10FynLXthqFMYiap0vEfDan~MuDOsSIclOxoekzVpaIJee-XGpPdG7nFzhqepaFFll13~9lbAM7GLHNtftxRBnyGjQwJ9kbr9IkWLHxB8Uw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Milwaukee Common Council on April 2, 2025 amended and adopted council file 241394 to direct the city clerk’s expenditure of council‑led transfer funds and inserted two additional directives designating $600,000 for a resident‑led community budgeting program and requiring dispersal of funds for homelessness prevention based on Department of Administration recommendations within 60 days.

Alderman Mark Chambers spoke in support of the amended file, calling passage of the resolution “a statement to our values, our priorities, and our commitment to a stronger, more inclusive Milwaukee,” and praised organizations expected to receive funding, including neighborhood associations, legal aid, and violence‑prevention programs.

Alderman Jocasa Samaripa moved the amendment to insert two further resolves stating that (1) the process for expenditure of the $600,000 designated for the City of Milwaukee MKE Community Impact Fund resident‑led community budgeting program shall be established by separate resolution, and (2) the city clerk shall disperse the funds for support for existing programs to prevent homelessness based on recommendations from the Department of Administration, Community Development, Block Grant Administration, to be provided within 60 days of adoption. The amendment was distributed to members and adopted on the floor with no objection.

Clerks subsequently read the sponsor list for the file; members recorded as sponsors included Alderman Chambers, Alderman Coggs, Alderman Zamarripa, Marina Dimitrijevich, Alderman Regelis, President Jose Perez, Alderwoman Moore, and Alderman Stamper, with Alderman Taylor added as a cosponsor on the floor. The finance and personnel committee report that included the file was adopted by the council by roll call vote, recorded as 13 ayes and 1 excused.

The action directs the city clerk to establish expenditure procedures for the $600,000 designated to the resident‑led budgeting program by separate resolution and requires that funds intended for homelessness prevention be dispersed based on Department of Administration recommendations within 60 days of the resolution’s adoption. The council did not specify program-level allocations in the adopted language; the amendment requires a separate resolution to establish the resident‑led budgeting process.","The Common Council amended and adopted a resolution directing the city clerk to expend council‑led transfer funds, adding two further resolves that set aside $600,000 for an MKE Community Impact Fund resident‑led budgeting program and require homelessness-prevention disbursements based on Department recommendations within 60 days.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6616804,"Council adopts licenses committee recommendations after debate over Dollar Tree and Pantry 41",888,1447000,2335000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2849927-3a7ada59cc388f537d87d3b411bd076a&start=1447&end=2335","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2849927-3a7ada59cc388f537d87d3b411bd076a/thumbnail_1447000.jpg","/articles/6616804/Milwaukee/Milwaukee-County/Wisconsin/Council-adopts-licenses-committee-recommendations-after-debate-over-Dollar-Tree-and-Pantry-41","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6616804-8f99960f4949c5d7384fa9ffc6bdaf91/orig.mp4?Expires=1775526811&Signature=FFAWmaguiMtqd31MmK1hV~eSQEAg9ScMrkwbFGKr9zOr4Z5gzbHttUCjDrZlpH7GsA6Io5BS1YZViLVPx9HFMyrnP2jJphaQO1E29XJuzfKLCCygCqdAwHddKvoXB~i9SBrLDY6C2l9lse8tlrPObizADhHj4xoc1Ox-1Wd8Y2plAr3r4YnJYLtNvssVLITfJmDwn~MxkgM1zi~d1zClTCqJp90uDmZyjGvSO3y0glNylLOMUx-fNo3GQDKanl0hmDl7aFiB-U6JD4oT1AzharhVxC-Otm-ds3flh1PdGerejt6JlCd42PWXW3vPRuaYogSgt25ogbjjWzO~UmtrwA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Milwaukee Common Council on April 2, 2025 adopted the recommendations of the licenses committee in file number 241706, approving a 15‑day suspension of the food dealer and weights-and-measures licenses for the Dollar Tree at 3555 S. Howell Ave. and the nonrenewal of the extended‑hours establishment license for Pantry 41 at 1202 W. Highland Ave.

The action followed five minutes of oral argument by Josh Gimmel, attorney for Dollar Tree, who told the council the company had engaged with aldermanic offices and neighbors since the committee hearing and asked the council to reduce the suspension to the 10‑day minimum mandatory period. “We have requested that the suspension be shortened to what I understand is the minimum mandatory, which is 10 day suspension,” Gimmel said, and asked that weights‑and‑measures authority be allowed to continue because the store cannot operate without it.

Aldermen pressed for assurances that workers would not be left unpaid during the suspension. “So you're saying that all employees at the location would be laid off?” asked Alderman Bergellis. Gimmel replied that his understanding was the store location would be closed for the suspension period and that employees “will not be working at that time.” Alderman Mark Chambers, Alderman Stamper and Alderwoman Charlin Moore urged Dollar Tree to consider reassigning or paying affected employees during the closure. “The employees should not… be suffering,” Moore said. Aldermen also asked for direct contact information from Dollar Tree managers and senior corporate staff; Gimmel said the company had supplied email contact from the regional director and senior vice president and that he would ensure aldermen who had not received it would be provided that information.

Alderman Scott Speicher asked to be recorded as “no” specifically on the suspension of extended hours for Pantry 41, saying he voted differently in committee. Despite that request, the council’s roll call on adoption of the licenses committee recommendations recorded 13 ayes and 1 excused. The clerk noted written objections had been filed for both the Dollar Tree and Pantry 41 recommendations in committee.

The licenses committee report, read into the record, described the Dollar Tree action as “renewal with a 15 day suspension of the food dealer and weights and measures licenses for Peter A. Barnett” at 3555 S. Howell Ave., based on preponderance of evidence that the operation posed a threat to health, safety or welfare for failure to comply with an approved plan of operations. The report described the Pantry 41 action as “non renewal of the extended hours establishment license for Gur Sahib Singh” at 1202 W. Highland Ave., citing police reports, neighborhood testimony, and alleged excessive loitering and illegal drug activity; written objections were also filed for that matter.

The council did not amend the committee recommendation on the suspension length at the floor vote. The record shows several aldermen urging Dollar Tree to use the suspension period to address store operations and to prioritize employees; councilmembers said they would monitor the company’s response when considering any future actions.

Votes and formal motions in this matter were taken as part of the council's approval of the licenses committee recommendations contained in file 241706.","The Milwaukee Common Council approved the licenses committee recommendations in file 241706, including a 15‑day suspension of a Dollar Tree food dealer and weights-and-measures license and nonrenewal of extended hours for Pantry 41, after attorneys and aldermen debated impacts on employees and neighborhood safety.","actionData","errors"]

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