Committee recommends adoption of MOU on school resource officers after closed-session consultation

The Milwaukee Common Council’s Judiciary and Legislation Committee on March 4, 2025, recommended adoption of a substitute resolution adopting a memorandum of understanding between the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Public Schools on the placement of school resource officers in Milwaukee public schools.

The action followed a brief closed-session consultation. Alderwoman Andrea Pratt moved that the committee convene in closed session under Wis. Stat. §19.85(1)(g) to confer with the city attorney about litigation; the committee approved that motion in a roll call vote.

At the meeting, the committee identified the item as Substitute Resolution, agenda item 241707. The substitute resolution was read in open session after the closed-session consultation. A motion to recommend adoption was made; hearing no objections, the committee recommended adoption of the substitute resolution. The transcript does not specify who moved or seconded the recommendation to adopt, nor does it record a roll call for the adoption vote.

Roll-call votes recorded on the motion to enter closed session were: Alderman Chambers — aye; Alderman Regalas — aye; Alderman Bauman — aye; Alderman McBride — aye; Chairman Deandre Jackson — aye. The committee’s recommendation to adopt the substitute resolution was announced after the item was read and no objections were raised.

The meeting record does not specify further procedural steps or a timeline for final approval by the full Common Council. The committee met at City Hall, Room 301B; the agenda entry for this matter was recorded as 241707.

Details provided in the meeting record were limited to the procedural motion to enter closed session, the reading of the substitute resolution, and the committee’s recommendation to adopt; substantive terms of the memorandum of understanding were not included in the transcript.