Public Safety & Health Committee: summary of motions and outcomes from Jan. 9 meeting

The Public Safety and Health Committee of the Milwaukee Common Council approved a series of ordinances, resolutions and grant acceptances during its Jan. 9 meeting, including changes to parking and traffic controls, acceptance of public-safety and health grants, and agreement on private ambulance rates for 2025.

Committee members recorded no roll-call objections on the items listed below; motions were adopted by voice vote after committee discussion and staff presentations. Where a committee member moved adoption, that is noted; the transcript records ‘‘hearing no objections’’ for the approvals listed.

Votes at a glance

- File 241315 — Substitute ordinance relating to parking controls (extend no-parking zones, create a small parking area on Shea Avenue, new no-parking segments on Stack Drive and South 16th Street). Motion: passage of the ordinance. Mover: Alderman Berghaus. Outcome: adopted (voice vote; no objections recorded).

- File 241316 — Substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls (install yield signs at specified intersections; substitute offered to change speed limit on a stretch of 91st Street). Motion: passage of the ordinance as substituted. Mover: Alderwoman Taylor. Outcome: adopted (voice vote; no objections recorded). The change reduces the posted speed limit from 40…