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Votes at a glance: committee accepted grants, donations and ordinance changes on Jan. 9
Summary
The committee approved a group of grants, donations and substitute ordinances at its Jan. 9 meeting, including DPW parking changes, a Milwaukee Tool donation for the fire department, HazMat and public‑health grant extensions, JAG grants, and a bomb‑robot purchase funded by a state grant.
The Public Safety and Health Committee on Jan. 9 considered a batch of routine but operationally important files and recorded approvals (voice votes with no objections recorded in the transcript for these items). Items adopted or ordered included:
• File 241315 — Substitute ordinance relating to parking controls (see separate article).
• File 241248 — Substitute ordinance adding tow trucks to residential permit ineligible vehicle list (see separate article).
• File 241359 — Resolution authorizing acceptance of Milwaukee Tool work lights, chargers and batteries donated to the Milwaukee Fire Department; adoption ordered.
• File 241360 — Substitute resolution accepting the 2024 HazMat Regional Emergency Response grant from the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs to support election‑period HazMat readiness; adoption ordered.
• File 241035 — Substitute resolution amending acceptance/funding of the 2021–24 Immunizations Cooperative Agreement Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to extend spending deadlines and add eligible respiratory immunization supplies; committee referred the item to finance and personnel as recorded.
• File 241327 — Resolution transferring departmental budget authority for violence‑prevention contributions to the Department of Administration; adoption and referral to finance and personnel ordered.
• File 241357 — Substitute resolution accepting an MPOX response grant extension from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to support vaccination and education campaigns; adoption ordered.
• File 241362 / 241363 — JAG grants: the committee adopted a JAG allocation for local governments and a JAG award to convert two MPD interview rooms to juvenile‑friendly spaces (Axon camera systems and remote panic alarms).
• File 241364 — Homeland Security grant to purchase a large bomb robot and attachments for MPD's bomb squad; adoption ordered (covered in separate article).
For several items, the committee recorded no objections and ordered adoption; the transcript excerpt does not contain roll‑call tallies for these items. When financial amounts were discussed in presentation (for example the immunization extension and JAG allocations), committee members asked only clarifying questions and referred some files to finance and personnel for further administrative handling.
