SB301,38100Section 38. 62.50 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB301,,10110162.50 (1m) Policy review. The board shall conduct at least once each year a policy review of all aspects of the operations of the police and fire departments of the city and may advise the common council regarding any recommended policy changes. The board may prescribe general policies and standards for the departments. The board may inspect any property of the departments, including but not limited to books and records, required for a review under this section.
SB301,39102Section 39. 62.50 (3) (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB301,,10310362.50 (3) (title) Regulation of the departments.
SB301,40104Section 40. 62.50 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB301,,10510562.50 (3) (a) The board may prescribe rules for the government of the members chief of each department shall establish policies relating to the control and management of each department and may delegate its rule-making authority to the chief of each department. The board shall prescribe a procedure for review, modification and suspension of any rule which is prescribed by the chief, including, but not limited to, any rule which is in effect on March 28, 1984.
SB301,41106Section 41. 62.50 (3) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB301,,10710762.50 (3) (am) The common council may suspend or modify any rule prescribed by the board policy established under par. (a) only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the common council.
SB301,42108Section 42. 62.623 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB301,,10910962.623 (1) Beginning on July 1, 2011, in any employee retirement system of a 1st class city, except as otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement entered into under subch. IV of ch. 111 and except as provided in sub. subs. (2), and (3) employees shall pay all employee required contributions for funding benefits under the retirement system. The employer may not pay on behalf of an employee any of the employee’s share of the required contributions.
SB301,43110Section 43. 62.623 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB301,,11111162.623 (3) In any employee retirement system of a 1st class city that is located in a county with a population of more than 750,000 and that has elected to become a participating employer in the Wisconsin Retirement System under s. 40.21 (1), except as otherwise provided in sub. (2), irrespective of the funding status of the retirement system, the employer shall pay the remaining balance of actuarially determined normal cost contributions each year that is not covered by the employee contributions.
SB301,44112Section 44. 62.625 of the statutes is created to read:
SB301,,11311362.625 Amortization period for employer contributions. Notwithstanding any provision of law or actuarial rule, beginning on January 1, 2024, in any retirement system of a 1st class city, the required annual employer contribution shall be calculated using a 30-year amortization period and an annual investment return assumption that is the same as or less than the annual investment return assumption used by the Wisconsin Retirement System. Future unfunded actuarial accrued liability due to factors such as market returns and standard actuarial practices may be amortized on the basis of standard actuarial practices. The amortization period and investment return assumptions in this section shall supersede any amortization period and investment return assumption adopted by the actuary or retirement board of the retirement system of the city.
SB301,45114Section 45. 62.90 of the statutes is created to read:
SB301,,11511562.90 Provisions applicable to certain cities with special sales tax authority. All of the following apply to a 1st class city:
SB301,,116116(1) With regard to the budget of the 1st class city, all of the following apply:
SB301,,117117(a) The total amount of budgeted expenditures related to cultural or entertainment matters or involving partnerships with nonprofit groups, other than a charter school authorized by the common council of the city of Milwaukee under s. 118.40, may not be greater than 5 percent of the total amount of budgeted expenditures for the budget period.
SB301,,118118(b) When each department of the 1st class city prepares an estimate of the department’s needs for the ensuing fiscal period, it shall also provide a proposal to reduce the department’s budget for the ensuing fiscal period by an amount equal to a total of 5 percent of the department’s base level for its budget for the current fiscal period.
SB301,,119119(2) The common council may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that includes new program spending only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the common council. This subsection does not apply to a program that is intended to reduce expenditures or consolidate or reorganize existing services into a different administrative structure without increasing expenditures.
SB301,,120120(3) The common council may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that increases the total number of positions in the city only upon a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the common council.
SB301,,121121(4) The 1st class city may not use moneys raised by levying taxes for any of the following:
SB301,,122122(a) Developing, operating, or maintaining a rail fixed guideway transportation system, as defined in s. 85.066 (1).
SB301,,123123(b) Funding any position for which the principal duties consist of promoting individuals or groups on the basis of their race, color, ancestry, national origin, or sexual orientation.
SB301,,124124(5) (a) The 1st class city shall maintain a level of law enforcement and fire protective and emergency medical service that is at least equivalent to that provided in the 1st class city in the previous year, as measured by the number of full-time equivalent law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (c), employed by the 1st class city and the daily staffing level of the paid fire department, as defined in s. 213.10 (1g).
SB301,,125125(b) In any year in which moneys available under s. 77.701 (2) (c) are available for expenditure under this paragraph, the 1st class city shall use the moneys to increase the number of law enforcement officers, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (c), or the daily staffing level of the paid fire department. This paragraph does not apply in any year after the 1st class city employs 1,725 law enforcement officers, including 175 detectives, and maintains a daily staffing level not fewer than 218 members of the paid fire department.
SB301,,126126(c) Section 66.0608 (2m) applies to the 1st class city.
SB301,,127127(6) The 1st class city shall obtain an independent audit of its office of violence prevention and shall submit the results of that audit to the legislature in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2).
SB301,,128128(7) The 1st class city shall identify all buildings that the 1st class city has the authority to sell and that are not being used by the 1st class city and prepare a plan for the use or sale of these buildings. The city shall submit that plan to the joint committee on finance in the manner provided under s. 13.172 (2).