City of Madison - File #: 46648

• File #: 46648
• Version: 1
• Name: Calling on the U.S. Congress to continue funding human and environmental needs and not increase military spending.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/10/2017
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• On agenda: 4/18/2017
• Final action: 4/18/2017
• Enactment date: 4/19/2017
• Enactment #: RES-17-00305
• Title: Calling on the U.S. Congress to continue funding human and environmental needs and not increase military spending.
• Sponsors: Sara Eskrich, Paul R. Soglin, Michael E. Verveer, Marsha A. Rummel, David Ahrens, Samba Baldeh, Shiva Bidar, Sheri Carter, Maurice S. Cheeks, Mark Clear, Denise DeMarb, Tim Gruber, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Rebecca Kemble, Steve King, Larry Palm, Matthew J. Phair, Paul E. Skidmore, Zach Wood, Ledell Zellers

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/18/2017	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Under Suspension of Rules 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, and 2.25	Pass
4/10/2017	1	Council Office	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, & 2.25 - MISC. ITEMS

Fiscal Note
No appropriation required.
Title
Calling on the U.S. Congress to continue funding human and environmental needs and not increase military spending.
Body
WHEREAS, President Donald J. Trump has proposed to shift $54 billion from social, humanitarian, scientific and environmental priorities at home and abroad in order to increase the military budget; and,

WHEREAS, the residents of Madison already pay over $193 million in federal taxes for military expenditures, an amount that each year could fund all of the following priorities locally:

· 1,034 seats for low-income children in high-quality, subsidized childcare;
· 6 more childcare centers in Madison accredited, thereby expanding access to quality childcare;
· 120 permanent supportive apartments for chronically homeless individuals in brand new state of the art facilities;
· 1 new bus barn to house the expanding fleet of Madison Metro buses to support the 15 million rides taken per year;
· Enough solar panels to power 2000 Madison households;
· 25 new Madison Police Officers;
· 25 new Madison Firefighters;
· 17 million foodbank meals, the total number of meals needed to serve Madison's hungry in 2016;
· 6,500 seats for middle-school students to take a three week web-development and coding class during summer break;
· 167 full scholarships for Madison high-school graduates to attend four years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison;
· 33 new Madison Metropolitan School District elementary school teachers;
· 1 new biodigester to breakdown Madison's organic compost and divert tons of waste from the landfills;
· 1 Public Market;
· Full enrollment in Medicaid for an additional 862 seniors, 498 individuals with disabilities, 542 adults and 1,215 children;
· And 2,584 new family memberships to the Madison Children's Museum; and,

WHEREAS, our community's human and environmental needs are critical, and our ability to respond to those needs depends on federal funding for education, welfare, public safety, a...