CCR1979168. - .' . RESOLUTION #168-79
City of Muskego
e RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE LOCATION OF MINIMUM
AND MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONS IN THE MILWAUKEE
METROPOLITAN AREA
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WHEREAS, the Milwaukee County House of Correction grounds,
located in the City of Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, is one of
several proposed sites for minimum and maximum security prisons to
be operated by the Wisconsin Department of Administration, and
WHEREAS, the proposed location is within the Milwaukee Metropolitan
Area, which is rapidly developing and will become a highly urbanized area
in the very near future, and
WHEREAS, the location of a prison or prisons in highly urbanized
areas will have a detrimental effect to the entire area and will disco;;;-age
its orderly development, and
WHEREAS, there is always a threat to the health and welfare of
the residents of urban areas in which such prisons would be located from
escapees, prison riots, etc., and
WEREAS, escapees from prisons in urban areas can readily
disappear into the community, but rural areas would be more suitable
for early apprehension. and
. WHEREAS, the tax burden for local taxpayers would be directly
and indirectly increased for added protection services and road maintenance
services because of the increased travel and the probable extension of bus
service to the facility, and
WHEREAS, the prisons would attract a greater numb'er of the
undesirable criminal element into the area, and
WHEREAS, the adjoining communities to the City or Franklin by
means of the mutual assistance pacts would be indirectly affected by the
additional police and fire protection that would be required in the City of
Franklin, and
WHEREAS, the property values Tor residences in and around the
area of the prisons would depreciate, and it would also affect the values
or residences in the adjoining communities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Musk6E.o
that they are opposed to the proposed location of two additional prisons
on the Milwaukee County House of Correction grounds for the reasons stated
above.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk forward copies
of this resolution to the XVisconsin Department of Administration and to
the County Board of Supervisors.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the Common Council
this 28th day of . 1979.
Passed and adopted by Common Council
this 28th day of A,,?,,~+ . 1979.
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