Public Safety and Health Committee to discuss city’s lead abatement program on Thursday
At the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Common Council’s Public Safety and Health Committee at 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 15, the committee will hear a communication file from the Milwaukee Health Department providing a status update on its lead abatement program.
Those wishing to provide comment on the matter can do so by utilizing the City’s e-comment feature by following these steps:
- Visitmilwaukee.legistar.com/Calendar.
- Select the “e-comment” button across from the meeting during which the file will be heard. Meeting info is listed above.
- Scroll down to the item number that corresponds to the desired file and click the “comment” button.
- Fill in the necessary information, select a position and type a comment in the comment box. Note that comments are limited to 1,200 characters.
- Hit submit.
Thursday’s committee meeting will be televised live on the City Channel (channel 25 on Spectrum Cable and channel 99 on AT&T U-Verse in the City of Milwaukee) and via streaming video on the city website at city.milwaukee.gov/Channel25. Beginning in September, the Public Safety and Health Committee will return to a fully in-person format.
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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