Alderman's Proposal Would Require City Employees To Vaccinate

MILWAUKEE, WI — Milwaukee Alderman Robert Bauman announced Monday that he would introduce a resolution to have all City of Milwaukee employees prove they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or provide a negative coronavirus test weekly when reporting to work.

The resolution would direct the Department of Employee Relations to create a policy requiring all city workers to vaccinate, Bauman's office said in a statement.

The resolution would have to be approved by the full Milwaukee Common Council before going into effect. If the council passes it, the resolution would become an ordinance.

The next Common Council meeting is on Sept. 1, City Clerk Jim Owczarski told Patch.

"All city employees deserve to work in an environment where the risk of infection by COVID-19 has been minimized, and this legislation will up us create that safer workplace," Bauman said.

Milwaukee still has a seven-day virus transmission rate of 95.4 per 100,000 people as of July 30, the Milwaukee Health Department said in a statement. The city remains in the "substantial transmission" category, it added.

Other Wisconsin organizations, including ProHealth Care of Waukesha County and Marquette University in Milwaukee, have mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for its students, employees and volunteers.

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