Liability Insurance.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 304-5
in effect304-5. Liability Insurance.
1. ADMINISTERED BY COMPTROLLER. The office of comptroller is charged with the responsibility of supervising and controlling the purchase of insurance to cover the city's liability for acts growing out of municipal operations and also such coverage which shall generally apply to the insurance of city property. The authority vested in the office of comptroller with respect to such supervision and control over the insurance program shall not include health or hospital insurance, social security insurance, workmen's compensation insurance, group life insurance, title insurance or temporary insurance on property purchased by the city and being managed by the department of city development, it being the intention that all other fields of insurance purchased by the city shall come under the supervision and control of the office of comptroller.
2. COMMON COUNCIL CONTROL. All insurance purchased under the provisions of this section, with the exception of insurance available from the state insurance fund, as provided for in chs. 604 and 605, Wis. Stats., shall be purchased through the central board of purchases on specifications furnished by the office of the city comptroller, and the insurance consultant if necessary, unless the common council authorizes by resolution another procedure for a specific purchase; provided that the following types of purchases of insurance shall be the only types of purchases which shall require authorization by the common council
a. All new coverage, and all new types of coverages.
b. Increased limits of coverage which results in an increase in annual premium of over $400, or 3 year premium of over $1,000.
3. RULES AND REGULATIONS. The office of comptroller may adopt such rules and regulations with respect to its authority under this section as it deems appropriate, but such rules and regulations shall not become effective until they have been approved by the committee on judiciary-legislation of the common council and by resolution of the common council, and upon such approval, filed with the city clerk.
4. INSURANCE COUNSELOR. With the approval of the common council, the office of comptroller may retain an insurance consultant, which insurance consultant, however, shall not be in the business of buying or selling insurance. Payment of the fees of such consultant shall be paid out of such funds as the common council may direct.
5. REGISTRY OF INSURANCE. The office of comptroller shall keep a record showing all current insurance coverage for the city of Milwaukee, which records shall be available for public inspection during regular office hours. Such record shall show the name and address of the company providing such coverage, the local agency handling the account, and the amount of coverage provided for under such policy. All insurance policies purchased under this section shall be kept in the office of the comptroller.
6. REPORTING OF COVERAGE. The office of the city comptroller shall annually report to the common council on all current insurance coverage of the city of Milwaukee.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-3/CH304.pdf#page=2Fetched: 10/26/2026