Committee on Community, Environment and Economic Development

Room 201-B and Microsoft Teams County Legislative Information Center

Agenda — 26 items

1. 1 This meeting will occur in Room 201-B of the Milwaukee County Courthouse. For convenience, and in accordance with Section 1.01(d) of the Milwaukee County Code of General Ordinances, this meeting will also be live-streamed via Microsoft Teams and may be accessed on the County Legislative Information Center: https://milwaukeecounty.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. If during this meeting, the live-stream becomes unavailable, please know that this meeting will continue in person through the conclusion of the Committee’s business as noticed in this agenda so long as a quorum of the Committee remains. A recording of the meeting will be posted after its conclusion. Any members of the public wishing to address the Committee may provide public comment by either: ○ Filling out a Public Comment Card in Room 201-B, or ○ Visiting: milwaukee.gov/PublicComment and following the instructions provided to participate via Microsoft Teams. Please know that your ability to participate in this meeting via Microsoft Teams may be limited should the live-stream become unavailable at any time during this meeting. To this end, members of the public are encouraged to attend and to participate in meetings of any Milwaukee County body in person whenever possible. Members of the public may also submit a written eComment via the County Legislative Information Center (CLIC) at: https://milwaukeecounty.legistar.com, upon publication of the Committee’s agenda. The Office of the County Clerk collects eComments via CLIC and will append these official public records to Reference File No. 25-41 at the conclusion of each meeting.
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3. 3 Public Notice
4. 3 Supervisor Steven Shea appeared virtually for today's meeting.
5. 4 In accordance with Section 1.13(f) of the Milwaukee County Code of General Ordinances, items may be taken out of order.
6. 5 Call To Order ▶ jump to 22:42
7. 6 Roll Call at 9:30 a.m. ▶ jump to 22:50
8. 7 PUBLIC HEARING - 1
9. 1 2026 Annual Plan for Use of CDBG and HOME Funds Public Notice (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE) 25-578 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN ▶ jump to 64:10
10. 9 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ED) DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (DAS) - 1
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12. 2 From the Economic Development Director, Department of Administrative Services requesting authorization to apply for, accept, and implement a Grant for a maximum amount of $250,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation for funding to provide Building Bridges Small Business Grants to help local small businesses acquire and expand their real estate footprint in Milwaukee County (Referred to the Committees on Community, Environment, and Economic Development; and Finance) 25-588 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Pass ▶ jump to 135:02
13. 11 DAS / OFFICE OF STRATEGY, BUDGET, AND PERFORMANCE - 1
14. 3 A report from the Department of Administrative Services and Office of Strategy, Budget & Performance, providing an update on the Investing in Justice: Courthouse Complex project (Considered by the Committees on Intergovernmental Relations; and Community, Environment, and Economic Development) (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE) 25-582 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN. ▶ jump to 99:14
15. 13 ED DAS - 1
16. 4 From the Director, Economic Development, Department of Administrative Services, providing an informational report regarding Milwaukee County property sales. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE) 25-42 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN ▶ jump to 152:45
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18. 15 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC INCLUSION DAS - 1
19. 5 From the Director, Office of Economic Inclusion, Department of Administrative Services, providing an informational report regarding participation and departmental waivers of Milwaukee County’s Targeted Business Enterprise Program, and Federally-funded projects relative to Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprises. (Considered by the Committees on Transportation and Transit; and Community, Environment, and Economic Development) (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE) 25-22 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN ▶ jump to 156:04
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21. 18 E-COMMENTS - 1
22. 6 eComments submitted to the Committee on Community, Environment, and Economic Development via the County Legislative Information Center (CLIC). *The Office of the County Clerk collects eComments submitted via CLIC, and appends these official public records to Reference File No. 25-41 at the conclusion of each meeting. 25-41 DISCUSSED WITH NO ACTION TAKEN ▶ jump to 163:00
23. 19 The foregoing items were not considered in agenda order.
24. 20 Length of Meeting: 9:30 a.m. to 11:48 a.m. Adjourned, Clarence H. Kinnard Committee Coordinator Legislative Services, Office of the County Clerk Committee on Community, Environment, and Economic Development ▶ jump to 160:17
25. 21 Deadline for the next meeting: The next regular meeting for the Committee on Community, Environment, and Economic Development is Monday, December 8, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. Approval Tracking System review must be completed in Legistar on or before Friday, November 14, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., for the December meeting cycle.
26. 22 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation requests: