FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

Room 301-B, City Hall

Agenda — 40 items

1. 1. Communication from the Department of Employee Relations relating to labor negotiations. 241273 HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Pass ▶ jump to 2:00
2. 1 Meeting convened at 9:11 a.m. ▶ jump to 0:10
3. 2 9:30 AM
4. 2 Also present:
5. 2. Communication from the Department of Administration - Budget and Management Analysis Division regarding vacancy requests, fund transfers and equipment requests. 251051 APPROVED Pass ▶ jump to 76:43
6. 3. Communication from the Department of Administration relating to approval of changes to certain single or sole source contracts or contract amendments. 250944 APPROVED Pass ▶ jump to 116:30
7. 4. Resolution relating to application, acceptance and funding of a State and Local Cybersecurity Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs, Division of Emergency Management. 251022 RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Pass ▶ jump to 118:44
8. 6 PAGE BREAK
9. 7 PLEASE NOTE: If action is taken on the following items, they may be referred to the November 7, 2025 Common Council - Budget Adoption Meeting unless otherwise directed by the Finance and Personnel Committee.
10. 5. A substitute ordinance to make uniform the rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service. 250698 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 120:15
11. 6. A substitute ordinance determining the offices and positions in the various departments, bureaus, boards and commissions in the City Service under control of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee. 250699 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 122:28
12. 7. Substitute resolution authorizing the expenditure of opioid settlement funds. 250874 HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Pass ▶ jump to 122:35
13. 8. A substitute ordinance establishing the 2026 vehicle registration fee. 250871 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 122:44
14. 9. A substitute ordinance relating to increasing various fees for permits, licenses, certificates, inspections and approvals. 250865 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 125:04
15. 10. Substitute resolution establishing the 2026 Street Lighting Fee. 250866 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 125:40
16. 11. Substitute resolution establishing the 2026 Local Sewerage Charge. 250867 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 126:41
17. 12. Substitute resolution establishing the 2026 Solid Waste Charge. 250868 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 126:57
18. 13. A substitute ordinance relating to the fee charged for an extra garbage cart. 250870 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 127:11
19. 14. Substitute resolution establishing the 2026 Snow and Ice Removal Cost Recovery Charge. 250875 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 127:28
20. 15. Substitute resolution establishing the 2026 Equivalent Residential Unit and 2026 Equivalent Residential Unit Rate used in calculation of the Storm Water Management Charge. 250869 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 127:47
21. 16. Substitute resolution authorizing a payment from the 2025 Transportation Fund to the 2026 Debt Service Fund to pay principal and interest for various parking projects. 250859 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 128:15
22. 17. Substitute resolution relative to establishing the rate of taxation for 2026 budget purposes as computed by the Commissioner of Assessments of the City of Milwaukee. 250862 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 128:41
23. 18. Substitute resolution authorizing a further Tax Stabilization Fund withdrawal for 2026 as permitted by Sub-Section 4(c) and (d) of Section 304-29 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances. 250863 REFERRED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND ASSIGNED TO Pass ▶ jump to 129:05
24. 19. A charter ordinance relating to implementation of various provisions of the 2026 budget. 250864 HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Pass
25. 20. An ordinance relating to implementation of various provisions of the 2026 budget. 250857 HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Pass ▶ jump to 130:26
26. 21. Resolution relating to implementation of various provisions of the 2026 budget. 250861 HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Pass ▶ jump to 130:47
27. 22. Communication from the Milwaukee Public Schools relating to the tax levy for the City of Milwaukee. 250700 RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE Pass ▶ jump to 131:03
28. 23. Communication from the Wisconsin Division of Transportation Investment Management relating to the 2025 General Transportation Aids and Connecting Highway Aids Estimates. 250701 RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE Pass ▶ jump to 132:34
29. 24. Communication from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue relating to the Revised Estimated 2025 and the 2026 Shared Revenue and Expenditure Restraint. 250702 RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE Pass ▶ jump to 133:20
30. 25. Communication from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue relating to state aid payments due to exempted business computers from being subject to property taxes. 250703 RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE Pass ▶ jump to 136:40
31. 26. Communication relating to the Capital Improvements Committee’s recommendations for the Mayor’s proposed 2026 executive budget. 250704 RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE Pass ▶ jump to 137:09
32. 27. Communication relating to public comments on the Mayor's Proposed Executive Budget for 2026. 250705 RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE Pass ▶ jump to 137:27
33. 31 This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
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35. 32 Meeting adjourned at 11:29 a.m. Chris Lee, Staff Assistant Council Records Section City Clerk's Office
36. 33 In the event that Common Council members who are not members of this committee attend this meeting, this meeting may also simultaneously constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any of the following committees: Community and Economic Development, Finance and Personnel, Judiciary and Legislation, Licenses, Public Safety and Health, Public Works, Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development, and/or Steering and Rules. Whether a simultaneous meeting is occurring depends on whether the presence of one or more of the Common Council member results in a quorum of the Common Council or any of the above committees, and, if there is a quorum of another committee, whether any agenda items listed above involve matters within that committee’s realm of authority. In the event that a simultaneous meeting is occurring, no action other than information gathering will be taken at the simultaneous meeting. Times for specific agenda items are estimations. If items cannot be heard at their specified times, they will be heard as soon as practicable thereafter.
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