FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 9:00 AM AM · Room 301-B, City Hall

TL;DR

This Finance & Personnel Committee meeting focused on Milwaukee's 2027 budget and related financial matters. The committee considered grant acceptances, tax rates, fee adjustments, salary ordinances, and various budget implementation measures that will likely move to the Common Council for final approval on November 6, 2026.

Key Decisions

  • Grant Acceptances (Drug Trafficking, Homeland Security, Health Surveillance, Preventive Health, Family Planning) Pending Committee Action
  • 2027 Tax Rate, Fees, and Utility Charges (including Street Lighting, Sewerage, Solid Waste, Snow/Ice Removal, Storm Water, and Garbage Cart Fees) Pending Committee Action
  • 2027 Salary and Position Ordinances Pending Committee Action
  • Automated License Plate Reader Technology Contract Charter Ordinance Pending Committee Action
  • 2027 Budget Implementation (Charter Ordinance, Ordinance, and Resolution) Pending Committee Action
Agenda PDF

Agenda

  1. 1. A substitute charter ordinance relating to contracts for automated license plate reader technology.
    Charter Ordinance
  2. 2. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of a 2026-2027 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program grant.
    Resolution
  3. 3. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of a BioWatch Grant Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
    Resolution
  4. 4. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of the 2026-27 Epidemiology & Lab Capacity National Wastewater Surveillance System grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
    Resolution
  5. 5. Resolution relating to acceptance and funding of the 2026-2027 Preventive Health Grant from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
    Resolution
  6. 6. Resolution relating to the acceptance and funding of the 2027 Family Planning Grant from the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
    Resolution
  7. 7. Communication from the Department of Administration - Budget and Management Analysis Division regarding vacancy requests, fund transfers and equipment requests.
    Communication to Finance
  8. 8. Communication from the Department of Administration relating to approval of changes to certain single or sole source contracts or contract amendments.
    Communication to Finance
  9. 9. Communication from the Department of Employee Relations amending the Salary and Positions Ordinances relating to clerical or administrative corrections.
    Communication
  10. 10. Substitute resolution authorizing attendance at conventions, seminars and other travel.
    Resolution
  11. 11. An ordinance to further amend the 2026 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service.
    Ordinance
  12. 12. An ordinance to further amend the 2026 offices and positions in the City Service.
    Ordinance
  13. 13. An ordinance to further amend the 2027 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service.
    Ordinance
  14. 14. An ordinance to further amend the 2027 offices and positions in the City Service.
    Ordinance
  15. PLEASE NOTE: If action is taken on the following items, they may be referred to the November 6, 2026 Common Council - Budget Adoption Meeting unless otherwise directed by the Finance and Personnel Committee.
  16. 15. An ordinance to make uniform the rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service.
    Ordinance
  17. 16. An ordinance determining the offices and positions in the various departments, bureaus, boards and commissions in the City Service under the control of the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee.
    Ordinance
  18. 17. Resolution authorizing a payment from the 2026 Transportation Fund to the 2027 Debt Service Fund to pay principal and interest for various parking projects.
    Resolution
  19. 18. Resolution authorizing a further Tax Stabilization Fund withdrawal for 2027 as permitted by Sub-Section 4(c) and (d) of Section 304-29 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances.
    Resolution
  20. 19. Resolution relating to establishing the rate of taxation for 2027 budget purposes as computed by the Commissioner of Assessments of the City of Milwaukee.
    Resolution
  21. 20. An ordinance relating to increasing various fees for permits, licenses, certificates, inspections, and approvals.
    Ordinance
  22. 21. Resolution establishing the 2027 Street Lighting Fee.
    Resolution
  23. 22. Resolution establishing the 2027 Local Sewerage Charge.
    Resolution
  24. 23. Resolution establishing the 2027 Solid Waste Charge.
    Resolution
  25. 24. Resolution establishing the 2027 Snow and Ice Removal Cost Recovery Charge.
    Resolution
  26. 25. Resolution establishing the 2027 Equivalent Residential Unit and 2027 Equivalent Residential Unit Rate used in calculation of the Storm Water Management Charge.
    Resolution
  27. 26. An ordinance establishing the 2027 extra garbage cart fee.
    Ordinance
  28. 27. A charter ordinance relating to implementation of various provisions of the 2027 budget.
    Charter Ordinance
  29. 28. An ordinance relating to implementation of various provisions of the 2027 budget.
    Ordinance
  30. 29. Resolution relating to implementation of various provisions of the 2027 budget.
    Resolution
  31. 30. Communication from the Milwaukee Public Schools relating to the tax levy for the City of Milwaukee.
    Communication
  32. 31. Communication from the Wisconsin Division of Transportation Investment Management relating to the 2026 General Transportation Aids and Connecting Highway Aids Estimates.
    Communication
  33. 32. Communication from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue relating to the Revised Estimated 2026 and 2027 Shared Revenue and Expenditure Restraint.
    Communication
  34. 33. Communication from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue relating to state aid payments due to exempted business computers from being subject to property taxes.
    Communication
  35. 34. Communication relating to public comments on the Mayor's Proposed Executive Budget for 2027.
    Communication
  36. The following file may be placed on file as being no longer necessary:
  37. 35. A substitute resolution authorizing the implementation of the UnitedHealthcare NexusACO program for the City of Milwaukee health plan.
    Resolution
  38. This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
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  40. 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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