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PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

Thursday, February 19, 2026 · 9:00 AM AM · City Hall Room 301-B

TL;DR

The Public Works Committee approved nearly $15.2 million in public improvement projects across Milwaukee, including road construction and resurfacing work in multiple neighborhoods. The committee also accepted gifts from the Milwaukee Brewers and Daniel Hoan Foundation to support road maintenance programs. Most projects will be cost-shared with the state or county to reduce the city's financial burden.

Key Decisions

  • Public improvements funding ($250,000 total project cost) Passed
  • Construction projects funding ($14.96 million total project cost) Passed
  • West Fond du Lac Avenue road project (City share: $131,024) Passed
  • South Kinnickinnic Avenue reconstruction (City share: $525,000) Passed
  • Accept gifts from Brewers and Daniel Hoan Foundation for road maintenance Passed
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Agenda

  1. 1 Untitled item
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION

    A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  2. 1. Substitute resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept a gift from the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club for an asphalt hot box.
    Resolution
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  3. 2. Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Works to accept a gift from the Daniel Hoan Foundation to fund a Route Reports roadway condition monitoring pilot.
    Resolution
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  4. 3. Substitute resolution determining it necessary to make various nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $115,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $250,000.
    Resolution
    Action: SUBSTITUTED Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. TAYLOR that this Resolution be SUBSTITUTED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  5. 4. Substitute resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $12,434,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $14,962,000.
    Resolution
    Action: SUBSTITUTED Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be SUBSTITUTED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  6. 5. Resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a project agreement titled “Cost Sharing Memo of Understanding Between the City of Milwaukee’s Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS)” for the cost sharing of construction for asphalt surface overlay on N. Hawley Rd. and W. Wisconsin Ave. in the 10th Aldermanic District.
    Resolution
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. BROWER that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  7. 6. Resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a document titled “1st Revision State/Municipal Agreement for a State-Let Highway Project” with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming, design, real estate acquisition, and construction of West Fond du Lac Avenue from North 19th Street to North 12th Street, to set up funds for design engineering at an estimated total cost of $524,100 with an estimated City share of $131,024 and a grantor share of $393,076, and to set up funds for real estate acquisition at an estimated cost of $100,000 with an estimated City share of $0 and a grantor share of $100,000.
    Resolution
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  8. 7. Resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a document titled “State/Municipal Financial Agreement for a State-Let Highway Project” with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming, design, and construction of North 76th Street from Lorraine Place to Fiebrantz Avenue, and to set up funds for design engineering at an estimated total cost of $240,000 with an estimated City share of $60,000 and a grantor share of $180,000.
    Resolution
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  9. 8. Resolution directing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a document titled “State/Municipal Financial Agreement for a State-Let Highway Project” with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the programming, design, real estate acquisition, and construction of South Kinnickinnic Avenue from East Morgan Avenue to Fulton Street, to set up funds for design engineering at an estimated total cost of $2,100,000 with an estimated City share of $525,000 and a grantor share of $1,575,000, and to set up funds for real estate acquisition at an estimated total cost of $110,000 with an estimated City share of $0 and a grantor share of $110,000.
    Resolution
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  10. 9. Resolution authorizing the City Comptroller to transfer additional funds to the previously established project for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the City of Milwaukee for cost participation for the design of Morgan Avenue and intersections with 20th, 16th, 13th, and 6th Streets with a total estimated cost increase for the project of $25,000, with an estimated Grantor share of $0, and an estimated City share of $25,000.
    Resolution
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. JACKSON that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  11. 9:30 AM
  12. 10. Motion relating to the recommendations of the Public Works Committee relating to licenses.
    Motion
    Action: AMENDED Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Motion be AMENDED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  13. This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
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  18. Untitled item
  19. Meeting Convened at 9:03 am.
  20. 251746 Substitute resolution determining it necessary to make various nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $115,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $250,000.
    Resolution
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  21. 251747 Substitute resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $12,434,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $14,962,000.
    Resolution
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. BAUMAN that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  22. Meeting Adjourned at 9:54 am. Carmen O Roman Staff Assistant This meeting can be viewed in its entirety through the City's Legislative Research Center at http://milwaukee.legistar.com/calendar.
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  24. 250962 Motion relating to the recommendations of the Public Works Committee relating to licenses.
    Motion
    Action: HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Passed

    A motion was made by that this Motion be AMENDED. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:

  25. 250962 Motion relating to the recommendations of the Public Works Committee relating to licenses.
    Motion
    Action: RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL Passed

    A motion was made by ALD. JACKSON that this Motion be RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote: