City of Milwaukee - File #: R13741

• File #: R13741
• Version: 1
• Type: Housing Authority Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/19/2026
• In control: HOUSING AUTHORITY
• On agenda: 3/13/2026
• Final action: 3/13/2026
• Title: Resolution Approving the Chair of the HACM Board of Commissioners and Her Designees to Proceed with Negotiations with the Candidate Selected for the Position of Secretary-Executive Director
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/13/2026	1	HOUSING AUTHORITY	AMENDED; Minutes note: Assistant City Attorney and HACM Counsel Greg Kruse explained that the resolution before the Board at the start of the meeting does not yet have a candidate listed, so after discussion and before passage, the Board must amend the resolution to add the name of a candidate and do a first vote approving the insertion of that addition, and then there will be a second motion and vote to approve the resolution as a whole. Counsel Kruse also explained that during their discussion of this item, the Commissioners have on the agenda an option to go into closed session, and while they are not required to utilize the close session, they have that option if they feel they need to discuss individual candidates. He reminded them that it is recommended that in such a closed session, a Commissioner should only discuss their thoughts about one particular candidate at a time. The Commissioners decided to begin their discussion about the candidates within closed session. Commissioner Moore made a motion to convene in closed session at 3:42 p.m. Commissioner Yépez-Klassen seconded the motion. There being no objections, the motion carried. Chair Hayslett convened the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee Board in closed session pursuant to Section 19.85(1)(c) Wis. Stats. to evaluate applicants for the position of Secretary-Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employe over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. The Board will then reconvene in open session concerning any such item following the closed session. Commissioner Snyder moved to reconvene in open session. Commissioner Nelson seconded the motion. There being no objections, the motion carried. Chair Hayslett reconvened the special meeting of the Housing Authority Board at 5:03 p.m. After discussing each candidate individually, the Board of Commissioners reconvened in open session and Patricia Dee, HACM’s Administrative Services Supervisor explained the process for amending this resolution in more detail. A Commissioner could make a motion to amend the resolution to include a specific candidate’s name. If seconded, the Board would then vote on that added amendment. If that amendment failed, a Commissioner could make a motion to add a different candidate’s name, and once seconded, that amendment would be voted on. Once the Commissioners had approved the insertion of a candidate’s name into the resolution, the Commissioners would then move, second and vote on the resolution in its entirety. The resolution was amended to insert the name of Harold S. Ince, Jr. into the paragraph listing the candidate selected by the HACM Board.	Pass	7:0
3/13/2026	1	HOUSING AUTHORITY	ADOPTED; Minutes note: The following vote is to Approve the resolution in its entirety, with the language as amended.	Pass	7:0

Number
R13741

Version
Substitute 1

Reference
R13722, R13723, R13724, R13725, R13727, R13728, R13729, R13730, R13736, R13742

Sponsor
The Chair

Title
Resolution Approving the Chair of the HACM Board of Commissioners and Her Designees to Proceed with Negotiations with the Candidate Selected for the Position of Secretary-Executive Director

Analysis
After the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners deliberated on the candidate for Secretary-Executive Director, Harold S. Ince, Sr. was selected unanimously, and there was a motion to amend resolution R13741 to add his name.
Body
WHEREAS, the mission of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (“HACM”) is to foster strong, resilient and inclusive communities by providing a continuum of high-quality housing options that support self-sufficiency, good quality of life, and the opportunity to thrive; and

WHEREAS, HACM’s Bylaws explain that its Secretary-Executive Director “shall have general supervision over the administration of the business and affairs of the Authority” and that the HACM Board of Commissioners (the “Board”) shall have sole authority and responsibility for the hiring, evaluation, compensation, discipline, and, if necessary, termination of the Secretary-Executive Director, who serves at the pleasure of the Board, subject to applicable law and any executed employment agreement; and

WHEREAS, HACM’s previous Secretary-Executive Director, Willie L. Hines, Jr., submitted his resignation effective January 1, 2025; and

WHEREAS, the Board entrusted Kenneth Barbeau, as the next person in the Succession Plan, to serve as Acting Secretary-Executive Director and Acting President of Travaux while a search was undertaken, since January 1, 2025, per HACM Resolution R_13546 of December 19, 2024; and

WHEREAS, the Board agreed that they wanted to ensure a process for the search of the next Secretary-Executive Director that would incorporate resident and public input throughout, as much as possible; ...