City of Milwaukee - File #: 260544

• File #: 260544
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/31/2026
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 9/22/2026
• Effective date: 10/10/2026
• Title: A substitute ordinance to further amend the 2026 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: SALARY ORDINANCE
• Related files: 260726, 260542, 250698, 260719, 260724

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/9/2026	3	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
9/23/2026	3	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/22/2026	2	COMMON COUNCIL	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Dimitrijevic moved to amend Part 8 of this file, a substitute ordinance to further amend the 2026 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service, by inserting the phrase "except as prohibited by s. 755.04, Wis. Stats." at the end of footnote (9). The footnote will read as below: (9) At the commencement of the 2028-2032 term of office, salaries for the titles City Attorney, City Treasurer, Comptroller, and Municiapl Judge shall be increased by 2% over the rates in effect for the 4th year of the 2024-2028 term. Effective pay period 10, 2029, and each year thereafter in pay period 10, these rates shall be increased by 2% for the remainder of the 2028-2032 term >>Except as prohibited by s. 755.04, Wis. Stats.<<	Pass	15:0
9/22/2026	3	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	11:4
9/16/2026	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Ald. Moore moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute A. (Prevailed 5-0)	Pass	5:0
9/16/2026	2	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: File reflecting Proposed Substitute A, relabeled as Substitute 2. Appearing: Alex Foundos, Asst. City Attorney Robin Pederson, Deputy City Attorney Ald. Spiker and Burgelis recorded as objecting to the provisions under Part 8. pertaining to changes made to salaries of certain elected officials.	Pass	5:0
9/15/2026	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
7/31/2026	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
260544
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference
250698, 260542, 260719, 260724, 260726

Sponsor
THE CHAIR

Title
A substitute ordinance to further amend the 2026 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service.

Analysis
This substitute ordinance changes the rates of pay in the following departments:
Department of Administration (Information and Technology Management Division), City Attorney, City Treasurer, Common Council-City Clerk, Comptroller, Library, Mayor, Municipal Court, Police Department, Department of Public Works-Infrastructure Services Division, Department of Public Works-Operations Division (Forestry), Department of Public Works-Water Works

Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Part 1, Section 2 of ordinance File Number 250698 relative to rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service is hereby amended as follows (Effective Pay Period 3, 2024 - January 21, 2024):

Under Pay Range 2OX, delete the title of “Telecommunications Analyst - Proejct Leader (3)” to “Telecommunications Analyst - Project Leader (3)”.

Part 2. Part 1, Section 2 of ordinance File Number 250698 relative to rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service is hereby amended as follows (Effective Pay Period 1, 2026 - December 21, 2025):

Under Pay Range 2CN, amend the wage rate table to read as follows:

Wage Rate:
Hourly 20.35 29.92
Biweekly 1,627.76 2,393.82
Annual 42,321.76 62,239.32

Part 3. Part 1, Section 2 of ordinance File Number 250698 relative to rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service is hereby amended as follows (Effective Pay Period 17, 2026 - August 2, 2026):

Under Pay Range 2JX, delete the title table and footnotes and replace to read as follows:

Pay Range 2JX
Official Rate Biweekly

ACCOUNTANT III (3)
APPLICATIONS SUPPORT ANALYST (4)
ASSOCIATE AUDITOR (3)
BUDGET AND FISCAL POLICY ANALYST I (3)
BUSINESS ANALYST (3)
BUSINESS FINANCE OFFICER ...