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File #: 251571    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/16/2025 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 2/10/2026
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute resolution authorizing the expenditure of up to $83,300 from the MKE Community Excellence Fund Special Purpose Account for various events and initiatives in 2026.
Sponsors: ALD. STAMPER, ALD. CHAMBERS JR., ALD. COGGS, ALD. TAYLOR, ALD. JACKSON, ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. DIMITRIJEVIC
Indexes: MUNICIPAL FINANCE


Number

251571

Version

SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

191713, 210529, 220245, 191712, 220842, 220621, 221701, 230640, 231409, 231542, 231701, 241560

Sponsor

ALD. STAMPER. CHAMBERS, COGGS, TAYLOR, JACKSON, ZAMARRIPA AND DIMITRIJEVIC

Title

Substitute resolution authorizing the expenditure of up to $83,300 from the MKE Community Excellence Fund Special Purpose Account for various events and initiatives in 2026.

Analysis

This resolution authorizes the City Clerk to expend up to $83,300 from the MKE Community Excellence Fund Special Purpose Account for various events and initiatives in 2026.

Body

Whereas, The purpose of the MKE Community Excellence Fund Special Purpose Account is to provide resources to support community events that promote peace and violence prevention, with the intention that allocations from the SPA will be matched by contributions from local organizations; and


Whereas, The events and initiatives receiving allocations of funding under this resolution all provide opportunities for the City to support the promotion of peace and the prevention of violence, in alignment with the intended purpose of the MKE Community Excellence Fund; now, therefore, be it


Resolved, by the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City Clerk is directed to expend up to $83,300 from the MKE Community Excellence Fund Special Purpose Account (0001 1310 S246 006300) in the following amounts for payment or reimbursement of expenses related to 2026 events:


Black History Month                                                                                                                              Up to $5,000

Bronzeville Week                                                                                                                               Up to $25,000

Cesar Chavez Day                                                                                                                              Up to $11,000

Girls' Day at City Hall                                                                                                         Up to $5,000

Hip-Hop Week                                                                                                                              Up to $10,000

Hispanic Heritage Month                                                                                                         Up to $6,500

Pot of Gold                                                                                                                                                   Up to $1,000

Power Hour Networking Events (Various)                                                       Up to $2,300

Second Aldermanic District Back-to-School Festival                     Up to $15,000

Silver City                                                                                                                                                   Up to $2,500

                     

 

; and, be it

 

Further Resolved, That the amount paid or reimbursed from the MKE Community Excellence Fund for each event shall be matched by contributions from local organizations for that event.

 

Requestor

 

Drafter

LRB181310-2

Gunnar Raasch

1/16/2026