Number
13539
Version
Original
Reference
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution approving HACM’s 2025 Fiscal Operating Budgets that include the Consolidated Budget, the Central Office Cost Center, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, the Berryland, Northlawn, and Southlawn (unsubsidized affordable housing) developments, the Public Housing Program, and Low Income Housing Tax Credit Housing (Affordable Housing) Projects
Analysis
Body
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director is required to submit annual operating budgets for the HACM’s Public Housing program, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, Unsubsidized Affordable Housing program (aka Berryland, Northlawn and Southlawn developments), and Central Office Cost Center for approval by the board; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director is required by regulations promulgated by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop property-based budgets and funding allocations consistent with the requirements of the Final Rule 79FR 54983 published in the Federal Register on 9/19/2005 as amended by PIH Notice 2006-14(HA); and
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director recommends that a total budget of $63,572,907 be approved for Fiscal Year 2025 for the Public Housing Program; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director recommends that the property-based budgets for all Asset Management Property (AMP) groupings be approved; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) administers the federally funded Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program which serves more than 7,000 families; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director recommends an administrative budget for the year 2025 of $5,769,751 for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee owns and manages 980 rental units of Unsubsidized rental housing; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director has submitted a proposed operating budget of $6,111,433 (including debt service, replacement reserve & extraordinary maintenance) for fiscal year 2025 for the Berryland, Northlawn and Southlawn Unsubsidized rental housing developments; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director is required by federal regulations to submit an annual operating budget for the Central Office Cost Center covering various support services necessary to administer its housing programs; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director confirms that management, asset management, bookkeeping, other fee income and unrestricted reserve will be available to support the Central Office Cost Center; and it
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director recommends a Central Office Cost Center budget of $10,808,943 for the 2025 Fiscal Year; and
WHEREAS, the HACM’s operating budgets includes an amount of 3 percent of total salary budget to fund for performance based salary adjustment to be given to all eligible direct HACM employees to be determined based on HACM’s Performance Management Assessment System and by the Secretary-Executive Director; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee through subsidiaries owns and manages 1,211 Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Project-based Voucher (PBV) units in 19 Covered Projects; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee is the Section 8 administrator for the RAD PBV Units; and
WHEREAS, HUD RAD Notice Revision 4 H 2019-09 PIH 2019-23 Section 1.6(D)(2) requires the Project Owner to submit to the administering PHA’s Board the operating budget for the covered project annually to confirm the Project Owner is making deposits into the Reserve for Replacement account in accordance with the RAD Conversion Commitment (RCC) as well as assess the financial health of the Covered Project; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary-Executive Director confirms that funding subject to federal appropriations for operating subsidy has been included in the 2025 budget to support HACM’s continued participation, including related travel, in the following professional organizations, but not limited to: American Planning Association (APA), Council for HOPE VI and Mixed Finance, Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA), Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, Housing Authority Insurance Group (HAIG), Congress on New Urbanism (CNU), Housing Development Law Institute (HDLI), HUD/HHS Elderly Housing Initiative, Midwest Assisted Housing Management Association (MAHMA), National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), National Historic Trust, National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA), National Housing Coalition (NHC), National League of Cities, Project for Public Spaces, The Corps Network, United States Green Building Council (USGBC), Urban Land Institute (ULI), Wisconsin Association of Housing Authorities (WAHA), Wisconsin Green Building Alliance (WGBA), YouthBuild USA, National Association of Pest Management (NAPM), Wisconsin Pest Control Association (WPCA), Housing Alliance Group LLC (HAGL)Housing Is, Choice Neighborhoods; NOW THEREFORE BE IT,
RESOLVED, by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee that the operating budgets for its Public Housing program, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, Unsubsidized Affordable Housing program (aka Berryland, Northlawn and Southlawn developments), Affordable Housing Projects and Central Office Cost Center for fiscal year is hereby approved; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee that the reserve for replacement accounts in RAD Covered Projects are fully funded; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary-Executive Director is hereby authorized to fill all direct Housing Authority positions funded in the year 2025 HACM’s entity-wide budget; and fill unfunded positions as funding becomes available and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary-Executive Director is hereby authorized to implement the performance based salary adjustment to all eligible direct HACM employees effective as of pay period 1 and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that training and travel related to the professional organizations funded in the HACM’s 2025 operating budgets be and is hereby approved.
Requestor
Drafter
Housing Authority, Brad Leak, 12/6/2024