City of Milwaukee - File #: 251414

• File #: 251414
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/16/2025
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/10/2026
• Title: Substitute resolution directing all City departments to notify the Finance & Personnel Committee whenever an account balance variance of $100,000 or more is projected to occur.
• Sponsors: ALD. BURGELIS, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. CHAMBERS JR., ALD. JACKSON, ALD. WESTMORELAND, ALD. MOORE, ALD. A. PRATT
• Indexes: MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/11/2026	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/10/2026	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Stamper, Chambers, Jackson, Westmoreland, Moore, and Pratt added as Co-sponsors.	Pass	15:0
2/4/2026	1	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Ald. Burgelis moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute A. (Prevailed 5-0)	Pass	5:0
2/4/2026	2	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: The file was substituted with Proposed Substitute A, relabeled as Substitute 2.	Pass	5:0
1/27/2026	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
12/16/2025	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
251414
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
250001
Sponsor
ALD. BURGELIS, STAMPER, CHAMBERS, JACKSON, WESTMORELAND, MOORE AND PRATT
Title
Substitute resolution directing all City departments to notify the Finance & Personnel Committee whenever an account balance variance of $100,000 or more is projected to occur.

Analysis
This resolution directs all City departments to notify the Finance & Personnel Committee whenever a deficit or surplus in any departmental account is projected to equal or exceed $100,000 or 5% of the account’s budgeted amount, whichever is greater.

Body
Whereas, Currently, there is no requirement for any department to notify the Finance & Personnel Committee whenever a deficit or surplus of any amount occurs or is projected to occur in a departmental account; and

Whereas, A written report regarding actual or projected deficits or surpluses would be informative and useful during budgetary and operational presentations and deliberations; and

Whereas, The tracking and periodic reporting of expenditures would assist in providing a current snapshot of how departments are following their budgets; and

Whereas, The 2026 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 250001 on November 7, 2025; and

Whereas, Amendment 103 placed a footnote in the 2026 Budget directing all City departments to notify the Finance & Personnel Committee whenever a deficit of over $100,000 occurs or is projected to occur; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that all City departments shall notify the Finance & Personnel Committee whenever a deficit or surplus in any departmental account is projected to equal or exceed $100,000 or 5% of the account’s budgeted amount, whichever is greater; and, be it

Further Resolved, That all City departments with a qualifying variance shall notify the Finance & Personnel Committee in reporting periods ending on the following dates: March 31, June 30, August 31, September 30, Oct...