Number
R13635
Version
Original
Reference
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution approving the creation of an Executive Search Committee by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee to assist with the search for a permanent Secretary-Executive Director
Analysis
Body
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) is a public body, corporate and politic, duly created, organized and existing under the provisions of Wisconsin State Statutes 66.1201; and
WHEREAS, the mission of HACM as a public housing authority 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 Board of Commissioners (Board) has the sole authority over the selection and oversight of HACM’s Secretary-Executive Director; and
WHEREAS, HACM’s prior Secretary-Executive Director, Willie L. Hines, Jr., submitted his resignation effective January 1, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Ken Barbeau was appointed Interim Secretary-Executive Director, effective January 2, 2025, until such time as the Board names a new permanent Secretary-Executive Director; and
WHEREAS, HACM has engaged The Organizational Leadership Edge (TOLE) to assist HACM with its search for a permanent Secretary-Executive Director; and
WHEREAS, HACM desires to create an Executive Search Committee comprised of both Board commissioners and individuals with subject-matter expertise from outside HACM in an effort to transparently seek input from various community stakeholders during the process of selecting the permanent Secretary-Executive Director; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Board establishes a temporary committee named the “Executive Search Committee” (Committee) that shall meet from time to time as determined at the call of the Board Chairperson until such time as the permanent Secretary-Executive Director i...
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