City of Milwaukee - File #: R13635

• File #: R13635
• Version: 0
• Type: Housing Authority Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/4/2025
• In control: HOUSING AUTHORITY
• On agenda: 9/10/2025
• Final action: 9/10/2025
• 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
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/10/2025	0	HOUSING AUTHORITY	ADOPTED; Minutes note: HACM Counsel, Assistant City Attorney Gregory Kruse, provided a brief overview of the purpose and creation of the Housing Authority’s Executive Search Committee. He stated that the HACM Board has brought together people from outside the organization to provide public input on the process used to select HACM’s next Secretary-Executive Director. The City Attorney’s office worked with HACM’s Chair, the Interim Secretary-Executive Director, and staff to create a formal body to facilitate the process. The HACM Board of Commissioners will outline the Committee’s members, determine the duties to be fulfilled, and create an environment of transparency. The resolution is based on Chair Hayslett’s vision for the group as well as some best practices. The HACM Board itself will decide on the hiring of the new Secretary-Executive Director.	Pass	6:0

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...