City of Milwaukee - File #: R13720

• File #: R13720
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 1/7/2026
• In control: HOUSING AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE SEARCH COMMITTEE
• On agenda: 1/16/2026
• Title: Resolution Approving a Recommendation of Secretary-Executive Director Candidates for the Consideration of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/16/2026	1	HOUSING AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE SEARCH COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: After agreeing, during the discussion of Item #2, R13719, that the Committee did want to select and recommend candidates to the HACM Board of Commissioners at this meeting, there was discussion amongst the members about the number, and identity, of the candidates to include. They could not come to a unanimous agreement, but most members felt that moving forward all five candidates interviewed would be the best course of action, as they presented a varied set of skills for the Board’s consideration and there had been consensus when the Committee selected those five candidates for further exploration via the Committee’s interviews. One Committee Member preferred to just put forward three candidates. The resolution was amended to 1) insert the names of Berdie Cowser, Harold Ince, Keon Jackson, Ralph Jordan and Rick Toney into the paragraph listing the candidates to be brought forward to the HACM Board, and 2) to add a Further Resolved clause “FURTHER RESOLVED, that HACM’s Executive Search Committee hereby withdraws Resolution File Number R13705, approved January 6, 2026, which contains certain recommendations made to the Board that the Board has yet to formally receive and accept, and replaces the recommendations in that resolution with the recommendations made herein; and, be it“.	Pass	4:1
1/16/2026	1	HOUSING AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE SEARCH COMMITTEE	Motion	Pass	4:1

Number
R13720

Version
Substitute 1

Reference
R13705

Sponsor
The Chair

Title
Resolution Approving a Recommendation of Secretary-Executive Director Candidates for the Consideration of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee

Analysis
The resolution was amended to 1) insert the names of Berdie Cowser, Harold Ince, Keon Jackson, Ralph Jordan and Rick Toney into the paragraph listing the candidates to be brought forward to the HACM Board, and 2) to add a Further Resolved clause “FURTHER RESOLVED, that HACM’s Executive Search Committee hereby withdraws Resolution File Number R13705, approved January 6, 2026, which contains certain recommendations made to the Board that the Board has yet to formally receive and accept, and replaces the recommendations in that resolution with the recommendations made herein; and, be it“

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, HACM has engaged The Organizational Leadership Edge (TOLE) to assist HACM with its search for a permanent Secretary-Executive Director; and

WHEREAS, HACM’s Board of Commissioners has created 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; and

WHEREAS; all business transacted by the Committee shall be carried on by the adoption of an appropriate resolution, properly introduced, moved for adoption and duly seconded, voted and recorded by roll call and entered upon the minutes of the Committee; and,

WHEREAS, HACM’s Board of Commissioners has the sole authority over the selection and oversight of HACM’s Secretary-Executive Director and will make the final ...