City of Milwaukee - File #: 231185

• File #: 231185
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/21/2023
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 1/17/2024
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Department of City Development and Assessor's Office to work with the Department of Administration, Mayor's Office, and other relevant parties to redesign the City’s PILOT program.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS, ALD. CHAMBERS JR.
• Indexes: PROPERTY TAXES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/22/2024	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/17/2024	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Chambers, Jr. added as a cosponsor.	Pass	15:0
1/9/2024	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Milele Coggs, 6th Ald. Dist. Vanessa Koster, Dept. of City Development Nicole Larsen, Assessment Commissioner Bill Bowers, Chief Assessor	Pass	4:0
12/6/2023	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
11/21/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
231185
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
230001
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS AND CHAMBERS, JR.
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Department of City Development and Assessor's Office to work with the Department of Administration, Mayor's Office, and other relevant parties to redesign the City’s PILOT program.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of City Development and Assessor's Office to work with the Department of Administration, Mayor's Office, and other relevant parties to redesign the City’s PILOT program.
Body
Whereas, Wisconsin law defines properties eligible for tax exemption, and owners of properties that meet the legal criteria for exemption are not required to pay local property taxes; and

Whereas, Under state law, exempt property owners may choose to make a “payment in lieu of taxes”, or PILOT; and

Whereas, These payments acknowledge that, while tax-exempt owners are not required to pay taxes, they nevertheless benefit from local government services they receive, and choose to support through the PILOT payment; and

Whereas, Currently, the City has a number of PILOT agreements, including agreements with the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering and Wisconsin Center District; and

Whereas, Despite the City’s current portfolio of PILOT agreements, the program remains under-utilized, particularly when compared to programs in cities like Boston; and

Whereas, The 2024 Budget was adopted by Common Council File Number 230001 on November 3, 2023; and

Whereas, Amendment 3 placed a footnote in the 2024 Budget directing the “Department of City Development and Assessor's Office to work with the Department of Administration, Mayor's Office, and other relevant parties to redesign the PILOT program”; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Department of City Development and Assessor's Office to work with the Department of Administration, Mayor's Offic...