City of Milwaukee - File #: 250665

• File #: 250665
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 7/31/2025
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 11/25/2025
• Title: Substitute resolution reallocating MKE Community Excellence Fund funds from Girls’ Day at City Hall to Bronzeville Week.
• Sponsors: ALD. COGGS
• Indexes: MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/25/2025	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	15:0
11/12/2025	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE; Minutes note: Held by Ald. Jackson as sponsor not avaiable. Prevailed. 4-0 Reconsider, by Ald. Jackson as sponsor now present virtually. Prevailed. 4-0	Pass	4:0
10/1/2025	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
9/10/2025	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	4:0
7/31/2025	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

250665

Version

SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

241560

Sponsor

ALD. COGGS

Title

Substitute resolution reallocating MKE Community Excellence Fund funds from Girls’ Day at City Hall to Bronzeville Week.

Analysis

This resolution authorizes the reallocation of the remaining funds for Girls’ Day at City Hall from the MKE Community Excellence Fund to Bronzeville Week.

Body

Whereas, The purpose of the MKE Community Excellence Fund Special Purpose Account is to provide resources to support community events that promote peace and violence prevention, with the intention that allocations from the SPA will be matched by contributions from local organizations; and

Whereas, Common Council File Number 241560, adopted on February 11, 2025 authorized the expenditure of up to $10,000 from the MKE Community Excellence Fund Special Purpose Account to support Girls’ Day at City Hall; and

Whereas, File Number 241560, also authorized the expenditure of up to $25,000 on Bronzeville Week; and

Whereas, The 15^th annual Girls’ Day at City Hall was held on March 13, 2025; and

Whereas, $1,421.09 allocated for Girls’ Day at City Hall was matched but not spent; and

Whereas, Bronzeville Week is the City’s annual celebration of African-American culture, history, art, commerce and entertainment; and

; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the remaining matched funds totaling $1,421.09 in the MKE Community Excellence Fund are reallocated from Girls’ Day at City Hall to Bronzeville Week.

Requestor

Drafter

LRB180921-1

Kathleen Brengosz

11/11/2025