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| | 1. | | Roll call
Minutes note: Meeting convened at 1:34 pm
Vice-Chair Bradley Kalscheur started the Meeting with Items 4 and 5. | | | |
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| | 2. | | Review and approval of the minutes from the previous meeting on March 18, 2026.
Minutes note: Dan Vliet moved, seconded by Nicholas Clarence, for approval of the minutes. There
were no objections. | | | |
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| | 3. | | The Board may convene into closed session pursuant to s. 19.85(1)(h), Wis. Stats., to consider and render confidential advice. The Board will then convene into open session as authorized by s. 19.85(2), Wis. Stats. to continue with the remainder of the agenda.
Minutes note: Mr. Nicholas moved, seconded by Ms. Hendrickson, to go in to closed session at 1:43 pm.
There were no objections.
Ms. Notestein moved, seconded by Mr. Vliet, to go back into open session at 2:57 pm.
There were no objections. | | | |
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| | 4. | | Discussion and vote on sufficiency of the complaint filed against Ald. Mark Chambers Jr.
Minutes note: Peter Block (Assistant City Attorney) stated that the complaint was scheduled to be heard at last month’s meeting of the Ethics Board, but prior to that hearing, the Alderwoman requested that the complaint be held, and the chair granted her an extension until this month’s meeting. The Alderwoman asked that the complaint be held again last week; however, the chair determined that since she had already received one extension, her options at this point would be (1) for the Ethics Board to hear the Complaint a today’s meeting, or (2) she could withdraw the complaint at this time, with the understanding that she may wish to refile the complaint in the future. She chose to withdraw the complaint, and sent a letter to the Ethics Board to that effect. Attorney Block read that letter in its entirety.
Vice Chair Kalscheur stated that the withdrawal of the complaint makes agenda items 4 and 5 moot.
Attorney Block confirms the items are moot and anyone wanting a copy of the letter can file a public records request via ethics@milwaukee.gov.
The Vice chair asks if there are any queries from the board; none are raised before moving on.
Member Nicholas moved, seconded by Member Notestein to return to item 3 and go in to closed session.
There were no objections. | | | |
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| | 5. | | Discussion and vote authorizing an investigation into the complaint filed against Ald. Mark Chambers Jr.
Minutes note: Ald. Zamarripa chose to withdraw the complaint see item 4 for more details. | | | |
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| | 6. | | Review and vote on filers seeking a waiver of paying late fees.
Minutes note: Terri Brookshire (Charter School Review Committee)-She is asking to please waive the $25.00 because she does not have the funds. She stating she never received the prior emails. She volunteer to do this job and is committed to board. The has been submitted.
Board agreed to waive any late fees.
Mr. Vliet moved, seconded by Ms. Notestein to waive any the late -filing fees.
There were no objections.
Jacqueline Cook (Equal Rights Commission)- asking for extension to submit the form and fee waiver. She had email problems and health issues.
Board agree to waive any late fees.
Mr. Vliet moved, seconded by Ms. Notestein to waive any the late -filing fees.
There were no objections.
Mr. Vliet moved, seconded by Ms. Notestein to amend and also approved three-month extension from April 22, 2026 to file the SEI form .
There were no objections.
Brian Peters (Trust Fund Advisory Board) send an email and questioned why the form deadline is before the tax deadline and felt the amount was high because the board did not meet in 2025 (planning to meet in 2026).
Vice-chair Kalscheur clarified tax forms are not required for this filing; the needed information is based on December 31 statements and ask the assistant city attorney whether any prior waivers/exceptions exist for cases where boards didn’t meet.
Attorney Block responded he was not aware of any.
The members reaffirmed that not meeting does not remove the requirement to file.
Carmen (staff assistant) will follow up with Brian to explain the standing deadline expectations.
Brian indicated in the email he will make the payment.
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| | 7. | | Update on Statements of Economic Interest.
Minutes note: Carmen Roman (staff assistant) reported Total recipients 550.
415 completed and signed electronically via DocuSign (sent by Brad Houston) and were received without issues.
107 chose to complete the form manually and return via mail or email; those were received.
28 filings are still missing due to non-response.
Of the 28 missing: 12 are board members, 7 are employees, and 9 are listed as “questionable.” Next step underway: send letters instructing missing individuals to reach out so the grand total can be finalized.
Additional follow-up needed to confirm whether some individuals still work for the city.
Some board members may no longer want to serve and need to send a resignation email.
Some individuals simply need more direct prompting to submit the form.
Practical scope noted: it’s expected to be 19 letters that need to be sent.
Attorney Block explain after the letters go out (noting individuals have already been reminded 4–5 times), the proposed next step may be voted on at the next meeting.
For employees: authorize the city attorney’s office to file citations in municipal court.
For officials: send a letter to the Common Council recommending removal of the officials.
Suggested Action Items:
Send letters to the remaining non-responders with instructions to contact the office to finalize totals.
Research employment/role status for the remaining missing individuals (confirm who still works for the city).
Request resignation emails from board members who no longer wish to serve.
Place on the next meeting agenda a vote on authorizing escalation steps (citations for employees; Common Council removal recommendation for officials).
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| | 8. | | Set next meeting date(s).
Minutes note: Tentative meeting date June 4th or 5th at 1:30 pm, follow up email to Members to decide on one of the dates. | | | |
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| | | | Meeting adjourned at 3:10 pm
Carmen O. Roman
Staff Assistant
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