Meeting Details

Meeting Name: COMMON COUNCIL Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/2/2026 9:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Common Council Chamber
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
Attachments:
File #Ver.Agenda #TypeTitleActionResultTallyAction DetailsVideo
260129 01.CommunicationCommunication from the City Clerk relating to various commendatory/condolatory resolutions to be acknowledged and affirmed by the Common Council.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Video Video
     THE LICENSES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
260003 12.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance relating to Department of Neighborhood Services investigation of license applications.PASSEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
260107 03.MotionMotion relating to the recommendations of the Licenses Committee relating to licenses.

Minutes note: Common Council File Number 260107 contains the following recommendations: Renewal with a 10 (ten) day suspension of the Food Dealer and Food Peddler licenses of Ma. Guadalupe Cabral Villarreal, based upon the preponderance of the evidence in the aldermanic testimony, applicant and city departments testimony that demonstrates the operation results in a threat to health, safety or welfare of the public for the illegal parking, pending citations and failure to comply with the approved plan of operations; for the premises located at 2131 S MUSKEGO Av. (“EL PARAISO”) in the 8th aldermanic district. (No written objections have been filed). Nonrenewal of the Class D Operator’s license of Christopher Deshaun McBeath based upon second nonappearance. (No wirteen objections have been filed). The question was put: Have the members of the Common Council read the report and recommendations of the Licenses Committee and the exceptions filed under this matter? All members of the Common Council indicated reading the report and recommendations of the Licenses Committee and the exceptions filed under this matter. Ald. Zamarripa moved approval of the file 260107 as amended.
APPROVEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
160847 04.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to the municipal identification card.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
250378 05.MotionMotion relating to the revocation of the Class B Tavern, Food Dealer and Public Entertainment Premises licenses of Reginald Butler, agent for “2579 Teutonia LLC”, for the premises located at 2579 N Teutonia Ave, doing business as “ Vibe Lounge” in the 15th aldermanic district.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
     THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Video Video
     APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
251863 06.MotionMotion relating to the recommendations of the Public Works Committee relating to licenses.APPROVEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
260132 17.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance relating to state requirements for recycling and other purposes.ASSIGNED TOPass15:0 Action details Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
250086 18.ResolutionSubstitute resolution assigning the honorary street name John J. Williams to North 14th Street from West Capitol Drive to West Olive Street in the 1st Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260033 19.ResolutionA substitute resolution relating to the exploration and development of external partnerships for street maintenance.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260035 210.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to the collection of leaves raked by residents to the curb.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260069 111.ResolutionSubstitute resolution approving levying of assessments and construction of assessable public improvement projects at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City cost of these projects approved by this resolution is estimated to be $873,880 for a total estimated cost of $1,196,800.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260070 012.ResolutionResolution relating to acceptance and execution of funding of a Green Solutions grant from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the installation of permeable pavers in the westerly parking lane of South 18th Street between West Lincoln Avenue and West Becher Street as part of the City’s street reconstruction project, in the 12th Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260073 013.ResolutionResolution authorizing City entry into Green Schoolyards Redevelopment Program Funding Agreement and Conservation Easements with MMSD and MPS for MPS properties at various locations in the City of Milwaukee.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260074 014.ResolutionResolution authorizing City entry into a development and credit purchase agreement with Milwaukee Board of School Directors, City of Milwaukee, and CIS MMSD, LLC for the purchase of Green Infrastructure gallon credits at Lincoln and Modrzejewski Playfields, in the 12th Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260075 015.ResolutionResolution authorizing City entry into Green Solutions Funding Agreements and Conservation Easements with MMSD and MPS for MPS properties, in the 3rd, 5th, 6th, 14th, and 15th Aldermanic Districts.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260076 016.ResolutionResolution determining it necessary to make various assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $425,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $2,550,000.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260077 017.ResolutionResolution determining it necessary to make various nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $240,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $3,500,000.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260078 018.ResolutionResolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $1,758,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $1,820,000.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260079 019.ResolutionResolution authorizing the transfer of funds from the Street Improvement-State and/or Federal Aid Program to the Street Reconstruct or Resurface Program-Regular City Program at various locations for funding of local street improvements under the Local Roads Improvement Program for Municipal Street Improvement Greater than Twenty Thousand, with the City cost of $4,852,185.20, with a grantor’s cost of $1,005,864.80 for a total estimated cost of $5,858,050.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260080 020.ResolutionResolution authorizing the transfer of funds from the Street Improvement-State and/or Federal Aid Program to the Street Reconstruct or Resurface Program - Regular City Program for West Keefe Avenue between North 8th Street and North 18th Street in the 6th Aldermanic District to fund the Municipal Street Improvement Supplemental Local Roads Improvement Program with City cost of $1,100,000, and grantor’s cost of $900,000 for a total estimated cost of $2,000,000.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260094 121.ResolutionResolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to execute a Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District for the removal of an obstruction and relaying of storm sewer pipes along the Menomonee River located in the City of Milwaukee.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260133 022.ResolutionResolution granting approval of three driveway approaches with a width greater than 30 feet for the premises at 2005 West Oklahoma Avenue, in the 13th Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     CONFIRMATION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
260123 023.AppointmentReappointment of Alderman Mark Chambers to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District by the Mayor. CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
260124 024.AppointmentReappointment of Alderwoman Milele Coggs to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District by the Mayor. CONFIRMEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
260125 025.AppointmentReappointment of Representative Kalan Haywood II to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District by the Mayor. (6th Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260126 026.AppointmentReappointment of Julia Taylor to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District by the Mayor. (3rd Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260127 027.AppointmentReappointment of Corey Zetts to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District by the Mayor. (3rd Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
252139 128.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program grant from the Wisconsin Department of Administration.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
252170 029.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Public Works relating to its performance in securing funding for infrastructure projects in the previous biennial budget and prospects for such funding in the future.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
260108 030.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Public Works submitting its 2025 residential recycling annual reportPLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
260147 031.CommunicationCommunication relating to the permit process for parklets, sidewalk area dining facilities, and the active streets for business program.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
     THE FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
260102 232.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance to further amend the 2026 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service.PASSEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260103 133.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance to further amend the 2026 offices and positions in the City Service.PASSEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
251855 134.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to acceptance and funding of the 2025-2029 Lead Hazard Reduction & Healthy Homes grant from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
252188 135.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to the enhancement and expansion of the Department of Employee Relations’ EAP/Mental Health and Wellness Benefits Program.

Minutes note: There was unanimous consent for all Common Council members to sponsor the file.
ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
190232 036.ResolutionResolution relating to the lobbying of outside entities by agencies under contract with the City of Milwaukee.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
210231 037.ResolutionResolution amending Common Council File Number 200996, authorizing City departments to expend moneys appropriated in the 2021 Budget for Special Purpose Accounts, Debt Service Fund, Provision for Employees’ Retirement Fund, Delinquent Tax Fund, Common Council Contingent Fund, Grant and Aid Fund, and Special Capital Projects or Purposes.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
251683 038.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to the fees charged by city agencies for on-line interactions.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
251940 039.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Employee Relations and Froedtert Workforce Health regarding the City’s Comprehensive Health and Wellness Program for the 2025 program year.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
252216 040.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Employee Relations amending the Salary and Positions Ordinances relating to clerical or administrative corrections.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
260098 041.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Employee Relations relating to classification studies scheduled for City Service Commission action.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
260152 042.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Administration - Budget and Management Division amending the Positions Ordinance relating to position authority for positions in the Department of Public Works - Operations Division.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
     THE JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
260006 143.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to the arrest and detention of Elvira Benitez.SUBSTITUTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260006 2 ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to the arrest and detention of Elvira Benitez.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260088 044.ResolutionResolution authorizing settlement of claims in the lawsuit entitled Niki Robinson, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al.ADOPTEDPass12:2 Action details Not available
260090 045.ResolutionResolution authorizing payment of the claim of John Ambeau, Jr.,ADOPTEDPass14:0 Action details Not available
260091 046.ResolutionResolution authorizing payment of the claim of the Estate of Hayley Linville.ADOPTEDPass12:0 Action details Not available
260099 147.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to locations for in-person absentee voting in the City of Milwaukee for the 2026 August partisan primary and November general election.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260122 148.ResolutionSubstitute resolution authorizing the City Attorney to hire outside counsel for election-related needs.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     CONFIRMATION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
252162 049.AppointmentAppointment of Madeline Miranda-Navarro to the Equal Rights Commission by the Mayor. (5th Aldermanic District)CONFIRMEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
150400 050.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to the acquisition of certain properties in tax foreclosure.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
151477 051.ResolutionA resolution relating to the tax foreclosure acquisition and disposition of certain properties.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
251734 052.CommunicationCommunication from the Election Commission relating to its plans for using operating funds made available by the cancellation of the February 2026 primary election.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
     DISALLOWANCE AND INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING:     Not available
251516 053.ResolutionResolution relating to the claim of Unique Long.DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
251621 054.ResolutionResolution relating to the claim of Mary Johnson.DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
251627 055.ResolutionResolution relating to the claim of Steven Brandenburg.DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
251631 056.ResolutionResolution relating to the claim of Julian Woodruff.DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
251956 057.ResolutionResolution relating to the claim of Julius Adway.DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260072 058.ResolutionResolution relating to the appeal of Jackie Williams for property damage.DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
260036 059.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to parking controls.PASSEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260037 060.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to traffic controls.PASSEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
260071 161.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of 2026 Women, Infants and Children’s (WIC) Breast Feeding Peer Counseling Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
130208 062.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to traffic controls at the intersection of South 2nd Street and West Washington Street.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
141884 063.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to residency restrictions for sex offenders.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
150648 564.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance relating to the display of warning lights by school buses.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
251063 065.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to penalties for certain criminal offenses committed within close proximity to schools.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
251663 166.MotionSubstitute motion modifying Milwaukee Police Department Standard Operating Procedure 460 - Use of Force.ASSIGNED TOPass14:1 Action details Not available
260025 067.CommunicationCommunication from the Fire and Police Commission relating to 911 Call Wait Times and Dispatch/Response TimesPLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
260038 068.CommunicationCommunication from the Fire and Police Commission relating to the 2025 Annual Policy ReviewPLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
260081 069.CommunicationCommunication from the Milwaukee Police Department, the Department of Public Works, and the Department of Community Wellness and Safety relating to the 4th of July safety plan for the entire city.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
260134 070.CommunicationCommunication from the Fire and Police Commission relating to Standard Operating Procedures.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
     THE ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
252192 071.ResolutionResolution approving a Project Plan and Development Agreement, authorizing expenditures, and creating Tax Incremental District No. 133 (2711 West Wells), in the 4th Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
252196 072.ResolutionResolution declaring the Department of Public Works parking lot at 1335 North 12th Street as surplus to municipal needs and authorizing acceptance of an unsolicited offer to purchase from Vliet Street Lofts, LLC, in the 4th Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
252247 173.ResolutionSubstitute resolution relating to a minor modification to the Detailed Planned Development known as Riverwest Apartments to allow additional signage on the mixed-use building located at 1132 East North Avenue, on the north side of East North Avenue, west of North Commerce Street, in the 3rd Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260049 074.ResolutionResolution approving Amendment No. 2 to the Project Plan for Tax Incremental District No. 67 (Pabst Brewery/The Brewery Project), authorizing expenditures and authorizing approval of the Land Acquisition Report, in the 4th Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260050 175.ResolutionSubstitute resolution authorizing the conveyance of thirteen Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee-owned vacant lots to the City of Milwaukee, in the King Park neighborhood, within the 4th Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260052 076.ResolutionResolution authorizing the sale of the City-owned tax deed property at 420 East North Avenue, in the 6th Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260053 077.ResolutionResolution authorizing the acceptance of an unsolicited offer to purchase from Maxon Industries, Inc. for the portion of the City-owned tax deed property at 6600 North Teutonia Avenue, in the 1st Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260054 078.ResolutionResolution authorizing the sale-back to former owners of the City-owned tax-deeded property located at 1318 West Ring Street, in the 6th Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
260056 079.ResolutionResolution authorizing the sale-back to former owners of the City-owned tax-deeded property located at 3769 North 2nd Street, in the 6th Aldermanic District.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
251097 080.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Compliance and Engagement relating to the 2024 annual report of the Residents Preference Program.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
251193 081.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to reporting requirements for tax incremental districts approaching close-out.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
251685 182.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance relating to the appeal of certain determinations by the city plan commission.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
252016 083.ResolutionResolution authorizing approval of the Land Disposition Report and the sale of the City-owned tax deed property at 4016 West Silver Spring Drive, in the 1st Aldermanic District.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
260086 084.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of Compliance and Engagement relating to the 2025 annual report of the Residents Preference Program.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
     THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS:    Not available
     PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
252102 285.OrdinanceA substitute ordinance relating to the residential preference program requirements for construction contracts.PASSEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
260121 186.ResolutionSubstitute resolution declaring the MKELove Summer Kickback to be an official City event and reallocating funds from the MKE Community Excellence Fund for that purpose.ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Not available
     PLACING ON FILE THE FOLLOWING:    Not available
241929 087.OrdinanceAn ordinance relating to the membership of the emerging youth achievement advisory council.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
260048 088.CommunicationCommunication from the Department of City Development relating to the Milwaukee Arts Board annual report.PLACED ON FILEPass15:0 Action details Not available
     MATTERS FOR IMMEDIATE ADOPTION    Not available
260208 089.Motion-Immediate AdoptionMotion directing the Department of City Development to initiate a zoning map amendment to correct the mixed zoning of the property located at 1993 S. Muskego Avenue (8th Aldermanic District) and assign a single zoning designation, Local Business (LB2), to this property.APPROVEDPass15:0 Action details Not available