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Committee confirms Benjamin Tim as Port Milwaukee director after questions about commercial experience

6206149 · October 22, 2025
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The Milwaukee Common Council Public Works Committee voted to confirm Benjamin Tim as Port Milwaukee director 2-1 after committee members questioned his direct shipping and profit-and-loss experience.

The Milwaukee Common Council Public Works Committee confirmed Benjamin (Benji/Benjie) Tim as director of Port Milwaukee on a 2-1 vote after extended questioning about his commercial shipping and profit-and-loss experience.

The confirmation followed a nomination by Mayor Johnson and an introduction from Amber Dan, council liaison to the mayor, who described a national search and outreach to port networks. Benjamin Tim told the committee he had worked with Port Milwaukee and city departments for more than two decades at the Department of City Development, citing experience in real estate, lease development, construction management and environmental policy.

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