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Council approves use of 2024 health-insurance surplus for sick-leave payout, employee dividend and flood reserve after amendment fails

5908855 · October 1, 2025
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Summary

The council approved a package to use 2024 health-insurance surplus to fund retiree sick-leave payouts, an employee dividend and a flood reimbursement reserve. An amendment to redirect the dividend to restore yard-waste service and a firefighter position failed; the original resolution passed unanimously.

The Wauwatosa Common Council approved a measure to allocate a portion of the 2024 health-insurance surplus to three purposes: establish a sick-leave payout reserve for retiree health obligations, pay a one-time employee dividend, and create a flood reimbursement reserve to respond to recent storm-related expenses.

During debate, an amendment was proposed to instead use the dividend portion (approximately $425,000) to fund a firefighter position and to restore the city’s…

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