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Fire and Police Commission adopts consent items and multiple promotions; reappointment rule change deferred
Summary
At its Sept. 18 meeting the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission adopted consent resolutions, approved job-classification reports and promotions across departments, and deferred a proposed amendment to its reappointment rule to a future meeting.
The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission on Sept. 18 adopted routine consent resolutions, approved several job-evaluation reports and promotions across city departments, and deferred a proposed amendment to FPC Rule 13 (reappointment) for consideration at a later regular meeting.
Board action at a glance
- Consent agenda (Items 2–8): The commission adopted minutes and multiple appointment/job-bulletin resolutions by general consent with no objections (items included meeting minutes and various job announcement bulletins for the Milwaukee Police and Fire departments).
- Item 10 (FPC 212,201) — Proposed amendment to FPC Rule 13 (reappointment): The commission deferred final action to the next regular meeting (motion to hold until next regular meeting carried by voice vote). Staff had presented text to structure reappointment windows (1 year and a secondary category up to 3 years with conditions); commissioners requested additional clarification and background processes before final adoption.
- Job-evaluation and classification reports: The commission approved job-evaluation reports and retitling requests, including the Department of Emergency Communications engineering position (item 12), forensic print examiner titles (item 13), police forensic services director and manager pay adjustments (item 14), and other position retitlings. Votes on these items were approved by roll call or voice as recorded in the meeting.
- Promotions and personnel actions: The commission approved promotions across multiple departments. Highlights included promotions in Emergency Communications (15 leads promoted, item 16), Fire Department administrative extension (item 17), Police Department promotions to captain, lieutenant and sergeant ranks (items 18–20) and several civilian payroll promotions (items 21–22). Most promotions were approved by roll call vote. The promotion of Sergeant Jonathan Mejia Rivera to lieutenant (item 19) passed on a roll call with five yays and three nays (Commissioners Burgos, Evans, Ramey, Schneider and Spencer voted yes; Commissioners Fung, Worl Patterson and Chair Horowitz voted no); other promotions recorded unanimous affirmative roll-call votes in the record.
Why it matters: The personnel actions finalize staffing changes and civilianization efforts the departments have requested to align job titles, close vacancies with civilian hires where appropriate, and advance internal candidates to supervisory ranks. The deferred rule-change item (reappointment timing) will return for further consideration after staff provides clarifications on background-investigation procedures and the limits on reappointment when candidates have worked at other agencies.
Selected formal actions (summarized from the meeting record)
- FPC 212,206–212,208 (Items 2–8) — Consent agenda: adopted by general consent. - FPC 212,201 (Item 10) — Amendment to FPC Rule 13 (reappointment): deferred to next regular meeting (motion carried by voice vote). - FPC 212,216 (Item 16) — Promotions to Emergency Communications lead positions: approved by roll call (ayes recorded in roll call). - FPC 212,217 (Item 17) — Extension of probation for accounting specialist (Fire Department): approved by voice vote. - FPC 212,218 (Item 18) — Promotions to captain (two candidates): approved by roll call. - FPC 212,219 (Item 19) — Promotions to lieutenant (three candidates): two candidates approved by roll call; promotion of Sergeant Jonathan Mejia Rivera approved 5–3. - FPC 212,220 (Item 20) — Promotions to sergeant (five candidates): approved by roll call. - FPC 212,221–212,222 (Items 21–22) — Payroll promotions and clerical promotions: approved by roll call.
Meeting notes: The commission held interviews in closed session earlier that evening for promotion candidates at captain and lieutenant ranks, a customary practice identified by staff. Several roll-call votes followed those closed-session interviews. Director Leon Todd read departmental communications and confirmed that the promotion candidates and personnel actions had been vetted per FPC practice.
No litigation, claim payouts or detailed settlement totals were approved or settled at this meeting; a commissioner requested that staff explore whether claims-and-damages information could be added to future pursuit-related reporting, subject to city-attorney record access.
