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Committee on Personnel approves appointment and a sweep of staffing reclassifications, all measures pass unanimously
Summary
The committee voted 5–0 to confirm a pension‑board appointment and to adopt a series of abolish/create personnel resolutions for county departments; the measures were described as largely cost‑neutral or funded within existing departmental budgets or specific funds.
Milwaukee County's Committee on Personnel met June 10 and unanimously approved a set of personnel actions and one appointment, ranging from a pension‑board seat to position reclassifications across multiple county departments.
The committee confirmed Joshua Benson to the Milwaukee County Pension Board and approved abolish/create requests submitted by the Sheriff's Office, District Attorney, Milwaukee County Zoo, Department of Transportation (Airport Division), Comptroller, Clerk of Circuit Court, Department of Administrative Services (IMSD), Register of Deeds, Economic Development and the Department of Health and Human Services. All votes recorded in committee were 5 ayes, 0 nos.
Votes at a glance - Item 5 — Appointment: Joshua Benson to Milwaukee County Pension Board (term expiring 07/24/2028). Motion by Supervisor Martin; vote 5–0 (Vincent Aye; Johnson Jr. Aye; Wasserman Aye; Martin Aye; Chairwoman Aye). Presenters: Timothy Schabogear (Deputy Chief of Staff) and Joshua Benson.
- Item 6 — Sheriff: Abolish 1 FTE deputy sheriff captain (pay grade NR31 E) in 4002 Administration and create 1 FTE business intelligence analyst (pay grade NR27) in 4052 General Investigations. Motion by Supervisor Johnson Jr.; vote 5–0. Presenters: Chief Deputy Brian Barco and Inspector Tricia Carlson. Office said the change reduces reliance on light‑duty sworn personnel and yields some overtime savings; Office of Strategy, Budget and Performance endorsed the change.
- Item 7 — District Attorney: Abolish 1 fiscal assistant II (pay grade NR14) and 1 business development analyst (NR27), create 2 data specialist positions (NR26) to process rapidly increasing digital evidence intake (presenters: Deputy District Attorney Sarah Sadowski and IT manager Lynn Zydick). Motion by Supervisor Martin; vote 5–0.
- Item 8 — Zoo (personnel): Create 1 FTE senior executive assistant and abolish 1 FTE executive assistant (presenter: Amos Morris, Executive Zoo Director). Motion by Supervisor Johnson Jr.; vote 5–0.
- Item 9 — Zoo (maintenance): Create 1 FTE mechanical maintenance grounds worker and abolish 1 FTE zoo facilities grounds worker to shift duties and improve efficiency (presenters: Amos Morris and Matthew Haceman, Director of Facilities). Motion by Supervisor Vincent; vote 5–0.
- Item 10 — Department of Transportation (Airport): Abolish 1 vacant senior financial performance analyst (pay grade 31M) and create 1 business intelligence analyst (NR27); funded from airport revenue; expected cost neutral to county (presenter: James Martin, Director of Administration, Airport). Motion by Supervisor Martin; vote 5–0.
- Item 11 — Comptroller: Abolish 1 associate accountant (NR17) and create 1 supervisor accounting (NR25) to strengthen year‑end close and audit capacity; net operating reduction shown for current fiscal year given timing and vacancy (presenters: Comptroller Liz Sumner and CJ Paul). Motion by Supervisor Wasserman; vote 5–0.
- Item 12 — Clerk of Circuit Court (Jury Services): Abolish 1 clerical specialist (NR14) and create 1 jury services supervisor (NR20) to add supervisory layer in a five‑person jury team handling ~18,000 jurors annually (presenters: Anna Hodges and Mary Fuerda). Motion by Supervisor Martin; vote 5–0.
- Item 13 — DAS/IMSD: Abolish 1 senior business relationship manager and create 1 business relationship manager in IMSD; vacancy and internal promotion prompted the request (presenter: Matt Johnson, Deputy CIO). Motion by Supervisor Martin; vote 5–0.
- Items 14 & 15 — Register of Deeds: Retitle and update two supervisory position descriptions (assistant coordinator ROD -> supervisor fiscal and vital records; supervisor real property -> real estate supervisor) to reflect duties and aid recruitment (presenter: Steve Pearl, Chief Deputy Register of Deeds). Motion by Supervisor Martin; vote 5–0.
- Item 16 — DAS Economic Development: Create a four‑year limited‑term small business liaison (to implement the Building Bridges small business program); funded from the Economic Development Reserve Fund (37005); projected four‑year fund use shown in the fiscal note. Motion by Supervisor Johnson Jr.; vote 5–0. Presenter: Celia Benton, Director of Economic Development.
- Item 17 — DHHS (Housing Services): Abolish 1 community intervention specialist and create 1 lead community intervention specialist for outreach team supervision; funded with federal Emergency Solutions Grant funds (presenter: James Mathy, Administrator, Housing Services). Motion by Supervisor Wasserman; vote 5–0.
What committee members said: Multiple supervisors praised departments for using vacancies to realign job duties and for identifying funding sources (department budgets, airport revenue, ED reserve fund, federal HUD funds). No items failed; all were recommended for adoption by the committee and will proceed through the county board process as appropriate.
Record of formal actions: Each adoption vote was called for by roll call; the committee recorded five ayes and zero noes on each adopted item (voting members: Supervisor Vincent, Supervisor Johnson Jr., Supervisor Wasserman, Supervisor Martin, Chairwoman Logsdon).
