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Votes at a glance: Finance & Personnel Committee, May 7, 2025 — filings, appropriations, vacancies and contracts
Summary
A compact list of formal committee actions taken May 7, 2025. Includes referral of proposed Wilbur settlement borrowing, appropriations from the contingent fund, multiple vacancy approvals and contract waivers.
The Finance & Personnel Committee recorded the following formal actions on May 7, 2025. This list summarizes motions, movers (where named in the transcript), and committee outcomes.
1) Item 1 (file 241701) — Communication from the Department of Employee Relations and Froedtert workforce health on the city's comprehensive health and wellness program. Motion: Place item on file. Mover: Alderman Peter Bergellis. Outcome: Approved (placed on file).
2) Item 2 (file 250007) — Substitute resolution authorizing contingent 2025 borrowing to cover a proposed settlement in Wilbur v. City of Milwaukee et al. Motion: Refer without recommendation to the Common Council. Mover: Alderman Peter Bergellis (motion recorded in committee discussion). Outcome: Approved (referred without recommendation to Common Council).
3) Item 3 (file 250008) — Substitute resolution reserving and appropriating $1,500,000 from the 2025 Common Council contingent fund to the 2025 damages and claims special purpose account and $200,000 to the outside counsel expert witness fund. Motion: Adoption of the substitute resolution. Mover: Alderman Sharlene Moore. Outcome: Approved (adopted by committee).
4) Item 4 — Vacancy requests / fund transfers / equipment requests (vacancy agenda). As amended in committee, item 4 was approved. Motion reported by committee (mover: Alderman Peter Bergellis). Outcome: Approved.
5) Item 5 (file 250050) — Single/sole-source contract amendment: Police Department contract extension with Wellpath LLC for inmate health-care services (extend through February 2026; add funding to bring total to ~$1,275,000). Motion: Approve contract extension. Mover: Alderman Scott Speicher. Outcome: Approved.
6) Item 6 (file 250051) — Communication informing committee of waivers granted for seven sole- or single-source contracts (various departments). Motion: Place on file. Mover: Alderman Scott Speicher. Outcome: Approved (placed on file).
7) Item 7 — Classification studies scheduled for City Service Commission (urban forestry technical services manager reclassification). Motion: Place on file. Outcome: Approved.
8) Item 8 — Construction trades managerial title amendment (lower minimum recruitment rate for building construction inspection division manager). Motion: Place on file. Outcome: Approved.
9) Item 9 — Position-authority correction involving Budget & Fiscal Policy Analyst and an Innovation Policy Analyst (technical correction). Motion: Item held for further information at committee request. Mover: Alderman Sharlene Moore. Outcome: Tabled/held pending funding clarification and follow-up.
10) Item 10 — Administrative clerical/administrative corrections to salary and positions ordinances. Motion: Place on file. Outcome: Approved.
11) Item 11 (file 241635) — Acceptance and expenditure of a city Forward grant (library). Motion: Adoption. Outcome: Approved.
12) Item 12 (file 250055) — Substitute ordinance amending 2025 rates of pay in the city service. Motion: Passage. Outcome: Approved.
13) Item 13 (file 250056) — Substitute ordinance amending 2025 offices and positions in the city service. Committee approved a technical amendment offered by Alderman Speicher deleting provisions related to the Innovation Policy Analyst and Budget & Fiscal Policy Analyst 4 (this amendment reflected committee direction to hold the IPA/funding question); final passage as amended was approved. Motion: Passage as amended. Mover: Alderman Peter Bergellis. Outcome: Approved as amended.
Committee disposition: The committee concluded its agenda and adjourned after taking the actions above.
