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Committee confirms multiple appointments and approves $10,000 for MKE Business Now summit
Summary
The committee confirmed several mayoral appointments to business improvement districts and architectural review boards, held one reappointment, and approved up to $10,000 from the Community and Economic Development Fund for the MKE Business Now Entrepreneurship Summit.
The Community and Economic Development Committee handled a series of confirmations and administrative items on its agenda, confirming multiple mayoral appointments to Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Architectural Review Boards and approving a small appropriation for an annual business summit.
The committee confirmed the following appointments by voice vote with no objections: - Amanda McGillivray (branch manager, Villard Square Library) — appointment to Business Improvement District No. 19 (file 12411). Moved by Alderman Mark Chambers; confirmation ordered. - Kristen Heller (managing director, Milwaukee Film/Oriental Theatre) — appointment to Business Improvement District No. 20 (file 241-313). Moved by Alderwoman Marina Dimitrivich; confirmation ordered. - Kendall Breunig (registered professional engineer and Third Ward BID treasurer) — appointment to the Architectural Review Board (file 241-349). Moved by Alderwoman Marina Dimitrivich; confirmation ordered. - Chris Root — appointment to the East Side Architectural Review Board (file 241354). Moved by Alderman Deandre Jackson; confirmation ordered.
The committee held (to the call of the chair) the reappointment of Andre Carter to Business Improvement District No. 19 (file 241-312) after members noted the appointee was not present. Alderman Deandre Jackson moved the hold.
The committee also approved a resolution appropriating up to $10,000 from the Community and Economic Development Fund for the 2025 MKE Business Now Entrepreneurship Summit, an annual event held the last Saturday in January that features workshops, vendors and city department resources (file 241356). Terrence Moore, Neighborhood Business Development Specialist for the Department of City Development, and event organizers said the summit typically draws 200–400 attendees and 25–30 vendors; Peoples State Bank was identified as a sponsor for the current year. Alderman Jose Perez moved adoption of the appropriation; hearing no objection, the appropriation was ordered adopted.
The committee took additional noncontroversial procedural steps to place communications on file and to hold a library-related communication for further review.
