Votes at a glance: City of Milwaukee Finance & Personnel Committee actions

Below are the formal actions recorded during the Finance and Personnel Committee meeting (file numbers and short descriptions follow). This roundup lists motions that were carried, placed on file, held, or otherwise resolved during the session.

- Item 1 (241276): Communication from the City Comptroller relating to the city IT risk assessment — placed on file after closed session. - Item 2 (241273): Communication from Department of Employee Relations relating to labor negotiations — held to the call of the chair (closed session taken and item held). - Item 3 (241502): Resolution adopting generative AI policy — adopted; Alderman Coggs abstained (see main article). - Item 4 (241509): Resolution authorizing a tax-exempt lease purchase agreement to finance energy efficiency and solar projects — placed on file in favor of contingent borrowing. - Item 5 (241510): Resolution authorizing up to $1,800,000 in 2025 contingent borrowing to finance energy efficiency and solar projects — adopted. - Item 6 (241332): Substitute resolution to enter energy savings performance contract with Johnson Controls — Substitute A adopted. - Item 7 (241511): Acceptance/expenditure of a $67,000 Fund for Lake Michigan grant — adopted. - Item 8 (241483): Substitute resolution awarding food waste recovery and composting mini-grants (Feed MKE pilot) — adopted. - Item 9 (241457): Ordinance amending parking reimbursement cap for Police Administration Building employees (monthly parking) — adopted. - Item 10 (241548): Police department position changes (add HVAC tech, delete electrician) — placed on file. - Item 11 (241491): Vacancy requests, fund transfers, equipment requests across multiple departments — approved. - Item 12 (241492): Single/sole source contract changes — approved (includes First Responders Psychological Services contract extension; Cortera Inc. software contract for DPW ticket management). - Item 13 (241493): Notification of waivers for certain single/sole source contract amendments (Granicus, Kronos, OnSolve, LinkedIn) — placed on file. - Item 14 (241377): Classification study for emergency communications titles — placed on file for City Service Commission action. - Items 15–16 (241494, 241421): Classification and salary ordinance adjustments for specific positions (operations manager parallels, grant monitor pay footnote) — placed on file/approved as reflected. - Item 17 (241563): Moved to hold to the call of the chair (department not ready) — held. - Item 18 (241495): Clerical/administrative corrections to salary/position ordinances — placed on file. - Item 19 (241447): Ordinance relating to fee charged for sale of the code of ordinances (align fees across volumes) — adopted. - Items 20–21 (241533/241534): Substitute resolutions for Unified CAD system capital account and contingent borrowing up to $1,400,000 — adopted together. - Items 22–27: Various salary, rates of pay and related updates tied to earlier personnel items and DEC stand-up — adopted as presented. - Item 28 (231757-related): Participation in Zilber Family Foundation grant project — placed on file as no longer necessary. - Item 24 (cityforcities grant acceptance): Adopted; library staff confirmed participation in outreach and council events. - Item 25 (travel/conventions): Adopted.

Where a roll call was not recorded in the transcript, committee action is shown as “adopted” or “placed on file” consistent with the committee chair’s announcement (“so ordered”). If the transcript indicated a specific abstention, that is noted above. The committee closed portions of the meeting for the IT risk assessment and labor negotiations under Wisconsin statutes governing closed sessions; those items were either placed on file or held to the call of the chair.