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Votes at a glance: Finance & Personnel Committee, Jan. 15, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal committee actions on Jan. 15, including audit filings, contract approvals, fund transfers and borrowing authorizations.
The Finance & Personnel Committee (Milwaukee) took the following formal actions on Jan. 15, 2025. Where a roll call was not recorded in the transcript, the committee proceeded by voice consent or unanimous consent.
Votes at a glance (selection of items recorded on the agenda):
- Item 1 (241245) — Communication from the Office of the Comptroller relating to an audit of special charges and assessments: placed on file by committee order. - Item 2 (241424) — Communication: 2025 annual internal audit work plan: placed on file. - Item 3 (3240008) — Communication regarding Social Development Commission funding and update: placed on file. - Item 4 (241-161) — Communication from the Office of the Assessor relating to Department of Revenue report on commercial valuation: placed on file. - Item 5 (241-160) — Communication from the Comptroller relating to late payment of invoices: placed on file and held to the call of the chair for follow-up reporting by the comptroller. - Item 6 (241379) — Substitute resolution suspending expenditure authority in the concentrated blight elimination (deconstruction) capital account: adopted (authorized suspension and transfer mechanics discussed). - Item 7 (241383) — Substitute resolution authorizing up to $300,000 of 2025 contingent borrowing for the Housing Infrastructure Preservation Fund: adopted. - Item 9 (241375) — Single/sole source contract approvals (Promise Network payment plan software; EProperty Innovations real estate platform): committee approved contract amendments and a new contract as described in files. - Item 10 (241376) — Waiver report: informational; Stryker/Safe *Lucas* chest compression device maintenance waiver reported and placed on file. - Items 11–16 — Personnel and IT items, classifications and grant acceptances (including cybersecurity grant and IT capital plan): the committee approved or placed relevant items on file as presented; ITMD cyber grant and communications capital items advanced. - Items 17–18 — Transfers for violence prevention contributions and immunization grant amendments: adopted as presented. - Items 20–21 — Salary and positions ordinances for 2025: adopted. - Items 22–28 — Borrowing/resolution series related to 2025 budget and carryovers (water revenue bonds authorization; general obligation note authorizations and related preliminary statement): committee adopted the authorizations except for file 241325 (preliminary official statement), which was held to the call of the chair.
Several additional administrative items (vacancy approvals, classification updates, and clerical corrections to the salary ordinance) were presented and placed on file or approved; the committee used voice consent for routine approvals. Committee chairs and staff indicated follow-up reports would be provided where necessary (for late invoices, SDC technical assistance report, and DCD reporting on shifted preservation funds).
