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Finance committee refers 3% citywide wage adjustment to council after members seek fiscal details
Summary
The Finance and Personnel Committee voted to refer to the full Milwaukee Common Council without recommendation a Department of Employee Relations request to amend the salary ordinance to implement a 3% wage increase adopted in the 2026 budget, after members pressed for a fiscal note and data on employees who would be affected by pay‑range changes.
The Finance and Personnel Committee on Dec. 15 moved without recommendation to the full Milwaukee Common Council a request from the Department of Employee Relations to amend the salary ordinance so eligible, non‑represented city employees receive a 3% wage adjustment adopted in the 2026 budget.
Sarah Cinski, compensation supervisor with the Department of Employee Relations, told the committee the ordinance change "will effectively enact the 3% across the board that was approved in the 2026 budgets." Budget staff provided an initial verbal estimate for the full 3% increase: "3% across the board is roughly 6,900,000.0," Budget Management Division representative Brian Reiners said, and he told members a formal fiscal note would be provided by the end of the business day.
Committee discussion centered on whether the ordinance change is a technical implementation step or a substantive policy decision because it moves…
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