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Council adopts Milwaukee Police Association contract amid debate over cost and accountability
Summary
After extended debate about fiscal impact and officer accountability under state Act 12, the Common Council adopted the proposed agreement with the Milwaukee Police Association; the roll call recorded 10 ayes, 1 no and 4 abstentions on the adoption vote reported in the transcript.
The Common Council adopted a substitute resolution to ratify the agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Police Association (MPA), amid extended debate over the contract’s estimated fiscal impact and how accountability for officer conduct is addressed.
Alderman Dimitrijevich announced she would record an abstention and explained that state Act 12’s limits on property tax and required hiring increases make the contract costly; she described the legislation as having “turned…
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