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City attorneys tell aldermen MPS payment must go to tax stabilization fund; committee places SRO reimbursement file on file
Summary
After legal advice, the Finance & Personnel Committee agreed to place on file a proposal about using Milwaukee Public Schools payments for school resource officer costs. City attorneys and the comptroller said a 2025 MPS payment is "unanticipated revenue" that by ordinance must flow to the tax stabilization fund and can only be withdrawn during the formal budget process.
A proposal asking the city to spend greater‑than‑anticipated payments from Milwaukee Public Schools to cover School Resource Officer (SRO) costs was placed on file Wednesday after the city attorney told the Finance & Personnel Committee the money cannot be spent midyear.
Council President Jose Perez and Aldermen Mark Chambers and Peter Bergellis sponsored the file (3241688), which asked the council to consider how MPS payments intended to reimburse SRO costs might be used. Evan Goicky, the city attorney, and Assistant City Attorney Tom Miller told the committee the 2025 payment is "unanticipated revenue" that goes first to the general fund and then—by ordinance—becomes part of the tax stabilization fund (Milwaukee Code 304‑29). That ordinance, they said, allows withdrawals only during the city’s formal budget process, not for midyear spending.
"When we receive [the payment] from the public school district pursuant…
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