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Council approves 2026 pay ordinance after debate over recruitment flexibility for chiefs
Summary
The Common Council adopted an amendment to the 2026 pay ordinance that drew extensive debate over a recruitment‑rate footnote affecting police and fire chiefs; an amendment to strip flexibility failed, and the full ordinance passed 13–1 with one excused.
The Milwaukee Common Council voted to adopt a substitute ordinance amending 2026 pay rates for city offices and positions after an extended discussion about recruitment flexibility for top public‑safety positions.
Alderman Pauline Speicher proposed an amendment to remove recruitment‑rate flexibility for the police chief and questioned whether the same flexibility should apply to the fire chief. Speicher said the council should not cede budgetary authority to the Fire and Police Commission. "The word intervene…
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