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Milwaukee delays Workday rollout to September 2026, estimates about $2.4 million added cost

Milwaukee Common Council Finance & Personnel Committee · April 15, 2026
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City officials told the finance committee they need a three-month extension for the Workday ERP go-live because of complex integrations, payroll and bargaining changes, and staff turnover; the shift would raise project costs by roughly $2.4 million and require carryover funding.

David Henke, the city's chief information officer, told the Common Council's finance committee that the enterprise resource planning replacement project'moving the city from PeopleSoft to Workday'cannot meet a planned June go-live and that the executive committee is recommending a three-month extension to September 2026.

Henke said the delay stems from a cluster of issues that emerged over recent months: complex integrations with third-party systems, changes in federal payroll and tax reporting requirements, several recently implemented bargaining agreements and…

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