Council splits on Amendment 9 — $75,000 for Milwaukee LGBTQ Community Center, 2–2

Amendment 1 — Omnibus budget amendment (library Sunday hours, street lights, paving, parking fee)

5 yes, 0 no

Sharlen Moore (yes), Milele A. Coggs (yes), Marina Dimitrijevic (yes), Peter Burgelis (yes), Scott Spiker (yes)

Amendment 9 — $75,000 for Milwaukee LGBTQ Community Center

2 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain

Sharlen Moore (no), Milele A. Coggs (abstain), Marina Dimitrijevic (yes), Peter Burgelis (yes), Scott Spiker (no)

Amendment 105A — $750,000 Safe Routes to School Plan

1 yes, 0 no

Peter Burgelis (yes)

Amendment 92 — $1.35M WE Energies feasibility study

2 yes, 0 no

Sharlen Moore (yes), Marina Dimitrijevic (yes)

Amendment 8 — $150,000 for Pathfinders

2 yes, 2 no, 1 abstain

Sharlen Moore (no), Milele A. Coggs (abstain), Scott Spiker (no), Peter Burgelis (yes), Marina Dimitrijevic (yes)

Amendment 14B — $1/hour raise for general city employees, funded by MPD cuts

1 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain

Sharlen Moore (abstain), Milele A. Coggs (no), Marina Dimitrijevic (no), Scott Spiker (no), Peter Burgelis (yes)

Amendment 37A — Restore Equal Rights Specialist (levy-funded)

2 yes, 0 no

Marina Dimitrijevic (yes), Peter Burgelis (yes)

Amendment 16 — Assistant City Attorney position

0 yes, 1 no

Scott Spiker (no)

Amendment 94A — $4.8M fire major capital borrowing

2 yes, 0 no

Sharlen Moore (yes), Peter Burgelis (yes)

Amendment 81 — Cut $47,000 from city memberships

2 yes, 0 no

Peter Burgelis (yes), Marina Dimitrijevic (yes)

Amendment 10 — $25,000 youth workforce fund (reallocation from Winter Warming)

0 yes, 1 no

Sharlen Moore (no)

Amendment 3A — Funded Innovation Policy Analyst (partial year)

0 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain

Milele A. Coggs (abstain)

Amendment 95 — $2M fire facilities planning study

1 yes, 0 no

Peter Burgelis (yes)

Amendment 24A — City Clerk assistant positions restructured

0 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain

Peter Burgelis (abstain), Scott Spiker (no)

Amendment 37B — Restore Equal Rights Specialist (lease-funded)

1 yes, 0 no

Peter Burgelis (yes)

ALD. BURGELIS that this Budget be AMENDED.

0 yes, 1 no, 4 abstain

Marina Dimitrijevic (no), Sharlen Moore (abstain), Milele A. Coggs (abstain), Peter Burgelis (abstain), Scott Spiker (abstain)

Amendment 2 — Unfunded Innovation Policy Analyst position

0 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain

Milele A. Coggs (abstain)

Amendment 73 — $350,000 for electrical services fleet vehicles

0 yes, 2 no

Scott Spiker (no), Milele A. Coggs (no)

Amendment 26A — $100,000 for Legal Aid Society / Eviction Free Milwaukee

1 yes, 0 no

Marina Dimitrijevic (yes)

Amendment 109 — QR-based HOP fare for homeless outreach

2 yes, 0 no

Peter Burgelis (yes), Scott Spiker (yes)

Amendment 39B — $100,000 external audit of DPW operations

0 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain

Peter Burgelis (abstain)

Amendment 65A — Three License Investigation Officers

1 yes, 0 no

Peter Burgelis (yes)

Amendment 4 — OAAA five-pillars reporting footnote

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 5 — OAAA data-driven event evaluations

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 6 — OAAA visitor counts

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 7 — OAAA trauma wraparound program

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 11 — $500,000 flexible rental assistance fund

0 yes, 0 no

Amendment 12 — Pension discount rate lobbying footnote

4 yes, 0 no

Amendment 13 — Quarterly Workday reporting

4 yes, 0 no

Amendment 15 — Assessor affordability assessment reporting

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 17 — Garden education requirement

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 18 — Garden locations on city website

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 20 — Food access points listed online

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 21 — Innovative housing in TID decisions

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 19A — Annual garden and farmers market education

4 yes, 0 no

Amendment 22 — Data center impact policies

0 yes, 0 no

Amendment 23 — $100,000 commercial corridor beautification fund

0 yes, 0 no

Amendment 25 — Occupancy permit coordination footnote

0 yes, 0 no

Amendment 28A — Youth Council funding restructure

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 29A — $1.8 million grocery store/pharmacy retention fund

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 30A — $75,000 Innovation District supplement

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 31 — $26,850 for clerk computers

0 yes, 0 no

Amendment 33 — DCWS Council approval before spending $1M

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 34 — ARPA closeout report

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 35 — Violence interruption funds report

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 36 — Quarterly DCWS reports

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 38 — Pension calculation for special duty contracts

5 yes, 0 no

Amendment 104 — $500,000 for permanent plazas

0 yes, 4 no

Amendment 106 — $3M streetlight vehicles via higher streetlight fee

0 yes, 5 no

Amendments 40, 41, 42A, 45, 48, 50, 51, 55–63, 67–72, 79, 90, 91, 107, 108

5 yes, 0 no

General city employee wages

Union-represented city workers asked for a $2/hour raise instead of the 2% increase; the committee rejected the $1/hour version funded by police cuts but the omnibus adds 0.5% residency incentive and boosts Healthy Rewards.

What it means: $750,000 added to the Wages Supplement Fund in the omnibus.

Port Milwaukee 2027 budget and infrastructure

Mayor Cavalier Johnson's proposed 2027 city budget was before the Finance & Personnel Committee on Budget Amendment Day, where committee and aldermanic amendments could reshape spending before it goes to the full Common Council. The budget determines funding for city services residents rely on, from public safety to public works.

What it means: The 2027 budget sets the city's spending and property tax levy for the coming year, directly affecting residents' tax bills and city services.

Backfilling lost federal nonprofit funding

Proposals to replace federal cuts for Pathfinders and the LGBTQ Community Center failed over precedent concerns, but may return on the Council floor via the salmon packet.

What it means: $225,000 in proposed levy funding was not approved.

Sunday Library Hours Reduction

The mayor's budget cut Sunday hours at library branches; the committee's omnibus amendment restores them at four branches plus Central. Ald.

What it means: Families and readers who rely on weekend library access, especially during the child literacy crisis.

Street-light workforce and copper theft

Nine street-light positions are restored, a $50,000 electrical worker bonus fund created, and a $25,000 copper theft reward fund added to help fix the city's struggling street-light grid.

What it means: $50,000 bonus fund plus $25,000 copper theft reward fund.

Grocery and pharmacy retention

A new $1.8 million citywide fund aims to keep grocery stores and pharmacies from leaving neighborhoods, addressing food access gaps.

What it means: $1.8 million, offset by increased Tax Stabilization Fund withdrawal.

Road paving boost and parking fee relief

$6 million more in borrowing goes to high-impact paving (about 5.5 extra lane miles), and the overnight parking fee increase was softened from $110 to $75.

What it means: Extra $6M borrowing adds about $575,000 per year in debt service over 15 years.

Redevelopment Authority 2027 Budget

The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee's proposed 2027 budget was up for adoption, shaping how redevelopment and economic development projects are funded next year.

What it means: The RACM budget directs public funding toward redevelopment projects across the city in 2027.