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Economic Development

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Milwaukee

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Apr 28, 2026

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Apr 21, 2026

Common Council approves transportation, public works, budget, and public safety measures; adopts ordinances on law enforcement identification and food access

The Milwaukee Common Council met April 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM in the Common Council Chamber (meeting called to order at 9:13 AM; 14 present, 1 excused). Council approved multiple transportation and public-works resolutions and agreements, budget transfers and appropriations, license committee recommendations, a law enforcement identification ordinance, measures on food access and grocery retention, and several confirmations and appointments.

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Common Council approves transportation, public works, budget, and public safety measures; adopts ordinances on law enforcement identification and food access

Licenses Committee (Apr 21, 2026) recommends approval of File 252108; multiple license renewals and transfers approved

Finance & Personnel Committee — Meeting Minutes (April 15, 2026)

Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee — Meeting Minutes, April 14, 2026

Judiciary & Legislation Committee meeting minutes — April 13, 2026

Public Safety and Health Committee — April 10, 2026 meeting minutes

Public Works Committee (Apr 9, 2026) — approvals for street, transportation, and water utility actions; two appointments confirmed

Community & Economic Development Committee — April 9, 2026: appointments confirmed; funding and grocery-retention measures advanced

Board of City Service Commissioners meeting minutes — April 8, 2026 (virtual)

Licenses Committee approves多数 license actions, issues suspensions, denies select applications (April 8, 2026)

Steering & Rules Committee — April 6, 2026 meeting minutes

Committee reviews illegal-dumping enforcement, data-integration research, vacant-lot use, and railroad corridor coordination

Special Judiciary & Legislation Committee meeting called to consider possible closed session for litigation advice; no public actions recorded

Committee organizes participatory budgeting workplan, postpones officer elections, and sets monthly meeting schedule

Licenses Committee unanimously approves multiple license applications and recommends File 251862 for approval (3/24/2026)

Committee advances multiple personnel, wage, contract and audit items; recommends appointment confirmation

Committee recommends deconstruction moratorium, approves workforce housing TIDs, dissolves four TIDs, and places WIS 175 study on file

Redevelopment Authority meeting minutes — March 19, 2026

Judiciary & Legislation Committee (Mar 13, 2026) — multiple claims disallowed or held; committee adopts state legislative position on illegal tire dumping and recommends several claim payments and settlements

Public Safety and Health Committee (Mar 12, 2026): referrals on food access, MPD SOP actions, appointments, and multiple safety/health grants

Public Works Committee (Mar 11, 2026): multiple public-improvement appropriations, utility agreements, bike lane revision, River Skimmer IGA, and license action

Community & Economic Development Committee — March 11, 2026: appointments, event resolutions, and reports

Board of City Service Commissioners (Mar 10, 2026) — approvals on minutes, classifications, probation extension; DPW re-exemption approved; Barberena exhibits held

Milwaukee Arts Board (virtual) — March 10, 2026: public art RFPs open; sustaining grant review planned