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Call to order.
Roll call.
Election of a chair and/or vice-chair.
Review and approval of the previous meeting minutes from March 24, 2026.
Presentation on open meetings and public records law.
Presentation from the African-American Roundtable on its community budget programming efforts.
Review of research on best practices, use cases, existing and/or past community budgeting programming efforts.
Discussion on developing community budgeting program methodology, parameters, criteria, public outreach strategy, and/or other aspects.
Next meeting date and time.
Items for future agenda(s).
Adjournment.
Meeting materials for this meeting and past meetings can be found within the following file:
Communication relating to the activities of the MKE Community Impact Committee.
Also present: