FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Regular MeetingMilwaukee, WI · October 7, 2022
Minutes
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Minutes
FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
ALD. MARINA DIMITRIJEVIC, CHAIR
Ald. Scott Spiker, Vice-Chair
Ald. Milele A. Coggs, Ald. Michael J. Murphy, and Ald.
JoCasta Zamarripa
Staff Assistant, Chris Lee, 414-286-2232; Fax: 414-286-3456,
clee@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Tea Norfolk , 414-286-8012,
tea.norfolk@milwaukee.gov
Friday, October 7, 2022 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall
2023 BUDGET HEARINGS
This is also a virtual meeting. Those wishing to view the proceedings are able to do so
via the City Channel - Channel 25 on Spectrum Cable - or on the Internet at
http://city.milwaukee.gov/citychannel.
Meeting convened at 9:11 a.m.
Present 5 - Dimitrijevic, Spiker, Coggs, Murphy, Zamarripa
Also present:
Aycha Sawa, City Comptroller
Nik Kovac, Budget Director
Keith Broadnax, LRB Manager
Tea Norfolk, LRB Fiscal Planning Specialist
William Christianson, Deputy Comptroller
1. 220001 Communication from the Mayor relating to the proposed 2023 budget.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
-Fire Department
Appearing:
Chief Aaron Lipski, Fire Dept.
Amanda Lewis, Fire Dept. Budget Finance Manager
Bryan Rynders, Budget Office
Assistant Chief Joshua Parish, Fire Dept.
Jordan Primakow, Intergovernmental Relations Division
Andrea Fowler, Budget ARPA Director
Mr. Rynders and Chief Lipski gave a Fire Department presentation as follows:
Community Goals & Objectives, 2023 Budget Summary, Special Funds, Revenues,
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Capital Improvements Budget, City of Milwaukee Fire Fatality Reprot 25 Year Overview
1997 - 2021, 2021 Milwaukee Fire Department Responses, Sworn Staffing and
Vacancies (as of September 29, 2022), Fire Cadet Demographics, Budget & Service
Changes, Mission Statement, Objectives, Demographics, 2023 Budget Proposal,
Annual Run Totals and Rigs In Service, Response Time Data Corrolates to the
Complement of Apparatus, Organization Chart, Emerging Dynamics
Members requested for further information and statistics on various aspects including
computer replacement and structural fires and ALS response for each station.
Meeting recessed at 12:44 p.m.
Meeting reconvened at 1:07 p.m.
-Fire and Police Commission
Appearing:
Leon Todd, FPC Executive Director
Naomi Gehling, FPC Depuity Director
Bryan Rynders, Budget Office
Ryan Zollicoffer, Emergency Management Director
Mr. Rynders and Director Todd gave a Fire and Police Commission presentation as
follows:
Key Performance Measures, 2023 Budget Summary, 2023 Special Funds, 2023
Budget Highlights, 2022 Highlights & Notable Achievements, FPC Staff and Needs,
Organizational Chart, Recruitment and Diversity Efforts, Police and Fire Classes and
Recruitments in 2022, Upcoming Classes and Recruitments, Emergency Management,
FPC Community Outreach, Strategies, Highlights, Investigations/Citizen Complaints,
Policy Reviews, Constitutional and Unbiased Policing, FPC Demographics
Members requested for further information and analysis including police hires with
troubled background checks and litigious incidents involving them and police overtime.
A motion was made by ALD. SPIKER that this Communication be HELD TO
CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
Aye 5- Dimitrijevic, Spiker, Coggs, Murphy, and Zamarripa
No 0
Meeting adjourned at 2:55 p.m.
Chris Lee, Staff Assistant
Council Records Section
City Clerk's Office
This meeting can be viewed in its entirety through the City's Legislative Research Center at
http://milwaukee.legistar.com/calendar.
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Agenda
City Hall
City of Milwaukee 200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Meeting Agenda
FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
ALD. MARINA DIMITRIJEVIC, CHAIR
Ald. Scott Spiker, Vice-Chair
Ald. Milele A. Coggs, Ald. Michael J. Murphy, and Ald. JoCasta
Zamarripa
Staff Assistant, Chris Lee, 414-286-2232; Fax: 414-286-3456,
clee@milwaukee.gov
Legislative Liaison, Tea Norfolk , 414-286-8012,
tea.norfolk@milwaukee.gov
Friday, October 7, 2022 9:00 AM Room 301-B, City Hall
2023 BUDGET HEARINGS
This is also a virtual meeting. Those wishing to view the proceedings are able to do so
via the City Channel - Channel 25 on Spectrum Cable - or on the Internet at
http://city.milwaukee.gov/citychannel.
1. 220001 Communication from the Mayor relating to the proposed 2023 budget.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
-Fire Department
-Fire and Police Commission
This meeting will be webcast live at www.milwaukee.gov/channel25.
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meeting, this meeting may also simultaneously constitute a meeting of the Common Council or any
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