The Milwaukee Public Works Committee met on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 9:05 AM in City Hall Room 301-B, chaired by Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs. All five committee members (Coggs, Westmoreland, Bauman, Taylor, Brower) were present. The committee unanimously recommended adoption of resolutions for public improvement projects, honorary street namings, state highway agreements, and grants, with some items held or substituted.
I like to call this public works committee meeting to order. I am uh Chairwoman Alderwoman Milay uh A Cogs. We are joined on the board by Alderman Um Lamont Westmoreland and Vice Chair, uh we are joined here at the table to my right by Alderman uh Robert Ballman, as well as uh DPW infrastructure. Um to my left, we are joined by staff assistant Kyle and Roman. To her left, we are joined by Alderman Alex Brouwer, and we will soon be joined by Alderwoman Larissa Taylor. Item number one, file number two, five zero one eight seven resolution relating to approving the levying of assessments and construction of accessible public improvement projects at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes. Good morning, Holly Ruttenback with DPW. I will be describing the special assessment process and project details. For those projects approved this morning, a bill will be sent to each property owner sometime after completion of the work. Within 45 days upon receipt of the bill, the full amount may be paid without interest. If the bill is not paid within the forty-five-day grace period, a charge of eight point five percent simple interest per year will be added. If the assessment is at least a hundred and twenty-five dollars, the assessment can be paid over a period of ten years on the tax roll at the eight point five percent interest. For those projects approved with late billing, a bill will not be sent before January first, two thousand twenty-eight. This is a third automatic district. Uh, Otterman Brower. Yeah, thank you so much, uh, ma'am chair. Yeah, just want to say, really um grateful to engineering and to have this ready to go for us to be able to do this, I believe. Um, if we approve this today, we can get this out for bidding and potentially get this done this year. Am I correct, Holly? That is correct. That is really good to hear. We're excited to get a new alley in the third alder medicine. Um, and I'm chair, if it's appropriate, I move approval. The motion by Alderman Brouwer is for adoption. Are there any um objections to that motion? Hearing that, soul ordered. That's the only one today. Item number two, file number two six zero. Okay. Uh Otterman Bauman will move approval of the entire file. Are there any objections to that motion? Hearing none, so ordered. Um item number two, file number two six zero one eight eight resolution determining it necessary to make various accessible public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for those purposes with the city engineering costs estimated to be $25,000 for total estimated cost of these projects being $200,000. Good morning. This is setting up engineering on future accessible paving projects. Any questions from committee? Hearing none, Arder Woman Taylor would move adoption. Are there any objections to that motion? Hearing none, so order item number three, file number two, six zero one eight nine. Resolution determining it necessary to make various non-accessible public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the city engineering costs estimated to be a hundred and fifty thousand dollars for a total estimated cost of these projects being 150,000. Good morning. This is setting up engineering on future non-accessible paving projects. Any questions from committee? Hearing none. Hearing no objection, so order item number four. File number two six zero one nine zero resolution approving construction of non-accessible public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the city construction cost estimated to be 982,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being 1,216,000. Members should have a promise of. Good morning. This is set for setting up construction funding on non-assessable paving or not accessible various projects. The change between the sub and the original are just the amounts.