Fire and Police Commission Executive Session on Promotions - June 18, 2026
Fire and Police Commission Executive Session on Promotions - June 18, 2026
The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission held an executive (closed) session on Thursday, June 18, 2026, beginning at 4:34 p.m. and adjourning at 5:53 p.m., to consider four personnel promotions: Assistant Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, Battalion Fire Chief, and three Police Lieutenant positions. The meeting was held in City Hall Room 301-B and streamed online. Commissioners Miriam Horwitz (Chair), Jeff Spence, Dana World-Patterson, LaNelle Ramey, Ramon Evans, and Krissie Fung were present; Commissioners Ruben Burgos, Bree Spencer, and Christopher Snyder were excused.
Consent Calendar
- None. All items were discussed during the executive session.
Public Comments & Testimony
- None were recorded. The meeting immediately moved to a closed session.
Discussion Items
- Motion to Convene in Closed Session: Commissioner Jeff Spence moved, seconded by Commissioner Krissie Fung, to enter closed session under Wisconsin Statute § 19.85(1)(c) to consider employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data for public employees. The motion passed unanimously (6–0, with no abstentions). The board then discussed:
- FPC212585: Resolution relating to the promotion to Assistant Fire Chief.
- FPC212586: Resolution relating to the promotion to Deputy Fire Chief.
- FPC212587: Resolution relating to the promotion to Battalion Fire Chief.
- FPC212590: Resolution relating to the promotions to Police Lieutenant (three positions) – added via amended agenda.
- The closed session deliberations were not recorded in the public minutes.
Key Outcomes
- The board voted unanimously (6–0) to enter closed session to consider the four promotion resolutions.
- No open-session votes on the promotions themselves were taken; the outcome of the closed session is not part of the public record in these minutes.
- The meeting adjourned at 5:53 p.m. following a motion by Commissioner Spence, seconded by Commissioner Evans, which carried unanimously.
Meeting Transcript
This is the June 18, 2026 executive meeting of the Fire and Police Commission. Present are Commissioners Evans, Fung, Remy, Spence, World Patterson, and myself, Commissioner Horwitz. Commissioners Burgos, Spencer, and Schneider are excused. Also present are FPC Executive Director Leon Todd and Deputy Director Jay Pusek. The board may receive a motion to convene in closed session pursuant to Section 19.85 sub-1 sub-C of the Wisconsin statutes to consider promotions to the assistant fire chief position, the deputy fire chief position, the battalion fire chief position, and the police lieutenant position. So moved. Following the executive meeting, the board may then reconvene an open session during its regular meeting concerning these items. You have to say that part though. You do actually have to say that. Okay, so you move. I moved. Second. Second. Okay. Uh all in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Any abstentions? Motion carries. We are now in closed session.
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