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Milwaukee Common Council, mayor at odds over city attorney s powers
Milwaukee Common Council, mayor at odds over Attorney s Office rule
The Milwaukee Common Council removed a requirement that the city attorney s office approve agreements and contracts of more than $25,000.
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Common Council on Wednesday, July 7 unanimously voted to overrule a veto from Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, removing a requirement that the city attorney s office approve agreements and contracts of more than $25,000.
Instead, the city s attorney s office has to review agreements or contracts only when requested by a Common Council member or the mayor. Approval is not required from the city attorney; he is a lawyer, not a legislator, said Alderman Robert Bauman.
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Done deal: Milwaukee Tool to bring up to 2,000 jobs downtown
Milwaukee Common Council approves expansion Share Updated: 4:03 PM CDT May 4, 2021
Done deal: Milwaukee Tool to bring up to 2,000 jobs downtown
Milwaukee Common Council approves expansion Share Updated: 4:03 PM CDT May 4, 2021
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Show Transcript CAROLINE: THAT’S RIGHT. THE CITY WOULD BE COVERING ITS EXPENSES THROUGH TAX INCREMENTAL FINANCING. THIS WOULD BE AN EXPANSION PROJECT FOR MILWAUKEE TOOL. THE BUILDING BEHIND ME SAT VACANT FOR YEARS, AND MOST RECENTLY, IT WAS WHERE BALLOTS WERE COUNTED FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. MILWAUKEE TOOL PRODUCTS ARE ALL OVER THE CITY IN STORES LIKE BLIFFERT LUMBER IN RIVERWEST. BUT THE COMPANY ITSELF HASN’T BEEN LOCATED IN MILWAUKEE SINCE ITS HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO BROOKFIELD IN 1965. NOW, A TENTATIVE DEAL BETWEEN THE RAPIDLY GROWING COMPANY AND THE CITY COULD CHANGE THAT. BEING DOWNTOWN IS AN ATTRACTION THAT SIMPLY JUST ISN’T THE SAM