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City Hall: $800,000 Non-Partisan Grant Will Improve Milwaukee's Election Process » Urban Milwaukee

But looming constitutional amendment would bar any future awards.

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City Hall: Municipal Court Cancels Alternatives Contract, Sparks Controversy

Opponents say the change could hurt vulnerable defendants, increase incarceration.

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City Hall: New Ordinance Could Remove Elected Officials

For undefined 'inefficiency' or 'neglect of duty.' Alders slam the proposal.
By
Jeramey Jannene - Jun 28th, 2021 05:03 pm
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Milwaukee City Hall. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
“We agreed this past spring that we should be held accountable, like our city worker colleagues, to the city’s harassment policy,” said Alderwoman
JoCasta Zamarripa at a Monday afternoon meeting of the Common Council’s Judiciary & Legislation Committee.
Turns out that’s simple in theory, complicated in reality.
A proposal, sponsored by Zamarripa and Alderman
Michael Murphy, would allow elected and appointed officials to be removed from office by a simple majority vote of council members for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, official misconduct or malfeasance.” Officials currently can only be removed for malfeasance.

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City Hall: City Must Apologize to Sterling Brown

Council approves settlement, which includes apology and changes in how police are trained.
By
Jeramey Jannene - May 4th, 2021 12:34 pm
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Sterling Brown and City Hall. Brown photo provided, City Hall photo by Jeramey Jannene.
It’s taken three years, but the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Police Department and former Milwaukee Bucks guard
Sterling Brown have an approved settlement regarding a 2018 incident.
As part of the agreement, the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Police Department will issue a statement formally apologizing for the incident and admit the incident “escalated in an unnecessary manner and despite Mr. Brown’s calm behavior.”

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Eyes on Milwaukee: Big Property Owners Gear Up To Sue City

Record challenges to 2020 assessments now headed to court.
By
Jeramey Jannene - Mar 15th, 2021 07:20 pm
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BMO Tower at 790 N. Water St. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
Milwaukee’s 2020 assessment process generated a record number of appeals. So many that the city suspended the process for 2021.
Almost a year later, a record dollar value of challenges remains. The Common Council’s Judiciary & Legislation Committee recommended Monday to allow 94 unresolved claims, representing $876 million in city-assessed value, to go to court.
The city received 5,592 appeals in 2020. The overwhelming majority of claims came from single-family homeowners representing themselves and arguing over changes that would result in a property tax bill changing by a few hundred dollars. The Assessor’s Office and Board of Review resolved those claims, either adjusting the assessed values or denying the claim.

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Plats and Parcels: New Apartments for Downtown Dead Zone

Plus: A rundown of the week's real estate news.
By
Jeramey Jannene - Jan 17th, 2021 03:13 pm
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Development site owned by Marquette University (700 Lofts at left). Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
In 2012, an Urban Milwaukee article described how two new apartment buildings would bring activity to two dead zones at the edge of Downtown.
One of those complexes, the 700 Lofts, was proposed for a pair of underutilized buildings at the corner of W. Michigan St. and N. James Lovell St. Bear Development completed the 49-unit, affordable housing project in the ensuing years.
But the dead zone didn’t disappear, largely because a multi-block project proposed across the street by Marquette University didn’t move forward.

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Eyes on Milwaukee: Hotels Fight City Hall, Win $500,000

Marriott and Springhill Suites win settlement. And council debates assessments.
By
Jeramey Jannene - Jan 11th, 2021 06:06 pm
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SpringHill Suites and Milwaukee Marriott Downtown. Photos by Mariiana Tzotcheva
The owners of two downtown hotels will receive $558,044.35 as part of a settlement regarding property tax assessments.
The Common Council’s Judiciary & Legislation Committee approved a settlement Monday with investment groups affiliated with Jackson Street Management, the developer of the Milwaukee Marriott Downtown, 625 N. Milwaukee St., and SpringHill Suites, 744 N. Vel R. Phillips Ave.
In pending lawsuits, the two investment groups were seeking a property tax refund of $2.4 million plus interest and costs. City Attorney

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