Saturday, October 25, 2008

Budget Blasts 10/23

From the office of Supervisor Elizabeth Coggs:

The Milwaukee County Board’s Finance & Audit Committee,under the leadership of Supervisor Elizabeth M. Coggs, is holding public meetings throughout the month of October on the County Executive’s 2009 Recommended County Budget. Each day, the seven-member Committee votes on a number of specific departmentsand items in the budget.

On Thursday, the Milwaukee County Board’s Finance & Audit Committee approved the following 2009 Budgets on the following votes:

• 6-0 Department on Aging: Amended to deny the outsourcing of the Call Center and Customer Service functions within the Economic Support Division.
• 7-0 DHHS – Department of Health and Human Services (amended to deny the outsourcing of Call Center and Customer Service functions within the Economic Support Division, to provide $100,000 in Potawatomi Revenue to theSafe Alternatives for Youth program, and appropriate $60,000 for maintenance expenditures for the Milwaukee County Research Park.)
• 4-3 DHHS – Behavioral Health Division (Noes Mayo, Schmitt, Johnson)(amended to deny the abolishment of 13 FTEs in the Targeted Case Management unit, deny the abolishment of 55 Housekeeping FTEs, and develop a prescription drug formulary for use at BHD and comprehensively reviewing the potential for leveraging prescription pharmaceutical purchases and administration.)
• 5-2 DPW – Milwaukee County Transit/Paratransit System (Noes Mayo, Coggs)(amended to decrease the recommended Adult Cash Fare to $2.10, the Half Cash Fare to $1.05 and Half Fare Tickets to $1.05, and implement a monthly transit pass option at $60 per pass)

The Finance and Audit Committee will continue its meetings throughout themonth of October in Room 203-R of the Milwaukee County Courthouse. The County Board of Supervisors, under the leadership of Chairman Lee Holloway,will adopt the County’s 2009 budget on Monday, November 10 at 8:30 a.m. in Room 200 of the Milwaukee County Courthouse. Click here to access the 2009 budget meeting schedule.

The County Board’s annual Public Hearing on the County Executive’s 2009 Recommended Budget is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, November 3, 2008, at theWashington Park Senior Center.

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