This morning, I introduced, for immediate adoption, a resolution directing the City’s Budget Director to develop a model 2021 budget that reduces the Milwaukee Police Department’s budget by 10 percent.
Although the Common Council does not set police policies and procedures, it can urge police reform and community reinvestment through the budget process.
This proposal will not decrease the 2021 budget for the Milwaukee Police Department, only the 2021 budget, adopted in November, can do that.
It is time for the Common Council to be proactive in the budget process.
Thirty days from now, I expect to see the model 2021 budget include real, manageable budget changes that can be reinvested to meet the demands of our neighborhoods.