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Claims Settlement Fund

At a glance

  • What: Reserving up to $500,000 from the 2026 Common Council Contingent Fund for the Damages and Claims Fund, plus lawsuit and claim settlements approved at each meeting.
  • Where it stands: File 260812 adopted 13-0 on October 13, 2026.
  • Next: Further settlements as they come from the Judiciary & Legislation Committee.

Detail

  • October 13: File 260812 (sponsor Ald. Jackson) reserves and appropriates up to $500,000 from the 2026 Common Council Contingent Fund to the 2026 Damages and Claims Fund Special Purpose Account to settle claims; adopted 13-0. File 260813 authorized settlement of claims in a federal-court lawsuit (Eastern District of Wisconsin, case 2:26-cv-00258-SCD); adopted 13-0. Six individual claims or appeals were disallowed and indefinitely postponed. File 212041, a City Attorney communication on alleged ex parte communications in a 2021 tax lien case, was placed on file.
  • September 22: settlements of two lawsuits (File 260607 and File 260612, the latter MBI Properties, LLC v. City of Milwaukee) and several individual claims adopted 15-0; two property damage appeals disallowed and indefinitely postponed. Settlement amounts are not in the minutes.

Sources

Log

2026-10-13 - Common Council

$500,000 added to the claims account; a federal lawsuit settlement authorized; six claims disallowed.

2026-09-22 - Common Council

Two lawsuit settlements and several claims approved; two appeals disallowed.

2026-10-26 - Judiciary & Legislation Committee Meeting

Committee considered claims from AT&T Mobility, Cassandra Miller, El Greco Inc., Drew Hall, Luis Hernandez Lopez, Celester Perkins, Malcolm Washington, Greater Milwaukee Auto Auction and Detra Rodgers, plus a litigation settlement ordinance.