ICC Drops Pursuit of Milwaukee County Board Downsizing
Several members of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Council of Milwaukee wanted the board reduced and the positions switched to part-time.
The proposal to shrink the Milwaukee County Board is on hold, despite strong support of it by 12 suburban Milwaukee communities. In April, suburban voters overwhelmingly supported reducing the size of the board from 18 members to nine, and making supervisors part-time rather than full-time positions. But on Monday, members of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Council of Milwaukee County voted to stop pursuing the downsizing of the board. "There’s some new leadership at the county," Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke said. "I think we want to get the politics behind us and give them the opportunity to work more cooperatively with us." "There’s this idea that now that Chairman (Lee) Holloway is gone, things could improve. Everyone’s willing …
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Shorelander
2:25 pm on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Chairman Holloway announced his retirement almost a YEAR ago. The ICC (and 12 communities that voted on it) overwhelmingly wanted to reduce the size of the county board just a few months ago. Now that there's "new leadership" the ICC thinks the Board is "listening"? WTF!!! SHENANIGANS! Nothing has changed. The County Board needs to be halved -- and now, the new kick in the pants is that the ICC … more ›