Events

Milwaukee County Executive Candidates Forum

Milwaukee County Executive Candidates Forum

The major candidates in the race for Milwaukee County Executive will make their first joint appearance Friday, Jan. 21, at Marquette University Law School during a forum co-sponsored by the Law School and the Milwaukee Press Club. The 75-minute event will begin at 12:00 noon and will be held in the Appellate Courtroom of Eckstein Hall, which is located at the corner of 11th Street and Clybourn Avenue. Invitations to the forum have been extended to philanthropist Chris Abele, interim Milwaukee County Executive Lee Holloway, State Rep. Jeff Stone and former State Sen. Jim Sullivan. The candidates will be questioned by a panel of Milwaukee journalists. The candidates will square off in a Feb. 15 primary. The top two contenders will advance to the April 5 general election. Public admission to the candidate forum is free, but seating is limited, and pre-registration is suggested. To pre-register for the event, visit http://law.marquette.edu/cgi-bin/site.pl?forms/county-executive. A light lunch will be served. For additional information, please contact Joette Richards at the Milwaukee Press Club at milwaukeepressclub@gmail.com. The candidates forum is part of the Milwaukee Press Club’s Newsmaker Series.  The Milwaukee Press Club’s Newsmaker Luncheon Series is sponsored by Journal Communications and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Cost: No Charge Per Person Location: Marquette University Law School Appellate Courtroom fo Eckstein Hall Milwaukee, WI

Gallery Night and Day

Gallery Night and Day

Gallery Night and Day is the premier art event in Milwaukee for gallery hopping and art viewing. This January 21 and 22, the quarterly event showcases 47 venues throughout downtown. Admission is free to all participating venues during event hours. For more information, including venue event hours visit: http://bit.ly/GalleryNight or pick up a brochure at any participating venue. Winter Gallery Night and Day will also be the host of Sculptures on Ice, Milwaukee’s annual ice sculpting exhibition. Bundle up and bring your family and friends to witness these artistic cold weather creations! Between 10am and 6pm on Friday, watch local artists and sculptors form five foot blocks of ice into creative pieces of art in Catalano Square in the Historic Third Ward (Broadway & E. Menomonee St.). It will be truly amazing to see!

Lincoln Park Project Update Informational Open House

Lincoln Park Project Update Informational Open House

The Lincoln Park and Milwaukee River Channels Sediment Project will be holding an informational open house to go over major project elements as we move forward toward project implementation. The open house will be held on Wednesday February 1, 2011 from 4-7 pm in the upper level of the Blatz Pavilion. We would like you to come and learn about the design for sediment removal and habitat restoration, ask questions and provide feedback as we move forward toward project permitting and bidding. We will also be having a 30 day comment period and public meeting for permitting requirements sometime in late March, early April 2011, which will be announced after the draft permits are completed. More information Location Blatz Pavilion, Upper Level 1301 West Hampton Avenue Milwaukee, WI

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting

The Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) administers Milwaukee’s historic preservation ordinance, adopted in 1981, which provides certain kinds of legal protection for buildings or sites that have been declared historic by the Common Council. The HPC is responsible for designating historic landmarks and historic districts and for approving Certificates of Appropriateness (COAs) for permission to alter historic buildings. The HPC meets monthly on Mondays in City Hall, Room 301A, 200 E. Wells Street at 4:00 P.M. unless otherwise indicated. Agenda

Finance & Personnel Committee Meeting

Finance & Personnel Committee Meeting

The Finance and Personnel Committee considers appropriations, finances, taxation, revenues, labor relations, personnel, pensions and other benefits, insurance, audits and city budget. The Finance and Personnel Committee meetings are held in the Room 301-B, City Hall, unless otherwise noted. Agenda

Public Safety Committee Meeting

Public Safety Committee Meeting

The Public Safety Committee is concerned with issues brought forth from the fire, police, health and neighborhood services departments as well as traffic control, emergency medical services and parking. It also licenses alarm businesses and public passenger vehicles and drivers. Agenda

Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee Meeting

Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee Meeting

The Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee reviews issues relating to city development, zoning, historic preservation, incremental tax financing, building codes and housing projects. The Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee meetings start at 9:00 a.m. and are held in the Room 301-B, City Hall, unless otherwise noted. Agenda

Community & Economic Development Committee Meeting

Community & Economic Development Committee Meeting

The Community and Economic Development Committee hears matters relating to community development, block grants, job development, business improvement districts, city public relations, industrial land banks and revenue bonds, emerging business enterprises, recreation, cultural arts and the library system. The Community and Economic Development Committee meetings start at 9:00 a.m. and are held in the Room 301-B, City Hall, unless otherwise noted. Agenda

Milwaukee Firkin Craft Beer Fest 2011

Milwaukee Firkin Craft Beer Fest 2011

Milwaukee Firkin Craft Beer Fest is a celebration of Milwaukee beer, past, present and future. We know our beer is great now but the future looks pretty firkin bright from where we are sitting. After all, we’re from Milwaukee and we ought to know…yah der hey! Milwaukee Firkin is located at Cathedral Square Park in Downtown Milwaukee

Public Works Committee Meeting

Public Works Committee Meeting

The Public Works Committee is responsible for physical services provided by the city such as street and alley maintenance, waste collection, disposal and recycling, sewer, water and flood control projects, assessments, public buildings, land and waterways. Public Works Committee meetings start at 9:00 a.m. and are held in the Room 301-B, City Hall, unless otherwise noted. Agenda

Common Council Meeting

Common Council Meeting

City Hall 200 East Wells St. Common Council Chambers Milwaukee, WI 53202 Agenda

Capital Improvements Committee Meeting

Capital Improvements Committee Meeting

The Capital Improvement Committee is tasked to develop, maintain, and update a long-term capital improvements program for the City’s construction and maintenance of its infrastructure and facilities. It is made up of the Commissioner of Public Works; the Department of Administration – Budget and Management Director; the Comptroller; the chair of the Public Works Committee; the chair of the Finance and Personnel Committee; the Common Council President; and a public member appointed by the Mayor. All except the public member may name an alternate. The public member is subject to Common Council confirmation to a three-year term. The President of the Common Council names the chair of the committee. Agenda