Tosa Tarhe·Aug 30, 2023Milwaukee County Budget: Fringe Benefits & Non-Departmental Expenditures“About one-third of the County’s property tax levy is allocated to retiree health and pension benefits.” This is sort of buried in the back…
Tosa Tarhe·Aug 22, 2023Milwaukee County Budget: Debt Service, Non-Departmental RevenueNot much to say on the debt; it’s up slightly to about $400M (about half from pensions), and we’re paying a bit more than we did last year…
Tosa Tarhe·Aug 15, 2023Milwaukee County Budget: Non-Departmental CulturalThis is a fun section of the budget, under a boring name. It includes a hodgepodge of cultural funds: $3.5M for the Public Museum, $1.3M…
Tosa Tarhe·Aug 8, 2023Milwaukee County Budget: Zoo, UW-ExtensionI like the Zoo. I’ve got a membership, and I’ve been there several times over the last few years. The Zoo has about 1.4M annual visitors…
Tosa Tarhe·Aug 1, 2023Milwaukee County Budget: Parks, Recreation, and CultureThis is one of the best sections of the budget so far. It’s clear, it’s got tons of useful metrics, it explains what’s new, etc.
Tosa Tarhe·Jul 25, 2023Milwaukee County Budget: Health and Human ServicesAt $172M total expenses, the various Health and Human Services included here are less than the $235M total from Behavioral Health. Here, we…
Tosa Tarhe·Jul 18, 2023Milwaukee County Budget: Mental Health Board — Behavioral HealthThis was frustrating to read. I had trouble following where the money here came from, and how it was spent. Seems like the written budget…
Tosa Tarhe·Jul 12, 2023Milwaukee County Budget: Transit / Paratransit, Director’s OfficeThis section is mostly the county buses. At nearly $150M in annual operating expenses, they cost about twice as much as the airport. There…
Tosa Tarhe·Jul 4, 2023Milwaukee County Budget: Airport, Transportation, Highways, FleetMilwaukee’s big airport, General Mtichell, has nearly a $100M budget, but only gets four pages of discussion. I thought it deserved more.
Tosa Tarhe·Jun 30, 2023Milwaukee County Budget: Emergency Management, Medical ExaminerEmergency management has five departments: leadership, Emergency Management (like FEMA, but for the county), Emergency Medical Services…
