The committee recommended adoption, on a 5-0 vote, of an updated project delivery plan for Milwaukee County’s adopted 2025 capital improvement budget. The report, presented by Sean Hayes of the Department of Administrative Services, identifies projects that may require professional-service contracts above specified thresholds and extends reporting requirements established in prior authorizations.

Hayes, interim director of facilities management, described the action as an update required "in accordance with county ordinance 5630," and to highlight projects that may trigger requirements under Wisconsin Statutes 59.52. "Table 1 identifies the 2025 projects that may be may require professional service contracts exceeding $20,000," he said, and noted park projects that may trigger higher thresholds under state statute. He told the committee that Appendix A highlights a single 2025 project that triggered the statute's reporting requirements the prior year: the Clinton Rose Kitchen project.

Committee members asked for follow-up and clarity on specific items. Supervisor Boxton said some earlier questions had diverted members to other sources and asked staff to provide more direct answers; Hayes said he would follow up. Several supervisors asked whether the project portfolio dashboard could be made publicly available and how often it is updated; Hayes said staff update the dashboard monthly and would consider posting it publicly.

Vote and procedure: On the motion by Supervisor Gomez Tom that item number 2 be recommended for adoption, the committee recorded the following roll-call responses: Gomez Tom: Aye; Logston: Aye; Shea: Aye; Capriollo: Aye; Mr. Chairman: Aye. The motion was recorded as carried, 5 ayes, 0 nos. The item had been referred to the committee on finance in addition to the committee on community, environment and economic development.

Context and implications: The report is intended to identify capital projects and to set expectations for when professional-service contracts will require additional approval or reporting under county ordinance and state statute. Hayes said the department is moving from a stabilization phase to an optimization phase in delivering capital projects and emphasized monthly updates to a project portfolio dashboard and the use of tools to track scope, schedule and budget status.