Milwaukee County Board Votes to Restore Some EMS Funding

The Milwaukee County Board Monday — on a veto-proof vote of 15-4 — approved a budget amendment that would restore $1.5 million to the county’s Emergency Medical Services subsidy. The amendment was presented by the board’s Finance Committee in response to County Executive Chris Abele’s plan to eliminate the entire $3 million that the 19 …

Abele’s first budget doesn’t thrill supervisors or Sheriff David Clarke

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele presented his first budget to the full board Thursday morning. He characterized it as “honest” and not including any revenues from potential land sales or overly optimistic projections about earning or expenses. He freezes the tax levey at the 2011 level and cuts spending by 5.6 percent. While he didn’t …