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But even if council affirms rejection, Wilson could continue to serve. By Jeramey Jannene - Jan 7th, 2021 01:39 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
Mayor Tom Barrett and Ann Wilson accept a grant in 2018. File photo by Jeramey Jannene.
Ann Wilson to the Fire & Police Commission, but no one is specifically saying why. The committee spent over an hour in closed session Thursday, and then, with little discussion, voted to reject her reappointment. The recommendation will go before the full Common Council on January 19th.
The high-level view of why the council might want to reject Wilson’s reappointment is clear. The City of Milwaukee is poised to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result of a lawsuit filed by former police chief
Leon W. Todd, III to serve as the commission’s executive director. The full council will vote on Todd’s appointment on December 15th.
The city’s legislative body effectively ousted the last executive director,
Griselda Aldrete, after less than a year on the job. Todd, a public defender with the state, would be the fourth director in three years. His predecessors either resigned at the mayor’s request, moved out of state or were dumped by the Common Council.
Nearly half of the commission’s full-time positions are vacant and the six appointed part-time commissioners are deadlocked on selecting a new police chief after demoting the prior chief. The commission is responsible for all hiring, firing, discipline and policies for the police and fire departments.