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Please inform your co-workers.
Urge them to attend the Public Budget Hearing Monday Night!
Milwaukee County’s 2010 Budget Cuts Update
ISSUE: This week, the Milwaukee County Finance & Audit Committee:
· VOTED 6-0 to RESTORE CUTS to the Community Support Programs (CSP) and Targeted Case Management (TCM).
[Voting in favor were Supervisors Thomas, Mayo, Schmidt, Johnson, West and Jursik. Sup. Coggs was absent.]
· VOTED 4-2 AGAINST an amendment sponsored by Supervisor Willie Johnson to RESTORE FUNDING to BHD’s Day Treatment Program.
[Voting in favor were Supervisors Johnson and West. Voting against the amendment were Supervisors Thomas, Mayo, Schmidt, and Jursik. Sup. Coggs was absent.]
WHAT’S NEXT: The recommendations of the Finance & Audit Committee will now go before the Whole County Board for a vote, and then to the County Executive.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
· CALL TODAY and thank the County Supervisors who voted in favor of restoring these vital County Programs/Services, and call and urge the other County Supervisors to support the CSP, TCM and Day Treatment Program.
[Download a PDF of County Supervisors phone numbers.]
· SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR COUNTY PROGRAMS/SERVICES! Attend the County Board Public Hearing on the County Executive’s 2010 Recommended Budget, Monday, November 2nd at 7pm at the Washington Park Senior Center.
[4420 W. Vliet St.]
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