Title From the Department of Administrative Services reporting a revenue deficit regarding the Milwaukee County Historical Society related to Phase 4 of capital renovations. (INFORMATIONAL UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE.) Body Policy Issue County Ordinance 56.02 requires each person in charge of any County office, department agency, or any non-departmental account to “…submit a written report to the County Executive, the committee on Finance and Audit of the County Board and the Department of Administration whenever such person has reason to know or believe that a deficit of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00) or more in any revenue account will occur for the division of county government under the supervision of that person. Background The County has adopted several capital appropriations since 2002 for the renovation of the Milwaukee County Historical Society (MCHS). In many of the capital appropriations the budgets included a cost sharing with MCHS. These renovations were divided into four phases. Phase one included the restoration of 27 cast iron windows. Phase two included the installation of a full-service elevator, the relocation of the internal staff stairway at the south end of the building, and the renovation of lower level toilet rooms to meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. Phase three improvements included the structural reinforcement of the mezzanine, the replacement of the electrical system, the HVAC system, and the water piping; and the installation of light fixtures, all in the south one third of the building. Functional improvements also included in Phase 3 were the expansion of the research library, the consolidation of the administrative offices, the removal of acoustical ceiling tiles, and the painting in the south one third of the building. Phase four included the structural reinforcement of the east and west mezzanines, the replacement of the HVAC system in the exhibition galleries, th...
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