Milwaukee County’s goal is to enrich your life by providing essential services that meet your needs and those of your family, neighbors, co-workers and friends.
We enhance the quality of life in Milwaukee County through great public service.
Milwaukee County is home to over 950,000 people living in one of 19 communities, which range in size from the City of Milwaukee, with 595,000 residents, to the Village of River Hills, with roughly 1,600 residents.
Still a manufacturing stronghold, the region features 16 Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of others in the financial services, medical device, hospitality and retailing industries.
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Get help with COVID-19: Apply for a small business grant, get rent or mortgage assistance, and learn more about Milwaukee County’s ongoing response.
The Milwaukee County Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget (PSB) is the budget office for Milwaukee County.
We are located within the Department of Administrative Services and are responsible for managing and overseeing all countywide budgeting, capital planning and accounting activities and oversees the preparation of the County Executive's Annual Budget.
PSB provides staff resources to the County Executive and the County Board on budget, fiscal and management matters as well as assisting and overseeing departments, boards and commissions in managing and controlling budget and fiscal plans, as required by Wisconsin State Statute 59.60.
We strive to provide quality, accurate assistance to departments and constitutional offices in a courteous and professional manner.
Milwaukee County’s Budget represents the county’s business plan for the coming year. The current budget narrative links county services to important strategic outcomes, which were developed through a comprehensive strategic planning process, and shows taxpayers and stakeholders how county services link to these broad building blocks of our community.
State Statute 59.60 governs the annual budget process for Milwaukee County. Each department is required to submit requested operating and capital (as part of a five-year capital plan) budgets to the Director of Administrative Services in June. On or before August 15, the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) is required to submit a summary of the requests to the County Executive and County Board. The County Executive is required to hold public hearings on the requests. DAS is required to analyze the operating and capital requests and assist the County Executive in making “changes in the proposed budget that in the executive's or administrator's discretion are considered desirable or proper” (§59.60 (6) (a)).
The resulting County Executive’s budget is then presented to the County Board on or before October 1. The Board then considers and may adopt amendments to the County Executive’s Budget, and must hold a public hearing on the budget no later than the first Monday in November. After adopting amendments and holding the public hearing, the Committee submits the amended budget to the County Board, which adopts the final budget in mid-November. After the budget has been adopted and a detailed summary of appropriations is provided to county departments, DAS-PSB and the Comptroller’s Office monitor the budget during the fiscal year. This monitoring involves periodic checks of expenditures against appropriations, reviewing actual revenue compared to budgeted revenue and reviewing requests for transfer of appropriations. This completes the budget process.
Budget Archive
Requested Budget Summary
Combined Racial Equity Budget Tool (REBT)
REBT Instructions for Departments
Legislative and Executive Function
1000 - County Board
1011 - County Executive - General Office
1020 - County Executive - Office of Government Affairs
1021 - County Executive - Veteran's Services
General Government Function
3090 - Office of the County Treasurer
3270 - Office of the County Clerk & Election Commission
3400 - Office of the Register of Deeds
3700 - Office of the Comptroller
Administrative Function
1090 - Office on African American Affairs
1120 - Personnel Review Board, Civil Service Commission & Ethics Board
1130 - Corporation Counsel
1140 - Department of Human Resources
1151 - Department of Administrative Services
Courts and Judiciary Function
2000 - Combined Court Related Operations
2430 - Department of Child Support Services
2900 - Courts - Pretrial Services
Public Safety Function
4000 - Office of the Sheriff
4300 - House of Correction
4500 - District Attorney
4800 - Office of Emergency Management
4900 - Medical Examiner
Transportation Function
5040 - Department of Transportation - Airport
5090 - Department of Transportation - Transportation Services
5100 - Department of Transportation - Highway Maintenance
5300 - Department of Transportation - Fleet Management
5600 - Milwaukee County Transit/Paratransit
5800 - Department of Transportation - Director's Office
Health and Human Services Function
6300 - Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Division
7900 - Department on Aging
8000 - Department of Health and Human Services
Recreation and Culture Function
1990 - Cultural Contributions
9000 - Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture
9500 - Zoological Department
9910 - University Extension Office
In accordance with Wis. Stat. § 59.60(6)(b), the County Executive's Recommended Budget will be published here no later than October 1st.
The 2021 Adopted Budget will be published here upon completion.
The County Executive and County Board host forums in August and September for residents to share priorities and weigh in on new revenue options. The engagement sessions also provide an opportunity for you to learn about county services and ask questions of department leaders. We will publish information from these forums when available.
Reports made to the County Board pertaining to the 2021 Budget will be published here when available.
Milwaukee County Courthouse 901 N. 9th St., Room 308 Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 278-5353 (Voice), 711 (TRS)