City departments present their needs for the 2026 city budget

City departments present their needs for the 2026 city budget

MILWAUKEE — Director of the Milwaukee Budget and Management Division Nik Kovac says there is a $100 million dollar operational gap that the the city must fill in for the 2026 budget by November 7th. “It was first an $88 million dollar operational gap, but became $100 million dollars since the request came out because we now have increasingly high obligations we have to pay according to the pension actuary since May,” said Kovac. “So that means a…