Sign of the times: Milwaukee panel approves advertising on apartment roof

Aldermen speak up for streetcar project

Published: May 12, 2013
Tags: Intermodal Station, Nik Kovac, Robert Bauman, streetcar

Two Milwaukee aldermen celebrated National Train Day on Saturday by refuting reports from Madison that their city’s streetcar project is dead.

Marcoux reappointed to Milwaukee’s development department

Published: September 25, 2012
Tags: common council, Joe Dudzik, Jose Perez, Nik Kovac, Robert Bauman, Rocky Marcoux, Tony Zielinski

Behind a 10-4 Milwaukee Common Council vote Tuesday, Rocky Marcoux, commissioner for the city’s Department of City Development, has been reappointed for four more years.

Milwaukee County DA: Marcoux did not divert money from trust account (UPDATE)

Published: September 17, 2012
Tags: Department of City Development, Nik Kovac, Robert Donovan, Rocky Marcoux

Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney David Feiss found no weight to allegations raised on the floor of a July 24 Milwaukee Common Council meeting that a city official was improperly diverting money from a city account, according to a letter from Feiss to an alderman.

Milwaukee alderman calls for more road money

Published: August 27, 2012
Tags: Craig Thompson, Fix Local Roads First, Jennifer Gonda, Nik Kovac, TDA, Tom Barrett, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, Transportation Finance and Policy Commission, WisDOT

A Milwaukee alderman, fed up with the lack of money going toward local roads, wants the city’s Intergovernmental Relations Division to lobby the state on behalf of city streets.

Marcoux’s reappointment as Department of City Development commissioner stalls

Published: July 24, 2012
Tags: common council, Department of City Development, Neighborhoods & Development, Nik Kovac, Rocky Marcoux, zoning

Milwaukee’s Common Council on Tuesday voted to hold the reappointment of Rocky Marcoux as the commissioner of the Department of City Development.

Milwaukee Common Council: Sydney Hih’s days are numbered (UPDATE)

Published: July 24, 2012
Tags: Department of City Development, Historic Preservation Committee, MEDC, Milele Coggs, Milwaukee Economic Development Corp., Nik Kovac, Sydney Hih

Milwaukee’s Common Council on Tuesday reversed the Historic Preservation Committee’s decision that gave Sydney Hih an interim historic designation.

Milwaukee alderman pushes streetcar rent for utilities

Published: April 25, 2012
Tags: Marci Pelzer, Matthew Pagel, Nik Kovac, PSC, Robert Bauman, streetcar

A Milwaukee alderman, fed up with the dispute over who will pay to move utility lines for a downtown streetcar project, wants to charge those companies rent for occupying city property.

Millions at stake with no-bid work in Milwaukee

Published: February 27, 2012
Tags: Darryl Malquist, David Toennies, Equity Appraisal, John Meyer, Linda Burke, Market Drive, Mary Reavey, Nik Kovac, no-bid contracts, RFP, Rhonda Kelsey, sole-source contract, TID, Wisconsin Department of Revenue

A looming deadline to file an assessment report is pressuring the city of Milwaukee to approve two no-bid contracts.

Architecture panel on tap for Milwaukee’s east side

Published: November 23, 2011
Tags: architect, Department of City Development, East Side Architectural Review District, East Side Business Improvement District, Jim Plaisted, Milwaukee, Nik Kovac, Robert Bauman, Third Ward

Milwaukee is poised to add more oversight to development proposals on the city’s east side.