The latest project to request city assistance through tax incremental financing is a 204-apartment development that Irgens hopes to build on a vacant 3.7-acre parcel on the northeast corner of Mayfair Road and Wisconsin Avenue.
Under the plan, the city would borrow and spend up to $34.2 million on projects in and near the Research Park, helping to increase the city’s tax base by more than $100 million.
Proponents argued that marketing services, though perhaps not as essential as services like garbage pickup and public safety, are still an integral part of the city's wide array of services and should not be neglected.
The Common Council is scheduled next week to consider and possibly approve spending up to $690,000 on a project to repair the stadium's playing surface, which was destroyed by August flooding.
"We wanted to identify a professional regional name that reflects who we are now and who we will be, moving into the future," Interim Chief Barbara Kadrich said.
Wauwatosa's new Common Council will look a lot like the old one after the April election. At least seven incumbents are likely to return to the municipal governing body.
In general, the council had a good year of meeting attendance. At most meetings, all but one or two members were present. Some members missed more meetings than others.
Voters in at least one of the new districts will have two incumbents on the ballot to choose from, and multiple incumbents could be on the ballots in up to three other districts.
The new 12-seat configuration of the Wauwatosa Common Council, which takes effect with the April 2026 election, is forcing all incumbents interested in staying on the council to campaign for the votes of at least some new constituents in newly drawn districts.
This is the first of three articles providing an overview of the coming council election, the nominating period, the council’s structural changes and the latest status of the 16 incumbents.
