Alderman, District 3· 2025-04-04 to 2028-04-01 (start 2025-04-04 per Legistar OfficeRecord; month-level end: April 2028 per Legistar OfficeRecord end 2028-04-17)
Alex Brower
Milwaukee
About
Alex Brower's campaign focused heavily on public utilities and energy independence for Milwaukee, notably advocating for the city to establish its own municipal electric utility to replace We Energies. His platform centers around public control of essential services and community empowerment.
Campaign promises (1)
- infrastructureAdvocate for the city to form its own municipal electric utility to replace We Energies.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 56
- Total speaking time
- 7:41:14
- Avg per meeting
- 8:14
- Segments
- 6211
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Top issues during term (18)(Environment)
Severe weather flooding protocols
No cost attached today, but alderpeople signaled major infrastructure investment — potentially hundreds of millions — will be needed.
Lead service line replacement
Expansion of lead line replacements is funded in 2025 and 2026, with federal funding uncertainty a looming risk.
Fall leaf collection
DPW will run both bagging and curbside collection this fall and report back on cost and participation.
Grocery and pharmacy retention
$1.8 million drawn from the Tax Stabilization Fund.
Native plant landscaping registry
No Mow May
Lead hazard reduction grant
Federal grant funds covering 2025-2029; local details were not discussed.
Federally funded EV charging network
The federal grant is frozen and only a few hundred thousand dollars of engineering money has been spent; a private partner would cover the 20% match and take revenue risk.
Green alleys and stormwater management
About $16 million a year goes to local road paving and reconstruction — less in real terms than a decade ago.
Urban wood utilization
The city pays $72,000-$90,000 a year to ship logs that are mostly wasted.
Public Artist in Residence at the Fire Department
Recycling ordinance technical revision
Garbage cans and North Avenue cleanliness
The city already has 500+ garbage cans purchased and can place them at no new cost.
Multifamily recycling enforcement gap
Native plants ordinance
The registry may carry a small administrative fee to cover processing costs.
Lincoln Creek flooding and the MMSD West Basin project
The playground ($750,000 in TID 72 funds) is the only TID piece dependent on the basin's 2027 construction timeline.
Deconstruction ordinance moratorium extended again
No direct cost; salvageable building materials continue to be landfilled rather than reused.
End of city-run recycling at the MERF site
The $9.3 million insurance fund is being redirected to facilities instead of recycling.
Decisions during term (2)
Recorded while Brower was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Voting record (1)(Environment)
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