On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, @CBS58TV Emilee Fannon and @wispolitics7377 JR Ross discuss how the Joint Finance Committee recently voted 15-1 to amend the Brewers bill to help maintain and renovate American Family Field. It also passed the Senate Committee on Government Operations on a 3-2 vote, clearing the way for floor vote in the Senate Tuesday. Current amendment includes a state contribution of $382.4 million (reduction of $29. million), Brewers contribution of $150 million (increase of $10 million), and city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County remaining at $135 million contribution - totaling $667.4 million. Other changes to the bill include:
-Biennial review of stadium district board finances
A team of assessors from the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group will arrive in Elkhorn on Nov. 14 to examine all aspects of the Walworth County Sheriff's Office policy and procedures, management, operaton and support service. Public comment is invited by phone or mail.
The Williams Bay High School Drama Club will be hosting two showings of "The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy" on Friday, Nov. 17 and Saturday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. both nights in the lecture center at Williams Bay High School, 500 W. Geneva St. (State Hwy. 67) in Williams Bay. Tickets are $5 each.
Brewers Business Operations President Rick Schlesinger called the measure "a historic moment ... paving the way for the Brewers to remain in Wisconsin for the next generation."