Title: Jeffrey A. Pawlinski Aldermanic Records
Inclusive Dates: 1990-2004

Creators:

• Pawlinski, Jeffrey A.
• Milwaukee (Wis.). Common Council.

Call Number: City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 86

Quantity: 7.5 cubic ft. (22 boxes)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Records of Common Council Alderman Jeffrey A. Pawlinski, who served Milwaukee's 13th District from 1996-2003. Collection contains correspondence, reports, subject files, ordinance copies/drafts, handwritten notes, clippings, and publications.

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Language: English

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Jeffrey Pawlinski graduated from Notre Dame High School in Milwaukee in 1984 and then graduated from Marquette University with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1988. He worked at Combined Health Appeal of Wisconsin prior to being elected a City of Milwaukee Alderman in 1996. He was elected to represent the 13th District of Milwaukee after its previous incumbent, Robert Anderson, decided not to run for re-election after three decades. During Pawlinski’s tenure, he was chair of the Utilities and Licenses Committee, a member of the Public Improvements Committee, Public Safety Committee, and the Zoning, Neighborhood and Development Committee.

In 2003, Pawlinski was the subject of a federal investigation in regards to campaign funds misuse. He pleaded guilty to mail fraud for taking around $40,000 in campaign funds and resigned May 13, 2003. He admitted to using the funds to solve some personal financial issues he was having after a difficult divorce. He served eight months in a federal prison, two months home detention and two years probation.

This collection contains records from the City of Milwaukee’s 13th District Alderman, Jeffrey A. Pawlinski. Most records date from his Aldermanic tenure, 1996-2003, although included are some earlier copies of reports, research, articles or clippings. There are also a few items dated after Pawlinski’s resignation from his successor, Terry Witkowski. The original subject headings from aldermanic staff have been kept intact as much as possible.

This collection includes reports, statistics, publications, correspondence, handwritten notes, drafts/copies of ordinances and newspaper clippings. One of the largest subjects is regarding general licensing and Pawlinski’s work on the Utilities and Licensing Committee. This includes liquor licensing for businesses around the City and issues of license revocation. There are also significant materials regarding the Milwaukee Police Department, City of Milwaukee’s employee pension issues, preventing and cleaning up of graffiti around the City, the expansion of Potawatomi Casino, noise/sound barrier construction, and lead contamination issues in paint and water. The folders titled correspondence are Pawlinski’s designation and just a sample of the amount of correspondence he received and sent.

Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically within each folder.

Pawlinski, Jeffrey A., Aldermanic Records, 1990-2004, Collection 86. City of Milwaukee Archival Collections, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• City Clerk Records. City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 17.

• Common Council Records. City of Milwaukee Archival Collection 6.

Jeff Pawlinski : newsletter

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view City of Milwaukee Archival Collections by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

Milwaukee Public Library receives official materials from city departments via the Milwaukee City Records Center, pursuant to state statutes and city ordinances governing the permanent retention of city records.

Processing Information

Processed by Casey Lapworth, Processing Archivist, 2022.

Box   1 Folder   1	211, 1999, undated
Box   1 Folder   2	Abbott House, 1994-1998, undated
Box   1 Folder   3	African American Chamber of Commerce, 1998
Box   1 Folder   4	Aggressive Panhandling, 1997-1998, undated
Box   1 Folder   5	AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, 1998
Box   1 Folder   6	Airport, 1996-1998, undated
Box   1 Folder   7	Air Wisconsin, 2001, undated
Box   1 Folder   8	American Council of the Blind, 1996-2000, undated
Box   1 Folder   9	Anderson Water Tower, 1999-2002, undated
Box   1 Folder   10	Anti-Drug Message, 1997
Box   1 Folder   11	Assessor’s Office / Annual Assessments - General, 1990-2003, undated
Box   1 Folder   12-13	Assessor’s Office / Annual Assessments - Publications, 1994-2003, undated
Box   1 Folder   14	Baseball Park Info, 2002
Box   1 Folder   15	Bell Ambulance, 1999-2001
Box   1 Folder   16	Blood Alcohol Legislation, 2002
Box   2 Folder   1	Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA) – Fiasco, 1997, undated
Box   2 Folder   2	Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA) – General, 1997-1998, undated
Box   2 Folder   3	Book Mobile Service – Budget Cut, 1998
Box   2 Folder   4	Budget Adjustment, 2003, undated
Box   2 Folder   5	Buildings & Fleet Division – Budget Changes, 1998-1999, undated
Box   2 Folder   6	Bus Shelter Advertising, 1993-1998, undated
Box   2 Folder   7	Carriage Rules, 1999
Box   2 Folder   8	City Budget 2004, 2003
Box   2 Folder   9	City Flag, 2001-2002, undated
Box   2 Folder   10	City Hall Smoking, 2001-2002
Box   2 Folder   11	City Parking Structures, 2000
Box   2 Folder   12-13	Charter Schools, 1997-1999, undated
Box   2 Folder   14	Citizen Award, 2000
Box   2 Folder   15	Common Council President, 1996
Box   21 Folder   1	Community Development Block Grant, 1997-1999
Box   2 Folder   16	Compost Ordinance, 2001
Box   3 Folder   1	Cooper School / Tot Lot, 1998-2000, undated
	Correspondence
Box   3 Folder   2-7	Constituent, 1996-1999
Box   4 Folder   1-4	Constituent, 1999-2002, undated
Box   4 Folder   5	Internal, 1996-1999, undated
Box   4 Folder   6-7	Miscellaneous, 1999-2003
Box   4 Folder   8	Personal, 1997-2001, undated
Box   4 Folder   9	County Pension Scandal, 2002
Box   4 Folder   10	Coyotes, 1996-1997
Box   4 Folder   11-12	Crime Statistics, 2003-2004
Box   5 Folder   1	Dance Hall, 2002
Box   5 Folder   2	Dead Letters, 1997-1999
Box   5 Folder   3	Department of Emergency Government, 2000
Box   5 Folder   4	Department of Public Works Reorganization, 1994-1997, undated
Box   5 Folder   5	Diesel Engines, 1999, undated
Box   5 Folder   6	Di Suvero, Mark – Sunburst Sculpture, 2001
Box   5 Folder   7	Domestic Partnership Registry, 1999-2001, undated
Box   5 Folder   8	Elections, 2002
Box   22 Folder   1	Elections, 2002
Box   5 Folder   9	Ethical Purchasing, 2003, undated
Box   5 Folder   10	Ethics Board, 2001-2002
Box   5 Folder   11	Figueroa, Marilyn – Settlement, 2001-2002, undated
Box   5 Folder   12	Fire Department / Firefighter Application Process, 1996-2003
Box   5 Folder   13	Flooding 7/2/2000, 2000-2001, undated
Box   21 Folder   2	Flooding, 2000-2002, undated
Box   5 Folder   14	Gangs, 1998
Box   5 Folder   15	Gas Prices – EPA Letter, 2000
Box   5 Folder   16	Government Relations Committee, 1996-1997
Box   6 Folder   1	Governor Tommy Thompson, undated
	Graffiti
Box   6 Folder   2	Clippings, 1996-1997, undated
Box   6 Folder   3-5	Committee Agendas / Meeting Minutes, 1996-1999
Box   6 Folder   6	Correspondence, 1996-2000, undated
Box   6 Folder   7	Funding / Statistics, 1994-1997
Box   6 Folder   8	Juveniles, 1995-2000
Box   6 Folder   9	Miscellaneous, 1996-1997, undated
Box   6 Folder   10	Ordinances, 1996-1999
Box   6 Folder   11-12	Reports, 1996-1999
Box   7 Folder   1-3	Reports, 2000-2003
Box   7 Folder   4	Grocery Store Liquor Licenses, 2001-2002, undated
Box   7 Folder   5	Harley Davidson Anniversary Permits / Information, 2003, undated
Box   7 Folder   6	Hoan Bridge, 2000-2002, undated
Box   7 Folder   7	Holler Park Pool, 2001, undated
Box   21 Folder   3	Howell Avenue Speed Issue, 1999, undated
Box   21 Folder   4-5	Humboldt Yards, 1998, undated
Box   7 Folder   8	Indian Council of the Elderly Housing Project, 1997-2000
Box   7 Folder   9	Indian Gaming, 1997-1996, undated
Box   7 Folder   10	Joint Town Hall Meeting, 2002
Box   7 Folder   11	Keep Kids Alive: Drive 25, 2002, undated
Box   7 Folder   12-13	Laser Pointers, 1998-1999, undated
	Lead
Box   8 Folder   1	Articles / Clippings, 1996-2000, undated
Box   8 Folder   2-5	Correspondence, 1998-2000, undated
Box   8 Folder   6	Information, 1999-2000, undated
Box   8 Folder   7	Litigation, 1999
Box   9 Folder   1	Litigation, 2000, undated
Box   9 Folder   2	Miscellaneous, 1992-1999, undated
Box   9 Folder   3-4	Ordinances / Resolutions, 1997-2000, undated
Box   9 Folder   5	Pilot Program, 1999, undated
Box   9 Folder   6	Light Outages, 1998-1999, undated
	Liquor Licenses
Box   9 Folder   7	General, 1996-2001
Box   9 Folder   8-9	Lists, 1996-2001
Box   22 Folder   2	Maps, 1996-2002
Box   9 Folder   10	Lutz, Mike, Officer, 2003
	Lutz’s Sports & Night Club
Box   21 Folder   6	Articles / Clippings, 1998-1999
Box   10 Folder   1-2	Correspondence, 1998-1999, undated
Box   10 Folder   3	Court Proceedings, 1998-1999
Box   10 Folder   4	Miscellaneous, 1998-1999, undated
Box   10 Folder   5-8	Revocation Proceedings, 1998
Box   11 Folder   1	MacArthur Square, 1999-2002, undated
Box   11 Folder   2	Marijuana Ordinance, 1992-1997, undated
Box   11 Folder   3	Marquette Bars, 2001-2002, undated
Box   11 Folder   4	Mayor’s Commission on Crime, 2000
Box   11 Folder   5	Milwaukee AIDS Project, 1995-1996
Box   11 Folder   6	Menomonee Valley Rezoning, 1998-1999
Box   11 Folder   7	Mequon Water Sales, 1998
Box   11 Folder   8	Milwaukee Job Corps, 2002-2003, undated
	Milwaukee Police Department
Box   11 Folder   9	Chief, 1997-2002, undated
Box   12 Folder   1	Issues, 1998-2003
	Reports / Statistics
Box   12 Folder   2-3	District 2, 1998-2003
Box   12 Folder   4-5	District 6, 2003-2004
Box   22 Folder   3	General, 1997-1999
Box   22 Folder   4	Staff, 1997
Box   12 Folder   6	Staff, 2003, undated
Box   12 Folder   7	Transfers, 1985-2002, undated
Box   12 Folder   8	Milwaukee Water Works, 1996-2002
	Newsletters
Box   12 Folder   9	Final Copies / Issues, 1996-1997
Box   21 Folder   7	Final Copies / Issues, 1998-2002
Box   13 Folder   1	Miscellaneous / Drafts, 1996-2001
Box   13 Folder   2	Photographs, undated
Box   13 Folder   3	Night Time Trick or Treat, 2002
Box   13 Folder   4	Neighborhood Inspection Department, 1998-1999, undated
Box   13 Folder   5	New Garbage Truck / Carts, 1999, undated
	Noise
Box   13 Folder   6	Airport Mitigation Program, 2002, undated
Box   22 Folder   5	Airport Mitigation Program, undated
Box   22 Folder   6	Barrier, 1996-2001, undated
Box   13 Folder   7-8	Barrier, 1992-2001, undated
Box   13 Folder   9	Ordinance, 2000
Box   13 Folder   10	Pabst Theater, 2002, undated
Box   13 Folder   11	Panic Alarms, 2000, undated
Box   13 Folder   12	Parental Responsibility, 1995-1999, undated
Box   14 Folder   1	Parking Checkers, 1999-2001
	Pension
Box   14 Folder   2-4	Correspondence, 1994-1998, undated
Box   14 Folder   5-8	Meeting Minutes, 1995-1997
Box   14 Folder   9	Miscellaneous, 1993-1997, undated
Box   14 Folder   10	Retiree Study, 1993
Box   15 Folder   1-2	Pier Wisconsin, 2003, undated
Box   15 Folder   3	Pitbull / Rottweiler Ordinance, 2002
Box   15 Folder   4	Planned Parenthood, 2002-2003, undated
Box   15 Folder   5	Polling Locations / Poll Workers, 2001-2003, undated
Box   15 Folder   6-9	Potawatomi, 1991-1999
Box   16 Folder   1	Potawatomi, 1999, undated
Box   21 Folder   8	Professional Athletes, 2001, undated
Box   16 Folder   2	Prostitution Solicitors, 2002
Box   16 Folder   3	The Rave, 2001, undated
Box   16 Folder   4	Redistricting, 2001-2003, undated
Box   22 Folder   7	Redistricting, 2001-2003
Box   16 Folder   5-6	Reports – Miscellaneous, 1999-2003
Box   16 Folder   7-8	Security Gates, 1994-1998, undated
Box   16 Folder   9	Sewer Maintenance Charge, 1997, undated
Box   17 Folder   1	Social Development Commission, 1996-1997
Box   17 Folder   2-3	Stadium (Baseball), 1995-1998
Box   17 Folder   4	State Budget / State Shared Revenue, 2000-2003
Box   17 Folder   5-6	Summerfest, 1995-2001, undated
Box   17 Folder   7	Summerfest Grounds / Lake walk, 1990-1997, undated
Box   17 Folder   8	Ten Commandments, 2001-2002, undated
Box   17 Folder   9	Ticket Scalping, 2001, undated
Box   18 Folder   1-3	Tobacco Billboards, 1995-1998, undated
Box   18 Folder   4	Tobacco Information, 1997-1999, undated
Box   18 Folder   5-6	Towers - Transmission, 1996-2000, undated
Box   19 Folder   1	Town Hall Meeting, 1997-2001, undated
Box   19 Folder   2	Tough Votes, 1997
Box   19 Folder   3	Truancy, 1997-2002, undated
Box   19 Folder   4	Utilities & Licenses Committee, 2000-2002, undated
Box   19 Folder   5	Vacancies (City positions), 1999-2000
Box   19 Folder   6	The Velvet Room, 1999-2000
Box   19 Folder   7	VIP Market / 4270 S. Howell Ave., 1996-1998
Box   22 Folder   8	VIP Market / 4270 S. Howell Ave., 1997-1998, undated
Box   19 Folder   8	Water Rates, 1998-2002, undated
Box   20 Folder   1	Whittier School Tot Lot Arson, 1995-2002, undated
Box   21 Folder   9	Wilson Commons, 2000-2003, undated
Box   22 Folder   9	Wilson Commons, undated
Box   20 Folder   2	Wilson Park Baseball, 1997-2004, undated
Box   20 Folder   3	Y2K, 1999
Box   20 Folder   4	Zeidler School, 1997
Box   22 Folder   10-11	Zoning, 1999
Box   20 Folder   5	Zoning Protest Petition / CMC Heartland Partners, 1997