Is Smaller Better? Alderman Wants to Reduce Council Size
Alderman Scott Berg says he wants to cut size of the Common Council from 14 to nine to better serve the public.
Brookfield Alderman Scott Berg is asking city leaders to begin discussions on reducing the size of the city’s Common Council in an effort to provide better service to residents. Berg is proposing the council go from 14 aldermen to nine. The number of aldermanic districts would be increased from seven to nine, so residents would go from having two alderman to one in smaller districts. “I see it as a way of improving service,” Berg said. According research Berg did on common council sizes in the state, Brookfield has a higher number of aldermen than other communities its size. For example, Wausau is represented by 11 aldermen, while New Berlin has seven aldermen to represent them. Wauwatosa has 16 aldermen, but voters there passed an …
Mark D Stevenson
5:52 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
"start a referendum giving the citizens to honor of deciding instead of waiting for something to happen in city hall that will never happen." Ta da? I know a few people in Brookfield that would go around collecting signatures for said referendum. more ›