Milwaukee County budget adopted with $4.5 million gap

A day after Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley won the race to be Wisconsin’s next governor, some county board supervisors learned of a budget gap on the eve the budget was set to be adopted, despite the funding discrepancy being known for more than two weeks.Budget gap"We literally have not gone one day into 2027, and we already have to solve a problem," said County Supervisor and Finance Committee Chairman Steve Taylor.The gap totals more than $4.5 million of the roughly $1.5 billion budget, which was crafted together over the past month since Crowley’s budget proposal."This budget error is a major problem, loss of trust is worse," said supervisor Shawn Rolland.Budget passes with gapUltimately, the board passed the budget – with the hole – by a 17 to 1 vote.FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android"We were told that it was sound, then on the day we adopt this budget we learn the numbers were wrong?" said Supervisor LeeVan Roundtree,