MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Adam Procell, Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s outside pick to lead the Milwaukee Office of Community Wellness and Safety, is out as director.
Mayor Johnson announced the change at a news conference Friday, January 30, at City Hall.
The move is the result of a recent legal interpretation of the office. Article 13 of the Wisconsin Constitution reads: “No person convicted of a felony, in any court within the United States… shall be eligible to any office of trust, profit or honor in this state unless pardoned of the conviction.”
Previously, the OCWS was housed in the city’s Department of Administration. But last fall it was established as its own department. A city official told us that now means the state law applies to the director of the OCWS, according to an interpretation made by City Attorney Evan Goyke this week…