Policemen and Firemen Duty Disability.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 350-163
in effect350-163. Policemen and Firemen Duty Disability.
Any policeman or fireman receiving duty disability payments from the employees' retirement system who has one or more children under the age of 18 years, who are either issue of such policeman or fireman or who have been legally adopted pursuant to statutes of the State of Wisconsin, shall be paid out of the general fund the sum of $80 for each such living child up to the time that such child reaches the age of 18; provided, however, that the total amount of salary earned through gainful employment, together with the aggregate payments for such child allotment, and pension allowance to any one policeman or fireman who is on duty disability shall not exceed the current monthly salary for the position held by such person at the time of retirement, independent of the number of minor children under the age of 18. The payments shall continue only as long as such policeman or fireman receives duty disability payments from the employees' retirement system. In order to be eligible for such child allotment the policeman or fireman requesting such payments shall file an affidavit setting forth the names of the child or children eligible for such child allotment, their date of birth, where such children were born, whether such children are issue of such applicant or whether such children have been adopted, and if adopted, a detailed statement of the circumstances under which such adoption occurred. This section shall be administered under the supervision and direction of the city comptroller and the city treasurer, and the city comptroller shall determine the procedures by which payments shall be made and such other requirements as may be necessary in the opinion of both the city comptroller and city treasurer in order to safeguard the rights and interests of the city. The application form shall, in addition to all other information, state on the face thereof that the applicant agrees for himself and his minor children that any payment made under the terms of this section as a child allotment may be terminated at the sole option of the city, at any time that action to terminate such child allotment is taken by the common council. Such payment is in no way either an expressed or implied agreement on the part of the city, but only constitutes a voluntary payment on its part, which the city may terminate at any time it so determines. Failure of the city to appropriate money for this purpose shall automatically terminate all child allotment payments.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-3/Master-V3.pdf#page=251Fetched: 10/26/2026