MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee County Board voted to raise property taxes by 3.1 percent Wednesday afternoon and voted to override 22 of 29 vetoes made by County Executive Scott Walker.

As a result, a number of county parks jobs will survive at a cost of $1.8 million. In addition, the summer youth employment program will not be cut and the community justice resource center will get roughly $1 million.

“In a budget of more than $1.4 billion, the county executive’s seven sustained vetoes only reduce the property tax levy by $50,000,” Chairman Lee Holloway said. “These sustained vetoes will save the average Milwaukee taxpayer 13 cents on their 2009 property tax bills.”

The county portion of property taxes on a city of Milwaukee home worth $150,000 last year (now valued at $153,800 this year due to the average citywide assessment increase) will increase an average of $12.04.

Votes from Wednesday's veto override meeting:

1. Denying the creation of a Grants Writer/Coordinator position at the County Board. (Effect of veto: $80,044 tax levy reduction.)
   13-6 to override
2. Eliminating the $125,000 appropriation for services to the Men of Color Task Force. (Effect of veto: $125,000 tax levy reduction.)
   13-6 to override
3. Partially vetoing the Recommended Budget by eliminating language and funding for a salary increase for the County Executive’s Chief of Staff. (Effect of veto: $23,987 tax levy reduction.)
   3-16, veto sustained
4. Eliminating a $100,000 tax levy appropriation for the Summer Youth Employment Program. (Effect of veto: $100,000 tax levy reduction.)
   15-4 to override
5. Eliminating a $60,000 appropriation for maintenance of the floor structure in the laboratory area of the Technology Innovation Center. (Effect of veto: $60,000 tax levy reduction.)
   13-6 to override
6. Removing language related to the use of $1,500,000 added to the Appropriation for Contingencies. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction.)
   12-7, veto sustained
7. Denying the restoration of funding for certain Combined Courts Related Operations positions. (Effect of veto: $1,312,846 tax levy reduction.)
   16-3 to override
8. Denying funding for certain Register of Deeds positions and offsetting revenue. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction.)
   14-5 to override
9. Denying funding for the Community Justice Resource Center. (Effect of veto: $983,011 tax levy reduction.)
   14-5 to override
10. Denying funding for Wisconsin Community Service contract job development and job readiness services to House of Correction inmates. (Effect of veto: $242,217 tax levy reduction.)
    13-6 to override
11. Denying the appropriation for the Farm and Fish Hatchery, reducing House of Correction revenue, and removing language that earmarks funding for this service in the Appropriation for Contingencies. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction.)
    14-5 to override
12. Denying the restoration of Transit Route 11. (Effect of veto: $516,996 tax levy reduction.)
    14-5 to override
13. Denying the reduction in various Transit fares, and reducing the Department on Aging CMO co-pay for Paratransit rides. (Effect of veto: $880,500 tax levy reduction.)
    15-4 to override
14. Denying appropriations for the Sister Cities program, Transit fare reductions and Summer Youth Employment, and offsetting parking revenues related to the 6th and State Streets parking lot. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction.)
    13-6 to override
15. Denying the restoration of skilled trades positions and restoring funding for contracted services. (Effect of veto: $1,361,481 tax levy reduction.)
    14-5 to override
16. Denying the restoration of housekeeping positions at the Behavioral Health Division. (Effect of veto: $1,195,326 tax levy reduction.)
    14-5 to override
17. Denying the restoration of positions and the appropriation of consulting funds for the DHHS Call Center, and allowing for a contract for call center services. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction.)
    11-8, veto sustained
18. Denying the restoration of certain Behavioral Health Division positions relating to accounts receivable, billing and admission services. (Effect of veto: $277,430 tax levy reduction.)
    14-5 to override
19. Denying the restoration of certain Parks Department positions and allowing the use of seasonal positions in the Parks. (Effect of veto: $1,834,375 tax levy reduction.)
    14-4 to override
20. Denying the appropriation for recreation and exercise equipment for the King and Kosciuszko Community Centers. (Effect of veto: $50,000 tax levy reduction.)
    12-7, veto sustained
21. Removing language related to the use of funds for America’s Black Holocaust Museum. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction.)
    11-8, veto sustained
22. Reducing the appropriation for UW-Extension relocation and space costs. (Effect of veto: $100,000 tax levy reduction.)
    14-5 to override
23. Eliminating the appropriation for the UW-Extension Horticulture Helpline. (Effect of veto: $12,400 tax levy reduction.)
    16-3 to override
24. Removing language to direct that the Director of DAS prepare an appropriation transfer in the fourth quarter of 2009 to move funds from funded but vacant positions to the Appropriation for Contingencies account. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction.)
    10-9, veto sustained
25. Denying the appropriation for bicycle racks on MCTS Buses. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction and a $32,500 general obligation bonding reduction.)
    16-3 to override
26. Denying the appropriation for cart paths at the Brown Deer Golf Course. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction and a $141,000 general obligation bonding reduction.)
    13-5 to override
27. Denying the appropriation for the reconstruction of the two Lion Bridges in Lake Park. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction and a $450,000 general obligation bonding reduction.)
    14-4 to override
28. Denying the appropriation for planning and schematic level design for the construction of a new Mental Health Center. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction and a $750,000 general obligation bonding reduction.)
    10-9, veto sustained
29. Denying the appropriation for the purchase of a new pavement marking machine. (Effect of veto: $0 tax levy reduction and a $250,000 general obligation bonding reduction.)
    13-6 to override

"The county board sustained several important vetoes today. Difficult decisions had to be made and I vetoed measures in an effort to see results both in improved services and in the bottom line for taxpayers," Walker said in a news release.