Lobbying Information

The County Clerk registers lobbyists and lobbying principals and reports to the County Board, County Executive and public on lobbying activity.

All persons who are paid to engage in the practice of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action through communication with any county official and all organizations that employ a lobbyist to influence county government must register with the County Clerk.

The purpose of this registration is to let the citizens of Milwaukee County know who seeks to influence the actions of their county government and to provide county officials and the public with information regarding those who seek to influence the development of county policy.

In order to preserve the integrity of the policy making process, it is desirable to regulate and publicly disclose the identity, expenditures, and activities of persons who hire others or who are hired to influence actions of the legislative and executive branches of county government.  Therefore, principals and lobbyists are required to register and provide information to be maintained as a public record.

Reports on Lobbying Activity

Lobbyist and principal registration information is available to the public in the County Clerk's office.  It is also updated, summarized and provided online as follows:  

• 2010 Second Quarter Report
• 2010 First Quarter Report
• 2009 Final Report

Lobbying principals are required to file expense reports with the County Clerk.  These reports identify the amount of expenditures by category and the activities of each lobbyist.  The reports are available to the public in the County Clerk's office.  These reports are summarized and provided online below. 

• 2008 Lobbying Principal Expense Reports
• 2009 Lobbying Principal Expense Reports

Registration and Reporting Forms for Lobbyists and Lobbying Principals

Forms required to be submitted by Lobbyists and Principals employing Lobbyists are available by clicking on the following links:

• Lobbyist Authorization Form
• Lobbyist Registration Form
• Principal Registration Form
• Principal Expense Form - Long
• Principal Expense Form - Short
• Lobbyist Termination Form
• Principal Termination Form

For filing deadlines, fees, expiration dates and other information, please refer to the following website link:

• Milwaukee County General Ordinances, Chapter 14, REGULATION OF LOBBYING. 

For answers to commonly asked questions about lobbying, please refer to the Milwaukee County Ethics Board Lobbying Manual at the following link: 

• Lobbying Manual