Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors

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county legislative body elected governing body

The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is the elected legislative body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing the budget and operations of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors canonical	3
Milwaukee County government	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2770063 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors
Context triple: [Milwaukee County, hasBody, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors]

A. Kenosha County Board of Supervisors
The Kenosha County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing the administration and budget of Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
B. McHenry County Board
The McHenry County Board is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing county operations and budgets in McHenry County, Illinois.
C. Cook County Board of Commissioners
The Cook County Board of Commissioners is the elected legislative and governing body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing the budget and operations of Cook County, Illinois.
D. Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County is a county in southeastern Wisconsin that encompasses the city of Milwaukee and serves as a major economic and cultural hub of the state.
E. Madison County Board of County Commissioners
The Madison County Board of County Commissioners is the elected legislative and administrative body responsible for setting policy, managing budgets, and overseeing county services in Madison County, Florida.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors
Target entity description: The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is the elected legislative body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing the budget and operations of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

A. Kenosha County Board of Supervisors
The Kenosha County Board of Supervisors is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing the administration and budget of Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
B. McHenry County Board
The McHenry County Board is the elected governing body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing county operations and budgets in McHenry County, Illinois.
C. Cook County Board of Commissioners
The Cook County Board of Commissioners is the elected legislative and governing body responsible for setting policy, passing ordinances, and overseeing the budget and operations of Cook County, Illinois.
D. Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County is a county in southeastern Wisconsin that encompasses the city of Milwaukee and serves as a major economic and cultural hub of the state.
E. Madison County Board of County Commissioners
The Madison County Board of County Commissioners is the elected legislative and administrative body responsible for setting policy, managing budgets, and overseeing county services in Madison County, Florida.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	county legislative body ⓘ elected governing body ⓘ
appliesToAdministrativeTerritory	Milwaukee County ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electorate	residents of Milwaukee County ⓘ
governs	Milwaukee County government ⓘ linked to: Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors
hasBudgetaryAuthority	Milwaukee County budget ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	standing committees ⓘ
hasElectionType	nonpartisan elections ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm	county board ⓘ
hasLeadershipPosition	Chair of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors ⓘ Vice Chair of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
hasLegislativeFunction	adopts county budget ⓘ passes county ordinances ⓘ sets county policy ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	18 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Board-of-Supervisors ⓘ
hasOversightFunction	oversees Milwaukee County departments ⓘ oversees Milwaukee County operations ⓘ
hasPower	approve county capital projects ⓘ approve county contracts ⓘ enact ordinances with countywide effect ⓘ levy property taxes within Milwaukee County ⓘ
hasTermLength	2 years ⓘ
hasVotingSystem	single-member districts ⓘ
isElectedBody	true ⓘ
isPartOf	local government of Wisconsin ⓘ
isSubordinateTo	Constitution of the State of Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Wisconsin Constitution Constitution of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States Constitution laws of the State of Wisconsin ⓘ
jurisdiction	Milwaukee County ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Milwaukee County ⓘ
locatedIn	Midwestern United States ⓘ Milwaukee County ⓘ United States of America ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ
meetsIn	Milwaukee County Courthouse ⓘ
overseesService	Milwaukee County behavioral health services ⓘ Milwaukee County courts facilities and support services ⓘ Milwaukee County jail facilities budget ⓘ Milwaukee County senior and human services programs ⓘ Milwaukee County sheriff’s office budget ⓘ parks system of Milwaukee County ⓘ transit system of Milwaukee County ⓘ
supervises	Milwaukee County executive branch operations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Milwaukee County → hasBody → Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors ⓘ

Milwaukee County Transit System → governingBody → Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors ⓘ

Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors → governs → Milwaukee County government ⓘ

linked to: Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors

Milwaukee County Executive → cooperatesWith → Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors ⓘ

MCTS → hasJurisdiction → Milwaukee County government ⓘ