Wauwatosa Appoints Steve Braatz As City Clerk

Press release from the City of Wauwatosa:

May 7, 2021

Our city clerk oversees elections with over 31,000 registered voters, city agendas and minutes, permits, and other city records. This position has to demonstrate a commitment to public service, election management, project management, process improvement, change management, customer service, and leadership.

The Common Council recently approved Steve Braatz as the next Wauwatosa City Clerk. A certified Master Municipal Clerk in the state of Wisconsin, Braatz is actively involved in the Wisconsin Municipal Clerks Association and has extensive experience in training election officials statewide.

Braatz served the Village of Mukwonago as the as the City Clerk for six years and Deputy Clerk prior to that for twelve years and where he oversaw all municipal clerk operations including elections, licensing, minutes management, oversight of compliance with open meetings and open records laws. He has also served as City Clerk in West Allis and the City of Delafield where he oversaw all operational functions of the office.

Braatz brings a wealth of experience and technical knowledge to the Clerk’s Office. In addition, he has shown a strong commitment to public service in his career and a passion for election training and operational efficiency.

“I’m excited to start this chapter of my career with the Wauwatosa community. I have a wide range and 24 years of experience that can hopefully help the City Clerk’s Office, other City Departments, and the City as a whole progress into the future. I am passionate about transparency and efficiency when it comes to elections, licensing, legislative management, customer service, and the variety of other services the City Clerk’s Office provides. I have a thirst for imparting knowledge onto others to help them fully understand how government works, whether it is through training staff, poll workers, licensees, and other Municipal Clerks, or by teaching Elected Officials, citizens, and other municipal stakeholders about Clerk operations and governance. I look forward to talking to anyone who contacts me to discuss government, elections, licenses, Star Wars, Brewers, Bucks, and bourbon," said Braatz.

This press release was produced by the City of Wauwatosa. The views expressed here are the author’s own.