Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and the Milwaukee Art Museum are sparring over who should pay more than $1 million in cost overruns on repairs for the Milwaukee County War Memorial, most of which is occupied by the Art Museum.

The debate comes out of a year-old agreement between the county, Milwaukee Art Museum and the War Memorial nonprofit organization that paved the path for significant building repairs. Milwaukee County agreed to spend $10 million through 2017, and committed to a list of repair projects to the center, which it owns.