County adopts policy to name impartial hearing examiners for contested cases
Vernon County approved a standing policy to appoint impartial hearing examiners for contested cases under Wis. Stat. 68.11 where local ordinances are silent, keeping the board as final decisionmaker but separating fact-finding from adjudication.
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The board adopted a policy to standardize appointment of impartial hearing examiners for contested cases under Wisconsin Statute 68.11 where local ordinances do not identify a presiding officer. County staff said the change is intended to avoid a conflict in which the board would both conduct a hearing and act as the final decisionmaker.
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