Beaver Dam council approves advertising to recruit assistant treasurer

The Beaver Dam Town Council voted to advertise for an assistant treasurer position on Monday, with the stated goal of cross-training the new hire to learn multiple office functions before current staff leave. Town staff described multiple long-tenured employees in the office and said recruiting now would allow a new hire to learn the duties of several positions “while we’ve got full staff” rather than waiting until departures make training urgent, a staff member said. The council approved the motion to advertise and begin recruiting. Council members asked whether the assistant treasurer would be trained to do the current treasurer’s work; staff responded the new hire would be cross-trained to perform those duties. No salary range or application deadline was announced at the meeting; staff said they would proceed with preparing the vacancy announcement. The action was procedural — authorization to advertise the position — not a hiring decision. The council will consider applicants and any hire at a later meeting.