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Board considers ADRC disability-benefits hire overlap amid director retirement; vote result not recorded in transcript
Summary
Supervisors discussed and moved to authorize a temporary overlap hire for the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) to cover transition and training before the director’s retirement; the transcript shows the motion and rationale but does not record the final vote tally.
The Sauk County Board of Supervisors considered Resolution 9-2025, which would amend the 2025 budget to fund a one-time, full-time-equivalent disability benefits specialist to overlap with incoming and outgoing staff during an ADRC leadership transition.
Supervisor Polivka moved the resolution and Supervisor Burchill seconded. Polivka said the measure was “self explanatory,” noting Susan Blodgett, the ADRC director, will be retiring and the overlap provides money in the budget to hire for the position. Burchill said the hire is to allow a person to overlap with Quinn House, who will replace the retiring director, and then assume the disability benefits specialist duties.
The resolution explicitly requires a two-thirds vote. The transcript records the motion and the floor discussion but does not include the vote tally or outcome for Resolution 9-2025.
During discussion supervisors explained the overlap is short term "for a few months" while training and transition occur and that state-provided additional funding helped make the hire feasible.
The matter was presented by the Aging and Disability Resource Governing Committee and the Finance, Personnel and Insurance Committee; the item was described as implementing a personnel overlap and amending budget appropriations to cover that overlap. The transcript contains the motion details but the recorded minutes in the transcript excerpt do not show the result of the vote.
