Village of Jackson personnel committee enters closed session on 2025 employee compensation plan

At 6:01 p.m. Thursday, the Village of Jackson Personnel Committee approved minutes from its March 11 and March 21, 2025, meetings and then voted to go into closed session to consider the village’s 2025 employee compensation plan.

The committee’s first action was a motion to approve the minutes. President Heckendorf said, "I'll make a motion to approve the minutes for the personnel committee meeting of March 11 and March 21, both of 2025." Trustee Emerick responded, "I will second." Committee members then voiced their approval: "Aye," and the chair declared, "Motion carries." The minutes approval occurred by voice vote during the open session.

Item 3 on the agenda moved the committee into a closed session. President Heckendorf introduced the item as a closed session "pursuant to" statute, identifying the purpose as the 2025 Village of Jackson employee compensation plan. He then "made a motion to go into closed session." Emerick seconded the motion. The committee took a roll-call vote: "Trustee Emerick. Aye. President Heckendorf. Aye." The chair recorded the result as a 2-0 vote in favor of entering closed session, and the committee proceeded to recess the open meeting for that purpose.

The committee cited Wisconsin’s open meetings statute authorizing closed deliberations on personnel matters, Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c). No substantive discussion of employee salaries, raises, or plan details occurred in the portions of the meeting held in public in this transcript, and no public motions that amended or adopted compensation policy were recorded in open session.

The public record in this transcript ends with the committee entering closed session to consider the compensation plan. The transcript does not specify follow-up steps, a timeline for returning to open session, or any decisions made during the closed session.