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PAC approves redlined animal management job description; asks staff to resolve org-chart inconsistencies
Summary
Monroe County’s Personnel Administration Committee approved a redlined animal management officer job description with an amendment to identify the staff sergeant as the direct supervisor and directed staff to work with the sheriff’s office to reconcile the organization chart before final filing with WIS.
Monroe County’s Personnel Administration Committee on March 4 approved a revised, redlined animal management officer job description and asked staff to correct inconsistencies between the job document and the department org chart before the county files the job description with WIS.
The committee voted unanimously to accept the redline version with an explicit change naming the staff sergeant as the position’s supervisor. The motion also directed council staff and sheriff’s office staff to update an org chart that the committee described as a draft and to remove personal names from the chart prior to formal approval.
Officer Ruiz of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department explained why the job description was revised, saying the role had “slowly drifted away” from its original animal-management focus and accumulated duties that blurred the line with law-enforcement responsibilities. The redlined document, which Chief Deputy Parker provided in a non-redlined form, removes some enforcement language and adds duties such as response to calls involving vicious animals and authority to coordinate with veterinarians and the board of health.
PAC members and staff compared the chief deputy’s February 13 submission, a special-deputy authorization dated Feb. 21, and the redlined packet. Committee members noted that the packet’s org chart dated April 2021 is marked draft, that the sheriff’s office currently employs three animal management officers, and that the job description footer still shows 2021 as the original date. Kim Shell, who joined on the Teams line as a member of the public, advised that county org charts should list position titles rather than individual names; the committee agreed to remove names before final approval.
Council staff recommended that any discrepancies between the job description’s reporting line and the org chart be reconciled before WIS filing. A motion to accept the redlined job description with an amendment to identify the staff sergeant as the immediate supervisor passed by voice vote with unanimous ayes.
The committee empowered council staff and sheriff’s office staff to “clean up” the documents and return a revised package that aligns job descriptions, the special-deputy authorization, and an updated position-only org chart for PAC approval and filing.
