Village of Jackson personnel committee votes to enter closed session to interview director candidates

The Village of Jackson Personnel Committee voted unanimously Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, to enter a closed session to interview candidates for the positions of Director of Parks and Recreation and Director of Public Works after the committee convened at 8 a.m.

The committee approved the minutes from its Dec. 10, 2024, meeting without correction before moving to the closed-session motion. The closed session was made under state law cited at the meeting as Wisconsin Statutes §19.85(1)(c), which allows governmental bodies to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of public employees.

Committee members said the closed session would include the personnel committee, the village administrator and the candidates at their slotted interview times. A roll-call vote to enter closed session was recorded: President Hekendorf, Trustee Emmerich and Trustee Krupke each voted “aye,” and the motion carried.

No interviews or candidate names were discussed on the public record during the portion of the meeting covered in the transcript.

Votes at a glance: - Motion to approve minutes of the personnel committee meeting of Dec. 10, 2024 — approved (voice vote; no roll-call tally provided in the transcript). - Motion to enter closed session pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes §19.85(1)(c) to interview candidates for Director of Parks and Recreation and Director of Public Works — approved by roll call (three ayes).

The committee recessed into closed session immediately after the roll call; the transcript ends with committee members leaving the public portion of the meeting.