Marathon County board approves personnel change in sheriff's office

The Marathon County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to abolish one full-time-equivalent (FTE) senior administrative specialist position and create one FTE human resources specialist position in the sheriff’s office. The board’s packet and a presenter stated explicitly that the change carries no budget amendment.

Supervisor Jean Mask moved the resolution and Supervisor Mirage seconded. The chair called for a vote; the chair announced the motion "is carried." The resolution was described in the packet and by the chair as a simple-majority matter (resolution 1-25); the transcript included no further debate on the substance of the staffing change.

The transcript does not include salary figures, effective date for the personnel change, or details about whether the creation was accomplished by reclassification or by elimination and rehire; those specifics were not provided in the recorded remarks and are not stated in the packet excerpt read aloud.

County leaders asked standing committees to review other items later in the meeting and provided reminders about executive-committee surveys and the administrator evaluation process before adjourning.