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Waukesha Water Utility Commission directs staff to contact Dan Dukniak about interim GM role
Summary
At a Sept. 8 special meeting, the Waukesha Water Utility Commission met in closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) on general manager personnel matters and, after returning to open session, directed leadership to ask former manager Dan Dukniak if he would serve as interim general manager up to 60% time.
The Waukesha Water Utility Commission on Sept. 8 directed leadership to contact former utilities manager Dan Dukniak to ask whether he would return as interim general manager at up to 60% time.
The action followed a closed-session meeting called under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) — the state law authorizing closed sessions to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data. The commission reconvened in open session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(2), and members discussed next steps if Dukniak is willing to serve; commissioners said they would then negotiate conditions, including compensation, and arrange a meeting with him.
Why it matters: the commission’s direction starts a two-step process to fill the utility’s management needs. If Dukniak indicates interest, the commission said staff would set up a meeting to discuss terms and next steps.
During the meeting the commission held two formal roll-call decisions. The motion to convene the closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) passed on a roll-call vote with four ayes and two absences: Commissioners Frankour, Fowle, Matthews and Piatt voted aye; Commissioners Curry and Riley were recorded as absent. The subsequent motion to reconvene in open session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(2) passed by the same roll-call pattern recorded in the transcript.
After returning to open session, the commission stated: “The Waukesha Water Utility Commission would like to direct the leadership team, Courtney Kelly, to contact, Dan Dukniak, and see if he would be interested in returning to the utilities interim GM in, in up to 60% time.” The commission asked that, if Dukniak is interested, staff arrange a meeting between him and commissioners to discuss compensation and conditions.
The transcript records no formal roll-call vote for the direction to contact Dukniak; the item is recorded as a commission direction issued in open session. The meeting opened at 5:01 p.m. and, per the transcript, included four commissioners present and three absent. No additional staffing appointments, contract awards, dollar amounts or timelines beyond the “up to 60% time” description were specified in the record.
Next steps: Courtney Kelly, identified in the meeting as part of the utility leadership team, was directed to contact Dukniak and, if he is interested, schedule a follow-up meeting to negotiate conditions and compensation. The transcript does not record whether Dukniak was contacted or any subsequent agreement.
