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Washington County Board directs negotiations to settle UW campus ownership and authorize sale talks
Summary
The Washington County Board authorized staff to negotiate a settlement over ownership of the UW campus with the City of West Bend and separately authorized negotiations to sell the campus to OCS and/or CLCF, with reporting requirements to the executive committee and full board.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted to direct the county executive and county attorney to negotiate an agreement with the City of West Bend to settle ownership of the UW campus and separately authorized negotiation of a sale of the campus to OCS and/or CLCF.
The first motion, moved by Supervisor Krebs and seconded by Supervisor Schwab, directed the county executive and county attorney "to negotiate and enter into an agreement with the city of West Bend for the purpose of settling ownership of the UW campus." That motion passed with an 18–1 vote and one absence, the board recorded.
Supervisor Bossert then moved—and Supervisor Kelling seconded—a separate authorization allowing the county executive and county attorney to negotiate the sale of the UW campus to OCS and/or CLCF. That authorization was made contingent on the county executive reporting monthly to the executive committee on the status of negotiations and sale, and reporting to the full county board in January and quarterly thereafter as necessary until the sale is complete. The board approved that motion unanimously with one absence; the county recorded the vote as passed with one member absent.
Why it matters: the actions give county officials authority to resolve ownership questions with the City of West Bend and to pursue a potential sale, while imposing specified reporting requirements intended to keep supervisors informed as negotiations proceed.
What the board directed and the oversight conditions: the settlement motion instructs county staff to negotiate and enter an agreement with West Bend to settle ownership of the UW campus. The sale authorization allows negotiation with OCS and/or CLCF but conditions that authorization on regular status reports—monthly to the executive committee and a report to the full board in January followed by quarterly updates until the sale is finalized.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to direct the county executive and county attorney to negotiate a settlement of UW campus ownership with the City of West Bend (mover: Supervisor Krebs; second: Supervisor Schwab): passed, yes 18, no 1, absent 1. Recorded speaker during roll-call: Supervisor Berg voted yes; other individual roll-call votes were not all spoken on the record in the transcript excerpt provided.
- Motion to authorize the county executive and county attorney to negotiate a sale of the UW campus to OCS and/or CLCF, contingent on reporting requirements (mover: Supervisor Bossert; second: Supervisor Kelling): passed unanimously with 1 absent (recorded as unanimous with one absence).
Next steps: the county executive and county attorney will proceed with the directed negotiations and provide the monthly and quarterly reports specified by the board. No sale contract or final agreement was reported as executed during the meeting.
(Transcript excerpts and meeting minutes should be consulted for full roll-call details and any additional conditions attached to the motions.)
