Committee approves joint administrative internship hires; pay set at $50 per hour

Following a closed session to discuss interim appointment and compensation, the Sawyer County Administrative Committee approved hiring two joint administrative interns and set compensation at $50 per hour for administrative duties.

The committee first voted in favor of entering closed session under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c) to consider employment and appointment matters. After returning to open session, a motion to hire two individuals as joint administrative interns beginning April 25 passed and the appointments were scheduled to be presented to the full board for confirmation.

The motion to approve the hires instructed that the interns be paid $50 per hour for administrative duties. Committee members did not record individual roll‑call votes in open session for the hiring motion; the chair announced the motion carries and that it will be brought to the full board.

The committee recorded the hiring motion in open session as follows: approve hiring Mike Markren (transcript variant: Mike Markert) and Rose Lily Root (transcript variants include “Rose literally”); start date April 25; compensation $50 per hour for administrative duties. The committee instructed staff to circulate duties and onboarding information to department heads.

The committee did not discuss longer‑term terms of employment or whether the interns would be considered candidates for a permanent county administrator position; those matters were reserved for future action or for the full board.

The hiring decision followed a closed session motion to convene made by Tom Duffy and seconded by Mr. Buckles. The open‑session hiring motion was moved from the floor and described on the record, then approved and forwarded to the full board.