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Jackson Police and Fire Commission enters closed session on personnel; Chief reports new officer onboarded
Summary
At its meeting, the Village of Jackson Police and Fire Commission voted unanimously to enter closed session under Wisconsin law to consider personnel matters. Staff reported that officer Paige Lenhart has been onboarded and is in her first week of training.
The Village of Jackson Police and Fire Commission voted unanimously to enter a closed session to consider personnel matters and heard a staff update that a recently interviewed candidate, officer Paige Lenhart, has been onboarded and begun training.
During the meeting, the commission approved the minutes from its previous meeting by voice vote. A chief on staff reported, "Paige Lenhart, the officer that you interviewed at our last meeting, has been onboarded. She's in her week of training and doing very well." The same staff member also said a part-time employee "has been with us for a year, looking to take her up for a patient tonight," a phrase that was not further clarified during the public portion of the transcript.
Later, the commission moved to go into closed session "pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c), considering employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility." The motion to enter closed session was made during the meeting and the body recorded a roll-call vote with commissioners Elke, Myers, Letts, Washburn and Wendland voting yes; the motion carried 5-0. The commission announced the closed session was to begin at 06:02 (as stated in the meeting record).
The closed-session vote is a formal action under Wisconsin’s open meetings law that permits discussion of specified personnel matters out of the public eye. The meeting transcript does not record any formal personnel decisions, promotions, hires or disciplinary outcomes taken in closed session, nor does it provide a public tally for the earlier minutes approval beyond the voice vote.
The record included no additional details about the part-time employee’s status or the specific personnel topics to be discussed in closed session. The commission did not specify a mover or seconder by name for the motion to enter closed session in the portions of the transcript provided.
