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Kenosha County to tighten oversight, hire senior manager for Kemper Center as restoration work advances
Summary
County supervisors discussed tighter controls over Kemper Center projects, plans to hire a higher‑paid president-level manager, and progress on restoration and historic‑preservation assessments for the chapel and other features.
Kenosha County supervisors said they will require work at the Kemper Center to clear county review and Kemper’s building and grounds committee before county staff or directors take action.
The change follows concerns the committee chair raised after seeing ongoing projects the parks department had been doing at the Kemper Center. “No one calls Director Moore and ask him to do anything at Kemper Center until it goes through the building and grounds committee of Kemper, and then it comes to the board of directors for approval,” the chair said.
The move is part of a broader management change: the county plans to hire a senior manager — referred to in committee discussion as a “president” rather than an executive director — funded by a donated pool intended to professionalize oversight of the…
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