Board votes to discontinue sister-city committee after April; supervisors debate recruitment and pay

The Door County Board voted to discontinue the ad hoc sister-city committee after the April 2026 election and discussed broader issues about recruiting county board members for vacant seats.

Supervisor Todd moved to delete the sister-city committee from the board's organizational committee list beginning after the next election. The motion passed after discussion that the committee has not met since 2022 and that original participants have largely retired from county service.

Several supervisors then addressed recurring difficulties filling vacant county-board seats. Long-serving Supervisor Joel noted generational and time pressures reduce candidate pools, while other supervisors recommended public outreach, improved local explanations of supervisor responsibilities, and additional advertising of vacancies. Some supervisors observed county compensation is near the top among peer counties but said pay alone may not solve the recruitment problem; one supervisor suggested exploring modest changes but emphasized recruitment and public awareness as primary challenges.

The board resolved to consider administrative follow-up and further discussion at committee meetings about recruitment strategies and whether salary adjustments or other incentives are appropriate; no immediate salary change was made.