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Outgoing Chair Monica Juhas lauded for collaborative leadership at final Kenosha County Board meeting
Summary
At her final Kenosha County Board meeting, Chair Monica Juhas received public praise from municipal leaders and delivered a farewell speech citing budget discipline, infrastructure and behavioral health investments and a desire to focus on family.
Dave Klemish, president of the village of Pleasant Prairie, used the public comment period to thank Chair Monica Juhas for her service and to urge new supervisors to follow her example. "Your leadership has always been grounded in something very simple yet very powerful," Klemish said, calling Juhas a listener who "treat[s] people with respect" and who "stayed open to good ideas no matter where they come from." (Dave Klemish, president of the village of Pleasant Prairie.)
Chair Monica Juhas responded with a prepared farewell that framed the last two years as a period of steady work and partnership. "Serving as chairman of this board has been one of the greatest honors of my life," she said, thanking supervisors, county staff, municipal partners, nonprofits and residents for their roles in county accomplishments.
Juhas reviewed several achievements she attributed to the board’s recent work: maintaining discipline in the county budget while investing in roads and facilities, expanding public-safety resources and emergency response, and broadening behavioral-health partnerships and services. She also cited transparency efforts, including the implementation of live-streamed committee meetings, as steps to strengthen public trust.
The chair said family considerations were a factor in her decision to step away from the role. She described leaving the chairmanship with gratitude and noted she left a handwritten letter for the incoming chairman with reflections and advice she hoped would become a tradition.
The board and attending municipal officials also recognized outgoing supervisors and welcomed newly elected supervisors who were being sworn in that evening. The event closed with brief remarks encouraging the continuing work of the county board.
The county board moved on to routine business after the farewell; no formal policy decisions were made in this item.
