Personnel committee schedules special handbook meeting; moves to closed session on utility vacation schedule

The Mayville Personnel Committee agreed to schedule a special meeting to continue its detailed review of the employee handbook and then moved into closed session to discuss a vacation schedule for utility employees under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c).

Committee members said the handbook review would be lengthy; the group paused at section 5.4, which addresses overtime and compensatory time. Members moved and seconded a motion to schedule a special Personnel Committee meeting outside the normal meeting dates to continue the handbook update. The motion passed on a voice vote.

Shortly afterward, the committee voted to convene a closed session pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) to discuss the vacation schedule for utility employees. Members discussed who should be allowed to attend the closed session, asking whether the department head should remain. A motion to enter the closed session was made, seconded, and carried; committee members confirmed on the record that the motion and second were present.

The transcript records the statute cited verbatim as the legal authority for the closed session ("Wisconsin statute 19.851- C" in the audio); the standard citation is Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c). The committee did not record any final policy change in the open session; the vacation-schedule discussion continued in closed session per the cited statute.