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Nominating committee approves 2026 Walworth County committee assignments; accepts Laufenberg resignations
Summary
The Walworth County Nominating Committee approved the county’s 2026 committee and board assignments and accepted Supervisor Joanne Laufenberg’s resignations from the Lakeland Health Care Center Board and the Health and Human Services Board. One supervisor raised concerns about the Executive Committee’s integrity during the discussion.
The Walworth County Nominating Committee approved the county’s 2026 committee and board assignments and accepted Supervisor Joanne Laufenberg’s resignations from two county boards during a brief meeting April 22 in Elkhorn.
County Board Chair Rick Stacey called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m. County Administrator Mark W. Luberda presented committee preference data that the committee used to make assignment decisions. On a motion by Vice-Chair Sheila Reiff, seconded by Executive Committee Chair Susan Pruessing, the committee approved the slate of assignments, which the record notes includes a swap of County Zoning Agency and Finance assignments identified in the minutes as involving Supervisor A (Rick Stacey) and Supervisor H (Tyler Schneider). The motion passed 3-0.
The committee also accepted Supervisor Joanne Laufenberg’s Committee/Board Resignation form removing her from the Lakeland Health Care Center Board of Trustees and the Health and Human Services Board. The minutes record that Laufenberg submitted the resignation form “should she be chosen for Option F or B.” That acceptance was made by motion from Vice-Chair Reiff, seconded by Supervisor Pruessing, and approved 3-0.
During the discussion of assignments, Supervisor Brian Holt raised concerns about the integrity of the Executive Committee; the minutes record the concern but show no further debate or response in the meeting record. The committee recorded membership rosters and term-end details for multiple boards, including a five-member Executive Committee and five-member Finance Committee, among others.
The meeting lasted roughly 17 minutes; it was adjourned at 2:19 p.m. by motion of Supervisor Reiff, seconded by Supervisor Pruessing. The minutes were prepared by Kathy Aukland, Administrative Assistant, and submitted by County Clerk Susi Pike.
What the record shows and what it does not: the minutes provide a complete listing of 2026 committee memberships and term details for several boards but do not include verbatim quotes from participants and do not elaborate on the specifics of the integrity concern raised by Supervisor Holt. The minutes also use letter codes (for example, Supervisor A and Supervisor H) in the motion text and include a separate mapping of letter codes to names in the record; this article follows that mapping when noting the participants referenced in the motion.
