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Council convenes in closed session to consider hiring a finance director

Waupaca Common Council · May 20, 2026
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Summary

Under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) the council voted 8'00 to convene into closed session to consider employment matters related to hiring a finance director; department heads were excused except the interim city administrator was asked to remain.

The Waupaca Common Council voted to convene into closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) to discuss employment matters, specifically the hiring of a finance director.

Councilmember Hagen moved to convene into closed session and Peterson seconded. The clerk conducted a roll call and recorded eight ayes; the motion carried. Council asked that department heads be excused from the closed session except that interim city administrator Justin Barrons remain to assist.

The meeting moved into closed session at the conclusion of the public portion of the agenda; no hiring decisions were read back into the public record during the session portion captured in the transcript.