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Waukesha City HR committee moves to closed session for city administrator performance review
Summary
The Waukesha City Human Resources Committee met in December, unanimously approved a minutes amendment, and voted to enter closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) to review City Administrator Brown's performance; no public comments were received.
The chair called the Waukesha City Human Resources Committee to order at 05:00 and confirmed a quorum for the December meeting. "I'd like to call to order, our December, HR meeting," the chair said, then conducted roll call and welcomed Doreen Alderman Winderson to her first meeting.
The committee considered routine business first. A motion was made to approve an amendment to the minutes from the prior meeting; the record references Alderman McEldry and Alderman Wilkerson in connection with the motion and second. The committee approved the item unanimously: "Aye," the chair recorded.
After approving the minutes, the chair opened the public comment period and said no members of the public were present. The meeting then moved to a personnel matter: the chair asked for a motion to convene in closed session under Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c "for the purpose of considering employment, promotion, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment or performance evaluation data of any public employee ... to wit, city administrator, Brown's performance review"). The motion was seconded and the committee voted "aye" to enter closed session; the chair noted cameras were turned off for the closed portion of the meeting.
The committee later returned to open session; the chair asked whether there were other topics and then solicited a motion to adjourn. The adjournment motion was made, seconded and carried. The meeting closed following the brief business and the closed-session personnel review.
What happened next: no public comments were made on the record, and the committee proceeded with the personnel review of City Administrator Brown in closed session. The transcript does not record the contents or outcomes of the closed session.
Key procedural note: the committee relied on Wisconsin Statute 19.85(1)(c) to justify meeting in closed session for a personnel performance review. The transcript identifies the employee under review as "City Administrator Brown."
