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Committee reviews strategic-plan reporting, employee-evaluation plans and records closed-session action
Summary
Administrators briefed the committee on 2026 Strategic Plan goals and survey approach, discussed modifying over/under financial reports with a prior-year column, asked HR to return sample evaluations, and the committee entered and exited a closed session under state statute before voting to waive a double per diem for the extended meeting.
Administrator Ron Barger reviewed the county's 2026 Strategic Plan goals and asked the Executive & Finance Committee for input on staff surveys, telling members he reaches out to department heads if exit-interview trends emerge. Members suggested working with UW Extension, keeping surveys short and returning sample surveys for committee review. Barger said HR reports a 99% completion rate for exit interviews.
Committee members discussed the first-quarter over/under financial report and asked for a format change to include a column comparing the current period to the prior year; Supervisor Lance Achterberg and Supervisor Gary Sorensen requested quarterly presentation and additional detail for large departments. The committee agreed by consensus to add a prior-year comparable column for the next quarter.
The committee discussed employee evaluations and directed HR, Corporation Counsel and Administration to return next month with a sample evaluation form for committee review.
At 11:55 a.m. the committee moved into closed session under Wis. Stat. 19.85(1)(c); the minutes record that the motion carried on a roll-call vote with all members present voting yes. The minutes do not disclose closed-session discussion. The committee reconvened in open session at 2:14 p.m., and Judi Nigbor moved and Lance Achterberg seconded a motion to forego a double per diem despite the meeting lasting more than four hours; the motion carried. Chairperson Chuck Bornhoeft declared the meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.
The minutes do not provide additional detail about closed-session content, consistent with the statutory exemption cited in the motion to enter closed session.
