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Minocqua Board upholds denial of operator license for Kelly Seeliger over OWI history
Summary
The Minocqua Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on May 5 to uphold Police Chief Glenn Janzer's recommendation to deny an operator license for Kelly Seeliger after Janzer cited multiple OWI convictions (most recently in 2021), a 0.02 BAC restriction and an operation-after-revocation conviction.
The Minocqua Board of Supervisors on May 5 upheld a recommendation to deny an operator license for Kelly Seeliger after Police Chief Glenn Janzer told the board she has multiple OWI convictions, including a 2021 offense, and a 0.02 blood-alcohol restriction on her driver’s license.
Chairman Mark Hartzheim called the special meeting at 4:30 p.m. in the Minocqua Center board room. Present were Supervisors Lance Krolczyk, Erika Petersen, Brian Fricke and Billy Fried, Police Chief Glenn Janzer and Clerk Roben Haggart. The agenda was approved at the start of the meeting on a motion by Fried, seconded by Fricke.
"She has several OWI convictions with the current being in 2021," Chief Janzer told the board in presenting his recommendation to deny Seeliger’s operator license application. Janzer also told the board that Seeliger has a 0.02 BAC restriction on her driving privileges and a conviction for operation after revocation that stemmed from the OWI cases.
Seeliger appealed the recommendation and answered questions from supervisors. She said she is opening a flower shop and "would like to sell wine/liquor in gift baskets for off-premise consumption," which she said motivated her application for an operator license.
Supervisor Billy Fried suggested Seeliger consider reapplying after one year of a clean record; the board did not adopt a formal reapplication condition as part of the denial vote. On a motion by Fried, seconded by Lance Krolczyk, the board voted to uphold the chief’s recommendation to deny the application. The voice vote carried and Supervisor Brian Fricke was recorded as voting nay, producing a 4-1 result.
Later Fricke moved to adjourn; Fried seconded, the motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m., Clerk Roben Haggart recorded.
The denial stands as the official board action from the May 5 special meeting; the record shows the board suggested—but did not require—a one-year clean-record interval before reapplication.
