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Marquette County supervisors approve rezonings, new human‑services QA post and two county policies
Summary
The Marquette County Board approved consent rezoning requests, created a full‑time human services quality‑assurance specialist position, and adopted a work‑from‑home and an AI use policy. Most items passed on the consent agenda or by voice vote; the board also approved a closed‑session review of the administrator.
The Marquette County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved a batch of consent items that included three land‑use rezonings, appointments to local boards and a resolution urging the state to boost public‑health funding.
The clerk read Resolutions 17–19, which rezone parcels including a 47.5‑acre combination owned by Christie and Martha Mass in the town of Buick and a 95.65‑acre parcel owned by Randall Grow in the town of Buffalo; the consent package passed with the board’s approval. The board also approved the appointments of David Kappel and Lynn Schwacker to the Human Services Board and David Benson and Heidi Robinson to the board of adjustment as citizen representatives.
In separate action, the board adopted Resolution 21 to create one full‑time economic support quality‑assurance specialist position in the Human Services Department. The measure was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
The board also adopted two administrative policies that had been vetted at executive finance: a work‑from‑home policy and an AI‑use policy intended to restrict county access to only approved AI systems and to protect sensitive data. Danny (staff member) told the board the policies had the assistance of department heads and legal review. Board member Mary sought confirmation that department‑head approvals move to the county administrator for final sign‑off; Danny and Ron (administrator) confirmed that process.
Most consent and policy items were handled without extended discussion; several motions were recorded as carrying unanimously (motions that recorded explicit tallies reported 17–0). The board briefly moved into closed session under Wisconsin Stat. § 19.85 to consider administrator performance and returned to open session later in the meeting.
What’s next: approved appointments take effect as specified in the resolutions; policy implementation will follow internal administrative steps and department procedures as the county rolls out the new work‑from‑home form and the AI usage controls.
