Green Lake HR Committee unanimously recommends hiring Samantha Gerth as City Clerk/Treasurer

The City of Green Lake Human Resources Committee voted unanimously Jan. 28 to recommend that the City Council extend an offer of employment to Samantha Gerth for the City Clerk/Treasurer position at $27.00 per hour, subject to a six-month probationary period and five days of vacation available for use after 90 days of employment.

The recommendation followed a closed-session review of personnel matters under Wisconsin State Statutes Section 19.85(1)(c). The committee moved into closed session by unanimous vote and later returned to open session under Section 19.85(2) to record its recommendation to the full council.

Committee procedural items were handled at the start of the meeting. Jon McConnell moved and Steven Utecht seconded approval of the meeting agenda and the minutes of the Dec. 8, 2024 meeting; both motions carried. The committee then voted to enter closed session to discuss employment and performance information relating to the City Clerk/Treasurer employee.

After returning to open session, McConnell moved and Chairman Christopher Foos seconded a motion recommending that the Council approve an offer to Samantha Gerth at $27.00 per hour with a six-month probationary period and five days of vacation available for use after 90 days. The motion carried on a recorded unanimous vote (three ayes, zero nays). The meeting record shows the same unanimous vote for the closed-session and open-session motions. Steven Utecht moved and Jon McConnell seconded to adjourn; that motion also carried.

The committee’s action was a recommendation to the City Council; the committee minutes do not record any City Council action on the hire. The meeting minutes were prepared by Deputy Clerk Melissa M. Zamzow and show the committee convened at 11:08 a.m. and completed its business shortly after returning from closed session.