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Muscoda board offers office clerk job to Bailey Peterson with staged pay increases
Summary
After closed-session interviews under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c), the Muscoda Village Board voted Dec. 16, 2025, to offer the Office Clerk position to Bailey Peterson, starting at $22.00 per hour with scheduled raises to $23.00 and $24.00 after successive reviews.
The Muscoda Village Board voted Dec. 16, 2025, to offer the Office Clerk position to Bailey Peterson, approving a staggered pay plan that begins at $22.00 per hour and rises to $24.00 after two post-hire reviews.
President Imhoff called the special meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. in the Kratochwill Memorial Building council chambers. Board members Anderson, Hill, Meyer, Miller and Seifert were present, along with attendees listed as Louis, Doudna, Curtis and Village Administrator Cinda Johnson.
Board member Seifert moved, and board member Meyer seconded, to accept proof of publication for the special meeting notice; the motion carried.
The board then voted unanimously to enter closed session to conduct interviews for the Office Clerk position and to set compensation, citing Wisconsin’s open-meetings statute for closed sessions, Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(c). The roll-call vote to enter closed session recorded yes votes from Miller, Hill, Anderson, Meyer, Seifert and Imhoff.
After interviews and deliberations in closed session, the board reconvened in open session on a unanimous roll-call vote. In open session, board member Anderson moved and board member Meyer seconded a motion to offer the Office Clerk position to Bailey Peterson. The motion sets a starting hourly wage of $22.00, with an orientation period of six months. The first review is scheduled after 90 days; if that review is satisfactory the wage increases to $23.00 per hour. Upon successful completion of the following 90-day review the wage increases to $24.00 per hour. The offer was approved on a unanimous roll-call vote (Seifert, Meyer, Anderson, Hill, Miller and Imhoff).
Board member Anderson moved and board member Meyer seconded to adjourn; the motion carried and the meeting ended.
Village Administrator Cinda Johnson was listed among those present; the record does not specify any additional details about the interview process or competing candidates.
