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Personnel committee approves internal hiring process, names interview panel for vacant Menasha city clerk post
Summary
Menasha’s personnel committee voted to open an internal hiring process for the vacant city clerk position and recommended an interview panel of the personnel chair, council president and the mayor. The committee debated whether explicitly naming Deputy Clerk Evan Janet in the motion was fair before amending the motion to remove the caveat.
The Menasha Personnel Committee on July 20 voted to recommend an internal hiring process for the vacant City Clerk position, and specified that the interview committee should include the personnel committee chair, the council president and the mayor.
HR Manager Kimberly Cardoza told the committee the clerk post is an appointed position by the common council for a three-year term and asked whether the body preferred an internal-only search or an external recruitment and who would serve on the interview panel. “So I am looking to recommendation on count from council on whether to follow our past internal external recruitment processes,” Cardoza said.
Alderman Grady moved that the committee make the recruiting process internal and initially included a caveat that Deputy Clerk Evan Janet apply. “I’m gonna make a motion that we make this recruiting process an internal one with the caveat that Evan Janet does apply for it,” Alderman Grady said. Several members voiced support for promoting from within and praised Janet’s work handling meetings in the interim.
Other members raised fairness and legal concerns about naming a single employee in the motion. Alderman Eisnach proposed an amendment to strike the caveat so the internal posting would be open to any qualified City of Menasha employee; the amendment’s supporters argued a named caveat could discourage other internal applicants and appear to favor one candidate. The committee also heard that a promotion without a fair hiring process may raise statutory issues.
After discussion the committee amended the motion to remove the individual’s name and to specify the interview committee membership; the amended motion was seconded and approved. Deputy Clerk Evan Janet read back the motion before the final vote. The committee’s recommendation will go to the full common council for appointment to the three-year term.
Next steps: the personnel committee’s recommendation and panel composition advance to the common council for formal appointment by the council.
