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Committee moves into closed session under Wisconsin statutes and forwards R2025-12-09 on residential options to county board
Summary
The committee convened a closed session Jan. 15 under §§19.85(1)(d),(e),(f) & (g), Wis. Stats. to discuss confidential information and residential options per Sec. 980.08; after returning to open session the committee voted to send Resolution R2025-12-09 to the County Board for approval (motion carried with one abstention by Supervisor Willems).
On Jan. 15, 2026, the Administration Committee voted to convene into closed session pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes §§19.85(1)(d),(e),(f) & (g) to discuss confidential offender information and possible residential options related to a pending case under Sec. 980.08, Wis. Stats. The motion to convene closed session (moved by Theresa Willems and seconded by Dennis Kroll) carried by roll call vote, 5 ayes, 0 nays, and the committee entered closed session at 11:00 a.m. The closed session included committee members and selected staff and counsel: County Administrator Richard Heath, HHS Director Scott Shackelford, Corporation Counsel Beth Ellingson, County Board Supervisor Mike Beyer, and County Clerk Kim Pytleski.
The committee returned to open session at 11:39 a.m. and then moved (Meier/Matravers) to send Resolution R2025-12-09, "Development of Residential Option(s) for Sexually Violent Persons on Supervised Release Per 980 Wis. Stats.," to the County Board for approval; the motion was voted on and carried with Supervisor Willems abstaining. The minutes record the committee decision to forward the resolution but do not include substantive details discussed in closed session because those matters were heard in closed session under the cited statutes.
