Village Board of Trustees

VILLAGE OF WESTON, MARATHON COUNTY, WISCONSIN SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Monday, August 10, 2020, at 5:30 P.M. 1. Board of Trustee Meeting called to order by President Maloney President Maloney called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. 2. Pledge Allegiance to the Flag 3. Roll Call by Clerk Ermeling, Barb YES Fiene, Nate YES Maloney, Mark YES Xiong, Yee NO White, Loren YES (joined by zoom audio) Ziegler, Jon YES (joined by phone) NEW BUSINESS 4. Discussion and Action on Process to Fill Vacant Trustee Seat • Meet with all or only nominated candidates, format of meeting, vote on appointment, other?. Maloney asked the Board members if they would like to interview all Trustee candidates or just the candidates nominated at the last meeting. He also said he spoke with Fred Schuster, one of the candidates, and Fred is no longer interested in the Trustee position. Maloney said we can still invite him to the interviews in case he changes his mind. Ermeling would like to interview all the candidates because there are some that she does not know. White said he is fine with interviewing all candidates if other members would like to do that. Ziegler is also fine with interviewing all candidates. He suggested 10-minute interviews and making the decision after completion of the interviews. Fiene and Maloney are also fine with interviewing all candidates. Maloney pointed out that there are six candidates. He also suggested doing all the interviews at the next regular board meeting and seat that person for the meeting. White said that person would need to be sworn in at the meeting. This item will be the first item of business on the agenda. White asked if the interviews would be held in open session. Maloney said yes. There was a short discussion about the five interview questions. The Board members agreed to ask the questions at the meeting and not provide the questions ahead of time. Ziegler said the questions should be asked individually without the other candidates in the board room. Candidates will be interviewed alphabetically by last name and asked to come to the meeting at 6:00 p.m. Motion by Ermeling, second by Fiene to hold Trustee interviews in open session at the next regular Board meeting, with this being the first item on the agenda; candidates will be interviewed alphabetically and asked to remain outside of the room until it is their turn to interview; and the Trustee will be seated that night. SPECIAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING MINUTES 08/10/2020 Prepared by: Sherry Weinkauf, Village Clerk  VILLAGE OF WESTON, WISCONSIN OFFICIAL MEETING AGENDA OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Yes Vote: 5 No Votes:0 Abstain:0 Not Voting: 1 Result: Pass Trustee Voting Ermeling, Barb YES Fiene, Nate YES Maloney, Mark YES White, Loren YES Xiong, Yee - Ziegler, Jon YES REMARKS FROM TRUSTEES Fiene said with more businesses extending their work from home programs he would like to see a discussion on this at the next meeting. Donner said it is still allowed if employees need to. Maloney feels this is at the discretion of the Administrator and the Directors. Ermeling feels it is more efficient for the employees to be working at the Municipal Center. REMARKS FROM THE PRESIDENT No comments. ADJOURN Motion by Fiene, second by Ziegler to adjourn the meeting at 5:46 p.m. Yes Vote: 5 No Votes:0 Abstain:0 Not Voting: 1 Result: Pass Trustee Voting Ermeling, Barb YES Fiene, Nate YES Maloney, Mark YES White, Loren YES Xiong, Yee - Ziegler, Jon YES BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING MINUTES 8/10/2020 Prepared by: Sherry Weinkauf, Village Clerk