Personnel Committee Meeting — Minutes

August 3, 2026 Personnel Committee Minutes 1 City Of Lake Geneva Personnel Committee Minutes Monday, August 3, 2026 - 4:00 PM Lake Geneva City Hall; Council Chambers Call to Order by Chairperson Powers at 4:00 pm. Roll Call Present: JaNelle Powers, Sherri Ames, Mary Jo Fesenmaier, Joel Hoiland and Cynthia Yager. Absent: None. Others present: City Administrator Dave De Angelis, City Clerk Lacey L. Reynolds, Finance Director Laura Pisarcik, Assistant City Administrator Chris Bennett, Mayor Todd Krause, Alderperson Cathy Stoodley and media. Comments from the public limited to 5 minutes, limited to items on this agenda None. Approval of the minutes from May 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 Motion by Ames to approve the May 22 and June 1, 2026 minutes, second by Yager. Voice vote, 4-approved, 1- opposed (Hoiland), motion carried 4-1. City Administrator's Report Discussion/Recommendation regarding training and development policy Administrator De Angelis reviewed the updates. Motion by Yager to approve the draft policy, second by Ames. Discussion took place. Motion by Yager to amend and add a bullet point to section 4.5 - formally share information with other staff members as appropriate, second by Fesenmaier. Alder Hoiland shared information he would like added to the policy. Discussion continued and Alder Ames called the question to close debate. Voice vote, 3- approved, 2-opposed (Hoiland & Fesenmaier), motion carried to close debate 3-2. Amendment to the main motion - Voice vote, approved, motion carried. Alder Hoiland made a motion to amend and adopt portions of his July 31st draft submitted to the committee into the training and development policy. There was no second to the motion and the motion failed. Main motion to approve the draft policy as amended - Voice vote, 4-approved, 1-opposed (Hoiland), motion carried 4-1. Discussion/Recommendation regarding Policy 101 Standards of Conduct for Elected Officials more specifically section 101.10 Conduct and Behavior Attorney Draper reviewed his memorandum regarding changes to policy manual section 101. Motion by Hoiland to repeal or strike municipal policy 101 Standards of Conduct for Elected officials including sections 101.1-101.10 from the city's municipal policy manual effective immediately and direct the city attorney to prepare any necessary conforming amendments. There was no second to the motion and the motion failed. Attorney Draper continued reviewing policy 101 and discussion continued. Motion by Fesenmaier to recommend the Council adopt Policy 101 Standards of Conduct for Elected Officials, including all the changes in red, underlined or has a strike through, and in section 101.5 change the word avoid to should not, for section 101.8 change the language to participating in decisions, refer the creation of a hearing process along with a certificate of completion and examination of where ethics language needs to be included to staff, second by Ames. Motion by Yager to amend and add to paragraph 3 of 101.2, a specific timeframe and requirement for the 101 training, staff to recommend the timeframe, second by Fesenmaier. Voice vote, 4-approved, 1-opposed (Hoiland), motion carried 4-1. Alder Fesenmaier requested the staff recommendation be sent to Council by October 2026. Main motion - Voice vote, 4-approved, 1-opposed (Hoiland), motion carried 4-1. Adjournment Motion by Ames to adjourn, second by Yager. Voice vote, approved, motion carried. Adjourned at 4:44 pm. Lacey L. Reynolds City Clerk Approved September 9, 2026