By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA) will not seek an arbitration hearing before the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission after the village board last month denied a grievance involving a traffic pursuit. The board’s action was the third step in the grievance process the village has with the …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – A village public safety officer placed on paid administrative leave for almost two months returned to duty April 9 after an investigation concluded allegations of disorderly conduct/domestic violence against him were unsubstantiated, an open records request by The Press Times revealed. According to records The Press Times obtained …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The village board met in closed session Friday, March 12, when it considered last month’s Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) ruling on two grievances filed by the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA). WERC arbitrator Raleigh Jones ruled in the union’s favor when he found the village violated …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) has ruled in favor of the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA) on two grievances the union filed against the village. The grievances involve the paid time off (PTO) payout to Shawn Wright, who retired as a public safety officer (PSO), and …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – A ruling on two grievances filed against the village by the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA) is pending before the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC). The grievances involve the paid time off (PTO) payout to Shawn Wright, who retired last year as a village public safety officer …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – A complaint was recently submitted to the Brown County District Attorney related to an open records request in which the village denied copies of emails of former Village Manager Allison Swanson. Stephen Schubart is being represented in the matter by Aaron Halstead of the Hawks Quindel law firm, …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – A jury trial has been scheduled for Dec. 1-3 in Brown County Circuit Court involving two former village public safety officers who allege they did not receive their full retirement payout. Attorneys with the Hawks Quindel law firm, which represents the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA), filed …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA) and two of the union’s officers are seeking to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought against them in Brown County Circuit Court by former Village Manager Allison Swanson. Swanson – who is also identified in court records as Allison Buckley and married …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Grievances filed by the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA) remain pending an arbitration hearing before the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) after the village board decided in closed session June 23 not to consider any of them further, said Clerk-Treasurer Patrick Moynihan. The APSOA’s attorney, Aaron Halstead …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – An attorney representing Village Manager Allison Swanson has confirmed she is resigning from the position, effective July 8. Swanson became the village manager in 2011, after having been a city attorney in Green Bay, and is married to an Ashwaubenon public safety officer, Kevin Buckley. In a statement …
