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 …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – It took three motions Tuesday, June 23, before the village board voted 5-2 in favor of eliminating four lieutenants in the public safety department to convert those positions to captains, effective this year. After a motion to table failed on a 5-2 vote, the board defeated a motion …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Copies of investigative reports obtained in an open records request by The Press Times indicate an outside attorney hired by the village board did not find the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA) violated anti-harassment or whistleblower policies when it announced a no-confidence vote of Village Manager Allison …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – An Elkhorn company called in last summer to remove asbestos from the site where the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena was demolished has reached a settlement in its lawsuit against the Village of Ashwaubenon. After receiving a partial payment of $35,462, Balestrieri Environmental & Development claimed in a …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The village board scheduled a special meeting Thursday, May 28, when it planned to consider employee personnel and grievance matters related to Village Manager Allison Swanson and/or the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA). But when four of five board members present voted against going into closed session, …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – A state civil suit accusing the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA) and two of its officers of defamation was filed Wednesday, May 20, in Brown County Circuit Court on behalf of Village Manager Allison Swanson. The 17-page complaint  – which lists Swanson as Allison Buckley, married to …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – After the village board cleared Village Manager Allison Swanson of any wrongdoing or unethical conduct following an investigation by the von Briesen & Roper law firm, an attorney retained by the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA) has informed The Press Times he will conduct a follow-up investigation. …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Copies of billing records obtained in an open records request by The Press Times indicate an outside investigation into complaints the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association made about Village Manager Allison Swanson cost more than $9,700 through the end of March. The Ashwaubenon village board authorized the investigation …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – An arbitrator with the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) issued a 14 page ruling Thursday, May 7, to deny a grievance filed on behalf of an Ashwaubenon public safety officer. The officer objected to having a letter of direction placed in his personnel file after being seen off-duty …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Ashwaubenon Village Manager Allison Swanson has been cleared by the village board following a string of complaints. After meeting in closed session Thursday, May 7, the village board directed Village Attorney Tony Wachewicz to draft a statement to announce an outside investigation cleared Swanson of any wrongdoing or …
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