By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – After meeting in closed session Tuesday, Feb. 25, the village board approved an independent investigation by hiring the von Briesen & Roper law firm to address complaints involving the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Department, said Village Clerk-Treasurer Patrick Moynihan Jr. Details as to the terms for hiring the firm …
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By Press Times Staff ASHWAUBENON – Fair Market Assessments, the assessor for the village and other municipalities in the area, has joined Ashwaubenon officials to speak in support of Village Manager Allison Swanson following a vote of no confidence by the public safety officers’ union. In a Feb. 11 letter sent to Village President Mary …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – A company called in last summer to remove asbestos from where the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena was demolished filed a lawsuit Feb. 13 in Brown County Circuit Court. Alex Balestrieri, project manager of Balestrieri Environmental & Development in Elkhorn, appeared last September before the Ashwaubenon village board …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Eight days after the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association announced its vote of no confidence in Village Manager Allison Swanson, a former public safety department lieutenant filed a federal lawsuit Feb. 14 against her and the village. Scott Schermitzler worked more than 26 years for Ashwaubenon Public Safety …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUNBEON – An advisory referendum to go before village voters April 7 will ask whether they favor switching from an elected to an appointed clerk-treasurer. The issue was discussed Jan. 29 at an informational meeting in the Pioneer Elementary School gym. The session was initially scheduled to discuss two referendum …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA) has gone public with its dissatisfaction regarding Village Manager Allison Swanson. Union representatives held a press conference Thursday, Feb. 6, to announce membership voted unanimously to issue a statement of no confidence in Swanson. Officer Melanie Lovato, APSOA secretary, said the …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – An arbitration hearing was held Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the village hall to consider a grievance filed on behalf of an Ashwaubenon public safety officer, who objected to having a letter of direction placed in his personnel file after being seen off-duty wearing a thong while golfing. Officer …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The Village of Oregon’s loss will become Ashwaubenon’s gain next month. Brian Uhl, who has been the police chief since August 2015 in Oregon, south of Madison in Dane County, has accepted the position of Ashwaubenon’s director of public safety. He is scheduled to begin Feb. 17, said …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – A final series of bids for constructing the new expo center received approval Tuesday, Jan. 14, from the village’s Community Development Authority. Reinhold’s signage bid of $268,828 was awarded as the lowest of four submitted. Ben Samolinski, project manager from Miron, said the bid includes items such as …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Howard’s director of public safety is a finalist for Ashwaubenon’s vacant public safety chief position. After Ashwaubenon’s Police and Fire Commission conducted interviews last week, Village Manager Allison Swanson said the commission narrowed its selection to two candidates: Ed Janke, the Village of Howard’s director of public safety; …
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