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Published - Wednesday, April 01, 2009
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Workplace friction on agenda for Onalaska Town Board

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The Onalaska Town Board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 tonight to discuss a host of controversial issues including personnel problems with the town administrator and clerk.

Allegations of dysfunction have swirled in and around the town hall since Administrator Paul Kitzmann was hired in December. Tension mounted in March as the town’s long-time secretary quit and Clerk Sue Schultz accused Kitzmann of creating a “hostile” work environment. In addition, La Crosse County officials are investigating allegations that the town board violated open meeting laws last week
Though former Secretary Peg Hanson has not commented publicly on her reason for resigning, Schultz said Kitzmann had sent “harassing” e-mails, including one to Schultz in which he outlined 16 issues with her performance. (Read one of those e-mails.)

In the e-mail, Kitzmann accused Schultz of inappropriately disposing of public records and “outright rude behavior.”

The two have clashed over Schultz’s responsibilities.

Kitzmann’s hiring drew fire from former town Chairman Dave Paudler, who is challenging incumbent Chairman Stan Hauser in Tuesday’s election. Paudler has questioned Kitzmann’s qualifications, and said if elected he will expect the administrator to prove he can work “in a professional manner.”

Among the items on tonight’s agenda are discussions of personnel problems concerning Schultz and Kitzmann as well as discussions of the clerk’s job description and Kitzmann’s performance evaluation.

Also on the agenda is a discussion of computer data recovery and a formal complaint.
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Consider This wrote on Apr 5, 2009 6:58 AM:

" mildred`
wrote on
Apr 2, 2009 9:28 AM:

"Second, start attending meetings. Get involved or prepare to start paying to be a part of Holmen."

You are RIGHT mildred; we need to attend the meetings. The problem is, now Mr. Howard Kelly (on another thread) has publicly admitted to holding/attending meetings with no agenda or official record. How can we be "involved" when Howard Kelly and his mentor Dave Paudler, want us kept in the dark? "

Anti Whining wrote on Apr 2, 2009 8:15 PM:

" Read the Coulee News link below and note a similar developing pattern in the Town of Onalaska.

http://www.couleenews.com/articles/2006/01/05/opinion/00burns.txt "

ht bast wrote on Apr 2, 2009 12:57 PM:

" wow
there is a diffrance , the agenda and whats in the paper justme .
and for head out of sand if you get a good night sleep it might help with the confusion,
good night and sleep tight. "

anti whining wrote on Apr 2, 2009 10:31 AM:

" "So true Mildred.

I second it. Citizen's need to get involved. Vote Tuesday and attend meetings in the future. A well run meeting is not usually a long meeting.

Inept behavior, unfortunately, CAN go on forever. It is up to the voters to decide if it does or not. "

mildred` wrote on Apr 2, 2009 9:28 AM:

" It would be nice to hear input on the actual happenings of the meeting, bloggers. It gets old hearing about everyone else's personal election agendas...which are based on what facts?

I was at the meeting...Mr Berringer was not drunk, and he apologized to everyone for his outburst at the end of the meeting. Right or wrong......it's fact.

The subject at hand is what is happening in the Town.......and it not acceptable. So, what do we as towns people do about it? First of all, vote in the upcoming election. Second, start attending meetings. Get involved or prepare to start paying to be a part of Holmen. This inept behavior can't go on forever. "

headoutofsand wrote on Apr 1, 2009 10:13 PM:

" Consider This and Fred...

..Please stop....you have me sooo confused.

Consider This boldly states "there is NO CITIZEN input on the agenda", but where in this article does the 'newspaper' report that there IS citizen input at the meeting tonight?

And Fred.....you agree on what Consider This says about the paper? What does he actually say?

I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight trying to figure this out. "

headoutofsand wrote on Apr 1, 2009 9:58 PM:

" Fred,

Your credibility and character are going right down the tube. Actually, they went down the tube quite some time ago with other blog comments, but this definitely solidifies the matter.

Why would the paper report such trash when Mr. Berringer (you could easily look in the other article and simply write his name) was not drinking and made no reference to doing anyone harm at anytime before, during or after the meeting?

I happened to actually speak to Mr. Berringer prior to the meeting and was within clear hearing range of him the entire meeting.

Mr. Berringer did seem genuinely upset, as many were at the meeting, in light of the simply inept way Mr. Hauser was running the meeting and the clear lack of common sense and understanding of procedure by Mr. Hauser, Mr. Booth and Mr. Schaller. "

fred wrote on Apr 1, 2009 5:25 PM:

" Consider This

I agree on what you say about the paper but you have to remember who's side the
papers on. The paper and the Paudler regime have tried there best to sway the
voters. Like the reporting on the last Town meeting about man that was so mad he
had to remove himself. People that attended the meeting said the man had been drinking BUT did the paper say anything about him being under the
influence or him talking about shooting some one? Not a word. "

justme wrote on Apr 1, 2009 4:23 PM:

" ConsiderThis you are truly pathetic. The meeting hasn't even occurred and there is no mention in the article about citizen input. What are you talking about - perhaps you need to read the ARTICLE before writing your nasty comments on the blog.

BTW - Kitzmann should be fired immediately for his extreme incompetence at his job. "

Consider This wrote on Apr 1, 2009 1:37 PM:

" The paper needs to read the AGENDA before writing the article and so do the people.

There is NO CITIZEN input on the agenda, and therefore none should be taken or allowed. If the towns people show up and try to disrupt the meeting, Hauser should tell them one time to sit down and be quite, if they refuse, he should call the Sheriff and have these DISRUPTORS charged with disorderly conduct! "


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