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City of Manitowoc

Meeting Minutes - Final

Personnel Committee

Monday, January 5, 2026

5:30 PM

Council Chambers. Meeting also available via remote

Conferencing-Zoom

1. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m.

2. Roll Call

Jessie Lillibridge, Eric Nycz, Nick Reimer, Dan Koski, Justin Nickels, and Debbie

Charney

4 - Sitkiewitz, Norell, Beeman and Cummings

Present:

Absent:

1 - Dunbar

3. Public Comment

None

4. Consent Agenda

These items will be approved by one motion unless any Committee Member wishes to remove an

item for discussion.

REMOVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS: None

25-0903

25-0904

Approval of December 1, 2025 Personnel Committee Minutes

Review of Legal Fees Billed out Through December, 2025-Human

Resources

25-0905

25-0906

25-0907

Report out on Health Plan

Report out of Human Resource's Office Initiatives January, 2026

Report out of City Attorney's Office Initiatives January, 2026

Approval of the Consent Agenda

Moved by Cummings, seconded by Beeman, to accept the consent agenda Items

as presented. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Sitkiewitz, Norell, Beeman and Cummings

Aye:

5. Convene in Closed Session

Moved by Norell, seconded by Cummings, to convene in closed session at 5:32

p.m. The motion carried by the following roll call vote:

4 - Sitkiewitz, Norell, Beeman and Cummings

Aye:

Notice is hereby given that the above governmental body may adjourn into a closed session during

the meeting as authorized by Section 19.85(1)(f) of the Wisconsin Statutes, which authorizes the

governmental body to convene in closed session for the purpose of considering financial, medical,

social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of

specific personnel problems or the investigation of charges against specific persons except where

par. (b) applies which, if discussed in public, would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect

upon the reputation of any person referred to in such histories or data, or involved in such problems

or investigations.

The specific subject matter that may be considered in closed session is:

25-0909

Residency Exception Request for Police Department

(Closed Session portion of the Minutes has been redacted.)

6. Reconvene in Open Session

Moved by Cummings, seconded by Norell, to reconvene in open session at 5:44

p.m. The motion carried by the following roll call vote:

4 - Sitkiewitz, Norell, Beeman and Cummings

Aye:

25-0909

Residency Exception Request for Police Department

There was no discussion on this item.

Moved by Cummings, seconded by Norell, to approve this residency exception

request for the Police Department for consent agenda. The motion carried by the

following vote:

4 - Sitkiewitz, Norell, Beeman and Cummings

Aye:

5. Discussion and Action Items

25-0909

Residency Exception Request for Police Department

There was no discussion on this item.

25-0908

Discussion on Department of Public Infrastructure (DPI) Restructure

Mayor Nickels explained the request to move forward with the process of

creating job descriptions, job pricing and creating organizational charts to

re-organize the Department of Public Infrastructure into two separate

departments. The Department of Public Works and the Parks &

Recreation Department. Also, to add an additional Standing Committee

for the Parks & Recreation Department. Mayor Nickels explained this was

budgeted for 2026 and it is basically budget neutral, also he would like to

bring this to Council in the next few months. There was no action taken at