City of West Bend to announce new clerk on Monday, March 21, 2022 - Washington County Insider

2022-08-13 00:13:22 By : Mr. Liu Gary

Shortly after the story below was posted on Wednesday the city released its agenda.

It was October 28, 2021 when City of West Bend head clerk Stephanie Justmann turned in her notice. Justmann was a trusted clerk in the City of West Bend who oversaw elections, poll workers, and her favorite job was swearing in new officers. Justmann started her career under Dodge County Clerk Karen Gibson; she later worked as the clerk in the Village of Kewaskum and after five years on the job in West Bend, Justmann resigned and returned to a job in the finance department in Dodge County. 

After Justmann left, deputy clerk Angel Rettler was promoted and within about two weeks she too resigned to take a job in the Village of Germantown. A post on Rettler’s social media indicated people at City Hall were sad to see her go.

Kasie Miller, who was the third person in the clerk’s office at the time, was promoted to Chief Deputy Clerk.   Miller came up the ranks as a dispatcher at the West Bend Police Department. She has been working in the clerk’s office since March 2021 and has one election under her belt. Miller said her certification classes through UW-Green Bay will start in July 2022.  Miller has been manning the clerk’s office the past four months since Justmann and Rettler left. To help shore up the office the City rehired Jean Kilbourn, who retired from the clerk’s office in January 2020. 

According to State statutes 62.09 (11) a deputy clerk can act as the clerk in a vacancy.

Washington County Clerk Ashley Reichert said “we’re here to support them” .. she said referencing the City clerks office.

WISN talk show host Mark Belling emailed Jenkins on February 11, 2022 asking if he would throw his hat in the ring for the clerks job, even though Jenkins was part of the ad-hoc review committee to fill the clerk’s position.   “Would it not be a clear conflict of interest” and “brazen cronyism” wrote Belling about the possibility. Jenkins denied he was applying for the job. 

As of March 15, 2022, no recommendation for appointment of a new chief clerk has been brought before the City Council. The next council meeting is Monday, March 21, 2022. An agenda is expected to be posted in the coming days.

There has been redistricting in the City of West Bend, WI, polling locations have changed, poll worker training is underway, absentee ballots for the April 5, 2022 election went out March 15, 2022 and in-person absentee voting begins March 22, 2022. A hot topic in the news for the past year has been election integrity and trust along with proper ID to vote, the legality of drop boxes, and voting as indefinitely confined.

With time dwindling until the April 5, 2022 election, do you feel it is necessary for the City of West Bend to have a chief clerk at the helm?

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