Administrative coordinator takes new job

Shawano County Administrative Coordinator Brent Miller will be leaving the county next month to take a job in Sauk County.

Miller was officially hired Sept. 15 as Sauk County’s first county administrator after the Sauk County Board unanimously approved his contract. His last day in Shawano County will be Oct. 16.

Miller, who has been in his post in Shawano County since December 2014, said he has been happy here and had not been looking for a new job.

He was approached by recruiters looking for candidates for the Sauk County position.

“I was not looking,” he said. “They called me twice and asked me to apply. The first time, I just thought, ‘no,’ and then my wife and I talked about it after the second time. It’s near where we someday want to retire because it is close to the kids and the grandkids.”

Miller went through the interview process, competing against more than 30 other candidates.

Miller’s Sauk County contract calls for an annual salary of $138,000 with benefits and a $1,000 stipend for moving expenses within the first six months of his employment.

He had been making a salary of $105,000 in Shawano County.

The Sauk County administrator position carries more responsibility than his administrative coordinator post in Shawano County. Department heads will be working directly for him, and he will present a county budget to the board as opposed to working with the board to develop a budget.

Shawano County Chairman Tom Kautza said the county was very happy with Miller and his job performance here.

“We would have been very happy if he had stayed,” he said, “but you only have grandkids once, and his kids, and you can’t blame him for that.”

Kautza said the human services department would begin to pursue the process for interviewing and hiring of candidates to replace Miller.