Tim Reed, Shawano County’s former planning and development director, has filed a grievance with the county over his firing.
Reed was terminated from his post in December.
Administrative Coordinator Brent Miller on Wednesday confirmed the grievance had been filed, but said he couldn’t divulge what Reed was seeking, whether it was a settlement or reinstatement, because it was a personnel issue.
Reed was terminated Dec. 11 and escorted from the courthouse, more than a week after a county committee voted to end his employment.
According to minutes from a Dec. 2 meeting, the Planning, Development and Zoning Committee went into a closed session to discuss Reed’s job performance evaluation “and to confer with legal counsel” concerning the evaluation.
After coming out of closed session, the committee voted unanimously to put the evaluation on file, then voted 4-1 to direct the county’s corporation counsel and administrative coordinator to “take action as directed by the committee concerning (the) personnel issue discussed in closed session.”
Reed’s situation was complicated by the fact that he also answers to two other committees: the Land Conservation Committee and Solid Waste Management Board, both of which gave him positive evaluations.
According to Tom Madsen, who was the county’s administrative coordinator at the time, Reed was offered a severance package and was given a week to decide whether he wanted to accept it.
“It was a generous offer,” Madsen said. “He never responded.”
Under the county’s grievance policy, the administrative coordinator makes the initial determination whether to sustain or deny a grievance.
If denied, the matter is heard by an impartial hearing officer appointed by the Administrative Committee. That hearing would take place 30 to 90 days after denial.
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