Supervisor Sam's Blog

We honored Lynn Horkan for over 29 years of service to Sauk County as the Finance Director. Congratulations Lynn. We also honored Sandee Bindl for over 25 years of service to Sauk County. Sandee worked as a Child Protective Services Social Worker. We then had a presentation and update on the Baraboo Sauk County campus…

We started this month by honoring Nathan Johnson for his service on the county board. Nathan recently resigned from the board because he moved. The following appointments were approved by the board. Jacquelyn Anderson and Tonya Therkelsen to the Families Come First/Comprehensive Community Services Coordinating Committee. Art Shrader, Robert Sitton, Tammy Lenerz and Matthew Ison…

At January’s Law Enforcement and Judiciary Committee meeting District Attorney Michael Albrecht gave our committee a presentation on why he wants additional legal assistants in his office. I will try to explain his argument in a shorter version than he provided us. The number of felonies in Sauk County in 1998 were 328. In 2021…

This month’s meeting started with a presentation from Dr. Brian Kaskie from the University of Iowa. He gave us a presentation on the Sauk County Older Adults Needs Assessment. The following appointments were made. Supervisor Val McAuliffe to the Aging and Disability Resource Center Committee. Judy Ellington, Laurie Grille, and Tut Grambling were all reappointments…