City officials met resistance Tuesday while attempting to reimplement an employee COVID-19 policy in light of new guidance from medical experts.
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Health Director concerns
Former Sauk County Health Director Tim Lawther speaks around his mask while talking about concerns over a rise of COVID-19 during a June 2020 meeting of the Baraboo Common Council at City Hall.
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Baraboo Common Council members Phil Wedekind and Tom Kolb listen while wearing masks and separated by polyglass dividers during a June 2020 council meeting at City Hall.
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Baraboo Common Council member Tom Kolb listens with his mask dangling after removing it to ask a question during a late June 2020 council meeting, with fellow members Michael Plautz and Jason Kent sitting nearby but divided by partitions.
Council adjusts to pandemic rules
Baraboo Common Council members and residents attending a special council meeting March 17, 2020 at City Hall practice social distancing, which is meant to keep people separated by 6 feet or more, as they listen to officials talk about plans in the face of the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
City Administrator Kennie Downing
Assistant Fire Chief Mark Willer, right, helps former City Administrator Kennie Downing with her laptop while testing software in late March 2020 to host telecommunication meetings for the Baraboo Common Council. Mayor Mike Palm, also pictured, said the city plans to conduct meetings over the internet until the threat of COVID-19 disappates enough to cancel his emergency order. The meetings will remain accessible to the public via the local television channel or by calling into the meeting by following instructions posted with the council agenda.
Tom Kolb
Baraboo Common Council member Tom Kolb asks a question as fellow member Phil Wedekind listens during the last council meeting held in person at City Hall on March 17, 2020.
Mayor Mike Palm
Mayor Mike Palm attempts to log into the online Baraboo Common Council meeting with his phone while Baraboo Fire Assistant Chief Mark Willer offers help in March 2020 at City Hall. Willer, who serves as the fire department training coordinator, was on hand to help troubleshoot connection problems.
Laura Walczak, SSM Health St. Clare Hospital
Laura Walczak, president of SSM Health St. Clare Hospital-Baraboo, tells attendees and Baraboo Common Council members during a special March 2020 meeting that the facility's priorities are keeping people away from COVID-19 and maintaining good health for the public.
Baraboo Police Chief Mark Schauf
Baraboo Police Chief Mark Schauf speaks to Baraboo Common Council members and the public about the department's three main priorities in the age of a pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus during a special meeting in mid-March 2020 at City Hall.
Baraboo Fire Chief Kevin Stieve
Baraboo Fire Chief Kevin Stieve talks about the city plan for disasters and citywide COVID-19 procedures during a special Baraboo Common Council meeting in March 2020.
Baraboo Mayor Mike Palm
Mayor Mike Palm talks about city plans as Baraboo Common Council members Jason Kent and Joel Petty listen during a special March 2020 meeting. All six council members present sat in a circle taking up half of the room, each at least two chairs apart, as a way to practice social distancing.
Baraboo City Administrator Kennie Downing
Former City Administrator Kennie Downing explains how the newly drafted employee policy will work during a special Baraboo Common Council meeting March 2020.
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Jessie Phalen provides a COVID-19 outlook update to Baraboo Common Council members during their meeting Oct. 13 at City Hall.
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City Attorney Emily Truman, right, listens as interim City Administrator Ed Geick outlines the recruitment process for her job, which she resigned from in November for a new position with the state in Madison.
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Police and Fire Commission Secretary Dennis Kluge talks about a 1932 opinion by the then state attorney general which allowed for his commission to be made up of elected members rather than appointed ones during a Baraboo Common Council meeeting in December at City Hall.
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Baraboo Common Council member John Ellington asks a question about the city's Police and Fire Commission during a council meeting in December where members were considering an ordinance to change the commission from elected to appointed by the mayor.
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Baraboo Common Council member Mike Plautz, right, speaks during a March meeting as fellow council member Tom Kolb listens.
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Baraboo Common Council member Jason Kent, right, speaks during a March meeting as fellow council member Mike Plautz listens from behind a plastic partition.
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City Administrator Casey Bradley answers a question during the April 13 Baraboo Common Council meeting at City Hall.
