Dunn County Treasurer Megan Mittlestadt resigns
By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — Dunn County Treasurer Megan Mittelstadt has submitted her resignation.
Mittelstadt’s resignation will be effective July 14, the Dunn County Board learned at the June 21 meeting.
In her letter, Mittelstadt said she had been offered a great opportunity outside of the county.
Mittelstadt also wrote that she will work hard during her remaining time as the county treasurer to make sure there is a smooth transition with the new treasurer.
Megan has done “a terrific job” and has “upped the professionalism” in the county treasurer’s office, said Steve Rasmussen of Boyceville, chair of the Dunn County Board.
The next step will be for the county board’s Committee on Administration to recruit and interview candidates for the treasurer’s position and then offer a candidate to the Dunn County Board for approval, Rasmussen said.
Mittelstadt was appointed as county treasurer in January of 2014 following the resignation of Cindy Kopp.
In November of 2012, Kopp, who had served as deputy treasurer for 16 years, won the election for treasurer and had defeated Mittelstadt in the August primary.
Mittelstadt was elected to a four-year term as Dunn County treasurer last November.
At the time she ran in the August of 2012 primary, Mittelstadt was an audit project manager for a large national bank in Minneapolis and was responsible for conducting audits of the home mortgage division.
Prior to her position with the bank, Mittelstadt worked in risk advisory services for one of the big four accounting firms and in the internal audit department of the nation’s largest retailer.
Mittelstadt is a graduate of Boyceville High School and continued her education at the University of Wisconsin — Eau Claire and graduated with a Bachelors of Business Administration with a double major in Business Economics and Accounting. She earned a designation as a Certified Public Accountant in 2006.
Anyone who is interested in the Dunn County treasurer position should contact the county’s human resources division to begin the process of applying for the position, Rasmussen said.
Other business
In other business, the Dunn County Board:
• Recognized the service of three retired county employees: Douglas Kunick, Todd Cockeram and Linda Wayne. The three employees accounted for 77 years of service all together, Rasmussen said.
• Approved for a first reading changes in the county’s ordinances regarding promotions. The changes include that the promoted employee shall be moved to the appropriate grade in the classification and compensation plan. Department heads also would be authorized to offer a starting salary of up to Step 3 of the promoted employee’s new grade. The county manager could authorize a department head to offer a higher starting salary consistent with the classification and the compensation plan. In addition, where the county manager is the appointing authority, the county manager would be authorized to offer a starting salary consistent with the classification and compensation plan.
• Approved authorizing the county board chair to forward five resolutions that have already been approved by the county board to the Wisconsin Counties Association for the annual business meeting in September: Resolution No. 2016-66 In Support of Just Fix It for Transportation Building; Resolution No. 2016-67 Urging the Wisconsin Legislature and Governor to Enact Legislation to Increase Medicaid Reimbursement Rates; Resolution No. 2016-80 In Support of Increasing Funding the Children and Family Aids Allocation; Resolution No 2017-7 in Support of Proposed plan for Salary Increases for All University of Wisconsin Employees; Resolution No. 2017-30 Supporting Creation of a Nonpartisan Procedure for the Preparation of Legislative and Congressional Redistricting Plans.
