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Monday night (5/11/15)the Lake Geneva City Council will be making the decision
to hire the city's new Administrator during a Closed Session . The candidate being
considered is Blaine Oborn. Listed below are newspaper articles dealing with Mr.
Oborn's job performance as an administrator in other cities:
Rhinelander City Administrator Blaine Oborn was involved in an accident
Feb. 10 while driving a city vehicle and failed to immediately report it to law
enforcement and the City Council.
The City Administrator is not being held accountable for his actions. This
avoidance holds true with the Parks and Grounds Supervisor's list of costly
errors also.. What a terrible example for the City to set for other City
employees and taxpayers.
http://www.rivernewsonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=47&
ArticleID=66727
Oborn's 2015 salary and benefits total $134,072..... Oborn has said he was
contacted about the Lake Geneva job .... Oborn has also retained a lawyer
who has been in contact with Rhinelander's city attorney.... Should Oborn
voluntarily resign, he is required to give the city at least 60 days written
notice, according to his employment contract.
http://www.rivernewsonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=47&
ArticleID=67497&TM=52535.66
Former Kronenwetter (pop. 7210) Village Administrator Blaine Oborn
resigned last summer (2011) to become city administrator in Rhinelander,
Wis. His salary was $80,000.
http://blogs.pjstar.com/stein/2012/01/05/washington-words-ex-cityadministrator-is-finalist-for-wisconsin-job/
Blaine Oborn "also testified that he'd never seen someone scrutinize village
departments as much as she has."
http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/Village-to-Discuss-PossibleMisconduct-Against-Kronenwetter-Police-Chief176194631.html?device=phone&c=y
An angry Rhinelander city council last night reprimanded both the City
Administrator and Mayor for withholding key information that impacted the
council budget process.
http://wxpr.org/post/rhinelander-city-council-chastises-mayor-city-adm
Rhinelander city administrator is a candidate for a job in southern Wisconsin
and has also retained a lawyer for an issue yet to be publicly disclosed.
accomplishments during his tenure, including the use of tax incremental
financing
Oborn also said he is happy with passing the city's premier resort area
tax.... the council invoked two exemptions of the state's open meetings law
to convene in closed session: to consider Oborn's performance and to confer
with legal counsel about litigation or possible litigation. The subject matter
listed on the meeting agenda read: "City Administrator performance
evaluation and Employment Agreement."
http://www.rivernewsonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=47&
ArticleID=67395
AFFIDAVIT OF BLAINE OBORN I was not able to submit the budget to PSC
staff by the due date because I fell ill on Wednesday, May 2 1 , 2008 and
was off work on May 22,2008 and May 23,2008 and was unable to meet my
responsibilities.
http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/webdocket/ViewDocument.cfm?CaseActi
vityID=241001&NotType=%27WebD
He believes the city could bring in more money by increasing fees.
One option the city's considering is having the fire department charge people
involved in crashes.
He also thinks the city should consider a premier resort tax.
http://www.wjfw.com/print_story.html?SKU=20140617182744