At its September meeting, the Clintonville Common Council voted to award City Administrator Sharon
Eveland a $5,000 performance bonus in recognition of her impressive work thus far. While Eveland is at
an early point in her career here and as a city administrator in general, she has accomplished some
amazing things for the City of Clintonville. In a short time, she has garnered the City $1.2 million dollars
in grant funding for the dam, streets, building and equipment improvements, and private business
expansion. In addition, she led the City through its 2040 Comprehensive Plan update, created two new
TIDs to bring a new 48-unit apartment complex to Clintonville and to assist Specialized Products in
expanding its facilities, completely overhauled the City’s Personnel Manual, oversaw the City’s first ever
compensation study, implemented City-wide performance evaluations and a pay-for-performance plan,
negotiated developer agreements with Specialized Products and Premier Clintonville, worked with
Deluxe Plastics to apply for and receive financial assistance from the State for an expansion, and
implemented an impressive seven-year Capital Improvement Plan that balances the city’s financial
constraints with its capital needs while putting the City on a solid path towards debt reduction and a
lower tax levy.
Others outside Clintonville are noticing what she is achieving. She has taken on active roles statewide
including serving on the Wisconsin City/County Manager’s Association’s Conference Planning Committee
and the Women’s Executive Leadership Committee and has earned the WCMA 2019 Futures Award. She
has also been tapped by the League of Wisconsin Municipalities to assist with some advocacy work to
advance local control by municipalities.
The City hired her at the lowest end of its salary range, hoping and believing she would grow into the
job. We have seen her do just that and believe she will continue to excel in her position and help move
Clintonville forward. The Common Council wants to invest in keeping her around, rather than let some
other community scoop her up now that she is a proven commodity. As such, in addition to the
performance bonus for past performance, the Common Council also voted to award Eveland a retention
incentive payment of $27,000 in return for her signing an agreement that commits her to remaining in
her current position for three years. This payment will be made after she has signed the agreement the
City Attorney drafted that stipulates the repayment requirement should Eveland elect to leave her
position prior to the end of the three-year requirement. The Common Council believes it is important to
protect its investment in Eveland and has complete faith that she will continue to bring improvements
to the City, especially regarding grant funding at which she has been very successful, and will be a
benefit to the City for years to come. The Common Council acknowledges and appreciates her hard
work and dedication since coming to Clintonville and the City is better for it.
Richard K. Beggs, Mayor
