WHITEWATER—January 09, 2024—The Greater Whitewater Committee (GWC) will be hosting its annual meeting where the GWC elects its Board of Directors and adopts the new budget. After the GWC annual meeting, the GWC will be hosting this year’s civic event, where the public is welcome to attend, featuring the Superintendent of the School District, Dr. Caroline-Pate-Hefty, City Manager John Weidl and Police Chief Dan Meyer presenting their respective referendums for the April Ballot.
This event will take place on Thursday, February 13th at 5:00 p.m. at 841 Brewhouse: 841 E Milwaukee St., Whitewater, WI 53190, banquet hall in Whitewater, WI.
Historically, after the annual GWC meeting, the GWC invites the community to attend this event. Each year the GWC has a speaker from either the State or Federal Government. This year the GWC members asked the School District and the City to discuss their referendums for the April Ballet. The GWC members thought it would be beneficial to share both the city, and the school district plans with the community. The agenda will start with a social hour beginning at 5:00 p.m., there will be hors d’oeuvres and sodas for everyone to enjoy. Superintendent of School District Dr. Caroline-Pate-Hefty and a School Board member will begin presenting at 5:45 p.m.- 6:30 p.m., following the presentation there will be questions from the public until 7:15 p.m. The second presentation will be the City Manager, John Weidl, and Police Chief, Dan Meyer, and their presentation will begin at 7:15 p.m., or earlier if we are ahead of schedule with questions starting at approximately 8:00 p.m. We ask the public to write down their questions on a question card. The questions from the community will be presented by a moderator provided by the Greater Whitewater Committee.
Dr. Caroline Pate-Hefty has been the WUSD Superintendent since July 2020. Previously, Caroline served as Executive director of student services in Maywood, Melrose Park, and Broadview Public Schools in Cook County, IL for more than eight years. Pate-Hefty brings experience in supporting campus security, Special. Education, discipline, climate/culture, and district-wide social and emotional learning models. Caroline holds a Doctor of Education degree from National Louis University, a Master of Arts degree from Concordia University, and a Bachelor of Education degree from UW-Whitewater.
City Manager John Weidl is a public-sector leader, economic development expert, and Military combat veteran with 14+ years of experience developing teams of 150+ throughout the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. He is also a decorated United States Air Force (USAF) Combat Veteran with tours of duty in Europe and the Middle East, including joint combat service with the United States Army. John’s role on the team typically involves balancing long-term and short-term expectations, developing, and implementing growth strategy, managing the competing interests of stakeholders, delegating authority wisely, forging a culture of empowerment, and developing future leaders from within the organization. As the City Manager John successfully converted a part-time, paid-on-call fire and EMS service into a full-time paramedic-certified department, in addition to implementing programs and projects that bring affordable housing and economic development to the community, over the last 18 months.
Police Chief Dan Meyer’s demeanor is quiet and approachable. He came to Whitewater in 2010, at the age of twenty-two, to take a position as a patrol officer. Dan graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with an undergraduate degree in criminal justice. Chief Meyer began attending a police academy class at MATC. After the 13-week course, with 520 hours of training in January 2010, he landed his first law enforcement job as a Whitewater patrol officer.
“We are happy the city and school district were available to present their cases of their respective referendums for the April Ballot,” said GWC President Jeffery Knight.
For further details, please contact Jeffery Knight at 920.728.0662 or jpk@knightpublicaffairs.com.
About the GWC
The GWC is an action-oriented group committed to collaborating with citizens, elected officials, and policy makers to identify, craft, and implement a pro-business agenda. The agenda advances the economic, education, and social policies needed to energize and secure the Whitewater area’s economic future, as well as protect Whitewater’s quality of life.
