The departure of Emergency Management and Communications Director Daniel Kane is the cause of Door County officials looking to rethink the structure of the department.

During Tuesday’s Door County Board of Supervisors meeting, the board will discuss potentially splitting the role Kane held for five years beginning in May 2018. Under a proposal laid out by Door County Administrator Ken Pabich, the Door County Emergency Management and  Communications Department would be separated into three areas: E911 Call Center/Communication Center, Emergency Management, and Public Safety Communications/Towers. The emergency management and E911 Call Center/Communications would be their own departments under the proposal while Public Communications/Towers would be placed under the Technical Services Department umbrella. A new director would be hired if the county is unable to form a partnership with Brown County to combine emergency management functions. The proposed plan would create one new position and increase the 2023 budget by just over $44,000 and $100,000 in 2024.

The Door County Board of Supervisors will also discuss accepting the grant from Destination Door County’s Community Investment Fund and transferring money to make safety improvements to the area around State Highway 42/57 and County Highway BB (Gordon Road) when they meet at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.