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JANESVILLE A Rock County Board member says he wants to attend meetings of a subcommittee vetting candidates seeking to fill an open supervisor seat. But even if he finds out when the committee meets, he said he has been told it’s unlikely either he or the general public will be allowed in the room. Wayne Gustina, a county supervisor from Beloit, shares the concern of two advocates for open government that the process shouldn’t be shielded from public scrutiny. Gustina said he has asked but not yet learned from county administration officials, board chairman Rich Bostwick or the coun...

By Austin Montgomery Adams Publishing Group Advocates of open government have said the county’s process for filling vacancies violates the state’s open meetings law, but a county attorney argued the selection committee’s work is not subject to that law. The following information about the applicants was made available by the Rock County administrator’s office: John Burt has been a Janesville resident for more than 32 years. He has a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Michigan Technological University. Burt has been a construction project manager for almos...