As Douglas County prepares to replace administrator Ann Doucette next year, the administration committee split on a vote to go with an administrative coordinator, which would give the county board more authority over the position.
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Andy Lisak, 58, who formerly directed the Development Association in Douglas County and later was Douglas County administrator, died Monday in Superior after fighting cancer for more than three years.Â
The Superior native was born in the North End and went on to obtain degrees in economics and sociology at American University and studied labor relations and collective bargaining as a post-graduate student at Cornell. After residing in Madison for a decade, he led the Development Association from 2001 to 2010 and Douglas County through 2017, when he became weakened by cancer.Â
In a 2010 interview with BusinessNorth, his colleagues said Lisak brought a regional mindset to the Development Association, where he encouraged public and private leaders to work as a team.Â