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Home My WebLink AboutPublic Protection 06-06-1996ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING AMENDED TO: Robert M. Boche FROM: COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: June 6, 1996 TIME: 1:00 P.M. LOCATION: Government Center CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Safety & Security Report NEW BUSINESS: 1. Election of Officers 2. Bills and Vouchers 3. Reports: Sheriff's, Chief Deputy, Captain & Jail Captain *a. Request for new positions 4. District Attorney's Report a. Update on gangs 5. Child Support Report a. Request for Temporary Part Time Positions for 1997 G. Medical Examiner's Report 7. Jail Fee for 1997 8. Computer Support Personnel 9. Rich Loney - Jail Improvment Fund 10. Large Assembly Ordinance ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: DATE: 04/16/96 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTIONS r ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING AMENDED TO: Robert M. Boche FROM: COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: June 6, 1996 TIME: 1:00 P.M. LOCATION: Government Center CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Safety & Security Report NEW BUSINESS: 1. Election of Officers 2. Bills and Vouchers 3. Reports: Sheriff's, Chief Deputy, Captain & Jail Captain *a. Request for new positions 4. District Attorney's Report a. Update on gangs b. Victim Witness- change LTE position to permanent full time S. Child Support Report a. Request for Temporary Part Time Positions for 1997 6. Medical Examiner's Report 7. Jail Fee for 1997 8. Computer Support Personnel 9. Rich Loney - Jail Improvment Fund 10. Large Assembly Ordinance ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: DATE: 04/16/96 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Robert M. Boche FROM: COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: June 6, 1996 TIME: 1:00 P.M. LOCATION: Government Center CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Safety & Security Report NEW BUSINESS: 1. Election of Officers 2. Bills and Vouchers 3. Reports: Sheriff's, Chief Deputy, Captain & Jail Captain 4. District Attorney's Report a. Update on gangs S. Child Support Report a. Request for Temporary Part Time Positions for 1997 6. Medical Examiner's Report 7. Jail Fee for 1997 8. Computer Support Personnel 9. Rich Loney - Jail Improvment Fund 10. Large Assembly Ordinance ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: DATE: 04/16/96 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTIONS PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING June 6, 1996 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bill Krueger, Herb Giese, Chuck Mehls, Jack Dowd and Bob Gunderson. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Paul Burch, Chief Deputy Max Ihrke, Child Support Administrator Lynn Holmes, Chief Jailer Karen Humphrey, Corporation Counsel Greg Timmerman, Patrol Captain Roland Thompson, District Attorney Eric Johnson, Sheriff's Department Administrative Assistant Mary Martell, Renee Carufel and Darlene Hinke, citizen. Meeting called to order at 1:00 p.m. by Jack Dowd acting as chair until after the election of officers. Motion to approve the agenda as published by Giese/Mehls. Carried. Motion to approve the minutes of May 3rd Giese/Krueger. Carried. Date of next meeting July 8th 1:00 p.m. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Bob Gunderson nominated Herb Giese for chairman. Giese declined the nomination. Giese nominated Bill Krueger for chairman. Dowd nominated Herb Giese for vice -chair. Giese nominated Chuck Mehls for secretary. Unanimous ballot was cast for all three positions. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT: Marty Shanklin was unable to attend the meeting but submitted the bills of May for $11,217.51 with a revenue of $460. Motion by Mehls to approve the vouchers. Dowd seconded the motion. Carried. Sheriff Paul Burch introduced his staff to the new committee members. BILLS & VOUCHERS: Sheriff Burch presented the bills for May. Discussion was held. Giese made the motion to pay $39,043.55 for the Jail and $8362.15 for the Sheriff's Department. Mehls seconded the motion. Carried. The revenue for May from the Jail was $121,803.32. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: District Attorney Eric Johnson explained to the committee the need to upgrade the current LTE Victim/Witness Specialist position to a permanent full time position. Recent changes in the law require that victims of juvenile perpetrators have certain rights that require more assistance from this office thus proving the need for more than one staff person. This will be decided at the July meeting. He also reported on the County' s position dealing with gangs. There is a case awaiting sentencing in St Croix Co. at the present time which will send a strong message to the public if the felon receives the maximum sentence. Giese moved to approve the vouchers of $403.48. Second by Gunderson. Carried. PATROL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Captain Thompson made a request for 3 new patrol positions. The first year cost of these positions would be $175,000 which would include wages, benefits, equipment and a car for each. There is an increasing demand in villages and cities for help. This request will be reviewed at the July meeting also. SHERIFF'S REPORT: Burch reported on the recent concert in Somerset with traffic back-ups as the major problem. There was one fatal accident this month in the village of Somerset. Burch reported on the progress of neighborhood watch projects. JAIL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Humphrey reported the need for the part-time bookkeeper to go full time. This will be discussed at the July meeting. CHIEF DEPUTY'S REPORT: Ihrke reported on the voice recognition computers which is working very well. He also reported on the progress of the training. They have about $2300 left over from purchasing these and it would be nice to use this money for a laptop computer. He announced the retirement of Alfred Schrank as of 6/30/96. LARGE ASSEMBLY ORDINANCE: Greg Timmerman reported on the Judges decision ruling that our assembly ordinance is unconstitutional. Greg recommends to have the file reviewed by an outside expert. One of the things that the Judge said was wrong was that it applied to everything. Discussion was held as to why the Judge ruled against this. The committee would like to fine tune this ordinance as is or change it to a concerts only ordinance. Darlene Hinke from Cty Rd C questioned why the Judge ruled the way he did. She suggested maybe we should follow Chippewa County's ordinance. Motion by Giese, seconded by Mehls to support a request for expenditure of up to $5000 for outside legal assistance to review the Alice, Inc. versus St. Croix County file and make recommendations. Motion carried. JAIL FEES FOR 1997: Sheriff Burch recommended that we leave the Jail fees as is until March of next year as we seem to be in line with other counties' fees. This will be discussed at the August meeting along with the Computer Support Personnel. CHILD SUPPORT REPORT: Lynn Holmes requested 2 temporary part time positions that are presently in place. She explained why she needs these positions. Lynn also explained what her office does, how to enforce the laws and the new "most wanted campaign". The committee will act on these positions at the July meeting. Motion by Giese to adjourn at 4:10 p.m. seconded by Dowd. Carried. Chuck Mehls, Secretary Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary