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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection 04-08-97ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING AMENDED TO: Robert M. Boche FROM: William Krueger COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: April 8, 1997 TIME: 9:00 A.M. LOCATION: Government Center CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Clues Update 2. Towing Complaint 3. Status of Immigration Request * 4. Discussion/Update of COPS Grant NEW BUSINESS: 1. Bills & Vouchers 2. Reports: Sheriff's, Chief Deputy, Captain & Jail Captain 3. District Attorney's Report 4. Medical Examiner's Report 5. Child Support Report ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: William Krueger DATE: 3/26 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING AMENDED TO: Robert M. Boche FROM: William Krueger COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: April 8, 1997 TIME: 9:00 A.M. LOCATION: Government Center CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Clues Update 2. Towing Complaint 3. Status of Immigration Request NEW BUSINESS: 1. Bills & Vouchers 2. Reports: Sheriff's, Chief Deputy, Captain & Jail Captain 3. District Attorney's Report 4. Medical Examiner's Report 5. Child Support Report ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: William Krueger DATE: 3/26 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING April 8, 1997 MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Bill Krueger, Herb Giese, Jack Dowd, Chuck Mehls and Bob Gunderson. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Paul Burch, Chief Deputy Max Ihrke, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Patrol Captain Roland Thompson, Communications Director Bruce Brantner, Child Support Administrator Lynn Holmes, County Administrator John Krizek, Finance Director Rich Loney, Civil Process Server Tom Belongia and Renee Carufel. Motion to approve the agenda as published by Gunderson/Mehls. Carried. Motion to approve the minutes of March 6th Gunderson/Giese. Carried. Date of next meeting May 7, 9:00 a.m. TOWING COMPLAINT: Mehls explained how he replied to the complaint of Kerry Peterson of New Richmond, who is no longer on the roster as a towing agent. The Sheriff will deliver another communication packet that he has requested. His main complaint is that he does not think he is getting his share of towing calls. Brantner reported as to how other counties handle their towing policy. We have 10 areas defined in the county and try to divide the calls for the different towing agents. Bruce will prepare a list of qualifications that are required to stay on the calling list. BILLS & VOUCHERS: Motion by Dowd/Gunderson to approve the Sheriff's vouchers of $12,128.43 and $56,013.14 for the Jail. Carried. Burch made special note to explain the bill for the luminescent lettering for the fire jackets to be used in the Jail. The revenues for the Jail for the month of March were $164,955.79. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT: Thompson reported on the first traffic fatality of 97. This was a 75 year old male who died in a car fire on March 15th. An autopsy was performed and it was determined that he died from the fire. Motion by Mehls/Giese to approve the bills of $3129.15 Carried. CHILD SUPPORT REPORT: Holmes explained the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 requires that states establish a central unit for receipt and disbursement of child support collections. The purpose of this mandate is to streamline and reduce the costs of the receipt and disbursement process. These duties are now in the Clerk of Courts office but would be shifted to the Child Support office. Holmes will need more staff by Oct. 1, 3-9-94. a 1 ,y DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: Motion by Giese/Mehls to approve the bills of $845.94. Carried. CLUES UPDATE: The Clues program name has been changed to Public Safety Program which has been operating several years on the civil process program. The computer prints each form as needed. Digital imaging does have an extension of a file problem which is being worked on. St. Croix Co. has been selected by the State for the pilot project for finger printing. Prints will be sent via modem to the FBI. We hope to have this in place by August for other municipalities. St.Croix County will be the beta site. We have updated the clues program so that it is working more efficiently by hiring a consultant with specialized equipment to find these problems. CHIEF DEPUTY'S REPORT: Ihrke reported that a lot of other agencies have shown an interest in touring our lab and jail. Everyone is quite impressed. UPDATE OF COPS GRANT: Burch reported that the COPS grant has been approved. We have everything in place; just waiting for final written approval. With the two additional patrol people that the grant provides, we will be able to do more patrol work so there will be more traffic tickets issued. The County received another grant for $4500 to control drinking parties in Somerset. The Safety and Sober Campaign received $2000. This money was used to build a speed board which clocks miles per hour. JAIL REPORT: Ayres is coming with an engineer on April loth to look at the electrical panels in the Jail. STATUS OF IMMIGRATION REQUEST: This situation originated when Immigration came to our facility and requested more jail space. The Finance Committee has declared this is their responsibility, as it would be an expansion. There are some decisions to be made such as: 1) limit the risk by having Immigration pay for the whole addition. 2) We should be doing this for a profit of at least $10- 20 per day per inmate. 3) We will need cost plus a contract from the Federal Government and this cost must be based on the last 12 months. 4) Must have approval of the whole county board. Krizek explained that we are not in the business to make a profit. We should grow only to serve our population. After reviewing the jail cost analysis of daily prisoner expense, it was determined that we would need around $85-95 per day per inmate. It is the consensus of the Public Protection Committee that they would like to keep working on this and should have a joint meeting with the Finance Committee. Krueger thanked Loney and Krizek for their work on this project. Motion to adjourn by Giese/Mehls at 12:00 p.m. Carried. Charles Mehls/ Secretary Renee Carufel/ Recording Secretary