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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection Committee 05-13-05 ST. CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING AND AGENDA Amended TO: Clarence Malick, St. Croix County Board FROM: Julie Speer, Chair COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection Committee DATE: May 13, 2005 TIME: 8:30 a.m. LOCATION: St Croix County Government Center, Hudson, WI ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Regular Meeting June 10th, 2005 at 8:30 a.m. ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES April 8th, 2005 UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Web Browser 2. Debt Service /Traffic Tickets 3. Storage Building NEW BUSINESS: 1. Bills and Vouchers 2. Capital Outlay* 3. Medical Examiner Cindy Litzel 4. Child Support Administrator, Katy Kapaun 5. District Attorney Eric Johnson, Victim Witness Ann Gustafson a. Drug Task Force/Meth b. Service Charges c. Summer Intern Law Student* 6. Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Bob Klanderman, Patrol Captain John Shilts Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Office Manager Mary Martell a. Expenditures: Drug Fund/Confiscated Acct/Jail Assessment b. Inmate Debts c. Jail Nurse(s) d. Government Security e. Policies L Jail Captain Expenses to exceed Co limit on lodging g. Resolution adopting State Statute 943.21 (lm) (d)* h. Resolution adopting an update of the wording in the Co. trespass ordinance* 7. Rules & Regulations/Per Diem ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order.) SUBMITTED BY: Julie Speer Date: April 15, 2005 and April 26, 2005 COPIES TO: County Board Office News Media/Notice Board County Clerk Committee Members Respective Dept. Heads *Additions /Changes /Corrections 4/29/2005 PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING May 13, 2005 MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Lori Bernard, Mark Erickson, Denise Gunderson and Chuck Mehls. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Patrol Captain John Shilts, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Sergeant Mike Winberg, Medical Examiner Deputy Patty Schachtner, District Attorney's Office Manager Cathy Halverson, Diversion Program Coordinator Liz Stayberg and Renee Carufel. Meeting called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairperson Speer. Motion by Gunderson/Mehls to approve the agenda. Carried. Next regular meeting will be June 10th at 8:30 a.m. The meeting in July will be on the 8th. Motion by Erickson/Speer to approve the minutes of April 8th. Carried. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT Deputy Patty Schachtner reported on the activities of the Medical Examiner's department. The Medical Examiner attended a joint meeting with Pierce County Coroner and Lifesource Organ/Tissue procurement organization staff. Schachtner reported Eric Christensen has been hired as a new deputy. She explained the process to train new interns and discussed the duties of the intern. The current intern will be done May 19, 2005. Interns enrolled for the summer and fall quarters. She reported Ramsey County is very appreciative for getting accurate information to them for autopsies. Schachtner explained Litzell discussed the disaster plan with her staff and familiarized them to the contents of both disaster trunks kept in the Medical Examiner's office. One trunk contains PPE articles and the other trunk holds disaster event articles such as body bags, body tags, Polaroid camera, etc. Discussion of the procedures for taking pictures at scenes and developing film was held. Consensus of the Committee is to request the Medical Examiner's department use the same developer as the Sheriff's Department. Discussed how to handle records that need to be saved. Standardization should be the priority and the Committee directed Schachtner to contact Director of Computer Services Tom Boron to see the best way to transmit files electronically to this office. The committee was unified in their request that all files, whether paper or electronic, be kept at the Government Center in Hudson unless another county location is identified. Motion by Mehls/Erickson to approve the bills of $5967.50. Carried. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Halverson introduced Liz Stayberg, new Diversion Program Coordinator. Committee welcomed her and would like a report of the new program in a couple of months. Reviewed the bills as presented. Discussed if the county should start charging for serving papers as other counties are charging us to serve papers. -7 -05- Motion by Erickson/Speer to approve the bills of $22,121.93 for the District Attorneys office. Carried. Motion by Gunderson/Mehls to hire an intern who is a law student for the summer months. The cost would be $2300. The money will come from the District Attorney's budget. Carried. Halverson reported storage of data in the office is becoming a problem. Consideration of other methods of storage like electronic media will be explored. Mehls would like the departments to come up with their needs for more storage. Tom Boron and Dana Baker will be contacted to see what kind of equipment will be needed to meet these needs. CHILD SUPPORT REPORT Kapaun invited the Child Support staff to the meeting to honor public servants. She thanked the staff for all the hard work they do. Diana Koenig is retiring after eleven years of service. Kapaun reported on the results of Koenig's collections over the last eleven years. Speer presented a plaque to Diana from the County in appreciation for her employment. Kapaun presented the usual reports. Reviewed the budget status report. Collections have been going up. Kapaun explained the process service system. She informed the committee that the only thing she needs for the capital outlay would be a new fax machine at this time. Kapaun reported she has received good response for the replacement of the child support specialist. The position upgrade for the receptionist is at a standstill as there is no position to upgrade too. Katy will continue to work with Deb Kathan on this matter. Motion by Mehls/Erickson to approve the bills of $1681.35. Carried. JAIL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Humphrey requested authorization to exceed the hotel allowance for an upcoming conference in Kansas City. The computer used for Crossmatch fingerprinting in Jail isn't functioning. Replacement cost is $3300 which includes a three -year warranty and installation. Motion by Gunderson/Speer to approve this cost from the Jail Assessment Fund. Carried. Hillstead introduced Mike Winberg as the newest sergeant in the department. Committee welcomed him. There have been four new hires for the Jail and need one more in the near future. Hillstead is meeting with the Hudson Clinic administrator on the nursing situation needed in the Jail. BILLS & VOUCHERS: Motion by Gunderson/Mehls to approve the Jail bills of $60,199.54. Carried. Motion by Bernard/Erickson to approve the Sheriff's bills of $46,906.20. Carried. Discussion of seizure of property near Somerset used for producing methamphetamine. Shilts reported no fatalities so far this year. One factor could be lack of snow and bad road conditions. Hillstead presented the Bass Lake Rehabilitation district resolution and agreement with the Sheriff's department. Bass Lake would prefer to have a St Croix County law enforcement officer to enforce water patrol. The District will provide the boat. Motion by Mehls /Gunderson to approve the resolution as presented. Carried. County Supervisor John Mortensen informed Sheriff Hillstead the New Richmond armory inside firing range has been closed due to lead contamination. The repair cost would be around $70,000. The City of New Richmond has agreed to pay $35,000 of this cost. Mortensen was wondering if the County could pay the remaining cost for the use of the facility. The County is using the Hudson Rod and Gun club at the present. Erickson was excused at 11:10 a.m. Hillstead reported the need for a cabinet for guns and ammo built by prison labor for $2170 and $4376.55 for tactical vests for the Swat Team. The total cost was over $21,000 but $17,000 of this was paid from a grant. Motion by Gunderson/Mehls to approve the amount of $6546.55 for the above two items from the Confiscated Asset fund. Carried. Hillstead reported that the security problem at the Health Center was discussed with Fred Johnson. A policy of duty to warn will be put in place. Ron Hiesler, Mental Health/AODA coordinator and Steve Kirt; Mental Health/AODA Clinical Services Supervisor reviewed decisions; clarified roles and discussed duty to warn. Hillstead was satisfied that the problem is solved. Mehls asked Hillstead about his storage needs. Discussion was held. Sheriff Hillstead stated many records have to be kept between 30 -45 years. Must keep DNA records forever or until the person dies. There was the general agreement that some of the older files could probably be stored electronically as long as it was legally allowed. Chuck Mehls was excused at 11:50 a.m. CAPITAL OUTLAY Jail Needs: Hillstead explained the State is requiring medical files be kept in a separate place under lock and key. The use of electronic storage of data was also discussed and believed to be feasible. Humphrey is putting the washer and dryer in the Jail budget just in case maintenance does not do so. Sheriff's needs: Vehicles and laptops are going to be the biggest needs. Have applied for grant money for some of these computers and cameras also. Hillstead explained the office equipment needs for 2006. He would like to reconstruct the squad room. Storage needs were discussed. Processing fees were discussed. No decision was made at this time. Meeting adjourned at 12:35 p.m. Lori Bernard, Secretary Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary