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ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
Amended
TO: Chair Clarence Malick
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Julie Speer, Chair
COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection Committee
DATE: October 8 2004
TIME: 8:300 a.m.
LOCATION: St Croix County Government Center Room 1281
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Regular Meeting November 12 8:30 a.m.
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES September 10 2004
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
1. Web Browser
2. Traffic Ticket Collections
3. Video Conferencing
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Bills and Vouchers*
2. 2005 Budgets*
3. Medical Examiner Cindy Litzel
4. Child Support Administrator, Katy Kapaun
5. District Attorney Eric Johnson, Victim Witness Ann Gustafson
6. Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Patrol Captain Bob Klanderman,
Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Office Manager Mary Martell
a. Expenditures: Drug Fund /Confiscated Acct/Jail Assessment
b. Inmate Debts
c. Automatic Pawn Shop System Resolution
d. Storage Building, 11:00 am, Hank Paulson*
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA TIEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order.)
SUBMITTED BY: Julie Speer
Date: September 20, 2004 & September 24, 2004
COPIES TO: County Board Office News Media/Notice Board
County Clerk Committee Members
Respective Dept. Heads Tom Boron
Clerk of Court
*Additions /Changes /Corrections
9/24/2004
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING
October 8, 2004
MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Denise Gunderson,
Lori Bernard and Mark Erickson. Chuck Mehls was excused.
STAFF PRESENT: Medical Examiner Cindy Litzell, Sheriff Dennis
Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Jail Captain Karen
Humphrey, Child Support Administrator Katy Kapaun, Legal
Secretary Lisa Dahl, District Attorney's Office Manager Kathy
Halverson, Facilities Manager Ralph Robole, Hank Paulson and
David Cihasky of Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. and Renee
Carufel
Meeting called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairperson Speer.
Motion by Gunderson /Bernard to approve the agenda. Carried.
Next meeting will be November 12th at 8:30 a.m. Next meeting is
December 10 at 8:30 am.
Motion to approve the minutes of September 10 by
Gunderson /Erickson. Carried. Motion to approve the minutes of
September 21 by Erickson /Gunderson. Carried.
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT Information on the intern program
for medical examiner was reviewed. The University of Wisconsin
River Falls will choose the intern and that person will be
working with the Medical Examiner's department in January, 2005.
Litzell reported autopsies are down from last year at this time.
Motion by Erickson /Gunderson to approve the bills of $3183.22.
Carried.
CHILD SUPPORT REPORT Reviewed the caseloads, budget status
report, revenue status report and expenditures through
September, 2004. The Department has collected over 8 million
dollars this year. Kapaun reported where the department stands
in regard to each report.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: Kathy Halverson, new office manager
in the District Attorney's office was introduced to the
committee. Bills were reviewed. Motion by Gunderson /Speer to
approve the bills of $3021.71. Carried.
SHERIFF'S REPORT Hillstead reported the meal budget for the
Jail should be increased about $25,000 from the former budget
submitted.
He also reported on the number of crimes and response time to
each in 2004.
Hillstead explained the security in the courtrooms. There have
been three security officers in the courtrooms since July; two
court officers and one security officer.
Discussed numbers in the Jail. Female inmate population has
increased. The old Huber facility is being used to hold
minimum - security inmates because the Jail is too crowded at this
time.
The Jail bookkeeper will work with Corporation Counsel taking
former inmates to small claims court for bills due the County
after they are released from the jail.
Discussion of charging a booking fee for each inmate. Other
Counties are doing this but will research the cost of this
before a decision is made.
Hillstead reported Immigration will start renting jail space
from the County when beds are available.
Motion by Bernard /Gunderson to approve the bills of $42,716.89
for the Sheriff's Department. Carried. Motion by
Gunderson /Erickson to approve the Jail bills of $53,106.89.
Carried.
Hank Paulson and David Cihasky of Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc.
presented the impound storage building plans of Barron county.
Actual bid of this project was $275,000. Final cost was
$310,000. This did not include the County's help with this
project. The Sheriff's Department and Maintenance Department
will put this project in the capital outlay for 2006.
Meeting adjourned at 11:30 am.
Lori Bernard, Secretary
Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary