HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection 08-11-04 ST. CROIX COUNTY
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Chair Clarence Malick
St. Croix County Board
FROM: Julie Speer, Chair
COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection Committee
DATE: August 11, 2004
TIME: 8:00 a.m. NOTE TIME CHANGE
LOCATION: St Croix County Government Center Room 1281
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Budget Meeting: August 16 8:30 a.m.
Regular Meeting. Sept. 10 , 8 :30 a.m.
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES July 9 2004
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
1. Web Browser
2. ATM Machine
3. Traffic Ticket Collections
4. Video Conferencing -Tom Boron 10:30 a.m.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Closed Session 19.85 (1) (c) for evaluation of an employee. Come out of closed
session.
2. Bills and Vouchers*
3. Medical Examiner Cindy Litzel 9:00 a.m.
4. Child Support Administrator, Katy Kapaun
5. District Attorney Eric Johnson, Victim Witness Ann Gustafson 10:00 a.m.
6. Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Patrol Captain Bob Klanderman,
Jail Captain Karen Humphrey (excused) Office Manager Mary Martell
a. Expenditures: Drug Fund/Confiscated Acct/Jail Assessment
b. Inmate Debts
c. Huber Facility
d. Automatic Pawn Shop System Resolution
e. Public Health
L Storage Building
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA TIEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order.)
SUBMITTED BY: Julie Speer
COPIES TO: County Board Office News Media/Notice Board
County Clerk Committee Members
Respective Dept. Heads
* Additions /Changes /Corrections
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MINUTES
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
AUGUST 11, 00
[ MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Denise Gunderson, Chuck Mehls,
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i Lori Bernard and Mark Erickson.
! V lkert Office Manager Ma Martell Child Su ort
STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron o g Mary PP
Administrator Katy Kapaun, Child Support Specialist Wendy Fenske, Victim Witness Coordinator Ann Gustafson,
Legal Secretary Cheryl Soerens, Medical Examiner Cindy Litzell, Emergency Communications Supervisor Casey
Swetlik and Renee Carufel.
Meeting called to order at 8:00 a.m. by Chairperson Speer. Motion by Gunderson/Erickson to approve the agenda. Carried.
Next meeting will be August 16"' at 8:30 a.m. for 2005 budget reviews only. Next regular meeting is Sept. 10` and Oct. 8"' at 8:30
Ia.m.
�Motion to approve the minutes of July 9`" by Bernard /Gunderson. Carried.
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Motion to go into closed session 19.85 (1)(c) for evaluation of an employee at 8:15 a.m. MehlsBernard. Carried. Motion by
Erickson/Gunderson to come out of closed session at 9:45 a.m. Carried.
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT: Litzell presented the July bills. Motion by Gunderson/Mehls to approve the bills of
$7032.75. Carried.
Litzell explained the changes in the pay rate proposal for 2005. Bernard suggested changing the scene visit pays to $100 for the
first three hours and $45 per hour for every hour over three plus mileage. Litzell explained there should be a $2.00 increase in
`phone reports. Cremation fees will remain the same but mileage should be added. She suggested charging $75.00 for a death
Icertificate signature. Money collected from the signature fee would go to the County Treasurer.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: Gustafson introduced Cheryl Soerens of the District Attorney's staff who is handling the
office finances at this time. Jane Schmaltz resigned as of Aug. 2,2004. Motion by Speer/Bernard to allow the District Attorney's
office to pay the Verizon cell phone bill on the date that it is due and report this to the committee at the next meeting. Motion by
Mehls/Bernard to approve the bills of $855.57. Carried.
Speer reported receiving two letters from the State of Wisconsin. One is for $34,116.70, which is the reimbursement for the cost
of the Victim/Witness Assistance program from January 1 through June 30, 2004. This represents a reimbursement rate of 60% for
that six -month period. The other check of $9373 was for the VOCA grant from April 1 -June 30,2004. This represents 80% of the
total cost of the program except health insurance, which is reimbursed at roughly 10 percent.
The Victim Witness office has received notice that they have been approved for a supplemental grant of $1720 to upgrade the
furnishings in the Victim Witness waiting room. This requires an additional $430 match from the County.
VIDEO CONFERENCING Boron reported everything is ready to go with video conferencing. There are two units. One unit
will serve two courtrooms. Committee suggested working with Polk County to demonstrate video conferencing. We will have an
introduction to video conferencing for the next meeting. All those involved will be invited to this meeting.
Boron reported the Vision server is overloaded and needs an upgrade. He has put together a proposal for a new server, which will
cost around $14,000.
SHERIFF'S REPORT: Hillstead reported there have been 8 traffic fatalities in the County so far this year. The Department has
completed two river raids in Somerset. About 240 citations were written. The expense to the County for this was about $19,000,
which included supplies and overtime wages. About 14 man -hours were spent on the river.
Hillstead reported the number of home burglaries has dropped. Construction burglaries have increased. There have been 72 Meth
arrests so far this year.
Hillstead reported there is a satellite office at the Ag Center in Baldwin where the officers can go to type their reports instead of
traveling back to Hudson.
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Hillstead reported there is $90,000 in the Jail Assessment fund. Finance would like to take $40,000 for the new Huber addition
expenses. No action was taken at this time.
Volkert reported he is receiving a copy of the pawnshop ordinance from the City of New Richmond. He will present this to
Corporation Counsel for review.
Storage Building: Old storage building plans reviewed. No further action taken at this time.
Inmate debts: Humphrey reported they are working on the small claims from bills owed by the inmates.
Humphrey reported the new Huber facility is doing fine but not as full as expected. The Jail inmate population has increased.
Hillstead reported giving six more officers credit card machines to use for traffic ticket collections.
He also explained the need to replace the radiophone in the central area of the Jail for a cost of $3990. Motion by
Gunderson/Bernard to approve this amount from the Jail Assessment fund. Carried.
Humphrey explained the use of inmate wristbands for keeping track of daily activities. She will report more on this next month.
Hillstead reported having problems with the CAD software system with no solution to fix it at this time.
Hillstead stated we used the quick response finger print machine to identify a person hit by a train in Pierce County last week. i
! BILLS & VOUCHERS Bills were reviewed and discussed. Motion by Gunderson/Erickson to approve the Jail bills of
1$66,155.21. Carried. Motion by Erickson/Gunderson to approve the Sheriff's bills of $62,805.13. Carried.
Martell reported we have a 3 staff member on medical leave from the Sheriff's Department at this time. The Department is having
policy and procedure training.
Chief Deputy Ron Volkert announced he will be retiring in January 2005. Discussion of his replacement was held.
Adjourned at 11:50
Lori Bernard, Secretary
Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary