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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection 04-07-04 PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE April 7, 2004 8:30 A.M. CALL TO ORDER /ROLL CALL: [Mary Louise Olson excused] ADOPTION OF AGENDA: DATE OF NEXT MEETING: [To be determined by the new committee] MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 5th MEETING UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. Web Browser 2. Traffic Ticket Collections Update 3. Video Conferencing NEW BUSINESS: 1. Bills and Vouchers* 2. Medical Examiner 9:00 A.M. [CLOSED SESSION as per WI Statutes 19.85 [1] [b] for evaluation of employee. Come out of Closed Session.] 3. 10:00 A.M. - Mr Marion Shaw to address the Committee 4. Child Support Administrator 5. District Attorney /Victim Witness 6. Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Patrol Captain, Jail Captain and Office Manager a. Expenditures: Drug Fund /Confiscated Account b. Inmate Debts c. Huber Facility d. Defibrillators 7. PRIORITY PROGRAMS REPORTS ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE ADJOURNMENT [Agenda not necessarily presented in this order.] SUBMITTED BY: Julie C. Speer DATE: March 15, 2004 COPIES TO: Respective Department Heads, County Board Chair, Administrator Coordinator, County Clerk, Public Protection Committee, News Media and News Board. *These items will be presented and discussed by each department. PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING April 7, 2004 MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Denise Gunderson, Dan Raebel, and Mary Louise Olson. Chuck Mehls was excused. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, District Attorney Eric Johnson, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Child Support Administrator Katy Kapaun, Medical Examiner Cindy Litzell, County Board Supervisor Don Jordan, Marion Shaw and Renee Carufel. Meeting called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairperson Speer. Motion by Olson /Gunderson to approve the agenda. Carried. Next meeting is May 6th at 8:30 a.m. Motion by Gunderson /Speer to approve the minutes of March 5th. Carried. Motion to go into closed session as per WI Statutes 19.85 (1) (b) for evaluation of the Medical Examiner by Gunderson /Olson. Roll call, all voted yes. Motion to come out of closed session by Speer /Gunderson at 9:25. Carried MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT Motion by Gunderson /Speer to approve the bills of $3408.45. Carried. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT Johnson explained how the Drug Forfeiture fund works. Johnson and Assistant District Attorney, David McQuillan will be going to the National Drug Conference in San Francisco. His office has received $800 from the conference to attend this meeting. The rest of the expenses will be taken out of the Drug Forfeiture account. Motion by Raebel /Olson to accept the bills of $2399.16 for the District Attorney's office. Carried. Johnson reported on the Meth presentation to the Hudson High School. He has also e- mailed the information to the University of Wisconsin in River Falls. Johnson informed the committee of the drug grant money from the Federal government. He plans on using the money for a first time offender program. Discussion on this program was held. Victim Witness Coordinator, Ann Gustafson reported on a check for $36,945.57 from the State for reimbursement for the cost of the Victim /Witness Assistance Program for the period of July 1 through December 31, 2003. Marion Shaw came before the committee with a complaint. Don Jordan, County Board Supervisor was in attendance as his representative. On January 12, 2004 Shaw's daughter rolled the Shaw's suburban. The deputy on the scene was much less than cordial according to Shaw. Shaw brought his complaint to Chief Deputy Volkert and indicated he was very cooperative with the matter. Shaw claims there were misstatements made on the scene and accident report. When Shaw visited with the Sheriff on the matter he felt he did not have a good repoir. Shaw would like to get the investigation corrected and have the opportunity to rebut the case. Ron Volkert's statement: Shaw made the comment that the "Higher Up's" treated him with less respect than the deputy on the scene. Sheriff's Statement: It is possible that the deputy may not have been as sensitive as he could have been, but he did everything that he was supposed to do on the scene and followed all procedure. Mr. Shaw had complained about the way the Sheriff's seating arrangements were set up in his office, implying that it was set up to intimidate the public. When he took office in 1999 that is the way the office was arranged, and he has never changed it. His personal feeling is that Mr. Shaw was upset that the daughter got a ticket. The Sheriff informs the deputies that he expects authority and respect of the public on the job. The Sheriff made it clear that the report will not be changed. Something can be added or clarified but the original report cannot be changed. Mr. Shaw's rebuttal: Could he submit some documentation to the committee? Shaw believes the whole report is flawed and believes misstatements and lies are in the report. He is requesting the Sheriff Department look back into this matter and correct it. Jordan said he is concerned about the process that was gone through to arrive at the report. Volkert will provide the committee with a copy of the file in question if they wish. The Sheriff has discussed with all the deputies how he expects them to treat the public. Each member of the committee made a comment concerning the matter. Consensus is to read the statement submitted. The minutes from this meeting will be put in the Shaw file. Shaw stated again that he does not want a change to the file. A comment would be fine. He is asking for this to be readdressed. He would be glad to work with Chief Deputy Volkert on this. Jordan thanked the committee for their time and effort. Committee asked the Sheriff to review Mr. Shaw's highlighted concerns and they be added to the file. A letter should be sent from the Sheriff and signed by Speer as a follow up to Shaw's highlighted concerns. CHILD SUPPORT REPORT Kapaun distributed the monthly report. She thanked the outgoing supervisors for their support to her department. Motion by Gunderson /Olson to approve the bills of $1902.17. Carried. The Department has collected 2.8 million already this year. SHERIFF'S REPORT Hillstead reported the number of burglaries has decreased because of the arrest of three different groups of individuals. Drug cases are still a big problem. There have been only two fatalities so far this year. He also reported on the recovery of a body from the St. Croix River that could have been there since November 2003. Reported on the traffic problems with the repairs to the Hudson Bridge. Reported on the activity with the drug problems. The Security officer position will be postponed because the officer that received the position will be off due to medical reasons. Hillstead may fill the position in the meantime by posting for overtime or part time personnel. JAIL CAPTAIN'S REPORT Humphrey reported there are 30 Huber inmates at this time. The new facility is open and will fill up shortly. Presently there is no special account for the collected money from inmate's debts that the Department can use this money to take more cases to small claims. EXPENDITURES: DRUG FUND /CONFISCATED ACCOUNT: Motion by Raebel /Gunderson to take the $4525 from Jail assessments to update the video camera equipment. Carried. Hillstead requested $1325.32 plus shipping for more ammunition from Confiscated Asset account. Motion by Gunderson /Speer for this approval. Carried. DEFIBRILLATORS: Speer read a report from the March 11, 2004 Finance minutes regarding defibrillators and training. Hillstead reported the credit card collections for traffic citations were over $11,000 for February and March of this year. BILLS AND VOUCHERS: Motion by Gunderson /Olson to approve the bills of $56,130.23 for the Jail for February. Carried. Motion by Raebel /Gunderson to approve $273,207.72 for the Sheriff's Department bills for February. Carried. Motion by Raebel /Olson to approve $43,152.70 for the Jail bills for March. Carried. Motion by Gunderson /Olson to approve the Sheriff's Department bills of $28,949.87 for March. Carried. Adjourned at 12:00 p.m. Mary Louise Olson, Secretary Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary