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REVISED
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
MAY 6TH, 9:00 A.M.
NOTE TIME CHANGE
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 7TH MEETING
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
1. Web Browser
2. Traffic Ticket Collection Update
3. ATM Machine
4. Video Conferencing
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Election of Committee Officers
2. Bills and Vouchers*
3. Medical Examiner
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 - Update
c. Huber Facility
d. Defibrillators
e. Unsolved Homicides
7. Priority Programs
a. COOP [Continuity Of Operations] & COG [Continuity Of Government]
b. Goal Setting - Policies*
8. Preliminary Capital Outlay Plans*
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
ADJOURNMENT
[Agenda not necessarily presented in this order.]
SUBMITTED BY Julie C. Speer
DATE: 4/20/04 & 4/29/04
COPIES TO: Respective Department Heads, County Board Chair Malick, Administrator
Coordinator Chuck Whiting, County Clerk Cindy Campbell, Public Protection Committee
Members, News Media and News Board.
* These items will be presented and discussed by each department.
MINUTES
PUBLIC PROTECTION /
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i MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Denise Gunderson, Chuck Mehls,
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(Lori Bernard and Mark Erickson.
STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Child Support
Administrator Katy Kapaun, Victim Witness Coordinator Ann Gustafson, District Attorney Office Manager Jane Esbensen
Moore, Finance Director Michelle Pietrick and Renee Carufel.
Meeting called to order at 9:10 a.m. by Chairperson Speer. Motion by Gunderson/Erickson to approve the agenda. Carried. Next
meeting is June 11th at 8:30 a.m. The July meeting will be on the 9"'.
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Motion by Mehls /Gunderson to approve the minutes of April 7th. Carried.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: Moore reported District Attorney Eric Johnson and Assistant DA David McQuillen are in San
Francisco for a meth conference. Motion by Gunderson/Erickson to approve the bills of $2563.08. Carried.
Gustafson reported on the duties of the Victim Witness Department. She informed the committee she is on a Victim Impact panel. This
a court ordered program that is mandated for first and second time drunk driving convictions that shows them the consequences of their
actions.
CHILD SUPPORT REPORT Kapaun reported on the responsibilities of the Child Support department. There were 2830 child suppor
cases in 2003. Performance measures were presented and explained. Child Support collected in 2003 exceeded $10,869,926. Kapaun
presented the goals for the coming year. Reviewed the budget status report and the caseload tracking. For the next meeting Kapaun will
present the capital outlay for the computers she needs in her office in the future.
' ELECTION OF OFFICERS Chair Speer turned meeting over to Vice Chair Mehls. Erickson nominated Speer for Chair. Mehls called
for nominations three times. Nominations closed. Motion by Bernard/Gunderson to elect Speer as chairman. Carried. Mehls nominated
Gunderson for Vice chair. Gunderson nominated Mehls. Gunderson declined the nomination. Motion by Speer /Gunderson to nominate
Mehls for Vice chair. Carried. Erickson nominated Bernard as secretary. Motion by Erickson/Gunderson to elect Bernard as secretary
Carried.
WEB BROWSER Hillstead reported contacting Computer Services and decided not to go with Visions for the Web browser. The
Department is using Cactus software for the jail accounting. Once Cactus is running smoothly, any entries into Visions can be transferrer
to Cactus. Sheriff explained the problems with Visions to the new members of the committee.
TRAFFIC TICKETS Mehls reported credit card collections of $16,110 for traffic ticket collections. Reported on the need for an AT1V
machine in the building. The committee called in Michelle Pietrick to report to the committee on the status of a cash machine. She
reported only one person responded with interest in putting a cash machine in the Government Center at no cost but this individual never
followed up with it. Most companies want to see higher traffic in order to be a free sight. Discussion was held as to the advantage of
1 having one in the building. A follow up on this should be placed on the Finance Committee agenda.
Delinquent traffic tickets: small claims, newspaper coverage of publishing names of tickets that are not paid after judgments of these
tickets and other ways to collect were explored.
SHERRIFF'S REPORT Hillstead reported there have been three traffic fatalities so far this year. Normally at this time each year we
would b e at nin Th Department is averaging 1600 -1700 traffic cras eac y H e a reported on the number of accidents,
burglaries and drug cases in the county.
� Hillstead reported on the number of concerts in Somerset and his involvement with the municipalities. Hillstead said his department
would help with the big concerts but not with the little ones.
1 UNSOLVED HOMICIDES Hillstead reported the only unsolved homicide in St Croix County is the Clapp homicide that is 12 years
f old. The Department is treating the human head that was found in the county as an unsolved case.
( JAIL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Humphrey explained the numbers in the Jail and how they have increased over the years. The average
(daily population for the month of April was 129. Humphrey explained why the Jail revenue has decreased. The Huber system was
explained.
Mehls explained trauma -dex powder. He requested the medics carry this to stop large wounds from bleeding. Motion by Speer/Erickson
to spend $150 for this purchase from the Confiscated Drug account. Mehls abstained from the vote due to a conflict of interest. Carried.
I DEFIBRILLATORS Mehls reported on the defibrillator training. Six persons have completed the training and 10 more are signed up
for the second session.
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BILLS & VOUCHERS Motion by Mehls /Gunderson to approve the bills for the Jail of $51,122.55 Carried. Review of the Sheriff's
bills, motion by Gunderson/Speer to accept the bills of $39,740.23. Carried. Revenues for the month of April $91,113.55 of which 71%
went into the general fund or specialized accounts= $64,752.11.
Hillstead reported on receiving a grant of $29,320 for a software application upgrade for changing Wisconsin State reporting from
Uniform Crime Reports to Wisconsin Incident Based Reporting System.
Review of the Capital Outlay Plans as presented for vehicles, office equipment, patrol equipment and Jail was made.
{Investigator Jim Mattila is on administrative leave due to medical conditions. His position is being filled with overtime work at the
1 present time.
One of the Jailers might be activated to military service within 18 months.
Storage facility will be on the agenda next month.
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT Review of bills. Motion by Mehls /Gunderson to approve the bills of $7350.14 for the Medical
Examiner for the month of April 2004. Carried.
Erickson asked if this committee could issue no trespassing signs under the Hudson bridge. Committee suggested contacting the Highwa
j department for suggestions. No decision was made at this time.
Adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
Lori Bernard, Secretary
Renee Carufel, Record Secretary