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Home My WebLink About09-18-2015 Public Protection & Judiciary Minutes MEETING MINUTES PUBLIC PROTECTION & JUDICIARY COMMITTEE September 18, 2015 8:00 AM County Board Room-Government Center County Board Room - 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived Andy Brinkman St. Croix County Chair Present Christopher Babbitt St. Croix County Supervisor Present Roger Larson St. Croix County Supervisor Present Scott Nelson St. Croix County Vice Chair Present Carah Koch St. Croix County Supervisor Present Others present: Administrator Patrick Thompson, CJCC Coordinator Mike O'Keefe, Child Support Director Chad Wolske, Corrections Bureau Captain Dan Van Someren, Sheriff John Shilts, Chief Deputy Scott Knudson, Interim Finance Director Bob Mittet, Judge Michael Waterman, Emergency Support Services Director Stephen J. T'Kach, Emergency Communications Coordinator Terry Andersen, Medical Examiner Patty Schachtner, Emergency Management Coordinator Kristen Sailer, Victim Witness Coordinator Pam Bellrichard, District Attorney Office Manager Cathy Halverson, Patrol Captain Jeff Klatt, District Attorney Eric Johnson, Clerk of Court Kristi Severson, Judge Lundell, Judge Needham, Judge Vlack, Register in Probate Ericka Nelson, UW Extension Agent Joan Sprain, members of the public and meeting organizer Janet Smith. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Public Protection & Judiciary Committee – Regular Meeting – July 10, 2015 8:00 AM The July 10th minutes were accepted as presented. RESULT: ACCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENT There were no public comments. BUSINESS ITEMS 1. Financial Reports Administrator Pat Thompson and Interim Finance Director Bob Mittet reported departmental revenues and expenditures as of July 2015 are within the acceptable percentages. RESULT: DISCUSSED 2. Day Reporting Center Presentation Sheriff's Office - Corrections Bureau Captain Dan VanSomeren gave a presentation on the proposed Day Reporting Center. The Day Reporting Center business plan includes remodeling portions of the Huber center to provide a more user friendly site for those people who are required to check in for programs involving; Courts, Probation & Parole, Drug Court and the Diversion program. This center would also provide the ability to process fingerprints for the public during normal business hours. At the current time public fingerprints are allowed before 8:00 AM and after 5:00 PM. The Day Reporting Center would be staffed by fully trained Corrections Bureau deputies. Staffing the center with two deputies, remodeling portions of the existing Huber center and purchasing equipment would be an initial cost estimate of $408,102.20. Review of staffing and hours of operations would be completed quarterly as the center develops. See handout for further details. Discussion. RESULT: DISCUSSED 3. 2016 Budget Review Administrator Thompson gave a brief summary of the budget meetings held with Department Heads. Overall all budgets have been submitted. There is a gap between expenditures and revenues, discussions are happening on how to bridge these gaps. Health Insurance numbers are looking positive, there may be areas there that might help balance the budget. Each department presented their requested budget and gave a brief explanation of increases/decreases in their overall budget. Child Support Director Chad Wolske reported a new program to convert case files and notes from paper to electronic. This upgrade will cost approximately $40,000. This amount is offset by staff savings, the net effect on expenditures will be a $5,000 increase in overall budget from 2015. Revenue will be increased by approximately $14,000. Courts Judge Lundell reported an expected zero increase from the 2015 budget. CJCC Coordinator Mike O'Keefe reported an expected zero increase from 2015. This is dependent on the awarding of the COMPAS grant which is applied for. Drug Court Program Judge Vlack spoke on behalf of the Drug court program which is asking for an additional $24,000 in funding to provide parenting training to parents participating in the drug court program. Clerk of Court Kristi Severson requesting an additional $60,000 in expenditures due to increase in jury trials, court appointed counsels and video/presentation updates for all courtrooms, and legal services. Expectations are the grants received will remain the same as 2015. Emergency Support Services Director Stephen J. T'Kach reported within the Emergency Communications division there is an increase in electricity (more tower sites), Sundry Repair and Maintenance due for maintenance agreements for newer IP equipment. Emergency Management is the same as 2015. District Attorney Eric Johnson reports the difference in his budget is a $23,000 increase for the Assistant Diversion Program Coordinator position increases from part-time to full-time. Victim Witness program remains the same as 2015. Law Enforcement Sheriff John Shilts reported the Day Reporting center, new squads being purchased on their three year cycle and updating to SUVs and a new position request for the Crime Analyst position. Medical Examiner Patty Schachtner shows an increase of $100,000, this increase is due to the increases in autopsies, case loads and hospice registrations. Administrator Thompson reported the Committee of the Whole (COTW) will meet on 10/14/15 to go through the budgets in greater detail. Thompson thanked the Department Heads and their staff for the work done on preparing the 2016 budget. Chair Brinkman thanked all the staff for the work that is done to get the budget done. RESULT: DISCUSSED 4. LEPC membership Roger Larson informed the committee since the County Board By-laws change their needs to be an appointment from the Public Protection and Judiciary committee. A Larson/Babbitt motion to appoint Scott Nelson to the LEPC. Passed RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Roger Larson, Supervisor SECONDER: Christopher Babbitt, Supervisor AYES: Andy Brinkman, Christopher Babbitt, Roger Larson, Scott Nelson, Carah Koch 5. Drug Prosecutor Position District Attorney Eric Johnson introduced Ed Minser. Johnson gave a brief history of the Drug prosecutor position. Felony drug prosecutor Mr. Minser from LaCrosse County started here on August 17, 2015. Minser gave a brief report on his work history. The committee welcomed him to St. Croix County. Nelson requested some statistics on felony drug cases prosecuted. Johnson provided a briefing on numbers, he will distribute to members. Discussion. RESULT: DISCUSSED 6. County Board Chair and Vice chair afterhours access to GC in case of emergency Sheriff John Shilts reported on the current security in place at the government center. During the initial startup all employee accesses were reviewed. Previous Board passed a resolution that County Board members do not have building access during off hours. Shilts agreed during day to day business the normal access is fine. During times of emergency when an EOC is activated or a COOP event develops. He recommends the County Board Chair and Vice Chair have access to Government Center. Thompson asks if there are others who normally do not have access but would have access during emergency events. T'Kach and Sailer added the County Line of Succession in the Emergency Operation Plan (EOP) is County Board Chair, Vice Chair and then Public Protection Chair. Discussion. The committee recommends a resolution be drafted by Administration and presented at the next Public Protection & Judiciary committee for review . RESULT: RECOMMENDED [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Andy Brinkman, Christopher Babbitt, Roger Larson, Scott Nelson, Carah Koch 7. Supporting WCA Resolutions #9 & #24 Supervisor Babbitt spoke on behalf of supporting Resolution #9 and #24. District Attorney Johnson spoke in support of the pay progression resolution #9. Resolution #24 Supporting state funding for 911 services and one designated PSAP per county. Director T'Kach spoke in support of Resolution #24. Chairman Larson will bring the Resolutions with the Public Protection & Judiciary committee support to the WCA committee next week. RESULT: DISCUSSED-NO ACTION 8. 9-1-1 Infrastructure Phase II Emergency Support Services Director T'Kach announced the successful completion of the Text-2-911 service. Coordinator Andersen reported on the Phase II Infrastructure Update. Handout. Discussion. RESULT: DISCUSSED 9. Medical Examiner report Looking at 600 cases this year. Working with IT to create a new database for deputies to log onto and verify information on scene. Hopefully, up and running before end of year. The resource guide is scheduled to go out next week. Supervisor Babbitt spoke on the suicide death this week in St. Croix and how the Resource Guide addresses some of these concerns. RESULT: DISCUSSED REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE Announcements: Welcome to Carah Koch, this is her first PPJ committee meeting. Next meeting is Friday October 9th. Chairman Brinkman thanked both the Sheriff's Office and the City of New Richmond for the work they have done on the investigation into the homicides. County Board Chair Larson thanked the committee on the input for the WCA resolutions. He will be attending the conference on Sunday where resolutions will be voted on. ADJOURN Meeting adjourned at 9:55 AM DATE OF NEXT MEETING - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2015