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MEETING MINUTES
PUBLIC PROTECTION & JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
June 10, 2016 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
Judy Achterhof St. Croix County Supervisor Present
Others present: Administrative Operations Manager Ken Whitt, Child Support Director
Chad Wolske, CJCC Coordinator Mike O'Keefe, County Administrator Patrick
Thompson, Emergency Support Services Director Stephen T'Kach, Emergency
Communications Manager Terry Andersen, Medical Examiner Patty Schachtner, Chief
Deputy Scott Knudson, Sheriff John Shilts, other staff present and meeting organizer
Janet Smith.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Public Protection & Judiciary Committee – Regular Meeting – May 13, 2016 8:00 AM
Minutes were approved as presented.
RESULT: ACCEPTED
PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comments were offered.
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Financial Reports
Administrator Thompson presented the financial report through the end of April.
Revenues and Expenditures are within acceptable parameters.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
2. Medical Examiner's Office
Medical Examiner Patty Schachtner presented a report on the Medical Examiners Office.
See attached Presentation.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
3. 9-1-1 Infrastructure Phase II
Director Steve T'Kach gave an update report on the Phase II Infrastructure project. The
Somerset tower is close to completion, Deer Park will be complete within the next couple
weeks, the New Richmond Health Center tower should be started by end of month.
Approval by the City of River Falls has been received to build tower. The tower in
Roberts will begin within the next 30 days. The project is currently within the timeline
and within budget. Project expenditures and obligations from the beginning of the project
in 2014 to current is: $1.5 million has been paid out, $643,000 obligated to contractors,
$1.8 million in contracts awarded and $1.17 million is approved for microwave/radio
system. Total in expended, obligated and contracted is $4 million. The next portion of
the project will be the land/mobile radio portion of the project. Discussion.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
4. Community Justice Collaborating Council (CJCC)
Coordinator Mike O'Keefe CJCC council announced the CJCC meetings will be moving
to the second Thursday of the month in the County Board room starting in August. The
Executive committee meeting will be moved to the fourth Thursday of each month. The
Treatment Alternative and Diversion (TAD) grant has been recently released and the
department will be working diligently on meeting the short time frame for submission of
that grant (July 19, 2016). Discussions will be held with departments involved to work
on a submission plan. Lisa Multhauf, Kim Kitzenberger and Mike are the primary staff
working on this grant submission.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Administrator Thompson informed the committee the Day Report Center Report engineering
report came back much higher than anticipated. Thompson will address this with the
Administration committee meeting next week. The state trust fund loan was approved with a
draw down capped at $3.7 million. He will be recommending to the Administration Committee
and then to the full County Board to increase the draw down to $5 million.
Drug Court Coordinator Kimberly Kitzberger, is tentatively scheduled to report on the Drug
Court Program at the July meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Sheriff Shilts distributed a handout related to the Day Report Center. Medical Examiner
Schachtner updated the committee on the Opiates conference. To date 100 people have registered
for the conference.
ADJOURN
Meeting was adjourned @ 8:45 AM
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
To be determined at a late date.