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MEETING MINUTES
PUBLIC PROTECTION & JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
January 13, 2017 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
Present: Sheriff John Shilts, Clerk of Court Kristi Severson, Medical Examiner Patty
Schachtner, Child Support Director Chad Wolske, Emergency Support Services Director
Stephen T'Kach, District Attorney Michael Nieskes, Community Justice Collaborating
Council Coordinator Mike O'Keefe, County Administrator Patrick Thompson, other staff
present and meeting organizer Janet Smith.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Public Protection & Judiciary Committee – Regular Meeting – December 9, 2016 8:00
AM
RESULT: ACCEPTED
PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comments.
BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Financial Reports
Administrator Patrick Thompson presented current financials through the end of
November 2016. Revenues appear to be lower than budgeted mostly due to grants not
yet received. Expenditures look right on track. Discussion.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
2. Medical Examiner
Medical Examiner Patty Schachtner presented two handouts; the first showed the number
of Not Natural deaths in St. Croix County in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The second handout is
for a training being offered on May 1st and 2nd for Law Enforcement, dispatchers and
others who may work with 911 calls. In 2016 the office processed 632 deaths
expectations are in 2017 the numbers will be closer to cases. Discussion.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
3. 9-1-1 Infrastructure Phase II
Emergency Support Services Director, Stephen T'Kach presented to the committee the
current status of the 9-1-1 Phase II infrastructure project. T'Kach reported expenditures
to date total approximately $4 million with an additional pending $3 million for the
microwave and Land/Mobile radio and radio consoles portion of the project. The next
three months of work to be done was defined. Project is a little bit behind schedule due
to weather issues. Microwave equipment is being installed this week and should be
completed in February. Land/Radio equipment will be manufactured and delivered in 1st
quarter, installation and extensive testing in the 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter of 2017 the
department hopes to have the Phase II project completed. Discussion on possible
Houlton area tower, financial partners, Kingstack lease and Minnesota connectivity.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
4. Clerk of Court
Clerk of Court Kristi Severson informed the committee of possible budget impacts
related to the recent Nunez. Severson thanked the I.T. and Facilities departments for the
work performed getting room 1281 converted to an additional juror orientation room.
Work has been completed in the audio video and video conferencing capabilities in court
rooms 1 and 2. Working on completing the video conferencing project for court rooms 3
and 4 which are scheduled for 2017 and 2018 completion. Department is in process of
reconfiguring the office for ADA compliance at the front counter and the remodel should
be completed next week. I.T. has also been working on getting the 2nd floor WIFI up
and working. The state is mandating eFile as a requirement by May 1st. Staff is working
very diligently at making this deadline. Staffing concerns were discussed.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
5. Community Justice Collaborating Council (CJCC)
Community Justice Collaborating Council (CJCC) Coordinator Mike O'Keefe informed
the committee the award letter for the TAD grant has been received. The CJCC focus has
been on the work of the subcommittees. One of the CJCC subcommittees is focusing on
the Domestic Violence and has scheduled to work with a company out of New York who
will perform an assessment on how St. Croix County deals with Domestic Violence. The
interviews with shareholders will be held February 9th and 10th. When the final report is
received O'Keefe will share the information. The assessment is primarily paid for
through the state STOP grant. The subcommittee focusing on Mental Health has been
meeting regularly and focusing on Emergency Detentions (ED). After attending a
meeting with Pierce county the group will begin working as a regional subcommittee
working with Emergency Detentions. The committee is also working on Critical Incident
Training, which is now happening in the Government Center. This training is offered to
Law Enforcement for when they encounter "in crisis" people that may suffer from mental
health issues. Captain VanSomeren is scheduling more training for this. The training is
focused on de-escalation of situations. There has been positive feed back on the training.
Sheriff Shilts thanked the committee for their support on the keeping the training budget
line item.
O'Keefe invited the committee members to the next CJCC meeting on February 9, 2017 a
presenter will be discussing "evidence based decision making" techniques. COMPAS
program will be implementing the "PROXY" which is a short screening tool for Law
Enforcement to use in the field to determine if someone should be jailed or given a
summons to appear. Discussion.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
6. District Attorney
District Attorney Mike Nieskes informed the committee he is looking at filling the county
attorney position. This position was approved by the full board about a year and a half
ago. Nieskes cancelled some budget line items.. Working with Corporation Counsel for
department reorganization options.
RESULT: DISCUSSED
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Jail inspection and Day Report Center walk through on February agenda. Day report center time
will be announced at the County Board meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
ADJOURN
Meeting adjourned at 9:06
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Next meeting date is February 10, 2017