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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-09-2017 Treatment Courts Minutes MEETING MINUTES TREATMENT COURTS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNITY JUSTICE COLLABORATING COUNCIL November 9, 2017 9:30 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 Fred Johnson St. Croix County Director - HHS Present Scott Knudson St. Croix County Sheriff Present Edward Vlack St. Croix County Judge - Branch II Excused Eric Lundell St. Croix County Judge - Branch I Present Liesl Nelson St. Croix County Attorney Manager-OPD Present Scott Needham St. Croix County Judge - Branch III Excused Mark Lemke St. Croix County Supervisor - DCC Present Mike Waterman St. Croix County Judge - Br. IV -Chair Present Michael Nieskes St. Croix County District Attorney Present Also present; Gary Simacek, Brent Standaert, Kristin DePrey, Kim Kitzberger, and Tamra Young. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Treatment Courts Subcommittee of the Community Justice Collaborating Council Regular Meeting April 13, 2017 9:30 AM The minutes of April 13, 2017 were accepted as presented. RESULT: ACCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENT BUSINESS ITEMS 1. St. Croix County Adult Drug Court Update Kim Kitzberger gave a snapshot of the Adult Drug Court (ADC) update of 2017 through 10-31-17. There are currently 14 active participants. Methamphetamine continues to be the primary drug of choice with one participant identifying opiates. The biggest trend is the number of referrals not entered into the program because their risk factors aren't high enough. RESULT: DISCUSSED 2. Electronic Monitoring Updates Currently the Adult Drug Court (ADC) has a number of different services available and uses 3-s budget. Discussion followed on shifting vendors to utilize one vendor instead of multiple vendors. This topic will be monitoring thru JusticePoint. Gary Simacek provided information on alcohol and/or GPS bracelets and the current costs. Sheriff Knudson mentioned several issues which need to be worked though before implementation. Judge Waterman discussed why alcohol/GPS bracelets are important if an OWI track is implemented. RESULT: DISCUSSED 3. Program Eligibility Review referral to Drug Court with pending cases is problematic. Judge Waterman stated this will have to be revisited and should followed on importance of getting people identified early, into a program and tried quickly recognizing the participants typically have more motivation to participate in a program in the first 30-60 days as opposed to when their case has been ongoing. RESULT: DISCUSSED 4. National Center for DWI Courts Training Review and OWI Track Update Judge Waterman presented a summary of the training held in Duluth and the OWI Track Summary. There was discussion regarding eligibility criteria, points of entry into program and early identification of potential participants. Modification of bond for AODA assessment, funding bracelet, hiring attorney or using cash as an incentive was also discussed. In addition, there was discussion regarding having a treatment court judge manage the terms of release, monitoring while on bond and all the other factors that go into pretrial release consistent with a treatment court model. An OWI Track would incentivize participants to participate in the program since part of the jail time can be served on electronic home monitor. This would be a fundamental shift from this The program expectations would be very similar to Drug Court offenders. Sobriety could be monitored thru random testing and monitoring bracelets if needed. Participants need to be engaged in AODA services. Private AODA services that are manualized and evidence based would be considered. Kristin DePrey stated private AODA services will cause case management difficulties. It would need to be worked out. Liesl Nelson indicated that allowing private pay when available maybe the best use of resources at the county level because that o pay. There was discussion of mental health services, MRT and the cognitive component. The OWI Track would be kept separate from drug court since it serves a completely different population. Mike Nieskes stated the phase 1 and phase 2 structure would have to be reviewed because of the fundamental difference in OWI track participants serving significant jail time during the first phase. Judge Waterman indicated there is funding available, self pay insurance, sliding fees. Fred Johnson said there maybe opportunities to provide additional benefit counseling for individuals coming through their office. Kristin DePrey indicated she continues to look for an alcohol specific program. Judge Waterman led a discussion on whether the OWI track is something the committee should continue working on. Consensus was to continue working on it. It was decided that Drug Court will schedule an all day session to come up with a plan and put together a policy manual to bring back to the stakeholders. Once that has been completed, a determination could be made. RESULT: DISCUSSED REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 10:44 a.m. DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next CJCC Treatment Courts Oversight Subcommittee meeting is Thursday, March 8, 2018, 9:30 a.m., at the Government Center - County Board Room.