HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection Committee 01-09-02ST CROIX COUNTY
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Amended
TO: Thomas Dorsey
FROM: Julie Speer
COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection
DATE: January 9, 2002
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
LOCATION: Government Center
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
DATE OF NEXT MEETING:
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
S.
Visions
Resolutions; Drug Paraphernalia,
Huber Facility
Electronic Monitoring Charges
Radio purchasing, rpt. on whether
maintenance and service
Humane Officer
it will include
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Bills & Vouchers*
2. Evaluation of vacated positions, Personnel manual
Section #3*
3. Medical Examiner's Report
4. District Attorney /Victim Witness Reports
5. Child Support Report
6. Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Patrol Captain, & Officer
Manager
A. Expenditure from Drug Fund
B. Jail Assessment
C. Closed Session Per WI Stat.19.85 (1) (b) for
discussion of employee
D. Reconvene into Open Session
7. Correspondence
*These will be presented to each Department at the time of their
report
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order)
SUBMITTED BY: Julie Speer
DATE: 12/19/01 & 12/27/01
COPIES TO: County Clerk
Notice Board /News Media
Committee Members
* *ADDITIONS /CHANGES /CORRECTIONS
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING
January 9, 2002
MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Esther Wentz, Tom Rose and Chuck
Mehls. Bob Gunderson was excused.
STAFF AND OTHERS PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Patrol Captain
Robert Klanderman, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Chief Deputy Ron
Volkert, Adm. Assistant Mary Martell, Medical Examiner Marty
Shanklin, Corporation Counsel Greg Timmerman, Brian Larson from
Ayres, State Jail Inspector Scott Morris and Renee Carufel.
Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. Motion by Wentz /Rose
to adopt the agenda. Carried. Date of the next meeting will be Feb
8th at 8:30 a.m. Deadline for agenda items will be Jan. 24 Motion
to approve the minutes of Dec. 5 th by Wentz / Mehls. Carried. Motion
to approve the minutes of Dec. 19 by Mehls /Wentz. Carried.
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT Shanklin made a year end report. Mehls
requested a five year recap of all the fatalities in the county.
Bills for the month of December were $2675.74. Motion to approve by
Wentz /Speer. Carried.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT Motion by Mehls /Wentz to approve the
bills of $1734.78. Carried.
HUBER FACILITY Hillstead reported we asked Brian Larson from Ayres
for an updated copy of the changes to the Huber facility which he
presented to the committee. Some of the changes were as follows;
visiting is non - contact visiting, everyone enters into one area,
office can view more rooms and added a utility washer and dryer
space. Larson handed out cost estimates and explained some
alternatives for different costs. Discussed the need for more Huber
space. Hillstead was satisfied with the new plans and thinks they
are adequate. We are presently charging Huber inmates $15.00 per
day. This charge was set in 1993 and has not been revised since.
The department has figured our present actual cost per day is
$18.00.
Scott Morris, State Jail Inspector, explained why we might be able
to house Pierce Counties inmates. He also said we should be very
diligent about adding on to house Huber inmates as we have 30 people
on the Huber waiting list and should address the problem as soon as
possible. There would be a need for 3 additional staff sergeants.
Larson said he could have a final draft of the Huber addition by the
next Feb. 8 th meeting.
Morris also commented that our Jail is run very professionally and
said the only improvement would be in having more management staff
and has recommended this for the last five years.
VISIONS No progress or anything different with Visions at this
time.
ELECTRONIC MONITORING CHARGES: Hillstead reported because of the big
turn over of personnel in the Jail he has not done anything with
electronic monitoring at this time. He will have costs for this at
the next meeting.
RADIO PURCHASING Hillstead was unsure if the contract with the
State of Minnesota Cooperative Purchasing Venture would be good
because we do not know what kind of service contract they offer.
RESOLUTION FOR HUMANE OFFICER: The County has to pass an ordinance
to modify abatement orders. Discussion was held on if we need a
humane officer or if we can use a law enforcement officer for the
same purpose. We need an ordinance to allow someone to issue
abatement orders and find someone to act as an appeals officer.
ORDINANCE ON DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Timmerman presented this ordinance.
Mehls reviewed this ordinance. Discussion was held. Motion by
Mehls /Wentz to approve the ordinance concerning the possession of
drug paraphernalia. Carried.
Chair Speer reminded the Committee supervisors are to look for ways
to conserve costs in this time of economic shortfalls. She also
reminded them what to do with vacated position.
SHERIFF'S REPORT Hillstead said we are hiring more personnel in
Jail because two jailers went out on the road. We have turned over
six people in the last 3 months in the Jail.
He reported we have had 19 fatalities in the year of 2001; yesterday
a 17 year old girl was killed in No. Hudson. Citations issued in
2001 are almost doubled from three years ago.
Motion to go in closed session at 11:12 a.m. by Wentz / Mehls.
Carried. Motion to reconvene into open session at 11:31 a.m. by
Rose /Speer. Carried.
Hillstead reported we have a new canine officer. The Sheriff
negotiated an agreement with St.Paul Canine Unit to take our current
dog in trade for the new officer's training costs. The cost of
purchasing a new dog from the Netherlands will be about $4000.
Motion to approve this purchase from the Confiscated Drug Fund by
Rose /Wentz which includes the cost of the dog and transportation
from overseas. Carried.
Captain Humphrey passed out a report as to the cost to house Huber
inmates. No action was taken at this time.
CHIEF DEPUTY'S REPORT Volkert requested more drug buy money from
the drug fund. Motion to approve $3000 from the Confiscated Drug
Fund by Wentz / Mehls. Carried.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT REPORT Martell reported we have a new part
time employee in the Sheriff's Department, Pam Engen.
The Committee reviewed the bills and the report of how we stand
according to budget. Motion by Mehls /Wentz to approve $111,003.34
for the 2001 Jail bills. Carried. Motion to approve the Jail bills
for 2002 of $2574.05 by Mehls /Speer. Carried. Motion by Speer /Rose
to pay 2001 bills of $26,550.74 for the Sheriff's Department.
Carried. Motion to approve the 2002 Sheriff's Dept. bills of
$8804.35 by Wentz /Speer. Carried.
CHILD SUPPORT Kapaun reported on the progress of conversions of
cases as ordered by the State. The present case load is in excess of
2800. We have entered into a cooperative agreement- with the Clerk
of Court, District Attorney, Treasurer and Corporation Counsel.
Kapaun informed the Committee she is taking on 50 cases herself to
familiarize herself with the entire process and take some of the
work load off her specialists.
Motion by Wentz /Rose to adjourn at 12:15 p.m.
Tom Rose, Secretary
Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary