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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection Committee 08-07-02ST CROIX COUNTY PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE TO: C. W. Malick FROM: Julie Speer DATE: August 7, 2002 TIME: 8:30 a.m. LOCATION: Government Center CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Visions* 2. Large Assembly Ordinance; Supr. Raebel, Supr Olson- Public Health Input 3. Traffic Tickets Collection Ordinance, July 25 meeting NEW BUSINESS: 1. Bills & Vouchers* 2. Budgets 2003* a. Budget expenditures as of June 2002* 3. Medical Examiner's Report 4. District Attorney /Victim Witness Reports 5. Administrator of Child Support Report 6. Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Patrol Captain, Jail Captain and Office Manager a. Expenditure from Drug Fund b. Jail Assessment 7. Introduction to Deuce, St. Croix Co. Canine Officer *These will be presented by 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: 07/18/02 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board /News Media Committee Members * *ADDITIONS /CHANGES /CORRECTIONS PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING August 7, 2002 MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Charles Mehls, Denise Gunderson, Dan Raebel and Mary Louise Olson. STAFF AND OTHERS PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Patrol Captain Bob Klanderman, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Adm. Assistant Mary Martell, Child Support Administrator Katy Kapaun, District Attorney's Office Manager Jane Esbensen Moore, Medical Examiner Cynthia Litzell, and Renee Carufel. Meeting called to order at 8:30 a.m. Motion by Olson / Raebel to adopt the agenda. Carried. Date of the next meeting will be August 23 to work on budgets. The September meeting will be on the 6th. The meeting in Oct. will be on the 8th Correction of July 9 minutes to read: Delete: Mehls informed the committee EMT's should not have to pay for their own renewals of certification. It should read: Personnel CPR /AED certification training should not have to be paid for if they are County employees. Risk Management and Emergency Management is working on a schedule for training. Motion by Speer / Mehls to approve the July 9th, 2002 minutes with the correction. Carried. TRAFFIC TICKETS Mehls reported the Sheriff and DA were present at a meeting to go over some of the procedures that are being implemented. Deferred prosecution agreements should be reviewed and should not have the fees waived for them. Clerk of Court, Sheriff and District Attorney and the Judges all must be involved. Four officers are going to use their cell phones to call the credit card Company to charge traffic tickets. This will be especially helpful for out of State offenders. We will try this for a month to see how it works. Mehls talked about adding a 5% surcharge for charging tickets. He will report on this at the October meeting. MEDICAL EXAMINTER'S REPORT Litzell reported things are going well and they have not been very busy this month. She was informed as to how to turn in her bills. Discussion was held regarding the large bills she had and how to handle them. She explained her budget. CHILD SUPPORT REPORT Kapaun reported on the progress of the conversions, 82 cases as of last week. This project will be finished at the end of the month. She would like to reward her staff with a luncheon as a thank you for all the hard work on the conversion. She also reported on an incident that happened in the office. This will be solved with policy procedures and work place safety. The committee supports Kapaun's position in this situation. She informed the committee of some budget items. The committee recessed outside to watch Scott Knudson do a demonstration of the new K -9 officer, Deuce. Deuce is 18 months old and just completed 13 weeks of training. His drug training will be this fall. LARGE ASSEMBLY ORDINANCE: Olson talked to Barb Nelson, County Nurse to see if there were any health issues with a large assembly. She said there could be. Raebel reported we should contact Brainard, MN. because they used to have large concerts. Timmerman will not be present at this meeting but is invited to come next month with a report. VISIONS Martell to see what their their system. We and see if we can Visions is giving use them. Hudson Police Dep went to LaCrosse to check their Vision program reactions were. There are pros and cons with are going to take some things that they have use it. There will be no cost involved. LaCrosse enhancements and we will see if we can artment seems to be pleased with the changes. SHERIFF'S REPORT Hillstead reported we will do a practice run with the credit card collections. He demonstrated the forms that have to be filled out and what procedure the officer has to do. Hillstead explained how they are trying to clean up the nudity on the river in Somerset. Today is the official retirement day for Tom Belongia. He served the county for 22 years. Mattila will be back on a part time basis. We are interviewing for a full time process server. Since the first of the year we have had 129 inmates attend classes. A large number have received their GED diplomas. Hillstead reported they are very busy with child assault cases. Olson questioned what the Victim Witness and Social Worker's roles are in these cases. We have had a lot of traffic accidents lately. Citations are going down as we are short of manpower to spend on traffic enforcement. We have already expended 90% of the overtime budget. In September we will have a different schedule which will cut down on overtime. CHIEF DEPUTY'S REPORT: Volkert reported they are getting ready for the Oz Fest concert in Somerset in a couple of weeks. CHIEF JAILER'S REPORT The number of county inmates is staying high. The average daily population for July was 110 of which 64 were county inmates. Humphrey reported she will be over budget on the inmate medical and dental expenses. Motion by Mehls /Raebel to pay the Sheriff's Department bills of $32,070.28. Carried. Motion by Gunderson /Olson to approve the bills of $61,266.18 for the Jail. Carried. Revenues for the month of July were $66,461.07. 65 %of the revenues went into the general fund or specialized accounts = $ 42,881.70. Discussion was held as to how the union contract will affect the budget. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: Moore was called into the meeting to explain a bill for a witness from a child abuse case regarding who was supposed to pay this bill, the District Attorney's office or Clerk of Court. Consensus of committee is that this bill should be paid and we should solve this issue later. Motion by Raebel /Gunderson to go to Finance and request that this bill be paid immediately. Carried. Motion by Raebel /Mehls to pay the District Attorney's bills of $357.39. Carried. Chair Speer read a letter from Victim Witness Coordinator Ann Gustafson addressed to Treasurer Mary Jean Livermore reporting they received a check from the State in the amount of $36,025.65 which is St. Croix County's reimbursement for the cost of the Victim /Witness Assistance Program for the period from January 1 through June 30, 2002. This represents a reimbursement rate of 68.43 %. Motion to adjourn at 12:20 by Raebel /Mehls. Mary Louise Olson, Secretary Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary