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RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE LTE VICTIM /WITNESS SPECIALIST POSITION IN
1996.
Resolution # c2 (-15)
WHEREAS, the Personnel Committee for St. Croix County met on
September 6, 1995 to consider LTE positions within St. Croix County
for the calendar year 1996, including a request to continue the LTE
Victim /Witness Specialist Position; and
WHEREAS, the motion for continuation of the LTE Victim /Witness
Specialist position resulted in a tie vote which, according to
county policy, is a defeated motion; and
WHEREAS, the Public Protection Committee met on September 19,
1995, at which time they discussed the results of the tie vote and
the necessity for this position, and believes it to be in the best
interest of St. Croix County to continue the 20 hour per week LTE
Victim /Witness Specialist position in 1996; and
WHEREAS, the LTE position has enabled the Victim /Witness
Program to better handle the statutory responsibilities relating
to the ever - increasing felony, misdemeanor and juvenile caseloads,
and to better serve the victims of those crimes; and
WHEREAS, the Victim /Witness Assistance Program, including the
costs of any LTE position within the program, are reimbursed by the
Wisconsin Dept. of Justice in an amount estimated to be 75% of the
total program costs in 1996.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Croix County Board of
Supervisors, meeting in regular session, that the continuation of
the 20 hour per week LTE Victim /Witness Specialist position be
approved for the period 1 -1 -96 through 12- 31 -96, the costs of which
position shall be included in the program's proposed 1996 budget.
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Dated this 1/ da y of September, 1995.
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
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STATE OF WISCONSIN
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Sue E. Neton, St. Croix County Clan