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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection 01-06-2000 ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Thomas Dorsey FROM: Julie Speer COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection i! DATE: January 6, 2000 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 . Immigration Contract 2 . Status of Security Windows 3 . Victim Witness Room 4 . Ct . Com. Ed Vlack NEW BUSINESS: 1. Medical Examiner' s Report 2 . Report : Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Patrol & Jail Captain A. Expenditure from Drug Fund B. Jail Assessment-Head Sets C. Security Systems D. Snowmobile Patrol 3 . District Attorney Report 4 . Child Support Report 5 . Bills & Vouchers* *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 12/22/99 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION L X PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING UNOFFICIAL RECORD Jan. 6 2000 MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Bill Krueger and Chuck Mehls . Bob - Gunderson and Tom Irwin were excused. Meeting called to order by Chair Speer at 9 : 00 a.m. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Patrol Captain Robert Klanderman, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Administrative Assistant Mary Martell and Renee Carufel . Motion to adopt the agenda by Krueger/Mehls . Carried. Date of the next meeting is Feb. 9th at 9: 00 a .m. Motion to approve the minutes of Dec. 8th by Krueger/Mehls . Carried. STATUS OF SECURITY WINDOWS: Don Brown came in before the meeting and informed the committee a vendor is coming to give the County a bid on the security windows . He will report back on any bids he receives . VICTIM WITNESS ROOM: Committee will ask Don Brown to check on the status of the Victim Witness room. No other action was taken at this time. CT. COMM. ED VLACK: At an earlier date, Irwin was concerned about the number of cases of domestic violence cases in the County. Speer explained to the committee that this matter should be worked out between the DA' s office and the Court Commissioner. The questions have been addressed to the Committee ' s satisfaction. Any further concerns should be handled between each party involved. SHERIFF' S REPORT: Hillstead reported that on the whole, the year has gone very well. Sheriff thanked everyone in the department for all their help and feels a lot of progress is being made . Knudson and Fayerweather are on patrol now. He reported there have been a couple of suicide attempts from inmates in the Jail . Now we have to transport any inmates to Mendota at a cost of $1000 per round trip. The County has been trying to get a contract with United Hospital in the Twin Cities for this . This would be a lot more cost effective. Hillstead informed the committee we are in need of a snowmobile trailer to haul the two patrol snowmobiles for about $900 . There is a possibility that the local snowmobile clubs would help with this expense. He also informed the committee Jeff Klatt needs a computer to measure accident stats such as speed of impact at all accident scenes . There is a class that Klatt would have to attend to learn how to use this machine. If we buy this machine new, there will be no cost for the school . The cost of this computer is $2148 . Motion by Mehls/Krueger to approve the cost of $900 for the trailer and $2148 for the computer to be taken from the Confiscated Drug fund. Carried. The Sheriff reported we have received a $1500 grant for a Juvenile Alcohol Abatement program. He suggested this fund be divided between the Village of Somerset and the City of Hudson to help them with this problem. PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING Jan. 6, 2000 MEMBERS PRESENT : Julie Speer, Bill Krueger and Chuck Mehls . Bob Gunderson and Tom Irwin were excused. Meeting called to order by Chair Speer at 9: 00 a.m. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Patrol Captain Robert Klanderman, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Administrative Assistant Mary Martell and Renee Carufel . Motion to adopt the agenda by Krueger/Mehls . Carried. Date of the next meeting is Feb. 9th at 9 : 00 a .m. Motion to approve the minutes of Dec. 8th by Krueger/Mehls. Carried. STATUS OF SECURITY WINDOWS: Don Brown came in before the meeting and informed the committee a vendor is coming to give the County a bid on the security windows . He will report back on any bids he receives . VICTIM WITNESS ROOM: Committee will ask Don Brown to check on the status of the Victim Witness room. No other action was taken at this time. CT. COMM. ED VLACK: At an earlier date, Irwin was concerned about the number of cases of domestic violence cases in the County. Speer explained to the committee that this matter should be worked out between the DA' s office and the Court Commissioner. The questions have been addressed to the Committee' s satisfaction. Any further concerns should be handled between each party involved. SHERIFF' S REPORT: Hillstead reported that on the whole, the year has gone very well . Sheriff thanked everyone in the department for all their help and feels a lot of progress is being made. Knudson and Fayerweather are on patrol now. He reported there have been a couple of suicide attempts from inmates in the Jail . Now we have to transport any inmates to Mendota at a cost of $1000 per round trip. The County has been trying to get a contract with United Hospital in the Twin Cities for this . This would be a lot more cost effective. Hillstead informed the committee we are in need of a snowmobile trailer to haul the two patrol snowmobiles for about $900 . There is a possibility that the local snowmobile clubs would help with this expense. He also informed the committee Jeff Klatt needs a computer to measure accident stats such as speed of impact at all accident scenes . There is a class that Klatt would have to attend to learn how to use this machine. If we buy this machine new, there will be no cost for the school. The cost of this computer is $2148 . Motion by Mehls/Krueger to approve the cost of $900 for the trailer and $2148 for the computer to be taken from the Confiscated Drug fund. Carried. The Sheriff reported we have received a $1500 grant for a Juvenile Alcohol Abatement program. He suggested this fund be divided between the Village of Somerset and the City of Hudson to help them with this problem. PATROL CAPTAIN' S REPORT: Klandermann reported the new cars are on order and we are short of patrol cars at this time. He also reported we had an Emergency Response Unit exercise at the Baldwin High School . It was very well attended and a lot was learned from this demonstration. Our K-9 dog, Chance, was in on this training and gave an excellent performance . Mehls told of the need for a certified fire ladder. The ERU team needs two 12 foot sections for a cost of $574 which would be used for second story and roof top entry. Motion by Speer/Krueger to spend up to $600 from the Confiscated Drug fund for this ladder. Carried. Mehls gave a progress report on the new van. Some changes were made in the floor plan. We will be installing the galley ourselves which will represent a large savings . They hope to have the finished product within 90 days from the date of the signing of the contract. BILLS AND VOUCHERS : Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve the bills of $21, 918 . 13 for the Sheriff department. Carried. Motion by Krueger/Speer to approve the bills of $32, 087 .25 for the Jail. Carried. Revenues for the month of December were $31, 996. 49 . Ninety-seven percent of the Revenues went into the general fund or specialized accounts . JAIL CAPTION' S REPORT: The average daily population for the Jail for the whole year was 95 . Head Sets : Humphrey reviewed other head sets but came to the conclusion that the Jailers should not have to share head sets for sanitary reasons . Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve up to $3200 for the 26 head sets and 2 amplifiers . Carried. Humphrey reported they are about finished installing the new cameras in the Jail booking area and will work on getting a report to the committee showing what areas these camera cover. Martell reported that all the data from Clues cannot be converted to the new computer system. This committee feels that anything to solve this problem should be implemented as soon as possible . MEDICAL EXAMINER' S REPORT: Motion to approve the bills of $4083 . 87 by Krueger/Mehls for the Medical Examiner. Carried. DISTRICT ATTORNEY' S REPORT: Motion by Krueger/Speer to approve the bills of $1789 . 64 . Carried. Motion to adjourn at 10: 40 a.m. by Krueger/Speer. Carried. Renee Carufel Recording Secretary PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING Jan. 6, 2000 MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Bill Krueger and Chuck Mehls . Bob Gunderson and Tom Irwin were excused. Meeting called to order by Chair Speer at 9 : 00 a.m. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Patrol Captain Robert Klanderman, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Administrative Assistant Mary Martell and Renee Carufel . Motion to adopt the agenda by Krueger/Mehls. Carried. Date of the next meeting is Feb. 9th at 9 : 00 a.m. Motion to approve the minutes of Dec. 8th by Krueger/Mehls . Carried. STATUS OF SECURITY WINDOWS : Don Brown came in before the meeting and informed the committee a vendor is coming to give the County a bid on the security windows . He will report back on any bids he receives . VICTIM WITNESS ROOM: Committee will ask Don Brown to check on the status of the Victim Witness room. No other action was taken at this time. CT. COMM. ED VLACK: At an earlier date, Irwin was concerned about the number of cases of domestic violence cases in the County. Speer explained to the committee that this matter should be worked out between the DA' s office and the Court Commissioner. The questions have been addressed to the Committee' s satisfaction. Any further concerns should be handled between each party involved. SHERIFF' S REPORT: Hillstead reported that on the whole, the year has gone very well . Sheriff thanked everyone in the department for all their help and feels a lot of progress is being made. Knudson and Fayerweather are on patrol now. He reported there have been a couple of suicide attempts from inmates in the Jail . Now we have to transport any inmates to Mendota at a cost of $1000 per round trip. The County has been trying to get a contract with United Hospital in the Twin Cities for this . This would be a lot more cost effective. Hillstead informed the committee we are in need of a snowmobile trailer to haul the two patrol snowmobiles for about $900. There is a possibility that the local snowmobile clubs would help with this expense. He also informed the committee Jeff Klatt needs a computer to measure accident stats such as speed of impact at all accident scenes . There is a class that Klatt would have to attend to learn how to use this machine. If we buy this machine new, there will be no cost for the school . The cost of this computer is $2148 . Motion by Mehls/Krueger to approve the cost of $900 for the trailer and $2148 for the computer to be taken from the Confiscated Drug fund. Carried. The Sheriff reported we have received a $1500 grant for a Juvenile Alcohol Abatement program. He suggested this fund be divided between the Village of Somerset and the City of Hudson to help them with this problem.