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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection 11-09-1999ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING Amended TO: Thomas Dorsey FROM: Julie Speer COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: November 9, 1999 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. Status of Security Windows in Child Support & DA 2. Victim Witness Room 3. 10-20-Life NEW BUSINESS: 1. Medical Examiner's Report 2. Report: Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Patrol & Jail Captain a. Jail Assessment b. Expenditure from Polk/ St Croix Drug Fund 3. District Attorney Report 4. Child Support Report a. State Child Support Contract 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 10/14/99 & 11/ 01/99 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION V ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Thomas Dorsey FROM: Julie Speer COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: November 9, 1999 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. Status of Security Windows in Child Support & DA 2. Victim Witness Room 3. 10-20-Life NEW BUSINESS: 1. Medical Examiner's Report 2. Report: Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Patrol & Jail Captain a. Jail Assessment b. Expenditure from Polk/ St Croix Drug Fund 3. District Attorney's 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 10/14/99 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING November 9, 1999 MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Bill Krueger, Chuck Mehls and Tom Irwin. Bob Gunderson was excused. Meeting called to order by Chair Speer at 9:05 a.m. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Patrol Captain Robert Klanderman, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Administrative Assistant Mary Martell, District Attorney Eric Johnson and Renee Carufel. Motion to adopt the agenda by Irwin/Mehls. Carried. Date of the next meeting is December 8th, 9:00 a.m. Motion to approve the minutes of October 13th by Krueger/Speer. Carried. 10/20/LIFE: Irwin explained the California law of 10/20/life. Violent crimes have decreased, except in juveniles, where the law is in effect. Basically it is: Pull a gun-10 years, fire a gun- 20 years, shoot someone -get life. The slogan is: Use a gun and you are done. Florida, Illinois and California have this law. Irwin read an article from Reader's Digest on how to get guns out of the hands of criminals. Sheriff Hillstead thought this was a good idea. This law would pertain to children as young as 14 although in Wisconsin a person at the age of 10 can be tried as an adult. Irwin presented a resolution supporting legislation to establish additional penalties for use of a firearm in the commission of a crime. Mehls moved approval of this resolution with a second from Speer. Carried. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT: Shanklin reported there were no autopsies for the month of October. Krueger made the motion to approve the bills $2897.93. Second by Speer. Ten cremations for the month of October brought in a revenue of $650. BILLS & VOUCHERS: The committee complimented Mary Martell on the new format for presenting the bills. Motion by Krueger/Irwin to approve $36,126.44 for the Jail and $11,195.04 for the Sheriff Dept. Carried. Revenues for the month of October were $142,465.17. Of the revenues, 98% went into the general fund or specialized accounts totaling$138,671.05. SHERIFF'S REPORT: Hillstead reported Scott Knudson and Dean Fayerweather were hired as patrol officers. Now we will be filling the vacant positions in the Jail. EXPENDITURE FROM POLK/ST CROIX DRUG FUND: Motion to move $3,000 from the Confiscated Drug Fund for drug buy money by Mehls/Krueger. Carried. PATROL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Klanderman reported we have received bids for the squad cars. Chevrolet has started to build Impalas as squad cars. We ordered seven new squad cars from Johnson Motors of New Richmond on 11/09/99 for a cost of $18,900 each. The Y2K problem was discussed and the Sheriff assured the committee that every available officer will either be working or on call for New Year's Eve in case extra help is needed. JAIL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Humphrey reported she dropped the census in the Jail while they were going live with the new computer system. She also reported on a security inspection from Immigration. They again asked if we would be interested in holding some space for them. Humphrey will bring more information from Immigration to the next meeting. JAIL ASSESSMENT: Humphrey reported the need for a new printer for $704.13 used for printing mug shots and a new camera to replace the present one for $1085.22. Krueger/Mehls moved to approve the purchase of these items from the Jail Assessment fund. Carried. Humphrey reported we need track lighting in the booking area for mug shots. The bid came in at $838. This should be taken to Finance as this is- a maintenance project. Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve this lighting but will submit this bill to finance for approval to come from the Maintenance budget. Carried. This is needed ASAP. Martell reported Visions Computer system is up and running. Lang will send some manuals for the Jail panels. SECURITY WINDOWS: Holmes reported the cost of $1083 for the security window and $400 for the intercom system is back in the Child Support budget. Johnson reported the security window for the DA's office is coming from the Maintenance budget. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve the bills of $1156.78 for the District Attorney's office. Carried. VICTIM WITNESS ROOM: Speer presented a memo with paragraphs from the meetings of 8/10, 9/29 and 10/12 from the Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee minutes concerning the office expansion of the Register of Deeds office into the Victim Witness room. There has to be a meeting of both committees before any action can be taken. This committee should be contacted before any further planning be done regarding the expansion of the Register of Deeds into room 1302. Motion by Mehls/Krueger to agree with Finance Chair Brown's suggestion and have a Finance, Public Protection, Planning, Parks & Zoning joint meeting to discuss this matter. Carried. Irwin presented Judge Vlack's questions concerning child abuse and domestic violence offenses. District Attorney Johnson addressed some issues on domestic abuse. The questions were discussed and will be put on next month's agenda. CHILD SUPPORT: The committee and Greg Timmerman reviewed the State contract. Timmerman was satisfied with the changes made. Collections for the Child Support are close to 4 million dollars. The committee recommends the CY 2000 State/County contract covering the administration of child and spousal support and establishment of paternity and medical support liability programs by and between the Department of Workforce Development and St. Croix County go to the County Chair for his signature. Holmes informed the committee Linda Gerherty was hired in the Child Support Department on Nov. 1. Motion to adjourn by Krueger/Irwin at 11:30 a.m. Tom Irwin, Secretary Renee Carufel Recording Secretary MINUTES OF THE ST. CROIX COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Meeting of November 9, 1999 The meeting was called to order by Chairman King at 9:00 A.M. Roll call was taken with Dowd, Grant, Jacobson, King, and Larson in attendance. Staff members present included Fedderly, Ramberg, and Schofield. A motion was made and seconded (Grant/Dowd) to adopt the agenda as published. Motion carried. A motion was made and seconded (Jacobson/Grant) to schedule the next meeting for December 8, 1999 at 9:00 A.M. with Dowd and King reviewing vendors at 8:30 A.M. Motion carried Action on Previous Minutes: A motion was made and seconded (Jacobson/Dowd) to approve the minutes of the October 7, 1999 meeting as mailed to the members. Motion carried. Approve Vouchers for Payment: Larson and King reviewed the vouchers at 8:30 A.M. A motion was made and seconded (King/Larson) to approve the vouchers for payment. Motion carried. Ramberg reviewed and highlighted the vendor payments being made. Review Fund Balances: Ramberg handed out and reviewed the October 30, 1999 fund balances and compared them to October 30th balances of previous years. Review Highway Safety Minutes: Ramberg handed out the unofficial October 15, 1999 Highway Department Safety Committee minutes. Grant, Schofield and Ramberg reviewed the Safety Committee minutes and the agenda for the November 5, 1999 16th Annual Safety Seminar being held at the Baldwin American Legion. Seminar Attendance Requests: None. Announcements and Correspondences: King reviewed questions he has received regarding the STH 35/64 proposed re -alignment and improvements. Fedderly reviewed information and correspondence regarding an incident involving damage to an unmarked NSP gas main at the intersection of CTH "A" and STH 64 just west of New Richmond. No one was injured, but the Committee is concerned that the private firms involved in marking gas lines recognize the seriousness of their errors. A motion was made and seconded (Larson/King) to recommend that the Safety Committee look into the gas line incident, and Fedderly contact NSP to obtain assurances from NSP and the marking company that procedures are implemented so this type of incident does not happen in the future. Motion carried. ST. CROIX COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MINUTES Page 2 November 4, 1999 Fedderly reviewed and handed out the most recent transportation aids estimates for year 2000; an accident report regarding the CTH "Cr,/CTH "CC" intersection; and a response letter from Fedderly to a couple of New Richmond students regarding bike trails on CTH "GG". Review and Approve Gravel Pit Land Purchases: Fedderly reviewed discussions he had with Dan Casey regarding the purchase of Mr. Casey's land. A motion was made and seconded (Larson/King) to purchase the Casey property for $350,000.00 with the provisions discussed. Motion carried. Fedderly will draw up a purchase agreement spelling out the provisions discussed and check on the required zoning issues. Dowd was excused at.10:20 A.M. l� Machinery Management Update: Fedderly and Schofield handed out a prioritized 2000 equipment purchase list broken down by area of use. A motion was made and seconded (Grant/King) to view 1999 "close out" pickups "off the lot" for possible purchase. Motion carried. Schofield reviewed the status of the tractor fleet and the tractor purchase/lease options available for the three tractors still being leased. A motion was made and seconded (Grant/Larson) to lease the three tractors for one (possibly two) more years and re-evaluate the purchase in one year. Motion carried. Review Overhead Door Proposals: Schofield reviewed the Hammond shop overhead door proposals received. The proposals were for up to three overhead doors with various spring options and an electric edge option that automatically reverses upon coming in contact with objects on the way down.. A motion was made and seconded (Jacobson/Larson) to purchase three overhead shop doors with the 25000 model springs and the electric edges for all three doors for a total price of $13,900.00 from D & D Overhead Doors of Arkansaw, wI. Motion carried. View Completed 1999 Projects and Proposed 2000 Projects: The Committee was unable to view the projects, but Fedderly reviewed the 1999 road projects in progress and completed on county truck highways (CTH) "B", " E„ , •, D" , " T,• , "M" , and " JJ" . Review 2000 Project List: Fedderly reviewed a list of the proposed projects for 2000. The roads included federal -aid and local projects on various areas of county trunk highways (CTH) V , "NE", MM , T , "N" "J" Mr,""I" "P", and "U", as well as, some drainage/culvert issues at a few intersections. Adjournment: A motion was made and secon ed (King/ arson) to adjourn at 12:15 P.M. Motion carried. SECRETARY