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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection 08-09-1999K , . 1 ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING Amended TO: Thomas Dorsey FROM: Julie Speer COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: August 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.Jail Panels 2. Communications/Command Van NEW BUSINESS: 1. Medical Examiner's Report 2. Reports: Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Patrol & Jail Captain A. Budgets B. Juvenile Boarding Expenses C. Apple River Situation (9:00 a.m.) 3. District Attorney's Report A. Window Security B. Victim Witness Security Room 4. Child Support Report A. Window Security 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: 7/23/99 & 8/3/99 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING Amended TO: Thomas Dorsey FROM: Julie Speer COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: August 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.Jail Panels 2. Communications/Command Van NEW BUSINESS: 1. Medical Examiner's Report 2. Reports: Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Patrol & Jail Captain A. Budgets B. Juvenile Boarding Expenses 3. District Attorney's Report A. Window Security B. Victim Witness Security Room 4. Child Support Report A. Window Security 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: 7/23/99 & 8/3/99 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION UNOFFICIAL RECORD PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING August 9, 1999 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, District Attorney Office Manager Deborah Staberg, Victim Witness Coordinator Ann Gustafson Renee Caruf el. Mark Vanasse from St. Joseph Township, Johanne Pfaff from Somerset and Stan Krueger, 30th Dist. Co. Bd. Supervisor from Somerset were also in attendance. Motion to adopt the agenda by Krueger/Mehls. Carried. Special meeting for the budget is August 17th at 1:00 p.m. Date of the next meeting is Sept. 8th at 9:00 a.m. Motion 'to approve the minutes of July 8th by Mehls/Krueger with corrections made by committee. Carried. APPLE RIVER SITUATION: Bryan Vanasse and Johanne Pfaff came before the committee with concerns regarding the concerts and sexual activities on the Apple River. They presented an ordinance for large crowds from Chippewa County. Discussion was held as to how to solve this problem such as should there be a certain number of police officers per tickets sold. Everyone agreed the situation in Somerset concerning concerts and floating is getting out of hand. Stan Krueger, Dist. 30 Supervisor was concerned regarding how many more officers are needed to solve this problem. Vanasse explained what permits are issued. Sheriff Hillstead stated he was very willing to work with any persons to solve this problem. We should have Corporation Counsel look at Chippewa County's ordinance. Vanasse suggested the County write a letter to the Village explaining our limitations to help with these concerts. Hillstead said he was very willing to meet with the Village Board to discuss this. Johanne Pfaff explained the obscene things that were observed while floating down the Apple River. She asked that the St. Croix County help patrol the Apple River. Hillstead explained if we would put an officer on the Apple River it would have to be paid with overtime as we have no one available to patrol at this time. JAIL PANELS: Humphrey reported we are still holding final payment for these panels as the project is 97% finished. COMMUNICATIONS/COMMAND VAN: Mehls explained the three departments utilizating this van would be Communications Center, Sheriff's Department and Office of Emergency Government. He also presented the cost of the van and what equipment would be needed. Final cost would be $89,725. This would be operational ready for road use. Mehls presented letters from four police departments endorsing this purchase. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT: Reviewed the expenses for July which included 5 autopsies. Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve the expenses of $10,070.44. Carried. SHERIFF'S REPORT: Hillstead reported on a new Training for Tomorrow policy the State is trying to pass that would require training for patrol officers to increase from 400 hours to 680 hours and thirteen weeks of on -the -road training. This would be a cost increase to the county without any funding from the State. Hillstead reported one officer is out on workers compensation due to a broken arm. The Cops Grants was approved in July to hire 3 additional officers. Hillstead emphasized we need these three officers and also make the drug investigator's position full time as soon as possible. PATROL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Klanderman reported on the eighth and - ninth traffic fatality in the County this past month, a 19 year old male and a female who died in a traffic accident. BILLS: Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve the bills for the Jail of $44,904.98. Carried. Motion to approve the bills for the Sheriff's department of $13,814.23 by Mehls/Krueger. Carried. Total revenues for the month of July were $130,479.29. Seventy percent of the revenues went into the general fund totaling $91,535.54. JUVENILE BOARDING EXPENSES: Mary Martell reported they have been in contact with Social Services. They are not opposed to taking over the cost of boarding the juveniles. If the Sheriff's Department and Human Services both agree, this expense will be transferred to the Human Services department. They would like us to bill until the first of the year. The committee was in consensus that Human Services should do their own billing. They have all the control of this. Any help we can give them in the transition will be extended. The need for more Huber space was discussed. There is now a four month waiting period to get on Huber. We are looking into the possibility of using electronic monitoring. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: Staberg reported that formal approval was needed from the Public Protection committee for the installation of the security window. Motion by Krueger/Mehls to recommend this window be installed for a cost of $3322.32. Carried. This is a security system in the entrance that would include closing most of the counter space and installing a plexiglass window across the counter and installing a new door with electronic locks. PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING August 9, 1999 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, District Attorney Office Manager Deborah Staberg, Victim Witness Coordinator Ann Gustafson Renee Carufel. Mark Vanasse from St. Joseph Township, Johanne Pfaff from Somerset and Stan Krueger, 30th Dist. Co. Bd. Supervisor from Somerset were also in attendance. Motion to adopt the agenda by Krueger/Mehls. Carried. Special meeting for the budget is August 17th at 1:00 p.m. Date of the next meeting'is Sept. 8th at 9:00 a.m. Motion to approve the minutes of July 8th by Mehls/Krueger with corrections made by committee. Carried. APPLE RIVER SITUATION: Bryan Vanasse and Johanne Pfaff came before the committee with concerns regarding the concerts and sexual activities on the Apple River. They presented an ordinance for large crowds from Chippewa County. Discussion was held as to how to solve this problem such as should there be a certain number of police officers per tickets sold. Everyone agreed the situation in Somerset concerning concerts and floating is getting out of hand. Stan Krueger, Dist. 30 Supervisor was concerned regarding how many more officers are needed to solve this problem. Vanasse explained what permits are issued. Sheriff Hillstead stated he was very willing to work with any persons to solve this problem. We should have Corporation Counsel look at Chippewa County's ordinance. Vanasse suggested the County write a letter to the Village explaining our limitations to help with these concerts. Hillstead said he was very willing to meet with the Village Board to discuss this. Johanne Pfaff explained the obscene things that were observed while floating down the Apple River. She asked that the St. Croix County, help patrol the Apple River. Hillstead explained if we would put an officer on the Apple River it would have to be paid with overtime as we have no one available to patrol at this time. JAIL PANELS: Humphrey reported we are still holding final payment for these panels as the project is 97% finished. COMMUNICATIONS/COMMAND VAN: Mehls explained the three departments utilizating this van would be Communications Center, Sheriff's Department and Office of Emergency Government. He also presented the cost of the van and what equipment would be needed. Final cost would be $89,725. This would be operational ready for road V d � - use. Mehls presented letters from four police departments endorsing this purchase. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT: Reviewed the expenses for July which included 5 autopsies. Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve the expenses of $10,070.44. Carried. SHERIFF'S REPORT: Hillstead reported on a new Training for Tomorrow policy the State is trying to pass that would require training for patrol officers to increase from 400 hours to 680 hours and thirteen weeks of on -the -road training. This would be a cost increase to the county without any funding from the State. Hillstead reported one officer is out on workers compensation due to a broken arm. The Cops Grants was approved in July to hire 3 additional officers. Hillstead emphasized we need these three officers and also make the drug investigator's position full time as soon as possible. PATROL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Klanderman reported on the traffic fatalities in the County this past month. The eighth was a 19 year old male and the ninth was a 25 year old male. BILLS: Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve the bills for the Jail of $44,904.98. Carried. Motion to approve the bills for the Sheriff's department of $13,814.23 by Mehls/Krueger. Carried. Total revenues for the month of July were $130,479.29. Seventy percent of the revenues went into the general fund totaling $91,535.54. JUVENILE BOARDING EXPENSES: Mary Martell reported they have been in contact with Social Services. They are not opposed to taking over the cost of boarding the juveniles. If the Sheriff's Department and Human Services both agree, this expense will be transferred to the Human Services department. They would like us to bill until the first of the year. The committee was in consensus that Human Services should do their own billing. They have all the control of this. Any help we can give them in the transition will be extended. The need for more Huber space was discussed. There is now a four month waiting period to get on Huber. We are looking into the possibility of using electronic monitoring. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: Staberg reported that formal approval was needed from the Public Protection committee for the installation of the security window. Motion by Krueger/Mehls to recommend this window be installed for a cost of $3322.32. Carried. This is a security system in the entrance that would include closing most of the counter space and installing a plexiglass window across the counter and installing a new door with electronic locks. VICTIM WITNESS SECURITY ROOM: Staberg reported that the Register of Deeds office would like to expand their office space into the room that is now the Victim Witness security room. Witnesses, especially children, can wait to appear in court in complete privacy in this room. Ann Gustafson presented the rights of victims and witnesses of crimes from Chapter 950. Ann would like the committee to view this room. She also reported that the county has received a check from the State of Wisconsin in the amount of $33, 538 .80. This is the County's reimbursement for the cost of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program for the first half of the calendar year 1999. This represents a reimbursement rate of 76.1% for the six month period from January 1 through July 1, 1999. Motion by Krueger/Speer to confirm the support of this committee to provide a waiting area for victims and witnesses as required by the State. Carried. This waiting room is also a requirement in order to continue the State reimbursement. CHILD SUPPORT: Holmes stated we now have State networking and can find more delinquent child supporters. She also expressed the need for Huber space as the courts are sending more non -supporting parents to Jail. They have to be on Huber so they can keep their jobs to pay support. WINDOW SECURITY: Holmes received a bid from Croix Valley Carpentry for $1623.96 to install a plexiglass window in the front reception area. This will include lumber, hardware and labor. Motion by Speer/Mehls to have Holmes speak to Rich Loney about financing this project from funds left in the existing 99 budget. Carried. Motion to adjourn at 12:20 p.m. by Krueger/Mehls. Carried. Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary