Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection 04-08-1999***AMENDED*** ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Thomas Dorsey FROM: Julie Speer COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: April 8, 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. Update on Jail Panels NEW BUSINESS: 1. Medical Examiner's Report 2. Reports: Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Patrol & Jail Captain A. Jail Assessment/Contingency Fund Jail Panels B. Assignment of Special Investigator on an Ongoing Case * C. Jail Assessment Request 3. District Attorney's Report 4. Child Support Report 5. Bills & Vouchers* 6. Security Task Force * 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: 03/25/99 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Thomas Dorsey FROM: Julie Speer COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: April 8, 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. Update on Jail Panels NEW BUSINESS: 1. Medical Examiner's Report 2. Reports: Sheriff, Chief Deputy, Patrol & Jail Captain A. Jail Assessment/Contingency Fund Jail Panels B. Assignment of Special Investigator on an Ongoing Case 3. District Attorney's Report 4. Child Support Report- 5. Bills & Vouchers* 6. Security Task Force * 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: 03/25/99 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING April 8, 1999 MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Bill Krueger, Chuck Mehls and Bob Gunderson. Tom Irwin absent, unexcused. Meeting called to order by Chair Speer. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Patrol Captain Robert Klanderman, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Administrative Assistant Mary Martell, District Attorney Eric Johnson and Renee Carufel. Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Speer. Motion to adopt the agenda as published by Krueger/Gunderson . Carried. Date of the next regular meeting is May 7th at 9:00 a.m. Motion to approve the minutes of March 9th by Krueger/Mehls. Carried. JAIL PANEL UPDATE: Panels are on schedule. Humphrey is planning to train the last week of April and expects to be up and running by the last week in May. JAIL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Motion by Mehls/Krueger to approve the bills for the Jail of $42,279.55. Carried. The revenue from the Jail for March was $118,385.55, most of which goes into the general fund. The revenues were discussed. As the inmates generate the phone revenue, which averages about $2000 per month, it was suggested we use this money for the inmates' education fund. Humphrey presented a letter.from Lang and Associates asking for an additional $7800 for the extra design services that are needed at this time for the installation of the Jail panels.. Mehls/Gunderson made the motion - to approve the $7800 to be paid out of the Jail Assessment fund. Carried. Humphrey presented two training programs she and another officer would like to attend. One is for Implementing Successful Jail Programs on June 28-30, 1999 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The approximate cost of this would be $2777. The other one is on Hostage Negotiations on July 19-22, 1999 in Hendersonville, No. Carolina. The cost of this meeting would be about $4475. The officer who goes will pass this training on to others in the department. Motion to approve up to $7500 to send two people to the two classes by Krueger/Mehls from the Jail assessment fund. Carried. DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT: Motion to approve the bills of $512.35 by Krueger/Speer. Johnson expressed a need for an additional secretary and will come to the committee in May for this request. SHERIFF'S REPORT: Hillstead expressed an urgent need for a special investigator to work on two homicides and two hit & runs that are pending at this time. The Sheriff explained we have several cases that are not solved and a special investigator is needed to work on them. He would like to assign Jim Richards as special investigator to these cases and move someone from patrol to the Richards' investigator position and someone from the jail to patrol. Cost of this position is about $87,000, which would include salary, vehicle and equipment. District Attorney Eric Johnson strongly supports the approval of this request. He expressed a real need for more help especially in the meth area. Motion by Mehls/Krueger to approve $87,125 for the purpose of funding a 9 month investigator be taken from the St. Croix County contingency fund. Carried. Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve the Sheriff's bills of $24,582.71 as presented. Carried. The revenues for the month of March were $24,582.71, most of which goes into the general fund. PATROL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: Klanderman reported we have received three new squad cars and they will be operational very soon. The Cops grant is prepared for three additional patrol officers and will be ready to send when it is signed. Mary Martell explained the balances of the Polk/St. Croix Drug fund, Confiscated Property & Monies account and the Counteract fund. The Committee requested a report of the Jail assessment fund. Hillstead is applying for another grant to help cover some costs of the drug investigators. Klanderman reported there is nothing new with the gun range and the DNR would prefer if we could find a different range by the end of the year 2001. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT: Krueger/Speer made the motion to approve the bills of $5612..53. Carried. Speer read a letter from the Victim/Witness Coordinator, Ann Gustafson informing the committee the County has received $25,113.98 which is reimbursement cost of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program for the second half of calendar year 1998. This represents a reimbursement rate of 74.75t for the whole year. Speer also stated she will attend the meetings of the Security Task force. There aren't any major changes going on at this time but a lot of the smaller things are being looked into on security issues. Motion to adjourn at 11:35 a.m. by Speer/Gunderson. Carried. Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary