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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection 01-07-1999ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING AMENDED TO: Thomas Dorsey FROM: Julie Speer COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: January 7, 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 Cost Analysis B. LEPC Representative from Sheriff's department C. Law Enforcement Software Replacement *D. Expenditure from Polk/St. Croix Drug Fund *E. Tow Bill Situation 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: 11/a9/98 & 11/24/98 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: January 7, 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 Cost Analysis B. LEPC Representative from Sheriff's department C. Law Enforcement Software Replacement 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: 11/09/98 & 11/24/98 COPIES -TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION r � r- PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING January 7, 1999 MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Chuck Mehls, Bill Krueger and Bob Gunderson. Tom Irwin was excused. Meeting called to order by Chuck Mehls as Chair Speer was in another meeting. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Dennis Hillstead, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Patrol Captain Robert Klannderman, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Deputy Tom Belongia, Administrative Assistant Mary Martell, District Attorney Eric Johnson, Corporation Counsel Greg Timmerman, Medical Examiner Marty Shanklin and Renee Carufel. The new sheriff introduced himself to the committee and gave some background about himself. Motion to adopt the agenda as published by Krueger/Gunderson. Carried. Date of thenext regular meeting is Feb. 9th at 9:00 a.m. ,Motion to approve the minutes of Dec. 8th by Krueger/Mehls with one addition by Mehls under discussion of ERU to read "being compensated for mileage and phone calls only ". Carried. UPDATE ON JAIL PANELS: Humphrey reported representatives from Lang & Assoc. met with the Department on Dec. 17th for the final approval of the Jail panels. Everything was satisfactory and the panels are progressing nicely. They should be ready to be installed by May. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT: Shanklin reported on one autopsy for December, a 12 yr old boy. Motion to approve the bills of $4115.01 by Krueger/Mehls. Carried. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOFTWARE REPLACEMENT: Belongia reported Information Services approved Vision as the new software for the County. We will combine training with other municipalities to save costs. Tiburon, formerly Clues, could charge $50,000 or more for the data conversion. Motion by Krueger/Gunderson to approve the selection of Vision for $365,000. Carried. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' REPORT: After review of the bills, motion by Mehls/Krueger to approve $3631.43. Carried. Johnson welcomed the new sheriff and gave him his full support. He reported St. Croix County has the most methamphetamine business in the State which is a real problem in this county. Therefore our district attorney's office is the leader in prosecution of these drug crimes. Johnson reported there has been a shortage of staff in his office since mid -November but as of last Monday they are back to full staff. He is requesting additional help for one day a week to do typing. Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve hiring an additional person for one day a week because of the increase case load and lost hours. Carried. Speer questioned Johnson about the recent article in the newspaper on the Neumann case. He informed the committee he has filed for a sealed John Doe hearing. This is, an investigative device for the purpose of keeping the case open. This is the same as a grand jury trial except you have a judge instead of a jury. SHERIFF'S REPORT: Motion by Krueger/Speer to approve the bills of $13,086.50 for the Sheriff's department. Carried. Revenue for the month of December was $6315.86. Hillstead reported applying for the Federal grant money available for drug investigations. We have need for another full time investigator and staff person in the office just to handle the drug problems. We have need for more patrol persons also. Discussion on how the Sheriff's department and Jail generate revenue but the actual money goes back to the general fund and not the departments. Martell presented a report on the Jail and Sheriff's department revenues, expenditures and balance of the Polk/St. Croix Drug fund. Discussion was held on the overtime drug hours as to whether this should be taken from that fund. The committee will get an update after the first quarter and will decide if this expense should be taken out of this fund. TOW BILL SITUATION: Martell informed the committee she received a memo from Finance Director, Rich Loney advising her of: the importance of keeping current with towing companies. The policy from now on will be for current year charges, offset the expense with the revenues as received during the calendar year. If the revenue is not received during the year, the money will be taken from the general fund to be reimbursed. when it is received. Volkert reported an order has been signed by the Judge to destroy those gambling machines confiscated by the Sheriff's department that have been in storage. The District Attorneys' office gave the Sheriff's department their old fax machine so now the investigators can have their own for confidential material. CHIEF DEPUTY'S REPORT: Volkert informed the committee a citizen insisted on making a $200 contribution to the department because he was stopped by a county officer who treated him so professionally and with such courtesy. The money was put into the Counteract fund. PATROL CAPTAIN'S REPORT:- Klannderman reported on a traffic fatality north of Baldwin, involving an elderly couple in which the wife was killed. Testing and interviewing for the Lead Patrol position have been completed so we should be able to offer this position to someone by the end of the month. There were five applicants for this job. JAIL CAPTAIN'S REPORT: The average daily population for the month of December was 98 inmates. Motion to approve $32,688.29 for the bills by Krueger/Mehls. Carried. Revenue for the month of December was $103,302.91. Humphrey presented a Jail cost analysis and daily prisoner cost report. Daily fixed costs for inmates are $48.73 and variable costs such as meals, laundry, toiletries and medical are $10.92 for a total of $59.65. Presently we charge $60.00 per day to house other prisoners. LEPC REPRESENTATIVE: Mehls informed the committee that there needs to be a representative from the Sheriff's Dept. to attend these meetings. Sheriff Hillstead will take this into consideration. EXPENDITURES FROM POLK/ST. CROIX DRUG FUND• Chief Deputy Volkert reported Deputy Hake needs a 35MM camera not to exceed $200. Volkert needs a small floor safe for an approximate cost of $100. He also needs 12 heavy 'duty scissors for a total cost of $75 and 4 foil wrap survival blankets. Motion by Mehls/Krueger to authorize a transfer from the Polk/St.Croix drug fund for up to $500 for these items. Carried. COUNTY SUPERVISORS/COUNTY EMPLOYEES: Timmerman explained compensation for ERU. He advised a Supervisor cannot be making the policies while being,paid for employment and there is also the liability issue. State law is that a Supervisor cannot be a county employee. Concerning the conflict of interest issue, Supervisor Mehls was given the optionof resigning from Public Protection or leaving the active status of the County ERU team. CHILD SUPPORT REPORT: Holmes submitted a handout to be passed out to the committee that explained the County Performance Measures for October 1998. Motion by Krueger/Gunderson adjourn at 11:40 a.m. Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary