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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Protection 06-22-98ST CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING SPECIAL MEETING TO: Thomas Dorsey FROM: Julie Speer COMMITTEE TITLE: Public Protection DATE: June 22, 1998 TIME: 8:30 a.m. LOCATION: Government Center CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Review Positions: A. Child Support B. District Attorney c. Sheriff/Jail NEW BUSINESS: 1. Lang & Associates 2. Expenditure from Polk/St. Croix Drug Fund ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPODENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Julie Speer DATE: 6/11/98 COPIES TO: County Clerk Notice Board/News Media Committee Members * ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTION PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE MEETING June 22, 1998 MEMBERS PRESENT: Julie Speer, Chuck Mehls, Tom Irwin, Bill Krueger and Bob Gunderson. STAFF PRESENT: Sheriff Paul Burch, Jail Captain Karen Humphrey, Chief Deputy Ron Volkert, Child Support Administrator Lynn Holmes, District Attorney Eric Johnson, Victim Witness Ann Gustafson, Administrative Coordinator John Krizek and Renee Carufel. Meeting called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Chairman Speer. Motion to adopt the agenda as published by Krueger/Gunderson. Carried. Date of next meeting is July 7, 1998 at 9:00 a.m. Motion to approve the minutes of May 13, 1998 by Irwin/Mehls. Carried. REVIEW POSITIONS: Child Support, Holmes requested a new position of Child Support Specialist I starting Oct 1, 1998. The 1998 and 1999 total cost of wages, benefits and equipment would be $41,079. The Federal share of this cost is 660 or $27,112 and the county share would be 34% or $13,967. She also presented a chart of revenue to the general fund which showed collections have more than tripled in the last seven years. Irwin questioned if the duties could be redistributed to the present workers. Holmes explained there would be no way the present workers could take on additional duties. Motion to approve the position of Child Support Specialist I as of Oct. 1, 1998 by Mehls/Irwin. Roll call, all yes. District Attorney: Eric Johnson requested the position of Victim Witness Coordinator go from a grade 6 to grade 7. Johnson explained this was due to the added responsibilities, supervisory tasks and grant writing duties. He also asked for the Victim Witness Specialist part time position become full time. This is reimbursed by the State at least 7001 but the average is between 7806 and 8011. Motion to approve coordinator position grade 6 go to grade 7 by Krueger/ Gunderson. Roll call , all yes. Motion to approve the Victim Witness Specialist position go to full time by Mehls/Speer. Roll call, all yes. Sheriff/Jail Positions: Jail request: Captain Humphrey requested two sergeant positions and one Huber officer. The Huber officer's duties were explained. Motion that we not move the Huber position to full time by Irwin. Motion failed for lack of a second. Motion to approve the full time Huber position by Krueger/Mehls. Roll call Mehls yes, Krueger yes, Speer yes, Gunderson yes and Irwin no. Motion carried. Jail Sergeant: Chief Deputy Volkert reported that the union was very much against these positions because they believe this should be a non -union position. Ideally we should have 3 or 4 sergeants but Captain Humphrey asked for 2 for the time being. The sergeant in the jail will become the training officer. Move to add one non- union sergeant for the Jail by Krueger, second by Irwin. Roll call Mehls yes, Krueger yes, Speer no, Gunderson yes, and Irwin yes. Motion carried. Gunderson and Irwin were excused at 10:45. LANG & ASSOCIATES: Randy Lang presented the committee with the, plans and specs for the Jail panels and said they are ready to go to the bidding process. Captain Humphrey will give a copy of these plans and specs to Corporation Counsel, Greg Timmerman and Service Technician Dave Best so they can go over them. Mr Lang would like any input or suggestions the Jailers may have. Mr. Lang presented a new tentative schedule to the committee as follows: Release plans -July 6, 1998, Prebid Meeting -July 16, 1998 at 10:30 a.m., Public Bid Opening -July 30, 10:30 a.m., Construction period-250 calendar days (approximately 8 months) with completion in May 1999. After a prime bidder is selected on this project all contractors will have to go through them. That prime bidder will handle the entire project If local bidders want to bid on any portion of the project they have to go through the prime bidder hired by Lang & Associates. Mr. Lang was given a copy of the letter dated June 8, 1998 from Audio Video Planners of Hudson,WI. His comment was that he would submit this to the prime contractor. John Krizek was called into the meeting to explain the County's policies on accepting and opening bids. Such as, are they publicly opened or private? Krizek explained that we open bids publicly but do not make an award immediately. Public opening should be July 30, 1998 at 10:30 a.m. Lang will then review the bids. Public Protection Committee will approve the bids at the August 7th meeting. All bids should be delivered to the County Clerk's office. There will be a pre -bid walk through and bidders can come back if they make appointments with the jail staff. Bidders will be listed and their names made known. Construction time should be around 8 months and there will be at least 2 or 3 review sessions during this process. Mr. Lang addressed the issue of disposing of the old equipment and what items we would like to keep. They will be disposed of off site. He also went over the plans in detail. REVIEW POSITIONS: Patrol Sergeants, Sheriff Burch and Chief Volkert presented a chart of wages from other counties for patrol sergeants. The advantage of having Union sergeants would be they could perform all duties. The Union will not go along with this. The shift for this position would be afternoons and nights. Motion by Krueger/ Mehls to approve the patrol sergeant position. Roll call, Mehls yes, Krueger yes, and Speer yes. Security Officer Position: This position is less than 1/2 time now. The US Marshall's office will do a building security analysis and training for staff. Motion by Krueger/Mehls to approve a full time Security Officer position and send this recommendation to the Finance Committee for final approval. They are in charge of building security. Carried. EXPENDITURE FROM POLK/ST CROIX DRUG FUND• Motion by Mehls/Krueger to transfer $1495.18 from the Polk/St . Croix Drug fund into the new equipment fund to cover the balance of the cost of nine shotguns, two handguns and ammunition., Carried. Motion to adjourn by Mehls/Krueger at 12:30 p.m. Carried. Tom Irwin, Secretary Renee Carufel, Recording Secretary