Law Enforcement & Judiciary Committee

Special Meeting

Date: January 21, 2003

A special meeting of the Sauk County Law Enforcement & Judiciary Committee was held on Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 5:45 PM, in the County Board Room, West Square Building, 505 Broadway, Baraboo, Wisconsin.

The meeting was properly posted and all interested parties were notified.

Members Present: Montgomery, Wenzel, Carlson, Williams, Giebel

Members Absent:

Others Present: R. Stammen, M. Bolz

1. Call To Order and Certification of Open Meeting Law:
   The meeting was called to order by Chairman Charles Montgomery at 5:45 PM.
2. Adopt Agenda:
   Motion by Giebel, seconded by Williams, to adopt the agenda of the special meeting. Motion carried.
3. Certification of Security Sergeant Eligibility List:
   The committee reviewed the list of names that Sheriff Stammen was recommending that they certify for the position of Security Sergeant.

   Motion by Wenzel, seconded by Carlson, that the following persons be certified for the eligibility list for Security Sergeant:

   Toni Benesh Kathryn Brandt Joshua Kowalke Michael Foster

   Aaron Kirby Todd Bychinski Trina Schulte Leigh Wille

   Jeffrey Meador Miriam Olsen

   Motion carried.

4. Certification of  Telecommunicator - Eligibility List:
   The committee then reviewed the list of names that Sheriff Stammen was recommending for certification as telecommunicator. Sheriff Stammen reported that two names had been removed from the list due to unfavorable background information and one had withdrawn from consideration.

   Motion by Giebel, seconded by Williams, that the following persons be certified for the eligibility list for telecommunicator:

   Susan Litscher Matthew Gleash Susan Bochler Carol Fisk

   Dawn Hanson

   Motion carried.

5. Consideration of Resolution Authorizing Purchase of Nine Police Pursuit Vehicles:
   The committee then took up the resolution for purchasing new squad cars. Captain Bolz reviewed the facts in favor of purchasing the Chevrolet Impalas. Chevrolet was the low bidder, several states have decided not to purchase the Ford Crown Victorias for their police vehicles and at least three states have filed suit against Ford because of the gas tanks exploding during rear impact collisions. For those reasons, it was the recommendation of Sheriff Stammen and Captain Bolz that Chevrolet Impalas be purchased

   Captain Bolz further explained that the resolution was written to include the cost of $1,093 per car to make the current equipment compatible to seven of the new Chevrolets out of the nine being purchased. Seven Fords are being traded in and the equipment in those squads will have to be modified before being installed on the Impalas. The other two new cars will get equipment specifically manufactured to fit Chevrolet Impalas.

   Motion by Carlson, seconded by Giebel, to purchase nine Chevrolet Impala vehicles from Don Larson Chevrolet of Baraboo and to include the expenditure of the necessary equipment purchases and modifications needed for a total cost of $155,652.04. Motion carried.

6. Adjournment: Motion by Giebel, seconded by Wenzel, to adjourn the special meeting. Motion carried.

(Notes taken by M. Bolz)