Law Enforcement Commiittee

DATE: May 13, 2008
TIME: 9:45 A.M.
PLACE:
Room D102A-Community Room
1300 Lange Court
Baraboo, Wisconsin

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

Members Present: Stevens, Sinklair, Sprecher, Montgomery, Tollaksen

Members Absent: None.

Members Excused: None.

Others Present: R. Stammen, B. Hinze, M. Hafemann, W. Schneider, J. Fry, R. Meister, K. Fults, B. Manning

1. Call To Order and Certification of Open Meeting Law: The meeting was called to order and compliance with the Open Meeting Law was certified by Immediate Past Chair Donald Stevens at 9:45 A.M.
   
2. Agenda: Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Sinklair, to adopt the amended agenda with the exception of removing item 14, “Consideration and possible approval of Resolution Requesting Placement of Wireless Emergency 911 Surcharges into the Budget Repair Bill.”
   Motion carried.
3. Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting: Motion by Montgomery, seconded by Tollaksen, to adopt the minutes of the April 8, 2008, meeting.
   Motion carried with Sprecher abstaining.
4. Election of Committee Officers: Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Montgomery, to nominate Donald Stevens as committee chair, to close the nominations and to cast a unanimous ballot for Stevens.
   Motion carried.
   Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Sprecher, to nominate Charles Montgomery as committee vice chair, to close the nominations and to cast a unanimous ballot for Montgomery.
   Motion carried.
   Motion by Montgomery, seconded by Tollaksen, to nominate Robert Sinklair as secretary, to close the nominations and to cast a unanimous ballot for Sinklair.
   Motion carried.
5. Communications: There were no communications.
6. Public Comment: There was no public comment.
7. Appearances: There were no appearances.
8. Sauk County Animal Shelter Operations Update: Shelter Director Wendy Schneider passed out the Director's Report for April, 2008. She reported that the annual Dog Walk on May 3, 2008, exceeded their expectation in spite of muddy conditions and bad weather. The event raised approximately $11,500.
   
   There were 14 bites cases in April.
   
   Increased donations to the shelter have resulted in a requirement to go through an audit every year. This year’s audit is presently underway and is going well.
9. Review and Approval of April, 2008, Bills for Coroner and Sheriff’s Department: The Coroner’s bills for the month of April, 2008, totaled $5,258.21. Coroner Hinze reported that she and one of the deputy coroners will be attending this year’s annual conference of Wisconsin Coroners in June, 2008, in Green Lake, Wisconsin.
   
   Motion by Montgomery, seconded by Tollaksen, to approve payment of the April, 2008, bills for the Coroner in the amount of $5,258.21.
   Motion carried.
   
   The Sheriff’s Department’s bills were reviewed and discussed. The new squad cars were received in April and the printout includes that cost.
   
   Motion by Sinklair, seconded by Tollaksen, to approve payment of the Sheriff’s Department’s expenses for April in the amount of $290,706.39.
   Motion carried.
   
   The committee received copies of the year-to-date expenses and revenues for Unit A. Financial Analyst Jessica Fry explained the report and explained some items are based on last year’s per inmate expenses and the exact reconciliation will be done at the end of the year. This report was taken to the Finance Committee and Hafemann and Fry explained it to the committee. The Finance Committee stated that report gave them the information they needed. Henceforth, the report will be sent to the Controller each month and she will give the committee copies of it. The Crystal Report of monthly expenses will be presented to the Law Enforcement Committee each month.
10. Request to Solicit Bids for Replacement Van for Sauk County Coroner’s Office: The 2008 adopted budget for the Coroner contains funds to replace the 2001 Windstar van. After an examination of available makes and models, the specifications will ask for bids on a 2008 Dodge Caravan. Only the Caravan of the median priced vehicles has a cargo area long enough to accommodate a gurney. Sinklair said there are both four and six cylinder options on vehicles. It’s unknown if the longer cargo van comes in a four-cylinder option. That will be checked on and considered.
    
    Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Sinklair, to approve the solicitation of bids for purchase of a 2008 Dodge Caravan for the Coroner’s Office.
    Motion carried.
11. Request to Solicit Bids for Two Replacement Detective Squads: The two vehicles being replaced are a 2000 Dodge Caravan and a 2003 Chevrolet.
    
    Motion by Montgomery, seconded by Sprecher, to approve the request to solicit bids for replacement of two detective squads.
    Motion carried.
12. Consideration of Application of Border Riders Motorcycle Club for Open Air Assembly Permit for Memorial Day Weekend: Chief Deputy Meister has inspected the grounds where the assembly will be held and reviewed the preparations and security measures. All the conditions and requirements of the Open Air Assembly Ordinance have been met and he recommended that the Border Riders be issued a permit for the event.
    
    Motion by Montgomery, seconded by Tollaksen, to approve the permit for the Border Riders.
    Motion carried.
    
13. 13. Review and Discussion of Form 1: The committee received a copy of the draft of Form I. The draft copy has been reviewed by Administrative Coordinator Schauf at a meeting in April. The committee was asked to review the draft. Form I will be brought back at the June meeting for discussion, possible revision and approval. It was suggested that the short term goals could be discussed each month at the committee meetings to track how well they’re being implemented
14. Tabled
15. Sheriff's Report: The committee was informed that two state inmates and one Sauk County inmate had together written a complaint which had been referred to Sauk County Corporation Counsel. The state inmates’ complaints both concerned dental work they wanted to have done. Security Captain Hafemann reported that the dental requests were being handled by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections in compliance with their policies and procedures through regular channels. The Sauk County inmate’s complaint referred to the amount of food served to the inmates. The jail inmates receive a balanced diet of 2,600 calories today. Their weight remains steady.
    
    The training of new employees is ongoing.
    
    The electronic monitoring program in March involved 19 inmates and 462 boarding days. The amount of revenue generated over costs was $5,324.
    
    In April the electronic monitoring program involved 18 inmates and 471 boarding days. The amount of revenue over cost was $5,416.50.
    
    In April, 2008, Dane County was billed $67,566 and the Wisconsin Department of Correction was billed $141,772.
    
    The calls for service data for April was handed out.
    
    There was one squad car damaged when the operator hit a bridge pole, The damage estimate is $1,145. The crash will be examined by an accident review panel.
    
    Sauk County has received a $7,000 grant for traffic control for the Hog Rally scheduled in June on the Ho-Chunk grounds. Five thousand cycles are expected to attend the event.
    
    Supervisory overtime in April totaled 55.5 hours. Of those hours, 4.5 hours were worked by a supervisor to avoid order-in of a union employee; 5.5 hours were for investigation and 45.5 hours were for training.
    
    Thus far there have been no fatal accidents in Sauk County in 2008.
    
    Captain Fults handed out reports from the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance on crime statistics for 2007.
    
    Telecommunicator Amanda Harris has been promoted from Dispatch to the Patrol Division effective May 15th. Deputy Lance Kreyer has transferred from the Patrol Division back to the Security Division. Penny Johnson and Kevin Eades have been hired as Security Deputies.
16. Discussion of Sheriff’s Reporting: The committee was asked to determine how much detail and discussion they wished to receive during the Sheriff’s report. There was a suggestion that the paper reports be handed out to the committee members for their review and any questions could be directed to the Sheriff or his staff at the next meeting or by telephone. This would reduce meeting time.
17. Adjourn To Date Specified: The next regular meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, June 10, 2008. At that meeting there will be a discussion on a possible split of the meeting day for the Judiciary and Law Enforcement portions of the monthly meetings.
    
    The meeting in July was scheduled for Thursday, July 10th, at 8:15 AM. The regular committee meeting will start at 8:15 AM, followed by a tour of the Law Enforcement Center, the jail and the Huber Center. After that the committee will eat a jail meal.
    
    Motion by Sinklair, seconded by Tollaksen, to adjourn the meeting.
    Motion carried.

Respecfully Submitted: Robert Sinklair, Secretary (Minutes taken by B. Manning)