DATE: April 14, 2009
The regular meeting of the Sauk County Law Enforcement Committee was held on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at 9:30 A.M., in room D102A Community Room, 1300 Lange Court , Baraboo , Wisconsin .
The meeting was properly posted and all interested parties were notified.
Members Present: Stevens, Sinklair, Montgomery, Tollaksen
Members Absent:
Members Excused: Sprecher
Others Present: R. Stammen, R. Meister, M. Hafemann, K. Fults, J. Fry,
B. Hinze, S. Bach, J. Hueslemann, T. Turnquist, Media
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 Chair Donald Stevens at 9:50 A.M.
2. Agenda : Motion by Montgomery , seconded by Tollaksen, to adopt the agenda. Motion carried.
3 . Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting : Motion by Sinklair, seconded by Tollaksen to adopt the minutes of the meeting held on March 10, 2009. Motion carried.
4. Communications : Copies of several communications were handed out to the committee members by Sheriff Randy Stammen. There were no questions on the items handed out.
5. Public Comment : None
6. Appearances : There were no appearances.
7. Sauk County Animal Shelter Operations Update
Animal Control Officer Justin Hueslemann passed out the Director's Report for March 2009. He reported that 46 dogs came in and 50 cats came in. Justin stated that Wendy Schneider resigned from the Director's position and that Dianne Horlamus is currently the interim director. Justin advised the committee that on May 2, 2009 Sauk County would be holding the Paws for a Cause Dog Walk at the Sauk County fairgrounds.
8. Review and Approve February, 2009, Bills for Coroner and Sheriff's Department :
Motion by Montgomery , seconded by Tollaksen, to approve payment of the Coroner's expenses for March 2009, in the amount of $185.70. Bills discussed. Motion carried.
Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Montgomery , to approve payment of the Sheriff's Department expenses for March 2009, in the amount of $133,150.28. Bills discussed. Motion carried.
9. Discussion of Strategic Issues Development -2010 Form 1
Strategic Issues Development process was explained to the Committee. Sheriff Randy Stammen advised the committee areas of concern within the Department regarding current staffing levels. Committee decided that they would like a draft of ideas from the Sheriff's Department emailed to them for them to review and respond to.
10. Range Update and Approval of Expenditures
Chief Deputy Meister briefed the committee on the current standing of the Training Facility. Chief Deputy advised the committee that a soil test was completed by Blakeslee to advise what type of septic system would be needed. Blakeslee advised a regular septic system could be used.
Chief Deputy advised the committee that Blakeslee would be sending a bill for an amount not to exceed $1,000.00
Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Sinklair to pay the Blakeslee bill when received.
11. Information on Jail participation in a UW Funded Grant.
Captain Mike Hafemann and Sheriff Stammen advised the Committee that the Sauk County Jail would be participating in a grant-funded project through the UW-Extension office. The committee was advised that the Jail would only need to provide the space for the interviews and also make the inmates available for the interviews.
12. Jail Report : The electronic monitoring report and the 2009 DOC housing report were presented. The DOC report for March indicated a net revenue for March in the amount of $82,492.
13. Administrative Report :
There were 178 transports in March 2009.
Juvenile Transport and Housing costs for the month of February 2009 was $13,950.84
In March 2009, there was a total of 1,537 hrs of overtime paid which include 58.5 hours of administrative overtime.
Four jailors were recently hired which include, Robert Polka, Cheyenne DeSmet, John Bolt, and Keith Hoefs.
Jackie Kuball has announced her retirement date of April 17, 2009.
Civil Process for March 2009. 301 Papers were sent in for service.
14. Field Service Report :
The March dispatch reports were handed out.
15 . Adjourn To Date Specified: The next regular meeting of the committee was scheduled for May 12, 2009. Motion by Montgomery , seconded by Tollaksen, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.
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Robert Sinklair, Secretary
( Minutes taken by J. Fry)