Law Enforcement Committee Meeting

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Minutes of Meeting
Sauk County Law Enforcement Committee
February 15, 2013
The regular meeting of the Sauk County Law Enforcement Committee was held on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 09:15 am, in the Community Room, 1300 Lange Court, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
The meeting was properly posted and all interested parties were notified.
Members Present: Stevens, Nobs, Tollaksen, Johnson
Members Absent: Halfen
Members Excused:
Others Present: R. Meister, J. Spencer, J. Tobin, K. Fults, G. Hahn, M. Krueger, T. Kriegl, R. Dawson, J. Schernecker, N. White, J. Miller, K. Schauf, T. Poweleit, G. Jaeger
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 9:18 am.

2. Agenda: Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Nobs, to adopt the agenda. Motion carried.

3. Approve minutes of Previous Meeting(s): Motion by Nobs, seconded by Tollaksen approve the minutes from previous meeting(s) January 8, 2013. Motion carried.

4. Communications:
Letter from Marie Boerner thanking Detective Sabol, Deputy D Burch and Sheriff Meister for their help removing her car that was stuck and getting her back to her home with her items and vehicle

Email from Sheriff Bob Spoden of Rock County thanking us for our assistance in Lake Delton locating suspects from home invasions in their County.

Letter from Steve Schelza thanking us for the use of our Community Room for the SCIC class as well as thanking Sgt. Laatsch for his tour of the Jail and his positive attitude.

Letter from Tom Tourdot thanking Deputy Sutherland for his assistance helping his wife change her tire.

Email from Officer Foesch of Reedsburg expressing his gratitude of Captain Spencer’s assist with him and his K9 in the search for the Rock County suspects. He was impressed to see a high ranking officer out there with the troops helping out.

Letter from Monica McReath thanking Deputy B.Stoddard for his help to her with some bad choices she made on January 24.



5. Public comment :
Jim Schernecker, Reedsburg: Spoke reference the reconstruction of Bpod. He stated that Sauk County Jail is like a Maximum Security Prison. Stated we have the same number as prisoners as we had in the old building and have increased our staff by over 49.

6. Appearances :
None

7. Sauk County Animal Shelter operations update:
Animal Shelter took in 48 dogs and adopted/reclaimed 35 dogs. They also took in 81 cats and adopted out/transferred out 34 in the month of January. The Animal Shelter also took 1 Ferret, 1 parakeet, 41 rats, and 1 Canadian goose.

The Animal Shelter had a total of 37 calls and picked up 13 cats and 20 dogs
The Animal Shelter dealt with a total of 13 bite cases; 6 dogs, 6 cats, and one bat.
On 1/9 we received a call from the Lake Delton PD for an injured Canadian goose that was going in and out of traffic and was becoming a hazard. They requested that we come and contain the goose. We caught the goose and took it to the Soaring Eagle Wildlife Rehab Center in Sauk City

8. Review and approve January 2013, expenses for Coroner:
Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Johnson, to approve payment of the Coroner’s expenses for January 2013, in the amount of $9,850.67. Bills discussed. Motion carried.

9. Review and approve December 2012 and January 2013, expenses for Sheriff:
Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Nobs, to approve payment of the Sheriff’s Department expenses for December 2012 in the amount of $23,851.18 and January 2013 in the amount of $116,740.91. Bills discussed. Motion carried.


10. Discussion and possible action of jail configuration study by Venture Architects.

Committee stated they did a very thorough job.
Stevens:Where would new books be housed? Unemployment? Transport costs?
K. Schauf asked Gary to expand on the security electronics in the Jail.
R. Dawson if the restructure did occur would there be a problem with dust containment from other areas.
T. Kriegl- Spoke about the Criterion study and how they said we were control heavy. T. Kriegl asked if we could remove the Master Central Control instead of downsizing Bpod.
Nathan White DOC stated he felt that Venture had great knowledge.
M. Krueger asked Nathan White if he agreed with Venture on the conclusions of page 10. Nathan White stated he felt the conclusions were a fair represented conclusions.

Committee has given permission to John Holland from Baraaboo to speak outside of public comment.
John asked what other options were out there for upgrades to include cameras.

John Miller asked if jail population could be reduced would it be a reason to reduce without hurting the security.

11. Consideration and approval of Resolution for Authorization to Purchase Seven Police Specification Squad Cars.
Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Johnson. Motion carried.

12. Consideration and approval of Resolution for Authorization to Purchase One Detective Car.
Motion by Tollaksen, seconded by Johnson. Motion carried.

13. Consideration and approval of Resolution for Authorization To Contract With Stanley Convergent Security Solutions To Complete Upgrades To The Original Commander System Equipment.
Motion by Nobs, seconded by Johnson. Motion carried.

14. Mid-term Assessment-generation of strategic issues.
Continuously review the cost analysis of Alternatives in Incarceration
Committee recommends putting this on the agenda in March again.

15. Sheriff’s Report.
Number of Calls Report handed out. 5,164 calls for service in January 2013.
Letter from Dept of Justice regarding our County/Tribal Law Enforcement award for 2013 in the amount of $26,188.
Overtime Hours for January 2013 1,439 hours
There was 127 Prisoner Transports in January 2013.
Prisoner Transport cost for 7 Juveniles was $1,945.44 for transport.
Housing cost for January was $2,080.44.
Civil Process papers served in January 2013 – 204 papers.
Email from Todd Liebman advising that Sauk County has prevailed in Evans v Heidorn case.
EM Report for January– Total of 322 offender days. Collected $5,474.00 in fees and was invoiced $1,230.04 for a profit of $4,243.96.
Average daily population for January 2012 was 175. Average daily population for January 2013 was 177.
YTD Housing billing $59,468.40.

The Jail has eliminated the lids on the drinks for inmates saving approximately $5,000.00.

16. Adjournment

The next regular meeting of the committee was scheduled for March 12, 2013 at 09:30 am. Motion by Stevens, seconded by Tollaksen to adjourn the meeting at11:14 am. Motion Carried.
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Fred Halfen, Secretary
(Minutes taken by J. Fry)