Victim Services Committee

12.20.19 Approved Minutes (289 KB)

Members in Attendance: Pat Rego, Jenna Greenwood, Jeff Shimon, Ryan LaBroscian, Elizabeth LaBroscian, Linda Hoffman, Rick Spoentgen

Members Absent: Tammy Hill; Annette Kuhlmann; Nikki Dobbs; Ryan Werner

Others present - John Miller

1. Called to order – 3:31PM

2. Certified compliance with open meeting laws – Spoentgen

3. Motion to approve agenda – Rego; 2^nd – Spoentgen – no discussion – approved by unanimous vote

4. Agenda Approval:

   1. Agenda from meeting on 9/25/19 – motion to adopt Greenwood – 2^nd by Rego – approved by unanimous vote

   2. Agenda from meeting on 11/27/19 - motion by Rego – 2^nd by Greenwood – approved by unanimous vote

      1. Noted that alterations already made for 2 typos

5. Public comment – none

6. Intro/agency updates

   1. Spoentgen – new hire for ADA – Deb O’Rourke. Mention of AG SART meeting – discussion of AB 214 – mention of new potential best practice which may come from AG SART re: advocacy notification

   2. Hoffman – mentions Legal Action of WI and their willingness to take cases where victim’s rights have been inappropriately curtailed by the judiciary (or potentially curtailed by the judiciary).

   3. E. LaBroscian

      1. CJCC Update:

         1. Defining recidivism – mentions that victim services committee may want to have a voice in this.

            1. Spoentgen – mention that Judge Screnock seemed to imply that adult justice would be handling the re-definition. May want to reach out to him prior to next meeting or risk getting shut out of the discussion.

            2. Spoentgen to raise the issue at the adult justice.

      2. Bringing Tom Weber back to aid Asst. Director Warwick with duties of R. Baldwin.

         1. Concern – Regina had purposefully left money in the JDS services budget to implement APRAIS – worried that the money will go to Tom Weber. Will change the implementation of that risk assessment tool.

      3. Ho Chunk Nation – having a sobriety pow-wow – at the Wellness Center on 12/31/20

   4. Greenwood – CPS Supervisor (as of 1/1/20) – made a simplified flowchart of how CPS works – distributed at meeting (e-mailed to staff for posting)

   5. Rego – County Board – budget is already around the corner. Elections are in April. Should get things ready to present if we’re looking for money from them this cycle.

7. Trends/Concerns – nothing noteworthy

   1. Concern – E. LaBroscian – JDS (was CJCC office) – responsible for the programs that the County runs. They are down by 4 positions; 2 present operating employees

8. Continued discussion on raising quorum

   1. Spoentgen – mention that nearly all of the working groups have to be agendized at present. Seems to go contrary to the reorganization by Tom Weber.

   2. Greenwood – would be nice – because she’s had to leave other meetings twice, but this is the most lightly attended meeting.

   3. Hoffman – agendizing is probably the best option to ensure that we don’t have a missed quorum in Vic Services

   4. Consensus – no raising quorum.

9. Working group update:

   1. DART – already discussed concerning re: APRAIS implementation

   2. SART – mentioned continued discuss of the CVRB opinion and DA’s office response. Also mentioned the exact stage of AB 214 and the seeming political hold ups.

   3. CMRT – discussion of potential CAC (Child Advocacy Center) locations – 8^th Ave Hope House property; Baraboo City Hall; Courthouse; Civic Center

      1. Data supports the need for one – 2^nd largest user of Safe Harbor in Madison – potential of satellite office In Baraboo.

      2. Possibility of getting Safe Harbor up here and started, possibility of not locking it in forever, but using Safe Harbor satellite location as a starting point and then potentially going independent.

      3. Baraboo seems the best location due to mileage for surrounding counties.

      4. CPS reports – increased reports of alleged maltreatment – presently 16 short of 1100 this year – marked increase over 2018.

10. Next meeting: 2/12/20 @ 3:30 – room 213 W. Square

    1. Agenda item thus far: Discussion of recidivism definition

11. Motion to adjourn – Rego – 2^nd – Greenwood

Adjourn: 4:21P

Respectfully submitted;

Rick Spoentgen

ADA – Sauk County