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ARE PRESENT.AND SO WE WILL START WITH A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
OKAY, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I SAW SUPERVISOR MILLIKEN WILL GIVE HIM, AND THEN YOU CAN, YOU CAN SECOND.
I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT WITH HIM.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING IT SAY AYE.
WE'LL START OUT WITH A COUPLE OF, UH, STAFF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHERIFF SICE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF WHICH ONE WAS FIRST ON THE, UH, FIRST ONE IS DETECTIVE JIM FRANCO AND INVESTIGATOR DANIEL HUGHES.
INVESTIGATOR HUGHES ISN'T ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT, UH, DETECTIVE FRANCO IS.
JIM, IF I COULD HAVE YOU, UH, COME ON UP HERE.
JIM'S, UH, BEEN WITH THE OFFICE FOR, UH, 20, ALMOST 21 YEARS, COMING UP ON THAT PRETTY QUICKLY, CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO OUR MAJOR CRIMES.
SO THE, THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THAT I'M DOING TODAY ARE FOR, THEY'RE FOR, FOR THREE DIFFERENT OFFICERS, FOR TWO DIFFERENT CASES.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOTH VERY DIFFERENT CASES.
ONE GOT A LOT OF NEW, UH, NEWS, MEDIA ATTENTION.
THE OTHER NOT SO MUCH, BUT THE, BUT BOTH CASES HIGHLIGHT REALLY THE, THE TENACITY OF THE INVESTIGATORS THAT, UH, UM, OF HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.
AND I THOUGHT, UM, THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD HEAR ABOUT 'EM.
I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
BOTH OF 'EM ARE A LITTLE LONG, BUT THEY, THEY, THEY GO INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT THE DETECTIVES AND THE, UM, THE, UH, INVESTIGATORS ACTUALLY DID IN THE CASES.
AND I, I, IT'S, IT'S IMPRESSIVE.
SO, UH, THE FIRST ONE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR, UH, DEPUTY OR, UH, UH, BOTH INVESTIGATOR, UH, DAN HUGHES, WHO'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, AND DETECTIVE JAMES, JAMES FRANCO.
UH, WHEREAS ON THE AFTERNOON OF OCTOBER 17TH, 2023, AN UNEXPECTED DELIVERY OF TWO APPLE IPHONES ARRIVED AT A HOME OF A MARRIED COUPLE IN THE VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD.
THEY DID NOT PLACE THEODOR, DESPITE THE PACKAGE BEING SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED TO ONE OF THE RESIDENTS.
A SHORT TIME AFTER THE PACKAGE WAS RECEIVED, A MAN CAME TO THE FRONT DOOR WEARING A HIGH VISIBILITY VEST.
THAT PERSON TOLD THE VICTIMS THAT THEY HAD ACCIDENTALLY RECEIVED THE PACKAGE AND IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS HAVING THE EXACT SAME NAME AS THE VICTIM.
THE HOMEOWNERS REFUSED TO GIVE UP THE PACKAGE, AND THEN THE SUSPECT ATTEMPTED TO FORCE HIS WAY INTO THE HOME.
THE HOMEOWNER WAS ABLE TO FORCE THE SUSPECT OUT OF THE HOUSE, AND THE SUSPECT THEN FLED.
THE VICTIMS, THEN CONTACTED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
DEPUTIES RESPONDED AND TOOK THE INITIAL REPORT AND SEIZED THE, UH, THE PACKAGE.
WHEREAS LATER THAT NIGHT, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 PM THE VICTIMS WERE SITTING INSIDE THEIR HOUSE AND HEARD GLASS BREAKING FROM AN ADJACENT ROOM.
THEY WENT INTO THAT ROOM TO INVESTIGATE AND OBSERVED TWO MALES, BOTH ARMED WITH HANDGUNS WHO HAD BROKEN THROUGH THE BAY WINDOW, AND WERE NOW STANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM DEMANDING THE PACKAGE.
THE VICTIMS CONVINCED THE SUSPECTS THEY NO LONGER HAD THE PACKAGE, AND ONE OF THE SUSPECTS CONVINCED THE OTHER TO LEAVE.
WHEREAS DETECTIVE JAMES FRANCO WAS ASSIGNED AS A PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR, AND INVESTIGATOR DAN HUGHES, ON HIS OWN, TOOK AN INTEREST IN THE CASE AND BEGAN ASSISTING A CUP FROM A CHICK-FIL-A RESTAURANT WAS DISCOVERED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD NEAR THE VICTIM'S HOUSE.
THAT CUP WAS COLLECTED AS EVIDENCE THE FOLLOWING DAY.
A NEIGHBORHOOD CANVAS, UH, WAS DONE, AND A STRAW AND LID WERE ALSO LOCATED NEAR THE EXIT OF THE SUBDIVISION NEIGHBORHOOD.
VIDEO WAS OBTAINED OF THE SUSPECT AND THE SUSPECT CAR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY.
WITNESS STATEMENTS WERE OBTAINED THAT DESCRIBED THE SUSPECT VEHICLES.
A DARK COLORED SUV INVESTIGATOR.
DAN HUGHES SENT OUT A PICTURE OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE TO THE MILWAUKEE METRO INVESTIGATORS GROUP, AND THAT GROUP IDENTIFIED THE VEHICLE AS A MAZDA CX FIVE.
DETECTIVE JAMES FRANCO RESEARCHED THE CX FIVE MODEL YEARS AND LEARNED THAT THE 2016 VERSION WAS FACELIFT AND HAD A, UH, UNIQUE RIMS THAT WERE ONLY ON THAT YEAR'S MODEL.
THOSE UNIQUE RIMS MATCHED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DETECTIVE JAMES FRANCO THEN QUERIED THE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERA SYSTEMS AND FOUND A 2016 CX FIVE THAT WAS BLUE, BUT LOOKED BLACK ON CAMERA.
THIS CAR WAS CAPTURED ON CAMERA IN GERMANTOWN.
AROUND THE TIME OF BOTH ROBBERIES, INVESTIGATOR DAN HUGHES WAS ABLE TO REVIEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE CHICK-FIL-A, WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE FLOCK CAMERAS.
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HE WAS THEN ABLE TO LOCATE A VIDEO OF ALL FOUR SUSPECTS INSIDE THE RESTAURANT, ORDERING FOOD.ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS WEARING THE SAME HIGH VISIBILITY VEST IN THE RESTAURANT THAT HE WAS WEARING WHEN HE INITIALLY TRIED TO OBTAIN THE PACKAGE.
A WARRANT WAS OBTAINED TO SEARCH THE REGISTERED OWNER'S APARTMENT IN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
THE WARRANT WAS SERVED, AND TWO OF THE SUSPECTS WERE LOCATED AND ARRESTED.
THE THIRD AND FOUR SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
LATER THAT SAME DAY, DETECTIVE JAMES FRANCO AND INVESTIGATOR DAN HUGHES OBTAINED A FULL CONFESSION FROM ONE OF THE ARMED SUSPECTS.
THEY ALSO RECEIVED PARTIAL CON, UH, CON, UH, CONFESSIONS FROM TWO OTHERS.
DETECTIVE JAMES F. FRANCO THEN CONTINUED TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE.
AFTER THE CHARGES WERE FILED, HE WAS ABLE TO LEARN THAT ONE OF THE SUSPECTS HAD WORKED AT A HOME DEPOT AND WAS FIRED FOR STEALING CREDIT CARD INFORMATION FROM CUSTOMERS.
HE WAS ABLE TO LEARN THAT THE VICTIM HAD ACCIDENTALLY LEFT HIS WALLET AT THAT SAME HOME DEPOT.
SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR, DETECTIVE JAMES FRANK WAS THEN ABLE TO LOCATE A VIDEO OF THE SUSPECT TAKING PICTURES OF A VICTIM'S CREDIT CARD AND ESTABLISH PROBABLE CAUSE FOR, UH, CAUSE FOR ADDITIONAL IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES.
AND THIS IS KIND OF AN IMPORTANT PART, IS THAT THESE MAJOR CASES ARE ALL A, A TEAM EFFORT.
SO THE, THE ALL OF OUR MAJOR CRIMES AND, AND THE DRUG UNIT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.
AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF POINTING OUT THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE TWO, UH, UM, TWO, TWO OF OUR OFFICERS.
UH, WHEREAS EVERY MEMBER OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MAJOR CRIMES AND MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL DRUG UNIT ASSISTANCE IN THIS INVESTIGATION, AND THE WORK OF THE ENTIRE TEAM IS, IS DESERVING OF RECOGNITION.
HOWEVER, DETECTIVE JAMES FRANCO AND INVESTIGATOR DAN HUGHES WORK COMMITMENT, TENACITY, AND PASSION DURING THE INVESTIGATION STOOD OUT.
WHEREAS THIS INCIDENT, UH, OCCURRED WITH NO KNOWN SUSPECTS ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2023, 10 DAYS LATER, ALL FOUR SUSPECTS WERE IN CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES.
THIS LEVEL OF CRIME IS NOT COMMON IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND BECAME A SIGNIFICANT NEWS STORY.
IT CREATED LEGITIMATE FEAR THAT INNOCENT VICTIMS COULD FIND THEMSELVES ENCOUNTERING SUCH VIOLENCE IN THEIR OWN HOME.
THIS CASE WAS AN AGENCY PRIORITY, AND DETECTIVE JAMES FRANCO AND INVESTIGATOR DAN HUGHES TREATED AS SUCH.
NOW THEREFORE, BE A RESOLVE THAT DETECTIVE JAMES FRANCO AND INVESTIGATOR DAN HUGHES ARE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE DILIGENCE, COMMITMENT, TENACITY, AND PROFESSIONALISM, WHILE SERVING THE CITIZENS WASHINGTON COUNTY.
SO, JIM, I I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE SECOND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, LIKE I SAID, DID NOT GET THE NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE, BUT IS NO LESS, UH, UH, DEMONSTRATES THE SHEER TENACITY OF, UH, OF OUR INVESTIGATORS.
SO, IF I COULD HAVE, UH, DEPUTY NICHOLS COME FORWARD, DEPUTY MORGAN NICHOLS HAS BEEN WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE JUST SHY OF SIX YEARS, I'M SORRY, 11 YEARS.
I'M SORRY, I I SHOULD KNOW THAT.
UM, SHE'S, UH, UH, SERVED SOME TIME UP IN OUR DRUG UNIT.
SHE'S, UH, PART OF OUR ACCIDENT RECON TEAM, A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.
AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE WHY THE ACCIDENT RECON COMES INTO PLAY HERE A LITTLE BIT FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
UM, SO WHEREAS ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 PM DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH UNKNOWN INJU INJURIES ON US 45 AT FRIENDLY DRIVE IN THE TOWN OF BARTON FIRST ARRIVING, DEPUTIES LEARNED FROM WITNESSES THAT INVOLVED TRUCK AND TRAILER HAD FLED THE SCENE NORTHBOUND ON S 45.
AFTER THE COLLISION, THE AREA WAS CHECKED AND THE SUSPECT WAS NOT LOCATED.
THE VICTIM DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO FREIGHTER HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS LIFE-THREATENING INJ INJURIES.
THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE VICTIM WAS SOUTHBOUND ON S 45 WHEN HE STRUCK THE REAR OF THE, OF A TRAILER OF THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE.
THE SUSPECT HAD PULLED OUT FROM FRIENDLY DRIVE, INTENDING TO TURN NORTHBOUND ON US 45, AND WAS WAITING IN THE CENTER MEDIAN WITH THE TRAILER PROTRUDING INTO THE LANE OF TRAFFIC.
AFTER THE INITIAL COLLISION, THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE BECAME DISABLED IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF TRAFFIC AND WAS THEN STRUCK BY A THIRD VEHICLE.
THE SUSPECT EXITED HIS VEHICLE AND WENT UP TO THE VICTIM'S CAR BEFORE FLEEING THE AREA.
THE VICTIM REMAINED IN THE HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL INJURIES FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS, WHEREAS, ALTHOUGH DEPUTY SHERIFF MORGAN NICHOLS WAS NOT INITIALLY ASSIGNED TO THE CALL, SHE READ ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND LATER, LATER ON, AND RECOGNIZED, UH, SEVERAL POTENTIAL AREAS OF FOLLOW UP THAT COULD BE CONDUCTED.
THE FOLLOW UP INCLUDED CHECKING FLOCK SAFE SAFETY CAMERAS, CONTACTING LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, CHECKING FOR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND RE-INTERVIEWING WITNESSES.
SHE WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SUSPECT TRUCK AND TRAILER THAT WAS IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THAT MATCHED THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION.
SHE CONDUCTED FOLLOW UP WITH THAT PERSON AND THEIR VEHICLE, AND WAS ULTIMATELY ABLE TO RULE THEM OUT AFTER OBTAINING AN ALIBI AND VERIFYING IT THROUGH SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS AT LOCAL GAS, AT A LOCAL GAS STATION.
AFTER SHE RE-INTERVIEWED, UH, A WITNESS, SHE LEARNED THAT THE SUSPECT VEHICLE MAY HAVE MEANT A LARGER SUV RATHER THAN A PICKUP TRUCK.
SHE RE-INTERVIEWED ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WITH A, UM, AND GATHERED AND CONTINUED
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TO GATHER VALUABLE INFORMATION.EVENTUALLY, SHE SPOKE WITH A WITNESS WHO HAD TAKEN A PHOTOGRAPH AT THE SCENE, WHICH CAPTURED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE.
BASED ON THIS PICTURE, DEPUTY SHERIFF MORGAN NICHOLS BELIEVED THAT THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS NOW A RED DODGE PICKUP TRUCK, WHEREAS DEPUTY SHERIFF MORGAN NICHOLS THEN CONTACTED A LOCAL RECYCLING BUSINESS IN THE AREA, AND STAFF IMMEDIATELY RECALLED SEEING A RED DODGE PICKUP TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER.
AROUND THE SAME TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
SHE OBTAINED, OBTAINED PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECT AND THE VEHICLE.
SHE OBTAINED PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE FROM ANOTHER LOCAL BUSINESS IN THE SAME AREA.
AT AROUND THE SAME TIME OF THE CRASH, SHE WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY THAT THE CLOTHING MATCHED THE WITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE SUSPECT.
DEPUTY SHERIFF MORGAN NICHOLS THEN WAS ABLE TO TRACK THE SUSPECT DOWN.
SHE OBTAINED A FULL CONFESSION FROM HIM.
HE ADMITTED THAT HE, UH, HAD EXITED THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FIRST CRASH HE HAD CAUSED.
HE EXITED HIS VEHICLE VEHICLE TO CHECK ON THE OPERATOR, AT WHICH POINT THE SECONDARY CRASH OCCURRED.
HE TOLD DEPUTY SHERIFF MORGAN NICHOLS THAT HE WAS SCARED AND THOUGHT THE VICTIM HAD DIED, SO HE FLED THE SCENE.
WHEREAS DEPUTY SHERIFF MORGAN NICHOLS, UH, RECOGNIZED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CRIMINAL CASE AND BEGAN TO RETROACTIVELY RECREATE THE SCENE.
SHE CONDUCTED A DRONE FLYOVER, AND OBTAINED SQUAD VIDEO FROM THE STATE PATROL TO SHOW THE SCENE PHOTOS.
SHE REVIEWED THE DEPUTY'S, UH, BODY CAMERA, WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE STILL SHOTS OF THE EVIDENCE BASED ON THE CAMERA FOOTAGE, ROADWAY EVIDENCE, WITNESS STATEMENTS.
SHE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE HOW THE CRASH OCCURRED.
SHE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE VICTIM AND LEARNED THAT HE HAD SUSTAINED A FRACTURED PELVIS ON BOTH SIDES.
LEFT FEMUR FRACTURE, LEFT TIBIA, FULL PROTRUSION, LEFT FIBULA FRACTURE, LEFT ANKLE FRACTURE, LEFT WRIST, UH, FRACTURE, BROKEN VERTEBRAE, AND A BRUISED BLADDER.
THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED FOR HIT AND RUN, CAUSING INJURY AND GREAT BODILY HARM.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT DEPUTY SHERIFF MORGAN NICHOLS RECOGNIZED THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS OFFENSE AND BEGAN WORKING ON THE CASE WITHOUT ANYONE REQUESTING.
SHE RE UH, CONDUCTED SUPERVISORY APPROVED IN-DEPTH FOLLOW-UP AND RELENTLESSLY PURSUED POTENTIAL LEADS AND EVIDENCE.
THIS TENACITY LED TO A VIABLE SUSPECT.
SHE OBTAINED A FULL CONFESSION AND PROCEEDED TO LOCATE AND PUT TOGETHER EVIDENCE TO ASSIST IN THE EVENTUAL PROSECUTION.
THIS EVIDENCE WAS ALL GATHERED AFTER THE FACT, WHICH EVEN MAKES IT MUCH MORE COMMENDABLE, COMMENDABLE NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, UH, THAT, UH, MORGAN, UH, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY IS A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
DUE TO THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF DEPUTY SHERIFF MORGAN NICHOLS, SHE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE FOR HER 10, UH, TENACITY AND HER INVESTIGATION.
SO, MORGAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU SHORT, SO ONCE AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRING THE, THE GOOD WORK OF OUR STAFF.
UH, I, I KINDA LIKE BRAGGING ABOUT 'EM, SO I, I APPRECIATE IT.
YOUR STAFF'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
LET'S GO TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY QUARTERLY REPORT.
SO OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MARK BENSON, IS HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, UM, TO DEPUTY NICHOLS, UH, INVESTIGATOR NICHOLS, AS WELL AS INVESTIGATOR HUGHES.
AND, UH, UH, DETECTIVE FRANCO.
I AM, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THOSE GUYS AND GET THOSE CASES THAT COME THROUGH OUR OFFICE
[c. District Attorney Quarterly Report]
AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.UM, UH, JUST, UH, FINISHING UP ON, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE QUARTERLY REPORT HERE.
UM, AND I, I WILL TRY TO SEEK TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, OUR OFFICE IS GOING THROUGH SOME, UH, FUN CHANGES WITH SOME, UH, LONGSTANDING, UH, OFFICE MANAGER WHO'S BEEN IN THE OFFICE FOR OVER, UH, 25 YEARS.
THAT IS NOW, UM, UM, SEEKING, UH, GREENER PASTURES, UH, AND RETIRING.
THAT'S GONNA BE BIG SHOES TO FILL.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, UH, POSTING THAT AND, UH, SEEKING TO GET NEW, UH, A NEW OFFICE, UH, OFFICE MANAGER.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE A, A FUN, A FUN FILL FOR OUR OFFICE.
UH, WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR, UM, SHE'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB WITH REGARDING TO REVIEWING OUR, UH, UH, PROCEDURES WITHIN THE, UH, WITHIN THE OFFICE.
UM, WE'RE ON TRACK FOR CROSS TRAINING ON ALL OF THE, THE FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE OFFICE.
WE'VE MADE SOME STRIDES WITH ENHANCING SOME TIMELINESS.
WE HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE, UH, VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UM, ATTORNEYS WITHIN THE OFFICE NOW.
UH, SO THAT IS GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN.
UM, WITH REGARD TO, UH, DRUG TREATMENT COURT, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, SOME HICCUPS AS SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS ALONG THE WAY.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.
WE'VE HAD THREE GRADUATES IN 20, 24 SO FAR.
UH, ONE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE NEEDED TO DISCHARGE FROM THE PROGRAM.
SO WE'VE HAD, UH, ONE, UH, THAT WAS A LONGSTANDING MEMBER FOR A WHILE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, NEEDED TO BE DISCHARGED FROM THE, UH, DRUG TREATMENT COURT, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS.
THERE'S THIS, THE, UH, STUDY THAT'S GONNA BE DONE WITH REGARD TO INPATIENT, UH, UH, UH, TREATMENT FOR THE, UH, THE
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NEED THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY FOR, UH, FOR, UM, INPATIENT, FOR A, A FEMALE INPATIENT, UH, TREATMENT.UH, THERE IS A STUDY THAT'S, UH, IN THE PROCESS THAT COUNTY IS WORKING ON GOING THROUGH.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL WORK OUT BECAUSE, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR FEMALES, UH, AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND, UH, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, UH, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME UPDATES WITH REGARD TO, UH, COMPARING AND, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE GRADUATES OF THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE'RE FILLING IN, IN THE METRICS ON THAT AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN, UH, UH, GOING DOWN THE ROAD, UM, WE ARE, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF STILL, UH, HASN'T REALLY STARTED IN, IN EARNEST, BUT, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DIFFERENT WAYS, UH, THAT WE CAN DO SOME SORT OF, UH, POTENTIALLY SOME SORT OF PRE PRETRIAL, UH, MONITORING WITH, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, UH, COMING THROUGH OUR, UH, OUR JAILS.
UH, THE, UH, JUDGES, I THINK, UH, ARE DOING A GOOD JOB SETTING CASH BOND MOST OF THE TIME IN THE CASES THAT WE WANT, SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH.
UM, AND, UH, WE, UH, THERE'S OTHER CONDITIONS THAT ARE ALSO PLACED ON INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
UH, AND, UH, I THINK ALL IN ALL, OUR COUNTY ISN'T PERFECT, BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, UH, WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH REGARD TO, UM, GETTING REASONABLE CASH BOND ON CASES THAT WARRANT IT.
OF COURSE, UH, THE SITUATION WITH THAT IS THAT IF INDIVIDUALS, IF CASH BOND IS, UH, IS ORDERED WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL CAN POST, THEN THEY'RE STILL, STILL OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT AT LEAST IT, IT HOLDS THEM SOMEWHAT ACCOUNTABLE.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PROVIDE THE UPDATE TO YOU ALL.
AND WHILE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAD TO DISCHARGE SOMEBODY FROM THE DRUG TREATMENT COURT, I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE THAT THE SUCCESS RATE OF THE DRUG TREATMENT COURT IS A LOT BETTER THAN THE SUCCESS RATE WITHOUT THE DRUG TREATMENT COURT AND WITHOUT THE DRUG TREATMENT COURT, PEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY ON THEIR OWN.
THE RECIDIVISM RATE, I'M GUESSING, IS REALLY HIGH.
SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY, THE THREE GRADUATES WE HAVE, THAT'S THREE SUCCESSES THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD WITHOUT THE DRUG TREATMENT COURT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THAT OR NOT, BUT NO, I AGREE WITH THAT.
AND IN ADDITION, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO, BESIDES, UH, BESIDES, UH, ADDRESSING THEIR, UM, THEIR A ODA ISSUES, UH, THEY ARE ALSO, UH, IT HAS TURNED AROUND THEIR LIFE WITH REGARD TO RELATIONSHIPS IN THEIR LIFE AS WELL AS HOUSING.
UH, SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE RECEIVED THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, UH, AND ALSO EMPLOYMENT.
SO IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A MULTIFACETED WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM THE PROGRAM.
I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT TOO.
AND JUST BECAUSE THAT INDIVIDUAL'S DISCHARGED DOESN'T MEAN IT TO NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT INDIVIDUAL, OR THEY MIGHT NOT BE BACK AND STILL GRADUATE.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A GRADUATE WHO'S A ROLE MODEL NOW IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO WAS DISCHARGED, UM, AND WHEN HE WAS INITIALLY IN THE PROGRAM, AND HE, UM, YOU KNOW, CAME BACK AND IS A, DID GRADUATE AND IS A ROLE MODEL, LIKE I SAID, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO JUST BECAUSE THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL IS DISCHARGED DOESN'T MEAN IT HASN'T HAD AN IMPACT.
UM, AS YOU DEVELOP METRICS, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
TRACKING IS PEOPLE WHO ARE DISCHARGED AND THEN COME BACK AND WHAT'S THEIR OUTCOME, THEIR SECOND TIME IN DRUG TREATMENT COURT.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TOO.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, MODIFICATIONS TO THE 2024 FEE SCHEDULE.
SO I THINK, SHERIFF, ARE YOU HAVING CAPTAIN LEMAN SPEAK ON THAT? SURE.
[d. Modification of 2024 Fee Schedule]
UM, SO THE 2024 FEE SCHEDULE WHEN IT WAS, UH, ORIGINALLY APPROVED LAST FALL, UM, WE MISSED ONE ITEM THAT WAS CHANGED.SO THAT WAS A, IT'S A SMALL CHANGE, BUT IT, IT STILL NEEDS TO BE NOTED.
SO IT'S FOR, UM, OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS.
UM, THE CHANGE WAS FROM $2 TO $3, UM, FOR CHARGING INMATES IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL.
UM, REASON FOR THE CHANGE IS JUST THE GROWING COSTS, UM, AS WELL AS
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TRYING TO STEER THEM TOWARDS OTHER AVENUES INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH OUR MEDICAL STAFF AND ORDERING SOME OF THE OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS.THEY CAN ORDER THAT THROUGH, UM, OUR COMMISSARY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? UM, JUST A PROCEDURE QUESTION THERE.
ARE WE JUST VOTING ON THIS AND THEN IT TAKES EFFECT? THERE IS NO, THE ACTUAL FEE SCHEDULE OR THERE'S NO RESOLUTION OR ANYTHING ATTACHED TO THIS.
THERE'S NO VOTE, THERE'S NONE.
SO THIS IS JUST UPDATE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.
MAKING THE CHANGE ON THE FEE SCHEDULE.
'CAUSE IT SAYS MOTION TO APPROVE AT THE BOTTOM.
THERE'S, I TALKED TO, I TALKED TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
I THINK OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, GENERAL FUND TRANSFER FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.
I'M BECOMING A FAMILIAR FACE HERE,
I FEEL LIKE WE JUST SAW YOU LAST MONTH.
[e. 2023 Resolution: General Fund Transfer and 2024-2025 Budget Amendment – Medical Examiner’s Office]
THAT'S A GOOD THING.UH,
UM, I WAS HERE LAST MONTH IN FEBRUARY AND DISCUSSED THESE ITEMS WITH YOU BRIEFLY THEN.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS ISN'T A TOTAL SURPRISE THAT THIS WAS COMING.
ONE CHANGE WE DID MAKE, UH, WAS THAT WE HAD CONTEMPLATED PURCHASING ONE OR TWO VEHICLES, AND I THINK AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, WE'VE DECIDED TO STAGGER THAT A LITTLE BIT AND JUST INCLUDE ONE VEHICLE IN THIS YEAR'S REQUEST, AND THEN PROBABLY APPROACH YOU GUYS LATER THIS YEAR FOR AN AMENDMENT FOR 2025 THAT ALLOWS US TO USE, UM, THE EXPECTED INCREASED REVENUE, UM, WITH THE OFFICE TO COVER PART OF THAT COST.
SO FOR THIS YEAR'S REQUEST, UH, WE HAVE A, A BUCKET OF ABOUT $5,000 IN A 2023 CARRYOVER TO COVER ONE OF THE COTS THAT WE HAVE ON ORDER ALREADY.
UH, I AM ANTICIPATING AN INCREASED REVENUE BETWEEN 25 AND 30,000 THAT'S COMING FROM OUR TRANSPORT FEES, WHICH WE'VE BEEN APPROVED TO CHARGE THOSE TRANSPORT FEES FOR MANY YEARS.
THEY WERE NOT CONSISTENTLY BEING CHARGED TO ALL FUNERAL HOMES WITHIN THE COUNTY.
SO WE ARE NOW STANDING AT STANDING ON THAT AND, AND CHARGING THAT CONSISTENTLY TO EVERY FUNERAL HOME, EVERY TIME THAT THAT SERVICE IS PROVIDED.
SO THAT SHOULD COVER ABOUT, LIKE I SAID, BETWEEN 25 AND 30,000.
SO THAT LEAVES US WITH THE $75,000, UM, THAT IS NEEDED IN A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER TO, TO SUPPORT THESE OTHER PURCHASES.
UH, I AM STILL WATCHING FOR ANY GRANTS THAT MAY BE COMING UP THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR THEY DID HAVE A GRANT THAT WOULD HELP COVER A CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND IT HASN'T BEEN POSTED YET THIS YEAR.
I'M HOPING IT WILL BE, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THAT'S GONNA BE REPEATED THIS YEAR BY THE, WITH, UH, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? WHERE ARE YOU GOING FOR
UM, SO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND SUPERVISOR, TOMA SUPERVISOR MILLIKEN.
SO, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE.
UM, YOU, UH, HAVE A PRICE OF 50,000 FOR A VEHICLE.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT YOU CAN GET A VEHICLE FOR THAT
SO WE MAY GO A TINY BIT OVER, BUT I THINK THAT THOSE COSTS CAN BE ABSORBED IN OTHER PORTIONS OF OUR BUDGET.
SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE, SORRY, ONE MORE
UH, I WAS JUST RE-SCANNING THE, THE STATEMENT THIS, SO IT'S LISTED FOR THE 24 EXPENSES EXPENDITURES, I'M ASSUMING TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
WELL, YOU'LL THEN BE BACK WITH A SIMILAR LINE ITEM OF THE 25 CORRECT.
WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OKAY, WITH THAT, THE, UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE RADIO GRANT PROCESS.
SO IS THAT, UH, AARON, ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THAT? YEAH, I CAN TAKE THAT ONE.
[f. Approval of Radio Grant Process]
UH, SO AS YOU SAID, THE PURPOSE IS FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND[00:25:01]
APPROVAL PROCESS, AND THEN THERE'S SOME ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM I WANT TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH WITH YOU TO, TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD WITH, WITH THOSE AS WELL.UM, SO THE COMMITTEE REPORT KINDA IS WHAT IT IS.
I, I WAS REALLY GONNA FOCUS ON THE, UH, THE ATTACHMENT, WHICH IS, UM, TITLED WASHINGTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, HAVE TO FIND AN ACRONYM FOR THAT OR SOMETHING.
UM, SO JUST TO KINDA START WITH, UM, IN THAT ELIGIBILITY SECTION, THERE'S JUST A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT.
UM, FIRST, UH, IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH UNDER ELIGIBILITY, THERE'S A STATEMENT, UM, IT REALLY JUST ALLUDES TO THE FACT THAT THE PROGRAM'S NOT INTENDED TO INCREASE THE RATIO OF RADIOS HELD BY A ROSTER OF VOLUNTEER OR PART-TIME DEPARTMENTS.
REALLY WHAT THAT'S GETTING AT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS NOT NECESSARILY TO TAKE A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND GIVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON A RADIO, FOR EXAMPLE.
THERE'S A GRAY AREA WITH THAT, AND REALLY THAT'S WHERE THE COMMITTEE IS THE APPROVER AND CAN KIND OF HELP GET TO THE BOTTOM OF, OF WHETHER OR NOT, UM, A PARTICULAR REQUEST THAT'S IN THAT GRAY AREA IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO GRANT OR NOT.
UM, SO REALLY THAT'S THE, THE, THE A GOOD THING ABOUT HAVING THE, THE COMMITTEE SORT OF REVIEW AND, AND APPROVE THESE REQUESTS, AND YOU'LL GET A RECOMMENDATION, BUT OF COURSE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO, YOU KNOW, REVIEW IT ON YOUR OWN AND, AND MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT PIECE OUT, UM, AS, AS ONE COMPONENT OF, OF THE INTENT OF THIS PROGRAM.
UM, THE NEXT, THE NEXT PIECE IS, UH, THE PROGRAM IS ESSENTIALLY INTENDED TO FUND 80% OF RADIOS.
UM, THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THE ENTITY BUYS THE RADIOS UNDER THE, WHAT'S CALLED LIKE THE STATE CONTRACT, RIGHT? SO THE STATE GIVES, I THINK IT'S 26 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT PERCENT, UM, DISCOUNT OFF THE MSRP.
AND SO BY BUYING IT THROUGH AN AUTHORIZED, UH, RETAILER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT DISCOUNT, UM, WE WOULD REIMBURSE AN AMOUNT THAT THAT WOULD PAY FOR 80% OF THAT PARTICULAR RADIO.
UM, SO YOU'LL RECALL FROM THE MATERIALS, THERE'S, THERE'S A NUMBER OF STANDARD RADIOS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, UM, BY, BY THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND, AND WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THE PRICES OF THOSE STANDARD RADIOS.
WE KNOW WHAT THE DISCOUNTED RATE IS, AND WE WOULD REEM, WE WOULD RE ESSENTIALLY REIMBURSE THAT AMOUNT FOR THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF RADIO, WHETHER IT'S A MOBILE OR A PORTABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU REIMBURSE 80% OF THAT AMOUNT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO THE MUNICIPALITY STARTS TO KICK IN 20%, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THAT COST SHARE WAS BASED ON, I MEAN, WE HAD, I HAD ASKED A NUMBER OF FOLKS, UM, AROUND, AND, AND I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF THE, THE SPLIT WE AGREED ON TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME SKIN IN THE GAME, BUT, BUT CERTAINLY TO, TO PROVIDE A BIG CHUNK OF FUNDING FOR THE, FOR THE PURCHASE OF THESE RADIOS, UM, IN THAT 80% CALCULATION.
UM, THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ADDITIONAL ACCESSORIES ABOVE THE BASE OR EXTENDED EXTENDED WARRANTIES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT, BUT IT SHOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS, UH, TOWARDS HELPING FUND THESE RADIOS.
UM, SO THE NEXT PIECE IS JUST KIND OF THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THAT.
UM, IN TERMS OF A REQUEST YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, I'M HOPING THAT THIS CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A, YOU KNOW, AN EMAIL, RIGHT? SHOOT, SHOOT AN EMAIL, GIVE US A, A COUPLE OF PIECES OF INFORMATION.
WE CAN USE THAT TO PACKAGE UP THE REQUEST AND, AND GET IT TO, TO THIS COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW.
UM, AT THIS POINT, THOSE REQUESTS WOULD COME INTO ME, UH, EVENTUALLY THEY'LL COME INTO THE CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER.
UM, WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT POSITION IS, IS HIRED AND THAT PERSON'S ON BOARD, UM, WITH THE REQUEST, YOU'LL GET A RECOMMENDATION.
UH, YOU'LL GET THE MATERIALS AGAIN, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT, UM, THEN IT, IT'S UP TO YOU TO APPROVE THAT REQUEST OR NOT.
UM, IF IT IS APPROVED, THE MUNICIPALITY WILL SEE, UH, THEY'LL GET A LETTER AND THEY'LL GET A, A MODEL
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RESOLUTION FOR THEIR GOVERNING BODY TO PASS, UH, TO FORMALLY ACCEPT THE GRANT FUNDS.UM, THEN FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, THE AGENCY BUYS THE RADIO, UH, SENDS THE SIGNED RESOLUTION AND A RECEIPT, AND THEN WE'LL CUT THE CHECK AND SEND IT OVER.
UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT IT CAN BE A, A SIMPLE PROCESS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE A, A TON OF, A TON OF FORMS, UM, OR, OR A TON OF RED TAPE.
UM, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO VERIFY A FEW THINGS.
UM, SO THE ATTACHMENT HAS THE STANDARD MODELS, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THOSE OVER.
UM, THERE I INCLUDED A COPY OF THE MODEL RESOLUTION IN THE PACKET AS WELL.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY, I WANTED TO, TO TOUCH ON THOSE COUPLE OF POINTS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE NOW.
UM, AND THIS IS BEING FUNDED OUTTA SALES TAX DOLLARS? OR IS THIS WE DON'T KNOW YET.
SO, SO WE'VE, WE FUNDED IT, UM, IT WAS FUNDED IN 2022, RESOLUTION 66.
UM, WE FUNDED IT WITH SALES TAX THAT WERE COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF WHAT WAS BUDGETED.
UM, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EXCUSE ME, MONEY'S, UH, MONEY'S OBVIOUSLY FUNGIBLE, RIGHT? SO THIS WAS, THIS WAS BUDGET, YOU KNOW, UH, EXCESS REVENUE AT THAT POINT.
UM, WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT LANGUAGE ON, ON SALES TAX BECAUSE IT'S TRULY DESIGNED TO OFFSET THE TAX LEVY.
UM, SO, SO, YOU KNOW, UM, WE CERTAINLY WANT THAT RECOGNITION, UM, OF VALUE THERE THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, SHARING THAT SALES TAX.
BUT, UM, YOU ALSO NEED TO KIND OF TREAD A LITTLE BIT CAREFULLY THERE.
UM, AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES, THIS IS ONLY FOR EXTRA RADIOS BEYOND WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE? CORRECT.
WITH THE RADIO SYSTEM CHANGE, WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING ALL THE RADIOS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
THERE'LL BE, THERE'LL BE REPLACEMENT RADIOS, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A, A SERIES OF RADIOS THAT ARE REFURBISHED ESSENTIALLY.
OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE.
UM, IN THIS WHOLE PROGRAM WE'RE TALKING, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE DEPARTMENTS, POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS.
HOW MANY RADIOS ARE WE, WE TALKING ABOUT IN THE WHOLE COUNTY? UM, APPROXIMATELY.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S
KIND OF THE, OH, YOU GONNA COMMENT FURTHER ON? I JUST WANTED TO BRING ONE THING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
SO THE, UM, AARON MENTIONED THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED IN IN 2022, SO THAT'S WHEN THAT POCKET OF MONIES, I THINK WAS A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WAS, WAS OKAYED BY THIS COMMITTEE AND BY THE, THE FULL COUNTY BOARD.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT'S COMING UP IS ONE OF THE PREVIOUS, UH, UH, FROM THE VILLAGE OF JACKSON, BUT I JUST WANT THE COMMITTEE TO BE AWARE THAT THERE'S OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE PURCHASED RADIOS SINCE THAT RESOLUTION WAS PASSED THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY BE SEEING, UM, KINDA RETROACTIVELY LOOKING AT, UH, LOOKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW ALL OF 'EM, BUT I KNOW LIKE SPECIFICALLY CITY WEST BEND AND A COMMUNITY SERVICE, UM, VEHICLE THAT WAS PUT, A MOBILE IN THAT, THAT THEY ASKED ME ABOUT AFTER THE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED.
SO THAT'S NOT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, UH, BUT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE SOME RETROACTIVE RADIOS COMING BEFORE YOU.
BUT SUPERVISOR CONRAD, JUST A QUESTION, ERIN, IS THIS, UM, I DON'T RECALL, IS THIS UNIQUE TO WASHINGTON COUNTY KIND OF DOING THIS 80 20 THING OR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE DONE THIS AND IT'S WORKED? UM, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW A TON ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE.
I, I ONE TIME WORKED IN WAUKESHA COUNTY, SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT, THAT THEIR MUNICIPALITIES PAY FOR THEIR RADIOS, THEY PAY FOR THEIR SHARE OF THE OPERATING COST OF THE RADIO SYSTEM.
THEY PREPAY FOR THE NEXT RADIO SYSTEM.
SO, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS HELPING OUR MUNICIPALITIES HERE.
I THINK THAT'S A KEY POINT BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING, I THINK IT'S 13 MILLION ON THIS RADIO SYSTEM UPGRADE, AND WE'RE NOT CHARGING A PENNY BACK TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR IT.
THEY'RE ALL GETTING NEW RADIOS.
THEY ALL GET ACCESS TO OUR RADIO SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, MUNICIPALITY LIKE HARTFORD OR WEST BEND, IF THEY WANTED TO DO THEIR OWN RADIO, THAT MIGHT BE TWO OR $3 MILLION THAT THEY'D HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT, THAT THEY'RE SAVING BY THE COUNTY BEING GRACIOUS AND OPENING UP
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OUR RADIO SYSTEM FOR EVERYBODY.AND FROM A SERVICE STANDPOINT, THAT MAKES SENSE TOO, BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME RADIO SYSTEM.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COMMUNICATION ISSUES BETWEEN WEST BEND AND THE COUNTY OR HARTFORD AND THE COUNTY.
THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME SYSTEM.
SO I THINK THAT RECOGNITION OF HOW MUCH OUR COUNTY IS CHOOSING TO INVEST AND SAVE OUR MUNICIPALITIES IS IMPORTANT.
CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE'RE ON THE APPROVAL OF THE RADIO GRANT PROCESS AND NOT THE TOWER PROJECT AND, AND WHATNOT, SO WE'RE KIND OF STEERING AWAY, SO, BUT YEAH, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE, THE MOTION AT HAND.
UH, AARON, I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF RADIOS, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT COSTS, BUT APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY DEVICES COULD THIS GRANT ON THE INITIAL FUNDING, UH, ASSIST WITH? UM, SO ALL RIGHT.
UM, SO REALLY THE GRANT AWARDS WILL RANGE FROM $5,700 TO 80, 8900.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN PURCHASE A, A GOOD CHUNK OF RADIOS WITH, WITH THIS DEPENDING ON THE MODEL THAT THAT IS CHOSEN.
UM, AND THAT VARIES BASED ON, YOU KNOW, A, A POLICE RADIO OR FIRE RADIO, A MOBILE RADIO, PORTABLE RADIO.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES, UM, IN THAT APPENDIX THERE, SO, OKAY.
UH, NEXT ONE, JUST A CLARIFICATION, THIS IS ONLY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMS AND FIRE.
THIS IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO DPW OR OTHER SUCH AGENCIES, CORRECT? RIGHT, RIGHT.
UM, LAST ONE, JUST I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME CRITERIA FOR THE PROCESS.
UM, FIRST ONE YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION.
WHO, WHO WOULD THAT BE CIRCLED IN FRONT OF FOR RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE IT COMES TO COMMITTEE? UM, IT, AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD COME FROM, UM, ME OR EVENTUALLY THE PUB CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER.
UM, THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON, UM, JUST TRYING TO GET BACKGROUND OR, OR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT CONTEXT AND INPUT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, FOLLOW UP WITH, WITH THE REQUESTER AS WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON WHAT THE REQUEST ACTUALLY IS.
SO, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST FOR IN THE PROCESS, THERE'S TALK OF RETROACTIVELY OF RETROACTIVELY, UH, AWARDING GRANTS TO EXISTING RADIOS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED RECENTLY.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE PUT A, A, A PAUSE ON THAT WINDOW TO ALLOW NEW APPLICATIONS PRIORITY FIRST FOR WHETHER IT'S THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OR 12 MONTHS.
UM, NOT THAT IF COMMUNITIES OF VALERIE MADE THE CHOICE THAT SOME OF THOSE RADIOS WERE PRIORITY, AND I COMMEND THEM FOR MAKING THAT CHOICE, PUTTING THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS, BUT BEFORE WE JUST EXPEL ALL THE FUNDS RIGHT AWAY ON EXISTING, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT, THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR THE VOTES FIRST.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WHAT THE SHERIFF WAS ALLUDING TO IS THE, THE TIME BETWEEN WHEN WE APPROVE THE MONEY AND WHEN WE APPROVE THIS PROCESS, UM, BECAUSE WE, I THINK WE INTENDED TO, TO ROLL THIS PROCESS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY THAN IT ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, HAPPENING.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND I, I'M NOT CURRENT ON WHAT RESOLUTION 66 WAS FROM THAT TIME.
MY MEMORY'S NOT THAT GREAT,
BUT I WOULD, I, IF SOME OF THOSE WERE PURCHASED WITH THE INTENTION THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE MORE TIME, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I'D STILL LIKE TO AT LEAST SEE WHAT THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES ARE FIRST.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO US THOUGH.
I GUESS I'M KIND OF THINKING THAT WE SHOULD OPEN IT UP RIGHT AWAY TO ALL THESE COMMUNITIES, UM, BOUGHT THOSE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE WERE GONNA BE ROLLING SOMETHING LIKE THIS OUT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S LET EVERYBODY APPLY AND INCLUDE THE RETROACTIVE ONES AND SEE WHAT WE GET, AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT FROM THERE IF IT LOOKS LIKE THE FUNDING'S GONNA BE TIGHT, WHICH ONES ARE GONNA FUND, AND WHICH ONES ARE GONNA, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF I COULD SUGGEST MAYBE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS GET SUBMITTED, UM, WITH THAT APPLICATION, WE CAN CERTAINLY NOTE THE ONES THAT WERE PURCHASED IN, IN THAT WINDOW BETWEEN WHEN THE MONEY WAS APPROVED AND WHEN THE PROCESS WAS APPROVED.
AND, AND YOU CAN CONSIDER THOSE, UM, AS A, AS A GROUP.
DOES THAT SOUND OKAY OR, I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? AND IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL EVERYBODY YEAH.
IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL GO BACK AND REREAD THE, THE RESOLUTION IN MINUTES.
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IF WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO IT WITH THE, UH, CHANGE IN OUR SYSTEM, WE'LL FIND IT.SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THAT IN THE PACKET.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND A SECOND, UH, SUPERVISOR CONRAD, SUPERVISOR MILLIKEN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE, NEXT UP IS THE RETROACTIVE REQUEST, UM, FOR THE, UH, VILLAGE OF JACKSON.
UM, YEAH, SO, SO, UM, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT A TYPICAL REQUEST MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
[g. Approval of Village of Jackson Police Department Radio Application]
A REQUEST COMES IN, YOU'LL GET A REPORT THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.UM, I'VE ATTACHED THE EMAIL, UM, REQUESTING THE, THE FUNDS.
UM, SO WE'LL TELL YOU, UM, AS DESCRIBED IN HERE, WE'LL TELL YOU THE RADIO TYPE, THE REASON, UM, THE DOLLARS THAT WILL BE AWARDED.
UM, WE'LL ALSO TELL YOU THE BALANCE OF THE DOLLARS IN THE, IN THE FUND, IN THE RADIO PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE, GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION.
UM, SO IN THIS CASE, THE VILLAGE OF JACKSON, UM, PUT A NEW, UH, NEW CANINE AND, UH, CANINE SQUAD INTO SERVICE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THIS IS KIND OF EXACTLY WHAT THIS PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO DO.
UM, AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE $8,900, UH, UH, $8,900 GRANT TO THE VILLAGE OF JACKSON.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SO LET'S START WITH THE MOTION TO APPROVE SUPERVISOR CONRAD.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN, SCH LIFE IS THE 8,900 THE TOTAL COST OR IS THAT THE 80% PORTION THAT WE PAY? THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE DISCOUNTED AMOUNT, UH, UH, ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST A HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT THAT'S THE DISCOUNTED AMOUNT.
SUPERVISOR KREBS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I WOULD SAY I'M, I WOULD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPER PROCEDURES, BUT I WOULD TABLE THIS, THIS REQUEST AT THIS TIME.
WE LITERALLY JUST CREATED THE POLICY TWO MINUTES AGO AND I'M NOT QUITE PREPARED TO START PROCESSING APPLICATIONS IMMEDIATELY.
SO ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS TILL NEXT MONTH? I CAN NEVER REMEMBER AS A TABLE OR POSTPONE.
I THINK POSTPONE IS THE ONE WE ALWAYS GO WITH.
UH, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL, UH, THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING.
I, I SECOND THAT AND JUST OFFER CONVERSATION THAT, THAT WE JUST HAD, THAT WE WANT TO, UM, LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF ALL APPLICANTS OF THIS.
OTHERWISE, OUR WORDS WE JUST SAID DON'T, YOU KNOW, HAVE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KREBS, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR CONRAD.
UM, I'M OKAY WITH POSTPONING IT AS WELL.
'CAUSE THEN THAT'LL GIVE OTHER COMMUNITIES TIME TO SUBMIT THEIRS.
POSTPONING DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE DENYING IT, IT JUST MEANS WE'RE GONNA WAIT AND SEE WHAT OTHER ONES COME IN AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE FROM THERE.
UM, I DO THINK IT WAS GOOD THAT THE VILLAGE OF JACKSON RAISED THIS ISSUE TO PUSH US INTO HAVING A FORMAL PROCESS.
SO I APPRECIATE THE VILLAGE OF JACKSON DOING THAT.
SO I THINK YOU, YOU ALREADY HAD A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
SO YOU HAVE THE, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WELL, YOU GOT A MOTION TO RECRUITMENT.
AND THEN, THEN WE HAD A MOTION TO POSTPONE IT.
OH, SO WE JUST BEFORE YOU DEAL WITH THE FIRST ONE FIRST, RIGHT.
SO THEN WHEN WE GO ON THIS, WE ESSENTIALLY DECLINE IT.
UM, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP ON THE COUNTY BOARD BEFORE WHERE WE GET THE MOTION SECOND AND THAT BRINGS IT IN AND THEN SOMEBODY MAKES A MOTION TO POSTPONE.
AND SO, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO, I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DENY WHEN OUR INTENT IS TO POSTPONE.
SO I THINK, I THINK THE RIGHT COURSE OF ACTION IS THE MOTION ON THE POSTPONEMENT OR TO VOTE ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE AT THIS POINT.
UM, IS THERE OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? YEAH, JUST ON YOUR COMMENT TOO ABOUT, UM,
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THE BILL OF OBJECT THAT I APPRECIATE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING ON THIS, BUT UM, WE NEED TO GIVE EVERYONE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING BE JUST LITERALLY OR FEW MINUTES AGO.SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO POSTPONE, LET'S, UH, SHOW HANDS JUST IN CASE THIS MIGHT BE DIVIDED.
SO, SO WE WILL POSTPONE THIS UNTIL THE MARCH MEETING.
AND I THINK THAT WAS OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20TH, 2024 AT 7:30 AM AND WE SHALL STAND ADJOURNED.