Apr 16, 2024 Washington County Board of Supervisors Meeting

SUPERVISOR, MARY SUPERVISOR TIES ANY DISCUSSION AND WE WILL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

SUPERVISORS, RIGHT? OR ARE WE MISSING MR. HILLMAN? ABSTAINED.

UM, WHO'S THIS? MILLIKEN? THERE WE GO.

IT PASSES 18 TO ONE WITH ONE ABSTENTION, WHICH IS SUPERVISOR NEWMAN, BECAUSE THAT'S HIS TOWN.

NEXT UP IS RESOLUTION 76.

GRANT, APPLICATION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT.

UM, MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

[d. 2023 Resolution 76: Grant Application – Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) – Funding for Energy Efficient Equipment Rebates]

THIS DOES REQUIRE A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY THANK 19.

MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 77.

GRANT, APPLICATION FOR TARGETED RUNOFF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR LARGE SCALE AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS.

UH,

[e. 2023 Resolution 77: Grant Application – Targeted Runoff Management Program for Large-Scale Agricultural Projects]

SUPERVISOR, MARY, SUPERVISOR GALL.

ANY DISCUSSION THERE BEING NONE? UH, THIS IS ALSO A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY REQUIREMENT.

LIK SUPERVISOR BAILEY, ANY DISCUSSION? THIS IS ALSO, UH, TWO THIRDS MAJORITY REQUIRED.

NEXT UP IS RESOLUTION 78.

URBAN NON-POINT, SOURCE AND STORM WATER PROGRAM.

MOTION OF THE SECOND PLEASE? SUPERVISOR

[f. 2023 Resolution 78: Urban Nonpoint Source & Storm Water Program]

I SEE MR. NEWMAN.

UNANIMOUS.

OFFICE FOR CONSOLIDATED DISPATCH AND THE COPOS PROGRAM STAFF.

RESOLUTION 79 IS TO WIN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR RENOVATION AND EXPANSION IN THE SHERIFF'S

[g. 2023 Resolution 79: Amend 2024-2029 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) – Sheriff’s Office Renovation for Expansion of Consolidated Dispatch Services and Co-Responder Program Staff]

UH, MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR BOSER.

SUPERVISOR GURA, ANY DISCUSSION THERE BEING NONE? WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

THIS IS, EXCUSE ME, SUPERVISOR.

SO, UM, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

ARE YOU TO YEAH, WE'RE STILL VOTING.

LET US CHANGE SCREENS.

CHAIR'S NOT UPDATING.

NO, I'M STILL ON THE VOTING SCREEN.

I THINK YOU JUST NEED TO HIT IT DOWN HERE.

WE JUST ALWAYS HIT THAT.

SUPERVISOR GALLES.

UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 200 OR $300,000 WERE ALREADY APPROVED FOR THE GERMANTOWN, UM, CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS, WHICH WAS FOR EQUIPMENT AND ET CETERA.

THIS WAS PRESENTED IN, IN PUBLIC SAFETY THIS LAST MONTH AND THE PAST.

UNANIMOUSLY IT'S CHANGING THINGS AROUND TO BETTER USE THE SPACE.

SO, SO IT'S ONLY MORE FOR SPACE AND NOT THE EQUIPMENT.

RIGHT.

SINCE THERE'S BEEN THREE OR FOUR OF 'EM AND, AND NOT THE TENS OF THOUSANDS, BUT IN THE FIFTIES OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.

UM, AND JUST AN OBSERVATION.

I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SHARPEN OUR PENCILS ON SOME OF OUR ORIGINAL BUDGETING FOR CIP.

WE SEEM TO BE COMING IN, UH, UH, UNDER BUDGET, WHICH EITHER THEIR AA MEANS WE'VE BEEN SANDBAGGING OR TWO, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AT PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

I SUSPECT IT'S SOME OF BOTH

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SO, UM, JUST AN OBSERVATION.

YEAH, YOU, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE BEGAN TO PUT A 10% EDGE ON EVERYTHING FOR INFLATION.

AND, UH, THAT'S SETTLING DOWN APPARENTLY A LITTLE BIT.

BUT YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELL TAKEN.

SO NOW WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT UP IS RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION 80, UH, GENERAL FUND TRANSFER TO FUND THE RURAL COMMUNITIES LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

[h. 2023 Resolution 80: General Fund Transfer to Fund Rural Communities Land and Water Conservation Program]

THIS IS ALSO A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY SUPERVISOR, MARY, SUPERVISOR CONRAD.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? OKAY, THIS IS ALSO A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY.

NOT YET.

SUPERVISOR CONRAD, LET ME TURN ON YOU.

I WAS EXPECTING A, A LITTLE DI DISCUSSION FROM PEOPLE, BUT, UM, YEAH, I APPRECIATE CLCF FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL THEIR YEARS, THEIR 50 YEARS OF, UM, ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO PRESERVE, UM, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND WAY OF LIFE WITHOUT, UM, SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, AS A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION.

AND, UM, LIKE MY LETTER SAYS TOO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEXT GEN HOUSING AND THE LAND AND FARMLAND, UM, WATER PRESERVATION, AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, CLCF TOO, PARTNERING WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, TO HELP LOOK HOLISTICALLY TOO AT, UM, TRYING TO PRESERVE OUR, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR GREEN SPACES AND EVERYTHING.

BUT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE TOO, A CONSTITUENT OF MINE REACHED OUT, AND THEN I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE REACHED OUT TO, TO SOME OF YOU ALSO TO, UM, ENSURE THAT I VOTE, YOU KNOW, IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

BUT HE DIDN'T, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, REALIZE INITIALLY TOO THAT, THAT I HAD, UM, AND HELPED DRAFT THIS, THIS RES RESOLUTION.

AND I TOLD THEM TOO, THAT THE COUNTY EXEC WAS MAKING ME, UM, ESSENTIALLY PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH WAS WITH ALWAYS SPEAKING OF, WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE THIS, THIS BALANCE.

SO, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT REALLY FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, NEXT GENERATION OF, YOU KNOW, OF OUR CITIZENS HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CONRAD, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE CAN'T MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING.

YOU'RE A SUPERVISOR.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR GALATZ.

UH, THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS WAS AT THE LAND HOUSTON PLANNING AND, UM, I HAD SOME, UM, QUESTIONS THERE AND I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS.

UM, PRIMARILY WHAT IS THE PRIMARY INTENT? WHAT'S THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE? AND I'VE NOT SEEN THAT YET.

UM, NOR HAVE THEY SEEN, UM, ANY SUCCESS CRITERIA THAT THE GRANT PILOT PROGRAM WOULD, WOULD USE TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCCESS HAS BEEN MET OR NOT.

UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE IN THE MAKING, WHICH PROCEDURALLY JUST IRRITATES ME BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE THAT UPFRONT VERSUS AFTER THE FACT IN MY OPINION.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, SUPERVISOR, UH, CONRAD DID STATE, UM, NOT, NOT SPECIFICALLY, BUT BASICALLY, THIS IS GOING TO CEDAR LAKES CONSERVATION FOUNDATION.

THAT'S WHERE THE $500,000 IS APPRECIABLY GOING.

SO LET'S UNDERSTAND THAT.

WHAT IS THEIR MISSION? AND THEIR MISSION, AS WE HEARD, IS A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT IS PER PRESERVING FARMLAND.

AND THAT'S EITHER THROUGH LAND EASEMENTS OR, UH, PURCHASING DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.

AND I, FOR ONE, WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE COUNTY TAXPAYERS DOLLARS SHOULD BE USED TO PRESERVE FARMLAND.

IF PEOPLE WANT TO DONATE MONEY TO THE TRUST, THEY CAN DO THAT.

EVERY ONE OF US CAN, EVERY SINGLE, UH, CONSTITUENT IN THIS COUNTY CAN DO THAT AND, AND ARE DOING THAT.

BUT TO USE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS, I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THAT.

UM, UH, IF, IF YOU READ THE

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PACKAGE, YOU AND THOSE OF YOU WERE HERE IN 2007, I WAS, AND I VOTED, UH, AGAINST, THERE WAS A, A REFERENDUM AND, AND IT FAILED TWO TO ONE TO USE COUNTY TAXPAYERS DOLLARS FOR JUST, JUST THIS EXPRESS PURPOSE OF EITHER PURCHASE AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OR EASEMENTS OF FARMLAND.

SO I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR IT.

AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU THAT IF, WHILE IT SAYS IT'S A PILOT, IT'S A ONETIME PILOT, IT IS SETTING A PRECEDENT AND IT'S A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE.

SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO, TO THINK ABOUT YOUR, YOUR VOTE AND, AND FOR WHY.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, AGAIN, PROCEDURALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN ADVISOR COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, MET JUST YESTERDAY, UM, I WOULD'VE HOPED THAT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD, BEFORE WE WOULD CONSIDER SOMETHING SUCH AS THIS.

SO AGAIN, I THINK THINGS ARE OUT OF ORDER, UM, IN TERMS OF TIMING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S USING TAXPAYERS DOLLARS FOR PURCHASING FARMLAND.

UM, THAT SAID, UM, I DO SUPPORT LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS, UM, ALWAYS HAVE, UM, MATTER OF FACT, WE JUST VOTED FOR TWO OF 'EM.

UM, THAT WILL, WILL DO JUST THAT TO HELP PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF WATER AND WASHINGTON COUNTY.

WILL IT BE LAKE STREAM, WATERBEDS, ET CETERA.

UM, IF IT IS OUR DESIRE TO SUPPORT THE AG COMMUNITY, WHICH I BELIEVE IT IS, IN PART, UM, I THINK THERE'S A ANOTHER WAY TO APPROACH THAT.

AND I, I THINK MAKING THE AG COMMUNITY AS SOUND AND SUSTAINABLE, ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE, UH, AS POSSIBLE, IS AN APPROACH TO TAKE.

UM, WHILE I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, ANY DETAILS OR THOUGHTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHY COULDN'T, UM, WE CAPITALIZE MORE ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, TOOLS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO HELP SUPPORT OR PROP UP THE EGG COMMUNITY, UH, IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT LABOR SHORTAGES.

UH, JUST RECENTLY IN OUR LISTENING SESSIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DAIRY FARMERS SAID IS, LOOK, WE DON'T HAVE WORKERS.

WE NEED TO GO TO ROBOTIC AUTOMATION.

WELL, GUESS WHAT? CAN THOSE FARMS AFFORD A MILLION PLUS DOLLARS FOR ROBOTIC? UH, AND WILL TRADITIONAL FINANCING GIVE THEM A LOAN BASED UPON THE RISKS THAT THE BUSINESS PRESENTS? I WOULD ARGUE OUR OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, FUNDING COULD ASSIST IN THAT IN SOME WAY.

SO LET'S PROP UP THE, THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, WHICH, UH, AND END RESULT CAN BE PRESERVING FARMLAND BECAUSE THEY'RE SUSTAINABLE, UH, VERSUS JUST BUYING FARMLAND.

UH, SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, THOUGHTS AND CONSIDERATIONS, BUT AGAIN, I WILL, WILL NOT BE, UH, VOTING IN FAVOR, SUPERVISOR.

ICK.

THEY CAN INVEST THEIR MONEY, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

UM, I WANTED TO START OUT BY SAYING, UH, I WANT TO THANK BRIAN AND I SERVE, UH, ON PLANNING AND LAND USE TOGETHER, AND I KNOW HIM TO BE A GOOD, UH, A LIMITED GOVERNMENT.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S LIBERTARIAN, UH, I FEEL I AM THE SAME WAY.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THOUGH, THAT YOU, YOU NEED TO, IN MY OPINION, YOU NEED TO CONTEXTUALIZE, UM, UM, AND THAT THERE ARE, UH, A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS WHEN, WHEN I ASK PEOPLE WHY THEY LIKE TO LIVE, UH, IN HARTFORD OR IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THE THING THEY TALK ABOUT THE MOST IS THE RURAL NATURE OF IT.

UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN IRONY TO THAT, RIGHT? THERE'S A NIMBYISM, UM, THAT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

BUT NOT EVERY POSITION THAT EVERYBODY TAKES IS REASONABLE.

SO THEY JUST WANT WHAT THEY WANT.

AND WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE, I SAID, I WOULD ALWAYS VIEW THINGS THROUGH THE LENS OF HOW IS WHAT I'M DOING, MAKE THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I SERVE BETTER.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING, UH, THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE.

UM, I THINK THEY ALMOST SEE IT AS A CORE FUNCTION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM COUNTY GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY WANT TO, UH, TO SEE, UM, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY THAT THEY HAVE, THEY EXPECT CHANGES, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, FARMERS, UM, HAVE TO SELL PROPERTY.

UM, AND MAYBE IT'S A FINANCIAL, UH, YOU KNOW, REASON, UM, TO BE DEVELOPED, UM, FOR HOUSING.

THEY WOULD LIKE THEM TO HAVE AN OPTION THAT PERHAPS THEY CAN ACCEPT LESS MONEY AND PRESERVE THAT PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR FARMING.

AND, UM, I THINK IT GIVES THAT, UH, THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, TODAY, AS THE DOLLAR BEGINS TO DEVALUE, PEOPLE ARE SEEING, UM, MOST, UM, PLACES THAT

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AND SO REAL ESTATE IS REALLY TODAY BECOMING, UH, A HUGE INVESTMENT TOOL.

AND I KNOW THAT, UM, SUPERVISOR SICE HAS BROUGHT UP, UM, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ME WHERE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OWNERSHIP OF LAND IN WASHINGTON COUNTY FROM, UH, FROM ENTITIES THAT AREN'T WITHIN OUR COUNTRY.

AND THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

AND I CAN SAY THAT IN MY LITTLE PART OF THE WORLD, I LIVE, UM, JUST BASICALLY JUST TO THE, UH, UH, TO THE EAST OF THE DODGE COUNTY LINE.

AND WHEN I RIDE MY BIKE AND YESTERDAY I HAD TO TAKE A DRIVE OUT TO DODGE COUNTY TO HELP SOMEONE DO A PRAIRIE BURN.

UH, I COUNTED 14 NO SOLAR FARMS SIGNS ON MY DRIVE.

AND THIS IS A CONCERN THAT PEOPLE REALLY HAVE.

THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE THINGS, AND THEY SEE VEHICLES LIKE THIS AS A WAY TO PUSH BACK AT THAT AND TO DO IT.

I SHARE ALL OF SUPERVISOR GALL'S CONCERNS.

I THINK I THOUGHT OF MANY OF THE SAME THING.

BUT ON THE WHOLE, WHEN I LOOK AT IT, AND THIS IS A ONE TIME, UH, GRANT, IT ALSO, UH, FOR CEDAR LAKES CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, THEY NEED, UM, THEY CAN, THEY'RE APPLYING FOR A $4 MILLION MATCHING GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TOGETHER DOLLARS, AND IT'S HARD TO GET $4 MILLION TOGETHER, UM, WITH INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS THAT THIS IS SORT OF A BOOST TO HELP THEM, UH, TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION.

AND SO, UNDER THE GUISE THAT IT, IT IS A ONE-TIME PILOT, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WATCH AND THEN MAYBE APPLY METRICS TO AS WE WATCH THIS, UM, I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR IT.

AND SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THOSE THINGS OUT THERE.

I THINK THIS IS A VERY FORWARD FACING ISSUE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.

LIKE I SAID, I KNOW IT IS TO MINE.

IT'S ALMOST AMAZING, UM, THAT PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO WERE JUST IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS.

AND, AND SO I'M GONNA BE VOTING FOR IT.

UM, BUT I RESPECT, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ISSUE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR CONRAD, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED, SO I'LL LET SUPERVISOR KEL TALK AND YOU CAN HAVE THE LAST WORD.

UH, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, BUT ECONOMIC ISSUES, EMPLOYMENT ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THIS WOULD REALLY SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CONRAD.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I THINK MR. GALLS IS ON POINT WITH SOME OF HIS COMMENTS.

UM, I WOULD AGREE WITH A LOT OF THEM, UH, LIKE MR. M**K, UM, I DID TAKE THE TIME TO READ THROUGH THE PACKET, UH, AND BACK IN 2007, THERE'S SOME NAMES ON THERE THAT I RECOGNIZE AND ADMIRE VERY MUCH.

AND IT SEEMS THE MAIN ISSUE THAT THE, UH, UH, PEOPLE WHO WERE AGAINST IT TOOK WAS THAT IT WAS SETTING UP A PERMANENT BOARD, UH, THAT WAS BEING POSSIBLY CONTINUOUSLY FUNDED BY THE COUNTY.

UM, BUT THIS DOES NOT DO THAT.

THIS IS A ONE TIME GRANT THAT, UH, HELPS THE BOARD, MUCH LIKE WE DID WITH THE GOLF COURSE, WHERE THEY RAISED MONEY AND, UH, WE ADDED TO IT.

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO, UH, PUT THE RIGHTS TO THE LAND, UH, THAT IT WOULD ALWAYS BE A PARK OR A GOLF COURSE.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, UH, FARMS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

AND THE REASON WHY WE WANT TO PRESERVE THEM IS OVER 4,000 OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE EMPLOYED BY THESE FARMS. SO THEY'RE OUR LARGEST SEGMENT OF, OF EMPLOYEES ARE IN FARMING AND AGRICULTURE HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

UH, WE WOULD PROTECT OUR BUSINESSES IF, IF WE THOUGHT SAW THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT ONE OF OUR FACTORIES THAT WAS A LARGE EMPLOYER, WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO DO THAT.

UH, SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

UH, THEY ALSO HAVE A $1 BILLION PLUS IMPACT ON WASHINGTON COUNTY.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THIS CASE SAYS A LOT ABOUT THIS MONEY AND WHAT WE WANT TO INVEST IN.

UH, WE WANT TO KEEP THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT, IMPACT VERY HIGH.

UM, AND I WILL SAY THIS AS A, AS A DRIVER, A GUY WHO GETS AROUND THE STATE, UH, I'VE SEEN THESE SOLAR FARMS AND THEY'RE GOD AWFUL UGLY.

I MEAN, THOUSANDS OF ACRES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE, UGLY SOLAR PANELS THAT USED TO BE BEAUTIFUL FARM CROP, GROWING LAND IS NOW GROWING ELECTRICITY.

AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE UGLIEST THINGS I'VE EVER SEEN.

I DON'T MIND THE WINDMILLS, 'CAUSE YOU CAN STILL GROW CROPS AROUND WINDMILLS, BUT YOU CAN'T KNOW.

YOU GROW NOTHING BUT WEEDS UNDERNEATH THESE SOLAR PANELS.

SO OUR HERITAGE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS OUR AGRICULTURAL ROOTS, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT WE SUPPORT THAT FOR, FOR NOT JUST,

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THERE IS COMMUNITY SUPPORT BEHIND THIS.

THEY WILL BE DONATING MONEY, THEY WILL RAISE MONEY.

THIS IS JUST, BUT A SEED THAT WE'RE PLANTING.

SO I WOULD STRONGLY, UH, ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, SUPERVISOR CONRAD, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE ON SUPERVISOR GALL'S, UM, SHARING HIS VIEW AND HIS POINTS, YOU KNOW, UM, VERY WELL TAKEN, YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS.

AND, BUT THE FIRST THING TOO, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS IS BEYOND FARMLAND, PRESERVATIONS, THE TITLE IS LAND AND AND WATER CONSERVATION.

UM, YEAH, WORKING PARALLEL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE FARMLAND, UM, PRESERVATION COMMITTEE AND TEAM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UM, BEYOND THAT.

SO TAKE NOTE OF THAT ALSO, PLEASE.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE TO, YOU KNOW, YOUR, UM, I APPRECIATE ALSO YOUR LABOR SHORTAGE CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, UM, FOR THE FARMERS AND, YOU KNOW, BRING THAT, THAT BACK TO, TO THEIR COMMITTEE, IF YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, ANY FEEDBACK THAT PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ON OTHER COMMITTEES AND THINGS TOO, WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO, TO SHARE THAT WITH EACH OTHER REGARDLESS OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE, UM, WHAT COMMITTEE AND THINGS WE SERVE ON.

SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UH, MAYBE TOO THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, ADD TO THOSE, THOSE GOALS AND, AND AGENDAS, UM, WITH THAT GROUP.

BUT, UM, TOO, I JUST WANNA SHARE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT CLCF, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE ON THEIR OWN, UM, LIKE WAS, UM, POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEMSELVES OVER 50 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT OUR HELP AND THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, AND THEIR TRAILS AND EVERYTHING.

THEY'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY'VE, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY EXPANDING OUR PARK SYSTEM.

IF, UM, AND TWO, IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, FREE YOUR CHARGE FOR THE COUNTY AND TRULY ADDING TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HERE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHY CLCF, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY'VE BEEN ESTABLISHED 50 YEARS, THEY'RE CELEBRATING THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY, AND THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE AND THE RESOURCES TO, YOU KNOW, HELP PARTNER WITH US, UM, TO, TO FIGURE, YOU KNOW, TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SPEAK OF GOALS.

I, YEAH, I TOO DON'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE AND I'VE, YOU KNOW, HAVE VOTED AGAINST SOME THINGS, UH, WHEN I'VE SEEN THAT ALSO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE MORE GLOBAL GOAL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, LAND AND, AND WATER CONSERVATION.

AND WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT AS A TEAM WHAT PARTICULARLY, I MEAN, IT'S, IT, YOU KNOW, $500,000, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IN MY POCKETBOOK THAT WOULD BE HUGE.

BUT AS THE COUNTY OF THE WHOLE, AND WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING LAND AND WATER, UM, THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE, IT'S NOT, NOT THAT MUCH.

SO HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE REALLY FOCUS THAT, THAT ON, UM, WILL BE A CHALLENGE TOO.

AND I WOULD APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S VOICE ON, ON THAT ALSO.

BUT THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

MARY.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UH, I AGREE TOTALLY WITH SUPERVISOR GALL'S POINTS TO SOME POINT.

UH, I BELIEVE HE AND I HAD A CONVERSATION REGARDING THIS AFTER THE LAND USE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS.

I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU, THOUGH, TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION.

UH, IT'S $500,000 OF THE COUNTY MONEY, AND I THINK SOMEONE HERE USED THE TERM SEED MONEY.

IT KIND OF IS, IT GETS THE BALL ROLLING TO GET OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS INTO THE PROGRAM.

AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THERE'S A, A POSSIBILITY OF A $4 MILLION GRANT FROM USDA OR ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE POTENTIAL PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CAN COME INTO, INTO THIS PROGRAM.

SO IT'S AS, UH, IT'S BEEN EXPRESSED BY TWO OR THREE PEOPLE HERE TODAY.

UH, THAT'S, THIS IS PART OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

YOU MAY LIVE IN AN URBAN AREA WITHIN 10 MINUTES, YOU CAN BE OUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, UH, LISTENING TO THE MEADOW LARKS, UH, WATCHING THE HAY GETTING CUT IN MAY AND JUNE, AND ENJOYING THIS RURAL LIFESTYLE.

AND WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOT TO TRY TO PRESERVE THIS BEFORE IT ALL GETS TAKEN OVER BY LAND DEVELOPMENT.

SO I WOULD JUST STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT.

NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

UM, I ALSO WILL VOTE FOR THIS, BUT I'M VERY INTRIGUED BY MR. GALL'S COMMENTS ON EDWC GETTING INVOLVED, UM, SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK INTO.

SO, UM,

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THIS ALSO REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE VOTE, WAITING FOR ONE PERSON TO VOTE.

CAN YOU SEE WHO, MIKE? OKAY, IT PASSES 18 TO ONE.

NEXT IS RESOLUTION 81, A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER AND AUTHORIZATION FOR CREATION OF ONE DEPUTY POSITION TO BE SHARED BETWEEN THE TOWN OF WEST

[i. 2023 Resolution 81: General Fund Transfer and Authorization for the Creation of One Deputy Position to be Shared Between the Town of West Bend and the Sheriff’s Office]

BEND AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UM, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SHARIN, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR BOSER.

UM, I MIGHT ADD THAT THIS PAST UNANIMOUSLY IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

ANY DISCUSSION? SUPERVISOR CHADRON? I THOUGHT DENNIS WAS FIRST.

UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A POINT AGAIN, THE TOWN OF WEST BEND IS IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL AS SUPERVISOR, UM, CONRAD.

AND, UH, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE SHARE SERVICES LIKE THIS, I'VE BEEN FINDING THAT A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT FOR DIFFERENT SERVICES, NOT NECESSARILY ROAD OR IT, AND THIS IS A UNIQUE ONE HERE TO THE TOWN OF WEST BEND.

SO I'M A, I'M HOPING IT PASSES AND BII HOPE IT WORKS OUT SO WE, WE CAN EVOLVE WITH THE SHARED SERVICES IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELLY.

UH, IN CONCEPT, UM, I LIKE THE IDEA.

I HAVE A ONE QUESTION FOR THE SHERIFF, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

UM, I AM JUST WONDERING, SO BEING, AS WE'RE SHARING THIS DEPUTY, I WANT TO KNOW THAT WE, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IN AN EMERGENCY TO UTILIZE THIS DEPUTY IN PERHAPS A DIFFERENT AREA, THAT HE CAN BE MOVED.

HE SHOULD, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS IN THE SOUTH PART, WE'LL HAVE A BIG CAR WRECK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND ALL THE DEPUTIES WILL KIND OF HAVE TO MIGRATE TO THE SOUTH AND, UH, LEAVING OPEN AREA.

SO THEN WOULD THIS DEPUTY BE THEN ALLOWED TO MAYBE MOVE OVER WEST AND COVER MORE AREA? DO WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITH THIS, OR IS IT GONNA BE STRICTLY TOWN OF WEST BEND? IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD.

SO THAT, THAT TYPE OF CIRCUMSTANCE, UM, WE, WE UTILIZE THE OFFICERS WHEREVER THEY'RE NEEDED IN EMERGENCY.

SO MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TOWN, TOWN CHAIRMAN FROM WEST BEND WERE THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE STILL RETAINS FULL OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE, THE DEPUTY.

UM, BUT WE, WE FOCUS CERTAINLY ON THE TOWN OF WEST BEND, BUT YES, IN EMERGENCIES, THEY, THEY COULD BE, THEY COULD BE, UH, UTILIZED OUTSIDE THE TOWNSHIP FOR SURE.

SO NO GEO FENCES ON THIS, UH, DEPUTY? NO, NOT, NOT AT ALL.

THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I, I KIND OF KNEW THE ANSWER TO THIS.

I ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS THAT I KNOW THE ANSWER TO.

UM, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALLEVIATING ANY CONCERNS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST GONNA BE STRICTLY A TOWN OF WEST END DEPUTY, THAT HE, HE WOULD BE UTILIZED LIKE OTHER DEPUTIES IN OUR FLOORS.

HE WOULD MOSTLY COVER THE TOWN.

UH, BUT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY AND OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THIS DEPUTY.

SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT ON THIS.

UM, SHARED SERVICES ARE SOMETHING I ALWAYS SUPPORT.

IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHERE WE CAN SAVE OUR CONSTITUENTS MONEY, UH, IT HELPS US IN THE LONG RUN.

UH, OUR DEPUTIES DO A GREAT JOB OF, OF COVERING THIS COUNTY.

AND I THINK ADDING ANOTHER ONE IS, IS REALLY A BIG BOOST, UH, FOR US AS WELL.

AND KUDOS TO THE, UH, TOWN OF WEST PENN FOR THIS IDEA AND THIS OPPORTUNITY.

'CAUSE I, I REALLY THINK THAT HELPS US WITH OUR, UH, OUR PLAN FOR ADDING MORE DEPUTIES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY GETTING A BETTER HANDLE ON, ON HOW WE POLICE OUR COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GREAT JOB SUPERVISOR KREBS.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, CURRENTLY, DOES THE TOWN OF WEST BEND HAVE A TOWN CONSTABLE OR ANY TYPE OF POLICE SERVICE? YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAY UP THERE.

STAY UP HERE, .

YEAH.

YES.

THEY, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A APPOINTED POLICE CHIEF WHO HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF OUR DEPUTY SHERIFFS.

UM, THE INTENTION OF THAT WOULD, THAT THEY WOULD ELIMINATE THAT POSITION AND TRANSITION COMPLETELY OVER TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR LOCALIZED ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT.

LOT OF MAJOR CRIME ISSUES COMING FROM THE TOWN OF WEST BEND AT THIS POINT OTHER THAN JUST BOAT LAUNCH PARKING FINES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

UM, I'M JUST WONDERING, THERE, THERE WAS NO ATTACHMENT FROM LIKE THE ACTUAL TOWN OF WEST BEND AND HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH ANYONE THERE ABOUT IT, BUT I'M WONDERING, LIKE WHAT HAVE THEY EXPRESSED, LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S MISSING RIGHT NOW THAT THEY, THAT THIS CREATION, THIS, THIS ADDITIONAL SERVICE IS REQUIRED OR NEEDED? BECAUSE I, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF A

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SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT'S THE INTENTION OF THIS OFFICER'S TIME DURING THE DAY? SURE.

SO I, I THINK, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THE TOWN CHAIRMAN, UM, BUT, UH, THE EQUALIZED VALUE OF THE TOWN OF WEST BEND IS ASTRONOMICAL COMPARED MAINLY BECAUSE ALL OF THE LAKE PROPERTIES AROUND, UM, AND, UH, UM, I THINK THEY JUST HAVE A DESIRE TO HAVE MORE OF A, A VISIBLE PRESENCE.

UM, SO I GUESS I SHOULD CLARIFY ONE THING FOR, UH, SUPERVISOR KELLY.

I DO INTEND ON, ON MARKING THE SQUAD AS THE TOWN OF WEST.

IT'LL BE A DEPUTY SHERIFF'S SQUAD, BUT I REALLY WANT THE TOWN OF RE RESIDENTS TO SEE THAT IT'S A SIGN THAT IT'S A, A TOWN OF WEST BEND SQUAD.

UM, SO THEY, IT WILL, IT WILL HAVE THAT MARKING IF YOU, IF YOU, IF IT'S APPROVED AND IT GETS TO THAT POINT, YOU'LL SEE THAT.

UM, BUT IT REALLY, I THINK, UH, UM, THE TOWN CHAIRMAN, THEY, THEY HAVE AN OPTION WHEN THEY WANNA SEE INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE.

THEY CAN, THEY CAN START THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, WHICH THERE'S A HUGE DUPLICATION OF SERVICES MM-HMM.

TO THAT.

UM, THEY CAN CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY CAN CONTRACT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I THINK, UH, UH, DETERMINE ZAGEL JUST, UH, UM, THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE SEAMLESS HAVING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DO IT.

ULTIMATELY.

WOULD THIS OFFICER BE TAKING DIRECTION FROM YOU, THE SHERIFF THEN, OR FROM THE TOWN? FROM THE TOWN CHAIRMAN? UM, IT WOULD BE THE, THE SHERIFF CERTAINLY.

UM, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THAT THE, THE LOCALIZED OR LIKE IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A SPECIFIC PROPERTY OR SOME LOCALIZED TOWN ORDINANCES, UM, UM, THE, I'M SURE THE TOWN CHAIRMAN OR TOWN BOARD WOULD HAVE CONTACT WITH THAT DEPUTY TO, TO ENFORCE THOSE LOCAL ORDINANCES.

WHERE ALL OF WASHINGTON COUNTY IS PAYING FOR SOME MUNICIPALITIES, AND I GET THE SHARED SERVICES PART IF THAT WAS TRULY SHARED SERVICES.

I, I UNDERSTAND IF THEY WANT THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES, I DON'T SEE WHY WE SHOULD REALLY GET IN THE WAY AND STOP THAT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME TOO, I DON'T WANT THIS POSITION TO BE, I, I, I'M, I'M AFRAID OF THE OVERHEAD HANDED HEAVINESS OF SOME OF THE LOCAL RULES THAT, THAT THE TOWNSHIP MAY ENACT AND TRY TO USE THE, THIS POSITION FOR.

SO I WOULD HOPE THAT IT'S, THERE'S EXERCISE, IT'S EXERCISE, THE DISCRETION THAT IT REALLY IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS.

IT'S, ITS PATROL DUTIES ARE KEPT TO HOPEFULLY WHAT OUR INTENT ARE, NOT JUST LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAKES.

I, I WOULD SAY, LIKE I SAID, IT MIRRORS THE MODEL THAT WE DO IN RICHFIELD SINCE 2007.

AND, AND I, I THINK, UH, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD BALANCE OF THAT, WHERE THE SHERIFF RETAINS, UM, THE CONTROL OF THE DEPUTIES AND THAT RICHFIELD PAYS FOR THEIR POSITION.

100%, CORRECT? YEAH.

THROUGH CONTRACT, TWO POSITIONS, TWO POSITIONS.

SO NOT, NOT SO MUCH FOR THE SHERIFF, BUT FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD.

UH, IS IT, IT'S A QUESTION.

I DON'T HAVE A STATEMENT ON IT, BUT IS THIS GONNA BE OPENING US UP TO RENEGOTIATE OTHER POSITIONS OR OTHER TOWNSHIPS TO WANT THAT TOO? SO IS THIS, ARE WE READY TO BRING ON MORE POSITIONS, FULL-TIME AND PAY FOR THOSE, UH, AS THEY'RE REQUESTED? I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION JUST FOR EVERYONE TO THINK ABOUT.

SUPERVISOR NEWMAN.

THANK YOU, MR. KREBS.

UH, ASKED MY QUESTION ABOUT WHO, UH, THE DEPUTY REPORTS TO.

UM, THE OTHER, I GUESS I GOT THE MIC, SO I'LL MENTION IT.

UM, THIS IS A PRETTY SWEET DEAL FOR THE TOWN OF, UM, WEST BEND, UM, BECAUSE THEIR PORTION OF THIS POSITION IS FUNDED PRIVATELY, SO NO TOWN TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TOWARDS THIS POSITION.

UM, THEY WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET A COMMITMENT FOR THAT.

SO I MEAN, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS, BUT IT'S A PRETTY SWEET DEAL FOR THE TOWN.

SO THANKS FOR ASKING MY QUESTION, SUPERVISOR.

MARY, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU SHERIFF.

UH, I LIVE IN GERMANTOWN, AND I CAN TELL YOU IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE A GERMANTOWN SQUAD CAR GO UP AND DOWN YOUR STREETS.

ONCE IN A WHILE, IT GIVES YOU AN EXTRA SENSE OF SECURITY THAT, HEY, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT THERE.

AND OF COURSE, NOW IN GERMANTOWN, WE JUST PASSED THE REFERENDUM, WE'RE GONNA BE INCREASING THAT POLICE PRESENCE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE, THIS OFFICER, AS HE SPENDS HIS TIME IN THE TOWN OF WEST BEND, WILL BE EXTREMELY BORED.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SUPERVISOR GALLS.

UM, SO SHARED SERVICES, UH, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN OPPONENT OF, AND AGAIN, BASED ON SOME OF THE DISCOVERY HERE, IS IT TRULY SHARED SERVICES OR IS IT WASHINGTON COUNTY TAKEN ON THE BILL, RIGHT? IF YOU HAD A PRIVATE WHATEVER THAT WAS PAYING FOR HALF THE POSITION, NOW THE SALES TAX WILL BE PAYING FOR HALF OF THAT.

SO AGAIN, IT'S ALL OF WASHINGTON COUNTY PAYING FOR, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN SEEING TOO MUCH OF THIS, IN MY OPINION,

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BUT IF THEY'VE UP TO THIS DATE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR IT EITHER IN THEIR OWN LEVY OR PRIVATE FUNDING, NOW THEY'RE COMING TO A BIGGER, DEEPER POCKET.

WE ONLY HAVE SUCH A BIG POCKET, THE SHARED SERVICES AND THE, UH, COUNTY TAX SALES TAX.

IF WE HAVEN'T TAPPED THAT OUT ALREADY, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULDN'T HAVE.

SO AGAIN, WE, WE CONTINUE TO GO TO THAT.

WELL, THAT WELL IS ONLY SO DEEP.

UM, ONE THOUGHT JUST POPPED IN MY HEAD, AND MAYBE I'M JUMPING AHEAD OF SUPERVISOR KREBS ON THIS, BUT THIS IS ALL ROAD PATROL.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LAKE PATROL, CORRECT? CORRECT.

SUPERVISOR KREBS, WHEN I SAID LAKE PATROL, I DID, I WAS MORE INFERRING TO THE, THE LAND SIDE OF THE LAKE PATROL AS FAR AS PARKING, NO PARKING ZONES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT THE TOWN HAS, UH, ENACTED AROUND THE, THE LAKES.

UM, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE MEETING TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS, BUT IF PART OF THIS POSITION IS GONNA BE PRIVATELY DONATE, PRIVATE DONATIONS ARE GONNA BE FUNDING THE TOWNSHIP'S PORTION OF THIS POSITION, NOT GETTING INTO THE TOWN OF WEST BEND POLITICS, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE'S PRIVATE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THAT POINT.

AND, AND THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME TO START WITH.

THAT'S KIND OF LIKE PRIVATE MONEY IN, IN OUR ELECTIONS WHERE THAT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH MOST OF US EITHER, I WOULD SUSPECT.

UM, SO FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD, I PERSONALLY CAN'T SUPPORT THIS AT THIS TIME UNTIL I KNOW MORE ABOUT WHERE THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS COMING FROM.

BUT IF THIS, IF WE DO NEED TO VOTE ON THIS OR IF WE'RE WISHING TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY, I WOULD BE PROPOSING THAT WE DO AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION AND THAT WOULD BE ON LINE, UH, LINE 18 AND LINE 19, UH, SO WHERE IT WOULD READ INSTEAD.

WHEREAS UNDER THE PROPOSAL, 50% OF THE POSITION AND ITS RELATED COST WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE, AND AT THAT POINT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE APPROPRIATE FILL IN THE BLANK ANSWER IS, BUT IT'S CLEARLY NOT THE TOWN OF WEST BEND AT THAT POINT.

IT SHOULD READ, UH, BY PRIVATE DONATIONS OR PRIVATE CITIZENS AT THAT POINT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD GET THE ADVICE OF OTHER SUPERVISORS OR FROM, UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY ON THIS MATTER, BUT I DON'T THINK AT THIS POINT IT REALLY IS THE TOWN OF WEST BEND'S TAX LEVY THAT'S GONNA BE FUNDING THIS PUBLIC PRIVATE POSITION.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS, THAT AT THIS POINT THIS IS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE BEFORE WE, BEFORE I WOULD SUPPORT IT.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELLY.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD REMIND YOU THAT THE COUNTY SHERIFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PATROLLING THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

UH, SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF PRIVATE POLICE FORCE, IT IS NOT A MATTER OF, UH, WELL, LET'S JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, MOVING OR THE COUNTY PAYING FOR EXTRA.

IT IS THE SHERIFF'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

NOW, WHAT THE TOWN OF WEST BEND IS ASKING FOR IS MORE THAN WHAT CURRENTLY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PROVIDES FOR THEIR AREA, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO COME WITH THEIR DOLLARS TO IT, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S PRIVATELY, IF IT'S PRIVATELY FUNDED, MORE POWER TO THE TAXPAYERS.

I'M ALL FOR THAT.

I MEAN, WE DO PRIVATE FUNDING ON VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING WE DO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN, I MEAN, WE, AGAIN, I BRING UP THE GOLF COURSE, UH, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE RIGHTS AND THAT AND GET PRIVATE FUNDING.

THAT WAS GREAT.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS NEW, UH, LAND, UH, FOR THE FARMER, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHTS FOR THAT.

HOPEFULLY WE GET A BUNCH OF PRIVATE DONATIONS.

SO I'M ALL FOR PRIVATE DONATIONS.

I DON'T THINK ANYTHING SEEDY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS GOING ON.

THIS IS JUST PEOPLE WHO WISH TO UP THE POLICE PRESENCE AND THEY ALREADY HAVE IT.

THEY'RE JUST ACTUALLY MOVING A CHIEF SPOT TO A DEPUTY SPOT AND JUST KIND OF REALIGNING HOW THEY DO THINGS.

SO AGAIN, I WOULD RE REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE SHERIFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL POLICE PRESENCE IN THIS COUNTY, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY INCREASING THAT, WHICH AGAIN, I THINK BENEFITS THE COUNTY BECAUSE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, AND WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT IT UP IN THE FIRST PLACE, THAT DEPUTY CAN BE MOVED.

WE HAVE ANOTHER DEPUTY OUT ON THE STREETS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL WISH TO HAVE UNDER THAT, UH, UH, UNDER THE WHOLE PROPOSAL THAT WE DID A FEW MONTHS BACK.

SO, UM, I, I AM NOT CONCERNED AS FAR AS, AS, AS WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, BASICALLY THE TOWN IS,

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IS COMING UP WITH IT.

UH, THEY, YOU KNOW, EITHER THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDS OR TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

UH, AND I WOULD URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS AS A WAY TO PUTTING MORE POLICING ON THE STREETS IN OUR COUNTY.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR NEWMAN.

UH, I DON'T WANT MY COMMENT TO SWAY ANYBODY'S DECISION BECAUSE OF THE PRIVATE FUNDING ISSUE.

IN FACT, I APPLAUD THE TOWN FOR BEING CREATIVE TO COME UP WITH THIS FUNDING AND KEEP IT OFF OF THEIR, UM, TOWN'S TAXPAYERS.

SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UM, THEIR CREATIVITY WITH, UM, COMING UP WITH THEIR PORTION OF, OF THE FUNDING.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR GALAX, RIGHT? SO I, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DESIRE OR IF THE INTENT WAS ACTUALLY ADDING MORE, UH, ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT'S ONLY SHIFTING WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM.

RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S A ENTITY ALREADY WITHIN THE TOWN OF WEST BEND AND HAS CAPACITY OF 40 PLUS HOURS.

WELL, WE'RE JUST SHIFTING THAT NOW TO A DEPUTY, AND WE'RE SHIFTING THE COST AND THE FUNDING FROM THE TOWN TO THE COUNTY BY 50% AND THE SALES TAX DOLLARS.

SO I, I KIND OF GET SOME OF THAT, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT.

TO YOUR POINT, UH, SUPERVISOR KELLY, WE ALREADY HAVE THE, THE, THE DEPUTY, UH, THAT'S PROVIDING SERVICES THROUGHOUT THAT TOWNSHIP.

SO MAYBE TO SUPERVISORS KREBS IS, WELL, IS THERE AN EXPECTATION THAT THIS POSITION WILL PROVIDE MORE ENFORCEMENT, UH, FOR THE, THE, THE TOWN? BECAUSE PRESUMABLY THAT'S WHAT THE CURRENT POSITION IS DOING.

SO I, I, TO ME, IT'S JUST SHIFTING COST.

SO IF IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE TOWN OF WEST BEND AND THEY'VE BEEN PAYING FOR IT TO DATE, WHETHER IT BE PRIVATE, PUBLIC, THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT, IN MY OPINION.

TO, UM, GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH AN INDIVIDUAL THAT ACTUALLY PULLS TWO SHERIFFS AWAY AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE, UM, JUST FIVE OUT THERE, SO WE ONLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE REALLY COVERING OUR COUNTY.

UM, SUPERVISOR SHARIN, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, UH, SUPERVISOR GITZ, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING, 'CAUSE I WAS AT THAT MEETING WHEN THEY DISCUSSED THIS, IS THAT THEY STILL ARE, WHILE THEY'RE GETTING RID OF THEIR POSITION, THEY'RE STILL FUNDING 50% OF THIS.

SO IN ESSENCE, THEY'RE ALSO FUNDING.

AND AS FAR AS THE SHARED, UH, SERVICES GO, THEY'RE, THEY WANT TO UTILIZE THE SHERIFF AS PART OF THEIR SHARED SERVICES RATHER THAN ROAD SERVICE OR IT, I BELIEVE THEY'RE DOING SOME IT AS WELL.

BUT EITHER WAY, I BELIEVE, UM, OUR INTENT WHEN WE DID THE SHARED SERVICES WAS THAT A CERTAIN POCKET OF MONEY WOULD GO TO EACH MUNICIPALITY.

AND I BELIEVE THIS IS JUST THE WAY THEY WANTED TO UTILIZE THAT.

SO WE'RE NOT REALLY ADDING MORE TO THEM.

THIS IS JUST THE ONE THEY WANTED.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN AGREE WITH WHAT I JUST SAID THERE, AND I THINK THEY JUST WANTED TO 40 HOURS PER WEEK, RIGHT? THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO THEN BEYOND THAT, OUR SHERIFF GOES WHEREVER, AND I THINK ONE THING THEY MIGHT WANT TO CON CONSIDER IS THAT THIS IS A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT.

THAT THIS IS, THIS IS FUNDED FOR TWO YEARS, AND THEN EITHER A TOWN OR THE COUNTY HAS TO MAKE A DECISION AFTER THAT IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE IT.

UM, SO, UM, WE ALWAYS HAVE ATTRITION AND RETIREMENT.

SO IF, IF THE POSITION IS GONE IN TWO YEARS, IT'S GONE.

UM, BUT, UH, THE, THE, UH, AND JUST TO ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT WHAT MR. SUPERVISOR GALL OR, I MEAN, UH, KREBS WAS ASKING, I, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HANDLES ABOUT 3,300 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE TOWN EVERY YEAR.

UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT A, A 22 AND 0.3% INCREASE FROM 2019.

IT'S BEEN STEADILY GOING UP, UH, AS EVERYWHERE IN THE COUNTY.

UM, SO THE, THE WORKLOAD IS CERTAINLY THERE, UM, TO BE HAD.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CONRAD.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

CHAIR.

UM, YEAH, I DID SPEAK WITH ATON OF WEST BEND, UM, INDIVIDUAL MARK WAER, AND, UM, HE, HE DID, YOU KNOW, RESPOND TO ME TOO THAT THIS IS MORE OF SAY LATON OF WEST BEND, ESSENTIALLY HELPING OUT THE, THE COUNTY'S NEEDS AS A WHOLE AND NOT JUST KEEPING THAT INDIVIDUAL MORE SO, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR WEST BEND.

AND, UM, LIKE HE ACTUALLY SAID, I'M READING RIGHT HERE FROM THE EMAIL, IS THAT THEN THIS DEPUTY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND OVERALL STAFFING NEEDS.

SO THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO HELP OUT, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE, OPTIMIZE THIS ROLE TOO FOR, UM, WHEN THE COUNTY DOES NEED, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL, UM, HELP ALSO.

IT, IT HAS BEEN POINTED OUT, UM, A COUPLE OF TIMES OR THAT WHEN, UM, UH, A SHERIFF HAS

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UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS HELPS GET, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL OUT THERE TO PULL FOR THE COUNTY'S NEEDS AS, AS A WHOLE.

MR. SCHMIDT, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? UH, JUST A A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE ROADWAY SHARED SERVICES FUND THAT, UH, SUPERVISOR SCHRODER MENTIONED, UH, IT IS TRUE THAT THE, THE TOWN WEST BEND IS FOREGOING THOSE FUNDS, UH, BUT THOSE FUNDS MAY BE RE REDISTRIBUTED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE IN THAT SHARED REVENUE.

UH, THAT'LL BE DETERMINED IN, UH, ROUGHLY SEPTEMBER WHEN THAT COMMITTEE, UH, MEETS AGAIN, UH, OF ALL THE, THE TOWN, CITIES AND VILLAGES.

SO JUST POINTED OUT THERE THAT THOSE FUNDS MIGHT NOT BE SHIFTED TO THE, TO THIS PROJECT.

THEY MIGHT BE SHIFTED TO OTHER ROADWAY PROJECTS.

SUPERVISOR KREBS, I BELIEVE THIS GETS US BACK TO A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT, UH, NO AMENDMENT AT THIS TIME.

UM, LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, AT THE END OF THE 24, 25 BIANNUAL BUDGET, WOULD THIS POSITION THEN GO AWAY? OR HOW IS THIS POSITION CONTINUED? I'M JUST LOOK LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION.

NOT SO MUCH BETWEEN WEST BEND, TOWN OF WEST BEND AND THE COUNTY, BUT MORE JUST ON THE COUNTY'S PERSPEC SIDE AS FAR AS, IS THIS POSITION COMING BACK UP FOR DEBATE AT THE COUNTY BOARD AT THAT TIME, OR WOULD THIS JUST BE A POSITION THAT'S JUST LUMPED INTO THE COUNTY BIANNUAL BUDGET TO END PROBABLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT BY THAT POINT? I GUESS I'M, I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO ANSWER.

I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHATEVER DECISION THIS BODY MAKES ON THAT BECAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A BETTER ANSWER ON THAT THEN, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, ASK THAT THIS COMES BACK FOR BACK BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD NOT JUST FORGOTTEN ABOUT IN THE MASSIVE BUDGET AT THAT HAD A FUTURE DATE.

MR. DO THANK YOU.

UM, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THE, THE ORIGINAL PLAN WOULD BE FOR IT TO COME BACK AS PART OF THE BUDGET UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE A SPECIFIC REPORT OR SOMETHING AT, AT SOME POINT.

UM, BUT YES, THE INTENT WOULD BE FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED WITH THE FULL BUDGET.

UM, AND THEN AT THAT TIME WE WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER THE AGREEMENT WE PROCEED WITH THE AGREEMENT OR, OR NOT.

WHEN I GET, I CALL IT MY YEARS WRONG, , WHEN ARE WE, WHEN'S THE NEXT TIME WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH A BUDGET LIKE WORKSHOP? UM, IN RELATION TO LIKE WHEN THIS POSITION, I SUPPOSE AS LONG AS WE'RE FUNDING IT NOW, THIS WOULD JUST GET ON CYCLE WITH THE BUDGET.

CORRECT.

AND THAT WOULD BE NEXT SUMMER.

IT, IF THIS DOES GO THROUGH, I'D LIKE IT TO HAVE MORE THAN 12 MONTHS OF US TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THIS POSITION HAS, HAS DONE FOR THE TOWNSHIP AT THAT POINT.

UM, I I, I WOULD ASK THAT AT THE END OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT THIS HAS A TWO YEAR, UH, THE NEXT SUMMER, THIS SUMMER, 25 25, THINKING ON THE FLY WITH A HOT MIC .

UM, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, AT THE END OF THIS RESOLUTION, THAT THIS, UH, POSITION HAS A TWO YEAR, UH, TERM TO IT AND THAT IT WOULD COME BACK BEFORE THIS BOARD AT THE END OF TWO YEARS FROM THE, FROM WHENEVER THE CREATION OF THIS OFFICIALLY STARTS THAT WE, UH, REVIEWED AT THAT TIME.

AND REASSESS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAGE, THE SECOND PAGE, I THINK LINE 25, IT DOES KIND OF HAVE A SUNSET.

SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE THAT FROM JUNE, 2025 ON LINE SEVEN ON THE SECOND PAGE? OH, OKAY.

I, I APOLOGIZE.

I I DID NOT SEE THAT THERE, SO, NO, THAT, THAT WOULD BE FINE WITH ME IF IT COMES BACK TO COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME.

WHO WERE WE MISSING? WE SHOULD HAVE A NEW CHECK.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? AND WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

UH, THIS ALSO REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE.

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YEAH.

OH ME, BUT I VOTED.

THERE WE GO.

CAN YOU READ THE NOTES? IT PASSES 17 TO TWO WITH SUPERVISOR KREBS AND SUPERVISOR VAL GALL'S VOTING NEGATIVELY.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 82, WHICH IS A REVISED RELOCATION ORDER FOR COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY M, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED BRIEFLY BEFORE

[j. 2023 Resolution 82: Revised Relocation Order – County Trunk Highway M]

THIS MEETING.

SUPERVISOR SCHWAB SUPERVISOR NEWMAN, ANY DISCUSSION? WE WILL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

THIS REQUIRES ONLY A SIMPLE MAJORITY.