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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, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.ON OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING IS THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 20, 20, 24 MEETING.
DID ANYONE SEE ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR IRREGULARITIES IN THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE MOTIONS OR THE MINUTES WILL, UH, STAND AS PRESENTED.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, ITEMS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
THE FIRST ITEM IS STAFF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, AND FOR THAT WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHERIFF SICE.
THE, UH, THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO JUST PLAY A VERY SHORT NINE ONE ONE CALL THAT CAME INTO OUR DISPATCH CENTER.
AND, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE YOU TO NOTICE.
[a. Staff Acknowledgment – Dispatcher Lorene Meier, Sgt. Brandon Hood, Deputy Stephanie Kalish, Deputy Steven Nurkala, and Deputy John Gallenbeck]
OR THREE MINUTE PHONE CALL.UM, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO NOTICE, UH, A FEW THINGS.
FIRST, YOU'LL HEAR SOME BITS OF SILENCE, UM, AND THAT WAS, UH, THINGS THAT, UH, WE INTENTIONALLY REDACTED OUT, SUCH AS ADDRESSES AND SOME INAPPROPRIATE CONTEXT.
SO IT, LIKE, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CALL, BUT WE ACTUALLY TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF OUT, OUT.
UM, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE HOW CALM EVERYONE IS, UH, INCLUDING THE, THE CALLER, INCLUDING OUR DISPATCHER.
UM, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING TO ME IF YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THE SAME POSITION, IF, IF YOU WOULD REACT THE SAME WAY.
UM, I'D LIKE YOU TO NOTICE HOW QUICKLY THAT, UM, BOTH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, WERE PAGED TO THE, THE SCENE.
AND, UH, THEN, UH, THE LAST THING IS JUST HOW QUICKLY, UM, THAT THE, THE FIRST ARRIVING, FIRST RESPONDER, WHICH IN THIS CASE JUST HAPPENED TO BE, UM, ONE OF OUR DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON SCENE.
SO I'M JUST GONNA PLAY IT FOR YOU REAL QUICKLY.
40 AND SIX SECONDS PM WASHINGTON COUNTY 9 1 1.
WHERE IS YOUR EMERGENCY? HELLO? HI, THIS IS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
WHAT ADDRESS ARE YOU AT? UH, FROM THE HOSPITAL YOU SAID.
AND HE'S NOT BREATHING? NO, HE THROWING UP.
I THINK HE'S WHAT? THROWING UP, I THINK.
IS HE NOT BREATHING OR IS HE THROWING UP? NO, HE IS NOT.
IS, IS ANYONE ABLE TO POSSIBLY START DOING COMPRESSIONS FOR CPR? MY, MY SON IS PRESSING ON HIS CHEST RIGHT NOW.
MY PARTNER'S GONNA PAGE OUT RESCUE AND MY OTHER PARTNER'S GONNA GET A DEPUTY HEADED TO THE THIRD.
HOW OLD IS YOUR HUSBAND? MY HUSBAND IS 65.
AND YOU SAID YOUR, YOUR SON IS STARTING CPR COMPRESSION? HE, HE'S DOING COMPRESSIONS ON HIS CHEST RIGHT NOW.
AND DOES HE KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING? DOES HE KNOW HOW TO DO THE COMPRESSION? I DON'T KNOW IF HE, HE'S JUST PRESSING ON HIS CHEST.
I TURNED ON MY, MY LIGHTS ON MY FRONT PORCH.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU ABLE TO PUT YOUR PHONE ON SPEAKER SO I CAN KIND OF WALK HIM THROUGH HOW HE SHOULD DO THE COMPRESSION? I AM.
GOT I, YES, I HAVE IT ON SPEAKER RIGHT NOW.
OKAY, SIR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS ADAM, ADAM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
CAN YOU, IS HE ON THE FLOOR ON A HARD FLAT? ARE YOU ABLE TO PULL HIM OFF THE BED ONTO THE FLOOR? SO HE IS ON A HARD FLAT SURFACE, SO WE CAN START THE COMPRESSIONS.
ANYTHING PRETTY HEAVY? WE'LL GET HIM ON THE FLOOR.
IF, IF YOU GET HIM ON THE FLOOR, THE COMPRESSIONS HOPEFULLY WILL HELP.
OTHERWISE, IF HE'S ON THE BED, IT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING.
ARE YOU ABLE TO GET HIM ON THE FLOOR, SIR? WE'RE TRYING RIGHT NOW.
APRIL 11TH, 2020 4, 11 42 AND 25 SECONDS PM LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE 'EM ON THE FLOOR.
HE DID PULL UP THE, OF HIS MOUTH.
IT LOOKS LIKE OUR DEPUTY CAN ONE OF YOU, MA'AM, COULD YOU MAYBE LET OUR DEPUTY INCH BOTH? I'LL GET HIM.
YOU GET THE DEPUTY AND SIR, ARE, DO YOU HEAR ME? YES.
THE DEPUTY'S COMING IN, BUT UNTIL SHE COMES IN, CAN YOU PUT BOTH ONE PALM OF YOUR HAND IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS CHEST AND PUT THE OTHER HAND ON TOP AND START COMPRESSING
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ABOUT TWO INCHES DEEP.SHE, SHE NEEDS IN HERE RIGHT NOW.
THEN I'M GONNA LET HER START THE COMPRESSIONS AND WE HAVE RESCUE COMING SHORTLY BEHIND HER.
SO THAT'S THE, UH, THE BACKGROUND TO THE NINE ONE ONE CALL THAT I'D, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, TO ADDRESS.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST TO BRING UP, UH, OUR STAFF AND I BELIEVE JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE HERE.
WELL, COULD HAVE, IF I COULD HAVE A, A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER L MEYER.
UM, BUT SHE'S, UH, BEEN A PART-TIME DISPATCHER WITH OUR OFFICE FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS, UM, WHICH IS, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE TO HAVE THIS SKILL SET WORKING ON A PART-TIME BASIS TO BEGIN WITH.
AND THEN IF I COULD HAVE SERGEANT BRANDON HOOD COME ON UP HERE, HE'S A THIRD SHIFT, UH, SUPERVISOR.
HE'S GOT EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS ON WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND DEPUTY, UH, JOHN BECK.
HE'S, UH, HE, HE'S ONLY BEEN WITH OUR OFFICER ONE YEAR, BUT AS A LATERAL TRANSFER, HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
AND THEN FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO BRING DEPUTY STEPHANIE KLICH UP HERE.
SHE'S, UH, BEEN WITH THE, THE COUNTY FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, PATROL FIVE YEARS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SHE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST RESPONDING OFFICER THAT, THAT ARRIVED ON SCENE.
UM, SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST TO, TO READ THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WHEREAS, UH, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNICATION EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER RECEIVED A NINE ONE ONE CALL ON THURSDAY, APRIL 11TH, 2024 AT 11:40 PM A WOMAN CALLED AND REPORTED NOTICING HER 65-YEAR-OLD HUSBAND WOULD STOP BREATHING IN BED, WHEREAS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER L MEYER ANSWERED THE NINE ONE CALL QUICKLY AND RECOGNIZED THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION.
SHE IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED HER COWORKERS PAID THE JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE, AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE STAFFED TO THE TOWN OF POLK HOME WHILE SHE STAYED ONLINE WITH THE CALLER.
WHEREAS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER L MEYER FOLLOWED EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHING PROTOCOLS AND PROVIDED THE WIFE AND SON WITH CPR INSTRUCTIONS, WHICH INCLUDED GETTING THE PATIENT ON THE FLOOR TO FACILITATE CHEST COMPRESSIONS.
AND WHEREAS DEPUTY STEPHANIE KISH ARRIVED WITHIN ONE MINUTE AND EIGHT SECONDS FROM THE TIME OF DISPATCH.
DEPUTY STEPHANIE KISH PROMPTLY ATTACHED THE A ED.
THAT'S THE, THE DEFIBRILLATOR THAT WE CARRY IN OUR SQUADS AND BEGAN CPR, SERGEANT BRANDON HOOD AND DEPUTY STEVEN ULA.
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, UH, UH, TODAY.
UM, AND DEPUTIES, UH, JOHN, UH, BECK ARRIVED SOON THEREAFTER AND ASSISTED WITH CPR AND SHOCKED THE PATIENT.
THREE TIMES BEFORE EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL FROM THE JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE.
JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON ON SCENE AND PROVIDED TWO ADDITIONAL SHOCKS AND WAS ABLE TO REGAIN A PULSE, WHEREAS THE PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE WE SPENT A WEEK AND HAS SINCE MADE RECOVERY NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED BY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER LARRY MEYER, SERGEANT BRANDON HOOD, DEPUTY STEPHANIE KISH.
STEVEN ULA AND JOHN BECK ARE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND, UH, UH, DEDICATION TO THE WELLBEING OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY.
THIS INCIDENT REALLY, UH, KIND OF, UH, HIGHLIGHTS HOW ALL ASPECTS OF EMS KIND OF CAME TOGETHER.
WE HAD THE, UM, WE HAD EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHING, WHICH WE INSTITUTED IN OUR DISPATCH CENTER A WHILE AGO WHERE OUR DISPATCHERS ARE TRAINED TO GIVE THAT, UH, THAT LIFESAVING INSTRUCTIONS OVER THE PHONE.
WE HAD A, UM, A QUICK RESPONSE BY OUR, OUR, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, THE DEPUTIES THAT WERE ABLE TO GET THE A ED HOOKED UP VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE, UH, EMS WAS ABLE TO, UH, THE, THE HIGH, REALLY HIGH TRAINED MEDICAL PERSONNEL ARRIVED SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT CARE AND WAS ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THE PUL PULSE BACK FROM THE INDIVIDUAL.
SO THE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME IS, IS, UH, WITH HIS PERMISSION, UH, I PLAYED THE CALL AND, UH, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY INTRODUCE HIM.
HE'S ACTUALLY IN OUR AUDIENCE.
AND, UH, HE WANTED JUST TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS.
MR. PETERS, IF I COULD HAVE YOU COME ON UP.
IF YOU CAN SEE THE SHIRT, IT SAYS, BATTERY OPERATED LIFETIME WARRANTY ON IT.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE AND MY SON AND STEPHANIE, STEPHANIE, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM I WOULD NOT BE HERE.
SO THANK YOU GUYS ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO AND EVERYTHING.
SO, AND JACKSON RESCUE SQUAD, THEY HAD SIX PERSONNEL THAT WERE THERE.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 10 PEOPLE IN OUR HOUSE AT THAT TIME, SO IT WAS KIND OF CHAOTIC.
BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE PAST RESPONSE OF YOUR TEAMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, YOU, STEPHANIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THAT TIME.I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF AND, AND, UH, TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO KINDA HEAR SOME, SOME REAL TIME STORIES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SHERIFF.
UM, AND THANKS TO ALL OUR STAFF WHO WORK SO TIRELESSLY, SELFLESSLY, AND, AND WITH SUCH DEDICATION.
UM, WHEN YOU SEE THESE INCIDENTS, UM, A LOT OF US DON'T SEE THESE ALL THE TIME.
AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, SHERIFF, THAT YOU BRING THEM TO US AND, AND THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE 'EM AND, AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD WORK THAT OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE DOING.
OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE ELECTION OF A VICE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE TONY TOMA.
DO WE NEED A SECOND FOR A NOMINATION? AS LONG AS YOU ACCEPT NO.
DO YOU ACCEPT SIR? UH, NO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION.
[b. Election of Vice-Chairperson]
UH, JIM BUR VERY WELL.DO YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION, SIR? I DO.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? YES, SIR.
SEEING NONE, I WOULD MOVE THAT, OR WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CAST A UNANIMOUS BALLOT FOR MR. JIM BERG, SUPERVISOR JIM BERG AS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS ITEM C UNDER, UH, DISCUSSION IS A FIRE AND EMS UPDATE.
AND FOR THAT WE HAVE WITH US THIS MORNING, UM, CHIEF TONY BURKHART AND BRIAN HEOR.
I CALL HIM PRESIDENT BRIAN HEOR, 'CAUSE HE'S PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF JACKSON, BUT ALSO SERVES ON THE JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
[c. Fire/EMS Update]
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.THANKS FOR HAVING US FIRST OFF THAT OUTSIDE THE DOOR IS A VERY HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.
UM, FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ON THAT CALL 'CAUSE THOSE CALLS CAN BE VERY STRESSFUL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT IS JUST A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRE AND EMS IN OUR COUNTY.
SO WHAT A PERFECT SEGUE INTO THE THINGS THAT TONY AND I ARE HERE TO DISCUSS AND GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON HERE TODAY.
UM, SO I KNOW THERE'S SOME, SOME NEW PEOPLE ON THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO JUST, I'M GONNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AS TO HOW WE HAVE COME TO WHERE WE ARE FROM THE POLICE AND OR, UH, FROM THE FIRE AND EMS TASK FORCE.
AND THEN TONY CAN ALSO CHIME IN WHERE HE SEES FIT.
SO, UM, PROBABLY CLOSE TO A YEAR NOW, UH, THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN HAVING A MONTHLY MEETING.
UM, AND DURING THOSE MONTHLY MEETINGS WE'VE COME TRIED TO COME UP WITH COLLABORATION ON HOW TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE RESOURCES, SOME SHARED REVENUE AND, AND FUNDING SOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT HAS COME OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS, AND IT'S BEEN ALL ALONG, IS THAT THE IMPACT THAT THE COST OF FIRE AND EMS HAVE ON MUNICIPAL BUDGETS.
SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF, YOU KNOW HOW, HOW HARD IT IS TO MAINTAIN THOSE MUNICIPAL BUDGETS WHEN, WHEN THE COST KEEPS SKYROCKETING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS, IT WAS A COMMON THEME WITH ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE COMING TO THESE MEETINGS THAT, THAT, THAT IS A LARGE PORTION OF EVERYBODY'S BUDGET.
SO WE STARTED TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT HELPING EACH OTHER OUT, UM, LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SHARE RESOURCES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO A FIRE AND EMS TASK FORCE WAS CREATED, AND THAT WAS A, THAT'S A MIXTURE OF, UM, OF FIRE PEOPLE.
IT'S A MIXTURE OF, UH, MUNICIPALITY PEOPLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, ALSO A CITIZEN MEMBER.
SO THE, THE FIRE AND EMS TASK FORCE, TONY IS THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.
AND THE MEMBERS ARE DEPUTY CHIEF CHUCK BEISEL FROM THE WEST BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
TERRY COLE, WHICH IS A CITIZEN MEMBER, BUT ALSO A RETIRED FIRE CHIEF FROM VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD, NOW RETIRED, UH, FIRE CHIEF FROM HARTFORD, PAUL STEVENS, UH, CHIEF OF EMS IN ALLENTON, SUE WOLF, DEAN WALTER, THE VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN.
PRESIDENT TROY ZAGEL, THE CHAIRMAN FROM THE TOWN OF WEST BEND.
MARK FOY IS THE, HE IS A, A CITIZEN MEMBER FROM THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON.
AND THEN JIM WARNKE, HE IS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF UP IN KIOSKI.
SO, AND ALSO MYSELF, SO LIKE MR. SCHWAB HAD REP, UH, ALLUDED TO EARLIER, I'M THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT IN JACKSON, BUT I ALSO JUST HAD MY 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ON THE JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO I BELIEVE I BRING A UNIQUE VIEWPOINT TO THIS WHOLE TASK FORCE AND THAT I SEE BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE.
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THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, A LOT OF GOOD MEETINGS, A LOT OF GOOD INPUT FROM EVERYBODY.AND THEN, UM, I'M ALSO ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE TASK FORCE, WHICH WE HAD BEEN TASKED WITH WORKING WITH COUNTY STAFF, WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN AWESOME.
BILL COER HAS BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH THE RFP ON FOR THE STUDY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE DONE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT INTO THE STUDY ARE THE SHARING OF THE RESOURCES.
AND EVERYBODY SAYS, WELL, WHY DO WE NEED A STUDY? NOW? WHAT I TELL PEOPLE IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE KNOW.
AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW.
THERE MIGHT BE OPTIONS OUT THERE FOR US TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY, SHARE, THE, THE RESOURCES, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THIS STUDY.
SO WITH THAT, TONY, YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? SURE.
SO, UH, ON THE BACK OF WHAT BRIAN HAD BROUGHT UP, THE COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS, UH, COLLECTIVELY WE'RE WORKING ON AN IDEA OF HOW CAN WE ALL HELP EACH OTHER OUT, UM, IN A, IN A CASE LIKE WE JUST HAD BEFORE US, UH, IF MRS. SMITH NEEDS HELP OR MR. SMITH NEEDS HELP, SHOULD IT MATTER WHAT IT SAYS ON THE SIDE OF THE AMBULANCE SHOWING UP? NO, IT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T.
RIGHT? DOES IT MATTER WHAT IT SHOULD SAY ON THE, THE SIDE OF THE FIRE ENGINE SHOWING UP TO A FIRE? NO.
WHOEVER CAN GET THERE QUICKEST.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO COMPILE IDEAS TOGETHER, WORKING WITH EXECUTIVE JOSH SCHULMAN, UM, AND THIS COUNTY TASK FORCE GOT BUILT TOGETHER AND STOOD UP SO THAT WE CAN FIND OUT SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS THAT BRIAN HAD MENTIONED.
SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT IF IT COMES FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE AND SAYS, HEY, HAVE YOU REALIZED THAT THIS IS AN OPTION? THIS IS A MODEL THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON THE EAST COAST, WEST COAST, SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT WE CAN START PUTTING OUR, UH, OUR EFFORTS IN TO TRY TO WORK TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY, I GUESS WE'RE OPEN.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE? DO ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF MANY OF THESE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE ELECTED LEADERS AND I'VE ATTENDED THE TASK FORCE MEETINGS AND, UM, SOME OF THE COMMENTS I GOT FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THAT GROUP ARE THE COUNTY WASTING MONEY, 150,000 I THINK, TOWARDS THE STUDY.
AND THAT'S REALLY THAT AN UNFORTUNATE PERSONA.
I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND IT'S NOT JUST A WASHINGTON COUNTY PROBLEM, IT'S STATE, NATIONWIDE.
IT'S A PROBLEM ALL OVER WHEN YOU GET ALL THESE, UH, DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OR DIFFERENT FIRE COMPANIES IN THE ROOM.
THERE'S SUCH A VARIETY OF OPERATIONS FROM FULL-TIME STAFF TO FULL VOLUNTEER AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.
SO THIS STUDY IS MONEY WELL SPENT.
UH, I'M, I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING IT.
THERE'S NOT, PROBABLY NOT A ONE ANSWER FIX ALL TYPE OF SITUATION, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FIRE COMPANIES RIGHT NOW AND A LOT OF TROUBLE BECAUSE OF, OF THIS.
AND WE'RE HOPING TIMELINE WISE, I THINK OF NEXT SPRING.
WAS THIS THE RESULTS? THE RFP IS OUT, SO THERE ARE COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT ARE TAKING OUT THE, THE DOCUMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YEAH, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE THE RESULTS BACK IN SPRING FIRST, Q1 OF 2025.
SO, SO THE ANSWER IS NOT ALWAYS MONEY, MONEY DOES HELP, BUT THERE'S OTHER PROBLEMS. THERE'S OTHER SHARING.
THERE'S, THERE'S MORE SOLUTIONS THAN JUST MONEY THAT'S GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
SO THE STUDY SHOULD CERTAINLY HELP WITH THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE INTENTION OF IT.
SO, I MEAN, I I JUST WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND ALL THE DEDICATION THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO THAT GROUP.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S, IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND, UM, I'M GLAD WE'RE TO THE POINT WE ARE NOW WITH THIS, THE RFP.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, THEN, UH, I GUESS I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO A STUDY AS WELL.
UM, I, THERE IS FIVE OR SIX MORE CARS SITTING OUT AMONG THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WHEREVER I'VE LIVED THERE.
THERE'S ALWAYS PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S DO, AND THAT'S RIGHTLY SO.
AS WE BRING TOGETHER AND HOPE TO COALESCE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS INTO A, A MORE WORKABLE, UH, PACKAGE PERHAPS FOR THE COUNTY.
DO YOU SENSE THAT ANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL, UM, DEPARTMENT POINTS OF PRIDE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE WITH, WELL, WE WANNA DO THIS OR WE WANNA DO THAT AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR IDENTITY? OR HAVE, DO YOU GET THE FEEL THAT ALL THE CHIEFS AT THIS POINT REALLY ARE, UM, WILLING TO SET ASIDE THEIR, THEIR PAST ACHIEVEMENTS IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS TO, TO JUST DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COUNTY?
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DO YOU WANT TO TACKLE THAT ONE? SURE.AND WITH PRIDE COMES THE HONOR OF, OF WHAT YOU PROVIDE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS ANY SINGLE FIRE CHIEF, ANY SINGLE DEPARTMENT FIRE COMPANY IN THE COUNTY THAT WOULD PUT THAT BEFORE THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS, UM, ARE THERE AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, SOME PERSONALITIES TO OVERCOME, SURE.
BUT NOTHING THAT, THAT CAN'T BE OVERCOME.
AND I BELIEVE EVERY FIRE CHIEF HAS THE SAME STANDING THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION AND ARE WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER ON, UH, SUCH A BIG UNDERTAKING AS THIS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY.
UM, SOMETIMES WHEN STUDIES ARE DONE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN EXPENSIVE RUBBER STAMP FOR, FOR WHAT THE LOCAL, UM, CHIEF WANTS TO DO.
HOW CAN WE AVOID THAT IN THIS SITUATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR, FOR EVERYBODY AND IT ISN'T JUST, UM, A RUBBER STAMP OF WHATEVER INPUT THEY GET? GOOD QUESTION.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT WE HAD A STUDY DONE IN JACKSON A FEW YEARS BACK.
UM, ONE THING THAT EXECUTIVE SHOWMAN DID GIVE AS KIND OF A, A SUGGESTION OR GUIDELINE FOR THIS STUDY IS THAT WE LOOK AT COMPANIES NOT IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
SO I THINK IF WE LOOK AT SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF THE AREA THAT THAT IMPACT OR THE INFLUENCE THAT LOCAL CHIEFS OR DEPARTMENT MEMBERS MAY HAVE, SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE LOWER.
SO I THINK THE OTHER THING TOO IS THAT ULTIMATELY THAT THE STUDY HAS TO COME, WILL BE FLOWING THROUGH THE TASK FORCE.
THERE'LL BE INTERVIEWS AND STUFF LIKE THAT FROM THE, FROM THE COMPANY THAT IS SELECTED.
AND I THINK WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE ON THAT TASK FORCE AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY GET A HONEST OPINION ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
SO YOU ARE CORRECT AND IT'S A FINE LINE TO WALK WITH THAT, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WE GET A STUDY THAT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S EGO MIGHT GET HURT A LITTLE BIT, IT'S STILL WHAT THE BEST THING IS TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY.
AND ONE LAST QUESTION FOR ME ANYWAY.
UM, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT WASHINGTON COUNTY IS IT'S IDYLLIC NATURE.
IT'S IT'S AGRARIAN FEEL, RIGHT? AND SOME PEOPLE COME TO WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THEY WANNA LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTRY AND KIND OF GET AWAY FROM IT ALL RIGHT? YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT AT NINE O'CLOCK WHEN I WAS GOING TO BED, THE SIRENS WERE GOING OFF IN JACKSON, THERE WAS A CALL SOMEWHERE.
UM, AND IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE COUNTRY, YOU DON'T GET THAT RIGHT, YOU DON'T GET THOSE NOISES.
BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE COUNTRY, IT TAKES A WHILE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS TO GET THERE.
AND SO DOES THE TASK FORCE HAVE IN MIND WHAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL WOULD BE? IS IT TO HAVE EQUAL SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SO THAT, UM, SOMEONE IN THE FARTHEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY GETS THE SAME SERVICE AS SOMEONE IN HARTFORD? OR, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU HAVE IN MIND HOW THAT MIGHT ALL BE EQUALIZED? WELL, I, I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY THE PURPOSE FOR USING THIS CONSULTANT.
THAT EACH OF THE CHIEFS, EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS, SOME OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ALL HAVE IDEAS OF WHAT COULD BE PROVIDED.
AND WHILE I DON'T WANT TO USE THE THE WORD EQUAL, BUT SIMILAR SERVICES THAT EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE, THOSE SERVICES PROVIDED BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE STRUCTURE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, YOU HAVE THOSE, UH, EXTREMELY RURAL AREAS DOWN TO THE EXTREMELY POPULATED CITY AREAS.
YOU'LL, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'LL FIND THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE, THE SAME RESPONSE TIME IN, IN EVERY SQUARE MILE OF THE COUNTY.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET THERE IN ANY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, BUT EVERY CITIZEN HAVING EQUAL ACCESS TO A LEVEL OF THAT SERVICE, YES, IT'S JUST GONNA VARY WHERE YOU ARE BASED UPON WHAT YOU HAVE MUNICIPALITY, MUNICIPALITY WISE AND RESPONSE WISE FROM, UH, FIRE AND EMS. MAYBE JUST TO, TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
SO I, THE, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF EMS CARE IS PARAMEDIC SERVICE.
SO WITH THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IN PLACE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NOT PARA OFFERING A PARAMEDIC LEVEL OF SERVICE IN THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW, THEY DO HAVE AGREEMENTS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GET AN INTERCEPT FROM, SAY, WEST BEND, LIKE UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY, KI WAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF THEY HAVE A, UH, CRITICAL CALL, THEY'RE CALLING WEST BEND FOR A PARAMEDIC INTERCEPT.
SO THEY ARE SENDING A PARAMEDIC TO RIDE ALONG WITH THAT AMBULANCE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF CARE.
SO WE'RE KIND OF DOING IT NOW, BUT PROBABLY NOT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY IS, IS MY THOUGHT.
SO, BUT AGAIN, YOU GOT, WEST BEND IS A CAREER HUB DEPARTMENT, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THAT.
AND THEIR CALL VOLUME IS GOING UP AND UP AND UP TOO, AND EVERYBODY AROUND THEM AND WHOLE
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COUNTY IS CONSTANTLY CALLING WEST BEND FOR HELP TO COME HELP THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE FULL-TIME STAFFING.THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS STUDY AND BEING ABLE TO REALLOCATE RESOURCES WITHIN THE COUNTY WILL HOPEFULLY TAKE THAT BURDEN OFF OF THOSE HUB DEPARTMENTS IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA CALL 'EM THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR INPUT, YOUR, UH, REPORT.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY REPORT.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, THESE KIND OF BOUNCE AROUND FROM CAPTAIN TO CAPTAIN, I'LL JUST KIND OF HIT MINE AND THEN PLEASE DO.
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YOU.ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST PART, UM, IS THE NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1.
UM, AND WITH RESPECT TO OUR GOALS THERE, WE KIND OF HAD TWO OF THEM DISCUSS STRATEGY FOR LONG RANGE PLANNING WITH OTHER PSAPS IN THE COUNTY.
UH, AS YOU'RE AWARE, UH, WE RECENTLY, UH, CONSOLIDATED WITH THE CITY OF HARTFORD AND ARE AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN, UH, WITH A PLANNED CONSOLIDATION.
SO THOSE, THOSE TALKS ARE ONGOING.
UH, HARTFORD IS FULLY CONSOLIDATED AND GERMANTOWN, WE'RE HOPING TO DO A, A SIMILAR PHASED IN APPROACH LIKE WE DID WITH HARTFORD.
UM, BUT LOOKING TO DO THAT SOMETIME THIS FALL, UH, STARTING WITH THEIR THIRD SHIFT AND THEN, UH, CONTINUING ON WITH THE OTHER SHIFTS AS STAFFING ALLOWS.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1 SYSTEM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS ULTIMATELY, UH, PUT ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, BUT, UH, A NEW FUNDING SOURCE CAME IN, UH, BEFORE WE HAD TO USE THAT, IT WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS PSAP GRANT, THE FISCAL YEAR 23 PSAP GRANT.
UM, SO WITH RESPECT TO THAT PROJECT, WE WERE, UH, AWARDED A $365,000 GRANT FROM THE STATE.
IT'S A 80 20, UH, MATCHING GRANT.
SO THE, THE COUNTY SHARE IS ABOUT $73,000.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE 20% MATCH THAT, UH, THE COUNTY IS PUTTING UP WITH THIS, THE COUNTY'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE OF A MULTI-YEAR MAINTENANCE CONTRACT ON THAT EQUIPMENT.
UH, THE STATE PAID FOR YEAR ONE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR YEAR FIVE, UM, AND, UH, OUR PORTION OF THAT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WE HAD THIS, UH, CIP PROJECT SET UP FOR 23.
WE HAD A $250,000 IN THAT CIP.
SO PAYING THE 20% STATE MATCH AS WELL AS THE FIVE YEAR MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, UH, THAT'LL LEAVE ABOUT 77,000 IN THAT CIP THAT WE WON'T NEED.
SO THE PROJECT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS UNDER BUDGET AND, UH, MAJORITY OF THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
THE CALL HANDLING EQUIPMENT, UH, IT'S BEEN OPERABLE SINCE ABOUT LAST, UH, JULY.
I'D LIKE TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AND SAY WE ARE HOOKED UP TO THE STATE'S SE NET.
UH, WE ARE AT THE WILL OF OTHER VENDORS SUCH AS AT AND T AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALONE IN THAT.
I THINK OTHER COUNTIES ARE BEHIND SCHEDULING THAT.
UM, I KNOW I PREVIOUSLY CAME BEFORE THIS BODY AND THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, FIRST IT WAS MARCH AND THEN IT WAS MAY, AND NOW I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, THAT'S, LIKE I SAY, IT'S KIND OF OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING ON, UM, AT AND T AND BACOM TO COME UP WITH A SCHEDULE THAT WORKS FOR THEM.
UM, ONCE THAT SE NET, ONCE WE GET ON THE STATE'S SE NET, WE WILL IMPLEMENT THE TEXT TO 9 1 1.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A HINGE TO THAT.
AGAIN, WE'VE, THAT, THAT'S THE, THE RIGHTS HAVE ALL BEEN PURCHASED, EVERYTHING'S READY TO GO, BUT IT'S ALL CONDITIONED ON GETTING HOOKED UP TO THE SNET.
AND THEN THE LAST PART OF OUR PROJECT, AGAIN, CONDITIONAL OF THAT, IS THE, UH, LOGGING EQUIPMENT THAT'S NECESSARY TO RECORD THOSE TEXTS TO NINE ONE ONES.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT AS SOON AS THIS THING GOES WITH AT AND T, THE OTHER PARTS OF THIS WILL FALL IN PLACE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO CLOSE THIS PROJECT DOWN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? COUNTY BOARD CHAIRMAN, OR THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
UM, THIS BUSINESS WITH AT AND T, IS IT, IS THERE A BIGGER HAMMER THAN US, THE STATE OR WHATEVER WORKING ON THAT? OR DO, DO WE HAVE HOPE THAT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN? YEAH, IT, IT'S GONNA, GONNA HAPPEN.
I THINK THE STATE IS CLEARLY AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, THEY ALLOWED US TO CLOSE THIS GRANT DOWN AHEAD OF TIME, I THINK BECAUSE IT'S AN 18 MONTH GRANT, AND THEY KNOW THAT THINGS AREN'T MOVING AS QUICKLY AS, AS THEY WOULD LIKE.
SO THE LATE, THE STATE HAS ALLOWED US TO CLOSE THIS GRANT DOWN TO RECAPTURE THOSE FUNDS, THAT PAPERWORK HAS BEEN FILED WITH THEM, AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY'S
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GONNA RECAPTURE FUNDS BEFORE WE'RE ON, WE'RE ON THE SYSTEM.I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NEW TECHNOLOGY AND I THINK IN THAT IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF COUNTIES, DANE MAYBE DIDN'T GO AS SMOOTHLY AS EVERYBODY THOUGHT.
THE GOOD PART ABOUT THAT IS WE HOPE THAT THEY WORK OUT THOSE KINKS SO THAT AS THE OTHER COUNTIES START COMING ON, THAT THE, IT'S A MUCH SMOOTHER TRANSITION.
AND LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT'S ALL AT AND T'S FAULT, THERE IS SOME COORDINATION WITH OTHER VENDORS THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE, BUT, UM, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AT AND T THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROJECT HAS BEEN KIND OF THE LAGGING ISSUE IN IT.
SO, BUT ASIDE FROM THAT PORTION, YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH HOW THINGS ARE GOING? VERY COMFORTABLE.
WE PARTNERED WITH BACOM ON THIS PROJECT AND THEY'VE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS TO WORK WITH, UH, VERY RESPONSIVE, BOTH IN INSTALLATION AND SERVICE.
UM, SO I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH, THAT'S WHO WE HAVE OUR MULTI-YEAR, UH, MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WITH.
UH, THAT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
THEY'VE GOT KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROMPT, UH, THE EQUIPMENT IS IN, ALL THE CALL HANDLING EQUIPMENT IS IN, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON ANALOG LINES, BUT IT'S THE SAME EQUIPMENT.
THE MAPS ARE IN, SO THE, LIKE I SAID, THE BACKBONE IS IN, WE'RE JUST WAITING TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION FROM ANALOG TO THE INTERNET BASED SENET.
UM, AND THAT GIVES US THE WHOLE TEXAN 9 1 1 AND SOME OTHER CAPABILITIES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU HAVE A SOMEWHAT OF A LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION WITH THE PROCESS, SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE.
YEAH, WELL WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAD IT FINISHED BY NOW, BUT LIKE I SAY, SOME THINGS ARE OUTTA OUR CONTROL.
UH, THE NEXT THING I'LL SPEAK ABOUT IS THE, UH, RADIO SYSTEM, THE COUNTYWIDE RADIO SYSTEM PROJECT.
UH, THIS WAS A PHASE, UH, FOUR PHASE PROJECT.
IT PHASE ONE KIND OF STARTED WITH GOING OUT AND OBTAINING, UM, FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS, DISCOVERING, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SITES WOULD BE GOOD TOWER SITES FOR US.
WE HAD A GOAL IN THE PROJECT TO GET OFF OF LEASE TOWERS.
SO THERE WAS TWO TOWERS IN PARTICULAR THAT WE LEASED FROM A PRIVATE, UM, TOWER COMPANY.
WE PAY WHAT I THINK IS AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF RENT ON THOSE TOWERS.
UM, SO EARLY ON IN THIS PROCESS, WE MADE IT ONE OF OUR GOALS TO, UH, GET OFF OF THOSE TOWERS.
UH, WE FIGURED BASED ON WHAT WE'RE PAYING THE BUYBACK IN THAT IS ABOUT 10 YEARS.
SO AFTER 10 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TO THE GOOD ON THAT DEAL AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD INVESTMENT.
SO, UH, PHASE ONE IDENTIFIED THE, UH, THE TOWER SITES.
UM, WE WORKED WITH THE VIL, UH, THE TOWN OF AARON.
WE GOT A NEW SITE DOWN THERE THAT'S A, IT'S ON MUNICIPAL GROUND, BUT IT'S A COUNTY OWNED TOWER.
UM, THE OTHER SITE, UH, THAT WE DID IS OVER IN, UH, FREDONIA, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US AND OZAKI COUNTY, WHERE WE JOINTLY BUILT A TOWER ON COUNTY OWNED GROUND.
WE'RE GONNA SPLIT THE COST RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF OZAKI COUNTY.
BOTH COUNTIES ARE GONNA HANG THEIR RADIO EQUIPMENT ON IT, AND THAT'S GONNA BE KIND OF A HUB OF KIND OF A, A LINKING POINT FOR THE TWO SYSTEMS. UH, WHERE NOW WE RUN THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED AN ISSI, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE A PHYSICAL LOCATION WHERE THE TWO SYSTEMS CAN LINK UP.
IT'S GONNA OPEN SOME DOORS UP IN THE FUTURE, POTENTIALLY WITH SHARED SERVICES AND REDUCED MAINTENANCE COSTS.
SO THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A REALLY NICE, UH, DEAL WORKING WITH THEM.
UM, PHASE TWO WAS, UH, THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE TOWERS.
UH, THE NEW TOWER IN COSSUM TO REPLACE THE LATTICE TOWER THAT WAS THERE, THE TOWER AND AARON AND THE PINNACLE TOWER, UM, TO, TO DATE ON THAT PROJECT WE'RE ABOUT 85% COMPLETE.
IT WAS A SIX $1.6 MILLION PROJECT.
UM, AND BASICALLY I SAY 85% COMPLETE BECAUSE WHAT REMAINS ON IS THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE OLD TOWER AND THE EQUIPMENT OFF OF THE RENTED SITES.
SO THE RENTED SITES HAVE TO STAY UP UNTIL THE NEW SYSTEM GETS ON, AND WHEN IT DOES, OUR EQUIPMENT WILL COME OFF OF THOSE SITES.
SO I'D SAY PHASE TWO IS ABOUT 85% COMPLETE, AND ALL THAT REMAINS IS THE DECOMMISSIONING.
WELL, WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DO PHASES THREE AND FOUR INDEPENDENTLY.
WE QUICKLY LEARNED THAT THERE WAS SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE THAT WE COULD HAVE ACHIEVE BY BUYING BOTH THE END USER RADIOS AND THE BACKBONE RADIO EQUIPMENT.
BY MERGING THOSE TOGETHER, WE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD DISCOUNTS FROM THE MANUFACTURERS.
SO WE ELECTED TO, UH, JOIN THOSE TWO PHASES.
PHASES THREE AND FOUR, THAT ENDED UP TO BE ALMOST A $13 MILLION, UH, PHASE.
AND TO DATE WE'RE ABOUT 20% COMPLETE.
UM, PART OF THAT PHASES IS, UH, THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW MICROWAVE, UH, RING FOR THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY.
NOW WE HAVE A SMALL RING, WHICH SPURS, UM, AND THE NEW SYSTEM WILL HAVE A, IT'LL BE A FULL RING, UH, THAT OFFERS REDUNDANCY BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A TOWER GO DOWN, THE RING JUST GOES IN REVERSE, HAPPENS IN THE, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
UH, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT REDUNDANCY CAP, UH, CURRENTLY.
AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT DONE.
UM, THE MICROWAVES ARE INSTALLED AT 10 OF THE 11 TOWERS THAT WE HAVE EQUIPMENT ON, WITH THE LAST ONE BEING THE GERMANTOWN WATER TOWER.
UM, AND THAT SHOULD BE GOING ON SHORTLY.
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WORK, HVAC WORK, THAT TYPE OF STUFF HAS ALL BEEN DONE AT THE TOWERS THEMSELVES, TOWER SITES.UM, AND SO THE, THE, THE NEXT GOAL HERE IS TO, ONCE THE NEW MICROWAVE WAVE RING IS UP, WE WILL TAKE THE COUNTY'S EXISTING EQUIPMENT, GET IT ON THE NEW MICROWAVE RING, AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WILL START REPLACING THE ACTUAL RADIO EQUIPMENT.
UM, THE LAST TIME I CAME BEFORE YOU, I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU THAT RECOM WAS PUSHING HARD TO GET THIS COVERAGE TESTING DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
FOLIAGE IS, WE NEED FULL FOLIAGE BEFORE WE'RE GONNA ACCEPT ANYTHING.
AND, UH, RACOM HAS TOLD US THAT'S JUST SIMPLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
THEY'VE GOT VENDOR DELAYS, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN 24.
SO COVERAGE TESTING WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL 25.
ONCE THE FOLIAGE COMES UP, IT'S GONNA EXTEND THIS PROJECT OUT TO PROBABLY NEXT DECEMBER, DECEMBER OF 25.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME AGING RADIOS OUT THERE.
WE DIDN'T WANNA, THE FACT THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET COVERAGE TESTING, WE DIDN'T WANNA LET THAT SLOW THIS PROJECT DOWN OR SLOW GETTING NEW RADIOS INTO THE HANDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO WE WORKED WITH RACOM BECAUSE THE, THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY RADIOS ARE DUAL BAND.
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN ON MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. UH, RAYCOM, WE'RE GONNA START IMPLEMENTING THE NEW RADIOS ALREADY THIS FALL AND GETTING THEM IN THE HANDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS.
THE RADIOS THEMSELVES WILL RUN ON THE OLD SYSTEM, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT CAPABILITY, THEY'LL JUST SEAMLESSLY SWITCH TO THE NEW SYSTEM WHEN ACCEPTANCE COMES SOMETIME IN 25.
WITH RESPECT TO DPW RADIOS, THOSE RADIOS ARE NOT DUAL BANDED.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ONLY MULTI BANDED.
THEY WILL ONLY WORK ON THE NEW SYSTEM.
AND SO, UH, DOUG, SORRY, BUT, UH, MUNICIPAL RADIOS, UH, WILL COME ON NEXT YEAR SOMETIME.
IT'S A MULTI, IT'S A MULTI, UH, MONTH PROCESS.
IT'S LIKE A 15 MONTH PROCESS, BUT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY STARTING SOMETIME IN JULY AND THEN CONCLUDING IN OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR WHEN YOUR DPW RADIOS WILL START COMING ON.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A, AN IDEA OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT, UH, THERE'S 679 NEW MOBILE RADIOS THAT NEED TO BE, OR OLD RADIOS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF VEHICLES AND NEW RADIOS PUT IN.
THERE'S, UH, 553 PORTABLE RADIOS THAT NEED TO BE PROGRAMMED AND DISTRIBUTED, AND 493 EXISTING DUAL BAND RADIOS ON THE SYSTEM, UH, WHETHER MOBILE AND PORTABLE THAT NEED TO BE FACTORY RECONDITIONED, HAVE NEW FIRMWARE UPGRADES AND PUT BACK INTO SERVICE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A DAUNTING TASK FROM A SUBSCRIBER, UH, END OF THINGS.
AND IT'S AN EQUALLY LARGE TASK FROM THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW EQUIPMENT, THE CLIMBING OF THE TOWERS HANGING ANTENNA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND AGAIN, WE SHOULD WRAP UP SOMETIME LATE 25.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC? YES, SIR.
UH, MY QUESTION IS FOR THE NEW TOWERS, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY RENT ON EXISTING TOWERS, IS THERE ANY TWO, TWO OF THE TOWERS, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR NEW TOWERS TO HAVE RENTAL SPACE AVAILABLE? OR IS, DOES THAT NOT WORK WITH I I GUESS IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE, UH, THE TOWERS THAT LIE WITHIN WASHINGTON COUNTY, UH, RESIDE ON MUNICIPAL GROUND, UH, ANY SORT OF RENTAL WOULD HAVE TO BE A, AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE MIN AND THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY.
SO I'M JUST THINKING AS A REVENUE SOURCE TO OFFSET MAINTENANCE COSTS OR RIGHT.
UM, IT, WE DO GET THOSE REQUESTS ALL THE TIME, BUT IT REALLY NEEDS TO KIND OF START WITH THE MUNICIPALITY.
UH, WE HAVE SIMILAR AGREEMENTS WITH RICHFIELD, UM, WHERE THEY OWN THE GROUND AND WE'VE GOT THE TOWER, UM, THEY HAVE TO LEASE THE GROUND AND THEN THEY LEASE TOWER SPACE FROM THE COUNTY.
SO IT, IT'S GOTTA KIND OF START WITH THE LANDOWNER FIRST OKAY.
AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF TALK ONCE ABOUT IF THE MUNICIPALITY IS INTERESTED IN IT.
WE ARE OBVIOUSLY OPEN AND INTERESTED TO THAT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS SHARED ONE THAT WE HAVE WITH OZAKI COUNTY.
CAN THEY GO AHEAD AND, UH, RENT SPACE ON THAT WITHOUT, UH, US APPROVING IT? THEY, THEY CAN.
SO WE'RE HELPING, IT'S THEIR TOWER.
THEY'RE GONNA PAY THE MAINTENANCE COST ON THE TOWER MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THEY'VE AGREED TO PAY THE ELECTRIC BILLS ON IT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE THEIR TOWER AND THEY'RE GONNA CLICK CAPTURE ANY REVENUES FOR ANY, UH, CO-LOCATE THAT THEY MAY PUT ON THAT TOWER.
ONE LAST QUESTION, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER AT THIS POINT, BUT WITH A 10 YEAR PAYBACK ON PROVI ON BUILDING OUR OWN TOWERS, WHAT'S THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF AN AVERAGE TOWER? I, I DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL LIFE EXPECTANCY.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT SOME OF THE ONES WE HAVE ARE IN EXCESS OF 25 YEARS OLD.
I THINK LIKE THE ONE UP IN SCU.
SO IT'S, IT'S A CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT'S, THEY'RE, THEY CAN DO MAINTENANCE.
THEY DO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ONE IN SLINGER IS PROBABLY OLDER.
SO THEY DO REINFORCEMENTS MODIFICATIONS
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AS THE TOWER AGES.UH, THERE'S DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE THINGS THAT ARE DONE SO THEY, THEY CAN REALLY REJUVENATE AND OR EVEN EX ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WITH MODIFICATION.
SO THERE, IT'S A PRETTY LONG STANDING STRUCTURE.
I BELIEVE THE LAST ONE I HAVE IS MAINTAIN, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION CENTER SECURE AND SENSIBLY REGULATED THE CONSOLIDATION OF DISPATCH SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF, BETWEEN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND CITY OF HARTFORD.
UM, THAT KIND OF GOES ALONG THE, THE RECENT CONSOLIDATION WITH CITY OF HARTFORD KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE FISCAL YEAR 24, UH, STATE OF WISCONSIN PSAP GRANT.
UM, THAT GRANT KIND OF CAME UP AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT WE ENTERED INTO DISCUSSIONS WITH HARTFORD.
SO IT WAS GREAT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT GRANT TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THAT CONSOLIDATION BETWEEN US AND HARTFORD.
UM, THAT PROCESS CONSISTED OF BUILDING OUT OUR DISPATCH CENTERS, OUR DISPATCH CENTER, ADDING A NEW BULLPEN, UH, TO THE DISPATCH CENTER AND REPLACING SOME EQUIPMENT AND AS, AS WELL AS, UH, ADDING THREE DISPATCHERS TO OUR STAFF.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE STARTED, UH, DISPATCHING FOR HARTFORD ON OCTOBER 11TH OF 23.
WE TOOK, UM, TOOK OVER THEIR THIRD SHIFT BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 PM AND 6:00 AM.
UM, THERE WAS KIND OF A CASCADING EFFECT WHERE WE CONTINUED TO TAKE MORE HOURS THAT ULTIMATELY CONCLUDED ON FEBRUARY 19TH OF THIS YEAR, YEAR, WE, UH, TOOK FULL CONSOLIDATION OF THE CITY OF HARTFORD.
UH, HARTFORD ALSO ELECTED TO JOIN, UH, THE COUNTY'S RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
SO THAT MADE THAT CONSOLIDATION KIND OF SEAMLESS.
THAT'S THE WAY OUR INFORMATION GOES FROM THEIR CAD OUT TO THE CARS, AND THEN THE WAY THAT COPS CAN, UH, INPUT INFORMATION FROM A CALL BACK INTO THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
SO IT'S KIND OF ALL CONNECTED.
UH, AND SO THEY ARE ON THAT PRO PHOENIX MULTI JURIST SYSTEM AS WELL.
I, I BELIEVE I CAN SPEED FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
I THINK THE PROCESS WENT FANTASTIC.
THERE WAS GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN US AND THE CITY OF HARTFORD.
UM, BETWEEN OUR DISPATCHERS, OUR SUPERVISORS, HARTFORD PERSONNEL CITY PEOPLE, I, I JUST THINK IT'S A TEMPLATE FOR SUCCESS THE WAY THAT WENT.
UH, AS FAR AS THE STAFFING OF THE THREE NEWLY HIRED HARTFORD OFFICERS OR HARTFORD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS, UM, THEY'RE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, BUT WE'RE JUST, UH, SO ONE IS ALL THREE HAVE BEEN HIRED.
ONE IS ON HER OWN AND THE OTHER TWO ARE IN TRAINING.
UM, ONE IS EXPECTED TO GET OFF SOMETIME IN MID-MAY, AND THE THIRD IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE TRAINING SOMETIME IN JUNE.
UM, UNTIL THE WE'RE AT, UNTIL WE'RE AT CAPACITY OR UNTIL WE'RE AT FULL STAFFING AND JUST ALL, ALL THE OVERTIME OR ALL THE EXTRA SPOTS ARE BEING FILLED WITH OVERTIME CURRENTLY.
SO WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER ON OVERTIME TO, TO MAKE THIS WORK YEAR TO DATE.
UH, I THINK THE LAST ONE IS IDENTIFY SECURE AND IMPLEMENT COST EFFECTIVE BACKUP DISPATCH CENTER.
THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN GOING INTO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
WE INITIALLY WERE GONNA USE OUR RICHFIELD TOWER SITE AS A BACKUP LOCATION.
THEY'VE GOT THE, UH, FIRE STATION THERE, THE OLD FIRE STATION THAT THEY DON'T USE ANYMORE.
AND WE HAD INITIALLY THOUGHT FOR A REASONABLE PRICE WE COULD GET IN THAT TOWER, THAT FIRE STATION RENT, UH, SOME OFFICE SPACE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PUT A BACK UP DISPATCH CENTER THERE WHERE TWO POSITIONS.
UM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE FAIRLY REASONABLY BECAUSE THE TOWER LOCATION IS RIGHT THERE.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN LITERALLY HARD, HARD LENGTH FROM THE BUILDING TO THE TOWER.
UM, BUT THAT PLANNING KIND OF HAPPENED BEFORE THESE CONSOLIDATIONS TOOK PLACE.
AND THE REALITY IS THAT ONE SITE ISN'T GONNA BE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE, THE CONSOLIDATIONS THAT HA THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
UM, SO WE KIND OF LOOKED BIGGER PICTURE, WE KIND OF SWITCHED GEARS AND STARTED LOOKING AT OZAKI COUNTY.
UM, THEY, THEY'RE DISPATCH CENTER DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE EXTRA CAPACITY EITHER, BUT THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THAT INTO AN, AN OLD TRAINING ROOM THAT OVER THERE THAT WOULD IN FACT GIVE THEM THE CAPACITY.
UM, SO WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT ONCE THAT MOVE TAKES PLACE, THERE'LL LIKELY BE SOME EXTRA CAPACITY.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY A, THE SC NET IS GONNA OFFER US THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE, UH, OVER TO OZAKI AND, AND LIKEWISE THEM COME OVER BY US.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, WE'RE, WE DO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM NEXT WEEK AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'D, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS JUST TO GET A STATUS UPDATE ON, ON, UH, WHERE THEY'RE AT IN MOVING INTO THEIR NEW DISPATCH CENTER AND THEN PROVIDING THEM AN UPDATE OF OURS.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE'VE GOT STILL GERMANTOWN UH, DISPATCH CENTER IS STILL UP.
THE CITY OF WEST BEND IS STILL UP.
WE'VE GOT OUR COMMAND POST THAT HAS A, THAT HAS A, UH, A CONSOLE IN IT.
SO WHILE WE MAY NOT BE PUTTING ALL EVERYBODY IN ONE LOCATION, IT MAY BE MORE OF A, YOU'RE PUTTING PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, UH, TO TRY
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TO PULL THAT BACKUP OFF.SO I THINK WE DO HAVE A BACKUP PLAN.
IT MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST, BUT I THINK IT'S A WORKABLE PLAN UNTIL SOMETHING SOLID OR GETS IN PLACE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE? IF NOT, OKAY, I THINK THAT'S DONE WITH ME.
ACTUALLY, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
WERE YOU NOT ON HERE FOR BODY CAM UPDATE? I THINK THAT PROJECT WAS COMPLETE.
AT LEAST IT SHOWS COMPLETED ON MINE.
I MEAN, I CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON IT, BUT NO, THAT, THAT, THAT'S FINE.
MOVING ON THEN TO, UH, YES SIR.
I'M GONNA GONNA, UM, TOUCH BASE ON THE DETAIL DOWN HERE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW ME, UM, I AM THE JAIL ADMINISTRATOR.
SO AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS, I AM THE, UH, BASICALLY MY AREA RESPONSIBILITY IS ALL THINGS JAIL.
UM, I JUST, UM, FOR THESE QUARTERLY REPORTS, UM, I'M GOING TO BE TOUCHING ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, I THINK, UH, YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY INTERESTED IN OUR JAIL POPULATION AND, UM, OUR HIRING.
SO I'LL, I'LL KIND OF TOUCH ON THOSE EACH TIME WHEN I'M UP HERE.
ALSO TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE JAIL.
SO, UM, CURRENTLY THIS MORNING OUR POPULATION IN THE JAIL, UH, FOR ADULTS IS 180, UM, THAT ARE ACTUALLY HOUSED WITHIN THE JAIL.
AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 11 INMATES WHO ARE SERVING THEIR SENTENCE ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING.
UM, WHILE THEY'RE SERVING THEIR SENTENCE ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING.
THEY'RE, UM, THEY HAVE A BRACELET ON GPS TRACKING.
UM, WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT AT ALL TIMES.
UM, THERE'S ALSO ALCOHOL, UM, SENSORS THAT, UM, WE CAN ALSO UTILIZE WITH THOSE, UM, BRACELETS WHERE THEY HAVE TO, UM, GET, PROVIDE BREATH TESTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UM, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, WE ALSO DO HOUSE VISITS ON THOSE INMATES AND WE ALSO, UM, HAVE THEM COME IN FOR, UM, DRUG SCREENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, OUR JUVENILE FACILITY CURRENTLY HAS, UM, SEVEN JUVENILES.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE A REGIONAL FACILITY, SO THERE'S ONLY 12 COUNTY LEVEL JUVENILE FACILITIES IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
SO WE ARE ALL KIND OF ACTING AS REGIONAL FACILITIES.
UM, SO OUR SEVEN KIDS, WE DO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY WASHINGTON COUNTY JUVENILES AT THIS TIME.
UM, THE, ALL SEVEN OF THOSE JUVENILES ARE FROM OTHER COUNTIES.
UM, HIRING, I'LL TOUCH BASE ON THAT BRIEFLY.
UM, I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT SO FAR IN 2024, WE HAVE HAD 10 NEW HIRES FOR THE JAIL.
UM, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE HAD THREE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
UM, SO 10, UM, IS, IS, IS A DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN CUTTING INTO OUR VACANCIES.
UM, WE DID HAVE A RETIREMENT TODAY IS, UH, ONE OF MY SERGEANT'S LAST DAYS.
UH, HE IS, UH, BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR 33 OVER 33 YEARS, UM, 30 OF THOSE YEARS AS A JAIL SERGEANT.
SO A LOT OF EXPERIENCE GONNA BE LEAVING, UM, TODAY.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, A, A, A 19-YEAR-OLD CANDIDATE STARTING IN, UM, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, SO IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING FOR MY STAFF, UH, TRAINING WISE.
UM, BUT IT'S BRINGING IN SOME FRESH BLOOD AND, UM, SOME VERY, UH, MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS, SOME GOOD CANDIDATES.
UM, SO WITH, UH, TODAY'S RETIREMENT AND THE, UM, THE NEW APPLICANT THAT'S STARTING AT THE END OF MAY, WE WILL BE AT THREE VACANCIES, UM, WHICH IS, UM, PRETTY GOOD, BUT WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
SO I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF, UH, APPLICANTS THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE HOPPER RIGHT NOW, UM, AT DIFFERENT VARIOUS STAGES, ANYWHERE FROM BACKGROUND TO, UM, TO JUST THE INITIAL PHONE INTERVIEWS.
SO WE LOOK AT CUTTING INTO THOSE THREE VACANCIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, NEXT I'LL TALK ABOUT OUR EOS PROJECTS, UH, PROJECTS GOING ON IN THE JAIL.
I'M REALLY GONNA BE TOUCHING ON TWO OF THOSE.
UM, SPECIFICALLY, UH, ONE IS THE INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM PROJECT.
UH, THIS IS A VERY, UH, VERY LARGE PROJECT.
UM, HAS AN JUST, JUST, IT'S BARELY GETTING OFF THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE A, A QUOTE, UM, A WHILE BACK ON, UH, IT WAS A EARLY QUOTE ON THE ESTIMATE ON WHAT IT WAS GONNA COST FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, SINCE THAT TIME THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF INCREASES IN, UM, PRICING ON CERTAIN COMPONENTS.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, WE'RE KIND OF REVAMPING THE SCOPE A LITTLE BIT, UM, TO BRING DOWN, UM, SOME OF THE COST AND THEN TO TRY TO ABSORB SOME OF THOSE OTHER COSTS THAT ARE GOING UP.
SO I'M, I'M WAITING RIGHT NOW ON AN UPDATED QUOTE.
ONCE I HAVE THAT, THEN WE'RE GONNA START MOVING FORWARD.
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UM, BUT THIS PROJECT IS BASICALLY HANDLING ALL OF THE COMPONENTS WITHIN THE JAIL THAT OPERATE DOORS OPENING AND CLOSING.UM, IF, IF YOU REMEMBER ON, UH, IF YOU GUYS CAME THROUGH ON THE TOUR, ALL OF OUR CELL DOORS OR THE MAJORITY OF OUR CELL DOORS ARE OPERATED BY TOUCHSCREEN.
UM, SO THIS IS ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THAT SYSTEM AS WELL AS OUR INTERCOM SYSTEM.
UM, IT WHICH COMMUNICATES WITHIN THE FACILITY FROM DOOR TO DOOR, FROM CONTROL AREA TO, UM, TO CERTAIN ACCESS POINTS, UM, AND FROM STAFF TO INMATES AS WELL.
UM, PART OF THAT IS ALSO REPLACING ALL OF THE PROGRAM PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS, PLCS.
UM, THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT POWERS, UM, GIVES THE COMMANDS FOR ALL OF THOSE TOUCHSCREEN, UM, ACTIONS TO DO WHAT WE NEED 'EM TO DO.
SO IT, UH, IT'S A PRETTY, UH, INTENSE PROJECT, BUT, UM, IT'S MUCH NEEDED.
OUR, OUR JAIL IS 20, MOST OF OUR JAIL IS 23 PLUS YEARS OLD.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THIS IS TOUCHING IS RIGHT AROUND THE 20 YEAR MARK.
UM, SO IT IS, IT'S, UM, LONG PAST ITS, UH, UH, UH, USEFUL LIFE.
SO, UM, SO AS THAT PROJECT GETS ROLLING AND WE GET UPDATED QUOTES, UM, I'LL BE GIVING FURTHER, FURTHER UPDATES ON THAT.
UM, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS KIND OF ONGOING HAS BEEN SINCE 2023 IS OUR FOOD PASS SECURITY UPGRADES.
UM, IN THE JAIL WE HAVE, UH, THESE SMALL DOORS THAT ARE, UH, WITHIN OUR MAIN CELL DOORS.
WE USE THOSE FOR PASSING, UH, FOOD TRAYS IN AND OUT, UM, CLOTHING, UM, AND BASICALLY INTERACTING WITH INMATES THROUGH THAT FOOD PASS.
UM, GENERALLY IT'S NOT, UH, AN, AN ISSUE, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE OUR HIGH RISK, UM, MAXIMUM SECURITY INMATES WHO THAT DOOR BASICALLY GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSAULT STAFF, UM, THROW BODILY FLUIDS OR FOREIGN OBJECTS OUT.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO, UM, IMPROVE OUR, OUR, OUR STAFF SAFETY BY.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY A MODIFICATION TO THE DOOR.
IT'S EQUIPMENT THAT GOES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR THAT, UM, PREVENTS, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A METAL SLIDER THAT PREVENTS ANYTHING FROM COMING IN AND OUT.
AND THEN THERE'S A BOX THAT ATTACHES ON THE OUTSIDE WHERE WE COULD PUT ITEMS IN, WE CAN SECURE IT AND THEN THE INMATE WILL OPEN IT UP THE INMATE SIDE AND THE INMATE CAN TAKE ITEMS OUT AND PASS, PASS THINGS THAT WAY.
SO IT'S, UM, JUST STAFF SECURITY IS REALLY WHAT IT IS.
UM, AND UM, IT'S BEEN, UH, WE STARTED OFF IN JUNE GETTING, UM, SOME SAMPLES AND, AND TRYING, WE HAD OUR FIRST UNIT INSTALLED BACK THEN, UM, IN 2023.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN, WE KIND OF WORKED THIS IN AS A PHASE.
UM, WE'RE DONE WITH PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, PHASE TWO WILL COME AT THE, UH, SEPTEMBER-ISH.
I'LL, I'LL BE CALLING OUT FOR ANOTHER QUOTE FOR ADDITIONAL UNITS AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER PHASE, UM, IN 2025.
UM, IN TOTAL I BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE EIGHT CELLS THAT'LL BE EQUIPPED WITH, UM, THESE DEVICES THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECTS OR ANYTHING ELSE? JAIL QUESTION.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THE JUVENILES THAT ARE NOT FROM THE COUNTY.
DOES THE COUNTY RECEIVE FUNDING FROM WHATEVER COUNTY THEY'RE, YES.
SO, UM, CURRENTLY, WELL AS OF JANUARY 1ST, UM, OUR, OUR BOARD FOR JU HOUSING JUVENILES IS $225 A DAY.
UM, THAT WENT UP FROM $150 LAST YEAR.
AND THEN A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, INMATES THAT WEAR THE BRACELETS, IS THERE A COST TO THAT INMATE FOR THAT TYPE OF YES.
UM, WITHIN THE JAIL? UM, WELL WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE JAIL IS, IS PROBABLY THE PRIMARY, UH, WELL IS THE PRIMARY REVENUE, UM, UH, SOURCE.
SO, UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO IN JAIL COSTS THEM MONEY.
SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT COPAYS, UM, WE'VE GOT BO UH, HUBER BOARD, WE'VE GOT EM FEES.
UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR HUBER BOARD, IT'S $20 A DAY FOR ANY OF OUR WORKING, UM, INMATES THAT ARE GOING OUT AND WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, FOR THOSE ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING, IT GOES UP TO $30, UM, A DAY.
AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS THE THREE VACANCIES IS, IS THAT INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS? CORRECT.
THAT IS, THAT INCLUDES THE, UM, THREE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT WERE, UH, PUT IN BY
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PLAN B OF THE REFERENDUM OR THE ANTI-CRIME.THAT'S ALL I HAVE THAT, SO YES, WE ARE AT TECHNICALLY AT 62 OFFICERS RIGHT NOW, OR WE WILL BE IN MAY.
UM, SO THAT WAS OUR PREVIOUS FULL STAFF BEFORE THOSE THREE POSITIONS.
SUPERVISOR TOLMAN, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, THE BRACELETS.
WHAT KIND OF A RANGE DO THEY HAVE ON THOSE? I MEAN, IS IT, DO THEY HAVE TO STAY WITHIN A 10 MILE RADIUS OR HOW, HOW ARE YOU ALERTED IF THEY LEAVE COUNTY? SO, SO THERE, THE BRACELETS CAN BE PROGRAMMED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, MOST OF OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE ELECTRONIC MONITORING PROGRAM ARE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE SET UP SCHEDULES WITHIN THE SYSTEM, UH, BASED OFF OF THEIR WORK SCHEDULE.
SO THE BRACELET NEEDS TO BE IN CERTAIN AREAS AT CERTAIN TIMES.
UM, WE CAN TRACK THEM LIVE, UH, GPS, SO WE'LL KNOW WHERE THEY ARE ALONG THEIR ROAD.
UM, BUT WE CAN SET UP DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE PERIMETERS AROUND, UH, HOUSES.
UM, WE CAN ALSO SET UP PERIMETERS AROUND OTHER AREAS WHERE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GO.
SO IF THE BRACELET ENTERS THAT AREA, WE'LL GET ALERTED.
UM, THAT ALL GETS, UH, ALERTED TO ALL MY STAFF WITHIN THE JAIL.
IS THAT DONE ALL THE TIME? YES.
AND, AND WE DID, WE DID HAVE, UM, RECENTLY WE HAD A SUBJECT WHO WAS, UH, LIVING IN A VERY RURAL AREA WHERE, UM, THE SIGNAL WASN'T RELIABLE ENOUGH FOR US.
UM, SO WE, WE PULLED HIM BACK IN AND HE'S SERVING HIS TIME IN THE JAIL.
UM, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM WHEN THEY'RE ON THIS, UH, ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING.
I, I JUST HAVE ONE, ONE MORE PLEASE.
UM, SITTING ON THE, ON THIS COMMITTEE, UH, THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, I KNOW IT'S AN NEVER ENDING JOB FOR GETTING COS SO I HAVE TO COMMEND YOU ON FILLING THOSE POSITIONS WHERE YOU HAVE 10 NEW ONES AND ONLY DOWN TO THREE.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE COMPETING WITH MILWAUKEE.
YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE COMPETING WITH EVERYBODY.
UH,
UM, SO AS THE JAIL, WE, WE REALLY FEEL IT.
AND EVERY JAIL IN THE, IN THE STATE IS, IS FIGHTING FOR THE GOOD CANDIDATES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
I'VE BEEN, UM, JAIL ADMINISTRATOR SINCE, UH, 2015.
AND I HAVE NOT STOPPED THE HIRING PROCESS.
WE'VE BEEN HIRING, UM, MY WHOLE ENTIRE TENURE HERE.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL CHANGE THREE MORE TO GO.
SO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO BRING IT UP, YOU KNOW, WITH 10 NEW ONES? IS IT THE WAGE INCREASE? YEAH, THE, THE WAGE INCREASE THAT, UM, OCCURRED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR DEFINITELY HELPED.
UM, I DIDN'T, UH, WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT RIGHT AWAY.
UM, BUT AS WE CROSSED OVER INTO THIS YEAR, I, I DEFINITELY HAVE AN UPTICK IN APPLICANTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH AND, AND GOOD, GOOD APPLICANTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE MADE SOME OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE AGE, WE LOWERED THE AGE, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH, WHICH IS ALSO HELPING, UM, GETTING, GETTING WORD OUT THERE MORE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, PUTTING OUR, UH, RECRUITMENT FLYER OUT ON, ON FACEBOOK AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, JUST FOR AWARENESS, BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, UH, UM, AWARE OF THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY THAT IS, IS IN THE JAIL WORKING WITH, UH, WITH THIS TYPE OF CLIENTELE.
BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN GOING WELL.
MY, THE APPLICANTS ARE, ARE, HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD.
MY 10 THAT I'VE HIRED THIS YEAR HAVE ALL BEEN, UH, VERY SOLID, SO THAT'S GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT, CAPTAIN LEE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE MORE CAPTAIN TO GO.
I'LL TRY AND KEEP MINE A LITTLE QUICKER.
WE HAVE SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS HERE, SO I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS UNDER MAINTAIN PEACE AND ORDER, UM, THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR.
I'M KIND OF RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE EMPLOYEES AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT CARRY A GUN TO MAKE IT SIMPLE.
SO, UM, THE FIRST THING THAT WE INSTITUTED IS, WELL, IT STARTED LAST YEAR, BUT THE CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT, UH, ALL FOUR TEAMS ARE UP AND RUNNING FOR DEPUTIES AND FOUR CLINICIANS HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN TAKING CALLS FOR SERVICE, FOLLOWING UP WITH INDIVIDUALS NEEDING ASSISTANCE ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE SEE THE BENEFITS AND THE BURDEN THAT HAS TAKEN OFF OUR PATROL DIVISION BECAUSE THE PATROL DIVISION WOULD'VE BEEN HANDLING THOSE COMPLAINTS PRIOR TO, UM, CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT BEING FORMED.
ALTHOUGH IT'S HARD TO TRACK, WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE'RE
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND AVOIDING NUMEROUS EMERGENCY DETENTIONS AND PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE IN CRISIS.I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH PROGRAM AS WE GO, IF WE HAVE ANY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MATT, PLEASE PROCEED.
AND THEN UNDER MAINTAIN PEACE AND ORDER, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE INSTITUTED UNDER THERE, THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, WHEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVES A COMPLAINT FROM A TRAFFIC CONCERN FROM A CITIZENS, WE SEND A DEPUTY TO DO X PATROL.
AFTER, AFTER THE INITIAL REQUEST, THE CASE NUMBER STARTED AND A NOTE IS ADDED TO A CALENDAR THAT WE GO BACK TO THAT ADDRESS AND PROVIDE FURTHER EXTRA PATROLS SO THAT WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GO ONCE AND FORGET ABOUT IT.
SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE 58 DIFFERENT AREAS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS REOCCURRING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT JUST THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
UH, SCHOOL VISIT PROGRAM, WE HAVE A DEPUTY FROM FIRST AND SECOND SHIFT ASSIGNED TO EACH SCHOOL IN OUR JURISDICTION.
THEY PAY DAILY VISITS TO THE SCHOOLS.
SINCE THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE DONE 820 VISITS AT THE 18 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN OUR JURISDICTION, UH, TOWN LIAISON LIAISON PROGRAM, A DEPUTY IS ASSIGNED TO EACH TOWNSHIP TO ACT AS A LIAISON WITH THE COUNTY OR THE TOWN BOARD MEMBERS.
THEY'RE DIRECT CONTACT FOR TOWN OFFICIALS AND THEY ARE CONTACTED WITH CONCERNS SURROUNDING THE TOWNSHIP.
UM, THEY ATTEND MONTHLY MEETINGS AND REPORT ON ACTIVITY WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP.
IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO ATTEND, THEY SEND INFORMATION TO THE TOWNSHIP ABOUT THE CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ATTEND EVERY TOWN BOARD MEETING, BUT DOUG'S GONNA CALL ME A LIAR,
SO THAT'S ONE AREA THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE ON A LITTLE BIT.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S DEPENDENT UPON IF THE DEPUTY'S BUSY WITH A CALL, IF HE'S WORKING THAT DAY OR SOMETHING, BUT I KIND OF REVIEWED THIS MORNING HOW OFTEN WE'RE GETTING THERE AND I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA.
UM, AND THEN A CANINE PROGRAM THAT'S UP AND RUNNING COMPLETE.
UH, DEPUTY KALI, WHO WAS HERE EARLIER TODAY AS ONE OF OUR DOGS, UM, HIS NAME IS, UH, RAZOR.
HE'S, HE'S, I THINK HE'S BEEN IN SERVICE PROBABLY SIX MONTHS NOW.
AND THE OTHER CANINE, UH, IS ASSIGNED TO THE CORRECTIONS DIVISION UNDER OFFICER LUDWIG.
THAT PROGRAM IS OVERSEEN BY SERGEANT KEELEY.
SO THEY, DEPUTY KALI KIND OF CONCENTRATES ON THE PATROL ASPECT.
AND THEN, UH, OFFICER LUDWIG CONCENTRATES WITHIN THE JAIL.
BUT WE DO USE THE DOGS FOR SCHOOL SEARCHES, UM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SO THAT PROGRAM'S BECOME PRETTY SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE HAPPY OF, UM, WHERE THE DOGS ARE AT AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO VA VACANCIES.
WE HAVE 84 SWORN PERSONNEL CURRENTLY IN A PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE TWO VACANCIES PRETTY SOON.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A KIND OF A, WHERE WE'RE AT FOR RECRUITMENT, UH, 25 YEARS AGO WHEN I APPLIED, THERE WAS OVER 320 PEOPLE APPLIED FOR ONE POSITION.
THIS RECRUITMENT, WE HAD SEVEN.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTIES.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS HELPING US OUT A LOT IS OUR LATERAL TRANSFER PROGRAM.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.
WE JOKE THAT WE'RE DISTRICT EIGHT FOR THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
'CAUSE WE, I THINK WE'RE UP TO SIX OR SEVEN, UH, LATERAL TRANSFERS FROM THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
SO, BUT WE'RE KIND OF HESITANT YEARS AGO TO DO IT, BUT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QU QUALIFIED CANDIDATES OUT OF THAT AREA, PLUS OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
WE'VE HAD SOME LATERAL TRANSFERS TOO, SO WE'RE PRETTY GOOD IN THAT AREA.
UM, 2023, OUR DEPUTIES HANDLED 44,007 R 19 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UH, TO DATE THIS MORNING, WE'RE OVER JUST OVER 16,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AND THEN JUST ANOTHER NOTE WITH THE PRESENTATION WE HAD EARLIER THIS MORNING WITH THE, THE CPR SAVE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO OTHER SAVES THIS YEAR WITH OUR DEPUTIES INVOLVED IN THOSE TYPES OF, UM, MEDICAL CALLS.
WHEN WE CALL A SAVE, IT'S A, WHEN THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVE, IF THE PATIENT'S PULSELESS NON-BREATHING AND THEY LEAVE WITH A PULSE, WE CONSIDER A, WE DON'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW UP TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THEIR SURVIVAL IS AFTER THEY LEAVE THE SCENE.
BUT WE HAVE HAD TWO OTHER SAVES IN THE COUNTY SO FAR THIS YEAR BESIDES THE ONE THAT WAS CELEBRATED THIS MORNING.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT, CAPTAIN TOCH.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DON'T SEE IT.
MOVING ON INTO THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM, ITEM E GERMANTOWN DISPATCH PROCESS UPDATE.
SO, UH, JUST KIND OF RECAPPING WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS.
[e. Germantown Dispatch Process Update]
VILLAGE BOARD MEETING, GERMANTOWN BOARD VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSOLIDATION OF DISPATCH SERVICES BETWEEN THEM AND WASHINGTON COUNTY.UH, THE COUNTY BOARD FOLLOWED IN SUIT IN DECEMBER, UM, AND CODIFIED THAT VIA RESOLUTION 48.
SO THAT PROCESS THROUGH OUR, YOU KNOW, RESEARCHING OF THE DATA AND GIVING, USING INFORMATION THAT GERMANTOWN HAS GIVEN US AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, THE CLOSENESS TO MILWAUKEE AND THE I 41 CORRIDOR, IT'S A LARGER DEAL THAN HARTFORD.
UM, WE PUT TOGETHER, WE, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE IT'S GONNA TAKE SIX, UM, NEW DISPATCHERS AND ANOTHER DISPATCH SUPERVISOR TO PULL OFF THAT CONSOLIDATION.
UM, HIRING, LIKE I SAID, WE, WHAT THE POSITIONS WE HAVE NOW ARE PRETTY MUCH JUST THOSE HARTFORD POSITIONS.
WE ARE IN A HIRING PROCESS AND, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN COME HERE AND SAY THAT ANY NEW POSITION FOR THE GERMANTOWN CONSOLIDATION HAVE BEEN HIRED.
WE HAD A, UH, A RETIREMENT AND WE HAD A RE A RESIGNATION THAT HAPPENED.
AND SO ANY HIRING, ANY EXTRA HIRING THAT WE HAVE DONE IS JUST TRYING TO BOLSTER UP OUR CURRENT STAFFING.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING A, UM, A HIRING, UM, CAMPAIGN.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE QUALITY OF CANDIDATES IS NECESSARILY AS GOOD AS THE LAST ONE THAT WE RAN, BUT, UH, THERE'S SOME DECENT CANDIDATES ON THERE.
WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH INTERVIEWS AND, UM, HOPEFULLY MAKING SOME JOB OFFERS HERE.
UM, THE VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN HAS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO TRAIN, YOU KNOW, CO-TRAIN, IF YOU WILL.
SO ONE OF THE NEW HIRES THAT WE HIRED OUTTA THE LAST BUNCH ACTUALLY IS DOWN IN GERMANTOWN, WORKING AND BEING TRAINED BY GERMANTOWN, UM, COMMUNICATION OFFICERS.
UM, WE HOPE THAT'S KIND OF A, THERE'S KIND OF TWO PRONGED EFFECT THERE THAT GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF, SOME EXTRA ASSISTANCE, BUT IT ALSO KIND OF HELPS JUMPSTART THEM ONCE THEY GET UP HERE.
UM, THAT'LL LESSEN THE LEARNING CURVE.
SO, UM, I THINK THEY'VE AGREED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND DEPENDING ON THE CANDIDATE POOL THIS TIME AND THE TIMING OF WHERE THESE NEW PEOPLE ARE AT, WE MAY ELECT TO DO THAT WITH A SECOND ONE DOWN THERE AS WELL.
UM, INTERESTINGLY, UH, JUST AS THE PSAP GRANT KIND OF FELL IN LINE WITH THE HARTFORD CONSOLIDATION, THE STATE THIS YEAR HAS ANOTHER PSAP GRANT.
IT'S FALLING JUST IN LINE WITH THIS GERMANTOWN CONSOLIDATION.
I THINK THE SHERIFF IS GONNA SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
UM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE WRITING A GRANT FOR MUCH OF THE, UM, EQUIPMENT THAT IS GONNA BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS CONSOLIDATION.
UM, UNDER OUR BEST CASE SCENARIO, WE'RE LOOKING LIKE IF EVERYBODY MAKES IT THROUGH TRAINING AND WE'RE THINKING WE CAN START WITH GERMANTOWN'S THIRD SHIFT, SOMETIME THE END OF SEPTEMBER-ISH.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE, YOU KNOW, OTHER SHIFTS WOULD COME ON AS YOU'D HIRE PEOPLE AND THAT THEY'D BE TRAINED.
UM, I THINK WE HAD COME UP WITH AN EARLIER TIMELINE THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT TWEAKED BECAUSE OF THE RESIGNATION AND THE RETIREMENT THAT WE HAD.
UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT MOVING FORWARD UNDER, UH, I THINK EITHER WAY I BELIEVE WE CAN ACCOMPLISH FULL CONSOLIDATION, UM, BY 25.
I, I WANNA THINK, I WANNA SAY MID 25, BUT THAT MAY BE A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE, I'D SAY SOMETIME IN 25.
UM, AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY STATED, UM, ONE OF THE PLANS WAS, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE CONSOLIDATIONS, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT FIRE DISPATCHER.
UM, AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT WITH THE CONSOLIDATION OF GERMANTOWN, THAT MAYBE WON'T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY, BUT AS WE GET CAUGHT UP WITH THIS AND LEARN THIS, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT DEDICATED FIRE DISPATCHER.
I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVE ASKED FOR A LONG TIME, AND I THINK ONCE WE KINDA GET OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND GET A ORIENTATIONAL LANDSCAPE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL OFF WITH THE NEW STAFFING.
SO, AND THAT'LL AFFECT THE COUNTY'S 13 FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AS PART OF THAT GRANT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR, UH, THE CURRENT DISPATCH EQUIPMENT DOWN THERE IS A 15 YEARS OLD, THE FURNITURE DOWN THERE AND THE OLD BULLPEN, IF YOU WILL.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE GOING AFTER AND SEEING IF WE CAN'T GET THAT REPLACED AS PART OF THIS GRANT.
UH, BUILDING OUT THOSE OTHER CONSOLES THAT WE INSTALLED LAST YEAR, WE JUST
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PUT, WE GOT THE FURNITURE, BUT WE ONLY PUT TWO FULLY OPERATIONAL CONSOLES TRYING TO GET THOSE CO CONSOLES DONE.AND THEN, UM, THE NECESSARY WIRING AND CABLING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY PRICEY JUST BASED ON THE LAST ONE.
I THINK WE'RE TALKING IN EXCESS OF A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, THE LAST, UH, PIECE I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO UPDATE YOU WITH THE GERMANTOWN IS, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING COLLABORATIVELY.
UM, GERMANTOWN ALWAYS HAD PRO PHOENIX RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LIKE WE HAVE, BUT IT WASN'T A MULTI JURIS COMPONENT.
SO THEY ARE WILL BE COMING ON THAT THE COUNTY'S MULTI JURIS COMPONENT.
AND ONE WOULD THINK BECAUSE BOTH SYSTEMS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE SAME MANUFACTURER, JUST WOULD BE A SEAMLESS, EASY PROCESS.
IT HAS PROVEN TO BE ANYTHING BUT THAT, UH, THERE IS COUNTLESS HOURS ON EVERYONE'S END TO TRY TO PULL THIS OFF, UM, PROBABLY SINCE BEFORE DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY I THINK WE CAN SEE THE END OF THE ROAD AND I THINK JUNE 3RD IS OUR TARGETED DATE TO FINALLY HAVE THEM GO LIVE ON THAT, ON THAT MULTI JURIS PLATFORM.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE FIRST STEP IN THIS WHOLE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS.
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET THIS COMPONENT DONE, AND I THINK WE'RE, UH, NEARING THE END OF THE TUNNEL THERE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GERMANTOWN UPDATE? IT APPEARS THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ITEM F, MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE UPDATE.
AND FOR THAT WE WELCOME DEBBIE STOA, OUR CHIEF DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.
I AM THE CHIEF DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR THE COUNTY.
[f. Medical Examiner’s Office Update]
A COUPLE OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH ME AS I'VE BEEN AT SOME PAST PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS.I WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY AND GAVE A 90 DAY UPDATE.
UM, AND SINCE WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS, I DECIDED TODAY WOULD BE A GOOD DAY TO DO SORT OF A SIX MONTH UPDATE.
SO SOME OF THIS WILL BE REPEAT INFORMATION, UM, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO AND, AND THE STATUS OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE HERE.
SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, JUST LIKE AN OVERARCHING IDEA OF LIKE WHO ARE WE? SO OUR OFFICE IS ONLY RUN, UH, OPERATED BY THREE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN I HAVE DEPUTY MEDICAL EXAMINER CRAIG GARISH AND RANDY TORO.
THEY'VE BOTH BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UH, WE PROVIDE 24 7 365 DAYS A YEAR OF DEATH INVESTIGATION COVERAGE TO THE COUNTY, JUST THE THREE OF US.
OUR OFFICE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OUR MORGUE IS UNDERNEATH THE SAMARITAN ACROSS THE STREET.
WE ALSO ARE SUPPORTED BY TWO AND A HALF FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS WITH WAUKESHA COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH WAUKESHA COUNTY.
THEY DO ALL OF OUR AUTOPSIES AND PROVIDE ALL OF OUR PATHOLOGY SERVICES.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, I WAS APPOINTED TO BE CHIEF DEPUTY EMMY FOR THE COUNTY BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
I COME, I HAVE EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DEATH INVESTIGATIONS.
SEVEN AND A HALF OF THOSE YEARS.
WERE WITH MILWAUKEE COUNTY AS A FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR.
I HAVE A BACHELOR'S IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, A DEATH INVESTIGATION CERTIFICATE.
I COMPLETED AN ASSOCIATE'S IN FORENSIC SCIENCE LAST YEAR, AND I AM ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATORS, WHICH IS A, UH, NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT, UH, PROVIDES CERTIFICATION OF DEATH INVESTIGATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN GENERAL.
OUR JOB ESSENTIALLY IS TO INVESTIGATE STAT, UH, DEATHS THAT OCCUR IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE REPORTABLE PER WISCONSIN STATE STATUTE 9 7 9.
IT'S A VERY LONG LIST, WHICH I WON'T
UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY ANYTHING THAT'S NOT NATURAL IN NOT NATURAL THAT OCCURS IN THE COUNTY IS REPORTABLE TO OUR OFFICE.
UM, OUR JOB CAN ENTAIL SCENE VISITS, UH, BODY TRANSPORTS.
WE ALSO WRITE DETAILED REPORTS OF ANY OF OUR FINDINGS WHEN WE ARE AT A AINE.
UM, ULTIMATELY WE WILL ASSIST OR DETERMINE THE CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH AND CERTIFY THOSE DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR PEOPLE THAT DIE IN OUR COUNTY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE SOMETIMES ARE TASKED WITH POSITIVELY IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS AND ALSO PERFORMING CREMATION VIEWS.
SO ANYONE THAT IS GOING TO BE CREMATED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS VIEWED BY OUR OFFICE.
AND WE HAVE TO ISSUE PERMITS ON THOSE CREMATION VIEWS BEFORE THAT CAN TAKE PLACE.
THE PROCESS FOR SORT OF OUR DEATH INVESTIGATION, WE WILL EITHER BE DISPATCHED BY WASHINGTON COUNTY OR RECEIVE A CALL DIRECTLY TO OUR OFFICE.
UM, WE GET CALLS FROM, UM, EMS POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UH, NURSING HOMES, FACILITIES, HOSPICE AGENCIES.
SO WE TAKE ESSENTIALLY A, A VERBAL REPORT BY PHONE, AND THEN WE MAKE A DETERMINATION IF WE NEED TO DO A SCENE INVESTIGATION AND HOW WE WILL HANDLE THAT CASE.
UM, MOST OFTEN CASES, IF IT'S NATURAL, ARE GONNA BE RELEASED TO A FUNERAL HOME, AND WE WON'T REALLY GET MUCH FURTHER INVOLVED IF
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IT'S SOMETHING AGAIN THAT IS SUSPICIOUS IN NATURE OR NOT NATURAL.UM, WE WOULD DO A SCENE VISIT AND THEN WE DO OUR OWN BODY TRANSPORTS EITHER TO OUR LOCAL MORGUE OR WE WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO WAUKESHA COUNTY DEPENDING ON TIME OF DAY OR WHEN THAT AUTOPSY MAY TAKE PLACE.
UM, AFTERWARDS WE PREPARE A REPORT OF OUR FINDINGS.
WE MAY ALSO ORDER MEDICAL RECORDS, LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS, ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION THAT OUR PATHOLOGIST IS GONNA NEED TO, TO RESOLVE THAT CASE.
SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL ROLES ABOVE AND BEYOND SORT OF DEATH INVESTIGATIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, OUR OVERARCHING JOB IS TO DETERMINE CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT GOES INTO THAT THAN THAT.
UM, WISCONSIN STATE STATUTE 9 79 AGAIN, SORT OF OUTLINES OR DETERMINES WHAT OUR JOB IS.
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT IN THE STATUTES FOR OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER TO BE, UH, AN MD.
LINDA BESKY DOES SERVE AS OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER.
WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE, OR I AM RESPONSIBLE AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR STAFF HIRING, TRAINING, STAFF REVIEWS, JUST THE OVERALL OFFICE OPERATIONS, INVENTORY AND FLEET MANAGEMENT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, TWO SQUADS AND, UH, YOU GUYS AND THE COUNTY BOARD APPROVED A PURCHASE OF A THIRD SQUAD, WHICH, UM, IS COMING SOON,
AND WE HAVE MANDATORY REPORTING TO STATE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.
SO SUITORS IS THE SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE, DRUG OVERDOSE REVIEW, AND THEN THE NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REVIEW SYSTEMS. SO THOSE ARE MANDATED REPORTINGS.
ANYTIME WE HAVE A DEATH THAT FALLS UNDER THOSE CATEGORIES, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE, UH, ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTATION ESSENTIALLY ON THOSE DEATHS FOR THEIR REVIEW.
I ALSO PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL DEATH REVIEW COMMUNITIES, UH, COMMITTEES.
SO WASHINGTON AND OZAKI DO A FATAL DEATH, LIKE FATAL CHILD DEATH REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT I PARTICIPATE IN.
AND THEN I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN LIKE TRAFFIC FATALITY REVIEWS, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT AT AT A MORE LOCAL LEVEL.
UH, OBVIOUSLY I REPORT HERE TO YOU GUYS AT PUBLIC SAFETY AND COUNTY BOARD.
AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB TO GO WELL IS BUILDING CONNECTIONS WITH OUR LOCAL, UH, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
SO ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, EMS, UM, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE PEOPLE AS WE WORK HAND IN HAND.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ON ON CASES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, 2023, UH, STATISTICS.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD 1011 CASES REPORTED TO OUR OFFICE.
UM, IN TOTAL OF THOSE 1011, WE ONLY TOOK JURISDICTION OF 220.
AND OF THOSE 220, WE DID 117 AUTOPSIES AND 103 EXTERNAL EXAMS. AND I'LL GO INTO KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK OUR INVESTIGATORS DID 192 SCENE INVESTIGATIONS AND 157 BODY TRANSPORTS.
AND AGAIN, I DID NOT START TILL SEPTEMBER.
UH, SO MOST OF LAST YEAR WAS COVERED BY JUST TWO INVESTIGATORS.
I BELIEVE THEY MAYBE HAD ONE OR TWO PART-TIMERS THAT WERE HELPING OUT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, CRAIG AND RANDY, UH, CARRIED A LOT OF THAT, THAT WORKLOAD THEMSELVES.
SO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH WAUKESHA COUNTY, AGAIN, THEY PROVIDE ALL OF OUR PATHOLOGY SERVICES.
SO WHEN WE ARE DETERMINING WHETHER A CASE IS GOING TO GET AN AUTOPSY OR NOT, THESE ARE SORT OF SOME OF THE REASONS THAT WE MAY CHOOSE TO DO ONE OR NOT.
MOST AUTOPSIES ARE GONNA BE DONE AGAIN ON ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS, ANYTHING WITH AN INJURY.
UM, DRUG RELATED OR SIMPLY JUST NON-NATURAL CAUSES OR UNKNOWN CAUSES.
SOMEONE YOUNG THAT HAS NO MEDICAL HISTORY.
SO WHEN WE SEND A CASE TO WAUKESHA FOR AUTOPSY, THE DOCTOR THERE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING, UH, A FULL AUTOPSY EXAM.
THEY MAY ORDER ADDITIONAL TOXICOLOGY TESTING, UM, HISTOLOGY, WHICH IS LOOKING AT TISSUES A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
UM, AND ANY OTHER TESTING THAT THEY MAY REQUIRE THAT COULD BE GENETIC TESTING.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN WORK OUT.
RESPIRATORY PANELS, PANELS, THEY WILL ALSO REVIEW MEDICAL RECORDS, RESULTS OF ANY OF THE TESTING THAT THEY DO.
AND THEN THE DOCTOR THERE WILL DETERMINE THE CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH.
AND THE DOCTOR THERE DOES SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.
UM, SO AFTER WE KIND OF DO OUR SCENE INVESTIGATION AND WRITE UP OUR REPORT, THE REST OF THAT CASE IS ESSENTIALLY HANDLED BY WAHA COUNTY'S PATHOLOGISTS.
UM, ON AVERAGE, THOSE CASES CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX MONTHS.
UH, THERE CERTAINLY ARE CASES THAT CAN TAKE LONGER THAN THAT.
A LOT OF TIMES, UM, INFANTS OR MORE COMPLICATED CASES THAT JUST REQUIRE A LOT OF EXHAUSTIVE TESTING DO TAKE SOME TIME.
IF THERE IS A CASE THAT FALLS UNDER OUR JURISDICTION AND WE DON'T FEEL AN, A FULL AUTOPSY IS REQUIRED, BUT WE STILL NEED TO SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE, WE WILL DO WHAT'S CALLED AN EXTERNAL EXAM.
SO THIS IS OFTEN A CASE WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE AN INJURY, UH, THAT IS WELL DOCUMENTED IN THEIR MEDICAL RECORDS, AND MAYBE THEY WERE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN THEY PASS AWAY THOSE CASES BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS WELL DOCUMENTED IN MEDICAL RECORDS, DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE AN EXHAUSTIVE, UM, AUTOPSY.
SO IN CASES LIKE THAT, OUR STAFF WOULD
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DO A BRIEF EXTERNAL EXAM OF, OF THE INDIVIDUAL, AND THEN WE WOULD ORDER MEDICAL RECORDS, WHICH WOULD THEN BE REVIEWED BY OUR PATHOLOGIST IN ORDER TO CERTIFY THAT DEATH CERTIFICATE.UM, THOSE CASES MAY TAKE ABOUT A WEEK.
SOMETIMES THEY ONLY TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS, UM, JUST BECAUSE MOST OFTEN THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS KNOWN AT THE TIME, AT THE TIME OF DEATH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF QUESTION AROUND WHAT MIGHT'VE UM, HAPPENED.
SO OUR HISTORY WITH WA WITH WAUKESHA COUNTY, SO AS I STATED BEFORE, DR.
LINDA BKI IS OUR APPOINTED MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR THE COUNTY, UH, GOING WAY BACK WITH THEM.
SO FROM 2006 TO 2015, WE'VE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH WAUKESHA COUNTY DATING BACK TO 2006.
FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WAUKESHA COUNTY ESSENTIALLY WAS JUST CONTRACTED FOR PATHOLOGY SERVICES ONLY.
SO YOUR, YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY WAS THE APPOINTED ME.
AND THEN WE CERTIFIED THE DEATH CERTIFICATES IN HOUSE WITH THE GUIDANCE OF THE PATHOLOGIST.
SO THEY WOULD DO ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE LEG WORK IN DOING THE AUTOPSY AND THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY A PATHOLOGIST.
THEN THEY WOULD PROVIDE OUR OFFICE WITH A RECOMMENDED CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH BASED ON THEIR FINDINGS.
AND WE WOULD CERTIFY THE DEATH CERTIFICATE HERE LOCALLY.
IN 2015, WE TRANSITIONED TO APPOINTING DR.
B AS THE MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR THE COUNTY.
SO THIS MOVED ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO WAUKESHA COUNTY.
THEY ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION OF CERTIFYING THE DEATH CERTIFICATES.
HOWEVER, YOUR DEPARTMENT HEAD HERE IS STILL IN CHARGE OF LIKE THE OFFICE OPERATIONS, BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS, STAFF, UH, OVERSIGHT, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO WE, IN FEBRUARY, I HAD TALKED TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF THE STATUS OF WHERE WE WERE AT 90 DAYS INTO MY, UH, MY WORK HERE.
SO WE HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT BACKLOG IN OUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS.
I AM HAPPY TO TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE MADE GREAT IMPROVEMENT ON THAT.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO, UM, KEEP UP ON OUR CURRENT CASELOAD, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
UH, WE'VE BEEN JUST HAVING REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE WAUKESHA PATHOLOGISTS TO GET UPDATES ON CASES THAT ARE STILL PENDING.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN GREAT EDUCATION WISE FOR OUR STAFF, JUST LEARNING, LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PATHOLOGIST PROCESS, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO GIVE FAMILIES UPDATES AND UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, IN THE PROCESS AND HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO CLOSING SOME OF THOSE OUT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON REVIEWING, YOU KNOW, BEST PRACTICES AS ESTABLISHED BY VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WITH OUR STAFF AND IMPLEMENTING SOME POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO JUST KIND OF STREAMLINE SOME OF OUR PROCESSES.
AND WE HAVE SOME MOVEMENT ON, UM, OUR OFFICE FURNITURE AND THE VEHICLE THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNTY BOARD IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
SO WE HAVE HAVE AN ELECTRICIAN IN OUR OFFICE THIS WEEK.
UM, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE OUR NEW FURNITURE BY THE END OF THE MONTH AND POSSIBLY OUR VEHICLE BY JUNE.
SO THAT'S ALL REALLY EXCITING AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, UM, ON THOSE THINGS.
OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WITH WAUKESHA IS, UM, ENDING AT IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RENEGOTIATING A CONTRACT FOR 2025.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH WAUKESHA, UH, NEXT MONTH AND PLAN TO COME BACK TO GO OVER KIND OF THE CONVERSATION AND, AND ANY CHANGES THAT WE MAY BE SEEING WITH THAT CONTRACT WITH YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH.
AND THAT IS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS TODAY.
SO, UH, BACK IN, UH, I'M GONNA SAY AROUND 2013 THERE WAS, I'M GONNA SAY SIX TO EIGHT PART-TIME.
EMMYS, AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF 'EM BACK THEN,
OH, AND THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A LOT MORE COVERAGE.
THERE WAS, I THINK ONE FULL-TIME AND THEN THE REST WERE PART-TIME.
NOW THERE'S THREE FULL-TIME TO COVER THAT SAME TIME, I GUESS.
YOU KIND OF COVERED THAT IN YOUR REPORT.
UM, ARE THE THREE POSITIONS ENOUGH TO COVER THAT WITHOUT BURNOUT AND AVAILABILITY? I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR 24 OR SEVEN.
YEAH, SO PART OF WHAT I'VE DONE IS ENCOURAGE STAFF TO SORT OF FLEX THEIR TIME.
SO WHILE WE ARE COVERING TWENTY FOUR SEVEN, WE'RE SPLITTING THE ON-CALL TIME.
WHAT I'VE DONE WITH CURRENT STAFF IS IF THEY TAKE CALLS ON WEEKENDS, I'M ENCOURAGING THEM TO, YOU KNOW, COME IN LATE ON MONDAY OR CUT OUT EARLY ON FRIDAY TO TRY AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE HOURS THAT ARE BULKING UP.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO, YEAH, REALLY STREAMLINED, LIKE WHAT CASES WE'RE GONNA TAKE REPORT ON.
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A LOT OF TIMES, UH, IN SOME COUNTIES THEY REQUIRE ALL HOSPICE DEATHS TO BE REPORTED.THAT CAN BE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND MOST OF THOSE DEATHS ARE NATURAL AND REALLY DON'T REQUIRE OUR INVOLVEMENT.
AND SO I'VE BEEN WORKING TO EDUCATE OUR HOSPICE AGENCIES HERE LOCALLY THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO CALL US ON SOME OF THOSE.
SO THAT HAS DECREASED THE CALL VOLUME AND WE DO HAVE THE LTE, THE LIMITED TERM EMPLOYEE POSITION STILL AVAILABLE.
AND I AM ENTERTAINING OPENING THAT UP SOON JUST TO GET US A LITTLE BIT MORE RELIEF.
I, I ONLY HESITATE JUST BECAUSE TRAINING SOMEONE ON A LIMITED TERM BASIS IS DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE CALL VOLUME TO LIKE GET SOMEONE UP TO SPEED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO IT, IT WILL BE A COMMITMENT AND I, AND I HAVE TO FIND A CANDIDATE THAT EITHER HAS REALLY GREAT BACKGROUND THAT'S PERFECT FOR THIS POSITION OR IS GONNA STICK AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO REALLY GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN BE INDEPENDENT.
SO, SO YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE CLEANING UP SOME OF OUR, OUR DEATH REPORTING PROCESSES, WHICH IS GONNA ALLEVIATE, WHICH IS ALLEVIATING OUR STAFF.
HAVING THREE FULL-TIMERS IS, IS A, IS A HUGE HELP.
AND THEN FLEXING OUR TIME, AND AGAIN, I, I THINK I WILL BE FEELING SOME LIMITED TERM EMPLOYEES AS WELL, JUST FOR SOME COVERAGE FOR VACATIONS OR WHATEVER, JUST TO ALLEVIATE US A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THREE, THREE PEOPLE.
IT TAKES A, A BIG COMMITMENT BY ALL THREE OF 'EM TO, YEAH.
FOR COVERAGE, FOR VACATIONS, HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
I'M REALLY, RANDY AND CRAIG ARE REALLY GREAT.
UH, AND I THINK FOR THEM, GOING FROM TWO FULL-TIMERS TO THREE FULL-TIMERS HAS BEEN A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR THEM.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY HAPPY WHERE THINGS ARE AT, BUT I DEFINITELY SEE THAT THERE'S OB OBVIOUSLY OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT AND A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK-LIFE BALANCE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I'VE GOT A QUESTION.
TOLMAN, WHEN THERE'S A DEATH IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY, UH, WHAT PART DO YOU DO ON THAT DEATH? SO ANYONE THAT DIES IN OUR COUNTY IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE WOULD BE IF SOMEONE DIED IN OUR AT FREIGHTER ED OR FREIGHTER INPATIENT, LET'S SAY IN WEST BEND, THEY WERE IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WE WOULD THEN REFER THAT CASE BACK TO WHERE THE INJURY OCCURRED.
SO UNLESS THERE'S AN INJURY THAT OCCURS OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY, WHEREVER THEY CAME FROM, IF THEY DIED HERE, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENLIGHTENING REPORT,
MOVING ON TO ITEM G ON OUR AGENDA APPROVAL OF VILLAGE GERMANTOWN RADIO GRANT APPLICATION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND TO BEGIN CONSIDERATION, A MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR BYRD WITH A SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR TOMA.
[g. Approval of Village of Germantown Radio Grant Application]
BACKGROUND INFORMATION? WE THANK YOU.SO, SO IN YOUR PACKET, UM, BEFORE THE, THE REQUESTS FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES, UM, I INCLUDED A COPY OF THE, THE PROGRAM, UH, LITERATURE ITSELF.
UM, JUST REALLY AS BACKGROUND, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW, UM, MEMBERS OF, OF THIS COMMITTEE, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO QUICKLY HIT SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT.
UM, WE ALLOCATED, UH, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, TO THIS GRANT PROGRAM LAST YEAR, UH, TO FUND RADIO NEEDS FOR OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS.
UM, STANDARD RADIO MODELS WERE DEVELOPED, UM, FOR POLICE AND FIRE, AND THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THAT.
UM, FIRST, THAT FIRST PIECE OF LITERATURE, UM, THE GRANTS ARE INTENDED TO FUND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST OF THOSE STANDARD MODELS, RIGHT? SO OTHER, OTHER THINGS THAT WOULDN'T BE FUNDED ARE, ARE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF ACCESSORIES, EXTENDED WARRANTIES, UM, SOME THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? UM, I'M NOT A RADIO EXPERT.
UH, NO ONE ON MY TEAM IS NECESSARILY A RADIO EXPERT.
SO WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET IN THE BUSINESS OF RECEIVING INVOICES AND, AND SCOURING THEM FOR ELIGIBLE AND INELIGIBLE COSTS.
SO WE DEVELOPED SOME STANDARDS AND BASICALLY WE IDENTIFY THE TYPE THAT THEY REQUESTED.
AND, AND THAT'S, UH, THE AMOUNT, UM, THAT'S PROVIDED.
AND THOSE AMOUNTS ARE AGAIN, LISTED IN THAT, UM, THAT LITERATURE THAT WAS PROVIDED.
UM, SO WE AWARDED A NUMBER OF THESE GRANTS LAST SESSION.
UM, AT THAT TIME WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT STREAMLINING THIS PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, CONSIDERING SETTING THESE AS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE REQUESTS LIKE THIS, WE, WE COULD POTENTIALLY BULK THEM INTO ONE AGENDA ITEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO WE'LL RUN THROUGH THESE REQUESTS AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT AT THE END TO SEE WHAT, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON, ON POTENTIALLY GOING TO CONSENT
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ON THESE.UM, AND AGAIN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END.
UM, BUT, UM, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS ITSELF, UH, I'LL JUST KIND OF DIVE INTO THE FIRST REQUEST, WHICH IS, UM, THE VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN.
UM, SO THIS REQUEST IS, UH, FOR FOUR PORTABLES AND ONE MOBILE RADIO.
UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS RELATED TO THE, UM, THE OFFICERS THAT WERE ADDED THROUGH THE, THE REFERENDUM THAT THAT WAS RECENTLY PASSED.
SO, UM, THEY'RE BEING PROACTIVE HERE LOOKING TO, TO, UM, TO GET THOSE PURCHASES INITIATED, UH, SOON.
SO, UM, ONE THING YOU'LL NOTICE ON THESE, WE, WE DO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH IS YOUR CHOICE TO FOLLOW OR NOT, BUT, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UM, WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE REQUESTS AND, AND WE DO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION.
UM, SO THIS ONE IS FOR 34,900.
UM, THERE'S 441,800 REMAINING IN THE, IN THE FUND.
THAT'S NOT INCLUSIVE OF THESE REQUESTS TO TODAY.
UM, BUT WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT THE BALANCE IS IN THE FUND.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OF $34,900.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF CITY OF WEST BEND RADIO GRANT APPLICATION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONSIDER THAT APPROVAL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR TOMA.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR
[h. Approval of City of West Bend Radio Grant Application]
KRIEGER GUNDER.UM, SO THE WEST BEND, UM, BUDGET, UM, INCLUDE, UH, RECENTLY INCLUDED, UM, NINE FIREFIGHTERS AND AN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE.
AND SO THIS REQUEST, UM, IS FOR 11 PORTABLE RADIOS AND TWO, UM, TWO MOBILES, UM, TO OUTFIT THAT THOSE PEOPLE AND THAT EQUIPMENT.
AND THE AMOUNT OF THIS GRANT IS $85,400.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I SUPERVISOR TOM, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THIS, UH, FOR NEW, THEY'RE ADDING ON, IT'S NOT REPLACEMENTS.
IT'S, IT'S, THESE ARE NEW, CORRECT? IT'S NEW.
ARE THEY PUTTING ON, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, PEOPLE FOR THIS? UM, YES.
THEY, NINE FIREFIGHTERS WERE ADDED IN IN THAT, IN THE BUDGET.
MR. FURTHER DISCUSSION, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, SIR.
I SEE THIS ONE IN THE EXPANSION TALKS ABOUT EXTENDED WARRANTY AND SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT.
WAS THAT TAKEN OUT OF THE GRANT? UM, YES.
SO, SO THOSE STANDARDS, THOSE STANDARD RADIOS THAT I REFERENCED AND THE PRICING OF THOSE STANDARDS, UM, THE EXTENDED WARRANTIES IS, UH, UH, UH, THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THOSE PRICING.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THEN IN THE MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
MOVING ON TO, UH, AGENDA ITEM THREE I, APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN RADIO GRANT APPLICATION.
DOES THAT FALL UNDER YOUR PURVIEW AS WELL? IT DOES, YES.
UM, SO THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE.
UM, THIS REQUEST WAS APPROVED LAST SESSION, UM, BEFORE THEY COULD PURCHASE THE RADIOS, THE PRICES WENT UP.
[i. Approval of Modification to Previously Approved Village of Germantown Radio Grant Application]
YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT, WE'RE BRINGING THIS BACK, UM, TO, TO SORT OF REAPPROVE, UM, BASED ON THOSE PRICING INCREASES, UM, 38 OR 37,800 WAS APPROVED LAST SESSION.UM, WITH THE INCREASE, WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $5,200 TO BRING THE TOTAL TO 43,000.
AND MY APOLOGIES TO, UH, THE PARLIAMENTARIAN THAT I DID NOT REQUEST A MOTION.
AND A SECOND BEFORE WE BEGAN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SUPERVISOR BERG WITH A SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR NEWMAN.
NOW, SORRY, I INTERRUPTED YOUR EXPLANATION.
UM, I, I DID NOT HAVE, UM, MUCH MORE IN THE WAY OF AN EXPLANATION, REALLY.
IT'S JUST, AGAIN, PRICES INCREASED, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO ADJUST THE AWARD SO
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THEY CAN MAKE THE PURCHASE.WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AN ADDITIONAL $5,200 FOR THIS GRANT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I, I JUST HAD A QUESTION.
I KNOW AARON HAD MENTIONED IT ABOUT CONSENT AGENDA.
IS, IS NOW APPROPRIATE THEN TO ADD THAT DISCUSSION OR, UM, I'LL REFER TO OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN.
I JUST FINISH, FINISH THIS AGENDA.
FINISH THIS, AND THEN I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BETTER OFF CONSENT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION TO THIS? UH, INCREASE $5,200.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
AND WITH THE INPUT OF OUR, UH, OF, UH, OUR LEGISLATIVE CLERK, WE'LL KEEP THOSE SEPARATE IN THE FUTURE.
ITEM J, USE OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUNDS FOR SHERIFF'S, HONOR GUARD TEAM, WE WELCOME BACK SHERIFF S SCHULTE.
THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM IS REALLY ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UM, FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
[j. Use of Strategic Priorities Funds for Sheriff’s Honor Guard Team]
WHEN I COME IN FRONT OF THIS COMMITTEE, IT, AND, AND ASKING FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.IT'S FOR A, A, A REAL NEED IN OUR AGENCY.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
THIS PARTICULAR ONE, YOU, YOU COULD ARGUE IT'S A, UM, A DESIRE VERSUS A NEED.
UM, BUT THERE'S IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF IT THAT I'D LIKE TO, TO FILL YOU IN ON.
AND FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS AN HONOR GUARD TEAM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT? UM, IT'S THE, THE, UM, HIGHLY DRESSED IMPECCABLY PRECISION MOVEMENTS OF, UH, UNIFORM PERSONNEL THAT PRESENT COLORS AT, UH, UM, AT MEETINGS.
THEY PROVIDE CASKET OVERWATCH AT FUNERALS, UM, THE, UH, UM, AND, UH, RIFLE SALUTE TEAM AT THE, UH, UH, MEMORIAL SERVICES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, WE ARE ONE OF THE VERY FEW SHERIFF'S OFFICES IN THE STATE.
THERE'S SOME SMALL ONES THAT DON'T, BUT BY FAR, BY OUR SIZE, WE ARE LITERALLY THE ONLY ONE IN THE STATE THAT DOESN'T HAVE OUR OWN HONOR GUARD TEAM.
IN FACT, THERE'S, UH, THREE SMALLER DEPARTMENTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY THAT, UH, THAT HAVE THEIR OWN HONOR GUARD TEAMS. UM, UH, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT AS A, AS A, AS A PRIORITY.
HOWEVER, THIS YEAR ALONE, WE'VE HAD THREE FUNERALS OF, UH, OF RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, UM, THAT HAVE REQUESTED CASKET WATCHES.
AND, UH, UM, SO WE MANAGE, WE, WE TRY TO ADDRESS UP OUR PATROL UNIFORMS. UM, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT HAVING A FORMAL HONOR ON OUR GUARD TEAM.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN REASON IS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO, UH, TO FAMILIES, UH, THAT, UH, GOD FORBID, HAVE A LOSS, A LINE OF DUTY, DEATH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ONLY HAD, ONLY ONE IS TOO MANY, BUT, UH, THREE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
AND, UH, UM, IN, UH, EVEN TOMORROW, ACTUALLY, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, CELEBRATING THAT AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR PARK.
UM, I TRIED TO TIE THIS INTO A STRATEGIC PRIORITY, UM, AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD TO GO BACK ACTUALLY TO 2017, UH, WHERE ONE OF THE THINGS WAS SUPPORTING THE HISTORICAL ASSETS OF THE COUNTY.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE ACTUALLY THREE YEARS BEFORE THE STATE OF WISCONSIN EVEN, UH, UH, WAS A STATE.
IT WAS, WAS WASHINGTON COUNTY TERRITORY.
AND I THINK IT KIND OF, UH, UM, UM, KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THE HISTORICAL ASSETS AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ONE THING I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW, THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY IS THAT I THINK I COULD HAVE FOUND THE FUNDS FOR THIS WITHIN MY BUDGET CURRENTLY.
UM, BUT IT DIDN'T, IT, IT, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS AS TRANSPARENT AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IF FORMALLY AND AND PUBLIC, DURING OUR, UH, TRANSITION TO, FROM OUR SIDEARMS, UH, WE UPGRADED TO, UH, UM, NEW FIREARMS THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH OUR OLD FIREARMS. THEY WERE, UH, 12 TO 15 YEARS OLD.
THEY'RE A CALIBER THAT IS NOT DESIRABLE.
UH, WE, WE WERE HAVING A TOUGH TIME TRYING TO FIND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY WANTED THEM.
SO WHAT WE ELECTED TO DO WAS TO OFFER THEM TO THE, THE DEPUTIES, UM, THAT, THAT CARRIED THEM SO THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO BUY BACK THEIR FIREARMS. SO WE HAD A, A UNANTICIPATED REVENUE OF ABOUT $20,000 THAT, UM, TALKING WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, I PROBABLY COULD HAVE, IT WAS PROBABLY MAKE AARON VERY NERVOUS,
BUT IT JUST, WE, WE HAVEN'T TYPICALLY DONE THAT WITH THAT TYPE OF THING.
WE, UM, THAT MONEY REALLY SHOULD GO TO OFFSETTING THE COST OF THE, THE, THE, THE, THE HANDGUN.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT BRINGS ME IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS IS, UH, UM, IN THE AIR OF TRANSPARENCY.
I'M ASKING FOR TO OUTFIT A, UH, A DEPUTY.
AND, AND WE'RE DOING THIS ACROSS OUR ALL DIVISIONS.
SO WE'RE OFFERING IT TO COMMUNICATIONS AND OUR JAIL AND PATROL.
UH, BUT FROM HEAD TO TOE, IT'S LIKE $2,000 FOR THE ENTIRE UNIFORM.
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SOME OF THE HAS SORT EQUIPMENT, WE'RE ABLE TO ABSORB A LOT OF THE TRAINING, WHICH IS, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL.IT'S ABOUT 40 HOURS OF TRAINING WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
UM, BUT I'M ASKING FOR THE STRATEGIC PRIORITY MONIES.
AND, AND I'VE, I'VE, I'VE CONSULTED WITH, UH, THE, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE ON IT AS WELL.
AND, AND, UM, I DON'T WANT TO GUESS I MISSPEAK FOR, BUT THEY, UH, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
UH, WE WOULD REQUIRE A MOTION BEFORE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
UH, FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF OR APPROVAL OF $16,000 FOR TRAINING, WE HAVE A, A MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR NEWMAN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.
AND NOW FOR DISCUSSION,
UM, I HAVE A SON WHO WAS A, WHO IS IN THE NAVY AS PART OF THE NAVY CEREMONIAL GUARD.
AND HE WAS IN HIS POSITION, BASICALLY A PERMANENT PALLBEARER FOR, UH, FUNERALS AT ARLINGTON AND DIGNIFIED TRANSFERS INTO WASHINGTON DC AND WHEN HE TRANSFERRED TO A SHIP AFTERWARDS, ONE OF HIS SHIPMATES SAID, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU GUYS DO THAT.
PEOPLE WHO DIE IN THE LINE OF DUTY, PEOPLE WHO SERVE HONORABLY DESERVE THE RESPECT, DESERVE THAT, THAT HONOR, IN MY OPINION.
UM, AND, AND THE TRAINING THAT HE WENT THROUGH WAS LIKE SEVERAL MONTHS.
SO I'M GLAD IT, IT'S NOT ALL THAT, BUT, UM, I THINK THIS IS WELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE FUNDS ARE SO READILY AVAILABLE.
I GET, UM, I'LL BE HONEST, I DID NOT KNOW YOU DIDN'T HAVE HONOR GUARDS, SO, UH, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
ANYONE ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
UH, NEXT ITEM, USAGE OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES TO FUND TO PRIORITIES, FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT TACTICAL EMS PROGRAM FOR SWAT TEAM.
AND, UH, THERE WAS INFORMATION IN THE PACKET THAT THE REQUESTED AMOUNT HAS GONE FROM 12,000 TO 15,000, WHICH WILL BE AMENDED.
UM, BUT THE MOTION WE WOULD ENTERTAIN AT
[k. Use of Strategic Priorities Funds to Implement Tactical EMS Program for SWAT Team]
THIS POINT IS FOR 15,000.DO WE HAVE A MOTION? UM, SUPERVISOR BERG? I'LL SECOND SUPERVISOR TOMA.
AND ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION SHERIFF? SURE.
SO, UM, THIS REALLY IS MORE OF A, A, A REAL NEED VERSUS A DESIRE.
SO OUR CURRENT MODEL FOR WHEN WE HAVE A, A TACTICAL CALL OUT, WE'VE HAD A SWAT TEAM SINCE 1990, IS, UH, IF WE HAVE A, UM, A WHAT WE THINK IS A HIGH RISK CALL THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, COULD INVOLVE BODILY SECURITY TO, UM, BOTH OUR OFFICERS OR CITIZEN CI CITIZENS OR THE SUSPECT FOR THAT MATTER.
WHAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE DONE IS WE PAGED OUT OUR FIRE, OUR FIRE EMS PARTNERS AND HAD THEM STAGE, UM, NOT IN THE INNER PERIMETER, IN THE OUTER PERIMETER IN A SAFE ZONE.
AND, UH, IF THEY, IF WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER OR A CITIZEN THAT NEEDED HELP, WHAT WE WOULD TRY TO DO, UM, IS WE, UH, THE TECHNICAL OFFICER ON SCENE WOULD TRY TO ADMINISTER THEIR OWN FIRST AID.
AND, AND WE DO CARRY PACKS WITH US TOURNIQUETS AND, AND, UH, UM, UH, AIRWAY, EVEN AIRWAYS.
UM, BUT WE, WE WOULD TRY TO STABILIZE THEM AND THEN TRY TO EXTRICATE THEM OUT TO THE SAFE ZONE WHERE IN TURN THEN WE WOULD TURN 'EM OVER TO EMS PERSONNEL, OUR, OUR PARTNERS, AND THEY WOULD, UH, PROVIDE PARAMEDIC EMS LEVEL TRANSPORT THEM TO THE HOSPITAL.
UM, THE MODEL THAT HAS BEEN, UM, THAT'S USED IN A LOT OF SWAT TEAMS, UM, PARTICULARLY OUR, OUR SIZE, WE HAVE 23 TOTAL SWORN, UH, MEMBERS ON OUR TEAM IS TO HAVE TACTICAL EMS. SO THERE ARE EMS PARTNERS, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE E EM, UM, EMS PARAMEDIC LEVELS THAT ARE ACTUALLY EMBEDDED IN OUR TEAM, UM, THAT ARE IN THE INNER PERIMETER.
SO IN, IN THE CLEARLY THE DANGER ZONE, UM, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE CARE TO A DOWNED OFFICER, A DOWNED CITIZEN, EVEN A SUSPECT, UM, BEFORE THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXTRICATED OUT TO THAT SAFE ZONE.
SOMETIMES INDIVIDUALS ARE PINNED DOWN AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BE EXTRACTED.
AND WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT, THAT LIFESAVING, UM, UM, ON SCENE.
SO WHAT THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DO IS, UM, THIS PARTIC PARTICULAR GRANT, UM, IS OUR, OUR FUNDS RATHER WILL BE USED JUST TO OUTFIT TO, TO, UM, HAVE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL PROVIDED WITH BALLISTIC PROTECTION, UM, VESTS, HELMETS, UH, COMMS AND SOME OTHER THINGS, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD PROVIDE THEM SAFETY TO BE WITHIN THE INNER PERIMETER.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT LICENSING THAT TAKES PLACE WITH TEMS THAT, UH, THAT THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED ON TACTICAL INTERVENTION AND, AND, AND, UH, AND TACTICS.
AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY TRAIN WITH OUR, OUR OFFICE.
UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
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IS, IS WELL WORTH IT.UH, UM, WE HAVE A AWESOME PARTNER RIGHT NOW IN, UH, GERMANTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I THINK WE CAN EXPAND IT TO OTHER AGENCIES.
BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, GERMANTOWN IS WILLING TO PROVIDE ALL THE PERSONNEL, ALL THE TRAINING, ALL THE, ALL THE NON BALLISTIC EQUIPMENTS.
AND ALL THEY WERE ASKING FROM OUR AGENCY OF THE COUNTY WAS TO SUPPLY THEM WITH, UH, BALLISTIC EQUIPMENT.
AND I ASKED FOR, UM, WHAT INITIALLY I THOUGHT WAS ENOUGH WAS $2,000 PER OFFICER TURNS OUT TO BE ABOUT $2,500 AN OFFICER.
OF COURSE THE COSTS ALWAYS ARE MORE THAN I ANTICIPATED.
UM, BUT, UM, I'M ASKING FOR IT OVER THREE YEARS BECAUSE WE CAN, UH, WE CAN OUTFIT TWO TMS OFFICERS PER YEAR FOR, FOR THREE YEARS AND THAT SPREADS OUT THE EXPIRATION OF THE BALLISTIC STUFF.
SO THEY'RE, IT'S GOOD FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
SO IF WE CAN DO IT, WE CAN KIND OF, KIND OF ABSORB THAT INTO OUR BUDGET EVENTUALLY, RATHER THAN HAVING ONE, UM, BUY ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.
THANK YOU FOR THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, SUPERVISOR TOLER? JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW MANY SWAT TEAM OFFICERS DO WE HAVE? SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 23 TOTAL SWORN OFFICERS ON OUR TEAM.
I BELIEVE 18 OF THEM ARE OPERATORS.
WE HAVE SOME TRAINEES AND THAT'S FROM HARTFORD FIRE OR HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I BELIEVE JACKSON HAS A, A TRAINING IN OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT I THINK THERE'S 18 ACTUAL SWAT OPERATORS.
EME EM, UH, EMT OFFICERS? NO, UH, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY THAT ARE CERTIFIED EMT AS AS AS COPS.
'CAUSE I, I WAS HERE FOR, WHEN THERE WAS A PRACTICE, THEY DID A, UH, AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS A LOT MORE OFFICERS THAN THAT.
I WAS SURPRISED WHERE THEY ALL COME FROM.
THAT, UM, AND I VISUALIZE THEM JUST SITTING IN A ROOM WAITING FOR A CALL.
BUT THEY ARE ALL OFFICERS THAT ARE MAYBE OUT ON PATROL OR MAYBE OFF DUTY AT THE TIME.
WE, WE DO NOT HAVE A, WE DO NOT HAVE A FULL-TIME TACTICAL TEAM.
THEY ALL HAVE PRIMARY DUTIES OF, OF PATROL TYPICALLY, OR DETECTIVE BUREAU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER THREE L 2024 RESOLUTION GRANT APPLICATION, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS, PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT TSAP GRANT PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2025.
IF YOU WOULD PROCEED WITH BACKGROUND INFORMATION, PLEASE DO, DO WE NEED A MOTION AND A WE'LL TAKE
[l. 2024 Resolution: Grant Application – Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Grant Program Fiscal Year 2025]
A YES.DO WE HAVE A MOTION SUPERVISOR? KRIEGER GUNDRY AND SUPERVISOR NEWMAN, PLEASE PROCEED.
SO I, I DON'T WANNA REGURGITATE EVERYTHING THAT THE, THE CAPTAIN, UH, TOLD YOU ABOUT.
UM, BUT THIS REALLY IS A CONTINUATION OF, I REALIZE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU MAY BE NEW TO THIS COMMITTEE, BUT YOU'RE NOT NEW TO THE COUNTY BOARD.
SO LAST SESSION, I THINK IT WAS LAST SESSION, YOU APPROVED THE, THE 2024 FISCAL YEAR PSAP GRANT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS FOR THE HARTFORD CONSOLIDATION.
THAT WAS ABOUT 500,000 IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE FROM THE STATE TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES FOR THE HARTFORD CONSOLIDATION.
UH, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO GET THAT GRANT.
UM, IT WAS, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
THE POT OF MONEY STATEWIDE WAS, WAS 6 MILLION.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE A GOOD PORTION OF THAT, UH, OF THAT TO SAVE, UH, OUR, OUR TAXPAYERS AND OUR, OUR TAX LEVY.
UM, SO THIS IS THE SAME EXACT THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE HARTFORD OR WITH THE GERMANTOWN CONSOLIDATION.
UM, AND THE COMMITTEE REPORT, I, I CAN GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE WANNA REPLACE, BUT THERE'S A LIST OF THE, THE 13 THINGS THAT WE REALLY ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE.
WE DON'T HAVE FORMAL QUOTES ON THAT YET.
UM, I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE EVERYTHING LAID OUT FOR YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.
IT'S KIND OF AS A QUICK TURNAROUND TIME.
WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS GRANT BY AUGUST 1ST, UM, BY, UH, 1159 I THINK.
SO WHAT I'M COMING TO YOU IS TO, TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, GET PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR THAT GRANT.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR GRANT FROM THIS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.
SO WE FEEL VERY GOOD, UH, ABOUT THIS CONSOLIDATION PROPOSAL THAT WE'LL GIVE.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA HOLD IT AGAINST US THAT WE WON A GRANT LAST YEAR, BUT, UH, BUT WE, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT MUCH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE QUOTES BACK.
BUT IT WOULD BE A UP TO A $75,000 MATCH.
UM, BUT IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT, UH, SO IT WOULD INCREASE OUR, OUR REVENUES, OUR
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BUDGET RATHER BY $750,000 UP TO, AND WE'RE REQUIRED FOR THAT 10% MATCH.UM, BUT THE MATCH REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE FUNDED WITH A PREVIOUS, UH, RES RESOLUTION 20 23 48 THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
ANY DISCUSSION? SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS FOR A BASICALLY, UH, PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR A GRANT THAT NET COST TO THE COUNTY WOULD BE $75,000 SUPERVISOR TOMA.
WE HAD A MOTION FROM KRIEGER GUN SUPERVISOR KREGER GUNDER WITH A SECOND FROM NEWMAN.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON OUR AGENDA IS TO SET THE NEXT MEETING DATE.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF THAT UH, WEDNESDAY MORNINGS ARE THE BEST TIME.
IS OUR WEDNESDAY MORNINGS A HARDSHIP FOR ANY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBER? THAT BEING SAID IS IN THE PAST, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MET AT SEVEN 30.
WOULD A 7:00 AM START TIME BE A HARDSHIP FOR ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER? NO, IT'S FINE BY ME.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT FOR ME.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY IN JUNE AT 7:00 AM THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
YOUR INPUT, YOUR TIME THIS MORNING IS MUCH APPRECIATED.