Sep 11, 2024 Washington County Board of Supervisors Meeting

MICROPHONES WILL BE

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WAIT TILL THE LIGHT COMES ON BEFORE YOU SPEAK.

UM, SO WE ARE MOSTLY HERE.

WE HAVE JODY SICE ON ZOOM.

WHO'S MISSING? FRANK KREBS.

BRIAN KREBS IS NOT HERE.

THERE.

JOHN, WHO'S NEXT TO YOU? JODY.

OH, JODY.

OH, OH, YES, IT JUST, BRIAN.

OKAY.

SO THE ONLY ONE MISSING IS BRIAN KRESS.

UM, THIS MEETING WAS POSTED TO THE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE ON THE FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE RULES, WE'RE GONNA RISE, UM, FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PRAYER, REFLECTING ON WHAT HAPPENED 23 YEARS AGO.

TODAY I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

FOR ALL THE MINUTES FROM OUR AUGUST 14TH MEETING, WERE IN THE PACKET.

ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? THERE BEING NONE.

WE'LL RECORD THEM AS PRINTED.

UM, AND THERE WAS A HUMAN SERVICES CODE REPORT, UM, WAS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON THAT? OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO NUMBER THREE, A INTERSECTION SAFETY PLAN PRESENTATION BY MR. SCOTT SCHMIDT.

OH, YEAH.

[a. Intersection Safety Plan Presentation]

UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, WE'RE, WE'RE PLEASED.

PRESENT TWO OF OUR, OUR LATEST PLANS, UH, TO THE COUNTY BOARD TONIGHT.

FIRST BEING THE INTERSECTION SAFETY PLAN.

A COUPLE OF NOTES OF, OF INTEREST IN THE PLANS.

AND I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH SOME, SOME THANK YOUS.

UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, GOES OUT TO THE SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.

WE'LL SHOW YOU DURING THE, THE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP WITH WISCONSIN, DOT AND THEIR SAFETY ENGINEERS HELPING US OUT.

MIKE VANDER SAND AND IN OUR GIS DEPARTMENT WAS TRULY INSTRUMENTAL.

AND JOSH GLASS, OUR ASSISTANT HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER AND, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR FOR THE COUNTY.

UH, HE DID BOTH OF THESE PLANS IN-HOUSE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS JUST INCREDIBLE.

UH, ONE OF THE ONLY ONES, UH, WE KNOW OF IN THE STATE THAT ARE DOING THIS IN-HOUSE.

AND SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BRING THIS TO YOU TONIGHT.

UH, BOTH OF THESE PLANS.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE INTERSECTION SAFETY PLAN.

AND, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND ITERATION OF THIS PLAN.

WE DID A, A FIVE YEAR PLAN, UH, SEVERAL YEARS BACK.

THAT WAS CULMINATED BACK IN 2019, UH, WITH DATA, THE FIVE YEARS PREVIOUS TO THAT.

AND WITH THAT PLAN, WE MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO INTERSECTIONS, WHICH WE'LL TALK TO TONIGHT.

AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UH, 2018 TO 2022, AND CALLING THIS OUR, OUR SECOND EDITION.

WE ALSO TOOK INTO ACCOUNT, UH, SOME SEARS CRASHES THAT, UH, WE WERE AWARE ABOUT ON, UM, ON OUR AFTER THE 2022 DATE, UH, TO LOOK AT THOSE.

UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO NOTE THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS COUNTY CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS.

AND, AND BY THAT, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE MAP THAT'S ON THERE, ON PAGE 24 OF YOUR, YOUR PACKET, IT'S ALL THE LITTLE GREEN CIRCLES THAT ARE UP ON YOUR SCREEN.

WE SEE A COUNTY CONTROL.

THAT MEANS THAT THE COUNTY CONTROLS THE STOP OR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT THE INTERSECTION WHERE STOP CONTROL ROUNDABOUT TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S ALWAYS THE HIGHER ENTITY THAT CONTROLS THAT.

SO IF HAVE STATE HIGHWAY MEDIA, COUNTY HIGHWAY, THAT MEANS THE STATE HIGHWAYS IT CONTROL THAT INTERSECTION.

SO IF WE HAVE STATE HIGHWAY 1 44 AND HIGHWAY H INTERSECTION, AND THE STOP SIGN GOES DOWN, THE STATE IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT REINSTALLS OR PAYS FOR THE REINSTALLATION OF THAT STOP SIGN.

AND THEY ALSO DECIDE IF THAT SHOULD BE A ROUNDABOUT, A TWO-WAY STOP, OR FOUR-WAY STOP.

SO AGAIN, IT'S THE HIGHER LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT THAT TAKES CONTROL.

SO A COUNTY IS, IF IT'S A COUNTY HIGHWAY VERSUS, AND A COUNTY HIGHWAY INTERSECTING, OR A COUNTY HIGHWAY IN A TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE STREET, CONNECTING THE COUNTY THEN IS IN CHARGE OF THAT INTERSECTION AND HOW IT IS CONTROLLED.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF THE GREEN DOTS THAT ARE UP THERE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW ARE ON PAGE 24 OF THE PACKET.

AND SO IF IT'S A LOCAL ROAD VERSUS LOCAL ROAD, OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE LOCAL ROADS THAT, THAT COMBINE.

ALSO THAT I SHOULD NOTE THAT, UH, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOME ROADS THAT ARE ON OUR MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES WITH OUR NEIGHBORS OS SAKI COUNTY AND WAUKESHA COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T CONTROL SOME OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS,

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AND LATER ON, THE SAME THING WITH THE ROADWAY SEGMENTS.

AND THEN IF WE HAVE ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS WITH THAT, WE CAN TALK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND LOOK FOR A SOLUTION THAT WE CAN BOTH WORK FOR.

ALSO ON THE MAP, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT SINCE THE LAST PLAN, UH, WE DID JURISDICTIONALLY TRANSFER SEVERAL MILES OF ROAD AWAY.

AND SO THOSE ARE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE ORANGE OR MAGENTA COLORED.

SO YOU CAN KINDA SEE THE MAGENTA ONES.

WE, WE ADDED KIND OF HOW WE ARE, BUT THE ORANGE ONES ARE NO LONGER UNDER OUR CONTROL.

SO WE DID NOT INCLUDE THOSE IN IN THE SECOND ITERATION.

AND AGAIN, THE, THE SAME THING ON THE, THE FOLLOWING MAP, UH, ITERATES, JUST WHAT I SAID, UH, BEFORE, WHEN WE LOOK AT CRASHES, WE LOOK ACTUALLY THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRASHES AT THE INTERSECTION, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

THE MOST SIMPLE ONE IS TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES.

HOW MANY CRASHES OCCURRED IN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

A PRETTY SIMPLE FORMULA.

JUST GET THE NUMBERS FROM, FROM THE STATE OF WISCONSIN THAT OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS PUT IN.

AND IF THEY ARE IN THE COUNTY LINE, WE GET THE SAME DATA FROM WAUKESHAW COUNTY, ZAKI COUNTY.

IF WE'RE ON A CITY VISIBLE BOUNDARY, WE GET THAT DATA TOO.

IT'S ALL IN ONE LARGE DATABASE AT THE STATE.

SO IT MAKES IT VERY CONVENIENT.

UH, THE SECOND GO AROUND, EXTREMELY CONVENIENT VERSUS THE FIRST GO AROUND WHERE, UH, IT WAS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING.

AND SO WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL CRASH, WE ALSO LOOK AT CRASH RATE.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE THREE CRASHES, UH, IN AN INTERSECTION WITH ONLY A HUNDRED CARS COMING IN AND THREE CRASHES AT AN INTERSECTION WITH A THOUSAND CARS GOING IN, THE ONE WITH A HIGHER CRASH RATE IS OBVIOUSLY THE ONE WITH THREE CRASHES PER 100 VEHICLES.

SO WE LOOK AT THE CRASH RATE AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS, THAT AS WELL.

'CAUSE NOT EVERY INTERSECTION HAS THE SAME VOLUME OF VEHICLES ENTERING THE INTERSECTION.

AND THE LAST ONE WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS CRASH SEVERITY.

IF YOU COULD IMAGINE, I'M JUST GONNA PICK ON THE CITY WEST BEND, A LOT OF THE CRASHES IN THE CITY WEST BEND ARE PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY IF FENDER BENDERS 25 MILE HOUR CAR HITTING ANOTHER 25 MILE AN HOUR CAR, OR PEOPLE SLOWING DOWN JUST BEFORE THEY IMPACT EACH OTHER, UH, OUT ON THE COUNTY HIGHWAY, THOUGH, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE, UH, HIGHER SPEEDS.

AND SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ADD IN THE DATA, LET ME JUST CLOSE THIS OUT QUICK.

UM, OR THAT'LL POP UP ALL NIGHT LONG.

UM, THEY LOOK AT, IF IT'S A FATALITY, IT'S WORTH 10 POINTS.

IF IT'S AN A INJURY, WHICH MEANS SOMEONE WAS MOST LIKELY TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL, IT'S WORTH EIGHT POINTS.

AND YOU MULTIPLY, IF THERE'S ONE FATALITY TIMES 10 OR TWO FATALITIES TIMES 10 TO KIND OF NORMALIZE IT A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO YOU LOOK AT THE SEVERITY OF THE CRASHES, AGAIN, YOU GOT A FATALITY VERSUS SOMEONE LEAVES THE HOSPITAL.

SOMEONE THAT'S MAYBE THE DEPUTY CAN SEE THEY'RE INJURED, BUT THEY REFUSE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

UH, SO THAT'S THE CLASS B OR CLASS C WHERE SOMEONE GOES, OH, MY SHOULDER'S REALLY HURT.

AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THERE'S NOTHING REALLY TELLING THAT THERE'S AN INJURY.

AND OF COURSE, PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE, THE FORMULAS THAT YOU SEE IN THERE.

AND I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THEM IN IN GREAT DEPTH, BUT YOU'LL SEE IT'S A, YOU KNOW, 10 FOR FATALITY, EIGHT FOR THE INCAPACITY, AND YOU'RE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL FOUR FOR, UM, MOST LIKELY HAVE AN INJURY, UH, TWO THAT IT'S POSSIBLE INJURY AND, AND ONE FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY.

WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THERE IS REALLY SEE, UH, HOW SEVERE ARE THOSE CRASHES AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.

AND THEN WHAT, WHAT JOSH DID WAS LOOK AT THE TOP FIVE OF EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES AND ACTUALLY DIVE IN DEEP ON THOSE, ON THOSE INTERSECTIONS.

AND, UH, REALLY DO A, A, A COMPLETE LOOK AT IT.

AND WITH SEWER PACK'S HELP MAPPED OUT HOW THOSE CRASHES WERE HAPPENING, WHAT WAS MAYBE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS.

SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, TRY TO GET TO ONE RIGHT NOW.

ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS, GRAB A PAGE NUMBER.

AND SO SEWER PACK WENT THROUGH AND, UH, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE INTERSECTION, I'M JUST GONNA PICK THE FIRST ONE, COUNTY HIGHWAY Q, WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT.

BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY DID THIS NICE MAP FOR US, WHICH IS ON PAGE 47 OF YOUR PACKET.

AND THAT SHOWS ALL THE CRASHES THAT OCCURRED IN THAT FIVE YEAR PATTERN, FIVE YEAR TIMELINE AND HOW THEY HAPPENED.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE, AND I'LL TRY TO MOUSE MY SCREEN.

UH, THE ONES IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER WERE PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN THAT GOT REAR-ENDED.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THAT GOT REAR-END, OR THEY WERE CROSSING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND KIND OF, UM, CAME IN ON, ON AN ANGLE CRASH.

SO, SO THAT DATA IS TRULY HELPFUL TO MAP THAT OUT TO SEE WHERE THOSE CRASHES ARE HAPPENING.

AND SEWER PACK, OUR REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION DID THAT.

AND ON THE NEXT PAGE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THEY ACTUALLY MAPPED IT OUT.

SO CRASH NUMBER ONE WAS IN JANUARY OF 2020.

IT WAS A TWO 10 IN THE AFTERNOON.

IT WAS AN ANGLE CRASH, IT WAS A B SEVERITY.

AGAIN, PROBABLY NOBODY GOING TO THE HOSPITAL A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SOMEONE DISREGARDED TRAFFIC CONTROL.

BUT YOU CAN SEE DOWN BELOW, THEY ALSO HAVE INATTENTIVE DRIVING FOLLOWING TOO CLOSE RAIN, YOU KNOW, WEATHER.

UM, IF ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR, THAT WOULD BE LISTED AS WELL.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF GREAT DATA AND THERE'S A LOT OF THAT SAME REPORT IS IN THERE FOR EVERY ONE OF THE, EVERY ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH.

AND NOW TO MAKE EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DIZZY, THERE'S A NICE SPREADSHEET UP ON THE TOP BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO A NICE REPORT WITHOUT A, A GOOD

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AND THIS SHOWS THE 2013 TO 2017, HOW THAT INTERSECTION REACTED BACK THEN.

AND THEN NOW IN 2018 AND 22 AND, AND AFTER OUR MODIFICATIONS, HOW'S THAT, THAT GOING? AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST COLUMN, THERE'S 73 CRASHES BACK IN 13 TO 17 AND 83 CRASHES.

SO YOU'RE THINKING, WOW, CRASH RATE MUST WENT UP BECAUSE THERE'S THAT MANY MORE CRASHES, 10 MORE CRASHES IN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

BUT THE RATE WAS 1.6 CRASHES PER MILLION VEHICLES ENTERING THAT INTERSECTION.

AND THAT WENT DOWN TO 1.4 MILLION BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC VOLUME WENT FROM 29,000 TO 33,000 VEHICLES.

SO THE TRAFFIC INCREASE SO MUCH THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAD 10 MORE CRASHES, THE RATE OF CRASHES ACTUALLY WENT DOWN.

AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THE SEVERITY.

SO EACH OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS, WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL CRASHES SEVERITY, AND THAT WENT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT WAS STILL RANKED 37TH AMONGST ALL OF OUR, OUR COUNTY HIGHWAYS.

SO, UH, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT ALL THAT DATA, WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE, WHAT HAPPENED NOW, AND THEN GRABBING ALL THAT DATA, UH, WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE DO AT THAT INTERSECTION TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE SAFE.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE POTENTIAL REMEDIES LISTED IN THERE, UH, LATER ON.

WE ALSO HAVE A NICE SPREADSHEET OF POTENTIAL COSTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.

UH, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY FUNDING TONIGHT.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT THAT, AGAIN, THAT RIGHT HAND TURN, UH, THIS WAS BEFOREHAND, IT WAS VERY WIDE.

UH, PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHERE THEY WERE GONNA GO.

SO WE ACTUALLY PAINTED THAT IN 2019 AND ACTUALLY HAD IT MORE OF AN ANGLE.

SO PEOPLE COME THERE MORE OF A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AND SEE THE TRAFFIC COMING.

AND, UH, AND WE'LL SEE, UH, I GOTTA SEE WHERE THAT IS DOWN BELOW.

UM, AND HOW IMPACTFUL THAT ACTUALLY WAS, UH, TO THAT INTERSECTION.

UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY UP HERE THAT, UH, FOR 2018 TO 2019, WE AVERAGED ABOUT SIX CRASHES PER YEAR.

AFTER WE DID THAT IMPROVEMENT, THAT THREE AND A HALF YEARS SINCE, UH, WE'VE DONE THAT IMPROVEMENT, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN AVERAGING 2.29 CRASHES OR A 62% DECREASE IN THAT PARTICULAR TRAFFIC MOVEMENT.

SO WE'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT REGARD.

UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, WE'D REPLACED SOME CONCRETE PANELS, SOME MORE PAINTING TO DO THE OTHER DIRECTIONS, DEFINITELY WORKING WITH THE LOC, MUNICIPALITIES WHO ACTUALLY OWN THOSE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

UH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR DOWN THERE, THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS DON'T LINE UP RIGHT OVER THE LANE OF TRAFFIC.

AND SO ONE THING WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, YOU CAN SEE IN THE FAR RIGHT THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL'S ACTUALLY OVER THE TURN LANE, NOT OVER THE TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH ON HIGHWAY Q.

SO SOMEONE'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION, LOOKING DOWN, THEY LOOK UP, THERE'S NO TRAFFIC SIGNAL RIGHT ABOVE THEM.

UM, I BELIEVE THE CITY WEST BEND IS LOOKING AT DOING SOME MODIFICATIONS, SOME OF THEIR LIGHTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT TOO, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SO, UM, THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT AT WORKING WITH OUR MOST LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

SO, SO WE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION AND, AND DATA, UH, THAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT, UH, DOING FOR THEM, UH, FOR THAT INTERSECTION.

AND WHAT WE HAVE IS A NICE INTERSECTION SAFETY SUMMARY ON APPENDIX E.

AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THE INTERSECTIONS.

THEY'RE ALL VERY SIMILAR SET UP, EXACTLY, SET UP THE SAME.

BUT THIS KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS WHERE THOSE INTERSECTIONS ARE, WHERE THEY'RE RANKED 1, 2, 3, 4, WHERE THE CRASH RATE, RATE TOTAL CRASHES, AND THEN SEVERITY, AND THEN ONTO, UH, EXCUSE ME, RATE AND THEN SEVERITY.

SO YOU CAN KINDA GET A FEEL FOR THOSE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER APPENDIX, UH, F AFTER THAT, UH, 1 28 PAGE OH 1 29.

OH, I MUST NOT HAVE DONE IT CORRECTLY.

UH, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE PAGE AFTER THAT, OH, RIGHT BEFORE IT IS, EXCUSE ME, UM, ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

AND I THINK THIS APPENDIX, UH, F IS, IS ONE OF THE MOST, UH, IMPORTANT PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT.

UH, AND SHOWS JUST ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE MADE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE INTERSECTIONS AND, AND JUST HOW WELL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE WORKED OUT.

UM, THE FIRST ONE, CONVERTING INTERSECTION TO A ROUNDABOUT, UH, AGAIN, UM, SINCE WE DID THAT, UM, NOT HAVING ONE CRASH SINCE WE PUT THE ROUNDABOUT IN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT WAS, UH, UH, HIGH, HIGH AMOUNT OF CRASHES, RANKED FOUR IN TOTAL CRASHES, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO ZERO.

UH, THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

UH, WE ALSO HAD THE SAME THING ON HIGHWAY K AND TURTLE ROAD, ANOTHER ROUNDABOUT ON HIGHWAY C INTERSECTION REALIGNMENT WHEN WE REDID HIGHWAY C.

SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MADE THROUGH THE YEARS.

UH, PUTTING A TWO-WAY STOP TO A FOUR-WAY STOP AND M AND F INTERSECTION, UH, HAVE REALLY WORKED OUT AND, UH, TRYING TO SPEND AS, AS LITTLE MONEY AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

AND SO YOU ALSO SEE THERE'S A, UH, APPENDIX IN THERE ABOUT THE COST OF POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, AND IF WE FEEL THE NEED AS THE NEXT CIP PROCESS, WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE TO THE BOARD AT THAT TIME FOR POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS, THIS WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, DONE FOR THE COUNTY.

AND I THINK A COUPLE OF THE TAKEAWAYS ARE, ONE IS THAT, UH, YOU'RE NOW AWARE OF THIS DOCUMENT.

SO IF YOU HAVE A CONSTITUENT THAT HAS AN ISSUE OR CONCERN, UH, CERTAINLY ARE WILLING TO BRING THAT FORWARD.

UH, NUMBER TWO, UH, AND AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY IS, UH, WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES, UH, ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE, UH,

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SO IF A LOCAL TOWN, CITY VILLAGE WANTS US TO DO THIS, UH, WE'LL BE DOING THAT FOR THEM.

NOW, THE FRONT END DOCUMENT MIGHT NOT BE AS PRETTY AS OURS, BUT THE BACKEND DOCUMENT AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTIONS AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS, THE MAPPING COMPONENT, UH, WHAT YOU SAW EARLIER WITH WHAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY DO AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS, UH, THAT'LL STILL ALL BE IN THERE.

AGAIN, WE MIGHT NOT LOOK AT 15 INTERSECTIONS FOR A TOWN, MAYBE IT'LL ONLY BE 10, JUST DEPENDING ON WHERE THE DATA ALL LINES UP.

IT'S, IT'S AMAZING ONCE YOU DO THIS, YOU GO, OKAY, CRASH A TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES.

IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY LONG GOING, OKAY, HERE'S THE ONES WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

IT'S SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES, AND IT DROPS DOWN TO 20.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE KINDA LOOK AT THOSE DATA.

SAME THING, THE CRASH RATE AND RANK.

UM, WE'VE GOT ALL THE SPREADSHEETS.

IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN WHERE ANY INTERSECTION LIES IN ANY OF THOSE, WE HAVE ALL THAT DATA.

SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR ONE THAT'S NOT IN THERE, UH, WE DO PROVIDE, HAVE PROVIDED SPREADSHEETS IN THERE KIND OF OVERALL.

SO THE TOP ROUGHLY 50 ARE SHOWN IN EACH CATEGORY.

UH, GOTTA REMEMBER, WE HAVE CLOSE TO 400 INTERSECTIONS, SO, UM, CAN'T DO 'EM ALL, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ONES THAT ARE, WE THINK ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT AND REVIEW.

UH, WITH THAT, THAT CERTAINLY CONCLUDES MY RE REPORT AND CERTAINLY IF THE CHAIRMAN REQUESTS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CONCERNS, SUPERVISOR NEWMAN? THANK YOU.

UM, SCOTT, I I JUST WANNA GIVE ANOTHER KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND JOSH GLASS FOR ALL THE WORK.

I MEAN, THIS STUFF I UNDERSTAND VERY WELL.

YES.

UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO, THIS DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

WE HAD A, A INTERSECTION CONTROLLED BY THE COUNTY, UH, ALONG WITH ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY, BUT CONTROLLED BY THE COUNTY.

UH, A COMPLAINT CAME IN AND THE ANSWER BACK TO THAT RESIDENT OR THAT MOTORIST WAS, WAS THERE IN A SNAP OF A FINGERS.

WE'VE STUDIED IT, WE HAVE IT, THIS IS THE SITUATION, IT DOESN'T NEED IMPROVEMENTS, OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT WASN'T THE ANSWER THAT WE'LL LOOK AT IT AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

THAT COULD TAKE MONTHS TO DO.

IT'S, UH, PREVENTATIVE RESEARCH, I GUESS.

YES.

AND IT, IT'S IMPORTANT IN OBTAINING GRANTS AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT FUNDS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO AGAIN, I, I TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK 'CAUSE IT IS A LOT OF WORK.

YES.

AND ALONG WITH THE NEXT REPORT TOO, MY COMMENTS ARE THE SAME, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM DOES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I'LL ECHO THAT.

VERY GOOD COMMENTS.

SO OUR NEXT, OH, SUPERVISOR, MARY.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

THAT IS AN EXTREMELY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, AND I'M SURE IT TOOK YOU MORE THAN ONE HALFTIME DURING A FOOTBALL GAME TO GET IT DONE.

UH, I WONDER ARE THERE ANY COMPARATIVES IN TERMS OF MILES DRIVEN, UH, PER RESIDENT WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT COMPARES US TO OTHER COUNTIES? I MEAN, WHERE DO WE RANK SAFETY WISE THAT WE'RE NEAR THE TOP? WE MIDDLE AND OR WHERE WOULD, DO WE EVEN KNOW WHERE WE RANK WITHIN THE STATE? ARE WE ONE OF THE SAFEST OR ONE OF THE LEAST SAFEST? WHATEVER? I, I, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE CERTAINLY, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETS QUARTERLY AND WE'RE GIVEN THAT DATA QUARTERLY.

THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I COULD BRING BACK TO THE, TO THE BOARD IF, IF YOU'RE SO DESIRABLE.

SO WE DO HAVE THAT DATA.

WE DO HAVE A TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION THAT MEETS QUARTERLY THAT IS MADE UP OF STAFF AND, UH, LOCAL OFFICIALS AND, UH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL AS ON THAT COMMITTEE, UH, THE SHERIFF.

SO THAT IS DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABILITY AVAILABLE TO US.

I JUST DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME TODAY.

I THINK THAT'D BE AN INTERESTING STATISTIC TO HAVE, PARTICULARLY AS WE SELL THE COUNTY AS A POTENTIAL RESIDENCE FOR PEOPLE.

SAY, HEY, WE'RE IN THE TOP 5, 10, 15, OR WHATEVER IT IS IN TERMS OF AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY AND DRIVING SAFETY WITHIN THE STATE.

THAT'D BE APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE NEED TO SPEAK? SUPERVISOR KELLY? SUPERVISOR KELLY? UM, SO DOUG KIND OF BROUGHT IT UP.

SO SPEAKING OF GRANTS , NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS, UH, INFORMATION DONE AND THE LEGWORK DONE, UH, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY FOR GRANTS TO CUT SOME OF THE COSTS ON SOME OF THIS, UH, STUFF THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO? ABSOLUTELY.

ONE, ONE OF THE, THE, THE MAJOR GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE IS CALLED THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THAT ROUNDABOUT THAT YOU SAW ON, ON Q AND HILLSIDE WAS PAID FOR OUTTA THAT PROGRAM.

UH, THE, ONE OF THE BETTER BENEFITS OF THAT PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY DOES IT IMPACT SAFETY, IT'S A 90 10 SPLIT, 90% PAID BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE STATE OF WISCONSIN AND 10% LOCAL.

SO I KNOW THAT I BELIEVE THE CITY OF WEST BEND'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT SAME PROGRAM AS WELL.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LEADING CURSORS WHERE WE CAN GET THE DATA, HAVE THE DATA, AND GOING, NOW WE CAN GO TO APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING TO THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.

I USUALLY HAVE TWO APPLICATIONS IN A YEAR THAT WE CAN DO.

SO, UH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WE DEFINITELY ARE ALWAYS AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING AT DOING AND APPLYING FOR.

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AND, UH, THEY'RE DOING SOME PRETTY MAJOR INTERSECTION THERE AND, AND A LOT OF MAJOR WORK TOO.

SO, UM, WHEN I SAW THAT, I JUST, UH, THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD CERTAINLY BE VERY HAPPY TO SEE DONE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WE CONTROL.

YES.

UM, CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF CRASHES OUT THERE AND, AND, UH, I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT MUCH SAFER.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK THERE BEING NONE.

UH, WE'LL HAVE SCOTT MOVE ON TO THE ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN PRESENTATION.

UH, UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, THIS PLAN WAS DONE, UH, AND AGAIN WITH THE, THE GUIDANCE OF THE, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, UH, IN HIS VISION OF, WHILE WE LOOKED AT THE INTERSECTIONS, WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT THE AREAS BETWEEN THE INTERSECTIONS? AND WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

AND SO THIS PLAN TAKES EVERYTHING, UH, INTERSECTION WE DEFINE AS 250 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION IS THE INTERSECTION.

ANY CRASH BEYOND THAT,

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UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE LOOKED AT DOING.

UH, THE TOUGHER PART WITH THE ROAD BLADE SEGMENT IS EVERY SEGMENT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT LENGTH.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAD TO NORMALIZE THAT DATA.

YOU CAN IMAGINE SOMETIME BETWEEN ONE INTERSECTION, ANOTHER INTERSECTION MIGHT BE A HALF MILE, SOMETIMES IT MIGHT ONLY BE 500 FEET.

AND SO, OR IF, LIKE CASE OF HIGHWAY Q, YOU HAVE INTERSECTION ALMOST RIGHT ON TOP OF ANOTHER INTERSECTION.

AND SO WE HAD TO NORMALIZE THAT DATA.

SO WE, WE DID THAT.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR, UH, SEWER PACK'S HELP AS WELL AS, UH, THE GIS DEPARTMENT'S HELP MIKE ANDERSON IN HELPING WITH THIS REPORT.

COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM.

UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE IN THE, IN THE, THE RURAL SEGMENTS, AND THIS IS ALL THE OTHER COUNTY HIGHWAYS, UH, OUT THERE, UM, WE DID NOT INCLUDE DEER CRASHES.

UH, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT THAT THE COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CAN DO FOR DEER CRASHES.

CERTAINLY WE CAN PUT UP A SIGN AND CROSS YOUR FINGERS THAT THEY CROSS WHERE THE SIGN IS.

UH, BUT IF YOU'RE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, HAVE LIVED HERE LONG ENOUGH, YOU KNOW THAT DEER ARE EVERYWHERE.

UH, THEY'RE IN OUR CITIES.

UH, THEY'RE OUT IN THE COUNTY RURAL ROADWAY.

YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE LOOKING OUT FOR DEER, UM, IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

SO WE DID NOT INCLUDE THOSE, THOSE CRASHES BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF IMPACT OVER.

UH, BUT ON, ON PAGE 1 51 OF YOUR PACKET ARE THE, THE ROADWAY SEGMENTS.

AND AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT THEM FOR TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES IN THOSE SEGMENTS.

CRASH SEVERITY AND CRASH RATE.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE SEGMENTS ARE, ARE DEFINITELY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, THAT THE DIFFERENT COLORS DEPICT, UH, WHICH ONES THOSE ARE.

UH, SO, UH, WALK YOU THROUGH ONE OF THOSE SEGMENTS, UH, REAL QUICKLY.

UH, PAGE 1 54, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE A VERY SIMILAR SETUP TO WHAT YOU SAW BEFORE.

WE LOOKED AT A, A DEFINITELY STRETCH OF ROADWAY.

UH, THIS FIRST ONE IN THERE WAS, UH, FOR A TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES, WHICH WAS, AGAIN, NORMALIZED FOR THAT SEGMENT OF ROADWAY.

IT'S ON COUNTY HIGHWAY K, UH, JUST SO OF STATE HIGHWAY 60 IN THE CITY OF HARTFORD.

UH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, THAT'S A QUICK TRIP AT THAT CORNER AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER ON MCDONALD'S.

THAT'S THE NORTHEAST CORNER IN CHERRY AUTO, IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, I BELIEVE IT'S STILL THERE.

AND SO, AGAIN, WHERE WE, WE LOOKED AT THAT INTERSECTION, UH, THE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, AGAIN, DID THEIR, THEIR MAGIC AND, UH, MAPPED OUT WHERE THOSE CRASHES ALL HAPPENED.

AND, UM, UNSURPRISINGLY, UH, THEY DID HAPPEN ALL NEAR THE QUIKTRIP ENTRANCE.

UH, YOU CAN IMAGINE IF EVERYONE'S BEEN TO A QUICK TRIP, AND MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE, UH, THEY'RE QUITE POPULAR IN THE STATE.

AND SO WITH ALL THAT, THAT TRAFFIC VOLUME THAT'S COMING OUTTA THERE, WE LOOKED AT THAT, UH, SURPRISINGLY, PEOPLE GOING LITERALLY THE OTHER WAY DOWN THE HILL.

NOT A, NOT A CRASH THERE IN THAT FIVE YEAR WINDOW.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, AGAIN, HOW CAN WE MAKE, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT PARTICULAR STRETCH OF ROADWAY? AND WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, FAR RIGHT HAND CORNER, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, TWO INVOLVED OF THE SIX INVOLVED, A TEEN DRIVER, UH, AND THEY GOT SNOW AND WET AND ROAD CONDITIONS AS WELL.

UH, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE LOOK AT TOO, YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT IS, IS EVEN TIME OF DAY ON THE INTERSECTIONS.

ARE THEY LOOKING INTO THE SUN? ARE THEY LOOKING AWAY TO THE SUN? YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE, SOMETHING THAT, THAT HAPPENS AS WELL? AND SO WE LOOK AT THIS INTERSECTION AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO POTENTIALLY IMPROVE THAT? UH, WE HAD A RESURFACING POTENTIALLY COMING, IT'S NOT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN YET, THAT'S IN A FIVE YEAR WINDOW, BUT, BUT IS COMING, COULD POTENTIALLY IMPROVE SOME TRACTION IN THOSE WET CONDITIONS.

UH, BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, UH, ONE OF THE BIGGER THING IS, IS A CONCRETE RAISED MEETING ISLAND RIGHT THERE.

AND NOT A LOT OF PAINT DELETING WHERE PEOPLE SHOULD BE GOING AND HOW THEY SHOULD GET THERE.

SO THIS WAS NICE AND, AND EYEOPENING FOR US GOING, WELL, MAYBE IF WE REMOVE THAT MIDDLE RAISED ISLAND, PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW.

THEY CAN GET INTO THERE FOR A TURN LANE BYPASS AROUND THERE.

IF SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A CRASH, THEY CAN, UM, EASILY GO INTO THERE.

THEY MIGHT, UH, INSTEAD OF RAMMING INTO SOMEONE, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO AROUND THEM, FOR INSTANCE.

AND WE WORK WITH QUICKTRIP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PROPER, THEIR EXIT, UH, IS PROPERLY SIGNED WITH, WITH STOP SIGNS AND, UM, ANY PA MARKINGS THAT, THAT THEY MIGHT NEED AS WELL.

SO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM.

AND, AND SO THIS IS JUST, UH, ONE EXAMPLE OF, OF ONE OF THE ROADWAY SEGMENTS.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE, UH, UH, 14 OTHERS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT AND TO SEE WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, DO FOR THOSE ROAD PROJECTS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, DOWN

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AND SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DOING THIS IN, IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.

UH, THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS I TALK ABOUT OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY COORDINATOR, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IN TUNE WITH THE STATE OF WISCONSIN IS, IS USUALLY IN PRETTY MUCH AWE OF WHAT WE DO HERE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR, FOR SAFETY.

SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS ONE AND THIS ONE AS WELL.

UH, WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES ASSISTANCE, UH, WE'LL BE OUT TO THE LOCALS AS WELL, UM, TO SEE IF THERE'S STUFF THAT WE CAN DO IN THOSE RURAL SEGMENTS, UM, OR EVEN IN THE CITIES, UH, TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

UM, SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, WE LOOK AT THOSE RURAL AREAS AS WELL WITH THE HIGH SPEED.

AND THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN DO WITH PAINTING AND PAVEMENT, UH, BUT ALSO WITH RUMBLE STRIPS TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR LANE OR TURN LANES, BYPASS LANES.

ANY ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WE DO, THE FIRST THING JOSH AND I DO IS LOOK DOWN AND LOOK AT CRASH REPORTS FOR THAT STRETCH OF ROADWAY AND WHAT WE COULD OR COULDN'T DO.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, IN THESE SEGMENTS AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.

ONLY A FEW OF THESE HAPPENED ACTUALLY IN CURVES.

UH, WE ONLY HAD TWO AREAS OF CURVES.

ONE UP ON XX, ONE DOWN ON HIGHWAY Q, UH, BACK IN THE LATE 29, 20 18, 20 19.

UH, WE WERE PROACTIVELY AND ACTUALLY HAD A, A FIRM COME IN THERE AND DO WHAT'S CALLED A BALL BANK TEST.

AND THEY DROVE EVERY CURVE ON THE COUNTY HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND SAID, WHAT SHOULD THAT ADVISORY SPEED BE AND SHOULD THEY HAVE THOSE CHEVRON SIGNS AT THOSE, AND WHAT SHOULD THOSE SPACINGS BE? AND I THINK BECAUSE WE DID THAT, WE DID SEE A LOT OF CRASHES AT THOSE CURVES BEFOREHAND.

NOT JUST THOSE IN PARTICULAR, BUT BY DOING THAT, WE VASTLY, AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGH REPORT, REDUCED THOSE CRASHES IN THE COUNTY.

THAT WAS ABOUT $20,000 THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME APPROVED FOR THAT PROJECT.

WE PARTNERED WITH DODGE COUNTY, UH, TO GET A LOWER RATE ON THAT AS WELL.

SO SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD ABOUT THAT.

UM, WE'RE VERY PROACTIVE, I BELIEVE, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS IN OUR COUNTY AND THE ROADWAYS AS WELL TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN DO BEFORE WE RECONSTRUCT THEM OR REPAY THEM, UH, IN THE COUNTY.

SO WITH THAT, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES MY RE REPORTS, UH, ON BOTH THE INTERSECTION AND THE ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS PLANS.

MR. CHAIRMAN.

SO AS SCOTT SAYS, NOW IT'S GRILL TIME.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SUPERVISOR? SALAK, I JUST SAY, UM, PART OF PUBLIC WORKS WE HAD, UH, WE GOT A MORE IN DEPTH YES.

UM, VIEW WHAT THESE, HERE, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION, UM, AND IT REALLY IS, UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL AND IT'S A BLESSING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SEE ALL THIS, BUT WE WENT THROUGH ROAD SURFACES, DIFFERENT ROAD SURFACES, SIGNAGE, JUST, THERE'S SO MUCH THERE.

UM, JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE I THINK IT REALLY IS CRITICAL TO SEE WHERE THE ISSUES ARE, WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE, WHAT CAN WE DO, AND TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN FRONT OF US.

WELL, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SCHWAB.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT, MR. SCHMIDT.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND AGAIN, IT IS VERY THOROUGH, BUT ONE THING I NOTICED AS WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH THE CRASHES AND THE ROADWAY REPORT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CAUSES, THE GREATEST MAJORITY ARE OPERATOR ERROR , RIGHT? SO I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE MATERIAL CHANGES THAT WE CAN MAKE TO SURFACES AND SIGNAGE AND PAINTING, THAT'S ALL IMPORTANT.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S ALL HOW WE DRIVE.

AND SO, YES, SIR, IF I, I COULD TO THAT AND, AND MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS, I APOLOGIZE.

UH, ONE THING WE DO IS, UH, JOSH GLASS ACTUALLY GOES TO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ACTUALLY GOES INTO THEIR, WHAT'S THEIR, THEIR DRIVER'S ED TRAINING AND TALKS TO 'EM ABOUT JUST THESE ISSUES, THE CRASHES AND WORK ZONE SAFETY AND STUFF.

SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR OUTREACH TO THE NEWER GENERATION OF DRIVERS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPACT THEM TO GET THEM BEING AWARE OF SOME OF THIS STUFF, UH, INTERSECTIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I TAUGHT MY KIDS RIGHT, THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A STOP SIGN OR THEY HAVE A STOP SIGN DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GONNA STOP YOU.

BETTER LOOK.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OUTREACH IS THAT WE DO FOR THE, FOR THE COUNTY, AND IF ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT WANTS US TO COME, WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE COMMENT THERE BEING NONE.

UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 23 TO DISCONTINUE EXCESS RIGHT AWAY AND AUTHORIZED SALE TO ADJOINING LANDOWNERS.

I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO YOU, SCOTT.

UH, YES.

UH, IT, UH, SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS RIGHT MIGHT RECALL, UH, AN ISSUE WE HAD WITH, UH, A NINE 80 SIGHTING SEVERAL YEARS BACK.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THERE WAS TO LOOK AT

[a. 2024 Resolution 23: Discontinue Excess Right-of-Way and Authorize Sale to Adjoining Land Owners]

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UH, NUMBER ONE IS FOR, FOR THAT PARTICULAR REASON, BUT NUMBER TWO IS TO GET IT BACK IN A TAX ROLL.

IF WE DON'T NEED IT, WHY WOULD WE KEEP IT MAINTAINING IT OR EVEN HAVING IT, UH, INTO PUBLIC? SO, UH, WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD, WE HAVE DONE, UH, SEVERAL OF THESE, UH, IN THE PAST.

UH, YOU'LL SEE SEVERAL MORE COMING.

UH, WE'RE WORKING ON A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, UH, WITH OUR GS DEPARTMENT ONCE AGAIN TO MAP OUT ALL THOSE AREAS SO YOU'LL HAVE A, A GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT'S GONNA BE COMING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

UH, WHEN YOU DO SELL IT TO THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER, YOU ALSO NEED A, A WILLING BUYER.

UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL THAT, THAT THESE OWNERS HAVE, HAVE STEPPED UP AND WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE WASHINGTON COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN PARTNERSHIP.

UH, THIS IS NOT US STRONG ARMING THEM OR, OR, OR BEGGING THEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S REALLY WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AND LOOK AT THAT, UM, ROADWAY.

SO WE MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT OUR FUTURE PLANS.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A NICE 2050 PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE LOOKING AT MAKING IT 2060 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING RIGHT AWAY NOW A LOWER, NOT GIVING AWAY, BUT SELLING IT NOW AND NOT JUST TO BUY IT BACK 10 YEARS FROM NOW OR 20 YEARS FROM NOW.

SO WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE KEEPING IT THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF RIGHT AWAY WITH, UH, WITH US.

AND, UH, THIS BOARD, UH, CAN ANTICIPATE, UH, SEVEN MORE OF THESE COMING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR.

HAPPY TO DISCUSS THESE IN PARTICULAR AS WELL.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? FIRST ON THIS SUPERVISOR, PRIDE MOORE, SUPERVISOR SCHWAB, ANY COMMENTS THERE BEING NONE? WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

THIS IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY.

YOU SAY.

THANK YOU, JODY.

THANK YOU, JODY.

IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 24, AMENDING THE COUNTY BOARD AND UW EXTENSION BUDGETS.

UH, MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

MOTION SUPERVISOR KEL.

SUPERVISOR HARDWIG, DO WE NEED ANY EXPLANATION

[b. 2024 Resolution 24: Resolution Amending the County Board and UW-Extension Budgets]

MM-HMM, WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

THIS REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY UNANIMOUS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ORDINANCE TWO TO AMEND SECTIONS 15 5 15, 23 AND 1528 REGARDING THE WASHINGTON COUNTY HOME PROGRAM MOTION.

AND A SECOND PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR TOMA AND SUPERVISOR CHADRON.

[c. Ordinance 2: to amend Sections 15-5, 15-23 and 15-28 relating to: Organization, Washington County Home Program Committee and Executive Committee]

THIS IS ALSO A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.

IT ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS ORDINANCE THREE TO AMEND SECTIONS 15 FOUR AND 70 DASH 29 RELATING TO THE LAND INFORMATION COUNSEL POWERS AND DUTIES.

UM, THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY A REWRITE TO COME IN LINE WITH WHAT THE STATE SUGGESTS.

ANY SECOND MOTION

[d. 2024 Ordinance 3: to amend Sections 15-4 and 70-29 relating to: Land Information Council and Powers and Duties]

SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PRIDE MORE.

ANY DISCUSSION THERE BEING NONE.

WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

THIS IS ALSO A MAJORITY VOTE UNANIMOUS ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AT THIS POINT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONVENE ENCLOS SESSION PURSUANT TO WISCONSIN STATUTE 1985.

1D FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING PRIME CRIME PREVENTION AND DETECTIONS.

SPECIFICALLY TO REVIEW THE COUNTY'S CYBERSECURITY AUDIT SUPERVISOR, MARY,

[Closed Session]

HIS HAND WAS HIGHER.

JUNIOR ROLL CALL.

WE'LL DO ROLL CALLS STARTING WITH SUPERVISOR BAILEY.

AYE.

AYE.

[Open Session]

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IT FUNDS BALANCE TRANSFER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ADDITIONAL STAFFING TECHNOLOGY

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OKAY, MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR KEL.

SUPERVISOR BOSER.

ALRIGHT, SO NOW I WILL GET

[a. 2024 Resolution 25: IT Fund Balance Transfer – Information Technology Additional Staffing – Technology Security Position]

SO YES, PART OF IS OUR, OUR, OUR IT SHARED SERVICES.

WE DO OFFER THE SECURITY ASPECT OF THAT.

UM, WE DO HAVE, WHEN WE WORK WITH THESE MUNICIPALITIES, WE ASK THEM TO BUY VERY SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFIC FIREWALLS AND THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MANAGE AND LOOK INTO THEIR NETWORKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO YES, THAT IS PART OF, DOES THAT HELP ANSWER THAT ONE? OKAY.

UM, WELL, SO THEN YOU MUST HAVE TO ALSO MONITOR THEIR, UM, STAFFING AS WELL IN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PLACES.

SO WE DO NOT DO THE MONITORING, WE DO THE SYSTEMS. OKAY.

WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL SUPPLY THEM THE SYSTEMS. WE CAN HELP THEM WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON POLICY.

BUT AS FAR AS THEIR, SOME OF THOSE INTERNAL CON UH, CONTROLS, THAT IS, WE'LL GIVE THEM THE, THE TOOLS AND GIVE THEM THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT THAT IS ON THEM TO CARRY THOSE OUT.

OKAY.

SO IF, IF THERE, IF LET'S SAY, UH, KIOSKI HAS 10 EMPLOYEES AND THEY ALL HAVE A, HAVE A COMPUTER, UM, DO YOU MONITOR, IS THAT PART OF THE MONITORING THAT YOU DO HERE? WE DO MONITOR THEIR COMPUTERS.

OKAY.

UM, WE DO MONITOR, UM, I WON'T SAY WE MONITOR THEIR ACTIVITY.

YEAH.

BUT WE MONITOR THEIR COMPUTERS.

SO WE, WE DO RECEIVE REPORTS IF THEIR COMPUTERS ARE MISSING UPDATES OR SECURITY PATCHES.

OKAY.

WE DO GET THAT INFORMATION.

WE DO ALSO GET INFORMATION ON ANY, UM, VIRUS THAT MAY COME ONTO A COMPUTER OR A NETWORK.

WE DO GET THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

WE ALSO DO HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON WHAT COMES ON THEIR NETWORK THROUGH THE FIREWALL.

SO ARE THERE COMPUTERS? I MEAN, I, I GOTTA TELL YOU, IT'S A LOT OF WORK SOMETIMES TO GET, GET TO ALL OF THE EMAILS THAT WE GET.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, SO DOES, DO THEY HAVE THAT SAME SYSTEM THAT WE SEE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR COMPUTER, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR EMAILS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SAME SYSTEM? SO, SO IF THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR EMAILS, LIKE IN THE, IN THE, IN KISKA MM-HMM.

, THEY HAVE THE SAME EXACT SYSTEM THAT WE LOOK AT HERE, WE SEE ON OUR COMPUTERS.

UH, YOU KNOW THAT AS A SUPERVISOR? OH YES.

OKAY.

YES, THEY DO.

SO WE, WE, WE, WE RECOMMEND THE, THE SAME TOOLS AND OR, AND SAME PROGRAMS THAT WE USE HERE, BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO MANAGE THESE IT SHARED SERVICES.

AND YOU MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE USING? YES.

OKAY.

SO THEY HAVE NO, SO THEY CAN'T GO OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU'VE RECOMMENDED? CORRECT.

OKAY.

YEP.

OR WE WON'T SUPPORT IT.

OKAY.

SUPERVISOR MARY? YES, SIR.

THESE SERVE THESE SERVICES YOU'RE PROVIDING TO THESE OUTSIDE COMMUNITIES.

IS THIS PART OF OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU OR DO YOU CONTACT SCU OR JACKSON OR WES BEN AND SAY, YEAH, WE CAN DO THIS FOR YOU, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE FEE'S GONNA BE, HAS TO BE A SEPARATE CONTRACT.

IS THAT PART OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING YOU FOR OR IS THAT IN ADDITION TO? SO THEY PAY FOR THEIR OWN SERVICES? UM, THE, IT SHARED SERVICES IS OUR, OUR MANPOWER TO MANAGE IT.

SO THAT'S THROUGH THE, THE SHARED REVENUE, UM, GRANT THAT WE, WE USE ANY TYPE OF SYSTEM LIKE THE, THE, UM, THE, THE FIREWALL, THE, THE MONITORING SOFTWARE THAT'S ALL PURCHASED BY THEM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, SO WITH THIS, UH, POSITION, I'M ASKING BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING ON SECURITY ONE, WE HAVE THE, THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, AND A, A COMPANY OF, OR A COUNTY OF OUR SIZE REALLY DOES CALL FOR A, A DEDICATED POSITION TO SECURITY.

UM, SOME WOULD ARGUE THAT IT PROBABLY BE MULTIPLE POSITIONS.

UM, WHAT I AM LOOKING TO DO IS BRING BACK THIS SECURITY POSITION THAT I PREVIOUSLY HELD BEFORE I WAS PROMOTED TO DIRECTOR.

UM, BRING THAT BACK TO, TO WASHINGTON COUNTY AS WELL AS THIS POSITION WOULD ALSO OVERSEE THE SECURITY FOR THESE MUNICIPALITIES.

SO THAT WOULD BE UNDER THEIR RESPONSIBILITY PLUS EVERYTHING I DID PREVIOUSLY IN THAT SECURITY ROLE.

AND THIS PERSON WOULD OVERSEE ALL SECURITY, UM, HIPAA, CIS, UM, WE JUST WENT THROUGH A CIS AUDIT, OR I SHOULD SAY WE'RE GOING THROUGH A CIS AUDIT.

SO THIS IS PART OF THAT ROLE.

AND WHEN I SAY CGIS, THAT'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION.

UM, TO FUND THIS POSITION, I WOULD BE LOOKING TO USE THE, UM, IT FUND BALANCE.

WE ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND IN IT, AND WE DO HAVE A FUND BALANCE THAT CAN COVER THE UP TO $170,000 FOR A COUPLE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AND ALL OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN WITH THAT INTO THE 26 27, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS FOR THAT POSITION

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SO THIS WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN OUR OVERALL IT COSTS, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTY, UM, AS WELL AS THE MUNICIPALITIES, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.