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GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THIS MONTHLY MEETING OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING IS IN ORDER WITH ALL MEMBERS.
A REMINDER THIS MORNING THAT, UH, ALL MICROPHONES ARE ACTIVE AT ALL TIMES, BUT WE WILL MAINTAIN A STATE OF DECORUM REGARDLESS.
AND AT THIS POINT, I NEED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTICED THROUGH THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS.
FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA IS WITH REGARD TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DID ANYONE NOTICE ANY IRREGULARITIES WITH THE MINUTES? IF NOT, THE MEETINGS WILL STAND AS POSTED.
ITEM THREE A ON THE AGENDA IS AN UPDATE FOR, FOR THE, UH, FIRE AND EMS TASK FORCE.
AND FOR THAT WE HAVE CHIEF OF PUBLIC SAFETY, MR. DAVE SAGER.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
UH, JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE FIRE EMS TASK FORCE.
UH, THE FIRE AND EMS TASK FORCE WAS STOOD UP EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THROUGH THAT TASK FORCE, A SUBCOMMITTEE WAS FORMED AND
[a. Fire/EMS Task Force Update]
AN RFP WAS ISSUED.THAT RFP WAS RESPONDED BY EIGHT FIRMS, WHICH WAS REVIEWED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF BILL CORE, THE PURCHASING MANAGER FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY AND SHEPHERDED ALONG UNTIL WE REACHED A DECISION ON FOUR DIFFERENT FIRMS. THOSE FOUR FIRMS WERE THEN INVITED TO A PERSONAL INTERVIEW AUGUST 14TH AND 15TH, AND THOSE TWO DAYS RESULTED IN ONE FIRM BEING A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL EMS TASK FORCE.
AUGUST 27TH, THE MEETING WAS COMMENCED AND HEALTHCARE STRATEGIST WAS RECOMMENDED TO THE FULL FIRE AND EMS TASK FORCE.
AND AT THAT MEETING, THEY WERE UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED AS THE CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT THE NEEDS AND ASSESSMENT STUDY OR THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY BRAD STERN, A CONTRACT WAS REVIEWED, CLEANED AND SIGNED ON SEPTEMBER 6TH.
OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS FROM THAT POINT, MEETINGS WERE SCHEDULED FOR A KICKOFF WEEK THAT WILL COMMENCE NEXT MONDAY WITH ALL TOWN VILLAGE AND CITIES ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE MORNING THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK, AND ALL FIRE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP IN THE AFTERNOONS.
THAT WILL THEN KICK OFF THE NEEDS AND ASSESSMENT STUDY.
AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, AND BY THE END OF MARCH OF 2025, WE WILL HAVE A REPORT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY IMPLEMENT SOME OR ALL OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, ITEM THREE B, REQUEST FOR MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO.
GRANT FOR ALLENTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
SECOND MOTION FROM TOMA, SECOND FROM BERG.
AND IF YOU'D GIVE US, UH, BACKGROUND INFORMATION? YES.
SO THE ALLENTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT RADIO GRANT REQUEST IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE, BUT IT'S UH, IT'S
[b. Request for Municipal Public Safety Radio Grant – Allenton Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.]
BEING RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE.AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME, UH, BACKSTORY ON ALLENTON FIRE, UM, SINCE 2003, THEY HAVE EMPLOYED A STRATEGY OF DIRECT RESPONDERS AND THIS RADIO GRANT REQUEST IS TO PROVIDE THE SIX DIRECT RESPONDERS WITH THESE RADIOS SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO RESPOND FROM THEIR HOME TO THE EMERGENCY DIRECTLY.
THIS ABSOLUTELY REDUCES RESPONSE TIMES FROM THEM GETTING A PAGE, HAVING TO RESPOND TO THE STATION, GETTING ON THEIR EQUIPMENT, AND THEN RESPONDING TO THE EMERGENCY THEMSELVES.
SO THIS IS THE, THE POINT OF ITS UNIQUENESS AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALLENTON
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FIRE TO HAVE.AND IT'S, IT MAY BE PRECEDENT SETTING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CRITICAL, UH, FOR ALLENTON FIRE AND FOR THE CONSTITUENCY IN WHICH THEY SERVE.
AND IT ALSO IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEM FOR THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITHIN THE SHARED SERVICES PRIORITIES.
AND THIS FITS RIGHT INTO THAT DYNAMIC.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE THEN? THE MATTER AT HAND IS THE, UM, MOTION TO APPROVE AN AMOUNT OF $37,809 AND 78 CENTS PER THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT ITEM, ITEM THREE C IS A RESOLUTION FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE STAFFING CHANGE VILLAGE RICHFIELD CONTRACT.
DEPUTY, IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WOULD WISH TO SHARE? I, I BELIEVE THAT WAS TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA THAT THAT'S BEEN REMOVED.
MR. CHAIR? I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST LOOKING AT AN OLD AGENDA.
NEXT ITEM THEN IS TO ADOPT THE UPDATED WASHINGTON COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION NEED I CAN PROVIDE THAT? YES.
UH, SO THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IS UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE LAST ONE WAS UPDATED IN 2018, SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS.
THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT OUR PARTNER IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SEWER PACK HAD SOME STAFFING CHALLENGES.
[c. Resolution: Adopt the Updated Washington County Hazard Mitigation Plan]
WASHINGTON COUNTY, ROB SCHMIDT AND SEWER PACK ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION THROUGH THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, WHICH WAS GRANTED AND THAT'S WHY IT'S NOW SIX YEARS SINCE THE PREVIOUS ONE.AND THE OTHER UPDATE IS THAT THIS IS THE OLD HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND IT'S ABOUT, THE NEW ONE IS ABOUT 200 PAGES SMALLER.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM NEWMAN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT ITEM THEN IS RESCINDING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND UNSIGNED? A MOTION FROM BERG SECOND FROM NEWMAN.
IS THERE ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION YOU'D CARE TO SHARE ON THIS ITEM? UH, THE BACKGROUND ON THIS MOTION
[d. Resolution: Rescinding the Appointment of the Waukesha County Medical Examiner ]
IS, UH, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, UH, SINCE WE HAVE TRANSITIONED TO A COUNTY EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE APPOINTMENT TO MEDICAL EXAMINER.SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE RESCINDING OF THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE WAUKESHA COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS TO TRANSACT ITSELF SIMPLY BECAUSE THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO THAT.
AND IF I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, WE DO HAVE COUNTY ATTORNEY BRAD STERN HERE TODAY IF HE MIGHT WANT TO CORRECT ME, BUT THAT IS THE REASON WHY THE MOTION IS BEFORE YOU.
YEAH, I BELIEVE THIS COVERS THE, UH, YOU, YOU, WHAT YOU'VE DISCUSSED ALREADY COVERS BASICALLY BOTH UH, POINTS ON OUR AGENDA REGARDING THE RESCINDING AND, UH, AS MR. UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY STERN EXPLAINED IN AN EMAIL YEAH, THAT THE COUNTY HAS TURNED, THE COUNTY BOARD HAS TURNED THAT RESPONSIBILITY OVER TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
SO NO FURTHER OR TO ACTION WOULD BE NEEDED AFTER RESCINDING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.
AND THEN THE, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL REGARDING THE MEDICAL EXAMINER APPOINTMENT, WHICH IS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S RESPONSIBILITY? IF THERE ARE NONE, IF WE'LL MOVE ON.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, WE ARE ADJOURNED TO OUR NEXT MEETING DATE OF OCTOBER 16TH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND ATTENDANCE.