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KRIEGER, GUND ONLINE.THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED APPROPRIATELY VIA THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH, WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, UNDER GOD, HE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA IS THE MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 18TH.
WERE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS THAT WERE NOTICED IN THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, THE MEETINGS WILL STAND AS PRESENTED.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, ITEM FOR, UH, DISCUSSION.
FIRST ITEM IS SHERIFF'S OFFICE QUARTERLY REPORT.
I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY A MONTH OVERDUE ON OUR ANNUAL OR, UH, QUARTERLY REPORT.
I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT LAST MONTH.
UH, BUT RATHER THAN HAVE ME RAMBLE ON ABOUT THE, UH, THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THE DIVISION, WHAT I THOUGHT I'D DO IS BRING UP THE INDIVIDUAL
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CAPTAINS THAT RUN THE DIVISIONS AND THEY CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY TO ANSWER, ANSWER, PROBABLY QUESTIONS BETTER THAN, AND I COULD.SO THE, THE FIRST ONE I'M GONNA BRING UP IS, UH, CAPTAIN, UH, BRUCE TOYISH.
HE RUNS THE, THE OPERATIONS DIVISIONS YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS MORNING? SO FAR SO GOOD.
SO, THE AREAS OF MY RESPONSIBILITY, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH SOME STATS FOR YOU.
I THINK I EXPLAINED THE PROGRAMS DURING THE LAST QUARTERLY REPORTS, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK.
SO, THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM CURRENTLY WE'RE, WE ARE REVISITING 17 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WHERE COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE CITIZENS DEPUTIES.
DEDICATED TIME AT THESE LOCATIONS OVER 240 TIMES SO FAR.
IN 2024, THE SCHOOL VISIT PROGRAM DEPUTIES CONTINUE TO VISIT 14 SCHOOLS IN OUR JURISDICTION ON A DAILY BASIS.
SINCE THE STARTED OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, DEPUTY HAS STOPPED FOR THESE VISITS ON 140 DIFFERENT, UH, OCCASIONS.
THOSE DEPUTIES HAVE ALSO CONDUCTED 14 DIFFERENT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN OUR JURISDICTION, THE TOWN LIAISON PROGRAM, WE FOUND THAT THAT PROGRAM HAS BECOME A LITTLE SHORT OF OUR EXPECTATIONS.
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IDENTIFIED WAS THAT WE HAD SECOND SHIFT DEPUTIES ASSIGNED TO SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS, AND DUE TO CALL VOLUME, THEY WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MONTHLY MEETINGS.
I'VE REQUESTED A SHIFT COMMANDERS TO COME UP WITH A REMEDY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING DEPUTIES TO THESE MEETINGS AND HAVE TOWN OFFICIALS HAVE A CON HAVE A CONTACT TO MAINTAIN THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH THE TOWNSHIPS.
THE CANINE PROGRAM, BOTH FAR CONTINUE TO SERVE AT A HIGH LEVEL.
THEY HAVE DEPLOYED OVER 890 TIMES AND HAVE PARTICIPATED IN DRUG SEARCHES AT NEARLY EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY.
THE FOUR TEAMS REMAIN ACTIVE AND HAVE 76 CLIENTS ON THEIR, UH, FOLLOW UP, WHICH THEY DO FOLLOW UP WITH ON A ROUTINE BASIS.
THEY HAVE CONDUCTED 718 VISITS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS.
THEY HAVE ALSO RESPONDED TO 51 CALLS FOR SERVICE DIRECT DIRECTLY IN LIEU OF A PATROL OFFICER NEEDING TO RESPOND.
AND THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO 222 CALLS TO ASSIST DEPUTIES AND MUNICIPAL OFFICERS WITH PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, DRUG DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS, AND OTHER VARIOUS REASONS FOR THEIR SERVICE.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO GO OVER STAFFING LEVELS FOR THE OPERATIONS DIVISION A LITTLE BIT WITH THEM.
CURRENTLY, WE, WE HAVE ALL OUR POSITIONS FILLED OR TENTATIVE OFFERS, UM, FOR ALL OUR POSITIONS THAT ARE ALLOTTED TO US.
WE HAVE TWO DEPUTIES AT WAUKESHA COUNTY TECH ACADEMY.
THEY'LL BE GRADUATING FROM THE ACADEMY ON DECEMBER 6TH.
THREE OFFICERS ARE STARTING LATER THIS YEAR, THE FIRST STARTING OCTOBER 28TH, THE SECOND NOVEMBER 11TH, AND THE FINALS STARTING JANUARY 6TH.
THOSE ARE ALL LATERAL TRANSFERS FROM OTHER POLICE AGENCIES, INCLUDING LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ASPEN, COLORADO PD, AND MILWAUKEE PD.
ONE OF THESE POSITIONS INCLUDES A DEPUTY POSITION ASSIGNED TO THE JAIL.
AFTER CONFERRING WITH HR AND FINANCE, WE REALIZED THE CONTINUED OPEN POSITIONS IN THE JAIL.
UM, CURRENTLY I JUST TALKED TO SCOTT.
THEY APPARENTLY HAVE FIVE OPEN POSITIONS IN THE JAIL.
UM, AND WE RECEIVED APPROVAL TO ASSIGN A DEPUTY TO THE JAIL TO ASSIST WITH TRANSPORTS TO MEDICAL FACILITIES AND ASSIST WITH HOSPITAL GUARDS.
LAST YEAR WE LOGGED OVER 3000 HOURS DOING TRANSPORTS OUT OF THE JAIL.
AND THAT TIME SPENT AT THE HOSPITALS, WHICH MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WAS COVERED WITH
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OVERTIME.UM, WHEN THAT DEPUTY IS NOT ASSIGNED ON TRANSPORTS OR HE WILL ASSIST THE JAIL WITH THE DUTIES WITHIN THE JAIL, ONCE WE HAVE AN OPENING ON THE ROAD, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE LIKELY IN APRIL, THEN THAT PERSON WILL BE TRANSFERRED OUT TO PATROL DIVISION.
WE DID CONTACT FREIGHTER JUST TO LET THEM KNOW AND REQUESTED POTENTIALLY THAT THEY LOOK AT CONTRACTING FOR A DEPUTY BECAUSE THAT'S OVER ONE AND A HALF DEPUTY POSITIONS THAT WE SPENT AT THE JAIL LAST YEAR.
THEY CONSIDERED IT, BUT I REACHED OUT TO 'EM A COUPLE TIMES AND IT'S BEEN CRICKET SINCE.
SO, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND PUSH FOR THAT.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT MUCH, MUCH TIME SPENT AT THE HOSPITAL, IT BENEFIT THEM AS WELL AS US.
SO, AND JUST FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE, I JUST LOOKED CALLS FOR SERVICE TO DATE.
WERE JUST UNDER 35,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE SO FAR THIS YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I HAVE NO QUESTION.
UM, THE HOSPITAL DEPUTY THAT THEY REQUEST, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY REQUIRE OR, UM, WE REQUIRE THAT TWO DEPUTIES BE PRESENT ANYTIME WE, REGARDING ANYBODY AT THE HOSPITAL, WHETHER IT BE A MENTAL HEALTH COMMITMENT OR A MEDICAL TRANSPORT FROM THE JAIL.
WE HAD AN INCIDENT, UH, PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO WHERE WE HAD A DEPUTY DISARMED IN THE JAIL WHILE HOS GUARDING A, A PRISONER.
SO WE FIND IT IMPERATIVE TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE JUST TO AVOID SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
YOU MENTIONED, UM, POTENTIALLY THE HOSPITAL CONTRACTING OUT.
I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY COULD PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID THAT WOULD BE LESS THAN YOU'RE SPENDING NOW.
IT'S CERTAINLY AN OPTION WE CAN LOOK AT.
I DON'T, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, WE KINDA LOOKED AT THE MODEL THAT FREIGHTER MAIN DOWN IN TULSA.
HAVE THEY, THEY CONTRACT OUT TO A POLICE AGENCY TO PROVIDE SECURITY THERE.
AND JUST WHEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'RE SPENDING THERE, WE THOUGHT POTENTIALLY IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR THEM.
WE'LL KEEP PUSHING IT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T GET ANY TRACTION THERE, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MAYBE SEE IF WE COULD PROVIDE SOME FUNDING WITH THEM WITH THEIR ASSISTANCE.
BUT WE CAN SUBMIT A PARTNERSHIP OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S THE SHOCKING NUMBER IS 3000 HOURS A YEAH.
WELL, THERE'S TIMES THAT WE'RE SPENDING GUARDING AN INMATE FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT IF THEY HAVE SURGERY OR SOMETHING AND THOSE HOURS REALLY STACK UP.
OH, AND THEN I HAD ONE MORE COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE TOWN LIAISON.
UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT WHEN THEY COME TO OUR TOWN, UM, PROVIDES A, A, A LIST OF THE CALLS AND, YOU KNOW, VAGUE DESCRIPTION OF, OF WHAT THE CALLS WERE IN THE TOWN.
IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S A PRESENCE THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, OUR DEPUTY IS, HE'S GREAT, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE BUSY.
UM, IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT, MAYBE JUST SENDING US THAT REPORT SO WE CAN REPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE THE SHERIFF AND I HAVE MADE IT A PRIORITY WHAT OUR SUPERVISORS WOULD MAKE SURE WE GET SOMEBODY THERE.
SO IT MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME DEPUTY EACH WEEK, BUT SOMEONE THAT COMES IN GIVES YOU THE INFORMATION AND, YOU KNOW, CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT MAJOR CALLS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IN THE TOWNSHIP.
AND USUALLY IF THERE WAS SOMETHING MAJOR, THEY THEN, THEY REALLY MADE A POINT OF COMING POINT TO COME IN THERE, BUT AT LEAST THAT REPORT IS REALLY HELPFUL.
AND THEY CAN'T MAKE IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND IN LAW ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW, IT'S KINDA LIKE SHUFFLING THE DECK.
YOU GOT PEOPLE MOVING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT'S GOOD THAT WE POTENTIALLY HAVE ALL OUR POSITIONS AND OPERATIONS FILLED.
ARE WE, UM, COMPETITIVE ENOUGH TO AVOID THE BACKDOOR LA LOSSES OF, OF, UH, PEOPLE GOING ELSEWHERE? OR HOW ARE WE HOLDING UP ON THAT END? I, I WOULD SAY WE'RE PRETTY FORTUNATE.
UM, WE DO LOSE SOME ON OCCASION.
SOME OF 'EM DECIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT ISN'T WITH THEM, BUT WE, I WOULD SAY WE HAD A HANDFUL, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR MAYBE TRANSFERRED OUT TO OTHER AGENCIES, BUT COMPARED TO OTHER AGENCIES, I THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL HERE.
AND WE WELCOME TO THE MICROPHONE, CAPTAIN STEYER.
UM, SO THE AREAS THAT I'M GONNA BE COMMENTING ON TODAY ARE THE NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1, THE RADIO SYSTEM AND OUR DISPATCH OPERATIONS.
SO WITH RESPECT TO NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1, IF YOU RECALL, THIS WAS AN INITIATIVE WE TOOK ON SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
GOT RECEIVED SOME GRANT FUNDING.
UM, IT WAS SLOW TO GET IMPLEMENTED ON NO FAULT OF THE COUNTIES, BUT KIND OF ON THE AT T SIDE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT TODAY THAT THAT INITIATIVE IS COMPLETED.
THAT WE ARE, UH, AS OF AUGUST 28TH OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE LIVE ON, UH, THE SE NET.
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AND SO WE ARE LIVE WITH THE NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1.UH, THE LAST COMPONENT TO THAT, UM, MAYBE IT'S EVEN A SIDE COMPONENT 'CAUSE IT WAS AVAILABLE BEFORE, BUT IS THE TEXT TO 9 1 1.
AND WE'VE GOT THAT EQUIPMENT ALL IN PLACE AND ARE JUST WAITING FOR FCC APPROVAL, UH, TO GO LIVE WITH THAT.
AND I'M ANTICIPATING THAT IS GONNA BE ANY DAY.
SO THAT PROJECT CAME IN AT ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THEIR BUDGET.
UM, AND WE DID SUBMIT REIMBURSEMENT TO THE STATE AND WERE REIMBURSED FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS ON NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? UH, CHAIR'S GOT ONE.
UM, WE'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OR WE JUST, UM, ACCEPTED, UH, A GRANT OR ALLOWED GIS TO GO FOR A GRANT TO SUPPORT THIS.
UM, AND I UNDERSTOOD PART OF THAT WAS CONFIRMING ADDRESSES AND SO FORTH.
SO IS THAT PART STILL KIND OF A C***K IN THE ARMOR OF OUR SYSTEM? UM, SO EVERY YEAR, FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE STATE HAVE BEEN GIVING THESE GRANTS RELATED TO PSAP OPERATIONS IN 9 1 1.
AND, UH, LAST YEAR THE, THE COUNTY DID A, THE GIS DID APPLY FOR AND DID RECEIVE A GRANT, UH, TO ACTUALLY PUT A RETIRED DEPUTY IN A CAR AND HAVE GO AROUND AND VERIFY ADDRESSES.
UM, HIS PRIMARY GOAL IN THAT IS NOT SO MUCH THE ADDRESSES, BUT THESE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT APARTMENTS OR SUITES IN THEM.
UM, SOMETHING, A BUILDING THAT, WHICH MAY HAVE HAD SIX SUITES IN IT, NOW'S GOT FORD BECAUSE A TENANT.
AND SO TRYING TO GET THAT INFORMATION UP TO DATE, UM, IN OUR CALL HANDLING EQUIPMENT.
HE'S WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH, UM, ERIC, DAN DAMCO AND HIS TEAM TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE THE COUNTY'S GIS.
UM, SO IT, IT, IT, YES, IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS, BUT IT'S KIND OF A SEPARATE PROJECT.
UM, GIS DID APPLY FOR, AGAIN, IN, IN FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, ANOTHER GRANT, UM, TO COMPLETE THE REST OF THE COUNTY TO THAT DRIVE TIME.
SO I THINK CURRENTLY THE CITY OF HARTFORD'S COMPLETED, UH, GERMANTOWN'S, ABOUT HALF DONE, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE.
JACKSON IS DONE, SLINGER IS DONE.
AND THE DEPUTIES ARE KIND OF THEN GONNA SHIFT AND TRY TO GET DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COUNTY, AARON RICH, RICHFIELD.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA START WORKING THEIR WAY NORTH AND, AND KNOCKING THOSE COMMUNITIES OUT.
SO THAT KIND OF WORK MIGHT KEEP GOING ON FOREVER AS CORRECT.
THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE.
THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA GO ON FOREVER.
IF WE CAN GET THE LION'S SHARE OF IT KNOCKED OUT, THEN KIND OF WE ADDRESS IT THEN AS, UH, YOU KNOW, DEPUTIES OR OFFICERS GET SENT TO THESE LOCATIONS AND FIND OUT THAT IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE THAT WE MAY DO ONESIE, TWOSIES, BUT THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING KNOCKED OUT.
ALONG THOSE LINES, UM, AS TENANTS CHANGE WITHIN MULTI-TENANT BUILDINGS AND THINGS, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH INTERACTION YOUR OFFICE MIGHT HAVE WITH LOCAL BUILDING INSPECTORS, BUT THAT MAY BE A SOURCE OF INFORMATION TO FIGURE OUT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
YOU KNOW, JUST GET A REPORT FROM THE BUILDING INSPECTORS OF AREAS THAT HAVE CHANGED THAT MAY BE HELPFUL AS WELL.
AND I THINK THE INSPECTORS DO WORK WITH ERIC'S OFFICE.
I THINK, I THINK THEY'RE GIVING HIM INFORMATION, I THINK, BUT A LOT OF THIS STUFF, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE LOCALS ARE EVEN AWARE MAYBE THAT SOME OF THIS IS GOING ON.
UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY OUT IN THE COUNTY OR MAYBE A FARMHOUSE WAS TURNED INTO A DUPLEX AND NOW THERE'S AN UPPER AND A LOWER AND TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE GET INFORMATION TO FIND OUT THESE EXIST THROUGH POSTAL THINGS IF YOU START GETTING, AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO UPDATE THE RECORDS.
YEAH, I HADN'T REALLY CONSIDERED SOME OF THE MORE RURAL AREAS.
UH, THE NEXT AREA THEN IS THE RADIO SYSTEM.
SO I'LL JUST KIND OF START WITH A BROAD OVERVIEW.
UM, IT'S NOT REALLY IDENTIFIED UNDER THE GOALS ON HERE, BUT, UM, THE RADIO SYSTEM AS A WHOLE, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, UM, DAVE SEGER IS, IS GONNA BE TASKED WITH THE RADIO SYSTEM AT SOME POINT HERE.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM HAND IN HAND ON, UH, BRINGING HIM UP TO SPEED ON ASPECTS OF THE RADIO SYSTEM.
UM, TOOK ME MANY YEARS TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO JUST TURN THE REINS OVER TO DAVE AND SAY, HERE YOU GO.
UM, SO MY, MY KIND OF PLAN IS I'LL, I'LL STICK WITH THE RADIO PROJECT, UH, THROUGH 25, AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE, BY THAT TIME, IT'D BE A GOOD TRANSITION DATE TO GIVE IT ALL TO DAVE AND BE OFF TO THE RACES.
SO, UM, OUR CURRENT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WITH L THREE HARRIS ON OUR EXISTING SYSTEM IS SET TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31ST.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, L THREE HARRIS TRY TO COME UP WITH A TWO YEAR CONTRACT, AND WE PICKED TWO YEARS BECAUSE THAT PUTS US IN LINE WITH OZAKI COUNTIES, UH, MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.
AND WE FEEL THAT, UH, AT THAT TIME, AND WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH OZAKI COUNTY THAT THERE'D BE, UH, UM, SOME,
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SOME SAVINGS IF THE TWO COUNTIES WERE TO GO TOGETHER AND GET ONE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT SEEN AS THOUGH WE HAVE THE SAME, UH, BRAND OF, UH, RADIOS.SO THAT'S KIND OF BEEN OUR GOAL.
THE FIRST THING IS TO GET US ON THE SAME TIMEFRAME, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE GOING WITH A SLIGHTLY SHORTER MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, AND THEN HOPEFULLY COME UP WITH A, A MORE ENCOMPASSING CONTRACT, A SHARED CONTRACT WITH OZAKI COUNTY, AND THEN SEEK SOMETHING LONG TERM.
SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR ROADMAP THERE.
UM, REGARDING OUR CURRENT RADIO SYSTEM ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, WE EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC, UH, FAILURE TO ONE OF OUR CORES.
THESE ARE THE BRAINS BEHIND THE RADIO SYSTEM, IF YOU WILL.
UM, OUR PRIMARY CORE, UM, FAILED AND THE, THE OLD RADIO SYSTEM WAS SWITCHED TO OUR BACKUP CORE AND WE WERE WALKING ON PINS AND NEEDLES THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHILE THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON YOU HAVE A BACKUP, IF THE BACKUP WERE TO GO DOWN, UM, THE, THE EFFECTS WOULD'VE BEEN BAD TO OUR, OUR, OUR DISPATCH CENTERS, UH, MOBILE TO MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION WOULD'VE, UH, WOULD'VE MADE, BEEN MAINTAINED.
BUT IT'S THE PSAPS AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE IN PSAP THAT IS CONTROLLED BY THOSE CORES.
SO THE FAILURE IN OUR CORE WAS A THIRD PARTY PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT IRONICALLY, EVEN THOUGH THE CORES ARE ONLY SEVEN YEARS OLD, IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED, MAINTAINED, UM, OR, OR SOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER.
SO WE HAD TO GO OUT AND TRY TO FIND USED COMPONENTS THAT CAME OUT OF ANOTHER SYSTEM IN IOWA.
UM, SO WE DID GET THOSE USED COMPONENTS.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND, UM, UH, L THREE HARRIS CORPORATE HAS BEEN KIND OF, UH, DABBLING INTO THE SYSTEM REMOTELY TO TRY TO MAKE THAT ALL WORK RIGHT.
AND NICE, MAKE IT ALL TALK NICE WITH EACH OTHER.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE ABOUT 90% THERE.
THERE'S, UH, A FEW THINGS THEY NEED TO CLEAN UP YET, BUT, UM, WE'VE GOT TWO CORES AGAIN, AND, AND WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT IT WAS, WE WERE ON PINS AND NEEDLES THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.
IT, UM, OF NOTE ARE THESE CORES THAT FAILED ARE EXPECT ARE GONNA BE REPLACED AS PART OF THIS RADIO PROJECT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN UNTIL SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER IN 25.
UH, NOW I'M GONNA JUMP INTO THE PHASE TWO.
THE, THE, UM, THE TOWER BUILDS, THE ACTUAL CIVILS.
NOT A LOT TO REPORT HERE OTHER THAN, UH, WE DO EXPECT, UH, TO MAKE A PAYMENT TO RAYCOM BEFORE THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 24.
UM, OUR, UH, CONSULTANT, THE COUNTY'S CONSULTANT IS GOING AROUND AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE PUNCH LIFTS, PUNCH LIST ITEMS ARE RESOLVED, UH, REFERENCE THESE BUILD OUTS.
AND THEN THE SECOND PAYMENT WE'LL MAKE ON THIS IS TO OZAKI COUNTY.
WE BUILT THAT JOINT TOWER WITH THEM, UM, OVER IN THE TOWN OF FREDONIA.
UM, AND WE WILL NEED TO PAY FOR HALF OF THAT TOWER.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE PHASE THREE FOUR, THE INSTALLATION OF THE, OF THE NEW RADIO EQUIPMENT.
UM, AS I REPORTED IN THE PAST, WE, WE ARE DEFINITELY BEHIND SCHEDULE ON THIS, BUT RECOM REMAINS CONFIDENT THAT THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH PADDING IN THEIR TIMELINE WHERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH UP.
UM, SO THE REALLY ONLY NEW STUFF I'VE GOT TO REPORT TO YOU IS THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER, THEY ARE GONNA START, UH, PUTTING UP THE NEW MICROWAVE SYSTEM.
SO THE DISHES HAVE ALL BEEN HUNG.
UM, AND THE PATH TESTING HAS ALL BEEN DONE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA START PUTTING SEGMENTS ONLINE THAT WEEK, AND HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF NOVEMBER, THE WILL, THE WHOLE, THE RA OUR CURRENT RADIO SYSTEM WILL BE ON THE NEW MICROWAVE RING AND THEY CAN START TAKING DOWN THE OLD, UH, RING IN SPURS.
UM, THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING OTHER THAT'S NEW WITH RESPECT TO THIS IS THAT, UM, THERE WAS SOME HOLD UP WITH END SUBSCRIBER UNITS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
THOSE ARE YOUR POLICE AND FIRE RADIOS.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION, UM, THAT THE SHIP DATE FOR THESE RADIOS IS NOVEMBER 25TH.
UM, SO THEY'VE BEEN ORDERED AND WE'VE GOT A CONFIRMATION.
IN FACT, SOME OF THE RADIOS HAVE ALREADY COME IN.
UM, MOST OF THOSE HAVE BEEN MOBILES AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PORTABLES YET.
UH, OUR TENTATIVE PLAN IS FOR THE RAYCOM SUBCONTRACTOR TO USE THE MONTH OF DECEMBER TO START PROGRAMMING THESE RADIOS.
AND THEN AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, WE'RE GONNA START WITH INSTALLATION IN THE FIELD.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IN MUNICIPALITY BY MUNICIPALITY APPROACH, UH, NOT SPECIFICALLY BY DISCIPLINE.
SO OUR TENTATIVE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE GONNA START UP IN THE VILLAGE OF KIOSKI, START WITH THEIR POLICE AND FIRE, UM, THEN PROBABLY BOONVILLE FILLMORE, AND THEN HEAD EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTY, UM, TOWN OF WAYNE COLESVILLE, AND THEN WORK OUR WAY AROUND THE HORN, KIND OF ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY AND WORK AROUND.
SO WE REALIZED THAT SOMEONE'S GOTTA BE FIRST AND SOMEONE'S GOTTA BE LAST IN THESE TYPE OF IMPLEMENTATIONS.
BUT THE REASON WE STARTED IN THE NORTH IS THEY'VE GOT SOME OF THE OLDEST EQUIPMENT, UM, THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND PROBABLY THE GREATER NEED EXISTS TO GET THAT STUFF CHANGED OUT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PHASES OF THE RADIO PROJECT
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OR THE RADIO SYSTEM? ANYTHING FROM THE COMMITTEE? THANK YOU.AND I, I SHOULD ADD THAT, UH, DPW, UM, THEY WILL, AND I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, THEY'LL BE LAST, THEY'LL BE SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
AND THE REASON WE DIDN'T PRE-ORDER THOSE RADIOS IS THAT THOSE ARE 700, UH, MEGAHERTZ RADIOS ONLY, AND THEY WON'T OPERATE ON OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NEW SYSTEM IN PLACE BEFORE WE, UH, DISTRIBUTE THOSE DPW RADIOS.
UH, MY LAST AREA IS THE, UM, THE MAINTAIN A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION CENTER.
UM, SO I'LL JUST START, UH, KIND OF WITH, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, UPDATE ON OUR VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN CONSOLIDATION PROJECT.
UM, SO I BELIEVE I REPORTED IN THE PAST THAT WE DID APPLY FOR A FISCAL YEAR 25 GRANT TO HELP FACILITATE THIS PROJECT.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM THE STATE.
WE'LL, USUALLY WE'VE HEARD BACK RIGHT AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, WHICH IS THE DATE THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO NOTIFY US.
WE DID HAVE SOME BRIEF COMMUNICATION WHERE THEY QUESTIONED ONE OF OUR ITEMS AND I WAS ABLE TO SEND SOME PICTURES TO 'EM.
BUT WE'LL SEE, UM, CROSS OUR FINGERS THAT HOPEFULLY HERE BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER, UH, WE'LL GET THAT GRANTED.
JUST TO REMIND YOU AGAIN, THAT'S A $741,000 ASK, AND IT'S A 90 10 SPLIT.
SO THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR 10% OF THAT GRANT.
UM, THE COUNTY TOOK GERMANTOWN'S THIRD SHIFT DISPATCHING OPERATIONS OVER ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, UM, SECOND AND FIRST SHIFT.
OUR PLAN IS TO FOLLOW, UM, ONCE THE NEW EQUIPMENT IS IN PLACE FROM THIS GRANT AND STAFFING LEVELS ALLOW.
SO IT'S HARD TO PUT A DATE ON AT THIS POINT.
IT'S GONNA JUST DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GET THAT STUFF INSTALLED.
UH, WE ARE READY TO SIGN CONTRACTS DECEMBER 1ST, WHICH IS THE FIRST DATE THE STATE ALLOWS US TO DO SO IF WE GET THAT GRANT.
SO WE WE'RE PREPARED TO BE OFF TO THE RACES AND KIND OF USING THE, THE FISCAL YEAR 24 GRANT AS A ROADMAP.
UH, WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING IN THAT MAY, EARLY JUNE KIND OF TIMELINE IF THAT, IF THAT STUFF WOULD GO THE SAME WAY AS IT DID LAST YEAR.
UH, GERMANTOWN PD IS, UM, WE'VE JOINTLY KIND OF HIRED TWO DISPATCHERS.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING DOWN IN GERMANTOWN TO TRY TO FILL SOME HOLES.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THE CONSOLIDATION TAKES PLACE, THOSE TWO PEOPLE WILL COME BACK UP BY US AND WILL BECOME COUNTY DISPATCHERS.
SO ONE OF THE TWO IS TRAINED AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING, AND ANOTHER ONE IS BEING TRAINED DOWN THERE AS WE SPEAK.
SO, UM, JUST SOME UPDATES ON OUR COMMUNICATION OFFICER HIRING AND STAFFING.
UM, AFTER WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR FIELD TRAINING OFFICER PAY.
UH, WE WENT FROM $1 AN HOUR TO $3 AN HOUR.
THIS PUTS US IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE DOING ACROSS THE STATE.
UM, THE, THE, OUR COMMUNICATION TRAINING OFFICERS, THAT'S A QUITE A BIT OF EXTRA WORK THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO DO TO TRAIN THESE PEOPLE.
AND THE TRAINING HAS BEEN NONSTOP AND THERE'S BEEN NO RELIEF OR BREAK FOR 'EM.
SO IT'S STARTING TO GET STRESSFUL.
AND SO I THINK THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXTRA BUMP, UM, IN PAY.
UH, JUST OF NOTE, UH, LAST YEAR WE LOGGED ABOUT 2,500 TRAINING HOURS.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO NEW HIRES IN TRAINING, WHICH HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN THE CASE.
WE'VE BEEN, LIKE I SAY, TRAINING AT, AT OUR MAX CAPACITY FOR SEEMINGLY WHAT APPEARS, WHAT SEEMS TO BE YEARS.
UM, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER, UH, DISPATCHER THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT'S, UH, COMING FROM ANOTHER AGENCY, ANOTHER CONSOLIDATED AGENCY, UH, ASSUMING THAT BACKGROUND, UM, ALL LOOKS GOOD.
PROBABLY MAKE AN OFFER, UH, TO HIRE HER.
AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO TRAIN A THIRD, IT'S KIND OF OUT OF OUR NORM, BUT DOING IT A, UM, LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE, SHE HAS WORKING IN THIS CENTER THAT WE THINK THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THIS THIRD ONE ONBOARD AND IT WOULD BE AN ABBREVIATED TRAINING AND NOT THE TYPICAL 16 WEEKS, 1618 WEEK TRAINING THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR, UH, SECOND SHIFT COMMUNICATIONS SERGEANT, UM, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT EFFECTIVE, UH, OCTOBER 20TH, SHE'S GONNA RESIGN, UH, FOR PERSONAL REASONS.
UM, SO THIS REALLY, UH, PUTS, SETS US BACK.
IT'S, IT'S HARD AT, UH, ANGIE, IF, YOU KNOW, SERGEANT BLAIR IS, IS PICKING UP THE SLACK AND IT'S PUTTING A LOT OF STRESS ON HER.
SO IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY COME AT A GREAT TIME, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA ROLL WITH IT AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO KIND OF AS A RESULT OF THAT.
AND TO TRY TO GIVE ANGIE SOME, UH, BREATHING ROOM AND SOME OF THE MORE MUNDANE TASKS.
WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT A SHIFT LEAD, UH, PROGRAM, BASICALLY TAKING THOSE DOLLARS THAT THE SERGEANT MADE AND,
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UH, ADDING $2 AN HOUR TO, UH, UH, THREE LEADS THAT WE'RE GONNA SELECT ONE FOR EACH SHIFT AND HAVE THEM TRY TO TAKE CARE OF SOME ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS.UM, WE'VE ASKED FOR MEMOS OF INTEREST AND WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THERE.
WE HOPE TO NAME SOMEONE OR THE THREE PEOPLE BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.
UM, AND THEN THEIR FIRST DAY AS LEAD WILL BE NOVEMBER 14TH.
UH, IT KIND OF COINCIDES WITH THE NEW PAY PERIOD.
SO STAFFING CONS, UH, STILL, UH, IS A ISSUE.
WE GET PEOPLE OUT ON FMLA PEOPLE, UH, LEAVING.
SO IT, UH, IT FEELS LIKE WE TAKE ONE STEP FORWARD AND TWO STEP BACK AND IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE.
SO, UM, OUR CONSOLIDATION WITH THE CITY OF HARTFORD THAT IS COMPLETED, UM, FEBRUARY 19TH OF 24 WAS OUR, WAS THE LAST DAY, OR OF, THAT'S THE FIRST DAY WE TOOK HARTFORD ON, ON, UH, FULL-TIME.
UH, SINCE THEN, UM, WE DID SUBMIT FOR A, A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR 24 GRANT BECAUSE THAT HAD THAT, THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO THAT HARTFORD TRANSITION.
SO THAT PAPERWORK HAS BEEN FILED, UH, WITH THE STATE.
AND, UM, THEY ONLY HAD ONE MINOR QUESTION.
I'LL BE GETTING BACK TO 'EM, BUT I WOULD SUSPECT THAT WE'LL BE GETTING THAT RE REIMBURSEMENT CHECK, UH, SHORTLY HERE.
UM, THAT WAS A $473,000 GRANT.
UH, WE WERE $4,300 OVER BUDGET ON THAT, ON THAT GRANT.
SO I THINK WE WERE, WE DID PRETTY GOOD.
AND I ACTUALLY DID SUBMIT A, A MODIFICATION REQUEST, UH, WITH THE STATE, AND I'M FINGERS CROSSED THAT THEY'LL PICK UP 90% OF THAT AS WELL.
UH, LASTLY, UM, IS OUR, UH, TO IDENTIFY, SECURE AND IMPLEMENT A COST EFFECTIVE BACKUP AND DISPATCH CENTER.
AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, AS I'VE REPORTED IN THE PAST, WE'RE WORKING WITH OZAKI COUNTY, UH, THAT STILL IS OUR PLAN.
UM, THEY'RE RELOCATING THEIR DISPATCH CENTER, UH, TO THEIR OLD EOC, WHICH IS IN THE BASEMENT OVER THERE.
THAT'LL GIVE THEM ENOUGH SPACE AND, UH, EXTRA COUNSELS TO BE ABLE TO BACK US UP, UH, IN, IN ENTIRETY.
UM, THAT PROJECT ON, ON THEIR END, I THINK IS MAYBE MOVING A LITTLE SLOWER THAN WHAT THEY THOUGHT, BUT IT, IT, THEY'RE STILL PLANNING ON DOING IT.
UM, OUR DISPATCH SUPERVISOR AND THEIR DISPATCH SUPER HAVE BEEN IN TALKS AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO TALK.
THEY'RE GONNA MEET AGAIN AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
UH, MAYBE LOOK AT CREATING SOME OFFICIAL MOUS IN THE MEANTIME.
IF, UH, SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, OUR BACKUP APPROACH IS GONNA BE, RATHER THAN GOING TO ONE CENTER, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF A MULTI-PRONGED.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE WILL PUT SOME PEOPLE DOWN AT WEST BEND PD OR ASK THEIR HELP, PUT SOME PEOPLE IN OUR COMMAND POST, MAYBE PUT SOMEONE UPSTAIRS IN THE EOC, TRY TO SPREAD 'EM OUT DOING IT THAT WAY.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
AND UNTIL THIS MORE FORMALIZED MOU AND SITUATION IS COMPLETE WITH OZAKI.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE WITH THE BACKUP WITH ZAKI COUNTY, THEN I ASSUME THAT WE WOULD BE THEIR BACKUP TOO, THEN IT'D BE COOL.
SO CURRENTLY WE ARE THEIR BACKUP.
WE HAVE THE, WE'VE GOT THE NECESSARY SPACE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE GOT THE NECESSARY COUNCILS, BUT WE ARE THEIR BACKUP RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE SIGNED AN MOU WITH THEM SERVING AS THEIR BACKUP.
THEIR, THEIR ACTUAL SPACE IS MUCH SMALLER THAN OURS.
AND SO TO DO IT THE OTHER WAY AT THIS POINT, UM, ISN'T PROBABLY GONNA WORK.
WE MAYBE COULD PUT A PERSON OR TWO OVER THERE, BUT THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD MOVE A WHOLE OPERATION OVER THERE.
AND SO OUR TILL WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEIR BUILDUP BUILD OUT IS COMPLETED, UH, OUR APPROACH IS KIND OF GONNA BE THIS MULTI-PRONGED THING WHERE WE WOULD PUT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT AND WELCOME CAPTAIN LEHMAN.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY GOING ON, UM, AND, UH, SOME TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING OVER IN OUR, UH, COUNTY JAIL RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO FIRST OFF, UH, I WANT TO JUST MAKE MENTION OF OUR POPULATION.
WE, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO COVID, OBVIOUSLY OUR, OUR JAIL POPULATION, UM, COVID, ID YOU KNOW, CUT THAT DOWN BY, UH, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT.
UM, IT'S BEEN VERY SLOW FOR THAT, UM, POPULATION NUMBER TO GET REACHED BACK UP TO WHAT WE WERE PRE COVID.
UM, BUT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE MADE IT.
UM, SO OVER THE PAST, UM, COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'VE BEEN HOLDING PRETTY STRONG AT THE SAME, UM, AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION THAT WE HAD IN 2019.
UM, WHICH, UM, THIS MORNING WE WERE AT 208.
UM, I THINK OUR, OUR 2019 AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION WAS TWO 13.
UM, SO THAT IS DEFINITELY, UH, THE, A TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING.
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KNEW THAT IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, UM, BUT, UM, I GUESS I WAS HOLDING OUT HOPE THAT WE COULD KEEP THAT, THAT LEVEL DOWN.OBVIOUSLY, WHENEVER POPULATION GOES UP, ALL AREAS OF OUR OPERATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S INCREASED COST AND, UM, YOU KNOW, RISK OF LIABILITY FOR HAVING THOSE PEOPLE UNDER OUR CARE.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE ARE WATCHING, UM, PRETTY CLOSELY.
BUT, UM, 208 ADULT INMATES THIS MORNING.
WE'VE GOT 10 ON OUR ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND, UM, AN AN ADDITIONAL NINE JUVENILES DOWN IN OUR JU UH, JUVENILE SECURE DETENTION.
UM, SO AGAIN, THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY CLOSE TO THAT.
THE, UH, THE PRE COVID NUMBER THAT I MENTIONED, UM, PROJECTS, UH, AS FAR AS THE EOS PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE SYSTEM, UM, OUR INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM PROJECT, I, I CURRENTLY HAVE THAT LISTED AS OFF TRACK AS FAR AS THE STATUS ONLY BECAUSE I, I WAS REALLY HOPING TO HAVE THAT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BY NOW.
UM, WE HAD RUN INTO SOME, UM, PRETTY MAJOR COST ISSUES BEFORE THAT PROJECT EVEN GOT OFF THE GROUND.
UM, KIND OF A, A THIRD OF THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, UM, INCLUDES OUR, OUR INTEGRATED INTERCOM SYSTEM.
AND THOSE COMPONENTS HAVE SKYROCKETED IN PRICE, UM, WHICH CREATED SOME CONCERN, UM, 'CAUSE IT ENDED UP BEING OVER WHAT WE HAD, UM, PROJECTED AND BUDGETED FOR THAT PRO PROJECT.
SO, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE, THE AARON AND AARON DAH AND THE BUDGET TEAM TO COME UP WITH WHAT OUR BEST PLAN IS TO COVER THOSE COSTS.
UM, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT AND VERY CRITICAL TO OUR, OUR OPERATIONS.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
UM, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHOOSING THE RIGHT WAY TO, UM, TO COVER THAT OVERRUN, UM, THAT WE WEREN'T, WEREN'T EXPECTING INITIALLY.
UM, WE HAVE GONE BACK IN THAT PROJECT AND KIND OF REEVALUATED EVERY AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF COST SAVINGS THAT WE COULD, UM, WE COULD BUILD INTO IT.
AND, UM, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE IT DOWN TO KIND OF THE CORE, UM, BUT THERE'S STILL, THERE'S STILL A CHUNK OF MONEY THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA, UM, HAVE, HAVE A STRATEGY FROM OUR BUDGET TEAM TO, UH, TO COVER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PROJECT AT ALL.
UM, WHAT THAT PROJECT BASICALLY ENTAILS IS ALL OF THE CONTROLS, UM, ON OUR DOORS IN THE JAIL AND WHEN YOU'RE OPERATING A JAIL, CONTROLLING THE DOORS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT.
UM, BUT ALL OF OUR TOUCH SCREENS THAT OPERATE ALL THE CLOSING AND OPENING OF THE DOORS, ALL OF OUR, UM, PERIMETER DOORS, UM, AND ALL OF THE INTERCOMS THAT INTERFACE BETWEEN THE DOORS, THE CAMERAS, UM, AND, AND THE CONTROLS THAT ARE BEHIND THAT SYSTEM.
YOU SAID YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
UH, WE, IT IT'S A, UM, THERE, THERE IS NO GETTING AROUND IT.
UM, SOME OF OUR OPERATING SYSTEMS ON OUR, UM, OUR SOFTWARE IS' INCOMPATIBLE WITH, WITH CURRENT OPERATING SYSTEMS, UM, COMPUTER HARDWARE.
SO WE'RE OPERATING OFF OF SOME COMPUTERS THAT ARE, UM, DEFINITELY AT THE WAY PAST END OF LIFE.
UM, AND THAT GOES FOR THE BEHIND THE SCENE CONTROLS, UM, PROGRAMMABLE, UM, CONTROLS, UM, PIECE PLCS.
UM, THOSE ARE ALSO AT END OF LIFE AS WELL.
ALL OF THIS STUFF WAS INITIALLY PUT INTO, UM, INTO SERVICE BACK IN THE YEAR 2000 WHEN WE OPENED UP THE MAJOR EXPANSION OF THE JAIL.
SO IT'S ALL 24 PLUS YEARS OLD.
UM, SO IT'S ALL KIND OF REACHING THE END OF LIFE, WELL PAST END OF LIFE NOW.
UM, SO YES, THE, THE PROJECT WILL WILL CONTINUE ON.
WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE RIGHT APPROACH ON COVERING THOSE COSTS.
IT'S, TO ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY IMPORTANT PRO PROJECT TO BE DONE.
AND IT SEEMS EVERY OTHER MONTH WE'RE DOING A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER FOR SOMETHING, SO LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE MONEY TO DO IT.
AND WE, WE'VE GOT SOME OPTIONS, UM, THAT, THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH, WITH AARON DOLL.
IT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF A SLOW, UM, SLOW GOAL HERE, SO, OR, UH, AN OBSTACLE THAT I WASN'T REALLY ANTICIPATING.
UH, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON THE, THE MONITORING.
WE'VE GOT 10 OF 'EM THAT WE'RE MONITORING ON BRACELETS.
HOW DOES THAT, UM, I'M AS, UH, HOW DOES THAT WORK? DOES, IS THERE A BOARD WHERE THERE, IT'S LIT UP ALL THE TIME AND IF SOMEBODY CUTS ONE OFF, HOW DOES, HOW ARE, HOW ARE YOU ALERTED WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS? UM, SO THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL OPERATING OFF OF GPS, UM, LOCATION, SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE AT AT ALL TIMES.
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ON THE, THE LEVEL OF, UM, OF SOME OF THEM, SOME OF OUR PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE OUT ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING, WE ALSO HAVE THEM ON, UM, WHAT'S CALLED A CRAM BRACELET, UM, WHICH ASSISTS WITH ALCOHOL BREATH TESTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.BUT THE ACTUAL CUTTING OFF OF A BRACELET, WE GET IMMEDIATE ALERTS ON THAT.
UM, SO IT'S ALL DONE THROUGH OUR, OUR IN-HOUSE, UM, SOFTWARE SYSTEM.
WE'LL GET, UM, ALL OF MY SUPERVISORS GET EMAIL ALERTS IF, IF THERE'S ANY TAMPERING OR, UM, EVEN IF, UH, EVEN IF THERE'S A, A PERSON OUT THERE WITH A BRACELET THAT'S GETTING LOW ON CHARGE, UM, THEY GET ALERTS ON ALL OF THAT STUFF.
UM, SO ONCE WE GET THE ALERT, THEN WE, WE ACT ON THAT.
UM, AND IF WE, WE NEED, IF WE NEED TO, WE'LL ARRANGE FOR A DEPUTY TO GO OUT TO THE HOUSE AND BRING THEM BACK IN IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.
ON THE, UH, THE SECURITY THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S 20, 24 YEARS OLD ON THE LOCKING OF THE DOORS.
IS THIS SYSTEM UP TO DATE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE, IS THAT AN OLD SYSTEM AS WELL? YEAH, SO, UH, THE ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEM, YES.
UM, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS A CURRENT SYSTEM.
SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF A, A SYSTEM IN ITSELF THAT, UM, THAT WE'VE UPGRADED OVER THE YEARS AS TECHNOLOGY.
THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS COME A LONG WAY, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM EVEN, EVEN 10 YEARS BACK.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF A SYSTEM ON ITS OWN THAT CONTINUALLY GETS UPGRADED.
UM, AND THEN WE, UH, ALSO HAVE OUR, OUR FOOD PASS SECURITY PROJECT, UM, THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT, UM, THAT WE'RE ADDING SECURITY BOXES TO THE OUTSIDE OF, UM, CERTAIN DOORS.
UM, CERTAIN CELL DOORS THROUGHOUT OUR FACILITY.
UM, BASICALLY HELPS PROTECT MY OFFICERS FROM BODILY FLUIDS, UM, AND OTHER THINGS BEING THROWN OUT THE FOOD PASS WHEN WE'RE PASSING IN FOOD TRAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, INTO OUR MAC SECURITY INMATES.
UM, SO PHASE TWO OF THIS PROJECT, UM, IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE ORDERING, UM, FOUR MORE UNITS FOR OUR FACILITY.
WE PLAN ON FINISHING THE THAT UP WITH AN, AN ADDITIONAL FOUR THAT WILL PUT US AT 13 UNITS THROUGHOUT THE JAIL, UM, WHICH SHOULD COVER ALL OF OUR NEEDS.
UM, ONE THING TO NOTE ON THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR, WHAT, ONCE WE GOT THROUGH PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT AND WE GOT, UM, OUR FIRST FIVE CELL DOORS EQUIPPED WITH THIS, UM, THIS EQUIPMENT, UM, IT WORKS VERY WELL, BUT, UM, WE'VE ALSO REALIZED THAT IT'S, IT, THE, THE EQUIPMENT ITSELF IS A TWO PART, UM, THERE'S TWO PIECES TO THE, THE COMPONENTS.
THERE'S THE ACTUAL DOOR PLATE THAT, UM, OUR FACILITIES TEAM MOUNTS ONTO OUR DOORS, AND THEN THERE'S THE, THE SECURITY BOX THAT SLIDES ON.
UM, THE DOORS CAN BE OPERATED EITHER WITH THE SECURITY BOX ON OR WITHOUT IT.
UM, THE SECURITY BOX IS THAT, THAT PIECE THAT MAKES IT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT HELPS PROTECT MY OFFICERS, BUT WE DON'T NEED THAT PIECE AT ALL TIMES ON ALL OF THOSE DOORS.
SO WE, UM, WE TALKED WITH THE COMPANY AND THEY WERE WILLING TO SELL US JUST THE DOOR MOUNTS, UM, FOR THIS PHASE.
SO WE'VE GOT FOUR DOOR MOUNTS THAT ARE BEING ORDERED, UM, THAT ARE GONNA BE GOING ON THE DOORS.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT FIVE SECURITY BOXES, SO IF WE NEED TO USE ANY OF THOSE SECURITY BOXES, THEY'RE ALL INTERCHANGEABLE.
SO WHAT THAT AMOUNTS TO IS IT, IT SAVED US ABOUT, UM, ABOUT $4,200, UM, IN THE END AND IN, IN HAVING EXTRA EQUIPMENT THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ALL, ALL NINE OF THOSE UNITS ACTIVE AT THE SAME TIME, OR AT LEAST WE HOPE WE DON'T
UM, SO, UM, WE'LL EVALUATE ONCE WE GET THESE, UH, THESE FOUR DOOR PLATES INSTALLED.
AND THEN FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, WE'LL SEE IF WE DO A COMBINATION OF FULL UNITS AND DOOR PLATES, OR IF WE JUST GO WITH DOOR PLATES, UM, FOR THE FINAL FOUR.
UM, SO THAT, THAT DID, UH, THAT DID CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF COST SAVINGS FOR US.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WE HOPE TO FINISH THAT UP PROBABLY LATER, LIKE IN THE FALL OF 2025 IS WHEN I EXPECT TO MAKE THAT FINAL ORDER.
UM, COUPLE OTHER NON EOS PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
UM, WE HAVE OUR ROOF REPLACEMENT GOING ON THAT'S, UH, FACILITIES, UM, A FACILITIES, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UM, REPLACING THE, PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE ROOF OVER THE JAIL, UM, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED.
WE, WE HAVE SEVERAL LEAKS AROUND OUR, OUR SKYLIGHTS AND THINGS.
UM, SO THAT PROJECT IS, HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, AND THEY SHOULD BE, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN UPDATE ON FACILITIES RECENTLY, BUT THEY SHOULD BE TYING THAT UP HERE PRETTY QUICK.
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SO I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY CONCERNS WITH THAT PROJECT.IT'S BEEN GOING WELL, SLIGHT DISRUPTION TO OUR OPERATIONS, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN TOO BAD.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER PROJECT THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT AT A PREVIOUS, UM, MEETING IS OUR MEDICAL CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF A, A FLUID SITUATION THAT, UM, I'M HOPING TO GET SOME CLEAR DIRECTION HERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, PROCEED WITH THAT.
AS FAR AS, UH, JAIL STAFFING GOES, WE HAVE A, AS CAPTAIN TOYISH, UH, STATED EARLIER, THE JAIL HAS CURRENTLY HAS FIVE VACANCIES.
UM, WE DO HAVE ONE NEW OFFICER THAT'S SET TO START NOVEMBER 4TH.
UM, I DID HAVE ANOTHER OFFICER THAT HAD, WE HAD AN ACCEPTED, UM, OFFER ON, AND HE ENDED UP, UM, RECEIVING AN OFFER FROM WEST BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND TOOK THAT, UM, INSTEAD SO, UM, MISSED OUT ON THAT CANDIDATE.
UM, WE'VE GOT A HANDFUL THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, UM, AT VARIOUS STAGES.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE GOING INTO 2025 IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WE WERE COMING INTO 2024.
UM, AND WE CONTINUE AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THAT FULL STAFF.
UM, WE'VE BEEN HOLDING, HOLDING OUR OWN, BUT AS I ALSO STATED PREVIOUSLY, I HAVE A THIRD OF MY STAFF WITH 20 PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE, UM, ALL LOOKING TO RETIRE WITHIN THE NEXT HANDFUL OF YEARS.
SO, UM, UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE VACANCIES.
I JUST, WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP, KEEP PLUGGING THEM AS THEY COME UP.
SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO ANYTHING JAIL WISE? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? CHAIRMAN, SLE, YOU MENTIONED, UH, NEGOTIATING A NEW MEDICAL CONTRACT.
IS THAT A ONE YEAR CONTRACT, THREE YEAR CONTRACT? UM, IT'S, IT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH RENEWAL WITH ANNUAL RENEWALS, UM, THAT ARE USUALLY, WELL, IN THE PAST WE, WE HAD A CAP AT, UM, 3%, UM, WHICH SAVED US A LOT OF MONEY OVER THE LAST, UH, LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, BUT UM, NOW THEY'RE MOVING TOWARDS, UM, UH, THAT THAT NUMBER IS GONNA BE ALSO INCREASING, SO.
ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, AN UPDATE ON, UH, FIRE AND EMS ASSESSMENT STUDY FROM CHIEF OF PUBLIC SAFETY, DAVE SAGER.
DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
HOW'S EVERYBODY TODAY? GOOD, GOOD.
I PROVIDED YOU WITH A HANDOUT HOW COPY, UH, WITH SOME BULLET POINTS.
UH, AFTER SECURING THE CONTRACT WITH HEALTHCARE STRATEGISTS,
[b. Update on Fire & EMS Assessment Study]
UH, WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM TO GET OUT TO WASHINGTON COUNTY AS SOON AS PRACTICAL.SO THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO OUR AREA THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 23RD AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR EVERYONE TO MEET WITH HEALTHCARE STRATEGISTS, BOTH, UH, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE MORNINGS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE LEADERSHIP IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS.
SO EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE AND IT WAS MORE SO FOR THEM TO GET THE CONCEPT AND FEEL OF WHAT EVERYONE WAS DEALING WITH EXPERIENCING IN THEIR OWN TOWN, VILLAGE, AND CITY.
IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL, UH, DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR TOWNS AND OUR VILLAGES IN OUR CITIES.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FOLLOW UP ASSESSMENT NEEDS ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE HARD COPY, AND IT'S A CONSIDERABLE LIFT.
WE'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THEM.
I THINK IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT BY THE COUNTY.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VERY ROBUST, UH, RESULT IN SO MUCH AS WHAT THIS ASSESSMENT NEEDS STUDY IS GOING TO PRODUCE.
UH, IF I CAN ELABORATE UNDER THE SCOPE OF THE FIRE AND EMS NEEDS UPDATE, UH, MANY OF OUR TOWNS AND VILLAGES THAT DON'T HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THEIR MUNICIPALITY, THE CONTRACTS THAT THEY ARE ENTERING INTO CONTINUE TO GROW IN COSTS.
UM, AGENCIES TRANSITIONING FROM A VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO MUNICIPAL HAS PUT SOME AGENCIES IN TOWNS
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AND VILLAGES IN A BIT OF A BIND, TRYING TO FIND FIRE AND EMS SERVICES FROM PARTNERING AGENCIES.UM, SOME AGENCIES JUST DON'T HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS AND SO THEY'RE HAVING TO SHUT DOWN THEIR RESCUE SQUADS AND HAVING TO FIND OTHER MECHANISMS TO PROVIDE EMS SERVICES.
SO IT'S REALLY THIS, THIS COMES AT A, A VERY, VERY CRITICAL TIME PRESENT DAY FOR OUR COLLINS VILLAGES AND CITIES.
UH, BUT I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT.
THERE'S MANY, MANY THINGS THAT, UH, I PERSONALLY CAN BE DOING ALONG WITH OUR PARTNER FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME, SOME BROAD DATA, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY.
JUST THIS PAST YEAR, 54 MILLION EMS RESPONSES, THAT'S OUR NATIONWIDE.
THE MOST CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE SLIPS, TRIPS, AND FALLS, TOTALING 3 MILLION.
THE NEXT HIGHEST IS 1.5 MILLION IN CAR ACCIDENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THE NEXT ONE BENEATH THAT IS LESS THAN HALF AT 750,000.
SO TRYING TO IDENTIFY THOSE SLIPS, TRIPS, AND FALLS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF WHEN WE WERE ALL GROWING UP, FIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, REACHING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS, TEACHING PEOPLE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE DO, EDUCATE THEM TO PREVENT THE FIRES FROM HAPPENING.
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE LAST THREE DECADES, THE NUMBER OF FIRES HAVE DRAMATICALLY DECREASED.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 373,000 TOTAL FIRES NATIONWIDE.
THAT'S FAR DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT WAS WHEN I FIRST BEGAN IN THE FIRE SERVICE BY A CONSIDERABLE PERCENTAGE.
THE OBJECTIVE IN THAT REGARD IS PUTTING TOGETHER AN EMS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION, REACHING OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT SLIPS, TRIPS, AND FALLS.
MANY, MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN BE DOING.
COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION, COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE, MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN BE IMPLEMENTING PRESENT DAY, EVEN BEFORE THAT NEEDS AN ASSESSMENT STUDY IS EVEN ON OUR DOORSTEP AT THE END OF MARCH.
SO THOSE ARE ALL VERY CRITICAL THINGS THAT WE CAN BE DOING.
UH, REACHING OUT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
I'D LIKE TO GET AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS IN REFERENCE TO VOLUNTEERING, BOTH FIRE SERVICE, OUR COMMUNICATIONS, OUR DISPATCH CENTERS, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BECOME A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, A DEPUTY, A POLICE OFFICER, JUST TO GET IT IN THEIR MINDS.
AND IT'S NOT SPEAKING SO MUCH TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
'CAUSE IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU'RE 17, 18 YEARS OLD, YOU'RE ON THE CUSP OF ENTERING EITHER COLLEGE OR THE WORKFORCE.
AND PEOPLE HAVE THEIR MINDS MADE UP REACHING THEM AT A YOUNGER AGE, GET IT IN THEIR HEAD, GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW OUR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES DO THAT CURRENTLY.
FIRE DEPARTMENTS DO THAT CURRENTLY.
BUT JUST TO GET IN THERE AND GIVE THEM SOME EDUCATIONAL PIECES TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT AND HOW VITAL BEING A VOLUNTEER IS OR HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY IS, IS A POLICE OFFICER A DEPUTY, OR EVEN SERVING IN THE DISPATCH CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE EVERYTHING BEGINS, IS COMMUNICATIONS.
SO THOSE ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT THINGS.
WE DO HAVE OTHER REPORTS THAT COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH DATA ALL DAY LONG, BUT THE NATIONAL FIRE REGISTRY, THERE'S 92% OF ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY REGISTER WITH THIS ORGANIZATION OUT OF THAT NUMBER.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN HAS 716 FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
OUT OF THOSE 716 FIRE DEPARTMENTS, ONLY 44 ARE CAREER, 600 OF THEM ARE FULLY VOLUNTEER.
SO WE NEED TO DO BETTER AT COMMUNICATING WITH OUR, OUR FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IDENTIFY THAT, HEY, WE CAN VOLUNTEER.
I KNOW THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL IN THIS REGARD.
UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, CHIEF'S MEETING NEXT MONTH WHERE WE HAVE KAITLYN BRIDGEMAN REACHING OUT AND PRESENTING TO OUR CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION, INTRODUCING THE HART AND HOMESTEAD PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE THE JACKSON FIRE DEPARTMENT SIGNED UP.
BOLTON FIRE DEPARTMENTS SIGNED UP AS WELL AS ST.
AND I'M HOPING TO GET AS MANY VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENTS ENGAGED IN THAT PARTICIPATING AGENCY OPPORTUNITY WITH HART AND HOMESTEAD.
SO YET ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PROVIDES IT'S GREAT MECHANISM.
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SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M, I'M AVAILABLE ALWAYS, BUT RIGHT NOW, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OF COURSE I DO.SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS SINCE PRIOR TO EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE, GETTING THE STUDY TOGETHER.
I ATTENDED A LOT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AS THE LOCAL ELECTED LEADER AS WELL.
AND THIS COMPANY HAS GOT THEIR HANDS FULL.
TWO OF THESE MEETINGS, UM, DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, MY INTEREST IN IT.
UM, I THINK, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, VOLUNTEERISM IS BEING KILLED BY STATE REGULATION, STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING IS, IS KILLING THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, I WENT THROUGH, I'M A STATE LICENSED FIREFIGHTER MYSELF, AND I WAS IN THE EMS AND SINCE I TOOK IT TO NOW TO THIS POINT, IT HAS GOTTEN TERRIBLE.
I MEAN, YOU CANNOT GET PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER THE TIME JUST TO TAKE THE SCHOOLING, YOU KNOW, THAT.
I THINK THEY HAVE THE TIME TO, TO PROVIDE THE VOLUNTEER FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S JUST TO GET THROUGH THAT INITIAL CERTIFICATION.
IT'S JUST, IT'S KILLING THE LOCAL DEPARTMENTS, THE, THE VOLUNTEERS.
I CANNOT DISAGREE WITH YOU SUPERVISOR.
I THINK WE DISCUSSED TOO THE, THE EMT SIDE OF IT, THE EMS SIDE OF FIRE AND EMS, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH FIREFIGHTER ONE, FIREFIGHTER TWO, OPERATOR OFFICER, UH, THE EMS COMMITTEE JUST MET THIS PAST MONTH AND MADE RECOMMENDATION, THEY'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE NOT REVIEWED THE CURRICULUM SINCE 2011.
AND SO THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EMS PROVIDING, UH, STARTING AT EMR EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDER, EMT, BASIC ADVANCED EMT PARAMEDIC LEVEL.
AND THEY REVIEWED THE CURRICULUM JUST FOR EMR AND EMTB PARAMEDIC AND A EMT IS GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT THAT IS, UH, EMR TRAINING IS 60 HOURS CURRENTLY, AND EMT TRAINING IS 108 HOURS.
CURRENTLY THEY'RE MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION TO DHS TO INCREASE THE EMR TRAINING, 68 HOURS TO 108.
AND THEY'RE INCREASING EMT HOURS BY 180 TO ADD TO THE PROBLEM.
SO IT'S JUST, THEY'RE MAKING IT SO DIFFICULT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S, IT'S, UH, THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A GOOD POINT IN THAT THE SKILLSET, YOU'RE DEALING WITH SICK PEOPLE, YOU'RE DEALING WITH LIFE AND DEATH, AND THAT'S A VERY TRUE STATEMENT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE, THE FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE TO PROVIDE THAT LIFESAVING SKILLSET.
SO IS IT THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG? I'D RATHER HAVE THE PEOPLE TRAINED UP AND THEM, LET'S WORK TOWARDS THAT OBJECTIVE GOING DOWN THE ROAD RATHER THAN JUST MAKING IT SO DIFFICULT TO GET TO A CERTAIN POINT AND HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL SAY, I I I JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO COMMIT TO THAT.
SO THERE, THERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE, THAT I'M WORKING WITH HEALTHCARE STRATEGISTS.
THEY, THEY DO HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL.
UM, I WILL SAY THIS, UH, EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY SHOULD BE EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD OF THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FIRES IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS AND THEY, THEY ARE JUST INCREDIBLE AT WHAT THEY DO.
THEY'RE EVERY ONE OF 'EM FROM VOLUNTEER COMBINATION TO, UH, PAID ON CALL TO CAREER.
THEY ARE ALL VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.
UM, I'M WORKING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS EXCEPTIONAL HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, UM, WITH OUR MAVIS CARDS.
I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT ACRONYM, MUTUAL AID BOX ALARM SYSTEM.
AND I KNOW SERGEANT BLAIR FROM DISPATCH GETS ALL THESE DOCUMENTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT, AND IS ABLE TO UPLOAD THAT INTO OUR CONSOLE SO THAT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT TRANSACTS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY CAPABLE AND, AND JUST, THEY, THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO IN THAT COMMUNICATION CENTER.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONCEPT OF THE MAVIS CARDS AND THEY'RE BEING UPDATED, THEY HAVE TO BE UPDATED BECAUSE LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE CONTRACTS ARE CHANGING CONTRACTS THAT WERE ONCE THERE BEFORE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS
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ARE NO LONGER GONNA BE APPLIED TO PRESENT DAY.SO IT'S DIFFICULT AND EVERYTHING CHANGES.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THE TOWN OF GERMANTOWN USE THE CONTRACT WITH RICHFIELD.
WELL STARTING NEXT YEAR THEY'LL BE CONTRACTING WITH JACKSON.
THE VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE TOWN OF LISBON WILL NO LONGER BE PROVIDING PARAMEDIC SERVICES AS OF NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024.
SO NOW THEY HAVE TO SCRAMBLE AND FIND HOW THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
SO ALL THESE MAVIS CARDS ARE CHANGING.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLE OF WHAT A MAVIS CARD FOR A DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE.
THEY IDENTIFY EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT TYPE AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT'S VOLUMINOUS SLINGER ALONE, THEIR MAVIS CARDS FOR ALL THEIR INCIDENT TYPES IS 148 PAGES LONG.
AND WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS WE'RE FIRE FIGHTERS.
SO EVERYTHING AND THE CHAIRMAN ALWAYS GIVES ME A HARD TIME.
WE, WE BELIEVE IN THIS, RIGHT? THIS IS, THIS IS OUR SOURCE HARD COPY PAPER.
SO THAT 148 PAGE DOCUMENT IS IN A BINDER THAT SITS NEXT TO THE CAD SYSTEM IN THE FIREHOUSE AND ON THE RIG.
SO I'M WORKING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO DIGITIZE ALL OF OUR MAVIS CARDS SO THAT WHEN OUR INCIDENT COMMANDER GETS TO A SCENE, THEY CAN JUST PULL UP AND COMMAND THE SCENE, ANY FIRE, ANY INCIDENT, AND JUST PULL UP AND SEE WHO THEY'RE GETTING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
WE'RE ALSO DIGITIZING ALL THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION THAT ROB SCHMIDT HAS ON FILE IN THE FOUR FILE CABINETS IN HIS OFFICE.
AND THEN IN A HARD FILE CABINET IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RIG THAT WILL ALL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS AND ANY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
THE WHOLE NINE YARDS IS ALL GONNA BE DIGITIZED ALL THROUGH OUR IT DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY'RE DOING SOME GREAT WORK TOO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE IN GENERAL? HOW'S THE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITIES? IS THE RECEPTION OF HEALTHCARE STRATEGIST BEEN PRETTY POSITIVE? VERY POSITIVE, VERY GOOD? YES.
IT'S, UH, IT, I THINK THE FIRST 10 MINUTES, I THINK IT'S LIKE HUMAN NATURE THAT IT'S KINDA, LET'S FEEL 'EM OUT A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA, AND THEN AFTER ABOUT 10, 15 MINUTES THE FLOODGATES OPEN AND IT'S JUST, HERE'S THIS ISSUE, HERE'S THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE DO WELL, THIS IS REALLY GREAT.
AND FOR, FOR THE MOST PART, THE, THE COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THEIR TOWN OR VILLAGE, THEY STRUGGLE MIGHTILY WITH HOW THIS IS GONNA CONTINUE.
'CAUSE IT'S CONTRACT FOR FIRE AND EMS SERVICES AND WHATEVER'S LEFT IS FOR ROADS AND THERE'S NO WIGGLE ROOM IN BETWEEN.
WHICH IS WHY I THINK WHAT THE COUNTY BOARD HAS DONE, WHAT THE EXECUTIVE HAS DONE IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL IN THIS POINT IN TIME.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST, 2024 AT 7:00 AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO WASHINGTON COUNTY AND TO ITS CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENCE.