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I'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO ORDER.
UH, WE ARE ALL PRESENT AND SMILING.
UM, THIS MEETING WAS POSTED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE APPROPRIATELY.
WE'LL RISE 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 THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 18TH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS? THERE BEING NONE WILL ACCEPT THEM AS RECORDED.
UM, OUR FIRST ITEM WILL BE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE FORMER UWM WASHINGTON COUNTY CAMPUS, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY JOSH SHOWMAN.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE, IT FEELS LIKE THINGS ARE MOVING SLOWLY, UH, FROM A PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE, BUT, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS ARE MOVING, UH, ALONG QUITE WELL.
UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH THE WEST BEND SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY HAVE HAD SOME PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS AND MANY PRIVATE, INCLUDING, UM, A COUPLE OF TOURS, UH, OF THE CAMPUS.
UM, AND ANOTHER ONE THAT IS IMPENDING.
UH, SUPERINTENDENT WIMER AND I ARE NOW ON A, UH, REGULAR, REGULARLY SCHEDULED, UH, SET OF MEETINGS, UH, ZOOM MEETINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING EVERY OTHER WEEK.
UH, OUR NEXT ONE IS ACTUALLY A COUPLE WEEKS FROM NOW.
AND SO AS, AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR REFERENDUM PROCESS, UM, THINGS ARE CONTINUING TO HAPPEN IN THE BACKGROUND.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I, I'VE INFORMED YOU IN THE PAST THAT, UH, WE HAD INTEREST FROM, UH, A CHARTER SCHOOL, UH, THAT WAS LOOKING AT, UM, UTILIZING THE CAMPUS.
WE CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
UH, BUT I WILL SAY OUR FIRST, OR KIND OF THE DRIVING FORCE OF THIS CONVERSATION IS, IS THE WEST BEND SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN THE, UM, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
UM, WE, WE HAVE RECEIVED A JOINT LETTER FROM ALL FIVE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS INDICATING INTEREST, PARTICULARLY IN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR
[a. Update on the Status of the Former UWM-WC Campus]
WHAT I WILL CALL, UM, SOME HIGHER END SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS WHO CURRENTLY ARE ALL SENT OUT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR, FOR THEIR NEEDS.UM, THERE'S A HEAVY AMOUNT OF TUITION COSTS AND HEAVY AMOUNT OF TRAVEL COSTS THAT GO WITH THAT.
UH, AND THERE COULD BE SOME REAL SYNERGIES AND EFFICIENCIES, ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING, UH, AS WELL AS BRINGING, UH, OUR STUDENTS BACK HOME, WHICH IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS GO CLOSER TO HOME.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS CONTINUE IN PROCESS.
UM, I BRING UP, I START WITH THOSE BECAUSE REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT THIS STAGE, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL FROM THE, UH, CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, IS FINDING THAT ANCHOR TENANT, IF YOU WILL, UH, TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE COST OF THE OPERATION OF THE FACILITY, SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT THE, UH, UW HAD FOR THE LAST 60 YEARS.
UH, AND THEN ONCE THAT IS IN PLACE, REALLY STARTING TO BUILD OUT ALL OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT WOULD MAKE IT THE VI, IT WOULD ACHIEVE THE VISION OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SOCIAL CAPITAL.
SO, UM, CONTINUING, UH, TO DO THE WORK, UH, THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO GET THAT ANCHOR TENANT IN PLACE.
UH, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT BY NEXT MONTH, UH, IF NOT, THEN THE MONTH AFTER WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO YOU WITH SOME KIND OF CONCRETE SOMETHING, UH, AND CONTINUE OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS, UH, HAVING THAT ANCHOR TENANT.
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ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, SUPERVISOR? KELLY? JOSH? UH, HAVE WE HAD ANY MORE COMMUNICATION, UH, WITH THE CITY, UH, AS FAR AS THE BUYOUT OR, UH, IS THAT A DEAD ISSUE NOW? UH, I'VE TALKED WITH THE, THE MAYOR DIRECTLY.UM, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANY OF THE ALDERMAN OR THE ADMINISTRATION.
I WOULDN'T CALL IT A DEAD ISSUE, BUT I, I WILL SAY THAT I THINK, UM, THE CITY IS REALLY WAITING TO SEE IF WE CAN DELIVER ON THIS ANCHOR TENANT CONCEPT IF WE CAN.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR PROPOSAL, OR AT LEAST OUR, UH, THE CONCEPT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY SOCIAL CAPITAL, UH, CAN TAKE OFF.
IF WE CAN'T LAND THAT ANCHOR TENANT, THEN I THINK WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND MAYBE HAVE A, A SUBSEQUENT MEETING, UH, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 2025.
MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SHARIN, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR, JODY SCHES.
[b. 2024 Resolution: 2025 Budget Adjustment]
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.UM, SO THIS BUDGET, WHAT I CALL A BUDGET REPAIR RESOLUTION, IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
YOU ARE, WE'RE HERE HAVING THIS PARTICULAR DISCUSSION, 'CAUSE YOU ALL KNOW, UH, BUT FOR THOSE IN TV LAND, UH, WE HAVE A BIANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING THROUGH OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.
INSTEAD, WE BASICALLY TOOK A STEP BACK AND LOOKED AT WHERE ARE WE AT FOR THE BIENNIUM, AND ARE THERE ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE? YOU RECALL, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE FIRST BIENNIAL BUDGET, UH, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING OF MAJOR SUBSTANCE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH THAT WE THOUGHT IT'S WORTHWHILE TO COME BACK TO YOU, UH, AND MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO, TO THIS BUDGET.
SO, UM, IN, IN YOUR PACKET, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, FIRST OF ALL, THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, UM, THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO, TO APPROVE OR TO SEND ON TO THE COUNTY BOARD, HAS A NUMBER OF BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
THINGS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE ARE, ARE LARGE IN SIZE, BUT RELATIVE TO 150 MILLION OR ALMOST $150 MILLION BUDGET.
UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE DISCUSSING IN PARTICULAR A HUGE INCREASE, UH, IN OUR INTEREST EARNINGS.
UM, FOR, FOR COUNTY INVESTMENTS.
UM, WE THINK FOR 2024 IN PARTICULAR, UH, THAT NUMBER COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 1.5 TO $2 MILLION.
UH, MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE IS PROBABLY THE SAFEST BET.
UM, WITH INTEREST RATES DROPPING, WE THINK THAT NUMBER WILL COME DOWN AL, ALTHOUGH, UM, I DON'T EXPECT INTEREST RATES TO DROP TOO TERRIBLY MUCH MORE.
UM, SOME OF IT THAT IT, IN MY OPINION IS, IS KIND OF FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ECONOMY.
UM, SO WE HAVE A IN, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THAT RESOLUTION, A $1.3 MILLION ADJUSTMENT.
THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS SUCH A LARGE NUMBER, UM, THAT WE FELT IT'S WORTH HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
THE SECOND PIECE IN THAT REVENUE NUMBER THAT'S ALSO WORTH TALKING ABOUT IS OUR HEALTH INSURANCE FUND.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH, UH, AND I, I, I KNOW I THINK BRIAN KRESS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISOR WHO WAS HERE WHEN IT INITIALLY HAPPENED, BUT OUR FUND BALANCE FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE FUND WHEN I FIRST GOT TO THE COUNTY, WAS AT ZERO AND WAS HEADING NEGATIVE.
TODAY, WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT LEDGER.
ALL OF THE, UM, INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE OVER THE PAST 11 YEARS ARE REALLY STARTING TO BEAR FRUIT.
AND NOW WE'RE EVEN IN A FANTASTIC POSITION WITH AS REGARD TO HEALTH INSURANCE.
UM, SO THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT, UH, IS, IS DOING QUITE WELL AS, AS WELL, UM, PUTTING US IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAKE PROPOSALS FOR HEALTH INSURANCE THAT WOULD LOWER DEDUCTIBLES, THAT WOULD LOWER OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES, THAT WILL LOWER PREMIUMS. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, DO SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS RESOLUTION.
SO, UM, FROM, SINCE THAT'S IN GENERALLY SPEAKING, AN EMPLOYEE OR AN EMPLOYEE OR RELATED, UH, EXPENSE, YOU'LL SEE A QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR OR 1% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
THAT EXPENSE WOULD BE COVERED FROM THIS HEALTH INSURANCE SAVINGS AREA.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU'LL, YOU'LL RECALL THAT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, UH, INCLUDING AS RECENTLY AS, UH, THE COUNTY BOARD MEETING LA UH, LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN HOLISTICALLY.
UM, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT, OF COURSE IS QUITE
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A LARGE EXPENSE IF WE WERE TO TRY TO TACKLE THE ENTIRETY OF THE MASTER PLAN.UM, WHAT I HAD PRELUDE IN THAT PRESENTATION WAS WE WOULD LOOK AT HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH KIND OF THE FIRST STEP REMODELING THE HERBERT J TENS GOVERNMENT CENTER, KIND OF THE FRONT END OF THE JUSTICE CENTER, MAKE SOME SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD, UH, PRO BEGIN TO BORROW THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT PROJECT.
AND AS WE HAVE THE LAST FIVE TIMES WE'VE BORROWED MONEY, WE WILL DO IT WITHOUT RAISING TAXES, WITHOUT ANY NEW DEBT LEVY.
UM, WE'D BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE COSTS.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT IS THE ADDITIONAL PIECE.
UM, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BURIED THE LEAD, BUT I GUESS I DID BURY THE LEAD.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE, WE ALWAYS WANT TO START WITH, AND REALLY WE'RE WHAT BEGAN THE CONVERSATIONS, UH, AT LEAST INTERNALLY, WAS, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE REDUCING THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY AS WE DO THIS.
SO THE BIENNIUM APPROVED, UH, A HIGHER PROPERTY TAX, UH, LEVY, YOU'LL SEE AT THE END OF THE RESOLUTION, UM, THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR 300, UH, EXCUSE ME, 38 MILLION 2 75.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS REDUCING THAT TO BY 150,000 TO 38,125,000.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU'RE SEEING OTHER PLACES TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NEW FEES AND NEW SALES TAX AND, UH, REFERENDUMS, WE'RE, WE'RE AC ACTUALLY PROPOSING ANOTHER TAX LEVY CUT.
I THINK THIS MAKES IT THE SEVENTH TIME IN 12 YEARS IF I'M DOING MY MATH RIGHT.
UM, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING THAT TREND OF REDUCING THE LEVY EVERY TIME WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE WORTH TALKING ABOUT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR A WHILE NOW ABOUT HOW DO WE, UH, HOW DO WE FUND, UH, THE ANTI-CRIME PLAN B.
UM, OUR INITIAL GOAL IN, IN, IN YOUR PACKET WAS TO TRY AND FUND AN ADDITIONAL DETECTIVE.
UM, SINCE THIS IS A BUDGET REPAIR RESOLUTION, UM, WHAT WE FOUND IN THIS PROCESS WAS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MASSIVE INCREASE COMING FOR OUR JAIL MEDICAL EXPENSES.
UM, I I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HEARD ABOUT THAT, UH, A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING.
UM, IT, IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL SUM.
UM, WHAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY, RATHER THAN HIRING A NEW DETECTIVE, PRETTY BRINGING ON A NEW POSITION, GROWING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, UH, SOME BILLS THAT IN NEXT YEAR, IF WE DID THAT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PAY.
AND THAT IS THAT JAIL MEDICAL CONTRACT.
SO INSTEAD OF BRINGING ON THE DETECTIVE A SMALL TWEAK TO WHAT WE ORIGINALLY PROS PROPOSED IN THIS PACKET WOULD BE TO TAKE THAT $140,000 AND ALLOCATE IT TO THIS SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE JAIL, UH, MEDICAL CONTRACT.
NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'LL BE THE FULL COST OF JAIL MEDICAL INCREASE FOR 2025, BUT WE ARE GONNA GO OUT FOR A BID FOR RFP FOR 2026, AND WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR 2026 TO MAKE UP WHATEVER THAT DIFFERENCE IS, IF THERE REMAINS TO BE A DIFFERENCE.
SO THAT IS, THAT IS ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PIE HERE.
THE FINAL, UH, TWO COMPONENTS AND THESE TIE, I WOULD SAY TIE DIRECTLY TO, UM, THE INVESTMENT INCOME ARE OUR HEART AND HOMESTEAD PROGRAM.
UM, BEGINNING, UH, IN 2025, BUT REALLY BECOMING EFFECTIVE IN 2026.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, PERMANENT FUNDING, SO TO SPEAK, UH, FOR OUR HEART AND HOMESTEAD PROGRAM.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK WITH LOCAL PHILANTHROPY, LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UH, WE'VE GOT A LIST OF WELL OVER 200 APPLICANTS FOR THAT PROGRAM THAT'S CURRENTLY EXISTING.
UM, SO WITH THEIR HELP, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, ELIMINATE THAT BACKLOG.
WITH YOUR HELP WITH THIS APPROVAL, WE WOULD HAVE AN ONGOING REVENUE SOURCE FOR FUTURE APPLICANTS IN PARTICULAR.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE I TIED IT, UH, TO THE INVESTMENT INCOME.
AND THE REASON I DID THAT WAS VERY STRATEGIC.
OBVIOUSLY, INVESTMENT INCOME CAN FLUCTUATE IF INTEREST RATES CONTINUE TO DROP.
UH, I THINK WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO AFTER THE NEXT BIENNIUM, SO, UH, TALKING IN, NOW WE'RE TALKING IN 2028, UH, WE WOULD THEN, BASED ON WHERE INVESTMENT INCOME IS, WE COULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT HEART AND HOMESTEAD PROGRAM.
SO WE WOULD HAVE THE INVESTMENT THERE.
WE WOULD HAVE IT, UM, BAKED INTO THE BUDGET BOTH FOR 25, AND THE PLAN WOULD BE FOR 26 AND 27.
AND THEN IF INVESTMENT INCOME IS CHANGING DRASTICALLY, WE CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY IN THE FOLLOWING BIENNIUM.
UH, FINALLY, OUR, OUR CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE PROGRAM.
THIS IS WHAT, UM, THE, THE GRANT FUND THAT, UH, SUPERVISOR CONRAD HAD INITIALLY PROPOSED THAT ENDED UP BEING WORKING WITH, UM, CEDAR LAKE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION.
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PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.WE HAVE SOME, THE BEGINNINGS OF SOME METRICS THAT ARE PUT INTO PLACE.
BASICALLY WHAT THIS WOULD DO WOULD BE TO TAKE THE AG CONVERSION FEE, UM, AND IT'S CURRENTLY BASICALLY DOLLARS THAT ARE BUDGETED STRAIGHT INTO THE COUNTY TREASURER'S BUDGET AS A REVENUE LINE.
AND THEN REALLY NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS WITH THEM.
UH, THE MUNICIPALITY GETS A CUT OF, OF THOSE DOLLARS, AND WE KEEP THE REST, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY JUST ROLLING BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE IS THE FULL AMOUNT OF THAT EGG CONVERSION FEE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING A LITTLE HIGH AT 150,000 A YEAR, WOULD NOW 100% FUND CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE PROGRAM.
SO, UH, IT, IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE EGG CONVERSION FEE, WHICH IS, UH, BASICALLY A PENALTY WHEN YOU TAKE A, A PIECE OF LAND OUT OF FARM USE AND YOU PUT IT INTO SOME OTHER USE, UH, THAT, THAT THIS FEE IS COLLECTED, THOSE DOLLARS NOW WILL GO TO PROTECT FARMLAND ELSEWHERE.
UM, THEN WE WILL, THIS, WHAT YOU'LL DO HERE THEN IS BACKFILL THAT WITH, WITH SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE, ARE CREATED BY, BY VIRTUE OF THIS BUDGET REPAIR BILL.
SO IT IS KIND OF MOVING DOLLARS AROUND, BUT IT'S DEDICATING THAT AGRICULTURAL, UH, UH, FEE CONVERSION FEE TO PERMANENTLY HELP KEEP FARMLAND, KEEP NATURAL SPACE, KEEP CONSERVATION PROTECTED HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, UH, ON A, ON A REGULAR BASIS AND ON A REGULAR CADENCE.
UM, SO LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I'M HITTING ALL THE PIECES THERE.
UM, THE LAST THING I, I GUESS I SHOULD ADDRESS IS YOU'LL SEE AS YOU LOOK THROUGH, UM, THE TOP HALF OF THAT RESOLUTION, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER POCKETS OF, OF REVENUE CHANGES OR ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE, UM, INCLUDING WHAT YOU ALL RECALL WITH UW EXTENSION CHANGES, UM, THAT ULTIMATELY GIVE US THE TOTALITY OF, UH, OF THE CHANGE OVERALL.
UM, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY CLOSE TO $2 MILLION OVERALL.
UM, BUT WE JUST TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES SO YOU COULD SEE WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT REVENUES ARE COMING FROM AND WHERE THOSE EXPENSES WILL LIE AT THE END.
HE'S WORKED ON THIS DILIGENTLY, UH, WITH, WITH MARGIE, IT LOOKS LIKE MARGIE'S IN THE BACK AS WELL.
UM, THEY CAN WALK YOU THROUGH ANY, ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S SOMETHING OPERATIONALLY THAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HOLISTICALLY, WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF OUR, UH, OUR, OUR MISSION VISION, VALUES, PRIORITIES, TYPES OF INITIATIVES.
WE'RE ABLE TO START BY CUTTING PROPERTY TAXES, ONCE AGAIN, THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY, WHILE EVERYBODY, MOST, EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING THE OPPOSITE.
UH, AND WE'RE ABLE AT THE SAME TIME, UH, TO PROVIDE A PATH FORWARD FOR THE CAMPUS PLAN, UM, THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, BOTH THE ORIG, THIS INITIAL REMODELING OF, OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER AND THE JUSTICE CENTER, AND THEN ALSO HAVE THE DOWN PAYMENT FOR, FOR FUTURE PROJECTS LIKE THOSE THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT AT COUNTY BOARD.
AND I'M HAPPY TO DIVE INTO THAT DEEPER SINCE BORROWING IS A, IS A, UH, SENSITIVE SUBJECT.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
BUT WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR ANY QUESTIONS, SUPERVISOR SHARIN.
UM, SO YOU, THE ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK IS ON THE, UH, JAIL MEDICAL, YOU'RE PUTTING AT 140,000, YOU'RE NOT ADDING THE DETECTIVE.
IS THAT PUTTING A STRAIN ON CURRENT DETECTIVES, OR ARE WE OKAY IN THAT AREA? YEAH, SO I THINK THE, THE SHERIFF WOULD BE BEST SERVED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION CERTAINLY.
BUT HERE'S, HERE'S THROUGH, THROUGH TRANSLATION, WE, IF YOU REMEMBER THE ANTI-CRIME PLAN, WE HAD ADDED A, A DETECTIVE IN THE PLAN.
THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE FIRST POSITIONS THAT WE WENT TO ADDRESS.
THERE WAS A WHOLE SLEW OF OTHERS.
YOU'LL RECALL ANTI-CRIME PLAN B.
SO DETECTIVE REMAINS ON THE LIST.
UM, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET ENOUGH REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT, WE'LL GET IT.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY TO YOU, I GUESS THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY, IT'S AN URGENCY.
AND SO RA, WE HAD IT ON THERE INITIALLY BECAUSE IT'S URGENT AND WE WANTED TO ADDRESS IT.
NOW THAT WE FOUND THIS OTHER ISSUE, THOUGH, WE DON'T HAVE THE DOLLARS TO NECESSARILY DO IT.
SO WE WANNA ADDRESS OUR ONGOING, UM, OUR ONGOING ISSUE BEFORE WE START ADDING MORE ONGOING EXPENSE.
AND I, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JOHN? PRETTY MUCH IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY,
YOU HAD A COMMENT? I DID, UH, I
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DID HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH SHERIFF SCHUL THIS AFTERNOON, AND HE IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS CHANGE.SO MY QUESTION IS A, ABOUT THE, UH, JAIL, UM, CONTRACT AS WELL.
JAIL MEDICAL SERVICES CONTRACT.
CAN YOU HELP EXPAND FOR ME WHAT THAT ALL INCLUDES AND WHAT THE, UM, MAJORITY OF THE, THE ANTICIPATED INCREASES ARE GONNA BE IN? UH, I WAS GONNA SAY MY SUPERVISOR SCHWAB MIGHT BE BETTER ANSWERING ME.
IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD, AT ONE POINT, WE HAD TRIED TO HAVE AN INTERNAL, UM, COUNTY EMPLOYEE TAKE CARE OF MEDICAL SERVICES.
AND DUE TO LIABILITIES AND GENERAL, UH, UPGRADES IN, IN MEDICAL SERVICES, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT WE'D BE BETTER OFF TO CONTRACT WITH A PROVIDER FOR THAT.
WHEN WE INITIALLY DID THAT, UM, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT NEGOTIATED AGGRESSIVELY DUE TO LIMIT INCREASES TO A 3% INCREASE FOR LIKE A, I THINK IT WAS A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
AND SO WE DID VERY WELL ON THAT.
BUT SINCE COVID AND ALL THE OTHER CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY, THOSE CHANGES HAVE NO LONGER BEEN LIMITED TO 3%.
THE NEW CONTRACT IS GOING TO BE MUCH HIGHER.
AND IN SPITE OF WORKING TO NEGOTIATE AS AGGRESSIVELY AS POSSIBLE, THERE'S JUST UNANTICIPATED OVERRUNS.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE COUNTY, UH, IT'S WHAT, UM, SUPERVISOR, UM, SUPER SUPERVISOR SCHWAB JUST DESCRIBED.
UM, WE HAD AN RN, WE, WE SWITCHED AWAY FROM THAT.
UM, SHERIFF SCHMIDT AT THE TIME WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, UM, GETTING THAT CONTRACT NEGOTIATED.
AND THE TRUTH IS, THE, THE HEALTHCARE COST IN THE JAIL HAVE SKYROCKETED PRECIPITOUSLY.
THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, WE'VE HAD THAT 3% BUILT IN, AND NOW, NOW WE'RE FEELING THE PAIN OF THAT CONTRACT'S OVER.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THE COST OF RNS, THE COST OF, UH, DOCTORS HAVE ALL GONE UP WAY MORE THAN 3% A YEAR.
THE, AND THE HONEST FEELING, I BELIEVE AARON CAN SPEAK TO THIS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOO, IS THE HONEST FEELING FROM CAPTAIN LEHMAN IS, EVEN IF WE GO OUT FOR RFP OR BIDS, UM, WE'RE NOT PROBABLY GONNA SAVE A TON OF MONEY.
BUT I THINK GIVEN HOW BIG THE INCREASE IS THAT THEY'RE TALKING, UM, WE'RE TALKING A, I THINK A 65% INCREASE OR SO, AARON, IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, UM, GIVEN THE INCREASE BEING THAT MUCH, AT A MINIMUM, WE SHOULD GO OUT FOR BID JUST FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO IT IS, IT IS QUITE A CHALLENGE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO MANAGE RIGHT NOW.
I SIT ON THE CLAIMS COMMITTEE FOR COUNTY MUTUAL, AND THE, THE CASES THAT YOU SEE, THE, IT'S CRAZY.
SO YOU NEED TO HAVE GOOD PEOPLE ON SITE.
SUPERVISOR KELLY, JOSH, IS THIS, UH, AT ALL CONTRACTUALLY TIED TO OUR, UH, COUNTY EMPLOYEES HEALTHCARE? OR COULD IT BE, WOULD THERE BE ANY POSSIBLE CHANCE FOR SOME MORE SAVINGS BY PUTTING THE TWO TOGETHER, UH, AND, AND DOING A CONTRACT UNDER THAT LIGHT? THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING THOUGHT.
UM, I THINK IT'S SO FAR OUTSIDE THE BOX THAT I WOULD HAVE TO
I, THE, THE ANSWER IS NO, THEY'RE, NO, THEY'RE NOT CORRELATED.
BUT IT IS QUITE AN INTERESTING THOUGHT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE TALKING APPLES AND ORANGES HERE, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, A DOCTOR IS NOT A DOCTOR, RIGHT? RIGHT.
UH, YOUR, YOUR PODIATRIST AND, AND YOUR FAMILY PRACTICE ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO SOME DIGGING ON THAT, SEE IF MAYBE THERE IS SOME SYNERGY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THERE? BEING NONE WILL VOTE.
AND OUR LAST ITEM, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, COULD I JUST INTERJECT ONE THING? SURE.
'CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS GONNA COME BACK UP AT COUNTY BOARD AND, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RECORD SAYING IT.
THE 1.25 MILLION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING BORROWING WILL HELP US WITH A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES.
IT WILL HELP US WITH THE REMODELING THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
IT WILL PROVIDE DOLLARS FOR FUNDING, UH, THE, THE 3 MILLION WE USE FOR ROADS EVERY YEAR, WHICH WILL FREE UP MONEY TO HELP CONTINUE AND PERPETUATE LEAD LATERAL REPLACEMENT.
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UH, AND IT WILL HELP US WITH ANOTHER MAJOR PROJECT THAT I KNOW THE SHERIFF HAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.AND THAT IS AN INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT, IT WILL BE THE DOWN PAYMENT, UM, OR THE, THE PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST, UH, CHUNK TO PAY FOR ANY FUTURE, UH, CHANGES WITH THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER IN A NEW BUILDING.
AND WE CAN WALK, WALK YOU THROUGH THAT IN A FUTURE MEETING.
BUT IT, ALL OF THIS SETS THE STAGE TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS WITHOUT RAISING PROPERTY TAXES AND CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT CHANGE IN THE PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER IN THE FUTURE WHERE THERE COULD BE A, A, AN INCREASE OF SOME, SOME SORT, BUT IT'LL BE DEPENDENT ON WHAT YOUR COMMITTEE OR WHAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE YOU CREATE, HOWEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO IT WITH THAT PUBLIC AGENCY CENTER MOVE, HOW THAT WORKS.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'LL, YOU'LL HAVE SOME MONEY TO WORK WITH FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT IF WE LET, IF WE STAGGER THIS ALL CORRECTLY, UM, JUST BY MAKING THIS ONE MOVE HERE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO, JUST LIKE WITH THE MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION AT COUNTY BOARD, I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE'RE BORROWING THIS MONEY AND NOW YOU'RE ON THE HOOK FOR SOME FUTURE DECISION.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
BUT BY YOU MAKING THIS DECISION WITH THIS BUDGET REPAIR RESOLUTION, YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF IN A POSITION WHERE IF YOU DO DECIDE YOU WANT TO DO A $25 MILLION BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, HALF OF THE, THE ANNUAL PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT IS, IS IN PLACE FOR YOU TO DO THAT.
IF YOU CHOOSE, IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO, OF COURSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT WE'RE TRYING, LIKE ALWAYS TO THINK FIVE STEPS AHEAD.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, EVERYTHING YOU'VE ALREADY PLANNED AND IS READY TO GO WITH THE LIST OF PROJECTS I LISTED IS FUNDED WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.
BEFORE YOU GO, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE, THE REPORT OF ARPA FUNDS UTILIZATION FOR THE COUNTYWIDE COMMUNICATION OF ELECTION INFORMATION.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AND, UH, ASHLEY CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS AS, AS WELL, OR BETTER THAN I, SHE AND FRAN HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY,
[f. Report on ARPA Funds Utilization: Countywide Communication of Election Information ]
UM, ON THE PIECE.UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADVERTISING ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTY AND MAILING THAT TO EVERYBODY.
SO WE USED ARPA DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT.
UM, IT, IT, I BELIEVE, DO YOU REMEMBER THE EXACT PRICE? 20, MAYBE I'LL SAY IT'S LESS THAN 25,000, BUT MORE THAN 20.
UM, AND THAT PIECE WILL GO TO EVERY, EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO EVERY EVERY TOWN IS LISTED, EVERY VILLAGE AND CITY IS LISTED.
UH, SO ALL 300 ADDITIONAL HOURS PLUS OF IN-PERSON ABSENTEE IS, IS LISTED.
YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'LL START SEEING IT IN MAILBOXES ALREADY THIS WEEK.
AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL HAVE IT BEFORE TUESDAY.
UH, BUT IF NOT BEFORE TUESDAY, IT'LL BE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY AT THE LATEST.
ASHLEY, ANYTHING WE SHOULD MENTION OR ADD TO THAT? UH, NO, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING.
UH, I DO JUST WANNA THANK OUR MUNICIPAL CLERKS BECAUSE THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 300 PLUS HOURS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AND WE'LL ALSO BE SHARING THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO FOR ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL OR MUNICIPALITY WHO'S WILLING TO SHARE IT, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO SHARE IT.
AND THAT'S FORTHCOMING AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES QUARTERLY UPDATE.
SO EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE REPORT.
I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO ANY DETAIL OTHER THAN EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK.
[c. Human Resources Quarterly Update]
TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ITEM IF THEY'D LIKE, VERSUS, I MEAN, I GUESS IF YOU'D PREFER, I COULD WALK YOU THROUGH EACH ITEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO THAT AS WELL.I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED ME TO ANY QUESTIONS? GLAD TO ANSWER 'EM QUESTIONS? NO, NOT FOR ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING'S AS USUAL AS LONG AS EVERYTHING'S ON TRACK.
I CAN BEAT YOU UP WHEN IT'S ALL ON TRACK.
UH, NEXT UP IS THE SHARED SERVICES UPDATE FROM AARON DOLL.
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I HAVE SCOTT'S.[d. Shared Services Update]
AND YOU'RE TALKING BOTH OF YOU? UH, NO, JUST ME.YOU NEED THE COMPUTER UP? I DO, YES.
I'VE GOT A FIVE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE WAVING TO ME.
I ALWAYS DO THAT TO BUTTER UP THE GROUP.
BEFORE, UH, BEFORE WE GET STARTED,
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANKS EVERYONE.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PREPARING TO START YEAR TWO OF THIS.
UH, SO I THINK NOW IS A GOOD TIME, UH, TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON, ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SHARED SERVICES.
UM, I'M ALSO GONNA SHOW YOU, UH, A DASHBOARD THAT'LL GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO LOOK UP AND COMMUNICATE ABOUT, UM, THE VALUE OF, OF THESE SHARED SERVICES INITIATIVES THAT ARE, THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UM, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR SHARED REVENUE GRANT PROGRAM, I THINK OF REALLY TWO CATEGORIES.
ONE IS DIRECT SERVICE PROVISION, AND THE OTHER CATEGORY IS, UH, GRANTS, RIGHT? SO, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE, UM, TODAY, UH, STARTING WITH THE SHARED SERVICES.
UM, SO YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT, IN SOME CASES, APPROVED, UM, AND CERTAINLY APPROVED AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT IN SOME CASES ADDITIONAL ACTION BEYOND THAT.
SO, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM, BUT, UM, I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOUCH ON THESE POINTS JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT THE VALUE IS AND, AND THE STATUS OF THESE INITIATIVES TOO.
SO, UM, STARTING WITH ROADWAY MAINTENANCE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT, THAT WAS A BOOST TO THE, THE WORK THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ALREADY DOES FOR MUNICIPALITIES.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, WE DIVIDED UP THE MONEY AND, AND, UM, THAT WORK HAS BEEN HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THAT'S ABOUT $450,000 WORTH OF ROAD WORK FOR OUR MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, THEY MEET AS A GROUP TO, TO DECIDE HOW THAT GETS DIVIDED UP.
UM, AND, AND THEN THEY REPORT BACK TO THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO DO AND LIKE TO SEE.
SO, UM, THEY MET LAST MONTH TO ALLOCATE THE DOLLARS FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, $450,000 WORTH OF VALUE.
UM, GREAT FEEDBACK SO FAR ON THAT PROGRAM.
PEOPLE REALLY SEEM TO LIKE IT.
SO, UH, THE NEXT PIECE, UH, IS IT, SO YOU'VE SEEN ANOTHER, A NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS APPROVING, UH, INITIATIVES WITH, WITH OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS.
WE'RE UP TO FIVE, I BELIEVE, OUR FIFTH COMMUNITY.
SO TOWN OF AARON, VILLAGE OF KI WASUM, VILLAGE OF NEWBURGH, TOWN OF ADDISON, AND TOWN OF WEST BEND.
SO FAR, UM, ABOUT $116,000 WORTH OF VALUE THERE BEING PROVIDED TO THOSE MUNICIPALITIES.
SO ANOTHER PROGRAM WITH GREAT FEEDBACK.
UH, ONE THING WE'RE HEARING FROM, UH, FROM A LOT OF FOLKS IS, YOU KNOW, OUR GUYS WORK WITH A GREATER SENSE OF URGENCY THAN THE FOLKS THAT THEY HIRE IN THAT GET PAID BY THE HOUR, RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT'S JUST ONE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT I THINK THAT THEY'RE SEEING.
BUT, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE PROFESSIONALISM AND, AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY'RE GETTING.
UM, AND WHEN, WHEN THOSE CONTRACTS ARE ESTABLISHED, THEY'RE ALSO APPROVED AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL TOO.
UM, SO IN ALL OF THESE CASES, THE ELECTED BODIES ARE SEEING THE VALUE AND APPROVING AND RECOGNIZING THAT VALUE THROUGH BOARD OR COMMITTEE OR, OR, UH, THROUGH COUNCIL ACTION.
UM, TYPICALLY, UM, MOVING INTO THE, THE PATROL DEPUTY.
UM, SO THE TOWN OF WEST BEND, UM, HAS APPROACHED US ABOUT ADDITIONAL PATROL PRESENCE.
UM, THAT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT, THAT WAS APPROVED.
IT'S ABOUT $55,000 WORTH OF VALUE IN, IN YEAR ONE.
THAT JUMPS TO ABOUT 75 IN YEAR TWO AT, AND AS WE CONTINUE, UM, THE NUMBER'S A LITTLE SMALLER IN THE FIRST YEAR, 'CAUSE WE WERE JUST IMPLEMENTING.
UM, SO THAT'S FOR THE TOWN OF WEST BEND.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE VILLAGE OF RICHFIELD.
UM, THE REFERENDUM THAT WAS PASSED THERE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL DEPUTY TO THE CONTRACT.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON FUNDING THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT.
UM, SO IN TOTAL, BETWEEN, UM, BETWEEN THE COUP FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE EXPECT THAT TO BE RIGHT AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
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THAT'S A COUPLE OF YEARS WORTH, BUT ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND.UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THOSE HELP THE MUNICIPALITIES, BUT THEY ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY FURTHER OUR GOAL OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENCE, ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES ON THE STREET, RIGHT? THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR, FOR BOTH OF US.
UM, ON A SIMILAR LINE, UH, DISPATCH, UM, SO, UM, THE, THE CALL VOLUME FROM HARTFORD HAS BEEN FULLY INTEGRATED, UH, INTO OUR DISPATCH CENTER.
SO, UM, IN TERMS OF VALUE, THAT'S ABOUT 275,000.
UM, WE, WE CALCULATE THAT BASED ON THE, THE STAFFING LEVELS THAT WE HAD TO ACHIEVE TO TAKE ON THAT CALL VOLUME.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'LL SHOW UP ON THE DASHBOARD WHEN WE, WHEN WE PULL IT UP.
UM, GERMANTOWN, UM, IT WAS REPORTED THIS MORNING AND, AND IN THE PAPER, IN THE NEWS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY LAST MONTH TAKEN ON THEIR THIRD SHIFT CALL VOLUME.
UM, AND WE'LL TRANSITION ADDITIONAL SHIFTS AS, AS WE GO THROUGH 2025.
UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT VALUE ON THE DASHBOARD FOR 25 THAN IN 24 PER, PER SE.
BUT WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT THAT'S COMING ONLINE.
UM, THE GERMANTOWN VALUE FOR 25, WE ESTIMATE ABOUT $675,000.
SO, UM, SO SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO THEM AS WELL.
UM, SO THOSE FIRST FEW ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE DASHBOARD.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT, YOU'LL SEE THE VALUE FOR ALL OF THOSE PIECES ON THERE.
UM, THE REMAINING THREE, UM, THAT INFORMATION IS EITHER IN THE WORKS OR WE BEING CALCULATED, AND IT'LL BE ADDED SOON.
UM, BUT TO START WITH, UH, THE, THE MUNICIPAL PLANNER.
SO WE, WE HAD BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO FILL THAT POSITION, AND SO, UH, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE FILLED THAT POSITION.
UH, MOUS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH OUR FIRST THREE PARTNER COMMUNITIES, SO RICHFIELD, JACKSON, AND, AND KI WASUM.
UM, SO WE'LL START RECOGNIZING THAT ACTIVITY, RECOGNIZING THAT VALUE VERY SOON.
UM, BUT WHEN WE WERE BUDGETING, WE ESTIMATED THAT TO BE RIGHT AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UH, COMBINED ACROSS ALL, ALL PARTNERS, UM, TAX, TAX BILLS.
SO WE, WE CENTRALLY GENERATE TAX BILLS FOR OUR MUNI MUNICIPALITIES.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WE JUST WON'T CHARGE 'EM FOR IT THIS TIME.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE ESTIMATE THAT TO BE ABOUT 50, A LITTLE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT 50,000.
UH, AGAIN, THAT'S SPLIT ACROSS ALL OF THOSE MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, ELECTION, UH, ELECTION WORK LOOKS LIKE, I FORGOT TO ADD THAT BULLET ON THIS PRESENTATION, BUT ELECTIONS IS ANOTHER SHARED SERVICE, UM, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE SHOW UP ON THAT DASHBOARD.
UM, SO THAT'S THE NORMAL WORK THAT WE DO FOR PROGRAMMING MACHINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THE, THE ELECTION INTEGRITY INITIATIVES WILL ALSO BE ON THE DASHBOARD ONCE, ONCE YOU KNOW, THE ELECTION'S OVER AND WE GET A SENSE FOR EXACTLY HOW MUCH THAT COST.
UM, WE'LL, WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE DASHBOARD AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST PIECE THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE SERVICES IS, UM, GIS.
SO LATER TONIGHT YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT RESOLUTION, UM, AUTHORIZING US TO, TO ENTER OUR FIRST CONTRACT FOR SHARED GIS SERVICES.
WE HAVE MOUS AROUND THE COUNTY NOW, BUT THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST SHARED SERVICES INITIATIVE, UM, WITH THE CITY OF WEST BEND.
UM, AND, AND IT'LL, IT'LL BE SAME MODEL AS IT, UH, SO WE USE OUR ECONOMIES OF SCALE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR MUNICIPALITY.
SO, UM, AS THAT COMES ONLINE, WE'LL START ADDING THAT VALUE TO THE DASHBOARD AS WELL.
UM, WE, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY THAT'S INTERESTED AS WELL.
SO AS WE BUILD THESE, UH, AGREEMENTS, WE'LL START TO UPDATE THE, OUR EXISTING MOUS AS WELL.
AND ERIC MIGHT TOUCH ON THIS LATER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY CHARGING SOME FOLKS FOR, FOR THIS SERVICE.
I SAY CURRENTLY, I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE IT YET THIS YEAR, BUT WHEN WE DO, WE'VE GOT AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN CHARGE THEM.
WE'RE LOOKING TO MODIFY THOSE AGREEMENTS, AND THE REVENUE WE'RE TALKING IS VERY MINIMAL.
UM, SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE TALKING 75 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF VALUE FOR, EXCUSE ME, FOR SHARED GIS.
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UM, I'LL MOVE INTO THE GRANT PROGRAMS. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN GET 'EM AT THE END OR AS WE GO.SO THE GRANT, THE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE, ARE FAIRLY SIMPLE, AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THESE BEFORE, UM, EMS AND FIRE GRANTS.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD A MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED FOR 24 AND A MILLION ALLOCATED FOR 25.
UH, ALL OF THAT MONEY FOR 2024.
THE FULL MILLION DOLLARS IS OUT THE DOOR, IT'S IN THE HANDS OF OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS.
AND, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING IT TO WORK.
SO REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON THAT, ON THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GEARING UP TO DO THE SAME THING IN 2025.
UM, THAT'S FOLLOWING A SIMILAR PROCESS, RIGHT? WE SEND THEM A, A LETTER SAYING, HEY, CONGRATULATIONS.
UH, WE, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME GRANT MONEY.
UH, WE SEND THEM A, A MODEL RESOLUTION FOR THEIR ELECTED BODY TO APPROVE.
AND WHEN THEY DO THAT AND SEND IT BACK TO US, THEN WE SEND THE FUNDS.
SO AGAIN, LOOKING FOR THAT RECOGNITION OF, OF VALUE RECOGNITION THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, TO WORK TOGETHER AND, AND APPLY THESE PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS LED LATERALS.
UM, SO YOU'LL RECALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS STARTED WITH, WITH THE CITY OF WEST BEND.
UM, BUT AS, AS THEY, THEY PROGRESSED WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING NEED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, KI WASUM, SLINGER, UM, SO WE HAD $3 MILLION IN TOTAL IN THAT PROGRAM.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING ABOUT JUST OVER 700,000 ON THE DASHBOARD, SO THAT, THAT REFLECTS LIKE THE, THE WORK THAT, THE CONCRETE WORK THAT WE CAN POINT TO THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
THE REMAINING, THE REMAINDER OF THAT 3 MILLION WILL SHOW UP IN FUTURE YEARS ON THAT DASHBOARD, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO REALLY JUST SHOW THE DOLLARS THAT WE EXPECT TO GO OUT THE DOOR THIS YEAR.
UM, AND BEFORE WE JUMP TO THE DASHBOARD, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME UPDATES.
UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT AT BUDGET TIME ABOUT THE INNOVATION FUND.
SO WITH THE, THE SHARED REVENUE BILL THAT THE STATE PASSED, UM, PART OF THAT WAS, UH, THEY INCLUDED $300 MILLION IN A FUND, UH, TO, IT'S CALLED THE INNOVATION FUND.
IT'S REALLY TO ENCOURAGE SHARING, TRANSFERRING OF SERVICES, REALLY GOOD SHARED SERVICES WORK LIKE WE'RE DOING TODAY.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WAITING SINCE THEN FOR RULES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY USE THE FUNDS AND APPLY FOR THE FUNDS.
UH, SO STILL NOTHING ON THAT FRONT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE RULES WILL BE FINISHED BY NEXT SUMMER AND WE CAN START APPLYING NEXT SUMMER.
UM, A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING, UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE MISSING OUT ON SOME, SOME DOLLARS, BUT, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA HOLD OUR BREATH AND WAIT FOR THE STATE.
WE'RE JUST GOING, WE'RE GONNA KEEP MOVING.
AND ONCE THOSE RULES ARE ESTABLISHED, WE'LL APPLY AND, AND, UH, CAPTURE OUR SHARE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THOSE.
OTHERWISE, I WAS GOING TO JUMP OUT TO THE DASHBOARD.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AFTER YOU SEE THAT AS WELL.
UH, MORE A STATEMENT, UH, AND I'VE SAID IT IN THE PAST, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO ALWAYS POUND THIS HOME EVERY CHANCE I GET.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THESE THINGS ARE GRANTED TO OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES SO THAT THE ALDERMAN AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE COUNTY REACHING OUT WITH COUNTY DOLLARS TO HELP THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND WORK TOGETHER.
UH, AND, AND I REALLY LIKE THE WAY YOU HAVE THEM ACCEPT THE GRANT IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION.
UH, THIS IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS.
UH, AND, AND EVEN FOR A LOT OF, UH, SUPERVISORS OR TRUSTEES, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY HAVE FOR THEM TO EVEN BE AWARE.
MM-HMM,
SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DO THAT, AND I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE WITH THAT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
AND, AND WE, WE DID MEET, WE MEET REGULARLY WITH THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM, FROM THOSE MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, AND THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE NO ISSUES WITH DOING IT THAT WAY EITHER, SO SEEMS SEEMS TO BE FINE.
WELL, WE'VE NOT HEARD OF ANY ISSUES FROM THEM ABOUT IT, SO, SO SUPERVISOR SCHWAB, IS IT YOUR FEELING THAT THE, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED VIA, VIA GRANT OR DIRECT SERVICES ARE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE COUNTY? IT IS.
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IN, WE'VE GOT FORMULAS IN SOME CASES WE'VE GOT, UM, COM COMMITTEES OR GROUPS THAT ARE BEING ASSEMBLED TO ACTUALLY, AND, AND IN SOME CASES THEY'RE DECIDING ON HOW THAT FORMULA WORKS.UM, WE'VE, WE'VE, TO DATE NOT GOTTEN REALLY FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT I'LL AS WELL.
I GUESS I MIGHT JUST JUMP IN SINCE EVERYBODY ELSE IS OKAY.
UM, SO MY FEEDBACK THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING IN MY DISTRICT IS, UH, THEY'RE ALL HAPPY WITH THIS.
UH, AND I, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE EVEN MORE HAPPY THAN IF WE WOULD'VE WENT WITH THE SHARED REVENUE, RIGHT? UH, BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE GETTING A BIGGER BANG FOR THE BUCK.
BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EFFICIENCIES, I THINK WE'RE IN SOME AREAS MORE EFFICIENT THAN THEY CAN BE.
SO WE'RE, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN SEEING THAT WE'RE SAVING THEM MONEY.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE TWO PRONGED, THE SECOND PART OF IT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA COVER HERE, YOU KNOW, IS THIS STRESS, UH, STRESSING NOT ONLY OUR SERVICES, OUR CAPABILITY OF HANDLING IT OR OUR BUDGET.
AND I'M SURE YOU'RE, YOU'LL PROBABLY ADDRESS THAT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HANDLE MOVING FORWARD? I'M GLAD TO SEE IT THAT WE'RE, WE ARE DOING IT BECAUSE OF THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK I'VE BEEN GETTING.
BUT IS IT GONNA BE REAL STRESSFUL AS THEY DEMAND MORE AND MORE AS TIME GOES ON, I GUESS IS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS? I, I, I CAN, I CAN SAY THAT, THAT THINGS LIKE THE IT, UH, SHARED SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEMAND IS SO HIGH THAT, THAT IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO ADD SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES ON, 'CAUSE WE HAVE ECONOMIES OF SCALE MUNICIPALITIES LIKE GERMANTOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, TO, TO ADD THEM ON.
THAT'S OUR TIPPING POINT FOR NEEDING ADDITIONAL STAFFING.
AND SO WE MAY BE HAVING SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT, AT BUDGET TIME NEXT TIME AROUND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO AND THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO DO.
UM, AT THIS POINT THOUGH, THE, THE BUDGET ITSELF IS, IS WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, INCORPORATE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN OUR EXISTING BUDGET, WITHIN OUR CURRENT MEANS RIGHT NOW.
THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF MY CONCERN MOVING FORWARD.
LIKE I SAID, AS THE WORD GETS OUT AND THIS GAINS SOME MOMENTUM AND POPULARITY, WILL THAT, UH, THAT ASK BE TOO MUCH FOR US TO DELIVER, WHERE MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT SOME LIMITS ON IT, OR I, YOU DON'T WANT TO CUT 'EM OFF, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IT COULD BE OVERWHELMING, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, NOTHING, NOTHING'S IN HERE, UM, THAT TIES OUR HANDS OR THAT, THAT MAKES, THAT WILL FORCE US INTO SOME, SOME DIFFICULT, UH, SITUATIONS.
ANY, ANY EXPANSION ON THIS WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE, UM, BEFORE THIS GROUP.
AND, AND YOU'LL, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT.
I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION.
ALL RIGHT, SO QUICKLY IN THE DASHBOARD, UM, THIS IS A LOT EASIER TO READ WHEN IT'S ON YOUR COMPUTER OR YOUR PHONE, SO I RECOGNIZE THAT.
UM, BUT REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, UM, SEE IF I CAN MAYBE BLOW UP EACH OF THESE COMPONENTS.
UM, OF COURSE THE, THE LETTERS DON'T GET BIGGER, BUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS, UH, UH, SORRY, NOW I, I BLEW IT UP AND I LOST TRACK OF WHERE I AM.
YEAH, WE JUST BRING THAT BACK OUT.
UM, LOOK, I'LL JUST STALL WITH THIS
ORDER ANOTHER, OKAY, SO I WON'T, I WON'T JUMP INTO THAT OTHER VIEW AGAIN, BUT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS UP TOP.
UM, WE LIST ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICE TYPES, UH, ACROSS, ACROSS HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, SHARED DEPUTY AND DISPATCH.
AND, AND THE GRANTS ARE REALLY THE TALL BARS ON HERE, ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE.
UM, THE, THERE'S A PIE CHART THAT SHOWS HOW, YOU KNOW, ON A PROPORTIONATE BASIS, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW THE THINGS SHAKE OUT.
UM, THESE ARE STACKED BARS HERE AT THE BOTTOM, SO BY MUNICIPALITY, UM, HOW MUCH VALUE, UH, THEY'RE CURRENT THEY'RE RECEIVING.
SO YOU SEE ON THE DASHBOARD RIGHT NOW, WE'RE RECOGNIZING 2.6, JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF VALUE.
UM, SO, SO THIS, THIS SITE JUST, IT, IT, IT ALLOWS FOR ANY MUNICIPALITY TO POP OUT AND SEE, OR ANY CITIZEN TO POP OUT AND SEE, UM, THE, THE STATUS OF, OF THIS INITIATIVE.
UM, ALONG THE LEFT SIDE HERE, YOU CAN DIVE INTO A SPECIFIC INITIATIVE.
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UM, SO, SO FOR LIKE ROADWAY MAINTENANCE, YOU CAN SEE BY MUNICIPALITY EXACTLY HOW MUCH, UM, HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE ROADWAY MAINTENANCE.UM, AND SO YOU CAN DO THAT FOR ANY OF THOSE SERVICE TYPES.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'LL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL SERVICE TYPES AS WE HAVE MORE DATA AND MORE INFORMATION.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, YOU CAN ALSO DRILL IN BY MUNICIPALITY.
UM, I, HAVING A HARD TIME READING THIS, BUT, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THIS IS SCU, UH, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO HERE WE'RE, YOU'RE ABLE TO AGAIN, DIVE IN BY MUNICIPALITY, SEE THE DIFFERENT SERVICE TYPES ACROSS THE TOP, SEE THAT STACKED BAR, SEE THAT TOTAL, SO YOU CAN DIVE INTO ANY MUNICIPALITY AND, AND SORT OF GET, UH, A PICTURE FOR WHAT THEY'RE RECOGNIZING IN VALUE, UH, FOR THESE SERVICE TYPES.
AND SO, UM, CURRENTLY THIS DASHBOARD SITS, UH, ON THE COUNTY WEBPAGE.
UM, UNDER THE COUNTY EXECUTIVES, UM, PAGE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S A SITE CALLED REDUCING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT, AND THAT'S WHERE THIS SITS.
UM, I CAN SHARE A LINK, UM, WITH, WITH THE GROUP, OR I CAN SHARE A LINK AND MAYBE WE CAN GET IT OUT TO THE GROUP SO YOU HAVE A DIRECT LINK TO THIS.
UM, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING THAT THAT'S WHERE IT SITS IS OUT ON, UH, OUT ON THAT WEBPAGE.
UM, SO SPECIFICALLY, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S HOMEPAGE.
UH, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, THERE'S A, A SPACE CALLED REDUCING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT.
YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT, UM, AND IT'LL BRING UP, UH, THAT PAGE, BRING UP A SNAPSHOT OF THE DASHBOARD ITSELF.
BUT THERE'S A BUTTON YOU CAN CLICK ON TO BRING UP THE FULL DASHBOARD.
I, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST HEARING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A USEFUL TOOL TO HELP COMMUNICATE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE.
SO ON THE BOTTOM CHART HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE THREE BARS ARE WAY HIGH.
CAN YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT? WHAT DO THOSE REPRESENT? SURE.
AND WHY ARE THEIR DISTRICTS BETTER? SO, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF WEST BEND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE THEIR BARS ON, ON THE FAR RIGHT, IT'S VERY HIGH AND IT IS ALL LEAD LATERALS.
SO PROPORTIONATELY THAT, THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS HIGH.
AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ONE COLOR, SO ONE CATEGORY.
UM, BUT WE'LL BE ADDING TO THAT WITH HOPEFULLY GIS, UM, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THE NEXT ONE, UM, IS KIOSKI.
SO A, A LARGE CHUNK OF THAT IS LEAD LATERALS AS WELL, BUT THEY'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, UM, OF THE IT SERVICES AND THEY GOT A, UH, A, A GOOD SIZE EMS AND FIRE GRANT, UH, AS WELL.
AND THEN THE FINAL ONE THAT'S LARGE IS, IS HARTFORD.
SO, UH, THE CITY GOT, UM, A SUBSTANTIAL EMS AND FIRE GRANT, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A BIG CHUNK OF THAT IS, IS SHARED DISPATCH AS WELL.
SO THE $266,000, UH, IN THERE IS, IS THEIR SHARE OF THE DISPATCH.
SO THAT'S WHY THOSE BARS ARE SO HIGH.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THAT QUESTION ABOUT PROPORTIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTION, UM, IT, IT LOOKS PRETTY PROPORTIONAL.
THE, THE PIECE THAT SORT OF SKEWS THE KIOSK ONE IS, IS THE LEAD LATERALS, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU TAKE THAT OUT, IT LOOKS FAIRLY PROPORTIONAL AND BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR ALREADY, IT MIGHT BE NOT.
AND FOR WEST BEND, DO WE HAVE PROJECTION OF LEAD LADDER RE REPLACEMENT EACH YEAR GOING FORWARD? WE, UM, WELL AS, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE
SO, UH, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, WE'VE GOT A PLAN IN PLACE FOR, UH, UP TO THE YEAR 2027, THAT'S WHEN THE ARPA FUNDS MOVE.
THAT'S WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT MOVING TO A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE.
SO, UH, IF THIS IS APPROVED THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND WE'LL GO BACK TO THE CITY WEST BEND AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO USE IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE HAVEN'T PLANNED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, WE'RE HOPING WITH THAT THIS GETS APPROVED WITH YOUR BUDGET AMENDMENT EARLIER TONIGHT, UH, WE'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE MONEY AND GET THAT EXTENDED OUT EVEN FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE.
SO WE'RE READY TO SCHWAB, I REALLY LIKE THE DASHBOARD.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR A
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BAD IDEA TO, UM, INCLUDE A, A CHART THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHERE THE ANTICIPATED REVENUE CAME FROM.YOU KNOW, IF, IF MOST OF THIS IS FROM SALES TAX, HOW MUCH OF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN CONTRIBUTED BY EACH MUNICIPALITY AND HOW MUCH ARE THEY USING THAT? I, THAT THAT COULD BE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.
IT'D BE GREAT FOR INFORMATION FOR, FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE THAT SORT OF THING, LIKE ME, BUT IT COULD BE TERRIBLE FOR PEOPLE SAY, I'M NOT GETTING MY FAIR SHARE AND I GOTTA GET MORE.
AND HOW COME, HOW COME IT'S NOT PERFECTLY FAIR? SO, MM-HMM,
WE'LL DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, TAKE, TAKE A LOOK AND CONSIDER THAT.
AND IN REGARD TO THAT, AND, UM, AND I THINK EVEN BETTER, UH, IS DAY ONE, A 20%, I BELIEVE WAS THE ORIGINAL THING WHERE THEY WANTED 20% SHARE OF SALES TAX.
WELL, IF WE CAN SHOW THIS VALUE VERSUS 20% RATHER THAN BREAKING IT DOWN INDIVIDUALLY, I THINK THEN THEY CAN SEE, WELL, GEEZ, YOU KNOW, OKAY, NOW WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING MUCH MORE VALUE BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING OVER SERVICES.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S A BIGGER BENEFIT THAN WHAT THEY WOULD'VE GOT IN STRAIGHT MONEY.
THANK YOU FOR THE VERY INTERESTING DEMONSTRATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS, UH, 2024 RESOLUTION FOR GIS SHARED SERVICES WITH THE CITY OF WEST BEND.
UH, MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
SO THAT, UH, WAS A GREAT LEAD IN TO
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WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT.UM, GIS HAS WORKED WITH OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, PARTNERS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW ON VARIOUS PROJECTS, WHETHER IT BE THE MOUS THAT AARON WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHERE, UH, WE MAINTAIN LOCALS ZONING INFORMATION FOR A FEW OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES, BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE, UM, REDISTRICTING WHERE WE PROVIDED MAPPING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR JUST ABOUT ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES.
SO, UM, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW RELATIONSHIPS BUILT WITH ALL OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES, IF, IF YOU WILL, UM, COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY WITH, WITH, UH, SHARED SERVICES.
UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE, WE, WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE CITY OF WEST BEND ASKING IF WE WOULD CONSIDER GIS SHARED SERVICES, UM, FOLLOWING A MODEL SIMILAR TO IT, UM, WHERE THEY WOULD NOT FILL A VACANT GIS POSITION AND, AND INSTEAD LOOK TO THE COUNTY FOR SHARED SERVICES.
UM, THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY REALLY SETS THE STAGE IF YOU APPROVE THAT, AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNTY BOARD APPROVES THAT.
UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BECOME THE GIS SHOP FOR THE CITY OF WEST BEND, WORKING WITH ALL OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS, SIMILAR TO THE WAY THAT WE WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS HERE LOCALLY.
UM, CITY WEST BEND HAS HAD GIS REALLY LONGER THAN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AN ESTABLISHED SYSTEM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ENTRENCHED IN ALL OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS THERE.
UM, BUT ALSO SOME OF THEIR SYSTEMS ARE NOW A LITTLE BIT OUT OF DATE AND LOOKING TO, UH, FOR THE COUNTY TO, UH, MODERNIZE THOSE SYSTEMS. AND I THINK WE'RE IN A GREAT POSITION TO HELP THEM DO THAT.
UM, THEY ARE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST LIFT.
SO IF YOU, IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WHEN WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE CITY OF WEST BEND, IT, IT REALLY CREATES THE MODEL FOR US TO PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES, UM, FOR THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTY AS WELL.
AND, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WITH THE WAY THAT WE'RE ALIGNING THIS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE, THOSE ON WITHOUT, UM, ANY SIGNIFICANT TROUBLE, BOTH THE, THE, THE FOUR THAT WE DO HAVE MOUS WITH, AS WELL AS THAT THERE'S ANOTHER COMMUNITY WHO'S, WHO'S ALREADY APPROACHED US.
AND, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, LIKE I SAID, THE MODEL IS SET, SO IF THIS GOES THROUGH, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS THAT, UM, IN SHORT ORDER, UM, THAT WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME MODEL.
BUT YEAH, WEST BEND, UM, THEY SEEM VERY INTERESTED.
LIKE I SAID, THEY APPROACHED US AND THEY WILL BE SENDING A SIMILAR RESOLUTION, UM, THROUGH THEIR CITY COUNCIL, THROUGH THEIR, UH, POLITICAL CHANNELS.
BUT IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE 'EM.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU SAW THE DASHBOARD THAT, UH, THAT MY GROUP AND WORD AND BPA HELPED CREATE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE FIT RIGHT IN WITH, WITH THE COUNTY'S GOALS OF THAT.
GO AHEAD, JOHN, JUST KIND OF A DOUBLING IT DOWN.
SO HAVEN'T WE MAPPED OUT THE WHOLE COUNTY ALREADY? SO IN ESSENCE, WE'RE KIND OF ALREADY DOING IT AND DOUBLING THE SERVICE.
SO IF WE JUST SHARE WITH THEM WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, SO, OR DO WE BLOCK OUT THE CITY OF WEST BEND? SO THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THERE ARE CERTAIN LAYERS LIKE, UM, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY THAT THE COUNTY FLIES AND PAYS FOR, AND WE PROVIDE THAT TO ALL OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
THEY'RE NOT FLYING A SEPARATE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT.
UM, THE SAME THING WITH OUR LIDAR PROJECT NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS, UH, A WAY TO CAPTURE THE, THE CONTOURS AND THE EARTH
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SURFACE AND, AND ALL OF THAT.SO WE'VE, SO WE ARE ALREADY DOING THAT.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE OTHER LAYERS LIKE, UM, LIKE PARCEL MAPPING FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE PARCEL MAPPING IS COMPLETE, UM, FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY.
AND YOU USED TO HAVE SOME MUNICIPALITIES THAT MAINTAIN THEIR OWN PARCEL MAPS.
SO THERE WAS A TIME WHEN VILLAGE OF GERMANTOWN, CITY OF HARTFORD AND, AND CITY OF WEST BEND ALL MAINTAIN THEIR OWN PARCEL MAPS.
UM, THEY'VE ALL STOPPED DOING THAT.
SO WE DO THAT NOW IN MY OFFICE AND WE PROVIDE THAT BACK OUT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES FREE OF CHARGE THAT THEY USE AS WELL AS THEIR CONSULTANTS.
SO THERE ARE CERTAIN, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THEY ARE SHARED, THERE ARE CERTAIN LAYERS THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAINTAIN, LIKE LOCAL ZONING AND GARBAGE COLLECTION ROUTES AND, AND YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN SIGN INVENTORY AND, AND, AND ALL OF THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'RE MAINTAINING THROUGH CITY STAFF OR, OR CONSULTANTS THAT WE WOULD THEN BE TAKING ON.
SO THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE'RE NOT DOING CURRENTLY.
UM, LIKEWISE, THERE ARE DATA LAYERS THAT THE COUNTY MAINTAINS, LIKE OUR OWN SHORELAND ZONING, UM, THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WOULDN'T HAVE.
SO THERE, THERE'S SIMILAR DATA SETS.
UM, SO WE ARE REDUCING SOME REDUNDANCY FOR SURE.
UM, BUT WE WOULD BE TAKING ON THE MAINTENANCE OF, OF LAYERS THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T MAINTAIN, UM, THAT THE CITIES ARE, THE CITIES AND VILLAGES AND TOWNS ARE MAINTAINING CURRENTLY.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
AND AND AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THE THING I ALWAYS BRING UP WITH EVERYBODY.
I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT EFFICIENCY, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'S HOW YOU SAVE EVERYBODY MONEY.
SO IF WE'RE DOING THIS, ALL OF IT UNDER ONE ROOF, I'M HOPING IT'S MORE EFFICIENT AND WE CAN BE BETTER AT IT AND SAVE THE, THE COUNTY MONEY OVERALL.
YEAH, I THINK IT BECOMES MORE EFFICIENT, BUT IT ALSO, UM, IT, IT CREATES GREATER OPPORTUNITIES.
SO ANOTHER SHARED SERVICE THAT YOU SAW IN THERE IS THE, UM, IS THE SHARED MUNICIPAL PLANNER.
IF ALL OF THIS DATA RESIDES IN A SINGLE DATABASE, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, WHETHER IT BE TRADITIONALLY COUNTY DATA OR TRADITIONALLY CITY DATA, ALL IS NOW KIND OF IN THE SAME PLATFORM, IN THE SAME NETWORK WHERE, WHERE SOME OF THOSE PLANNING, PLANNING APPLICATIONS, THEY'LL HAVE, THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY IT LEADS TO, YOU KNOW, BETTER PLANNING AND, AND, AND BETTER DECISION MAKING.
YEAH, I KNOW, UM, IF I MAY GO FIRST JUST A STATEMENT ABOUT WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
I KNOW IN, UH, LIKE THE IT SITUATIONS, IF THERE WAS SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE THAT NEEDED TO BE PURCHASED THAT WAS AT THE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITY'S EXPENSE, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE WEST BEND SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.
IS THAT GONNA BE AT THEIR EXPENSE? SO IT'LL BE, YES.
NO, IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT.
SO THE, THE HARDWARE COSTS AND THE LICENSING COSTS WOULD FALL ON THEM, BUT THERE'S ALSO STAFF COSTS BOTH FOR THEIR IT GROUP AS WELL AS THE GIS GROUP TO, TO ACTUALLY DO THE, ACTUALLY DO THE UPGRADES.
SO THERE IS STAFF TIME EXPENSE THAT WE WOULD, THAT WE WOULD COVER OVER, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT.
BUT IF THERE ARE HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE LICENSING EXPENSES THAT WOULD STAY WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUST LIKE THE IT MODEL.
UM, JUST A QUICK STATEMENT, UH, TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, AND TO THE PEOPLE AT HOME MIGHT BE WATCHING SOMETHING THAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH MAYOR GERT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND I'M EXTREMELY ENCOURAGED, UH, THAT HE'S TAKEN UP THAT, THAT IDEA AND HAS RUN WITH IT AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT.
I'LL BE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF IT WHEN IT GETS TO THE FULL BOARD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.
UH, SINCE THIS IS A RESOLUTION, WE'LL VOTE.
UM, WE'LL TAKE IT ON TO THE FULL BOARD.
OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH AT 4:00 PM THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.