Nov 20, 2024 Public Safety Committee Meeting

WE WILL

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

ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA IS REGARDING THE MINUTES OF OUR OCTOBER 16TH MEETING.

DID ANYONE NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF ORDER WITH THE MINUTES HEARING? NO.

AND THE MINUTES WILL STAND AS PRESENTED.

ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA ITEM, A SHERIFF'S OFFICE STAFF, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS, OFFICER SAMANTHA SUMMER AND JADEN WOOD SHERIFF.

WELL, GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE, THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF DOES, UH, HAVE TO ADMIT.

IT MAKES ME A LITTLE, A LITTLE PROUD TO BE UP HERE, AND IT'S, UH, TO

[a. Sheriff’s Office Staff Acknowledgment – Communications Officers Samantha Sommer and Jayden Wood]

IT'S THE, THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN BEHIND ME THAT REALLY, UH, THAT REALLY DO THAT.

SO, THE, THE FIRST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT I HAVE IS FOR, UH, TWO, UH, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS.

I THINK THE, THE PANEL OF THE COMMUNITY HERE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW CHALLENGING OF A JOB THAT IS.

I'VE HAD, UH, UM, SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE PAST WHERE YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE RECORDINGS OF, UH, UM, KIND OF THE TEAR JERKING RECORDINGS THAT THEY DEAL WITH.

THIS, THIS CASE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, JADEN AND SAMANTHA COME UP HERE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.

SO, IMMEDIATELY TO MY, TO MY RIGHT IS, UH, JADEN WOOD.

HE IS, UH, A, A FAIRLY NEW STAFF MEMBER WITH US.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? UM, SO, UH, DURING THIS INCIDENT, HE WAS ACTUALLY, UH, TRAINING AND, UH, THEN TO HIS, UH, RIGHT IS SAMANTHA SUMMERS, SAMANTHA'S BEEN A LITTLE OVER SIX YEARS.

SEVEN, SEVEN YEARS.

OKAY.

UM, SO ONE OF HER RESPONSIBILITIES IS THAT OF A, A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.

SO SHE WAS, UH, PROVIDING THE, THE TRAINING FOR JAYDEN DURING THIS, THIS INCIDENT.

SO IT, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, UH, THAN, UM, THE TYPICAL CALLS THAT I, I TYPICALLY, UH, FILL YOU GUYS IN.

SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, TO READ THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

SO THIS IS FOR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SAMANTHA SUMMER AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER JAYDEN WOOD, ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 5TH, 2024.

SO JUST LAST MONTH, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SAMANTHA SUMMER AND JADEN WOOD WERE WORKING THIRD SHIFT IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY E EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, ALONGSIDE ONE OTHER COWORKER.

DURING THIS TIME, SAMANTHA, UH, SUMMER SERVED AS A TRAINING OFFICER FOR A NEWARK COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, JADEN WOOD, WHEREAS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT, THEIR COWORKER BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, BOTH COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SAMANTHA SUMMER, AND JAYDEN WOULD IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE THE EXTENT OF THE EMERGENCY AND SUMMONED A SUPERVISOR TO RESPOND TO THE DISPATCH CENTER, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTACTING WEST BEND POLICE, UH, 9 1 1 CENTER TO DISPATCH WEST BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDICS TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

WHEREAS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SAMANTHA SUMMER, UH, PROVIDED CRUCIAL PATIENT INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS TO THE WEST BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THEY COULD ACCESS THE FRONT LOBBY OF THE, UH, ENTRANCE TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SHE THEN DIRECTED COMMUNICATIONS TO OFFICER JADEN WOOD TO STAND BY IN THE MAIN LOBBY TO FACILITATE RE RESCUE ACCESS TO THE SECURE PORTION OF OUR BUILDING.

UPON ARRIVAL, THE SHERIFF'S, UH, ROAD SUPERVISOR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SAMANTHA SUMMER, WAS CONTINUALLY MONITORING HER COWORKER AND HAD ALREADY PLACED THE PATIENT IN A RECOVERY POSITION AND THE PATIENT'S CONDITION IMPROVED DUE TO THE, TO HER MEDICAL INTERVENTION.

AND THEN, WHEREAS COMMUNICATIONS, UH, OFFICER JADEN WOOD CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN ALL DISPATCH FUNCTIONS AS CAD PHONE RADIO, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY MAKING PHONE CALLS TO THE DAY SHIFT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS TO FILL THE VACANCY CREATED BY THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

THE DUTY ROAD SUPERVISOR NOTED HE MAINTAINED AN EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE LEVEL WHILE HANDLING AN INCREASED LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY AS HE COMPLETED THE DUTIES OF THREE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS SIMULTANEOUSLY.

AND IF I MENTIONED TO YOU, HE WAS IN TRAINING AT THE TIME.

SO, UH, THERE, UH, NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SAMANTHA SUMMER AND JAYDEN WOOD, ARE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM IN PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES AT EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL DURING A CHALLENGE THAT WAS COMPLETELY OUTSIDE THE COURSE OF THEIR NORMAL DUTIES.

SO DAY TO TODAY'S DATE, UM, 2024.

SO I, I THANK BOTH OF THEIR, UH, THEIR DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAYDEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SAMANTHA.

THANK YOU, JESUS.

THAT'S BRUTAL.

YEAH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAYDEN AND, AND SAMANTHA AND SHERIFF FOR BRINGING THEIR ACTIONS TO OUR ATTENTION.

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SO THE, THE NEXT TWO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THAT I HAVE ARE, ARE I, I'M RECOGNIZING THE, UH, THE LEAD INVESTIGATORS IN THE CASE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT, UH, BOTH OF THE CASES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE NEXT, THIS,

[b. Sheriff’s Office Staff Acknowledgment – Detectives Jesse Williams and Anthony Conforti]

UM, BUT I'M ONLY, I, I'M RECOGNIZING THE MAIN INVESTIGATORS.

SO IF I COULD HAVE A DETECTIVE CONFORTI AND DE DETECTIVE, UH, WILLIAMS COME UP HERE.

SO, THIS PARTICULAR CASE DEALS WITH A OVERDOSE INVESTIGATION, AND THESE ARE VERY, VERY COMPLEX INVESTIGATIONS.

I THINK DA BENSON WOULD, WOULD, UH, AGREE WITH ME THAT THEY, THEY POSE SOME CHALLENGES IN THE PROSECUTION AND PROVING SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME.

UM, AND OUR, OUR DRUG UNIT JUST DID AN OUTSTANDING CASE, UH, UH, ASSISTING THE VILLAGE OF KIOSKI ON AN OVERDOSE DEATH THAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED LAST, LAST YEAR.

SO, UH, TO MY, TO MY RIGHT, I HAVE DETECTIVE CONFORTI.

HE'S BEEN HERE, LET'S SEE, IS NINE YEARS, DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? YEP.

AND, UH, UH, DETECTIVE, UH, JESSE WILLIAMS. HE'S BEEN HERE 20, ALMOST 25, OR A LITTLE OVER 25 YEARS.

SO OKAY.

VET VETERAN OFFICERS HERE.

UM, SO THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, WHEREAS ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023, SO THAT WAS LA LAST YEAR, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS CALLED TO ASSIST THE KI WASCAN POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH AN INVESTIGATION INTO A SUSPECTED DRUG OVERDOSE.

WITHIN HOURS OF THE CALL, INVESTIGATORS DEVELOPED A PERSON OF INTEREST WITH A KNOWN HISTORY OF DRUG OFFENSES, AND IDENTIFIED THIS INDIVIDUAL AS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE THE DECEDENT.

THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS LOCATED AND INTERVIEWED, BUT DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEATH.

ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, DETECTIVE WILLIAMS AND ANTHONY KTI LOCATED ANOTHER PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CITY OF RACINE.

THE DETECTIVES CONDUCTED A NON-CUSTODIAL INTERVIEW, WHICH THE, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL ADMITTED TO DELIVERING BLUE CIRCULAR PILLS MARKED WITH THE LETTER M AND 30 TO THE DECEDENT.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, INCLUDING THE NIGHT BEFORE HER DEATH, THE INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED THE ROUTE HE AND ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED ACCOMPLICE TOOK THE KIOSKI FROM THE SCENE NOTED THEY PARKED UP THE STREET TO AVOID DETECTION BY THE VICTIM'S FAMILY'S RING CAMERA.

HE FURTHER ADMITTED TO BEING THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER IN A RENTAL CAR.

AFTER A CUSTODIAL INTERVIEW, THIS INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED THE CO-DEFENDANT AND PROVIDED ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE DRUG TRANSACTION, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT HE WAS PAID IN PILLS FOR FACILITATING THE DEAL.

HE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DELIVERY OF NARCOTICS AND RECKLESSLY ENDANGERMENT OF SAFETY.

WHEREAS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED INTO THE PRIME SUSPECT, DETECTIVE JESSE WILLIAMS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT'S FACEBOOK ACCOUNT UNDER A FICTITIOUS NAME, WHICH LED INVESTIGATORS TO AN ASSOCIATED BUSINESS.

UPON RESEARCHING THE BUSINESSES PAGE, THEY FOUND A PHONE NUMBER THAT MATCHED ONE IN THE VICTIM'S PHONE LOG.

SEARCH WARRANTS WERE OBTAINED FOR ELECTRONIC RECORDS, WHICH HELPED ESTABLISH A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE PRIMARY SUSPECT AND THE VICTIM.

WHEREAS DETECTIVE ANTHONY CONFORTI RE-INTERVIEWED THE VICTIM'S FAMILY AND DISCOVERED CRUCIAL RING FOOTAGE FROM THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE OVERDOSE, WHICH SHOWED THE VICTIM LEAVING HER RESIDENCE AND WALKING WEST.

A MINUTE LATER, AN SUV WAS SEEN DRIVING EAST.

DETECTIVE CONFORTI RESPONDED TO A NEARBY GAS STATION AND OBTAINED VIDEOS SHOWING THE SAME VEHICLE PULLING INTO THE PUMPS.

SHORTLY AFTER IT, IT HAD BEEN SEEN LEAVING THE VICTIM'S HOME.

THE VEHICLE CONTAINED FOUR OCCUPANTS, INCLUDING BOTH SUSPECTS, THROUGH FLOCK CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM THE RACINE AREA.

DETECTIVE CONFORTI WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE'S LICENSE PLATE AND TWO OTHER PASSENGERS BASED BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH.

ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2023, EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, DETECTIVE JESSE WILLIAMS AND ANTHONY CONFORTI RESPONDED TO A SCENE LOCATED, THE PRIMARY SUSPECT CONDUCTED A NON-CUSTODIAL INTERVIEW.

THE SUSPECT ADMITTED TRAVELING TO KIOSKI ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO SELL DRUGS TO THE VICTIM.

HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, TRANSPORTED TO WASHINGTON COUNTY, AND PROVIDED FURTHER DETAILS OF THE, DURING THE CUSTODIAL INTERVIEW.

A WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS ALSO, UH, OBTAINED CONFIRMING HIS INVOLVEMENT.

WHEREAS THE WASHINGTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CHARGED THE PRIMARY SUSPECT WITH SEVERAL FELONIES, INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE RECKLESS HOMICIDE.

IN OCTOBER OF 2024, THE SUSPECT PLED GUILTY TO THE SECOND DEGREE RECKLESS HOMICIDE CHARGED, AND WAS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS OF INITIAL CONFINEMENT.

WITH NINE YEARS OF EXTENDED SUPERVISION, THE SECOND SUSPECT PLED GUILTY TO DELIVERY OF SCHEDULE ONE NARCOTIC, AND WAS SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS INITIAL CONFINEMENT AND FIVE YEARS OF EXTENDED SUPERVISION.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE IS THAT BOTH INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD NO PREVIOUS CRIMINAL RECORD WHATSOEVER, WHEREAS FATAL OVERDOSE INVESTIGATIONS ARE OFTEN COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE.

DUE TO THE CHALLENGES OF GATHERING SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE, IN THIS CASE, TWO DRUG DEALERS FROM THE CITY OF RACINE TRAVELED

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THIS VICTIM RECENTLY MOVED AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE HER PREVIOUS DRUG ADDICTION AND THE EASY ACCESS TO, TO NARCOTICS THAT CHARACTERIZED HER FORMER ENVIRONMENT, DETECTIVE JESSE WILLIAMS IN ANKIN 40, ALONG WITH THE CRITICAL SUPPORT OF MAJOR CRIMES, DIVISION DIVISION, AND THE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL DRUG UNIT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DESERVED RECOGNITION FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL WORK ON THIS INVESTIGATION.

WITHIN LESS THAN A YEAR, THEY SUCCESSFULLY IDENTIFIED SUSPECTS, GATHERED SU SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, OBTAINED CONVECTION CONFE CONFESSIONS, EXCUSE ME, AND SECURED GUILTY PLEAS, WHICH RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT PRISON SENTENCE FOR BOTH OFFENDERS.

THIS CASE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION THAT OCCURS WHEN INVESTIGATORS FROM MULTIPLE DIVISIONS WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL OF JUSTICE.

NOW, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT DETECTIVES ANTHONY WILLIAMS AND AN, UH, I'M SORRY, JESSE WILLIAMS AND ANTHONY CONFORTI, ARE HEREBY FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AND ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THE PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, DEDICATION, AND RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF JUSTICE.

THEY'RE OUTSTANDING EFFORTS AND FULFILLING THE LEADERSHIP DIRECTION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAVE BROUGHT A SENSE OF JUSTICE TO THE VICTIM'S FAMILY BY HOLDING DRUG DEALERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, DATED, DONE TODAY'S DATE.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL YOU GENTLEMEN, SIR.

GENTLEMEN, I, I SENSE THAT YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH, WITH BEING CALLED OUT AND, AND GIVEN THIS LEVEL OF ATTENTION.

BUT, AND YOU MAY THINK, WELL, I'M JUST, I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB.

I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES, THERE ARE A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS WHERE CRIMES AREN'T TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND, AND THE CITIZENS OF THOSE JURISDICTIONS ARE WILLING TO LET SUCH THINGS SLIDE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN FOLLOWING UP TO SEE THAT JUSTICE IS DONE.

WE APPRECIATE THAT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

I, I SAY, UH, ONE MORE.

YES.

YEP.

OKAY.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, THE, THE FINAL ONE THAT I HAVE IS DETECTIVE .

CAN YOU COME ON UP HERE FOR ME? SO, AGAIN, THIS IS A, A, A MULTIFACETED INVESTIGATION, A LOT OF INPUT, BUT, UH, DETECTIVE RAB BALL HAS BEEN WITH US FOR FIVE YEARS, ALMOST SIX YEARS.

MM-HMM, , BUT A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE.

BEFORE THAT, SHE WAS KIND

[c. Sheriff’s Office Staff Acknowledgment – Detective Tara Ball]

SO THIS IS A, UM, FROM THE, UH, YOU'LL, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THE CASE AS SOON AS I START TALKING ABOUT IT.

BUT IN JULY OF 2023, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION INTO A STAFF MEMBER AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL WHO HAD PLACED COVERT CAMERAS INSIDE A BATHROOM.

INVESTIGATORS RESPONDED TO THE HOSPITAL AND DISCOVERED A CAMERA ATTACHED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF A SINK IN A PUBLIC BATHROOM THAT WAS PRIMARILY USED BY HOSPITAL STAFF MEMBERS, WHEREAS THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED SERIOUS AND SEXUALLY EVEN ACTS COMMITTED BY THE SUSPECT AGAINST MULTIPLE VICTIMS. DETECTIVE TARA BALL WAS THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR FOR THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SHE WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH INVESTIGATORS FROM THE CITY OF WEST BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THESE CRIMES SPAN OVER SEVERAL YEARS AND OCCURRED AT TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, ONE IN THE TOWN OF POLK, AND ONE IN THE CITY OF WEST BEND.

THIS INVESTIGATION BEGAN IN THE CITY OF WEST BEND WHEN EVIDENCE RELATED TO THESE CRIMES WAS UNCOVERED DURING A UNRELATED INVESTIGATION.

WHEREAS THIS CASE POSED SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

INVESTIGATORS WERE TASKED WITH REVIEWING HOURS OF SENSITIVE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, WHICH DEPICTED POTENTIAL VICTIMS, HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES AND PATIENTS ALIKE.

THE CASE GENERATED EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE LEADING TO NUMEROUS CALLS FROM INDIVIDUALS INQUIRING IF THEY HAD BEEN IN VICTIMIZED.

THE INVESTIGATION REQUIRED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME, EFFORT, AND DETECTIVE AL WORKED CLOSELY WITH HOSPITAL STAFF TO IDENTIFY AS MANY VICTIMS AS POSSIBLE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, JUST TO ADD TO THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS IN OUR, UH, OUR MISSION STATEMENT OR LEADERSHIP DIRECTING IS THAT WE TRY NOT TO RE-VICTIMIZE VICTIMS WHEN WE, WE DEAL WITH THEM AND MAJOR CRIMES, AS IS ALL THE TIME WHERE WE'RE DEALING WITH, WITH VICTIMS OF, OF TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE CRIMES.

AND TARA JUST, SHE'S VERY, VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT.

AND, UH, SHE TREATED THESE, THESE VICTIMS WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT AND DIGNITY, AND I, I'M JUST VERY, VERY PROUD OF HER.

WHEREAS DETECTIVE TARA BALL DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY DEDICATION, SKILL, AND COMPASSION THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION.

SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH OTHER MAJOR CRIME INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATORS AND TASK FORCE DEPUTIES SHOWING NOT ONLY PASSION FOR JUSTICE, BUT ALSO REMARKABLE SENSITIVITY AND CARE FOR THE VICTIMS WHO HAVE BEEN DEEPLY VIOLATED.

HER LEADERSHIP AND UNW UNWAVERING COMMITMENTS TO THE CASE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THE MATTER TO A SUCCESSFUL RESOLUTION.

WHEREAS, AS A RESULT

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THE SUSPECT PLED GUILTY TO 31 COUNTS, AND WAS SENTENCED TO 44 YEARS OF INITIAL CONFINEMENT, FOLLOWED BY 35 YEARS OF EXTENDED SUPERVISION SUPERVISION.

THIS SIGNIFICANT SENTENCE WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE METICULOUS AND COMPREHENSIVE WORK CONDUCTED BY TEAL AND HER TEAM, WHO ADVOCATED FOR CHARGES TO BE BROUGHT AGAINST THE SUSPECT FOR EACH VICTIM WHO DESIRED JUSTICE TO BE SERVED.

NOW, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT DETECTIVE TEAL IS HERE, RIGHT, PUBLICLY AND FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF JUSTICE.

IN THIS CASE, HER EFFORTS BROUGHT A SENSE OF JUSTICE TO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VICTIMS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND HER WORK EMBODIES THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SERVICE AND INTEGRITY UPHELD BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TARA.

THANK YOU.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BRING THOSE TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND DETECTIVE BALL, THANK YOU AS WELL.

I THINK ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IN, IN WHAT SHERIFF JUST MENTIONED WAS BRINGING A SENSE OF JUSTICE, AND THAT THAT REALLY IS WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ALL ABOUT, THINKING THAT, SO THAT OUR, OUR CITIZENS KNOW INDIVIDUALS KNOW, YES, IN THIS COMMUNITY, THERE IS JUSTICE.

WHEN SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING WRONG, THERE'S JUSTICE.

THANK YOU FOR ENFORCING THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING IT IN A WAY THAT, THAT SUPPORTED THOSE VICTIMS AS WELL AND GAVE THEM A SENSE OF JUSTICE AS WELL.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.

THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 3D ON OUR AGENDA, DISTRICT ATTORNEY QUARTERLY REPORT.

AND FOR THAT WE HAVE DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARK BENSON WITH US.

TWO MORE SECONDS, GUYS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

YOU CAN, I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I MEAN, PLEASE ,

[d. District Attorney Quarterly Report ]

WE'LL CUT TO THE CHASE ON THAT, BUT I JUST REALLY WANTED TO JUST, UM, UH, START OUT WITH A, A LITTLE BIT OF HOW LUCKY AND FORTUNATE THAT I AM.

UH, I'VE, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 23 AND A HALF YEARS, AND 14 AND A HALF YEARS AS DA.

UH, AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH, UH, WITH, UH, ALMOST EVERYONE HERE IN SOME VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UH, UH, CAPACITY.

UH, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A, BEEN A PLEASURE.

SO I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL.

I, UH, THAT WAS, I, I HAD NEVER HEARD THAT STORY BEFORE FOR YOU GUYS.

THAT'S AMAZING.

SO YOU'RE DOING THE JOB OF THREE PEOPLE.

I I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE, UH, PAYING YOU THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT.

GOOD.

THAT'S EXCELLENT.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

AND THEN JUST WITH REGARD TO THOSE OTHER, UH, TWO CASES, UH, I WAS INVOLVED PERSONALLY INVOLVED WITH ONE, THE ONE WITH ANTHONY CONFORTI AND JESSE WILLIAMS. I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT, THAT I, I SAW THEM PERSONALLY EACH INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE MOTHER OF THE VICTIM, AND THE COMPASSION THAT THEY SHOWED TO HER WAS JUST UN UN UNBELIEVABLE.

UM, SO, AND THAT WAS JUST A, AND THEY PUT TOGETHER AN AMAZING CASE ON THAT.

AND WITH REGARD TO TARA BALL'S INVESTIGATION, UM, AND THAT, AND THAT OTHER CASE, THAT 44 YEAR SENTENCE, I AM ABOUT 99% CERTAIN THAT, THAT AS DA, THAT THAT'S THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF, OF CONFINEMENT ON A NON, UH, ON A NON-HOMICIDE CASE.

THAT, THAT I RECALL, IT WAS SIGNIFICANT, MULTIPLE VICTIMS. SO I JUST WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO YOU GUYS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU HUMORING ME .

SO THANK YOU.

UH, UH, UH, I'M GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO MY LAST TIME HERE.

UH, BUT, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, QUARTERLY REPORT, UM, UH, THE, THE EOS UH, THE E EOS REPORT, AND ONE I WANT TO THANK, UH, YOU, I WAS, UH, I THINK I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE AGENDA LAST MONTH.

I WAS OUTTA TOWN.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND ALLOWING ME TO, UH, UM, NOT TRY TO DO IT REMOTELY.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN A PAIN FROM WHERE I WAS AT AND TO, AND TO DO IT HERE TODAY.

SO I, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I, I THINK GENERALLY ALL OF THE, ALL ALL OF THE INITIATIVES AND, AND THE LIKE, ARE, ARE, ARE COMING ALONG.

UH, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSITION, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSITION IN A MOMENT.

UM, BUT WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE GOALS, UH, I THINK MOST OF THE THINGS ARE ALL ON TASK, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, UH, DRUG TREATMENT COURT.

UH, WE HAVE 14 PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.

WE'VE HAD, UH, FOUR GRADUATES IN 2024, UH, ONE DISCHARGED FROM, FROM THE PROGRAM.

SO I THINK OVERALL, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN, UH, IN OUR, UH, DRUG DRUG TREATMENT COURT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE.

UH, IT IS, UH, UP AND RUNNING.

I WAS, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED PERSONALLY IN THAT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND

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AND WE HAVE A COUPLE EXCELLENT PEOPLE, UH, INVOLVED, UM, EXCUSE ME, INVOLVED IN THAT.

UM, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, ANOTHER ONE OF THE, UH, UH, IDEAS AND GOALS AND INITIATIVES IS, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY WORK WITH.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE GOALS THAT I THINK THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS THAT I, THAT I HAD IS FOR SOME TREAT, UH, PRETRIAL MONITORING SERVICES.

AND ALONG THOSE LINES, UH, WE, NOW, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD SOME TALK ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, UM, WORKING TOGETHER AND GETTING A CRIMINAL JUSTICE, A COORDINATING COMMITTEE TOGETHER.

UM, AND THAT IS ON TASK.

SO WE'RE HAVING OUR FIRST MEETING, UM, WHICH I WON'T BE AT, UH, IN, UH, IN JANUARY.

UH, SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE, THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UH, TO WORK WITH, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WILL MAKE OUR COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY SAFER.

UM, THAT WILL, UM, IF, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOES THROUGH, UH, IT'S GONNA COME AT A COST, UM, AND THERE WILL BE SOME MONEY INVOLVED.

AND I, AND I, AND I HOPE THAT YOU CERTAINLY, WHEN THAT TIME COMES, THAT YOU WOULD, UM, THAT YOU WOULD, UH, UH, CONSIDER, UH, THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER, UH, FUNDING IT, UH, ALLOCATING RESOURCES, UH, FOR THAT.

UM, UH, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, JUST HOW THINGS ARE GOING, UH, WITHIN THE OFFICE, UH, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, I, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, MACHINATIONS WITH THE STATE WITH REGARD TO FUNDING OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS, UH, UH, ON THE BOOKS WITH THE STATE IS A, IS A 0.4 POSITION.

UH, THE COUNTY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO ALLOT SOME MONEY IN THE PAST TO INCREASE THAT TO A 0.6.

UH, BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET THAT, TURN THAT INTO A 0.9 POSITION THROUGH SOME MACHINATIONS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO USE ANY COUNTY FUNDS.

NOW, THROUGH SOME EXTRA MACHINATIONS, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, TURN THAT INTO A 1.0 POSITION, AT LEAST UNTIL, UH, JULY OF, OF, UH, NEXT YEAR.

UM, SO THAT, AND THAT HASN'T MONEY THAT'S BEEN SORT OF ALLOTTED FOR THAT HAS NOT BEEN USED AT ALL.

UM, AND I AM, UH, CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THE STATE IN THE NEXT, UH, UH, BUDGET CYCLE, AS I THINK YOU GUYS, YOU, YOU ARE ALL AWARE THAT THE, WE HAVE THIS INTERESTING HYBRID WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHERE, UH, THE STATE PAYS FOR THE PROSECUTORS.

THE COUNTY PAYS FOR ALL THE RESOURCES AND, UH, AND, AND OFFICE SPACE AND THE, LIKE, STAFF MEMBERS, AND THEN ROUGHLY 50% OF OUR VICTIM WITNESS.

SO, UH, THE, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL, UH, AT A MINIMUM BE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT ON THE BOOKS TO A, TO A FULL POSITION.

I PUT IN FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE.

MAYBE WE'LL EVEN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT.

UM, HOWEVER, IF IT ALL FALLS APART, UM, I HOPE YOU GUYS, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT MONEY THAT WAS ALLOTTED THAT WASN'T REALLY USED SO THAT THIS PERSON CAN REMAIN IN THE, IN THE, IN THE POSITION THAT SHE'S IN.

SHE'S, UH, UH, SHE IS EXCELLENT.

THAT'S MY LITTLE PLUG, JUST PLANTING THE SEED ON THAT ASPECT.

UH, AND THEN IN ADDITION, UH, THERE WAS, UH, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE THERE WAS A RESOLUTION OR SOME, UH, IDEA THAT, UM, WHEN, UH, I WAS, BECAME KNOWN THAT I WAS GONNA COMPLETE MY TERM, THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME SORT OF TRANSITION.

AND THERE WAS, I THINK, SOME MONEY THAT WAS SORT OF ALLOCATED TO HAVE A, A BRIDGE PERIOD WITH WHOEVER THE NEW, UH, DA WOULD BE.

AND IT'S, UH, BARRY, BARRY BRATS, UH, AND THAT, THAT THE, THE GOOD, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE DOING THAT TRANSITION.

AND THE EXTRA GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE NOT USING ANY COUNTY FUNDING FUNDING FOR THAT.

UH, THE DA UP IN LAC WAS KIND ENOUGH TO ALLOW BARRY TO BASICALLY ON THEIR DIME, UH, TO COME DOWN HERE.

AND, UH, WE HAVE SOME EXTRA OFFICE SPACE.

SO HE'S ALREADY BEEN DOWN HERE.

UM, AND, UH, THAT TRANSITION, I THINK IS GOING, UH, PRETTY WELL, UH, THUS FAR.

SO THERE'S, UM, SOME, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REALLY SAVINGS, BUT IT'S MONEY THAT HAS NOT, THAT WAS, UH, THAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, SPENT, THAT HAS, UH, NOT BEEN SPENT.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, UH, SAY AT THE END, BUT, UH, UH, THUS FAR ON THE, ON THE QUARTERLY, UH, EOS REPORT, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ME? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I REALLY AP I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I GUESS I JUST WANT TO, UM, UH, I JUST WANT TO JUST FOLLOW UP WITH, I'VE BEEN, UH, BLESSED, UH, TO BE HERE FOR 23 AND A HALF YEARS, UH, IN TOTAL, UH, LAST 14 AND A HALF AS, UH, AS, AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

UH, WE HAVE GREAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

WE HAVE A VERY STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH, UM, WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

UH, AND I,

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SO I FEEL BLESSED THAT I'VE HAD, WE, I'VE HAD GOOD AGENCIES TO WORK FOR.

UM, AND THEN JUST REGARDING WHAT MY, UH, MY FUTURE PLANS ARE, I'M NOT RETIRING.

I, UH, I FEEL YOUNG AND VIBRANT.

I WAS NEVER MY INTENT TO RETIRE.

I WAS, UH, I HAD SOME OTHER, I HAD SOME IDEAS OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO.

AND NOW, AFTER CONSIDERING A FEW OPTIONS, I, I REALLY ENJOY PROSECUTION.

SO I'M GONNA CONTINUE AS A PROSECUTOR.

I'M GONNA TAKE THREE WEEKS OFF AFTER I COMPLETE MY GERMAN JANUARY 5TH, UH, AND THEN, UH, UH, TAKE A FEW WEEKS OFF.

AND THEN I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO BE A PROSECUTOR UP IN FOND LAC AS AN ASSISTANT, UH, DA.

SO POSSIBLY AS A SPECIAL PROCESS OR SOMETHING, I MIGHT BE IN THIS BUILDING.

BUT, UH, I, I THINK WE'RE, UH, THE OFFICE IS IN GOOD HANDS.

I'M, I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I CONTINUE TO BE A A A I, I PLAN TO BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

UH, ONE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE OR CHAIRMAN LIFE? IF NOT, UM, I, I'LL JUST ADD THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE OVER THE YEARS.

YOU'VE BEEN A BIG PART OF THE SUCCESS OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT.

THANK YOU.

ALSO, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'LL HAVE A FORMAL COMMENDATION OR, OR ANYTHING WHEN YOU DO RETIRE, BUT WE COMPLETE MY TERM.

I'M SORRY.

COMPLETE RETIREMENT.

I'M SORRY.

I'M TEASING RETIREMENT.

I'M, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

NO, THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION.

I'M SORRY.

UM, AND, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE SERVICE OVER THE YEARS, AND IN CASE THERE IS NOT A, UH, COMMENDATION MARKING, YOU ARE MOVING ON.

I THINK YOU DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FROM US AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE E UPDATE FOR THE PSAP GRANT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

GOOD MORNING.

SO, UH, ON OCTOBER 28TH, WE WERE NOTIFIED BY STATE, UM, DMA THAT WE DID IN FACT RECEIVE THE FISCAL YEAR 25 PSAP, UH, GRANT.

UM, THEY DID, UH, SO WE INITIALLY PUT IN FOR THAT

[e. Update for PSAP Grant Program Fiscal Year 2025]

UM, WE'VE GOT, WE GOT THE WHOLE THING, BUT WITHIN THAT, THERE WERE ABOUT $32,000 OF UNALLOWABLE EXPENSES.

SO THEY, THEY GAVE US THE, THE FULL SEVEN 40.

UM, BUT IN REALITY WE'RE THE SPENDING IS GONNA BE ABOUT 707.

UM, A VAST MAJORITY OF THAT 32,000 OF UNALLOWABLE EXPENSES, ABOUT 30,470 OF IT WERE ITEMS SPECIFIC, UH, TO GERMANTOWN.

UM, AND DMA RULED THAT THOSE WERE UNALLOWABLE EXPENSES.

SO, UH, GERMANTOWN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THAT.

BUT, UH, GOOD NEWS FOR, FOR US IN MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD, UH, DECEMBER 1ST IS WHEN I CAN START SIGNING CONTRACTS AND SPENDING THE MONEY.

SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING WITH OUR VENDORS, UM, AND BILL KERR, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOTTING ALL OF OUR I'S AND CROSSING OUR T'S.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SHAPE THAT, UH, COME MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, WE CAN SIT DOWN, START SIGNING THESE, THESE CONTRACTS AND GETTING THIS BALL ROLLING.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY MASH ON THE GAS WITH THIS.

AND, UM, IT'S JUST A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO COMPLETING THAT CONSOLIDATION WITH GERMANTOWN.

UM, AND THAT IS, THAT WHOLE THING IS KIND OF ON PAUSE UNTIL THIS, UH, PROJECT GETS COMPLETED.

SO, UM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO STEPPING ON THE GAS AND, UM, BEING OFF TO THE RACES WITH IT SO THAT WE CAN FACILITATE THAT CONSOLIDATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND, UH, SHEPHERDING THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS AND, AND SEEING IT THROUGH TO WHAT WILL BE ITS COMPLETION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I HAVE A QUESTION.

SUPERVISOR NEWMAN.

SO THIS IS, UH, A GRANT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED.

YEAH, SO IT'S A, IT'S A 90 10, UH, SPLIT STATE PAYS 90, COUNTY PAYS 10.

UH, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE CASH IN ADVANCE AND THEN WE RE WE, WE SEEK REIMBURSEMENT AT THE END.

UH, THIS IS SIMILAR TO, THIS WILL BE THE THIRD, UH, PSAP GRANT WE'VE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED.

AND, UH, IT'S UM, IT'S KIND OF RINSE AND REPEAT AT THIS POINT 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD AT IT, BUT, UM, YEAH, WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA COME UP WITH THE MONEY FIRST AND THEN WE'RE REIMBURSED WITH IT.

AND SO, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN RE REIMBURSED FOR THE SECOND ONE OR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 YET, BUT THE PAPERWORK HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

WE'VE RECEIVED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE STATE THAT YES, IN FACT YOU ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVED, UH, REIMBURSED.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE GOT THAT CHECK YET.

SO, AND THE FIRST GRANT WE HAVE BEEN RE REIMBURSED FOR THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION IS, UH, SO THAT 740,000 WILL BE ABSORBED IN THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET, OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE A BUDGET TRANSFER, OR I BELIEVE WHEN WE,

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UM, IN PAST GRANTS, IF THEY, I DUNNO WHERE THEY USE THAT MONEY FROM.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT COMES OUT OF.

YEAH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, WE DON'T NEED TO ACT ON THIS TODAY BECAUSE THE COUNTY BOARD ALREADY ACTED ON IT WHEN, WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS APPROVED.

AND SO HOW, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HANDLES THAT.

I'M NOT EXACTLY CERTAIN, BUT, BUT I AGREE THAT THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING AT THAT POINT THAT YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO FRONT THE MONEY AND THEN RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT.

RIGHT.

AND AGAIN, IT'S, WE WON'T HAVE TO FRONT THE FULL SEVEN 40.

I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OVERRUNS.

THERE ALWAYS IS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THE STATE GAVE US MORE THAN WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE TRUE NUMBERS ABOUT 7 0 7 AND THEY SAID NO, YOU GOT THE WHOLE SEVEN 40.

I THINK THAT IS TO ABSORB SOME OF THOSE OVERRUNS IF THERE IS ANY.

IN THE PAST WE HAD TO DO BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AND THEN IT WAS KIND OF A PROCESS TO GET THOSE EXTRA, UH, FUNDS.

AND THIS, I THINK IN THIS ROUND HERE, THEY MADE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR US TO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE FUNDS WITHOUT HAVING TO JUMP THROUGH ALL THOSE HOOPS.

YOU SHOULD, WE NEED THEM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO, YES, SIR.

UM, I'LL SPEAK WITH FINANCE WITH AARON DAHL.

UM, AS WE JUST HEARD IN THE, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S REPORT, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SAVINGS BECAUSE WE PUT MONEY ASIDE TO PAY BARRY BROS IN A TRANSITIONARY ROLE.

SO I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE MONEY TO FILL IN THE, THE HOLES THERE.

SO, BUT WE'LL CONFIRM.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT.

ALRIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA DO THE OTHER JOB.

I'LL TAKE CARE OF THE CAPTAIN.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO, UH, AGENDA ITEM THREE F RADIO MAINTENANCE AMENDMENT UPDATE FOR THAT.

GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.

DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

UM, AS CAPTAIN STA HAS REPORTED PREVIOUSLY, UH, WE HAVE EXTENDED THE RADIO MAINTENANCE CONTRACT AND IT'S, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT ITSELF.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING

[f. Radio Maintenance Amendment Update]

SO AS A RESULT, AND THROUGH CAPTAIN STAS DILIGENCE IN NEGOTIATING THAT AMENDMENT, UH, THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT CALLED FOR A 3.25% INCREASE ANNUALLY, WHEREAS THIS NEW AMENDMENT CALLS FOR A FLAT FEE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

SO AS A RESULT, IT'LL RESULT IN, UH, APPROXIMATELY $53,917 IN SAVINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

UH, I'M GONNA SAY CAPTAIN STAS NAME SEVERAL TIMES, HE'S NOT GONNA BE HAPPY WITH ME.

BUT, UH, HE IS TRULY, UH, WASHINGTON COUNTY GOLD.

HE, HE WATCHES EVERYTHING.

HE HAS A SCOPE THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY AND HE MANAGES IT VERY WELL.

SO, UH, I GIVE TREMENDOUS ACCOLADES AND APPRECIATION TO HIS DILIGENCE IN THIS REGARD.

THIS RADIO SYSTEM UPGRADE AND CONSOLIDATE DISPATCH IS NOT AN EASY TASK.

IT'S, IT'S THE JOB OF FIVE PEOPLE AND HE'S MANAGING THAT ALONE ALONG WITH ALL OF HIS OTHER CAPACITIES.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND COMMENTS AND, AND THANK YOU CAPTAIN STA FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND WORK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3G.

OKAY.

THE RADIO TOWER LEASE UPDATE.

SO THERE'S TWO TOWERS THAT ARE GONNA BE DEFUNCT COME OCTOBER OF 2025, ONE OF WHICH IS IN THE TOWN OF AARON AND THE OTHER OF WHICH IS IN THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON.

UH, THE TOWN OF AARON, UH, WILL

[g. Radio Tower Lease Update]

UH, THESE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, WE SIGNED, UH, TOWN OF AARON WAS JANUARY OF 2009 AND THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON WAS APRIL OF 2009.

UH, THE TIMING OF FARMINGTON IS NOT ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO TERMINATE THAT LEASE IT WOULD'VE BEEN 180 DAY NOTIFICATION.

HOWEVER, THAT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR AROUND JUNE OF 24, BUT WE STILL NEED THAT TOWER UNTIL OCTOBER OF 25.

SO THE TOWN OF AARON

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SO THE TOWN OF AARON IS GONNA WORK VERY NICELY AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TERMINATE THAT LEASE WITH SIMPLE ACTION BY THE BOARD.

UH, THAT WILL SAVE US $4,200 A MONTH IN LEASE PAYMENTS.

AS FAR AS THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON, UM, THAT ONE WE'RE GONNA BE STUCK WITH CURRENTLY.

UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY STERN AND MYSELF WILL WORK DILIGENTLY ALONG WITH AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING ADVANTAGEOUS THAT CAN COME OUT OF IT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY.

BUT AS A RESULT OF THE TIMING OF THAT CONTRACT, UM, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT WE HAVE TO LEASE IT UNTIL THE TERM EXPIRES AND THAT LEASE AGREEMENT IS $2,400 A MONTH.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? IF NOT, THEN, UH, WE TRUST YOU AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OF COURSE TO DO THE BEST YOU CAN FOR THE COUNTY UNDERSTANDING.

YEAH, WE, WE HAVE A CONTRACT TO LIVE WITH AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT CONTRACT TO MAKE IT ADVANTAGEOUS, WE UNDERSTAND YOU'LL BE DOING THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

THAT BEING SAID, THE MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH AT 7:00 AM WE ARE ADJOURNED.