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RISE.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 IS THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 18TH.
DID ANYONE NOTICE ANY IRREGULARITIES IN THE MINUTES THAT WERE POSTED? IF NOT, THEY WILL STAND AS AS PRINTED.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION OR POSSIBLE ACTION.
A INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY BARRY BROS.
IT'S GOOD TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WAS TOLD TO ASK YOU ABOUT A REPORT.
UM, WELL, I'VE, I THINK I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR HAVING ME THIS, THIS MORNING.
UM, BARRY BRATS, NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
I JUST TOOK OFFICE, UH, ON MONDAY OF LAST WEEK.
UH, SO BEEN BEEN IN THE OFFICE HERE FOR, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF.
I, I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO, TO SEVERAL FOLKS.
UH, FOR THE LAST, FOR SINCE THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER.
UH, I WAS HERE IN THE OFFICE A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK, OR AS MUCH AS I COULD, UH, WHILE STILL WORKING FULL-TIME IN, IN FOND DULAC AS WELL.
UH, AND MARK BENSON, UH, WAS, WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO, TO WELCOME ME INTO THE OFFICE, GIVE ME, UH, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO LEARN FROM HIM, UH, ON, ON HOW THE OFFICE FUNCTIONS.
UM, CERTAINLY HELPED WITH THE TRANSITION, UH, GAVE ME A LEG UP.
UH, BUT CERTAINLY THE, THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY.
[a. Introduction of District Attorney Barry Braatz]
THE WAY THE DA'S OFFICE, UH, HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY FUNCTIONS, UH, THE WAY CASES COME THROUGH, THE WAY CASES ARE, ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST THE ATTORNEYS IN THE OFFICE.VERY DIFFERENT THAN THAN HOW IT WAS DONE IN FOND DULAC.
UM, BUT, UH, I'M, I'M VERY LUCKY THAT I HAVE A GREAT OFFICE.
WE HAVE GREAT OFFICE STAFF, SUPPORT STAFF.
UH, WE HAVE GREAT ATTORNEYS IN THE OFFICE AS WELL.
UH, MANY EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS, UH, THAT, THAT DO GREAT WORK.
AND SO, UH, SO FAR IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC AND, UH, I CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND, AND APPEARING AT THESE, UH, MEETINGS THROUGHOUT MY TENURE.
UM, I'LL, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE.
UH, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, UH, WE, WE DID HAVE A PROSECUTOR, UH, LEAVE THE OFFICE.
HER LAST DAY WAS, UH, THIS LAST MONDAY.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE AN OPEN POSITION THAT HAS BEEN POSTED, A LITTLE UPDATE ON THAT.
UM, AND THIS IS A, A POTENTIAL CHALLENGE THAT I SEE MOVING FORWARD, UH, THROUGH THIS YEAR.
IS, UH, THAT POSITION, UH, THAT THE POSITION, THE PROSECUTOR LEFT FULL-TIME, 1.0 POSITION FUNDED THROUGH, FULLY FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE.
UH, I HAVE ANOTHER PROSECUTOR IN THE OFFICE WHO IS CURRENTLY 0.4, UH, FULL-TIME, FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE, AND THEN 0.6 ARPA FUNDED.
SO IT'S A 1.0 POSITION, BUT 0.6 OF IT IS ARPA.
UH, I ALSO HAVE A 0.4, UH, ARPA POSITION, UH, RIGHT NOW THAT'S, THAT'S UNFILLED.
I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A FEW ATTORNEYS THAT I THINK, UH, WOULD POTENTIALLY BE INTERESTED IN FILLING THAT, HELPING OUT.
PART-TIME TROUBLE WITH THE ARPA POSITIONS IS THAT, UH, THOSE ARE GOING AWAY IN JULY OR THEY ARE SET TO, SO THAT'LL BE A CHALLENGE TO ULTIMATELY, UH, HIRE SOMEBODY FOR THAT POSITION, UH, WHEN THEY HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF COURSE, THAT, UH, BY JULY OR BY THE END OF JULY, UH, THAT POSITION WILL GO DOWN TO 0.4 UNLESS THE STATE AGREES TO FULLY FUND THOSE R POSITIONS.
THAT HAS BEEN OUR REQUEST, UH, THROUGH THE STATE, IS THAT, UH, THE STATE DOES FULLY FUND THE ARPA POSITIONS.
SO FOR, FOR US, THAT WOULD BE, OF COURSE, THAT 0.6, TO KEEP THAT, THAT POSITION A FULL, UH, 1.0, ALSO FUND THAT 0.4.
WE DID ALSO ASK THAT IN ADDITION TO FUNDING THAT 0.4 PART-TIME, UH, OUR PROPOSITION RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY ESSENTIALLY MAKE THAT INTO A FULLY, UH, FULLY FUNDED 1.0 POSITION AS WELL, WHETHER THAT HAPPENS OR NOT, UH, TO BE DETERMINED, UH, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL.
I'M OPTIMISTIC, UH, THAT THE STATE WILL TAKE THAT ON.
UH, BUT ULTIMATELY, IF THEY, IF THEY DO NOT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE LEFT WITH, UH, A 0.4, UH, STATE FUNDED POSITION.
WE'LL LOSE THE 0.6 ARPA, WE'LL LOSE THE 0.4 ARPA,
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UH, PART-TIME THAT WE HAVE AS WELL.UH, SO CURRENTLY WE'RE FUNCTIONING AT FIVE, UH, LAST YEAR'S WORKLOAD ANALYSIS, UH, BY THE STATE, UH, INDICATES THAT ESSENTIALLY WE NEED EIGHT FULL-TIME ATTORNEYS WITHIN THE OFFICE.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY AT FIVE, SO FIVE ATTORNEYS DOING THE WORK OF EIGHT.
THAT, THAT CREATES A CHALLENGE.
BUT LIKE I SAID, UH, WE HAVE GREAT ATTORNEYS IN THE OFFICE, A TON OF EXPERIENCE.
UH, I'M CONFIDENT THAT, UH, EVEN WITH, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, PROSECUTORS RECENTLY LEAVING, UH, THAT EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO, TO FILL IN, UH, THAT GAP, UH, FOR THE TIME BEING.
AND I'M, I'M HOPEFUL, UH, I'VE RECEIVED SOME APPLICATIONS ALREADY, UH, FOR THE OPEN POSITION.
UH, THEY ARE, UH, I SHOULD SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE NEW GRADS, UH, THAT HAVE APPLIED, UH, THAT WILL GRADUATE IN MAY, UH, FROM LAW SCHOOL.
UM, BUT I JUST PO THE PO THE POSITION WAS JUST POSTED ON MONDAY.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS.
UH, I'VE ALWAYS SAID IN MY TIME AS A PROSECUTOR, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UH, HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE COUNTIES THAT, UH, IS IN THE TOP TIER THAT FOLKS WANT TO COME AND WORK AT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THE, OFTENTIMES THEY'LL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF, OF, UH, THE COUNTY BOARD, UH, GREAT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO WORK WITH AS WELL.
UH, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.
I I ANTICIPATE IT BEING A CHALLENGE GIVEN THAT, UH, THE 0.6 ARPA IS SET TO, TO RUN OUT, UH, IN JULY.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WITH THE FIVE PROSECUTORS THAT WE DO HAVE IN THE OFFICE, LIKE I SAID, GREAT EXPERIENCE, GREAT WORK ETHIC, UH, GREAT SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL.
UH, THAT HELPS US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
UH, SO I'M CONFIDENT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE'LL, WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE CASES TO THE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT.
UM, I WILL NOTE AS WELL, UH, THAT WORKLOAD ANALYSIS FROM LAST YEAR, UM, INDICATES THAT OUR OFFICE SHOULD ESSENTIALLY BE AT EIGHT FULL-TIME, UH, POSITIONS.
I ANTICIPATE WITH ESSENTIALLY MY PHILOSOPHY AND PROSECUTION, UH, I ANTICIPATE OUR CASE LOAD INCREASING, UH, AS WELL.
SO WE OF COURSE, WON'T GET THAT ANALYSIS UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR, UH, THE WORKLOAD ANALYSIS FROM THE STATE ON, UH, WHAT THEY ANTICIPATE, UH, OUR NEEDS ARE.
UH, BUT I DO ANTICIPATE OUR WORKLOADS INCREASING.
UM, AND SO FRANKLY, EIGHT IS PROBABLY LOW.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING GREAT WORK.
UH, EVEN THE WEEK AND A HALF THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE WORKING WITH THE FOLKS IN THE OFFICE, UH, AND, AND MOVING FORWARD.
I KNOW WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA DO GREAT WORK.
AND SO, AND I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
UH, SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME, UH, AND AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
AND I, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN CERTAINLY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I HAVE A QUESTION.
CAN YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND, ARE ALL THOSE PROSECUTORS FUNDED BY THE STATE RIGHT NOW? THE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, WE HAVE FIVE FULL-TIME PROSECUTORS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE STATE.
THEN WE HAVE POINT A 0.4 POSITION THAT'S FUNDED BY THE STATE AS WELL, UH, THE ARPA FEDERAL FUNDS.
BUT IT GOES, YOU KNOW, IT'S ESSENTIALLY FUNNELED THROUGH THE STATE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A 0.2, AND I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS TO THE BEST OF MY UNDERSTANDING, WE DO HAVE A 0.2 POSITION THAT'S ACTUALLY COUNTY FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE THAT HAS GONE UNFILLED.
UM, ESSENTIALLY MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE THERE WAS DISCUSSION THAT ARPA WAS GOING TO END MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR.
THEN IT GOT EXTENDED TO DECEMBER.
NOW IT'S BEEN EXTENDED TO JULY.
UH, WHEN, WHEN THAT, WHEN ARPA WAS POTENTIALLY GOING TO END, MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR, UH, I BELIEVE MARK BENSON MADE A REQUEST TO THE COUNTY, UH, TO FUND 0.2 OF A POSITION TO ENSURE THAT THE PROSECUTOR IN THAT 0.4 POSITION WOULD BE AT A 0.6 AND ULTIMATELY, ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO OBTAIN BENEFITS, UH, BEING AT A 0.6.
UH, BUT CURRENTLY IT'S FIVE FULL-TIME STATE FUNDED, 0.4 STATE FUNDED, 0.6 ARPA, AND AN ADDITIONAL 0.4 ARPA.
AND THEN 0.2, THAT'S, THAT'S COUNTY FUNDED.
BUT AGAIN, THAT, THAT HADN'T BEEN FILLED BECAUSE ARPA WAS ULTIMATELY EXTENDED.
SO THAT 0.6 DIDN'T NEED TO BE U OR EXCUSE ME, THAT 0.2 DIDN'T NEED TO BE UTILIZED.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THAT THE NORM, UH, THAT YOUR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER COUNTIES ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE OR DO COUNTIES FUND POSITIONS AS WELL? FULL-TIME PROSECUTOR
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POSITIONS? IT'S PROSECUTORS ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE.UH, NOW, A LOT OF COUNTIES, UH, HAVE MADE REQUESTS FOR THEIR COUNTIES TO FUND ADDITIONAL PROSECUTORS, UH, BECAUSE FRANKLY, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE GET THIS WORKLOAD ANALYSIS THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED EIGHT FULL-TIME PROSECUTORS.
WE'RE, WE'RE AT FIVE, UH, BASED ON THAT WORKLOAD, A LOT OF COUNTIES HAVE GONE, OR A LOT OF DAS, I BELIEVE, HAVE GONE TO THEIR COUNTIES, UH, OR COUNTY BOARDS AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE OVERWHELMED IN THE OFFICE.
AND THEY ULTIMATELY ASK, UH, THE COUNTY BOARD TO FUND, UH, POSITIONS, UH, IN FOND DULAC.
I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE, UH, COUNTY FUNDED POSITION.
UM, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THE WORKLOAD, UH, HAS, HAS INCREASED SO SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE YEARS.
UH, BUT THE STATE, IT SHOULD BE THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THAT ON.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR WITH THAT ANSWER.
SO THANKS, THANK YOU FOR THAT THOROUGH EXPLANATION.
AND, AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND, AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR ATTITUDE AND APPRECIATE THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL TO START WITH AND LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
ITEM THREE B ON THE AGENDA STAFFING UPDATE.
UM, AND FOR THAT, WE WELCOME SHERIFF SCHULTE.
THIS WILL BE A VERY, VERY QUICK UPDATE.
UM, USUALLY WHEN, UH, WE HAVE, UH, AN ADDITION OF A POSITION, UH, WE GO THROUGH A, A, A, A COUNTY BOARD PROCESS THROUGH YOUR
[b. Staffing Update: Sergeant Blair promoted to Lieutenant]
COMMITTEE, THROUGH THE COUNTY BOARD.THIS ONE IS A LITTLE UNIQUE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, UH, IT DIDN'T COST US ANY MORE MONEY.
IN FACT, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA END UP SAVING US A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PROMOTED, UH, UH, ANGELA BLAIR FROM COMMUNICATIONS SERGEANT TO COMMUNICATIONS LIEUTENANT, AND THERE'S A, A REASON FOR THAT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING THROUGH SOME MONUMENTAL CHANGES IN DISPATCH, UH, WITH THE CONSOLIDATION OF BOTH HARTFORD AND GERMANTOWN RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE WAY OUR CONFIGURATION WAS FOR YEARS, I THINK PROBABLY SINCE 2010, IS THE STAFFING IN THERE FOR SUPERVISORS.
THERE WAS TWO COMMUNICATION SERGEANTS, AND THEN THE, THE REST OF THE, UH, OF THE DISPATCH STAFF.
UH, UH, WE HAD ONE VERY SENIOR SERGEANT THAT, UH, THAT LEFT, UH, WITH 30 SOME YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND, UH, WHICH LEFT A VACANCY.
IT WAS DURING THAT TIME OF CONSOLIDATION WHERE OUR STAFFING WAS VERY, VERY CHALLENGING IN ON THE FLOOR.
SO WHAT WE OPTED TO DO WAS WE, WE PROMOTED A SERGEANT, UM, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THAT POSITION WAS GONNA REMAIN ON THE FLOOR UNTIL WE COULD GET THE STAFFING TO WHERE WE NEEDED, WHERE WE COULD TRANSITION THAT INDIVIDUAL FROM THE FLOOR TO THE, UH, SUPERVISION.
THE PLAN DIDN'T WORK OUT QUITE AS WELL AS WE'D HOPED.
UM, SHE, UH, DECIDED TO LEAVE TO GO TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHICH I, I DON'T HOLD AGAINST ANYONE.
NOW WE, WE ARE LEFT WITH ONE SUPERVISOR, A SERGEANT, AND, UH, THIS MONUMENTAL TASK OF DOING THE CONSOLIDATION.
SO OUR OPTIONS WERE, DO WE DO THE SAME TYPE OF THING? AND, UH, UH, WHICH DIDN'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE, OR DO WE DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT? UM, THE, EVERYONE DURING THIS CONSOLIDATION PROJECT PROCESS, FROM THE DISPATCHERS THAT ARE WORKING MANY MORE SHIFTS, UH, UH, OFF DAYS TRAINING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, UM, THE, THE, THE SUPERVISORS THAT WERE DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, OF LOGISTICAL WORK, UM, AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WORK THE, THE CAPTAIN OF ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN DOING ON THAT.
UM, WHAT I ALSO RECOGNIZED IS THE SERGEANT POSITION THAT IS IN THERE WAS DOING MUCH MORE THAN FIRST LINE SUPERVISION.
IT WAS, IT WAS CLEARLY LIEUTENANT WORK.
SHE, SHE WASN'T IN ADDITION TO DOING THE FIRST LINE SUPERVISION, SHE WAS DOING ALL SORTS OF COORDINATION.
AND, UH, IT REALLY IS WAS, WAS ADMIN, UH, UH, LIEUTENANT TYPE WORK.
SO WHAT WE OPTED TO DO, UM, THROUGH, I WORKED WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE IS, UH, WE BASICALLY, WE DIDN'T CREATE A NEW POSITION.
WE JUST RECLASSIFIED THE SERGEANT POSITION.
SO THAT BECAME A LIEUTENANT, AND I'LL BE VERY HONEST, THE, THE FISCAL IMPACT, UH, SHE WORKED A TON OF OVERTIME.
UM, SERGEANTS ARE, UH, NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, SO WE PAY OVERTIME.
LIEUTENANTS ARE EXEMPT EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE OVERTIME.
THEY'RE PAID A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO THAT, UH, THE, THE FISCAL IMPACT ACT OF THAT REALLY WAS NOT, UH, NOT THAT GREAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE NOT FILLED THAT CURRENT SERGEANT POSITION.
UM, SO WE ARE SAVING WAGES IN THAT RESPECT.
UM, THE OTHER PART OF IT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS A LITTLE, A LITTLE UNIQUE IS WE CREATED SHIFT LEADS, UH, ON EACH OF THE THREE SHIFTS.
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A PROMOTION, IT'S AN APPOINTMENT, UM, PER SHIFT.AND WHAT THOSE SHIFT LEADS ARE DESIGNED TO DO IS TO HELP THE LIEUTENANT NOW WITH SOME OF THE, THE MORE MINOR ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT THE SERGEANTS USED TO DO, UH, SCHEDULING OVERTIME, UM, UH, TIME CARDS, UH, QUALITY ASSURANCE, WHERE WE KIND OF EVALUATE CALLS.
SO IT ACTUALLY GAVE SOME OF OUR DISPATCHERS KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UH, IN THE AGENCY.
UM, AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FILL THAT, UH, THE, THE, THE VACANT SERGEANT POSITION.
UM, BUT THAT PROBABLY IS GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE CLOSER TO WHEN THE FINAL GERMANTOWN CONSOLIDATION IS DONE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK ONE.
HOW DO WE HAVE OPEN POSITIONS? AND, AND YOU SAID THERE, WHEN WE FINISH CONSOLIDATION WITH GERMANTOWN, UM, WE WOULD FILL A POSITION THEN AT THIS POINT, HOW MANY OPENINGS DO WE HAVE TO, TO FUNCTION? IDEALLY, CAPTAIN, YOU WE'RE SIX SHORT.
WE'RE CURRENTLY SIX SHORT, BUT WE, WE, UH, WE ARE ACTIVELY INTERVIEWING.
WE'RE ACTIVELY DOING SOME BACKGROUNDS NOW.
WE THINK WE HAVE SOME VERY, VERY GOOD CANDIDATES.
UM, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON LEAVE AND THEN WE ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK TYPE OF THING.
SO IN THE ROOM, WE'RE BASICALLY COVERING THE, UM, COVERING THE MANPOWER NEEDS WITH, WITH, UH, OVERTIME.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.
I APPRECIATE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FLEXIBLE THAT WAY AND WILLING TO DO THAT.
E EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND, UH, IT, IT REALLY IS A TEAM EFFORT ON EVERYONE'S PART.
ITEM THREE B, STAFFING UPDATE, MEDICAL EXAMINER.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT IN THE COLD WEATHER.
UH, NICE AND WARM IN HERE THOUGH.
SO, UH, DEBBIE WAS, UH, RECENTLY APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IN LATE DECEMBER, EFFECTIVE
[c. Staffing Update: Medical Examiner Debbie Stodola appointed]
FOR JANUARY 1ST.SO SHE IS NOW OUR MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICIALLY.
SO THAT'S JUST A SIMPLE DISCUSSION POINT, JUST TO NOTIFY YOU THAT HER APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN MADE OFFICIAL.
AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR US IN THE PAST AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE NEW POSITION.
WELCOME, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
ITEM 3D, MEDICAL EXAMINER CONTRACT WITH WAUKESHA UPDATE.
THAT CONTRACT WAS FINALLY CODIFIED DECEMBER 30TH, EFFECTIVE FOR ONE ONE OF 25 THANKS TO COUNTY ATTORNEY'S DILIGENT EFFORTS.
SO WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH WAUKESHA COUNTY PRESENTLY.
ARE THERE ANY, UH, HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW CONTRACT
[d. Medical Examiner Contract with Waukesha – Update]
THAT YOU'D CARE TO SHARE WITH US THAT, UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE STRICTER PARAMETERS THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY MITIGATE SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, 90 DAY TIMEFRAME TO COMPLETE 90% OF THE AUTOPSIES THAT THEY RECEIVE.
WE'VE HAD SOME STRUGGLE IN THE PAST, UH, RECEIVING AUTOPSY REPORTS FOR OUR CONSTITUENCY, WHICH COMPROMISES THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, WAUKESHA UNDERSTANDS THOSE.
I MEAN, THEY, THEY HAVE TO BECAUSE THEY SIGNED THE AGREEMENT, SO, AND WE WILL HOLD THEM TO THAT SPECIFICALLY.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? IS, IS, I GOT A QUESTION.
IS THAT A ONE YEAR CONTRACT? IT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE E TRAINING FOR STAFF, C-P-R-A-E-D, FIRE EXTINGUISHER NARCAN.
SO, UH, THAT IS A COUNTY WORKFORCE TRAINING MECHANISM AND IN SERVICE, IF YOU WILL, UH, FOR HANDS FIRST, CPR, AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION, NARCAN, AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER OPERATIONS.
UH, WE'VE INVITED, UH, CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIALS,
[e. Training for staff – CPR, AED, Fire Extinguisher, Narcan]
COUNTY SUPERVISORS IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE.UH, WE HAVE LIMITED SPACE, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE EVERY PORTION OF EVERY BUILDING IS BEING UTILIZED, BUT, UH, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AS OF THIS MORNING, WE HAVE 170 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THAT.
THIS IS THE FIRST INSERVICE THAT I'M PUTTING ON.
BUT, UH, PLAN ON HAVING MULTIPLE IN SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CALENDAR YEAR.
SO IT'S VOLUNTARY FOR EMPLOYEES.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? THANK YOU.
UH, ITEM THREE F TRAINING FOR STAFF ACTIVE SHOOTER.
SO THIS TRAINING, I'M WORKING WITH, UH, SHERIFF SHOUL TYSON AND HIS DEPARTMENT.
UH, THIS IS FOR OUR COUNTY WORKFORCE.
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UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO TRAIN UP ON THIS IN THE EVENT THAT, UH, I KNOW THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING WITHIN THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT, BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR COUNTY WORKFORCE WITHIN OUR COUNTY BUILDINGS.[f. Training for staff – Active Shooter]
ACTUALLY DO HAVE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TO TRAIN UP OUR STAFF AS TO WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN INCIDENT SUCH AS THAT.ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? HAD WE EVER DONE THIS BEFORE? OR IS THIS, UH, COMPLETELY NEW? WE, UH, I, OUR SWAT TEAM DOES ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING INSIDE THIS FACILITY ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, BUT THAT IS MORE DESIGNED FOR OUR OFFICERS.
WE INVITE COUNTY STAFF TO TAKE PART IN THE TRAINING AS ACTORS, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME AS TRAINING THE STAFF ON HOW TO REACT TO A, A SHOOTER.
SO IT'S, WE, UH, IT'S KIND OF A YES OR NO ANSWER.
IT'S, IT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF, OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN, REALLY.
AND IT'S NOT THE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING FOR OUR COUNTY WORKFORCE IS NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A FOUR HOUR TRAINING SEMINAR.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN THE EVENT THAT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER IS IDENTIFIED IN THE BUILDING ITSELF.
AND I COULD TALK FOR QUITE A LONG TIME ABOUT HOW WE ALERT OUR COUNTY WORKFORCE, OR THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE WITH AN ALERT SYSTEM THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
THAT'S GONNA BE COMING YOUR WAY, HOPEFULLY IN, IN DISCUSSION REGARDING THAT.
BUT, UH, IT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A, UH, AN ELABORATE TRAINING.
IT'S, IT'S VERY, IT'S JUST THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN THE EVENT THAT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER IS IDENTIFIED.
SO WILL YOU GO BASICALLY OFFICE BY OFFICE AND, AND BASICALLY, YEAH.
IF WE IDENTIFY THE THREAT HERE, YOU GO THERE OR SHELTER IN PLACE, OR IT'S, THERE'S, IT'S LIKE A THREE WORD TRAINING CYCLE.
IF THERE'S AN ACTIVE, UH, SHOOTER IDENTIFIED, RUN, HIDE, FIGHT, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S KEEP YOUR COMPOSURE.
YOU KNOW, UM, THE MASTER PLAN HAS SOME CONSIDERABLE UPGRADES TO OUR SECURITY WITHIN THE COUNTY FACILITY ITSELF, SO I'M LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL.
THEN ITEM 3G, TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT STAFF, FIRE SERVICE TRAINING, ET CETERA.
UH, SO THIS IS MORE COMPREHENSIVES, NOT SO MUCH TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT'S MORE COMPREHENSIVE WITH ALL OF OUR COUNTY PARTNERS WITHIN THE PROTECTIVE SERVICES, WITHIN A MASS CASUALTY PLAN, MASS FATALITY PLAN.
BUT THAT INCORPORATES ALL SORTS OF, UH, EMERGENCY
[g. Training for Law Enforcement Staff - Fire Service Training, Emergency Management: Active Shooter]
INCIDENTS AND, UH, PUTTING THAT PLAN TOGETHER, HAVING A FLOW CHART INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM WITH A UNIFIED COMMAND AND HAVING A TABLETOP EXERCISE TO START.BUT THEN, UH, PUTTING, PUTTING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE EXERCISE TOGETHER.
AND I'D LIKE TO DO THAT ANNUALLY WITH ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONALS ALONG WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE H SLINGER FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT PURCHASE.
THAT IS, UH, THE CONTRACT IS CURRENTLY BEING CIRCULATED BETWEEN, UH, SLINGER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN, UH, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, BUT THIS WAS APPROVED THROUGH THE LAND AND, UH, LAND AND USE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT FUNCTION.
JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT.
[h. Slinger Fire Department Equipment Purchase – Update]
VERY GOOD.THREE I FIRE EMS GRANT UPDATE.
THIS IS, UH, THE GRANT THAT THE COUNTY BOARD AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, UH, PUT TOGETHER IN 2024.
THE FIRST TRANCHE WAS ISSUED IN 24.
THE SECOND TRANCHE IS GOING TO BE ISSUED LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY.
SO I JUST WANNA INFORM YOU OF THAT AS WELL FOR YOUR
[i. Fire/EMS Grant – Update]
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.AND WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT GRANT COVER OR, OR MAYBE NOT EXACTLY, BUT GENERALLY.
SO THAT IS TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FIRE AND EMS AGENCIES AND IN, IN WHATEVER FASHION THAT THOSE AGENCIES DETERMINE THOSE FUNDS ARE FOR THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
ALONG WITH THE COUNTY BOARD, UH, DECIDED THAT WHEN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY CHIEFS CAME TO HIM AND SAYS, WE NEED SOME HELP, HE REACTED SUBSEQUENTLY, THE COUNTY BOARD REACTED AND THOSE GRANTS WERE ADMINISTERED THROUGH AN ALGORITHM, THROUGH A FORMULA THAT EACH MUNICIPALITY WOULD RECEIVE SOME FUNDING THROUGH THE COUNTY, $1 MILLION PER YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? YES, SIR.
IS THERE ANY OVERSIGHT ON THIS? SO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT RECEIVE THIS OR THE MUNICIPALITIES, THEY CAN DO WITH WHATEVER THEY FEEL NECESSARY WITH IT? YES.
ANYTHING ELSE? MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE J.
UM, I DON'T LIKE TO HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT AS WE ARE
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SITTING HERE BEFORE THE MEETING THIS MORNING, THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE THAT THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION HAD BEEN POSTED DUE TO THE DELAY IN, IN MAKING THE[j. 2024 Resolution – Authorize the Annual Return of Contraband Funds to the Sheriff’s Office from the County Treasurer’s Office]
RESOLUTION AVAILABLE TO THE COMMITTEE.THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE ACTED ON THIS MORNING.
WE'LL PUSH IT OFF FOR ANOTHER MONTH.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE, UH, IT IS, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE, THE GIST OF THE RESOLUTION, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT I'M AWARE THAT NOT ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT, IT WILL BE DELAYED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? WAS, WAS IT NOT AVAILABLE OR, OR JUST IT WAS POSTED LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING MM-HMM
AND AS OF THIS MORNING, BECAUSE I GOT IT, THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING IF SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T GET IT.
IS THAT INVOLVED THAT WE CAN'T, UH, GO THROUGH IT NOW? IT, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF THE PRINCIPLE THAT, UM, IT'S NOT URGENT THAT THIS BE ADOPTED TODAY.
AND IF WE, IF YOU WANT TO ADOPT IT THIS MORNING, WE COULD TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS WHILE COMMITTEE MEMBERS REVIEW AND WE'LL COME BACK INTO SESSION AND LOOK AT IT THEN.
THERE'S NO, NO RUSH ABOUT IT THOUGH.
IT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A RUSH.
SHERIFF, IS THERE A RUSH ON THIS ONE? WE'LL JUST TABLE IT, MY OPINION.
THEN WE'LL DELAY AND POSTPONE UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE.