Feb 19, 2025 Public Safety Committee Meeting

WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO AARON DAHL.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? WE CAN.

GREAT.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME, UH, ATTEND VIRTUALLY TODAY.

WE GOT SOME SICK KIDDOS IN THE HOUSE.

I HOPE THEY AVAIL, FEEL BETTER SOON.

IN FIVE COURTROOMS. WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE SIX COURTROOMS, HOWEVER, UM, ONE OF THE FCC COURTROOMS ISN'T BEING OCCUPIED OR USED CURRENTLY.

UM, SO, UM, AS DAVE SAID, THE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE DOING MOST OF THE PRESENTING HERE TODAY.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF KICK IT OFF AND, AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS.

UM, DEPARTMENTS HAVE SPENT THE MONTH OF JANUARY, UM, BUILDING THEIR PROJECTS.

UH, WE'VE GOT A, A WEB-BASED TOOL FOR DOING THAT.

UM, FEBRUARY'S THE MONTH.

UH, SO, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME NEW PROJECTS AND, AND YOU'LL RECALL FROM PRIOR CAPITAL PLANS THAT, UH, SOME PROJECTS WERE, WERE APPROVED, UH, IN THOSE PRIOR VERSIONS.

UM, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS, UH, UPDATED THE, THE COST ESTIMATES, UH, IN THOSE, IN THOSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANS, UH, AND PROJECTS.

UM, AND THEN IN THIS MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE'LL BE TAKING, UM, ALL OF THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT THE STANDING COMMITTEES, UH, OVERSEE, UH, THOSE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE PRESENTING TO STANDING COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY.

UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM YOU AS A COMMITTEE, UH, OBVIOUSLY A REVIEW OF THE PROJECTS.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE DETAILS OR CONCEPTS IN SOME OF THOSE PROJECT FORMS? UM, I, I DON'T THINK WE PLAN ON PRESENTING EVERY SINGLE PROJECT WALKING THROUGH PROJECT BY PROJECT, BUT CERTAINLY CALL ANY OUTFITS THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT.

UM, ALSO IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK ABOUT ANY PROJECTS, UH, IN TERMS OF HOW THEY FIT IN WITH OUR OVERALL PRIORITIES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'D BE GREAT TO KIND OF HAVE YOU IDENTIFY THOSE ITEMS TODAY AS WELL.

UH, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY, UM, SIMULTANEOUSLY, UH, IN FEBRUARY, UM, THE INTERNAL TEAM, BPA AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TEAM, UH, SORT OF REVIEWING ALL OF THE PROJECTS AS WELL, UM, AND THEN MAKING CONSIDERATIONS FOR, UM, THE, THE TOTAL FUNDING REQUESTED IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

UM, TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING FITS WITHIN THAT PLAN, UM, AND, AND DOING THAT.

SO THAT'LL ALL, UH, RESULT IN A, IN A PACKAGED UP CIP THAT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL SEE, UH, IN MARCH, AND THEN THE FULL BOARD WILL SEE IN APRIL.

UM, SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY.

UM, WE WILL KIND OF KICK OFF THE PRESENTATIONS IN THE ORDER THAT THE PACKET SORT OF LISTS THEM.

UM, BUT AGAIN, I'LL BE, I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I MAY, UM, MUTE MY, MY CAMERA JUST IN CASE I GOT A 6-YEAR-OLD RUNNING AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE, JUST IN CASE SHE COMES IN.

BUT, UH, I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU.

WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? I GO FIRST.

I'M SHERRY COY KENDALL, AND I AM THE CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT.

UM, SO IN OUR CIP PLAN, UH, I DO HAVE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO REFRESH OUR AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT

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SO I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE FITTING AT THIS POINT TO LOOK AT REFRESHING THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT.

UM, THAT EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED IN 2018, UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE LIFESPAN OF THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, FROM WHAT I'M TOLD, IS FIVE TO 10 YEARS.

UM, AND WE'RE RUNNING INTO YEAR EIGHT.

UM, THE CHANGE THAT I DO WANT TO MAKE, UM, RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE DID JUST HAVE A HEALTH CHECK DONE BY A VI WHO HAD INSTALLED THE EQUIPMENT, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

UM, I TALKED TO MEGAN FROM A VI TO ASK ABOUT THE CRITICALNESS OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

SHE HAS CONVEYED TO ME THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN OUR COURTROOMS IS NO LONGER BEING USED OR IS NO LONGER BEING PRODUCED.

NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS IT IS STILL BEING SUPPORTED.

SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING PRODUCED AND BEING SUPPORTED.

UM, OUR HEALTH CHECK WENT REALLY WELL.

I THINK THAT WE CAN PROBABLY IN GOOD CONSCIOUS DELAY, UM, THIS PROJECT FOR ONE MORE YEAR AND INSTEAD OF DOING IT OR LOOKING AT IT IN 2026, MAYBE LOOKING AT IT IN 2027, UM, BUT IT'S AN EXPENSIVE, IT'S AN IN EXPENSIVE INTAKING.

BUT, UM, HONESTLY, OVER THE LAST PROBABLY 10 OR 15 YEARS, THE CRITICALNESS OF, OF THE AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT IN THE COURTROOM HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED.

UM, I WOULD SAY BACK PRE CO DAYS, THE INTERPRETERS ALL APPEARED IN PERSON AND NOW THEY ALL APPEAR REMOTELY, BUT BY THE BLESSING OF THE COURT OFFICIALS, UM, THAT'S TIME SAVING, IT'S BUDGET SAVING.

'CAUSE NOW WE'RE NOT BEING CHARGED MILEAGE.

UM, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OPERATING BEFORE THEY GET THERE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE HAVE FAILURES IN THE SYSTEM, WE'RE HAVING TO CANCEL THOSE HEARINGS.

AND WHEN YOU CANCEL THOSE HEARINGS AT SUCH SHORT NOTICE, WE, WE GET BILLED FOR THOSE INTERPRETERS.

AND THEN NOW WE HAVE A COST EFFECTIVE COST, COST EFFICIENCY THERE.

BUT, UM, I THINK ALL IN ALL, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE RIGHT NOW.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW HOW ELECTRONICS GO.

I MEAN, YOU CAN TURN IT OFF TODAY AND TOMORROW YOU'LL TURN IT ON AND IT WON'T WORK.

UH, EVERYTHING CURRENTLY IS FUNCTIONING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, I THINK WE HAVE THREE MONITORS THAT NEED DM CARDS.

UH, I AM TOLD THAT THOSE GM CARDS ARE BEING PRODUCED, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE.

BUT ALL SIX COURTROOMS RIGHT NOW ARE FUNCTIONAL, SO VERY GOOD.

YEAH.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THIS ITEM? HAVE THERE BEEN ANY LAPSES IN FUNCTIONALITY TO THIS POINT? UM, OTHER, YEAH, YOU MENTIONED THE THREE DM CARDS.

YEAH, SO THE THREE DM DM CARDS, AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY DISCOVERED IN OUR HEALTH CHECK.

WE DID HAVE, UM, BACK IN 2022, WE, UH, HAD TO INSTALL NEW KODAK CARDS, AND THAT WAS VERY COSTLY.

THAT WAS AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO IF THAT WAS IN 2022, IT WAS 2025.

AND IF IT WAS INSTALLED IN 2018, THAT COULD VERY WELL BE THE FIVE YEAR.

UM, BUT HONESTLY, WHAT THE BLESSING THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, IS THAT WE ESSENTIALLY, NOT BY DESIGN, BUT WE HAVE A SPARE ROOM.

AND SO I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WE HAVE GONE TO THE VACANT FCC ROOM, TAKEN SOME PARTS, AND THEN TAKEN IT INTO THE COURTROOM.

UH, WE HAD TO DO THAT AS A MATTER OF FACT, NOT TOO AWFUL LONG AGO FOR A FIVE DAY JURY TRIAL BECAUSE THE CAMERA WASN'T WORKING.

SO YES AND NO.

YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

HAS A LIFE DEPENDENCY OF 10 YEARS OLD.

SO THE NEXT ITEM THAT I HAVE IN MY CIP PLAN IS REALLY JUST A CARRYOVER.

UM, SO WE PUT THIS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THIS WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE 2019 RESOLUTION 66.

UM, AND WHAT THAT RESOLUTION DID WAS TELL THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, OR TELL THE STATE COURTS THAT IF YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE US A FIFTH BRANCH, WE'RE WILLING TO PUT THE FUNDS TOWARDS BUILDING OUT THAT BRANCH.

UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE SHELL FOR THE BRANCH.

IT'S, IT'S EMPTY, UM, FOR FORETHOUGHT OF GENERATION BEFORE.

UM, BUT THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS THE CURRENT, UH, WORK STUDY IS 10 YEARS OLD AND IT

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SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE IS IN 2026, THEY'RE GOING TO DO A WORK STUDY FOR THE JUDGES, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SEE WHERE WE FALL ON THAT PLATE.

SO I CAN TELL YOU TODAY, RIGHT NOW, WITH THE 10-YEAR-OLD STUDY, THAT WE ARE NUMBER ONE IN DISTRICT THREE FOR RECEIVING ANOTHER JUDGE.

HOWEVER, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE AND IT'S GONNA GO BY THE HIGHEST.

SO I TALKED TO THE DCA AND I DID A LITTLE BIT OF LOOKING INTO IT.

AND UNLESS SOMETHING SEVERELY CHANGES IN THAT NEXT WORK STUDY, THEN WE'RE LIKELY NOT GONNA SEE ANYTHING IN THIS NEXT GO AROUND.

AND THE EARLIEST THAT WE WOULD EVER SEE ANYTHING WOULD, IF ALL THE STARS LINED, WOULD BE 2029.

SO I DON'T HAVE HIGH HOPES, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? YES, SIR.

THIS IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT MONEY THEN, CORRECT? CORRECT.

IT'S A CARRY OVER FROM THE LAST CIP.

ALL RIGHT.

MM-HMM .

IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO FACILITIES WITH THE JAIL.

GOOD MORNING.

WELCOME.

GOOD MORNING.

HOW ARE YOU? VERY WELL, THANKS.

GREAT.

I'M KIRA HERDRICH.

I'M THE FACILITIES MANAGER.

AND, UM, THE PROJECTS THAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR, UH, FOR THE JAIL ARE PRIMARILY, UH, JUST WEAR AND TEAR, UH, TYPE, UH, REPLACEMENTS.

UM, AS THE BILLING GETS OLDER, WE NEED TO DO A LOT OF MECHANICAL REPLACEMENTS, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THINGS UP TO DATE, UM, THE RESIDENTS OF THE FACILITY, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, TEMPERATURES REMAIN ON PAR, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE IN THE KITCHEN.

UM, UH, ONE THING THAT I DO WANNA POINT OUT HERE, UM, IS THE CAST IRON PIPE REPLACEMENT THAT'S IN THE, UH, IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN IN FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD A VERY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN JANUARY, UM, WHERE WE HAD ONE OF THESE PIPES BURST IN THE KITCHEN.

IT WAS UNDER CONCRETE, SO WE HAD TO RIP OUT THE WHOLE KITCHEN FLOOR.

UM, EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE TO THE KITCHEN, A VERY CHALLENGING REPLACEMENT, UM, ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS.

SO WE'D LIKE TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.

UM, THERE'S A NUMBER, THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF PIPING UNDER THE CONCRETE IN THE KITCHEN.

UM, AND THERE'S A LOT, IT'S, IT'S MOSTLY THROUGHOUT, UM, THAT THE AREA, UM, IN THE KITCHEN AND IN THE HUBER AREA.

SO A LOT OF REPLACEMENT TO DO THERE.

UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF BREAKS, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR, BUT, UM, BUT SOME AREAS THAT ARE JUST REALLY CHALLENGING TO GET TO.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS, UH, PROJECT IN ENTAILS.

UM, I DO HAVE A KITCHEN EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT ON THERE AS WELL.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AS IT GETS OLD.

IT HAS A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF WEAR DUE TO CONTACT WITH WATER AND HEAT.

UM, AND UM, AND THAT'S ONE THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE NOT PLANNED FOR WELL IN THE PAST, BUT WOULD LIKE TO START ADDING, UM, REGULAR INTERVALS WHERE WE'RE UPDATING, UM, SELECTED, UH, KITCHEN EQUIPMENT.

THIS WOULD BE TARGETED TO REPLACE THINGS LIKE STEAMERS AND RANGES, UH, THAT GET HEAVY USE.

UM, UH, THE JAIL ABOVE OR THE ROOF ABOVE THE JAIL.

UH, THE JUVENILE JAIL WAS PART OF A, IT WAS AN ALTERNATE, UM, TO A JAIL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT WE DID, UH, IN 2024, UM, DUE TO, UH, THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD, THAT PIECE GOT CUT.

SO I'VE PUT THAT BACK INTO THE BUDGET.

UM, RIGHT NOW THE ROOF IS IN, NOT IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE LEAKS IN THAT AREA.

UM, BUT I'VE PUT IT BACK ONTO THE, UH, BUDGET WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ROOFING PROJECT IN THE COUNTY IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

UM, SO, UH, THAT WILL HELP SAVE SOME MONEY WITH STAGING AND, UH, MOBILIZATION FROM A ROOFING PERSPECTIVE.

UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE LIST, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

UM, IN GENERAL, THIS, THE WHOLE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS SO WELL PUT TOGETHER.

IT'S, IT'S ALMOST COMPLETELY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT AS QUESTIONS RISE, WE'LL CERTAINLY GET TO THEM.

THE ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE, AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR AARON, IS IN, THERE'S ONE COLUMN ON THE EXPENDITURES AND FUNDING SOURCES THAT'S CALLED PRIOR.

I'M ASSUMING THAT'S MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED PREVIOUSLY THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE AND IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE BUDGETS OR FUTURE, UM, DISBURSEMENTS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

A LOT OF PRIOR EXPENDITURES OR, OR REV AND REVENUES.

UM, TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT EITHER ARE, HAVE RECURRING KIND OF COMPONENTS TO THEM, UM, VEHICLE REPLACEMENT I THINK IS ONE.

OR YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRIOR COLUMN

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UM, AND IN THAT CASE, THAT JUST REFLECTS PRIOR ACTIVITY WITHIN THAT PROJECT.

IN MOST CASES, THAT MONEY'S ALREADY BEEN SPENT, THAT PROJECT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

UM, IN SOME CASES IT IS JUST REFLECTIVE OF US SORT OF SAVING TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT, THAT IS NOT IN AN ACCOUNT SOMEWHERE WAITING TO BE, FOR THE MOST PART IT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED TYPICALLY? YEAH.

YES.

ALLOCATED, DEFINITELY.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED.

IT'S ONLY SITTING IN AN ACCOUNT IF WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE PROJECT YET.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ANY OF THE JAIL FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, THANK YOU, YOUR REPORT.

THEN MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

WELCOME, SHERIFF.

GOOD MORNING.

SO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS EITHER SIX OR SEVEN, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND WHEN WE DID THE, UH, COMMITTEE REPORT, WE TRIED TO BE PRETTY DESCRIPTIVE IN BOTH THE DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION.

UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY GO OVER THEM IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFICALLY.

UM, BUT THE COUPLE OF THINGS JUST I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IS, UM, THE RADIO SYSTEM, UH, CAPITAL FINANCING IS IN OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

THE CIPI ANTICIPATE THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE TRANSITIONED OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE, UH, AREA UNDER, UNDER MR. GER AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

UM, THE ARMORED VEHICLE REPLACEMENT, I ALSO WANT, JUST SO IT'S, IT'S CLEAR IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT, UM, THAT WE ANTICIPATE WE'D LIKE TO USE ONE THIRD OF THE COST OF THAT THROUGH A DRUG FORFEITURE MONEY.

SO IT'S NOT ENTIRELY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT MONEY.

UH, THE OTHER TWO MAJOR VEHICLES ARE, THAT'S REALLY LONG, LONG TERM REPLACEMENT COSTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO JUST KIND OF FORECAST OUT PROBABLY LONG AFTER.

I AM NO LONGER SHERIFF HERE, JUST SO THERE'S SOME PRE-PLANNING FOR THAT.

UM, THE ONE AREA THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS FROM THE AXON, UM, BODY CAM PROJECT.

THAT ONE IS A LITTLE MORE FLUID AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY CLOSELY WITH AARON DAH, SO THAT, THAT THERE COULD BE SOME QUESTIONS THAT COME UP WITH THAT.

BUT I HAVE ALL THE CAPTAINS HERE THAT, UH, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

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

SUPERVISOR.

NEWMAN, UH, AS FAR AS YOUR SQUADS, UM, ARE YOUR NORMAL REPLACEMENT SQUADS IN THE, UH, OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND THESE ARE JUST CIP BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL ONES OR HOWEVER THOSE BE PLACED? IT'S FUNDED TOTALLY BY THE CIP FOR OUR SQUAD REPLACEMENT.

OH, E EVERY YEAR OR? YEP.

ALRIGHT.

THAT'S ALL I HAD A QUESTION ON.

THANKS.

ON THAT TOPIC, I HAD, UH, ON A LOCAL LEVEL HAD HAD QUESTIONS AT SOME POINT ABOUT, UH, OFFICERS TAKING VEHICLES HOME.

AND IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME AS, AS REPORTED BY AT LEAST THE LOCAL INSURANCE, THAT IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.

UH, VEHICLES LAST MUCH LONGER WHEN THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO INDIVIDUALS.

THERE'S, THERE IS THE COURSE OF BENEFIT OF QUICKER RESPONSE, UM, BUT OVERALL VEHICLES, IT, IT SEEMS LAST LONGER WHEN ONE INDIVIDUAL IS DRIVING THEM, THEY'RE BETTER CARED FOR AND ALL THAT OTHER GOOD STUFF.

SO IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, IT JUST MAKES SENSE.

UM, CHAIRMAN SCH SLAVE UNDER THE VEHICLES YOU HAVE SALE OF PROPERTY.

UH, ARE THOSE, IS THAT SALE OF USED AS YOU TAKE THEM OUT OF SERVICE? YES.

UH, WE, WHEN WE EXPANDED THE TAKE HOME FLEET, WE DIDN'T GET RID OF A LOT OF THE CARS, BUT THE TREND NOW IS THAT WHEN WE RETIRE A CAR, ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT WITHIN WASHINGTON COUNTY GENERALLY TAKES 'EM.

SO WE JUST TRANSFER THE OWNERSHIP OVER TO THEM.

SO, SO THERE'S, WE DON'T REALLY SEE A LOT OF REVENUE COMING IN FROM THAT ANYMORE.

AND THEN THE, UH, AS YOU'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE VEHICLES, UM, ESPECIALLY THE, THE COMMAND VEHICLE, UM, HOW OFTEN, I'M KIND OF CURIOUS HOW OFTEN THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY USED 'CAUSE 'CAUSE IN THE NOTES IT SAID IT WAS USED FOR, UM, GOLF EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT AARON HILLS AND, AND I HOPE WE'RE USING IT FOR MORE THAN JUST YEAH, THAT VEHICLE GOES OUT ON ALL OUR SWAT CALLS.

AND IT ALSO GOES OUT ON ALL THE RECONSTRUCTION FOR THE BAD FATAL OR INVESTIGATIONS FOR BAD ACCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE.

SO IT IS UTILIZED QUITE A BIT.

AS, AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, YOU MAY WANT TO ADD THAT FOR THE, INTO THE, IN THE REPORT TO MAKE THAT MORE OBVIOUS THAT HOW OFTEN IT'S USED AND HOW VITAL IT IS TO OPERATIONS.

YEP.

IT'S, IT'S A GREAT ASSET FOR US TO HAVE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL THEN MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE C ON THE AGENDA REQUEST, OR EXCUSE ME, THREE B COURT FUNDING BRIEFING.

APPRECIATE IT.

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AND FOR THAT, UM, WE WELCOME BACK CLERK OF COURTS, SHERRY AL.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

COURTS? UH, WASHINGTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT'S CLERK'S ASSOCIATION HAS PARTNERED WITH THE WISCONSIN COUNTY'S ASSOCIATION IN REQUESTING $70 MILLION INCREASE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT COST APPROPRIATIONS IN THIS NEXT BUDGET.

UM, SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE WHAT IS THE RE RESOLUTION URGING GOVERNOR EVERS AND THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY

[b. Court Funding Briefing]

SINCE THE COURT CIRCUIT SUPPORT PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1993, VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED.

UM, THERE WAS SOME SLIGHT CHANGES IN 2015.

IN 2018, THEY INCLUDED INTERPRETER REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH DID HELP ASSIST THE COUNTIES IN SOME WAYS.

IN 2019, UM, ON ACT NINE, THEY ADDED A GAL REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, BUT CURRENTLY LOCAL COUNTIES ARE SUPPORTING 80% OF THE COURT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNTY COURT SYSTEM.

SO IN DISCUSSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES WITH THE STATE COURT, WE'VE BEEN LARGELY IGNORED, HENCE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WEST COUNTY COURT COUNTIES ASSOCIATION.

SO THE PLAN IS TO INCREASE OR ASK FOR AN INCREASE TO $70 MILLION.

SO WHERE WILL THAT MONEY GO? THAT MONEY WILL GO BACK INTO THE COURT'S, UM, APPROPRIATIONS FUND AND THEN INCREASE WHAT THE COUNTIES ARE GONNA SEE IN THE OUTCOME.

SO CURRENTLY WE'RE ONLY GETTING 20 BACK, 20% BACK.

FOR INSTANCE, IN, AND I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAILS, I'LL JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU ONE LITTLE EXAMPLE 'CAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR ALL THOSE NUMBERS.

SO, CURRENTLY IN DECEMBER OF 2023, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE LAST ONE THAT WE HAD AUDITED, THE WASHINGTON COUNTY COLLECTED NEARLY $2 MILLION FOR ANY STATE FORFEITURES AND FINES.

ALL OF THAT MONEY WENT DIRECTLY TO THE STATE THROUGH THE COST APPROPRIATION.

WE RECEIVED 20% OF THAT MONEY BACK FOR OPERATIONAL COST.

AND WHAT DOES THAT 20% LOOK LIKE? IT WAS, UH, I LOST MY PLACE HERE.

IT WAS $28,000, ROUGHLY JUST OVER $28,000.

SO THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

AND THAT WEIGHS HEAVY ON THE TAXPAYERS.

UM, 20 ON LEGISLATION DAY BACK LAST WEEK DURING THE REALLY BIG SNOW STORM, I DROVE TO THE CAPITOL MYSELF AND 28 OTHER CLERKS OF COURTS, AND WE CONVEYED ONTO THE STATE CAPITOL AND WE MET WITH VARIOUS SENATORS AND STAFFERS.

UM, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE WISCONSIN COUNTY'S ASSOCIATION HAS REALLY DOUBLED DOWN ON THIS.

AND JUST TO GIVE SOME LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE, THIS IS THE WISCONSIN COUNTY'S ASSOCIATION'S NUMBER ONE PROJECT FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME SIGNIFICANT BACKING.

WE'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED THAT THE CLERKS OF COURTS ASSOCIATION HAS CONVENED ON ALL OF THEIR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.

BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN A LOT OF UPTICK ON SOME OF THE BOARD SUPERVISORS, SOME OF THE EXECUTIVES, SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATORS ALL TALKING TO THESE SENATORS AND THESE REPRESENTATIVES WE EVEN MET, I DID NOT MEET MYSELF, BUT WE EVEN MET WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON THE LEGISLATION DAY LAST WEEK.

UM, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET BEING A PROBLEM THIS YEAR.

UM, IT'S PROBABLY STAYING EVERY YEAR, I SUPPOSE.

UM, BUT, BUT WE HAVE SOME HOPES THAT SOME OF THIS IS GONNA START LEVELING OUT.

THE GOAL, OF COURSE, IS 50 50, RIGHT.

WHEN YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP, THERE'S TYPICALLY NOT AN 80 20.

RIGHT.

THEN YOU'RE CONSIDERED IN MY BOOK A SILENT PARTNER, REALLY.

BUT WE WANNA SEE EVENTUALLY THOSE FUNDS BECOME MORE REASONABLE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND MORE OF A PARTNERSHIP RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, GIVING US A LITTLE TRICKLE.

YEP.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

UH, BUT IF YOU'RE REQUESTING THAT WE GET BEHIND IT AT, AT THAT LEVEL, THEN WE SHOULD PROBABLY RUN THAT THROUGH COUNTY ATTORNEY STERN'S OFFICE TO, TO MAKE SURE, UM, EVERYTHING IS WORDED PROPERLY UNLESS WISCONSIN COUNTY'S ASSOCIATION ALREADY HAS, UH, RESOLUTION TO THAT EFFECT.

UM, AT THIS POINT, I, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD, WOULD BE OPPOSED TO ANY OF YOUR EFFORTS IN THAT REGARD, BUT I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHAT SPECI, UH, IS THIS JUST A POINT OF INTEREST OR ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ANY US TO DO ANYTHING? AND, AND I GUESS IF, IF WE ARE LOOKING, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OUR OFFICIAL SUPPORT, WE WOULD WANT TO SEE, UM, SOME SORT OF DOCUMENT THAT, THAT WE COULD GET BEHIND AND, AND SIGN ON TO.

UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IF THIS IS JUST INFORMATIONAL, WE WOULDN'T TAKE THAT STEP.

AND,

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SO YOU, WE WEREN'T PROVIDED A COPY OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION? I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE, NO, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE PACKET.

YEAH.

MY, MY APOLOGIES.

I'M, THIS IS MY FIRST GO, SO IT'S ALL RIGHT.

EXCUSE ME.

THAT'S OKAY.

I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

UM, CERTAINLY.

UM, I THINK THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET ALL THIS DONE BEFORE THE REALLY BUDGET YEAR HERE.

SO WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS MM-HMM .

SO PERHAPS TODAY WE CAN CONSIDER THAT INFORMATIONAL.

I CAN GET ALL THAT INFORMATION TO EVERYONE MORE TIMELY.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME, MR. CHAIRMAN.

YES, SIR.

UM, THE PROBLEM IS THE GOVERNOR'S GONNA SPIT OUT HIS BUDGET IN A COUPLE DAYS, SO, UM, YEAH, IF YOU CAN GET THAT UP, IF THIS COMMITTEE BLESSES IT, I'M SURE WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE COUNTY BOARD THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.

'CAUSE SUCH A RESOLUTION IS DEFINITELY NEEDED.

YEAH, I I DO KNOW THAT I DID SPEAK WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE, UM, WENT ON MY LITTLE VISIT TO THE CAPITOL.

UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS I, AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, IS HE HAS TALKED TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, UM, WHERE THAT LANDS THOUGH.

HONESTLY, I, I HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO REACH BACK OUT AT HIM.

UM, BUT I, I WILL MOVE THIS FAST FORWARD AND GET THOSE DOCUMENTS.

WELL, IT'S A ONE PAGE DOCUMENT, BUT, UM, I'LL, I'LL GET THAT TO THE POWERS THAT BE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS.

BUT E EVERYTHING THAT I WAS TOLD AT THE CAPITOL IS BUDGET'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN ANYTIME BEFORE SUMMER.

I MEAN, THEY, THEY'VE GOT THIS HUGE FIGHT GOING AND THIS IS FAR MORE THAN YOU PROBABLY EVER WANNA KNOW.

MM-HMM .

BUT THEY'VE GOT THIS HUGE FIGHT WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEIR FORMULAS, THEIR FORMULAS ARE JUST AS BAD AS OUR FORMULAS AND IN THE 80 20 SPIT AND HOW THAT WORKS.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME FIGHTING GOING ON, I THINK.

SO THANK YOU.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPORT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ANY MOTION? WE, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE C AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MR. SAGER.

GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR.

UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A RADIO GRANT RESOLUTION FOR WEST BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, UH, COUNTY BOARD DID IMPROVE THIS RADIO GRANT FUNDING.

THIS IS JUST BEFORE YOU TO FOLLOW THE PROPER PROCEDURE AND ACKNOWLEDGING IT THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.

[c. Request for Municipal Public Safety Radio Grant- West Bend Police Department]

UM, A MOTION? WE DO NEED A MOTION.

PLEASE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION APPROVE.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR NEWMAN, A SECOND, UH, FROM SUPERVISOR BERG.

ARE THERE, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE BALANCE IS OF THAT 500,000? IF THIS IS APPROVED SUPERVISOR, THE BALANCE WILL BE $169,000.

THE REMAINING BALANCE.

REMAINING BALANCE, YES, SIR.

YES.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

I'LL, I'LL ADD A COMMENT IF YOU WILL.

PLEASE DO.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

I DID TALK TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ABOUT THIS BALANCE BEING LOW THIS WEEK, AND THERE IS A PLAN.

I THINK AARON COULD PROBABLY SECOND THE MO THAT, BUT, UH, THERE IS A PLAN TO REPLENISH THAT FUND.

THEN MOVING ON.

ITEM 3D AND WE ALSO NEED A MOTION AND SECOND ON THIS ITEM TO RESCIND A RADIO TOWER RELEASE AGREEMENT.

I MAKE A MOTION.

ONE SECOND.

MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR NEWMAN WITH A SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR TOMA.

AND IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION, PLEASE.

YES, MR. CHAIRMAN? OH, SORRY.

UH,

[d. 2024 Resolution: Radio Tower Lease Agreement – Town of Erin]

YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.

DISPATCH EFFORTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH THE TWO NEW RADIO TOWERS IN OZAKI COUNTY.

UH, THE TOWN OF AARON'S RADIO TOWER HAS BEEN IN US AND UNDER LEASED SINCE 2009.

IT IS AN AUTO RENEWABLE CONTRACT EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND FORTUNATELY FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY, THIS DIALS RIGHT INTO THAT FIVE YEAR WINDOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED.

UH, SO IT, WE DO NEED 180 DAY NOTIFICATION TO AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION TO CEASE THE FUNDING THROUGH YOUR ACTION AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNTY BOARD BY VIRTUE OF THE BIENNIUM BUDGET APPROVAL, WHICH, UH, FUNDS WILL NOT BE ALLOCATED AS A RESULT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE SIMPLE PROCEDURE.

UM, THE TOWN OF AARON'S RADIO TOWER WILL BE BASICALLY NON-FUNCTIONAL PREDICATED ON ALL THE CONSOLIDATED

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IT'S GONNA MARRY UP VERY NICELY ONCE OZAKI COUNTY'S, UH, MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT ENDS.

AND WE JOIN FORCES FOR SHARED COSTS, EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVENESS.

SO THIS IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD AND ACHIEVING THAT OBJECTIVE.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE SHARED? WELCOME, SHERIFF SICE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

ARE THERE ANY S AYE THAT MOTION CARRIES.

GOING ON TO ITEM THREE E RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ANNUAL RETURN OF CONTRABAND FUNDS TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FROM THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE.

AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND.

MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR TOMO WITH A SECOND FROM SUPERVISOR BERG.

[e. 2024 Resolution: Authorize the Annual Return of Contraband Funds to the Sheriff’s Office from the County Treasurer’s Office]

WELCOME BACK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO, IN ESSENCE, WHAT THIS, IT, IT'S SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF A COMPLEX PROCESS, BUT IN ESSENCE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TRYING TO, TO TREAT CONFISCATED CONTRABAND MONEY THE SAME WAY, UH, WE TREAT CONTRABAND PROPERTY.

AND THIS JUST STREAMLINES THE PROCESS.

SO IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UM, THE PROCESS ITSELF, I HAVE DETECTIVE, UH, UH, SERGEANT CHRIS KILL HERE.

HE IS VERY, VERY, UH, UM, UM, UH, INFORMED ABOUT THE, THE, THE PROCESS AND THE, THE REASONING FOR IT.

BUT THIS IS BASICALLY MONEY THAT, UH, IS TAKEN AS EVIDENCE, UM, THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS.

UM, IT WAS SEIZED AS SUCH.

AND, UM, THE, AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE CASE, THE DEFENDANTS NEVER WANTED, NEVER MADE AN ACTION TO GET THE MONEY BACK.

AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO APPLY THAT TO OUR, UM, TO OFFSET OUR LEVY, OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

THE, UH, PACKET INFORMATION I THINK WAS QUITE DETAILED.

WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.

AYE.

ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.

WE HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM? MAKE A MOTION.

AND THEN ITEM THREE F 2024 RESOLUTION GRANT APPLICATION OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING GRANT PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE SECOND ROUND.

THIS IS A, UH, 90 10 GRANT.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS I BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR ABOUT $5,000.

[f. 2024 Resolution: Grant Application – WI Dept of Military Affairs Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Grant Program Fiscal Year 2025 – Second Round]

MOTION FROM TOMA WITH A SECOND.

FROM, UH, SUPERVISOR NEWMAN.

AND MORNING.

MORNING CAPTAIN.

DO CARE TO CARE ANY CARRY TO, UH, CONVEY ANY OTHER INFORMATION? SHARE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM? NO, OTHER THAN, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, GAIN ACCESS TO THE STATE'S UPCOMING SYSTEM.

I THINK WE WOULD END UP HAVING TO HAVE PURCHASED SOME OF THESE RADIOS ANYWAY.

UM, AND THIS GRANT OBVIOUSLY ALLOWS US TO DO IT AT A FRACTION OF THE COST OF WHAT IT WOULD COST US TO DO IT ON OUR OWN.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ALL IN FAVOR SAY, AYE.

A AYE.

ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION CARRIES.

UM, 'CAUSE WE, UH, UM, LIKE WE'RE BEING FORCED TO COOPERATE.

OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH.

ONE MORE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I, I PRINTED OFF EARLIER AND, AND, UH, MISSED THAT ONE.

ITEM 3G.

SO I WAS ASKED SPECIFICALLY BENNETT COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO JUST ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH BOTH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND MAYBE THE FULL COUNTY BOARD, UH, NEXT MONTH.

UM, SO, UM, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT, UH, SO THE, THE, THE AGENDA ITEM, I THINK IS THE SHERIFF'S COOPERATION WITH ICE.

AND EVEN THAT, TO ME IS A LITTLE, UM, MISLEADING MAYBE.

[g. Sheriff’s Office Cooperation with ICE]

THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL.

WE COOPERATE WITH ALL OF OUR FELLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS THAT'S ON A MUNICIPAL LEVEL.

ALL THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENTS ON THE STATE LEVEL WITH, UH, STATE PATROL, WISCONSIN, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, UM, UH, THE FEDERAL LEVEL, FBI, US MARSHALS, UH, HSI, UH, INCLUDING ICE.

SO TO US, THIS ICE IS JUST ANOTHER FELLOW PARTNER IN THE, THE EQUATION.

UM, BUT WHAT I DID WANT TO DO IS TALK TO YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROCEDURALLY WHAT WE DO.

AND WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT MUCH OF THE, THE PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE HAVE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE I WAS A PATROL DEPUTY.

THERE HASN'T BEEN, NOTHING IS REALLY NOVEL AND NEW.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TWEAKS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT I'LL, I'LL SHARE WITH, WITH THE, THE COMMITTEE.

UH, BUT MOST OF THE STUFF WE HAVE BEEN DOING, UM, FOR LITERALLY PROBABLY DECADES.

SO WHAT, UH, UM, WHAT THE, THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW IS THAT IMMIGRATION IS REALLY LARGELY A, A FEDERAL ISSUE.

UM, AND IN MANY CASES, IT'S NOT A CRIMINAL VIOLATION TO BE IN THE, THE UNITED STATES.

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UM, IT'S ILLEGAL, BUT IT'S A CIVIL INFRACTION VERSUS A, A CRIMINAL VIOLATION.

AND WISCONSIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE CIVIL IMMIGRATION LAWS.

WE CAN ENFORCE CRIMINAL VIOLATION IMMIGRATION LAWS.

AND THOSE ARE REALLY TWO, TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF, OF, UH, UH, IMMIGRATION LAWS.

THAT'S, UH, UM, IF THEY ARE ABSCONDERS, MEANING THAT THEY MISS SOME CIVIL COURT APPEARANCE, UM, OR IF IT IS A, A DEPORTED FELON, SOMEBODY THAT WAS, UH, DEPORTED AND THEN CAME BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES, THAT'S A, THAT'S A CRIMINAL VIOLATION.

UM, THAT WE HAVE THE, THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE THE, UH, WHEN WE RUN AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, ON A TRAFFIC STOP, FOR INSTANCE.

UH, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A NATIONAL DATABASE AND, UH, WE GET HITS IN THAT DATABASE.

AND FOR IMMIGRATION, THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT TYPE OF HITS.

ONE IS FOR, IT'S CALLED N SEARS, AND THAT STANDS FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY ENTRY EXIT EXIT REGISTRATION SYSTEM.

THAT'S THOSE CIVIL VIOLATIONS THAT I'M REFERRING TO.

UM, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE HERE ILLEGALLY, BUT QUITE, WE LITERALLY CAN'T DETAIN 'EM.

WE CAN'T, UH, WE CAN'T HOLD ONTO THEM JUST BASED ON THAT.

THE OTHER TWO HITS THAT WE GET ARE THOSE CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS FOR, UH, UM, FOR ABSCONDING OR DEPORTED FELON THAT WE TAKE 'EM INTO CUSTODY.

UM, HOWEVER, AND WHEN WE FIND THOSE TWO CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS, THEN, THEN WE CAN DETAIN 'EM AND BRING 'EM INTO OUR CUSTODY AND NOTIFY ICE.

UM, THE PROCESS FOR US, FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY STARTS WITH A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW.

THE INDIVIDUALS ARE ARRESTED FOR SOME TYPE OF STATE CRIME.

THEY'RE BROUGHT TO OUR JAIL FACILITY, AND, UH, THEY GO THROUGH THE BOOKING PROCESS.

DURING THE BOOKING PROCESS PROCESS, UH, THE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN ALWAYS BEEN, WILL CONTINUE TO BE THEIR QUESTIONED ABOUT THEIR CITIZEN STATUS AS WELL AS THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

SOMETIMES WE CAN'T DETERMINE CITIZENSHIP, BUT, UH, WE DETERMINE, UM, THEIR COUNTRY, UH, WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE BORN.

UM, IN PREVIOUS YEARS THERE WAS A FEDERAL PROGRAM CALLED SECURE COMMUNITIES.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS, IS, I'M ASSUMING THAT HAS PROBABLY BEEN REINITIATED.

IT WAS SUSPENDED FOR A WHILE.

AND THEN, UM, I'M, I'M ASSUMING UNDER THE CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION'S PROBABLY BEEN REINSTATED, MAYBE IT'S CALLED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

BUT WHAT THAT SECURE COMMUNITIES IS, IS ANYTIME ANYONE IS BOOKED INTO OUR JAIL AND FINGERPRINTED, UM, THAT THOSE FINGERPRINTS ARE SENT TO THE STATE, AND THAT'S THE STATE THEN SENDS 'EM TO THE FBI AND THEN THAT SECURE COMMUNITIES, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT AT A FEDERAL LEVEL TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH ICE.

SO, UM, ICE DETER WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE IF WE HAD PEOPLE IN OUR CUSTODY, THEY WOULD CONTACT US IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE PERSON, UM, UM, DETAINED, UM, AND PLACE A DETAINER ON ON THEM.

UH, THE, MAYBE A SLIGHT PROBLEM WITH THAT IS NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BOOKED INTO THE JAIL ARE FINGERPRINTED NECESSARILY.

USUALLY ARE, BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

THE WAY WE, WE GET AROUND THAT.

SO EVEN TAKING, IF SECURE COMMUNITIES OR WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED RIGHT NOW IS NOT IN EXISTENCE, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO WASHINGTON COUNTY.

UM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, UM, IS THAT EVERY 24 HOURS, UM, THERE IS AN AUTOMATED REPORT THAT'S SENT TO ICE MILWAUKEE THAT, UH, TWO REPORTS ACTUALLY.

ONE IS THE 24 HOUR PREVIOUS BOOKINGS IN THE JAIL OF ALL FOREIGN BORN INDIVIDUALS.

SO NOT NECESSARILY CITIZENS, UH, IT'S JUST EVERYONE THAT WAS BORN OUTSIDE OF THIS COUNTRY.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THERE'S ANOTHER 20 OR ANOTHER REPORT OF ALL OF OUR IN CUSTODY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FOREIGN BORN.

SO EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT REPORT IS FORWARDED AUTOMATICALLY TO THE, THE, UM, ICE MILWAUKEE.

UM, AND SO WHAT THEY CAN DO, UM, ICE, THEY CAN DETERMINE THAT IF THEY WANT TO PLACE THAT DETAINER ON THE INDIVIDUALS DETAINERS ARE THEY'RE ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS.

THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY WARRANTS THAT ARE SIGNED BY A JUDGE.

UM, SO WHAT WE DO IS WE HOLD THOSE INDIVIDUALS FOR UP TO 48 HOURS AFTER COMPLETION OF THE STATE CHARGES, AND ICE LITERALLY COMES UP TO OUR JAIL FACILITY AND PICKS THE INDIVIDUALS UP.

UM, WE, WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A, A, A HUGE PROBLEM WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH ICE NOT COMING UP WITHIN THOSE 48 HOURS.

UM, IT'S BEEN PRETTY STREAMLINED, UM, THAT WE, IT, UH, IT SEEMS TO WORK OUT, UH, UM, PRETTY WELL.

UM, ONE OF THE NEW, OTHER NEW THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH EXCLUSIVE TO, THERE MIGHT BE MAYBE ONE OR TWO OTHER SHERIFF'S OFFICES IN THE STATE.

UM, BUT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES THAT'S, UH, ASSIGNED ON A, A VERY PART-TIME BASIS TO HSI, HOMELAND SECURITIES INVESTIGATIONS.

UM, SO HE'S A FEDERAL AGENT, UM, THAT'S HAS FEDERAL CRED CREDENTIALING.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, HSI

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IS KIND OF THE DETECTIVES OF ICE.

SO THAT IS BY FAR OUR CLOSEST WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ICE IS ACTUALLY THROUGH HSI, HOMELAND SECURITIES.

WE ALSO TAKE PART IN, UH, IT IS CALLED SCAP.

IT'S THE STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

UM, THAT'S, UH, MORE OF A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT, THAT REIMBURSES THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SOME OF THE EXPENSES FOR, UM, DETAINING, UH, FOREIGN BORN INDIVIDUALS THAT MAYBE AREN'T DEPORTED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

AND THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE REPORTING PROCESS.

UM, BUT IN FAIRNESS TO WASHINGTON COUNTY TAXPAYERS, I THINK IT'S, I'M OBLIGATED TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT OFFSETS SOME OF THE COSTS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS BY WHAT REALLY IS A, A FEDERAL PROBLEM.

AND, UM, BESIDES THAT HSI LINK THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE VERY, VERY CLOSE TIES WITH THE DEPORTATION OFFICER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO MILWAUKEE ICE.

UM, ALL OF OUR SUPERVISORS HAS HIS CONTACT INFORMATION AND HIS 24 HOUR CELL PHONE.

AND, UH, HE WELCOMED ANY, UH, UM, WHEN WE COME UP WITH, UH, EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS THAT WE CAN REACH DIRECTLY OUT TO HIM.

SO THAT KIND OF SYNOPSIS, IT GIVES A SYNOPSIS OF, UH, OF OUR POLICIES.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE, THE, UM, THIS, THIS CAME UP BECAUSE THERE WAS A, UM, THERE WAS SOME PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY, UH, MAYBE SOME STATE FIGURES THAT DIDN'T REALLY NECESSARILY REFLECT HOW WE OPERATIONAL OPERATION OPERATIONALLY DO THINGS.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY HEARS IT FROM ME.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I THINK ONCE AGAIN, WE SEE THAT WASHINGTON COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE, PEOPLE IN PLACE WHO TAKE INITIATIVE AND DO THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE AND IN, IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER, UM, GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.

IS THE ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS THE, ARE WE REIMBURSED FOR HOUSING, UM, THESE INDIVIDUALS AT THE SAME RATE THAT IT COSTS US, OR, I MEAN, IS IT, HOW'S THAT WORK OUT FOR US? I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT FIGURE, BUT I CAN SAY PROBABLY NOT.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU LIKE THE STATE, WHEN WE, WE, UH, WE GET SOME REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE FOR STATE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND I THINK THE, THE RATE NOW IS LIKE $55, $51 A DAY.

AND THAT, THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T COVER THE, THE OPERATIONAL COST, BUT IT DOES OFFSET, IT SOUNDS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR WHAT WE'VE HEARD OF, UH, THE STATE IN OTHER REGARDS.

SO YEAH.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU JUST A FLAVOR, SO THIS MORNING WE HAVE 231 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CUSTODY, UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE SEVEN, UH, IMMIGRATION DETAINERS THAT WE'RE HOLDING INDIVIDUALS FOR.