Sep 16, 2026 Public Safety Committee

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UH, THIS MEETING WAS POSTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK ON THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026.

NOTICE WAS SENT TO THE WASHINGTON COUNTY DAILY NEWS EXPRESS NEWS, W-I-B-D-W-M-B-Z RADIO, WTKM RADIO, MY COMMUNITY.

NOW HARTFORD TIMES PRESS, SCU STATESMAN IN THE MILWAUKEE ETERNAL SENTINEL.

PLEASE RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER.

PRAYER AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

[Call to Order, Roll Call, Affidavit of Posting, A Moment of Silent Prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance]

UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES NATION, UNDER GOD AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

JUST A COUPLE OF REMINDERS FOR EVERYBODY.

PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONE AS THE MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST.

FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026 MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT HAVE ANY CHANGES? SEEING NONE, UH, THOSE MINUTES WILL STAND AS PRESENTED.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SHERIFF'S OFFICE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

[a. September 2, 2026]

AND SERGEANT BRADLEY RODDICK.

HOPE I GOT ALL

[a. Sheriff’s Office Acknowledgment – Deputy Daniel Survis, Deputy Jason Finley, Detective Tarra Ball, Investigator Brandon Gesie, Detective Sergeant Anthony Conforti, and Sergeant Bradley Rodich]

PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE.

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WELCOME, SHERIFF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BEFORE I START, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TO ACTUALLY BRING UP THE SUBJECTS OF THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND JUST KIND OF INTRODUCE THEM.

SO IF I COULD HAVE THE, THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS COME UP, IF YOU WANNA COME UP FRONT AROUND THE, THE FRONT HERE? YEP.

YEP.

SURE.

ABSOLUTELY NOT, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ROOM BACK HERE.

NOT SO BEFORE I START, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST INTRODUCE THE, THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE SUBJECT OF THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

KINDA STARTING ON MY, MY FAR RIGHT, IT'S, UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, DEPUTY OR SERGEANT, UH, BRAD T HE'S WITH OUR PATROL DIVISION.

WE HAVE, UH, DETECTIVE SERGEANT ANTHONY CONFORTI.

HE WORKS UP IN MAJOR CRIMES, UH, UM, DETECT, I MEAN, UH, DEPUTY JASON FINLEY.

HE'S IN OUR PATROL DIVISION.

BRANDON GEY.

HE'S AN INVESTIGATOR UP IN MAJOR CRIMES AND DETECTIVE TARA BALL, ALSO IN MAJOR CRIMES.

AND DEPUTY DAN SERVICE, HE WORKS IN OUR PATROL DIVISION.

SO THE, THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT I HAVE TODAY IS, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DARK TOPIC, AND IT'S A DARK TOPIC FOR TWO SPECIFIC REASONS.

UM, THE FIRST REASON IS THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THE SECOND REASON IS THE LOCATION OF WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION TOOK PLACE.

SO THE SUBJECT OF THE INVESTIGATION IS CALLED CC SPAM, AND, UH, AND IT'S A CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL.

IT'S MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AND FORMALLY KNOWN AS CHILD PORN.

UH, THE SECOND PART IS WHERE THE INCIDENT ACTUALLY OCCURRED AND ACTUALLY OCCURRED AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS DURING OUR FAIR.

SO WHAT I WANNA DO IS, I, UH, I, I DON'T HAVE A, A POWERPOINT.

I JUST HAD, I JUST WANNA READ THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, UM, AND, UH, SAY A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT IT.

SO, UM, THIS HAPPENED AT OUR, THE, THE LAST FAIR.

THIS WAS, UH, ON JULY 25TH AT, UH, 11:15 AM WHILE ON DUTY AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR.

SERGEANT RODICK WAS APPROACHED BY A CONCERNED INDIVIDUAL WHO REPORTED A MALE SUBJECT HAD BEEN FILMING HIS DAUGHTERS NEAR THE HORSE BARN, AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE FAIRGROUNDS.

WHEREAS SERGEANT SERGEANT RODGE PROMPTLY LOCATED AND DETAINED A 44 4-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS BEING CHASED ON FOOT BY TWO CITIZENS.

DURING THE INITIAL CONTACT, THE, THE SUBJECT ADMITTED TO RECORDING GIRLS FOR HIS PERSONAL USE AND VERBALLY CONSENTED TO A SEARCH OF HIS CELLULAR PHONE.

WHEREAS SERGEANT ROGERS LOCATED MULTIPLE VIDEOS DEPICTING YOUNG GIRLS AT THE FAIR, INCLUDING ONE VIDEO THAT HAD BEEN DELETED, AND CONTINUED THE INVESTIGATION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF DEPUTY FINLEY DEPUTY SERVICE AND DETECTIVE SERGEANT CONFORTI.

WHEREAS DEPUTY SERVICE OBTAINED WRITTEN WITNESS STATEMENTS AND THE SUBJECTS WRITTEN CONSENT FOR A CONTINUED SEARCH OF A CELLULAR PHONE, WHILE BOTH SERGEANT RODICK AND DEPUTY FINLEY CONTINUED EXAMINING THE PHONE AND IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE, REQUIR REQUIRING FURTHER INVESTIGATION, WHEREAS THE SUBJECT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED FOR THE POSSESSION OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT MATERIAL, AND THE INVESTIGATION WAS ASSIGNED TO DETECTIVE BALL FOR FOLLOW-UP.

INVESTIGATOR, INVESTIGATOR EY LATER

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DETECTIVE BALL SERGEANT CONFORTI AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE SUBJECT OUTTA COUNTY RESIDENCE, THEN WORKED COLLABORATIVELY TO OBTAIN AND EXECUTE A SEARCH WARRANT AT THE RESIDENCE OUT OF THE COUNTY OF THE COUNTY, RESULTING IN DISCOVERY OF THOUSANDS OF PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES INVOLVING YOUNG CHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS WASHINGTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CHARGED A SUBJECT WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT MATERIAL, THE COURT SET A BOND OF $100,000 CASH.

ADDITIONAL CHARGES ARE ALSO BEING PURSUED IN THE SUBJECT'S HOME COUNTY.

AND WHEREAS THIS INVESTIGATION DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE IN VIGILANCE OF PROFESSIONALISM, COMMUNICATION, AND TEAMWORK AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, THE COORDINATED EFFORTS OF SERGEANT ROD, DEPUTY FINLEY DEPUTY SERVICE, UH, DETECTIVE SERGEANT, UH, CONFORTI, DETECTIVE BALA, AND INVESTIGATOR GEY, AS WELL AS PARTNERING AGENCIES, WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN MOVING THIS COMPLEX INVESTIGATION FORWARD AND ENSURING THAT CRITICAL EVIDENCE WAS IDENTIFIED AND PRESERVED.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWLEDGE THAT THE EXCEPTIONAL WORK, DEDICATION AND TEAMWORK DEMONSTRATED BY THESE DEPUTIES THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE HE, I RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDED EACH MEMBER'S INITIATIVE, WILLINGNESS TO, UH, ASSIST FELLOW DEPUTIES DILIGENT, UH, PURSUIT OF INVESTIGATIVE LEADS, UH, AND THE EFFECTIVE, UH, COLLABORATION ACROSS AGENCIES ACROSS, UH, OUR, OUR DIVISIONS, UH, EXEMPLIFY THE PROFESSIONAL LIMITS REQUIRED TO INVESTIGATE SERIOUS CRIMES AND PROTECT CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S WITH A SINCERE APPRECIATION.

WE RECOGNIZE THESE DEPUTIES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE, COMMITMENT, AND DEDICATION TO THE SAFETY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY DATED TODAY'S DATE.

SO THANK YOU TO, UH, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

I GOT, UH, A COMBINATION FOR ALL OF YOU CORRECT CLAP TOO EARLY, AND, AND THE ONLY, UH, FOLLOW UP, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THIS ALSO DEMONSTRATES HOW ALL OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WORK TOGETHER.

WE HAD LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WAS, UH, THAT TOOK CARE OF THE INVESTIGATION, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT, UH, IS, IS PURSUING IT AGGRESSIVELY, AND AS WELL AS THE COURT SYSTEM FOR, UH, UH, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, WE'RE, UH, HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND, KEEPING THE INDIVIDUAL IN CUSTODY.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.

BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF.

I, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD, UM, TO OUR COMMITTEE.

I'M SURE WE ALL APPRECIATE THESE TYPE OF OUTCOMES.

UM, IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING AS WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE YOU, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE TEAMWORK IS INCREDIBLE.

SO I THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK, I AM SORRY.

IS THERE ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER THAT WANNA MAKE A COMMENT AS WELL? .

ALRIGHT.

NEXT, NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS A COUNTYWIDE RADIO SYSTEM UPDATE.

UM, CAPTAIN KEMP'S.

ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING.

[b. County-Wide Radio System Update]

SO, JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE, KIND OF, UH, LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'RE GOING.

UM, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE'RE ON THE, UH, SUNSET OF THIS.

UH, THIS PROJECT WAS OBVIOUSLY SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2024.

UH, HERE WE ARE COMING UP IN THE END OF 2026.

AND, UH, WE'RE STILL IN IT, BUT, UH, I THINK DAVE AND I ARE CONFIDENT.

UM, THE END IS AT LEAST IN SIGHT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED NOW, ALL 13 TOWER SITES ARE UP AND RUNNING.

UM, THE MICROWAVE IS INTACT, AND, UH, SO THE SYSTEM IS OPERATING, UM,

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AND WE ALSO JUST COMPLETED, UH, FINAL, UH, TEST, UM, FIELD TESTING, COVERAGE TESTING, UM, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE LAST YEAR.

AND THE PROJECT WAS BEHIND SCHEDULE.

THEY DIDN'T GET TO IT.

UM, IT HAS TO BE DONE WITH FULL FOLIAGE AND A, THEY LIKE A FULL CORN CROP.

SO THAT DID JUST GET FINISHED UP.

I'M AWAITING FINAL, UM, REPORTS ON THAT.

BUT THEY HAVE GONE OVER THE RESULTS WITH US.

SO THERE'S THREE TESTS, UM, FOR PORTABLE RADIO.

UH, THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS CONDUCTED WAS FOR YOUR TYPICAL OUTDOOR, UH, RADIO COVERAGE.

THE CONTRACT GUARANTEED 95% COVERAGE.

UH, THEY PREDICTED THAT IT WOULD BE 97% COVERAGE, AND THEY ACTUALLY CAME IN AT 100% COVERAGE.

UM, THE MAP ON THE RIGHT AND THE GREEN, UH, DEMONSTRATES, UM, THAT THE AREAS IN WHITE THAT YOU SEE ARE AREAS, UM, THAT ARE JUST NOT ACCESSIBLE.

UM, BUT, UH, WELL EXCEEDED THE GOALS THERE.

THE NEXT ONE IS INDOOR RESIDENTIAL, UM, NINE DECIBEL.

THIS WOULD BE YOUR TYPICAL, UH, HOME RESIDENTIAL COVERAGE INSIDE THE BUILDING CONTRACT, GUARANTEED 96, THEY PREDICTED 97 AND ACCOMPLISHED 99.2.

UH, YOU CAN SEE REALLY THE ONLY AREAS THAT CONCERN A LITTLE BIT DOWN, UM, IN AARON AND THEN, UH, REAL SMALL UP IN FARMINGTON.

BUT, UH, 99.2 IS OBVIOUSLY, UM, PRETTY STELLAR.

AND, UH, THIS IS AGAIN FOR PORTABLE RADIOS, NOT, NOT THE MOBILE RADIO.

FINAL ONE WAS LIGHT COMMERCIAL, UH, GUARANTEED 95 CAME IN AT 97 2.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS, UM, THAT, UH, CAME UP A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A WEAK SPOT ARE KIND OF THE SAME AREAS DOWN IN AIR IN THERE.

SO ALL THREE TESTS, UH, APPEAR TO HAVE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS AND EXCEEDED WHAT THE CONTRACT GUARANTEED.

UM, SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.

UM, SOME AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MONITORING AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR.

UM, FIRST ONE HAS COME UP.

WE'VE HAD SOME PAGING ISSUES AND, UM, EXPERIENCED SPORADIC PAGING FAILURES.

THEY SAY FAILURES, WHAT IT IS, IS ACTUALLY THE VOICE.

UM, OUR DISPATCH VOICE IS COMING ACROSS VERY QUIETLY AT TIMES.

UM, IT'S, IT'S LIMITED, BUT, UH, SO THEY STILL TRYING TO, UM, FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE SOURCE OF THAT IS.

THEY, THEY FIRST TRIED TO TURN UP THE VOLUME ON THE BASES TO MAKE IT LOUDER.

THAT MAKES, MAKES SENSE.

THE PROBLEM IS WE CAN'T GO TOO HIGH BECAUSE THEN ALL THE OTHER RADIO TRANSMISSIONS WILL, WILL BE EXTREMELY LOUD.

SO THAT, THAT'S NOT REALLY A PERMANENT SOLUTION.

UM, THE ENGINEERS BELIEVED IT MIGHT BE A SOFTWARE UPDATE.

UM, THEY UPDATED THAT SOFTWARE THAT FIXED IT LARGELY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN STILL A COUPLE OF ISOLATED, UM, FAILURES.

SO THAT'S AN ONGOING, ONGOING ISSUE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING INTO.

UM, KIND OF OUR, OUR BIGGEST AREA OF CONCERN CAME UP.

UH, WE WERE NOTIFIED, UM, IN THE SPRING BY L THREE HARRIS.

SO L THREE HARRIS IS OUR MAINTENANCE PROVIDER, UM, AND OUR CURRENT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.

UM, AND ALSO THEY ARE THE MANUFACTURER OF THE, THE RADIO SYSTEM.

UH, L THREE HARRIS NOTIFIED US THAT OUR TWO SERVERS FOR OUR CORES, UM, WILL NO LONGER BE SUPPORTED BY THEM SOMETIME IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS.

UH, THE ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT FOR THE CISCO SERVERS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IS A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, THIS PUTS US IN AN INTERESTING SPOT 'CAUSE THIS ISN'T OUR SYSTEM.

WE HAVEN'T SIGNED OFF ON IT YET.

RIGHT? UM, THEY, THE, THE CONCERN IS SERVERS HAVE A LI A LIMITED LIFESPAN, RIGHT? AND THAT THESE SERVERS HAVE PROBABLY GONE, YOU KNOW, A TYPICAL LIFESPAN.

THE PROBLEM IS THIS PROJECT HAS TAKEN SO LONG THAT BEFORE MAYBE EVEN WE SIGN OFF THESE, THESE ARE GONNA BE OUTDATED, UH, MAJOR AREA OF CONCERN FOR US.

WE'VE, WE'VE EXPRESSED THAT WITH, WITH, UM, RAYCOM AND HARRIS.

UH, AS IN OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, IT INDICATED THAT IT WOULD, UH, BE TAKEN CARE OF, UH, AS MAINTENANCE.

UH, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT MAINTENANCE IS WE'RE NOT UNDER MAINTENANCE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE SEEKING BIDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE DEAL.

AND OUR CONCERN IS THAT THAT PRICE WILL JUST BE BAKED INTO WHATEVER MAINTENANCE BID WE'RE GETTING.

SO, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE KIND OF A MAIN AREA OF OUR FOCUS ON KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.

SO SPEAKING OF THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, UM, OUR CURRENT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS HARRIS.

OKAY.

OUR SYSTEM IS BEING BUILT BY RACOM.

UM, THEY ARE BOTH CURRENTLY BUILDING PROPOSALS TO TAKE ON THE NEW MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.

OKAY.

THE NEW MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT DOESN'T ACTUALLY TAKE EFFECT UNTIL 2028.

UH, HARRIS'S MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS GOOD THROUGH NEXT YEAR.

THERE'S SOME QUESTION THOUGH ON IF THE NEW SYSTEM IS SIGNED OFF ON HOW THAT MAINTENANCE LOOKS, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR PROPOSALS.

UM, PREVIOUS, UH, THEY, WE HAVE LINED UP THESE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS TO LINE UP WITH OZAKI COUNTIES.

UM, SO WE ARE GETTING A BID.

OZAKI IS LOOKING AT UPGRADING THEIR SYSTEM RIGHT

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UH, WE ARE GONNA GET A, A BID A PROPOSAL ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

IF OZAKI AND WASHINGTON MERGED TOGETHER UNDER A JOINT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, WE'RE ALSO GONNA GET A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT PROPOSAL FOR US CONTINUING TO GO ON OUR OWN.

UM, BUT IN THAT CASE, IF WE DID JOIN WITH OZAKI, OUR TWO CORES, WHICH ARE ARE NEW, UM, THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO, TO SUPPORT BOTH SYSTEMS. SO OZAKI, WHO NEEDS NEW CORES UNDER THEIR CURRENT SYSTEM, UM, REALLY WOULD BE COMING ONTO OUR CORES.

SO THERE'D BE SOME DISCUSSIONS THERE AS TO THE VALUE AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

UH, ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN JUST CAME UP LAST WEEK.

GENCOMM IS, UH, A COMPANY THAT IS SUBCONTRACTED FOR THIS RADIO PROJECT.

THEY'RE DOING A VAST MAJORITY OF THE ACTUAL, UM, PROGRAMMING, INSTALLING WORK ON THIS PROJECT.

WE ALSO, AS A COUNTY CONTRACT WITH GEN COM FOR OUR OWN RADIO NEEDS.

UM, SO, UH, THEY'RE VERY VALUABLE ASSET.

THEY KNOW OUR SYSTEM AND, UM, THEY ALSO SUBCONTRACT, HARRIS ALSO CONTRACTS WITH THEM FOR OUR MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.

SO THEY'RE REALLY INVOLVED FROM EVERY ANGLE ON THIS.

UH, WE FOUND OUT LAST WEEK, GENCON WAS PURCHASED.

GENCON WAS A LOCAL, UH, WISCONSIN COMPANY.

UH, THE OWNER WAS OUTTA MADISON.

THEY HAVE SOLD TO EASTERN COMMUNICATION, UH, WHICH IS THE SAME COMPANY THAT PURCHASED RAYCOM SOMETIME DURING THIS, UM, THIS RADIAL SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER AREA TO MONITOR MOVING FORWARD WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

UH, BUT TOO EARLY TO TELL INSTALLS AND REPROGRAMMING.

UH, THIS IS PERHAPS THE, THIS IS THE FRUSTRATING PART.

IT'S, IT'S BEEN SLOW PROGRESS.

UM, THE INSTALLS ARE WRAPPING UP.

WASH COUNTY HIGHWAY SHOP IS THE FINAL BIG INSTALL.

AND THEN LIFESTAR AMBULANCE, UH, IS THE, IS THE LAST ONE.

AND THEN THERE'S A FEW BASE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

THIS IS A PRIORITY 'CAUSE WE NEED TO GET INSTALLS DONE BEFORE WE CAN TAKE DOWN THE OLD VHF SYSTEM, UM, AND MOVE COMPLETELY TO THE NEW ONE.

UM, WE'RE BEING TOLD MID-OCTOBER IS A GOAL FOR BEING DONE WITH INSTALLS.

REPROGRAMMING IS A, UM, THEY'RE GETTING TO IT WHEN THEY GET TO IT, BUT INSTALLS ARE THE PRIORITY.

I I'M BEING TOLD.

THANKSGIVING IS A, IS A REALISTIC GOAL TO BE DONE WITH PROGRAMMING.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN A, I HEAR DAILY FROM DIFFERENT PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS THAT ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THAT THE RADIOS AREN'T GETTING REPROGRAMMED.

UM, I UNDERSTAND IT.

I FEEL IT.

WE'RE THE LARGEST PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY IN THE COUNTY, AND OUR OURS HAVE NOT BEEN REPROGRAMMED EITHER.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALL IN THIS, ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

UM, SO THE, UH, DONE WITH THE BAD, NOW BACK TO THE GOOD, UH, BUDGET.

SO WE HAVE, UM, RECENTLY PURCHASED EVERYTHING THAT WAS KIND OF ANTICIPATED, UM, AS BEING PART OF THIS PROJECT FROM, FROM THE COUNTY STANDPOINT.

UM, SO MONEY THAT HAS COME OUT OF, OUT OF THIS BUDGET RECENTLY, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, 26, ACTUALLY RESOLUTION 16, I BELIEVE.

UM, THE CRIME PLAN, UM, C THAT WAS PASSED IN JULY.

THERE WAS $200,000 TAKEN OUT OF THIS BUDGET FOR THE RADIO, MUNICIPAL RADIO GRANT.

UM, SO THAT, THAT HAS COME OUT.

UH, WE PURCHASED 12 PORTABLE RADIOS.

UH, THE ORIGINAL BID ON OUR DISCOUNTED PRICE FOR THOSE 12 RADIOS WAS 83,000.

UH, CAPTAIN STA AND I WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION AND HE, HE, HE BROUGHT UP, HEY, UH, DID YOU LOOK INTO THIS SWISSCOM? IS THAT STILL A THING? UM, I DID THAT BID CAME BACK AT 49,100.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT CONVERSATION, WE HAD A PRETTY, UH, SIZABLE SAVINGS THERE.

UM, WE JUST PURCHASED, WE WERE HAVING COVERAGE ISSUES IN OUR OFFICE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE SERGEANT'S, UH, PATROL SERGEANT'S OFFICE WHERE THEY WERE MISSING RADIO TRANSMISSIONS, UH, OBVIOUSLY THICK CEMENT BUILDING.

UM, SO WE PURCHASED A PORTABLE RADIO, UM, UNIT OF BDA, IT'S CALLED FOR 28,000.

THAT WAS INSTALLED THREE WEEKS AGO.

AND IT COVERAGE HAS INCREASED, UM, OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT.

IT'S, UM, THERE'S NO MISSED RADIO TRANSMISSIONS ANYMORE.

SO THAT WORKED AS INTENDED.

UM, ONE MORE SMALL PURCHASE FOR, UH, ANOTHER, UH, COMPUTER THAT WE NEED FOR, UM, FOR A PROGRAM.

UM, A PAGING PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T AUTOMATED VOICE TO SAVE SOME TIME ON DISPATCH, UM, WHERE A COMPUTER IS PUTTING OUT THE FIRE RESCUE PAGES.

UM, THAT WAS THE 3000.

UM, AND THEN THE ABANDONED COUNTY RADIO TOWER, GENER GENERATOR REPURPOSING FOR 18,000.

SO THIS IS ALL OF OUR ANTICIPATED COSTS ARE NOW OUT, UM, AND HAVE, HAVE BEEN PAID.

SO EXPENSES LEFT ON THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING EDGE CONSULTING, OUR TOWER CONSULTANT, WE STILL, UH, ESTIMATE HAVING TO PAY 38,000, UH, 500 FOR THEM.

WE ARE HOLDING BACK FROM RAYCOM 1.2 MILLION, UM, FOR FINAL PAYMENT UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THE SYSTEM.

AND THEN OUR OWN COUNTY CONSULTANT.

UM, THAT'S

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HOWEVER, SINCE MAY, BECAUSE THIS PROJECT HAS GONE ON SO LONG, HE, THAT IS A $15,000 A MONTH BILL THAT IS GOING TO GET TAKEN OFF OF THE FINAL RAYCOM PAYMENT.

RAYCOM IS GOING TO END UP PAYING FOR, FOR THAT SINCE MAY OF 26 UNTIL CONCLUSION OF THE, OF THE, UH, OF THE PROJECT.

SO THE ORIGINAL PROJECT FUNDING 17.2 MILLION, UM, TO DATE, ACTUAL 16.876, UM, OUR ESTIMATED SURPLUS WAS JUST OVER HALF MILLION 550,000, MINUS THE 200,000 THAT WAS TAKEN FOR THE RADIO GRANT, MUNICIPAL RADIO GRANT.

THAT LEAVES US WITH AN ANTICIPATED SURPLUS AT PROJECT COMPLETION OF $350,000.

UM, AND 319.

SO FOR A PROJECT THAT IS, UM, GONE ON TWO YEARS OVER TIME, ESTIMATES TO BE, UM, OVER A HALF MILLION UNDER BUDGET, I THINK IS AT LEAST PRETTY, UH, PRETTY REMARKABLE.

SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.

QUESTIONS, YES, CHAIRMAN TO GO.

I'LL BE LOUD, , TO GO BACK TO THE TWO SERVERS THAT WON'T BE SUPPORTED.

WERE THOSE PART OF THIS PROJECT? THEY WERE.

SO THEY GO OBSOLETE THAT FAST.

SO THE INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN GIVEN BY HARRIS IS, UM, THEY WERE THE VENDOR THAT SUPPORTED THOSE, THOSE SERVERS FOR HARRIS.

HARRIS IS ELECTED TO GO TO A DIFFERENT VENDOR BECAUSE, UM, IT HAD GONE TO A SUB SUBSCRIPTION BASED, UM, PAYMENT PLAN THAT DIDN'T WORK FOR HARRIS.

SO HARRIS IS MAKING THE SWITCH TO THE CISCO SERVERS.

UM, BUT YES, THEY WERE, THEY WERE UNDER THIS PLAN.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S CHALLENGING WHEN THEY SAY YOUR SERVERS, IT'S LIKE, WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY OUR SERVERS YET.

YES, THE COUNTY HASN'T SIGNED OFF ON THE, ON THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU.

I, EXCUSE ME.

I HAD TWO QUESTIONS AND ONE HAD TO DO WITH THAT SERVER.

IS THAT COST IN YOUR BUDGET ALREADY? THE POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT OR WE DON'T, DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT OR, YEAH, IT NOT GONNA PAY IT.

IT IS NOT, UM, DAVE AND I, DAVE AND I MET, AND I, I, I DON'T SEE, UH, AND THIS IS STILL KIND OF FLUID COMING OUT.

UM, WE HAVE A MEETING ACTUALLY THIS MORNING AT NINE AGAIN, BUT OUR THOUGHT IS, UM, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ON, ON HARDWARE THAT YOU'RE TELLING US IS GOING TO BE OBSOLETE BEFORE WE EVER SIGN OFF ON, ON THE PROJECT.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S NOT, BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY CONVERSATION WITH, UM, ATTORNEY STERN, UM, PROBABLY FORTHCOMING ON, ON THAT TOPIC, BUT, OKAY.

THE OTHER QUESTION SLIPPED MY MIND.

OH, THE, THE, UH, THE $60,000, BASICALLY THE $15,000 A MONTH, IS THAT LIKE A PENALTY CLAUSE FOR COMPLETION OR? SO, UH, CAPTAIN STA MY PREDECESSOR HAD WORKED OUT.

BASICALLY, UM, AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, WE WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CON A COUNTY CONSULTANT MM-HMM .

UM, AS OUR IN TO KIND OF SERVE OUR INTERESTS MONITORING THIS PROJECT.

UM, BUT WE HAD TO PAY FOR IT AT THE COST OF 15,000 A MONTH.

SO, UH, HE HAD RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROJECT CONTINUING ON AND CONTINUING ON AND CONTINUING ON, AND US HAVING TO PAY THE BILL THAT, AND THIS CONSULTANT THAT WAS REQUIRED.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING HE HAD WORKED OUT WHERE THEY AGREED TO, TO COVER, COVER IT AS OF MAY OF THIS YEAR.

OKAY.

MAKES SENSE.

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

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CLERK OF COURT'S REPORT.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

OKAY, SO I, UM, I SUBMITTED MY REPORT, WHICH IS A LITTLE LENGTHY, UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO SAY.

SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN MY OFFICE.

AND BECAUSE WE'RE STILL NEW HERE IN THE, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE, I'M JUST GONNA OVERVIEW WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO IN OUR OFFICE.

AND I'M GONNA DO THAT BECAUSE MOSTLY BECAUSE WHEN I WAS WALKING AROUND FOR THE ELECTION PROCESS, MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CLERK OF COURTS OFFICE DOES.

SO THAT WAS A VERY COMMON THEME, OR THEY CONFUSED ME WITH, UH, ASHLEY REIHART.

SO, UM, BUT THE CLERK OF COURT'S OFFICE HAS FOUR MAIN FUNCTIONS, AND ONE OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONS IS TO KEEP ALL COURT RECORDS.

SO WE TAKE IN EVERY SINGLE DOCUMENT THAT COMES THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM AND WE MANAGE THOSE DOCUMENTS FOR WHAT IS CONSIDERED A RETENTION PERIOD

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THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS WE MANAGE THE FINANCES OF THE COURT AND OF THE COUNTY AND OPERATING THE COURT SYSTEM HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

WE ALSO OVERSEE THE COURT ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT ENTAILS QUITE A BIT OF HANDS-ON, SOMETIMES WORKING WITH THE JUDGES, SOMETIMES WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, SOMETIMES WORKING WITH SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS ATTORNEYS, UM, COURT REPORTERS.

I MEAN, THE, THE LIST IS ENDLESS REALLY, BUT IT REALLY IS A COLLABORATION OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER TO, FOR ONE COMMON GOAL, WHICH IS THE JUSTICE SYSTEM HERE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO, WHICH IS QUITE IMPORTANT, IS JURY SERVICES.

SO IT IS, IT IS MY OFFICE'S JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO WISH TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL HAVE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE THERE AVAILABLE TO PICK FROM A PANEL PANEL OF JURORS OF THEIR PEERS.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF TASKS AND, UH, WE, WE FULFILL THEM EACH AND EVERY DAY.

SO THAT SEGUE WRITES, THAT SEGUES REALLY NICE INTO OUR JURY TRIALS.

SO IN 2025, WE HAD, UH, 13 JURY TRIALS THAT WENT OVER 31 COURT DAYS.

SOMETIMES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A HALF A DAY, SOMETIMES IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE DAY, SOMETIMES ONE JURY TRIAL LASTED MULTIPLE DAYS.

UM, IT, IT JUST, JUST DOES IT, YOU JUST CAN'T REALLY TELL.

A LOT OF IT HAS TO DEPEND ON THE HEAVINESS OF THE CASE INVOLVED DOCUMENTS, EXCUSE ME, CASE FILINGS, UM, CASE FILINGS WENT UP SIGNIFICANTLY, 4.35%, WHICH, IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS A PERCENTAGE ALONE, IT'S NOT VERY MUCH, BUT IT'S OVER 500 EXTRA CASES A YEAR ON A, ON A ANNUAL.

SO RIGHT NOW, IN 2025, WE, WE PROCESSED 13,454 CASES IN THAT, IN THAT CALENDAR YEAR.

SOME OF THE KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, THAT WE DID THIS YEAR, OR RATHER IN 2025, IS WE CREATED A SPANISH INTERPRETER TIME LOCK.

UM, 'CAUSE WHAT WE WERE RUNNING INTO IS SOME OF THESE CASES WOULD HAVE TO BE CANCELED LAST MINUTE, AND INTERPRETERS ARE NECESSARY.

UM, BUT THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.

UM, THEY'RE $95 FOR 45 MINUTES, AND SOMETIMES THEY CHARGE YOU FOR TWO HOURS WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE THE HEARING.

SO WE WORKED WITH THE JUDGES WHO WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO TRY OUT, TRY THIS, UH, PILOT PROGRAM.

AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE SET UP A TWO HOUR BLOCK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY CHARGE US.

AND WE PUT AS MANY CASES IN THE SPANISH SPEAKING REALM INSIDE OF THOSE TIME BLOCKS.

AND WHAT THAT HAS DONE, AT LEAST PREEMPTIVELY, IS SAVED ON CANCELLATION FEES, WHICH ARE UNNECESSARY FEES.

AND IT'S ALSO DROPPED AT LEAST ON PRELIMINARY 30% IN INTERPRETER FEES.

'CAUSE THEY'RE ONLY GONNA GO UP.

WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE OF THOSE CASES.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

THE STAFF IN MY OFFICE HAVE PROCESSED 195,000 DOCUMENTS IN 2025.

THAT'S A LOT.

IT, IT ENCOMPASSES MORE THAN JUST BRINGING A DOCUMENT IN.

SOMETIMES, LIKE EVEN EARLY THIS MORNING, I BROUGHT A DOCUMENT IN, I HAD TO SEND IT TO A QUEUE.

I HAD TO EDIT IT, SEND IT TO THE JUDGE.

THE JUDGE SIGNS IT, WE BRING IT BACK, WE PUT IT IN THE CASE.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAIL IT OUT.

THERE'S, SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST BRINGING SOMETHING IN AND SHOVE IT IN A FILE.

WE HAVE A LOT THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IN SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REDACT THINGS, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DOCUMENT CONFIDENTIAL.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO SEAL THAT DOCUMENT.

AND ALL OF THOSE ARE CRITICAL STEPS AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE 195,000 DOCUMENTS.

SO IN 2022, WHICH WAS PRIOR TO ME, WE STARTED A PROJECT OF TRYING TO GET ALL OF THE PAPER FILES OUTSIDE OUT OF THE CLERK OF COURT'S OFFICE AND MAKING THEM ELECTRONIC.

AND WE'VE MOVED STEADY FAST ON THAT.

AND BY THAT I MEAN, WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS, THEY'VE PROCESSED 8,718 PAPER FILES AND TURNED THEM INTO ELECTRONIC FILES, WHICH OPENED UP SOME SPACE IN MY OFFICE TO ALLOW FOR CONFERENCE ROOMS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MAKES FOR A BETTER PROCESS SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO VIEW THE DOCUMENTS.

NOW, THEY CAN SOMETIMES SEE THAT THERE IS A DOCUMENT IN THAT CASE, AND THEN WHEN THEY COME TO MY OFFICE, IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO JUST GO OVER TO THE COMPUTER WHERE BEFORE WE WOULD HAVE TO GO AND GET THE FILE, MONITOR THEM USING THE FILE.

UM, IT'S A SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT WAY FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE NEEDS AND WANTS, UH, REVENUE.

SO BETWEEN 20 20 23 AND 2025, WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN REVENUE OF 17 POINT, UH, FIVE 2%.

UH, A LOT OF THAT IS BASED UPON THE TWO ACTS THAT, UH, WERE PUT IN PLACE IN 2025, WHICH INCREASED THE COURT SHARING FEES.

BUT WHAT YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE

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SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE A PROBABLY A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE COMING THROUGH THAT.

AND I ESTIMATE ON A VERY LOW SIDE, 220,000.

AND THAT TAKES IN NO CONSIDERATION THE UPTICK OF THE 4%.

I LEFT THAT OUT.

SO, UM, IT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY A VERY LOW ESTIMATE.

OTHER THAN THAT, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

SO THAT WE LOVE OUR JOB.

UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO INVOLVES EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER IN OUR OFFICE.

UM, WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT TEAM.

THEY LOVE WHAT THEY DO.

THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT THEY DO AND THE PUBLIC THAT THEY SERVE.

UM, BUT IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT THEY'RE HAPPY TO DO IT.

AND, AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP THEM LEAD THE SHIP BECAUSE I CAN'T DO ALL OF THIS WITH JUST ME.

I STEER SHIP A SHIP OF VERY CAPABLE, INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING.

SO WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN MANY, MANY WAYS.

UM, AND FINALLY THE OTHER THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IS THERE WAS A WORK STUDY THAT WAS DONE FOR THE JUDGES AND, AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL OF THE INCREASE WITH THE REVENUES AND THE CASES AND THE FILINGS, UM, THEIR WORK IS INCREASING TOO.

SO, UM, NOT JUST FOR OUR OFFICE, BUT FOR THE JUDICIAL TOO.

SO, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE COMMITTEE? I HAVE ONE SUPERVISOR.

SLATE.

THANK YOU.

HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK IN YOUR OFFICE? SO I HAVE 27 STAFF MEMBERS.

UH, TWO OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ASSIGNED TO THE FAMILY COURT SERVICES, SO I DON'T OVERSEE THEM.

UM, THEY ARE OVERSEEN BY COMMISSIONER MA, WHO DOES A GREAT JOB AT THAT.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING, THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE JURY TRIALS FROM 2024 TO 2025, THAT TRIAL CONSIDERABLY I AND THE CASE FILINGS TOO.

WELL, SOME, YEAH.

CHANGE THAT WAY.

I INTERESTING.

YEAH.

DATA, I GUESS, AND, AND, AND ONE THING I, I APPRECIATE, AND YOU MENTIONED IT HERE, NOT ONLY IN THE REPORT, BUT UM, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THE, I APPRECIATE YOUR STATEMENTS, UM, ABOUT YOUR STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING YOUR STAFF AND YOUR SUPERVISORS.

BIGGER SMALL IDEAS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

MM-HMM .

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS MENTION THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY DOESN'T RUN AS SMOOTH AS IT DOES WITHOUT GOOD QUALITY STAFF AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AS WELL.

SO I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'RE GIVING THEM.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND, AND I BE SURE TO TELL THEM EACH AND EVERY DAY HOW MUCH THEY DO, BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LET'S BE HONEST, PUBLIC SERVICE IS JUST THAT.

IT'S PUBLIC SERVICE, YOU KNOW, THE PRIVATE ENTITIES PAY MORE, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT COME HERE AND WANNA WORK HERE, THEY HAVE A BELIEF IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY LIVE IN, AND THEIR WORK SHOWS THAT.

SO YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE 2026 RESOLUTION, UH, WASHINGTON COUNTY SHARED SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM FOR COUNTYWIDE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

UH, MR. SEGER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK ANY TYPE OF PRESENTATION OR OFFER? THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, TODAY IS THE DAY WHERE YOU, UH, CONSIDER THIS DRAFT RESOLUTION.

I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE CREATION OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHARED SERVICES PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

IT'S JUST STANDING THE SYSTEM UP AND POTENTIALLY PREDICATED ON WHAT YOUR DECISION IS WOULD GO TO THE COUNTY BOARD AS A WHOLE AND PREDICATED ON THAT DECISION, UH, THAT WOULD THEN GO BEFORE THE FULL COUNTY BOARD AS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER POSSIBLY THE BUDGET RECONCILIATION.

SO, NO, NOTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AS FAR AS THE PARAMETERS OR THE PROPOSALS FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THIS RESOLUTION.

UH, I WOULD, UH, DEFER TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, UH, IN REFERENCE TO THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, IDENTIFYING THE STATUTES THAT HE GLEANED FROM IN ORDER TO CREATE THIS SHARED SERVICE PROGRAM, UH, UNDER THIS RESOLUTION.

UH, I JUST WANNA ALSO IDENTIFY THAT, UH, THERE HAS

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UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING ALSO IS ATTACHED TO A MODEL RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER DID PROVIDE TO ME THAT WAS SENT TO OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS.

AND THAT CLEARLY IDENTIFIES A TIMEFRAME PURELY TO OPT IN TO THE PROGRAM, NOT OPT OUT AS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, UH, IDENTIFIED DURING THE MEETING THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY.

THIS MONTH IS, RATHER THAN IDENTIFYING OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS THAT DECIDE TO OPT OUT, HE APPROACHES IT DIFFERENTLY.

AND IN SO MUCH AS INVERSELY OPTING INTO THE PROGRAM.

SO COMMUNICATIONS WERE SENT TO OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS WITH A DRAFT MODEL RESOLUTION THAT OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS CAN CONSIDER OPTING IN IF THEY ADOPT THAT RESOLUTION.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE, IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS ANY SHARED SERVICE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY OPERATING GIS, UH, ROADS, UH, THINGS OF THAT.

IT, UH, SO IF THEY DECIDE TO TAKE THAT RESOLUTION UP BY A MAJORITY OF THEIR COUNCIL BOARD, THEY WOULD SEND THAT RESOLUTION BACK TO US BY DATE OF NOVEMBER 5TH.

AND ONCE WE HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A BUDGET RECONCILIATION CONCEPT AS WHEN WE CAN IDENTIFY THOSE FIGURES INSIDE THAT PROGRAM.

BUT THIS RESOLUTION IS PURELY CREATING THE SYSTEM ITSELF.

SO THERE, THERE HAS BEEN A, SOME OUTREACH ABOUT WHY AREN'T THE NUMBERS IN THIS RESOLUTION.

WELL, SIM THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS WE DON'T KNOW YET UNTIL WE GET THOSE RESO RESOLUTIONS BACK FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES OPTING IN.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THAT WOULD COME, JUST KIND OF REITERATING WHAT YOU SAID, THAT THAT WOULD COME DURING THE BUDGET, UH, RECONCILIATION PROCESS.

UM, NOVEMBER, RIGHT? NOVEMBER, YES, SIR.

OKAY.

SO, UM, ATTORNEY STERN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE RESOLUTION? THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION, UH, WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT DATES AND NUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IS, IS INTENTIONALLY GENERIC IN THAT REGARD BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION IS STRICTLY JUST TO CREATE THE PROGRAM.

THE PARTICULARS OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS AND ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS THAT WILL, WILL COME UP WITH, UM, AS WE ENTER INTO THE, UH, THE PROGRAM.

BY DOING IT THIS WAY, IT ALSO ALLOWS THE RESOLUTION TO BE A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT.

IT ALLOWS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, UM, AND THE COUNTY BOARD TO BE ABLE TO CRAFT NUMBERS AND CRAFT THE AGREEMENT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT, IT FITS THE NEEDS OF THE, THE COMMUNITIES.

WHEREAS WE DO THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S VERY, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY.

UM, AND SO, UH, IT ESSENTIALLY, AND FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WOULD ALMOST KILL OFF THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT WOULD, IT WOULD BIND US TO CERTAIN THINGS THAT MAYBE WE WOULD WANNA CHANGE LATER ON AND HAVE TO COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS AND A D ADDITIONAL APPROVALS.

SO THIS CREATES THE PROGRAM IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT'S A NICE UMBRELLA FOR YOU TO WORK BENEATH.

AND, UM, SO IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT IT, THAT IT BE PASSED AS IS EXCEPT UNLESS THERE'S CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM YOU WANNA MAKE.

BUT IF YOU WANT THE PROGRAM TO GO FORWARD AS IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED, THIS WOULD BE, I THINK, THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

I THINK THERE'S MAYBE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROGRAM AND THE PROPOSAL.

THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.

UM, THE RESOLUTION CONSIDERS THE PROGRAM IN GENERAL AND THE PROPOSAL, AS I UNDERSTAND, UH, DAVE IS STILL WORKING WITH THE FIRE CHIEFS ON FINALIZING DETAILS AND THE GOALS.

UM, YES, WE'RE, IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS, MR. CHAIRMAN, REGARDING THE SMART GOALS THAT WERE INTRODUCED TO YOU, UH, LAST MEETING AS THAT'S A DRAFT FORM, BUT, UH, WORKING IN, UH, COLLABORATION WITH OUR WASHINGTON COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION TO DEVELOP THOSE SMART GOALS FOR CONSIDERATION, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS PROCESS.

UM, SO THAT IS AN ONGOING EXERCISE.

OKAY.

JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, THE GOALS THE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNTY BOARD SAW WERE TECHNICALLY IN DRAFT FORM YET AND WORKING .

YES.

AND THAT'S FINAL, HOW IT'S PRESENTED IN THE, UH, COMMITTEE REPORT AND, UH, PACKET.

YOU HAVE IT BEFORE YOU.

OKAY.

SO FOR US, CAN I ASK A, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? OH, I'M SORRY.

SUPERVISOR PRIMAR, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE

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I DON'T KNOW, 45, 46.

UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE HAVE NO INCREASE IN COUNTY SALES TAX ON ANY, IN ANY OF THIS? WHICH PAGES SHE ON? UH, THIS WOULD BE PAGE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE IT IS BECAUSE I PRINTED IT OFF.

SO, UM, THERE WOULD BE THE SEC.

OH MY GOODNESS.

ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE RESOLUTION SUPERVISOR? YEAH, THE RESOLUTIONS.

SO THAT'S ON PAGE 42 OF THE PACKET.

YES.

SO COULD, COULD YOU CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE SALES TAX? WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I JUST DIDN'T WANNA HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, WHEN, OKAY, LET'S SEE HERE.

LET'S SEE, LET'S START IT HERE.

BUT I'LL READ 38 THROUGH LINE 49.

THE MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM IS FURTHER CONDITION UPON EXECUTION OF WRITTEN GRANT AGREEMENT AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT STATED WITH THE STATUTE OF 6 6 0 3 0 1.

UM, WHICH AGREEMENT SHALL INCLUDE A MINIMUM PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS? OH, THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T MEET THAT, IF THE MUNICIPALITY FAILS THAT PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION .

SO THE, I WOULD IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY FAIL? I WOULD IMAGINE SUPERVISOR THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING THE SMART GOALS AS FAR AS PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS, THOSE ARE STILL IN DRAFT FORM.

RIGHT? OKAY.

SO HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO, UH, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE VOTING ON THIS RESOLUTION, RIGHT? THE RELU WE ARE SUPPORTING, RIGHT? THE RESOLUTION PURELY IS STANDING UP THE SYSTEM ITSELF, CREATING IT.

SO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS GOING TO STEP IN HERE.

OKAY, SO THEN ON 45, LINE 45 WHERE IT SAYS, UH, THE COUNTY SALES AND PROPERTY TAX LEVY REVENUES WITH THE INTENT THAT THE COMBINED REVENUE SOURCES RENDER THE PROGRAM NET NEUTRAL AND PROPERTY TAX RATE IMPACT TO THE COUNTY'S OVERHAUL TAX RATE.

WELL, I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT WE WOULD NEED MORE MONEY AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO RAISE UP THE COUNTY TAX.

ALSO, THE, THE SALES TAX YOU UNDER, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THE SALES TAX? YEAH.

YEAH, THE SALES TAX.

UM, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THAT WON'T HAPPEN.

UM, BECAUSE STATUTORILY, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

SO WE'RE AT A HALF PERCENT SALES TAX.

YOU CAN EITHER HAVE A HALF PERCENT SALES TAX OR NOT HAVE IT.

IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN FLOAT IT, YOU CAN'T GO TO SIX TENTHS, YOU CAN'T GO DOWN TO FOUR TENTHS.

IT'S EITHER ON OR OFF.

UM, IT'S BEEN ON IN WASHINGTON COUNTY SINCE 1999.

IT WON'T, IT'LL STAY AT THAT AMOUNT.

THE AMOUNT WE COLLECT CHANGES, UM, BASED ON HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE SPENDING.

BUT YOU, YOU CAN GUARANTEE AND TELL YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THAT HALF PERCENT WILL NOT CHANGE UNDER THIS PROPOSAL.

AS FAR AS THE, YOUR QUESTION THOUGH ABOUT PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS, JUST LIKE THE, THE BALANCE OF THIS PROPOSAL SUPERVISOR, UM, THAT IS RELATIVE TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE, OF, OF THE EMS FIRE LEVEE, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE EMS LEVEE ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THE COUNTY.

SO WE'RE NOT HANDPICKING OR NITPICKING DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS AN EMS SYSTEM COUNTYWIDE.

SO WE'LL BE EVALUATING THOSE, UH, THOSE SMART GOALS.

AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN YOU, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WE'LL BE EVALUATING THOSE SMART GOALS.

YOU'LL FINALIZE THEM, UH, WITH THE FIRE CHIEFS AFTER THIS IS ALL COMPLETED, AND YOU'LL BE THE ONES ENSURING THAT THOSE PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS ARE MET.

UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE UNDER THIS PROPOSAL.

IT'S INITIAL FIVE YEAR TERM.

IN THE FIRST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, YOU'LL BE DOING THAT EVALUATION EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT YEAR THREE AND A HALF TO MAKE A DECISION.

DO WE FREEZE THE PROGRAM OR DO WE CONTINUE THE PROGRAM? THAT'LL BE THIS COMMITTEE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION, QUESTION I HAVE, AT LEAST FOR NOW, UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T OPT IN? WHAT, WHAT IS, I MEAN, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO PAY TAXES.

YES.

SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT PAGE NUMBERS YOU HAVE, SO PARDON ME.

BUT, UM, AFTER THE SMART GOALS, THERE'S A SPREADSHEET, UM, THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH THE FIVE YEAR ESTIMATES.

UH, IF YOU WANNA YEAH, SCROLL TO THAT.

I HAVE THAT.

OKAY.

SO LET'S USE AN EXAMPLE.

UM, SINCE YOU LIVE IN THE TOWN OF AARON, WE'LL USE THE TOWN OF AARON,

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IF THE TOWN OF AARON CHOOSES NOT TO PASS THAT RESOLUTION, THEY BY DEFAULT ARE NOT OPTING IN.

AND THEREFORE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS, AND WE'LL ASSUME FOR THE SAKE OF THIS DISCUSSION THAT EVERY OTHER MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTYS US OKAY? MM-HMM .

SO IN THAT SCENARIO THAT 80,000 8 0 4 WILL NOT BE TAXED.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT AARON WILL NOT, THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF AARON WON'T SEE ANY KIND OF INCREASE.

THEY WILL, IT'LL JUST BE 80,804 LESS FOR EVERYBODY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SO THE BOTTOM NUMBER 2.462 MILLION WILL, YOU WOULD SUBTRACT 80,000 8 0 4 OFF OF IT.

AND THAT IS WHAT'LL BE TAXED FOR EVERYBODY.

SO THEY'LL SAVE PRO LESS THAN A PENNY PER THOUSAND FOR EVERYBODY IN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND WE'LL GET NONE OF THE BENEFIT DIRECTLY.

UM, INDIRECTLY THEY'LL GET ALL KINDS OF BENEFIT BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WILL STILL GET THE DOLLARS AND BE ABLE TO BACKFILL AND RESPOND TO CALLS FOR THEM THAT OTHERWISE THEY, TOWN OF AARON'S A GREAT EXAMPLE 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN FIRE IN EMS DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO THEY'LL BENEFIT NO MATTER WHAT.

UM, BUT THEY WILL BE TAXED LAST ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTY IN THAT SCENARIO.

OKAY.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

FOR NOW.

SU SUPERVISOR BOSER? YES.

OKAY.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTIONS AND AT THE VERY BOTTOM IT HAS A PAGE NUMBER OF THREE.

'CAUSE IT'S A THREE PAGE RESOLUTION.

I'M LOOKING AT PAGE TWO OF THREE.

AND SUPERVISOR PRIDMORE WAS LOOKING AT LINES 38 THROUGH 49 ON PAGE TWO OF THREE.

I'M GONNA LOOK AT LINES 20 THROUGH 31 AND I'M GONNA ASK THE PUBLIC TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE IF THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COUNTY BEING TOO CONTROLLING, BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY CLEARLY SETS WE'RE LIMITING OUR OWN INVOLVEMENT IN THIS PROGRAM.

UM, WAIT, AM I IN THE WRONG? YOU'RE IN THE CORRECT AREA, I THOUGHT.

YEAH, SO AT LEAST THAT AREA IS MAKING YOUR POINT.

YEAH, I MEAN WE'RE, YEAH, WE'RE LIMITED TO OVER, I THINK I SCROLLED AND GOT OFF HAND HERE, BUT WE'RE LIMITING OURSELF TO STRICTLY OVERSIGHT OF THIS PROGRAM.

WE'RE COLLECTING TAX MONEY, WE'RE SETTING SOME SMART GOALS.

WE'RE MAKING SURE THE MUNICIPALITIES AS A GROUP ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS.

WE'RE GIVING THEM THE DISCRETION TO DECIDE HOW BEST TO ACHIEVE THEM.

SO I SUPPORT THAT.

I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION IN WHOLE.

I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB.

I LIKE THE IDEA THAT MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TO OPT IN.

NO MUNICIPALITY CAN SAY THEY'RE COERCED.

UM, THEY CAN SAY THEY'RE BEING TAXED, BUT THE REALITY IS THEY'RE NOT, THEIR RESIDENTS ARE BEING TAXED.

THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT PAYING ANYTHING INTO THIS.

THEY'RE ONLY RECEIVING TAX MONEY BACK.

THEIR RESIDENTS ARE BEING TAXED.

SO, MM-HMM .

THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SO WHAT WE ARE HERE TODAY IS TO CONSIDER, UH, POTENTIAL ACTION TO RUN RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNTY BOARD ON THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US, UM, APPROVING THE, THE PROGRAM ITSELF, NOT THE SPECIFICS AND THE DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL.

UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SUPERVISOR PRYOR'S NOT HERE, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US TODAY.

I UNDERSTAND.

OKAY.

SO WITH ANY NOT SEEING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

SO I MOVE SECOND MOTION BY SUPERVISOR BOSER, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR BERG.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.