[0:06] Oh, okay. Uh, awesome. Let's do real
quick. Garden,
[0:11] » Ellison, Mary, Jessica Fitz, Jody, Sam,
>> John, Thor, Matt J,
[0:24] » Gilbert, Ryan,
[0:28] we have so we have Jennifer Leaf, Chief
Haynes,
[0:32] Sh
and then
[0:38] » sorry, we're sitting at commission.
chambers
[0:42] apologize
in commission.
[0:50] » So, let's uh let's go right into the
community and you're going to kind of
[0:55] give us a a what's up.
>> Yeah.
[0:58] » Yeah. Sounds good. Um so, hello
everybody. Uh thanks for for having me.
[1:04] You might have heard of community
mediation services. Some of you I've
[1:07] already met with um some of you wouldn't
have. Some of you are on my board who
[1:11] also would have um but I am Mary Maul. I
took over just about three months ago.
[1:18] We're kind of drawn with community
mediation and I'm just trying to get
[1:22] onto out into the community and remind
those of us who already know about us um
[1:28] and let people know if they don't
already know um what we do. So, so many
[1:35] of the situations that come into the
local public safety um area
[1:41] areas that were not original criminal
issues. It started out as a dispute or a
[1:49] conflict that that may have been
something that could have been dealt
[1:52] with in a different way. And maybe even
as you get the calls, they actually
[1:56] aren't they still haven't escalated to
any kind of philosophy. And yet you're
[2:01] getting call again and again of the
barking dog or you know the neighbor
[2:07] whose music is loud at night or whatever
it might be. Um something that
[2:14] isn't a legal issue and shouldn't really
be dealt with law enforcement. Um that's
[2:19] where we come in. So, community
mediation services, our role is to step
[2:24] in uh for those cases that aren't
um all cases and help folks have a
[2:31] conversation if they're willing. So,
it's a voluntary service. It's a
[2:36] confidential service. So, it's it's
offering a place for people to come with
[2:41] their full selves um and have real open
honest dialogue with one another. Um so
[2:47] the way that our that it works is if
somebody is interested in mediation you
[2:52] all could refer refer them to us or um
give them our contact information and
[2:59] then we would call them check and see
what's going on. Uh we would need both
[3:04] parties information. We we have a
initial phone call with both parties to
[3:11] see what's going on to see if this is a
mediatable conversation um and to see if
[3:16] people are willing to come to the table.
They are that's great. And we work to
[3:22] schedule um schedule a meeting and and
have help them have a difficult
[3:27] conversation that they don't feel like
they have the tools to deal with on
[3:30] their own. and it's not really something
that requires uh law enforcement or
[3:37] other systems. Um so we can do family
mediation, we do juvenile um
[3:44] referrals from the juvenile department
for restorative dialogues if there
[3:48] actually has been a harm caused but but
the juvenile department believes that it
[3:52] would be better suited for a
conversation. Do that. We can do
[3:55] neighbor to neighbor. Uh we do landlord
tenant. So, we also have a partnership
[4:00] with the manufactured and Marina home
parks. Um, so they they can some cases,
[4:05] but so can other apartments and really
any landlord or tenant feels like they
[4:11] are struggling to communicate in a way
that works um and they would like to be
[4:17] able to communicate. So, I mean that can
help with eviction avoidance. it if
[4:21] folks can get on a payment plan if they
uh are experiencing a difficulty with
[4:27] payment and and a conversation will
really help them get to a place where
[4:31] they mutually agree. Um so it really is
beneficial to multiple parties and as
[4:38] mediators we are neutral third parties
so so we're not taking any sides. We
[4:42] just want to make sure that people get
to say the things that they need to say
[4:46] and hear the things that they need to
hear. Um, [snorts] so that's my spiel,
[4:53] which I know I have 20 minutes, but I
don't like talking 20 minutes, so that's
[4:57] unnecessary. Nobody nobody wants to hear
my voice for that long. But I would love
[5:03] this to be a conversation um to see how
we can get more referrals because we do
[5:10] currently have a low capacity of
referrals, although the warm weather
[5:14] seems to be bringing out more people and
makes sense. Yeah, I think people didn't
[5:21] see their neighbors and then they
progressed to their kids and now they
[5:24] remember and they're calling. So, so
that's great and we have capacity for
[5:30] more cases. It's great that we're
dealing with the conflict, not not that
[5:34] there is um but we have capacity for
more cases. So, I kind of want this to
[5:40] be a conversation. Um just asking so
what kind of repeat calls Oh, you look
[5:47] » I just have a question. Yeah.
>> How are you funded?
[5:49] » How are we funded? Okay. Um, we get
multiple grants. Um, we have state state
[5:54] grants from Resolutions Oregon, which is
our main funer and it's a it's a uh
[6:02] it goes through the University of Oregon
School of Law and it's it's a group of
[6:06] community dispute resolution centers
that all get this pool of money. Um so
[6:10] we have that we get money from the
county. Um we get individual donations.
[6:16] Uh we get money from the juvenile
department on a case by case uh basis.
[6:22] We also get money from the manufacturer
and Maria homeworks to do their
[6:27] mandatory. Um so and then just uh
foundational grants
[6:34] that
[6:39] I have a couple questions. So, do you
use voluntary groups to still?
[6:44] » We do. Yes.
[6:48] » So, currently our pool is low. In
addition to trying to get more cases,
[6:51] I'm also trying to get more uh
volunteers. So, we are we are [snorts]
[6:57] working on that as well. Um right now we
have three volunteers and I also
[7:05] so
[7:09] » Yes. So they they go through the 40hour
basic mediation training that we would
[7:14] put on
as I meet with more people and I'm
[7:17] trying to also cultivate interest in the
training uh so that we can run one of
[7:21] those and get some.
So I heard you say that you can do
[7:26] neighbor to neighbor mediate those types
of disputes pretend. I also heard you
[7:31] say justice
[7:38] success stories.
>> Um
[7:43] I mean so recently it's been harder to
get the victim to want to participate.
[7:50] Um so that makes it difficult. we do
still have uh that are coming in and
[7:56] talking to us which is it depends on
what you consider a success story. I
[8:01] mean I I do think there's some
accountability in that so it's not
[8:04] entirely unorthw
[8:12] that that had a full dialogue because it
is voluntary and we're not forcing
[8:17] people who are harmed to come to the
table. They're really important for
[8:26] I'm biased because I'm on the board,
right? So, I got involved when I was
[8:30] still at the district attorney's office
and I actually work called the victim of
[8:33] vendor reconciliation project.
So there's some people that
[8:39] um but you know I think for for law
enforcement really the power is is you
[8:42] know how many times where you call up
the DEA late at night they tell you it's
[8:46] civil and that those kind of questions
for your officers is is there a resource
[8:51] out there that we want these people
[clears throat] to where they're not
[8:54] calling law enforcement all the time and
I know Mary Ken that work closely with
[8:58] neighbor neighbor Mary County and that's
sharing agreements in place there but
[9:04] you know the one thing I tell people all
the time with mediation is one of the
[9:07] things is sometime you might want to
file a civil
[9:13] at that point and for a lot of the
statutes there is a requirement that the
[9:17] people have engaged in a certain level
dialogue in order to break certain
[9:21] things and so they that neighbor
neighbor mediation is one way they can
[9:26] show that they've engaged in that that's
a lot of time my practice as a lawyer
[9:30] that's what I tell folks is hey it's
worse give it give it a shot Um Mary and
[9:36] her folks are do a great job. Um she's
still closer to Ken. So when's he coming
[9:41] back? April.
>> April just
[9:46] uh and they still do a really robust
training. Now it's been 10 years since I
[9:52] took the train, so maybe I should
pressure.
[9:55] Um but for the juvenile side of things,
I have seen both sides as victims to the
[10:02] the youth, the delinquent youth. I can
say it even when it's just the youth
[10:06] coming and talking with them it makes a
big difference and really helps us as
[10:13] John say rehabilitating the youth so
they can actually say oh I can put
[10:18] myself my
I'm done
[10:23] so and to add to that point I mean that
is the conversation that we're having
[10:26] when the when it is just the youth
coming in even if it's not just the
[10:30] youth even if we get to a dialogue we
always have a conversation with respons
[10:33] responsible use of the offender uh where
we talk about so so what actually
[10:39] happened and what were the impacts of
that. So it is really looking on
[10:43] accountability. So this this thing that
you did that's considered a crime how
[10:48] could it have affected person that was
on the other side of it or the victim?
[10:54] So it really it's focusing more on
trying to to help them see uh the
[11:01] accountability for their actions that
has
[11:05] » so it's three things.
>> Yeah. Yeah. for those purposes the
[11:11] states already grant or through those
already paid the services available for
[11:17] the manufacturing that's
those owners have to pay into one of
[11:22] that and then they're required by
statute to engage in that medation
[11:25] process before they
all of our services are free to the
[11:30] participants except for um parenting
plans we can also use plans or create
[11:36] court parenting plans or renegotiating
already existing
[11:40] plans. Those ones we do charge for.
Although it's on a sliding scale,
[11:46] » but you don't matter. It doesn't matter
you how you get a reference, but you
[11:51] just want more.
>> Yes.
[11:58] » And it's so long that whenever we went
to mediation, you came wrong. Well,
[12:04] nobody was K. So now we've got Mary
trying to step in that hole and just get
[12:11] that communication. Everybody
understands who the contact is
[12:16] called
[12:20] but all the volunteers were friends and
what our volunteers love too. So it's
[12:26] just a matter of ready to make big
and can also remind you that this
[12:33] service is here and can save you a lot
of time officers doing things you don't
[12:38] need
and maybe some space
[12:42] » you were asking for success story. So
with Kim a lot of times they're staffing
[12:47] to see if we'll take the youth.
Sometimes we're not going to take them,
[12:51] but a lot of times the parents will come
and just ask for help and the board that
[12:56] whatever one I'm on, we'll we will offer
here's how to get the help that we see.
[13:01] And a lot of times the parents are
really appreciative of that of um we
[13:05] understand how to navigate that world in
what we do and then the partners as well
[13:09] sometimes. So I think parents found that
really helpful to avoid coming to like
[13:14] placement with us.
I really appreciate speaking on the
[13:18] agenda. It's really great to meet you.
Um I that's how I started career was law
[13:23] school
[13:26] a little bit less so um
per say but the types of things that
[13:34] you're doing
that's those
[13:43] you know we would finish up the judges
so grateful for the resolution because
[13:48] it would clear
our resources
[13:53] or you have that
trial and everybody especially neighbors
[14:00] everybody
[14:04] like and that and I developed I
developed a you know one more question
[14:10] what's
required to show up today but not
[14:13] required to to come here I'm just kind
of curious what's the one thing about
[14:17] your case that you the judge
and
[14:24] made it and to the point where like I
won't be a volunteer. I got to the point
[14:29] where
just have to tell the story. It's great.
[14:32] » I've done a lot of landlord tenant and
um in those way back in those days you'd
[14:38] show up and the judge would assign you
know different cases to mediator. this
[14:43] one.
I'm sorry. Like judge is speaking. So
[14:47] Judge goes, "I'm sorry, Judge." And we
will not mediate with
[14:53] anyway. So
[14:59] anyway, it's a really incredible
service. So well done. It's really nice
[15:03] to meet you.
>> Yes. And and that is part of our role
[15:07] too is to be the agent of reality. So
for those people who don't think that
[15:11] their case is a shoe in we just say okay
so I hear you saying you think you'll
[15:15] win your case
just for understanding all of your
[15:19] options if you didn't what would that
look like and just kind of not forcing
[15:23] anybody and also and also your option to
go to court does not vanish because you
[15:29] made it so
trying to have a conversation
[15:34] might might be you um so I I brought
these fun little referral guides if
[15:40] folks want those. I also have brochures
and business cards and a little um
[15:45] interest sign up sheet if anybody wants
to give their contact. Um, so I don't
[15:51] I've sat in a place that doesn't suit
that, but let's just
[15:57] say
[16:04] » so if we were able to plug into a
dispatch center like right now for our
[16:08] barking dogs here, um, it's a limited
success, but still I think they've got
[16:14] cloth because usually
>> it's an avenue.
[16:16] » It's an avenue. Usually the issue is
that someone calls they don't know who
[16:20] the other party is and so it becomes
difficult there but I think they got
[16:25] more phone calls at least generated that
way. So I don't know if you have the the
[16:29] ability if that you put that
law enforcement have that as kind of
[16:34] check boxes when it calls in
[clears throat]
[16:38] complaints those kind of things it
automatically call taker knows to say
[16:42] either go to the website or say hey
here's number
[16:46] doesn't sound like it's going to come
out or it's low fence but if you have
[16:51] that bandwidth you want to see this
>> disc having having them.
[16:58] » Yes, they can do that as an initial
referral. So, if someone calls in,
[17:02] » yes,
>> for us, it was parking dog. Parking dog,
[17:04] hey, talk to your neighbor. Yes. Well,
how about neighbor? Would you like to
[17:08] talk to a mediator? Work that out. For
us, we're not,
[17:12] » right? We all have a little different
policies on that, but there's probably
[17:16] things that to start having to dispatch
that call. So, 91 emergency dispatchers
[17:23] then can have the option. Have you
tried?
[17:26] » Yeah. uhation.
[17:30] » Yes. No, that's a great great
suggestion. Absolutely.
[17:33] » And they touch every agency.
>> Yeah. Absolutely. And and then they
[17:38] don't just give you our website or phone
number. Um everything.
[17:42] » Yeah. So it's
>> the only thing is if they don't know who
[17:47] their neighbor is, um we would need at
the very least an address with and we're
[17:52] also not gonna go knock on someone's
door. Okay. But at least that they have
[17:56] that they can even have that
conversation find out
[18:00] » who it is or they call you and sometimes
if they're that frustrated they're ready
[18:04] to
take the next step and try to figure it
[18:07] out.
>> Yeah, absolutely. And um if they are
[18:10] frustrated and they they call me because
I would be the one answering it
[18:14] sometimes it helps them diffuse because
uh I do have time for
[18:20] uh listening for and and not to say that
you all don't listen but um
[18:26] » but I think I have the opportunity to to
really be more about what's going on and
[18:31] u and that's that's the whole point and
people
[18:36] just the power of listening deescal
escalates things so much. Folks didn't
[18:42] really want to feel heard. They use a
lot of words and really loud words.
[18:46] I think they
use some words. Sometimes they use a
[18:50] tons of words and we just I'm going to
>> stuff that we could do to help you with
[18:58] the growth on the mediators. a good
multi communication or contact with it.
[19:06] » Um, that's a really good question. Uh, I
mean, so, so our training
[19:13] I I don't want to run a training until I
know I have enough people to to
[19:17] successfully run one. Um, I've been
meeting with volunteer organizations and
[19:22] trying to just kind of cultivate
interest that way. And then I was hoping
[19:27] that with enough interest cultivated
that I could then start bringing out the
[19:32] hey we're going to be running the basic
mediation training. Um there's an
[19:36] expense to it which I think sometimes
makes people
[19:43] » just aside. Yeah, it's $625
including a uh $25
[19:50] registr non-refundable to registration
fee. If people are willing to volunteer
[19:54] with us, then it becomes $325
[20:00] nonreundable registration fee. And then
if you're Spanish speaking, um it
[20:05] actually is only $25 because we do want
have more. So that that's something. But
[20:12] it is.
>> So if there's people that we know or
[20:16] have conversations with that are
interested in
[20:19] sort of
interest,
[20:22] » you could have them contact me. Yeah. As
I as I really don't want to run a basic
[20:28] mediation training and have it not not
go
[20:33] » at home. That would be great. And that
will give me more of an idea of when to
[20:39] to do the training as I have.
people just
[20:44] thank you Ryan. It is a great I mean I
think like you know retirees or you know
[20:50] retired people who can get to that place
where they're pretty chill they can also
[20:57] be good listeners and you know get
something but then agent
[21:03] » yeah and it is community mediation
services so we want it to be largely
[21:07] voluntary at this point I'm I will be in
the mediation every time which I love
[21:13] mediation so that's not really a problem
and also community mediation services.
[21:24] » Appreciate
skip real quick. Uh I also need to
[21:28] leave. So
>> yeah. No, that's very kind. Um so
[21:32] updates from Liberty House. We are we
scrapped I don't know if you heard we
[21:37] scrapped our screen and function because
that thing was costing us like
[21:41] $45$50,000
to be like you know. So we're like,
[21:45] "Okay, we're done with that." And
instead, we're doing a series of
[21:47] community based meetings and we have one
out in Dallas earlier. Um it was the end
[21:52] of March and right after spring break
and it was really magical, really
[21:56] amazing. So we're really just excited
about that model. How can we be in
[22:00] better relationship with each other, not
giving us heavy hand fundraising, I do
[22:05] you'll see us post social media. So, I'd
like to um our insurance billings are
[22:10] down uh because insurance companies do
what they want, they pay what they want,
[22:16] and so that's fun. But overall, we've
had nine months of operating our budget
[22:20] for black after doing some recessing
last summer. Um our services to PK
[22:25] County is up 6%. So, really are seeing
we saw 6% more kids from refer from P
[22:31] County this year or in 2025 and so I
feel really good about that. So just
[22:37] want to continue to be a good resource
for you and yeah thanks for give an
[22:43] update our team members are involved
with the service integration teams
[22:49] we also
just
[23:01] got the minutes from February 2026
So
[23:09] here
[23:13] all those well is there any other
discussion?
[23:17] Okay.
>> All those in favor signify by saying I.
[23:23] Any oppose? Perfect.
Uh let's start courts.
[23:29] Uh sorry. So we have [clears throat]
We've been working with the county and
[23:35] other uh involved folks to bring in port
security process. It's going to go live
[23:42] June 1st. Um we got one time funding
from the legislature. So this is going
[23:48] to start June 1st and it's going to run
through end of next June. And we're
[23:52] hoping very much through this process we
can show the legislature and whoever
[23:58] else locally to see if we can make this
more of a permanentfunded project. Uh
[24:04] obviously the security around the
courthouse and safety has been for a
[24:09] long time as far as the chief justice
and the statewide voice system. We have
[24:15] made that one of the top priorities
going forward. It was last year and it's
[24:19] going to be for some time to come. Uh
we're very fortunate, I believe, that we
[24:24] are the only jurisdiction in the state
who's got funding out of this. Uh was
[24:29] granted $2 million for various equipment
purchases throughout the state and for
[24:35] this public project. So contracts been
signed going back at this point. Uh
[24:41] equipment has been ordered. I think it's
scheduled to be delivered in a couple of
[24:45] weeks. the courthouse, the X-ray
machines better,
[24:50] and then we're working with the
sheriff's office and the count books to
[24:54] get it installed. Uh, free basically is
the same entrance that we all use
[24:59] currently on the Jefferson Street side
and equipment will be stationed there
[25:03] manned by two security officers.
And uh, as more information becomes
[25:09] available, I will share with everybody
in this room as well as those folks who
[25:14] are on the screen. That's one. Any
questions on this?
[25:20] » It is private security.
>> Right. Right. It's a security uh company
[25:24] called DPI. They already have contracts
with a number of other state agencies
[25:30] including uh OJ in capital.
>> Yeah.
[25:40] » Okay. The next item that I want to share
is that if you would please pencil it
[25:44] and your calendar, chief justice and the
state court administrator will be
[25:48] visiting our county, our court July
22nd. I am working on a program and I'm
[25:56] hoping to be able to invite everybody
that's in this room and that's purpose
[26:01] of the uh visit is for chiefs to get to
understand the local needs as well as
[26:07] issues and have dialogue with the
various agency heads
[26:13] um justice partners um with our staff
and so if you have any particular
[26:21] thoughts do let me you know, try to
group the meetings so that we have
[26:25] relevant folks gathered together with
the chief as opposed to, you know, one
[26:31] of each and becoming kind of a
hodgepodge. And then July 22nd, I hope
[26:37] to start the program somewhere around
9:00 and end it prior to probably 4:00
[26:43] is what I'm
[26:48] » uh protocol for the screen. Yes,
>> for like uniformed officers and not
[26:54] » right
>> this we didn't talk about sending
[26:57] something out to just all the agencies
if you ever have you thought about that
[27:01] » right so uh right now we are working on
the communication piece including the
[27:06] press release and the signage and I'll
hope to have that out pretty soon I
[27:11] think this week
>> DPI has grant different I'm not worried
[27:16] about them about officers
[27:22] like plain closed ones. Doesn't
everybody have their own batch?
[27:27] » Well, from their agency, but not not
county.
[27:35] » So, PTA was signed last week on this
issue. If you look at it, statutoily
[27:41] authorized law enforcement agents and
officers are exempted.
[27:50] possibly.
[27:57] » Um, we are currently short staff
as I'm sure everybody is. Uh, we have
[28:04] five officers. I'm in the process of
recruiting one. I believe this is the
[28:08] second or third posting for this
position. So, we're just not getting a
[28:12] lot of the applicants that we hoped for.
So
[28:17] uh we have another process coming
that we have four that we're going to
[28:21] look at and we shall see what happens
with that but uh we don't settle. So it
[28:27] may be a third or fourth post measure.
So anyways uh so the the PS that we do
[28:33] have currently our case loads are
extremely high. Uh we are basically back
[28:38] to condition based supervision. Uh we're
prioritizing the public safety issues as
[28:43] well as those
um my words running among uh causing
[28:48] problems within the community that we're
getting phone calls on because those are
[28:52] quite frankly the ones that we should be
focusing on.
[28:55] So they're doing a great job considering
uh the the workload that they have on
[29:03] them, but we're we're plugging away. Uh
from the juvenile standpoint, we are
[29:08] also down a position and at this point
unsure whether or not we will be able to
[29:12] hire that position based off of budget
blows within the county. So I am at a
[29:19] stand still um waiting for my boss Greg
to convene the thumbs up for stand. Um,
[29:27] I may have had some
persuasiveness going conversations with
[29:34] him, but I don't know that it's all
there right now, [laughter]
[29:37] but I'm I'm trying. Uh, so juvenile
side, their their case loads off also
[29:42] are quite high. Uh, and you know, from a
juvenile standpoint, the most expensive
[29:46] thing for us is juvenile detention beds.
Uh, and we contract with Yamh Hill
[29:52] County for four beds. If we go over
those four beds, we're we're charged an
[29:56] overage. And I can tell you on average,
I I sign a bill for about $26,000 a
[30:01] month for those. And so that is just an
astronomical amount of costs. But it is
[30:07] necessary. We're unwilling to compromise
on that because it is appropriate,
[30:12] especially considering some of the uh
the behaviors of our youth here lately.
[30:17] Um, and as
as Marriott had said, you know, the
[30:22] weather is nice and so we're more folks
are out and about, we're getting more
[30:28] calls. So, we definitely need that. So,
that's all we have for
[30:38] » uh Sheriff's Office. Um,
Jenkins is trying to get bigger. So uh
[30:45] we're going to work on updating our
patient crimes team agreement all
[30:50] agencies seems weekly
getting that going. Um also have a jail
[30:56] commander is retiring next week or end
of next week or a week. So any commander
[31:02] in that budget
position I guess but
[31:08] so yeah we're just pling along
[31:14] here
Mr. jars.
[31:18] » Uh we're going to catch the same thing.
I think uh one of our attorneys that was
[31:23] on came back today. So it's good to have
impact at least alleviate some of the
[31:28] pressure associates in my
um other than that the conflict
[31:34] consortium has hired two people doing
adult criminal
[31:39] not having any issues with funding.
There have been a few cases especially
[31:45] in general where we exhausted everybody
through conflict had to reach out
[31:49] attorneys.
[31:58] So we are in budget right now.
[32:06] So that's
fair is on the bubble right now.
[32:14] I believe most likely will be living for
the fairgrounds in the liquor and moving
[32:20] forward no matter what
I expect
[32:26] for funding. We don't have
we had to
[32:31] [snorts]
[32:33] it's it's not fun but it's reality. It
finally got up and that's going forward.
[32:52] » Hi. Um, we like everybody else are short
staffed and are just not getting in
[32:58] applications. So, we did find one person
to hire. I think we need a couple more
[33:03] though. So, hopefully that's a plus, at
least one. And the other thing that
[33:09] we've been doing lately is working
closely with Grand Rond for um first of
[33:15] all on their post vvention communication
response protocol and also working on
[33:20] our workflow to work between the health
and wellness and the Grand Round Tribal
[33:24] Police. So learned a lot about their
resources. They came and toured our
[33:28] building and learned about ours. And I'm
excited about that partnership and
[33:33] hopefully we'll go out to see their
place pretty soon. But I think we'll I
[33:36] think we'll work a little bit better
together moving forward. So that's
[33:42] probably about it.
>> Thank you. Uh
[33:52] Chief Hayes,
>> good afternoon. Uh first I wanted to is
[33:58] it Mary that gave the presentation?
Thank you for the presentation. uh was
[34:03] really good and and I'll just echo that
uh it is a great resource. I know that
[34:07] we've used Ken uh a handful of times uh
over the years and not every one of them
[34:13] was a success but I know that there were
some that were and I think anytime we
[34:16] can give another resource to our
community that's good. So I am
[34:20] interested in your contact and
theformational stuff and I was going to
[34:24] ask Sam if she might be able to email
that out to those attending online.
[34:28] Yeah. Um from Monmouth PD,
uh we are down two positions. Uh we've
[34:34] uh we've got two that are in background.
So hopefully that all turns out well and
[34:39] we can hire two. Um you know, probably
just before the end of this fiscal year.
[34:44] Uh going through budgets right now and I
know that's tight for everyone. Um but
[34:49] uh we're hoping to get through that kind
of unscathed again this year. And um I
[34:54] think lastly, one of the big things that
we're doing right now is we've just kind
[34:58] of implemented um using some AI for our
report writing and uh through Axon draft
[35:05] 1. And that's been it's been a really I
think good thing. I think it's going to
[35:09] be kind of a force multiplier I'll say
for our department, especially when
[35:13] we're we're down, you know, people. Uh
report writing takes a lot of time or
[35:17] can take a lot of time and and I think
this is going to be an efficiency that
[35:21] uh we're going to get some of that time
back. So, we're kind of rolling it out
[35:24] slowly. We're not doing any kind of uh
criminal uh stuff with that yet,
[35:29] [clears throat] but I do foresee, you
know, once we kind of get some things
[35:32] ironed out with the DA's office that we
will kind of uh start looking uh to use
[35:36] it for that as well. So, um I think
that's it.
[35:46] » Sure. Yeah, I will say one thing you
were talking about or the AI translate
[35:51] not translate for writing um you may
beting the Axon translate
[35:59] down here and I had used it twice last
week in the Spanish conversation and it
[36:04] was
[36:08] as well as the
price for
[36:16] Yeah. Uh 100% staff, good to go.
>> So yeah,
[36:23] just joking. Just joking.
[clears throat]
[36:27] Uh yeah, today is the beginning of our
reorg. So Chief WAC is retiring May
[36:32] 22nd. So uh Assistant Chief Ditto is
going to be the interim chief. Uh Chief
[36:38] Aguular has moved up to inter assistant
chief. Uh and then Lance Tini is becig.
[36:50] So lots of shuffles today. Um so if you
email someone they used to email and
[36:55] they have a different title or don't
respond. There you go. So we'll see how
[36:59] that's worked out. Um for whole county
side of the house, I know we did uh
[37:06] Junal helped out I think last month and
got somebody over to Yel and got them
[37:10] booked in nice. So, we really appreciate
that. We worked a few of those bugs out
[37:13] to that house. So, I really appreciate
that. And then, uh, Wall Street Park,
[37:18] uh, not jump to the shark, but I think
we're working on with a local contractor
[37:23] to bring in some heavy equipment out
there and the piles of mounds of
[37:28] bicycles, trash, things like that. So,
uh, to be able to get in and clean up
[37:32] some stuff that our clean team, the
small equipment they have, they can't
[37:36] get to. So the two work on that and uh
making some headway there. So that on
[37:42] the north end or
>> start towards north end the it's
[37:48] continued to push north to pass this
off. So just so you know we're getting a
[37:54] lot of folks that are being told to move
further north.
[37:59] So yeah, on the private property which
will speed. So
[38:05] yeah, just for just for
recycling, right?
[38:09] » Yeah, fair enough.
>> You're going to have a good there.
[38:16] [laughter]
[38:19] » Okay.
>> Is that all you got?
[38:22] » I think so. Okay.
Uh OSP,
[38:28] » thank you. I don't think I have much.
Um, just a little update on staffing.
[38:32] Just like everybody else, we're
short-handed. Although, here in I don't
[38:36] know about a month, we're going to have
between the Salem office and McMinnville
[38:40] office, seven recruits getting out um
with their coaches. So, hopefully we can
[38:45] get them solo here in a few months. One
thing that you guys may have noticed
[38:48] here in the past couple months is now
that session's no longer going on at the
[38:52] Capitol then when they have uh the
bodies to do so which is almost daily um
[38:58] they're sending at least one troop out
to primarily Pulk County. Sometimes they
[39:01] have to go up to Yam Hill County but
primarily the love is going to PK County
[39:05] right now. So um the goal is is to have
at least a trooper in PK County uh on
[39:11] the day and swing shifts if you will. So
that's all I got for OSP.
[39:19] » Yeah, we see guys out there all the
time. So it's it's
[39:25] » all right. City government. City
government. Um so recently on the law
[39:30] enforcement agencies total county
patrols to hit Dallas weeks ago. It was
[39:35] great. Ty told me my kids did not drive
that day. So
[39:41] » um no that's actually been really
popular here in Dallas
[39:46] over happy place so that stuff's good.
Um
[39:49] » they got two attorneys that I could see
that
[39:52] » they got two attorneys.
>> Yes. Love it. Um so no it's great just a
[39:58] reminder for the community issue
that is great. Um for Dallas
[40:06] specifically, uh the council made a
decision on the police station project.
[40:10] Um so instead of going back out building
renovate former item building into a new
[40:17] city hall renovate city hall into a
police station. Those are long-term
[40:21] projects. The renovation of item measure
will take place this year. Um we're
[40:25] going to open bids tomorrow. We have 17
contractors announcing. So we expect
[40:30] that to be successful and to be
relocated at city hall city hall by the
[40:34] end of this calendar year. Um the
courtesy hall and the police station
[40:38] will be a little bit longer term maybe
the size of that building. Um so we're
[40:42] going to pursue a state for that two
years before we do that work. But in the
[40:47] meantime the police will occupy that
space
[40:51] so that
[40:54] um and we did a fee on our bill because
we do have bills at Dallas. Um it's a
[40:58] little pay for that $5 a month. We also
produced another we have on the books by
[41:04] $5. So then there's no impact to the
citizens wallets for that. Um on a
[41:08] staffing side our police department
we're short two right now. We're
[41:12] transitioning one of our other employees
into the police department for another
[41:16] department that has experience that'll
be good and then we get one right now
[41:21] soon for another on that our last did
that we might because we lost
[41:29] um but we're hoping to get that that one
last position bill um on the budget side
[41:34] since fun is tight and people don't have
the ability to ask about assistance
[41:38] we're not doing that so we're uh cutting
agile sessions
[41:47] DHS.
>> Yes. Uh things are going to be
[41:50] progressed. We haven't mentioned new CPS
workers. So if you work with CPS, you'll
[41:55] be seeing new faces. Um and we the state
is on a hiring bus. So when that
[42:01] position opens up, we have to wait six
months. One of those positions is our
[42:05] resource parent recruiter for the
district. So just want to put a plug
[42:10] out. But we are spent Saturday night
late into Sunday morning um trying to
[42:15] find a resource parent for a kid. And so
if you're in your places and spaces and
[42:20] you care of people who are quality that
you think would send them our way. We
[42:25] need um that's like our I think our
biggest need is to keep kids in their
[42:29] community. Um we need homes. And so
that's just my
[42:38] » and
[42:42] um hi. So a big project that Sable House
has going on right now is we're
[42:48] currently upgrading or renovating the
shelter facility to be better able to
[42:52] accommodate pets um for families. Um
currently, um we've been utilizing a lot
[43:00] of like hotel stays for people who or
for families who have pets and working
[43:04] with them in that capacity. Um in the
past, we've done a lot of boarding for
[43:10] with pets through a program that helped
fund the boarding expenses. Um but that
[43:16] funding um stream is no longer
available. And so knowing that the
[43:23] people will decline shelter if they
can't have their pets within the same
[43:27] vicinity with them, um we're just
working on figuring out how to be able
[43:32] to have dogs and cats specifically at
the shelter and hoping that with these
[43:38] renovations um that we'll be able to
better serve families and bring them
[43:44] into the shelter facility and have them
there and be able to work with them
[43:47] through the facility. So that's the big
um project that we have going on right
[43:52] now. Um but we continue to serve the
families. We last quarter served 10
[43:59] families through emergency shelter
services and we have 15 families
[44:04] currently just on our um housing
assistance program. And last quarter as
[44:10] well, we helped five families avoid the
um eviction process by allowing us to
[44:17] help pay the backed rent that was due
and everything, which for Sable House,
[44:22] that's that's fairly new. Funding that
we got is that uh has allowed us to do
[44:27] that is fairly new. So, we're very
grateful to be able to help our families
[44:32] um stay within those safe, stable,
permanent housing. Um, and then, uh,
[44:39] we've just, uh, we're currently down a
staff person only because they're on
[44:43] leave through June. So, um, instead of
four case managers, we're down to three
[44:49] right now, but we're doing fine. So, I
think that's it.
[44:55] » Appreciate it.
>> Anybody else have anything?
[45:02] » Awesome. Uh I don't know when the next
meeting.
[45:06] Oh there so it'll be here again. So
>> did you have anything?
[45:12] » Oh
for the Are you going to email that out
[45:16] about the change? I'm just trying to
think if I have to come up with an email
[45:19] to tell everybody
>> security change.
[45:22] » Yes, we are going to do mass
communication. I'm going to do press
[45:26] release. I'm going to be sending u
messages to all the justice partners. uh
[45:32] going to be um let me see what else post
on the website's website uh
[45:38] » perfect thank you
>> I think from one way sorry
[45:43] he was
slashes there
[45:49] all appcate