[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

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