[0:03] Motion to adopt the agenda.

[0:04] So move.

[0:06] Second it.

[0:07] Motion and a second received

[0:09] call. A question on the agenda.

[0:11] All in favor?

[0:14] Aye.

[0:16] Thank you. All opposed?

[0:18] Thank you. Moving on. Should we

[0:20] adopt a minutes of the previous

[0:21] meeting?

[0:26] I make a motion approve the

[0:27] minutes of previous meeting.

[0:29] I'll second it.

[0:30] Seconded for approval of the

[0:32] July minutes. All is in favor?

[0:35] Aye.

[0:38] Opposed. Public comment? We

[0:41] don't seem

[0:42] to have public here. Moving on

[0:44] to communications.

[0:46] I have a couple thank you

[0:47] letters this month. The first

[0:48] one is addressed

[0:49] to the sheriff. It says we

[0:50] can't thank you enough

[0:51] for supplying us with deputies

[0:52] for Westfest. We received so

[0:54] many compliments

[1:01] about how much volunteers,

[1:02] supporters and attendees

[1:03] couldn't praise the deputies

[1:04] enough. They were so into the

[1:05] festival and were so helpful,

[1:06] so thrilled. Yes, they were a

[1:07] hit. We are already planning

[1:08] WestFest 27. That was

[1:09] from the Westfest committee

[1:11] which Westfest was a festival

[1:14] held by the village of West

[1:15] Baraboo. The next communication

[1:25] is from Lance and Cheryl

[1:26] Lubach. They say hello. My

[1:27] reason for writing the

[1:28] sheriff's office is not

[1:29] to complain about anything,

[1:30] but rather

[1:31] to send a compliments

[1:32] to the officer, Jay

[1:33] McCaskill, who recently pulled

[1:39] us over for speeding. My wife

[1:40] and I were unfamiliar. We're in

[1:41] unfamiliar territory and we're

[1:46] frankly lost. Not paying

[1:47] attention

[1:48] to the speed limits, coming

[1:49] into Laval, trying

[1:50] to read a map. He was justified

[1:51] in pulling us over

[1:52] for a speeding violation.

[1:53] Officer McCaskill was polite,

[1:54] professional, and friendly,

[1:55] and I was fortunate enough

[1:56] to get by with a warning. All

[1:57] too often we hear about or see

[1:58] on the news our bad encounters

[1:59] with police, giving a slanted

[2:00] and unjustified take

[2:01] on the job our officers do. My

[2:02] encounter with the officer left

[2:03] us feeling grateful

[2:04] for the difficult job all

[2:05] of you have

[2:06] in keeping us safe, and my wife

[2:07] and I appreciate that. My hat

[2:08] is off to Officer McCaskill

[2:09] for his fine conduct. The last

[2:10] one is a bit longer,

[2:11] so I'll just kind

[2:12] of paraphrase it. We had an

[2:13] intern over the summer named

[2:14] Henry Johnson and he sent a

[2:15] message saying, hello, Sauk

[2:16] County Sheriff's Department

[2:17] employees. Thank you for

[2:18] teaching me and showing me all

[2:19] the different facets of the

[2:20] department. I really appreciate

[2:21] all the knowledge and wisdom

[2:22] that I learned from my time

[2:23] on the road, in the jail,

[2:24] in dispatch,

[2:25] in the detective office and

[2:26] in the courthouse. He goes on

[2:28] to state that I hope

[2:32] to see you all again in a good

[2:33] way. I appreciate you all.

[2:34] Thank you. Those are nice to

[2:35] hear that.

[2:37] I actually have two also.

[2:38] Okay.

[2:40] We don't get them much. We are

[2:41] kind of a thankless job,

[2:43] so I wanted to pass it on. The

[2:44] first one is an email that's

[2:45] actually from Brandy in

[2:57] Kerry's office. It says, good

[2:58] morning. I just received a

[2:59] phone call

[3:00] from a man that wanted

[3:01] to let someone know

[3:02] about his appreciation

[3:03] of the woman he had just gotten

[3:04] off the phone with. He. He

[3:05] stated it was Amanda, which is

[3:06] the deputy in our office. She

[3:07] was kind, patient, thorough,

[3:08] and just overall helpful. His

[3:09] appreciation was evident

[3:10] in his voice. Way to go,

[3:11] Amanda. And then the second one

[3:12] was a letter that I received,

[3:14] addressed to me. I just wanted

[3:15] to let you know how grateful I

[3:16] am

[3:18] for all your help. I could,

[3:20] could have not done this by

[3:21] myself. I believe you should

[3:23] get a pay raise. Yay!

[3:25] for all the help that you do.

[3:31] Not only for me, but I think

[3:32] there is a probable cause,

[3:33] a long list of other people.

[3:34] Thank you again. P.S. you are

[3:35] awesome.

[3:39] All right. Anything else?

[3:48] Thank you for those. That's

[3:49] very nice. Okay, now invoices

[3:53] from the circuit court. August

[3:54] invoices.

[3:55] Pay Circuit Courts bills 988.77

[3:56] cents.

[4:02] Second moved and seconded

[4:03] to approve the August invoices.

[4:04] All in favor? All opposed?

[4:17] We're going along now the

[4:24] committee budget report. We

[4:25] know that's right. We don't get

[4:26] budget. Yeah, there's no

[4:27] questions. Next. Yeah, we'll

[4:39] hear it later. All right.

[4:40] Kathy Kovac, register

[4:41] approbate.

[4:42] Good afternoon.

[4:43] Before us, you should have my

[4:44] report, my invoices, and my

[4:45] committee budget report.

[4:46] Our income is

[4:47] about the same as last year

[4:48] at this time,

[4:49] so nothing much have changed.

[4:50] But the 2026 expenses are

[4:51] significantly less than last

[4:52] year at this time, which

[4:53] actually reflects very well

[4:54] on my budget report. Looks

[4:55] like I'm gonna come

[4:56] in hopefully under budget

[4:57] on the two legal fees because

[4:58] of how low we are

[4:59] at this point in the year.

[5:00] Other than that,

[5:01] our cases are pretty much

[5:02] steady from the last couple

[5:03] of years, so nothing much

[5:04] to report there. Invoices, just

[5:10] a couple of office supply

[5:11] orders which are typical and

[5:12] one advocate council fee

[5:18] for a total of $935.40. And

[5:19] again, that many budget report

[5:26] that shows where I'm at for the

[5:27] year is looking really well.

[5:36] And again, mostly because

[5:37] of the lower amounts of legal

[5:38] fees that it incurred this

[5:45] year.

[5:46] I have a motion to approve the

[5:47] invoice.

[5:48] So, moved. $935.40.

[5:49] I'll second it.

[5:50] Move it. And seconded to

[5:51] approve the register

[5:52] appropriate invoice report.

[5:53] All in favor?

[5:54] Aye.

[5:56] Opposed? Okay, moving on.

[5:59] Sarah, child support.

[6:01] Good afternoon.

[6:03] Before you is the monthly

[6:05] report for July

[6:07] for the child support agency.

[6:08] Our collections Were about the

[6:09] same as they were last year

[6:11] at this time and were

[6:14] for the month. And we're about

[6:15] the same where we were last

[6:16] year, year to date. August is

[6:21] Child Support Awareness

[6:24] Month. The governor should be

[6:26] signing a proclamation

[6:27] declaring that

[6:29] to be true sometime soon. And

[6:31] we'll share that

[6:32] with the office and

[6:34] in the courthouse. Just an

[6:36] update. The Department of

[6:37] State has continued

[6:39] to drop the threshold

[6:40] for the passport provocation.

[6:41] So now it's at $40,000

[6:48] in debt. So we're starting to

[6:50] receive more phone calls about,

[6:52] hey, I didn't, I had my

[6:53] passport. I now it's being

[6:55] revoked. They say I have

[6:56] to turn it in. What are we

[6:58] gonna to do? So we're starting

[6:59] to see that and have

[7:00] to make some decisions. As far

[7:01] as, you know, are they making

[7:04] payments towards their debts as

[7:05] the court has ordered them to?

[7:08] And do we want to do some sort

[7:10] of a lump sum collection so

[7:12] they can go

[7:13] on their trip or do we want

[7:15] to have a hard line and say,

[7:16] nope, you have to pay $40,000

[7:19] to or whatever it is that you

[7:29] have to do.

[7:30] What do federal guidelines say

[7:31] you're supposed to do?

[7:32] The minimum you can accept is

[7:34] $2,500

[7:37] in the event that someone needs

[7:38] to leave the country to go

[7:41] to work somewhere, if they're

[7:42] in the military or if they have

[7:44] proof that they have a relative

[7:45] out of the country that needs

[7:46] some sort of assistance. So

[7:47] some sort

[7:49] of medical emergency. Mother

[7:52] lives in a different country

[7:54] and is dying and they want

[7:57] to be there at the,

[7:59] at the vet side or if they need

[8:01] to donate a liver or, you know,

[8:03] something like that, it has

[8:04] to be pretty extreme. Most

[8:06] states, throughout the time

[8:09] that we've had the denials have

[8:15] always said its balance is

[8:16] in full unless one

[8:17] of those things exists.

[8:18] But when you had somebody with

[8:19] a passport and they've had no

[8:21] reason to think that their

[8:22] passport's not going

[8:23] to be good

[8:24] until they get this letter

[8:25] from the Department of

[8:26] State.

[8:28] And they had a trip planned

[8:30] that they've already bought and

[8:34] paid for. You know,

[8:36] now what do we have to do? And

[8:37] the state's working

[8:38] on some guidance for us

[8:39] to make sure we stay in line

[8:40] with what the federal

[8:41] government wants us to do.

[8:42] But they're going to continue

[8:43] to lower it and we're going

[8:46] to continue to have more and

[8:48] more people that are going

[8:49] to be affected.

[8:52] Awfully less of them

[8:53] to put you

[8:54] in the firing line,

[8:55] isn't it?

[8:56] Right.

[8:57] Yeah, Exactly.

[8:58] Welcome to the club.

[8:59] Yeah.

[9:00] So everything else is looking

[9:01] well still. Our current support

[9:02] collections are down

[9:03] but are arrears collections

[9:04] are up and that's due

[9:05] to a change in the programming

[9:07] at the state disbursement unit.

[9:10] We've been seeing it all year.

[9:13] The staff are working really

[9:15] hard to try and get that

[9:17] current support up to 80%.

[9:18] We're at 79.11 right now.

[9:20] So fingers crossed you'll hit

[9:21] always gets and I'm always

[9:24] right.

[9:27] Yeah, we'll see what happens

[9:31] this year.

[9:32] What the budget report looks

[9:34] fine. We just got revenues are

[9:36] still look low.

[9:37] But we just got on Friday the

[9:39] second quarter reimbursement

[9:41] check. So that's now up

[9:42] to almost 50%

[9:44] of the grants and aids. And

[9:46] invoices are all just standard

[9:48] normal operating expenses.

[9:51] $1,967.69.

[9:53] I have a question

[9:55] on the invoices. So you have a

[9:57] Dane county sheriff's and

[10:01] civil. Three Dane county

[10:09] civils, Jackson County, Iowa

[10:10] county, and they all have

[10:11] different amounts to them. Why

[10:12] is that?

[10:13] So it depends on how many times

[10:14] the sheriff's department has

[10:15] to go out every.

[10:16] They're trying

[10:17] to get paperwork

[10:18] to these people.

[10:20] Correct. Serve the, serve the

[10:21] documents. So usually one time,

[10:22] one attempt serves service is

[10:23] the lowest cost.

[10:25] And if they have to go out

[10:26] again or if they have extensive

[10:29] mileage within the county,

[10:31] they can charge a mileage fee.

[10:34] So what's the difference

[10:35] between Dane county and Dane

[10:39] County Sheriff? That means

[10:40] somebody from their child

[10:42] services is going

[10:43] out versus a sheriff's deputy.

[10:45] Nope.

[10:46] So Dane county sheriff is the

[10:47] sheriff's department. And then

[10:48] Dane County Civil is an

[10:55] independent process server that

[10:56] we use and they can go outside

[10:57] of Dane County. So sometimes

[11:03] they're a better option

[11:04] for us than going

[11:05] to the county sheriff.

[11:06] Depending on where we're going

[11:07] or who we're serving. Our

[11:08] sheriff's department is great.

[11:09] They charge $65 if they go

[11:10] out three times or one time.

[11:11] So we use them as much as we

[11:12] can.

[11:13] I just see that the Dane

[11:14] County Sheriff's department's

[11:15] the cheaper one. So maybe we

[11:16] hire them more often.

[11:17] Yeah, exactly. And that might

[11:18] have been, you know.

[11:19] Yeah, they might have got it

[11:20] the first try or something.

[11:21] All right, thank you. Motion

[11:24] of approve her invoice is

[11:27] $1,967.69.

[11:32] Second.

[11:33] All in favor?

[11:34] Aye.

[11:38] Opposed? Come on,

[11:41] somebody's got to pick up.

[11:44] Okay, now, court commissioner

[11:47] Adrian.

[11:49] Hi.

[11:50] Good evening.

[11:51] Before you. You have the

[11:53] monthly report for July as well

[11:54] as the committee budget report

[11:56] and monthly invoices. Not much

[11:59] to report on caseload. It

[12:02] remains fairly consistent

[12:03] with last year. I did forget to

[12:04] mention last month and then

[12:05] this month you'll see in child

[12:08] support hearings and hours

[12:09] for the child support agency.

[12:10] Last month that was, I think

[12:11] there were four hearings. And

[12:14] then this month there's fifth

[12:18] or last year I'm talking about.

[12:27] And last year there were 13 in

[12:28] this month and then zero hours.

[12:33] And that was because last year

[12:34] in June I just started and then

[12:36] again in July. So we kept those

[12:38] cases very minimal. And that is

[12:41] kind of being acclimated

[12:43] with cases and case types.

[12:44] But then in August it all

[12:45] starts up again and outside of

[12:46] that everything is fairly

[12:48] consistent. And then everything

[12:50] looks good.

[12:52] On my committee budget report

[12:56] at this point, 2 comma in under

[12:58] budget and then monthly

[13:00] invoices for Commissioner

[13:02] Grill. His expenses are for

[13:03] coverage when I've had some

[13:05] cases where parties not waiving

[13:07] the conflict of interest. And

[13:08] so then he fills in and handles

[13:12] those cases and otherwise it's

[13:15] minimal office expenses and

[13:18] then mediation fees.

[13:25] Motion pay invoice $862.46.

[13:29] Seconded. All in favor

[13:32] of paying the invoices for the

[13:34] district attorney's office.

[13:37] Court. Commissioner.

[13:38] Court.

[13:39] Commissioner.

[13:40] Court. Oh, I'm sorry,

[13:41] but you're really trying

[13:42] to speed it up.

[13:43] I'm trying to get out

[13:45] of here. All in favor,

[13:46] pay the invoices for the court.

[13:47] Aye.

[14:01] Okay, so that means clerk

[14:02] of court.

[14:03] Yeah. Good evening. Before you

[14:04] have my month report, May

[14:06] budget report in my invoices,

[14:07] appointed counsel and

[14:09] interpreter expenses are down

[14:10] for the month dramatically

[14:12] compared to last year at this

[14:14] time and last month as well.

[14:19] The interpreter did not pass

[14:20] the test. So we found that out

[14:23] because the local gal is kind

[14:24] of off the table for use

[14:27] at this time. She's not

[14:29] provisional or certified. We

[14:36] did find out that lady in the

[14:37] Wanaque area is provisional so

[14:38] we can use her at a lesser rate

[14:39] and still get some state

[14:45] revolution. So we're just

[14:46] always still trying

[14:47] to do everything we can to keep

[14:48] those interpreter costs down.

[14:49] But unfortunately the local

[14:50] lady here in Baraboo did not

[14:51] pass. Otherwise, collection and

[14:52] restitution for the month are

[14:53] on track and consistent

[14:57] with last year at this time.

[15:00] Month end was today. So my

[15:01] committee budget report is not

[15:02] up to date. We balanced this

[15:05] month. I updated the monthly

[15:07] report but did not see if the

[15:09] treasurer updated the community

[15:11] budget report. We are under

[15:12] budget. I can only assume we'll

[15:14] be further under budget based

[15:15] on the revenues getting

[15:18] inputted today. We did receive

[15:19] our state aid check this month,

[15:20] so you'll see that reflected in

[15:23] the committee budget report.

[15:24] We deviated money towards court

[15:27] appointed guardian litem and

[15:29] interpreter expenses. To help

[15:33] out on those expense items.

[15:37] Invoices are down this month

[15:38] quite a bit compared to the

[15:40] last couple months and I don't

[15:42] know if that's because we have.

[15:44] We had quite a few less court

[15:47] appointed invoices in this

[15:48] batch and I don't really know

[15:53] why. Maybe just some council

[15:54] did not get them in but

[15:56] otherwise the budget is

[15:57] looking good at this point.

[16:05] Move to pay clerk of Clerk

[16:07] of court bills $31,225.71.

[16:11] I'll second that. Seconded

[16:14] to approve the clerk of court

[16:16] Peter Voices. All in favor?

[16:17] Aye.

[16:22] Moving on. District Attorney's

[16:24] office,

[16:28] good afternoon.

[16:29] I'll start out

[16:30] with a few things going on

[16:31] in the office.

[16:32] Thank you.

[16:33] Case. Caseload wise everything

[16:34] is standard comparative

[16:35] to last year. Our intern that

[16:37] we had

[16:38] for the summer was done as of

[16:40] about a week ago. That was

[16:42] through the UW Law School.

[16:46] Since our last meeting we had a

[16:47] resignation in the office. So

[16:49] we had one of our victims

[16:51] witness people resigned and she

[16:53] was actually done already last

[16:56] Friday. So we are

[16:57] in the process of going through

[17:01] two interviews and those will

[17:03] start on Wednesday. We have six

[17:09] applicants, several

[17:10] of them look fairly good. So

[17:11] hopeful we'll get someone

[17:12] with some experience. So we've

[17:18] got that going. As far as

[17:19] committee budget report is

[17:20] concerned everything looks

[17:21] pretty good. You'll see

[17:22] on the invoices for the month

[17:23] they're a little bit larger

[17:25] than normal. That's due to a

[17:26] grant payment and again that is

[17:28] fully reimbursable

[17:31] by the federal grant. So we

[17:35] haven't done the drawdown yet

[17:36] for that. So that's not

[17:37] reflected here

[17:39] but that's a match for that.

[17:41] So that will reflect next

[17:43] month. And the only other thing

[17:44] I guess is we did put in

[17:46] for a new position request and

[17:47] at this point so far it's in

[17:52] the administrator's budget as

[17:53] approved. So hopefully that

[17:54] will continue through the rest

[17:55] of the budget process.

[18:02] What position is that?

[18:03] So we asked

[18:04] for a paralegal position. So

[18:09] it'll be an additional position

[18:10] that would start as

[18:11] of the first of the year.

[18:12] That's something we've asked

[18:13] for I think the last year,

[18:14] five years now. So it,

[18:15] it is technically approved

[18:16] by the administrator's office

[18:17] but we'll see if it continues.

[18:18] Does the state reimburse us

[18:19] for that position?

[18:20] That one? No, that is 100 tax

[18:21] levy.

[18:22] Are we getting another branch

[18:23] judge? Eventually.

[18:26] That's what I've heard rumors

[18:28] from. Oh yeah, we're due

[18:29] to get one and before the next

[18:32] two years or something.

[18:33] But I don't Know it's true.

[18:34] Yeah.

[18:35] I don't know if it would be in

[18:36] the next two years.

[18:37] I think it's either 2030 or

[18:38] 2033, when we have to make sure

[18:41] that we actually have a

[18:43] courtroom for a fourth Circuit

[18:50] court judge.

[18:51] I think they think It'll be

[18:52] maybe 62 weeks ago, I was at a

[18:53] board chair and vice chair's

[18:59] workshop in Wisconsin Rapids,

[19:00] and they were talking

[19:01] about that and breakdown of the

[19:02] different counties that are.

[19:03] That were eligible. And time

[19:07] was coming. So it's

[19:08] on the horizon. It's a ways

[19:09] away. Yeah, we need one

[19:18] tomorrow.

[19:19] I just had my time frame off.

[19:20] Yeah. So, yeah,

[19:21] we had the case load. We don't

[19:22] have room.

[19:23] Yeah. So no. The victim witness

[19:24] positions, those are the only

[19:25] two that are partially

[19:26] reimbursed by the state.

[19:27] And.

[19:28] And we technically could use a

[19:29] third person in there, but the

[19:30] state actually will not okay

[19:31] the reimbursement for that

[19:35] unless we have another attorney

[19:36] in the office. So they will

[19:38] only reimburse us. We could

[19:41] have the position, but it would

[19:42] be fully county funded. The

[19:44] only way they'll give

[19:45] reimbursement is they do a

[19:46] three to one ratio

[19:47] for the attorneys. So

[19:49] for every three attorneys

[19:50] in the office, we can have one

[19:55] victim witness person partially

[19:56] reimbursed. So at this point,

[19:57] we only have eight attorneys.

[19:58] So they won't let us. They

[19:59] would let us have a position,

[20:00] but we wouldn't get that much

[20:04] reimbursement for it.

[20:05] So.

[20:06] So do you need one more

[20:07] attorney?

[20:08] We need one more attorney.

[20:09] And then we could request a

[20:10] victim witness position and

[20:11] we'd get about. Right now,

[20:12] the rate's

[20:13] about 53% reimbursement, but I

[20:14] don't know that, that's going

[20:15] to happen.

[20:16] This is an expensive solution.

[20:18] It is. So the DA has a bunch of

[20:26] grants that he's applied for.

[20:27] We've not heard anything

[20:28] about any of them yet. So we're

[20:29] still waiting on those.

[20:30] Motion to approve her Invoice is

[20:31] a $30,048.62.

[20:33] I'll second.

[20:37] Okay.

[20:38] Vote on the invoices for the

[20:39] district attorney's office.

[20:40] All in favor? Aye. All opposed?

[20:42] Moving on.

[20:45] Thanks, Bo.

[20:48] Operations update for Sauk

[20:54] County Animal Shelter.

[20:55] Hi. I'm here for questions.

[20:56] You guys have the report?

[20:57] They're pretty.

[20:58] Pretty typical for this time

[20:59] of year. We took in 69

[21:01] contracted related animals and

[21:02] then we also provided our

[21:03] financials

[21:14] for the second quarter.

[21:15] Two rabbits.

[21:16] Two rabbits. They were found

[21:18] astray. I think one was

[21:19] in the city of Reedsburg and

[21:20] one was in Baraboo. They were

[21:22] Domesticated rabbits

[21:23] for a pair

[21:28] of blows.

[21:29] I had one in my backyard

[21:30] with the crows in it,

[21:31] so saved this of that one,

[21:32] but my granddaughter found it.

[21:33] Or what was left. Okay.

[21:43] Did you ever find the owner

[21:44] of the pig? Didn't you guys

[21:45] have a pig a couple months ago?

[21:46] We did not. That was Juno

[21:47] county.

[21:48] Oh, all right.

[21:49] Because they were calling us,

[21:59] asking us if we would take it,

[22:00] and we told them no.

[22:01] All right.

[22:07] That would be a difficult

[22:08] animal to care for. Okay. No

[22:09] questions then.

[22:10] Moving on.

[22:11] Thank you, Mr. Hahn.

[22:12] Corner numbers

[22:13] about the same as they have

[22:14] been

[22:15] for the last three years.

[22:16] Very close.

[22:17] The only thing really different

[22:18] is the suicides are way up.

[22:19] Yeah.

[22:23] Any connection? I mean,

[22:26] I know you get there

[22:28] at the end,

[22:29] but there's no indicator.

[22:31] What's driving that?

[22:34] No, I got a question on your

[22:38] corner report. I know what the

[22:40] number difference is, but why

[22:43] is cremation permits and

[22:49] deprivation. Cremation totals

[22:50] way different. There's only one

[22:51] deputy cremation total and

[22:59] there's 29 cremation permits.

[23:00] Deputy cremation.

[23:02] They get paid per diem,

[23:03] so we keep track of that

[23:08] for advisor purposes.

[23:09] And who's. Who's the deputy?

[23:12] My deputy. Your deputy?

[23:13] Yes.

[23:14] Oh, all right.

[23:15] And the same thing

[23:16] with the deputy case totals.

[23:24] Correct? Have them.

[23:25] All right.

[23:26] Cuz I see there's 90 deaths,

[23:27] but there's only eight

[23:28] of them. We already did eight

[23:29] out of the. Out of this grant

[23:31] where they did eight

[23:32] of those.

[23:33] All right, just.

[23:34] First time I ever paid

[23:35] attention that close. So sorry

[23:36] about that. We keep them

[23:37] separate. It's a different

[23:38] category.

[23:41] All right, Move to pay the

[23:44] coroner's bill.

[23:45] $6,174.62.

[23:46] Second.

[23:48] All in favor of paying the

[23:49] invoices for the coroner?

[23:54] Aye.

[23:56] Opposed?

[23:59] Sheriff's office.

[24:02] Okay, so quick update. Just

[24:03] something the sheriff wanted

[24:04] the committee aware of is back

[24:05] on July 15, we had a squad that

[24:06] suffered a catastrophic engine

[24:10] failure and started on fire.

[24:11] Fire while responding

[24:12] to a unrelated traffic crash.

[24:13] The deputy was able

[24:20] to extinguish the fire. Just

[24:21] got word last week that Ford is

[24:22] going to. They had two options.

[24:28] Either replace the engine or

[24:29] replace the entire squad. They

[24:30] said they would replace the

[24:41] engine and the electrical that

[24:42] was burned so that hopefully

[24:43] will get done soon.

[24:44] For what it's worth,

[24:45] that is the second of the eight

[24:46] squads that we got this year

[24:49] that had a catastrophic engine

[24:50] failure within the first 2,000

[24:51] miles.

[24:53] So they all the same brand?

[25:01] Yep. Ford.

[25:02] Yes, Ford.

[25:03] Maybe that'll be our next

[25:04] option. But no, these are the

[25:05] Explorer ish ones. And I got

[25:06] Rid of mine.

[25:07] We have. We have a saying

[25:08] on my farms. Friends don't let

[25:09] friends drive Ford. Sorry,

[25:10] Dick.

[25:11] So, I mean, the local garage

[25:12] has been good to deal with.

[25:13] Ford corporate obviously is

[25:14] just standing

[25:15] by the squads and at least

[25:16] making them work properly

[25:17] again. But just kind of. I

[25:18] don't know if we just had bad

[25:19] luck or what it was with two

[25:20] of the eight going.

[25:21] Are all eight

[25:22] of the same year?

[25:23] Yeah, it was the 2026.

[25:24] Yeah.

[25:25] This could be fun.

[25:26] Yeah.

[25:27] Bad luck of them and what they

[25:28] were both engine failures in

[25:30] both different engine failures,

[25:32] which is, you know, you'd hope

[25:33] maybe they just had a bad part

[25:34] in one of them.

[25:35] Two different drivers,

[25:36] Correct. Oh, okay.

[25:38] They're all under warranty,

[25:39] Correct?

[25:40] Yep.

[25:43] You have a replacement vehicle?

[25:45] Yeah, so we carry. Our patrol

[25:46] fleet is 30 marked squads and

[25:47] we have three spares

[25:49] in addition to the 30. So we

[25:51] have. In case one has to go

[25:52] in the shop, we

[25:53] at least have something

[25:54] for them to use.

[26:02] But there was no collision or

[26:03] something that caused it ahead

[26:04] of time or.

[26:06] No, this one, it was a piston

[26:07] rod that detached from the

[26:08] piston and then that sent the

[26:09] rod through the engine block

[26:10] and then it was the oil coming

[26:11] out of the engine that started

[26:12] the fire.

[26:13] Yeah.

[26:15] Is that what we have is eight

[26:24] 2026ers on though in your floor

[26:25] right now or that was the new

[26:26] purchases this year.

[26:27] For patrol vehicles,

[26:28] is there really any alternative

[26:29] to the Fords?

[26:30] So we have a couple different.

[26:31] I mean,

[26:32] there are other options. We

[26:33] have two Chevy Tahoes that one

[26:34] of them is our K9 squad. And

[26:36] then we also have two Chevy

[26:38] pickup trucks as market patrol

[26:40] squads. The Chevy option have a

[26:42] higher initial cost. We haven't

[26:43] had the resale on them yet

[26:53] because we still have them

[26:54] in the fleet.

[26:55] But we're hoping that that kind

[26:56] of offsets when we bought the

[27:02] Chevy options where it was

[27:03] actually Covid years where we

[27:04] couldn't get the Fords we

[27:05] wanted.

[27:06] But are the Chevys equipped

[27:07] like the Fords for pursuit and

[27:08] everything else?

[27:09] Yeah, both of our options are

[27:10] pursuit rated. Yes.

[27:12] Better.

[27:13] Does it better engine?

[27:14] Better.

[27:17] You know, they've got jokes

[27:18] about Chevys too.

[27:19] I don't believe it.

[27:21] Yeah, we had problems too.

[27:22] Yeah.

[27:24] I mean, if you. Both of the

[27:26] Chevy trucks. We had to go

[27:27] in the shop within the first

[27:28] 10,000

[27:30] for a transmission issue.

[27:31] So. Yeah, there you go.

[27:33] Nothing's perfect,

[27:34] apparently. Maybe it's us,

[27:35] but it just had at the highway

[27:36] department one time.

[27:39] It's best to make decisions and

[27:40] not testimonials.

[27:41] We put bids out

[27:42] at the highway department. And

[27:43] one time, Dodge was the

[27:44] cheapest. I voted

[27:50] against it.

[27:51] And Virgil says,

[27:52] nobody's ever voted

[27:53] against the cheapest one. Do

[27:54] you have a valid reason? I

[27:55] said,

[27:56] they have tranny issues. I

[27:57] said, does it come

[27:58] with a heated tailgate? He

[27:59] said, why would it need a

[28:00] heated tailgate? I said,

[28:01] if it breaks down

[28:02] in the wintertime, the rest of

[28:03] the guys won't freeze their

[28:04] fingers pushing it to the shop

[28:05] within 5,000 miles. That truck

[28:06] was needing a new tranny and I

[28:07] never let them forget it or us.

[28:11] So they all break down.

[28:15] Perhaps you should consult

[28:16] with Supervisor Pepper before

[28:17] you make your.

[28:18] I wouldn't mention it, but

[28:24] Dodge is the only other option

[28:25] for a supervised committee as a

[28:26] whole. No special treatment

[28:27] here.

[28:28] Okay, go ahead.

[28:29] Sorry, I was just gonna recap

[28:30] the rest of it, so. So usually

[28:31] the report to the committee

[28:33] here has electronic monitoring

[28:34] information. Due to the timing

[28:35] of the meeting being early

[28:38] in the month,

[28:40] we don't have that. So next

[28:43] month we will probably,

[28:45] depending when the meeting is,

[28:46] have two months worth

[28:47] of electronic monitoring data.

[28:49] Calls for service. Last month,

[28:51] 7039. And then the invoices

[28:54] totaled $178,432.83.

[29:00] How was the practice

[29:01] at the university?

[29:03] Good.

[29:05] It was exciting watching them

[29:06] roll in.

[29:07] Sure.

[29:08] No, I know they always enjoy

[29:10] new buildings and just

[29:12] buildings they haven't been in

[29:15] before because it's just unique

[29:16] challenges especially.

[29:17] That's a heck of a machine.

[29:19] That's scary. I know. It's

[29:21] supposed to be bulletproof and

[29:23] everything else. Well, okay.

[29:25] Are you talking

[29:27] about our war wagon?

[29:29] Yeah. Yeah, it really is.

[29:32] I guess the sound system on

[29:34] that thing really freaks people

[29:38] out if they've never heard it.

[29:39] They got sirens and different

[29:41] noises that you can do. Chip

[29:42] says it. He says it even makes

[29:44] the bad guys freeze

[29:45] in place.

[29:46] It's crooked.

[29:48] Yeah. They make them.

[29:49] Yeah. The lrad. Yeah. It's a

[29:51] nice tool.

[29:54] So it looks like July is a

[29:57] heavy month for calls, huh?

[29:58] Always.

[29:59] Yeah. Usually summer season,

[30:00] obviously. The holiday and

[30:02] summer in Sauk County.

[30:04] Yeah.

[30:06] We have an uptick in drug

[30:08] arrest and stuff like that.

[30:10] In the summertime too. Or no.

[30:12] Is that your own?

[30:13] It's kind of your own. I

[30:15] think traffic overall is, I

[30:16] mean, drug arrest, probably

[30:17] from traffic stop. Probably go

[30:19] up in the summer just because

[30:21] it's everything,

[30:22] just traffic volume goes up

[30:25] in the summer.

[30:26] So does the Dells or Lake

[30:27] Delton. Do they have their own

[30:28] jail someplace or does

[30:30] everybody that happens to have

[30:31] to go to jail in the Dells come

[30:32] to Sauk County?

[30:34] Yep. Everybody in Lake Delton

[30:36] and the part of adults that's

[30:38] in Sauk county all have

[30:39] to come to Archelia.

[30:46] Motion, pay the invoice

[30:47] $178,432.83.

[30:53] Second.

[30:55] We moved and seconded to

[30:56] approve the sheriff's invoices.

[30:57] All in favor?

[30:58] Aye.

[31:01] Opposed? Maybe we should have a

[31:05] naval at every so long just

[31:06] to see.

[31:08] No, just to see that we're just

[31:10] not rubber stamping these

[31:12] people.

[31:13] No, they walk all over us.

[31:14] We.

[31:15] No.

[31:16] Okay.

[31:17] No, we. We have a good rapport

[31:18] with them.

[31:19] Yes, we do. We do. All right.

[31:20] That has not always been the

[31:21] case. You September. That way

[31:23] is east. You bend

[31:24] down and say thank you.

[31:29] The September meeting would

[31:30] normally be on Labor Day. We

[31:34] probably don't want

[31:38] to do that.

[31:40] Is that.

[31:41] Is the Sunday also my birthday?

[31:42] We don't want to meet him.

[31:43] My birthday. Yeah, we don't

[31:44] want to do that.

[31:45] Do we get. Do we get time and a

[31:46] half?

[31:48] We don't want to have him

[31:49] marked by supper for all.

[31:50] That's right. I'm cooking

[31:52] broad. So I'll let you guys

[31:54] know.

[31:55] Would you want to do it

[31:56] on the 14th?

[31:57] Oh, wait a minute. No. Now

[31:58] we're bumping up.

[32:00] Do we have questions? Do we

[32:02] have other committees? Any.

[32:03] There are no.

[32:04] There is a third Monday.

[32:07] That'd be the second Monday.

[32:09] Second Monday

[32:10] of the month. ADRC meets at 4

[32:13] and they meet in this room.

[32:17] Third Monday wouldn't be

[32:19] before Coney Board. That's the

[32:20] only. And I don't think that

[32:21] really makes a difference.

[32:23] Lisa has an objection.

[32:25] The only other committee that

[32:27] meets on the first Tuesday

[32:30] of the month is ENL.

[32:31] They meet at .

[32:32] We meet at 4:30.

[32:35] Otherwise the Wednesday and

[32:38] Thursday, which would be.

[32:40] Well, how about outside

[32:43] of the box? How many

[32:44] of us could make it

[32:46] like an afternoon meeting?

[32:48] Like a 1:30 or 2 o'clock?

[32:51] Depends on the day.

[32:52] Okay.

[32:54] For me on Tuesday, the 8th.

[32:57] That works for me.

[32:58] If we can get six. If we can

[33:00] get. Yeah, five or six here.

[33:06] What time? Otherwise it's hard

[33:11] to say with ENL. Maybe 5:30

[33:13] would be the alternative

[33:17] for that Tuesday.

[33:18] Are we having

[33:19] on the first or the eighth?

[33:22] On the first.

[33:23] Oh, that's the first.

[33:25] Enel's on the first. So what's

[33:26] on the eighth?

[33:31] That would be the second

[33:33] Tuesday. Finances at. Yeah.

[33:37] Anybody on finance? Ben?

[33:39] Mark, Are you done by. Oh, you

[33:43] are too?

[33:45] Yep.

[33:46] Are you guys done by five?

[33:47] No.

[33:48] No.

[33:49] Could they do it before the guy

[33:50] that enters my dates

[33:52] on my calendar put me

[33:53] down as we have ENL

[33:54] on the first and the eighth.

[33:56] Don't have to have a talk

[33:59] with him.

[34:00] What about the street?

[34:03] What about 3 o' clock

[34:04] on the 8th?

[34:06] On the 8th? Yeah. I've been

[34:08] holding back

[34:10] on motions because, you know,

[34:13] I like to get out of here just

[34:15] like everybody else. But I

[34:17] think everybody else should

[34:18] have a turn. We'll put it

[34:20] on the fast track 3:30

[34:22] on the eighth.

[34:25] 3:30 on the eighth.

[34:26] on the eighth. Yes, that's a

[34:28] consensus. It's 3:30

[34:29] on the eighth.

[34:32] Be here.

[34:36] That's the second Tuesday.

[34:37] Second Tuesday.

[34:42] We won't get paid

[34:43] by the hour that day.

[34:44] Just make sure there's nobody

[34:45] in this room. There's a

[34:50] counseling meeting in here

[34:54] from about 1: 15 until 2:30

[35:03] So that should be.

[35:05] Should be okay.

[35:08] That should be okay. And I

[35:09] think we trump them anyway

[35:10] for room reservations. We

[35:11] wanted to. We could tell them

[35:13] they would have

[35:14] to meet somewhere else.

[35:16] Does it work for you

[35:19] for the 8th at 3:30? Sure.

[35:20] Okay.

[35:21] Is it okay with you, Lisa, as

[35:22] long as you're done by 4:30?

[35:23] Yeah, we will.

[35:24] Guaranteed.

[35:25] If we're not, we're going

[35:28] to get locked up.

[35:29] Yeah, like that's never

[35:30] happened before.

[35:31] I'll make sure the others don't.

[35:32] Okay.

[35:36] Move to adjourn.

[35:37] So move.

[35:42] I need a second.

[35:45] I'm happy to second.

[35:46] Second.

[35:48] All in favor?

[35:49] Aye

[35:50] We are adjourned.

[35:51] Aye.

[35:52] Thank you everybody.

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