Motion to adopt the agenda.
So move.
Second it.
Motion and a second received
call. A question on the agenda.
All in favor?
Aye.
Thank you. All opposed?
Thank you. Moving on. Should we
adopt a minutes of the previous
meeting?
I make a motion approve the
minutes of previous meeting.
I'll second it.
Seconded for approval of the
July minutes. All is in favor?
Aye.
Opposed. Public comment? We
don't seem
to have public here. Moving on
to communications.
I have a couple thank you
letters this month. The first
one is addressed
to the sheriff. It says we
can't thank you enough
for supplying us with deputies
for Westfest. We received so
many compliments
about how much volunteers,
supporters and attendees
couldn't praise the deputies
enough. They were so into the
festival and were so helpful,
so thrilled. Yes, they were a
hit. We are already planning
WestFest 27. That was
from the Westfest committee
which Westfest was a festival
held by the village of West
Baraboo. The next communication
is from Lance and Cheryl
Lubach. They say hello. My
reason for writing the
sheriff's office is not
to complain about anything,
but rather
to send a compliments
to the officer, Jay
McCaskill, who recently pulled
us over for speeding. My wife
and I were unfamiliar. We're in
unfamiliar territory and we're
frankly lost. Not paying
attention
to the speed limits, coming
into Laval, trying
to read a map. He was justified
in pulling us over
for a speeding violation.
Officer McCaskill was polite,
professional, and friendly,
and I was fortunate enough
to get by with a warning. All
too often we hear about or see
on the news our bad encounters
with police, giving a slanted
and unjustified take
on the job our officers do. My
encounter with the officer left
us feeling grateful
for the difficult job all
of you have
in keeping us safe, and my wife
and I appreciate that. My hat
is off to Officer McCaskill
for his fine conduct. The last
one is a bit longer,
so I'll just kind
of paraphrase it. We had an
intern over the summer named
Henry Johnson and he sent a
message saying, hello, Sauk
County Sheriff's Department
employees. Thank you for
teaching me and showing me all
the different facets of the
department. I really appreciate
all the knowledge and wisdom
that I learned from my time
on the road, in the jail,
in dispatch,
in the detective office and
in the courthouse. He goes on
to state that I hope
to see you all again in a good
way. I appreciate you all.
Thank you. Those are nice to
hear that.
I actually have two also.
Okay.
We don't get them much. We are
kind of a thankless job,
so I wanted to pass it on. The
first one is an email that's
actually from Brandy in
Kerry's office. It says, good
morning. I just received a
phone call
from a man that wanted
to let someone know
about his appreciation
of the woman he had just gotten
off the phone with. He. He
stated it was Amanda, which is
the deputy in our office. She
was kind, patient, thorough,
and just overall helpful. His
appreciation was evident
in his voice. Way to go,
Amanda. And then the second one
was a letter that I received,
addressed to me. I just wanted
to let you know how grateful I
am
for all your help. I could,
could have not done this by
myself. I believe you should
get a pay raise. Yay!
for all the help that you do.
Not only for me, but I think
there is a probable cause,
a long list of other people.
Thank you again. P.S. you are
awesome.
All right. Anything else?
Thank you for those. That's
very nice. Okay, now invoices
from the circuit court. August
invoices.
Pay Circuit Courts bills 988.77
cents.
Second moved and seconded
to approve the August invoices.
All in favor? All opposed?
We're going along now the
committee budget report. We
know that's right. We don't get
budget. Yeah, there's no
questions. Next. Yeah, we'll
hear it later. All right.
Kathy Kovac, register
approbate.
Good afternoon.
Before us, you should have my
report, my invoices, and my
committee budget report.
Our income is
about the same as last year
at this time,
so nothing much have changed.
But the 2026 expenses are
significantly less than last
year at this time, which
actually reflects very well
on my budget report. Looks
like I'm gonna come
in hopefully under budget
on the two legal fees because
of how low we are
at this point in the year.
Other than that,
our cases are pretty much
steady from the last couple
of years, so nothing much
to report there. Invoices, just
a couple of office supply
orders which are typical and
one advocate council fee
for a total of $935.40. And
again, that many budget report
that shows where I'm at for the
year is looking really well.
And again, mostly because
of the lower amounts of legal
fees that it incurred this
year.
I have a motion to approve the
invoice.
So, moved. $935.40.
I'll second it.
Move it. And seconded to
approve the register
appropriate invoice report.
All in favor?
Aye.
Opposed? Okay, moving on.
Sarah, child support.
Good afternoon.
Before you is the monthly
report for July
for the child support agency.
Our collections Were about the
same as they were last year
at this time and were
for the month. And we're about
the same where we were last
year, year to date. August is
Child Support Awareness
Month. The governor should be
signing a proclamation
declaring that
to be true sometime soon. And
we'll share that
with the office and
in the courthouse. Just an
update. The Department of
State has continued
to drop the threshold
for the passport provocation.
So now it's at $40,000
in debt. So we're starting to
receive more phone calls about,
hey, I didn't, I had my
passport. I now it's being
revoked. They say I have
to turn it in. What are we
gonna to do? So we're starting
to see that and have
to make some decisions. As far
as, you know, are they making
payments towards their debts as
the court has ordered them to?
And do we want to do some sort
of a lump sum collection so
they can go
on their trip or do we want
to have a hard line and say,
nope, you have to pay $40,000
to or whatever it is that you
have to do.
What do federal guidelines say
you're supposed to do?
The minimum you can accept is
$2,500
in the event that someone needs
to leave the country to go
to work somewhere, if they're
in the military or if they have
proof that they have a relative
out of the country that needs
some sort of assistance. So
some sort
of medical emergency. Mother
lives in a different country
and is dying and they want
to be there at the,
at the vet side or if they need
to donate a liver or, you know,
something like that, it has
to be pretty extreme. Most
states, throughout the time
that we've had the denials have
always said its balance is
in full unless one
of those things exists.
But when you had somebody with
a passport and they've had no
reason to think that their
passport's not going
to be good
until they get this letter
from the Department of
State.
And they had a trip planned
that they've already bought and
paid for. You know,
now what do we have to do? And
the state's working
on some guidance for us
to make sure we stay in line
with what the federal
government wants us to do.
But they're going to continue
to lower it and we're going
to continue to have more and
more people that are going
to be affected.
Awfully less of them
to put you
in the firing line,
isn't it?
Right.
Yeah, Exactly.
Welcome to the club.
Yeah.
So everything else is looking
well still. Our current support
collections are down
but are arrears collections
are up and that's due
to a change in the programming
at the state disbursement unit.
We've been seeing it all year.
The staff are working really
hard to try and get that
current support up to 80%.
We're at 79.11 right now.
So fingers crossed you'll hit
always gets and I'm always
right.
Yeah, we'll see what happens
this year.
What the budget report looks
fine. We just got revenues are
still look low.
But we just got on Friday the
second quarter reimbursement
check. So that's now up
to almost 50%
of the grants and aids. And
invoices are all just standard
normal operating expenses.
$1,967.69.
I have a question
on the invoices. So you have a
Dane county sheriff's and
civil. Three Dane county
civils, Jackson County, Iowa
county, and they all have
different amounts to them. Why
is that?
So it depends on how many times
the sheriff's department has
to go out every.
They're trying
to get paperwork
to these people.
Correct. Serve the, serve the
documents. So usually one time,
one attempt serves service is
the lowest cost.
And if they have to go out
again or if they have extensive
mileage within the county,
they can charge a mileage fee.
So what's the difference
between Dane county and Dane
County Sheriff? That means
somebody from their child
services is going
out versus a sheriff's deputy.
Nope.
So Dane county sheriff is the
sheriff's department. And then
Dane County Civil is an
independent process server that
we use and they can go outside
of Dane County. So sometimes
they're a better option
for us than going
to the county sheriff.
Depending on where we're going
or who we're serving. Our
sheriff's department is great.
They charge $65 if they go
out three times or one time.
So we use them as much as we
can.
I just see that the Dane
County Sheriff's department's
the cheaper one. So maybe we
hire them more often.
Yeah, exactly. And that might
have been, you know.
Yeah, they might have got it
the first try or something.
All right, thank you. Motion
of approve her invoice is
$1,967.69.
Second.
All in favor?
Aye.
Opposed? Come on,
somebody's got to pick up.
Okay, now, court commissioner
Adrian.
Hi.
Good evening.
Before you. You have the
monthly report for July as well
as the committee budget report
and monthly invoices. Not much
to report on caseload. It
remains fairly consistent
with last year. I did forget to
mention last month and then
this month you'll see in child
support hearings and hours
for the child support agency.
Last month that was, I think
there were four hearings. And
then this month there's fifth
or last year I'm talking about.
And last year there were 13 in
this month and then zero hours.
And that was because last year
in June I just started and then
again in July. So we kept those
cases very minimal. And that is
kind of being acclimated
with cases and case types.
But then in August it all
starts up again and outside of
that everything is fairly
consistent. And then everything
looks good.
On my committee budget report
at this point, 2 comma in under
budget and then monthly
invoices for Commissioner
Grill. His expenses are for
coverage when I've had some
cases where parties not waiving
the conflict of interest. And
so then he fills in and handles
those cases and otherwise it's
minimal office expenses and
then mediation fees.
Motion pay invoice $862.46.
Seconded. All in favor
of paying the invoices for the
district attorney's office.
Court. Commissioner.
Court.
Commissioner.
Court. Oh, I'm sorry,
but you're really trying
to speed it up.
I'm trying to get out
of here. All in favor,
pay the invoices for the court.
Aye.
Okay, so that means clerk
of court.
Yeah. Good evening. Before you
have my month report, May
budget report in my invoices,
appointed counsel and
interpreter expenses are down
for the month dramatically
compared to last year at this
time and last month as well.
The interpreter did not pass
the test. So we found that out
because the local gal is kind
of off the table for use
at this time. She's not
provisional or certified. We
did find out that lady in the
Wanaque area is provisional so
we can use her at a lesser rate
and still get some state
revolution. So we're just
always still trying
to do everything we can to keep
those interpreter costs down.
But unfortunately the local
lady here in Baraboo did not
pass. Otherwise, collection and
restitution for the month are
on track and consistent
with last year at this time.
Month end was today. So my
committee budget report is not
up to date. We balanced this
month. I updated the monthly
report but did not see if the
treasurer updated the community
budget report. We are under
budget. I can only assume we'll
be further under budget based
on the revenues getting
inputted today. We did receive
our state aid check this month,
so you'll see that reflected in
the committee budget report.
We deviated money towards court
appointed guardian litem and
interpreter expenses. To help
out on those expense items.
Invoices are down this month
quite a bit compared to the
last couple months and I don't
know if that's because we have.
We had quite a few less court
appointed invoices in this
batch and I don't really know
why. Maybe just some council
did not get them in but
otherwise the budget is
looking good at this point.
Move to pay clerk of Clerk
of court bills $31,225.71.
I'll second that. Seconded
to approve the clerk of court
Peter Voices. All in favor?
Aye.
Moving on. District Attorney's
office,
good afternoon.
I'll start out
with a few things going on
in the office.
Thank you.
Case. Caseload wise everything
is standard comparative
to last year. Our intern that
we had
for the summer was done as of
about a week ago. That was
through the UW Law School.
Since our last meeting we had a
resignation in the office. So
we had one of our victims
witness people resigned and she
was actually done already last
Friday. So we are
in the process of going through
two interviews and those will
start on Wednesday. We have six
applicants, several
of them look fairly good. So
hopeful we'll get someone
with some experience. So we've
got that going. As far as
committee budget report is
concerned everything looks
pretty good. You'll see
on the invoices for the month
they're a little bit larger
than normal. That's due to a
grant payment and again that is
fully reimbursable
by the federal grant. So we
haven't done the drawdown yet
for that. So that's not
reflected here
but that's a match for that.
So that will reflect next
month. And the only other thing
I guess is we did put in
for a new position request and
at this point so far it's in
the administrator's budget as
approved. So hopefully that
will continue through the rest
of the budget process.
What position is that?
So we asked
for a paralegal position. So
it'll be an additional position
that would start as
of the first of the year.
That's something we've asked
for I think the last year,
five years now. So it,
it is technically approved
by the administrator's office
but we'll see if it continues.
Does the state reimburse us
for that position?
That one? No, that is 100 tax
levy.
Are we getting another branch
judge? Eventually.
That's what I've heard rumors
from. Oh yeah, we're due
to get one and before the next
two years or something.
But I don't Know it's true.
Yeah.
I don't know if it would be in
the next two years.
I think it's either 2030 or
2033, when we have to make sure
that we actually have a
courtroom for a fourth Circuit
court judge.
I think they think It'll be
maybe 62 weeks ago, I was at a
board chair and vice chair's
workshop in Wisconsin Rapids,
and they were talking
about that and breakdown of the
different counties that are.
That were eligible. And time
was coming. So it's
on the horizon. It's a ways
away. Yeah, we need one
tomorrow.
I just had my time frame off.
Yeah. So, yeah,
we had the case load. We don't
have room.
Yeah. So no. The victim witness
positions, those are the only
two that are partially
reimbursed by the state.
And.
And we technically could use a
third person in there, but the
state actually will not okay
the reimbursement for that
unless we have another attorney
in the office. So they will
only reimburse us. We could
have the position, but it would
be fully county funded. The
only way they'll give
reimbursement is they do a
three to one ratio
for the attorneys. So
for every three attorneys
in the office, we can have one
victim witness person partially
reimbursed. So at this point,
we only have eight attorneys.
So they won't let us. They
would let us have a position,
but we wouldn't get that much
reimbursement for it.
So.
So do you need one more
attorney?
We need one more attorney.
And then we could request a
victim witness position and
we'd get about. Right now,
the rate's
about 53% reimbursement, but I
don't know that, that's going
to happen.
This is an expensive solution.
It is. So the DA has a bunch of
grants that he's applied for.
We've not heard anything
about any of them yet. So we're
still waiting on those.
Motion to approve her Invoice is
a $30,048.62.
I'll second.
Okay.
Vote on the invoices for the
district attorney's office.
All in favor? Aye. All opposed?
Moving on.
Thanks, Bo.
Operations update for Sauk
County Animal Shelter.
Hi. I'm here for questions.
You guys have the report?
They're pretty.
Pretty typical for this time
of year. We took in 69
contracted related animals and
then we also provided our
financials
for the second quarter.
Two rabbits.
Two rabbits. They were found
astray. I think one was
in the city of Reedsburg and
one was in Baraboo. They were
Domesticated rabbits
for a pair
of blows.
I had one in my backyard
with the crows in it,
so saved this of that one,
but my granddaughter found it.
Or what was left. Okay.
Did you ever find the owner
of the pig? Didn't you guys
have a pig a couple months ago?
We did not. That was Juno
county.
Oh, all right.
Because they were calling us,
asking us if we would take it,
and we told them no.
All right.
That would be a difficult
animal to care for. Okay. No
questions then.
Moving on.
Thank you, Mr. Hahn.
Corner numbers
about the same as they have
been
for the last three years.
Very close.
The only thing really different
is the suicides are way up.
Yeah.
Any connection? I mean,
I know you get there
at the end,
but there's no indicator.
What's driving that?
No, I got a question on your
corner report. I know what the
number difference is, but why
is cremation permits and
deprivation. Cremation totals
way different. There's only one
deputy cremation total and
there's 29 cremation permits.
Deputy cremation.
They get paid per diem,
so we keep track of that
for advisor purposes.
And who's. Who's the deputy?
My deputy. Your deputy?
Yes.
Oh, all right.
And the same thing
with the deputy case totals.
Correct? Have them.
All right.
Cuz I see there's 90 deaths,
but there's only eight
of them. We already did eight
out of the. Out of this grant
where they did eight
of those.
All right, just.
First time I ever paid
attention that close. So sorry
about that. We keep them
separate. It's a different
category.
All right, Move to pay the
coroner's bill.
$6,174.62.
Second.
All in favor of paying the
invoices for the coroner?
Aye.
Opposed?
Sheriff's office.
Okay, so quick update. Just
something the sheriff wanted
the committee aware of is back
on July 15, we had a squad that
suffered a catastrophic engine
failure and started on fire.
Fire while responding
to a unrelated traffic crash.
The deputy was able
to extinguish the fire. Just
got word last week that Ford is
going to. They had two options.
Either replace the engine or
replace the entire squad. They
said they would replace the
engine and the electrical that
was burned so that hopefully
will get done soon.
For what it's worth,
that is the second of the eight
squads that we got this year
that had a catastrophic engine
failure within the first 2,000
miles.
So they all the same brand?
Yep. Ford.
Yes, Ford.
Maybe that'll be our next
option. But no, these are the
Explorer ish ones. And I got
Rid of mine.
We have. We have a saying
on my farms. Friends don't let
friends drive Ford. Sorry,
Dick.
So, I mean, the local garage
has been good to deal with.
Ford corporate obviously is
just standing
by the squads and at least
making them work properly
again. But just kind of. I
don't know if we just had bad
luck or what it was with two
of the eight going.
Are all eight
of the same year?
Yeah, it was the 2026.
Yeah.
This could be fun.
Yeah.
Bad luck of them and what they
were both engine failures in
both different engine failures,
which is, you know, you'd hope
maybe they just had a bad part
in one of them.
Two different drivers,
Correct. Oh, okay.
They're all under warranty,
Correct?
Yep.
You have a replacement vehicle?
Yeah, so we carry. Our patrol
fleet is 30 marked squads and
we have three spares
in addition to the 30. So we
have. In case one has to go
in the shop, we
at least have something
for them to use.
But there was no collision or
something that caused it ahead
of time or.
No, this one, it was a piston
rod that detached from the
piston and then that sent the
rod through the engine block
and then it was the oil coming
out of the engine that started
the fire.
Yeah.
Is that what we have is eight
2026ers on though in your floor
right now or that was the new
purchases this year.
For patrol vehicles,
is there really any alternative
to the Fords?
So we have a couple different.
I mean,
there are other options. We
have two Chevy Tahoes that one
of them is our K9 squad. And
then we also have two Chevy
pickup trucks as market patrol
squads. The Chevy option have a
higher initial cost. We haven't
had the resale on them yet
because we still have them
in the fleet.
But we're hoping that that kind
of offsets when we bought the
Chevy options where it was
actually Covid years where we
couldn't get the Fords we
wanted.
But are the Chevys equipped
like the Fords for pursuit and
everything else?
Yeah, both of our options are
pursuit rated. Yes.
Better.
Does it better engine?
Better.
You know, they've got jokes
about Chevys too.
I don't believe it.
Yeah, we had problems too.
Yeah.
I mean, if you. Both of the
Chevy trucks. We had to go
in the shop within the first
10,000
for a transmission issue.
So. Yeah, there you go.
Nothing's perfect,
apparently. Maybe it's us,
but it just had at the highway
department one time.
It's best to make decisions and
not testimonials.
We put bids out
at the highway department. And
one time, Dodge was the
cheapest. I voted
against it.
And Virgil says,
nobody's ever voted
against the cheapest one. Do
you have a valid reason? I
said,
they have tranny issues. I
said, does it come
with a heated tailgate? He
said, why would it need a
heated tailgate? I said,
if it breaks down
in the wintertime, the rest of
the guys won't freeze their
fingers pushing it to the shop
within 5,000 miles. That truck
was needing a new tranny and I
never let them forget it or us.
So they all break down.
Perhaps you should consult
with Supervisor Pepper before
you make your.
I wouldn't mention it, but
Dodge is the only other option
for a supervised committee as a
whole. No special treatment
here.
Okay, go ahead.
Sorry, I was just gonna recap
the rest of it, so. So usually
the report to the committee
here has electronic monitoring
information. Due to the timing
of the meeting being early
in the month,
we don't have that. So next
month we will probably,
depending when the meeting is,
have two months worth
of electronic monitoring data.
Calls for service. Last month,
7039. And then the invoices
totaled $178,432.83.
How was the practice
at the university?
Good.
It was exciting watching them
roll in.
Sure.
No, I know they always enjoy
new buildings and just
buildings they haven't been in
before because it's just unique
challenges especially.
That's a heck of a machine.
That's scary. I know. It's
supposed to be bulletproof and
everything else. Well, okay.
Are you talking
about our war wagon?
Yeah. Yeah, it really is.
I guess the sound system on
that thing really freaks people
out if they've never heard it.
They got sirens and different
noises that you can do. Chip
says it. He says it even makes
the bad guys freeze
in place.
It's crooked.
Yeah. They make them.
Yeah. The lrad. Yeah. It's a
nice tool.
So it looks like July is a
heavy month for calls, huh?
Always.
Yeah. Usually summer season,
obviously. The holiday and
summer in Sauk County.
Yeah.
We have an uptick in drug
arrest and stuff like that.
In the summertime too. Or no.
Is that your own?
It's kind of your own. I
think traffic overall is, I
mean, drug arrest, probably
from traffic stop. Probably go
up in the summer just because
it's everything,
just traffic volume goes up
in the summer.
So does the Dells or Lake
Delton. Do they have their own
jail someplace or does
everybody that happens to have
to go to jail in the Dells come
to Sauk County?
Yep. Everybody in Lake Delton
and the part of adults that's
in Sauk county all have
to come to Archelia.
Motion, pay the invoice
$178,432.83.
Second.
We moved and seconded to
approve the sheriff's invoices.
All in favor?
Aye.
Opposed? Maybe we should have a
naval at every so long just
to see.
No, just to see that we're just
not rubber stamping these
people.
No, they walk all over us.
We.
No.
Okay.
No, we. We have a good rapport
with them.
Yes, we do. We do. All right.
That has not always been the
case. You September. That way
is east. You bend
down and say thank you.
The September meeting would
normally be on Labor Day. We
probably don't want
to do that.
Is that.
Is the Sunday also my birthday?
We don't want to meet him.
My birthday. Yeah, we don't
want to do that.
Do we get. Do we get time and a
half?
We don't want to have him
marked by supper for all.
That's right. I'm cooking
broad. So I'll let you guys
know.
Would you want to do it
on the 14th?
Oh, wait a minute. No. Now
we're bumping up.
Do we have questions? Do we
have other committees? Any.
There are no.
There is a third Monday.
That'd be the second Monday.
Second Monday
of the month. ADRC meets at 4
and they meet in this room.
Third Monday wouldn't be
before Coney Board. That's the
only. And I don't think that
really makes a difference.
Lisa has an objection.
The only other committee that
meets on the first Tuesday
of the month is ENL.
They meet at .
We meet at 4:30.
Otherwise the Wednesday and
Thursday, which would be.
Well, how about outside
of the box? How many
of us could make it
like an afternoon meeting?
Like a 1:30 or 2 o'clock?
Depends on the day.
Okay.
For me on Tuesday, the 8th.
That works for me.
If we can get six. If we can
get. Yeah, five or six here.
What time? Otherwise it's hard
to say with ENL. Maybe 5:30
would be the alternative
for that Tuesday.
Are we having
on the first or the eighth?
On the first.
Oh, that's the first.
Enel's on the first. So what's
on the eighth?
That would be the second
Tuesday. Finances at. Yeah.
Anybody on finance? Ben?
Mark, Are you done by. Oh, you
are too?
Yep.
Are you guys done by five?
No.
Could they do it before the guy
that enters my dates
on my calendar put me
down as we have ENL
on the first and the eighth.
Don't have to have a talk
with him.
What about the street?
What about 3 o' clock
on the 8th?
On the 8th? Yeah. I've been
holding back
on motions because, you know,
I like to get out of here just
like everybody else. But I
think everybody else should
have a turn. We'll put it
on the fast track 3:30
on the eighth.
3:30 on the eighth.
on the eighth. Yes, that's a
consensus. It's 3:30
on the eighth.
Be here.
That's the second Tuesday.
Second Tuesday.
We won't get paid
by the hour that day.
Just make sure there's nobody
in this room. There's a
counseling meeting in here
from about 1: 15 until 2:30
So that should be.
Should be okay.
That should be okay. And I
think we trump them anyway
for room reservations. We
wanted to. We could tell them
they would have
to meet somewhere else.
Does it work for you
for the 8th at 3:30? Sure.
Okay.
Is it okay with you, Lisa, as
long as you're done by 4:30?
Yeah, we will.
Guaranteed.
If we're not, we're going
to get locked up.
Yeah, like that's never
happened before.
I'll make sure the others don't.
Okay.
Move to adjourn.
So move.
I need a second.
I'm happy to second.
Second.
All in favor?
Aye
We are adjourned.
Aye.
Thank you everybody.