[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.