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The consent agenda — which the board took up and approved by voice vote — included appointments to boards and committees, a contract award for courthouse elevator controls, and acceptance of state grant funds. Items listed by staff included appointments to the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport Board, Housing Authority, Disabled Parking Enforcement Assistance Council, and the Transportation Coordinating Committee. The consent items also included acceptance of Wisconsin Department of Justice grants described as Evidence Based Decision Making (EBDM) pretrial pilot site project funds and Treatment, Alternatives and Diversion (TAD) grant funds (with a 2025 budget amendment), acceptance of a 2024 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant and a 2024 Sheriff’s Office budget amendment, and authorization of funding for household services and laundry services.

Separately, supervisors adopted an ordinance to repeal and recreate Rock County Ordinance 2.202, updating the county’s tax‑foreclosure procedures “by action INREM” to reflect changes required by 2023 Wisconsin Act 207. The motion for that ordinance was moved by Supervisor Mahwini and seconded by Supervisor Schwartz; the board approved it by voice vote after the presenter summarized that the ordinance responds to the statutory changes in Act 207.

All consent‑agenda items were approved as a group; the meeting record shows the chair asked if there were objections and, “Seeing none, consent agenda passes.” No roll‑call tallies or individual recorded votes were recorded in the transcript for these items.

The board also heard citizen participation earlier in the meeting and conducted brief procedural items such as a demonstration of a new wireless voting keypad for supervisors, but no additional substantive policy votes were recorded beyond those summarized here.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Rock County Board Meeting - 1/09/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Rock County supervisors approved the consent agenda including contracts and state grant acceptances, and adopted an ordinance change to align county tax‑foreclosure procedures with 2023 Wisconsin Act 207.","taxTitle","Rock County, Wisconsin","taxId",4653,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":74,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":75,"_41":76,"_43":77,"_45":78,"_46":79,"_48":80,"_50":81,"_52":82,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":83,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":84,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":55,"_72":55},6395158,"Rock County board creates jail inmate-cost ordinance and sets daily rate at $135.95",1089,1994000,3083000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2101624-6b71341ce57db6d370b015e24d3cbde2&start=1994&end=3083","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2101624-6b71341ce57db6d370b015e24d3cbde2/thumbnail_1994000.jpg","/articles/6395158/Rock-County/Wisconsin/Rock-County-board-creates-jail-inmate-cost-ordinance-and-sets-daily-rate-at-13595","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6395158-d5ceec75a13e6e4d87111ec5398938f1/orig.mp4?Expires=1771134638&Signature=PpD4E8k~D00yz0NxU~VetIyutJKdflXM62CD8gpE~DzJsTorI8a78jyTJzXdz5t6PBP8qHx5fkLUmExDQz7LLNGe~PqmmBQ029cK7nFirTsBKUFLPDcDVbJXR0IXT4I0IUWbTLy6NRiK0oSLt6ftihc2wM0IuBQ-ghTtjOGQavwdyLnJp90-sotX93hivbHaJQpxtcRdhSmVxZfBo7zJbgAd80ZsB4XJlIPqQKqFiR~hlhetryb8SwvSKVaPkQQ7gXrxMnB16rZMFYhrteh0A3KTjUKETNqO-VKXmI3da2NX7GmLyz7e-VQlTFAd0CUciqag~zx~rTV068GlNctw1w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Rock County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 9, 2025 adopted a new county ordinance to allow the sheriff’s office to charge certain costs for incarcerating sentenced inmates and then approved a separate resolution setting the county’s per‑day cost of maintaining a prisoner at $135.95.

Board members approved creation of “chapter 3 part 9” of the Rock County Code of Ordinances, described in the meeting as “Jail Inmate Cost,” and later voted to set the daily rate that the ordinance authorizes. The ordinance was presented as a response to state authority and was described as effective upon publication.

County officials said the measure is intended to let the sheriff recoup nominal fees such as booking, transportation, drug testing and electronic‑monitoring charges for sentenced inmates. Court counsel cautioned that, while the county can bill for costs, actual recovery will be limited because many people who become incarcerated lack assets or steady income.

“The reality is not much because for the most part these individuals are what we would call judgment proof,” court counsel said, explaining why collections are often unsuccessful and why the county’s corporation counsel office does not typically pursue small‑value claims. The sheriff’s office, speaking to the board, said the daily‑rate calculation was prepared with the department’s accounting supervisor and a captain to reflect actual operating costs.

“We were trying to look at ways to recover some of the expenditures that we have by having the inmates become incarcerated in our jail,” the sheriff said. Captain Josh Lund described how the ordinance ties to fee collection: “By setting a daily rate we’re able to go after, like the sheriff said, we can go after a booking fee, a transportation fee, drug testing fees, electronic monitoring fee.” Captain Lund added that the fees would apply to sentenced inmates only and not to people who are merely arrested and presumed innocent.

Several supervisors raised practical questions about collecting money and the potential costs of pursuing debts. Supervisor Bob Zine asked whether incarcerated people pay their costs; the sheriff and court counsel reiterated that some medical or monitoring fees are billed but that full incarceration costs are rarely recovered. Supervisor Fuglseth noted that pursuing small debts can cost more in staff time than the county would recover; officials responded that the ordinance creates the authority to charge and that the county will weigh the opportunity cost of pursuing collections.

Supervisor Tillman, who said he served 12 years as a jail administrator, supported giving the county the ability to charge housing fees while cautioning that aggressive collection efforts can harm other county systems that serve the same population. “I do think it’s a good idea to have the opportunity and the ability to charge these housing fees and to make an effort to collect them. But we also have to realize that the expectation of getting every dollar that we charge is unrealistic,” Tillman said.

The board approved the ordinance and the separate resolution setting the daily cost by voice vote. The meeting record shows the motions passed after the chair called for those in favor to “signify by saying aye.” No roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript.

The ordinance references Wisconsin statute 302.372 as the statutory framework for inmate costs; court counsel pointed board members to the sheriff for operational questions and noted that the county’s legal office will not generally pursue routine collections at scale because of resource constraints.

Board members and sheriff’s office officials said the measure is a first step to allow limited cost recovery while acknowledging that most inmates will not pay the full cost of their incarceration. The ordinance is effective upon publication; the resolution setting the $135.95 daily rate is aligned to that ordinance.","The Rock County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 9, 2025 adopted an ordinance giving the county the authority to set inmate charges and approved a resolution fixing the per‑day cost of incarceration at $135.95; officials said fees will be limited to sentenced inmates and collecting the money will be difficult in many cases.","actionData","errors"]

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Board approves consent agenda, modifies tax‑foreclosure ordinance; other routine items pass

Rock County board creates jail inmate-cost ordinance and sets daily rate at $135.95