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Sawyer County CJCC proposes 5–7‑member executive committee, recommends short-term work groups for data and operations
Summary
Members discussed forming an executive committee to steer the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council between monthly meetings and recommended short-term work groups — especially a data group — to support evidence-based decision-making and grant tracking.
Andy Alvarado, a CJCC presenter, told members the council should consider forming an executive committee to handle more frequent oversight and to recommend work groups to the full council. "I think an executive committee of 5 to 7 members would be about right," Alvarado said, adding that the committee could include the chair, vice chair and representatives such as a county administrator, sheriff and judges. He said the executive committee could "propose to the full council the formation of work groups and special committees" and "monitor and analyze justice system performance and compilation of reports to track success."
The proposal emphasized separating standing committees from short-lived work groups. Alvarado said work groups should be task-focused and time-limited, bringing in subject-matter experts and community members where appropriate. He noted the data work group could include non-CJCC staff who "are actually in the trenches and know the numbers and can help prepare the reports."
Members agreed the item should return on a future agenda for formal action and that the executive committee concept should be run up through the county's public safety structures before appointments are finalized. One member asked whether the CJCC should formally place the proposal on the next month's agenda; Alvarado agreed that returning it to the agenda would be appropriate.
Council members raised practical points for the work groups: define a chair, purpose, time frame and membership; use work groups to support grant reporting and to compile data needed to show outcomes (for example, recidivism or jail population reductions) when applying for or maintaining outside funding; and consider tribal representation where the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and tribal appointments intersect.
The group also asked members to brainstorm potential work-group topics ahead of the next meeting so leaders can bring ready proposals for standing and ad hoc groups. The meeting closed the discussion with instructions to add the executive-committee proposal to next month's agenda for formal consideration.
