Votes at a glance: Public Safety & Judiciary Committee actions include tabling clerk report and two resolutions

The Adams County Public Safety and Judiciary Committee completed several procedural and substantive actions during its meeting, including tabling the Clerk of Court’s annual report and forwarding two resolutions to the County Board.

Votes and formal actions recorded in the meeting transcript:

- Motion to approve the meeting agenda: motion carried (voice vote). The transcript records the agenda was approved after a motion by Bob, seconded by Larry; the chair called for the ayes.

- Motion to table the Clerk of Court annual report until next month: motion made by Larry and seconded by Scott; motion passed. Committee members agreed to table the report because the Clerk of Court sought additional time to separate certain figures — specifically a breakdown between small claims and paternity case figures — before the report goes to the full County Board.

- Motion to accept and forward the resolution urging Governor Evers and the Wisconsin Legislature to support county courts (requesting a $70,000,000 increase in court support payments statewide): motion made by Scott, seconded by Jay; the chair called for the ayes and the resolution was advanced to the County Board.

- Motion to accept and forward a resolution recognizing Sergeant Rodney Storman for 29 years of service: motion made by Bob and seconded by Larry; the motion passed and the resolution will be forwarded to the County Board. Sheriff’s comments in the meeting described Storman as a senior sergeant and firearms instructor who has led grants and training programs during his tenure.

Clerk of Court report details (reason for tabling): Miranda Christiansen, Adams County Clerk of Court, explained she has finalized the dataset overall but needs to provide a clearer breakdown showing how many cases were small claims versus paternity. She told the committee the aggregate figures themselves are accurate but the distribution between those categories needed clarification before the report goes to the full board. The Clerk additionally explained a prior-year balance difference was due to funds held for an extended civil foreclosure action ordered by a judge, which increased cash-on-hand the previous year.

Other routine reports delivered to the committee included updates from child support, emergency management (report submitted but representative absent), the medical examiner (monthly call volume and fee clarifications), and the sheriff (jail population and dispatch upgrades). The sheriff confirmed jail design capacity is 108 beds and said department revenues from Department of Corrections sanctions are higher than prior county safekeeper contracts.

Why it matters: The tabling preserves data integrity for the clerk’s annual report before it goes to the full County Board. Forwarding the two resolutions moves a county-level request on court funding into the County Board and recognizes long-serving public-safety personnel.

Next steps: The Clerk will return the updated report next month; both resolutions will be placed on the County Board agenda.