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County public-safety departments report staffing, jail counts and grant activity; sheriff requests board recognition for homicide investigation work
Summary
Clerk of courts, sheriff’s office and emergency services updated the committee on staffing and operations: the clerk faces a vacancy and a July maternity leave; the sheriff asked the June County Board to recognize staff linked to the Rison homicide; jail average daily population was 51 in May; emergency-services grant funding has ended and future training would require county funding; the criminal-justice team applied for TAD grants.
Several county departments briefed the Sawyer County Public Safety Committee on routine operational matters and grant activity at the June 1 meeting.
Marge, the clerk of courts, said the office is still recruiting to fill an open criminal-clerk position and that one staff member is due to begin maternity leave on July 1; judges have worked with court staff to adjust jury schedules in July and August to accommodate the shortfall.
The sheriff asked that the county board recognize deputies and a civilian for outstanding work related largely to the Rison homicide; staff were asked to place that recognition on the June County Board agenda.
A patrol lieutenant reported that patrol call volume decreased from 778 in April to 723 in May; deputies issued 34 citations, 36 written warnings and recorded 14 crashes (two with injuries and no fatalities). Jail figures presented by a lieutenant showed an average daily population of 51 inmates in May (10 female, 41 male); at the time of the report the facility had 52 inmates and no one on electronic monitoring.
Chaz, the code-enforcement officer, said animal-control revenue was seasonally lower and that admissions were higher than the previous month; he reported 13 potential human-health-hazard complaints (nine completed/passed to other departments and three still under investigation).
Mr. Braum of Emergency Services said a multi-year EMR/EMS grant that funded training has been exhausted and that future classes would require county funding; he told the committee that local response times for stroke and STEMI care rate strongly, and he reported positive feedback from staff on recent in-service training. He asked the committee to approve any future county-funded training prior to implementation.
Mr. Mark, reporting for criminal-justice matters, said the county submitted an initial TAD grant application seeking $100,000 for diversion programming and $150,000 for a treatment court. Judges Aisham and Smith were cited as praising Melinda Hoyus for work on truancy and diversion efforts.
The committee had no additional correspondence. Members asked that the radio-tower topic remain on future agendas. The next committee meeting was set for July 2 at 9:00, and the committee adjourned.
