Everest Metro Police Joint Finance Committee

Meeting Minutes of Everest Metropolitan Police Department Joint Finance Committee, dated 03/12/14 Present: Loren White – President; Village of Weston Fred Schuster – Trustee; Village of Weston Bob Szekeress – Alderman; City of Schofield Scott Dunst – Alderman; City of Schofield Wally Sparks- EMPD Police Chief Kristy Isberner– EMPD Administrative Assistant Absent: Ken Fabel – Mayor; City of Schofield Barbara Ermeling – Trustee; Village of Weston Milt Olson – Chairman; Town of Weston I. CALL TO ORDER A. Chairman White opened the meeting at 1502 hrs. Roll call. B. Approval of minutes of meeting held, March 4th, 2014 *M/S/P Dunst/Szekeress II. NEW BUSINESS A. Discussion and decision on Contract Proposal from the Humane Society of Marathon County for Animal Impoundment Services for Cats and Other Non-Dog Strays – Copies of the proposed contract were passed out. The proposal was for cats and other non-dog strays with a cost of $32,400. The only area of concern was that it was not specifically spelled out that the Humane Society could not accept animals from the general public under this contract, either stray animals or voluntary surrenders. After the county reimbursement, the total cost of the contract should be $6,981 of which, the EMPD 18% total should be $1,2586.58. A motion was made to accept the proposal with the added language that specifies the Humane Society cannot accept animals from the public under this contract. *M/S/P Szekeress/Schuster III. UNFINISHED BUSINESS IV. CHIEF’S REPORT A. Chief Sparks handed out copies of an email from Randy Ingram regarding the grievance. He stated he had talked to Ed Zagzebski who stated they would hear the grievance. Chief Sparks notified the committee that they would be taking the grievance to the Police Commission, but that he anticipated this going through to arbitration, in which there would be budgetary implications due to the unforeseen legal bills. B. Chief Sparks stated EMPD has received the two new squads and that Belco Vehicle Solutions will be outfitting them. He also stated that a company named C-Tech makes cabinets for the back of the squad. Most of these cabinets retail for $1500-$4000 each. C-Tech has agreed to put a new cabinet in each of our two new squads for free if they are allowed to take one squad to a trade show in Indianapolis. They would be putting approximately 1,000 miles on the squad and have agreed to pay for any damages to it. The committee agreed this seemed like a fair deal. V. REPORTS: VI. DATE FOR NEXT MEETING: TBD VII. ADJOURN: Meeting was adjourned 1517 hrs by Chairman White.