Everest Metro Police Joint Finance Committee

Meeting Minutes of Joint Meeting of the Everest Metropolitan Police Department Joint Finance Committee and the Everest Metro Municipal Court Finance Committee, dated 10/24/19 Present: Wally Sparks – President; Village of Weston Nathan Fiene – Trustee; Village of Weston Mark Maloney – Trustee; Village of Weston Denny Richmond – Alderman; City of Schofield Kregg Hoehn – Mayor; City of Schofield Milt Olson – Chairman; Town of Weston Clay Schulz- EMPD Police Chief Kristine Weirauch – EMMC Judge Nick Aldrich – EMPD Administrative Captain Kristy Isberner– EMPD Administrative Assistant Jessica Trautman – Finance Director; Village of Weston Absent: Kari Carroll – Alderman; City of Schofield I. CALL TO ORDER A. President Sparks opened the meeting at 1600 hrs. Roll call. B. Approval of minutes of meeting held, October 16th, 2019. *M/S/P Fiene/Hoehn II. NEW BUSINESS – EMMC A. Discussion and possible approval of Everest Metro Municipal Court 2020 budget – Judge Weirauch passed out a copy of the proposed 2020 Everest Metro Municipal Court Budget. She said the increases were due to a proposed 2% wage increase for Court Clerk Julie Olson, phone bills trending higher, jail now charging to hold someone on a warrant, and two new computers. She stated they did try to cut where they could, and this resulted in an overall 3.46% increase to the budget. A motion was made to approve the budget as presented. *M/S/P Maloney/Hoehn III. NEW BUSINESS – EMMC A. Discussion and possible approval of Everest Metro Police 2020 budget – Chief Schulz passed out an updated proposed 2020 budget. He stated there was a last minute addition to the family health insurance plan which resulted in an approximate $17K increase to the budget. He stated the overall budget was a 5.6% increase which also included the addition of a new officer next year. Mayor Hoehn expressed concerns over the City of Schofield’s portion of the proposed budget, which was approximately $661K and inquired as to how much the portion would be if the police department did not add another officer next year. Chief Schulz stated it would be $643,970. There was discussion on using more money out of the fund balance, and Chief Schulz explained that the large RMS payment would fall off in 2021 and there was also discussion regarding stray cat services. A motion was made to approve the budget as presented with the additional officer for 2020 for the Village of Weston and Town of Weston contributions and to take from the fund balance the amount to bring the City of Schofield’s contribution down to the $643,970. *M/S/P Maloney/Fiene IV. CHIEF’S REPORT –  A. Department Updates- Chief Schulz stated he didn’t have anything new since the last meeting and added that Wausau PD CSO Gunnar Schultz is the second on the list and would be graduating the academy in December. V. REPORTS: VI. DATE FOR NEXT MEETING: TBD VII. ADJOURN: Meeting was adjourned 1634 hrs. *M/S/P Fiene/Richmond