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 03/04/2021 Present: Mark Maloney – Village President; Village of Weston Denny Richmond – Alderman; City of Schofield Kari Carroll – Alderman; City of Schofield Yee Lee Xiong – Trustee; Village of Weston (Over the Phone) Nate Fiene – Trustee; Village of Weston (Late due to work) Clay Schulz- EMPD Police Chief Becca Szews– EMPD Administrative Assistant John Rusinek- Captain Nicholas Aldrich - Captain Absent: Kregg Hoehn – Mayor; City of Schofield Milt Olson – Chairman; Town of Weston I. CALL TO ORDER A. Joint Finance Chair Maloney opened the meeting at 1600 hrs. Roll call. B. Approval of minutes of meeting held December 22, 2020 EMPD and EMMC Joint Finance Committee meeting. *M/S/P Carroll / Richmond III. NEW BUSINESS – EMPD A. Chief Schulz discussed the possible approval to fill one vacancy created by the retirement of Officer Dave Sabel on March 15, 2021. A motion was made to approve filling the vacancy of Officer Dave Sabel. *M/S/P Richmond / Carroll B. Chief Schulz discussed the possible approval to start Officer Jerel Jones-Denson at 90% of the patrol officer rate. The EMPD contract allows Police Commission and the Chief of Police to recommend that officers who come into Everest Metro Police Department with 3 years of experience be brought in at 90% of the patrol officer wage, with the approval of the Joint Finance Committee. Jerel has 5 years of experience at his previous Law Enforcement Agency. Even at the base rate at 100%, Jerel is going to be taking a paycut from his previous place of employment. A motion was made to approve starting Officer Jerel Jones-Denson at 90% of the patrol officer rate, contingent on addtional recommendation from the Police Commision, which will be covered at the next meeting. *M/S/P Carroll / Richmond C. Chief Schulz discussed the possible approval to give retired officers their service weapons upon retirement. A motion was made to approve giving retired officers their service weapons upon retirement. *M/S/P Richmond / Fiene D. Chief Schulz discussed the possible approval to have the purchase of the body camera clips for officers and the cost of charging station installs in the squads expended through the seizure fund. The seizure fund generates an unexpected amount that gets deposited based on previous years confiscations and there is no a way to track what will be coming in the future. The amount being requested from the seizure fund to cover the body camera cost is $3,460. A motion was made to approve haveing the purchase of the body camera clips for officers and the cost of charging station installs in the squads expended through the seizure fund. *M/S/P Fiene / Carroll IV. CHIEF’S REPORT – A. Department updates – EMPD is still going through the hiring process with 2 vacancies. 2 new hires started on Monday, March 1st. The building remodel is almost complete, with a few minor fixes and completion items. The cleaning contract has been adjusted to include the newest additions to the building. V. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS: A. VI. DATE FOR NEXT MEETING: TBD VII. ADJOURN: Meeting was adjourned 16:19 hrs. *M/S/P Richmond / Carroll