Criminal Justice Collaborating Council (CJCC) — Agenda Packet

AGENDA Criminal Justice Collaborating Council (CJCC) October 13, 2026 – 8:00 AM Room 001/003 711 N. Bridge Street, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 I. CALL TO ORDER II. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO BE HEARD III. ROLL CALL IV. CONSENT AGENDA (Unless separation of an item is requested, all items will be adopted in one motion) 1. Approve the Agenda 2. Approve the Minutes – June 23, 2026 3. Schedule Next Meeting Date – February 23, 2027 V. BUSINESS ITEMS VI. REPORTS - No Action Needed 1. Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) Reports from Workgroups- Next Steps 2. 2027 Strategic Planning Day- April 22, 2027 Location to Be Determined 3. CJS Program Updates: a. Recovery Court b. First Time Offender/Front-End Intervention Treatment c. Pre-Trial d. Reentry 4. Crime Stoppers/Take a Stand Against Meth Updates 5. CJS Director Retirement-Recruitment Update VII. OTHER EMERGING ISSUES – No Action Needed VIII. AGENDA ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION IX. ADJOURN cc: CJCC Members, County Administrator, County Clerk, County Board Chair, Finance Director, Media Chippewa County shall attempt to provide reasonable special accommodations to the public for access to its public meetings, provided reasonable notice of special need is given. If special accommodations for a meeting are desired, contact the County Clerk's Office at 726-7980. Members of the Chippewa County Board of Supervisors who are not members of this committee are entitled to attend this meeting. It is possible that the attendance of one or more such nonmember Supervisors may create a quorum of some other county board committee, board or commission. Such a quorum is unintended and the nonmember Supervisors are not meeting for the purpose of exercising the responsibility, authority, power, or duties of any other committee, board or commission. Chippewa County Page 1 Published 06/24/2026 Chippewa County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council Regular Meeting June 23, 2026 Chippewa County Courthouse, Room 302 8:00 AM I. Call to Order Chair Judge Gibbs called the meeting to order at 8:01 AM II. Roll Call Attendee Name Position Status Arrived Judge Steve Gibbs (Chair) Presiding Judge for Chippewa County or Designee Present Bobbie Jaeger (Vice-Chair) Director of Chippewa County Department of Human Services or Designee Present Andy Albarado County Administrator Present Travis Hakes/Curt Dutton County Sheriff or Designee Present James Maki Jail Administrator or Designee Present Kyra Secraw/Kerry Krista Youth Justice/CWDA Manager or Designee Present Kory Bowe Ryan Douglas Chief of Police - Chippewa Falls or Designee Present Timothy Bowman Chief of Police - Outlying Community or Designee Present Wade Newell/ Sheila Yohnk District Attorney or Designee Present Kirby Harless Representative of the State Public Defender Office Absent Nathan Liedl Clerk of Circuit Court or Designee Present Melissa Buesgen Department of Corrections Supervisor for Chippewa County or Designee Present Amanda O’Donnell Child Support Director or Designee Present Dan Hardy County Board Supervisor Absent Jeni Haddad Citizen Member Present John Ailie (Jail Chaplain) Citizen Member Present Melissa Bishop Citizen Member Present Others Present: Rose Baier, Criminal Justice Services Director; Brandi Engel, Human Services Administrative Assistant; Kayce Lawcewicz, Criminal Justice Services Staff; Tiffany Berg, Criminal Justice Services Staff; Kaitlin Horstman, Criminal Justice Services Staff III. Members of the Public Wishing to be Heard There were no members of the public wishing to be heard. IV. Consent Agenda (Unless separation of an item is requested, all items will be adopted in one motion) 1. Approve the Agenda 2. Approve the Minutes – February 24, 2026 3. Schedule Next Meeting Date – October 13, 2026 Chippewa County Page 2 Published 06/24/2026 Result: APPROVED [15 TO 0] Mover: Bowman Seconder: Secraw Ayes: Ailie, Albarado, Bishop, Bowe, Bowman, Buesgen, Gibbs, Haddad, Hakes/Dutton, Jaeger, Liedl, Maki, O’Donnell, Secraw, Yohnk Absent: Hardy, Harless V. Business Items 1. Approval of Request and Support to Submit Application for Calendar Year 2027 TAD Grant by Committee. Committee supports the Front-end Intervention Treatment Program (FIT) funded by TAD– Rose Baier Result: APPROVED [15 TO 0] Mover: Albarado Seconder: Hakes Ayes: Ailie, Albarado, Bishop, Bowe, Bowman, Buesgen, Gibbs, Haddad, Hakes/Dutton, Jaeger, Liedl, Maki, O’Donnell, Secraw, Yohnk Absent: Hardy, Harless VI. Reports 1. Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) Mapping Update – Rose Baier The Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) event has been scheduled for August 13th and 14th at Market on the River. Baier encouraged those who cannot attend to send individual in their place. This will be an important event resulting in action plans that will be overseen by the CJCC in the next year. 2. Program Updates: Recovery Court – Tiffany Berg There are currently 15 participants being served in Recovery Court with 1 new referral. Staff were able to implement a 2nd recovery/sober living house; it has 4 bedrooms and 1 resident currently. Baier thanked the Corporation Counsel and others involved in getting the process established for the second house so quickly. The collaboration involved allowed CJS to secure the house, which is extremely difficult. Baier submitted a federal grant application for $709,000 which would support funding for peer support services, residential treatment, counseling services, training for recovery team, recovery capital support, and sober living support. If awarded it would run from October 2026-September 2030. Baier and Berg recently presented on the multi-track court, and how comprehensive community services can align with recovery court at various venues, including the State Wisconsin Treatment Court Conference. First Time Offender (FTO)/Front-End Intervention Treatment (FIT) Program – Kayce Lawcewicz Staff are preparing for Country Fest and expecting a high number of referrals for FTO. FIT has 21 active participants currently. Lawcewicz noted an increase of participants in higher risk categories. Baier submitted the pre-application for the $119,000 TAD Grant. The full application will be due this fall and will be competitive. It will then be non-competitive for the next five years. Chippewa County Page 3 Published 06/24/2026 Pre-Trial Program – Kaitlin Horstman Staff are working with around 210 cases. Reportedly utilizing transportation funds more to assist participants with getting to court dates. Baier reported the DOJ will not be continuing the pre-trial grant after 2028 which will require ongoing budgetary conversations. Judge Gibbs advocates for the pretrial monitoring program as evidence reflects a decline in Failure to Appear warrants. Baier reported the warrants have been tracked since 2017 and the have been reduced from 723 in 2017 to 409 in 2025. Captain Maki also noted that it appears jail bed numbers have been lower since pretrial and ADA Yohnk indicated the communication and information, they get from pretrial staff is very valuable. It was agreed there will need to be ongoing communication about how to sustain the program. The majority of the grant funds a full-time position. Several CJS staff will be attending the National Association of Pretrial Services Conference in August with grant funds. Re-Entry Program – Rose Baier Opioid Funds support the re-entry programs which supply participants with classes, hygiene kits, backpacks, and transportation needs. This is going well. Walter continues to provide a reentry class in the jail. 3. Take a Stand Against Meth/Crime Stoppers Updates – Rose Baier Seeking volunteers for various summer events including the fair and National Night Out. It was reported that the bean bag tournament for the Crime Stoppers earned close to $8,000. Baier encouraged the TASAM Committee to work on having more town halls in the next year. 4. National Network of Criminal Justice Collaborating Councils (NNCJCC) – Rose Baier Chippewa County CJCC is a member of the NNCJCC association, and they can offer information sharing and technical assistance if requested. There will be an annual meeting in North Carolina that is valuable to attend. VI. Other Emerging Issues  O’Donnell highlighted the collaboration efforts between CJCC and the Child Support office.  Chaplain Ailie reported higher attendance rates at Sunday Service. VII. Agenda Items for Future Consideration  Strategic Planning/CJCC Work Offsite Day in 2027 VIII. Adjourn Meeting adjourned without objection at 8:41 Result: APPROVED [15 TO 0] Mover: Bowman Seconder: Hakes Ayes: Ailie, Albarado, Bishop, Bowe, Bowman, Buesgen, Gibbs, Haddad, Hakes/Dutton, Jaeger, Liedl, Maki, O’Donnell, Secraw, Yohnk Absent: Hardy, Harless