Law Enforcement Emergency Mgt Minutes 06-10-2026

DRAFT -Buffalo County Public Meeting Minutes Committee/Board: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Date of Meeting: June 10th, 2026 1/2: Call to Order/Roll Call: In person: Mike Taylor, Robert Sendelbach, Daniel Schultz. Excused: Nathan Nelson Others present in person or virtually for All or Parts of the Meeting: Sheriff Mike Osmond Kassie Serum, Coordinator Lee Engfer, Emergency Management Steve Wall, Sheriff’s Office Intern Mckenzi Pluim. 3: Verification of Open Meetings Law Compliance: Lee Engfer advised that the meeting was posted on the County website and at two other locations per the County Clerk. 4: Approve Agenda Lee explained that the committee will decide what items will need action or just discussion. Mike Taylor asked if the normal reports would still need action as normal and Engfer advised yes. 5: Minutes of Previous Meeting: No changes to the previous meeting minutes. Robert Sendelbach made a motion to approve minutes, seconded by Mike Taylor. 6: Public Comment: None 7: Election of Chair and Vice-Chair: Robert Sendelbach made a motion to have Mike Taylor as the Chair seconded by Daniel Schultz. Mike Taylor nominated Nathan Nelson for the Vice-Chair seat seconded by Robert Sendelbach. 8: Emergency Management Current Expenditures and Report: Steve Wall advised they switched to a 3-year contract which they will be paying $6500 they had been paying $4,100 a year so there will be a cost savings. They switched from Nixle to Regroup. The Treasures Office will possibly be using it as well for Taxes, there will be a reminder message going out to remind people to pay their taxes. Wall stated they can do a lot more with this program. Wall has a meeting in Madison with the state to write a new mitigation plan which is due this year. Wall also informed the board that he 1 DRAFT now has his certification, it just isn’t signed yet, but he believes he will get that at the conference. Mike Taylor asked when they would put out information. Wall advised they can do that whenever it is up to them or when they want it done. Robert Sendelbach made a motion to accept the expenditures and report, Daniel Schultz seconded. Carried. 9: Law Enforcement Vouchers: Kassie advised that the voucher list is from March, April and May. Mike Taylor asked about the tower rent, Kassie advised that there was a change in ownership that wasn’t passed on and it hadn’t been paid for the last few years. Taylor asked if we were all caught up and Kassie advised we are. Robert Sendelbach made a motion to approve expenditure, seconded by Daniel Schultz. Accepted. 10: Law Enforcement Expenditures: Mike Taylor asked if there were any questions on the expenditures, there were none. Robert Sendelbach made a motion to approve expenditures, Daniel Schultz seconded. Carried. 11. Law Enforcement Revenue: Kassie explained to Daniel that this report is all of the revenue brought in from the beginning of the year for services. Robert Sendelbach made a motion to approve revenue, Daniel Schultz seconded. Carried 12: Donations: Sheriff Osmond started off with Happy Hub and Fuel Factory did a fundraiser for the K-9 program which was split between the Sheriff’s Office and Mondovi PD. Osmond said they did the Annual Raffle put on by the Buffalo County Outfitters which gets split between Dover First Responders and the Sheriff’s Office. They will each get approximately $14,000 each. Great River Harbor did a purse Bingo; we haven’t received anything from that yet so we are unsure of the amount. Foundations Chiropractic sponsored training for Children and abuse. St Mary’s Church donated bags to give out to kids. Osmond also stated that the Tavern Leage donated two more suppression units. Kassie stated we got a $500 donation from Alma Rod & Gun Club, $100 Thrivent Mondovi Office, $500 Kwik Trip, $500 Waumandee State Bank, $1000 Ye Old Schoolhouse for National Night out and Froggy’s Pub donated $1000 to the K-9 Program. Mike Taylor accepted donations. 2 DRAFT 13. Sheriff’s Office Reports: Sheriff Osmond introduced Mckenzie the intern for the summer at the Sheriff’s Office, he stated that she is currently going to Winona Sate and she had to complete 480 hours. Mckenzie stated she is from Columbus WI and her goal is to be a detective/investigator. Osmond said they have had 4 Fatal motorcycle crashes so far. Almost all crashes have happened on Saturday or Sunday during the day. Osmond is looking at getting more staff during those times. Joslin Completed her k-9 training and Certification and is full time with the dog. Osmond stated that her new squad is not ready yet but should be soon. Last month Tri community Fire put on a training and we paid for a portion of it. Robert Sendelbach asked what kind of training it was and Osmond stated it was the doll house training it showed how a fire moves and it was very beneficial. Osmond stated there was a tornado that touched down and the County had good response. Osmond stated they received an email about the flock cameras and there was a lot of false information on it. The flock Cameras are not recording. Osmond stated that National Night Out is set for August 4th at the Barn Again Lodge. Osmond encouraged the board members to go check it out. Osmond stated that we currently have our Grant Account is located at Bank of Alma and we are transitioning to Waumandee State Bank, they have been great supporters of National Night Out with donating, and they also bring a lot of staff to help the day of. There were no Questions on Jakes Reports that were provided in the packet. There were no Questions on Emilys Reports that were submitted in the Packet. Osmond did point out that the jail inspection report was included in that report and we did pass our jail inspection for the second year in a row. Osmond also pointed out that Emily broke down the cost of out-of-country housing and transport. He also stated that she also went to a finance meeting to give an update. Osmond stated we are currently not housing in Trempealeau County, there were some issues with billing us for medications that should have been billed directly to the inmate and there were more transportation cost due to them not releasing inmates we would have to transport them back here to release them, which created a liability for us. 14.Committee Chair Report: None 15. Future Agenda Items: Mike Taylor advised add yearly Jail tour. Kassie advised that she would include that on the next agenda. 16. Next Meeting Date and Time: A meeting on August 12th at 9:00AM. was scheduled. 3 DRAFT 17. Adjournment: Adjourn at 09:57 AM. _______________________________________ Kassie Serum, Secretary 4