Criminal Justice

Taylor County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council October 18, 2024 Meeting began at 8:30 AM Attendance: Honorable Ann Knox-Bauer, District Attorney Kristi Tlusty, DOC Agent LeeAnn Raab, City Attorney Courtney Graff, Kala Thompson of Taylor County Human Services, Deputy Lisa Kauffman, and Clerk of Court Jill Scheithauer. Last minute meetings were approved. Treatment Court Update - Treatment Court Coordinator Wendy Ness was not present but provided a written update (to which is attached as part of these minutes). Kala gave an update on behalf of Human Services. The board committee approved the hiring a new social worker. They are waiting to get full board approval at this time. Next meeting is scheduled for January 10, 2025. Submitted by Jill Scheithauer Taylor County Clerk of Court Taylor County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council July 26, 2024 Meeting began at 8:30 AM Attendance: Honorable Ann Knox -Bauer, District Attorney Kristi Tlusty, Chief Deputy Corey Dassow Treatment Court Coordinator Wendy Ness, Jasmin Skerven and Kala Thompson of Taylor County Human Services, Deputy Lisa Kauffman, and Clerk of Court Jill Scheithauer. Last minute meetings were approved. Treatment Court Update- Wendy Ness updated the council with the following: • There are currently nine active participants in the program, including an out-of-county transfer from Marathon County. • A motion made by Judge Knox-Bauer for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to approve the funds Taylor County Hybrid Treatment Court are requesting from the TAD grant. Motion seconded by DA Kristi Tlusty. All in favor. Motion passed. Next meeting is scheduled for October 18, 2024. Meeting ended at 9:25 AM. Submitted by Jill Scheithauer Taylor County Clerk of Court Taylor County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council April 19, 2024 Meeting began at 8:30 AM Attendance: Honorable Ann Knox -Bauer, District Attorney Kristi Tlusty, Treatment Court Coordinator Wendy Ness, Suzanne Stanfley and Kala Thompson of Taylor County Human Services, Monelle Johnson of Taylor County Restorative Justice, Shanna Kestler of Stepping Stones, LeeAnn Raab of DOC, Deputy Lisa Kauffman, Deputy Clerk of Court Jessica Nernberger Last minute meetings were approved. Treatment Court Update- Wendy Ness updated the council with the following: • There are currently 7 active participants in the program. One just recently graduated. • Wendy is looking at getting more programming available for the participants and even getting other Treatment Courts involved. • The recovery library will be set up with an unveiling on May 29th at 12:00pm. Light refreshments will be available. • During the unveiling, they will also talk about the new app available to the public. It is called Connections. It is a recovery app to help provide resources to the public and keep them on track to a successful recovery. Right now, people have to go through Wendy or Human Services for the app. • Working on getting Lift Wisconsin to being clinics to the area. This is to help people clean up their criminal record so that they can gain employment and housing. • Wendy is also working with other organizations to help people get their driver's licenses back. • Wendy is also working with Phoenix Mobile Rise. It is a transportation company that works 24/7. As long as the destination starts or ends in Taylor County the driver will then take them anywhere they need to go. Wendy is working on how to sort out the funding for this. Suzanne Stanfley announced that they are now accepting credit card for payment for the AODA assessment. This should hopefully speed up the process and allow people to pay for the assessment sooner. Kala Thompson has accepted the position for the Children and Family Services and Supervisor. There are some changes in the Judge's office. The Court Reporter Paula Anderson is retiring on May 3rd• Britney Anderson will be taking over as the Digital Audio Reporter on May 5th, and Sadie Trawicki is the new Judicial Assistant. The Court uses SWITS for interpretation services and they charge a cancellation fee if the defendant does not show up or if they are not cancelled within a certain time frame. Discussion held on how to have the defendant's pay for this cancellation. Possibly could add it as a fine once they are sentenced. It does help to group the hearings together with other cases so that if one does not show the cancellation fee is then not charged to the County. Collection of restitution by DOC or Clerk of Courts. Discussion held about the process. LeeAnn stated that it all depends on how the JOC is worded. If it is worded that the Clerk of Courts office collects, then they are collecting. If DOC is to collect than the JOC should reflect that. She did say that the same entity is to be used to collect on joint and several restitution cases that have multiple co-defendants. It is also changing where DOC cannot collect any of their fees until restitution is paid in full. Therefore, any fee's that they may collect will go toward restitution first, and they will forward the money on to the Clerk of Courts office. If the restitution is to be determined, the Clerk of Court can forward the restitution summary, once filed, to DOC and they will fill out form 31 and send to Judge for signature. Next meeting is scheduled for July 26th, 2024. Meeting ended at 9:25 AM. Submitted by Jessica Nernberger Taylor County Deputy Clerk of Court Taylor County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council January 5, 2024 Meeting began at 8:35 AM Attendance: Honorable Ann Knox-Bauer, Clerk Jill Scheithauer, District Attorney Kristi Tlusty, Treatment Court Coordinator Wendy Ness, Suzanne Stanfley and Julie Clarkson of Taylor County Human Services, LeeAnn Raab of DOC, Deputy Lisa Kauffman, Chief Deputy Corey Dassow, Corp. Counsel Courtney Graff, SPD Bayley Waller Minutes posted on the Taylor County website. Treatment Court Update - Wendy Ness updated the council with the following: • There are currently 8 participants in the program; • 2024 TAD grant was approved; • Monthly meetings for alumni have started and appear to be going well; • Wendy is researching ways to find a sober living facility in the area. There is a need for more peer support options. Julie Clarkson gave an update of what TCHS is doing with their Fulcrum grant funds. They have created a youth diversion program for kids on DPAs facing sex crime charges or kids who are in danger of facing such crimes. The program consists of 4 weekly 2-hour sessions. The first session, Detective Aemus Balsis will speak to the group on what constitutes a sex crime. The second/third sessions will be covered by Abiding Care to discuss relationships and boundaries and the SANE nurses from Aspirus to discuss sexual assault. The final session will be the Taylor County social workers discussing resilience and mental health. Suzanne Stanfley announced the board's approval for additional staffing at Human Services. Next meeting scheduled for April 5, 2024. Meeting ended at 9:20 AM Submitted by Jill Scheithauer Taylor County Clerk of Court