Criminal Justice Coordinating Council — Minutes

Minutes of the May 13, 2026 Meeting of the Sawyer County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee of the Sawyer County Board of Supervisors Board Room; Sawyer County Voting Committee Members Present: Others Present: 1. Julia Lyons- Excused Liz Klein 2. Judge Elaine Smith Becky Barry- Virtual 3. Dave Dixon- Absent 4. Mike Markgren 5. Mike Woller 6. Lorraine Gouge- Late 7. Doug Mrotek 8. Bruce Poquette 9. Katie Belanger- Virtual 10. Judge John Yackel- Absent 11. Marc Helwig 12. Judge Monica Isham 13. Marshal Savitski 14. Kathy McCoy 15. Bill Trepanier- Absent 16. Amanda Lokker- Virtual Call to Order—Clerk Klein called the meeting to order at 12:00 pm. Certification of Compliance with the open meeting law was met. Roll Call was taken. Quorum was met. Election of CJCC Chair & Vice Chair— Judge Smith nominated Ms. Lyons for Chair. Ms. Lyons previously stated she would accept a nomination for Chair. No other nominations being received, voting proceeded by secret ballot. Ballots were collected by Deputy Clerk Bruce, tallied by Clerks Klein and Bruce, and Ms. Lyons was unanimously elected Chair of the CJCC Committee. Ms. McCoy nominated Judge Smith for Vice Chair. Judge Smith accepted and thanked the committee. No other nominations being received, voting proceeded by secret ballot. Ballots were collected by Deputy Clerk Bruce, tallied by Clerks Klein and Bruce, and Judge Smith was unanimously elected Vice Chair of the CJCC Committee. The meeting was handed over to Vice Chair Smith. Meeting Agenda – Set Public Comments – None Minutes from the previous meeting dated: April 8, 2026 Motion to approve made by: Mr. Savitski Second by: Mr. Helwig Motion carried with one abstaining. CJCC Executive Committee Report— The CJCC Bylaws were reviewed. Ms. McCoy asked Judge Isham if the Circuit Court judges could appoint designees to represent them when they cannot attend. It was agreed it would be the Judicial Assistants; once formally designated, they would be able to join the committee members at the table an be counted for quorum. Judge Smith asked to schedule the next Executive Committee meeting when a possible date can be determined. Jail Report-- Lt. Woller reviewed a written jail report for April with arrest data by race and gender. There was an average of 62 inmates incarcerated with a 70% unemployment rate at the time of booking, 0 on electronic monitoring. Lt. Woller reviewed a written jail report for March with arrest data by race and gender. Ms. Barry answered a question raised about mental health programs in the jail; suggestions for applicants to run volunteer programs may be directed to Ms. Barry for screening. Justice Point— Ms. Barry updated the committee on Justice Point programs and statistics. There are 110 active pre-trial clients with 11 successful completions, 11 active Diversion clients, and 3 active Treatment Court clients in April. Deflection funding application to Reentry Navigator was made on March 31st was not awarded; the grant is highly competitive and only four programs were awarded funding in the state. The program will continue to offer donated outreach programming. TAD Recovery and Treatment Court- Ms. Barry presented the 2027 TAD Pre-application Form to the committee for discussion. This form is required to be approved by the CJCC as part of the grant application process. The requested grant amount for Deflection was changed from $150, 000 to $100,000. The 2027 Pre-Application Form to request $100,000 for Diversion and $150,000 for Treatment Court was approved on a motion by: Judge Isham Second by: Mr. Savitski Motion carried without negative vote. Jail Programs- Ms. Barry reviewed current jail programs. 18 inmates received GEDs in the 25-26 school year. HHS— The 2025 Adult Protective Services Report was reviewed. Youth Justice, Behavioral Health and Truancy & Diversion reports were reviewed. The statistics show Sawyer County Diversion efforts are working to reduce truancy; the judges confirmed the program is making a difference for children and families and stated Melinda Hoyos is very good at working with truancy cases. The Hayward School District zero tolerance policy was discussed. Community Services Updates- No report Outside Committee Reports – None Correspondence, reports from conferences and meetings –Some Sawyer County and LCO staff attended WATCP and some will attend AllRISE in July in Nashville. Future Agenda Items – Auralea Carrell from Northwood Tech will speak in June; representatives from Salvation Army and LCO programs may be invited to speak and these updates could fall under the Community Services Updates heading for flexibility on agendas Motion to adjourn at 12:53pm by Mr. Savitski Second by: Judge Isham Meeting adjourned. Next Meeting: June 10, 2026 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Board Room Minutes recorded by Liz Klein, County Clerk