Criminal Justice Coordinating Council — Minutes

Minutes of the April 8, 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. Non-voting member Chair: Julia Lyons Liz Klein 2. Vice Chair: Judge Elaine Smith- Excused Becky Barry 3. Dave Dixon Leslie Strapon 4. Mike Markgren Kristi Kare 5. Mike Woller Bryan Deyo 6. Lorraine Gouge- Absent Jessica Bjork 7. Doug Mrotek-Bryan Deyo Designated 8. Bruce Poquette 9. Katie Belanger 10. Judge John Yackel- Absent 11. Marc Helwig- Excused 12. Judge Monica Isham- Absent 13. Marshal Savitski 14. Kathy McCoy- Absent 15. Bill Trepanier- Absent 16. Amanda Lokker- Virtual Call to Order—Chair Julia Lyons called the meeting to order at 12:06 pm. Certification of Compliance with the open meeting law was met. Roll Call was taken. Quorum was met. Meeting Agenda – Set Public Comments – None Minutes from the previous meeting dated: February 11, 2026 Motion to approve made by: Mr. Savitski Second by: Mr. Markgren Motion carried without negative vote. Minutes from the previous meeting dated: March 11, 2026 Motion to approve made by: Mr. Savitski Second by: Mr. Markgren Motion carried without negative vote. CJCC Executive Committee Report— Ms. Lyons, Mr. Poquette, and Judge Smith met on March 27 to review national standards and guidelines for CJCCs and will be updating the Bylaws. Ms. Lyons asked the committee to write down their top three priorities for CJCC. Jail Report-- Lt. Woller reviewed a written jail report for March with arrest data by race and gender. There was an average of 56 inmates incarcerated with a 71 % unemployment rate at the time of booking, 0 on electronic monitoring. Justice Point— Ms. Barry updated the committee on Justice Point programs and statistics. There are 123 active pre-trial clients with 14 successful completions, 6 active Diversion clients, and 3 active Treatment Court clients. Ms. Barry reported on PSA assessments. Deflection applied for a grant that would fund $50,000 in the first year and $100,000 in the two following years for programs. The team is promoting outreach events and community service opportunities, Bingo is well attended and may need to move to a larger venue, however the SNAP Fitness program has ten openings and room for participants. TAD Recovery and Treatment Court- there are nine requests in for team member training. Ms. Lyons will be looking at Opioid Settlement funds and Vital Strategies to help fund this important training. Jail Programs- 13 running. There will be a Professional Visitor Appreciation Day on June 11 from 1-4pm at Shue’s Pond. HHS— Ms. Lyons shared the HHS Public Health, Youth Justice and Behavioral Health Reports. Americorps Peer Recovery Coach Brittney Percichelli has resigned. Ms. Lyons hopes that CCS will be able to collaborate with the jail. Community Support & Mobile Crisis Report- Mobile Crisis is finding that they are assisting clients who are out on bond or who Justice Point is working with. Next step is learning how mobile crisis and Justice Point can work together. Outside Committee Reports – None Correspondence, reports from conferences and meetings – Several conferences are coming up. Future Agenda Items – Auralea Carole from Northwood Tech will speak in June Adjournment – 12:24 pm Next Meeting: May 13, 2026 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Board Room Minutes recorded by Liz Klein, County Clerk