Criminal Justice Coordinating Council — Minutes

Minutes of the March 11, 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 Becky Barry- Virtual 3. Dave Dixon Sari Torstenson- Virtual 4. Mike Markgren Kristi Kare 5. Mike Woller Bryan Deyo 6. Lorraine Gouge Jessica Bjork 7. Doug Mrotek 8. Bruce Poquette 9. Katie Belanger- Absent 10. Judge John Yackel- Absent 11. Marc Helwig 12. Judge Monica Isham- Absent 13. Marshal Savitski- Virtual 14. Kathy McCoy 15. Bill Trepanier- Excused 16. Amanda Lokker- Virtual Call to Order—Chair Julia Lyons called the meeting to order at 12:04 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 Tabled to April (wrong minutes attached) Executive Committee- February 27 meeting canceled- rescheduled to March 27. 2026. Jail Report-- Lt. Woller reviewed a written jail report for December with arrest data by race and gender. There was an average of 59 inmates incarcerated with a 67% unemployment rate at the time of booking, 1 on electronic monitoring. Members discussed MAT program, the unemployment rate falling below 70%, and changes to the Huber program since 2022. Justice Point— Ms. Barry updated the committee on Justice Point staffing: Ms. Barry will remain on 3/4 time employment status. Due to cuts in the Deflection budget, a peer recovery coach was cut from staff. There are 109 active pre-trial clients, 6 active Diversion clients, and 3 active Treatment Court clients. Ms. Barry discussed deflection and jail programs. HHS— Public Health— A written report was provided. Ms. Lyons updated the committee on CHIP work groups and CCS restructuring in HHS which may create another staff pathway for client assessments. Youth Justice— The written February YJ report was provided. Truancy and Diversion- No updates this month Community Services Updates— None Outside Committee Reports – None Correspondence, reports from conferences and meetings – WATCP and All Rise conferences are coming up in April and July. Future Agenda Items – February minutes, add HHS reports to CJCC agenda Adjournment – 12:38 pm Next Meeting: April 8, 2026 Time: 12:00 pm Location: Board Room Minutes recorded by Liz Klein, County Clerk