 I'd like to call the order the Morgan County Board of Supervisors Are we certified in compliance with the open meeting law? We are the agenda was posted on the 16th at 2 p.m. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance Next is roll call supervisor emol. Are you chimed in on zoom? I am here Thank you possibly Supervisor Jorgensen or Supervisor John Cullo Supervisors present next is the approval of the November 1st 2022 journal Supervisor Wagner Thank You mr. Chairman move for approval of the journal. Thank you Supervisor Wagner Supervisor Brower Thank You mr. Chair. I will second that motion Thank You Supervisor Brower sir any adjustments seeing none. Please vote Supervisor emol I Support yes next is consideration of appointments by chairperson The Monarch Library System Board new appointment Daniel Lamb of Sheboygan reappointment I'm doing a random link Supervisor Gary thank you. Mr. Chairman. I move to concur with your appointment and reappointment to the Monarch Board Thank You Supervisor Gary Supervisor Brower. Thank You mr. Chair. I will second the motion. Thank You Supervisor Brower Any discussion Supervisor Coulson wonder if I wonder if you've got I'm wondering whether your Things are switched. I'm guessing You please please Try again supervisor spells. I think I got your microphone on okay Anyways, can you hear me? Yeah, you can hear me. I just have a couple questions in regards to this I'm like who made the decision and that was that's one question and then my other question would be like You know with these positions that people apply for it Would it be possible for us to get like the other people that applied and their information? So those two questions the first one is their appointments by the chairperson and I review their Applications and choose one and then they're voted on by the county board. Okay, and as far as the other question I will So you said so like you you made the decision is that what you said correct? Okay, and then they're voted on here Okay, gotcha the second part Could you just repeat the second part of your question? Yeah I was just my question is like when we have like positions like this where like people apply like other people apply Could we get like the other people that applied their information and like resumes and things? Sure, and I can I can tell you that depending on what the appointment is. It's not a one-size-fits-all process Okay, so certainly you can make a request to have additional information about the applicants Depending on which appointment is it would be a difference of how you made that request But there's no reason you couldn't have that information You're interested in that in the future. You could request that at the time that you receive your agenda packet. Okay, sounds good. Thank you Is there any other discussion? I'm really curious about that Quicker, so if you wouldn't mind just try and Request to the request to speak nothing's coming in it worked for Perfect Excellent. All right good I'm glad we got that straight up seeing no further discussion, please vote on the appointments Supervisor Emma, how do you vote a vote in favor next is presentations you have none Public addresses are none letters communications and announcements. There are three resolutions from Marathon County and price regarding The entry-level compensation rate for assistant Right, we've had all those in the past and we have something coming up on that so Let's receive them for information County County administrators report. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good evening It's good to see everybody. Happy December happy holidays and Just to quickly also respond to the question anytime we have advisory Appointments like that. They're generally always handled in the county administrator chair's office. So Our assistant Peggy does a wonderful job putting out the news releases and managing that and sometimes My appointment to be confirmed by the boards ultimately you're the final decision Chairperson's appointment to be confirmed by the board as was done tonight But anytime we have situations like that generally don't receive a lot of applicants You know, we put it in the media and sometimes we call and encourage people But don't ever hesitate if you see something on your agenda and want to see well Were there any other applicants sometimes there may not have been others But if there were just stopped by our office or left snow I'm glad to share that in your pack this evening Rather light agenda tonight. So I'll do my best to speak slowly and try to Make sure we get a whole per diem out of this evening, right? couple of very Important topics and one that the chair and vice chair just took action on as you'll see it under resolutions introduced Requesting the state of Wisconsin review and revise the compensation rates for entry level and experienced assistant district attorneys as you Know very well. We are struggling with recruitment retention throughout our organization Everyone's struggling, but we are really struggling in our district journey's office. So this resolution will be referred to the executive committee However, we just recently received some additional information on this from a group called the justice coalition coalition made up of district attorneys and judges and other people who have an interest and seeing our judicial system work well and in their Information they are they provided a template resolution and further supporting documentation not only to adequately fund District attorney positions so we can retain staff, but also public defenders So just a heads up that when this goes to the executive committee presuming that's where the vice chair sends it If you're interested in following that please join us at the executive committee And don't be surprised if it comes back with some amendments or some additional information to make it broader and also Touch on encouraging the governor's office and our legislators to adequately fund these important positions. So just heads up The other thing I wanted to briefly touch touch on was the use of the American Rescue Plan Act funds as you can see you have resolution number five This is the fifth time the county board is being asked to make decisions on ARPA allocations And this was once again very thoughtfully done I want to compliment Matt strip modder our health and human services director our health and human services committee Of course the executive committee because we are managing these always through the executive committee and then on to the county board for Your final approval and as you know if you've reviewed this we're looking to provide some modest equity adjustments for 2022 so this year already that would be backdated for health and human services staff going forward those positions are funded as part of our budget that you already approved and then you'll see in the sheriff's Department correctional officers and dispatchers and this is not the first time you've taken action to provide ARPA funds or premium pay For our correctional officers and dispatchers But to the sheriff's credit and to our law committee's credit they came forward and said you know We've already taken action at Rocky Knoll to provide three years of funding for CNAs and nurses Why should we not do the same thing for our dispatchers and correctional officers? so what you're seeing this evening is really a consistent approach between two departments that have critically important staff that we obviously need to recruit and be able to retain and I think we all appreciate it certainly your constituents appreciate we have to have correctional officers We have to have dispatchers and we have to have nurses and CNA So that's what's being predominantly focused on this evening and then finally so where we had big picture And we briefly discussed this at the finance committee this week, but keep in mind that a number of your Allocations have already been put to good use. We've made a number of investments at Rocky Knoll whether it's to our cooling tower Chiller replacement our duck cleaning and smoke damper things that we might have otherwise had to do down the road But this was good to make a more sterile environment a healthier environment for our residents and our workers there So that work is underway number of recruitment and retention Packages have gone forward as you're well aware. So those dollars have been put to good use I want to thank you to acknowledge supervisor Tom Wagner and and Tom certainly had support from board members as well, but Tom took the lead to be sure that we improve the air quality in the facility and recommended an ultraviolet air filtration system at Rocky Knoll and it would took us a little time to evaluate and look at different options But that is now underway and again Thank you supervisor Wagner and health care centers committee and others that have supported that initiative It's just another enhancement to Rocky Knoll and taking care of frail people. So I'm real pleased. That's underway And then finally, so where are we at big picture? Well to date We received twenty two point four million recall from Arpa today the county board has approved or allocated seventeen point eight million of the twenty two point four Tonight if you support this resolution, that'll be another six six hundred ninety one thousand So that means the balance remaining is three point eight million So we still have three point eight million. We have till twenty twenty four to make allocation decisions twenty twenty six to actually spend the dollars and I wanted to end on a couple of Couple of positive notes as well as a thank you first. I Can't tell you how much I appreciate the support and leadership of the county board and your thoughtful approach with allocating these dollars We have we have to again have correctional officers and emergency responders and dispatchers and nurses and CNAs And I really appreciate the approach you've taken. I Also am so grateful for all of our health care workers and emergency responders All of us are here this evening Comfortable now not wearing masks. You know, we've gotten through I think the worst of the pandemic But if you're at a nursing home Doesn't feel over to them they're still weren't wearing masks and Following best practices to protect those frail residents Particularly if a frail resident is not able to take a vaccine for one reason or another so it's not over for them So if you get a chance to say thank you to a healthcare worker an emergency responder Please do as they continue to the fight to the good fight it and they're tired retired We had 32 members Family members at our house this past weekend hosting for Christmas And isn't that nice when they come and nice when they go? It was wonderful, I mean Kids grandchildren everyone sleeping on air mattresses, you know the drill I think we've all done that at some point but 32 people in our house And I hope that you and all of our healthcare workers Emergency responders are gonna be able to take just a little time over the holidays to spend with loved ones and family and just Take a little break Hopefully get a little rest Be good to yourselves. So again a big shout out and thank you all of our healthcare workers and emergency responders I've been participating on a local government reform Committee local government funding task force if you will with about a dozen or so people the last year town city village county representation and We've been concerned about okay. We were fortunate to receive these federal dollars They truly helped small businesses and others get through COVID They certainly have helped local governments continue to provide essential services that I just touched on But as we all know in this room these ARPA funds You know, they don't go on in perpetuity. The good news is it's not a one-year, right? We have three four essentially five years to utilize these funds, but we have to plan We have to thoughtfully plan on how we're going to address this funding cliff As I like to call it going forward Don't have to have the answers tomorrow or next week or next month But we have to utilize the time we have in the months and the next year or so Plan on how we're going to address this and if it's going to get addressed It's going to require a partnership and collaboration Between counties and all local units of government the governor's office and the legislature It's going to take all of us and I have to say I'm encouraged with what I've been hearing from the governor and his staff I think there's truly an appreciation for what all local units of government have been grappling with and the challenges we face Also been very encouraged with what senator Lemme you has been saying and representative Terry Katzman and appreciate their leadership and their Recognition that we've got a situation where we're going to need everyone to pull together So when you participate at these legislative breakfasts, it makes a difference Not all of you do everyone's busy But if you get a chance to do so Encouraging them to continue to be mindful of that and also we're gonna have to stand with them when changes are made and I will end with this I personally Don't envision Sheboygan County saying we need to raise taxes. I Certainly don't think Sheboygan County is going to be asking property taxpayers to shoulder even more Responsibility for underfunded or unfunded state mandates But when you're looking at a situation right now where the state has upwards of an eight billion dollar positive variance What a wonderful opportunity to have thoughtful discussions about how the state takes its pool of resources and Shares more of that with local units of government. If you think about it, it's not states money And it's all of our money. We're all taxpayers. There's different ways that's collected But if they would share more of what's being collected now Sheboygan County and other local units of government we can address these challenges and maintain Essential programs and services and it was heartening for me to hear during the elections and the commercials Are we all glad that's over? One predominant theme throughout it seemed like everyone involved supported public safety Everyone involved every candidate Every commercial seemed to really emphasize the need for public safety We are in the midst of providing public safety in county government and we will need more State-shared service more state-shared revenue To sustain what we have so please continue to attend those legislative breakfasts, please continue to encourage our legislators I think we're fortunate that they know us and they know our needs and I'm optimistic that we're going to tackle this together Thank You, Mr. Chairman Next is consideration of committee reports executive committee Ornest number four regarding changing supervisory district boundaries to reflect annexation from Donna Wilson in a district 10 Supervisor Gehring thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move for adoption. Thank you, Supervisor Gehring Supervisor Brower Thank You, Mr. Chair. I'll second that motion. Thank you Supervisor Brower under discussion Seeing no discussion, please vote I vote aye Supervisor John Cullo aye Thanks for chiming in Supervisor Cullo We'll grab your clicker here real quick Please everyone if you would re-vote for that one back out to make him present If you stand on your head and do it how do you vote we'll have Cheryl do it How do you vote Supervisor Boseman? Thank you. All right, that's unanimous 25 supervisors Okay, a consideration of committee reports finance committee 21 regarding proving the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds number five recommendation to adopt Supervisor Tastrodi Thank You, Mr. Chairman move for adoption. Thank You Supervisor Tastrodi Supervisor Wagner Thank You, Mr. Chairman. I'll second that motion. Thank you, Supervisor Wagner under discussion Seeing no discussion, please vote Supervisor Imel, how do you vote? I vote aye Supervisor Cullo, how do you vote? Aye Supervisor Boseman, how do you vote? We'll have Cheryl do it. Thank you, 22 to 3 Thank You, Mr. Chair Resolutions introduced resolution number 22 from the law committee regarding requesting the state of Wisconsin review and revise the compensation rates for entry level and experience Resolution number 22 will be referred to the executive committee Resolution number 23 from planning resources agriculture extension committee Thank you, that'll be referred to finance There are no ordinances to be introduced tonight So concluding our business tonight. I'll call for adjournment supervisor Tastrodi Thank You, Mr. Vice Chairman. I'll move to adjourn Supervisor Brower, I will second that motion We are adjourned Please vote please