Public Safety - Regular Meeting

Hello everyone. Hello everyone. We are going to open the meeting on the public security of September 1st, 2026. Does anyone propose to approve the 28th of July legal proceedings? All in favor? Bill, are you in favor?

Yes.

Thank you. Next. Everyone is in favor. We will move on to the public defender.

Hello. Hello. The first point concerns several contracts, or rather extensions of contracts, signed between the county and the legal services for indigenous people. We had a meeting with the legal services for indigenous people about two weeks ago and I think that the conclusion of the working group with ILS was that we had to sign these extensions. So I suggest either to resume a meeting of working group or that I present all the extensions to the office of the lawyer of the county for examination and signature by the president. Because these contracts delay the addition of funds and I think the conclusion was that you should probably not refuse the additional funds. This is the first point. The second point is the effective dismissal next week, September 9th, by a full-time lawyer. I am asking for the replacement for this post, which is again under contract with the ILS, and I hope that the post is provided. So I am asking for the replacement.

The first point would require a motion on ILS contracts not signed to allow the President

I don't know if we need a motion. I just want to make sure it's signed. I don't know if it requires a motion. In general, it's a resolution, but I suppose we've had enough to know that the president has been authorized to sign them. If the committee authorizes the signature, I think we are... Motion to authorize. Oh, sorry.

Discussion?

Do you examine all this? Is it the same all the time? We examine them and I think we have already reviewed them. There is a working group that deals with it and I think there are other people than me who know these contracts well, but we examine them well. It should be noted that last week, I think we were able to finalize one request. and we received $732,000. So the ILSP is good, but there are always, for lack of a better term, conditions with all this. But I think we are ready to answer their request to obtain this additional funding. And I think that the position of the ILS was simply to take the financing, even unallocated, and we will see how to spend it, because it causes a delay, and a delay, on their side, puts in danger their financing, the governor and others being able to intervene to adjust their finances. So they're trying to get us the money, and I don't want to talk in the name of the ILS. I can't. Ce que j'ai retenu de notre dernière réunion, c'était... En gros, ils ont dit, signez ces contrats, prenez l'argent, nous verrons bien comment le dépenser. Vous risquez de perdre le financement si vous ne l'acceptez pas. Simplement. C'est ce que j'en ai compris. Mais je ne peux pas parler. La deuxième chose, c'est le... I just wanted to remind everyone that what Mike is referring to is that he is redoing the contract to maximize the amount we can get, because sometimes he puts it in pockets that we absolutely cannot spend. We are trying to modify the contract so that it is useful to us. Well yes, the goal has always been to try to maximize funding. We have never succeeded 100%, but that's because they add money where we traditionally have not spent, and they are curious to spend it that way. But we're working on it and I think the best thing would probably be to execute the contract. So I think we've dealt with that point. The second part concerning the replacement of the lawyer in full time, it's one of the positions under contract and I have no doubt that we will always need a full-time lawyer to replace the one who was on duty. We have moved on to temporary lawyers in other areas, but the full-time lawyer who resigns had a very important workload that must continue to be covered. I therefore ask for the replacement of the full-time position.

So we currently have a motion on the table with one second.

Are there any other discussions on the first part? A question on the first part concerning the work groups. Are the work groups outside our county with people from our county? Or is it an internal work group? Well, there is a work group that we have, I think, created at the beginning of the year in response to the expenses linked to the law on the assigned councils. So, A large part of what we have discussed has allowed us to reduce these costs. And it was also linked to the Office of Public Defenders. Everything must work in harmony. But it is a group of supervisors, myself, Emre Jofil, an administrator of the county, I believe the head of the project. And we had a few meetings during the last one, the services juridic pour indigent est présent. Je ne savais pas. J'ai essayé de tout lire en groupe. Donc cela m'a échappé. I would suggest that this group meet again to discuss what was raised during the last meeting with the ILS because they have clearly expressed their position on certain uncertain points.

And I would like to see this continue towards a positive result because we have not yet finished. Sorry for not being able to attend the last meeting, but I'm sure Danaï was there and was able to do it.

We have learned what a quality defense is, according to their own terms. They don't like lawyers on time. Can I say it out loud? Yes, it's another question that must be solved quickly. But I found that she asked an excellent question. She said, you don't like lawyers on time, but 18B lawyers who are on time don't bother you. A large part of the reasoning is not logical. But they have become very defensive. I think at some point they said, I am offended by the question of Cassie. You know Cassie is offended.

Mike, if you contact my office with dates that suit you, I can organize this with the work group.

Or if you prefer to proceed differently. Thank you.

Thank you. So, to come back to other questions about the authorization of the contract. Other questions? All those who are for. Adopted. Regarding the request for personnel, do we have a motion to approve? The lawyer is waiting. We transmit this to the personnel.

Discussions? Sorry, I'll come back in a moment. Are the contracts at Dan's office now, or where are they? I have them in my office. I will make sure that doubles arrive at Dan's. Just so I can sign it.

Today, if possible.

Okay, I'll get them up there as soon as possible.

So, all those who are for the request concerning the lawyer in full time? Thank you very much for your work.

Have a good afternoon.

I have only one point in the agenda, namely to modify our budget to include our new DCJS grant for a total amount of $148,965. This is a grant intended for those who are accused of crimes related to sexual violence. We are already receiving reports for cases of marital violence. It is therefore simply an improvement with a little more service for these people. We have recently obtained the approval for the grant. Most of the funds are for salaries. We have added additional hours in the corresponding budget. Then, contractual services of $8.35 for the Atlas program of the company Change, which is an interactive online newspaper, as well as the purchase of additional licenses for customers. We will also buy monthly bus tickets, a risk assessment manual related to conjugal violence, and we will send the staff to specific training courses for a total of $ 10,675. These are funds linked to these points.

I therefore ask for the authorization to add these amounts to the budget.

Le contrat court du 1er juillet 2026 au 30 juin 2027 avec quatre renouvellements optionnels d'un an après la première année. Nous avons une motion sur la table?

Oui.

Appuyez. Ce point est-il ouvert à la discussion ou quelqu'un a-t-il des questions? Qui est pour? Merci. Ceux les racistes des finances. Merci. Quelques points de mise à jour. Notre classification 13A pour le plan de service alternatif à l'incarcération a été approuvée.

Le montant total était de 26 pour 170 dollars.

Nous l'inscrivons au budget chaque année. Le montant n'a pas changé. C'est un montant assez cohérent. Il soutient notre programme de services liés aux drogues et à l'alcool et certains services pré-procès financés également par le DCJS. It was an update on this subject, as well as an update on community services. I wanted to inform everyone that we have painted all the picnic tables at Lake Lauderdale and Ouellette this summer, with the help of community service clients and our young employees. We have assigned the ideal person for the project to the Cambridge rescue team. The painting project is therefore almost finished. We had a few preliminary discussions with the DSS commissioner on the requirement for adults to be eligible for 100 people in charge in order to see how our community service program can integrate people's orientations in order to carry out these hours. So these are just a few preliminary conversations on this subject. Je n'en parle pas souvent, mais nous travaillons en étroite collaboration avec le bureau du shérif pour faciliter la libération sous surveillance électronique de certaines personnes. Récemment, le shérif nous a contactés au sujet d'un individu hospitalisé qui devait subir plusieurs interventions chirurgicales et rester hospitalisé assez longtemps. Il a été libéré sous surveillance électronique. Il est resté 7 jours à l'hôpital sous surveillance électronique. Il a été libéré puis est retourné à l'hôpital pour 7 jours supplémentaires. C'est une réelle économie de le maintenir sous surveillance électronique par rapport aux coûts du bureau, du chef.

Je vais le mentionner car c'est un cas assez récent.

Je crois que c'est tout pour mes mises à jour. Quelqu'un a-t-il des questions? Merci beaucoup. So we're going to start. The sheriff could not be present today. An unexpected event. He therefore asked me to submit his request for a budget amendment to the committee. It is from point 22 to 0.4 for the purchase of tablets and radio for the prison of a amount of 4 dollars. He must make the request because the costs are too low to allow a transfer of funds. Questions? Who is it for? Let's continue. Regarding public security, Tim and Glenn can't be here today. They have a request to recruit a person with 8 years of experience as a communication agent in another agency. Il souhaiterait transférer cette personne dans le comté de Washington au palier 4 pour que son salaire soit plus comparable. Sinon cela n'attire vraiment pas les personnes expérimentées à venir travailler ici. Il souhaiterait donc placer cette personne au taux du palier 4. They also ask that we do, as for the Sheriff's Office, with their deputies, if a lateral transfer wants to join the county of Washington, we place him at the level corresponding to his experience, within the limits of level 4. If someone with 3 years of experience as a communication agent in another county postulates here, we place him at level 3, but with a maximum at level 4. Cela ne leur donne aucune ancienneté ni congé. Ça les place simplement à cet échelon.

Il va à l'échelon 4, c'est ça ? L'échelon 3 ou l'échelon 4 ?

La personne qu'ils ont et qui souhaiterait travailler ici serait placée à l'échelon 4. Elle a 8 ans d'expérience dans un autre comté.

Et nous avons déjà fait cela pour le chien.

Oui, il a une autorisation globale. Nous avions une résolution.

Oui, il y a une résolution d'acceptation globale. Occasionnellement.

Il faut deux motions, je crois. Est-ce que cela va s'appliquer à tout le monde ou juste à cet individu ? Voulez-vous que cela s'applique à l'avenir ?

Nous voulons faire une motion globale.

C'est ce que vous... C'est ce qu'il demande.

Je la ferai. Je pense que c'est une excellente solution.

Moi aussi. Ça aidera pour le recrutement. Donc, il nous faudra juste une résolution. Other questions? We have a motion in progress. We have a second. All those who are not present. Thank you.

No, I think it goes to the staff.

It will go to... I don't know if it will go to the staff. Will it go to the staff or directly to the full council for resolution? I think of the full council, sorry.

J'ai vu ça écrit des deux manières car il y avait une résolution que vous m'avez fournie comme modèle qui mentionnait une recommandation au personnel pour créer une politique.

Parce qu'elle en émanait. Donc je pense que cela peut aller directement au conseil complet pour... La politique est déjà créée ici. Ce serait juste une résolution. Vous avez donné votre approbation. Autre chose à soumettre au conseil.

She will change. Sir, yes.

I will buy you later. Twelve years. Twenty-one. Twenty-one years. Of course. Do you have anything else? No, that's all. That's all I have. Thank you. Does anyone else have anything to submit to the public security? Well, we thank you all and have a good evening. The session is up.