LA CROSSE COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDIN

LA CROSSE COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS

COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISOR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

COUNTY BOARD RETREAT

FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2007

The La Crosse County Board of Supervisors Committee of the Whole – County Board Retreat was held on April 20, 2007 at Best Western/Midway Motel & River Jack’s Restaurant – Wisconsin Room. The County Clerk, Marion I. Naegle, took attendance. All supervisors were present except as noted.

DISTRICT - NAME		DISTRICT - NAME
1	Richmond, Andrea	19	Robert Keil - Absent
2	Geary Jr., Ralph – Excused	20	Bina, Donald
3	Belzer, Keith - Excused	21	Hanson, J. Terry
4	Johnson, Jai	22	Ebert, Ray
5	Gamroth, Jacie - Absent	23	Kapanke, Brian - Excused
6	Billings, Jill – Present 8:47 a.m.	24	Pfaff, Leon – Present 9:02 a.m.
7	Plesha, Roger - Absent	25	Schroeder, Jeffrey - Absent
8	Freedland, Maureen	26	Burke, Vicki
9	Hampson, Sharon	27	Hammes, George - Excused
10	Wood, Margaret – Excused	28	Doyle, Steve
11	Gillett, Jason	29	Pfaff, Brad - Present 8:46 a.m.
12	Ehrsam, James - Excused	30	Spiker, Charles
13	Maney, Bernard - Excused	31	Fisher, Ann
14	John Medinger - Excused	32	Schippers, Patrick
15	Montgomery, Lyell – Present 9 a.m.	33	Berns, Jim - Excused
16	Sebranek, Gerald	34	Rauk, Tom
17	Meyer, Donald – Excused	35	Bilskemper, Joe - Absent
18	Johnson, Tara - Excused

County Board Chair Steve Doyle

He called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.

State of the County Address: “County is good”.
If a department has a significant issue or news worthy project, Steve Doyle, Steve O’Malley and County Board Supervisors should be notified before the news media.
Department Heads should be available to Supervisors to discuss Supervisors concerns/questions about Board discussion or agenda items involving their department.
Summarized Retreat objectives

County Administrator Steve O’Malley

He discussed the agenda for the day.

Current Reporting Methods

o Monthly Reporting – Supervisors appreciate the Monthly Report because it keeps them informed prior to making decisions.

o Calendar (of reporting)

o Attributes of the High Performance Governing Body

o Examples: Difficult Issues

Policy vs. Administration

o Policy

o Administration

o Goal: Focus of attention

o Job Description

Discussion

County Board Chair Steve Doyle

Discussion on the current committee structure
Discussion on public promotion and Legislative relations by Supervisors

County Administrator Steve O’Malley

2008 Budget Status

State budget frame work
Federal Status
La Crosse County
Overview of Budget ’08 conditions
Goal: Preserve options beyond 2008 budget

Recess: 10:25 – 10:35 a.m.

Discussion continued on budget issues

Corporation Counsel Bill Shepherd

He updated the Supervisors on the recent death in the jail.

University Extension Department Head Mary Meehan-Strub

Brief instructions on the goal setting process to supervisors.

Supervisors broke up into three groups.
Supervisors were given three handouts:

o Composite listing of all priorities from last year

o Top priorities from last year

o Evaluation of last years County Board Retreat

· Supervisors then worked on choosing the top five priorities for this coming year. The results were:

o Jail issues/Law Enforcement Center

o Justice Sanctions/OWI

o Domestic Violence

o Comprehensive Plan

o Economic Development issues

· Other Priorities were:

o Environment and conservation

o Unity among Board members and keeping out partisan politics

o Building on collaboration and intergovernmental cooperation locally, regionally and internally

o Communication and cooperation – internal and with the public

o Reducing taxes

o Legislative Advocacy

o Juvenile Justice

ADJOURN:

The Retreat adjourned at 12:15 p.m. with 11 excused – Belzer, Geary, Wood, Ehrsam, Maney, Medinger, Meyer, Hammes, T. Johnson, Kapanke, and Berns and 5 absent – Gamroth, Plesha, Keil, Schroeder and Bilskemper.

The above minutes may be approved, amended, or corrected at the next Board meeting.

STATE OF WISCONSIN	)
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COUNTY OF LA CROSSE	)

I, Marion I. Naegle, La Crosse County Clerk, in and for the County of La Crosse, Wisconsin, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Journal of Proceedings of the La Crosse County Board of Supervisors County Board Retreat held Friday, April 20, 2007 and that it is the whole thereof IN WITNESS THEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND AFFIXED THE OFFICIAL SEAL THIS 27^th DAY OF APRIL 2007.