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May 22, 2013
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  Gallatin County DUI Task Force Minutes
  


Members
Terry Dutro, Citizen Member -- Chair
Susan Wordal, City Attorney’s Office
Glen Barcus, MHP -- Treasurer
Erin Murphy, County Attorney’s Office
Bryan Moen, Bozeman PD
Mark Lachapelle, MSU PD
Doug Lieurance, GCSO
Scott Swanson, Citizen Member
Ken Spencer, ADSGC - Vice Chair
Gordon Berger, WYPD
Rocky Hamilton, Manhattan PD

Jenna Caplette, Coordinator

Absent, excused
Gordon Berger, WYPD
Rocky Hamilton, Manhattan PD
Katherine McLaughlin, Citizen Volunteer

Absent
Dave Keene, Belgrade PD

Guests
Mark Wozniak, NPS
Stephen Scott, Citizen
Justin Ailport, Citizen

Public Comment: None

Approve Minutes
•       Minutes for February approved as presented with no dissenting votes

Business
  • Member updates; guest introductions; Bon Voyage to Susan Wordal.
  • Jeremy Tankink of Bozeman PD presented on the DRE Conference in Wyoming that the Task Force provided funding for him to attend.
  • Looking ahead: Review Governance Calendar. Discussed an alternate meeting location for June and September: the library, Fire Station 2; Willson School were mentioned.
  • Discussion of Fiscal 2014 Plan & Budget. Some discuss on specific line items, especially data collection and effective evaluating findings. Scott Swanson will review the Advocacy Committee Charter and would like to Chair that Committee. He has action steps he would like to take, including a survey of law enforcement. Ms. Caplette  will add a line item to discuss the Advocacy Committee’s potential mission to the June agenda.  Mr. Swanson motioned to approve the plan and budget as proposed. Motion passed.
  • Committees:
  • Membership Committee Charter. Mr. LaChapelle moved for approval; Mr. Spencer seconded. Motion passed.
  • Advisory Committee: that charter has already been approved. Tabled the decisioin of whether to activate the committee until September.
  • Ms. Caplette reminded members that they are asked to participate in one committee as part of their member responsibilities
  • The Chair reviewed the Coordinator Evaluation process. The evaluation will be on the June agenda. Because Ms. Dutro will not be in town on the normal meeting date of  June 19th, the June meeting was moved to June 26th.  Mr. LaChapelle moved to approve; motion passed.
  • Coordinator Update:
  • In early May, testified at the Impaired Driving Assessment in Helena, then attend the assessment on a second day. Valuable conversation. The recommendations from the assessment should be available online soon.
  • Ms Caplette introduced Justin, a volunteer who will work on a website assessment and a plan for posting to Twitter.
  • Upstream Awards slide show, tabled for lack of time Committee updates
Committee Updates
  • PI&E Update
  • Showed the coaster created in conjunction with Streamline LateNight Reported on progress in how to approach creating a Task Force newsletter
  • f issues related to DUI and proposed several story ideas.
  • CEASE Updates
  • MHP: Thus far, no one has signed up for the funded overtime patrols. The Wet Lab is June 4th from 6 to 9 pm.
  • Ms. Caplette showed one of the t-shirts created for the High School Rodeo.
  • Officer Tankink presented earlier in the meeting on the Wyoming Governor’s Conference on Impaired Driving
Finances
  • Ms. Caplette will meet with Fiscal to enter the Fiscal 2014 proposed budget. As presented, the  budget would include increases in some line items over the initial proposal. Increases are based on carry over from this year’s unspent funds. Mr. Barcus moved to approve; motion passed.
Adjourn: 7 PM