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Gallatin County DUI Task Force Minutes
Members
Shana Smith, Citizen Member, Gallatin City County Health
Terry Dutro, Citizen Member
Susan Wordal, City Attorney’s Office -- Chair
Glen Barcus, MHP -- Treasurer
David Keen, Belgrade PD
Erin Murphy, County Attorney’s Office
Rocky Hamilton, Manhattan PD
Bryan Moen, Bozeman PD (attending via speaker phone)
Mark Lachapelle, MSU PD
Doug Lieurance, GCSO
Mark Carpenter, Citizen Member
Ken Spencer, Prevention – Vice Chair
Gordon Berger, West Yellowstone PD
Kasey Welles, ASMSU
Jenna Caplette, Coordinator
Guests
John Taylor, MSU Athletics
Mark Wozniak, NPS
Sean Gifford, Three Forks PD
Gerard Zinner, Citizen
Rick Gale, Citizen
Public Comment:
Mr. Rick Gale from Bozeman Public Schools and the Wellness Committee spoke about the program briefly and indicated they would like to support the DUI Task Force through their Healthy Connections Newsletter
Approve Minutes
• Minutes from June 20th were taken off the table in September for lack of quorum. Minutes from September 19th and June 20th meetings were approved as presented with no dissenting votes.
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Introductions
Business
- Slate of Officers: Ms. Terry Dutro as Chair; Mr. Ken Spencer as Vice Chair; Ms. Katherine McLaughlin as Secretary; and Mr. Glen Barcus as Treasurer.
- Motion to accept the slate of candidates as presented by acclimation by Mr. Lachapelle, second by Mr. Berger. Motion passed.
- Motion to accept the acclimation of officers by Mr. Lachapelle, second by Mr. Berger. Motion passed.
- The history of the reason for the By-law Revision was presented by Chair Wordal. In September the Task Force was unable to do business due to a lack of quorum. Quorum under the new Bylaws is size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:American Typewriter;font-size:8pt;color:#000000;">• Ms. Susan Wordal
• Mr. Bryan Moen
• Ms. Erin Murphy
• Ms. Shanda Smith
• Mr. Mark Allen
• Mr. Rocky Hamilton
• Mr. Kasey Welles
• Mr. Ken Spencer
• Ms. K. C. McLaughlin
- Mr. Doug Lieurance was not present for the vote
- Memberships Committee Charter Tabled for the next meeting.
- Annual Report: Every year the Task Force has to present an annual report to the County Commission. The Governance Calendar specifies that report will be presented at the November meeting. Motion to approve by Mr. Hamilton, second by Mr. Spencer.
- The next meeting will be February 20th. And includes Strategic Planning. Ms. Wordal asked members to bring any additional suggestions or changes to the bylaws to a member of the Executive for consideration at their January strategy meeting
- Legislative update: Senator Larry Jent met with Ms. Caplette and Ms. Wordal to discuss the interplay of DUI sentencing and Misdemeanor Probation and the need to allow for Pre-sentence investigations before sentencing in certain cases, including higher level DUI cases. If anyone is interested in legislative updates, let Ms. Wordal know.
- PI &E Work Group
- Movie Theater ad currently running
- Project to create a poster/campaign about skiing under the influence
- Report on Red Ribbon Week activities at Bozeman High
- Working on the Real DUI Court Concept for Belgrade and Bozeman High Schools
- Article written by Ms. Wordal and Ms. Caplette Doris Heckerman and Montanans Against Drunk Drivers ran in the November issue of Montana Woman magazine.
- “Ride Streamline Coasters” for bars. The committee challenged ASMSU to match their investment in 2,500 coasters for a total of 5,000. Mr. Welles committed to that match.
- MSU PD donated a PBT they had in inventory to Alcohol and Drug Services of Gallatin County as MSU has acquired new PBT units and had several viable units which could be dontated to other organizations. This was in lieu of an award for funds for this purchase.
Finances
- Per the Governance Calendar, the Task Froce needs to ratify the budget as approved by the commission on August 28th. Budget ratified by consensus.
- The treasurer’s report was presented by Mr. Barcus. In October, he and Ms. Caplette met with Ed Blackman in the Fiscal Department, visited the Auditor and the Accounting Office. Fiscal prefers that the Task Force not make formal budget amendments unless it needed.
Adjourn: 7:00 PM
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