Gallatin County, MT - March 21, 2007

March 21, 2007


	Gallatin County DUI Task Force Minutes March 21, 2007 Al Stiff Professional Building 20 East Olive 5:30 to 7:30 PM Members Bob Larson, Chairperson Matthew Lowy, Gallatin County Attorney’s Office Steve Scott, Citizen Member Christina Crow, Citizen Member Hal Richardson, Bozeman PD Alex Fuller, SO Force Toler, MSU PD Cherie Lofton, MHP Shanda Smith, Citizen Member, Gallatin County Health Department Susan Wordal, City Attorney’s office EJ Clark, Belgrade PD Jenna Caplette, Coordinator Guests Stacy Wesen, Safe Kids, Safe Communities Stacie Taylor, MacKenzie River Pizza Company Becky Johnson, ADSGC Ashley Dawson, ASMSU Absent West Yellowstone PD Representative Three Forks Marshal’s Office Representative February minutes Steve motioned to approve with corrections in the spelling of Matt’s name. Hal seconded. Introductions A non-profit board training was attended by Stephen, Christina and Jenna. They will be bringing ideas from that training to the Task Force. For this meeting, they asked members to share input about what they would like to see the DUI Task Force doing. New Business Coordinator update on activities. ACT class revamp. May use curriculum from Colorado Working on April/May 2006 DUI stat compilation Swimming Upstream Awards progress report Marketing Swimming Upstream Awards - progress report. DUI Roundtable still scheduled for April 18^th. Jenna will invite judges to attend. When EJ Clark becomes Chief of Police for Belgrade in May, he will appoint a new representative to the Task Force Finances Budget discussion: Jenna reported that county fiscal thought there was about $9000 in our contracted services that is not in the current budget. She suggested moving $5000 in to our reserve fund, for a total of $15,000 and $4,000 in to mini-grants. Other line items overspent by category, but as a whole the budget is working. For instance, overspent on printing because of the success of the BAC cards. Overspent in travel because of the MADD conference. Discussion about whether or not the board needs to vote about amendments to budget. Susan recommended “yes” for transparency reasons. Mini-grants Ed Blackman from county fiscal said that the county can’t give grants, but Susan questioned that because of the Task Force’s unique position within the county department structure. Stephen asked about the mini-grant procedures, whether the Task Force could go in to closed session to discuss grants without the potential grantee present, and hold the vote for the next meeting to give members time to consider the grant application and discuss concerns or questions about the applicaiton. Susan discussed the need to keep the decision process open. Mini-grant request Safe Kids, Safe Communities. Request presented by Stacy Wesen to continue Responsible Beverage Service Trainings. Presentation on the classes by Stacy, Stacie Taylor from MacKenzie River Pizza, and Becky Johnson. Request for $1000. Susan motioned. Alex 2^nd. Approved. Cat Cab will be switching to using Streamline buses. They need $22,000 in community funding in order to obtain the federal grant they want. They asked for suggestions from the Task Force about potential funders. Jenna reminded them they have not received their $2000 Task Force funding for this year and will need to write a letter thanking the Task Force for the funding in order to receive their funds. They also need to write a press release about the funding. The meeting was adjourned at 6:40 PM.