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Gallatin County DUI Task Force Minutes
Members
Terry Dutro, Citizen Member -- Chair
Glen Barcus, MHP -- Treasurer
Dave McManis, Bozeman PD
Mark Lachapelle, MSU PD
Doug Lieurance, GCSO
Gordon Berger, WYPD
Erin Murphy, County Attorneyís Office
Mark Carpenter, Citizen Volunteer
Scott Swanson, Citizen Member
Heather Hume, ADSGC
Dave Keen, Belgrade PD
Jenna Caplette, Coordinator
Absent, unexcused:
Rocky Hamilton, Manhattan PD
Absent, excused:
K. C. McLaughlin, Citizen Volunteer, Secretary
Guests
Ken Spencer, former Vice-Chair
Rick Gale, Tobacco Prevention
Christopher Seitz, MSU
Cory Allen, Bozeman City Attorneyís Office
Anthony Young, Belgrade PD
Jonathan Scheer, MHP
V. Caller, Citizen
Introductions
Public Comment: Mr. Gale shared information about the Healthy Gallatin coalition meeting tomorrow evening.
Mission Moment: Terry Dutro read the DUI Task Force mission.
Minutes: Approve Minutes from September 18th: Motion to approve by Mr. Swanson, second by Mr. Lachapelle.
Business
- Introduce guests, member updates
- Ms. Caplette gave updates from the Governance Calendar:
- December: Quarterly meeting between Chair and Coordinator; Orientation for new officers
- January: PI&E Planning Meeting; Executive Committee Meeting
- Discussion on amending the Executive Committee membership to include the outgoing Chair as advisor. Mr. Carpenter moved to approve; Mr. Lachapelle seconded. Motion carried.
- Vote for officers : Ms. Caplette asked nominees to review and sign their job descriptions indicating a willingness to fulfill that job. Ms. McLaughlin was not in attendance but asked to remain on the ballot for Secretary. Ms. Caplette asked that further nominees be considered, that the Task Force needs a Secretary ready to fulfill the responsibilities of the job. It was decided to retain Ms. McLaughlin on the ballot. Mr. Swanson nominated Mr. Barcus for Vice Chair. Ms. Dutro would become Advisor. There was no nominee for Treasurer.
- A member-by-member vote was taken: unanimous approval of the slate as presented.
- Annual report presentation by Ms. Caplette. Mr. Carpenter moved to approve; Mr. Swanson seconded. Approved by consensus.
- The Data Committee charter was discussed. In light of his new role as incoming Chair, Mr. Swanson would step down as Chair of the committee. It was decided it was still important to create the committee. Mr. Sprague moved to approve; Mr. McManis seconded. Approved by consensus.
- Fiscal 2014 Plan amended to include two new line items related to data collection and analysis. Mr. Berger moved to approve; Ms. Hume seconded. Approved by consensus.
- Added under GOAL 1 - ADVOCACY: Conduct an on-line survey of all Gallatin County peace officers assessing officer perspectives of DUI enforcement strengths and weaknesses, and the role of the DUI Task Force in assisting law enforcement.
- Amended second line item under GOAL 6 - PROVIDE STATISTICAL DATA COLLECTIONS: Stats sub-committee of the Advocacy Committee requests, analyzes and communicates results of research completed by the Coordinator.
- Mr. Swanson reported on the two day state DUI Task Force meeting. He will send a report to Ms. Caplette for members to review. The officer survey is complete, awaiting analysis. It looks like a goldmine of information. There was a 97% response rate.
- The PI&E Committee meets November 19th at noon. Ms. Caplette distributed posters for members to post and thanked Keri Thorpe, Graphic Artist, for the donation of her time and expertise to make this project happen. The next DUI Task Force newsletter goes out in December. Members are invited to submit articles.
- Mr. Berger, Chair of the CEASE Awards Committee gave an update and called for action on two CEASE Awards:
- Ratify $3860 award given to MHP for overtime. Mr. Lachapelle moved to approve; Mr. Carpenter seconded. Approved by consensus.
- Ratify $4000 award given to NPS for Safety Checks. Mr. Lachapelle moved to approve; Mr. Carpenter seconded. Approved by consensus.
- Ratify Fiscal 2014 budget as approved by the Commission. Mr. Sprague moved to approve; Mr. Swanson seconded. Approved by consensus.
- Coordinator Update: Ms. Caplette reminded members about the December issue of the DUI Task Force newsletter. She also plans to begin April/May 2012 arrest research and meets with Ms. Campbell from the Community Mediation Center to discuss that research on Thursday, November 21st.
- Discussion of challenges with Meganís car came up. Mr. Carpenter suggested that it be tabled and taken up at the PI&E Meeting.
Adjournment: Mr. Sprague moved for adjournment. Mr. Carpenter seconded. Adjourned at 6:54 PM.
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