October 2019 Minutes

KACSO EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

October 15, 2019 at 2:00pm

Kansas Star Casino

777 Kansas Star Dr.

Mulvane, KS 67110

CALL TO ORDER:

• Chris Esquibel, 29th (President), Tom Weishaar, 1st (Vice-President), Kelly Johnson, 4th (Treasurer), Spence Koehn, 4th (Training), Brad Schuh, 3rd (Legislative), Kelsey Cox, 27th (Public Relations), Brian Swenson 28th (Parliamentarian), Ryan Duckers, 29th (Secretary)

OFFICER’S REPORTS:

• Reading/Review of the Minutes:

• Chris Esquibel (29th), called the meeting to order.

• Reading and review of September 2019 minutes.

• Kelsey Cox (27th) moved to approve September 2019 minutes as submitted. Brian Swenson (28th) seconded the motion. All in favor and motion approved.

• Treasurer’s Report:

• August 2019, September 2019 and 3rd quarter Treasurer’s reports submitted.

• August 2019 ending balance was $48,814.20, September 2019 ending balance was $45,251.84 and 3rd quarter ending balance was also $45,251.84.

• Spence Koehn (4th) moved to approve the Treasurer’s reports as submitted. Kelsey Cox (27th) seconded the motion. All in favor and motion approved.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

• Training

• Finalizing conference details, but everything is set and ready to go.

• Chris will be handling the welcome.

• Justice Nuss will swear in the newly elected officers at the banquet.

• Chris advised that the Holiday Inn in Overland Park has reached out to him about hosting a future conference.

• Site Selection

• Upcoming Conferences:

• Fall 2019 – October 16 - 18 Kansas Star Casino – Mulvane, KS – Contract

• Spring 2020 – April 15 – 17 – Drury Inn – Wichita, KS - Contract

• Fall 2020 – October 21 -23 – Prairie Band Casino - Mayetta, KS – Contract

• Spring 2021 – May 19-21 – Hilton Garden Inn - Manhattan, KS - Contract

• Fall 2021 – October 13-15 - Drury Inn – Wichita, KS – Contract

• Spring 2022 – April 6-8 – Hilton Garden Inn – Manhattan, KS – Contract

• Fall 2022 – October 19-21 – Prairie Band Casino – Mayetta or Kansas Star Casino – Mulvane - pending

• Legislative

• Brad advised that he attended the Criminal Reform meeting in September and that the report for this will be turned in by 12/1/19.

• There has been some talk about doing away with the drivers’ license reinstatement fee, but Brad reported that it will likely not go far.

• The budget is a big factor in whether or not there will be any major changes.

• Next legislative meeting is scheduled for 1/21/2020 at 11:00 in Topeka, KS.

Public Relations

• Kelsey advised that she secured 9 vendors for this conference. She continues to reach out to vendors and explore other options for future conferences.

Membership and Nomination

• Election ballots have been received and counted. Brad Schuh (3rd) was re-elected as Legislative Chair. Tom Weishaar (1st) was re-elected as Vice President. Stephanie Springer (27th) was re-elected for Membership and Nominations. Ryan Duckers (29th) was re-elected as Secretary.

OJA REPORT:

• Nothing to report.

OLD BUSINESS:

• Raffle Update:

• Tickets are available for sale and pick-up at the conference. At this time approximately 739 of the 1,000 tickets have been reserved by association members.

• All sold tickets are to be turned into Stephanie by 1/6/2020.

• Website Advertisers :

• Core Monitoring and Intoxalock have renewed for the next year. Alcohol Detection Systems is not renewing.

NEW BUSINESS:

• Workload Study:

• The study has been given to OJA, but it is unknown what will happen from here.

• WRNA:

• The Sentencing Commission voted to start using the WRNA (Womens’ Risk Needs Assessment) as part of the Pre-Sentence Investigation. There is no implementation date at this time as things like training and certifications still need to be looked at.

• LSI-R / YLS / EPICS:

• October LSI-R training was cancelled and at this time it is not known when the next trainings will be scheduled for. The RFP for this is still pending.

• OJA Job Openings:

• There are currently two open HR positions within OJA

• KACSO Website:

• The website now has a blog section that members can utilize.

CORRESPONDENCE:

• Nothing to report.

BILLS:

• $17.76 – Stephanie Springer (supplies for poster and table easel)

• $163.73 – Brian Swenson (mileage and tolls and paper for conference certificates)

• $89.97 – Quill (Conference nametags)

• $320.00 – Ramsey Printing (conference booklets)

• $88.24 – Ed’s Trophies (cornhole trophies and plaque for Justice Nuss)

• $114.85 – Target (supplies for registration table)

• Ryan Duckers (29th) moved to pay bills as submitted. Kelsey Cox (27th) seconded the motion. All in favor and motion approved.

STANDING RULES:

• Recent changes approved.

NEXT MEETING:

• The next meeting will be on Thursday November 21st, 2019 at 10:00 am in Emporia at the Lyon County Courthouse.

ADJOURN:

• Brad Schuh (3rd) moved to adjourn and Kelly Johnson (4th) seconded the motion. All in favor and meeting adjourned.