Minutes; Public Safety; October 2010

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 6:00 P.M.
Regular Meeting
Evansville City Hall Council Room
31 S Madison Street

MINUTES


1. Call to Order – The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. by Chair/Alderperson Wessels.
2. Roll Call – Chair/Alderperson Wessels conducted a roll call. The following persons were present: Alderperson Jacobson, Alderperson Ringhand Absent, Police Chief Scott McElroy, EMT Zachory Beaver, and City Administrator Dan Wietecha.

3. Approval of Agenda – Motion by Wessels, seconded by Jacobson, to approve the agenda as printed. Motion passed.

4. Motion by Jacobson, second by Wessels, to approve the October 6, 2010 regular meeting minutes as printed. Motion passed

5. Citizen appearances other than agenda items listed – City Administrator mentioned to the committee and staff that annual employee performance reviews will be coming up next month. The committee is to notify him if they have anything to add to the reviews.

6. Old Business - None
7. New Business
a. Motion to approve Operator’s License Applications for: None
b. Motion by Wessels, seconded by Jacobson, to approve the Class “B”/”Class B” Retailer’s (Picnic) Wine License application for Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin-Evansville Fund for the Evansville Fund Grant Ceremony November 16, 2010 at the Heights of Evansville Manor, 201 North Fourth Street, Evansville WI with attached Temporary Bartender’s List. Motion passed.

c. Motion by Wessels, seconded by Jacobson, to approve an Ambulance Billing write-off. Committee agreed that the financials looked ok. Motion was denied.

c. 1. EPD Budget proposals for 2011 – Chief McElroy stressed the importance of returning funds for part-time police and clerical to the budget.

d. EMS Budget proposals for 2011 – Nothing new to present.

e. Motion by Wessels, seconded by Jacobson, to recommend to Common Council appointment of Lieutenant Jay Koehler to a two year term to Rock County 911 Communications Commission and Chief Scott McElroy as alternate. Chief McElroy presented a brief overview of the communications commission’s responsibilities and the police department’s importance of appointment to participate in the rotation. Motion passed.

8. Evansville Police Report – There were 1069 calls for service in October 2010 compared to 1286 in October 2009. We had 42 license plate transactions in the month of September. Department staff participated in TRACS training in September and was completed “in-house”. We are continuing to work out the “bugs” in the system with the assistance of Rock County Computer Services, General Communications and Home and Office PC. The PD and Tammy Pence of The Alzheimer’s Support Center of Rock County are planning to host a training seminar on Alzheimer’s Elder Abuse, etc. in March of 2011 to be held at the High School.

The police department and Partners in Prevention participated in a “Reality Maze” on September 30 with 110 students attending activities related to alcohol/drugs and subsequent consequences. Jennifer Braum is the new Project Coordinator for the Evansville BASE and will start on November 8. The “Texting while Driving” law that goes into effect December 1, 2010 was placed in the “Behind the Badge” article in the Review and on the City website.

Officer Reese and Jones will attend Interviews and Body Language Techniques November 4 in Milwaukee, with Chief McElroy attending the Instructor Development Certification November 8-11 at Blackhawk Tech College. Accreditation continues with review and editing policies. Two new policies received this month were Career Development and New Employee Orientation. Scanning 2010 records continues on a daily basis. Chief McElroy left the meeting at 6:35.

9. Evansville Medical Service Report – The service had 28 calls for the month of October. The semi-annual can drive on October 30 was well attended. Twenty-one Evansville School District employees received CPR/First Aid training on October 28. Mary will be participating in career days at the Middle School on November 12. The coupon handout for children wearing bike helmets was not implemented as there were no funds remaining from the Bike Rodeo budget. All new EMT’s have completed training making it easier to schedule for ambulance coverage without the assistance of mutual aid. Mary and Zach will be attending training on the HIPPA Laws and updates on legal matters in November through our billing agency, Life Quest.

10. Motion by Wessels, seconded by Jacobson, to adjourn the meeting at 6:45 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,
Dennis Wessels, Chairperson

These minutes are not official until approved by Public Safety at their next regular meeting.