Public Safety
Committee
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 6:30 P.M.
Regular Meeting
Evansville City
Hall Council Room
31 S Madison
Street
MINUTES
1. Chairperson Jacobson called meeting to order
at 6:35 p.m.
2. Roll call of committee and staff members present
was: Chairperson Jacobson, Alderperson Fuchs
and Hayes, Chief McElroy, and EMS Coordinator Mary Beaver. Others present were Jon Frey, and Cheyann Sherwood.
3. Motion by Hayes, second by Fuchs, to approve
the agenda as printed. Motion passed.
4. Motion by Jacobson, second by Hayes, to
approve the November 2, 2011 regular meeting minutes
as printed. Motion passed.
5. Citizen appearances other than agenda items
listed – Jon Frey, 13816 Northridge Drive, representing
the Evansville Home Talent Team, thanked the city for approving the beer permit and bartenders for their program.
6. Old Business
Motion to approve Cheyann Sherwood’s
operator’s license application request.
Cheyann was present to
answer the committee’s questions. Motion
was made by Fuchs, second by Hayes,
to approve a 60 day provisional, applicant must show proof of assessment class participation and must attend the February
2012 Public Safety Meeting. Motion
passed.
7. New Business
A, 1 and 2, Motion
by Hayes, second by Jacobson, to approve operator’s licenses for Ryan R Kimberley and Tonie J
Merrill. Motion passed.
Motion by Jacobson, second by Hayes, to
recommend to Common Council to create Ordinance
2011-18, No Parking to add “parking stalls to be outlined in white for
individual vehicles.” Sponsored by Hayes and Jacobson. Motion passed
Motion by Fuchs, second by Jacobson, to
recommend to Common Council approval of the Intergovernmental
Emergency Ambulance Service contracts.
Motion passed.
Discussion by committee and police
department staff regarding the 2012 police clerical. The
department would like to utilize Rachel Marx and Matt McElroy beginning in 2012
as LTE’s, working a limited number of
days (120) in a calendar year. We
anticipate interviewing coop students
after the first of the year, hoping for a student to start in July or August,
2012. No
action taken.
Motion by Hayes, second by Jacobson, to
recommend to Common Council to accept the bid
for the new ambulance. Motion passed to
accept the bid from Jefferson Fire and Safety
in the amount of $191,635.00.
8. Evansville Police Report –
There were 1,258 calls for service in the
month of November, 2011, compared to 983 for November
2010. There were 51 license plate transactions
for November. We continue to work on accreditation. City Administrator Wietecha continues to work
on the snowmobile/ATV route.
The police department participated in the
Evansville Reality Maze on Thursday, December 1 at the Evansville High School.
On December 9 to 17th, the department will participate in Booze and Belts Mobilization.
EVOC training has been completed. Range training will start in December. Police Officer evaluations will be conducted by the Chief and Office
Koehler this month. The assessment center is scheduled for December 10
with Interviews set for Wednesday, December 13.
We hope to add three possibly
four part-time officers. City
Administrator Dan Wietecha will present
a budget amendment to Common Council to carry over 2011 funds in the amount of $5,568.42 into 2012 to cover
expenses associated with hiring three part-time officers. 2012 budget
funds from the part-time budget will be used to hire a fourth part-time officer.
Anticipated expenses for one part-time officer is $1,856.14.
The department has received the new
portable, base radios and squad radios.
We are using the new portable
and base radios. The squad radios have
not been installed. The plan is to convert in early 2012. The time table
for the radio change over for narrow banding passed
at the 911 Commission September 21 follows:
1) All radios are supposed to be programmed,
installed and operational between November 18, 2011 and March 30, 2012, 2) Testing
of the equipment will start on April 1, 2012, 3) Radios are then to be
reprogrammed between May 16, 2012
and January 1, 2013, and 4) On January 1, 2013, we are to be operational with all narrow banding.
9. Evansville Medical Service Report
There were 27 runs for the month of
November 2011, with the year-to-date at 368.
City of Evansville license renewal is
complete for the 2012-2014 license period.
EMT license refresher
is coming to an end with all license renewals due June 2012. CPR renewal training is in progress for all EMS personnel. Dennis Wessels has been hired as a driver for
the service with his first day
on December 1, 2011.
Zach, Angie and Mary attended the Reality
Maze at Evansville High School sponsored by the Partners in Prevention Rock County group.
Mary has been working on the specs for the
new ambulance with bids due December 7, 2011
at noon. The new radios have been
ordered. We will be taking delivery
after the first of the year. However, the bill will be generated this year
per City Council’s request to purchase in
2011. The bid came in lower than
budgeted.
10. Motion by
Jacobson, second by Wessels, to adjourn the meeting at 7:42 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Barbara
Jacobson, Chairperson
These minutes
are not official until approved by Public Safety at their next regular meeting
