| Crime and Public Safety - May 2006 |
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Crime and Public Safety Committee May 17, 2006 Members Present: Elizabeth Hays, Les Hollingsworth, Warren Sturman(6:10), Dennis Ulmer (Vice-Chair) Absent: Marge Anderson, Bradford Cohen, Ted Fling, Tim Smith (chair), Joanne Smith The meeting was called to order at 5:45 P.M. by Vice Chair Ulmer. The meeting time of the committee had been changed to 5:30 pm and members may have forgotten change. Approval of minutes was postponed until later in meeting.Issues to be forwarded to Major Kiley: a) Homeless man at Home Depot on Sunrise email has been sent on to Homeless Outreach. b) Suggestion of ability to report crimes via email was sent onto Assistant Chief Sharon Anderson by Major Kiley. Major Kiley is scheduled to be at July meeting. Update on any issues discussed at the April 11th Council meeting concerning our committee: Betty Hays will attach to these minutes a copy of the Crime Committee report that was given at that Council meeting. Betty reviewed the essence of the report for those present. No May Crime Report was given. New Business: 1. CERT Update: CERT meeting was April 26th at City Hall. Dennis was there and gave a report. CERT has ongoing training activities and they are looking for CERTified individuals to take on leadership roles in CERT. Applications were given out at meeting. New courses were distributed in May Civic Packet. In Warren’s and Ted Fling’s absence, no further information was available at this time. The members of committee expressed considerable concern regarding followup and seeming lack of organization on the City’s part regarding CERT. It is suggested that this be brought up at Council board meeting in May. At this time, Warren arrived and gave further explanation of the CERT situation. He indicated that City is in process of selecting individuals for leadership roles. Dave Hebert is in charge of umbrella that includes CERT and emergency preparedness. Erin Mohers is the new hire and is assistant to Mr. Hebert and she is in charge of emergency preparedness. The City needs to designate who will be CERT liaison. City should have leadership positions picked by next week. Battalion and fire station leaders will be designated. It is expected that three CERT people will be designated for each neighborhood. There will be a Captain for each fire station who will work through the neighborhood leaders in the Captain’s zone. Each Captain should come to the neighborhood to meet with neighborhood leaders. 2. Animal Resuscitation Equipment on Rescue Vehicles: Dennis will send email requesting more information on this issue. 3. Other New Business: none Unfinished Business: none Minutes: Approved April 19th, 2006 minutes as emailed and distributed. Dennis will email to Major Kiley, questions and issues regarding Crime for his response. Next meeting is Wednesday, June 21st at 5:30pm at Capri. Meeting adjourned at 6:40pm. Elizabeth Hays |
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