07/26/06 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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c7 PUBLIC AGENDA SESSION JULY 26, 2006 "1'I~e Board of Public Safety met in the Public Agenda Session at 8:05 a.m. on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 with President Jesusa Rodriguez. Board Members Juanita Dempsey, Donald Alford, Patrick D. Cottrell and Bruce J. BonDurant were present. Police Chief Thomas Fautz was not present. Also present were Uniform Division Chief Darryl Boykins, Fire:Chief Luther Taylor and Board Attorney Thomas Bodnar. .The meeting was held in the Board of Public Works Meeting Room, 13`h Floor County City Building, South Bend, Indiana. Board members discussed the following item(s) from that list: -Additions ~ • Request for Letter to Pension Board -Police Department - Letter of Understanding -Fire Department Mr. Tom Bodnar, Legal, stated this report comes from a joint committee of members of the Labor-Management Committee of the South Bend Fire Department, representing the Fire Department Administration and Local 362 of the International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO. Mr. Bodnar stated this is a recommendation to establish a new promotion process in the South Bend Fire Department. Mr. BonDurant noted the following corrections to the report: Item 4.0. "Personnel Jack" corrected to "Personnel Jacket", and "Pass/Fail" corrected to "Pass-Fail". Also, item ,4.2., the " 2." should be tabbed to the right one (1) more step, and the "d." then tabbed to the right one (1) more step. For Item 5., the 40% should be underlined and 100% entered below it. Chief Luther Taylor commented the report is not intended to be all inclusive, and through their hard work, the joint committee recognizes that not all issues are addressed. Ms. Rodriguez commented about possibility of a Board of Public Safety member serving on this joint committee. Mr. Bodnar stated this report would not prevent any grieveable rights. -Statistics -Fire Department Chief Taylor commented the run volume is normal. Mr. Alford requested the Police and Fire Departments coordinate the yearly order comparing "2005" verses "2006" are displayed. - Retirement -Police Department Mr. Bodnar stated Captain Friend provided considerable service to the City, and worked with the elderly. - Promotion -Police Department Mr. Bodnar stated the correspondence date should be corrected to "July" rather then `.Tune". Mr. BodrTar noted that Corporal Ronald Nowicki had been demoted previously, however, using a consistent period of time as with others, Corporal Nowicki is being promoted back to his rank of Sergeant. - Donations -Police Department Mr. Bodnax stated four (4) donations to the Police Department were being acknowledged. - Employee Recognition -Police Department Chief Boykins noted due to department vacations they were delayed in determining the May Employee of the Month Award. - Statistics -Police Department Chief Boykins stated there are still problems with people entering vacant houses removing scrap metals, however they are promoting Neighborhood Watch to identify These burglaries. Shootings seem to be occurring in African-American communities which seem to be having problems at this time. Motor vehicle thefts may be attributable to summer time, possible "chop shops" near by, joy riders, or drug exchanges occurring., Chief Boykins also .noted traffic enforcement will be on the hncrease due to the start of school approaching. - (otter to Pension Board -Police Department Mr. Bodnar states the Chief is asking the Board to recommend the Pension Board have a hearing to address the issue, as the officer involved chooses not to request a hearing.