02/16/2011 Board of Public Safety Meeting

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REGULAR MEETING ATTEST: LU�J�da. Martin, Cle FEBRUARY 16, 2011 Bruce J,,BonDurant, Member UG I 16AIW Laura Vasquez, 111emb r Eddie Miller, Member 10 REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 16, 2011 The Board of Public Safety met in the regular meeting at 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, with President Juanita Dempsey and Board Members Patrick Cottrell, Laura Vasquez, and Eddie Miller present. Board Member Bruce BonDurant was absent. Also present were Police Chief Darryl Boykins, Fire Chief Howard Buchanon and Board Attorney Thomas Bodnar. The meeting was held in the Board of Public Works Meeting Room, 13th Floor County City Building, South Bend, Indiana. ACCEPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS President Dempsey advised that if there were no objections by members of the Board, the Minutes of the Public Agenda Session, Executive Session, and Regular Meetings of the Board held on January 19, 2011 and the Special Meeting of February 1, 2011, would be accepted as presented. POLICE DEPARTMENT FILING OF 2010 ANNUAL TOWING STATISTICS Lieutenant Stephen Goen, Traffic Manager, South Bend Police Department, submitted to the Board the annual towing statistics for the Police Department for 2010. The report indicated the number of total requests, the number of total tows, and the number of refusals for each of the four towing companies. Attorney Thomas Bodnar noted the number of tows does not indicate a need for additional towing companies to be added to the Police Department list. There being no questions concerning this report, the 2010 Annual Towing Report was accepted for filing as submitted. ACCEPT AND FILE DONATIONS TO SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT Chief Boykins, Police Department, advised the Board of two generous donations made to the South Bend Police Department. The donation of equipment consisting of three metal storage cabinets, two white dry erase boards, one electric safe, a coffee pot and an AlcoHawk Series BPT was accepted from Ron Goze of the A.J. Wright Corporation. The donation of $1,000.00 for the K -9 Unit was accepted from Mrs. Sandstrom. There being no further discussion, the donations were accepted and filed FILING OF MONTHLY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS REPORT — JANUARY 2011 President Dempsey indicated that unless there were questions or objections by members of the Board, the statistical analysis report for the month of January, 2011, as submitted by the Police Department, would be accepted for filing. There being no objections, the following report was