10-23-80 Personnel & Finance Committee

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Councilman Dombrowski again questioned the City' s policy on police cars going home. He stated there was a need for a motor pool. Chief Thompson said that there are 23 cars going home plus SOS cars. Since Captains do not receive overtime, they have been given cars, plus they are on call 24-hours a day. Councilman Dombrowski, reinterated that now is the time to correct the problem, and furthermore the City does not pay the Mayor for overtime. Councilman Voorde believed it was an administrative matter and should be considered accordingly. Police Department Vote Councilman Voorde made a motion to accept the Mayor's recommended cut of $50, 000 from the Police Department Motor Equipment fund. Councilman McGann seconded the motion. The motion passed. Fire Department Fire Chief Brassell stated that if you take $50, 000 from his motor equipment fund you might as well cut $100,000 or more, since he needed it all The Fire Chief also stated that the video system would eliminate a firefighter giving the same one-hour talk 33 different times. Discussion followed. Fire Department - Vote Councilman Voorde made a motion to cut $50, 000 for the Video system and $20, 000 for the "G" Star Radio System. Councilman McGann seconded the motion. The motion passed. Municipal Services Facility Councilman Crone questioned whether the $15, 000 proposed deletion for floor drains could be financed a different way. She was informed that it could. Mayor Parent stated that there is a possibility of matching E.D.A. funds if the salt storage facility and equipment storage facility would be housed in the Studebaker Corridor Area. Councilmen Voorde, Crone, and McGann voiced that a study was needed to consider the best locations of these facilities. Councilman Voorde stated he was familiar with the M. S.F.. building, and the garage conditions are "critical. " He again reinterated the need for a master plan on space needs instead of doing it in a piecemeal fashion. "3,