01/16/13 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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EXECUTIVE SESSION JANUARY U6,2013 The Board of Public Safety met in the Executive Session on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 8:12 a.m. The meeting was held in the Board Conference Room, 131h Floor, County City Building, South Bend, Indiana, for the purposes specified in I.C. 5- 14- 1.5- 6.1(b)(2)(A)(6)(A). Board President Patrick Cottrell, and Board Members Laura Vasquez, Eddie Miller, John Collins, and Luther Taylor were present. Also present were Fire Chief Stephen Cox, Police Chief Charles Hurley, and Attorney Andrea Beachkofsky. Board members did not discuss any subject matter other than the subject matter as specified in the Public Notice. The meeting adjourned at 8:27 a.m. A ,TEST: —._. inda M. Martin, Clerk BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY Patrick D. Cottrell, Member S�� Laura Vasquez, Member Me m b e id i,�M i ller, er 1— ollins, Member REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 16 2013 The Board of Public Safety met in the regular meeting at 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, with Board President Patrick Cottrell, and Board Members Laura Vasquez, Eddie Miller, John Collins, and Luther Taylor present. Also present were Police Chief Charles Hurley, Fire Chief Stephen Cox, and Attorney Andrea Beachkofsky. The meeting was held in the Board Conference Room, 13`h Floor, County City Building, South Bend, Indiana. FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCEPT AND APPROVE RECOMMENDATION FOR PROMOTION – JOHN CORTHIER In a letter to the Board, Fire Chief Stephen Cox recommended that Battalion Chief John Corthier be promoted from Battalion Chief to the rank of Assistant Chief of Training effective January 1, 2013. Mayor Pete Buttigieg addressed those present. He stated this is the best part of his job, not only is it a chance for him to recognize an individual who is being promoted but a chance to recognize the whole department and the work that happens day in and day out. Mayor Buttigieg stated that one of the central priorities of this administration is making sure the basics of getting through life for a citizen or a business in our community are so easy they don't have to think about it. He noted that is one of the things the Fire Department does. It's the men and women of the Fire Department that quietly do their work on a daily basis that secures normal life for the people that live in the community. He stated that in the middle of an emergency when somebody is undertaking a life and death situation it is true that good training done right saves lives. He noted one of the reasons the City has had an excellent record in safety (not only for the Firefighters, but also the City has been able to mark a year gone by with zero fire fatalities in 2012) is the result of training done right. Mayor Buttigieg noted that we usually only see the very end result when a job is done right, we don't see the hours and hours of work that go into it. When our firefighters do their j ob well you don't see the hours and hours of training that went into that end result, but it's largely about the training that saves lives and is responsible for a good job done. Mayor Buttigieg noted that it was for this reason