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Home My WebLink About08/16/06 Board of Public Safety Minutes~`ti PUBLIC AGENDA SESSION AUGUST 16.2006 The Board of Public Safety met in the Public Agenda Session at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 with President Jesusa Rodriguez. Board Members Juanita Dempsey, Donald Alford, Patrick D. Cottrell and Bruce J. BonDurant were present. Police Chief Thomas Fautz and Board Attorney Thomas Bodnar were not present. Also present were Uniform Division Chief Darryl Boykins, Fire Chief Luther Taylor and Assistant City Attorney Cheryl Greene. The meeting was held in the Board of Public Works Meeting Room, 13~' Floor County City Building, South Bend, Indiana. _~ Board members discussed the following item(s) from that list: - Minutes Mr. Cottrell mentioned there were three (3) errors in the minutes as follows: 1) Page 76, under the section "Accept and Approve Promotion -Corporal Ronald Nowicki" - "Chief Luther Taylor" should be changed to "Chief Thomas Fautz". 2) Page 77, under the Section "Accept Request for Letter to Pension Board -Corporal Kelly Lawall", third sentence "The Board of Public Safety will schedule a Special Meeting to discuss the matter", should be changed to "The Pension Board will schedule a Special Meeting to discuss the matter." 3) Page 79, under the section "Special Meeting" -Third line, the word "Fire" should be deleted from the sentence. - Police Selection Panel Ms. Greene stated the Police Selection Panel reports a recommendation to the Board of Public Safety for a determination of approval or disapproval. - Swearing in of Police Officers The Clerk of the Board confirmed that City Clerk, Mr. John Voorde, would be present to administer the Oath of Oflice. - Employee of the Month -Police Department, Chief Boykins stated this police officer was selected as he had located a vehicle in 1 connection to a robbery and found the suspect. The officer played a key factor in making this arrest. - Monthly Statistical Analysis -July 2006 -Police Department There were no comments. - Quarterly Report -April through June 2006 -Police Department There were no comments. - Contract -Emergency Medical Services -University of Notre Dame -Fire Department Fire Chief Luther Taylor explained this contract is for 2006 EMS for the Notre Dame football season. Notre Dame covers the cost of all expenses, including Fire Department equipment used and Fire Fighters salary for twelve (12) Notre Dame football games. The reimbursement to the Fire Department is $2,425.20 per game. Three (3) Advanced Life Support Units staffed with six (6) certified paramedics; one (1) Advanced Lift Support Unit staffed with two (Z) certified Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians; one (1) paramedic certified by St. Joseph County Advanced Life Support Committee; one (1) paramedic supervisor; and one (1) basic emergency medical technician will be on-site at each football game. Chief Taylor noted an Agreement covering Special Events at the University of Notre Dame is forthcoming. It was noted Mr. Cottrell will abstain from voting on this agenda item, as he is a University of Notre Dame employee. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, President Rodriguez declared the - meeting adjourned at 8:15 a.m. _~ BOARD OF PUBS SAFETY Jesu Donald L. -~`.~.: PUBLIC AGENDA SESSION AUGUST 16, 2006 'ta Dempsey, Member ~~~~~G- Patrick D. Cottrell, Member -~--,- J . Bruce J. BonDurant, Member A ST: r~ Angela I Jacob, Jerk POLICE SELECTION PANEL AUGUST 16, 2006 The Police Selection Panel met at 8:35 a.m. on Wednesday, August 16, 2006 in the Mayor's Conference Room, 14~' Floor, County City Building, South Bend, Indiana, for the purpose of formulating a recommendation to be made to the Board of Public Safety. Present were Uniform Division Chief Darryl Boykins, President Jesusa Rodriguez and Assistant City Attorney Cheryl Greene. Attorney Thomas Bodnar was not present. Also present were Fire Chief Luther Taylor and Board Members Juanita Dempsey, Donald Alford, Bruce J. Bondurant and Patrick Cottrell. The meeting adjourned at 8:40 a.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION AUGUST 16, 2006 The Board of Public Safety met in Executive Session on Wednesday, August 16, 2006, at 8:42 a.m. The meeting was held in the Mayor's Conference Room, 14~` Floor, County City Building, South Bend, Indiana, for the purposes specified in I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1 (b) (2) (B) and (b) (6) (A). President Jesusa Rodriguez and Board Members Juanita Dempsey, Donald Alford, Bruce J. BonDurant and Patrick Cottrell were present. Police Chief Thomas Fautz and Board Attorney Thomas Bodnar were not present. Also present were Uniform Division Police Chief Darryl Boykins, Fire Chief Luther Taylor and Assistant City Attorney Cheryl Greene. Board members did not discuss any subject matter other than the subject matter as specified in the Public Notice. The meeting adjourned at 9:12 a.m. BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY c Jesusa Rodriguez, Presi ~~ Donald L. Alford, Memb anita Dempsey, Mem er ,--. Patrick D. Cottrell, Member ~ ~. Bruce J. BonDurant, Member EST: 7 gela .Jacob, erk 1 1 1 REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 16, 2006 The Board of Public Safety met in the regular meeting at 9:16 a.m. on Wednesday, August 16, 2006, with President Jesusa Rodriguez and Board Members Juanita Dempsey, Donald Alford, Bruce J. BonDurant and Patrick D. Cottrell present. Police Chief Thomas Fautz and Board Attorney Thomas Bodnar were not present. Also present were Uniform Division Chief Darryl Boykins, Fire Chief Luther Taylor and Assistant City Attorney Cheryl Greene. The meeting was held in the Board of Public Works Meeting Room, 13~' Floor, County Ciry Building, South Bend, Indiana. APPROVE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS Mr. Cottrell made a motion that the minutes of the Public Agenda Session, Executive Session, and Regular meetings of the Board held on July 26, 2006, along with a Special Meeting of July 31, 2006 be approved, with corrections. Ms. Dempsey seconded the motion which carried. POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE SELECTION PANEL AUGUST 16.2006 The Police Selection Panel recommended that Mr. Brad Allen Rohrscheib and Mr. David Lawrence Hockenhull be accepted for employment as probationary police officers with the South Bend Police Department, effective August 28, 2006. They have met the requirements of the application process of the South Bend Police Department. They both will be attending the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield, Indiana from September 11, 2006 to December 22, 2006. Upon a motion made by Mr. BonDurant, the above referenced gentlemen were accepted for employment with the South Bend Police Department, effective August 28, 2006. Mr. Cottrell seconded the motion which carried. SWEARING IN OF POLICE OFFICERS - BRAD ALLEN ROHRSCHEIB - DAVID LAWRENCE HOCKENHULL Mr. John Voorde, City Clerk, was present and administered the Oath of Office to these -~ gentlemen. The Board wished them well in their endeavors. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH -CORPORAL BAYNE BENNETT Corporal Bayne Bennett was selected as Employee of the Month. The award is to recognize officers, civilian employees, on the South Bend Police Department who have demonstrated actions noted by supervisors or citizens from both a professional law enforcement position and in support of the community policing efforts with citizens of South Bend. Chief Boykins noted this officer was instrumental in solving A burglary. There being no further discussion, the recommendation was accepted and filed. FILING OF MONTHLY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS REPORT -JULY 006 President Rodriguez indicated that unless there were questions or objections by members of the Board, the statistical analysis report for the month of July 2006 as submitted by the Police Department would be accepted for filing. There being no objections, the following report was accepted for filing: July July YEAR TO DATE PART I OFFENSES 2005 2006 CHANGE ~ ~ CHANGE MURDER 1 2 1 6 7 1 RAPE 7 5 - 2 41 46 5 ROBBERY 24 43 19 168 221 - 72 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 38 34 - 4 230 158 - 72 BURGLARY RESIDENT 103 122 19 564 840 276 BURGLARY NON RESIDENT 68 - 55 13 318 346 28 LARCENY 417 440 23 2457 2783 326 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 74 52 - 22 314 344 30 ARSONS 1] 9 - 2 48 47 - 1 GRAND TOTAL 743 762 19 4146 4792 646 FILING OF QUARTERLY REPORT FOR SPECIALIZED TRAINING -APRIL. MAY AND JUNE 2006 Captain Wanda Shock, Director of Training, South Bend Police Department, submitted to the Board a written Quarterly Report for Specialized Training for the period of April through June 2006. The report indicated the specialized training attended, the names of the officers who .~ ,~ ~'.i ri REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 16.2006 attended and the costs involved. Chief Boykins indicated residential burglaries had increased. There being no questions concerning this report, the Quarterly Report for Specialized Training as submitted was accepted and filed. FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT -EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES - 2006 FOOTBALL GAMES -UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME President Rodriguez stated that the Board is in receipt of an Agreement between the City of South Bend and the University of Notre Dame for the 2006 football game season, which comprises of seven (7) home games. Ms. Rodriguez noted that the Agreement is in the amount of $2,425.20 per game. Three (3) Advanced Life Support Units staffed with six (6) certified paramedics; one (1) Advanced Lift Support Unit staffed with two (2) certified Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians; one (1) pazamedic certified by St. Joseph County Advanced Life Support Committee; one (1) paramedic supervisor; and one (1) basic emergency medical technician will be on-site at each football game. Mr. Cottrell abstained from voting. Therefore, upon a motion made by Ms. Dempsey, seconded by Mr. Alford and carried, the Agreement was approved and executed. ADJOURNIVIENT There being no further business to come before the Board, President Rodriguez declared the meeting adjourned at 9:39 a.m. BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY ~~ ~_ ~~~Ar~ v Jes/~~1`~/~1~anRodriguez, Pres dent /n/ /,// n ~ ~i/ // Donald L. Alford, Me _ ~_ anita Dempsey, Mem er Patrick D. Corttrell, ember Bruce J. BonDurant, Member A E T: Ange a K cob, C rk ^