08-30-71 Council Special Meeting Minutes

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SPECIAL MEETING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING (Cont.) AUGUST 30, 1971 Councilman Reinke made a motion for a five minute recess, seconded by Councilman Zielinski. Motion carried. Time 8:52 P.M. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING - RECONVENED Be it remembered that the Committee of the Whole of the Common Council of South Bend, Indiana reconvened in the Council Chambers of the County -City Building on Monday, August 30, 1971 at 9:05 P.M. after a short recess. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman William Grounds who presided. Budget for the Police Department: SERVICES PERSONAL P -12 Special Compensation SERVICES CONTRACTUAL P -265 Other Contractual Services PROPERTIES P -725 Office Equipment P -726 Other Equipment PROPOSED RECOMMENDED APPROVED FOR 1972 REDUCTIONS FOR 1972 105,700 8,300 5,410 $ 6,000 9,700 I E $ 83,000 96,000 7,500 5,000 Councilman Reinke reported reductions totaling $16,910.00 for this department. Mrs. Wlodarski questioned the $9,700 reduction in Account P -265 Other Contractual Services. It was explained that this was deleted because the two matrons in the jail were no longer needed. Miss Guthrie repeated that the program of two Officers in Training, six Recruits, and the Police Cadets was a duplication. Mr. Crumpacker said the staff of patrolmen was reduced from 27 to 25 and the cadet corps was only 36 men instead of the originally planned 48. Police Chief Loren Bussert explained that cadets were high school graduates who were minors and would be in training for a period of 4 years and they had reduced the figure from 12 to 9 to allow for returning military veterans who are interested in joining the police force and would be in the recruit program and are not appointed as officers until after training in the class room. He said Officers in Training are appointees with a year of on -the- street experience. Miss Guthrie asked how many persons this program would increase the present force of the police department and Councilman Reinke replied it would be an increase of one officer. Councilman Laven questioned Account P -12 Special Compensation and asked for a breakdown of court time and service pay. Chief Bussert listed 7,000 hours at a cost of $51,000 for court time and $122,000 for computer time; and re- ported that, as of August, $60,000 will be needed in Account P -11 to pay salaries and that Account P -12 will expend $86,500. He said that court time costs had increased from $4.00 to $5.00 per hour and listed the following breakdown: Court time, $35,000; holiday pay, $48,000; night incentive, overtime and crossing guards, $6,000 - Total $89,000. Councilman Laven asked the rate of holiday pay and Chief Bussert specified $32.00 per day per man. Councilman Laven noted that the amount of holiday pay was listed as $42,000 and proposed as $48,000. Police Captain Harold McMichael noted the department had not used the amount of money they had expected, Chief Bussert said if they were sure that next year would be as quiet as this year has been it would not be difficult to project expenditures, but they must be prepared for the unexpected. Mrs. Wlodarski asked how the police dogs were purchased and where in the budget they were in- cluded. Chief Bussert said that the dogs have been donated but the police department must train and maintain them. Miss Guthrie questioned Account P -726 Other Equipment. Chief Bussert said the department needs and uses 2 electric typewriters, 5 manual typewriters, plus $500 for file cabinets, chairs, etc. He said the department prolongs buying items as long as possible but the department is a 24 -hour per day, 7 -day per week function and must give service. Budget for the Fire Department: SERVICES PERSONAL Q -12 Recall Pay PROPERTIES Q -724 Radio Equipment PROPOSED FOR 1972 $ 12,000 6,400 REDUCTIONS $ 4,000 1,000 APPROVED FOR 1972 $ 8,000 5,400 Councilman Reinke stated that the Council's original recommendation was to cut $1,500 from Account Q -251 Repairs of Buildings and Structures. Miss Guthrie questioned Q -12 Recall Pay and Holiday Pay. Fire Chief Joseph Zurat stated that recall pay was $5.00 per hour and it recently was necessary to recall 30 men at the $5.00 figure for a period of three hours. He stated that this budget was figured as closely as possible and that it should stay as submitted. Miss Guthrie questioned Q -722 Motor Equipment. Chief Zurat said $20,000 was for a water tanker for Station No. 10 on Ireland Road. He said they would like to have a "Squirt" also but it was priced too high at $60,000; a new pumper at $50,000 is also needed, the present one is 21 years old and 15 years is the recommended time limit for such equipment. Chief Zurat also noted ex- penditures for the telephone alarm system which he felt was worth the price as only 5 false alarms were answered since installation of the new system as compared to many with the old system. Councilman Walter Szymkowiak asked if there. were any plans to buy a new ambulet; he said many citizens had questioned him about an ambulet with air conditioning because certain emergency patients needed the facilities of air conditioning. Chief Zurat said three ambulets were now in service and any new ambulets purchased would be air conditioned. Councilman Laven questioned the length of service for the cars and asked how many pick -up trucks were in the department. Chief Zurat said cars were replaced after 5 years and the department now had only one pick -up truck. Miss Guthrie asked about the rescue truck. Chief Zurat said the rescue truck works well, gives more power and with it in use, it is not necessary to tie up a pumper.