11-24-14 Health and Public Safety

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HEALTH & PUBLIC SAFETY NOVEMBER 24, 2014, 4:15p.m. Committee Members Present: Derek Dieter, Dr. Fred Ferlic, Tim Scott (Absent), Henry (Absent) Other Council Present: Karen White, Gavin Ferlic, Dr. David Varner, Valerie Schey, Oliver Davis (Absent) Others Present: Michael Emory Citizen member, Todd Geers, Kathy Cekanski - Farrand, Janice Talboom, Media Agenda: Update on the PSAP 911 call center Todd Geers gave a presentation on the new PSAP temporary center. 1. Facility (Temporary) - It is fresh, functional, South Bend moved in last week, Mishawaka in a couple of weeks, and St. Joe Co. by Dec. 9th. Bid process moving along. 4 million dollars, low bid 3.9 million And high bid 4.3 million. 5 bidders total. Have informed the State that we are functional so the money will keep coming in. 2. Personnel - We have a 10 to 12 member consortium of local PSAPs and they have established well rounded policies and are working on a manual. We have a modified schedule and are working on a rotating schedule. 6 on and 2 off. Karen White — How many City personnel were retained? All but 1 who did not reapply, But has since decided to apply and they are planning on hiring her to replace one Employee who has chosen to resign. Derek Dieter— Is the pay the same? Depends on how you look at it. With the schedule they would be making less per hour but more per year. Derek — Debatable. Do the City of South Bend employees vacation roll over? No they will be paid for those days and then have to earn new. Everyone will have 40 hours by June 2015. For those City employees with 4 weeks they would have all that vacation back by December. Derek just wanted City employees to be treated fairly and to retain the same monetary value on their jobs. Valerie Schey said she had received some complaints about 911. One caller said it took 20 minutes before the police showed up and on caller said the phone rang about10 times before if was answered. Technologies problems? — No the delay may have been because of a cell phone call on the border between Mishawaka and South Bend. The other problem may have been not enough staff to get phone, high volume time possibly. Pretty sure nothing on the technology side. Would plan to have all the kinks worked out by the first of the year. Have a loss of 7 personnel, wants 6 per diem temps to fill in also wants to start an academy to train people so they are not stuck with too big a loss of trained people. Derek requested a tour of the facility after the 15' of the year. Yes