07-28-14 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JULY 28,201 separation in sites we use our Public Works Department to make sure those need to get to the get to the job. Council President, Oliver Davis how many sites in the state of Indiana are moving to one site that are the same of our county, can we get a list of that data? Chief Cox- 1222 S Michigan St.- I'm not certain that there are that many counties in Indiana that mirror St. Joseph County, Marion County and Ellen County have both gone to one operation center. It is a relative large system. They are double in size in terms of population, those centers are working very well for them. As a firefighter one of the draw backs is that you have different districts and you have to transfer calls to the right center and during that time, there is time loss during the emergency. One of the things we would like to see is to eliminate that response. Councilmember Davis can't that be done through new technology and not necessarily a new building? Cox- it could be but if you have to transfer that you delay the response time, you have to explain to the other call to the other dispatcher which could be minutes in delay. Councilmember what would be the delay? Cox- two to three minutes in delay is critical, we are at risk now with these delays. Cox explained different scenarios to illustrate the delays and how timing is critical. Councilmember Schey- Mayor Neal is 911 a federal funded or through FEMA. Mayor Neal- I actually don't know the answer on that John? John -it is 100% locally funded, a portion through the state can come back to the local level to the assessment via the lines that are brought back. Councilmember Schey do you know of other states going through the same thing, is this driven by cost or service? John- It is driven by both, and I'm not quite sure about other states. There are several cost associated with this, there will be reduction due to square footage, he pointed out the administration costs being reduced. The renovation is $6 million, but it also addresses our second issue of technology. Upon speaking with the Executive Directors with new technology we identified a lump sum of $9 million if paid for one time, the $1.6 million reflects $1 million of the purchasing price. John broke down the cost and analysis in terms of funding and potential savings and reductions. Councilmember White- Has Mishawaka already approved this? John- yes Mishawaka has already approved it. Councilmember Dr. Ferlic made a motion to send this bill to Health and Public Safety Committee, and to continue this bill until August l I' in the Council portion. Councilmember White seconded that motion, which carried by a voice vote of seven (7) ayes. Councilmember Schey— if we have those questions should we send those to you? Councilmember Oliver Davis confirmed that. He stated the more information we have the more informed decision they will be able to make. BILLS FIRST READING BILL NO. 41-14 FISRT READING ON A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 3, OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADDRESS AMBULNACE /MEDICAL SERVICE FEES This bill had first reading. Councilmember Scott made a motion to refer this bill to Health and Public Safety for a second reading. Councilmember Dr. Ferlic seconded the motion, which carried by a voice vote of seven (7) ayes. BILL NO. 42-14 FIRST READING ON A BILL OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ANNEXING TO AND BRINGING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AND AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED IN CLAY TOWNSHIP, CONTIGUOUS THEREWITH COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT 4, RAINBOW CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 17316 & 17288 STATE ROAD 23, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 22