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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE Minutes - 5/14/2015 Approved CITY OF MUSKEGO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MINUTES May 14, 2015 6:00 PM Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:00PM by Alderman Kubacki. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL Present were Alderman Kubacki, Engelhardt and Borgman as an alternate. Both citizen representatives were excused. TCFD Carl Wojnowski and Police Captain Richard Rens were also present. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE The agenda was posted and distributed to all news media requesting notification in accordance with the open meetings laws on 05/12/15. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of minutes March 12, 2015. Alderman Engelhard made a motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting, Chief Wojnowski seconded. Motion passed 3 in favor. PUBLIC APPEARANCE Rick Petfalski from the Muskego Norway School District School Board was in attendance reference item #3 under new business. UPDATES FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT Captain Rens advised the department recently installed and implemented a new radio system. The 911 center has been upgraded and within the next few months the phone system will also be upgraded. UPDATES FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT The department recently moved a new ambulance into service and sold one of its oldest ambulances to Medacare. Fire calls have been slow and a few brush fires have been reported, but nothing major. NEW BUSINESS First Quarter Response Times Rescue. Alderman Kubacki advised that 80% of the response times were less that 10 minutes, which is great, however there were some calls classified as "other" that were longer than 10 minutes. Chief Wojnowski advised the department would be addressing those calls within the next month and report back to the committee why they were as long as they were and what types of calls the were. Alderman Kubacki also advised that there were some unknown error codes in the report. Alderman Kubacki made a motion to defer the item until the next meeting for further discussion, Alderman Englehardt seconded. Motion passed 3 in favor. TCFD First Quarter Financials. The committee reviewed the financials without incident. Alderman Borgman made a miotn to approve the First Quarter TCFD Financials. Alderman Engelhardt seconded. Motion passed 3 in favor. Ordinance Vapor Smoking Device on School Property. The school board is looking for the city to implement an ordinance to prohibit the use of vapor smoking devices on school property. The City of Oconomowoc recently adopted an ordinance that included the smoking devices as being prohibited on school property. School Board Member Rick Petfalski was in attendance and advised the committee that in the last two years, there have been approximately 10 violations on school property using the vapor smoking devices. The school has a policy that can be used to reprimand the students when found in violation, however the school resource offcer has nothing to use to cite any other person utilizing the item on school property. Alderman Borgman advised he would like to look into the ordinance that was adopted by Oconomowoc and discuss the situation with the school resource officer in further detail. Alderman Borgman made a motion to defer the item to the next meeting. Alderman Englehardt seconded. Motion passed 3 in favor. COMMUNICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW ADJOURNMENT Alderman Borgman made a motion to adjourn, Alderman Engelhardt seconded. Motion passed 3 in favor. Meeting adjourned at 6:35PM.