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.