PSM19650624KINUTES OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMITTEE MEETING
• JUNE 24, 1965 - 6:45 PM
PRESENT: NAYOR GOTTFRIED, ALDERMEN HUDZIAK AND BOSTATER.
N. GEORGE TREPANIER, MUSKEGO CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR, AND
HR. BOB WILLIAMS, OF THE STATE CIVIL DEFENSE ORGANIZATION,
APPEARED TO EXPLAIN THE CONDITIONS FOR GETTING MATCHING
FEDERAL FUNDS AND THE MECHANICS OF OBTAINING SUCH FUNDS.
• WHEN ELIGIBILITY FOR MATCHING FUNDS IS ESTABLISHED, THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL PAY HALF THE COSTS OF CIVIL DEFENSE
ACTIVITIES UNDER THREE CATEGORIES:
1. CERTAIN HARDWARE
2. TRAINING
3. PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
HARDWARE AND TRAINING ITEMS MUST BE APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY
THE FEDERAL AGENCY ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS. SOME HARD-
WARE ITEMS COULD BE PROCURED FROM GOVERNMENT SURPLUS AT EX-
TREMELY LOW PRICES. GENERALLY SPEAKING, EQUIPMENT FOR THE
AUXILIARY POLICE WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR, MATCHING FUNDS,
BUT MIGHT BE PROCURED FROM SURPLUS AT A SAVINGS. CERTAIN
• COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE IF TIED IN WITH THE
SHERIFF S SYSTEM.
APPROVAL MAY BE OBTAINED FOR THE GENERAL CATEGORY OF "PERSON-
NEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE". INDIVIDUAL ITEMS UNDER THIS
CATEGORY THEN DO NOT NEED ADVANCE APPROVAL. REIMBURSEMENT IS
REQUESTED PERIODICALLY WITH PROOF OF EXPENDITURES. A PRERE-
QUISITE OF COST SHARING OF THE DIRECTORS SALARY IS THAT SUCH
FUNDS MUST BE USED TO INCREASE THE CIVIL DEFENSE CAPABILITIES
OF THE CITY. THIS SEEMS TO MEAN ESSENTIALLY THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WOULD PAY ONLY ANY INCREASE IN THE DIRECTORS
SALARY, WHICH HAS BEEN $400.00 PER YEAR IN THE PAST.
WHILE WAUKESHA COUNTY HAS NOT YEAT QUALIFIED FOR MATCHING
FUNDS, MANY COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA ARE QUALIFIED.
THE PUBLISHING OF OUR "OPERATIONAL SURVIVIAL PLAN" WAS A MAJOR
STEP TO BECOMING QUALIFIED.
BUILDING INSPECTOR GERALD LEE MET WITH THE COMMITTEE AND DIS-
CUSSED PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE BUILDING CODE. A PIILWAUKEE
SUBURBAN UNIFORM BLDG. CODE IS IN THE PROCESS OF FORMATION, AND
• IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS WILL FORM A SOLID BASIS FOR A NEW CITY
CODE.
A NEW PLUMBING CODE WILL BE NECESSARY WHEN SEWERS ARE AVAILABLE.
WE ARE PRESENTLY USING THE STATE ELECTRICAL CODE.
CONSTABLE BOHLMAN DISCUSSED THE DANCE HALL PROBLEM WITH THE
COMMITTEE. THE SHERIFFS DEPT. HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE ADDITION-
AL SERVICE.
• THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THAT PIR. G. TREPANIER BE
REIMBERSED IN THE AMOUNT OF $95.27 FOR EXPENSES HE HAS INCURRED
IN CARRYING OUT HIS CIVIL DEFENSE DUTIES.
THE COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED THE PROCUREMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL BADGE
FOR THE WATER PATROL DEPUTY ON BASS' BAY.
MEETING ADJOURNED 8:40 Pff.
RESPECTFUr,LY SUBMITTED,
AHB: JS ARTHUR H. BOSTATER, ACTING SEC 'Y