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pscm20110803CITY OF MUSKEGO Public Safety Committee UTY OF Minutes 4'..-MUSKEGO Approved LOCATION: Muskego City Hall W182 S8200 Racine Avenue CALL TO ORDER & ADJOURNMENT DATE: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 TIME: 6:OOPM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Pledge of allegiance followed the meeting's call to order at 6:OOPM. ROLL CALL Present were Aldermen Tracy Snead, Neil Borgman and Kert Harenda, Philip Kiedrowski, and James Mayer. Also present were Captain John La Tour, T.C.F.D. Chief Wojnowski, and Jeff Verburgt. Alderman Soltysiak was also in attendance. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE The meeting was properly posted publicly for viewing on Monday, August 1, 2011. Public Appearance None Updates from Police Department Captain La Tour had nothing to report. Alderman Borgman asked if there were any additional fireworks complaints since the last meeting, and Captain La Tour advised that there was one more complaint than what he reported in his email to the committee. There were a total of 15 complaints received. Alderman Snead will be checking with City Hall to ascertain how many permits were given out, to compare the number of complaints/permits to last year's numbers. The item will be discussed next month under the updates from the police department. Updates from Fire Department Chief Wojnowski reported the laptops are in the ambulances and they are still waiting for the 2010 Phoenix upgrade. He hoped the upgrade would be completed this month. Once the upgrade is complete, the fire department should be able to do a report on rescue times. With this upgrade the police dispatchers can record the times and the fire department will be able to compile the report. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Alderman Harenda made a motion to approve the July 6, 2011 minutes. Alderman Borgman seconded and motion carried unanimously. OLD BUSINESS End of Road Sign on Byron - Captain La Tour again questioned why the sign was needed and advised he had no position on the sign, based on the set up of the "T" intersection. Alderman Snead will be clarifying with Jeff Muenkel where the citizen wanted the sign and exactly what type of sign they were looking for. Alderman Snead will investigate and bring the motion back next month for discussion. 2. Stop Sign on Somerset (westbound) — Captain LaTour reported he believed they were looking for a stop sign eastbound at the 12400blk. Captain LaTour advised that they should either remove one of the two stop signs that are there or put another one in. He advised right now there is nothing to stop eastbound traffic and there is no complete control of the intersection. His recommendation was to either keep the two existing signs and place the third stop sign up or remove the westbound stop sign on Somerset. Alderman Snead was going to do some follow-up and get back to the committee next month. 3. Burning Ordinance — The committee members reported on what other municipalities had outlined in their ordinance. The committee tried to determine if the concern was with the small burning pits or larger controlled burns. It was determined that other municipal ordinances do not determine the small fire pits to be part of the ordinance, only larger controlled burns. Alderman Borgman asked again if the City could change the ordinance to reflect specific days/times people can burn. The question was raised if a permit would help enforce the ordinance and Captain LaTour did not believe a permit would really help. Alderman Snead will talk to the Mayor and the Committee of the Whole to determine how many burning complaints are actually received by aldermen. Alderman Borgman wanted the matter discussed at the next Public Safety Committee meeting. The committee will also discuss if the State's requirement of 50ft from a structure should replace our ordinance of 30ft from a structure. 4. Yield Sign on Seafarer Pass/Bridgeport Way — State law requires people must yield from a cul de sac. Captain LaTour and Alderman Harenda decided that there is no need for a sign. The matter was removed from the agenda. NEW BUSINESS Speeding on Hillendale/Racine - Alderman Soltysiak spoke on behalf of his constituents advising they believe there are many cars traveling too fast on Hillendale Drive. Captain LaTour explained that Hillendale Drive is a secondary road designed for traffic, not for pedestrians. It is a road connecting many 2 subdivisions to main thoroughfares in the City. Per Captain LaTour a way to determine if a road has a problem is based on crash data, and as of right now there is no significant crash data on Hillendale Drive. The police department did a study and determined that the average car was traveling 39mph in a 35mph zone. A new sign was purchased by the police department which flashes the vehicle's speed and shows what the speed limit is. There is a strobe light that will flash if the vehicle is going faster than the posted speed limit. The sign was just delivered this week and will be placed on Hillendale Drive as soon as DPW erects some posts for it. The sign is designed to keep data and will be placed near the two problem areas of Hillendale Drive; Racine Avenue to College Avenue and Racine Avenue to Field Drive. Captain La Tour will keep Alderman Soltysiak up to date on the placement of the sign. 2. Fire Department Ambulance Agreement — Alderman Snead asked the committee if they wanted to leave the agreement as it stands or if there were any wording changes other than Section 7, to add response times. Section 2: Phil Kiedrowski had a question on the wording of "every 1st" call. Chief Wojnowski and Jeff Verburgt clarified for him what was being described. Jim Mayer questioned how the department was going to handle the new State mandates on EMT-I's. Chief Wojnowski stated that the EMT-I's would be allowed to go to the Paramedic Refresher Course to maintain the EMT -I status. Jeff Verburgt advised that any new personnel would have to determine if they wanted to go to Paramedic Level Training, otherwise, they would just take the EMT Basic Course. Section 3: Alderman Borgman questioned liability. Jeff Verburgt advised the department had a $10 million policy as their current base policy. The question was brought up as to whether the wording should be changed in the contract from $2 million to $10 million. Alderman Snead was going to check with Attorney Molter to see what he would recommend. Section 4: The fee change will be added to reflect a 12% increase in fees. $428.80 for each patient transported and $214.40 for each patient that refused transport. Jeff Verburgt advised the fees have not been raised in three years and this was proposed by the fire department to the City. Per a survey that Jim Mayer emailed the committee, Tess Corners is in the "ball park" of other departments for their fees. The billing department does negotiate with the City to clarify if they are over or under -charging patients. Alderman Snead will verify with Sharon Mueller what the numbers are to see if there are any discrepancies. Section 5: Alderman Borgman questioned why the City did not enter into a three- year contract instead of a one-year contract. It was discussed and the committee decided to change the contract to a three-year contract, which would be reviewed each year. Wording will change to reflect, 01/01/2011 — 12/31/2015. Section 6: No additions. Section 7: The committee will include the proposed language from Jim Mayer. Jeff Verburgt advised he did not want to make any promises on what their 3 software can do as far as generating reports on times. He advised the hardware was 90% done and they are hoping the software will be in place by October, 2011, to determine if the software can do the requested reporting. Alderman Borgman questioned if all the times that are being asked for by Mayer really need to be given, or if we should only be interested in the time of the call and the time of the first on scene. As of right now our data includes those times and Jeff Verburgt is not sure until everything is completed as to what reports can be generated. Alderman Snead asked Jeff Verburgt to call Zoll (company who handles EMS software) and ask them what the product will do and get back to her with the results. Alderman Snead advised that if Zoll cannot get the data the committee is looking for, to ask what type of software would need to be purchased and what the cost would be. Jim Mayer asked Verburgt if they had an internal number on response times and what their benchmark number was. Verburgt described that being a volunteer department they do not set a benchmark number. Last year their average time from time of call to first person on scene was 6.9 minutes. The fire department has a person designated to check all response times and if there is a flag, such as 10 minutes, they investigate why the time was so great. It could be due to weather, if the call was a 2nd or subsequent call, or if there was construction that delayed their response and they adjust accordingly or investigate further if need be. Alderman Snead advised that if any alderman received complaints from citizens that they should address those complaints with the fire department and not the Public Safety Committee. Section 7: Will be tabled and discussed at the next meeting. 0*04 Ke i1f:3■►rewo511VIO7iM 3. Begin Fire Department Fire Service Agreement — This matter will be placed on next month's agenda. No discussion took place. COMMUNICATIONS AND MICELLANEOUS BUSINESS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW Lake Tour — Alderman Snead advised the next Lake Tour will be on 08/12/11 and everyone who plans to attend should meet at Borgman advised he went on the last tour an recommended that everyone attend. 2. Next Meeting — 09/07/11 at 6:OOPM. 3. Miscellaneous Business — None. ADJOURNMENT Tres Locos at 4:30PM. Alderman d it was very informational and he Alderman Borgman made a motion to adjourn and Jim Mayer seconded. Motion carried unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 7:39PM. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 6:OOPM at Muskego City Hall in the Alderman's Room. rd