Public Safety Committee

160 Duke Of Gloucester City of Annapolis Street Annapolis, MD 21401 Standing Committee Minutes Public Safety Committee Monday, September 15, 2014 5:00 PM Mayor John T. Chambers, Jr. City Council Chambers 1. Call To Order The Chair called the Meeting to order at 5:05 p.m. Present: 3- Alderman Paone, Alderwoman Finlayson and Alderwoman Pindell Charles 2. Legislation before Committee O-26-14 Special Residential Parking District 2: Shipwright Street - For the purpose of removing the area on Shipwright Street zoned WME and the area adjacent to the WME zone on the southwest side of Shipwright Street from Special Residential Parking District No. 2; and providing that a resident who occupies a dwelling unit in a building located in the WME zone on Shipwright Street shall be eligible for a parking permit in Special Residential Parking District No. 2. Attachments: O-26-14.docx Zoning Map.pdf Staff Report.docx Transportation Board.pdf Fiscal Impact Note.docx O-26-14 Budge Amendment Alderman Paone moved to recommend with Budge amendments . Seconded. CARRIED on voice vote. Aye: 3- Alderman Paone, Alderwoman Finlayson and Alderwoman Pindell Charles 3. Business before Committee ID-294-14 Public Safety Recognition Alderwoman Finlayson asked that this be placed on the agenda so that a recognition program can be established to recognize the employees specifically public safety . Deputy Chief Simmons would like to identify those employees who have shown great leadership . Chief Stokes agreed with Mr. Simmons and added that this award should be quarterly. Mr. Pristoop noted that the Police Department has an Officer of the Month recognition program. He briefly detailed the program. a. Approval of Minutes City of Annapolis Page 1 Public Safety Committee Standing Committee Minutes September 15, 2014 PSC072114 Approval of minutes for the regular meeting Attachments: July 21, 2014 Alderman Paone moved to approve. Seconded. CARRIED on voice vote. Aye: 3- Alderman Paone, Alderwoman Finlayson and Alderwoman Pindell Charles PSC051414 Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting Attachments: May 14, 2014 Alderman Paone moved to approve. Seconded. CARRIED on voice vote. Aye: 3- Alderman Paone, Alderwoman Finlayson and Alderwoman Pindell Charles PSC033114 Approval of minutes for the regular meeting Attachments: March 31, 2014 Alderman Paone moved to approve. Seconded. CARRIED on voice vote. Aye: 3- Alderman Paone, Alderwoman Finlayson and Alderwoman Pindell Charles b. Appointments and reappointments to Committees AP-14-14 Reappointment of Al Kirchner to the Public Safety Disability Retirement Board Attachments: Kirchner Mr. Kirchner expressed an interest in being reappointed to the Public Safety Disability Retirement Board. Alderman Paone moved to recommend favorably. Seconded. CARRIED on voice vote. Aye: 3- Alderman Paone, Alderwoman Finlayson and Alderwoman Pindell Charles 4. General Discussion ID-277-14 Updates from the Annapolis Police Department Chief Pristoop noted that there were 32 overdose calls to include one fatality. There has been 5 overdose calls in September and 2 in August with April being the worse month for overdose calls. Chief Stokes added that there 13 overdose calls from June through September. The Committee asked for the locations of the overdose and the frequency. Chief Pristoop briefly discussed the changes in the penalty for possessing marijuana. He reported that the crimes in the City of Annapolis is at 6% and trends appear to be going down. City of Annapolis Page 2 Public Safety Committee Standing Committee Minutes September 15, 2014 ID-278-14 Updates from the Office of Emergency Management Deputy Chief Simmons updated that September is National Preparedness Month at several locations such as AAMC and Lowes in Severn. Also engaging the 5th graders in Annapolis in a poster contest on preparedness. The event is scheduled for October 14, 2014. There will be guided Emergency Operation Center tours. Still in search for filling the Deputy Director position. October 30th is the City prepared exercise "Snowmagaddeon." 6:09pm Alderman Paone moved to adopt as amended. Seconded. A roll call vote was taken. The motion CARRIED by the following vote: Aye: 3- Alderman Paone, Alderwoman Finlayson and Alderwoman Pindell Charles ID-279-14 Updates from the Annapolis Fire Department Chief Stokes discussed the sacrifice of Firefighter John Schwallenburg The week of October 5 is National Fire Week and the theme is check your smoke detectors. 5. Adjournment Upon motion duly made, seconded and adopted, the meeting was adjourned at 6:05 PM. City of Annapolis Page 3