Public Safety Citizens' Advisory Board

BLUE SPRINGS PUBLIC SAFETY CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 2OI3 6:00 p.m. CITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING EAST CONFERENCE ROOM BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Tom Echerd, Chairman Emil Spears, Vice Chairman Janet Black Lee Miller Melodie Chrisman Chuck Zuvers OTHERS ATTENDING: Deputy Chief Bob Muenz Kent Edmondson, City Council Representative appointed to the PSAB ABSENT: Chief Wayne McCoy, Police Department Representative CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Chairman Echerd at 6:05 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Emil Spears made a motion to approve the minutes from the August 13,2013 meeting of the Public Safety Advisory Board. Lee Miller seconded the motion and the minutes were approved by the members present. PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX UPDATE: Deputy Chief Bob Muenz provided the board with the monthly Public Safety Sales Tax Status Report in the absence of Chief Wayne McCoy. Updates to the report were highlighted in yellow. Radio Communication System IPD was notified in late August that their pending frequencies have been approved, and inter-operability is expected to be complete on September 26,2013. Additional Personnel There was no new data to report on Goals #1-4 under Additional Personnel. Goal #5: Reduce the time evidence/property is returned/auctioned/legally disposed by 33oh, while increasing available pick-up hours for the public by 20%. Status: Completed in part; verification will continue. Approval for the use of the on-line auction process has been received from the city attomey. BSPD has met with the companv providing the service and use is expected to begin in October,2073. (The city gets a percentage of the cost of items sold. Big ticket items may generate a lower percentage return for the city.) HIRING STATUS: COMPLETED Facilities and Equipment No new reports for Goals #1-5. OVERALL STATUS: New Updates o Weekly progress meetings and additional focused topical meetings continue to be held every Tuesday. August meetings included the 6th, Sth (structural design presentatio n), 12th (cell tower), 13th, 20th,22"d (interior furnishings workshop), and one and one-half day interior design workshop on27th and 28ft. o Tentative transition planning: o Court Records, Property/Evidence to be located at Lumber Yard property. o Holding facility services to be held at Sugarcreek PD, LSPD, and IPD. o Currently looking at potential leased property for Investigations, Administration and CYOU. o Dispatch Center to KCMO South Patrol or local location- under review by I.T. . Upcoming events include: o Update at Department-wide meeting on September 6,2013. Longevity plan was presented by City Administrator Eric Johnson. October 1,2013 will be the effective date for changes presented. o Focused MEP meeting on September 12,2013. o Presentation by architects/consultants at Public Safety Board forum on November 12,2013. Financials For the month of August, the City received 85% of budgeted revenues and 97%o of revenue received last year. Through eleven months of the fiscal year, PSST sales tax revenues are $64,703.08 or 2.35% below budget. NOTE: The updated report contains requested specific dollars data from the previous year for comparison. This month, the trend is negative. Per Christine Cates, this was caused by not receiving the expected sales taxes for out ofstate vehicle sales. This law change has been corrected by the legislature, and these funds are expected to retum receipts to projected levels. A recommendation was made by the PSAB in regards to our PSST revenues. The Board would like Chief Wayne McCoy, City Administrator Eric Johnson, and City Administrator, Financials, Christine Cates to attend our October PSAB meeting to discuss the Public Safety budget and Councilman Ron Fowler's comments on the budget. UPDATE ON SELECTION OF STUDENT BOARD MEMBER: SRO Eric Mohler notified the Board that Meg Kissner, a Blue Springs High School Senior. has been named to the Public Safety Advisory Board for the 2103-2014 school year. Hopefull.v she will be able to join us for the October meeting. DEMONSTRATION OF A PATROL SUV: Deputl.Chief Muenz brought one of the new patrol SUV's for the Board to view. All the board members u'ere able to obsen-e the new MDT's that have been installed in the vehicles and get a first hand vierv of horl'all of the equipment fits into the SUV. Major Muenz uil1 see if it is possible to bring one of the new sedans to the October meeting so we can compare the differences, FORUM QUESTIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER 12,2013 PUBLIC FORUM: The questions to be presented during the Public Forum were discussed and will remain very similar to last year's questions. These questions will be finalized at the October PSAB meeting. Councilman Edmondson suggest-ed Chairman Echerd be put on the agenda for the City Council meeting November 4'n to talk about the upcoming forum on November 121h. The building plans for the renovations for the Public Safety Building will be presented by the building architects/consultants at the forum. Last year's forum questions for comment are as follows: 1. The Blue Springs Police Department's Traffic Control Unit has made a concerted effort to reduce speeding violations in areas where accidents frequently occur, school zones and other areas in response to citizen's requests. What concerns do you have regarding the enforcement of traffic ordinances in our community? What suggestions do you have? 2. What changes in coverage or services provided by our Animal Control unit would you like to see? 3. What other services related to public safety would you like the Blue Springs Police Department provide or help coordinate? Emil Spears presented a statement to the board for consideration. The Blue Springs community has taken measures to increase the safety of our public schools by securing access to the buildings. With the events of the last two years, what measures are being taken to phase elections out of our public schools? Just something to think about. FUTURE SCHEDULE: National Night Out Tuesday, October 1,2013 5:30-8:30 p.m. PSAB Tuesday, October 8, 2013 6:00 p.m. Public Forum Tuesday, November 12,2013 6:00 p.m. VISITORS: No visitors were present. ADJOURN: Lee Miller made a motion to adjourn at7:00 p.m. Emil Spears seconded the motion and \\ as appro\ ed by unanimous voice vote.