Public Safety Committee (Building & Codes, Fire, Police)

PUBLIC SAFETY COⅣ IMITTEE MINUTES AUGUST 21,2019 CITY HALL CONFERNCE R00M ATENDING:Councilman JcffHenley,Chainnan;Councilman Richnlond; Councilman Erb;and,Councilman Hollcinan Councilwoman Wanda Smith、 vas absent Others Prescnt: Building&Codes lnteritn Dircctol David Snlith,Fire Chicf「 rcddie Montgomcry,Police CllicfAlonzo Ansley,ChiefofStaff Halford,RJchad Stevens, Mayor Pitts,Susan Hal■ ls The in∝ ting was callcd to order at 4:00 p m by Chailtnan Henley and■ oted(br thc record a quoruFn preScnt. The minutes from July 17 wcrc appЮ ved as pκ scntcd Thc minutcs from Aug厖 11・ wcκ appЮ vcd as alncnded(correCtng Councilman JeffNo磁 sto Counclman Cary Norris) BUILDING&CODES DEPARTMENT ヽ任.Smith prescnted his monthly rcports and stated that hcヽ vould answer any questions. Wcsiey Chapci Chwch demoHdon willstatin about 10 days Dunkin Donutsisjoining fol・ ces with BasLn Robbins on Wilma Rudolph BIvd.Talkcd about singie family pem■ its changes ovcrthe yett but i was statcd thatthcyJust go up and down m・ 。ughout thc year. Cost ofconstttction is illnation but wc'熙 actually ahead. FIRE DEPARTMENT ChicfMontgomery prcscnted his monthly repotts alld briefly discusscd thcm. Runs al℃ backing up EMS. He had a sholt power point fbr the conlnlittec and thcy arc attachcd for the record He has it brokcn down into divisions and whatthey have done. irc Pに vention staffattended a seminar for one wcck but still did 260 inspcctions,issucd 「 12 coltllnerCial bum pcnllits,installed 60 smoke dctcctors,had ll public evcnts,and rcvicwed 15 sets ofncw plans. Working on a prqcct with APSU and having studcnts help with thc installation Ofsmoke detectors in tllc gencmi aκ a.Havetasked them wlh getting with diffcrcnt dcpatmcnts and being on the nront clld instead ofthe back. Maintenance Division is one of the hardest working groups at CFR. They work in that hot building. L'or thc tuture we'te looking at flect rcliability. Currcntly looking at it. Thcy are concetned with the aerials. Some are quite old. (1986) They are high dollar (1.2 million each). Vehicle replacement plan. Some of the uses of our lleet ale being looked into. Wc ride in Ford Explorers and when you look at having to command something like a tornado we don't havo the availability of what we nccd in those vehicles. Maintenance Chicf is rctiring the cnd of September. Will be looking into a 40 hour schedule fbr that department. Currently onZ4loff 48. When somconc's off we have to oall in overtime. It stood out to me and thcy brought it to my atlention. Training Division had 39 classcs - 316 attendees with 1301.5 hours. Have a pretty solid trainingdivision. They are very activc. Havc a hiring pfoccss for 7 personnel (replacing varioui positions). October'l start date with an 8 woek academy. Adjusting the schedtrlc for easiCr planning for training -'Iuesday, Wedncsday, and Thursday. Will bc targeting cerlifications for specific ranks. (officer levels having a oertain amount of tmining). Will be training on structured incident command NI'PA dictates that)' Suppr.ession Division. A,r.e evaluation command structure to addrass span of control and seli - supporting -lf district. South cnd ofthc county are District clhiefs and Assistant Chiefs. we have a major incident at Exit I I it could takc 1 5-20 minutes to get there. You don,t have the same structure. Last year they lookcd at a Car I 2 and didn't explain fully why itwas needed. will bc doing that this ycars. want to makc that District self - supportive. Also working on solutions for the Blue Way. We respond but llMS.does the sptiial operations. OuL mcn are standing on the side linc waiting for help We don't need to bi in that position. EMS doesn't want to do thal and we are going to try to find a way to address this. Special operations rcsponse can bc handled within tho department. Are evaluations sraff levels, uic and needs. I low many people wc have on shift, a fair number to eliminate overtime. This is lust to let you know what I'm trying to do' councilman Henley asked what a burn permit. It was explained that when you want to burn, especialty commercially, you have to get permission from the l-ire Departmcnt' Certain criteria needs to be met. We also notify dispatch on those burns. Residential call for permission to burn also. They have to meet specific criteria as well. Wc're 7 hiling firefighters right now due to rctirements, etc. Tlris process is ovcr. Thc next one will be next year. The process was cxplaincd to the Committee. Evetyonc is treated the samc. Talkcd about the fire truck that had issues before Chief Montgomety came on board. l'hat truck is in setvice. (Engine 7) Asked about thc program to put smoke dctectols in thoso noeded areas in Clarksville. Thc State does providc them. We are starting with 100 and will wort with APSU to install them. 'l'his will give crcdit to those shrdents with cornmunity service/outreach. Regarding thc Bluc Way. CFR has one boat and it cannot access that. You get so far and are unable to do anything. Waiting for EMS to come with theil boat. Ilavc a committee working on that and with EMS to see whst they havc that we can usc. Ilave been training with Ft. Campbell. POLICE DEPARTMEN'I' Chief Anslcy presented the dcpartment's monthly reports and advised that he would answer any questions. Chief Ansley has met with thc District Attorney's Oliice to discuss repeat offenderc. He mentioned onc well-known repeat offender, Randy Joe Clark, who recently overdosed and was given Narcan. Councilman Holleman asked about CPD's thoughts on the scooters. Chief stated that 'I'hey he's heard they aren,t safe. From a safety standpoint they would cause problems. arc causing Metro problems. If someone is dlinking it would be a DUI (operating a motor vehicle). CITY COUNCIL ACTION Rf,QTJIRXT) Councilman Richmond made a motion to forward the Mutual Aid Agreement bctween the city of clarksville,'fN and Austin Peay Statc university to thc full Council. Councilman }itb seconded the motion. IJnanimous approval' Mceting was adjourned at 4:30. Submitted by: Susan Harris Clarksville Fire Rescue