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CITY OF DANBURY DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 DEPARTMENT OF POLICE PATRICK A. RIDENHOUR, CHIEF 375 MAIN STREET SHAUN J. MCCOLGAN, DEPUTY CHIEF (203) 797-4614 November 21, 2018 MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Mark D. Boughton Members of the City Council From: Patrick A. Ridenhour, Chief of Police Subject: Police Department Monthly Report November 2018 I submit this report of the activities of the Danbury Police Department for the month of November. Personnel Department Strength: Sworn Personnel 143 Injury/Extended Leave 2 Restricted Duty 1 Field Training Program 7 Police Academy 1 Effective strength (as of 11-20-18) 132 *1 pending retirement Community Services (See attached) Training 11/2 CIT 2018 Symposium – Sgt. Grundman, Dets. Usher & Anderson, P.Os.Zalenski, Martinez, Morrill & Rodrigues 11/4-8 Kronos Works Conference – Lt. Corrado & Sgt. Frinton 11/5-9 Finding Words – Det. Anderson 11/7 Child Maltreatment Prevention – Det. Sgt. Guertin, Dets. Lopez & Hancock 11/7-9 NEOA Conference – Dets. Ramos, Lalli & Zaloski 1 11/20 Critical Legal Issues for LE Supervisors/Executives – Lt. Bishop Fall Fridays Leadership Development – Det. Lt. Sturdevant & Lt. Gantert 10/22-11/4 Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation – P.O. Lyder Chief’s Significant Meetings 10/26 Pathways 10/29 Community, Cops & Culture Seminar – Quinnipiac University 10/31 WCSU Breakfast Tip-Off 10/31 Danbury Works Trust Core Group 11/1 MELT – Mayor’s Office 11/2 Pathways 11/4 Hord Foundation Fundraiser 11/6 Equipment Presentation 11/6 Special Assignment Interviews 11/7 Ives Concert Park Meeting 11/7 Danbury Works Executive Board 11/7 Candlelight Vigil – Tree of Life – CityCenter Green 11/8 POST Council Meeting – Tier III Accreditation 11/8 Special Assignment Interviews 11/3 City Council Meeting 11/9 Pathways 11/9 Marine Corps Birthday Ceremony 11/13 Fairfield County Chiefs Meeting – Stratford 11/13 Promotion Ceremony – PD & FD – City Hall 11/13 PAL Governance Meeting 11/14 Ridgefield & New Milford PD Chiefs Swearing In Ceremonies 11/15 Civil Service Commission Meeting 11/19 IXP Oversight Board Meeting 11/19 Danbury Youth Services – JRB 11/19 Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparity in the CJS – Hartford 11/20 Staff Meeting – DPD 11/20 WCSU Incident – Westside Campus E-Commerce Trading Location – no issues reported this month Respectfully submitted, Patrick A. Ridenhour Chief of Police PAR:mrl Attach. 2  CITY OF DANBURY DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 Patrick A. Ridenhour, Chief Lt. Vincent P. Daniello Department of Police Community Services Division 375 Main Street (203) 797-4577 To: Patrick A. Ridenhour – Chief of Police From: Vincent P. Daniello – Lieutenant Re: Community Services Division - Activity Reports & Staffing Levels October 15 – November 15, 2018 Date: November 21, 2018 Community Conditions Unit: (Sgt. Antonelli, Officers T. Zalenski, S. Cameron, M. Morrill,) (-1 Officer) -See attached report - Sensitive Information - Community Affairs Unit: No officer assigned (-1 Officer) -No report attached GTF/UNIT: (P.O. K. Utter) See attached report - Sensitive Information City Center Liaison: No officer assigned (-1 Officer) -No report attached Police Activities League: (No police personnel assigned) No Report School Based Officers: (P.O. S. O’Brien, P.O. M. Martinez, P.O. B. Hayes, P.O. R. Morlock) -See attached report(s) ***Current Staffing Levels*** 1 Lieutenant 1 Sergeant 8 Patrol Officers (-3) 3  CITY OF DANBURY DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 Department of Police Matthew McNally, Lieutenant 375 Main Street Patrol Division November 16, 2018 MEMORANDUM To: Chief Patrick Ridenhour From: Lt. Matthew McNally Subject: Police Explorer Monthly Activity Report – October 2018 October, as usual, was a very busy month for our Explorer Post, as described below. On Saturday, October 6th, 11 cadets of the Danbury Police Explorer program traveled to Fairfield Connecticut to compete in the annual Cadet SWAT Challenge. The Challenge consists of SWAT style tactical challenge stations and various configurations of the team competed in all of the stations. There are individual placement award medals for each event with Gold for 1st Place; Silver for 2nd Place and Bronze awarded for 3rd Place. The cadets were trained by their advisors, Sergeant John Krupinsky, (former SWAT member of the Danbury Police Emergency Services Unit), and Special Agent Brianna McNally of the US Diplomatic Security Services, New York Field Office (ATLAS graduate), and were assisted by Associate Civilian Advisor Henry Peralta and Post Advisor, Danbury Lieutenant Matt McNally. I would also like to make note and give thanks to PO Travis Weber, of the DPD Emergency Services Unit (SWAT), who was also “willingly conscripted” and assisted the team with some of their training and familiarization, on an evening when all the instructors were unable to assist.. The Danbury contingent placed in all but two events and won many medals, with the team placing as the 2nd Place Cadet SWAT Challenge Team overall. The team is already looking forward to next year’s challenge and the coveted 1st Place overall trophy. The team is comprised of Edisson Yunga, Maribel Ramirez, Matthew Regalado, Juan Peralta, Fabricio Fernandes, McCarthy Oliveira, Omar Guachun, Nancy Aldana, Matthew Cisewski, Kiandry Marte, and Kimberly Macancela. Team photo/videographer was Samantha Lassen. Below is the list of the cadets and the medals that they individually won for each event. The competition team is made up of the following cadets- Rapid Deployment- 1st Place Yunga, Ramirez, Regalado, Peralta, Fernandes, and Guachun Hostage Rescue- 1st Place Yunga, Ramirez, Peralta, Aldana, Marte, Macancela Officer Down- 2nd Place Ramirez, Regalado, Peralta, Cisewski, Marte, Macancela Drug Warrant Execution- 2nd Place Yunga, Regalado, Peralta, Fernandes, Guachun, Aldana Hogan’s Alley- 3rd Place Fernandes, Cisewski Sniper Challenge- 3rd Place Guachun, Cisewski 4 Pictured-(Rear row, left to right)- Henry Peralta (AA), Matthew Cisewski, McCarthy Oliveira, Omar Guachun, Juan Peralta, Kiandry Marte, Fabricio Fernandes (Middle) Sgt. John Krupinsky, Nancy Aldana, Kim Macancela, Maribel Ramirez, SA Brianna McNally (Kneeling) Matthew Regalado, Edisson Yunga Tuesday, October 9th, found a squad of explorers helping the veteran’s of the American Legion Post, once again bringing in the flags from the greater downtown area. This has become a regular assignment for the explorers, as the days the flags go out usually require them to be brought in swiftly as dusk arrives. We have the explorers running to the truck/trailer with Old Glory, trailed by a marked police car with light’s flashing for safety. They usually accomplish this task within an hour or so, as there are many flags along Main Street and the side streets. Some of the flags collected 5 Also on Friday the 12th overnight into Saturday the 13th, 38 explorers, 3 civilian associate advisors and I assisted the WCSU Police Department with providing a security detail at the set-up for the Mission Health event sponsored by the Danbury Hospital running from 0700-1800 on Saturday. We set up the detail from 1800 to 0700. There were vehicles, trailers, DEMHS tents, generators and all types of medical equipment erected and set up for the day’s events. The explorers and I maintained a constant patrol of the very expensive equipment throughout the night. We did confront several persons throughout the night attempting to walk through the health community set—up. Saturday, October 20th the explorers were back with the bi-annual Shred Hunger Event, 11 explorers and PO Cameron from the program assisted the Waterbury Teachers Credit Union, with a sixth “Shred Hunger” event on Federal Road. This involved light traffic duties as cars lined up at the entry, bringing foodstuffs in exchange for a free shredding event. Turn out for this event is always heavy and the promoters said it was successful. Shred Hunger Event Sunday, October 21st, saw the 10 explorers and I go to the Halas Farm Market on Route 37, Danbury, and assist with the event for the annual Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (1800069114) from 11am to 4 pm. This is an event with a very large pedestrian turnout, high traffic flow and explorers assisted with traffic and parking. Turnout was extremely heavy even though it was very cold and blustery. The ancillary parking lots at Pembroke School and surrounding the Halas Farm were quickly filled. There arm Market and parking areas. As the crowds continued to grow, vehicles were parking on the FCI property, where several sunk in the very wet soil and had to be pulled out by tractor tows. There were also vehicles parked all over Route 37 in the construction zone near Barnum road and along Barnum Road and Bullet Hill which generated several civilian complaints. Also during the event, several persons running for political office in the upcoming election, arrived at the event to “press the public” and this created some unanticipated minor security issues. If this event takes place next year, we will need to increase our detail size, and I believe other designated parking arrangements should be made. I recommend an operational plan be developed as this event continues to grow in size, and the traffic flow on Route 37, which is very heavy normally, is choked by pedestrians walking along and across Route 37, creating a hazardous situation. See images below. 6  JDRF Paint-A Pumpkin On Wednesday, October 24th was the monthly NERLEEA Board Meeting held at the POST Police Academy in Meriden. The Cadet Police Academy is entering into a new home/relationship with Westfield State University in Westfield, Massachusetts for the 2019 year. Tuesday evening, October 30th, several explorers came to police headquarters and decorated the police lobby with Halloween decorations in preparation for Halloween night visitors. Also on Tuesday evening 10/30 and Wednesday evening, Halloween, 10/31, the 4-12 patrol shifts each took 5 different senior explorers ( total of 10) each shift on “Ride-alongs” from 4 pm until 10 pm-ish. Officers were paired with explorers and by all accounts, it was a big success. The explorers learned much from the officers as they participated and observed real-time police field operations. The officers also learned all about the explorers, their training and education, their goals and the symbiosis of officers and explorers was fantastic. As many of our explorers are native bilingual, there was even an opportunity where one of the explorers acted as the interpreter for the officer in an investigation. The ride-alongs, in conjunction with a recent special assignment posting for additional police officer advisors to assist our ever growing program, were very timely. We have had four officers who submitted requests to be added to our police advisor cadre, and are looking forwarded to their participation in the program, once they complete the selection process and receive their training. On Wednesday, Halloween, 10/31, 33 explorers, several civilian associate advisors, PO’s Antedomenico, Cameron and Morrill all worked to provide a Halloween at the DPD spirited event and distributed candy and 7 “treats” at police headquarters. This event was a joint event with participation of the Community Services Division and Police Explorers and with some support the Danbury Police Activities League. At police headquarters, our explorers took turns handing out candy purchased by the post, with some donated from the Police Athletic League and by two of the women from IXP who work the front window at the DPD, as well as left over bags with items from the rained on Halloween on the Green event from the previous Saturday. The explorers and officers did this from 4 pm until just before 9 pm when they ran out of “treats”. We had over 130 little “Trick or Treaters” who came to police headquarters to our joint set-up on the patio with members of the Community Service Division. The tent and all the inflatables/decorations, with lights and sounds worked quite well. We look forward to next year doing the same Halloween party on the patio. At 5 pm over half of the detail proceeded to the area of Deer Hill Avenue where Special Events officers and the explorers provided traffic control and security as the Southern half of Deer Hill Avenue was closed from West Wooster Street intersection to the Southern Boulevard intersection for a Halloween on Deer Hill Avenue special event, in which well over a thousand people attended. The Halloween on Deer Hill Avenue was a huge success and also a large traffic flow disruption. This event went beyond the 9 pm posted end time due to the huge crowds and the detail did not return to headquarters until after 10 pm. There is already discussion about expanding the event and closing off all of Deer Hill Avenue to provide more off-street parking and better pedestrian traffic flow, while encouraging more residential and business participation. For next year we will definitely need to increase the size of the special event detail with both police officers and more police explorer assistance. The hours may need to be adjusted to accommodate the crowds as the event continued well past the hours posted Halloween Candy Giveaway at DPD 8  Halloween on Deer Hill Avenue Now that we have large weekly meetings, we have had to combat the traffic tie-up that occurs out onto Main Street at the end of every weekly meeting. For 3+ hours weekly the police explorer program consumes police headquarters. We had received complaints from both parents arriving/exiting and from the community as it takes about 20-30 minutes for the explorers to get picked up. Discharging over a 100 participants has become a logistical challenge and we have now started to conduct traffic control at the end of the meetings. Below are some images of our Post Weekly Meeting traffic control detail. As the month drew to a close, we ended with the Post at 139 Explorers and potential recruits (Basic Explorer Skills Training) registered. This is a “sustained” increase since last month’s report due to the ongoing BEST class since the open house. Respectfully submitted, Lt. Matthew McNally Lt. Matthew McNally Post Advisor/Program Coordinator 9  I. Membership Enrolled Amount # of Explorers Enrolled 139 # of Advisors Enrolled 19 II. Hours-Explorer Hours Total Job Hours 677.00 Total Training Hours 1059.25 Total Explorer Hours 1736.25 III. Hours-Advisor Hours Total Job Hours 109.25 Total Training Hours 59.00 Total Advisor Hours 168.25 10  2018 UNIFORM CRIME REPORT CITY OF DANBURY Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec. YTD Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forcible Rape 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 12 Robbery 2 2 3 1 5 0 6 4 1 4 28 Assault 7 1 5 5 1 4 8 3 3 3 40 Burglary 12 6 3 15 9 9 6 11 8 4 83 Theft 79 65 81 51 85 66 79 70 64 56 696 Motor Vehicle Theft 3 2 10 3 9 18 13 11 8 6 83 Arson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 105 78 102 76 111 98 114 100 86 73 943 2017 UNIFORM CRIME REPORT CITY OF DANBURY Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec. YTD Homicide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Forcible Rape 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 10 Robbery 5 5 3 3 1 3 5 5 8 6 44 Assault 5 4 5 6 7 6 10 1 4 3 51 Burglary 4 6 2 3 4 2 9 10 9 4 53 Theft 63 80 73 55 60 62 78 93 53 56 673 Motor Vehicle Theft 4 6 10 3 6 2 5 10 3 3 52 Arson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 81 102 93 71 78 76 110 123 77 73 884 *Please Note: UCR Stats are subject to change due to monthly crime modifications 11  2018 DANBURY POLICE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS CITY OF DANBURY CALLS FOR SERVICE 2018 Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec. YTD Calls for Service 3,929 3,635 4,463 4,904 5,253 5,124 5,426 5,133 4,527 4,856 47,250 2017 Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec. YTD Calls for Service 4,198 3,678 3,912 4,854 4,379 4,579 5,041 4,933 4,193 4,179 43,946 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 2018 Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec. YTD Property Damage 330 317 327 295 379 319 328 290 323 415 3,323 Personal Injury 47 39 35 23 49 47 34 41 38 43 396 Total Traffic Accidents 377 356 362 318 428 366 362 331 361 458 3,719 2017 Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec. YTD Property Damage 338 314 296 291 345 325 307 335 345 376 3,272 Personal Injury 46 31 21 44 49 43 52 42 38 47 413 Total Traffic Accidents 384 345 317 335 394 368 359 377 383 423 3,685 TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT 2018 Jan Feb March April* May June July* Aug* Sept Oct Nov Dec. YTD Verbal Warning 154 186 191 204 165 133 194 201 132 191 1,751 Written Warning 21 23 13 3 11 9 8 11 15 23 137 Moving Violation 332 340 328 802 318 246 689 628 309 346 4,338 Total Enforcement Action 507 549 532 1,009 494 388 891 840 456 560 6,226 2017 Jan Feb March April* May June July* Aug* Sept Oct Nov Dec. YTD Verbal Warning 147 141 148 218 141 161 155 180 123 126 1,540 Written Warning 17 6 8 34 14 14 6 12 8 5 124 Moving Violation 291 173 193 1,015 265 203 575 646 168 179 3,708 Total Enforcement Action 455 320 349 1,267 420 378 736 838 299 310 5,372 *Traffic Enforcement Grant(s) 12  CITY OF DANBURY FIRE DEPARTMENT 19 NEW STREET DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 T. J. Wiedl Phone 203-796-1550 Fire Chief Fax 203-796-1552 FIRE CHIEF'S MONTHLY REPORT I hereby submit my report as Fire Chief of the Danbury Fire Department, which covers the period of October 21st, 2018 through November 21st, 2018 and details activities of the Department. We are pleased to recognize our two recently promoted members. Deputy Fire Marshal Eric Handau was promoted to Captain of B-group. Lieutenant Heather Anderson was promoted to Deputy Fire Marshal. They were both sworn in during a joint ceremony with the Police Department at City Hall on November 13th. Congratulations to Eric and Heather, and good luck with your new positions! The Fire Department awards ceremony was held on November 18th at Fire Headquarters. This annual event honors the actions and accomplishments of Fire and EMS personnel and civilians over the past year. 2018-12 Page 1  Public Education / Prevention / Public Relations Crews toured Belimo and the HART transit facility. A large-scale training operation was held at the Federal Correctional Institute. A half day training evolution for the entire shift was on man tracking and held in Tarrywile Park. Crew members trained in the ice and cold water suits. Crew members gave candy to neighborhood trick-or-treaters on Halloween. 2018-12 Page 2  Suppression / Response Activities of Note On October 26th, crews responded to West Redding Road for a reported propane truck rolled over and off the roadway. E26 arrived on scene and Lt. Singer quickly reported the rolled over vehicle was not a propane truck, but a septic pumping truck. The truck did roll and leave the roadway. E26 was on scene for 5 hours while numerous heavy wreckers safely removed the truck. On October 28th, Engine 24 responded to Public Works for a reported injury to a utility worker’s foot and lower leg. Lt. Daly reported a worker’s foot was crushed by a jack on a utility truck. E24 rendered care and assisted EMS. Lt. Daly, realizing this was a workplace injury, requested dispatch contact OSHA. DC Halas followed up with OSHA and relayed the appropriate information for them to conduct their investigation. On November 1st, E24 responded to Lowe’s Home Improvement store for a reported pedestrian run over by a motor vehicle. A tow truck driver was lying down to hook up a vehicle to be towed and someone ran over both of his legs. Once E24 and EMS treated and transported the patient, Lt. Miguel requested OSHA be contacted to determine if they needed to conduct an investigation. On November 8th, E23 and E24 responded to a fully involved vehicle fire at the Dog Pound on Plumtrees Road. A reported armed gunman at the Westside WCSU campus created a hectic afternoon on November 20th but thankfully was a false alarm. Command and Staff Activities  Volunteer Fire Council meeting  City Council meeting  Dispatch oversight meetings with IXP and the PD  Monthly EMS/Dispatch steering committee  Contractor meetings for HQ addition  Teaching Fire Prevention & Inspection class for NVCC  DanburyWorks team meeting  Firefighter Recruit interviews  Captain interviews  Lieutenant interviews  CT EMS update meeting at Fairfield Fire Training Center  Flag retirement ceremony for Fire Marshal Jim Russell  Veterans Day ceremony at the War Memorial  Annual Awards Ceremony 2018-12 Page 3  Training – Training Officer Steve Rogers Volunteer Quarterly Training Third quarter training has been completed. We had the privilege of being trained wilderness search and rescue. Fourth Quarter training will start this month and it will have a communications theme to it. 2019 First Quarter Training courses will encompass blood borne pathogens training. Hose Testing Companies are progressing toward completing fire hose testing. Career Career Mandatory Training All crews including members of Marshal’s division have participated in mandatory training. Individuals who missed their mandatory training will coordinate makeups with TO Rogers. Career Training We are engaged with joint training with Federal and State agencies to ensure robust joint public safety responses. Hydrant Hydrant testing is 99 percent complete. Hose Testing Companies are 99 percent complete with annual fire hose testing. Burn Building Multiple training evolutions with career and volunteer units Events for the Training Officer:  Fire Fighter Two class in Danbury  Multiple Mandatory training for Career personnel  Multiple Mandatory training for Volunteer personnel  Responded as Safety Officer to multiple calls  ARFF Drill at Airport  Captain Handau and DFM Anderson  Pump training and hose stretches with multiple companies at Fire School  Training with Federal and State agencies 2018-12 Page 4  Communications – Communications Coordinator Jamie Gagliardo  This month I responded to a few incidents as the communications officer. Car 61 responded to the following incidents:  Structure Fire – Sixth St  Structure Fire – Powder Horn Ridge  Assisted PD – WCSU with the drone  Assist FD – New Fairfield with the drone  Conducted a tour of the City’s public safety infrastructure and target hazards with a group of newly hired IXP dispatchers.  Attended a Radio Communications Interoperability Committee meeting with our partners in Putnam County NY.  Participated in the mandatory training day with D shift at Tarrywile Park where we learned how to hone our skills during land search calls.  Assisted the Fire Marshal’s Office with a fire prevention detail at Park Avenue School.  Attended the annual ARFF (Aircraft Rescue Firefighter) training at Danbury Municipal Airport.  Worked with the training division in the preparation and administration of the full scale drill hosted at the Federal Bureau of Prisons FCI Danbury where a fire was simulated within the 2018-12 Page 5  compound. Multiple meetings were held prior to the event where all agencies gathered to discuss the objectives.  Hosted a Citywide public safety resources tour for our partners from Putnam County Bureau of Emergency Services. Commissioner Ken Clair and Deputy Commissioner Bob Lipton came to meet the command staff with in interest in resource sharing. We toured all of our public safety buildings including Headquarters, the Training Facility, and Danbury Police Department along with our joint agency dispatch facility.  Assisted the Training Division with a Firefighter II course practical exam at the Fire School.  Attended the swearing in for Deputy Fire Marshal Heather Anderson and Fire Captain Eric Handau.  Attended the live burn training and SCBA demo with C group  Assisted with a tour of Fire Headquarters along with Emergency Management’s Emergency Operations Center and Danbury Police Department with the F.C.I. Command Staff that we partnered with for the full scale drill at the FCI.  Attended a tour of the HART Transit facility on Federal Road with D shift.  Text-to-911 has become available in Connecticut. If you need help but can’t safely speak on the phone or are unable to speak, use your mobile phone to send a text message to 9- 1-1. The important thing to remember is “Call if you can, text if you can’t.” 2018-12 Page 6  Please keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages for information and incidents throughout the month!  Ongoing projects:  UAS (Drone) Program implementation which includes purchasing of equipment, training, along with policies and procedures.  Radio system infrastructure upgrades (phase 2) with assistance from Northeastern Communications.  Updates to the computer aided dispatch system are ongoing as information is received.  CAD call types and response modifications/updates are continually ongoing. Many new buildings and businesses have recently been built and need to be added to the system.  CAD mapping and premise data modifications/updates are continually ongoing. As new businesses move into town and properties are developed CAD entries need to be created.  Full review of the Danbury Fire Department Standard Operating Procedures manual.  Public Safety IT projects, tickets, and upgrades as they are received. Apparatus – Superintendent Chris Ryan Following is a list of work started or completed in the Apparatus Division for the month of November 2018.  Replaced two Whelen Red Ion lamps on tailgate of Car 30  Replaced T1 rt side rear pendant lamp  Serviced Car 44 2018-12 Page 7   Replaced shorted lamp assembly 10PA2  Replaced battery Car 42  Replaced E23 front tires  Replaced broken overhead door rollers on Door 9  Fabricated a new Storz bleeder cap  Replaced fan clutch air valve E24, along with air tube adapters  Repaired exhaust leak on T1  Repaired coolant leak on 06F5  Replaced EGR valve on E24 and installed a new LED hand light on it also  Greased waterway, couplers and aerial on T2  Installed new water can mount in cab of 08PD2  Replaced coolant filter, replace PTO pressure switch on Rescue 1  Scanned and diagnosed fuel pump driver issue on 06F3 Car 45  Replaced intake valve and right rear perimeter lamp on E25  Annual inspection 00PL  Repaired Rescue overhead door  Replaced some overhead door rollers with assistance from FF Bohan  Replaced the blower motor resistor in Car 44  Replaced radiator cap, filled coolant, cleared codes and forced a regen on 10PA2  Replaced battery in 06F1, replaced battery terminals  4 wheel brake job on Car 46  Repair boat trailer lights and plug  Replaced damaged wheel chock holders T1  Serviced Car 51  Replaced exhaust system on Car 45  Rebuilt primer pump 10PA1 Community Risk Reduction – Provisional Fire Marshal John Osborne This month was full of changes for the Fire Marshal's Office. We welcomed Lt. Heather Anderson to the position of Deputy Fire Marshal and we had to say good bye to DFM Eric Handau as he was promoted to Captain. DFM Tyler Bergemann completed ARFF training and participated in the drill at the FCI. Among other inspections he did the 117 units at Kimberly Place at 19 Main Street. DFM Terry Timan did 15 more school Fire Safety presentations. He answered code questions and approved the final CO for the Westside Academy, and assisted TO Rogers as an instructor at a few live burns. DFM Gary Bruce has prepared and sent out our latest batch of inspection letters to residential owners. 2018-12 Page 8 Inspections numbered 13 liquor, 8 places of assembly, 17 businesses, 6 education, 2 health care, 30 mercantile, 1 day care, 140 apartments, and 13 miscellaneous. Here's wishing everyone a safe holiday season! Department Statistical Reports Community Risk Reduction Monthly inspections 230 Fire Safety Programs 15 Violations Issued 4 Fire Investigations 8 Public Safety Answering Point Total 911 calls 4,937 2018-12 Page 9  CITY OF DANBURY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 155 DEER HILL AVENUE DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 (203) 797-4537 FAX (203) 796-1586 MAYOR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/ Honorable Mark D. Boughton CITY ENGINEER Antonio Iadarola, P.E. November 26, 2018 Honorable Mayor Mark D. Boughton Honorable Members of the Danbury City Council 155 Deer Hill Avenue Danbury, CT 06810 RE: Monthly Report for October 2018 Dear Mayor Boughton and Members of the City Council: I am pleased to present the Public Works Department report for the month of October. The Public Works Department engaged in several seasonal related tasks during the month of October. Divisions responsible for leaf pick-up prepared their equipment for this activity which started on October 22nd. The Highway Division with continue to squeeze as much paving, drainage and construction work into this year as the weather allows. Maintenance on all of the snowplowing and de-icing equipment continues by the Equipment Maintenance Division. The salt storage facility has received deliveries of material in preparation for any early November storms that may occur. As you will see in the Division reports, we are heavily involved in managing design meetings for a considerable amount of capital work expected to be executed in the spring. The Construction Services Division is working closely with the Engineering Division on the Triangle Street Bridge, Middle River Bridge and Crosby Street Bridge Projects. Work will continue throughout the fall and winter season in order to start the actual work in the spring. During the month of October, 10.62 tons of e-waste was collected. This service is at no cost to the residents of the City. I strongly urge everyone to take advantage of this program. Please take a few moments to review the Division reports for a full scope of the many activities and projects in which the Public Works Department are engaged. Should you have any questions regarding any of the separately submitted division reports, please call me at 203- 797-4537. Construction Services Report submitted by Thomas Hughes III, Superintendent: Danbury High School Addition & Alteration Project: Construction Services worked with the design team and the Construction Manager to develop the project designs and bid packages. Phase I, roofing is complete. Certificate of Acceptance issued. Phase II, generators complete. Phase 3.1, The cafeteria addition is complete: Certificate of Acceptance issued. Phase IV, Freshman Academy: The Architect of Record Friar Associates has issued the Statement of Substantial Completion. The punch list has been issued to Rizzo Corporation; we completed the Freshman Academy within budget with a minimal change order percentage. Certificate of Occupancy & Zoning Compliance have been issued. Construction Services was able to repair the rear retaining and installed under drains along the wall section replaced. We are in the final stages of the close out. Phase V, The Black Box Theatre: The Architect of Record Fuller & D’Angelo has issued the Statement of Substantial Completion for the Black Box Theatre. The punch list was issued by the Architect to Rizzo Corporation. The Black Box Theatre was completed on schedule, within budget and with a minimal change order percentage. Certificate of Occupancy & Zoning Compliance have been issued. We are completing the punch list and entering the final closeout phase. Phase V Main Entry: The new entry storefront has been completed. The new security main entrance is online and functioning as designed. The rooftop screening has been completed. We completed the installation of a split unit HVAC system for year round climate control of the security office / booth. Phase VI FFE, State Office of School Grants has approved purchasing the technology. All additional FFE presented to the OSG has been approved. The FFE has been procured and we have completed placing the furniture, fixtures and equipment as per design within budget. Triangle Street Bridge Over the Still River: Working with the Engineering Department, we have hired a structural engineering firm, RHS Consultants, from our City Engineering On-Call Bid list to evaluate the bridge and design necessary structure repair methods. The repair design has been completed and is presently being reviewed by the Engineering Department. We are in the process of reviewing the final specifications and the bid documents. Middle River Road Bridge Replacement: Working with the City Engineer and Engineering staff the designer, Stantec Engineering, has submitted the 90 % plans and specifications for our review and comment. This project will be bid for a spring 2019 start. Crosby Street Bridge over the Still River: We have been working with the Engineering Department and the Designer RHS. The design is proceeding from preliminary into the final design plans and specifications. We have met with adjacent property owners and have finalized our construction sequencing. We expect this project to go out to bid shortly for a spring start. Still River Sediment Removal: The contract was awarded to EnviroConsultants & Recyclers; the contractor has mobilized and started the sediment removal operation. The project is on schedule and within budget. The contractor has completed the segment north of the Casper Street Bridge both East & West sides of the Still River. The contractor completed removing river sediment from the river bank on the west side of the Still River between Casper Street and Metro North Bridge 300 feet east to the project limits. This project was completed on schedule, and within budget. We had the final inspection and are looking to perform some additional clearing and grubbing and have asked the contractor for a proposal for these additional services. Octagon House Emergency Repairs: Construction Services has been working with the City Engineer & Planner in a Construction Administration capacity for this project. NAC Industries re-mobilized and performed some additional work to the second floor fascia boards requested by the architect of record the work has been completed. Tarrywile Parks Pond Dam Repairs & Fencing: CT DEEP has issued a directive for fencing to be installed along the dam crest and spillway training walls. There is also some concrete patching to take place on the vertical and crest horizontal faces of the dam. Construction Services using our in house resources has completed the repair to the waesterly dam crest and patched areas of the inboard face of the dam. Working along with the Tarrywile Park Authority this work the project had a minimal impact on the parks day to day operations. Wiedel Property Long Ridge Road: Construction Services was asked to look at several different locations to establish a future public entrance to the recreational property and a parking area. At the request of the Health Department, we established a preliminary soft cost budget that was submitted as part of the Grant Application the Health Department submitted. Doyles Pond Dam: CT DEEP has issued a directive to armor the earthen embankment west of the concrete weir structure. We met onsite with the Engineer, Tata & Howard, to discuss the design, budget and contractibility. We are in the process of selecting a construction method and will be self-performing this work using our in house resources. Construction Services is presently working with the City Engineer / Director of Public Works and Engineering Division in developing our upcoming Capital Projects bridge rehabilitation / repairs and infrastructure projects Engineering Report Submitted by Antonio Iadarola, P.E./ City Engineer: Expansion of Danbury High School: During 2016 the proposed improvements authorized by the City Council and Danbury voters were designed by the two architects hired by the City. The Rizzo Corporation was hired as the Construction Manager for the project. Phases 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the project (roof replacement; electric service and new generator; new parking lot, oil tank replacement; fats/oils/grease separator, sprinkler system; new fire alarm for the entire building, classroom addition, Black Box Theater, cafeteria addition, front entrance improvements and auto shop improvements) were designed, received state approval and bid. The new parking lot, sprinkler system, fire alarm and fats/oils/grease separator work, roof replacement work, the cafeteria expansion, the new bus loop and the auto shop improvements are complete, the classroom addition, the main entrance improvements and Black Box Theater are complete with the exception of some punch list items. Certificates of Occupancy have been acquired for all phases of this project. Various Bridges: Designs of the Triangle Street Bridge improvements and Crosby Street Connector are near completion. The City hired on-call consultants to design the repairs for Middle River Road over unnamed brook Bridges as well as to inspect and evaluate Kennedy Avenue Bridge over the Still River. At the August 7, 2018 meeting, the City authorized the submission of applications for State Local Bridge Program partial funding for the Kennedy Avenue, Crosby Street Connector and Triangle Street Bridges. Local Bridge Program Commitments to Fund have been received for these three bridges. Local Bridge Program Supplemental Applications for these bridges are being prepared. Still River Channel from Patriot Drive to Jansen Street: Our office worked with a City on-call consultant and have secured the necessary approvals from the Army Corp of Engineers, City of Danbury Environmental Impact Commission and the CT State D.E.E.P. to start Phase II of the maintenance to the Still River Channel. The plans and specifications were completed. Work involved the removal of almost 6,500 tons of sediment that had accumulated in the river channel over years and the spraying of vegetation with a D.E.E.P. approved herbicide. The contract was awarded to EnviroConsultants and Recyclers. Vegetation and sediment removal work has been substantially completed. Punch list items are being addressed. Danbury High School and Rogers Park Our office has surveyed, designed and put out to bid the replacement of six tennis courts at Danbury High School and eight tennis courts at Rogers Park. We await signed contracts. DEEP MS4 General Stormwater Permit: The City’s Consultant led a number of workshop meetings with various pertinent city personnel and offices to begin the process of meeting the multitude of ordinance revisions, land use regulation revisions, mapping, web- site creation, inspection, testing, reporting and other requirements of the State DEEP permit. The final 2017 Annual Report is posted on the City website. Requirements of the permit take affect over the next several years. The Consultant will continue to work with City departments on an “as needed” basis going forward. Balmforth Avenue Sidewalk Replacement: The City has applied for CDBG funding to begin in Phase One of the Balmforth Avenue Sidewalk Replacement project. Upon receipt of CDBG environmental approval, Phase I will be put out to bid. The Engineering Division prepared and submitted an application for CDBG funding for 2018 to continue the sidewalk improvement work for Phase 2. At its August 7, 2018 meeting, the City council approved the Action Plan for program year 44 which plan includes Phase 2. Still River Channel at the West Street Bridge: The City hired a consultant to prepare the necessary plans and submit the required permits to reduce the flooding on West Street near the existing overhead railroad bridge on West Street. The project will involve removing sediment from the channel and under the bridge and looking into protecting the channel embankment from further deterioration. The City’s consultant is working on securing the permits warranted for the project and design for the embankment. Richter House Expansion: The Engineering Division surveyed and prepared mapping for the proposed modifications for the building expansion. Engineering Division is in the process of drafting a Request for Proposals for architectural design services. New Animal Shelter: The City has hired one of its on-call architects to prepare 30% plans and specifications for this facility. When 30% of plans and specifications are completed, the shelter will be bid as a Design/Build project. Environmental Impact Commission approval and Planning Department site plan approval have been granted. The RESERVE/RIVINGTON by Toll Brothers: (550 Acre Development with a total of 2150+ Units)  The Mews and The Ridge at Rivington: Progress continues with utility extensions and inspections.  The Village at Rivington: Progress continues with utility extensions and inspections.  The Enclave at Rivington: Progress continues with utility connections and inspections.  Woodland Avenue Bridge: The Bridge rehabilitation by Toll Brothers at Woodland Avenue is nearly completed.  Reserve Road, Milestone Road, Woodland Road: Progress continues on the completion of these roads.  Phase 11 Planning and utility reviews are completed.  The Woodlands Phase 4C Planning and utility reviews are completed. Utility construction has begun. Assessment Projects: The following assessment projects have been the only projects pending on the list based on residents’ petitions. Our office will evaluate these projects and will notify benefitted property owners. 1. Butternut Lane, Bayberry Lane and Boxwood Lane Sanitary Sewer Extension: Working on preliminary design and cost estimate. 2. Hawley Road Extension Sanitary Sewer Extension: Working on preliminary design and cost estimate. Traffic Engineer and his Technicians: are reviewing several road improvement projects with the State of Connecticut D.O.T. and are working on various land-use development plans. They are also handling public complaints and routine repairs and maintenance of traffic control signal devices and pavement markings. Staff Engineers: are reviewing various site plans, water and sewer applications, special exception applications, and subdivision applications for various land-use approvals of on-going development projects throughout the City. Field inspections of sanitary sewer, water mains and new roads are performed regularly on various developments including the large Reserve Development by Toll Brothers. The Staff Engineers also review various drainage problems which may include site visits, analysis and design. Survey Crew: Our survey crew verifies various R.O.W., and prepares surveys and easements for in-house design of City Projects, and assists other divisions in locating utilities in the field. Should you have any questions regarding this report or any other issues related to our Engineering Division, please do not hesitate to contact me at (203) 797-4641. Highway Division Report submitted by Tim Nolan, Superintendent of Public Services: This was a very busy month for the Highway Division. Winter preparations began with installation of the first few salt spreaders on the trucks and with plow inspections. Construction crews, with the assistance of a city contractor, continued repairing and improving drainage on some of the roads undergoing extensive work prior to paving on Robinhood Lane and Little John Lane. City crews paved Padanaram Road, Woodside Avenue, Old Shelter Rock Road and Winthrop Place. Catch basin repairs were performed on Tanglewood Drive, Topfield Drive, Eagle Road, Corn Tassle Road, Putnam Drive, Kendall Terrace, Old Shelter Rock Road, Fir Drive, Great Plain Road, Southern Boulevard and Royal Pine Drive. Crews have been performing various tasks as weather permits. Two pothole crews were dispatched daily to fill potholes. Some of the City’s dirt roads were graded and rolled in preparation of the winter season. The street sweeping was performed at the construction sites and washouts. A crew was deployed to repair broken curbing and driveway aprons. Previously paved roads were backfilled with topsoil and were seeded. The leaf bag collection commenced and will until the end of November. Several days were devoted to clearing catch basins and collecting litter along city streets. A couple of Highway Division crew members were deployed to assist the Forestry Division with tree removals, pruning and traffic control. The city garbage truck is deployed daily to empty trash cans, collect litter and clean up illegal dumping. The recycle truck continues to be out at multiple locations receiving the recyclables from our residents. Maintenance  Emergency Call Outs: 1  Catch Basins Replaced: 16  Guardrail Repairs: 1  Drainage Pipe: 245’  Dredging: 1  Catch Basin Cleaning: 86   Roads Paved: 4 Signage  New installs: 3  Replacements: 9  Repairs: 34 Personnel  Total: 37  Injury: 0  Restricted Duty: 0  Retirement: 0  Seasonal: 0  Vacancy: 2 Parks Maintenance Report submitted by Tim Nolan, Superintendent of Public Services: The Parks Maintenance Division continued the grounds maintenance of all the City owned municipal properties, parks, schools and greens. The J.V. fields at Danbury High School were repaired from the construction activity at the school. Seasonal field reseeding and fertilization began for next year’s turf health. Leaf cleanup began with blowing and vacuuming leaves in various areas. All of the other parks throughout the City are also maintained weekly for many other recreational activities. City Center Green was prepared for the City Center’s Halloween Event. The City Center Green and Kennedy Park are cleaned and prepared each week for scheduled activities. A crew was dispatched to replace the volleyball posts at Candlewood Park. Litter was picked up and garbage cans were emptied in various areas throughout the city. Maintenance of the mowing and fall seasonal equipment continued through the month. Maintenance  Parks: 22  Schools: 17  Sports Fields: 25 Personnel  Total: 15  Injury: 1  Restricted Duty: 0  Seasonal: 3  Vacancy: 2 Forestry Division Report submitted by Tim Nolan, Superintendent of Public Services: The Forestry Division continues to maintain, prune and remove dead trees in the city’s right of ways. The crew continues to remove dead trees and prune healthy trees around the City. Several days were spent pruning trees for the City’s paving projects. In many locations, trees had to be removed and areas cleaned due to the after effects of the May 15th natural disaster. The Division responded to several dozen tree call including inspections, clean-ups, and emergency take-downs. City tree contractors assisted with several tree removals, pruning. City tree contractors assisted with several tree removals and pruning. Forestry staff continues to monitor and remove beaver dams. The American flags in the city’s parks were also maintained by the Forestry Division. Maintenance  Removals: 47   Pruning: 27  Brush: 9  Plantings: 0  Emergency Call Outs: 0 Personnel  Total: 2  Injury: 1  Restricted Duty: 0  Seasonal: 0  Vacancy: 2 Public Buildings Report submitted by Sean Hanley, Superintendent of Public Buildings Division: Public Buildings: Public Buildings: Currently exploring updated work order system for department per new State requirements. City Hall: Received design quotes for new area roof replacement. Waiting on quote for new permit counter and kiosk area. Danbury Public Schools: In process of awarding new boiler and chimney work for DHS auto shop. Waiting on approval to take RPMS, BMS, KSI and KSP oil tanks to State for approval. In process of quoting elevator replacements for DHS D and C wings/BMS old elevator. Library; Received design quotes for roof replacement. Scheduled additional security camera installs. Received quotes for basement area painting. General: The majority of time the Maintenance Mechanics spent this month was associated with Shutting down the parks and School building repairs/holiday prep- lighting / electrical, life safety and plumbing/heating/HVAC repairs. Requests for Maintenance Service: Attached please find the statistical report of repairs and maintenance work that the Public Buildings mechanics engaged in during the month of October 2018. In the month of October we received 274 new work requests and completed 195 work requests. In reviewing this report, you will find the repair time that was expended in major work categories. Also listed is the total number of work order hours completed. Public Building mechanics were engaged in Plumbing repairs with a total of 223.50 person-hours dedicated to this service. The next largest area of concentration was in Electrical repair work, utilizing 138.00 person-hours of labor. Carpentry work came as the third highest category with 85.00 person-hours. Should you have any questions regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact Sean Hanley at 203-797- 4584. Public Utilities Report submitted by David Day, PE, Superintendent of Public Utilities: Enclosed is the monthly report to the City Council for activities that took place in October 2018. Also attached is the Public Utilities Vehicle Maintenance Report. October 2018 Water Pollution Control Plant Upgrade Project Status Black & Veatch (B&V) is the City’s consultant for the design of the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) Upgrade. In October 2018 the following work was performed:  B&V completed the preparation of bid documents for the Tertiary System Equipment Pre-selection for the Danbury WPCP Upgrade. An Invitation to Bid for this work was advertised by the City on October 8, 2018. The purpose of this bid is to select a Tertiary System Supplier to provide the Ballasted Flocculation Tertiary System equipment (for phosphorus removal) to be furnished, installed and made operational as part of the WPCP Upgrade. The bid opening for this work will be on November 8, 2018.  B&V continued and completed design work on the project 90% plans and specifications. In accordance with the project schedule B&V submitted the 90% plans and specifications to the City and CT DEEP for review. As of November 15, 2018 there are 39 hydrants out of service. I will be happy to review the information with you. Antonio Iadarola, P.E., Director of Public Works/ City Engineer M E M O R A N D U M DATE: November 15, 2018 TO: City of Danbury, City Council FROM: David M. Day, P.E., Superintendent RE: Sanitary Sewer Collection System Maintenance– OCTOBER 2018 Complaints: 0 Bypasses 10 Slow Running 3 Loose Manholes 1 Odor Calls Number Received: 14 Number Completed: 14 Pipe Cleaned: 4,200 LFT Gallons of Water Used: 14,000 Gal Pipe Inspected: 4,200 LFT COMMENTS:  CITY OF DANBURY PUBLIC BUILDINGS DIVISION WORK REQUEST REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2018 Work Requests received this month 274 Work Requests Completed this month 195 Category Total Labor Hours Alarms 0.00 Carpentry 85.00 Electrical 138.00 HVAC 37.00 Locksmith 0.0 Maintenance 39.50 Mechanical 51.50 Plumbing 223.50 Roofing 46.00 Snow Plowing 0.00 Labor Hours City Buildings 270.50 Labor Hours School Buildings 350.00 To: David Day, P.E., Supt. of Public Utilities, City of Danbury From: Ralph Azzarito, Project Manager Ralph Azzarito Subject: WPCP Report For Month of: Oct '18 Date: 11/15/2018 I. Wastewater Treatment: A) Sewage Processed: 10.1 MGD (Daily Avg) 311.9 Million Gallons Total B) Septic Waste Processed: 1,453,925 Gallons Total C) Sludge Pumped To Digesters: 425,671 Pounds Total II. Wastewater Quality Influent Effluent % Removal Effluent Limit A) BOD 191 4 98 30 mg/l and 85% (mg/l) B) Total Suspended Solids (mg/l): 253 3 98.8 30 mg/l and 85% C) Total Phosphorus (mg/l): 4.8 0.6 88 0.6 mg/l D) Ammonia (mg/l): 18.0 0.09 100 1.9 mg/l E) Total Nitrogen (lbs/Day): 3,118 413 87 442 lbs/day Note: Phosphorus limits apply April - Nitrogen limit for credit October. trading only. III. Pump Station Operation: A) Beaver Brook: 755.0 Hours Run B) Southfield: 51.9 Hours Run C) Mill Plain: 27.2 Hours Run D) Backus: 118.4 Hours Run E) Tarrywile 86.7 Hours Run F) Turner Road: 42.3 Hours Run G) Ford Avenue: 24.7 Hours Run  H) Indian 122.5 Hours Run Glen: I) Delay Street: 24.3 Hours Run J) Hayestown Road: 86.6 Hours Run K) Kenosia Avenue: 3.2 Hours Run L) Larson Drive: 61.6 Hours Run M) Landfill: 315.8 Hours Run N) Thrope Street 41.1 Hours Run O) Poets Landing 13.3 Hours Run P) Rogers Park 39.6 Hours Run P) West Side 88.4 Hours Run Q) East Franklin Street 27.5 Hours Run Total Station Alarms: 2 TO : City Council - City of Danbury FROM : David Day, Superintendent of Public Utilities DATE : November 15, 2018 RE : WATER DEPARTMENT REPORT: OCTOBER 2018 ***************************************************************************************** I. WATER PRODUCTION : A) Margerie Water Treatment Facility : 97.4 MG. B) West Lake Water Treatment Facility : 79.4 MG. C) Kenosia Well Field : 0 MG. D) Osborne Street Well Field : 0 MG. E) Other : 0 MG. ( MG. = Million Gallons ) II. RAINFALL : A) Month : 4.5 inches B) Past 12 Months (running total) : 55.1 inches C) Current Year (Jan.- Current Mo.) : 51.5 inches III. WATER STORAGE : date: 10/1/18 Current Reading Historical Average A) East Lake Reservoir : 100.0 % 77.0 % B) Margerie Lake Reservoir : 95.4 % 79.7 % C) West Lake Reservoir : 99.7 % 77.4 % D) Total : 98.0 % 78.2 % IV. WATER PUMPED : A) Park Avenue Pump Station : 0 MG. B) Padanaram(High School) Pump Station : 4.31 MG. C) Shelter Rock Pump Station : 2.67 MG. D) WestConn Pump Station : 2.57 MG. E) Margerie Pump Station : 1.16 MG. F) Pleasant Acres: 1.65 MG. G) Nabby Road: 1.00 MG. H) Harvest Hill: 1.32 MG. I) Woodland Road (Reserve) 3.66 MG. I) West Lake High Service : 41.3 MG. J) Total Water Pumped (A-I) : 59.6 MG. ( MG. = Million Gallons ) V. WATER TRANSFERRED : A) East Lake to Margerie Reservoir : 0.0 MG. B) Padanaram to Margerie Reservoir : 0.0 MG. C) Kohanza to West Lake Reservoir : 0.0 MG. D) Kenosia Diversion to West Lake Reservoir : 0.0 MG. E) Kenosia Wells to West Lake Reservoir : 0.0 MG. F) Total Water Transferred (A-E): 0.0 MG. ( MG. = Million Gallons ) VI. ALGAE CONTROL : A) None B) VII. SURVEY OF WATER SOURCES : A) Annual Pesticides and Herbicides testing of reservoir water. B) Daily testing of treated and untreated water VIII. SUPERINTENDENTS NOTES : GENERAL FUND OCTOBER-2018 10/1/2018 TRAFFIC POLICE TIRES SERVICE 24DA TRAFFIC WASHER HOSE IGNITION COIL 10/2/2018 278DA HWY STEERING RACK TIE ROD ENDS STEERING SHAFT SERVICE 337DA POLICE CONTROL ARMS 10/3/2018 186DA POLICE SERVICE BATTERY CV SHAFT TRANNY MOUNT BRAKES WASHER HOSE REMAN TRANNYSWAP 223DA POLICE REAR END SERVICE 10/4/2018 240DA POLICE SERVICE CV SHAFT TRANNY MOUNT BRAKES WASHER HOSE REMAN TRANNYSWAP 223DA POLICE REAR END SERVICE CV SHAFT TRANNY MOUNT BRAKES WASHER HOSE REMAN TRANNYSWAP 10/5/2018 223DA POLICE REAR END SERVICE 10/9/2018 17DA POLICE TIRES BATTERY DET POLICE A FRAMES 10/10/2018 11DA POLICE SERVICE LIGHTS TRANNY COOLER LINE 10/11/2018 136DA HEALTH 02 SENSIOR DET POLICE NO START 222DA POLICE AXEL SEAL 10/12/2018 115DA PERMIT REAR SWAY BAR LINKS 352DA POLICE PCM 10/15/2018 265DA POLICE LIGHTS DET POLICE SERVICE 10/16/2018 364DA POLICE BATTERY DET POLICE ALTERNATOR DET POLICE A/C CONDENSOR 10/17/2018 TRAFFIC POLICE BATTERY 263DA HEALTH BATTERY 10/18/2018 DET POLICE TIRES DET POLICE STARTER 10/19/2018 DET POLICE A FRAMES 10/22/2018 222DA POLICE BATERY DET POLICE BATTERY  DET POLICE DOOR SEAL 10/23/2018 353DA POLICE TRUNK LATCH DET POLICE ELECTRICAL 10/24/2018 DET POLICE TIRES 306DA POLICE BELT FUEL FILTER EXHAUST ALTERNATOR 407DA POLICE TIRES COIL SWAY BAR LINKS TIRES BELT TENSIONER WATER PUMP PLUGS TURN 10/25/2018 10DA POLICE SWITCH 224DA WELFARE SERVICE SEAT BELT TENSIONER ENGINE LIGHT DET POLICE BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR SERVICE A/C BATTERY COIL SWAY BAR LINKS TIRES BELT TENSIONER WATER PUMP PLUGS TURN 10/26/2018 10DA POLICE SWITCH DET POLICE BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR SERVICE A/C BATTERY 333DA POLICE BRAKES SERVICE 10/29/2018 DET POLICE SERVICE DET POLICE SERVICE 261DA POLICE WATER PUMP MOTOR MOUNT 10/30/2018 334DA POLICE SERVICE TIRES BRAKES DET POLICE A/C 10/31/2018 2DA POLICE COVERTER SERVICE 113DA POLICE EXHAUST DET POLICE BATTERY WATER FUND October- 2018 10/1/2018 126DA WATER BRAKES SERVICE REAR BRAKE SHOES CYLS HARDWARE DRUMS PADS ROTORS CALIPERS 10/2/2018 397DA WATER DOOR SWITCH SERVICE REAR BRAKE SHOES CYLS HARDWARE DRUMS PADS ROTORS CALIPERS 10/3/2018 397DA WATER DOOR SWITCH SERVICE REAR BRAKE SHOES CYLS HARDWARE DRUMS PADS ROTORS CALIPERS 10/4/2018 397DA WATER DOOR SWITCH SERVICE 10/5/2018 321DA WATER ELECTRICAL REAR BRAKE SHOES CYLS HARDWARE DRUMS PADS ROTORS CALIPERS 397DA WATER DOOR SWITCH SERVICE 10/9/2018 114DA WATER BRAKES SERVICE 10/10/2018 MOWER WATER NEUTRAL SWITCH MOWER WATER BATTERY SPINDLE PULLY GUIDE WHEELS 10/12/2018 SANDER WATER NEW MOTOR REWIRE SANDER CONTROLS 10/15/2018 383DA WATER STEERING HOSE 10/17/2018 SANDER WATER SERVICE 10/18/2018 SANDER WATER SERVICE 10/19/2018 184DA WATER BATTERY 176DA WATER IGNITION SWITCH 10/23/2018 176DA WATER ALTERNATOR 10/30/2018 238DA WATER STROBE LIGHTS REPAIR TAIL GATE EQUIPMENT MAINTENACE OCTOBER 2018 Date Vehicle Repair Provided Department 10/1/2018 38 Service Highway 325DA Service Highway 24 Batteries Highway 21 Hyd filter head Highway 10/2/2018 325DA Front End Highway 9 Service Highway 38 Service Highway 169DA Shocks Highway 21 Hyd Highway 75DA Windshield Building Inspector 10/3/2018 8 Rear Brakes Highway 169DA Service Highway 325Da Alignment Highway 18 Body Cylinder Highway 10/4/2018 77DA Plug wires Highway 18 Body Cylinder Highway 44 Slacks Highway 10/5/2018 10 Lights Highway 18 Body Cylinder Highway 33 Brakes Highway 48 Carrier brg Highway 10/6/2018 10 Lights Highway 33 Brakes Highway 10/9/2018 48DA Service Highway 10 Lights Highway  48 Carrier brg Highway 10/10/2018 46 Coolant Leak Highway 48DA Service Highway 10 Service Highway 33 Brakes Highway 10/11/2018 48 Coolant Leak Highway 10 Service Highway 67 Window Highway 10/12/2018 21 Exhaust Highway 23 Brakes Highway 67 Window Highway 10/13/2018 21 Exhaust Highway 67 Service Highway 10/15/2018 TW1 Flat tire Highway 1 RR Brg brace Highway 3 Rear Brakes Highway 23 Brakes Highway 10/16/2018 247DA Front End Building Maintenance 3 Rear Brakes Highway 10/17/2018 247DA Service Building Maintenance 59 Batteries Highway TW2 Flat tire Highway 3 Rear Brakes Highway 10/18/2018 247DA Front End Building Maintenance 5 Rear Slacks Highway 12 Rear Brakes Highway 10/19/2018 247DA Tires Building Maintenance 5 Rear Slacks Highway 12 Rear Brakes Highway 10/20/2018 5 Air valve Highway 12 Rear Brakes Highway 10/22/2018 12 Rear Brakes Highway 14 Trans filter Highway 10/23/2018 116 Boom Mount Highway 64DA RR Wh Brg Highway 14 Trans filter Highway 35 Service Highway 10/24/2018 116 Boom Mount Highway 85 Air valve Highway 64DA Tires Highway 58 Flat tire Highway 35 Service Highway 10/25/2018 116 Boom Mount Highway 85 Service Highway Leeboy Front Rubber Highway 32 Service Highway 10/26/2018 116 Boom Mount Highway 393DA Trans Leak Highway  106DA Tires Engineering 30DA Flat Tire Engineering 83DA Door post Unit 32 Lights Highway 10/27/2018 116 Boom Mount Highway 32 Lights Highway 10/29/2018 116 Boom Mount Highway 393DA Trans pan and filter Engineering 30DA Service Engineering 83DA Weld door Unit 32 Lights Highway 10/30/2018 393DA Trans pan and filter Engineering 77 RF Brg hub Highway Leeboy Auger switch Highway 83DA Door pin Highway 106 Batteries Highway 32 Strobes Highway 10/31/2018 Leeboy Auger switch Highway 30DA Service Engineering 393DA Tires Engineering 83DA Door Pins Unit  1 1 1 4 CITY OF DANBURY OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE Shawn Stillman 203-796-8026 UNIT Coordinator s.stillman@danbury-ct.gov Livable Neighborhoods 2018 “Building a Better Danbury” November 2018 November 26, 2018 Honorable Mayor Boughton and City Council Members: Below is a table highlighting UNIT activity from the time of last month’s City Council report. This does not include any UNIT activity regarding follow up and re-inspection work from previously noted issues. The UNIT works to ensure that each and every issue is resolved as quickly as possible. Time Period October 28 – November 26, 2018 Number of Quality of Life Issues 49 Year to Date - 2018 1077 The top issues addressed by the UNIT were:  Blight/Miscellaneous (15)  Unregistered and abandoned vehicles (10)  Garbage/Debris (11)  Unpermitted living and construction (6)  Exterior/Structural Blight Orders (5) COMMUNITY SERVICE & CLEAN-UP: Our department continues to utilize individuals who have been assigned community service time. We use them for clean-ups, painting, trash and graffiti removal, etc. Earlier in the month, the UNIT cleaned up the litter at Beaver Street Park, Barnum Court as well as repainted the bases of the light posts outside of the library courtyard. Additionally, members of our department also covered graffiti on the sides of the railroad bridge off of Triangle Street, and under a few street bridges. Although there are a few instances of new  2 graffiti being seen around town, for the most part, we have noticed a significant drop in this criminal behavior.  3 PROPERTY UPDATES: 3 3 Occasionally our department comes across properties where the enforcement of issues is 4 challenging and the remediation of these problems take longer than we would like. As a result, orders are sent to the property owners giving them 30 days to address all of the issues. After 30 days, if no action has been taken by the property owner, fines of $100/day begin to accrue. The administration process from our department requires second and third notices to be sent out, giving unresponsive property owners time to respond and take action. One of the final steps of the process allows for property owners to attend a hearing in order to challenge the order and/or the accrued fines. The following properties listed below are at the stage of the process where an order has been sent, no remediation action has been done, and they have been requested to attend a hearing to speak on their behalf to address the issues at their property: 13 Ellsworth Avenue: multiple unregistered and inoperable vehicles in the rear of the property. 2 Nicholas Street: 3 unregistered and/or inoperable vehicles in the driveway, as well as debris around the exterior of the property. 4 Lake Road: bank owned vacant property, for sale. poor condition of the structure. 55 Sheridan Street: exterior of the property not being maintained, unregistered vehicles, as well as accumulation of debris around the exterior of the property. While we hope the property owners will participate in the hearing regarding their property, in many cases, they do not attend. The UNIT will be prepared to file a judgement and place a lien of the accrued fines on the property. While it is not the wish of our department to issue fines, sometimes it is the necessary step in order to motivate property owners to take action. The UNIT has recently had a success story on a property that had been abandoned for at least a decade. 12 Marldon Drive had been empty and was not being maintained. Trees, bushes and weeds had been overgrown and there were old leaf bags around the exterior of the property. Oddly enough though, the taxes were being paid and were up to date. In the past, our department had sent an order, but it went unresponded to, most likely due to a lack of forwarding address, but a second attempt proved fruitful as the property owner responded and began improving the property. Additionally, he shared with us that he plans on moving back into the property, which bodes well for the routine maintenance to be done accordingly. EXTERIOR AND STRUCTURAL BLIGHT CITATIONS: As our department sends out orders to property owners seeking remediation for various issues, in most cases, the property owners respond right away with corrective action. In some cases, very few, action is slow to be taken and our department needs to spend additional time reinspecting and following up to ensure that action is taken. In cases where there is no action being taken, fines accrue and the UNIT submits for the those fines to be assessed as a judgement against the property. Orders written by UNIT (YTD): 85 (Includes Notice of Violations)  4 262 Great Plain Road: issued order for the clean-up of overgrown property, in addition to the demolition of the dilapidated cabin structure on the property. 3 Concord Road: issued order to remove pile of large logs and tree cuttings dumped on the front lawn. This is a repeated behavior that has warranted an order from our department. 47 Highland Avenue: issued order to remove large piles of brush and branches left on this vacant property. 141 Carol Street: issued order to remove an unregistered vehicle that has been on this property for an extended period of time, repeated attempts to remove or re-register has not been effective. 3 Tilden Road: issued order for the removal of garbage/debris around the exterior of the property, mostly in the rear of the property. DOWNTOWN REPORT: Edwin has continued to have meetings with downtown stakeholders and business owners to explore ideas to better improve and beautify the downtown area. He also has continued to enforce city code zoning ordinances relating to the elimination of the blinking neon lights that are prohibited, as well as opening up front window coverage and reducing signs. Additionally, Edwin detailed and took note of all of the ornamental lights that were out downtown and is coordinating to get them fixed. He also worked with the Clean Start crew one day and arranged a litter cleanup and re-painting of garbage cans and light posts. The UNIT also collects shopping carts, and if need be, takes them away from people pushing them downtown. This past month, Edwin collected a total of $345.00 from the stores retrieving their carts back from city storage. We continue to provide the community with innovative, efficient and responsive service in order to address quality of life issues in Danbury. Our department makes itself as accessible to our residents as much as possible. We are contacted by phone, email, text and even Facebook. For those of you not following the UNIT on Facebook, please LIKE us at UNIT City of Danbury. If we can be of any assistance to you or residents in your ward please contact us at 796-8026 or 311. Sincerely, Shawn Stillman Coordinator, Office of Neighborhood Assistance  CITY OF DANBURY DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06810 DEPARTMENT OF ELDERLY SERVICES COMMISSION ON AGING ELMWOOD HALL 10 Elmwood Place (203) 797-4686 DATE: November 26, 2018 TO: Honorable Mayor Mark D. Boughton Members of the City Council FROM: Susan M. Tomanio, LCSW Director of Elderly Services RE: Report City Council Meeting Reporting Period: (10/22/18 – 11/9/18) Director’s Update – Age Well CT member, attended Age Well CT Summit meeting where senior center volunteer Paul Trudel was honored. Invitation to join Western CT Health Network (Danbury Hospital) Accountable Health Communities Advisory Board. Attended Quarterly meeting – invited to speak about the programs of the Department of Elderly Services. Formed partnership with Housatonic Habitat for Humanities for Senior Home Repair program called A Brush with Kindness as well as received grant from Western CT Agency on Aging for this program. Formed partnership with City Center Danbury and Danbury Farmers’ Market to create Senior Dine program. Created History Series program with grant from Union Savings Bank. Hosted Craft and Bake Sale fund-raiser for Prime Timers, Inc., Friends of Danbury Seniors – raised $1,594. Municipal Agent (Benefit and Support Appointments / Resource and Referral): 57 seniors / 88 services provided Services by Category: CHOICES (Medicare A, B, D, Advantage, Medigap, Medicare Savings) – 55, Housing – 7, Rent Rebate – 11, Supportive Services - 5, Transportation – 3, Nutrition – 2, Other - 5 Protective Services for the Elderly: 0 “911” Emergency Calls: 0 Elmwood Hall Senior Center: 284 senior members attended, 1,552 regular visits by those members Special Events: (These special events are offered in addition to our 31 regularly scheduled programs and activities.) Medicare and You 2019 and one-on-one Medicare counseling appointments, Assistive Technology in partnership with Western CT Area Agency on Aging, History Series program in partnership with Union Savings Bank, Prime Timers Inc., Friends of Danbury Seniors fund-raising Craft and Bake Sale and Unique Boutique, Information Session on Veterans Benefits in partnership with State of CT Department of Veterans Affairs, Lunch and Learn: Veterans Benefits and Advanced Directives in partnership with Green’s Funeral Home, Honoring Our Veterans in partnership with State of CT Department of Veterans Affairs – Commissioner Tom Saadi, Danbury Department of Veterans Affairs Danny Hayes, Danbury Council of Veterans, and sponsored in part by Elmer Palma of Elmer’s Diner, Movie Club: I Can Only Imagine Senior Nutrition Hot Lunches Served: 451 Front Desk Calls: 479 Front Desk In-Person Services: 28 New members this month: 6 Sunshine Smile Care Calls (Friendly Visitor Over the Phone): 0 Van Transportation Program: 345 one way rides AARP Tax Assistance Program (Program Year 2017): 495 returns completed Rent Rebate Program 2018, runs April 1 – October 1 (Program Year 2017): 825 applications processed to date Community Outreach – 0 State of CT Department of Agriculture Farm Market Checks Distributed: 77 (Final Number 2018) The Prime Timers, Inc., Friends of Danbury Seniors, a 501c3, continues to accept monetary and non-monetary donations in support of the Elmwood Hall Senior Center. Please refer to our website or follow us on Facebook for all the latest news, information and community events for Danbury seniors – www.danburyseniors.org  Danbury Library Statistics: Circulation, Programs, Services 2018 - 2019 July-18 Aug-18 Sept-18 Oct-18 YTD 18-19 YTD 17-18 +/- % Comments: NUMBER OF PEOPLE ENTERING LIBRARY 33,496 24,946 29,057 19,538 107,037 118,136 -11,099 -9% Bank street gate out of order for 2 weeks AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER DAY OPEN 1,288 924 1,038 651 3,901 4,248 -347 -8% REGISTERED PATRONS WITH ACTIVE LIBRARY CARDS * 25,633 25,891 26,171 24,973 102,668 105,383 -2,715 -3% USE OF LIBRARY MATERIALS & SERVICES - IN LIBRARY Total print circulation 26,941 26,077 20,246 20,555 93,819 100,993 -7,174 -7% Total Inter-library loan 2,068 2,028 1,827 1,893 7,816 6,638 1,178 18% Total program number 202 148 126 172 648 635 13 2% Total program attendance 2,482 1,764 1,188 2,437 7,871 8,920 -1,049 -12% Children's Programmer retired 9/30 Meeting room use by outside agencies 42 32 37 45 156 110 46 42% USE OF LIBRARY MATERIALS & SERVICES - REMOTE & ELECTRONIC Computer usage 8,340 7,736 7,609 6,486 30,171 38,515 -8,344 -22% Ebook and audiobook circulation from Overdrive 869 928 730 692 3,219 2,626 593 23% iConn ebook and audiobook downloads 51 99 72 82 304 364 -60 -16% Downloadable content (eSebco, Freegal, Hoopla, Kanopy, Tumblebooks) 4,059 5,339 6,832 5,170 21,400 21,352 48 0% * An active card is one that has been used in the past 18 months or owes money. Danbury Library Grant Applications and Statuses, 2018 - 2019 Grant Agency Program Supported Grant Amount Award Amount Application Due Date Award Dates Project Status 12/31/2017 - Vernon Library Supplies - English Literacy for New Immigrants Language Services $2,100 $1,000 10/31/17 12/31/2018 Awarded - Active 1/17/2018 - ALA Dollar General American Dream Literacy Initiative Language Services $10,000 $10,000 1/2/18 12/31/2018 Awarded - Active 3/8/2018 - Awarded - Not ALA Revisiting the Founding Era History $1,000 $1,000 1/31/18 3/31/2020 Active ALA PBS The Great American Read Literacy $2,000 $0 4/17/18 Not awarded Junior Floor / Applied - Awaiting Children's notification in CT State Library Construction Grant Programming $100,000 8/31/18 November Junior Floor / Applied - Awaiting Children's notification in Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation Programming $9,999 10/5/18 November Junior Floor / Submitted Children's request to apply Libraries and Autism Programming to City Council Submitted Children's STEM request to apply ALA Libraries Ready to Code Mini Grant Programming $5,000 12/1/18 to City Council