Public Safety Commission

Public Safety Commission FIRE DEPARTMENT June 17, 2024 **Hybrid City Hall - Room 208 ****REVISED**** -----------Meeting Minutes---------- 1. CALL TO ORDER Commissioner Ford called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. 2. ATTENDANCE MEMBERS PRESENT: Commissioner Darnell Ford Commissioner Tony Gennaro Commissioner Linda Salafia MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner Anthony Mangiafico Commission Kelly Sweeney STAFF PRESENT: Deputy Fire Chief Dave Albert Police Chief Erik Costa 3. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Commissioner Ford entertained a motion to approve the minutes from May 20, 2024, Commissioner Salafia so moved, Commissioner Gennaro seconded, and all voted in favor to accept the meeting minutes as presented. 4. PUBLIC HEARING 5. CORRESPONDENCE  Thank you card received from the Chamber for all the hard work done by the Middletown Fire Department for Pride Fest 6. MONTHLY REPORT  Deputy Chief Albert gave the monthly report: o 314 emergency calls o Fire Activity:  Two fires on Mother’s Day  Cromwell & East Street  Peppermill fire Page 1 of 3   Dive incident on the bridge  Deputy Chief Albert commended Police Chief Costa and the police department staff and further stated that he appreciates their working relationship o Events for May:  Fireworks planning meeting  Salvation Army reps visited fire headquarters for introduction  Attended Recruit Graduation  Wesleyan University Graduation held  Westfield Fire parade on Memorial Day – included a Middletown Fire truck  PrideFest pre-planning meetings held  Swearing In Ceremony held  Fire negotiation meetings held – almost complete  Conducted two personnel reviews (Administrative Assistant & Administrative Secretary)  Pride parade held  Diversity training attended  Participated in Mayor for the Day  Juneteenth preplanning meetings held  Firing Range Committee meeting attended  Cruise Night  Attended Economic Community Development meeting  Middletown High School graduation held o Training:  Confined space training  Hosted Trench class  Building walkthroughs continued  Dive & marine training done  Monthly drone training  Annual active violence review  Annual department trench training refresher done 7. OLD BUSINESS o Overtime  Fill overtime still somewhat steady – two new recruits now online, starting to get under control  Currently have one long term FMLA o Block Grant Discussions being held:  New fire apparatus  Engine 3 has been out of service for about one month and up to $10,000 in repair costs o City wide EMS:  751 calls with one mutual aid ambulance 8. NEW BUSINESS o Issues & needs of both firehouses (water leaks, mold, etc) o Trying to get funding through Urban Act Grant  Need feasibility study in place – spoke with the Mayor and Rep. Lessor, both on board Public Safety Meeting – June 17, 2024 minutes Page 2 of 3  Next phase – architect to work on plans and then go through the application process o ARPA project at fire headquarters: o Should be going out to bid any day now o Fire Code Ordinance: o Excessive fire alarm abuse occurring o Starting to get to the point of enforcement o CNR o Resolution to itemize on agenda – approval need the this Commission 9. Other Matters Not on the Agenda: 10. Public Hearing Reopened – Other Matters 11. Monthly Summary of Action Taken by the Telecommunications Committee o Current staffing down to 16 as of May 5 o Conditional offer pending for dispatcher trainee o Applications close on June 5 for certified dispatchers o June Activity is 6,210 incidents, total 911 calls were 2,235 and 7,894 Administrative calls 12. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Ford entertained a motion to adjourn, Commissioner Salafia so moved, Commissioner Gennaro seconded, and the meeting was adjourned at 6:46 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lori Ruffino Recording Secretary NEXT MEETING TO BE HELD ON JULY 15, 2024 Public Safety Meeting – June 17, 2024 minutes Page 3 of 3