City Council Committee Agendas

PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING OCTOBER 5, 2016 PRESENT  Mayor Jill Boudreau  Council Members o Bob Fiedler o Mary Hudson o Mark Hulst o Joe Lindquist o Gary Molenaar o Dale Ragan  CED Director Bob Hyde  Fire Chief Bryan Brice  Library Director Brian Soneda  Police Chief Jerry Dodd The Public Safety Committee Meeting was called to order at 6:03 PM by Council Member Mark Hulst. The September 7, 2016, Public Safety Committee Meeting Minutes were approved and adopted as presented. POLICE CHIEF JERRY DODD  Jail Project Manager unavailable for tonight’s meeting. Hope to have Public Safety Committee and Project Manager attend next meeting to provide update on jail and what will be done with the existing jail. INTRODUCED OFFICER ZACH WRIGHT AND K-9 VEKTOR  Presented/discussed PowerPoint titled “Vektor is now Dual Purpose”  Train at least four hours week narcotics and four hours week patrol  Vektor is accredited on deploying on narcotics detection  Trained to detect heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, ecstasy/MDMA o Vektor specifically trained to NOT detect marijuana  Due to marijuana ruling, most of WSP State’s K-9 are gone  Searches vehicles, buildings, luggage and parcels, outdoor areas  Officer Wright talked about current versus historic search rulings o Officers no longer have the right to search a vehicle incident to arrest o Criminals know vehicle is a safe zone for illegal narcotics o Explained how K-9 can be used in these situations  Dog gives alert on vehicle  Officer then able to get search warrant on vehicle  Questions/Answers o Vektor is not only drug dog in county  Anacortes and Mount Vernon work cooperatively  Anacortes K-9 takes most daytime calls  Mount Vernon K-9 takes most night time calls o Initially, Officer Wright doesn’t know which type of drug Vektor is alerting on PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OCTOBER 5, 2016 PAGE 1 OF 4  Officer Wright demonstrated how Vektor searches for narcotics o Vektor successfully located item earlier hidden by Officer Wright  Chief Dodd states Vektor is a “wonderful dog because he has a wonderful handler” o Officer Wright did an excellent job with Luther and continues with Vektor o Vektor was purchased with currency seized in drug transactions  Chief Dodd thanked Mayor Boudreau, Council Members, ACO Emily Den Hartog, Finance Director Alicia Huschka and everyone else responsible for the new dog kennel. INTRODUCED ACO EMILY DEN HARTOG FOR DOG KENNEL UPDATE AND TOUR  ACO Den Hartog asked everyone to join her for a “tour” of the new kennel o Chief Dodd complimented ACO Den Hartog for her work ethic, passion for the animals, dealing with public. PERSONNEL UPDATE  Alex Elwell at BLEA – Solo in January  Hired Wyatt Livingston – Solo next week  Hired Kenny Henthorn, currently at BLEA – Solo in June 2017  Rehired Jerrad Ely – Doing well in FTO  Officers Jon Flaherty and Ed Gless are solo  Outreach Coordinate update o Three completed written o Three completed oral boards o Scheduled polygraphs  Next Six Months o Hire Outreach Coordinate o Hire Records Manager o Hire Police Officers o Fill Temporary Assignments  Priority Policing Office (Second position)  Traffic Officer (Second position) MISCELLANEOUS  Discussed MVPD property room o Have a comprehensive policy with best practices that is updated regularly o Practices and Audits  Complete inventory/audit of room with each new Property Custodian  Administrative Service Lieutenant performs two audits per year  Records Manager performs minimum of one audit per year  Field reviews  State audits o In 2015 there were 4,512 items in and 6,496 items out of property room o Hope to go to bar coding system in the future for property room management  Cost is $27,000  Looking at options for funding; grants, sharing with other agencies PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OCTOBER 5, 2016 PAGE 2 OF 4  o Council Member Ragan had “wanted to get Council up to speed on what happens in property room and appreciates the information.”  Management Services Northwest did an excellent job painting the building o Rolled and brushed entire building with “quality paint” o Chief Dodd showed before/during/after Power Point slides of building  Have installed additional parking stalls behind campus  Had a sinkhole where vehicles are washed o Thanks to Street Department for repairing  Discussed Records Division personnel, duties, responsibilities, and workload  Visits to City Website increased 19% o Listed various sites and number of visits o Website is very informative, easy to ready, and user friendly  Would appreciate Council’s support of a much needed second radar trailer o Mayor Boudreau stated with shortage of second Traffic Officer, this is useful tool o Trailer is left in various locations depending on need  Normally left two to five or six days o Council Member Ragan thinks second radar trailer is a “good tool, a good idea, and makes lots of sense.”  Summarized MVPD planning process o Operational Planning o Department Planning o Annual Report o Capital Improvement Projects o Strategic Planning o Budget Process  Showed PowerPoint of MVPD “2017 Calendar” o All Department members are involved in process FIRE CHIEF BRYAN BRICE FIRE GRANT UPDATE  Discussed grant process (opens October 11 through November 18) and priorities  Prior to making applications, will identify funding source and match o Will come before Council to ask for funds o Does not foresee anything that wouldn’t be a match o Grants should augment our budget  Will talk later about Staffing Grant and Safer Grant o Safer Grants come with a lot of contingencies o Discussed possibilities PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OCTOBER 5, 2016 PAGE 3 OF 4  Mark Hulst asked Chief Brice to keep Council apprised of any grants for which Fire Department is applying LIBRARY DIRECTOR BRIAN SONEDA NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARY WEEK  Will ask Mayor to do proclamation for National Friends of Library Week to acknowledge their work  October 16-22, 2016 will be Friends Appreciation Day at Library from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM o Everyone is invited PROJECT MANAGER ERIC STENDAL DEFENSE COUNSEL UPDATE  Public Defense Federal Monitor’s term comes to end in March of 2017 o Someone will continue some phases of Public Defense Federal Monitor’s job o Scott Snyder to come before Council to present five items  Process for identification and selection of new Public Defense Auditor  Request for qualifications for Auditor  Interlocal agreement with City of Burlington  Interlocal agreement with City of Burlington for Public Defense Assistant  City’s contract with Mountain Law which expires at end of December Meeting adjourned at 7:37 PM. 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