Public Safety Oversight Committee Meeting

CITIZENS PUBLIC SAFETY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MINUTES October 14, 2021 The Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee of the City of Norman, Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, met at 4 p.m. via 201 W. Gray St. Multi-Purpose Room, on the 14th day of October 2021, and notice and agenda of the meeting were posted at City Hall located at 201 W. Gray Street 24 hours prior to the beginning of the meeting. PRESENT: Members Ann Gallagher, Kenny Orr, Russell Rice, Greg Gilkey, and Chair Linda Price ABSENT: Members Kyle Hurley, Lea Greenleaf, and Jim Costello COMMITTEE LIAISONS: FOP (position vacant) OU (position vacant) IAFF (position vacant) STAFF PRESENT: Ashley Evans, Administrative Technician Mike Wilson, NFD Kim Coffman, Budget Manager Bill Scanlon, Citizen Major Barbour, NPD Andrew McPherson, citizen Item 1, being CALL TO ORDER Chair Price called the meeting to order at 4 pm. She welcomed staff and guests to the meeting and asked them to introduce themselves. ******* Item 2, being Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee Minutes October 14, 2021 Page 2 APPROVAL OF THE CITIZENS PUBLIC SAFETY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MINUTES OF September 9, 2021. Member Gallagher made a motion to approve the Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee minutes, of the September 9, 2021 meeting, which motion was duly seconded by Member Gilkey; and the question being to approve the Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee minutes of September 9, 2021 a vote was taken with the following result: YEAS: Members Ann Gallagher, Kenny Orr, Russell Rice, Greg Gilkey, and Chair Linda Price NAYES: none Chair Price declared the motion carried and the Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee minutes of September 9, 2021 approved. ****** ITEM 3, being: MONTHLY UPDATES Finance Report Kim Coffman gave the update. She stated that sales tax is 20% above the budget target for September. We are still waiting on the first quarter payment from Norman Public Schools. Expenditures are pretty conservative for the month. Fire Department Deputy Chief Wilson have the update. He stated that we promoted three battalion chiefs and four new captains. The final walk-through with the new Air and Light Unit was just done in Wisconsin. There is a 12-14 month build time on the new pumper tanker with the new builder. Police Report Major Barbour gave the update. He stated that it was a busy month with the cookout at the Ashton Place apartments and other events. National Night Out was moved to October 25th due to the weather. This weekend is homecoming for OU Football. We had 7 cadets graduate the academy Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee Minutes October 14, 2021 Page 3 last week. We will still be down 8 commissioned employees and 5 non-commissioned employees. The next academy will start February 14th and we hope to get 14 new officers. We have restruc- tured the department in order to help the divisions try to focus more on their operations. Dispatch Major Barbour gave the update. He stated that we are still waiting on the reprogramming. ****** ITEM 4, being UPDATE ON EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) PROJECT Captain Barbour gave the update. He stated that the final review on the contract with the local project management group is pending. We hope to have it in front of Council in the next two meetings. We will work on getting a construction management company soon. ****** Item 5, being ESTABLISH AGENDA TOPICS FOR THE NEXT November 18, 2021 MEETING The next meeting will include all normal topics as well as voting on the schedule of meetings for the next year. ****** Item 6, being MISCELLANEOUS COMMENTS None at this time. ****** Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee Minutes October 14, 2021 Page 4 Item 7, being ADJOURNMENT Adjourned at 4:22 pm