Public Safety Oversight Committee Meeting

CITIZENS PUBLIC SAFETY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MINUTES February 10, 2022 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. Building A Conference Room D, on the 10th day of February 2022, 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: Chair Linda Price, Members Kenny Orr, Ann Gallagher, Lea Greenleaf, Greg Gilkey, Jim Costello, Kyle Hurley, and Russell Rice ABSENT: none COMMITTEE LIAISONS: FOP (position vacant) OU (position vacant) IAFF (position vacant) STAFF PRESENT: Ashley Evans, Administrative Technician Kim Coffman, Budget Manager Bill Scanlon, Citizen Captain Clement, NPD Russell Anderson, Communication Systems Manager Major Barbour, NPD Jacob Huckabaa, Budget Technician Item 1, being CALL TO ORDER Chair Price called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm. She welcomed staff and guests to the meeting and asked them to introduce themselves. ******* Item 2, being APPROVAL OF THE CITIZENS PUBLIC SAFETY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MINUTES OF December 9, 2021. Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee Minutes February 10, 2022 Page 2 Member Greenleaf stated that he would like the minutes to be amended to reflect that a representative from the Police Department with updated information on the COP program had not attended the December 9th meeting. Member Rice made a motion to approve the Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee minutes, of the December 9, 2021 meeting as amended, which motion was duly seconded by Member Costello; and the question being to approve the Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee minutes of December 9, 2021, as amended, a vote was taken with the following result: YEAS: Chair Linda Price, Members Kenny Orr, Ann Gallagher, Lea Greenleaf, Greg Gilkey, Jim Costello, Kyle Hurley, and Russell Rice NAYES: none Chair Price declared the motion carried and the Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee minutes of December 9, 2021 approved. ****** ITEM 3, being: MONTHLY UPDATES Finance Report Kim Coffman gave the update. She stated that we received our first quarter payment from the Norman Public School system. Sales tax collection is up and expenditures are down. Budget requests for the next fiscal year are in from the Police and Fire Departments. The requests have not been approved as of yet. March 4th is the budget retreat where all requests will be ranked. Fire Department There was no representative from the Fire Department at the meeting to give an update. Police Report Captain Clement gave the update. She stated that we did the Chili Supper and raised over $6,000 for the Christmas Store. We graduated the 19th Citizens Police Academy. The Polar Plunge will happen this weekend to raise money for the Special Olympics. Citizens Public Safety Oversight Committee Minutes February 10, 2022 Page 3 Dispatch Russell Anderson gave the update. He stated that our retention rate for 2021 was 83% but the hiring process takes about 6 months. He is currently down 3 positions. ****** ITEM 4, being UPDATE ON EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) PROJECT Major Barbour gave the update. The Construction Manager is now Crosslands, the Project Manager is ADG, and the design firm is another branch of ADG. Things are moving forward quickly. Estimated completion date is the end of 2023. ****** Item 5, being ESTABLISH AGENDA TOPICS FOR THE NEXT March 10, 2022 MEETING Member Greenleaf inquired about where the Fire Department storage facility was located. The next meeting will include all normal topics as well as an item for Emergency Management updates. ****** Item 6, being MISCELLANEOUS COMMENTS Mike Rainer has been appointed to fill the last vacant seat on the Committee for Ward 7. ****** Item 7, being ADJOURNMENT Adjourned at 5:13 pm