City Council

Minutes of the Public Safety Meeting Troy City Council September 13, 2017 6:00 PM The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Council Chair Ashe-McPherson Pledge of Allegiance-All Roll Call: Committee Chair Ashe-McPherson, Council member Bodnar, Council member Sullivan-Teta, Council member McGrath, Chief Tedesco and Chief Garrett. Absent: Council members Donohue In attendance were Deputy Mayor Kurzejeski and Deputy Comptroller Piotrowski. Committee Chair Ashe-McPherson asked Deputy Mayor Kurzejeski for an update on the newly formed nuisance abatement task force. Deputy Mayor Kurzejeski stated the committee meets one time per week and the committee consists of Carlo Sorriento (Code Enforcement), Deputy Corporation Counsel Rick Morrissey, Sergeant Sam Carello (Troy Police Department), Chris Brown (Planning), Mayor Madden and Cheryl Christiansen is the secretary. Deputy Mayor Kurzejeski stated they are reviewing procedures and process and there are currently sixteen properties with points. It was noted that there is always a Code Enforcement officer on call as they work hand in hand with the Police and fire department. Chief Tedesco stated that we need to revisit the legislation as they can only write a violation for one thing unless its drugs or weapons. The Public Safety Committee requested the nuisance abatement legislation be reviewed and modified in 2017 to better serve the Police Department and Code Enforcement. Agenda item 2 was requested by Council member Donohue who was absent from the meeting. The committee was not aware of his specific drug related questions due to his absence. Committee Chair Ashe-McPherson asked Deputy Comptroller Piotrowski to give an update on the budget for the Fire department. Deputy Comptroller Piotrowski passed out a budget summary that compared 2015, 2016, 2017. Deputy Comptroller Piotrowski stated that ambulance billing is up 3.2% from last year and he attributed it to the credit collection company. Council member McGrath asked what was over budget that they weren’t expecting and Deputy Comptroller Piotrowski replied it was the vehicle repair budget line as there were repairs that could not be handled in house. Deputy Comptroller Piotrowski stated that salaries are up as there are less vacancies this year and there is a corresponding decrease in overtime. Adjournment Motion to Adjourn – Sullivan-Teta, 2nd Bodnar Meeting adjourned 6:41 pm