Public Safety Advisory Commission
Wednesday, February 12, 2009 6:00 PM
Emergency Operations Center
Meeting Minutes
Attendance:
Tony Piper
Mark Butler
Sam O’Connor
Mark Mew
Karen Cameron
Sharon Chamard
Absent and Excused:
Lynda Zaugg
Ray Faust
Deputy Chief Ross Plummer, APD
Chief Liaison, Soren Threadgill, AFD
Genevieve Maurits, Office of Emergency Management
- Call meeting to order
- Meeting called to order 6:07
- Approval of minutes for November 12, 2008
- Minutes approved
- Reports
New commission Mark Butler introduced
Fire, Soren Threadgill Chief Liason
- Strategic plan
- Accreditation project
- Revise as needed- budget cuts
- Open house station 5
- Oldest fire station
- Question on fuel tank
- Asbestos concerns
- Budget cuts
- Not as great as some departments
- More to come – two more after that
- Tax cap question –
- Various percentages up to 5% to cut from our budget.
- Rigs out of service
- How we address bonds –can’t lobby, can speak on bullet point issues
- Can’t sway how people vote
- Fire stations are in the stimulus package
- Discussion with the Municipal Manager
- Not sure how that will relate to Alaska
- Commission to be educated on the bonds
- Bonds
- Medic 7 was removed
- Expansion of service
- Not the right time to do that
- Lifepacks made it to the ballot
Police Deputy Chief Ross Plummer
- SAU stats
- Gangs at the street level
- Safe streets is the FBI
- Convicted on drug crimes, get federal time
- Success is seen on the streets with less shootings etc
- These people will come back after they serve their sentences
- Chief Huen is committed to keep the pressure on so that we don’t see the cycle of repeat offenders
- Influx of hardcore gang members from lower 48 i.e. Samoan gangs from California and Hmong from Minnesota
- Budget
- 2.4 million hit – no academy 13 new officers, 20-25 academy
- 9 to 11 openings, an officer retiring next week
- reduce OT
- nothing additional in round two
- impact
- IGC may be cut back to reduce overtime
- current cuts don’t see any service reductions new officers cut loose in fall from academy now
- any additional cuts will result in service reduction
- if next year can’t hire, then the reductions will be seen
- What is the costs if we are not up to staff with social services etc
- nothing to correlate number of officers per capita
- Mew recalls – Weurch administration cuts caused cannibalization that the department is just now recovering from
- Lull in crime, not seeing a spike but do anticipate this summer will see more activity with people out of work, economy stressors.
- Question on Noisy mufflers – what is the law, who enforces
- City ordinance that can be cited by the officer
Genevieve Maurits, Office of Emergency Management
- Last 5 weeks with Kevin Spillers on board reexamining
- Jan 25 – EOC at level one, heightened sense of awareness due to volcano
- General preparedness message
- Feb 25 emergency watch orientation
- 7:30 PM at the EOC
Old Business
- Public inebriates
- CW has moved on
- Shelia Selkregg formed a working group, thinking outside the box for affordable housing
- Health department Nathan Johnson now taking that role for them
- Interlock devices
- Piper went to DMV to see demo
- Smart start was the one demonstrated
- Other vendors also
- Condition of probation, offender pays for it, first time
New Business
- O’Connor- Invite Mike Smulski (VIPS) and Lt. Dave Parker: offset the spike of crime, proactive stance
- Mew – emergency preparedness at home brochures
- Tailored for school district employees
- Butler – transition reports
- Assembly public safety committee meeting
- Ordinance for Flynn to change bar hours - soft vs. hard departure. (Drunks) vulnerable persons able to stay in the bar to wait for cabs etc.
- Looking at other alternatives – like when they changed bar hours and limited the kind of marketing (2 for 1, happy hour)
- Plummer – need a way of enforcement so they can be shut down, APD couldn’t support.
Meeting adjourned 7:11 PM