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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02152023 PSAB Minutes PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD Virtual Meeting Port Angeles, Washington February 15, 2023 6:00 pm CALL TO ORDER: Vice Chair Lane called the regular meeting of the Public Safety Advisory Board to order at 6:07 p.m. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Evan Brown, Gayle Brauner, Kathleen Graf, John Hauck, Kelsey Lane, Mary Margolis, Michael McGuire Members Absent: Chair Schwab, Autumn Hudgins, Rochelle Blankenship Staff Present: Derrell Sharp, Fire Chief; Brian Smith, Police Chief; Catherine Dewey, Secretary Guests: Late Agenda Item: Appointment of Committee Members to consider FD and PD list of priorities provided. McGuire made a motion to add to the Agenda and topic of adding people to committees and Brauner provided a second. Vice Chair Lane called for a roll call vote: Brauner – Aye Graf – Aye Hauck- Aye Lane- Aye Margolis- Aye McGuire - Yes REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Margolis made a motion to accept the January 18th minutes as corrected, McGuire provided a second to the motion. Vice Chair Lane called for a roll call vote: Brauner – Aye Brown - Aye Graf – Aye Hauck- No Lane- Yes Margolis- Yes McGuire - Yes There was a majority vote, January minutes approved with revisions noted. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC: PUBLIC HEARINGS/OTHER BUSINESS: STAFF UPDATES: 1. Fire Department Report – Staffing Update: Cory Mintz is at the Fire Academy in North Bend and doing great. The Department is preparing for a Badge Pinning Ceremony on March 10th. Operational Update: March 14, 15 and 20th we have Shift Training with the Prosecuting Attorney’s office which will help in reporting and how to respond and prepare for should they be called to court. Crews are engaged in wildland urban interface training and that is new for our crews, in April we will have a field day where they will have hands on training and will be eligible to get their Red Cards. Response update, in the last month crews have responded to 436 calls for service. Since Jan 1, crews have responded to 16 behavioral health and psychiatric calls for service, 5 cardiac arrest calls for service, 18 overdose calls for service and 8 suicide related calls for service. 2023 work plan focuses for the Fire Department: Emergency Response plan, Emergency equipment caches, Community Emergency Response Teams, FD Volunteer program, reduction of paper usage, review of City’s comprehensive emergency plan and update as needed. 2. Police Department Report – PD is fully staffed with one waiting to go off to the Law Enforcement Academy. PenCom recruiting is going well and they are hiring for a System’s Coordinator. 2 new employees in training right now and the length of training is 4-5 months. PD is still planning on having an agreement with a dispatch center in the UK so that they can assist in workload and night shifts. City Council has allowed half of the funding for the new Downtown Resource Officer. Accreditation is underway and preparing for an onsite visit. Legislation is in session currently and Chief Smith has gone to Olympia to take meetings with their representatives about areas of concern. In the process of piloting 2 body camera systems. Friday the 3rd there was an interagency operation with a barricaded armed suspect. DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION: 1) Workplan Continued: The Board voted on priority topics for the 2023 calendar year and the priorities choses by the Board were: • Cleanliness and Safety (downtown, Safeway, trails, parks, public restrooms, cleaning overbrush • Code Enforcement, Animal Control Vice Chair Lane called for a roll call vote: Brauner – Aye Brown - Yes Graf – Yes Hauck- Yes Lane- Yes Margolis- Yes McGuire – Yes 2) Appoint Committee Members to consider the list of Priorities provided by Police and Fire. Vice Chair Lane asked for any volunteers before appointing members to the Committee. McGuire and Brauner both volunteered and Vice Chair Lane asked for a third. Hauck made a motion to appoint McGuire, Brauner and Lane to the committee to discuss the priorities and Margolis provided a second, hearing no opposition the motion passed unanimously. REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS: Brown – Noted that criminals are no longer afraid to get caught and as a business owner he finds it disturbing. Brauner – Gayle made a detailed statement about Board Chair duties because elections are being conducted at the March meeting. See Resource suggestions below. McGuire – Asked, in reference to the idea of Safety Corridors if the City had signs for “No Camping” with municipal codes provided. Catherine will look into. He also noted that he appreciates the notes on what to consider in a Chair and he believes it strongly reflects the kind Chair that the Board has in Chair Schwab and that he is glad that we have him as a Chair. Margolis – noted that she heard that it is important to know how to administer Narcan so she reached out to the Health Department and they will be providing onsite training at her place of employment if anyone else is interested in learning, she is happy to share the contact information. ADJOURNMENT: McGuire made a motion to adjourn at 7:44 and a second was provided by Hauck. The motion passed unanimously. The next Scheduled PSAB Meeting March 15, 2023 Resources/Comments provided by Gayle Brauner: Recommendation for members to review the duties of a Chair (and thus the V Chair) of the Board as per: Roberts Rules of Order, The Council Rules on this subject, The video segments about Chair duties and responsibilities by Ann McFarland on Jurassic Parliament presented to City Council, Staff, Boards, etc. on Oct. 13, 2020.