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February 19, 2025
Public Safety Advisory Board Agenda
This meeting will be conducted as a hybrid meeting. In hybrid meetings, members of the public, Board members, and
City staff have the option to attend the meeting in person, in Council chambers at City Hall located at 321 East 5th Street,
Port Angeles, or remotely via telephone or video link.
A. Call to Order
B. Roll Call, Pledge of Allegiance - 6:00 p.m.
C. Public Comment – 6:05 p.m.
The Public Safety Advisory Board desires to allow the opportunity for Public Comment. However,
the business of the City must proceed in an orderly and timely manner.
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D. Late Items – 6:10 p.m.
E. Consent Agenda | Approve – 6:15 p.m.
a. Public Safety Advisory Board Minutes Approval
i. November 20, 2024 Minutes
F. Information –
a. Police Department Report 6:20 p.m.
b. Fire Department Report 6:45 p.m.
G. Other Considerations – 7:10 p.m.
a. Discussion on Chair position, possible action to be taken
b. 2024-2025 Work Plan – Discussion on topic for next meeting
H. Board Member Reports – 7:30 p.m.
I. Adjournment – 8:00 p.m.
PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD
Virtual Meeting
Port Angeles, Washington
November 20, 2024, 6:00pm
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting.
CALL TO ORDER:
Vice Chair Margolis called the regular meeting of the Public Safety Advisory Board to order at 6:01 p.m., there
was a quorum with 7 members present.
ROLL CALL:
Members Present: John Hauck, Jessica Johnson, Mary Margolis, , Kelsey Lane, Evan Brown, Sandy Sinnes,
Finn Thompson
Members Absent: Michael McGuire
Staff Present: Derrell Sharp, Fire Chief; Karl Hatton, PenCom Deputy Director; Catherine Dewey, Board
Secretary
PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comment was received, and after verifying there was no one online who wished to speak, the
Chair moved on to the next agenda item.
REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Hauck made a motion, and it was seconded by Lane to approve the September 18, 2024, meeting minutes
Hearing no objection, the motion carried 7-0.
STAFF UPDATES
Fire Department Report – Chief Sharp noted that the fire department had not been awarded the SAFER grant
but will reapply in 2025. Chief McKeen completed his ICC Inspector I, II and Plans Review Designations.
Crews spent Monday – Wednesday doing live fire training. The department held a badge pinning ceremony on
11/08 and pinned 14 members. Two new paramedics started with the department and one more will be starting
on December 9th. Interviews are scheduled for the Fire Prevention Specialist position, and Chiefs’ interview
for a tentative Jan1 start date. Day Car Paramedic and Day Car EMT trainee positions are being recruited for.
Paramedic Trainees Delano and Clark have completed their pm school ride time and will be taking their final
in the upcoming month. PAFD will be hosting a Fire Investigator Academy in March of 2025 at the Field Hall
Center. On November 12th Chief Sharp provided a presentation to Clallam County Board of Health and
thanked them for the grant to fund the Community Paramedic positions. Part of the grant funded a Polaris to
assist in rapid response. Chief gave an update on the “bomb cyclone” from fire’s perspective.
Police Department Report – Karl Hatton gave a PenCom report and a PenCom update on the “bomb cyclone”
and noted that the County was impacted much further than the city, but that power was lost on the west side.
Jessica Conner was promoted, and a new hire started training. PenCom currently has 15 taking the PST and 3
applicants moving into the background process. They are anticipating 9/20 positions vacant in February which
would be a hiring crisis they are working on solutions and taking a couple of ideas to city council in the next
few months such as AI solution for responding to non-emergency calls and allowing travel dispatchers to take
6-month contracts. The Joint Public Safety Building is in the works, from an operational perspective PenCom
needs a larger space. Jefferson county recently updated their radio over dispatch to match our system so that
they are able to share some of the workload.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Work Plan Ideas: Speeding and cross walks in problematic areas: (Streets and intersections Clarify specific
locations) See if there is any Grant funding already being applied for for the speed trailer and/or flashing lights.
December 18th Meeting: Hauck made a motion to cancel the December 18th PSAB meeting, Lane provided a 2nd
and the motion passed with a 4/3 vote.
REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS
Ad Hoc: Margolis announced that they met with the 3 applicants and if Council decides on Dec 3rd to provide
more direction, they could make a recommendation to add members, but they’d like to get Council Direction
before extending a recommendation to a seat that may not be open.
ADJOURNMENT
Lane made a motion to adjourn, Sinnes provided a 2nd, Vice Chair Margolis adjourned the meeting at 6:57 p.m.
Board Presentation Ideas:
- A drone presentation
- A presentation by the new outreach officer
- A tour of the marksmanship range
- The firearms simulator
- A K9 demonstration
2023-2024 PSAB List of Priorities
PD and FD priorities and goals include:
• Support/Advocacy for consideration of a Joint PAFD/PAPD Training Facility
• Support/Advocacy for Community Paramedic Program Funding Opportunities
Board’s Chosen priorities:
• Cleanliness and Safety (downtown, Safeway, trails, parks, public restrooms, cleaning
overbrush)
• Code Enforcement, Animal Control
Other items that were on the full list prior to voting for the top selected above:
Prioritized Topics as chosen by the Public Safety Advisory Board:
• Cleanliness and Safety (downtown, Safeway, trails, parks, public restrooms, cleaning overbrush)
• Missing and Murdered Indigenous people in Clallam County
• Code Enforcement, Animal Control
• Traffic Safety (speeding, traffic island at McDonald’s)
• Human Trafficking
• More visible police presence
• Substance Abuse/ addiction, drug activity
• An understanding of the circumstances which cause people to become homeless and the reasons
people decide to be houseless