AGENDA
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 11, 2002
COUNCIL CHAMBER
Convened:
7:09 p.m.
Adjourned:
9:15 p.m.
Councillor Joseph M. Petty
Councillor Barbara G. Haller
Also:
Police Chief James M. Gallagher
Communications Director Collette Johnson
Deputy Police Chief Gary Gemme
Asst City Manager Neigh Services Paul
LaCava
Local 1009 President Frank Raffa
Local 1009 Vice President Donald
Courtney
Deputy Fire Chief John D. Fenton
Deputy Fire Chief Timothy J. Gray
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
Communications of the City Manager
1.
Relative to monitoring
the YR 27 Community Development Block Grant Program.
#18H
CM September 18, 2001
In
Committee for Informational Purposes only.
Recommend
File
2. Relative
to establishment of a downtown foot patrol.
#20B
CM September 25, 2001
Recommend
File
Chairman’s
Order request the Police Chief forward to the City Council any changes in
policing statistics that resulted from the re-institution of the downtown foot
patrols.
3. Relative to a grant award in the amount of $310,000.00 for the
City of Worcester's Domestic Preparedness Program.
#18A CM October 9, 2001
Recommend
File
Chairman’s
Order request the City Manager detail the expenditure of funds
received
by the City of Worcester in the form of a Domestic Preparedness
Program
grant.
4. Relative to the Executive Office of
Public Safety award of $60,136.00 for the Juvenile Accountability Incentive
Block Grant Program (JAIBG) to the City of Worcester.
#18B
CM October 9, 2001
Recommend
File
Chairman’s
Order request the City Manager provide the City
Council
with a report on the number of juveniles who have been through the
JAIBG
Program
5. Relative
to Citywide Crime Watch meeting held October 24, 2001.
#20G
CM November 13, 2001
Recommend
File
6. Relative
to current Worcester Police Department Internal Affairs Policy and Procedure
Manual.
#20F
CM November 13, 2001
Recommend File
7.
Relative to
Additional Security in the Private Biotech Companies in the City.
#20C CM January 15, 2002
Recommend
File
Chairman’s
Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with
any
information that he has shared with biotech companies in the City
concerning
terrorism while maintaining necessary confidentialities.
8. Communication
of James DelSignore, City Auditor transmitting report prepared by KPMG
concerning certain activities of the office that oversees Police off-duty
details.
#134CC
August 22, 2000
In Committee – September 20, 2000 – Held
In
Committee - September 17, 2001 - Held
Recommend File
9. Order
of Mayor Raymond V. Mariano – Request Public Safety Committee work with the
City Administration to find community based strategies to respond and additionally
to look at ways to publicize the name, photos and addresses of those
individuals convicted of crimes involving prostitution.
#20a CC October 17, 2000
In
Committee - September 17, 2001-Held
Recommend File
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
Communications of the City Manager
10. Relative
to Graphics/Outlining Structure Fires in the City for the past 20 years.
#13A CM December 19, 2000
Recommend File
11. Relative
to $108,000.00 of grant money to be used for the purchase of firefighting
equipment.
#13B CM January 23, 2001
Recommend File
12. Relative
to comprehensive feasibility study for a regional firefighters training
facility.
#13C
CM February 27, 2001
Recommend File
Chairman’s Order request the City Manager
provide the City Council with a status report on the creation of a new
firefighter training facility including all funding options explored.
13. Relative to Fire Act Grant.
#12C CM May 29, 2001
14. Relative to Ideal Period for Manning a Fire
Class and the cost.
#12A CM July 17, 2001
15. Relative to arrangement with the State Fire
Marshall on staffing and use of the Hazmet equipment.
#12B CM July 17, 2001
16. Relative to number of people going out on
an average basis per fire truck.
#12D CM July 17, 2001
17. Relative to number of people going out on
an average basis per fire truck.
#12A CM August 21, 2001
18. Relative to repetitive false alarms.
#12E CM July 17, 2001
19. Relative to estimate of overtime budget.
(Fire Dept.)
#12G CM July 17, 2001
Recommend File
Chairman’s Order request the Fire Chief provide the City Council with a comparative report on the benefits of adding a new fire class as compared to utilizing overtime monies.
20. Relative to status of maintenance
improvements at the Tatnuck Square Fire Station.
#12C CM August 21, 2001
Recommend File
21. Relative to Assistance to Firefighters
Program.
#12B CM October 9, 2001
Recommend File
22. Relative to building of a hotel on the
Central Street Fire Station Site and the disposition of fire companies.
#12B CM October 23, 2001
Recommend File
Chairman’s Order request an updated
report from the City Manager
concerning the closing/replacement of the
Central Street Fire Station.
23. Relative to providing an update on the
implementation of the 26 recommendations of the Community Task Force on
Abandoned Buildings.
#18A CM November 20, 2001
Recommend Hold
24. Relative to Webster Square Fire Station.
#7C CM December 18, 2001
Recommend File
25. Relative to 2002 Assistance to Firefighters
Program.
#12C CM January 29, 2002
Recommend
File
Chairman’s
Order request the City Manager provide the City Council with an update on the
progress in obtaining grant funds under the 2002 Assistance to Firefighters
Program.
26. Relative
to Establishment of a regional firefighter training in Worcester.
#12D CM January 29, 2002
Communications of the City Manager
27. Relative to outages over the last six
months.
#6B
CM April 24, 2001
Recommend File
Chairman’s Order request the Director of Communications report to the City Council concerning any regionalization of communications services that has been implemented anywhere in the Commonwealth
Chairman’s Order request the Communications Director report concerning the cost to upgrade the radio system to fully accommodate those areas in the City where maintaining communications has been a problem.
Chairman’s Proposed Resolution that the City Council Standing Committee on Public Safety goes on record in favor of funding in the amount of $18,000 for a study of the “dead communications areas” across the City.
Chairman’s Order request the Communications Director report to the City Council concerning discussions between the City of Worcester and Massachusetts Energy Trust.
28. Relative to system in place if
regular/emergency telephone service is
interrupted.
#6A
CM April 24, 2001
Recommend File
29. Relative
to the needs of the City's Communication Center.
#6A CM May 15, 2001
Recommend File
Chairman’s Order request the Communications Director report
to the City Council the solutions being explored to handle the ongoing problems
of communicating to the inside of large facilities throughout the City which
has been a problem.
Chairman’s Order request the Budget Director provide the City Council with updated report on the capital plan for the Communications Department for Fiscal Years 2003 through 2005.
30. Relative
to Private Outsourcing Opportunities.
#6A CM July 17, 2001
Recommend File
31. Relative
to Regionalizing the Call Center Service.
#6B CM July 17, 2001
Recommend File
32. Relative
to Multi-year Capital Plan for the Communications Department.
#29E CM July 17, 2001
Recommend
File
33. Recommending that Three Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($310,000.00) be transferred from Account #91C780, Capital Equipment, and appropriated to Account #27C701, Communications Department Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the purpose of accomplishing the Microwave Replacement Project. Further recommending that Sixty Four Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Nine Dollars ($64,589.00) be transferred from Account #270-92000, Communications Department Ordinary Maintenance, and appropriated to Account #27C701, Communication Department Capital Equipment, to provide funds for the purpose of accomplishing the Microwave Replacement Project.
In City Council January 29, 2002 #28A CM Order Adopted.
In Committee for Informational Purposes Only.
Recommend File
34. Relative to the shooting at Nick’s II.
#20A CM October 31, 2000
35. Relative to identification for constables in the City of
Worcester.
#20A CM October 9,
2001
36. Regarding recommendations relative to the eligibility of CDBG
funds for the boarding up and demolition programs.
#18A CM November
13, 2001
37. Relative to costs incurred by departments as a result of
heightened security measures since September 11, 2001.
#5A
CM January 8, 2002
Recommend File
38. Relative
to Operating All Terrain Vehicles on Private Streets.
#16B
CM January 15, 2002
Recommend File