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Home My WebLink About07-29-2002 Meeting I PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ROOM - July 29, 2002 1:30 P. M. PRESENT: M. Williams, Chairman, T. Boyles, 1. Beard, S. Shepard, J. Wall, Attorney, W. Hornsby, Deputy Administrator, T. Allen, IT, Chief Rogers, Fire Dept., 1. Bonner, Clerk of Commission ABSENT: B. Young, Mayor. NEWS MEDIA: G. Eskola, Channel 6, Channel 26, Augusta Focus. Clerk: At the request of the Sheriff's Dept., he asked that items 2 and 3 be deleted until the next Committee meeting. He is out of town as well as his finance person at the Sheriff's Dept. They would like these items addressed when they return. Deletions from the agenda: 2. Approve application for Grant to continue funding of Mobile Data Terminals in the Sheriff's Office. 3. Approve expenditure maximum of $17,960.00 for the purchase of a Krimesite Imager Direct View Kit and Canon Digital Package. These monies to be supplied out of the Richmond County Sheriff's Office Confiscated Drug Funds with no additional funding required from General Budget. I 1. Updates for ongoing Information Technology (IT) Projects. Ms. Allen updates the Committee on the significant impact projects in various departments. Mr. Beard: I move we receive this report as information. Mr. Boyles: Second. Motion carries unanimously. 4. Request to enter into a contract with CWH Management Solutions to provide and administer the Fire Department promotional process for the ranks of Captain, Lieutenant and Sergeant. I Chief Rogers: We put out an RFP several months ago for a promotional process. We had three vendors to reply. We formed a committee with members from the Fire Dept., Human Resources, Administrators office and Purchasing and reviewed the three proposals. In the rating system, CWH Management Solutions came out ahead. We feel that they can provide the services and administer the testing 1 procedures that we are looking for. It is our proposal to enter into a contract with them to expedite these promotions. Mr. Beard: How is this different from what you've done in the past? I Chief Rogers: The last promotional process for these positions was held in 1997 under Chief Few's administration. It's basically the same way. They used a contractor at that time and we're going out again for this contractor. Mr. Beard: So move for approval. Mr. Shepard: Second. Motion carries unanimously. 5. Approval of migration to Oracle processor licenses. Mr. Boyles: So move for approval. Mr. Shepard: Second. Motion carries unanimously. 6. Approve purchase of a vehicle carport cover for Engine #15 and to provide an asphalt pad at Station #15 to install the carport cover on. Funding to come from contingency fund. I Mr. Beard: So move for approval. Mr. Shepard: Second. Mr. Cheek: For the past three years now we've been trying to get this same type of cover for the dive team boats at the 9-1-1 Center. Can we get staff to look at doing this same thing for those dive team boats? Mr. Williams: We'll see that our Administrator look into that. Motion carries unanimously. 7. Discuss Special Grand Jury Report regarding possible policy changes in Fire Department. (Requested by Commissioner Shepard) Mr. Shepard: I wanted us to as the Committee that has jurisdiction over the Fire Dept to develop today a way that we might respond to the thirteen recommendations that were identified in the report. An initial response has been I made by the Fire Chief. I think that at some point, as to some of these . 2 I recommendations, we need to sort it out. Some may need to come to this Committee some may need to go to legal. Part of the oversite process is the Grand Jury process. We get recommendations from them. We get recommendations from citizens and groups. I was hoping that as Public Safety Chairman we would adopt a plan for dealing with the recommendations. I would like to make a motion that the committee take up these recommendations over the next 2 or 3 meetings and consider manageable parts of tbe report and respond to them. Mr. Boyles: Second. After further discussion, Mr. Beard: I don't mind discussing this but I would like to have some type of structure as to how we're going to deal with this. I would suggest a subcommittee be formed to structure and reply to the recommendations. Mr. Williams: I will appoint a committee of myself, Vice-Chairman Boyles, the Administrator and the Fire Chief. The four of us can discuss the recommendations and bring our findings back to this Committee. Motion carries unanimously. I ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned. Lena J. Bonner Clerk of Commission /bb I 3 lA - PUBLIC SAFETY AGENDA COJIIIMITTEE ROOM - July 29, 2002 1:30 P.JIIL - . I. Updates for ongoing Information Technology (IT) Projects. 2. Approve application for Grant to continue funding of Mobile Data Terminals in the Sheriff's Office. 3. Approve expenditure maximum of$17,960.00 for the purchase of a Krimesite Imager Direct View Kit and Canon Digital Package. These monies to be supplied out of the Richmond County Sheriff's Office Confiscated Drug Funds with no additional funding required from General Budget. 4. Request to enter into a contract with CWH Management Solutions to provide and administer the Fire Department promotional process for the ranks of Captain, Lieutenant and Sergeant. 5. Approval of migration to Oracle processor licenses. 6. Approve purchase of a vehicle carport cover for Engine # 15 and to provide an asphalt pad at Station #15 to install the carport cover on. Funding to come from contingency fund. - 7. Discuss Special Grand Jury Report regarding possible policy changes in Fire Department. (Requested by Commissioner Shepard) -