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PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - November 24, 2003
1:30 P. M.
PRESENT: Hons. Bob Young, Mayor; Williams, Chairman; Boyles, Co-
Chairman; Shepard, member; Harry James, Staff Attorney; George Kolb, Administrator;
Sheriff Ronnie Strength, Lena Bonner, Clerk of Commission.
ABSENT: Hon. Beard, member.
2. Approval of grant funding of $28,349.00 for the Fire Department.
6. Approve offering an annual salary of $50,000.00 to the candidate for Fire
Department EMS Coordinator which is equal to the entry salary offered to
the previous Coordinator. (See background information under Item 3 on
Administrative Services agenda)
Mr. Boyles: I move we approve these as a consent agenda.
Mr. Shepard: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
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1.
Presentation by Sheriff Strength regarding incidents at First Friday
celebration in November. (Referred from November 10 Public Safety)
The Sheriff explained the actions taken by the Sheriff's Department at the
November First Friday celebration. He stated that some windows were knocked out and
the street was shut down for about an hour to get things under control and to get some
emergency equipment in there.
After a discussion, Mr. Boyles: Perhaps we need to appoint some type of
committee to discuss First Friday so we won't have to do come back each month to talk
about it.
Mr. Chairman: I can do that. We'll get the Sheriff, Mr. Naylor, Mr. Boyles, Mr.
Shepard and myself and we'll make Mr. Shepard the chairman.
Mr. Boyles: I make a motion to accept the committee that you just named.
Mr. Shepard: I second it.
Motion adopted unanimously.
3.
Approve the purchase of an emergency replacement washing
machine/extractor due to the failure of an existing machine in the jail. The
replacement ofthe inoperable machine is to accommodate the daily laundry
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of bedding and inmate items necessary for the maintaining of the health and
sanitary conditions ofthe facility. Funding is provided in existing county
funds.
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Mr. Russell: The amount is $17,073.
Mr. Boyles: I move for approval.
Mr. Shepard: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
4. Approve expenditure maximum of $200,000 for the purchase of a Mobile
Command Post. These monies to be supplied out of federal seizure monies
with no additional funding required from general budget.
Mr. Shepard: I move approval.
Mr. Boyles: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
5.
Approval of $28,555.64 of residual SPLOST funding for installation of
necessary equipment into Fire Administration offices located in the ANIC
Laney-Walker office building.
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Mr. Kolb: This is to allow us to tie in to our IT system.
Mr. Boyles: I make a motion that we approve it.
Mr. Shepard: Second.
Motion adopted unanimously.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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PUBLIC SAFETY
AGENDA
COMMITTEE ROOM - November 24, 2003
1:30P.M.
1. Presentation by Sheriff Strength regarding incidents at First Friday celebration in
November. (Referred from November 10 Public Safety)
2. Approval of grant funding of$28,349.00 for the Fire Department.
3. Approve the purchase of an emergency replacement washing machine/extractor
due to the failure of an existing machine in the jail. The replacement of the
inoperable machine is to accommodate the daily laundry of bedding and inmate
items necessary for the maintaining of the health and sanitary conditions of the
facility. Funding is provided in existing county funds. .
4. Approve expenditure maximum of $200,000 for the purchase of a Mobile
Command Post. These monies to be supplied out of federal seizure monies with
no additional funding required from general budget.
5. Approval of$28,555.64 of residual SPLOST funding for installation of necessary
equipment into Fire Administration offices located in the ANIC Laney-Walker
office building.
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6.
Approve offering an annual salary of $50,000.00 to the candidate for Fire
Department EMS Coordinator which is equal to the entrY salary offered to the
previous Coordinator. (See background information under Item 3 on
Administrative Services agenda)
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