ORDER-2015-20 : Acceptance of Police 911 Support & Incentive Grant in the amount of $56,187.00. Said funds to be deposited in Fund #2595

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▶ 1:25 Peter D. Mortimer: you're a member of the committee no i'm not you're not that's what i said thank you i heard you twice the first time okay moving on um all in favor of the motion to open for public participation please say aye aye any opposed hearing none public participation is now open any members of the public would like to come forward this is your chance to do so seeing that there's no one in the gallery except city officials who are here on official public participation on official City business this evening, and we will welcome a motion to close the floor for public participation, which has been made in interrupting style by Alderman Inferna, duly seconded by Alderman Byrd. All in favor of closing the floor for public participation? Aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Hearing none, public participation is now closed. The first order before us is is order 2014-20. It is an acceptance of police 911 support and incentive grant in the amount of $56,187 and no cents. Said funds anticipating the approval of this order when it finally goes to the full board will be deposited in account 2595. May we have a motion to suspend the rules, please? So moved. Alderman Wright has made a motion to suspend the rules, It is duly seconded by Alderman Byrd. Chief, will you join us? And please explain this order. Would you like to go right ahead to an opening statement?

▶ 2:53 Speaker 1: Certainly. Thank you, sir. We've been fortunate for the past several years to apply and receive the 911 grant. It's a two part grant. This is part one. This is for salary and wage. The second part is for our EMD, emergency medical dispatch, and our training. They're required to do 16 hours of annual training. As far as this grant, a portion of it is for salary and wage. I'll break it down for you.

▶ 3:24 Speaker 1: The salary portion of the grant is $48,738.43 directly to supplement our dispatchers a portion of their salary over the course of the next 12 months. Part two is $250 to cover a 911 air conditioning service contract for the year. Number three is to purchase one dispatch chair for $1,643. It does seem like a lot of money, but they're very durable, and they last about five years before they have to be retired. The balance is for 911 recording CDs. When the courts request a CD, we have to burn a CD, and that's a portion that is $210. A service contract for a 911 playback system, both police and fire, is $1,325, that's included. The balance of $4,020 covers our copier for our dispatch center. That comes out to a total of $56,187.

▶ 4:25 Speaker 2: Very good, sir.

▶ 4:26 Speaker 1: Non-matching grant.

▶ 4:27 Peter D. Mortimer: Right, non-matching. Thank you. Any questions or comments from members of the committee, please? Alderman Tramontozzi.

▶ 4:36 Speaker 3: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, sir. Is this a federal or state grant?

▶ 4:40 Speaker 1: basically the grant funds come from when people dial 411 there's a fee and that goes into a central pool for all municipal police departments or PSAPs

▶ 4:51 John N. Tramontozzi: public safety answering points and is this this is a grant that we the municipalities have to apply for and we have done yes annually anyway right

▶ 4:59 Speaker 1: that's a good job I will say the only slow part with this thing is is receiving our reimbursements from the state they are very slow paying well

▶ 5:05 John N. Tramontozzi: it's not like it's creating a new position at this best position is a It's a position that's currently in the department anyways.

▶ 5:14 Speaker 1: This is going to supplement some of the salary for each one. It takes about six weeks for us to spend the $48,000.

▶ 5:20 John N. Tramontozzi: Yeah, that's great, great job, Chief. We appreciate the extra effort in getting this state funding. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

▶ 5:27 Peter D. Mortimer: Thank you, Alderman Chairman Tozzi. Any other Alderman Bird, please?

▶ 5:31 Jaclyn L. Bird: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Chief. You're welcome. Could you just forward us the breakdown that you gave us tonight to attach to

▶ 5:39 Speaker 1: order I would have to afford a copy of the grant or certainly I can break it down but I'll give you a copy of the actual grant and you can reveal what it

▶ 5:46 Jaclyn L. Bird: shows all the breakdowns perfect thank you thank you mr. chairman thank you

▶ 5:48 Peter D. Mortimer: alderman bird any other alderman wishing to be heard on this order seeing none I would welcome a motion preferably for passage motion to recommend alderman tramit ozi has made a motion to recommend this order for passage duly seconded by alderman inferno all in favor please say aye any opposed hearing none this order will be recommended for passage at our next full board meeting