East Windsor Police Commission
Regular Meeting – August 9, 2006
Minutes
CALL TO ORDER AND ATTENDANCE
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 by Chairman Sherman. Commissioners Devanney, Barton, and Simmons was present along with Chief DeMarco. Commissioner Sinsigallo was not present at the meeting.
ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
There were no Added Agenda items.
PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES
Regular Meeting - July 12, 2006
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner
Devanney to accept the minutes of the regular meeting of July 12, 2006 as presented.
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES
A) Police Department - Monthly Billing
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons , seconded by Commissioner Devanney to approve the East Windsor Police Department monthly billing dated July 11, 2006 in the amount if $1986.08 for the fiscal year 2005/2006
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Devanney to approve the East Windsor Police Department monthly billing dated July 26, 2006 in the amount of $5397.19 for the fiscal year 2006/2007.
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
B) Police Department Financial Statement
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner
Devanney to approve the East Windsor Police Department Financial Statement dated July 11, 2006 for the fiscal year 2005/2006.
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Devanney to approve the East Windsor Police Department Financial Statement dated August 4, 2006 for the fiscal year 2006/2007.
Before a vote was taken on this motion, there was a discussion between the Police Commissioners and Noreen Farmer, representing the Board of Finance, regarding the Board of Finance oversight of the expenditures of the various departments in Town which includes the Police Department. Commissioner Barton felt that if the Board of Finance was going to be reviewing the budget on a monthly/quarterly basis that there would be no need for the Police Commissioners to review the budget. Ms. Farmer responded to this by stating that it was up to the Board of Police Commissioners to keep track of how much of the budget was being spent and if money was needed to request same from the Board of Finance. After additional discussion between the Board Members, Ms.
Farmer and Chief DeMarco; it was a suggestion that the Chief write a letter to the Board of Finance detailing why the variable overtime is so high and what steps he is and will be taking to correct this deficit.
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
C) Police Commission - Monthly Billing
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Devanney to approve the East Windsor Police Commission Monthly Billing for the fiscal year 2006/2007 dated July 31, 2006 in the amount of $210.13
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
D) Police Commission Financial Statement
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Devanney to approve the East Windsor Police Commission Financial Statement for the fiscal year 2006/2007 dated July 31, 2006 as presented.
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
E) Animal Control Monthly Billing
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner
Devanney to approve the East Windsor Animal Control Monthly Billing for the fiscal year 2005/2006 dated July 11, 2006 in the amount of $20.49
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Devanney to approve the East Windsor Animal Control Monthly Billing for the fiscal year 2006/2007 dated July 26, 2006 in the amount of $172.79
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
F) Animal Control - Financial Statement
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner
Devanney to approve the East Windsor Animal Control Financial Statement for the fiscal year 2005/2006 dated July 11, 2006 as presented.
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Devanney to approve the East Windsor Animal Control Financial Statement for the fiscal year 2006/2007 dated August 4, 2006 as presented.
Simmons/ Devanney Unanimous
G) Legal Billing
The legal billing from Penny, Boticello, O’Brien and Higgins P.C. for the months of June
And July, 2006 was reviewed by all commissioners present. No action necessary as this is informational only.
PUBLIC INPUT
Dale Nelson thanked the Chief and Maria for taking the time out of their busy schedules to explain how the procedures work at the Police Department with regards to training and the investigatory work. Ms. Nelson said she was amazed at how much time and work is involved in an on-going investigation and once again thanked them for their assistance.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A) Police Station Renovations update
The current phase of the renovations - locking mechanisms on rooms containing sensitive documents - will be started next week,. Other than that there was nothing new to report.
B) Alarm Reduction Ordinance
Nothing new to report.
C) Liability Proposal
The Chairman presented to each one of the members present the proposal that had been requested at the July 12, 2006 Police Commission meeting. This proposal has already been presented to the Board of Selectman and will be presented to the Board of Finance at their next meeting.
There was some discussion among the Commissioners present regarding this liability proposal as it deals directly with whether or not the Town of East Windsor contingency fund will pay time earned to the officers who have recently left the department and any future officers that may leave.
When there is any additional information regarding this liability proposal, it will be brought to the attention of the Commission.
TRAFFIC AUTHORITY
There was nothing new under Traffic Authority
PUBLIC INPUT #2 (Comments only - no discussion)
There was no public input.
NEW BUSINESS
A) Spay/Neuter Ordinance for Cats
A letter from the First Selectman, Linda Roberts, regarding the possible Spay/Neuter Ordinance for Cats was reviewed by all Commissioners present.
There was a discussion regarding this possible ordinance and Commissioner Devanney felt that this ordinance would not be in the best interest of the town due to the cost factor of licensing cats and for the spaying and neutering of cats that belong to residents in town who cannot afford these services.
The Chief has agreed to meet with the Animal Control Officer to discuss this possible ordinance, including the cost factor to the Town of East Windsor, and to report his findings to the Commission at the next meeting
EXECUTIVE SESSION
There was no Executive Session
COMMUNICATIONS
There were no additional communications.
MONTHLY REPORTS
A) Chief of Police
There was nothing additional to report.
B) Commission Members
There was nothing to report from the commission members
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Commissioner Simmons, seconded by Commissioner Devanney to adjourn the regular meeting of the East Windsor Police Commission at 7:45 p.m.
Simmons/Devanney Unanimous
Respectfully submitted,
Darlene H. Kelly
Recording Secretary
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