East Windsor Police Commission
Regular Meeting November 8, 2006
Minutes
CALL TO ORDER AND ATTENDANCE
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 by Chairman Sherman. Commissioners Devanney, Barton, Sinsigsallo and Simmons was present along with Chief DeMarco
ADDED AGENDA ITEMS
A motion was made by Commissioner Barton, seconded by Commissioner Simmons to add the following items:
Under New Business
D) Exit Interview Policy
PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES
Regular Meeting – October 11, 2006
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinsigallo, seconded by Commissioner
Simmons to accept the minutes of the regular meeting of October 11, 2006 as presented.
Sinsigallo/Simmons Unanimous
It was a suggestion by Commissioner Devanney and Commissioner Barton that the Public Input portion of the minutes should be paraphrased and not recorded in its entirety.
Special Meeting – October 25, 2006
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinsigallo, seconded by Commissioner Simmons to accept the minutes of the Special Meeting of October 25, 2006 as presented.
Sinisgallo/Simmons Unanimous
BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES
A) Police Department - Monthly Billing
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinisgallo, seconded by Commissioner Simmons to approve the East Windsor Police Department monthly billing dated November 1, 2006 in the amount of $4088.41 for the fiscal year 2006/2007
Sinsigallo/Simmons Unanimous
B) Police Department Financial Statement
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinisgallo, seconded by Commissioner
Simmons to approve the East Windsor Police Department Financial Statement dated November 3, 2006 for the fiscal year 2006/2007.
Sinisgallo/Simmons Unanimous
C) Police Commission - Monthly Billing
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinisgallo, seconded by Commissioner Simmons to approve the East Windsor Police Commission Monthly Billing for the fiscal year 2006/2007 dated October 31, 2006 in the amount of $261.30
Sinisgallo/Simmons Unanimous
D) Police Commission Financial Statement
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinsigallo, seconded by Commissioner Simmons to approve the East Windsor Police Commission Financial Statement for the fiscal year 2006/2007 dated October 31, 2006 as presented.
Sinisgallo/Simmons Unanimous
E) Animal Control Monthly Billing
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinisgallo, seconded by Commissioner
Simmons to approve the East Windsor Animal Control Monthly Billing for the fiscal year 2006/2007 dated November 1, 2006 in the amount of $183.25
Sinisgallo/Simmons Unanimous
F) Animal Control - Financial Statement
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinisgallo, seconded by Commissioner
Simmons to approve the East Windsor Animal Control Financial Statement for the fiscal year 2006/2007 dated November 3, 2006 as presented.
Sinisgallo/Simmons Unanimous
G) Legal Billing
The legal billing from the law firm of Penny, Botticello & O’Brien, P.C. for the month of September, 2006 dated October 16, 2006 and for the month of October dated October 30, 2006 were reviewed by all commissioners present. No action necessary as this is informational only.
PUBLIC INPUT
There was no Public Input
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A) Police Station Renovations update
Still waiting on the door and also the repairs of the carpeting. It was a suggestion of the board members present that a letter should be written to the Building Department requesting their assistance with the completion of the renovations.
B) Alarm Reduction Ordinance
The Alarm Reduction Ordinance is still going strong and the Chief is compiling statistics to
Show the Board how effective the ordinance is. There are still a couple of companies that have not complied with this ordinance and the Chief is meeting with their representatives to resolve this issue.
TRAFFIC AUTHORITY
A) 06-0001 – 15 Margaret Drive
The Chief has forwarded a letter to the complainant . The Children At Play sign has been erected and the Chief is working on the other issues. When any additional information is forthcoming, it will be brought to the attention of the Commission.
B) 06-0002 – 36 Ellington Road
A letter has been forwarded to the complainant and the issues are being looked into by the EWPD. When any additional information is forthcoming it will be brought to the attention of the Commission.
PUBLIC INPUT #2 (Comments only - no discussion)
There was no Public Input
NEW BUSINESS
A) Capitol Improvement Request
The Capitol Improvement Request for 4 additional patrol vehicles was reviewed by all commissioners present. Commissioner Barton stated that he felt that the fleet of patrol cars was excessive and should be reduced. He also asked for an explanation about a couple of the cars that are in the fleet, i.e. the Captain’s car and the DARE Camaro. The Chief responded that the Captain’s car was being used by Police Department personnel on official police business during the course of their normal working day and that he has had many requests from private citizens to purchase the DARE Camaro (all decals have been removed). There was additional discussion regarding the patrol vehicles with the following results:
A motion was made by Commissioner Devanney, seconded by Commissioner Sinsigallo that the 1999 Camaro be given back to the Town of East Windsor for disposition.
Devanney/Sinsigallo Unanimous
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinsigallo, seconded by Commissioner Simmons that the Capitol Improvement Request for 2008 should include two (2) cars.
Sinsigallo/Simmons Unanimous
A motion was made by Commissioner Barton, seconded by Commissioner Simmons to reduce the fleet of patrol vehicles by attrition from 11 to 9.
Barton/Simmons Barton – Aye
Devanney – Nay
Simmons – Nay
Sinsigallo – Nay
The motion was defeated.
B) 2007 Meeting Schedule
The 2007 Meeting schedule was reviewed by all commissioners present. No action necessary as this is information only.
C) Promotion to Sergeant
The meeting was turned over to Chief DeMarco for discussion on the appropriate measures that should be taken regarding the current Sergeant vacancy.
Chief DeMarco said that there were three (3) options to consider regarding this subject:
1) Run the officer in charge as a supervisor
2) Those officers with seniority be appointed temporary sergeants
3) Promote to sergeant
The Chief went on to further state that there will be some retirements coming up in April
which will free up some of the budget monies.
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinsigallo, seconded by Commissioner Simmons to allow Chief DeMarco to go forward with the promotion to sergeant.
Sinsigallo/Simmons Unanimous
D) Exit Interview Policy
Commissioner Barton stated that he felt that a policy regarding voluntary exit interviews would be in the best interest of the Police Department. Commissioner Barton than handed out samples of an exit interview for consideration. It was a consensus by all Commissioners present that this issue should be placed on the December agenda for further discussion, and this would also afford the Board the opportunity to look over the sample questionnaire and make any suggestions and/or comments.
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinsigallo, seconded by Commissioner Simmons to go out of order to Item 11 Communications.
Sinsigallo/Simmons Unanimous
COMMUNICATIONS
Commissioner Barton made a brief report on the joint Board of Finance meeting which was held on October 18, 2006. Commissioner Barton felt that what has been happening with the variable over-time monies (holding the monies back until such a time as the Board of Finance feels it is appropriate to release the funds) would be confusing to the residents of the Town of East Windsor to the point where it might not be passed at a town meeting. It was a consensus of all Commissioners that the scrutiny by the Board of Finance reflects badly on the Police Commission and the Police Department.
MONTHLY REPORTS
A) Chief of Police
There was nothing additional from the Chief.
B) Commission Members
There was nothing to report from the commission members
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinsigallo, seconded by Commissioner Simmons to go back to Item 10 – Executive Session.
Sinsigallo/Simmons Unanimous
EXECUTIVE SESSION
A) Candidate Interviews
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinsigallo, seconded by Commissioner Simmons to go into Executive Session at 8:06 p.m. for the purpose of Candidate Interviews to include Chief DeMarco and Sgt. Hannaford as necessary.
Sinsigallo/Simmons Unanimous
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinsigallo, seconded by Commissioner Devanney to come out of Executive Session at 8:50 p.m.
Sinsigallo/Devanney Unanimous
ACTION TAKEN: A motion was made by Commissioner Sinsigallo, seconded by Commissioner Devanney to offer employment to Duane Jones, Jr pending his successful completion o f the remainder of the hiring requirements.
Sinisgallo/Devanney Unanimous
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Commissioner Sinisgallo, seconded by Commissioner Devanney to adjourn the regular meeting of the East Windsor Police Commission at 8:53 p.m.
Sinsigallo/Devanney Unanimous
The minutes of the Executive Session to adjournment were taken by the Secretary of the Police Commission, Mark Simmons.
Respectfully submitted,
Darlene H. Kelly
Recording Secretary
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