Public Safety committee
Regular meeting minutes
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
CALL TO ORDER AND ATTENDANCE
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Co-chairman Tom Clynch. The following members were present Dick Sherman, Jay Madigan, Jim Barton, Blaine Simpkins, Andy Ouellette, Ed Endee; Gil Hayes and Linda Roberts, First Selectman arrived at approximately 7:30 p.m.
PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES
The minutes of the previous meeting of November 30, 2005 were reviewed by all present. A motion was made by Jay Madigan, seconded by Dick Sherman to accept the minutes as presented.
Madigan/Sherman Unanimous
NEW BUSINESS
There was no New Business
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A) Radio Project Update
The latest memo from Ed Endee regarding the progress of the Radio Project was presented to all members present and discussed in it’s entirety.
There have been some small problems that have cropped up such as electrical issues that were noted by the Building Official and radio installation will be taken care of in the near future.
There was a discussion among the members present and Linda Roberts regarding whether or not the radio system should be a line item in the upcoming fiscal year’s (2006/2007) budget to cover repairs, replacement and maintenance of the radio system to include the replacement of batteries. After a thorough discussion of this issue it was a consensus of all members present for Ed Endee to work up numbers for this line item. Ed will have everything ready and presented to the First Selectman by February 7th and will make a presentation of same to the Board of Finance on February 21st. This issue will also be discussed at the next scheduled meeting of the Publlic Safety Committee in February.
B) Emergency Operations Plan - review and update
The Emergency Operations Plan was discussed and the members who had not submitted their ideas and/or revisions to this plan were reminded to do so and get it to the office of the First Selectman as soon as possible.
The issues of shelters for the Town of East Windsor was discussed and how to designate which areas will be used for emergency shelters.
At this time, Linda Roberts swore in Jonathan Towle as a member of the Public Safety Committee.
The next meeting of the Public Safety Meeting will be held on February 22, 2006 at the Broad Brook Fire Department.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Andy Ouellette, seconded by Gil Hayes to adjourn the regular meeting of the Public Safety Committee at 7:55 p.m.
Ouellette/Hayes Unanimous
Respectfully submitted,
Darlene H. Kelly
Recording Secretary
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