HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmergency Services Committee Minutes 11.28.2022MINUTES
CITY OF LAUREL
EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMITTEE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2022
The Emergency Services Committee meeting was called to order at 6:00pm on Monday, November 28,
2022 by Chair Heidi Sparks
Members Present: Heidi Sparks- Chair, Iry Wilke- Vice Chair, Richard Klose, Bill Mountsier, Jamie
Swecker, Bruce McGee
Others Present: Police Chief Stan Langve, Fire Chief Brent Peters and Sampson the dog, Ambulance
Director Lyndy Gurchiek, Troy Charbonneau- Ambulance Dept
Public Input: None
General Items
1. Approval of Emergency Services Committee minutes of September 26, 2022. Iry Wilke moved
to approve the minutes; Richard Klose seconded- Motion carried 6-0
2. Approval of Emergency Services Committee minutes of October 24, 2022. Bill Mountsier
moved to approve the minutes; Iry Wilke seconded- Motion carried 6-0
New Business
3. Update from Emergency Departments
a. Police Department Chief Langve — Report attached
i. Items to note:
1.
790 total calls for the month of November. This is up over the last few
months, theft is up. Vandalism was tied to a rash of incidents in Billings
as well. DUIs are up and expected to stay up with the holidays. Increased
weapons calls, including a call with SWAT involved.
2.
Getting a dispatcher back Dec 1" from FMLA.
3.
Reopened application for pool of officers to hire from since the pool was
not large enough. Carbon County, Bozeman both hiring causing issues for
our hiring pool. Bill Mountsier asked how big of a pool Chief Langve
looks for. He stated a pool of 10 is usually a good number knowing that
we will have at least 1 maybe 2 positions to hire for the year.
4.
We should have a reserve academy this year as well.
5.
Received an unexpected donation from a private donor for the range and
shed. Will be sitting down with Sheriff's Office and MHP to make
improvements at the range since they share this range with us. Hoping
this can be improvements to the targets, shed and shelter.
b. Ambulance Director Lyndy Gurchiek — Report attached
i. Items to note:
1.
Busy month, 2"d highest for 2022
2.
Looking to partner with St Vs Walk-in for community medicine
responders to complete their 10-20 hours of clinical training. Will look to
continue partnership for referrals for these individuals to follow up with
as part of this program.
3. Heidi Sparks asked about the Ward 5 area and where the conversation is
at with creating a district. After conversations with the City Attorney this
might not be the best time to move forward with a district creation with
some of the changes in the county. Looking to possibly do a mill levy for
the time being and then looking for a district creation in the future.
c. Fire Chief Brent Peters — Reports attached
i. Items to note:
1. 3 months' worth of reports provided (Aug, Sept and Oct), due to
scheduling and lack of quorum at previous month's meeting.
2. Severity staffing for wildfires ended on Sept 14, 2022
3. Fire prevention week took place in Oct and spent 122 hours going to
schools and presenting as part of that
4. Will be presenting 2 new members to council at the next workshop for
approval
5. Implemented a billing system for the fire department. Worked with Kelly
to get the billing in place. This is for anyone receiving our services who
are not within the city of Laurel. Have been able to send out our first bill,
this was for a fire in the Molt area.
6. New brush truck should arrive beginning of February.
Old Business:
Other Items: Next meeting is slated for December 261h. Bill Mountsier moved to cancel the December
meeting and meet again in January. Iry Wilke seconded. Motion carried 6-0
Announcements
S. Next Meeting will be Monday, January 23, 2023, at 6:00pm in Council Chambers
Meeting adjourned at 6:31pin