HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmergency Services Committee Minutes 07.27.2020AGCITY OF LAUREL
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COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Public Input: Citizens may address the committee regarding any item of business that is not on the agenda. The duration
for an individual speaking under Public Input is limited to three minutes. While all comments are welcome, the committee
will not take action on any item not on the agenda.
General Items
1. Approval of Emergency Service Committee minutes of June 22, 2020.
New Business
2. Community Survey
Old Business
3. Fire Update
4. _ Police Update
5. Ambulance Update
6. Safety Mill Levy Discussion
7. Traffic Pattern Discussion
Other Items
Announcements
8. Next Emergency Services Committee Meeting August 24, 2020.
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DA'T'ES TO REMEMBER
DRAFT MINUTES
EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING
July 27,20 20 r
COUNCIL : !MMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
—X—Bruce McGee Chair
_X—Iry Wilke Co Chair
Pat Kimmet
Fire Chief Peters
Police Chief Langve
Acting Ambulance Director Levi Vandersloot
Public Input: None
General Items:
_X—Richard Klose
_X—Heidi Sparks
_X_Taryn Massa
1. Approval of the Minutes for June 22, 2020. There were no minutes produced no
action taken
2. Survey provided by Chief Peters.
The survey was introduced to the committee with Chief Peters laying out the
background and desired results from the survey, it was agreed upon by the committee
that this would be a good tool to make changes to and submit not only for the city
council input. But that it would be great to get it in front of the community as well. It
was brought to the committee that Britney Moorman council admin assistant that it
might be done by survey monkey.
Old Business:
3. Chief Peters reported thatFire Depatment Firefighter John Woody taking leave to
battle throat cancer. Summer calls and severity staffing continued while the FD shifted
into a different 4'' of July celebration in 2020.
4. Police Chief Langve 843 calls to dispatch was a lower number then in previous years
down in other activity because of the Covid-19 Pandemic making the necessary changes
to the July 4 celebration.
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5. The Ambulance service continues to rely on its volunteers and the gap being filled in
my acting ambulance director Vandersloot.
6. Safety Mill Levy Discussion: Nothing new to add at this time.
7. Traffic Pattern Discussion: Three areas and concerns came up for discussion
A. 5' and Main challenged at times to cross or enter traffic going west with the
benefit of a stop sign or light. Chief Langve addressed the fact that it is a state highway
and the needed traffic study for the state to make changes, it was agreed that this topic
should come up before the council in a workshop discussion, that Iry agreed to bring
forward.
B. Eleanor Roosevelt with the planned subdivision future use of the road with the
increase that new housing might cause in the future.
C. With the above the lack of sidewalk(s) for pedestrian traffic specifically the children
from the mobile home park walking to and from school.
8. Next Emergency Services committee Meeting scheduled for August 24, 2020.
Meeting Adjourned
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