Police Advisory Commission Minutes 05-17-2000
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REGLLAR-'IEETI"'G ~ MONTICELLO POLICE COI\1MISSTOl'i
\Vcdncsdlly,Ma}' 17,2000-7p.m.
l\1cmhCl's Prcse~t:
Liz De,!vIara;s. David Gent'];;, Brian Stumpf, Dick Slais_
:\1~mhersAhscnt:
RradFylc
AlsoPrescnl:
Ri~k Wolfstdler. Cily ,\dministrak\r, Don Lindell. Crllt'OflJcputy
2. .Be\'iewofcurrcnthour,~ofco,-cral!c"ndrecommcndnli.onsCAr2001 h!!j:!eet,'car.
ChieJ" Depuly Don Lindell hncl1ynoted tlJal lhe City is conlinuing to ,ecan mCrcasc in the
calls rOTser"iccthatthedepllli",havctore~p()ndlO, Asthep"pulationgrow>,itishis
l'ecommem\alion and that ofth", Sheriffs DeparLment that the ell} continu.: to ~ol1sidcr
in~reusing the hoUl's of coverage by adding an additional four hours per year to keep the
level "l"scrvicc adcqlli1te_ The conc~rns orlhe Sheriffs Deparlment arc thaI as our population
~ontjn\les to increase am] the community spreads OUI into a largcr area. responsc times I:>y
;;hcriffdepUlieswlil;;uffcrifmldilionalhoursarcnotaddcdincrementally_
I! was thc reCl'mmendation of the Commi~sion member~ that \1r, Lindell prepal'c an updated
,ummary of the Cillls li'r ,ervicc that have occurrcd over lh~ past tev.- ye"rs lhat vcrifies the
lrend nfinereasing ~alk This information ean thcn be lorwaL'decl in the near futlll'c to th~ C,ly'
COllncil for eonsi(kration when thev are eSlablishing the ~()O I city budget II;, also
r~eoL1lmcnded that a requcst bc made urthe City Councillo incrcase the budget sufficiently
tnaddtheentireiillLrhnursperd,IY(lratntalofl.456boursannuullyrather lhan using purl 01
thc 416 hours Ihat bad originally been sct aside for additional co verageon I'riday and Saturday
evening, a, purl (lrth" 4 hour per day totaL The r~a~on fnr the additional hour, above lhe
416 was that the Sh~nrrs Dcpartment f~els it is stilllJ~c~s,mry to have lh~ additional oni~~r
on elmy during Friday and Saturday ~venings as that i8 when more calls ror ,crvic~ Seem lo h~
necessary.
3. !lru:'-'i'te on meed ,tudies eonmlcted "lon~ East Counh' Road 39,
Commission melJlb~TS lil\ain I'cview~d the traffic study data that hnd be~n compilcd by lh~
Sheri IT, [)cpartm~nl bA iall cOllccrning Imi'lic spceds along East County' Road 3'), The sludy
was originally rcqucstcd by the Policc CommJs~i(ln as a rc';ult ol-a c-onccm expre~sed hy a
resident ak'ng CouLlty Rond 39 thut ~pced wa, eXCe8Sl\'e and dangerous_
As thc study indi~ates, ovcr 50% ofth~ lralTLc spced, Seem 10 he- in the nelghhorhuod of
50mph,whichis above lhe45 mph posledhmiL but the Sherirr.s Dcpa rtlllentleclsthisis
wilhin rca~on and doe.'; nol seem to be a problem in their opinion Excecding the spce-dEmit
by 5 mph by lmlfofthe driv~rs i~ not nece~sarily unusual and it was notcd thaI if a specd study
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Poli~e (\)l1llTIission lvlinlLles - ]/17l00
\vas conducted by :'VlnDOT, a pos~ibilijy exi~led thaI the ~pecd lirnillllighl even be increa~ed
above the prcsem45 rnph. As a ""LLIL the COl1ll1lis~ion members lelllhe Sllld}' SllppOrLS [hill
no additional traffic sludicsarc necessary al lhis lime and lhat lh" Police Deparlmenlsh(luld
continue to monitor th~ area and repmt ha~k l" [he C"l1lmi~si"n il- [he speeus Slarllo illne<lSe
ovcrv,'hatthcyarcloday_
4. tlldateonJrarJic sllc"d,,"n"crn~ alonl! F.ast BroadwlIv.
Commission members noted that although th~ City has not I'~ccivcd a lot of complaints 011
speeders Jlong east and west County Road 75 (Broadway) it was recommended that the
Sherin- s Depilrtment ilg~jn set up the portable speed monitoring equipment for a days on th~
~as[ and w~st ends of Broadway as a reminder to motorist of the speed they arc traveling,
The I"~ali"n oCthe port11ble equipment will be near PinC\vood Ulcmentary School on the wc,>t
and the 'v1iJdle S~h"ol 'm the ea,t.
5. (qDsideratiun uf election of officcrs and committcc amJOinhncnts.
Th~ ~lLlTent ordinance establishing. the Police Advisory Commission indicates that a
Chairman. Vice-Chairman and Secretary shall be elceted from its membcrs, Currcntl\' the
onic~rs lIlcllld~: Ch<lilmilll, David Gerads, Vice-Chairman, Urian SmmpL and Rick
Wollsl~ll~ras S~cretary
\10'110'1 \\/,\S \IADE BY BRIAl\ STlHvlPF A'ID SFCO'lDFD BY LIZ DESlvlAH_A1S
AND \VAS C\RRIED TO RFi\PPOI"IT TlW SAlvlE INDJVIDLAI,S TO TIlE POSlTJOJ\S
NOTLD HJR THE LPCO'v1Il\G YFAR,
6. Annro\-,lI oJ minute, ,,[ the rClfular mcctinl! of Dccember 1. 1999.
The minutes of the regular meeting orth~ Police Adviwry Commission hdd December I.
1999 were accepted a~ pre~~nted_
7. liDdateonSherill'DonHu"emfl,,',retiremcnt.
Chid Deputy Don I.indell noted that Sheriff Don llozempa will be retiring by the cnd of
\la}. ::'000 A retirement party to honor Shcl'iffllozcmpa's serviec to \\"right COllmy will
be held on July 1,2000 ill the \1aplc Lake vrw Club starting at 5:30 p,m, An opcn hou;;e
and program will be ilt appro;,:imatdy 8:00 p.m,
I....lr. Lindell also noted that the \\"righl COllmy R()ardol-C()mmission~r';recenlly"ppoinled
fOlmer captain, (iary 'vliller, a, the new cOlLnly sherill"lll repla~e Mr.llozempa for the
remainder ofhi.s term, Mr.Lindellnutedthatthcnewshcriffplansonattendingthe
1\-.1<>nti~~1I" Poli~e Commission's ncxt meeting,
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Po!ice COlllmission Minutc5-Jil7iOO
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