City of Colona Public Safety Committee met January 15.
Here is the minutes as provided by the committee:
Meeting called to order at 4:00 p.m.
Roll Call
Present: Alderman Holman, Alderman Shady-Dahl, Alderman Tapscott, Chief Swemline and Laura LaMantia.
Absent: None
Public Comment
Colona resident Amy Wiyick along with approximately 13 other residents were in attendance to voice their concerns regarding the traffic and parking issues caused by the gym at Eric Jones residence. Amy spoke on the neighbor’s behalf stating the concerns for safety. Amy advised that approximately 22 other neighbors had contacted her with the same concerns. Amy advised her top three concerns were parking and limiting it to one side of the street if possible, Emergency vehicle access when needed and possibly having a different access point to the gym.
Fire Chief John Swan spoke he advised when there is parking on both sides of the street it does make it difficult to navigate emergency vehicles. He also advised that he can only check into things or enter a building to inspect etc. if it is deemed a public building. Chief Swan advised that the building is zoned in county so the county would have to reveal whether it was zoned for a storage building or public gym. John advised he will do some checking into that matter.
Alderman Holman and Chief Swemline advised that under the current ordinance they would be able to limit parking to one side of the street to help with the congestion. They will be working with Public works director Rick Crew to get this taken care of.
Reports/Communications
November and December stats were distributed:
There were 440 calls for service in November and the following revenue collected:
$625.00 City Ordinance
$65.00 Animal pick up and tags
$75.00 Misc. Fees
$4,000.00 Admin Tow fee
There were 414 Calls for service in December and the following revenue was collected:
$500.00 City Ordinance
$50.00 Animal pick up and tags
$45.00 Misc. Fees
$1250.00 Admin Tow
New Business
Chief Swemline advised the city attorney has sent a proposed ordinance to look at and pass for municipal court.
Chief advised he would like to replace a part time position that was recently vacated.
Chief advised he would like to look further into getting a k9 he has checked into the states attorney possibly paying for it or possibilities of grants etc. He would like to check further into options. The committee was in favor of moving ahead with looking into this.
Chief asked how he could dispose of old items at the police department such as old computer monitors and equipment that is far outdated. Alderman Holman advised to make a list of items to declare as surplus.
Alderman Holman made a motion to adjourn Alderman Tapscott seconded the motion.
Meeting adjourned 4:40p.m.
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