WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 Thank you, Mr. Chair. 00:07.000 --> 00:08.000 Okay. 00:08.000 --> 00:09.000 Okay. 00:09.000 --> 00:10.000 Welcome, everyone. 00:10.000 --> 00:13.000 We'll call our meeting for Monday, May 11th, 00:13.000 --> 00:15.000 2026 to order. 00:15.000 --> 00:17.000 Roll call. 00:17.000 --> 00:20.000 Ed and Joe are absent and excused. 00:20.000 --> 00:23.000 Jill Sarah and myself are present. 00:23.000 --> 00:26.000 I only have one comment for the chairman's comments this month 00:26.000 --> 00:29.000 and it's recognizing National Police Week this week. 00:29.000 --> 00:34.000 It's important to recognize those that keep our city and state 00:34.000 --> 00:36.000 and federal areas safe. 00:36.000 --> 00:40.000 And it's also a good opportunity to honor those that gave the 00:40.000 --> 00:42.000 ultimate sacrifice for us. 00:42.000 --> 00:47.000 So we thank them and recognize them. 00:47.000 --> 00:51.000 Next on the agenda is the review of a previous meeting minutes 00:51.000 --> 00:54.000 and those are from April 13th. 00:54.000 --> 00:57.000 And commissioners, is there any corrections or additions we 00:57.000 --> 01:03.000 need to make to those? 01:03.000 --> 01:06.000 Hearing none, is there a motion to accept those? 01:06.000 --> 01:08.000 And a second. 01:08.000 --> 01:09.000 Okay. 01:09.000 --> 01:11.000 All those in favor? 01:11.000 --> 01:12.000 Aye. 01:12.000 --> 01:13.000 Opposed? 01:13.000 --> 01:14.000 Okay. 01:14.000 --> 01:17.000 Motion passes. 01:17.000 --> 01:22.000 So this month we're recognizing anniversaries for in the police 01:22.000 --> 01:27.000 department officer Anthony Becker with nine years of service. 01:27.000 --> 01:31.000 And over the fire department, deputy chief Brandon Betcher with one 01:31.000 --> 01:32.000 year. 01:32.000 --> 01:35.000 Firefighter Jason Borchardt with one year. 01:35.000 --> 01:39.000 Firefighter Adam Lonsert, 20 years of service. 01:39.000 --> 01:43.000 And EMT Bill Lundgren with one year of service. 01:43.000 --> 01:48.000 And PFC does thank them for their service to our community. 01:49.000 --> 01:53.000 So with that, we can move along now to the police department. 01:53.000 --> 02:05.000 And the first item is discussion in review of the April bills. 02:05.000 --> 02:14.000 Anyone have any questions for the chief or comments? 02:15.000 --> 02:23.000 Okay. 02:23.000 --> 02:33.000 Hearing none, then let's move along to municipal court statement. 02:33.000 --> 02:35.000 And this is now January through March. 02:35.000 --> 02:39.000 It looks like. 02:39.000 --> 02:43.000 Any questions there? 02:44.000 --> 02:48.000 Okay. 02:48.000 --> 02:52.000 Next is the calls for service. 02:52.000 --> 02:59.000 And 1317 calls for the month of April. 02:59.000 --> 03:06.000 Any questions or comments there? 03:07.000 --> 03:12.000 Any questions there? 03:12.000 --> 03:16.000 Pretty simple. 03:16.000 --> 03:19.000 Okay. 03:19.000 --> 03:24.000 So hearing none there, let's then move along to the police chief's 03:24.000 --> 03:25.000 report. 03:25.000 --> 03:28.000 Do you think us? 03:28.000 --> 03:29.000 Yeah. 03:30.000 --> 03:36.000 I guess the only thing I want to add is under the incident based 03:36.000 --> 03:40.000 reporting, you see our fraud offenses are up. 03:40.000 --> 03:45.000 And we've really been getting hit with a lot of those. 03:45.000 --> 03:47.000 And a lot of, I guess, 03:47.000 --> 03:48.000 you could say, 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 you could say, 03:49.000 --> 03:50.000 you could say, 03:50.000 --> 03:51.000 you could say, 03:51.000 --> 03:52.000 you could say, 03:52.000 --> 03:53.000 you could say, 03:53.000 --> 03:54.000 you could say, 03:54.000 --> 03:55.000 you could say, 03:55.000 --> 03:56.000 you could say, 03:56.000 --> 03:58.000 you could say, 03:58.000 --> 03:59.000 you could say, 03:59.000 --> 04:00.000 you could say, 04:00.000 --> 04:01.000 you could say, 04:01.000 --> 04:02.000 you could say, 04:02.000 --> 04:03.000 you could say, 04:03.000 --> 04:04.000 you could say, 04:04.000 --> 04:05.000 you could say, 04:05.000 --> 04:07.000 you could say serious fraud offenses, 04:07.000 --> 04:11.000 which take a lot of time to investigate, 04:11.000 --> 04:16.000 getting search warrants and such like that for bank accounts 04:16.000 --> 04:19.000 and whatnot. 04:19.000 --> 04:20.000 So, 04:20.000 --> 04:21.000 I guess I just wanted to point that out 04:21.000 --> 04:22.000 that, 04:22.000 --> 04:23.000 yeah. 04:23.000 --> 04:24.000 Okay. 04:24.000 --> 04:29.000 advice you could give or any situations to avoid? 04:34.440 --> 04:38.120 Be careful online and know who you're sending money to 04:38.120 --> 04:39.760 or giving access to. 04:39.760 --> 04:41.280 Sure. 04:41.280 --> 04:46.280 I guess, I mean, that's not every case, but yeah. 04:46.360 --> 04:50.480 And some of this fishing is becoming very professional. 04:50.480 --> 04:51.760 Very professional is correct. 04:51.760 --> 04:52.600 Correct. 04:52.600 --> 04:53.440 Yeah. 04:53.760 --> 04:56.440 And unfortunately, for the victims, a lot of these cases 04:56.440 --> 05:00.040 end up overseas and there's really nothing we can do. 05:00.040 --> 05:01.680 Yeah. 05:01.680 --> 05:03.840 And then one other thing I wanted to point out, 05:03.840 --> 05:06.160 and I don't know where this program is going, 05:06.160 --> 05:08.040 but is the propane program. 05:10.080 --> 05:12.080 Right now, I don't have the exact amount, 05:12.080 --> 05:13.920 but I believe we're paying something like 05:13.920 --> 05:17.760 between $1.40 and $1.60, a gallon for propane, 05:17.760 --> 05:19.920 and you see where gas is at. 05:20.760 --> 05:25.760 But I don't know whether that program will continue or not. 05:27.000 --> 05:27.840 Okay. 05:30.840 --> 05:33.400 Sorry, do we have a propane, what do you mean 05:33.400 --> 05:35.080 by the propane program? 05:36.960 --> 05:39.680 Well, by the program, all our mark squads 05:39.680 --> 05:41.920 run on propane or gas. 05:41.920 --> 05:46.040 And so what that program, I guess, includes is 05:46.040 --> 05:49.200 we also have the fill station, which we own. 05:49.200 --> 05:53.960 And all that cost money as well to maintain. 05:53.960 --> 05:57.600 And when we get new squads, they have to be outfitted 05:57.600 --> 05:59.440 to run on propane. 05:59.440 --> 06:04.440 And money was not approved for a new propane station, 06:04.800 --> 06:06.440 and it's nearing the end of life. 06:06.440 --> 06:07.280 Okay. 06:07.280 --> 06:09.800 So I guess that's something 06:12.440 --> 06:13.640 that would have to be decided. 06:13.640 --> 06:18.480 Do we know how much more time that propane station has? 06:18.480 --> 06:23.200 No, no, it's, I mean, we just know what's at, you know, 06:23.200 --> 06:26.160 like when they tell you your refrigerators at the end of life, 06:27.600 --> 06:29.760 based on years of service, you know, 06:31.040 --> 06:32.040 you don't know for sure. 06:32.040 --> 06:32.960 Yeah. 06:32.960 --> 06:34.040 One day it doesn't work. 06:34.040 --> 06:35.080 With the, with the, 06:35.080 --> 06:37.800 propane's a lot less expensive is what you're kind of saying 06:37.800 --> 06:39.480 versus the gas right now. 06:39.480 --> 06:40.320 Correct. 06:40.320 --> 06:42.640 But all new vehicles are still being outfitted for both. 06:44.000 --> 06:45.160 We're just not getting freaked out. 06:45.160 --> 06:47.480 So what we have now, but we didn't get any new vehicles 06:47.480 --> 06:48.680 for this year. 06:48.680 --> 06:53.680 And so I guess going into 20, 27, our plan at this point 06:55.200 --> 06:56.200 is to not outfit. 06:56.200 --> 06:57.040 Not outfit. 06:57.040 --> 06:57.880 Okay. 06:57.880 --> 06:58.960 Whatever vehicles we get. 07:05.560 --> 07:06.400 Sorry. 07:06.400 --> 07:09.920 Um, and let's see, then also I guess wanted to bring up 07:11.760 --> 07:15.600 in regards to National Police Week on Wednesday night, 07:15.640 --> 07:20.440 May 13th at 11.55 p.m. at Coldock Park. 07:22.200 --> 07:25.040 They will have the Midnight Piper 07:25.040 --> 07:26.840 to honor the law enforcement officers 07:26.840 --> 07:29.000 that have given the ultimate sacrifice. 07:30.840 --> 07:32.920 And they've been here for, 07:32.920 --> 07:34.920 I don't know how many years, quite a few, 07:35.960 --> 07:40.960 but it usually has a pretty good crowd that shows up. 07:41.440 --> 07:43.880 Even last year it was pretty darn cold out there. 07:44.800 --> 07:47.640 But it was good attendance. 07:49.920 --> 07:54.080 And then I guess the last thing I wanted to let everybody know 07:54.080 --> 07:59.080 is that effective the 15th of next month I am retiring. 08:02.400 --> 08:07.400 So I'm looking, I've have an offer in the private sector 08:10.400 --> 08:12.280 that I have accepted, job in the private sector 08:12.320 --> 08:13.240 that I've accepted. 08:13.240 --> 08:18.240 And I really enjoyed working for the city of Port Washington 08:19.400 --> 08:20.680 and the police department. 08:20.680 --> 08:23.920 And I'm very proud of the department 08:23.920 --> 08:25.800 and the officers we have. 08:26.720 --> 08:29.240 We're second to none in Ozaki County. 08:29.240 --> 08:32.920 And it's all because of the people that we have there. 08:32.920 --> 08:36.800 And also the support from the city 08:37.720 --> 08:39.920 and the police and fire commission. 08:40.800 --> 08:43.520 And also I have to add to the citizens. 08:44.600 --> 08:48.560 They're supportive and willing to help us out 08:48.560 --> 08:51.800 and be part of the problem solving. 08:54.800 --> 08:58.440 Well, Chief, when you called me to tell me 08:58.440 --> 09:01.640 that you were retiring, I was shocked. 09:03.040 --> 09:04.200 I didn't expect it coming. 09:04.200 --> 09:07.360 And as I mentioned to you on the phone 09:07.360 --> 09:11.520 or when we met that you've got a lot to be proud 09:11.520 --> 09:13.560 of here in Port Washington, 09:13.560 --> 09:15.400 the department's been running very smoothly 09:15.400 --> 09:16.440 for a number of years. 09:16.440 --> 09:20.480 And I think you mentioned that you've been a police officer 09:20.480 --> 09:24.040 or chief in Port for 42 years. 09:24.040 --> 09:24.960 Yes. 09:24.960 --> 09:25.960 It's a long time. 09:25.960 --> 09:26.800 It is. 09:26.800 --> 09:27.640 Yeah. 09:27.640 --> 09:29.120 It's seen a lot. 09:29.120 --> 09:31.040 But what I appreciate most about the chief 09:31.040 --> 09:36.040 is his ability to explain all sides of matters. 09:39.360 --> 09:41.440 So we can, you know, when you say, 09:41.440 --> 09:42.560 how about this idea? 09:42.560 --> 09:44.800 Well, it's good, accept this. 09:44.800 --> 09:46.800 Or there's more to it than that. 09:46.800 --> 09:49.840 And I really appreciated that from you. 09:49.840 --> 09:53.080 And as I mentioned, you have a lot to be proud of here. 09:53.080 --> 09:54.760 So thank you for your service. 09:54.760 --> 09:56.840 Yeah, thank you very much for all that service. 09:56.840 --> 09:57.680 I miss you. 09:57.680 --> 09:59.200 I mean, as a kid, we remember you coming in 09:59.240 --> 10:01.680 with the DARE program when we were little kids. 10:01.680 --> 10:04.040 So I have grown up with you here. 10:04.040 --> 10:05.600 Well, thank you, sir, for making me feel really old. 10:05.600 --> 10:07.240 Yeah, you're all good. 10:07.240 --> 10:09.240 LAUGHTER 10:09.240 --> 10:09.880 But it's true. 10:09.880 --> 10:12.680 I mean, you've been such a pivotal part of the community. 10:12.680 --> 10:15.600 So I'm sorry, but we're all older. 10:15.600 --> 10:17.440 42 years is a long time to serve. 10:17.440 --> 10:18.840 So thank you very much for all that. 10:18.840 --> 10:19.840 I was 10. 10:19.840 --> 10:21.080 I was the youngest officer ever hired here. 10:21.080 --> 10:22.080 LAUGHTER 10:25.520 --> 10:27.480 Yeah, and I have to add too that 10:30.080 --> 10:33.280 the new building, people say, really, you're going now 10:33.280 --> 10:34.360 with the new building coming. 10:34.360 --> 10:36.960 And I just feel that the time is right. 10:36.960 --> 10:42.760 And this other job offer wouldn't be around forever. 10:42.760 --> 10:45.760 And I just wish the building would have been built five years 10:45.760 --> 10:47.680 ago so that I could have enjoyed it. 10:47.680 --> 10:52.160 But I'm really happy and excited for, especially 10:52.160 --> 10:55.960 the younger officers that get to have that for most of their 10:55.960 --> 10:57.640 or all of their career. 10:57.640 --> 11:00.800 It is quite the awesome building. 11:03.920 --> 11:04.400 Thank you. 11:04.400 --> 11:07.960 I think we'll have you at one more PFC meeting next month, 11:07.960 --> 11:11.080 correct, on June 8th. 11:11.080 --> 11:12.600 Or I could be here. 11:12.600 --> 11:13.280 It could be OK. 11:13.280 --> 11:15.600 We all get sucked in for one more. 11:15.600 --> 11:17.120 LAUGHTER 11:17.120 --> 11:20.600 Thank you for your years of dedication and service. 11:20.600 --> 11:23.320 Thank you. 11:23.320 --> 11:25.040 Anything else to add, Chief? 11:25.040 --> 11:25.840 No, that's it. 11:25.840 --> 11:27.600 OK, good. 11:27.840 --> 11:29.480 Well, then let's turn our attention 11:29.480 --> 11:34.640 to the fire department and a review of the EMS invoices. 11:39.080 --> 11:40.920 Oh, Chief, there was one more thing there 11:40.920 --> 11:44.480 about on the agenda about the motorcycle. 11:44.480 --> 11:45.640 Oh, yeah, I'm sorry. 11:45.640 --> 11:47.560 I missed that. 11:47.560 --> 11:52.880 Yeah, we have it was a 2007 Harley motorcycle. 11:52.960 --> 12:01.280 And basically, the last time that we had it serviced and updated 12:01.280 --> 12:07.480 again was in 2021 and then being so short staffed 12:07.480 --> 12:13.720 and the fact that, basically, there's just not that many really 12:13.720 --> 12:15.240 right now, there's no young officers 12:15.240 --> 12:18.280 that want to ride the motorcycle. 12:18.280 --> 12:22.320 We made the decision to get rid of it 12:22.320 --> 12:26.240 and eliminate that program. 12:26.240 --> 12:30.560 So we sold it to Harley-Davidson in Teensville. 12:30.560 --> 12:33.640 And I think we got a decent price for it. 12:33.640 --> 12:42.880 And he advised us that we were the last police motorcycle 12:42.880 --> 12:44.080 in Ozaki County. 12:44.080 --> 12:46.560 Everybody else had already gotten rid of theirs. 12:46.560 --> 12:49.880 Sounds like a collector's item. 12:49.880 --> 12:52.480 It was low miles in in really good shape. 12:55.400 --> 12:56.920 Yeah, great. 12:56.920 --> 12:58.920 OK. 12:58.920 --> 13:01.520 OK, thank you. 13:01.520 --> 13:06.080 OK, so again, turn our attention to EMS invoices for April 13:06.080 --> 13:10.280 and commissioners, any questions there or chief, 13:10.280 --> 13:12.120 anything that jumps out at you? 13:12.120 --> 13:14.040 Pretty late month for invoices. 13:14.040 --> 13:14.560 See that. 13:14.560 --> 13:15.560 Yeah. 13:19.520 --> 13:20.520 Any questions? 13:20.520 --> 13:22.960 No. 13:22.960 --> 13:25.680 OK, then let's take a look at fire invoices for April. 13:31.640 --> 13:33.600 Only thing on the fire invoices, you'll 13:33.600 --> 13:38.800 see a hotel for FDIC, myself and a couple of the members 13:38.800 --> 13:41.120 of the command staff went down to the fire department 13:41.120 --> 13:46.760 instructors conference in Indianapolis last month 13:46.760 --> 13:51.160 to take a look at both some new ideas for the engine 13:51.160 --> 13:55.920 that we have coming as well as ambulances, which are currently 13:55.920 --> 13:57.920 planned for 28 and 29. 13:57.920 --> 14:02.200 It's not a lot of times where you can see all essentially 10 14:02.200 --> 14:04.720 ambulance manufacturers in one place. 14:04.720 --> 14:08.040 Because we have an engine on order, 14:08.040 --> 14:10.840 we are able to get free admission 14:10.840 --> 14:13.120 to the instructor's conference from there. 14:13.120 --> 14:17.480 So that's what the hotel is there, OK? 14:17.480 --> 14:19.480 Rather than that, there's really nothing there, 14:19.480 --> 14:21.280 except for miscellaneous repair stuff. 14:25.640 --> 14:31.840 OK, then let's turn to EMS calls for the month of April. 14:31.840 --> 14:33.920 I want a little bit and number of calls, 14:33.920 --> 14:37.480 but our response times continue to look great, 14:37.480 --> 14:39.200 especially within the city, this month, 14:39.200 --> 14:42.560 we're at five minutes, 43 seconds for an average ambulance 14:42.560 --> 14:43.280 response. 14:43.280 --> 14:45.800 Mm-hmm. 14:45.800 --> 14:47.080 Very good. 14:47.080 --> 14:48.720 A number of calls to Belgium, so we're still 14:48.720 --> 14:51.200 being requested to a Belgium chief? 14:51.200 --> 14:53.040 We are, until we're not. 14:53.040 --> 14:54.880 As we mentioned at the previous meetings, 14:54.880 --> 14:56.320 we've reached out to them. 14:56.320 --> 14:58.400 It sounds like there may be some movement on that, 14:58.400 --> 15:00.640 but they had not made any notification 15:00.640 --> 15:03.280 all to the dispatch center until last month, which 15:03.280 --> 15:05.680 will take them multiple months to update 15:05.680 --> 15:09.520 the geolocations in their dispatching software, so. 15:09.520 --> 15:11.120 OK. 15:11.120 --> 15:13.840 They are still paying the fee that they were assessed 15:13.840 --> 15:17.640 previously until that has been situated. 15:17.640 --> 15:19.320 And we keep answering the call. 15:19.320 --> 15:20.680 We keep the page that goes off. 15:20.680 --> 15:21.480 We go. 15:21.480 --> 15:23.680 OK. 15:23.680 --> 15:25.040 Any questions there, commissioners? 15:25.040 --> 15:28.520 OK. 15:28.520 --> 15:29.020 OK. 15:34.720 --> 15:37.400 And fire calls for the month of April? 15:37.400 --> 15:39.200 That looks like a busy month. 15:39.200 --> 15:41.120 We had 25, so not high in number, 15:41.120 --> 15:46.280 but we had two significant fires kind of back-to-back 15:46.280 --> 15:48.920 almost, so we'll talk about one of them in a little bit. 15:48.920 --> 15:52.400 The other one was a shed fire in the township, 15:52.400 --> 15:55.000 which was a complete loss. 15:55.000 --> 15:57.520 It was a complete loss before we got there, so. 15:57.520 --> 16:00.040 OK. 16:00.040 --> 16:02.160 And we can back up a little bit the mutual aid 16:02.160 --> 16:03.920 for ambulance calls here. 16:03.920 --> 16:05.480 That's just one, and again, you'll 16:05.480 --> 16:07.920 see that's a third ambulance request. 16:07.920 --> 16:10.720 We don't have three ambulances, so it's hard to send the third. 16:10.720 --> 16:14.240 So we're able to get somebody there at least to first respond, 16:14.240 --> 16:17.200 and we appreciate Ozaki Central helping us out 16:17.200 --> 16:21.000 with those calls when we're overwhelmed and don't 16:21.000 --> 16:22.760 have a vehicle to respond. 16:22.760 --> 16:23.240 Right. 16:23.240 --> 16:25.400 All right. 16:25.400 --> 16:25.920 OK. 16:25.920 --> 16:27.200 Any questions there, commissioners? 16:27.200 --> 16:27.700 Oh. 16:31.160 --> 16:34.560 OK, then there's an item here for consideration 16:34.560 --> 16:37.440 and possible action regarding a revision 16:37.440 --> 16:41.920 to the current multi-jurisdictional paramedic intercept 16:41.920 --> 16:46.880 agreement related to blood product administration. 16:46.880 --> 16:49.400 I was trying to see how many long words I had in one state. 16:49.400 --> 16:50.840 Yeah, you did a great job. 16:50.840 --> 16:52.760 Yeah, it's a lot of tongue twisters in there, too. 16:52.760 --> 16:55.080 So maybe I'll let you explain it. 16:55.080 --> 16:57.320 All right, sounds like a plan. 16:57.320 --> 17:02.360 So if you guys will recall, in December-ish, 17:02.360 --> 17:05.120 we approved a new paramedic intercept agreement 17:05.120 --> 17:08.600 for Ozaki County EMS agencies. 17:08.600 --> 17:12.680 Since that time, the Ozaki Central Fire Department 17:12.680 --> 17:15.720 has started a blood administration program. 17:15.720 --> 17:17.840 It's something that we're working on getting spun up, 17:17.840 --> 17:19.960 but you can imagine the complexities 17:19.960 --> 17:21.640 with getting blood from a blood bank, 17:21.640 --> 17:23.480 those type of things, and the whole process 17:23.480 --> 17:26.000 and equipment associated with that. 17:26.000 --> 17:28.280 So as we're getting that spun up, 17:28.280 --> 17:31.240 Ozaki Central has offered to provide it almost kind 17:31.240 --> 17:35.720 of as an intercept or a specialty response request. 17:35.720 --> 17:37.720 But in order to fulfill that, we 17:37.720 --> 17:39.960 need to update the paramedic intercept agreement 17:39.960 --> 17:43.800 because there's some kind of intricacies along with that. 17:43.800 --> 17:46.560 Who's maintaining control of the patient? 17:46.560 --> 17:48.240 What happens if there's a complication 17:48.240 --> 17:51.400 strictly related to the blood product 17:51.400 --> 17:54.680 that's being administered and some of the financial things 17:54.680 --> 17:56.480 that go along with it? 17:56.480 --> 17:58.720 So instead of going back to the drawing board, 17:58.720 --> 18:00.440 rewriting another 20-page agreement 18:00.440 --> 18:04.000 about something that is largely going to be temporary, 18:04.000 --> 18:07.160 we were able to come up with an appendix 18:07.160 --> 18:10.160 that has been reviewed by the city administrator 18:10.160 --> 18:13.280 or sorry, the city attorney who has no concerns. 18:13.280 --> 18:15.960 So I'm looking for approval from the police and fire 18:15.960 --> 18:17.800 commission to take this to GGF. 18:22.400 --> 18:23.800 Question for you. 18:23.800 --> 18:24.760 Absolutely. 18:24.760 --> 18:27.960 I mean, I know the process in the hospital of giving blood. 18:27.960 --> 18:29.880 And it's not always very quick. 18:29.880 --> 18:33.440 Is it not just faster to transfer onto the ER? 18:33.440 --> 18:36.000 What kind of circumstances is this happening in? 18:36.000 --> 18:38.520 This will be administered in patients 18:38.520 --> 18:40.840 with severe hemorrhagic related trauma. 18:40.840 --> 18:44.040 So anything you can think of from that standpoint, 18:44.040 --> 18:47.520 significant GI bleeds or postpartum hemorrhage, 18:47.520 --> 18:51.600 will be carrying uncrossed pachra blood cells 18:51.600 --> 18:55.120 so they can spin that up pretty fast. 18:55.120 --> 18:57.240 It doesn't have to come down from the blood bank 18:57.240 --> 19:00.120 that's carried in a cooler in the rigs. 19:00.120 --> 19:02.600 So that goes- How long is the blood good for? 19:02.600 --> 19:05.920 Two weeks and then it's returned and exchanged. 19:05.920 --> 19:08.400 What if they have antibodies? 19:08.400 --> 19:12.600 So uncrossed and it's pachra blood cells. 19:12.600 --> 19:14.840 So the likelihood of complication from that 19:14.840 --> 19:15.880 is relatively low. 19:15.880 --> 19:17.480 Okay, this is interesting. 19:17.480 --> 19:20.520 Yeah, it's a relatively new thing in EMS. 19:20.520 --> 19:23.360 There's about 480 agencies around the United States 19:23.360 --> 19:24.680 doing this. 19:24.680 --> 19:27.200 It's something that we've been working with Ascension on 19:27.200 --> 19:29.840 for quite a while, but obviously there's a lot of hurdles 19:29.840 --> 19:31.240 to get that up in the field. 19:31.240 --> 19:33.560 But there's a lot of data showing that, 19:33.560 --> 19:35.600 obviously quicker administration of blood products 19:35.600 --> 19:37.440 is better for the patient, 19:37.440 --> 19:39.040 especially as I'm sure you know, 19:39.040 --> 19:41.520 the delay sometimes that it takes 19:41.520 --> 19:44.040 when you're dealing with a blood bank in the hospital 19:44.040 --> 19:46.240 to get things when you need them quickly. 19:46.240 --> 19:48.400 So this gets them to them even quicker than that. 19:48.400 --> 19:49.240 So. 19:52.960 --> 19:54.680 Okay, any further questions there? 19:55.960 --> 19:59.880 So I guess the chief is looking for a motion 19:59.880 --> 20:01.760 to accept this agreement. 20:02.960 --> 20:04.920 Would someone like to make that motion? 20:08.760 --> 20:09.840 Is there a second? 20:09.840 --> 20:11.040 Oh, second. 20:11.040 --> 20:11.880 All right. 20:12.520 --> 20:14.080 All in favor? 20:14.080 --> 20:16.960 All right, opposed? 20:16.960 --> 20:18.280 Okay, motion passes. 20:21.200 --> 20:22.520 Okay, and then I think 20:25.000 --> 20:27.240 we are ready for the chief's report. 20:27.240 --> 20:29.400 Yeah, so the first thing on the chief's report, 20:29.400 --> 20:31.200 just a quick budget update. 20:32.120 --> 20:36.240 Now it says quarter one, but this is actually as a 430. 20:36.240 --> 20:40.160 So we're actually doing pretty well from that perspective. 20:41.040 --> 20:43.440 We're under most line items. 20:43.440 --> 20:45.600 There's a couple of things with life insurance 20:45.600 --> 20:46.840 and that kind of stuff. 20:46.840 --> 20:48.600 Unfortunately, we're a little bit blinded 20:48.600 --> 20:50.960 to how that process works. 20:50.960 --> 20:53.960 Those are handled downtown for the most part. 20:53.960 --> 20:56.480 So the finance director kind of takes care 20:56.480 --> 20:59.360 and keeps tabs on those type of things. 20:59.360 --> 21:01.600 Computer services is an old account 21:01.600 --> 21:03.680 that has some holdover from last year, 21:03.680 --> 21:05.680 that some stuff that was bought in December. 21:05.680 --> 21:09.200 So it kind of bleeds over into 26. 21:09.200 --> 21:14.200 So that's the one that you see there in GL5700. 21:15.000 --> 21:18.360 But that going forward, that account won't exist. 21:18.360 --> 21:20.240 But other than that, I'm happy to report. 21:20.240 --> 21:24.120 Budgetarily, I think we're doing pretty well. 21:24.120 --> 21:25.440 Numbers look very good. 21:27.720 --> 21:30.000 Okay, any questions there, commissioners? 21:30.000 --> 21:32.120 No, okay, please continue. 21:32.120 --> 21:33.480 All right, the next thing on my list, 21:33.480 --> 21:38.120 I did send out a fair number of administrative policies 21:38.120 --> 21:40.760 in draft format for your review and feedback. 21:40.760 --> 21:44.080 I did receive some feedback from some of the commissioners. 21:45.920 --> 21:50.360 Barring any additional, those revisions will be made 21:50.360 --> 21:53.440 and then it will be sent to the city attorney for review. 21:53.440 --> 21:56.320 I wanted you guys to take the first shot at it 21:56.320 --> 22:00.400 instead of having Matt review everything 22:00.400 --> 22:01.920 and then you guys have corrections 22:01.920 --> 22:03.740 and I'm apt to review it again. 22:03.740 --> 22:08.740 So once the city attorney has some time to put eyes on it, 22:08.940 --> 22:12.060 it'll come back to this body for formal approval. 22:13.140 --> 22:14.780 This is the first phase of the year. 22:14.780 --> 22:18.020 The first of many, many, many phases. 22:18.020 --> 22:22.420 So next will likely be work rules followed by job descriptions, 22:22.420 --> 22:24.820 then we'll start breaking down operational policies 22:24.820 --> 22:26.140 and then response policies. 22:26.140 --> 22:30.260 So trying to go every month or every other month 22:30.260 --> 22:32.300 with the reading, 22:32.300 --> 22:35.020 because I know it's a fair bit of homework for you guys. 22:35.020 --> 22:37.220 It's a very complete report up to this point. 22:42.900 --> 22:45.460 Any questions on the administrator policies? 22:47.940 --> 22:49.340 No, okay. 22:49.340 --> 22:52.020 Next on my list, we did accept the resignation 22:52.020 --> 22:53.900 of two full-time firefighter paramedics, 22:53.900 --> 22:56.620 both Dylan Dodson and McKenna Krem. 22:56.620 --> 22:58.860 Those were effective immediately. 22:58.860 --> 23:02.100 So that kind of bleeds into the next one. 23:02.100 --> 23:03.980 We'd like to begin the hiring process 23:03.980 --> 23:07.300 to fill those two current full-time vacancies. 23:07.300 --> 23:09.420 I've been in contact with Robin at City Hall. 23:09.420 --> 23:12.660 She has no qualms with us proceeding immediately. 23:13.660 --> 23:15.820 My current plan with your approval 23:15.820 --> 23:19.100 is to start getting those posted next week 23:19.100 --> 23:23.180 with a closing date of the 31st followed by interviews 23:23.180 --> 23:26.720 in the first or second week of June. 23:28.940 --> 23:30.620 So what does the market like these days, Joe? 23:30.620 --> 23:34.140 Is it easier or difficult to find firefighter paramedics? 23:35.580 --> 23:38.980 Compared to 20 years ago, it is quite difficult. 23:39.860 --> 23:42.140 That said, we've worked a lot with City Hall 23:42.140 --> 23:45.860 to try to take some things that we noticed 23:45.860 --> 23:50.340 as shortcoming from a wage perspective and a step program 23:51.260 --> 23:53.620 to make sure we're attracting people with vacancies 23:53.620 --> 23:55.380 or with experience, 23:55.380 --> 23:58.660 as well as potentially hiring lateral transfers. 23:58.660 --> 24:01.300 So that should help us break down some barriers, 24:01.300 --> 24:04.260 but there's just not the applicant pool 24:04.260 --> 24:06.540 that there used to be, 24:06.540 --> 24:07.780 especially when we're looking 24:07.780 --> 24:10.380 for firefighter paramedics ready to go. 24:10.380 --> 24:14.260 So hopefully with a new public safety building, 24:14.260 --> 24:15.420 some new apparatus on the way. 24:15.420 --> 24:18.100 And again, some of those changes that we made with HR, 24:18.100 --> 24:21.020 we can expand our applicant pool a little bit farther 24:21.020 --> 24:23.100 than what we've seen in the past. 24:23.100 --> 24:25.860 And I believe we do have some internal candidates 24:25.860 --> 24:28.300 in a part-time status that may be interested as well. 24:28.300 --> 24:29.140 That's great. 24:30.580 --> 24:32.060 So for the time being, though, 24:32.060 --> 24:33.980 you're kind of in a tough situation 24:33.980 --> 24:36.460 trying to fill overtime positions. 24:36.460 --> 24:40.260 Yeah, so I've been in contact with City Hall. 24:40.260 --> 24:43.740 They know that we'll be going through a fair bit of overtime. 24:43.740 --> 24:46.540 I'm very appreciative to our staff for kind of stepping up 24:46.540 --> 24:49.220 and filling in those vacancies as soon as we had them. 24:49.220 --> 24:52.220 So it's a little easier to sleep at night 24:52.220 --> 24:53.860 when everything is staffed. 24:53.860 --> 24:56.980 So you've got them all taken care of, 24:56.980 --> 24:58.580 at least through that in a month. 24:59.780 --> 25:02.580 Okay, I don't see any problem with moving forward on that. 25:04.060 --> 25:07.020 And stay tuned to our social media sites 25:07.020 --> 25:09.740 and gov jobs for those postings. 25:11.740 --> 25:12.740 The next thing on my list, 25:12.740 --> 25:14.940 I just wanted to do a quick discussion 25:14.940 --> 25:17.180 of the fire on Jefferson Street. 25:18.020 --> 25:21.180 I'm just gonna give lots more information on that real quick. 25:27.740 --> 25:30.100 So as I'm sure you guys saw, 25:30.100 --> 25:35.100 we had a significant structure fire on West Jefferson Street. 25:36.740 --> 25:39.180 Chris is quite familiar with the area 25:39.180 --> 25:41.780 because she came walking up to me about halfway through 25:41.780 --> 25:44.020 and I was still a little sleepy. 25:44.020 --> 25:47.140 I'm trying to kind of figure out what was going on. 25:47.140 --> 25:49.380 So we received a call at about 5 a.m., 25:49.380 --> 25:53.020 actually five o'clock on the button on April 16th 25:53.020 --> 25:56.660 for the report of a fire in a two-story residence. 25:56.660 --> 25:58.380 Shortly after the dispatch, 25:59.380 --> 26:02.380 we were advised of a confirmed trap victim 26:02.380 --> 26:03.980 and the second floor of the residence 26:03.980 --> 26:06.100 who was unable to evacuate 26:06.100 --> 26:09.820 because of the smoke and fire conditions on the second floor. 26:09.820 --> 26:13.060 The police officers bravely attempted to enter the home. 26:14.500 --> 26:17.100 I did get to see the body cam footage 26:17.100 --> 26:19.260 once they tried to make access to the second floor. 26:19.260 --> 26:21.860 There was just too much smoke for them to make their way up 26:21.860 --> 26:25.260 and made the correct decision to not get themselves 26:25.420 --> 26:27.900 in any more trouble and came back out. 26:28.980 --> 26:30.540 The first engine was on scene 26:30.540 --> 26:32.780 within five minutes of the time of page 26:33.740 --> 26:37.900 and three minutes after they got on scene, 26:37.900 --> 26:40.020 they had successfully removed the victim 26:40.020 --> 26:42.180 from the second floor window. 26:42.180 --> 26:46.380 They transferred him to the awaiting ambulance 26:46.380 --> 26:49.700 and he was transported to the hospital for care. 26:51.100 --> 26:52.940 Ultimately transferred down to children's 26:52.940 --> 26:54.340 and I am happy to report. 26:54.340 --> 26:56.420 He has been recently discharged from the hospital 26:56.420 --> 26:57.260 and doing well. 26:58.740 --> 27:02.020 So after the crews rescued the victim, 27:02.020 --> 27:04.420 they then kind of turned a fire attack, 27:04.420 --> 27:06.380 went inside, put out the fire 27:06.380 --> 27:08.020 and we had things largely under control 27:08.020 --> 27:09.420 at about 5.20 in the morning. 27:09.420 --> 27:14.220 So considering our page was at 5 a.m., that's pretty good. 27:14.220 --> 27:16.140 Obviously we had some overhaul work to do 27:16.140 --> 27:18.140 and some investigation work to do. 27:18.980 --> 27:21.140 Given there was a significant injury associated 27:21.140 --> 27:21.980 with the fire, 27:22.940 --> 27:26.500 we did contact the state fire marshals office 27:26.500 --> 27:28.420 to help us with the investigation. 27:28.420 --> 27:30.900 So investigation is still ongoing. 27:32.300 --> 27:33.140 Just a quick plug, 27:33.140 --> 27:36.180 make sure that everyone has a smoke detector 27:36.180 --> 27:39.180 working in the home and if they don't have one, 27:39.180 --> 27:41.860 if you go to our website and go to pwfd.org 27:41.860 --> 27:43.380 slash outreach, 27:43.380 --> 27:45.780 we do have a smoke detector program 27:45.780 --> 27:48.380 where we will come out and install one for you 27:48.380 --> 27:49.900 if you do not have one. 27:49.900 --> 27:52.900 So that's just a quick overview. 27:52.900 --> 27:55.460 Again, this is one of those things 27:55.460 --> 27:58.380 where without a referendum two years ago, 27:58.380 --> 28:00.100 the story is likely different. 28:00.100 --> 28:01.780 We had four people in the station 28:01.780 --> 28:04.660 and that's how we got there from within five minutes. 28:04.660 --> 28:07.380 It's kind of crazy to think that the crews 28:07.380 --> 28:10.620 that pulled the victim out of the second floor window, 28:10.620 --> 28:13.260 eight minutes prior, were all asleep in their bed. 28:13.260 --> 28:14.100 So. 28:15.100 --> 28:15.940 Job well done. 28:17.580 --> 28:19.140 Very, very proud of our guys. 28:20.780 --> 28:22.980 With that, I will answer any questions about that 28:22.980 --> 28:26.620 if anybody has any questions. 28:28.140 --> 28:28.980 No? 28:28.980 --> 28:29.820 Great work. 28:31.380 --> 28:32.780 All right, last thing on my list 28:32.780 --> 28:36.140 is just a quick update on the public safety building project. 28:36.140 --> 28:36.980 As you noticed, 28:36.980 --> 28:38.540 it's looking more and more like a building 28:38.540 --> 28:40.580 kind of getting to the end stages. 28:40.580 --> 28:43.140 The last big exterior milestone are the garage doors, 28:43.140 --> 28:48.180 which will be here in June, it sounds like. 28:48.180 --> 28:49.660 There's a little bit of delay with those, 28:49.660 --> 28:54.180 but nothing that's going to set back completion date-wise. 28:54.180 --> 28:57.100 On the inside, it's progressing very quickly. 28:57.100 --> 28:59.780 Floorings in, rooms are finished. 29:00.700 --> 29:02.500 Getting to the point where it's starting to do 29:02.500 --> 29:04.780 terminal cleaning on the police department side almost 29:04.780 --> 29:06.580 after flooring finishes up. 29:06.580 --> 29:08.780 Fire department sides may be just a little bit behind 29:08.780 --> 29:10.620 just based on the phases of construction, 29:10.620 --> 29:13.220 but I believe in the next week or two, 29:13.220 --> 29:15.580 all the mechanicals will kind of get switched over 29:15.580 --> 29:17.060 to the building system 29:17.060 --> 29:19.060 and everything will get leveled out. 29:19.060 --> 29:20.860 All the electronics will get turned on. 29:20.860 --> 29:23.780 This is the fun part of getting screens installed, 29:23.780 --> 29:25.220 giving me IT stuff installed. 29:25.220 --> 29:27.620 So it's going to be kind of a whirlwind 29:27.620 --> 29:29.460 for the next couple of months. 29:29.460 --> 29:32.260 We should get keys the second or so week of June, 29:32.260 --> 29:34.420 and then they'll start moving in furniture. 29:35.380 --> 29:37.060 We hope to be in there, 29:37.060 --> 29:39.700 at least from a fire department's perspective, 29:39.700 --> 29:42.340 the end of July-ish. 29:42.340 --> 29:44.820 So that's our goal as of right now, 29:44.820 --> 29:46.020 and then we'll try to figure out 29:46.020 --> 29:48.860 what we're doing with decommissioning of the current site. 29:48.860 --> 29:49.700 Mm-hmm. 29:53.660 --> 29:55.580 Okay, anything else to report, Chief? 29:55.580 --> 29:57.300 That is all I have for this evening. 29:57.300 --> 29:58.140 Okay. 29:59.140 --> 30:01.300 I think that's pretty much our meeting tonight. 30:01.300 --> 30:04.100 Looks like our next meeting will be Monday, June 8th. 30:05.020 --> 30:09.220 And beyond that, we just need a motion 30:09.220 --> 30:11.180 to go into closed session, 30:11.180 --> 30:13.780 authorized as noted by Wisconsin State statute 30:13.780 --> 30:17.380 for considering employment, promotion, compensation, 30:17.380 --> 30:20.500 or performance, evaluation of a public employee, 30:21.860 --> 30:24.900 Wisconsin State statute, 19.851C. 30:26.340 --> 30:29.340 Is there, there's a motion to vote? 30:29.340 --> 30:34.340 Okay, Jill, and Sarah seconds, and a roll call, vote. 30:35.340 --> 30:36.180 Aye. 30:36.180 --> 30:37.020 Aye. 30:38.020 --> 30:39.660 So we'll be in closed session in a few minutes 30:39.660 --> 30:40.500 in the back room.