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Council Public Safety Committee
2nd Floor Conference Room
City Hall
May 24, 2018
3:00 p.m.
Members: Staff: Others:
Councilmember D. Gutierrez (chair) City Manager Cliff Moore
Councilmember Cousens Asst. City Manager Ana Cortez
Councilmember Funk Police Chief Dominic Rizzi
Councilmember White (alternate) City Prosecutor Cynthia Martinez
Brad Coughenour
Scott Schafer
Agenda
1) Approval of April 26, 2018 minutes
2) New Business
a) Update from gang conference - Gutierrez
3) Old Business
a) Domestic violence
i) Legislative action
b) Forum wrap up – next steps
4) Other Business
5) Information items
6) Recap of future agenda items
7) Audience Participation
8) Adjournment
Council Public Safety Committee
2nd Floor Conference Room
City Hall
April 26, 2018
3:00 p.m.
Members: Staff: Others:
Councilmember Gutiérrez
Councilmember Cousens
Councilmember Funk
Cliff Moore, City Manager
Ana Cortez, Assistant City Manager
Dominic Rizzi, Police Chief
Pat Reid, Deputy Fire Chief
Aaron Markham, Deputy Fire Chief
Cynthia Martinez, City Prosecutor
Joe Rosenlund, Streets Manager
Brett Sheffield, Chief Engineer
Connie Mendoza, Dir. of Human Resources
Bronson Faul, Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Tony Doan, Fire Code Inspector
Brad Coughenour, SunComm Manager
Nick Sloan, IAFF
Kelley Melcher, IAFF
Executive Minutes
Gutiérrez called the meeting to order.
1. Approval of March 22, 2018 minutes
The March 22, 2018 meeting minutes were reviewed. Funk motioned to accept the
minutes as presented and Cousens seconded the motion. The minutes were approved
unanimously.
2. New Business
a. Proposed inspection fee revision
Markham reviewed the fire inspection fees that were adopted in December
2016 and are in the Yakima Municipal Code. After a year of building
inspections, staff thought it was time to revisit the fees based on what the
inspectors have observed. There are three options for Council consideration.
1. Reduce the fee for vacant buildings by $25.00
2. Increase the hourly rate for inspections of larger buildings (greater than
10,000 SF)
3. Increase the fee for re-inspections
After group discussion, Funk motioned to forward the three proposals to the
full Council for consideration and Gutiérrez seconded the motion. The motion
passed unanimously.
b. Strategic planning follow up
Cortez reviewed the strategic plan outline that was distributed. Council
members agreed to meet and discuss the outline and report back to the
committee at the May meeting.
c. Fire chief selection process
Funk asked what the process was for the fire chief selection.
Moore reviewed the Charter and the roles of the City Manager and discussed
the process that will be used. Interviews are scheduled for May 15 and
Gutiérrez is the Council representative selected to one of the panels.
Committee members, Union representatives and staff discussed their
perspectives on the current process and processes that have been used in
past recruitments.
3. Old Business
a. Traffic calming procedure revision
i. East/West arterial issues
Cortez reported that traffic calming was one of the issues Council
wanted the Community Integration Committee to review. The
Integration Committee will discuss traffic calming policies and impacts
at its May meeting and an update will be brought to the Public Safety
Committee in May.
b. Domestic violence
i. Legislative action
Martinez did not have anything new to report.
c. Dangerous dog ordinance
Martinez reported that one of the attorney’s is working on the ordinance and
will bring a revised version to the full Council at its next meeting.
d. Conclusion of public forums/wrap up
Gutiérrez did not have anything new to report.
4. Other business
Gutiérrez stated that she and Funk are working on the Crisis Response Team and
will be meeting weekly. They will provide updates on the group’s progress.
5. Information items
Nothing for the group.
6. Recap of future agenda items
Strategic Planning update
Traffic calming procedure
Domestic violence
7. Audience participation
No audience participation.
8. Adjournment
The next meeting is scheduled for May 24 at 3:00 in the 2nd Floor Conference Room.
Dulce Gutiérrez, Chair