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A committee member moved to send the resolution to counsel with a favorable recommendation; the motion was adopted by voice vote and the chair announced the item passed. The transcript records affirmative \"aye\" responses during the committee's voice vote.

The transcript did not record a detailed statement of the grant's purpose beyond staff noting the grant and dollar amount. The resolution text presented to the committee was not read into the record in the transcript excerpt, so the specific program or scope funded by the $68,851 was not specified during the committee discussion.

The motion moves the resolution to counsel for drafting and return to the committee or full council for subsequent acceptance and any required implementation steps.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Hartford Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Committee members recommended sending a resolution to counsel with a favorable recommendation that authorizes the mayor to accept $68,851 from the Connecticut DOT Highway Safety Office; the motion passed by voice vote.","taxTitle","Hartford City, Hartford County, Connecticut","taxId",5895,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6542936,"Committee advances Novoa Global contract for school-zone cameras; pilot, pricing and location plan outlined",1337,1833000,3170000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3799506-297bd6474da89ba8b55d275fb6d292e4&start=1833&end=3170","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3799506-297bd6474da89ba8b55d275fb6d292e4/thumbnail_1833000.jpg","/articles/6542936/Hartford-City/Hartford-County/Connecticut/Committee-advances-Novoa-Global-contract-for-school-zone-cameras-pilot-pricing-and-location-plan-outlined","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6542936-cb06ab73473bf21fdaada1d5274e813a/orig.mp4?Expires=1775155032&Signature=Ea-E8XSQWxYWv6cFB5DOImOHNGFicx-TCibK7GjXCSEm1SlYB5vC1JtXDUueAU3fpIzoUHjn6jsf6OQ-qbZoqgq3KzNYpQox-csSOOsL6OtmqIiuvKHSaRGC4cbx29WdV~jh9gwEDZTLYg0CECqj3s9OhiKKRjHbQPL6AgiNND4ncjh6LBWX8IwWa9BpI0T9aEYktO61EERtHUgk81o8S2AIea~uL-lhO2xvPwuQ1WPDNDZ8l3738o~uhJsv23i3O2odQz7BtEEohQkDFCL0Fqv-FpKr939Rs7yrMnagoIf1wdRezcmDXJsOxc0Zd6bnTGw-UEsQKEGJ4KcH8SYJfA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee voted to send to counsel, with a favorable recommendation, staff's proposal to contract with Novoa Global to provide automated traffic-enforcement systems (speed and red-light cameras) for Hartford.

Director Deutsch presented the request, saying staff seek to extend the typical initial contract period because of the upfront installation investment and the turnkey nature of the vendor's proposal. \"The selected vendor, Novoa Global, or Novoa, proposed 1 of the lowest prices and also had 1 of the highest ratings,\" Deutsch said. He told the committee that six proposals were received in the August 2024 solicitation and that Novoa was shortlisted after reference checks and panel review.

Key contract and pilot details presented to the committee:

- Pricing: $2,500 per camera system under the proposed contract plus $10 per each violation processed, according to the presentation.
- Installation costs: staff said upfront installation costs average about $60,000 at the low end but can be as high as $150,000 depending on site infrastructure.
- Pilot timeframe: staff recommended an initial pilot period of about six months to one year, including a 30-day initial warning period before enforcement begins.
- Scope: staff proposed starting with cameras in officially designated school zones (four city-designated zones noted) and said additional zones could be formalized and added after council and Department of Transportation (DOT) approvals.
- Turnkey services: the vendor's offering would include equipment, repairs, calibration, processing software, training for municipal staff, a customer-payment portal, customized reports and assistance with hearing processes and a public-awareness campaign.

Deutsch emphasized that the contract contains a \"cost neutral\" provision that prevents camera costs from exceeding revenue to the city: \"The cost of the cameras will never exceed the revenue. That's, called the cost neutral provision,\" he said. He also said state law and the city code of ordinances direct that any revenue be used to improve transportation mobility or infrastructure; the mayor's office and budget staff recommended the Complete Streets Fund as the most appropriate fund to receive revenue and pay the vendor.

On enforcement mechanics, Deutsch said citations would be issued to the registered owner and are financial only; they do not affect vehicle registration. Citations would be reviewed by a police officer before issuance and may be appealed through the city's established citation-hearing procedures.

Director Deutsch outlined the next steps: if the council approves the contract, Novoa would assist in preparing the location plan required by DOT; staff would finalize school-zone eligibility and submit a location plan to council for public hearing and approval, then to DOT. Staff said red-light cameras and cameras outside school zones require additional justification to DOT and that the initial focus on school zones would streamline the early rollout.

Motion and committee vote

A committee member moved to send the proposal back to counsel with a favorable recommendation. The chair called for the aye vote and recorded two recorded \"aye\" responses in the transcript; the chair then announced the motion passed. No roll-call tally of individual council members was recorded in the transcript.

The committee did not yet authorize purchases or installations; the vote referred the draft contract and supporting materials to counsel for final drafting and return to the committee or full council for subsequent action.","Staff recommended extending the initial contract term for Novoa Global to support a turnkey pilot of automated traffic-enforcement cameras in school zones; committee voted to send the contract to counsel with a favorable recommendation.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6542941,"Hartford public-safety leaders report staffing, response and technology updates",1414,406000,1820000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3799506-297bd6474da89ba8b55d275fb6d292e4&start=406&end=1820","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3799506-297bd6474da89ba8b55d275fb6d292e4/thumbnail_406000.jpg","/articles/6542941/Hartford-City/Hartford-County/Connecticut/Hartford-public-safety-leaders-report-staffing-response-and-technology-updates","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6542941-d0c0179f64bddbf5c9a6bfe65ac66201/orig.mp4?Expires=1775155032&Signature=FSubK864az1pfVohAiFUlPuGC4QU7yY-4rYCSFRfNLdBUYOxEpHJaN-4JI5GN4lPoBpzgvSbbZ6QMAJBWYRWGgFlzFQAJsa39NVG2mZE65Dxpvrurcp-2Sah8P4lwIihKX2T8LKRja~OF3UzHpJNrhYhsdaxtJFJo59DeJeU6fuY237-X1PVQgZrJpVRKdBbqCLBtg4SGjG7vJBr81aLoL9yierg618DtXh23dDBXEXbTVWt-9SbEbSHoClwKJsCoSRj17wo9elDH571xKXoQRoqV5lMOgslm6e-AaMN2lADK8wveyGaLnKA1IsTOVyTEdoLnZ9dK-Av8mVmXEfO1w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Councilman CJ Clark convened the Quality of Life & Public Safety Committee meeting and heard updates from Hartford Fire, Hartford Police and the city's emergency communications director on staffing, response data and new technology initiatives.

The presentations detailed ongoing recruitment and training, response-time initiatives and crime trends that city public-safety leaders said aim to improve outcomes for neighborhoods with the most calls.

Hartford Fire Chief Harpo said the department is in the middle of a recruit cycle: \"Recruit class 30 is currently in process. It's in week 8. We have 12 more weeks to go. 27 recruits out of 30, we had 1 recruit, could not make it because of injury, and we had 2 recruits resign.\" He described work on radio upgrades and an extended-warranty review for portable and vehicle radios, and said the department is planning a new firehouse on Signia Homestead pending city approval and funding.

Chief Harpo also outlined outreach and prevention work: firefighters and related programs provided safety information to 647 adults and children (1,313 people total), installed 143 smoke/CO alarm combinations and two car seats, relocated 11 families and attended 16 community meetings. On response performance, Harpo said the department is testing visual timers next to apparatus bay doors to reduce turnout times and noted that for May the fire-response metric reported was 75% with eight fires that month.

Captain Loriano of the Hartford Police Department provided crime and enforcement data, saying in the current reporting week the department recorded \"4 aggravated assaults, 2 robberies, 1 robbery with a firearm, 9 auto thefts, 1 burglary, 25 larcenies.\" He told the committee that those figures represented a roughly 50% reduction compared with the same week last year and that the department is seeing year-to-date drops in Part 1 crimes.

Loriano also reported firearm and stolen-vehicle enforcement results: 121 firearms seized so far this year, 63 stolen vehicles recovered with related arrests, and targeted narcotics enforcement by the city's narcotics unit (noted as Vision Narcotics) that he said has served 40 search warrants and made 125 arrests in 2025, seizing kilos of cocaine, 40 guns and more than $1 million in U.S. currency.

Director Carvelo, who oversees emergency communications, said staffing remains a challenge but highlighted training efforts and technology that aim to streamline responses. \"We are gonna have a CAD to CAD interface right now, with the EMS providers,\" Carvelo said, describing a system that will let ambulance contractors receive an incident directly into their dispatch system and mark units en route without a separate phone call. He said AMR's national hub will be used to reduce development costs and that the change should make response-time data more accurate.

Carvelo said the dispatch center has 22 fully trained telecommunicators, 14 in training and two per-diems, leaving six vacancies; he also described recent in-person trainings the center hosted that were attended by regional agencies.

Council members asked a few operational questions: one member asked whether the police department still distributes steering-wheel locks for certain Kia models; Captain Loriano said community-service officers keep an inventory and will deliver units on request. Another member asked about license-plate reader monitoring; Loriano said the city's command center (C4) monitors cameras about 20 hours a day and that stolen-plate alerts are preloaded into readers and generate automatic alerts.

The committee took no formal action on these reports; the presentations were informational.

Further committee work on staffing, equipment purchases and response-time metrics was discussed as follow-up items staff will track and return to the committee as needed.","Fire, police and 911 leaders briefed the council committee on recruit classes and turnout times, crime reductions and a planned CAD-to-CAD link with ambulance providers.","actionData","errors"]

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