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Votes at a glance: Marshfield Public Safety Commission actions
Summary
Summary of formal motions and roll-call votes recorded during the meeting including ambulance write-offs, departmental bills, the fire recruitment MOU, video redaction fee, ambulance procurement budget resolution, police restructure authorization, and approval of policies and procedures.
The commission recorded several formal actions during the meeting. Summaries below reflect motions, recorded roll-call tallies where shown and short notes about each item.
1) Approval of minutes (January): Motion carried (voice/roll-call recorded). No dissent recorded.
2) Review and approval of 02/2024 ambulance accounts-receivable write-offs: Motion to approve the write-offs as presented; staff reported actual write-offs of $171,527.37 for the year. Motion carried on a roll-call vote.
3) Approval of fire department recruitment changes and MOU (agenda item 16): Motion to approve the revised recruitment tracks and the MOU; roll-call recorded as affirmative and motion carried.
4) Approval of police department bills (includes equipment/software and WPPA legal coverage): Commissioners approved police bills. Chief reported purchases and expenses including a video-redaction software purchase (approx. $6,700) and a WPPA (Wisconsin Professional Police Association) legal coverage purchase for non-represented employees costing approximately $1,800. Motion carried on roll-call.
5) Approval of fire department bills: Motion carried on roll-call. Notable items included 12 sets of turnout gear (approx. $42,000 total) and radios and vehicle-related expenses for a squad refurbishment.
6) Enact video redaction fee for police open-records requests (agenda item 19): Motion to adopt a redaction fee policy and associated requester certification consistent with Wisconsin Public Records Law; roll-call recorded as affirmative and motion carried. Staff to revise requested letters and statutory citations before billing begins.
7) Budget resolution to purchase a 2006 ambulance for use as a mobile command post: Motion to move forward with a budget resolution using funds from vehicle sale proceeds in the police enterprise fund; roll-call recorded as affirmative and motion carried. No ownership transfer had been completed at time of meeting; staff to coordinate with finance for final accounting.
8) Authorization for police chief to pursue a possible department restructuring (items 13 and 14): Motion to allow the chief to proceed with planning, HR coordination and a return-to-commission with pay-grade and cost information; roll-call affirmative and motion carried.
9) Approval of multiple fire department policies and procedures (items 19 a-h): Motion to approve the policies in mass; roll-call recorded; motion carried.
10) Appointments to the training-center RFP evaluation committee: Commissioners Bill and Steve (record in packet) volunteered to serve as staff-evaluation representatives for the training center RFP timeline (RFP dissemination March 12, proposals due April 4, staff evaluations April 7——April 11, Board of Public Works recommendation April 14, consultant notice to proceed May 13).
