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Minutes for the Public Safety Committee meeting on November 15, 2005.
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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MINUTES
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
5:15 p.m.
Present were: Chris Moore, Harold Perrin, Tim McCall, Judy Furr, Mitch Johnson, Mayor Doug Formon, City Clerk Donna Jackson, Staff, Press and Audience. Jim Hargis arrived at 5:19 p.m.
MINUTES
Councilman Perrin moved, seconded by Councilman Johnson to accept the minutes as provided for the October 18, 2005, meeting. All voted aye. Minutes were provided to all in attendance of the meeting.
POLICE
Police Chief Michael Yates presented to the committee a line item transfer to move money around in his budget to get the Police Department through to the end of the year. The accounts he’s transferring into are in the red or will be by the end of the year. A total of $22, 344 will be transferred into the heat and light account, professional services account, maintenance grounds & building account, fixed assets account and the laundry account. Councilwoman Furr motioned, seconded by Councilman Hargis to allow for the line item transfer. All voted aye.
Chief Yates also discussed the possibility of working with a company that will take care of the accident reports. Citizens or companies needing an accident report will go online to the company’s web site, pay a $12.50 fee and request the accident report, which eliminates the need for them to go to the Police Department and request a report. The $12.50 fee includes the regular $10 fee charged by the department and a $2.50 administrative fee that will go to the company. Chief Yates noted that once a month the company will write the Police Department a check to cover the $10 the Police Department receives for each report. The company will access the raw data on the system, so the Police Department won’t need to send the company anything. It was asked for Chief Yates to research the matter more and present his information at the December Public Safety meeting. It was asked how...
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