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2015-02-10CITY OF SOUTHLAKE SOUTHLAKE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES: FEBRUARY 10, 2015 LOCATION: Southlake DPS Headquarters Facility 600 State Street Southlake, Texas 76092 TIME: 6:30 p.m. CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: President Bob Mundlin, Vice President Robert Williams, Ken McMillan, Frank Powers, Richard Sandow and Craig Sturtevant. CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: William McGuire STAFF PRESENT: Assistant City Manager Ben Thatcher, Fire Chief Mike Starr, Police Chief Steve Mylett, Chief Financial Officer/Board Treasurer Sharen Jackson, Board Secretary Diana Green. 1. CALL TO ORDER: President Mundlin called the February 10, 2015 meeting of the Crime Control and Prevention District Board to order at 6:30 p.m. 2. PUBLIC FORUM: (This is the Public's opportunity to address the board about non - agenda items. During this proceeding, the Board will not discuss, consider or take action on any items presented. We respectfully ask that anyone stepping forward to speak during Public Forum limit remarks to three minutes or less.) President Mundlin opened the public forum. No one wished to speak so the public forum was closed. 3. CONSIDER: 3A. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE November 11, 2014 CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT BOARD MEETING. A motion was made to approve the minutes from the November 11, 2014 Crime Control and Prevention District Board meeting as submitted. Motion: Sandow Second: McMillian Ayes: Mundlin, McMillan, Nays: None Abstain: None Powers, Sandow, Sturtevant, Williams City of Southlake Values: Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork Minutes of the February 10, 2015 Crime Control and Prevention District Board Meeting Page 2 of 4 Vote: 6-0 Motion Carried —APPROVED. 313. APPROVAL OF THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2014 ANNUAL REPORT. Ben Thatcher presented the annual report. Comments were made and discussion took place Questions were addressed by Ben Thatcher. A motion was made to approve the City of Southlake Crime Control and Prevention District Board fiscal year 2014 annual report as presented. Motion: McMillian Second: Williams Ayes: Mundlin, McMillan, Powers, Sandow, Sturtevant, Williams Nays: None Abstain: None Vote: 6-0 Motion Carried —APPROVED. 3C. APPROVAL OF K-9 REPLACEMENT PURCHASE. Chief Mylett updated the Board Members on the purchase of the new K-9. Nate Anderson, K-9 Officer, located and selected a dog from US K9 in Kaplan, La. The dog is a one and half year old male Dutch Shepherd named Duco that has been trained in narcotics, apprehension and tracking. The purchase price of Duco is $18,400.00 which includes certification of the K-9 and handler. Discussion took place in reference to the service life of Duco which was estimated at 5 to 10 years. Testing for any potential health issues, the number of hours the K-9 will work and whether a second K-9 is needed were also discussed. Paying for the new K-9 was discussed. Questions were addressed by Chief Mylett and Sharen Jackson. A motion was made to approve moving forward with the purchase of the new K-9. Motion: Sandow Second: Williams Ayes. Mundlin, McMillan, Powers, Sandow, Sturtevant, Williams Nays: None Abstain: None Vote: 6-0 Motion Carried — APPROVED. 4. DISCUSSION: City of Southlake Values. Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork Minutes of the February 10, 2015 Crime Control and Prevention District Board Meeting Page 3 of 4 4A. UPDATE ON DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Police Chief Mylett presented for the Police Department. He informed Board Members that crime is down. He also informed the Board that technology improvements are ongoing (ipads in all marked vehicles, body cams, dash cams & radio replacement) and that the Office of Traffic Management is up and functioning. Chief Mylett announced that the Police Department has been recommended for the CALEA Gold Standard Accreditation. He relayed that the assessors expressed how impressed they were with the Police Department and with the DPS Head Quarters facility. Questions were addressed by Police Chief Mylett. Chief Starr presented for the Fire Department. He gave statistics on the current satisfaction rates for Fire (88%), EMS (84%) and Emergency Management (81%) which is an increase compared to the 2011 Citizen Satisfaction Survey percentages. Chief Starr outlined an improvement strategy for the Fire Department and gave examples of how CCPD funds have been used. He also outlined the Department's training and informed the Board that response times are down. Questions were addressed by Fire Chief Starr. 4B. UPDATE ON SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM. Police Chief Mylett presented an update on the School Resource Officer Program. He informed the Board that during recent individual interviews, all SROs reported high morale. SRO Litke will be retiring at the end of the school year and the Department will be looking to replace him before the beginning of the next school year. Questions were addressed by Police Chief Mylett. 4C. UPDATE ON CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT SALES TAX. Ms. Jackson presented an update on sales tax collections. She informed the Board that total sales tax collected is one million one hundred twenty one thousand dollars which is sixteen percent above what was collected for the same period of the previous year. No questions. 5. ADJOURNMENT There being no other business, a motion was made to adjourn the February 10, 2015 CCPD Board meeting. Motion: Sturtevant Second: McMillian Ayes. Mundlin, McMillan, Nays: None Abstain: None Vote: 6-0 Motion Carried —APPROVED. Powers, Sandow, Sturtevant, Williams City of Southlake Values.- Integrity alues.Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork Minutes of the February 10, 2015 Crime Control and Prevention District Board Meeting Page 4 of 4 Meeting adjo-rnecj/at 7;27 p.m. B undlin" Presid'6nt rime Control and Prevention District Board Diana Green, Secretary Crime Control and Prevention District Board City of Southlake Values. Integrity ♦ Innovation ♦ Accountability ♦ Commitment to Excellence ♦ Teamwork