City of Edwardsville Public Safety Committee met March 13.
Here is the minutes provided by the Committee:
Members Present: Alderman Janet Stack, Alderman Craig Louer
Members Absent: Alderman Will Krause
Other Present:
Chief Jay Keeven, Director of Police,
Chief Rick Welle, Fire Department
Director of Public Works Eric Williams
Anna Roseman, Fire Department
Cody King, Edwardsville Intelligencer
The regular meeting of the Edwardsville Public Safety Committee was called to order by Chairman Stack at 5:30 p.m. in the Governor Edwards Conference Room with quorum present: Chairman Stack and Alderman Craig Louer. The Chair excused Alderman Krause.
Approval of Minutes - Motion by Chairman Stack, second by Alderman Louer to approve minutes from the Public Safety Committee meeting held Monday, February 13, 2017. Motion carried.
Police Department:
Action items:
• Approval of An Ordinance Amending Chapter 114, Section 114-302 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Edwardsville (Parking Prohibited At All Times) Alderman Mallon reached out to the Edwardsville Police Department (EPD) with concerns about the 1, 2 and 3 hundred blocks of Elm Street. Currently the east side of Elm Street, 100 and 200 blocks, is posted as “No Parking 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday' and the 300 block is posted as “No Parking 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on School Days'.
Major Mills did a study of the narrow roadway and the shift EPD officers counted traffic along the street over a five (5) day period. On school days it is the thoroughfare for NO Nelson Elementary School. The recommendation of the EPD is instead of having prohibited parking at certaintimes, they want to make it no parking all time on the east side of Elm Street within those three (3) blocks. There will still be parking on the west side which will give enough room for two way traffic.
Chairman Stack motion to approve the Approval of An Ordinance Amending Chapter 114, Section 114-302 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Edwardsville (Parking Prohibited At All Times), second by Alderman Louer. All was in favor to move forward to Public Services Committee Meeting and then move to Administrative & Community Services Meeting. Motion carried.
Informational Items:
• Life Saving Award for Patrol Officers
At the next Council meeting Chief Keeven has asked that four (4) police officers be recognized. They have received a Life Saving Award for a traffic accident on Troy Road that occurred on February 10, 2017. Officer Greg Bauer, Officer Matthew Evers, Officer Barb Frolik and Officer Matthew Hodskins assisted in this accident. The individual had a heart attack and was side-swiping vehicles. Other motorists were trying to get the vehicle to stop when the police arrived. The doors were locked so, Officer Frolik broke out the passenger window to get into the car to turn the ignition off and get the driver out. The driver had no pulse; EPD began CPR and administer an AED shock when the Fire Department arrived. The individual, who is Jessie Johnson, did survive. Chief Keeven spoke with him about the recognition at the Council meeting on Tuesday, March 21 to see if he would like to attend.
Fire Department:
Informational Items:
• Public Safety Building Update
Impact Strategies' memo update packet is sent out each week from Mr. Tim Harr. The concrete footings are completed and the concrete foundations, flatwork and hollow core are almost completed. Masonry is moving right along. The structural steel is starting to take shape. Speaking with them last week during their bi-weekly meeting, they feel very comfortable saying that they are on schedule. As soon as the weather breaks, they will be doubling their workforce.
• Campus Station Update
Most of the punch list items are being taken care of Nothing major, so Chief Welle is looking for a target date for the grand opening. The Fire Department has been operating at Station 3 since November 11, 2016. They are making sure everything is right before the public comes through. All of the major items have been taken care of so the focus is on the attention to the details.
• Run Statistics
The run statistics will give you an ideal of why Station 3 was necessary. The number of runs that the Fire Department made in 2013 (2265) compared to the runs in 2016 (2899), basically a 28% change in three (3) years. This is a huge jump in runs. In the first two (2) months of this year they are already up 30% from the first two (2) months of last year. The trend is continuing to go up but obviously this is a short window to pull any real statistical value out of. Over a three (3) year period and a couple of months this is showing a substantial period of growth for the community which reflects the growth in services that has to be provided by both police and fire. The call volume difference is about two (2) more calls a day, every day, out of 365 days a year. Since the informal opening, Station 3 has been the primary station for response on more than 250 calls. Clearly there was a need for the additional station.
• Firefighter Staffing/Training
The Fire Department is finally up to the full complement of thirty (30) shift employees, a day captain, Chief Welle and Administrative Assistant Anna Roseman. There are two (2) employees, Firefighter Ryan Rusteberg and Firefighter Gregg Signorotti, at the Illinois Fire Services Institute finishing their second week of the fire academy. Both are already paramedics. There are also two (2) employees, Firefighter Nickolas O'Dell and Firefighter Nicholas Edwards, which are in the paramedic program. Firefighter O'Dell has already completed the fire academy and Firefighter Edwards should not need the fire academy training because he went through the St. Louis County academy. All of them are doing very well.
• Madison Mutual Building Training
The Fire Department (EFD) was given access to the old Madison Mutual building for training but unfortunately a live burn couldn't be done there. It takes about 4 months to go through the process and to get all of the documentation in order. They just couldn't get everything done in time for the Madison Mutual demolition schedule. It did give them the opportunity to get into the building along with the Police Department and the State Police. There is still access to the building for two (2) more nights. It has been a great opportunity to get together with some of the EFD mutual aid partners. In addition to EPD, they trained with Maryville, Wood River, Glen Carbon and Holiday Shores. It has been such a great training, the mutual aid partners have been more involved than they actually planned. They called EFD to bring more people through the training. Chief Welle showed two videos of how realistic the fake smoke is and how the thermal imaging camera make a tremendous difference seeing images through the fake smoke. Chief Keeven stated that there were a lot of fantastic opportunities to do searches and active shooters training in a building that size.
Old Business:
• None
New Business:
Action. Items:
• Change Order #8 with L. Wolf Company for the Campus Station Project in the increased amount of $17,999.00
There are two (2) parts to this Change Order. Originally we did a preliminary grading package, so we can start roughing in the site before the General Contract overlapped between the plans. So, they were still moving dirt in while we were going out to bid for the General Contract. To allow for any discrepancy between the final plans and preliminary grading contract, we had to set up a Time and Material work to put everything on final grade. This was $12,862.40.
The second part is the entrance road subgrade. While they were grading, it was unstable soil so we had to undercut that and have quality testing done by a technical engineer on site. They would core out the soft soil and backhoe the rock. This was additional cost of $5,136.60.
These two (2) parts were combined together since they are similar scope of work with a total cost of $17,999.00. Through this Change Order by percentage without the value engineering items, it will be a 2.29% increase on the contract. There are still four (4) other outstanding items that will need be brought before the Committee.
Alderman Louer motion to approve the Change Order #8 with L. Wolf Company for the Campus Station Project in the increased amount of $17,999.00, second by Chairman Stack. All was in favor to move forward to Council as an action item. Motion carried.
Informational Items:
• Change Order #1 with IMPACT Strategies Inc. for the New Public Safety Facility in the decreased amount of $11,594.00
This Change Order is a decrease with a couple of add items for the combined facility. The add items are $705.00 for some angle support to pilaster at Column B-1. The biggest add item was $17,500.00 for drain tile and sump pits at the elevator. Ground water was. hit sooner than they thought so a deeper pit had to be put in. It went from a three (3) foot pit to a six (6) foot pit.
The others are credits. Mr. Eric Williams gave a lot of credit to the General Contractor that came up with ways to save money. One of them was the specified custom sheet metal colors. There was a cost savings of $6,600.00 if we went with standard colors and it would be easier in the future to maintenance if ever needed. Another savings of $28,120.00 is we far exceeded the energy code on the garage doors in the apparatus bay. The numbers were rerun so the installation at the stiles and rails were eliminated. The last cost savings of S4,921.00 is a lesson learned from the Campus Station. Changing from round drains to square drains in the showers and restrooms is easier to slope to the corners.
Alderman Louer motion to approve the Change Order #8 with L. Wolf Company for the Campus Station Project in the increased amount of $17,999.00, second by Chairman Stack. All was in favor to move forward to Council as an informational item. Motion carried.
The next meeting of the Public Safety Committee will be held on Monday, March 27, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. (Governor Edwards Conference Room)
With no further business at hand, the meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
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