JACKSONVILLE
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
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Monday, January 04,
2010 |
Tape
No.________________________ |
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4:00 PM |
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Council Chambers, 1st
Floor, City Hall |
Dana Farris, Chief of
Legislative Services |
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E. Denise Lee, Chair
(Arrived 4:22 PM) |
Legislative
Assistant: Jessica Stephens |
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Clay Yarborough,
Vice Chair |
Asst. Council
Auditor: Janice Billy |
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Reggie Brown (Left 4:40 PM) |
Attorney: Steve
Rohan |
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John Crescimbeni |
Administration:
Lisa Rinaman |
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Michael Corrigan |
Chief of Research:
Jeff Clements |
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Kevin Hyde (Arrived 4:11 PM) |
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Stephen Joost (Left 5:01 PM) |
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Meeting Convened 4:04 PM Meeting
Adjourned 5:58 PM
Attendance:
Presentations:
Charles Griggs –
Infant Mortality – Rescheduled for 1/20/10
Anthony Roseberry, Fire
Marshal,
Dan Kleman, Director
of Fire and Rescue -Creation of Firefighter Overtime Pool
Randy White, Fire
& Rescue
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Item/File No. |
Title/History |
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1. 2009-758 |
ORD
Approp $415,633 from U.S. Dept of Justice, no local Match, to Estab a
Recruitmt Prog to create Pool of Qualified Job Applicants thru Various
Advertising Media & Job Fair Contacts; Apv Position. (BT 10-006) (RC
10-005) (McCain) (Req of Sheriff) Public
Hearing Pursuant to Chapt 166, F.S. & CR 3.601 - 10/13/09 |
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1.
9/22/2009 CO Introduced: F,PHS |
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10/5/2009 PHS Read 2nd &
Rerefer; 10/5/2009 F Read 2nd &
Rerefer |
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10/13/2009 CO PH Read 2nd & Rereferred; F, PHS |
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Bill Summary
Fact Sheet F: Defer DEFER |
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2. 2009-868 |
ORD-MC
Repealing Chapt 118 (Public Svc Grant Approp), Ord Code, & Creating a New
Chapt 118 (City Grants). (Sidman) (C/M Hyde) Public
Hearing Pursuant to Chapt 166, F.S. & CR 3.601 - 11/10/09, 11/24/09 |
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1.
10/27/2009 CO Introduced: R,F,PHS |
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11/2/2009 PHS Read 2nd &
Rerefer; 11/2/2009 F Read 2nd &
Rerefer; 11/2/2009 R Read 2nd &
Rerefer |
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2.
11/10/2009 CO PH Contd 11/24/09/ Read 2nd & Rereferred; R, F, PHS |
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3.
11/24/2009 CO PH Only |
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Bill Summary R: Sub/Approve F:
Sub/Approve SUBSTITUTE(R)/APPROVE 4-1
(Yarborough) |
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3. 2009-877 |
ORD
Approp $210,000 ($168,000 Homeland Security & FEMA Grant - Assist to
Firefighters - Fire Prevention & Safety, $42,000 Rsv for Fed Progs) to
Purchase Communications Equipmt for Duval, Baker, Clay, Nassau & St Johns
Counties. (BT 10-026) (McCain) (Req of Mayor) Public
Hearing Pursuant to Chapt 166, F.S. & CR 3.601 - 11/24/09 |
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1.
11/10/2009 CO Introduced: F,PHS |
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11/16/2009 PHS Read 2nd &
Rerefer; 11/16/2009 F Read 2nd &
Rerefer |
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2.
11/24/2009 CO PH Read 2nd & Rereferred; F, PHS |
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Bill Summary
Fact Sheet F: Defer DEFER |
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4. 2009-897 |
ORD
Approp $203,297.47 from Var Fire Station Capital Improvemt Projs to Purchase
& Renovate Volunteer-Owned F.S. #27, Complete Constrn of New F.S. #28
& Complete Renovation of F.S. #31; Auth Funds Carryover to FY 2010-2011;
Amend Ord 2009-513-E (CIP) to Auth Funding Changes. (BT 10-032) (McCain) (Req
of Mayor) Public
Hearing Pursuant to Chapt 166, F.S. & CR 3.601 - 12/08/09 |
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1.
11/24/2009 CO Introduced: F,PHS |
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11/30/2009 PHS Read 2nd &
Rerefer; 11/30/2009 F Read 2nd &
Rerefer |
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2.
12/8/2009 CO PH Read 2nd & Rereferred; F, PHS |
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Bill Summary
Fact Sheet F: Amend/Approve AMEND(R)/APPROVE 5-0 |
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5. 2009-904 |
RESO
Apv Changes to Duval County Comp Emerg Mgmt Plan (CEMP); Making Changes to
CEMP to Provide Updates to Account for Addnl Plans & Positions within the
Emerg Ops Ctr, add New Position Descriptions & Update Position Changes,
Update EOC Area Command Org Chart, Update Population Statistics & Update
Evacuation Routes. (McCain) (Req of Mayor) |
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1.
11/24/2009 CO Introduced: PHS |
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11/30/2009 PHS Read 2nd & Rerefer |
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2.
12/8/2009 CO Read 2nd & Rereferred; PHS |
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Bill Summary
Fact Sheet APPROVE 5-0 |
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6. 2009-911 |
RESO
re Traffic Safety; Recognizing Use of Unmanned Camera Traffic Enforcemt
Camera Technology will save Lives; Urging Duval Delegation & State
Legislature to enact Legislation auth Local Govts to Implemt Unmanned Camera
Traffic Enforcemt Techniques to end Legal Controversies over State
Authorization; Urging Legislature to allow Local Govts to retain Enforcemt
Rev to Offset Costs of Traffic Enforcemt; Urging other Local Govts to support
such Legislation. (Rohan) (PHS) |
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1.
11/24/2009 CO Introduced: PHS,TEU |
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11/30/2009 PHS Read 2nd & Rerefer |
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12/1/2009 TEU Read 2nd & Rerefer |
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12/8/2009 CO Read 2nd & Rereferred; PHS, TEU |
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Bill Summary APPROVE 5-0 |
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7. 2009-927 |
ORD
Approp $700,000 Florida State Courts Drug Court Continuation Grant for
Expansion of Adult Post-Adjudicatory Drug Courts for Non-Violent Felony
Offenders who would Otherwise be Incarcerated; Auth Funds Carryover to FY
2010-2011; Request Emerg Apv. (BT 10-040) (McCain) (Req of Mayor) Public
Hearing Pursuant to Chapt 166, F.S. & CR 3.601 - 1/12/10 |
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1.
12/8/2009 CO Introduced: R,F,PHS |
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Fact Sheet R: Read 2nd &
Rerefer F:
Read 2nd & Rerefer READ 2ND &
REREFER |
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8. 2009-937 |
ORD
Auth Purchase of a Portion of RE# 005099-0000 at $425,000 + Closing Costs
from N.G. Wade Investment Co for Constrn of Fire Station #26. (Dist 10-Brown)
(McCain) (Req of Mayor) Public
Hearing Pursuant to Chapt 166, F.S. & CR 3.601 - 1/12/10 |
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1.
12/8/2009 CO Introduced: F,PHS |
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Fact Sheet F: Read 2nd &
Rerefer READ 2ND &
REREFER |
At the conclusion of the
agenda items the committee heard a presentation from Fire and Rescue Department
Director Dan Kleman and Anthony Roseberry, Chief of the JFRD Fire Prevention
Division and City Fire Marshal, regarding Fire and Rescue Department fire
inspection policies and procedures.
Chief Roseberry explained that Fire Marshal only has jurisdiction to
inspect industrial and commercial properties, which includes multi-family
residences (apartments) over 4 units.
The Fire Marshal does not have jurisdiction to inspect single family
residences. Fire inspections are
currently scheduled by hand and tracked on paper cards in folders. The department and ITD are working on a
program to convert to electronic scheduling and inspection tracking, but the
project has been delayed by budget constraints until 2011.
The Fire Prevention Division
has performed official inspections for perhaps 20 years; previously such
inspections were performed by the local engine company in the area when they
weren’t working on calls. The reason for
the shift is two-fold. First, the Fire
Prevention Division employees must be state-certified inspectors, which takes
200 hours of training that firefighters and engineers do not have. Second, as the City has grown the workload on
engine companies has increased and there is little time for the typical fire
station to perform such inspections given their calls for service. The department is starting a pilot program in
which engine company personnel will make free courtesy inspections of
commercial and industrial properties in their area on a 4-year cycle to look
for obvious problems and to gain familiarity with the facilities to which they
might some day be called. The Fire
Prevention Division hopes to be able to do all of its formal, paid inspections
on a 4-year cycle as well on a 2 year offset, so each commercial property would
be inspected every 2 years.
Director Kleman made an
additional presentation on the subject of firefighter overtime and potential
methods to reduce the amount of overtime the department pays each year. He explained that the majority of overtime
expense is incurred to meet minimum staffing levels for stations and equipment
(each piece of apparatus has a minimum personnel staffing level without which it
cannot respond to calls), and occurs for reasons such as employee illness or
injury, annual leave, special assignments, jury duty, training, or other
causes. The department calculates that
it needs a “relief pool” of 21.5% of total staffing requirements to meet
typical daily coverage needs. The relief
pool consists of full-time employees who are in excess of the staffing needs of
their regularly-assigned apparatus on any particular day and are therefore
available to be shifted to other stations to fill daily vacancies. Due to budget constraints the department is
not funded at a level that provides the 21.5% relief pool. Therefore when more daily vacancies occur
than can be covered by shifting employees on their regular word day, additional
personnel must be called in on overtime to fill the gaps. Collective bargaining agreements provide that
overtime shall be dispersed as equally as possible among all covered employees,
so overtime call-ups must include all ranks.
The department has
considered several mechanisms for reducing overtime costs. Since the largest need for overtime coverage
occurs on the weekends, one possibility would be to create “D” and “E” shifts
that would require employees to work either on Saturday or Sunday every week in
addition to another weekday, thereby increasing the number of regular duty
personnel available for relief pool purposes on the weekend and reducing the
need for overtime. This plan requires
the concurrence of the bargaining units and currently under negotiation. Another potential remedy would be the use of
part-time, fully trained personnel who would work one 24-hour shift per week,
always on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Part-time employees would be less expensive in all circumstances because
they would not be paid benefits or participate in the pension plan, and would
be significantly less costly than an employee working overtime. However the department has concerns about the
amount and timing of training involved for part-time employees, their skill
level when compared to full-time firefighters, and their ability to integrate
and become trusted team members when they would likely report to a different
station every week. Mr. Kleman
recommended that the best solution would be to staff up the department to achieve
the 21.5% relief pool level.
A presentation on infant
mortality by Charles Griggs of the Duval County Health Department was deferred
to the next committee meeting.
Jeff Clements, City Council
Research
630-1405
Posted 1.6.10
5:30 p.m.
c.c. cityc@coj.net