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I I I Council Meeting Minutes January 23, 1996 Page 9 Council Business. continued Staffing and Resources: Police and Fire personnel will playa visible role in the community to prevent, respond, and investigate crime and medical emergencies to assure the safety of themselves and those involved. Results expected: Determine appropriate number of officers on each shift; ensure volunteer Fire Department is able to provide services; local businesses understand the value of allowing employees to participate in fIre calls; train staff to respond to human rights violations; and recruitment of members for prevention and communication functions. Management: Public safety management and administration will include regular two way communication from citizens, businesses, and officers that assist to streamline its processes, delegate taSks to the most efficient level, and eliminate paperwork and assignments that do not contribute toward goal accomplishment. The Public Safety Departments will be managed professionally with high ethical standards on the part of all municipal personnel and consideration and respect to the personal and property rights and expectations of residents, businesses, and visitors. Results expected: utilize technology to streamline public safety issues; adequate two way communication throughout the organization and community; focus on crime prevention; update municipal codes and ordinances; analyze equipment and operational needs; and develop budget to allow to move forward to ensure tinancial accountability. Prevention: Residents, businesses, and visitors feel safe and are engaged in, activities, and behaviors that prevent crime, fIres, and accidents. Results expected: neighborhood crime prevention block clubs; Crime Free Multi-Housing; improved traffic flow and reduce accidents; distribution of information on safe and unsafe businesses and neighborhoods; review building codes; work with youths to keep from behavior that leads to criminal acts; and development of an evaluation tool to review prevention efforts. Communication: New Brighton residents, businesses, and visitors are well informed of the incidence, results, and trends, of public safety issues. Results expected: public safety education; preventing tires; publication of annual report on public safety goals; establishment of Public Safety Commission; and working with victims. Regionalization: New Brighton Police and Fire Departments are considered strong and effective local departments which take leadership roles in regionalizing services and equipment. Results expected: sharing of expensive pieces of fire equipment; regional records management, GIS, and dispatching systems. Fulton confirmed that all focus group participants received a copy of the summary. Jeanetta has not received any feedback or comments from the summary mailing. Fulton believes the vision has been accepted and the real challenge is conversion of the vision into an action plan. The most critical area is adequate staffmg. Williams asked how can we ensure the vision does not get lost in the shuffle and what is the incentive for accomplishing the vision. Fulton said the implementation of the elements will be the major component of the department work plan, and will be monitored monthly by the Public Safety Commission. Williams supports the effort, but does not want it to go unimplemented. Fulton said the Police Department Management team will identify actions and recommendations to incorporate into an action plan. This will be part of the fIve-year plan and would impact operations as well as the budget. Benke confIrmed that staff direction is to frame future workplans to achieve results. Council Business Public Safety Vision Statement Report 96-028