PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 18, 2004
COUNCIL CHAMBER
Convened: 5:19 p.m.
Adjourned: 6:05 p.m.
Councillor
Barbara G. Haller
Also: City
Manager Michael V. O’Brien
Acting
Police Chief Gary Gemme
Former
Acting Police Chief Paul Campbell
Director
of Grants Acquisition Donna McGrath
Deputy
Director EONS Dennis Hennessy
Budget
Director John Pranckevicius
City
Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
1. Communication
of the City Manager relative to Worcester Police Department’s Five Year
Strategic Plan.
#19B CM June 1, 2004
In Committee June
23, 2004 - Held
In Committee July
7, 2004 – Held
Recommit to the City Manager
2. Communication of the City Manager recommending that One
Hundred Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred Seven Dollars ($115,507.00) in FY04 Local
Law Enforcement Block Grant funding be appropriated to Account #18S304, LLEBG
Round 9, when received to provide financing for police officer equipment and
YWCA/Daybreak WIN (Worcester’s Intervention Network) Program.
#28H
CM October 12, 2004
Recommend Approval
Chairman’s Order Request the City Manager
communicate with Congressman James P. McGovern the importance of Local Law
Enforcement Block Grant funding to the overall success of municipal police
enforcement initiatives.
Chairman’s Order request the City Manager to
communicate with all Fiscal Year 2004 Community Development Block Grant fund
applicants who were not recommended for funding to inform them of the newest
round of fund requests.
Chairman’s Order request the City Manager to report
to the City Council regarding national trends in crime statistics and how they
might affect the City of Worcester in the future.
Discussion Item:
The City Manager discussed with the City Council his
Communication of October 19, 2004 concerning a re-allocation of management
resources at the Worcester Police Department.