CITY OF WORCESTER

Public Safety Committee Meeting

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Council Chamber

Convened: 4:34 P.M.

Adjourned: 5:45 P.M.


Mayor
Konstantina B. Lukes

 

www.ci.worcester.ma.us

 

Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford

Committee Members

Chairperson Barbara G Haller
Councilor Philip P Palmieri
Councilor Joseph M Petty
 

City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts


Present Were:Chairperson Councilor Barbara G Haller
Councilor Joseph M Petty
 
Also:City Solicitor David M. Moore
Fire Chief Gerard A.Dio
Director of Emergency Management John Ford
Assistant Director of Communications Michael McCann
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
 
1.

COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

1a.

Transmitting informational communication relative to an opinion of the City Solicitor regarding Level II and Level III Sex Offenders.
# 8.28B CM July 17, 2007

Attachments

Recommend File

1b.

Transmitting informational communication relative to residency and siting restrictions upon Level II and Level III sex offenders in other communities in Massachusetts.
# 8.28C CM July 17, 2007

Attachments

Recommend File

1c.

Relative to the accuracy of the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Level 3 sex offenders.
#19C CM April 26, 2005


In Committee August 10, 2006 - Held

Attachments

Recommend File

1d.

Requesting review and adoption of an order to file a Home Rule Petition with the Great and General Court to amend to Dover Amendment in order to restrict the siting of facilities and programs that service Level II and Level III Sex Offenders.
#11A CM June 20, 2006


In Committee August 10, 2006 - Held




Attachments

Recommend Approval (Report to appear before the City Council at the August 12, 2008 meeting)

Chairman's Orders

Request City Manger provide City Council with a city-wide map revealing the residence-of-record of Level II and Level III sex offenders in programmed housing and those living independently.

Request City Manager provide City Council with a narrative of the ramification that enactment of new Sex Offender Legislation will have in Worcester.

Request City Manager request the City Solicitor to provide City Council with proposed home rule legislation restricting Level II and Level III sex offenders living in the City of Worcester

1e.

Relative to Assessment Centers.
#14C CM November 10, 1998


In Committee April 5, 1999 - Held
In Committee January 15, 2003 - Held
In Committee October 4, 2004 - Held


Attachments

Recommend File

1f.

Relative to dealing with Civil Liberty issues.
#19H CM August 12, 2003


In Committee October 4, 2004 - Held

Attachments

Recommend File

1g.

Relative to the minority statistics for the City of Worcester.
#14A CM May 3, 2005

Attachments

Recommend File

1h.

Relative to the City of Worcester's comprehensive emergency response planning efforts.
#23C CM May 2, 2006

Attachments

Recommend File

1i.

Requesting City Council's approval to amend the Health and Human Services Table of Organization to create the position of Project Administrator for the Region II Public Health Emergency Planning Coalition (formerly Region II Bio-Terrorism Coalition).


In City Council May 2, 2006 #22C CM - Voted to advertise proposed ordinance on a roll call 8-0. In City Council May 23, 2006 #79 CC - Ordained on a roll call 9-0
In Committee for informational purposes only.


Attachments

Recommend File

1j.

Transmitting informational communication relative to a report concerning the City's overall preparedness in the event of a disaster.
# 9.15A CM October 30, 2007

Attachments

Recommend File

1k.

Transmitting informational communication relative to HHS Emergency Preparedness Efforts and Initiatives.
# 11.18A CM September 26, 2006

Attachments

Recommend File

1l.

Transmitting informational communication relative to September being designated as National Emergency Preparedness Month.
# 9.23A CM September 04, 2007

Attachments

Recommend File

1m.

Transmitting informational communication relative to the Worcester County Trial Court's Community Service Program.
# 8.12D CM November 20, 2007

Attachments

Recommend File

1n.

Recommending adoption of a resolution to file and accept a Central Region Homeland Security Council Grant.
# 10.17A CM February 12, 2008

Attachments
In Committee for informational purposes only

Recommend File

1o.

Recommending City Council accept with gratitude, a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Kits from the Central Region Homeland Security Advisory Council.
# 8.15A CM March 04, 2008

Attachments
In Committee for informational purposes only

Recommend File

1p.

Transmitting informational communication relative to public safety at the Worcester Housing Authority.
# 9.37A CM February 13, 2007


In Committee March 11, 2008 - Held

Attachments

Recommend File

1q.

Requesting adoption of a summary and resolution to file and accept a FY'06 Community Policing Grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety (MEOPS).
In City Council October 25, 2005 #17A CM - Resolution adopted


In Committee March 11, 2008 - Held

Attachments
In Committee for informational purposes only

Recommend File

1r.

Requesting adoption of a summary and resolution to file and accept a FY 06 Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety, Governor's Highway Safety Bureau (GHSB) grant.
In City Council October 25, 2005 #17B CM - Resolution adopted


In Committee March 11, 2008 - Held

Attachments
In Committee for informational purposes only

Recommend File

1s.

Transmitting informational communication relative to the number of traffic fatalities in the City for the past five years.
# 9.17B CM March 18, 2008

Attachments

Recommend File

2.

POLICE DEPARTMENT

2a.

Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to a list of City addresses where more than five (5) arrests have taken place within the past twelve (12) months.
# 8.17B CM December 03, 2007


In Committee March 11, 2008 - Held

Attachments

Recommend File

2b.

Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to Impact Area VIII.
# 7.38E CM May 20, 2008

Attachments

Recommend File

3.

FIRE DEPARTMENT

3a.

Communication of the City Manager relative to the FFY03 Massachusetts Decontamination System Exercise Grant.
#15A CM September 6, 2005


In Committee March 12, 2007 - Held

Attachments

Recommend File

3b.

Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to the Fire at Plumley Village.
# 8.37A CM January 02, 2007


In Committee March 12, 2007 - Held

Attachments

Recommend File

3c.

Communication of James A. DelSignore, City Auditor, transmitting communication relative to drafting home rule legislation that would grant Worcester firefighter Mark Stomski pension benefits under M.G.L. c. 32 s. 100.
# 13b CC February 26, 2008

Attachments

Recommend File

4.

COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT

4a.

Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to the City's Severe Weather Preparedness Plan.
# 8.23A CM December 03, 2007

Attachments

Recommend File

4b.

Communication of the City Manager relative to a status report on the Communication Department's organizational staffing needs.
#5B CM June 13, 2006

Attachments

Recommend File

4c.

Communication of the City Manager recommending the adoption of the salary ordinance amendment that creates the position of Assistant Director and eliminates the position of Head Dispatcher.
In City Council February 14, 2006 #14A CM -Voted to advertise proposed ordinance 11-0

Attachments
In Committee for informational purposes only

Recommend File

4d.

Communication of the City Manager transmitting informational communication relative to an agreement between the City of Worcester and Sprint/Nextel for rebanding.
# 8.14A CM December 18, 2007


In Committee March 11, 2008 - Held

Attachments

Recommend File

5.

COMMUNICATION OF JAMES DELSIGNORE, CITY AUDITOR

5a.

Transmitting police salary account projection.
#40 CC January 20 , 2004


In Committee March 11, 2008 - Held

Attachments

Recommend File

6.

MISCELLANEOUS

6a.

Order of Councilor Paul P. Clancy, Jr. - Request all the City Council Standing Committees review and establish their top two or three priorities and report back to City Council by mid April.
# 20c CC March 11, 2008

Attachments

Recommend Hold

6b.

Order of Mayor Lukes - Request all City Council Standing Committees report to City Council for the December 9, 2008 City Council meeting a status report of each committees goals and objectives as established for Fiscal Year 2009.
# 19d CC May 13, 2008

Attachments

Recommend Hold

Chairman's Orders

That the Fiscal Year 2009 Goals of the Standing Committee on Public Safety be as follows: a) To commit and be supportive of stabilizing the number of police officers and firefighters in the City of Worcester, b) To support a plan to decentralize the Worcester Police Department into precincts c) To support a plan to establish optimal locations for fire station facilities, and d) To support funding for the expansion of the Summer Impact Division of the Worcester Police Department so that the program life runs yearly from mid-May through mid-September.