HomeMy WebLinkAbout20103146 THE WELD COUNTY REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY BOARD
TUESDAY, April 27th, 2010, 10:30 AM
PUBLIC WORKS CONFERENCE ROOM 1111 H Street
The Weld County Regional Communications Advisory Board met in session in on
Tuesday, April 27th, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. in the Weld County Law Administration
building.
ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Doug Rademacher. Present were board
members Doug Rademacher, Gary Barbour, Rod Deroo, Jim Burack, Carl Harvey, Roy
Rudisill, Jay McDonald, Ron Grannis, Mark Lawley, Hugh Kane, Juan Cruz, Duane
McDonald, and Tim Zimmerman. Staff members present were Mike Savage, Dave
Mathis, Anne Mioduski, Josh Jenkins and Susan Johnson. Jerry Garner was also present
MINUTES:
Rod Deroo moved to accept the minutes from the March 23, 2010 meeting. Juan Cruz
seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Staff Report: Dave Mathis presented Dispatch stats for March 2010 [refer to Sgt.
Mathis' March 2010 WCRCC Monthly Report and Personnel Report as of March
2010]. Dispatch interviews were in progress today, to fill vacant positions.
2. User Surveys: Dave did not have any feedback on the proposed survey, so he
will send it out later today.
3. WCRCC Handbook: The handbook was sent out to all chiefs last month. Tim
Zimmerman and Ted Posywak had a few changes for the fire section and GPD
had some suggested changes for the officer taken hostage section. Changes will
be incorporated and brought back to the Communications Advisory Board for
approval next month.
4. Computer Upgrade update: According to Doug Rademacher, the IGA between
the City and County has been updated. They are now working on a budget
agreement and when it is finished it will be referred to the E-911 and
Communications Advisory Boards for review. June 15th is the deadline for
choosing a vendor. The fire demo went well; participating agencies felt the
applications would be suitable for their needs. Good Customer Service with a
reliable system is what the group is looking for in a computer vendor.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Siren Testing: Roy Rudisill reported that several sirens had been installed in the
county over the past year and he would like to have a system to test them. The
discussion included concerns about having too many tests during tornado season,
how to educate the community about the siren tests, and who should report back
on the test on whether the sirens were working or not. Roy will work out some
protocols and bring them back to the Communications Advisory Board.
• Tim Zimmerman also stated that his community was putting most of their
efforts into the Intrado warning system, and that they are de-emphasizing
sirens in their community.
2. LLC Radio frequency and Longmont Swat: Gary Barbour reported that
Longmont is getting a Digital Trunked Radio System, and that an IGA is in place
between Longmont SWAT and Frederick PD, so it would be advantageous for
Longmont SWAT to have access to the Weld LLS Radio talk group. The state
will allow this, it would be no cost to Weld County and no other chiefs in the LLS
talk group had an issue with it.
• Ron Grannis stated that Adams County and Brighton each have the LLS
talk group for access to Ft Lupton. Mike Savage stated that since that time
a moratorium on channels has occurred and currently all agreements like
this need to be approved by the Advisory Board.
• Gary Barbour moved and Carl Harvey seconded a motion to allow the
Longmont SWAT team radios to be programmed to have the Weld
Local Law South talk group. The motion carried unanimously.
3. Mountain View Fire Dispatch: Mark Lawley explained that Mountain View
Fire responds to calls for service in both Weld County and Boulder County, and
that they have mutual aid agreements with Frederick-Firestone, Ft Lupton,
Johnstown, and Platteville-Gilcrest fire departments. The Mountain View district
would like to transition to being dispatched by Weld County full-time due to the
fact that Boulder County is not investing in the 800 Radio system.
• Mike Savage stated that the move will increase the workload for the I.T.
staff and that Mountain View is willing to pay for the work that needs to
be done to bring them on full-time in Weld County.
• Rod Deroo asked if the additional call load would have a negative impact
in dispatch. Dave advised that since we have 2 or 3 fire dispatchers on at a
time the center will be able to handle the increase at this time. Mark
Lawley anticipates getting and using MDC's in the fire trucks, which
would reduce transmissions between them and dispatch. As far as the call
processing issue between Boulder and Weld Communications Centers, a
possible CAD interface may be purchased; this will be explored after each
center has decided on computer upgrades.
• Duane McDonald moved, Roy Rudisill seconded a motion to allow
Mountain View Fire to move over to Weld County Communications
for full-time dispatching. The motion carried unanimously.
Tim Zimmerman moved, Roy Rudisill seconded a motion to adjourn, motion carried
unanimously.
As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30.
Minutes recorded and submitted by Susan Johnson
To: Captain Mike Savage
Fr: Sergeant David Mathis
Dt: April 15, 2010
Re: March 2010 WCRCC Monthly Report
Personnel:
Authorized: 46 Full-time Dispatchers, 8 Supervisors
Assigned: 42 Full-time dispatchers, 3 part-time Dispatchers (1.5 FTEs), 8 supervisors
Hourly: 3 non-benefited hourly dispatchers
Vacancies: 2.5 (effective March 18, 2010)
Workload: March
Phone Calls 2010 YTD 2009 YTD % Change YTD
E-911: 6,990 20,379 22,976 - 11.30 %
Non-911 calls: 20,291 56,352 60,593 - 7.00 %
EMD Calls: 1,278 4,002 3,948 + 1.37 %
* Overall, incoming phone calls are DOWN year to date by 8.18 (1/0.
Calls for Service:
Police: 27,873 78,859 80,314 - 1.81 %
Fire: 1,932 5,568 6,205 -10.27 %
• Overall, calls for service are DOWN year to date by 2.42%.
Additional Information/Projects
• Effective March 17`h
- Supervisor Annie LaFleur is stepping down as supervisor to be a fire dispatcher
- Valerie Harris will be promoted to replace Annie
- Dispatcher Tracy Staruck stepping down to part time/hourly.
- Dispatcher Ken Kneipper resigned due to health reasons.
- h time Dispatcher Sierra Fisher resigned to move out of state.
• We still have only 2 dispatchers actively training.
911 call answering times county-wide for March 2010
• Calls answered in less than 10 seconds: 89.54% (Last year: 92.35%)
Calls answered in less than 15 seconds: 98.66% (Last year: 94.4%)
• Fire dispatch times for March 2010: Initiated to Dispatched
*Less than 1 minute: 63.04.00% (Last year: 56.59%)
*Less than 90 seconds: 80.92% (Last year: 84.21%)
• This month 33.96%of our 911 calls were wireless.
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