2014-01-14 Public Safety Committee MinutesCity of Menifee Public Safety Committee
Meeting Minutes
January 14, 2014
1. Call to order and roll call
Chairman John Denver called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
Present were: Chairman John Denver, Committee member Greg August, Interim City
Manager Robert Johnson, City Clerk Kathy Bennett, Police Captain Mike Judge, Fire
Chief Jorge Rodriguez, Building Official Colin McNie, Administrative Analyst Joe
Gonzales, Administrative Analyst Allen Yun, Police Lt. Charles Guillen, Code
Enforcement Technician Avie Barron, Code Enforcement Officer Wayne O'Gara, and no
members of the public.
2. Public Comments
None.
3. Minutes — December 10, 2013
The Minutes of December 10, 2013 were approved as submitted.
4. Code Enforcement Update
Building Official Colin McNie gave an overview of Code Enforcement, the mission of the
department to preserve and enhance the community through compliance with Municipal
and other Codes protecting health, safety and welfare, He also noted that the
department always seeks voluntary compliance through education whenever possible.
He covered the types of service requested, the breakdown of the division, cost analysis,
numbers of open cases, accomplishments and goals, upcoming challenges and issues
facing the department. Questions were responded to from committee members.
6. Announcement of CERT Training Classes
Analyst Gonzales noted there is a CERT training class upcoming in coordination with the
Fire Department on February 7, 8 and 9, 2014 and sign ups are beginning.
6. City Manager Comments
Interim Manager Johnson suggested a topic for the next meeting could be the interface
between Public Works and the various safety services. He asked the committee if that
could be the topic of the next meeting.
7. Committee Members Comments
Committee Chair Denver asked to see any recommendations for police staff as soon as
available for review and agreed to the next agenda for an update on the interface of
public works and public safety and set the next meeting as February 11, 2014 at 3 p.m.
8. Adjournment
Chairman Denver adjourned the meeting at 4:10 p.m.
Kathy Bennett, City Clerk
City of Menifee Public Safety Committee
Meeting Minutes
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