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B
A
We
do
we
received
no
emailed
public
comment
and-
and
we
have
one
person
registered
to
speak,
that
is
Deborah
Johnson
after
you
read
your
statement.
Thank
you.
C
Public
comment
is
an
opportunity
for
speakers
to
provide
their
views
and
feedback
to
the
city
council.
It's
also
an
opportunity
for
the
city
council
to
listen
and
hear
diverse
points
of
view
to
maximize
the
impact
of
public
comment
and
show
respect
for
the
expression
of
all
views.
Speakers
should
maintain
Civility
and
focus
on
City
issues.
Speakers
must
identify
themselves
for
the
record
but
are
not
required
to
give
their
address.
Each
speaker
is
given
the
floor
for
three
minutes,
and
the
council
does
not
respond
or
engage
in
debate.
C
D
My
name
is
Deborah
Johnson
I
am
a
resident
of
Ward
four
and
I
had
originally
planned
on
talking
about
the
calendar
that
I
so
graciously
received
in
the
mail
and
I
was
corrected
by
one
of
our
former
Council
persons
on
how
this
works,
because
I
didn't
know
how
it
worked
because
I
put
my
little
phone
up
to
this
doodad
here,
and
it
only
took
me
to
the
Bloomington,
the
downtown
Bloomington
area
well
I'm
up
here,
because
I
had
three
minutes
so
I
might
as
well
make
use
of
it
now.
D
I
want
to
thank
Mr
Tires
because
I
just
ambushed
him
before
the
meeting
just
recently,
and
he
explained
to
me
that
the
two
events
that
I
had
concerned
about
that
was
not
listed
on
the
Bloomington
website.
It
is
not
listed
on
the
city
Bloomington
website
and,
of
course
it
would
not
be
listed
on
the
downtown
website
because
it's
not
held
downtown.
It's
our
Juneteenth
celebration
and
also
our
culture
Fest.
Our
culture
Fest,
has
been
a
vital
part
of
our
community
since
1979.
our
it
had
started
as
a
Black
Culture
Fest.
D
Just
for
the
history
of
our
African-American
residents-
and
it
has
basically
grew
into
a
diverse
positive
activity
for
all
Races
and
cultures
and
various
communities
within
our
the
city
of
Bloomington.
So
I
just
wanted
to
talk
about
that
to
make
sure
that
it
does
get
on
the
calendar,
because
we
have
people
and
I
say
we,
because
I
was
part
of
that
committee
to
for
the
culture
Fest.
D
We
have
people
that
come
from
all
walks
of
the
Illinois
to
come
and
participate,
so
I
was
hoping
that
I
would
see
it
on
the
calendar
as
early
as
today,
but
I
was
just
told
that
it
should
be
on
tomorrow.
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
guys
for
being
diligent
in
making
sure
that
our
culture
I
mean
our
community
stays.
Diverse,
maintains
a
positive,
diverse
atmosphere
and
the
environment
that
I
live
in
will
always
be
a
good
environment
for
me
to
brag
about
as
a
member
of
our
community
Juneteenth.
Let's
get
that
rolling.
D
C
C
I'll
move
to
approve
okay
motion
by
motion
by
owner
council
member
Crumpler,
second
by
council
member
montney.
Thank.
B
E
C
F
You
mayor
Pro,
tem,
Boland,
mayor
and
Council
people
tonight,
you'll
hear
from
both
the
police,
Bloomington
Police,
Department
and
Bloomington
Fire
Departments
related
to
their
annual
reports
detailing
activities
from
2022..
This
is
something
that
we
do
each
and
every
year
for
you
and
the
public.
One
of
the
things
that
I
do
want
to
say
real
quickly
and
I'll.
Turn
things
over
to
the
police
chief
is
that
this
is
a
report
that
details,
obviously
the
accomplishments
which
we're
very
proud
of
for
these
departments.
F
But
it
also
talks
about
some
of
the
challenges
that
the
Departments
face
as
well
in
the
work
that
they
do
each
and
every
day.
So
tonight
we
do
have
Jamal
Simington,
who
is
police
chief
and
Eric
West?
Who
is
the
fire
chief
for
the
Bloomington
Fire
Department
to
speak
to
those
items
and
issues
and
we'll
be
glad
to
answer
any
questions
once
they're
done,
chief.
G
Great
thank
you
good
evening,
mayor
Pro,
tem
elected
officials,
Deputy
city
manager
or
managers.
I
should
say
it
is
an
honor
to
be
president
and
speak
with
you
tonight
about
our
2022
annual
report.
G
Next,
please,
the
report
is
published
this
time
as
a
storybook.
We
really
wanted
to
hone
in
on
telling
the
story
of
how
well
we
are
doing
with
the
community.
It
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
continuously
work
in
concert
with
those
in
this
community
to
make
it
a
safe
place
to
live,
work
play
worship,
raise
your
children
and
receive
an
education.
The
annual
report
will
be
posted
on
the
Bloomington
transparency
portal
as
of
today.
Next,
please,
my
personal
statement.
G
I
am
beyond
proud
of
the
selfless
and
professional
efforts
of
each
member
of
this
committed
and
talented
group
of
public
servants.
It
is
an
honor
to
serve
with
this
law
enforcement
organization,
and
you
should
be
proud
that
this
accredited
organization
shows
up
day
in
and
day
out,
to
serve
the
community
to
run
towards
danger
to
answer
the
calls
for
service,
whether
it's
dispatch
or
civilian
employees
who
work
in
a
background
in
the
sworn
officers
that
are
on
the
street
on
a
daily
basis.
Next,
please.
G
This
year
it
was
an
important
I'm.
Sorry.
Last
year
it
was
important
for
us
to
publish
and
have
on
for
forward-facing
the
values
of
the
Bloomington
Police
Department.
Those
values
were,
you
know,
stuck
in
a
book
and
not
as
transparent
and
not
referred
to
for
the
organization.
So
we
made
the
change
and-
and
it
now
appears
on
our
our
computers-
it's
published
on
a
lot
of
our
documents.
It's
on
our
website,
all
of
our
social
media,
Outlets,
honesty,
Integrity,
professionalism,
reverence
for
the
law,
commitment
to
serve
and
respect
for
human
dignity.
G
We
are
currently
in
the
accreditation
process
now,
and
we
expect
that
that
will
be
done
in
in
a
months
to
come
for
another,
four-year
accreditation,
those
that
appear
in
the
command
staff
page
are
the
senior
leaders
of
the
department
who
are
effectively
responsible
for
the
Health
and
Welfare
of
not
only
the
community,
but
the
staff.
That's
has
to
be
ready
to
serve
the
community
day
in
and
day
out.
G
G
The
emergency
communications
center
is
a
highlight
of
of
the
organization.
They
currently
maintain
three
accreditations
they're,
the
first
in
the
state
of
Illinois
and
the
25th
in
the
world
to
receive
the
trifecta
accreditation
and
excellence
in
police
dispatch
and
fire
dispatch,
and
also
in
emergency
services
dispatch.
G
They
perform
an
excellent
in
excellence
in
everything
they
do
all
of
their
outputs,
are
measured
and
are
important
in
continuously
maintaining
those
accreditations.
Next,
please,
the
Patrol
Division
currently
has
54
Patrol
officers.
At
the
end
of
last
year,
they
answered
69
000
calls
for
service
made
just
over
1600
arrests.
G
The
officers
were
also
assigned
a
problem-oriented
areas
in
the
city
in
a
attempt
to
strengthen
relationships
with
business
owners
and
community
members
in
an
effort
to
work
hand
in
hand
with
the
community
that
we
are
responsible
for
serving.
They
also
attended
numerous
neighborhood
level,
Community
engagement
events
and
some
of
those
range
from
neighborhood
walks
to
coffee,
with
a
cop
Custard
with
a
cop
ice
cream
with
a
cop
all
those
important
things
that
we're
doing
to
increase
our
capabilities
to
engage
with
with
the
public.
G
G
Their
efforts
led
to
143
arrests
in
a
seizure
of
multiple
firearms
and
that's
specifically
for
the
street
crimes
unit.
The
crime
and
intelligence
analysis
unit,
which
is
coordinated
and
supports
the
intelligence-led
policing
strategies
with
the
police
department
handled
over
13
I'm.
Sorry,
1
000
cases
in
this
region
that
only
not
only
impacts
the
city
of
Bloomington,
but
it
also
impacts
regionally
the
city
of
normal,
this
County
and
other
communities
and
counties
within
Central
Illinois
up
to
Chicago
and
sometimes
even
across
state
lines.
They
do
some
impressive
work.
G
Next,
please,
the
community
engagement
unit,
which
was
something
we
stood
up
last
year.
It
was
imperative
that
we
engage
better
with
the
community
as
we
attempted
to
build
further
build
a
trust
with
those
that
we
serve
here
in
the
city
of
Bloomington.
They
participate
in
231
events,
18
coffee
with
a
cop
events
and
six
neighborhood
walks.
All
of
those
I
would
deem
a
success.
G
We've
met
with
a
variety
of
community
groups,
including
the
NAACP
immigration
project,
Prairie
Pride,
the
Islamic
Center
of
McLean
County,
the
Hindu
temple
Mount,
Pisgah,
Church,
Eastview,
Christian
church
and
many
many
others.
G
We've
also
increased
our
enhancement
or
I'm.
Sorry
we
enhanced
our
cooperation
and
collaboration
with
the
YWCA,
for
example,
I
think
the
most
fun
part
of
our
community
engagement
was
was
painting
a
mural
at
Miller
Park,
and
we
had
an
opportunity
to
work
with
the
west
Western
Avenue,
Community,
Center
and
all
of
their
their
kids,
and
it
was
a
highlight
of
last
summer
and
something
I'm
very
proud
that
I
participated
in
myself.
G
Next,
please,
we
have
a
SWAT
team
and
a
crisis
negotiation
team
that
has
been
very
active
in
their
training
efforts
and
the
CNU
team
has
been
critical
in
solving
incidents
where
mental
subjects
wanted
to
take
their
own
lives.
For
instance
and
the
outcomes
there
were
positive
next
accountability,
it
is
a
telling
statistic,
point:
zero.
Three
percent
of
the
calls
for
service
have
resulted
in
some
type
of
complaint
against
our
officers.
That's
.03
percent,
0.30
percent
of
the
calls
for
service
resulted
in
some
use
of
force.
G
Three
of
those
complaints
have
been
referred
to
the
public
safety
community
relations
board,
which
we
continue
to
work
hand
in
hand
with
on
a
monthly
basis.
Next,
please
crime,
statistics,
the
most
probably
concerning
part
of
those
those
crime.
Statistics
are
crimes
of
violence,
and
we
understand
that
we
can
I
can
certainly
relate,
but
our
officers
can
relate
that
it
isn't.
It
is
important
for
us
to
to
increase
our
capabilities.
G
Our
access
to
technology
in
order
to
to
drive
violent
crime
down
we've
had
some
increases
in
shootings
person
shot
in
an
increase
by
two
of
homicides
by
a
gun
when
looking
at
comparative
cities,
for
instance,
Springfield
realized
19
homicides.
Last
year,
Decatur
had
120
shootings,
champagne,
129
Peoria
106..
G
Here
in
Bloomington
we
experience,
42
shootings
of
those
42-15
persons
were
hit
by
gunfire
and
five
were
ultimately
murdered.
Next,
please
Police
recruitment,
I
am
happy
to
say.
We
have
made
a
tremendous
effort
and
accomplishment
here
we
stood
up
a
Police
recruitment
team
who's
been
imperative
to
go
out
into
the
community
and
go
to
recruitment
events
in
an
effort
to
spread
the
word
to
market
the
police
department,
and
last
year
we
were
able
to
to
hire
21
officers.
G
We
fell
one
short,
but
the
beginning
of
this
year,
we're
able
to
get
others
hired
and
we're
currently
at
our
maximum
Staffing
levels
technology.
Next,
please
technology
will
continue
to
drive
police
departments
throughout
the
nation
and
our
capabilities
of
of
holding
criminals
responsible
for
their
behavior,
but
also
an
ability
to
create
increase
capability
and
communication
with
those
communities
we
serve
again.
Alprs
have
been
very
useful.
G
Our
body
worn
camera
systems,
our
expanded,
Public
Safety
cameras
have
been
essential
in
criminal
investigations
and
we
continue
to
focus,
give
more
Focus
to
traffic
enforcement
and
holding
down
violations
in
that
Arena.
Next,
please
and
then,
last
but
not
least,
we
had
employee
recognition,
which
is
essential
for
any
Workforce.
We
can
only
get
the
job
done
through
those
that
are
dedicated
and
we
want
to
further
enhance
our
output
to
recognize
employees
over
75
awards
were
in
recognitions,
took
place
for
exceptional
work
that
was
done
in
2022.
G
We
also
had
our
first
annual
award
ceremony
acknowledging
the
officer
at
a
year
which
was
named
after
detective
John
atteberry,
a
DUI
leader,
gun
seizure
leader,
employee
of
the
year
and
dispatcher
of
the
year
that
went
over
very
well
and
we'll
continue
to
acknowledge
the
good
work.
The
men
and
women
do
on
a
daily
basis.
E
You
mayor
Pro
tem.
Thank
you
officer.
Thank
you,
chief
simmington,
for
this
report.
It's
it's
great
to
hear
about
all
the
accomplishments
and
good
initiatives
being
brought
forth
by
the
police
department.
One
thing
I
noticed
that
complaints
were
down
from
2021
to
2022.
E
I
would
suggest
that
that
is
due
to
your
investment
in
community
policing
and
Community
engagement
and
I
really
think
that
we'll
see
more
successes
with
that
philosophy
being
practiced
by
the
department
I
wondered
under
the
Patrol
Division.
It
said
that
217
DUI
arrests
were
made
I
wonder
if
that's
an
increase
from
the
previous
year.
I
didn't
see
that
or
if
that's
a
decrease
I
wonder
if
you
could
comment
on
that.
Please.
G
The
the
covet
effect,
not
not
as
many
people
traveling
or
out
at
the
bars
things
of
that
nature
may
have
impacted
that
we
also
had
an
increase
in
the
number
of
officers
we
trained.
So
you
literally
take
a
field
training
officer
and
you
put
them
with
with
a
trainee
that
decreases
the
number
of
officers
we
have
available
to
proactively
go
after
DUI
enforcement,
so
crash
wise.
The
statistics
haven't
increased
tremendously
on
those
who
are
under
the
influence
who
are
involved
in
crashes.
G
H
Yes,
thank
you,
mayor,
Pro
tem
and
thank
you
chief
simmington
for
this
this
report.
It's
really
good
to
to
get
this
information.
I
I,
really
appreciate
all
that
you
and
your
your
team
are
doing
to
keep
us
safe
as
a
community
and
I
also
appreciate
the
the
Community
engagement
unit,
which
has
been
particularly
useful
and
and
responsive
to
concerns.
H
You
know
as
simple
as
disputes
between
Neighbors
about
parking
in
in
Ward,
7
and
I
I
appreciate
their
patience
on
that
and
their
their
they're,
really
I,
think
collaborative
and
and
genuinely
caring,
compassionate
approach
to
people
in
the
community
and
inclusive
approach
to
people
in
the
community.
It's
great
to
to
encounter
members
of
the
community
engagement
unit.
H
I.
Do
wonder
if
we
could
take
back
to
the
slide
related
to
crime
statistics,
because
I
did
have
some
questions
and
I.
Thank
you
again
publicly
for
for
the
answers
that
you
gave
to
me
about
the
specific
questions
that
I
had
after
having
had
a
chance
to
to
look
at
this
I
wanted
to
to
just
ask
a
couple
of
follow-up
questions
that
came
from
that
and
I
guess
in
a
broad
sense.
H
I'm
I'm
struck
by
the
Inc,
the
increases
in
weapons
violations
and
shots
fired
and
and
shootings
in
particular,
and
homicides,
I
and
And
to
clarify
right
weapons
violations
cover
all
of
those
things:
shots
fired,
homicides
by
gun
and
and
what
am
I
missing,
people
actually
shot
that
would
all
come
under
weapons
violations.
So
we've
seen
an
increase
from
one
from
113
in
2021
to
173
last
year.
Right.
That
would
is
that
right.
H
By
my
count
from
what
I
can
see,
that's
about
a
53
increase
so
that
that
just
jumps
out
at
me
as
a
as
a
big
increase
and
I
appreciate
that
that
we
are
not
like
the
communities
that
you
you
cited.
That
seem
to
be
all
surrounding
us.
H
What
do
you
make
of
that
increase
of
53
from
one
year
to
the
next
in
our
community,
though?
Yes,.
G
Ma'am
no
different
than
what
a
lot
of
communities
are
dealing
with
throughout
the
nation.
The
availability
of
guns
have
increased
significantly
across
the
board.
I
don't
have
a
true
measure
for
that,
because
those
studies
or
reports
have
not
been
been
provided,
but
when
I
go
to
conferences
with
other
Chiefs
right
they're,
all
we're
all
speaking
the
same
thing
and
the
other
part
of
it
is
the
seizure
of
handguns
here
by
those
who
should
not
be
possessing
them
have
also
increased
by
65
percent.
G
The
airports
are
also
dealing
with
a
significant
increase
in
guns
that
TSA
is
intercepting
at
checkpoints
so
across
the
board.
It
appears
that,
because
of
the
availability
of
guns,
they
move
within
communities,
they
come
from
other
states
into
communities.
G
There
is
where
there's
a
a
demand:
there's
there's
a
source,
and
so
it's
important
for
us
again
to
have
our
finger
on
the
pulse,
to
provide
opportunities
for
officers
to
leverage
technology
to
also
further
and
engage
with
community
members,
so
that
they
can
feel
confident
that
if
they
can,
you
know
they
can
report
those
things
to
the
police
without
without
a
consequence
or
or
or
dealing
with
someone
for
Retribution
purposes.
G
H
And
so
I
appreciate
in
the
in
the
answers
that
you
gave
to
me
as
I
was
asking
some
of
these
questions
earlier
that
that
you
were
you
were
talking
about.
H
There
was
at
least
one
shooting
where
a
fully
automatic
handgun
was
just
charged
in
the
community,
and
you
also
seized
firearm
Hardware
that
was
used
to
convert
to
a
handgun,
a
handgun
to
fully
automatic.
Was
that
the
same
incident
or
or
that's
a
separate?
No.
H
So
that's
two
right
and
then
you
you
mentioned
that
there
were
12
cases
involving
the
possession
or
use
of
a
ghost
gun.
So
you
know
those
are
unserialized
privately
made
handguns
assembled
at
home
right,
so
presumably
they're
not
easily
traced
or
or
regulated
by
anybody.
H
G
Yes,
those
also
contribute
to
and
causes
an
issue
at
the
federal
level
as
well.
As
you
know,
at
the
local
level.
G
You
know
those
are
all
again
things
that
that
we're
talking
about
to
try
to
you
know,
bring
a
stop
to
it
and
as
much
as
you
would
think,
walls
would
would
be
able
to
manage
or
deter
that
that
type
type
of
behavior
where
we
found
we
have
found
that
it's
challenging
more
more
so
today
than
it
has
been
previously.
H
You
mentioned
the
that
some
of
the
the
weapons
are
coming
from
out
of
state,
where
maybe
they
are
legal
or
not
or
whatever,
but
they're
coming
out
from
out
of
state
and
they're.
Clearly,
not
legal
here.
H
G
No
ma'am,
I
I
like
to
say
crime,
knows
no,
no
geographical
boundary
and
it's
you
know
are
it's
not
the
gun,
that's
illegal.
G
It's
the
person,
who's
possessing
a
gun
who
should
not
have
the
gun
so
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that,
but
we've
dealt
with
criminals
from
other
jurisdictions
that
have
come
here
to
the
Bloomington
Normal
area,
and
so
that's
you
know
again
that
that's
where
that
intelligent
sharing,
intelligence-led
policing,
we're
able
to
to
work,
work,
those
Avenues
at
a
higher
level
and
increase
communication
amongst
Partners
to
to
hopefully
again,
control
and
and
reduce
those
incidents.
I
I
A
All
right,
councilmember,
Kearns.
A
C
Now
I
don't
know
if
there's
other
people
that
are
yeah
councilmember
lee
wishes
to
speak
or
not.
No,
okay,
I,
don't
know
if
there's
other
people,
but
let's
pay
attention
to
the
clock.
Okay,
thank.
H
You
just
like
I,
said
a
couple
more
questions
in
in
our
earlier
in
the
earlier
information
that
you
provided.
Four
out
of
the
five
homicides
have
been
resolved.
It's
my
understanding
from
last
year.
H
G
Thank
you
so
ma'am
just
for
clarification.
What
time
period
are
you
referring.
H
To
this
last
year,
yeah.
H
H
That
would
be
wonderful
and
then
do
you
have
any
I.
It
would
be
helpful
to
me
to
also
hear
in
terms
of
demographics
and
I
I
understand
again,
if
you
don't
have
this
at
the
tip
of
your
fingers,
but
demographics,
you
know,
patterns
to
me
not
are
are
yes,
of
course,
race.
Gender.
That
kind
of
thing
is,
is
useful,
but
I'd
also
really
be
interested
in
knowing
about
age.
H
You
know
the
both
shooters
and
victims
and
then
finally,
I
just
want
to
comment
that,
with
regard
to
Suicide
in
in
McLean
County
and
in
in
Bloomington,
these
data
don't
include
suicides
right
with
the
one
exception
of
the
well.
They
don't
include
suicide
right.
H
H
Yeah,
so
there
would
be
six
gun
deaths
last
year,
including
the
the
that
self-inflicted
gunshot.
G
H
And
as
as
you
and
I,
as
you
shared
with
me
earlier,
the
BPD
assisted
on
19
is
suicide
attempts
and
there
were
about.
There
are
approximately
10
persons
per
year
who
take
their
their
life
by
firearm
in
the
county
throughout
the
county.
So
I
I'm
I'm
just
commenting
on
that,
because
I
want
to
say
that,
because
suicides
do
not
fall
under
this,
they
are
nonetheless
present
and
I.
Think
it's
worth
noting
that,
even
though
we
don't
see
them
on
the
crime
statistics
page,
they
still
are
happening,
and
so
yeah.
C
C
Have
comments
I'd
like
to
make
a
few
comments:
the
behavioral
health
coordinating
Council
does
keep
track
of
suicides
because
that's
not
really
a
crime,
so
it's
more
Behavioral
or
mental
health
issue,
so
I
can
maybe
find
out
some
of
that
information
from
the
people
that
run
that
Commission,
okay
I
do
want
to
just
make
a
few
comments.
C
I
really
appreciate
that
this,
the
strategy
that
you're
following
and
that
it's
made
available
to
the
public
so
that
they
understand
why
you're
doing
what
you're
doing
as
far
as
technology
and
all
that
type
of
stuff,
so
I'm
glad
you're,
making
that
you're
being
transparent
about
everything
that
you're
doing
and
one
of
the
things
that
struck
me
too
was
having
your
values
in
front
of
you
every
day
is
very
important.
It's
a
reminder.
C
I
remember
when
my
kids
were
doing
karate
every
start
of
the
you
know
class,
they
had
to
say
their
little
values
and
I.
Think
that's
a
good
thing
and
I
do
appreciate
all
the
data
that
you
collect
and
I'm
glad
to
see
that,
even
if
there's
an
increase
in
crime,
especially
violent
crime,
the
fact
that
you
are
closing
those
cases
is
very
I'm,
very
thankful
for
that.
So
thank
you.
C
Okay,
the
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
presentation
of
the
Bloomington
Fire
Department's
2022
annual
report,
as
requested
by
the
fire
department.
Saul
asked
Deputy
city
manager
ties
to
introduce
this.
The.
I
Thank
you,
Deputy
city
manager,
tyus
thank
you,
mayor,
Pro,
Tim,
City,
Council,
Members
and
Deputy
city
manager,
Jurgens
tonight
I'm,
here
to
present
some
highlights
from
our
2022
annual
report
next
slide.
Please.
I
So
the
fire
department
operates
out
of
five
fire
stations.
We
are
authorized
to
have
119
members.
Currently
we
are
down
11
right
now,
so
we're
we've
not
been
fully
staffed
for
several
years.
We
continue
to
work
on
that
and
are
working
with
Administration
and
our
local
to
see
if
we
need
to
make
any
changes
to
help
our
hiring
process.
On
top
of
that,
we
have
seven
civilians
that
operate
in
the
fire
department
to
help
support
the
fire
department.
I
So
last
year
2022
was
the
business
we've
ever
been.
We
went
over
the
13
000
incident,
Mark
actually
with
13
272
incidents.
That
was
a
two
percent
increase
over
the
year
before
and
if
you
look
over
10
years,
it's
about
a
32
percent
increase,
so
we
have
been
making
a
lot
more
calls
in
the
last
10
years
of
those
13
272
instance.
I
Last
year,
10
313
were
EMS
and,
and
that's
runs
about
normal
for
departments
that
operate
a
Fire
EMS
based
Service
such
as
we
do,
and
we
run
right
around
that
78
80
percent
of
our
calls
are
actually
EMS.
I
This
was
actually
a
6.8
percent
increase
over
2021,
so
there
was
about
three
thousand
more
2963.
Were
fire
related?
So
that's
about
22.
We
did
see
a
10
decrease
over
2021
and
I
I.
Look
at
that
due
to
the
fact
that
if
you
remember
in
2021
we
had
two
significant
events,
weather
events.
We
had
an
ice
storm
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
and
then
we
had
the
floods,
mid-year
and
those
two
instances
we
probably
ran
close
to
three
or
400
calls
in
those
few
days.
I
I
Volume
per
month,
as
you
can
see
it,
it
kind
of
that
late
winter
early
spring,
we
were
we,
we
kind
of
have
fewer
runs,
but
then
it
does
pick
up
over
the
summer
and
we
were
pretty
steady
over
the
summer
into
December
next
slide.
I
Please
this
map
is
a
DOT
map,
it
kind
of
shows
where
every
incident
was
and
next
to
it
it
shows
how
many
instants
each
station
runs
to
and
as
as
you
can
tell
station
one
which
is
at
310
North
Lee
is
our
busiest
station
with
over
just
5600
instance.
Out
of
that
station
we
run
two
fire
apparatus
and
one
ambulance
out
of
there
station
two
on
Hamilton
Road
had
2126
calls
station
three
and
I
I
will
say
out
of
that
station.
We
run
three
apparatus.
I
We
run
fire
apparatus,
an
ambulance
and
an
EMS
Chase
vehicle
station.
Three
we
had
2858
calls
that's
within
ambulance
and
a
fire
apparatus
there
station
four
2386,
which
was
with
the
fire
apparatus
and
an
ambulance
and
then
station
five,
which
is
at
44
East
Oakland
Avenue.
We
ran
230
calls
out
of
there
that
that's
one
fire
apparatus
and
that's
also
where
our
crash
trucks
are
located
for
the
airport,
so
we
would
probably
had
a
few
runs
there
that
went
on
the
airport
next
slide,
please.
I
This
is
just
a
heat
map
of
those
calls,
so
it
kind
of
shows
you
where,
where
our
call
volume
really
is
at,
and
it's
in
that
downtown,
Corridor
and
western
western
part
of
the
city,
and
then
you
can
kind
of
see
it
wraps
around
the
Veterans
Parkway
area,
you
will
see
some
some
points
out
up
there
on
the
northeast
that
have
increased
here
recently
and
those
are
due
the
fact
that
we've
got
two
assisted
living
facilities
out
there
now
and
our
run
volume
has
increased
out
into
that
area.
I
Next
slide,
please
this
one
again,
I'll
show
you
kind
of
the
the
what
the
Run
volume
in
inside
the
city
bit.
What
I
want
to
really
show
you
here
is
where
we're
running
outside
of
the
city.
This
is
where
we
do
provide
Mutual
Aid,
and
the
majority
of
these
runs.
You
see
on
the
map
that
are
outside
of
the
city.
Are
our
EMS
Chase
vehicle
that
chase
vehicle
will
meet
up
with
an
ambulance?
I
That's
a
BLS
ambulance
and
we
will
turn
it
into
an
ALS
ambulance
to
continue
the
transport
into
the
city,
to
the
ambulance
or
to
the
hospital.
So
I
just
want
to
give
you
an
idea.
You
know
where
that,
where
that
chase
vehicle
is
going
next
slide,
please,
if
you
look
at
those
Mutual
Aid
calls,
we
did
have
375
times
that
we
did
provide
Aid
to
somebody
else
and,
like
I
said,
the
majority
of
those
are
that
EMS
Chase
vehicle.
I
However,
we
will
respond
to
normal
a
lot
of
times
when
they
don't
have
any
more
ambulances
available
and
so
we'll
go
up
there
and
assist
them
for
that
or
if
they
usually
have
a
some
type
of
a
structure
fire,
we
will
send
units
up
there
to
assist
them
with
that
in
return,
we
received
Mutual
Aid
or
Auto
Aid
69
times.
I
Most
of
those
again
are
probably
when
we're
out
of
ambulances
and
we're
requesting
an
ambulance
for
Norm
from
normal
or
they're,
providing
us
a
fire
apparatus
and
a
battalion
chief
when
we
have
a
structure
fire
in
town.
Next
slide,
please
here
we're
just
showing
our
top
10
fire
incident
types,
so
you
can
see
our
top
one
is
Citizens
assist
and
that
has
increased
over
the
years.
I
These
are
the
the
lift
assists
where
somebody
has
fallen
and
maybe
not
hurt,
but
we
go
in
the
system
getting
up
or
such
as
maybe
somebody
in
a
wheelchair
that
needs
to
get
up
some
stairs
due
to
an
elevator,
not
working.
We
may
assist
them
with
that
thing,
so
we
have
seen
an
increase
in
these.
I
You
will
see.
There's
several
types
there
that
talk
about
alarms.
That's
truly
our
second
second
highest
incident
type,
even
though
it
doesn't
show
it
here.
If
you
total
up
all
the
alarms
we
go
on,
we
went
on
about
665
alarms
last
year,
so
next
slide,
please.
I
We
did
have
197
fires
last
year.
Now
that
includes
vehicle
fires,
grass
fires,
trash
fires,
that
kind
of
thing
of
those
197
we
did
have
52
structure
fires
and
those
52
fires
resulted
in
about
1.28
million
dollars
in
loss
or
I'm.
Sorry
all
the
fires
did
about
1.28
million,
and
then
we
had
about
900
and
41
000
in
structure
fire,
and
that
was
down
significantly
from
the
year
before
so,
unfortunately,
we
did
have
one
fatality
in
one
of
those
fires
and
we
had
12
civilian
injuries
in
that
in
those
fires.
I
Next
slide,
please
here
you
can
see
our
top
20
EMS
responses
from
dispatch
and
you
can
see
General
sicknesses
are
top
one
Then
followed
by
Falls.
The
one
we
kind
of
keep
an
eye
on
too
is
the
psychiatric
behavioral
type
calls
and
they
are
continuing
to
increase.
So
that's
that's
one.
We've
we've
seen
in
the
past
few
years
to
continue
to
tick
up
and
next
slide.
Please
this
one
is
kind
of
hard
to
understand,
but
I
want
you
to
understand
that
we
try
to
make
this
this.
I
These
are
our
response
times
for
fire
calls.
We've
tried
to
make
it
to
a
fire
call
at
five
minutes
or
20
seconds
or
under,
and
that's
from
the
time
we
received
the
call
to
the
time
we
get
on
this
unseen
and
our
goal
is
that
five
minutes
and
20
seconds
on
ninety
percent
of
our
calls
right
now
our
times
are
up
a
little
bit.
You
can
see
in
this
report
that
our
90
goal
is
right
now
at
the
six
minutes
and
26
second
time
frame.
So
we
need
to.
I
I
Please,
and-
and
this
is
a
similar
one-
that
it's
the
EMS
side
of
it
though,
but
we
our
time
is-
is
reduced
a
little
bit
to
five
minutes
is
our
response
time
and
they
take
that
20
seconds
off
is
is
what
we
call
our
turnout
time
for
a
fire.
Is
we
got
to
put
our
gear
on
so
they
give
us
a
little
bit
more
time
there
we're
an
EMS
call
we're
not
having
to
put
a
light
gear
on.
So
that's
why
you'll
see
that
lower
goal.
I
Time
of
five
minutes,
we
saw
a
significant
increase
here
you
can
see
is
truly
our
90
time
is
at
that
seven
minute
and
18
seconds,
and
so
we
think
are
increasing
in
the
number
of
EMS
calls
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
this
has
gone
up,
but
we're
also
looking
trying
to
figure
out
what
else
has
caused
this
this
time
to
go
up
next
slide
in
2022
we
saw
one
only
one
retirement,
we
hired
four
new
firefighters
paramedics.
We
did
hire
two
new
support
staff
Personnel
for
our
administrative
offices.
I
We
did
a
point
in
EMS,
building
manager
and
I
will
tell
you.
This
is
one
of
the
best
best
things
we've
done
for
our
ambulance
billing.
This
person
came
in
with
knowledge
of
insurance,
and
it's
made
a
huge
difference
in
the
revenues
that
we've
taken
in.
I
We
did
get
an
its
support
analysis
through
through
the
I.T
department,
and
then
we
did
have
one
individual.
That
was
took
the
retirement
retirees
position
and
that
was
a
move
to
an
engineer
position.
So
it's
not
really
a
promotion,
but
they
were
appointed
to
engineer
next
slide.
Please
Department
training.
We
were
again
busy.
Last
year
we
had
13
585
total
hours
of
training
throughout
the
department
which
worked
out
about
124
five
hours
per
member
per
year
and
they
so
that
worked
out.
I
As
you
can
tell
about
10
hours
a
month
per
person
was
doing
training
next
slide
our
public
education
officer.
We
got
a
new
public
education
officer
starting
in
July
and
he's
done
a
great
job.
He
started
off
without
with
getting
to
all
the
schools
in
the
city
and
to
each
kindergarten
class,
where
we
provided
fire
safety
message
to
them.
I
We
continue
to
get
out
to
public
events
and
we
are
trying
to
increase
debt,
so
we're
out
there
a
little
bit
more
and
we
continue
to
to
provide
CPR
and
fire
extinguisher
training
to
to
groups
and
citizens
within
the
city.
I
One
of
the
newer
things
that
we're
doing
is
we're.
We
are
also
two
are
getting
out
on
the
recruitment
Trail
we're
trying
to
to
promote
the
department,
so
we
can
get
more
people
interested
in
applying
for
the
Department
next
slide.
Please
we
do
have
six
fire
investigators.
I
Last
year
they
conducted
44
fire
investigations
and
of
those
44
they've
they've
closed
37
of
them,
so
they
have.
Seven
of
them
are
still
open
of
those
37
15
were
accidental,
nine
undetermined
and
13
fires
were
intentionally
set
or
involved
a
juvenile
one
of
the
things
is
we
do
work
well
with
the
Bloomington
Police
Department.
I
I
We
conducted
two
assessments
last
year
and
they
will
that
that's
usually
brought
in
by
the
parents
that
want
that
done,
and
so
we
sit
down
with
both
the
parents
and
and
the
Juvenile,
and
they
they
go
through
and
and
see
if
they
need
any
more
assistance
to
help
them
from
bringing
preventing
setting
any
more
fires.
I
Next
slide,
please,
our
hazardous
materials
team
is
for
the
city,
but
it's
also
a
mabis
team
which
can
be
Statewide
deployed,
and
last
year
we
had
seven
incidents.
Nothing
really
major.
Most
of
them
were
just
fuel
spills
that
had
gotten
into
Creeks
or
or
waterways,
and
we
had
to
try
to
keep
the
the
spills
from
going
anywhere
else
and
next
slide
a
couple
of
accomplishments.
From
last
year
we
did
take
a
delivery
of
our
third
Horton
Ambulance
with
the
Ford
Chassis.
I
We've
been
pretty
happy
with
those
one
of
the
unique
things
that
we
did
get
accomplished
last
year
is
we
started.
We
were
able
to
put
an
ultrasound
on
one
of
our
EMS
Vehicles.
This
is
we're
only
one
of
a
few
in
the
state
that
is
is
doing
this
right
now
and
we're
we're
fortunate.
Our
EMS
system
allows
us
and
it's
it's
used
on
cardiac
events,
and
then
we
also
continue
to
updating
our
station
alerting.
I
We
have
put
some
new
Lighting
in
the
bedrooms
to
help
with
the
health
and
safety
of
firefighters,
along
with
the
the
new
tone
speakers
we
put
in
a
couple
years
ago.
We
know
how
what
they
call
ramped
up
tones,
so
they
kind
of
start
soft
and
can
work
their
way
up
and
Studies
have
shown
that
this
helps
reduce
the
blood
pressures
instead
of
the
bright
lights
and
the
loud
noise
coming
on.
So
we're
glad
to
get
that
put
in
and
next
slide.
Please,
and
what
do
we
got
coming
up
for
this
year?
I
We
we
would
like
to
get
back
up
to
Foley
staffed
as
soon
as
possible,
not
only
just
to
be
there,
but
to
help
reduce
some
of
the
overtime
for
our
firefighters
are
working
now
so
they're,
not
working
so
many
so
many
hours,
then
we're
we
are
going
to
get
some
Station
security
at
all
the
stations
this
year,
we're
going
to
replace
boilers
at
station
one
and
station
two
and
then
look
at
replacing
some
kitchen
cabinets
at
station
three
and
then
we've
got
three
support
vehicles
to
to
replace.
I
Thank
you
for
your
support
of
the
fire
department.
I
appreciate
everybody's
support
and
at
that
I
will
take
any
questions.
F
E
Thank
you,
mayor
Pro,
tem,
Chief
West.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
presentation.
You
know
I
heard
you
say
at
the
beginning
of
your
talk
this
evening
that
you've
been
under
staff
for
several
years
now,
and
you
know,
despite
that
situation,
it's
clear
to
me
that
the
Bloomington
Fire
Department
continues
to
keep
this
community
safe
and
I
want
to
compliment
you
for
that.
Congratulations
on
hiring
four
new
firefighters
this
year.
That's
great
and
I!
E
I
We
definitely
are,
and
one
of
our
our
issues
I
think
we
had
was
when
we
decided
to
go
to
the
ALS
for
paramedic
units
that
we
we
made
that
requirement.
You
had
to
be
a
paramedic
to
be
hired,
and
so
we
are
currently
right
now,
like
I,
said
working
at
maybe
reducing
the
the
requirement
that
I
think
would
will
open
up
the
opportunity
for
us
to
become
quite
more
diverse,
and
then
you
know
we
we
will
still
provide
an
ALS
service,
but
we're
going
to
train
those
individuals.
I
You
know
they're
not
going
to
have
to
go
out
beforehand
and
get
that
class
we're
going
to
bring
them
in
and
we're
going
to
train
them
up
to
that
paramedic
level.
So
I
I
believe
that's
going.
That's
going
to
help
our
diversity
issue.
I
F
That
really
quickly,
one
of
the
things
that,
in
working
with
the
fire
department
on
this
is
they're
committed
to
the
effort
to
do
that.
But
we
one
of
the
things
we
will
do
is
make
sure
that
we're
going
to
the
places
where
people
are
and
who
perhaps
traditionally
didn't
know
that
fire
was
a
career
in
informing
folks
about
how
great
of
a
career
it
is.
Sometimes
you
have
to
do
things
that
you
haven't
done
before
in
order
to
get
what
you
get
a
different
result.
F
We'll
do
things
like
go
to
historically
back
colleges,
black
colleges
and
University
and
other
colleges
and
other
areas
where
there
are
other
diverse
populations
to
let
them
know
who
we
are
and
let
them
know
that
we
have
these
careers
available
again.
In
some
cases,
I
believe
there
are
for
sure
barriers
to
in
our
in
our
system
and
we're
working
on
those,
but
sometimes
it's
just
that
folks,
don't
know,
and
so
how
do
we?
Let
people
know
that
we
have
these
careers
available
and
we'll
be
doing
work
to
to
let
people
know
more
intentionally.
Thank.
B
Thank
you
so
much
I
just
had
a
question
related
to
your
EMS
calls
about
how
much
of
that
volume
is
responding
to
auto
accidents.
I
C
I,
just
jotted
something
down
and
I'm,
not
sure
I
can
interpret
what
I
wrote.
What
I
have
jotted
down
here
is
is
like
how
does
the
percent
of
Staffing
or
the
ratio
of
Staffing
since
you're
low
affect
the
service?
I
mean
that
what
is
the
connection
like
a
direct
connection
between
the
response
time
and
the
shortage
of
staff
I.
I
Don't
I
don't
think
there
would
really
be
any
any
there,
because
we
we
we're
never
short
staffed.
We
always
have
the
amount
of
people
that
we
needed
on
shift.
We
will
call
overtime
in
or
whatever
so
we're,
never
really
short.
I
So
I,
you
know,
I,
think
part
of
our
problem
is
some
of
the
areas
is
our
travel
time,
as
we've
talked
in
the
past
about
you
know
into
the
Northeast,
and
you
know
what
we
need
to
do
in
that
area
and
then
you
know,
like
I
said:
we've
had
conversations
with
the
administration.
What
else
we
we
need
to
do
to
help
improve
those
times?
Okay,.
I
I
Me
if
you
did
not,
please
let
me
know
so
we
can
get
that
that
invitation
to
you
but
I
I
think
you
will
enjoy
that
that
day
and
we
will
prepare
you
for
that
day
and
I
know
some
people
have
been
through
before
and
that
really
came
out
with
some
some
compliments
of
understanding
the
job
better.
So
yeah.
We
look
forward
to
seeing
you
out
there
that
day,
okay.
H
Just
one
quick
question
because
I
know
we're
about
to
run
out
of
time,
but
the
slide
that
had
the
heat
map
on
it,
with
the
concentration
in
the
downtown
and
and
older
parts
of
the
core.
That.
B
H
Yeah,
do
you
do
you
connect
anything
in
terms
of
older
structures,
older
parts
of
town
to
incidences
of
fires?
That
kind
of
thing
is
there
any
connection
there?
You.
I
You
know
we
do
have
probably
some
more
fires
on
the
West
Side
than
we
do
on
the
east
side,
but
I
I
think
it's
kind
of
evening
out
here
recently,
so
I
I,
don't
I,
don't
see
anything
in
particular
that
you
know
I'm
worried
about.
As
far
as
the
old
older
side
you
know
our
fire
inspectors
get
out
and
do
a
good
job
of
of
looking
for
problems
and
we've
been
pretty
fortunate.
I
F
You
thank
you.
We
do
have
a
few
slides
today.
I'll
be
quick.
Is
that
Catherine
back
there
or
thank
you?
We
do
have
two
new
employees
that
we
want
to
announce
it's
Corey
Pearl,
who
is
a
labor
custodian
for
the
police
department
and
Kaylee
Harrington,
who
will
support
staff
for
the
finance
department,
so
we
do
want
to
welcome
those
two
to
employees.
F
Next
slide,
please
Holly
pool!
Is
that
time
where
polls
are
opening
up
May
27th,
you
can
go
to
bloomingtonparks.org
for
sale
information.
You
can
also
Leslie
help
me.
Can
you
can
go
to
the
hub
and
get
information
if
you,
if
you
don't
want
to
use
the
internet
to
to
buy
passes
or
to
buy
tickets?
So
next
slide,
please
a
couple
things
happening
with
the
Bloomington
Parks
and
Rec
Department
Animal
Adventure
camp
for
kids
ages,
10
to
13..
F
Actually
that
was
the
July
session
is
full,
but
there
are
still
sessions
available
in
June,
just
June
12th
through
16th
from
1
30
to
4
30
and
then
June
19th
through
23rd
from
9
8
30
to
11
30.
Excuse
me,
you
can
go
to
millerparkzoo.org
if
you
are
interested
and
click
the
classes,
camps
and
field
trips,
button
link
on
the
left
side
of
the
page
and
obviously
art
classes
and
more
go
to
bloomingtonparts.org.org
for
more
information.
And
again
you
can
always
go
to
the
hub.