City of Charleston SC Committee on Public Safety, 8 Nov 2021

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City of Charleston Committee on Public Safety 11/8/21

A

And mr chairman, andrew just put us up on youtube, so we're ready when you are you're all mute, though.

B

All right, can you hear me? Okay? Yes, sir all right! Thank you all very much. I've got a council member wearing with me in the background you know just listening he's.

C

Just listening.

D

B

He said so all right. Well, thank you all for waiting for me. It took me a little while to get my computer cranked up, um so I'm gonna call to order the november 8th 2021 meeting of the public safety committee and I'm going to call on councilmember mitchell. If you would mind lead us in the moment of silence or prayer, please, sir.

E

That's thinking about our head, we're lord and heavenly father, as we come here to do the business for the city for the community, let's be mindful what we're here to do, and not by any personal gains, but making sure that we do everything. That's for this community to make it better in safetyness for all the people in the city of charleston. These best reacts.

E

Your name amen.

B

Amen, thank you very much. Well well done. As always. um First order of business is the approval of our minutes. Marketing.

A

Approval second, second,.

B

All those in favor say aye any opportunity eyes have it. Thank you very much. The first item. The next item on our agenda is approval to accept an award for the fiscal year, 2020 cordvale grant for seventy three thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars for forensic drug identification technology. This is a card.

E

For this chairman, you know, I don't know from the order, but we can take three four and six together because they're all uh grandstands written as no city match to it at all. Unless someone have a question, they can do it in uh after we uh approve it.

B

There's a motion to take items: three, okay, so second, second, okay, all those in favor say aye aye any opposed eyes. Have it all right. So uh deputy chief walker, you gonna give us some information on this or somebody else.

C

Yes, sir, um formerly introduced um officer dave plastic. He has taken the place of chelsea taylor um during this transition. He will be updating us on the on the grants moving forward.

B

So dave, if you could give us an update or a report, ask what items three four and six are with these particular grants and.

B

B

I think we lost him.

A

See his name up, but his picture's gone away there you go no.

B

Well, cassandra.

F

um Yes, sir, I can, I can go ahead and go over these uh grants. The first ones for a coverdell grant for uh 73, 73, 000 and 950 50 for forensic drug identification. Excuse me identification technology uh as they stated this is uh there was no match for this. This is for our forensics division.

F

Next one's for an fy22 jag formula grant. This is for trauma-informed training and equipment to be used in the cpd community. Outreach centers essentially also provides some victim advocate training as well or excuse me software and then the next one is the um oh. That was it. There's a dollar too well.

B

F

Item number six is a homeland security.

B

Grant for fifty five thousand dollars.

F

Oh the net that that one is fire department, council, member, yes, sir, so I apologize.

B

So uh councilmember mitchell, if I can get you to mend your motion, we just take three and four together since number: six is a uh fire department grant.

A

I don't I don't know why it matters, though, mr chairman.

B

I will leave the way it is: is um chief korea available.

D

B

D

He is our mr councilman. He is off today with the group up at the diversity conference in charlotte.

B

So, can you give me any information on item number six, with this uh homeland security grant the 55 000.

D

Standard grant uh funding for our urban search and rescue team for technical rescue. uh This will be used for training and equipment to continue to support that program. All right.

B

Any any member of the committee have a question asked to items 346.

A

Chairman mr samara is um cassandra. Is that number three is that for some equipment for our forensic lab or for personnel costs, or do you know.

F

Yes, sir, it's for um a forensic drug identification technology. It's a piece of equipment.

A

Great, thank you and.

B

I I can, I presume this is a one-year grant.

F

B

Yeah all right, any other questions, comments, discussions on items, three four and six.

B

If not we'll call the question all those in favor say: aye.

A

E

A

I think we voted on it already.

B

Okay, so any any opposed all right, seeing that three four six pass item number five is approval to enter into mou with the coast guard to provide emergency response to the trad street base with the vessels yellowfin and anvil all right who's. Taking that on for us.

D

You need an explanation: yes, please, okay, so uh nothing really major other than formalizing what we normally do every day, uh we obviously will respond anytime, there's an event at that facility from a fire, safe life safety aspect, as the coast guard goes through their normal audit process for their planning for yearly that they have to do. They have to update the agreement so we're just putting a new formalized up agreement in place with them that we would actually respond. Should they have an emergency either one of those vessels or the base itself.

B

Anybody have any questions. Answer item number five.

B

A

For the discussion.

B

Cnn, all those in favor say aye aye, any opposed eyes have it um see, is any other business that come before this committee cnn. I will be adjourned and I'll see a good name of y'all in about 20 minutes.