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City of Groton, Connecticut municipal meeting: Committee of the Whole October 11, 2022.
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Thank
you,
mayor
counselors,
for
allowing
me
to
present
my
projects
that
I
would
like
to
have
covered
under
arpa
funds.
I
did
provide
you
a
folder,
I
didn't
know
you
already
had
the
information.
The
first
thing
I
will
be
going
over
is
the
next
gen,
which
is
a
computer,
aided
dispatch
program
system
that
we
would
like
to
get
right
now.
The
present
CAD
system
was
obtained
in
2004
and
it
was
created
by
a
company
based
in
Massachusetts.
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Also,
companies
tend
to
be
sold
to
other
companies
and
larger
organizations,
as
it
is
right
now.
Central
Square
is
now
the
parent
company
of
our
CAD
system,
they're
still
based
out
of
Massachusetts.
Some
of
the
codes
do
not
match
the
Connecticut
codes.
A
lot
of
laws
are
different
in
the
system
than
the
Connecticut
laws.
So
when
we
put
a
law
in
a
charge
to
the
system,
when
we
process
somebody,
we
have
to
sometimes
go
in
and
convert
it
into
the
Connecticut
laws,
we're
working
around
it.
So
it
does
meet
our
needs
right
now.
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We
are
one
of
those
foreign
12
cities
that
still
use
it.
That
includes
the
Connecticut
State
Police,
DMV,
dep
Dimas,
Capitol,
Police,
Central
Connecticut,
and
a
host
of
others,
including
the
Groton
Town
Police.
They
just
switched
to
it
two
years
ago,
I
believe
some
of
the
benefits
that
this
next-gen
has.
That
would
benefit
the
citizens
and
any
outbreak
that
we
may
have
in
in
the
future.
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It
has
extensive
Geo
Code
system
which
allows
the
department
to
plot
calls
with
names
address
and
with
the
assistance
of
the
cad
map
plot
of
our
town,
which
will
help
identify
and
plot
large
infectious
areas
as
they
come
up.
This
will
help
in
locating
the
cause
of
a
possible
super
spreader
if
one
comes
up
again
the
identity
of
a
known
outbreak
area
in
real
time.
It's
one
of
the
key
things.
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The
geocode
system
will
also
ensure
fast
response
to
Medical
calls
assist
in
the
contract
tracing,
since
we
will
know
whom
was
contacted
when
and
where,
as
the
officers
respond
to
the
covid-19
affected
individual
or
any
individual
that
comes
up
with
another
medical
condition,
it
can
create
interactive
pie,
charts
bar
charts,
graphs
and
mapping.
This
allows
the
agency
to
visibly
plot
calls
based
on
calls
types
and
generate
heat,
spot
mapping
or
pin
mapping.
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It
also
has
the
DWI
forms
and
the
Alvin
Penn
law
racial
profiling
information
forms
in
it.
So
it
goes
all
the
way
already
to
the
state
it
also.
It
reduces
the
time
the
individual
has
to
be
in
here.
So
you're
gonna
you're
gonna
eliminate
a
lot
of
arrest
time,
a
lot
of
contact
time,
you're
going
to
be
able
to
plot
where
individuals
are
where
and
plot
in
real
time
where
outbreak
outbreaks
may
come,
so
you
can
hopefully
pinpoint
what
is
causing
it
and
isolate
it.
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The
one
we
have
is
outdated
within
two
or
three
I
brought
it
up
a
while
ago
with
the
mayor
some
time
ago
that
we
should
start
looking
into
it
because,
right
now
it
was
the
one
we
have
now
it
it
does
work.
It
meets
our
standard
needs.
However,
now
the
new
company
Central
Square,
has
taken
over
they're
being
less
Cooperative
with
the
state.
As
far
as
you
know
like
we
cannot
do
in-car
tickets
right
now,
because
their
program
won't
read
with
our
with
the
state
programs.
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Would
have
to
check
with
that
I
don't
have
that,
but
one
of
the
other
thing
that
this
allows
is
any
agency
that
wishes
to.
We
can
talk
and
share
information
through
this
system
like,
if,
like
for
the
incident
that
we
have
right
now
in
the
city,
with
the
convenience
store
the
individual
hit
five
different
convenience
stores,
the
other
day
we
would
be
able
to
electronically
get
their
reports,
because
the
system's
kind
of
like
talk
to
each
other
as
long
as
they
allow
it.
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What
what
that
does?
Is
it's
an
inter
internal
trigger
system,
so
we
would
set
that
or
the
chief
I
would
set
that
to
if
there's
say
three
civilian
complaints
or
two
civilian
complaints.
It
automatically
alerts
me
that
officer
so,
and
so-
and
this
is
his
third
use
of
force
report-
you
might
want
to
look
into
this.
So
it's
it's
a
not
fail
safe,
but
a
fallback
kind
of
trickle
system
that
if
we
don't
catch
it
on
our
own,
this
will
come
up
and
notify
you
he's
got
three
use
of
force.
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I
My
question
to
you
is:
there's
two
things
that
come
to
mind.
One
is
the
training
involved
right,
you
know,
as
far
as
switching
the
the
officers
to
the
new
system-
and
the
second
thing
is
is:
do
you
have
a
certain
contract
with
the
previous
system
and,
if
so,
do
you
know
when
that's
like
set
to
expire,
or
would
we
be
breaking
out
of
a
previous
term
I.
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I
That's
what
I
was
gonna
say
and
one
thing
over
covert
that
I
want
all
that
I've
experienced
is
that
we
automatically
had
to
switch
from
a
traditional
in-service
face-to-face
to
kind
of
like
okay.
This
is
the
material
read
up
on
it
and
kind
of
like
you
know,
or
maybe
one
person
gets
it
and
trains
the
field
type
of
deal.
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But
this
is
the
system
that
you
could,
if
you
had
to
do
that,
you
could,
where
you
know,
if
people
are
just
busy
and
can't
sit
down
and
do
the
training,
you
know
you
know
your
wingman
and
your
co-worker
could
easily
just
walk
you
through
certain
things
right.
You
know
you,
you
can
get
it
and
still
perform
your
job.
It's
not
a
it's,
not
a
system
where,
okay,
you,
you
have
to
get
this
training
prior
to
going
to
shift
it's
kind
of
like
okay,
and
you
know.
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First
Responders
and
health
care
workers
during
the
covet
19.
for
the
whole
time
that
Dakota
has
been
going
on.
We
were
not
able
to
adjust
our
schedule
or
change
our
schedule
or
work
from
home
like
a
lot
of
health
organizations
or
First
Responders
couldn't
do
we
had
I
forced
them
at
one
time,
I
didn't
force
them.
Let
me
take
that
back.
We
reorganized
the
department
to
run
four
12-hour
shifts
just
to
give
them
some
some
catch-up
time,
so
they
were
out
there
doing
their
job
I
I
did.
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We
did
create
up
a
lot
of
policies.
We
did
create
a
lot
of
protocols
on
how
to
stay
safe
during
this
time
you
know
mandated
mass
and
we
did
not
mandate
vaccinations,
but
a
lot
of
our
individuals
did
get
vaccinations
during
the
covet
time.
Some
of
the
things
that
our
officers
did
during
the
covet
period,
And
I
only
went
from
March
2020
to
March
1st
2021
when
it
was
really
hitting
the
city
of
Groton,
Police
Department
still
received
2958
calls
for
service.
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We
put
another
emergency
order
out
in
March
of
20.
March
23
2020
another
one
into
March
27
2020.
So
we
did
a
lot
of
protocols
on
how
to
handle
calls,
how
to
try
to
keep
everybody
safe
and
how
what
calls
we
were
going
to
meet
in
person.
If
we
tried
keeping
everybody
safe,
but
yet
they
still
had
to
go
out
and
do
their
job.
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I
think
there
isn't
any
other
department
I,
think
that
had
to
continue
doing
their
job
as
they
were
doing
it
before
I
feel,
like
every
other
job
other
than
Emergency
Services
was
able
to
kind
of
modify
either
work
from
home
part
of
the
time
or
adjust
their
risk,
and
so
I
think
I
I
Am
pro
doing
this,
because
it
is
the
only
two
departments
that
had
to
to
come
to
work
and
had
to
still
have
the
same
risk
during
covid.
So
Carter.
I
I
think,
in
my
opinion,
I
think
even
without
These
funds,
I
think
we
should
have
looked
into
doing
something
like
this
anyway
for
police
fire
or
anybody
obligated
to
work
during
the
pandemic.
That
was
deemed
not
only
essential
but
Emergency
Services.
Where
kind
of
had
no
choice.
You
know
I,
think
that
I
mean
just
in
you
know
and
I've.
Had
this
discussion
with
multiple
people
and
I've
not
got
haven't
gotten
any
Kickback
from
it
yet
his
own.
I
You
know
you
say
that
you
you,
you
sign
up
for
the
job
and
you
sign
up.
Okay,
you
know
you
get
Hazard
pay
or
you
know
you
sign
up
for
the
job,
but
I
don't
know
anybody
that
signed
up
to
risk
the
lives
of
their
family
members
and
take
an
unknown
om
virus
back
home
and
potentially
hurt
their
loved
ones
and
the
people
that
they
they
you
know
around
daily.
You
know
on
people
that
they
care
about
just
the
unknown.
You
know
coming
back
on
an
everyday
basis.
Nobody
signed
up
for
that.
I
So
you
know
your
officers.
They
signed
up
to
put
themselves
on
the
line.
You
know
not
their
relatives
and
their
family
members
and
I
think
just
going
into
that
mindset
alone
is,
you
know
often
is
is
forgotten
unless
you
actually
live
it
or
you
know
somebody
who
loves
it
so
I
think
this
is
a
long
overdue.
Okay.
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B
And
then,
at
the
very
bottom
of
your
thing,
financed
on
your
house
put
in
for
the
premium
pay
for
other
employees,
there's
no
amount
there
I'm
waiting
on
the
amount,
but
when
it
comes
time,
we'll
talk
more
about
that
about
who
do,
we
think
is
really
qualified
to
get
that
based
on
modified
work
schedules,
work
from
home
those
kind
of
things
these
guys
in
the
fire
didn't
have
that
choice
and
they
work
directly
with
people
that
had
covered
so
all
right,
any
account.
Sorry,
Deputy,
Mayor,
Depot.
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I
did
was
I
started
in
when
we
started
first
start
out
all
the
protocols
wearing
the
masks
and
Governor
Lamont
started.
Putting
everything
out,
March
or
actually
December
of
2019
is
when
it
started
in
over
in
China,
but
it
hit
us
over
here
and
all
our
protocols
started
coming
out
in
March
and
I.
Just
did
it
for
the
first
year.
Okay
and
after
that
thing
started
clearing
up
a
little
bit
and
more
because.
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I
And
this
is
just
the
piggyback
off:
what's
account
what
counselor
said
I
think
just
looking
ahead
right,
I
I
think
you
know
there
maybe
should
be
something
in
place
where
we
don't
have
to,
and
that's
I
mean
God
forbid.
Anything
like
this
happens
again,
but
I
think
possibly
to
set
up
some
precautions
just
in
case
you
know
this
something
like
this
happens
again.
We
already
have
it
set
in
place
where
they
know
that
okay
they're
going
in
but
they're
giving
something
for
it.
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If
need
be,
what
that
would
do
would
lessen
the
time
that
an
officer
would
have
and
the
close
proximity
the
the
officer
would
have
with
the
individual
that
may
be
contaminated
or
contracted
with
covid-19
or
some
other
medical
issue
right
now,
our
tasers
are
on
I
equate
them
to
Windows
7,
that's
not
used
anymore
and
they're,
not
upgradable
anymore,
and
they
are
at
the
end
of
their
life
and
axon
is
not
supporting
them
anymore
and
I.
Think
we
just
got
the
last
batteries
that
they
will.
D
They
will
be
making
so
I'm
looking
to
get
eight
of
those
get
rid
of
our
old
ones
and
I
have
the
I
attached
the
quote
to
the
back
of
your
packet
for
you
for
all
eight,
and
that
comes
with
certain
amount
of
taser
cartridges
as
well,
and
some
licenses
that
we
have
to
have
in
order
to
use
those
taser
so
before
they
go
bad
before
they
come
Obsolete
and
they
don't
work
anymore
and
we
buy
them
ourselves.
We're
looking
to
see
if
we
can
get
those
through
our.
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It
would
be
limited
and
that
would
be
done
at
our
range
training
that
we
do
yearly
anyway.
The
only
difference
that
these
tasers
are
is
the
cartridge
itself.
I,
don't
know
if
the
state
police
has
the
new
ones
or
not,
but
the
cartridge
itself
now
has
two
cartridges
attached
to
it.
One
is
a
close
range
and
one
is
a
farther
range,
so
you
would,
if
you're
close,
you
tilt
your
hand
and
that
clicks
it
over
to
the
short
range
taser
and
then,
if
it
goes,
you
just
click
it
again.
So
it's
the
only
difference.
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K
Hi
good
evening,
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today.
So
I
have
two
proposals
for
arpa
funds.
The
first
one
is
I'm
going
to
discuss
is
actually
the
response
vehicles.
We've
already
had
this
discussion.
It's
actually
listed
as
my
second
priority.
We
have
had
this
discussion
because
we
ordered,
if
you
remember,
back
in
May
two
vehicles,
one
to
replace
my
car
one
to
replace
the
Expedition,
which
runs
out
of
headquarters.
K
The
Expedition
needs
to
be
replaced,
and
that
is
a
vehicle
that
we've
already
ordered
and
the
pickup
truck
also
will
need
to
be
replaced
and
we'd
like
to
put
it
back
into
what
it
used
to
be,
which
is
a
pickup
truck
that
we
use
for
plow
when
we
plow
our
own
property
and
use
it
to
run
around,
and
you
know
pick
up
equipment
after
fires.
Things
like
that,
so
those
vehicles
I
originally
put
in
in
the
arpa
request
for
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
K
That's
just
an
estimate,
I
would
not
know
until
you
know
it
was
approved
and
we
could
actually,
the
prices
are
going
up.
The
vehicle
we
did
order
was
wind
up
being
fifty
eight
thousand
dollars,
that's
with
lights,
radios
and
the
whole
package.
That's
the
sheet
that
I
just
gave
you,
so
you
can
see
the
that
total
those
Vehicles
run
to
like
I,
said
medical
calls
and
I
think
directly
relate
to
arpa
and
and
the
funds
that
are
being
made
available
to
be
used
for
projects
I.
Don't
there
are
any
questions
on
that
Debbie.
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K
Improvement
yeah,
not
in
the
budget,
this
would
be
a
capital
expense
which
we
had
talked
about,
so
I
have
Capital
funds
to
replace
Vehicles
my
vehicle.
Obviously
this
is
not
part
of
the
ARP
of
my
vehicle
is
not,
and
then
the
response
Vehicles.
This
would
we
we
have
changed
the
way
we
respond.
We
used
to
have
two
engines
and
a
ladder
truck
that
ran.
First,
do
we
now
run
an
engine
and
a
ladder
truck
first
do
so.
K
E
K
Yes,
there
is
money
in
the
capital
fund
that
is
accumulating,
and
the
mayor
over
the
last
and
the
council
over
the
last
few
years
has
been
very
diligent
about
putting
money.
My
Capital
fund
has
been
200
000.
now
some
of
that
money
goes
for
other
things,
like
replacement
of
cylinders
for
our
Scott
packs,
that's
coming
up
actually
next
year,
but
we'll
have
that
cash
in
capital,
but
currently
a
ladder
truck
costs.
K
You
know
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
a
million
and
a
half
dollars
and
and
an
engine
is
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
you
know
be
great
to
have
that
money
and
buy
it
without
bonding
it.
That's
never.
It
doesn't
usually
happen.
So
there
is
money
in
that
fund.
If
we
do
use
this
arpa
money,
that
money
would
obviously
stay
in
that
fund
towards
the
purchase
of
that
those
vehicles
and
therefore
less
bonded
money
in
the
future.
B
Perfect
well,
what
I'm
doing
right
now
is
is,
while
we
have
Revenue
coming
in
from
the
permit
fees
from
electric
boat
and
Pfizer,
with
the
buildings
that
they're
doing
I'm
trying
to
put
the
put
money
aside
for
long
term,
because
if
you
remember,
we
just
recently
upgraded
one
of
our
engines
and
what
that
did,
the
good
news.
Is
it
extended?
The
life
of
the
truck
the
bad
news
is
I
now
have
we
now
have
two
trucks
that
are
going
to
go?
Expire
within
end
of
life
is
within
18
months
of
each
other.
B
So
what
I'm
trying
to
do
now
is
put
the
money
aside.
So,
instead
of
having
to
buy
in
both
of
those
with
a
large
fee,
large
funding
is
to
have
the
money
so
that
we
can
offset
that
buy
one
of
them
outright
and
then
the
other
one
you
bought.
So
that's
we're
weird.
What
this
council
is
doing
now
is
we're
looking
10
years
down
the
road
or
further
I'm.
K
We
plow
our
own
areas,
we
do
use,
it
does
triple
Duty.
It
was
never
intended
to
be
a
front
line
response
type
unit.
It
was
a
pickup
truck
that
we
would
use
you
know
doing
service.
Like
I
said
we
plow
our
own
parking
lots
and
and
the
two
stations
we
use
it
during
emergencies,
sometimes
to
to
plow
for
our
own
vehicles
to
get
to
the
emergency
scene.
K
Things
of
that
nature,
so
we're
putting
wear
and
tear
and
and
breaking
that
unit
down
when
it's
not
really
intended
to
run
as
as
the
vehicle
that
we
ordered.
That's
a
special
services
vehicle,
specially
made
kind
of
like
the
police
cruiser
there's
a
little
differences
to
it.
But
it's
made
to
you
know
idle
for
a
long
time
has
a
high
idle
switches
to
you
know:
take
care
of
the
lights
when
you're
just
parked
and
things
of
that
nature.
So.
A
F
F
K
Yep,
that
is
not
part
of
the
arper
request.
Okay,
the
second
one
is
I,
was
requesting
two
vehicles
and
then
I
needed
to
order
at
least
one,
because
we're
at
the
end
of
light
we're
past
the
end
of
life,
the
vehicle
at
company
one.
So
that
was
the
discussion
we
had
had
I
said:
I
need
to
order
it.
Now
it's
either
going
to
come
out
of
capital
or
when
we
get
to
arpa.
You
know.
K
B
K
B
G
D
G
K
There
is
other
monies
in
the
capital
that
there
is
a
plan
yeah
that
has
been
long
running,
but
the
problem
is
that,
due
to
the
cost
of
the
vehicles,
the
reality
is
my
capital
is
underfunded.
Yearly
by
quite
a
bit,
you
got
the
last
years.
We
have
put
good
chunks
of
money.
If
we
had
done
that
from
the
beginning,
we
would
probably
be
able
to
buy
our
vehicles
outright,
but
we
did
not
do
that.
There
were
many
years
where
we
put
zero
money
for
fire
trucks.
K
So
the
point
is
yes:
there's
money
in
there
there's
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
in
there
right
earmarked
to
buy
fire
truck.
If
I
need
to
use
it
to
buy
this
vehicle,
then
you
know
we
need
to.
We
need
to
buy
this
vehicle
and
we
would
but
there'll
be
less
money.
Come
the
time
to
buy
the
fire
truck
and
we'll
have
to
bond
the
money
at
that
time
and.
K
That's
a
finance
thing,
I
I
assume
because
it's
you're
paying
interest
on
it.
Instead
of
putting
the
money
aside
and
Gathering
interest
you're
going
to
bond
and
pay
money,
it
goes
against
your
bond
rating.
It
goes
against.
You
know
all
those
financial
things
which
are
not
in
my
expertise
that
I
will
admit
there.
B
K
K
K
If
that's
what
you
know,
Ron
johas
is
proposing
I'm,
not
sure,
there's
been
internal
discussions
of
who
would
be
able
to
get
that
because,
when
our
when
kovitz
started,
the
city
was
very
proactive,
they
were
very
protective
I
believe
of
their
employees
and
they
they
shut
the
building
down
they
shut
down
for
days.
I
can't
speak
to
every
specific
department,
but
they
there
I
I,
believe
there
were
days
where
a
lot
of
people
just
did
not
come
to
work.
K
There
were
days
there
were
weeks,
maybe
months
where
Public's
work,
Public
Work
came
in,
collected,
garbage
and
then
went
home.
That
was
it.
They
got
paid
40
hours
utilities,
they
worked,
some
of
them
worked
a
week
on
and
the
other
half
of
the
group
was
off
and
then
they
switched
next
week
and
they
got
paid
their
full
pay.
People
worked
from
home,
so
there
were
all
these
accommodations
that
were
made
and
in
essence,
additional
pay.
K
Thus,
the
reason
it's
so
passionate
for
me
and
my
employees
that
my
employees
did
not
have
one
second
reduced
off
of
their
hours.
Nor
did
they
receive
one
cent
more
for
the
work
they
did.
I
know
the
work
we
do
this
is
you
know
we
take
on
dangerous
work,
I
understand
that,
but
in
the
big
scheme
of
things
you
know
this
is
the
unknown.
We
know
a
lot
more
now,
it's
a
lot
easier
to
look
back
now
and
but
at
the
time
we
did
not
know
what
covet
was
how
bad
it
was.
K
I
was
transmit.
You
know
we
didn't
know
any
of
those
things,
so
so
I'm
not
sure
what
that
there
are
some
people,
I
believe
in
the
city
who
probably
did
not
modify
their
hours
at
all.
You
know
they
didn't
work
half
days
and
still
get
paid
full
pay
things
like
that
they
might
have
worked
there
40
hours,
and
so
maybe
they
have,
they
can
come
in
and
say
hey
everybody
else
can
go
for
a
thousand
dollars
through
the
state.
K
I'm,
not
sure
they're
going
to
get
a
thousand
dollars
doesn't
look
that
way,
but
they
you
know,
maybe
they
should
be
able
to
come
in
and
and
request
that
that
is
not
my
proposal.
My
proposal
from
day
one
has
been
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
they
actually
listed,
arpa
money
for
which
was
premium
pay
for
First
Responders
and
the
way
that
a
lot
of
people
you
know
defined
First,
Responders
and
essential
workers,
because
those
names
that
gets
thrown
around
a
lot
is
we
were
on
the
front
line.
K
We
were
the
people
who,
when
the
vaccination
came
out,
we
were
group
one.
We
were
one
a
one,
a
the
people
who
actually
went
out
in
the
field
and
did
r1s.
There
were
some
police
departments
that
could
not
even
get
the
vaccination
at
the
very
beginning
because
they
didn't
do
medical
calls.
You
know
so
some
people
use
that
as
that
level
of
premium
pay,
not
that
thousand
dollars
that
the
state
is
kind
of
offering.
So
with
that
I
I
came
up
with
this
breakdown
for
costs
right
here
we
work
48
hours
a
week.
K
The
guys
do,
and
so
I
was
looking
at
a
dollar
an
hour
raise
from
April
of
2020,
which
is
when
covet.
If
you
remember,
March
of
2020
is
when
we
really
shut
the
world
down
until
through
January
of
2021,
which
is
when
the
vaccination
became
available
to
First
Responders.
So
that's
where
I
got
my
time
frame
from
I
thought
that
that
was
somewhat
realistic
at
that
point,
if
the
employee
so
chose
they
could
get
the
vaccination
to
help
protect
themselves.
K
So,
as
you're
looking
at
the
breakdown,
that's
my
time
frame
and
why
I
said
a
dollar
an
hour,
it
was
a
number
I
used.
We
worked
48
hours
a
week
over
that's
44
weeks.
That
gives
you
that
number
averaging
12
hours
of
overtime
I
think
that
a
low
number
but
I
was
trying
to
come
up
with
just
a
bonus
number
as
opposed
to
per
hour
I'm
with
you.
If
you
are
going
to
move
forward
and
you're
going
to
move
forward
with
the
police
and
the
fire,
we
probably
want
to
be
uniformed
how
that
is.
K
So
that's
where
I
came
up
with
the
three
thousand
dollar
bonus
and
I
put
16
employees
times
three,
that's
more
so
little
I
I
do
have
an
employee
who
retired
and
we
had
a
vacancy
that
never
got
filled.
So
there
are
three
current
employees
who
are
not
here
during
that
time.
I
would
not
expect
them
to
be
eligible
for
that
bonus
because
they
did
not
work
for
the
city
at
the
time
we
do
have
one
employee
who
retired,
who
I
think
is
entitled
to
that
money.
He
was
here
and
he
worked
that
time.
K
You
know,
I,
don't
know
how
we
would
you
know,
get
it
to
him,
but
he
you
know
firefighter.
Mcguigan
was
here
during
those
months.
So,
as
was
stated
before
you
know,
and
and
the
chief
said
we,
if,
if
you
know
how
many
meetings
I
sat
through
on
procedures
and
protocols,
we
wrote
up
procedures
and
protocols,
we
did
the
best
we
could
to
protect
the
employees,
but
we
did
stuff.
That
was
unheard
of.
K
You
know
unheard
of
to
where
and
then
you
might
be
in
healthcare,
we're
an
n95,
take
it
off,
put
it
in
a
brown
bag
and
wear
it
again.
I
mean
it's
just
things
that
were
just
what
had
to
be,
but
were
unheard
of.
We
had
to
do
all
that
and
then
at
the
end
of
the
shift,
go
on
and,
and
you
know
to
the
unknown
and
what
you
were
doing
to
your
family.
So
that
is
why
this
is
my
number
one.
K
Priority
has
been
from
over
a
year
ago
when
they
put
out
the
arpa
requests
and
dare
I
say
this
was
not
a
very
popular
proposal
anywhere.
You
see
it
more
now,
though,
not
only
do
you
see
it
more,
the
state
put
20
million
dollars
or
whatever
it
was,
so
everybody
could
get
a
thousand
dollars
again.
This
is
not
that
this
is
everything
I
just
explained.
This
is
the
employees
working
above
and
beyond
and
not
getting.
You
know,
like
I
said
we
took
care
of
some
employees
here
and
I'm,
not
promoting
anybody.
K
E
Well,
first
I
want
to
Echo
what
council
Carter
said
before,
which
is
you
may
sign
up
to
be
a
police
officer
firefighter
and
know
that
that's
a
risk
to
yourself,
but
you
don't
plan
to
put
your
family
at
risk,
usually
in
those
jobs.
So
I
agree
with
that
and
with
what
you
said,
did
you
just
pick
the
dollar
amount,
because
it
was
a
sensible
amount?
Are
there
other
departments
doing
thinking
about
the.
K
One,
it
was
at
the
time
it
was,
in
my
mind,
a
sensible
amount
and,
to
be
honest
with
you,
almost
a
sad
fact
is
that
grocery
store
workers
who
were
working
on
the
out
there
on
the
front
line
they
were
getting
dollar
raises
and
More
in
some
places,
Stop
and
Shop
and
Big
Y.
They
were
given
all
these
people
increases
in
their
pay
in
an
on
an
hourly
basis.
So
that's
where
I
came
up
with
the.
How
do
you
start?
What
do
you?
You
know?
How
do
you
put
a
number
on
it.
E
K
Did
not
I
did
not
break
it
down
into
hours
because,
in
my
mind,
I
thought
that
was
going
to
be
a
financial
Pro.
You
know,
I
was
going
to
be
first
of
all,
making
work
for
the
finance
department.
Yes,
absolutely
to
answer
your
question.
Some
people
work
more
overtime
than
others.
There's
no
doubt
about
it.
I
was
just
looking
for
a
flat,
a
flat
of
amount.
E
B
J
J
So
I
think
it's
a
great
idea.
I
think
it's
well
deserved.
I
would
actually
even
go
higher
because
being
a
bus
driver
and
then
when
we
were
let
go
and
then
I
still
work
part-time
somewhere
else.
There
were
people
getting
an
extra
600
more
weeks.
So
if
you
divide
that
by
40
hours,
which
is
a
typical
full
week,
that'd
be
one
and
a
half
I
mean
I
would
have
suggest
that
one
and
a
half
times
an
hour
and
then
bumping
up
for
the
overtime
for
more
monies.
That's
all
I
have
to
say.
K
B
E
Oh
I
just
wanted
to
add
and
I
I
did
kind
of
say
this.
One
Chief
Jenkins
was
up,
but
I
do
think
whether
it's
to
increase
I
would
be
into
favor
of
being
more
inclusive
of
making
the
two
departments
the
same
so
the
same
time
frame
the
same
amount
I
think
that
that
would
be
best
and
obviously
would
be
worked
amongst
the
two
of
you
I
just
think
that
makes
the
most
sense
to
make
it
as
equal
as
possible
with
the
two
departments.
K
Absolutely
I
agree
with
that
when
you
go
in,
if
you
want
to
actually
get
the
actual
numbers,
that's
that's
going
to
be
a
finance
thing.
They're
going
to
have
to
do
a
bunch
of
work
to
do
every
employee,
I!
Think
that's
why
I
was
coming
with
a
set
number
kind
of
a
roundabout
number,
but
I
I
agree
with
you.
If
we're
going
to
do
a
year,
then
I
can
recalculate
the
I.
E
G
B
Okay,
that's
it!
Thank
you
Chief!
Thank
you
both
Chiefs,
okay.
We
will
move
on
now
from
arpa,
we'll
take
a
motion
to
enter
into
executive
session
pursuant
to
Connecticut
General
statute,
one
day's
206
B
upon
motion
in
a
boat
of
the
city
council
to
discuss
Brantford
matter
to
include
mayor
council,
Joe,
Summers
and
attorney
Bob
Burcham.
So.