Morning.
We?
We're going.
We're going to start our session today with public comment.
alright, we're going to
All right, we got to start with public comments here.
Everyone has 3 minutes for public comment or we're going to
begin with Jolie
map.
ma'am. We we did it. We will get started on that. People
want to speak now.
that we
That we are.
That we don't start. We're here for public comment.
What?
What are the whole?
Where the whole city council is not here. So again, Zoli,
Oak.
Okay.
Okay, mr. Lee, do you wish to speak?
Miss.
Mr. Lee do you wish the speed?
I'm
Um,
Pom pom. Pom pologize. All I apologize man. I apologize. I
didn't know it was you that my question is, do you wish to
speak?
Okay.
Okay, please commence.
Okay.
Don't know.
No more.
No, no, no, we do care. That's why we had a session for
you. So, please, please begin.
Yeah.
Yahoo.
Y'all have a African violation, chairman, and y'all all
everything all the time. But anyway, I wanted. So I went
over to First District yesterday, right? And I went to go
talk to to the tent people cuz ya'll don't go out. Go over
there and talk to them and out and they're still waiting
for the house or whatever. They don't speak any English.
But y'all had $30,000, I mean you have 30,000 ukrainians
over here that you have house, you have they they they have
everything under the dirt, they have food stamps. They
have, they have housing and everything with no problem.
Don't try to understand. Is that the money that y'all got
from the, from the city? I mean, from the state the house?
Damn, because we keep sending billions of dollars over to
Ukraine in Ukraine. But, and so they're fine. And I don't
understand that situation because I have money for that,
that I know you.
Money for reparation.
Money for reparations.
Money for reparations and I'm tired. I'm trying to do.
Y'all keep saying it's going to be a study it's no study
when it comes to us being the most depressed. In the US
government, says Andrew Jackson. Has that explain to me
plenty of times that black people depend on it US
Government, right?
We don't.
We don't have.
We don't have any.
We don't have it in this.
We don't have an embassy, we don't have a conflict, we don't
have any of that. So the fact that we have to go through
you guys and you are taking our tax paying money, you are,
you are are taking our resources and giving it to people
who have not paid $1. In anyting is insane. And if you
think that black people are going to continue to allow
this, you are in for a rude awakening.
You.
You see?
You see how much?
You see how many black people make it out here. It's going
to continue its going to continue and we are your vote, we
but we both for y'all and happy hour on the pole. So we
already know that y'all aren't the best. There's nobody
else just hasn't ran against shop. And if I were to get in
this political game, I will, I will. And I will run as a
Republican, and I will break this Democrat machine cuz
that's what the f***, that's what it is. And I'm not
playing with none of y'all. Y'all going to find out money,
y'all going to be all the people, you're going to be public
service and if you're not going to do what y'all going to
get voted out and that's real, it, don't take it, don't
take a lot to explain to the next person. How much money we
are all, this is a duck that you're over us.
Continue.
It's going to be continued to come down here until y'all
figure out where I'm thank you.
Thanks.
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you, Miss Lee next. We will have a Jessica Jackson
all the
All the mad.
All the matter reparations.
Since you were.
Since you aren't they?
Since you all think, you keep saying how you have to study
this issue has been in Pocket since 1865.
and it's
And it start.
And it started with a order from William T. Sherman,
special field order number 15 and it talked about our 40
acres, the mule came later.
and,
Aries.
And reads as follows. Imma try to go fast today. We come to
use the phrase 40 acres and a mule. But few of us have read
the orders self.
There.
There are there.
There are there a bus there. If there's there's a relevant
part c. R Section 1.
Bear.
Bears. Be
Bears, B Section 1 Bears, the represents representation in
full,
The.
The island.
The island for Charleston South the abandoned ice Fields
along the river's four. Thirty miles back from the sea and
the country bordering the st. Johns River. Florida are
reserved and set apart by the settlement of the Negroes.
Now made free by the act of War and the proclamation of the
president of the United States. Who was the Republican
Abraham Lincoln that got reversed by a democratic President
Andrew Johnson?
set the
Sex section 2 specifies that these new communities, more
would be covered entirely by black people themselves on the
islands and in the settlement, your Raptor to the
established, no white person, whatever, unless Military
Officers and soldiers detail for Judy will be permitted to
reside and the soul and the soul and the exclusive
management of Affairs will be left to the Free People
themselves.
Bible.
Bible all.
Bible laws of war and the orders of the president of the
United States. The Negro is free and must be dealt with as
such.
find a
Final.
Finally Section 3 specifies, the allocation of land, each
family should have a plot of more of not more than Forty
Acres of Triple G and when this borders on some water
Channels with not more than 800 ft of Waterfront in the
possession of which land and Military authorities will
afford them protection until such time, as they will
protect themselves or until Congress your regulate this
order.
Okay.
Who came up?
Who came up with this idea?
Who.
Who were they?
Who were there?
Who.
Who would?
Who were these 20 thoughtfully, who exhibited such
foresight? They were all ministers.
Most.
mostly by
Mostly Baptist and Methodist. So when preacher's coming
here, Jackson
Miss.
Miss Jackson your time.
Miss Jackson. Your time is up.
Meet.
Meet Josh.
Miss Jackson, you your time is up.
Mr.
Was John.
Was Jack Jackson. The time is up next for going to have
brother, Darryl heard?
Bro.
Bruh.
Brother Darryl.
Brother. Darryl heard,
32 Brothers.
Pretty Brothers.
Brother sister.
okay, can I
Okay, can you hear me now? Okay, to a good evening. My
brothers and sister. See if my name is brother to help her.
I'm with the Chicago in the Copa chapter and I'm here in
support of the crr plan for Chicago, robust preparation,
playing at the mayor's up front, to give y'all a little bit
of thing about what we're doing here. We are here to try
and get something that has been denied us but like hundreds
of years. So in the time. That I have, I cannot really
expound on it, but I'm just going to say a few things that
will that will give y'all inside. There's anything of why
we are requesting reparation but it's more to me of why
not. It has not been given to us. And so right now we have
come together just to ask this aboard to do something. I
don't want to get up here and argue and debate and make a
scene. I just came up here to ask for you to do your job
and help us get what we are. So right before you deserve,
we have so much.
just a
the state, then just
The state, the Injustice of slay.
The state, the Injustice of slavery, we have so much
history to State the Injustice of the destroyer and
everything and the anger. And some of our people is all I
can say is that I'm thankful for my ancestors Spirits
inside of me that still has us fighting for the 435 years
plus that we're trying to get reparations. And on behalf of
all of the coalition's here right now, I stand in support
of trying to get our budget, plan passed through the
mirror. Has also trying to get reparation passed in the
nation on the half of our movement. I just say, I Shay
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you, Tim Howard.
Thank.
Thank you. My name is Cam, how would I represent a
reparations United Country. Real Community reparations to
Mission equity and transformation. Black roots of lions.
National call.
National Coalition of last reparations in America, Chicago
chapter and many other organizations.
I'm
I require.
I'm requesting a reparations line item in this year's
budget for robust reparations. Playing Chicago for a long
time as hell. Monica has the most segregated City in the
nation. It is, in fact, one of the most ethnocentric and
Center phobic cities in America, each non-black after I
miss Ade, carving out, a portion of the city's economy at
the exclusion of others, Millie all at one time, or another
have, or are exploiting the black community for their up
with group Mobility, there was a period of rejection to
this exploitation in the 1960s and 70s in the black
community began to build a strong political and economic
business space. This harder and strength culminated with
this Story, collection of Hell, Ouachita Premiere in 1983.
At that time, Chicago was saying that the political Capital
Black America. Also, according to Black Enterprise
Magazine. The cargo was also The Economic and Business
capital of Black America.
The most.
The most black.
The most black men.
The most black millionaires.
The most black millionaires in.
The most black millionaires in any City, most black
businesses in a single County. The highest number of
workers employed in black business has the highest number
of black businesses with more than 100 employees. The most
diverse the business based in the in the country
construction Finance Bank in real estate manufacture.
Meaning in food processing, Sales & services,
Power.
Overseer.
Power series of governmental policies, were enacted that
reduce the political Economic and Business call her black
Chicago, the race Wars in City Hall during the first
washing, the term dumping of drugs and weapons in our
community and the drug war on our community, the federal
faith-based initiative that systematically sucking pain and
weakened the black business classes. Chicago economics
subsidies that channel for businesses in our communities
and subsequently monopolies of businesses in our
communities, like gas stations, grocery stores, liquor
stores beauty supply stores, clothing stores, excetera
lending institution that we use the lawn to blacks in our
own Community, but willingly linen to Outsiders do business
in our community. About school. Removing it was Jenny
McCarthy, middle class, the federal teacher loan,
forgiveness program, that sent thousands of white t-shirts
in Black schools who brought with them their racial
cultural biases and Louis.
Jason Supply.
Faces of Blackshear.
Faces of black showing.
Faces of black shorts.
Faces of black children I can go on and on with the very
abusive started at the black community this city by the
city in 2020. I was asked by the helping him Relations
Committee chair to bring for speakers to argue for
reparations to Mission a frame. That mean in discussion
around three broad, areas of crimes, genocide plunder and a
part-time that here in the end, it in a 17 mister
Boost.
most of the
Ghost of mr. Howard mr. Howard, your three minutes are up.
So Mister Howard, your time is up mr. We move to the next
speaker. Sorry. We had served. So your time is all you can
have. You can have someone else. Finish serves servers
serve. You can have if you want somebody to finish you if
you want to have somebody finish your statement, next you
can do that. But your three minutes are up sir sir sir.
so,
Sir.
Sir, sir sir sir, please please sir, sir, please, please,
let the next person just finish what you have?
Again.
Again, just like the next person finish.
Dr.
Dion. Dion Holdrege.
The.
Do you?
Dion.
Beyond holds.
Beyond. Hold you. Sorry.
Sorry, sorry, sorry. So could you calm down? Just calm
down. Just calm down, just calm down. Sorry. You have 3
minutes if you want to give the next person. What you have
left to finish. That's fine. But we can extend the time for
him, mr. Dion, whole drink is next. So, would you please
finish? Would you please finish what he has Eye Care.
I give you any more.
I give you any more time.
so,
Sorry. Sorry again when your time comes up, if you want to
do that, that's fine but giannos read. Your turn is next.
If you want him to finish that go ahead and finish it. But
then you have to do is to chat you you can't you have to do
is Sir, you have to finish it. You can I cannot allow him
to have more time.
so,
So so, so you don't miss the whole truth. You're next
Okay, Mr. Whole tree is next. You got it. Okay baby. Well
Sarge.
You can.
You can fit.
You can finish this so you can finish what he has no
problem.
Go to.
Go ahead.
Go ahead to finish.
Are you?
It's 2020. I was asked about the health and human.
it's
A two.
In 2020, I was asked by the health and human relations
committee chair to bring for speakers to argue for
reparation commission. A frame that meeting discussion
around three broad areas of crime genocide plugged in as
part of their hearing ended in a 17-0 vote in favor of a
fully-funded reparations committee, they were all convinced
that was followed by 47 to vote in full Council. However,
the only way to address, these continual steals is
reparations in the only way to fund them is a dedicated
line item in the Andrew City budget.
They?
Thank you, you
Thank you. You have your time served for whatever you want
to say. So I believe in operation are we right now? And we
have for reparations, you know I'm saying from the drug
war, you know, it is continuous. You know I'm saying
heartache and pain that a black person growing up in
Chicago on the west and the South Side, you know I'm saying
with the with the with the Pittsburgh with the weed, you
know what I'm saying, the past Vehicles, get past. You've
been convicted for people still in jail for what you know
I'm saying with a poverty, you know I'm saying spot with
the immigrants, you know, I'm really getting everything
that you do for us
You.
You don't want people to.
you do my people kind of said,
You know, my people kind of said it. That's all I got to
say about. Thank you.
Make.
Nexus.
Mexicans are George Blakemore. Mister Blakemore
They steal my minutes up here. I don't care. What goes on
with that little beat, they still these white folks are
still sweetness out of sugar, they stole us from Africa, we
do not give enough preparation will entitle to that. That's
all Blood, Sweat, and Q in this country made America what
she is. Now, America is turning on us. We never got our
Forty Acres and a Mule. You know what? The engine are
Indian giver. That's the white man hiding something and
giving you nothing. They signed the Emancipation
Proclamation and promised you Forty Acres and a Mule, and
you going to get some protection. You had to go right back
on the white man, Plantation as a sharecropper.
all the
All be.
All these black people in High faces, they're not serving
us.
The price.
The proud.
The problem.
The problem is with us and all elected officials, you said
your agenda and they do what you tell them to do.
Otherwise, you don't need Black Faces in high places. A
black male, black Altima black commissioner. Look at our
community is something inherently wrong here on the
plantation. The white man made any stickers that out. We
got to put in if we all have in us. So we have to change.
We have to change our mindset is something wrong here.
With.
with a
With our, you can go to st. Louis, they got a black mirror.
There you go to l.a. that got a black man and they got
black elected officials but they're not delivering the baby
come to the job and contract and service to black people.
Why not? Because they're all out.
How?
Try.
Trader. Joe, the movement. But they are not representing
you, if they was representing you, he had power to the
Breakthrough. They break the rules when they want to, and
they obey the rules that they want to, they are still sweet
out of sugar. These people will never give. I'll rub a
reparation. We have to take it by any means necessary. You
see what? I see the illegal immigrants are people from the
Ukraine or getting it. What are you black? Getting nothing?
Nothing from nothing.
Volume.
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you, mr. Blake Moore.
Next.
Next week.
Next, we'll have
brother.
Burberry.
Brother, Jordan Belfort.
Brother Joe.
Brother Jordan or Ford has that Giorno could very well go
ahead.
I'm sure.
I'm Chicago in Coeburn.
We?
We Believe.
We believe the descendants of Africa and Africans.
and,
and you're
And you hear me. All right, we believe that the descendants
of Africans who were captured taken from our homes, a
Homeland is slave for hundreds of years, in the American,
in the American, and throughout the this barrage B believe
that we should become cop compensated for the Injustice,
the brutalities in Humanities and the explosion of racism,
expectations of racism, white supremacy, economic
discrimination, and oppression impose Upon Our People past
and present,
Rap.
Rapper.
Reprobate.
Rapper Ace.
Reparations payment for debt old, the act of repairing a
wrong or injury after the tone or wrong for the wrong,
doing to make amends to make one whole. Again, the payment
of damage to the repairs, our nation conversation and money
land or materials for damages in the in the ancient African
kemetic, since reparation means to rise up repair and
restore
The.
The ruin and damage.
The ruin and damaged please help, continue these
organizations that here, supporting them, giving them the
things that they're asking for now not tomorrow.
No.
Not.
Not five.
Not five years from now.
Is Ben.
It's been a.
Has been asked already of you and you sit here and you
patronize the idea and write it in your campaign. Like it's
going to be something that you're going to do and you
haven't done it yet.
And you.
And you said he?
And you sit here and let us actually arguing number between
each other. Like you got no have the power to say no to
talk.
You.
You do.
You don't.
you don't know, you were
You don't know. You wanted me to ask you to examine the
idea. That's why we're here. And I'mma tell you right now,
I stand for a thousand churches in five states, I can feel
this whole room
a pig.
A pimp.
A people.
A people in the church, historically.
RK.
Arcade.
Arcadia.
Are you?
Are y'all sitting here?
Are y'all sitting here disrespected? And if you believe in
God, you don't
I'm an elderly.
I'm an elder in the church and I'm disgraced about the city
council. And any other person that actually is elected,
official, that doesn't actually help the people that were
here first. LP, put you where you at?
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you next. We'll have Beverly miles.
Smile.
Is miles per.
Smiles, please proceed. Good morning. I came here this
morning. I don't want to speak to the elected officials in
his role but I want to speak to every heart and the soul of
every person in this room.
I'm free.
I'm from the West.
I'm from the westside of Chicago when I get up in the
morning to go to work.
When?
When I?
When I go to bed.
When I go to bed at night, the west side of Chicago reminds
me of a war zone when I wake up in the morning, it reminds
me of a large psych facility with no walls. This is been
going on for a very long time, it breaks my heart when I
see all of these illegal immigrants and I'm going to call
them illegal, they're not migrant, they're not
asylum-seekers illegal. I participated in safeguarding his
country, United States Army veteran, any time you enter
this country. Illegally it is a federal crime so far from
where I sit and where I stand the president.
JB pritzker.
JB pritzker through, Brandon Johnson are participating in
crime.
Any.
Anytime anytime these people are not asylum-seekers because
anytime you're seeking Asylum, you don't care where you go
before those people cross cross the border, they already
know where they want to go Chicago, New York, New Jersey,
California. Something is wrong with that? I don't know the
Jets behind that. And what I, what what I am clear about.
If?
If you all.
If you all can give the immigrants illegal immigrants
money, why can't you all give black people what they need?
We've been talkin about, trauma and treatment for very long
time. We've been talking about a crime. I mean, it did to
me, it just doesn't make sense. We have black people that
sit here and city council, you guys should be every Katie
for the needs of our community. I don't know what the issue
is. I'm not here to point fingers or anything like that,
but what I do know Brandon Johnson inherited this problem.
This issue started over a year ago, but one thing, I'm one
hundred percent convinced about JB pritzker fingerprint
print and footprint is all over this. So whatever their
initiative is, I am respectfully asking that you won't vote
reparation into the line item so we can work on our
communities and get our community as well.
Thank you.
Infamous Mobb.
Frankenmuth MI.
Most will.
Most will have a Greg man.
What?
What happens?
Go ahead mr. Man.
Missed.
Mr. Me
Mister man. Please speak here.
OK, Google
Okay, great, good morning city, councilman person I want to
be. I'm very grateful and thankful to be here today and my
colleagues to be supporting them. I'm with here demanding
unapologetically demanding that reparation on the War on
Drugs. Be added to the city budget for 2024. It's the right
thing to do. I need to know everyone here knows this is the
right thing to do with it. I'm not against the migrants,
but I am against them over here and the resources that were
deemed to go to a community and the deal with the issue
that black people have in America was going to be handled
reparation is something that we demanding that we believe
that is the right thing to do. The war on drugs or declare
way back in the 70 with the Nixon Administration, all the
way into the 90 with Reagan administration, they like me in
all these corners.
I saw.
I saw him.
I saw it in the communal effort.
I saw it in the community, let's lock him up, mass
incarceration, was an accident. It was a deliberate act. It
was a deliberate Act of mass incarcerate black men and the
commodity, they became a commodity in Department of
Corrections because they heat benefits from locking up
black men. So, what we're looking at now today, I'll resend
it, make to make it right city council, people make it
right and to the city budget, do the right thing, but it on
the city budget, and let's get it done. My name is Gregory,
man, s m, a n, n. I'm the lead Minister organized for
equity and transformation. That sucks. All I'm in Irving
with deep in your water. 28th, Ward. We love you out there
but you got to do the right thing. You got to come through.
You got the address for a sheet on the budget. It has to be
done, it has to be done, and that put your transformation
is not backing down. We're going to get it done to the
city. Level in to the state level is going to be done
worldwide because it's something that needs to be done. I'm
a black man 6
Here's a.
2 years old.
2 years old, I'm sitting up here fighting for Paul that
should have been taken care of years ago. There's no way
that we should still be demanding reparations. First, we
ask for that was demanding, it money is going to everything
except to the black families and people that have suffered
at the hands of mass incarceration and intentional act that
was done among black people.
so,
So where's the healing that? You cannot move for nothing,
you expect the people to move forward. If you haven't deal
with the harm, that was caused by the intentional, hate to
hurt the hurt, the knife is in my back. You can apologize
to say, I will sponge your record. Will clean this up for
you to do that for you but until you take that knife out my
back of the dress that way we can never move forward WeChat
Moon 4th and everyone here.
Thank you. Thank you, mr. Mayor
let,
Next.
Maxwell, have a Lauren runnels.
No.
More.
Lorde Royals.
What's the?
What's the Reynolds?
Good.
Good morning. Members of the. My name is organizing a black
what's Alliance. I'm here today and support of the Chicago,
robust reparations plan.
Chicago's Journey.
Chicago's do I need a reparations began in 2002 when
Alderman Dorothy Tillman successfully introduced the
slavery, era, B. The first Municipal disclosure ordinance
in America rate, transparency and corporations House of
slavery.
it's when
20.
In 2015, Chicago became the first city to pay reparations
to survivors the Chicago Police torture under the command
of John Berg most recently in 2020. The Chicago city
council passed a resolution that established the Chicago
reparations subcommittee and 47, 22 V.
We're about a.
We're by the issues of genocide plunder with a base of the
man for the subcommittee.
Black rooster.
Black roots Alliance fights for the safety, and the
liberation of black people today. We are asking for
reparations for the African American. Descendants of
chattel slavery. To be an item for this committee. You want
the Grayson
You want to?
You want to come?
You want the creation of this office and black American
creation of the recreation committee to be funded and
complete their task. Thank you very much for the time.
Thank you sir.
and I finally,
In a final speaker.
In a final speaker is a teacher's voice.
I cannot.
My council member.
I can also Melba's. My name is Beatrice, boys. I'm the VP
of the crown by World Community Recreation Commission. I
don't know if you know this, but prior to the last mayor
election, we met with mayor Brenda Johnson and he agreed to
support a 100-day, robust reparations to Mission. We've
been in this fight since 2018. The resolution voted on in
2019. And here, we are in 2023 City of Chicago started. The
local reparations movement, that is now a national
movement. But we are the last City on the totem pole to
have anything established. Now, I want to go to a meeting
that was had in 2020, to a few statements and all them and
Maria had made. And this is her speaking to her council
members. And we appreciate this. She says that I have a lot
of anger and emotions. After hearing the public comments
from those that smoke about reparations, and the impact
they had on black community.
she also said,
She also said that she will.
She also said that she will be calling her car.
She also said that she will be calling her colleagues for
direct action plan. I don't know what has happened and it's
three years later, she also said that we cannot keep doing
the same thing expecting different results and she asked
you are you listening, evidently? Not because nothing has
has happened. The community members have given and told us
the solution. This is not rocket science. She said we know
what works. We need to invest our dollars in black
community. Where is the money? She also said, we
continually face police by the state, boundaries, with
Decades of disinvestment, racism oppression. And I really
appreciate those points of genocide. What more do we need
to hear? What more do we need to do? How many more riots
protests with the city council and the mayor, and the
governor everybody else in power need to listen, like, how
much paint do we need to experience in order for us to move
forward with the solutions for reparations? She also
Stop.
Some of you have been working around this legislation, you
have been spending a lot of time over the years on these
efforts, some of you have outright dismissed, any talk of
reparation people are dying and we all will be just on the
decisions we make over the next couple of weeks. But with
three years later, we are the political will of the city we
can do this. If the political will is there.
Ask.
Asking you.
asking you, if
Asking you is the political will be there for you to finally
invest in Black communities. We have 77 communities in
Chicago and all the black ones are poor. There is not one
for white community in this city and we pay tax dollars
equivalent to them, but yeah, we suffered the most. I'm
asking know, I'm demanding. That's your most loyal base of
Voters, Democrat party. It's a Black Bolt and knot them.
And he's got a line item for reparations. Be put in the
2044 budget. Thank you.
Broken.
Broken paw.
Don't confuse public comment today.
let,
I can call.
That concludes public comments. We will start today with
public safety administration will open with the council
office of financial analysis, representation in relation to
Cofield, please receive.
Can.
Can Minerva.
Cameron Erving. Vice-chairman Lee.
Again.
Aurora.
All right.
Jeremy.
Chairman.
Chairman Irving, Vice chairman Lee, distinguished city
council and guest good morning. My name is Janice old and
gray and I'm the acting director of the city council office
of financial analysis. Also known as Kofa. I'll be doing
the brief overview of the Office of Public Safety
Administration, we complete a comprehensive survey with the
Alderman, and they did have public safety concerns,
particularly about the cameras. And I think there may have
been a little misunderstanding. Most of the concerns were
directed toward oamc. However, it's our understanding that
PSA does the placement of the cameras, and they also serve
as the camera. So this is something that we may want to
discuss later. Hoey MC, actually manages the 2700 cameras.
Now, let's get to the numbers.
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less than the revised 23 budget.
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budget. Corporate phone accounted for 37.13 %. 38.8 million
is Personnel, 133.1 is 9 Personnel Personnel Services. Did
grow by 5.1 million representing a 15.19 increase compared
to the revised. That's why I 23 budget.
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The emergency can.
The emergency communication fun, makes up 43.75% of the
PSA. Budget representing a .16 increase compared to the
fiscal year 2003 budget.
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now, that
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appropriation categories, as you can see contracted
Services, is the number one appropriation category followed
by Personnel Services, the contracted Services, had a
change of -13 572 million for that -10.24 per cent and
Personnel Services. Did increase 15.19 %.
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before, the emergency communication fun, 43.75 per cent
corporate fun, 37.13 per cent. And there's several grants
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that's,
That's my report.
That's my report for today. Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you, directed Gray.
We're.
We began to.
We began with the Office of Public Safety Administration
with the executive director if you could introduce yourself
and introduce your your team members in the box today.
The.
good morning to
Good morning, Sharon, Irving, and members of city council.
My name is Anastasia Walker and I am the executive director
of The Office of Public Safety Administration. Before I
introduce my staff, I just wanted to make one clarification
on the presentation, the Office of Public Safety
Administration, manages, all of the camera Network in the
city of Chicago to include ovs, body-worn cameras, license
plate, readers and mobile camera. So, we do manage all of
the cameras. I am pleased to be here today to discuss our
2024 budget. Please allow me to introduce my staff and when
I call your name Dice, Clay, stand up. Franklin Bloom to my
right is the first deputy director Natalie, Gutierrez is
the managing, deputy director of Finance Administration.
Dan Casey is the managing deputy director of Public Safety.
I t,
Table.
Bob Lind.
Bob Lewandowski is the managing Deputy for human resources.
Sarante Smith is the deputy director of Finance, Leon leak,
is the deputy director of video and analytics systems in
cyber security.
Dennis be.
Dennis Brown.
Dennis bail.
Dennis believe.
Dennis baliga is deputy director of it infrastructure. And
pater is our contract administrator.
Joyride.
Joy, ground is are
Joyce round is our director of HR.
Job.
Jabra.
Joe Brown is the deputy director of General Support
Services will rainy, is the director of it.
Enter.
and to
And Tenaya.
Antonia Williams is our general counsel.
Since 20.
Since twenty twenty.
Since 2020, the Office of Public Safety Administration has
a has managed administrative responsibilities on behalf of
Chicago. Police Department, the Chicago fire department and
the office of emergency management and communication. We
are also tasked with new initiatives, such as supervising
and managing the daily operations at the Public Safety
Training Center, located at 701, North Kilbourn Street
psa's combined experience and expertise in administrative
technological and fiscal management. Not only showcases,
how valuable psa2 the Public Public Safety portfolio.
Sorry about that.
PS.
BSA.
Psa's combined experience, and expertise and administrative
technological and fiscal management. Not only showcases how
valuable PSA is to the public safety portfolio. It also
allows our Public Safety departments to focus on their
equally valuable core missions. Public Safety departments
represent over 43% of the city's corporate budget. Impasse
is charged with management of that entirety on behalf of
psac, pdcf key and the OMC
PS.
Psa's any.
Dsa's, annual tasks include managing, three billion dollars
in public. Safety, finances, executing payroll for over
23,000 Public, Safety employees.
It means.
Administer.
Administrating and managing /, 334 million dollars in grant
funding.
Men.
managing a
Managing over 100 contracts.
Process.
Processing. Human Resources. Transactions for over 2000,
vacancies.
Men.
Manager.
Managing.
Managing all aspects of Public Safety technology. That
includes the public safety camera system interoperable.
Interoperable, interoperable radios, 911 computer, aided
dispatch system, records management system and next-gen 911
and managing Public Safety vehicles and buildings.
PS.
PSA is a
TSA is also tasked with setting goals for civilianization
cost reduction, finding efficiencies and an improving,
administrative, and Technology functions for Public Safety.
And as executive director, it is my duty to report on the
work. This department has accomplished and our future
goals.
The value game.
The value game from.
The value game from consolidating functions at PSA that
were previously, operating independently under separate
Public Safety, departments has resulted in the return of
115, police officers from PSA, back the police duties and
produced over 20 million dollars. And cost-savings, the
Inception of PSA has also resulted in the following costs,
a $4000000 and impersonal savings, 10.9 million in
efficiencies throughout technological, improvements and
solutions, and 5.2 million through contract negotiator
renegotiations. TSA is also found deficiencies in improving
technology and administrative functions through new and
numerous initiatives that did not exist when employees were
working and separate Public Safety departments, these
examples, include modernizing, cpd's timecard time, keeping
in time cards.
In.
Increasing.
increasing a
Increasing efficiency.
increasing efficiencies and find a possible reduction
related to Public Safety cameras, including License Plate,
Reader recognition, technology,
We?
Real Lies.
Real Lies in cost savings within within the purchase of
additional body-worn cameras for the police department
upgrading radios to secure Communications and eliminating
disruption in Odyssey CD districts as part of PSAs ongoing
radio upgrade project beginning the first stages of the
Supplier Diversity Program to increase diversity and
we be in a
We be in all public.
Tweety in all public, safety contracts, replacing over 5,000
computers in all c p, d districts as well as for fire and
OMC.
Over-the-knee.
Over the next.
Over the next few few days, you'll see some PSA staff here
today, supporting cpdc ft and the OMC at the budget
hearings prepared to answer any additional questions,
related to these elements. As executive director is my
ongoing objective to continue to execute PSA submission
through the heart and exemplary work of the staff present
here today, while we are still a very young Department, I
am very pleased with what we've accomplished and will
continue and will continue to make you fish at use of All
City resources and build on the progress. We've already
made. Along with my staff are prepared to answer your
questions at this time. Thank you.
Thanks.
Thank you for.
Thank you. Very
Thank you very much, vexed with director.
First.
First of all, I thank you all for all the work that you do.
I noticed that last year. You had several vacancies like
70-something. Now you have like, 104, what is it in? Are
you not hiring or is it people on applying or what's going
on?
Every other.
Every other department that you probably.
every other department that you probably heard, we
Every other department that you probably heard, we have had
challenges and hiring we have engaged in robust recruitment
efforts, and we're going to continue to do. So, I've had a
couple of positions where I've had to post multiple times,
but it's not for lack of trying.
and then,
And then, can you tell me the the diversity in your
department?
We?
We have to.
We have 277 employees in Pasa.
Five Points.
5.3.
5.3% is Asian or Asian.
Point three.
136 percent is Native American.
Africa.
African America.
African Americans. Make 43.2%.
Spell.
Hispanic male.
Hispanic mix 14.1% 17.14. Thank you. Why is 30.7%? I do not
have any persons that are Native American or Pacific in
Pacific Islander in origin, and multiracial is 1.7% and
there is 1.43. That is unknown of the 277 mpsa 133 or women
and 144 men. Do you post
We posed.
We post positions for all of Public Safety in my department
as well. What type of what type of employment would that be
as they are, they lawyers, are they computer text with,
with, with, with police officers firefighters paramedics or
for all of Public Safety positions in text? I have
positions in h.r., that for investigator, I have a doctor
position that I would love to hire for that. I've had to
post multiple times DACA position, the doctor doctor, a
doctor for PSA medical. Yes sir. Just like any other
department from check all the way to administrative. So do
you think, is there something to do with the city's pay?
Ben Ben not competitive with the Private Industry or
something? What do you think the challenges? I don't think
it's necessary.
It is to.
It is tough.
It is tough to.
It is tough to know fine viable candidates especially for
tested position. There's a strong no show rate for those or
those positions but I don't think of anything that the city
is going wrong. No sir. And then how how you doing with
your Contracting? Let me know what type of you with your
your diversity with Contracting.
Show.
so, I don't
So out of all of our purchases 28% is dedicated to meeting
Levy or 14.2 million dollars. And this is through June,
through July Women, Business Enterprise is 1.6 million
dollars,
Whoop.
What?
What percentage is that? That's part of the point, 1%.
Africa.
African America.
African-American is 5.8% or 5.8 million or 12%, Asian is
2.9 Million or 5.6% and Hispanic is 3.8 million or 7.6%.
Fantastic. So so if you and then I think all of these
departments is be good. If you let our offices know of your
vacancies and where you put them up, so that we can try to
share with our community. All of us have News letters and
things like that, or maybe we can try to try to help you
all find some folks. One thing I would like to offer up
them for 2024. We are going to be hiring 20 new timekeepers
and that's going to be releasing 71 police officers from
doing that work. So if you know someone who wants to work
for the city of Chicago wants to be a timekeeper,
My.
My way. All right. Give
My way. All right, give me a
My way. All right. Give me that information. I got some
timekeepers. Absolutely.
Thank.
Thank you. Thank you mr. Chairman hot. Good morning. Miss
Walker. Good morning, ma'am. How are you last year? You
talked about the beginning. The first stages of your
Supplier Diversity work, and I noticed that you staying the
same thing this year that you're in, the beginning stages.
So what happened between last year and this year has been
accomplished. Are there any challenges? I noticed that the
numbers are lower in your Contracting.
Sure.
sure, I'm
Sure, I'm going to turn it over to Natalie. Gutierrez was
going to give you the details about that.
Go.
Good.
Good morning Alderman, Natalie Gutierrez managing Deputy of
administration, you are correct. So when PSA since
Inception, there were a lot of contracts that were still in
place and they've been kind of Aging out. So, as we wait
for our new opportunities, to repost and and bring you are
peas to light that Supplier, Diversity Program will kind of
take flight and take a whole new up the whole new. Look,
what we're looking forward to. Is this year, we partnered
with the Department of procurement on their city-wide fair,
but we will be bringing you a very specific fair for just
Public.
Public Safety and more.
Public Safety in March of twenty.
Public Safety. In March of twenty twenty.
Public Safety in March of 2024 and so you might remember it
in previous years, we've done that but we're really going
to leverage this, a lot more and put a lot more pressure
on, not just a Primus but potential Subs, get the message
to you all and hopefully bring a lot more folks to the door
to learn about her opportunities and explain to them at a
more granular level what they could possibly be looking for
in the next 12 to 24 months to prepare for our Contracting.
Could you talk a little bit about the kinds of contracts?
Just to give us a sense of the times of contracts. The PSA
Department
and,
And no.
I know is,
And no issues. And if you could speak to the extent to
which you do or encourage joint ventures,
Between primes and minority companies.
Okay.
Okay, so I'm in terms of the joint venture's we do, I mean,
we set an expectation on all the Primes that they need to
be at least the city's minimum goals for subcontracting and
our hope is that one day. Those subs can become Prime's
themselves. Of course, we did participate in. I think it's
called First. Look Up Programs over the last year and what
we did they were virtual still. But what they did was give
us our jobs, a lot more insight. We brought the subject
matter experts that you see here today and some of those
contracts and really digested them will be on with the
buying plan has so that the sub could understand a lot
better wear.
Oportun.
Opportunity for that mail. I
opportunity for that, may lie, and so that
Opportunity for that, may lie and so that they could prepare
there is certainly a lot of steps we understand with
procurement to get your foot in the door with citibusiness
who we want them, to be equipped, not only on that side,
have all their paperwork in place, but then be ready to
roll. When we post something as for the types of a
Contracting that PSA does. Since we do manage all the
contracts on behalf of all of our Public Safety Department.
Police fire OMC in our own PSA. It ranges for PSA
specifically for our department. A lot of Technology
contract, a lot of information technology, that's really
kind of the meat of it. And there are certainly a lot of
opportunities available there.
Okay. And then I guess my other question is related to the
public safety camera program last year the funding was done
through Bond Bond financing and I don't think many of us
used our menu money for that purpose. Can you tell me how
many cameras do you put out there?
I'm going.
I'm going to turn.
I'm going to turn it over to Dan Casey know, I'm going to
get back to Leon Lee who can talk about that.
And if
and if it were,
And if it was a real benefit to the city to turn it, do you
know to bond financing this?
Des Moines.
Good morning on.
Good morning.
Good morning, old woman, I lie on Lake, deputy director of
video analytics in cybersecurity. So at this moment, as of
the end of last month, we had 300 external cameras that
were installed. We have seen improvements on working
together. We had many issues where there were multiple
camera request for a different locations that were
requested through the alderman. A c p d. But that's why we
were able to avoid trying to do double effort and put in a
camera to phone location for a deal. Allow us to streamline
that and we have been able to make those installs. So
that's the number. We currently are, do they ask you a
question? Yeah. Same. Can you give me the number from last
year's, same time. Same time frame. I would be a little bit
off. I have the end of the year number. Would that work for
you?
They are.
Say that again.
Say that again I'm sorry I have the end of the year that
give me that number. That's fine. Yes. So the
end-of-the-year number for installed last year with 407 to
include internal
Okay.
Okay, so do you see yourself doing more? Yes, we we do we
will do more right now including my internal cameras. I am
over that number on the projecting, to do a couple hundred
more. Hopefully by the end of the year.
and,
and if you all do,
And if you all done anything to reduce the time. It takes to
get from the time that we send a request to you to actually
seeing the cameras up and install, seems like it takes a
long time. Yes. What what are you doing to reduce the the
time and we are currently working with the vendors to try
to speed up the, the issue of the timeframe. We know that
we we've heard from the Alderman and we are trying to
expeditiously. Make sure we get through your request as
well as communicate back to you through the portal to let
you know about the cameras that you have put in a request
for that. Sounds good. But I guess my question is, what are
you doing to reduce the time.
So, as
So, every
So every every work with the defender, what we're trying to
do, if we're trying to work with them to pretty much get
the equipment early so that way we can try to answer his
request more efficiently, roughly with our team gender
issue. It's not an issue with what, you know, the
bureaucracy.
We have.
we had like a
We had like everyone else large challenges with supply
chain issues with our vendors. We have a very particular
cameras that the city requires in terms of frame rates.
Also for HD higher level. Definition of acquire that is
often used for evidence to our requirements for supply
chain, for the types of cameras, we need our specific and
that was extremely limited during the co visit. We're still
coming out of that. And we understand with our vendors, the
amounts of equipment as this really spoke about will be
much higher this year and will be able to meet our demands.
So you don't see this extending into 2024 are they will be
recovering and seeing much better numbers in 2024 based on
what are Benders predictions are. I don't have any more
questions.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you all the way down all while he's over there on a
man Quinn.
Bring.
Bring New York.
Bring your questions.
Equate.
Equate off. All.
Equate off all the combat, you ate all the McQueen,
Thank you, mr. Chair
Mr. Chair. Just building on Alderman, Pat dolls question.
What's the what's the process for cameras? I'm going to ask
Dan Casey that we still have the automatic portal. Those
are all then combined together. Now with CPD before your
commanders used to come to you, requesting cameras are
working at together through CPD, through their leadership
and we bring together a an organization that illegal
With cpd's.
With cpd's higher.
With cpd's higher lead.
With cpd's, hire leadership to determine priorities for
placement cameras.
I think.
I think, I
I think I'll be.
I think would be helpful sort of built that out and explain
exactly what the process is. Last week, super intense
Snelling was talking about how technology is going to be a
play, a big role for him, moving forward, it from your
perspective. Can you expand upon what that looks like as a
Support Department of Public Safety? I view all of our
Public Safety departments as my customer and so I know that
superintendent Snelling is supportive of any technology
that helps him carry out law enforcement responsibilities.
So if he makes that indication to us as a department of his
technological needs, then it's our responsibility to get
that to him, find the funding and make sure that any
contract was up to the service level agreements and more.
Specifically, how does your budget proposal speak to his,
his statement?
I'll let.
I'll let mr. K's
I'll let mr. Casey drop to some of that as executive
director spoke, to we started very hard with Hardware
installations. We've done over 5,000 computers that needed
upgrades in the police districts and also their vehicle
Hardware as well. Now, we're moving towards software, which
is very important since you're pathetic, is that speak to
the uptick in line 01.
Is there?
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Partially cir 01384, Professional Services and Technology
maintenance Public Safety. And we also had about $20,000
that was transferred over to us from cfd for their
TeleStaff maintenance. And that is a staffing software.
What if any role do drones play
Or.
Or me.
Or me, right? Do you have drones are using drones. We do
not but we just we just monitor the contract and make sure
that they look
That's why.
That's one of.
that's one of the questions I got into it with
superintendent during his confirmation hearing about the
use of drones specifically like on street takeovers and he
said oh that's a great idea that will help us understand
how drones are going to be used. I believe OMC has has
drones
You've?
You really?
You believe.
You really okay? So if we can recap, I'm interested in a
formalized process on how
Camera.
cameras are going to be received by your department, the
LPR cameras as well.
I'd like.
I'd like to be able.
I'd like to be able to share that be on the same page with
my commander.
I just
Understood.
Understood, thank you.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank y'all.
Think I'll be quick.
Thank you, Quinn. Allman Riley, followed by Alderman, the
ocean
Thank.
Thank you.
thank you, miss your
Thank you, mr. Chairman, good morning, good morning. Wanted
to talk just a little bit about how you're doing meeting
your goals for civilianization efforts, cost reductions
Financial efficiencies Etc in your narrative. You mentioned
that since 2020 consolidation resulted in the hundred and
fifteen officers from TSA back to the their police duties
for a 20 million dollar cost savings. How many officers
have been shifted to police duties this year?
This ship.
so,
Is.
is it?
Is it what? I think it's 12 this year. We have 35 left but
12 we shifted this year. So we started off with 150. We
have 35 left and we shift to 12 this year and you come so I
can tell you also repeat. How many sworn officers do you
have in in the 2024 budget?
They're not in our budget but they would be detailed to us.
So we have 35 left. Yes, sir. Do you have any sworn
vacancies being funded in the 2024 budget? How does that
work? Do you reimburse CPD for those officers or they just
detailer just detail to us.
and,
and you've
And you've added is at 20 time Keepers. Yes, we're going to
be adding 20 timekeepers. Those are new personal line items
in our 2024 budget and those 20 are going to be releasing
71 police officers from doing that work.
We?
We also have.
We also have a project manager in our, it section that we're
going to be hiring next year. That's going to release an
additional police officer in our budget as well and so to
make it clear. So you know you got to take you around
You stay.
You still out up thing?
You still had to pick up around a hundred sworn last year
and let me know. I guess this year budget. So you're you're
moving another 71 officers back to police duties in this
but that's music to my ears cuz we need more police
officers performing police duties.
Steve.
Stacy are.
Stationary and how many of those remaining officers are
performing timekeeping duties right now? 71
I'm so,
I'm sorry, I
I'm sorry that the officers sworn officers that are
remaining in 2024 budget.
And what?
And, what next?
And what next year, would soon as we begin hiring, they
were none of them will be doing the timekeeping work and I
see is a true. You also have sworn officers in information
technology and finance Administration
Okay. How many in each of those two divisions? It was like,
one of the first things that was talked about when you were
brought online was, timekeeping was a function that could
easily be done by a civilian. And why is it taking all
It's time.
it's time to get to the
It's time to get you this.
It's time to get to this point, well with covid and the
challenges of hiring and having the work to make sure that
is getting done. These officers did have the payroll
expertise to carry that work out. So I did not want to rip
them away and then you know, be left with, you know, as a
staff that was short. So we decided to do a phased
implementation to make sure that we get viable candidates
to ensure that the payroll work is being done timely and
accurately have you moved into that?
Turn.
Time. Keep.
timekeeping position civilians 23, I believe we have
Yeah.
Yes.
Yes, I'm good morning. Bob Lewandowski Human Resources.
Yes. This year, we hired an additional I want to say 9
timekeepers, thus far to currently posted for additional
time to observe start here by the end of the year as well.
So you hired nine timekeepers this year and then you hired
nine this year and then you moved nine. People from their
respective roles in the district, back to General law
enforcement.
so,
So, does human resources. Again, the department or the
police department with that determine the rolls and the
duties that they would go back to Sir, nose are in two
districts or new units. Yes sir.
I think they,
I think thank you chairman kind of following up on that
over the past fiscal year has TSA swapped sworn officers
for sworn officers in for any civilian positions. For the
past fiscal year has PSA swap sworn officers for sworn
officers and what should otherwise be a civilian positions?
Done that. For the most part, the police officers that
we've had. I've been the ones that we've had. So that a lot
of turnover. We got a lot of turnover. We're just trying to
make. The conversion is quickly as possible shift, over to
B. Also part of your narrative, the progress or lack
thereof on upgrading the radios, to secure Communications.
So
Your blue.
Your look.
You're looking to continue to improve on disruptions in the
CPT districts and ongoing project. It's my understanding
and talking with the folks who use them the radios. Still
aren't performing quite up to Snuff as we would hope. And
that there is a belief that the encryption system is is
somehow resulting in in delays. And that there's still a
lot of frost chatter and it's difficult for folks to
communicate efficiently, the two-part question. How much
have we spent to date upgrading the radio system and
pursuing the encryption? Something certainly? An issue. If
I support, how much we've spent to date, how much do you
have in next year's budget? And at what point in time? Will
we have a radio system? We're happy with
Okay, so
okay, so I can
Okay, so I can handle the first part, the radio encryption
cost us approximately 40 million dollars and that was
through grant funding and I'm going to turn it over to
Dennis. Baliga who can talk to the technical aspects of
radio encryption and what we've done there?
Good.
Good morning. I live in.
Good morning. I'll even we we fielded a small number of
concerns that were brought up that you mentioned throughout
the last year and we've addressed a lot of those issues
quickly in terms of the audio quality or issues that you
mentioned a slow learning curve. And adjustment that has to
be made for the new audio format, which is digital versus
what it used to be with his analog. And for the majority of
of officers is taking them some time, to become accustomed
to that new audio.
and,
And to the rest of the question. Thank you into the rest of
the question. When we, when will we have rain sensing that
we're happy with us and I guess we don't, we don't have
any. I think it was money that we had in next year's budget
support encryption, and we do not we finished. Yes. Okay.
But you'll continue to work on some of these sounds like
training issues.
It's not the.
It's not the technology, I'm assuming it's the human. It's
a difference between like listening to a CD versus vinyl
record, right? One is not analog and so you hear all of it.
The waveform is the same with any type of like a CD samples
of 700 x s radio that we use. Because going over there has
a much lower sample rate. Some people sound like robots
when you first start listening to it, but your ear adjust.
So, that was a large part in the beginning officer, to tell
us, I don't know who anybody is on the radio anymore.
It's just you.
That's just your ear will adjust over.
That's just your ear will adjust overtime. It generally
takes about two weeks but encryption is done. It is out
there, we are not having people interrupting anymore or not
having people use. Swear words, offensive language.
Anything of that nature fake tan ones, that's gone. The
encryption is out there and it is performing as it should
Heather at weeks that we definitely have to make. And we do
take the officers feedback in that in some places we found
it with the digital wave. We're getting better coverage in
areas that we didn't have coverage before. However in some
areas were not getting covered through W and Dennis and his
team consoling work on that to tweet the system. But if
they're all minor changes that are done at a technical
level, it's not a major overhaul. The radios are out there.
They have the encryption in them and they tripped in is on
the system and is preventing people from interrupting. The
police officers. Any other will definitely sit with you
talk afterwards. Anything else you want to look at? It will
work with your officers. If we not hearing those complaints
at our level, we definitely want to get them and look into
them. Thank you. And the concern is that to your point, I
think, you know,
Chicago.
Chicago's jog.
Chicago's geography. Now we've got high-density areas was
really tall buildings and prevent us from using other
police Technologies. Sometimes interferes with GPS systems
in other departments the concern. If you want to make sure
that that communication is is functioning well down here.
Especially given how busy the central business district
gets around protests in massive public events in the
marathon and Lollapalooza all the fun stuff, right? So
making sure that the folks at
I'm down here.
I'm down here or efficient as well as really important to
me. So look forward to having that conversation offline.
Thank you commissioner and thank you chairman we followed
by Alderman Villegas.
Good morning.
Good morning to record.
Good morning. Good morning sir. How are you doing? Well,
thanks. I want to start out.
Or.
Hola.
Or last year.
Or last year's we've talked about how there need to be
upgrades in our Chicago, police squad cars, can you tell me
where we're at with that? And what's been done? Give you a
high level and then I'm going to pitch it to Dan again and
we made significant progress in the mobile solution for CPD
and all the public safety. Quite frankly. I don't we also
replaced over 5,000 computers in. Police fire and OMC and
then I'm going to even go into details every great man. Is
much more focused on the hardware first and then swing over
here, has done a great job with his team, putting in the
deck solution, which is cellular based back in the day of
the officers had a laptop mounting the vehicle and that
didn't work out. Well for them to take it to the point of
the incident to take the report. Now with the
cellular-based device, they can take it with them from the
vehicle and get the information.
write a
Right on. Seen all.
Right on scene also, we put in The View.
Right on scene also we put in the vehicles with his team
more LP ours that are based on the in-car camera. So,
working on a project right now, it'll expand our LPR in the
vehicle by hundreds. So instead of just having two hundred,
some LPR vehicles, in the fleet, we're going to have
hundreds more for special events, New, every officer needs
to buy you on camera. We use the program instead of going
just getting the camera for every officer paying that
monthly bill. We purchase a certain number of cameras to
add to the regular Fleet that we have and then the officers
can sign those out dynamically as they need them that say,
the city pricing 4.2 million dollars and not paying that
monthly bill per officer and having a pool at the option to
draw from when they need them.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you very much. That's really great news on all three
of those fronts. Thank you for that. I want to talk a
little bit about license plate readers and Todd cameras, my
colleague, Alderman, Quinn, brought it up, as have some
other colleagues I myself have invested. Several hundred
thousand dollars as have many people in this room. Probably
more need to look at doing that moving forward.
Are.
And I'm in the far southwest corner of the city, can't go
any further south. Can't go any further west where I'm at
until we've, we've got fiber optic issues, we have
transmission issues, and with some of these cameras, we've
invested in them and we have issues from time to time.
These cameras have proven to be in my community solved,
several crimes and been apart of Southold. Several times
most notably the retired Chicago Fire Lieutenant was
murdered in my ward. The cameras there helped.
The.
The shooting of Chicago police officer Danny golden, the
cameras there helped law enforcement in tracking. The
perpetrators all were in custody,
I'm look.
I'm looking.
I'm looking at investing several hundred thousand more
dollars leaning on the expertise of leadership and 22nd
District where we should be putting more license plate
readers more cameras. My concern is as some of the
locations and I don't want to get into a here continue to
have some issues and as I say that I want to be very clear,
your team has been extremely responsive, they've met me
multiple times both on-site and at the
20 sec.
22nd is
22nd District. But yet we still continue to have some of
these issues. So
I'm just look.
I'm just looking.
I'm just looking for a more long-term solution. As, as
Alderman, Quinn pointed out superintendent, Snelling has
said, we need to invest more in cameras.
That.
that's,
That's the future. We're never going to have anywhere near
the number of Staffing with the Chicago Police Department
ever again. So we need to invest more in cameras and I want
to do that. I want to make sure we're doing that
efficiently and I want to make sure we're getting the bang
for our buck. So I I, I just want to ask that in the coming
weeks, if I could have some of your folks come back out to
the 22nd just checking to see if we can identify. I also
want to point out the state
Has been a.
Has been in.
Has been in Communications with the city on 20 million
dollars.
In.
In cameras, is that come to?
Public.
Publix.
Public Safety at Administration? No, we have not received
it but would be welcome to that opportunity and PS. They
would be managing that. I'd be happy. We could certainly
use 20 million dollars of cameras folks couldn't lead
throughout our city to Lake Shore Drive.
Direct.
Director thing.
Director, thank you very much. Thank you to your team.
That's all chairman is followed by all the men Napolitano,
Thank.
Thank you. Thank you. Miss German.
Good.
Good morning director. Good morning, sir. As I'm looking at
some of the the highlights that you that you, you put in
your presentation.
McGeorge, or
McDonough Georgia.
McGeorge, or give it.
Mortimer. Jordan, it is related to it and so is PSA.
because,
Because of the, the consolidation of it and to FMCSA is is
that a function that you guys took over or what's what what
role does a is play as relates to it. Cuz it seems like
it's another another department that's dealing with it.
Instead of just had
When?
11 Department.
11 Department that deals with itops. A is responsible for
all public safety it. And I think with this newly-formed
apartment that's going to be to determine, but we're
probably going to be more than lockstep with each other as
they begin to develop as a new department. But PSI is
responsible for all public, safety ID.
it's so,
And so, what exactly does Public Safety Office? Do, what do
you what are you guys doing? Are you guys? Just the
administrator like like paperwork for for the public safety
departments? So this is our third year as a department and
we are responsible for all the administrative Finance.
Grant Medical HR, payroll for all of Public Safety
department as well cfd. Oemc have no HR. No it no other
administrators. Everything is housed in your department,
correct.
okay, and I
Until you mentioned, it was a $20 savings on this
consolidation for the creation of this office, not the 20
million dollars worth of savings and returning in
civilianization. So, just just as a point of clarification,
everyone that you see here, including myself, we all came
from Public Safety. Before I became executive director, I
was a cheap admin officer for the Chicago Fire Department
for many years. Came from CBD CBD work that only MC between
my senior staff. We have almost four hundred years of
Public Safety experience with the city of Chicago. So we're
able to do this job and leverage the, the the work of this
department because of the relationships that we've
developed, but more importantly, the relationship that
we've left behind. So the work that we're doing
it's just
It's just a change of.
It's just a change of geography. Sir, nothing has really
changed as a chief admin officer. I was in charge of budget
prep. I was in charge of some HR functionality and that's
how it is for the folks over there in the box. So it's just
a change of geography for us, but the work continues and
we're doing that work. 1 million dollars. Will it make me
this office was created to 3 years ago.
They took money.
They took money from Steve.
They took money from c p d e, f d o m c in order to fund
these positions that you can. You currently have in your
department. There has been some line items and all three of
those departments that have been transferred to our
department because we we have that functionality and or
because we manage we managed the contract. So for instance
I think there's a charge for TeleStaff which is a staffing
technology for the fire department that technology and that
maintenance cost has been transferred into our budget
because where the tech folks and if there needs to be some
type of Maintenance, then we are the person where the
subject matter, experts that can make sure that that
maintenance is executed. When the consolidation from
saying, the separation of it is complete that we would be
revisiting this department since a lot of that work is
sounds like
enjoy.
majority of
Majority of workers are.
Enjoy your work is right.
Majority of workers around i t. So I'm just like trying to
figure out why we have an IT department. Why would we have
a PSA Department regardless of its Public Safety or not? I
t, s, i t e p. I d is always been separate from the city of
Chicago and that's part of the problem because I think that
when you have an IT department and you have different
departments have in their own, it internally, the silos
that are created, I think that's the problem. And I think
that if you going to have it Department,
Parsnip.
A purse. That department should have you.
A purse that department should have the ability to deal with
all it, whether it's Health, Public, Safety, HR, whatever
it is. I mean, the fact that we have these many, IT
department is where we find ourselves in an in situation.
We have all these multiple contracts and we don't know who
has all these contracts in the spending a lot of money on
it contract. So I'm not curious as to the subject matter
experts over there.
The pub.
The public.
The public safety, the subject matter experts over there
are intimately involved with are intimately. Knowledgeable
involved in determining, the technological needs of Public
Safety. We work hand-in-hand with CPD fire department and
only MC for the technological needs. Our expert cheese and
our focus is laser-focused on public safety. And so while I
believe, you know, this carve out of it is a good thing.
It's another example of shared services, we have a finite
expertise that has served well, I believe and not only
being able to, you know, provide Public Safety technology
but to also figure out where the efficiencies are and where
they should be and that's representative in our budget. I
mean
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on that, but
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on that. But I
think when you're talkin about public safety and that's
what your laser focused on one of the biggest issues in the
city of Public Safety. So I'd like to see what is it that
your department has done around Public Safety. Mr. Taster,
you want to speak to that. Dan KC public safety
administration. It if I can make an analogy is like the
difference between the Army and the Marine Corps. That's
mission-focused for things that we share services. Are we
follow them locks that were boxed up with them on
cybersecurity. We work daily with them certain things. They
take the lead and we work with them. They have on fmps
chips, those types of administrative functions and
applications. We have applications that have don't touch
the rest of City. CAD nexgen, 911 certain police
applications for a rest. The things that need to be treated
differently with cjis criminal justice Information Systems.
So we have a different mission statement of different
speedkore. We have different way of working with with r
Our customers who are police and fire, that makes us
different from them. Although it looks the same to an
outsider. It's it's very different. Sat at a granular
level, the city must have a comprehensive cohesive it
platform and IT solutions on. I think the question that
ottoman Villegas brings is valid as relates to that for
Native. Alfred and I think the questioning our does require
some further detail in further understanding because as
late people
I do.
I don't.
I don't I T. Is it right? So it's on you all to help us
understand what the differences are with the nuances are.
And if those things should be, separated, will be a modest
matter of policy that needs to be determined by, by the
executive and legislative branches of this government. So I
do agree that this needs further conversation and
delineation. However, we won't be able to solve that here
and I think that may be a matter for or for the committee
on technology and also joined together, also, potentially
with Public Safety as well. So, I may just laying right
back here. Anyway, so, but it does beg a further discussion
in conversation with Donnelly your office. But with our
chief technology officer because all of the stuff should be
functioning in, were you all working together? So it misses
her and I just had one quick, the Erp that's being
proposed.
In there.
in, there's
In there's there's a big part of it is time and attendance,
cause we identified that there's an opportunity to save
millions of dollars, upwards of 40 to 50 million round
modernization of time and attendance. And so, when you're
hiring timekeepers. Now, how does that? How's that going to
play out? Once the implementation of Erp comes into play
because there's, there's a movement to, to modernize the
time, and attendance. I'm just curious as to why would we
be funding timekeeper positions? When we're taking a look
at modernizing that through the Erp?
Well.
What?
One of the main components of the 20 timekeepers is to
release the police officers that are doing that work is
going to be 71 that are going to be no longer doing that.
Work that can be focused on the docks. Now, focus on police
do police work, but I'm going to turn it over to a Bible
and I'll see who can talk more about AP and the
timekeepers, they were going to be hiring.
Yes, good morning. Bob Lewandowski. Human Resources. Yes.
So, so the the requirements for timekeeping for our Public
Safety and police specifically, as well as is very unique.
So yeah, derps going to help the system in the city is a
hole but over time are those timekeepers are going to
support that system in assist. And yet, you know, it's very
important to ensure that you know, all our employees are
paid properly and this is going to help ensure that. And
then I don't know if you needs about time keeping at it is
so specialized and so different that nobody else can do it.
But the police department of the fire department. I've
heard that for years that our time keeping his something
like mystical or magical or something. That the average
person can't figure out what help us to understand is cuz
you all continue.
Mercedes, which has continued to the late.
Mercedes, which has continued to the latest process for the
last at least three years, and it has supposed to have been
happening even before PSA came about. So you all have to
put some meat on the bone. It is to help us to understand
what is so magical about Public Safety timesheet.
Franklin blue.
Franklin bloomers.
Franklin Bloom is going to speak to that. Franklinville. It
is kind of, like I said, I came from OMC when I got to CPI
was, like, why is this going to be so hard? Right with the
type? You think the biggest thing is right, the city's been
trying to implement a new system replace cattle for the
last almost 15 years. In 2007, they tried to actually put a
new system out to bed know, but are you actually bid on it
and got awarded the problem with trying to get cpd's.
Stop.
staff that
Staff actually worked within the. The current data system
is all of the different contract rules to all the pay
laments that are in there. It would cost near up to
$500,000 just to program that software to get everything
into the current system. But we were trying to replace it
at this time, but what is it? I mean, if it costs us
$500,000, I mean, it's five officers. I mean, that that
doesn't make sense and we got to program a system in order
for it to do what it needs to do. That's what we need to do
because if we free up 70 people because we're going to
spend $5,000 sound like a good return on investment. See.
Currently does have time keeping system. This is not the
same as this.
What's the best shoes for the city in?
What's the best shoes for the city? And that's a problem.
All the world over there and this is continue to cost cost
cost us money. But their part, there are part of the new
system. Once a new system is implemented, it is CPD will be
included with the new system. There, they are part of it,
but there's there's three three, three items that were
focusing on procurement HR and finance. And the reason why
is because there's millions of dollars in savings around
time and attendance Cook County did this exercise to three
years ago. We we tried to get this previous administration
to piggyback on a contract in order to realize this dating,
but they started to go and now we're here again. The Erp is
part of it and we're talkin about the county save $40 a
year. So we're thinking we can at least save $14 a year.
I'm trying to.
I'm trying to tell.
I'm on time and attendance and I think that that's what
we're planning to because this is just one solution and at
the fact that you continue to operate in your own Silo is
part of the problem. And that's why we the body decided
that we wanted to advocate for the separation of it from a
is so that we can laser focus on the efficiencies and
delivering of the services cost savings to the taxpayers
and so you want to buy your timekeepers.
Trying to get.
Try to get it all to me.
Try to get it, automate it.
Try to get it automated Erp to save money.
so,
SoJO.
So just just like every Department, every department has a
timekeeper, they call my payroll clerk clerk for payroll.
So see if he will, be operating the exact same function and
they'll be the ones that are doing the edits with and the
new payroll system. Once it's on board. So the current 20
that we're going to add to the budget for next year. It'll
be just like any other department, you know, in this, in
the police department. I don't be a total of think it's 250
- 53 54 total time peepers. Once we have those 20. That's
the equivalent of 13 plus thousand officers unit under the
police department. When you compare that Streets &
Sanitation or see. You know, they also have several time
peepers as well or payroll clerks in their department. So
it's the same thing. It'll be the people operating within
the cata system, or the new, the new payroll system once
it's on board. So it's that that's how it's going to
translate. So they're going to currently work on the new
system of the old system but also the transition to the new
system as well. Do an edit for the police.
All right.
I would like,
I would like I said that's what we're bringing this issue
back as we as we move forward or with this.
Think.
Think I had.
Think I had all them into politano. Your next follow bottom
in a spotter, they can share my appreciate the opportunity
to talk a couple of quick questions. One of the things that
was brought up first and if this was an answer, I apologize
if it's coming to the church as far as the aldermanic
camera portal that you had mentioned.
Can.
Can you explain it?
Can you explain it to me? Exactly. What, what what is that?
Do you want to provide that information? Please video
analytics in cybersecurity? So the automatic portal is
something that we've had for several years. Now, I believe
over 10 with that portal. We have fifty different user
passwords and users for all of the alderman for they can go
in and actually place a request for a camera for either a
regular PTZ camera, or for an LPR before, it would be that
you would have to dedicate menu, money to it. And then at
the beginning of this year, we changed it to where you just
make the initial request. But I see your point Alderman. If
you need any assistance or your staff, please don't
hesitate to reach out to me and then we can walk you
through not only set up at also, making sure that your
staff at able to make requests. Okay. Thank you.
if a, if a cat
if a, if a camera is applied for or or cameras, plural or
applied for through this portal, in various locations, are
given unto the Dropbox, and they're also supported or
approve.
approved by
Approved by the commander or the district who approves or
declines, the initial request.
Want.
Want to go.
Once again, deputy director, leaked video, analytics, pipe
security. Once we receive your request, we then take all
the way across that we currently have from that. Only the
alderman, but also from CPD and then with a team from CPD,
we didn't go from there and we work with their priorities
choose and select the locations that they want to install
if we go through phases, her in through this portal and I
think the answer is to do.
Alderman. Alderman. Hold on. You said that. He puts in the
camera request and somebody has to approve his request and
his Ward. Is that what you just said all of the request get
pulled together? We then go from there and we work with CPD
for their priorities, so that we can make him suffer. So,
wait a minute. So if if he puts in a camera request, you
are you telling me that it points? You deny his request.
Now, we never deny Eric.
Ouija.
we just, we only
We just we only have so many a camera that we installed per
year. So we work with CPD on their priorities for where
they say, there's a need and then we got to the Gap that we
had it is and his War. The need that CPD identifies is
based on operational. Need it could be based on crime
stats, it could be based on a whole host of things that sea
PD has the information on and that they share with us soon.
So when we have this pool of request and we do review with
CPD, we leaned on, expertise from CBD on whatever the
operational need is. And they make the identification of
where the camera should go. We want to make sure when you
go into the portal, it tells you, where do you want the
camera to go? I want the camera to go on the northwest
corner of Keeler and Madison. That's why I want the camera
to go. I'm paying for the camera. So I want to come and go
where you're telling me is that no CPD gets the opportunity
to say. Well, now I don't
Is there a war?
Is there I want?
Is there I want it over here.
Is there I want it over here so there might be elected
officials, who may not be aware of cameras that are already
in existence. So we want to make sure that any request is
not duped and you know if if you make a request all the men
of a camera and you know, maybe you want to hear a bunch
operationally, it should go here because there's already a
chance. There's a lot of moving Parts when it comes.
I'm off.
I'm already.
I'm ordering.
I'm ordering camera.
I'm ordering cameras and installing cameras and we rely on
CD to give us that expertise. That's the direction I'm
going with that. I appreciate you enforcement. It is. Well
from you, my question is, is after we go to that portal and
pick up the cameras and locations
Poopy.
Lupe.
who pays for the
Who pays for that? What is that bucket of money? Come to
pay for those requests. We've put in the numerous amounts
of requests for cameras operated by our district manager
that they're, they're needed, and haven't seen it a night
and I'm not doing this at all, cuz I know it's a difficult
part is to get the cameras to put them in. I get where that
leads, but we haven't even received as much as an approval
or Denial on many of these locations that we put in and my
frustration is this
I,
I appreciate this program and I appreciate the bond fund
pays for the, but it was a hell of a lot easier to get
cameras put in when I did it through my menu and I was
paying for it stinks, because it comes out of my
infrastructure, which I could use at the other things. I
just feel like that when I'm putting in request in the 16th
District in the far Northwest side that it's getting
overlooked. And I understand why cuz crime is higher in
different areas, but I feel like if this is looked at it as
a collective group, that the northwest side is going to get
overlooked
All the time.
all the time and there's no real response to us as far as
all these cameras that we have put in that we need because
we have
and then,
And in.
An incredible amount of officers removed from the 16th
District, which is the largest District in the city. That
our only hope is, if we can make up that Manpower support
by this technology. And I think our new superintendent of
police as well as other commanders Inn in leadership, have
kind of cooperated that it's going towards the technology
stage when there's a lack of officers. So I have a bunch of
requesting that I would just love to get some response
back. If I'm being accepted or not being accepted, even if
it takes moving in a block down, as long as that, we're
getting that response and Technology. It means a difference
to my community of where you are. As soon as the hearings
are, over to request that you put in through the chair.
Oh yes, sir. I love
Oh yes, sir. I'd love to have that as a nobody will see you
in 3 days. Okay? But just the last finish on that too. If
if this is the direction that we're going and it's comes
down to a counselor that our Council a group to say minor
approved or not. We got to go back to putting it back in
the menu because I'll just pay for it then cuz I need to
get my ward covered with cameras, because I have no
officers. Understood how many hours do we have right now
that have not almost how many times do we have in
inventory? We have about 5,500 99 Camry. My question is, if
we go to a store room,
How?
How many camera?
How many cameras do?
How many cameras do we have? In inventory that are ready to
deploy right now, I do not have the exact number. You have
an approximate number and approximate number, we have
roughly 80 lprs and we have 120p TVs as of the beginning of
the month, okay? So,
Help us to.
Help us to understand.
Help us to understand the the disconnect is if you got it
was in one party was we don't have the cameras now. We had
the cameras. What's holding us back from getting them
installed and places that people are needed. Unless you got
your deck is clear request and from what Altima Napolitano
just stated, it doesn't sound like that's the case. So what
what's the what's the hang-up on getting those cameras from
request age to actually installed on locations? Where they
been requested by members of council? The police
department, everybody that far again. Deputy director
League video analytics in cybersecurity so we are currently
still working through our request. There's if not just
thought we would go and immediately put up a camera on a
fight their sale investigation and prep that we do
beforehand, to make sure that we're able to place a camera
or a pod on a certain location.
Do we have to do?
Do we have to do a
Do we have to do with value a?
Do we have to do with valuations? We have to check with a
structure and make sure everything everything works in
there. Sir, once we have that then we go and we actually
start to execute and do installs. So we are doing install.
If we are over 300, external installs already this year so
there are installed happening and we're currently still
working on additional ones as well as we speak. But it's
not, there's not a huge trying to say.
I'm trying.
I'm trying to look at the
I'm trying to look for the word, but
I'm trying to look for the word but it's it's not a huge gap
sir. We are addressing them as they come in and trying to
make sure. We're also looking at the ones that fit PDF put
on a priority and said, there are certain locations that
are in areas that need to be addressed. And we're like,
okay, let's see what we can do to try to see if maybe we
can do something with other with other camera Quest that we
can fulfill those and take care of those needs. So, we're
not ignoring anyone to request at all sir. We're trying to
answer them as expeditiously as possible, but I do hear
your feedback survey about the status of your request and I
hear that loud and clear.
let's,
That's dad.
That status comes back whether it's approved or not
approved. Still doesn't solve the problem that any Ward
might have, cuz it's our problem, and we're looking for
help. If you decline, if it's still our problem. And also I
think my colleagues, I think this might need to be done a
different have a different process connected to this, like,
I don't understand the restraints, this is what I'm here
for
do you know a little
No, no problem, thank you for all the middle of all the
time. And in the last question, I'm going to ask you about
this is what is the current backlog of requests that your
department has all versus the number of available
resources? You have you may not know that. Today, if you
could get that through the chair, we appreciate it. Thank
you all the middle Spotify.
Call.
Follow.
Followed by.
Followed by a mosquito Lopez, thank you so much. I will try
to be moved to the. I thought, when I put this down, there
was going to feel anecdotal, but clearly a lot of words are
experiencing the same. So in April of 2022, there was a
shooting in homicide in my ward that let's both myself in
the 14th District, requesting a camera, I would forward it.
Location at neighbors requests epds, for an adjustment, we
made the request in April 2022. In November of that year,
we asked for follow-up and were informed that the vendor
Motorola had not surveyed the location yet. So at that
point, that was seven months later.
In.
In awe.
In August.
In August of 2023 of this year, my office received a letter
saying that I request had been approved. So about a year
and a quarter later, the request was approved and I was
then asked to sign on an automatic confirmation agreement.
More.
more than
More than a year and almost a half later than I made that
request. I understand that we're trying to make these
placements responsibly but what is happening that the
timeline should be nearly a year-and-a-half from request to
installation. And how does either this budget of our our
headcount or contractual vendors, how does it improve on
that time line cuz 18 months is an acceptable. I agree with
you one hundred percent. As we mentioned as I mentioned,
before we experience hardship from supplies chain issues
with the cameras and we're still trying to get out of that
right now. Then, do you want to speak to the hardships and
what we're doing to combat that Daniel KC, public, safety
administration, it solder. Another number that I'd like to
share with you is, how do you request have gone up over the
past years on 2017? Me at 16,
Semantic web.
Romantic request.
Romantic request for can.
Romantic request for cam.
Romantic request for cameras in 51 and end 2018. 2019, 65
back down to 59, and 20/20 + 8, exponential in 2021, to
245. So, not only where we at that point at High Point for
supply chain challenges. We also a high point for the man
that you put in front of us, reflect being able to
accommodate the increased demand episode with the with the
funding the way it is.
You're going to.
You're going to press for.
You're going to press forward.
You're going to press forward, not only the one that would
add to. This is also for maintenance of the cameras to as
well which is a big challenge for us. Now that we were
looking at, not only two new cameras being used to put out
new cameras and also some moms need to be replaced or 10 12
years old, with a bunch of. We have now focuses on
maintenance and new camera installation and we will get a
better transparency project together with you. Get your
information back to you soon. Have a single point, it
painted glass, you don't have to wait for us to come back
to you. You can see where your request is in the process
and we're going to be blowing that out in 2024 and what
based off of this. But what would be a reasonable service
level agreements. So to speak for altars to request from
when we put a request in through the portal 2, when the
request as either approved or an assault shuttle, have that
exact time I see right now, but I think this time we could
definitely work out and agree with you on and, and you can
hold us to it. I appreciate that. If you guys,
The house. So
To have some.
To have some lovely deposit time. You got a basic, I mean,
people are asking or basic timeframe on when you put a
order in to when something's going to happen. I mean,
that's, you guys have to know what that is or give us some
level of an expectation especially if you got a hundred and
some cameras sitting on the shelf. But I mean, that's
that's only fair that you all have some level expect a with
you get so level expectation, it should be.
In half, we know that much.
In half. We know that much make. That's all you're
absolutely end. So right now we can do 30 or 40 cameras per
month is where we're tracking at are working with a vendor
for next year to have a a larger, our request up front so
it's 100 something I've been out on the Shelf to sitting on
the shop, They're Your Mark, they're going out. We're doing
30, 40 cameras, every month, those cameras, we will get
that to you. So we know that number, we know where the
request of tracks and we know where the The Replacements
are. So we will get you a much better number.
Okay.
Okay, I will I appreciate the you picking up the rebound,
their chair and we will we will follow up on that. I have a
couple more questions on my end up being around to all the
public in response to that. A lot of our
We?
Wake me up.
We have heard that is helpful to have some of the mobile
Todd cameras that some of our districts have now that can
be more expeditiously move to various hotspot, is the
Office of Public Safety Administration, looking at the
procurement of additional mobile pod campers. Yes, with
Public Safety in case again, Public Safety it with with
talking with three stooges B trailer base before Apollo
safety administration, we worked on it work with some
experts in the field. We decided to procure rapid deploy
kits. It's a smaller camera. Can go faster. I waited for
their extremely successful. Waited for more. We're going to
continue to do.
going to add them because we've seen,
Going to add them because we've seen from Dallas EDD in the
oven that this is a quick response. We can go out there
quickly, it only needs electricity, it's built in the box.
Now it's cellular which in some areas of the city is going
to have challenges what we believe is 5G. And some of those
enhancements, it's going rolling out to the city. That
video will be much better at a cellular basis. And then how
many are we looking to procure for it within the 2024
budget? And I think we're looking at 8 but I'll get that
number to you, for sure.
Okay, Mike.
Okay, might follow up with chair on that. My last question
is related, but I just want to try to dive this against
what I see in the CPD budget, for, for CBD under its 3063
Pages. 2011, to 2012 their administrative support division.
The headcount goes up to 172 123. My expectation would have
been as we continue to invest in the office of public
safety administration, it would reduce the administrative
headcount for CBD or at least keep it flat, but to see such
a significant increase of within their administrative
support. I I'm trying to figure out how to make those
numbers Jive between what we're trying to accomplish with
your team and what we're seeing on their side.
Open webpage.
What page are?
What page are you look?
What page are you looking at when this page is 2011 and 2012
item 3063?
Is there?
Is there a Dutch?
is there a Dustin, a CPT budget or if there are
administrative support headcount is going up by
30.
thirty percent.
30%, that's for the record made it. That's where the
records department in. That doesn't fall under a PSA. So
all of the records arrest record, every single record, or
every single piece of paper that is generated ncpd. That's
the records section, which is under c p d,
but that's
But that's not.
but that's not. So that's an administrative role that
staying with CBD, I hope so. Yes, that's fingerprints.
That's every single record that CPD produces his house with
them. Only one more question to a park around 5. Okay? So I
was also noting that your were trying to talk about this
more. I think your turn over budget goes up, 6.
Africa. Twin.
Perfectly.
Affricate Lee to 1.7 million, this is 7.6% of your total
position budget, and that's all actually increased even
percentage of position budget from last year knowing that
we have this significant turnover number that you're
working to meet. How does that affect your hiring saying,
how does that affect the positions that were prioritizing
in terms of are hiring in 2020 to? My trishan rate was 6%
this year, it's 4% and so we are stabilizing in terms of
PSA but like every other department and certainly my
experience in public safety, we learn to do more with less
and with us being in a young Department, flying a plane as
we're building it. We've become accustomed to doing more
with less.
We're not.
When are the?
We're not it feel like we're not asking you as a council to
do more than last. We want to help you two to spend the
fullness of your budget and I'm always cute and we can
follow up offline by want to make sure that the turnover
numbers that we're putting forward in the budget. Do not
unduly restrain you from hiring, the positions that you
need to do your job. That's what I'm getting up. I
appreciate that. We're also going to be hiring 20 times
Keepers as I mentioned before. So we are going to be adding
staff.
Tour of the.
PSA overall, Staffing number
Okay. That's all for me. Thank you teacher.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you for all the middle spot of a going back to those
mobile camera devices. What does one of them? What does
that cost on a per-unit basis?
When you?
when you go,
when you guys are you at,
Don't you have that number will get. You will get that
number to the chair of the trailer versus already cake. But
it's go on a pole. It doesn't need the whole trailer
infrastructure with the generator in the batteries and
everything else that and the footprint that a trailer
takes, right? So we can put them in other places at black
quicker, easier to deploy. All we need to do is our city
electricians can put them out there, so it's quicker for
us. That way, we don't have to go to the vendor, we
purchase the kid and then we place it on a pole and our
electrician spine, the electricity, put it into the device,
that's all that's required on the scene and works back
cellular. So the cost on his lot lower than what we used to
do with trailers, we still have some trailers in the
inventory. They're still places where you know, that they
are the right solution but we're focusing more on these
rapid deploy kids to get them out there, faster City
deployed and a smaller footprint and much lower cost. So am
I correct in thinking that
The.
The one that you betrayed.
The one that you a trailer there.
The one that you a trailer, there was a trailer with a
camera boil, 15 ft in the air is, is that what you're
speaking of? Are you speaking of something else for those?
But we also now we've been torturing rapid deploy kids,
which is basically a box with a camera on it that goes on
the pole similar to like your regular, I would like the
original series that they first came out with not without
the, without the lights on. What takes a long time as we on
was speaking about his back hall. If we're putting a camera
in for permanent solution, we do need fiber. Like the other
dimensions. Are we need a wireless backhaul or Cellular in
the past cellular was not ideal because it just trying to
get that video stream Across The Cellular Connection is
generally, not ideal. Now is some of the developments in
even 4G LTE, where they've gone with that and 5G. We're
getting much better cellular data rates and so we put out a
lot of weight of these. Now we cured originally
grab a
Rapid.
Rapid deploy kids. It's a camera in a box basically that
can be put on a pole. All we need for it is electricity
which we work closely with the with Street sanitation. Some
the other departments, see. Get that electricity to the
box. It can be done in a matter of days and we can put it
in the hot spot of some things required, and they're all
out right now. There's been such a demand for them that
they're all in places around the city right now. So we're
going to get more of those, okay? And then the trailers are
you not getting your not utilizing those anymore? Or
Utilize them. I think we're getting a
Utilize them. I think we're getting we're getting for me.
Utilize them. I think we're getting, we're getting for more
one, more one more trailer, but we are all out right now
to, I believe. Okay. How much are those? OK desolate item.
That as far as I see, you specially on the west side that
the area for continues to request that, with only four of
them are five of them. That's a, that's a tough, you know,
a tough assignment, especially in cases, where we have
increase in violence and other things. So may want to look
at some additional Parts is old and hell. I would even opt
to purchase one on menu. Just so that they would have won
in the 11 District continuously. So if you could get that
to us, we would greatly appreciate it. They would
appreciate it. As one of the grants are working with CPD on
a truck-mounted, mast that they can put a camera up. They
can use any vehicle that has a trailer hitch on it and
rapidly.
rapidly deploy.
rapidly deploy the
Rapidly deploy that.
Rapidly deploy that as well. So we're looking to put those
Into The District's opening 2020 Ford 350. Mast on the back
of the Chinese police car that has a trailer hitch and then
they can do it themselves. They don't even need to realize,
they can push these things out there, very quickly where
they need to go. Sounds good. I like it to be a menu item
so we can determine where it goes. I don't have to be
arguing with you about it. So none last week with Michelle,
Michelle continue. I think all the men that she's a little
pissed all about on the news, it
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you, trim a question with another. There's about
100 on.
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18 million dollars for contractual Services. What when was
the last time that we did or not? It in terms of like or
equipment and, you know, just to see what we have versus
what we have. Wiring, when was the last time, do the city
conducted, a comprehensive audit equipment, bearing,
General equipment. And if they're different answers, what
what is that?
In.
and,
Anyway.
Annalee, Joe Brown. Can you answer that question?
Yeah.
Grafton.
Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Deputy director of General
support. Will you complete an audit of all the equipment
yearly?
I need.
I need your.
Angels of like the Quitman and in terms of the efficiencies
of recommendations of these audits, what are what is the
protocol in terms of incorporating the recommendations of
audit, as well as maybe recommendations for the inspector
General's office? What are usually the prodigals
incorporate those
How can you answer that?
Don't.
Do brown.
Do brown deputy director General support. I apologize. I
don't have any documentation from the inspector General's
office, but all audits are made public.
Shooting center. Do you know. They can be submitted through
the chair if you would. Like, I would like to see the
audits in terms of like the equipment. You know, that we
are that we have found, maybe, cuz I took it, I mean, it
seems that we talked a lot about efficiencies and I think
that that should be part of the audit, and we want to make
sure that those recommendations are included additionally,
right? And if, you know, so that can be through the chair,
I know that the inspector General provides yearly
recommendations of Wonder. We were coming Nations. I would
like to see if there's an analysis of what kind of
recommendations of any are included from the Inspector
General office. The reason why I mentioned this. And I know
that these, these use the Freemasons
oh,
Oh wow. Technology, like to shut.
Oh. Wow. Technology. Like the shotspotter has been
questioned by the inspector-general. So I want to make sure
that when we have our recommendations brand Inspector,
General internally does recommendations are follow that. Is
that is one of the questions might my second question. Has
to be with the modernization of
And then use the US are the Chicago Police Department on
Detroit fire department and others, can you tell me a
little bit more about that those efforts and maybe any
updates on that just generally speaking. So I know that you
see PD is going to be obtaining four hundred civilian
positions. We're going to be working with CPD to onboard
and higher higher and onboard. Those focused on those
people, there's been money, set aside toward those
Endeavors and we're going to be working with CPD on their
priority list. So we can understand exactly what the
priority is and how we do that in the face or approach for
those 400 400.
In.
you know, all this
You know, all these price.
You know, all this process will will take place.
Bob.
Barbie, how
How do you have?
Barbie have a, we have a inside of a timeline for those
tires.
Good.
Good luck.
Good afternoon, Bobby.
Good afternoon Bob lendosky Human Resources? Yes, we we
meet weekly with the Chicago Police Department and we've
been discussing these additional civilian positions and the
priorities and prioritize with the police department in
which of these areas cuz these will cover a multitude of
areas within the department. So, for example, training
there, there they'll be an additional on the police's
budget. 100 training officers for the training academy. So,
looking at those positions were in discussions, now, with
CPT to begin Postino's. Now, in a rolling process, to begin
to hire. Those positions is an example. Thank you, Vicki.
So maybe just get in as much information terms of the
timeline and progress of these of these conversations,
absolutely
Make.
Are you all?
Are you autumn in the?
Are you autumn in Autumn and Nugent followed by? She left
all the Nugent off of goosenecks. I know, I believe
Alderman Quinn had asked you earlier, but can you run me
through?
if we were to pay,
if we were to procure, a
If we were to procure, a helicopter, what department has
that in their budget?
We?
We do.
We do do it is in PSI. Yes. Be part of the 334 in the grant
funding f. U s e g u a c. Did we put out for it? Is it out
for bid or Willie? Where is it? I'll give it to Natalie.
Who can tell you this? I know
it after
good afternoon.
Is it afternoon now? Natalie Gutierrez? So this is going to
do to the nature of the purchase we were procurement and
this will be a sole-source procurement and we did because
it is grant-funded that did have to go through the Grand
Tour to receive approval for that. Sole source, but I did
want to clarify, it is in cpd's, URC budget, so you will
never see it. Okay? So,
Play.
PS.
PSA, get you a cigarette and then split it between police
fire and OMC. You got it. And then cpg has the you ask me
Monday that money part of me that they put out a
sole-source contract to get the helicopter. We put up PSA,
put it out for them since we managed the Contracting for
all four departments. But yes, we are working in
conjunction in mixed up with CPD, but the money is in there
a budget and we are navigating the Contracting on their
behalf.
and then, we will ultimate
And then we will ultimately prove.
And then we will ultimately process all the payments and
such on their behalf as well. And when would we expect to
receive the helicopter? The current slate of timeline is
the end of 2024.
Host. And
Host and see that is correct post and see. Unfortunately,
do we have the ability under uac-2, least. A helicopter
from other municipalities that have one
so,
set.
So, the grass.
So, the grants does allow a lease option. If you can
justify that, there is a fiscal element there, that makes
sense. So, if the purchase price was significantly lower
than at least they might deny it but that would be
something that would have to go to The Grand Tour for
pre-approval. But that is an option. We have navigated that
conversation with both procurement and the police
department. And at this moment there, there was a lease to
buy option but that would mean that the helicopter stays
with us, it wouldn't just be borrowing it for the duration
of the DNC. Are we in the procurement process right now?
For the sole source? Is it only one helicopter or is it
more than one? It would be two helicopters K2 through the
sole source. Do we have the ability to lease to buy the
3rd?
We?
We have.
We have been.
We have been in conversations about it either has been no
funding carved out today, the funding that was mentioned
was just for the two so if we wanted to add more money, it
would take reprogramming or some other options. Okay,
David. See we've all been talking about it worth pursuing.
I'm glad that we're actually moving on a sole-source
contract. Finally I noticed earlier in conversations we
were bringing up interoperability and the radio project are
our radios and drop herbal with other municipalities.
I'm going to turn it.
I'm going to turn it over to Dennis. Baliga. Good morning,
I got us the league of Public. Safety it? Yes. We all of
our radios are capable for the, for the most part with
interacting, with state federal and local Partners, okay?
And is the same true for cameras, like. He's like, if if we
have something happening between Chicago, and Evanston in
Skokie and they have. He's up, are they enter operable
where we could watch him through different sdsc room?
Good morning, deputy director, leaked video, analytics and
a cybersecurity, we work with the different municipalities
so we can have Federation so that we can actually see their
cameras in a caviar. So that answer your question. Yes.
Thank you. And then, in the budget
I would I was trying,
I would I was trying to figure out. So if you're on the
grant or if we have north of 300 million that that we're
receiving that you guys administer, do you have staff on
the Grant and is that reflected in the budget book it is?
Can you show me where that is? I'm sorry. Can you point?
Can you tell us where that is in the budget book?
Automobile camp.
how to make you look a
How to make you look on page, 170, one of my budget.
Don't.
Down for the body.
Down for the bottom 4025.
Search.
Do just that.
So just that 525000. So that's your staff on the grant.
out of the
Out of the 300-plus million Natalie Gutierrez. So if you
look towards the pages of the budget book that are strictly
for Grants, I think Paige 330-7337 enter there, it's for
urban area security initiative Grant and you'll see 12
Personnel funded there for about 1.2 million.
Their management and administrative staff on the ground and
does that, they all sit in PSA or are they, in police fire
and OMC. They do sit in PSA is responsible for the
management. The management employees are under our
department.
Okay, and then are we?
Okay, and then are we do?
Okay, and then are we doing training exercises through
that? Grant to prepare for celebrations, protest rallies
DNC.
We are.
We are so not under the public, safety administration
portion of you, I see. But when you say later during the
well today and tomorrow during the fire and police is go to
hearing especially even some of our empties there, you want
to see portions of their Grant portions, will inevitably
contribute to DNC preparations, we're kind of working out
those details as to exactly what that's going to look like
on their preparing, all their training protocols. But there
has been a lot of conversation about this grant being
applied towards those needs for all three of those
apartments. Okay? And I I actually would, I'm a proponent
of training is a huge proponent. I know the dnc's on our
mind, but I also think we've seen Festival celebrations
protests that have put significant strain on the city and
so
I would be.
I would be support.
I would be supportive of training that better prepared, our
First Responders to deal with these types of situations and
I think you to the level necessary to also include
Communications staff and that training for messaging to
Residence in the city. I think that's it. That's critical.
We've seen some real need I did. I don't know if you've had
you like to speak to anything. We're doing differently in
the last year, on that
I can see the Departments are constantly utilizing the grant
especially that you mentioned for training for Special
Operations, training for mascara situations for a complex
attacks that that's kind of an ongoing for the last few
years and they are ramping up with new courses especially
in lieu of how everything is unfolding and new special
events. I did want to touch on the Pio portion that you
mentioned. They will be recognized at an OMC, actually
spearheaded that effort just recently. When we hosted the
national Homeland Security conference, hear one day that
conference conference oemc was able to bring a vendor in to
do a simulated experience for that very purpose for Pio,
from messaging for how between all the departments in the
city that would be affected during any kind of mass
casualty or special event situation. The Pio staff would be
communicating amongst one another. And we were successful
in bringing men on the other City departments to the table,
but Regional Partners as well. And other cities joined us
for that exercise. Thank you. I
That's a.
That's all.
that's all my question.
that's all my questions. Mr. German just a follow-up on on
you. I see the 7.3 million in for contractual Services. Is
that for the purchase of the helicopter? Was that something
else?
I'm all the.
I'm all done.
Alderman Natalie Gutierrez. So the Professional Services.
You see here in the PSA budget is actually for cyber
security cameras and radios. Predominantly the Professional
Services line in the CPD budget. I don't have that picture
in front of me. If I can get it to you later, that would
have the helicopters on it. So it is not in our p, s a u r,
a c, a budget cpd's. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next,
we will have all the advice Charlie followed by Armand
Vasquez. Also want to recognize a former State Senate has
joined us, are Jackie Collins from the not too far south
side, but we'll give her the southwest side. Accolades,
welcome, welcome to the chamber.
By.
B u.
By Shelly.
Thank.
Thank you, trim.
Thank you German. Thank you for being here with us to
Hector. I'll be a little all over the place here for my 5
minutes because I've got several questions, but I want to
just make sure that I've got straight to my colleagues have
asked about the different positions within your department
that are being converted to civilian and how many sworn
officers that's going to free up, can you just repeat for
me? What, that is for opsa store. So when opiates, I
started, we had 150 police officers are now down to 35.
in our,
Ann, Arbor.
In our budget, you'll see an increase of 24 new Personnel
position. 20 of those are going to be timekeepers that are
going to release 71 police officers from doing that work.
We all.
We also have.
We also have a position in it, a new position and it a
project manager that's going to release one. Police officer
back to ucpd who was in it.
Toto.
Total.
Total were going to release like 72 sworn officers back to
see PD. Yes,
He?
he's 30.
he's thirty-five left in PSA. Yes, we started with 150 and
started one with 150, but with these 20 new timekeepers are
going to release an additional 71. Well, they're already in
CPD LCPD, ask the questions tomorrow to Snelling about the
400 small civilian positions and what that's going to
impact. Can we talk a little bit about the computer-aided
dispatch and next-gen 911 system? Can we get an update? And
then whether or not all that's going to be in place in time
for the DNC? Sure. I'll turn it over to you.
Yankees.
KC Public Safety. Miss
KC Public Safety ministration. Next week, we're working
very closely on delay with the vendor for the new computer,
A dispatch system to ensure they meet their timelines. And
we're expecting our expectation is March of 2024 for go
live in time for The Elder manak menu, we have the
opportunity to get cameras. Do we know where those cameras
are rats? Can we get by Ward the locations of all of the
Pod cameras that we have? When do we have maps for the
alderman?
I just
Yes, ma'am. We have a map for all of the, all of the
Ottoman By Request. Now, I'm sorry. I asked this question
when a is was before us last week and that was about
placement of cameras outside of police districts with all
of the migrants that are outside of police districts. Now,
they're very vulnerable population, and we've seen things
like trying trying to learn children and others. In fact,
there was I think a migraine that was hit by a vehicle over
the weekend in my district. So I'm wondering. Has there
been any conversation about installing cameras on the
outside of the buildings of the physical structures of the
police district? So that we can have some additional eyes
on? We have
open in excess of
Open in extensive.
Open an extensive conversation with CPD about installing
cameras land. Do you have a number of cameras that have
been stalled, specifically, to deal with the? My current
situation was all jumping pacifically 3 just for that
situation particular. However we're working closely as the
executive director said with CPD. Many of these buildings
were built by the public building commission back in the
day and they put in separate systems that might only be
localized. To that building, we're working together CPD to
put those all in to their centralized camera system genetex
so they can see that in the rest of the Seas or any police
location or on their cellular device. Cecil work clothes
with them. We will talk then about escalating the end and
moving forward, I would assume that every Police District
should have this though. Wherever there are my grandsons
that are still being staged.
Just look.
Just looking through.
Just looking through the last of my questions here for you.
I would all.
I would also.
I would also put the plug in here in the request for the
Pod cameras, the, the rapid deployment kids after they've
been deployed to, you take them down when you feel like,
you don't need them anymore and then do they go back into
the inventory for used or do they just stay there
permanently? We do not make that soon. They are removed
when the need is expressed To Us by c p d. So let's see if
he needs to session. They say we take this one, put it
and,
And we were close to.
And we work closely with that.
And we work closely with them. We do the moving of it, but
the Tactical decision of where it belongs. That goes to see
if he know that's nasty.
Yeah, that's
Yeah let's see. OK Google, colleagues here that I think we
need more cameras around so whatever we can do to continue
to make sure that we have enough in the inventory and we
can be responsive. I think that's that's going to be one of
the main ways. We're going to be able to help with Public
Safety. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you.
Karen, how to say, jump right into questions to make the
best use of time. So currently our neighbors seem to get
Public Safety information related to incidents in a quicker
and at times and accurate manner online from apps. Like the
citizen app are from CWB Chicago, what are the efforts to
communicate incident information in a way that's
transparent and more accessible than those sources?
Our.
Our first.
Our person.
Our Personnel increase that you'll see in her budget that
includes three positions that include to data analyst. And
one GIS analyst specifically for that functionality to make
sure that we're reviewing the data were smoothing out the
rough edges and how all of that can contribute to a better
response times in the analysis of data of that response
time, did you want to add anything to that question? You're
asking for how do we get to the constituents? Good
question. Yes. Or silver Pastime is one more. Like our
neighbors think that, you know, the citizen app is just a
hundred percent accurate. The sky is falling to get
anxiety. Attacks has a buzz every 2 seconds. CWB, I you
know, to give credit has more accurate information, but I
think if folks are going to get information at all, should
be from the city and some trying to figure out what the
efforts are to do that. So people have reliable resources,
rather than like whatever ends up being the next social
media.
Super.
Supermassive incidents where it's a large-scale thing. We
have tools for OMC and the police department. Like I pause
and other things like push out notifications to your
cellular device for anyone to sign up for notify. Chicago,
that's another path. Smart911 is another path. So we've
given them technical past the decision in the functionality
of that, the operational piece of it would be oemc and
Scott police department. But in terms of technical, so none
of that would be in PSA is what you're saying. As far as
like,
Is it?
Is it sunny out? We give them the platform.
Is it sunny out? We give them the platform that they use to
type of messages and send them out. We do not actually do
the typing of the message. Yeah, just curious cuz I
supposed to get this information means if it's somewhere to
be gotten for lack of better term. So, I appreciate that.
So, next question, their substantial budget line items for
million from 86 million, for maintenance and Licensing.
3.24 mobile communication through the chair. If you could
give like a moral line, item breakdown of those large guns
cuz I'm in a pissy and he's necessary investment but want
to know what that's being used for on that, be helpful.
Also I guess to follow up. There's a drugs medicine and
chemical materials line item, for twenty-five thousand
bucks, just kind of curious what that is.
Olin Pilate.
Let me pull that up. I know you guys are acting like 167.
Remind.
Maybe we.
Maybe 160.
Maybe 166, let me just pull up what the pages.
25000.
25006.
25600 0. 300 Commodities in material, 0342 says drugs
medicine and chemical material is twenty-five. Thousand
bucks, can you give a detail for that surround system? FW
that right? The finances for a size, B, vaccination
Pittsburgh specifically CPD stuff.
this is,
This was a lion.
This was a line item that transfer from cfd or CPD medical.
What what does the 3.73 a consent decree go towards? And I
say that because every year when we have reporting on the
consent decree we are not be best at it. So just curious
what the metrics are for determining progress and success
if you are, is 3.7 million for the consent decree year.
Batman. Delphine
When do so you can you talk about that?
this is,
this is for,
This is fine.
Is a?
Is that?
Is that the purpose of the specified 9200 that's on page
169 consent. Decree is a line item.
I think.
I think, then that should
I think, damn that you actually. I might have made a
mistake about that.
He's on.
He's going to do that. So those are systems like the stain,
KC Public, Safety registration, it are working on upgrades
to the system. We actually just tested some things right
now that allow them to move information. If they've done
like a inquiry through leads, they can move that data into
the reports that I have to type. It manually type in like,
they stand past. So it's updated technology, equipment and
Technology with your work, isn't it? Could you speak into
the mic? Was the case management system talent management
system,
it has like,
It has like the early intervention, the officers.
It has like the early intervention, the officer support.
It has like the early intervention, the officer support
system column, which is used to be used together with the
Copa for case management there in car camera, repairs and
upgrades, and an audit as well and certain other technology
steps to break down. Cuz it sounds a whole lot of words
salad. And I'm trying to figure out what the hell y'all do
with 3.7 million. So thank you for that. I've two more
questions if you would allow, thank you for me. So there's
obviously some concern that the Office of Public Safety
Administration is basically an expansion of the CPD budget,
right? You got a two billion dollar budget for a police.
Now you got an additional was like however many million
towards PSA out of the PS, a budget.
What percent?
What percentage of how?
What percentage of how much money that is tpd, function,
related, function related. If it feels like a backpack, a
CPT to do more stuff. Just happens to be through a
different title. How much of the PS a budget is CPD related
separate from CFE separate from anything else.
A sequel.
I see Quest.
I see? We would have to get that percentage of the amount
and the percentage right? Cuz, you know, I've been
advocating for auditing CPD because it's a lot of money
getting put around. We need to know if it's effective and
efficient. So I want to know what uses are there as well.
And lastly, language access is with you all and currently
there is a contract that I think is not a new contract or
ran out with language line. And even before that Ward
office is couldn't access the service. And we have more
constituents that come with ain't language issues. We've
now got a migrant crisis where, you know, we're reading
articles about people who don't speak Spanish trying to
help out. So what is the plan for our language, line or
language access contracts, everything so we actually can be
the kind of world-class City we say we are. I know that the
Stratford.
Try for the.
Try for the vet.
Try for the vendor. It's been a overextended Sunday. Do we
have a plan for language? Like, oh, Natalie.
Natalie Gutierrez. We do have a plan, so during during the
pandemic, especially now after the aftermath languageline,
stepped in and performed, a lot of services that maybe they
had not originally anticipated during their initial bid
process. So we have since developed a scope that would
include those types of services. The ones that you all, and
other City. Departments have a specially outlined as needs
kind of in our current environment, the weather that's
simultaneous interpretation during a public meetings,
especially during the migrant meetings as of late, whether
it's more ASL in person because we've now moved away again
from, you know, we're back in person, we're not online. So
we're taking all of that into account. And so that is our
next phase and we've heard it loud and clear. And PSA is
taking the lead on that new contract. We would like to be
included our office cuz we've been doing work for like that
since the last term around it that I think like whether
it's a working group or some piece, because since the
language line access isn't locked in, we can look and see
what other cities and what other services that are to maybe
get the best bank.
Are black.
Arbuckle.
Are buck and the best herb.
Are buck and the best service. So just want a flag, that is
like if there's a, is there a language access like working
group, cuz we want to make sure we're part of it is. So
there is now love it. Thank you. I'm glad we got that on
the record. Thank you for everything, thanks for the work,
you do and thank you chairman. Thank you, sir.
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levity for the day. Are I have of all of the committee
members that have raised their hands want to go to the
committee members. Now, I only have two. I have Autumn and
Curtis are Gutierrez there. Anyone else that has any
questions all day in Manahawkin worth got you?
Anyway.
Anyone.
Anyone else, anyone else anyone else?
Thanks.
Thanks Sharon.
Thanks German tractor. Thank you for the answers on a lot
of these questions. One of the things that I want to go
back to just briefly on the helicopters, you know.
I thought.
I think everybody out there police department, certainly,
the partners that we have at the Sheriff's Office, the
State Illinois, State Police, and others are really hoping
to get this helicopter online. And I know it's been kind of
floating around since September of last year, so, whatever
you can do to expedite that, and I know it's bounced back
once or twice. We brought this up with procurement as well.
That there needs to be a better process for this especially
when we need this type of equipment immediately. You do not
waiting a year year-and-a-half. We had also heard that the
vendor that Bell was having issues so the kind of back and
forth
About where they?
About where things are in the price is.
About where things are in the process or it's the vendor
problem. We need to clarify that stuff for the council. So
we know when we can get this stuff online and then just
going back to the Pod cameras are the police cameras
through the chair. Could you let us know how many cameras
are inoperable in the city system in the system and then
you mentioned Miss Kelly mansion in the police stations
have their own centralized camera system. Sounds like some
of the old buildings are using older types of cameras. One
of the questions that came up the last couple years was the
sister agencies as well, so they're installing their own
types of cameras. Where are we at on sort of integrating
these system. So that if the police are looking at Sea
tacha where we're having issues, are we in a grating, those
systems? And where are we at on that?
Either way.
Either one.
Either one, did you?
Mancan.
Man, can you tell?
Man, can you talk about the Federation of cameras for
chancleta? We are at this is Dan Casey, Public Safety. It
What?
was the
Was there a?
Was there? Someone we're looking at our Motorola contract,
are they buying Motorola or they buying some other vendor,
and, and that goes for the state funds to? So the 20
million that were supposed to get from the state? Are those
going to be Motorola cameras? That would come off of our
vendor list? Or is that something else at the requirements
to buy? So we cannot dictate what they, what they buy of
course, but we can work with them on our standard so
systems can talk to each other. So some depending on what
system to get the state has use for the LPR system, the
Motorola system, but that's actually we use the genetech
system. So we for sure.
Okay.
Turn.
Chairman.
I think all the other questions on the cameras where we're
at and we'll either get answered or where answered. So, you
know, for a lot of us, the camera system, but, you know, I
appreciated having the, the dynamic display or that the
trailer cam for you knows, when we had these carjackings
and armed robbery is that high-level or
Too many of them.
too many of them, I appreciate you guys being able to move
those around and then
I think.
I think you.
I think you kind of answered it, but when you're looking at
the entire camera system, who's, who's deciding what the
overall system should look like. So, if I go overseas,
Well.
weather a
Weather Asia or Europe? And I go to a city like say London,
they know what they need as an entire system or, you know,
couple of other Asian countries and they actually come
forward. You can look at the plan for where they think they
need to have every Gap filled in that system. Do we do we
do that or we looking at that or we just started doing. If
the alderman wants one will get one in. There are CPT wants
one where where is when I'm talking to my commanders? You
know we had an area 3 meeting the other night and they were
saying why would be really nice if we could have that
camera working somewhere on the south side or west side? So
we can follow the incident throughout that entire system
but they don't seem to have that so I don't know how we're
Try.
Tracking that, or how?
Tracking that or how we're setting.
Tracking that or how we're setting that system up. So we
have worked with CBD, Dan Case of safety at work with CPD,
to create a heat map where the heat intensity is dictated
by cameras and violence. So if the if the violence is
higher, certain UCR codes at the police department,
identifies, if that's higher and cameras are low, not
within a mileage rating, I will be working closely and Leon
Works a team with beer of detectives and beer Patrol at a
higher level two. Then use tools like that or two of the TV
has at their disposal to know clear map of work other than
identify where the scammers will go. Okay. I appreciate
that. I think that's kind of what came out of that area
meeting that we had. We did see the heat Maps. That's what
I use when I'm looking at him. So I appreciate you guys
doing that technology. It really helps us identify where to
put them and we're the best uses. And then finally chair, I
just want to say thanks to Bob Lewandowski for all the work
on the
please.
play some
Police and fire death benefits and other issues. And
hopefully, when we get some people in the HR department,
Not.
Not working for you but in that separate apartment will be
able to get back to, you know, getting things done the way
we should. So, I just want to point point that out. Let him
know that they're all doing a great job. Thank you, thank
you. Thank you. All the walks back on auto Manahawkin, were
followed by Alderman, Curtis.
and,
Thank you.
And can share.
Thank.
Thank you. Hi, how are you? Good morning, ma'am. Good
morning, good morning. Thank you for your work. And thank
you to those in the Box. I'm I'm also very interested in
this audit that were doing across the city and of course,
including in the 48th. Ward. We have several hot spots in
our Ward and would like to get your commitment to working
with you in the 48th and figure out what what we need, but
also across the city, of course, can I get that commitment
from you? Thank you. We, we also have a temporary shelter
and so is very close to a school. This is the reason why I
asked and we also had the red line reconstruction, so I'm
really glad to hear that you working with our sister
agencies. The 48th Ward is also, I'm on Lakeshore Drive on
to Sauble Lake Shore Drive. So can you speak a little bit
more about your investments in in technology across to stop
ale?
Drive and terms.
Drive, in terms of.
Drive in terms of keeping us safe.
Anyone talk about?
anyone talk about the
Anyone talk about the cameras?
In case.
Dan Casey Powell.
19 KC public safety administration and we do work closely
with C. In these locations and I believe you have state
funding coming that will help in this way as well. We have
certain LPR list plate. Readers on Lake Shore Drive in
cameras that can see both the lakefront along with those
close to like their, by Chicago Avenue and will not make it
to lakefront and Lake Shore Drive. So we are, it is in
areas other alternative that pointed out about intense
concern and we work closely to see where the gaps are there
that we can put in more technology. Can you just give me a
little bit of background and who maintains the cameras
especially the Pod cameras, is that your department? We we
hold the contract for maintenance but the contract is with
Motorola who does the maintenance of the cameras. Okay. Cuz
I understand from many a lot of the feedback that we're
getting from our officers is that we have cameras but
they're not being maintained. So can I just get
and under,
I noticed.
An understanding of.
an understanding of, who do we talk to you about confirming
that the maintenance
Aaliyah.
Ali Ali.
Eileen leek, deputy director of video analytics
cybersecurity currently. All of the woman we work with the
ftse so that we can have them identify where they're saying
their problem area, what they identify, what are the
problem cameras that they're having? We didn't work with
you that list work with the vendors that way we get them
repaired at the Justice League and then we also give me at
the Fe room, some type of feedback back to let them know
exactly what's going on with the process. Okay, I
appreciate. What is the
SS.
SL.
Slaa on camera repair.
At.
Add mixture that is dependent upon the type of issue that's
going on with the camera. So if it is a access point issue
and maybe there might be repairs going on that area, it
could be a couple of weeks after we're repairing, maybe
something on a roof for something like that to get a camera
back online, but if it's a camera that may have been lost
fight or a was hit by a pole that may take longer for us to
get a pole installed. So then we can re-establish and put
that camera back on the pole for it, varies in the
situation with dependent. So it any one time have you know
what cameras are not functioning in the system and with
that is there an automatic car repair ticket?
rated for
Rated for getting something done with that and and this is
all on Motorola Motorola. Does everything in relation to
this repair? And in the light, the fire for the maintenance
and how long have they had this particular contract?
While.
Why don't you?
While my brother been ugly, people ever had a contract I
believe in 2011 that will confirm that. Okay. And when is
the last time this contract was put out forbid. We are
working right now to put that contract back out for our
face. So we're working right now with CPS in there. Are
there any I guess? Players, absolutely no. Other players in
the okay, to be an ongoing issue with repair maintenance in
the light and it all every it all centers around Motorola.
So it sounds like they're there, definitely needs to be
some competition in this conversation or better. Look at
technology in the end. I don't know how you spell. I miss
you all job to figure that out, but there definitely needs
to be something changed in the mix. You relate related to
that we're working on it.
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For, for the camera Network and we can expect an award.
Into.
In twenty twenty.
In 2024 or 2025 really wasn't we trying to get this is this
is an ongoing issue that I I do. Appreciate the fact you
all recognize that it is an issue and that you are moving
in there, but I think we need to put a little paste on on
that the on a transition. If if that's what it turns out to
be a bit more of that process, I guess the only other, that
I would have and maybe if you wanted to expand on it very
interested in finding ways to save the city money, not
wanting to eliminate jobs, of course, but also finding ways
to save the money money and save the city money and can I
Get you.
get your
Get your any any concerns that you have with the
consolidation of what we need to do across the city around
it. You mentioned a couple things, but are there any other
things that would be challenging for you as we're talking
about, consolidating all of our it?
I'm
I mean, the
I mean the challenges that I face right now, I really don't
have anything to do with it. I have challenges in my
medical section and I have and it's not with the staff or
any operations, but that is a paper-based operation. So he
has a medical is in dire need of Technology there, but I
know that Dan is doing an assessment of PSA medical to
bring them some technology to eliminate the paper-based
system that were on. And then, you know, I'm looking
forward to the timekeepers that are coming for payroll with
automated the time card for CPD. So while it has some
technology elements, my issue right now. My pain point
would not be with technology would not be with the it
section. But if those functionality
Said, I'm in Harry.
That I've been hearing.
That I inherit.
that I've inherited the
That I've inherited that have not had a large investment of
Technology.
yeah, a
yeah, I guess I knew
Yeah, I guess I need more understanding of the timekeepers
roll and why it's human-based and why why we're not
investing in new technology. So that's that's on me for to
understand a little bit more and then I guess the other and
actually, I'll hold my questions. Thank you chair. Thank
you for being one of the question.
Well.
Well, I'd
Well, I just, I had one comment. I'm very concerned about
this idea that Public Safety is separate from all of our
other departments. I think that there is so much overlap
with, of course, he just mentioned Healthcare and
everything. Everything is Public Safety. You know, this
microphone is Public Safety. You know, if you can't hear
me, that's not like Stacy, right? So I'm just very
concerned about how we talked about Public Safety in the
city, and, and I would just hope that we are not working
towards keeping us doing the same things over and over
again and not doing things better understood. Thank you.
Are you?
Are you autumn in?
Are you Autumn an alarm?
Are you ottoman, ottoman? Curtis Polamalu Alderman.
Gutierrez
Thank.
Thank you. Good afternoon. Director has also in and in the
end, she already asked my question about the maintenance of
the cameras because when it always bring it back, less than
two years ago when you got robbed the store committed, a
murder like on 115th and Halsted. He jumped on the
expressway on the Lakeshore Drive and they didn't catch
them until they got it. So they got to like, Skokie the one
of those reasons was because they were saying the camera
wasn't working and they didn't catch him from a hundred and
something all the way they got out the Skokie. And and if
they really bother me so I don't want to beat that day at
once. So I was hoping maybe maybe the city electricians.
we're
workout
work on the pot
Work on the podcast but know this Motorola cracked, so I
agree with the chair that you know, we probably need some
more competition out there for those.
mother of
mother
Play Mana.
taming a question was basically maybe around over about 10
years ago every supervisor in the city used to go through a
series and it was mandated then when I was special when I
was in the streets in Spanish all we went through courses
through FEMA. And so all of us could be on the same page if
we had an emergency yesterday. Can we go back to that or
whatever happened to that? I took those courses when I was
at OMC in a better place.
and I'll
Natalie Goode
Natalie Gutierrez, I don't know if this is right in line
with your question. But I do know that OMC still spearheads
The Coop program like continuity of operations in the event
of a catastrophic incident. So there are very much elements
of that. How would we all collectively respond are we all
prepared and I do believe that extends to all the CDs
leadership and all the city departments are we took I
probably have about nine certificates myself through
so, I
so, but
So, but they stopped it and it seemed like. So, do you
think we will ever go back to that? Was we paying for that
program at work? You know what, I'd happily touch base with
you offline and get with only MC because I do think that
they're constantly looking into opportunities like that. So
I can't answer to whether we are paying for it at that
point is for specific courses. I do know that FEMA has a
plethora of resources online. So there's a potential that
there are already out there and we just need to get the
word out like the supervisor in every Department. You don't
have to take that and I think that would be a great idea
because we want everybody to be on the same page if you
know of a living in that crazy. So I'm sure they will bring
that back and take another look at that.
They?
They called.
They called me.
Big ottoman, ottoman Gutierrez.
A m.
Peterman.
Determine the new face of the 14th Ward.
Thank.
thank you so much for the
Thank you so much for the word for you and your team. I was
doing. I just have a question and we started with that,
right? There's a new phase or some new leadership in this
Ward and it would love to know if there's any pending
efforts that my predecessor put forward for these Ward, any
cameras, or any, anything that I may need to know that you
guys and your team are working on for us to either continue
it or make some changes as feasible and needed. His I be
meeting with the community, especially Archer Heights right
now is facing something then never before. So, we just need
to continue to work together to Taco, all of that, they're
only not your highlights. Put in all of my communities in
the Portuguese, word, Brighton Park, Gage Park Chicago
loan, West Alton. So if you can, please send me a list of
cameras or any other efforts were put up by my predecessor
so we can review it together. We do have cameras here today
for each of the Aldrin. Whoever wants one. So,
I'll make sure that Leigh Ann.
I'll make sure that we and get you a camera map. You
I'll make sure that we and get you a camera map before we
leave. So you know what's going on in your ward awesome,
please. Thank you so much. And anything else any other
information that you may have become? Please send it to me
and my staff, please. And thank you so much for all you do.
Are you?
Are you all?
Are you autumn?
Are you out of it? All those Cameron mess, if you have you,
if you can leave those of her staff, they would distribute
them to each other. Each are all the person off of their
respective Awards. Any other questions for PSA?
So directive.
God.
Gospel.
God forbid, something happens like September 11th here in
the city who would take the leave now?
Arthur.
I think that we
I think that would be a coordinated effort between.
Loco.
Locust.
Local state and the FEDS, it would probably just like
September 11th. It touched everybody. But in terms of an
emergency manager, I've seen them work and I was at anjum
semen, September, 11th happened, and that time is still
kind of a blur, but it wasn't. That was an
all-hands-on-deck tragic situation.
So, what?
So, with TSA still kind of being the head, we would, we
would provide text support, administrative support
financial support, procurement, support, all of that,
purchasing all of them except responding anything's. Okay,
great. Thanks a lot.
Thank.
Thank you. I
Thank you all. One final thing that I that we didn't touch
on during the Q&A today where your, your nbe numbers you
have just today at 51 million dollars in purchases but
approximately about 12% of them are dumber than bees. Even
though your percentage of African-Americans been is higher
than any other Woods Drive in the lack of MB participation
in your spend.
so,
So, and, you know, it, but the majority of of our contracts
being technical in nature. There is a fine night.
Need that we have in.
Need that we haven't.
Need that we have in terms of Contracting out. But we do
have the Supplier Diversity Program that we're working
really hard to ask to make sure that we're kind of like the
match.com of you know, are bigger vendors with our smaller
ones. And is Natalie mentioned, we're also having a public
safety specific fair in March of 2024 to match up those
bigger vendors with the smaller ones. And I mean, I hope
that we can count on you and the all the way to get the
word out. Because what I find is that a lot of times there
are smaller vendors who are afraid to approach the
Motorola's of the world. So this vendor fair will not only
provide them a mechanism to do that. But there's also going
to be support from PSA and procurement. I believe to help
them navigate that as well.
Well, I'm
well, let me let me just
well let me let me just say this we have we know that there
are definite avenues for nve Spanish specially in the tech
space which is primarily where it looks like the bulk of
your spend is and we have we have you know all but
Laugh.
Lack of a.
lack of a better term crucified, our procurement department
for a lack of of
parts.
artistic.
Participation on the NBA front and we have charged them
with enforcing the goals that have been set forth by this
Council and we will no longer. I'll continue to check the
excuse of there. Not being enough people in a particular
space. When we know that there are people in his face and
it's going to be incumbent upon us, to bring everybody to
the table to make this make this a reality. So we had to
pay. And when you come back before us, that these numbers
are will look better. And when we see your 2022 numbers,
are we hope that they are better because this city is made
up of a multitude of individuals of many of which are not
you know, our non white. So we have to be a little more
deliberate about the spin of that we do in these
departments. And what they have told us is that a lot of
these cases are of the Departments and of your selection
teams in? Are you all getting
pyramid on the
pyramid on, but we put
Pyramid on but we push back on them to make sure that these
procurements are in the in the nature in the goals in the
intentionality that we as a city would like to see which
would include higher numbers of the naughty. Naughty
women's disabled veterans, in the light above the spin
categories that we do have some
A lot of contracts at.
A lot of contracts that we have, we inherited, but just
like the Motorola contract that's coming up and the RFP
that's going to be developed for that. There is going to be
opportunity as this contract that we have expire. We put
out our fees and I can, I can tell you that our numbers
will improve put a banana in the tailpipe Alderman Garden.
You have something. Go ahead and excuse me. I've been in
and out a couple different meetings, but I just had a quick
question and I'm sure other aldermen did to regarding the
LPR camera. Is it that have already been paid for? Or
still? I can understand if there's a backlog, which my
colleague, all them in the Palatine Hill said, there's some
type of back lot, but I don't even get communication with
regards to win. This will go. So I can transfer that
information to my
residence.
residents who dearly want these cameras, understood your
colleagues have made that very clear. I received that loud
and clear and feedback status on your orders. That's going
to change now. And those maps that you gave us and it is
supposed to show where those cameras are in our work. Do we
have? Those can't do we have those
Not print it out.
Not print it out man, but but I can get them printed out and
then we'll bring them back here if you actually put on the
map. Like we're these cameras are on the map that thought
for the cameras that have already been paid for their
outstanding but are still due to be delivered understood.
We don't have we
I did.
I didn't.
Identifying existing cameras that you have in your ward. We
do not have outstanding cameras and we can probably get
that to you later, if that's okay, please, thank you.
Thank.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you all to me. Thank you all for joining
with us today. I know that the work that you all do is it
is a challenge, you know, removing the spine of an
organization from especially in public, safety is a
difficult job. I know, all of you all have spent some time
and Public Safety being police fire or GMC. A we appreciate
the work that you all do and when our job is really to help
provide the resources to get done, what needs to happen for
you all's apartment. So you don't want to thank you all for
participating this year and that you all are excused.
well, I'm so
Well, I'm sorry.
Well, I'm sorry Albany MS.
I just want.
I just want to ask.
I just want to ask once.
I just want to ask one question the cameras that we had
before your office came active and I wore where we use them
in your money to purchase them. Do you have information on
those cameras? And then when we do redistricting and change
Ward's, what happened to Jack hammers in case you want
anybody, share some information and even if you can get it
through the chair, I'm just concerned over the years of
redistricting purchase and cameras and then I never hear
about what I need a camera. I can't get it. Then if that's
okay with you if you miss tration it will look back and see
what the president was when it was redistrict ID where they
can remain dead spot, I think it was a three-year. Whether
you can move it or not so we'll check on that. You have.
Reappear.
3 year. We can move.
3 year. We can move cameras. So we'll check on that for you
and then we'll get back to you through church. But if you
and your cameras and the other elements, well thank you.
They wouldn't let me take my camera but I tried the movie
but they wouldn't let me take him in the 15th District. But
nonetheless. So you you, you you you you to the good on
that is. So at least for me, you are nonetheless. Thank
you. You are thank you, much. Are we going to do? Are we
going to be at ease?
Still.
Still on.
Still.
What?
14.
145 will come back at 1:45 and begin with o m c.
You have to.
Good afternoon. Welcome back through your budget and
government operations. Come to order from Recess. This
session will be with the office of emergency management
communication. I will have a short presentation buy cofal,
followed by our director, it's Rado, and with his
introduction, and the introduction of its staff and opening
statement scopa.
What happened?
Good afternoon. My name is Janice Oda Gray.
Act.
Acting.
Acting director of Copa.
Where's the?
First of all, we're going to do.
First of all, we're going to talk about the survey results.
Because the office of emergency management and
Communications, we did have some concerns from the Auburn
and Survey. The type top issue was a 911 response time.
There are other.
There are other issue.
There are other issues.
The camp.
The camera light.
The camera license plate readers, Public Safety, strategies
and resource deployment, where the other issues.
Looking.
Looking at.
Looking at the numbers, f y, 24 is 110.2 million which is
4.4 million more than fiscal year 23.
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58.6% was funded with emergency communication funds.
First.
Person.
Personnel Service.
Personnel. Services category is set to grow by 2.8. Million
representing a 3.7 increase compared to f y 23.
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As you can see, emergency communication fund, your
primarily funded through them and that's the majority of
their funding 58.62 percent. If you look at the corporate
bond, it's 10.85%
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most ftes at 674 Bilo by the corporate fun of 173.
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On all the grant funds, they have a lot of Grant funds, a
lot of different grants. Looks like you I said Grant's
Emergency Management assistant Gran Sport grants. Here's a
comprehensive list of the grant for 2024 was 26000851.
Property.
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Preparation by category.
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We have.
Personal.
Personnel Service.
Personnel Services is the top appropriation category
followed by a contractual services.
And that.
and that's
And that's my report. Thanks.
Thank.
Thank you, next.
Thank you, next, we'll have our acting executive director,
they just called me up here. Good afternoon. I'll buy some
womanly and members of the city council, I want to take a
minute to introduce my team, am I right? Is Anna Schrader
on my chief of staff? This was the director of 311 city
services in the Box. You have Carla orlandini W director of
911 operations.
Yeah.
Do you want?
Deonte W director of Investigations and training.
Merry.
Mary Mae W of director of media Affairs. Ryan nelligan W
director of legal and labor relations, and general counsel.
Dave.
David Reimer.
David Ramos, W. Director of operations center Miriam Makeba
assistant, deputy director of 9/11 operations killed,
lariviere manager of Emergency Management Services, KC
Madison W director of Public, Safety in the Office of
Public Safety administration's. And finally, Natalie
Gutierrez was a managing. Deputy director of administration
is o p. S a
My.
My name.
My name is that was mentioned earlier was busy with a
throttle. I am the acting executive director of the office
of emergency management. Communications is my honor to be
here with you today to answer your questions and any
concerns you may have regarding OMC as you know only Missy
manages the city's 911 Center 311 Center emergency
management and traffic Management Authority. Many of you
are familiar with our role in providing Public, Safety
planning, and coordination, as well as conducting exercises
and drills.
Where everything?
Where everything from.
Where everything from large-scale events to Public, Safety
emergencies. I am extremely proud of the dedicated
professionals at OMC. Work 24/7 to ensure the safety and
well-being of all Chicago residents visitors and arrivals
were also like to thank our many members throughout the
city that I know that not only help OMC to carry out our
mission but also help to keep Chicago safe this year when
she has life. Coordination efforts along side, our partners
and responsive weather including historic flooding as well
as large special events and festivals like the NASCAR
Chicago street race Lollapalooza. And the, and the recent
Chicago Marathon, this is an addition to handling nearly
20,000 cost per day.
Internet.
Into a 911 Center.
Into a 9/11 centers in a 3-1 centers earlier this year, or
MC, Lyte coordination efforts along side. Our city Partners
response to severe weather including historic floods, as
well as our special events and festivals at the NASCAR
Chicago street race Lollapalooza. And the recent Chicago
Marathon, this is an addition to have nearly 20,000 cost
per day at 911 and 311 centers earlier this year, when she
introduced a new Public Safety to all the Chicago, AMC app
provides users. With the emergency alerts weather reports
in the National Weather Service street closures event
information board, and District Maps, safety, and preparing
the steps and much more makers everyone here. So, please
download the app which is available through the Apple and
Google Play stores currently coordinating the Citywide
response report along with the Department of Family and
support services. The mayor's office and the city
departments and receive provide temporary shelter for new
arrivals for the summit from the southern border.
That are being sent.
That are being sent to Chicago.
That are being sent to Chicago since August, 31st 2022.
You're welcome over 18700 new arrivals into the city. These
individuals include families children, and infants, seeking
Refuge, when she continues to work collaboratively, with
our stakeholders, and our regional Partners to ensure
Public Safety efforts to meet the high standards in 2023.
When?
When she hosted.
when she hosted both the whole Community Summit in the 2023
National Homeland Security conference in Chicago, where we
showcase the best practices of Public Safety, and Emergency
Management to jurisdictions throughout the region and the
country
This was the first time.
This was the first time, the national Homeland Security
Conference was held in Chicago and was the largest attended
conference today with Public Safety officials, representing
local state and federal jurisdiction a Conference.
Highlights include a water rescue and terrorist attack
demonstration on Chicago River ordinated by OMC. The
Chicago Police Department and Chicago Fire Department on
July 2nd during the first-ever NASCAR street race. The city
of Chicago experience torrential rainfall that resulted in
devastating floods primarily impacting the city south and
west sides in response with our state and federal
counterpart, destroy presidential declarations for this
event.
Making.
Making individuals.
Making individual system.
Making individual systems available. Swearing a pack to
residence for the first time in a decade, as of October,
18th / 126 million dollars. And individual systems has been
awarded to Chicago residence in 2023. When she partnered
with City College, has to offer a class specific to MCS
functions, 28 and diversifying, and strengthening OMC job,
applicant pool. The OMC class is now being offered at
multiple campuses are working to expand the class,
adjustable city colleges in the near future.
Final.
Finally, the city prepares to host. The 2024 Democratic
National Convention in August OMC, is working alongside our
federal Partners to coordinate the Citywide, Public Safety
effort and security playing around the convention with a
critical stakeholders. The DNC is in the Indian Ocean to
cities, already, brought special events portfolio and will
once again, shine Spotlight on a great City and closing. I
would like to thank r o m e, stand for their dedication and
commitment to our city, and its residents.
It worked.
It worked tirelessly to.
It worked tirelessly around the clock. And often times
behind the scenes to keep the city safe again. Thank you,
German Sherwin, the members of the city council. I would
like to answer any questions that you may have for me.
Thank you, executor of tractor trotto just a few members in
the chamber, who want to ask questions if you want to raise
your hand, let me know. And I think
Coming back from lunch.
show me back and I'll
Coming back from All-Star. How about that?
Where to buy?
Where to be?
Where to begin?
Where to begin. Let's talk about migrants. I know it's
everybody's favorite subject.
Can.
Can you?
Can you tell us currently, how many, how many how many
shelters we have currently in operation that we're running?
And then how many more in the pipeline right now, currently
we're running a 24-hour shelters on, you guys, to other
migrant workers were doing
What?
What we're seeing?
What we're seeing coming down? The pipeline is not clear
yet.
Turn.
Current.
Currently.
Currently, we have 20 for shelters up and running in
regards to the Asylum. Seekers, we don't have any
and,
anything.
anything in the pipeline as of an exact number. That makes
any sense coming in the future sites but I thought you
wanted the definitive number. I will make sure I'm speaking
into the microphone as well. How many can you share with
us? It just in an aggregate number. What how many sites you
are reviewing right now? Or taking a look at
So we're looking at several sites.
so we're looking at several sites, but I
So we're looking at several sites but I'm going to pass
that on to my emergency manager a cave of the Riviera cuz
she's collectively since it's her this operation, we've
looked at more than 250 locations, currently staying at 24
shelters, we are looking, I'd say about two to three nights
a week. We have in general that we go out to you and
perform an initial site assessment and turns of what's in
the pipeline. We currently only have five, 26 Northwestern
which technically speaking is on hold until November 1st.
So not in the anywhere near future, and then beyond that
are our base camp Solutions, okay? I really just don't get
this location. You just mentioned on. Western is really the
only brick-and-mortar location that's in the pipeline.
What?
With the, with the land, The Landing Pad location right
now, that is, that is at Union Station as I understand
correct or I'm going to place. So, it's on Vernon Place.
Okay, sorry. I was misinformed and how are we currently
deciding or allocating? Migrants are signing them to Police
District. So we work with CPD, we also work with us.
BFS.
The FSA.
DFS.
Vfss and you ask, the question is, how we decided where
people go to dinner, so we're trying to do a balancing act
in regards to the entire city in regards to what the
district's look like. So, for example, if the first
district has 180 people and 100 and a second district has
150, we would more likely choose to move people to the
second district. Don't get your balance out the entire city
as best as possible currently and I don't know if this
information but what's the average wait time? Right now?
Before people in shelters before they're moved out of
shelters, freeing up space for police stations, to be
decompressed. We don't have an exact time, but I could
save, if we can run anywhere from two weeks too, long is a
month from the shelter to put more permanent housing.
Or.
4 week.
4 weeks.
Four weeks at the police district.
and,
and then,
and then any approximate sense of how long people are
staying in shelters before they're placed in the more
permanent housing opportunities that manages their
and,
any of
Animal.
Any of my other colleagues. Have questions, ready yet?
You go.
You going?
You go ahead, go ahead.
Also, at some point.
Also, at some point I really I need this. My phone to be
fixed by someone.
I want to.
I wanted to.
I wanted to check this was looking on page 429. Emergency
communications fund that we had increased the Emergency
Management staff from the divine within the division of
planning and preparedness from 7th to 28th. And on the
other side of the city operations staff has decreased from
20 to 29 and I was just wondering, are these commensurate
positions? Are we just moving headcount that does the
equivalent work from one Department to the other with a new
team? So so I'll know what you're saying is two different
things we are moving from one phone to another fun, but we
also added five senior Emergency Management coordinator was
as well.
We also a
we also add
We also added.
We also added a police, give me to get this operators
supervisor and to clinicians moving into next year or
you're. So what you're saying is, is exactly what you said,
but with that is just no headcount. It would be fair to say
categorically. We're moving this category of work to a
movie from the Operation Center to the property and explain
exactly.
Appreciate.
Appreciate it. I just want to also piggyback off of my
Charlie's question. I'm sorry. I was
Beavis.
Previously.
Previously on page 44-34 our new arrivals cuz there was a
question around. How many bilingual staff we had 40 EMC to
operate within that space. How can we respond to that know?
We were getting some public scrutiny as counsel as the city
on that. Do we have sufficient bilingual Personnel to
assist with our new arrivals and if not, how do we, how do
we increase that number? So what were what were you seeing
on our side, right? Is depending on the bottom of buses
that arrive will dictate if we have enough Spanish speakers
on scene. So if we have one or two buses coming out today
and we always have enough but we've seen as many as five
which makes it a challenge for any organization. But
currently I have seven Spanish speaking, senior emergency
manager
You also have you lied?
You also have utilized other see.
You also have utilized other City agencies that have
Spanish speakers on site. So, it depends, it really depends
on the volume of us is that we're receiving if there's a
challenge or if there's something that we can control, if
we have enough staff for
What?
One.
Wants to be.
once two buses to arrive, it seems on average, at least
from the reporting that we get back from the
administration. The number
Turn.
10.
Tends to occur.
tends to exceed that amount of buses, is there a way to
How to?
how do we have an
How do we have enough folks on hand, to be able to respond?
What's the?
Inflexible.
In a flexible way to that different capacity. You know what
I mean? Like,
I know.
I'm not.
I'm not sure if I.
I'm not sure if I make myself clear, so I don't know and
maybe I missed 4 days when Once two buses arrive.
What?
What we?
What we do on the days when that number may be closer to 13
to 15. So it depends on the volume of buses that come at
one time in a day what would it look like that? That
response would be identical. We would pull from other City
agencies and we also have to look for volunteers to help
us. We must City agencies to help raise that bilingual
problem. What are the agencies that we tend to pull from
when we when we need to bring folks over? So
Anyone.
Anyone who truly dog?
Anyone who truly dog food? I'll give us a personal but
right, currently right now copas Samsung some speakers.
Okay.
New remind me.
Those are my main questions. I've
Those are my main questions. I was going to ask where are
vacancies are regarding crossing guard but I can look it up
in the 14 book in front of it. Thank you very much, sir.
Thank you sir for clarification. Are crossing guards with
only MC anymore. Is that was CPS questions that you. Let's
go then shoe.
Call Renu jio.
Palmer Newton, thank you chairman and good afternoon to
friends up them in the front and in the Box just a couple
questions as I'm looking through your budget book on page
431.
If?
if we look,
If we look at the planning in preparedness, if I'm reading
this correctly, it looks like you're putting forth, 21, new
positions as am. I reading that correctly?
no, so we add
No, so we added five positions, we transferred 17.
At the cakes.
Explain it.
Explain a little more. Cuz when I look at towards the
bottom of page 431, it looks like in the Operation Center.
You went from 22 positions in 2023 to 9 this year. So, down
13 there and up the chat. Talk me through it. The
operations center, and move them to the, a fan of
preparedness. So, that's what you're seeing the increased.
So are we down or up? When you do all the math? I'm also
going to be for sure. We're going to be up to going to have
five more employees.
I see.
I think all we
I think OMC is busy when you take an innocent
understatement right without bringing in the new arrivals
with festivals sporting events concerts
I've seen.
I've seen OMC all over the city in the last year with
respect to new sites and backing out for new arrivals is 5
people enough to do what your task to do. Right now. The
additional five will help when it's a 2024 with that looks
like in 2025, I don't know but I'm very fortunate to have
an oem team that's
Dedicated.
Dedicated Mall.
Dedicated multi.
Dedicated multi-tech.
Dedicated multitasking while we haven't missed any
deadlines. I will continue to work on a special events,
we're hitting all the respect our strides. So for this
year, yes, by I would be in, this isn't a criticism of of
you or your team. I just I think that all of us, I can
speak for my word to or feeling the weight of the world on
their shoulders, taking calls and running shelters, and
it's a whole new
only set a
only set up a
Only set of responsibilities as I was speaking to Pasa
earlier today. Are you also getting staff to prepare for
the DNC snap that I'm getting for 2024?
and,
It's my own.
It's my under.
it's my understanding that through the USA, Grant, there's
going to be training, I know you did the homeland security
conference or are you guys going to be able to get
appropriate training with the funding you have with police
and fire to prepare for events like the convention
Add.
Bible.
I believe we were.
I believe we will.
I believe it.
I believe the funniest.
I believe the fun is there for us. I'll bet I could pass it
to Natalie. Gutierrez is going to answer the question.
Good at
Good afternoon, Natalie. Gutierrez are we are? We are lucky
and fortunate that are you. I see Grant is one of most
substantial ones in the nation. We are in line for the
second, largest amount of funding opposite LA and New York
is the only one that surpasses us. So, on the agency's all
collaborate really well, please fire AMC.
Yes.
Esha.
TSA technology. And currently the way that we utilize, the
grant funds is sufficient for training, but we are always
looking for new training opportunities. So, our grants
research is always looking for more opportunities for
anything that can help Public Safety in the city. So we do
the best of what we've got right now, but certainly would
welcome more and would increase our capacity of even for
training. If we were able to have more Federal funding,
okay? Thank you, thank you for that Natalie. I am
I am I
I,
I appreciate what you and your team do in the responses. I
have concerns or you guys with just capacity on your
personnel to be over helping, create, and operationalize.
All these shelters are our new arrivals with the amount of
bodies that you have is just as a lot of work. So I guess
we maybe continue the conversation. And if you could keep
us apprised, in Council it, if you're needing more, but I
think we always want to hear from you.
Thank.
Thank you. Thank you, man. I'm share a couple of pieces of
information. I would like to receive which I requested last
year. I just want to see the numbers for this year. One is
the citt. The CIT calls that we've received for this year
from all of the police districts by police districts. And
the 911 calls through by police district is well,
I see.
I see you have a new Grant all the first responder wellness
program Grant and you talked a little bit about what that's
going to be used for.
I'm glad.
I'm glad you.
I'm about to.
I'm glad you brought this up. So the new Grant is going to
bring on the chew clinicians.
and,
The new Grand.
The new Grant is going to bring on the choo choo clinicians
trying to move this, the two grants are going to the grants
are going to bring on the two commissions. Were also going
to add yoga. We're adding that meditation pods an Atrium to
wire our lobby Chiropractic, are we going to put that back
in place of we did it last year as well and we're going to
keep our on-site programs are employees with Wellness, as
everyone is aware of the 911 Center.
Take.
text on the brunt of the
Takes on the brunt of those calls. And ironically I
understand was cost from one site and now I'm seeing the
impact it has on our dispatches from the other side. Okay
I'm okay and that's going to be 2024 implementation.
The low.
The light.
The language access question, came up in the previous
Department, hearing PSA. Can you tell me for 311? If you
have language access for your Yoruba Yoruba and French
so,
So you're so we have in 311 in 911 language, Lions offers
24, different languages. I do believe that those are
covered in the 2040 languages like to know that for sure,
because many of the new arrivals, which we don't really
talk about our from the African diaspora, and many of them
don't speak Spanish in English, but they speak French in
your rhubarb. May not even be pronouncing it, right? But
that is the languages that people access. So I'd like to
know for sure if those are covered
Can you?
Can you tell me?
Can you tell me what you do now that we have this new new
arrivals situation, happening some of the calls that are
coming to 911. Now, are related to activity that people see
relevant to that. Do you have you added any new categories?
You have no.
We have not had.
We have not added.
We have not added that and for things like that street
takeovers and when people do the donuts and things in the
middle of the street,
I'll ship.
How should people?
how should people be calling? And what should they say when
they reach 911? So we did make a couple changes to the
public gathering, just the way we dispatch that got to work
with cpd2 to work on that. But I'm going to do is I'm going
to hand this off to call Karla Allen orlandini from the 911
Center.
Hey.
hey, good at
hey, good after
Hey, good afternoon if I understand if I understand your
question. You're asking about when any new changes in your
list of 31, 911 calls any changes to take into account, the
changes, we see happening in society. So that people know
how to make
What kind of?
What kind of priority?
What kind of priorities they are as stated, we did add a
disturbance large event type on because we were seeing a
lot of those calls coming in to our Center. And we wanted
to be more specific about what we were giving out to the
officers on the street as a relates to the quantity of
people. What exactly would be going on there, where their
cars involved, you know, age group type of questions and
things like that, you know, are they just causing a
disturbance? Is there violence involved? Has anybody seen
you weapons? And so there is a tree as that happens.
Call Tay.
Call Jacob.
Call take me to ask.
Call take me to ask the question. Internet goes over to the
dispatcher and they have more information in reference to
what they're giving the officers on the street. And what
kind of priority is that particular call disturbance large
would be a to B, which is a 10-minute dispatch. Can you
speak up? I didn't hear you. It's going to be a to B
dispatch, which is 10 minutes.
And why?
And what? What?
And what, what's that ranking in the lineup, see PD has
outlined a priority dispatch for us and we have four
priorities. We have zero, which is an automatic dispatch.
If there's an emergency with the first responder, and then
we have a priority one, which is your domestic
disturbances. Anything that's in progress, that is a threat
to life.
and,
and then,
and then we have
And then we have a priority to is also a 10-minute dispatch,
which is more of your just occurred that just occurred
things where something has happened and the immediate
threat is gone. And then we have our priority 3, which is a
60-minute dispatch, which is no immediate threat to life or
property. People who are, you know, gathering on the street
who are just hanging out, perhaps a loud noise disturbance,
disturbance with your neighbor, where everything is,
they're just having some sort of issue. So that's the party
system that we were alarm 10 minutes, 10 minutes.
You.
in a recent,
You know, recently in the last two weeks, we've had a
series of jets, flying over my ward. And people are calling
me, asking me what's going on since it's not the air and
water show, can you tell me what's happening?
So I know exactly what you talking about. It was a planned
event with the Bears are, they were just conducting a
practice run. We were not notified at the time that the run
is going on. We immediately found out. It was the Bears so
we didn't push out any information that would Panic anyone.
We were we were taking those calls as well.
Dog & Suds.
Dragon City.
Dug into the the information especially with the times that
are going on right now, but they were running a practice
because they were having it Sunday. So they flew over that
Sunday game.
Okay.
Did.
didn't know what I'm
Didn't know what I would be telling my constituents about
that. Do you anticipate this happening again? This season?
They understand that they need to notify me when she and
she could eat. And I are Partners to to make sure that that
doesn't specifically happened. Again, my final question is
how many traffic control legs? Do we have total? What's the
budgeted amount total? How many vacancies?
and,
And how?
And how may?
And how many supervisors do we have for?
It was too.
It was trapped.
It was traffic control waves. So currently we have 50
full-time that control aides I have 31 full-time traffic
gate control 8 supervisors have approximately 200 Mi
traffic control tower. Lee's number that we would like to
be a tissue between 450 and 500.
on the
On the hourly.
On the hourly side, you want to be between 450 to 500. You
said, so how are you planning to do that? So what we've
done is we
Stop.
start a
started a
Started in OMC Class, A couple community colleges, to make
sure they were putting that information out. So I mean,
everyone knows what's CPD does see if he does, but I'm
going to see in the public eye doesn't really understand
what we do. So we started this class and it's already
bearing fruit. We've already starting to see a couple
students have gone through this program, apply for jobs at
OMC and will continue to push forward on the platforms as
well. And what is the maximum number or the most critical
number for events like
Powerpuff.
Lollapalooza and NASCAR how many traffic eggs would you say
should be assigned to those events.
44.
44 Sulphur NASCAR, we stayed between 60 and 65. That's how
many you had for, What's the
And it.
And did you have?
And did you have 60 to 65 this year and Lollapalooza? What's
the number for Lollapalooza?
Take.
Text.
60s.
6065 and 4, NASCAR.
And who?
And who would I speak?
And who would I speak to on your staff? Finally regarding
potential changes to your traffic plan for a soldier field.
We can.
We could do.
We can definitely talk to me but Baba juice you'll be part
of that conversation is going. Okay. Bob was wonderful by
the way. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next,
we're going to have Alderman mitts.
Anchor.
Anchorman.
Thank you. Madam chairman.
Good.
good after
Good afternoon, director.
What?
one thing at a,
One thing that I would first say, thank you for the support
that you all gave me with the flood during the July 2nd.
Look.
look at
Look at it in the Box 311.
Weather.
Was.
Was the first.
Was the first call that I made.
and,
And I'll be.
And at the saying, all the calls from my neighbors on the
Block because it's we're not first time getting flooded. I
knew that it had to be a lot of calls going to 311.
and we,
and when I,
and when I call them,
The law.
The lion.
The Lions start filling up, I think he got overwhelmed that
day and the people did not know who to call.
If?
If you go.
If you could tell me,
How?
How how we missed that opportunity of informing the
residents about such a flood or maybe you didn't know, why
wasn't that alert or something going out on that with with
did we miss something?
if if
If if I could just share with you what the community was
saying they was caught up with nice guy, that's what I have
to hear everyday.
so,
So, did we meet?
So, did we miss something there?
so, I could
So I could I could I could say this we didn't use any
assets for NASCAR. All the extras that we use for the
flooding was strictly useful for this from the city assets
as far as the opportunity to notify more individuals. Will
you notify? Chicago, as far as to call volume. I will defer
to my director of 311 Audrey Matheson's up or just a
phenomenal human being and also understand 311 Center
but the
But they didn't.
But that didn't didn't the calls you guys so overwhelming.
For 311, I think 9/11 had to help. OMG had to help pick up
some of those calls. From just two people should notified
that they were flooded.
Yes. Ma'am, sir.
Yes, ma'am. So I'm going to have kind of okay with that.
Audrey.
Audrey Marie.
Audrey, Mathis, director 31, thank you all the way. Yes,
that is correct for July 2nd, the number of calls that 311
taking me on that day. Specifically, yes, okay. And I'm not
just speaking from my ward Citywide, that, that you got. So
that week alone, we took 78,000 little with 78000 cause
specifically and a majority of those were due to the flu
Not nest.
Not NASCAR. So yes we were extremely busy which typically
that's what we do. When there are any emergencies, what we
suggest that people do if they can't get through to us on
the lines understanding that we were, you know, where 24/7.
So you can't get through a particularly with at the at the
sense of when there ain't no urgency is happening, we do
encourage people that they can call back or take advantage
of what we got is a call back option that call back. Option
is if you call you do not look and you Excel electric call
back and that's something we incorporated about 3 years
ago. We didn't have that before. Where if someone cannot
get through to a live operator, particularly during an
emergency, leave your information booth at call back and
the system will automatically call you back when an agent
is available. So,
Encourage.
Encouraged.
Encourage p.
Encourage people that to take advantage there. A lot of
people that don't do it but it is death, it definitely
works and the system will definitely call you back. You
don't have to wait you don't lose your place in line. The
other thing is that information is also available on our
website and through the app and I understand there were
some issues. I heard also with the app at that time but
those issues were soon resolved because of the the amount
of volume.
Forget.
Forgetting.
We're getting. So,
We're getting. So the one thing would be able to do in and
we work in tandem with our OEM Department to let them know
that we are busy. So when the calls or start coming through
911, then again our job is to always let people know that
we do have additional tools and take advantage of our call
back option as well.
Do.
so, the way
So the one thing that I think that if you can answer for me
or someone tell me what would be helpful and I know that
I'm
I know that.
I know that the community is always waiting for somebody to
tell them what to do. So they forgot that that's what
happened. A lot of them not to call 311, then we had to put
on a campaign just so that we can get the numbers, it has
to be a better system. I taken place at a speedy a time
because they slow down the process in which we need to get
the numbers to get in the mail to get to the governor
government. Get it to the president and somewhere in that
we lost some time. Trying to just get the numbers that. I
mean it's been like 2 or 3 weeks, just trying to get people
to get 311 cuz they they kept calling. I maybe they didn't
know that they were supposed to do that. So how can we in
the future? Make it a little
What was?
What?
Publicize it more often when he got a disaster, you got to
call 311, so that would be my recommendation. But I really
appreciate all the work that she did as well as 311. I
don't see. Khaliah Ali Muhammad, but he was a very
instrumental in getting abused. Along with myself out here,
does the community to me, but we worked it out and thank
God that we was able to get Fame. And now we've been able
to get them to extend it for a little longer, because
there's still people don't know.
and,
And if
And for whatever reason it is, I know you had the app
because I did actually want me to call back and they did,
they called me back and I was able to get it in, but also
the app that you have now that you're working with has to
be publicized more, so people can take advantage of that
opportunity. Sometime if you waiting on us, we're doing how
many different things. But how do we get that publicly out
there? So just wanted to put that out there early. So
disastrous may come again and never into it and how we can
be better. Prepared to inform the pictures, is what my
concern. Her
the thank you all so much for the work that you
The thank you all so much for the work that you enjoying.
The thank you all so much for the work that you are doing
and keep up the great work. Thank you. I look forward to
meeting speaking to you about what direction, you like to
see that in your community, as far as us pushing out, you
know, how are apps are social platforms. So whenever you're
ready, let saw this get together. So we could make sure
that we would get that Community especially, specifically
currently available and look into making it language
accessible.
well, actually, I
well, actually, it's ready to
Well actually, it's ready to go already. Looking at the
perfect. Thank you. Say that I'm just ending up with the
shelter in my order Petrosky, Park Long, never smooth.
Listen, very well by your department, very much on top of
things very responsive half of my word. I just want to say
thank you. That's all I have to say thank you for making
the transition. So smooth, you preciate it.
Thank.
Thank you. Thank you. Madam chair.
Direct.
Director.
This.
This house.
This also want to lend my support for the organization. I
know that during these times with the migrant crisis, you
guys been dealing with this over over a year already and
done a tremendous job and trying to do your best to
accommodate the new, arrivals your department.
All.
Always.
Always met.
Always make.
Always makes these large-scale projects real smooth for the
city whether it's Lollapalooza weathers. NASCAR you guys do
a tremendous job and I'm sure your new preparation already
for the DNC, which could put the city again on a on a
national Spotlight, in a positive way.
so, I just
So I just wanted to just say continue the good work, let us
know what you need from the city council. Make sure you
have enough resources there. Cuz again, to 18700 recent
migrants that are here, I wouldn't be surprised if we're
triple that amount by next year. Given the fact that there
are folks folks there that want to send a message a
political message around our status as a as a welcoming
City. So look forward to continue working with you. Thank
you.
Thank.
Thank you. Tim biggest Oldman Vasquez
Thank you. So
Thank you so much as everyone else. Thank you all, for the
amazing work. Shut out to Matt, Goudy for the work during
the crisis. I mean, it was
now, we
That was a.
That was is a lot of work. And so, I've got a number of
things. I'll start with the good stuff. So Audrey, Audrey,
Audrey Audrey. One of my favorite people out here in the
city of Chicago. I want to make sure that that you are
touted for all the work that y'all do at 311. So last term
for those of you haven't heard at nauseam, we were really
working improve, the 311 response systems. So people
actually knew how long things take got information that's
related to the different request in so I can't thank you
enough. I know we're working now on like the work orders
that piece to make sure that's informed that this is no
disrespect to OMC, but now that we have a DTI establish
write a is, is not splitting. We have an IT department this
for anybody to MC, is there a case to be made that maybe
311 goes under that side of the house, right? Separate from
911 in a way that allows for like quicker Solutions as it
pertains to the
Make sure we get from 311.
Me.
Mean.
Meaning do you think we don't want to stay at OMC or can we
bring that on over to i t? I a hundred percent agree with
keeping 311 Monroe. M, c for two specific reasons. Right,
311 response to a flood of this year was spectacular. It
had it been under another umbrella. You wouldn't be able to
respond the way we did one and it's also about the 311
location is my backup center or God forbid that the 911
Center goes down on my wouldn't Advocate and I think
anybody would also take a lot of other folks. Just now that
we have an, IT department really focus, like to really try
that together to help him prove it in a way that not only
helps with the service part from your regular constituent
services, but adds even more help to the emergency response
to your speaking out. So yes, thank you for that. I asked
this of PSA before and they kind of directing me towards
y'all.
I'm sorry.
I'm so right.
I'm so right now Neighbors when there is like,
Cry.
Crime.
Crime in San.
Crime incidents shooting, something like that. They're kind
of at the mercy of the citizen app or like, CWB Chicago to
get their information because even though CPD would have
information sooner or just not communicated is quick at
somebody's other platforms. So I was asking if there's a
way for the city to have just better communication when it
comes to incidents so people aren't reliant on these other
server.
His arm.
Kids aren't to sit.
kids aren't the city and so,
Kids aren't the city and so I guess I'll direct that to you
all. Is there any conversation about like those kind of
communication? So the people are just like getting so jumpy
when they see the citizen app notifications. Go off.
so,
So what we've done is we've made our notify Chicago more
robust. So we're putting those notifications out out to the
citizens in regards to any any incident in the city that
may affect them.
That's what we.
That's what we do.
That's what we're doing as of right now. I understand
that's the citizens at the citizen that has a 30-minute
delay and I'm for that delay.
and I'm 8, and I'm
And I'm 8, and I'm speaking from two sides of the coin,
right? So I I understand it when cpd's perspective, because
that was my last career and I understand it from Owens.
He's perfected. This is my current correct. Also, we're
doing is again, we're pushing out so I can meet up last one
from our side, we're pushing out on notify. Chicago LCPD is
also pushing out the same information as well to those
communities, but the question is, do I
Are we all?
are we are we having
Are we, are we having conversations about the citizens after
30 minutes? Delay is a question. It's more like a nap. If
there is like a Chicago app weather is 311 or something
else that had better more reliable information, we can then
talk to our neighbors whenever they go, hey we heard there
was this complaint or whatever cuz citizen app isn't always
accurate to then redirect them and say no if you want real
information I was happening. Chicago actually has this app
to get on your phone because I just get concerned that when
you got these apps like citizen apps that are basically
paid services to get your algorithms worked up, so your pay
more money every month. It's less about information and
more about their profit margins and if we provided good
information, we could do better. So maybe it's more like a
long-term project about what that could look like would
like the platforms are already discussing.
Looks like that word.
Looks like that works.
So that that works. Thank you through the chair. If you
could provide the migrant Mission org chart with the names
of the current staff in each position, I'll stay there from
the work of the committee. Sometimes were fuzzy on who goes
to what when it relates to the migrant issue. I know you're
sometimes building the planes are flying it but I mean, for
all of us to have information would be helpful.
I guess.
I guess last couple.
I guess last weekend for like, the climate migrants, over
the next fifty hundred years, right? I mean, we see that
there's any more more. This, this is an opportunity.
Actually build up planning infrastructure. Is there a plan
for, you know, should we see more migrant influx?
Set. Timer remind.
Do you say I'm sorry? Chicago looks greater you're getting
more and more people come from all over the world and
you're going to work and have the same thing we're seeing
now because unfortunately the federal government likes to
pick and choose who gets the EZ Pass into this country
right to the ukrainians we got about thirty thousand that
came in Chicago there's never been a Ukrainian sleeping on
a police floor. We got been as well as living here at the
police station. If he even pivot pass this moment I can
imagine. All across the Globe coming and if we don't have a
system in place to deal with it, shame on us cuz this is
our opportunity to learn from these audits experience. So
I'm going to answer your the first part of the question in
regards to time to change so I can see is involved in
several planning, a relationship climate change. We have
the 2022, Chicago climate action plan, which we are
committed to the Cook County multi-jurisdictional Hazard
mitigation plan. We've also Emergency Operations plan
Address.
Address response to severe weather. We also do, I'm not sure
if you have been telling him about we do. As far as I could
stream cold that works. We are said that. An extreme heat
is that do seasons come along. So we do play a role in that
the second question. Can you give me a give me? Give me
that again. Please, for the moment we're in, we're about to
head into winter and we've got the base camp switch rr10
controversial to the point. They were concerned even having
meetings about them. At this point. That what are we going
to do in the future when winter comes? We have more
migrants. Do we have a plan for that? So we have a plan but
really truly, we need the federal government to get
involved. We need them to to support, you know, our efforts
to do so, as soon as they they come to the table or and now
we can have those conversations building out would be a lot
easier for us.
but it's a
but I talked about,
But I'm talking about funny, military-grade weapon to the
tune of a billion dollars that gets get the money in for
Chicago so we can figure out a deal with this. Thank you
very much.
I think.
Thank you older and Vasquez. Are there any more members in
the room that want to ask questions. I'll move on to Opus
Alderman. O'Shea,
Thank.
Thank you.
Direct.
Director is.
Director. I am, I don't really have any questions. I just
want to thank you and your staff for always being. So,
responsive. And most certainly, these last several months
have been extremely taxing on several departments.
At.
at the,
At the top of the list.
At the top of the list would be yours. The responsiveness
is my staff and I have reached out regarding issues at the
22nd District. I just appreciate all the support in the
follow-through. Everybody in the Box, especially those call
takers that each and every day or dealing with someone in
their worst moment. I don't have so much a question on this
topic, but something you just said, really hit home with
me, is that the utter failure of the federal government
with this crisis? We have this humanitarian crisis and how
in less than 10 months, we're going to be hosting the
Democratic National Convention.
and the
End of a.
And the Very people who benefit from coming to Chicago for
the Democratic National Convention, are the ones that have
turned their backs on us here.
Talk to.
Talking.
Talking about leadership of the federal government.
Noel.
No answers, no support, no plan.
Any.
And in ten more.
And in ten months, everybody's going to be bending over
backwards to accommodate this at what will most certainly
cost to taxpayers.
100.
Hundreds of new.
Hundreds of millions of dollars.
Okay.
I got.
I get off myself.
I'll get off my soapbox now. Thank you very much director.
Thank.
Thank you. Thank you Alderman, O'Shea. Okay, we're going to
move to non-members now. I'll alderman waguespack.
Followed by Al Jarreau.
Followed by older woman, Cruise. Make sure woman director
over in this corner over here, just a couple of quick
comments. I really appreciate all the work that you do what
you do at our caps meetings area meetings were talking
about a lot of the issues that you've already discussed
about how dispatchers work and the things that they have to
go through the questions. They have to ask, but I'm sure
it's not easy. So, that's it, you know, it constantly comes
up a cat's meetings in, as long as we're, I think just
continually training for the new events, the new issues
that come up. I think you'll always be your staff will
always be well-prepared and appreciate everything that they
do throughout the day with our police officers. And of
course, Fire by First Responders,
When?
When I?
When?
We?
We were to.
We were talking to.
The.
DK. So now
DK's and others this about summer events and I think
streets and sand came up as well. And we had that questions
for them about summer events. You know, that I think the
commissioner said we have something like fifteen hundred
summer events and I'm not sure what time frame that was in,
maybe a 3-month. But one of the issues that comes up quite
often, is police Staffing? Do you run into that same issue
in the summer with, not the police tapping, but oemc call
takers and the ability to move people around. Does that
kind of permeate into your staff as well, with the volume
of things that we have going on during the summer.
I know it's kind.
I know, it's kind of a
I know it's kind of an open-ended question but it's been
coming up in every Department that just the overwhelming
amount of events is a drain on the city, and what we get,
Assign.
I sent.
Essential.
Essentially paid and return via permits or fees. For these
events doesn't make up for I think the the use of all these
different agencies in the staff, they could kind of sucked
away from doing the normal job. So I don't know if you have
discussed that with those other departments, but I don't
know if you have a response to that. So certain that sir.
So during that time frame, that's our City's busiest
season, we've already implemented and your summer operation
call. So we have every single Agency on a car on Saturdays
Fridays and Sundays every agency is represented here. Every
every agency there is a collaborating to see what those
days look like. So it means it's a challenge for everyone.
I mean I just saw I just saw it. I mean what time is 1800
different
I'm
I will.
I will put your hands down the best in in the United States
at handling a large-scale events. It's part of our DNA so
we are but we do struggle no different than anyone else
here when you have in those discussions as their talk of
how. Well I know there's talk with among some of the
commanders that we need to scale back some of these special
events. I don't know if that kind of permeate to our
discussion as well that it's overwhelming.
They have.
that has a,
That hasn't been brought to my attention. Okay.
I think finally again I appreciate all the work that your
team puts into it. I think some of us off and then listen
to the call you know the calls coming in and especially in
Barry tense moments in emergencies when we have First
Responders either put under intense pressure or you know,
attack or whatever it might be, really appreciate how you
were people respond in the work that they do. And I think
it's it just goes to say that we appreciate everything that
they do, hope that they can send you on that way. Thank
you. Thank you.
Thank you, older, women cruise by Lalo by Alderman Burnett.
Thank.
Thank you. Bye.
Thank you, B chair. I have a couple questions for Audrey
for 311. I want to start out by saying thank you for
reaching out to me right away and no working with myself.
But I have a little more question just for clarification.
So what is the average? Wait time. When someone calls 311.
Current.
Currently.
Currently the average wait time is anywhere from maybe 2 to
4 minutes depending on what's Happening to 24 minutes.
That's just because last time, you know, my colleague was
trying to get a hole through and wanted took a very good
amount of time to get someone in on the line. But just want
to make sure that maybe this was one off or just was a
special time, but you just had to 24 minutes. Yeah, it
really does a very depending on what's going on that
particular day, or do you know? Like I said, we do have
Pete Times. Monday mornings are very busy, all the way
24/7. Lot of people wait till Monday mornings. We suggested
they call anytime but my niece is a very, or they coming
after the holiday. It was a very busy. So, but in, in the
case, as I mentioned before, if someone is calling and
needs to get through, I would suggest a call back that way.
They don't have to wait on a line. Take a nap.
to do what they
They do what they need to do and I'll staff will call you
back when there's an available agent but it does vary day
by day, also ask before. But when it comes to 311, how many
staff members are multi-language speakers, do we have
Anime.
A number.
Do we?
Do we have?
Do we have the number of how many staff members are
multi-language speakers?
picture of,
It's your Aunt.
Give me.
Give me a min.
Give me a minute. No worries.
Okay.
Okay, see you ask. The number of staff that are
keep in my,
Keep in mind.
Keep in mind, we do I can give you that number and then
I'll tell you also that we do have a very good working
relationship with language line cuz it's very difficult.
Sometimes to determine who's going to get a particular call
and rather than waiting to put them in a separate key with
only individuals that speak that language, we meeting Lee
transfer them if that the person does not speak the
language onto the language line to make the call go along
faster. However for your question we currently have
We?
We have.
Opera.
Operate.
Operation, we have five operational, Hispanic call takers,
one supervisor to in our atmosphere, ocean line, and one in
management.
So,
So far.
so far, I've pretty much for a 5 call, takers they speak
Spanish, I would include the supervisor because supervisors
also have a 366
Okay, so tomorrow, I mean that's a little army but because
I mean the knee is it's there and weak and we see that are
and we hear that often where, you know, people are like
well I call, you know, one of my offices. It's closed and
it's like it's almost impossible to speak with somebody who
will be able to speak with me in Spanish. So that's what my
question is. What our language line is 24/7 or in the whole
city is far as 311 request.
That was.
Those are the Opera.
Those are the operator.
Those are the operators. Yeah we have sex that's higher out
of how many total
out.
out of
I do.
out of 40.
out of 43. Yeah, we want to fix that. Thank you. It's just
one of those. How long is our contract with Salesforce 4311
is it has renewed its annual annual contract and Chris. We
tend to see request in for twice. Walk me through the
process because we have seen different things that what is
expected from the process, but I want to hear from from
you. So we have rested and put in a request for the same
thing. What happens? We each request
so, I
So when residents request the same service request the same
location, the service request is classified as a duplicate
and that avoids streets of Saint going out there to the
same location with a different truck. So it's a duplicate
request and what's what happens is when that particular in
it we have what we call the parent-child relationship to
all of those duplicate. Get lumped under the original
request. So that when that original request is service all
of
Loop kits under
Duplicate underneath.
Duplicate underneath, closeout pitcher lie with regard to
that service request. So you go by the first request, the
time by the initial. First request that's in the system.
The Department's that various criteria that will indicate
what duplication is, based on an address, based on
proximity, very nearby depending on what it is. So silly.
One will come in at the end of the block rather than them
having one at the corner to be a separate one because when
they come out there do the whole block. So that's
classified as a duplicate in another department will do for
lights depending on the grid. If it is next block over in
the same grit than that's a duplicate. So it varies based
on Cypress Parkway come to see is that the original gets
closed out and then the second request, it comes first now
but if you have somebody was waiting for quite some time
now. It's kind of like you start all over again.
because,
because of your
Because of your last request. The last talk. If there's
examples that we can point to, we could get a really stuffy
and then work to figure out what may be happening in that
regard. I got the extra time to others are getting along
with that, then can we receive automatic like 311 report so
I know what I reach out to you. You send them to me right
away. So, thank you. But instead, is there any way we can
get reports every month, they tell us all the request will
has been
I've completed and what?
I've completed and what is outside.
I've completed and what is UPS stand.
I have completed and what is outstanding. So we can work on
that because actually in your when you sign in there, like
at hot reports or dashboard reports that you have what we
want to add a separate report into that, we can definitely
talk about doing that so that when you click on you can get
access to that. I think it'd be great. Actually if you set
up like a zoom, we're all of us all doors that are
interested in learning more about how to access that you
can do it all at once. We have training twice a month but
if there's something specifically that you want to do with
any of your staff, would definitely available to do. So,
and also, how many Bacon's do you have in 311? Is there
any? And if there is how many currently I have 11 vacancies
at 3 alarm and we were fortunate. We were glad that we have
five new employees starting on November 1st, so that will
go down. Okay, thank you.
Yeah.
Go go get through the chair language Proficiency in 311
through the various languages. Okay. Yeah, thank you. Thank
you very much. Thank you. Commissioner, and I want to thank
all your folks who work with us as, you know,
9.
United State.
United Center is in my ward but also I have a, I have the
salt shed over there on Elston and Division, and I don't
know if my staff spoke to you encourage them to do that.
But, you know, they have massive crowds over there now. And
they really need crowd control dealing with the traffic. I
don't know if you all are weird and I don't know how you do
that with those institutions. I don't know if you wish your
negotiation on being able to do that but traffic is real
bad over there with the concert that concert venue that
they have. And this is just as is getting just as popular
as the United Center and we need we need you guys over
there.
so,
So the sausage house and I believe in Austin and division
okay that that falls in your bored as well and how we can
help you with that. Okay, I appreciate that. And I want to
thank you for all your folks. They do a great job and I
know you said you gave 11 vacancies and in the 311, but how
many vacancies do you have overall in the department?
Commissioner?
so,
Show current.
So currently in my entire department has 176, vacancies,
176, vacancies, and you looking for people that's looking
to fill jobs, so you not looking to fire people. Okay,
good. So to a hundred something, so you don't just about
every Department up here. Come here. Now, have about a
hundred and something bacon suits. So we need to work
aggressively on trying to help help. You guys feel some of
those vacancies. Do you think it's because we not paying
people enough? What would, what you think the problem is, I
think we are competing with a very robust job market.
Teleworking is killing us with 24-hour, 24/7 operation, not
everybody's willing to work midnights weekends at the
demanding position. So that's about competing against all.
But the good thing is that just last week we were able to
put a higher 10 dispatchers next week. We're hiring another
Edition 11 so
A little boy.
a little by Lil
A little by little you know we're reaching we also have in
Ohio Retirement rate as well. So that's that's what you're
seeing here is well here. So you know we saw I was saying a
couple of the commission's that we're here if you can let
some of the Ottoman know, a lot of us have newsletters that
we post out in our community, we can share with people in
our neighborhood. You know, people still coming office,
looking for jobs every day. They think we like
Play.
Appointment.
Troy Aikman agency and I we can refer them to folks like you
are. So if you can let us know. We can try to share that.
Also, I would be remiss if I did. Not think the people at
the. What is it? Is it for when we go? I doubt 4191 the
supervisors over there, you know, I feel like they're on my
staff and I'll call them all times of the day and night.
They do you know, y'all kind of trick me a little bit cuz
they got a recording that where you call them? They're
recording, come on and say hello. This is so and so, and so
and so did they start talkin right in and kind of tricks
you a little bit, but your folks helped me out. I've been
encouraging some of the other aldermen to make sure that
you all had their cell phone number. So we need to contact
them some of the new, all the men and it's also so they can
know that's that they can get in contact with us and
anybody in the city after hours.
Whatever the case.
Whatever the case may.
Whatever the case may be.
Whatever the case may be but your folks are you know
whenever highlights out at night or traffic lights, go out
after hours, your folks have been very helpful, a water
main bus, or whatever. The case, maybe your folks are
fantastic. I just want to thank you for them. I'm fortunate
to have a relationship with mr. Ramos, he keep me posted on
a lot of stuff and you know I live over there so you keep
me posted about my house. I stay over by the United Center.
So I really appreciate
all he,
All his help. So I was going to say thank you. Your folks
are great. Nothing is perfect. And I don't know how you do
it with having just a hundred and something, people being a
100, something people short. I don't know how you guys
maintain but you doing that. So with with the folks you
have I think you're doing a great job. So keep it up and
thank you very much. Thank you very much for your kind
words.
Thank you.
Thank you all. Remember no.
Alderman Burnett.
All the way.
Ultimate.
Oh my God.
Ultimate Ears.
truth, or
You're sorry. I'm sitting over here. Thank you so much.
First of all, I just wanted to congratulate all of you and
your team cuz I know that the hard work you've put into all
these migrant asylum-seekers. I know every single day, it's
different right? And I went a combined you all but that's
Pete response. Every time something is needed from you and
your department. But with that said,
Everything.
Every single.
Every single day.
Every single day of the 14th, Ward residents, call my
office. Text me, email me asking if there are considering
any side in the parking lot. Already sent the letter to the
administration asking, I just want an echo, a, how
important it is for us, Alderman, to know the information
on time. So we can be able to have a committee meeting and
pass on the information to our community. So I really would
love if you have any information. If you start looking at
any site importing board,
Invite me. I'll go check it out with you and that's a
moment. I'm going to call and get my community together for
them to know what's going on right away. I would not want
to wait until someone else, tell them there's a lot of
misinformation out there and I just want to be the one.
Coming.
Community.
Communicating to the community where they need to know. I
will hate to know that the news for anybody else to talk
about something. Then we are my office or no cuz at the end
a call and ask me. And when you don't have those answers
it's not right? Or when other people are talking about that
or some other colleagues, another one that was elected to
represent the app.
Do for the community, it supposed to.
Do for the community.
For the community it supposed to know not, okay, so I just
please ask you all as soon as you have any information that
pretend to the 14th Ward that you will, please let me know.
In.
Into.
and just think,
And just thank you for all the work you guys are doing. I
think we could probably do that for every single member of
the council. What? You just requested. All first of all.
Thank you. Madam, Vice chair. I was watching upstairs and
doing something at the same time. Not just want to come
down to personally say that in the midst of this crisis,
Asylum Seekers coming across the border. You all done. A
five-star job at the Landing Zone and have him went down
myself to observe a few times. The work that you all do at
that level. Mark my first question is this are there any
plans to increase a Staffing in the landing Zone if I miss
that which is possible with the landing zone is a very cute
part of Siloam seeking Opera part of operation, for the
asylum-seeker. What's the plan to maybe increased Staffing?
There's no restrooms there.
a lot of Stafford's in
A lot of staffers and go.
A lot of staffers are going to Greyhound to and from I mean
it's a very, I get it, it's a very difficult operation.
What is there a plan to improve the wraparound, help that
that you all that the employees might need as well. So
currently I mentioned earlier, my entire team is is not
only dealing with all the events that we have in the city.
My OEM team, we're also working on the landing zone. So we
build out the landing Zone from initially just have your
bus to show up and then Home Depot from us at the buses. So
we so what you're starting to see the name is really
interesting. Now is not the landing Zone there we had
initially I were also not getting we also we're not getting
just one. But I mean just 1450 buses going to give you
something that was manageable. So as far as like explaining
the landing Zone, you know we've already asked agencies to
to give us some some volunteers and some of them have also
that's the route.
We liked.
We like to continue.
We like to continue because that way cuz I only miss you
still responsible for a lot of their Public Safety
information that I work from CP dcfd now but will continue
to look at that. And then as far as building out, you know,
that's that's something that would that be determined on a
game-time decision. But it is not anything that we haven't
thought about. It is not a critique or criticism at all
pleased, we came across that way. Parton, please pardon me
for that, but you are
The great job and see.
The great job and see how you are.
The great job and see how you all have patched together and
maintain the dignity and respect of asylum-seekers
five-star operation. So I commend you and I know that it
can be complicated and so that was just it. I just wanted
to let, you know, see where you all were supposed the
bodies needed to make that an easier transition, they can
get very hectic in this. All pending on, how many buses
come whether known and unknown. But while they're doing the
best that you can with what you got, hope, we can get you
some more to do it even better. So thank you again and
where you all come from the ear of Rich guidance, who said
a very high standard and you are maintained in and going to
be on in. So thank you for that and I'm sorry I forgot to
mention that in 2024. I did receive a 5 News, senior
emergency managers that also work on the name Jean be part
of this Mission and also focusing on DNC as well. So we did
a sport.
More additional stay.
More additional staff.
More additional Staffing. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you and thank you very much for you and see you for
being here today. Just wondering in terms of the some of
the same line of questioning especially around extreme,
weather weather, being extreme, cold, weather, extreme
temperatures. I think that we recognize that the people who
suffer the most of the most vulnerable on the population,
seniors people were read the Pentagon government to step
in, I know there has been a lot of a lot of discussion
around the role of the city and are facing the mini crisis
of Pi by hand. But just historically I know that in the
past few months special teams met with being setting up and
seeing a believe one structure per week. What was the
investment around Emergency Services, you know in the last,
you know, administration's when it comes to shelters when
it's
Infra.
Inference.
Infrastructure to address. The special extreme weather. Can
you put Mary in context what we have and kind of what is
needed as well in terms of vulnerable populations.
it's
It's a great Quest.
It's a great question. Give me one second.
So,
So besides being a great question. I'm going to pass that
on to, on my emergency manager who has boots on the ground
every day. He loved the Revere.
Can I?
Good afternoon Kayla Riviera manager Emergency Management
Services extreme weather but cold and hot is always a major
priority for the office of emergency management Bureau. We
actually sometimes I do, whether men so we talked a lot
about whether I'm all throughout the city with all of our
various departments. We actually have coming up our
Citywide meeting on lake level flooding as well as a winter
weather where we will be specifically also honing in on our
new vulnerable population of asylum-seekers and I think the
FSS would agree with us and that that is considered a
vulnerable population, just like Ron house population just
like our seniors. So we will be working together to talk
about her warming centers that we stand up in tandem with
the FSS, you know, various Citywide facilities that could
be opened up to also help, you know, when it when they were
out and about during the day where they can go either, stay
warmer, get some, AC, whatever the case, maybe I was giving
or getting into winter. I'm also some additional
preparations were doing with our new arrivals operation. Is
there a cold-weather clothing Drive?
I work with a lot of our very
I work with a lot of our various.
I work with a lot of our various partners, and I think a
couple aldermanic office have also reached out looking to
see how they can help donate. Cuz we all know that those
winter supplies are very necessary, having operated at the
Landing zone. Now, for pretty much the past year and my
current role at, we know that they're coming in flip-flops
very ill prepared, a lot of tank, tops t-shirts, working on
blanket donations, and also getting them those necessary
clothing and we talked about 42, fine, I'm kind of our
facilities. We are working very aggressively to try to
clear out our Police District on before we get that cold
weather. So I can say in full faith, we are working as hard
as we can to get them out of the inclement weather and also
partnering with as many agencies as we can, including CTA
to get those warming buses, to a lot of those offices, even
older men have requested
Internal.
in terms of,
In terms of my follow-up would be around it. The role of
the Federal Government is there, especially when, when it
comes to infrastructure,
They?
The latest number, I think there was about 12,000 this more
homeowners on the west side that were affected by the
extreme weather flooding in particular.
I'm concerned.
I'm concerned about the, the level of resources that we
getting from the federal government. I know that the
I think.
I think that they
I think that I think that was the last day of this month,
when people can apply, is this enough time to help people
and especially when it comes to emergency in a flooding and
I also have we seen enough support from the federal
government i-41, find it extremely problematic that we
invest billions of dollars to create more disability and
work in other places are we don't have enough to take care
of a small homeowners people in our community. So I would
like to speak especially on the role of the Federal
Government when it comes to these kind of emergencies. And
again, in terms of creating infrastructure when we have
seen you so happy and found unresponsive in our
communities, I find that very very concerning but also I
prefer action. I'm quite frankly, obscene, the federal
government, absent of these conversations
You're going.
Is that all you have all the 16 just for the record, but I
would like to make sure because I think we're a quick to
put the blame on the cedar Chicago, but you know, things
others many agencies that have continued to be missing, but
they seem to be finding funds. Every time there's a lot of
loving happening. So I think just forget it for the sake of
this hearing, you know, we know that there's a lot of
people in the south side. West side is still needing your
help. So my follow-up question would be, what is the kind
of support that we can get her? Know that all the women
miss the 37th. Ward is dealt with significant number of
constituents that are that are looking for help, especially
with mergency response is not enough people even
processing. So my phone about question, what can we do to
get more support for the, for the federal government
especially when it comes to emergency responses?
I can't.
I could tell.
I could tell you right now that we don't disagree with your
stance, we do believe that the federal government needs to
play a larger role and in this, in this effort, I meant I
said that earlier on, standby that today, and right now, I
agree with you.
They?
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you very much. And tell me something, the
emergency responses from the city of Chicago. One of the
one of the one of the concerns in terms of our, our Ward,
Express.
Especially.
Especially when it comes to hot temperatures and I know
that we're going out to the winter season but we have
really liked so much saturation in your inner shelters that
it was reported to a office that sometimes people even when
they get really warm in the shelters are not allowed to
even fall asleep. Even though, you know, because of giving
nature of the, all the weather people get very sleepy. What
are the practices in terms of the department when it comes
to shelter? And again, what, what are the needs that you
currently see? The can be met with the federal government,
understanding that we don't have enough, but I'm really
worried about people who are on the house and what are
they?
What are?
What are the?
What are the 1/4?
What are the one corn particles? And what do you see in
terms of the need for federal funds to address at the Ale
House, population?
so, I
So again, I'm going to and I do disagree with you, I am
going to and that question over to Kayla, lariviere.
Daphne.
Good afternoon, killer.
Good afternoon, killer of your manager of Emergency
Management Services. I also will agree with my director
when it comes to the need for federal assistance. I think
this operation is uniquely different. There's a very
standard process in which we had. Zoe MC can start a
declaration process. And like how we did with the July 2nd
flooding, forgetting that presidential disaster.
Declaration as a very rigorous, a long process and involves
the Stafford act federally. So that is traditionally
natural disaster. So this one specifically and uniquely
hasn't been constituted as such. And I think there's a
whole caucus primary caucus that starting to push towards
more pressure on the federal government for additional
assets and funding. The amount of funding we got. I'm has
been minimal from the federal government and the end that
seen across our whole operation, I'm at the end of the day
we do work though with our partners at Cook County, for
example, they've been generous enough to loan us a bunch of
HVAC generator units that we work on a logistical
standpoint to increase AC
And heating capability.
And heating capabilities.
And heating capability if you do.
And heating capability. If you've done that at all of our
park districts, which didn't traditionally have AC and
them, I'm so those for Park District shelters. We have
we've worked with Cook County to get those assets brought
in. So that's our standard practice with the office,
Emergency Management, when we can't handle it, we move to
the county to the state, to the feds. So I agree Federal
help would be very much welcome, but we do try to work with
what we have. When we noticed that there's an issue, we act
immediately.
Thank.
Thank you. And
Thank you enough. This is this your last month. Then they
didn't Denise across the city of Chicago are some of our
colleagues just came back from from the board. And it was
really eye-opening just to see that the lack of
coordination of the federal level Declaration of a
disaster. I think it is something that the federal
government must must expedite. I think it's really tragic
to see the the disaster that has been the lack of
immigration reform. The disaster that is to come the lack
of infrastructure right now in or cities, starting a large,
my call Alex, to make sure that we look at the federal
government as as an important part of the important role.
That disaster declaration will help us secure funding but
also we need ongoing support from the federal government so
that we can address the challenges ahead. So just for the
record I seen that was one of the
Recommendations will be brought.
Recommendations will be purely, providing a food web.
Recommendations will be purely, providing a full report
about the disaster disaster. Declaration of things going to
be important, not only for the Asylum. Seekers is it for
Chicago's in general? That's what I mentioned. The
situation on the West Side, South Side, people around you.
So upset see where the lack of coordination and I commend
volume Senior Team for everything that you do. We did, we
do need a lot more help from the federal government. Thank
you, thank you for the Altima Curtis. Thank you. Madam
chair.
I asked.
I actually, OMC is always been one of my favorite
departments rich. Guy is definitely had raised the bar
building in leadership. I will always MC. That's probably
one of my only questions is, you know, our offices I would
often and 311 is basically our first line of defense. You
know, the city is, is there any way that both of those our
office and Tim and the 311 Fennekin can work together or
or, or contact person that office is basically call you
anything just to collaborate together. So both of them can
kind of be on the same page.
Absolute.
Absolutely. I Ottoman and anytime where there's any
information or coordination information that you need from
us than by all means. We also, we do see, I'll be automatic
office is an extension of ourselves as well, because your
people are either calling you and quez coming in same
questions or calling us with information. So, as much as
the information can beat the same and shared, we're willing
to do that. So it anytime feel free to reach out and we can
talk about how we can do that. The more succinctly, it
necessary to actually be great because I remember in the
past when we used to love, we had an automatic day when we
come down and and and look at everything, they owe you a
fee does, but we never brought the staff. Do I think that
would be a great field trip? I don't understand what you
do. But actually, we were saying that we wanted to know
what time that I've gotten on and others mission.
We will.
We really wanted.
We really wanted to do and for open house with our
automatic that especially because we have a lot of new
automatic individuals. And I think when we were talking
about it initially, we were just a scheduling of that but
it is something that we know will be helpful and we would
invite your staff for a chief of staff. At least maybe we
have to do it a couple days cuz that's could be a lot of
people. But we're willing to do that by all means. They
always been
Official.
Official, I've been there a couple times so I'm going to
ask one question that I asked the administration. God
forbid, if we have a, and I'm going back years when all the
supervisors and it's and I know some of you might remember
that we we used to have. We need to be mandated actually to
go through the online scenarios with FEMA with the
Emergency Management in case an incident happens and and
who would be in charge at that moment. Can you can you talk
a little bit about that? What happens? If God forbid if we
just ran into a September 11th?
You know how?
So you know, I'm glad you brought that up especially with
everything that's going on about the country and I'm going
to speak for my, my old past, right? So I was up the chief
of bureau county sheriff's. Everyone is aware that if
something happens in regards to 9/11 event, the Emergency
Operations Center automatically activated firearm,
I'm
I mean, everyone.
I mean everyone is on board as far as the leadership CPD cfd
and OMC. Depending on what type of attack that is is going
to address those as we go. We also have our said, the other
City agencies at these locations. I mean that the Emergency
Operations Center. So what you have there is all the
decision-makers, God forbid. If something to that effect
will also be working with C-TEC and 35th Street and then
also tie in our Fusion Center and our skiff. So, if we see
something to that effect, you have the federal government
involved will have local County and also State resources
involved. But you'll have the heads of both organizations
in one room making noise and doing those conversations and
something to that effect. We also will tap into Washington,
d.c. directly great in and out. And I think we, we, we, we
should do.
just,
Just like any other emergency department, just have a
scenario day.
Where are?
Where everybody again those those FEMA courses that me well
so everybody can be onboard and know what their part is.
You know, I think that would be a great addition.
I think you've.
Total, thank you for everything we do.
Total, thank you for that. We do, do we do table tops. I
merely with our Public Safety Partners, in regards to
terrorism field exercises that we've done. Since when 21,
we also have our dragons can remember the compass
coordinated service? In fact about the ask your from you
sir is that you like us to do the tabletop for all the
other City agencies or or across the boys? So everybody cuz
you know everybody going to come it'll be cpdc. Fe Streets
of San going to have a force field that is going to have
some, everybody has to know exactly what to do, don't know.
So what we'll do is we'll make sure the next time we we
have our table top in a field training exercise with the
invite you right?
Thank.
Thanks. Thank
Thanks, thank you, ma'am, jamming, no problem. So I got a
couple of Hope. Sorry, go ahead, Alderman, Gutierrez.
just,
Just pick you.
Just a cure.
Just think you're out of curiosity. How many from the 24
hours from 311 that our workers? How many do we have? Three
turns like a pre-shift. Yes, we generally have three shifts
but we do have some shifts will shift where they actually
crossed so that everyone is not leaving. At the same time,
the three main shift 8-hour shift. It is a it's 8 hours.
pay my
Piedmont. So it's basically said,
Piedmont. So it's basically 7 hours and how many people we
have a shift? So it varies, during the day, we have the
most because our call volume is the highest during the day.
Generally, we can have anywhere from 18 to 25 during the
day doing the 7 a.m. to approximately for 4:30. We have a
few that start a little later in the day so they can help
the afternoons in the afternoon. Generally from 3 to 11, we
can have anywhere from 7 to 12. I need that when we fully
released after someone's not on vacation and excetera and
then at midnight between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. we can have as
many as five individuals.
So we can.
so, we need
So we need to look into increasing the number of McKnight
at first. It buries it really depends. There some nights
when it's slow and then there's some nice and we're
exceptionally busy depending on what's going on. What about
the weekend? It is this weekend. We actually don't have as
many staff as during the weekends because I call volume is
less on weekends. Believe it or not. I think people just
call us as much as we do you have, but if we're dealing
with an emergency, then there is and then an increase that
we will have been, you know, if we need to then we can
staff Up Overtime or excetera to medicate. Whatever that
emergency. Yes, thank you so much.
Curious to know.
Curious to know how it worked.
Curious to know how it work. Do you do?
Curious to know how it work. Do you do you have her call in
reserves if needed? Like if there was an emergency or
something that happened and you were a third of the normal
level of Staffing like on a weekend. If it's 5 people in
the volume shoots up to where people are waiting an hour.
If you call in reserves ever existing staff, we do, but
based on Ashley application if there is an emergency
situation we're going on going on. We can and we have
worked in tandem with OMC and I'm certain volunteers. If we
need to do on an emergency basis that it has been explored
and we have looked upon but it hasn't been approved yet
working with a temporary staffing agency. But again, that
would have to go through CDA and some other approvals and
we'd have to, I got it. I got it. I have a few people left
me a couple of questions that they had to leave for
meetings. But I also have a
Follow.
Follow ups.
Do follow-ups, one. I want to Circle back to the duplicate
to the duplicate request. Do people do the residents, get a
notification? That their request was closed down? Because
it was a duplicate. And then, do they get a follow-up to
say? When the parent one was we get this a lot work. I'll
get a resident will come in and say, you might put this in
the 311 so many times, and it keeps saying that it's
closed, but nothing's been done. Sooner old system. When
used to call a duplicate closed, we've gotten a lot of
feedback that in the newest system, it doesn't say
duplicate closed. And so we are exploring whether or not we
can actually reference that so that people understand that
it is a duplicate of another. So it doesn't look like it
just closed and nothing was done. So that is on looking at
it. Now road map of additional features and enhancements
that we can explore, that would be great cuz I think we
spend a lot of time just trying to follow up on existing or
that these closed out requesting
They're not for.
They're not full.
they're not fulfilled and we're putting
They're not fulfilled and we're putting it even more
request. Great. Now, I'm a subject of language
accessibility. I have had a good number and I do most
States and a good number. It's an alarming number actually
of complaints for my community in the non-english-speaking
communities. Chinese specifically, one of our biggest
struggles as getting people to call 911 to report crimes
are in in the case of an emergency and on several occasions
very recently.
When?
I wouldn't the.
I wouldn't the Chinese speaker has asked for someone who
speaks Chinese, they've just been sent over to 311 and 911.
So, I would love through the chair. If you can provide a
report of how many calls come in to 911, from non-native,
English speakers. And if you can buy language,
And what?
And word.
And word obviously would be interested in the word on that
that that is really problematic. If it's not some sort of
isolated incident and then I've got a question about the
the language line service that we use of all. So I've also
been told that when we get somebody on the language line
that they're not necessarily proficient enough to it, like
have the conversation about an emergency situation. So I
don't know what our contract is with the languageline,
folks. Or if we do annual assessments of their performance,
it just seems to me that they're not necessarily pulling
their weight right now. At least not for the community. I'm
serving.
So,
Torment.
Turn the car.
so, in regards,
So, in regards to the car,
So in regards to the contract, I'm going to ask and we
could share some LPS a to speak to that.
Can I?
Captain.
Good afternoon, but Natalie Gutierrez. Yes. As we mentioned
at the PSA hearing, we are aware of certain issues but I
will take back what you just said about the language lines
contract and specifically look into that. The contract
parameters, do state that all of the interpreters and
translators have to be proficient in the language and they
certainly have to meet all the the standards for language
translation. As for being proficient in emergency
situations I do not believe that that is a requirement is
strictly language translation. So they would not be let's
say a former you know, Emergency Medical Service person
that is able to speak the jargon but they should be able to
translate everything that is being said. So we will
absolutely look into that. We have a very close partnership
with the vendor in terms of Rapid, you know, turnaround
times for if there's any complaints lodged or issues that
are brought to our attention
Okay, great.
Great thing.
Okay, great, thank you. I'm just you know, if you're
listening today and you hear some of my colleagues, this
issue of language accessibility is really important to be
great. I think I think I can probably speak for you to say,
if you could have everybody on the regular staff is
language proficient, enough to not need the language line,
that would be ideal. That's not the situation that we're in
bed. I think anything that we can do to continue to try to
attract people who speak more than one language to work.
These jobs will make us less reliant on the on the language
line.
Special.
especially if
Especially if we're getting into.
Especially if we're getting into increasing more Mental
Health crisis response. I can just imagine what that's
going to look like from a from a non-native English
speaking perspective.
I have couple.
I have a couple questions from older man, when I hop in
worth and then I think that we can move on sorry.
oh, and
on the
On the chair. Where do you want to go first? OK, Google
quickly from alderwoman IHOP in work, after a mass shooting
on Argyle, they really appreciated. All you can see is a
partnership with the State's Attorney's Office in the
Justice Center working with the chamber and and their
office. They spoke about smart911. She has talked to her
seniors about it. Can you talk a little bit about the
benefits of smart911 and what was being invested in
marketing this app?
So,
Smart911 is very similar to the defense program. If you're
with that, what we do for building to see if the ncpd
smart911, it gives you the capability of actually putting
all your information into your address anywhere from names
pets. What the structure looks like a. So, you know, my
name when I recommend anyone who are in 71, great,
it's a
It's way.
It's a great.
It's a great asset, it allows CPD ncfd to have all the
information that they need when they get on scene or when
it comes to a personal, a family. So things like that in
regards to the state structures instructors. But that's
that's what a marriage is it from? Are you advertising that
all that was push as much as possible? And then this is a
question regarding I think that the landing zones and to
what extent oamc is helping to orient, new arrivals on how
to use 911 or 311 and I'll do the follow-up on that is what
what information are? We providing two new arrivals as they
are getting off the buses that they're moving on to we
stations for for staging and are we providing them with
anything like blankets hygiene kits. I know you spoke about
donated items and we're getting into cold weather. Are you
disturbing
coach. They
Coach there. I don't that was like, five questions, I
apologize but if you don't want to try to tackle some of
those, please go ahead.
Craft.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon, Kayla Riviera manager, Emergency Management
Services. I'm sweet as the landing Zone has grown quite
robustly. Since we first started this operation, as
director Trotta stated, you know, where are you still
wanting to? Maybe three buses are now having multiple at a
time and we seen the need the needs and items and resources
and communication completely shift for our population. So
what we now do it, as soon as the bus arrives on scene at
the Landing Zone, we actually board the bus. One of our
translators, whether it is a favorite contractor, who helps
us. If we feel like we're short-staffed for the day, or if
it is, one of our OEM Personnel on orders couple City,
volunteers that we get there. We'll actually physically
board the bus, they will stay, you know. Hello, welcome to
Chicago. And we're happy to have you here and they'll do a
couple little pieces of orientation. We're going to be
asking you. Do you need shelter, or do you not need
shelter? If you don't need shelter, we have access to Wi-Fi
to cell phone. If you need to contact your loved ones,
we've noticed a lot of them with their current self.
On I carry.
On a carrier /.
On a carrier provider.
On a carrier providers. Amo, Jordy, the time don't work in
the United States. So that's why they asked us to Wi-Fi, or
one of our cell phones is extremely important. We also
provide them with a basic snacks hydration meals at the
Landing Zone to make sure that they have some type of
sustenance a majority of the time when they're on these
buses for about 24 hours or eating MREs are meals ready to
eat. So we want to make sure we're giving them a good view
of Chicago, right? I'm so we do as much as we can,
including don't
Item.
Items. We started shifting towards the
Items. We started shifting towards provide.
Items, we started shifting towards providing cold weather
gear on. We've had a couple of people who have shown up
from the bus who truly just walk through the Rio Grande
river and had wet shoes still from their entire bus ride.
So, we were able to get them shoes, write that in there,
again, not a need that we had in the beginning, but I need
now. So we try to do as much as we can. A lot of times it's
basic communication to them. Sometimes they need to know
how to get to O'Hare. I need to know how I get to Midway.
They want to go to Greyhound, they got to get on a Metra
train to Rockford. It's a lot of just troubleshooting,
quite frankly, we don't necessarily go into the
ins-and-outs of like full wide city services as soon as
they're at the police station, that's where their whole
process begins with generating an SSR number through 311 or
shelter request number on and they start their Journey at
that point in time. Okay so the the tracking really takes
start that Journey starts at the police station once an SSR
number is created. That's correct. The only thing currently
that oemc specifically tracks at the Landing zone is how
many we transferred
What does?
What does a?
What district?
What district got it through the chair? Can you provide
copies of any scripts or documentation that you're handing
out to the, to the migrants as their new arrivals as their
arriving, right?
Sherman.
Sharon. Although I am I'm going to keep asking one question
here on the, on the subject of the landing zones. If I can
stick with you, for just another session with the tracking
that we're going through, as our numbers have, we solve for
the 72-hour, we have, okay? So, what I'm interested in
because at the 9th district, and we work, very closely,
with our mutual Aid. Volunteers were, we're having a lot of
discussion about how we can help people while they're at
the police stations from anywhere from two to four weeks,
to become more accustomed, or be more informed of local
Customs, social norms, things like that and then just the
safety. In general we we actually had someone was hit by a
car in front of our police station sometime over the
weekend and frankly I think many of us have been sharing
this for a while because people ride bicycles in the
opposite direction of traffic, their young children that
are riding around there. People sitting on curb. So you
know, anything that we can do for you.
Work with you on.
Work with you on that.
work with you on that if
Work with you on that. If we can get some communication do
I think that there's going to be a very big willingness on
the part of people who are already helping to help, try to
educate people little bit more about how to be safe in the
neighborhoods. Just what local Customs are for Brayden and
how that might be different than your the country that you
just came from sources. I would love to talk with you more
offline on DFS.
The mayor's office in.
The mayor's office in my cell.
The mayor's office of myself I'm have been talking at Great
length about some of the needs that have been emerging
right. I don't think anyone wanted us to give it to police
districts in any way, but we know that I need is there
multiple needs? Quite frankly. We do know at least in our
shelter system, specifically when they're actually in their
shelter, they do nightly house meetings on where they go
over a lot of items like that about the neighborhood. Where
there I'm just kind of basic Chicago. Thanks but would love
to partner with you or currently working right now on a
pretty robust volunteer plan with the mayor's office. And
I'm also working on getting a volunteer coordinator and
armors the Operation Center District. Typically handled
Direct Communications with mutual Aid groups, so it would
be really happy to chat with you offline about maybe some
of the things you're noticing particularly in District 9
that could help us as well as I'm sure majority of our
districts her face in all due respect and for the record I
really feel like we've lean so hard on volunteering. Mutual
Aid organizations. When we asked these questions of, do you
need more staff for this? We need
a p p.
add people to.
Add people to do so.
add people to do some of these things to use what were what
we have are a lot of really big hearted people who are have
been sacrificing a lot of their time and resources
physically and financially towards this in and frankly
unfair at the end of the day that that's what's happening.
And then we've got these big contract with with people like
favorite and and Garda. So you really encouraged was we
asked these questions, we really want to help you to get
more staff paid staff to do these things. That's why
Language skill.
Language skills one. Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you. I
Thank you are chair all just a couple of things. The one
just want to thank everybody for the work that they're
doing with before we MC just a couple questions. I'm going
to start with 911. Don't know if this is been addressed
about the Staffing at 911 or what are we doing to increase
staff? There seems like we've got a lot of folks that, you
know, maybe you can experience in some barn out from what
we're hearing, or not been able to get the time off that
they need. So, what are we doing about hiring there? So,
what we've done? And we are aware of the burnout, possibly,
that's why we're really focusing on our wellness program
that for next year. So, but we do what we've done is, We've
Ended up with a couple community colleges that we are using
a social media platforms to hire. I was signing a
recruitment video. Starting next week, we've already seen
people that I've attended the AMC classes at
At the college's.
are the college's of
At the college's.
At the college's applying for positions with the OEM. See,
just last week, we hired, 10 911 dispatchers for hiring 14
in November and then we hired a magician, five 311 call
taker, I'll come in. So the issue is is that I mentioned it
before we're competing with a robust.
Slim.
Employment. See,
Employment City. I mean we're open for business and in
order 24 hour, 72, 24/7 operation and not everyone's in a
realistic. He wants to work midnights, you know, working
without working with the with the with the job market 311
operator. Do I get like first dibs on 9/11 position or a no
argument? I want to hear this, but as we start at one point
in the air, what kind of work your way up to another point.
I don't know if they gave you or if the people that work at
311 view 911 as a promotion or view it as, I don't know, if
there's a salary differential way better of that even in
the same bargaining unit per se. But that would seem to be
like a a good fertile ground to get
our next generation of our
Our next generation of an hour.
Our next generation of a 911, operator strong and then bring
it in you. No kind of like 311 as an entry-level because it
may not be a stressful, you know these. But you do get the
basic skills of call taken again things down, and then
graduate to being a call to take her for 911, in their
dispatch. And so, just a, just a thought of that he was
putting thought into that.
No.
no, I
No, you don't appreciate that. Show me when one has it and
I won't have to separate unions. So we'd have to navigate
what that looks like in regards to one with the the
recognition that you made it as well. But I will mention
that anyone who was attended by OMC class at the at the
city, colleges close to get a preference. Preferential
placement with our jobs. Do are 31.1 operators, get perfume
place. They don't at this time because there's a lot of
contract negotiation companies that we have some kind of
hammer out before that. Okay, thanks, I'm staff though. Who
wanted and have transferred from 301291 over the years.
so,
so the the land
So the The Landing Zone that you have a what is the like
the maintenance schedule? I received complaints actually
number one, I need to know the land is on was where where
it is. And I think that's the challenge. Number one, it is,
it is, it is, it is in the 28th Ward, and I guess their
complaints that I'm getting off from local businesses in
the court that the cleanliness in the upkeep of that
particular area on a regular basis. And then on the
business aspect that they're kind of being shut down for,
you know, you know, being shut down and there's really no
compensation for what they're trying to do based on the
fact that the street is tied up in the next, their driveway
in and out of that area. So what type of communication are
you on? What happened with people around that area that
you're doing The Landings, all that. So, so let me start by
apologizing for not reaching out to you to let you know,
why why we chose that space.
The Landing Zone, and I'm going to be
The Landing Zone and I'm going to refrain from using the
address for the streets just because we had so many people
in a good or bad, just trying to keep that under control as
pot as much as possible. Again I apologize for not that
that's a hundred percent not my responsibility. I'll start
with that. Soul streets and Sam comes through windows for
pickups for garbage cleanup maintenance. And then at the
end of Williams tour, they also pick up a hustle daily or
weekly team is also aware that they need to pick up. And I
maintain that that man is on because we own that that
space, right? So as far as in this complex, the reason why
we need that Landing zone is because it's the proximity to
Greyhound and also the proximity to Union Station, only
reason we went there because Union Station is under
construction. The issue.
Wichita.
with the Texas by
With the Texas buses is that if we don't have a landing
Zone, our problem is that they'll do what they did in the
past like they didn't. And I Massachusetts where they
dropped off people Martha's Vineyard start so they don't
have to drop them. We just have an understanding with taxes
that we appreciate them to drop it, drop it off, drop them
off the Microsoft at the Union Station also names when they
would have chose. Now it's the best space to accommodate
that in my
Am I?
My fear was that.
My fear was that again, I can.
My fear was that again, like I mentioned, they start just
dropping buses off and everywhere.
Okay. Alright, I just think that we just need to the lack
of a better term, just tighten up what we doing over there
and also as a relates to, I know sometimes you don't have
control over when they when they come but none, the less
just making sure that we're in communication with the
people at her, in the neighborhood directly around you. As
a relation to put the other than that, I know you all have
a tough job to do an ottoman. Miss talked about the
flooding incident, would appreciate everything you all did.
As far as helping us get to FEMA relief, are in the
community and being kind of like the first line of defense,
that many of us told people to cost, we can counter catalog
and get all the data that we needed to order to facilitate
the process of getting a FEMA relief. All to the community.
Appreciate everything that you all have done or done with
that other than that, that's all that I have to share.
Thank you.
Speaker.
Speak with on your team.
speak with on your team of
Speak with on your team about specific location, suggestions
for various and Sundry facilities that we need.
okay,
Okay, I'm going to catch you afterwards and I want to
extend my things. I didn't get to do that earlier.
Obviously sucks park is in my ward and yellow. EMC has a
big presence in the word all the time. I especially want to
thank OMC for how they handled the incident where we had a
car drive-through drive through the The Pedestrian.
Walkway, their response of your team especially Bob
lojewski has been on every time I need something I have to
do with traffic over there. Y'all are very receptive in
the, in the couple of instances, where we've had a couple
of curveballs turn on our way. You guys are great. Problem
solvers and I appreciate everything that you do, especially
with this migrant crisis, I know you you're juggling a lot
of things. So thank you very much and with that we're going
to be at least 45 minutes, please change out. Thank you
very much, everybody. Can I just take one second to thank
everyone. That was here today. Thank you for the questions
are more important to take my team. I mean, the
Add.
I didn't.
I didn't know what I was walking into when I got here and
now I know. So I want to thank you very, very much for all
the hard work.
Thank.
Thanks.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
What?
Will be by.
Will be back.
or if I,
Orbach chair, 10 minutes, 9 minutes, 50 K, 350, 5 to 3:55,
All right.
Get out.
Good afternoon. We are continuing our session with the
Chicago Fire Department, we will start with a short
presentation from Coatesville, followed by commissioner
introduction of her staff and her opening statement from
the office of financial analysis. Last today, we have
discovered fire department of in our survey and
conversations with members over this fall leading up to the
hearings. Some of the main concerns that were raised was
diversity and hiring percentage by ethnicity of
particularly Outreach in hiring and African American Latino
and Asian community. And I'm you know, really assessing if
the Staffing levels were appropriate.
tell a
Tell a cfda there. At 5:20, for budget proposal is for
783.93 million. That's 8.77 million. More than the fy20 3
budget.
Other.
Therealak.
Are there, Alex?
Are there are allocations for 5148 ft. He's, that is three
more compared to the FY, 2003 budget of the funding totally
84.6% is derived from the corporate fund. This is
representing only a 0.02 decrease compared to the FY 2003
budget. And as far as personalities 676.3 million and 9
Personnel is 107.6 million.
And this.
and this is,
And this is a breakdown by Fun where you see how I just
mention the corporate fun makes up roughly 84.6%.
and,
and then,
And then this is a breakdown by grandson in order of the
amount of money. So it's mostly from the urban area
security initiative as well as securing the city.
Not if we do.
Not if we look at a breakdown by FC, he's most are derived
from the corporate bond was 4823 followed by the Midway in
O'Hare Airport funds.
and I,
and then this is
And then this again, looks at a breakdown by category, the
largest of, with of which, of course, being the Personnel
Services with an increase of 442000, which is just 0.07%,
and that is a prekopa. Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, Dan commission. Are you ready? All
right.
Good afternoon. I would like to start by introducing all
that are here with me today from the fire department first.
Deputy Mary Sheridan, and a box would be assistant.
Commissioner Bethany hand deputy director of Finance and
Accounting sarante Smith from opsa. In the box we have a w
Fire Commission of operations, Mark Fuhrman
Deborah.
Deputies.
deputies say,
Deputy fire commissioner Logistics Brandon Keller. Deputy
fire commissioner fire prevention Bureau. Cynthia herring.
Debbie.
Deputy first.
Deputy fire commissioner administrative Services. Brian
Hamil.
This.
This way.
District Chief EMS Cranston at
this.
District. Chief diversity, equity and inclusion. Deborah
summer.
District.
District Chief Special Operations, Jomar Sullivan,
District, Chief safety Walter Schroeder.
Commander.
Commanding fire.
Commanding Fire Marshal, Ryan Rivera.
It is.
Did he say?
TDCJ special events, Francisco Van, Ness District Chief
Logistics. Michael Kendall
This.
This Richie.
District Chief Special Projects Jonathan's date, my general
counsel Evan Haines and Joy Brown. Deputy director of Human
Resources opsa.
Ready. So good afternoon. I'm pleased to be here today to
review the Chicago Fire Department's budget. I would like
to thank the mayor for his continued support of my
leadership and nearly 5,000 paramedics, fire fighters and
civilians who serve our residents and visitors to Chicago.
Since I was appointed to lead this department just over two
years ago, see if he continues its efforts to modernize our
program and enhance our efforts to ensure see if he remains
train prepared and able to respond to all incidents that
may occur in all of our 77 neighborhoods.
Well.
While the public made.
While the public may know.
While the public may know us best and responding to fire and
medical emergencies, there is so much more that we do to
ensure the safety and protection of everyone in the city.
In addition to responding to fires and medical emergencies
sea of Thieves fire prevention Bureau for forms on going
fire inspections or Hazmat teams monitor our city, special
events or Homeland Security program to help our city.
Prepare for all the various threats. We face today. A
public education division continues to educate, our
citizens on fire safety, reaching sixty-two thousand
individuals, this year, through 540, interactive
presentation promoting fire awareness and how to respond to
an escape from fires. It is a proven fact that smoke
detector save lies, which is why we continue to focus, our
efforts to educate residents and landlords to comply with
the ordinances. Requiring installation of Maintenance of
approved detectors, a new state law went into effect
January of this year. Requiring
Beauty.
You change.
continue.
Cute in your smoke.
new 10-year smoke detectors, which cost, four hundred
percent more. So in compliance with the new law says, he
has been purchasing and distributing the new 10-year smoke
detectors, our efforts helped to protect residents who have
not been able to purchase them. And so far this year, we
have passed out over 10,000 10-year, smoke detectors in
over 1000 carbon monoxide alarms.
I'm proud to report this year. Chicago is
I'm proud to report this year Chicago is once again secure
the highest classification from the insurance service
office with the rating of one. This rating is based on cfds
response times, training water supply in Staffing,
available to respond, to report a structure fires. The
insurance industry uses. The training is part of their
decision making when deciding a cost of commercial and
personal property insurance, VIP success, and maintaining a
one rating me Chicago's residents and businesses can
continue to enjoy lower cost for property insurance.
All.
Also.
Also in 2023 for the fifth year in a row COC paramedics.
Received the American Heart association's. Highest
recognition the mission Lifeline Gold Award has determined
using criteria for applying the most up-to-date treatment
and guidelines for improve care and outcomes for patients
suffering from suspected cardiac or stroke emergencies. I
am happy to report that we just completed a renovation of
our Survival Life House in the public education section
located at 1010 Cleveland Street, the survival of house
provides fire safety training for thousands of young people
and the best part of this project is a zero cost to
taxpayers as all the funding for the renovations have been
provided by the corporate generosity of Home Depot and
Roy's Furniture through the survival Foundation, these
donations provided nearly $25,000 in need it cost to cover
the Improvement.
Stop.
so far, the
so far, this
So far this year alone, we have, had nearly 5,000 young
people to go through our Survival Life, house to learn
firsthand, how to survive and Escape of fire using
harmless, but effective simulation of real house. Fire
scenario. Survival Life truck has provided similar
experiences for additional 22,000 in dividual this year
alone. As part of our Outreach, we continue to make our
staff available for poppy, best where we come directly to
the neighborhood with hands-only CPR. Stop, the bleed and
recruitment information. Speaking of recruitment, we are
now starting entry classes from the list which resulted
from the CFT entrance exam, hill by the Department of Human
Resources late. Last year, we will continue to work with
the HR cuz it's build a city commitment to offer, entrance
exams more often. And well, see if he has no direct
involvement and selecting testing and scoring applicants,
we will continue to do our part. To make sure neighborhoods
especially Southwest are well aware of upcoming exam.
The process need.
The process needed to prep.
The process needed to prepare and pass all required for
employment with 50/50 also continues to work. Very closely
with the Chicago Police and Fire Training Academy. This
spring 94 students graduated from this program representing
60 schools from across the city. This rigorous program as
an opportunity to expose, are you to careers and Public
Safety? This summer. See if he provided 16 students with an
internship in various periods Bureau within our department,
we all know that we
The city.
What city are affected by?
What city are affected by budget concerns as so many others
are and municipalities Across the Nation is doing all. They
can to get the most efficient performance with the
resources available to us as an example, we continue to
explore expansion of our mobile Integrated Health Unit, the
better start segments of our population that could benefit
from efforts to close Healthcare and Equity gaps in our
neighborhood. Reduce the use of our 911 system for
non-emergency and reduce emergency room visits which in
turn decreases, the overuse of our ambulances and provides
resources for people with chronic condition over the last
year. That mih pilot program has demonstrated remarkable
outcomes including showing a 95% reduction in 911 usage in
some cases or experiences navigating the peak and length of
the covid. Pandemic have allowed 50 to learn several
valuable lessons while working, collaboratively with the
Department of Public Health. We have had we have
Incorporated.
Lesson since.
Lessons.
Lesson since you are.
Lesson since forever.
Lessons into our everyday. Medical responses employees
safer and more efficient practices were CFCs responsible to
all variations of medical emergency with your approval. We
will Implement our 2024 budget plan to continue the level
of preparation and response. That is exemplified. This
department as a model of firefighting and self-contained.
EMS response. I will be happy to answer your question.
Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you for.
thank you,
Thank you. Commissioner will start with start with altimus
pesado.
I can last inside.
I can last instead of the last,
Nothing much just want to commend you all on everything you
all do for us in the city of Chicago. I think everything is
going well with your department, always just concerned
about you.
about your
About your hiring, you know when are you all going to start
taking on more Parliament?
What do?
What do we go?
What are we going to start? What?
We?
When?
When are?
When are you all go?
When are you all going to stop pulling more apartment in
from the list? So we don't actually do that are so
Department of Human Resources like I said and they open and
they actually give the exam. They give us the results. The
first time that I see what a class it would class is, and
who's in? It is the first day of the academy that's when I
get to know who's in the class. So so, what's your number
is with fireman right now? Just firefighters firefighters.
Are you? I mean, are you sure?
okay, so we have
Okay, so we have a higher and playing with Chief Hamel can
speak to and we usually do. I hire him play and we have to
entry-level what candidate classes twice a year. Usually
May and December. So our goal is usually depending on a
tradition to have at least a hundred in that class. Right
now we are still we still have some people off the old list
that they were pulling into this class off the new list so
that's between DHR and opsa. So our goal if we have the
spot is to hire at least 200 in a year depending on it.
In.
In in wood, with that 200, bring you up to a secure level
of vacancies or whatever. But with Chief Hamels playing
that he works with Budget on. We're able to keep our
staffing up. And like I said, it's we have to have classes
to teach early because you want to train a nice group of
them at one time cuz we have to bring resources in to do
the training. And it takes a lot of preparation and they do
a lot of work to train our firefighters to meet the
standards, and pass the test that they need to pass. So,
you know, the first three months of a candidate there, an
EMT school, and in the last 3 months, they go to the fire
academy. So that's why we strategically do it that way
based on vacancies and being able to hire. All right, we're
not like that. Okay, so you're not sure. So I'm so I'm glad
to hear that.
so, I anticipate
So, our anticipated.
So are anticipated for. I next candidate class will be in
December.
and,
And we are.
And we expect at least a hundred we expect. Could you,
could you talk about the fact that you have a minimum
Manning? Okay, none of my Manning is a contractual issue
and I can let Evan. Hang talk about that.
Ebony.
Effingham Dental town.
Effingham general counsel is required under the collective
bargaining agreement. We have with local to meeting that if
there is someone who is out for a day, then somebody else
needs to be rehired to make sure that the apparatus is
fully staffed. Do it any. Any one point in time every
apparatus is fully staffed.
We?
With men.
With minimal exceptions.
so, it may
So that means you always make sure you have a minimum of a
certain amount of people on staff.
All right. Fantastic. But so why is it that the
I have.
I had.
I had the impression.
That.
That they weren't.
That they weren't hiring from the list of people who passed
the test, the new entrants list, yet, what we are told
through TSA and we have PS, say here is that once they
touch people off the 2014 list, they have to offer is still
to them.
Andy.
and they're wrapping a,
And they're wrapping up the last.
And they're wrapping up the last people that they already
touch know, that's what we're told. That's not in our
control, that's a opsa in the DHHR function. So once they
do that and then in addition they are processing off the
new list and I think Joy Brown from opsa can comment on
that.
she's,
She's a Purser.
She's a person. Are they had one person on the floating
body and I hear his voice back here. I'm sorry. I took. No,
that's correct. We do have a small number of candidates
that we're still working for. Or with from the 2014 was,
the majority of the slats for December will be coming from
the new exam. That was administered in December. So so, so
you got the 24 chain list and then you say the new list
what year is the new list exam that was just a minister in
December of 2020 to those candidates are considered to the
new list. So what happened to between 2022 and 2014? There
was no other lists correct that. So that was the last time.
The exam have been a minute to correct.
Oak.
Okay, so
Okay. So how old?
Okay. So, how old was Gatsby now from 2014? How old will
people be able to get your 38? So, yes, there's a
significant population that's aged out. However, there are
still viable candidates a few from the previous list. But
again, the majority of the slots for December will be from
the new list and also ottoman, the goal has been working
with DHR to have more frequent test so that's the goal with
DHR in. Opium other agencies, have been getting people to
apply to be a fireman.
no, I
No, I know.
No. I know from the last exam, I don't know the numbers
from this one, but I just know the prayer exam we had about
25,000, people signed up to take that test. So see if he
does not have the problem of getting people to sign up for
tests, okay? So I just want to say this, I have a lot more
respect for you guys. After going through that little
obstacle course, you put us to get into that little hole
with all that equipment on, you know, I'm proud to say that
I was the oldest guy to do it, but I gotta be there,
everybody out. So I'm not going to know. I said that last
year too but I just want to keep saying that cuz I'm very
proud of it. So anyway, that's it. Thank you.
Space.
Is a benefit for being you. Go back to your point about the
2014 listing. That if you, you said, if you touch someone
off the 2014 list, then you have to continue to bring them
through. Are we at we exhausted the 2014 list at this
point? Oh no, it was so many people on that list. You
figure, I think $17,000 left on that list and then they
started hiring off of it. I don't even know what what point
we are now. But if they, they told us, if we touch them at
all and this is to opsa, they have to continue to process
them. Know, I think enjoy G, I can answer this if they
don't make this class is that it for the 2014 list?
Correct. So after the candidates that we're still in
contact with her about 40, should they not matriculate to
December? This is our last opportunity to join the fire
department from that list. The December class will be
primarily comprised of individuals on a 2014.
no, from the
No, from the twin.
No, from the 20.
No, from the 2020.
No, from the 2022 list.
so,
so then,
So then those are on the 2014 list are still going to be
part of the December 2023 class, in a few that are left
over from 2014, but the majority of those who matriculate
in December, will come from the 2022 list.
Okay.
Okay, and of the 2022 list, what is the hottest that look
list compared from A diversity of perspectives?
so, we
So we will.
So we won't know about the matriculation levels, obviously
until folks start the class. So in terms of processing
everybody that comes through the door is given an equal
opportunity to of the people that took the test and passed
it. What did the
what?
Well.
well, how
Well, how may?
Well, how many what percentage of African-American what
percentage of Latino? What was the percentage of the people
that are actually eligible to be hired off of that list? I
think I can help you. I think DHR would have that
information. So you can either we can do it through the
chair. I have it post. I don't even have the actual
information Alderman. Let me say this before we leave here
today, that information needs to be given. I mean, it was
one of the things that we sent over prior to today about
what the diversity looks like on the listing. So between,
that's why I have opsa here, we've got everybody here. That
that's a question, that should be answered before we leave
and not not through the chair.
But just so, you know, we do.
but just so, you know, we don't either
But just so you know, we don't I don't know if Joy that you
haven't. It was so cute to that end. We also don't
administer the test, so, DHHR actually administers and had
those numbers from application point to referral.
okay, is a
Okay, as I said, we will be I'll have no way to be my wife
out of town. So we will be here all night until we get the
number. So y'all need to call upstairs and get the numbers
all upstairs, and get the numbers cuz we did. This is this
is an important factor about the hiring is historically,
been challenges with this department is so I think it's
only fair that the council know what the what the actual
numbers look like in this particular department, store
going to go to the chairman miss you up now if you want if
you want to pass over
I get out.
I get out the
Good afternoon, commissioner and to your staff. My question
would be given the large amount of Overdose. Can you tell
me the numbers and where we at?
Not yet.
not just,
Not just for my ward. I kind of would like to see it overall
and I'm sure the number to wind up, I don't know. You'll
have to tell me that. I sent you much it on the street. I
just want to know how much did a double. I'll order the
triple compared to what we've been given. Maybe you can
tell me the number of
Hope.
open your
Opinion has been administered from.
okay, I have
Okay. I have the actual number of opioid responses as okay
as of 10:22. So we had 9283 responses last year in 2022 as
a whole. We had 11399 and the year before that 12322. And
then in 2020, it was 14022. So we're trending down, it's
still not good enough, but we're trending down. Hopefully
will Trend much lower.
Okay.
let's,
Let's go.
That's good to hear.
They were.
They will go.
They were going down, and that means that the open
addiction team that we have in the organizations that are
working to get this, Nikon out there to folks is happening.
Wanted it one of the things that happened this year and
War.
and,
And I have a,
And I haven't had an opportunity to share this with you.
but they,
but there were
But there were a fireman that had to take on the
responsibility or actually took it was apartment a police.
What was that answer?
Emma.
Am I will?
in my ward, where
We?
where,
we had.
We had a male white.
They?
That.
Dad had to.
That had came in the neighborhood, whatever he had.
Leandra.
Deandre.
Bullion dress up and down the street.
Can.
Can I play a?
Can I put everything breaking call wonders?
It was.
It was your fireman actually helps to do this guy because
he was whooping everybody.
You.
He was with the
He is with everybody and I just wondered if you were I'm
sure you was aware because the fireman probably got in
trouble. He hit the man one time and knock them out and I
know that is because the community had the video and they
send it to me. I'm not sure what is that but they put their
life on the line at the same time trying to help protect
the community. When I actually have maybe he had some kind
of military training in order to do this guy but thank God,
he did nothing but I'm looking at
Video.
Videos.
Video. He was
Videos.
The video, he was tired of people's cars, that's gone crazy
in the neighborhood. How can you can you give me a
breakdown of? And if you want to see that video, I can
share that with you later. But do you have a breakdown of
how many fires that have occurred? Can you get out of those
numbers? What we responded? Not all are ruined. So, fire so
far this year, 11665 and that's a few days ago.
but,
Foot fetish.
Are they?
Adele.
Alicia does she aspires alone? Okay, I'm in a fatality to
know as far as far we have had 23 fatalities and I want to
say and the 36 Ward we had a family 37. I said the wrong
37, we had a family so we lost four at one time and that
was very tragic. Actually one of our own one of our own
lost his family. So but 23 last year, I think our total
number was 26th. We are always trying to get that number. I
want to see the number zero, I do that. And people might
say that's not realistic, but that's what you want to have
with smoke detectors, more education, more training, more
Outreach, that's what you want to have because we should
not be dying in fires in this day and age, but a lot of
times you have people without batteries or they have the
detectors in
They're just not work.
They're just not working. There are
They're just not working. They're old, you have people
without detectors. So and we seat like age range is
arranged as it looks like older people and I don't mean
really old but like, 40 on up and chief shorter can comment
on that if you want to know what the statistics look like,
as far as who's dying, any spires, I would like to know if
that,
Yeah.
yes, I
Yes sir, thank you ma'am. She Schroeder Iowa public
education as well as far as our percentages of fire
fatality. We have 52% right now that are a Caucasian white,
a 35% black, and 13%, Hispanic and 0% other right now, as
far as the smoke detectors as the commissioner of alluded
to 32% were working 37%. Now I'm working and twenty 26% did
not have a working smoke detector and no detector found at
all. And also and I'm out at this anytime we have a fire
fatality, an idiot Awards. We called we try to reach out to
the aldermen and tell them that will be an award. We
actually go door-to-door and canvas in the community for
blocks here, for blocks there. And talk about, give out
free smoke detectors and talk about fire safety. In
addition we find seniors and ask them. Do they need any
assistance? When we will actually go in, do a survey and
actually install their things for them in anything.
I need the.
I need to help them feel so.
I need to help them feel safe.
I need to help them feel safe and even people with limited
abilities, we help them as well.
Turn.
Can you just a?
Can you just ask a few more question? Commissioner?
How?
How many?
How many are you?
Do.
Do you have?
Do you have enough smoke detectors? Now cuz when we have a
I know.
Anime.
A number.
a number that don't have them and I applaud you all for
going out when they have a fire and passing out the smoke
detectors. But how can we need to be proactive here?
Because every time that the time changes, when we change
the battery in and that we can make sure people really get
accustomed to doing that and stay the ride. Currently in
our budget, we have about $175,000 for smoke detectors,
which we purchased and carbon monoxide, and we have
partners and grants will we get money to help us purchase
them. So that's how we've been able to do with the cost of
the 10-year, are very expensive. So we do understand that a
lot of people if you have to choose between a smoke
detector and a meal, you're not going to be able to do the
right things. As far as I know that we don't have to turn
anybody down.
yeah, well, I was aware of the
Yeah, well, I was aware of the date. The kids that got
killed in the fire, it was a terrible accident, terrible
tragedy, and negligent more, so in that home, but still, we
lost four, four children and is probably would want to
start fattest occasion but your Department's do it right
there on every step of the way with the families and the
teachers who were there with the community as well. So
thank you for the work that you're doing in the
neighborhood and we want you to keep up the good work. Keep
working with us, and keep that fire department out here
where we can save life continue to do so. Thank you. Thank
you know, y'all do meds ottoman, down, before it before.
McDowell you mentioned, there were 26 totalities, 2323 this
year, include the members of the department that also
No.
the week, we
the week week.
The week we count.
the week, we count our
The week, we count our has different actually 26. + 3 R's
are counted separately.
How?
Thank you, mr. Cheer. Hello commissioner. Thank you for the
work that you do in the work of your staff. On my way to
actually was going to follow up with the question that
chairman Irvin ass because you have had a few horrible
losses recently and I don't think till I became the chair
of the finance committee. Did I really see the impact and
so I wanted to ask you how are you what are you doing to
try to keep firefighter safe.
that's,
That's a.
That's a good question.
That's a good question and I'm going to start off with it,
then I'mma have safety so we'd have something called
coordinated fire attack that we all get train. When we come
in the door and we're supposed to be doing drills at least
twice a day, they could be drills, that could be
inspections, it could be a number of things. However, we
instituted something else as well, call coordinated fire
attack where we simulator fire and we bring them in and we
do high-rises. We do all basement fires, we do different
types of fires in. This is done through the training
academy. That's why we got additional, two spots to go as
training, instructors for Academy, to help us with that.
We've also instituted something call Vector Solutions
through ffid, the forest fire board and actually pay for us
to get the strain and where we can do training actually on
the computer and actually put that in as well. So he'll
trade our members on different fires or different events,
they might encounter on. And also in addition to that, we
have
We got a pair.
We got a part.
We got a system that we're trying to Institute. We're
waiting to get our radio fully up and operational we
working with opsa with their Communications to get all our
radio's program. So that in for firefighter, goes spell,
they can press a button. Although we have harnesses that
have a button that we can press for to alert when one of us
is down, sometimes I guess that just doesn't happen. So we
are, we're looking at a lot of different ways and I'm sure
Wally Schroeder, the chief of state safety, you can name
other things that I might have. Did I forget anything
Waukee?
No.
No, my man is gone with you. Yeah, I noticed in the grant
section, you received a five million dollar private grant
for construction, which looks like you haven't utilized it
cuz it's carrying over into this year's budget. What is
that grant for?
All right.
All right, Michael Kendall for Logistics. Answer the
question about that construction. Grant
good afternoon everybody on
Good afternoon everybody. My name is Mike and around the
district chief of Justice. I believe that construction
Grant was for the addition construction out of engine
company. 71 leave that was supposed to be a construction
project that goes into the lot. Next door to expand the
size of firehouse and I didn't make it so I can accept more
apparatus engine. 7171 is on the 6200 block of North,
California.
it's an
It's in the.
It's in the 50th word.
A thing.
A thank.
A thank you.
Michigan.
Commissioner, can you discuss the delivery of services to
new arrivals and homeless? What your department is doing?
What's your role in this whole crisis? In which part of it?
The services that the fire department is delivering as a
part of our City's response. So Michael and my grants and
to the homeless population, okay? Without the city
departments to assist in any way we can we have been called
out on EMS calls and we go out there and if we find
anything we discussed it and we tell we work with the City
Department of buildings to help Rectify it. As we know this
is a crisis that no one has seen. And everybody is doing
their best to try to mitigate and make this work and keep
people safe at the same time. And then my last question,
when is the,
When is the black fire brigade? Just purchased the old fire
station in my ward on the one at 53rd and Wabash. And I
just wanted to know to what extent your partnering with
them because they that seems to be a very good pipeline.
You are potential firefighters and paramedics. So we've
been working with the black fire brigade, the
African-American firefighters Latino organizations, various
organizations to partner with them. We actually had a
recruitment drive or sign up at the black fire brigade at
that location when we were hosting the entrance exam and we
had a really good turnout. The thing is, you can get the
people out there, but when you cannot specifically, picked
people to come on this job. And that's the thing that's all
handled. The DHHR. We have what we do. The recruitment part
of it. We did that with a Farmer Brown. She was our
marketing person. So, we all went out and recruited across
the city. We were not allowed to go outside the city 2.
Fruit. But that's how we got our numbers. But we will work
with any organization, but it's across the city, all right?
And are you able to go back and maybe I don't know if this
is your role of his HR, if you can go back and see from the
people who applied from the black fire brigade, the extent
to which they are passing. The exam areas, where they might
be deficient, anything that could be helpful to get those
young people move.
Been to the Sea.
Been to the city jobs. I know we don't have that ability and
I don't know when people sign up if they could identify,
that would probably be with the Brigade. I know they had
actual debden, they have some type of study groups or
something for this entrance exam and you can talk about it.
That's r d. I
yes.
Yes, ma'am. We actually talked to Chief summer. Debra
summer, sorry I'll stand up. I actually go over to the
Brigade and Tudor with a lot of their students. If there's
questions, they have during the processing to join the fire
department, wherever I can help them. I helped them get
through those turtles. So when they call us, we we reach
out. We respond is best weekend.
All right.
all right, we'll take
Alright well thank you Commissioned. I think that's the
partnership that bears nurturing and want to thank you and
your staff for is I understand now how difficult the work
is that your folks work under the conditions that they work
on there, just want to thank you. Thank you mr. Chair. It
going back to the black fire brigade in. This is more of a
general question. What references exist for people, wanting
to join the fire department? Like I know there is a, a
family line of duty preference.
What are the?
What are the Press?
What are the preference?
What are the prophecies exist for firing into the
department? You had landed Duty deaths, this police fire
and I think it's a military as well as somebody in CPS and
cpfta Chicago Police and Fire Training Academy in Chicago
public school, which a lot of our diversity does seed out
of CPS and cpfta. Thank you. Aunt, Amanda Villegas and your
next, any other individuals have questions. I got you.
Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman commissioner, how you
doing this afternoon? Thank you. That's the fire did occur
in the 36 Ford weather for Fairmont for family members.
That was glad that you guys came out, the the 10-year
batteries, smoke detectors, you know that at one point,
Chicago with a
Chicago with exam.
Chicago is exempt, we brought him back into legislation. We
talked about it. Some point coming to budget to figure out
how to make sure you had. That was necessary. Resources
what, what is the number that you're looking for, as a
relates to making sure that you have enough supplies to
provide to residents of the Swedish, okay, let me get that
toochie Schroeder.
yes, thank you for
Yes, thank you for that question. On Alderaan cheap, Walter
Schroeder right now are combination Co and smoke detectors
as the commissioner. Alluded to that we do install are
running us. $60 a smoke detector are average 10-year smoke
detector, is over $20 and that's through our purchasing. So
we went from $4.99 to over $20 closer, to 25. Now, with the
increase. So, an exact number would be quite difficult to
give you because it's really a predicated. If we use our
our death rate, unfortunately, as a commissioner said this
year 23, when we have a canvas in an area where we have a
fire fatality, there's three hundred smoke detectors that
are distributed in that geographical area, National
statistics of Sean. If one person doesn't have a working
smoke detector, there's greater than 50 homes in that area
that are just like that. I'm so that's why we do try to
saturate the area with those tomorrow.
Dr.
Factors.
Doctors. So I I wish I can give you an exact number. I'd
always like to see an increased because it's being put to
good, use with our citizens, are getting it out there and
the price of smoke detectors, keep Rising. So, so we're
taking water on the boat. So, to speak, as I said, when we
did pass that legislation, that we
How to do?
How to Dubai?
How did the budget for?
How did the budget process to make sure they get in SSI
resource? So if you could have some point provide through
the chair, a number that you feel, you would need. So that
way we can go ahead and make sure that you have those
necessary resources to continue, providing those 10-year
smoke detectors. So this is the time to ask for it and I
want to make sure that we're advocating for that as well.
Is.
is the fight of
Is the fire department having the same issue? Recruiting
people, scpd or do more folks want to be part of a 50k.
We not have.
We're not having a.
We're not having that problem. Okay. Question is because
Police Department did embark on an initiative to go to Camp
Pendleton and Camp Lejeune in order to recruit veterans
that are that are on the verge of being honorably
discharged. And since you're not having that problem of
folks applying for the fire department, I don't think it
would be relevant to you. Keep their summer day of summer
has been working and you can comment on your work with the
veterans groups and getting them to recruit them. That's
been one of our major focuses. So we've been working with
the Office of Veterans Affairs, director barsis for quite
some time now, and helping all the military members active
in veterans. Bring them on through the recruitment process
and always through the processing with TSA and thr as they
get ready to come in and I'll return the civil service. So
we're monitoring
then we also have a Facebook
Then we also have a Facebook group.
Then we also have a Facebook group that we deal with in
trying to assist the veterans at every chance we can. I
appreciate that as, as, maybe my colleagues don't know, but
60% of the military are a minority. And women is so, so
grateful. We spend a ton of money training, these folks,
they know how to take orders and these are the candidates
that we definitely want to see in a fire department. So,
again, I would just ask through the chair. If you can
provide that number, I want to make sure that I can help
support and even make an amendment. If I have to to try to
make sure you have the necessary resources, Villegas as far
as the smoke detectors. You know, we work with State Farm
and other organizations that donate money to our foundation
that help us as well. So, that's how we tried to supplement
and offset some of that as well. Well, look for Grants,
perfect. Let us know. We can all thank you.
Thank you, cheer.
Thank you, chairman.
Thank you, chairman good afternoon Commissioners. Nice to
see you. And everybody here in the Box, I've gotten to know
many of you in the last year-and-a-half. And I want to, I
want to
Follow suit with a mic.
Follow suit with a my colleague Alderman. Dalam just
acknowledged the losses this year that your department has
suffered with those losses. I know those are really tough
security said about the reduction in staff that you've got
them looking at page 227 under human relations that you're
losing two positions in clinical therapist actually they
moved them over to the Grand since we have the wellness
Grand eventually. Get additional
Do they?
Go there, go.
so, they're going to be
So they're going to make the they're going to fix it, but
we have the two in our o.
Bike to you. So,
so, you told me
So you talk, you can talk about the grand, please.
You can do.
You can just pull that down. There you go. Again. I'm has
indicated that that was done in here. We requested the
three additional EAP Personnel to be included under the
wellness. Grant that we received under the state for fy20
for that would include three additional clinician to give
the department of total of 5. So those positions were
removed in and are and they will be put back into the
budget under a technical and I meant after this, this
process is okay, I just wanted to make sure you were I'm
done. That was very disturbing to me, if you were
I lose all of your clinic.
I lose all of your clinical.
I lose all of your clinical therapist. Okay great I'm happy
to hear that.
Excuse.
Skip.
Excuse me.
Excuse me, information from a training perspective,
training and I think recruitment cuz we talked a lot about
recruitment last year. You had a new consultant that was
working with you a little bit about what progress or what
results that the work that the consultant did yielded? What
think the market you talk about the Farmer Brown? The one
thing I can say cuz we don't have the data or the numbers
that will be DHR. And I know everybody keeps asking this
but we don't control it or have it but I think for the
first time, the fire department is, as long as I've been on
this job and I know before they have never had that. So
this was the first time we actually had somebody go out and
Market in the communities and have events and pop-ups along
with us coming out. You know, the Command Staff, the people
that we detailed in, to help us to be crewmen and even the
volunteers who worked who came on their off, their shift to
help us as well. So, until we see the final
I think, I
I think it was the
I think it was a step in the right direction. I really do
and we need to continue to do that, but I appreciate that
and I can appreciate that. I know you you and your Mighty
team, do a lot with very little that I was fortunate enough
to have one of your community events be in the 11th word at
ping. Tom Park in the spring. I thought was hugely
successful and the fire department participates in all of
our
I'm Loco.
Local job fairs in.
Local job fairs as well. I'm ever hopeful that we can, you
know, help recruit some additional asian-americans cuz they
know that that's a number that I think continues to lag
just for the record. It's what is at 4%? I think no less
than that's like a percent and it's less than a hundred
people out of a out of a staff of almost 5,000. So you
know, disappointing for me to see those numbers and this is
not a knock against you at all. Mad thinking, this is an
ongoing challenge. We talked about this budget process
about how challenging it is time to just hire people in
general and I know when it's not in your control, that's
very difficult. But I'm wondering about just how promotions
happen as well. So that is something that happens inside
because I am aware that there are no Americans in
management at this point with a Chicago Fire Department.
What did look?
What it looks like.
What it looks like it from the list of police. Correct me
if I'm wrong.
We?
We have to keep.
We have people can do.
If one.
F1.
They did not make these charts for people who can't or you
can just tell me what it is. You know, obviously with the
the numbers, the way they are, I would be remiss. Not to
ask about promotions and and where what the diversity
breakdown is leadership
Barbara.
Or break down as far as my Command Staff.
We?
We have.
We have 82% male 18%, female 34% black 8%, Hispanic 56%,
white and then American Indiana, state is 2%. So it's got
to be less than. Okay, somewhere less than two. You do have
at least one person.
Okay sweet I agree. We have to do better and in the
community we have another day of summer has work with
members on the department because the best way to get
people on is for people who look like you should try to
convince you that this is a great career, a great
profession and sometimes it's challenging to get people to
see that they really want to do this. I've had to talk
people. I mean really talk him into taking this exam.
Really say just do it, who knows what'll happen in a few
years, they think that
I got to get.
I got to get call right away.
I got to get call right away to come.
I got to get call right away to come on the job and it
never happens that way, but I know day of summer has been
trying and I know they have you can answer to talk and in
the community trying to get members from the Department to
engage. Yes, ma'am. Thank you for that question Chiefs
summer. I have been in your community number of time and
always great to see you, but we, we do bring members from
the department and we do talk to them. We we give them
information on recruitment materials to go to block
parties. Are we also direct them to go to our fire
department website because all of the recruitment material,
there can be translated into Chinese for their family so
that this is a family discussion. So we're out there doing
his best as we can and they are coming out and asking for
more information and looking to join the recruitment
effort. Thank you.
We're all going to be.
We're all going to be interested to see what those numbers
are. I think until this testing system has been addressed
and maybe put back into your hands. We might be a little
bit more progress and we haven't had the HR in here yet.
So, rest assured. We have lots of questions for them to you
and that number is 2%. In a department, it is to persuade,
you think it would be wise, chair of the department that
we've had.
Puppy.
hope you're
Up here.
Up, year-to-date. I mean, it's your leadership team is
probably one of the most diverse that that I've seen, you
know, today. So I think you are, I'm moving into definitely
moving in the right direction. You know, it can't be
perfect, but what you got yours is good. Let me say. That's
the reason why that is because I have the opportunity to
pick my command staff and I picked qualified people. So
they just happened to be diverse in nature. That's the only
place. I have any authority to get my numbers together as
far as anything. Other than that, they're all it has to go
through DHR. These are pics with people with resumes time
on the job, a lot of experience. So they just happened to
be diverse, they die.
Thank you.
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you, mr. Share that. Thank you Commission of
pretending to Jay. I do want to just take a moment of
silence for those three, firefighters that we lost the line
of duty. Thank you.
I'm
I know it's a
I know it's been a tough year and I appreciate my
colleague. Chairman Dallas, question about what we can do
to prevent those reduce the losses now, can you see how
many firefighters are on the role? And how many are from
primarily black wards?
Okay, so
Okay. So tell
Okay. So total we got about our department right now as it
stands is about 64% white. 15% black almost 19%, Hispanic
and 2% Asian. We are 90% male. So we got a long way to go
there and send person female, which most of our females are
in the EMS roll. See the let me explain a little bit about
history so I took the 1985. Listen to some kind of show you
how this took off. We took a 1985 list with Harold,
Washington was the mayor. He had something. It's not called
a consent decree, but he has 50/50 hiring. So, for every
wife, firefighter, a Black, Or Hispanic was offered the
job. So when I came on, it was divorced. So thick back how
long ago that is and how long did Gordie is now without
consent decrees without any affirmative action, without any
remedies, there is nothing to do to change any of this even
promotions and hiring. That was by
And because now,
And because now that's it legal to do, is it legal to do,
like, I'll tell you any day. If you guys can show me what
we can do to change this there, and if I am, I have fought
my whole career. Anybody who knows me back in the day and I
told you NASA's last year, was a present, a black
firefighters, and the vice president at work. My whole
career to try to increase diversity. But as the people that
came out with me retire at the job, I think it's only 17%
of us left it back. So we're going out the door daily and
by November that number is going to become greater.
Salata.
The lot of us can retire. Most of us up here have over 30
years. So when you get both people work 29 and a day and
leave and if your paramedic you can stay on past 63, the
rest of us. Have to go do. All of these factors play into
why we do have diversity or why we don't, we have a lack of
diversity right now because of that fact, how many
firefighters are eligible to retire this year? Well, you
have people who will take advantage of a bargain and think
that's 55 and out so they can retire. So they sign up
ahead. A lot of people are pulling back on it. On the
average, we have at least a cheap ammo can speak to this
around, 200 retire every year of Chief Mo, what would you
Peppa.
Epic.
Dupree Park Ridge.
Debra Parker schnabel's, we lose about two hundred a year
with our age 55, in our retirees with this year, we're a
little below. That is our projection, the one caveats to
that is the age 60. They can leave whenever they want.
Capri, sign up the word of our numbers. I've been tracking
them for the last ten years there. They're right in there
in the 200 Mark give or take and most of our age out. They
usually wait until November to retire that's our retirement
month November. So that's how we know we have the spots for
our candidates to come in and December as well. Just
nobody. So right now we're looking at a number since
September 22nd. We have 76 that already retired for various
reasons.
At.
at as a as a new
At, as a, as a new member, could you explain to me how my
constituents would become a firefighter? Sure, you want to
talk to Dad,
Sure.
Sure, thing, key.
Sure, thank you.
Sure, thank you for that Deb summer, Chief and t.i. If you
go to our City website, obviously, what we come out
recruit, we can do the one at 1 and in person, but we have
rebuilt our website to designate how to become a
firefighter, or how to become a paramedic, the pathways are
there. The schools are there, what the requirements are for
you to become a firefighter or an EMT and then move into
paramedics. So everything is there. So if we can't get out
to physically see you, which we certainly will, but you can
use that website and those pathways are there for you.
got a,
Got it.
Got it and I was going to say this and thank you Chief
summer. Also before they even announce our exam or fire
exam, we have posted and put up things on social, media are
trying to encourage people different platforms. We also had
our website up and running at least a year before this
exam, was announced with all the information that will help
you figure out how do I navigate around this and like Deb
Summer. She did a great job and getting this done and
putting it together. So we thought this would help us
greatly in recruiting as well because the younger
generation. They're so social media and crime. In addition
to we put, you know, we going to communities and talk
Strong.
Strava.
Strava route for more questions from the son of Thrones you
again as a new member. Can you explain to me what it means
when I hear appendix G appendix G, okay, well, it's from
when I've been on the job, you know, was instituted in
1980, there was a strike, the firefighters had a strike and
there were those who stayed on strike and those who cross
the line where they want to settle the strike. And so
Reverend Jesse Jackson got together and got them to settle
the strike and they put a clause in their called appendix
G. It is a goal, but my attorney can talk about that more.
We have been trying to figure out how to make it work,
since I'm sure 1980.
Evan.
The pain.
Appendix do.
Appendix C is in the collective. Bargaining agreement has
been in the collective, bargaining agreement for upwards of
forty years. As the commissioner mention, it is
aspirational, it has limited teeth in terms of
enforceability. However, it calls for members of the
community as well as from the city itself. And from the
union to get together to figure out how to cast maintain
diversity in the fire department. And in recent years, it
has met less that committee has met less. The the goal do
is always to hit a rate of about 45%. I think it would have
cost for for there to be Black and Hispanic members in the
department.
and,
and is
And is that?
And is that rape broken down to 30% black? 15% Hispanic, or
Latino? It's not to find Independence Street.
What?
What if?
What has what has the department done? If anything to meet
the goals of appendix tree?
Eva.
Evan, you want?
Evan, you want to answer that?
I'm sure this is the way. It kind of tree is warded. The
department actually has very limited have any role as
matter fact that the obligation to fill that committee
actually falls to the Office of Public Safety
Administration, as it is a human resources function. The
department largely was carved out of appendix. B is terms
of having a steering hand
Yeah.
Yes.
Yes, it is.
Yes, it is to opsa just came on line three, four years ago.
So what it, what it, what was happening before opsa, I got
involved in this particular mix. Cuz again, they said
they're relatively new to to to us at the best of 2014 that
was the last opportunity for anything that have been
extremely have come up with to put in place between, then
in 2022. The ability to put any diversity in to the
incoming. Classes was frozen on the fall and purpose.
So I thought is Miss Walker still back there. Did you have
any thing to add to this conversation? Rod. Appendix do.
Get after.
Good afternoon in.
Good afternoon, Anastasia Walker, executive director of The
Office of Public Safety Administration. The general counsel
from the fire department is correct before 2020, 2014, when
the last exam, there was no opportunity to invoke the
appendix D part of the contract Twisters, right? It is a
guideline that kind of frames the diversity of activity for
the Department.
so, if the
so,
Sofa.
So far.
So from what you're saying stating is at this is only done
around time of testing. Is that correct or incorrect? The
biggest part of return on investment that you're going to
see it to testing on? Is it two or three year basis, every
two or three years? So, we just finished the test in 2022.
We should be testing in 24. 25 is that
Decorate.
Decorative.
Decorated, what's the game plan? We got to work with dhr2
to figure out exactly how many every how many years we just
have the test in December, right? We have not hired 1% off
that list yet, right? So that means the first person that
will be hired from that exam will be December of a year
later. So if you turn around and gave a test, so let's say
we would have to be recruiting next year. Right? To
already, give another test Cypress, Village manager list,
add expiration dates on there, might be three years, it
might be four years. These lists had expiration dates and,
you know, be that as it made the list of bars in, you go
through the process again, for whatever reason we did not
adopt that same philosophy, but it is generally good
practice that. We see a government that these lists I have
expiration dates As We Lay
today.
Do that.
do that,
To that conversation with appendix G. What needs to be done
to live up to the aspirational goals that were said in the
contract as it exists. I'm assuming it's still exist today.
Even though it's been putting off putting the contract
years ago. What, what can we do or, what should we be doing
to live up to the aspirational goals of appendix G?
Eva.
Evan.
Turn.
You're the.
Sure, that that question is actually best answered by the
committee that upended. She calls for I'm in the issue is
that you have a test. It was given to December. And my
understanding is that you got at least 2,000 people who are
qualified redeem qualified at least on that list and you
mentioned expiration date. Well, best way to get diversity
off, that list is to allow the list to work for. Of time so
that you can identify and pull those people in. You pull
this down too quickly, you may lose the opportunity for the
diversity that exists on that list.
I'm on my.
I'm open. I'm like I said we just trying to get to let me
think about it. It's been there since 1980. I know they
have been a lot of people trying to get this push for the
black firefighters, Ezra McCandless concern, black
firefighters. We have worked with attorney. Before I set up
here we try to get anybody to take this. They kept telling
us and this is outside of my real bet, you know. It's just
a goal. It has no teeth now. And that's why I said, if you
guys want that to happen, I'm throwing it at you because as
a commissioner, I can't do it.
I'm just saying.
I'm just saying, we
I'm just saying we have no consent decree. We have no
affirmative action. You cannot, is it illegal to race Norm?
All of these things I've been around to see. So all of that
is gone.
Commissioner.
commissioner, who's
Commissioner. Who's this this committee? That was referred
to. When do they need? Who is a compiled and it falls
under. I believe Joe PSA.
and we,
And when do we do, when do they meet?
I can't.
I can't answer that.
I can't answer that director Walker.
and,
Answer.
Anastasia Walker, executive director of Office of Public
Safety Administration. Before commissioner Holt, there was
discussion about PSA taking over the committee. We have not
done that so it's still rest with. See if Dee we haven't
done anything with the committee were open to having those
discussions but we didn't, we didn't finalize that.
So,
so, we
so, when are the
So when are the camp was our Council, we could, we have
that we will get Erin to Camp our form, a council to get
that and who, who are these members on this advisory
committee. According, according to the contract, Kevin,
what are they open to the terms of that are in the
collective bargaining agreement, it is to be made up of
community leaders, and members of religious organizations
in the community who
The.
The aspirational goals for the diversity.
that's,
Bridgeton, when you get everybody in the room, who at who
has the ability to put numbers on this Committee of
commission, or what, whatever its technical term is Geritol
really lies with the mare, thank you. Yes, I do. We know
how many candidates are in the pool and how many are from
black Wards would, do you still waiting on that? We're
waiting on that from HR and I know somebody's listening to
this.
As if.
as is a,
As is, or are they made any progress on that with HR?
Are they?
Are there?
Are there has been as we will working on that, what about
Outreach like? How is that an aspect that we need to
increase to get these numbers to where we? We set this go
to be. So as a lot of you have seen us out in the
community, I know we've been in all the known Shades War,
we've been in your War, we've been in your War. We've been
in all the wars pretty much trying to recruit before this
exam, talking to young people trying to get them to
actually consider this as a profession. Some of them really
want to do it. A lot of them. Look at me like, are you
crazy? I'm serious. They go. I ain't going to know.
but,
but we've gone out to,
But we've gone out to commute.
But we've gone out to community events, we going to
Church's, we going to Centric specific women's groups, we
going to Affinity groups which are African-American, which
are Latino, which are we been everywhere. Veterans, we have
been out there stomping the ground strap. We re tweet even
asked you guys last year and we deliver materials to all
the automatic offices to help us and recruitment any. And
we put we did pop-ups. We call them my care initiative and
in a pop-up we actually had one on one with groups of
people. We had a nice, the first turn out across the city
and different warts. When people came out and they can ask
any question in addition of that, if they had any obstacles
that they encountered, while they were trying to do this,
they had our numbers, they reached out to death summer,
which really wasn't her job but she is willing and we are
all willing and committed to help any way we can when we
have candidates that are having a difficult time trying to
get through processes, we're going to help that's what our
commitment in. It really is.
like,
Liked.
Like to.
Like today.
Like to do that. I'll reach, actually both communities. You
don't need to do that. You just don't because they have
Legacy. They know about the job, you know? They've been
exposed to it a lot like me. I was never exposed to this
job so had I be a maybe I would have been looking at it
earlier, you know what life, but I'm just saying a lot of
our community, we're trying to expose them when we go on a
run. That's the biggest. Every time I can go on a run, our
block party. That's another, as advertisement for us, we're
a block parties were talking to
Thank you for trying to get.
we're trying to get the
Thank you for trying to get them.
Thank you for trying to get them into the mindset, come on,
and what I'm thinking. And I've been talking to Deb where
you going to reaching out to younger kids. We go out and
read to him, the Boys & Girls Club because we're going to
have to reach way down to get these young kids to start
thinking about this as a dream, instead of waiting until
they get older, I would really appreciate that. We can get
through the chair number of firefighters broken down by
Wards protecting my War. I know I have a huge population.
Same thing with that pool as well. If we can get it, also
be out in addition to Ward. I think it's important to have
that that pool list or whichever list that they were on. So
if it was like an 85 less than so far so that we know kind
of where these potential candidates are coming from and
turns it. When they apply to be in the current list,
so, I think the
so, I think, DHR
So I think DHR is what we'll have to do our four for the
breakdown of that particular list was not necessarily ask
for by War. Think we just ask one of General demographic,
base is not even sure if it's done dumping water, or can be
produced by what will follow up on a chairman. So, we've
just received the most updated.
first edition of
Original.
Germany also have the email now, but we wanted to make sure
it was the most comprehensive list. So if you want us to
share those demographics, we can I don't know if you want
to read it or I should know. Okay, so of the six thousand
folks that applied there were
90s.
96 need?
96 Native Americans, Argos, .38 22% was African-American
1.26 to 6 is Asian 44% is white and the gender breakdown is
13.8%. Female at 84.8% male.
Matter fact, I just email just looking at an email, I just
told me he sent me an e-mail. They sent it to you to that
was the 2014, not be heading. So that was a 2014 test. I
can talk about the 2020 to test if we
Right. But I will forward this to to the balance of the
members.
Yeah.
Yeah, you should share. I was just be concerned if
currently watch Chicago and make up 50% of the apartment
and we only have 22% in the pool and especially
considering, I don't know what that number is. The 50% of
the department is made up of black Chicagoans is what I
believe. I know 15%.
It.
If you.
Do 15%. So then we're definitely not at the appendix G of
30%.
Okay.
Thank.
Thank you for.
Thank you, my sister.
Thank you my sister. So I just emailed it, this list of the
2014 and 2022 application, the overall 4210 people took the
exam
20.
Twenty twenty.
2022 exam, 4210. People took the exam of the test takers,
17.6% 742, or female 3393, or 80.6% were male 75%. 75
people did not provide any information to that extent of
other individuals are that tested 37.7% were Hispanic?
We?
Point.
point for
25 /.
25% American Indian or Native American 18.2%,
African-American 1.6% Asian and 34.8% were white. Then we
had a joint one native Hawaiian Pacific. Islander 78 other
and won't 221 with no response. So in this particular case,
the largest demographic of individual tested were Hispanic
and 37.6%. So now when we look at the those that passed
In.
and,
Munoz number.
And those numbers are fairly commiserate with those who took
the test within a, within a point or so, which we landed
with 2,100 people, that are actually on this list. 17%
African American 35% white 38%, Hispanic 1%, Asian 25%
native Hawaiian and again, 5% no response. So those who
took the test versus those, who pass the tests are, pretty
much in line with those who actually tested
in the
and then, I
and then they are again. Fortunately 15,000 people actually
applied for the chest and those numbers actually did feel a
little better between those who applied knows where she
took the test. So again, I just emailed this to all of your
city email so you can take a further look at this. But you
know, there's definitely work that needs to be done in
respect to both so I can Americans and females as related
to the testing and passing the test. So
Did you want to?
Did you want to go?
Did you want to go now? Okay, he's mostly facts. I may be
off a teensy-weensy bit on a couple but
In.
In Fort.
In 45 years, we've had five tests in 1985 the commissioner,
siefferman and I'm not sure if she come over, not took that
85 peso. Now you were after that one, so I'm not sure. But
I know she Furman Commissioner of myself. Took that test.
All right. So it's Dad a test and 78th at Essen 85 test. I
believe in 95, 2005 2413. And now finally, we got another
one in 2022 which were already going to have one in 20.
Play.
20.
24 of January at the plan, right? Commissioner? What is a
charge to keep blaming her, but HR has everything, so she
has no control of anything that she all she gets is a
preference list states, they referring to her. They got
them that day, that's when she knows what they have in 2014
at 17949. I'm sorry, you had 20 2965 sign up. 17949, Pas,
2584, failed, and 4758 were no-shows for this for this job
in 2014. So I'm going to kind of be all over the board hear
people, but
Commission.
commission, I know you said,
commission, I know you said that you
Commission. I know you said that that we hire at least a
hundred. They struggle. I got a hundred usually. So, it's
that they take, they try to get a hundred, by many of
times, they can't process the people fast enough, and
before a tournament Academy Academy, think we're going to
have a hundred people in hanging up with 7888, you know,
something like that. Anybody from the 2014 Lexus still
hired the youngest person would be 28 years old but there's
only I was told there's 20 people. Somebody else said there
was 40 so but that's neither here. Nor there still is
people left from the 2014 and the reason he had his people
as they invest money in investigating these people. So they
don't go through all of this, checking them out and
everything, and then discard them. So that's why they,
that's what I going to carry over into the next list. This
particular year, this test only 15,000 signed up to take
this test. 15020 22 + 25,000 +. And here's some of the
facts and you just kind of gave them Sherman. So,
I'll be.
Outback.
I'll bet for some reason and I don't know if the
Commissioners agreed to me on this or not but I certainly
think it was wrong when there's a big hoopla about they
only let so many people take this test so of the 15 or so
that were invited to sign up for it. Only 4972 arrive
invited to take the written test 796 were no-shows, self
4186, took it only 2086 past 2092 fail.
Turn.
There's a key.
There's a Kia.
There's a Kia be at.
There's a Kia be after this, there was a mistake made. So
about another three or four hundred were allowed to take it
because they didn't get their preferences, so they allow
them to do that. So they allowed a few more to to step in
here, we can only hire who applies. Alright, so somebody
doesn't apply, we can drag drag somebody off the street and
say, we're going to give you the shop or going to force you
to take the job. I don't know what's going on with this
world. Commissioner tell you the test, we took commissioner
was Forty-Eight thousand people signed up for that test.
This most recent one, we only have 15,000 sign up and this
is this is a problem everywhere. So, my years at UPS, also
it was a very tough job to get people were all over the
place or try to get that job now, they can't get people,
they're all. So either, it's strictly a lot going to draw
Lottery, nowadays, people qualifications mean, nothing. I
talk to this about my buddy, Derrick Curtis over there, cuz
he's acting with the black fire brigade. That they tore a
bunch of as, you know, commissioner they tore a bunch of
kids.
Bunch of good.
Bunch of good kid.
Bunch of good kids are.
Bunch of good. Kids are guess what? Those kids don't have a
leg up on anybody there just 11 to drop some of those kids
could have been fifteen thousand fourteen thousand and
guess what? They didn't get called. So qualifications mean
nothing anymore other than a preference. And we talked
about the commissioner talked about the five preferences,
and a preference is our Legacy, her line of duty, the CP
FDA, which is a great program for kids that want to be a
firefighter. But that doesn't mean anything anymore. If CPS
preference,
City prepper.
City preference and Miller.
City preference and Military. Those are the preferences.
Don't.
the only ones able,
The only ones to blame for us on the numbers, your people
is our own selves. All right, we're not getting two words
out there in our communities to get people out there.
That's all that. That's the way they do, everything
everything to promote this. That everything possible HR
fire department is going to community. So that right thing,
it's up to us to get out there to email, who's a better
source to get the word out for us. As far as assignments,
when you get a sign. Another thing, I don't agree with and
I say, Michonne plumbers a perfect example. He was a big
mass of man. I think you could have been a gray tile for a
kid on the south side and it and it and that kid that kid
was on the northwest side. Firehouse mean I just think it
was a waste certainly a waste of life. We're sorry he lost
his life but I felt he should have been on the south side
or the West Side appendix G. You know, it's all about all
about the recruitment. If you want to give an appendix to
you to work and you just got to got to recruit the people
and yours, just something to let everybody know. And I
don't think you could get numbers by
War.
Wars that thing.
Wars that thing would have to be by ZIP codes from people
that's just me, but HR everybody just to know. So when HR
guess you don't beat her up too much HR is being run by
number for right now. Everybody's number for okay, one and
two are not there. We just got a number three in HR, and
number four has been running the show since Chris alwan
left. So show a little Mercy on her. After I was
overwhelmed, she's going to depend on the job before.
well, now she's doing a
Well, now she's doing the job but three people.
Well, now she's doing the job, but three people. So with
that, anybody has any questions for me afterwards, want to
talk? I know, I talked to Kyle Adair Curtis about some
stuff but no, that's it. Points of information if I was
wrong and any of them commissioner and I'll let me know.
But I think I have most of them the nails on the head, but
this is the time we live in now. People, you can't hire
people. People don't want jobs anymore that they going to
meet at this job changed my life. I would not be here
today. If I wasn't a fire manager, has no doubt about it.
In my mind, I would not be here today. So change my change.
My life. I made friends for life, so very rewarding job
but, you know, it's not everybody likes climbing, ladders,
not everybody likes going into fire. So that's it. Thanks
Jeremy. And thanks for let me speak. And I, I did say at
the end, but the crowd is thinning. So, I want to have my
say, when some people are still around here, but thank you.
No problem. I think that's why I asked you to go first. I
know that you bring a unique perspective.
Just called.
Is converse.
is converse a
this conversation, cuz
This conversation cuz that we'd only, I think to 5335
Fighters that are in the council form of firefighters. Are
there, any Council? So, do you guys have to give me a call?
Please, please, please show a little Mercy on this young
girl. Okay, she's doing her best. She is she was behind all
your folks, dogs is dogs.
Altima.
Altamed more.
Alderman Moore.
Thank.
Thank you, chief.
Thank you. Chairman, first of all commissioner, thank you
and your entire team for the work that you do but morally
more than anything for being responsive, there's not a time
that I'm going to call you or someone on your team that
they're not responding. No matter how early it is or how
late it is. You who have been more than active and making
sure that we know about task, even if it's not attached
going on, how do we get kids involved? You sent letters to
me, you call, make sure, make sure that you get this. And
so, as chamonix pasado said, there's no doubt that it's
clearly that I know cuz I don't let off nobody that you're
doing your part. And I want to say, I appreciate that what
we do have to do. And I'm going to put the onus on this
Council because we passed by.
We?
Sweet.
We have a say so and it will we've been in and and Artemis
pasado 45 years and in 45 years only getting five tests
that that's mostly answer right there. And so what have we
been doing and all of those years? And so I urge my
chairman of Public Safety who's over on a special on the
Fire part. When, when is Championship, let's do I farted
and shake, shake the thing we
also been,
Also been a hist.
Also been a history of systemic racism. We know that that
history is there. And so what do we need to do anything?
That's even contractual an end the union. If we looking at
something there that's holding up anything. I don't know.
This is not my area of a focus that I focus on, but one
that I'm willing to fight, we have a lot of fire. The
fight, people are in chairmanship station, have to, they
should take on these things. And if we have to stand up to
whoever it is ourselves, the HR. And I'm not talking about
the new person but policies in place. And seeing what they
ever whatever, they need from a financial standpoint to
have more tests, we should have been doing that. So we're
here now and we don't need to be coming here every year
because this the same stuff whether you've been in that
seat or the two predecessor that I've known. You know that
preceded you when I got here.
GameStop. It's on its
GameStop. It's on it's on us. So we need to keep asking but
just keep asking stupid questions or we going to do the job
and so and so somebody has to focus on that and do that and
get you what you need to do your job. And so again, I truly
appreciate you all. What I will ask though so I can
understand because when I hear things about like what even
with the five black fire brigade as much as when I say
okay, we got EMTs and them EMTs, they can. That's a
position they can go.
Any.
Nan.
Nan working there. They can become an EMT and they're
probably going to be a firefighter or just be empty EMTs or
something else. What is that likes? Playing that process to
me if in fact the black Friar gave the Brigade or anybody
else is what it weather certifying on licensing. Give me
the correct terminology of EMTs actually. Like for us when
we hire new employees we make them EMT. There is no
criteria to come on this job except for to be 18. I think
it to take the test and depending on what preference you
get if you get a preference in to pass the written exam. So
we cannot say just because someone is an EMT, they have
preference over anybody else. That's not how to test works
because that would create even more adverse impact. You
have one group that has it but you are so many more who
don't. So we actually train you to be an EMT. So there are
other opportunities like when we get young people and they
really want to be firefighters, we even tell them to go to
Sabor.
Apartments in C.
apartments in till
Apartments in till they get.
Departments until they get to come where they want to come
cuz they can still pursue their dreams, another door in a
lot of other people know, this is to become a paramedic
nowadays, it's a shortage on paramedics, so across the
country, not just here in Illinois but because of cold it
all, the programs were shut down there, just now, starting
to open back up, but we're looking at a different
generation. That's not interested in some of these jobs and
I just came from a conference, are the Chiefs in Illinois,
or saying the same thing. We're having a hard time getting
firefighters. Are we having a hard time getting paramedics?
Cuz most Apartments.
cuz most departments are
Cuz most departments are required.
Does most apartments that require you to be a paramedic
before you come off? So this is just a challenge with a
changing Works workflow of people that we're getting in.
Now generational, it is a very big change, but we cannot
pick out anyone who or any? We can't say. Okay, we need
black people. Let's get the black part of the game, we
can't do that. I get a certification to become an EMT. You
take like most of us and Harry the paramedics orientee. You
actually have to take an exam, you take the class, the
class I took was 6 months then I took at that time, estate
exam and I became an EMT in the hospital. I might work on a
private ambulance or work special events or something like
that for a job but then after that they just have to be in
like anybody else. Then go take the test you got to take
that actually pass it and be part of that magical number.
He said we got they got a lottery. Do you have to be pulled
out the lottery in order to be considered? So him
that when I just,
That when I just need it.
that when I just needed to know from that standpoint within
the family line of duty preference is that if somebody
passes or that says, if anybody is in been a firefighter,
they they are family person. Get a preference. OK. Mary is
going to explain that.
Alderman. Mormon.
Alderman, more Mary Sheridan. On the line of duty is
extended to the children and grandchildren of firefighters
police officers. And are, are members of the military who
has a parent or grandparent, who died in the line of duty.
So that preference is a question, cuz I didn't know if it
was just a family preference or if they died in the line of
duty. And you answer my question is that I didn't want to
do it which one that I respect and I think we should have
it. So I appreciate that so much and you answer my
questions. The other program is a n a i don't have my
little pain on me, the youth program are right, right.
Call.
Call when I was a few years and every time I go to
graduation, those numbers are not looking Diversified find
enough of. These are not people that taking an exam
correct, or are they? What's what the CPS PA program is one
of them when they were sophomores in high school, right?
And so we actually work and go around to the high school
and talk to the young people to get them interested in
signing up for, this isn't to your program and it
fluctuates between cpdc Ft and I think they do a little
oemc now as well, but they actually graduate and their
senior year and they get a preference on the exam.
I actually get it for
I actually get Apartments.
I actually get a preference, the real.
I actually get a preference. The really great thing about
this program is it is very diverse, very diverse. And I
know day of summer, she works real close to see. I used to
it the first deputy, and I actually go to the graduations
by staff every year. And when you see these young people
walk across the stage, I haven't been to the last two. I'm
going to be nice. So if you can provide those numbers
within the, within the past, at least, through the
four-year up up of that. First of all, people that the
number that you recruited and then who ended up graduating
by ethnicity. Because when I went there at, at the numbers
just didn't, you know, this, this is actually a CPS
initiative, we're just Partners. So, we wouldn't even have
to get the numbers from CPS and we actually have a person
that day of summer Macon, ask about getting her, she can,
she can make a
Academy.
We have seen.
Do we have to participate members, actually, apply and work
for CPS to do, if they don't work for me? So I don't have
no, I got your butt, but somebody can because then I can,
we can see that and see what we need to be doing with CPS
to strengthen that. I'm by your eyes. You're saying, you're
seeing more diversity and I haven't been the last 2 years
so I can't speak on it, but the graduation before that I've
been there, it wasn't, I didn't.
The servants to.
Desert Schools, and I'm like,
Desert Schools and I'm like, well, we need to go on Sunday
school, so that changed a lot to. We changed how we look at
our young people, so they wanted to, if they had drug test
and they felt they want to just qualify but we know
everybody's getting hacked China. So, we said, well, that's
not fair. Give them opportunity to turn it around. If they
had like minor offenses. They used to preclude that we
changed a lot of things to try to get young people in this
program so that we can change it for them. And like I said
it's very diverse. It is very divided by 5000 this year to
help bring in more students for this program. We want to
keep growing his program and that's the goal. I appreciate
that and I just want to see those numbers and I believe
when you see if you saying they're very diverse I just want
to see those numbers from what I saw a previous and like I
said you're doing a lot. You're doing a lot and turns about
reaching that I appreciate and I'll repeat what I said it's
on us. This Council to make sure
That.
That whether you?
That, whether you're here the next eight years or whatever,
what or whoever is going to be here cuz I know you said no,
you said your head but went well. That we're not having the
same conversation and we can we can control that piece. So
thank you so much to you and your entire team for the work
that you do at definitely. This was a tough year in terms
of laws. I mean I know people said it but we gotta say it
because sometimes I know we appreciate our police officers
which we shared and we do
Sumter.
sometimes the
Sometimes, you know, we do.
Sometimes, you know, we don't want to fire and and and, you
know it, but when is that when it happens, you all are
there. And we hate when we lose people in these tough
situations trying to save someone. So thank you all so
much. I appreciate it. Thank you champion. Thank you, all
of them. All of the trailer for The Baltimore shooting,
Akame.
The commission.
the commissioner every year, I feel like we get lied to
Yeah.
y'all.
y'all tell.
y'all tell us every year that y'all can't do appendix G
which says 30% of this force is supposed to be African
Americans. I've heard you say that it's d h. I h, o p, s, i
e. But I've never hear y'all talked about working together
to make sure those numbers to change. That is a problem.
You are, it ain't just on us is on all of us. So don't
don't leave them out of accountability, don't don't leave
them out.
I am I
I am at the point of where I just I don't even know what to
say anymore cuz I'm ask every year that I sitting here how
do we honor appendix G and nobody could ever get the
answer. Now you got the lady for opsu, Wednesday HR and you
talk about be nice to where I can't because that force does
not look like me. The police department has been sued 15
times by black firefighters because of promotions. In other
thing is old. Stop giving me this. I've had it up to here
with the reason why we do not have black young people or
that just exist.
, Did the?
Call me that does not look like us.
Call me that does not look like a 15 time job and we're not
even talking about the sexual harassment. We don't talk
about any of that, we don't talk about why we cannot. And
then the young lady who does the hiring, who does the
hiring? I met her on Saturday and I asked him a question to
her was, how you work with the black fire brigade? She told
me, she didn't it. So, now she's sitting here saying, she
told to all the woman down, she does they to somebody
lying?
It was.
it was a
It wasn't that young lady over there that you had, you been
calling her name, several times. I literally just met with
her on Saturday. She was at a hiring event. We had at
Dalton text and when I asked she was ask a question about
the black fire brigade. She said I would love to have a
relationship with them but you just said here together,
y'all lying. I don't know what the beef is with, with with
CPD, in the black side of gas, but you better get it
together and y'all need to get it together quick. All the
more you left somebody is on us. It's on all of us and
commission, imma be honest I've had a conversation to you.
Come to my office, I don't have an issue with you. What? I
don't hear you saying is I need y'all to come with me so I
can get DHHR and I can get opsa to make sure that we're
getting people that look like us in the fire departments.
That's the problem. Glad you back you write is absolute but
I never hear you talk about how we all work together.
I got you.
I got your number.
I got your number, I called you.
I got your number I called you and I did. I've been sitting
here for five years and every year it's the same question
every year is the same question. Why we not talk to you all
the time? The mall tomorrow, Altima Altima. Altima more do
you happen to know how do we work together? And that's a
question. I asked you sitting at my desk. You absolutely.
After the second, the second or third one, you came to my
office. You and I had a conversation but I don't see if
y'all working together to figure it out. Don't give me that
old. Don't give me that pen. DG don't got no teeth. You
have to do cuz they have teeth when it's time to Harriet.
How your everybody else? You have 15,000 people, apply for
that test. Why was only 200 people call me? And let's not
talk about the letters that y'all sit down
The majority.
The majority of black folks, send them a letter saying that
they failed the drug test when they never took it. I always
tell me, I'm lying. Tell me I'm lying cuz I know exactly
what I'm talking about. The same time, the courts have
agreed with the black firefighter because of everything
that's going on in it. So don't give me. I'm tired of
excuses. I don't want to hear it. It's a waste of time. You
are absolutely right. We do have the right to hold the
budget. Let's hold it and see what happens because it is
wrong for people.
He wants.
He wants us.
Do you want to talk about how we cannot get black people in
there when they want to take the test when they want to
qualify when they're trying to get into jobs? There is just
don't understand here and what I hate commissioner and I'm
not putting this on you because absolutely it was here
because this happened before you got here. What I want us
to do with these, do something different, and I was doing
something different. Is all of us working together. Where
is the lady from DHHR? And y'all can bring up cuz it don't
make no sense. They did this, the last three years, they
blamed each other. It ain't on us. It's on, it's on us.
Know, that's unacceptable.
It's on East.
It's on Excel.
It's unacceptable. We are you always talking about? We are
higher than unemployment. Rate want to know why? Cuz we get
a position of power, we forget what we did. And if you got
a problem with doing yours, I do not believe you
commissioner. Let me not say, this is not a beat up on you.
I believe you saying that you don't have the power to do
nothing. Well, who does give me a lawyer who can do the
only time America's at everyone? And I told you I've been
depressed lately. I've been a vice president was lawsuit.
You got the 111 through a lawsuit, has to be a remedy.
That's how it happened. And, no, the fire department does
not send out letters to Canada day. That was not us. We did
not tell people. I know that you I know that was you so if
we tried to talk to these people cuz we made a mistake but
it was not what it was and what commissioner you were in
the seat. The expectation is when those letters went out,
you should have called the real could have caused.
The whole.
The whole like this mistake was happen.
The whole like this mistake was happened who was fixing it?
We do.
We don't have that. We don't have the whole nation cuz you
don't have the. Larry just had a Anastasia. Is you, is
somebody okay? Okay, okay, we go ahead.
Executor.
Executive.
Executive director of The Office of Public Safety
Administration. We were the ones who sent out the letters.
In error about the drug testing. When we found out that
that are happened, we did call people. We reached out. And
we told them that the letter that they received and are we
would never, ever, ever let that letter. Just stay there
and fly in the atmosphere. We made we made a mistake and we
called each person individually and let them know that the
air had happened and that we have rectified as y'all. Make
sure that everybody that got that letter came back and make
sure they do that they supposed to do and see this is my
problem with it. We will not have a phone so y'all made a
mistake and sent out letters that told these folks who are
not took the drug test, I fell and nobody sent out the
letters but the conversation did you have with the city?
And in the end, I ain't even put it on the man. Y'all had
no conversation with us. We got no email, we got nothing.
So y'all make a mistake like that. Then y'all wonder why
out of the 44 people who actually
Protest.
Adamson test on.
Adamson test on 22 South.
Test only 22 something. Showed up cuz I was like y'all
continue to make mistakes and what happens is that young
people in our community do not get employed. So that was a
major mistake. How many city council members do they have
originated?
Elsa.
Absolute.
Absolutely, that's what I'm talkin about. Y'all not
realizing it's all our responsibilities, right? All the
more responsibility.
I'm
Taylor's please, direct your questions to the to the
commissioner to the firefighters is that you, or is that
another department, emotional hiring and they giving exam
the exam is great, if there is no consent decree. So, it's
in rank promotions. So, by the time I get the list, I see
people the first day of class today, we had a lieutenant
class start and I was supposed to talk to them. I'm here,
but we had a little tennis class start today. That would
have been my first day, see the people in the class. So do
the chair. I want to know how many of those African
American.
we got the
We got that. Okay, can I have it please? Yeah, you won't
just a lieutenants that start or you want me to? We got
here.
You want?
You want me to?
You want me to go do it? I can run it down. I got in front
of me. Brian Howell. I'll run down. The promotions that
were took place in 2023. Starting with the I'll start with
the battalion chief, the highest rank on the Fireside.
We've got percentages 3.85 black 11.5, for hispanic 84.62,
white captains,
Shampoo.
Hampton.
Hamptons.
2 /.
Tupac.
2.5% black, 15%, Hispanic 80%, white lieutenants, 4088,
black 4.39 Hispanics, 11.40 Weiss, 83.3 three engineers.
Hey.
Asia.
Asian, .94, black 20.75, Hispanic 18.87 White 59343.
Go.
Going.
Going to e m.
going to EMS, I'd EMS I pair my field Chief we've had
bought 25% black 50%, Hispanic 25% white when was commander
14% black
Is.
Expand.
Hispanic 42.86%, white 42.86% aromatic and charge 15.15
black 3.3 American Indian.
50.
15.15 hispanic white 66.67.
She?
Shut.
Check.
Shake Shack Village. I can go over Shaq with exempt. We
have 33% black 16.67, Hispanic 50% White.
and then,
All promote.
All promotions, cross the board combined. We have Asian at
Point, 89 American Indian at Point 30 black at 11.28. This
Panic 16.022, White 71.51.
Can you?
Did you?
Did you approve?
Did you log provide provide it to us so we can give that to
members? And I guess a question from the, what is the
department doing to diversify? The lieutenants are the are
called the Civil Service class and know you are you as a
commission, have the ability to impact the exam pranks as
is your prerogative. But what's happening
At.
at the, at the up to battalion chief level with with, with
anything in the department cuz that those numbers truly are
not, not only not reflective of the City's population but
the reflective of what anybody in their right mind would
think is, you know,
Will it?
Will again.
Will again, they're going to provide to the numbers are,
have an exam. So we're giving people the opportunity to
study for these exams. We've also reached out to Affinity
groups to ask them to hold study group. That's what we used
to do. We held study groups and invited people to come? It
is volunteering in. These are people who are members of the
department, but off-duty the African-American firefighters
lead. That was their charge holding study groups for the
longest time for all the ranks of the engineers. They had a
good turnout.
The study group.
The study group, I don't know.
Study groups. I don't know about the other groups, how good
it was. But now without a consent decree which was struck
down, last time we have is in rank promotions. There is no
other way the way we got the varsity before with consent.
Decrees
that's,
That's what I.
That's what I'm. So you all are at the point now where you
only can go with snowing in the business is order of
Excellence for all of your promotional opportunities. There
are no if I recalled something called cheese points or any
any way that we don't have any related. We we really did
not want to see the consent decree vacated but it was that
was out of my control that's at a higher level. No longer
here.
so, how do I
So how do we make sure that you all get a descent decree?
Then with that? What I told you. Anyway, anything is ever
change has been legal remedy. That's all I can tell you. So
commissioner is not know that comes from outside, but not
from inside, know, you can meet with the city attorney's
and find out. If, if there is any tea to Pennock Street,
I've tried on the outside, I'll talk to the HR to try to
get a racial study to see if we can get something else done
that never came. That's what Chris someone was here. So
it's like I reached out to the Past attorney. I work with
Evan Hayes, he knows I've sat and talked with him.
Stop.
so, I was blue in the face, trying
I was blue in the face, trying to figure out ways to fix
this, the upright This ship's. Do you know how it feels to
sit in this seat and not be able to control that?
Absolutely. Oh no, I've been doing this for 33 years and
has to sit in the seat and I have no power vs 33 years and
so this
Cheer.
Chairman.
chairman we
chairman with the
chairman with all the,
Chairman with all due respect, why don't we?
DH.
DHR need.
DHR needs to be here and so does and I know she's sitting
back there for us to have a conversation cuz this is not
fair to our community and people say this all the time is
20 of us to sit in these seats that look like you. And I
the thought that every Department in this city is not a
33rd and the 3rd. Cuz that's kind of what this city is says
what we've been doing, what she looks like nothing and so
15 lawsuits against the fire department because of its
racist way it is and we love talking about when it's this
and this that no there is not. Y'all continue to do side
work and in turn we are young black people who want to be
either EMTs or in the fire department and can't because of
the foolishness, it's on how what's going to happen, this?
Clear that even with appendix G and some other items that
there's some work that we all need to do. We also, I think
you also talked about a different path as one as a
paramedic always,
Also, give some more.
Also, give some more gift.
also, give some more gifts from
Also give some more gifts of opportunity to to move into the
department. So I think that out of this conversation that
has to be some work that happens or on behalf of all of us
and I think that the commission is open today. Sounds like
a opsa is open today and I and I think I'll come Friday,
we'll have a commitment from my DHR. And then we as we as a
counseling up the members have to work, work toward work at
work toward making it a reality understanding. What we can
do to help make that a reality. So I and I are staying
committed to do that. So,
And your question.
and your question. Do you want me to do? I want you to
speak your piece? I mean, this is how we get changed, we
don't just don't happen without us. Having these
conversations are trying to move forward on some different
policy. So I'm open to that conversation. I'll talk with
you have until the Pharaohs. Well, he's not here right now.
We'll have a conversation with him because that's why we
exist with policy-making body. So we will see here and pass
a budget and we'll be doing this next year. That's what I'm
not going to do. I'm not signing up for that and I want to,
I want a commitment from all three of them to stay in the
now. Not not two weeks now, not in the New Year, not for
the next, but I want some now cuz if that's okay, and it's
not just with them, it's also with the another problem. So
we we hit is water, bill Thursday.
bring the
Bring.
bring us the only group, I mean the opsa it was more
let,
let's,
let's just
I got work to do.
I got work today and we won't stop it because why are the
fire department if a fire happens, we need them, that's BS.
We continue to do this over and over again and I'm just,
I'm just not interested. I'm just not thank you. Jim, thank
you all the men. All this is out of jail. So I'm curious
about the commissioner, I don't know if you noticed or not,
for sure. So mean, the backs noticed, you sent the city to
one who wanted to drop the consent decree under, I'm not
sure under what mare is that is that correct city? The
city, I guess they got together with the justice department
to drop the consent decree, just a point of information,
not me. Okay, thank you, thank you jamming or middle
school?
They?
take a
They can share my.
Take a German.
Play.
Leaving.
Leaving Commission.
Good evening. Commissioner, I want to talk a little bit
about
equip.
equipped.
Equipment trucks engines. Ambulances are Fleet.
Can.
Can I?
Can I get?
Can I get the cost of what, you know, a pumper and engine
what those are? And then I don't know if it's somebody in
the Box. P.m. how are we on our equipment aging equipment,
replacement of equipment. So we've been working very
closely with a is commissioner Blakemore to try to rectify
a lot of issues with our Fleet. We have an ageing Fleet, I
believe. Now a pumper is about around 800,000 probably a
little bit more because of covid, mean, the backlog of
getting a pumper. Now is almost 3 years. We've even had the
form fireboard by some of our equipment. In addition to
that. The we have things that we're supposed to have that
we don't have yet and I can pass it over to Chief Oquendo a
cheap trailer. Either one of them could comment about the
fleet and the age of the fleet. And you guys, let me say
this. Every time we get a new piece of equipment, we said
something out to the ultimate to say hey this is coming new
to yoga.
You.
you know, so you can put it on
you know, so you can put it out to
You know, so you can put it out to your constituents. So
that's our goal to do that and as soon as we get it we've
been a little bit. Luckier on our ambulances, getting
those, but we're still behind. So I let
good evening, my
Good evening, Michael.
Good evening, Michael can do it just a cheap Logistics,
currently the NFPA 1901 standard. Is there any piece of
Fire Equipment over 15 years? Old should not be in front
line service. Currently 61 of our 997 engines are over 15
years old. That's about 63% of 79%
Emma.
Mehmet Oz.
Ambulances, have a generally have shorter life span looking
at about 10 years before there have to be replaced right
now, twelve of our Frontline, ambulances are 10 years or
older. And one of our ambulances are about 8 years old.
Thank.
Thank you.
thank you, and when we replace equipment,
We?
we get some how
We get some help with with, grant writing and whatnot. What
percentage of our equipment replaced based on efforts
within the department writing grants and get Federal help?
I talked a little bit about the form, fire insurance, board
of which I sit on and how we purchase some vehicles. And
then Bethany to talk about what is the UIC
yet the
Yet there any hand, assistant Commissioner of grants in
homeland security, a majority of our special operations
equipment is all purchased through grants and it provides
us with with with that very important capability, I can get
you specific percentages, if you need need that wood in the
next within the next year, next week, 24, and Beyond them
of our specific purchases that we're looking for that.
We're purchasing through grant funding is to new has
hazardous materials, hazardous materials through f f. I b &
g purchases as well as new SUVs or for our dive team and
through our heads for our Hazmat companies as well. Thank
you.
It's been.
It's been touched on or earlier.
Is.
This.
is the
The soap.
Is opioid crisis, chairman mention the other day? We were
talking about this with another department.
10 time.
Ten times as much.
10 times. As many people died this year of opioid,
overdoses will die by
Gun.
Guns. And it hits every Community. Last January in my
community. We had four individuals, one day, we're out at a
business.
Took.
Took Alyssa.
Took Alyssa drugs, went down.
Ambulance sound.
Ambulance 17 was there in 4 minutes and 20 seconds.
Or lie.
Or lies with.
Or lies were spared or people had a second chance on life.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you for the Chicago Fire Department's response, what
more can we do?
The new.
The you're getting more Narcan out there into communities,
how can we better educate people because those poor were
the exception to the rule of more often than that, people
don't get help in a timely manner.
I can.
I can't do.
I can stop Mary Sheridan or Stephanie, I can remember when
my children were in school, they had officer dare dare not
to do drugs, officer friendly. I think that we try and
educate our teenagers and maybe we have to start educating
our elementary school children, the city. All aspects of
the city are working with our opioid crisis, naloxone is
available in the library's naloxone is available at every
Pharmacy without a prescription. I think it's a
combination.
Where do?
We're going to continue to respond and I think would respond
at over 10,000 overdoses this year alone and we're only
three-quarters of the way through the year, but I think
it's a combination of continuing to work with cdph and our
local schools and pushing our education. Even down to the
level of elementary schools, and making naloxone available
in public spaces, and we actually have a response team with
Jonathan Saints can talk about through the care, the
initiative that responds to opioids.
Disco.
District teacher.
District Chief Jonathan Saints. We have been working for
the last year with the Chicago Department of Public Health
and peers to actually do Post overdose follow-ups. We
identify individuals for a 911 system that were ambulance
response and then we follow up directly with the
neighborhood's. Using a peer recovery. Coaches have been a
proven model throughout the nature because these are people
with lived experience within that community. And within
that experience, we are young in the project at only first
rolled out in February. We only had operational data
starting in the month of June, so we're looking forward to
continuing to evaluate it and see what impact it is having
within our communities. Currently it only runs within the
11th Police District, but we are looking to expand it.
Thank you.
Probably.
Problem busy.
problem businesses where we have late night parties, and I
know this is a police issue, but it's also an issue it in
in many establishments where you have a small footprint,
We?
with a
With only.
With only one entry point and the door isn't going out and
everybody in this room number C2. I have one particular
business in my community, that continues to have illegal
parties, I've talked to some of my colleagues, they
continue to see this. It was something the kind of popped
up with the pandemic.
and I,
I'd like.
I'd like to work with.
I'd like to work with somebody on.
What my?
What more?
What more we can do, how much more aggressive we can get
one of those situations where my concern is. It's not if
but when something tragic happens and in other instances
where I've seen this new staff has been extremely
responsive and I could, I'd like to talk about that. Yes,
of course, he has a task force with building fire and I
think police is in that Cynthia you could keep hearing from
fire, prevention, can tell you a little bit about that when
we participate with the task force. So yes, we are still do
your hair and Deputy fire. Commissioner fire prevention
Bureau
Yes.
yes, all the
Yes, ottoman. We
Yes ottoman. We are a part of the collective group that
address is overcrowding and illegal parties and we know
that it is something an issue that has a problem that has
grown since the pandemic are, we are always willing and
then certainly operative in addressing it. When we, we have
those parties occur and we are notified, we respond with
the building department. The police department, shut it
down, and keep it closed until it goes to court. The owner
has to be responsible for having using the building out of
its coded use. We also have what we call weekend Duty,
where I have a fire prevention, inspectors out monitoring
and all of the wards to for that specific purpose to
address illegal parties overcrowding issue so that we can
try to get a handle on it and make sure we respond to it so
that we can minimize the effect of its overall, which is on
say was dealing with the safety issue. So we are operative
and dealing with
That we're going.
That we regress.
That we're aggressive. And
that we're aggressive and I
That we're aggressive in our efforts to continue to control
it and monitor it and will continue to do that until we get
it under control. And we're willing off again to work with
the other entities police and buildings which we have been.
I think it's been a very effective Cooperative effort.
Thank you, I'll follow up last.
I got a cup.
I got a couple School.
I got a couple schools in my ward that your staff has gone
above and beyond making sure they visit established
relationship with these young kids.
Where,
Merry.
Mary was just talkin about a version of it, but I think
it's so important. Especially when, when you guys visit you
come with smoke detectors. I appreciate that. And I hope
that she's shorter can continue to visit some of those
schools in the Morgan Park section of my ward.
Pick.
because,
It goes well.
It goes a long way to everybody in the Box until all the
men and women out there looking after us tonight. Thank you
for missioner.
that you're
that you are a man of
That you ottoman, ottoman Gutierrez by the alderman.
Curtis, are you
Handkerchief.
Ankita Sharma.
English German.
I just want to.
I just want to thank you all for the great job you guys do
I was fortunate and blessed to be part of the firefighter
for a day.
In.
An.
and,
And I would always admire your job, but after that day and
how heavy is equipment and up and down the stairs and
Ladder and all of that that takes courage, commitment, and
love for what you do.
and,
And I do what?
And I do want to come and I know no system is perfect. I
know there's room for improvement. I know we're going to
continue to work together.
I will let.
I will never put in.
I will never put in fingers. I would always be here for you
all.
If we.
if we need to go to,
If we need to go to our high schools in the 14 Ward, if we
need to knock on doors, it wanted to do any type of work
out there. I'm ready? My staff and my community and every
single chicagoan lets you
do play.
so please let me
So please let me know how can we collaborate and again, all
my love and respect. Thank you.
Thank you all. Have a good.
Thank you Autumn Gutierrez. Autumn Curtis.
Thank you.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you jamming again to make sure you do. This is one of
my favorite departments also.
I think.
I think that people,
I think that police and fire, I treat both as you the
military because when you come on this job you sacrifice
your life that day. And then, as I feel all of my
colleagues, if you haven't been through the firefighter for
the day, you need to go through it. So you can understand
just a little bit. What they go through day in and day out
on behalf of the black fire brigade.
Can.
Can I have the?
Can I have a definite?
Can I definitely can speak for them because I have been a
part of him for the past five years. I want to thank
everyone here today because of the two hours that we sat
here
Old.
Over.
Over 80 per-cent. And that's a great percentage Altima
Taylor. That's a, that's the only great percentage that we
talked about diversity and we have to do something about it
and then like she said, we all need to do that. And and I'm
willing to start with that with TSA next week because when
it came down to appendix G, you know, no one knew where to
go with it. We have to get an attorney and go through the
process. I know it's very difficult for you. Commissioner
are going back either to the museum or to the Brigade and
all of your old colleagues that you came on the job with,
they jump on you about the same thing. I know it because I
see it.
Again.
Again, this is great. I do want to say this in the end, it's
in this and it is sad because
Did.
They have been.
They have been over 500. Students been through the black
fire brigade and all of them wasn't black. They had a
couple white and Hispanic
old.
Over.
Over 90% of them are working but they're working in the
suburbs, whether they working with the police department or
Ambulance Service, we have some that University of Chicago.
In the emergency room is awesome. I still believe that is
one of the number one crime prevention programs in the city
of Chicago is just sad and I believe us as a body could
change that. Maybe we can make a preference because if the
suburbs can pick them up and and their qualifications means
something, I don't see why the city can't do it. I don't
know why we can make a training program like that a
preference for the city of Chicago, and I'm willing to do
all I can for that also.
It's been a great disgust.
It's been a great discussion and and I call them and tell
them I hear all the time because regardless to what the
situation she is going to be on the right side. Even though
she's going to be really, really compassionate about it. So
I applaud her for that and I appreciate everything that you
guys do and and wherever I could be a help with the fire
department. I am there for you and again, I want to really
get working with is it's it's time out that we stop talking
about what we should do in in blaming other people. We got
to make it happen or working with a PSA and and the fire
department, get the people in the room, including the
mayor's office and make this happen.
So much.
So much Jay.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you for all the mccurtis. I think we've everyone has
had an opportunity to ask questions. Hear what I will say
is this the definitely some historic issues that I haven't
had gone unaddressed. And I do believe that we definitely
are in a position to work toward addressing these issues.
So I'm glad to hear that the commissioner
How old is interested?
How old is interested in the world?
How old is interested in working with us on this, as well as
commissioner Walker. I'm sorry at the director Walker and
so are we will put the pieces of that together and move
forward with something? All the more quickly before you
close out. And I know the commissioner will answer the
difference between opioid and people using cocaine and if
they overdose what are we doing about that?
How old?
How old is Ben Moore? You know, I am afraid that people may
think they're using cocaine or prescription drugs and
they're actually ingesting Sentinel. So Sentinel is so
pervasive and it it's a much stronger form of opioid than
heroin and is causing the majority of our deaths today. But
The.
The The Sentinel has invaded, the processing of other drugs
that no is present in cocaine that no present in what
appeared to be prescription drugs. And we don't, we don't
differentiate the, the hospitals. Sometimes will do a drug
toxicology screen to determine what drugs are patient, has
ingested.
Unpause.
Unfortunate.
Unfortunately, the medical examiner is doing the most, the
largest number of those drug toxicology. And it's very rare
that any person who dies of an overdose that passes through
the Cook County, Medical Examiner has only ingested, One
Drug the, the drug toxicology from the, from the patients
who have died of suspected drug overdose is usually a poly
drug overdose or maybe cocaine there, maybe ecstasy there,
maybe prescription narcotics, but
Men.
Many May.
Many many.
Many, many, the large percentage of our death by overdose
are involving Fentanyl and often times, the person taking
the drug does not suspect that the Board of Health and
Night Ministry. Some of the other ngos are providing
education and test strips so that the user can test their
drugs to see if there is fentanyl present.
I, I
Think they?
Think that?
Think that we will will continue to respond. We're working
with police, we record all of our suspected opioid
overdoses, with a National Database, called OD mapping.
and we,
And we're hoping that by contributing information to that
database it's going to help law enforcement pursue and
stopped. And we certainly worked very closely with local
law enforcement when we were notified or when we see a
suspected Spike and Drug overdoses, we're communicating
with your EMC, they're communicating with police and trying
to get those drugs off the street. I think you should aim
for letting me ask that last question, I appreciate it.
Thank you, Sharon Dale to thank everybody for everything,
so in my, in my haste, to defend you up there. So I can
clarify a bunch of things, but there was one thing I
didn't. I didn't mention this something that really bug me
and I'm not putting words in the Commissioners maldor, the
first Deputy, or anybody else? Maybe, maybe some of you are
from the suburbs. That always bothers me when people from
the suburbs, get these jobs in the city as opposed to our
own people. So I fought really, really hard in this 2022
exam.
At least somewhat of a preference. We got to eat.
At least somewhat of a preference. We got 85% preference,
which I don't know, 85% came with her City preference. So
that's another important thing that people from our city.
Get this job is opposed to people from the suburbs or even
where she had for about a state. My nephew got the job
couple years ago and I love them but I guess where my
nephew and everliving is like anybody know, never lived in
the city. So so we need to work on that chill. Especially
if you want to get your numbers, people are they looking
for better numbers? I mean, cuz we know where the city is a
third, a third, a third. If it, if there's a city
preference that certainly going to help things. But Dad
said, thank you all for everything. I appreciate y'all.
Thank you, chairman.
We will.
We will thanks everyone in the Game Commission to thank you
for all the days that you all do. While I know we have some
challenges. I do know that everyone here is committed to
trying to help work and saw if you don't sound too. So I
can thank each and every one of you here. In the end the
welding in the box for your service. They say what can we
do stand it is 2:10 a.m. tomorrow.