As Dr. Yood has noted, the Dec. 3 agenda is somewhat bland. There is no listing for the appointment of someone to fill the Citywide at-large vacancy for December. Perhaps it will emerge as a new item at the regular meeting on Dec. 10.
One item of interest is a pitch from Public Safety Director Martin Hellwig for a police accreditation process.
The goal of accreditation for the Police Division dates back to June 2008 (see Plaintalker post here). Now the City Council will consider Monday a request to hire a consultant to carry out the process.
Public Safety Director Martin Hellwig plans to seek use of $83,094 from a Special Law Enforcement Trust Fund to cover all costs, which include a $47,000 consulting fee to Rodgers Group, a $6,000 registration fee with the accrediting agency and associated software costs.
Plainfield has $405,946 in a Special Law Enforcement Trust Fund and Hellwig is asking permission from Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow to use $83,094 of it for the accreditation.
Other police-related items are two grants dating back to 2009. One is for $61,298 to purchase two new sports utility vehicles and the other is for $13,247 to equip them with emergency lighting , sirens and prisoner transport equipment. Last month, grants for 2010 and 2011, totaling 122,359, were approved. Hellwig called that delay an "oversight."
The council will also consider an item to return $195,000 in various unused funds to surplus. The total includes salary and wage amounts of $10,000 for Information Technology, $10,000 for Recreation and $30,000 for Inspections, as well as $30,000 from the "other expense" line for administrative services and $75,000 for an unused matching grant.
To view the complete agenda, click here.
--Bernice
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