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City of Tukwila
City Council Public Safety Committee
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
April 16, 2018 - 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall
Councilmembers: Kathy Hougardy, Chair; Dennis Robertson, Thomas McLeod
Staff: David Cline, Rick Mitchell, Jay Wittwer, William Rodal, Laurel Humphrey
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Hougardy called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I. ANNOUNCEMENT
II. BUSINESS AGENDA
A. Memorandum of Understanding: Police Department and U.S. Postal Service
Staff is seeking Council approval of a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States
Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) to formalize a cooperative effort for narcotics enforcement
actions associated with the Postal Interdiction and Narcotics Task Force (PINT). This will allow
the Police Department to provide narcotics detection K-9 services to the postal distribution
center located in Tukwila. The USPIS will reimburse the city for any overtime wages/benefits
that may incur from task force activities from its $17,000 budget. The PINT will process any
packages seized as a result of task force operations and in the event of federal forfeiture, the
City of Tukwila is entitled to equitable sharing of proceeds. Apollo, the City's narcotics K-9, will
work this detail on his day off and his primary duties will not be impacted. UNANIMOUS
APPROVAL. FORWARD TO MAY 7, 2018 REGULAR CONSENT AGENDA.
B. Fire Department Apparatus Equipment Purchase
Staff is seeking Council approval to purchase outfitting equipment in an amount not to exceed
$235,000.00 for the two Fire engines and ladder truck approved by Council in February 2018.
Existing department inventory will be transferred to the new apparatus if it is still serviceable.
The Committee asked for this item to return with expanded detail on the requested equipment
and costs per apparatus. RETURN TO COMMITTEE.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Chair Hougardy would like the Public Safety Committee to continue reviewing the Public Safety Plan
Program Management Quality Assurance monthly report, which will always be in the Regular
Meeting packet for the same date. Councilmembers and staff reviewed the report. Councilmember
Robertson said that the Finance Committee does not expect to be ready with a recommendation on
overall financing in early May, as it has requested a six-year financial plan before committing to any
strategies. Total cost of site acquisitions will not be known until each process is complete.
Public Safety Committee Minutes April 16, 2018
Councilmember Robertson asked if there was a work plan for the 2018 Public Safety Committee. The
Council Analyst manages work plans for all four committees, scheduling periodic updates as
requested. Chair Hougardy requested that the work plan be added to the next Committee meeting
agenda.
Adjourned 6:10 p.m.
Committee Chair Approval