Southern Police Commission
Monthly Meeting
June 3, 2009
A public meeting of the Southern Police Commission
was held on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at the New Freedom Borough Council
Chambers, 49 East High Street, New Freedom PA 17349.
Those present: Richard Buchanan
Chairman, John Peters Commissioner, Edward Molinsky Commissioner, Jeff
Joy Commissioner, John LaMartina
Commissioner, Commissioner James Reedy, Edward Tinder Commissioner, and
Solicitor Chuck Patterson.
Those absent:
Larry Flemmens Vice Chairman, James C. Childs Chief of Police and
Ronald McCullough Commissioner.
Chairman Richard Buchanan called the
meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Three people were present but had no
comments at this time.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MAY 6, 2009
Chairman Richard Buchanan asked for a motion to
approve the minutes of May 6, 2009, Commissioner Edward Molinsky made a
motion to approve the minutes after the section about the D.A.R.E.
Program is reinstated.
Commissioner Jeff Joy seconded the motion, motion carried.
REVIEW OF EXPENDITURES FOR MAY 2009
After members reviewed the expenditures
from May, Commissioner Edward Molinsky made a motion to approve checks
6578 through 6581 (which were not voided as stated in April’s minutes
also checks 6580 and 6581 were also incorrectly noted as 6980 and 6981
in April’s minutes) and checks 6599 through 6646 and expenditures
totaling $123,648.45.
Commissioner John Peters seconded that motion, motion carried.
CHAIRMAN’S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Chairman Richard Buchanan corresponded with Robert
Miller the representative from the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union in regards to the information
that the Union requested for contract negotiations.
Chairman Richard Buchanan announced
that July’s meeting will be held on the 15th because of New
Freedom’s carnival which is scheduled for June 29th through
July 4th.
POLICE CHIEF’S REPORT:
Chief James Childs had a prior
commitment so Chairman Richard Buchanan reviewed the monthly police
report.
During the month of April 2009 Officers
responded to 96 calls in Shrewsbury, 101 calls in New Freedom, 25 calls
at the Southern York County School District, 56 calls in Glen Rock, 8
calls in Railroad and 5 calls outside our jurisdiction.
During the month of April 448.08 hours were spent
in Shrewsbury, 275.16 were spent in New Freedom, 72.08 were spent in the
school district, 168.08 hours were spent in Glen Rock, 23.50 hours were
spent in Railroad and 2.15 hours were spent outside our jurisdiction.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
No committee reports.
FINANCE AND BUDGET
Chairman Richard Buchanan reported that the new vehicle
is paid for and will be arriving sometime in July.
SOLICITOR’S REPORT
Solicitor Patterson had nothing to report.
OLD BUSINESS
Chairman Richard Buchanan reviewed the
Plan Document Exclusions from Intergovernmental Insurance Cooperative.
These exclusions are as follows:
Unlawful Acts for treatment of
an injury or illness which a contributing cause was the covered person’s
commission of a felony.
Never Events when surgery is
performed on a wrong body part, wrong patient or wrong surgery on a
patient. In these cases the
hospital and/or doctor are not allowed to bill the patient.
Gastric Bypass Surgery a
$2,000.00 co-pay will be applied for this procedure.
After
some discussion regarding the Hazardous Hobby Exclusion it was decided
not to include that in the exclusions.
Commissioner Edward Tinder made a motion to incorporate the
above-mentioned exclusions to the health insurance policy.
Commissioner John Peters seconded that motion, motion carried.
Commissioner Jeff Joy requested the
list for the items to be sold by the police department.
NEW BUSINESS
Chairman Richard Buchanan read a letter from New Freedom
Borough regarding Glen Rock Borough’s intent to withdraw from the police
department. This letter
requests that Glen Rock give their intent to remain a member, purchase
services or withdraw completely by October 1, 2009.
After some discussion Commissioner Edward Tinder made a motion
for Glen Rock Borough to give their intent by July 1, 2010 to remain a
member, purchase services or withdraw completely.
If Glen Rock decides to purchase services they must give a dollar
figure by September 15, 2010.
Commissioner John LaMartina seconded that motion, motion carried.
Commissioner Jeff Joy advised that
because of the new open records law that the police department should
have a policy outlining the guidelines.
Solicitor Patterson recommended that because most police reports
involve confidentiality that most of their reports would not subject to
the opens records law. He
also recommended waiting to see what the trends are before making a
policy. Commissioner Edward
Molinsky made a motion to appoint Chief Childs the public records
officer and in his absence, Lieutenant Boddington would be the public
records officer.
Commissioner Jeff Joy seconded that motion, motion carried.
Lucy Cadwallader reported that Glen
Rock Borough is offering CPR classes June 16th and 17th.
They need at least 6 people to attend and so far only two people
have signed up. If anyone is
interested please contact the borough office.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
An executive session to discuss contract negotiations
8:10 p.m. and ended at 8:24 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Commissioner John
LaMartina, seconded by Commissioner John Peters to adjourn at 8:25 p.m.,
motion carried.
Respectfully submitted and recorded by
Patricia Ann Miller
Administrative Assistant
