01-14-20 Public Safety MinutesOtsego Public Safety Commission Meeting
Date: 01/14/2020
Time: 183o hours
Call to order: 1837
Roll Call: Mayor Jessica Stockamp and Council Members Jason Warehime and Corey Tanner
Commissioners:
Chairman Bill Abderhalden
Vice -Chair Dan Freiberg
Paul Fields
Jim Breitbach
John Braun
Vern Heidner
Greg Hubbard - excused
David Greeman - excused
Public Safety Officials:
Deputy Jason Oltmanns- WCSO
Chief Mark Dickinson- ERFD
Chief Brad Feist- RFD
Steve Dittberner- ER Ambulance
Brian Nord- Allina
1. Approve Agenda: Motioned by Bill Abderhalden and seconded by Jim Breitbach. Approved unani-
mously
z. Approve meeting minutes from November 13, zozo. Motioned by Bill Abderhalden and seconded
by Dan Freiberg. Approved Unanimously.
3. Open forum
Updates:
Elk River Fire Department - Mark Dickinson
-Had 457 calls in 2019 with 105 to Otsego. Roughly 8o related to fires
-8 Structure fires in Otsego for 2019
Elk River Ambulance
-115 Calls with 74 transports in 4th quarter of 2019
-Experiencing approximately a 2:45 minute delay from WC dispatch to Allina
-Elk River Ambulance is willing to post a unit in Otsego pending a facility to house the unit and crew.
Albertville Fire Department-
-Not Present
Rogers Fire Department
-Switched to a new fire reporting software
-Had two mutual aid calls to Otsego for structure fires in December
Wright County Sheriff's Office
-Deputy Jason Oltmanns will be replacing Deputy Thole's shift.
Allina Ambulance
-Put an extra unit out between io:oo AM and io:oo PM for weekdays to support extra demand
Old business:
New business:
-April PSC meeting will discuss fire station study results.
Next meeting
*Februaryii, 2020
Prepared by: Bill Abderhalden