WHETHER THEY FIND IT. I MEAN, IF IT'S IN THE WINDOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU
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GOTTA DO IS YOU GOT TO PULL ALL THE TRIM AROUND ALL THE WINDOWS. YEP. NO QUESTION. WE'LL CALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER. MIKE PROBABLY ALREADY HAS THE ROLL CALL. GOTTA WAKE[a. 2025-1463 – DISTRICT ATTORNEY RE: APPROVAL OF THE REALLOCATION OF GRADE FOR THE TITLE COURT REPORTER ]
HIM UP FIRST. THANK YOU. FIRST UP IS DOCKET 2025 1463, AN APPROVAL OF A REALLOCATION OF GRADE FOR THE TITLE COURT REPORTER. AND I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ME. MY NAME IS NICHOLAS FLETCHER. I'M AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THE DA COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT, SO HE APOLOGIZED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS DOCKET A LITTLE BIT? SURE. SO RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE ONE ONE GRAND JURY, COURT STENOGRAPHER. WE'RE HAVING INCREASED PRESSURE FROM WE'RE HAVING AN INCREASE IN LITIGATION IN RELATION TO GETTING GRAND JURY MINUTES TO THE COUNTY COURT IN A TIMELY FASHION, HAVING ONLY ONE HAVING ONLY ONE GRAND JURY STENOGRAPHER IS IMPACTING OUR ABILITY TO PROSECUTE CASES IN A TIMELY FASHION. AND IT MAY LEAD TO DISMISSALS IF WE DON'T COME UP TO WITH A SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION. LAST YEAR WE LOST AN WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL APPLY, GET READY TO ACCEPT THE POSITION AND ENDED UP LEAVING TO GO TO THE STATE. SO THIS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTY COURT OR THE COURTHOUSE OBVIOUSLY HAS STENOGRAPHERS THROUGH THE STATE SYSTEM. THEIR SALARY IS MORE COMPETITIVE. SO THEIR STARTING SALARIES IS ABOUT $77,000. AND THEN IT QUICKLY GOES TO 86, 87,000. AND THEN AFTER THAT THERE'S A SENIOR POSITION WHERE THEY CAN MAKE OVER 102,000. SO WE'RE REQUESTING A CHANGE IN OUR IN OUR SALARY STRUCTURE TO AT LEAST BECOME A LITTLE MORE COMPETITIVE AGAINST THE WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO BE A STENOGRAPHER FOR THE FOR THE STATE, OR TO BE A GRAND JURY STENOGRAPHER FOR US. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? MR. NEWTON, HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT. LATER IN STEP TWO BEYOND STEP ONE? ARE THERE THERE ARE THERE'S ONE INDIVIDUAL. AND I ACTUALLY WAS HAVING THAT CONVERSATION THIS MORNING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT ADJUSTED THE I CAN ANSWER THAT. THE THERE IS ONLY ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL IN THIS TITLE. I DON'T I THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I BELIEVE SHE IS ACTUALLY OFF STEP. SO IT WILL IMPACT HER. BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IF A PERSON, IF THEY'RE ON STEP, THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN THAT SAME STEP INTO THE NEW GRADE. AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK SHE'S ACTUALLY OFF STEP. AND THE WAY THAT WE HANDLE THAT IS WE CALCULATE THE PERCENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OLD SALARY AND THE NEW SALARY AT THE LAST STEP, AND APPLY THAT INCREASE TO HER. SO SHE WILL GET THE BENEFIT OF THIS INCREASE AS WELL. BUT IT IS ONLY ONE OTHER POSITION, SOMETHING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. PRETTY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WITH BEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? THE DOCKET PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 1374, A SUPPLEMENTAL[b. 2025-1374 – DISTRICT ATTORNEY RE: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $200,000.00 TO A 1165 1165.495-160 – OTHER EXPENSE GRANT FUNDED EXPENDITURES (DISTRICT ATTORNEY) ]
APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 TO A 1165 1165 .4951 60 OTHER EXPENSE GRANT FUNDED EXPENDITURES FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT? LATE LAST YEAR, WE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE STATE TO COMBAT FENTANYL AND ASSISTED FENTANYL PROSECUTION AND INVESTIGATIONS.THAT WAS A GRANT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE. WE DID NOT HAVE TO APPLY FOR. THAT WAS A MONEY THAT CAME IN KIND OF UNEXPECTEDLY. SO WE APPROPRIATED $100,000 OF IT LAST YEAR, AND THAT WENT TO OFFSET TAXPAYER COSTS FOR PROSECUTION, AS WELL AS ASSISTING LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES WITH EQUIPMENT SPECIFIED SPECIFICALLY FOR FENTANYL INVESTIGATIONS, NARCOTIC INVESTIGATIONS WITH FENTANYL. WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS TO THEN ALLOCATE THE REMAINING $200,000 TO ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE GOING TO WE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT. SO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UTICA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE ROME POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE GOING TO WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO PURCHASE AN UPDATED TRUNARC SYSTEM, WHICH ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS OFFICERS THE ABILITY TO TEST NARCOTICS WITHOUT COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE ITEM. OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FENTANYL, THAT CAN BE IT COULD BE INGESTED IN THE HUMAN BODY JUST BY TOUCH. SO THIS TECHNOLOGY INCREASES THE SAFETY OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS ALLOWS US TO HAVE REACT IN A MORE TIMELY FASHION TO INFORMATION, BECAUSE WE GET QUICK RESPONSES AS TO WHAT THE NARCOTIC OR SUSPECTED NARCOTIC IS. AND THAT'S EXPENSIVE, EXPENSIVE SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE. FOR THOSE AGENCIES. WE ARE OTHER. WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO PURCHASE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR MOBILE DEVICE FORENSICS. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BUY ADDITIONAL PACKAGES TO HELP WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, CELL PHONE DOWNLOADS. SO IF WE HAVE AN
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OVERDOSE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SUCCUMBED TO AN OVERDOSE, WE WILL TAKE THEIR PHONES, DOWNLOAD THAT AND TRY AND DETERMINE WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN TO DEVELOP LEADS TO FURTHER PROSECUTIONS.AND INDIVIDUAL WHO MAY BE DISTRIBUTING FENTANYL. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO PURCHASE COVERT SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT THAT'S A LITTLE MORE UPDATED THAN THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT IN USE. AND THEN WE ARE TRYING TO OFFSET SOME OF THE INVESTIGATIVE COSTS SPECIFICALLY FOR FENTANYL.
AWESOME. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? WITH BEING NONE WILL TAKE THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025
[c. 2025-1261 – PROBATION RE: APPROVAL OF AN INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, AND THE CITY OF UTICA, THROUGH ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT ]
1261, AN APPROVAL OF AN INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION AND THE CITY OF UTICA THROUGH ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT. HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT? I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT? YES. THIS IS THE JUVENILE AID GRANT THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW. THEY JUST UPPED IT TO 6000. WE GO OUT USUALLY ONCE A WEEK. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR OFFICERS GO WITH SOMEBODY FROM THE UTICA POLICE DEPARTMENT, JUVENILE AID DIVISION ON OUR CASES. SO THEY GO OUT, MAKE HOME VISITS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S IN COMPLIANCE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE WITH BEING NONE? WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED[d. 2025-1320 – PROBATION RE: CERTIFICATION OF SECTION 606 EXPENSES FOR THE ONEIDA COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT ]
DOCKET PASSES. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 1320 CERTIFICATION OF SECTION 606 EXPENSES FOR ONEIDA COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT? YEAH, THOSE ARE WHENEVER SOMEBODY COMMITS A CRIME WITHIN THE STATE PRISON FACILITY LOCATED IN ONEIDA COUNTY. WE HAVE TO DO THE PRE-SENTENCE INVESTIGATIONS. SO THEN WE SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? WOULD BE NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025
[e. 2025-1266 – EMERGENCY SERVICES RE: APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ]
1266, AN APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.OKAY, THIS ONE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT ONE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE ON THERE. IS THIS THE 1266, 1266 FOR THE IS IT FOR THE 182 DOMESTIC TERRORISM? YEAH. OKAY.
THIS IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE 2022 EXECUTIVE ORDER 18 FROM GOVERNOR HOCHUL THAT HAD EVERY.
COUNTY MANDATED THEY BEGIN A THREAT ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM. SO ALONG WITH THAT, THEY ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR ALL OF THE COUNTIES TO DO THAT. AND THE AMOUNT OF $172,413, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC. IT GOES TO SALARY RIGHT NOW. OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR DAN EPLER, HEADS THAT TEAM UP. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE OFFSET ANY TIME THAT HE SPENDS FOR SALARY AND THE SALARY OF THE OTHER PEOPLE. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT SHERIFFS THAT ALSO ARE ON THAT TEAM AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR. THAT'S FINE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE? WITH BEING NONE? WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED DOCKET PASSES. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 1257, AN APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN
[f. 2025-1257 – TRAFFIC SAFETY RE: APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY/STOP DWI PROGRAM, AND VARIOUS POLICE AGENCIES ]
ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY STOP DWI PROGRAM AND VARIOUS POLICE AGENCIES. YEP. DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE THAT IS, I KNOW THERE'S TWO COMING UP. ONE IS THE DWI ENFORCEMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY FUNDED NOT ONLY THROUGH THE BUDGET, BUT THROUGH THE FINES THEY COME THROUGH FROM THE COURTS THAT IS ALLOCATED TO THE WILLING PARTICIPANT AGENCIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTED ON A. PERFORMANCE BASIS. SO BASICALLY, THE LAST TWO QUARTERS OF LAST YEAR AND THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR DICTATES EXACTLY WHAT EACH AGENCY WILL BE GETTING. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DWI IS DIVIDED INTO THAT DOLLAR VALUE, WHICH GIVES EACH INDIVIDUAL DWI A VALUE, AND THEN EACH INDIVIDUAL AGENCY THAT'S PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM GETS THAT PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF MONEY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET WOULD BE NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED DOCKET PASSES.[g. 2024-0883 – EMERGENCY SERVICES RE: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES MARKETING CORP., INC. ]
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BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES MARKETING CORP, INCORPORATED. THIS IS TO CONTINUE PAYMENT TO WHAT WE CALL I AM RESPONDING OR I. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT'S A MESSAGING SERVICE THAT WE BEGAN BACK IN 2013. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PUSHES OUT THE INFORMATION TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS LIKE YOU'LL HEAR SAY THEY'VE BEEN TONED OUT WHEN THEY'RE TONED OUT. THAT SENDS THE MESSAGE TO ALL OF THE PAGERS AND ALL OF THE CELL PHONES FROM THE MEMBERS OF THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A CALL BACK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DURING THAT RESPONSE, WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO SEND OUT MESSAGES TO ALL OF THE OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PAID SERVICES, THAT THEY NEED A CALL BACK. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? WOULD BE NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.[h. 2024-1036 – TRAFFIC SAFETY RE: APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY/STOP DWI PROGRAM, AND VARIOUS POLICE AGENCIES ]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED DOCKET PASSES. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2024 1036, AN APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY STOP DWI PROGRAM AND VARIOUS POLICE AGENCIES. THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY FOR HIGH VISIBILITY. THE GOVERNOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ACTUALLY ALLOCATES MONEY FOR VARIOUS COUNTIES. AND WHAT THIS WILL BE IS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF. CAMPAIGNS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ONE OF THEM IS LIKE AT THANKSGIVING, NEW YEAR'S, SUPER BOWL. AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS FOR IS EACH INDIVIDUAL AGENCY TO PUT EXTRA PATROLS OUT TO NOT ONLY COMBAT STOP DWI, BUT AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, SEATBELT TICKETS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS IS ALSO A PERFORMANCE BASED ALLOCATION THAT WE DO. ONCE AGAIN, ALL OF THE VARIOUS TICKETS THAT ARE WRITTEN DURING THOSE CAMPAIGNS ARE DIVIDED INTO THE TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE. THEY GET A, THEY GET A SUBSEQUENT VALUE THEMSELVES, AND EACH INDIVIDUAL AGENCY GETS THE AMOUNT BASED ON WHAT THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS FOR THE PRIOR YEAR. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE? MR. WATERMAN? QUICK QUESTION THAT REALLY DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT. BUT WE KNOW ALL THIS FUNDING COMES FROM THE DWI. YOU KNOW, THAT THEY THEY HANDLE. AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM. HAVE WE SEEN A DECREASE IN THE DWI TO WHERE THE FUNDING IS DECREASED? YEAH, NOT ONLY THE DECREASE IN THE DWI, BUT ACTUALLY OVER THE YEARS THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN DIFFICULTY IN RECEIVING THE FINE MONEY, NOT ONLY IN A TIMELY FASHION, BUT JUST TO FIND MONEY THEMSELVES. IT'S ONE OF THOSE VICIOUS CIRCLES WHERE SOMEBODY DOESN'T PAY THEIR FINE. YOU ISSUE A WARRANT, THEY GET ARRESTED. IT'S THE TYPE OF THING, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY PAY THEIR FINES. SO YOU NEVER SEE THAT MONEY FROM THE FINE MONEY COMING INTO PLAY. IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THAT TO COME THROUGH. BUT THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION IN THE DWI OVERALL. THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN A REDUCTION IN DWI, WHICH IS SORT OF THAT DOUBLE EDGED SWORD BECAUSE THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO KILL ITSELF. IN A WAY, THE LESS DWI YOU HAVE, THE LESS FINES YOU HAVE, WHICH YOU HAVE LESS MONEY.OKAY. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET, MR. JULIAN? HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO MR. WARREN'S. COULD THAT BE TECHNOLOGY RELATED WITH LIKE, THINGS LIKE WAZE APPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT SHOW THAT THESE ROADBLOCKS ARE UP AHEAD? THERE'S A POSSIBILITY. I DON'T HAVE ANY STATISTICAL DATA ON THAT. I CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO ERIC TOWNSEND ON THAT TO SEE IF HE HAS ANY STATISTICAL DATA ON THAT. WOULDN'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD OR I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD.
RIGHT. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD GET THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL SAY IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR THE PATROL. MANY TIMES YOU DON'T SEE THE ROADBLOCKS THAT'S BEING FUNDED AS ROADBLOCKS. YOU SEE IT AS ADDITIONAL PATROL WORK. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD AFFECT IT THAT MUCH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S A ROADBLOCK UP HERE, AVOID THIS ROADBLOCK. IT'S REALLY IT'S ROVING PATROLS THAT ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR VARIOUS OTHER VIOLATIONS. AND ONCE THEY STOP THAT PERSON, THEY EVALUATE IT FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES. MOTION TO ADJOURN.
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