Officer's Report at Neillsville City Council Meeting
Monday, July 20th, 2020 -- 11:15 AM
-The Neillsville City Council heard the Officer’s Report at their meeting last week.Chief of Police Jim Mankowski reported on June 2020 complaints, citations, warnings, investigations and business checks. The background check on Hunter Imm is complete and he will be starting full-time training on July 17th. He met with Park Place Mobile Home Community management and reviewed their action plan criteria for tenants/owners and homes. He checked with other communities on parking permits and fees, focusing on businesses first, raising permit fees, limiting the number of permits a business or individual can get and development of an application to gather contact information. An alderman stated that allowing people to park for $5 per month is cheap and they are having people using the parking lots for storage, vehicles have flat tires and are unlicensed. Discussion followed on updating the ordinance and raising parking permit fees. Fire Chief Matt Meyer reported on the Second Quarter 2020. The Department responded to 11 calls (9-Rural: 2 down power lines, missing boater, body recovery, 2 cancelled enroute, car rollover and 2 mutual aid to Granton; 2-City: an apartment fire and LP relief valve).
They also installed storage shelving and replaced the service door at the Fire Hall; updating the Smokey Bear sign; hose testing is completed; toured the new hospital construction before sheet rock was installed; live propane burn training; attended quarterly Community Fire Hall and Rural Fire Association meetings. He stated the city’s equipment is in good shape. The City’s trucks are in good condition; however, the 1978 International is 42 years old and they need to start looking at replacing it) and the 1995 Freightliner is 25 years old. The cost of a new fire truck is in the $350,000 to $400,000 range. Finally, he stated the Fire Department is still planning their annual steak feed in October. The City Clerk reported on receiving a certified letter from the Wisconsin Professional Police Association opening contract negotiations for the Neillsville Professional Police Association and the Second Quarter 2020 City Financial statements.
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