Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Chief Disbennett said city employees wouldn't be happy with him if they lost raises because of him.
The Brentwood Board of Aldermen are working on finalizing the city's 2013 budget, and one consideration is whether or not to include additional police officers. Chief of Police Steve Disbennett said he wanted three more patrol officers, but in a later meeting said he didn't want extra hires to come from funds slated for city employee raises. "The employees of this city would not be happy with me, knowing that they lost a merit raise based on the fact that we hired employees," he said at the Nov. 15 Public Safety Committee meeting. He said merit raises and additional officers should be separate issues. To back up his assertion for more officers, Disbennett compared Brentwood to Durango, CO. He said Durango has a population of 17,000 but has…
Monday, November 26, 2012
Chief Disbennett said when a resident calls for an officer, she can't choose the fittest one to come.
Brentwood Police Chief Steve Disbennett wants all officers in the force to pass a fitness test to do the job. At the Nov. 15 Public Safety Committee meeting he said 18 area departments have expressed an interest in a physical fitness standard. Disbennett said a test might be an officer, sitting in a car, would get out, run 100 yards and hop over a fence. “It’s an agility test,” he said. “When somebody calls us on the phone they don’t ask for the most fit guy to come, they get a police officer.” He said the cost to the city would be $1,000 for just the patrol officers or $3,000 for all ranks, and the cost would be covered by drug enforcement acquisitions. He said SLAIT, the insurance group the city belongs to, and the St. Louis Police …
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Alderman Anthony Harper doesn't like city vehicles used for a personal use.
A Brentwood paramedic used a city ambulance to go watch his daughter play volleyball at St. Mary Magdalen, alderman and Public Safety Committee member Anthony Harper said. The Public Safety Committee discussed firefighters and police officers using city vehicles to go to sporting events, QuikTrip, a drive-through or home, as a result of that use of a city vehicle, at their meeting on Thursday. Human Resources Manager Julie Echols said when the committee determines what qualifies as an approved city event, then a policy can be written. She said it’s covered in the handbook now, but it’s vague. She researched other communities, and said Frontenac and Clayton encourage their crews to go out and participate in community events. Harper agreed …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
A truck bought in 2002 would be put into reserve.
Brentwood Fire Department’s every-day pumper truck is close to 10 years old. Fire Chief Ted Jury is requesting that the city replace it with a new one in 2013. Jury recommended, at the Sept. 27 Public Safety Committee meeting, that the city sell its 20-year-old reserve pumper, put its current pumper into reserve status, and buy a new truck, at a cost of approximately $800,000. He said Brentwood has traditionally rotated a new fire truck in every seven to eight years, and Brentwood’s current front line pumper is from 2002. The current reserve pumper was bought in 1994. He said the industry recommendation is a 20-year age limit. “I’m recommending a heavy duty rescue pumper, which is considerably different than the truck we have now,” he said…
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The system scans license plates as an officer drives.
The Brentwood Police Department will soon have the capability to drive through a parking lot, and with an automated license plate recognition system (APLR), detect any vehicles on the lot that are stolen or wanted. At the Sept. 27 Public Safety Committee meeting, Chief Steve Disbennett said the system will cost the department approximately $15,500, which will be covered by funds in a Drug Enforcement Agency seizure fund. There will be no expense to the city. The system also stores information that can be recalled when needed. Disbennett gave the example that if police were looking for a 1999 white Ford, all previously scanned 1999 white Fords could be called back up to search. He said Richmond Heights already has the system, and the …
Friday, September 28, 2012
The police chief told the Brentwood Public Safety Committee violent crimes are how people get killed.
Following 14 violent crimes in Brentwood in 2012, to date, Brentwood Chief of Police Chief Steve Disbennett agreed that Brentwood needs to hire more officers. At the Public Safety Committee meeting on Thursday, Disbennett said he’s shifted police protection to The Promenade, Brentwood Square and the Meridian, but he’s still worried. Aderman Tom Kramer (Ward 4), acting chairman of the committee, asked him how urgent the need is. “I’m just saying I find it odd that we have this amount of violent crime taking place in this city, like we’ve never seen before, and violent crime is what worries me the most,” Disbennett said. “That’s how Megan Boken got killed. That’s how people get killed.” He said the mall parking lots are packed, and are a …
Thursday, August 23, 2012
A proposal to use comment cards in Board of Aldermen meetings were in five of the weekly city administrator’s reports.
It seems the concern about residents needing to fill out comment cards before speaking in a Brentwood Board of Aldermen meeting was unfounded. It was reported on Aug. 10 in Maplewood-Brentwood Patch that City Administrator Bola Akande had made the suggestion. In the Aug. 20 Board of Alderman meeting, mayor Pat Kelly said they won’t be used in Board of Aldermen meetings. “I don’t like them,” he said. “I don’t think it’s appropriate.” He said the Public Safety Committee had started using comment cards, and City Administrator Bola Akande took the initiative to propose using them for Board of Aldermen meetings. Alderwoman Cindy Manestar, by email on Wednesday, said the suggestion was included in the weekly (every Friday) city administrator’s …
Friday, August 10, 2012
The Public Safety Committee is already using them.
There could be a change in the way public comments are handled at Brentwood city council meetings. City Administrator Bola Akande has suggested that anyone who wants to comment or ask a question in a meeting would need to fill out a card first. Then (deputy city clerk) Octavia Pittman or Akande would give it to the mayor. Those wanting to comment would then be called on to come to the podium. Akande said how it would go from there is undetermined at this point. “At the last meeting we had some residents complain that because now that we’re on YouTube, they feel reluctant to be on camera mentioning their home address,” Akande said. She said she might not necessarily read the address out loud, but it would still be reflected in the minutes. …
Friday, January 14, 2011
The bill would allow smoking in private clubs, but the Brentwood Board of Aldermen has tabled the issue at its past two meetings.
Whether private clubs can and should allow smoking was discussed by the Brentwood Public Safety Committee at its meeting on Tuesday. The committee debated a bill sponsored in December by Third Ward Alderman Andrew Leahy that would grant a smoking ban exemption to private clubs. In the bill, if a nonprofit organization isn't "generally open to general members of the public," then that organization can allow smoking. Members of American Legion Goff-Moll Post 101 hope a change in admission policy will convince the aldermen to approve an exemption. The policy would require members to carry membership cards when they enter the building. If someone enters who isn't a member or invited guest, then they're required to leave. Gary Langley and Leo …
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Monday, January 10, 2011
The Public Safety Committee is scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday to discuss a possible exemption for the American Legion post.
A Brentwood committee is scheduled to discuss a possible smoking ban exemption for the local American Legion post during a meeting at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Brentwood City Hall. American Legion Goff-Moll Post 101 members have sought an exemption to the city's smoking ban at the last two Board of Aldermen meetings, but the aldermen have tabled the issue pending further review. The Public Safety Committee will discuss a possible exemption at the meeting tomorrow and send a recommendation to the other aldermen prior to next month's Board of Aldermen meeting. The city's smoking ban, which is more restrictive than the St. Louis County smoking ban, took effect on Jan. 1. Prior to the ban, legion members were allowed to smoke at the post's bar, …
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Richard Emery
8:50 am on Monday, December 3, 2012
Kay, as an owner of a company with 45 employees, I can tell you that we and most companies require employee participation on their healthcare premiums. I , also, give merit raises based on performance and not everyone equally, because the value of an employee is fully depending on them and their performance at their job. more ›