Community Public Safety Advisory Committee

Meeting Videos

02-09-2012 Meeting Video 01-26-2012 Part 1 Meeting Video 01-26-2012 Part 2 Meeting Video 01-19-2012 Part 1 Meeting Video 01-19-2012 Part 2 Meeting Video 01-19-2012 Part 3 Meeting Video 01-19-2012 Part 4 Meeting Video 01-12-2012 Meeting Video 11-03-2011 Meeting Video 10-18-2011 Meeting Video  08-08-2011 Meeting Video  For additional meeting information visit:  klamathonline

The Community Public Safety Advisory Committee is an intergovernmental committee created jointly by Klamath County and the City of Klamath Falls.

Mission Statement:

We commit to objectively evaluate with openness and transparency, options for the long-term viability of public safety. Our goal will be to advocate for the solution that best ensures a cost effective and complete public safety system for our community’s future.

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Survey Review Talking Points

In review of the public notes section of the surveys provide by Citizens for Public Safety, there was a few resounding comments.

1. Consolidation

Press Releases

December 9, 2011 October 21, 2011 October 13, 2011 October 3, 2011 September 21, 2011 Joint Public Safety Advisory Council September 15, 2011

• Why is consolidation such a bad word in Klamath County?
• Is this a power building issue, control issue or local personality issue?
• Is it possible to consolidate operations through policy and procedure and still realize the traditional operational efficiency increases and cost savings?

2. Restoring/Increasing Neighborhood Watch

Meeting Minutes & Agendas

November 10, 2011 - Agenda November 3, 2011 - Meeting Minutes October 20, 2011  - Meeting Minutes

• Which neighborhoods have these in place?
• Is there an area map of these?

  Links

  Ambulance Raw Data SWOT CFPS Public Safety Survey Comments Emergency Management Raw Data SWOT Fire Raw Data SWOT Jail Corrections Raw Data SWOT SWOT - Analysis Joint Public Safety Advisory Committee SWOT - Jail and Corrections SWOT - Ambulance and Health SWOT - EM Emergency Management SWOT - Fire SWOT - Law Enforcement

3. Taxing District

• Why would this option take so long?
• This does not solve the Gross Tax revenue issue.

4. Economic (Industry)

• Increasing tax base by enticing companies to move here.
• What is city/county doing to advertise these opportunities?
• Deeper labor pool at this time.
• Property tax rates are relatively low even with upward pressure
• Land prices are relatively low
• Construction costs are relatively low and resources plentiful
• Access to transportation (Air, Rail, Road) is stable

5. Review

• Why not a LEAN study on the entire system?
• What is management afraid of?

6. Become proactive

• If there is an ambulance advisory board, why not for other groups?
• Why not a permanent Public Safety Advisory Board, similar to budget?
• Why not permanent Advisory boards for separate assets (Fire/Jail/Etc)

7. Rural involvement

• Why is there not a representative from Malin, Merril, etc…?
• What do these area’s expect?
• What are our service coverage’s, can we visualize on a map?

8. Outsourcing

• Can we outsource rural patrols?

9. Fee Increases

• Can we increase fees on tickets, court cost and other fee based issues where public safety is involved?

10.What is the positive of annexation?

11.What is the negative of annexation?

12. How are the counties assets managed?

• Capital asset management
• Preventative asset management

13.Will the unions engage in helping to resolve the fiscal crisis?

14. Are there other funding sources?

15. Is there a clear timeframe?

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For More Information 

Name	Title	Phone	Fax
Rick Whitlock	City Manager	541-883-5323	541-883-5399
Commissioner Dennis Linthicum	County Commissioner	541-883-5100