COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Hybrid Participation- Zoom Meeting/Conference Room 2A
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 5:30 p.m.
MEETING MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER: Meeting called to order at 5:31 p.m. by Mayor Mark Salinas
ROLL CALL:
Members Present:
Mayor Salinas
Council Member Bonilla Jr.
Council Member Roche
Staff Present:
Adam Kostrzak, Interim Assistant City Manager (Virtual) Bryan Matthews, Chief of Police
Daniel Olsen, Police Captain
Will Deplitch, Police Captain
Eric Vollmer, Interim Fire Chief
Ryan Hamre, Interim Division Chief
Irene Perez, Management Analyst
Lauren Dekas, Management Analyst
Laura Gomez, Sr. Management Analyst
PUBLIC COMMENTS
TJ – Hayward Concerned Citizens (Virtual). Request for accessibility for all Hayward citizens to attend/view all council sanctioned meetings. Request for televised meetings.
No in-person comments.
1. Approval of Minutes
Mayor Salinas introduced the item. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Council Member Bonilla Jr. and seconded by Mayor Salinas.
2. Police Chief Report & Fire Chief Report
Chief Matthews delivered an oral report and presented a PowerPoint presentation on behalf of the Police Department, while Chief Vollmer provided an oral report and presented a PowerPoint presentation for the Fire Department.
Public Comments
TJ – Hayward Concerned Citizens (Virtual). Expressed concern for volume of PD response at school sites. Request to reimplement SROs.
Suzanne’s iPad (Virtual)– Hayward Concerned Citizens. Second concerns regarding school site responses.
In-person attendee Suzanne Luther questioned the code enforcement requirements of the business owners.
Committee Questions/Discussion
The committee received the presentation and provided feedback to both the Police Department and Fire Department.
3. Overview of Public Safety Technology
Chief Matthews provided the oral report on this item.
Public Comments
TJ – Hayward Concerned Citizens. Would like the UAS practices to expand to Fourth of July at May policy review.
Committee Questions/Discussion
The committee received the report and provided feedback to Police Department.
4. Analysis of Fire Call Volume and Response Capacity by District
Acting Deputy Chief Hamre provided the report and PowerPoint presentation on this item.
Public Comments
There were no public comments.
Committee Questions/Discussion
The committee received the report and provided feedback to the Fire Department. There is a request to discuss large lithium-ion battery storage in regard to large high-rise complexes.
5. Proposed 2025 Agenda Planning Calendar
Irene Perez provided the report on this item.
Committee Questions/Discussion
Mayor Salinas proposed an active-shooter city-wide overview.
Council Member Roche would like to address a closer study on arson. Additionally, a topic related to the St Regis center, adding to the third quarter meeting timeframe.
Council Member Bonilla Jr. would like to propose the existing December 2025 meeting agenda to be moved to a closer date, ideally to the first half of CY25. It was also proposed to discuss school/youth related crime response.
The July meeting will be confirmed at a later date.
TASK FORCE MEMBERS/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REFERRALS
There were no Committee Member or staff announcements and referrals.
Mayor Salinas thanked Fire Chief Vollmer for hosting the mayors conference.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Salinas adjourned the meeting at 7:52 p.m.