2026-10-20 - Public Safety Committee

26:40We

26:52>> got We got, you know, Batman.

26:56>> We got Batman and Wonder Woman. We good

26:57to go.

26:59>> Pass it off to me. That would be cool.

27:02>> You ready?

27:03>> Pass it off to you. All

27:05right.

27:19>> Come on. Freaking [ __ ]

27:33The board of order notice the public

27:35safety committee will meet in person on

27:37Tuesday, October 20th, 2026

27:40at 6:00 p.m. located at 165 Church on

27:44the second floor chambers,

27:48Connecticut to hear the following items.

27:51LM 2026 03 89 order the board of alders

27:57of the city of New Haven authorizing the

27:59mayor of the city of New Haven to apply

28:02for and accept up to 1,893

28:07$528

28:08for the federal Federal Emergency

28:11Management Agency FEMA port security

28:15grant FMY 26 program for a

28:21all hazard marina unit and to accept

28:25execute if necessary modify all related

28:29documents contracts such instruments as

28:33deemed necessary. LM

28:372026 0390

28:40order the board of office of the city of

28:43New Haven authorizing the mayor of the

28:45city of New Haven to apply for and

28:48accept up to 250,000

28:51from the department of justice cops law

28:54enforcement mental health and wellness

28:57act

28:58LM

29:01HWY grant FFY26 6 program to enhance our

29:07officers wellness program and accept

29:10execute if necessary modify all related

29:14documents contracts and such instruments

29:17as deemed necessary.

29:21LM 2026

29:240391

29:27order of the board of the city of New

29:30Haven authorizing the mayor of the city

29:32of New Haven to apply for and accept up

29:35to $614,993

29:39from the FFY26

29:41Department of Justice Cops School

29:44Violence Prevention Program

29:47SVP to enhance school security and

29:50accept, execute and is and if necessary

29:55modify all related documents, contracts

29:58and such instruments as deemed

29:59necessary. These items are on file and

30:03available for public [snorts] inspection

30:06in the office of legislative services

30:09165 church streets per honorable Brian

30:11Wingate.

30:13Chair, honorable Michael B. Smart, city

30:16clerk, if you need assessor related

30:21related accommodations, please contact

30:23203 94675

30:277651 or 203 9468582.

30:33And in accordance with the city New

30:34Haven COVID 19 policy, masks are now

30:38optional. Public may send comments to

30:41public testimony. new havenct.gov.

30:46Thank you. Thank you all for coming

30:47tonight.

30:49The wild crowd. Everybody's calm down.

30:52Okay. Um I'm going to ask my committee

30:54to introduce themselves. Starting from

30:56my

30:57>> Sarah Miller, Ward 14. Honda

30:59[clears throat]

31:0013.

31:00>> Brian Wing 129. Item number one. Who's

31:03going to be speaking to this? Please

31:05come up. State your name, address for

31:07the record. [snorts]

31:21Rebecca Bombber 122 West Avenue in a

31:24Connecticut.

31:25>> Hi, good evening. Cory from mental

31:27health clinician at New Police

31:29Department.

31:30>> Hi, good evening David Union Avenue

31:32police chief.

31:38>> Good evening everyone. Mikey.

31:44>> Good evening everyone. Mikey, captain

31:46Police Department 1 Avenue.

31:49>> Thank you, Chief.

31:50>> I apologize. I think my groups might

31:52have come out of order. Uh, this is the

31:54group here to talk to you about the law

31:56enforcement, mental health, and wellness

31:58grant, which might be number two. I'm

32:01here for all of them. So,

32:02>> yes, that that would be item number two.

32:05>> Would you like to take it out of order

32:06or you switch my groups? We'll

32:07>> take it out of order tonight. not has

32:09been traditional today, so we going to

32:11keep it moving. Item number two goes

32:13first.

32:14>> All right. Uh so the item before you

32:16tonight is uh permission to apply for

32:19and accept a $250,000 grant from the

32:22Department of Justice Cops uh program.

32:25Um it is a no match grant. So uh if

32:30awarded uh all $250,000 would be

32:33available to us without any commitment

32:35of city funds. Um and it would build

32:38upon a prior award um from the

32:41Department of Justice mental health

32:43program and I have the team from PED to

32:47tell talk a little bit about the work

32:48we've done and what we hope to do if we

32:51receive the continuing programmatic

32:53award

32:58that you can have that.

33:00>> Okay. Thank you. Um so uh I appreciate

33:02all your time tonight. Uh we brought

33:04obviously the chief and uh Cory is our

33:06new clinician inside the police

33:07department. Uh Cory is the uh individual

33:09who we were able to hire as a result of

33:11this grant. Uh this process was about uh

33:13we've been planning it for about seven

33:15years. Um it took us a few years to get

33:17things going and um we're really happy

33:19that you approved the first uh grant.

33:21[clears throat] Um we've been able to

33:22hit the ground running with Corey. Corey

33:24was hired through the Lincoln Center in

33:25Philadelphia. We went through a whole

33:27process to um about we had about 40

33:29applicants. So Corey is the only

33:31clinician in the state of Connecticut

33:32who is a full-time provider for a police

33:34department. There are no other full-time

33:36providers in a police department. Um so

33:38she provides day-to-day support of the

33:40officers. We brought her here so you

33:41could hear from her about what her

33:42experience was. We had a whole

33:44PowerPoint, but we wanted to make sure

33:45that we kept things uh brief for you all

33:47honestly because we're so excited about

33:49this program. I know the fire

33:50departments in the back um they can also

33:52use this type of support as well. Um but

33:55we'll talk about that at another time.

33:57Um, I'll turn it over to

33:59>> That's all right. [laughter]

34:00Um, the uh, so I'll have I'll turn it

34:03over to Corey um, just to kind of talk

34:05about um, the program as it stands now

34:07so that you understand why then we would

34:09need to go for this additional grant

34:11funding.

34:12>> Thank you.

34:12>> Absolutely. So, I started in January um,

34:15at the New Haven Police Department. So,

34:16within uh, nine months there's I would

34:19say about 345

34:21sworn officers um, and to date I've met

34:23with over 200 individually.

34:26um whether it's through like wellness

34:28checks, ride alongs, um debrief things.

34:30Um and as time went on, you know, at

34:32first it was, you know, who's this

34:34person? Um but just as time went on, we

34:36did a lot of wellness too with like our

34:38peer support. Um which helped kind of

34:41build a lot of rapport. Um so over time,

34:43everyone started feeling comfortable. Um

34:46and I have to say um especially today um

34:48you know I start off and it's like okay

34:50I have you know a lot not much to do but

34:53today it's I'm running around supporting

34:56um officers are reaching out um you know

34:58I'm I'm you know I love my job um and

35:02what I do there. Um I do help with like

35:04debriefings. Um we've also to um help

35:06support um other police departments and

35:08other agencies, state agencies and

35:10building peer support as well um to

35:13support you know their employees. Um so

35:15it's been a wonderful ride. out.

35:18>> So, the additional funding for the next

35:20grant would be to continue to fund

35:22Corey's position within [clears throat]

35:23the police department to explain expand

35:26because what we've noticed is that um

35:27well, Corey is only for sworn personnel.

35:30And so, there's an additional I think 70

35:33uh civilian personnel that are exposed

35:36to not they aren't exposed the same way

35:37as officers are, but they still are

35:39interacting with and seeing a lot of the

35:41things that officers do after the fact,

35:42sometimes for hours and hours on end.

35:44And so having a another clinician to um

35:47help Corey with her main task of

35:49officers, but then also to offer support

35:51to civilian staff right on site would be

35:53a great addition. And then um we have uh

35:56additional uh funding that would be to

35:59um between the two of them be able to um

36:05[clears throat] basically have a team

36:07that would not require Corey to be the

36:09only person that's reaching out to 345

36:11people. as we've seen as more and more

36:13officers are engaging um if she's

36:17[clears throat] doing one-on-one um

36:19conversations with those officers, that

36:20could be incredibly timeconuming. We're

36:22looking to see um with what we have now,

36:24we think we have a really good

36:25foundation. Um and honestly, another uh

36:28person would allow us to expand that um

36:30to be like the model for the state on

36:32clinicians embedded in the police

36:34department for police officers.

36:38>> Right.

36:40>> I don't want to be laboring. You you

36:41heard how highly we think of Corey. This

36:43is the wave of the future for mental

36:45health and wellness for officers uh

36:47throughout the state and perhaps the

36:48country. She has slid in and she is a

36:51member of the family here and she came

36:52at a very trying time at the beginning

36:54of the year. Um even myself have

36:57utilized her services. So I think it's

36:58the flexibility uh it's the approach and

37:02it's just the availability. Um, but

37:03she's a member of the family and I know

37:06we spoke about the long-term plans for

37:08officer wellness. Uh, and that's why we

37:10brought Corey tonight.

37:12>> This is the future. We do appreciate

37:14your support and consideration of this

37:15item.

37:16>> Thank you. I'd like to know Troy Street

37:19from the 21st board. Sir,

37:22>> um, at this time I ask [clears throat]

37:24is any questions from the committee?

37:28You have no questions? Have no

37:30questions?

37:32So I have a question.

37:33>> Sure.

37:33>> So experience.

37:35>> Yes.

37:35>> Right.

37:36>> Yep.

37:36>> I heard Philadelphia.

37:38>> Yeah. So I'm from Connecticut. Um they

37:41had put uh their um position out to the

37:45state of Connecticut if anyone was

37:47interested. Um I worked for the

37:48Department of Children and Families for

37:5015 years. Um I worked very closely uh

37:52with local police departments. Um and um

37:55I am a part-time clinician as well too

37:57for a private practice. So yeah. So, but

38:00I'm here in Connecticut. I lived here my

38:02whole life. So, yep.

38:04>> Um, no more questions.

38:08>> Just my one disclaimer, as with all

38:10federal grants, we uh scrutinize all of

38:12the conditions. So, upon award, all of

38:16this would go to legal. So, uh, our

38:19final acceptance would be based on the

38:21condition review.

38:22>> Okay. Well, good luck. Good luck. Uh,

38:26thank you. We know we we know that this

38:28is a a hard job um trying to go home

38:33with same minds. We need people like you

38:36in your position to help us along to

38:38keep things balanced. So we appreciate

38:40the work that you do and especially for

38:43these officers that we respect so well

38:45and in in the job that they do in the

38:47city of New Haven. So thank you for even

38:49applying. Um hopefully you get across in

38:52this line. Um, if I have no more

38:55questions around the spray, I'll let

38:56them go.

38:58>> We good.

38:58>> Thank you.

38:59>> Thank you.

39:00>> Thank you.

39:03>> So, we're going to go to item which was

39:05number two. We'll go to it number one.

39:08We'll go to item number two and that

39:10will be speaking to

39:13the port security port security.

39:16[laughter]

39:22That's That's Chief Coughlin.

39:24>> Please state your name and address for

39:26the record, please.

39:31>> Dan Coughlin, fire chief, 75 Warren

39:33Street, New Haven.

39:34>> How you doing, Chief?

39:35>> I'm good. How are you guys?

39:36>> I'm doing right. I will give you a

39:37presentation, too, but I won't leave you

39:39out. So, um, item number one is honestly

39:43item number two at this point. So we

39:46talking about the report.

39:48>> So good news, bad news on this one. Uh

39:51we have been awarded the grant, but

39:55unfortunately it was not full full

39:57amount as requested. Um we were awarded

40:00the footnote of the grant which was the

40:03$140ome,000

40:06for camera expansions within the grant.

40:08So it's one of the whereases in there,

40:10not the headline. Um unfortunately we

40:12were not awarded the boat at this time.

40:15Um just for a history lesson uh this is

40:18the grant that funded our current vessel

40:20in uh about 2011. We took delivery of

40:23the boat in 2013. Um so that is nearing

40:27the end of its useful life. Um we have

40:32been awarded the uh what we get almost

40:35every cycle on port security which is

40:37the ongoing upgrades and maintenance of

40:39the cameras within the port. They're

40:41actually quite useful. [clears throat]

40:42Uh today Kayla and I were reviewing

40:44footage um on one of those cameras um as

40:48the uh port is being dredged right now.

40:50Um and uh the Coast Guard asked for some

40:53footage on that. Um so we're excited

40:56that we were uh given this award. Again,

40:58it's subject to the legal reviews and on

41:01all of these Homeland Security grants um

41:04go through with fine tooth comb on terms

41:06and conditions. Um, so with that, I'm

41:10happy to turn it over to Danny to talk

41:11to you a little bit more about the boat

41:13just to foreshadow the future.

41:15>> Sure. The purpose of going for this boat

41:17was to replace the aging out current

41:19marine one. Uh, we went with a bigger

41:21boat. Uh, we did that for a couple

41:23reasons. The port's growing. If you go

41:25by the port, there's large green

41:26electric cranes. They plan on adding

41:28three more of those. It's going to take

41:30large amounts of water to put those out.

41:32If they were to catch on fire,

41:34>> that water would obviously come from the

41:35harbor at that point. Um, so we went

41:37with a larger pump, um, a lot more water

41:40being able to flow through it, but we

41:42went with a larger boat as well, uh, to

41:44increase our rescue capabilities. We

41:46want to limit the amount of time,

41:47especially this time of year, that we

41:49put firefighters in the water. Even with

41:50cold water suits, we don't want them out

41:53there. So, we want to increase our

41:54rescue capabilities. Uh, we also want to

41:56increase our dive capabilities. Uh, the

41:58the police department does have a dive

42:00team. Um, so we wanted to work in

42:02conjunction with them to be able to do,

42:04you know, the appropriate diving for

42:06victims. Uh, with that said, like we

42:08went with the bigger boat for a lot of

42:10reasons. There's also going to be

42:11dredging of the harbor as she said, um,

42:13and that's going to make for a deeper

42:15water port and there's going to be a lot

42:17of needs that come around with the port

42:18over the next few years. Um, as I said,

42:20the boats are coming in. They're coming

42:21in more and more. What a lot of people

42:23don't realize, too, is that there's been

42:25an increase in butane coming into the

42:26port and we have to be prepared for

42:28that. So they've uh there's a

42:30significant amount of abuse hand coming

42:32into the city right now and we had to

42:33prep for that.

42:35>> Um so we did ask for an after grant

42:38review uh to see how we can do better on

42:40applications in the future and we will

42:42be pursuing different sources of funding

42:45uh for a vote. Uh so stay tuned for

42:47that. Um if you wanted to uh update your

42:50order as written um because we're

42:53allowed to execute any amendments, it

42:55would cover uh our acceptance of the

42:57award. Uh but the exact numbers for our

42:59award it's a $144,236

43:04we were awarded. The match on that is

43:0648,07864

43:09uh for a total of 19231464.

43:13Uh the match for this comes out of our

43:15annual general fund allocation for our

43:17camera maintenance. Um and then our

43:19staff time devoted to uh maintaining our

43:22cameras, planning our cameras, analyzing

43:24our cameras, checking our cameras. Um,

43:29happy to answer any questions on our

43:30cameras.

43:32>> Um,

43:33before we go there, um, we will need

43:37this updated with those numbers.

43:38>> I will send it to staff so they have the

43:40exact numbers.

43:41>> Okay. I greatly appreciate that.

43:45Um,

43:47at this time, any questions?

43:52Any questions about the cars from the

43:53committee? Any questions? No questions.

43:57Just like I said before, please um have

44:00the numbers reflect in the before the

44:02first ring, of course. And thank you for

44:05all that you do.

44:06>> Thank you.

44:06>> And the professional um group you have

44:09and the leadership that you put in this

44:11department. Appreciate

44:12>> I appreciate you.

44:15>> Okay. [clears throat]

44:16>> All right.

44:16>> You good?

44:18So number

44:21the last item that we're going to hear

44:24tonight is

44:27>> school security.

44:29>> All right. So I got the lead on this

44:31one. Um so some of you who may sit on

44:34the education committee may know uh we

44:37have a school security task force. Um

44:40school security task force is comprised

44:43of police, fire, emergency management

44:45and a number of board event personnel.

44:47Uh we work collaborative on all hazard

44:50responses um everything from planning

44:53for school shooters to fires and

44:56everything in between. Um this is

44:58another opportunity through the cops

45:00grant uh that was presented to us. Uh

45:02this one does require a 25% match and

45:05the group uh working with board of ed uh

45:08their school security and uh police are

45:11PAL officers. We prioritized the S2 uh

45:15access control system and camera

45:17upgrades as one of the eligible expenses

45:20under this grant that would make a big

45:22impact uh for both our police uh

45:25response and for school security. uh

45:28with a focus towards exteriors. Uh while

45:30we have great camera coverage within the

45:32buildings, there's not as much com uh

45:34coverage of some of the outside spaces

45:36like playgrounds. So, what this would do

45:39would be focus on upgrades to the

45:41servers to support better quality

45:43cameras and then add additional uh

45:46access point controls for the doors to

45:48playgrounds and uh add additional

45:51exterior cameras with a focus on uh

45:54doorways and things like playgrounds.

45:56Um, and I can add to the chief why

46:00that's so important for both our PAL

46:03officers or not POWs, uh, school

46:05resource officers. Sorry, I don't I'm

46:07confused. Uh, and in general.

46:10>> Yeah. So, so just to add to that, um,

46:12Chairman Late, this is going to cover

46:13the gaps, those playground areas. This

46:16is going to help us, as you know, part

46:17of the plan is to do an expansion of

46:19school resource officers into the middle

46:20school to be a little bit more on the

46:22preventative side. you know how

46:24beneficial technology has been to us

46:26this year and although there's a lot of

46:28work to be done, we're still on some

46:30some good progress in 2026 and this will

46:33help us continue that and to make sure

46:35um our most vital crop of the city which

46:37is our youth uh is is safe and and we're

46:39going to keep them safe at the schools.

46:42>> Um so the match for that would be uh

46:45within uh board of capital uh they have

46:47to replace servers anyway. So, uh, it's

46:50a win-win. Uh, it helps leverage a

46:53different additional capacity off of

46:55expenses we would otherwise need to

46:56make. Um, and again, like all federal

47:00grants, it comes with the disclaimer if

47:02we awarded it, we do a deep scrutiny of

47:04all terms and conditions uh before

47:06accepting those awards. [clears throat]

47:09>> Thank you. Any questions?

47:14>> Go ahead, vice chair.

47:15>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Will any of these

47:18uh cameras

47:20have car readers?

47:21>> No. Uh, none of our school cameras have

47:23car readers.

47:27>> Uh, different platforms. Um, so these

47:31school cameras sit on the milestone

47:33platform. Our LPRs sit on the Recor

47:36platform. The technology is just

47:37slightly different. Um there are uh LPR

47:42technologies that can be embedded within

47:44the milestone system but they don't have

47:46the same capacities that the report

47:48system do. Um so we do have two distinct

47:51systems for that.

47:53>> Have you ever thought about chief to

47:57include a carburetor

48:00um to these cameras of the school

48:01because it's very important [snorts]

48:04because a lot of vehicles do go into

48:06parking lots. A lot of things happen in

48:09parking lots. You be can be able to see

48:11what the vehicles are.

48:13>> Uh yes, all so we have considered that

48:15and that is part of uh the plan to roll

48:17out. I think part of it too is because

48:19of some of the conversations around rec.

48:22We just want to make sure the roll out

48:23is appropriate. Um but that is certainly

48:25a consideration in their future. and

48:28just having worked with the PD on some

48:30of illegal dumping. Uh once you have a

48:32dump location, make model and even a

48:35partial plate, the way that we have

48:37those plate readers deployed throughout

48:39the city, um you can use proximate ones

48:43to help identify.

48:46>> Thank you. Thank you.

48:48>> Thank you,

48:50Miller.

48:51>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um could you

48:54explain what exactly is happening with

48:56the doors? Is this all cameras and

48:59cameras on the door or is there actual

49:00repairs to the doors? We have a lot of

49:02exterior.

49:02>> So it's not facility, it's all

49:05technology. Uh so these would be S2

49:08readers. S2 readers are the access

49:10controls. Instead of issuing somebody a

49:12key, your badge serves as your key and

49:16through the swipe uh it authenticates

49:18you and gives you access.

49:21>> It's the bad reader. Yeah.

49:22>> Okay. Is it replacing key systems with

49:25badge systems or

49:26>> you still have to have a key system on a

49:28door, but it's better to have the S2.

49:31So, you need both.

49:35>> Okay. So, so it's just adding that

49:38functionality to existing doors. It's

49:39not repairing doors that are a security.

49:41>> That would not be an eligible cost under

49:44this grant.

49:45>> Okay. Thank you.

49:48>> Thank you.

49:50on the street. I'm gonna leave you out

49:52if you have any questions.

49:54>> Okay. Um,

49:57order Honda.

49:59>> I just wanted to make one one comment.

50:01Uh, the key badge with the S2s are

50:05actually a gold mine to have. Um, it's

50:09much more secure of entering and exit

50:12exiting out of the building.

50:14um we use it and haven't had a problem

50:17out of it since

50:19>> um [clears throat] since we had it. And

50:21so I think this is a great way that

50:22these guys are going.

50:23>> Yeah. Uh they they are a gold mine. Um

50:27especially for key control, you know, uh

50:29it's easy to turn somebody off on an S2.

50:32Uh you don't actually have to see them

50:33to collect their keys. Uh so it can be

50:35done quite quickly.

50:39>> Um I have no questions. Just keep doing

50:42a great job. Make sure keep leading. Um

50:47I will ask is there any more questions

50:49from the committee?

50:50>> I don't have a good

50:54street. [clears throat]

50:55>> Thank you Mr. Chair. I don't have a

50:57question. I just want to make a

50:58statement. Um I feel that you're doing

51:00excellent job chief and what you're

51:03doing.

51:03>> Thank you very much. Appreciate that.

51:06>> Um she wears so many hats. I don't know

51:09if it's director. I don't know if it's

51:11captain. I don't know. I don't know,

51:13mism

51:15barrel. I don't know what to call it,

51:16right? [laughter]

51:17She just she

51:19>> today I'm wearing the Kayla was out on

51:20maternity leave.

51:23You just got to be real with it. But

51:25thank you for being this city. I

51:27appreciate you.

51:31Um, but

51:31>> she's back, but since I did all the

51:33grant writing with the team, I took

51:35tonight.

51:36>> She's a terrific asset for the city. For

51:38sure.

51:38>> She is.

51:39>> Absolutely. Um well if we have no more

51:42questions thank you um at this time.

51:45Thank you for your presentation.

51:46>> Thank you everybody.

51:47>> So I will ask is there anyone from the

51:50public like to speak on this particular

51:52items on one two or three?

51:55Is there anyone from the public want to

51:57speak to

51:58>> each one of these items one two or

52:00three? Going for the last time. Is there

52:03anyone

52:04from the public like to speak to any of

52:06these items one two and three. At this

52:08time, I will take a motion to close the

52:10public portion.

52:12>> Second.

52:13>> All those in favor?

52:14>> I.

52:16>> Any oppose? The eyes have it.

52:22>> I will take a motion on item number one

52:24that turn to number two.

52:34>> Item second

52:36>> discussion.

52:39So, we are looking at number number two,

52:43which was number one. This is the the

52:45$250,000

52:48um wellness grant um mental health

52:50wellness grant. Um is there any

52:52discussion around that?

52:55>> I think it's great that we're

52:57innovating. This is like a clear clear

52:59need. I think when our officers are

53:02mentally healthy they're or they're, you

53:04know, they have a resource, then it's

53:07better for the community that they

53:09serve.

53:10>> Absolutely. Absolutely. I feel the same

53:12way. Alder Miller, I think this is vital

53:14for our cities vital for our cops that

53:17goes through, you know, a lot of times

53:19we don't think about a trauma, right?

53:21What they see, what they deal with. So,

53:23I'm I'm the total support of this moving

53:26forward. So um

53:30um all those in favor of moving this

53:33grant as in favor more item say I

53:37>> any oppos

53:39have it. Um I take a motion on item

53:42number two.

53:45>> The item

53:46>> second

53:47>> discussion.

53:52Okay. So [clears throat] item item

53:54number two is about um the marina unit.

53:59All right, that the numbers has been

54:01changed. So evidently they didn't get

54:03the 1,893,528

54:08$28,00 [clears throat]

54:09they got a different number. So I would

54:12just ask for um

54:17I'll get us the right numbers, right? So

54:20when we get this on the first reading,

54:22everyone knows what it's about um and

54:24why we didn't get it. Um but um I take a

54:28motion if everyone feel secure with

54:31that.

54:34>> The item

54:36all in favor?

54:37>> I I

54:38>> Any opposed?

54:40All right. The last item number three,

54:43security. Um can I can someone make a

54:46motion that we move this item?

54:48>> Second.

54:49So

54:51I move the item

54:52>> second

54:54>> discussion.

54:55>> Okay. Um as she stated this is about the

54:58ID. So

55:00>> I think that you know you have to keep

55:02up with time [clears throat] and keep up

55:03with technology as she stated. Um if

55:06someone's no longer involved you don't

55:07have to wait them to bring you a key. It

55:09could be disconnected and I think it's a

55:11very good thing and I'm for it.

55:15>> Mr. chair. This this is um one of the

55:17best things that could happen safe and

55:19in and several reasons. Um it creates a

55:23safety bond where anyone cannot just

55:25walk into a building. So it brings

55:27safety to not just the children but to

55:30everyone in in the building. Um and

55:33everyone doesn't have that access and

55:35but you'll have the opportunity of

55:37knowing who is accessing the building

55:41when and what time. So, I think this is

55:43one of the best moves that I've seen yet

55:47for um the city to get this type of uh

55:51grant and I think we should move forward

55:53with this.

55:55>> Thank you.

55:56>> Agree.

55:57>> Yes, I also agree too. I think it's just

56:01really wise to do and plus the money max

56:04is coming from the board of education as

56:05well. I like that. Right. Like that's a

56:08win-win for us, right? Safety first.

56:10Plus, we not spending extra money from

56:12the taxpayers. So, I'm I'm all in favor

56:15of this as well. Um, and we keeping the

56:19kids safe and, you know, the the

56:21employees in general. So, um, all in

56:24favor?

56:25>> I.

56:25>> Any oppose?

56:27The eyes have it. Um, I will take

56:31everyone favor motion.

56:32>> I make motion that we adjourn.

56:33>> Second.

56:36All

56:36>> in favor? I. Any oppos? [clears throat]

56:41Good night.

56:53Yeah. Yeah.

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