[Vision2020] Re: Joint law enforcement center

Wed May 10 10:50:07 PDT 2006

I would imagine that the joint staff would be county employees.  That is a political decision that the city council and BOCC would have to make.

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tom Ivie
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:28 AM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Re: Joint law enforcement center

Who would employ the joint staff?  Would they be city or county employees?

Chris Storhok <cstorhok at co.fairbanks.ak.us> wrote: 

Unless the issue has changed dramatically in 2 years the benefits to taxpayers will mostly lie in:

1)       the savings of paying for one building 

a.       M&O costs for one structure are less than two

b.       Support staff can be shared - this group is mostly made up of dispatchers, maintenance personnel, and security personnel

c.       Less waste of valuable land/water etc. 

2)       One computer system that supports a combined 911 system (I realize that there will be one dispatcher dedicated to the city and another dedicated to the county but there is enough work for two dispatchers on each shift anyway)

3)       Easy coordination of appropriate response to incidents

4)       System Security, upgrade, and maintenance costs are shared

5)       Use of both the city and county's 911 phone tax in one system is more efficient than two systems 

6)       Brings back to Moscow/Latah County revenue paid to Whitcom system - always better to have you tax dollars cycling in your community and not another

7)       Immediately solves the overcrowding issue at the Latah County Courthouse, no need for a $3-5 million expansion

8)       Lessens the parking crunch at the courthouse as well as the high school (save money needed for more parking lot development)

9)       Lessens the parking crunch around the city police station and the eastern side of downtown

If you were to try and combine the agencies into one large Latah County Sheriffs Office for further savings I have a hunch that will not work due to the unique response/service role that each agency has to their constituents.

As for a building, the clear winner would be the old GTE building on Harold Street.  The building is very secure, has plenty of room for both departments, has easy access to all communications tie-ins, has a great secure parking lot, great central location, really does not have other great potential uses (Tidymans has a lot of potential future uses) and best of all would not be all that expensive to convert into this use.   

Best of luck,

Chris

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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Bill London
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:30 AM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com; Nils Peterson
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Joint law enforcement center

If the 2 agencies are planning on sharing a building, but not combining services or sharing facilities, what are the benefits to the taxpayers of this shared building?

BL

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	From: Nils Peterson <mailto:nilsp at moscow.com>  

	To: vision2020 at moscow.com 

	Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:47 AM

	Subject: [Vision2020] Re: Joint law enforcement center

	An endless rant is taking place about a letter to the Ed on the Council & rezone. Why now give Jennifer a little of that energy? I think this group had a good discussion about water, following a request to get back on mission, ie, visioning.

	Topics to consider:

	Is a joint center good or bad in its own right?

	Where might such a thing be best located -- planning issues. Land is coming open as the railroad pulls out of the area between downtown and university. Does that make sense for this?

	What is the impact on downtown if these services move from their current locations?

	From: "Jennifer McFarland" jmcfarland at latah.id.us

	Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 14:16:46 -0700

	To: "'Moscow Vision 2020'" vision2020 at moscow.com

	Subject: [Vision2020] Joint law enforcement center

	> Visionaries,

	> 

	> I am writing this to solicit ideas, thoughts, comments, concerns and

	> suggestions regarding the proposal for a joint law enforcement center.  As

	> many of you already know, we are looking into conducting a needs assessment

	> for the joint facility.  At this point, we are curious about the level of

	> community support.  Please feel free to contact me on or off line with notes

	> of support or dissent as well as with any questions, concerns, or comments

	> you might have about the idea of housing our two primary law enforcement

	> agencies in one building.  I want to clarify that it is the intent to house

	> the two agencies in the same building, not to combine them (think of it in

	> terms of Macy's and Gottschalk's both being in the mall but operating as

	> separate entities).  Thank you for you time.

	> 

	> Sincerely,

	> Jennifer

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