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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, October 20, 2014 Page 3 i+IRE -Chief Eugene Carcioppolo Chief Carcioppolo reported, the Civil Service Commission is working on the new Rules and Regulations. They are also currently working on putting together an application packet to post a full-time civil service test because we don't have a current active list. That should be coming up in the next few weeks. We have two vacancies that are not filled at this time. Chief Edelman, myself and the Mayor have gone to some meetings regarding the Ebola outbreak. We are doing well in that arena in terms of our preparedness. The Fire Station is undergoing some updating on the outside. The front of the building and the north side should be done by the weekend. It's all being clad in aluminum and vinyl so it doesn't have to be painted again. FINANCE -icon Wynne There was no report. P®LICE -Chief i~ichard Edelman Chief Edelman added to the Fire Chief s report. We are well ahead of what a lot of communities are doing as far as Ebola preparation. We have tweaked some of our policies and procedures to be close in line to what the CDC and County Health Department recommends. We are well stocked in emergency gear. We are undergoing training. We are on top of where we need to be at this point. On another note, the MARLS Schools Program is up and rumiing. I was with the people from B&C last week when they installed all the MARLS radios in all of the district school buildings. That is a process that hopefully we will never need, but it is ready if we need it. Mr. Jerome asked, can you quickly explain a little more? Will these radios be available in certain classrooms, in offices? Chief Edelman replied, there's one radio per school in the main office. In the event of a life- threatening emergency, there's a button that they push that opens a direct link to the dispatch center. It allows us to hear what's going on. Even if they push a button and run out of the room, we can still know what's going on. It's a direct line of communication to the Police Department. Council President Buckholtz asked, any other questions? There were none. PARi{S AND i~ECi~EATI®N -Sill Thomas Mr. Thomas reported, our 16~' Annual Halloween Window Painting Contest is .going on right now. We have 36 windows. These are students from the Middle School, St. Paschal's and St. Francis. This is the largest participation we have had in 16 years. Last Thursday, we had our Annual Wildcat Teen Halloween Event for the middle school aged students. We had 68 pre- register last year. This year we had 175 pre-register. We had over 300 middle school students at the Wildcat Center. It was really great. We had 31 Key Club members volunteer to run the games and refreshments. On Saturday, the Recreation Board held their annual Halloween Party.