Reporter's Notebook
This evening the city aldermen will get their chance to meet with the Police Commission and weigh in on how they believe information on incidents such as the recently revealed child pornography investigation should be shared.
According to the meeting warning, Board President David Allaire has set an agenda for the 6 p.m. City Hall meeting that includes but is not limited to discussion of the Police Department's computer and Internet
usage policy; protocol for notifying the city administration and Board of Aldermen of any internal or external investigations of the department; and improved and ongoing communication between the police commission and aldermen.
About the final agenda item, Allaire said recently he hoped the aldermen would be granted a spot at the table in future Police Commission meetings, preferably in the form of one nonvoting seat on the commission. By city charter, the commission consists of five voting members who are appointed to three-year terms by the mayor and then confirmed by a vote of the aldermen.
The city's computer policy was also a subject at last week's aldermanic meeting, when the board approved a motion requiring department heads to create an inventory of their staff's computers, including the serial number and make of each computer. Alderman Robert Barrett, who made the motion, said he thought it was a good idea after speaking with one city employee who said it would be very easy for a city employee to walk away with a laptop. That list is expected by the next full board meeting, March 15.
Troubled highway
After attending the most recent Rutland Region Transportation Council meeting, Allaire said he will ask city officials to take a Route 7 corridor management plan report that the council was asked to approve.
The report, he said, calls for a new road in Rutland Town to run parallel to Route 7 on its western side, the goal being to alleviate traffic on the main route. That suggestion troubled Allaire, who said he thinks it will cause traffic problems in the city, particularly at the Route 7 and Curtis Avenue intersection.
He asked the transportation council and they agreed to put off approving the plan so the city could have time to weigh in on the repercussions of the road.
Alderman Christopher Robinson said it sounded to him like the perfect opportunity to break tradition and start working with the town.
It seems like they need a road laid and we need tracks laid, he said.
Allaire said he expects the city will be speaking with the town on several issues soon.
The report in question was prepared by the Rutland Regional Planning Commission, with the input of Clarendon and Rutland Town because the boundaries of the management plan stretch from the city border south to the town.
About the final agenda item, Allaire said recently he hoped the aldermen would be granted a spot at the table in future Police Commission meetings, preferably in the form of one nonvoting seat on the commission. By city charter, the commission consists of five voting members who are appointed to three-year terms by the mayor and then confirmed by a vote of the aldermen.
The city's computer policy was also a subject at last week's aldermanic meeting, when the board approved a motion requiring department heads to create an inventory of their staff's computers, including the serial number and make of each computer. Alderman Robert Barrett, who made the motion, said he thought it was a good idea after speaking with one city employee who said it would be very easy for a city employee to walk away with a laptop. That list is expected by the next full board meeting, March 15.
Troubled highway
After attending the most recent Rutland Region Transportation Council meeting, Allaire said he will ask city officials to take a Route 7 corridor management plan report that the council was asked to approve.
The report, he said, calls for a new road in Rutland Town to run parallel to Route 7 on its western side, the goal being to alleviate traffic on the main route. That suggestion troubled Allaire, who said he thinks it will cause traffic problems in the city, particularly at the Route 7 and Curtis Avenue intersection.
He asked the transportation council and they agreed to put off approving the plan so the city could have time to weigh in on the repercussions of the road.
Alderman Christopher Robinson said it sounded to him like the perfect opportunity to break tradition and start working with the town.
It seems like they need a road laid and we need tracks laid, he said.
Allaire said he expects the city will be speaking with the town on several issues soon.
The report in question was prepared by the Rutland Regional Planning Commission, with the input of Clarendon and Rutland Town because the boundaries of the management plan stretch from the city border south to the town.
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