Jan 12, 2021 BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? OKAY.

CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 2020.

WE DO HAVE A CORRECTION, WHICH IS STILL WAS AT THAT CANVASSING.

SO WITH THAT CHANGE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IT'S SO MOVED.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

UH, NUMBER TWO, BUSINESS ITEM, CONSIDER THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND THE APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY.

ANY OPPOSED? SINCE ALL OF US,

[a. Consider the election of officers for President and Vice President and the appointment of Secretary.]

NOW I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, WELL, I'LL SAY PRESIDENT FIRST.

I'LL MOVE THAT YOU HOLD ON TO THE POSITION.

ONE SECOND.

ANY OTHER COMMENT? ANY OTHER NOMINATION I'LL IN FAVOR FOR ME TO KEEP PRESIDENCY FOR ANOTHER YEAR? INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

CONGRATULATIONS, MADAM PRESIDENT.

OH, THANK YOU.

UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT CURRENTLY.

I WOULD LIKE TO THROW OUT RANDY STRONG IF HE'S INTERESTED.

OH, I HATE TO KICK CHRIS OUT OF THE SPOT.

ANY OTHER NAMES OR OPTIONS HERE? ANYBODY RATHER? CHRIS OR RANDY? ANYBODY? I HAVE A MOTION.

UH, BY PRESIDENT.

UH, OKAY.

SO I NEED A SECOND IF SECOND FOR RANDY.

AND THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR SECRETARY IS THE, HOW DO I PUT THAT? LETTING I KNOW THERE'S CORRECT WORDING FOR YOUR OFFICE CLERK.

IT BE THE CITY CLERK.

THE CITY CLERK.

THANK YOU FOR THAT NOMINATION.

, I NEED, YES.

I NEED AN, UH, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

I HAVE, DO I NEED A MOTION TO APPOINT ME OR IS IT JUST, OKAY, SO I HAVE A FIRST FOR MR. A TO APPOINT ME AS A CITY, AS A SECRETARY.

CAN I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY AYE.

JUNE 8TH, JULY 13TH AND OCTOBER 12TH.

[b. Consider setting the time, date and location of the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Meetings for the 2021 calendar year.]

BUSINESS ITEM TWO.

CONSIDER SETTING THE MEETING TIME, DATES, AND LOCATION FOR THE CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT MEETING FOR 2021.

THOSE WERE LISTED IN THE PACKET AS APRIL 13TH, MAY 11TH.

MR. GENERAL MAYOR GEORGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT? AND THERE'S ALSO VERBIAGE IN THERE THAT TALKS TO THE MAY, JUNE, JULY MEETINGS HAVING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET.

OTHERWISE, IT'S THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE FIRST MONTH OF THE QUARTER, PLUS THE ONES FOR THE BUDGET STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

ANY DISCUSSION? ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF NONE.

THIS IS GONNA BE SHORT AND SWEET TODAY.

YAY.

UH, ITEM THREE

[a. Presentation of the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Hot Spot and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) statistical report. ]

REPORTS.

PRESENTATION OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT HOTSPOT AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT STATISTICS REPORT.

CHIEF DOHERTY, I HEAR FOR YOUR LAST TIME YOU WANNA MAKE REPORTS.

YEAH.

UM, MY SIDEKICKS HERE SOMEWHERE.

THERE HE IS.

BREAKING DOWN.

WELL, HE STARTED OFF IN, IN THE SECOND ROW, BUT HE'S, UH, HE IS MOVED OVER.

BUT, UH, ASSISTANT, UH, CHIEF MIKE HOLDEN WILL BE THE ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, FOLLOWING THIS MONTH, STARTING FEBRUARY 1ST.

UH, SO YOU'LL BE IN, WELL IN GOOD HANDS.

UH, FOR THE, UH, HOTSPOT, UH, STATS FOR THE, UH, QUARTERLY, UH, THEY HAD, UH, 219 ARRESTS.

THEY WROTE 605, UH, CITATIONS ANSWERED 798 CALLS, DID 784

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TRAFFIC STOPS.

THEY SAID HELLO TO 484 DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND THEY ARRESTED, UH, UH, 1D WI AND FILED 508 TOTAL CHARGES.

AND THEY ASSISTED OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT 93.

THE, UH, DECEMBER STATISTICS, UH, THEY ARRESTED, UH, 73 HOLIDAY SHOPPERS.

THEY, UH, ISSUED 252 SHOPLIFTING CI, NO TRAFFIC CITATIONS, PROBABLY.

UH, THEY MADE 288 TRAFFIC STOPS.

THEY SAID HELLO TO 145 PEDESTRIANS.

THEY HAD 1D WI AND I FILED 177 CHARGES FOR OUR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT.

UH, I'VE GOT THE STATISTICS FOR THE UNIT FOR, UH, NOVEMBER.

AND, UH, THAT WAS, UH, 15 LEVEL ONE INSPECTIONS, 24 LEVEL TWO INSPECTIONS, AND 39 TOTAL INSPECTIONS.

UH, THEY ALSO DID, UH, THREE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

THEY PLACED 21 PEOPLE OUTTA WORK WITH, AND THEY PLACED FIVE DRIVERS OUTTA WORK.

AND THEY ISSUED 39 CITATIONS.

THEY ISSUED 120 WARNINGS FOR, UH, SMILEY FACE.

SAFETY DECALS WERE ISSUED IN THE, UH, THE FINES TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $29,345 POSSIBLY.

AND THE WEIGHT CITATIONS WERE 15 AND THE WEIGHT WARNINGS WERE 27 FOR DECEMBER.

UH, 12 LEVEL ONE INSPECTIONS, 22, LEVEL TWO INSPECTION, SEVEN THREE, UM, FOR, UH, THREE AND FIVE INSPECTIONS, AND A TOTAL NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS OF 41 4 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PLACED 24 PEOPLE, UH, VEHICLES OUTTA WORK.

UH, ONE DRIVER ISSUED, UH, 27 ISSUES OR ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS, 80, UH, CBE WARNINGS, EIGHT SAFETY DECALS, AND 9,975 POSSIBLE FOR POSSIBLE FINES.

10 WEIGHT CITATIONS AND, UH, 15 WARNINGS FOR THE, UH, FIRST QUARTER, WHICH IS WITH THE CCPD.

UH, YOU HAVE, UH, OFFICER SCHAFER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THAT UNIT NOW.

AND WE HAD, WE WILCOCK RETIRE AND OTHER PEOPLE MOVING AROUND.

UH, HE DID A REAL GOOD JOB.

HE HAD 15 LEVEL ONE INSPECTIONS, 26 LEVEL TWO INSPECTIONS, AND 41, UM, TOTAL INSPECTIONS.

HE PLACED 20 VEHICLES OUTTA SERVICE.

HE ISSUED, UH, CVE CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF 27 83 WARNINGS, SIX CVED ISSUES, AND 11, UH, WEIGHT RELATED AND 14 WARNINGS FOR THAT.

DID PRETTY GOOD FOR A BRAND NEW GUY.

EXCELLENT.

ANYTHING ON THE STREET CHIEF? JUST THE NARRATIVE WITH THE NUMBERS.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UH, UH, PEOPLE THAT GET CONFUSED AND TAKE VEHICLES THAT DON'T BELONG TO THEM.

AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT TRYING TO TRACK THOSE GUYS DOWN.

WE'VE HAD ALSO, UH, SOME ROBBERY ISSUES AND THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD AT CLOSING OUT THOSE AND FINDING THE BAD GUYS.

AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, HOMICIDES, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'VE, UH, ASSISTED SPECIAL OPS AND, AND WORKED ON WITH THOSE GUYS TOO.

SO, UH, THEY'VE BEEN STAYING VERY BUSY AND, UH, A LOT OF THOSE, WERE YOU FULL UP THE 15 PEOPLE, THE 14 PATROL OFFICERS AND THE POLICE SERGEANT? ARE YOU FULL? NO, WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE, UH, WE'RE DOWN, I THINK EIGHT.

IS THAT CORRECT, MIKE? DEPARTMENT WISE? DEPARTMENT WISE, WE'RE DOWN EIGHT MM ONE CBE.

AND UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

TRAINED UP.

I GUESS THAT WAS RETIREMENT OR ATTRITION OR BOTH? YES.

WELL THAT JUST, THAT'S PRETTY HIGH NUMBER FOR ONE YEAR.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WORK IN THE PLANT, SO.

YEAH, THAT'S FOR SURE.

WELL, WE'VE RELEASED SOME PEOPLE FROM FURTHER OBLIGATION OF WORKING FOR OUR FINE CITY.

UH, AND SO, UH, WE HAD A FEW VACANCIES TO THAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? OKAY.

GONNA RECEIVE THE CCPD QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

WE'VE APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AS A CITIZEN.

WELL, I'M STILL A CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST KEITH.

HOW'S THAT? THERE YOU GO.

OKAY, THEN WE'RE

[b. Receive the CCPD Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2020.]

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VICTOR, YOU HAVE IT ALL.

THANK, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

CAN I, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A RECAP 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET PAGE.

AGAIN, Y'ALL'S BUDGET IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, $1.6 MILLION, MOST OF WHICH IS PERSONNEL SERVICES AND WAGES BENEFITS.

THAT'S 1.4 MILLION.

ONCE YOU GET AFTER THAT, Y'ALL HAVE GOT 60,000 IN ELECTIONS, 200 IN BONDS.

AND THEN AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, THE REMAINING 73,000 SITS IN UNFORESEEN AND NEW INITIATIVES.

WE TALKED TO LETTY LAST TIME ABOUT THE ELECTIONS.

THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING SHE HAS TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON, WHETHER OR NOT, BUT YOU'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE ON THE 60 K FOR THE COMING YEAR.

THE 60,000 THAT'S IN THIS BUDGET IS GONNA COVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CONTINUATION ELECTION.

UH, AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE THE, THE FINAL NUMBERS FROM HARRIS COUNTY, UM, BUT WE FEEL THAT THE 60,000 SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER, UH, THE REMAINDER OF HARRIS AND CHAMBERS COUNTY.

THANKS, LEDDY.

VICTOR? YES.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

CAN I ALSO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR REELECTION? UM, TURNING TO PERFORMANCE IN THE BUDGET AND, UH, I HAVE TO SAY, THE TREND ON SALES TAX CONTINUES REMARKABLY.

SO WE ARE ALMOST 6% UP ON YOUR BUDGET AND ABOUT THREE POINT A HALF PERCENT UP ON, UH, LAST YEAR.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO PICKED UP THE CONTROLLER IS, UH, MAKING THE COMMENT ACROSS THE STATE.

CURRENTLY, SALES TAX FOR CITIES ARE INDEED TRACKING UP ABOUT 3.5% YEAR ON YEAR.

SO, UH, I HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT SURPRISED THAT THAT TREND HAS CONTINUED.

UM, I, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS IN THE LONGER TERM ABOUT THE EFFECT OF THE CURRENT PANDEMIC ON THE ECONOMY.

AND I DON'T THINK WE ARE, BUT ANY WAY OUT OF, UH, THE WOODS IN THAT ONE.

NEVERTHELESS, WE'RE LOOKING EXTREMELY HEALTHY, UH, IN TERMS OF YOUR BALANCES, UH, THAT ADDS, UH, TO THE, UH, UH, TO, TO YOUR ACCUMULATED SURPLUS.

AND WE END IT LAST YEAR, UH, ON A HIGHER NOTE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED AS WELL.

SO, UH, TO THAT END, YOU'VE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, ELECTION.

PEOPLE HAVE, UH, GIVEN US THEIR MONEY TO SPEND ON DOING THINGS THAT WILL IMPROVE THEIR LIVES IN THIS INSTANCE, TO, UH, BEAR DOWN ON CRIME AND DISORDER IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK IT IS RIGHT THAT WE SPEND THEIR MONEY AS THEY'VE DIRECTED US TO DO SO.

UM, AND YOU MAY NOT HEAR FINANCE DIRECTORS SAY THAT OUR PURPOSE IS NOT TO HOLD CASH, IT IS TO SPEND MONEY, BUT IT IS, UM, I'VE HAD A PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION WITH, UH, UH, CHIEF HOLDEN, UH, LOOKING FORWARD, UH, IN THIS YEAR.

WE DID TAKE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS OUT OF CCPD AND PUT THEM INTO GENERAL FUND, UH, FOR SWAP VESTS AND FOR HANDHELD RADIOS.

UH, I WOULD SUGGEST TO, TO YOU THAT, THAT WE MAY WANT TO RECONSIDER, UH, THOSE PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY ON THE RADIOS, UH, AND MOVE THOSE UP THE AGENDA.

I'LL WORK, UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH, UH, WITH THE CHIEFS IN PD, UH, TO BRING THAT FORWARD.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST HOLD THE THOUGHT FOR NOW.

LET US DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK ON THAT.

BUT AT YOUR NEXT MEETING, IF THIS TREND CONTINUES, I WOULD BE ENCOURAGING YOU TO GO AHEAD AND COMMIT RESOURCES AND SPEND THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH, UH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF, UH, THIS CITY.

THAT'S AS MUCH AS I'VE GOT FOR YOU ON THE PRESIDENT.

SO THEY, UM, I GUESS AT THE NEXT MEETING, DO YOU COME BACK AND SAY, YEAH, WE DEFINITELY WANNA USE THE MONEY FOR RADIOS.

UH, IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? UH, UH, YES.

AND I, I, WHAT WE'LL DO IS, IS, IS WORK OUT, UH, WHICH OF THE PROJECTS IS THE BEST TO, UH, TO GO FORWARD WITH FIRST? UH, WE WILL HAVE THE SURPLUS, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR SALES TAX.

PLUS YOU'VE GOT YOUR 73,000 IN YOUR, UH, CONTINGENCY THERE, UH, ALREADY.

MM-HMM .

I JUST WANT TO GIVE US ANOTHER FEW MONTHS OF THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT IT IS NOT JUST A, A DREAM THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA WAKE UP FROM.

UM, BUT RIGHT NOW, NOW IT WAS MY FAULT.

I DID A LOT OF SHOPPING.

WELL, YEAH.

WELL DONE.

KEEP IT UP AND ME TOO.

BUT I THINK THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING AND, AND, UM, I VERY MUCH AGREE THAT CONSUMER SPENDING'S GONNA BE TRENDING UP, ESPECIALLY WITH FISCAL STIMULUS COMING OUTTA WASHINGTON.

WILL ACT TOGETHER, AND I'M JUST PROUD OF THE WAY Y'ALL WORK TOGETHER.

IT'S GONNA BE EVEN MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S GONNA TRANSLATE INTO MORE SALES TAX REVENUE.

PRECISELY.

I, I SUPPOSE JUST, UH, ON THE PLUG TO PICK UP YOUR COMMENT, MADAM PRESIDENT, LET'S SPEND MONEY, BUT LET'S TRY AND SPEND IT ON PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND HAVE BUSINESSES HERE, RATHER THAN JUST GIVE THE CASH TO PEOPLE, UH, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OR OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

AND I SAY THAT TO MYSELF 'CAUSE I BUY A LOT OF STUFF ON AMAZON.

I'M GONNA TRY AND BUY MORE STUFF HERE FROM LOCAL PEOPLE.

WE, WE GET SALES TAX FROM AMAZON, THOUGH, IT'S FINE.

WE DO, WE DO.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, GET THE MONEY CIRCULATING HERE IN BAYTOWN.

I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH.

WELL, AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE OF, AND I HOPE YOU CAN APPRECIATE, IS THE WORK THAT WE DO CROSS DEPARTMENTAL.

SO WHAT VICTOR'S TALKING ABOUT AND HIS TEAM ON THE FINANCE SIDE VERSUS WHAT CHIEF HOLDEN HIS TEAM ON, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE A COMBINED RECOMMENDATION TO Y'ALL.

STAFF

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WILL THIS BE NEW RADIOS OR ANOTHER PICK UP OF SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD? AND THAT IS THE DISCUSSION WE HAVE TO HAVE.

UH, B BOTH WITH, UH, WITH POLICE AND FIRE.

UH, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THE, IT MERITS, UH, A REALLY GOOD LOOK AND I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE INVEST, UH, IN, IN SOME OF THOSE TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE FOR VICTOR.

WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

MANAGER'S

[a. The next Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at 4:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ]

REPORT.

MR. GENERAL MANAGER, MADAM PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS, I TOO WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU REALLY ON THE CONTINUATION OF CCPD.

I MEAN, WE'D LIKE TO SAY THAT'S A SLAM DUNK ALL THE TIME.

WE HAD A LOT OF CHALLENGES LAST YEAR, SOCIAL UNREST AND OTHERWISE, AND HARD TO SAY WHAT THE VOTERS WILL GO INTO THE POLLS THINKING ABOUT.

BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS AN OVERWHELMING PASSAGE AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DID, UM, ON THAT AS WELL.

IT'S, THIS IS GREAT FOR OUR CITY.

IT'S GREAT THAT WE'VE GOT THIS SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS THAT WE CAN USE.

HAVING SAID THAT, I ALSO WILL CONGRATULATE YOUR OFFICERS ON YOUR REELECTION.

AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE TUESDAY, APRIL 13TH, 4:30 PM HERE IN THE COUNCIL.

CHAMBERS AND PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I'LL SECOND.