* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:18] UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT. UM, AND WE ANNOUNCED THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. [a. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Regular Meeting held on October 20, 2020.] [b. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Special Meeting held on November 17, 2020.] OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY WILL BE TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE DISTRICT'S REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 20TH, 2020. MADAM PRESIDENT, IF, UH, IF PLEASES THE BOARD, YOU CAN TAKE ITEMS ONE A AND ONE B TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ONE B, BEING THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 2020. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE PASS THE MINUTES AS OPPOSED. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, SECOND. SECOND. IS THERE A DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. OPPOSED? SIGN A. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. UM, [a. Consider a resolution amending the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District's Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget, in order to transfer monies, from Contingency/New Initiatives (20701-99001) to Outside Contracts (20701-74032), for the lease and installation of a propane tank for the Baytown Fire Training Field Industrial Prop. ] NEXT WE'LL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 20 20 20 21 BUDGET IN ORDER TO TRANSFER MONIES FROM CONTINGENCY NEW INITIATIVES. 2 0 7 1 DASH 9 9 0 0 1 TO OUTSIDE CONTRACTS. 2 0 7 0 1 DASH 7 4 0 3 2 FOR THE LEASE AND INSTALLATION OF A PROPANE TANK FOR THE BAYTOWN FIRE TRAINING FIELD INDUSTRIAL PROP. AND I'LL SPEAK ON THIS. UM, AND IF I, UH, MISS ANYTHING, THEN CHIEF GASKIN CAN KIND OF CHIME IN. WE HAVE A 2000 GALLON PROPANE TANK OUT THERE THAT FEEDS THE BURN BUILDING. IT'S NOT ENOUGH FUEL TO FEED THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PROP. THE INDU, THE, THE NEW FUEL TANK WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT, SO WE HAD TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR SOME FUNDING. WE ALSO HAD AN ISSUE WITH WHERE WE WERE GONNA GET THE FUEL FROM DISAGREEMENT WITH, UM, WE WOULD ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH SUBURBAN PROPANE AND WE WOULD GET ONE OF THEIR LARGE TANKS AND WE'D LEASE IT OUT FOR $50 A YEAR. IS IT A YEAR? $8 A YEAR. AND, UM, AND THEN WE'D BUY THE FUEL FROM THEM AND THAT'S THE WAY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE, GET THE LARGE TANK. OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE, UM, VERY EXPENSIVE TO PURCHASE THE TANK AND SET THE TANK OUT THERE. THIS COST IS FOR, UM, SETTING THE TANK AND IT'S ALSO, UM, INCLUDES A COST FOR A CRANE THAT'S GONNA PUT THE TANK INTO PLACE. SO WE WERE JUST ASKING FOR ANOTHER MOVE FROM CONTINGENCY TO, UM, COVER THOSE ITEMS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO NOW, ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, UH, CONCERNING THE RESOLUTION? SO CHIEF, YOU SAID IT'S GONNA COVER THE PAD, I GUESS WHERE IT'S GONNA SIT? YEAH. UM, CHIEF, THE PAD WAS ALREADY COVERED UNDER THE ORIGINAL SCOPE. OKAY. SO THE PAD WAS APPROVED IN THE CHANGE ORDER THAT COUNCIL JUST APPROVED. THIS IS FOR THE ACTUAL TANK. OKAY. SO THEY HAVE TO BRING IT OUT, SET IT UP. IT'S A 12,000 GALLON TANK, WHICH WE NEED. THE NEW PROPS CAN BURN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 70 AND 80 GALLONS PER MINUTE. SO A 2000 GALLON TANK, IT WOULD, WE'D HAVE TO FILL IT EVERY DAY. ALRIGHT. THIS ONE, AT LEAST WE CAN GO A WEEK OR TWO. OKAY. BUT WE, BEFORE WE HAVE TO FILL IT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ? THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. UM, [a. Consider the election of the President and Vice President and the appointment of the Secretary.] NEXT WE WILL CONSIDER THE ELECTION OF THE, OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SECRETARY. SO CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT IS MS. BRENDA BRADLEY SMITH. THE VICE PRESIDENT IS MR. ATKINS, AND THE APPOINTMENT OF YOUR SECRETARY IS THE CITY CLERK. YOU CAN, UH, TAKE NOMINATIONS AS A SLATE OR YOU CAN DO 'EM EACH ONE INDEPENDENTLY. IT'S AT THE, UM, HOWEVER THE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THOSE. UH, I WOULD GO WITH THE WILL OF THE BOARD, UH, ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO. IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT INDEPENDENTLY OR AS A SLATE. I DON'T WANT TO DICTATE. I, I WOULD BE HAPPY IF WE LEFT IT EXACTLY THE SAME AND, UH, LET THEM TOGETHER ON THE BOAT. , I, I'D BE HAPPY IF YOU TAKE IT, MAURICE, BUT I'LL TAKE IT. . THAT'S WHY I SPOKE UP FIRST. JOHN . I HAVE A FIRST. I JUST NEED A SECOND. ALRIGHT, SO I, OKAY, SO THAT WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND. UH, ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. 10 O'CLOCK SIGN THE MOTION CARRIED. UNANIM. WELL, THANK YOU. [00:05:01] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. CONGRATULATIONS. UM, [b. Consider setting the dates, times and location for the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District meetings for 2021. ] NEXT WE WILL CONSIDER SETTING THE DATES, TIMES, AND LOCATION OF THE DISTRICT'S MEETINGS FOR 2021. SO THIS IS REALLY HOUSEKEEPING EVERY YEAR, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DO IT AT EACH MEETING TO CALL YOUR NEXT MEETING. THIS IS JUST ALL OF THE MEETING DATES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR. AND YOU HAVE A MEETING IN, UM, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AND OCTOBER. IT IS THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AND IT OF THOSE MONTHS, AND IT BEGINS AT FOUR 30 IN THE BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM. ONCE YOU APPROVE THESE, THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO, UM, TOUCH THEM AGAIN. ONLY IF WE HAVE TO CANCEL ONE OR AT A SPECIAL MEETING. WILL WE BRING THAT TO YOU? UM, AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, THE, THE MEETING'S IN MAY, JUNE, AND IF WE NEED JULY DEAL WITH THE BUDGET, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, WE'VE MOVED THE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, UH, LAST YEAR AND WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA DO THE SAME THING THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, COULD YOU STATE THOSE MONTHS AGAIN WHEN WE HAVE MEETINGS? UM, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST. AND ONCE APPROVED, MY STAFF WILL SEND THAT TO YOU DIRECTLY. OKAY. UM, I, I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION YES, MA'AM, FOR SETTING THE, THE MEETINGS IN THE MONTHS JUST DESCRIBED. MOTION. MOTION TO ACCEPT. DESIREE. ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND THAT. MOTION IS SECOND QUESTIONS. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SIGN. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. [a. Receive the Baytown Fire Control Prevention and EMS District Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2020.] UM, NEXT WE WILL RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE, UH, DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2020. THANK YOU, JUSTICE. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, SO I, I CONTINUE THANKFULLY TO BE VERY GOOD NEWS. UM, SALES TAX REMAINS REMARKABLY BUOYANT, UH, AND HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR THE DURATION OF THE, UH, THE ONGOING PANDEMIC. UH, I REMAIN, UH, ASTOUNDED BY THAT, BUT HAPPILY SO, UH, IT MEANS THAT WE ENDED, UH, THE PREVIOUS FINANCIAL YEAR ON A MUCH, UH, HEALTHIER NOTE PARDON THE UPON THAN I HAD ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED. SO IN YOUR BALANCE, THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL, UH, BUFFER IN ADDITION TO THAT WHICH WE HAD ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR. AND LOOKING AT THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, THAT TREND HAS CONTINUED. AND IF IT WERE TO CONTINUE IN THIS VEIN, WE WOULD BE UPWARDS OF ABOUT 350 TO 400,000 UP ON THE YEAR. NOW I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO PREJUDGE THAT AND, AND, AND COUNTER CHICKENS AND ALL OF THAT. AND YES, THAT'S AVAILABLE. NEVERTHELESS, YOU HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT, IMBALANCES IN EXCESS BE 800,000. UH, YOU ARE UP BY ALMOST 5% ON SALES TAX IN THE CURRENT YEAR. AND IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, IT BEING LARGELY, UH, PERSONNEL AND, UH, COST AS WE ARE ALREADY AWARE OF, UH, THAT REMAINS VERY MUCH ON BUDGET. YOU JUST SPENT ABOUT 13,000 OF YOUR 163,000 CONTINGENCIES. SO YOU HAVE 150,000 OF THAT LEFT ON TOP OF YOUR SUBSTANTIAL BALANCE AND YOUR OUTPERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF SALES TAX. UM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU EMPLOY THOSE RESOURCES THAT ARE ENTRUSTED TO US WITH THE TAXPAYERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOCAL PEOPLE. AND I KNOW THAT CHIEF IS CONCERNED YOU HAVE A FIRE TRUCK BRIDGE MET UNFORTUNATELY, AND THANKS TO ONE OF OUR TRASH TRUCKS AND WE'RE CURRENTLY RUNNING A LESS THAN SATISFACTORY BACKUP. AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A SUGGESTION COMING FORWARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THAT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTIONS YOU HAVE ON TAP. BUT MY ADVICE AT THIS STAGE WOULD BE, NOT NECESSARILY TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT, BUT IF YOU'RE HAPPY FOR US TO LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER, WE CAN DO SO AND, AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU. BUT AT THIS STAGE, YOU'RE LOOKING IN A REMARKABLY HEALTHY POSITION. BUT I'VE MADE, AT THIS POINT, AT THE CRIME CONTROL, UH, SPECIAL DISTRICT RECENTLY, MY JOB IS NOT TO HOLD CASH AT ALL. IT IS NOT TO KEEP IT IN THE CITY'S BANK ACCOUNTS TO MAKE MONEY ON WHICH WE'RE NOT DOING VERY WELL AT, AS YOU NOTICE. ANYWAY, INTEREST RATE, THANKS. THE INTEREST RATE, IT'S NOT OUR FAULT, BUT, UH, NEVERTHELESS, IT'S NOT TO, TO KEEP MONEY, UH, IN ACCOUNT. IT'S ACTUALLY TO, AS I SAID, TO EMPLOY IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOCAL PEOPLE. IT'S THEIR MONEY THAT THEY HAVEN'T ENTRUSTED TOO. SO I WOULD EXPECT THEY WILL WANT US TO SPEND IT WISELY. AND THE, THE SUGGESTION THAT HAS BEEN MADE IS THAT IT WOULD BE A WISE INVESTMENT TO, UH, TO PUT THAT BACK INTO ANOTHER, ANOTHER FIRE AND THE CHIEF MAY WANT TO, TO COMMENT ON, ON THAT. [00:10:01] THAT'S, AS I SAY, NOT FOR TODAY. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. I'M JUST FLAGGING UP WITH YOU IN TERMS OF, UH, USING THE RESOURCES YOU'VE ACCUMULATED, THAT THAT MAY BE WHAT YOU WISH TO DO. THAT'S A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE. I LIKE THAT. GOT MONEY SPENT. DID WE JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED AN AMBULANCE OR WAS THE BY TIME, TIME LATE PUBLISHING THAT? YEAH, SO WE RECEIVED AN AMBULANCE A FEW MONTHS BACK. IT WENT INTO SERVICE PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO, APPROXIMATELY. WE HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON, ON RADIOS AND THINGS IN IT. THAT AMBULANCE IS IN SERVICE. WE'VE ORDERED ANOTHER AMBULANCE, SO THAT'LL BE THREE YEARS IN A ROW WHERE WE, WHERE WE'VE, UM, PURCHASED AND RECEIVED AN AMBULANCE. THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL WITH OUR RESERVE FLEET. EVERY TIME OBVIOUSLY WE, WE REPLACE A FRONT LINE, WE GET TO MOVE THAT FRONT LINE AND TO RESERVE AND WE GET RID OF THE OLDEST RESERVE. SO WE'RE REALLY DOING WELL. WHAT VICTOR WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE FIRE APPARATUS IS WE'VE BEEN DOING PRETTY GOOD, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR FRONTLINE UNITS, OUR RESERVE UNITS. UM, THERE'S, THERE WERE SOME GAPS IN ORDERING MANY YEARS AGO, SO SOME OF THE RESERVES ARE OLDER. WE LOST ONE IN AN ACCIDENT. UM, AND I, THE INSURANCE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED WASN'T VERY MUCH. WE PUT THAT INTO ONE OF THE UNITS THAT WAS IN OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR FIRE TRUCK GRAVEYARD. IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE A, THE PUMP WASN'T WORKING WELL AS SOLAR UNIT. WE GOT THAT TRUCK FIXED UP IN CASE WE NEEDED IT AND WE ENDED UP USING IT A FEW TIMES. SO, UM, THE THOUGHT OF MAYBE, UM, UH, MOVING A LITTLE BIT QUICKER ON THE NEXT ENGINE PURCHASE. UM, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO US. WE DO HAVE A, AN A FIRE ENGINE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ORDERED. THAT ONE SHOULD BE HERE SUMMERTIME, GIVE OR TAKE. UM, WITH COVID WE CAN'T BE, UM, TO COMP THE DATES THEY'RE GIVING US, BUT, UM, THAT'S A TRUCK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE LAST YEAR, PROBABLY EXTENDED OUT. BUT IF WE CAN GET THAT ONE AND POTENTIALLY ORDER ANOTHER ONE AND GET THAT MOVING, 'CAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE. UM, THAT'LL PUT US IN REALLY, REALLY GOOD SHAPE WITH OUR APPARATUS. SO WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR US TO ASK FOR AN, AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MEETING? DISCUSS? YES MA'AM. WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT THAT ON A NEXT AGENDA SO IT CAN BE DISCUSSED APPROPRIATELY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL I HAVE IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT'S WHAT ALL HAVE ANY, I'LL TAKE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS IF YES, YOU HAVE IT ON THERE. QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [b. Present an update regarding the Baytown Fire Training Field.] UM, NEXT WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE FIRE TRAINING FIELD. SO THE FIRE TRAINING FIELD IS SUBSTANTIALLY ALMOST COMPLETE. UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY THE BUILDING'S 99% COMPLETE BY THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR. THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE OF THE FIRE PROPS, THE, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR'S PORTION OF THAT IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 95% COMPLETE. WHAT WE WERE WAITING ON IS THAT PROPANE TANK. AND THEN ILLA FIRE CONTROL WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY BUILD THE PROPS IN. THEY CAME IN THIS WEEK AND DELIVERED A BUNCH OF THEIR BASIC EQUIPMENT THAT THEY BUILT IN OHIO, I BELIEVE IT IS. AND THEY'LL COME IN FOR TWO WEEKS AND THEY'LL INSTALL ALL THE PROPS, UH, ONCE THE, ONCE THE PROPANE TANK IS IN. SO WE'RE PROBABLY A MONTH AND A HALF AWAY, HOPEFULLY, UH, FROM SIGNIFICANT COMPLETION OF THE WHOLE PROJECT. GREAT. I COULD GIVE OR TAKE ON TWO WEEKS TO A MONTH. SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, FURNITURE'S BEEN ORDERED FOR THE BUILDING. UH, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GOING ON. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY SIX WEEKS WE'RE, WE'RE FINISHED. ANY QUESTIONS? OH, ALSO WE DID JUST HAVE A PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE USE OUR FIELD FOR THAT, SO, UH, CHIEF ROBERTS SET UP A PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST FOR OUR NEW HIRES AND THAT'LL ALL HAPPEN IN THE FIELD. WE BUILT A PROP FOR THAT OUT THERE. AND, UH, THAT WENT PRETTY WELL, I THINK. SO WE USED IT RECENTLY FOR THAT. OKAY. OUR INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS ARE WE GETTING SIGNUPS AND THEY'RE CALLING ME EVERY DAY AND THERE'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE READY TO COME AND COME TO WORK AND I JUST TELL 'EM, WHAT I CAN TELL 'EM IS HOPEFULLY SIX WEEKS WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, BUT THAT'S STILL, WE DO HAVE A, A, UH, RIBBON CUTTING PLAN FOR MARCH. OH, EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [a. The next Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at 4:30 P.M. in the Baytown Conference Room located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas.] UM, THAT BRINGS US TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT. YOU'VE PROBABLY, UM, SEEN SOME OF THE UNITS AROUND SOME OF OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. THESE ARE CALLED THE IVP MACHINES, INTEGRATED VIRAL PROTECTION. AND REALLY WHAT THESE ARE, ARE AIR FILTER SYSTEMS ON STEROIDS BECAUSE THEY, THEY WILL KILL EVERY PATHOGEN, BUT THEY ALSO FILTER, UH, THE AIR INSIDE OF A BUILDING AT A VERY HIGH RATE, AT A VERY QUICK RATE. SO I TALKED TO THE CHIEF ABOUT PERHAPS HAVING A FUTURE DISCUSSION WITH YOU ABOUT, UH, NOT ONLY IS THAT TECHNOLOGY HOPEFULLY GONNA BE INTEGRATED IN OUR NEW PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, FACILITY, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE DISPOSITION OF THE BOARD IN THE FUTURE ABOUT, UH, [00:15:01] PURCHASING THOSE UNITS FOR OUR, OUR STATIONS. THEY ARE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED BY, BY INSTITUTIONS, UH, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ALL OVER, UH, THE COUNTRY. WE DON'T, UH, AND AGAIN, WE INVESTED IN THEM HERE AT AT CITY HALL AND, UH, WE HAVE HAD, UH, MANY DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY INSIDE OF OUR STATIONS AND CREATING A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS WITH OR WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, A PANDEMIC. AND SO I'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT THAT ON AS AN AGENDA ITEM AS WELL. YES SIR. OR FOR NEXT MEETING. THAT'D BE GREAT. AND OTHER THAN THAT, HAPPY EASTER BECAUSE I WON'T SEE YOU UNTIL APRIL THE 20TH AND EASTER'S APRIL 4TH AND WHAT EASTER IS ON APRIL THE FOURTH. SO YEAH, SO IT'S HAPPY BELATED EASTER TOO, BUT I WILL SEE YOU AT THE RIBBON. CUTTING. IT'S GONNA BE GRAND BECAUSE WHEN WE CUT THE RIBBON, I JUST WANT LOTS OF FLAMES. , WHAT'S THE PLAN? WE, ANYWAY, WE'LL MAKE IT SPECIAL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. UM, AS THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE ON THE AGENDA OR FOR THE BOARD, I WOULD MOTION ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. THAT MOTION. MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. A THANK YOU VERY MUCH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.