* 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. UM, GOOD [00:00:01] AFTERNOON. WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS MEETING [ BAYTOWN FIRE, CONTROL, PREVENTION AND EMS DISTRICT NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2021 4:00 P.M. BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 Due to the COVID 19 Disaster and the CDC's recommendation regarding social distancing measures, the public may not be allowed to be physically present at this meeting, as there is a limited amount of space when maintaining the required 6-feet separation from others. For those members of the public that cannot or do not wish to be physically present at the meeting, they will be able to participate through two-way communications. For video conferencing, use the following website www.zoom.com, click on "join a meeting" on the top right-hand corner, and input the following Meeting ID 838 2184 3366. For telephone conferencing please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID:838 2184 3366. Any person, who is participating through video/teleconferencing and is interested in speaking on any item on the agenda, must submit his/her request via email to the Board Secretary at cityclerk@baytown.org. The request must include the speaker's name, address, and phone number that will be used if teleconferencing as well as the agenda item number. The request must be received prior to the posted time of the meeting. The agenda packet is accessible to the public in both HTML and PDF formats at the following link: https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes. After the meeting, a video recording of this meeting will be made available to the public at https://www.baytown.org/city-hall/city-clerk/agendas-minutes. For more information or questions concerning the teleconference, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 281-420-6504. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ] OF THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT. WE CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE WE HAVE A QUORUM. THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY WILL BE TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE DISTRICT'S REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JANUARY THE 19TH, 2021 LIKE MOTION. AND I'LL SECOND THAT I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE LIKE SIGN MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT, WE WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 20 20 20 21 BUDGET IN ORDER TO TRANSFER MONIES FROM FUND BALANCE AND CONTINGENCY TO MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING 1 20 21 PIERCE VELOCITY PUMPER TRUCK FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALRIGHT, SO, UM, THIS IS THE PURCHASE OF A VELOCITY FIRE TRUCK SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE ARE PURCHASING THAT WE, UM, STARTED LAST YEAR. IT'S GONNA BE ALMOST IDENTICAL. THAT ONE WAS NOT HERE YET. THAT WAS IN THE PROCESS. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD'VE BUDGETED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF COVID WE ADJUST THE, THE REFLECT BACK A LITTLE BIT BASED ON FORECASTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'VE SINCE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE'S AVAILABLE FUNDS IN THERE TO DO THIS AND SO WE'RE COMING FORWARD TO MOVE THE MONEY. UM, 620,000 FROM FUND BALANCE AND 125,000 FROM, UM, CONTINGENCY INTO THE MOTOR VEHICLES PURCHASES. FIRETRUCK IS FIRETRUCKS TOTAL COST OF 740,000 OF $193. AND BY PURCHASING IT NOW THEY'VE HELD THE DISCOUNT. AND PART OF THE REASON WHY WE WERE TRYING TO MOVE THIS QUICKLY IS TO SAVE US 3%, THAT IT WOULD COST US AN INCREASE. THIS REPLACES A 2010 QUANTUM PUMP. YES. AND, AND AS IMPORTANT AS THAT, THEN THAT UNIT GOES INTO RESERVE AND RESERVES IS WHERE WE'RE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. 'CAUSE WE LOST ONE ON ACCIDENT, SO, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHIFT THEM AROUND. THANK YOU. DO HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WEEK STEP. I SECOND THAT MOTION. MOTION TO SECOND. ALRIGHT. QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH A NEW TRUCK COST NOWADAYS? TOTAL ABOUT SEVEN 20. YOU CAN'T SEE ME BUT BE ALLOWED. ALRIGHT, THIS ONE IS $746,193 AND 10 CENTS AND 10 CENTS. WE, UM, THE LAST TRUCK, SO WE WERE PURCHASING THE, UM, QUANTUM QUANTUMS. UM, IF WE WOULD'VE CONTINUED PURCHASING THE SAME TRUCK THAT WE WERE BUYING, IT WOULD BE PROBABLY IN ABOUT THE EIGHT 50 RANGE RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE INCREASES. SO WE'VE SCALED BACK A LITTLE BIT, UM, PRIMARILY TO GET A LITTLE BIT, BIT SHORTER TRUCK, SHORTER WHEEL BASE, UM, AND STILL HAVE A LOT OTHER FEATURES THAT WE NEEDED. NO FLIP DOWN STEPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON THIS ONE. GOOD. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? LIKE SIGN A. MOTION CARRIED. UNANIM. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE BAYTOWN FIRE TRAINING FIELD. IT'S GOOD. THE PROJECT, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT. I GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. UM, 'CAUSE DEREK COULDN'T BE HERE. WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN BUSY. WE ARE, UM, WAITING, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING THE TANK OUT THERE. UM, WE'VE HAD TO WORK ON OUR AGREEMENT, UM, THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF TRYING TO FIND A TANK THAT CAN GET OUT THERE. SO WE'VE GOT AN, THE DISCUSSION WITH SUBURBAN PROPANE, THEY'RE GONNA LEASE THE TANK. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AGREEMENT TO CLEAN IT UP, WAITING FOR THEM TO ACCEPT IT. AND SO THAT'S BEEN THE DELAY ON GETTING THE PROPS TESTED. THE PROPS CAN'T BE TESTED, THE INDUSTRIAL PROPS UNTIL THE TANK IS IN PLACE AND WE HAVE PROPANE IN IT. AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE DONE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. AND THEN, UM, ONCE WE GET THE TANK INSTALLED, GETS PROPANE IN IT, ILLA WILL COME BACK OUT, THEY'LL TEST THE PROPS AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROBABLY FINISH THAT PROJECT THEN. SO WE ANTICIPATE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CUT THE RIBBON NEXT MONTH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR. WE STILL HAVE TO SEE IF THIS IS GONNA GO THROUGH WITH SUBURBAN PROPANE ON THE TANK. WE DON'T HAVE THE AGREEMENT BACK YET, SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING, TRYING TO PUSH 'EM AND THEY GOT DELAYED BECAUSE OF LAST WEEK. SO YEAH. RIGHT. IT WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT REALLY REQUIRED A LOT OF WORK TO GET IT TO THE POINT THAT WE COULD UTILIZE IT. RIGHT. AND THERE'S NONE OF . THE, THEY'RE KIND OF HELPING US OUT TOO, SO WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY WORK TOGETHER, MAKE IT WORK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS [00:05:01] OR DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT THE MANAGERS. SO OBVIOUSLY, UH, WHAT YOU DID HERE TODAY IS TO GO TO THE COUNCIL, UH, ON THURSDAY, DAY AFTER TOMORROW, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, UH, ADJUSTMENT AND THE, UH, THE PURCHASE. UH, BUT, UH, IT, MY CONVERSATIONS, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING FORWARD WITH OUR APPARATUS REPLACEMENT. UH, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. UH, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE APRIL THE 20TH. UH, SO I BID YOU ALL HAPPY EASTER. UH, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON APRIL 20TH, FOUR 30 RIGHT HERE. WHAT CURRENTLY? THE ROOF, SUPPOSEDLY THAT 10 STORY FIRE STATION, CORRECT. I CAN'T HEAR. ARE WE BUILDING A 10 STORY FIRE POLICE STATION? IS THAT THE PLAN? THREE STORIES? YEAH. IT'S NOT A 10 STORY. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 10 STORY BUILDING? THAT'S, UM, IT'S NEVER, NEVER, I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE 10 STORY VERSION, BUT, UH, I DO KNOW THAT WE HAD CONSIDERED, AND MY CURIOSITY WAS HOW THE HECK IT GOING? GET UP THERE. WE, WE HAD IT ONE TIME TO VALIDATE WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF THINKING WE HAD CONSIDERED A, A, UH, A SMALLER FOOTPRINT AND A MORE VERTICAL STRUCTURE. YEAH. UH, PROBABLY FOUR STORIES, BUT WE FOUND IT MORE ECONOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL TO, UH, GO TO THE THREE. IT'S STILL A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, UH, WE HOPE IN MAY TO ACTUALLY INITIATE THE FLEET FACILITY AND IMPOUND YARD PHASE ONE OF THAT PROJECT. AND LATER ON THIS CALENDAR YEAR, UH, ACTUALLY MOVING INTO THE MAIN ADMINISTRATION, UH, BUILDING. AND THEN PHASE THREE OF COURSE IS THE DEMO OF OUR CURRENT FACILITY AND THE FINISHING PARKING LOT AND LANDSCAPING, UH, IN THE FRONT. SO THREE PHASES. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. AS THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THIS COURT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU. MOTION A SECOND. THANK YOU. THANKS GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. GOOD. OUTTA CURIOSITY, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE 2000. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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