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THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH.
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OF BUSINESS IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT.REGULAR MEETING HELD ON, HELD ON JANUARY 12TH, 2021 IF ANYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE.
DID YOU GET THAT LADY? YES, MA'AM.
ANY COMMENT OR ANYTHING BEFORE WE NO MA'AM.
ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
UM, I ONLY HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES IN THERE.
THE PROPOSED RELU, UH, ITEM TWO, PROPOSED RESOLUTION A CONSIDER A
[a. Consider a resolution approving an amendment to the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District's Fiscal Year FY2020-21 Budget in order to transfer monies from the fund balance and contingency/new initiatives to machinery and equipment for the purchase of fifty-five (55) Motorola APX6000 portable radios and related equipment from Motorola Solutions Inc.]
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BAY TIME CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION FISCAL DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR, SORRY, 2021.BUDGET IN ORDER TO TRANSFER MONIES FROM FUND BALANCE TO CONTINGENT AND CONTINGENCY TO MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF 55 MOTOROLA, A PX 6,000 PORTABLE RADIOS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT FOR MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS.
AND WHO'S MAKING THE PRESENTATION TODAY? OKAY, VICTOR.
IF YOU REMEMBER AT YOUR LAST MEETING I INDICATED TO YOU THAT YOU WERE IN THE VERY HEALTHY FINANCIAL POSITION.
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UH, FROM THE, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUES WE RECEIVED IN SALES TAX.
AND SINCE THEN, UH, THE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF HAVE WORKED TO PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE THAT WOULD, UH, ALLOW US TO REPLACE ONE HALF OF OUR CURRENT STOCK OF, UH, HANDHELD RADIOS.
UH, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF REVENUES OVER THE NEXT, UH, QUARTER TO SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THE REMAINDER BY THE END OF THE, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT THIS AT LEAST ALLOWS US TO MOVE AHEAD AND REPLACE HALF OF THE, UH, THE PORTABLES.
NOW THE CHIEF MAY WANT TO SPEAK, UH, TO THAT, BUT CERTAINLY MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS UH, UH, FAIRLY URGENT AND THAT'S WHY WE, UH, HELD A SPECIAL MEETING TODAY SO WE COULD GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY COMMIT TO GIVING THOSE, UH, RADIOS IN THE HANDS OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
AND I DID IN FACT ASK MADAM PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS, I DID ASK THAT QUESTION.
IF CHIEF HOLDEN, IT IS AN URGENT ISSUE, HE WOULD LIKE TO GET THOSE RADIOS AT THIS TIME.
SO WE FELT THE NEED WAS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR THIS APPROVAL.
THANK YOU CHIEF HOLDEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? SURE.
UH, COMING BEFORE YOU WITH THE SURGEON MATTER WITH THE HANDHELD RADIOS, TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A HISTORY WITH IT IS THE HANDHELD RADIOS WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR OUR PATROL OFFICERS.
THEY'VE HAD FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW.
WE'VE BEEN DEVISING A PLAN TO REPLACE THESE OVER THE YEARS AND, UH, WHEN THE MONEY WAS AVAILABLE HERE, IT WAS A NEED BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE FOUND OUT FROM MOTOROLA ON THOSE HANDHELD RADIOS THAT THEY NO LONGER WILL SERVICE THAT SOFTWARE AND WE HAVE TO HAVE 'EM SCANNED AND SOFTWARE PUT IN PLACE FOR THOSE RADIOS.
SO WITH THIS REPLACEMENT, WE'RE ABLE TO GET 55.
NOW THESE WILL GO TO OUR PATROL OFFICERS AND THEN IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT WELL FOR THE NEXT QUARTER AND REPLACING THE REST OF THEM WOULD BE 50.
AND THAT WILL BASICALLY PUT NEW HANDHELD RADIOS FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL OFFICER FOR THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD THEN? I WOULD, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE LET THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOW WE HAD PLENTY OF MONEY
WELL, WAS THERE GOING TO BE ANY WAY TO SALVAGE ANY OF THOSE? POSSIBLY JUST, UH, OUTTA CURIOSITY.
UH, THE ONES THAT, WITH THE SOFTWARE THAT THEY DO WITH, THEY ENCRYPT OUR RADIOS.
SO FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS, NO.
UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WENT TO A NEW STANDARD AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL EMERGENCY SERVICES POLICE, UH, THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL TYPE OF RADIOS, UH, AND THOSE HAVE HIT THEIR END OF LIFE.
SO CAN MOTOROLA TAKE 'EM AND USE 'EM IN MAYBE ANOTHER INDUSTRY, A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING? THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT FOR POLICE FUNCTION, NO.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO RECOUP ANY POSSIBLY MONEY OR REBATE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO HELP US OUT,
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THEY WOULD CUT US, UH, SOME OF THAT BREAK AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY NO, BECAUSE IT'S A NEWER TYPE RADIO AND NEW SOFTWARE, UH, ON THE OTHER, THAT'S LIKE TRYING TO GET RID OF A CELL PHONE NOWADAYS,UM, NOW WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR REPLACING THE REST OF THE RADIOS? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA FIND PUT IN THE NEXT YEAR? I THINK RANDY JUST LOGGED ON OR, OR WHAT? RANDY, DID YOU JUST LOG IN BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED THE NO, I'VE BEEN HERE.
NO, HE'S BEEN HERE THE ADDITIONAL 50 FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT BEGINS IN OCTOBER AND THAT WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL HAVE THEM.
SO WHAT VICTOR SAID TODAY, I JUST DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
WHAT VICTOR SAID TODAY WAS IF IN FACT WE HAVE MORE SALES TAX REVENUE THAT WE CAN DO IT LATER THIS YEAR, WE MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO DO 'EM THIS YEAR.
IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
IT WOULD BE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
THAT WAY IF, IF WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS GOING FORWARD, WE CAN HANDLE IT IN A REGULAR MEETING GOING FORWARD.
IF NOT, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE OCTOBER BUDGET AND SEE HOW THE FUNDS ARE COMING IN THROUGH SALES TAX.
YES, THIS, THIS WILL COVER ALL THE HANDHELD.
UM, WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IN THE FUTURE IS LOOKING AT REPLACING ALL THE INCAR RADIO SYSTEMS. OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE QUITE AS MANY OF THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT ARE PAIRED UP IN UNITS, BUT UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO GO THROUGH AND AND REPLACE THOSE AS WELL.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE GOING OUTTA DATE AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO MA'AM.
I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THEM BETTER NOW.
NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO LET'S SEE, WHERE ARE WE NOW? OH, THOSE ARE LAST TIME'S MINUTES.
[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. ]
A IS PRESENT AN UPDATE REGARDING THE NAME CHANGE OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT HOTSPOT TO THE CRIME UNIT, STREET CRIME UNIT.SO I'M ASSUMING CHIEF YOU'RE DOING THAT.
UM, AND SO GIVE YOU KIND OF A LITTLE BIT WHAT THE REASON FOR DOING THAT IS, IS TODAY'S IN AGE AND DEALING WITH PUBLIC AND PERCEPTIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
UM, THE HOTSPOT COMMANDERS, THE SERGEANTS AND LIEUTENANTS AND SUCH CAME TO ME WITH THE PROPOSITION OF CHANGING THE NAME TO THE STREET CRIMES UNIT, WHICH WOULD BE MORE REPRESENTATIVE TO WHAT THEY DO THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, THEY STILL TARGET, NOTHING'S CHANGED IN THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION.
THEY'RE STILL AT, AT THE UM, UM, HOW, HOW I'M LOOKING FOR THE WORD RATHER THAN SAYING AT, AT MY CONTROL, BUT DIRECTION WHEREVER I NEED.
THE DIRECTION OF IF WE HAVE A PARTICULAR ISSUE OCCURRING WILL STILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM WHEREVER WE NEED TO AND HAVE 'EM ATTACK THESE ISSUES THAT ARE THERE.
UH, BUT IT'S MORE ADDRESSED TO JUST NOMENCLATURE THE NAME SO I UNDERSTOOD IT WHEN I MORE PC.
MORE POLITICALLY CORRECT FOR THIS DAY AND AGE TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT NEEDS A NO MA'AM.
IT WAS JUST KIND OF A NOTIFICATION TO LET LET Y'ALL KNOW.
SO IF YOU HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, I'M PART OF THE STREET CRIMES UNIT, YOU WONDERING WHAT IS THAT?
YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF POSITIONS AND OFFICERS THAT ARE THERE FUNDED WITH IT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW, UH, FOR A, UM, MANAGERS MANAGER,
I HAVE HAD A DAY OR A WEEK ALREADY.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING PRESENT FOR THIS SPECIAL MEETING.
BOTH THOSE THAT ARE IN PERSON, THOSE ARE ONLINE TO THE STAFF, TO CHIEF TO VICTOR AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
THANKS AS ALWAYS FOR ALL THE WORK Y'ALL PUT INTO THIS.
OUR NEXT, UH, CCPD MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2021, 4:30 PM HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
MADAM PRESIDENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF THERE NOT BE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED COKER AND I HAVE LLOYD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
AND UH, WE STAND IN RECESS TILL THE NEXT MEETING.