[ BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021 4:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, 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 859 3716 5896. For telephone conferencing please use the following toll-free number: 1-888-788-0099, Meeting ID: 859 3716 5896. 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 ]
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TO ORDER THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING FOR JUNE 8TH, 2021.
[1. MINUTES]
OF BUSINESS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 24TH.AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
WELL, YOU ARE AN ENTHUSIASTIC BUNCH TODAY.
[2. BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION FY 2021-22 PROPOSED BUDGET]
BAY TIME CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 22.PROPOSED BUDGET DISCUSSED BAY TIME CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT BUDGET FOR 2122.
PROPOSED BUDGET AND BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, HAPPY TO PRESENT THE DRAFT BUDGET FOR YOUR, UH, CONSIDERATION.
UM, JUST TO POINT OUT THAT AT YOUR MEETING ON JULY 13TH, YOU WILL HOLD BOTH OF THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN, UH, SUBJECT TO YOUR APPROVING THE BUDGET.
IT WILL, UH, ENTER THE, UH, THE OVERALL CITY PROCESS FOR APPROVING THE CITY'S VARIOUS BUDGETS, UH, WITHIN THE, UH, TIMEFRAME PRESCRIBED BY STATUTE.
UH, AND IF I COULD JUST TURN FOR A MOMENT TO THE BUDGET GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT YEAR IN A MOMENT BEFORE WE GO ONTO THAT.
THE OUTLOOK IS A LOT BETTER THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
UH, SO YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, REVENUES ARE UP SIGNIFICANTLY UP ON THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC WERE, UM, WERE NOT WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
YOU HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANTLY MORE REVENUE AND WE ARE PROJECTING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AN UPTAKE ON SALES TAX OF ABOUT THREE POINT A HALF PERCENT.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT'S ACHIEVABLE.
IT'S, UH, UH, A LITTLE AMBITIOUS.
I THINK GIVEN THE PATTERN OF SPEND OVER THE LAST, PARTICULARLY OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, I THINK IT IS, UH, THOROUGHLY ACHIEVABLE AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU SOME ROOM FOR, UH, EXPENDITURES ON EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, WHICH ORIGINALLY WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BUDGET IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
SO ALTOGETHER GOOD NEWS, UH, A GOOD HEALTHY POSITION FOR THE DISTRICT.
AND OF COURSE, AS WE GO THROUGH INTO NEXT YEAR, UH, IF, UH, REVENUES ARE EVEN BETTER, THEN ANTICIPATE I WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU SO YOU CAN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE TAXPAYER MONEY IS COMMITTED TO, FOR THE PURPOSES TO WHICH IT IS COLLECTED.
SO, UH, THAT'S REALLY ALL MADAM PRESIDENT I HAVE AT THIS STAGE, UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET? AND YOU HAVE NOTHING SET ASIDE FOR MAINTENANCE FOR THE 20 21, 22 YEAR, UH, CAN FOUR AND DATE FOUR AND 139,000 FOR SUPPLIES? CORRECT.
WE HAD NOTHING IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET AT ALL FOR SUPPLIES.
UM, WE HAVE 165, UH, SET ASIDE AND NEXT YEAR, UH, FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY, WE HAD NOTHING IN THE CURRENT YEAR, AND IT LEAVES ABOUT 36, UH, THOUSAND AT THIS STAGE, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A BALANCING FIGURE.
I'M PRETTY HOPEFUL THAT OUR REVENUES WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER EVEN IN, UH, BUDGET.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING, BUT AT THIS STAGE, THIS WILL GET YOU THROUGH, IT WILL FUND CURRENT OPERATIONS.
I'M GONNA GIVE SOME FUNDING FOR, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES.
SO YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES BEYOND WHAT NORMAL NO.
AT THIS STAGE, THE ELECTION COST, UM, I KNOW WE'RE STILL PAYING FOR LAST YEAR'S ELECTION, RIGHT? YES.
AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S JUST GONNA BE A CONTINUATION.
I, I THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT, THAT, UH, I, I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THE CITY CLERK AND WITH, UH, UH, WITH MR. TROLLER.
UM, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE MORE PRUDENT FOR US EACH YEAR TO SET ASIDE AN AMOUNT, UH, AND ANTICIPATING AN ELECTION AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING A, A BIG HIT TO A BUDGET IN ANY ONE YEAR.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING AS WE GO SO THAT WHEN WE GET THE BILL FROM, UM, PROTECTED FROM HARRIS COUNTY, WE ARE GONNA BE PAID OFF WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, AND THEN THE REST WILL OKAY.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE TOTAL FIGURE OF THAT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ANTICIPATING THE INCREASE AS I WOULD ANTICIPATE, AN INCREASE FROM HARRIS COUNTY AND COUNTY COUNTY.
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EXPECT THAT.AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE PUTTING ASIDE THOSE FUNDS FOR ELECTION PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD MAYBE 30,000 INCREASES.
SO, AND AS I SAY, THE, THE THREE AND A HALF PERCENT ON SALES TAX, SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THAT'S, THAT'S OVERLY AMBITIOUS.
UM, I THINK THAT THE TREND WILL CONTINUE UP, BUT THIS DOES RELEASE SOME FUNDS, UH, EARLY ON, UH, THIS YEAR WE'VE, UH, WE'VE HAD A DIFFERENT STORY, WHICH WE'LL COME ON TO IN A MOMENT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UH, THE, THE HALFWAY POINT.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT, BUT WE CAN GO OVER THAT.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER BUDGETING QUESTIONS.
SO QUICK, QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THAT, THAT MAINTENANCE LINE, IT'S NOT THAT WE WON'T NECESSARILY BE SPENDING THAT MONEY MM-HMM
BUT SINCE THERE'S NO ROOM WITHIN THIS BUDGET TO DO IT.
WE WOULD LIKELY DO IT AT, OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
THIS YEAR WE HAD TO DO SOME SIMILAR THINGS WITH, WITH COVID THAT THINGS THAT WERE FUNDED OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND THAT WE WOULD WOULD'VE OTHERWISE DONE OUTTA HERE, BUT WE HAD KIND OF DONE THAT ZERO RIGHT.
PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WHAT WE HAD ALREADY BUDGETED.
OUR PROPOSED, UH, NO, I GUESS WE DID FOUR 12, BUT MM-HMM
THE, THE ONLY REASON FOR THE CURRENT, YEAH.
THE ONLY REASON WE COULD DO THE FOUR 12 IS THAT SALES TAX CAME IN BETTER THAN EXPECTED MM-HMM
IS THAT WHAT, UM, IS THAT WHERE THE EXCESS GOES? MM-HMM.
IT SHOULD GO UNDER UNFORESEEN, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SAY THAT AGAIN? EXCESS LIKE, YEAH.
SO LIKE I WAS LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET MEETING, WHEN WE DID LAST YEAR'S, WE DID AN ESTIMATED OR PROPOSED 1.6 MILLION FOR THE 20 20 20 21 BUDGET MM-HMM
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRACKING WHAT, 1.9 YES.
SO THAT 300,000, WHERE DOES THAT, WHERE DOES THAT FALL UNDER OR WHERE DOES THAT GET ALLOCATED TOWARDS? WELL, WE SPENT SOME OVER RADIOS.
THE MIDYEAR CHANGE YOU DID FOR THE RADIOS, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE EXCESS REVENUE WENT.
'CAUSE WE CALLED THAT SPECIAL MEETING TO PAY FOR RADIOS BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING MORE MONEY THAN WE THOUGHT.
'CAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN WE BUDGETED, WE WEREN'T SURE OF HOW COVID FUNDS WERE GONNA COME BECAUSE OF COVID HOW SALES TAX DOLLARS WERE GONNA COME IN.
SO WE DID PRETTY NARROWING BUDGETING MM-HMM
SO ONCE WE RECEIVED MORE MONEY COMING IN, Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UM, WE HAD THAT SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE RADIOS.
WE, WE DID 55 RADIOS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECT MM-HMM
AND HALF OF IT WAS THIS BUDGET AND HALF OF IT'S NEXT BUDGET.
WE'LL COME ONTO THAT IN A MOMENT, MADAM PRESIDENT.
WE LOOK AT THE, THE NEXT COURT.
SO THEN WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO IT, YOUR ENDING WILL ROLL INTO NEXT YEAR'S UNFORESEEN.
SO ANY EXCESS GOES IN THE UNFORESEEN ANY UNUSED AMOUNT? PRETTY MUCH, YEAH.
IN ANY BUDGET THAT, THAT'S THE, IF YOU LIKE, THE BALANCING FIGURE IS, UH, IS UNFORESEEN.
WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCIALS.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, NO, THIS IS A BUDGET.
SO THAT'S JUST FOR DISCUSSION.
RIGHT? YOU'RE JUST DISCUSSING IT AT THIS STAGE THAT DOESNT NEED ANYTHING.
WE'RE STILL, I'M CONFUSING MYSELF HERE.
[a. Receive the CCPD Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2021.]
PUT AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORTS.SO TURNING TO THE CURRENT YEAR, UH, AS I'VE SAID, SALES TAX HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN, UH, INITIALLY, UM, ESTIMATED.
SO AT THE HALFWAY POINT, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY, UH, UH, WE'RE AT 66%.
SO, UH, AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE YEAR, WE'VE COLLECTED TWO THIRDS OF THE, THE BUDGET FOR REVENUES, WHICH SHOWS HOW, UM, HOW MUCH BETTER, UH, WE ARE PERFORMING.
UH, AND AS YOU HAVE REMINDED US ALL, WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT, UH, MUCH OF THAT ON THE FIRST TRANCHE OF RADIOS.
UH, LOOKING AT WHERE WE ARE NOW, I WOULD SAY, UH, I WOULDN'T BE RECOMMENDING WE MAKE ANY FURTHER COMMITMENT JUST YET.
UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO CONCLUDE THE NEXT QUARTER, ACTUALLY, THE END OF THIS MONTH WILL BE THE, UH, THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
AND SO I'M HOPING MADAM PRESIDENT, WITH YOUR INDULGENCE TO COME BACK, UH, TO YOUR LATER MEETING WHERE YOU MIGHT WISH TO CONSIDER, UH, ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO THE NEXT HALF OF THE, UH, THE RADIO ACQUISITION RATHER THAN WAITING TO, TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
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I CAN'T PROMISE THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY, MY HOPE THAT WE COULD DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE PERFORMING SO WELL, AND MUCH OF THE REST OF YOUR BUDGET IS, IS ON PERSONNEL.SO THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY.
UH, BUT AT THIS STAGE, YOU ARE IN A VERY, VERY HEALTHY POSITION.
UM, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU SOMETHING.
THESE DOLLARS ARE FROM WHEN RECEIVED AND NOT WHEN THE PURCHASE MATE, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE GET 'EM BACK FROM THE STATE TWO MONTHS LATER, YES.
SO THE FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY IS IS IS CHRISTMAS.
AND, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IS STARTLING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT THAT CHART MM-HMM
UM, JUST YEAR ON YEAR, THE GROWTH IS SHOWING.
WELL, I WAS KIND OF NOTICING THE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MANAGED THAT IN OCTOBER TO BE EXACT, BUT, UM, YEAH, NOVEMBER, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN SEPTEMBER, I I GUESS BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING, CORRECT.
UM, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER STIMULUS CHECKS.
BUT YEAH, AND THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONE REASON TO BE THE ONE REASON TO BE A LITTLE CAUTIOUS ON SPENDING ANY EXCESS THAT COMES IN THIS YEAR, WOULD BE THE UNKNOWN OF CASH THAT WAS FLOWED INTO THE SYSTEM AND MM-HMM
HOW IT WAS SPENT AND KIND OF THE, THE SUSTAINABILITY.
SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE PROBABLY BE THE ONE CAUTION ON SPENDING EXCESS MONEY TOO QUICKLY.
THAT I THINK WE NEED, WE, WE NEED TO, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE HIT BY AN ADJUSTMENT FROM THE CONTROLLER.
WHEN WOULD YOU THINK WE WOULD HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON WHEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, I MEAN, LOOK AT THOSE DOLLARS.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF WE DON'T O OBVIOUSLY IF YOU DON'T ALLOCATE IT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN AUGUST, THEN REALISTICALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR.
SO IT WILL FALL INTO, IT WILL FALL INTO THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND, AND THEN ANY EXCESS, AS YOU SAY, WILL JUST FALL INTO NEXT YEAR'S.
WELL, I KNOW OCTOBER STARTS A NEW BUDGET YEAR.
HERE WE ARE ALMOST TO THE END OF THAT.
I MEAN, WE'LL, WE'LL REALLY BE DISCUSSING BUDGET THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS PRECISELY.
BUT WOULD WE HAVE A FEEL FOR IT BY AUGUST? YES, WE WOULD.
WE WOULD'VE A GOOD, WE'LL LOOK AT IT IN AUGUST.
YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD FEEL FOR IT.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, IT'S A JUDGMENT CALL.
DO YOU WANT TO, TO GO A LITTLE BIT EARLY AND COMMIT TO, OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO WAIT? I THINK SHOULD WAIT TILL AUGUST AND MAKE SURE THE PHONES ARE AVAILABLE.
SO WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO PERSONNEL PHONES.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT OR FINANCIAL REPORT? I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION ON THE INVESTMENT.
YOU MADE EVERYBODY'S, YOU MADE A WHOLE $20 THERE, MADAM PRESIDENT
I, THAT'S ABOUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT, UH, INTEREST MONEY WE RECEIVED LAST MONTH TOO, SO THAT'S BAD.
WE DON'T NEED A MOTION ON THAT, DO WE? OKAY.
COULD I EXERCISE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UH, DURING THAT DISCUSSION OVER THE BUDGET? I JUST RECEIVED AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT MY VERY FIRST GREAT-GRANDCHILD WAS JUST BORN.
SO DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL? NO, THEY'RE IN AMARILLO.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT GIVING YOU LIVE FEED
[b. Presentation of the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Street Crime Unit and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) statistical reports. ]
OF BAY TIME CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION, DISTRICT STREET CRIME UNIT, AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT STATISTICAL REPORTS.CHIEF HOLDEN, YOU GOTTA GIMME A MINUTE TO PUT MY EYEGLASSES ON HERE SO I CAN SEE WHAT I'M
SOME OF US HAVE TO WEAR 'EM ALL THE TIME.
SO IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH Y'ALL THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, I PROVIDED EACH ONE OF YOU WITH SOME HANDOUTS THERE.
THEY GO BACK, THE CITY CLERK COULD, UH, ADVISE ME THAT Y'ALL MAY NOT HAVE HAD ALL THE STATS SINCE DECEMBER.
SO I PROVIDED THOSE THERE FOR OUR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AND STREET CRIMES UNIT.
UM, AND I'M NOT ONE TO BORE YOU WITH A WHOLE LOT OF NUMBERS.
I THINK YOU CAN SEE A WHOLE, SEE THE NUMBERS FOR YOURSELF, UH, JUST SOME INTERESTING POINTS THAT COME OUT.
UM, THE LA LAST ONE HERE FOR MAY, UH, THAT GIVES YOU BASICALLY YOUR TOTAL NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS SINCE OCTOBER.
UH, THERE'S BEEN 332 INSPECTIONS SINCE OCTOBER.
UH, 26 WERE DONE LAST MONTH IN MAY.
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UM, YEAR TO DATE, UM, FOR HAZARDOUS LOAD, UH, THERE'S BEEN 30 INSPECTIONS, 223 VEHICLES PLACED OUTTA SERVICE 53 CVSA DICK COWS ISSUED AND BASICALLY MAXIMUM POSSIBLE FINES SINCE OCTOBER OF 129,000.UH, THE WEIGHT RELATED CITATIONS THAT KIND OF CUT ITSELF OFF THERE IS 72, UH, SINCE OCTOBER AND 94.
UH, WEIGHT VIOLATION WARNINGS.
UM, ONE OF THE INTERESTING POINTS, IT'S WITH OUR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE UNIT THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE IS, UH, AS THE NOTES PERTAIN HERE, IS THAT WE TECHNICALLY HAVE ONE, UH, OFFICER THAT'S WORKING AND ONE SERGEANT.
UM, THE OTHER TWO OFFICERS ARE AT OR HEADED TO THEIR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TRAINING IN AUSTIN.
UH, BASICALLY THEY HAVE TO GRAB ALL THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAINING AND ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS FROM HAZMAT AND SUCH.
SO HOPEFULLY AFTER THEY, UH, GET THEIR TRAINING, THEY'LL COME IN AND WE'LL BE UP TO FULL STRENGTH WITH THOSE OTHER TWO.
UM, OFFICER CORPORAL SCHAFER ARE ONLY CERTIFIED ONE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
UM, AND WE HAVE TWO OTHERS THAT ARE THERE, UH, GOING TO THAT TRAINING.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THESE NUMBERS ARE GONNA BE, UH, HIGHER IN THE NEXT QUARTER OR SO ONCE THOSE OFFICERS COME FULLY ON BOARD WITH THEIR INSPECTIONS AND DONE WITH THEIR TRAINING, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO.
UH, IT'S ON A BITTERSWEET NOTE THAT WE HAVE TO, I HAVE TO MENTION THAT THE CV OFFICERS WHO DID LEAVE, UH, WE BASICALLY LOST ABOUT 62 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, BOTH OF THE OFFICERS HAD 31 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, CORPORAL DONNY ESPECIALLY WAS ONE OF 'EM WHO HAD 20 PLUS YEARS IN COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THAT WAS LOST THROUGH THAT TIME, BUT IT WAS THROUGH RETIREMENT.
IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR THEM AND SUCH TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ON IN THEIR, UH, CAREERS AND EARN THAT RETIREMENT THAT THEY WILL DESERVE.
SO, BUT JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A STORY JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ALL THESE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT, UH, SERGEANT HENDRICKS, UH, REMINDED ME THAT IT STILL HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.
UM, ONE OF THEIR INTERESTING STORIES THEY HAD HERE RECENTLY WAS AN OVERWEIGHT VEHICLE.
IT'S, AND SIX OF THE 10 BRAKES WERE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.
AND HE HAD A PITMAN ARM, WHICH WAS LOOSE, WHICH IS THE STEERING ROD PITMAN ARM, UH, A THREE AXLE DUMP TRUCK.
THE U-BOLTS HOLDING THE AXLES TO THE SPRINGS IS BROKEN OFF ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AXLE THREE AND ONE SIDE OF AXLE TWO.
UH, HE SAYS IT WAS A WONDER THE AXLE HADN'T FALLEN OFF.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WAS ANOTHER SIX OUT OF 10 BRAKES OUT OF ADJUSTMENT WITHIN EXCESSIVE AIR LOSS RATE.
SO THESE TYPE OF VEHICLES WE'RE GETTING OFF THE STREETS, UH, HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS, BUT IT CONTINUES EVEN WITH THE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE DO.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY ONE OF THESE DAYS WE WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT THERE'S NOT MANY VIOLATIONS LEFT ANYMORE
BUT, UM, WE STILL ENCOUNTERING THAT WITH THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE WITH TRUCKS AND SUCH ON OUR FREEWAYS.
AND THAT'LL BE THE DAY I RETIRE FROM THIS BOARD
UM, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THIS IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE HOTSPOT UNIT.
UH, STREET CRIMES UNIT WAS ONE THAT WAS SELECTED FROM THE MEMBERS OF THAT UNIT WHO WANTED TO BASICALLY LOOK AT ADJUSTING THEIR NAME.
SO IT WENT TO STREET CRIMES UNIT.
UM, I HAVE HERE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, THEIR NUMBERS.
UH, ONE OF THE PARTICULAR NOTES THAT'S ON HERE IS, YOU KNOW, THAT OUR STREET CRIMES UNIT, UH, AS FAR AS OFFICERS IN THE UNIT, WE ARE DOWN BASICALLY THREE POSITIONS IN THAT UNIT.
AND THAT'S BE BECAUSE OF RETIREMENTS AND SOME THE OTHER OFFICERS WHO HAVE LEFT THE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FILL ALL THE OTHER POSITIONS AS WELL.
CURRENTLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN INDICATION OF DEPARTMENT WIDE, I'M 14 OFFICERS DOWN DEPARTMENT WIDE.
SO SOON AS I CAN GET THESE POSITIONS GOING IN, I, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE GOING RIGHT BACK IN TO FILL IN THE STREET CRIMES UNIT AND GETTING IT BACK UP TO FULL FORCE.
BUT, UM, WITH THE STREET CRIMES UNIT, IT'S UNDERNEATH THE OPERATIONS BUREAU NOW, WHICH INCLUDES OUR INVESTIGATIVE UNIT AND OUR PATROL UNIT, AND OUR SPECIAL, OUR SPECIAL OPS, WHICH IS OUR NARCOTICS DIVISION.
AND, UM, TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, THEIR SUCCESS THAT THEY'VE HAD HERE RECENTLY, JUST THIS LAST WEEK, OUR STREET CRIMES UNIT AND OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT, INTERDICTED TWO VEHICLES, UH, WITH MONEY
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THAT WERE, UH, BASICALLY SUMS OF $73,000 THAT WERE DRUG MONEY.UH, THEY WORKED IN CORRELATION WITH SOME OTHER AGENCIES, BUT UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND BASICALLY STOP THESE VEHICLES AND SEIZED THESE CASH FUNDS THAT COME INTO AND DRIVING THROUGH THE INTERSTATE.
BUT JUST, UH, TOTAL ON THERE IS FOR THAT QUARTER, UH, TOTAL CHARGERS 261, THEY'VE HAD 535 PEDESTRIAN CONTACTS, 576 TRAFFIC STOPS, UH, 451 CITATIONS AND 167 ARRESTS IN THEIR FIRST QUARTER.
THAT WAS WITH THESE BASICALLY EIGHT OFFICERS THAT ARE STILL REMAINING WITH THE UNIT AND THEIR SERGEANTS.
AND AND TO REALLY TELL YOU, UM, SERGEANT BI AND SERGEANT CROWELL HAVE BEEN WORKING TREMENDOUSLY WITH OUR ANALYST, UH, TIM CARTER, AND THEY'RE BASICALLY IDENTIFYING HOTSPOTS THAT ARE CRIMES ARE OCCURRING IN ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY'RE BASICALLY MOVING THEIR FOLKS TO THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS IN ORDER TO COMBAT THOSE CRIMES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THOSE AREAS, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT A SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT OR HOTSPOT UNIT IS INTENDED TO DO, IS TO GO AFTER THOSE TYPE OF AREAS WHERE WE'RE SEEING INCREASES IN PARTICULAR AREAS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM CHIEF? CHIEF? I THINK Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL DO A SIMILAR PROGRAM CALLED THE STEP PROGRAM WITH, UH, WITH TRAFFIC, BUT I GUESS THAT DOESN'T FALL UNDER COMMERCIAL VEHICLE.
THAT'S NORMAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
AND, UM, BUT DO Y'ALL, DO YOU KNOW, UH, 1 46 IS OBVIOUSLY A HOT, UH, UH, A BIG AREA FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE.
DO Y'ALL DO SIMILAR TYPE ANALYSIS ON THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT LIKE YOU DO WITH THE STEP IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, I'LL CALL IT HOTSPOT FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, BUT TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING AND AND TARGETING THAT? YEAH, SO WE, WE KNOW THAT BASICALLY 1 46 HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HOTBED BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC CUTTING THROUGH I 10 IS ANOTHER ONE THAT GOES THROUGH AND THEN SPUR THREE 30.
SO MAINLY THEIR FOCUS THAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS IS WITHIN THOSE AREAS OF MAKING SURE, UH, THAT THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO ALL TYPES OF VEHICLES.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THESE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES WILL ALSO ENCOUNTER PEDESTRIAN CARS AS WELL, SPEEDING AND SUCH LIKE THAT, AND THEY, THEY'LL INTERACT WITH THOSE AND MAKE THOSE STOPS.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY WITH WORK THAT'S GOING ON ON 99 RIGHT NOW OF HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO DIVERT ANYTHING TOWARDS THAT AREA, UH, TRUCK TRAFFIC WISE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT'LL ONCE THAT COMES FULLY ONLINE AS WELL, IT'LL BE ONE OF OUR ATTENTIONS AS WELL THAT GOES INTO IT.
SO YOU HAVE ONE ON I 10, ONE ON 3 30, 1 ON 1 46 AND ONE ON 99.
THEY BASIC KIND OF SPLIT UP AND THEY ALL, AND THERE'S TIMES THAT WHAT THEY'LL DO IS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE PARTICULAR VEHICLES THAT ARE, UM, NOT PERTAINING OR NOT, UM, STAYING WITHIN THEIR WEIGHT LIMITS, LET'S SAY CERTAIN WORK SITES OR SOMETHING THAT ARE JUST LOADING REAL HEAVY, UH, THEY WILL DEVOTE THEIR ATTENTION TO THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS AS WELL.
BUT WE ALSO DO THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE OF THAT.
SO WE GO TO THESE SITES, IF WE ENCOUNTER NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING FROM THE SAME AREA.
WE GO OVER THERE AND WE TRY TO EDUCATE THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE LOADING THESE VEHICLES AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO CUT BACK ON THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY VIOLATION ONCE THEY GO DOWN THE ROAD.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
RANDY, YOU GOT ANYTHING? AND DR.
CHRIS? OH, WELCOME CHRIS, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF BEFORE HE ENDS HIS PRO UM, PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT, THANKS CHIEF.
OH, AND JUST ON THE OTHER NOTE, I SAW Y'ALL HAD THE PICTURE OF THE VEHICLES, Y'ALL FUNDED THE HIGH WATER VEHICLES, ALL THOSE NOW ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL AND HAVE THEIR LIGHTS COOL AS WELL.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE READY FOR THIS HURRICANE SEASON.
HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO UTILIZE THEM.
MAYBE WE'LL JUST HELP SOMEBODY ELSE OUT INSTEAD OF US HAVING THEM.
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MANAGER'S REPORT.ALRIGHT, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, UH, CHIEF MENTIONED CORPORAL DANEK AND HIS, UH, RETIREMENT AFTER 31 YEARS.
JUST WANTED TO KIND OF REITERATE THE THANKS FOR THAT.
I THINK YOU'VE ALL GOT A GOOD YEAH, I KIND OF HISTORY OF, OF HIS CAREER IN THERE.
SO, UM, AND, UH, CONTINUE THANKS TO, TO CHIEF OR HIS LEADERSHIP,
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UH, DURING THIS INTERIM PERIOD.I THINK Y'ALL HAVE, HAVE SEEN, HE'S, HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB AND UM, JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING.
UM, HE ALSO MENTIONED THE CRIME ANALYST, SO JUST KIND OF A KUDOS FOR AN UNDER THE RADAR, UH, PERSON IN THE DEPARTMENT WHO PROVIDES REALLY GOOD INTELLIGENCE, WHICH I KNOW IS MUCH APPRECIATED TO THE OFFICERS.
AND THEN JUST A REMINDER OF YOUR NEXT MEETING, JULY 13TH, WHERE YOU'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL ADOPT THE BUDGET.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND Y'ALL THAT THAT IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND WE DO NEED, UM, FULL QUORUM OR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
SO IF Y'ALL WOULD PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN ATTENDANCE FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND THERE WAS SOMETHING, OH, I SAID HOW Y'ALL KEEP RUBBING THAT DANO STUFF IN, Y'ALL KNOW, HE WAS MY SECURITY FOR EXPO FOR 27 YEARS, SO NOW I HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY NEW.
SO I WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE RETIREMENT, BUT I WISH HIM THE BEST 'CAUSE HE DESERVES IT.
HE'S A GREAT PERSON AND I KNOW CHIEF WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE TRAINED OFFICERS IN THAT UNIT AFTER THIS MONTH.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN, GENTLEMEN, LADIES, ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT.
DID WE GET ALL THE MOTIONS WE NEEDED COVERED? OKAY, THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I WILL SEE Y'ALL NEXT MONTH FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THANK Y'ALL FOR TUNING IN AND ATTENDING.