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DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 24TH.

THERE

[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 to machinery and equipment for the purchase of fifty-five (55) Motorola APX6000 portable radios and related equipment from Motorola Solutions Inc.]

IS ONE ITEM FOR BUSINESS THAT I'M AWARE OF.

IT IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET IN ORDER TO TRANSFER MONIES FROM THE FUND BALANCE TO MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF 55 MOTOROLA, A PX 6,000 PORTABLE RADIOS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT FROM MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS.

MR. GENERAL MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO COMMENT ON, ON? WELL, I'M GONNA LET OUR ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, VICTOR, GIVE ME THE, TELL ME TO LOOK UP ONCE IN A WHILE AND THEN I'LL KNOW, HUH? THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER EARLIER IN THE YEAR, BECAUSE UH, WE WERE DOING SO MUCH BETTER IN TERMS OF OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, THEN WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED WE WERE ABLE TO BUY HALF OF THE RADIOS THAT PD, UH, NEEDED TO UPGRADE.

AND I PROMISED YOU THAT AS SOON AS IT BECAME APPARENT THAT WE HAD ENOUGH MONEY FROM CONTINUED SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AND OFFER THAT UP SO THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET THE, UH, REMAINDER OF THEM.

AND WE NOW HAVE THAT.

SO THAT WAS WHY WE CALLED THE SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE AS I SAID AT THE OUTSET, OUR JOB IS NOT TO HOARD CASH, IT IS TO SPEND TAX PAYERS MONEY WISELY.

AND THIS, I WOULD SUGGEST IS A WISE INVESTMENT.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO AGREE TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE THE REMAINDER OF THE RADIOS FOR PD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THERE IS A QUOTE IN THE BACK OF YOUR PACKET MM-HMM .

FOR THE 260, 200 $16,908 AND 5 CENTS FOR THE 55 RADIOS AND ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT TO GO WITH THEM.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO A VOTE? NO QUESTIONS.

I, I HAVE A REALLY MUNDANE QUESTION.

OKAY.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADDING W ANTENNAS AT THE TOP AND SEVEN SLASH 800 W ANTENNAS AT THE BOTTOM? UH, I WAS ASSUMING ONE WAS FOR RADIOS AND ONE WERE FOR THE CHARGERS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

I, WELL, BUT WE'RE FIXING TO FIND OUT SEVEN 800 W ANTENNA FOR A XPX 6,000 RADIOS.

AND THE TOP ONE IS, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ITEM NUMBERS, SO OH YEAH.

IT SAYS WN I'M JUST CURIOUS.

W ANTENNAS, EMPRESS AIRLINE, IOP, P 60 EIGHTS ENCRYPTIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM PD HERE.

I'M, I'M AT A LOSS ON, NOT WHEN I'M NOT A, A TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPERT.

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I CAN FIND OUT, OUT FOR YOU, HOWEVER WE CAN EITHER FIND IT.

ANY OF Y'ALL ON THE BACK? HAVE Y'ALL TALKED TO PD? THERE ARE CHARGERS ON HERE AND YOU SEE THE CHARGERS WITH THE STUBB ANTENNAS ON THEM.

I'M ASSUMING THAT'S SINCE THEY ARE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM WITH THE CHARGERS AND THE REMOTE MICROPHONES, I'M ASSUMING THEY GO WITH THE CHARGERS.

MM-HMM .

AND WE CAN JUST VERIFY THAT WITH PD AND SHOOT A NOTE OUT TO ALL OF Y'ALL AFTER THE FACT.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, CHIEF HOLDEN OR INTERIM CHIEF HOLDEN IS ACTUALLY IN TRAINING TODAY.

THAT'S WHY HE'S NOT HERE.

OTHERWISE, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

WE'LL GET IT BACK TO YOU.

IT'S UM, HELLO AND I, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION BEFORE, SO SECOND.

OKAY, RANDY.

SECOND.

OKAY.

OKAY, SECOND HERE, LLOYD.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE A.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

THE AYES HAVE IT.

OUR

[a. The next Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 4:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ]

OTHER ITEM OF BUSINESS.

I'LL TURN OVER TO OUR GENERAL MANAGER TO CONCLUDE.

SO I THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ONLINE.

AND JUST A BY WAY OF A NOTE, ANGIE, SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE STOPPED ZOOMING, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THAT'S NOT JUST FOR THIS COMMITTEE, BUT FOR ALL THE OTHER COMMITTEES AND BOARDS.

SO JUST YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.

VICTOR, THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

I SEE GINA AND LORETTA AND MONIO IN THE BACK.

THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE BUDGET.

SEASON'S ALWAYS A BIG, HUGE TIME OF YEAR FOR THEM, SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND JUST THE FACT THAT THIS ITEM CAME TONIGHT, KNOWING THAT YOU'D HAD THE DISCUSSION BEFORE, KNOWING THAT WE WANTED TO SEE WHERE THE SALES TAX WAS AND THEY BROUGHT THAT BACK.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT ALL OF Y'ALL DO.

AND WITH THAT, YOUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 4:30 PM RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.

MADAM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANYTHING ELSE, GENTLEMEN, MOVE TO ADJOURN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COMMENT.

I'VE GOT COMMENT MS. CHAIRMAN.

SURE.

RANDY, WHAT'S UP? OKAY, UH, JUST CAN ROUGHLY, I I GUESS WE BOUGHT LIKE 180 RADIOS THIS YEAR WITH PD.

UM, IT WAS BROKEN DOWN INSIDE.

IT WAS 33, 35 AND 55.

SO NINETY A HUNDRED TWENTY THREE.

OH, IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

BUT

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ANYWAY, UH, ARE WE GONNA PUBLICIZE OR ADVERTISE THAT SOME WAY? LET THE PUBLIC, I DON'T MIND DOING SOMETHING LOCALLY, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS IT LATER.

BUT UM, IT SHOULD BE EASY TO DO.

IT'S JUST A THOUGHT.

SEAN AND THEM USUALLY SEND ME PICTURES OF STUFF WHEN THEY GET IT IN SO I CAN PUT SOMETHING OUT.

IT'S NO PROBLEM.

UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, IT WAS A HUNDRED.

IT'S WITH THE 55.

YOU HAVE JUST AGREED IT'S 110 IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR.

THE OTHER FIGURES ARE FOR PRIOR YEARS.

OKAY.

SO IT'S 110 AS OF TODAY IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VICTOR.

LIKE 80 WASN'T IT? WELL WITH THE OTHER 68, CORRECT? CORRECT.

YOU'D BE RIGHT AT IT.

CORRECT.

ADD IT TOGETHER.

SO FOR THE YEARS 1920 AND 21, THAT'S ABOUT KEEPING CLOSE TO THE 180 THINKING OF YEAH, CORRECT.

WITH THE OTHER YEARS IN THIS YEAR.

YEAH.

SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO ANYBODY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? NO.

NO.

HEY, JUST, JUST ONE THING ANGIE, DO YOU SEEK CHIEF HOLDEN ON ZOOM? HE JUST TEXTED ME, SAID HE IS ON ZOOM TRYING TO ANSWER.

OH, PROBABLY RANDY'S QUESTION.

I SEE SOMEONE THAT'S ON THE IPHONE THAT'S HIM.

COULD BE HIM.

THAT'S PROBABLY HIM.

SIR.

CHIEF, CAN YOU HEAR ME? THERE YOU ARE CHIEF.

OKAY.

RANDY HAD A QUESTION.

OKAY.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO, OKAY.

YES, I WAS TRYING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS EARLIER AND JUST COULDN'T GET THROUGH.

SO DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THE RADIOS W ANTENNA THING? SO THE RADIOS, WE HAVE TO BASICALLY ORDER THE RADIOS, THE HANDHELD RADIOS, AND THE UH, SEPARATE PART OF THE PACKAGE IT COMES TO THAT IS THE MICROPHONE, WHICH ARE THE MICS.

UH, AND THEN THE RADIOS COME WITH BASICALLY CHARGERS AND A SPARE BATTERY, UH, FOR ALL THE HANDHELDS.

THIS WILL PUT US IN THE, INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE NEWER RADIOS.

SO NOW WITH UH, THIS BEING COMPLETED, WE WILL HAVE ALL THE OFFICERS OUTFITTED WITH NEW HANDHELD RADIOS.

UM, SOME OF THE RADIOS RANDY WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, SOME OF THOSE WERE HANDHELDS IN YOUR PAST AND SOME OF THOSE ARE ACTUAL CAR RADIOS THAT WE ALSO PURCHASED WITH NEW VEHICLES WHEN WE BOUGHT THOSE THROUGH CCPD.

SO IT'S NOT ALL 180 HANDHELD RADIOS.

UH, THERE ARE SOME CAR RADIOS MIXED IN THERE WITH THE VEHICLES WE PURCHASED IN THE PAST.

OKAY.

AND I THINK HE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE TWO DIFFERENT ANTENNAS THAT ARE ON THE QUOTE.

THERE WAS ONE AT THE TOP, AND I'M ASSUMING IT GOES WITH THE RADIO AND THE OTHER ONE PROBABLY GOES WITH THE CHARGER, IF I HAD TO GUESS.

SO THE TWO DIFFERENT RADIO, THE RADIO COMES WITH A SIX INCH ANTENNA AND THE ANTENNAS THAT ARE SEPARATE ARE A SHORT ANTENNA THAT ARE FOUR INCHES THAT ARE EASIER TO WEAR WITH THE UNIFORMS. MM-HMM .

ESPECIALLY THE OFFICERS THAT WEAR OUTER CARRIERS.

THE SIX INCH TENDED TO CATCH UP INTO THE, UH, CARRIER ITSELF WHERE THE FOUR INCH WAS SMALLER AND DIDN'T COME ENGAGED INSIDE THE CARRIER.

AND WE GET THE SAME RECEPTION, BUT THE SIX INCH CAME WITH THE RADIO PACKAGE.

OKAY.

I DON'T THINK WE GOT THAT ANSWER YET.

HAVING USED THE RADIOS IVO THAT YEAH, THE LONGER ANTENNA CAN INTERFERE WITH THE I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO, BUT RIGHT.

YEAH.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

I I I WAS JUST BEING CURIOUS BECAUSE IN THIS PROPOSAL WE'RE GETTING 55 STUBBY ANTENNAS TO GO WITH THE 55 RADIOS, BUT DOWN THE BOTTOM WE'RE ALSO GETTING 106 STUBBY ANTENNAS OF SOME OTHER SORT.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THOSE WERE FOR.

SO THOSE, THOSE ARE THE ONES TO, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE SHORT ANTENNAS WORK BETTER, SO THEY WERE PUTTING THOSE IN THERE TO REPLACE THE SIX INCH THAT WERE, UH, PUT OUT BEFOREHAND.

OKAY.

ON SOME OF THE OTHER RADIOS AND THE OLD RADIOS OR THE OLDER ONES THAT WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED.

RIGHT.

THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE.

THANK YOU, MIKE.

YOU GOOD? RANDY? I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE.

I WAS, I'M IN TRAINING AND STEPPED OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

NO, CHIEF, I APPRECIATE YOU TEXTING SO WE COULD BRING YOU ON SO WE COULD GET THAT ANSWER TO THE COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, MIKE.

THANK Y'ALL.

SO WE HAVE APPROVED ALL THE RADIOS AND WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN, GENTLEMEN ON ZOOM? ANYTHING? NO.

ALL RIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE AND I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT FOUR 40 TODAY.

THANK Y'ALL ALL FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE.