Oct 12, 2021 Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District

IF SO, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

STILL ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT THEN.

WE ALSO HAVE CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 24TH.

AGAIN, IF ANYBODY'S HAD THEIR CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES.

SO MOVED.

A I'LL SECOND THAT.

THANK YOU COKER.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

SEE? OKAY.

SHE DIDN'T BOTHER DOING.

UM, ITEM TWO IS A BUSINESS ITEM CONSIDERED THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SECRETARY.

BUSINESS ITEM.

[a. Consider the election of officers for President and Vice President and the appointment of Secretary.]

I ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR PRESIDENCY.

I MEAN AN I I MEAN NOMINATION.

I'M SORRY, I'M JUST MOVING ALONG, AREN'T I? ? WELL, THAT WOULD BE YOU.

WE'LL, SECOND, WE'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

THANK YOU, LLOYD.

TUCKER.

DID YOU, WHAT'D YOU SAY? DID YOU VOLUNTEER? DID I ? NO, NO, NO.

YOU, YOU REALLY OUGHT TO GET THAT CHECK.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ME? TOO BAD.

THEN WE NEED AN ELECTION OF A VICE PRESIDENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO THROW OUT THE NAME OF JIM COKER.

SO SECOND, PAYBACKS.

YOU, YOU DON'T COME AT ALL ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE.

YEAH, WELL, YOU'LL BE GREAT, WE PROMISE.

ALL RIGHT.

HOW MANY MINIS HAS SHE MISSED, JIM? NOT ENOUGH.

APPARENTLY .

ALL IN FAVOR OF COKER BEING VICE PRESIDENT.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

AND THEN WE DID THE APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY AS THE CLERK'S OFFICE PERSONNEL, RIGHT? IS THAT HOW IT'S WORDED? ALL THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AS TO KEEP THE CITY CLERK AS OUR SECRETARY MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? Y AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION APPROVES THE BAY TIME CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT POLICY AND STRATEGY STATEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.

I DIDN'T THINK SO.

SINCE NOBODY'D HAVE TO TAKE MINUTES.

I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT.

ITEM THREE A IS THIS

[a. This proposed resolution approves the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District's Investment Policy and Strategy Statement in accordance with the Public Funds Investment Act, Section 2256.005(e) for the addition of an investment officer.]

SECTION 2 2 5 6 0.005 E FOR THE ADDITION OF AN INVESTMENT OFFICER.

HELLO.

HOW ARE YOU? I'M VERY WELL, THANK YOU, VICTOR.

WELL LET YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE.

MAD PRESIDENT.

FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR LANDSLIDE VICTORY .

IT WAS A HARD BATTLE TO WIN, YOU KNOW? OH YEAH.

YOU GOT THAT .

THE, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS, UH, IS PURELY AN ADMINISTRATIVE ONE.

THERE WERE NO PROPOSED CHANGES AT THIS STAGE TO THE ACTUAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND POLICY.

UH, THIS IS MERELY TO ADD THE NAME OF THE CITY'S CONTROLLER TO THE LIST OF APPROVED INVESTMENT OFFICERS.

HE HAS HAD THE REQUIRED TRAINING UNDER THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, AS HAVE I, AND THAT WILL GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF DEPTH IN THE BENCH IN TERMS OF SOMEBODY BEING ABLE TO STEP IN FOR ME WHEN I'M NOT AVAILABLE.

SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE ADDING MONEY OR MARK THE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TO THE LIST OF APPROVED INVESTMENT OFFICERS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ALRIGHT.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE UNLESS THERE'S DISCUSSION.

Y'ALL WANNA DISCUSS IT.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE'LL TAKE FOR A PRESENTATION ABOUT BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.

[a. Presentation of the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Street Crime Unit and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) statistical report. ]

ASSISTANT CHIEF HOLDEN, I THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO FIRST.

YEAH.

WELL, FIRST OFF BEFORE I START OFF WITH THE, UH, KIND OF STATISTICS IS IF YOU HAVEN'T MET OUR NEW CHIEF JOHN STRINGER, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM RIGHT

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NOW, AND HE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HIS LAST TWO WEEKS.

THANK YOU, .

AGAIN, WELCOME CHIEF STRINGER.

HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU.

I'M DOING REALLY WELL.

UM, I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE THAT I'VE BEEN DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE OF INFORMATION THAT I CERTAINLY HAVE TODAY IS, IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, BUT I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE.

UM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

UM, THIS IS A NEW CONCEPT TO ME, SO I'M, I'M, I'M LEARNING A LOT, UH, LIKE TO THINK THAT I'LL LEARN PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT, UH, BUT I REALLY LIKE, UH, I REALLY LIKE THE DISTRICT AND, AND WHAT THIS IS DOING AND HOW IT SERVES THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, UH, STAFFED WITH, WITH GOOD PEOPLE, AS YOU KNOW.

AND, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THEY ALL HAVE SERVANT'S HEARTS AND THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS PLACE BETTER, UH, DAY BY DAY.

AND EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE LEARNED, UM, ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS TOLD ME THAT THAT IS A FORCE MULTIPLIER IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, AND AGAIN, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM TO BE HERE, BUT ALSO HOW HUMBLED I'M TO BE HERE AND TO HAVE THIS KIND OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY.

UM, AND, AND WHEN YOU COULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE TO SUPPORT THE, UH, THE EFFORTS OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE, OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE, AND, UM, AND I HOPE THAT, UH, THAT I CAN BE AS OF MUCH ASSISTANCE TO YOU, UH, AS YOU ARE TO US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MIKE, YOU'RE UP.

SO I THINK EACH OF YOU HAVE OUR STATISTICS WITH OUR, WE'LL START WITH OUR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT UNIT.

AND AS YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ONE THAT GOES THROUGH AND JUST READS ALL THESE NUMBERS.

I THINK YOU'RE ALL EDUCATED ENOUGH THAT YOU SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS.

MM.

UM, BUT JUST SOME OF THE TIDBITS THAT ARE WITH THIS IS YOU, UH, SEE THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE FISCAL YEAR 2021.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ELABORATE ON HERE THAT, UH, WITH ESPECIALLY LIKE OFFICER MCALLISTER ZEROS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S NOT WORKING.

IT MEANS THAT HE HASN'T BEEN CERTIFIED.

AND SO HE IS AT THE STATE OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN, AND HOPEFULLY HE COMES BACK NORMAL WHEN HE RETURNS FROM AUSTIN.

UH, BUT HE'S THERE TO GET HIS, UM, CERTIFICATION IN THE, UM, CVE PORTION OF IT SO HE CAN COME BACK AND HE CAN START DOING SOME ROADSIDE INSPECTIONS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP TO, UH, DATE.

SO, UH, HE IS ONE OF THE, UH, CCPD FUNDED CVE OFFICERS AS WELL AS OFFICER PHILY.

AND UM, I THINK YOU CAN SEE WITH OFFICER PHILY AND HE, HE BASICALLY HAS PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS UNDER HIS BELT AND THE NUMBERS THAT HE'S ABLE TO PRODUCE AT THIS TIME.

SO I THINK WE'RE ON TRACK AND ONCE MCALLISTER GETS HERE, UM, AND HE CAN MOVE ON.

SO ALSO JUST WITH THE OTHER NUMBERS, WITH OFFICER MCALLISTER, HE IS WEIGHT CERTIFIED, SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE NUMBERS THAT ARE THERE PERTAINING TO WEIGHT CERTIFICATION THAT HE HAS.

UM, SO CURRENTLY JUST FISCAL YEAR FOR 2021, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME RETIREMENTS WITHIN THE UNIT AND THEN TRAINING OF THE NEW OFFICERS THAT ARE HERE.

OF COURSE, WE HAD THAT THING CALLED UH, UH, COVID THAT WE HAD TO BATTLE THROUGH THROUGH SOME OF IT.

BUT TYPICALLY, YES, OUR NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN YEARS PAST, BUT THOSE NUMBERS I THINK ARE GONNA REALLY RISE WITH MCALLISTER COMING ON.

AND THEN PHIL, Y'ALL.

AND WE HAVE OFFICER SCHAEFFER WHO'S ANOTHER, UH, CVE.

HE'S NOT A-C-C-P-D FUNDED, BUT HE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE CCPD OFFICERS.

SO WE'LL BE FULL FORCE WITH THE THREE AND WITH THE SERGEANT.

SO WE ARE REALLY ANTICIPATING ONCE ALL THAT'S DONE THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE A VAST IMPROVEMENT IN THOSE NUMBERS AND SUCH.

SO, SO SCHAEFFER TOOK DANA'S SPOT? UH, YES.

I TEN ONE FORTY SIX, THREE THIRTY AREAS.

YES.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE CVE? AND JUST TO KINDA SHARE A STORY WITH THE CVE, I KIND OF ASKED THEM TO GIVE US KIND OF A TIDBIT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND, UH, SERGEANT HENDRICK SHARED WITH ME THAT THIS WAS IN AUGUST THAT WAS THERE, THAT OF THE 19 TRUCKS FOUND TO BE OVERWEIGHT IN AUGUST THREE WERE OVER 10,000 POUNDS.

GEEZ.

UH, THE HIGHEST WAS MORE THAN 15,000 POUNDS OVER ALLOWABLE WEIGHT AND THIS, WHICH THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 IF CONVICTED FOR JUST THAT ONE.

SO WE ARE STILL SEEING COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT ARE EXCEEDING WEIGHT LIMITS AS WELL.

UH, A LOT OF THESE WEIGHT LIMIT VIOLATIONS ARE ON

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YOUR MAJOR ROADWAYS.

SO, UM, PEOPLE ASK ABOUT WEIGHT, HOW DOES THAT RELATE? UM, WHEN YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT, IT CAUSES A LACK IN YOUR BRAKING SYSTEM.

UH, AND YOUR BRAKES ARE DESIGNED TO STOP THE WEIGHT THAT'S INTENDED FOR THAT VEHICLE, NOT IN YOUR AXLES AS WELL, TO HOLD THAT LIMIT.

SO WHEN WE HAVE THESE TYPE OF VIOLATIONS, THEY'RE GONNA START GETTING INTO SAFETY ISSUES WHERE THEY CAN'T STOP IN A PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND THEN ALSO AXLES, BRAKING OR SUCH THAT ARE ON THE ROADWAY.

SO WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, GETTING MORE OF THESE VEHICLES OFF THE ROADWAY AND GETTING THEM IN COMPLIANCE.

UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT ISN'T JUST TO ENFORCE HARD STRICT RULES ON 'EM ALL THE TIME, IT'S ALSO TO BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE.

SO THESE OFFICERS SHARE A LOT OF THEIR TIME AS WELL WITH THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY, AND THEY'RE WITH THE HOUSTON AREA CHAPTER THAT'S OVER HERE FOR SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AND THEY EDUCATE THESE DRIVERS AND THESE COMPANIES AS WELL.

SO IT'S ALSO THAT IS GET THEM INTO COMPLIANCE, SHOW 'EM WHAT IT IS THAT THEY MAY NOT BE DOING CORRECTLY, AND THEN ALSO REWARDING THOSE WHO ARE DOING CORRECTLY BY GIVING THEM A-C-V-S-A STICKER THAT'S ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CV THAT MAY HAVE? I GOT A QUESTION, BUT NOT ABOUT WITH THE REPORT.

WHEN I GOT AN OFFICE IN LOUISIANA AND WHEN I'M OVER THERE, THEY, I DON'T KNOW HOW ACCURATE IT WORKS, BUT THEY HAVE ROLLING WAY AREAS BASICALLY.

I'M ASSUMING IT TAKES A MEASUREMENT AS THEY'RE ROLLING THROUGH.

CORRECT.

IS THAT, DOES THAT WORK, IS THAT FEASIBLE? IS THAT A TDOT THING BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT 1 46 OR WELL, THAT'S A TDOT THING.

YEAH.

STATE OF TEXAS HAS NOT ADOPTED THAT ROLLING WEIGHT ENFORCEMENT, THE STATE OF TEXAS OTHER STATES HAVE.

UH, BUT YES, YOU'RE CORRECT.

AND WHAT THAT IS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TIMING AND GOING ROAD, LOOKING AT THE WEIGHT OF IT.

SO WAYS YOU DO THAT IS YOU LOOK AT TIRES AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE TELLTALE SIGN OF SOMETHING BEING OVERWEIGHT, UH, FOR THE INTENDED AXLES THAT ARE THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THESE CVE OFFICERS LOOK AT WHEN THEY SEE TRUCKS DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND WITH THESE LOADS.

AND WHEN THEY LOOK AT TIRES AND SEE THAT TIRES ARE LOOK REAL LOW MM-HMM .

UH, IT'S A CLUE IN THEIR BUSINESS.

SO THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL PULL 'EM OVER AND, UH, INITIATE THE ENFORCEMENT THAT'S ON THAT IF NEED BE.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IT'S IN THE ROAD OR THEY HAVE YEAH, I MEAN THERE'S LIKE A SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT SAYS YOU'RE IN A, A WAY STATION, BUT THERE'S SOME TYPE OF METER BELOW THE CONCRETE THAT WEIGHS YOU IN THE, AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE, I'M SORRY.

AND THERE'S USUALLY A-A-D-P-S TROOPER SOMEWHERE NEARBY.

IT ALSO CALCULATES THAT THEY CAN CHECK THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE.

KILOS OFF THE STREETS BY UTILIZING THIS TYPE OF SERVICE.

AND THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AND THE TIME AND DISTANCE IT TAKES.

SO IF THEY WERE GOING 60 MILES AN HOUR AT THE WEIGHT THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, IF IT TAKES THEM A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET TO THAT INTENDED NEXT TARGET TELLS YOU THAT THEY'RE HAULING A LOT MORE WEIGHT THAN PROBABLY WHAT THEY SHOULD.

RIGHT.

INTERESTING.

THAT'S WHY THE ROADS IN LOUISIANA ARE SO BAD.

, I GUESS SO , BUT TEXAS USES THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF PUTTING THEM ON SCALES AND STILL IT'S BASICALLY ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE WAYS TO GET IT AS WELL FOR ENFORCEMENT.

RIGHT.

SO THEN WITH THE, UH, STREET CRIMES UNIT, UM, AGAIN, ON THE STREET CRIMES UNIT RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THE STREET CRIMES UNIT IS BASICALLY THREE OFFICERS DOWN WITHIN THEIR UNIT, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF PERSONNEL.

UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY AS A DEPARTMENT 13 POLICE OFFICERS SHORT, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THESE POSITIONS THAT GO THROUGH, UH, SO STREET CRIMES, IT, IT TYPICALLY HAS MORE OFFICERS THAN WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS LIST.

AND SO AGAIN, IN THE YEARS PAST, NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT WITH THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS HERE, BUT I THINK THAT REALLY, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE A SHORT SHORTAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS HERE, REALLY THE NUMBERS ARE GOOD.

UM, SINCE WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE THE STREET CRIMES UNIT, WHICH IS UNDER THE PATROL DIVISION AND ARE ALSO OUR INVESTIGATIONS UNIT AND COMBINING TO AN OPERATIONS BUREAU, THEY'RE UNDER ONE ASSISTANT CHIEF AND NOW THEY'RE ABLE TO SHOW, SHARE THAT INFORMATION BETWEEN INVESTIGATIONS AND PATROL MORE FREQUENTLY.

SO THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER.

SO STORIES OF THIS IS OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT, WHICH IS OUR NARCOTICS UNIT.

UH, JUST RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON A NARCOTICS ISSUE AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE THE STREET CRIMES UNIT, WHICH ARE MARKED UNITS IN ORDER TO MAKE STOPS.

AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER SEVERAL

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SO WE HOPE THAT THAT IMPROVES WITHIN THE FUTURE.

UM, ALL UNITS FROM THE STREET CRIMES UNIT, SPECIAL OPERATIONS, THEY LOVE IT THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER MORE AND, AND LOOK FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE THERE.

AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE STREET, WHAT STREET? THE STREET CRIMES UNIT IS BASICALLY PUT INTO PLAY WITH THE SERGEANTS THAT ARE THERE IS THAT WE DO NOW.

UM, WE'VE GOTTEN WITH THE A TF WITH BINS, WHICH TRACKS ALL GUNS AND AMMUNITION.

SO ANYTIME WE HAVE ANY SHELL CASINGS FOUND WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS THAT ARE RECOVERED, WE SEND IT TO BINS AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE WITH, JUST IN A RECENT AMOUNT OF PROBABLY THIS LAST QUARTER, UH, WE'VE RECOVERED EVIDENCE OF CRIMES THAT WERE COMMITTED NOT ONLY IN BAYTOWN BUT IN HOUSTON.

AND SOME OF THOSE CRIMES ARE MURDERS AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERIES.

SO THAT IS A GOOD RESOURCE WORKING WITH THEM.

AND THE GUNS THAT WE'VE RECOVERED, SOME OF THE GUNS WE HAVE RECOVERED HAVE BEEN USED IN SOME OF THESE OTHER SITUATIONS AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

SO STREET CRIMES IS, UH, REALLY PROGRESSING WITHIN A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE AND WORKING WITH THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THEIR STATISTICS OR, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING? NO, THAT LOOKS GOOD.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DRIVERS PUT OUT SERVICE UNDER THE CVE.

THAT'S A GOOD THING.

SO SOMEBODY'S DOING A LOT, BE A LOT HELPFUL WHEN WE GET MORE STAFF, HUH? HMM.

ALL RIGHTY THEN I'LL CALL ON A MANAGER'S REPORT.

MADAM PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS, A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE I, I GET TO THE MEETING.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK ASSISTANT CHIEF HOLDEN.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU, NOT ONLY HERE AT CCPD, BUT BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN AT.

JUST A, AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE AND TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION TYPICAL, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THE SHEEP, BUT IT'S THE DIALOGUE, IT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT HE'S, HE'S ABLE TO PROVIDE.

REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

MIKE.

THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UM, I SEE VICTOR AND LORETTA HERE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY NEW YEAR.

THIS IS OUR OCTOBER MEETING OF FIRST MEETING OF FY 22.

UH, I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK VICTOR, YOU AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF IN FINANCE.

IT'S A REALLY TOUGH TIME, UH, GOING THROUGH.

I MEAN, YOUR, YOUR SEASON NEVER ENDS.

SO WE'VE CLOSED A YEAR, WE'VE STARTED A NEW YEAR, SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT.

THANKS, LORETTA.

UH, RANDY, I SEE YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF SERVICE ON CCPD.

APPRECIATE YOU STILL COMING HERE.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, NICK.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WELCOME NEW FACE UP ON THE BOARD.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY SERVING HERE.

WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO IN THE CITY WITHOUT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND PEOPLE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER AND SERVE.

SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF CCPD.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, OUR NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 11TH, 4:30 PM HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MADAM PRESIDENT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE BEFORE, AND IT'S GONNA BE BETWEEN VIC AND Y'ALL.

UM, LOOKING AT BUDGET BEFORE WE GET IT, MAYBE HAVE A WORK SESSION WITH Y'ALL TO GO OVER SOME ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED AROUND.

SO I KNOW WE'RE IN A NEW BUDGET TIME, BUT I KNOW IT STARTS APRIL-ISH.

OH, ACTUALLY EARLIER, I MEAN WE, OUR FIRST COUNCIL RETREAT IS OCTOBER 29TH.

WE'LL HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL RETREAT SHORTLY AFTER THAT.

FEBRUARY-ISH.

YOU GUYS PROBABLY START LOOKING, SO I MEAN, I MEAN WE'RE IN SEASON ALL THE TIME.

IF WE COULD DISCUSS SOMETHING PRIOR OR AFTER THE JANUARY MEETING WITH Y'ALL TO WHERE MAYBE WHAT OUR IDEA SHOULD BE OR WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND, AND THEN WE CAN ALL THROW 'EM ON THE TABLE AND SEE HOW IT HITS.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT? I'M JUST ASKING, CAN'T YOU DO AN AGENDA ITEM AT YOUR MEETING AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION THEN AS PART OF THE MEETING? MM-HMM .

YEP.

SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AND PUT AN AGENDA ITEM AND HAVE A FREE FLOW OF DISCUSSION.

SURE.