Oct 19, 2021 BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMS DISTRICT

WILL CONSIDER THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SECRETARY.

UH, OPPOSED? LIKE, SIGN THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT, WE

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

SO YOU TO BE PRESIDENT .

I WILL.

BRENDA, THANK YOU SECOND THAT I HAVE.

SO WHAT YOU CAN DO IS CURRENTLY, MS. BRENDA IS THE PRESIDENT AND MR. UM, ATKINS, YOU'RE THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE CITY CLERK OFFICE HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE SECRETARY.

SO YOU CAN TAKE IT ALL AS A SLATE OR YOU CAN TAKE IT INDIVIDUALLY.

I THINK WE JUST DITTO WHAT WE HAD.

DITTO.

WHAT WE HAD.

THAT'D BE THE PROPOSAL.

ANYWAY.

ALRIGHT.

SO IS THAT A MOTION? THAT'S AN, THAT'S A MOTION.

THAT'S A MOTION.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALRIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE TO ABSTAIN? ? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

OPPOSED? UH, LIKE SIGN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL DISCUSS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT APPARATUS REPLACEMENT PLAN AND FUNDING OPTIONS FOR FUTURE FIRE APPARATUS PURCHASES.

CHANGE.

[a. Discuss the Fire Department Apparatus Replacement Plan and funding options for future fire apparatus purchases.]

I'LL STAND UP THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME.

AND THEN I DO HAVE A VERY SHORT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

I PROMISE IT WON'T TAKE LONG.

UM, WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR FLEET PROGRAM THERE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH SOME OF THE OLDER RESERVE UNITS, AND SO WE'VE TAKEN THIS APPROACH WITH ONE OF OUR GOALS TO, TO LOOK AT WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT.

UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE FLEET, BUT ALSO THE MECHANIC SHOP AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

AND SO, UM, AS A COMPONENT OF IT, WE WERE LOOKING FOR OPTIONS ON, UM, ACQUIRING A FEW APPARATUS A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD BY, UM, BY COLLECTING THE MONEY AND BUILDING UP THE, THE ACCOUNT.

AND SO I'M GONNA DO THIS QUICK PRESENTATION AND, UM, SID'S MARTIN WAS THE COMPANY THAT WORKED WITH US AND, UM, WORKED ON SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU IN, IN A SECOND.

AND JUST REAL QUICK, ON THE LEASE PURCHASE, UM, SOME OF THE, THE ADVANTAGES OR BENEFITS OF IT IS A FLEXIBLE PAYMENT STRUCTURE.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, THREE YEAR, WHICH SHOULD BE JUST ENOUGH TO KIND OF GET US THROUGH THESE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.

SO THREE YEARS WOULD BE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

UM, THE NICE THING ABOUT IT IS THERE'S THE ONE YEAR DEFERRED, UH, DEFERRED PAYMENT OPTION.

SO, UM, IF WE PULL THE TRIGGER ON AN APPARATUS HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS, THE FIRST PAYMENT IS NOT DUE THIS, UH, IN THIS YEAR.

IT'S DUE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN THE, UM, IN THE OPTIONS, UM, ORDERING THE WOULD ALLOW US TO ORDER THE ENGINES IMMEDIATELY AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR ALL THE MONIES TO BE COLLECTED.

UH, THE SAVINGS, UH, WE'D SEE A SAVINGS ON THE ORDER.

NOW THERE THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT INCREASES, PRICE INCREASES DUE TO MATERIAL COSTS, AND THEN THEY DO AN ANNUAL INCREASE AS WELL.

UM, AND IT HAS BEEN 3%.

THEY USED 4% IN THE NUMBERS.

I'LL SHOW YOU THAT LATER.

BUT THE DIFFERENCE OF A FIRE TRUCK NOW VERSUS AFTER JANUARY IS A $32,000 INCREASE.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD SAY, UM, IMPROVES THE UNIT RELIABILITY, UM, FOR BOTH FRONTLINE AND FOR RESERVES.

OBVIOUSLY IF WE PURCHASE A FRONTLINE A A NEW UNIT, IT'LL BE FRONTLINE THE ONE IT REPLACES AND BECOMES A RESERVE AND THE OLDEST RESERVE IS SENT TO THE AUCTION.

AND SO IT, IT'S, IT IS A FOCUS ON FRONTLINE UNITS, BUT ALSO ON IMPROVING OUR RESERVE FLEET.

AND THEN IT GETS US MUCH CLOSER TO OUR APPARATUS ROTATION CYCLE PLAN.

UM, THE PLAN GENERALLY IS, UM, IS FRONTLINE ENGINE FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE A COUPLE YEARS DEPENDING ON A LOT OF FACTORS INCLUDING MILEAGE AND ENGINE HOURS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND SO SOME OF THE STATIONS WHERE WE RUN 'EM MUCH HARDER, UM, THEY WOULD BE COMING OUTTA SERVICE MUCH SOONER.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE PLANNED DISCUSSIONS.

AND THEN, UM, JUST REAL QUICK, 'CAUSE THIS KIND OF PLAYS INTO THE WHOLE FOCUS OF OUR FLEET.

UM, SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE RECENTLY IS A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR, UH, FOR ALL OF OUR UNITS WITH SITS MARTINS, THAT THEY'LL DO THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND THEN OUR MECHANICS CAN FOCUS, UM, SOLELY ON THE REPAIRS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND THEN, UH, WE ADDED A MECHANIC THIS YEAR, UM, THROUGH A SUPPLEMENTAL.

WE, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL MECHANICS.

SO WE HAVE FOUR MECHANICS NOW.

WE HAVE THE FILL UP POSITION.

THAT'LL BE A CHALLENGE,

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BUT, UM, THAT'LL BE HELPFUL.

UM, THE NEW MAINTENANCE GARAGE, WHICH IS GONNA BE AMAZING WHEN THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY IS BUILT.

WELL, FOR WHAT WE'RE SPENDING, I'D LIKE TO CALL IT A FLEET FACILITY.

NOT A GARAGE.

IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO BE A GARAGE.

I'M NOT BUYING A GARAGE.

, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS ON THAT .

AND THEN, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE FUTURE ORDERING OUR APPARATUS FULLY EQUIPPED.

AND THAT WAY OUR RESERVE APPARATUS CAN ALSO BE EQUIPPED.

AND THAT WAY THE SWITCHOVERS QUICKER EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A, A, YOU KNOW, A RESCUE TOOL OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THE BIGGER EQUIPMENT WHERE WE WOULD'VE TO MOVE 'EM OVER, WE WOULDN'T HAVE RESCUE TOOLS SITTING ON RESERVE UNITS.

BUT, UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THE QUICK PLAN.

UH, A PART OF THE BIGGER STRATEGY OPTION ONE THAT THEY, UH, PROVIDED TO US WOULD BE, UM, ONE PUMPER, UM, ORDERED SOON.

UM, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, 814,000 IS APPROXIMATE COST.

AND OVER THREE YEARS YOU SEE THE PAYMENTS AND THEN YOU SEE THE RATE IS IS RELATIVELY LOW.

AND, UM, WHAT WE WOULD PAY ON THE INTEREST IS LESS THAN WHAT WE WOULD PAY IN THE INCREASE.

IF WE'D WAITED, WE'D GET THE UNIT SO MUCH QUICKER.

AND SO THAT WAS WHAT THE, THE FIRST OPTION LOOKS LIKE.

UM, OPTION TWO IS TWO PUMPERS AT THE SAME TIME, UM, SOMETIME AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND, UM, THIS IS WHAT THE PAYMENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THE RATE GOES DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

LET ME KNOW IF I'M GOING TO QUICK ONE, TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS.

UM, OPTION THREE WOULD BE IF WE PURCHASED, UM, ONE PUMPER THIS YEAR AND THEN ONE NEXT YEAR, IT SHOWS THE PAYMENTS FOR THE, THE THREE PAYMENTS FOR EACH OF THEM.

THEY STAGGER OUT.

SO WE HAVE THE TWO YEARS IN THE MIDDLE WHERE WE PAY THE DOUBLE.

AND THERE YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICE FROM THE 2022 ENGINE TO THE 2023 ENGINES THERE.

SO WAS THE 8 46, THE COST OF THE PUMPER, 8 46 IS THE COST OF THE PUMPER.

AND, AND IF WE, FOR THE ONE WE'D ORDER NEXT YEAR, EIGHT 14 IS THE COST OF THE ONE WE'D, IF WE'D ORDER IT NOW.

SO ORDERING TWO OF THEM NOW, THEY'D BOTH BE EIGHT 14.

AND THE LAST OPTION WOULD BE ORDERING ONE PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS WITH THREE YEAR PAYMENTS.

AND IT SHOWS, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OVER, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF THE PAYMENTS.

RIGHT? SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE, WE, WE'VE MET WITH FINANCE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SOME NUMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, TO SEE WHAT, WHICH OPTION WE CAN GO WITH.

UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH OPTION TWO, WHICH IS TWO PUMPERS IMMEDIATELY.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD GET US OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS TO A POINT WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD UP THE FUNDS.

ANOTHER THING THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING, UH, IN, IN SEVERAL YEARS IS THE DEBT PAYMENT FOR THE TRAINING CENTER WILL BE COMING OFF AND THEN THAT'LL ALSO GET US IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO UTILIZE, UM, FIRE CONTROL FUNDING FOR THESE CAPITAL ITEMS TO, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO, UM, TO THE CITY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, BEING ABLE TO DO THIS IN, UM, FIRE CONTROL, UM, REALLY LAYS IT OUT NICELY FOR US TO WHERE WE CAN MAKE THIS PLAN WORK.

WE STILL RIGHT NOW HAVE A GAP AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

UM, YOU SEE IN THE GREENS, THE GREEN BOXES, ENGINE TWO, WHICH WE RECEIVED RECENTLY, ENGINE THREE, UM, IN THAT FIRST COLUMN WE'D ALREADY ORDERED.

UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY UP THERE RIGHT NOW DOING THE PRE-BID.

THEY'RE, UM, BASICALLY SPECING OUT THE TRUCK.

AND SO ENGINE THREE IS IN THE REPLACEMENT.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN 2023, UM, THAT'S THE NEXT TWO UNITS.

UM, THREE AND SIX, I'M NOT SURE IT DOES THREE SIX AND THEN ONE THE, UM, SO THE OTHER TWO UNITS ARE THERE, THEN THE OTHER ONES ARE PUSHED OUT A LITTLE WAYS AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

YEAH.

SO THE, THE, THE REASON THOSE ARE IN 2023, I GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED HERE FOR A MINUTE, IS BECAUSE, UH, WE ORDER NOW THE FIRST PAYMENT ISN'T DUE UNTIL 2023.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT, IT'S, IT SITS LIKE THAT.

UM, AND AGAIN, THE ONES THAT GO ONCE YOU GET OUT INTO 20 25, 20 26, WE, THE GOAL IS TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE OTHER UNITS THAT ARE IN GREEN BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 13-YEAR-OLD TRUCKS.

THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

WE'RE STARTING TO GET RIGHT, BUT WE NEED TO PULL SOME OF THOSE BACK.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THE, UM, WITH THE SALES TAX REVENUE.

ONE IS, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ON THE NUMBER AND SO WE MAY SEE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

THE, THE, THE $2 MILLION IS PROBABLY LOW AND SO A COUPLE YEARS OF BEING OVER, THAT'S GONNA BE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY AND UM, WE COULD DO OTHER THINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HIT THE MARKS.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IN HERE IS THAT IT DOES, I INCLUDE AN AMBULANCE REPLACEMENT EVERY YEAR AND THAT IS THE YELLOW BOXES.

AND THERE MAY BE A POINT, I WOULD SAY THAT THERE MAY BE A POINT WHERE WE COULD SKIP A YEAR, BUT THERE WILL COME A POINT WHEN WE'LL NEED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL

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AMBULANCE.

SO THIS ROTATION IS GONNA PROBABLY STAY THE WAY IT IS.

AND SO AN AMBULANCE, WE HAVE FIVE RIGHT NOW THAT'S FRONTLINE AMBULANCE FOR FIVE YEARS.

RESERVE AMBULANCE FOR PROBABLY THREE.

IF WE TRIED TO KEEP THREE EVENTUALLY WE HAD ANOTHER AMBULANCE, WE HAVE SIX.

WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA WANT TO HAVE THREE.

SO, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, KENNY AND THERE, THERE ARE TWO OTHER POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES AS AS WELL.

WE WE'RE CERTAINLY GRANTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE THAT MAY HELP US PAY, UH, FOR SOME OF THIS.

BUT THEN ALSO WE HAVE NOT FACTORED IN AS WE INTENDED FROM THE BEGINNING, THE REVENUE THAT WE WOULD REALIZE FROM THE USE OF OUR FIRE TRAINING FIELD.

SO TO WHAT DEGREE, I DON'T KNOW, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T LAUNCHED THAT YET.

BUT IF WE REALIZE REVENUE, ONE OF MY DIRECTIVES, I'VE TOLD VICTOR THIS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY STAYS WITH, UH, THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE CAN HELP TO PAY FOR, UH, APPARATUS FUNDING THAT WE DISPLACED BY VIRTUE OF BUILDING PHASE THREE.

SO WE WANNA, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT HAPPENS.

SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS SALES TAX COMES IN HIGHER, MIGHT GET SOME GRANTS, SO THAT'S NOT SET IN CONCRETE BY ANY MEANS OUT THERE.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE REVENUE FOR THE FIRE TRADE, IT SHOULD BE CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS.

SO, UM, AND SO, UM, WE'RE STILL GONNA WORK WITH FINANCE A LITTLE BIT AND UM, IT'S EITHER GONNA BE OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OPTION ONE'S DOING ONE NOW WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO NEXT YEAR IF WE DECIDE TO GO WITH OPTION THREE, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE ASKING IF THEY CAN STAY AT THEIR 4% PROJECTION FOR INFLATION, WHICH NOW IS GOING UP.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

WE MAY SEE, UH, WE MAY SEE INCREASES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON MATERIALS COST SEPARATE THAN THE 4% ADDITION TO THE 4% JANUARY INCREASE.

SO THAT'S ME, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY OPTIMISTIC.

4% NOW, BUT I, WELL THAT WAS, I I BELIEVE IT WAS 3% IN RECENT YEARS.

I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED KICKING IT UP.

SO, UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MONITORING.

SO, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE PLAN AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK ON FUNDING, FUNDING OPTIONS THAT GET US, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DRILLED DOWN TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE, UM, WITH OUR APPARATUS.

AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING RIGHT NOW AND THE WAY THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET A COUPLE RECENTLY WITH THE ONE WE'VE GOT THAT'S BEING SPECKED OUT.

AND OF COURSE THE FIRST PICTURE YOU SAW IN THERE IS ENGINE TWO, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET.

IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO GET IT BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT UM, ONCE WE GOT IT, WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY.

AND SO IT MAKES SOME MODIFICATIONS ON THE NEXT TWO TO GET 'EM RIGHT.

WHAT WE WANT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? YEAH, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH AN 8-YEAR-OLD FIRE TRUCK? DO YOU PARK IT, DO YOU SELL IT? SO EIGHT YEARS FRONTLINE WHAT WE DO IS, UM, ONCE WE GET THE REPLACEMENT IN THAT FRONTLINE TRUCK THAT'S ABOUT 8, 9, 10 YEARS OLD, DEPENDING, WILL THEN BE THE RESERVE TRUCK AND THEN THE OLDEST RESERVE, WE AUCTION IT OFF AND GET RID OF IT.

THAT'S THE GOAL ANYWAY, .

AND SO WE WANT TO BE BETTER ABOUT THAT TOO BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A, WE HAVE A FEW RESERVES THAT ARE PRETTY OLD.

IN FACT WE PARK THEM THE AGREEMENT WITH SINS MARTIN FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

UM, THEY CAN OCCASIONALLY PROVIDE US WITH A LOANER TRUCK, WHICH IS A GREAT, UM, BENEFIT TO DOING THAT AS WELL.

AND THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.

WE'VE ALREADY USED THE LOAN ENGINE TWO.

YEAH.

SO WE HAD A FEW ISSUES, RIGHT? SO HAS IT FIRST TRUCK OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

AND SO, UM, ONCE WE KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO AND WE WE'RE GOOD WITH FINANCE AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE NUMBERS, UM, WE MAY BE ASKING TO COME BACK, BUT WE WILL, WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT AND WE'LL TRY TO BEAT SOME OF THE PRICE INCREASES, SO, ALRIGHT.

TO THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION SECTION AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 BUDGET IN ORDER TO TRANSFER MONIES FROM CONTINGENCY NEW INITIATIVES TO OUTSIDE CONTRACTS.

UM, WE'LL NOW MOVE

[a. Consider a resolution approving an amendment to the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District's Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget, in order to transfer monies from Contingency/New Initiatives (20701-99001) to Outside Contracts (20701-85011) for Change Order No. 1 for the Industrial Exterior Gas-Fired Training Props and Thermal Lining Project for the Fire Training Center.]

CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL EXTERIOR GAS FIRED TRAINING POPS, PROPS AND THERMAL LINING PROJECT FOR THE FIRE TRAINING CENTER.

IT'S A MOUTHFUL.

SO THIS WOULD BE, UM, THIS WOULD BE THE LAST CHANGE ORDER FOR THIS PROJECT.

, WE ARE VERY CLOSE WITH THOSE MONTH.

WE ARE VERY CLOSE.

EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH DONE OUT THERE EXCEPT FOR, UM, THE INDUSTRIAL PROP.

AND, UM, MAYBE DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING? SURE, I'LL LET HIM KIND OF EXPLAIN IT TO YOU A LITTLE BIT.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.

UM, WITH THESE INDUSTRIAL PROPS, THERE WERE MOSTLY MANUFACTURED IN OHIO AND WHEN THEY CAME DOWN TO FIT THEM INTO THE CONCRETE, WHICH ANOTHER CONTRACTOR DID, IT NEEDS TO BE WATERTIGHT WHERE THE STEEL IS IN ORDER TO HOLD WATER.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE A SPILL FIRE.

SO THAT HAS TO HOLD WATER AND THE CONCRETE WAS NOT PERFECT, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.

AND SO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS COME IN

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AND REDO SOME OF THAT CONCRETE SO THAT THEIR PROPS CAN HOLD WATER.

ONCE THEY HOLD WATER, THEN THEY'LL WORK AS DESIGNED.

'CAUSE ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT THE PRICE FOR THE CONCRETE WAS A LITTLE HIGH, BUT WHEN THEY EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO, IT NEEDS TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TOLERANCES AND THE WATER HAS TO HOLD WITHIN THOSE PROPS IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK PROPERLY.

UH, SO, AND THE CONCRETE HAS TO BE UNDER WATER.

IF THE CONCRETE'S NOT UNDER WATER, IT'S GONNA FALL, CRACK AND DETERIORATE OVER TIME.

SO IT JUST HAS TO BE UNDER, UNDER THAT WATER FOR IT TO WORK PROPERLY.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, IS FIXING THOSE INDUSTRIAL PROPS, THERE'S NINE OF THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HOLD WATER PROPERLY SO THAT THE PROPS WILL FUNCTION LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME, I'M SORRY SIR.

NO WORRIES.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THERE FOR THEM TO TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH, UH, THAT WERE EXTRA COSTS ON THEM THAT THEY WEREN'T INTENDING THAT THEY DIDN'T BID OUT AND THAT'S WHERE THE CHANGE ORDER CAME.

SO THERE, I MEAN, WAY, UH, I UNDERSTOOD IT IS THAT THE CONTRACTOR WHO PROVIDED THE THE PROPS WAS NOT THE SAME ONE WHO ORIGINALLY POURED THE CEMENT.

YES SIR.

WHEN THE PROPS COME IN, THEY, THEY SAID, WELL THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK WITH OUR, WITH OUR PROPS.

SO THERE REALLY WASN'T A DESIGN OMISSION AS MUCH AS IT WAS THAT THE PROPS PEOPLE NEEDED DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION WITH THE CEMENT.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE YES SIR.

AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN, THE, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR, THE CEMENT IS BASED ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN BY THE ENGINEERS.

SO IT WAS DONE CORRECTLY BUT IT DIDN'T MEET TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS CAUSED A PROBLEM, THEY DIDN'T TALK.

SO IT ENDED UP BEING, AND THE NEXT TIME WE DO AN INDUSTRIAL FIREFIGHTING SIMULATION COMPLEX, WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT ISSUE.

UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO UH, APPROVE? I MAKE MOTION APPROVE.

SECOND, UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR FUNDING OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR THE INDUSTRIAL EXTERIOR GAS FIRE TRAINING, PROPS AND THERMAL LINING FOR THE FIRE TRAINING CENTER.

OPPOSED LIKE SIGN THE MOTION CARRIED UNITS.

NEXT WE WILL CONSIDER A

[b. Consider a resolution authorizing an Interlocal Agreement for Funding of Change Order No. 1 with the City of Baytown for the Industrial Exterior Gas-Fired Training Props and Thermal Lining for the Fire Training Center.]

THE FIRST ONE WAS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

THIS ONE IS THE INTERLOCAL.

SO MOTION APPROVED.

I HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND.

THAT MOTION A SECOND QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I, THOSE LIKE SIGNED MOTION CARRIED UNANIM.

UH, WE WILL

[c. Consider a resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement with the City of Baytown for the funding of a 2022 Ford F-450 Diesel 4X2 Regular Cab Chassis and Frazer Type I 14' Ambulance.]

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR THE FUNDING OF A 2022 FORD F FOUR 50 DIESEL FOUR BY TWO REGULAR CAB CHASSIS AND RAZER.

TYPE ONE 14 FOOT AMBULANCE.

QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, EXPLANATION.

AND THIS IS, UH, JUST FOR ANNUAL AMBULANCE PURCHASE AND WE'RE USING FRAZIER AGAIN, THE SAME COMPANY WE USED LAST YEAR.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO I GUESS ARE WE DISCUSSING THAT? YEAH, WE'RE DISCUSSING WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU.

BUY THE BOX, AMBULANCE WITH THE BOX AND YOU GET A NEW CHASSIS.

THAT WAS ALWAYS THE THING.

OH WAIT, IT'S MODULAR.

YOU TAKE IT OFF.

PUT A NEW WELL NO, IT DON'T FIT THAT ONE.

IT DOESN'T FIT THIS ONE.

IS THAT NOT AN OPTION ANYMORE OR THAT'S EXACTLY THE MORE TROUBLE THAN IT'S WORTH.

WELL THAT'S THE PROBLEM IS THE PRICES STARTED TO COME SOME SO CLOSE TOGETHER ON THOSE REMOUNTS.

OH, OKAY.

AND CHASSIS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.

WELL I KNOW WE RAN BEFORE IT BECAME BEFORE.

OH, WELL WE'LL GET A NEW NO, IT WON'T FIT THAT ONE, RIGHT? YEAH, WE, THE CHASSIS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH THAT NOW THAT WE'RE ORDERING THE SAME BOX, THIS WILL BE OUR FIFTH ONE, I BELIEVE OUR FIFTH ONE IN A ROW THAT WE'LL BE THE EXACT SAME.

NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO START LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THEY GO ALL ELECTRIC.

THE CASE.

YEAH, THE CHASSIS ON.

WELL IT COULD HAPPEN.

YEAH, IT'S COMING.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT POLICY AND STRATEGY STATEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.

OPPOSED? LIKE, SIGN.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIM, UH, WE WILL

[d. Consider a resolution approving the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District's Investment Policy and Strategy Statement in accordance with the Public Funds Investment Act, Section 2256.005(e) for (i) the addition of an investment officer and (ii) the addition and deletion of broker/dealers.]

SECTION 2, 2 5 6 0.05, SOME PARAGRAPH E FOR THE ADDITION OF AN INVESTMENT OFFICER AND THE ADDITION AND DELETION OF BROKER DEALERS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE A MOTION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE EXPLANATION AND OR DISCUSSION.

AS AN APPROVED INVESTMENT OFFICER TO WORK, UH, ALONGSIDE ME, UH, CURRENTLY I AM THE ONLY APPROVED INVESTMENT OFFICER.

MAD PRESIDENT.

THIS IS PURELY AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE TO ADD THE NAME OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

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UH, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRAINING, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AS CITY INVESTMENT OFFICER AS THE CITY TREASURER IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHARTER.

UH, I, UH, I'M THAT, UH, OFFICER CURRENTLY.

UH, THIS WOULD GIVE ME SOME ASSISTANCE AND ALLOW SOMEONE TO DEMOCRATIZE FOR ME.

AND WE'RE ADDING AND DELETING SOME BROKERS? NO, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY THAT, THAT WOULD JUST A CARRY OVER.

I THINK FROM HOW THIS WAS, WE'RE NOT, THERE'S NO ADDITION TO THE, UH, TO THE LIST OF, UH, OF DEALERS.

UM, THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE STRATEGY ITSELF.

THERE'S NO COST.

ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

OPPOSED? LIKE SIGN.

UH, MOVING

[a. Present an update regarding the Baytown Fire Training Field.]

TO THE REPORT SECTION, WE'D LIKE TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE BAYTOWN FIRE TRAINING FIELD.

A JUST A, JUST A QUICK LIST.

UH, THE FINAL PUNCH LIST, UH, WAS COMPLETED FOR THE BUILDING.

UH, THE HOMEX CONTRACTOR COMPLETED THAT PUNCH LIST.

UH, SO WE WILL BE ENTERING INTO THE O MONTH WARRANTY PHASE, UM, UH, PRETTY SOON.

ILLA IS THE INDUSTRIAL FIRE PROP MANUFACTURER.

IF YOU HEAR THAT NAME, IT'S ILLA.

UH, THEY'RE 95% COMPLETE WITH EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE.

THE LAST 5% IS THE CONCRETE WORK AND THEN TEST FIRING EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WORKS PROPERLY.

UH, IT'S, LIKE I SAID, MOST OF IT WAS PRE-MANUFACTURED AND MOST OF IT IS ACTUALLY ON SITE.

IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON SITE.

AND IT'S QUITE A BIT, UH, UH, JUST EXPLAINING THAT CURRENT CHANGE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE CONCRETE.

UM, WE HAD A, WE HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH OUR TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION INSPECTION.

UM, THE INSTALLER OF THE TANK FELT LIKE HE COULD USE THE PREVIOUS, UH, PAPERWORK AND RAILROAD COMMISSION SAID, NO SIR, YOU CANNOT.

SO HE HAD TO REFILE EVERYTHING AND IT TOOK ALMOST SIX WEEKS TO GET ALL THAT BACK THROUGH THE STATE, UH, FOR OUR, AND THEN WE GOT OUR FINAL INSPECTION ON THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER.

UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY GETTING QUOTES FOR TO THE INITIAL FILLING OF THAT, OF THAT TANK, UH, WORKING ON ALL THE LEGALITY OF GETTING THAT DONE THROUGH THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND BUYING PROPANE IN BULK.

IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE SMALLER ONE.

I JUST SIGNED IT THIS AFTERNOON.

DID YOU? AWESOME.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TO GET IT INITIALLY FILLED.

AND WE WILL PROBABLY GO OUT FOR BIDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT.

WE SHOULDN'T GO OVER, WE WON'T GO OVER OUR, UH, OUR CAP THIS YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR WE PROBABLY WILL.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT.

AND THEN, UH, UH, CARLA STATED THAT ONCE, UH, ONCE THE UH, CHANGE ORDER HAS APPROVED, IF APPROVED, IT WILL TAKE THEM APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS TO FINISH THE PROJECTS ONCE THEY GET ON LOCATION.

SO IF WE GET PROPANE AND WE GET THIS CHANGE ORDER APPROVED, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN WE CAN GET THEM SCHEDULED TO COME DOWN.

AND LAST TIME IT WAS FAIRLY QUICK WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

UH, SO I HAVE GOOD HOPES THAT THEY CAN COME DOWN AND FINISH UP FAIRLY QUICKLY.

UH, WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THAT, UH, CHIEF DOBSON HIRED, UH, MARGARET VARGAS.

UH, SHE IS NOW HAS AN OFFICE THERE AT THE TRAINING FACILITY WITH MYSELF AND CHIEF RIOS, UH, ALREADY DOING A GREAT JOB.

SO GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US.

SHE'LL ALSO DO OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE WORK FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, SHE'LL JUST, HER OFFICE WILL BE THERE, SO SHE'LL HELP US A LOT.

PLUS SHE'LL DO A LOT OF OTHER WORK FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UM, SINCE JULY 20TH, UH, WHICH WAS OUR LAST MEETING, UH, WE'VE HAD 10, 10 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS OR AGENCIES INSIDE THE TRAINING CENTER USING, UH, DIFFERENT PARTS.

UH, THAT INCLUDES CITY OF BAYTOWN AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I DIDN'T PUT IT UP THERE, BUT THE FBI WAS HERE FOR A WEEK, UH, USING THE FACILITY.

AND THEN, UH, SOME PORTION OF THE TRAINING CENTER WAS BEEN IN USE 28 TIMES OR 28 DAYS OVER THIS LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS.

SO YOU THINK, AND THAT'S WITHOUT THE INDUSTRIAL FIRE PROPS BEING ACTIVE.

SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE TIME, UM, IN USE.

AND THAT ALSO DOESN'T COUNT OUR INDIVI, OUR IN-HOUSE USE, OUR, OUR BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT USE.

THAT'S JUST OUTSIDE ENTITIES.

UH, HERE'S A KIND OF JUST A QUICK LOOK.

ANYWHERE YOU SEE YELLOW, THAT'S OUR CITY OF BAYTOWN USE.

SO THAT'S PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF BAYTOWN USING THE FACILITY.

ANYWHERE YOU SEE GREEN, THAT'S A SCHEDULED BAYTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT FUNCTION.

IT DOESN'T INCLUDE WHEN FIRE TRUCKS COME OUT AND JUST TRAIN.

THAT HAPPENS JUST ABOUT DAILY, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKDAYS AND MOST SATURDAYS.

UM, IF YOU SEE BLUE, THAT'S WHERE WE'VE RENTED THE FACILITY.

SO ANYWHERE YOU SEE BLUE, THOSE ARE ACTUAL RENTALS.

WE'VE EITHER RENTED A CLASSROOM, WE'VE RENTED THE TOWER OR WE'VE RENTED THE BURN BUILDING.

AND AGAIN, THAT WON'T,

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THAT'LL ALL THAT'S REVENUE.

YEAH, THAT'S REVENUE.

AND THOSE NUMBERS GO UP WITH THE INDUSTRIAL PROPS.

WE CHARGE A POLICE DEPARTMENT DOUBLE RIGHT .

WOW, THAT'S THE LAST ONE.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE COLORS.

THERE'S A COUPLE MORE ON THERE.

I USE ORANGE FOR MAINTENANCE.

UH, WE DID HAVE KFT COME IN AND WORK ON ONE OF THE PROPS IN THE FIRE BURN BUILDING.

UM, THEY CAME IN AND INSPECTED EVERYTHING, UH, FOR THAT.

AND SO THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DID.

SO ANY, ANY QUESTIONS CLOSER AND CLOSER? CLOSER.

FINGERS CROSSED.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT WAS VERY, VERY GOOD.

UM,

[b. Receive the Baytown Fire Control Prevention and EMS District Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending September 30, 2021.]

NEXT WE WILL RECEIVE THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.

THANK YOU FATHER PRESIDENT.

SO WE ENDED THE YEAR IN A, AN EVEN BETTER POSITION ON SALES TAX.

UM, THE SPREADSHEET THAT THE, UH, THE CHIEF WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER INDICATED ANNUAL SALES TAX REVENUES OF ABOUT 2 MILLION.

WE ENDED THIS LAST YEAR IN 2.2 AND I ANTICIPATE THAT TO CONTINUE TO RISE.

SO THE, THE STORY REALLY FOR BETA IN GENERALLY AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE THE DISTRICT IS, UM, UH, INCREDIBLY HEALTHY GROWTH.

UH, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE SET THE BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT LAST YEAR, UH, WE DID DIAL DOWN BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF COVID.

IN FACT, IT'S GONE THE OTHER WAY.

AND, UH, I, I HAVE NO ACTUAL CONCRETE EVIDENCE TO, TO PROVE THIS, BUT MY CONTENTION IS THAT, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING ARE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING TO SHOP, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING FURTHER THAN HERE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO THE PERIPHERY.

SO THIS IS LIKE BAYTOWN, KATY, HUMBLE, THOSE THREE HAVE SHOWN REAL STRENGTH IN TERMS OF SALES TAX REVENUES, WHEREAS CITY OF HOUSTON HAS GONE DOWN.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CAPTURING PEOPLE IN THAT BULL THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE AND HOPEFULLY IF WE SEE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE RETAIL SECTOR, THAT WILL, THAT'LL GROW EVEN MORE SO VERY, VERY HEALTHY.

SO I THINK THAT THE CHIEF WAS INCREDIBLY CONSERVATIVE, EVEN MORE THAN ME WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECTING YOUR SEAL SEX GOING FORWARD, WHICH GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM FOR MANEUVER, UH, ON THE, UH, THE IDEA OF LEASING.

AND I HAVE TO SAY MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO DO TWO NOW, UH, ON THAT.

BUT WE, WE'LL WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.

BUT, UH, YOU'RE IN A, YOU'RE IN A VERY HEALTHY POSITION ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT UNDER CONTROL.

WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, PUT MORE MONEY INTO CAPITAL, UH, THIS LAST YEAR ROUND THAN IF WE, WE LOOK AT THE, UH, THE PLANS THAT CHIEF HAS GOING FORWARD.

I THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE NEXT YEAR AROUND, UH, THE YEARS THEREAFTER.

SO, UH, VERY, VERY HEALTHY FINANCIAL POSITION TO BE IN AND, AND IT'S EVIDENCE AS WELL, UM, IN TERMS OF YOUR FUND, YOUR UH, YOUR INVESTMENTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN GROWING AS YOU'LL SEE, UH, ALMOST WELL UP IN COUPLE HUNDRED GRAND IN THE LAST QUARTER.

THAT'S EVIDENCE OF THE GROWTH OF SEAL TAX.

SO GREAT POSITION.

RIGHT.

WHEN WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WE MIGHT BE GETTING TOGETHER TO CONTEMPLATE BUYING THE, OR LEASE PURCHASING, PURCHASING THE UNITS? WE WERE HOPING TO MAYBE DO A SPECIAL MEETING LIKE IN A MONTH OR SO.

YEAH.

UM, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A PRICE INCREASE ON MATERIALS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO WANT TO BE AHEAD OF THAT.

UM, CHIEF ROBERTS HAS BEEN THE ONE COMMUNICATING WITH WITH THEM AND HE'S UP AT PIERCE RIGHT NOW.

SO WHEN HE COMES BACK NEXT WEEK, UM, WE'LL DOWN THE FINANCE AGAIN AND WE'LL TRY TO IRON IT OUT AND MOVE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? RIGHT.

UM, THAT BRINGS US TO

[a. The next Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at 4:30 P.M. in the Baytown Conference Room located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas.]

THE MANAGER'S REPORT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

SO, UH, IT APPEARS THAT WE'LL BE GETTING TOGETHER SOONER THAN LATER.

, LET'S PRETEND THAT WE'RE NOT, I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TOGETHER UNTIL JANUARY 18TH AGAIN, BUT IT WILL BE BEFORE THEN.

SO I'LL WISH YOU ANOTHER MERRY CHRISTMAS OF THAT TIME.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU.