* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:20] EVERYBODY HERE. WELCOME EVERYBODY. UM, TO THIS STRANGER TO THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT. THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. UH, THE FIRST ITEM [1. MINUTES] OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO CONSIDER APPRO THE MINUTES OF THE DISTRICT'S REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 19TH, 2022. MOTION TO APPROVED FOR THE MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. ANY, UH, DISCUSSION OR POINT FOR QUESTIONS THAT I WASN'T HERE? I WOULD NOT BE VOTING. ALRIGHT, MAURICE WILL BE ABSTAINING. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED LIKE, SON. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH ONE ABSTENTION. UH, [a. Discuss the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Fiscal Year 2022-23 Proposed Budget and budget process.] NEXT WE WILL DISCUSS, PARDON ME, THIS, THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23. PROPOSED BUDGET AND BUDGET PROCESS. OKAY, WELL, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, MATERIAL CHANGES TO, UH, THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. UH, SOME MOVES THAT WE'RE MAKING THAT I THINK WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO, UH, ACQUIRE IN A TIMELY MANNER, THE APPARATUS THAT, UH, THAT WE NEED, UH, RELIABLE, MODERN APPARATUS OF THE LIFEBLOOD, UH, OF OUR AGENCY. AND SO, UH, THE CHIEF AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING MANY, MANY MONTHS ABOUT HOW TO, TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE RELIABLE APPARATUS, THAT OUR RESERVES ARE JUST ABOUT AS RELIABLE AS OUR FIRST LINE VEHICLES, ET CETERA. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT SINCE KENNY'S COME ON, HE'S MADE A REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN MODERNIZING OUR FLEET. AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR HIS EFFORTS. AND HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, YOU OUGHT SEE HIS CHART OF MANY COLORS, THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE ENGINES, WHERE APPARATUS WILL COME IN. AS YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE BUY AN AMBULANCE AND IT IS GETTING TO BE WHERE EVERY YEAR WE'RE GONNA NEED AN ENGINE, UH, OR VERY CLOSE TO IT. THERE ARE SEVERAL OF OUR RESERVE ENGINES THAT, UH, UH, WE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE, THEY NEED TO BE RETIRED AND WE NEED TO HAVE RELIABLE RESERVES AND WE NEED TO HAVE NEW APPARATUS IN THE FIRST LINE. UH, AND SO THERE WERE MANY WAYS TO, TO REALLY, UM, TO I GUESS, ADDRESS THIS NEED. UH, ONE OF 'EM WAS, AS YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL FUND HAS UPLOADED SOME MONEY TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE APPARATUS, UH, IN A MORE RAPID FASHION TO AVOID COST ESCALATIONS THAT, THAT WERE REALLY GONNA COST US HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND SO, UH, THAT, THAT REMAINS IN PLACE. BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT, WELL, HOW ELSE COULD WE LOOSEN UP OR MAKE MONEY AVAILABLE IN YOUR BUDGET IN ORDER TO PURCHASE APPARATUS? UH, ONE SUCH METHOD THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO YOU IS THAT WE MOVE PERSONNEL COSTS INTO THE GENERAL FUND. UH, THIS IS, UH, A $342,342,000. AND BY DOING, DOING THAT, THAT WILL MAKE THAT MONEY AVAILABLE FOR APPARATUS. UH, THAT'S MONEY THAT YOU HAVE NOT HAD UP TO THIS POINT. UH, MEANWHILE THAT WILL BE BALANCED BY THE, THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO IT HOLDS THE GENERAL FUND HARMLESS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME FREES UP, UH, $342,000 FOR YOU TO UTILIZE ON APPARATUS. SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN INJECTION OF CASH FOR YOU. UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THE MOVEMENT OF PERSONNEL COSTS, AND I KNOW JOHN, YOU WERE A BIG FAN OF, OF EVER HAVING PERSONNEL COSTS IN, UH, IN THE, UH, THE BUDGET. SO WE ARE MAKING THAT, THAT ADJUSTMENT. NOW, YOU'LL BE PURELY, UH, A APPARATUS, TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT, UH, FUNDING VEHICLE, UH, FROM NOW ON. AND WE WILL PICK UP THE ONGOING COSTS, WHICH BY THE WAY BECOME ONLY WEIGHTIER AS TIME GOES ON. THERE'S NOTHING STAGNANT ABOUT PERSONNEL COSTS. THEY PEOPLE GET RAISES, COST OF INSURANCE GO UP, ET CETERA. SO THAT WILL TAKE THAT MONKEY OFF YOUR BACK AND NOW YOU'LL HAVE $342,000 TO, UH, AGAIN, SPEED THE ACQUISITION OF CRITICAL APPARATUS. I THINK THAT'S [00:05:01] THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. AND I'LL LOOK TO MY STAFF AND SAY, YEAH, IS THERE ANYTHING THERE THAT WAS NOT CORRECT OR THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED? THAT'S PERFECT. OKAY. WOW. IF THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING, THEN I KNOW I . SO THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO. I THINK THIS MAKES YOU MORE SUSTAINABLE. IT MAKES YOU MORE PURE IN YOUR MISSION. UH, AND UH, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU MAKE, AND BY THE WAY, IN YOUR BUDGET YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, SUPPLIED OR FUNDING FOR A NUMBER OF YOUR SUPPLEMENTALS. AND IN FACT, DIDN'T WE ADDRESS ALL OF THEIR SUPPLEMENTALS? SO ALL THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS ARE ALSO SATISFIED, UH, IN THIS BUDGET AND WE RECOMMEND, UH, STRONG CONSIDERATION OF THIS DOCUMENT AND EVENTUAL APPROVAL. ALRIGHT, I LIKE THAT . I MEAN, IT'S STILL ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT COULD BE VOTED OUT. YEAH. YEP. VERY WELL. COULD BE. HOPEFULLY NOT. BUT YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY CONCERN. HAVING STAFFING FUNDING COMING FROM A FUND LIKE THIS. IT CAN GO AWAY AT ANY ELECTION AS TO, AND THEN WE NEED TO NOT GET COMPLACENT AND THINK IT'LL GO FOREVER. MAY NOT. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR OBSERVATIONS? I'M NOT A GOOD ANY. ALRIGHT, WELL SINCE THAT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, TO RECEIVE [a. Receive the Fire Control, Prevention, & EMS District Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2022.] A REPORT ON THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENTS ON THE REPORTER ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2022. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT PLEASE ON NICELY FROM THE BUDGET, YOU WILL SEE, UH, IN THE HALF YEARLY FINANCIALS THAT, UH, YOU'RE RUNNING AT 60%, UH, OF THE BUDGET FOR SALES TAX FOR THE YEAR, WHICH LANDS, AS YOU SAW IN THE ESTIMATES WITHIN THE DRAFT BUDGET OF A 2.3 MILLION, WHICH IS 400,000 MORE THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE AT 60%, UH, ONLY THE 50% MARK POINT A YEAR. UH, ON THE SPAN SIDE, UH, YOU'RE RUNNING ABOUT 43% OVERALL. NOW SOME OF THAT WILL PICK UP, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, BUT YOU ARE ON TRACK CURRENTLY TO LAND WITH A FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 750 ISH THOUSAND DOLLARS. UH, SO THAT IS COHERENT IN TERMS OF YOUR, UH, YOUR BUDGET, WHICH YOU'VE JUST, UH, HAD A LOOK AT. UH, THERE'S NOTHING, UM, STARTLING HERE THAT TO DRAW TO YOUR ATTENTION IN TERMS OF THE SPEND. UH, BUY WOULD JUST ECHO AGAIN. SALES TAX HAS BEEN VERY STRONG. HOWEVER, THE ECONOMY IS CHANGING YET AGAIN, WE'RE GOING THROUGH ANOTHER PERIOD OF FLUX AND TRANSITION. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT THAT 400 GRAND BUMP YOU'VE GOT THIS YEAR CONTINUES. WE HAVE BEEN CONSERVATIVE. IF, HOWEVER, OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR, IT'S LOOKING EVEN BETTER. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU AND TELL YOU THAT. BUT FOR NOW WE WANT TO REMAIN REASONABLY CONSERVATIVE FROM THE ESTIMATES. BUT, UH, AND THE CURTAIN, YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT BRINGS US TO THE MANAGER'S [a. The next Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at 4:30 P.M. in the Baytown Conference Room located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas.] REPORT. WELL, WE WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY AND UH, UH, SEE YOU OUT THERE AND DURING THE HEAT WITH US, UH, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT WE WON'T HAVE A MEETING AGAIN UNTIL THE 19TH OF JULY AND WE'LL BE FOUR 30 HERE, UH, IN THIS ROOM. AND I THINK AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, ANY OTHER BUDGET, UH, ACTION IN JULY. WHEN IS THAT THE JOSHUA MCKEN ACTUALLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO, Y'ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE YOUR BUDGET AT THAT TIME IF YOU SO DESIRE. YEAH. CHIEF, I JUST ADD ONE THING THAT JUST CAME UP. UM, THE NEW ENGINE THREE IS IN TOWN. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET IT IN SERVICE TOMORROW. SO THEY JUST SCHEDULED A, UM, A PUSH IN CEREMONY WHERE WE DO THE TRADITIONAL PUSH IT BACK IN. UM, THAT'S AT, UH, STATION THREE TOMORROW AT 10 30 IN CASE ANYBODY'S OUT AND ABOUT AND THEY WANNA STOP BY. WHERE'S STATION THREE AGAIN? I'M SORRY. MASSEY THOMAS. YEP. SIX. AND WHICH ARE WHERE, WHERE, UH, WHAT ARE THE NEXT TWO ENGINES IN THE QUEUE? ONE AND SIX. AND ONE AND SIX. THEN THEY'LL BE STARTING THOSE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THEY'LL BE HERE NEXT YEAR. SEVEN WILL COME AFTER THAT. WE'LL BE, YEAH, WE'LL BE ORDERING SEVEN PROBABLY RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OCTOBER COMING [00:10:01] INTO NOVEMBER. AND THEN, AND I CAN JUST MENTION THAT THERE, THERE ARE MORE DELAYS NOW THAT TRUCKS TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS FROM ORDER TO RECEIVING IT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO OH YES. THEY COSTS HAVE GONE UP. YEAH, WE'VE, AGAIN, WE'VE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY BY HUSTLING OUR ORDERING OF THE, THESE VEHICLES AND A GREAT THING. UM, FIRE TRAINING FIELD. WE HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING IN AUGUST. THAT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY DELAYED THAT MUCH. AS MUCH AS IT IS, THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY COULD BE THERE, UH, FOR IT. SO BE LOOKING FOR THAT. SAVE THE DAY. BE COOLER THEN. RIGHT? I LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT. AND WE'LL GET CONFIRMATION FOR THE NEXT MEETING WITH . YES. YEAH. BUT WE, WE REALLY NEED Y ALL OUT THERE. YOU'RE THE ONES THAT DID IT. . YES. WE WERE OUT THERE WITH SHOVELS. WE'RE OUT THERE WITH SHOVELS. THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. YEAH. SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO LIGHTEN THAT BABY UP. ALRIGHT, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, AS THERE AS WE HAVE COMPLETED THIS AGENDA, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MAKE MOTION ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH. WE DON'T NORMALLY OH REALLY? FIVE MINUTES, 10 THINGS. HOW DID YOU GO LAST WEEK? SNEAKING IN YOU GUYS? CAN I GET SOME LITTLE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.