Oct 18, 2022 BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMS DISTRICT

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TO THIS BAYTOWN

[ BAYTOWN FIRE, CONTROL, PREVENTION AND EMS DISTRICT NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2022 4:30 P.M. BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]

CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, TELL EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE WHO IS LIVE STREAMING THIS MEETING ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE.

UM, OUR FIRST ITEM

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DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? LIKE SIGNED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, NEXT WE WILL RECEIVE

[a. Receive Baytown Fire Control Prevention and EMS District Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending June 30, 2022.]

THANK YOU MADAM PO.

YOU ALL HAVE, UH, A COPY OF THE REPORT IN YOUR BACK.

UM, IT IS AS OF THE END OF JUNE, OBVIOUSLY THE WORLD JOB, UM, IN TERMS OF OUR PERFORMANCES, SALES TAX COLLECTIONS THAT CONTINUE TO BE CREDIBLY POSITIVE OVER THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

AND WE SET, YOU SET YOUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.

THAT'S JUST COMMENCED BASED ON, UH, TOTAL SALES TAX RECEIPTS IN PRIOR YEAR OF ABOUT 2.3 MILLION.

AND WE HIT THAT TARGET.

SO AGAIN, VERY HEALTHY, UM, FOR THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF YOUR EXPENDITURES.

YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THAT YOU WILL SEE PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES IN THIS BUDGET.

AGAIN, THAT WAS A POLITIC DECISION THAT YOU TOOK THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE MOVED THE PERSONNEL FROM THIS BUDGET BACK INTO THE CITY GENERAL FUND, AND WE WILL ONLY BE ACCOUNTING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT IN THE FUND, WHICH I THINK YOU WILL ALL AGREE WITH ME, IS THE RIGHT DECISION.

OKAY.

UM, SO THE LA THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE IT, UH, NEVERTHELESS, UH, WE WILL TURN IN, UM, EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT TWO TO 2.3 TO 2.4, UH, FOR THE PRIOR YEAR, LEAVING YOU A BALANCE.

IN THE CURRENT YEAR, I'M ANTICIPATING SOMEWHERE AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION ADDED WITH ABOUT 200,000 CURRENTLY OF SURPLUS SO TO SPEAK, IN TERMS OF COLLECTIONS VERSUS EXPENDITURES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PLANNED, UH, IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

SO, UH, OVERALL VERY HEALTHY POSITION FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE IN.

UM, IF YOU REMEMBER BEFORE, WE HAVE COME BACK TO YOU WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR BALANCE IS GROWING AND SUGGESTS THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT YOU WANT TO PUT THE MONEY TO WORK.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

AND WHEN I TALK TO YOU THE NEXT TIME WHERE WE WILL CLOSE THE YEAR AND THE FIRST QUARTER, THE CURRENT YEAR, WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT ELSE YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEND TAXPAYERS MONEY ON FOR THEIR AMOUNT.

HOW MUCH IS OWED ON THE CARD? DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH WE STILL OWE? WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? TRADING FIELD, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SIX MORE YEARS.

I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.

MONEY.

HOW MUCH? 7 52, 7 52 A YEAR.

SO COMES TO QUARTER YEAR.

MM-HMM .

SO WHAT'D YOU SAY? SEVEN YEARS? THAT'S ABOUT SIX.

ABOUT 4.5 MILLION.

FOUR AND A HALF, 5 MILLION BUCKS.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU COULD CONSIDER PRESIDENT THAT WANT TO APPLY MORE OF YOUR RESOURCES TO THAT.

PAY IT DONE QUICKER.

IT'S AN OPTION FOR YOU.

WE DON'T HAVE TO.

THAT'S FINE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH TOO.

THAT'S RIGHT.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, NEXT WE'LL RECEIVE AN UPDATE

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

YEAH, WE'LL LET THAT TOO TUCKER, GIVE AN UPDATE.

OKAY.

UH, THE FIELD IS CONTINUING TO BE, UH, USED, UH, QUITE A BIT.

UM, JUST THIS MONTH, UH, ENTERPRISE AND, UH, OTHER COMPANIES HAVE USED IT.

WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH BOOKED, UH, YEAR TO DATE.

SO FIRST THREE QUARTERS WE'VE GEN GENERATED ABOUT 80,000 IN REVENUE, WHICH PUTS US ON TRACK TO WHAT, WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE SCHEDULED TO FINISH THIS YEAR WILL PUT US 1 0 5, 1 10 IN REVENUE THAT WE'RE GENERATING.

AND THAT IS WITHOUT USING THE INDUSTRIAL PROPS REGARDING THE INDUSTRIAL PROPS, UH, WE'VE HAD, WE STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE PROPANE LINES CONNECTING TO SOME OF THE PROPS.

UH, THE CITY IS STOPPED DOING BUSINESS WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT WAS SET TO DO REPAIRS.

WE'RE HAVING TO GO OUT FOR BIDS AGAIN

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THEY PLAN ON, UM, REMOVING THE OLD LINES AND PUTTING NEW LINES IN.

UH, THE ESTIMATED TIME OF COMPLETION THAT FOUR TO EIGHT WEEKS FROM NOW.

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OH, SORRY.

WAS I SHOWING MY EMOTIONS? YES, SIR.

OH, .

I BETTER NOW.

UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO REPORT TO US ABOUT THAT? I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAS, HAVE QUESTIONS? WE GONNA HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING THINK THAT'S WHAT CITY MANAGEMENT ASKING ME TO WHERE I GO.

AGAIN, THANKS FOR SOON.

WE GET THE REPAIRS MADE.

WE'LL BE WORKING ON SETTING THAT UP PRETTY QUICKLY.

SO IT'S JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER.

BUT WHAT'S BEING REPAIRED IS, SO, UH, WE HAVE NINE SEPARATE PROPS OUT AT THE FIELD.

TWO OF THE PROPS, UH, HAVE ISSUES WITH THE CONNECTING LINES TO THEM, BUT WE CAN'T RUN ANY OF THE PROPS DUE TO THE NATURE OF HOW IT'S PIPED.

WE JUST, WE FOUND OUT WE SCREW JUST PROPANE INTO THE AIR AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY BAD.

BE SPECTACULAR.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE NEWS ONE TIME.

FOR SURE.

ONE TIME.

TIME.

UH, SO UNTIL WE CAN GET IN THERE AND FULLY DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE, WE HAVE ONE SIDE OF IT.

DETECTIVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE UP CONCRETE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

WE, AS YOU KEEP DIGGING A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KEEP FINDING HOW MUCH WORSE IT IS.

SO WE STOPPED DIGGING, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO GET WORSE.

UH, SO THEY CAN REALLY GET IN THERE AND REPLACE IT.

UH, WE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A PAPERWORK WE PUT IN FAULTING OR, UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THE ISSUE IS IN THE LINES, AND IT'S NOT IN THE PROPS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S TWO SEPARATE, IT'S TWO SEPARATE THINGS, BUT WHENEVER WE TURN IT ON, IT LOSES PRESSURE AND IT'S PROPANE IS SEEKING OUT AND THAT'S DELAYING OUR, JUST OPENING.

OOPS.

THE PLAN IS TO REPLACE THOSE LINES.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S RATHER THAN TO CHASE THE LEAK AND TRY TO REPAIR THE LEAK ITSELF AS JUST TO REDO THOSE LINES.

SO, SEEMS GOOD.

WHEN IT OPENS, IT WILL BE SPECTACULAR.

TWO NEW PEOPLE.

CAN WE JUST BRIEFLY SAY WHAT THE FIRE TRAINING FIELD IS? JUST WE HAVE TWO NEW PEOPLE.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO WHAT, OUR FIELD IS A 22 ACRE FACILITY, UH, ON IT.

WE HAVE A, UH, A LARGE TRAINING BUILDING THAT WE HAVE TWO BIG CLASSROOMS IN.

WE CAN HOST ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES.

JUST TODAY THERE'S A, UH, NEW EMPLOYEE HIRING ORIENTATION AND OUR HR DEPARTMENT USES ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS ONCE A MONTH TO DO THAT.

BUT WE DO TRAINING FOR OUR, OUR DEPARTMENTS.

WE DO TRAINING FOR THE, UH, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION COMES IN AND DOES TRAINING IN THERE.

AND WE'RE HAVING ALL SORTS OF OTHER AGENTS COME IN, USE OUR FACILITY AS WELL AS OUR, UH, NEXT MONTH OUR PEOPLE ARE USING IT FOR NIGHT BURNS.

WE HAVE A TWO STORY BURN BUILDING THAT WE, UH, CAN, UH, THAT HAS FIVE PROPS IN THAT'S PROPANE FED.

WE HAVE A FOUR STORY DRILL, DRILL TOWER, TWO, UH, TRENCH RESCUE PROPS THAT OUR USAR TEAMS CAN TRAIN ON.

AND THEN WE HAVE A NINE, UH, PROP INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT'S MADE TO SIMULATE, UH, WHAT OUR PLANTS LOOK LIKE OVER HERE.

AND THEN VARIOUS OTHER OPEN SPACE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, USE FOR ACTIVITIES AND, AND HOST ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

SO IT'S A VERY USEFUL FACILITY.

YES.

AND AS HE WAS SAYING, WE UM, ACTUALLY HAVE OTHER ENTITIES COME AND BASICALLY RENT IT FROM US SO THAT THEY CAN, GENERATES A LOT OF REVENUE AND NOT JUST FIRE PROTECTION AGENCIES, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE, UH, WE HAD A WHOLE, UH, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HOLD A HELD A CANINE ACADEMY AND WE HAD LAW LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE COME AND, UM, DO TRAINING FOR WITH CANINES.

WE HAD, I MEAN, $25 RUN.

WE'VE HAD FBI OUT THERE.

WE'VE HAD ANTI-TERRORIST, UH, TYPES OF EXERCISES OUT THERE.

WE CHARGED POLICE ORGANIZATIONS DOUBLE.

RIGHT.

OURS.

WELL, THANK YOU.

DO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS, AS A NEWCOMER? NO, NO.

I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN OUT THERE.

IT'S VERY NICE.

AS PART OF THE, UM, CIVIC ACADEMY.

OH YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

COHORT.

YES.

SO I'VE BEEN OUT THERE.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

VERY GOOD.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT AND IT'S GETTING BETTER AND BETTER EVERY, EVERY YEAR.

SO, UM, WITH THAT, THAT BRINGS US TO THE MANAGER'S

[a. The next Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at 4:30 P.M. in the Baytown Conference Room located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas.]

UH, SIX AND A HALF YEARS AGO, UH, UH, OUR ESTEEMED CHIEF'S PREDECESSOR AND I, SEAN BLAKE, SAT DOWN AND, AND REALLY HAD TO REALLY GIVE A LOT OF KUDOS TO HIM BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE THAT THAT REALLY CAME IN ADVOCATING FOR US, ARE GOING TO THIS NEXT PHASE, PHASE THREE OF THE FIRE TRAINING FIELD.

AND, UH, SO BECAUSE OF YOU ALL, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT A REALITY.

I THINK WE ALL BELIEVED IN ITS, UH, ITS FUTURE SUCCESS.

I STILL BELIEVE IT IS FUTURE SUCCESS .

UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE HEAVILY USED.

UH, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT PROVIDES OUR FIREFIGHTERS WITH THE,

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SO, SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO PHASE FOUR AND FIVE ONE DAY.

IF WE MOVE INTO THAT, THERE'S STILL MORE THAT WE CAN DO, UH, AT THE FIRE TRAINING FIELD.

THAT'S A GREAT ASSET.

UM, SO THIS IS AFTER SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS WORKING WITH THIS GROUP.

THIS IS MY LAST MEETING WITH YOU ALL.

SO JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF, UH, OF, UH, BEING HERE AS, AS YOU GUYS HAVE GUIDED THIS, THIS DISTRICT THROUGH THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO, UH, NAVIGATE.

ALRIGHT.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR TRUST, YOUR DEDICATION.

UH, CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT MARISSA.

UM, WHEN I FIRST CLICKED ON BAYTOWN TO SEE WHAT THE HECK BAYTOWN WAS, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE I EVEN APPLIED FOR THIS JOB, IT CLICKED UP BAYTOWN, TEXAS.

IT HAD A BANNER APP FOR EXXON AND IT HAD MAURICE'S PICTURE ON IT.

, UH, SO THIS WAS THE FIRST BAYTOWN FACE .

SO IT HASN'T CHANGED A BIT.

I MEAN, IF ANYTHING YOU'RE, YOU'RE YOUNGER NOW.

IT'S GOT A LITTLE GRAY THERE.

IT'S GRAY.

I'VE CUT IT SHORTER SO THAT DOESN'T LOOK AS GRAY.

HARD TO DO TOO, YOU KNOW.

UH, ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, I WISH YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS OF COURSE.

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS, UH, BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME, UH, YOU ALL WILL MEET WILL BE JANUARY 17TH RIGHT HERE.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

YOU, I PROVIDED GREAT LEADERSHIP TO OUR CITY.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

MY PLEASURE.

WELL, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY MY LAST MEETING AS WELL, AND I HAVE ENJOYED, UH, BEING ON THIS BOARD IMMENSELY OVER THE YEARS.

AND I'VE ALWAYS FELT VERY GRATIFIED.

I KNEW I'VE KNOWN FOR PROBABLY TWO YEARS THAT I, MY LAST MEETING WAS COMING ONE DAY BECAUSE, UM, UH, THE MAYOR BRANDON KEPT TO YOU HAS HAD TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO APPOINT SOMEONE ELSE FOR THE SEAT, APPARENTLY, OR FOR THIS BOARD.

UM, UH, APPARENTLY HE IS CLOSE TO AN APPOINTMENT.

SO THIS MAY BE BY JANUARY WHEN WE, WHEN THE BOARD MEETS AGAIN, I WILL PROBABLY NOT BE HERE.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR, UH, AND THE NEW PERSON WILL BE THE PRESIDENT, RIGHT? ? NO, NO.

YOU'LL HAVE TO, YOU'LL HAVE TO ELECT OFFICERS, BUT, UH, BUT IT HAS, IT'S REALLY BEEN BEEN GREAT WORKING, WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.

WELL, YOU DON'T SERVE ON MANY.

HOW MANY COMMITTEES DO YOU ACTUALLY SERVE ON? YOU HAVE A, YOUR NAME'S ON A BUNCH, I THINK, ISN'T IT? I, I'M ON TWO OTHER.

YOU'RE NOT LEAVING .

I'M NOT LEAVING B.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO YOU HAVE SERVED YOUR STAFF.

OH, WELL, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

I, LIKE I SAY, I'VE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED IT'S GREAT.

YOU HAVE SERVED, SERVED US ANY WELL ALSO.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO, AS THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND.

MOTION IS SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.