Apr 16, 2024 BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMS DISTRICT

ACCORDING TO

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SOMEBODY CLIMB MY LADDER PROBABLY THREE HOURS TO OUR DRIVE BECAUSE I COULDN'T GO FOR SIX.

CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH, 2024 AT 4 35.

SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WOULD BE CITIZEN COMMENTS AND NO ONE SIGNED UP.

OKAY, SECOND ORDER WILL BE

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Regular Meeting held on October 17, 2023.]

HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? YEAH, MAKE MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE IT.

SECOND.

SECOND.

OKAY.

AND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

AND ALL OPPOSED? THIS DONE APPROVE THE PASSAGE UNANIMOUSLY.

SEE WE'VE GOT FOUR.

[a. Consider a resolution amending the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District's Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Budget in order to transfer monies from Fund Balance to Radio and Testing Equipment (20701-84045) in order to purchase (50) mobile radios and related equipment from Dailey & Wells Communications, Inc.]

CONSIDER RESOLUTION AMENDING THE BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 2023.

2024 BUDGET IN ORDER TO TRANSFER MONIES FROM FUND BALANCE RADIO AND TESTING EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO PURCHASE 50 MOBILE RADIOS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT FROM DAILY AND WELLS COMMUNICATIONS INC.

I'M GONNA KIND OF STAND OVER HERE SO I CAN EXPLAIN THIS WITHOUT MY BEING BEHIND BUDDY.

UM, THIS WASN'T A BUDGETED ITEM.

THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT KIND OF CAME UP KIND OF AT THE LAST MINUTE.

UM, HARRIS COUNTY NO LONGER SUPPORTING OUR OLDER RADIOS WE'RE KIND OF THE LAST HOLDOUTS PD.

JUST WENT AHEAD AND, UH, GOT APPROVAL TO PURCHASE THEIRS.

WE HAD TRIED, I THINK IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO GET GRANTS TO FUND THEM AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, THROUGH BUDGETING PROCESS, UH, GET SOME OF THE HANDHELDS.

BUT THIS WILL BE THE MOBILE RADIOS.

IT WOULD GET US 50.

THE RADIOS KNOW, GET US ON TRACK WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

SO THIS IS, UH, MONEY THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING FROM FUND BALANCE WE BRING INTO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

PURCHASE .

OKAY.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I MAKE A MOTION APPROVE.

SECOND.

SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT ORDER

[b. Consider a resolution amending the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District's Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget in order to transfer monies from the Fund Balance to Motor Vehicles (20701-84043) in order to purchase (1) 2025 Ford F-350 4X2 Regular Cab Chassis and Frazer Type I 14' Ambulance for the Fire Department. ]

2024 BUDGET IN ORDER TO TRANSFER MONIES FROM FUND BALANCE TO MOTOR VEHICLES IN ORDER TO PURCHASE ONE, UH, 22 20 25 FORD F 3 54 BY TWO REGULAR CHASSIS FRAZIER.

TYPE ONE, UH, 14 FOOT AMBULANCE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND THIS ONE IS, UM, EVERY YEAR WE, UH, PURCHASE AN, UH, AMBULANCE THROUGH NORMAL PING PROCESS.

WE FOUND OUT IN RECENT YEARS WITH FIRE TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES IS THAT THE MANUFACTURING TIME IS EXTENDED OUT.

SO NORMALLY WE CAN GET AN AMBULANCE 12, 14 MONTHS.

NOW THEY'RE OVER 24 MONTHS.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO PULL OUR AMBULANCE PURCHASES UP.

WE DO HAVE THE MONEY IN FUND BALANCE.

SO RATHER THAN WAIT TILL OCTOBER TO BUY THIS ONE, PULLING IT UP TO NOW PULLING THE MONEY FROM FUND BALANCE.

SO WE GO GET IT ORDERED BECAUSE IT'S AND THIS IS A REPLACEMENT OF, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.

SECOND.

SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? A AND ALL OPPOSED, MOTION CARRIES.

[a. Receive the Baytown Fire Control Prevention and EMS Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending September 30, 2023.]

RECEIVE A COURT MAY TIME FIRE CONTROL FOR PREVENTION EMS QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORTS QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

YES.

SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR END FOR 2023.

UM, THE REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVED IS $3.1 MILLION, WHICH WAS 27% OVER WHAT WE BUDGETED.

UM, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE 127%.

I'M SORRY, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES WAS 521,000.

UH, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, WITH THE CAPITAL.

IT WAS 1.3 MILLION AT 51% LEAVING US A FUND BALANCE OF $2.6 MILLION.

UM, THE INTEREST EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR WAS 83,372 WITH AN INVESTMENT

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I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

AND MOTION TO ACCEPT OR APPROVE THE REPORT.

YOU DON'T NEED, YOU DON'T, I DON'T NEED A MOTION.

YOU JUST NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE REPORT.

OKAY, WE ACKNOWLEDGE REPORT THEN.

OKAY.

UH, NEXT WE'LL

[b. Receive the Baytown Fire Control Prevention and EMS Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2023.]

OKAY, SO THIS IS THE FIRST QUARTER, UM, FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING IN DECEMBER 31ST.

2023.

REVENUE SO FAR IS $231,000, WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT 9%.

AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE REASON THAT IS, IS BECAUSE THE, UM, SALES TAX IS RECEIVED TWO MONTHS.

THERE'S A TWO MONTH DELAY WHEN WE RECEIVE OUR SALES TAX.

SO THE SALES TAX THAT WE RECEIVE IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER IS ACTUALLY FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.

AND SO WHAT WE RECEIVED IN DECEMBER IS FOR OCTOBER THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND THEN OUR EXPENDITURES ARE $937,000 AT 34%, LEAVING US WITH A FUND BALANCE OF $2.5 MILLION.

OUR INVESTMENT EARNINGS IS 34,000 WITH THE INVESTMENT BOOK VALUE OF 2.8 MILLION.

AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

I DIDN'T SAY NO.

SO THE NEXT

[c. Receive an update regarding the Baytown Fire Training Field.]

CHIEF TUCKER USUALLY DOES THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT HERE, SO I'LL GIVE YOU ON THE TRAINING FIELD REAL QUICK ON THE INDUSTRIAL PROP.

UM, IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING BATTLE TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING.

WE MADE SOME REPAIRS, UM, FOUND WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL LEAKS.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH EXXON WITH THE HOPES THAT THEY MIGHT SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND COME IN AS PARTNERS HELP SETTLE UP BIT.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME GOOD NEWS IN THE NEXT MEETING.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE REST OF THE TRAINING FIELD'S BEEN GETTING A LOT OF USE.

THE FBI COMES OUT, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY OUT THIS WEEK.

THEY'RE OUT THIS WEEK AND IT KIND OF LOCKS DOWN FOR THEM TO USE IT.

NO ONE ELSE GOES OUT THERE.

THEY USE IT USUALLY FOR EXTENDED PERIOD ABOUT A WEEK.

UM, WE'VE DONE SOME, UM, UM, PHYSICAL ABILITY TESTING FOR NEW EMPLOYEES OUT THERE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FILL SOME VACANCIES AND UH, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE WE DID? THE OTHER ONE WAS THE, UH, RESCUE COMPETITION.

RESCUE COMPETITION.

WE DID A RESCUE TOP COMPETITION WITH, UM, SOME OF THE, OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND SOME OF THESE SPECIALTY TEAMS. SO OUR, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TEAM GOT TOGETHER AND THEY GOT SECOND PLACE BY A FRACTION OF A POINT BY PROBABLY LIKE ONE POINT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT, UH, UH, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO AS MUCH AS THEY DO WITH THAT TYPE OF TRAINING.

AND SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED THAT HAPPEN.

IT'LL BE AN ANNUAL THING.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR.

AND SO NEXT YEAR, THAT'S ALL I GOT.

HOW MANY TEAMS? ABOUT TWO.

NO, I DON'T .

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WERE OUT.

I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, ABOUT SIX.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS RUNNING SECOND OUTTA TWO TEAMS. ALL OUR LOCAL, ALL OUR LOCAL INDUSTRY PARTNERS HAD A TEAM, EXXON, CHEVRON, AND THERE WERE A FEW OTHER TEAMS AROUND VETRO PARTICIPATING, I BELIEVE SO COVESTRO ENTERPRISE, SOME OF ALL THE, ALL THE LOCAL ONES WERE, HAD A TEAM THERE.

AND THOSE TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY TRAINED FOR THAT.

THEY TRAINED FOR COMPETITION, RIGHT? WE TRAINED TO DO RESCUE, RIGHT? SO WE TEND TO SLOW DOWN, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S SAFE AS LONG AS WE CAN.

THEY TRAINED FOR ALL THE HIGH BELLS AND WHISTLES.

SO OUR GUYS HAD TO READ, RETRAIN THEIR, THEIR MINDS A LITTLE BIT AROUND THE COMPETITION AND WE STILL GOT SECOND PLACE.

SO YEAH, THEY DID A GOOD JOB.

THEY TRAINED TO GET POINTS AND WE TRAINED TO SOLVE THE ISSUES.

, THEY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

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THEY DO THAT.

OKAY.

NEXT, THE

[a. The next Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 4:30 P.M. in the Baytown Conference Room located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas.]

I TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

THANK YOU.

MAKE A MOTION.