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AFTERNOON, WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS MEETING OF THE BAY FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING.
UM, CALL THE MEETING ORDER AND ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO HAVE A FORUM.
[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Special Meeting held on August 18, 2020.]
ITEM OF BUSINESS WILL BE TO CONSIDER APPROVING IN MINUTES OF THE AUTHORITIES OF THE DISTRICT'S SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 18TH.QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIM, UM, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER ZOOM, IS IT RIGHT? YES.
[a. Consider a resolution setting a Special Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Meeting to be held on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.]
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION SETTING, A SPECIAL BAYTOWN FIRE CONTROL PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT MEETING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2020.UM, ADAM, CHAIR AND, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, THIS ITEM IS TO CALL YOUR SPECIAL MEETING TO CAN CANVAS THE RESULTS OF YOUR NOVEMBER 3RD CONTINUATION ELECTION UNDER THE ELECTION CODE.
THAT IS THE VERY LAST DAY THAT WE CAN CANVAS THE RESULTS.
UM, HARRIS COUNTY, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF ENTITIES THEY HAVE OVER A HUNDRED ENTITIES ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR, UM, HAS TOLD US THAT WE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING THE CANVAS RESULTS UNTIL FOUR 30 ON THE VERY LAST DAY TO CANVAS.
WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE THREE ENTITIES THAT WE HAVE TO CANVAS.
WE HAVE THE CITY, OF COURSE, WE HAVE, UH, FIRE CONTROL, AND WE HAVE CCPD.
SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WE ARE GOING TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
UM, HALF OF THE CITY CLERK STAFF WILL BE ASSISTING THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN THEIR CANVAS.
SO, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, THE CANVAS IS A PRECINCT BY PRECINCT REPORT OF THE VOTES IN FOR OR AGAINST YOUR PROPOSITION.
SO, UM, IT GOES PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, WE HAVE A SCRIPT AND WE HAVE A SYSTEM SET UP.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES FROM BEGINNING TO END.
THAT INCLUDES, UM, READING THE SCRIPT, THE CANVAS, AND, UM, APPROVING YOUR OR YOUR RESULTS.
OKAY? SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, CCPD WILL BE, UH, 15 MINUTES BEFORE YOU, THEY'RE SCHEDULED AT SEVEN.
UH, WE'LL KICK THEM OUT AND THEN, UH, AT SEVEN 15, FIRE CONTROL WILL, UM, HANDLE ITS, ITS CANVAS.
THE ELECTION CODE SAYS IT TO CANVAS.
YOU NEED JUST TWO MEMBERS, HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND DECLARE THE RESULTS SO THAT WE CAN SEND THAT INFORMATION TO THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
I'M ASSUMING THAT'S 7:15 PM 7:15 PM SIR? YES, SIR.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION? YES.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RE RELEASE.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
THOSE LIKE SIGNED A MOTION CARRIED.
[a. Receive the Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District’s Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending September 30, 2020.]
WE'LL RECEIVE THE DISTRICT'S QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020.UH, I JUST CONTINUE TO BE ABSENTLY ASTOUNDED BY HOW ROBUST OUR SALES TAX.
IT DOES NOT, NOT THE CASE IN ALL CITIES IN THIS STATE, UH, AND ELSEWHERE.
UH, SO WE HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE.
UH, AS YOU SEE, WE'RE A SHARED OVER LAST YEAR'S SALES TAX RECEIPTS AND ALMOST SPOT ON THE MONEY, UH, FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
THAT'S AFTER WE HAD ALREADY ASSUMED, UH, A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN
UH, SO GREAT NEWS, UH, IN THAT REGARD.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, A NUMBER OF FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT UNDER SPANS.
A LOT OF THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE RESPONDED TO WHAT WE ASSUMED WOULD BE A DROP OFF IN REVENUES, UH, AND SCALED BACK IN SOME EXPENDITURES, UH, THAT WILL RESULT IN A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNEVEN BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH OBVIOUSLY, UH, WILL ROLL OVER.
AND IF I COULD JUST SAY, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE END OF THE QUARTER, SO ANYBODY WOULD ASSUME THAT'S THE END OF THE YEAR.
IT'S NOT QUITE, BECAUSE WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, UH, TO MAKE BEFORE WE CLOSE THE BOOKS.
AND THERE STILL BE, UH, SOME BILLS WILL
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COME THAT WILL STILL BE COMING IN, UH, THAT WE WILL NEED TO ALLOCATE TO THE, TO THE YEAR.BUT THIS GIVES US A, A VERY, VERY, UH, CLOSE PICTURE OF, UH, WHERE YOU LAND, WHICH IS RIGHT FROM THE REVENUE SIDE DOWN A LITTLE EXPENDITURES, BUT THE MONEY'S STILL THERE FOR YOUR YEARS GOING FORWARD.
ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE, WE HAVE, UH, PERFORMED, UH, THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE CITY AND ALL OUR FUNDS, UH, WE'VE PERFORMED OR A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF, UH, THE PREVAILING MARKET.
AND, UH, I'M SURE YOU'RE LIKE TO KNOW YOU EARNED THE PRINCIP SUM OF $295 AND 51 CENTS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
[b. Present an update regarding the Baytown Fire Training Field.]
AN UPDATE REGARDING THE HL FIRE TRAINING FIELD.SO, CONSTRUCTION'S GOING WELL.
UM, WE, UH, HAD COVESTRO, UH, AND MAXIM CRANE DONATED THEIR SERVICES LAST WEEK.
WE MOVED A BUNCH OF, UH, DONATED VESSELS IN AND OUT AND ABOUT AND AROUND.
UH, THEY BROUGHT US IN A, UH, 120 TON CRANE TO DO THAT.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU'VE SEEN ON THEIR WEBSITE OR THEIR INSTAGRAM OR THEIR FACEBOOK, THAT ALL THAT WAS ON THERE, UH, EVERYTHING WENT FLAWLESSLY.
UM, UH, AS FAR AS WE'RE KIND OF TYING UP ALL THE LOOSE ENDS ON THE BUILDING ITSELF RIGHT NOW.
UH, THEY'RE PUTTING IN PLUMBING PUMPS AND WHATNOT FOR THE, UH, THE ACTUAL FIRE WATER.
UM, ALL THAT'S GOING WELL, UH, WORKING ON PROPANE SIDE, GETTING, UH, TRYING TO ESTABLISH A, MAYBE A CONTRACT FOR A VESSEL AND AND SERVICE THERE.
[a. The next Baytown Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the Baytown Conference Room located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas.]
REPORT.SO I, I HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR THE CLASSROOM FACILITY, UH, OVER THERE.
I WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY, UH, PLEASED WITH THE, THE GREAT FACILITY THAT'S GONNA BE FOR OUR CITY IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ALL OF THE VARIED SPACES THAT WE NEED TO FIT THE KIND OF TRAINING THAT WE WANT TO DO OVER THERE.
I LOVE THE BIG ROOM WITH THE, IT HAS LIKE TWO LEVELS OF, OF, UH, ELONGATED DESKS, A HORSESHOE PATTERN THAT IT LOOKS LIKE A UNITED NATIONS OR SOMETHING ON THERE.
AND THEY, YOU CAN PUT ALL THOSE FIREFIGHTERS OUT THERE AND, AND DO SOME GREAT TRAINING.
IT GAVE ME ALL OF THE FEELING THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR, THAT THIS FACILITY IS BECOMING, GONNA BE A REGIONAL ASSET, NOT JUST A CITY ASSET.
UH, AND SO VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THAT.
UM, AND OUR NEXT, UH, AND WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO, UH, CUTTING A RIBBON ON THAT THING.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO BE, UH, DONE, DONE OUT THERE, BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES.
YOU GET TO THE END OF THESE BIG PROJECTS AND ALL OF THE DETAILS THAT STILL NEED TO BE PINNED DOWN.
IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU MOVE YOUR HOUSE AND YOU MOVE AND MOVE AND MOVE AND GOSH, YOU STILL HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
SAME THING WITH THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
UM, BUT I, I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THAT.
IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT CELEBRATION.
I SAID I WANT THE RIBBON CUTTING TO BE, UH, LIGHT UP THE WHOLE YEAH.
UH, AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOVEMBER 17TH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
BUT IF YOU GET HERE AT SEVEN, IT'LL BE FINE.
IF YOU'RE GONNA ERR ON ANY SIDE YOU HAVE, BE HERE AT SEVEN, UH, IN THIS ROOM.
AND, UH, I, UH, I'M SURE THAT WE'RE ALL INTERESTED TO SEE HOW OUR INITIATIVE, UH, TURNS OUT.
UM, AS THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, UH, ON THE AGENDA, I'LL, ANY QUESTION TO ADJOURN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.