Apr 01, 2025 Community Development Corporation

[A. CALL TO ORDER ]

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THE MEETING STARTED HERE.

THIS IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2025 AT 6 P.M..

AND WE'LL DO A CALL TO ORDER AND FOLLOW UP WITH A ROLL CALL VOTE.

JEFF WATSON, MYSELF. I'M HERE.

MR. EVANS IS UNABLE TO BE WITH US THIS EVENING.

MISS NED HERE. HERE, HERE.

SORRY, MISS PETERS. HERE.

MISTER THORNTON HERE. MISTER ASH HERE.

AND MISS SAMUEL PRESENT.

AWESOME. AND LET'S SEE.

MR. THORNTON, YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING? FATHER, WE JUST COME TO YOU WITH AN OPEN HEART AND OPEN MIND.

WE THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU ALLOW US TO BE ON ONE ACCORD.

LET YOUR WILL BE DONE FOR THIS WONDERFUL CITY.

LET ALL COLLECTIVE MINDS COME TOGETHER WITH BRAND NEW IDEAS, FRESH IDEAS THAT ARE COMING FROM YOU, FATHER.

AND WE JUST THANK YOU.

IN JESUS NAME, AMEN, AMEN.

AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IF EVERYBODY WILL STAND.

ALL RIGHT. AND LET'S MOVE ON TO SECTION E FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN FOR PUBLIC APPEARANCE THIS EVENING? NOT TODAY. OKAY.

WE WILL MOVE ON DOWN TO PUBLIC REPORT ITEMS.

[F. PUBLIC REPORT ITEMS ]

AND THEN NUMBER TWO, OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, APRIL 14TH AND MONDAY, APRIL 28TH, BOTH AT 6:30 P.M..

AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO STAFF REPORT ITEMS PRESENTED BY OUR CEO,

[G. STAFF REPORT ITEMS ]

IF YOU CAN OPEN THOSE UP FOR THEM TO SEANA.

IN SHORT NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT OF OUR BUDGET WE HAVE 98% OF THAT BUDGET REMAINING. TO REMIND YOU, OUR BUDGET IS LARGELY DRIVEN BY SEVERAL LARGE LINE ITEMS THAT MAY HAPPEN LATER IN THE YEAR.

SO DON'T I? WE RARELY WILL EVER SPEND 100% OF OUR BUDGET.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, KNOCK ON WOOD, IN 25 YEARS I NEVER HAVE SPENT 100% OF MY OPERATING BUDGET. BUT DON'T LET THE 98% FOOL YOU.

WE'RE BASICALLY PAYING VERY MINIMAL OPERATING COSTS RIGHT NOW.

FIRST PART OF THE YEAR.

AS WE GET GOING THE REST OF THE FINANCIALS LOOK VERY GOOD.

WE BROUGHT IN RIGHT AT 150,000IN SALES TAX, WHICH IS ABOUT 10,000 MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SALES TAX SHEET THAT DESHAWN HAS GOT UP RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE BACK IN A POSITIVE TREND.

DIDN'T HAVE AS BIG OF A JUMP AS WE DID THE MONTH BEFORE WHERE WE HAD A 39% JUMP.

WE HAD A GOOD 6% JUMP.

SO WE'RE BACK STILL IN THE GREEN FOR THE YEAR AND IN A GOOD POSITION THERE.

WE'RE ABOUT TO GET INTO SOME HIGHER EARNING MONTHS AGAIN AS WE START LOOKING AT SUMMER.

I WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER I JUST LEFT THERE.

ONE OF THE REASONS I'M A TAD FRAZZLED.

IT'S BEEN A DAY. I'VE BEEN RUNNING FROM MEETING TO MEETING, AND I HAD A MEETING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT 430 TO GO OVER AND GET AN UPDATE.

ALL OF THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN REPAIRED.

THE NEW PIERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.

THEY NOT ONLY HAD TO INSTALL NEW PIERS, BUT THEY INSTALLED SEVERAL NEW JOISTS, WHICH ARE THE MAIN SUPPORT WOODEN PIERS THROUGH THE OR BEAMS THROUGH THE THING.

AND THEY ALSO REPLACE PROBABLY OVER HALF OF THE BEAMS THAT ATTACH THOSE JOISTS.

WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY WITH THIS BUILDING, I HAD THEM BRING THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER OUT A THIRD TIME AFTER IT WAS COMPLETED TO SIGN OFF ON IT. SAY YES, IT'S COMPLETED.

YOU'VE DONE WHAT I TOLD YOU YOU NEEDED TO DO.

ONE THING WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY RIGHT NOW IS THERE'S A COUPLE AREAS IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING THAT, WITH THE RAIN ARE GETTING WET, AND THEY'RE NOT WHERE I THOUGHT IT WOULD GET WET.

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THEY LOCATED THE WATER LINE THEY'RE RUNNING.

AS YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE REASON THAT STARTED WAS TO ADD FIRE SUPPRESSION OF THAT BUILDING.

THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WATER LINE.

THEY'VE DUG IT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT ON THE WHAT I CALL THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING, THE NON ENTRY SIDE OF THE BUILDING ON JEFFERSON.

AND NOW THEY'VE GOT TO CONNECT IT UP.

SO THEY'VE TAKEN THE PUZZLE APART.

THEY FIXED THE FOUNDATION.

AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO START PROBABLY NEXT WEEK, PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

SO I TOLD HIM IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT FUNCTIONAL BY THE END OF MAY.

WE'VE GOT SOME THE CITY IS STARTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS.

I WOULD I WOULD HOPE THAT AS MANY BOARD MEMBERS AS HAVE ANY INTEREST AT ALL WOULD VOLUNTEER TO BE A PART OF THAT. WE ARE GOING TO NEED A CITIZEN STEERING COMMITTEE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A RATHER LARGE COMMITTEE, LIKE 50 PEOPLE.

I THINK THE ONES THAT ARE VERY, VERY ENGAGED AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON THIS BOARD, THE EDC BOARD, THE PNC BOARD I THINK THEY WOULD BE GOOD MEMBERS. SO IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SERVE ON THAT.

DROP ME AN EMAIL. LET ME KNOW.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MEETINGS. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL MEETINGS, AND THERE WILL BE 1 OR 2 PLANNING CHARADES WITH THE PUBLIC THAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND. BUT IT SHOULDN'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME.

BUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE OUR LAND USE PLAN. OUR PARKS PLAN IS PART OF THAT.

IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT TO SET OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTION FROM NOW ON. SO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, I WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO.

I'VE, I'VE, I'VE BEEN I'VE TOLD THIS BOARD BEFORE AND NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE MY BOARD, BUT I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH TWO REALLY, REALLY GOOD BOARDS.

SO ANY OF YOU ALL THAT WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE? WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.

LET ME. LET'S SEE. DID THE SALES TAX DID THE FINANCIAL UPDATE ON THE WOODY WILLIAMS PROJECT? I APOLOGIZE. FIRST OFF, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING AT THE LAST MEETING. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTED WHAT I HAD, AND I WAS GOING TO. I WAS OUT SICK THAT DAY, AND I WAS GOING TO COME TO THE MEETING, AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOMEBODY SICK AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY. SO I SET IT OUT.

ONE OF THE UPDATES, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE WOODY WILLIAMS UPDATE WAS GOING TO BE ON THE LAST MEETING. AND IT IS SIMPLY THIS THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR OVERALL PARKS MASTER PLAN. AND WE'RE MASTER PLANNING, NOT JUST THE DOWNTOWN RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL PARK.

AND WE'RE REROUTING A STREET.

AND CUT A LONG STORY SHORT, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE AND HAVE TO MOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND YOU'LL END UP DAMAGING IT.

AND SO THE MONEY IS BUDGETED AT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION, AND I ASSUME THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT.

WE CAN EASILY ROLL IT FORWARD NEXT YEAR IF WE NEED TO IN THAT BUDGET YEAR.

BUT IT'S ALL A MATTER OF IT'S NOT A MATTER OF PRIORITY OR SUPPORT.

IT'S A MATTER OF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE IT INSTALLED, WE DO IT RIGHT. WE PUT IT WHERE IT'S GOING TO HAVE IT'S FOREVER HOME, BASICALLY, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DAMAGING IT IN THE FUTURE.

THAT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS.

CITY GOVERNMENT IS A BIG SHIP, NOT A SPEEDBOAT.

IT TURNS SLOWLY. AND SO THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE FORGETTING ABOUT.

YOU'VE GOT MY WORD. WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON AND DO THAT.

WE JUST WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.

CDC GRANT PROGRAM UPDATES.

I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY HIT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING, ONE OF WHICH IS THE EDC HAS A FACADE PROGRAM THAT I BELIEVE IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO BE UNDER THE CDC.

SO ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE TO ASK YOU ALL IF YOU WOULD ADOPT THAT PROGRAM, IF THE IF THE EDC AGREES.

AND THIS MONTH IS VERY STRANGE.

EVERY MONTH YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE EDC MEETING AND THEN THE CDC MEETING.

WELL, BECAUSE OF WHEN THE FIRST CAME, THIS IS THE ONLY MONTH THEY'RE IN THE YEAR THAT YOU GUYS GO FIRST.

AND THAT'S MURPHY'S LAW, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT EASIER IF THE EDC DID THEIRS FIRST AND RELINQUISHED THE THE PROGRAM, AND THEN YOU GUYS PICKED IT RIGHT UP. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT BACKWARDS. I JUST THINK IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM IS MORE APPROPRIATE.

AND THEN I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO POSSIBLY,

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BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO DO A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE OF WHICH IS, IS LOOK AT THE POSSIBLE USES AND FOCUS THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC.

IT'S KIND OF THE THE CDC GRANT PROGRAM IS VERY WIDE OPEN.

AND IF AND IF WE NEED TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE AREAS, LET'S DO THEM UNDER SEPARATE PROGRAMS INSTEAD OF GROUPING THEM UNDER ONE. IT MAKES IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.

THE OTHER PART OF IT IS, IS THAT AS WE DO THAT, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY UP TO YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD PROBABLY BE FOR YOU TO CREATE A COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THESE PROGRAMS. THE SCORING SYSTEM, WHEN YOU DO A GRANT PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE AS SUBJECTIVE AS ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE AND TAKE ALL THE OBJECTIVITY OUT OF IT.

YOU DON'T WANT THE GREATER TO IF IF DESHAUN OF GRADES ONE I GRADE ONE AND AND CHAIRMAN WATSON GRADES ONE THEY SHOULDN'T VARY WILDLY.

AND UNDER THE CURRENT GRADING THEY COULD BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A JUDGMENT CALL.

IT'S BROKEN DOWN ACTUALLY VERY WELL IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT YOU GRADE.

BUT AFTER THAT IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A JUDGMENT CALL.

AND AND WHAT THAT CAN GET YOU INTO IS IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WE HAD TEN SUBMISSIONS THIS TIME AROUND, NONE OF THEM CAME CLOSE TO QUALIFYING.

AND THE POINT SYSTEM. AND AND SO WE'VE HAD TWO ROUNDS OF IT.

NOBODY'S QUALIFIED. SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO STEP BACK.

TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IT'S NOT RARE WITH GRANT PROGRAMS. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FINAGLE THEM AND MAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, FIT BETTER AFTER YOU LAUNCH THEM AND AND COME UP WITH AN END PRODUCT THAT I THINK MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE GRANT APPLICANT TO UNDERSTAND.

FIRST OFF, AM I EVEN ELIGIBLE? IF I'M NOT ELIGIBLE, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND ALL THAT TIME. SECOND, IF THEY'RE SCORING, THERE SHOULD BE A SCORE SHEET THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT SCORE SHEET AND GET A PRETTY GOOD IDEA BEFORE THEY EVER HAND IT TO DESHAWN OR I WHAT THEIR SCORE IS GOING TO BE WHEN THEY GET IT BACK.

AND THAT'S HARD. THAT'S NOT A SIMPLE THING TO DO.

AND QUITE HONESTLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I'M REQUESTING POSSIBLY A COMMITTEE IS THAT I'M HAPPY TO HELP, BUT I'M NOT SURE I COULD JUST SIT DOWN AND COME UP WITH A GRADING SYSTEM THAT YOU KNOW IS GOING TO BE THAT SUBJECTIVE.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AND AND TRY TO MAKE THAT WORK.

I BELIEVE. MR. CHAIRMAN, I BELIEVE THAT IS OH, THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE DONE IS I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU AT YOUR PLACE.

IT'S ONE THING TO SET A BUDGET AND THEN LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET AND SEE WE PAID A HALF $1 MILLION AND DEBT SERVICE.

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HAVE A SPREADSHEET THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT YOUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS ARE AND WHAT YEARS THEY NEED TO BE PAID, HOW FAR OUT THEY GO.

THE CDC IS CARRYING DEBT THROUGH 2041.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEBT PAYMENT THROUGH 2041.

NOT A BAD THING. IT IS WHAT IT IS.

I MEAN, WE'RE ALLOWED TO BOND. WE USE THAT TOOL.

BUT WE HAVE THREE SEPARATE BONDS ON YOUR SHEET.

THE ONE TO THE FAR LEFT IS THE EDC.

SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. IT'S A SMALL BOND THAT THE EDC DID, BUT THE THREE AFTER THAT ARE ALL CDC.

AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THE COMMUNITY CENTER ROLLS OFF AFTER 2026.

THE 2021 BOND. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS ROLLS OFF AFTER 2029.

SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA WHAT THAT IS.

IT'S A SHORT. AND THEN THE, THE OTHER 2021, WHICH IS JUST A DIFFERENT SERIES, GOES THROUGH 2041.

SO WE'LL CARRY ABOUT $330,000 A DEBT A YEAR THROUGH 2041.

THE OTHER, A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND, WILL ROLL OFF IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

BUT HOPEFULLY THIS ILLUSTRATION GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT CLEARER PICTURE OF WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE STAND FINANCIALLY, WHAT OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE, AND WHEN WE START MAKING FURTHER OBLIGATIONS IN THE FUTURE, AND WE MAY EVEN REFORMAT THAT AND MAKE IT KIND OF A ONGOING.

ONE THING WE DO NEED TO DO TO SHAWNA IS MAKE THAT A PAGE IN OUR HANDBOOK THAT WE PROVIDE TO ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE DO NEED TO ALSO UPDATE OUR HANDBOOK.

WE WILL DO THAT. YOU'VE GOT MY WORD.

I MEAN, I, I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR.

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BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S AS WE MAKE BIG DECISIONS, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE ALREADY OBLIGATED TO.

AND WITH THAT, I AM, I AM FINISHED.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

I KNOW WE GOT SOME HAIL THE OTHER DAY.

DID YOU HAPPEN TO NOTICE ANY DAMAGE FROM THE HAIL SEEING ANY DAMAGE FROM THE HAIL STORM? THANK GOODNESS. YEAH, WE HAD SOME IN MY HOUSE TOO, AND I WAS AFRAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO.

I WAS GOING TO WALK OUT AND I WAS GOING TO HAVE TWO DIMPLED CARS, AND WE WERE LUCKY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? NO. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

SO MOVE ON TO THE BOARD.

[H. BOARD REPORT ITEMS ]

I'LL JUST ONCE AGAIN SHARE. I SHARED IT LAST MONTH.

THERE'S A PROGRAM OR ORGANIZATION OUT THERE. I'LL CARRY THE LOAD. I'M AN AMBASSADOR FOR OUR MEMORIAL. EVENT IS COMING UP.

IT STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY AND GOES ALL THE WAY INTO MAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY OR JUST ANYBODY HERE IN PERSON.

YOU CAN GET A TEAM TOGETHER, RAISE FUNDS TO HELP THEM.

IT HELPS TO KEEP THE TRUE MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY ALIVE AND HONOR ALL FIRST RESPONDERS AND MILITARY THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THEN

[I. CONSENT AGENDA ]

EXCUSE ME. ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND WILL BE ENTERED, OR WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER.

SO REQUEST IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME.

IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO REMOVE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, WE WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL.

VOTE. MISS NED. OH. THAT'S RIGHT.

WE GOT THE NEW SYSTEM THERE. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE HAVE THAT PASSED SIX ZERO.

WE'RE GETTING FANCY. YEAH.

GETTING FANCY SAVING WORDS.

AND HAVING A CALL. EVERYBODY'S NAME.

THAT'S AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

[2025- 009 Facade Grant Program]

CONSIDER, DISCUSS, AND ACT UPON ADOPTING THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM CURRENTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE PDC. AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND I'VE COVERED MOST OF THIS.

IT'S A GRANT PROGRAM THAT I'M THE CITY ATTORNEY AND MYSELF HAVE DISCUSSED.

AND BOTH AGREE. IT'S JUST MORE APPROPRIATE TO BE UNDER THE CDC IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING IT. IT HASN'T HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF USE, BUT WE DID APPROVE A FACADE GRANT AT THE LAST EDC MEETING.

AND I DO THINK IT'S A VALUABLE GRANT PROGRAM IF THIS BOARD WOULD BE WILLING TO PICK IT UP.

AGAIN, I WOULD ALSO, IF YOU DO DECIDE TO DO THAT AFTER NEXT MONDAY'S MEETING WHEN THE EDC OFFICIALLY LETS GO OF IT I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING SOME TWEAKS TO IT AS WELL.

YEAH, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THIS ONE.

I KNOW THE FIRST TIME I THINK THAT A MOD AND I HAD GONE OUT IN PRINCETON, WE HAD OUR CDC SHIRTS ON.

I THINK WE WERE HEADED OUT TO ONE OF THE TRAININGS.

WE WERE APPROACHED BY A BUSINESS OWNER THAT WAS ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GRANT OR ANY POSSIBLE WAY WE COULD HELP THEIR BUSINESS.

AND I KNOW WE BROUGHT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION BACK, BUT. AND PASS IT ALONG TO THE CITY.

BUT DEFINITELY A NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD YOU KNOW, LOOK TO HELP OUT THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO ENTERTAIN ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? I'VE HAD IN MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES.

IT IS A GOOD PROGRAM, I BELIEVE.

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HE ACTUALLY OWNS THREE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED, AND HE IS WHAT THEY CALL RE FACING THE BRICK.

SO UPDATING THE BRICK, HE'S REPLACING THE AWNING HE'S REPAINTING.

DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE SOME INTERESTING, I'LL CALL IT ECLECTIC PAINTING ON SOME BUILDINGS. BUT HE'S TAKING IT KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE BACK TO ITS HISTORIC NATURE AND CLEANING IT UP AND DOING EVEN SOME NEW LANDSCAPING.

USUALLY THOSE WILL INCLUDE PAINTING AWNINGS FACADE, FACADE BRICK REPLACING LANDSCAPING, SOMETIMES EVEN SOME PARKING ON THE FRONT OF A BUILDING. AND IT APPLIES TO ANY FACE OF THE BUILDING THAT IS VISIBLE FROM A PUBLIC STREET. GENERALLY. THAT'S HOW WE DID IT.

AND MY PREVIOUS COMMUNITY, SOME CITIES SAY IT'S YOUR MAIN ENTRANCE ONLY.

BUT IN A LOT OF SMALL TOWN DOWNTOWNS, YOU HAVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE VERY, VERY VISIBLE FROM THREE SIDES, AND THEY ALL NEED TO LOOK GOOD.

AND SO NOW, IN MY PREVIOUS COMMUNITY, WE ALLOWED THEM TO PUT IN FOR MULTIPLE, BUT THEY COULDN'T PUT IN FOR ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.

OKAY. ANYWAY, THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS ON ON THAT.

NO, BUT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE TRANSFER OF THE PRINCETON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S FACADE IMPROVEMENT MATCHING INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM TO THE PRINCETON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, SUBJECT TO THE PRINCETON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSEQUENT RATIFICATION APPROVAL OF SAID TRANSFER.

THANK YOU. IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE IT CAME FROM A LAWYER.

I THOUGHT HE WROTE IT.

SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS IN HIS VOICE.

ONE MORE. ANYBODY? NOT.

DID YOU VOTE, AHMAD? YES.

DIDN'T REGISTER.

CAN YOU GO CHECK HIS UNIT? CHRIS? YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

AND WITH THAT SIX ZERO THAT THAT MOTION PASSES.

ALL RIGHT. AND WE'LL MOVE ON DOWN TO THE 2025 010.

[2025- 010 CDC Grant Program Re-evaluation]

CONSIDER, DISCUSS, AND ACT ON THE REEVALUATION OF THE CDC GRANT PROGRAM AND DESIGNATING A COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH A STAFF ON REINVENTING THE PROGRAM AND GRADING SYSTEM. AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK WE HAVE HAD TWO ROUNDS OF APPLICATIONS. NONE HAVE BEEN AWARDED.

IF IT HAD BEEN ONE THAT WAS GRADED, THAT WAS CLOSE TO THE MINIMUM STANDARD.

I THINK WE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT FORWARD, BUT THESE HAVEN'T COME ANYWHERE CLOSE. SO THERE'S THERE'S A FLAW.

AND IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE NEED TO CORRECT, WHICH IS NOT A BIG DEAL.

I WOULD, YOU KNOW RECOMMEND STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMITTEE OR IF THE CHAIR LIKES, HE CAN JUST WORK WITH STAFF, HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO HANDLE IT. BUT I DO.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.

I DO THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MORE FOCUSED.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME WORKING ON THE GRADING JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DO AND A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY IT FOR ME.

OKAY. SO A COUPLE OF IDEAS ON THAT, I GUESS.

YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEFINITELY TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SCORING AND GRADING SYSTEM. IN THAT REGARD, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY IF YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO WITHOUT EVEN WITHOUT HAVING TO NAME A PARTICULAR ENTITY OR WHATNOT, BUT JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF, HEY, IF WE HAD HAD THIS SET UP A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WELL, I MEAN, THE DESCRIPTION IS NOT REAL CLEAR WEATHER.

AND WE HAD FOUR FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT'S KIND OF A GRAY AREA THING.

I THINK EVERY TIME GRANT AND I TALK, WE BOTH ARE LIKE, I MEAN, YOU GENERALLY DON'T FUND SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT I THINK I CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT YOU CAN UNDER JOB TRAINING IF THE IF THE REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY FOR HARD MATERIAL, FOR INSTANCE, THEY'D ASK FOR SOME WELDING EQUIPMENT SO THEY COULD ADD MORE STUDENTS TO THEIR WELDING PROGRAM, MAYBE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S BUT, YOU KNOW,

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SO THEY DON'T FILL OUT THOSE APPLICATIONS.

I DON'T IT'S HARD FOR US TO PUT IN A PROGRAM SPONSORING EVENTS, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE I THINK ANY AND ALL EVENTS OR SPECIAL INTEREST EVENTS AND THAT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THEY ARE.

IT'S IT'S A PORTION OF PEOPLE.

IF IT'S A CITY EVENT, IT DOESN'T NEED TO COME OUT OF A GRANT PROGRAM. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THERE'S NO REASON THAT SOMEBODY COULDN'T MAKE A REQUEST THAT'S OUTSIDE OF AN ACTUAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR SUPPORT OF A PROJECT.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO LAW THAT FORBIDS THAT.

AND SO SOME OF THE SOME OF THE EVENTS I DON'T LOVE DOING EVENTS IN A GRANT PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND IF YOU DO ONE NOW, YOU BECOME A GRANT FUNDING ORGANIZATION.

I MEAN, A AN EVENT FUNDING ORGANIZATION.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS.

I DO THINK THAT AND I SAID THERE'S 98% LEFT IN THE BUDGET.

WE HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING BECAUSE I, I THINK HOPEFULLY BY THIS SUMMER THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME STUFF THAT WE CAN PUT THE CDC LOGO ON ON A BIG SIGN IN FRONT OF A PROJECT THAT UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IN PUBLIC, BUT AS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE SUPPORTED AND THE DIFFERENCE YOU'VE MADE.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS ON THE BIG DOLLARS.

WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE SO MANY SMALL EXPENDITURES JUST LIKE AMAZON.

YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER SPEND A LOT OF MONEY. BUT AT THE END OF THE MONTH, LIKE, GOODNESS GRACIOUS, THAT'S BEEN 500 BUCKS ON AMAZON THIS MONTH.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LET THOSE OTHER THINGS GET OUT OF HAND AS WELL. AND I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T DO THE GRANTS. I THINK WE SHOULD. I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC AND VERY PARTICULAR ON WHAT WE WANT THEM TO AIM AT, GENERALLY ON A GRANT PROGRAM.

WHAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS THEY'RE NEVER FOR OPERATING EXPENSES OF ANYTHING.

GENERALLY IT WILL BE A BUILDING IMPROVEMENT OR ENHANCEMENT.

SAY, IF THERE'S A BUILDING DOWNTOWN THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO TURN INTO A RESTAURANT, DOESN'T HAVE A VENT HOOD, DOESN'T HAVE A GREASE TRAP.

HELP THEM MAKE THAT ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT TO PAY FOR A PART OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S PERMANENT FIXTURE THAT'S GOING TO STAY WITH THAT BUILDING.

AND EVEN IF THE BUSINESS FAILS, THAT BUILDING IS NOW APPROVED FOR THE NEXT USER TO COME IN AND IT'S MORE SUITABLE FOR THEIR USE THE NEXT TIME AROUND.

SO JUST THINKING LIKE THAT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO, BUT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE.

TO YOUR QUESTION, MISTER CHAIRMAN OF AN EXAMPLE.

YEAH. SO A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT WOULD BE AND I GUESS WE'D HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS WITH THIS TOO, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE'RE HELPING FOLKS THROUGH THIS AND KIND OF NAVIGATE THIS WITH US.

BUT THE QUESTION THAT CAME TO MIND WAS IN THE EXAMPLE WITH THE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE WELDING EQUIPMENT YOU KNOW, IS THERE A IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH THEM AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, OR AT LEAST ENGAGE IN SOME DIALOG TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO USE THIS? IS THERE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO, YOU KNOW, ALIGN THIS WITH JOB TRAINING, JOB CREATION TYPE, YOU KNOW, DEALS WHERE IT DOES ALIGN WITH WHAT WE WOULD.

IT CERTAINLY IS JOB TRAINING.

THE QUESTION AND AND IN MY MIND IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY DICTATE IN THE LAW BUT IT.

TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST AN UNWRITTEN RULE.

AND I BELIEVE DESHAWN WAS AT A TRAINING WHERE SOMEBODY WITH THE CONTROLLER SAID THEY RECOMMENDED AGAINST FUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY WERE THE MOST HEAVILY FUNDED TAXING ENTITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WELL, TO ME, THAT'S A PERSONAL OPINION.

THE WAY IT WAS STATED.

I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT UNDER JOB TRAINING.

AND AGAIN, GRANT, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT EITHER WAY. AND I'VE MET WITH BRANT MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY.

GOOD GUY, GREAT PROGRAM.

I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF JOB TRAINING.

HUGE. YOU KNOW, IT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INDUSTRY, BUT IT DOES PREPARE OUR KIDS FOR JOBS.

WE DO HAVE HVAC. WE DO HAVE AUTO MECHANICS IN TOWN.

WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR WELDERS IN TOWN.

WE NEED TO HAVE A NEED FOR PLUMBERS IN TOWN.

THEY HAVE A HEALTH CARE TRACK GOODNESS.

WE NEED HEALTH CARE IN TOWN.

AND SO THERE'S SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT THAT I THINK COULD BE VERY VALUABLE FOR.

WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.

AND, AND I AND I HAVE NOT DONE IT YET AND SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME TALKING THROUGH IT WITH WITH OUR ATTORNEY.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AND MISTER CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH WE CAN'T HAVE FOUR BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE THEN THAT'S A QUORUM AND A BOARD MEETING. BUT IF A COUPLE OF THE OFFICERS WANT TO HAVE A MEETING WITH MYSELF AND GRANT AND DESHAUN AND JUST TALK THROUGH THAT,

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I WANT TO HELP THEM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE VERY SOLID GROUND HELPING THEM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MORE IMPACTFUL.

IF WE DIDN'T KNOW OTHER TYPE OF GRANT, IN MY OPINION, WE DID THAT GRANT, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL WE COULD DO BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME THE DEMOGRAPHICS HERE ARE RELATIVELY SIMILAR TO THE CITY I CAME FROM.

WERE PROBABLY PUTTING SEVERAL HUNDRED KIDS A YEAR GRADUATING, GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH NO TRADES, NO SKILLS, NOT GOING TO COLLEGE OR MILITARY OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

AND THEY NEED SKILLS. THEY NEED SKILLS FOR THEIR FUTURE.

THEY NEED SKILLS FOR OUR FUTURE AS A COMMUNITY.

WE NEED THEM TO BE PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO I CAN CERTAINLY STAND UP AND MAKE THE ARGUMENT FOR IT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL, OBVIOUSLY.

AND THAT'S I THINK IT'S GRAY AREA.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO LET THE CITY ATTORNEY MAKE THE CALL ON THAT BECAUSE ONCE THE MAGIC IS ONCE HE SIGNS A LETTER TO ME SAYING, IT'S OKAY, I'M FREE AND CLEAR.

WE CAN DO IT. IT REMOVES THE LIABILITY FOR ME.

I'LL JUST CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT. I AGREE WITH JIM. THERE'S A LOT OF GRAY AREA. IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHAT HE SAID EARLIER, THAT MAYBE IT NEED TO KIND OF REVAMP THE CURRENT GRANT PROGRAM, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS. RIGHT. IS IT ELIGIBLE UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT VERSUS THE CURRENT GRANT PROGRAM? SO I THINK IF YOU REVISE YOUR GRANT PROGRAM, SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.

SO. I MEAN, IF WE DO I DON'T WANT TO DO GRANTS, TO DO GRANTS. I WANT TO MAKE THEM IMPACTFUL.

AND REALLY OUR END GOAL.

WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

BOTH OF THOSE HAVE THE WORD DEVELOPMENT IN THEM.

THAT'S KIND OF OUR FOCUS.

SO. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

SO JIM, WITH THE GRANT PROGRAMS? THE THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT TO REDESIGN IT.

ARE WE HAVING TO REDESIGN IT FROM THE GROUND UP, OR ARE WE ABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE PIECES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING THERE TO SOLIDIFY A NEW TYPE OF GRANT PROGRAM? AND AGAIN, I'M ONLY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS. I'M NOT UP THERE VOTING.

YOU ALL HAVE A VOTE. I DON'T I THINK WE CAN DO EITHER OR.

I MEAN, I THINK OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD USE THE CURRENT GRANT PROGRAM AS A STARTING DOCUMENT, AND WE'D GO FROM THERE.

SO I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH OF IT WILL BE LEFT WHEN WE'RE DONE, BUT THAT WOULD THAT TO ME, THAT WOULD BE THE STARTING POINT. THAT'S THE LOGICAL STARTING POINT.

YOU'VE SEEN THE DOCUMENT.

MANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN CREATING THAT DOCUMENT.

LET'S START THERE, MAKE SOME TWEAKS AND END UP, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER YOU ALL END UP.

ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THE EVALUATION PROGRAM.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY FORMULATING A COMMITTEE AROUND THIS, WHICH I WOULD PARTICULARLY BE INTERESTED IN SEEING IF WE HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY COMMIT TO IT NOW, BUT IF YOU WOULD MAKE SURE YOU GET WITH JIM AND DESHANNON AND LET THEM KNOW YOU'D BE INTERESTED.

I THINK IF WE I MEAN, WE'D HAVE TO GET OBVIOUSLY AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE UP TO THREE. YEAH, WE COULD GET IF THERE'S FOUR, WE HAVE TO CALL A MEETING EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MEETING. SO. RIGHT.

SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE LET JIM AND DESHANNON KNOW ON THAT.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, LET ME MAKE AN ASSUMPTION HERE.

WE FORMULATE THAT COMMITTEE.

JIM, COULD THAT COMMITTEE ALSO BE A PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS OF THE GRANT COMING IN? ABSOLUTELY. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT.

FUNNY YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE I HAD A ONE ON ONE WITH ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS YESTERDAY, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MET WITH SCHNEIDER YESTERDAY.

AND THAT'S KIND OF EXACTLY WHERE WE ENDED UP.

I MEAN, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD STAY TOGETHER, AND THEN THEY WOULD ALSO PARTICIPATE WITH DESHAUN.

I QUITE HONESTLY MAY OR MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE GRADING, BUT I WILL. I'M HAPPY TO HELP PUT IT TOGETHER AND SCORE THESE THINGS.

AND ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MUCH EASIER, IS YOU'RE VERY CAREFUL ON BUILDING MINIMUM STANDARDS.

AND IF THEY HIT THOSE MINIMUM STANDARDS, IT'S DONE DEAL.

THEY QUALIFY TO AT LEAST GO TO THE BOARD. THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEED TO GET THE GRANT, BUT THEY'RE GUARANTEED TO GO TO THE BOARD WITH WITH EITHER A STAFF RECOMMENDATION OR A STAFF. WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO. YOU HAD STATED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.

I WOULD ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE US TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING TONIGHT SO WE CAN GET THIS BALL ROLLING. BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE THE GRANT PROGRAM BE SUCCESSFUL LIKE JIM TALKED ABOUT.

AND QUICKER WE CAN GET A COMMITTEE ON IT TO KIND OF REEVALUATE IT.

I THINK THE BETTER OFF WILL BE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED, I KNOW

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SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS TIME AVAILABILITY IS LIKE, BUT I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF HE WAS INTERESTED.

BUT YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR IT? DEFINITELY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE. SAME HERE.

SO I THINK WE'VE GOT THREE VOLUNTEERS FOR YOU TO, TO START THAT. ARE YOU TAKING THAT DOWN.

START THAT WITH SHAUNA SCHNEIDER JASON IT'S REAL EASY.

IT'S THE THREE CLOSEST TO YOU.

RIGHT. SO. THE CHAIR CAN ACTUALLY CREATE ANY COMMITTEE.

DON'T NEED ACTION. I BELIEVE ON THAT GRANT.

SO THE BYLAWS SAY THAT THE CHAIR CAN WITH BOARD APPROVAL.

SO I'D PREFER. OKAY. I'D PREFER IF WE JUST DO THE MOTION AND JUST DIVIDE IT UP.

SO AS THE CHAIR. CAN I MAKE THAT.

MOTION. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CREATE AND STAFF THE GRANT PROGRAM COMMITTEE WITH JASON SCHNEIDER AND AHMAD AS THE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THAT COMMITTEE. I SECOND THAT.

ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK VOTE. IF YOU'LL USE YOUR TOUCH SCREEN. AND THAT MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ADDITIONAL SERVICES IN TIME COMMITMENT TO THAT.

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO PRINCETON PD.

[2025- 011 Princeton PD Update]

SO I HAVE MY MY LITTLE KID WAGON THAT I TAKE WITH ME EVERYWHERE, AND I HAVE ONE OF EVERYTHING UP THERE.

SO EVERYTHING IN HERE EXCEPT FOR A HANDFUL OF THEM ARE BRAND NEW.

BECAUSE A LOT OF THE VESTS THAT WE HAVE, AND LIKE MINE.

I CAN BRING IT. IT'S DIRTY.

WE'VE DONE A OK TRAINING WITH IT.

I JUST DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO GET, LIKE, CONTAMINATED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ALL CLEAN, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK. I CAN PASS IT OUT AND TALK.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE RECORDED OR IF YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME ON THE MICROPHONE, BUT SO I'LL PASS IT OUT. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO PASS IT DOWN AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT, AND YOU GUYS FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY TYPES OF QUESTIONS.

I COULD TALK GEAR ALL DAY.

I WANT TO START WITH I'LL BE YOUR VANNA WHITE.

I DON'T CARE. SO THIS IS THE GREENS.

THEY'RE THE FIRST FIRST TACTICAL.

IT'S ACTUALLY AN OUTSTANDING BRAND AS FAR AS QUALITY.

THEY DO A LOT OF MILITARY AND POLICE GEAR.

IT'S A GREAT UNIFORM. SO.

SO THIS IS MY GAS MASK.

I HAVE WORN IT. FEEL FREE TO PUT IT ON YOUR FACE IF YOU WANT.

I DON'T REALLY CARE. BUT THIS IS OUR GAS MASK THAT YOU GUYS PURCHASED FOR US.

SO EVERYONE ON THE TEAM HAS THAT.

THAT'S A BELT WITH YOU, THOUGH? YEAH. I'LL TALK ABOUT WHATEVER YOU TAKE UP THERE.

JIM, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE VANNA WHITE, I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD REALLY DO THE PART HERE. YEAH. AND SO YOU STILL LIKE YOU? YEAH. JUST SAYING. VERY NICE PERSON.

AMEN. THE BEST OF ALL OF IT.

AT ONE TIME. MESSED UP MY HAIR.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO. YOU READY TO ROLL? YEAH. THAT BELT'S NOT GOING AROUND THIS TIME.

SO THE BELTS OF 511 BELT.

IF ANYONE'S NEVER WORN THIS STYLE OF BELT, IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WEAR ON PATROL.

AND THE. AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS AN INNER AND OUTER BELT.

SO THE INNER BELT IS WHAT GOES THROUGH THE BELT LOOPS AND IT HAS A VELCRO SIDE TO IT.

AND THEN THE OUTER BELT IS WHAT VELCRO IS TO THE INNER BELT AND KEEPS IT FROM FALLING AROUND. THERE'S TWO MAGAZINE POUCHES AND THEN A DROP HOLSTER,

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SO OUR SRT MEMBERS THANK YOU CHIEF.

SO OUR SRT MEMBERS CAN TAKE THEIR HOLSTER FROM THEIR THEIR DUTY BELT AND MOVE IT TO THEIR SRT BELT AND HAVE THE SAME HOLSTER SAME DRAWER.

THAT WAS JUST THE MAG.

THE MASK. SO THAT'S A SAME THING.

BUT IN THIS CASE, YEAH, THEY CAN OPEN IT.

THE HELMET IS SHELLBACK.

SAME WITH THE VEST. SO THERE IS PLATES IN THE VEST.

IF YOU NOTICE ON THE VEST, THERE'S TWO MAGAZINE FOR RIFLE ON THE FRONT.

AND THEN ON THE BACK IS A MED KIT.

EVERYONE ON THE TEAM HAS A MED KIT IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT.

SO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE OUR CHIEF MEDIC THERE, WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER.

YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S A BAD.

YOU CAN SHOW THEM A BODY BAG.

DEPENDS ON WHAT'S GOING ON, I GUESS.

SO THAT'S THE BAG THAT WE PURCHASED FOR.

MEMBERS. TO HOLD EVERYTHING.

BECAUSE AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, IT'S A LOT.

I WILL SAY I'M JEALOUS OF HOW LIGHTWEIGHT YOUR VESTS ARE COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD TO WEAR. YEAH. ARE YOU PRIOR SERVICE? RIGHT. MILITARY? YEAH. WHAT BRANCH? NAVY. NAVY. OKAY. WE'RE DONE.

HEAVIER THAN THAT. YEAH.

WHEN WE'RE DONE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THE AIR FORCE IS BETTER. SO. YOU HAVE TWO BRANCHES. ALL RIGHT. SO.

YEAH. HEY, EVERYONE. HEY, WHY DOES WHY DO THE GAS MASKS? MASKS HAVE NETTING OVER THE EYES OVER THE 000.

WHERE'S IT AT? OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. NEVER MIND.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN WE.

WHEN WE CARRY IT IN THE BAG.

WHAT IS THIS? OH, A LITTLE POUCH.

YEAH. RIGHT. SO WE PUT IT WE PUT IT WITH THE FILTER UP, SO THAT WAY I CAN GRAB IT OUT.

AND IT GOES STRAIGHT ON.

I'LL LET ME. I'LL TALK, AND THEN I'LL DEMONSTRATE.

OH, SO IT GOES STRAIGHT ON YOUR FACE.

I KNOW, YEAH. IT GOES.

IT'LL MESS MY HAIR UP, SO I APOLOGIZE.

SO IT GOES STRAIGHT ON YOUR FACE, AND THEN THIS WRAPS OVER THE TOP, AND THEN YOU CINCH IT DOWN.

OKAY? THAT MAKES SENSE. ARE WE READY? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. OH, OKAY. IT'S GOT A SCUBA ESQUE LOOK TO IT.

YEAH. SO THAT'S HOW IT'S STORED IN THE IN THERE.

JUST SO IT'S EASY TO GET ON AND OFF.

COOL. SO THIS IS A FILTER.

SO THE THINGS THAT WE USE TO GET BAD GUYS OUT OF A HOUSE DOESN'T AFFECT US.

NICE. OKAY. WHAT ELSE? AND FOR THE NEW MEMBERS, YOU ALL BOUGHT THEM THIS YEAR.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CHEAP. IF I CAN GET ONE OF THOSE TACTICAL PATCHES, EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS JUST PUT YOUR HANDS ON IS WHAT Y'ALL PURCHASED.

TO INCLUDE I'M ABOUT TO PASS OUT, I THINK.

COINS WERE PASSED OUT LAST TIME.

WE HAVE A DIFFERENT COIN.

I THINK WE GAVE YOU GUYS ONE WITH LIKE, A HELMET AND SKULL.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT COIN THAT WE PURCHASED.

IT'S A POKER CHIP. AND THAT'S WHAT WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS AND STUFF THAT WE CAN HAND OUT, IT SAYS PRINCETON SRT ON IT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL AMOUNT UTILIZED AT THE TOP.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LEFT.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS ESSENTIALLY SRT SWAG, RIGHT, THAT WE CAN HAND OUT TO EVERYBODY.

SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO A LITTLE SWAP. RUBBER DUCKIES.

SO THAT'S OFFICER HERNDON.

DO WE WANT TO MAKE LITTLE CARDS? THINGS LIKE THAT. PINS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SHAPE OF A ROUND.

YEAH. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S REALLY FUN TO GO THROUGH THE AIRPORT SECURITY WITH. OH, YEAH. MINE GETS PULLED EVERY SINGLE TIME.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO USE THAT MONEY FOR.

BUT IT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING TO HAND OUT TO KIDS OR, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER AT DIFFERENT EVENTS.

YEAH. YEAH. BUT I REALLY LIKE THE TRADING CARD IDEA, ESPECIALLY IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CIRCULATE WITH THE LIKE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND EVENTS WHERE YOU'VE GOT KIDS PRESENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND HELP BUILD THAT. HEY, LET'S GIVE OUR OFFICERS A FACE AND A NAME IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT PEOPLE THINK OF THEM AS A PERSON AND NOT JUST SOMEBODY FROM PD NECESSARILY.

AND HAVING THAT OUT THERE IS JUST MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION.

I AM A JEEP GUY, AND I'LL GO ON RECORD SAYING I'M NOT A FAN OF THE WHOLE DUCK THING.

SO I APPRECIATE IT WHEN I'M WHEN THEY'RE GIVEN TO ME.

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BUT ANYHOW, THAT'S ANOTHER STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY.

BUT YEAH, I PERSONALLY LIKE THE CARD THING.

I THINK THE PAINTINGS ARE REALLY COOL. THOSE ARE ALWAYS CONVERSATION PIECES WHEN YOU PULL THEM OUT AS WELL. SO WHAT ARE THE OTHER TWO SMALL ROUNDS THAT ARE ON THERE? SO I'M NOT SURE THEY MAY BE BOTTLE OPENERS.

I'M NOT FOR SURE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE ARE.

I THOUGHT LIKE ONE WAS WHISKEY, ONE WAS VODKA, LIKE A DECANTER OR SOMETHING.

I THINK PEOPLE GIVE THOSE OUT BEFORE.

YEAH. I MEAN, THEY COULD BE.

OH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT IS, A USB STICK.

ANY OTHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. I HAVE SOMETHING.

YEAH, I HAVE SOMETHING I'M GOING TO GIVE OUT TO YOU GUYS. I'M GOING TO.

CHAIR. BOARD. I JUST I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHY SERGEANT TIM WAS ACTUALLY PASSING THIS STUFF OUT. SO BEFORE Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THESE ITEMS FOR US, OUR ACTIVE SHOOTER VEST ROUGHLY WEIGHED ABOUT 35 TO 40 POUNDS OF THE VEST.

MR. ASHE, THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH.

AND WITH THOSE VESTS. THOSE WERE VESTS THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO OUT AND SEEK DONATIONS FOR AND ALL OF THIS STUFF. SO AND BEFORE THAT, PRIOR BACK IN THE DAY, WHENEVER WE RAN OUR FIRST SRT TEAM, IT WAS ALL BOUGHT IN HOUSE FROM THE OFFICER.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS OUR TEAM WAS PRETTY MUCH FULLY SPONSORED FROM Y'ALL.

SO AGAIN, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

I WOULD DARE SAY THAT WE PROBABLY IN TOTAL SINCE EVERYTHING WAS BOUGHT A ROUGH ESTIMATE SOMEWHERE ABOUT TEN OPERATIONS SO FAR MULTIPLE SEARCH WARRANTS, A COUPLE OF DRUG WARRANTS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO WE'LL GET YOU OUT THE ROUGH COUNT HERE IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO. AS FAR AS ALL THE OPERATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE I KNOW EVERY OTHER WEEK WE RUN ROUGHLY AN EIGHT HOUR TRAINING SESSION AS WELL.

AND WE'RE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY GROW THE TEAM. SO WITHIN THE TEAM TOO, AS WELL. WE DO HAVE TWO FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE OPERATING AS SWAT MEDICS AS WELL.

SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE TEAMS THAT'S INTER JOINED.

RIGHT. AND SO LOOKING TO KIND OF KEEP ON GROWING AS WE GO.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GRANTS.

AND THOSE WERE SMALL TRINKETS. THAT WAS ALL LEGAL. THAT HAPPENED UP HERE. THE VALUE WAS LOW ENOUGH TO WHERE THERE'S NO TROUBLE. RIGHT.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH.

THAT'S AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.

[2025- 012 Princeton FD Update]

DASH 012 PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATE PRESENTATION, UPDATE AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A DRONE AND ZOLL EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

YEAH, HOPE YOU GUYS BROUGHT YOUR A GAME.

ALWAYS, ALWAYS. MR. CHAIRMAN, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING US COME AND PRESENT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT. MY NAME IS STEVE AMES.

I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF FOR THE PRINCETON FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS JOE CYDONIA.

HE IS OUR FIRE INSPECTOR AND THE LEAD FOR OUR DRONE PROGRAM THAT Y'ALL WERE SO GRACIOUS TO BUY FOR US LAST YEAR. I'M GOING TO START WITH LETTING JOE KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DRONE, ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THE DRONE.

IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP. LOOK AT IT. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME UP AND LOOK AT IT.

WE WILL NOT BE FLYING IT IN HERE TONIGHT.

DESHAUN WANTED US TO, BUT I TOLD HER WE COULDN'T.

BUT SOMEONE LET JOE GO AHEAD AND START TALKING ABOUT THE DRONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAIR WATSON, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO GET AN UPDATE ON ON THE DRONE PROGRAM BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2023.

YOU GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY, THE PRIVILEGE TO PURCHASE A DRONE FOR THE CITY. RIGHT NOW, TODAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE GENERAL UPDATE, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I SPOKE, WE DID NOT HAVE THE DRONE AVAILABLE TO US.

THERE WAS A COMPONENT THAT WAS ON BACKORDER, WHICH WAS THE THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA.

IT WAS COMING FROM ISRAEL.

AND DURING THAT TIME THEY WERE IN THE CONFLICT.

AND SO THEY WERE TAKING ALL OF THEIR MILITARY GRADE CAMERAS, AND THEY WERE USING IT FOR FOR THEIR FURTHER THE INCIDENT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW AND IT'S CURRENTLY ON THE BOTTOM. IT'S CALLED A DRAGON EYE TWO.

IT IS IT HAS THERMAL IMAGING CAPABILITIES AS WELL AS NIGHT VISION AND ALSO A REGULAR CAMERA THAT YOU CAN SEE FOR GREAT DISTANCES.

THE IT'S NOT YOUR STANDARD LOOKING DRONE.

IT IS STACKABLE AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO ADD DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

ONE OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT WE HAVE OVER HERE ON DISPLAY IS A THE BEST WAY I CAN

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IT'S A 61 MEGAPIXEL. AND IT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS DRONE ONLY FOR THIS DRONE BY SONY. AND BECAUSE OF THE DELAY WITH THE THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA, WE GOT THAT WITH NO ADDITIONAL UPGRADES.

WE ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY ONE IN THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE THAT PARTICULAR CAMERA.

SO WE ARE WE ARE WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT YOU GAVE US TO, TO PURCHASE THIS GIVE YOU SOME SOME UPDATES.

WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF THE OTHER REQUESTS THAT WE HAD WAS TO PUT OUR MEMBERS TO THROUGH OUR 107 CLASS DIRECTOR OR ASKED US TO WAS ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS THAT HE ADDED TO THE TO THE PURCHASE OF THIS CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, WE DID HAVE A 107 PROGRAM.

WE WENT THROUGH ONLINE A COURSE DUE TO CERTAIN SITUATIONS WITH, WITH STAFFING EVENTUALLY THERE WAS WE WERE LOOKING TOWARDS GOING WITH OUR ADMIN STAFF.

THERE WAS THE PERSON WHO WAS HEADING THIS UP, ENDED UP LEAVING THE DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAD SOME CHANGEOVERS WITH OUR DEPARTMENT. SO THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM KIND OF DELAYED.

CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN PILOTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING. WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING THEM PILOTS BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR DRONE REQUIRES A HIGH DEGREE OF OF KNOWLEDGE IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

WE TALKED TO A PARTICULAR PROGRAM THAT HAD NO PROBLEM COMING IN TO DO A CLASS FOR US.

THE DELAY, AND THE OTHER PART WAS ACTUALLY DOING A PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF ACTUALLY FLYING IT. AND THIS DRONE IS AGAIN, NOT VERY COMMON.

MOST MOST AGENCIES IN PLACES FLY THE THE DJI MODELS STYLE.

SO WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO TO TRY AND GET THIS, YOU KNOW, SOME PRACTICAL APPLICATION, THE ANSWER WE GOT WAS WE'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. AND THE ONLY OTHER ONE WHO ATTEMPTED IT SAID, I THINK WE CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO FLY.

I WAS LIKE, NO, THAT'S NOT I'M NOT GOING TO. THIS IS A $50,000 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND PUT IT IN THE AIR WITH SOMEONE GOING, I THINK I CAN.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. SO WE'RE STILL REACHING OUT TO TO TRY AND GET THAT PROGRAM.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIXED CLASS BECAUSE AGAIN, WITH THE ONLINE PROGRAM IT'S YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY SELF-MOTIVATED TO TO DO THAT PROGRAM.

IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME TO TRY AND SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT ULTIMATELY, WITH THE GROWTH OF OUR DEPARTMENT, IT DID NOT ALLOW US TO TO TO SIT DOWN AND DO THAT BECAUSE YOU SIT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURSE AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE A CALL OR REQUIRED A LOT, A LOT OF POINT IN TIME. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IS ACTUALLY A PHYSICAL CLASS APPROXIMATELY A TWO DAY CLASS, TO BE ABLE TO, TO TEACH, TO GET OUR 100, 107 SO ALL OUR PILOTS CAN GO ABOVE THE FLIGHT LIMIT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A CEILING OF 400FT, AND WE DON'T NEED A 107 TO DO THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT UNDER TO GIVE YOU A KIND OF JUST A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT 400FT IS.

THE WATER TOWER OVER NEAR STATION NUMBER THREE IS APPROXIMATELY 200FT.

SO IT WOULD BE TWO OF THOSE STACKED TOGETHER.

SO REALLY THE HEIGHT OF THE THAT RIGHT THERE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD, GOOD VANTAGE POINT OF A GREAT MANY THINGS.

SO OUR HOPE IS TO AGAIN TRY AND USE THIS IN RESCUE TYPE DEALS NEAR THE LAKE.

A COUPLE OF TIMES WE'VE HAD A COUPLE BOATS THAT HAVE GOTTEN STUCK IN IN HIGH WINDS AND CHOPPY WATERS. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVENTUALLY IS WHEN WE GET OUR BOATS OUT THERE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS IN THE AREA TO PINPOINT THEM THROUGH OUR THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS. THAT IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL.

THE BENEFIT OF THIS TYPE OF DESIGN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS AIRCRAFT RIGHT HERE CAN STAND 45 MILE AN HOUR WINDS.

IT CAN STAND SNOW, RAIN.

AND IT IS AGAIN, IT'S VERY, VERY STEADY THERE.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE DELAY IS. ALSO IN LEARNING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

PRIMARILY SOMEONE WHO WHO OPERATES THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS DEDICATED JUST TO THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. AND SO WE'RE WHERE THERE ARE SOME DELAYS IN THAT WHICH DO APOLOGIZE.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK THROUGH THAT.

AND EVENTUALLY MY GOAL IS TO HAVE IT, IF NEEDED, BE ABLE TO FLY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THAT IS MY GOAL. I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

YEAH. CURIOSITY MORE THAN ANYTHING. SO I KNOW YOU CAN ONLY, LIKE, FLY OUT 400FT. YES.

DO YOU HAVE TO? DOES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WORK WITH THE AIRPORT LOCALLY TO GET, LIKE, PERMANENT CLEARANCE? WE HAVE TO DO THERE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

THE FLIGHT AREA FOR MCKINNEY RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF THIS BUILDING.

SO HALF OF YOUR ON THE SAFE SIDE, THE OTHER HALF A YEAR ON THE ON THE AIRPORT SIDE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE LINE WHERE IT DRAWS.

SO. CERTAIN AREAS IF WE CHOOSE TO GO ABOVE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY MCKINNEY OR WE'RE GOING TO END UP TALKING WITH THEIR FLIGHT MANAGER AND GETTING DISCUSSION SAYING, HEY, WHEN WE GO UP, WE WILL, AND THEY'LL USUALLY GIVE US A CERTAIN LEEWAY

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SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING WITH THEM AND ADDRESSING THAT THERE.

THEY'RE REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT. THE CHIEF MILLER BELIEVE HE KNOWS THE THE GENTLEMAN WHO RUNS THAT AREA SINCE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO STATION FOUR AT ONE POINT IN TIME RUNNING THEIR AIRCRAFT FIRE RESCUE.

SO ANOTHER THING THAT CAME TO MIND WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE DRONE WAS THE DRONES THAT WALMART WILL BE SENDING OUT FOR GROCERY DELIVERY.

SO THIS WILL NOT IT WON'T BE INTERFERED.

IT SHOULD NOT IMPACT WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE ON A SPECIFIC FLIGHT PATH WHERE THEY HOW THEY HOW THEY TRAVEL. WITH OUR PARTICULAR DRONE, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT.

WE'RE FLYING VISUAL ONLY RIGHT NOW.

THIS DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLY AUTONOMOUSLY.

I CAN SIT THERE AND IT CAN ACTUALLY MEET ME AT A SCENE.

SO THE THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS, THE CEILING ON THIS DRONE IS 15,000FT.

WE WILL NEVER GO THAT HIGH.

THE OTHER THING. IT CAN TRAVEL AT 65 MILES AN HOUR.

NOW, SAME THING IS, THE FASTER YOU GO, THE MORE FUEL YOU BURN.

SAME CONCEPT HERE. IT'LL START GOING THROUGH BATTERIES.

ITS NORMAL FLIGHT SPEED IS ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR TO GET TO US.

BUT WE CAN ASSIGN THE SITUATION WHERE IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY A MINUTE AND A HALF, TWO MINUTES TO ASSEMBLE.

I CAN GO AND SAY, OKAY.

THROUGH GOOGLE MAPS. POINT OUT THE AREA WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. SO SAY IT'S THE LAKE.

I CAN SAY, ALL RIGHT, I NEED IT TO GO OVER HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AT ABOUT 15,000FT JUST TO AVOID BUILDINGS, CABLES AND WHATEVER EVER TALL STRUCTURES OUT THERE.

AND IT CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE AND START PATROLLING THE AREA.

AND WHILE WE'RE DRIVING OUT THERE, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AND SAY, OKAY, THEY'RE OVER HERE.

SO AGAIN, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT TECHNOLOGY.

BUT WITH THAT IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO TO UNDERSTAND.

I'M A SIMPLE MAN. ARE YOU GUYS ALSO PARTNERING WITH PD ON THIS YES.

AS FAR AS COORDINATING.

ABSOLUTELY. PD WHENEVER THEY NEED FOR ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA. IT CAN ALSO THE BENEFIT OF THE THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA IF, SAY, THEY HAVE A SUSPECT THAT THEY'RE PURSUING OUT IN THE WOODED AREA AND WE CAN LOCATE THAT PERSON. I CAN HIGHLIGHT SPECIFICALLY AND SAY, OKAY, FOLLOW THAT. AND THE DRONE WILL JUST STAY WITH THAT PERSON THE ENTIRE TIME.

IT'S IT'S OUR HELICOPTER.

WE HAVE A HELICOPTER IN THE CITY. HONESTLY, WHAT IS THE LIFE CYCLE OF THIS DRONE? YOU HAVE TO DO UPDATES.

IS THERE GOING TO HAVE TO BE A NEW, NEW DRONE PURCHASE? WE'LL JUST SAY FROM 15 YEARS FROM NOW.

OKAY. DO THE FACT THAT IT'S MODULAR.

THE COMPONENTS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE, SO YOU CAN CHANGE IT OUT AND SAY IF THE BATTERIES WHERE THEY WILL REPLACE THE THE COMPANY THAT SOLD US SOLD IT TO US, WHICH IS US AEROSPACE.

THEY ARE WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH THEM.

SO IF WE NEED TO SO THIS IS OUR G.P.S.

TRACKER. IT GOES BACKWARDS.

I CAN TAKE THIS. SEND IT TO THEM.

THEY CAN SEND ME ANOTHER ONE. AND THE LIFE OF THIS DRONE CAN GO ON.

WELL. THANK YOU. PLEASURE.

YEAH. AND THIS WILL THIS WILL BE UP HERE AFTERWARDS.

I'M GOING TO BE HANGING AROUND SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE CAMERAS. ALSO THE THE TABLET.

I MEAN, THIS IS NOT YOUR NORMAL, NORMAL TABLET.

IT ALLOWS US TO YOU KNOW, THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE GPS TRACKING AS WELL.

SO IT'S GOING FROM THERE.

IT'S ALSO HITTING US HERE.

AND WE HAVE A FULL SIZE SCREEN THAT CAN GIVE US THE WHOLE TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP WHERE I CAN SWITCH TO HAVE A LITTLE TOPOGRAPHICAL MAT AND A FULL, FULL SCREEN OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE.

SO. ONE OF THE OTHER REALLY GOOD BENEFITS ABOUT THIS DRONE IS ALL Y'ALL KNOW.

WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO THROUGH A BIG CHANGE IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON WHEN THEY START WIDENING 380. IT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR RESPONSE TIMES A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO HIT WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. ON ANY KIND OF MAJOR INCIDENT, WE CAN GET THIS DRONE UP IN THE AIR AND GET IT LAUNCHED TO START GETTING FIRSTHAND

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SO THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A TOOL THAT WE MAY END UP USING MORE FOR RESPONSE TO HELP US SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE WE ALL DRIVE 380 AT ANYWHERE FROM 04:00 IN THE AFTERNOON TO 8:00 AT NIGHT, AND 380 IS IT'S HARD ENOUGH WITH TWO LANES AND THAT'S THE ROADS GETTING READY TO GO, ONE LANE EACH WAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP WITH SERIOUS CALLS, SERIOUS SITUATIONS.

WE CAN GET THE DRONE UP IN THE AIR AND GET, YOU KNOW, FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE 2 OR 3 MINUTES BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THE CALL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JEFF? OKAY.

SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY NEED TO INVEST IN JET PACKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

ONE OF THE 3D PROJECTS OR PORTABLE OVERPASSES.

SO DOES IT COME WITH ANY PATCHES OR CHALLENGE COINS? JUST ASKING FOR A FRIEND.

NO, NO. THAT'S GREAT. IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK ONE THING I'LL MAKE THE POINT OF BOTH FROM THE PRESENTATION WITH THE PD AS WELL AS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS EVENING, IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THESE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS ARE THE THINGS THAT HELP OUR DEPARTMENTS STAY ON THE CUTTING EDGE, IF NOT THE BLEEDING EDGE OF OF TECHNOLOGY AND WHATNOT. WHICH TO ME, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING COMPONENTS OF THAT IS FROM A RECRUITING STANDPOINT, BEING ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE BEST TALENT THAT'S OUT THERE. I THINK WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE AND I KNOW CHIEF GAMMONS HAS BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, WE HAD A HARD TIME RETAINING TALENT.

NOW, NOT ONLY ARE WE RETAINING TALENT, BUT WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO SEE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS COMING FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE METROPLEX AND CHOOSING TO AND WANTING TO COME TO PRINCETON BECAUSE OF OUR LAST HIRING PROCESS, WHICH WAS A RECORD FOR US.

WE PUT THE PUT THE NOTICE OUT AND WE RECEIVED OVER 170 APPLICANTS FOR TWO POSITIONS.

NORMALLY IN THE PAST, WE WOULD GET ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO LIKE 40 OR 50. AND I'D SAY THREE QUARTERS OF THEM WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST FILLING OUT APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE REQUIRED TO FOR BEING ON UNEMPLOYMENT.

BUT THIS TIME WE RECEIVED 170 APPLICATIONS IN ABOUT, I'D SAY 120 OF THEM WERE FIREFIGHTERS THAT COMING FROM DALLAS.

WE HIRED A GUY FROM HUTCHENS AND WHITE HOUSE, BUT WE HAD GUYS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 10 TO 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY COME WORK FOR US. SO THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE THING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, CDC, EDC, EVERYBODY HAS.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST 19 YEARS.

YOU KNOW, I STARTED AS A VOLUNTEER. NOW I'VE MOVED UP TO A DEPUTY CHIEF AND FROM WHERE WE WERE 19 YEARS AGO TO. WHERE ARE WE NOW? IT'S NIGHT AND DAY. THE SUPPORT WE GET FROM ALL THE ALL THE BOARDS, ALL THE EMPLOYEES, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WORK HAND TO HAND WITH EACH OTHER.

YOU KNOW THE TEAM THAT MR. MASHBURN BUILT IN THIS CITY'S BUILT IS PROBABLY THE.

AND I CAN SAY IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 19 YEARS IS THE BEST THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.

YOU CAN ASK ANYBODY AT ANY POINT IN TIME OF THE DAY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S 2:00 IN THE MORNING AND WHATEVER.

IF YOU NEED HELP IN HAND FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR YOU. AND THIS IS THE KIND OF TEAM THAT I STRIVE FOR THAT WE COULD CREATE IN THIS CITY.

AND WE'VE DONE IT. SO NOW IT'S MY TURN.

WELL, ON THAT LAST ONE, I WASN'T HERE WHEN Y'ALL DID IT, BUT I WOULD SAY, OBVIOUSLY MONEY WELL SPENT.

WAY TO GO. YEAH. AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I PRAY THAT YOU NEVER NEED TO EXPERIENCE THE USE OF IT. RIGHT. OF HAVING HAVING TO CALL EITHER DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY USUALLY COME OUT ON YOUR WORST DAY.

YEAH. WE'VE HAD TO DO.

BUT FOR THOSE ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO WILL EXPERIENCE IT, I THINK WOULD TELL YOU IT'S MONEY WELL INVESTED AS WELL TOO.

I DON'T KNOW. AND I'M NOT GOING TO EXTEND THE MEETING, BUT IT'S KIND OF FUNNY.

IT'S FUNNY NOW. BUT I CAN TELL YOU HOW PROFESSIONAL OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN MY HOUSE THREE WEEKS, AND WE HAD A HOUSE FIRE AND A BRAND NEW HOME, AND IT WAS A VERY SMALL ONE.

NOT A TON OF DAMAGE, BUT THEY WERE PHENOMENAL.

CAME OUT. MY ONLY CONCERN WAS THAT I SAID, I'M NEVER GOING TO HEAR THE END OF THIS FROM GAMMONS. OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS ALL GOOD.

GRATEFULLY, A SMALL FIRE.

I LIKE TO SAY WE HAVE THE BEST IN THE IN TEXAS.

I'VE TOLD MR. MASHBURN NUMEROUS TIMES THAT I WOULD PUT MY FIRE DEPARTMENT UP AGAINST ANY OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE WOULD BEAT THEM IN ANY KIND OF ANYTHING. WE SHOULD HOST AN EVENT.

WE HAD ACTUALLY HAD THAT STRUCTURE FIRE TODAY.

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THE GUYS GOT THERE WITHIN.

FIRST TRUCK GOT THERE WITHIN, I THINK 2 OR 3 MINUTES, AND THE CAR WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE HOUSE.

IT STARTED COMING UP INTO THE HOUSE AND THEY CONTAINED IT TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.

DIDN'T TOUCH ANY PART OF THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE. FIVE TO 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO, THAT HOUSE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITIES.

AND WHAT THIS CITY HAS DONE FOR US WITH PUBLIC SAFETY IS INCREDIBLE.

SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT ON MY SIDE IS THE ZOLL MONITOR.

LAST YEAR, I CAME TO Y'ALL WE WERE IN NEED OF THESE MONITORS.

WE WERE WORKING WITH LIFE PACKS, WHICH ARE GOOD UNITS.

BUT AFTER ABOUT 5 TO 6 YEARS, THEY BECOME PAPERWEIGHTS BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES ON THEM.

AND TO UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGY, LIKE I'VE EXPLAINED ON THE LIVE PACKS, YOU HAVE TO GET A NEW LIFE PACK.

SO THEY STARTED OFF WITH CHIEF STEVENS, PROBABLY.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE, LIKE A LOCK PACK, TOO? SO HE HAD, LIKE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL LIFE ACTS AND WE WENT THROUGH LIFE BACK TEN.

LIFE BACK 12. LIFE BACK 15.

BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OF THEM GOING TO A NEW LIFE PACK, THEY CHANGE. YOU CAN'T.

THEY WON'T WORK ON THEM ANYMORE. SO THEY PRETTY MUCH BECOME OBSOLETE.

SO ONCE THEY BREAK, THAT'S A $40,000 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU JUST THROW AWAY.

THEY JUST CAME OUT WITH A LIFE PACK 35.

SO IN ABOUT TWO YEARS, THE LIFE PACK 15 IS GOING TO BE OBSOLETE.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO USE IT. I MEAN, YOU CAN USE IT UNTIL IT BREAKS. WHEN IT BREAKS, YOU'RE GONE. LAST YEAR I WENT OUT AND LOOKED AND WE RESEARCHED.

AND WE ENDED UP GOING WITH THE ZOLL MONITORS.

ZOLL MONITORS WERE USED TO BE ONLY ON AIRCRAFT, WHICH MOST OF YOUR AIRCRAFT OR SOME OF YOUR TOP NOTCH NURSES AND MEDICS, THEY TREAT SOME OF THE MOST SEVERELY HURT, INJURED PATIENTS.

TALKED WITH ZOLL, HAD THEM COME OUT, DO SOME DEMONSTRATIONS FOR US AND COME TO FIND OUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THEY GOT RID OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR LIFE PACKS, AND THEY WENT WITH US ALL.

THERE'S ABOUT TEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS CLOSE TO US THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING WITH THE OPTION OF GOING AWAY FROM LIFE, PACKING AND GOING AS WELL.

SO FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BUYING THESE FOR US OR HELPING US BUY THESE. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE JUST ON OUR WAY.

I GOT A THING DONE. DOES IT WORK? IT DOES. OKAY. SO THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE THE BEST EQUIPMENT WE CAN FOR THE CITIZENS OF PRINCETON. AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AND WITH CHIEF STEVENS AS OUR FIRE CHIEF, THAT'S OUR MAIN GOAL. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BEST EQUIPMENT WE CAN BUY FOR THE CITIZENS.

SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT EXPENSIVE, BUT SAVING A LIFE. YOU CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON SAVING A LIFE.

SO IF IT COSTS A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT WE CAN SAVE MORE LIVES WITH IT, WE'RE GOING TO GET IT. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE OUR CITIZENS AND OUR GUYS HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT TO WORK WITH.

SO THE PREVIOUS SUPPORT FROM THE CDC, Y'ALL HAVE SUPPORTED US SO MUCH.

YOU SUPPORTED US WITH THE HANDS ONLY CPR.

CRAZE CLASS, DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT WE DO FOR THE CITIZENS.

WITH THE DRONE. Y'ALL HELPED US OUT WITH THE DRONE AND WITH US ALL MONITOR WITH OUR LAST YEAR'S PAYMENT. WE ARE GETTING READY TO START ROLLING BACK OUT THE CPR.

HANDS ONLY CPR. CHIEF LANGFORD IS OUR COORDINATOR THAT RUNS THAT PROGRAM, AND HE'S. I TALKED TO HIM A LITTLE BIT AGO.

HE SAID IN MAY, WE'RE GOING TO START ROLLING THAT PROGRAM BACK OUT. IT WENT OFF REALLY WELL IN THE VERY BEGINNING.

AND TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE MAYBE 2 OR 3 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR IT AND NOBODY WOULD SHOW UP.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF REEVALUATE THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY FUN TO WANT TO GO TO IT AND WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.

A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE CPR.

SORRY. WATCHING THE STATE OF WASHINGTON HAS ONE OF THE TOP RATES OF ROSS RECOVERY FOR PATIENTS THAT GO INTO CARDIAC ARREST.

THE REASON BEING IS THEY ALSO HAVE ONE OF THE TOP HANDS ONLY CPR EDUCATIONS IN THE NATION.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIVING FOR HERE, IS TO WHERE WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE EDUCATED ON HANDS ON CPR. WHEN YOU DO CPR ON A PATIENT, PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK, WELL, I GOT TO DO 15 COMPRESSIONS OR TEN COMPRESSIONS, THEN I GOTTA BREATHE. THE BREATHING IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE HANDS ON CPR IS TO GET THE BLOOD FLOWING BACK IN THE PATIENT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TEACH OUR CITIZENS TO, WHERE THEY CAN RECOGNIZE WHEN A PATIENT'S NOT BREATHING IS GOING INTO CARDIAC ARREST, AND THEY CAN START THE HANDS ON CPR.

SO I KIND OF TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR HISTORY.

WHAT THIS MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY IS THAT WE'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE TO HELP THEM.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE CONSTRICTED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE, BUT IF WE CAN HAVE THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE TO HELP US, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WITH THE WITH THE CPR, WITH OUR MONITORS. I STARTED A PROGRAM RIGHT AFTER WE PURCHASED THESE MONITORS,

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SO WE ACTUALLY STARTED ROLLING THIS OUT TO HOA'S.

I'VE GOT ALL THE HOA'S.

I'VE SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO ABOUT 70% OF THEM.

I HAVEN'T GOTTEN RESPONSES YET, BUT I'M JUST WAITING FOR RESPONSES. DESHAWN HAS ONE OF HER HOA'S. THEY'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS, WHERE WE'LL SEND A TRUCK OUT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, AND WE'LL DO WHOEVER SHOWS UP FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE'LL GET A FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK. THAT WILL HELP THAT PART.

BUT THEY CAN ALSO BRING THEIR KIDS OUT.

LOOK AT THE TRUCK, GET A FREE LITTLE SWAG, A HELMET STICKER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THE CITIZENS WERE NEEDING THE MOST EXPENSIVE VMS. EQUIPMENT WE CARRY IS OUR MONITOR.

WE CARRY DRUGS. WE CARRY ALL OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.

BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THIS MONITOR, THEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT LIFE SAVING CAPABILITY ON THE TRUCK.

TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH EVENTS.

EVERY SPECIAL EVENT THAT YOU SEE.

YOU'LL SEE THIS MONITOR SITTING ON A TABLE.

THEY DON'T JUST SIT IN OUR TRUCKS. WE DON'T USE THEM JUST FOR RUNNING. EMS CALLS WE USE.

WE HAVE ONE TRUCK THAT SITS IN OUR BATTALION CHIEF RIDE, AND THAT MONITORS USE FOR ALL OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO IF WE DO FIREWORKS SHOW, IF WE DO A THE THE PUMPKIN PALOOZA, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, WE SET UP A TABLE AND WE HAVE THAT MONITOR THERE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE INJURED AND FOR ALSO PEOPLE JUST WANT TO COME UP AND DO A FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK.

THE REQUEST FROM THE CDC IS WE'RE ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH OUR YEARLY PAYMENTS TO CONTINUE COMMUNITY HEALTH EVENTS.

ONE THING THAT WE DID REALIZE ON THIS AFTER THE FACT IS THAT OUR AMBULANCE SERVICE, WHO WE GET ALL OF OUR SUPPLIES FROM IF WE USE SOMETHING, THEY GIVE IT BACK TO US.

THEY USE LIFE BACK AND THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO SWITCH FROM LIFE BACK.

SO ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE ON OUR ZOLL MONITOR IS NOT INTERCHANGEABLE WITH OUR EQUIPMENT. SO WHEN WE USE, OUR IPADS TO SHOCK SOMEBODY TO GET THEM BACK TO LIFE. WE END UP HAVING TO GO AND PURCHASE THAT STUFF.

THAT EQUIPMENT ENDS UP BEING ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO $30,000 IN A YEAR'S TIME.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ASKING. JUST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE YEARLY PAYMENTS ON THIS MONITOR THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED THAT Y'ALL ALLOWED US TO PURCHASE.

AND THE MAIN THING IS THAT IT SHOWS THE COMMUNITY WE CARE ABOUT.

WE'RE NOT JUST A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT SITS INSIDE THE STATION AND PLAYS XBOX AND GOES TO SLEEP AND EATS ICE CREAM.

WE GO OUT. NO, WE DON'T DO THAT, ACTUALLY.

HEY, YOU CAN TALK TO CHIEF WATERS.

HE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT IT, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ACTUALLY ONE XBOX AT ANY OF OUR FIRE STATIONS.

MOST OF OUR GUYS ARE OUT TRAINING DAILY.

EMS TRAINING. WE JUST FINISHED.

MY WIFE'S THE FLIGHT NURSE FOR ERIE BACK.

SHE CAME OUT ON HER OWN TIME AND JUST DID A PILOT CLASS FOR ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO BE CERTIFIED IN PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SAVING.

THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, SHE CAME OUT AND DID THE ACLS, WHICH IS ADULT. SO OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRAINED TO THE BEST CAPABILITY.

THEY CAN BE TRAINED. THEY'VE GOT ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS, THEY CAN BE TRAINED. WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THESE MONITORS AND WE NEED TO KEEP THIS EQUIPMENT GOING. SO OUR GUYS HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT TO WORK WITH AT ALL TIMES.

AND AT THAT TIME, I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO ANSWER.

DO YOU HAVE LIKE A FIGURE THAT SAID 10 TO 30,000? Y'ALL HAVE A FIGURE OF WHAT WE WOULD REALLY BE ASKING US TO FUND EVERY YEAR.

IT'S ON THE VERY LAST PAGE.

OH, YEAH. THERE'S A. OH I SEE.

YEAH. SORRY. YEAH. I GAVE YOU A BROCHURE.

THE THE YEARLY FEE IS $48,000 ON THESE MONITORS, AND THAT'S FOR FIVE YEARS.

THE FIRST YEAR HAS ALREADY BEEN COVERED, SO IT WOULD BE FOR FOUR MORE YEARS OF THE $48,000. THAT COVERS EVERYTHING THAT MAKES SURE THESE MONITORS ARE SERVICED EVERY YEAR.

THAT MAKES SURE IF ANYTHING BREAKS ON THE MONITORS, IT'S COVERED. IT'S GOT A SIX YEAR BUMPER TO BUMPER, PRETTY MUCH BUMPER TO BUMPER, 100,000 MILE WARRANTY.

IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG WITH IT, IF IT WERE TO GO OUT OF SERVICE, LIKE ANYTHING TECHNOLOGICALLY THAT WENT WRONG WITH IT.

WE CALLED THE VENDOR. WITHIN 24 HOURS WE HAVE A BRAND NEW ONE AIRDROPPED TO THAT FIRE STATION. SO WE'RE ONLY WE WOULD ONLY BE WITHOUT OUT OF SERVICE, WITHOUT ONE MONITOR FOR NO LONGER THAN 24 HOURS.

DOES THIS FOR A BETTER COMPANY? DOES THIS INCLUDE LIKE, SAY, THE ONE STEP PEDIATRIC ELECTRODE? DOES THAT INCLUDE. SAY, IF THAT GOES OUT, YOU ALL GET INTO ONE OF THOSE. YEAH, YEAH. MR. CHAIR, THIS IS THE ITEM THAT I TOLD YOU.

DUE TO MY OVERSIGHT, WE DIDN'T MAKE THIS AN ACTION ITEM.

SO ASK THE QUESTIONS, HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THIS BACK ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA AS AN ACTION ITEM, JUST SO THE BOARD KNOWS.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR YOU ASKING.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WORK ON THIS PROCESS? I YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THE STORIES OF HOW THESE THINGS HAVE ALREADY MADE AN IMPACT. SO ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULDN'T, BUT AND THE ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND IS I WILL NOT LET THESE JUST SIT IN THE TRUCKS.

I MAKE SURE THAT THEY WILL GO TO COMMUNITY EVENTS.

AND I WAS THE ONE THAT EVEN APPROACHED DESHAUN ABOUT, HEY, I NEED YOUR HOA PRESIDENT BECAUSE I NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM TO SET UP.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO AT LEAST TWO A MONTH TO DIFFERENT HOAS A MONTH,

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SO THE QUESTION WAS BROUGHT TO ME, HOW DO WE REACH OUT TO THE CITIZENS THAT DON'T HAVE HOA? WE BRING UP A LITTLE SLOGAN, WHICH I'VE NAMED BLOOD PRESSURE.

CHECK YOUR HEALTH. OUR PRIORITY WOULD BE THE SLOGAN FOR THIS, AND WE WOULD SET IT UP FOR ONCE A MONTH, MAYBE SET UP AT THE PAVILION AT THE PARK FOR AN HOUR AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS.

THE THING IS, WE'RE DOING THESE FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS. YOU CAN PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM HEART DISEASE, KIDNEY DISEASE, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE RIGHT NOW. I CAN CHECK GRANT RIGHT NOW. HE MAY HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T FIX IT, BUT WE CAN SAY, HEY.

YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGH. YOU MAY WANT TO GO TO YOUR DOCTOR. HE GOES TO THE DOCTOR AND FINDS OUT HE'S GOT DIABETES AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN CATCH.

WE CAN CATCH THESE ILLNESSES AND DISEASES EARLY TO WHERE WE'RE NOT RUNNING.

TWO WEEKS LATER, WE'RE NOT RUNNING ON HIM FOR A HEART ATTACK. SO IT'S PREVENTATIVE.

PREVENTATIVE CARE. USUALLY GRANT'S BLOOD PRESSURE IS HIGHER WHILE JIM'S TALKING MOST OF THE TIME. SO WE CAN WE CAN TIE THIS INTO ANYTHING.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THIS WAS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING TO, THOUGH, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU AND I HAD HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT, HEY, HOW DO WE GET TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE HOA, WHICH I SIT ON MY BOARD, BY THE WAY.

SO MAKE SURE WE GET SOMETHING SET UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY, TOO. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK USING THE WORKOUT CENTER, THERE'S A LITTLE PARKING LOT THERE.

PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

AROUND THERE. I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD CENTRAL SPOT.

AND WE PROMOTE IT JUST LIKE WE PROMOTE THE HANDS.

ONLY CPR AND ALL THOSE.

WE PUT IT ON AND SAY, HEY, ON JUNE 22ND FROM 11 OR FROM 2 TO 3, WE'LL BE AT THIS PARTICULAR SPOT FOR FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS.

IT IS AARON'S DEPARTMENT PUTTING THAT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU GUYS ARE. THIS WAS JUST MY BRAIN MOVING TODAY.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S IN THE SHORT WORKS, BUT IT WILL BE COMING OUT AS USUAL.

NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED.

SO SHE DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB MARKETING STUFF OUT THERE THAT.

YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT.

WELL, NOT JUST AARON. MALLORY DOES A WONDERFUL JOB.

YEAH, MALLORY'S THE SILENT LITTLE THE LITTLE MOUSE BEHIND THE SCENE, SO. YEAH. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO, I THINK THAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. THANKS, CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO 2020 5-013 FOR THE CDC BYLAWS CONSIDERATION,

[2025- 013 CDC Bylaws ]

ALL RIGHT. MISTER CHAIR.

BOARD. THIS IS ONE OF WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT ME ON.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO START GOING THROUGH AND CLEANING UP AND, AND WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ARE, FIRST OF ALL, REALLY, IN MY OPINION, NOT REALLY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES. THEY'RE CLEANING UP.

WE HAD SOME GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN IT.

BUT REALLY THE THE THE GOAL WAS TO CLEAN IT UP AND TO ALSO MAKE OUR BYLAWS TO MIRROR A PRETTY SERIOUS THING. IF YOU HAVE THEM, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THEM. AND BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, TO MAKE OUR BYLAWS MAYOR TEXAS LAW AND NOT BE OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE ON YOU AND GIVE YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY ON SIMPLE OPERATIONAL MATTERS.

FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE HAD A TRAINING SESSION AND WE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING OUR BOARD MEETING, OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO THE THIRD WEEK INSTEAD OF THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH. THAT WAS LITERALLY AGAINST OUR BYLAWS.

OUR BYLAWS SAID WHEN, WHAT DAY YOU'RE GOING TO MEET, WHAT TIME YOU'RE GOING TO MEET, AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO MEET.

AND BY LAW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

THE CHAIR AND THE BOARD CAN DECIDE TO CHANGE THE DATE AS LONG AS WE GIVE PLENTY OF PUBLIC NOTICE. YOU CAN EVEN CHANGE THE LOCATION AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THE CITY OF PRINCETON.

AND AS PER STATE LAW. SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS, IS CLEAN THEM UP A LITTLE BIT.

THERE'S A COUPLE AREAS THAT THEY'VE GONE INTO.

YOU YOU'D ADDED THE CEO TO THE BYLAWS, AND THERE'S A COUPLE AREAS.

I'VE PROVIDED YOU A RED LINE TO MAKE IT EASY TO SEE.

JUST AGAIN, IT'S A RELATIVELY LONG DOCUMENT.

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TO JUST SAY THAT WE WILL ESSENTIALLY DO IT BY FOLLOWING STATE LAW, AND IT WILL BE AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CHAIR AND THE BOARD AT LARGE.

UNDERNEATH IT, OBVIOUSLY, IT JUST REFERS BACK IN SECTION THREE TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO WORD IT THAT WAY BECAUSE THE LAW CHANGES.

SO IF IF YOU WERE TO WORD IT USING THE SPECIFIC VERBIAGE OF TODAY'S LAW.

WE'D HAVE TO AMEND THESE EVERY TIME THE STATE CHANGED THE LAW.

SO BY WORDING IT THIS WAY, IT'LL BE TRANSFERABLE.

I CHANGED INSTEAD OF THERE ARE A COUPLE PLACES IN THERE THAT REFER TO THE COORDINATOR. I JUST REPLACED IT WITH STAFF.

YOU KNOW, ANY STAFF MEMBER IS ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID DESHAUN IS SICK OR WHATEVER, AND WE NEED THAT TO BE DONE.

IT SAYS COORDINATOR, THE COORDINATOR.

THERE COULD COME A DAY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION CALLED A COORDINATOR.

IT ALSO LOCKS US INTO TITLES.

SO CLEAN THAT UP. OTHER THAN THAT, I'D REALLY I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AGAIN, IN MY MIND, THEY'RE NOT AT ALL SUBSTANTIVE.

THE GOAL IS TO GIVE THE BOARD FLEXIBILITY TO RUN YOUR BOARD OPERATIONS THE WAY YOU WANT TO RUN THEM, AS LONG AS THEY MIRROR TEXAS STATE LAW.

GRANT, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT OR.

I THINK IT'S VERY WELL SAID.

YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS JUST VERY SPECIFIC ON OUR MEETING DATE, TIME AND LOCATION.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY, PROVIDED THAT YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR MEETINGS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF PRINCETON.

SO. YEAH. VERY WELL SAID.

IF THE BOARD DOES APPROVE THIS, YOU'LL THE MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE IT AND RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO RATIFY.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD.

OKAY. IF WE DO APPROVE THIS, THE TIMING OF THE MEETINGS, I MEAN THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED.

I GUESS THE CHAIRMAN WOULD DECIDE THE MEETING TIME.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT, LIKE, 5:30 A.M..

OR JUST MAKE SURE IT'S CATERING TO THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND AS WELL.

IN ANY CHANGE WE MAKE WILL BE NOTICED, WILL BE ADVERTISED.

WE CAN'T HAVE A MEETING WITHOUT NOTICING 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE.

AND I DON'T FORESEE US DOING IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME ON A REGULAR BASIS.

BUT WHAT THIS DOES DO IS LITERALLY WHEN I BROUGHT THAT UP AT THE TRAINING SESSION, WE COULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER CHANGING DATES BECAUSE IT WAS AGAINST THE BYLAWS.

AND I CAN'T CHANGE THE DATE OR THE TIME.

THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR DECISION ANYWAY. SO AS WE DISCUSS THAT TYPE OF THING, IT IF WE DECIDE TO BRING IT BACK AT THAT POINT IN TIME, YOU'LL HAVE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION OF IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE DATE, THE TIME, THAT TYPE OF THING.

THIS DOESN'T PRESCRIBE THAT AT ALL, IT JUST GIVES YOU THE OPTION.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING, I APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHANGE OF THE BYLAWS.

AND SEND THE COUNCIL A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL DO OUR VOTE. ALL RIGHT.

ROLL BACK AND LOOK AT IT UP THERE.

OH, COOL. ALL RIGHT, SO THE MOTION PASSES, SIX ZERO.

[K. EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

EXECUTIVE SESSION. EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER TERMS OF CHAPTER 551 OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. THE BOARD MAY ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ANY ITEMS LISTED OR REFERENCED UPON, OR REFERENCE ON A POSTED AGENDA NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING AS NECESSARY UNDER THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS TO THE OPEN MEETING ACT UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER ON ANY POSTED AGENDA ITEMS, DISCUSSION, DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.

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THIS CHAPTER DOES NOT REQUIRE A GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO CONDUCT AN OPEN MEETING TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR TO HEAR A COMPLAINT OR CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.

ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE'VE GOT EMPLOYEE REVIEWS LISTED ON THERE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT. TIME IS 729, AND WE WILL BE BREAKING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 836.

WE ARE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THERE IS NO ACTION PERTAINING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[2025- 014 Budget Amendment Consider, discuss, and act on the approval and recommendation to City Council of a requested budget amendment.]

CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND ACT ON THE APPROVAL AND RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL OF A REQUESTED BUDGET AMENDMENT. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR AND BOARD.

WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF TURNOVER ON STAFF LAST YEAR, PARTICULARLY IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE STAFF MEMBER THAT GENERALLY DOES INTERNAL TRANSFERS LEFT EARLY MARCH.

THEY USUALLY DO THE INTERNAL TRANSFERS FROM THE COMPONENT UNITS, WHICH US AND ADC ARE BOTH COMPONENT UNITS.

END OF MARCH, 1ST OF APRIL.

AND SO THERE ARE THREE BONDS THAT WE ARE REIMBURSING THE CITY FOR.

WE WE BONDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY BECAUSE THE CITY HAS A BETTER BOND RATING OVERALL THAN WE DO WITH OUR SALES TAX.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME EFFICIENCY THERE.

SO THERE ARE THREE BONDS THAT WE ARE STILL REPAYING.

WE DID NOT PAY LAST YEAR, SO WE NEED TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO COVER IT. THIS YEAR WE HAD BUDGETED 553,000.

THE AMOUNT THAT WE DID NOT PAY LAST YEAR IS $546,141.

I WOULD PROBABLY ROUND THAT UP TO JUST, YOU KNOW 500 AND, AND $50,000 IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO PAY OFF LAST YEAR'S DEBT SERVICE THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL BE ALL CAUGHT UP TO REMIND THE BOARD WE ONLY HAVE ONE YEAR REMAINING ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER DEBT SERVICE, WHICH IS ABOUT $190,000.

SO AFTER NEXT YEAR, WE'LL WE'LL ROLL OFF ABOUT $200,000 A YEAR IN DEBT.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECOMMEND AMENDING OUR BUDGET AND RAISE IT TO BUY ADDITIONAL $550,000. SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE WILL VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. IN THAT MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0.

AND LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IS ADJOURNMENT FOR ALL OF THOSE READY TO ADJOURN. YOU CAN VOTE WITH STANDING UP AND LEAVING.

I LIKE THE WAY YOU DO THAT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.