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[1. Meeting called to Order.]
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.IT'S, UM, AREA JUDGE MEETING REFERENCING NINE ONE ONE.
UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS MORNING FROM ANYBODY? NO SIR.
[4. Consider and act upon the recommendation to approve the June 28, 2023 9-1-1 Judges Meeting Minutes.]
AN ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE JUNE 28TH, 2020 3 9 1 1 JUDGES MEETING MINUTES.WE HAVE A MOTION MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WHITMAN.
I MEAN, JUDGE WHITMAN SECOND, SECONDED BY JUDGE EVANS CAN UPGRADE
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A AYE.
[5. Consider and act upon the election of the 2024 9-1-1 Judges Chair and Vice Chair.]
AN ACT UPON THE ELECTION OF 20 24 9 1 1.IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR ANYBODY ELSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE WHITMAN
I'LL FINISH THE MEETING FOR YOU THOUGH.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE A VICE CHAIR OR YOU NEED A VICE CHAIR? IS THERE A MOTION? I, I'D LIKE THAT.
[6. Discussion and appropriate action on status within the Commission on State Emergency Communications (CSEC) and approval to begin research on becoming a district. - Marcela Medina]
I PUT UP A COUPLE OF, UH, POWERPOINT SLIDES JUST TO KIND OF GUIDE THE DISCUSSION.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST LET ME KNOW.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY UNDER THE TEXAS HEALTH, HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO BECOME A DISTRICT.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE ABOUT 28, UH, DISTRICTS IN THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT AREA THAT ARE PART OF THE TEXAS ALLIANCE.
UM, I KIND OF PUT TOGETHER JUST SOME QUICK INFORMATION FROM THEM.
I DID WANT TO GO OUT AND I DIDN'T ACTUALLY COUNT HOW MANY OTHER DISTRICTS THERE ARE.
UM, THERE'S 29 IN ADDITION TO 28 THAT ARE, UM, ESSENTIALLY A DISTRICT LOCATION.
WE HAVE 29 MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICTS AND 20 COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT THAT REMAINS UNDER CSEC.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PART OF THE 20.
AND OF COURSE, OF COURSE THE MUNICIPAL OR JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, CITIES THAT HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME THEIR OWN DISTRICT.
AND THEN OF COURSE AT THE TOP ARE, ARE MOSTLY COUNTIES OR ARE THE ONE COUNTY THAT HAS BECOME, UH, A DISTRICT UNDER THE 28.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE STARTED JUST TO DO VERY LIGHT KIND OF RESEARCH IN TERMS OF ASKING CSEC HOW MUCH DO WE GET PER COUNT.
SO WE RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION FROM THEM.
UM, YOU COULD KIND OF SEE THE THREE POTS OF MONEY THAT ARE ENCOMPASSED OR AT LEAST BROUGHT IN AT THAT STATE LEVEL.
YOU HAVE THE LANDLINE, WHICH IS ANY KIND, KIND OF, UH, WIRE LINE, THAT'S JUST ANY, ANYBODY WITH AN ACTUAL LAND LINE IN THEIR HOUSE.
THEY HAVE THE WIRELESS POT OF MONEY AND THEN THE PREPAID POT OF MONEY.
NOW, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA NOTICE IS THAT THERE WAS AN ACTUAL DECREASE FROM 22 3.
I ASKED, UH, CSEC ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S, I THINK, UNUSUAL TO SEE SUCH A DECREASE BECAUSE USUALLY THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW ARE, ARE IN THERE, ARE, ARE, ARE THERE, THEY HAVE THEIR WIRE LINES.
NOBODY IS REALLY DECREASING THE WIRELESS LINES AND, AND REALLY THE PRE-PAY IS ALWAYS MAYBE THE, THE POT OF MONEY THAT YOU GET THE LEAST AMOUNT FROM, BUT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE AN INCREASE.
SO THEY DIDN'T REALLY GIVE GIMME ANY KIND OF EXPLANATION.
THEY JUST SAID IT, IT WAS WHAT IT WAS.
UM, SO THEY GAVE ME THE POPULATION FROM THE 2020 CENSUS THAT THEY KIND OF WOULD USE TO, TO ALLOCATE FUNDING AND TOLD ME THAT THEY CALCULATE THE REST HERE, UM, OF THE PERCENT OF POPULATION, AND THEN REALLY TO KIND OF BREAK IT OUT PER COUNTY, WHAT WE WOULD GET, WHAT WE GET PRE COUNTY FOR BOTH OF THESE YEARS.
AND BASICALLY THE TOTALS LINE UP WITH THEIR TOTALS.
SO, UM, AT THIS POINT I WANTED TO SHOW THIS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU MORE OR LESS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, THIS IS, THESE ARE NUMBERS, NUMBERS THAT CSEC HAS PULLED FOR US, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT THERE MIGHT, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING MISSING IN THE, IN THE TOTAL EQUATION, WHICH I'LL GO OVER THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.
UM, BUT YOU COULD, YOU COULD KIND OF SEE JUST THE PERCENT POPULATION, HOW IT FLOWS OVER FROM EACH COUNTY.
SO WHAT I DID IS I WENT BACK TO ALL OF OUR PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS BACK FROM 2018 TO SHOW WHAT WE GET IN OUR BASE.
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TO BE BASED ON THE POPULATION.OKAY? UM, THE EQUIPMENT IS FUNDING IS RECEIVED BY CSEC IN OTHER, THE OTHER POT OF MONEY, I JUST SAY LOOSELY OTHER POT OF MONEY.
SO TYPICALLY THIS IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE RECEIVE ON OUR BASE.
UM, THE SBA FUNDS, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
UM, AND THIS YEAR, RIGHT HERE IS THE FIRST YEAR IN 2025 THAT WE REQUIRED SURCHARGE, UH, FUNDS.
A CON GETS SURCHARGE FUNDS WHEN THEIR BILLS EXCEED THEIR BASE AMOUNT.
SO IF WE DON'T, IF, IF IN THE CALCULATION OF THE BASE AMOUNT IN A STRATEGIC PLAN, WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVE THAT WE HAVE EXPENSES THAT, THAT GO OVER THIS 1.5, THEN THEY GIVE A SURCHARGE WHAT, SO THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR WHERE THAT OCCURS.
UM, I DID PUT SOME NOTES, NOTES AT THE BOTTOM JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT OCCURRED IN 23.
UM, WE DID GET SB EIGHT FUNDS, BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY REDUCED THIS BASE AMOUNT AND THEY CSEC KEPT THAT BASE AMOUNT IN THEIR POT OF MONEY.
SO IT'S, WE WEREN'T GIVEN, UM, THE, THE SB EIGHT FUNDS IN ADDITION TO, TO SPEND.
SO WE WERE STILL CONTROLLED UNDER THAT TYPE OF, UH, UH, I GUESS BUDGETING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET ANY, ANY MORE MONEY.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU KIND OF SEE THE REDUCTION THERE.
BUT IN GENERAL, AT AT, AT THIS POINT, THE BILLS KIND OF, UH, THEY'RE AROUND THE 1.5, UM, CREEPING INTO THAT 1.7.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH WE TRYING TO, TO GET, GET ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UM, THAT WAY WE COULD DO MORE FOR THE COUNTIES, UM, AND JUST TRY TO MEET THE DEMANDS.
UM, IN THE DIRECT, IN THE REPORT THAT I CREATED, I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS 4.8, I'M SORRY, FOUR, 418,000 HERE.
THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN IN ADDITION TO, UM, OUR BASE AMOUNT.
SO THEY DIDN'T TAKE AWAY ANYTHING FROM OUR BASE.
AND WHAT THIS FOUR 18 IS, IS THE POTS OF SB EIGHT FUNDS THAT THE OTHER DISTRICTS DIDN'T SPEND.
SO THERE WAS, THERE WAS A KIND OF DEBATE OF WHO SHOULD, WHO SHOULD MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THOSE FUNDS.
THE TEXAS ALLIANCE WAS ARGUING THAT C-SECTION SHOULD NOT HAVE IT, THAT IF THERE WAS ANY DISTRICT THAT DIDN'T FULLY SPEND THEIR SB EIGHT FUNDS, THAT THEY WANTED TO REALIGN THOSE FUNDS WITHIN THEIR TEXAS ALLIANCE.
BUT CSEC SAID, YOU KNOW, NO, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THOSE FUNDS AND WE'LL REDISTRIBUTE THEM.
SO BECAUSE THEY DID THAT, THAT MEANS THAT THEY ARE COMING BACK TO REDISTRIBUTE IT TO US.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW THAT CAME OUT.
AND, AND REALLY WE JUST GOT A, UM, BECAME AWARE OF, OF, OF THE AMOUNT THAT WE RECEIVED.
SO WE'RE MAKING PLANS FOR THAT.
UM, WHAT I HAVE DOWN HERE IS A COMBINATION OF THE INFORMATION I JUST PROVIDED IN TERMS OF OUR ALLOCATION AND OUR ESTIMATED REVENUE.
SO, SO THE, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT I HAD WAS THE ESTIMATED REVENUE, AND THEN OF COURSE THIS IS WHAT WE WERE ALLOCATED FOR THESE TWO YEARS IS THE ONLY THING I'M PULLING, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE ABOUT THE ESTIMATED REVENUE.
AND YOU COULD, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN, IN, UH, 23, I'M SORRY, IN 22, WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, LESS, I'M SORRY, MORE THAN A OUR ALLOCATION.
SO WE GENERATED THIS MUCH 1.2, BUT WE REALLY GOT ALLOCATED 1.3.
WE, UH, WE ESSENTIALLY RECEIVED, UH, MORE, UM, IN OUR ALLOCATION LOCATION HERE, UM, OF WHAT WE REVENUE.
BUT BECAUSE THEY TOOK AWAY THOSE FUNDS FOR THE SB EIGHT, THEY REDUCED OUR AMOUNT.
SO THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT STAYED WITH CSEC 423.
SO THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT I REALLY HAVE TO COMPARE AT THIS POINT.
UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS REALLY GET DOWN TO THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GONNA GEN GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUE TO COVER OUR BILLS? THAT'S, THAT'S THE QUESTION.
UM, WITH THIS, UH, ITEM I PROVIDED YOU DOCUMENTS FROM THE GULF COAST, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT.
I, NOW, I DIDN'T EXPECT JOHN TO GO OVER THOSE, BUT IN THOSE DOCUMENTS, THE GULF COAST, BEFORE THEY DECIDED TO BECOME A DISTRICT, THEY BECAME A DISTRICT IN, UH, 2016.
AND YOU CAN SEE A NOTE DOWN HERE THAT SAYS, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 10TH, 2016, HOUSTON GALVESTON LEFT 9 1 1 AND THEY BECAME THEIR OWN DISTRICT.
SO PRIOR TO THAT, THIS, THIS WAS THE CALCULATION OF FUNDS THAT THEY WERE RECEIVED FROM CSEC WHEN THEY BECAME A DIS DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT THEY RECEIVED GENERATED FOR THAT DISTRICT.
SO YOU COULD KIND OF SEE AN OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE FOR THEM, UH, WHAT THEY,
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WHAT THEY WERE ALLOCATED THROUGH CSEC AND WHAT THEY ESSENTIALLY WERE ABLE, ABLE TO GENERATE OUTSIDE OF THAT.THERE WAS A TRANSITION PERIOD FROM THEM, MY UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE IN JANUARY IS WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE TRANSITION AND CSEG DID PROVIDE THEM FUNDS, UM, DID COLLECT THE FUNDS AND PROVIDED THEM TO 427,000 A YEAR.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GENERATE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE WHILE BECOMING THEIR OWN DISTRICT.
UM, I'M STILL TRYING TO, TRYING TO GET OTHER INFORMATION IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT INCLUDED THE 57,000.
BUT YOU ALONE, YOU COULD JUST SEE THE ALLOCATION BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GENERATE, GENERATE AS, AS A DISTRICT.
SO THEIR TOTAL BUDGET WENT FROM THE TWO POINT 0.2 TO, TO 3.9 ALONE.
UM, JUST IN GENERAL, THE CONVERSATION THAT I'VE HAD IS, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN, AND, AND REALLY HOW MUCH CAN WE, UH, TRUST THIS ALLOCATION HERE.
HOW, HOW REAL IS THIS BASED OFF OF WHAT THE COMPTROLLER ACTUALLY RECEIVES FOR OUR REGION? UM, AND SO A LOT OF THE COS THAT ARE THEIR OWN DISTRICTS SAID THAT THERE WASN'T DIFFERENCE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THAT THEY WERE, WERE ALLOCATED LESS THROUGH CSEC, UM, BA BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WERE RECEIVING.
AND WHEN THEY LEFT, WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT WAS THAT THEY WERE GONNA RECEIVE MORE AND THAT REALLY DID, UM, YOU KNOW, IGNITE THAT DECISION TO BECOME THEIR OWN DISTRICT.
THAT WAY THEY COULD REALLY GET ALL THE DOLLARS THAT WERE COLLECTED FOR THEIR, UM, FOR THEIR AREA.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER.
UH, THE QUESTION I ALREADY PO IS WILL WE GENERATE ENOUGH ENOUGH REVENUE TO COVER THE EXPENSES? THE, UH, AMOUNTS PER, PER LINE, PER MONTH ARE PRETTY MUCH SET BY THE STATE.
UM, THE ONLY EXCEPTION EXCEPTION WITH, YOU KNOW, CAP COG, THEY WERE THE FIRST COG TO BECOME THEIR OWN DISTRICT.
AND THEY, THEY DID IT SUCCESSFULLY AFTER THAT, CSEC CAME IN AND SAID, WE WANNA CONTROL THE AMOUNT PER LINE PER MONTH, UM, FOR THE WIRE LINES.
SO, SO, SO CAP COG IS THE ONLY COG THAT CAN REALLY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NEED SEVEN 75 CENTS HERE, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE IT TO 75 CENTS.
AND AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE DONE THAT.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY HAVE, UM, IT'S WITHIN THEIR OWN CONTROL.
BUT ANY COG AFTER THAT, THAT BECAME THEIR OWN DISTRICT, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT HERE.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS IN THE NEXT BIENNIUM, UM, A PUSH TO GET THE 57 RAISE TO 75 CENTS PER LINE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE ARGUMENT IS, IS THAT THERE'S A COST TO NEXT GEN EQUIPMENT.
THERE'S A COST TO PUTTING EVERYTHING IN THE CLOUD, JUST TECHNOLOGY ALONE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR, WHAT WE HAVE SPENT IS MORE BECAUSE WE ARE IN THAT NEXT GEN LEVEL.
UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, WILL THIS BE SUCCESSFUL? WILL, WILL WE GET AN INCREASE, UM, TO 75 CENTS? AND THIS WOULD BE FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WOULD BE FOR THE 29 UM, DISTRICTS, IT WOULD BE, YEAH, 28 DISTRICTS FOR THE 29 MUNICIPALITIES AND FOR ALL THE COS IT WOULD INCREASE TO 75 CENTS.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE TEXAS ALLIANCE IS WORKING IN CONCERT WITH, YOU KNOW, CSEC JUST TO SEE, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO PUSH THAT LEGISLATIVELY.
UM, THERE HASN'T, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE HASN'T BEEN AN INCREASE SINCE I BELIEVE THE, I BELIEVE THEY TOLD ME LIKE THE 1980S OR SO, THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN AN INCREASE, UH, IN THAT.
SO, SO IT'S BEEN 50 CENTS FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, AND OF COURSE THE BIG QUESTION QUESTION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER WITH THIS SIDE, OF COURSE IS ARE WE GENERATING MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE ALLOCATED BY, BY CSEC? UM, SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS WE HAVE TO REQUEST, UH, THE AMOUNTS DIRECTLY FROM THE TEXAS COUNSELOR.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT IN, I DON'T KNOW, UH, JUST A FORMAL REQUEST ASKING THAT.
UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS 9 1 1 JUDGES THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ACTING IN THE CAPACITY THAT YOU WANT US TO AND IN RESEARCHING THIS.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP.
UM, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SORT OF LIKE A PROS AND CONS OF THE CONS ARE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, I PUT 'EM AS FOCUSES.
'CAUSE AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA LABEL THEM AS CONS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE, UM, IF WE HAD THE FULL DOLLAR AMOUNT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THE BENEFITS IS WE MAINTAIN OUR FULL REVENUE, WE'LL GET IT DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE.
UM, WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THOSE FUNDS.
UH, WE DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES SUCH AS ESTABLISHING OUR, OUR OWN STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES.
UM, WE'RE ABLE TO, TO SAY WHAT'S ALLOWABLE, WHAT'S NOT ALLOWABLE.
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HERE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BECOME OUR, OUR COMMISSION IF YOU WILL.UM, WE'D HAVE TO FORMALIZE, UH, THE 9 1 1 JUDGES TO BE PREPARED TO HEAR ITEMS OF EXPENSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND APPROVALS.
UM, THE FOCUS OF WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE IS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN OPERATE WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, UM, ENSURE THAT EQUIPMENT IS FUNDED.
REMEMBER THAT SLIDE I TOLD YOU THAT THE EQUIPMENT IS ALWAYS IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOUR BASE IS.
SO THE HARDEST THING FOR A DISTRICT TO DO IS OPERATE, OPERATE, OPERATE ON A 1.5, 1.5, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU NEED TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT AND YOUR BUDGET, YOU NEED A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THE WHOLE POINT WOULD BE, ARE WE GONNA GENERATE ENOUGH MONEY AND COLLECT THAT MONEY LIKE CSEG DOES, RIGHT IN A POT OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE EQUIPMENT WHEN WE NEED IT? UM, ESSENTIALLY WE WANT
UM, AND OF COURSE THE BODY, UH, THE COMMISSION IF, IF WE WERE TO DO THIS, WOULD ESTABLISH ALL STANDARDS.
UM, SO THERE IS, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE BENEFITS.
UM, BUT THERE ALSO IT'S A, IT'S A TASK AND IT WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE, HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IF, IF WE WERE TO FIND OUT THAT WE COULD GENERATE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE ON OUR OWN, UM, WITHOUT CSEC.
UM, THESE ARE IMPORTANT STEPS THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY, UH, OTHER COS THAT HAVE BECOME THEIR OWN DISTRICT.
IS IT WHEN WE DECIDE TO GO FORWARD, IF WE DECIDE TO GO FORWARD, I SHOULD SAY, WE WOULD HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY ESTABLISH OUR PROGRAM TITLE, UM, AND THE COMMISSION THAT OVERSEES, UM, THAT WOULD BE THIS BODY HERE.
UM, AND AS SUCH, THEY TOLD ME THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD TO DO WAS ESTABLISH RESOLUTIONS FROM EVERY COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITY IN THE ACOG REGION.
SO REGARDLESS IF THE MUNICIPALITY IS GETTING THEIR OWN 9 1 1 CALLS, WE STILL NEED A RESOLUTION FOR THEM AGREEING THAT WE COULD BE OUR OWN DISTRICT AS WELL.
WELL, THEY SAID THAT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP AS WELL.
SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF, UH, FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED.
UM, AND I'M, I'M GATHERING IT, BUT I THOUGHT BEFORE GATHERING IT TOO MUCH, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THIS ACTION ITEM TO AT LEAST GET APPROVAL AND SEE IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, IF WE WANT TO, TO RESEARCH IT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE US, ME AND MY STAFF TO CONTINUE TO RESEARCH IT, THEN WE WILL.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE SLIDES PERTAINING TO THIS ITEM? I DO, YES.
SO WE HAVE KERR AND MEIDA COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT PART OF THIS.
COULD, COULD THEY JOIN IN THIS? THEY COULD, THEY COULD, THEY COULD JOIN AND, AND THERE'S SOME, THERE WOULD BE SOME BENEFITS.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE STATE OF COOK COUNTY, BUT I KNOW THAT MEDINA COUNTY, WE HAVE, WE HAVE GIVEN THEM OUR OLD EQUIPMENT AT THEIR REQUEST.
THEY'RE REQUESTED TO, FOR US TO GIVE THEM OUR, OUR OLD ROUTERS WHEN WE'RE CHANGING OUT EQUIPMENT.
UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN LIKE, LIKE AT LEAST TWICE.
SO THAT TELLS ME THAT AT THIS POINT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD WHAT WAS IN THAT RESERVE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN BALANCE TO THAT BUDGET.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THE CURRENT STATE OF, OF THEIR, UM, DISTRICT, I GUESS I I SHOULD SAY, UM, WE WERE ENCOURAGED BY CSEC TO ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO JOIN, BECAUSE THEY VIEW, THEY VIEW, YOU KNOW, THAT DISTRICT AS, AS BEING, HEY, THEY COULD BENEFIT JOINING AOG.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY'RE IN SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE THEIR OWN DISTRICT AT THIS MOMENT BECAUSE THAT WOULD ADD A LOT OF POPULATION.
THEN, THEN MED COUNTY WOULD BE THE MOST POPULOUS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE BENEFIT FOR THEM IS THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MAINTAINING THAT AND, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, BALANCING THAT BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO FUND IT, THE EQUIPMENT AND WE'D BE ABLE TO, TO HELP OUT OVERALL.
BUT IT WOULD BE VERY MUCH A JOINT EFFORT, OBVIOUSLY, IF ALL THE MONEY FOR ALL THE COUNTIES IS PULLED.
AND YOU COULD SEE THAT WE ARE KIND OF CLOSE IN, IN A COUPLE OF THE COUNTIES THAT HAVE THE POPULATION, ASSO WILSON, UM, KENDALL.
UM, SO IT, IT, IT IS, IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'D HAVE TO, TO HELP HELP OUT WITH TOGETHER.
THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE.
WOULD THEY BE THE ONLY TWO COUNTIES WE COULD PICK UP? YES.
OTHERS BELONG TO BEAR METRO TO, RIGHT.
GUADALUPE COUNTY AND
DID BEAR METRO PICK UP ANOTHER COUNTY OUT OF OUR COG? YOU SAID COULD THEY, COULD THEY? YES, THEY COULD.
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COULD.AND, AND, AND I, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE CAUTION IS, IS I'M NOT SURE HOW EASY IT IS TO, TO DISSOLVE A DISTRICT ONCE YOU'VE ESTABLISHED IT AND SAY, WELL NOW WE'RE NOT GENERATING ENOUGH MONEY.
WE ARE GONNA NEED SURCHARGE FUNDS.
WE ARE GONNA NEED CSEC HELP AND THEN GO BACK TO CSEC.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE THE ROUTE, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE'D WANT TO TAKE.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, I WOULD SAY IF WE DON'T DO ENOUGH RESEARCH AND TAKE THE TIME TO CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING A MOVE, THEN THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE A SCENARIO THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ENTERTAIN AT ONE POINT.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT EQUIPMENT TO, TO GO UNFUNDED.
YOU DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT TO GET OLD AND NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET A RECORDER, TO GET, YOU KNOW, A NET CLOCK OR WHATEVER'S IMPORTANT TO THE PUP.
WHATEVER HAPPENS TO, TO FAIL AT THAT TIME.
ANYTHING ELSE? MAY I ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT? JUDGE, YOU KNOW, I, WHAT'S DRIVING THIS, I OBVIOUSLY IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE RUN INTO SOME SITUATIONS WHERE OUR COUNTIES, OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN UPSET BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO TO CSEC AND ASK MOTHER MAY I FOR THE EXPENDITURES, AND CSEC WILL SOMETIMES SAY NO, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE RUN INTO THAT PROBLEM.
WE WE'RE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A COUNTY THAT WANTS REIMBURSEMENT OR NEEDS EQUIPMENT THAT THEY FEEL SHOULD BE COVERED.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, IN SOME OF THE CASES WE THINK THEY SHOULD BE COVERED.
UH, THE ONE THAT MARCELLA ALWAYS LIKES TO USE WITH ME AND REMIND ME OF IS, UH, UH, DISPATCH CHAIRS.
CSEC WILL PAY FOR THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE DISPATCH DESK, BUT THEY WON'T PAY FOR THE CHAIR, WHICH IS APPARENTLY, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, A 24 HOUR CHAIR.
THAT'S FOUR OR $5,000 FOR A CHAIR.
RIGHT? AND SO OUR COUNTIES WILL COME AND SAY, WE NEED THESE.
WE GOT ALL THESE DISPATCH DESKS, WHATEVER THEY ARE, 1, 2, 3, AND WE NEED CHAIRS FOR 'EM.
AND WE CANNOT FUND THAT BECAUSE CSEC WON'T ALLOW IT.
SO THAT OBVIOUSLY IRRITATES OUR COUNTIES AND WE CAN'T DO IT.
AND SO, UH, WE'VE EVEN HAD ISSUES, WE HAD A, WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH, UH, AND I THINK IT'S MORE PERSONALITY DRIVEN IN THIS CASE, BUT EARLIER THIS YEAR WE HAD ISSUES WITH, UH, COMAL COUNTY AND THEIR DISCUSSIONS ON WHETHER THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
KENDALL, I'M SORRY, KENDALL, NOT AL KENDALL.
AND, UM, AND SO I ASKED MARCELLA TO EXPLORE THIS IDEA OF WHETHER IT WOULD BE WORTH BECOMING A DISTRICT AND AS SHE, I THINK ADEQUATELY LAID OUT OR DID A GOOD JOB OF LAYING OUT THE PROS AND THE CONS, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO DECIDE OUR OWN FATE AND OF COURSE WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH OUR OWN DECISIONS.
SO THAT'S THE PROS AND THE CONS.
AND I WANTED HER TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS OF INTEREST TO YOU AND WHETHER YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH, OR IF YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY AS THE STATUS QUO.
WE'RE HAPPY RECEIVING THE FUNDS WE GET FROM CSAC.
AND SO, AND THE MANAGEMENT THAT THEY PROVIDE, RIGHT? THEY PROVIDE THE MANAGEMENT INSTEAD OF THE ONE YEAR, ONCE A YEAR, 9 1 1 MEETING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT MORE 9 1 1 MEETINGS AND A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS.
SO THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ACTION ITEM HERE IS FOR CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE EXPLORING OR YOU'RE HAPPY WITH CSEC AND, AND, AND THE CURRENT STATUS QUO.
I THINK WE, WE HAVE TO GET THE NUMBERS.
I'D LIKE TO SEE, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE HONOR.
AND THAT'S COULD BE DRIVEN BY MONEY.
BUT WE KNOW THE NUMBERS ARE BETTER AND WE KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER, UH, AS SHE POINTED OUT.
BUT, AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO, AND WE ARE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING, IT'S BEEN MORE, MORE CHALLENGING THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
WE HOPE WE WOULD HAVE SOME NUMBERS, BUT IT'S BEEN MORE CHALLENGING TO GET THOSE EXACT NUMBERS.
UH, I DON'T WANNA SAY WE GET THE RUN AROUND, BUT I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE TO GO AND HOW TO GO AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND MARCELLA'S TRACKED IT TO THE CONTROLLER AND HAVE TO BE SURE WE CAN HAVE A CAPITAL LINE IN THERE TO TAKE CARE OF MILLION OR MILLION AND A HALF MM-HMM.
IF WE DON'T, THEN WE PROBABLY DON'T.
DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM TODAY? I, I MOVE WE PURSUE IT.
I SECOND MOTION MADE BY JUDGE EVAN SECONDED BUDGET TO PURSUE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[7. 9-1-1 Program Activities A. 2024-2025 Strategic Plan B. 2026-2027 Strategic Plan C. Addressing/Mapping Status D. Call Volume Updates by County E. Dispatcher Training F. Program Initiatives]
PROGRAM REPORTS NUMBER 7 9 1 1 PROGRAM ACTIVITIES YOU HAVE.UM, YES, IT'S BASICALLY, I'M GOING TO GO OVER THIS REPORT.
I KNOW Y'ALL HAD A LONG DAY, SO I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME AND I, I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME IMPORTANT, UH, INFORMATION THERE.
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SO, UM, SO JUST ON THIS FIRST PAGE, UH, WE'RE LETTING YOU KNOW WHERE, WHERE WE'RE AT ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PLAN FOR 24 AND 25.
UM, THIS WAS WHAT WE GOT ALLOCATED IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET.
HERE'S THAT 418 I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT.
UM, IT'S LISTED UNDER, UNDER THE NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1, BUT THIS IS THE SBA FUNDS HERE FOUR.
SO, UH, 418, I KEEP SAYING 4.8, I WANT IT TO BE 4.8.
UM, YOU CAN SEE DOWN HERE HOW THAT FOUR 418,000 IS KIND OF ALLOCATED.
UM, THIS PART RIGHT HERE IS REALLY 133 GOING TO THE REGIONAL ES NET.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE ON THAT.
UM, CSEC TOLD US THAT WE WERE GONNA SPEND IT ON THAT.
SO THEY TOOK, UH, THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS 133 OR THE FOUR 18, AND NOW WE HAVE A BUDGET TOTAL OF 285, 6 65 THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SPEND.
UM, THIS IS JUST A QUICK REMINDER OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN 23.
UM, NOT EVERYTHING, BUT LIKE, LIKE THE MAJOR TICKET ITEMS. UM, SO FOR 2024, UM, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SEE WHAT NEEDS ARE THERE FOR THAT 418,000.
UM, WE DO KNOW THAT WE COULD PROVIDE NEW DESKS, UM, LARGER MONITORS, GENERATORS 50, UH, 50 50 COST SHARE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, RIO COUNTY TO DO THAT, UM, AS THEY HAVE INITIATED.
SO 50 50 IN THE SENSE THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO PICK, PICK UP THE OTHER, THE OTHER PORTION OF IT, UM, ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL, UH, TO PSAP SERVICES OR OTHER SUPPLIES, SUPPLIES NEEDED.
I DO HAVE THE NOTE DOWN HERE, DOWN HERE THAT SAYS, JUST, JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS PEOPLE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR PSAPS ARE ALSO ASKING FOR.
AND THAT IS BASED OFF A CALL VOLUME.
WE ARE STILL NOT ABLE TO FUND POSITIONS BECAUSE, UH, CSEC HAS NOT ESTABLISHED THE CRI CRITERIA.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY CALLS PER DAY, PER POSITION LINE.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE MONITOR IT, THERE'S NOT GUIDANCE IN THERE THAT THEY'VE, UH, ESTABLISHED, BUT THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT IT IS PROBABLY GONNA BE HARDER FOR A NEW POSITION WE ADDED.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE MORE CALLS IN PER, PER LINE, PER POSITION IN ORDER TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL POSITION.
OF COURSE, OF COURSE THAT GOES IN CONCERT WITH THE COUNTY OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GONNA STAFF THAT POSITION.
WE BUY THE EQUIPMENT AND THE COUNTY STAFFS THE POSITION.
SO THAT'S THE DECISION AT THIS POINT.
THEY HAVE NOT, UH, COME UP WITH A NEW GUIDANCE, BUT OF COURSE, AS WE ALREADY TOUCHED ON, THERE'S, THERE'S NO CHAIRS ALLOWED.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT WE WE'RE LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE ASKED, WE'RE IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PSAP PEOPLE, UM, YOUR PSAP A SUPERVISORS TO ASK THEM, WHAT DO YOU NEED? HOW CAN WE SPEND THIS, UH, 280, 80 5,000 THOUSAND DOLLARS? WE ARE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEND THAT MONEY BACK.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE GONNA SPEND EVERY LAST DIME OF IT.
AGAIN, THIS MONEY WAS KIND OF ARGUED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TEXAS ALLIANCE AND CSEC AND THIS IS THE ONLY SB EIGHT FUNDS THAT WE'RE GETTING IN ADDITION TO OUR BASE.
SO WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA BE IN THIS POSITION WHERE WE SEND THAT MONEY BACK.
UM, WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE PSAP SUPERVISORS LAST WEEK, UH, TO LET THEM KNOW AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND WE WILL DECIDE ON WHAT TO SPEND IT ON BASED OFF OF THE REQUEST.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND REPORTING TO YOU HOW WE SPENT THAT MONEY.
UM, THIS NEXT ONE IS THE 2025 BUDGET THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH.
UM, THIS IS THE SURCHARGE FUNDS THAT I TOLD YOU THAT WE NEED IN ADDITION TO, TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WE BUDGETED FOR.
UM, JUST NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE DOING IN THERE IS THE, UH, GIS, UH, SERVER HOST.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE GIS DATA TO BE HOSTED OR TO BE, UM, QUALITY CONTROLLED IS BASICALLY RIGHT NOW THERE IS A SUBMIT PROCESS WHERE THE COUNTY WORKS ON THEIR DATA AND THEN THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT IT VIA EMAIL TO OUR, UM, GIS COORDINATOR AND THEN IT HAS TO GO BACK AND FORTH THAT WAY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING INTO PURCHASING A SERVER TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE DATA TO BE WORKED ON AND BE HOSTED ON ONE LOCATION.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH COMPUTER SOLUTIONS ON OUR END AND WE'RE ALSO JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST WAY IS.
WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH A COUPLE OF THE COUNTY'S, UH, ADDRESSING FOLKS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROPERLY TEST THINGS OUT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT OUR, OUR INITIATIVE IS GONNA BE FOR 25.
UM, HERE IN THE, UNDER THE PSAPS, WE HAVE A POTENTIAL RELOCATION FOR WILSON COUNTY.
WE KNOW THAT, THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR PREVIOUSLY UNDER A DIFFERENT STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE PROJECT WAS DELAYED AND SO NOW IT MIGHT PICK BACK UP AGAIN.
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BUDGET FOR IT, UM, IN 25.BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE, WE DON'T KNOW THE TIMELINE YET.
UM, THERE'S A POTENTIAL UPGRADE FOR BANDERA COUNTY IN TERMS OF THEIR, UH, PSAP DESKS AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE COULD GET PRICING FOR THAT AS WELL AS AN UP MONITOR UPGRADE FOR GILLES GILLESPIE COUNTY.
UM, THE EQUIPMENT, STANDARD EQUIPMENT COMES WITH A SMALLER MONITOR.
IT DEPENDS ON THE SPACE THAT THE PSAP HAS, BUT WE ARE MORE THAN ABLE TO, UH, FUND SOME MONITOR UPGRADES IF THEY WANT A LARGER MONITOR.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR 25.
WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS, UM, FOR THE 26 AND 27.
UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE IS SOME EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT IN THERE.
UH, YEAR 27 IS GONNA BE A BIG YEAR WHERE WE ARE GONNA REPLACE THE WHOLE FRONT ROOM AND BACK ROOM.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING, UH, THAT WE ARE EXPECTING.
WE HAVE A 10 YEAR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE, SO THAT'S HOW WE KEEP TRACK OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
UM, AND 26 WE'RE GONNA REPLACE, UH, RECORDERS AND FIREWALLS.
UM, SO THAT $250,000 IS THAT WE HAVE OTHER NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THE FUNDING IS GONNA LAND.
SO I PUT NEW ON THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO RESEARCH.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS MAPPING FULL FLOOR PLANS FOR SCHOOLS.
WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE AS WELL.
BUT THAT WILL AID FIRST RESPONDERS IN ASSISTING, UH, WELL TELECOMMUNICATORS ASSISTING FIRST RESPONDERS TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO A SCHOOL.
UM, THIS WAS DISCUSSED, UH, SEVERAL TIMES, UH, PERTAINING TO VALDI, BUT THE EFFORT HAS GONE STATEWIDE FOR PEOPLE TO AT LEAST LOOK TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ON THAT, ON THAT, YOU KNOW, FRONT IN TERMS OF MAPPING THE FLOOR PLANS OF SCHOOLS, UH, FOR 27, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A BIG FRONT ROOM BACK ROOM AND UPS POWER UPGRADE.
AND THESE ARE ALL OUR NEW, UH, NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN.
WE, WE DO HAVE EXCEPTIONS IN THERE.
LIKE I SAID, THE BASE AMOUNT THAT THEY GAVE US WAS NOT ENOUGH.
SO WE'RE TRYING, WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL NUMBERS IN TERMS OF IF WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE SURCHARGE FEES.
I THINK WE ARE GONNA REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
UM, ONCE, ONCE THEY COME WITH THE OFFICIAL BUDGET, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY GONNA HAVE THIS ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE THE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLAN.
I BELIEVE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER 9 1 1 JUDGE'S MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THE BOARD APPROVE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO ACCEPT THE FUNDING.
UM, BUT THIS IS JUST SOME INITIAL INFORMATION.
THE, UH, ADDRESSING ITEM WE HAVE, UM, BACK IN 22.
THESE WERE THE DIFFERENT, UH, GRADES IF YOU WILL.
UM, WHERE WE MET, THESE ARE THE COMPLIANCE STANDARDS AND YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FREE TO GO OVER THEM.
YOU COULD SEE WE'RE KIND OF IN FEBRUARY 22.
WE WERE KIND OF MISSING THE TARGET ON A COUPLE OF THESE.
AND SO WE NEEDED TO, UM, EXPEDITE THE, THE CORRECTIONS AND WE, WE WORKED, UH, WITH COUNTY PERSONNEL TO AS, TO ASSIST IN DOING THAT.
UM, WE'VE MADE A NEW EFFORT, UM, TO WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR TO BASICALLY CREATE CODING TO ASSIST US WITH RESOLVING THE ERRORS.
SO WE'VE IMPROVED AND THERE'S EVEN BEEN IMPROVEMENT FROM ONE MONTH IN JULY TO AUGUST.
YOU COULD, YOU COULD GO BACK AND SEE, BUT NOW WE'RE FULL.
WE'RE, WE'RE FULLY IN COMPLIANCE HERE.
UM, I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THIS LAST 1 97 0.18 UP TO 98%.
UM, BUT WE THINK WE'LL ACHIEVE THAT IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS.
UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE DO FUND, UH, TRAINING FOR GIS PERSONNEL AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMETIMES UH, STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OVERTURN IT IN STAFF AND THIS IS A SPECIALIZED SKILL SET.
SO WE DO CONTINUE TO OFFER THAT TRAINING IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEIR STAFF BE TRAINED.
UM, CALL VOLUME, THIS IS ALWAYS, UH, SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL LIKE TO SEE.
WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE IT FROM THE CALENDAR YEAR OF JANUARY SO YOU COULD KIND OF SEE THE WAY IT BREAKS OUT OF CALL VOLUME.
UM, AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR, JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, UH, OF THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK TO BE AROUND THE SAME AS 20 YEAR 23.
UM, IT BREAKS OUT INTO THE EMERGENCY NON-EMERGENCY OR USUALLY YOUR ADMIN LINES.
UM, AND OF COURSE IT BREAKS OUT THE WIRE LINE WIRELESS, UH, VOIP AND THEN THE TEXT TO 9 1 1 HERE.
SO YOU COULD KIND OF SEE WHAT YOUR COUNTY IS PRODUCING IN A MATTER OF CALL VOLUME.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, JUST TABLE THAT I LIKE TO SHOW THE CALL VOLUME OVER TIME SO YOU CAN SEE IF YOU'VE INCREASED OR DECREASED OVER TIME.
UM, I'M JUST USING 2020 AS THAT INITIAL
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GUIDE TO GO.YOU COULD SEE THIS TABLE HERE.
IT KIND OF OUTLINES, UH, WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE HERE.
CLEARLY YOU COULD SEE ATCO COUNTY HERE IS REALLY HAS A LARGE CALL VOLUME.
WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR, UH, AN ADDITIONAL POSITION FOR THEM FOR OH MANY YEARS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AT THIS CALL VOLUME CONSISTENTLY.
UM, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF WAITED AROUND FOR CSEC TO COME UP WITH THAT GUIDANCE, BUT WE CONTINUE TO ASK ON THEIR BEHALF.
'CAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS, THERE IS A NEED.
UM, WE DO HAVE KENDALL COUNTY AND WILSON KIND OF HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BATTLE EACH OTHER OUT FOR THAT SECOND CALL VOLUME, BUT THEY SOMETIMES THEY DO COME IN NECK AND NECK.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE KNOW THAT FREO COUNTY IS, UH, COMING CLOSE AS WELL TO THE CALL VOLUME BASED OFF OF THE CURRENT STANDARDS.
ONCE THEY CHANGE THE STANDARDS, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA COME OUT, BUT, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE STILL ABLE TO ADD AS MANY POSITIONS AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THIS TABLE IS JUST A 9 1 1 CALL, UH, WAIT TIME.
UM, FOR, UH, EACH COUNTY YOU COULD SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF CALL WAIT TIME WITHIN ZERO TO 10 SECONDS, 11 TO 20, AND THEN 21 TO 30.
UM, THE NINA STANDARDS HERE ARE 90% OF 9 1 1 CALLS SHOULD BE ANSWERED WITHIN 15 SECONDS AND 95 ANSWERED WITHIN 20 SECONDS.
SO YOU, YOU COULD SEE WHAT, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, UH, LOOK AT THESE AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE ARE ABOVE 90%, WHICH IS EXCELLENT.
WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU ALL THE, SHOW YOU WHAT, WHAT EACH COUNTY IS PRODUCING AND HOW FAST THEY'RE ANSWERING THOSE CALLS.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, SENT THIS REPORT TO THE PSAP SUPERVISORS AS WELL.
UM, THE DISPATCHER TRAINING EFFORT, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME OF THE CLASSES THAT WE DO HOLD.
UH, TRAINING IS ANOTHER THING THAT CSEC KIND OF HOLDS TIGHTLY.
UM, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TRAINING WE CAN OFFER.
SO WHAT WE'VE HAD TO DO IS PARTNER WITH BEAR METRO 9 1 1.
UM, JUST IN, IN GENERAL DISCUSSIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
SO WE DO HAVE A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM THAT IS BASICALLY OPENING THEIR TRAINING UP TO, TO OUR COUNTIES.
SO WE'VE LET EVERYBODY KNOW AND THE PSAP SUPERVISORS KNOW THE TRAINING.
WE HAVE A TABLE THAT SHOWS THE TRAINING THAT THEY HAVE AND THE DATES, UM, THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING SCHEDULED.
WE ARE ABLE TO, TO DISCUSS AND, AND COORDINATE AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
LET'S JUST SAY IF BANDERA COUNTY WANTS TO HOST A TRAINING IN THEIR LOCATION, UH, BARE METRO HAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE TRAINER TO SEND OUT THERE AND WE WOULD PAY FOR THE TRAINER TO TO TO GO OUT THERE.
SO THERE IS GONNA BE AN EXPENSE, BUT BASICALLY IT'S OPENING UP JUST TO HAVE THE TRAINING ALONE HAS BEEN VERY VITAL TO UH, REALLY SUSTAINING THESE POSITIONS.
UM, THESE ARE OTHER PROGRAM INITIATIVES.
I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL, THIS WAS LISTED ON ANOTHER REPORT.
UM, BUT WE DID GO AND VISIT ALL THE SCHOOLS AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH CARRIE'S LAW AND THE RAY BOND ACT.
UM, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DO THE DIGITAL AD AD CAMPAIGN FOR THE TEXT TO 9 1 1, SO THAT WAY ALL THE YOUNG FOLKS COMING IN AND THEY'RE ON THEIR PHONES AND THEY, IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE AND DO NOT OR CANNOT CALL 9 1 1, THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO TEXT AND THAT THEY KNOW THAT THAT CAPABILITY IS THERE.
WE STILL DO, UH, PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TELECOMMUNICATOR WEEK, WHICH I LIKE JUST TO TELL YOU ALL THE DATES, UH, AND WHAT WE PROVIDED.
WE PROVIDED SOME PICTURES JUST TO KIND OF SHOW, UM, VANJI WORKS REALLY HARD AND, AND LAURA WORKS REALLY HARD TO GO IN AND AND AND PUT ALL THE PACKAGES TOGETHER AND TAKE EVERYTHING OUT.
SO THESE ARE THE GIFTS THAT WE PROVIDED THEM IN THE PAST.
UM, AND IN TERMS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION MATERIALS, WE PROVIDE THAT IN AUGUST, MOSTLY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS SO THAT WAY THEY CAN HOLD EVENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR CELL PHONE, SALLY, WHICH VANJI IS MODELING I'D SAY PERFECTLY.
UM, IF IF, IF THIS WERE ME IN THAT SUIT, IT'D PROBABLY BE MISSING NUMBERS 'CAUSE I'D BE SHRUNKEN DOWN OR SOMETHING.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS MACHINE HERE AS A 9 1 1 SIMULATOR THAT CAN BE USED TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN SIMULATING A 9 1 1 CALL.
SO THESE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE.
WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING IS HOUSING THESE MATERIALS, THESE TWO, THE CELL PHONE, SALLY AND THE SIMULATOR OUT IN THE COUNTIES SO THAT WAY THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S SUCH A BIG TASK TO COME DOWN AND GET IT.
BUT, BUT WE ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO TO BRING IT TO THEM.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S MY FULL REPORT.
UM, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO BACK AND VIEW IT IN DETAIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU COULD CALL ME OR YOU COULD SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
JUDGE, IF I MAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I THINK I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T.
THANK, I WISH HE WAS HERE AT CHAIRMAN HAS LOCKER THERE HAVE BEEN A, A GREAT TEAM
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TO WORK WITH AT THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT WASACTUALLY IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF KENDALL COUNTY'S ISSUES ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE TYPE OF TRAINING THAT WE COULD OFFER AND BEAR 9 1 1 AND UH, BRETT, WHAT'S IT? IS IT BRETT SCHNEIDER? BRETT SCHNEIDER AT NINE ONE AT BARE MET HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO ENHANCING OUR CAPABILITIES.
UH, SO I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
THEY'VE BEEN REALLY VERY HELPFUL.
THE TRAINING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS AN ISSUE IS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A FACILITY TO TRAIN IN.
BEAR 9 1 1 HAS OPENED UP THEIR FACILITY, ALLOWING TO HAVE A DISPATCHER GO AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TAKE CALLS, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR TRAINING AND SEE WHAT OPERATING THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND SO THEY'VE REALLY BEEN A, A, A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH.
ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? OKAY, NO ACTION TAKEN.
[8. Next scheduled meeting is TBD.]
ITEM IS NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING TO BE DETERMINED.I GUESS JUDGE WHITMAN WILL LET US ALL KNOW WHENEVER HE'S READY.
SUSAN, YOU'LL HELP ME WITH THAT.
YOU ALWAYS PUT ME ON THE SPOT.