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[1. Call to Order.]
LIKE TO COME WORKSHOP FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGETS, UH, ORDER NOW.I HEARD THAT THERE WAS AN ARM WRESTLING CONTEST BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE AND POLICE ONE.
WAS THAT, IS THAT TRUE? AND THEY, SO THEY GO FIRST.
THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA GO FIRST.
BUT I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING.
SO CHIEF, ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE US OFF? YEAH, I MAYOR, IF I COULD TAKE A QUICK 30 SECONDS.
THIS, THIS IS PART OF OUR EFFORT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY OF MORE OF A, I'LL CALL IT RELAX FORMAT FOR COUNSEL IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
YEAH, WE'LL SHARE SOME BUDGET NUMBERS AND, AND PROJECTIONS, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AND NOT IMPORTANT TO HAVE TIME FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE ALCOHOL DISCUSSION WITH PD AND POLICE AND PLEA, UH, PD AND FIRE TODAY AND OTHERS DOWN THE LINE.
SO YOU CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT STRATEGIES, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, CONCERNS, CAUTIONS.
WHAT ABOUT THIS IDEA? WHAT ABOUT THAT? SO IT'S NOT JUST A REPORT ON HERE'S OUR BUDGET, HERE'S THESE X, Y, Z LINE ITEMS. IT'S MORE COUNSEL, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? ANY FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS? AND HEY, CHIEF, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS ASPECT OF THIS? SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN OVER TO
[2. Presentation and discussion of the FY24 Police Department and Fire Department Budgets. ]
CHIEF YOUNGER, SIR.COUNSEL, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO Y'ALL AND KIND OF REPRESENT WHAT, UH, YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DOING AND, UH, WITH THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE ALLOCATING.
SO I THINK IT'LL BE, UH, INFORMATIVE AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A DISCUSSION GOING AND GET A LITTLE FEEDBACK.
UH, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WILL SAY THAT WELL, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I ALSO BROUGHT THE TWO EXPERTS.
UH, THE TWO DEPUTY CHIEFS ARE IN THE ROOM, SO, SO TIM DORSEY OVER OPERATIONS AND LARRY CAMPBELL OVER ADMINISTRATION.
UH, SO IF Y'ALL GET TOO DEEP ON, ON ANY PARTICULAR TOPIC, I MIGHT HAVE TO BRING ONE OF THEM UP HERE TO GIVE YOU THE REAL ANSWER, BUT, UH, THEY'RE IN THE ROOM AND I, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY'VE BEEN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PRESENTATION.
LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
WELL, I THINK ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT A BUDGET IN THE CITY SHOULD START WITH THE MISSION OF THAT DEPARTMENT.
UH, THAT'S WHAT THE MONEY IS PROVIDED FOR, IS TO PURSUE THAT MISSION.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
YOU PROBABLY SEE ON THE BACK OF OUR CARS WHEN IT SAYS TRUSTWORTHY SERVICE.
UH, BUT THEN THE REST OF IT, TRUSTWORTHY SERVICE.
AND WHAT ASPECTS, AND, AND LIKE I SAYS, PROTECTION OF LIFE, PROPERTY, PUBLIC PEACE, AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.
UH, THAT'S WHAT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT EXISTS TO DO.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHAT THIS MONEY GOES TOWARDS.
SO THE NUMBERS UP THERE, AS YOU SEE ARE, ARE WHAT FISCAL YEAR 22 AND FISCAL YEAR 23 WERE BUDGETED, AND THEN THE PROPOSED MONIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.
UH, ONE THING I DID IS I PUT IN PARENTHESES TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS, UH, THAT ADD UP TO THAT OVERALL APPROPRIATION.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THERE IS DURING A RECENT, UH, COUNCIL WORKSHOP, WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM A CONSULTANT THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT COST PER CITIZEN ON YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY DOLLARS.
AND HOW THEY COMPARED, I THINK PRIMARILY IT WAS MORE, UH, BROKEN ARROW AND WAS IT OVERLAND PARK OR OLATHE, KANSAS.
UM, AND THEY, THEY QUOTED Y'ALL ABOUT THREE 19, UH, A PERSON $319 PER CITIZEN.
AND WHY THAT, THAT NUMBER IS ACCURATE.
UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND OUR BUDGET'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THOSE THREE CITIES.
AND THAT THE WAY MONEY IS ALLOCATED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, THROUGH THE TWO ORDINANCES THAT EXIST, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN THE 8 CENT CAPITAL, UH, WE WORK OUT OF THAT MONEY.
AND BECAUSE WE DO, WHERE OTHER CITIES WOULD NORMALLY HANDLE, HANDLE MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED TO HUMAN RESOURCES ARE, UH, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
THE WAY EDMUND DOES IT IS OUR DEPARTMENT EITHER ALLOCATES OR TRANSFER MONEY OUT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AND, AND WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT BECOMES IMPORTANT IS IN THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM YOUR CONSULTANT, THAT WAS THE OVERALL NUMBER.
WHEREAS IN MORE, OR BROKEN ARROW OR NORMAN, YOU WOULD ONLY SEE THAT NUMBER TO THE LEFT.
AND SO WHEN YOU'RE NOT EQUATING, WHEN YOU'RE NOT ADDING IN NEARLY 20% OF A BUDGET, THE NUMBER IS GONNA LOOK LARGER.
EVEN WITH A THREE 19, I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE'RE STILL WITHIN RANGE OF WHAT THOSE OTHER CITIES ARE.
BUT IF YOU TAKE THOSE TRANSFERS AND ALLOCATIONS OUT, WE'RE, WE'RE DEAD IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THOSE OTHER CITIES ARE.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THE ACTUAL USE OF FUNDS IS VERY COMPARABLE, UH, TO WHAT OUR OTHER CITIES THAT, THAT WE LOOK AT.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? YOU'LL SEE THAT FROM 22 TO 23, THERE WAS A LITTLE OVER 9% TOTAL INCREASE.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 24 IS A LITTLE OVER A 4% INCREASE, UH, FROM LAST YEAR'S
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APPROVED BUDGET.SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT MONEY? WELL, HOPEFULLY WE'RE TARGETING, UH, AREAS INSIDE OF YOUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE, THERE ARE TWO SPECIFIC INITIATIVES OFF OF, OF YOUR MOST RECENT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THAT'S PEOPLE AND PARTNERSHIPS AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND SO I HOPE THE KIND OF GUIDE THE DISCUSSION, UH, WITH WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, IS DOING THE HIGH LEVEL STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING IN THOSE TWO PARTICULAR AREAS.
AND WOULD ASK FOR ANY INPUT OR COMMENT OR QUESTION AS WE GO THROUGH 'EM.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR MOST RECENT, UH, ACADEMY GRADUATE.
I THINK THE MAJORITY OF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ANOTHER PROCESS ONGOING, UH, THAT WE HOPE TO START IN JUNE.
AND SO WE'LL GRADUATE THAT WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR THAT'S UPCOMING.
AND THEN OUR PLAN IS TO START A, AN ADDITIONAL ACADEMY IN THE SPRING OF 2024.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY NINE VACANT POSITIONS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A LITTLE ABNORMAL FOR US.
OUR ANNUAL ATTRITION OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN A LITTLE OVER 4%.
UH, BUT WE DID SEE FIVE RETIREMENTS INSIDE OF TWO MONTHS RIGHT AROUND THE FIRST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
AND WHY FIVE RETIRE, FIVE RETIREMENTS A YEAR HAS BEEN KIND OF OUR AVERAGE FOR THE LAST 10 OR MORE YEARS.
UH, TO HAVE 'EM ALL ON THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WAS, THAT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR US.
UH, BUT WE ARE HAVE NOT NINE VACANCIES CURRENTLY.
UH, WE DID ALSO SEE OUR LOWEST ATTRACTION RATE FOR OUR LAST OPENING PROCESS FOR A POLICE OFFICER.
UH, THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO EDMOND.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF JUST SHOWED UP ON OUR DOORSTEP.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN PRETTY WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, REALLY.
UH, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE EXPERIENCED THIS LAST TIME.
UH, WE ATTRACTED 109 APPLICANTS FOR OUR OPENING.
UH, I THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN WHAT WE NORMALLY WOULD ATTRACT.
UH, FOR COMPARISON, IN 2018, WE ATTRACTED 276 APPLICANTS.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING, UH, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, REALLY WITHIN THE CITY, UH, TO KIND OF REEVALUATE OUR PROCESSES AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE, UH, MARKETED BETTER.
UH, WE HAVE VERY GOOD COMPENSATION.
UH, BUT WE ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE REALITIES THAT OUR PROFESSION DEALING WITH ON ATTRACTING TALENT.
AND SO IT'S NOT JUST A POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUE, IT IS A COMMUNITY ISSUE.
AND SO, HUMAN RESOURCES, MARKETING, FIRE, POLICE, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO, UH, BETTER HIGHLIGHT THE VALUE THAT A POSITION WITH THE CITY OFFERS.
THIS ISN'T AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, BUT THESE ARE THREE BIG ONES.
UM, PARTICULARLY NORTH CARE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE SUPPORT THAT COUNCIL'S PROVIDED, UH, BY FUNDING BOTH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND NOW THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT.
UH, EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, THE CITY HAS INVESTED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES IN THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, INCREASING OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER STAFF FROM SIX TO 11, UH, AND KIND OF THE SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING THERE.
AND THEN ONE OF OUR MOST RECENT AND, AND, UH, MAYBE CLOSEST PARTNERS AT EDMOND HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH CHRISTIE PATERSON SPECIFICALLY, AND THE STUFF THAT SHE'S WORKING ON.
UH, I THINK OUR COMMUNITY'S DOING A REAL GOOD JOB OF RE REFRAME REFRAMING HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AS A COMMUNITY ISSUE AND NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUE.
AND SO THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY PAYING DIVIDENDS AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING AND, AND REDIRECTING THE FOCUS OF THAT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STILL HAS A ROLE AND WE STILL HAVE PERSONNEL THAT, THAT ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UH, BUT FOR OUR PERSONNEL TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T EXPECT THEM TO QUOTE UNQUOTE, SOLVE THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM OR TO SOLVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
BUT JUST TO BE A A PARTNER IS, IS REALLY HELPFUL.
AND I THINK OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS NORTH COAST FACILITY GETS ONLINE AND, AND AS CHRISTIE CONTINUES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN, IN ACQUIRING RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FLAGSHIP PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, IT IS NOT BY HAPPENSTANCE AT ALL THREE EVENTS THAT ARE REPRESENTED.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT ESPECIALLY WITH THE INCREASED DENSITY THAT WE EXPECT OF THE NEXT TWO TO FOUR YEARS IN DOWNTOWN, THAT POLICING SERVICES ARE GONNA NEED TO, TO MODIFY, UH, AS FAR AS HOW WE DELIVER THAT SERVICE AND WHAT SERVICES ARE EXPECTED.
UM, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH A FEW OF YOU OFFLINE THAT EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST, RANDY PAYNE, WHO'S OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER, THAT'S PRIMARILY BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE TRAINING STAFF, UH, WILL BE HOUSED BACK IN OUR BUILDING.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA RUN SOME PILOT PROGRAMS WITH HIM AS FAR AS ENGAGEMENT WITH BOTH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UH, AND WITH THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FREQUENTLY DOWNTOWN, UH, JUST TO SEE HOW WE CAN BE A BETTER PARTNER, UH, TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT THE VISITORS AND BUSINESS OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
CRIME AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, I BELIEVE IN, IN THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, THE ADDITION OF A CIVILIAN CRIME ANALYST.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS A
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CRIME ANALYST POSITION, UH, THAT'S HOUSED WITH A, OR POPULATED BY A SWORN MEMBER OF OUR STAFF.UH, AND HE DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB, BRUCE LEEANN.
UH, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIME ANALYST, THEY HAVE METRICS FOR HOW TO DETERMINE STAFFING LEVELS BASED ON THE SIZE OF YOUR CITY AND CALLS FOR SERVICE AND OFFENSES YOU'RE EXPERIENCING USING THEIR DATA.
AND THEN THE REAL REALITY IS THAT WHILE BRUCE DOES A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE STATISTICS FOR ME AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS KEEPING UP WITH GRANTS THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, REPORT FOR AND PROVIDING ANNUAL DATA, UH, THE STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL DATA, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT OUR OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES COULD, COULD MOST READILY USE TO DETERMINE WHERE TO BEST PUT THEIR RESOURCES ON A DAY-TO-DAY, IN A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF SECONDARY FOR US, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RESOURCES TO, TO BE ABLE TO APPLY TO IT.
AND SO THE, THE ADDITION OF A SECOND ANALYST WOULD GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS THAT.
AND WHERE THAT'S IMPORTANT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EDMOND, A LOT OF US THINK THIS JURISDICTIONALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BOUNDARIES AND SQUARE MILES AND ARTERIAL ROOTS, AND, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY APPLICABLE.
BUT WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THINKS ABOUT IT, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU DIVIDE THE CITY UP BY TOTAL TIME.
WE HAVE TO INVEST IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
HOW MANY UNITS OR VEHICLES HAVE TO GO THERE? UH, HOW MANY CALLS ARE THERE? WHAT TYPE OF CALLS? AND SO I JUST THROW THIS UP TO SHOW WE USE DATA TO DRIVE BOTH OUR ASSIGNMENT OR RESOURCES.
WHO, HOW MANY ON WHAT SHIFT, UH, WHAT AREA A TOWN ARE THEY GONNA WORK? AND SO TO HAVE A PERSON THAT CAN, CAN DIVE DEEPER INTO WHAT THIS IS REALLY TELLING US, UH, I THINK WE'LL ASSIST US NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT INTO THE FUTURE ARCADIA LAKE FACILITY.
THIS HAS BEEN ON THE CAPITAL, UH, PROJECTS LIST FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
UH, AND, AND WE ARE, I PROMISE YOU, WE ARE MAKING, UH, ADVANCEMENTS ON THIS.
UH, MOST RECENTLY, UH, LARRY CAMPBELL, WHO'S, WHO'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS, HAS BEEN PARTNERING WITH PARKS AND RECREATION WITH RYAN OSCHNER AND, AND ANDY CONNERS, UH, TO KIND OF DEVELOP A VISION FOR A CO-LOCATED, UH, SERVICE AREA THERE FOR, FOR CITY SERVICES.
WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS BUILD A FACILITY AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER, FIGURE OUT, OH, WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT ADDING THEM, OR WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT PARTNERING HERE.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE REALLY PURPOSEFUL, UH, WITH THE USE OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO, TO HAVING A PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
BUT, UH, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW IT IS, IS IT, IT IS IN THE PLANS.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
EXCITED ABOUT GETTING OUT OF THE METAL BUILDING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS WAS NOT A PLACE YOU'D WANNA OFFICE.
AND OUR, UH, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WHO BECOME LAKE OFFICERS IN THE SUMMERTIME HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND SO WE'D REALLY LIKE TO MOVE 'EM OUT OF THAT AND GET 'EM INTO A, AN ADEQUATE FACILITY TECHNOLOGY.
SO THERE'S TWO FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY HERE THAT I'M, THAT I'M POINTING OUT AND I'VE INCLUDED IN, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
UH, THE ONE ON THE LEFT ARE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS.
NOW THAT TECHNOLOGY'S BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE, UH, THE DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE'RE PROPO, WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS TO, TO CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY CALLED FLOCK SAFETY.
UH, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THEM WITH THE COVERAGE THEY'VE RECENTLY RECEIVED IN TULSA AND OKLAHOMA CITY AND MORE IN OTHER METRO, UH, OR STATEWIDE CITIES.
I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 25 CITIES IN THE STATE, UH, THAT ARE EITHER USING THEM OR IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THEIR TECHNOLOGY.
AND, AND WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT FLOCK, UH, IS THEY STORE THE DATA.
AND SO WE DON'T STORE THE DATA.
AND BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY STORE THE DATA, IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FLOCK CUSTOMERS.
AND SO, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER RECENTLY WE HAD A SHOOTING INCIDENT AT THE Y M C A, UH, MITCH PARK, Y M C A IN JANUARY.
AND THE VEHICLE THAT WAS USED, UH, IN THAT CRIME WAS CAUGHT ON A FLOCK CAMERA IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE THAT TO AUGMENT THE INVESTIGATION.
THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY WORKS, IS INTENDED TO BE AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL, NOT A PRETEXTUAL OR PREEMPTIVE TOOL.
SO IT'S AFTER AN INCIDENT HAPPENS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK AND SEE, OKAY, WHERE WAS THIS VEHICLE AT? UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, ASIDE FROM JUST BEING ABLE TO SEARCH TAGS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BUILT INTO IT, WE CAN SEARCH FOR TYPE OF CAR COLOR, A CAR, UM, WHICH REALLY HELPS IN NARROWING DOWN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE MAY BE LOOKING FOR.
CAN YOU LOOK AT 'EM IN LIFETIME OR IS IT AFTER THE, IS IT GO BACK AT STORAGE AND LOOK, I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO ANSWER THAT BACK.
IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE LIFETIME.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, THAT, UH, THEY'RE NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY IN SOME AREAS OF, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY THINK THAT THE CAMERAS ARE BEING USED, UH, TO DO THAT, TO VIEW PEOPLE'S COMINGS AND GOINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, BIG BROTHER STATE MM-HMM.
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LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY INTEREST.AND SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING IN YOUR BACKYARD, WE'RE NOT LOOKING IN YOUR DRIVEWAY.
I THINK I WAS THINKING MORE LIKE IF THERE WAS AN INCIDENT SOMEWHERE, IF YOU COULD GO ON FLOCK AND SAY, THIS COLOR TYPE OF VEHICLE HAS LEFT THE CITY ON THIS ROAD, CAN YOU CHECK AND SEE WHERE IT COULD BE? BUT EVIDENTLY NOT.
IT'S AN AFTER THE FACT SORT OF THING.
THEY CAN DEFINITELY GO IN AND LOOK FOR THAT TYPE AND THAT CAR, BUT IT WOULD BE AN AFTER THE FACT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE USED FOR.
UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH OUR TRAINING GUIDELINES ON HOW THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, UH, LEARNING AND GOING TO SCHOOL IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS TECHNOLOGY, AND JUST SOME OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THEY'VE HAD FROM THEIR CITIZENRY.
UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE'RE NOT EARLY ADOPTERS ON THE TECHNOLOGY, SO WE CAN KIND OF COMB THROUGH THEIR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE SOLIDLY IN PLACE, UH, BEFORE THE TECHNOLOGY'S ROLLED OUT.
UM, AND, AND I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WE'VE DONE PRETTY GOOD HOMEWORK ON THAT TO, TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ADDRESS ALL THOSE ISSUES.
AND THEN THE ONES TO THE RIGHT ARE THE, ARE THE DRONES.
UH, AGAIN, ANOTHER, UH, TECHNOLOGY'S BEEN AROUND FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS.
SO WE HAVE THE LUXURY TO GO TO SCHOOL ON OTHER COMMUNITIES, BOTH WITHIN OKLAHOMA AND WITHOUT THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S USED.
ONE AGAIN, TO ADDRESS ANY CITIZEN CONCERNS OR COMMUNITY CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE TECHNOLOGY'S USED.
UH, BUT TWO, JUST OPERATIONAL ISSUES ON HOW YOU TRAIN PEOPLE, UH, HOW YOU MAINTAIN THE EQUIPMENT.
UH, THESE WOULD LARGELY BE USED, LIKE WE HAD AN INCIDENT TODAY, UH, WHERE WE FIND A CAR THAT'S ABANDONED IN, IN THE EAST SIDE OF EDMOND.
UH, THE CAR'S RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
UH, WE HAVE AN INDICATION FROM A RING DOORBELL THAT THE PERSON THAT WAS PROBABLY DRIVING THE CAR WAS SEEN AT THREE 30 IN THE MORNING OUT THERE.
AND SO WE ENDED UP, UH, WORKING WITH OKLAHOMA CITY TO BRING OUT THEIR AIR UNIT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING OUT THEIR DRONES.
WELL, IF WE HAD HAD OUR OWN DRONES, WE COULD HAVE, WE COULD HAVE PUT THOSE IN THE FIELD IMMEDIATELY.
UH, SO JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY, UH, TO HELP FIND A, A MISSING KID OR A, AN ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT OR SOMEONE THAT'S WANDERED AWAY, UM, OR HAVE A PERIMETER SET UP.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, OKLAHOMA CITY'S HAD SEVERAL PRETTY HIGH PROFILE INCIDENTS WHERE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SET PERIMETERS ON ARMED PEOPLE AND USE THE DRONE TO SEARCH THE AREA AS OPPOSED TO HAVING AN OFFICER, UH, OR MULTIPLE OFFICERS WORK THROUGH AN AREA ARMED INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONFRONTATIONS.
AND SO TO USE THAT DRONE TO BE ABLE TO, TO ZERO IN ON WHERE THE LOCATION MIGHT BE, HAS BEEN, HAS PROVEN A REALLY GOOD TECHNOLOGY.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY ONE OF THOSE? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES ABOUT THEIR DRONES AND THEY WERE BEING USED FOR POLICE AND FIRE BE, UH, THERE'S A SITUATION AND GO IN THE DRONE, THEY WOULD SEND THE DRONE IN TO ASSESS THE SITUATION FROM ALL ANGLES BEFORE WE SEND A HUMAN BODY IN THERE.
A PERSON, UH, CUZ LIKE FIRE MIGHT BE DEALING WITH CHEMICALS, YOU MIGHT BE DEALING WITH CHEMICALS OR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT BE DEALING WITH BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ALL ACCESS TO ALL THE AREAS.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, MAYOR.
SO THE DRONE YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS LARGELY INTENDED TO BE AN OUTDOOR DRONE.
UH, AND THEY CAN BE EQUIPPED WITH FLS OR, OR THE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE DARK BY HEAT SOURCE.
UH, SO AGAIN, FIRE MIGHT USE THAT ON A PARTICULAR SCENE.
UH, WE WILL ACQUIRE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF DRONE.
SO TO YOUR POINT ABOUT BEING IN A HOUSE, UH, YOU'RE SEEING AN EVOLVING USE OF THOSE WITH TACTICAL TEAMS, UH, THAT ONCE THEY BREACH A HOME, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEND A DRONE IN, UH, ON A, ON A RECENT INCIDENT IN JANUARY, UH, HERE IN OUR TOWN WHERE WE USED A BOMB, A BOMB ROBOT TO ENTER THE HOUSE AND WERE ABLE TO USE THE CAMERA ON IT, UH, TO COMMUNICATE AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON INSIDE, UH, THE SAME PREMISE, BUT WE COULD USE A DRONE TO DO THAT.
CUZ THERE'S MORE TIME TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH AN INCIDENT AND, UH, HOPEFULLY REACH A PIECE FOR RESOLUTION.
SO THIS TECHNOLOGY WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING.
DRONE COULD GO THROUGH A WINDOW AND DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A DOOR LIKE A BOMB.
WHAT IS THE, CASEY MAY KNOW MORE.
I SAW A STATE LAW GOING THROUGH WHERE A MIN MUNICIPALITY CAN'T USE A DRONE IN A, IN A PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AREA, AND I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH IF IT, IF IT WOULD EXCLUDE POLICE WORK OR NOT.
I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE BILL THAT YOU SPEAK OF, BUT THERE ARE ALREADY LIMITATIONS ON DRONE HEIGHT AND WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN USE, UH, OVER PRIVATE RESIDENCES AND FENCE BACKYARDS AND CURTILAGE OF A PROPERTY THAT WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS TO.
UH, IN CASE YOU MIGHT KNOW MORE, BUT YEAH.
BUT WE ALREADY HAVE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE LEGALLY, SO PROBABLY JUST CLARIFY OR ADD TO THOSE, BUT THOSE YOUNG KIDS CAN OPERATE 'EM WELL.
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BUDGET PROPOSAL, UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEM IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL.UH, SO THE TRAINING CENTER, UH, I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY BEEN TO THE EVAN POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING CENTER.
IT IS A, IT IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR US.
UH, SINCE 2009, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BEEN ALLOWED TO RUN THEIR OWN TRAINING ACADEMY, UH, WHICH CITIES THAT DON'T HAVE THAT RESOURCE, UH, ARE FORCED TO SEND THEIR PERSONNEL EITHER TO LIVE IN ADA AMERICA, UH, FOR THE DURATION OF A CLEAT ACADEMY.
UH, OR MORE RECENTLY, UH, A COUPLE OF TECHNOLOGY CENTERS HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE AUTHORITY, UH, TO RUN POLICE OFFICER TRAINING ACADEMIES.
UH, SO MORE NORMAL TECHNOLOGY, UH, METROTECH ARE, ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF THOSE.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE CAN TRAIN IN-HOUSE, UH, LETS US NOT ONLY MEET THE 600 HOUR REQUIREMENT BY THE STATE, BUT ALLOWS US TO, TO PUT THAT ADDITIONAL THREE TO 400 HOURS THAT WE DO INTO AN ACADEMY.
UH, SO THIS, THIS IS A GREAT FACILITY IN, IN ADDITION TO OUR TRAINING ACADEMIES, WE ALSO USE IT FULL-TIME FOR OUR INSERVICE TRAINING.
UH, YOU MAY KNOW THAT, THAT YOUR SWORN POLICE OFFICERS GET ACCESS TO AT LEAST FOUR TRAININGS A YEAR.
UH, SO 32 HOURS A MINIMUM IS WHAT WE OFFER IN-HOUSE.
AND WE AVERAGE ABOUT 80 HOURS, UH, PER OFFICER A YEAR AS FAR AS TRAINING GOES.
SO WE'RE HEAVILY INVESTED IN A TRAINING COMPONENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S REFLECTED IN HOW THEY PERFORM FOR YOU.
UH, BUT ONE THING WE DON'T HAVE AT THE POLICE TRAINING CENTER, UH, IS A SIGNIFICANT ABILITY, UH, TO, TO TRAIN DEFENSIVE TACTICS AND TO UTILIZE EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY AND, AND FIREARM SIMULATORS AND TO DO ANY INDOOR, UH, TRAINING WITH OUR CARS.
SO EVERYTHING WE DO THERE HAS TO BE OUTSIDE.
UH, AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS CONDUCIVE TO THE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT.
UH, SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS THE ADDITION, UH, OF A BUILDING RIGHT HERE TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRAINING CENTER.
AND CONCEPTUALLY WE'RE THINKING LIKE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A 60 BY A HUNDRED METAL BUILDING, UH, WITH THE SAME KIND OF FACADE ON THE FRONT, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY, THEY USE, YOU SEND A DRONE FOR THAT PICTURE, SEND A DRONE
THEY'VE GOT SOME CHEMICALS OR SOMETHING.
BUT, UH, SIMILAR CONCEPT HERE, UH, THAT WE WOULD HAVE A METAL BUILDING LIKE THAT, UH, ATTACHED TO OUR EXISTING FACILITY.
AND THESE ARE JUST THREE OF THE THINGS KIND OF GIVE YOU A VISUAL OF, OF WHAT THEY COULD DO IN THERE.
UH, SO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE SEEING THE DEFENSIVE TACTICS THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE.
UH, CURRENTLY, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR TRAINING CENTER, YOU'LL NOTICE IN ONE OF OUR ROOMS WE HAVE ROLLED UP, UH, MATS THAT STAND AGAINST THE WALL.
AND SO OUR DEFENSIVE TACTICS TRAINING CENTER IS THE CLASSROOM THAT WE MOVE ALL THE TABLES OUTTA THE WAY AND ROLL THE MATS ON THE GROUND.
I'M NOT SAYING IT DOESN'T, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT THE BEST SOLUTION, UH, FOR BEING ABLE TO DO THAT ONE ANYTIME.
WE HAVE TO DO DEFENSIVE TACTICS, WE JUST CUT OUR TRAINING ROOMS IN HALF.
UH, SO IF YOU HAVE AN ACADEMY GOING ON AND YOU NEED AN IN-SERVICE CLASS, WHEN NOW YOU'RE OUTTA TRAINING SPACE, UH, THE SECOND SLIDE IS THE SIMULATOR.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUR SIMULATOR OUT THERE.
THAT'S ENTIRE NEED OF AN UPGRADE, BUT IT'S A SINGLE FLAT SCREEN, UH, IN THAT CLASSROOM.
AGAIN, BETTER THAN MOST, MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A SIMULATOR.
BUT YOU SEE THE ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY, UH, WHERE NOW YOU CAN IMMERSE SOMEONE IN, IN A 270 DEGREE, UH, ENVIRONMENT, UH, MUCH BETTER FOR THEM.
THE SAME TYPE OF SIMULATORS CAN BE SET UP.
AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT VEHICLES OR WE COULD USE EITHER A VEHICLE ON, ON, UH, RAILS TO ROLL IT IN THERE OR WE COULD ACTUALLY BRING OUR CARS IN.
UH, AND SO THE OFFICERS COULD TRAIN FROM THE VEHICLE IN A MORE LIFE-LIKE ENVIRONMENT.
THAT'S WHAT THAT LARGER BUILDING WOULD ALLOW US TO DO.
UH, AND THEN LAST, THE PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENT OF IT.
UH, YOU'VE INVESTED HEAVILY IN OUR PHYSICAL FITNESS CAPABILITIES IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A GYM AT THE SOUTH FACILITY.
UH, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A FACILITY AT THE TRAINING RANGE, UH, WHICH IS WHERE WE DO A LOT OF, UH, PHYSICAL TRAINING.
AND SO TO BE ABLE TO OFFER, UH, THOSE RESOURCES TO CADETS WHEN THEIR ACADEMY WOULD, WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL HANDGUN OR THE, THE 50 YARD, UH, FIRING RANGE.
UH, AND THE REASON THAT'S UP THERE IS AS PART OF THE PROPOSED, UH, ADDITION TO THE BUDGET WOULD BE TO REPLACE OUR TARGET SYSTEM.
UH, IT'S ANTIQUATED AND, AND KIND OF ON ITS LAST LEGS.
UM, AND THEN THE STORAGE BUILDING'S THERE, THE METAL BUILDING.
UM, WE'RE VERY LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN STORE AND HOW WE STORE OUT THERE.
SO JUST SOME IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE, UH, TO CONTINUE THE QUALITY KIND OF TRAINING THAT WE'RE PRESENTING.
WHAT I DIDN'T INCLUDE ON HERE, UH, AS FAR AS A PHOTO, BUT IS IN THE PROPOSED, UH, PROJECT IS ALSO REDOING OUR SURFACES, OUR PARKING SURFACE AND OUR ROADS OUT THERE.
SO ASPHALT SINGLE LANE ROAD THAT RUNS DOWN TO OUR RIFLE RANGE.
UH, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE HALF A ROAD, UH, CUZ THE OTHER HALF'S WASHED AWAY, DETERIORATED.
UH, AND THEN THE PARKING, UH, LOT HAS A SIGNIFICANT CRACKS AND STRUCTURAL
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DAMAGE THAT WE NEED TO REPAIR.SO I WOULD PROPOSE INCLUDING THAT AS WELL.
AND OUR SECOND ISSUE IS OUR PATROL BOAT.
UH, THIS PATROL BOAT WAS PURCHASED IN 2003, AND SO 20 YEARS IS, IS A PRETTY GOOD RUN.
UH, BUT, BUT TO THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE IT'S A FIBERGLASS BOAT.
AND FIBERGLASS BOATS ARE SUBJECT TO STRESS FRACTURES AND USE FRACTURES AND, AND DAMAGE.
AND, AND BASICALLY WE'VE WORN IT OUT.
UH, SO WE PROPOSE IS A NEW BOAT.
UH, THE NEW BOAT WILL BE ALUMINUM AND NOT FIBERGLASS.
UH, SO IT WAS EXPECTED TO HAVE A LONGER LIFESPAN.
UH, IT IS ALSO RATED FOR TOWING.
OUR CURRENT BOAT IS NOT, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T TOWED THINGS WITH OUR CURRENT BOAT.
UH, IT'S JUST TO SAY IT'S NOT RATED FOR IT.
UH, BUT THE NEW BOAT WOULD BE, UH, AND EQUIPPED TO DO THAT.
UH, WE, THE LAKE PERSONNEL SPENT A LOT OF HOURS ON THESE BOATS DELIVERING SERVICES AND INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE DURING THE SUMMER.
SO WE THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT.
IT WAS ACTUALLY, UH, IN THE BUDGET THREE YEARS AGO TO PURCHASE IT.
BUT WHEN COVID HIT AND SUPPLY CHAIN, UH, ISSUES HIT AND, AND KITE AND COST STARTED SKYROCKETING, UM, IT WAS A MUTUAL DECISION BETWEEN US AND FLEET TO KIND OF HOLD OFF ON THAT AND, AND SEE WHERE THE MARKET WAS GONNA GO.
UH, BUT WE FEEL NOW THAT THE MARKET IS WHERE IT'S GONNA BE.
UH, AND WE'RE REALLY TWO YEARS BEHIND.
WE SHOULD REPLACE IT ANYWAY, UH, INTO OUR PROPOSAL IS TO INCLUDE THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY.
BEFORE I GO TO THAT, UH, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO OTHER PROJECTS THAT AREN'T CONTAINED IN YOUR BUDGET.
UH, MY PROPOSAL IS TO ALLOW US TO PUT THOSE IN THE BUDGET, UH, AND TO FUND THEM, UH, WITH RESERVE BALANCE FUNDS, UH, PAY FOR THOSE OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FUND INSTEAD OF WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO.
AND THAT'S APPLY FOR CAPITAL PROJECT MONEY.
UH, WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
UH, WE THINK THAT THE USE OF 'EM WOULD, WOULD, UH, REALLY GO TO IMPROVING THE WAY WE DELIVER SERVICES INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WILL RESULT IN ULTIMATELY THE WAY WE DELIVER SERVICES OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE BOATS AROUND 150,000 PLUS OR MINUS.
AND WE THINK ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TRAINING CENTER ARE PROBABLY AROUND 2.3 TO 2.5 MILLION.
SO TOTAL PRICE TAG SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 MILLION.
I'M SORT OF A SOFTIE WHEN IT COMES TO BOATS.
SO OUR ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS ARE A SEPARATE FUND.
UH, JUST TO BE REAL CLEAR UPFRONT, I I BELIEVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SUBSCRIBES TO IT.
I BELIEVE THE CITY SUBSCRIBES TO THAT.
WE DON'T THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD PAY FOR GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS WE DON'T PLAN ON THESE FUNDS.
SO WE DON'T BUDGET TO GAIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THROUGH ASSET FORFEITURE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL BASED ON HISTORY AND THE, AND THE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE, THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE LIKELY TO GET ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS AND HAVE EVERY YEAR.
BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE DON'T PLAN ON THOSE AND WE DON'T INCLUDE THOSE AS PART OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL BUDGET ON HOW WE OPERATE.
SO WITH THAT BEING STATED, YOU'LL SEE IN FY 22, OUR EXPENSES, UH, WE'RE 28,000.
THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS.
UH, ONE'S THE FEDERAL EQUITABLE SHARING FUND.
SO THOSE ARE ASSETS THAT COME THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S A STATE SEIZURE ACCOUNT, AND THOSE WOULD BE ASSETS THAT COME THROUGH STATE GOVERNMENT.
UH, BUT THEY'RE BOTH INCLUDED UNDER THIS, THIS ACCOUNT, THE ASSET FORFEITURE ACCOUNT.
UH, EACH TRACK SEPARATELY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AN ANNUAL REPORT, A FEDERAL EQUITABLE SHARING REPORT ON HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE UTILIZED.
AND IT'S VERY STRUCTURED ON WHAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR AND WHAT THEY CAN'T BE USED FOR.
UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT GOES INTO THIS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE SPENT 28,000 IN FY 22.
UH, WE HAVE 218,000 BUDGETED IN FY 23.
AND THAT'S LARGELY FOR FIREARMS AND A FIREARMS, UH, PORTION OF A FIREARM SIMULATOR.
UH, SO FOR THE FIREARMS, WE'RE REPLACING ALL OF OUR SIGHTS, UH, WITH NEW FIREARMS WITH, UH, OPTICS ON TOP OF THEM.
SOME SIDING OPTICS, UH, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TOO OFTEN.
AND SO THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FOR US.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE AN FY 24, 90,000 PROPOSED.
UM, AND AGAIN, THO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UH, WITH A SPECIFIC PURCHASE IN MIND.
UH, WE PLACE THOSE IN TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNTS AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THROUGH EXPERIENCE IT THROUGH THE YEAR, WE'RE LIKELY TO HAVE AN ISSUE IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS.
AND THESE FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
UH, IF NOT EXPENDED, THEY GO RIGHT BACK INTO THE ACCOUNT AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE RESTRICTIVE FUND BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2022 WAS 551,000.
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ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FUTURE PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS? JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON, ON ALL FOUR OF THESE REAL QUICKLY.UH, SO STAFFING, I WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT HOW WE GO ABOUT DETERMINING SWORN STAFFING SPECIFICALLY.
UH, AND WHEN I SAY SWORN, OF COURSE THERE'S, THERE'S PEOPLE IN NON-UNIFORM, PEOPLE IN UNIFORM, BUT FOR PEOPLE IN UNIFORM, WE USE A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGER, UH, ASSOCIATION'S, UH, STAFFING MODEL, UH, THAT TALKS ABOUT NUMBER OF OFFICERS.
PERCENTAGE OF YOUR OFFICERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FIRST RESPONSE, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE DON'T STICK OUR FINGER IN THE AIR TO SEE WHICH WAY THE WIND'S BLOWING TO SEE IF WE NEED TO HIRE A PERSON OR TWO.
WE'RE ACTUALLY USING A DATA DRIVEN MODEL TO TELL US DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE RESOURCES? UH, YOU KNOW, IN SOME FIELDS OR PROFESSIONS, YOU WANT EVERYBODY AT WORK TO BE WORKING.
UH, WELL, FIRST RESPONDERS, YOU HOPE THAT THEY'RE NOT ALL WORKING BECAUSE IF THEY ARE, WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO SEND.
UH, BUT WE USE A MODEL, WE DIDN'T MAKE IT UP.
IT'S SCIENTIFICALLY VALIDATED.
UH, AND THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS.
UH, IT GETS A LITTLE MORE SQUISHY WHEN YOU MOVE INTO THE CIVILIAN AREA.
UH, CAUSE YOU JUST HAVING TO LOOK AT, AGAIN, AVAILABILITY, SHOW UP RATES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT SIMILAR TYPE OF APPLICATIONS.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING.
UH, YOU DON'T WANT A PERSON WORKING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME.
YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME BUILT IN CUSHION CUZ THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THE PERSON THAT WALKS IN THE FRONT DOOR.
IS THAT, IS THAT THEY HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY.
UH, CAPITAL MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT.
UH, I FEEL LIKE OUR FIVE YEAR BUDGET PROCESS SETS US UP REALLY WELL, UH, TO ADDRESS THOSE UNFORESEEN THINGS THAT COME DOWN THE PIKE.
UM, SO BOBBY MASTERSON AT, UH, AT PUBLIC WORKS AND THEN LARRY CAMPBELL AND HIS STAFF DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT LOOKING AT FIVE YEAR ACQUISITION FOR FLEET.
UH, AND SO WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES SET ASIDE TO DO THAT, UH, THROUGH OUR LEASE RATE AND OUR LEASE ACCOUNTS.
UH, LARRY HAS RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED A SIMILAR TYPE OF SYSTEM FOR OUR TECHNOLOGY.
UH, YOU MAY RECALL TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD TO SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR RADIOS.
AND SO WHILE WE KNEW THAT WAS COMING, CUZ TECHNOLOGY HAS END OF LIFE, UH, RADIOS ARE TYPICALLY ABOUT 78 YEARS, COMPUTERS AROUND FIVE.
WELL, IF YOU DON'T BUDGET AND SET MONEY ASIDE FOR THAT, EVERY FIVE YEARS YOU GET A MILLION DOLLAR BILL YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING.
AND SO LARRY AND STAFF HAVE, HAVE REALLY DONE SOME GOOD WORK OF SETTING UP THOSE ACCOUNTS.
UH, SO THO THAT RESERVE MONEY CAN BE PROPERLY IDENTIFIED FOR THAT.
SO WHEN WE KNOW THOSE LARGE ITEMS COME DUE, THAT WE HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK TO PAY FOR 'EM.
AND SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE STAFF FOR DOING THAT.
UH, THESE AREN'T NEW TO Y'ALL, Y'ALL TALK TO ME ABOUT THESE.
WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE OCCASION TO, TO CONVERSATE.
UH, BUT DOWNTOWN AND EAST EDMOND ARE GONNA REQUIRE, UH, SOME DIFFERENT SERVICE CAPABILITIES.
UH, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARED TO EVOLVE WITH, WITH HOW THE COMMUNITY EVOLVES.
UH, AND THAT'LL BE THROUGH CONVERSATION AND, AND EXPECTATIONS, UH, THAT WE WILL ASSIGN PEOPLE TO, TO DO WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS.
UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN THOSE AREAS, NOT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF A POLICE SERVICE THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE THAT AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, TO EDUCATE ON WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO OR NOT DO.
UH, CHIEF, CAN I CHIME IN? SURE.
ON THAT? CAN I ZOOM IN JUST FOR A SECOND? AND I KNOW I, I THINK, I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EASTMOND AS FAR AS JUST GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OVERALL, BUT I'M GOING TO ZOOM IN FOR A SECOND ON ARCADIA LAKE SPECIFICALLY.
AND I THINK CHAPMAN MIGHT HAVE KIND OF THE SAME OPINION ABOUT DOWNTOWN IT.
I LOVE OUR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT ARCADIA LAKE WHERE THE SROS, UM, MOVE TO ARCADIA, ARCADIA LAKE IN THE, IN THE SUMMER AND THEY PUT THEIR SHORTS ON AND, AND DRIVE THE BOAT.
WE KNOW, BUT WE DO KNOW THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE KICKED UP AT ARCADIA LAKE AND WE PLAN TO, UM, KIND OF CAPITALIZE ON THAT AND, AND MAKE IT BETTER OUT THERE.
JUST MAKE A GENERAL STATEMENT THAT I FEEL LIKE POLICING OR RANGERING CAN, CAN LOOK DIFFERENT AT A LAKE JUST LIKE POLICING.
AND POLICING CAN LOOK DIFFERENT IN A DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE TO, UH, I SUPPORT, SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF, IF THAT NEEDS TO LOOK DIFFERENT IN A WAY, AND IT, AND IT TAKES FUNDS AND IT BENEFITS WHETHER IT'S COMMERCE OR, OR THE EXPERIENCE AT ARCADIA LAKE, UM, I, I WOULD SUPPORT THINKING IN THAT DIRECTION.
I LOVE SEEING THEM RIDE BY MY HOUSE ON A, ON A BICYCLE.
AND, UH, THEY, UH, IT WILL, IT FEELS DIFFERENT WHEN, UH, LIKE WHEN RANDY'S GONNA BE DOWN THERE, IT'LL FEEL DIFFERENT.
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KNOW, AND IT WILL FEEL DIFFERENT DOWN HERE.GOOD TO HAVE 'EM OUT AMONGST THE PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW AT THE LAKE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THINGS ARE GONNA COME UP AND IT IS SUPER BUSY.
AND I HAD MENTIONED TO YOU, WE WERE OUT THERE AND IT WAS, THE WEATHER CAME UP AND WE HAD TO DROP MY HUSBAND OFF CUZ WE COULDN'T EN UNLOAD, UNLOAD AT ANOTHER DOCK.
IT'S A LONG DIS YOU CAN'T WALK FROM ONE PARK TO THE NEXT TO GET YOUR VEHICLE.
AND ONE OF THE OFFICERS SAID, SURE, JUMP IN, I'LL TAKE YA, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
JUMPED HIM IN THE CAR, TOOK 'EM OVER THERE, HE SAID, NO PROBLEM.
YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THESE THINGS ARE GONNA ARISE OUT THERE.
YOU JUST, JUST COULDN'T LOAD AT THAT DOCK ANYMORE.
SO, I MEAN, CAN YOU GUESS HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU'RE GONNA NEED THERE? AND AS WE REVAMP IT UP AND THE GROWTH OUT THERE TO PLAN ON THAT, JUST TO REASSURE YOU, IN BOTH AREAS, THE CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS JUST ABOUT RIGHT SIZING THE WORKFORCE.
AND, AND TO YOUR POINT, UNDERSTANDING, OKAY, WHAT'S NEEDED HERE.
AND, AND I'LL POINT TO AN EXAMPLE THAT Y'ALL APPROVED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, Y'ALL APPROVED TWO NEW POSITIONS AND POLICE RECORDS, UH, THAT ARE POLICE RECORDS OFFICERS.
UH, AND SO THEY ARE CLEAT CERTIFIED OFFICERS.
THEY CAN TAKE REPORTS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RECORDS PEOPLE, BUT THEY PERFORM THAT FUNCTION AND THEY PERFORM BAILIFF DUTIES FOR MUNICIPAL COURT.
UH, BUT EVERY WALK-IN REPORT THAT THEY TAKE IS A REPORT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL AN OFFICER BACK IN THE BUILDING TO TAKE MM-HMM.
AND SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF JOB MODIFICATION THAT STAFF IDENTIFIED.
AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT TO SEE IT'S APPLICABILITY.
BUT WE, EARLY INDICATIONS ARE, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL.
UH, SO TO YOUR POINT, AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT SERVICES ARE EXPECTED OUT THERE AND DETERMINE OKAY, DOES THAT NEED TO BE, UH, A GUN TOTING COP OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? YEAH.
UH, ONE OTHER QUESTION ON THE RIGHT SIZING.
UH, SO WE HAVE IN THE PAST, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME OFFICERS THAT ARE UH, HAVE MILITARY DUTIES.
IS THAT COUNTED IN THE RIGHT SIZING OR IS THAT JUST WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO PERFORM THAT OTHER DUTY, UH, SOMEWHERE ELSE FROM THEIR RESERVES OR SOMETHING? IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A VACANCY THAT WE HAVE THERE IN THEIR POSITION.
TRADITIONALLY JUST THE VACANCY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO SOME, SOME AGGREGATE LOOKS AT DATA ABOUT SHOW UP RATES AND JUST THE WORKFORCE IN GENERAL, WHAT WE CAN EXPECT A PERSON TO SHOW UP, BUT IT'S AVERAGES.
UH, SO AGAIN, THAT PERSON'S GONE ON A SIX MONTH DEPLOYMENT, THEN YOU SAY, WELL, THEY'RE ONLY HERE 50% OF THE TIME.
WELL THEN THE TWO NEW OFFICERS THAT DON'T EVER TAKE OFF TIME, THEY'RE HERE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S AN AVERAGE LOOK.
UH, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL, UH, MILITARY PEOPLE, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE FOR US TO, TO WORK THROUGH ALL THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST TOPIC I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WAS JUST MOTOR UNITS.
UH, I KNOW AFTER THE DEATH OF CJ NELSON LAST JULY AND THEN THE INJURY TO JOE WELLS IN SEPTEMBER, UH, I RECEIVED SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR MOTOR UNIT.
UH, AND WE DID, UH, LIKE I SAY IS WE TOOK A BREATH AT THE END OF 2022 AND, AND OUR TWO, UH, REMAINING MOTOR OFFICERS, UH, DROVE CARS.
BUT IN JANUARY, UH, WE LET THEM RETURN TO THEIR NORMALLY ASSIGNED DUTIES.
UH, I KNOW THAT'S A, A PARTICULAR POINT OF INTEREST AND THERE'S MERIT TO, TO PEOPLE THINKING WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T HAVE THOSE.
UH, WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF HAVING THOSE RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S NOT JUST ON THE STREET.
WE ALSO HOST AND HAVE FOR MANY YEARS OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY SAFETY'S MOTORCYCLE TRAINING COURSE.
AND SO THERE ARE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS OF, OF CEASING OPERATION AT THAT UNIT AT THIS POINT.
UH, WE RECENTLY PROMOTED A PATROL MAJOR AC HOPPER WHO'S INTIMATELY FAMILIAR, UH, WITH MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AS HERO MOTORCYCLES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND, AND OUR DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN ONCE HE ACCLIMATE TO THE POSITION AND HAS A LITTLE LITTLE TIME IN THERE TO, TO GET OTHER THINGS DONE THAT WE MAY REVISIT THE TOPIC ABOUT HOW WE UTILIZE THOSE RESOURCES.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY OUT LOUD, WE DON'T PLAN ON GETTING RID OF THE, THE MOTOR UNIT AT AT THIS POINT.
IT, IT WAS ALREADY SCALED DOWN FROM SIX TO FOUR PRIOR TO THESE TWO INCIDENTS.
UH, AND WITH OUR STAFFING SITUATION, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ASSIGNING ANYONE NEW ANYTIME SOON.
UH, BUT YOU WILL STILL LIKELY SEE, UH, JIM RATCLIFFE AND UH, TODD STRADER ON THOSE FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS OR OR DISAGREEMENT ABOUT IT.
I JUST WANTED TO, WELL, I CERTAINLY LIKE SEEING THEM AT BITE NIGHT EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY NEAT THAT, UH, THAT THEY WERE THERE AND, UH, BUILDING THE CAMARADERIE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO SO WITH, UM, WHO HAVE LIKE INTERESTS AND UNDERSTANDING, UM, THAT A LOT OF OFFICERS WOULD NOT HAVE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT AND APPRECIATE THEM DOING IT.
IT'S ON THEIR TIME I HAVE IMAGINED.
SO, UM, I DON'T ME, I WOULD SUPPORT YOU ON WHATEVER YOU THINK IS THE BEST WAY TO GO.
I DON'T THINK IT'S MY PLACE TO ABSOLUTELY.
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TO TELL YOU ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.I THINK THAT'S Y'ALL'S DECISION.
I JUST WANTED TO, AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A CRITICAL, TRAGIC INCIDENT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT DEAF TO, TO THE COMMENTS.
UH, BUT THERE'S MORE TO IT, UH, IN THE EVALUATION.
AND SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT LE I RESPECT, I RESPECT THE WAY YOU HANDLED THAT CHIEF.
ANY OTHER THINGS WE DIDN'T TOUCH ON OR THAT YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON? I'M MEETING UP THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S TIME
YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US? NOPE.
JUST REAL QUICK, I WANT TO, I WANT Y'ALL TO WALK AWAY WITH SOME, SOME FEELING ABOUT JUST CRIME IN THE AREA.
AND SO THIS IS A KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
UH, USED TO, WE HAD THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORT, WHICH WAS THE EIGHT BIG CRIMES.
SO IT GETS KIND OF CONFUSING AND MUDDLED.
UH, BUT THESE ARE THE EIGHT BIG CRIMES THAT WE ALL USED TO LOOK AT.
AND SO I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST KIND OF IN A WAVE AND THIS IS KIND OF HOW CRIME WORKS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S RARELY STATIC OR RARELY GOING STRAIGHT UP OR REALLY GOING STRAIGHT DOWN.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT TRENDING.
UM, AND YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SEE THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING ON, KEEPING ON MM-HMM.
AND SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE RATIOS FOR PART ONE CRIMES CONTINUE TO GO.
SO YOU ALMOST BECOME SAFER BECAUSE YOU'RE ADDING MORE PEOPLE WITH, WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF CRIME.
BUT I JUST WANT TO GET Y'ALL FILLED FOR, FOR WHAT OUR COMMUNITY'S DOING.
UH, AND I DO THINK THIS IS A REFLECTION OF COMMUNITY.
IT'S YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ENGAGING WITH YOUR CITIZENRY AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO DO THROUGH THAT.
UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE A, A VICTIM OF A CRIME IN EDMOND, YOU SEE, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE SOMEBODY STOLE YOUR STUFF.
AND, AND ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME THEY STOLE IT OUTTA YOUR CAR BECAUSE YOU LEFT IT UNLOCKED
AND SO IF WE COULD EVER GET PEOPLE TO TAKE STUFF OUT OF THEIR CARS, OR AT LEAST TO LOCK 'EM MM-HMM.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE RIPPLES OF A SAFE COMMUNITY ARE FILLING ITS SAFE COMMUNITY IS IS THAT MM-HMM.
UH, AND THEN LAST, UH, I KNOW MR. CHAPMAN LIKE THIS, UH, IS CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AND, AND THOSE ARE THE, THE PARAMETERS THAT MOST OF Y'ALL USE FOR YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOING UP.
UH, AND WE'RE AWARE OF THAT AND LOOKING AT IT MORE PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
CHIEF, IF YOU HAD A CONCERN, WHAT WOULD IT BE GOING FORWARD AS A, AS EDMUND AND OR POLICING? YEAH, I, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, WHERE WE ARE CRIME WISE, UH, IT'S REALLY ALWAYS ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
UH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ELIMINATE CRIME.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE TO DO IS, IS MITIGATE IT AND BUILD GOOD RELATIONSHIPS TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS WHEN THEY SHOW UP.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE CAN TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
UH, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT QUALITY PEOPLE, GIVE 'EM THE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE, THE ISSUES THAT, THAT GET THERE AND THEN SUPPORT 'EM THROUGH THAT.
AND I THINK WE DO A GREAT JOB AS A COMMUNITY, BUT JUST NOT TAKING IT FOR GRANTED.
AND, AND REALIZING 90, WE HAVE A 32 MILLION BUDGET, WE GOT MILLIONS AND MILLION DOLLARS OF STUFF, BUT 95% OF OUR ASSETS DRIVING IN AND OUT OF THE GATES EVERY DAY.
AND SO AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THOSE PEOPLE, WE WILL HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, ENVIRONMENT IN, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IS THERE ANY ANALYSIS DONE ABOUT THE, WHERE THE CRIME IS COMMITTED, UH, INTERIOR TO THE CITY VERSUS THE EXTERIOR PARTS OF THE CITY THAT WHERE WE ABUT A ANOTHER COMMUNITY AS FAR AS LOOKING AT OUR CRIME HERE? WE, WE DO LOOK AT IT.
UH, TYPICALLY IT'S ANNUALLY WE TAKE A PEAK AT IT, UH, MORE THAN A PEAK.
UH, WE LOOK AT WHERE IT HAPPENS AND IT'S, IT'S WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.
UH, IT, IT'S WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR A CRIME TO HAPPEN, YOU TO A VICTIM, AN OFFENDER, AND A LOCATION.
AND SO WHEREVER THOSE THREE THINGS ARE THE HIGHEST, YOU KNOW, THAT MORE PEOPLE, MORE VICTIMS, THAT'S WHERE IT HAPPENS.
UH, BUT NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR THING TO SAY, OH, WELL, IF WE GOT RID OF SHOE STORES, WE WOULD GET RID OF 50% OF THE CRIME.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDICATIONS LIKE THAT.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PART ONE CRIMES, I HATE TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD, BUT WE'RE SO RELATIVELY SAFE AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WHAT I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU IS WHEN PEOPLE CALL YOU AND SAY, HEY, WHERE'S THE BAD PART OF EDMOND? I'M MOVING TO EDMOND.
WHERE'S THE BAD PART? I GO, I GOT, I GOT NO PLACE TO TELL YOU TO AVOID IT.
AND SO YOU SEE, YOU PROBABLY DON'T SEE POLICE OFFICERS AS MUCH AS YOU WILL IN A, IN A MORE DENSE AREA.
AND HE DEFINITELY PROVIDES SOME, SOME, UH, PROS TO THAT.
UH, AND JUST LIKE BEING ABLE TO PUT AN OFFICER OR TWO OUT ON A BICYCLE ON FOOT AND THEIR ABILITY TO ENGAGE MM-HMM.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO DEPLOY
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THOSE TYPES OF RESOURCES.WHAT BUILDING ARE YOU GONNA SHOW US THAT POLICE HAS? YEAH, I'LL SAVE THAT FOR THE END.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME GET TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR BUDGET.
AND WE WILL TALK A LOT ABOUT THE BUDGET, BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF, I'M ALSO GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE INITIATIVES WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE IN THE PAST AND HOW THOSE HAVE COME OUT.
AND THEN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO.
SO, UM, JUST LIKE CHIEF YOUNGER SAID, UM, INTERRUPT ME AT ANY TIME, PLENTY OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END, BUT STOP ME AT ANY TIME IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, I'D, I'D WELCOME THE CONVERSATION ON ON WHAT WE GOT GOING HERE.
I PROBABLY WILL HIT A LITTLE MORE ON NUMBERS IN, IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND PRIMARILY THAT'S BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS THE HIGHEST BUDGET THAT I'VE EVER PROPOSED, AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS.
I THINK YOU'LL UNDERSTAND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
SO, UH, I WANNA START OUT WITH, UH, OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET IS AT 38 MILLION, A LITTLE $38 MILLION.
AND, UM, THAT'S HIGHER THAN IT TRADITIONALLY IS.
ALSO, THAT WILL BE REVISED AS WE GET THROUGH.
THE ACTUALS WILL BE MUCH LOWERED THAN THAT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE WERE PLANNING TO FUND FIRE STATION SIX IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE WON'T BE AWARDING CONTRACT ON THAT UNTIL AFTER JULY ONE, SO THAT THAT MONEY WILL, WILL ROLL INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND SO, UH, OUR ACTUAL BUDGET WILL END UP BEING LESS THAN THAT.
BUT IN GENERAL, IN GENERALLY WITH ANY OF OUR BUDGETS, OUR PERSONNEL COSTS, THAT'S OUR HIGHEST COST.
UM, AND THOSE RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 76 TO 80% OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
AND WHEN I SAY OPERATING BUDGET, I'M TALKING ABOUT, UM, OUR BUDGET LESS CAPITAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OUR PERSONNEL COST, IT'S OUR EQUIPMENT COST THAT OUR CAPITAL ITEMS, UM, IT'S OUR SERVICES AND THEN OUR ALLOCATIONS.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL JUMP IN AND I'LL EXPLAIN IN OUR NEXT BUDGET HERE.
SO OUR, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS $43 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER 43 MILLION, ALMOST 44.
UM, BUT OUR FUNDING SOURCES, OKAY, THAT QUARTER CENT SALES TAX IS A LITTLE OVER 6 MILLION.
AND THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS, OUR PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND IS 23 MILLION.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT COMES TO ABOUT 29 MILLION.
UM, AND WHERE OUR, OUR BUDGET IS 43 MILLION.
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED THIS, YOUR QUARTER CENT POLICE IS EIGHTH CENT MM-HMM.
IS THE THOUGHT THE DIFFERENCE THERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS OR IS THERE, IS THERE A TRUE REASON BEHIND WHY THAT'S DIFFERENT? I WASN'T HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE THAT, I THINK THERE WAS PROBABLY SOME IN THE ROOM THAT'S JUST WHAT WOULD CROSS MY MIND PLEASANT THAT I THINK THAT WAS SET DOWN AND, AND THAT WAS WORKED OUT BETWEEN FIRE UNION, POLICE UNION AND THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME.
UH, AND, AND THEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE HISTORY ON WHY THAT EXCEPT, BUT IT WORKED OUT PRETTY EVEN THERE.
OUR PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND IS LOWER.
UM, OUR SALES TAX IS HIGHER, SO IT, SO, SO WHEN YOU TOLL THOSE OUT, IT'S FAIRLY SIMILAR.
UM, I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T ASK THAT TO CHIEF YOUNGER
WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE REASONS, UH, BEHIND THE EXPENDITURES ON THIS BUDGET.
UM, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO OUR CURRENT BUDGET, UM, OUR PERSONNEL COST ARE 79% OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET FOR THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
ALSO, I WANTED TO STOP FOR JUST A MINUTE.
THIS, THIS PICTURE HERE IS THE PICTURE OF OUR MOST RECENT GROUP OF RECRUITS THAT STARTED FOUR WEEKS AGO.
AND, UM, PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THAT PICTURE THERE, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF DIVERSITY IN THAT.
AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY HAD A LOT OF DIVERSITY IN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON THAT REALLY HARD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PROCESSES ARE FAIR AND DON'T DISCRIMINATE IN ANY WAY.
AND AFTER THAT, WE TRY TO HIRE THE, HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE.
UM, AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS, AS WE'VE FOCUSED ON THAT OVER RECENT YEARS, OUR, OUR ACADEMIES HAVE BECOME MORE DIVERSE.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO FORCE DIVERSITY, UM, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROCESSES ARE FAIR AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO WE'RE FOUR WEEKS INTO THE ACADEMY.
THESE 12 INDIVIDUALS ARE ALL STILL WITH US.
UM, FIRST FOUR WEEKS WERE A WHOLE LOT
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OF BOOK WORK.A A WHOLE LOT OF STUDYING, UM, AND PHYSICAL WORKOUTS, BUT WE'VE STILL GOT ALL 12 OF 'EM.
AND JUST TODAY THEY STARTED ONE OF THEIR TOUGHEST WEEKS OF THE ACADEMY, THE S SR S C B A WEEK WHERE THEY START DOING A LOT OF HANDSON THINGS.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE ALL DOING WELL TODAY AND WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD THERE.
BUT PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES WILL BE FIRE STATION SIX CONSTRUCTION, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE WILL BE AWARDING CONTRACT ON THAT, UM, AFTER JULY ONE.
SO JUST TO KIND OF UPDATE YOU ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT, WE ARE STILL ON SCHEDULE AS I CAME TO YOU LAST YEAR, UM, WANTING TO GET, HIRE AN ARCHITECT AND GET BUSY WITH THAT.
AND THIS IS IN WARD PRETTY GOOD SCHEDULE, CORRECT? WHAT'S THAT? THIS IS IN WARD FOUR.
SO WE ARE ON, ON, UH, MAKING A GOOD TIMELINE THERE.
UH, WE DID RUN INTO A FEW ISSUES AT THE SITE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH, UM, BUT WE HOPE TO AWARD, UH, GO OUT TO BED IN JULY, AWARD THAT CONTRACT IN AUGUST AND START CONSTRUCTION IN FALL THIS FALL.
UM, AND SO THE CON THE UH, ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE IS FALL OF 2024.
SO WHEN I FIRST CAME TO YOU, THAT WAS WHAT WE ESTIMATED THAT WE SHOULD, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IN BY FALL OF 24 OR EARLY 25.
AND THAT'S WHERE THINGS ARE LOOKING AT THIS TIME.
THIS IS AN ACTUAL PICTURE OF, OF UH, WHAT SIMILAR TO WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UH, THE ARCHITECTS WE'RE WORKING WITH ARE THE SAME ONES THAT DESIGNED FIRE STATION TWO THAT WE, UH, RENT ARE RELOCATED THERE AT 15TH AND KELLY.
SO THAT PROJECT IS GOING VERY WELL.
UM, WE BUDGETED 7 MILLION FOR THAT ORIGINALLY BE BASED ON WHAT THE MARKET WAS DOING.
I WAS ENCOURAGED, UM, FINGERS CROSSED WHEN THE ORIGINAL COST ESTIMATES CAME BACK, IT CAME IN AT ABOUT 5.7 MILLION.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND WE WHEN WE ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION, BUT UM, WE ARE ENCOURAGED WITH THAT PROCESS.
UH, ANOTHER ONE IS LAND PURCHASES.
AND SO, UM, THE RED DOTS THERE ARE, ARE LOCATIONS OF OUR CURRENT STATIONS, PLUS STATION SIX, WHERE IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, YOU SEE, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OUT THERE ON THE EAST SIDE.
UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, I SEE THE ARCADIA LAKE AREA IN 66.
UH, MR. MURDOCH IS HELPING ME AND OTHERS IN THE, IN THE ROOM HERE HELPING WITH SEARCH FOR LAND FOR SUITABLE PROPERTIES FOR FUTURE FIRE STATIONS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE GOTTA SECURE THAT LAND YEARS IN ADVANCE.
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW I HAD BUDGETED TO PURCHASE LAND IN EAST EDMOND.
UH, THIS CURRENT YEAR, THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FOR A FEW REASONS.
ONE BEING WE'RE KIND OF HOLDING OFF AND SEEING WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN WITH DEVELOPMENT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT, THOSE TURNPIKE ON RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS.
ARE THEY GONNA HAPPEN OR NOT? AND HOW WILL THAT SPUR DEVELOPMENT? UM, CURRENTLY WE'VE GOT LAND, UH, AT POST AND HIGHWAY 66.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR A CENTRALLY LOCATED EAST EDMOND STATION.
UM, BUT IF DEVELOPMENT, SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN, IN THIS AREA AND DOWN HERE, THEN IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE TO HAVE A NORTHEAST FIRE STATION AND A SOUTHEAST FIRE STATION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING.
ALWAYS KEEPING OUR EYES OPEN FOR LAND.
AND I WILL BE BUDGETING FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND IN THIS COMING BUDGET.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, FIRE STATION THREE.
I'VE SPOKE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND WE'LL GET TO THAT, BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO RELOCATE THAT STATION AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, SOME OTHER SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES AS APPARATUS.
UM, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE FIRE SERVICE RELATED TO APPARATUS THAT IS HAVING A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON OUR BUDGET AND EVERY OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGETS, UM, PUMPERS THAT I, THAT WE WERE PAYING $540,000 FOR JUST A FEW YEARS AGO ARE NOW UP OVER $900,000 FOR THE SAME APPARATUS.
UM, AND IT ADDITION, THE DELIVERY OF THOSE APPARATUS IS NOW CL CLOSE TO FOUR YEARS FROM WHEN YOU ORDER THEM.
SO, UM, WITH ALL OF THAT, I'VE HAD TO, UM, GET OUR FLEET REPLACEMENT FUND FULLY FUNDED.
MET WITH BOB MASTERSON HERE A WHILE BACK, AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
TOOK A LOOK AT OUR PLAN AND, AND REALLY I'M GONNA BE BUDGETING ABOUT $6 MILLION INTO OUR FLEET LEASE FUND TO JUST TO GET THAT FULLY FUNDED AND TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THESE DRASTIC INCREASES THAT WE'VE SEEN.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT REASON WHY OUR BUDGET
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IS SO MUCH MORE THIS YEAR.UM, UH, I WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ALSO PROBABLY NEXT MONTH, AS SOON AS I CAN GET BACK TO YOU, UH, TO ASK FOR, UM, PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH SOME PURCHASES, DO A TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS THIS YEAR.
UM, THERE IS ANOTHER 3% INCREASE THAT'S SLATED FOR, I BELIEVE MAY, SOMETIME IN MAY ON THESE APPARATUS.
AND SO, UM, WITH THAT AND THE, THE LONG WINDOW FOR GETTING THEM DELIVERED, I NEED TO EXPEDITE THE PURCHASES OF THESE VEHICLES AND GET THEM COMING.
SO I'LL, YOU'LL BE SEEING ME BEFORE YOU HERE NEXT MONTH TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A LOT, JUST A LOT OF CAPITAL PURCHASES.
MOST OF THE STUFF, UH, MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE OR THE GEAR THAT OUR FOLKS HAVE TO WEAR, THEY HAVE, IT HAS A LIFE OF REPLACEMENT LIFE.
AND WE'RE COMING UP ON REPLACEMENT LIFE OF S SCBA COMPRESSORS THAT HAVE TO BE, UM, REPLACED AT, AT STATIONS.
WE'VE GOT ALERTING SYSTEMS THAT NEED REPLACEMENT.
WE'VE GOT S UM, LIFE PACK 15 DEFIBRILLATORS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE THEMSELVES ARE $45,000 A PIECE.
AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THOSE TO REPLACE.
UM, AND THEN I JUST MENTIONED THIS RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS SOME OF THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT, CAPITAL ITEMS THAT WE INVEST IN THIS EG GUARD, WHOOP, WHERE'D THAT GO? THIS EG GUARD RIGHT HERE, MAYOR, I THINK YOU WERE.
UH, AT, AT THIS, UH, WE HAD A PRESS RELEASE, A PRESS EVENT, MEDIA EVENT A WHILE BACK.
THIS IS ONE OF THE DEVICES THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE, AND THOSE COST OVER $7,000 A PIECE.
UM, BUT WE'RE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE THAT IS UTILIZING THOSE DEVICES.
UM, AND IT'S BASICALLY A, IT'S A DEVICE TO ELEVATE THE HEAD AS YOU'RE DOING CPR, IT AUTOMATICALLY ELEVATES THE HEAD AND IT RESULTS IN, UM, LESS DAMAGE TO THE BRAIN.
AND JUST RECENTLY WE HAD, UH, WE HAD A EVENT WITH THREE PEOPLE THAT MM-HMM.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOU ALL'S SUPPORT AND THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.
UM, AND I EXPECT THAT TO GROW, UH, IN THE INDUSTRY, BUT CURRENTLY WE'RE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE THAT IS, IS DOING THIS TYPE OF THING.
SO REALLY IS A BIG BENEFIT TO OUR CITIZENS.
SOME STRATEGIC GOALS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE BUDGET.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF STRATEGIC GOALS, BUT I JUST PICKED OUT THREE AND SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES TIED TO THEM THAT ARE RELATED TO THE BUDGET.
AND ONE IS, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE CITY'S SOME OF THE CITY'S GOALS THAT WE TRY TO U UTILIZE ALSO.
SO WE'RE SEEKING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND TRYING INNOVATIVE I IDEAS.
UM, OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY VILLAGE OUT THERE AT FIRE ADMINISTRATION, YOU ALL ARE, I'M SURE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
WE TOUCH, UH, THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN, LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN EACH YEAR WITH THE FIRE SAFETY MESSAGE, WITH BICYCLE SAFETY, WITH WATER SAFETY, WITH, UH, ELECTRICAL SAFETY, JUST ALL KINDS OF SAFETY MESSAGES.
IT'S REALLY BEEN, UH, A WONDERFUL THING FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE IN NEED OF REPAIR AT SOME POINT.
UH, IT'S, WELL, WE'VE REPAIRED IT SEVERAL TIMES.
IT'S GONNA, AT SOME POINT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA NEED TO BE, UH, REBUILT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE A, A, A MAJOR INVESTMENT.
AND SO WE'RE EXPLORING A PUBLIC-PRIVATE POP PARTNERSHIP THIS COMING YEAR AND LOOKING AT SEEING IF THEY'RE, IF IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO PARTNER WITH SOMEONE THAT MIGHT, COULD COME IN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BUILD THAT, OR PEOPLE THAT COULD COME IN AND ADVERTISE ON SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS INSTEAD OF CALLING IT CITY HALL.
WE'D HAVE DIFFERENT BANKS OR SO FORTH.
SO DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MIGHT END UP LOOKING LIKE.
BUT IT IS AN AVENUE THAT SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE DONE.
AND WE'VE, AND SOME OF MY STAFF HAS GONE AND VISITED WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS, SO WE'RE KIND OF EXPLORING THAT.
UM, WE'D LOVE TO SEE PARTNERSHIP LIKE THAT.
UH, STRATEGIC PLAN ALSO IS, UH, PLACE THE SECOND TWO PERSON SQUAD IN SERVICE.
YOU ALL REMEMBER I CAME BACK, CAME TO YOU, UH, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND WE PUT ONE IN SERVICE.
UM, IT'S BEEN IN SERVICE ABOUT 10 MONTHS.
UM, AND IT HAS WORKED REALLY WELL, UM, THAT IN LESS THAN A YEAR, IN 10 MONTHS, THAT SQUAD HAS RESPONDED TO OVER 1,757 INCIDENTS.
UM, AND IT HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE OF EMERGENCY INCIDENTS FOR OVER 518 HOURS.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN, IN, UH, RELATION TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN I FIRST CAME TO YOU WITH THIS INITIATIVE IS THAT'S AN ENGINE COMPANY WITH FOUR PEOPLE ON IT THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING.
SO THIS IS A SMALL RESPONSE VEHICLE WITH
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TWO PEOPLE ON IT.UM, THAT GETS MUCH BETTER MILEAGE, THAT IS MUCH CHEAPER TO OPER TO BUY AND MAINTAIN.
UM, AND, AND THAT IS ABLE TO RESPOND ON THESE.
IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
UM, AND SO WE PLAN ON PUTTING OUR SECOND ONE IN SERVICE AFTER JULY ONE.
UM, CHIEF, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S THAT KIND OF CALL? IS THAT A CODE FROM 9 1 1? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
THAT CODE, THAT CALL COMES INTO NINE ONE ONE.
IT IS, IT, IT GOES THROUGH CAD.
IT IS PRIORITIZED BASED ON WHAT THE EMERGENCY IS AND WHAT THE WAY WE'RE UTILIZING THESE.
WE LOOKED AT, WE LOOKED AT MAKING 'EM ALS SQUADS WHERE A PARAMEDIC COULD GO ON, AND WE LOOKED AT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE DECIDED TO SEND THESE ON OUR LOWER PRIORITY MEDICAL CALLS.
SO SOMEONE THAT'S NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED, UM, WITH SENDING THESE, THEY'RE STILL RESPONDING WITH TWO EMTS, AND MANY TIMES THERE IS A PARAMEDIC ON THERE.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE LOWER PRIORITY CALL THAT WAY.
SAY A HEART ATTACK OR, OR SOMETHING, A STROKE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE GONNA SEND AN ENGINE COMPANY WITH FOUR PERSONNEL AND A PARAMEDIC.
BUT YEAH, ALL OF THAT IS, IS, IS GOES THROUGH THE CALL PROCESSING AND THEN IT SENDS THE UNIT THAT IT NEEDS.
SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ADDING A SECOND ONE.
SO THIS ONE'S AT, OR WOULD THAT BE AT A DIFFERENT, THIS ONE IS AT STATION TWO, UHHUH
AND THAT NEXT ONE WILL GO AT STATION ONE WHEN WE PLACE IT IN SERVICE.
AND WE'LL CONSTANTLY BE EVALUATING THAT BECAUSE, UM, AS WE OPEN STATION SIX, THEN WE'LL SEE THE CALLS THAT THAT STATION IS RUNNING ON.
UM, AND THEN ALSO AS WE RELOCATE STATION THREE, STATION THREE IS ACTUALLY OUR BUSIEST STATION.
UM, BUT STATION THREE DOESN'T HAVE THE ROOM TO, TO PUT PEOPLE AT THAT STATION.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM THERE.
SO AS WE REBUILD THAT, THAT MAY ULTIMATELY BE, BE THE PLACE THAT, UH, THE SECOND SQUAD IS.
SO CHIEF, DOES THIS TRUCK GO OUT ON, UM, FALLS? WHAT'S THAT? FALLS, YES.
SO THAT WOULD BE, SO YOU PROBABLY WANT THAT SOMEWHERE AROUND WHERE THE NURSING HOMES ARE, RIGHT? YEAH, THEY, IT'S RESPONDING ALL, I'M TRYING A LOT OF CALLS TO NURSING HOMES AND RETIREMENT BILL'S.
AND SO IT'S JUST REALLY WORKED WELL BECAUSE IT'S KEPT THOSE ENGINE COMPANIES IN SERVICE, UM, ABLE TO RESPOND ON A CALL WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE WE MIGHT NEED WATER OR WE MIGHT NEED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FIRE OR WE MIGHT NEED A, A FULL CREW BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A FULL REST GOING ON.
ALSO IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, WE'RE GOING TO, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING WITH FEMA FOR A SAFER GRANT.
SAFER GRANT IS STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT.
UM, WE ARE APPLYING FOR THAT RIGHT NOW FOR THE STAFFING TO OPEN FIRE STATION SIX.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED 12 PEOPLE TO STAFF THAT STATION.
SO WE'RE APPLYING FOR THAT GRANT.
UM, THE WAY THAT WORKS IS IF WE'RE AWARDED THAT GRANT, THEN THE, THE FEMA WILL PAY FOR 75% OF THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS, UM, FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND YEAR OF THOSE FIREFIGHTERS.
AND ON THE THIRD YEAR THEY'LL PAY FOR 35%.
SO IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT FOR THOSE 12 POSITIONS.
SO WHETHER WE GET IT OR NOT, IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO AND WE CAN, WE CAN FUND THAT.
UM, BUT THERE ARE FEDERAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE THAT WE TRY TO, WE'RE GONNA PLAN AND WE, WE SUBMIT FOR EVERY GRANT WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WE DON'T GET A LOT, UM, UM, BECAUSE EDMUND AND, AND THE DEPARTMENT IS, IS IN GOOD PHYSICAL, UH, CONDITION, BUT WE STILL CONTINUE TO APPLY AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET THAT GRANT.
GOAL TWO IS TO APPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.
CHIEF YOUNGER SHOWED YOU A PICTURE OF A DRONE THERE ON HIS, UH, WE, WE PURCHASED A DRONE LAST YEAR.
OURS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THAT IT'S A TETHERED DRONE.
SO OUR CHIEF'S VEHICLE PULLS UP THE DRONE'S IN THE BACK, THEY PULL IT OUT, THEY OPEN THE BOX AND THEY LAUNCH IT.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO, TO UTILIZE THAT DRONE WITHOUT A PILOT.
AND WE USE IT ON OUR, ON OUR STRUCTURE FIRES.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IT DOESN'T GO OUT.
UM, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY OF THAT, WITH THE HEAT THAT IT DOES, UM, THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT FOR IS, IS BEEN GREAT.
BUT WE'RE, WE ARE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY.
AND THE PICTURE YOU SEE THERE IS A, IS A VENDING MACHINE.
IT'S AN EMS VENDING MACHINE, AND WE'RE GONNA BE PURCHASING A COUPLE OF THOSE THESE YEARS BECAUSE WE, WE LOSE A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE OF EXPIRED MEDICAL SUPPLIES, EXPIRED, UH, MEDICINES.
ALL OF THESE, ALL OF OUR MEDICAL SUPPLIES HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE.
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USE OF THESE VENDING MACHINES, YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT THEM IN THE MACHINE WITH THE, WITH THE ONES THAT ARE EXPIRING FIRST, GOING UP FRONT.AND SO OUR CREWS, AS THEY GO THROUGH MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND THEY NEED TO REPLENISH THEIR, UH, SUPPLIES, THEY GO TO THE VENDING MACHINE, UM, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SUPPLY THAT WAY.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS USING THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO ARE GONNA BE EXPIRING SOON.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE ELIMINATING A LOT OF THE EXPIRED, UM, SUPPLIES.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN I'VE LISTED A FEW OTHER THINGS THERE.
I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF THOSE, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT CAN HELP US OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY.
AND THEN GOAL THREE, PLAN FOR THE GROWTH AND BE ABLE TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT STATION SIX THERE AND WHERE THAT'S AT.
FUTURE FIRE STATIONS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LAND FOR THOSE FUTURE FIRE STATIONS.
AND NOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE RELOCATION OF FIRE STATION THREE.
THAT'S THE ACTUAL PICTURE OF IT.
AND THAT IS ONE OF OUR OLDEST STATIONS.
UM, IT'S NOT OUR OLDEST STATION, BUT IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1984, SO IT'S 39 YEARS OLD.
UH, IT UNDER UNDERWENT, UH, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT RENOVATION IN 2005.
BUT THIS IS JUST BY MODERN STANDARDS.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST NOT MEETING THE NEEDS OF A FIRE STATION ANYMORE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
THEY HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO BACK INTO THAT STATION, SO WE HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO PULL INTO, UH, DANFORTH AND YOU KNOW HOW CROWDED DANFORTH IS RIGHT THERE BY THE SOCCER FIELDS.
SO EVERY TIME THEY RETURN TO THE STATION, THEY'VE GOT TO GET OUT, STOP TRAFFIC BACK IN.
AND WHAT, WHAT ALL MODERN FIRE STATIONS NOW ARE, WE'RE BUILDING THEM WITH, THEY'RE PULL THROUGH.
YOU DON'T STOP IN TRAFFIC TO BACK INTO THE STATION.
BUT ALSO SOME THINGS OPERATIONALLY, LIKE, UM, WE ARE HIRING MORE FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS NOW.
UM, AND WE ARE, SOME OF OUR FACILITIES JUST ARE NOT CO-ED FRIENDLY AT ALL.
UM, IT'S NOT CO-ED FRIENDLY, SO WE JUST, WE REALLY CAN'T ASSIGN A FEMALE FIREFIGHTER TO THAT STATION.
AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING, YOU'LL REMEMBER WE DID PARTNER WITH AN ARCHITECT TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO LOOK AT, UM, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN RENOVATE THAT IT, WE CAN RENOVATE THAT STATION, BUT WE'RE STILL VERY LIMITED.
WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE NEED AT THAT STATION, AND WE'LL STILL ALWAYS HAVE TO BACK IN.
AND THE COST OF RENOVATING IT, JUST, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHEN WE EVALUATED THAT AND GOT WITH OTHERS IN THE CITY, IT JUST DID NOT SEEM FEASIBLE TO DO THAT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR LAND, UH, AGAIN, MR. MURDOCH'S HELPING ME WITH THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO, WE HAVE LOCATED SOME LAND IN THE AREA THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN, BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN NEGOTIATE THE RIGHT PRICE ON, ON A PROPERTY, WE NEED TO KEEP IT IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY.
UM, MOVING IT TOO FAR ONE WAY OR ANOTHER JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
AS I MENTIONED THAT, THAT IS ONE OF OUR BUSIEST STATIONS.
IT ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE BUSIEST STATION LAST YEAR.
UM, SO IT NEEDS TO STAY IN THAT GENERAL AREA.
WE'LL DO A FIRE STATION RENOVATION STUDY THIS YEAR FOR FIRE STATION ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY OUR OLDEST STATION.
AND THAT STATION IS 47 YEARS OLD.
IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1976, SO IT'S GETTING RATHER OLD.
IT HAS UNDERGONE SEVERAL RENOVATIONS OVER THE YEARS.
UM, THIS IS ONE THAT I BELIEVE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE WORTH RENOVATING.
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD CALL TO RENOVATE THIS ONE.
WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PULL THROUGH ON, AT THIS STATION.
WE HAVE ACCESS ON TWO DIFFERENT ROADS.
UM, AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE'LL GET OUR ARCHITECTS IN TO STUDY THAT AND SHOW US THAT, YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN RENOVATE THIS TO A MODERN FIRE STATION THAT MEETS OUR NEEDS AND ALLOWS US TO STAY AT THAT PROPERTY.
SO WE'LL DO THAT RENOVATION STUDY THIS YEAR AND THEN WORK THAT INTO A LONG-TERM PLAN OF WHEN TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO AGAIN, AS OUR CITY HAS GROWN, AS OUR DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN, UH, WE'VE ALREADY OUTGROWN OUR ADMINISTRATION OFFICES.
UM, AND THAT'S ONLY GONNA CONTINUE TO GET WORSE AS WE ADD MORE STAFF.
WE'VE GOT, WE'VE HAD TO MOVE SOME OF OUR STAFF OUT OF THIS BUILDING INTO THE WAREHOUSE BEHIND AND TAKE UP CLASSROOM SPACE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE ROOM BEHIND.
UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OUR STAFF THAT ARE DOUBLING UP IN OFFICES.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY GOT WITH AN ARCHITECT THIS, UH, HERE JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, HAD THEM COME IN.
THEY DID A SPACE STUDY, UM, TO THE EAST OF, OF THIS BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, I SHOULD SAY.
UM, THERE'S AN OPEN YARD THERE.
THIS, THIS BUILDING WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED AT ONE POINT WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE EXPANDED OUT TO THE EAST.
AND SO, UM, BRINGING THEM IN AND
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DOING A LITTLE STUDY AND SEEING IF THAT WAS FEASIBLE, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN ADD OUT TO THE EAST AND ADD A LOT OF OFFICE SPACE AND THAT WILL FREE UP OUR WAREHOUSE SPACE AND OUR CLASSROOM SPACE IN THE BUILDING BEHIND TO BE ABLE TO STORE MORE OF OUR, OUR MATERIALS AND OUR APPARATUS.SO, UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT GETTING THAT IN OUR PLAN IN THE COMING FIVE YEARS.
SO, AND THEN ALSO, UM, THIS COMING YEAR LOOKING AT PURCHASING AN AMBULANCE.
NOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
YOU ALL MIGHT REMEMBER YOU GAVE, UH, PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE HAD LOCATED AN AMBULANCE THAT WAS AVAILABLE AND YOU GAVE APPROVAL TO MOVE ON THAT, AND THEN THEY SOLD IT OUT FROM UNDER US AFTER, AFTER YOU GAVE THAT APPROVAL.
SO WE KIND OF, AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A LOT GOING ON.
WE KIND OF PUT THE BRAKES ON AND THOUGHT WHAT'S WHAT, WHERE'S, WHAT ARE, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT? AND SO I DO THINK WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH PURCHASING AMBULANCE.
BUT THE REASON BEING, I WANNA BE CLEAR, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOT A TRANSPORT AGENCY.
WE'RE A FIRST RESPONSE AGENCY.
AND SO WITHOUT PURCHASING AN AMBULANCE TO GET INTO THE TRANSPORT SIDE OF THINGS, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AMBULANCE AS A CONTINGENCY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME ROUGH TIMES, UH, HERE RECENTLY, WELL, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF THREE YEARS ACTUALLY, WITH AMBULANCE TRANSPORT IN THE CITY.
AND SHOULD WE FACE ANOTHER PANDEMIC IN THE FUTURE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT SOMEONE THAT NEEDS TO GET TO THE, THAT WE NEED TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL, UM, AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT ON AN AMBULANCE.
SO THAT TYPE OF VEHICLE WE WOULD USE, AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE WHAT WE WOULD USE PLACE OUR SQUADS IN.
SO STILL A SMALLER RESPONSE VEHICLE THAT WOULD SERVE A DOUBLE PURPOSE AS A SQUAD.
BUT SHOULD WE EVER NEED TO HAVE, WE HAVE A CRITICAL PATIENT WITH A LONG DELAY FROM A, THE TRANSPORT COMPANY, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THAT PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL.
IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE NOW, UM, THE STATE LAW HAS CHANGED DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE'D BE IN VIOLATION OF LAW IF WE TRANSPORTED SOMEONE TO THE HOSPITAL.
BUT NOW IF WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE VEHICLE, WE CAN APPLY FOR A, A LICENSE TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, START WITH ONE, AND IF THAT WORKS WELL, THEN WE'D BE LOOKING AT ADDING ANOTHER ONE IN A FUTURE YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY.
YOU ALL KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH E M S A FOR, FOR YEARS, UM, AND WE'VE CERTAINLY BEEN WORKING HARD THE LAST THREE YEARS, UM, TOWARDS SOLUTIONS.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDS READY TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD TO DETERMINE THAT WE GO IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT OTHER SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES IN YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE.
UM, MENTION THE PERSONNEL TO OPEN STATION SIX, THAT'S 12 PERSONNEL.
WE'LL ALSO BE ADDING AN EMS OFFICER AND TWO FIRE PREVENTION OFFICERS.
THOSE ARE OUR FOLKS THAT GO OUT AND DO INSPECTIONS AND, UH, EVEN THE, THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA HAS PLACED A HUGE INCREASE ON THEIR WORKLOAD.
UM, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ADDING SOME MORE OF THOSE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT APP OPERATION APPARATUS, AND ALL THE PROMOTIONAL PROCESSES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TO OPEN STATION SIX AND TO PROMOTE PEOPLE INTO THOSE POSITIONS, TO, TO OPEN THAT STATION.
UM, WE'VE GOT 52 SETS OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, TWO TO FIVE YEARS.
UM, AND THOSE, THAT'S ABOUT $3,500 A SET.
AND SO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INVEST, UH, INVESTMENT THERE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT 16 VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET.
WE HAVE ABOUT 49 VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET, AND THOSE ARE APPARATUS, FRONTLINE APPARATUS AND STAFF VEHICLES TRAINING, UH, FIRE PREVENTION, SO FORTH.
UM, WE'VE GOT 16 OF THOSE THAT NEED REPLACEMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN I'D MENTIONED EARLIER, THOSE JUST THE DIBS, THOSE, THOSE ARE DEFIBRILLATOR THAT ARE CARRIED ON ALL OF OUR ENGINE, ALL OF OUR, UH, ALL OF OUR, UH, ALS RIGS AND THAT LITTLE DEVICE THERE IS ABOUT $40,000.
AND, UH, AND WE'VE GOTTA REPLACE 'EM EVERY FEW YEARS.
WE'VE GOT 10 THAT ARE COMING DUE WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO WHY
AND IF YOU'LL LOOK THERE, IN 2000, WE RESPONDED TO 3,301 INCIDENTS.
AND IN 2022, WE CLOSED OUT THE YEAR AT OVER 10,000 INCIDENTS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT GRAPH THERE, IT IS JUST A STEADY INCREASE UP, UM, THAT WE CONTINUE TO, AND I EXPECT THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE DOWNTURN HERE.
UM, IRONICALLY EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE STAYING HOME AND WE SAW ACTUALLY A DECREASE IN
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INCIDENTS.UM, BUT IT'S COME BACK AND, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT STEADY INCREASE.
UM, AND WITH THAT COMES THE NEED FOR MORE PEOPLE, MORE EQUIPMENT, UH, MORE FUEL AND SO FORTH.
SO CHIEF YEAH, WHAT, PUT YOU ON THE SPOT FOR JUST A SECOND, AND IT CAN BE JUST A GUESS.
WHAT, WHAT SHARE OR MAJORITY WOULD YOU SAY THOSE ARE? TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS? THAT IS A, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU IT'S USUALLY ABOUT 60 TO 70% IN ANY GIVEN YEAR EMS INCIDENTS, BUT TRAFFIC INCIDENTS, I DON'T HAVE THAT.
COUNCILMAN, I I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU THOUGH.
WELL, I'M, I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS, SOME OF THESE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT? AND HOW TO GROW THAT BUCKET, RIGHT.
AND I'M WONDERING, AND I KNOW I 35 IN THE FRONTAGE ROADS, RIGHT, IS UH, HAS BEEN SAID FOR SURE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE THERE OR ARE SURPRISING, RIGHT? WE, WE DO RESPOND ON A LOT OF ACCIDENTS ON I 35 AND THOSE FRONTAGE ROADS.
UM, WE DON'T RESPOND TO ALL MEDICAL OR ALL CAR WRECKS IF THERE'S NO INJURIES.
OBVIOUSLY LOT OF THOSE WE DON'T RESPOND TO, BUT I DON'T HAVE A GOOD NUMBER FOR YOU ON THAT.
HOW DO THEY DETERMINE IF, DO THEY WAIT AND DETERMINE IF THERE'S AN INJURY? IT'S, IT, IT, IT'LL HAVE TO DO WITH HOW THE CALLER CALLS IT IN.
IF THE, THEY'LL, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY'LL ASK IS ARE THERE ANY INJURIES? SO IF THERE'S ANY DOUBT AT ALL, WE DO.
UM, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IF THEY SAY, NO, IT'S A MINOR FENDER BENDER, THERE'S NO INJURIES, THEN WE MAY NOT BE SENT.
AND THEN THE, WE CAN ALWAYS BE SENT WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRIVES, IF THERE DOES APPEAR, IF IT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UH, ACCIDENT MECHANISM AND INJURY, EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY MIGHT REQUEST US TO COME OUT AND CHECK THEM.
AND MY GUESS IS SOME TURNAROUND.
WHAT'S THAT? SOME PROBABLY TURNAROUND AND GO BACK TO THE STATION RIGHT.
WHEN THE POLICE GETS THERE TO FIND OUT THAT IT'S NOT NEEDED.
I, I KIND OF CONNECT THAT TO LOOKING AT, AT THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT I'M ALSO CURIOUS, I'LL JUST, UM, UM, WONDER HOW MANY TIMES EMS A IS CALLED, UM, AND THEY'RE NOT MEETING THEIR RESPONSE TIMES AND OUR, AND OUR RESOURCES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE HAVING TO WAIT.
RIGHT? UM, AND YOU PUT A, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT STRESS, UM, THEM BEING ABLE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE OR, OR DOING ANOTHER DUTY, UH, AND OR JUST PURE COST MM-HMM.
THE TROUBLE THAT IMS A HAS BEEN FACING.
UM, WE DO FIND OUR CREWS ARE ON SCENE, UM, FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR 33 MONTHS.
IT'S GOTTEN BETTER AND THEN IT GETS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, BUT IT'S NEVER GOTTEN BACK TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE THAT TIME.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY ANYTIME THAT WE'RE ON THE SCENE, UM, UNNECESSARILY EVERY MINUTE COUNTS, SECONDS COUNT, UM, THEN SURE.
THAT'S, THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN IN THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'RE ON THE SCENE AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEN WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE MM-HMM.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE THERE UNNECESSARILY WAITING AND, AND A SERIOUS CALL COMES IN THAT WE, THAT WE'RE NEEDED FOR, UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE CAN'T FOLLOWING PROPER PROTOCOLS FROM THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, BUT THE GENERAL THING IS, ONCE WE'RE ON THE SCENE, WE'RE REMAINING THERE UNTIL HEMSA GETS THERE.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STAFFING.
CURRENTLY WE'RE AT 143 FULL-TIME BUDGETED POSITIONS MENTIONED WE'LL BE ADDING 12 FOR FIRE STATION SIX, AND THEN THREE STAFF POSITIONS, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPENING FOR FIRE STATION SIX.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE? HOW, HOW QUICKLY DOES EAST EDMOND DEVELOP? WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT? DOES IT END UP BEING ONE STATION IN EAST EDMOND? DOES IT END UP BEING TWO? BUT AT SOME POINT I COULD SEE THE STAFFING FOR THE DEPARTMENT BEING, YOU KNOW, 180 TO 190, UM, PEOPLE.
BUT THAT'S YEARS FROM NOW IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THAT.
UM, CHIEF, I'LL PIGGYBACK OFF FOR SOMETHING.
CHIEF, UH, YOUNGER SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T HAVE ON HERE THAT JUST RECENTLY CAME UP THAT I'M, I'M CONSIDERING, I JUST DIDN'T PUT IT ON HERE CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WILL BE.
UM, WE, WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT GETTING WITH A, A, HIRING A DATA ANALYST ALSO SOMEONE WHO'S TRAINED IN THAT.
WE, YOU KNOW, I THINK MY STAFF AND I WOULD DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB IN THAT.
BUT, BUT I, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE STARTING TO DO IS, IS HIRE A DATA ANALYST TO REALLY COME IN
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AND LOOK AT THINGS MORE, WITH MORE OF A SCIENTIFIC MIND, IF YOU WOULD.SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALSO WILL LOOK AT AT, AND MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL POSITION WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ADDING.
SO QUESTIONS I HAVE ONE SELFISHLY, UM, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WARD.
ONE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SPECIFICALLY DOWNTOWN, WE ARE GONNA ADD AT LEAST, GOD, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR FIVE YEARS, 400 AT LEAST, PROBABLY 600, UH, UNITS, RESIDENCES TO DOWNTOWN IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, TWO TO TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
UM, HOW DOES THAT INPUT, HOW DOES THAT HELP? OR WHAT IS, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO YOUR STAFFING AND YOUR CALLS? AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE MULTI-FAMILY DOWN THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A CONFINED AREA.
UM, MUCH OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS IN A, IN A MORE CONFINED AREA THAN YOU'VE EVER WORKED.
CAN YOU TALK TO THOSE TWO POINTS? YEAH, I SURE CAN.
SO AS FAR AS WHAT IT DOES TO OUR NEEDS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AS THAT HAPPENS AND SEE WHAT IT, HOW DOES IT INCREASE OUR CALL VOLUME? IT EV IT INEVITABLY WILL.
UM, BUT OUR MULTI-COMPANY STATIONS SURROUND THIS AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO STATION ONE IS A MULTI-COMPANY HOUSE AS AN ENGINE AND A TRUCK.
CAN YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THEY ARE AN ENGINE AND A RESCUE NOW, BUT WE ARE REPLACING THAT RESCUE WITH A SMALL TRUCK.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS, BECAUSE WE SAW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN IN DOWNTOWN.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LARGE PLATFORM TRUCK THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE SEEN, YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES OF THAT IT IS HARDER TO MANEUVER.
WE'RE GONNA BE REPLACING A RESCUE VEHICLE WITH A SMALLER TRUCK THAT PRETTY MUCH, WELL, IT ACTUALLY DRIVES JUST LIKE A SMALLER ENGINE, UM, BETTER THAN SOME OF OUR CURRENT ENGINES.
SO IT'S, IT'S MORE EASY TO ACCESS TIGHT ROADS AND SO FORTH.
UM, SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WE LOOK AT REPLACING VEHICLES, GETTING MORE MANEUVERABLE VEHICLES.
UM, BUT I, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK AT TOO WHEN WE, UH, RENOVATE STA OR RELOCATE STATION THREE.
ALL OF THOSE STATIONS SURROUND THE CORE OF OUR CITY.
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING AS WE, AS WE DESIGN THOSE STATIONS, WE WANT THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT APP DIFFERENT APPARATUS AT THAT STATION SO THAT WE CAN HANDLE THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF EMS CALLS ONE THING, WE JUST NEED TO SEND A SQUAD OR AN ENGINE COMPANY, IT'S WHEN THAT FIRE COMES IN, IN THAT, IN THAT AREA THAT WE'VE GOTTA GET MULTIPLE APPARATUS AND GET THEM THERE QUICKLY.
BUT I'M CONFIDENT WE CAN HANDLE THAT WITH OUR CURRENT STATION LOCATIONS, WHICH IS AGAIN, WHY SAY STATION THREE NEEDS TO STAY IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY SO THAT WE KEEP OUR CORE REALLY WELL COVERED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR CALLS ARE GONNA BE.
IT'S WHERE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR FIRES ARE GONNA BE, AND WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE QUICKLY.
I WILL COMPLIMENT ON IF I'VE GOTTEN A COMPLAINT ON S A RESPONSE TIMES.
IT'S ALWAYS FOLLOWED UP WITH, UM, EDMUND FIRE WAS THERE AND THEY WERE PERFECT.
AND SO IT, UH, UM, AND I'M NOT SURPRISED, BUT IT'S NICE TO HEAR IT TOO.
AND SO IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
AND I, I'LL SAY THE SAME, I'VE NOT GOTTEN ONE COMPLAINT DURING THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC OR SINCE ABOUT, UM, OUR FOLKS ON THE SCENE.
IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT POSITIVE.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, AT TIMES I KNOW THEY GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO BE THERE, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, UPSET PATIENTS OR FAMILY MEMBERS.
UM, BUT THEY'VE HAD THE UTMOST OF PROFESSIONALISM AND JUST, THEY'RE JUST HERE TO HELP, YOU KNOW? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
NO IMPROVEMENTS OR ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE DIVE TEAM? FOR THE DIVE TEAM? MM-HMM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YEAH, IT'S AN EXCELLENT GROUP.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY GOT EVERYTHING THEY NEED TOO.
YEAH, THE DIVE TEAM IS, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTIVE.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB STAYING UP ON THEIR TRAINING AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE INVESTMENT IN THAT, BECAUSE WHEN THAT EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED, UM, IT'S GOTTA, WE GOTTA HAVE THE, WHAT THEY NEED, SO.
I DO THINK IT'LL BE INTERESTING THAT YOU WATCH THAT DROUGHT MAP, AND I HATE TO WATCH IT, BUT IT,
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YOU KNOW, IT MOVES FROM THE WEST AND, AND MOVING, AND MY SPOT ON ACOG, WE LOOK AT THE GARBER, WELLINGTON AQUIFER, AND ONCE A MONTH I GET A, I GET AN UPDATE TO SEE THE DROUGHT MAP, BUT, UH, WE DO HELP WITH, WITH, UM, WITH FIRES AROUND IN OUR REGION.AND, AND, UH, I, AND, AND I LIKE THAT, UM, I MEAN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP AND HELP OUR PARTNERS IN THAT WAY.
SO I SUPPORT YOU, WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO KEEP UP WITH THAT AS WELL, TO HELP HELP OUR NEIGHBORS AROUND US.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
MENTION, I'M SORRY, BOTH OF MY DEPUTIES, UH, ONE WAS OUT OF TOWN, UM, TODAY AT A TRAINING AT FEMA TRAINING, AND ONE WAS OUT ON A FAMILY MATTER, BUT I DID, I ALSO BROUGHT THE BRAINS OF OUR STUFF.
NANCY IS MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT,
SO SHE WAS HERE JUST IN CASE YOU ASKED SOMETHING I COULDN'T ANSWER.
ANY, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? YES, SIR.
PLEASE COME DOWN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
ADMIN ADDRESS IS 1000 PROSPECT COURT.
UH, MY QUESTION, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
UH, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, AS WE LOOK AHEAD, I KNOW THAT SOME COMMUNITIES, UH, HAVE GREAT PUBLIC SERVANTS, BUT BECAUSE THE COST OF LIVING, PARTICULARLY AROUND HOUSING, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THOSE PEOPLE SERVE THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY NEED TO LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UH, CHIEF SAYS, YOU LOOK AHEAD FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
WE SEE OUR MEDIAN PRICE OF HOUSING AT ABOUT 4 0 8 RIGHT NOW.
ANY CONCERNS, UH, OR THINGS, UM, AS FAR AS THOSE THAT ARE SINGLE, UH, EARNERS FOR THEIR FAMILY, UH, AS THEY COME IN AS UDE OR RECRUITS OR CADETS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY AND TO HAVE HOUSING TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN EDMOND? ABSOLUTELY.
I, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT FIGURE, BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND WHEN WE'RE INTERVIEWING THEM, A COMMON THEME IS THAT I WANT TO RELOCATE THE EDMOND.
UM, AND THAT, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.
I THINK REALITY HITS WHEN THEY SEE THE COST OF LIVING.
SO I'LL, I'LL JUST ADD, UM, ON FRIDAY, THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE DID A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE FINDINGS ABOUT URBAN CORE.
AND ONE OF THE ASPECTS THEY SAID IS THE DIVERSITY OF HOUSING NEEDED.
AND EDMOND WAS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND FOR A NUMBER OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS, BUT ONE OF THEM THEY RECOGNIZED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL AS NURSES AND EVERYTHING IS HOW DO YOU FIND THE PROPER PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT NOT JUST PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, BUT ALSO PUBLIC ENTERPRISES.
SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR URBAN CORE AND PROVIDING THAT DIVERSITY OF HOUSING, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TRYING TO GET THAT, THAT PROFESSIONAL TO COME IN FROM OKLAHOMA CITY OR FROM WELLER.
IT'S, IT'S ALSO JUST HOW DO WE PROVIDE A OPPORTUNITY FOR POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES TO FIND A PLACE TO, TO LIVE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK VERSUS TRAVELING DISTANCES, UH, TO MAKE IT WORK.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO REMEMBER AND, AND CUS CONSISTENTLY THINK ABOUT AS, AS MUCH AS WE ALL HAVE THE GREAT PLACE TO WORK, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY LIVE OR THEY WORK TO, TO HAVE MUTUAL BENEFIT.
THANK YOU, TOM, FOR THE QUESTION.
THERE WAS ONE, AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, I, I LOVE THE COMMENT BY CHIEF YOUNGER.
HE, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A CRIME, YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO HAVE MOTIVE, OPPORTUNITY, A VICTIM AND LOCATION.
AS I LOOK AT LOCATION, ALL OF US GROWING UP, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A, DEFINITELY A PHYSICAL LOCATION.
THERE'VE BEEN A PARKING LOT OR A STORE, OR HEAVEN FORBID SOMEONE'S HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AS I TALK TO MY KIDS, WE TALK ABOUT DIGITAL LOCATIONS AND ONLINE SECURITY IS THIS HUGE CONVERSATION, IN FACT, MAYBE EVEN A BATTLE ENSUED IN MY HOUSE OVER WHO GETS WHAT AND WHAT APPS ABSENT ACCESS TO WHATEVER.
AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OF EDMOND MORE AND MORE AS YOU HAVE TO POUR OVER TERABYTES OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, EVERYBODY'S BROTHERS RING DOORBELL, UH, THINKING ABOUT BULLYING, THINKING ABOUT A SENIOR BEING A VICTIM OF FINANCIAL CRIME, WHICH COULD BE VERY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, WHAT ARE SOME THOUGHTS AROUND SOME RESOURCES THAT YOU'LL NEED IN THE LOCATION AS WE MOVE THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR CRIMES POTENTIALLY HAPPENING IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT SET OF A PHYSICAL LOCATION? THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR PEOPLE AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, COUNSEL MAY REMEMBER THAT TWO YEARS AGO YOU APPROVED A CIVILIAN COMPUTER, FRED SYNC
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ANALYST, UH, AS PART OF OUR BUDGET REQUEST.UH, SO WE STILL HAVE A SWORN COMPUTER FORENSIC ANALYST, BUT WE ADDED A CIVILIAN.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH UCO WHO'S PRODUCING SOME OF THE, THE, THE PREMIER PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD.
UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW AS, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED, IT'S ONLY GONNA INCREASE IN THIS AREA.
AND SO IN THE COMING YEARS BACK TO THE RIGHT SIZING IS WE MOVE THAT POSITION FROM SWORN TO CIVILIAN.
IT WILL ALLOW US TO ATTRACT SOMEONE THAT HAS TRAINING IN THAT AREA.
IT GIVES A LITTLE MORE, MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH ACQUIRING THEM AND, AND PUT 'EM IN PLAY WHERE IT TAKES A YEAR TO PUT AN OFFICER ON THE STREET, UH, THROUGH A CIVILIAN PROCESS, TYPICALLY WITHIN THREE TO FOUR MONTHS WE CAN, WE CAN GET THEM ON THE JOB.
UH, SO I JUST INCREASING THAT FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE WORKFORCE, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THAT.
AND THEN JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON THOSE CASES AS THEY COME FORWARD.
UH, WE ARE PARTNERED WITH, UH, OKLAHOMA STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WITH THEIR INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, UH, IAC, UH, GROUP, AND WE DO SIGNIFICANT WORK THERE.
I THINK THE LAST DATA I SAW SHOWED THAT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE HAD RIGHT AROUND A 250% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE'VE WORKED ON.
THAT PART OF IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE INCREASED OUR CAPACITY.
UH, BUT THE OTH OTHER PART IS JUST YOU'RE, YOU'RE HAVING AN INCREASE IN THOSE CRIMES.
UH, WE'LL NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT.
UH, WE MENTIONED STAFFING FORMULAS FOR PATROL OFFICERS.
UH, WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE LESS SCIENTIFIC, BUT, BUT PRETTY SOLID STAFFING FORMULA FOR INVESTIGATORS AS WELL.
UH, A TYPICAL INVESTIGATOR WILL HANDLE ABOUT A HUNDRED CASES IN A YEAR.
UM, NOW KINDS OF CASES VARY DEPENDING ON THEIR LENGTH.
UH, BUT WE, WE ARE USING THOSE, UH, DATA ELEMENTS TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT STAFFING WE NEED AND WHAT RESOURCES WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COUNSEL? THIS IS AN EXCELLENT WORKSHOP.
HAVING SAID THAT, MOVE TO ADJOURN.