Feb 15, 2022 City Council

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> WELCOME TO THE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MS. HILL BRICK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL.

FOR THE PLEDGES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTER THE PLEDGES.

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THIS THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE

AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU. MR. GARZA DO YOU HAVE ANY

[1. Announcements/Reminders:]

ANNOUNCEMENTS CORD REMINDER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

JUST REALLY QUICKLY A REMINDER FOR YOU AND THE PUBLIC THIS UPCOMING MONDAY IS PRESIDENT'S DAY. THAT IS NOW A CITY HOLIDAY. ALL NON-EMERGENCY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE TRASH PICKUP WILL RESAME -- RESUME AS NORMAL.

>> AND RECOGNITION? >> NONE FOR TONIGHT. >>> NONE FOR TONIGHT A ITEMS

[3. Items from Council:]

FROM COUNCIL? >> I HAVE A REQUEST, ON THE NEXT MEETING I WOULD LIKE TIME SET ASIDE TO DISCUSS THE TAX RATE AND ITS VARIOUS PROPERTY TAX RATE AND VARIOUS COMPONENTS.

AND NO IN DEBT SPECIFICALLY. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.

DO YOU PREFER TO DO IT IN THIS SETTING OR DO YOU PREFER TO DO IT AT OUR WORKSHOP? WE WERE ENVISIONING HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AT OUR WORKSHOP BUT WE COULD HAVE IT IN THIS SETTING

IF YOU PREFER. >> I PREFER TO HAVE IT IN THIS SETTING BECAUSE I HOPE IT CONTINUES. I DON'T THINK ONE DISCUSSION WILL ONE SHORT DISCUSSION WILL ANSWER EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS OR GIVE THEM TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT ABOUT AND THEN EVERYBODY CAN REVISIT IT AGAIN, BECAUSE YOUR

FIRST THOUGHTS MAY NOT BE THE BEST THOUGHT. >> OKAY.

>> WE CAN, AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING PUT SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW BACK UP AT THEIR WORKSHOP WITH A LARGER, BROADER DISCUSSION.

>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT. WHEN IS THE WORKSHOP? >> THAT IS MARCH 11TH.

>> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU'RE THINKING FIVE, 10-MINUTE DISCUSSION MR. LOFGREN.

>> NO LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES ALL RIGHT, 96? -- ANYBODY?

[4. Citizen Communication:]

GOOD EVENING. >> COUNCIL, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO-TEM AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE TIMES TEBOW FOUNDATION FOR PUTTING ON THE SPECIAL NEEDS JUNIOR AND SENIOR PROM LAST FRIDAY. AND IT WAS A SUCCESS. THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH PROVIDED FREE TUXEDOS AND LOCAL BARBERS CUT EVERYONE'S HAIR FOR FREE. I JUST WANTED TO APPRECIATE.

AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF SUSPICIOUS STUFF IN OUR AREA, LIKE FOR INSTANCE ON 2004 EAST ORANGE STREET IS A CAR THAT IS JACKED UP WITH FOUR JACK STANDS AND THREE TIRES ARE MISSING.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD THREE FLAT TIRES OR A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE OR A HOMICIDE ISSUE OR A BURGLARY. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT IS STILL THERE AND THAT IS WHERE THE POLICE GO TO GIVE TRAFFIC TICKETS, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SCHOOL ZONE AND STUFF.

I WISH SOMEONE COULD CHECK INTO IT. CODE ENFORCEMENT DID PUT A CITATION ON OIT, AND ALSO WE HAVE SOME ILLEGAL DUMPING. THERE IS ARMS OF HOPE BUT THEY PUT STUFF PEOPLE CAN USE, THEY JUST DUMP TRASH. I WAS HOPING SOMEONE COULD CATCH THEM IN PUT THEM IN JAIL OR PUT THEM N WRITE THEM A TICKET. AND THEN THEY LEFT A RAISE Z

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THEY'RE GETTING THE MANAGER AND FAMILY DOLLAR IN TROUBLE. THEY HAD TO PAY A BUNCH OF FINES THAT NUMBER THEY HAVE, IT IS NOT A GOOD NUMBER AND THEY ALSO HAVE MATTRESSES AND BEER BOTTLES AND BEER CANS AT 2103 AND PEOPLE ARE DRINKING BEER AND STUFF. AND I WISH SOMEONE COULD CLEAN IT UP, SOMEONE SAID THERE IS SOMEONE LIVING THERE AND STUFF AND I JUST WISH THEY WOULD PICK UP THE BEER BOTTLES AND SAUL THAT STUFF. NASTY MATTRESSES THAT SMELLS AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS KEEP VICTORIA BEAUTIFUL, BUT THEY'RE OTHERS THAT HAVE THE REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY, KEEP VICTORIA UGLY. AND THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY NOT TO MAKE IT PRETTY OR ANYTHING. AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT ALL OF THIS EXCEPT ME.

AND I ONLY NOTICE IT BECAUSE MY CAR WENT OUT AND MY WASHER WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND I HAD TO DO LANDRY AND SOMEONE SAID YOU KNOW THERE IS SOMEONE LIVING BY THAT DUMPSTER.

I HOPE NO ONE IS LIVING INSIDE IT. I WOULD HOPE HIM DRAGGED OFF TO THE LANDFILL OR SOMETHING, BUT I DO WISH SOMEONE COULD TAKE CARE OF IT IS.

AND CODE ENFORCEMENT RIGHT WHEN THEY CITE SOMEONE AND THEY PAY THE FINES, THE NEXT DAY IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN, YOU KNOW. BUT THANKS AND HAVE A GOOD DAY, APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> MS. ANNE RIKERS. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. EVERY COMPETENT ADULT HAS THE RIGHT TO REFUSE UNWANTED MEDICAL TREATMENT. AND SO VICTORIA RES DENTS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF WATER FLORIATION WITHOUT LOSS TO ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE WATER.

UNTIL FLORIDA CAN SOLVE THIS WATER, THINK ABOUT REDUCING THE WATER PORTION OF THE BILL BY WATER BOTTLE RECEIPTS PER MONTH. STUDIES SHOW THAT TAP WATER FLOR RIDE LEVELS THAT EXCEED.43-MILLIGRAMS OF WATER CAUSE 30% MORE HYPE POE THYROIDISM.

VICTORIA EXSEETHE SEEDS THAT AT ONE MILLIGRAM. STUDIES SHOW PREGNANT WOMEN THAT DRANK FLORID IT AD WATER OF.42-MILLIGRAMS PER LITTER HAVE CHILDREN WITHSH LITER W HAVE CHILDREN WITH LOWER IQ US. VICTORIA EXCEEDS THAT WITH ONE MILLIGRAM.

FLOR RIDE IS IN TOOTHPASTE, MOUTHWASH, BATTLED DRINKS, PROCESSED FOOD, GRAPE, RAISINS.

AND FLOR DATED WATER. SAVE THE CITY MONEY, NOBODY NEEDS MORE, WE NEED LESS FLOR

RIDE. >> BROADBAND, INFRASTRUCTURE BILL HAS MONEY FOR BROADBAND, SO I QUESTION USING AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS. HOMES HAVE CHEAP INTERNET THROUGH COMPETITIVE HOME SERVICES, UPDATING BROADBAND FOR BUSINESS SECTORS AND PUBLIC

BUILDINGS HELPS RETAIN AND GROW PROPERTY TAX. >> AND LOW WERE DEMAND CHARGES, SOLAR IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS AND MAKES ELECTRIC VEHICLES MORE PRACTICAL.

AS VICTORIA ADDS TOURISM AND INDUSTRY, ELECT THICK VEHICLES WILL REDUCE THE ADDED POLLUTION.

SOLAR MAKES VICTORIA SELF-SUFFICIENT. USE THE AMERICAN RESCUE FUND WISELY, TO FURTHER MAKE SOLAR DREAMS COME TRUE, THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE CURRENTLY HAS OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR THE LONE STAR PROGRAM OFFERING LOW INTEREST LOANS TO CITY. PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, AND THEN WE HAVE MS. REBECCA SPEARS. >> GOOD EC, MY NAME IS REBECCA

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I HAVE MET SOME OF YOU, OTHERS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. A QUICK BACKGROUND, I HAVE OVER 20 YEARS WORKING IN STATE GOVERNMENT. I'M A CERTIFIED PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL WITH A MASTERS DEGREE. I HAVE A SERVANT'S HEART AND I'M INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITY. I'M VERY ORGANIZEED AND AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR. I'M ALSO VERY PLAIN-SPOKEN, EASY TO UNDERSTAND COMMUNICATOR AND I'M APPROACHABLE. NOT TO MENTION, I HAVE A STELLAR SENSE OF HUMOR O.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS I'M SUPPOSED TO BE SPEAKING ON TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M INTERESTED, BUT I HAVE AM INTERESTED. AND THIS IS MY COMMUNITY AS WELL AS YOUR COMMUNITY AND I HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE SO HAVING SAID THAT, I CAN SEE THAT I'M WELL INTO MY -- I MEAN I STILL HAVE AMPLE TIME LEFT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY I WANT YOU TO SIGNIFICANTLY CONSIDER MY APPLICATION FOR THE

PLANNING EXPWHRITION THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, THAT IS ALL WE HAD FOR CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION THIS

[1. Discuss and approve an ordinance by the city council of the City of Vi...]

>> C 1 IS A DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL TO DISCUSSION AND APPROVE AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY OF VICTOR CRA, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE UTILITY SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2022 APPROVING AN AUTHORIZING OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND THE DISTRIBUTION THERE OF APPROVING A PURCHASE CONTRACT AND A PAYING AGENT REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND APPROVING ALL OTHER PROCEDURES AND RELATED THERE2 AND PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE THIS IS

ON EMERGENCY READING. >>> THIS IS IS TO APPROVE THE SALE OF 5.97 MILLION OF IN REVENUE BONDS WHICH ARE SECURED BY THE WATER AND SEWER REVENUES THAT ARE COLLECTED IN THE WATER WASTEWATER FUND THE PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDING WITH THESE BONDS THE MAIN STREET SANITARY SEWER LINE REPLACEMENT AND THEN BON AIRE UTILITY/STREET DESIGN RECONSTRUCTION.

>> COLLEGE PARK UTILITY STREET DESIGN RECONSTRUCTION AND TANGLE.

>> BACK IN NOVEMBER WE APPROVED A RESOLUTION ON THE BONDS TO USE PROCEEDS TO REIMBURSE ANY COSTS INCURRED ON THESE PROJECTS WHICH ARE UNDER CONTRACT. WE WANT TO GET THOSE UNDER CONTRACT IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM ON THE SCHEDULED TIMELINE. SO FIRST THE PROCEEDS WILL BE USED TO REIMBURSE THOSE COSTS AND ANY FUTURE COSTS INCURRED ON THOSE PROJECTS.

AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED DURING THE BUDGET AND CIP PROCESS, THE ANNUAL SERVICE HAS BEEN DECLINING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE ON AN AN NATIONAL BASIS WITH ISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS AS WELL AS WITH THE PLANNED ISSUANCE OF MONDAY THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AS PART OF THE PROCESS IN NOVEMBER 2021, WE HAD A RATINGS CALL WITH FITCH WHO ACTUALLY THEY UPGRATE GRADED OUR UTILITY SYSTEM FROM DOUBLE-A -TO DOESN'T A. WE HAD RATINGS CALL WITH S&P LAST MONTH TO REAFFIRM THEIR AA -RATING AND REPS REDUCE INTEREST RAYS THAT WE PAY IN OUR DEBT WHEN WE ISSUE BONDS WITH US TO NIGHT IS DUSTY TAYLOR, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE SALE THAT

TOOK PLACE TODAY. >> GOOD EC, THANK YOU, WESLEY, AGAIN, DUSTY TRAYLOR WITH RBC CAPITOL MARKETS OUR HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE CITY OF VICTORIA AS FINANCIAL ADVISER, AS WESLEY INDICATED WE WERE IN THE MARKET TODAY WITH THE SALE OF THE CITY'S UTILITY SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REPORT ON THE SALE AND THE PROCESS.

ONE THINGS WELEY TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT IS, THE RATINGS PROCESS. THIS BONDS ITS SUAN -- ISSUANCE IS NOT JUST THE RATING ISSUANCE PROCESS. YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND THE FOLKS THAT WORK FOR THE CITY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF REPRESENTING YOU WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOND ISSUANCE. WHEN IT COMES TO RECOMMENDING AND PREPARING FOR THE BOND RATING CALLS THE BOND RAIDING BOOK THAT YOUR TEAM PREPARES IS SECOND TO NONE.

I WOULD PUT THE QUALITY OF THAT PRESENTATION AGAINST ANY OTHER THINK WE WORK WITH.

THEY REALLY ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS WITH THE ISSUANCE. THE PREPARATION OF PRELIMINARY

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SUMMARY STATS ON THE TRANSACTION, AGAIN, WE WERE IN THE MARKET TODAY TO SELL THE BONDS. THE BONDS WILL BE DELIVERED TORE PROCEEDS OF THE BONDS SHOULD BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY ON MARCH 10TH. WHAT TAKES PLACE THERE I BELIEVE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE IS A FOLLOWING APPROVAL NOEL AND HIS TEAM WILL THEN TAKE THE BOND TRANSCRIPT AND ALL THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS AND WORK THAT TRANSACTION DOCUMENT THROUGH THE TEXAS AG'S OFFICE, ONCE THE AG APPROVES THE TRANSACTION, THEN WE CAN CLOSE AND DELIVER THE FOUND THE CITY'S BANK ACCOUNT. THAT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON MARCH 10TH.

AS WESLEY INDICATED OUR RATINGS, WE WENT INTO THE MARKET TODAY WITH OUR FITCH RATING OF AA .

THESE ARE BOTH VERY SOLID RAIDINGS FOR A UTILITY SYSTEM CREDIT AND THE ASH TRAGEDY YIELD, THE YIELD ON THE BOND WHEN YOU DON'T CONSIDER COST FEATURE IS A 2.51%.

AND THEN THE ALL-IN TIC, TIC STANDS FOR TOTAL INTEREST COST AT 2.9%.

THAT IS WHEN WE FACTOR IN NOT ONLY JUST THE STRAIGHT-UP YIELD ON THE BONDS, BUT ALSO WORK THE BOND MATH TO ACCOUNT FOR ISSUANCE COST AND THE CALL PREMIUM ASSOCIATED WITH THE POND AS WELL. THAT IS THE 2.9. ABLE TO KEEP THAT TIC STILL BELOW 3% EVEN IN THE RISING ENVIRONMENT WE'VE BEEN FACING HERE OVER THE PAST SIX WEEKS THAT IS SOMETHING I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THIS MORNING. OUR FINAL MATUREITY, GOT A 20-YEAR BOND HERE, FINAL MATURITY WILL BE DECEMBER 1ST, 2021 AND THESERA CALLABLE DECEMBER 1ST, 2021. THE STATED VALUE IS ACTUALLY $5,520,000. WE'LL BE DEPOSITING $5.97 MILLION INTO THE CITY'S PROJECT FUND. THE DIFFERENCE BEING MADE UP BAY PREMIUM.

THAT IS FAIRLY COMMON. I THINK ALMOST EVERY TIME WE'VE DONE A TRANSACTION FOR THE CITY, YOU GUYS HAVE SOLD YOUR BONDS AT A PREMIUM, REDUCING THAT STATED PAR VALUE OF BONDS THAT IS WHAT

HAPPENED IN THIS CASE AS WELL. >> IF YOU LOOK, WE JUST PROVIDE ON THE FINAL PAGE HERE OF THE PRESENTATION. JUST THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE FROM 2023 TO THE FISCAL 2042 WE'LL HAVE AVERAGE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE MORE OR LESS IN THE $393,000 YEAR RANGE.

AND I BELIEVE AS WE WORKED ON THE PROJECT, GILBERT AND I WESLEY AND THE TEAM, WE ANTICIPATED DEBT SERVICE ON THIS PROJECT THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT.

THE AN ALL IN DEBT SERVICE NUMBER IS LOWER THAN WHAT WE FORECAST.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THOSE AS WELL HERE IS A TIMELINE, I KNOW THAT THE TEAM PUT TOGETHER, WESLEY, YOU MAY WANT TO ADDRESS THIS TIMELINE AS IT RELATES TO YOUR PROJECT.

>> ALL RIGHT SO THIS IS JUST STEP ONE IN THE PROCESS OF THESE PROJECTS.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT JUST ISSUING BONDS TO DO DESIGN WORK ONLY WE'RE DOING DESIGN WORK IN 2022, IN 2023 WE'LL ISSUE ADDITIONAL BONDS FOR THE UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION PORTION AND IN 2024, WE'RE PLANNING TO ISSUE GO AND -- G. O. AND C. O. BONDS AND WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE ANY

QUESTIONS. >> NO QUESTIONS. AT THIS TIMELY OPEN IT UP FOR PG E PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK THIS ITEM MAY STEP TO THE PODIUM.

>> SEEING NO ONE GET UP WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM C 1. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>>> THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN, MOTION CARRIES AND MS. HILL BRICK WILL YOU PRESENT CONSENT

[D. Consent Agenda:]

AGENDA. >> D 1 IS THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 21ST REGULAR MEETING D 2 ANNUAL IMIMPROVEMENT OF LIST OF QUALIFIED BROKERS AND D 3 IS A

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AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS. >> I WILL READ IT IN SPANISH.

>> THANK YOU. >> DE NADA. >> MOTION?

>> THAT'S IT. >> SO MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND ALL KNOWS FAVOR? >> AYE.

>> THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. ALREADY, ITEM CARRIES. E 1.

[1. Award the Fire Station #1 Renovation Project to Lauger Construction, I...]

>> ITEM E 1 IS A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE FIRE STATION NUMBER 1 REN NATION PROJECT TO LAUGER

CONSTRUCTION, INC. OF VICTORIA, TEXAS OF COST OF $2,657,320.34. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THIS PROJECT BACK IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THE OFFICIAL APPROVAL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY YEARS.

TONIGHT WE HAVE WITH US. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> STATION 1 IS THE ANCHOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS FOR THE SOUTHSIDE OF VICTORIA. IT COVERS A DENSELY POPULATED AREA OF THE CITY INCLUDING OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. THE STATION WAS BUILT IN 1981 AND STILL MAINTAINS ITS ORIGINAL ROOF WHICH HAS CAUSES PROBLEM BACK TO CLAUDETTE, I BELIEVE.

BUT WAS SOUTHSIDE OF TOWN FIRST RESPONSE COVERAGE. ALSO WASN'T DESIGNED FOR AS MANY FIREFIGHTERS AS WE HAVE HOUSED IN IT TODAY. THE RENOVATION PLAN INCLUDES REDESIGNING THE LIVING SPACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IN LINE WITH MODERN FIRE STATION DESIGN AND FUNCTION, HARDENING THE STRUCTURE TO SUSTAIN THOSE 135 MILES PER HOUR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND OUTFITTING WITH IT A FULLY EMERGENCY GENERATOR THAT POWERS A WHOLE BUILDING NOT JUST CERTAIN PIECES. THIS JUST A REAL QUICK EXAMPLE OF DESIGN. AND THIS IS REALLY THE BULK OF THE PROJECT IS REDESIGNING THE INTERIOR SPACE OF THE STATION. AND THE INDIVIDUAL SLEEPING QUARTERS THAT IS NOT THE CASE TODAY FORTUNATE THERE IS ONE SHOWER FOR ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS IN THERE TO USE.

THIS PROJECT ADDS AT LEAST TWO MORE FULL BATH ROOMS TO THE PROJECT.

WE'RE ALSO PROUD TO INCLUDE A SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM WE HAVE THAT IN THIS BUILDING AS WELL.

WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT AND THIS BUILDING IS DESIGNED TO GROW AS WE NEED TO, TO ITS MAX CAPACITY OF FIREFIGHTERS ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, FOR ADDITIONAL BATHROOMS TO BE BUILD AND ADDITIONAL BEDROOMS TO BE BUILT AS WELL AS WE GROW AND ADD MORE STAFF TO THIS FACILITY.

IN MY OPINION THIS PROJECT REALLY ALLOWS THE STATION TO BE USED FOR ANOTHER 40 YEARS.

>> LIKE I SAID WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE LAUGER WAS THE OPINION WING PROPOSAL WE BUILT IT TO THE PROPOSAL SOME D DUCTS, IF YOU WILL ALTERNATIVES WE COULD D DUCTS TO THE PROJ ASKING AND ONE IS THE WAREHOUSE FACILITY WE TALKED ABOUT & IN OTHER PROPOSALS AND PRESENTATIONS AND I WOULD ALSO DELETED THE THE SYSTEM THAT THERE WERE OTHER OPTIONS THAT LAUGER PROVIDED THAT WERE ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT REDUCED THE COST TO A FINAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $2.6 MILLION.

>> CHIEF, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT SLIDE, OKAY, NUMBER THREE IS GOING BE DELETED, THAT GREEN

ONE? >> SAY THAT -- YES, MA'AM, THAT SPACE IS WHERE THE WAREHOUSE WAS GOING BE. AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE REMOVING OUT OF THE PROJECT AND AND THEN

NUMBER ONE, IS IT JUST A PART OF THAT GRAY AREA? >> NUMBER ONE THE WHOLE GRAYISH, BLUISH AREA IS THE WHOLE ENTIRE STATION. AND THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE IS THE ROOF OF THE STATION AND THAT IS BEING TOTALLY REPLACED.

AND THE WHOLE STATION IS BEING RENOVATED. TO THE LEFT OF THE ONE THAT IS THE APPARATUS BAY AND NOT AS MUCH OCCURRING IN THERE AS THE REST OF THE STATION.

>> OKAY. >> WE DO INTEND AT SOME POINT TO OBVIOUSLY COME BACK AND FULFILL

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>> IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING THE STORAGE STUFF FROM AIRLINE?

CORRECT. >> CORRECT. >> WE'LL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO GET BACK TO THAT PROJECT AS MR. GARZA SAID. IT IS A KEY ROLE IN THAT PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS OF ALLOWING US TO RELOCATE A LOT OF OUR STORAGE EQUIPMENT AND OTHER

THINGS TO THAT PROPERTY. >> OKAY. >> AS MR. GARZA MENTIONED THE PROJECT FUNDING IS MADE UP OF A FEW DIFFERENT SOURCES. IN THE AIM OR VERY DETAILS OF THE DIFFERENT CITY FUNDS THAT MAKE UP TO 2.1 MILLION-DOLLAR AND THEN TOTAL OF $500,000 FROM

THE VICTORIA SALES TAX DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. >> PROJECT TIMELINE, SECURE THE CONTRACTOR, WE'RE DOING IT TONIGHT, HOPEFULLY AND WORKING THROUGH THE CONTRACT THROUGH THE REST OF THE MONTH AND MARCH HOPEFULLY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OR MORE ACCURATELY DEMOLISH A LOT OF THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND HAVE THIS PROJECT COMPLETED BY DECEMBER OF 2022.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE MR. DRYER AND LAUGER

CONSTRUCTION. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >>> YES, MA'AM.

>> THIS BEING THE MOST OUTSIDE FIRE STATION, WHAT HAPPENS IN CASE THERE IS AN EMERGENCY DOWN HERE ARE WE COVERED? ARE WE NOT? WHERE IS NUMBER ONE GOING GO TO?

>> GREAT QUESTION. >> I'M ASSUMING YOU MEAN TEMPORARILY.

>> YES. THAT IS AT LEAST NINE MONTHS. >> OUR PLAN IS WE'RE RELOCATING TO THE OLD CITY WAREHOUSE THAT IS IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF VICTORIA OFF OF NORTH STREET, OFF PINE STREET JUST OFF OF NORTH STREET. WE'LL STILL BE IN THE AREA. IT WORKED OUT GREAT FOR US.

WE'RE GOING TOZY RELOCATE OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE GROUPS THERE AND HAVE TEMPORARY HOUSING UNIT THERE AND WE'LL RESPOND SO NO DELAY IN RESPONSE TO THE DISTRICT, SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN.

>>> YOU'RE GOING TO THE OLD PURCHASING BUILDING. >> YES, MA'AM, CORRECT.

>> ARE YOU CONFIDENT ON THAT DECEMBER DATE WITH ALL THE LONG LEADS STUFF WE HAVE.

>>> THE ORIGINAL PROJECT SAYS 9 MONTHS AND I PUT IN AT LEAST 12 MONTHS BECAUSE A LOT OF LEAD

TIME, YES, SIR. >> I THINK WE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

>>> PROBABLY SO, PROBABLY SO. AND WE'RE A LITTLE OFF THE SCHEDULE, TOO, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL THE CONTRACTS AND PROPOSALS RIGHT AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TRYING TO GET THE COST DOWN. TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET US TO COUNCIL BUT WE'LL SEE A

12-MONTH PROJECT THON. >>> THANK YOU FOR WORKING THROUGH IT AND GETTING THROUGH THE ITEMS NEVER FUN TO HAVE TO TAKE STUFF OUT. CREATE BORK WHICH MR. KREUGER AND LAUGER CONTRACTORS GREAT WORK GOING THROUGH THE DEDUCTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM E

1. >> SECONDS. >> MOTION AND A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

[2. Appoint a Member to the Planning Commission. April Hilbrich, City Secr...]

E 2? >> E 2 IS A RESOLUTION APPOINTING A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

>> SERVE THREE YEARS STAGGERED TERMS. SO IN IS A LIST OF THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THAT COMMISSION. AND AS I SAID, WE HAVE ONE VACANCY WITH AN UNEXPIRED TERM AND THE TERM IS LONGER THAN 18 MONTH SO AS THE APPOINTEES WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE MORE FULL TERM. SO WE DID RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FROM MONICA ROPPEDZ,MARK HINOJOSA AND REBECCA SPEARS WHO YOU HEARD TONIGHT. I LEFT THE BALLOTS, IF YOU'LL LIST YOUR NAME AND FILL OUT THE NUMBER ONE BALLOT THERE AND I'LL COME AROUND AND PICK THEM UP QUICKLY. REMEMBER, THAT THE BALLOTS WILL MR. AVAILABLE IN MY OFFICE FOR REVIEW BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.

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WITH MS. RODRIGUEZ GETTING THE NOMINATION TO BE APPOINTED. >> I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT DID APPLY. PLEASE, APPLY FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES UP IF YOU WEREN'T APPOINTED THIS ONE. WE'RE ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF APPLICANTS WE GET FOR THESE POSITIONS AND IT IS A VERY HARD DECISION TO MAKE UP HERE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS WORTHY AND EXPERIENCED ENOUGH TO DO THE APPOINTMENT. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.

>> AND WE DO APPOINT MEMBERS TO ALL OF THESE BOARDS ANNUALLY, IF NOT FILL IN VACANT SPOTS SO KEEP

APPLYING. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO PULL ITEM E 3 AND.

>> DO WE NEED -- >> WE'LL NEED TO VOTE. >>> I'M SORRY.

>> I MOVE WE APPOINT MONICA RODRIGUEZ TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

[3. Appeal of a variance request to Section 20-83(a) for a property locate...]

>> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSE SAME SIGN. THANK YOU.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ITEM E 3 TO THE MARCH 1ST MEETING. SO WE WON'T BE COVERING IT TO

[1. Victoria Police Department's 2021 Annual Report. Roberto Arredondo, Po...]

>> ALL RIGHT, SO TONIGHT WE BEGIN 2, 3-MONTH PROCESS OF HAVING OUR DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS PRESENT THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS. AS WE'VE DONE EVERY YEAR FOR A BUNCH OF YEARS. THIS IS REALLY A GREAT TIME FOR IT, BECAUSE IT REALLY HELPS SET THE FOUNDATION GOING INTO THE SUMMER AND GOING INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS.

IT IS A GOOD REFRESHER FOR ALL OF US ESPECIALLY NEWER COUNCIL MEMBER IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AS WELL. TONIGHT WE'RE TACKLING THE THREE DEPARTMENT WE CONSIDER PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE, FIRE AND MUNE NICE FEDERAL COURT. ANDLY TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF

ARREDONDO TO KICK IT OFF. >> MAYOR, COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL REPORT TODAY. SO WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME STATS.

2020 WAS AN ANOMALY. THE STATE WAS SHUT DOWN FOR SOME TIME, AND THEREFORE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTAIN CRIMES. KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE ALONG AND TALK ABOUT INCREASES AND DECREASES AND I'LL HAVE SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU, THOUGH. ALL RIGHT, 2021 RECAP. CLASS 1 CRIMES DECREASE BY 3.45%. WHAT IS A CLASS 1 CRIME? THAT IS MURDER, AGGRAVATED SAUL, SEX SAUL ASSAULT, BURGLARY, THEFT AND BURGLARY OF MOTOR VEHICLE.

CLASS TWO CRIMES INCEASE BY 17.56%. WHAT IS A CLASS 2 CRIME: SIMPLE ASSAULT, DRUG CHARGES, FRAUD, WEAPON, LAW VIOLATION, DWI, LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS.

SOME OF THOSE ARE ARRESTS THAT WE MAKE SO THAT INCREASE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO OUR OFFICER'S PRO ACTIVITY SO I LIKE THE SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT ONE AS LONG AS IT PERTAINS TO PROACTIVITY AND NOT THE ACTUAL CRIMES. WE'LL COVER SOME OF THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OVERALL CRIME DID INCREASE BY 4.1% BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD I'LL GIVE YOU MY PLAN FOR THAT AND HOW WE'RE GOING REDUCE THAT MOVING FORWARD.

SO ONE THING THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF IS THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE WENT UP THISIAR BY 22%, VERSUS 2020 WE CANED A TOTAL OF -- WE ANSWERED 1,1694 CALLS FOR SERVICE.

AGAIN, A 22% INCREASE FROM 2020. >> PRIORITY 1 CALLSEEN THOUGH WE WENT UP IN CALLS OUR PRIORITY 1

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OFFICERS ARE EDUCATED ON CURRENT CRIME DATA AND TRENDS AND FOCUS CRIME-FIGHTING EFFORTS IN THOSE AREAS. AND IN THE SHORT TIME SINCE IMPLEMENTING INTELLIGENCE-LED POLICING, DATA SHOWS US TO BE IN THE RIGHT AREAS FOR CRIME REDUCTION THIS IS OUR COMMAND STAFF THIS IS THE GROUPNA WORKS ALONGSIDE OF ME. THAT IS FIRST DEPUTY CHIEF MARK JAMISON, DEPUTY CHIEF CHARLES YOUNG, CAPTAIN KEVIN SANDERSON. CAPTAIN CALEBBRE SHEARS AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE EACH ONE OF THOSE WORK. IF WE LOOK AT CLASS 1 CRIME, AGAIN, LOOK AT THE LEFT GRAPH THERE. YOU'LL SEE CLASS 1 CRIMES GID INDEED DEAD DECREASE BY 3.1% IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE VERSUS THE YEARS PRIOR WE DID HAVE REDUCTION IN THOSE AREAS EXCEPT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.

AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS PLAGUED THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

AND AS I LOOKED AT THE SEXUAL ASSAULT NUMBERS, I RECOGNIZED EARLY ON THAT WE WERE GOING HAVE A STEEP INCREASE. SO ABOUT SPRING, I EXPECT LATED OUT THE NUMBERS AND FOUND, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. WE STARTED TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT AND WE DO NOT HAVE A SERIAL RAPIST IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE AND WE DO NEED TO KNOW WHY. AND I'LL GET THE OUR PLAN FOR THAT AS I MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IN A MINUTE. PROPERTY CRIMES KNOWN THE PIE CHART THERE, WE HAD A DECREASE IN PROPERTY CRIMES OF 8.73%. THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE. AND I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS WE USE FOR EDUCATING OUR PUBLIC AND HELPING THEM KEEP FROM BEING VICTIMIZED ON THEIR PROPERTY CRIMES.

SO AGAIN, I LOOKED AT SEXUAL ASSAULTS. AND I DECIDED OKAY, WE DUG DEEP AND SEE WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE, BUT HOW I DO REDUCE THIS? HOW DO I REDUCE SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY BEING VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHETHER BIT FAMILY OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THAT.

SO I REACHED OUT TO A PROFESSIONAL WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, VICTORIA WITH THE HELP OF OUR CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND ENTERED AN AGREEMENT WITH A CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCHER TO REVIEW OUR PAST SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFENSES. THROUGH THIS RESEARCH I'M ASKING PROFESSOR TO CREATE A REPORT AND GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING? HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT? AND THROUGH THAT REPORT I WANT TO CREATE A GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN SO THAT I CAN EDUCATE OUR PUBLIC AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS IN OUR

COMMUNITY. >> ALL RIGHT SO AS WE LOOK AT JUVENILE ARRESTS, YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE DONE VESUS 2020. I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO SCHOOLS BEING SHUT DOWN, NOT IN SESSION DURING 2020. WE SEE ANY TIME SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN SESSION WE HAVE AN ISSUE OF JUVENILE CRIME. WE'RE WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO ADDRESS IT.

BUT WE LOVE IT IS WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION BECAUSE IT REDUCES JUVENILE CRIMES, HOWEVER, WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE OUR YOUTH AND I HAVE SOME OF THOSE IDEAS WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEAR A MINUTE. WHEN YOU I ATTRIBUTE THE FLATNESS IN BOTH YEARS TO THE PANDEMIC. THE JAIL WILL NOT TAKE CERTAIN CRIMES. AND I THINK THAT INCREASED OUR CRIME AS WELL BUT I DO TOTALLY GET AND UNDERSTAND WE'VE GOT TO PROTECT OUR JAILERS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE STRONG PROTOCOLS IN

PLACE FOR THAT REASON. >> IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE TOP RIGHT CRASH DATA THERE, YOU'LL

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YOU CAN SEE THE TO THE RIGHT THERE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS WE GO TO.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY AND WE'VE GOT CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE CITIZEN POLICE AL LUM NIGH, WE HAVE 97 MEMBERS AND THAT IS OUTSTANDING.

AND WE HOPE TO INCREASE THAT, BUT WE ALSO HOPE TO INCREASE THEIR VOLUNTEERISM.

THINGS WE CAN FIND AND NEED HELP WITH AT THE STATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT DIFFERENT WAYS OF ENGAGING THEM AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR WILLINGNESS TO HELP.

THE YOUTH CAMP. IN 2019, WE HAD 43 KIDS. THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR.

THAT IS OUTSTANDING. 2020 WE HAD TO CANCEL IT DUE TO COVID.

IN 2021 WE'RE READY TO GO AGAIN. WE SIGNED UP 26 KIDS AND THEN THE DELTA VARIANT CAME AGAIN AND WE LAD TO CANCEL IT AGAIN. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GET PASSED THE PANDEMIC AND START ENGAGING OUR YOUTH LIKE THAT AGAIN. WE HAVE AN EXPLORER PROGRAM WE JUST GOT BACK INTO. IN 2018 WE HAD 20 KIDS. 2019 WE HAD 18 KIDS.

THIS YEAR WE ADVERTISED IT AND PUT IT OUT THERE AND WE HAD THREE KIDS RESPOND.

THREE KIDS IS A START. WE'RE NOT GOING GIVE UP, IF THAT IS ALL WE GET WE'RE DOING TO TRAIN THOSE KIDS AND THEY'LL BE THE LEADERS FOR NEXT YEAR'S CLASS WHAT WE HAVE, WE'RE LOOKING HAT HOMESCHOOL NETWORKS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT AND GROW THAT AND ENGAGE ALL LEVELLESS OF OUR YOUTH SO TAKING A LOOK AT TRAINING UNIT, 8 NOW 524 HOURS OF TRAINING TO ADVANCE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COURSE, THAT IS OUR APEX VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING THAT WAS DONATED BY THE 100 CLUB, WE'RE STILL USING THAT TO ATTRACT OUR OFFICERS FROM THE IN OUR REGION. HOPEFULLY HELP US RECRUIT SOME. VPD HAD A TOTAL OF 61 SPONSORSHIP APPLICATIONS THAT IS US SPONSORING THEM THROUGH THE ACADEMY.

OUR DEPARTMENT HIRED 26 POLICE OFFICERS IN 2021, 73.33% HIGHER THAN OUR FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE.

WHEN I ARRIVED WHICH HAD TEN OPENINGS. TEN VACANCIES.

WE HIRED 26 OFFICERS. PRETTY GOOD. A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT.

WE LOST 13 IN RESIGNATION. THAT GIVE US AN NET INCREASE OF 13 OFFICERS.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, CITY MANAGER IS WORKING WITH ME TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AND

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THIS IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY PROUD OF. THESE ARE OUR OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD. ON THE TOP LEFT YOU HAVE AARON JOHNSON OUR CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR. AND JONG TURNER OFFICER OF THE YEAR AND POLICE OFFICER GALLEGOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. LIEUTENANT CLAY FETTER, SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR AND TELECOMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR WENT TO SHARON REYNOLDS ALL WORTHY RECIPIENTS.

WE LOOK AT PROMOTIONS ALWAYS THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR US. IT HELPS MORALE AND HELPS RETENTION. A LOT OF GOOD THINGS COME FROM PROMOTIONS.

WE HAD MARK HAYDEN WHO MADE LIEUTENANT, MELISSA RENDON WHO MADE SERGEANT.

MATH THROUGH DAILEY MO WHO MADE SERGEANT. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST FRO MOTION THERE THAT IS STEVEN CASTANEDA. HE GOT A LATERAL PROMOTION WENT FROM A PATROL OFFICER TO A DETECTIVE. VERY GOOD THAT WE CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. NEXT WE HAVE OFFICER 401(K) URIAS, HE WAS NOT LATERAL PROMOTION HE WENT TO MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER, JUSTIN SERVER BECAME A DETECTIVE, ELIZABETH MCCLEAN, DETECTIVE, HALEY WATKINS DETECTIVE, DETECTIVE JAY GARZA CANINE OFFICER AND OSCAR GARCIA CANINE OFFICER AS WELL. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT HELP ME WITH RETENTION AND HELP IMPROVE MORALE AND GIVES OFFICERS DIFFERENT TRACTS WHETHER THEY WANT TO GO ADMINISTRATIVE TRACT OR DETECTIVE TRACT. IT IS ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE IN THE CITY MANAGER THROUGH HIS SUPPORT HAS HELPED ME ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

LOOKING AT GRANTS, WE ALWAYS WAND TO BE A GOOD STEWART OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY. THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DONATIONS IN THERE.

AUTO GROUP DONE NATED DODGE CHARGER TO WHICH WE NEEDED AND DA'S OFFICE DONATED $14,600 FOR A CANINE WHICH CREATED THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HELP OUR RETENTION.

VICTORIA LIONS CLUB DONATED $16,000 FOR AN ADDITIONAL CANINE AS WELL AND THAT IS NOT JUST THE DOG, IT IS DOG TRAINING AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT SESSION.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE GRADS THERE, THE BODY WORN CAMERA GRANT THAT WILL ENSURE EVERY SWORN OFFICER HAS A BODY WORN CAPITAL. A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

THE COPS GRANT WAS SOMETHING ALREADY IN PLACE WHEN I GOT HERE, BUT WE MOVED FORWARD WITH IT AND WERE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL FOUR ADDITIONAL OFFICERS BECAUSE OF IT.

THE JACK GRAND A RECURRING GRANT WE APBUY FOR EVERY YEAR AND ABLE TO GET TASERS FOR OFFICERS THAT DON'T HAVE TASERS. MOTOR VEHICLES CRIMES GRANT, A GRANT OF 140,000, THAT HELPS US WITH TWO DETECTIVES THAT DO NOTHING BUT FIGHT AUTO CRIMES AND THAT IS VERY NEEDED.

>> COVID GRANT $61,568. WE USE THAT FOR PPE AND OTHER THINGS TO HELP US CONTRACT FROM CONTRACTING COVID WHAT AN YOUNT STANDING OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP US SAFE.

OUR LATEST GRAND WAS THE LONE STAR OPERATIONS GRANT. WE APPLIED FOR THIS AND GOT $136,000 AWARDED SO TO HELP US WITH TECHNOLOGY, LICENSE PLATE READERS.

WE'RE GOING TO USE THE TO HELP US THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE HIGHWAYS AND TRY TO DETER CRIME.

I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT IN THE FUTURE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

TXDOT STEP GRANT, YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. ALL GOOD OPPORTUNITIES.

SO TECHNOLOGY, REAL IMPORTANT. I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK TO THE RIGHT THERE ON THE SLIDE.

YOU SEE THE HOUSTON HIGHWAY TAG. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY TO GATHER INTELLIGENCE AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER.

LPR IS USED TO HELP DETURE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ILLEGAL TRANSPORTATION OF DRUGS AND OTHER CONTRABAND INTO OUR CITY. AND OBVIOUSLY DETER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN GENERAL.

LITTLE OVER 50% OF OUR CRIME WE DETERMINE WERE IN TWO LARGE AREAS IN OUR ENTIRE CITY.

AND WE CREATED WHAT ARE CALLED TAGS, TARGETED ACTION AREA GRIDS.

AND THERE IS OUR SECOND TAG. THE NORTH NAVARRO TAG. I EXPLAINED IS A TARGET ACTION AREA GRID. WE DUG DOWN DEEPER. WE DIDN'T JUST SAY, OKAY, WE'VE GOT THIS BIG AREA TO LOOK AT. WE USED OUR AT THE THAT TO TELL US HOW DO WE GET TO CALLS FASTER AND HOW DO WE REDUCE THIS CRIME. LET'S DIG DOWN INTO THE TAAG. AND SEE IF THERE ARE CERTAIN

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THE CITY OF VICTORIA IS BROKEN DOWN INTO NUMEROUS TRACTS BASED ON RESIDENTS RESIZING IN A PARTICULAR AREA. SORRY IF I'M TALKING FAST, I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH.

IN A HOT TRACT IS WHAT I'M CALLING IT TRACT 233 AN AREA OF.22 SQUARE MILE, 975 TOTAL CRIMES MINUS SHOP LIFTING IN A 3-YEAR PERIOD IN THIS AREA. AND YOU CAN SEE DOWN BELOW HOW IT IS BROKEN DOWN 445 PAR 1 CRIMES IN THIS AREA. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THERE HOW SMALL THAT IS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE IN THAT LOCATION. HOT TRACT 222 THIS IS AN AREA OF O0.11 SQUARE MILES. 794 TOTAL CRIMES IN 3-YEAR PERIOD.

THERE WERE 180 PAR-1 CRIMES AND BROKEN DOWN BELOW. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT.

HOT TRACK 500. KIND OF A WEIRD LOOKING HOT TRACT BUT THAT IS A HALF MILE TRACT THERE AND WE HAD 443 TOTAL CRIMES IN A 3-YEAR PERIOD IN THAT AREA.

AND THAT IS 169 CRIMES BROKEN DOWN BELOW. >> WE LEARN HOW TO PROCEED IN THE FUTURE FROM REVIEWING THE PAST. IF WE REGULATE THE CRIME IN THESE THREE SMALL AREAS 084 SQUARE MILES THEN WE MANAGE THE MAJORITY OF CRIME IN OUR CITY.

AND WE LEARN THAT BY DIGGING INTO THE NUMBERS. GOT BEHIND IN MY PAGES HERE.

LET ME GO BACK JUST A MINUTE HERE. LET ME JUST TELL A QUICK SUCCESS STORY, SO IT IS A JOINT EFFORT. NOT JUST PATROLS NOT JUST DETECTIVES, NOT JUST OUR CRIME ANALYST IT IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EVERYBODY, INCLUDING YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE SUCCESS STORY IS TANGLEWOOD SQUARE. MS. SCOTT BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. WE QUICKLY SAW THAT FIT INTO OUR HOUSTON HIGHWAY TAAG.

WE JUMPED ON IT AS A GROUP AND IN THE TIME THAT WIFE BEEN THERE, WE REDUCED CRIME IN THAT AREA BY 11% AND MS. SCOTT CAN TELL YOU HOW HAPPY THOSE RIS DEBTS ARE -- RESIDENTS ARE WE

DID THAT. >>> VERY MUCH SO, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING

WITH THAT. >> YES, MA'AM. SO HERE IS OUR GOALS IN 2022.

WE'RE GOING TRY TO REDUCE CRIME OVERALL BY 3%. WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO PRIORITITY ONE CALLS FOR SERVICE IN SEVEN MINUTES OR LESS. WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF, THAT WANT TO KEEP THAT WHERE WE'RE AT. ANSWER ALL EMERGENCY CALLS WITHIN 10 SECONDS OR LESS 90% OF THE TIME. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO OUR DISPATCH CENTER IT IS FAST-PACED A LOT GOING ON. 115 CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE ABOUT 200,000, 115,000 CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE. ABOUT 200,000 CALLS COME IN TO THAT CALL CENTER. SO IF WE CAN DO THIS, 90% OF THE TIME WIRE DOING REALLY WELL.

>> IF YOU'RE LISTENING AND INTERESTED IN A JOB YOU CAN VISIT THE CITY WEBSITE.

>> THAT IS A FACT. >> RECRUIT, NEXT IS RECRUIT, HIRE AND TRAIN PERSONNEL TO FILL EXIST VACANCY CHIEFING A VACANCY RATE OF 6 OR BELOW. WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 7 WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD. IMPROVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DIVERSITY.

INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THAT FOCUS ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC CONCERNING CRIME-RELATED ISSUES TO HELP REDUCE CRIME AND BUILD PUBLIC TRUST.

NEXT WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE INVESTIGATION OVERALL CASE CLEARANCE BY 3%.

AND REDUCE TRAFFIC-RELATED CRASHES BY 3%. ALL RIGHT, THESE ARE SOME TENTATIVE THINGS WE HAVE PLANNED FOR 2022 IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT A LUNCH AND LEARN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO -- THIS IS GOING HELP US ENGAGE OUR ELDERLY COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GOING CREATE A FORUM FOR US TO MEET, VISIT, TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE CHALLENGING THE ELDERLY COMMUNITY AND GET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE AS WELL AND EMTS HELPING GIVE HEALTH SCREENINGS AND SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP. WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM WHAT OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE GOING BUILD THAT UP AS WE GO. ANOTHER THING THAT I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT MANY OF YOU KNOW I LIKE TO FISH EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN MUCH SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. THE FISHING EVENT, I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, MAYBE WE'LL CALL IT COPS AND BOBBER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE CALLED JUST YET BUT HELP ENGAGE OUR YOUTH THERE.

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A SHREDDING EVENT WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO STEP UP AND SPONSOR A SHREDDING TRUCK AND THEN WE LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY KNOW IF YOU A BOX OR TWO, WE HAVE TO LIMIT HOW MUCH BUT AN OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE OLD FILES YOU WANT SLIDED COME AND GET IN LINE AND WE SHRED THEM FOR YOU AND DESTROY THEM AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A THING BECAUSE THEY'RE SHREDDED BY A COMPANY HERE LOCALLY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DO THAT SOMETIME IN

AUGUST. >>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO HELP OUT THE PARKS AND

ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT AND SHRED LOTS OR SOMETHING. >> WE CAN DO THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUSTTY FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA FOR SUPPORT, COUNCIL THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER THANK YOU APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO AND MOST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE OFFICERS FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR. WE'VE HAD A TON OF CHALLENGES.

YOU SAW WE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS, MUCH TO BE PROUD ABOUT AND I'M SO PROUD OF THE EFFORT THESE OFFICERS GIVE EVERYDAY AND I'M EXCITED TO BE LEAR AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

>> THANK YOU. ISLE TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

>>> I KNOW FROM ALL OF US, I'M SURE EVERYONE IS GOING TO ECHO, IS WE APPRECIATE YOU AND THE TEAM YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER AND THE WAY YOU LEAD THE DEPARTMENT. IT SHOWS.

WE KNOW THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE AND TO DO IT ALL IN SUCH A TERRIBLE POLICE ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND STILL MAKE IT GRACEFUL AND JOB HERE AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE YOU

AS OUR CHIEF. >> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOU, THANK YOU.

>> AND THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING VICTORIA. >>> THANK YOU CHIEF.

IT IS HAVE EVIDENCE THAT CRIME REDUCTION IS A BIG PART OF WHO OUR CHIEF IS AND I THEY IS HUGE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN NEEDING TO FOCUS MORE ON.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE IDEAS HE'S BRINGING FORWARD TO HELP US ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH THE DATA-DRIVEN APPROACHES HE'S BRINGING. BUT WITH THAT I'M GOING TO CALL

[2. Victoria Fire Department's 2021 Annual Report. Robert Fox, Fire Chief]

>> GOOD EVENING UNDERSTAND AGAIN, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, BEFORE I JUMP, INTO THIS PRESENTATION, I DID NOT RECOGNIZE A FEW PEOPLE. THEY'VE DONE TREMENDOUS WORK ON THAT PROJECT. SO THANK YOU FOR THEM WANTING TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THAT AS WELL.

>>> MEANS THEY SENT THEM A TEXT MESSAGE. >> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN AND AS CITY MANAGER SAID I'M EXCITED AND PROUD TO PREVENT THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 2021. IT FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AGO I WAS STANDING UP HERE GOING, MAN, 2020 WAS A HORRIBLE YEAR AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 2021 AND LO AND BEHOLD 2021 SAID YOU JUST WAIT AND SEE. SO 2021 WAS A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR US AND JUST LIKE CHIEF A, OUR MEMBERS ARE DEDICATED TO THEIR JOB. WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.

BUT SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES WAS, WINTER STORM RIGHT AFTER OFF THE BAT EARLY IN THE YEAR WAS SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US, NOT JUST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT ALL OF US.

THE COVID-19 VACCINATION, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE NEVER, ALL OF US NEVER SEE ANOTHER IN OUR LIFETIME WHERE WE'RE MASS VACCINATING THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS A CHALLENGE WE HAVE NOT SEEN OR AT LEAST I HAVE NOT SEEN IN MY LIFETIME THAT WE HANDLED IN OVERCAME THAT VERY WELL AND THROW IN AS CHIEF SAID THE DEALT THAT AND OMICRON VARIANTS THEY HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OR

WORKFORCE AND CALL VOLUME. >>> 2021 WAS OUR HIGHEST CALL VOLUME ON RECORD.

AND CHIEF A MENTIONED THIS AS WELL. WE DID PHRASED ALL THOSE CHALLENGES WHILE DEALING WITH THE GREAT RESIGNATION. WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE MORE PEOPLE RESIGN AS NORMALLY DID BUT HOW THAT IMPACTED US IS WE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME RECRUITING PEOPLE INTO THE ORGANIZATION. SO WE OPERATED AT 75% STAFF ALL OF 2021 SO I TELL YOU WHAT AFTER WE TALK ABOUT 2021 TODAY WE'RE READY TO PUT IT BEHIND US AND 2022 HAS ALREADY BAN GREAT YEAR AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. JUST AS I MENTIONED, OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2021, WE SAW SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. TYPICALLY WE SEE ABOUT A 2 TO 3% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR BUT IN 2021 WE HAD 11% INCREASE AND WENT OVER 13,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT YEAR. AS YOU KANG SIGH RAL LONG THE BOTTOM, THERE WAS ONLY WIN MONTH, MAYBE TWO THAT WE HAD BELOW A THOUSAND CALLS PER MONTH.

TYPICALLY IN 2020 WE AVERAGED ABOUT 800. IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE

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I THINK THAT WAS EVERYBODY WAS HOLDING OFF IN 2021, YOU KNOW, SITTING TIGHT AND THEN HERE WE GO, 2028 THE DOORS CAME OFF AND EVERYBODY STARTED CALLING. WE'RE ALSO WEREN'T ABLE TO DO OUR LIFT ASSISTANCE AVOIDANCE PROGRAM LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE DUE TO TO COVID AND OTHER THINGS. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO REENGAGING THAT PROGRAM 2022 AND SOME OTHER PROGRAMS AND HOPEFULLY REDUCE THOSE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALSO, COVID CALLS WE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COVID CALLS IN 2021. 3% OVERALL CALL VOLUME WHICH IS 300 COVID CALLS.

THAT IS 300 CONTACTS WITH THE COVID-POSITIVE PATIENT. AND THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THAT IS, WE ONLY TRANSPORTED 80% OF THOSE WHICH IS BETTER THAN TRANSPORTING 90% OF THEM WHICH WE DID IN 2020, BECAUSE WHAT THAT DID IS THAT REDUCED THE DEMAND ON THE ERS AND HOSPITAL AND TOOK A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF THE HOSPITALS BY IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM WHERE WE'D GO OUT, CHECK ON A COVID PATIENT AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RING ON E OKAY, YOUR SIDAL SIGNS ARE OKAY YOU NEED TO CALL YOUR PHYSICIAN AND GET PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS AND THEREFORE YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO THE ER. THAT US ONE OF THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE IF BURDEN ON THE HOSPITAL AND REDUCE THE BURDEN ON OFF BECAUSE WE COULD STAFF ONE PERSON THAT GOULD TO THE COVID CALLS ANDS AS AND DETERMINE IF THEY NEEDED AN AMBULANCE OR NOT. A EFFICIENTSY STRATEGY FOR US AS WELL FOR SOME REASON WE HAD A SPIKE IN STRUCTURE FIRES. THAT IS THE HIGHEST WE'VE HAD IN TEN YEARS ABOUT A 9% INCREASE IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE HAD A FEW MORE ARSON CASES THAN NORMAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE JUST LUCK OF THE DRAW FOR WHATEVER REASON, 2021 SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING GIVE IT TO YOU ALL THIS YEAR AND SEE HOWIO DEAL WITH IT. BUT THOSE ARE THE UNIQUE CALLS FOR SERVICES WE HAD AND CHANGE FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2021 NOW ONTO THE HIGHLIGHTS WE STILL ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AND I WAS PUTTING THIS REPORT TOGETHER I HAD TO PINCH MY STAFF, DID WE REALLY DO THIS IN 2021? ALL I REMEMBER IS VACCINATION, VACCINATION, VACCINATION. BUT ONE GOAL FOR 201 WAS REDUCING OUR LIGHTS AND SIREN TRANSPORTS AND ME AND CITY MANAGER HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

WHY WOULD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMS WANT TO REDUCE THEIR LIGHTS AND SIRENS.

IT IS REAL SIMPLE. LIGHTS AND SIRENS WHEN UNITS ARE LIKES AND SIREN AS IN IS WHEN ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. WE WANT TO REDUCE THAT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO KEEP OUR STAFF SAFE, OUR CUSTOMER COMPLAINT THE BACK OF THE AMBULANCE SAFE AND OUR THE PUBLIC SAFE. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINKS THAT RESULTS IN A LESSER QUALITY.

IT IS JUST THE OPPOSITE. BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING MORE TIME AND BEING MORE CAUTIOUS, WE'RE PROVIDING A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE TO PUBLIC BECAUSE WE CAN PROVIDE THESE HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE LIKE OUR WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM. IN 2021 WE PHIPPCHY DO 9 TO 10% OF OUR TRANSPORTS INJURIES ON OR LIGHT AND SIREN IS WITH GOAL BEING 5% AND END OF THE YEAR OUR CRUISE DID A GREAT JOB OF ACCOMPLISHING THIS TASK LIGHTS AND SIRENS IS A EMOTIONAL THING AND A HARD THING FOR US TO SELL AND GET OUR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE LIGHTS AND SIRENS YOU HAVE THE POWER TO TREAT THESE PEOPLE APPROPRIATELY.

>>> THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING ISN'T THAT EVERYBODY'S DREAM TO GET TO DRIVE.

>> IT IS, IT IS. THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE TO SAY, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO LIGHTS AND

SIRENS. IT IS AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE. >> AT THE NEXT PARADE THEY WON'T

HAVE THEM ON. >> PARADES ARE OKAY. >> PARADES ARE GREAT.

>>> AS WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT. OUR PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE CONTINUED IN 2021.

MAINLY IN THE FORM OF VACCINATIONS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN OUR MASS VACCINATION HUBS WE HELD AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. I THINK WE VACCINATED OVER 50,000 PEOPLE ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY PROUD ABOUT IS OUR VACCINATION EFFORT TO VACCINATE THE HOMEBOUND THAT TOOK A LOT OF LOGISTICS AND A LOT OF WORK TO GO OUT AND VACCINATE OVER 500 HOMEBOUND RESIDENTS RESIDENTS AE DIDN'T DO 500 BUT JUST FINISHED GOING BACK TO THE 500 AND OFFERING THEM BOOSTER SHOTS WE JUST WRAPPED THAT UP THIS WEEK. JUST A GREAT RESPONSE ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH FRONT. WE ALSO DID A FLU CLINIC FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO I ANY PUBLIC HEALTH IS KIND OF PUT ITS HALF ON THE FIRE

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CHEMICAL PLANT, NOTEEN OUR COUNTY, BUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TRAINING AND A PLACE TO DO THAT AND THEY WANTED US TO TRAIN THEIR INDUSTRIAL FIRE BRIGADE AND WHO BETTER THAN A VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT DO THAT. LUCKILY WE HAD THE FACILITIES TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE A GREAT TRAINING FACILITY. AND THAT THIS WAS A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS AND SAVED THEM A TON OF MONEY AND A LOT OF TRAVEL TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO STRENGTHENING THIS PARTNERSHIP AND WE DID ONE IN 201 AND DID ONE IN 2022 AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MORE WITH DOW AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IN THIS REALM.

AND LIKE I SAID, JUST MAKE US STRONGER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND ALSO, HELPS OFFSET SOME OF OUR COST OF TRAINING OUR ORGANIZATION AND HELP SUPPORT OUR DRILL FILL AND TRAINING OPERATIONS. ANOTHER GREAT THING WE DID IN OUR HEALTH CARE WORLD IS WE TRANSITIONED TO A NEW CARDIAC MONITOR. AND IT DOES ALL THE SAME THING OUR OLD CARDIAC MONITORS DOES IS ONE UNIQUE THING THIS IS LIVE, TELEMEDICINE ON THE FOREFRONT OF THAT SO THESE ALLOWED US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE DOCTORS AND THEY CAN SEE THE VITALS LIVE, LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE EVERYTHING IS BEING TRANSMITTED FOR THE DOCTOR. AND THAT HELPS US. SITTING IN THE ER AND THE WAITING ROOM. WE CAN TRULY PERFORM TELEMEDICINE AND WILL BE THE

WAVE OF THE FUTURE. >> VICTORIA EMS APPROXIMATE T SPACE X OF MEDICINE.

>> IN 2021 WE GOT TO KICK OFF OUR CITIZEN RESPONDER PROGRAM, A RETOOLING OF THE CITIZEN FIRE ACADEMY AND REALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS FOCUS ON PREPARING CITIZENS ON HOW TO RESPOND TO COMMON EMERGENCIES. WE'RE ABLE TO TRAIN OUR CITIZEN RESPONDER GROUP ON THINGS LIKE HANDS-ONLY CPR, HOW TO USE A TURN KIT. HOW TO USE EPI PEN ASSIST AND LUCKILY DON'T HAVE A HUGE ISSUE HERE BUT NARCAN WHICH IS AN OPIOID REVERSAL AGENT SOMEBODY EXPERIENCED AN OPIOID OVERDOSE WE SHOW THEM HOW TO USE AN AGENT REVERSAL DEVICE ON THEM.

BUT ANYWAY WE TRAIN THEM ON ALL KNOWS LIFESAVING TECHNIQUES AND THAT IS HOW WE FEEL WE'LL GET OUR COMMUNITY AT A GREAT PLACE AND JUST REALLY SAVE LIVES AND GOT TO HAVE A GREAT FUN DAY OF USING THE JAWS OF LIFE REPELLING OFF OUR DRILL TOWERS PUTTING OUT A FIRE AND DOING FIREFIGHTER THINGS AND OUR FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE DID A GREAT JOB IN 2021. WHICH THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO REDUCE FIRE-RELATED INJURIES AND DEATH DUE TO LACK OF FIRE DETECTOR OS.

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE AND WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH HOW DO WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN? HOW DO WE GET OUT AND DO THIS? THANKS TO CHRISTY YOUNGER, & PERFECT PLATFORM FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND THE FIRST ONE THE SOUTH SIDE CLEANUP WE DID OVER 100 SMOKE DETECTORS THAT DAY. THIS YEAR IN THE PARKWOOD SUBDIVISION PROGRAM WE DID OVER 40 SMOKE ALARMS AND THAT EFFORT AND WE DID ALSO ANOTHER 80 AND INDIVIDUAL INSTALLS THROUGHOUT

THE YEAR THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP AS GREAT PARTNER. >> AND YOU WILL PRESENT AT THE

SILVER CITY. >> ALREADY SCHEDULED AND PLANNED IT AND LOOKING TO DO IF NOT TWO A YEAR, A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO MARRY THOSE TWO PROGRAMS TOGETHER AND ACHIEVE A COMMON GOAL. FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN 2021.

THEY DID WELL OVER 2600 COMMERCIAL INSPECTIONS AND THIS IS KIND OF ON THE FOREFRONT OF KEEPING OUR PUBLIC SAFE AND BUSINESSES SAFE AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE UP TO CODE AND

COMPLIANCE. >> OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS I MENTIONED WINTER STORM A UNIQUE THING. SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT US OFF GUARD, WE GOT THIS WEIRD REQUEST THE DALLAS CLINIC CAN'T OPERATE, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT DALLAS CLINIC REQUIRE A LOT OF PUBLIC WATER. AND OUR MEMBERS ROSE TO THE OCCASION AND FIGURED OUT HOW TO

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KNOWS ARE OUTSTANDING NUMBERS THAT REALLY TRANSLATE INTO QUALITY OF LIFE, SAVING LIVES AND PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO RECOVER MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY. THE OTHER ONE IS OUR CARDIAC ARREST DATA ANSWER IS STANDS FOR RETURN OF RESPONSE SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION.

IN EVERY CASE WE WENT TO CARDIAC ARREST WE WENT TO SOME FORM OF NATURAL HEART BEAK BACK IN 47% OF THE CASES THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ALL SURVIVED IT MEANS WE WERE ABLE TO GENERATE SOME FORM OF NATURAL HEART RHYTHM TO COME BACK. AND THAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO COME BACK FOR SURVIVE THAT EVENT. THE ONLY WAY TO INCREASE THIS NUMBER IS WE TRAIN OUR CITIZENS ON HOW TO PROVIDE CPR EARLY. THAT IS THE ANSWER, EARLY CPR.

SO THOSE ARE JUST GREAT PERFORMANCE DATA NUMBERS THAT WE'RE PROUD OF THAT HAPPENED IN 2021. AND ALSO, ALSO WANT TO MENTION THIS ISN'T A NEW PROGRAM FOR 2021, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THANKS TO CITY MANAGER REMINDING ME THIS IS REALLY COOL.

OUR WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM, 39 UNITS OF AND THAT IS 39 PATIENTS OF WHOLE BLOOD ADMINISTERED IN THE FIELD, EMERGENCY BLOOD TRANSINSTITUTION THE FIELD IN 2021.

THIS IS TRULY IN MY OPINION THE MOST SINGLE-MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMS WE IMPLEMENTED IN THE VICTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT TRULY SAVES LIVES. EVERY ONE OF THOSE CASE WERE ON THE EDGE OF DEATH AND NEEDED THIS BLOOD AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE THIS BLOOD THEY WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE OUR PROGRAM WAS EXCEPTIONAL. 39 UNITS MAY NOT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT TO YOU BUT IT IS A LOT. SO THAT IS A VASTLY DIFFERENT SIZE OF A SYSTEM THAN THE CITY OF VICTORIA OUR CREWS ARE OUT THERE PROVIDING STATE-OF-THE-ART CARE IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE ASK WE'RE STILL ONLY ONE OF FIT GROUND AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE IF NEXT 150 YEARS WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, KIND OF AS CHIEF A

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AND LASTLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO THANK THIS COMMUNITY, THE COUNCIL, AND EVERYONE FOR 150 YEARS OF DEDICATED SUPPORT. WE ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED 150 YEARS DEDICATED SERVICE THIS COMMUNITY HAS PROVIDED 150 YEARS OF DEDICATED SUPPORT AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY THANK YOU AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> CHIEF FOX, THANK YOU, YOU KEEP THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMS DEPARTMENTS ON THE FOREFRONT OF CUTTING TECHNOLOGY AND DO A GREAT JOB LEADING WE HAVE A FANTASTIC STAFF BEHIND YOU, TOO, AND WE'RE ALL SUPER PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS OUR FIRE CHIEF AND RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORTS YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT DO FOR THE CITIZENS OF VICTORIA, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT.

>> I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD TALKED ABOUT THIS YEAR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT? WELL, I GOT OLD -- NO.

WE'RE BRINGING THAT BACK THANKS TO LAUREN MO, I THINK SHE'S STILL IN THE AUDIENCE AND BRINGING THAT BACK TOGETHER AND WE'RE FINDING DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN COMPETE ON.

>>> BASKETBALL. >>> BASKETBALL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 3-POINT CONCOMPETITION AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOOD BANK WE'RE DOING THAT COMING UP IN APRIL, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT DOING AN AX THROWING CONTEST TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITIES AND THINGS OF THAT

NATURE WE'RE BRINGING THAT BACK. YOU'LL START SEEING. >> IS THAT A FAIR? THE AX THROWING? AND IF YOU SEEN ME THROW AN AX, EVIDENTLY SOME PEOPLE HAVE IT

SOME PEOPLE DON'T WHEN IT COMES TO THROWING AN AX. >> YOU'LL HAVE WHOLE BLOOD AND

EMS ON SITE. >>> WE'LL BE RIGHT THERE READY TO TREAT INJURIES.

>> THERE WILL BE A VIOLENT CRIME WAVE BECAUSE OF THAT GAME, JUST JOKING.

>> ONE LAST COMMENT HE DIDN'T REALLY TOUCH ON OIT BUT HIM AND HIS TEAM DO AN EXCELLENT JOB IN HELPING US MANAGE OUR OWN INTERNAL COVID SITUATIONS WHETHER IT IS, YOU KNOW, TESTING EMPLOYEES, DOING THE VACCINATIONS AND, I THINK THEY DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OUR OWN ISSUES DURING THE PANDEMIC. ALL RIGHT, SO, LAST BUT NOT

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I DON'T HAVE A NEW AWARD TO ANNOUNCE TONIGHT BUT I KNOW SHE'S WORKING ON ONE GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE 2021 MUNICIPAL COURT ANNUAL REPORT AND JUDGE IS IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT SHE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER SHE IS AVAILABLE AS WELL SO THE GOALS OF THE MUNE NICE FEDERAL COURT DEPARTMENT HAVE NOT CHANGED DESPITE THE PANDEMIC AND THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACED WITH.

WE'RE STILL HERE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUSTICE, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVES AND COURT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A KEY PART OF OUR DAY WITH TO DAY OPERATIONS SO SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2021 ARE ACCESS TO JUSTICE INITIATIVES. WE LAUNCH ADDRESS LIVE CHAT AND LIVE TEXT FEATURE IN SEPTEMBER. WE MOVED OUR COURT HEARING FROM REMOTE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO CHOOSE

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WE ALSO LAUNCHED AN E-FILE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS ATTORNEYS TO FILE DOCUMENT AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS WAS THE TRANSITION TO THE COURT OF RECORD IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.

WE ARE -- I WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT A LITTLE LATER AS WELL. ANOTHER KEY PART OF OUR COURT IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE DID DO EIGHT WHICH TO US IS QUITE A FEW FOR THE LIMITED STAFFING THAT WE HAVE WE LIKE TO HAVE THE JAVA WITH THE JUDGE EVENTS FEATURED THERE AT THE BOTTOM. WE PARTNERED WITH THE CHILDREN DISCOVERY MU SEE YOU HAVE AN IMPAIRED DRIVING SIMULATOR AS WELL AS OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUNGER CHILDREN WE ALSO DID TWO MOCK TRIALS WE PARTNERED WITH TRINITY EPPIS PAL SCHOOL TO HOST THOSE DURING THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. AND WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH A FEW OF OTHERS AT THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO ATTENDED THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WE DID RECEIVE TWO REWARDS AS A COURT, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARD FEATURED THERE ON THE LEFT AND ON THE RIGHT IS THE TYLER TECHNOLOGIES AWARD FOR USAGE OF OUR COURT'S SOFTWARE SYSTEM SOME OF OUR KEY METRICS HERE ARE HIGHLIGHTED AND SPENDS AVERAGE OF 9 HOURS PER WEEK PROCESSING COURT DOCUMENTATION AT THE CONCLUSION OF COURT AND AN AVERAGE OF 98 CASES PER MONTH PER FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE TIME-TO-DISPOSITION TAKES APPROXIMATELY 97 DAYS TO CLOSE A CASE FOR THE CASES THAT ARE CLOSED NOW OF THAT THERE ARE FOUR FISCAL YEAR 2021, WE ONLY CLOSE 43% OF CASES IN THAT FIRST YEAR. AND SO THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY MORE TIME AND FOR CLOSURE THAT IS A CASE THAT IS COMPLETELY DISPOSED OF WHETHER THROUGH A DISMISSAL THROUGH A DRIVER SAFETY COUR THROUGH BEING FOUND NOT GUILTY OR PAYMENTS.

WE WOULD LIKE THE SEE THAT AMOUNT OF CASES INCREASED AS WELL AS THE TIME TO DISPOSITION TO DECREASE AND THEN THE AGE OF OUR ACTIVE PENDING CASE FILE, 49% OF OUR CASES THAT ARE ACTIVE AND PENDING ARE 90 DAYS OLD. I'LL HAVE NUMBERS LATE THEY ARE SHOW WHERE OUR INCREASES ARE AND ACTIVE PENDING DOES NOT INCLUDES ANY OF OUR WARRANTS OR CASES REVERED TO COLLECTION.

AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS IS 8/4/2021. THE CHART ON THE RIGHT SIDE SHOWS ACTIVE PENDING VERSUS ALM PENDING CASES. AND SO CASES OVER 180 DAYS OLE THE LARGEST ONE YOU SO THERE -- SEE THAT THERE THAT INCLUDES CASES OLDER THAN 180 DAYS OLD.

THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 17,000 PENDING CASES THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE ACTIVE AND SO FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, WE HAVE LESS THAN 30 ALL THE WAY UP TO 180 AND SO THE ONES THAT ARE ACTIVE PENDING ARE THOSE ACTIVELY MOVING THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. THAT IS THINGS ON A PAYMENT PLAN, A DRIVING SAFETY COURSE. THAT IS WHAT WOULD BE DEFINED ADDRESS ACTIVE PENDING CASES AND THEN THE CHART ON THE LEFT IS OUR FILE VERSUS DISPOSED WE HAVE WE CLOSE LESS CASES IN 2021 THAN WE DO IN 2020 THAT WAS A DECREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. AND OUR CASE FILING OVER 2020 TO 2021 DID INCREASE, WE ARE SEEING THAT TICK BACK UP BUT NOT QUITE WHERE WE WERE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC WE WERE AT 8200 FILED CASES AND 2021 WE WERE AT 5918.

>> THIS IS THE CASE LOAD DISTRIBUTION WHICH IS WHERE DO OUR CASES COME FROM?

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FIRE DEPARTMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ANIMAL CONTROL ALL HAD AN INCREASE AND THE ONLY ONE THAT DID DECREASE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC WAS THE SITE ARREST TYPICALLY ARE NOT THE ONE TAKEN IN AT THE JAIL WE DO HAVE A DECEASE THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE OFTENTIMES WHERE THEY'RE NOT ARRESTED WHICH IS WHY THERE WERE 80 INCREASE ON, THAT OTHERWISE DID HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL INCREASE BY ALMOST 50, CODE ENFORCEMENT INCREASE FROM 12 TO 39 FIRE DEPARTMENT CASES THAT INCLUDES TRAFFIC AND ALSO CASE FILINGS WENT FROM FIN TO 27 AND THEN INVESTIGATION CASES DID DOUBLE AND TRAFFIC INCREASE BY 500. THIS IS JUST SOME WORKLOAD DATA HERE, THE CHART ON THE LEFT SHOWS E-MAILS SENT AND RECEIVED FOR COURT STAFF AND THEN THE ONE ON THE STAFF IS OUR COURT NOTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT WE UTILIZE AND SO IN 2021 WHICH IS THE PURPLE LINE THERE THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF TEXT MESSAGES SENT AND NUMBER OF OFUNDS GENERATED THROUGH PAYMENT AND SO THERE WAS A LARGE INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEARS THAT WE CONTINUED TO EXPAND THE USAGE OF THAT NOTIFICATION PROGRAM TO REALLY HELP NOTIFY WHEN TICKS ARE FILED, WHEN CASES ARE SET FOR COURT WE USE IT FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF NOTIFICATIONS.

AND WE DO ALSO TRY TO EDUCATE ON THAT SO PEOPLE DON'T THINK IT IS A SPAM TEXAS MESSAGE COMING THROUGH TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING AND WE'VE GOT GOOD RESPONSE ON THAT USING THAT PROGRAM BEING ABLE TO REMIND THEM OF THE UPCOMING PAYMENTS AND COURT DATES AS FAR AS COURT COLLECTIONS FOR THE YEAR, WE DID HAVE A DECEASE FROM YEAR TO YEAR STARTING IN 2018 THROUGH CURRENT. IF ONLY AREA OF THE ONES LISTED THAT DOES HAVE AN INCREASE IS IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND LINE-ITEM GOING FROM 35,000 COLLECTED TO 48208.

THAT INCREASE IS MOSTLY DUE TO COURT CHANGES IN COURT COST THAT INCREASED SECURITY FUND AND WILL BE REFLECTED ON THE NEXT SLIDE. I DO HAVE ONE THAT GOES MORE INTO DEPTH ON THE SPECIAL REVENUES. THE SPECIAL REVENUE LINES I DO HAVE THE CHILD SAFETY FUND INCLUDED ON HERE BUT THAT IS NOT REFLECTED OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES ON THAT PROGRAM AS WELL TO LET YOU ALL KNOW WHERE THAT IS AT. BUT I DID WANT TO INCLUDE IT IN THIS. AND SO ON THE FAR RIGHT YOU'LL SEE THE INCREASES MOSTLY DUE TO THE SECURITY FUND WHICH IS THE RED BAR INCREASING FROM 13,700 TO AND AN INCREASE IN THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGER FUND IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD THAT FUND IN THE FULL YEAR.

IT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN JANUARY OF 2021 OF 2020 WHICH IS WHY THERE WAS NOT AS MUCH CHECKED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT FUND INCREASED FOR THAT REASON WHICH IS WHY THAT FUND IN PARTICULAR INCREASED AND THEN AS FAR AS THE CHILD SAFETY FUND WE DID FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 WE RECEIVED 38,SEN 02. AND FISCAL YEAR 2021 WE RECEIVED 78,91.

THE COURT DOES NOT COLLECT THAT FUND SO JUST FOR PUBLIC AWARES THAN IS FUND MONEY THAT IS RECEIVED FROM THE VICTORIA COUNTY FOR REGISTRATIONS AND NOT FUNDS WE COLLECT BUT I DO KEEP TRACK OF IT AS WE HAVE A PROGRAM REALITIED TO THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS MENTIONED HERE. SPEAKING OF THE CHILD SAFETY FUND OVERVIEW YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE TOP LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THE BUDGET FOR 2022 WHICH SHOWS WHERE THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED, SO ABOUT 59% WAS ALLOCATED TO THE GRANT PROGRAM, 19% TO THE CAR SEAT PROGRAM AND THEN 22% WAS REMAINING IN THE FUND BALANCE AND WE BASED THE FUND ALLOCATIONS ON ANNUAL COLLECTIONS SO FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER AS OPPOSED TO FISCAL YEAR FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF THE CITY RECEIVED 51,167, AND IN 2021 AGAIN FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER THE FUND

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THEY SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION AND WERE GIVEN FULL REIMBURSEMENT AND NOT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION SINCE THEY'VE BEEN FULLY REIMBUZZED FOR THOSE. WE ALSO HAVE AN UPCOMING CAR SEAT TRAINING TECH SHALL, SCHEDULED FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

SO COURT STAFF, POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF AND FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT TRAINING. THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 17TH THROUGH 19TH AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO BEGIN THAT CAR SEAT PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE EDUCATIONAL EVENTS SURROUNDING POPPER USE OF CAR SEATS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. AND THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SHOWED AN OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET PROPOSAL WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WE'LL COME BACK AT A LATER TIME WITH MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT. AS FAR AS MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD, WE FISHILY TRANSINGED TO THAT BACK IN JULY. WE ALSO COMPLETED THE TRAINING NECESSARY FOR COURT STAFF AS WELL AS CODE ENFORCEMENT NEBS OF THEDY AND AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR IS OUR JUDGE HAS DEVELOPED CIVIL STANDING ORDERS. THESE ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

WE -- SHE HAS BEGUN ISSUANCE OF SEARCH WARRANT FOR VICTORIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE WASHINGTONS FOR THOSE AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO TO BE DONE PREVIOUSLY AND THEN THE RECORDING OF TRIALS FOR ANY TRIALS THAT WE NEED, WE HAVE TO RECORD THOSE. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT HAVE PREVIOUS TO BECOMING A COURT OF RECORD STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS JUDGE ATTENDING TRAININGS, AND THEN REALLY COMMUNITY OUTREACH WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WOULD HER SUPPORT AND WHAT SHE DOES IN THE COMMUNITY MOCK TRIAL MAY BE A ONE-DAY EVENT BUT FOR HER IS A 1 MONTH TO TWO-MONTH PROCESS AND HELPING THEM REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. SHE ALSO BRINGS IN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME IN AND HELP ISSUE WITH THE EDUCATION PART OF THAT AND SO THAT HELPS TO EDUCATE THE YOUTH YOUTH AND REALLY ENSURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN THE THE WE HAVE A FORM AVAILABLE ON-LINE WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAN SUBMIT, THEY CAN CONTACT US TO REQUEST US TO COME OUT AND SEE THEM AND THAT IS HOW THEY WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PARTNERED WITH THEM ON SCIENTIFIC SATURDAY TO EDUCATE THE YOUTH THERE A FEW OF THERE I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU BEFORE SO I WON'T GO INTO ALL OF THEM HERE, BUT THE ONE THAT I'VE NOT YET COME BEFORE YOU IS I WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE 2022/2023 INSTITUTE FOR COURT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMLY BE STARTING THAT LATER THIS MONTH. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT COMPLETED CLASSES TOWARDS CERTIFICATE VIED COURT MANAGER DESIGNATION REALLY WORKED WITH STREAMLINING PROCESSES WITH OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY RUBY WHO BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 AND SO WAS REALLY ABLE TO WORK WITH HER THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS AND CHANGE THINGS THAT WE HAD DONE

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WE HAVE LEVEL 1, MARIA AND ELIZABETH ARE LEVEL 2, WORKING TOWARDS LEVEL 3 AND I ALSO HAVE THOSE CERTIFICATIONS AS WELL. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO AS WE CONTINUE EXPANDING OUR MODGE. LOOKING FORWARD, WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING OUTREACH DOCKETS WERE WE GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY TRY TO BE AVAILABLE WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AT WE WILL BE AT THE TRASH PICKUP ON MARCH 5TH WILL BE OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY REALLY GET OUT THERE OUTSIDE OF YOUR TRADITIONAL COURTROOM SETTING WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND CONTINUING TO ANALYZE MUNICIPAL COURT OPERATIONS AND WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT AND ENSURE WE'RE BEING AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.

IN THE FUTURE WE'RE LOOKING INTO CLOUD HOSTING, NOT SOMETHING I'M LOOKING FOR IN THIS FISCAL YEAR BUT SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE I PLAN TO EXPLORE MORE ON HOW WE CAN HAVE A HOSTED ENVIRONMENT FOR SOFTWARE AND MAKING IT AS ACCESSIBLE AS ONE OF MY MAIN GOALS INTO THE FUTURE AS WE MAKE THINGS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN, THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY PROJECT ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THAT MIGHT ENDS UP LOOKING LIKE AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT AND I'LL

ENTERTAIN ANY GUESS YOU HAVE ANY. >> QUESTIONS?

>> TIFFANY, YOU ALWAYS MANAGE TO IMPRESS ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE JOB YOU AND JUDGE RUN A SUPER EFFICIENT COURT. WE NEVER HAVE TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT WHICH IS GREAT NEWS ON OUR PART AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR

DEPARTMENT DO FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA. >> THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE COURT OF RECORD SLIDE FOR A MINUTE.

>> YES. >> IT IS NOT LETTING ME GO BACK. MY QUESTION IS, EVEN BEFORE YOU GET TO THE SLIDE, IS YOU LISTED A LOT OF NEW THINGS, SW, HOW ARE WE WITH W THAT? AND SOMEHOW THAT PROGRESSING? WE JUST STARTED IN JULY, BUT IS IT PICKING UP SPEED? HOW MANY HAVE WE ISSUED? HOW MANY DO YOU EXPECT TO ISSUE NEXT YEAR.

>>> WE ISSUED ONE RECENTLY ISSUED IN JANUARY, A FIRE MARSHAL WARRANT ISSUED AT THE ENDS OF DECEMBER AND THEN POLICE DEPARTMENT STARTED ISSUANCE IN SEPTEMBER AND THERE IS ABOUT TWO TO THREE OF THOSE PER MONTH. I DO ANTICIPATE AN UPTICK OF THOSE AS WE ALL KIND OF LEARN OUR NEW ROLES AND DUTIES I ANTICIPATE THAT INCREASING IN THE FUTURE AND SO FOR SWS THAT DID NOT BEGIN AFTER JUDGE AND I RECEIVED OUR TRAINING WHICH WAS IN SEPTEMBER.

AFTER THAT WE SLOWLY STARTED TO EVALUATE THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE ABLE TO DO.

>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. >>> THANK YOU.

>> I DID HAVE ONE THING TO ADD, MY DAUGHTER GIST CAME TO ME LAST WEEK AND SHE WAS VERY UPSET.

SHE HEARD THAT NAZARETH WAS DOING THE MOCK TRIALS AND SHE DID NOT GET TO PARTICIPATE IN IT I TOLD HER I KNEW WHO SHE COULD TALK TO. BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING

THOSE MOCK TRIALS AND KIDS REALLY LIKE THEM. >> YOU MENTIONED TAKING THE COURT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP COMING UP. SO ARE YOU LIKE SOMEBODY CAN HAVE THEIR COUCH DISPOSED OF AND CAN PAY THEIR SPEEDING TICKET AT THE SAME TIME? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO IN YOU'RE FOR REAL AND THE MONEY

YOU TAKE FROM THEM IS GOING TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE COURT? >> SO IT WOULD BE MORE SO, WE COULD MORE THAN LIKELY PAYMENTS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE PROCESSED BUT THE JUDGE WILL AVAILABLE TO GET PEOPLE SET UP ON FUTURE PAYMENTS, WARRANTS AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SALVATION ARMY WILL BE STARTING IN APRIL WHERE WE GO ONCE A MONTH TO EITHER SALVATION ARMY OR OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND WE GO TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AT THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TO COURT, MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVE TRANSPORTATION, MAY NOT HAVE INTERNET TO CONNECT TO OUR INTERNET ZOOM HEARINGS JUST REALLY HELP PEOPLE RESOLVE OF

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>>> THAT IS VERY INNOVATIVE, THANK YOU. >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION TIFFANY, OKAY, IS THE CITY SECRETARY TIED TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT AS FAR AY DUTY? FOR YOU TO SEND OUT JURY DUTY WHAT DO YOU CALL IT FOR SOMEBODY THAT HAS DIED?

>> WE GET THE LIST FROM THE VOTER REGISTRATION'S OFFICE IS WHERE WE USUALLY GET OUR LIST.

WE DO NEED TO UPDATE OUR LIST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD I THINK TWO YEARS AGO WE LAST UPDATED IT.

WE WERE GOING UPDATE IT AFTER THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS COMING UP. >> IF I COULD ADD MY PORTION OF THAT. MY OFFICE IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW BY THE 7TH OF EVERY MONTH TO REPORT TO ELECTION OFFICIALS ANY DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN OUR COUNTY THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FROM OUR COUNTY OR OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY. WE DO SEND OUT THOSE ABSTRACTS

OF DEATH. >> MY SON GOT HIS SON'S AND HE'S BEEN DEAD THREE YEARS.

>>> WE WILL GET OUR LIST UPDATED IT IS SLIGHTLY OUTDATED. AS WE GET RETURNS IN THE MAIL,

WE DO TRY TO UPDATE AND REMOVE PEOPLE FROM THERE. >> HOW DO I THAN?

DO I JUST CALL YOUR OFFICE AND TELL THEM? >> WE'LL GET IT, I'LL LOOK INTO

IT AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF FOR YOU. >>> I APPRECIATE IT.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, I GUESS THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS.

>> NO. >> SHE'S NOT TAKING THEM. >> SHE SAID I'M DONE AND JUST WALKED OFF. NO, THAT IS GREAT. THAT'S GREAT, THANK, TIFFANY.

THAT WRAPS UP OUR CITY MANAGER REPORTS FOR THE EVENING. >> OKAY.

AND THEN THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR ABOUT

[G. Executive Sessions:]

>> ALL.

>>> CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2022 TO DELIBERATE ON EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE AND

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