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UM, YES,

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WELL, EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR CAMERA ON AND YES.

TO MAINTAIN QUORUM.

I NEED ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE ONSCREEN TO STAY ON SCREEN.

UM, WE WILL HAVE HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER IN A LITTLE WHILE.

UM, UH, SO I GUESS I'LL START BY TAKING

[CALL TO ORDER 4:00-4:05pm]

THE ROLE.

UM, COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT IS HERE.

UM, VICE-CHAIR RAMIREZ HERE.

UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, SIERRA, UH, HERE, UH, COMMISSIONER AUSTIN, UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ HERE, UH, COMMISSIONER HALL, MARTIN, UH, COMMISSIONER HOUSE IN FLUKE AND THAT'S RIGHT.

UH, COMMISSIONER KIRA COFF HERE, UH, COMMISSIONER LANE ALSO OUT, UM, COMMISSIONER LEWIS IS OUT AND COMMISSIONER WEBER.

I'M HERE.

YAY.

AND I DIDN'T CALL ANY OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS TIME.

UM, SO, UH, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE CALLED THE MEETING.

DID I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER? I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER NOW IF I DIDN'T ALREADY, UM, AND WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

UM, MR. LEON SO HE,

[Public Communication 4:05-4:15pm (from speakers signed up to speak)]

CARLOS LEON FIRST AND FOREMOST, GRAZIA SAW THE HOLES FOR LETTING ME SHOW INTEL PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT CAP, METRO BUS DRIVER, DAVID R. HARRIS OPERATOR ID NUMBER 300 TO THREE ZERO VIDEO FROM MAY 7TH, 2021 SHOWS HARRIS MAKING A DEATH THREAT AGAINST ME.

THEN MAKING MULTIPLE FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT IT TO THE INVESTIGATING APD OFFICER AT 7:15 AM.

CAMERA THREE RECORDS, HARRIS NODDING HIS HEAD UP AND DOWN AND POINTING AT HIS OWN CHEST.

BOTH TIMES I LOUDLY TOLD HARRIS YOUR CRIMINAL, THEN LOOKING DIRECTLY AT ME.

HARRIS MAKES THE THROAT SLASH GESTURE ACROSS HIS OWN THROAT BEFORE DRIVING AWAY.

CLIP ONE.

NOW ON SCREEN WITH AUDIO STOP VIDEO.

NOW AT 7:43 AM.

THE APD OFFICER TOLD HARRIS WHO CAME ON SCENE LATER ABOUT ME, QUOTE.

HE CLAIMED THAT WHEN HE WAS OFF THE BUS, YOU WENT DEMONSTRATING A THROAT SLASHING MOTION.

HARRIS REPLIED.

I TOLD HIM, GET ON OFF THE BUS AND JACE JUST STAY OFF THE BUS, MAKING A BOLD MOTION FROM HIS CHEST OUTWARD.

THE OFFICER MIMICS HARRIS, HIS MOTION TO WHICH HARRIS SAYS, YEAH, THE OFFICER AGAIN SHOWS THE THROAT'S LAST GESTURE TO HARRIS WHO SAYS, NA ROLL CLIP TWO NOW.

NO, NO.

YOU GOT TO DO THE APD ONE.

JUST THE FIRST ONE.

NO, THE SECOND ONE IS THE APD VIDEO.

OH, THIS IS A CAPD ONE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S ROLL IT.

HE'S CLAIMING THAT, UH, WHEN HE WAS AT THE BUS THAT YOU HAD BEEN LIKE THE LITTLE KNIFE TOWARDS HIM, YOU DID THIS BULLSHIT AND HE PROBABLY INTERPRETED IT THAT YOU DID THIS.

OKAY.

OKAY.

DID HE MAKE ANY THREATS TOWARDS HIM AS YOU HEARD AND SAW HARRIS LIED AT LEAST TWICE TO THE OFFICER CLAIMING HE MADE A BOLD, STRONG MOTION FROM HIS CHEST OUTWARD THAT HE NEVER DID AND CLAIMING HE DID NOT MAKING A THROAT SLASHING GESTURE, WHICH HE DID BECAUSE THE THROAT SLASHING MOTION IS A DEATH THREAT.

UNITED STATES V SOTO MARTINEZ.

AND BECAUSE HARRIS, HIS THREAT OF BODILY HARM WAS IMMINENT.

HARRIS IS GUILTY OF ASSAULT BY THREAT VIOLATING TEXAS PENAL CODE 22.0182 BECAUSE HARRIS KNOWINGLY MADE FALSE STATEMENTS MATERIAL TO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TO A PEACE OFFICER WITH INTENT TO DECEIVE HARRIS MADE FALSE REPORTS TO PEACE.

OFFICER VIOLATING, TEXAS PENAL CODE 37.08 A ONE BECAUSE HARRIS WAS OBSERVED DRIVING A BUS MEMORIAL DAY 2022 CAT METRO CONTINUES EMPLOYING HIM DESPITE KNOWING HE ACTED CRIMINALLY THREATEN

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THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE AND LIED TO AN INVESTIGATING APD OFFICER ABOUT IT.

THEREFORE, I TELL THIS COMMISSION, TELL KAT METRO TO FIRE HARRIS IMMEDIATELY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE PROSECUTOR.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, MR. LEON.

UM, SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATION UNLESS I'VE MISSED SOMEONE.

UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF

[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – May 2, 2022 4:20pm-4:25pm]

THE MINUTES.

UM, DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR EDITS TO THE MINUTES? UM, SO WE CAN JUST, UH, DEEM DEEM THEM.

WHAT IS IT CALLED? DEEM THEM ADMITTED, DEEMED THEM APPROVED, UH, WITH NO EDITS.

UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OLD

[2.a. Austin Police Department Quarterly Report – creation of a working group on the make up of the Austin Police Department Quarterly Report metrics (sponsors: Commissioner Bernhardt and Ramirez) 4:25pm-4:30pm]

BUSINESS.

UM, UH, SO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, QUARTERLY REPORT, WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP, UM, TO, UH, WORK ON WHAT THE METRICS SHOULD BE, UH, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, QUARTERLY REPORT.

UM, AND I THINK LET'S SEE, UM, WELL, I WAS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, BUT, UM, DOES, UH, COMMISSIONER WEBER WANT TO, UH, SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OR SHOULD WE JUST, UH, I GUESS TALK ABOUT, OKAY.

UM, GET VOLUNTEERS FOR WHO WANTS TO BE ON THIS, UH, WORKING GROUP.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE WORKING GROUP, COMMISSIONER WEBER AND COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ, UM, AND MAYBE MYSELF.

UM, SO I THINK THAT'S THE WORKING GROUP, UH, BERNHARDT, RAMIREZ AND WEBBER, UM, AND IT WILL ALSO LIKELY INCLUDE, UM, MEMBERS FROM APD.

SO I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON, UH, TO NEW BUSINESS.

[3.a. Public Safety Organizations Quarterly Report – Austin-Travis County EMS (sponsors: Commissioner Hausenfluck and Gonzales) 4:30pm-4:45pm]

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP? OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.

SO, UM, LET'S HEAR, UH, FROM EMS AND HEAR THEIR QUARTERLY REPORT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M TERESA GARDNER ASSISTANT CHIEF WITH THE EMS DEPARTMENT WITH OUR QUARTERLY REPORT.

THIS WILL BE UP FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 22.

SO THIS INFORMATION WILL BE UP TO MARCH 31ST OF THIS YEAR.

UM, THE FIRST SLIDE THAT WE'LL SEE HERE WILL, UH, JUST BE REFLECTIVE OF OUR INCIDENTS, TOTAL INCIDENTS, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR CALL VOLUME THAT COMES INTO OUR NINE 11 CALL CENTER TO OUR CALL TAKERS.

AND THAT'S OUR BLUE LINE AT THE VERY TOP.

THE ORANGE LINE IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR PATIENT CONTACTS AT TREND LINE, WHICH IS A LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT OUR TOTAL INCIDENTS ARE.

AND THEN OUR PATIENT TRAN TRANSPORTS, WHICH IS, UM, A LITTLE BIT LESS, BUT FOLLOWS THAT SAME TREND LINE FOR THE PAST YEAR, SINCE JANUARY OF 2021, GOT TO ASK THEM EACH TIME.

SO IT SHOULD MOVE THE SLIDE.

OKAY.

HOW DO YOU WANT THE CLICKER AS WELL? UH, WE'LL JUST DO NEXT SLIDE.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE.

THERE WE GO.

UM, THIS IS OUR, UH, PRIORITY ONE COMPLIANCE BY DISTRICT, UM, OR FISCAL YEAR 22 FOR THE SECOND QUARTER.

UH, THIS WILL SHOW EACH DISTRICT, UH, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH PARTY.

ONE COMPLIANCE THAT COMPLIANCE IS 9 59, UM, AND EACH DISTRICT SHOWS, UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF TIME THAT WE WERE COMPLIANT WITH THAT? THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ON THIS SLIDE, THIS IS AGAIN, BROKEN DOWN BY EACH DISTRICT THAT BLUE SHADED AREA SHOWS IN THE 90TH PERCENTILE.

WHAT OUR TIME INTERVAL ACTUALLY IS.

YOU SAW IN THAT FIRST SLIDE, UM, PERCENTAGE WISE, IF WE'RE 80%, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, FOR A PARTY, ONE COMPLIANCE OUR ACTUAL TIME IN THE 90TH PERCENTILE IN DISTRICT ONE WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS THAN 11 MINUTES.

UM, GETTING TO PARTY ONE, UM, CALLS IN THAT DISTRICT THAT ORANGE SHADED AREA SHOWS, UH, AN INDICATION OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ALL PARTY CALLS IN THAT DISTRICT ARE PARTY ONE.

SO IT DOES SHOW THAT, UM, IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN 8% FOR PARTY ONE CALLS IN DISTRICT.

ONE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THIS SLIDE BY DISTRICT, AGAIN, JUST BREAKS DOWN EACH PRIORITY CALL FOR EACH DISTRICT BY PARTY 1, 2, 3, 4,

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AND FIVE PARTY ONE AND TWO BEING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR EACH CALL.

AND THEN AS WE GET INTO THESE NEXT SLIDES AND UNDERSTANDING THAT AS WE GET INTO SOME OF THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS TODAY ABOUT STAFFING, THIS INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE CURRENT UP UNTIL MARCH 31ST, AS, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE INFORMATION REGARDING, UM, OUR ATTRITION RATE VACANCY RATES, UM, AND WHEN PEOPLE WERE LEAVING IN THE DEPARTMENT.

SO I APOLOGIZE IF SOME OF THIS GETS CONFUSING BECAUSE THESE ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT SNAPSHOTS IN TIME AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS MARCH 31ST, 2022, AND THIS WAS OUR VACANCY RATE AT THAT PARTICULAR SNAPSHOT IN TIME.

AND THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR SWORN STAFF AT THAT POINT IN TIME AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS OUR SWORN SEPARATIONS THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2022.

AGAIN, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN BLUE IS A RESIGNATION.

THERE WERE 40 SEPARATIONS, UH, WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME AGAIN, THE BLUE IS RESIGNATIONS AND THEN THE ORANGE, OUR RETIREMENT.

SO WE HAD 11 RETIREMENTS WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME AND 29 RESIGNATIONS, THE BULK OF THEM WERE IN OUR EMS FIELD MEDIC.

OUR NEXT SLIDE, THIS SLIDE, I BELIEVE IS THE SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ, I BELIEVE IT WAS YOUR QUESTION THAT YOU HAD ABOUT WHAT WAS A TENURE THAT PEOPLE HAD WHEN THEY WERE RESIGNING.

WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING, UM, WITHIN THAT ONE YEAR.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THERE'S THAT LIGHTER BLUE COLOR IN THE EMS MEDIC FIELD.

THERE ARE 10 PEOPLE WITHIN THAT RANGE THAT LEFT WITHIN LESS THAN A YEAR.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE TO FIVE YEAR RANGE THAT IS IN THAT GROUP AS WELL.

THAT LEFT WITHIN TWO YEARS.

THERE'S ALSO A CLINICAL FIELD SPECIALIST WITHIN A ONE TO FIVE RANGE THAT, UH, THERE ARE FIVE THAT LEFT ONE WITHIN THAT RANGE.

NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE VACANCY RATES BASED ON, UM, PER MONTH FOR BOTH THE SWORN AND THE CIVILIAN SIDE SINCE OCTOBER OF 2021, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THIS REPEATED AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION, UM, WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT OUR STAFFING PLAN, AS WE GO FORWARD, OUR NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND AGAIN, OUR TURNOVER RATE COMPARING OUR SWORN TURNOVER RATE AND OUR CIVILIAN TURNOVER RATE.

AND SOME OF THAT DIFFERENCE, UM, CAN ALSO BE ATTRIBUTED TO JUST THE, THE NUMBER AND THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN EACH.

WE HAVE A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER OF CIVILIAN STAFF COMPARED TO OUR, UH, SWORN STAFF IN THOSE CATEGORIES.

I'M GOING TO SWITCH GEARS A LITTLE BIT AND, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT WE DON'T OFTEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT.

AND THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK VERY HIGH-LEVEL ABOUT, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE PROBABLY JUST A VERY TIP OF THE ICEBERG, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THESE PROGRAMS. AND HOPEFULLY, UM, WE CAN COME BACK AT A LATER DATE AND GIVE YOU MUCH MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THESE PROGRAMS. EXCUSE ME, THE FIRST OF THESE IS OUR OPIOID USE DISORDER SUPPORT PROGRAM.

AND THIS PROGRAM IS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDIC TEAM.

UM, IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE USE TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WHO'VE EITHER EXPERIENCED AN OVERDOSE AND HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE EMS STAFF WITHIN 24 HOURS OF AN OVERDOSE EVENT, IS THIS OFFERED EDUCATION ON THE, UM, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAM, UH, FOR THE OVERDOSE USE DISORDER PROGRAM, IT PROVIDES NAVIGATION AND CONNECTION TO THE MAT AND ESTABLISHES THE FUNDING FOR THE TREATMENT.

IT ALSO PROVIDES A CONNECTION TO OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES THAT AREN'T NECESSARY FOR THE SUCCESS LIKE PRIMARY CARE, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND OTHER SERVICES.

IT ALSO PROVIDES THE OVERDOSE RESCUE KITS LIKE NARCAN'S TO SUPPORT ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THEY MAY NEED THAT THEIR NEXT SLIDE.

OKAY.

THIS ALSO SUPPORTS OUR BUPRENORPHINE BRIDGE PROGRAM.

AND THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS U D SUPPORT PROGRAM, WE IDENTIFIED PEOPLE THAT WERE SEEKING MAT OFTEN WAITED SEVEN TO 10 DAYS FOR AN INTAKE APPOINTMENT IN A CENTER.

AND THERE'S PLENTY OF FUNDING FOR THESE, BUT THERE'S A LONG DELAY GETTING INTO A TREATMENT FACILITY.

AND THERE WERE PEOPLE OVERDOSING WHILE ON THE WAIT LIST FOR TREATMENT.

SO AS A SUB PROGRAM, WE'RE ABLE TO BRIDGE THAT SEVEN TO 10 DAYS WHILE PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO GET INTO THESE PROGRAMS. THERE'S AN ONSITE MEDICAL

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TREATMENT THAT HELPS WITH WITHDRAWALS.

WE'RE ABLE TO ADMINISTER, YOUPRENEUR SURFING TO DO THE DAILY DAILY DOSING TO PREVENT THE WITHDRAWAL, AND THEN WAIT TO BEGIN A MAT ENROLLMENT.

THIS PREVENTS THEM FROM HAVING TO USE OPIOIDS DAILY WHILE WAITING TO ENTER THEIR TREATMENT.

AND THROUGH THIS, THESE BBP PATIENTS HAVE A 91% SUCCESS RATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR MAT TREATMENT COMPARED TO A HOSPITAL REFERRAL PROGRAMS THAT HAVE AS LOW AS A 10% SUCCESS RATE.

OUR NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, OUR SUPPORT AND STAFFING FOR THESE PROGRAMS ARE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDIC TEAM.

WE HAVE ONE CHP SUPPORT CASE MANAGER, AND HE IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NAVIGATION AND CONNECTION FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN GETTING HELP WITH THEIR OED.

HE MANAGES APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE UDI SUPPORT PATIENT OUTREACH, FOLLOWING OVERDOSES AND MANAGES 90% OF THE BPP PATIENTS, THE ENTIRE SIEGE TEAM, CHP TEAMS SHARES IN UHHH SUPPORT FOLLOW-UPS AFTER OVERDOSES AND IN DAILY DOSING OF THE BPP PATIENTS.

NEXT SLIDE, YOU'VE HEARD RECENTLY OF THE INCREASE IN THE ACTIVITY AND OVERDOSE AND, UH, OPIOID USE WITHIN TRAVIS COUNTY.

AGAIN, THIS INFORMATION ONLY GOES THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2022 THROUGH HER SECOND QUARTER.

UM, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS WE GO THROUGH, UM, THE MORE RECENT MONTHS IN THE MORE RECENT ACTIVITY, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW WE CERTAINLY HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE OPIOID OVERDOSES AND USE OF THE REFERRALS.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT MORE PEOPLE TO THESE PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AGAIN, HERE'S ANOTHER REFLECTION OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

EXCELLENT.

ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE UP AND RUNNING WITHIN OUR PROGRAMS IS OUR COLLABORATIVE CARE COMMUNICATION CENTER, WHICH WE REFER TO AS C4.

AND THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE USING AN EFFORT TO CONNECT PATIENTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO THE RIGHT TYPE OF HEALTHCARE.

UM, YOU'VE OFTEN HEARD US SAID THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS, NOT EVERYBODY NEEDS AN EMERGENCY ROOM.

UM, SO WE ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP PATHWAYS AND PROCESSES TO MEET CHANGING NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS OF PATIENTS OUTSIDE OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

AND THE GOALS HERE INCLUDE REDUCING CALL VOLUME AND WORKLOAD ON EMS TRANSPORT UNITS BY USING EXPANDED TRIAGE AND SINGLE PROVIDER RESPONSE UNITS TO MITIGATE LOW ACUITY CALLS, PROVIDE CITIZENS A PATIENT-CENTRIC CHOICE THAT INCLUDES TREAT IN PLACE AND ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT OPTIONS RATHER THAN TRANSPORT TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, REDUCE TRANSPORT TIMES AND OVERCROWDING OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND DEVELOP AVENUES TO INTEGRATE HEALTHCARE DISCIPLINES, NOT TRADITIONAL TO EMS IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF PATIENT CARE AND ADDRESS EMS STAFFING SHORTAGES.

NEXT SLIDE, OUR TREAT IN PLACE ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS TELE-HEALTH PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN QUARTER ONE AND QUARTER TWO IN 2022, WE REFER TO THINGS IN EMS AS AVERAGE UNIT, OUR UTILIZATION, AND FOR US, THAT'S A REFLECTION OF, UM, BASICALLY WORKLOAD AND, UM, ON AVERAGE, A WORKLOAD FOR, UH, AN AMBULANCE ON A CALL IS A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR WHEN WE USE TELE-HEALTH.

UM, THAT GETS REDUCED TO A LITTLE OVER 30 MINUTES FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2021.

UM, TO NOW SEE FOUR HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO 3025 PATIENTS WITH A LITTLE OVER 49% SUCCESSFUL MITIGATION RATE.

AND WHAT WE MEAN BY MITIGATION IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT PATIENTS TO OTHER RESOURCES OF HEALTHCARE VERSUS TAKING THEM TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

AND THAT RATE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE MONTHLY.

AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 22, WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO 938 PATIENTS WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF 466 PATIENTS WITHOUT THE USE OF AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDED 242 TELE-HEALTH CONSULTS, 60 TO TREAT IN PLACE AND 10 TRANSPORTS TO AN ALTERNATE DESTINATION IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THAT WAS 293, TELE-HEALTH CONSULT 68 TREAT IN PLACE AND NINE TRANSPORTS TO AN ALTERNATE DESTINATION.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND THIS C4 LINE IS BASED ON EQUITY AND SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERY RESIDENT IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY.

SO UTILIZE MOST IN THE QUARTER.

THE CITY HAS BEEN USED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RESPONSE TO OUT AREAS.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE HEAT MAP AND OUR STAFFING AND HOURS OF OPERATION IS THAT IT HAS EIGHT FULL-TIME PERSONNEL, FIVE CLINICAL SPECIALISTS, TWO CAPTAINS, AND ONE COMMANDER.

AND OUR CURRENT HOURS OF OPERATION ARE FROM 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM.

AND THAT'S JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF THOSE, THOSE COUPLE OF

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URBAN SETTING.

I CAN CERTAINLY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, UM, COMMISSIONERS.

WELL, I CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT, UH, UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, CAN WE SH OR VICE-CHAIR RAMIREZ? YEAH.

I JUST, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UM, GETTING US THOSE, UM, THE MORE DETAIL ON ATTRITION AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE SEPARATING, THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL AND CREATED SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR, FOR STAFFING STUFF.

SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HERE, COUGH, NOT A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT TO A CHIEF GARDENER.

UH, YOUR PARAMEDICS HAVE TRAVELED WITH US ON THE HONOR FLIGHT LAST WEEKEND, DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THEY ENJOY THAT MISSION VERY, VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, CHIEF GARDNER, I HAVE SORT OF A QUESTION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM ADDRESSING OVERDOSES.

UM, AND I FEEL LIKE I AM VERY UNDER-QUALIFIED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, OVERDOSE RESPONSE.

UM, BUT ONE THING THAT I DO UNDERSTAND IS THAT, UM, THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED A FENTANYL TEST STRIP THAT WE KIND OF CAN'T USE BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED DRUG PARAPHERNALIA UNDER TEXAS LAW.

I'M NOT SURE IF I'M TOTALLY RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

UM, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? OKAY.

YOU, HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT TEST STRIPS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO TEST FOR FENTANYL.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OH, COMMISSIONER WEBER HAS A QUESTION.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR INCLUDING THE LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE INTERESTING PROGRAMS. UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE QUARTERLY REPORTS BE MORE OF A CHANCE FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, TELL US ABOUT ALL THE GOOD, INTERESTING THINGS THEY'RE DOING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE'D CERTAINLY LOVE TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT AND, UM, CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL INTO SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. I'M NOT DOING THEM JUSTICE, THAT SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THESE IS THAT THEY ARE POWERED BY PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF INGENUITY AND A LOT OF CREATIVITY THAT, THAT MAKE THEM WORK.

AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO COME AND TELL YOU THE STORY AND TELL YOU THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING SO ABSOLUTELY ANY TIME.

UM, THAT'S GREAT.

WELL, UM, I GUESS WE SHOULD

[3.b. Fiscal year 2022-2023 Budget, Public Safety Agencies, City of Austin (sponsors: Commissioner Ramirez and Bernhardt) 4:45pm-5:20pm]

GET STARTED WITH A BUDGET.

IS EVERYBODY READY FOR THAT? THE TRANSITION.

UM, SO, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, SEVERAL SPEAKERS.

UM, I DON'T KNOW.

I, SHOULD WE START WITH, UM, MICHELLE SMITH, UH, FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

I'M MICHELLE SCHMIDT.

I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'LL BEGIN WITH, UM, JUST A REVIEW OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, F Y 22 BUDGET R F Y 20 TO APPROVE BUDGET IS $443.1 MILLION.

THAT INCLUDES 1,809 SWORN AND 558 CIVILIAN POSITIONS.

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ALL RIGHT.

UM, SO THE FY 22 APPROVED BUDGET IS 443.1 MILLION THAT INCLUDED 1,809 SWORN AND 558 CIVILIAN POSITIONS.

NEARLY HALF OF THIS BUDGET IS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BASED POLICING.

21% OF IT IS FOR INTERFUND TRANSFERS AND 13% FOR INVESTIGATIONS.

UM, JUST TO REVIEW THAT SOME OF THE FY 22 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED, UM, THE RE-IMAGINE FUND DECOUPLE FUND COMMUNICATIONS AND FORENSICS WERE ALL TRANSFERRED BACK TO APD TO COMPLY WITH HOUSE BILL 1900, THERE WAS INCREASED FUNDING FOR SWORN AND CIVILIAN PENSION FUNDS.

UM, THERE WAS FULL FUNDING FOR TWO CADET ACADEMY CLASSES, FIVE, UM, VICAP SPECIALISTS, TEMPORARY FTES, SOME REPLACEMENT CAST RIFLE, PLATE VESTS, AND A REPLACEMENT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR FORENSICS, A GAS CHROMATOGRAPH, MASS SPECTROMETER.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO MOVING INTO THE Y 23 FORECAST BUDGET, UM, THIS FORECAST ESTIMATE OF $451.7 MILLION FOR APD IS VERY PRELIMINARY.

IT'S FROM THE FORECAST AS PRESENTED IN APRIL, 2022.

THE CITY'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL IN AUGUST.

UM, THE 23 FORECAST INCLUDES 1,812 SWORN POSITIONS, 499 CIVILIAN POSITIONS.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UM, COST DRIVERS BASED COST DRIVERS IN THIS FORECAST, INCLUDING PERSONNEL COST DRIVERS OF $14.4 MILLION.

THIS PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF INCREASED SWORN PENSION COSTS AND INCREASED INSURANCE COSTS AND INCREASE PAY FOR TELECOMMUNICATORS AND VICTIMS SERVICE EMPLOYEES.

THERE'S ALSO AN INCREASE OF $4.9 MILLION TO INTERFUND TRANSFERS.

THESE ARE RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY INCREASES, LIABILITY RESERVE, VEHICLE FUEL AND MAINTENANCE INCREASES, AND A SLIGHT DECREASE TO THE 3 1, 1 COST ALLOCATION.

AND THERE'S A $1.5 MILLION INCREASE IN CONTRACT AND OPERATING, UM, INCREASES.

THIS INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY $800,000 RELATED TO TWO NEW FTES TRAINING AND A FOLLOWUP AUDIT RELATED TO THE SEXUAL ASSAULT LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT.

THERE'S ALSO INCREASES TO THE JOYCE JAMES GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS TRAINING AND THEN MANDATORY INSPECTIONS, UM, FAA HELICOPTER INSPECTIONS THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL POLICE ESTIMATE FOR FYI 23 IN THE FORECAST TO $20.8 MILLION.

THIS IS OFFSET BY THE CREATION OF THE FORENSIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULD DECREASE APDS BUDGET BY $12.2 MILLION FOR A TOTAL INCREASE OF 8.6 MILLION OR 2%.

NEXT SLIDE.

I'LL NOW TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF, UM, COUNCIL INITIATIVES AND DEPARTMENT UNFUNDED PRIORITIES.

I THINK WE HAVE FIVE OF THOSE.

AND THE FIRST ONE, UM, IS A HELICOPTER REPLACEMENT, UM, UH, A COST OF $1.5 MILLION.

APD IS REQUESTING TO REPLACE THE PUBLIC SAFETY HELICOPTER.

IT'S AN AIRBUS H ONE 20, WHICH IS 22 YEARS OLD.

NOW WE WOULD BE TRADING IT IN FOR AN AIRBUS H 1 25.

THE AIR SUPPORT UNIT AT APD IS UTILIZED IN A VARIETY OF PUBLIC SAFETY MISSIONS, INCLUDING SEARCH AND RESCUE FIRE SUPPRESSION, FLOOD AND WATER RESCUE CITY OF AUSTIN ARBORISTS, ANNUAL OAKWELL SURVEY, AUSTIN ENERGY, POWER LINE MANAGEMENT, FACILITY INSPECTIONS, AND POWER GRID CHECKS AND AUSTIN WATER FACILITY INSPECTIONS.

THE 22 YEAR OLD HELICOPTER HAS SEVERELY DEGRADED AND POWER AND CAPABILITIES.

AND THE PARTS FOR THIS AIRCRAFT ARE NO LONGER MADE THE MANUFACTURER ENDED.

IT SERVICE AND SUPPORT PROGRAM APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS AGO.

UM, THE CURRENT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING ON TWO SEPARATE HELICOPTER HELICOPTER PLATFORMS, AND THIS REPLACEMENT WOULD MOVE THE DEPARTMENT TO THE SAME PLATFORM, WHICH WOULD REDUCE TRAINING COSTS AND IMPROVE SAFETY.

AS THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WOULD BE IDENTICAL ON THE TWO HELICOPTERS.

THE SECOND UNFUNDED REQUESTS IS 11 NEW CIVILIAN FTES PER THE CRO REPORT RECOMMENDATION AT A COST OF $1.2 MILLION.

THIS RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES SEVEN CIVILIAN FTES FOR THE TRAINING ACADEMY AND FOUR FTES FOR THE DATA AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AT THE ACADEMY.

KROHL EVALUATED CHANGES TO

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CURRICULUM AND THE 140 FOURTH PILOT ACADEMY AND CIVILIAN STAFF HAS ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DIRECTING THESE CHANGES.

HOWEVER, CURRENT STAFF, CURRENT STAFFING ONLY ALLOWS FOR INVOLVEMENT IN CADET TRAINING, WHICH IS ONGOING AND AS INDICATED BY CROLL, SIMILAR WORK IS REQUIRED IN THE OTHER TWO ACADEMY UNITS, WHICH ARE CONTINUING ED CONTINUING EDUCATION AND LEARN SKILLS UNIT TO ENSURE THAT CURRICULUM CHANGES ARE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ACADEMY AND UPDATED REGULARLY CHRO ALSO NOTED ISSUES AND APDS DATA, THE IMPACT REPORTING AND RACIAL PROFILE REPORTING.

THE REQUESTED BUSINESS PROCESS CONSULTANT AND SPECIALIST POSITIONS WILL ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH CURRENT DATA AND AN IT PROGRAM MANAGER WILL ADDRESS THE LONG-TERM SYSTEM ISSUES THEN THAT CANNOT BE ADDRESSED BY THE ANALYTICS STAFF TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE SYSTEMS DO NOT CREATE THESE SAME DATA PROBLEMS. AGAIN, THE NEXT REQUEST IS TO CIVILIANIZED SIX WARN FTES AT THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER.

THIS IS A ZERO COST, UM, TO THE DEPARTMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND WE'RE, UM, ASKING TO ALLOW SIX OFFICERS TO RETURN TO PATROL FUNCTIONS, UM, AND SALARY AND BENEFIT COSTS OF THE SIX CIVILIAN FTES AT $501,000 WOULD BE OFFSET BY INCREASING OUR SWORN VACANCY SAVINGS TO BE COST NEUTRAL.

THE NEXT REQUEST IS TO ADD FORSWORN DETECTIVE FTES TO OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH TO BENEFIT THE SEX CRIMES UNIT AT A COST OF $955,000.

UM, SEX CRIMES ARE COMPLEX CASES WHICH REQUIRE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL REQUIRING LENGTHY AND INDIVIDUALIZED INTERACTIONS WITH SURVIVORS IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE CASES, ACCORDING TO BEST PRACTICES, WE NEED TO DECREASE THE INDIVIDUAL DETECTIVE CASE LOADS SO THAT THEY CAN MORE EFFECTIVELY GIVE THEIR TIME TO EACH CASE.

SO WE'RE REQUESTING THE FOUR NEW DETECTIVES, UM, ASSIGNED TO THE SEX CRIMES UNIT BY INCREASING THE DETECTIVE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH FOR APD.

LASTLY, WE'RE REQUESTING SIX CIVILIAN FTES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE BILL ONE 11 AT A COST OF $491,000 SENATE BILL ONE 11 PLACED THE BURDEN OF EVIDENCE CERTIFICATION ON POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

THIS RESPONSIBILITY FALLS TO DETECTIVES AND INVESTIGATED CASES, BUT APD DOES NOT HAVE PERSONNEL TO COMPLETE THE TASK FOR DIRECT FILED ARREST FROM PATROL, GIVEN PATROL STAFFING ISSUES.

PATROL OFFICERS CAN NOT DO THIS WITHOUT SEVERELY IMPACTING PATROL SERVICE LEVELS.

AND WE'RE CURRENTLY USING TEMP EMPLOYEES, BUT THIS IS PROBLEMATIC GIVEN THE TRANSITIONAL NATURE, UM, CREATING TRAINING AND CONTINUITY CHALLENGES.

SO THE TOTAL OF THOSE REQUESTS IS APPROXIMATELY $4.1 MILLION.

OKAY.

SO THAT CONCLUDES APDS BUDGET PRESENTATION.

SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

PAULSON FOR FIRE.

DID YOU WANT TO DO QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN OR HAVE ALL THREE OF US PRESENT FIRST? UM, UM, ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SCHMIDT, UM, COMMISSIONER AT SIERRA OUT OF AREVALO? UH, YES.

THANK YOU.

I WAS, THERE WAS A BRIEF MENTION ABOUT SOUNDED LIKE A PAYOUT FOR, UM, FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT.

COULD YOU, COULD YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT, WHAT THAT WAS, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT CASE OR ANY SUCH PAYOUT? YES.

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT LAWSUIT WAS SETTLED IN FEBRUARY OF 2022 BY, UM, CITY COUNCIL AND AS PART OF THAT SETTLEMENT, UM, THE CITY AGREED FOR SOME INCREASED TRAINING AND A FOLLOW-UP AUDIT.

UM, AND SO THERE'S ALSO, UH, A REQUEST BY APD FOR TWO FTES TO FULFILL THE COMMITMENT IN THAT LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UH, VICE-CHAIR RAMIREZ.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER CENTER AND HOW THAT IS, UM, HOW THAT IS FUNDED ONGOING.

I HADN'T SEEN IT IN PREVIOUS BUDGETS SORT OF PRESENTATIONS THAT WE GOT.

AND SO SHE'S JUST INTERESTED IN HOW, HOW MUCH THESE ADDITIONS, THE CIVILIANIZING OF THESE POSITIONS,

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UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE THAT 501,000 COST SAVINGS REALLY IS OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM.

UM, CHIEF MASON, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FTES OR HOW MANY SWORN FTES ARE IN THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER? W WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FOR A TOTAL OF SIX.

SO I DON'T, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN OVER TIME, IT'S OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, WE'VE HAD LESS AND LESS.

I THINK WE HAVE SIX F OFFICERS RIGHT THERE, AS WELL AS THE LIEUTENANTS THAT OVERSEE AND RUN THE PROGRAM.

OKAY.

SO THIS, THIS, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT IS HAPPENING.

IT'S BEEN PRIMARILY STAFFED THROUGH SWORN OFFICERS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

AND SO THIS WOULD SWITCH THOSE POSITIONS TO CIVILIAN POSITIONS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO, YEAH.

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SIX OFFICERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED THERE FULL-TIME TO BE ABLE TO START WORKING IN THE STREET BECAUSE OF OUR STAFFING SHORTAGES.

AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CIVILIANS COME IN AND BE ABLE TO STILL WATCH THE CAMERAS AND, YOU KNOW, ANSWER, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION LINES, STUFF LIKE THAT, TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE OPERATIONS GOING UP THERE, UM, ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY.

UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

UM, UH, HOW MUCH DOES THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER IN TOTAL COST TO RUN? I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU.

UM, IF THERE AREN'T ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, UM, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO DR.

PAULSON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, FOR THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, I'M RENELLE PAULSON, I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU COULD GO.

THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR CURRENT BUDGET IN IS ABOUT 219.4 MILLION.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT 1,257 SWORN WE HAVE 143 CIVILIANS AND 60 CADET POSITIONS, BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE UPWARDS OF 80 ACTUAL CADETS IN THE ACADEMY.

UM, SO THOSE ARE SORT OF PLACEHOLDER POSITIONS.

ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF OUR BUDGET IS SPENT ON, UH, OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL ARE THE FIRE.

THOSE ARE THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE OUT IN THE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THE OTHER AREAS OF SUPPORT OR LIKE THE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TRANSFERS DEBT SERVICE AND OTHER OTHERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR BUDGET.

AND IN THE CURRENT YEAR, OUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED, UH, 864,000 TO ANNUALIZE THE STAFFING AT THE TRAVIS COUNTRY FIRE STATION.

IT OPENED IN FISCAL YEAR 21, BUT IT WAS ONLY A PARTIAL YEAR, SO THAT MONEY IS TO MAKE IT A FULL YEAR.

SO THAT NEXT YEAR, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS A FULL YEAR WITH THE FUNDING FOR THAT, THAT THIS, THE CREW AT THAT STATION.

UM, WE STARTED OUT IN THE BUDGET WITH ALMOST 700,699, UH, FOR THE STAFFING ADD, UH, ANOTHER NEW STATION LOOP 360 IN THE NORTHWEST AREA, BUT ON THE DAYAS, IT WAS, IT WAS SORT OF DISCOVERED THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS BEHIND AND WE PROBABLY WERE NOT GOING TO, IT'S STILL NOT FINISHED AT THIS POINT.

WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE THE CREW FOR STATION.

SO FROM THE DYESS COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTERNATE, A COUPLE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, REQUESTED THAT THAT FUNDING BE REPURPOSED AND AT 700,000, UH, FOR RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS, THESE ARE THINGS LIKE OPERATIONS AND WILDFIRE EQUIPMENT AND RESPONDING TO THE INTERFACE TRAINING, WHICH IS A, A TYPE OF WILDFIRE TRAINING FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

UM, THIS YEAR WE ALSO HAD $50,000 TO FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF THAT, THAT RESIDED THE PUBLIC SAFETY WELLNESS CENTER.

AND, UH, WE HAD 150,000 IN TECH EXPENSES AT THE, UH, FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.

UH, THERE'S A SOFTWARE PROGRAM CALLED AMANDA.

THAT IS THE WAY IN WHICH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE TAKEN INTO THAT SITE.

AND WE NEEDED SOME HELP GETTING OUR PART OF THAT SOFTWARE UP TO UP TO PAR BASICALLY NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO OUR FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR, AND AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS JUST THE PRELIMINARY FORECAST.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS STILL TO COME OUT.

UM, THE FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR GOES UP TO 228.7 MILLION JUST WITH COST DRIVERS.

AND THAT'S ONLY ADDING ONE SWORN AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THAT'S WARREN IS, UH, ASSIGNED TO THE AIRPORT AND THE REASON WE ADDED IT IN THE FORECAST IS WE'D ALREADY NEGOTIATED WITH THE AIRPORT FOR THAT POSITION.

UM, THEY PAY US TO PROVIDE A FIREFIGHTING SERVICE AT THE

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AIRPORT.

SO IT'S KIND OF A WASH WITH REGARD TO OUR BUDGET.

THE PERSONNEL COSTS DRIVERS, UH, ARE ALREADY AT 4.2 MILLION.

THESE ARE THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITH SWORN PERSONNEL AND CIVILIANS TOO, BUT MOSTLY SWORN, UH, WITH REGARD TO THEIR STEP RAISES THEIR LONGEVITY AND CALCULATING OUR WORKFORCE, UH, AS IT AGES OR GETS YOUNGER, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS IN THE INTERFUND TRANSFER CATEGORY, WHICH ARE THOSE SERVICES THAT LIKE, UM, THE WIRELESS OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS, UH, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, CORPORATE DEPARTMENTS, WE SAW AN INCREASE OF 2.2 MILLION, OR WE'RE PROPOSING.

THEY FORECAST HAS AN INCREASE OF 2.2 MILLION, MAKE SURE I GET THE RIGHT PART OF THE BUDGET CYCLE THERE.

WE DO ANTICIPATE ACTUALLY OPENING THE LOOP 360 STATIONS.

SO ONE QUARTER OF STAFF AND, UH, THE LAND LEASE THAT GOES WITH THAT WILL COST ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, IN ACTUALITY, IT'LL JUST COST A HALF A MILLION IN ADDITION TO THAT 700,000 FROM THE CURRENT YEAR.

SO TO OPEN A STATION LIKE GLUE THREE S 360 COSTS, 1.2 MILLION, WE'RE JUST INCREASING THE BUDGET BY THE HALF A MILLION TO COVER THE EXTRA.

WE, UM, WE ALL SAW A, A, A CHANGE TO POLICY WITH REGARD TO PAID PARENTAL LEAVE THIS YEAR, THAT IMPACTS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE WHEREBY SWORN, UH, ACHIEVED A BENEFIT THAT CIVILIANS HAD GOTTEN BEFORE.

UH, PAID PARENTAL LEAVE IS BASICALLY 240 HOURS OF LEAVE TO BOND WITH A NEW CHILD AT HOME.

UH, IN THE, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE MANDATORY STAFFING.

AND SO FOR FOLKS TO GO OFF AND TAKE THAT PARENTAL LEAVE REQUIRES BACKFILL ON EVERY SINGLE APPARATUS, EVERY SINGLE SHIFT.

UM, THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COVER THAT, BUT IN THE FORECAST, WE HAVE ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS TO COVER THAT BACKFILL FOR THAT ADDITIONAL BENEFIT.

IF I COULD CLARIFY DR.

PAULSON'S ROOTS WITH DEPARTMENT AND GO BACK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THE BACKFILL REQUIREMENTS IS WHAT, OKAY, THANK YOU FOR STRAIGHTEN ME OUT ON THAT.

DIDN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF SAY THAT.

AND THEN FINALLY, IN TERMS OF THE FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS YEAR, THE CONTRACT INCREASES THAT WE SEE THESE ARE EVERYTHING FROM THE UTILITIES THAT ALL THOSE FIRE STATIONS TO TECHNOLOGY, UH, LICENSES TO THE UNIFORMS THAT THEY WEAR.

A LOT OF, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SUPPLIES ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

UM, THOSE CONTRACTS WENT UP BY ANOTHER 1.4 MILLION.

THAT'S A TOTAL OF 9.3 MILLION.

AND IT IS, IT IS NOT EVEN TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH CONTRACT NEGOTIATION OR LABOR NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW.

SO WE ANTICIPATE, UH, THAT IT, IT COULD INCREASE FROM THIS FINALLY, THE UNFUNDED BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS YEAR.

UM, WE HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN SOMEWHAT, BUT, UH, WE'RE ASKING AGAIN, AS WE'VE DESCRIBED TO YOU LAST YEAR, UH, FOR A LADDER AT THE DEL VALLEY FIRE STATION, THAT'S 2.4 MILLION.

UM, AND WE NEED SOME PICKUP TRUCKS AND PPE TRANSPORT.

THAT'S 135,000 AND TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT SERVICE INCREASE OF 195.

BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON IS THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.

AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF, OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THE FIRE MARSHALL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING PLANS AND INSPECTING BUILDINGS AS THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED.

AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT TO THE DETRIMENT OF BASIC SORT OF MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS OF EXISTING PROPERTIES.

UM, SO KEEPING UP WITH GROWTH AND TAKING CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE SIDE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR A TOTAL OF, UM, UH, 21, I DIDN'T ADD THEM ALL UP THERE DOING IT, MY HEAD, UH, IT THEY'RE SPLIT BETWEEN NINE FTES THAT ARE GENERAL FUND AND 12 THAT ARE FUNDED FROM ELSEWHERE.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT A LOT OF THE MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS THAT GO ON WITH EXISTING PROPERTIES DO NOT BRING IN NEW FEES OR NEW PERMITS.

UM, AND WE NEED GENERAL FUNDING, UH, TO PAY FOR THOSE THAT'S SORT OF ON THE LOW END OF THE 1.2 MILLION, THE, UH, THE FUNDED ELSEWHERE WOULD BE FOR THE CAP, METRO METRO, NOT CAP METRO, I'M SORRY, PROJECT CONNECT, UM, DEVELOPMENT.

AND THE ROLE THAT THE, THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PLAYS THAT, UM, WE WILL, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO, UH, THE, THE COMBINED, WHAT IS IT, THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, UM, TO SEE IF THEY CAN'T FUND AN FTE FOR ALL THE INSPECTIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.

SO THOSE OTHER 12, WE ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING IN PRIMARILY ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP US OUT AND LIGHTEN THE LOAD ON THE GENERAL FUND.

WHEN YOU ADD UP THOSE ACTS THAT WE SUBMITTED AS A PART OF THE FORECAST, YOU CAN SEE THEY RANGE

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FROM 3.9 MILLION TO 6.3 MILLION.

UM, THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE FORECAST THAT WE HAD IN THERE BEFORE, AND BASICALLY, UM, THE ONE, THE ONE GOOD OFFSET THAT WE CAN TRANSCRIBE IN HERE IS WE THINK WE WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUES COMING BACK TO US BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT IN PREVENTION, INSPECTORS, ENGINEERS, AND ADMINS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THE FIRE BUDGET.

I REPEAT THE FIRE BUDGET.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS.

UH, SO WE'LL KEEP MOVING.

UM, UH, THIS MR. UM, LEDESMA LEDESMA.

MY, MY HEAD IS LIKE NOT, NOT WORKING RIGHT THIS MOMENT.

UM, LET'S HEAR ABOUT, UH, THE EMS BUDGET.

YES.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, CARLOS LEDESMA.

I'M THE INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT EMS, UH, FOR OUR FYI 22 APPROVED BUDGET.

UH, EMS IS $105.8 MILLION THAT CONSISTS OF 664 SWORN IN 81 AND A HALF.

UH, CIVILIANS ARE OUR SOURCES FOR THE, FOR OUR 1 0 5 0.8 FUNDING IS A 63% TAX PURPOSES.

AND THEN 36.9 ON THE FEES ARE 22.

REVENUE IS $39 MILLION.

UH, SOME OF OUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS IS 12 NEW FTES FOR THE LOOP 365 NEW SORN FTES FOR THE DEMAND UNIT AND TRAVIS, TRAVIS COUNTY, THREE NEW DIVISION CHEESE FOR THE LEADERSHIP ENHANCEMENT AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OVERTIME AND EQUIPMENT.

UH, SOME OF THIS WAS FOR SOME BALLISTIC VEST.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED, THIS IS OUR FY 23 FORECAST.

UM, EMS WERE PROJECTING OR FORECASTING 111, $11 MILLION, OUR SWORN, UH, 665 AND CIVILIANS OF 80.5.

THERE WAS A RECLASS.

SO OUR OVERALL COUNT IS THE SAME.

IT WOULD JUST CONVERTED A CIVILIAN TO A SWORN POSITION.

AND OUR FYI 23 REVENUES INCREASING SLIGHTLY TO 41.8 MILLION.

UH, THE INCREASE IS DUE TO HHSC PAYMENT.

UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING A ADDITIONAL INCREASE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR.

UH, SOME OF OUR BASE COST DRIVERS, UM, AS THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO, YOU MENTIONED IT'S, UH, FOR THE PERSONNEL, IT'S YOUR, YOUR INSURANCE, YOUR CREW PAYROLL, UH, PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.

STEP ADJUSTMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO THEIRS FOR INNER FUND $1.2 MILLION.

AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR.

YOU HAVE YOUR CTM, YOU SEE TECH, YOUR WIRELESS SUPPORT FLEET.

UM, OUR CONTRACT INCREASE OF $103,000 IS JUST VARIOUS SUPPLIES.

UM, WE WERE SEEING A LOT OF INCREASES IN OUR SUPPLIES CURRENTLY IS ALSO A LAG ON GETTING SUPPLIES IN.

SO WE WERE ANTICIPATING ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN THE YEARS TO COME, UH, FOR OUR MEDICAL SUPPLIES, UH, OPERATING INCREASES, UM, A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO CONTINUE THE BALLISTIC VEST, UH, FUNDING.

UH, WE HAD PARTIAL FUNDING PREVIOUS YEARS, AND THEN WE HAVE A REMOVAL OF ONE-TIME FUNDING, UH, THAT WILL JUST, THOSE ARE TWO, IT WAS A 50,001 TIMES LIVING WAGE ADJUSTMENT, AND THEN A 44,000 STIPEND ADJUSTMENT FOR A TOTAL OF 5.2 OR 4.7%.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SOME OF OUR, WE HAVE FIVE DEPARTMENT OF FUNDING PRIORITIES.

THE FIRST ONE IS STAFFING.

THIS CONSISTS OF NINE FTES FOR A TOTAL OF $2.1 MILLION WITH 1 MILLION BEING, UM, 1.1 MILLION BEING ONE TIME.

AND THIS CONSISTS LIKE TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT CHIEF BARNETT SAID EARLIER ABOUT OUR VACANCY.

UH, OUR VACANCIES, WE HAVE A 25, 20% VACANCY RATE WHERE WE'RE A PART OF THE UNITED FTES CONSISTS OF STAFF FOR RECRUITING TO INCREASE OUR, OUR RECRUITING TEAM, UM, TRAINING TRAINING STAFF AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE THE 1,000,001 TIME IS FOR A SIMULATION EQUIPMENT, UH, TO HOPEFULLY EXPEDITE SOME TRAINING.

OUR NEXT PRIORITY IS, UM, DATA ANALYTICS WITH TWO FTES FOR A FOUR, $366,000, UH, TRYING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVELY DEPLOY ASSETS INDEPENDENTLY BASED ON OUR POPULATION, DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH OUTCOME, DATA AND LOCATION OF OTHER EMS ASSETS ON OUR THIRD ONE.

UM, THE 1.5 MILLION, THIS IS FOR OUR WHOLE BLOOD PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

UM, IT'S WHOLE BLOOD IS CURRENTLY BEING ADMINISTERED

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IN BASTROP AND WINNING SOME COUNTING.

UM, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY A ONE TIME FUNDING.

UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES TWO VEHICLES FOR THIS PROGRAM.

OUR STAFF ENGAGEMENT CONSISTS OF ONE FTE FOR THE $397,000.

THIS IS TO ENHANCE OUR INTERNAL SYSTEMS, UH, TO, TO USE OUR SHAREPOINT SITES AS WELL.

UM, AND IT IS, I SAID AT FTE, OUR LAST UNFUNDED PRIORITY, THIS IS OUR REVENUE ENHANCEMENT, UH, RIGHT HERE.

I KNOW WE HAVE, OR WE HAVE EITHER A CONTRACTOR OR STAFF WHERE WE HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE STAFF, WHICH IS THE NINE FTES.

UM, AND THIS IS TO HELP WITH OUR BILLING BACKLOG TO, TO GET ENOUGH STAFF, TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND AND FOR A TOTAL OF ALL OUR UNMET NEEDS OF, UH, I MEAN, UNFUNDED PRIORITIES FOR 1.5 $0.16 MILLION.

NEXT SLIDE.

I BELIEVE THIS, THIS IS THE LAST LIVE.

SO ANY QUESTIONS, ARE THERE ANY, OH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? UM, YEAH, MAYBE I'M A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, I APOLOGIZE.

UH, THE NUMBER THREE WHOLE BLOOD STAYING ON THE LEADING EDGE OF EMS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT? I DON'T THINK I KNOW ABOUT THAT PROGRAM.

I WOULD DEFER TO CHIEF BARGAIN.

I'LL TAKE THAT ONE.

AND SO WE RECENTLY WITH A PARTNERSHIP THROUGH THE OFFICES OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, WE STARTED A PROGRAM OF, UH, DEPLOYING WHOLE BLOOD.

IT'S A TREATMENT THAT IS INITIATED IN THE FIELD FOR, UM, TRAUMATIC INCIDENTS.

SO ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN, UM, A HEMORRHAGIC EVENT, SO STABBING SHOOTING SOME SEVERE BLOOD LOSS, WE ARE ABLE TO ADMINISTER A WHOLE BLOOD IN THE FIELD BEFORE THEY GET TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT, UM, SURVIVAL RATES WITH THAT.

IT IS, WE ONLY HAVE IT AVAILABLE ON TWO AMBULANCES RIGHT NOW, OR TWO UNITS I SHOULD SAY IS ON A COMMAND UNIT AND, UM, DESIGNATED A MEDICAL OFFICER, UM, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER SINGLE UNIT RESPONDERS.

WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS EXPAND THAT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE IT MORE AVAILABLE ON OTHER UNITS.

SO THAT HAS EXPANDED INTO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, IT IS AN EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR.

IT DOES REQUIRE, UM, REGULATORY, UM, MEASURES WITH THE STORAGE CONTAINERS, WITH THE, UH, IVY TUBING THAT IS REQUIRED, UM, JUST THE BLOOD PRODUCT ITSELF.

UM, SO IT REQUIRES, UH, SOME SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT AND THAT IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE PATIENTS THAT WE SERVE IN THAT WAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

UM, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OH, VICE-CHAIR RAMIREZ.

UM, HI THERE, I ACTUALLY, IT WAS A GENERAL QUESTION FOR WHOEVER, WHOEVER THE THREE OF YOU COULD ANSWER.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.

UM, AND SO WHEN DO CONTRACT NEGOTIATION CHANGES IMPACT BUDGET? IT WOULDN'T BE TO THE SUMMING THIS FULL CYCLE, I'M ASSUMING, BUT AT WHAT POINT WILL THOSE KICK IN? IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHEN THE CONTRACT IS RATIFIED BY COUNCIL.

UM, EACH OF THE THREE CONTRACTS WILL BE COSTED OUT BY THE BUDGET OFFICE.

AND WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE COUNCIL, ACCEPTING THAT CONTRACT, THEN WE WILL PUT THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET.

IT'S ALWAYS HOPED THAT WE'LL GET IT DONE BEFORE THE OCTOBER 1ST STARTED THE FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT EASIER TO CHANGE UP ALL THE DOCUMENTS.

UM, BUT OFTENTIMES NEGOTIATIONS GO A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT, AND IT HAS TO BE DONE WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, SO IF THERE AREN'T ANY MORE QUESTIONS, UH, WE CAN MOVE ON TO, UM, OH, GO FOR IT.

CAN I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? AND THEN I'M A ONE.

UH, SO I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MY DIRECTOR SINCE YOU ASKED THE QUESTION AND KEEP IN MIND WHEN I TELL YOU THIS NUMBER, IT, IT, IT'S NOT BROKEN OUT BETWEEN NINE 11 AND POLICE DISPATCH, UH, AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANSWERS ALL NINE 11 CALLS AND THAT IT, THEN WE FARM IT OUT TO THE POLICE, FIRE EMS, OR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FROM THERE.

SO, UH, THIS NUMBER INCLUDES OVERTIME AS WELL AS STAFF, AS WELL AS SOFTWARE HARDWARE.

THAT'S REQUIRED TO KEEP THE, UH, THE FLOOR UP AND RUNNING.

SO, UH, OUR BUDGET'S OVER 17 MILLION A YEAR, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, SO WE HAVE ONE

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ADDITIONAL SPEAKER, UM, ON THE BUDGET AND THAT IS KATHY MITCHELL, UH, FROM JUST LIBERTY TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET, AND SHE IS VIRTUAL.

HI, THIS IS KATHY MITCHELL.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, WE CAN HEAR YOU CATHY, BUT WE CAN'T SEE YOU.

UM, CAN YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON OR DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? HANG ON.

I'M GOING TO SAY SARAH.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S REQUIRED IF SHE CANNOT TURN ON HER CAMERA.

OKAY, BYE.

I THINK I JUST DID.

UM, WE STILL CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT YOU CAN SPEAK.

UM, AND WE'LL JUST HEAR THE AUDIO.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S SHOWING ME I CAN SEE MYSELF, BUT APPARENTLY NO ONE ELSE CAN, SO YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR, FOR THIS MOMENT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT 30 ORGANIZATIONS, UH, COLLABORATED ON THIS GEAR.

I'M SORRY.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND NOISE.

I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA WORK ON THAT ONE.

OKAY.

IS THAT BETTER? I THINK SO.

YEAH.

SO, UH, UH, WE HAVE PROPOSED THAT NEW MONEY, UH, FOR IN GENERAL REVENUE BE FOCUSED ON WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE SOME OF THE MOST URGENT PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS.

AND YOU HEARD SOME OF THAT JUST NOW IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT WE HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON AMS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY ARENA BECAUSE THE, UH, STAFF SHORTAGES AT PMS ARE BRUTAL RIGHT NOW.

UH, AND I DO WANT TO, UM, POSIT A QUESTION OR, OR NOTE SOMETHING FROM THE Q AND A THAT I JUST HEARD.

ALL OF THE CONTRACTS ARE INDEED IN NEGOTIATION.

AND, UM, TO ONE OF THE MEMBERS QUESTIONS, THE, THE IMPACT IS ON THIS COMING BUDGET YEAR.

SO PRESUMABLY EVEN IF THE NEGOTIATIONS LAG AND IT HAS TO BE DONE BY A BUDGET AMENDMENT, IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO IMPACT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY TALKED A LOT ABOUT AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND WHAT THE PRIORITIES SHOULD BE FOR THIS COMING YEAR WAS THAT EMS, UM, NEEDS TO SEE THE KIND OF WAGE INCREASES THAT IT HAS BEEN REQUESTING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HIRE AT THE LEVEL THAT IT NEEDS TO HIRE.

SO WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING THE NEW POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN, UH, PRESENTED WITH, WE BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO IS TO SERIOUSLY INCREASE THE WAGES THAT WE'RE PAYING OUR PARAMEDICS SO THAT THEY CAN HIRE THEM, UH, AND FILL THOSE CLASSES THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FILLING.

SO, AS A MATTER OF COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, THERE WERE 30 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORKED ON IT.

UH, WE ARE NOW AT, I THINK, 32 WITH MORE ORGANIZATIONS COMING ON THIS MONTH TO SUPPORT THESE PRIORITIES.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COURSE, OF NON DIRECTLY PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITIES THAT ARE IN THAT PROPOSAL AS WELL.

UM, MOST URGENTLY, UH, THERE WAS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT AMONG MANY ORGANIZATIONS FROM ALL DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, FROM ENVIRONMENT TO, UM, TO SOCIAL SERVICES, TO, UM, PLAN FOR, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT EVICTION PREVENTION PRIMARILY IN TERMS OF, UH, HELPING PEOPLE WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

WE KNOW THAT WE DID THAT LAST YEAR WITH ONE TIME FUNDS.

AND SO TO DO IT OUT OF GENERAL, REVENUE IS A HEAVY LIFT, BUT WE THINK IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES, IT'S ONE OF THE VERY, MOST IMPORTANT URGENT CRISES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS YEAR.

UH, NEXT YEAR, THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING, BUT THIS YEAR IT'S, THESE MASSIVE RENT INCREASES ARE REALLY DRIVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD SPEND OUR MONEY.

SO, UM, THE WHOLE THING IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AT EQUITY ACTION, ATX.ORG.

IF YOU GO TO OUR CAMPAIGNS, WE'VE POSTED IT THERE.

UM, AND A NUMBER YOU'LL SEE ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SIGNED ON AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS.

UH, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT, UH, VIOLENCE PREVENTION,

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ESPECIALLY GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN THIS CURRENT MOMENT AND ALSO SERVICES FOR CRIME VICTIMS AND ALL OF THAT IS IN THERE.

SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ENOUGH THINGS TO THROW AT YOU, UM, OVER THE PHONE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, I CAN ANSWER THEM.

OKAY.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MITCHELL? OKAY.

UM, I, I THINK WE'RE IN A KIND OF EXTRAORDINARY, GOOD SHAPE IN TERMS OF TIME.

UM, UH, SHALL WE MOVE ON TO THE, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE STAFFING STUDY, UM, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES.

ARE WE IN A POSITION? OH, SORRY.

UM, COMMISSIONER CONSOLE IS SORRY.

SO IN THE PAST WE HAVE, UM, AFTER WE GET THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, WE GO LINE BY LINE THROUGH THE UNFUNDED AND EXTRA REQUESTED BUDGETS AND TAKE A VOTE ON IT IF WE SUPPORT THEM OR NOT TO SEND THAT MEMO ON TO, UM, COUNT CITY COUNCIL.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD PLANNED TO DO THAT THIS YEAR OR IF WE WERE GOING TO DO IT OFFLINE, BUT WE HAVE DONE THAT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE JUST IN CASE YOU HAD FORGOTTEN OR WEREN'T PLANNING ON DOING IT.

THAT'S FINE TOO.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP.

UM, NO, I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

UM, YEAH, I'M VERY CONFUSED BY THIS.

THIS ISN'T REALLY THE BUDGET LANGUAGE.

UM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.

UM, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING'S GOING TO GET DONE ALL AT ONCE AT THE END, WHICH IS NOT HOW YOU SHOULD DO A BUDGET, BUT ANYWAY, UM, I'M NOT IN CHARGE.

UH, WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? SO I GUESS WE WOULD START WITH, UM, THE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UH, SORT OF, UM, NOT OFFICIALLY PART OF THE MAIN PRESENTATION WISHLIST.

THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S CALLED, IS IT, CAN WE PUT THAT, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE, UM, THE SLIDES AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? IS THAT POSSIBLE? I BELIEVE IT'S THE LAST LIGHT OF ALL OF THE PRINTS.

IT PROBABLY IS THE LAST SLIDE OF EACH PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND REFRESH MY MEMORY, UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

WE'VE HAD SOME BRIEF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE'VE, UH, VOTED ISN'T THAT RIGHT? YEAH.

WELL, WE JUST OPENED IT UP TO QUESTIONS AND SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THEN, UH, IN THE PAST WE BASICALLY SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, DO WE SUPPORT ALL OF THEM OR IS THERE SOME THAT WE DON'T SUPPORT AND THAT WE WOULD, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS JUST IN GENERAL, HERE'S THE THINGS THAT WE SUPPORT AND CALLING OUT ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T.

UM, AND I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON THE HELICOPTER.

THIS IS, UM, APDS, SECOND HELICOPTER.

IS THAT RIGHT THERE? THERE ARE TWO.

OH, THERE ARE THREE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE.

ONE OF THEM IS LIKE A 1993.

UM, LISO HELICOPTER THAT IS NOT, NOT USED REGULARLY.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND PUBLIC SAFETY HELICOPTER FOR APD.

SO THERE'S ONLY TWO PATROL HELICOPTERS THAT ARE SET UP WITH THE CAMERAS AND THE SYSTEMS, ET CETERA.

UH, THE THIRD ONE, WHICH, UH, MICHELLE WAS TALKING ABOUT IS USED FOR TRAINING.

SO IT'S, IT'S NOT SET UP FOR ANY TYPE OF PATROL TYPE OF FUNCTIONS, BUT IT'S USED FOR TRAINING AT STRATUS AND THE COST OF HOURS IS MUCH CHEAPER TO FLY AND TO TRAIN ON THAT, UH, LIKE, AND LIKE I SAID, IT WAS FROM LISA FROM MILITARY, BUT IT'S SAYING COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, UH, PAINTED AND DESIGNED FOR APD.

SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANY TYPE OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT ANYMORE.

OKAY.

UH, INTERESTING.

UM, SO, UM, DO COMMISSIONERS, I CAN'T SEE ANY OF Y'ALL.

THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO DO.

UM, WELL NOW I CAN SEE COMMISSIONER GONZALES ONLY.

OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND IT'S JUST ABOUT LOGISTICALLY, LIKE MAKING SURE I UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS, WHERE THIS MONEY COMES FROM AND WHY.

SO, UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE FOUR SWORN, UM, DETECTIVE FTES FOR THE SEX CRIMES UNIT, THAT'S 955,000, UM, H HOW I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT ENDS UP ON AN UNFUNDED LIST, SEEING IF THAT IS REQUIRED BY A SETTLEMENT THAT WAS ALREADY, SO

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WHY DOESN'T IT FALL UNDER THE BUCKET OF THE, THE OTHER, THE 451 MILLION THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE? CAN YOU EXPLAIN, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS ENDED UP HERE VERSUS JUST GETTING TAKEN OUT OF THE 4 51, RIGHT THERE.

ACTUALLY, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. SO THE LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT, UM, FROM THE SEXUAL ASSAULT LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT FROM FEBRUARY, THAT IS IN THE FORECAST BUDGET, THE ITEMS THAT WERE REQUIREMENT UNDER THAT SETTLEMENT, THIS, UM, ADDITIONAL ITEM, THIS ADDITIONAL UNFUNDED PRIORITY IS IN ADDITION TO THOSE THINGS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED THAT IS NEEDED.

IT IS NOT PART OF THE FUNDING THAT'S IN OUR FORECAST AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT WE ARE REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR, BUT IT IS SEPARATE FROM THAT LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT ITEM.

DOES THAT CLARIFY THAT, THAT, THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR, BUT I THINK MY QUESTION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, IT'S MORE OF A HIGH LEVEL QUESTION ABOUT HOW, HOW ARE THINGS IN THE, IN THE OVERALL BUDGET, SAY THE $451 MILLION A YEAR THAT WE ARE, WE LOOKED AT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THAT LIST ARE ALL OF THE THINGS IN THAT LIST, APPROVED ITEM BY ITEM, OR IS THERE NO INTERCHANGEABILITY, LIKE, ARE THERE THINGS IN PLACE THAT, THAT, THAT KEEP YOU FROM REPLACING SOMETHING THAT'S 955,000 IN THE FOUR POINT $451 MILLION BUCKET WITH THIS? LIKE, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW YOU END UP WITH UNFUNDED PRIORITIES.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK, YEAH.

YEAH.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN TRY TO HELP ANSWER THAT IN THE FORECAST NUMBER, THE 400, UM, THE $451 MILLION.

THAT INCLUDES, UM, WHAT WE CALL BASE COST DRIVERS.

SO THOSE CATEGORIES, UM, OF THE PERSONNEL COSTS TO INTERFUND TRANSFERS AND THOSE VERY SPECIFIC CONTRACT AND OPERATING INCREASES, UM, THE DIRECTION FROM CITY MANAGER AND DEVELOPING THIS BUDGET, UM, WAS TO JUST KIND OF HOLD THE LINE WITH ONLY BASE COST DRIVERS INCLUDED IN THESE FIGURES, ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT BASE COST DRIVER, WE KIND OF HAD TO PUT ON THIS EXTRA, UM, THE DEPARTMENTS COULD COME UP WITH UNFUNDED PRIORITIES AND THEN THOSE WOULD BE LOOKED AT BY, UM, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSIONS.

THANK YOU.

THAT, THAT ACTUALLY PERFECTLY ANSWERS IT.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THAT.

THANK YOU.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU.

JUST TO CLARIFY ONE MORE THING.

AND THIS IS, I THINK THAT THE KICKER THAT ALWAYS KIND OF GETS US NOTHING EVER STOPS THE CHIEF OR THE LEADERSHIP FROM, UM, NOT PUTTING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OFFICERS ON PATROL, AND INSTEAD USING THAT MONEY TO HIRE DETECTIVES WHO CAN WORK ON SEX CRIMES, THAT THAT DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE BY LEADERSHIP.

LIKE THE CITY MANAGER DOESN'T DECIDE THAT THE CHIEF DOES RIGHT.

CAN WE MAKE SURE I'M ANSWERING THIS CORRECTLY? WE ARE, WE DO HAVE, UM, AN AUTHORIZED STAFFING, UM, ORDINANCE BY THE CITY THAT'S ADOPTED AT BUDGET.

AND DURING, IN THAT ORDINANCE, UM, CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES PER RANK, WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE AS A DEPARTMENT, WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO AUTHORIZE, UM, HOW MANY POSITIONS? OH, SO YOU CAN'T MOVE PEOPLE FROM DETECTIVE TO PATROL.

LIKE THOSE TWO, THOSE THINGS CANNOT BE MOVED AROUND.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

OKAY.

NEVERMIND.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT IS HELPFUL.

DO, UM, DO OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO, UM, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENTS? UM, SORT OF HOPE, I GUESS, HOPEFUL LIST.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THIS UNFUNDED.

YES.

AN UNFUNDED, UM, WISHLIST.

I'M NOT HEARING FROM ANYBODY.

SO, UM, SHALL WE, DO WE WANT TO GO DOWN THIS ONE BY ONE OR DO FOLKS WANT TO VOTE ON THEM ONE AT A TIME? IS THERE A SENSE THAT WE'RE ALL FOR THIS? OKAY.

Y'ALL UM, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME ANY GUNS.

YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME ANY GUIDANCE HERE.

UM, UM, I THINK I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT I, I, FOR SURE I'M ON BOARD WITH ANY EFFORTS TO CIVILIANIZED POSITIONS.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO MAKE IT A DECISION EITHER WAY WITHOUT KNOWING MORE, MORE SPECIFICS, BUT IN AS, UH, AS A GENERAL SORT

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OF MONIKER THAT I'M, I'M IN, I'M IN FAVOR OF CIVILIANIZING POSITIONS WHEREVER WE CAN.

SO I WOULD SAY YES TO THOSE THINGS, FOR SURE.

WE HAVE IN THE PAST VOTED AGAINST THE HELICOPTER.

SO I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING ALL OF THESE UP TOGETHER BECAUSE I, WE HAVE NOT HAD THE VOTES FOR THE HELICOPTER IN THE PAST.

SO MY INSTINCT IS TO GO ONE AT A TIME.

UM, WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A DRAG.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE LIST UP AGAIN.

I'M SORRY.

WE KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH.

UM, SO FIRST WE'RE GONNA, UH, VOTE YAY OR NAY ON SUPPORTING THE HELICOPTER REPLACEMENT.

UM, UH, COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT VOTES.

NO, UM, VICE CHAIR.

RAMIREZ, NO, UM, COMMISSIONER SIERRA .

OH, NO LONGER HERE.

NO, NO.

OH, THAT WAS NEEDED.

OKAY, GOOD.

UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, AUSTIN'S NOT HERE.

UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.

NO.

UM, COMMISSIONER HALL.

MARTIN IS NOT HERE.

COMMISSIONER HOUSE AND FLICK IS NOT HERE.

COMMISSIONER CURA COUGH.

I WILL VOTE.

YES.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP A HELICOPTER FLYING THAT YOU CAN'T GET REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR.

I THINK IT'S A DEFINITELY UNSAFE, SO I WOULD VOTE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HELICOPTER.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UM, COMMISSIONER