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Crime Control and Prevention District
May 18, 2022
Corpus Christi City Hall, 6th floor, Executive Conference Room
Member Present Members Absent
Curtis Clark Andrew Leeton
Melissa Rios Rene Saenz
Marshal Tong Sandy Fernandez
David Gonzales Joseph Kramer
Frank Arriaga
I. Call to Order
Curtis Clark called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m.
II. Approval of Minutes
Frank Arriga moved to approve the minutes for April 13, 2022. Marshal Tong second the motion. The
motion passed 5/0.
III. Committee Reports
A. Report of Chief of Police
i. Chief Markle presented the report. Corpus Christi Police Department has been busy during this
time of year with many events like Buc Days, Beach to Bay, Memorial Day, and drafting officers.
Due to these events overtime hours have expanded with officers helping throughout the city and as
a result there has been minor incidents.
ii. Crime Report
Violent Crimes
• Murder up 63%
• Aggravated Sexual Assault down 58%
• Aggravated Assault down 2%
• Total Violent Crimes down 3%
Non-Violent Crimes
• Burglary up 6%
• Theft down 7%
• DUI/DWI up 11%
• Total Non-Violent Crimes down 2%
iii. Narcotics Report
• The narcotics team is keeping an eye out on local gangs and distribution of drugs to the
younger crowd. All money seized from raids goes back into the narcotics fund once
approved for the department by the court system.
B. City Auditor Report
i. No report made.
C. Finance Director Report
i. Heather Hurlbert presented the financial report for the six months ended on March 31,
2022. Crime Control collected $4 million in revenue for sales tax. Fund balance increased
$687,291 more than budgeted in revenue.
IV. Presentation of second draft of Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget
A. Eddie Houlihan from the Office of Management and Budget reported the second draft of the
proposed budget.
i. Expenditures
1. $120,000 for police vehicle fuel
2. $42,771 for overtime pay increase
3. $10,544 cell phone contracts increase
Total proposed $7,743,839 expenditures with $8,529,157 in revenue and a grand total of
$7,090,769 ending fund balance for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
V. Identify items for next agenda
A. Pat Eldridge reminded the board members about the upcoming budget adoption, June 15, 2022, at
6:00 p.m.
B. City Council will consider the budget on July 12 and 19, 2022
VI. 2027 is the next election cycle
VII. Public Comment
There was no public comment.
VIII. Adjournment
Curtis Clark motioned to adjourn the meeting at 2:45 p.m.
The motion passed unanimously 5/0.