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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes
of the Workshop Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of August 8, 2019,
which were approved by the City Council on August 20, 2019.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 27th day of August 2019.
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Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop Session
Thursday,August 8,2019 9:00 AM City Council Chambers
Police,Animal Care, Code Enforcement, Fire
Public Notice--ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA ARE FOR COUNCIL'S
INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. COUNCIL MAY GIVE DIRECTION TO THE
CITY MANAGER, BUT NO OTHER ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AND NO PUBLIC
COMMENT WILL BE SOLICITED.
THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES AND SOUND ACTIVATED PAGERS ARE
PROHIBITED IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS DURING MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
A. Mayor Joe McComb to call the meeting to order.
Mayor McComb called the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
Assistant City Secretary Paul Pierce called the roll and verified that a quorum
of the City Council and the required Charter Officers were present to conduct
the meeting.
Charter Officers:
City Manager Peter Zanoni,Assistant City Attorney Buck Brice and Assistant
City Secretary Paul Pierce.
City Council Member Ben Molina arrived at 9:35 a.m. City Attorney Miles K.
Risley arrived at 9:49 a.m.
C. BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL:
1. FY 2019-2020 Budget Workshop for Police, Animal Control, Code
Enforcement, and Fire Operations.
Mayor McComb referred to Item 1.
City Manager Peter Zanoni stated that the purpose of this item is to present the
FY2019-2020 proposed budgets for Police,Animal Control,Code Enforcement
and Fire Operations.
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Police Chief Mike Markle presented information on the following topics
regarding the Police Department: mission statement;about the Police
Department;organization;FY2019 achievements;performance measures;
services; FY2020 proposed budget,General Fund budget,Crime Control
budget,grants budget,and law enforcement trust budget; FY2020
enhancements;and the cadet class schedule.
Assistant Police Chief David Blackmon presented information on the following
topics related to Code Enforcement: mission statement;about Code
Enforcement;performance measures;and FY2020 proposed budget.
Animal Care Services Director Mike Gillis presented information on the
following topics related to Animal Care Services: mission statement;
organization; FY2019 achievements;performance measures;services; FY2020
proposed budget and General Fund budget;and FY2020 enhancements.
Council members and presentation team members Chief Markle,Assistant
Chief Blackmon,Director Gillis and Police Department Management Services
Director Pat Eldridge discussed the following topics: the number of cadets in
the Police Academy;effects of attrition in the Police Department;the number
of structures demolished over the last few years,related funding sources and
assistance received from the National Guard;Code Enforcement officer
retention efforts;the impact on statistical data resulting from the conversion
from the Uniform Crime Report to the National Incident Based Reporting
System;tracking grant funding for performance management reasons;
reporting required by grantors;a monthly analysis of all budgets and quarterly
budget updates,including grant funding,to Council;improving the time by
which police officers respond to calls; pursuing animal services-related grant
opportunities;setting targets for the Police Department to obtain grant funds;
the need for a grant writer in City departments;the plan to add additional
police officers;that the Police Departments forensic analyst is to be funded
through the General Fund; beach safety efforts;officers paid for through Hotel
Occupancy Taxes(HOT);the need for a safety officer and additional
enforcement efforts on North Beach;target completion date for the 19
additional kennels at Animal Care Services;the addition of a Live Release
Coordinator;that North Beach has been made its own police beat;the
grant-writing process;standards imposed in grants;contractual obligations in
the collective bargaining agreement between the Corpus Christi Police
Officers'Association and the City related to academy and field training
requirements for individuals who come to work for the Police Department who
are already law enforcement officers;current functionality of the City's App;
addressing the issue of homelessness;individuals who are homeless being
repeatedly arrested;a request for statistics on crime committed by homeless
individuals and its impact on the Police Department;and the number of
officers and type of equipment funded through the Crime Control and
Prevention District.
Fire Chief Robert Rocha presented information on the following topics
regarding the Fire Department: mission statement; Fire Department Command
Staff;about the Fire Department;the location of fire stations in the city; FY2019
achievements;performance indicators;services;FY2020 proposed budget,
General Fund budget and Local Emergency Planning Committee(LEPC)Fund
budget;FY2020 budget enhancements;the cadet class schedule;position
inventory history;proposed hiring plan; location of medic units;and
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ReverseAlert.
Council members,Chief Rocha and Deputy Fire Chief Richie Quintero
discussed the following topics: the total number of plans to be reviewed by the
proposed in-house Fire Protection Engineer and the associated process of
approving plans through the Development Services Department;the number of
emergency medical services(EMS)calls per year and how the City of Corpus
Christi ranks versus other cities in the U.S.;the community paramedic program;
the Triage,Treat,and Transport(ET3)Program; redirecting certain EMS calls to
social service agencies and the Fire Department's monthly meetings with
Spohn Hospital group related to this;liability concerns related to the City's EMS
units responding/not responding to calls;that the City of Corpus Christi is the
47th busiest EMS group in the nation;the number of personnel on each EMS
unit;fire trucks and EMS units both responding to calls;the impact of
homelessness on the Fire Department and its resources;the number of and a
request for additional medic units in the Calallen area;using Texas
Ambulance Supplemental Payment Program(TASPP)funds,in excess of what
the City expects to receive,to add a medic unit to the Calallen area;Fire/EMS
coverage provided by Emergency Service Districts(ESD)in Calallen and Flour
Bluff and the associated property taxes assessed on property owners in those
areas;dissolving the ESDs;the status of grants in the Fire Department;past and
current grants secured by the Fire Department;small grants from industry;
sources of grants;the target/goal for grant monies to be secured by the Fire
Department;who performs grant writing and administration functions in the
Fire Department; monies budgeted for overtime;the different types of pay that
make up overtime pay;the reasons for overtime;funding sources used to pay
overtime;the plan/target for reducing overtime moving forward;that the
results of the overtime audit performed by the City's Internal Auditor are to be
presented to the Council soon;that overtime is a performance management
issue;a city-wide overtime management initiative;TASPP funding as part of
the Fire Department's budget;the purpose of TASPP reimbursements;pursuing
possible grants intended to defray the cost of EMS services provided to
individuals who repeatedly call for assistance;efforts made to date to increase
revenue in the Fire Department;the number of EMS versus fire calls handled
by the Fire Department;focusing on EMS versus fire calls;Fire Department
resources dedicated to EMS;response times;that some individuals call EMS for
non-emergency calls and developing a plan to address the issue;citizens
taking more responsibility for themselves and not relying on government;
taking ideas from the fire prevention program and applying them to EMS calls
in an effort to reduce the volume of EMS calls;transporting patients to
stand-alone emergency rooms versus hospital emergency rooms;the Fire
Departments current ISO rating and related Fire Department staffing levels;
working with Nueces County to alleviate some EMS calls;the anticipated
streamlining of the plan approval process,in the Development Services
Department,that is expected to result from hiring a Fire Protection Engineer;
and the anticipated hire date of the Fire Protection Engineer.
City Manager Zanoni provided Council with the dates of the remaining City
Council budget workshops and budget-related community meetings.
A council member asked for a copy of the line-item version of the FY2019-2020
proposed budget.
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D. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:51 a.m.
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