Feb 27, 2023 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

[1. RECEIVE OUTSIDE AUDIT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE DISTRIBUTION.]

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MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE 9/30/2022 AUDIT.

HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ALREADY HERE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PAST YEAR WENT, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE PUT A PACKAGE TOGETHER OF THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ALSO OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATION TO THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE ARE THE CITY COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT YEAR FINANCIALLY.

I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK ANA AND HER TEAM FOR GETTING US ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED.

HAPPY TO REPORT OUR OPINION, WHICH IS THE FIRST THING IN THE BOOKLET, IS A CLEAN, UNMODIFIED OPINION.

BASICALLY SAYS THAT WE CAME AND DID OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.

SO AGAIN, A CLEAN, UNMODIFIED OPINION AFTER OUR OPINION AND I THINK I SAID THIS LAST YEAR IS THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, THAT IS SOME DOCUMENTS PROVIDED BY MANAGEMENT.

IT KIND OF GIVES A SUMMARY OF 2022 COMPARED TO 2021.

AND I'M ON I'M ON PAGE FOUR, THE ACTUAL BOUND SPIRAL DOCUMENT AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS YOU'LL SEE IS THAT THE ASSETS AND DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF THE CITY EXCEEDED THE LIABILITIES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS OF $50 MILLION. SO THAT'S YOUR KIND OF YOUR NET POSITION.

AND WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW IS JUST OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATION.

WHICH I CAN GO OVER.

AS I TALK. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE, IF THAT'S ALRIGHT WITH YOU ALL.

UM. AND THEN YOUR TOTAL NET POSITION INCREASED BY NEARLY $2.8 MILLION THIS YEAR.

A LOT OF THINGS WERE DRIVING THAT.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME INCREASE IN VALUATIONS FOR PROPERTY TAX.

YOU KNOW, INFLATION OBVIOUSLY HIT, WHICH DROVE UP SALES TAX.

I THINK YOU'VE KIND OF GOTTEN BACK TO NORMAL A LITTLE BIT FROM OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT.

SO MORE PEOPLE CAME AND COME TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO AGAIN, AN OVERALL REALLY STRONG YEAR FROM A FINANCIAL STATEMENT STANDPOINT.

YOU ALL DID ADOPT THE GADSDEN STANDARD.

I KNOW WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR, TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT FROM FINANCE PERSONNEL TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE LEASES WERE GATHERED, REVIEWED AND ANALYZED. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK YOU ENDED UP PUTTING THE LINE IN THAT TWO OR $300,000 OF BOTH AN ASSET AND A LIABILITY ON YOUR BOOKS.

BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME REGULATED LEASES.

THE STANDARD IS VERY COMPLICATED AND IT'S TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD.

BUT LIKE REGULATED LEASES LIKE THOSE AT THE AIRPORT ARE ACTUALLY EXCLUDED FROM RECORDING.

SO IT'S KIND OF A AN UNUSUAL STANDARD, BUT Y'ALL ADOPTED IT.

NO ISSUES WHATSOEVER.

SO AGAIN, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I DID A COUPLE OF THINGS I DID WANT TO POINT OUT, IF MOST PEOPLE LOOK AT LIKE TO LOOK AT THE FUN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SO YOU'LL SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN YOUR FUND BALANCE.

OF 24 MILLION.

BUT AGAIN, GOVERNMENTAL FUND ACCOUNTING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

WHEN YOU ISSUED THE BONDS THAT ACTUALLY ADDED TO YOUR FUND BALANCE.

SO AS YOU SPEND YOUR BONDS, THAT WILL REDUCE YOUR FUND BALANCE INSTEAD OF JUST RECOGNIZING THE CASH AND THE DEBT, THE FUNDS ARE A LITTLE A LITTLE

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DON'T DON'T BE TOO ALARMED.

SO. AND THAT'S WHY I POINTED OUT, LIKE THE FIRST NUMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGE IN NET POSITION.

THAT'S KIND OF EVERYTHING BAKED IN ON THE FULL ACCRUAL BASIS.

AND SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT I PAY ATTENTION TO.

BUT I KNOW FOR YOU ALL FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES, THE FUNDS ARE IMPORTANT.

UM. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

THE THING IS THAT ON JUST THE GENERAL FUND ALL DO HAVE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE OF 4.7 MILLION.

AND SO THAT'S BASICALLY 35% OF CURRENT YEAR EXPENDITURES.

BEST PRACTICES FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION SAYS, HEY, YOU NEED TWO MONTHS.

SO THAT'S 6%.

Y'ALL GOT DOUBLE OF THAT.

SO. GOOD, STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION FROM IN YOUR GENERAL FUND.

OBVIOUSLY THE DEBT DID INCREASE BY AROUND 30 MILLION THIS YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. THAT COMBINATION OF.

ISSUING A NEW DEBT AND PAYING OFF DEBT.

SURPRISED ANYBODY.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE TALKED EVERY YEAR ABOUT YOUR NET PENSION LIABILITY.

IT DID ACTUALLY GO DOWN THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE MECHANISM TO CALCULATE THAT IS BASED ON THE A.

1231 2021 ANALYSIS OF HTML, CSS.

AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, IT'S BEEN.

TWO YEARS NOW, BUT AT 1231, 21 INVESTMENTS WERE DOING REALLY WELL.

IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGH LEVEL MARKS.

UNFORTUNATELY, NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY MEASURE IT AGAIN AT 12 3122, MORE THAN LIKELY THAT FUNDING PERCENTAGE WILL GO DOWN.

BUT AS OF.

BESIDE IT. YOU WERE RIGHT AT 95% FUNDED.

AND MOST PEOPLE WILL SAY ANY PLAN THAT HAS.

IT IS. JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL.

THAT'S KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT ON IT.

AGAIN, THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WILL HAVE A.

ESTIMATES. THE THE PENSION LIABILITY, THE OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITY.

OBVIOUSLY, YOUR RECORD RECEIVABLES RELATED TO PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX.

SORT OF AMBULANCE SERVICES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WE LOOK AT YOUR ALLOWANCE FOR COLLECTIBLES.

WE THINK THOSE ARE PROPER.

WE THINK THE ACTUARIAL ESTIMATES FOR YOUR NET PENSION ASSET AND LIABILITY IS PROPER.

SO, AGAIN, NO SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS THERE WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

WE DO PROPOSE SOME ADJUSTMENTS DURING THE AUDIT.

MOST OF THOSE ARE OUTSOURCED TO US.

WE KNOW COMING IN THAT WE WILL BE MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE STAPLED PAGE PAPER.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HONOR AND HER GROUP GIVES US ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO RECORD THOSE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY RECORDING THOSE MAINLY OUT OF CONVENIENCE FOR YOU ALL SO YOU CAN KEEP YOUR RECORDS KIND OF ON THE BASIS THAT YOU LIKE.

AND THEN IT'S KIND OF LIKE A TRUE UP ENTRY.

WE DID KNOW A COUPLE OF MATTERS THAT WE DID REPORT AT THE BACK RELATED TO SEGREGATION OF DUTIES.

I KNOW Y'ALL DID HIRE SOME MORE HELP IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

I THINK HOPEFULLY AS IT BECOMES FULLY VETTED, DUTIES CAN BE FURTHER SEGREGATED TO KIND OF HELP FROM THAT.

AND THEN ALSO, I KNOW PART OF THE EXPENDITURES YOU'LL HAVE COMING UP IS A NEW ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.

AND I THINK THAT WILL ALSO HELP WITH YEAR IN CLOSING.

AND SO Y'ALL CAN TAKE BACK SOME OF THE ENTRIES THAT WE HAVE.

AGAIN, THOSE ARE OUTLINED IN THE BACK OF THE REPORT, BUT KIND OF REPEAT ITEMS. AND BUT YOU ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND GETTING THOSE ADDRESSED.

OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN.

HAPPY TO READ ALL SIX PAGES TO YOU OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF BETTER THINGS TO DO THIS EVENING.

BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND YOUR TEAM.

REALLY GOOD AUDIT.

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SO.

[2. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION OF ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO APPROVING A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE “THE CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS SALES TAX REVENUE BONDS, TAXABLE SERIES 2023”. RESOLUTION 2023-02-06]

ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW AN AUDIT, BUT I WILL DO MY BEST.

AND FANTASTIC JOB, BY THE WAY.

SO HAVE THE PLEASURE TONIGHT OF SPEAKING TO YOU ALL ON WHAT I BELIEVE.

AND THE DECATUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'S BOARD BELIEVES IS A TRUE MILESTONE, NOT JUST FOR THE EDC, BUT ALSO FOR DECATUR.

WE CAN ALL LOOK BACK ON DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT DICTATORS HISTORY ON MAJOR DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE THAT BROUGHT US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

YOU ALL MADE ONE JUST THIS PAST YEAR ON A MAJOR BOND.

THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND HAVE MADE DECISIONS THAT WERE MAJOR DECISIONS AT THE TIME.

BUT TODAY WE LOOK BACK AND THEY WERE FOUNDATIONAL FOR SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY TODAY.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS LAND ACQUISITION THAT THE IDC'S BOND IS GOING TOWARDS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MAJOR DECISIONS THAT IN THE FUTURE WE'LL LOOK BACK ON AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE THIS AS A MAJOR DECISION FOR OUR FUTURE, OUR COMMUNITY'S ECONOMY IN THE FUTURE.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE EXPANDING OUR BUSINESS PARK FROM 160 ACRES TO 530 ACRES THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF AN APPROXIMATELY 370 ACRE TRACT OF LAND THAT'S ALREADY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

IT'S ALREADY ZONED APPROPRIATELY AND IT ALREADY HAS WATER AND WASTEWATER FOR INDUSTRIAL USE, INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY RUNNING THROUGH THE PROPERTY.

AND SO IT'S REALLY A NO BRAINER FROM A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT.

JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT REAL QUICKLY THE A COUPLE OF NUMBERS.

SO IN THE CURRENT BUSINESS PART, YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED ALL OF THESE DEALS AND SO YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS.

BUT TWO OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE UP AND OPERATING AND ON THE TAX ROLLS CURRENTLY THOSE ARE CARDINAL PAINT AND INDUSTRIAL DIESEL.

BETWEEN THOSE TWO, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $13.2 MILLION ON THE TAX ROLLS.

IF YOU TAKE THAT PROPERTY VALUE AND YOU SPREAD THAT ACROSS THE FULL BUILDOUT ON THIS 530 ACRE PARK.

AT FULL BUILDOUT. THIS LAND HAS A REAL POSSIBILITY OF DOUBLING OUR TAX ROLLS.

IF YOU BASE OUR TAX ROLLS ON TODAY'S CURRENT VALUES, $1,000,000,000 OR JUST ROUGHLY $1,000,000,000.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW IT BUILDS OUT WHAT TYPES OF INDUSTRIES WE BRING IN.

BUT ALL OF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CONSIDERING DECATUR.

I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE TO EXPECT THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT TYPE OF INTEREST.

LARGE PROJECTS, LARGE INVESTMENTS, HIGH PAYING JOBS, AND WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING VERY SELECTIVE ON THOSE PROJECTS.

SO WHILE I'LL GUARANTEE NO TIMELINE ON BUILDOUT.

WHAT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IS THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PAYBACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND A VERY HIGH RATE OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SPECIFICALLY TO THE WHAT I CALL THE BOND TEAM.

THIS IS MADE UP OF OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, THE UNDERWRITERS AND OUR BOND COUNCIL CITY AND THE EDCS FINANCIAL ADVISORS, CENTRAL MANAGEMENT.

HILLTOP SECURITIES IS THE UNDERWRITER ON THIS BOND AND THE NORTON ROSE AND FULBRIGHT.

NORTON ROSE AND FULBRIGHT IS REPRESENTED BY A COUPLE OF THEIR COUNCIL HERE TONIGHT, BOB MANSFIELD AND JORDAN SAWYER AND THEN CENTURY MANAGEMENT.

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THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.

THEY'VE CARRIED THE LION'S SHARE OF THE PROCESS FOR US.

THEY'VE KEPT IT EASY ON US AND HAVE GIVEN US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TONIGHT.

I DO WANT TO GIVE MURPHY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL AND SHARE SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF THIS.

BUT I DON'T DIDN'T WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BY WITHOUT EXPRESSING MY APPRECIATION TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO THE ADC BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

AND THEN JUST ONCE AGAIN, NOT DISCOUNTING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DECISION AND THE FOUNDATIONAL THE FOUNDATIONAL POSITION THAT I THINK THIS WILL HAVE FOR THE EDC AND THE CITY GOING FORWARD.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY, FOR ME.

SO FOR THE AUDIENCE, FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE PROPERTY, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DISRESPECTFUL BY NOT LOOKING AT YOU WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU, BUT IT'S JUST BETTER THIS WAY.

THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO OUR CURRENT BUSINESS PARK, SO OUR CURRENT BUSINESS PARK IS OFF OF 22, 64 FM, 2264.

IT'S THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY LIMITS.

CURRENTLY, THERE'S ONE PROPERTY THAT SITS BETWEEN OUR CURRENT 160 ACRE BUSINESS PARK AND HIGHWAY 287, AND THAT PROPERTY IS A 370 ACRE TRACK.

AND THAT IS THE TRACK THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW.

AND SO FROM A KIND OF EVERYDAY STANDPOINT, YOU CAN SEE THIS PROPERTY STARTS ESSENTIALLY AT FM 22, 64, AND IT RUNS NORTH ALL THE WAY UP TO 4010 ACROSS ACROSS 81 FROM CARSON ELEMENTARY.

IT ALSO HAS ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF OF BNSF MAIN LINE FRONTAGE, WHICH HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT VALUE.

RAIL SERVED PROPERTIES ARE A PREMIUM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WHILE IT'S NOT RAIL SERVED AT THE MOMENT, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH BNSF.

THEY'VE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN WORKING WITH US ON MAKING THIS A BNSF CERTIFIED SITE, WHICH IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S REALLY A MARKETING TOOL.

BUT BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE THEIR NETWORK IS A HUGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR THE EDC AND FOR DECATUR.

I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THIS LAND IS DUAL CERTIFIED FROM AN ELECTRIC STANDPOINT.

SO IT'S SERVED BY WYSE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE AS WELL AS ONCOR HAS AN ENCORE TRANSMISSION LINE RUNNING THROUGH IT, AND WHICH THAT'S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THAT PROVIDES REDUNDANCY FOR INDUSTRIAL TENANTS.

THE WATER AND WASTEWATER THAT THE EDC STRATEGICALLY RAN THROUGH THIS PROPERTY TO OUR CURRENT BUSINESS PARK.

THAT'S A MAJOR INVESTMENT THAT THE EDC WILL NOT HAVE TO MAKE GOING FORWARD SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE.

AND FORTUNATELY THAT WAS MADE AT PRE-COVID DOLLARS.

AND SO THAT WAS LOOKING BACK NOW, THAT WAS AN ABSOLUTE, ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL INVESTMENT.

I COULD GO ON AND ON. THE VALUE OF THIS PROPERTY.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A IT'S REALLY A NO BRAINER IN TERMS OF SECURING OUR, I WOULD SAY, NEAR TO MID TERM FUTURE IN TERMS OF LAND RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND KEEPING CONDENSING WHICH I SPEAK.

AND JUST WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONDENSING ALL OF OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REALLY TO ONE AREA, I THINK THAT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE FROM A PLANNING STANDPOINT AS NEW TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL, COMMERCIAL LOOK AT DEVELOPING.

WE ARE REALLY CONCENTRATING ALL OF OUR INDUSTRIAL AND WHAT WE CALL PRIMARY JOBS IN THAT SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE COMMUNITY.

FROM THE TAX ROLLS, INDUSTRIAL DIESEL AND CARDINAL PAINT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH SEARCH AND AQUA LINE.

SO IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL LAND AVAILABLE FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO COME IN.

THERE'S CERTAINLY A GREAT INTEREST OF ORGANIZATIONS TO COME INTO THIS COMMUNITY, BUILD IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY SEE VALUE.

AND THIS YEAR I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW.

THE DECISION MAKING OF THIS.

THIS IS A GREAT LOCATION.

BUT IT'S ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE HERE AND THE WORKFORCE THAT THEY'RE.

HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE.

PROCESS TO SO.

THESE BUSINESSES CONNECTED WITH.

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ABSOLUTELY NOW AND THAT'S THAT'S A WONDERFUL POINT.

I DO WANT TO GIVE MURPHY DAVIS JR WITH CENTER MANAGEMENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE NUMBERS WITH YOU BEFORE HE COMES UP.

KEVIN, I WOULD JUST ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO JAY DAVIDSON BECAUSE HE PUT IN HOURS, COUNTLESS HOURS MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND AND DOING A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE FOR THIS PROJECT WITHOUT HIM.

I DON'T THINK THAT EVER HAPPENED.

AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.

THAT'S A GREAT POINT. I APPRECIATE THAT.

MURPHY. HELLO, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MURPHY DAVIS JR.

I WORK FOR CENTURY MANAGEMENT AND WE SERVED AS THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOND ISSUE.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, I'D LIKE TO TELL KEVIN, NATE AND ANA, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO GET A BETTER FINANCING FOR THE EDC.

THEY WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN GETTING US INFORMATION FOR THE RATING CALL OTHER INFORMATION TO THE UNDERWRITERS COUNCIL, DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT WE MET FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH THE CULMINATION WHICH HAPPENED TODAY.

BUT IN GENERAL, JUST A FEW POINTS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT.

THE EDC, THE DECATUR EDC HAS AN A ONE RATING WHICH WAS REAFFIRMED FOR THIS BOND ISSUANCE.

SO BACK IN THE FALL, MOODY'S CAME IN AND JUST GOT FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM KEVIN FROM THE CITY ABOUT THE EDC AND THEY UPGRADED YOU TO AN A-1 RATING.

AND THEN EVEN WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE NEW BONDS, THEY CAME BACK.

WE HAD ANOTHER RATING CALL BECAUSE YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A BOND RATE, A BOND ISSUANCE, AND THEY REAFFIRMED YOUR A-1 RATING.

SO THAT'S A VERY STRONG RATING FOR AN EDC THAT HELPS YOU TO LOWER THE INTEREST RATE FOR THE EDC WHEN THEY ISSUE BONDS.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED.

I ALSO LIKE TO JUST THANK THE UNDERWRITER HILLTOP.

THEY WERE ESSENTIAL IN BRINGING THIS DEAL TO MARKET.

THEY WERE THE UNDERWRITER ON THE DEAL.

AND THEN NORTON ROSE AND FULBRIGHT, BOB MANSFIELD AND JORDAN SAWYER ARE HERE TONIGHT.

AND THEY WERE ALSO EXTREMELY ESSENTIAL AND HELPING BRING THE DEAL TO FRUITION.

AND A FEW A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE DEAL.

WE DID A PRE PRICING CALL ON FRIDAY WITH HILLTOP, THE UNDERWRITER.

WE SUGGESTED THAT THEY MOVE THE RATES DOWN FIVE BASIS POINTS.

SO THAT HELPED A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THEN TODAY THE PARTICIPATION THAT WE HAD WAS EXTREMELY STRONG.

WE HAD 22 DIFFERENT BIDDERS COME IN AND PUT IN ORDERS FOR THE BONDS AND THERE WAS A EXCESS OF DEMAND FOR THE BONDS. AND SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS WE ENDED UP LOWERING THE RATE, ESPECIALLY ON THE LONG END OF THE DEAL BY TEN BASIS POINTS.

AND TO PUT THAT INTO REAL NUMBERS JUST FROM WHERE WE STARTED ON FRIDAY TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND MARKETS HELPED A LITTLE BIT.

TREASURY MARKETS FORTUNATELY, WENT UP IN PRICE AND DOWN IN YIELD.

BUT TO PUT THAT IN NUMBERS FROM WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT ON FRIDAY, THAT SAVED THE ADC ABOUT $245,000.

THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRIDAY AND TODAY.

AND SO WE ACT AS THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR, WHICH WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO THE EDC TO TRY TO PUT THEIR BEST INTEREST IN ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THEM.

BUT BASICALLY VERY GOOD SALE, VERY STRONG.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF BANKS ACTUALLY PUT IN ORDERS.

LEGEND BANK AND FIRST FINANCIAL BANK BOTH PARTICIPATED IN THE DEAL, SO THEY PUT IN ORDERS AND THE MORE ORDERS THAT YOU GET, THE LOWER THE YIELD IS.

SO A VERY STRONG DEAL.

WE APPRECIATE BEING YOUR PARTNER IN THIS, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY HAS.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE WHOLE CITY TEAM.

SO ANY CITY TEAM.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.

RESOLUTION 2023-02-06.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

OPPOSE SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

[3. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS RENAMING THE DECATUR CONFERENCE CENTER BOARDROOM (aka “CHISOLM SUITE D”) TO THE “JEANNINE AND ROY EATON BOARDROOM”; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESOLUTION 2023-02-07]

2023-02-07. TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO.

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[INAUDIBLE] AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS JANINE AND [INAUDIBLE] CONTINUE TO BE STALWART PILLARS OF THE DECATUR.

CITY COUNCIL AND CITY.

[INAUDIBLE], AND I'LL SECOND THE SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY HI.

[INAUDIBLE] .

[4. HEAR PRESENTATION FROM POLICE CHIEF CAMPBELL REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH (CAD) AND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND DIGITICKET TICKET-WRITING SYSTEM]

GOOD EVENING. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD A LOT OF ME LATELY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD OR BAD THING.

SO YOU GET TO HEAR ME AGAIN TONIGHT.

HOPEFULLY NEXT COUNCIL. NOTHING FOR ME.

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

IF I'M IN MY CAR OR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE I MAY FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT.

WELL, IF IT'S ME YOU'RE HAVING TO INTERACT WITH IN YOUR CAR, WE'RE IN A BAD SHAPE, SO.

ALL RIGHT. SO TONIGHT, BASICALLY, I'M BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF RECAP THE CIS PROJECT, KIND OF HOW WE STARTED THAT PROJECT, WHERE WE CAME FROM, HOW WE CONCLUDED WITH THAT

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SO WHY CIS? FIRST OF ALL, WE GOT TO START OUT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN.

SO IN THE LATE NINETIES, DECATUR PD STARTED USING CARDINAL TRACKING FOR ITS RECORD MANAGEMENT, ITS CAD AND ITS INVENTORY SOFTWARE, CARDINAL TRACKING THEY USE FOUR DIFFERENT MODULES.

SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING AS WE GO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IS TO KIND OF RECAP WHY I MENTIONED THE FOUR DIFFERENT MODULES.

SO WITHIN CARDINAL THEY HAVE BADGE, CAT MOBILE SITE AND MOBILE LINK.

SO EACH OF THESE MODULES OFFER A DIFFERENT PLATFORM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE USE.

SO BADGE IS BASICALLY THE OVERALL RMS SYSTEM.

SO THAT IS WHERE ALL OF OUR REST RECORDS ARE, CASE REPORTS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE STORED WITHIN BADGE ITSELF.

ALSO ATTACHED WITH BADGE IS THE RECORD MANAGEMENT PART OF OUR EVIDENCE TRACKING SOFTWARE.

CADSE IS THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SIDE.

SO THIS IS WHERE WHEN SOMEONE CALLS IN THE DISPATCHER, TELECOMMUNICATION ON SHIFT TAKES THAT INFORMATION, ENTERS IT INTO CADSE SEPARATE FROM BATCH.

THEN WE HAVE TWO OTHER MODULES THAT ARE KIND OF LINKED, BUT AGAIN, ARE SEPARATE.

THESE TWO MODULES, THEY WORK TOGETHER.

THE MOBILE SITE SIDE IS THE ACTUAL CITATION, THE ELECTRONIC CITATION PORTION OF CARDINAL.

AND THEN MOBILE LINK IS THE.

MD, WHICH IS THE MOBILE DATA TERMINALS THAT ARE INSIDE THE PATROL UNITS THEMSELVES.

SO WITH INSIDE THOSE UNITS, THE MEETINGS ARE WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEMSELVES TO BE ABLE TO RUN LICENSE PLATES, RUN INDIVIDUALS ON TRAFFIC STOPS AND SUCH.

THAT IS THAT MODULE THAT THEY USE FOR THAT.

AGAIN, FOUR SEPARATE MODULES.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AS A DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY, WE'VE GROWN OBVIOUSLY SINCE WE STARTED USING CARDINAL.

SOME ISSUES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE STARTED TO COME UP.

CARDINAL, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL SOFTWARE FOR US AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THEM TO ANYBODY.

THEY'RE JUST NOT GROWING AT THE SAME PACE WE ARE.

WE'RE OUTGROWING THEIR CAPABILITIES.

SO SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING, IT'S AN OLDER, ANTIQUATED SYSTEM.

CURRENTLY, CARDINAL HAS ONE PROGRAMMER WHO IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A CONSTANT BASIS.

THERE USED TO BE THREE OF THEM.

TWO HAVE RETIRED.

AND SO WE'RE LEFT WITH LEN COLLINS, WHO, LIKE I SAID, IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

HE IS ON THE PHONE WITH US CONSTANTLY OR ON THE PHONE WITH OUR STAFF HERE AT THE CITY.

BUT HE'S THE MAIN GUY.

HE'S THE GUY THAT KNOWS ALL OF IT.

ALSO, WE'RE CONSTANTLY HERE OF LATE, PROBABLY WITHIN THE LAST 6 TO 8 MONTHS, WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING TERMINAL CRASHES.

SO THIS CAN HAPPEN AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING, 4:00 IN THE MORNING, AND BASICALLY THEN PARTS OF OUR SYSTEM BECOMES UNUSABLE EITHER.

THEN WE'RE HAVING TO NOTIFY OUR STAFF IN-HOUSE FOR THEM TO RESET THOSE TERMINAL SERVERS OR TO FIGURE OUT WHY THEY KEEP GOING OFFLINE.

LIKE I SAID, CONSTANT ERROR MESSAGES AND CADSE ON THE DISPATCH SIDE.

THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS THERE IS NO FIRE DEPARTMENT MODULE FOR CAD FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS ANY INFORMATION FROM US, IT HAS TO BE SENT IN A SEPARATE FORMAT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T VIEW ANY OF THE INFORMATION. TOO MANY DIFFERENT MODULES TO OPERATE.

SO WHEN I MENTIONED THERE'S FOUR MODULES, ALL FOUR OF THOSE MODULES HAVE TO BE OPENED AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

SO LIKE ON MY DESKTOP RIGHT NOW, THERE'S FOUR SEPARATE MODULES THAT ARE LISTED ON THERE.

SO IF I WANT TO GET INTO BADGE, I GOT TO OPEN A BADGE.

IF I WANT TO GET INTO CADSE, I GOT TO OPEN UP CAD.

IF I'M IN CAD AND I WANT TO OPEN UP BADGE, I HAVE TO OPEN UP A SEPARATE MODULE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL OF OUR IN-HOUSE INFORMATION.

LACK OF INTEGRATION WITH OTHER VENDORS.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS TO US OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE UPGRADED OUR BODY CAMERA AND OUR IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS AND WE'VE GONE TO UTILITY.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING IS, IS THE UTILITY OFFERS A LOT OF FURTHER TECHNOLOGY AS IT RELATES TO MAPPING AND OTHER TOP SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR BODY CAMS. CARDINAL DOES NOT OFFER THAT INTEGRATION.

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WE HAVE INTEGRATION PROBLEMS WITH THAT WITH CARDINAL.

DUPLICATION OF PROCESSES.

SO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN DUPLICATION OF PROCESSES IS FOR OFFICERS WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR CAR AND THEY MAY BE IN MOBILE SITE AND THEY WANT TO WRITE A TICKET, WELL THEN MOBILE LINK.

SO AS THEY RUN SOMEBODY, IF THEY RUN THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THEY WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT INFORMATION ON THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AUTOMATICALLY ONTO THE CITATION, WE CAN'T DO THAT.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PATCH WORK A LITTLE BIT IN THE LAST PROBABLY SIX MONTHS WITH CARDINAL TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THOSE FEATURES TO WORK, BUT NOT ALL OF THOSE FEATURES WORK CURRENTLY WITH CARDINAL.

SO WHAT OUR OFFICERS ARE HAVING TO DO IS THEY'RE HAVING TO RUN THE INDIVIDUALS.

THEN THEY HAVE TO REENTER MANUALLY ALL OF THAT INFORMATION ONTO AN E CITATION.

SO THE SAME TYPE PROCESSES ARE HAPPENING IN DISPATCH TO WHERE THEY'RE HAVING TO TAKE TWO OR THREE STEPS TO ACCOMPLISH ONE THING.

SO WITH THAT, WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT CREATES, PARTICULARLY ON A SIDE THAT CREATES A LOT OF OFFICER SAFETY ISSUES FOR OUR GUYS, WHERE THE LONGER AND THE MORE THAT YOU'RE TAKING YOUR EYES OFF OF A VIOLATOR OR A VEHICLE, THE MORE CHANCES OF SOMETHING HAPPENING.

WE WANT THEM TO SPEND LESS TIME LOOKING DOWN AND STOPPING AND MORE TIME PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND THEM.

ALSO TOO MANY MANUAL PROCESSES.

SO EACH MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, I HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GO IN AND DOWNLOAD THE TICKETS FROM CARDINAL AND THEN EXPORT THOSE OVER TO CITY HALL TO THE COURTS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH OVER THE YEARS.

AND A LOT OF THESE ARE WE'VE JUST STARTED TO OUTGROW WHAT CARDINAL HAS TO OFFER FOR US.

SO THIS WAS THE REAL REASON WHY WE STARTED LOOKING OUT TO BEGIN WITH.

SO AS WE LOOK ON A FIRE DEPARTMENT SIDE, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REALLY NEEDED GOING FORWARD FROM THIS DAY GOING FORWARD HAVE TO DO WITH INVERSE.

SO THAT'S THE NATIONAL FIRE INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM.

SO WE'LL HEAR, YOU'LL HEAR INFERS AND NEIGHBORS AND SIEGES AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS.

BUT INVERSE IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTING SIDE OF THE PLATFORMS. SO THEY NEED SOMETHING THAT CAN TRANSPOSE DATA FROM OUR CAD AND FROM THEIR CALLS INTO THEIR INVERSE.

AGAIN, CREATING LESS STEPS FOR THE FIREMAN ON EVERY RUN THAT THEY TAKE.

CAN I BE SHARED? SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY SHARING CAPABILITIES BETWEEN US AND THE FIRE ON ANY TYPE OF CALLS.

UNITS HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECORD TIMES VIA TOUCH SCREEN.

SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO BE ABLE TO HIT A SCREEN, A BUTTON AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, THEY'RE ON SCENE.

THEY'RE CLEAR.

THOSE ARE THINGS JUST SIMPLE, EVERYDAY THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY FOR THEM.

PERSONNEL ABILITY TO SEE REAL TIME DATA IS DISPATCHED AS INTERNET.

AGAIN, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT.

SO THAT REALLY BECOMES IMPORTANT FOR FIRE SAFETY AS WELL, BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN THE TIME THAT INFORMATION IS GATHERED FROM DISPATCH AND WHILE THE FIRE IS ENROUTE TO A CALL.

SO A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME, A LOT OF DANGERS OR A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW.

RIGHT NOW, THOSE THINGS ARE HAVING TO WAIT TO BE ABLE TO GET COMMUNICATED.

ABILITY CAD SUGGEST UNIT APPARATUS BUY CALL TIME.

SO THIS IS SUGGESTIVE DISPATCHING.

SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO, PARTICULARLY IN DISPATCH, IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THEIR APPARATUS AND HAVE THAT APPARATUS SITTING THERE.

AND THEN ALL THOSE APPARATUS WILL BE ATTACHED TO A CERTAIN CALL.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A DISPATCH GETS IN AND THEY KNOW THAT IT'S A STRUCTURE FIRE, THE CAD SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY TELL DISPATCH THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS AN ENGINE, THEY NEED A TRUCK AND THEY NEED MUTUAL AID.

SO ALL OF THOSE ARE ALREADY THERE FOR DISPATCH.

THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO GO.

AND AS WE GROW, THIS AGAIN BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOING FORWARD AND FIRE PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO RUN REPORTS OF FIRE INCIDENTS IN CAD AGAIN RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY NEED INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO ANY CALL FOR SERVICE THAT THEY GO ON, THEY HAVE TO EITHER CALL OVER TO OUR DISPATCH AND OUR DISPATCH HAS TO EMAIL IT OVER TO THEM OR WE HAVE TO FAX THOSE CALL SHEETS OVER TO THEM.

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OUR DISPATCH HAS GOTTEN QUITE BUSY OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO THEM, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE AT THE END OF A SHIFT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S HAVING TO SIT DOWN AND ENTER THREE AND FOUR REPORTS BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO SIT AND WAIT FOR OUR DISPATCH JUST TO HAVE TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM THAT INFORMATION.

SO THIS WAS ON THE DISPATCH SIDE.

SO AS WE LOOK ON A SIDE.

PAPERLESS TRANSFER OF INFORMATION.

ONE THING GOING FORWARD, PARTICULARLY AS WE START MOVING TOWARDS GETTING INTO A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WANT TO BE AS PAPERLESS AS POSSIBLE.

CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW WITH CARDINAL, THERE IS THE LACK OR INABILITY TO BE ABLE TO STORE ALL THAT DATA WITHIN ITS SYSTEM.

PAPERLESS. SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH OTHER VENDORS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BECAUSE WE ARE ADDING MORE TECHNOLOGY TO OUR TOOL BELTS.

AND SO WE NEED ALL OF THESE SYSTEMS TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE.

REDUCTION AND DUPLICATION OF PROCESSES.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE REDUCTION.

REDACTION CAPABILITIES FOR OPEN RECORDS.

SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, ASHLEY DOBBINS IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, ALSO HANDLES ALL OF OUR RECORDS, OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS.

SHE HAS TO PHYSICALLY GO IN AND READ EVERY SINGLE LINE TO REDACT INFORMATION.

THIS IS TIME CONSUMING.

AND IF ANYBODY HAS COME UP THERE AND YOU SEE HER DESK, MOST OF THE TIME, SHE HAS STACKS AND STACKS OF CASES THAT SHE'S HAVING TO COMPILE FOR OUR COURTS.

THIS IS A TEDIOUS PROCESS ON OPEN RECORDS AND OTHER THINGS.

THE SUGGESTIVE DISPATCHING, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

THAT IS A NEED ON THE PD SIDE AS WELL.

MAPPING INTEGRATION.

WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE MAPPING INTEGRATION FOR OUR UNITS.

SO THIS IS THE ABILITY WHERE WE CAN BASICALLY TAKE FLOORPLANS OF BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, PUT THESE ON TO A MAP AND OUR OFFICERS HAVE THAT INFORMATION RIGHT THERE AT US AT THEIR HANDS.

HAZARD LOCATION HISTORY.

THIS IS ANOTHER THING WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.

IF WE GO, IF WE HAVE A RESIDENCE OR A LOCATION THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE DEALT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS EITHER THREATENED THE POLICE BEFORE OR HAS EITHER FOUGHT WITH THE POLICE BEFORE, WE HAVE NO WAY OF MARKING THAT ADDRESS AS A HAZARDOUS LOCATION.

BASICALLY, AS OFFICERS, WE JUST HAVE TO KNOW.

SO THIS WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF SYSTEM FOR THAT HAZARD LOCATION, GPS LOCATION OF UNITS, GPS LOCATION, UNITS IS EXTREMELY FORWARD GOING FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE TO GET BUSIER AND BUSIER.

THIS IS THE WAY OUR DISPATCH CAN SEE THOSE UNITS AND KNOW WHICH UNIT IS THE CLOSEST TO BE ABLE TO DISPATCH THEM FOR WHATEVER CONCERNS THAT OUR CITIZENS MAY HAVE.

911 INTERFACES.

AGAIN, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT CAN INTERFACE WITH MAPS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH 911 PREMISE RESPONSE FOR MEDICALS, WARNINGS, HAZARDS, AUTOMATIC JURISDICTION, DETERMINATION.

THIS IS A FUTURE THING GOING FORWARD.

THE PLAN IS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A DEPARTMENT.

OUR CITY IS GOING TO BE SPLIT UP INTO DIFFERENT PRECINCTS.

SO BEING ABLE TO DISPATCH CERTAIN UNITS AND HAVE THEM IN CERTAIN AREAS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD.

SIEGES AND NEIGHBORS.

WE TALKED ABOUT INFORMATION.

HERE'S THE SIEGES THE NEIGHBORS SEE, THIS IS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION CENTER, OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM, NEIGHBORS IS THE NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM.

NEIGHBORS IS BASICALLY THE SYSTEM WHERE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF ARREST AND OFFENSES, THAT'S WHERE THEY GO.

THEY GO TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THOSE INTEGRATED EVIDENCE, BARCODING AND TRACKING.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS FOR US THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IS WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND CONTINUITY OF OUR EVIDENCE.

SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT CONTINUE TO GROW WITH US AND ADVANCE WITH TECHNOLOGY AS IT RELATES TO KEEPING OUR EVIDENCE AND PROPERTY SECURE AND BE ABLE TO BE TRACKABLE.

UNLIMITED STORE DATA, AUDIO, VIDEO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS CUSTOMIZABLE TO US.

I'M A BIG STATISTICAL GUY, SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CUSTOM REPORTS THAT EACH MORNING I CAN COME IN AND I CAN HAVE AT MY FINGERTIPS.

E CITATIONS WITH THESIS NCI CAPABILITIES.

THIS IS THAT INTEGRATION OF THE OFFICERS BEGINNING TO HAVE TO ONE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO WRITE A TICKET AND DO OTHER THINGS WITH MOBILE SYSTEM WITH LIVE CAT INTERFACE.

SO OUR OFFICERS ARE SEEING EXACTLY WHAT DISPATCH IS SEEING AND THEN 24 SEVEN CUSTOMER SUPPORT.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT IS A HUGE THING FOR US.

I AM A BIG BELIEVER IN CUSTOMER SUPPORT.

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THEY HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST VENDORS WE HAVE DEALT WITH AS IT RELATES TO CUSTOMER SUPPORT.

THAT IS ONE OF MY BIG THINGS.

SO WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME OF THE THINGS FOR OUR SERVICE.

STATE OF THE ART PROGRAMING LANGUAGE.

THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT'S ANTIQUATED.

THEY WANT SOMETHING THAT'S NEW.

THEY WANT OPTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD.

ANY PROGRAMMER CAN FIX THE PROBLEMS, SO IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, EITHER I.T OR OUR GUYS CAN REACH OUT TO THAT CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND GET SOMEBODY THAT CAN FIX THE PROBLEM, NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL TO COME IN AND FIX THOSE PROBLEMS. PROGRAM RUNS ON A PC SIDE AND EACH PATROL UNIT.

NO NEED FOR A TERMINAL SERVER.

THIS WOULD BASICALLY WOULD ELIMINATE THE PROCESSES THAT WE RIGHT NOW HAVE OF HAVING TO UTILIZE A TERMINAL SERVER THAT IS OLD AND OUTDATED.

THE CUSTOMER SUPPORT, 24 SEVEN UPDATES.

AND THEN ALSO THEY WOULD LIKE A CLOUD BASED SYSTEM OR AN ABILITY FOR FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO A CLOUD BASED.

SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT WE LOOKED AT.

THERE IS A WHOLE LIST OF THEM HERE AND THERE ARE FEW MORE THAT WE ALSO LOOKED AT.

SO ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT WE HAVE SO AS WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BASICALLY LAST JANUARY WITH THE FIRST MEETING WAS THIS IN APRIL EACH YEAR IS THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS CONFERENCE.

SO MYSELF, CAPTAIN DOBBINS AND CAPTAIN GASTINEAU ALL WENT TO THE CONFERENCE WITH ONE THING IN MIND IS TO CHECK OUT CAD ARMS VENDORS.

SO EVERY CAD ARM IS VENDOR WAS THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS CONFERENCE THEY VISITED.

AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, HEY, LOOK, HERE ARE TWO OR THREE THAT WE REALLY LIKE THAT MEET ALL OF THESE NEEDS THAT WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THESE THREE DIFFERENT VENDORS.

SO WE FIRST HAD A MEETING WITH CISLAST JANUARY.

THAT MEETING CONSISTED OF JUST CIS AND MYSELF.

WHEN I SAW THE CAPABILITIES OF KISS HAD I SAID, HEY, LOOK, YOU NEED ANOTHER DEMO FOR ME AND WE NEED TO PULL IN EVERYBODY ELSE FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO WHEN WE HAD OUR SECOND MEETING IN MARCH, THERE WERE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE.

IT WAS CHIEF [INAUDIBLE] AT THE TIME WAS THERE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SIDE, ALONG WITH, LIKE I SAID, INDIVIDUALS FROM MY DEPARTMENT.

WE DID THEIR DEMO.

WE LIKED EVERYTHING THAT WE SAW.

WELL, AFTER THE CONFERENCE, IN THE TPA CONFERENCE, WE BROUGHT IN CENTRAL SQUARE.

CENTRAL SQUARE CAME AND DID A DEMO FOR US.

AGAIN, MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, WERE THERE.

THEN WE LOOKED AT SSI, WHICH IS SYNERGISTIC SOFTWARE.

WE LOOKED AT THEM, WE HAD A DEMO FROM THEM.

THERE WERE THINGS WE LIKED, THINGS WE DIDN'T LIKE.

SO THEN WE KIND OF WE SAID, ALL RIGHT, LOOK, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE REVIEWED AND VIEWED CIS AND THEIR CAPABILITIES.

SO WE CALLED CIS BACK AGAIN AND SAID, HEY, LOOK, WE HAVE SEEN THESE OTHER TWO VENDORS NOW.

GIVE US A REFRESHER.

SO AGAIN, AS WE DID THAT WITH THAT THIRD DEMO IN AUGUST, AGAIN, D I, T AND FIRE WERE ALL AT THIS MEETING.

SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE THREE, KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS JUST A QUICK THAT KIND OF CAME UP CENTRAL SQUARE IS TOO MUCH FOR US. THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUITES THAT THEY USE THAT YOU PURCHASE AND THAT YOU ADD ON TO YOURS.

THERE'S TOO MUCH INVOLVED IN THAT.

LARGER DEPARTMENTS.

ALLEN PD IS A DEPARTMENT THAT USES CENTRAL SQUARE.

THERE ARE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES OUR SIZE.

SO THE TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE, IT'S REALLY NICE.

IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR US.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE SIDE, WE REALLY LIKED THEM, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY TEXAS BASED CUSTOMERS AT THE TIME.

SSI IS A COMPANY OUT OF GEORGIA.

I BELIEVE NOW THEY HAVE ONE TEXAS AGENCY THAT IS ON BOARD WITH THEM AND THAT WAS JUST IN JANUARY.

BUT THAT WAS OUR BIG DOWNFALL WITH THEM.

THERE WAS NOBODY THAT WE COULD GO TO AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, DOES YOUR NEIGHBORS AND EVERYTHING WORK AS FAR AS THE REPORTING IN TEXAS? AND IS EVERYTHING GOOD WITH YOUR SEIGES STUFF? THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT.

SO THEN WE LOOKED AT CIS.

THEY HAVE A LOCAL SALES REP WHO LIVES IN ARGYLE.

I HAVE HIS ADDRESS.

HE ACTUALLY USED TO LIVE IN DECATUR, AND SO I ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE HE LIVES.

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HE LIVES IN KIND OF THE NORTHWEST AREA.

WE KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE AND WE CAN GO PICK THEM UP AT THEIR HOUSE IF WE NEED TO.

IT'S PRETTY CLOSE, BUT THEY BASICALLY MET EVERY NEED THAT WE HAD AS A P.D.

AND AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT GOING FORWARD.

SO THE BIGGEST THING THAT KEPT COMING UP WITH CIS EVERY TIME WE WOULD CALL OR VISIT ANOTHER AGENCY WAS THEIR EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND SO THAT IS A BIG THING.

THE ONLY NEGATIVE TO THEM IS RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT CLOUD BASED.

BUT IT IS A WEB BASED PLATFORM WHICH ENABLES THEM EVENTUALLY TO MOVE TO A CLOUD BASED SYSTEM.

SO JUST TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH EVERYTHING REAL QUICK AS FAR AS THE CIS 24/7, 365 DAYS CUSTOMER SUPPORT, IT'S THERE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH ALL OF OUR STUFF.

THE NIBRS SEIGES UCR, ALL OF THAT.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT IN TEXAS FOR A LONG TIME.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO STORE PAPERWORK AND OTHER THINGS WITHIN THEIR SYSTEM GOING FORWARD FOR US.

IT'S COMPLETELY CUSTOMIZABLE TO US.

IT'S ONE SYSTEM, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SWITCH OVER ANY LONGER TO THIS SYSTEM, TO THIS SYSTEM, TO THIS SYSTEM OR TO THIS SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO DO ONE THING. AND THE ABILITY FOR IN OUR CARS OR IN OUR FIRE APPARATUS TO COMMUNICATE WITH DISPATCH, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MESSAGING FROM UNIT TO UNIT, ALSO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PRE PLANS, FLOOR PLANS.

OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PREPACKAGED THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN MAPS FOR OUR OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO SEE ON DEMAND.

ON THE CAD SIDE.

SAME THING.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO DO ALL THESE THINGS NOW INTO ONE SWEET PACKAGE THAT IS CUSTOMIZABLE TO US AS A CITY OF DECATUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO ONE OF THE THING IS OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME, HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS? 100%. THERE'S CONCERNS WITH ANY SYSTEM.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CONCERNS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WORRIES.

SO FOR ALMOST 21 YEARS OF ME BEING AT DECATUR PD, I HAVE USED ONE CAD RMS SYSTEM.

ONE. I AM EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE AT WHERE I AM WITH CARDINAL.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE REALITY OF IT IS CARDINAL IS NOT GOING TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE PD NOW AND GOING FORWARD.

SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE.

IT IS GOING TO GET OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONES.

BUT WE GOT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

IT'S GOT TO BE FOR US AND IT'S GOT TO BE FOR THE FIRE AS WELL AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.

SO LAST WEEK, DEROY AND MY STAFF SAT DOWN.

WORK THINGS OVER.

WE YELLED AND SCREAMED, THREW THINGS AT EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, HASHED OUR STUFF OUT.

REALIZING THAT THIS SYSTEM GOING FORWARD IS A GOOD THING FOR US.

WE DO.

MAYBE DEROY NOT WITH, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY, BUT RECOGNIZING YOUR VOICE.

I'M CONCERNED. HEY.

BUT GOING FORWARD FOR US, THERE ARE CONCERNS.

WHEN YOU'RE COMFORTABLE IN SOMETHING AND YOU GET AWAY FROM THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CONCERNS.

YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO TRY TO SECOND GUESS YOURSELF CONSTANTLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BOTH REALLY BEEN DOING.

BUT GOING FORWARD, THERE WERE SOME THINGS ON THEIR END THAT, HEY, WE KNOW WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE GET RIGHT FOR THEM.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I'VE TOLD DEROY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEM UP TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AS WELL.

THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT JUST A PD THING.

THIS IS A PD FIRE PUBLIC SAFETY THING GOING FORWARD.

SO AS THEY GROW AND THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO AS FAR AS TRANSITION FROM THE WAY THEY DO BUSINESS OF OF MOVING INTO AN EPCR. WHICH IS AN EMERGENCY PATIENT CARE REPORTING SYSTEM.

OUR SYSTEM WILL ALSO HELP THEM WITH THAT.

AGAIN, TO BE ABLE TO CLICK BUTTONS AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE EMS KIND OF USES ON THEIR RUNS.

SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE WE NEED GOING FORWARD.

SO. DEROY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS, SIR? YEAH, DEVON, I'LL JUST REITERATE THE FIRST REMARKS UP 100%.

THERE'S CONCERNS ON BOTH SIDES.

DEVON AND I HAVE AGREED THAT WE'RE TOGETHER, GOING TO FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS SYSTEM ENDS UP WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE FOR ALL OF US.

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SO BUT I'M 100% IN SUPPORT WITH YOU.

WELL, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT.

A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS AS WE GROW, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR CAPABILITIES.

I MEAN, THAT'S AN EFFICIENCY FOR THE SYSTEM AND IT'S ALSO FOR OUR HUMAN RESOURCES AS WELL.

SO THE CONCEPT OF GETTING A SYSTEM THAT'S VERY WELL INTEGRATED AND REDUCES AND ELIMINATES REDUNDANCY OR DUPLICATION OF PROCESS AND ELIMINATES ERROR OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TOO.

SO THOSE ARE ALL GREAT THINGS.

I REALLY LIKE THAT KIND OF PROCESS.

I THINK SO.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE. FOR THE.

SO RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS HOUSED ON OUR OWN SERVERS, OUR INTERNAL SERVERS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS.

WE'VE REALLY ONLY HAD ONE ISSUE IN 21 YEARS OF MY EXISTENCE.

I'VE BEEN HERE AS IT RELATES TO ANYTHING WITH THOSE SERVERS.

THERE'S SOME WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS, THERE'S SOME PROS AND CONS OF HOUSING YOUR OWN INFORMATION ON YOUR OWN SERVERS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS, JUST FYI, PORT ARANSAS IS ONE OF THE CUSTOMERS OF CIS.

SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BACK WHEN THEY HAD THE HURRICANE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CIS DID WAS THEY CAME DOWN, TOOK ALL OF THE SERVERS AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT PORT ARANSAS HAD.

THEY TOOK THAT INFORMATION AND MOVED IT AWAY FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT LOST.

THEY DID ALL THAT ON THEIR DIME.

THEY DIDN'T CHARGE THE CITY FOR ANYTHING FOR THAT.

THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING BECAUSE PORT ARANSAS WAS EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM LOSING EVERYTHING IN A HURRICANE ON THEIR SERVERS.

AND SO, LIKE I SAID, YOU CONTROL IT.

IF IT'S ON YOUR SERVERS, YOU'RE CONTROLLING IT.

BUT THE YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME PROS AND CONS TO THAT ULTIMATELY GOING FORWARD, TO BE ABLE TO KEEP EVERYTHING REALLY SECURE.

GOING TO A CLOUD BASED IS ULTIMATELY THE WAY TO GO.

AND I THINK EVENTUALLY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS MOVE TO THAT PLATFORM AS WELL.

HAVE THEY INDICATED THAT THAT'S THAT THEY'RE GOING THAT PATH OR THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO TRY TO GO TO.

BUT UNDER SO BASICALLY CIS, THEY HAVE AN OLDER PLATFORM AND THEN THEY HAVE A BRAND NEW PLATFORM THAT THEY'VE ROLLED OUT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO THEY'VE REALLY WORKED HARD TO MOVE THEIR OLDER SYSTEM INTO A NEW WEB BASED SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE SYSTEM THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING.

AND SO ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL START TRANSITIONING AND LOOKING TO DO THOSE OTHER THINGS.

SO GENTLEMAN. YES, MA'AM.

SO WHAT HAPPENS? DO THEY HAVE DUAL REDUNDANCY? SO IF YOUR SERVER GOES DOWN, WHERE DOES IT PICK BACK UP? SO 100%. SO EVERYTHING IS I DON'T KNOW WHERE JB IS AT, BUT THAT IS MORE OF A QUESTION FOR JB.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ASKED.

AND THAT REDUNDANCY IS BASICALLY DONE ON OUR END, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING ANYWAY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SO THAT A WAY WE CAN ENSURE THAT ANYTHING HAPPENS.

SO PRIME EXAMPLES LIKE THIS LAST TIME WHEN WE DID HAVE AN ISSUE, CARDINAL HAD UPDATED OUR SYSTEM ON A SUNDAY MORNING.

OUR SYSTEM GOT HIT SUNDAY NIGHT.

SO ALL OF OUR STUFF WAS ALREADY BACKED UP.

SO THAT WAY WE DIDN'T REALLY LOSE ANYTHING DURING THAT DAY.

WE HAVE THE SAME CAPABILITIES TO BE DOING THAT, WHICH IS WHAT WE WILL DO RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S FOR STORING DATA.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE SYSTEM GOES DOWN? YOU'RE RELYING ON THEM NOW FOR YOUR FOR YOUR SYSTEM.

SO IF IT GOES DOWN, WHERE IS YOUR REDUNDANCY? WHAT PICKS BACK UP? SO AS FAR AS WHAT SYSTEM, THE ENTIRE SYSTEM GOES DOWN.

HMM. WELL, THE PLAN IS FOR THE BREAK DOWN.

YOUR DISPATCHING GOES DOWN, CAD GOES DOWN.

SO IF CAD GOES DOWN, YOU ARE NOW UNDER THEIR RELIABILITY.

WHAT HAPPENS? WE'RE IN AS IT IS NOW.

YOU HAVE A BACKUP BECAUSE IT'S ALL IN-HOUSE.

WHAT HAPPENS NOW? BECAUSE YOU WON'T HAVE THAT CONTROL.

SO. CORRECT. SO NO, ALL OF OUR STUFF RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE SAME WAY ALL OF OUR STUFF WOULD BE IN-HOUSE.

THE ONLY TIME THAT SOME OF THAT WOULD CHANGE IS IF WE MOVED TO AS A BACKUP SYSTEM.

ON A CLOUD SIDE.

BUT WE WOULD STILL HAVE EVERYTHING IN HOUSE.

OKAY, I'LL COME BACK TO THAT ONE.

SO YOU HAVE UNLIMITED STORAGE?

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HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? NOT WHEN YOU'VE GOT PICTURES, WHEN YOU'VE GOT TEXTS, NOT WHEN YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING.

HOW IS IT? UNLIMITED.

SO AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THAT FAULT, A LOT OF THAT STORAGE NOW FALLS ON US.

SO BECAUSE WE HAVE AND WE CONTROL OUR SERVERS, WE GET TO DICTATE WHAT WE DO WITH THOSE.

SO IF WE WANT TO GROW THOSE SERVERS TO, I DON'T KNOW, JUST SAY IF RIGHT NOW, IF WE'RE OPERATING ON TWO SERVERS AND WE SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE WANT TO GROW THAT AND NOW WE WANT TO OPERATE ON EIGHT SERVERS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE GET TO DICTATE AND WE GET TO HAVE THAT SAY WE'RE CONTROLLING THAT.

SO YOU'RE NOT SERVER, YOU'RE NOT STORING ANYTHING ON THEIR STORE SERVERS, IT'S ALL INTERNAL.

OR IS IT A 30 DAY? THEY STORE IT AND THEN YOU'RE EXPORTING IT.

IF YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE, PLEASE.

WE HAVE A SANDBOX, WHICH IS A STORAGE ACCESS NETWORK.

IT'S A BIG 60 TERABYTE SERVER.

AND WE BACK THAT UP.

WE BACK IT UP IN TWO WAYS.

IN THIS CASE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AT CIS IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRODUCTION SERVER.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BACKUP SERVER AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TEMPORARY SERVER.

THE BACKUP, THE PRIMARY SERVER WILL BACK UP TO THE BACKUP SERVER ON A CONSTANT.

CUT CLUSTER, AND THEN AT NIGHTTIME IT WILL BACK UP TO THE SANDBOX.

NOW. BOTH ASSURE AND AS OUR BIG TWO CLOUD BASED MALEFACTORS OF, THEY ARE JUST NOW REALLY GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

AND WE HAD TO FIND ONE THAT WILL DO SIEGES COMPLIANT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO PULL SIEGES DATA AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON THE CLOUD.

THEY'VE GOT TO BE CIS COMPLIANT BEFORE WE DO THAT.

WE'RE GETTING CLOSE WITH THAT.

WE WERE ALMOST CLOSE WITH THAT WITH CARDINAL, BUT THEY HAD TO BACK AWAY BECAUSE C JUST DIDN'T CERTIFY THE CLOUD STORAGE.

BUT I'VE HEARD RUMORS THROUGH A COUPLE OF MY IT FRIENDS THAT THEY'RE THERE NOW.

SO ONCE WE GET THIS PROJECT GOING, WE AS A THE CITY WILL INVESTIGATE THAT AND THEN WHEN WE COPY EVERYTHING TO OUR BACKUP SERVER AND THEN WHEN WE COPY EVERY NIGHT TO OUR SAND, THEN WE WILL OFFLOAD THAT TO A C JUST COMPLIANT CLOUD.

OKAY. AND IN THE BACKUP SERVER WILL BE A SEPARATE SERVER THAN THE PRIMARY FOR HARDWARE ROLLOUT.

BECAUSE AS WE GROW AND WE GET GOING ON THIS, WE WANT TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT.

BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE ISSUES WITH SERVERS GOING DOWN.

YES. AND WE HAVE TWO ISSUES IN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT IT'S ALL RELATED TO THE TERMINAL SERVER.

THE TERMINAL SERVER WE'RE USING IS A 2008 SERVER.

AND WHEN THE REASON WHY IT'S A 2008, BECAUSE CARDINAL WON'T RUN ON ANYTHING NEWER.

SO WE'RE SUBJECT TO KEEPING THAT SERVER GOING AND IT CRASHED THIS SUNDAY, 3:00 I HAD TO GET UP.

DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO GET IT BACK ONLINE.

OKAY. BUT THAT TERM WILL SERVER WILL GO AWAY AND THAT WILL NOT BE PART OF THE FIX.

TODAY. IT'S JUST LIKE THE IN-CAR SOFTWARE DOESN'T RUN IN THE CAR.

IT RUNS ON THE TERMINAL SERVER.

WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM, IT WILL RUN ON THE VEHICLE.

AND OLD SERVERS ARE LOCAL HERE.

SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS HERE, YES, YOU HAVE NO REDUNDANCY ANYWHERE ELSE.

OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

RIGHT. BUT.

YES, BUT WE HAVE REDUNDANCY IN HOUSE.

RIGHT. BUT IF YOU THINK IT'S.

I KNOW. I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN I T AND CHIEF CAMPBELL HAVE BOTH DONE A GOOD JOB OF CREATING LAYERS OF.

BAND AIDS, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS CONTINUING TO AGE LIMIT AGE LIMIT US ON UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY.

JBS DESCRIBED A SERIES OF BACKUPS THAT ARE INTERNAL TO THE CITY NETWORK.

IF YOU GUYS MOVE FORWARD ON A CHANGE, IT DOES ALLOW US TO EXPEDITE OUR OFFSITE STORAGE BECAUSE YOU'RE NO LONGER LIMITED TO TECHNOLOGY ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU'RE UPGRADING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

SO IT DOES ALLOW US TO GO AND SPEED THAT EXTERNAL BACKUP ELEMENT FORWARD, SPEED IT UP TO A NOW DATE INSTEAD OF A WHEN WE CAN.

ANOTHER THING I'LL SAY TO IS LEGAL AND CHIEF CAMPBELL AND CHIEF BENNETT HAVE WORKED HARD ON SIMPLIFYING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CIS AND SALT US, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL VENDOR THAT'S KIND OF AT PLAY HERE.

CHIEF MENTIONED THE FOUR MODULES.

SO I'M VERY PLEASED FROM THEY'VE DONE A GOOD OPERATIONAL VETTING PROCESS.

I'M PLEASED WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE VETTING PROCESS.

AND SO I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY WELL FLESHED OUT AND AND READY FOR DECATUR I'LL SAY THAT.

VERY GOOD. WELL, I GUESS TO CLARIFY, THE, UH.

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CORRECT. BUT TECHNICALLY, I WOULD HAVE COME UP BETTER THAN A SANDBOX.

SO, I MEAN, I ME, IF I'M REFERRING TO AN ATTACK, I THOUGHT THE SANDBOX WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING BETTER.

MAYBE. IS THIS DEFENSE? THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE.

NO. I THINK I'VE SPENT PLENTY OF YOUR TIME.

CHIEF. CHIEF, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR WORKING IT OUT.

[5. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND COMPUTER INFORMATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. (“CIS”) AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT]

SO IT WAS ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED THAT SALTUS, WHICH IS THE TICKET RIDER, THE EAST CITATION SYSTEM, THAT THEY WOULD BE A SUBCONTRACTOR OF CIS.

AND THE WAY THAT WE HAVE ARRANGED THIS AT THIS POINT, YOU WILL HAVE TWO CONTRACTS, WE'LL HAVE ONE WITH CIS AND THAT'S WHAT AGENDA ITEM FIVE COVERS.

AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER WITH SALTUS, WHICH IS NOT YET PREPARED, BUT WE EXPECT IT FOR YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.

ABOUT THAT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSE.

SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT.

[6. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY AND THE DECATUR AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. ]

SO I GOT SIX CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A GOVERNMENT LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL LEASING COMPANY AND THE CITY OF DECATUR.

SO THIS LEASE AGREEMENT IS SIMILAR TO ONES YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE WITH POLICE AND FIRE.

THIS ONE HAPPENS TO BE FOR PUBLIC WORKS REPLACING A HALF TON PICKUP, I BELIEVE.

AND JOE GWIN IS HERE IN PLACE OF GREG HALL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICA NATIONAL LEASING AND DECATUR AN AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT.

AND I HEARD A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSE.

SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES.

THANK YOU. SEVEN.

[7. CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “B,” “ZONING,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY, TO REZONE AN APPROXIMATE 0.344 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 1001 S. TRENCHARD STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, AND AN APPROXIMATE 0.133 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF EAST HALE STREET, AND AN APPROXIMATE 0.076 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTH TRENCHARD STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, FROM A SF-2, SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, TO A C-2, THOROUGHFARE BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT. THE PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 1001 S. TRENCHARD STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS. (ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION 2023-01— MR. JAKE HAYES, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER WALTER CHARLES PITTS.) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL 6-0.) ZC2023- 01]

MAYOR, THERE'S NO CHANGE FROM WHEN YOU SAW THIS AT LAST COUNCIL SESSION AND PLANNING IS ON SITE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

ALL RIGHT. SO CHANGES FROM LAST TIME.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HIS OWN CHANGE 202301.

[INAUDIBLE] ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM A.

[8. CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “D,” “COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY, FOR AN APPROXIMATE 5.061 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 380 BUSINESS AND BOTH EAST AND WEST OF VALCIK STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, AND AN APPROXIMATE 0.873 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST US HIGHWAY 380 BUSINESS, AND AN APPROXIMATE 0.092 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTH VALCIK STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, FROM TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD (TN) AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (PSLI) LAND USE DESIGNATIONS TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL (CC) LAND USE DESIGNATION. THE PROPERTIES, MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 404 PARK WEST COURT, 405 PARK WEST COURT, 407 PARK WEST COURT, 408 PARK WEST COURT, 1700 W. US HIGHWAY 380 BUSINESS, 1606 W. US HIGHWAY 380 BUSINESS AND 408 VALCIK STREET, ARE LOCATED NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 380 BUSINESS AND BOTH EAST AND WEST OF VALCIK STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS. (COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 201 E. Walnut  P.O. Box 1299  Decatur, TX 76234  (940) 393-0200 Voice  (940) 393-0201 Fax APPLICATION 2023-01—MRS. BREANNA SMITH, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNERS MARK DUNCUM, DAVID FULLER, GARY SHELTON, DEBBIE HEARRELL, SUE ANN DENTON AND RON AND SUE WESTBROOK) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL 6-0. OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION HAS REACHED 29.5%. PER SECTION 4.4.7.D. OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, A FAVORABLE VOTE OF THREE-FOURTHS (3/4) OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE ANY CHANGE IN ZONING WHEN A WRITTEN PROTEST SIGNED BY THE OWNERS OF AT LEAST TWENTY (20) PERCENT OF EITHER (1) THE AREA OF THE LOTS OR LAND COVERED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE; OR (2) THE AREA OF THE LOTS OR LAND IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING THE AREA COVERED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE AND EXTENDING TWO HUNDRED (200) FEET FROM THE AREA, HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, AND MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 211 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. CP2023-01]

[01:10:01]

[9. CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “B,” “ZONING,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY, TO REZONE AN APPROXIMATE 5.061 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 380 BUSINESS AND BOTH EAST AND WEST OF VALCIK STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, AND AN APPROXIMATE 0.873 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST US HIGHWAY 380 BUSINESS, AND AN APPROXIMATE 0.092 ACRES OF LAND GENERALLY LOCATED TO THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTH VALCIK STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS, FROM OFFICE (C-O) ZONING DISTRICT TO THOROUGHFARE BUSINESS (C-2) ZONING DISTRICT. THE PROPERTIES, MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 404 PARK WEST COURT, 405 PARK WEST COURT, 407 PARK WEST COURT, 408 PARK WEST COURT, 1700 W. US HIGHWAY 380 BUSINESS, 1606 W. US HIGHWAY 380 BUSINESS AND 408 VALCIK STREET, ARE LOCATED NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 380 BUSINESS AND BOTH EAST AND WEST OF VALCIK STREET, DECATUR, TEXAS. THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ITEM IS SUBJECT TO THE CITY COUNCIL’S APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR THE PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT. (ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION 2023-02—MRS. BREANNA SMITH, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNERS MARK DUNCUM, DAVID FULLER, GARY SHELTON, DEBBIE HEARRELL, SUE ANN DENTON AND RON AND SUE WESTBROOK) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL 6-0. OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION HAS REACHED 29.5%. PER SECTION 4.4.7.D. OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, A FAVORABLE VOTE OF THREE-FOURTHS (3/4) OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE ANY CHANGE IN ZONING WHEN A WRITTEN PROTEST SIGNED BY THE OWNERS OF AT LEAST TWENTY (20) PERCENT OF EITHER (1) THE AREA OF THE LOTS OR LAND COVERED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE; OR (2) THE AREA OF THE LOTS OR LAND IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING THE AREA COVERED BY THE PROPOSED CHANGE AND EXTENDING TWO HUNDRED (200) FEET FROM THE AREA, HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE CITY SECRETARY, AND MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 211 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. PER SECTION 4.4.7.E. OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, A VOTE OF THREEFOURTHS (3/4) OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO OVERRULE A RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT A PROPOSED CHANGE TO A REGULATION OR BOUNDARY BE DENIED) ZC2023-02]

[10. CONSENT AGENDA]

I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WRITTEN.

SECOND.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.