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[ Agenda for the Emergency Communications District Meeting Monday, July 22, 2024 - 6:45 pm Brentwood City Hall]
EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT QUARTERLY MEETING FOR MONDAY, JULY 22ND, 2024.PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMISSIONER ANDREWS OR PRESENT FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 22ND, 2024 MEETING.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.
AT THIS POINT DURING THE MEETING, WE'LL HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.
UH, NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP, UH, FOR ECD, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO COME FORWARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS POINT? HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND WE'LL MOVE ON, UH, TO REPORTS.
UM, THE FIRST IS ECD QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.
KIRK, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE THE REPORT IN YOUR PACKET THERE.
THIS, UH, REPORT REFLECTS THE UNAUDITED FINAL NUMBERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 THAT ENDED, UH, JUNE 30TH.
UH, JUST A QUICK COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS THERE.
YEAR TO DATE, REVENUES FOR THE YEAR WERE $2,190,650 OR ABOUT 121% OF THE BUDGET.
AND THERE WERE REALLY THREE MAIN, UH, LINE ITEMS THAT DROVE THAT INCREASE IN REVENUES.
ONE WAS INTEREST EARNINGS, WHICH IS REFLECTIVE OF REALLY ALL OF OUR FUNDS 'CAUSE WE BUDGETED FAIRLY LOW ON THAT, UH, GREATER THAN EXPECTED EXCESS REVENUE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, A $71,000 TRANSFER FROM THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND BACK TO THE ECD FUND FOR A CAD RELATED PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED OUT AND NOT ALL THE FUNDS WERE SPENT IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
THE MONEY ORIGINALLY CAME FROM ECD, SO WE NEEDED TO TRANSFER IT BACK TO THE ECD, UM, ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, YEAR TO DATE, 1 MILLION 6 23, 6 23.
AND KAREN, WAS THAT INCLUSIVE OF THE LAST PAYROLL OR NOT? UM, IT, UM, WHAT WAS THE ACCRUAL? YEAH, SO AGAIN, THERE'LL BE A FEW TWEAKS OF THOSE AS WE FINALIZE THE AUDIT NUMBERS, BUT A POSITIVE YEAR FOR THE ECD, UH, TO ADD TO THE, UM, NET EARNINGS OF THAT FUND.
SO IF ANY QUESTIONS, KAREN'S HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY ON THE FINANCE SIDE OF THINGS.
HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO A STATUS REPORT FROM OUR ECD SUPERVISOR, UM, KATHLEEN.
AND SHE HAS A SMILING, UH, NEW FACE WITH HER.
THEY ALL SMILE IN THE BEGINNING, DON'T THEY?
SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE GOOD EVENING BY THE WAY.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEWEST DISPATCHER, UM, MS. HEATHER DUNCAN.
SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MET HER AND MAY ALREADY KNOW HER BECAUSE SHE IS A NATIVE BRENTWOOD RESIDENT.
SO I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MS. HEATHER.
UM, SO HEATHER DUNCAN JOINED THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT ON JUNE 10TH, 2024.
A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BRENTWOOD.
HEATHER GRADUATED FROM LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY IN 1991.
AFTER STAYING HOME WITH HER FOUR CHILDREN FOR 16 YEARS, SHE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND RECEIVE HER UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING DEGREE AND MASTER'S IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES FROM TKA UNIVERSITY IN 20 23, 20 13.
UM, AND YOU CANNOT STEAL HER FOR THE LIBRARY.
UM, ACTUALLY, WHATEVER HEATHER WANTS TO DO, HEATHER CAN DO
I PAID HER BEFORE SHE CAME IN HERE.
UH, SHE HAS SPENT THE LAST 11 YEARS AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, BOTH IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND AT LIPSCOMB ACADEMY.
UH, WITH HER YOUNGEST CHILD HEADED OFF TO COLLEGE, SHE WAS READY FOR A CHANGE AND SHE IS EXCITED TO MAKE THE JUMP FROM EDUCATION INTO DISPATCHING.
UM, IN HER FREE TIME, HEATHER ENJOYS READING, KNITTING AND CROCHETING.
SHE ACTUALLY WORE ONE OF HER BEAUTIFUL CROCHETED, UH, SWEATERS.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW SHE LIKED CROCHETING OR KNITTING OR ANYTHING.
AND I SAID, THAT SHIRT'S REALLY PRETTY.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD? AND HE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
ANYWAY, SHE AND HER HUSBAND, DARYL ALSO LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND TWO YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? AND I WOULD ADD THAT DARRYL'S A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW
YOU'RE A BRAVE WOMAN, SO GOOD LUCK.
HEY, WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HER TOO.
SHE'S A, SHE'S A RAY OF SUNSHINE FOR SURE.
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THAT.UM, CURRENTLY OUR STAFFING AND DISPATCH, WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE LOST ONE DISPATCHER AND WE ARE IN THE HIRING PROCESS.
UH, WE HAD 31 APPLICANTS AND OUT OF THOSE APPLICANTS 15, UM, HAVE SIGNED UP TO TAKE THE CRITICAL PRE-EMPLOYMENT TEST.
SO I DID, UH, FOUR OF THOSE TODAY.
AND THEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK, I'LL BE ISSUING THAT TEST.
AND THEN ON TUESDAY NEXT WEEK, WE'LL BE DOING SOME INTERVIEWING AND UH, THE FINALIST OF THAT WILL BE INVITED TO CHIEF'S INTERVIEW NEXT WEDNESDAY.
UM, ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, TOTALLY CHANGING GEARS HERE.
I WANTED TO SING SOME PRAISES TO, UM, SOME OF OUR DISPATCHERS, ACTUALLY ALL OF THEM, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE HAD A START DOING CPR, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS A STATE MANDATE THAT ANY DISPATCH CENTER THAT ANSWERS A 9 1 1 CALL WHERE SOMEBODY'S IN CARDIAC ARREST, UH, WE HAVE TO GIVE PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS.
SO, UM, IN APRIL, UH, DISPATCHER JACKIE JACKSON, UM, I'M GONNA READ A LITTLE SOMETHING IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME FOR A FEW MINUTES.
BUT, UM, THIS'LL TELL THE STORY, BUT THEY ALL DO SUCH A GREAT, WHEN I LISTEN TO THEM TAKING THESE CALLS AND JUST THE CALMNESS THAT THEY ALL HAVE IN GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO PEOPLE IN SUCH A CRITICAL TIME IN THEIR LIFE IS IT'S WORTHY OF PRAISE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT I DO THAT ENOUGH FOR THEM.
SO I WANTED TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAINLY SPEAK ABOUT, UM, ONE THAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 29TH.
UM, DISPATCHER JACKIE JACKSON RECEIVED A NINE ONE ONE CALL FROM A FRANTIC MALE WHO BELIEVED HIS WIFE HAD PASSED AWAY OR WAS HAVING A STROKE.
WHEN HE ASKED THE CALLER IF THE PATIENT WAS BREATHING, HE WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS BREATHING OCCASIONALLY AND HER TONGUE WAS BLUE.
FROM THE INFORMATION DISPATCHER, JACKIE JACKSON RECOGNIZED THE PATIENT TO BE IN CARDIAC ARREST AND HE BEGAN ADMINISTER ADMINISTERING TELECOMMUNICATOR CPR PROTOCOLS UNTIL THE RESPONDERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND TOOK OVER.
THE PATIENT WAS ULTIMATELY, ULTIMATELY ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND SHE RETURNED HOME FULLY NEUROLOGICALLY INTACT.
ON MAY 9TH, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY EMS ASSISTANT CHIEF, WHO HAD SPOKEN TO THE PATIENT'S HUSBAND EARLIER THAT DAY.
AND HIS EMAIL, HE STATED, THIS CASE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF TEAM EFFORT.
THE HUSBAND WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE EXCELLENT CPR INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY BRENTWOOD TELECOMMUNICATOR.
I RECEIVED, I REVIEWED THE AUDIO RECORDING FROM THE NINE ONE ONE CALL AND WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH DISPATCHER JACKSON'S PERFORMANCE COACHING.
HIS INSTRUCTIONS WERE CLEAR, DIRECT AND PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN HER SURVIVAL.
WE DON'T OFTEN GET TO HEAR THE GOOD SIDE OF SOMETHING THAT WE DO.
AND THIS WOMAN SURVIVED BECAUSE ONE OF OUR DISPATCHERS STARTED CPR, UM, ON FRIDAY, ONE OF THE DISPATCHERS WAS ALSO TAKING A CALL.
I HAPPENED TO BE WORKING WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND IT WAS ANOTHER CPR CALL.
UM, AND I LISTENED TO IT TODAY.
AND IT'S JUST REMARKABLE HOW, UM, ENCOURAGING AND HOW THEY COACH PEOPLE THROUGH SOMETHING SO CRITICAL.
AND THE CALLERS MOST OF THE TIME, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ARE HYSTERICAL, BUT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE INSTRUCTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T END ON A POSITIVE NOTE, BUT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE TRY, THAT'S THE BEST THEY CAN DO.
SO I WANTED TO SING PRAISES TO THE DISPATCHERS FOR WHAT THEY DO IN HELPING THESE PEOPLE IN CRITICAL TIMES LIKE THAT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE.
HEATHER CAME UP SO QUICK, COULD SHE COME BACK UP AND LET'S, LET US GET A PICTURE OF HER AND YES, WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH CHARLES AND BOTH KATHLEEN.
YOU STAY WITH HER UP THERE TOO, BUT SHE LOOKS SO PRETTY IN HER DRESS.
I'LL SHARE THAT WITH CHARLES AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOMETHING SENT OUT.
ANYTHING FURTHER? ANYTHING FURTHER? GOOD.
UNDER NEW BUSINESS, UM, THE BRENTWOOD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT, UH, QUARTERLY MEETING, UM, THERE IS, UH, NO SIGNIFICANT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS, UH, A ECG AGENDA, UH, OTHER THAN, UH, THE APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES.
SO IS THERE ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS, UH, BEFORE BOARD THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE.
WE WILL RECONVENE IN SIX MINUTES.