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ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA[ Agenda for the Emergency Communications District Meeting Monday, April 28, 2025 following the 7:00 pm City Commission meeting Brentwood City Hall]
START IN, UH, IN 30 SECONDS.SO, UM, IF YOU'RE HERE, UM, GREAT.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE, UM, UH, BUT WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT MEETING.
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT FOR MONDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2025.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT.
WE WILL PAUSE FOR LIKE JUST A SECOND, MAN.
HOW ABOUT ONE KATHLEEN? THIS ISN'T ANYTHING PERSONAL.
UM, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT MEETING FOR MONDAY, APRIL 28TH, 2025.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.
THIS EVENING WILL START WITH AN APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 20, UH, 24 MEETING.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES AS, UH, AS WRITTEN, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
MINUTES PASSED, UH, UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT, UH, WE'LL HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS, NEITHER ONE OF YOU TWO, UM, COMMENTS FROM, UH, CITIZENS OR CHARLES.
UH, BUT, UM, UM, UM, HEARING, UH, NO COMMENTS, UH, FROM CITIZENS.
WE WILL MOVE ON AND WE WILL MOVE TO, UM, REPORTS.
AND THE FIRST IS OUR ECD, UH, QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.
UH, THAT, UM, WILL GO TO JASON.
AND THEN VERY QUICKLY, UH, OVER TO, UH, UH, TO JAY.
IT WILL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JAY.
MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, I WON'T, UH, GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT, BUT IT IS PRESENTED FOR YOU IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR PERUSAL.
UM, KAREN HARPER IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
OUR REVENUES ARE AT ABOUT 92% OF THE BUDGET.
THAT'S ABOUT WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY BE THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND ANY MINOR DIFFERENCES ARE EXPLAINED IN THE, IN THE NARRATIVE HERE FOR YOU.
AND, UH, WE'RE AT 70% OF THE BUDGET ON YEAR TO DATE EXPENSES.
SO 92 VERSUS 70 SHOWS WE'RE IN GOOD POSITION TO MAKE OUR WAY TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR FOR KAREN, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO A STATUS REPORT, UH, FROM OUR ECD SUPERVISOR.
YOU ARE VERY POPULAR AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
UH, SO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW POPULAR I AM.
BUT I'M GONNA KEEP THIS ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
UM, I WANNA WELCOME MR. GAGE TO THE CITY.
UH, IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT WHILE NOT HAPPY, BUT WE DID LOSE A DISPATCHER TO A RESIGNATION IN MAY, I'M SORRY, IN MARCH.
AND, UH, WE HAVE OFFERED A CONTINGENT JOB OFFER TO SOMEONE ELSE.
UH, SHE WILL BE COMING TO US FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
UM, IT HAS EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC SAFETY WORKING IN CORRECTIONS, SO IT'LL ADD A NEW, UM, NEW ADDITION TO OUR TEAM.
ALSO, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WELL WISHES, THE KIND WORDS, AND, UM, JUST EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR WHAT YOU SHOWED US FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK.
IT WAS A FUN WEEK, IT WAS NICE TO GET TO SEE SOME OF YOU AND THE KIND WORDS THAT YOU SAID TO US.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THAT'S HOW I'M GONNA END THE EVENING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM.
I KNOW YOU NORMALLY GET TO GO BEFOREHAND
I USED TO HAVE TO WAIT AND IT WAS A GOOD REASON FOR ME TO HAVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY AND WHAT WAS GOING ON.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
ALRIGHT, UM, MOVING ON, UH, TO NEW BUSINESS.
UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, RESOLUTION ECD 2025 DASH ZERO TWO.
RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING AND AGREEMENT WITH KRAFT CPAS.
UH, PLLC FOR FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE AUDIT SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025 FOR ADOPTION.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
UM, JASON, THEN TO, UH, G AND THEN PROBABLY ON TO KAREN IF I HAD TO GUESS.
THIS ITEM IS A COMPANION TO THE ITEM YOU HAD ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE CITY COMMISSION.
IT IS AN AGREEMENT WITH KRAFT,
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UM, KRAFT, P-L-L-C-A, OR CPAS, UH, WHO THE CITY WORKED WITH FOR MANY YEARS PRIOR TO 2015.AND THEN WE TOOK A BREAK TO GO SEE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO HAVE OTHER AUDITORS LOOK AT OUR FINANCIALS, WHICH WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR US.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE RECEIVED CLEAN AUDITS, VERY THANKFUL FOR THE GOOD WORK OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR PRODUCING THAT FOR US.
UM, SO WE ARE CIRCLING BACK TO CRAFT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THEM DO OUR FINANCIALS LAST YEAR AND, AND THE AUDIT THIS YEAR, UH, WOULD BE DONE BY THEM AS WELL FOR 2025.
THE PRICE THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED IS $10,400 AND, UH, EITHER MYSELF OR KAREN CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF RESOLUTION ECD 2025 DASH ZERO TWO.
OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR, UH, REMAINING.
UM, Y'ALL HAVE A, UH, A GOOD NIGHT.