* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE [ Agenda for the Emergency Communications District Meeting Monday, October 27, 2025 - 6:45 pm Brentwood City Hall] TO CALL TO ORDER TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT. I'D LET TO SEE, UH, SAY THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR. OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF THE MINUTES. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 11. OKAY. UH, SECOND MAYOR, SHE HAD A MORE COMPLETE MOTION. SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DONAHUE. UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PITMAN. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. MINUTES ARE APPROVED. SO NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS. PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED DURING THIS TIME ON THE AGENDA UPON BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR. ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK SHALL STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS THE BOARD. UH, IF WE ARE NOT RECORDING TO SIGN UP, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OUR VAST AUDIENCE? ANYBODY? ALRIGHT, SO I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO FROM THERE WE'LL GO TO OUR REPORT FROM OUR UH, ECD SUPERVISOR. HEY KATHLEEN. HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GREAT. GOOD. UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. SO, THE LAST MEETING, UM, I THINK I HAD TOLD YOU THAT OUR NEWEST DISPATCH EMPLOYEE WAS, UM, ATTENDING SOME TRAINING. SO SHE WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US AT THE MEETING. AND SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE HER TODAY. THIS IS MS. RAYANN CARLUCCI AND I'LL READ YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER FROM HER BIO. UH, RAYANNE JOINED THE BRENTWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT IN JUNE OF 2025. SHE WAS BORN IN A LITTLE COLD TOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA AND MOVED TO PORT ST. LUCY, FLORIDA, UH, IN THE EIGHTIES WITH HER FAMILY. SHE'S THE MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN, ANTHONY AND ANGELINA. UM, YOU CAN TELL SHE'S A NICE ITALIAN GAL, , UH, SHE'S ALWAYS HAD HER HEART SET ON LIVING IN TENNESSEE AND SHE DECIDED TO MAKE THE MOVE. SHE HAS SPENT THE LAST 15 YEARS WORKING IN CORRECTIONS, BEGINNING AT THE MARTIN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, WHERE SHE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF SERGEANT. IN THAT ROLE, SHE WAS TASKED WITH INMATE TRANSPORT, HOUSING AND ACCREDITATIONS. SHE WAS ALSO EMPLOYED AT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHERE SHE WAS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER FOR THE NEW RECRUITS. HER TRAINING AND CORRECTION INCLUDES CRISIS INTERVENTION, HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS, UM, THE PREA, INMATE CLASSIFICATIONS, MENTAL HEALTH INTERROGATION TACTICS, TERRORISTS AND SECURITY THREAT GROUPS. SHE MOST RECENTLY COMPLETED THE SUPERVISOR ACADEMY AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE PROMOTIONAL PROCESS FOR SERGEANT AT PALM BEACH COUNTY. SHE'S A BIG HORROR MOVIE FAN, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SHE EVEN HAS SCARY NAILS TO PROVE IT. , UH, SHE'S A TRUE CRIME JUNKIE AND LOVES HALLOWEEN. IN HER SPARE TIME, SHE ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND CHILDREN READING SCARY STORIES AND D YING PROJECTS AROUND HER HOUSE. SO THERE YOU HAVE THE UPDATE ON MS. CARLUCCI AND KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT STEAL HER FROM US. . SHE IS A DISPATCHER. UM, ANYWAY, SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HER TO YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RAYANNE? OKAY. WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU. YES, WE'RE HAPPY. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HER. UM, AND SPEAKING OF, UM, NEW HIRES, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE I WAS BRAGGING ABOUT US BEING FULLY STAFFED AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE TODAY. SINCE THEN, UM, I HAVE RECEIVED TWO RESIGNATIONS. ONE WILL TAKE EFFECT TOMORROW, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE AT THE END OF THAN, UM, NOVEMBER, JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING. UM, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE LOSING TWO DISPATCHERS OUT OF 12. UM, RECRUITING HAS DEFINITELY BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT FOR ME AND FOR OUR CENTER. UM, I WISH I HAD BETTER NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU. I THINK WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE HAVING A RETIREMENT IN FEBRUARY ALSO, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AHEAD OF US. BUT FOR NOW, WE'LL FOCUS ON THE JOY OF HAVING RAYANNE WITH US AND WE'LL DEAL WITH THE OTHER, UH, AS IT COMES. I DON'T HAVE ANY, ANYTHING FURTHER TO SHARE WITH YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALL RIGHT, WELL THAT HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THAT TAKES US UNDER OUR ECD QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT. MR. MAYOR, I THINK KAREN HARPER, I'LL BE HERE. TAKE, YEAH. WOW. UM, MAYOR VICE. SO POWER MOVE. GO AHEAD. YEAH, POWER MOVE. MOVING UP TO, UH, ST. YEAH, AND I'LL BE HERE JUST MOMENTARILY. , UM, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THE, UM, REPORTS THAT, UM, OF STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES STATEMENT OF NET POSITION AND ACT, UM, BUDGET TO ACTUAL FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2026 FOR THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS [00:05:01] DISTRICT. UM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE YEAR TO DATE REVENUES ARE 813,000, WHICH IS ABOUT 39% OF THE BUDGET. AND THE YEAR TO DATE EXPENSES ARE 522,228, WHICH IS ABOUT 27% OF THE BUDGET. WHEN YOU COMPARE THIS TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, WE'RE JUST SHORTING REVENUES ABOUT $936 DUE TO SOME INTEREST EARNINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT LESS. AND THEN EXPENSES ARE, UM, LESS BY ABOUT $43,362. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH SOME UNPAID REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE FOR MACHINERY EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVEN'T PAID FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY IMPRESSION IS WE'RE ON TARGET FOR WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE DOING. YES, SIR. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THAT SECTION. SO DO WE HAVE ANY MORE, UH, BUSINESS FOR THE ECD MEETING IN FRONT OF US? DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, UM, ANYBODY? ALRIGHT. UM, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK RAYLYNN FOR YOUR 15 YEARS BEFORE YOU GOT US BECAUSE TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN DISPATCH THAT'S TRAINED IN CRISIS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, AND HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS AND, AND, AND THAT INCREDIBLE BACKGROUND THAT YOU BRING TO BRENTWOOD, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU DECIDED TO JOIN US. SO WELCOME. THANK YOU. I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO CLOSE? SO MOVED. SO MOVED. SECOND. I SECOND. ALRIGHT. SO MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PIPPEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GOERS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. MEETING CLOSED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.