[Consider/Discuss the Annual Audit Results, and the Acceptance of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and the Federal/State Single Audit Reports for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2023]

ON. SEE. NONE WILL MOVE TO WORK SESSION ITEM. 24,002 31 CONSIDER AN ACT. IS CONSIDERED SC. THE ANNUAL AUDIT RESULTS AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

FEDERAL STATE. SINGLE AUDIT REPORTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH 2023. NOT MARK HOLLOWAY OR TRUDY MATHIS. NO, I'M NOT. BUT THEY ARE HERE. I'M PAYING ATTENTION. GOOD AFTERNOON. CHANCE MILLER, ACCOUNTING MANAGER. TODAY WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE RESULTS OF OUR 2023 ANNUAL AUDIT . UM E EVERY YEAR FOR PER CHARTER. WE HAVE TO DO AN ANNUAL AUDIT. UM, DONE BY AN EXTERNAL AUDITING FIRM. OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS ARE WEAVER WE HAVE HAD THEM FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. WE MET WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING OR AUDIT COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 5. IT WAS A SLIGHTLY LONGER PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE GOING OVER THE RESULTS AND A LOT

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OF LITTLE DIALOGUE AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AT THAT TIME. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK STAFF.

THIS IS A TOUGH TIME OF YEAR WITH US HAVING TO GO THROUGH 2024 OPERATIONS AND ALSO CLOSE OUT 2023 I. IT'S HONESTLY A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM ON A DAILY BASIS. IN SAYING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME CLAIRE. SHE IS FROM WEAVER AND WILL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL TODAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CLAIRE WOOTEN, AND I AM AN AUDIT SENIOR MANAGER WITH WEAVER AND I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH THE, UM AUDIT PRESENTATION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU JUST TO WRAP UP THE YEAR IN FISCAL 23 AUDIT. SO JENNIFER RIPKA IS THE PARTNER ON THE ENGAGEMENT. SHE WAS HERE FOR A PRESENTATION WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND JUST COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. SO I'M PRESENTING ON HER BEHALF, BUT I'M THE SENIOR MANAGER ON THE ENGAGEMENT. SO JUST TO WRAP UP WHAT? WHAT WE DO WHAT OUR AUDIT PROCESS IS, UH, WE'RE PERFORMING OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ODDITY AND STANDARDS WHERE GAS WE ALSO PERFORM OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, WHICH COVERS THE INTERNAL CONTROLS REALLY WHAT YOU ARE MAKING SURE ARE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE CITY AND THEN WE ALSO PERFORM A SINGLE AUDIT. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR YOUR FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE PERFORMING AN AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIFORM. UH, GUIDANCE. FEDERAL SIDE. UM AND THEN THE TEXAS GRANT MANAGEMENT STANDARDS OR TECH SCUMS FOR YOUR STATE AWARDS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT COMPLIANCE NOT ONLY FOR THOSE FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS BUT ALSO WITH FEDERAL LAWS, REGULATIONS, CONTRACTS, SCREENING AGREEMENTS AND THE BIGGEST ONE WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT IS THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, SO HOW THE CITY IS INVESTING ITS FUNDING. OUR AUDIT TIMELINE. WE REALLY YEAR ROUND PROCESS, BUT FOR THIS SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR, WE START, UM OUR PLANNING PROCEDURES AND THEN GET INTO OUR INTERIM FIELD WORK IN SEPTEMBER WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE INTERNAL CONTROLS AND BEFORE NUMBERS ARE FINALIZED IN DECEMBER. WE'RE REALLY COMING OUT TO MAKE SURE UM, PAYROLLS TIGHTENED UP. UH, CASH DISBURSEMENTS ARE TIGHTENED UP AND THE CITY'S OPERATING HAS CONTROLS OVER THOSE PROCESSES. WE'RE WALKING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE CONTROLS AND TESTING SAMPLES THERE AND THEN IN DECEMBER WE COME OUT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FINAL NUMBERS ONCE ALL THE FINANCES HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED UP. WE PRESENTED THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. UM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND THEN WE'RE HERE TODAY TO, UH, TO FINALIZE AND PRESENT TO YOU ALL AS THE FULL COUNSEL. AND THEN SO WE START THE PROCESS ALL YEAR ROUND AND THAT WAY WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR YOU ALL IN CITY MANAGEMENT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YEAR ROUND, WANT TO DISCUSS JOURNAL ENTRIES.

THERE IS ISSUANCE OF NEW DEBT, ETC. WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE. THIS IS OUR OVERVIEW. SCREENSHOT SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT ALL WRAPPED INTO THIS ONE. BUT UM, WE, UH, NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO OUR PRELIMINARY AUDIT PROCEDURES WERE REQUIRED TO LET GOVERNANCE KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED. BUT THEN THERE WAS SUCH SIGNIFICANT, UM, LAPSES IN CONTROL THAT WE REALLY HAD TO CHANGE GEARS. THERE WERE NONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE NOTED, UM WE ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW OF ANY SIGNIFICANT RISKS IN THAT. IS A RISK PERVASIVE TO ALL ENTITIES, EVEN ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WHICH IS IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION. THAT'S THE BIGGEST RISK YOU WOULD SEE ANYWHERE. JUST MAKING SURE REVENUE IS BEING PROPERLY RECORDED AND REALLY IS NOT FAKE REVENUE. IT'S PROPERLY RECORDED. IT'S GOT A CASH RECEIPT ASSOCIATED WITH IT, OR CASH COMING IN THROUGH A RECEIVABLE. AND THEN RE RESULTS OF OUR, UM, WORK PERFORMED. WE ALL GO DOWN, UM, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY ISSUED FOR OUR AUDIT REPORTS. WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION. SO THAT IS THE CLEANEST OPINION YOU CAN GET . THE UM, OPINION OVER THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WAS UNMODIFIED. WE ALSO, UM ON THAT, UH, UNMODIFIED OPINION THERE WAS AN EMPHASIS OF MATTER PARAGRAPH JUST FOR THE, UM IMPLEMENTATION OF GAS B STANDARD NUMBER 96, WHICH WAS REQUIRED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN FISCAL 23, WHICH JUST PUT ON THE, UM THE SUBSCRIPTION I ARRANGEMENTS LAST YEAR WAS THE BIG LEA STANDARD THIS YEAR. IT'S SUBSCRIPTION. I ARRANGEMENTS THOSE CAME ON AS ASSET AND LIABILITY ON THE BALANCE SHEET. AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED, UH, AUDIT REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH EACH MAJOR FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAM. UM AND THEN, UM, UNMODIFIED FOR THAT, UM, GAGGI REPORT, SO THE INTERNAL CONTROL REPORT. AND THEN THE RESULTS OF OUR WORK. UM, UH, WE IDENTIFY DID IDENTIFY A PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT. SO THAT WAS JUST A, UM, AN ADJUSTMENT THAT WE NEEDED TO CORRECT FOR FISCAL 22. BUT IT WAS SMALL ENOUGH THAT WE COULD PASS, UM, RECORDING IN 22 AND JUST PUT IT THROUGH IN FISCAL 23 . WE JUST HAD TO IDENTIFY THAT WITH GOVERNANCE BECAUSE IT AROSE TO THAT LEVEL, BUT IT WAS STILL IMMATERIAL ENOUGH TO PASS ON IT. AND THEN, UM, THE ONLY OTHER ITEM WAS THAT FOR THE PUBLIC

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FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT THAT, UM, QUARTER QUARTERLY REPORTS WERE NOT BEING PRESENTED TO AUDIT COMMITTEE OR TO THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE. BUT THE PROPER CONTROLS WERE STILL BEING APPLIED MONTHLY. THEY JUST WERE NOT BEING TAKEN TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. SO WE JUST IDENTIFIED THAT WITH GOVERNANCE, UM AND THEN THAT WAS IT FOR THERE. WE ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THERE WERE NO OTHER INDEPENDENCE ISSUES WITH, UM US AS AUDIT TEAM AND US AS A FIRM. AND THEN, LASTLY, OTHER MATTERS AS OF THE DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION, UM TODAY AND WITH OUR AUDIT REPORT, THERE ARE NO OTHER LETTERS OR OTHER REPORTS THAT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS IS IT? FOR THOSE SIGNIFICANT RISKS. WE TALKED ABOUT IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION AS A SIGNIFICANT RISK. REALLY WE LOOK AT CHARGES FOR SERVICES MOSTLY WITH WATER AND SEWER, BECAUSE THERE IS A RISK OF FRAUD THERE. IF UH, LET'S SAY, UH, FRAUDULENT INVOICES COULD BE CREATED, SO WE HAVE TO APPLY PROCEDURES RELATED TO THAT AND THEN ALSO ON THE GRANT SIDE, SO THE FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS AND THEN ALSO WITH ANY, UM, ANY ENTITY. THERE IS ALSO A PERVASIVE RISK OF MANAGEMENT OVER RIDE OF INTERNAL CONTROLS, AND THAT'S WHY WE, UH UH, PERFORM THOSE PROCEDURES OVER THE INTERNAL CONTROLS. UM OTHERWISE, THESE ARE ALL THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES. THOSE ARE PRESENTED IN YOUR NOTE ONE TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. BUT REALLY THE ONLY CHANGE THIS YEAR WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GAS B 96. SO THAT'S POINTED OUT IN THE, UM ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. FOR THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES. THE UH THE SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATE THAT'S INCLUDED IS THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNT ACCOUNTS IN THAT'S BASED ON AN ESTIMATE, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO, UM, EVALUATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE WE DEEM THAT THERE IS NO MANAGEMENT BIAS THAT IT'S PROPERLY. UM, THE YOU KNOW THE COLLECTIONS OF PROPERTY TAXES OR OF UTILITY BILLING IS PROPER COMPARED TO WHAT WE THINK THE ESTIMATE SHOULD BE. SO WE ARE EVALUATING THAT AND WE DEEMED IT REASONABLE IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW STANDARDS THIS YEAR WITH GSM 96 SO THAT SUBSCRIPTION BASED IT ARRANGEMENTS THAT I COVERED AS WELL. AND THEN, UM, THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT OR UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS, SO THAT'S TRANSIT TRANSACTIONS THAT WOULD BE UNSUPPORTED OR THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT TO ANOTHER SOURCE OR DIRECTLY WITH GAS. B UM, TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UM HOW TO RECOGNIZE AN ITEM, BUT THERE WERE NONE OF THOSE EVERYTHING HAD PROPER GUIDANCE SUPPORTED WITH IT. THERE WAS NO IDENTIFIED OR SUS SUSPECTED FRAUD BUT BEING PERFORMED OUR PROCEDURES. WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY SUCH ITEMS. AND THEN ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED DURING THE AUDIT. WE NOTED NONE.

MANAGEMENT WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO WORK WITH. THEY PROVIDED EVERYTHING TIMELY AND REALLY HELPED US ALONG THE WAY. WE HAD NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT , EITHER. AND THEN UPON ISSUANCE OF OUR AUDIT REPORT, WE REQUESTED A MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER, WHICH WAS THEM REPORTING TO US THAT THEY HAD NO UM, THAT EVERYTHING WAS TRUTHFUL. THEY PROVIDED US EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING WAS UP TO DATE. AND THEN MANAGEMENT'S CONSULTATIONS WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS. BASICALLY OPINION SHOPPING. UM THEY WE ARE NOT AWARE OF MANAGEMENT GOING OUT AND GETTING ANOTHER OPINION OR ANY SUCH SHOPPING LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE KNOW NOTED NO OTHER MATTERS THAT REQUIRED ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS OTHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN TO YOU ALL. AND THAT IS IT AND I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE A COMMENT, THOUGH I WANT TO. I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK. YOU DID. UH UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ON I WAS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND, UM, YOU MENTIONED GAS B 96, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING. THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE OF RULES THAT IMPACTED MCKINNEY AND IMPACTED HOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR LEASES. AND SO I WANT TO CALL OUT KELVIN AND CHANCE AND TRUDY HERE AS PART OF OUR TEAM THAT REALLY HELPED US GET THERE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S EASY TO TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT. BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET IT RIGHT AND WE DID GET IT RIGHT AND IT FROM THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK ON CITY STAFF'S PART THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT, SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE. I THINK ALL COUNCILS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO. YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT WORKING WITH US. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Presentation on Fire Department Deployments]

APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S ALL FOR ME. 4 1232 PRESENTATION ON FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYMENTS. CHIEF DOWN. ALL RIGHT, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME AND DISCUSS WITH YOU ABOUT FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYMENT. SO MANY

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OF YOU KNOW WHAT DEPLOYMENTS ARE? UM, BUT IF YOU DON'T WE'LL PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR YOU. SO WITH THE DEPLOYMENT, WE SEND SOME OF OUR ELITE FIREFIGHTERS OUT TO ASSIST OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND SO IT MAY BE IN A WILDLAND FIRE. SUCH AS THIS BRUSH TRUCK HERE COULD BE A NATURAL DISASTER. IT COULD BE A STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE. IT COULD BE A FLOODING, AND THEY HELP OUT DIFFERENT STATE AGENCIES OR FEDERAL AGENCIES. IN THOSE SITUATIONS. IT IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE DEPLOYMENTS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THIS A DISASTER MAY STRIKE MCKINNEY WHERE WE NEED THAT ASSISTANCE AS WELL. IT ALSO PROVIDES ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR OUR MEMBERS TRAINING THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE. IF THEY WERE NOT PART OF THESE ELITE TEAMS. IT ALSO PROVIDES THEM WITH ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE. SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE IN A WILDLAND FIRE AND GAINING THAT EXPERIENCE OVER SEVERAL DAYS, YOU CAN BRING THAT BACK TO CITY OF MCKINNEY, AND THAT EXPERIENCE IS THEN SHARED WITH OTHER FIREFIGHTERS. ANOTHER THING THAT BENEFITS US IS WITH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS. NOT EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN DEPLOYMENTS, AND SO MCKINNEY IS SPECIAL IN THAT WE DO THAT. IT'S A HEAVY LIFT ON OUR DEPARTMENT. IT'S A HEAVY LIFT FOR US THE STAFFING TO ASSIST THE FIREFIGHTERS WITH THE TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN THEIR STATUS ON THOSE TEAMS. IT IS ALSO A HEAVY LIFT WITH THE FINANCE. AND SO WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF. I'M NOT SURE T IS HERE. SO TRULY , THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GROUP AS WELL AS PAYROLL FINANCE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK THAT'S INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS. FOR OUR DEPLOYMENTS AND FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO GO OUT ON THESE DEPLOYMENTS. IT'S OF COURSE, IT'S FUN FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND DO THAT. BUT ON THE BACKSIDE, THERE'S THAT PAPERWORK PROCESS AND SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT PAYROLL AND FINANCE ASSIST US WITH THAT. SO I GOT TWO GENTLEMEN HERE, UH, BATTALION CHIEF BEN JONES, WHO WAS RUNNING THE PROGRAM FOR A WHILE IS NOW ASSIGNED AS OUR EMS CHIEF. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE TIFF M PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS, AND THEN CAPTAIN THOMAS COSTIN, WHO WAS ASSIGNED OVER HERE AT CENTRAL THE STATION JUST DOWN THE STREET, AND HE'S ALSO INVOLVED IN A TEXAS TASK FORCE AND RECENTLY WAS A PART OF A GROUP THAT WENT DOWN AND ASSISTED WITH SOME WATER RESCUES, AND YOU CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. AS MENTIONED. MY NAME IS BEN JONES. I I'VE BEEN OVER RESPONDING TO RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR DEPLOYMENTS PROGRAM FOR A LITTLE OVER EIGHT YEARS. SINCE THEN, I'VE SEEN OUR DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM GROW SIGNIFICANTLY. WE STARTED OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT HERE AND A LITTLE BIT THERE. EVENTUALLY WE HAVE BECOME, UH, A STATE ASSET THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE REGION. SO I DO WANT TO COVER A FEW OF OUR INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR THREE DIFFERENT DEPLOYMENT TEAMS THAT WE HAVE OR THREE DIFFERENT MODELS AND THEN ALSO EDUCATE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DEPLOY ON AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE IT OFF WITH SOME OF, UH WHAT THE BENEFIT IS TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AFTER THAT, I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO CAPTAIN COST, AND HE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE RECENT DEPLOYMENT, WHERE HE WENT OFF WITH TASK FORCE TWO. SO DEPLOYMENTS ARE AS I STATED, HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL ABOUT 2009 THAT THINGS STARTED FALLING INTO LEGISLATION. THIS LEGISLATION WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PROVIDED, UH, GUARANTEES FOR THE SMALL COMMUNITIES THAT THEY WOULD GET THEIR MONEY BACK FROM THE STATE. SO THE STATE THESE COMMUNITIES WOULD SEND IN THE RESOURCES. THE STATE WOULD THEN IN TURN, GUARANTEE THAT THIS FUNDING WOULD COME BACK TO HIM SO THROUGH LEGISLATION, THE EMTF PROGRAM WAS CREATE. THE TIFF.

MISS PROGRAM WAS CREATED. TASK FORCE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE. BUT THESE ARE STATEWIDE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH BE DEPLOYED THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ALSO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. WE CAN ALSO BE A REGIONAL ASSET AS WELL AS THE BENEFITS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THIS TRAINING THAT WE BRING BACK HERE TO MCKINNEY, WHERE WE CAN INCREASE OUR LOCAL RESPONSE HERE IN MCKINNEY.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT REIMBURSABLE, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE FOR THAT ADDED TRAINING THAT WE CAN GET WHILE WE'RE OUT, DEPLOYED SO TMS IS OUR FIRST TEAM. THEY ARE PROBABLY OUR MOST ACTIVE TEAM TIFFS STANDS FOR THE TEXAS INTRA AGENCY FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM. THIS WAS CREATED IN 2011 THROUGH A LEGISLATIVE BILL THAT WAS PASSED. IT IS COMPOSED OF TWO DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. THE FIRST DIVISION IS OUR OUR OLD HAZARDS DIVISION OUR ALL HAZARDS TEAM IN ORDER TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT. ALL YOU HAVE TO HAVE IS A TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS BIG WORDS FOR SAYING EVERY ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS. THIS IS YOUR ALL HAZARD RESPONSE. WHETHER IT'S A, UH HURRICANES, TORNADOES , FLOODING, WE CAN EVEN RESPOND TO BACKFILL IN 2013 WHEN WEST TEXAS HAD THE FERTILIZER PLANT EXPLOSION, THEIR ENTIRE EMERGENCY RESPOND. WAS WIPED OUT TIFFS STEPPED IN AND SAID, WE WILL ORGANIZE STRIKE TEAMS TO COME DOWN AND HELP BACKFILL UNTIL YOU CAN GET THAT BACK UP AND RUNNING. SO TEXAS HAS BASICALLY CREATED A MILITIA OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE ABLE TO RESPOND ANYWHERE IN THE STATE GIVEN ANY SITUATION. THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE TIFFS PROGRAM. EXCUSE ME WELL. THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE TIFFIN PROGRAM IS OUR WILDLAND TEAM. THEY'RE PROBABLY OUR MOST ACTIVE BUT OUR

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WILD LAND TEAM THERE. THERE THERE. THERE'S MOST MORE WILDFIRES AROUND THAN ANYTHING EVERY STATE EVERY YEAR. THE STATE BURNS FROM ONE END OF FROM THE PANHANDLE DOWN TO THE COAST, AND WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED HEAVILY SINCE ABOUT 2017. THROUGH THOSE YEARS. WE'VE LEARNED A LOT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A LOT OF, UH, ACCESS TO SOME STATE FUNDS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TIFFS VEHICLES AS WELL AS, UH, THE TRAINING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE. WE BECOME SOME STATE LEADERS ACROSS THE WILD LAND DIVISION IN OUR TRAINING, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP LOCALLY HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. WITH OUR TIFFS TRAINING OUR WILDLAND TRAINING.

WE'RE ABLE TO HELP OUT THE AIRPORT WITH SOME TREES PROJECTS THAT TOOK PLACE TO CLEAR CLEAR IN SOME AREA FOR THE RUNWAY EXPANSION AS WELL AS MOST RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, UH, BURNING THOSE TREES AND CLEARING THAT LAND, WHICH HELPS THE HAS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, WHICH PROVIDES US TRAINING AND IN TURN SAVES THE AIRPORT. THE SECOND TEAM THAT WE HAVE ELIGIBLE FOR DEPLOYMENTS IS OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TASK FORCE. THIS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE ABOUT 2009. THIS IS RAN BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. IT WAS, UH ORGANIZED BY THE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCILS AND LOCAL EMS RESPONDERS AGAIN, MUCH LIKE TIFF MESSAGE TO ORGANIZE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE IN THE EVENT THAT YOU NEED STRIKE TEAMS OF AMBULANCES OR YOU NEED MASSIVE TRIAGE OR LET'S SAY HEAVEN FORBID WE HAVE A MASSIVE COVID OUTBREAK. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL ON RESOURCES THAT CAN RESPOND THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THAT WAS OUR BUSY TIME WITH OUR EMTF. WE WERE, UM I'M GONNA JUMP PAST THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. DURING 29 OR 2020. WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE TEAMS TO LOCAL NURSING HOMES HERE IN MCKINNEY, AS WELL AS REGIONAL OFFICES IN GARLAND. WE HAD THE DALLAS DALLAS ARMORY IN HELPING WITH LOGISTICS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE SENT MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT DOWN TO THE SOCK, THE STATE OPERATIONS CENTER DOWN IN AUSTIN TO HELP COORDINATE ALL OF THIS, UH, CHIEF. SKAGGS WAS EVEN DEPLOYED ALL THE WAY OUT TO EL PASO WHEN THERE WAS A MASSIVE OUTBREAK. ALL OF THIS IS RAN UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE EMERGENCY. TASK FORCE. AND DURING OPERATION SNOWBALL WE HAD , WHICH IS WHAT THAT WAS CALLED.

I DON'T I DON'T NAME IT, BUT, UH BUT WE HAD ABOUT 15 MEMBERS DEPLOYED ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE. UH, ANYWHERE FROM TWO WEEKS ALL THE WAY UP TO ABOUT THREE MONTHS. SO DURING THIS COVID OPERATION, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING GOING ON OVER AT THE STADIUM, BUT WE ARE ALSO HELPING OUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND THIS IS ALL A RESULT OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY'S WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT THE TO BE A STATE ASSET. OUR LAST DEPLOYING TEAM IS ONE THAT'S CONTINUALLY GROWING HERE IN OUR DEPARTMENT. THAT'S OUR TEST. TEXAS TASK FORCE TWO TASK FORCE ONE IS A FM AGENCY AND COULD BE DEPLOYED ANYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY IF NEEDED, BUT TASK FORCE TWO IS A STATE. UH UH, A STATE ASSET. WE CURRENTLY HAVE S SEVEN MEMBERS, ONE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SPECIALIST AND THEN SIX RESCUE SPECIALISTS OR SIX OF THOSE ARE RESCUE SPECIALISTS. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE NEEDED QUALIFICATIONS FOR THOSE THAT, IN TURN COMES BACK TO HELP OUR DEPARTMENT WITH OUR WITH OUR CENTRAL FIRE STATION BEING OUR SPECIAL RESCUE STATION. THEY ARE ABLE TO BRING THOSE SKILLS BACK HERE AND PROVIDE THAT ADDED SUPPORT HERE IN THE CITY. I'M GONNA SKIP THIS SLIDE AND LET THOMAS COME BACK TO IT. UH, BUT I WANNA COVER REAL QUICK. WHAT IS THE BENEFIT FOR OUR CITY OF MCKINNEY? OBVIOUSLY THESE THESE DEPLOYMENTS BECOME VERY EXPANSIVE PERSONNEL. THE TIME THE BACKFILL THE EQUIPMENT EVERY BIT OF IT IS REIMBURSABLE. I WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH NICOLE OVER IN FINANCE. WHO HER AND I, WE HAVE DEVELOPED QUITE A RELATIONSHIP IN WORKING TOGETHER AND I'LL TELL YOU SHE IS PHENOMENAL AND SHE KNOWS HER JOB INSIDE OUT. SHE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN HELPING US NOT ONLY TRACK BUT RECOVER ALL OF THAT ALL OF THAT. THAT GOES OUT. OUR SALARY, OUR FOOD, OUR LODGING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR BENEFITS IS EVEN REIMBURSED THROUGH THE STATE.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS, AND THEN I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME UPDATED NUMBERS. SO IN 2018 FROM 2018 UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2023 WE INVOICED ABOUT $1.8 MILLION WE HAD RECEIVED ABOUT ONE POINT JUST SHY OF 1.8 ABOUT WHAT $54,000 SHORT BECAUSE WE HAD TWO OUTSTANDING DEPLOYMENTS THAT WE HAD NOT RECEIVED FUNDING FROM. I SPOKE WITH NICOLE TODAY AND SHE GAVE ME SOME UPDATED NUMBERS. AS OF NOW, WE ARE AT 2.4 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN REIMBURSED TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN WE GO OUT ON DEPLOYMENTS, IS IT A HIT TO OUR PERSONNEL? ABSOLUTELY BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THAT AND GET THAT MONEY BACK SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS OUT THERE. SO FOR THAT I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO

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CAPTAIN COSTIN AND HE CAN GIVE YOU YOU CAN GO BACK ON THIS. MAYBE AN UPDATE ON HIS DEPLOYMENT. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL. HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME IS THOMAS. UM UH, ONE OF THREE TECHNICAL RESCUE. UH, CAPTAINS ASSIGNED TO THE STATION, ACTUALLY. RIGHT BEHIND YOU. UM SO TECHNICAL RESCUE. IT SOUNDS COOL. SOUNDS NEAT. PROBABLY LONG SLEEVE SHIRTS WITH COOL BADGES ALL OVER THEM. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? AS CITY COUNCIL? WELL, TECHNICAL RESCUE IS ANYTHING INVOLVED SOMEBODY WHO WAS HURT OR SICK BUT HAS A COMPLICATED ACCESS ISSUE.

THEY'RE AT THE TOP OF A CELL TOWER OR THEY'RE THE TOP OF A CRANE OR THE BOTTOM OF A DITCH.

SOMEBODY HAS TO GO GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THERE. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. UM AS A MEMBER OF TEXAS TASK FORCE, TOO, WHICH IS MY DEPLOYMENT SIDE. UM I'M A RESCUE SPECIALIST. I SERVE AS A URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE SPECIALIST. MY SPECIFIC TRADE IS WATER RESCUE AND STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE. RESCUE.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I FOCUS ON THERE. RECENTLY WE WERE SENT DOWN TO SOUTH TEXAS. UH, JANUARY 24TH ACTUALLY, JANUARY 23RD. WE GOT A CALL. THERE'S FLOODING ALL OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE WHO'S AVAILABLE TO GO WITH A LITTLE BIT OF COORDINATIONS AND SOME HELP FROM THE GENTLEMAN BEHIND ME. I'M ABLE TO DEPLOY AS AN ASSET FOR THE STATE WHEN I DO THAT. I SERVED THE STATE. I WORK DIRECTLY FOR THE DE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UNDERNEATH THE RESCUE SUPERVISOR AND WE GO WHEREVER THE NEED IS. WE CAN BE DEPLOYED ALL OVER THE STATE. WE STARTED OUR INITIAL, UH, MISSION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, JUST SOUTH OF LAKE CONROE. THE FLOODGATES HAD TO BE OPEN ON THAT LAKE WHEN THEY OPENED THE FLOODGATES ON THAT LAKE, THE SAN JINO RIVER HAPPENED TO FLOOD INTO A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS. THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE AFFECTED. THEY WERE UNDERWATER UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THOSE HOUSES, AND WE HAD TO GO SEARCH ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS. MAKE SURE THEY WERE ALL EMPTY. PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO STAY THERE COULD STAY THERE AND THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO LEAVE NEEDED A WAY TO LEAVE.

UH, BECAUSE NO ONE WAS DRIVING THEIR CAR. UM, SO WE PROVIDED THAT SERVICE. IN FACT, FUNNY ENOUGH. I'M THE GOOFY GUY ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK OF THAT PICTURE. THAT'S ME TRYING NOT TO FALL AGAIN INTO THE WATER. UH, THIS LADY WAS IN HER HOUSE AND DIDN'T HAVE A WAY OUT AND WE PROVIDED THAT WAY OUT FOR HER. WE SPENT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IN LIBERTY COUNTY IN THE BUSTLING METROPOLIS OF LIBERTY, TEXAS, WHICH IS SOUTH OF LAKE LIVINGSTON. ALMOST DOWN TO THE COAST. RIGHT ON THE TRINITY RIVER. WE HAPPEN TO SIT ON THE OWN FORK OF THE TRINITY RIVER HERE IN MCKINNEY, AND THIS IS HOW I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS CONNECTION HAPPEN. ALL THE WATER THAT GOES INTO THE TO THE LAKES UP HERE HAS GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE AND IT GOES SOUTH. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. IT ENDED UP IN LIBERTY IN LIBERTY. WE WERE JUST A STANDBY TEAM. UH, THE PICTURE OF THE SLIDE BEFORE THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS JUST OUTSIDE OF LIBERTY. THIS IS A GENTLEMAN WHO'S TRYING TO LEAVE HIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HIS TWO KIDS IN THE TRUCK AND THEY GOT STUCK.

WE HAD TO GO AND RESCUE THEM OUT OF THEIR VEHICLE. THAT PICTURE COULD BE ANYWHERE IN NORTH TEXAS. THAT PICTURE COULD BE ANYWHERE IN SOUTH TEXAS. THAT JUST HAPPENED TO BE OUTSIDE OF LIBERTY. SEEN WILSON CREEK DO THAT. SO TO PULL ALL THIS BACK TOGETHER FOR YOU, AND YOU SEND ME AWAY. UH WHICH PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE A GREAT IMPACT TO ALL OF YOU SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT TO MY FIRE STATION AND THE SERVICE WE CAN PROVIDE. WHEN YOU SEND ME AWAY. YOU SEND ME AWAY TO SUPPORT THE STATE IN MY MIND. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAS POTENTIALLY COME FULL CIRCLE. IF AT SOME POINT, THERE'S A NATURAL DISASTER THAT STRIKES HERE IN MCKINNEY, I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE. AND IT COMES THROUGH OUR CITY. I'M GONNA BE BUSY HERE LOCALLY, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED HELP. THAT HELP IS GONNA COME FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. THEY'RE GONNA BE DRESSED JUST LIKE I DRESS WHEN I LEAVE TO GO DOWN SOUTH TEXAS. THEY'RE GONNA COME UP HERE AND THEY'RE GONNA HELP US. IT'S WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO DO THESE THINGS BECAUSE I HAVE A SERVANT'S HEART. IT'S NOT BECAUSE I WANNA WEAR AC COOL SHIRT AND I HAD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SHIRT. BUT MOSTLY IT'S ABOUT THE SERVANT'S HEART. UM AND THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH IN THOSE PLACES COME FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE JUST LIKE OURS THAT HAVE THE SAME HEART AND THEY WOULD SERVE US IN THAT SAME CAPACITY. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, AND I THESE SORTS OF THINGS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK. THANK YOU. WHAT A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. CHIEF DOWN. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS OUT THERE BEING AND BUILDING BETTER NEIGHBORS. IT'S ALMOST WHAT MCKINNEY IS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. GENTLEMEN THANK YOU. THAT WAS ENLIGHTENING, AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN THAT. AND I THINK I'M GONNA NEED ONE OF THOSE COOL SHIRTS AND BEN, GET ON THAT $54,000. WE NEED THAT BACK. THANK THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. 24 1233 DISCUSS

[Discuss Police Department Mental Health Initiative]

POLICE DEPARTMENT MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE. POLICE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW FIRE. TO SEE HOW THIS GOES. SO MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO KIND OF SPEAK ON THE CURRENT CAPABILITIES OF THE MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. UM WOULD LIKE TO START BY DEFINING WHAT WE. THE CRITERIA OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, AND IT'S ANY SITUATION IN WHICH A PERSON'S

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BEHAVIOR PUTS THEM AT RISK OF HURTING THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, OR THEY ARE UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES WITHOUT INTERVENTION. AND THEN TO TALK ABOUT JUST A LITTLE BIT AS THE MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS HAVE INCREASED. MCKINNEY PD HAS INCREASED IN OUR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES TO HELP MANAGE THESE INTERACTIONS IN THE SAFEST WAY POSSIBLE. AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, UH, PROGRAM AND I'LL BE SURE TO SAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS. BUT UNDER CHIEF CONNOLLY'S WATCH, WE DEVELOPED A COMMUNITY SERVICES UNIT THAT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO HANDLE MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESS CONSUMERS. UH, THEY PROVIDE. WE PROVIDE CURRENT AND FREQUENT TRAINING, INCORPORATING ALL THE CONCEPTS DEALING WITH CRISIS INTERVENTION AND DE ESCALATION, AND I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT LATER. BUT WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING AT THE MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE INTERTWINED THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT OF THAT TRAINING TO ALL OF OUR OTHER TRAININGS, AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE VARIOUS LESS LETHAL OPTIONS FOR OUR OFFICERS TO CONSIDER DURING A CRISIS RESPONSE, SUCH AS DEFENSE TACTICS, OC SPRAY TASER AND, OF COURSE IMPACT WEAPONS. SO PRIOR TO 2018, THE STATE MANDATED THAT WE WOULD ATTEND A 16 HOUR MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER TRAINING COURSE AND WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO GO AHEAD AND SEND MCKINNEY PD OFFICERS TO THE 40 HOUR MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING COURSE. AND THEN IN 2018 T COLE DECIDED THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE 40 HOUR. UH. THE 40 HOUR COURSE ENDORSED BY TCO. AND OF COURSE, WHAT WE HAD JUST TAKEN DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR THAT.

SO QUITE A BIT OF OUR OFFICERS HAVE GONE THROUGH BOTH THE 40 HOUR MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER COURSE. AND THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING. ALL OF OUR NEW OFFICERS IN THE ACADEMY RECEIVE, UH, DEESCALATING TRAINING PRIOR TO EVER HITTING THE STREETS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET THAT TRAINING THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER. AND THEN WE HAVE CONTINUED EDUCATION THROUGH VINCIBLE TRAININGS, WHICH ARE SENT TO US, UH VIA POWERPOINT BY THE STATE, UH, TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. WE DO VIDEOS AND THEN AFTER ACTION REPORTS, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFTER ACTION REPORTS, WE NOT ONLY GO OUT WE NOT ONLY DEBRIEF EVERY TYPE OF CALL WE GO ON, BUT EVERY TYPE OF CALL ANY OFFICER IN THE NATION GOES ON. WE FEEL HAS A EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO IT. AND THEN ALL THESE CONCEPTS. AS I SAID BEFORE, UH, IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR ANNUAL TRAINING, MOST SCENARIOS WE DEVELOP INVOLVE ACROSS THE SITUATIONS OR SUBJECTS AND THEN I WON'T READ ALL THIS. BUT PATROL TACTICS IS ONE OF OUR CUTTING EDGE TRAININGS, WHICH IS SCENARIO BASED, AND WE PUT ALL OF OUR OFFICERS THROUGH THAT AND THEN ACTIVE ATTACK. WELL THAT KIND OF SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND PUSH VERSUS HOLD CONCEPTS. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE, UH PLACE ON PUSH VERSUS HOLD AND THAT IS I WILL DISCUSS IT IN A MINUTE. BUT A DECISION MAKING MODEL THAT EVERY OFFICER GOES THROUGH AND CONSIDERS MANY FACTORS TO DETERMINE. IS THIS SOMETHING I NEED TO PUSH ON? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO HOLD ON TO ENSURE SAFETY? AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING, AND THAT IS ALSO, UH, SCENARIO BASED TRAINING BUT ON PLATFORM A VIRTUAL REALITY. SO WHEN DID YOU GET THAT VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING? WELL DID YOU SAY WHEN? WHEN DID Y'ALL GET THAT? WE'VE HAD, UH MODELS OF IT BEFORE. BUT UH, AS YOU KNOW, VIRTUAL REALITY IS TAKING A HUGE LEAP. SO UH, WE JUST GOT IT UP AND RUNNING THIS YEAR AND THAT WAS PURCHASED THROUGH A GRANT. I RECALL THAT BECAUSE HE YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA WANT US ALL. COME TAKE A RUN ON IT. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. WE JUST WE TESTED IT OUT ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL THE OTHER NIGHT, SO WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT RUNNING IT. WHEN WE RESPOND TO A MENTAL HEALTH CALL, UH WE USE SAFETY PRIORITIES AS OUR DECISION MAKING MODEL AND NOT TO GET INTO THE WHOLE MODEL. BUT THE INNOCENT PEOPLE WHICH WE SAY ARE YOU KNOW WITNESSES, BYSTANDERS AND VICTIMS AND THEN ALSO THAT GOES INTO US TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT IS OUR GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST IN THIS CALL, SO NOT ONLY IS THERE A CRISIS GOING ON, BUT DOES IT WARRANT OUR INVOLVEMENT OR HOW MUCH OF OUR INVOLVEMENT DOES IT WARRANT? SO WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO DEFINE AND REDEFINE AS THE CALL GOES ON OUR GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST. SO TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES UNIT. THIS UNIT IS CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF A SERGEANT WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE TO OFFICERS AND TWO CIVILIANS, ONE OF WHICH IS IN ATTENDANCE. ONE OF OUR CIVILIANS IS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR AND THE OTHER IS A LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER.

UH, THEY DO PROVIDE DUAL RESPONSE. I KNOW THAT HAS, UH, BEEN A QUESTION IN THE PAST, IF THEY'RE ON DUTY, AND THEY HEAR THE CALL COME OUT, OR IF WE REACH OUT TO THEM, THEY WILL RESPOND. UH, IF THERE IS NO THREAT OF DANGER AND NO WEAPONS INVOLVED, AND THAT'S OF COURSE, THE CIVILIAN ASPECT OF THE UNIT. THEY ALSO FOLLOW UP ON WELFARE CHECKS AND EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDERS THAT PATROL GO OUT ON AND THEY TRY TO PROVIDE BACK IN RESOURCES SO THAT, UH, THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS THAN CALLING 911 IN THE FUTURE. THEY TEND CLT CONFERENCES, AND THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH THE LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY TO HELP DIVERT INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS TO THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES. AND, OF COURSE, THEY ASSIST OUR TRAINING UNIT IN MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR OFFICERS ARE TRAINED IN HOW BEST TO RESPOND TO CRISIS SITUATION. THE SIZE OF THE CS U UNIT IS

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MINIMAL COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF MENTAL HEALTH CALLS THAT WE HAVE CITYWIDE, BUT WE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY IN IN. RIGHT NOW. GROWING THAT UNIT, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY BY ABOUT 100. SO SOME OF THE LOCAL RESOURCES WE HAVE, AND I WON'T READ ALL THESE OUT. BUT THE INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WE HAVE, UH YOU CAN SEE UP THERE AS WELL AS SOME OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. AND THEN OTHER RESOURCES IN OUR AREA ARE FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HOMELESSNESS, LOSS, SUPPORT, BEHAVIORAL AND THEN, OF COURSE, CROSSES HOTLINES. AND AT LEAST HALF OF THESE RESOURCES ARE LOCATED WITHIN OUR CITY. AND THEN FINALLY, I WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOME NUMBERS. A PAL AND EDO ARE THE SAME THING. A PAL SENDS FOR APPREHENSION BY A POLICE OFFICER WITHOUT A WARRANT. ED MEANS EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDER, BUT IT'S BASICALLY TAKING CUSTODY OF SOMEBODY WITHOUT A WARRANT AND TAKING THEM BEFORE A DOCTOR OR A MAGISTRATE. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS YEAR BY YEAR SINCE 2020 OF THOSE, UH AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE A SPIKE DURING THE QUARANTINE COVID YEARS. UH, SUICIDES IS A THIS IS SUCCESSFUL SUICIDES YEAR BY YEAR AND THEN ATTEMPTS SO EVEN THOUGH OUR COMPLETED SUICIDES IN 2023 DIPPED, YOU CAN SEE THE ATTEMPTS KIND OF KIND OF ROSE. AN INTERESTING FACT IS WE RECEIVED OVER 600 RESPONDED TO 1600 MENTAL HEALTH RELATED CALLS IN 2023. WE COMPLETED 460 A PALS OR EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDERS. AND THEN THE CS U UNIT HAS FOLLOWED UP, UH, ON OVER 200 OF THOSE CALLS, AND I AM PROUD TO SAY OUT OF THOSE 1600 CALLS FORCE WAS ONLY USED FOUR TIMES. WHICH SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT NOT ONLY THE WAY THE OFFICERS CONDUCT THESE CALLS, BUT USE OR DEESCALATING TECHNIQUES AND TRY TO GAIN COMPLIANCE VOLUNTARILY. AND THEN FOLLOW-UPS ON THESE CALLS EACH YEAR ARE BASED ON SEVERAL CRITERIA SUCH AS THE SEVERITY OF THE CRISIS, THE AGE AND THE ONGOING POLICE CONTACT SO REPEAT CUSTOMERS. SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. CHIEF, SO GLAD YOU SHARED THOSE NUMBERS WITH US. AND SPECIFICALLY THAT LAST LINE.

ONLY FOUR OF THESE ENCOUNTERS RESULTED IN THE USE OF FORCE FOR 2023. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STATEMENT. THAT IS ABOUT, UM, THE PREPAREDNESS OF OUR OFFICERS AND COMING ON THE SCENE.

INCIDENTS. AND HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO HANDLE IT IN A WAY THAT AND AS SUCH A TEENY TINY PERCENTAGE. AND END UP HAVING TO USE FORCE. SO IMPRESSIVE. I WOULD AGREE, SIR. SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A MEMBER OF FIVE MEMBER TEAM ON THE CS U. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, AND IT'S MADE UP OF THREE SWORN AND TWO CIVILIAN IN THE PERFECT WORLD. GIVEN THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHOW ON THE LAST SLIDE, WHAT WOULD THAT THE SIZE OF THAT TEAM BE? WELL WE ARE ADDING TWO SWORN CURRENTLY. UH AND I THINK THAT WILL GET US PRETTY CLOSE TO ADEQUATE ON FOLLOW UPS.

OBVIOUSLY THE MORE PEOPLE WE HAVE THE MORE FOLLOW UPS WE CAN DO, UH AND THEN TO GET TO A 24 HOUR UNIT. IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE GO WOULD BE SOME WAYS DOWN THE ROAD. OK, THANK YOU. AND JOE. UH, LINE UNDERNEATH THAT CHART SAYS WE RECEIVED OVER 1600 MENTAL HEALTH RELATED CALLS OR THOSE COMING IN SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR ARE WE RESPONDING TO AN AVERAGE CALL? UH, THAT WE NEED OFFICERS. AND THEN THE OFFICERS ARE MAKING THE DETERMINATION THAT IT'S MENTAL HEALTH AND ALSO, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SAY, JOE, THAT IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TASK IN FRONT OF YOU TO DETERMINE WHERE ARE WE AT MENTAL HEALTH? AND WHERE ARE WE? A CRIME? AND I FEEL FOR YOU AND ALL OF YOUR OFFICERS BEING OUT THERE IF IT'S NOT OBVIOUS FOR YOU UH, THAT YOU BRING UP A GREAT POINT. VERY FEW . IF ANY, AT ALL OF THESE 1600 CALLS COME IN AS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, OR I HAVE A LOVED ONE WHO'S HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. THEY COME IN. ALL VARIOUS TYPES, WHETHER SUSPICIOUS PERSONS SENDING OUT 7-ELEVEN OR SOMEONE PACING BACK AND FORTH WITH A KNIFE OR SOMEONE CRYING. IT CAN BE A WELFARE CONCERN. SO, YES, WE CAPTURE THAT 1600 NUMBER BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THERE, AND AFTER INVESTIGATION AND CONCLUSION, WE CAN LOOK BACK AND SAY THIS WAS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. WHICH IS WHY IT'S INCUMBENT UPON EVERY OFFICER TO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH SKILLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA ENCOUNTER WHEN THEY'RE RESPONDING TO THAT CALL, SO WE'RE WE HAVE TO MAKE 100% OF OUR RESPONDING OFFICERS EQUIPPED WITH HANDLING MENTAL HEALTH CALLS. MENTAL HEALTH. I

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MEAN, EVEN IF YOU'RE ALL ULTIMATELY TRAINED IN YOU'RE STILL NOT GOING TO GET 100% OF THEM BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW. AND SO, UH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP FOR ME RECENTLY WAS A CASE OUT OF MCKINNEY. WHERE A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS 17 HE HAD ASSAULTED HIS FATHER. UH, AND THERE WAS A HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH. FATHER AND GRANDPARENTS AND SON, AND IT WAS KNOWN AT LEAST TO ME TO BE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, AND THIS YOUNG MAN IS GOING TO WIND UP. HAD WARRANT ISSUED FOR HIM. HE'S WINDING UP AND GOING THROUGH THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO APPOINT COUNSEL TO REPRESENT HIM BECAUSE HE'S IN THE GENT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP THE DAS TIME.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP THE COURT STAND. THAT MEANS THE COURT REPORTER THE BAILIFF AND EVERYBODY ELSE OUT THERE ON STAFF. THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR IT TO FIX A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CALLED YOU ABOUT ON THIS ISSUE IS HOW CAN WE BETTER EDUCATE OUR OFFICERS TO WHERE? WE'RE REDUCING THE ROLE OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

UH BY GETTING MORE PEOPLE QUICKER INTO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. A AND THAT'S NOT ONE THAT YOU'RE IF YOU'RE GONNA ANSWER IT TODAY, I WOULD BE VERY IMPRESSED. WE'RE GONNA NEED A SOLUTION TODAY, CHIEF WELL, WE DO NOT GET TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION ON THE SCENE OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS CRIME WAS COMMITTED IN A DEFENSE TO PROSECUTION WOULD BE A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN. BUT LIKE I DO KNOW ON THE SPECIFIC CALL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SERGEANT BEST WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE HERE TODAY GOT INVOLVED AND MADE SURE THAT I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO A MENTAL HEALTH JUDGE TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THAT CHILD, SO IT'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL HAND HOLDING WHEN THOSE CASES ARISE THAT DO NOT FIT THE NORM OR HAVE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND JUST FOR AS YOU CERTIFICATION. COLLIN COUNTY DOES NOW HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH COURT AND IT'S OPERATED BY JENNIFER EDGEWORTH HAS JUST BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A WHILE, AND I ACTUALLY APPLIED TO GET THAT YOUNG MAN IN. HE'D BE ONE OF THEIR FIRST CANDIDATES THERE, BUT I THINK THERE'S A VERY, VERY SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY FOR THE COUNTY. UH FOR THE STATE, I IF WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB AT THAT, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU GUYS AREN'T DOING A GOOD JOB. IT'S JUST IF YOU GUYS CAN TELL US HOW WE CAN MAKE IT. FOR I WOULD LOVE TO DO IT AND SAVE THE TAX DOLLARS. YES, SIR. TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT CHARLIE WAS ASKING THERE.

ASK IT A DIFFERENT WAY, LIKE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE WHO EITHER RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S SOME SOME ISSUE THAT IS PERCOLATING OR DEVELOPING, BUT IT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY. HOW DO THEY ACCESS RESOURCES? I MEAN, YOU. YOU LISTED A BUNCH OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT RESOURCES UP THERE, AND WE HAVE PUBLICLY FUNDED RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COUNTY. IN TERMS OF I GUESS WE DO SOME WRAP AROUND. HANDOFFS INTO THOSE AGENCIES AFTER WE KNOW ABOUT THEM HOW TO HOW TO CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THOSE RESOURCES BEFORE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM OR BEFORE Y'ALL ARE INVOLVED. OK BEFORE WE ARE INVOLVED. I MEAN, UH, ANYBODY CAN REACH OUT EITHER IN PERSON OR PHONE TO LIKE A LIFE PATH, WHICH IS THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, AND THEY BOTH SERVICE BOTH INSURED AND INDIGENT. UH AND WE'LL TAKE ANYBODY THAT'S REACHING OUT FOR HELP. UH, AND THEN. WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE IF THEY DO NOT KNOW OF ANY RESOURCES TO CALL US AND WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES UNIT PROVIDE THEM WITH WHATEVER RESOURCES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT THEY'RE FACING. UM AS FAR AS THE ADVERTISING FOR LIFE PATH. I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO I MEAN, I. I GUESS THEY COULD INCREASE THEIR ADVERTISING OR THEIR PHONE NUMBER, BUT IT'S A IT'S A WEIRD SITUATION WHERE WE'RE WE'VE GOT FUNDING. PROVIDED BY ONE LAYER OF GOVERNMENT DELIVERY THAT'S DISTRIBUTED BY ONE LAYER OF GOVERNMENT AND ULTIMATELY THE CITY WHO'S LEFT WITH THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE SYSTEMS AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE SYSTEMS. AND SO I'LL END UP HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE KIND OF FAILURES THAT EXIST IN THAT SYSTEM BEFORE IT SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO GO IN A LOT OF CASES.

SOME CASES ARE EMERGENCIES. AND THE MORE WE CAN DIVERT. THOSE AND BE A ADVERTISER FOR THAT PREVENTATIVE CARE. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD HELP IN REDUCING SOME OF THESE ENCOUNTERS THAT WE HAVE. WHERE PEOPLE MAY REACH OUT TO EMERGENCY LINE BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO. AND IT'S AT A TIME WHERE THEY CAN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE AND IT'S JUST REACHED THE LEVEL WHERE YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S AN ADULT THAT THEY CAN'T CONTROL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY'VE JUST GOTTEN TO A

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POINT WHERE THEY NEED SOME SORT OF HELP, AND THE POLICE EMERGENCY LINE IS THE EASIEST ONE TO CALL AND IS THE EASIEST BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE LAST STEPS THAT SOMEONE WILL TAKE. USUALLY BY THE TIME WE ARE CALLED THINGS HAVE ESCALATED TO SUCH A POINT THAT, UH WELL, WE ALL KNOW WHAT POINT IT CAN ESCALATE TO, BUT, UH, I DO THINK PEOPLE ARE MORE HESITANT TO CALL THE POLICE THAN THEY WOULD BE A RESOURCE. THAT'S NON POLICE. BUT YES, GETTING THEM. THE NUMBER TO THAT, OR YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHO'S NEEDING THE NUMBER IS A CHALLENGE. BUT I MEAN, WE'VE. WE KIND OF I KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AS A PUBLIC INFORMATION SHARING ITEM BECAUSE THE MENTAL HEALTH IS A. COMPLEX ISSUE THAT IS CLOUDED IN SHAME AND UM, UNKNOWN AND. YOU KNOW, THE MORE WE CAN BE OPEN ABOUT. YOU KNOW WHERE? WHERE HELP IS ACCESSIBLE. WHAT YOU SHOULD YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR THAT HELP, THEN THE LESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SITUATIONS.

WHERE THERE IS EMERGENCY AND THERE IS NEED FOR THROUGH THESE TYPES OF ACTIONS, AND SO, UM 11.

OTHER UM. BECAUSE SOMEWHAT SPECIFIC CASE, BUT WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF YOU. YOU YOU RESPOND TO AND DEAL WITH A LOT OF HOMELESS POPULATION THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED BEFORE. OUR COURT SYSTEM. WILL TURN RIGHT AROUND AND BRING BACK OUT. UM IN TERMS OF SOMEBODY WHO'S HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR HAS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS THAT ENDS UP IN A COUNTY JAIL? OR A SENTENCE FOR A LONGER TERM, BUT THEN AS REINTRODUCED OR RELEASED IN SOME WAY, OR IS THERE IS THERE ASSISTANCE THAT IS GIVEN TO THEM THROUGH THE COUNTY OR THROUGH THE STATE. IN TERMS OF THAT REINTRODUCTION LIKE. SO FIRST LET ME SAY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE MY AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I DID TRY TO, UH SEEK SOME EDUCATION ON THAT IN FASHION TODAY, UH, IF SOMEONE IS INCARCERATED, ABSENT A COURT ORDER, THEY DO NOT FORFEIT THEIR RIGHT TO DENY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. BUT IF THEY'RE WILLING TO RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND OF COURSE THEY HAVE SOME OF THAT WITHIN THE JAIL, AND WE DID CONFIRM THIS AFTERNOON THAT PRIOR TO RELEASE THEY CAN BASICALLY PRIOR TO BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL HAVE THEIR FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH, SAY, LIFE PATH. BUT THEN, OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO GO. THERE'S THE FOLLOW UP. BUT I, I DO THINK THERE ARE RESOURCES THERE. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS A STRUCTURED PROGRAM BECAUSE ONCE THEY'VE BEEN RELEASED FOR THEIR, UH, PUNISHMENT FOR WHATEVER CRIME THEY COMMITTED, THEN AGAIN, IT'S UP TO THEM TO SEEK OUT THAT HELP. OR TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON IT. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU.

ASSUME IT RIGHT IF WE HOLD THE COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES UNTIL THE MEETING RIGHT? SO WE WILL

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 55 107 1.

CONSULTATIONS WITH THE ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSIONS, SPECIAL SESSION OR REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION OF OR DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS SECTION 551 087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRO TIM AND I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN. SECOND THAT MOTION. IN FAVOR. AYE. AS COUNCILMAN AT LARGE. OKAY?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Feb 20, 2024 City Council Work Session

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