[CALL TO ORDER]
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          BASKETBALL. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND IT IS 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE'RE AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. PUBLIC COMMENTS I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO WE'LL MOVE TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS FOR TONIGHT'S REGULAR MEETING. IF ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAS A AN ITEM THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH STAFF PRIOR TO. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR 
          [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, 2024]
WORK SESSION. ITEM 252441. CONSIDER DISCUSS THE ANNUAL AUDITS RESULTS AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE FEDERAL STATE SINGLE AUDIT REPORTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHANCELLOR MILLER, ACCOUNTING MANAGER. I HAVE A WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE RESULTS OF OUR 2024 ANNUAL AUDIT. PER CHARTER, WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO HAVE AN EXTERNAL AUDITING FIRM. AUDIT OUR FINANCIALS. AND WEAVER HAS BEEN OUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. WEAVER ALSO LED THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 4TH, WHERE THEY DID A SIMILAR PRESENTATION TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. WHICH ALLOWED A LITTLE BIT MORE DIALOG. BUT WE'LL YOU'LL GET A SIMILAR PRESENTATION TODAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT STAFF, WHERE THIS TAKES ABOUT FOUR MONTHS FOR US TO CLOSE OUT THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE'RE ALSO HAVING TO DO OUR DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES AS WELL. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THEM A LOT FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DO. AND TO PRESENT THIS CLEAN AUDIT THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING TODAY. 
          AND SAYING THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME CLAIRE WOOTEN, WHO IS A DIRECTOR AT WEAVER, AND SHE'LL BE LEADING THE PRESENTATION TODAY. SO THEY ARE. THANK YOU. CHANCE. HELLO. I AM HERE TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS CLAIRE WOODEN AND I AM A DIRECTOR WITH WEAVER. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE FISCAL 2024 FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT. SO JENNIFER RIPKA IS THE PARTNER ON THE ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN I AM THE DIRECTOR ALSO OVERSEEING THE DAY TO DAY SERVICES. AS WE'RE HERE IN THE DURING OUR FIELD WORK AND AS WE WRAP UP THE AUDIT AND PREPARE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO OUR AUDIT PROCESS, WE PERFORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS, GENERALLY ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AS WELL. WE ALSO PERFORM A SINGLE AUDIT, WHICH IS AN AUDIT OF YOUR FEDERAL AWARDS. AND THAT AUDIT IS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIFORM GUIDANCE AS WELL AS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GRANT MANAGEMENT STANDARDS. SO WE COVER BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE IN THAT SINGLE AUDIT. WE ALSO PERFORM A NUMBER OF COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES. AND THE LARGEST ONE OF THOSE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT. SO THAT'S MAKING SURE ALL OF YOUR INVESTMENTS ARE FOLLOWED UNDER YOUR INVESTMENT POLICY. THE INVESTMENT OFFICERS HAVE THEIR REQUIRED TRAINING. THIS IS A QUICK TIMELINE OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES. IT'S REALLY A YEAR ROUND PROCESS, BUT WE START THE INITIAL AUDIT PLANNING STAGE. WE'RE LOOKING OVER NEW STANDARDS THAT HAVE COME OUT, HOW THEY WOULD AFFECT THE CITY. WE'RE COMING OUT AND PERFORMING INTERIM FIELDWORK PROCEDURES IN SEPTEMBER WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS. WE'RE TALKING WITH MANAGEMENT. WE'RE PERFORMING FRAUD INQUIRIES. AND THEN IN THE FINAL FIELDWORK STAGE IN DECEMBER, THOSE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. WE'RE ABLE TO COME OUT AND TEST THOSE THOSE DOLLARS, THOSE BALANCES. AND WE WRAP UP THE AUDIT AND WE MEET WITH AUDIT COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY. AND THEN WE'RE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT. 
          SO WE HAVE NO CHANGES TO OUR ORIGINAL PLANNED AUDIT SCOPE AND RISKS THAT WE SET AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR PLANNING STAGE. WE IDENTIFY IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION AS A SIGNIFICANT RISK, BUT KNOWING THAT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK REALLY ANYWHERE YOU GO. REVENUE BEING WHAT'S ADDED TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS EACH YEAR, THAT IS REALLY CONSIDERED A SIGNIFICANT RISK AT MOST AUDIT ENTITIES THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE ISSUED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE OH, I'M SORRY, THIS THE IT WE ARE PRESENTING A DRAFT TO YOU TODAY. WE ARE REALLY ONLY MISSING THE LEGAL LETTER TO GIVE OUR FINAL BUY OFF. AND THEN WE WILL WE WILL BE ISSUING AT THAT POINT IN TIME. SO WE HAVE NOT ISSUED AND WE WILL BE ISSUING AN UNMODIFIED AUDIT REPORT OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AN UNMODIFIED, UNMODIFIED AUDIT REPORT OVER INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE. THAT'S REQUIRED BY UNIFORM GUIDANCE IN THE TEXAS GRANT MANAGEMENT STANDARDS. SO THAT'S YOUR STATE AND FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT. AND THEN THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT. WE IDENTIFIED NO UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS WHICH THOSE ARE MISSTATEMENTS THAT ARE SMALL ENOUGH WHERE WE CAN PASS AND SAY THEY'RE SMALL, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PASS ON THOSE. 
          WE IDENTIFIED NONE OF THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN WE ALSO IDENTIFIED NO SIGNIFICANT 
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DEFICIENCIES, NO MATERIAL ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEN NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AS WELL. 
          THERE ARE NO INDEPENDENCE MATTERS TO REPORT TO YOU. SO WE'RE INDEPENDENT AS A FIRM AND THEN INDEPENDENT AS AN AUDIT TEAM. AND THEN AS OF THE DATE OF THESE COMMUNICATIONS AND AS OF TODAY, THERE'S NO OTHER LETTERS THAT WE'VE ISSUED. THERE'S NO OTHER INTERNAL CONTROL LETTERS OR ANY OTHER REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE TO YOU. SO LIKE I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE RISK OF IMPROPER REVENUE RECOGNITION AS A RISK. THAT BEING THAT THE SECOND SECTION WHERE WE REALLY COVER CHARGES FOR SERVICES. THE BIGGEST PART BEING IN YOUR WATER AND SEWER FUND, WHERE YOU HAVE LOTS OF TINY INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTIONS BEING MOSTLY IN UTILITY BILLING. WHERE WE SELECT A NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS TO, TO TEST THOSE. AND THEN ALSO IN YOUR AIRPORT FUND, AND THEN ALSO WITH YOUR GRANTS, BOTH THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE SIDE, WE'RE TESTING A NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT WE PERFORM OVER THE FEDERAL AWARDS AND STATE AWARDS FOR THE SINGLE AUDIT. AND THEN THE FIRST SECTION UP AT THE TOP IS MANAGEMENT OVERRIDE OF INTERNAL CONTROLS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S A RISK THAT WE REALLY SEE WITH ALL AUDIT CLIENTS. AND THAT'S WE GET OR WE GET THROUGH THAT RISK BY DOING JOURNAL ENTRY TESTING INCORPORATING ELEMENTS OF UNPREDICTABILITY. AND THEN THE REVIEW OF MANAGEMENT BIAS. SO WE LOOK AT ESTIMATES AND WE ENSURE THAT THOSE ESTIMATES HAVE PROPER DOCUMENTATION BEHIND THEM A METHODOLOGY. AND THERE IS NO MANAGEMENT BIAS INSERTED ON THOSE. FOR YOUR SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES. THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES THAT THE CITY HAS. THE CITY DID IMPLEMENT GATSBY 100, WHICH WAS THE LATEST ONE TO BE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR, BUT IT DID NOT HAVE A FINANCIAL STATEMENT. IMPACT ON THE CITY. AND THEN FOR YOUR SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES, WHERE I TALKED ABOUT HOW WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO MANAGEMENT BIAS INSERTED ON THOSE ESTIMATES, THE LARGEST ONES BEING YOUR IBNR OR YOUR INCURRED BUT NOT REPORTED LIABILITIES. THOSE ARE YOUR CLAIMS OR WORKERS HEALTH CLAIMS OR WORKERS COMP. AND THEN ALSO YOUR PENSION AND OPEB LIABILITIES. BOTH OF THOSE ARE DETERMINED BY ACTUARIES AND THE INFORMATION AND WHAT'S REPORTED ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AGREES. EXACTLY. BACK TO THOSE ACTUARIAL REPORTS. SO MANAGEMENT COULD NOT HAVE INSERTED THEIR BIAS. FOR THOSE. THIS IS A LITTLE BRIEF UPDATE OF GATSBY 100. IT REALLY WOULD ONLY HAVE AN EFFECT ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IF YOU HAD LARGE ERRORS TO CORRECT, YOU WOULD HAVE A FOOTNOTE DESCRIBING THOSE ERRORS OR LARGE FINANCIAL STATEMENT CHANGES WHERE WE'D REALLY HAVE TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND BRING THEM TO YOUR ATTENTION. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT OR UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS NOTED DURING THE YEAR THAT DID NOT HAVE GATSBY GUIDANCE OR PROPER BACKGROUND OR SUPPORT FROM YOU GUYS, AND WE DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY SUSPECTED OR ALLEGED FRAUD. AND THEN THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED DURING THE AUDIT. MANAGEMENT WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN TIMELY GETTING EVERYTHING WE NEEDED ON TIME SO THAT WE COULD MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH AND GET THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REPORTED TO YOU ALL. AND THEN WE HAD NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT AS WELL. THERE WERE NO ITEMS WHERE WE JUST COULD NOT COME TO A CONCLUSION. AND THEN LASTLY, ONCE WE ARE READY TO ISSUE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE WILL OBTAIN WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS FROM MANAGEMENT. AND THAT IS WHERE THEY'RE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. LETTING US KNOW THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED. LASTLY, WE ARE NOT AWARE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS. SO BASICALLY, IF WE HAD BAD NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY AND THEY CHOSE TO GO WITH ANOTHER FIRM THAT WILL GIVE THEM GOOD NEWS. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THAT BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY GOOD NEWS TO REPORT IN THIS YEAR'S RESULTS. AND THEN LASTLY, THERE ARE NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT MATTERS, FINDINGS OR ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. ALL I KNOW THAT WAS A QUICK PRESENTATION, BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT. I WANTED TO THANK YOU, CLAIRE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM. YOU'VE BEEN WITH US FOR FIVE YEARS NOW. I REALLY ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT AND CALL OUT CHANCE MILLER AND TRUDY MATHIS BOTH. THEY DO OUTSTANDING WORK. CHANCE, IS THIS YOUR FIRST FULL YEAR OF THE AUDIT OR DID YOU DO IT LAST YEAR TOO? I MEAN, SORT OF TAKING IT ALL UNDER YOUR WING. YEAH, PAST TWO YEARS. SO HE'S REALLY KIND OF. TRUDY IS THE CONTROLLER IN MANY RESPECTS. SHE DOES AN AMAZING JOB AS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, BUT CHANCE IS REALLY PUT HIS MARK ON IT AS WELL, TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE REALLY HAVE NO REPORTABLE 
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CONDITIONS AND YOU HAVE A CLEAN AUDIT LIKE THIS FOR AN ORGANIZATION OUR SIZE. THAT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE. AND I JUST WANTED TO THEY DON'T GET THEY WORK IN THE ENGINE ROOM AS I SAY IT. THEY YOU KNOW, IN THE SORT OF MAKING THE CITY WORK AND OPERATE FINANCIALLY AND THEY DON'T GET THE CREDIT OFTENTIMES. BUT THEY I WANTED TO GIVE THEM A PAT ON THE BACK FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO. AND YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 252442 UPDATE ON FIRE 
          [Update on Fire Department Deployment in Response to California Wildfires]
DEPARTMENT DEPLOYMENT AND RESPONSE TO CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES. CHIEF. THANK. MAYOR. 
          MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WE'VE GOT A TREMENDOUS. WELL LAST MONTH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD THOSE HORRIFIC FIRES DOWN IN CALIFORNIA AND THEY NEEDED SOME HELP. THEY REACHED OUT TO THE STATE. THE STATE WAS ABLE TO OFFER SOME ASSISTANCE. WE SENT ONE OF OUR TEAMS WITH A STRIKE TEAM OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE METRO AREA TO ASSIST THEM. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BATTALION CHIEF BEN JONES, WHO IS ONE OF THE MEMBERS THAT DID ATTEND. AND HE CAN GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR DEPLOYMENT. THANKS, CHIEF. BEFORE I GET START ON THIS, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO MISTER GRIMES, YOUR COMMENTS ON THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND CHANCE AND THEIR TEAM. I WORKED REALLY CLOSE WITH THOSE THAT THEY OVERSEE WITH WITH THE EMS BILLING AS WELL AS THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS. AND I'LL TELL YOU, THEY REALLY GOT THEIR ACT TOGETHER. THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND THEY'RE VERY THOROUGH. AND AGAIN, I JUST LIKE TO ECHO YOUR PUBLIC PAT ON THE BACK. I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY HOW THEY HELP US KEEP MOVING FORWARD. SO WITH THAT, WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS COMING IN. SO WE APPRECIATE THEM. SO I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A BACKGROUND REGARDING THIS DEPLOYMENT. BACK IN BACK IN 2024, I CAME AND VISITED WITH YOU WITH CAPTAIN COSTA, AND WE TALKED ABOUT OUR TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM, OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS THAT CONSIST OF WILDLAND TECH, RESCUE, SWIFT WATER. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS TO THAT. THIS THIS ONE JUST IS ONE ARM OF WHAT OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS DO. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE AN ASSET TO THE STATE. AND NOT ONLY AND THE REGION AND ALSO THE COUNTRY, AS YOU CAN SEE, GOING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST COAST TO HELP OUT. SO WITH THAT, ON JANUARY 7TH, THERE WAS A HORRIBLE FIRE THAT STARTED IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS JUST ABOVE SANTA MONICA. NOT QUITE SURE WHAT STARTED IT YET. THEY HAVE A LOT OF SPECULATIONS, BUT I WON'T GET INTO THAT. IT WAS DRIVEN BY RED FLAG WARNINGS. WE HAD EXCESSIVE DROUGHT. THEY HAD NOT HAD A DROP OF RAIN SINCE APRIL OF LAST YEAR. THEY HAD WIND GUSTS OF, THE SANTA ANA WINDS FROM 80 TO 90 MILE AN HOUR. THEY HAD EXCESSIVE FUEL LOADS AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE CONDITIONS WERE JUST RIGHT FOR A TERRIBLE THING TO, TO TAKE PLACE, WHICH IS JUST WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 8TH. 
          WITHIN ONE DAY, IT HAD GROWN OVER TO 11,000 ACRES. OVER 2000 FIREFIGHTERS WERE ASSIGNED TO THIS FIRE. MOST OF THOSE WERE REGIONAL AND CAL FIRE ASSETS. BY JANUARY 9TH, OVER 1300 STRUCTURES HAD BEEN DESTROYED. THE MAJORITY OF THESE ALL RIGHT IN THE PALISADES NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IF ANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA, THESE ARE HIGH DOLLAR HOMES. THE LAND VALUE ITSELF WILL PROBABLY PUT THIS FIRE AS THE MOST COSTLY FIRE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, JUST BECAUSE OF THE DESTRUCTION THAT TOOK PLACE. AND THEN ON JANUARY 10TH, THE FIRE GREW OVER TO 20,000 ACRES. AND THIS THIS RIGHT HERE IS, IS A MAP OF THE OVERLAY OF THE FIRE ITSELF. AND YOU SEE RIGHT DOWN HERE IN THIS AREA, THIS IS THE PALISADES AREA, LA OVER HERE, OBVIOUSLY MALIBU, ALL OF THIS UP HERE, VERY, VERY STEEP TERRAIN AND A VERY DIFFICULT TO FIGHT FIRES IN. IF YOU TAKE THIS SAME MAP AND YOU CAN THANKS TO SOME OF OUR WONDERFUL FACEBOOK SLEUTHS, THEY FOUND THIS PICTURE. I COULDN'T FIND A BETTER ONE. SO YOU GET THE IDEA THOUGH. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THAT FIRE AND PUT IT OVER THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY INTERESTING PICTURE TO JUST TO SHOW YOU THE SIZE AND COMPARE IT TO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH. OBVIOUSLY NOT THE LARGEST FIRE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY, BUT DEFINITELY VERY, VERY DESTRUCTIVE. SO HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED ALL THE WAY OUT HERE FROM TEXAS? THERE'S A THING CALLED AN EMAC EMERGENCY MUTUAL AID COMPACT, AND THIS IS DIRECTED BY THE GOVERNORS OF EACH STATE THROUGH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENTS. AND IT'S A REQUEST FOR HELP. IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WILL PAY THEIR BILLS. IF YOU'LL SEND HELP, THIS EMAC REQUEST OVER A THOUSAND ENGINES AND 1400 FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TEXAS RECEIVED THIS EMAC ON JANUARY 9TH AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR AVAILABILITY. FIVE STRIKE TEAMS WERE ULTIMATELY ASSIGNED, WITH OVER 140 FIREFIGHTERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE. A STRIKE TEAM CONSISTS OF FIVE ENGINES THAT ARE THAT ARE LIKE, WE SEND OUR TYPE THREE FIRE ENGINE, WHICH IS THAT LARGE WHITE ONE THAT YOU SEE IN ALL THE PICTURES. THAT IS, IT HAS A PUMP AND ROLL CAPABILITIES, AND 
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IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO STRUCTURAL PROTECTION AS OPPOSED TO A TYPE SIX LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE OUT AT THE AIRPORT. THAT ONE IS MORE OF AN AGGRESSIVE ATTACK, DOESN'T CARRY AS MUCH WATER, BUT CAN GET INTO DIFFERENT PLACES. THEY HAD A VERY SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR TYPE THREE ENGINES. ON JANUARY 11TH, OUR STRIKE TEAM ASSEMBLED OUT IN BOWIE, TEXAS. WE WOULD CONSIST OF PARKER COUNTY, GREENVILLE, ALLEN, DALLAS, FRISCO, AND OF COURSE, US. YOU SEE, IT'S A IT'S A BIG, BIG CONGLOMERATE OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SKILLS, DIFFERENT ASSETS, BUT ALL THE SAME DESIRE TO GO AND HELP YOU IMAGINE 1400 MILES AND THAT TRUCK, MY CHIROPRACTOR THANKS ME FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO. 
          THAT'S NOT A LOT OF FUN TO TRAVEL THERE, BUT THE EXCITEMENT DOES NOT. THE EXCITEMENT OF GOING HELPS US GET THROUGH THAT, THAT THAT TWO DAYS TRAVEL. IT IS IT IS A BRUTAL 30 HOURS DAY ONE. 
          WE STOPPED JUST THIS SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE. FREEZING TEMPERATURES HIT THE HOTEL UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING. GRAB A QUICK BITE AND WE'RE BACK ON THE ROAD. WE STOPPED IN BEAUMONT, CALIFORNIA. THAT WAS THE END OF THE ROAD FOR OUR INITIAL TRAVEL. WHEN WE GET THERE IS WHEN WE HAVE A FULL D.O.T INSPECTION. THEY HAVE GROUND CREW ON SITE THAT GO OVER THAT ENGINE FRONT TO BACK, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING IN VIOLATION, FIRST OF ALL, AND SECOND OF ALL, THAT EVERYTHING IS OPERATING PROPERLY. THEY DO THAT SO THAT THEY CAN OF COURSE BE LIABLE. 
          BUT THEN ALSO THEY THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE LIABLE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, BUT ALSO SO THAT WE CAN OPERATE SAFELY. AND AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR, OUR FLEET DEPARTMENT AND DUANE FARMER AND EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES FOR US, BECAUSE HE PUTS COUNTLESS HOURS INTO MAKING SURE THAT THING'S READY TO ROLL. DUANE TAKES ME NO LESS THAN TEN TIMES WHILE I WAS OUT THERE. 
          HEY, HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? WHAT DO YOU NEED? IS EVERYTHING WORKING? WHEN WE GOT BACK, I SENT HIM A VERY COMPREHENSIVE LIST, BUT EVERYTHING WAS MINOR. AND SO THAT'S A THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THEIR WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO IT. SO DAY ONE, WE GET THERE AND WE SHOW UP TO THE INCIDENT COMMAND POST, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE ON ZUMA BEACH. IF ANYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH IT, YOU THINK OF A COMMAND POST ON ON A BEACH. IT WAS IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE HOW THEY BUILT IT. WE SPENT THE FIRST DAY IN STAGING UNTIL WE CAN MAKE WHAT'S CALLED THE A OR B BE WORKED INTO THE PLAN. AND OUR FIRST REAL ASSIGNMENT WAS DIVISION VICTOR. I WON'T GO THROUGH A DAY BY DAY WITH YOU, BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE TERRAIN WE WERE WORKING IN. EXTREMELY STEEP. THESE HOSE, THESE HOSE LINES WERE PUT HERE BY THE CREWS THAT WERE THERE BEFORE US. THEY WERE LITERALLY TIED OFF TO TREES AT THE TOP. SO YOU'RE GRABBING THAT HOSE, LAYING YOUR HOSE LINE AND YOU'RE PULLING YOURSELF UP. THAT'S HOW STEEP THAT AREA IS. ONCE WE GET UP THERE, WE USE HOSE LINES. WE USE PUMPING RELAYS. WE'RE ABLE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED MOP UP ABOUT 300FT FROM THE FIRE LINE INTO THE FIRE, THAT OUR WHOLE OBJECTIVE WAS TO PUT OUT HOTSPOTS AND TO JUST SOLIDIFY THE HOLDING LINE OF THE FIRE, TO MAKE SURE WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL WINDS, THAT THERE WAS NO SPARKS OR NO FLARE UPS THAT TOOK PLACE. THIS IS A VIEW JUST FROM THE TOP OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS WE WERE WORKING IN. DOWN HERE IS LA. LOTS OF HOMES, LOTS OF WEALTHY HOMES. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE TERRAIN UP THERE WAS WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK IN. BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S WHAT WE CALL MOONSCAPE. IT BURNS SO HOT AND SO FAST THROUGH THERE THAT THERE'S LITERALLY NOTHING LEFT. IT'S REALLY, REALLY A SIGHT TO SEE. YOU SEE, THEY FED US. WELL, THEY OFFER THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS IS A WHAT'S WHAT'S IN A TYPICAL LUNCH SACK. THERE'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO 4000 CALORIES THERE. BUT THEY DO IT BECAUSE WE WORK 24 HOUR SHIFTS. YOU SHOW UP IN THE MORNING, YOU CHECK INTO YOUR DIVISION AT 8 A.M, AND YOU DON'T GET OFF UNTIL 8 A.M. THE NEXT DAY. WE'RE PATROLLING FIRE LINES. AT NIGHT, WE'RE ON SITE. WE'RE AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. WE DON'T RETURN. WE DON'T. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ON THE FIRE LINE. SO THEY GIVE US ENOUGH FOOD TO LAST. I'LL TELL YOU, FOR SOMEONE AS PICKY AS ME, IT'S A SOME OF THAT STUFF. IT REALLY MAKES YOU QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT COSTCO IS SELLING NOWADAYS, BUT BRYCE HERE IS VERY HAPPY. HE'S GOT HIS BUDDIES NEXT TO HIM. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF OUR LUNCH BREAKS TOOK. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE AT A PARK. WE'RE NOT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF WILDERNESS. WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE AT A PARK. THERE'S CONCRETE PAVED ROADS GETTING US EVERYWHERE. WE'RE GOING ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, WE'RE WORKING, AS YOU CAN SEE, IN RUBBLE. WE'RE WORKING IN HOMES. WE'RE WORKING AROUND. THIS IS A CAR, PROBABLY A TESLA. THAT'S ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THEM. IT WAS IT WAS ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION THAT TOOK PLACE. SPEAKING WITH SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE OUT THERE, THEY SAID THAT THE HOMES WERE NOT EXPOSURES, AS WE HERE IN MCKINNEY OFTEN REFER TO A HOME NEXT TO A FIRE. THEY SAID THESE HOMES WERE FUEL. THESE HOMES WERE NO DIFFERENT THAN A CEDAR TREE IN THE PATH OF THE FIRE. BECAUSE THE WINDS WERE SO STRONG, THE FLAMES WERE SO BIG THAT THEY LITERALLY FUELED THE FIRE. ON OUR LAST MORNING, WE 
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WERE THERE. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAKE UP EARLY ENOUGH TO SEE STARLINK ROCKET SHOOT OFF. NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE. ACTUALLY WATCHED THE WHOLE THING HAPPEN. WELL, SOME OF THEM DID THAT WERE AWAKE. BRYCE GOT SOME GREAT PICTURES OF IT AND I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT. IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF A COOL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT. OUR LAST DAY, OUR SECOND TO LAST WORKING DAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND MELANIA CAME TO THE PALISADES TO TOUR IT. THEY STATIONED OR THEY PUT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT FIRE STATION 69 IN THE PALISADES. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY THERE'S NOTHING LEFT AROUND IT BUT THE FIRE STATION. EVERYTHING BURNED. 
          THOSE FIREFIGHTERS THERE WHEN THEY GOT THE CALL LITERALLY SET UP FIRE CURTAINS TO PROTECT THEIR FIRE STATION. I WAS TALKING WITH A DRIVER THAT WAS ON SHIFT THAT DAY, AND AS HE GOT TEARY EYED TELLING THE STORY, I'M LIKE, MAN, THIS IS A SALTY VETERAN. AND IT REALLY, REALLY AFFECTED HIM TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE WORKING SEVEN STRAIGHT DAYS. THEY WORKED 17 HOURS WITHOUT A COMMAND STRUCTURE. WE DON'T WORK THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF A STRUCTURE WITHOUT AN INCIDENT COMMANDER, AND THEY WORK 17 HOURS. THEY SAID IT WAS SO MUCH CHAOS THAT PEOPLE WERE LITERALLY FREELANCING TO DO WHATEVER THEY COULD DO UNTIL SOMETHING COULD OFFICIALLY GET, GET ESTABLISHED. SO MY HEART, MY HAT GOES OFF TO THESE GUYS FOR WHAT THEY DID. THIS SIGN WAS BEHIND THE PRESIDENT DURING THE INITIAL BRIEFING. OF COURSE, HE HE SIGNED IT. THE FIRST LADY SIGNED IT. AND THEN EVERYBODY, ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS AS THEY ROTATED THROUGH STATION 69, A LOT OF GUYS WERE PURCHASING SHIRTS TO HELP THEM OUT AND STUFF. THEY HAVE TO BUY THEIR OWN WASHERS AND DRYERS. THEY HAVE TO BUY THEIR OWN TV, EVERYTHING. SO AGAIN, PRETTY FORTUNATE HERE. MCKINNEY, WHAT WE HAVE. SO EVERYBODY WAS WILLING TO GO IN THERE AND JUMP IN AND HELP OUT. YEAH, PLEASE. CHRIS MAISNER SAID THAT RIGHT HERE. MCKINNEY SIGNED IT RIGHT HERE AT THE TOP. IT'S KIND OF FUN TO SEE. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY GETTING BACK. YOU CAN SEE THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE ARE NOT NOT GOING TO BE DETERRED FROM FROM REBUILDING THE AREA. FINALLY, OUR TRIP HOME. YES, THAT IS 834 MILES THAT BUCKY SIGNED FROM TEXAS. IT WAS COMFORTING TO SEE THAT WE ENDED UP 18 DAYS FROM THE TIME WE LEFT TO THE TIME WE CAME HOME EACH NIGHT THAT WE RETURNED OUT THERE AND THEN ALSO RETURNED. WE HAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES, HAD TO DO STUFF WITH OUR PUMPS. THIS IS DALLAS ENGINE. WE WON'T EVEN GET INTO THAT ONE. BUT THAT WAS A THAT WAS FUN TO SEE. THE BIG THING I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THOUGH, IS THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS 266 BILLABLE ENGINE HOURS. SO THIS IS WHAT WE GO OUT. OF COURSE WE GO OUT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP. BUT WHAT COMES BACK TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS ALWAYS THE QUESTION, WHAT'S IN IT FOR US? RIGHT? THE TRAINING, THE EXPERIENCE, THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND DEVELOP PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN BRING THAT TALENT BACK HERE TO MCKINNEY. BUT FINANCIALLY, THERE'S NO COST. THERE'S NO BURDEN OTHER THAN THE MAN HOURS THAT I PUT INTO COLE AND KIRA THROUGH WHEN THEY HAVE TO REIMBURSE THIS STUFF, BUT 266 BILLABLE ENGINE HOURS, THEY REIMBURSE US AT A FEMA RATE BASED ON A TYPE THREE FIRE ENGINE. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COMES BACK TO OUR GENERAL FUND. NOW, OUT OF THAT, YOU TAKE THE COST OF THE TIRES AND THE OIL CHANGE AND STUFF FOR THAT ENGINE. OVERALL, THOUGH, IT IS A NET POSITIVE INTO INTO THE CITY COFFERS. AND WE USE THAT MONEY TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND KEEP BUILDING THE PROGRAM AND KEEP INCREASING OUR ABILITY TO DEPLOY AND TO GO OUT AND TO BE AN ASSET. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF THE GUYS THAT ARE HERE WITH US, BRYCE PURDUM AND MIKE ROBERTS. THEY BOTH WENT OUT WITH US. WE HAD ONE MORE DALE, WHO'S UNABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY. 
          GREAT GUYS. I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT WE ARE IN WE'RE IN SOME GOOD HANDS. THERE'S A LOT OF TALENTED PEOPLE HERE IN MCKINNEY, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM. 
          AND MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND HELP THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. SO THANKS. THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THAT NAME WAS MASNER THAT SAID THAT ABOUT YES I YEAH, I THOUGHT SO OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS. MAKE US PROUD. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW 
          [EXECUTIVE SESSION]
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSION, SPECIAL SESSION OR REGULAR SESSION. 
          AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEM. SECTION 551087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS PROJECT HEMISPHERES AND THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ACTION.
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