* 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. [00:00:15] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I AM COUNCIL MEMBER OF FRED FLICKINGER AND CHAIR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE. GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET THIS STARTED, UH, CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME, UH, STAFF WE HAVE IN ATTENDANCE. WE HAVE STAFF FROM TARSHA JACKSON'S OFFICE, FROM COUNCILWOMAN, TIFFANY THOMAS', OFFICE COUNCILMAN JOAQUIN MARTINEZ, AND MAYOR PROAM, MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, AND COUNCILWOMAN SALLY ALCORN. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND VICE, OH, ALSO VICE MAYOR PROAM, AMY PECK. THANK YOU, AMY. UM, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE'S A SIGN IN SHEET IN THE FRONT AT THE TABLE, AND, UH, DIRECTOR OF FLEET MANAGEMENT, GARY GLASSCOCK, IF YOU WANT TO COME IN AND PROVIDE YOUR PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. OKAY, WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS UH, STATED. I'M GARY GLASCOCK, THE DIRECTOR OF THE FLEET MANAGEMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT. WITH ME TODAY IS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LISA JEFFERSON. TOGETHER WE'LL BE PRESENTING INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S HOME STORAGE VEHICLE PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IS IT UP? THERE WE GO. OKAY. WE'LL START TODAY'S PRESENTATION WITH INFORMATION ON CITY POLICY AND AGREEMENTS COVER COVERING THE USE OF HOME STORAGE VEHICLES. WE'LL THEN GIVE A USAGE OVERVIEW BY CITY DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH PROGRAM COSTS. AND FINALLY, WE'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT THE TRAVEL DISTANCES BETWEEN EMPLOYEE HOMES AND WORK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. WE'LL START WITH, UH, POLICY. FIRST, I WANT TO DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT A HOME STORAGE VEHICLE IS. A HOME STORAGE VEHICLE IS A CITY VEHICLE ASSIGNED TO AN EMPLOYEE FOR TRAVEL BETWEEN HOME AND WORK, AND IS KEPT AT THE EMPLOYEE'S HOME WHILE OFF DUTY. CITY ADMINISTRATION. ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY TWO DASH TWO PROVIDES THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSIGNMENT AND USE OF THESE VEHICLES. THE POLICY GIVES DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AUTHORITY TO ASSIGN HOME STORAGE VEHICLES TO EMPLOYEES THAT REPORT TO VARIOUS WORK SITES ARE PLACED ON CALL OR MAY BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES OUTSIDE OF NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. ASSIGNMENTS ARE ALLOWED ONLY FOR EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE WITHIN 30 MILES OF CITY HALL, UNLESS AN EXCEPTION IS GRANTED BY THE MAYOR OR MAYOR DESIGNEE. NOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A MODIFIED MAXIMUM HOME DISTANCE OF 40 MILES FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS, WHILE THE AIRPORT SYSTEM JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED APPROVAL TO BASE THE 30 MILE DISTANCE LIMITATION AT AIRPORT LOCATIONS. SOME OTHER IMPORTANT POLICY TERMS, HOME STORAGE VEHICLES ARE NOT TO BE USED FOR PERSONAL ERRANDS. EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED HOME STORAGE VEHICLES MUST AUTHORIZE A BIWEEKLY PAYCHECK DEDUCTION TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR NON-WORK TRAVEL, UNLESS EXEMPTED BY THE MAYOR OR THE MAYOR'S DESIGNEE. NOW, WE'LL SAY THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION FORMALLY DELEGATED MAYOR APPROVAL AUTHORITY RELATIVE TO HOME STORAGE VEHICLES TO THE CHIEFS OF POLICE AND FIRE, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND MYSELF. SO ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SERVE AS THE MAYOR'S DESIGNEE RELATIVE TO THE POLICY TERMS OF A P TWO DASH TWO WHEN IT COMES TO HOME STORAGE VEHICLES. ALSO WORTH NOTING THE LABOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FIREFIGHTERS AND ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY INCLUDE TERMS THAT PROVIDE HOME STORAGE VEHICLES PRIVILEGES FOR ARSON INVESTIGATORS AND FIRE INSPECTORS. SO THIS TOTALS ABOUT 197 EMPLOYEES THERE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AT THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR 2025, CITY DEPARTMENTS REPORTED USE OF 1,386 HOME STORAGE VEHICLES. THE THREE DEPARTMENTS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE, POLICE, FIRE, AND PUBLIC WORKS [00:05:01] WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 94% OF THAT TOTAL. THE MILES TRAVEL COLUMN OF THE TABLE PROVIDES SOME PERSPECTIVE ON USAGE. UH, AND, AND AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THE TOP THREE DEPARTMENTS PUT ON THE MOST MILES ON THE HOME STORAGE FLEET. UH, AND THAT TOTAL WAS 20.2 MILLION MILES FOR 2025 WITH A UNIT AVERAGE OF 14,549 MILES. AND ALMOST ALL OF THESE VEHICLES ARE, UH, USED FOR HOME STORAGE ARE LIGHT DUTY, UH, VEHICLES SUCH AS SEDANS, SUVS, AND PICKUPS. THERE ARE 57 SPECIAL BUILT HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES, THOUGH THAT, UH, THAT GO HOME AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. MOVING TO PROGRAM COSTS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, THAT I POINT THIS OUT. THE COSTS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING INCLUDE BOTH WORK AND HOME TRAVEL. IDEALLY, WE WOULD'VE TREATED THE TWO TYPES OF TRAVEL INDEPENDENTLY, HOWEVER, TO NORMALIZE COST FIGURES ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS, THE TWO ARE COMBINED BECAUSE HOME LOCATIONS ARE NOT REPORTED BY ALL DEPARTMENTS. AND BECAUSE HOME STORAGE VEHICLES ARE NOT OPERATED UNIFORMLY, SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT REPORT EMPLOYEE ADDRESSES FOR SECURITY REASONS WHEN IT COMES TO OPERATION. SOME HO SOME OF THE, UH, HOME STORAGE VEHICLES WILL TRAVEL TO THE SAME WORK SPOT EVERY DAY, WHILE OTHERS TRAVEL TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION EACH DAY BASED ON ASSIGNMENT. SO WE DON'T GET THE SAME TYPES OF TRAVEL ACROSS, UH, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. SO IN ORDER TO NORMALIZE THE COST, WE INCLUDED BOTH HOME TRAVEL AND WORK TRAVEL. SO THE, UH, TABLE HERE LISTS THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025, FUEL AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE FLEET OF HOME STORAGE VEHICLES. $2.6 MILLION IN FUEL WAS PURCHASED IN 2025 TO TRAVEL THE 20.2 MILLION MILES WITH AN AVERAGE FUEL CONSUMPTION RATE OF 19.6 MILES PER GALLON. THE, UH, MAINTENANCE COSTS TOTALING $3.6 MILLION THAT ARE LISTED HERE INCLUDE ALL SCHEDULED AND UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS ACCIDENT REPAIRS AND TIRES. THE AVERAGE, UH, PER UNIT FUEL AND MAINTENANCE COST PER VEHICLE IN 2025 WAS A LITTLE LESS THAN $4,500, ALMOST, UH, 31 CENTS A MILE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS TABLE COVERS THE CITY'S COST OF ACQUIRING HOME STORAGE VEHICLES. WE USE A FIVE YEAR STRAIGHT LINE DEPRECIATION MODEL TO ACCOUNT FOR VEHICLE CAPITAL COSTS. AT THE BOTTOM OF COLUMNS THREE AND FOUR, YOU'LL SEE THAT 560 HOME STORAGE VEHICLES WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN $4 MILLION IN DEPRECIATION IN CALENDAR 2025. NOW, THE CITY ALSO LEASES VEHICLES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPENDS ALMOST ALL OF ITS FLEET CAPITAL FUNDING ON FIREFIGHTING APPARATUSES AND, AND, UH, APPARATUS AND AMBULANCES, AND MAKES USE OF LEASES TO PROVIDE FOR MUCH OF ITS LIGHT DUTY FLEET. IN CALENDAR YEAR TWENTY TWENTY FIVE, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR LEASE VEHICLES WERE USED FOR HOME STORAGE AT A COST OF ALMOST ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. SO THE TOTAL ACQUISITION COST FOR HOME STORAGE VEHICLES IN 2025 WAS $5.6 MILLION. NOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AGAIN, THAT WE POINT OUT THAT WE ONLY DEPRECIATE THOSE VEHICLES THAT ARE FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR NEWER. ANYTHING OVER FIVE YEARS HAS ALREADY BEEN FULLY DEPRECIATED, AND THOSE CAPITAL COSTS DO NOT ROLL INTO THESE COST FIGURES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. EARLY IN THE PRESENTATION I MENTIONED THAT, UH, EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED HOME STORAGE PRIVILEGES ARE REQUIRED TO AUTHORIZE BIWEEKLY PAYCHECK DEDUCTIONS TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR NON-CITY BUSINESS. DRIVING THE CURRENT PAYCHECK DEDUCTION IS $116. A LITTLE OVER $3,000 A YEAR IS THE COST TO THE EMPLOYEE THAT PARTICIPATES IN THIS PROGRAM. IN, UH, 20 25, 2 $0.7 MILLION WAS COLLECTED FROM 1032 EMPLOYEES. ALL BUT 13 OF THE PAYCHECK DEDUCTION PARTICIPANTS WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I MIGHT SAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID ASK ME TO POINT THIS OUT. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, GETTING TO THE, UH, TO THE TOTAL, INCLUDING ALL THE COSTS AND THE REVENUE, THE, UH, THE ANNUAL COST OF THE HOME STORAGE PROGRAM IN 2025 WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN $9 MILLION WITH A UNIT COST OF $6,518, WHICH, UH, COMES TO ABOUT 45 CENTS A MILE. AND SO AS THE [00:10:01] FLEET DEPARTMENT, WE LOOK AT THESE COSTS CLOSELY COMPARED TO INDUSTRY STANDARDS. WHAT WE FIND IS, UH, IN CURRENT PUBLICATIONS ARE, UH, BALLPARK FIGURES RUNNING FROM ABOUT 50 CENTS A MILE TO A DOLLAR PER MILE BASED ON WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED GEOGRAPHICALLY WITHIN, WITHIN THE STATES. AND, AND OF COURSE, THAT ALSO VARIES WITH FUEL COSTS. UH, SO WE THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL AT 45, UH, CENTS A MILE. THE, UH, THAT WE ALSO COMPARE TO THE IRS AND GSA RATES FOR MILEAGE. AND, UH, THE RATE FOR 2025 WAS 70 CENTS A MILE. SO WE'RE CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN, UH, THAN THAT PARTICULAR RATE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE RECENTLY RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS, UH, RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT OF IMPUTED INCOME FOR, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT DRIVE A CITY VEHICLE TO THEIR HOME ON A DAILY BASIS. UH, IRS PUBLICATION 15 B EXCUSES IMPUTED INCOME FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES OPERATING HOME STORAGE VEHICLES THAT ARE MARKED SPECIFICALLY AS POLICE, FIRE OR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES. UTILITY TRUCKS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE ONLY HOME STORAGE VEHICLES OPERATING WITHOUT MARKINGS ARE POLICE UNMARKED UNITS, WHICH ARE ALSO COVERED, ARE EXEMPTED BY THE, UH, IRS PUBLICATION. AND, AND, UH, I'LL ALSO SAY THAT THE MARKING OF CITY VEHICLES IS ACTUALLY A STATE LAW, SO WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY RUNNING AROUND WITHOUT MARKINGS OTHER THAN THE UNMARKED, UH, POLICE VEHICLES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NON-WORK TRAVEL, WHICH IS ALWAYS A, UH, TOPIC WHENEVER YOU TALK ABOUT HOME STORAGE VEHICLES. NON-WORK TRAVEL IS DEFINED AS THE ONE-WAY TRAVEL DISTANCE FROM WORK TO AN EMPLOYEE'S HOME. WE HAVE 603 RECORDS OF, UH, NON-WORK TRAVEL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE RESPECTIVE OWNING DEPARTMENTS. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT SUBMIT OFFICER HOME LOCATIONS. UH, BASED ON THE RECORDS THAT WE HAVE, 44 OF THE 603 REPORTS INDICATE A NON-WORK TRAVEL DISTANCE GREATER THAN ALLOWED BY POLICY. AND SOMETHING I WANNA POINT OUT THERE THAT THOSE 44 ARE THE 44 WE WENT IN AND VERIFIED. AND SO THERE WERE ACTUALLY 61 REPORTS BY THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF FOLKS OPERATING VEHICLES BEYOND THE 30 MILE RADIUS. BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS, UH, WE USED THE, THE 30 MILE RADIUS BASED ON AS THE CROW FLIES, IF YOU WILL, AND SOME OF THESE REPORTS WERE BASED ON ACTUAL ROAD MILES TO GET TO THEIR HOMES. AND SO THAT CUT DOWN THE NUMBER A LITTLE BIT. IN ADDITION, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE AIRPORT WAS RECENTLY, UH, AUTHORIZED TO, TO DROP THE CENTER OF THE 30 MILE RADIUS UPON AIRPORT LOCATIONS. SO THAT CUT BACK, UH, A COUPLE OF UNITS AS WELL. NOW, I DO WANNA REPORT THE, THE GREATEST REPORTED, UH, CURRENT DISTANCE TRAVELED, UH, FROM CITY HALL IS 77 MILES. AND I THINK WE SAID THAT WAS, UH, LIVINGSTON. YES. GOT AN EMPLOYEE DRIVING IN AND OUT FROM LIVINGSTON, UH, TO, UH, AND AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, UH, GREATEST DISTANCE THAT WE HAVE ON RECORD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. INCIDENTS OF EMERGENCY REPORT. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR HOW OFTEN, UH, THESE VEHICLES ARE ACTUALLY BEING CALLED IN OUTSIDE OF NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. UM, WHAT WE FOUND AS WE SURVEYED EACH DEPARTMENT, IN MOST CASES, THIS IS NOT A NUMBER THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TRACKED. SO THEY HAD TO DIG UP THROUGH SOME RECORDS AND, UH, AND MADE SOME APPROXIMATIONS. AND, UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THERE AT THE, UH, RIGHT COLUMN OF THE TABLE, THE, UH, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED, UH, OCCURRENCES WHERE A HOME STORAGE VEHICLE OR AN A HOME STORAGE VEHICLE EMPLOYEE, I SHOULD SAY, WAS CALLED OUT AFTER HOURS TO REPORT TO AN INCIDENT. AND, UH, AND AS EXPECTED, YOU COULD SEE THAT THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, HAS BY FAR THE HIGHEST RATE IN THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD FOLLOWED BY THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, CHIEF MUNOZ ASKED ME SPECIFICALLY TO EMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT THESE HOME STORAGE VEHICLES ARE TO HIS OPERATION, AS WELL AS TO HIS RESPONSE TIME AND, UH, UH, TO HOPEFULLY MAKE THAT, THAT, THAT CLEAR TO Y'ALL. SO AS WE LOOK AT, UH, THE, UH, THE TABLE HERE, APPROXIMATELY LITTLE OVER 9,000 INCIDENTS OF CALL OUTS WITHIN THE LAST, UH, SIX MONTHS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [00:15:02] AND, UH, FINALLY WE'LL COME TO, UH, TO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. UH, ALSO WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, WE HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCILWOMAN CARTER AND ALSO STAFF FROM COUNCILWOMAN ALEJANDRO SALINAS THAT HAS JOINED US. UH, COUPLE QUESTIONS. I'VE GOT THE FURTHEST DISTANCE IS LAKE LIVINGSTON BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, HERE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT LIVED IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA THAT HAD A TAKE HOME VEHICLE. UH, SO THAT IS GONE, DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. AND, AND WE HEARD THE SAME, UH, WE HEARD THE SAME STORY. SO WE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, AND ASKED THEM, AND, UH, THEY SAID THAT SITUATION NO LONGER EXISTS. OKAY, GOOD DEAL. ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT THE INCIDENTS THAT THEY RESPONDED TO, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, HPD, IT'S A LITTLE OVER NINE INCIDENTS FOR EVERY SIX MONTHS. SO ONE AND A HALF TIMES A MONTH, JUST ON AN AVERAGE. UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ABOUT HALF THAT AT 4.75. DO WE GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY VEHICLES THAT NEVER HAD A CALL IN OVER THE SIX MONTHS? UH, WE DON'T DO IT IN FLEET SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE RECORDS TRACKED BY THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS. OKAY. BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'VE, UH, UH, DETERMINED IN RUNNING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, THIS, THIS IS A METRIC WE SHOULD COLLECT, UH, RELIABLY AND REPORT AT LEAST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO SET UP A, UH, REPORTING PROCESS. THAT WAY WE CAN, UH, RESPOND WHEN WE'RE QUESTIONED, UH, WITH GOOD, ACCURATE INFORMATION. AND AS YOU'RE ALLUDING TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT PERHAPS THERE, UH, IS NO NEED FOR FOR THE HOME STORAGE VEHICLE. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN PECK. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU DIRECTOR FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, DURING THE ERNST AND YOUNG, UM, EFFICIENCY STUDIES, I CAN'T REMEMBER, DID THEY SAY THAT THERE WERE ANY CHANGES THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE TO THE TAKE HOME? UM, VEHICLE POLICIES? WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY. OKAY. ANY RELATIVE TO, UH, UH, AT ALL. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE POLICY COMING UP? WELL, THE BIG PLAN WE'VE GOT IS, IS, UH, AS, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE A ADOPTING THE GPS SYSTEM FLEET WIDE. AND, UH, AND WE'RE RECORDING A LOT OF INFORMATION NOW. UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, GPS ON, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S 770 OF THESE TAKE HOME UNITS. SO THERE STILL ARE SOME UNITS WITHOUT, AND THEN ALSO THE, UH, GPS UNITS THAT, UH, THAT ARE OPERATED BY POLICE. WE DON'T SEE THEM, BUT, BUT THEY CAN SEE 'EM. AND SO WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN START TO REALLY HONE IN ON, UH, WHERE EXACTLY EVERYBODY IS WHEN THEY PROVIDE THEIR ADDRESSES, HOW OFTEN THEY'RE GOING IN AND OUT OF THAT 30 MILE RADIUS. AND, UH, AND JUST, UH, WE'D ALSO BE ABLE TO DETECT AUTOMATICALLY WITH, WITH REPORTS THE NUMBER OF CALL OUTS. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEBODY GETS OFF AT THE END OF THE SHIFT AND THEY DON'T COME BACK UNTIL MORNING, WE KNOW THEY WEREN'T CALLED OUT. AND SO ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL IS TO USE, UH, GPS TO MAKE OUR REPORTING, UH, UH, MUCH MORE RELIABLE AND, AND, AND CORRECT. AND THEN TO ALSO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO OUR CUSTOMER DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS WITHIN THEIR OWN GROUP ON, UH, ON HOW TO DEPLOY THESE HOME STORAGE VEHICLES. OKAY. SO WE'RE WAITING FOR DATA BASICALLY TO SEE IF THERE'S OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. BUT WE'RE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY. SO YOU GET MORE DATA EVERY DAY AS THE INSTALLATIONS, UH, NUMBER OF INSTALLATIONS INCREASE WITH THE GPS DATA, DOES THAT ALSO GIVE YOU A, A FLAG IF THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT DRIVING? I KNOW I WAS IN YES SIR, LOGISTICS FOR 27 YEARS AND, AND WE HAD SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHERE, UM, EX EXCESSIVE SPEED WOULD, WOULD, WOULD BE FLAGGED. UM, NOW OBVIOUSLY WITH POLICE AND FIRE, MAYBE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THAT, BUT AT LEAST IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A FLAG THAT, HEY, MAYBE SOMETHING'S GOING ON HERE. WE NEED TO AT LEAST ASK A QUESTION AB ABSOLUTELY. ALSO, ALL OF OUR BASE GPS UH, UNITS PROVIDE THAT FEATURE AND WE REGULARLY RECEIVE, UH, EXCEPTION REPORTS ON, UH, HARSH BRAKING, HARSH ACCELERATION, UH, AND THEN THOSE ARE RELAYED, WELL, THE DEPARTMENTS CAN SEE THAT THEMSELVES AS WELL. THEY HAVE, UH, UH, FULL VISIBILITY INTO THEIR, UH, UH, FOLKS HOW THEY'RE DRIVING. BUT, UH, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE LEARNED QUITE A BIT WITH THAT. NOW, A FEW OF THE VEHICLES, SPECIFICALLY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND UH, SOLID WASTE ARE ALSO USING CAMERAS. AND THE CAMERAS ARE PICKING UP THINGS AS WELL THAT, [00:20:01] THAT ARE COMING BACK TO, TO THE, UH, MANAGERS WITHIN THOSE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS. OKAY. SO, SO ACTIVITY ON THE CAMERA WILL FLAG THAT AS WELL FOR THE YES, SIR. DEPARTMENT HEADS. OKAY. WE'VE HAD A FEW AND, UH, WE WON'T GET TOO SPECIFIC, BUT WE'VE HAD A FEW POINT OUT THAT FOLKS ARE DOZING OFF OR DRIVING . RIGHT. AND THE CAMERA FLAGS THAT AND SENDS IT BACK. OKAY. WELL GOOD. DO WE GO AND MATCH THAT UP WITH, UH, ACCIDENT HISTORY? I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE MATCH. I MEAN, IF WE HAVE AN ACCIDENT, DO WE GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE, HEY, IS, WAS THERE ALSO SOME BRAKING ISSUES AND SPEEDING? WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WITH, UH, THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS PULLED IN THAT DATA AND THAT VIDEO. OKAY, PERFECT. YES, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. YEAH. OKAY, GOOD. UH, I'M CURIOUS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY REVELATIONS THERE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN? UH, UH, WELL, WELL, I CAN SAY THAT, UH, UH, I THINK THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN PARTICULAR IS, IS, UH, REALLY LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT THIS SYSTEM, UH, IN A BIG WAY. 'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ACCIDENTS, UH, A LOT OF EQUIPMENT LOSSES THROUGH ACCIDENTS, AND OF COURSE THAT AFFECTS THEM WITH THEIR ASSET AVAILABILITY. SO, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY STEPPING FORWARD AND, UH, USING THIS INFORMATION TO, TO WORK ON BRINGING DOWN THE ACCIDENT RATE. WELL, WELL THAT'S GREAT NEWS. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY ACCIDENTS ARE, UH, A SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE AND I MEAN, IN TRANSPORTATION WE ALWAYS CONSIDER THEM TO BE FAILURE COST. UH, OBVIOUSLY ANY FAILURE COST YOU CAN ELIMINATE IMPROVES THE FINANCIAL SIGNIFICANTLY SO. NO, THAT'S FANTASTIC. OKAY. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. UH, DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WITH ANY QUESTIONS EITHER. SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UH, I TRULY APPRECIATE IT. AND, UH, LEMME SEE. OH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, PLEASE MAKE NOTE THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING. WE'LL BE ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH AT 2:00 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH. * 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.