[1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL] [3. FIRE BOARD REPORTS] [5.A. THE BOARD MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LEGAL ADVICE PURSUANT TO A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3) FOR DISCUSSION AND/OR CONSIDERATION OF LEGAL ADVICE WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT REGARDING THE STATUS OF DIRECTOR LEVEL TRANSITION IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, OVERALL SUCCESSION PLANNING, AND CURRENT FINANCIAL POLICIES] [6.A. PRESENTATION OF PERSONNEL] [7. CONSENT AGENDA] [8.A. FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT – CHIEF BRANDHUBER] [8.B. COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION DIVISION’S REPORT - ASSISTANT CHIEF PERRY] [8.C. SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION’S REPORT - ASSISTANT CHIEF CESAREK] [8.D. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES & FIRE RESPONSE DIVISON’S REPORT – ASSISTANT CHIEF GRISSOM] [9.A. DISCUSSION AND/OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTION #2026-0005, APPROVING THE CALL OF ELECTION FOR THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE GOLDER RANCH FIRE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FILLING TWO VACANCIES ON THE GOVERNING BOARD IN NOVEMBER 2026] [9.F. DISCUSSION AND/OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF ORO VALLEY PROVIDING LOCATIONS AND FIBER OPTIC ACCESS FOR THE ORO VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT DRONE AS A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM] [9.B. DISCUSSION AND/OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING POLICY 1011 DISCRIMINATION/ HARASSMENT] [9.C. DISCUSSION AND/OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH SPARK HIRE TO ASSIST HUMAN RESOURCES WITH RECRUITMENT PROCESSES] [Items 9.D & 9.E] [9.G. DISCUSSION AND/OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF A CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH CONCORD GENERAL CONTRACTING FOR THE COMPLETION OF RENOVATIONS TO THE GRFD TRAINING AND FLEET BUILDINGS] [9.H. DISCUSSION AND/OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH NICE HEALTHCARE] [9.I. DISCUSSION AND/OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH PAYTIENT] [9.J. DISCUSSION AND/OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE GOLDER RANCH FIRE DISTRICT RECONCILIATION AND MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT] [10. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] [01:10:12] ED AND CAPTAIN AARON DAVIDSON, PLEASE. [01:10:30] SO, AS HE JUST SAID, THIS IS OUR RETIRED FIREFIGHTER MARE HEAD. [01:10:35] KIND OF HEARTBREAKING. I EXPECTED YOU NOT TO SHOW UP AND THEN I COULD HAVE NOT SHOWN UP. HERE HE IS. [01:10:46] MIKE WAS HIRED IN 1992. SURE, A LOT OF US REMEMBER THAT. [01:10:52] UH, THAT WAS 33 YEARS AGO. CRAZY. I SAW MOST OF THESE WHITE SHIRTLESS BOOTERS. YEAH, RIGHT? UH, I WAS ONE OF HIS BOOTERS, WHICH WAS PRETTY ENTERTAINING. UH… BUT I'M GOING TO READ THIS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DO BETTER READING IT THAN NOT. MIKE WAS A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO OUR CREW. HE BROUGHT A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE OPERATED AS A CREW. [01:11:18] UH, WE MISS HIM A TON. HIS CALM, LEVEL-HEADED DEMEANOR HELPED US STAY FOCUSED AND EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THINGS GOT SERIOUS. MIKE IS. [01:11:28] I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY HOW YOU ARE AROUND THE STATION. [01:11:31] FUN-LOVING DISHES DON'T GET DONE OFTEN BY MIKE. BUT AN ASSET. HE WAS THE GUY YOU COULD GO TO IF YOU HAD ANYTHING GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, YOU COULD SIT DOWN AND HE WOULD LISTEN. [01:11:45] OFTEN LAUGH AT YOU, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THERE AND HE WAS GOOD TO HAVE AROUND. [01:11:50] UH, WE MISS HIM A TON. MEANT A LOT, UH, WHEN WE GOT CALLS THAT WERE REAL, THAT YOU HAD SOMEONE YOU COULD ASK TO DO SOMETHING AND NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN. [01:12:02] UH, THAT'S A HUGE ASSET ON SCENES WHEN YOU CAN BE LIKE, HEY, DO YOUR PART OF THE JOB AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHAT MIKE WAS. MIKE WAS SOLID. HE HAD HIS SKILLS WERE FANTASTIC. HE'S PROBABLY FORGOT HIM. HE'S BEEN RETIRED FOR A FEW DAYS, BUT AT THE TIME HE DIDN'T. SO. [01:12:20] THE OTHER THING WE REALLY MISS AROUND THE STATION IS THE OLD JOKES USED TO BE FUNNY. [01:12:25] LIKE, WHEN WE WOULD TELL THE DEMENTIA JOKES AND STUFF, THEY USED TO BE REALLY FUNNY. THEY'RE NOT FUNNY ANYMORE. YEAH, WHEN WE BECOME THE OLD GUYS, THOSE JOKES JUST AREN'T FUNNY LIKE THEY USED TO BE, SO… HOLD THE FINE LINE BETWEEN HUMOR AND ELDER ABUSE. YEAH, AND WE DIDN'T… HE WOULD NEVER REMEMBER HIM TO TELL HR ANYWAY, SO… [01:12:46] SO WE MISS HIM A TON AROUND THE STATION. YOU WERE A HUGE ASSET. WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU GET ON THE I CAN'T QUIT GOLD OR TRUCK. WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT. SO IF YOU COULD HURRY UP TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WELL, AT LEAST THOSE. [01:13:02] BUT YEAH, WE MISS YOU A TON, MAN, AND YOU WERE A HUGE ASSET TO GOLDEN RANCH. YOU STILL ARE STILL FUN TO CALL YOU AND HARASS YOU AT DINNER, AND WE MISS YOU A TON, MAN. SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR 33 YEARS. THAT'S BEFORE MOST OF US IN THIS ROOM EVEN KNEW WHAT THE FIRE SERVICE WAS. BUT NOT ALL OF US, I APOLOGIZE, SIR. THESE 2 RODE ON A AMBULANCE TOGETHER BACK IN THE DAY. AND LET ME TELL YOU. WE HAVE STORIES. YEAH, BECAUSE MIKE LIKES TO TELL STORIES. SO. ANYWAYS, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. THANKS, MIKE, FOR 33 YEARS. SO, UH… WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT MIKE? BESIDES THESE OLD. I'LL NEVER FORGET MIKE AND I USED TO WORK FOR CORD'S AMBULANCE SERVICE TOGETHER, AND MIKE WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN HE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO WORK FOR GOLDEN RANCH FIRE DISTRICT. I WAS LIKE, WHERE THE HECK IS THAT? I NEVER HEARD OF IT. AND THEN ALL THESE YEARS LATER WE WIND UP TOGETHER AGAIN. MIKE, YOU'RE AWESOME. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE IN THE MILITARY, THE SERVICE FOR GOLDEN RANCH FIRE DISTRICT. AND SOMETHING THAT MIKE DOES THAT I DON'T KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW, HE, UH… WHAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO SAY ASSISTANT, A GUIDE FOR THE HONOR FLIGHT? MIKE'S PART OF A STAFF FOR HONOR FLIGHTS, SO HE FLIES WITH VETERANS BACK TO ESCORT THEM TO BACK TO DC WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO SEE THE DIFFERENT MEMORIALS, AND IT'S NICE THAT THEY SHARE THE SAME AGE TOGETHER, SO THEY CAN BOND. BUT MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP. I APOLOGIZE TO YOUR WIFE THAT YOU'RE HOME ALL THE TIME. SHE'S ALREADY YELLED AT ME. HOPEFULLY YOU COME BACK TO US. [01:15:06] BUT YOU'RE JUST A GOOD PERSON, AND YOU REPRESENT ALL VALUES OF BOULDER RANCH FIRE DISTRICT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT REALLY, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. WHY DON'T YOU BRING YOUR WIFE UP? SHE JUST YELLED AT ME AGAIN. WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU, BECAUSE AGAIN, SOMEONE CAN'T DO A CAREER WITHOUT THE SUPPORT FROM HOME. SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING HIM. WE ALSO HAVE SOME STUFF FOR YOUR DAUGHTERS, BUT THEY COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT IT TAKES A FAMILY TO SUPPORT THE JOBS THAT WE DO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE FUN OF HIM REAL QUICK? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO WE WANT TO DO SOME PICTURES? AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR SWAG. OKAY, SO I HAVE SOME HELPERS UP HERE. SO THE FIRST THING, MIKE, OF COURSE, IS UNITED STATES FLAG AND APPRECIATION OF YOUR SERVICE, WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE FLAG CERTIFICATE. THE STATE FLAG AND CERTIFICATE AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND THIS ONE IS FROM THE FIRE BOARD. FIREFIGHTER MIKE MUIRHEAD, IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF YOUR 33 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE GOLDEN RANCH FIRE DISTRICT. PRESENTED BY VICKY COX GOLDER, CHAIR, WALLY VETTI, VICE CHAIR, SANDRA OUTLAW, BOARD CLERK, STEVE BRADY, BOARD MEMBER TOM SCHELLENBERGER, BOARD MEMBER 2026. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE OF SWAG IS RIGHT THERE. COMPLIMENTS AT LOCAL 3832, AND YOUR SERVICE. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. JOSE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THAT. I GOTTA TALK. OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED THIS. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM FOR BEING HERE TODAY, FOR SURE. LIKE I SAID, I'VE KNOWN. ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WHOLE CAREERS EXCEPT FOR THE GUYS THAT CAME OVER FROM MOUNT VISTA. YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. BUT YEAH, THIS WAS. WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD JUST OPENED OUR THIRD STATION, AND THE GROWTH THAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. I COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A BETTER PLACE TO WORK. THIS HAS BEEN. THE BEST PLACE TO GROW UP IN THE FIRE SERVICE AND MEET ALL YOU GUYS. AND I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO BE A COUNTING MEMBER OF OUR WILDLAND TEAM. AND GET THAT GOING, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHERE THOSE GUYS ARE TODAY. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND. I MIGHT START. YEAH, I KNOW. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK JOSE AHAMATA WITH 3032 FOR MAKING SURE ALL THESE GIFTS ARE PRESENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR PEOPLE. JOSE, THANK YOU. [01:20:04] SO NEXT WE HAVE A PROMOTION. SO I'D LIKE TO CALL UP ASSISTANT CHIEF CESAREK. AND IT DIRECTOR DANNY MARTINEZ. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE DANNY HERE TODAY. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW DANNY. SOME OF YOU MAY NOT. DANNY STARTED HIS JOURNEY AT GOLDEN RANCH FIRE DISTRICT IN 2012. HE'S WORKED MANY OF THE POSITIONS INSIDE OF RIT SYSTEMS AND IS. PART OF THE TEAM THAT HAS MADE OUR TECHNOLOGY WHAT IT IS TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT WORK. BACK IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE DANNY INTO AN INTERIM ACTING POSITION IN THE DIRECTOR OF IT SERVICES. AND DANNY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF. MAINTAINING THE PROCESS THAT WE HAD AND GETTING US THROUGH THE FEW MONTHS AFTER DIRECTOR RASCONE RETIRED. AND THAT LED US INTO THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST A INTERNAL EXTERNAL PROCESS THAT WAS EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE. AND DANNY SHINED. AND YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB DURING THAT 6-MONTH PERIOD OF THE ACTING DIRECTOR LEADING INTO THE HIRING PROCESS, AND YOU CAME OUT ON TOP, AND WE'RE PROUD OF YOU. WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF LEADING THE IT SERVICES DIVISION. AND CONTINUING TO KEEP US ON THE FOREFRONT OF CUTTING EDGE, AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD THAT DIVISION IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT IT DONE, AND THE WAY THAT WE WANT IT DONE AS AN ORGANIZATION. SO, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PROMOTION TO DIRECTOR OF IT SERVICES, AND WE CAN'T BE MORE PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. DITTO. NO, DANNY, IT'S GREAT. CONGRATULATIONS. AWESOME JOB IN THE INTERIM, AND ALSO SOME JOBS THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, KEEPING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. I APPRECIATE IT. SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS. OH, I GET TO SPEAK. YEAH. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THANK EVERYBODY. IT'S BEEN, UH, IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, AND THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH OUTPOUR OF SUPPORT FOR ME, AND I HOPE I CAN CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB FOR ALL YOU GUYS. SO, IF YOU GUYS NEED ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. GLAD TO BE PART OF IT. OKAY. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. ITEM 7 CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 17TH REGULAR SESSION, FEBRUARY 17, TH FEBRUARY 17, TH EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND TO APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026 0 0 4 TO DECLARE ITEMS. A SURPLUS AND DIRECTION TO STAFF TO SELL OR PROVIDE ITEMS TO NEIGHBORING FIRE DISTRICTS OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO, MOTION PASSES. ITEM BA, FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT. CHIEF BRENHUVER. MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE MY REPORT. I'D JUST LIKE TO. THANK EVERYONE WHO'S REALLY PITCHED IN AND HELPED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH CHAPLAIN WRIGHT'S SERVICE, THE. ACADEMY FAMILY NIGHT AND ACADEMY GRADUATION. IT'S VERY EASY FOR ME TO BE FIRE CHIEF WITH THE CALIBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AROUND, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE SERVICES. WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN HAVING PROFESSIONAL, WELL-RUN. PROGRAMS TO RECOGNIZE OUR PEOPLE AND THEIR EFFORTS. I ALSO LIKE TO THANK POLICE CHIEF KARA RILEY IS HERE, AND THANK OVPD FOR THEIR TRAFFIC ESCORT AT THE FUNERAL, SO WE COULD PROPERLY HONOR CHAPLAIN WRIGHT. AND DEPENDING ON PENDING ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OH, WE HAVE ONE COMMENTED. SURE. I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY CONGRATULATE JENNY WONG ON HER HANDLING 46. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. THAT'S A RECORD. GOOD JOB, JENNY. MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT ORACLE JUNCTION. IT LOOKS LIKE. WE GOT OFF 30 HOMES INSTALLED WITH 76 SMOKE ALARMS. LOOKS LIKE QUITE AN EFFORT THAT WENT ON AT ORACLE JUNCTION. THEY REALLY NEEDED THAT TOO BECAUSE OF WHO'S LOCATED THERE, SO… MADAM CHAIR, THAT WAS PART OF THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, AND WE HAD NOT ONLY SUPPRESSION MEMBERS, BUT ALL MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME UP THERE, HELPING OUT. SO IT WAS A GREAT SHOWING. GREAT. GOOD JOB. [01:25:09] UH, LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORT. DO WE HAVE A REPORT? MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING. JUST A COUPLE NOTES FROM BEN. THE NCFA 3832 HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IN REGARD TO THE MOU AND SALARIES. WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE COMPLETE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE UNION SPONSORED A MEMBER EMPLOYEE EVENT AT CORBETT'S, WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THAT'S ALL THE NOTES I HAVE FROM BEN, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, MOVING ON TO B, 8B, COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION DIVISIONS REPORT. CHIEF PERRY. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT SMOKE DETECTOR WALK ALSO WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARIZONA BURN FOUNDATION. SO IT WAS A PRETTY COOL PARTNERSHIP THAT OUR EDUCATORS WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER AS WELL. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU HAVE MY REPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO SMOKE DETECTOR SAVES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, SO… UH, WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT. AND OTHER THAN THAT, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY FOR ME. WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO COMMENT. MARK WILSON. MARK HERE. WHERE'S MARK? MARK RIGHT THERE. YEAH, ALL THE GREAT NUMBERS THAT SHOWED UP IN ATTENDANCE FOR SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS ARE JUST PHENOMENAL. I MEAN, YOU'RE GETTING. 09, 900 AND 2,000. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST PHENOMENAL. SOME OF THESE EVENTS. BUSY MONTH, I GUESS YOU SURE DID HAVE A BUSY MONTH. SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT DONE. OKAY, MOVING ON. FRANCIS ERIC. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU HAVE OUR REPORT ATTACHED. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO FIRST WOULD BE IN OUR FLEET DIVISION. SO WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY UTILIZED JONATHAN BOSWELL, WHO WAS A HIRE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. INSTALLING A LOT OF OUR ELECTRICAL AND THE CODE LIGHTS AND RADIO EQUIPMENT IN OUR VEHICLES, AND HE DID AN AWESOME JOB THE LAST FEW MONTHS SUCCESSFULLY OUTFITTING THE 6 NEW FORD EXPLORERS FOR OUR COMMAND STAFF THAT ALLOWS US TO GET SOME OF OUR VEHICLES RETURNED BACK TO, UH. TO THE LEASE PROGRAM AND SOLD OFF FOR EQUITY. BUT BEING ABLE TO GET THAT WORK DONE INTERNALLY SAVED US A LOT OF MONEY, SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM SOME KUDOS ON HIS WORK AND EFFORT AND LEARNING HOW TO DO IT AND ROLLING THEM OUT TO WHERE THEY'RE FUNCTIONING SUCCESSFULLY FOR US. SO, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND THEN ALSO IN OUR. FACILITIES TEAM WHO CONTINUES TO WORK ON THE QUASAR BUILD OUT AND MOVING OUR STORAGE ITEMS AROUND AND GETTING EVERYTHING ALIGNED TO WHERE THE NEW WAREHOUSE WOULD BE FUNCTIONAL AND ALL OF OUR STORAGE, ADDITIONAL STORAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER DESIGNED IS THE BEST WAY TO SAY THAT. JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE COUPLE THINGS, AND I'D BE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY, SO THEN NOW, OKAY, GO AHEAD. SURE. IT'S THERE. THERE WE GO. OH. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. IS IT POSSIBLE, OR EVEN PRACTICAL TO GET A. PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE ON THE. ON THE WORK TO BE DONE OUT AT THE. 370. MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, SCHELLENBERGER. CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ON THE PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT IN THE CONTRACT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE AGENDA ITEM. UM, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFICS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? I GUESS I CAN WAIT TILL WE GET TO THE THE SPECIFICS ON THE ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHIEF CHRISTOM. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE STATEMENTS FROM EARLIER IN REGARDS TO THE ACADEMY AND THE GRADUATION AND THE SHOWCASE. IT WAS JUST EVERY YEAR IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE STAFF. AND WHAT WHAT WHAT THEY DID FOR THE COMMUNITY AND AND GETTING THESE 23 FIREFIGHTERS READY. SO WE'VE GOT 10. THEY'RE GOING TO START IN THE FIELD AND 13 THAT ARE CONTINUING ON TO EMT CLASS. SO. YOU'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOME FRESH, BRAT-EYED FIREFIGHTERS HERE SOON. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UH, YOU HAVE MY REPORT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY UNDER WILDLAND, YOU'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON WITH TRAINING, WHICH IS WONDERFUL TO SEE SINCE OBVIOUSLY THAT SEASON'S ALREADY ON US FROM. REPORTS I HEAR ON THE NEWS. YES, MA'AM, MADAM CHAIR, UH, THE WILDLAND SEASON IS… WE'RE GETTING IN THE THICK OF THINGS, SO THEY, UH, THE MEN AND WOMEN UP THERE IN THE 370 AREA, THEY WORKED REALLY HARD AND TRAINED VERY HARD, SO… LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD SEASON. SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. [01:30:06] SURE. IN THE REPORT IT SAID THAT YOU HAVE STILL HAVE. 73% OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS BUDGETS STILL AVAILABLE. ARE THERE PLANS TO MAKE EXPENDITURES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, OR… MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBER VETTI, YES, WE DO HAVE SOME UPCOMING CONFINED SPACE AND SWIFT WATER TRAINING THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE SHORTLY. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. UNDER 9 A REGULAR BUSINESS DISCUSSION AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2026 0005, APPROVING THE CALL OF ELECTION FOR THE GOVERNING BOARD. UH, FOR THE GOLDEN RANCH FIRE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF, EXCUSE ME, FILLING TWO VACANCIES ON THE GOVERNING BOARD IN NOVEMBER. I SO MOVE. OH, OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO KNOW, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE OF HAVING THAT ELECTION? MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO SHANNON. MADAM CHAIR, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 2 GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS UP FOR ELECTION. THE FILING PERIOD IS FROM JUNE 6TH TO JUNE 6TH TO JULY 8. JULY 20TH IS THE FINAL FILING DATE FOR THE RIDE IN CANDIDATES. IF IT'S AN UNCONTESTED ELECTION, THERE WILL NOT BE A COST. GOOD. SO THAT'S HOPEFULLY WHAT WE'RE PRAYING FOR. IF THERE IS A CONTESTED ELECTION, IT WILL BE AROUND $300,000. OH, GOOD. UNCONTESTED, PLEASE, IF YOU HEAR OF ANYBODY ELSE RUNNING, TELL THEM NOT TO. IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. THANK YOU, JANET. OKAY, THEN WE'VE ALREADY VOTED THAT THROUGH ITEM. CHAIR. YES, I'M SORRY. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO MOVE F UP, UH. POLICE CHIEF KARA RILEY IS HERE, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO HONOR HER TIME IN CASE SHE NEEDED TO LEAVE. BUT SHE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DRONE PROGRAM. IF THE BOARD HAD ANY. OKAY. ITEM F. DISCUSSION AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF ORAL VALLEY, PROVIDING LOCATIONS AND FIBER OPTIC ACCESS FOR THE OIL VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT DRONE AS A 1ST RESPONDER PROGRAM. OKAY, CHIEF? MADAM CHAIR, THIS AGREEMENT IS, I THINK, A NO BRAINER FOR US. THIS WOULD ALLOW 2 SMALL STRUCTURES TO BE PLACED ON 2 OF OUR STATIONS THAT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCH OR VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT DRONES. FOR USE IN PUBLIC SAFETY. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK CHIEF. IT PAINTS ME TO DO IT IN PUBLIC, BUT ON LAST COUPLE FIRES THEY'VE UTILIZED THEIR DRONES TO ASSIST OUR COMMAND STAFF, BECAUSE THEY HAVE INFRARED CAPABILITIES, AND THEY CAN SEE WHERE THE SEAT OF THE FIRE IS IN THE ROOF. SO NOT ONLY WOULD IT BENEFIT LOWER VALLEY POLICE, THE RESIDENTS OF ORO VALLEY, BUT IT ALSO BENEFITS US. SOUNDS GREAT. THANKS. WHEN I READ IT AND READ THE PROPOSALS PHENOMENAL. IDEA, AND THANKFULLY WE'VE GOT THAT AVAILABLE TO US, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH UNTIL THE TOWN OF ORO VALLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL. AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF ORO VALLEY, ALLOWING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF DRONE. AS A FIRST RESPONDER TO GRSD STATIONS 375 AND 377. YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED NO. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. DISCUSSION. ITEM B DISCUSSION AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING POLICY 1011. OH, IT'S 10011. DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT. CHIEF. MADAM CHAIR, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HR. DIRECTOR LONG. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. NO, THAT'S OKAY. WE WILL. THANK YOU. WE ARE PUTTING 1011 DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT. BACK IN FRONT OF YOU, IT WAS JUST DUE FOR REVIEW AND UPDATES. JUST TO MATCH OUR CURRENT PRACTICES, AND THEN MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE. WELL, I'M GLAD IT WASN'T BECAUSE IT'S A PROBLEM IN THE DISTRICT, SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A POLICY YOU NEED TO HAVE, BUT IT WAS JUST TIME TO BRING IT FORTH AND BRING IT UP TO DATE. SO, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU OR ANYTHING, BUT I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. YES. I'M SORRY. YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR REPORT AN ETHICS REPORTING PLATFORM THAT MAY BE USED FOR COMPLAINTS. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT WORKS? [01:35:11] YES, MA'AM. SO… BOARD MEMBER OUTLAW AND GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A COMPLIANCE THING. SO ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ETHICS REPORTING PLATFORM. WE OUTSOURCE THAT TO A THIRD PARTY COMPANY. AND I APOLOGIZE, THE NAME IS NOT COMING TO ME RIGHT THIS MINUTE. DO YOU CARE? THANK YOU. CHIEF PERRY ASSIST US WITH THAT. SO, UM, NAVEX IS THE COMPANY, AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY LINK TO OUR WEBSITE. AND ARE INTERNAL WEBSITE THAT WE SHARE WITH EMPLOYEES. AND YOU CAN GO THERE, CLICK ON IF YOU NEED TO FILE A GRIEVANCE, MAKE A COMPLAINT OR MAKE US AWARE OF ANYTHING. IS THE COMMAND STAFF, AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT GOES TO THE FIRE CHIEF, MYSELF, AND CHIEF PERRY AT THIS TIME. WE'RE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY ANYTIME ANYTHING COMES IN. IT WALKS YOU THROUGH IT. YOU CAN MAKE IT ANONYMOUS. IF YOU'D LIKE, AND THAT IS THE OTHER REASON YOU USE A 3RD PARTY SO THAT YOU CAN MAINTAIN THAT ANONYMITY FOR PEOPLE, SO THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE REPORTING. NOW THIS CAN BE REPORTED FROM INSIDE OUR ORGANIZATION OR FROM EXTERNALLY OUTSIDE OF OUR ORGANIZATION. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS WE NEED TO LOOK INTO. FROM THERE WE'LL MEET AS A GROUP. THE FIRE CHIEF WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION ON HOW WE NEED TO HANDLE THAT, WHO NEEDS TO TAKE POINT ON IT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH AN INVESTIGATION, OR MAYBE JUST ANSWERING THE CONCERN OR COMPLAINT, THAT SORT OF THING. SO… NO, IT'S NOT JUST A WEBSITE. THEY DO HAVE AN 800 NUMBER AND A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN CONTACT THEM, SO THAT THEY'RE EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. I'M GLAD ERIC SCHWAL DOESN'T WORK FOR US. MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE POLICY 1011, DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO MOTION PASSES. ITEM 9 C, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF TWO YEAR AGREEMENT WITH SPARK HIRE TO ASSIST HUMAN RESOURCES WITH RECRUITMENT PROCESSES. SORRY, FIRST MEETING. MADAM CHAIR HR. DIRECTOR LONG IS GOING TO TAKE THIS ONE, TOO. OKAY, MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS. WE'VE SPOKEN OF SPARK HIRE IN THE PAST. IT IS OUR VIDEO PLATFORM. SO WHAT WE UTILIZE IT FOR IS THOSE INITIAL INTERVIEWS. UM, FOR ANY RECRUITMENT PROCESS. AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO IS IT SAVES TIME AND MONEY FOR THE DISTRICT. BUT ALSO THE CANDIDATE. WE GIVE THEM AN ALLOTTED TIME PERIOD IN WHICH THEY CAN GO IN AND VIDEOTAPE THEMSELVES ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE SET FORTH. AND IT ALLOWS US TO… NORMALLY BRINGING SOMEBODY IN FOR AN INTERVIEW, RIGHT, IS EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING. YOU'RE PULLING THEM AWAY FROM WHATEVER THEIR LIFE IS, AND ASKING THEM TO TAKE TIME OUT OF MAYBE A CURRENT JOB, THINGS LIKE THAT. IT ELIMINATES THAT ISSUE. FOR US, GATHERING TOGETHER A BOARD TO SIT AND WATCH PEOPLE COME IN ALL DAY LONG, ALSO TIME-CONSUMING, BUT IT'S ALSO. SO WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS GATHER THAT BOARD TOGETHER AND THEY CAN SIT AND VERY QUICKLY GO THROUGH THOSE INTERVIEWS AND DETERMINE WHO THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN PERSON IN FRONT OF A CHIEFS PANEL OR A FINAL PANEL SO THAT. WE'RE GETTING THE BEST CANDIDATE POSSIBLE, BUT WE'RE… ALLOWING FOR BETTER USE OF TIME AND MONEY AND RESOURCES. AND SO THAT'S WHAT SPARK HIRE DOES FOR US. NOW, WHAT THEY DID WAS, WHEN I ASKED THEM WHAT WE WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR FOR BUDGET PURPOSES, THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SIGNING A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT, WE WILL BE INTERESTED IN LOCKING IN YOUR RATE. THAT WAS A FANTASTIC DEAL. SO I SAID, YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A CONTRACT FOR THAT, AND HERE WE ARE. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE PROCESS OR HOW IT WORKS. DO THEY INTERVIEW THE VERY FIRST THE FIRST INTERVIEWS? I MEAN. I CAN. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE UPWARDS OF LIKE 300 PEOPLE APPLYING. SO DO YOU STILL HAVE TO WATCH ALL 300 OF THOSE, OR JUST FAR CRY ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT FOR YOU? MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, WE… EVERY VIDEO THAT COMES IN, WE WATCH. OH, YOU DO? OKAY. WE DO NOT USE AI TO SCREEN. ANY OF OUR APPLICANTS, WHETHER IT'S THEIR RESUME. I KNOW A LOT OF COMPANIES YOU'RE HEARING THIS IN THE NEWS, RIGHT? THEY'RE USING AI TO SCREEN THOSE APPLICANTS AND KICK THEM OUT. WE DO NOT. THERE'S STILL A HUMAN BEHIND THAT KEYBOARD, AND THEY ARE SCREENING EVERY SINGLE APPLICANT AT EVERY SINGLE PHASE. SO NO, WE ARE STILL MAINTAINING CONTROL OVER THAT, AND WE ARE CHOOSING. WHAT TYPICALLY ELIMINATES IS THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUALS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHO. DON'T BELIEVE IN VIDEO INTERVIEWS. AND THEY SCREEN THEMSELVES OUT. AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'VE STILL BEEN GETTING VERY QUALITY CANDIDATES AND I WOULD SAY OUR HIRES HAVE BEEN PRETTY AMAZING. SO I THINK WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. NOW, EACH OF YOU ON THE COMMITTEE, DO YOU SIT INDEPENDENTLY TO VIEW THEM OR DO YOU SIT AS A GROUP AS YOU'RE VIEWING? THEY SIT AS A GROUP. SAME AS THEY WOULD AS IF IT WERE AN IN-PERSON INTERVIEW, SO THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY BIASES. THEY'RE CONSULTING TOGETHER OF WHAT IS THE BEST FIT FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, WHAT IS THE BEST FIT FOR OUR TEAM? AND DO WE THINK THAT PERSON MEETS THOSE STANDARDS? AND THEN WE ALSO ASK SOME TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. [01:40:11] DO THEY HAVE THE TECHNICAL UNDERSTANDING THEY WOULD NEED FOR THAT POSITION? NOPE, NOPE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? NO? OKAY. TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPARK HIRE AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO MOTION PASSES. ITEM D. DISCUSSION AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH OUR VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT FOR AMBULANCE BILLING SERVICES. CHIEF. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO TURN BOTH D AND E OVER TO ASSISTANT CHIEF PERRY. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BOTH THE DNE, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE EXACTLY BOILERPLATE COPIES OF EACH OTHER. ONE IS THIS 1ST ONE. D IS A CONTRACT WITH AVER VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT FOR AMBULANCE BILLING SERVICES. BASICALLY, WE'VE HAD THESE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH THE TWO ENTITIES FOR, WELL, AT LEAST SINCE 2019, AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE THEN. SO THE CHIEF HAD ASKED US TO GO BACK, REEVALUATE OUR COSTS, AND WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO INCREASE OUR BILLING RATES. SO WHAT THESE AGREEMENTS DO BASICALLY IS INCREASE THE BILLING RATES THAT WE RETAIN FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY 1%. SO A TOTAL OF 7% FOR AMBULANCE BILLING. AND THEN IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO DOWN THE PATH OF US ADMINISTRATING AN EMS MEMBERSHIP SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE, IT'LL IT'LL DO ANOTHER PERCENT AS WELL. BUT THIS WILL KIND OF CARRY US THROUGH FOR FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL WE LOOK TO DO ANOTHER RATE INCREASE. SO THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE THESE ARE ABOUT. OKAY, SO WE HAVE BOTH OF US WILL VOTE ON BOTH TOGETHER. CAN WE DO THAT, DONNA? CONSIDER BOTH OF THEM. OKAY. SO THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE WITH. RINCON VALLEY PARK. SO PLEASE. MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE. INTERGOVERNMENTAL GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH AVRA VALLEY AND RINCON VALLEY. INCREASING THE FEE AND AMBULANCE BILLING SERVICES THAT DESCRIBED. OKAY. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO MOTION PASSES. ITEM G, DISCUSSION AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF A CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH CONCORD GENERAL CONTRACTING FOR THE COMPLETION OF RENOVATIONS. RENOVATIONS TO THE GOLDEN RANCH TRAINING AND FLEET BUILDING. OKAY, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT. HOW MUCH IS THE BID? WE HAVE IT. RIGHT. MADAM CHAIR, I'LL LET CHIEF CESARE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS ALREADY AN APPROVED ITEM. WE'RE JUST BRINGING THE CONTRACT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR EXECUTION. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS CHIEF STATED, WE ARE BRINGING THE AIA AGREEMENT FROM CONCORD TO THE BOARD TO GET EXECUTED SO THAT WE CAN GIVE A NOTICE TO PROCEED TO THE CONTRACTORS, AND WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW WITH THIS PROJECT. EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT WE'RE MOVING WITH EXPANDING THE FLEET BUILDING AND DOING RENOVATIONS TO THE TRAINING CENTER TO THEN SUPPORT LARGER TRAINING CLASSES, LARGER ACADEMIES, WHICH IS A NEED ORGANIZATION. AND WHERE WE STAND IS WE HAVE PERMITS THAT ARE APPROVED WITH PIMA COUNTY FOR BOTH PROJECTS. SO ALL OF OUR DRAWING SETS ARE COMPLETED. WE'RE READY TO PULL PERMIT WITH THE COUNTY. WE HAD NO COMMENTS FROM THE REVIEWERS. AND SO WE'RE IN A VERY, VERY GOOD POSITION TO BE STARTING THIS CONSTRUCTION. SO WHAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD IS THE AIA AGREEMENT WITH CONCORD. AND IF THE BOARD APPROVES, WE WOULD SEND THE NOTICE TO PROCEED LATER ON TODAY, AND THEY WOULD THEN START MOBILIZING AS EARLY AS THE END OF THE WEEK WITH THE PLANS OF STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON MAY 4TH. AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN WE FIRST CAME TO THE BOARD BACK IN OCTOBER, WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT $5.2 MILLION WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS ON BOTH PROJECTS. OUR TEAM HAS SAT WITH THE ESTIMATORS, AND THROUGH THE BID PROCESS, BEEN ABLE TO BRING THIS NUMBER DOWN TO 4.7, 4.8 MILLION, 4.77. BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME ALLOWANCES INSIDE OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND THOSE ALLOWANCES GIVE US THE ABILITY TO COMPLETE THINGS, AND I'LL USE AUDIOVISUAL AS AN EXAMPLE. THERE'S A $95,000 ALLOWANCE IN FOR AUDIOVISUAL, BUT WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE EXPENDING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO WE DO HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY AND SOME ALLOWANCES INSIDE OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE ON THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN THE PROJECT, AND CONTINUE TO DO SOME VALUE ENGINEERING SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE TOTAL COST. AS I STATED, THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD START ON MAY 4TH. A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHALLENGE IS MAINTAINING THE SERVICES AT THE FLEET BUILDING, WHICH CHARLIE AND HIS TEAM AND FLEET ARE WELL AWARE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADAPT TO CONSTRUCTION TAKING PLACE AND STILL MAINTAIN THE SERVICE. [01:45:12] THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE TO KEEP OUR APPARATUS UP AND RUNNING. SO, WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT REALLY WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD IS THE AIA AGREEMENT TO GET THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY MOVING FORWARD. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD ONE CLARIFICATION BEFORE I GOT TONGUE TIED BEFORE. WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS A PENALTY CLAUSE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS TYPE OF NEGOTIATION OR. IS THAT ASKING TOO MUCH FROM THEM? MADAM CHAIR BOARD MEMBER SCHELLENBERGER IN THE AIA AGREEMENT. THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WITHIN 280 DAYS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A BIG WINDOW. BUT GETTING INTO A FINANCIAL ASPECT OF HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE WITH A FINANCIAL YOU YOU DON'T SEE THAT IN YOUR GENERAL AIA CONTRACTS. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CHOOSES, THEN I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND ASK FOR A CHANGE IN THEIR AGREEMENT. I GUESS I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT OF IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE AND AND UH… EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE IN ORDER WITH THEM. BOARD MEMBER SCHELLENBERGER. I AM VERY COMFORTABLE. THE FACT THAT OUR ARCHITECT DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF GETTING THE DRAWINGS AND WORKING WITH THE ENGINEERING TEAM TO MOVE THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS. I'M VERY COMFORTABLE THAT WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE AN EXCELLENT OUTCOME. OKAY, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBER SCHELLENBERG TO YOUR POINT. USUALLY, IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN A CONTRACT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN COSTS RIGHT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO RUN THE RISK. SO IT'S KIND OF A BALANCING ACT OF DO WE WANT TO INCREASE THE COST? FOR GUARANTEE ON THE PRICE, OR DO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE RELATIONSHIP? AND I GUESS THAT'S MORE COMMON WHEN IF IF IT IS DELAYED, THERE'S SOME PENALTY, YOU KNOW, SOME. THINGS THAT WOULD… ADVERSELY AFFECT THE DISTRICT, AND I GUESS THERE ISN'T ANY IN THIS CASE ANYWAY. GOLF. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO NOW. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH CONCORD GENERAL CONTRACTING FOR THE COMPLETION OF RENOVATION TO THE TRAINING AND FLEET BUILDINGS. THE GROSS MAXIMUM OF. 04,773,500. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. MOTION PASSES. NEXT IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL SIGNING OF A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH PATIENT. MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE HR. DIRECTOR LONG GOES INTO DETAIL. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE. I APOLOGIZE, WE'RE ON H, WHICH IS NICE, HELPFUL. OH, I'M SORRY. YEAH. YEAH, I'M SORRY. I SKIPPED OFF THAT ONE. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL SIGNING OF TWO YEAR AGREEMENT WITH NICE HEALTHCARE GOES FIRST. SO THE IMPORTANCE OF NICE HEALTH CARE IS THIS IS A THIRD-PARTY SERVICE THAT OFFERS TELEHEALTH AND ALSO COMES TO OUR STATIONS. AND CAN COME TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES IN CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT PREVENTS GOLDER RANCH FIRE DISTRICT'S HEALTH CARE INSURANCE PAYING FOR. THIS IS A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WHERE WE PAY A LUMP SUM AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY NICE. WE'RE CURRENTLY AT A 33% UTILIZATION, WHICH IS A GOOD UTILIZATION, ACCORDING TO NICE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT AT 90%, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK VERY HARD TO INCREASE IT. BUT THEY'RE OFFERING A TWO-YEAR RATE LOCK. AND AS WE'RE FACING ALMOST, I WOULD SAY, HYPERINFLATION AND HEALTHCARE COSTS, THIS IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE REALLY PUSHING TO REDUCE THE EVER-INCREASING COST OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE THAT. EVEN THOUGH OUR CARDS SAY CIGNA, IT'S GOLDEN RANCH PAYING THE CLAIMS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE STRESSING. WE'RE MOVING TO IN-PERSON OPEN ENROLLMENT AGAIN TO EDUCATE OUR PERSONNEL THAT JUST BECAUSE IT SAYS CIGNA. IT'S REALLY GOLDER RANCH PAYING THE CLAIMS, BUT NICE IS A NICE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CLAIMS THAT GOLDEN RANCH IS PAYING FOR, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HR DIRECTOR LONG. GOOD MORNING AND CHAIRPERSON GOLDER AND BOARD MEMBERS. NICE HEALTHCARE. I KNOW YOU GUYS HEAR ABOUT IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. WE LOVE IT. WE CONSISTENTLY IN HR. RECEIVE VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE EMPLOYEES WHO USE IT AND A FEW RETIREES. WITH THAT, I SUPPORT THIS. I THINK A 2-YEAR RATE LOCK IS AMAZING AND THE RIGHT THING TO DO. LIKE CHIEF SAID, THE BENEFITS COMMITTEE IS WORKING REALLY HARD TOGETHER ACROSS OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION TO UP THAT UTILIZATION RATE. WHILE IT'S GREAT IN NICEST TERMS. [01:50:10] I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT CHALLENGE TO ME. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I HAD ONE QUESTION UNDER EXHIBIT A STATIONS 372 AND 373 WEREN'T LISTED. CORRECT. YES, SIR. IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? CHAIRPERSON GOLDER AND CHAIRPERSON BETTY. SO THE REASON THEY'RE NOT IS BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE LIMITED IN-PERSON NURSES. THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN CERTAIN ZIP CODES AT THIS TIME. NOW, THEY HAVE EXPANDED THEIR NURSES OFFERING FOR TELEMEDICINE AND CHAT MEDICINE. SO WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT MORE NUMBER OF OF APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE TO OUR EMPLOYEES AT ANY GIVEN TIME. BUT FOR THOSE FEW IN PERSON, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE AN IN-PERSON NURSE. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THEY ARE SLOWLY EXPANDING THEIR SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE ZIP CODES THAT WE ARE. POPULATING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT THAT ONE IS NOT COVERED AT THIS TIME. WHAT THEY DID, THOUGH, WAS THEY'VE ALREADY EXPANDED THEIR SERVICE FOR US, AND WE ALREADY HAVE SERVICE AGREEMENTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR SERVICE AREA, SUCH AS AT ADMIN NORTH. THAT IS NOT WITHIN THEIR SERVICE AREA, BUT THEY DO OFFER IT TO US ANYWAY. SO I WILL SAY FOR EVERY CHALLENGE WE GIVE THEM TO MEET US WITH BETTER SERVICE, THEY HAVE ADDRESSED THAT, AND THEY CONTINUE TO ADDRESS IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THEM THIS YEAR AND TRY AND PUSH FOR MORE ZIP CODES TO BE COVERED. AND I ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE'LL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL GROWTH FROM THEM. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTION? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S HEALTHCARE AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED. WE HAVE A MOTION, SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR VOTE AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. MOTION PASSES. OKAY, MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL SIGNING OF THE TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH PATIENT. MADAM CHAIR, IF I CAN STEAL SOME OF THE. HR DIRECTOR LONG'S THUNDER. I WANT TO GIVE HER CREDIT FOR FINDING THIS PROGRAM, AND I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. AS AGAIN, WE'RE FACING THE EVER-INCREASING COST OF HEALTHCARE, AS EVERYONE IS, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING TO AN HSA-ONLY PLAN STARTING IN JULY. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRANSITION FROM PEOPLE ON THE PPO PLAN TO THE HSA PLAN. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT CAN BE SCARY FOR PEOPLE, AND THAT THAT CAN PRESENT SOME LOGISTIC AND FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. SO DIRECTOR LONG FOUND THIS PROGRAM THAT HELPS PROVIDE A BRIDGE AS PEOPLE TRANSITION TO THE HSA. WE SPENT THE LAST 3 MONTHS IN THE BENEFITS COMMITTEE MEETING, BOTH WITH LABOR AND MANAGEMENT, TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE MOST FAIR AND REASONABLE APPROACH ON HEALTH CARE COSTS. AND THIS IS JUST A SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS THEY TRANSITION. TO THE HSA, AND I'LL LET DIRECTOR LONG FILL IN THE DETAILS. SO, CHAIRPERSON GOLDER AND. THE REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS. PATIENT. THERE'S A BALANCE TO EVERYTHING, RIGHT? AND THE COST OF HEALTHCARE IS BECOME ASTRONOMICAL FOR EVERY EMPLOYER OUT THERE. WE'RE ALL SEEING. SIMILAR NUMBERS, AND… YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SHARE SOME OF THAT COST EXPENDITURES WITH YOUR PERSONNEL, AND WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO PROTECT THEM FROM THAT COST EXPOSURE. WE KNOW THAT WE STILL WANT THEM TO GET THE BEST CARE. WE WANT THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS TO. OBTAIN THAT CARE AND THOSE PRESCRIPTIONS THAT THEY NEED. WE DO NOT WANT TO DETER THAT AT ALL. COST IS ALWAYS A FACTOR FOR EVERYBODY. WITH THAT BEING SAID PATIENT PROVIDED. A GAP, A SUBGAP FOR US. SO. WE OFFER HSA FUNDS TO OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS AMAZING. THERE'S A LIMIT TO THOSE FUNDS AS WELL. AND THAT STILL LEAVES THE EMPLOYEE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR. HAVING SOMETHING HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S LARGE OR SMALL. COMING FACE-TO-FACE WITH THAT DEDUCTIBLE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THEY'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. AND NOT QUITE BEING READY YET IN THEIR HSA FUNDS, OR EVEN IN THEIR PERSONAL WALLETS. TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE COST OF THAT CARE, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. SO WHAT PATIENT DOES IS IT'S AN APP. THEY ARE TIED TO VISA. WELL-RECOGNIZED NAME. AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY OFFER THE EMPLOYEE. WE PAY THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AS GOLDER AND THEY OFFER THE EMPLOYEE UP TO $2,000 REVOLVING CREDIT. THAT CAN THEN BE TAKEN FROM THEIR PAYCHECK AT AN AGREED UPON AMOUNT BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE AND PATIENT. [01:55:04] AND THEY GET APPROVAL IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES. THERE'S NO HARD CREDIT CHECK. THERE ARE NO FEES TO OUR EMPLOYEES, AND THERE IS NO INTEREST ON THIS MONEY TO OUR EMPLOYEES. SO THEY ARE LITERALLY JUST BORROWING $2,000 AGAINST THEMSELVES. TO HELP PAY FOR WHATEVER THEY NEED ONCE THEY'VE GOT THAT PAID OFF, THAT THAT CREDIT BECOMES AVAILABLE TO THEM AGAIN. IF FOR ANY REASON THEIR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE. THEY PICK UP THE PHONE. THEY CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT. AND THEY WORK OUT NEW PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH THEM VERY QUICKLY. EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN, ALL THE PRESENTATIONS I'VE GONE THROUGH, MEETING WITH. THEIR REPRESENTATIVE. AND ALL THE FEEDBACK I'VE DONE THE RESEARCH ON MYSELF HAS ALL BEEN VERY, VERY POSITIVE. THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD. BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU RATING OUT THERE. THEY HAVE A GOOD TRUSTPILOT RATING. AND EVERY SINGLE CONSUMER THAT HAS BEEN USING THEM HAS POSITIVE REVIEWS OF THEM SAYING THEY'RE EASY TO WORK WITH, AND THAT EVERYTHING THEY TELL US IS EXACTLY HOW THEY OPERATE. BUT IT GIVES OUR PERSON THAT ABILITY RIGHT THERE AT THAT POINT IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO RECEIVE THAT $2,000 CREDIT IF THEY NEED IT. IT'S OPTIONAL. NO EMPLOYEE HAS TO SIGN UP OR HAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, BUT IT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM IF THEY NEED IT. IT'S AN APP YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ON YOUR PHONE. ONCE YOU'RE APPROVED FOR CREDIT, THEY WILL SEND YOU THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CARD. BUT THAT APP GIVES YOU AN ELECTRONIC CREDIT CARD RIGHT THAT MINUTE THAT YOU CAN USE IN YOUR ELECTRONIC WALLET. SO THAT'S A VERY QUICK SYNOPSIS OF HOW IT WORKS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU CAN BORROW THE MONEY FOR ALMOST ANYTHING, INCLUDING VET CARE. YES, MA'AM, IT IS. AND ALL THAT. OKAY. YEAH, CHAIRPERSON GOTER, IT IS MEDICAL. DENTAL VISION, SO YOUR MAIN MEDICAL CARE NEEDS, AND VETERINARY CARE. THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE AN ANCILLARY THING THAT THEY PUT IN THERE. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR THAT, SO WHY NOT LEAVE IT THERE AND LEAVE IT AVAILABLE? AS WE KNOW? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS, I FOLLOW THE NEWS PRETTY CLOSELY, BUT WE HEAR ABOUT THAT, TOO, BEING SOMETHING THAT. HAS CAUSED PEOPLE TO HAVE TO GIVE UP THEIR PETS, AND WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT PETS CAN BE TO PEOPLE AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST ALLOW THEM TO BORROW AGAINST THEMSELVES FOR THAT? NO, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I JUST HAD A VET BILL OF $7,500 BUCKS. I DON'T KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS. YES, MA'AM. YOU COULD ONLY BORROW, LIKE, $2,000 AGAINST THAT. OKAY, GOTCHA. ALRIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? I HAD A QUESTION, UM… I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PAY… YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH A PAYROLL DEDUCTION, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. SO YOU HAVE A FEW OPTIONS. THEY INITIALLY WILL SET YOU UP AS A PAYROLL DEDUCTION. WE CAN AUTOMATE ALL OF THAT THROUGH THE 2 SYSTEMS TALKING TO EACH OTHER. SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ON A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXTRA WORK IN HR AND FINANCE. BUT THEY ALSO, IN THE APP, WHEN YOU SET UP YOUR ACCOUNT, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO ALSO LINK IT TO YOUR HSA, IF YOU NEEDED TO PAY BACK FROM THAT. SO SAY YOU NEEDED A SECOND RESOURCE, YOU CAN ALSO LINK IT TO A PERSONAL CHECKING ACCOUNT. OKAY. OKAY. IS ARE THERE TIME CONSTRAINTS ON HOW LONG THEY'RE GIVEN TO INITIALLY, YES, MA'AM. INITIALLY, THEY'RE GIVEN 12 MONTHS, 12 MONTHS. OKAY. THANK YOU. BARRING ANY HARDSHIP, AS I STATED EARLIER, THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO WORK THROUGH. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD PROGRAM, AND AND THANK YOU FOR. SEEKING THIS OUT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE. THE PATIENT AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE OPPOSED. NO MOTION PASSES. JAY DISCUSSION AND OR POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE GOLDEN RANCH FIRE DISTRICT RECONCILIATION AND MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT, CHIEF. JEFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PAY THE BILLS? WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU PERSONALLY, BUT YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONALLY, PLEASE. IT'S QUITE A BIT SMALLER THAN IT. OH, OKAY. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. SO, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE ARE TRYING TO UPDATE. REPORTS. WE STARTED WITH THE COLOR JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO. GET IN THE HABIT OF SEEING THINGS DIFFERENT. WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU WHEN WE'RE CHANGING WHAT WE'RE CHANGING. GIVE YOU DEFINITIONS, BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS. PROCESS OF UPDATING THINGS FOR THE MOST PART. THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK SIMILAR AS WE'RE APPROACHING THE BUDGET WHERE YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO START TO SEE CHANGES IS IN AFTER JULY 1ST OF KIND OF HOW SOME OF THE LINE ITEMS. ARE GOING TO BE REPORTED DIFFERENTLY, BUT… FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING. MONTH TO DATE, ALL OF OUR FUNDS AND ACTIVITIES, MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE IS OBVIOUSLY DOWN FOR THE MONTH. [02:00:08] THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT ON THIS ONE THAT I'M. REALLY INTERESTED IN, UH… THERE IS A LOT THAT IS PUT INTO MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE. SO EXACTLY WHY THAT'S LOW. WE'RE STILL DIGGING INTO WHAT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS FOR MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE. THAT'S A CONGLOMERATION OF EVERYTHING FROM PERMIT FEES TO SERVICE CONTRACTS. SOME TRAINING THAT WE DO AS WELL. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO THAT NUMBER. SO IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL PROBABLY SEE LESS IN MISCELLANEOUS AND MORE LINE ITEMS. IN OTHER WORDS. YES. OKAY, GOOD. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT BROKEN OUT INTO ADDITIONAL LINE ITEMS. AND THEN ALSO YOU'LL SEE. LIKE THE EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HEALTHCARE THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECKS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S NOT VISIBLE ON THESE REPORTS. AND SO IT'S LOWERING SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE. AS FAR AS THE COST OF HEALTHCARE, THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES. SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE CHANGES COMING. GOOD. THANK YOU. WE ARE AHEAD AS FAR AS REVENUE COLLECTION. OUR EXPENSES ARE DOWN. CONSIDERABLY. A LOT OF THAT IS. HAVING TO DO WITH. SOME OF THE LINE ITEMS FROM BEFORE BEING KIND OF BUDGETED IN BULK AND NOT NECESSARILY DIALED IN AS TIGHT AS WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE MAKING THEM THIS NEXT BUDGET. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER. I THINK EVERYBODY'S USED TO, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT ALL OF THE BUDGET, SEEING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS AHEAD ON REVENUE, AND WE'RE ALWAYS UNDER AN EXPENSES. UM… WE HAVE A HUGE VARIANCE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO NOT MANAGE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT KIND OF MARGIN. LET'S SAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO DIAL THEM IN A LOT TIGHTER. THIS IS THE CACHE FOR PIMA COUNTY. CURRENTLY. BASICALLY, WE'RE DUE IN APRIL AND MAY TO SEE AN INFLUX. THE TAX COLLECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE PULLING OUT 3.7 MILLION EVERY MONTH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE MONTH. WHERE THE BANK BALANCE GOT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN. UH, WE WANTED, SO WE LEFT HALF OF THE MONEY IN THE COUNTY AT THAT POINT. PINAL COUNTY. I HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE TREND ON THE FDAT WONDERING WHY. UH, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THAT, BUT THAT'S ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO CHECK INTO. YOU CAN SEE FROM PRIOR YEAR TAXES, WE ENDED UP HAVING TO GIVE MONEY BACK INSTEAD OF COLLECTING IT. THAT'S JUST THE ONLY INTERESTING POINT ON THAT ONE TO ME. TOTAL CASH OVERALL. SO THIS IS ALL ACCOUNTS. BASICALLY, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT… $4 MILLION IN THE BOND PROCEEDS FOR CHIEFS ERIC'S PROJECT. THE DEBT SERVICES ACCOUNT WILL DROP SOME WHEN WE PAY DEBT SERVICES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR. BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A SURPLUS IN THAT ONE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE IN JULY. YOU WILL SEE THAT NUMBER GO UP FOR THE GENERAL FUND AMOUNT IN PIMA COUNTY, BUT. WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO PULL OUT ROUGHLY. 3.7 MILLION EVERY MONTH, SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE AHEAD OF WHERE WE ARE, UH… WITH THE GENERAL FUND MONEY AT PIMA COUNTY. BUT I WOULD NOT SAY IT'S GOING TO BE. YEAH. SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL PULLING OUT 3.7 MILLION PER MONTH. EMS BILLING. WE ARE ON TREND TO HIT, UH… OUR OUR PROJECTED AMOUNT FOR THE YEAR. ANOTHER THING IS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT REPORTS ON THIS AS FAR AS. WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING, WHO OUR MAJOR PAYERS ARE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS JUST ONE LUMP SUM OF EVERYTHING. I THINK THERE IS SOME BENEFIT TO DIGGING MORE DETAIL INTO THIS AND FIGURING OUT EXACTLY. WHERE SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES ARE WITH CASH COLLECTION. AGAIN, JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR AS AMBULANCE BILLING. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CLAIMS ARE WRITTEN OFF BECAUSE MEDICARE, MEDICAID, LIKE THEY WRITE OFF A HUGE CHUNK RIGHT OFF THE TOP. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT TRUE CASH COLLECTION, THAT RATE'S LOW. [02:05:02] UH, BECAUSE MOST OF IT'S WRITTEN OFF IMMEDIATELY WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING THE. CLOSER TO FULL AMOUNTS ARE ON THIRD PARTY AND PRIVATE PAY. GOVERNMENTAL INSURANCES DON'T PAY US THAT MUCH. ACCESS DOES PAY US A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN MEDICARE, BUT STILL NOT THE FULL AMOUNT. SO. AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, AND I'M TELLING YOU A LOT OF STUFF TODAY JUST SO YOU GET USED TO HEARING IT, BUT THERE WILL BE. THERE WILL BE DEFINITIONS ALONG WITH THIS AS WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA. THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN OBJECTIVES IS TO. SET DEFINITIONS AND KEEP THE DEFINITIONS CURRENT AND DEFINED. SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING THEM MONTHLY OR… BUDGET, YOU KNOW, BUDGET. SO, AND THEN WILDLAND FIRES. THIS ONE IS COMPLETELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I'M JUST TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW THERE'S A BUNCH OF DATA THAT WE SHARE WITH YOU THAT HASN'T BEEN SHARED IN THE PAST. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BILLING, UM. IS… HAS NOT NECESSARILY BEEN HIGHLIGHTED, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THE BILLING DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, FINANCE IS BRINGING IN FROM DOING THAT BILLING WORK. WHICH AT SOME POINT I'M ASSUMING THE OPERATIONS FOLKS MIGHT BE ASKING FOR SOME. HELP WITH LEGISLATORS ON BUMPING THAT NUMBER UP BECAUSE IT'S UNDER WHAT WE THINK IS THE VALUE OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. SO THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING MORE INFORMATION FORWARD TO YOU SO YOU HAVE BETTER VISIBILITY ON THAT. BUT WE'VE HAD 3 FIRES AND THEY'RE ALL IN BILLING PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND UH… HOPEFULLY, NEXT MONTH WE WILL HAVE THE ACTUAL BREAKOUT FOR YOU WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL. COLUMNS AND LINES. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE OVERALL PICTURE INSTEAD OF JUST THE FULL WILDERNESS. THAT WAS ALL LIKE IT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, NO, ACCEPT THE MOTION, PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE. CHANGING OUR FINANCES. YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COLA RANCH FIRE. DISTRICT RECONCILIATION FOR THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE OPPOSED NO MOTION PASSES. ITEM 10 FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR MAY 19TH? MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE. BUT WE DO HAVE THE MAY 4TH BUDGET STUDY SESSION, 9 O'CLOCK HERE. OKAY, EVERYBODY HAVE THAT DOWN? STARTING AT 8 OR 9, OR WE'RE GOING TO START AT 9. WE CAN START AT 8 IF YOU WANT. EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH 9. OKAY, CONSENSUS IS 9. ALL RIGHT. CAUSE OF THE PUBLIC. NOTHING AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU ALL. SEE YOU FIRST PART OF MAY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.