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[1. Roll Call - Announcement of a Quorum]
FOR THOSE WHO ARE FAINT IN HEART.IF YOU ORDER. I WILL CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT FOR OUR COMMITTEE AND FINANCE.
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 5.51 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, I CALL TO ORDER THE FINANCE MEETING AT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DALLAS COLLEGE FOR APRIL THE 4TH, 2023, AT 934.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON THE BOARD WEBSITE AFTER THE MEETING AT A LATER DATE.
SO, CHANCELLOR, CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW? MR. CHAIR, I CERTIFIED THIS MEETING WAS POSTED ACCORDING TO SECTION 551 .054 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK? SORA TOLLEY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THIS.
NO ONE'S GOING TO SPEAK TO US.
TODAY WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.
THE FIRST WILL BE A PRESENTATION BY STAFF AS IT RELATES TO THE OVER 65 TAX EXEMPTION.
AND THE SECOND REPORT WILL BE A BUSINESS CONTINUITY REPORT.
SO YOU'LL BE BY YOURSELF TODAY?
[4.1. Over 65/Disabled Tax Exemption Discussion]
YOU DON'T WANT ME? I DO.WE CAN FIND THE DEFENDANT IF HE'S NOT HERE BEFORE HE GETS HERE.
WE WANT TO START THE MORNING OFF WITH A LITTLE LIGHT APPETIZER CONVERSATION ABOUT TAXES.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR HISTORY ON OUR TAX EXEMPTION INCREASES.
IN 2018, WE DID AN INCREASE FROM OUR STANDARD $50,000 EXEMPTION TO $69,000.
THAT MOVE SAVED OUR TAXPAYERS AN ESTIMATED $1.9 MILLION.
THEN IN 2019, WE DID ANOTHER INCREASE FROM 69,070 5000, SAVING AN ADDITIONAL 900,000.
AND SO WHY ARE WE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION A MOTION TODAY? LET'S LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE IN COMPARISON TO OUR PEERS.
AND HERE WE ARE AT DALLAS COLLEGE AT 75,000.
WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR OTHER WE WILL CALL THEM NEIGHBORING PEERS, IF YOU WILL.
BASICALLY, THIS SENATE BILL ENHANCED THE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR HOMESTEAD AND THEN HAD A PROVISION IN THERE FOR THE SENIORS AND OVER AND OVER 65 AND DISABLED PERSONS TAKING IT FROM 40,000 FOR THE HOMESTEAD TO 70,000.
AND THEN WITH THE ENHANCEMENT FOR SENIORS AND OVER 65, THERE'S THEN $100,000 EXEMPTION IN TOTAL.
AGAIN, WE'RE AT 75,000 LIKE WE JUST SAW AT THE OTHER SLIDE.
HOWEVER, THIS BILL DID NOT IMPACT COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
IT IS SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS ISDS, BUT THEY DID PUT A PROVISION IN THERE TO BASICALLY HOLD HARMLESS THE ISDS BY HAVING A SEPARATE POOL OF MONEY FOR THEM TO TAP INTO FOR THE LOST REVENUE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE.
SO, AGAIN, IT DOES NOT PERTAIN TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
WE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS NEW MANDATE ACCORDING TO THIS BILL.
THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE HAVING PROACTIVELY SO THAT WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SAVINGS TO OUR OVER 65 AND DISABLED POPULATION.
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PERSONS IS ABOUT 185,000.SO WE HAVE HERE OUR CURRENT TAX RATE, OUR TOTAL TAX RATE AND REMINDING YOU ALL THAT DALLAS COLLEGE REPRESENTS JUST OVER 4% OF THE TOTAL TAX BILL FOR OUR CITIZENS IN DALLAS COUNTY.
HERE ARE THE SCENARIOS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE.
THE 90,000 100,000 AND 120,000.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SAVINGS WOULD GO FROM 2.4 MILLION TO 7.4 MILLION.
IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL SAVINGS OF JUST OVER $4 MILLION FOR THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED PERSONS.
SO THE STATE. AMSTERDAM WOULD ALSO BE DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR FOREGONE REVENUE FOR DALLAS COLLEGE.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE AND WE LOOKED AT THOSE PARCELS.
AND SO NOW THEY HAVE THE EXEMPTIONS HERE, 75,000 IF WE WENT TO 90, 100, 120.
SO THEN WE DO THE DIFFERENCE OF THE HOMESTEAD.
AFTER THOSE EXEMPTIONS, THE HOMESTEAD AND THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED PERSON EXEMPTIONS.
AND WE CAN SEE AGAIN HOW IT INCREASES AS WE AS WE GO THROUGH AND WE RAISE THAT RATE.
THAT'S JUST A CHART THAT YOU JUST WHAT WE JUST SAW.
SO SO AGAIN, THERE'S NO NO FORMAL ACTION HERE.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING AS A TEAM OF OF A WAY TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND SHOW SOME RELIEF TO THIS POPULATION OF TAX PAYERS.
SENATE BILL THREE RELATES TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
WE ARE AT THE MAX 20% OF THEIR TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE MINIMUM OF $5,000.
AND SO IT'S CALLED AN OPTIONAL HOMESTEAD AND THAT'S WHAT WE CLAIM.
SO WE'VE ALWAYS GIVEN THE MAXIMUM HOMESTEAD.
SO IT'S IN THE THOSE, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN'T CLAIM BOTH, YOU CAN'T CLAIM BOTH THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED PERSON TO THE SAME TAXING ENTITY KNOW THEY CAN CHANGE WITH OTHER TAXING ENTITIES HOW THEY DO IT.
BUT WITH US THEY WOULD HAVE TO PICK ONE OR THE OTHER.
BUT IT IS CUMULATIVE ON WHAT THEY SAY.
PHIL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, BUT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF RATE REDUCTION, THE DALLAS COLLEGE OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE DONE SOME, BUT WHY DO WE DO IT? AND AND WELCOME YOUR PERSPECTIVE, TOO, ON THE THE THIS IS THE THE BASEL LEGISLATURE.
DO WE DO EXEMPTIONS WHICH BENEFIT ONLY HOMEOWNERS OR DO WE DO RATE REDUCTIONS WHICH BENEFIT BOTH BUSINESSES AS WELL AS HOMEOWNERS? AND THAT'S TO ME, THE KEY POLICY DECISION.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO TAX RELIEF, IT'S NOT JUST HOW MUCH, BUT WHAT'S THE MECHANISM OF DOING IT, AND DO WE JUST BENEFIT HOMEOWNERS OR DO WE BENEFIT ALL TAXPAYERS? BUT SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT IF YOU COULD.
SO WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THE MAX HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, AS JOHN JUST STATED, ABOUT 20%.
WE THEN HAD THE DISCUSSIONS IN 2018 AND 19 FOR THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED PERSON EXEMPTION.
WE HADN'T DONE ANY OTHERS BEFORE THEN.
WE WERE JUST AT WHAT WE FELT THE MAX WAS AT THAT TIME, THE 50,000.
SO THE IMPACT THAT WE LOOKED AT ONCE AFTER WE HAD THE MEETING LAST WEEK HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20, ALMOST $30, YOU KNOW, SAVINGS FOR THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED PERSONS IF WE DID THE SAME THING TO REDUCE THE RATE TO COME INTO THAT $4 MILLION SAVINGS THAT WE HAD, WE'RE TALKING $3 WOULD BE THE IMPACT TO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER AT THAT TIME.
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ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE DUE TO TAB GROWTH.THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.
I MEAN, ALL KINDS OF BUSINESSES PAY PROPERTY TAXES AS WELL.
AND HERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO TAX RELIEF, TO DO SO ON OUR OWN VOLITION.
SO DOING IT FOR MY AND THIS IS I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR JOHN OR FOR THE CHANCELLOR.
MY MY PERSONAL VIEW ON THIS IS BUSINESSES HAVE THE THE MECHANISM TO ADJUST THEIR REVENUE.
WE HAVE PROVIDED AVENUES FOR THEM TO COME TO COLLEGE FOR FREE.
RIGHT. BUSINESSES HAVE THE MECHANISM TO DO THAT.
THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR MRS CAN'T CONTROL THEIR LEVEL OF PROPERTY TAX.
THEY PAY THEIR OWNERS, BUT THEY CAN CONTROL THEIR COST.
AND BY RAISING THEIR BY CHANGING THEIR COST, THEIR PRICING ON THINGS, THAT IS IRRELEVANT TO THE DECISION THIS BOARD HAS TO MAKE AS TO WHETHER WE PROVIDE RATE RELIEF JUST TO HOMEOWNERS OR TO HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES.
YEAH. HOWEVER, IT IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR ME AS A BOARD MEMBER TO HAVE THAT INPUT.
DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? WELL, AND THE REASON THE REASON I SAY THAT TRUSTEE IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE CASH STRAPPED AND WE HAD TO MAKE THAT DECISION WHERE BUILDINGS, THE FACILITIES WERE SUFFERING, WHERE WE HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION, OKAY, THE STUDENTS ARE THE TAXPAYER.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE POSITION WE WERE IN, I THINK IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, BECAUSE BOTH WE HAD TO INCREASE ON BOTH SIDES BECAUSE OUR BUILDINGS WERE IN A BAD STATE OF REPAIR, WE COULDN'T PROVIDE THE PROGRAMING THAT WAS NEEDED.
SO AT THE TIME THAT, YES, WE DO HAVE INCREASED TAXES COMING TO US BECAUSE OF PROPERTY VALUES INCREASING, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE A WHAT IS IT, MAKE RAIN OR MAKE HAY WHILE.
WHAT? WELL, SANJAY, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO AUGMENT AND TO ENHANCE AND DO THOSE SERVICES, JUST LIKE WE ARE ABLE TO DO NOW BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA MONEY WE GOT FROM THE ARPA AND BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA MONEY WE'RE GETTING OFF OF THE INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THESE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, THESE ENHANCEMENTS, THE HIGHER THE SUCCESS COACHES BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FUNDS, BUT THEY'VE GOT TO COME A DAY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
WHEN THE UPPER PROPERTY TAXES, THE WHAT WE GET TOWARDS DECREASES AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT SITUATION BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE, BUT WHEN I USED TO SERVE ON THE BUDGET BOARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND I WOULD WE WOULD MEET AT EITHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE STATE, THE BOARD WOULD.
AND I WALKED INTO CAMPUSES WHERE THE BUILDINGS WERE IN SAD STATE OF DISREPAIR, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPTION THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF BEING PROPERTY RICH.
SO EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO IMPROVE, THEY COULDN'T.
UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THOSE TAXES OR TUITION, WE DON'T NEED IT THAT WAY.
AND WE'RE IN DANGER OF BEING IN THAT WAY BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO DECREASE THE RATE.
BUT IF THERE COMES A TIME WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO INCREASE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT? IF WE I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, DEANNA, AND BACK WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, YES, I'D BE WILLING TO LOOK AT INCREASING THE RATE WHEN WE NEED THE MONEY TO MAINTAIN ESSENTIAL SERVICES, BUT WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO DECREASE THE RATE AS WELL.
AND SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE TAX RELIEF.
THAT'S WHY THIS RECOMMENDATION IS BEING MADE.
AND THE QUESTION, THOUGH, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO BOTH.
WE'VE DONE EXEMPTIONS TWICE IN THE PAST SIX YEARS.
WE'VE DONE RATE RELIEF BY OPERATION OF STATE LAW.
LET'S DO SOME RATE RELIEF AND BENEFIT ALL TAXPAYERS BY OUR OWN VOLITION, BY OUR OWN DECISION.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE OR DO SOME MAYBE EVEN A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
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I'VE SAID THIS. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO INCREASE IT WHEN WE'RE NOT FLUSH WITH CASH.AND WE'LL HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WILLING TO CHANGE THE RATE.
WELL, LET ME LET ME LET ME MAKE A COMMENT THEN I'LL GO BACK TO YOU.
YOU KNOW, AND I REALLY, TRULY DO RESPECT PHIL APPROACH TO HIS THOUGHT PROCESS.
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IS THAT I BELIEVE THE BUSINESSES GAINED A LOT MORE IF WE TRIED TO DISTRIBUTE $3 TO A TO AN INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER OR BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH, THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THEIR LIFE OR ANYBODY'S LIFE.
IF WE COLLECTIVELY KEEP THAT MONEY, WE GIVE THE BUSINESSES BY HAVING THE MONEY AVAILABLE, WE WE HELP THE BUSINESSES BY PROVIDING WORKERS WHO ARE PROPERLY TRAINED.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT A CAPITAL BOND, WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, THAT'S WHY PEOPLE GIVE BUILDINGS AND DON'T GIVE THE OPERATIONAL MONEY BECAUSE IT'S A BIG HOLE WHEN YOU BUILD A NEW.
OR YOU INCREASE A SERVICE OR A PROGRAM THAT OPERATIONAL COST BEHIND THAT.
WE GOT TO BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I APPLAUD THIS BOARD IN THE PAST AS TWO OF ACCUMULATING A GOOD, STRONG FINANCIAL FOOTING THAT ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM THAT THE TAXPAYERS APPROVE.
AND SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE REASONS THAT THAT I BELIEVE THAT THAT IF WE WERE FLUSH IN CASH AND HAD NO CHALLENGES, WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE COMPENSATION STUDY FOR FACULTY.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE NEW PROGRAMING LIKE NURSING AND ALL THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FUND.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE EXCESS MONEY.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SURPLUS OF MONEY.
I THINK WE'RE STILL DEFICIENT.
BUT BUT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF GOING AND RAISING TAXES TO GET MORE MONEY.
I THINK WE'RE DOING SOME CREATIVE THINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH SOME RESOURCES THAT ARE COMING IN.
AND I THINK THE OTHER PART IS BECAUSE YOU GUYS IN THE PAST HAVE REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB.
THEY THE ONES WHO NEED IT THE MOST.
AND I MEAN, WHAT IS IT, THE TAX SAVINGS THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE $3, $3? I MEAN, I WOULD RATHER THOSE $3 BE INVESTED.
$3 FOR THE HOMEOWNER ON AN AVERAGE SMALL BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, NOT PERSONAL PROPERTY, IT'S ALMOST $2 MILLION WORTH OF VALUE. AND THAT'S LIKE A $21 SAVING.
I NEED TO CLARIFY SOME THINGS HERE.
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING DEEP INTO THE DISCUSSION.
AN EXEMPTION AFFECTS THE TOTAL RATE BECAUSE IT'S A REDUCTION IN THE TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE.
A TAX. A TAX RATE REDUCTION ONLY AFFECTS THE NO PORTION MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE RATE.
IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE DEBT SERVICE RATE, WHICH IS ABOUT 10% OF THE RATE OR LESS.
BUT AND WE NEVER ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE BEEN AT 10.4 CENTS FOR YEARS.
TWO YEARS AGO, IT DROPPED BY ONE HALF OF A PERCENT, HALF OF $0.01 TO 10.35 LAST YEAR.
THE CAP CAUGHT US WITH A HIGH INTEREST AND WE DROPPED ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF A OF A CENT, SO WE'RE UP TO ALMOST A PENNY LOSS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR? WELL, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES.
WE'RE STILL EXPECTING SOMETHING HEALTHY BECAUSE IT'S VALUED AS OF JANUARY 1ST, NOT TODAY'S PRICES.
SO WE WON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EFFECT IS UNTIL THE END OF JULY.
BUT AN EXEMPTION WE HAVE A DEADLINE OF JULY THE 3RD.
WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TO GET THAT INTO THE TAX RATES AND EVERYTHING.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER FOR FOR A HOMEOWNER OR FOR A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
BUT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS A SMALL BUSINESS.
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I MEAN, YEAH, $2 MILLION.SO THEN THEY THEY GO TO TUITION.
YEAH. WELL, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY POINT.
I WAS IN FOR ME, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY POINT.
BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY A SAVINGS TO OUR STUDENTS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAVE TO WEIGH IT.
WE'RE HELPING A LOT OF THEM THROUGH DALLAS PROMISE AND SOME OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS.
BUT THAT TAKES CARE OF TUITION AND BOOKS.
IT DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF LIVING EXPENSES, WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS STILL HAVE TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DO THE WRAPAROUND.
THAT'S WHY WE DO THE FOOD PANTRY.
THAT'S WHY WE DO THE CLOTHES CLOSET.
AND TO SAY $21 A YEAR, I MEAN, WE SPEND THAT AT A LUNCH.
BUT WE'RE THE LOWEST TAXING ENTITY IN DALLAS COUNTY.
AND LOOK AT THE BENEFIT THAT IS DERIVED IN ECONOMIC IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
WELL, AGAIN, RESPECT FOR FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE AND DEAL WITH THIS FOR A LOT LONGER.
TO ME IT'S A FUNCTION OF VALUE OF THE COST.
AND I'D MUCH RATHER INCREASE VALUE THAN TO REDUCE COST.
AND PRIME EXAMPLE, AT OUR LAST CHAMBER BOARD MEETING, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAME TO US FOR A $1.27 MILLION BOND PROGRAM, WHICH IS GOING TO INCREASE TAXES. SITTING AT THE BOARD CHAIRMAN OF OUR BOARD IS ONE OF THE LARGEST TAXPAYERS SITTING ON THE BOARD, IS THE LARGEST TAXPAYER, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DO THAT. TO TO CHAIRMAN BRAVO POINT, THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE WORKFORCE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR THIS, THIS TALENT.
AND SO RATHER THAN THEN GO BACK TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES, HOW DO WE GROW THAT VALUE IS WHERE I'M ALWAYS GOING TO COME FROM AND NOT AT ALL UNSENSITIVE BECAUSE IT ALWAYS BOTHERED ME WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, WELL, THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IS A CUP OF COFFEE.
WELL, KRAFT, KRAFT FOODS IN GARLAND IS GOING TO PAY A LOT MORE THAN A CUP OF COFFEE.
AND HE VOTED FOR THAT THAT PROGRAM.
SO, YOU KNOW, NO ONE'S TALKING ABOUT SORA TOLLEY FOR ME, JUST HAVING MONEY IN RESERVES, NOT, YOU KNOW, IN WALLOWING IN CASH. IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE DO MORE TO AND WE'RE DOING IT AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT GETS FACE TO FACE WITH STUDENTS TO GET THEM THAT EDUCATION TO BECOME PART OF THAT WORKFORCE.
ANY MORE COMMENTS? YES, SIR. OTHERWISE, AS JOHN SAID, THERE ARE STILL CERTAINLY UNKNOWNS.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH TASB? ALSO UNKNOWN, WHAT IMPACT OF ANY CHANGE IN STATE POLICY MAY HAVE ON US DURING THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION? CLEARLY, WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TAX BILLS AND SO WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE.
SO SO THAT'S THAT'S A BIT OF AN UNKNOWN.
AND AGAIN, WE WANTED TO PUT THIS OUT HERE NOW SO WE COULD BEGIN TO GET SOME DIALOG AND GET SOME THOUGHTS FROM YOU ALL AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE BEGIN TO PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER. WE ALWAYS TRY TO TAKE A BALANCED APPROACH BETWEEN TAXES, TUITION AND THEN CHANGES THAT MAY HAPPEN FROM THE STATE.
BUT THE STATE'S PORTION AND I'LL SAY AROUND TUITION, I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY SENSITIVE AND RECOGNIZE THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN BE VERY PRICE SENSITIVE AROUND TUITION.
AND SO I DO WANT TO SAY WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO TUITION OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, BUT THAT WILL BE TO HELP ACCOUNT FOR INCREASED COSTS AROUND INCLUDED AROUND, INCLUDING THOSE TEXTBOOK MATERIALS, WHICH AGAIN, DOES SAVE STUDENTS MONEY ULTIMATELY.
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BUT ANY DIALOG OR CONVERSATION OR RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE AROUND THAT, YOU KNOW, IS NOT GOING TO BE PREDICATED ON, YOU KNOW, ON THIS CONVERSATION OR THE OTHERS.AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF AND I KNOW WE DON'T DO THIS NORMALLY, WHICH KIND OF WE WE DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT SAYS THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO VOTE ON ANYTHING.
BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE A COMMITTEE OF THREE THAT I WOULD ASK, IS THIS THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR COMMITTEE TO THE STAFF TO SUPPORT THE STAFF POSITION TO BRING FORTH FOR THE BOARD OF A OTHERWISE, HOW DOES THE STAFF KIND OF KNOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO INTERPRET WHAT ALL EVERYBODY SAID? SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO A $100,000 ASSUMPTION.
THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. YES, SIR.
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT PERHAPS THE COMMITTEE FRAME THE ISSUE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BIFURCATED.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE DO TAX RELIEF OR NOT? BECAUSE THE SO MANY AROUND THE TABLE IS WE SHOULDN'T DO TAX RELIEF BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TOO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO PAY FOR.
AND THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT.
LET'S KEEP IT IN RESERVE FOR FUNDING OUR BUDGET IN THE FUTURE.
QUESTION NUMBER TWO IS, IF WE DO DO TAX RELIEF, WHAT FORM DOES IT TAKE, EXEMPTIONS, RATE RELIEF OR SOMETHING ELSE? I MEAN, THERE MAY BE OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE THAT WE HAVEN'T IMAGINED.
THOSE ARE TWO FUNDAMENTALLY DISTINCT ISSUES.
AND I WOULD WELCOME THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE STRUCTURED IN THAT WAY, NOT JUST WHETHER WE SHOULD ACCEPT THIS RECOMMENDATION, BUT DO WE NEED TAX RELIEF AT ALL, AND IF SO, HOW? YES, MA'AM. I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO BE DEFINITIVE POSSIBLY FOR THIS YEAR, BUT PROJECTING INTO FUTURE YEARS, WE DON'T KNOW.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS CYCLE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS UPCOMING. SO I MISUNDERSTOOD.
I THOUGHT YOU MEANT NOW I'M PROJECTING IT.
NO, I THINK I'D RATHER SEE US PROBABLY AT BUDGET TIME, TAKE UP THAT TYPE OF DISCUSSION.
ALL I'M ASKING MY COMMITTEE IS A STAFF CAME FORTH WITH A RECOMMENDATION, VERY DEFINITIVE RECOMMENDATION, DESIRE COMMITTEE SUPPORT THE STAFF POSITION ON THIS DEFINED REDUCTION TO SENIOR REDUCTION.
AND I JUST ASK FOR A YES OR NO VOTE OF CONFIDENCE OF THE RECOMMENDATION.
I SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I ALSO RECOGNIZE PHIL'S REQUEST, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU NEED TO HEAR THAT WHEN IT COMES BUDGET TIME, THESE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS ARE THE ONES THAT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE TO FURTHER DEFINE THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP.
SO I RECOGNIZE THAT, OKAY, WE'LL BE A MUCH BETTER POSITION TO BE FORECASTING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN COME WORKSHOP TIME AND WHETHER OR NOT THE CAP WILL AFFECT US AGAIN.
WE'RE EXPECTING A 7% INCREASE IN THE TAB PER APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S ESTIMATE, BUT THEY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING IT RIGHT NOW JUST LIKE WE DO.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN TO THE WIRE.
BUT SO WE'RE REALLY TRANSPARENT ON THIS ON THIS OVER 65 EXEMPTION.
YEAH. SO BRING IT FORTH TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
[4.2. Business Continuity]
BUSINESS? THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT AFFECT THE WAY WE EITHER STAY IN BUSINESS OR DON'T.DAVIS IS GOING TO ENLIGHTEN US TODAY AND GIVE US SOME ENCOURAGEMENT AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO STAY IN BUSINESS IN A GOOD WAY.
THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU THIS MORNING AND TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH BUSINESS CONTINUITY.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE OFTEN GET IS WHAT EXACTLY IS BUSINESS CONTINUITY? I HAVE A COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS HERE.
IT IS MAINTAINING THE VIABILITY OF OPERATIONS UNDER DURESS.
IT IS THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE VULNERABILITIES AND TO MITIGATE RISK.
IT IS IDENTIFYING THOSE CRITICAL FUNCTIONS AND PLANNING FOR THE UNEXPECTED.
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AND THEN IT'S ALSO PREPARING FOR DISRUPTIONS, WHETHER THOSE DISRUPTIONS BE WEATHER RELATED, SECURITY BREACHES, ACTIVE ASSAILANTS, PANDEMICS, MECHANICAL FAILURES OR STAFFING RELATED.IT IS, IN A NUTSHELL, BEING PREPARED.
IF YOU HAD TO DESCRIBE BUSINESS CONTINUITY IN ONE WORD, IT WOULD BE RESILIENCE.
SO HERE AT DALLAS COLLEGE, WE IN THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY OFFICE SAY THAT OUR JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT THE COLLEGE IS PREPARED BEFORE, KNOWS HOW TO RESPOND DURING AND HOW TO RECOVER AFTER ANY TYPE OF BUSINESS INTERRUPTION.
ASSISTING ME IN DOING THAT IS MY TEAM AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU.
THEY'RE UP HERE. IF YOU ALL WOULD STAND WHEN YOUR NAME IS TOM CAROSELLA ELLIS, BRIGHAM WILCOXON, WEST BAILEY, JESSICA WARD AND ROBERT RAMIREZ.
GEORGEANN THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK WITHIN THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY OFFICE AND HELP US AS WE PREPARE A BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO DALLAS COLLEGE. I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT OUR DEPARTMENT IS ONE AND A HALF YEARS OLD, SO WE ARE WORKING FAST TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THE PLAN CORRECT FOR DALLAS COLLEGE.
AND SO WE MOVED INTO RAPID RESPONSE TEAMS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR OPERATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE CERTAINLY QUICKLY IDENTIFIED THAT WE NEEDED A COVID CZAR, AS WE WERE REFERENCING AT THE TIME, TO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF THE OTHER MANY AGENCIES.
AND SO THAT REALLY WAS THE GENESIS FOR THE RECOGNITION THAT WE NEEDED AN OFFICE LIKE THIS TO REALLY HELP US THINK THROUGH THE UNEXPECTED, AS DR.
AND SO AS YOU'LL SEE TODAY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND ANALYSIS OVER THIS LAST YEAR TO TO.
RIGHT. IT'S OUR WAY OF BEING PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE.
JUST FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE HAVE TWO ASSISTANT DIRECTORS BUT ONLY ONE OF THEM HAS SOME PEOPLE UNDER THEM? IT IS THE WAY THE WORK IS DIVIDED.
IT IS REALLY JUST THE WAY THE WORK IS DIVIDED.
YES, THEY BOTH HAVE QUITE A BIT OF RESPONSIBILITY, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.
RISK MANAGEMENT DEALS WITH THE COST.
IT DEALS WITH THE IDEA OF TRANSFERRING RISK FROM US AS AN ENTITY TO OUR INSURANCE PROVIDERS.
THE DIFFERENT IMPACTS THAT WE WE WE MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSS OF REVENUE, REPUTATIONAL IMPACT, DISRUPTION IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AND WORKING.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT WE ARE DOING.
LET ME JUST SAY ONE WAY OF ALSO UNDERSTANDING THIS TOO, IS IT'S ALMOST LIKE IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD, OUR BOND RATING, IF WE IF WE'RE STRONG FINANCIALLY AND RESPONSIBLE AND WE GET A HIGHER BOND RATING VIRTUALLY, WE DO THE RISK MANAGEMENT AND WE TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES BEFOREHAND AND CAN PROVE THAT WE GET A BETTER RATING ON OUR INSURANCE THAT WE DO HAVE TO BUY.
SO THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN HOW MUCH PREVENTIVE WORK YOU DO AND HOW IT EQUATES INTO A DOLLAR VALUE OF SAVINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FIRE ALARM AT YOUR HOUSE OR YOU DON'T HAVE A BURGLAR ALARM, IT'S THE SAME THING HERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE HOW THE SAVINGS IS MEASURED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS OF A BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN.
BASIC BASIC BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANS HAS THESE SIX COMPONENTS AS PART OF THE PLAN, THE RISK ASSESSMENT WHERE WE IDENTIFY RISK, WE ALSO ASK EMPLOYEES TO HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE RISKS.
THE BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS ALLOWS US TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE, LOOK AT THOSE CRITICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE COLLEGE, AND THEN FROM THOSE TWO ELEMENTS, WE DEVELOP OUR STRATEGY AND THEN OUR INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN TESTING, TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION.
THESE ARE COMPONENTS OF A BASIC PLAN.
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SO HERE AT DALLAS COLLEGE, WE HAVE THREE BASIC WAYS THAT WE ADDRESS BUSINESS CONTINUITY.WE SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE, THE PROCESSES AND THE TECHNOLOGY.
AND THEN WE ALSO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS ALL CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON EACH OF THESE.
SO THE DISASTER RECOVERY INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST ORGANIZATION THAT DESIGNS, PROCESSES AND PROTOCOLS FOR BUSINESS CONTINUITY, CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY.
THIS IS DONE THROUGH EDUCATION, THROUGH ADVOCACY AND THROUGH FUNDING.
I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE GRAPHIC IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
THIS IS A GRAPHIC THAT DEPICTS HOW WE TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS CONTINUITY HERE AT DALLAS COLLEGE.
IT IS A SITUATIONAL AWARENESS FRAMEWORK.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S MITIGATION BEFORE.
THIS IS OUR PREPARING. BEFORE AN INCIDENT HAPPENS, AN EVENT WOULD HAPPEN, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE RESPONSE, THE RECOVERY AND THE RESTORATION OF SERVICES AND RESTORING OPERATIONS TO NORMAL.
I TALKED ABOUT THE PEOPLE, PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGY HERE AT DALLAS COLLEGE.
I LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT THAT OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE, AS WE'RE SITUATED AS ONE COLLEGE WITH SEVEN CAMPUSES, REALLY HELPS US IN COLLABORATING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AS WE SEEK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERYONE DOES AND HOW THEY.
DO IT AND HOW WE COULD IMPROVE ON THAT.
WE EVALUATE EXISTING TOOLS AND PROCESSES, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE LEARN WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WE COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION TO THE APPROPRIATE PARTIES. AND THEN WITH TECHNOLOGY, WE MONITOR AND DETECT ANY THREATS.
WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT ON ANY TECHNOLOGY NEEDS WE ENCOUNTER.
FOR INSTANCE, JUSTIN REFERENCED OUR COVID RESPONSE.
HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOUR HOW DOES YOUR DEPARTMENT INTERFACE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT? VERY CLOSELY. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT AND OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
I MENTIONED ALSO THAT WE STILL WORK WITH THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
COVID 19 AND MPOX ARE TWO INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKING PEOPLE TO REPORT ON, AND WE'VE BEEN MONITORING THOSE REPORTS THROUGH DASHBOARD AND NOTIFYING OTHERS OF WHEN WE HAVE THOSE CASES.
AND THAT'S DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE FEWER COVID 19 CASES.
DALLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY AT A STAGE YELLOW, WHICH IS JUST PROCEED CAREFULLY AND SO WE WILL STAND READY IF WE NEED TO STAND UP THOSE PROCESSES AGAIN. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT LATER THIS MONTH DISCONTINUING THE REPORTING OF THOSE TWO INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
WE ALSO WORK WITH DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AS THEY DO THEIR CONTACT TRACING.
IF THEY SHOULD RECEIVE ANY TUBERCULOSIS CASES, IF THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH ANY OF OUR STUDENTS OR STAFF, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THAT AND WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FLU. WE DON'T TRACK FLU, BUT WE ALSO MAKE SURE WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR STATE AND IN OUR COUNTY.
AND WE DO OFFER FLU VACCINES ANNUALLY TO STUDENTS AND STAFF.
ALSO, WHAT YOU HAVE HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS A PICTURE OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WEBSITE.
MONICA IF YOU WANTED TO ASK YOU HOW YOU DECIDE WHICH INFECTIOUS DISEASES YOU WILL BE MONITORING IS FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEIR NOTICE OR DO WE PERIODICALLY CHECK IN? HOW DO YOU DETERMINE? SO WITH COVID 19.
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SO WITH COVID 19, OF COURSE, IT WAS A NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL, IT WAS A PANDEMIC.AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD TAKE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO NOT SPREAD THE DISEASE.
SO YOU DEPEND ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO DO.
I WAS WONDERING WHY WE DID MONKEYPOX AND NOT SARS OR SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, WE BASICALLY JUST CHOSE THESE TWO BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT AND PEOPLE WOULD REPORT THIS IS THESE ARE REPORTS THAT PEOPLE DO FREE.
FREE WILL IS FREE WILL AND REPORTING.
WE DON'T REQUIRE ANY REPORTING.
WE DON'T REQUIRE TO SEE ANY TEST RESULTS.
BUT IF THEY MAKE US AWARE, THEN WE STAND READY TO POINT THEM TO THE RESOURCES THAT THE CDC HAS.
AND ADVISE THEM OF WHERE THEY CAN GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND IF THEY NEED TIME OFF WORK.
WE WORK WITH HR AND THEIR SUPERVISORS TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET THE NEEDED TIME TO RECOVER.
SO HOW MUCH MONKEYPOX DO WE HAVE? WE HAVEN'T HAD HARDLY ANY HERE AT DALLAS COLLEGE.
WELL, WE ARE GOING TO DISCONTINUE AND COVID-19.
YEAH, WE ONLY HAD THREE REPORTED CASES, BUT THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT HOW DO WE PICK THE DISEASES THAT WE MONITOR SINCE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MONKEYPOX? I MEAN, BUT IT'S NOT HASN'T BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH DR.
WONG AND DALLAS COUNTY ON THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT BE NUMBERS GOING UP, THAT THEY WOULD LOOK TO INSTITUTIONS TO HELP IDENTIFY AND MONITOR WHERE THOSE WERE.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN A CONSULTATION WITH THEM.
NOW, COVID'S OBVIOUSLY A BIT EXTREME AND WE I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN MONKEYPOX CAME UP, IT WAS IT WAS CERTAINLY A CONVERSATION THAT THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN, RIGHT? DR. GARCIA SO I MEET WITH DR.
WONG AND SOME OTHER LEADERS AROUND DALLAS COUNTY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE WERE MEETING EVERY WEEK WHEN COVID WAS VERY PROMINENT.
NOW WE'RE DOWN TO MEETING ONCE A MONTH.
AND SO HE WOULD WANT TO KNOW HOW ARE WE DOING WITH COVID 19, HOW ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH MADDUX? OKAY, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT AS AS CHANCELLOR LONG HAS STATED, WE KIND OF LEAN ON WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO MONITOR AND SO WE CAN RESPOND WHEN THEY ASK US HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THOSE.
THANK YOU. WE HAD THREE MAIN DEPARTMENTAL ACTION PLAN GOALS FOR THIS YEAR AND I WANT TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU. WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENT SAFETY SIGNAGE IN ALL DALLAS COLLEGE LOCATIONS, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY OUR EVACUATION SIGNAGE BECAUSE WE.
WERE SEVEN SEPARATELY ACCREDITED COLLEGES.
WE HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNAGE, BUT AS WE BECAME ONE COLLEGE AND PEOPLE ARE WORKING AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AS STUDENTS ATTEND DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, IT BECAME NECESSARY FOR US TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD CONSISTENT SIGNAGE.
WE ALSO TRAIN STAFF AND STUDENTS ON THE PROPER PROTOCOL FOR RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES.
THIS IS DONE THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES VIDEO.
IT'S ALSO DONE THROUGH OUR QUICK REFERENCE CARD.
I BELIEVE YOU ALL, YOU ALL RECEIVE A COPY OF THE CARD AND IT'S ALSO DONE THROUGH SIGNAGE THAT IS COMMON IN EVERY CLASSROOM AND EVERY COMMON AREA THAT SHOWS THAT STANDS AS A REMINDER OF WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.
IT'S NOW REQUIRED TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, AND WE'RE GETTING THAT TRAINING TO STUDENTS.
ALSO. VIDEO WOULD YOU EQUATE THE ACTION PLAN TO A STRATEGIC PLAN, SO TO SPEAK? SO, YES. SO THESE THESE DEPARTMENTAL ACTION PLANS TIE TO THE BOARD'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND THE BOARD'S THEMATIC PRIORITIES.
SO IS EACH MAJOR DEPARTMENT REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ACTION PLAN? THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT THAT THERE ARE DEPARTMENTAL ACTION PLANS.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE THESE PRESENTATIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST AND I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH YOU, IF IT'S HAPPENING IN A VACUUM, IF THEY'RE JUST WE'RE JUST THROWING THINGS AT THE WALL, SEE WHAT STICKS.I'LL SHOW YOU. I DIDN'T, ALTHOUGH I JUST FOUND THE ONE.
OKAY. AND I WAS REALLY CURIOUS BECAUSE AND ALSO WITH CONSISTENT, I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE DOING THE THING THAT THE HEART ASSOCIATION SUGGESTS WE DO, THAT WE PUT ALL THE AEDS IN THE SAME PLACE IN EVERY BUILDING.
BUT I NOTICED WHEN I LOOKED THEM UP, THEY WEREN'T IN THE SAME PLACE IN EVERY BUILDING.
NO, THEY'RE NOT. BUT I'LL ADDRESS THAT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
THANK YOU. WE'RE ALSO THIS YEAR WILL BE IMPLEMENTING DEPARTMENTAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS.
SO THOSE WILL BE ROLLING OUT LATER THIS MONTH IN WHICH WE WILL ASK SUPERVISORS TO HAVE SOME SAFETY DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE DOCUMENTED THEIR KEY PROCESSES, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHO DOES WHAT AND HOW THAT IS DONE.
SO THAT WILL BE ROLLING OUT LATER THIS MONTH.
THERE ARE SEVERAL ENTRY AND EXIT POINTS AT EVERY LOCATION.
AND SO THE EVACUATION LINE WITH THE ARROW POINTS YOU INTO THE DIRECTION YOU SHOULD GO.
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THOSE AT EVERY LOCATION.
AND THEN THE EVACUATION LINE SIGN SHOWS YOU WHERE THAT 300 FOOT MARK IS.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, DO I AM I FAR ENOUGH AWAY OR NOT? YOU JUST LOOK, MAKE SURE YOU'RE BEHIND THAT SIGN AND YOU'LL BE AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
WE ALSO CONDUCTED LOCATION ASSESSMENTS AND MITIGATION EFFORTS.
AND THIS WAS THE RESULT OF A QUESTION THAT CAME FROM ONE OF OUR FACULTY MEMBERS THAT SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, I TEACH IN THIS CLASSROOM THAT'S RECITES OVER THIS GLASS, SO I CAN'T DO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING AND TURN IT OFF THE LIGHTS AND HIDE IF THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF INCIDENT.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE MADE WE HAVE MADE THOSE ASSESSMENTS, WE ARE WORKING TO GET THOSE AREAS MITIGATED WITH FROSTING OR BLINDS OR SOME TYPE OF MITIGATION.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR COLLEGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.
THIS IS ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH WE WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE COLLEGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM NOW HAVE CONSISTENT SUPPLIES, PROCESSES AND WILL BE ACQUIRING NEW RADIOS.
AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT A COLLEGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM MEMBER LOOKS LIKE.
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT SHE HAS A DALLAS COLLEGE HELMET.
AND IF YOU TURN AROUND TO THE BACK, SHE'S A MODEL SHABAZZ DALLAS COLLEGE BRANDED CERTAIN VESTS.
ALL CERTAIN MEMBERS THAT WORK.
ALL OUR CERT TEAM HAVE THIS EQUIPMENT AND THE VEST.
I AFFECTIONATELY CALL THEM BATMAN VESTS BECAUSE THE OLD BATMAN WOULD JUST WHIP OUT STUFF.
BUT THEY HAVE GLOVES, THEY HAVE SAFETY GLASSES.
THEY HAVE PEN AND PAPER TO TAKE NOTES.
THEY HAVE FLASHLIGHT, THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
SO ALL OF OUR CERT MEMBERS NOW HAVE CONSISTENT, OH, LOOK AT THAT.
THEY ALL HAVE CONSISTENT SUPPLIES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THEY ALL HAVE CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT SUPPLIES.
AND WE HAVE CERTAIN MEMBERS AT ALL OF OUR DALLAS COLLEGE LOCATIONS.
THEY WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM AS WE AS I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
SO HOW IS IT THAT YOU DETERMINE WHO WILL SERVE MEMBERS WILL BE THE VOLUNTEER VOLUNTARY BASIS.
THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU. WE ALSO WORK WITH TEXAS SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER.
THIS IS A STATE AGENCY THAT MONITORS SAFETY FOR K 12 INSTITUTIONS AND TWO YEAR COLLEGES.
THEY FREQUENTLY AUDIT US AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT PROCESSES AND PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
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AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING THEIR REQUIREMENTS.I WANT TO SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FLOOR PLAN.
THEY CAN LOOK AND SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING.
THEY CAN GO TO THAT MAP, THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE FLOOR PLAN, AND DETERMINE WHERE WHERE IS WHERE ARE THE EXITS AT ON THIS FLOOR, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE ICONS THAT WE'RE USING TO DENOTE ON THE FLOOR PLANS, WHAT THE AID ICON, WHAT THE EXIT ICON, THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, FIRST AID KITS AND TORNADO SAFER ZONES.
SO WE'VE CREATED THE FLOOR PLANS FOR EVERY FLOOR OF EVERY BUILDING WITHIN DALLAS COLLEGE.
THESE FLOOR PLANS CAN BE ACCESSED ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER MAPS.
SO YOU HAVE THE THE REGULAR DIRECTIONAL MAPS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE EMERGENCY FLOOR PLAN MAPS.
HOW MUCH TIME DID IT TAKE TO CREATE THESE? BECAUSE WE HAVE SO ROBERT RAMIREZ LED IN EFFORT FOR US.
SOME OF YOU WILL RECALL WHEN THE TRAGIC INCIDENT HAPPENED IN 2016 AT EL CENTRO, THERE WAS A BIT OF A DELAY IN OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THE FLOOR PLANS FOR WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN EL CENTRO.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A PROCESS FOR SOME TIME.
WE DO HAVE A WORLD CLASS GIS PROGRAM THAT SCOTT SIRES FROM BROOKHAVEN HAS LED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THAT TRAINS, TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO DO THIS GIS WORK AND TO DO MANY THINGS, INCLUDING MAPPING LIKE THIS, THAT AS AS WE REFERENCED A LITTLE BIT IN A PRESENTATION THAT THAT JOHN TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH, WE ARE USING THAT PROGRAM AND OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP US MAP FURTHER FOR ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS SO OUR OWN STUDENTS THAT ARE LEARNING THIS AS A SKILL, AS A PROFESSION. NOW, THEY WILL HAVE THIS ON THEIR RESUME AS A PROJECT THAT THEM THEN ALLOWS THEM TO EARN MORE IN THE MARKETPLACE WHEN THEY GO INTO THE MARKETPLACE.
THAT LAW THAT YOU REFERENCED, I WAS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE SCOTT COME TO MY LOCAL ROTARY CLUB AND MAKE A PRESENTATION ON GIS. HE SAYS THAT BY US UTILIZING THOSE STUDENTS DURING THEIR EDUCATIONAL YEARS THAT THEY, WHEN THEY GRADUATE, WILL MAKE $20,000 A YEAR MORE THAN IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
AND SO THE NUMBER IS IT WENT FROM 100,000 TO 120,000.
SO IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THAT IS OUR FACILITIES DO THAT.
THERE IS IN ME EVERY TIME WE MEET, WHETHER THEY'RE REMODELING, MOVING WALLS, CHANGING OIL, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, WE'RE MOVING MORE AND MORE AND MORE TO UTILIZING THE SKILLS OF OUR STUDENTS TO GIVE THEM THAT EXPERIENCE ON THEIR RESUME, BUT ALSO REDUCING THE COST OF WHETHER OR NOT WHEN WE DO FINISH OUT WORK.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO GO TO A PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE INSTRUCTORS LIKE SCOTT SAYS, THE INSTRUCTORS KIND OF HAVE TO AGREE TO BE SUPERVISORS ON THE JOB.
I THINK IT WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO LOOK AT ANOTHER TIER OR LEVEL OF EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD BE FULL TIME CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT OR WHATEVER.
THEN WE'LL TAKE OUR STUDENTS FROM THOSE CLASSES AND PUT THEM IN A IN AN AREA TO REMODEL AND REDO AND NOT ASK THE TEACHERS OR THE FACULTY TO SUBSIDIZE, YOU KNOW, TO DO EXTRA WORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO I CAN JUST TELL YOU, THE STAFF HAS REALLY BEEN ON BOARD TO GET THIS DONE.
AND THIS REALLY HELPS US DO MORE WITH THE SAME MONIES THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO IT'S ANOTHER EXCITING TO ME.
SO IT'S TIME THAT WHEN YOU BRING THIS UP, IT'S TIME THAT WE TALK ABOUT THIS EACH TIME BECAUSE I WAS JUST BLESSED TO HAVE MET SCOTT THROUGH THE ROTARY TO HEAR ALL THAT, AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE HIM COME AND GIVE US AGAIN PRETTY QUICK A DETAILED BRIEFING ABOUT HOW ALL THAT WORKS, BECAUSE GIS AFFECTS EVERYBODY AT THIS ROOM FAR MORE EVERYDAY THAN YOU REALIZE.
GO TO DO FIND OUT HOW TO GET HERE AROUND THE TRAFFIC.
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IF IT WASN'T FOR GIS, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT THAT MAP ON YOUR PHONE.WE'RE WE'RE REALLY A PART OF THAT.
AND WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION, I THINK, NEXT MONTH ON OUR WORKFORCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM.
IT TALKS ABOUT EVEN IS IT NEXT MONTH? PIPER YEAH, SO, SO YEAH, WE'LL GET INTO EVEN GREATER DETAIL, RIGHT? AND WHAT SCOTT IS WORKING ON WITH SCOTT SIRES WILL ALLOW US BECAUSE THIS IS OUR HOMEGROWN, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO MANUALLY WHENEVER WE EVERY EVERY ITEM IN THIS ROOM HAS A DIGITAL ADDRESS THAT ADD THAT CLOCK TO EVERYTHING SO YOU CAN REPLICATE IF YOU WANT THEM ALL TO BE AT THE SAME PLACE.
AND WE TAKE THE GIS DIGITAL ADDRESS AND SAY IN EVERY FLOOR IT BELONGS HERE OR IT DOESN'T.
BUT BUT TO YOUR POINT, DOCTOR GARCIA, ABOUT WHY THE ADS ARE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
KEEP IN MIND, WE WERE SEVEN SEPARATE COLLEGES, SO WE WERE NOT CONSISTENT IN HOW WE HANDLED SAFETY.
SO A LOT OF THE ADS ARE WHERE THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN.
WE ARE THE PROCESS OF GETTING NEW ADS BECAUSE WE DO FEEL LIKE WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL ONES.
AND SO WE'LL LOOK AT IF WE CAN BE A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT WITH PLACEMENT OF THOSE ADS.
THIS IS COMING UP ON JUNE 9TH AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CAMPUS.
AND IT'S OUR WAY AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT DALLAS COLLEGE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB IN COMING THROUGH AND RESPONDING TO COVID 19.
BUT WE WANT TO HELP OTHER BUSINESSES, OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, OTHER ENTITIES KNOW HOW TO BETTER RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES AND TO SAFETY EVENTS, WHETHER THAT BE PANDEMICS, WHETHER DISRUPTIONS OR SHOOTINGS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
AND I WILL SAY THAT IN LOOKING AT WE HAVEN'T EVEN START PUBLICIZING THIS YET.
AND TRUSTEE GARCIA IS ALREADY REGISTERED.
SO. BUT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, IT IS A FREE EVENT TO THE PUBLIC.
PLEASE LET PERLA KNOW AND SHE WILL GET GET YOU REGISTERED.
THANK YOU. IS THE COUNTY WORKING WITH US ON THIS? NO, BUT THEY ARE INVITED TO BE A PART OF IT.
YEAH, BECAUSE I'M. I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE AS A MATTER OF STATE LAW, COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS THE LEAD ON DISASTER RESPONSE AND HEALTH.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY JUDGE SPECIFICALLY IS EMPOWERED BY LAW IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.
SO YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE CERT TEAM MEMBERS YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE BRITTANY AND HER CERT GEAR.
I WANT TO JUST GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE.
THESE ARE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE TRAINED TO ASSIST DURING EMERGENCIES AND DRILLS.
THEY SERVE ON A CERT TEAM WHICH IS LED BY A POLICE OFFICER, AND THEY RECEIVE SPECIFIC TRAINING, THEY ATTEND MEETINGS AND THEY WEAR THEIR SPECIALIZED GEAR AND THEY REMAIN READY TO ASSIST.
OH, YES. SO HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN AT NIGHT? DO YOU HAVE A CERT TEAM? MEMBERS. ALSO FOR THE EVENINGS WE DO HAVE CERT TEAM MEMBERS FOR THE EVENINGS.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO SHOW YOU A CLIP FROM OUR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES VIDEO AND IN THIS CLIP YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE A SEARCH TEAM MEMBER IN ACTION AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE EMPLOYEES RESPONDING TO AN INTRUDER ALERT, LOCKDOWN DRILL.
SO AN OFFICER MISTAKING HIM OR HER AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT DEAD ON THE GROUND.
NOW, CIRCUMSTANCES DICTATE THE ACTUAL DECISIONS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT.
NO UNIFORM POLICY CAN BE MADE FOR ALL SITUATIONS WHICH MAY ARISE.
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THE NEED TO EVACUATE MAY BE THE BEST DECISION IN ONE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, WHILE LOCKING DOWN MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN ANOTHER SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.IF NO IMMEDIATE HARM IS PRESENT, LEAVE PERSONAL BELONGINGS BEHIND AND EVACUATE THE AREA.
ADVISE OTHERS TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY, AND DON'T LET THEIR INDECISION PREVENT YOU FROM LEAVING.
FINALLY, WHEN YOU'RE AT A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY, STOP OTHERS FROM ENTERING THE AREA AND CALL 911 ON A COLLEGE PHONE OR (972) 860-4290 ON YOUR CELL PHONE.
IF CONDITIONS PRESENT THE POSSIBILITY OF IMMEDIATE HARM, AS IN THE CASE OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, GO TO A LOCATION THAT PLACES AS MANY WALLS AND BARRIERS BETWEEN YOU AND THE EVENT AS POSSIBLE.
IN MOST SITUATIONS, EVERYONE SHOULD MOVE BEHIND LOCKED DOORS OR INSIDE BARRICADED ROOMS. DEVELOPING A SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IS VITAL IN ORDER FOR YOU TO MAKE THE BEST INFORMED DECISION DURING SUCH AN EVENT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WERE CAUGHT IN THIS ROOM DURING A VIOLENT INCIDENT? AS YOU ENTER A ROOM, TRY BRINGING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE INTO THE ROOM.
EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER THAT PERSON.
AFTER YOU GET INTO THE ROOM, TURN OUT THE LIGHTS AND CLOSE ANY WINDOW BLINDS.
BE SURE TO SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES.
EVEN VIBRATE MODE IS TOO LOUD ON MANY CELL PHONES.
IF YOU OPEN THE DOOR, THE SUSPECT SIMPLY HAS MORE VICTIMS. POLICE. THE COLLEGE POLICE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE DOORS.
IF YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE A PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR IS A POLICE OFFICER, QUIETLY CALL 911 ON A COLLEGE PHONE OR (972) 860-4290 ON YOUR CELL PHONE TO GIVE YOUR LOCATION AND CONFIRM THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR.
STAY IN YOUR LOCKED OR BARRICADED ROOM UNTIL THE POLICE FINALLY ENTER YOUR ROOM.
OR YOU. THE ALL CLEAR FROM THE DALLAS COLLEGE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE'RE IN THAT SITUATION AND EMPLOYEES ARE LOCKED BEHIND A DOOR, THEY SHOULD NOT RESPOND TO A CALL TO OPEN THE DOOR BECAUSE THE POLICE WILL HAVE A KEY TO OPEN.
SO YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE VIDEO.
AND ANY TIME THERE'S AN EMERGENCY EVENT, WE ASK EVERYONE TO OBEY, OBEY THE DIRECTIONS OF THE POLICE AND OR THE CERT MEMBERS THAT ARE ASSISTING CERTAIN MEMBERS ALSO ASSIST WITH OTHER TYPES OF DRILLS.
SEVERE WEATHER, FIRE, INTRUDER LOCKDOWN.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO FREQUENTLY REVIEW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND TO ALWAYS BE PREPARED.
SO THAT WAS WITH THE BULLHORN.
SO WE WERE JUST DOING THIS PARTICULAR AREA RATHER THAN THE WHOLE BUILDING.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE DRILL.
I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS AN ACTUAL EVENT.
YOU COULD BE WHERE YOU WERE FOR HOURS ON END.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR SAFETY SAKE.
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ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW. NO, NO.I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME IN FINANCE, BUT ALSO CONTINUITY IS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND.
YOU ALL MAY KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ABOUT HOW MUCH OF SELF INSURANCE DO WE HAVE, HOW MUCH INSURANCE DO WE HAVE? YOU KNOW, IN THIS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE WHERE IN COMBINATION WITH OUR RISKS, OUR INSURANCE PEOPLE CAN CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE OR ARE WE MOVING FURTHER TOWARDS SELF INSURANCE OR WHAT WE'RE.
YEAH, I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO DR.
SO SHARON, DO YOU HAVE SO SO I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION HERE AT HAND, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING SOME ADDITIONAL SAFETY RELATED ISSUES AND OUR INSURANCE INFORMATION AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT WE CAN BRING YOU THE DETAILS TO THE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE PUBLICLY DISCUSS THE DETAILS IN AN OPEN MEETING ABOUT OUR INSURANCE COVERAGE, THE SELF-INSURED RETENTION ASPECT OF THAT AND THE THE THE LAYERS OF COVERAGE ABOVE THAT.
I WOULDN'T I WOULD NOT WANT TO DO THAT TODAY.
DAVID WILLIAMS IS HERE IS NOT HERE.
AND HE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON THAT.
BUT WE DO HAVE A BLEND OF SELF INSURANCE AND THEN COMMERCIALLY PROVIDED COMMERCIAL INSURANCE.
WELL, FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE WORK OF YOUR TEAM TOO.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE COHESION THAT YOU'RE BRINGING INTERNALLY ACROSS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO TO PLACE DALLAS COLLEGE IN THE NETWORK OF RESPONDERS MORE BROADLY IN THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO THAT'S GREAT. I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WHAT'S THE BOARD'S ROLE IN ALL THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY FORESEEABLE EVENTS THAT COULD INTERRUPT BUSINESS CONTINUITY LIKE NATURAL DISASTERS, PANDEMICS, TERRORIST ATTACKS AND CYBER ATTACKS.
AND AND OUR ROLE IS REALLY TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES SO THAT THERE CAN BE ADEQUATE MITIGATION BEFOREHAND, AS WELL AS RESPONSE AND RECOVERY AND RESTORATION AFTER.
AND I GUESS, CHANCELLOR, DO YOU FEEL THAT THIS BOARD IS PROVIDING YOU AND THIS TEAM WITH ADEQUATE RESOURCES IN THE DISASTER RECOVERY AREA? YOU KNOW, THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THE UNEXPECTED.
AND SO WE SEE, YOU KNOW, TRAGIC INCIDENTS AND OTHERS THAT HAVE GONE ON.
AND YOU SEE WHERE INSTITUTIONS HAVE DONE TRAINING, DONE PREPAREDNESS, AND THEN SOME HAVE RISEN TO THAT OCCASION AND SOME HAVEN'T. THAT IS ALWAYS A CONCERN.
I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND RECOGNITION THAT REALLY OVER THIS LAST YEAR, SO MUCH OF THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO TO BRING THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND TO PUT THESE RESOURCES TO BEAR.
SO AS WE'RE DOING OUR BUDGET BUILD OVER THIS NEXT YEAR, THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL TASKS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY AREA AND THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY AREA.
BUT THUS FAR, ABSOLUTELY THE BOARD HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE TO ALL OF THOSE ASKS AND ALL OF THOSE NEEDS, AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT AS AS WE DO COME SEEKING ADJUSTMENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF A TORNADO.
THOSE THINGS ARE SO UNPREDICTABLE, AND THEY HAPPEN SO QUICKLY.
GOING TO THE RESTROOM AREA WITH THIS MANY PEOPLE OR WHATEVER.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU ALL COULD ASSESS THE SAFETY OF THIS LITTLE AREA BETWEEN THAT COPY ROOM.
ONCE YOU YOU KNOW, HOW SAFE WOULD IT BE IF YOU HAVE TO STOP IN THAT AREA OR, YOU KNOW, COULD WE DO THAT? SO THAT IS THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS FOR US.
YES. DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THIS.
PEOPLE BEHIND US USED IT TODAY WONDERING ABOUT THOSE DOORS OR THOSE JUST WOODEN DOORS.
[01:10:06]
AND WOULD IT BE A FUNNY THING IS I'M GOING TO ASK SCOTT TO ADDRESS THE DOORS.I DON'T I THINK THEY'RE JUST WOODEN DOORS, BUT I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY SAFE.
YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER HAS BEEN SO STRANGE.
I JUST HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW. AND I KEEP TELLING MYSELF THE SAME THING, BUT I JUST GOT A BAD FEELING.
I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE DOWNSTAIRS, SO IT'S INHERENTLY ALREADY SAFER.
YEAH, WE CAN BE COVERED UP, I THINK AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT IN YOUR WINDOW.
RIGHT, EXACTLY. BRICK PRETTY SAFE FOR ME, AT LEAST ON A BROTHER THING, BUT.
GOOD PRESENTATION, GREAT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL TELL YOU NOW THAT WE'RE.
[6. Executive Session]
CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT OFFERS.SECTION FIVE FIVE 107 ONE PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATING TO APPOINTMENT EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION, ASSIGNMENT DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES.
SECTION FIVE FIVE 107 FOUR DELIBERATING REGARDING REAL ESTATE REAL PROPERTY SINCE OPEN DELIBERATION WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH A THIRD PARTY.
SECTION FIVE FIVE 107 TO DELIBERATE REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDIT.
SO WE WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10:50 A.M..
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.