FY2024 Budget / Tax Rate

February 15, 2022

Agenda
Board of Commissioners
February 15, 2022

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE BLANCO COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 2 WILL MEET ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 15TH, 2022 AT 3:00 P.M. AT 431 BLANCO AVE, BLANCO, TX 78606 AT WHICH TIME THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS SHALL BE DISCUSSED AND ACTION CONSIDERED AND/OR TAKEN. 

  1. Call to Order / Announcements – Establish a quorum.
  2. Public Comment – No action may be taken on these items unless on agenda.  Please limit comments to 2 minutes per person.
  3. ESD Commissioner Orientation
  4. Consent Agenda – Items will be approved with a single vote.  Items can be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion. 
    • Approval of the January 18, 2022 Regular Meeting minutes
    • Financial Report as of 1/31/2022
      • Monthly Financials:
        • Texas Regional Checking: $1,948,386.76
        • Texas Regional CD: $132,643.63
        • Lone Star Money Market: $234,851.26
  5. Fire & EMS Auxiliary
    • Budgeting begins in March.  Calendar drives budget.
    • Consider requests / actions submitted to ESD
  6. FY2021 Audit
    • Presentation of FY2021 Audit by Charity Taber, CPA of Taber & Burnett, P.C.
    • Review & Approve FY2021 Audit
  7. Chiefs’ Report
    • COVID-19 Update
    • Operations Reports Fire & EMS
      • Whole Blood Project Update
      • Point of Care Project Update
      • Fleet Accident Update
      • EMS Billing – CY2021 End of Year Review
    • Budgeting Considerations
      • Hiring Incentive (Chief Oakley/Lynne)
      • Staffing Plans
  8. Finance & Planning Matters
    • Review of Employee Benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision), Completion of Benefit Renewal Survey and consideration of action required for Benefit Renewal
    • Review & Approve Interlocal Agreement with ESD#1 for Community Paramedic
    • Review & Approve Assets for Surplus or Salvage
    • Strategic Plan Workshop – March 15th, 2022 @ 11:30AM – Lunch Provided
    • Commissioner Required Training 
      • SAFE-D Conference – Attendees
  9. Executive Session if requested – Discuss personnel matters, meet with attorney as authorized by Texas Government Code.
  10. Return to Open Session: Discuss and consider action on matters discussed in Executive Session
  11. Adjourn:  Next meetings will be Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 3:00 PM

The District reserves the right to consider and take action on the above agenda items in any order.  It also reserves the right to enter into a closed meeting on any agenda item as allowed by law.  If at a meeting of a governmental body, a member of the public or of the governmental body inquiries about a subject for which notice has not been given as required by the Texas Open Meetings Act, the notice provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act do not apply to a statement of specific factual information given in response to the inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry.  Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of the inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for the next meeting. 

CERTIFICATE OF POSTING 72 HOUR NOTICE
The above Notice of Meeting was posted at 6:00 P.M. on this 11TH day of FEBRUARY 2021 at a place convenient to the public at the Blanco County ESD 2 Station, 431 Blanco Ave., Blanco, Texas and on the Blanco County ESD 2 website at bcesd2.com.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL of office on the above date.
By /s/ Ben Oakley