Thank you very much.

Good morning, everyone.

I'm Susie Lopez, I'm the Hillsborough County State Attorney, and I'd like to call today's public safety coordinating council full council meeting to order.

Will you please stand with me and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance?

Thank you all very much.

If we could start our roll call, please.

Colonel Robert Urrow for Sheriff Promster.

Nick Bates?

Mark Proctor.

Victor Christ.

Robert Parkinson?

Here.

Chief Burko.

Donna Cameron Cepeda.

Antoinette Hagley for Deanna Obergone.

Yvette Lewis.

Present Patrick Barentine?

Here.

Captain Keith Pippen and for Chief Daniel.

Cindy Grant.

Here.

Thank you very much.

I believe that everyone has had an opportunity to receive via email the minutes from the January 16th full council meeting.

Does anyone have any questions or discussion as to those minutes?

Mr.

Bates, do you have a Mr.

Proctor?

Do you have a motion?

Is there a second, Mr.

Bates?

All in favor.

Aye.

Thank you very much.

As to old business, does anyone have any old business to address this morning?

Seeing none.

New business, Mr.

Parkinson, my favorite topic.

Absolutely.

And for our viewing public, uh, the PSEC has previously voted to support the Florida Department of Corrections mobile ranch unit project utilizing this year's justice assistance grant funds.

The MRU project is expected to enhance probation compliance rates and reduce recidivism, especially in the area of technical violations.

So we're all very excited about it.

The model has also served to enhance jail and prison ranchry collaboration across the state.

Since the project included purchase and outfitting of a minibus, the partners had to seek DOG DOJ and FDLE approval first.

And we did receive that uh earlier this year.

Uh the status update so far as of uh this month is that on March 30th, the vehicle shell was officially ordered.

On April 1st, the diesel platform was ordered from Ford.

Upon chassis completion, it's going to be sent for marrying to the shell.

Our current completion time frame uh for the diesel platform, I'm sorry, for the bus uh will be uh November 15th.

Uh and we it is scheduled to be delivered on January 10th of 2027.

I'd also like to add that since we've been working on this project, we've had a number of nonprofits, including agencies like Abraham Ministries Inspire program that have reached out and want to discuss partnering for MPU deployment, and we've had additional discussion uh about uh having a major event once the the bus comes so that we can make sure the community and all the stakeholders are aware of this new resource.

Uh we also plan to have uh Department of Corrections present at the behavioral health task force because we've had a number of behavioral task force uh organizations that have reached out and also want to partner with the MPU.

And uh many of you are are aware that the county received uh quite a bit of money from the opioid settlements, and that would be yet another avenue to deploy those opioid and substance abuse resources through the MPU uh van.

So that is the status update.

I just want to be sure to recognize uh Mr.

Barentine, Mike Anderson, who's the FTC regional director, uh Deb McGinty and Eva Dyer for my staff who have been working so diligently to make this project come to fruition.

Thank you very much, Mr.

Parkinson.

Does anyone have any comment or questions about that?

And I would like the minutes to reflect that Mr.

Christ has uh has joined us while Mr.