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Battalion Chief Ben Jones told the City Council work session that McKinney sent a type 3 engine as part of a strike team that included Parker County, Greenville, Allen, Dallas and Frisco. Jones said the deployment was made under an Emergency Management Assistance Compact request from California, and that Texas mobilized multiple strike teams after the state received the EMAC on Jan. 9.

Jones said the fire began Jan. 7 in the Santa Monica Mountains and quickly expanded. \"By January 10, the fire grew over to 20,000 acres,\" he said, and he told the council that \"over 5,300 structures had been destroyed\" in the Palisades area. He described extremely steep terrain and conditions driven by strong Santa Ana winds and drought.

On Jan. 11, Jones said, a strike team assembled in Bowie, Texas, and the McKinney engine traveled more than 1,400 miles round trip. He described a long, approximately 30-hour stretch of travel and said the team worked 24-hour shifts on the line, doing mop-up, pumping relays and structure protection where feasible. \"These homes were fuel,\" Jones said, describing how wind and flame behavior caused buildings themselves to act as fuel; \"these homes were no different than a cedar tree in the path of the fire.\"

Jones said the deployment lasted 18 days from departure to return and that crews performed 266 billable engine hours. Those hours are reimbursed at a FEMA rate for a type 3 engine, he said, and the city records a net positive after accounting for maintenance such as tire and oil changes. Jones also credited the fleet department, including Duane Farmer, for readying apparatus and said the mission provided training and experience that benefits McKinney.

Jones noted operational challenges in the field, including limited incident-command structure early in the response and crews working extended hours as local commanders organized. He thanked city finance staff for processing reimbursements and recognized firefighters who deployed, including Bryce Furdum and Mike Roberts.

The agenda called the item an update on fire department deployment in response to California wildfires. The transcript records a report and council thanks; no formal action or vote is shown in the provided excerpt.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","McKinney - City Council Work Session - Feb 18, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Battalion Chief Ben Jones described a January deployment to the Santa Monica Mountains wildfire as part of a multi-department strike team, highlighting hazardous terrain, long travel, mutual-aid procedures under EMAC and 266 billable engine hours reimbursed at FEMA rates.","taxTitle","McKinney, Collin County, Texas","taxId",2778,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6680505,"External auditors to issue unmodified opinion on McKinney—s fiscal 2024 financial statements; no material weaknesses reported",545,17990,563760,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2336593-763b14d84b799bceee19ac5c764eb31d&start=17&end=563","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2336593-763b14d84b799bceee19ac5c764eb31d/thumbnail_17990.jpg","/articles/6680505/McKinney/Collin-County/Texas/External-auditors-to-issue-unmodified-opinion-on-McKinneys-fiscal-2024-financial-statements-no-material-weaknesses-reported","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6680505-423bb2443b3f02353df2830d4a20a147/orig.mp4?Expires=1770517099&Signature=o9JFLbdMuMoLiHfmsoxuz6rQhEqIB-CZ90U61yGkNkSUdIgiaqofIC0sLyWhnfTRJV~FlrdnXrzHJXB4Ie4e6Bvk8HVl30GvOA7nimYM3Smzjimmmb81~xQ5qENtOzlmVF5l6Hux3jSIREX~S~GvqeiRh3JCPt01Pi0K0TmGW-L9Yaq6190neWTVj8dWI3etRAneilIsZicU9n9yL1tPLfimTPNrhSiSgKZbM1Siozru9veZDyQJlW3bBwwvEDdR5CKLK3CgWBwLCrDC45HTXO-e7rmZQATsfEokbyG5fSWh1XRwt1VFk54EDQ4p90rGkNPwmMLCEim-cwg8b1dUfA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","McKinney officials received a presentation Tuesday on the city\u0000s fiscal 2024 audit that auditors said will conclude with unmodified opinions on the financial statements and the state and federal single audits.

Claire Wootton, director at Weaver, told the City Council work session that the firm is presenting a draft and is \"really only missing the legal letter to give our final buy off,\" after which, she said, \"we will be issuing an unmodified audit report over the financial statements and an unmod unmodified audit report over internal control over compliance.\" The audit covered the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2024.

The audit is required by the city charter. The Weaver presentation summarized financial-statement testing, a single audit of federal awards, and state-level compliance work. Wootton said the single-audit work was performed in accordance with Uniform Guidance and with the \"Texas grama management standards\" as referenced in the presentation, and that compliance testing included procedures under the Public Funds Investment Act.

Wootton said Weaver identified no uncorrected misstatements, no material adjustments, no significant deficiencies and no material weaknesses. She also reported no independence issues. The firm noted two commonly recognized audit risks and the procedures used to address them: improper revenue recognition in the charges-for-services area (notably utility billing and the airport fund) and management override of controls. Wootton described journal-entry testing, unpredictable tests and review of significant accounting estimates as steps used to address management-override risk.

Chance Miller, the city\u0000s accounting manager, introduced the presentation and thanked finance staff for the year-end close work needed to produce the statements. A councilmember praised finance staff by name during the meeting and noted Weaver has been the city\u0000s external auditor for five years.

Wootton told the council the city implemented GASB 100 during the year but that the change \"did not have a financial statement impact on the city.\" She also said actuarial-determined liabilities reported for pensions and OPEB reconciled to actuarial reports.

No suspected fraud or significant audit difficulties were reported, and Weaver said it had no disagreements with management. Wootton added the firm was not aware of management consulting other auditors about the engagement.

The presentation closed with an invitation for questions; the transcript records no formal vote or acceptance of the reports during the work session segment.

The council agenda listed the item as \"Consider and discuss the annual audit results, and the acceptance of the annual comprehensive financial report and the federal state single audit reports for the fiscal year ended 09/30/2024.\" The work-session record shows the audit was presented and discussed but does not record a motion, second or vote on acceptance in the transcripted portion shown.","Weaver LLP presented results of the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2024, saying the firm will issue unmodified opinions on the city\u0000s financial statements and single audit and identified no material weaknesses, significant deficiencies or uncorrected misstatements.","actionData","errors"]

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McKinney Fire Department recounts 18-day California deployment; city earned reimbursement for 266 engine hours

External auditors to issue unmodified opinion on McKinney—s fiscal 2024 financial statements; no material weaknesses reported