Fire, police and finance reports: Hollywood Park fire seeks ALS credentialing; police report promotions and seizure proceeds; treasurer details grants

The Hollywood Park Council heard routine departmental reports that included a fire-department push to obtain advanced life-support credentialing, updates on police staffing and promotions, and a review of the town’s January financial results and recent grant-funded purchases.

Fire Chief Pritchard told the council that the department responded to 51 calls in February, about half of them EMS-related, and that staff will meet with the Texas Department of Health and Human Services for an inspection required to pursue Advanced Life Support (ALS) credentialing. "For the EMS aspect, the fire department, we're going to be meeting with the Texas Department of, Health and Human Services to become credentialed to implement advanced life support," Chief Pritchard said; the department is currently credentialed only for Basic Life Support. Pritchard also announced weekly wellness checks for residents at the fire station: "We're gonna be doing wellness checks every Thursday, starting on the 27th from 9AM to 11AM," he said, and added that those checks are diagnostic only and not a substitute for a physician.

The council also heard a police-department update that included personnel changes and program notes. Sgt. Franzone (Phil) was honored after 35 years in uniform and will remain on part-time status; Officer Travis Thornton was promoted to sergeant after a period in CID and training assignments. Police leadership reviewed crime and calls statistics, including a downgraded robbery to theft case and a serious road-rage crash investigators captured on video. The police report also reviewed seizures and forfeiture proceeds: one police presenter said, "I think we've received somewhere around 400,000 since we started the program, and it has paid for so many great things for us." He explained that seizure proceeds arrive irregularly and that the department’s share depends on case involvement and auction proceeds.

City Treasurer Fred presented the financial report for the period ending Jan. 31 and noted total general-fund revenues for the month of $1,513,000, including $1,364,000 in property taxes; monthly expenses were $407,000, leaving net revenues of about $1,106,000 for the month. Fred also summarized recent grant-funded purchases that did not come from the general fund: the city purchased in-car cameras ($58,000), body cameras ($19,819) and body shields ($34,489) with state grant reimbursements and seizure-fund matches. The treasurer said the city expects additional reimbursements of roughly $20,000 for equipment.

On the consent agenda, council approved two resolutions authorizing the police department to submit grant applications to the Office of the Governor for FY26 programs: one for body-worn cameras and another under the Criminal Justice Grant Program. Those grant resolutions were part of the consent motion that the council approved earlier in the meeting.

Council also heard about municipal services such as fingerprinting, code enforcement activity, Boyd Center rentals and street-maintenance planning; staff said bids for a new City Hall roof were due soon and that staff will present a street-reconstruction plan at the April meeting. No policy changes were adopted in these reports; the council directed staff to continue the ALS credentialing process and to report back on grant outcomes and engineering estimates for streets and roof work.