This month, the Tarrant County Emergency Services Board met to pay bills, file the financial reports, and oversee the business of the district. The Board of Commissioners discussed and commissioned a financial service to oversee the finances of the district, maintain transparency to the stakeholders, and ensure the accuracy of records and good accounting of our funds. The board now has new financial oversight in place to double-check all transactions and services provided by the district. Additionally, the board amended their effort to provide a taxpayer Homestead and Senior Exemption, to those that qualify, after receiving feedback from Tarrant Appraisal District. The board has now satisfied TAD’s request and that Exemption is now in place. The board expects the study by Fitch Consultants to be returned soon with data to discuss regarding where response times for services need to be improved. The board expects to be updated at the February meeting regarding the Executive Director search and interview process and will receive recommendations from the committee that conducted that search. The next meeting will be on February ll, at the regularly scheduled second Tuesday time. In the meantime, all of the Tarrant Emergency Service Commissioners will attend the Safe-D Conference to take classes to educate the board on a variety of topics specific to Emergency Services Districts. Each commissioner will be working towards credit hours that certify them for their positions.