Oct 26, 2021 Commissioners Court

SO AS PROMISED, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS THE CONCEPT KIND OF THE FOOTPRINT CONCEPT DESIGN FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR FACILITY PROJECTS, WHICH WOULD BE THE KSS SUBSTATION, THE COURT HOUSE, AS WELL AS THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX.

AND SO WHAT YOU'LL GET TO VIEW TODAY IS THE PROGRAMMING THAT WENT INTO KIND OF PUTTING THESE OFFICES TOGETHER, SHARE FEVERS.

LUCKILY HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT HE NEEDED IN HIS BUILDINGS.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO TURN THAT ONE AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE FOOTPRINT OF OFFICE SPACE.

LET ME GET US ALL QUEUED UP HERE.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

GOOD TO SMOKE

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AGAIN? NOT LONG AGO.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE COOKING WITH GAS HERE.

SO I AM VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

I AM ALSO, IT'S SORT OF A NAIL BITER BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOT AN OPINION ABOUT WHERE EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE AND WHERE THEY WANT TO SIT AND WHAT THEY THINK THE BUILDING SHOULD LOOK LIKE, ALL OF THOSE GOOD THINGS.

UM, SO WE WILL, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET US, THERE WE GO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE TOP OF THE LIST, WHICH IS THE COURTHOUSE.

AND SO WHEN STARTED WORKING THROUGH OUR MASTER PLAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO WAS NOT ONLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE, UH, PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT THAT HAD BEEN DONE FOR THE MASTER PLAN INITIALLY THAT HAD BEEN DONE FOR THE COURTHOUSE, BUT THEN TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD HEARD DOING ALL OF THE PROGRAMMING SESSIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO, UM, HERE, MOVING FORWARD FOR PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN DIDN'T NECESSARILY DO THAT.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE GONE BACK IN AND WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE PLANS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND REALLY LISTENED.

WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR PROGRAMMING AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH HOW WE THINK THIS COURTHOUSE WOULD BEST BE RENOVATED.

SO I HAVE TWO VERSIONS OF EACH FLOOR.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE DIRTY PLAN.

SO WE'VE GOT A DIRTY PLAN AND A CLEAN, AND THE DIRTY PLAN IS AN OVERLAY OF THE EXISTING FLOOR PLAN, SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS ARE GOING IN THE EXISTING BUILDING.

AND THE KEY ELEMENTS TO THIS YOU'LL FIND IS THAT ELECTIONS TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

WE HAVE, WE UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY FROM YOUR ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, BUT FROM OTHER ELECTIONS, UH, DEPARTMENTS, THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SPACE.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, MANEUVERING WITH THE EQUIPMENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF STORING OF EQUIPMENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF ARCHIVAL THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.

UM, THERE'S EQUIPMENT TESTING, THERE'S ALL A LOT, A LOT OF STUFF RIGHT NOW, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST ACROSS THE HALL AND THEY HAVE THINGS SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

SO IN AN EFFORT TO NOT BUILD ANOTHER BUILDING, WE WANT TO UTILIZE WHAT WE HAVE.

SO THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS TO USE A LOT OF THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE EXISTING COURTHOUSE.

THE REASON THAT THIS IS A GOOD CONFIGURATION IS THIS ALSO DOUBLES.

YOU'LL NOTICE AS SOME MULTIPURPOSE SPACE, SOME STORAGE SPACE.

SO IN THE TIMES THAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO GET THINGS QUEUED UP AND MOVED OUT, YOU CAN THEN USE THIS AS A POLLING STATION AS WELL, WHICH IS REALLY NICE BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE COUNTY SEAT.

YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING IN TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE MOVING ON FROM THE ELECTIONS.

WE ALSO HAVE THE AUDITOR, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING THE AUDITOR OVER, UM, AND GET THE AUDITOR ENOUGH SPACE TO NOT ONLY GROW, BUT BE DIRECTLY, UH, WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, WHICH IS NEAR THE COUNTY JUDGE.

UH, AND AS WELL AS THE TREASURER AND THE TREASURER, NOT ONLY HAS THE SPACE THAT THEY NEED, BUT SOME FUTURE GROWTH AREA.

SO WE HAVE EVERYBODY SEATED WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, SO THAT THE ADJACENCY, WHICH WE KNOW FOR WORKFLOW, FOR EFFICIENCY AND FOR ALL THOSE, THOSE SIGNATURES THAT WE NEED ARE ALL GOING TO BE HERE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE.

THE THING THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED HERE IS THAT WE EXPAND THE EXISTING RESTROOMS ON BOTH THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE.

SO AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO INTO THAT COURTHOUSE, THOSE RESTROOMS ARE PRETTY SMALL AND THEY'RE NOT ADA COMPLIANT.

SO IF WE, IF WE RENOVATE THEM AND WE CAN CLEAN THEM UP, WE CAN GET THEM ADA COMPLIANT.

WE CAN GET BOTH THE MEN'S AND A WOMEN'S RESTROOM DONE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FLOOR.

SO EVERYBODY'S GOT WHAT THEY NEED, WE'RE COMPLIANT, AND WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF SPACE.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY HOLD MEETINGS THERE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS WE'VE PLACED A COMMISSIONER OFFICE INTO THE FIRST FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING.

SO COMMISSIONER OFFICE, AS WE KNOW, NEEDS AN OFFICE SPACE FOR AN ADMIN, SORT OF A WAITING AREA.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED HERE ARE SOME CONFERENCE ROOMS, AND WE KNOW ONE THING IS FOR SURE, IT'S HARD TO FIND A CONFERENCE ROOM WHEN YOU NEED ONE HERE.

RIGHT? SO WE KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO JUST COME OVER AND UTILIZE A CONFERENCE ROOM.

THIS ALSO PROVIDES THE COMMISSIONER THEIR OWN, UH, THE ABILITY TO USE A CONFERENCE ROOM WHEN THEY NEED ONE, SO

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SO WE FELT THAT THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO SITTING INTO A LITTLE SMALL SPOT.

UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE COUNTY ADMIN.

AND SO WE'VE GOT THEM, UH, DOWN AT THE, AT THE SOUTH END HERE.

AND SO THERE'S THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OFFICE, THERE'S, UH, AN ADMIN SPACE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, SORT OF, UH, A LOBBY LITTLE SORT OF LOBBY AREA FOR THEM.

AND THEY'RE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, WHICH IS RIGHT WHERE WE FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE FOR THE COUNTY ADMIN.

UM, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT THE MAIL AREA AND A LITTLE COFFEE SPACE TOO.

SO THE PLAN HERE ON THIS FIRST FLOOR AND JUDGE YOU'LL NOTICE THE JUDGES AREAS COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO TOUCH THE JUDGE'S OFFICE.

WE DON'T WANT TO TOUCH THAT AREA.

THE PLAN IS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THE ORIGINAL CORRIDORS IN THE BUILDING, MAINTAINING THE ORIGINAL LOOK AND FEEL OF THE BUILDING.

SO IT STILL HAS THE PRESENCE AND THE FEEL OF THAT COURTHOUSE.

IT'S ONCE YOU OPEN THE DOOR, THAT'S WHERE THE CHANGE REALLY HAPPENS.

SO YOU WOULD BE UTILIZING IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

SO WE'RE STILL ENSURING THAT IT HAS THE SAME, UM, HISTORIC FEEL.

AND SO WE'RE, WE KNOW THAT THE, THE THOUGHT WAS THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO COMPLETELY FOLLOW EVERYTHING THAT THE HISTORIC COMMISSION WANTED BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY STEEP ASK FOR A LOT OF THINGS, RIGHT.

IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY TO DO THAT NEXT, BUT WE DO DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CHANGING THIS BUILDING INTO SOMETHING ENTIRELY THAT IT'S NOT.

SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE KNOW IS THAT YOU'VE ASKED US, UH, ABOUT THE VESTIBULE AND REMOVING THE VESTIBULE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET RID OF THAT SECURITY CHECKPOINT ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

SO WE ARE PLANNING ON ALSO DOING THAT WE'VE WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THAT.

SO LET ME SHOW YOU, THIS IS OUR CLEAN SLIDE.

SO NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE BITS AND PIECES, THE WALLS, ALL THE THINGS UNDERNEATH, SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT REALLY WOULD LOOK LIKE.

IF IT WERE CLEANED UP, YOU GOT THE WALLS IN WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO, THE VESTIBULE IS GONE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO THE BASEMENT AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE BASEMENT ALSO BELONGS TO ELECTIONS.

ELECTIONS REQUIRES LOTS OF SPACE.

AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE EXACTLY HOW MUCH SPACE WE KNOW THAT IDEALLY ELECTIONS BEING ON TWO FLOORS, ISN'T LIKE THEIR FAVORITE THING, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WE CAN GET THEM, UH, THREE TIMES THE SPACE THAT THEY HAVE NOW, AND THEN IT'S EASIER TO MANAGE ACTUALLY BUILDING SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.

SHOULD YOU NEED IT? BUT IT ALSO HELPS AGAIN, UTILIZE THIS BUILDING, GIVE THEM THE SPACE THEY NEED AND BE ABLE TO COORDINATE THE WAY THEY NEED TO AND GIVE THEM THE OFFICE SPACE.

THEY NEED ALL IN ONE AREA, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THINGS MOVED THROUGH THE BUILDING.

YOU CAN GET THINGS UP AND DOWN THAT ELEVATOR, BUT PRIMARILY THE HEAVY STUFF THAT THEY HAVE WOULD STAY UP ON THE FIRST FLOOR.

SO YOU'D HAVE THEM OFFICE AND THEY REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A WINDOW WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND TALK TO THEM SIMILARLY TO HOW THEY DO NOW, MAINTAINING THAT WINDOW SPACE, THAT'S DOWN, UH, DOWNSTAIRS, THAT SERVICE COUNTER.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING THERE.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT, THAT EXTERIOR CORRIDOR AND WE'RE JUST TAKING OUT WHAT'S ON THE INSIDE AND WE'RE REALLY JUST OPENING IT UP SO THAT THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT SPACE.

THEY NEED TO MOVE ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT.

SO HERE'S THE CLEAN VERSION.

SO YOU CAN SEE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OF ANY OF THE WALLS, THE EXISTING WALLS THAT ARE THERE.

IS NO ACTUAL BREAK ROOM IN THIS BUILDING.

AND THIS IS THE EXCITING FLOOR LEVEL TOO.

THIS IS WHERE WE GET THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THE COURTHOUSE, OR THE COURTROOM THAT'S UPSTAIRS ON THAT LEVEL TOO.

IN MY OPINION IS REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S SPACIOUS, IT'S AIRY.

IT'S GOT REALLY NICE WINDOWS.

UH, IT'S GOT A NICE VIEW.

UM, AND IT'S REALLY A GOOD SIZE FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

HAVING IT OVER THERE IN THAT, UH, HISTORIC COURTHOUSE UP WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A VIEW OF EVERYTHING, UM, TO, IN OUR OPINION WORKS THE BEST IT GETS YOU OUT OF THIS SPACE.

IT GETS YOU WHAT YOU NEED, UH, IN TERMS OF CIRCULATION.

UH, THE OTHER THING THAT IT DOES IS IT PROVIDES ANOTHER COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE DIRECTLY OFF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

SO, UM, YOU, AGAIN, YOU GET A COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, YOU GET THE ADMIN SPACE, THERE'S A SMALL WAITING SPACE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT LAW LIBRARY THAT'S THERE NOW WOULD THEN BE THE CONFERENCE ROOM THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSIONER DIRECTLY OUTSIDE THE OFFICE AND TO ANYONE ACTUALLY THAT WANTS TO COME AND USE A CONFERENCE ROOM.

WE'RE REALLY TRYING HARD TO GET YOU GUYS SOME FUNCTIONAL SPACES THAT EVERYBODY CAN USE.

UM, YOU'LL NOTICE AS WE SORT OF CIRCULATE DOWN, UM, WE'VE GOT THE BREAK ROOM.

THERE

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NOW THAT FUNCTIONS THE WAY IT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY NEEDS.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SIT.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO EAT, NOT SIT AT THEIR DESK AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO LEAVE THE BUILDING AND GO EAT IF YOU WANT TO, UM, AND TAKE A BREAK IF YOU WANT TO.

SO WE FEEL LIKE ACTUALLY GIVING SOME SPACE DEDICATING SPACE TO THE BREAK AREA, UH, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO EVERYONE IN THE BUILDING.

UH, THE OTHER THING IS WE CAN DO IT ALONG IN THAT SECTION.

IT GIVES EVERYBODY SOME WINDOWS.

SO YOU REALLY CAN TAKE A BREAK AND GET SOME FRESH LIGHTS, UH, AND HAVE A SEAT.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE SHOW HERE IS THAT WE WOULD AGAIN, HAVE TO REWORK THE RESTROOMS. SO THERE ARE SOME RESTROOMS THAT ARE THERE NOW.

THEY ARE, AGAIN, NOT ADA COMPLIANCE.

SO WE DO ACTUALLY NEED TO DO SOME WORK THERE.

SO IF WE PROVIDE A REWORK ON BOTH THE MEN'S AND THE WOMEN'S, AND THEN WE PUT IN A UNISEX RESTROOM THAT SHOULD GET YOU EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED FOR THE PUBLIC COMING IN FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.

SO WE ALSO HAVE THE HISTORIC COMMISSION.

WE'VE GIVEN THEM A SPACE.

THE STORE COMMISSION HAS FLAT FILES, LOTS OF ROLE MAPS.

THEY'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF REALLY GREAT HISTORIC DOCUMENTS.

ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A PRESENCE OF THE HISTORIC COMMISSION.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY OFFICE HERE, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE A SPACE FOR THAT IS THAT WE CAN IN FACT GIVE THEM THE SPACE THAT THEY NEED FOR THE STORAGE, FOR THOSE HISTORIC DOCUMENTS.

SO WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO COME IN AND THEY WANT TO RESEARCH THINGS, THEY CAN COME TO THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE, THEY CAN DO THAT.

AND IT CAN BE PART OF THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN THE COURTHOUSE.

UH, WE'VE GOT OUR SERVER ROOM SHOWN HERE AND AGAIN, JUST LIKE DOWNSTAIRS, WE'RE MAINTAINING THE CORRIDOR.

SO THERE IS NOT ANY CHANGE TO THE, TO THE CORRIDOR, MOVING THROUGH THE BUILDING.

SO ALL THE MARBLES STAYS INTACT.

WE DON'T MESS WITH IT AT ALL.

AND WE COME DOWN PAST THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND WE PLACE THE FACILITIES AND THE PURCHASING OFFICES THERE.

UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT, UM, A LOT OF GROWTH THAT'S PROJECTED FOR THESE FOLKS.

UM, AND WE KNOW THAT, UH, FOR FACILITIES, MOST OF THOSE FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY OUT IN OTHER LOCATIONS DOING OTHER THINGS.

SO THIS IS JUST THE OFFICE FOR THE FACILITIES GROUP.

AND THE PURCHASING, WE DO KNOW RAYLAN'S GROUP WILL GROW.

THERE IS SOME SPACE FOR SOME GROWTH HERE, BUT WE KNOW THAT, UH, PURCHASING ACTUALLY CAN, IN FACT, IN THE FUTURE, THEY'RE ONE OF THE FEW GROUPS IN THE COUNTY THAT CAN HAVE A, SORT OF A DUAL PRESENCE.

THEY CAN WORK REMOTELY.

THEY CAN WORK IN THE OFFICE BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THE PHONE A LOT AND THEY'RE DOING LOTS OF EMAILS.

SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY WORK IN SORT OF A, A DUAL WAY.

AND SO THEY DON'T NEED AS MUCH SPACE TO GROW, MOVING INTO THE FUTURE.

THE HR DEPARTMENT GETS EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED THAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR.

THEY GET THE SPACE TO GROW, THEY GET THE SPACE FOR THE WAITING AND THE LEARNING DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WANT.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, GIVE THEM A FUTURE OFFICE SPACE FOR MORE GROWTH.

FACT, AS YOU SEE HERE, THOSE ARE STANDING CELLS, THEY'RE THE HOLDING CELLS.

AND WE CAN GIVE THEM AN ENCLOSED SUITE OVER HERE USING THE EXISTING DOORS THAT ARE OVER HERE RIGHT IN BY THE, UM, STAIRWELL.

UM, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THIS, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ACTUALLY SHOW THAT WE WOULD BE OPENING UP THERE'S, UH, A BAILIFF OFFICE HERE, AND THERE'S A KITCHEN HERE.

THAT'S A VERY SAD LITTLE KITCHEN, BUT WE, WE SHOW TO TAKE THAT OUT AND ACTUALLY OPEN THIS UP SO THAT THERE IS MORE SPACE, UH, TO CIRCULATE HERE.

AND SO PURCHASING WOULD GET THEIR OWN DOOR TO COME INTO THEIR SUITE BACK HERE.

WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A CONFERENCE ROOM THAT'S AVAILABLE, NOT ONLY FOR FACILITIES AND PURCHASING TO USE, BUT FOR, AGAIN, FOR ANYBODY, UH, WITHIN THE COUNTY WHO WANTS TO COME USE IT.

AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR IT GROUP THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED.

THEY'VE GOT ALL THE SPACE THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED, BOTH THE INVENTORY SPACE, UH, AND THEIR DISPOSAL SPACE, THE PLACE WHERE THEY DO ALL THE TESTING PLACE, WHERE THEY DO ALL OF THE FORMATTING, THE, THE, UM, CABLES, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.

AND BECAUSE WE FORCED THEM INTO THIS APPROPRIATELY SIZED AREA, UM, THINGS STAY NEAT AND TIDY, RIGHT? SO THERE'S NO ROOM FOR EXTRA ALL THE THINGS, RIGHT.

UH, THAT WE'VE SEEN AS WE'VE WALKED THROUGH THE COUNTY.

AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE GIVING THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED AND THEY'VE GOT THE SPACE TO GROW STUFF EXPANDS TO MEET THE SPACE.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

SO, UM, MY FAVORITE FEATURE THAT'S ON THIS FLOOR, AND AGAIN, THIS IS SORT OF OUR, UM, OUR NOD TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION, BUT ALSO TO THE BUILDING AND TO THE COUNTY FROM A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT, YOU'LL NOTICE HERE UNDERNEATH THE CONFERENCE ROOM, THIS AREA ACTUALLY USED TO BE THE SHERIFF AREA FOR THIS COURTROOM.

THERE IS IN FACT, THE OLD VAULT THAT STILL REMAINS, AND WE WOULD LEAVE THE VAULT AND WE'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GO IN AND SEE IT.

AND THERE IS, IN

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AND THEY'RE KIND OF INTERESTING.

THEY'RE REALLY SMALL, BUT THEY ARE INTERESTING.

AND THAT'S PART OF THIS HISTORY TO THIS COUNTY.

AND WE THINK THAT IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING THING TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE, NOT TOUCH, AND IT'S OUTSIDE THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, IT'S OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC AREA.

AND IT PROVIDES THAT HISTORIC COMMISSION, A SPACE WHERE IF THEY WANTED TO DO SOME LIVING HISTORY OF SOME SORT, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, TO SHOWCASE AND TO BE ABLE TO, UH, INTERACT AND EXCHANGE WITH THE PUBLIC, SOME HISTORY ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE COUNTY.

SO, UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AGAIN, WE WERE REALLY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT NOT ONLY THE GROWTH NEEDS FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS COMING IN, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THIS MIGRATION PLAN IS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE, UM, BEING CONSIDERATE TO THE BUILDING ITSELF AND TO THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING, INTO THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY.

AND SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GIVING FOLKS WHAT THEY NEEDED.

SO THIS IS IN FACT SORT OF THE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME PUBLIC PARTS TO IT, THERE ARE DEFINITELY STILL SOME SORT OF INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION COMPONENTS TO IT.

AND SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE WORKED PRETTY HARD AT MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SOME GOOD DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE SPACES AND GIVING PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED.

SO THE TRULY THE PUBLIC PARTS ARE REALLY EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND THE FOLKS THAT NEED THE SPACE AND CAN GROW, CAN DO THAT.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT BUILDING? I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO DIGEST.

SURE.

IS THAT BETTER? CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY.

SO THIS IS YOUR CLEAN VERSION.

AND SO WE'LL PROVIDE THIS PLAN TO YOU GUYS SO THAT YOU HAVE IT SO YOU CAN COMB THROUGH IT AND THEN GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON IT.

SO IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, THEN WE CAN, OKAY.

SO THE NEXT BUILDING THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE ANNEX BUILDING.

UM, AND SO THIS IS SOME OF THESE THINGS WE WERE ACTUALLY SHOWING INITIALLY IN OUR FIRST PASS.

ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WAS OUR SECOND PASS.

OUR SECOND MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH YOU FOR THE MASTER PLAN, RIGHT? AND THIS ANNEX BUILDING REALLY IS, UM, ALSO ANOTHER ESSENTIAL PART OF THE MIGRATION STRATEGY AND, UH, MOVING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE WITH THE COUNTY AND REALLY GIVING THE COUNTY WHAT THEY NEED, UM, BY GIVING THE, UH, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, THE SPACE THAT THEY NEED TO GROW MODERNIZING.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE THESE LOOK A LITTLE FAMILIAR, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO GO BACK OVER THESE WITH YOU JUST TO FAMILIARIZE YOU AGAIN WITH THE CONCEPT THAT THEN YOU HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PLAN.

SO AGAIN, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE'VE GOT THE BUILDING CURRENTLY AND WHAT WE SHOW HERE IS THE EXISTING PARKING LOT.

WE HAVE THE, UM, PNEUMATIC BANK TELLER AREA.

THAT'S OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT WITH TREES.

UM, I STRUGGLED TO FIND PARKING THIS MORNING.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME DAYS IT'S HARDER TO FIND PARKING THAN OTHERS.

WE ALL I THINK ARE IN AGREEMENT.

WE DEFINITELY NEED TO OVERHAUL THE PARKING LOT IN THIS BUILDING, NO MATTER WHAT.

SO WE DO SHOW HERE THE CONCEPT THAT WE DO, WE'VE GOT, UH, THE WHOLE PARKING LOT CLEANED UP HERE.

SO WE'VE TAKEN OUT THE PNEUMATIC TELLER BUILDING.

WE'VE GOT THE, ALL OF THE TREES, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TAKEN OUT.

AND SO WE REALLY OPENED IT UP.

WE WOULD RESTRIPE IT, WE WOULD REPAVE IT.

AND THE OTHER THING IS, WE MADE SURE WE ASKED, YOU KNOW, WE VERIFIED, THIS ACTUALLY IS NOT A STREET.

THIS IS PART OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, SO WE CAN PAVE THAT AND ACTUALLY USE THAT AS PROPER WALKWAY COMING IN FROM WHERE THE PARKING AREA IS INTO THE BUILDING.

SO THAT'S OUR PLAN.

UH, WE, WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY DISJOINTED.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, UH, SEAMLESS GETTING IN AND OUT OF THIS PARKING LOT.

AND WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY WHAT THEY NEED IN TERMS OF PARKING.

SO THESE, AGAIN WERE SOME CONCEPTS THAT WE HAVE FOR WHAT WE CALL SORT OF THE, THE RE SKINNING OF THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WITH, UM, SOME UPDATED MATERIALS.

UM, AND THE, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS WE WANT TO MAKE THE BUILDING A BIT MORE MODERN, BUT NOT REALLY, RIGHT.

SO WE WANT TO BRING IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE STILL WANT IT TO HAVE THE SAME OVERALL FEEL THAT IT HAS RIGHT NOW ON THE EXTERIOR.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS FIRST PICTURE IS IN FACT WHERE THE EXISTING, UH, FRONT DOOR IS.

SOMETHING CONCEPTUALLY THAT WOULD, UH, LOOK LIKE THIS SORT OF ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, RIGHT? SO YOU WOULD HAVE A WIDER ENTRANCE THINGS.

SO, BUT WE KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE AREN'T REALLY USING THE FRONT DOOR.

MOST PEOPLE COME IN THE BACK DOOR.

SO IF WE MAKE THE BACK DOOR, THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING AND WE GIVE IT A BIT MORE PRESENCE, UM, THAT ACTUALLY MAKES MORE SENSE.

WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE A BIT MORE, A LOBBY SPACE, SOME CIRCULATION, WE GIVE IT A BIT MORE BREASTS.

UH, AND SO WHAT YOU END UP WITH IS

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YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IT'S THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING.

AND IT WOULD SPEAK TO THE PARKING LOT, RIGHT.

SO YOU WOULD COME DIRECTLY IN.

SO IT WOULD BE PRETTY OBVIOUS THE FLOW, OKAY.

HERE IS THE DIRTY PLAN.

SO I'VE OVERLAYED IT.

SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS FIT IN THE CURRENT BUILDING.

SO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY WOULD BE THE TAX OFFICE.

SO WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF TAX OFFICE.

WE'VE GOT TELLER STATION, SUPERVISOR AREAS, TRAINING STATIONS, UM, WE'VE GOT ALL OF THEIR DIFFERENT SUPPLY CLOSETS, BUT THE PRIMARY THING THAT WE HAVE HERE, THAT'S VERY, VERY DIFFERENT IS THE LOBBY CUING SPACE.

AND SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO OPEN THIS UP, WIDEN THE PRIMARY, UH, CIRCULATION AREAS IN THE LOBBY SPACE AND GIVE EVERYBODY MORE SPACE TO QUEUE.

AND I'VE PUT SOME LITTLE ARROWS IN HERE TO SORT OF OFFER SOME DIRECTION OF HOW YOU COULD ACTUALLY FLOW PEOPLE THROUGH HERE, BUT YOU WOULD COME IN AND YOU COULD KIND OF HAVE THIS SNAKE AREA AROUND UNTIL YOU WENT TO THE TELLER.

THEY'VE ASKED FOR PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO STAND AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO FILL OUT FORMS OR HAVE PINS, THAT KIND OF THING, SORT OF AN OLD FASHIONED BANK FEEL TO IT, WHICH MAKES SENSE.

SO IF WE PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH ENOUGH SPACE TO DO THOSE THINGS, THEY FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.

THE FLOW WOULD BE A LOT BETTER GIVING PEOPLE MORE A LOBBY SPACE.

AND IF WE COULD GET PEOPLE TO ENTER DIRECTLY INTO THE LOBBY FROM THE BACK OF THE BUILDING OFF OF THAT, UM, THE NEW PARKING LOT, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE HELPFUL, RIGHT? SO IF YOU MOVE ALONG HERE, WE SHOW THAT WE WOULD, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO, UH, RENOVATE THE RESTROOMS SO THAT THEY WOULD BECOME ADA COMPLIANT.

AND EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE THAT THE RESTROOMS COULD USE A LITTLE WORK IN THIS BUILDING.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER FEATURE HERE IS THAT THE TAX ASSESSOR WOULD ACTUALLY KEEP HER OFFICE.

SO WE WOULDN'T DO ANY WORK TO THE TAX ASSESSOR OFFICE.

IT WOULD MAINTAIN, UH, ITS ITS CURRENT SPACE.

UH, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOLKS, WHICH IS BOTH THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PEOPLE WE'VE GOT THE GIS PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT MAKES UP THIS A PRETTY ROBUST TEAM, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE THEM, UH, THE APPROPRIATE SPACE THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED.

THE NUMBER ONE THING THEY WANT IS A CONFERENCE ROOM DIRECTLY OFF OF THEIR SORT OF LOBBY SPACE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WALK PEOPLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THEIR, THEIR WORK AREA.

UM, AND SO WE GIVE EVERYBODY THAT NICE BIG, UH, OPEN WORKPLACE, UH, THE BULLPEN WORKING ALL THEIR WORKSTATIONS, WE GET EVERYBODY THE OFFICES THAT THEY NEED, INCLUDING GROWTH OFFICES.

UM, WE REPURPOSE THE VAULTS THAT ARE BACK THERE FOR SOME STORAGE AND COPY PRINT AREA.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO GIVE THEM THE SPACE, UH, ACROSS THIS HALL.

AND THIS REALLY SERVES AS SORT OF TWO PURPOSES, RIGHT? THIS ALLOWS FOR THEM TO HAVE ANOTHER SORT OF WORKSTATION BULLPEN, WHICH WOULD BE FUTURE GROWTH.

UM, AND IT GIVES THEM A PLACE FOR OPEN COLLABORATION.

AND WE KNOW THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO GET WITH THE FIRE MARSHALL AND THEY WANT TO RULE SOME PLANS OUT ON TABLES AND THEY NEED TO GATHER AROUND AND THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION.

THEY HAVE SOME MATERIALS THAT THEY LIKE TO STORE FOR, FOR LIBRARY, REFERENCE LIBRARY, THAT KIND OF THING.

AND THIS PROVIDES THEM THE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ALL WITHIN ONE SPACE.

AND IT ALSO GETS YOU OUT OF A LEASE, WHICH YOU DON'T WANT.

UH, THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE GET, UH, VETERAN SERVICES HERE.

SO WE MAINTAIN VETERAN SERVICES DIRECTLY OFF OF THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE LOBBY.

WE DO A PLAN FOR THERE TO BE STILL SECURITY PRESENCE HERE, UH, IN THE BUILDING.

SO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR VETERAN SERVICES, BUT WE GET THEM, YOU KNOW, THE PLACEMENT THAT THEY NEED, THE SPACE THAT THEY NEED.

SO THEY'VE GOT NOT ONLY ENOUGH SPACE FOR AN OFFICE, BUT ALSO FOR AN ADMIN, WHICH IS WHAT THE ASK WAS.

SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE CLEAN VERSION.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE IT HERE AS IT RELATES TO THE PARKING LOT AND YOU GET THE, OOPS, SORRY, YOU GET THE ENTRY SPACE.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS CLEAN.

EVERYTHING IS, UH, AGAIN, BREATHY RIGHT WITH, UH, THE, THE LOBBY, UH, THE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE BUILDING.

UM, AND SO THE OTHER FEATURE THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IS WITH THAT, UM, SECONDARY ENTRANCE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THE FRONT ENTRANCE WOULD BE THE BACK ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING, UM, THAT GIVES PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME DIRECTLY IN AND WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND DIRECTLY OUT.

SO THAT'S EASY BREEZY.

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SO LEVEL TWO LEVEL TWO GETS REWORKED.

AGAIN, WE DON'T TOUCH THE LOBBY SPACE.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF CIRCULATION.

THAT'S UP ON LEVEL TWO IN THIS BUILDING.

UH, WE MAINTAIN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

UM, WE TAKE OVER AN OFFICE, THAT'S THERE AS A SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM, WHICH WOULD BE A HUDDLE SPACE, WHICH I THINK I'VE HEARD THIS ONE PARTICULAR OFFICE HAS GONE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BEING A CONFERENCE ROOM AND AN OFFICE SEVERAL TIMES.

SO THIS WOULDN'T BE NEW.

UM, THE RESTROOMS ACTUALLY WOULD BE MAINTAINED AS THEY ARE.

WE COULD DO A LITTLE UPDATING IF WE NEED TO, BUT THEY ARE IN FACT ADA COMPLIANT.

SO I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY SET IN THE WHOLE COUNTY THAT WE'VE SEEN.

THAT'S 18 CLIENTS.

UM, WE WOULD, UH, PROVIDE A COPY PRINT AREA THAT'S BACK WHERE THE CURRENT, UM, SORT OF BREAK AREA IS.

AND WE FEEL THAT THE COPY PRINT AREA NEXT TO THE MAIL ROOM KIND OF WOULD BE A BETTER FIT.

IT MAKES SENSE.

UH, IT ALSO IS OPEN SPACE, SO WE CAN STILL MAINTAIN GETTING THERE'S A JANITOR SPACE OF JANITOR CLOSET BACK THERE.

SO WE WOULDN'T CHANGE THAT.

UH, BUT WE DO MOVE INDIGENT HEALTH UP HERE.

WE GIVE THEM THE SPACE THEY NEED FOR GROWTH.

SO THEY WANT A WORKSTATIONS, A COUPLE OF OFFICE, UH, OFFICES AND SOME, UH, STORAGE.

UH, WE PROVIDE A NICE BIG BREAK ROOM, WHICH WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE THAT'S THERE NOW, BUT IT'S GOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR SOME TABLES WITH SOME WINDOWS, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT.

UH, SO EVERYBODY CAN COME UPSTAIRS AND TAKE A BREAK AND USE THE BREAK ROOM UPSTAIRS.

AND THEN WE GIVE THE FIRE MARSHALL JUST WHAT HE'S BEEN ASKING FOR.

SO HE WANTS, UM, A COUPLE OF, UH, OFFICES, UH, A BULLPEN AREA FOR SOME WORKSTATIONS.

UM, THERE'S THE DOCUMENT STORAGE, AND THEN HE'S GOT THE SECURED STORAGE NEEDS.

UM, AND SO THIS PROVIDES AGAIN, USING THE ENTRANCES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING IN THE SPACE.

WE CAN GET EVERYBODY WHAT THEY NEED WITH VERY MINIMAL CHANGE TO THE, UH, TO THE PRIMARY, UH, CORRIDOR UPSTAIRS.

UH, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A FUTURE GROWTH, UM, OFFICE HERE.

AND SO SHOULD SOMEBODY NEED AN OFFICE IN THE FUTURE? THAT'S WHAT IT'S THERE FOR.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SPACE TO GROW.

IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT INTO A CONFERENCE ROOM, WE CAN DO THAT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE FIND THAT THERE'S A PINCH FOR SPACE AT SOME POINT, SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT YOU NEED, RIGHT? SO THERE'S YOUR CLEAN VERSION WITHOUT THE INTERRUPTION OF ANY OF THE EXISTING WALLS.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FLOW.

SO, UH, THERE'S CHANGE, BUT NOT A LOT OF CHANGE.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF THE OVERALL FEEL.

UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE UPSTAIRS OF THIS BUILDING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO A WHOLE LOT UP THERE.

SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE GO INTO THE LAST BUILDING? UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE ANNEX.

I'M EXCITED TO ME.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST GOING TO LOOK TOTALLY DIFFERENT DOWNTOWN WITH DIFFERENT.

ON THE ELEVATOR, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE COSTLY.

I THINK THAT THE, THE FLOW BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, UH, AND, UM, HOW WE'VE REALLY BEEN MINDFUL OF THE ADJACENCY NEEDS FOR YOU GUYS AND TO BE ABLE TO, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH YOU GUYS AND THE PUBLIC SIDE AND THE ADMIN SIDE AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDINGS I THINK IS GOING TO BE SUCH A TREMENDOUS, UH, IMPROVEMENT.

UM, AND I, I WILL SAY I, I CAN GO BACK HERE.

LET ME GET BEAR WITH ME FOR JUST A SECOND.

ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE COURTHOUSE, I THINK THAT'S EXCITING FOR US ALSO IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ELECTIONS BEING IN THE, IN THE PRIMARY COURTHOUSE, UM, NOT ONLY DOES IT PROVIDE A REALLY GREAT PLACE FOR POLLING AND FOR ELECTIONS, UM, FOR A GATHERING PLACE, UM, WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO USE, BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING OUT SO MANY FUNCTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE ALL OF THAT PARKING WITH THOSE CURVES, THAT SORT OF MAKE THOSE NICE, UH, CUT-INS AROUND THE BUILDING.

WE ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE ELECTIONS THE SPACE.

THEY NEED TO LOAD UP BY USING THOSE SPACES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING.

UM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, ADD ANYTHING, REALLY CHANGE THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING OR, OR, YOU KNOW, CHANGE FLOW.

AND THEN IT GIVES PEOPLE THE SPACE THAT THEY NEED TO PARK ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING.

AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET AT THE NEWLY PAVED PARKING LOT AT THE ANNEX TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND USE WHAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND VOTE.

ARE YOU GOING, I WAS GOING TO GET A NEW ELEVATOR IN THIS.

UM, WE HAVE NOT PLANNED THAT DEAL.

I KNOW IT'S VERY SLOW.

I WAS GONNA PUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND STUFF IN THE BASEMENT.

WELL, ELEVATORS NEVER BEEN VERY DEPENDABLE.

MAYBE IT'S BEEN MORE DEPENDENT ON LAST YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, WE CAN, WE CAN DO AN ASSESSMENT

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WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO LOAD THE BASEMENT UP ON THE EQUIPMENT.

OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE.

OUR THOUGHT IS THAT, THAT LITTLE BIT, YEAH.

OUR THOUGHT IS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR SMALLER EQUIPMENT DOWNSTAIRS, THE COMPUTERS THAT HAVE TO RUN ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT THERE, YOU KNOW, THE PAPER, THAT KIND OF STUFF, THE MACHINES AND THE SORT OF THE STORAGE BINS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE WHEELING AROUND THAT THE HEAVY CARTS, THOSE WOULD PROBABLY STAY UPSTAIRS.

SO THERE WOULDN'T BE A LOT OF TRANSPORT BACK AND FORTH.

THERE WOULD BE SOME BUT NOT A LOT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING THEM ALL OF THAT COURTROOM SPACE ACTUALLY TO COURTROOM SPACES REALLY BECAUSE THERE'S THAT DISTRICT COURT.

UM, SO THE PLAN IS TO CLEAN THAT, TO CLEAR THAT ONE OUT AND THEN THE OTHER COURT THAT'S UPSTAIRS, SO THAT THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF SPACE TO BE ABLE TO GET THINGS, UM, MOVED AND STORED.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE MEZZANINE IN THIS BUILDING? IS THERE ANY VISION FOR THAT? I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WE CAN DO MUCH, RIGHT? YEAH.

THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO WITH THE MEZZANINE.

IT'S KIND OF, IT'S A FEATURE, IT'S A HISTORIC FEATURE.

W W WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE IT.

WE UTILIZE IT FOR RUNNING.ORG, WHEREAS REQUIRING EQUIPMENT LIKE THAT GETS OUTSIDE IS NOT MUCH, BUT THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE SET UP ON THE STRATEGIC LOCATIONS.

IT'LL SERVE, UH, RESEARCH.

IT DOES SERVE A PURPOSE.

WE JUST, YEAH.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT.

SO THE LAST BUILDING THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE SUBSTATION, THE TRAINING FACILITY.

UM, THERE IS A PROPOSED SITE, IT'S AT THE FORNEY HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, THIS IS AN ESTIMATED SITE.

WE DON'T KNOW THE FINAL SITE.

I KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE INITIAL ON THE AGENDA TODAY FOR APPROVAL.

HAS IT BEEN MOVED? OKAY.

THE MEDIA COMMAND WALL SERVES TWO PURPOSES.

UH, BUT, UM, FROM OUR CONVERSATION WITH THE SHERIFF, UM, COUPLE TIMES ACTUALLY, WE'VE GOT OUR PROGRAM OF REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER HERE.

AND SO THIS REALLY IS JUST A LIST OF ALL OF THE SPACE THAT'S REQUIRED TO PUT THIS BUILDING TOGETHER.

SO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH AND HOW MANY OF EACH OF THESE THINGS IT'S GOING TO TAKE.

THESE ARE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL BUILDING BLOCKS.

UM, AND SO WE'VE GOT THE OFFICE AREA, OUR COLLABORATION AREAS OF THINGS LIKE MEETING ROOMS AND INTERVIEW ROOMS. UM, THEN WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR D DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SPACE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE STORAGE AREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF DIFFERENT STORAGE AREAS FOR THE SHERIFF, UM, THE SPECIALTY SPACE THERE, THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS A TRAINING FACILITY, THIS DOES REQUIRE A TRAINING ROOM.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CONSIDER THE SHARED SUPPORT, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES THE BUILDING FUNCTION, THE BREAK ROOMS, THE RESTROOMS, THE MECHANICAL SPACES, UH, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.

UM, SO WE'VE GOT OUR, OUR TOTAL BUILDING SIZE HERE IS, UH, 8,769 SQUARE FEET.

SO SHERIFF PROVIDED US WITH A REALLY GREAT DRAWING OF HIS CONCEPTS.

WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND WE APPLIED THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW FROM THE INTERVIEWS THAT WE HAD CONDUCTED PREVIOUSLY AND OUR KNOWLEDGE OF HOW BUILDINGS WORK IN TERMS OF LAYING THEM OUT.

UH, AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.

WE FLOATED THIS IN FRONT OF THE SHERIFF AND SHERIFF, ARE YOU STILL HAPPY WITH THIS? OKAY.

SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WE HAVE IN FACT BEEN ABLE TO GET OUR TRAINING ROOM IN A, WITH A NICE WIDE OPEN LOBBY SPACE, UM, WITH A GOOD VESTIBULE THAT OPENS UP SO THAT WE'VE GOT A RECEPTION AREA WITH A WINDOW.

UM, SO WE'VE GOT A BREAK ROOM IMMEDIATELY, UH, OFF OF THE LOBBY SPACE.

THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR BOTH THE FOLKS, UH, WHO WERE COMING IN FOR TRAINING, AND THEN ALSO SUPPORTS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE OFFICE SPACE AND THE TRAINING IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

NOW WE'VE GOT RESTROOMS OFF OF THE LOBBY, WHICH ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE FOLKS GOING INTO THE TRAINING ROOM.

UH, AND THEN WE DO HAVE SEPARATION OF SPACE HERE.

YOU'LL SEE, WE ACTUALLY CREATE A SUITE SPEC HERE FOR THE SHERIFF, AND HE'S GOT ALL KINDS OF CONFERENCE ROOMS, INTERVIEW ROOMS AND STORAGE SPACES THAT HE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO RUN HIS DEPARTMENT.

UH, AND THEN WE'VE GOT HIS OFFICES, UH, AND, UM, HIS, UM, SUPPORT SPACES LIKE HIS EVIDENCE STORAGE AND HIS ARMORY, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ALL AROUND THIS BIG, NICE OPEN A WORKSTATION BULLPEN.

THIS BULLPEN IS IN THE CENTER.

IT'S ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO BE USED AS SORT OF A CONFERENCE AREA, MUSTERING AREA, INFORMATION AREA, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT.

UH, THE SHERIFF ALSO HAS A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW CAUSE HE'S BACK HERE IN THE CORNER AND HE CAN SEE WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING AND WHO'S WALKING IN AND OUT OF THIS ENTRANCE BACK HERE.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED HERE IS WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL THE MEDIA COMMAND WALL.

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UM, THIS IS A SPACE THAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO HAVE SOME NICE DISPLAYS UP, BUT IT ALSO CREATES A VISUAL BLOCK AND, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF SOUND BARRIER, UH, FOR THESE INTERVIEW ROOMS AND THE CONFERENCE ROOMS. AND, UH, AND THEN THE WORKSTATION BULLPEN, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN USE THIS AS, UH, THE SPACE WHERE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY, UH, VIEW THINGS, I GUESS YOU'RE LOOKING AT SURVEILLANCE, THAT KIND OF THING, AND THEN DISPLAYS, BUT THEN ALSO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME, UM, THE, THE GLASS MARKER BOARDS AND SOME PINUP SPACE FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT THE SHERIFF'S ASKED FOR IS THAT WE, UH, PROVIDE SOME LOCKER ROOMS AND RESTROOMS IN THE SPACE.

SO WE'VE GOT THOSE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

UM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE EVERYBODY WHAT THEY NEED, UH, WITH THE, UH, ENTRANCE AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING SO THAT FOLKS CAN COME IN AND OUT IN THE, IN SORT OF THE SECURITY AREA.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR PUBLIC SIDE, WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS DOOR HERE.

UH, AND WE CAN KEEP ALL THE TRAINING ROOM PEOPLE COMING IN, IN THE PUBLIC END OF THE BUILDING.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, WE'RE GOOD.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER SCOPE OF WORK AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TECHNOL AND PERKINS ROAD, BOND PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTION OBSERVATION, SIR.

WELL, THIS IS A GOOD UPDATE.

ANYBODY ELSE FROM HOK HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? THAT LOOK PRETTY QUIET.

OKAY, THEN.

THANKS FOR ALL THAT.

THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.

UH, NEXT UP RAYLAND

[4. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider scope of work and additional funding for Teague Nall & Perkins Road Bond Projects Construction Observation Services.]

SO INITIALLY WE APPROVED AT 90 DAYS FOR THOSE WEEKLY REPORTS FOR THE COUNTY ROAD FOR THE BOND PROJECTS.

UM, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THOSE REPORTS WEEKLY.

UM, SO I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE.

IF YOU WANT ME TO GO FORWARD WITH ITS, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THESE SERVICES, THIS WAS JUST KIND OF A CHECKPOINT TO SEE IF YOU WERE GOOD.

AND IF THOSE WERE THE TYPES OF REPORTS THAT YOU WERE WANTING, WELL, I USE THEM, I USE THOSE REPORTS ALL THE TIME AND I INTERACT WITH BOTH TECHNOLOGY PERKINS AND TEXAS BIT REALLY OFF OF THOSE REPORTS.

UH, AND, AND, AND FRANKLY, WE'VE HAD SOME, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, SOME POSITIVE, UH, RESULTS BASED ON SOME NEEDED WARRANTY WORK AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD CHECK TO HAVE THAT PROFESSIONAL INSPECTION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK THAT WE, THAT WE'RE GETTING IS REALLY QUALITY WORK.

UM, I'LL GO BACK TO POLLSTER AND ASK FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD ON THAT THEN.

SHARON, AND I'VE ALWAYS HAVE A HARD TIME WITH YOUR LAST NAME, VANESSA ZACK AND LYNETTE AINSWORTH DISCUSS, CONSIDER HUMANE SOCIETY'S PAYMENT IN EMERGENCY FUNDING REQUESTS.

SO WHAT IS THE ACTION YOU'RE ASKING FOR HERE? UM, PERMISSION TO, UM, PR UH, PERMISSION TO GET FUNDING FOR THE TNP ROAD BOND PROJECT CONSTRUCTION REPORTS.

UH, OKAY.

DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO WHERE THE EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER CASE IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES, UH, NEXT UP

[5. Sharon Banaszak/ Lanette Ainsworth; Discuss/Consider Humane Society's payment and emergency funding request.]

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

MY NAME IS LYNETTE AINSWORTH, AND I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF CEDAR CREEK LAKE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY ENJOYED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, WITH THE COUNTY OF KAUFFMAN FOR MANY YEARS AND ARE WELCOMING AND, UH, GOOD LUCK ON YOUR, UH, YOUR NEW VENTURE WITH YOUR NEW FACILITY.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THAT, THROUGH THAT TRANSITION.

SO, UH, IT'S ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE ANIMALS AND SAVING THE ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE CERTAINLY, UH, UH, OPEN TO HELP YOU GUYS, AS YOU TRANSITION TO THAT.

UM, THE REASON WE'RE HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.

UM, AS WE ALL KNOW THAT, UM, AS MOST BUSINESSES, UH, DUE TO, UH, THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE ALL BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE INCREASED COSTS HAVE, UH, CONCERNED US INCREASED LABOR LABOR COSTS.

UH, AND QUITE HONESTLY, WE FELT THAT WE COULD GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO COME AND ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UH, HAS NOT BEEN ON, ON COURSE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT.

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WE ALSO FELT LIKE OUR FUNDRAISING MONEY COULD HELP US GET THROUGH, BUT WE ALSO REALIZE THAT THE DEFICIT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES, UH, WAS HUGE.

UH, ONCE WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET, UH, HAS BEEN SET AND, UH, SO WAS IRIS, UH, OUR BUDGET.

AND THEN, UH, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THINGS, UH, THAT WE HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE NEED YOUR HELP TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND JUST ONE THING ON THE FUNDRAISING MONEY, CAUSE WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, UM, WITH OUR BOARD AND OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THE MONEY THAT WE RAISE.

WE ARE VERY PROUD THAT WE RAISE PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOST MONEY IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, FROM THE FUNDRAISERS, WE'RE REAL PROUD OF THE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED, BUT JUST A NOTE ON THAT IN MANY CASES, ESPECIALLY WITH GRANTS, UM, THEY ARE FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE THAT GRANT MONEY AND PAY FOR PAYROLL AND SUCH AS THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT AS WE STARTED APPLYING FOR MORE GRANTS, WE WERE RESTRICTED SOME OF THE FUNDRAISERS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE AN OLD VAN AT THE SHELTER THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE HAVE, UM, A LADY WHO IS TRYING TO HELP US RAISE MONEY TO GET A NEW VAN.

AND, UH, SHE'S ACTUALLY, UH, PRESENTING US WITH SOME MONEY LATER THIS WEEK.

UH, AND WE CAN'T TAKE THAT MONEY THAT SHE'S PRESENTING TO US TO PAY FOR PAYROLL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UH, WE, WE FEEL FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT WE ALSO NEED OPERATING EXPENSE SUPPORT.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, UM, WE LOOKED AT ALSO, UH, WHERE OUR EXPENSES HAVE INCREASED.

AND I THINK WE, I THINK MOST OF US THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS WITH INCREASED COST AND, UH, MAYBE THE PAYROLL, UH, THE WAGES WOULD SETTLE DOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE ONLY PAY OUR EMPLOYEES EIGHT 50 AN HOUR.

AND AS THINGS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE SEE THAT ACROSS THE STREET, YOU'VE GOT A 14, $15 AN HOUR BEING PAID.

SO FOR A TECH KENNEL PERSON, UH, IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO ONE RETAIN THAT PERSON ATTRACT NEW PEOPLE.

SO, UH, THAT'S OUR BIG ISSUE.

OUR BIG COST HAS BEEN OVER IN LABOR BECAUSE OF THE OVERTIME WE'VE HAD TO PAY.

ALSO A MEDICAL EXPENSES HAVE REALLY INCREASED OVER THE LAST A FEW MONTHS, JUST AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE WERE USING OUR, UM, SPAY NEUTER SERVICE, UH, FROM ONE OF OUR VETERINARIANS, THEY WERE GIVING US A DISCOUNT OF 60, $65 BAY NOW OR TELLING US $142.

AND SO WE'RE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THERE'S JUST NO WAY WE CAN DO THAT.

UM, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT ALL OVER.

UM, WE'RE AGAIN, INCREASED COSTS.

UH, WE, UM, HAVE AN ADOPTION FEE OF $125.

SO THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN PAY $142 JUST FOR THE SPAY NEUTERING OF THAT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ADDITIONAL MEDICAL COSTS THAT WE HAVE.

SO WE ALSO SAW A DECREASE IN ADOPTION REVENUE, MANY PEOPLE GOING BACK TO WORK.

UH, SO THAT WAS SOME OF OUR, UH, OUR, OUR ISSUES THERE IN REGARDS TO REVENUE.

UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS REALLY JUST SHOW YOU, UH, WHICH KIND OF STANDS OUT AND SHARON'S GOING TO PASS OUT, UH, TO, TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE JUDGE.

UH, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE WE'RE SHORT AND WHILE WE'RE ASKING, UH, FOR THE FUNDS TODAY AND I'M, UH, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SHARON, UH, IS THE SHELTER DIRECTOR.

UH, SO, UM, SHE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EXPLAINING THE, UH, THE BUDGET DEFICIT FOR US.

YES, GOOD MORNING.

AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

UM, WE, AS LYNETTE SAID, UM, I'M THE, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE SHELTER.

LAST NAME IS BANNON.

ZACH, YOU'RE VERY CLOSE.

UM, WE'VE ENJOYED SUCH A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, WITH KAUFMAN COUNTY AND WITH THE JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONERS.

AND WE JUST ARE, UH, GRATEFUL TO BE HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO EVERYBODY'S HEARTS, ANIMALS, AND ADOPTIONS AND HOMES.

AND WE WORK VERY, VERY HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY AT OUR SHELTER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING.

UM, SO I DID PROVIDE TO YOU ABOUT A MONTH AGO, OUR BUDGET THROUGH AUGUST.

AND IF YOU SEE, WE TAKE THIS THREE MAIN BUCKETS WHERE WE HAVE A DEFICIT IS WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY BETTER ON THE LABOR SIDE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE, UH, WE WERE DOWN OR UP A LITTLE BIT BY ABOUT $7,000.

SO, UM, IT'S JUST, THERE YOU GO.

THANKS.

IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S JUST CONTINUOUS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO MANAGE AND JUGGLE AND STAY WITHIN BUDGET.

AND THE BIGGEST PART OF ALL OF THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS IN LABOR, HARD TO RETAIN FOLKS, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, UH, PART-TIME PEOPLE ARE THEY'RE FULL FOR FULL-TIME HOURS.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND SO THIS REALLY, UM, IS, IS A PLEA, IF YOU WOULD, FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP US, UH, I'VE HEARD THIS NUMBER BEFORE AND I, I, UH, I

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DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN JUST, UH, HAVE YOU JUST HAVE THIS ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD? WHAT PERCENT OF THE DOGS THAT Y'ALL HANDLE COME FROM US, COME FROM THE COUNTY ABOUT, UH, 46%.

SO WE'RE ABOUT HALF YOUR POPULATION, UM, IN THE REQUEST THE 38, THE 34 80 PER MONTH REQUEST, IS THAT REQUEST, UH, THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OR WHAT IS THE TIME PERIOD THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR THAT, UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE CONTINUING UNTIL I GUESS, THE TRANSITION OVER.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE WORKED WITH Y'ALL HAVE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY, UH, ON, WE HAVE A TRANSITION PLAN WORKING IT, RIGHT.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, I THINK ALL OF US KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN OUR ANIMALS WILL BE IN YOUR SHELTER TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW OR FIVE YEARS NOW.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WILL COME UP, THERE'LL BE SOME ISSUE OR SOMETHING THAT, UH, AND LIKEWISE, I THINK THAT THERE'LL BE TIMES WHEN YOU PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO BE BRINGING ANIMALS TO US FOR SOME, UH, DISRUPTION REASON.

SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THEM, UM, DOES THIS, UH, $80,000 FIGURE, UH, I MEAN, IS THAT OUR 46% OR DOES THAT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE UTILIZING 46% OF Y'ALL'S FACILITY? IS THAT WHERE THAT NUMBER? OKAY, CORRECT.

WE, WE, WE TOOK THAT AND KIND OF DIVIDED THAT OUT.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IN, UM, OTHER CITIES, WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, HENDERSON COUNTY.

UH, SO WE'RE BASING IT ON A PERCENT OF THAT USAGE.

NOW, WE'LL SAY THAT IT'S, IT IS LESS THAN HENDERSON COUNTY.

AND THE REASON IS HENDERSON COUNTY IS USING THE ATHENS ANIMAL SHELTER, WHICH OUR BOARD IS A PART OF.

UM, AND IF YOU LOOKED AND COMPARED THE TWO, UM, THEY WERE PAYING ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE A YEAR THAN THE COUNTY OF KAUFFMAN, UH, DIVIDED THAT UP, BUT THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE APP AND SHELTER AT THIS TIME.

SO THE 34 80 PER MONTH IS, IS, IS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT'S A PRO THAT THAT WOULD BE OUR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE SHORTFALL.

YES, YES.

BY, BASED ON THE USAGE AND BASED ON, BASED ON KIND OF WHAT I SAID, THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT IS BECAUSE OF HENDERSON COUNTY GIVING THE FLESH THAT THEY'RE GIVING OVER THERE.

WELL, I WILL, I WILL.

THE LAST THING I'LL JUST SAY IS THAT, UM, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING OUR ANIMALS OVER THE YEARS.

UM, AND WE, UH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF OTHER OPTIONS.

I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN, OUR Y'ALL HAVE BEEN OUR LIFEBOAT, AS FAR AS THAT GOES, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPERATIONS SHELTER, OPERATIONS THAT WE CHECKED WITH A LONG TIME A YEAR OR TWO AGO, AND NOBODY WAS INTERESTED IN TAKING EXCESS ANIMALS FROM US.

SO, UM, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? SO THE, THE, THE REQUEST IS THAT WE WOULD, UM, INCREASE OUR FUNDING BY 34 80 PER MONTH.

THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME SORT OF, UH, PENCIL WORK OVER THERE BY THE AUDITOR.

YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS MADAM? NO, SIR.

WE PAY THEM A MONTH AHEAD TOO.

IN FACT, AND THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT CLAIM FOR PAYMENT IS THE NOVEMBER PAYMENT TO TRY TO HELP THEM.

SO WHERE WOULD, Y'ALL LIKE FOR ME TO TAKE THIS EXTRA MONEY AWAY, BECAUSE THAT IS IN THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET AND HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY LINE ITEMS TO SPARE? WELL, I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE DECIDED TO DO THAT, THAT'S WHAT CONTINGENCY IS FOR HER.

AND THIS WOULD RUN UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE WIND DOWN PROCESS OF ANIMALS COME INTO YOUR SHELTER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR OR OVER 12 MONTHS AT 42.

WE'VE ALREADY, SO WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE NEXT 10 MONTHS, OR YOU WANT ME TO CATCH IT UP FOR 12 MONTHS? UH, I WOULD SAY WE, WE, WE WOULD START IT NOW AND WE WOULD HAVE TO, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE END DATE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHEN EXACTLY THE SH YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ACTUALLY WIND DOWN, I WOULD SAY THERE WILL BE A TIME PROBABLY IN THE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER WHERE WE WON'T BE TAKING ANY DOGS OVER THERE.

SO YOU WANT ME TO START WITH THE DECEMBER PAYMENT? THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.

IS THAT OKAY WITH THE COHORT? UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? NO.

UH, WOULD THERE BE A MOTION TO, UM, PROVIDE THAT EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR $3,480 A MONTH? THAT'S DISCUSSED.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

MAKE THAT

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MOTION.

COMMISSIONER BARBARA MAKES HER MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND WITH COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW GO BACK AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE DOGS AND WE WILL CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WHEN Y'ALL KNOW Y'ALL BEEN VERY FLEXIBLE.

AND I KNOW THAT IT JUST KIND OF, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AS WE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF AN UNKNOWN THING EXACTLY HOW THIS WILL ALL ROLL OUT.

YOU'RE KIND OF SHOOTING FOR SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.

UH, YES.

MARTIN DISCUSSED, CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COUNTY GRANT PROGRAM YEAR 2022 TO SENIOR CONNECT FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS.

AS TO KEEP US AS A BACKUP THEN TOO, AFTER THAT, LIKE WE TALKED EARLIER, UH, AND I'LL UPDATE, Y'ALL SOON ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE.

[6. Bryant Martin; Discuss/Consider approving resolution authorizing County Grant Program Year 2022 to Senior Connect for home-delivered meals.]

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

UM, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, UM, WHO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR OUR HOME DELIVERED MEAL PROGRAM, TEXAS FEEDING TEXANS, UM, REQUIRES THAT THE COUNTY MUST DOCUMENT THEIR PORTION OF THE GRANT, UH, THAT YOU GIVE US EVERY YEAR THROUGH A FORMAL RESOLUTION.

UH, SO ATTACHED IS THE RESOLUTION PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

UM, AND THIS JUST VERIFIES THAT, UM, WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE AND BUDGET ACTION OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO SENIOR CONNECT AND THE MEALS HOME DELIVERED MEAL PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR.

UM, SO WE JUST ASK THAT, UM, YOU PASS THE RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRANT PROCESS AND KEEP DELIVERING MEALS TO OUR SENIORS.

ONE OF THE, ON SECTION THREE OF THIS, AND I'M REALLY GONNA, I'M REALLY SORT OF ADDRESSING THIS TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

SECTION THREE SAYS THE COUNTY HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS APPROVED THE ORGANIZATION'S ACCOUNTING SYSTEM OR FISCAL AGENT, WHICH MEETS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH IN THE TEXAS GRANT MANAGEMENT STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER.

UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT, I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE WORDS, BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS WHAT OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE AS FAR AS AUDITING AND MAKING SURE I'VE NEVER SEEN IT.

UM, SO, UM, I'M THE ONE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO SIGN THIS? UH, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS AUDITING OR MONITORING THE FEE EXPENDITURES AND STUFF OVER THERE.

THEY'RE GOING, IT WAS TO SEND ME MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY REPORTS AND WHAT YOU WOULD GET A COPY OF THEIR ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT.

SO I THINK THAT MEETS THAT STANDARD.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRYANT? NO.

DONE.

GOOD JOB.

THEN, UH, I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COUNTY GRANT PROGRAM YEAR 2022.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

CONSIDER APPROVING THE FYI 2022 KAUFMAN COUNTY RESOLUTION FOR THE INDIGENT DEFENSE GRANT PROGRAM.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ITEM SEVEN, DISCUSS,

[7. Pam Corder; Discuss/Consider approving the FY2022 Kaufman County Resolution for the Indigent Defense Grant Program.]

I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION 2022 FORMULA GRANT.

THE, UM, THIS FORMULA THAT IS CAME UP BY THE STATE IS BASED ON 50% OF THE COUNTY'S POPULATION AND 50% OF THE AMOUNT IN EXPENSES ON INDIGENT DEFENSE, UM, THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO THAT'S HOW THEY COME UP WITH THE AMOUNT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNT WILL BE.

SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING ON THAT.

BUT I DID SEND YOU THE INFORMATION OF THE PAST YEARS THAT WE RECEIVED.

THIS IS A YEARLY, UH, RESOLUTION THAT WE APPROVED QUESTIONS, KNOWING THE GOOD THING, THE MONEY.

MONCUR AND PRESENT FOR ACCEPTANCE.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE IS YOUR EMOTION.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

YOU MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND? NO.

SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

[8. Chuck Mohnkern; Present/Accept the Treasurer's monthly report.]

THE TREASURES MONTHLY REPORT.

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WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF REPORTS TODAY FROM THE TREASURES.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS ON THE MONTHLY REPORT, WE STARTED OUT SEPTEMBER WITH $18.3 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, RECEIPTS.

DURING THAT TIME WERE, UH, 4 MILLION DISBURSEMENTS 6.6 MILLION.

SO WE ENDED UP THE MONTH WITH, UH, $15,680,743.

THE INTEREST EARNED AT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, 2011.

UH, EARNINGS ON THE BALANCES WE HAVE IN TEXTBOOKS IN TEXAS CLASS, UH, 2,655 FOR A TOTAL OF 6,000 SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX EIGHTY FIVE.

THE TOTAL THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN TEXT POOL RIGHT NOW IS 30 MILLION, 149,000 8 66.

TOTAL INVESTED IN TEXAS CLASSES, 83 MILLION FOR 1,281.

WE'RE EARNING 0.06 TO 9% TEXT POOL RIGHT NOW.

OH, 0.4 A OH 0.04, FOUR 3%.

IT'S A TEXAS CLASS.

UH, WE HAVE 35 MILLION, $930, UH, IN THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK TOTAL IN ALL THE COUNTIES ACCOUNTS.

AND THEY HAVE US COLLATERALIZED WITH A 106 MILLION, $173,118 IN SECURITIES.

SO WE'RE WELL COLLATERALIZED.

WE HAVE 75% OF OUR MONEY INVESTED RIGHT NOW, 20, UH, 75.9%, 24.1% IS SITTING IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK.

THAT'S MY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MANCHA AND ABOUT THAT.

NOW WE HAVE MONEY TO KEEP US RUNNING IN.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE KNOW THAT TAX STATEMENTS ARE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE.

UM, SO, UH, THAT AFFECT US.

THEY HAVE A GOOD CASH BALANCE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

WOULD THERE BE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S MONTHLY REPORT AS PRESENTED ON MY GOOD MOTION? WE HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO MOTION CARRIES.

KERN, PRESENT FOR ACCEPTANCE, THE TREASURES QUARTERLY REPORT.

UH, AGAIN, BACK TO MR. MAAN

[9. Chuck Mohnkern; Present/Accept the Treasurer's quarterly report.]

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT ARE THEY? INVESTMENT REPORTS? UH, WE HAVE, UH, A TOTAL OF 113,154, I MEAN 113 MILLION, 150, 4,000, $147 INVESTED AT THE END OF THE QUARTER, WE EARNED $31,329 OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS.

AND THAT IS IN SHORT THE INVESTMENT REPORT QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

UM, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S QUARTERLY REPORT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBERS, OR SECOND, SECOND SACRED COMMISSIONED CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

[10. Chuck Mohnkern; Discuss/Consider Treasurer's addition help request.]

UH, ITEM 10, DISCUSS, CONSIDER TREASURES ADDITION, HELP REQUEST.

HUNT IS OUR SECOND I'LL SECOND SACRAMENT COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, I SUPPOSE.

I'M NOT ACTUALLY ASKING FOR ANY, ANY, UH, NEW MONEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I, UH, I HAD A PART-TIME POSITION APPROVED WITH THE BUDGET TO START IN JANUARY, BUT WITH, UH, THE DEPARTURE OF SHELLY AND WITH, UH, CARLA'S SURGERY, I REALLY NEED TO, IF I CAN MOVE THE START DATE UP ON THE PART-TIME HELP AND IF, UH, USE, UH, SOME PART-TIME HELP HERE, I'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOMEBODY IN THAT IS VERY WELL QUALIFIED TO HANDLE THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE DONE.

AND SHE CAN WORK FOR A FEW WEEKS AT THE PART-TIME RATE FROM A CPA FIRM ARE USED TO MAKING A LOT MORE, BUT, UH, WE'LL COME IN AND HELP US OUT ON THIS.

AND THEN WHATEVER I USE PRIOR TO JANUARY 1ST, I'LL PUSH BACK THE START DATE ON ANY PART-TIME HELP IF NECESSARY THEN AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

SO, SO ARE ACTUALLY BUDGETARY NEEDS.

SO THIS WOULD BE BUDGETARY NEUTRAL FOR US, RIGHT? RIGHT.

QUESTIONS.

NO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL.

HEY, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL HEALTH EQUEST UH, FOR THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE? I MIGHT EMOTION.

WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER

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NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

SHERIFF LEAVERS DISCUSSED CONSIDERED DONATION OF 13 WIRELESS PRINTERS WITH A TWO-YEAR WARRANTY PLAN AT A COST OF $978 AND 90 CENTS FROM JANET MESSER FOR CID DEPUTIES.

ITEM 11.

[11. Sheriff Beavers; Discuss/Consider donation of 13 wireless printers with a two-year warranty plan at a cost of $978.90 from Janet Messer for CID deputies.]

GOOD MORNING, SIR.

YASMA HOLLAND PRESENT KAUFMAN COUNTY LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW UPDATES.

UH, WHAT I'VE GOT IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'D LIKE TO STEP UP AND HELP US OUT AND SAY ID FROM WIRELESS PRINTERS.

WE'RE ON SCENE AND, UH, DOING WARRANTS AND STUFF SO WE CAN PRINT THESE, UH, STUFF OFF.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP US OUT AND PAY FOR THEM.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO ACCEPT THE DONATION FOR THAT, AND SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE TWO YEAR PLAN FOR IT.

SO CAN'T BE THE DEAL LIKE THAT.

SO ARE THE 13 PRINTERS ONLY COSTS $978? IS THAT CORRECT? REALLY? THAT'S A BARGAIN.

THAT'S A BARGAIN BECAUSE THERE'S A BARGAINS REALLY GOOD BARGAIN.

HE'S GOT A BETTER DEAL THAN I'VE GOT, BUT THAT'S FINE.

UH, QUESTIONS, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT DONATION AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ADAM 12.

[12. Yasma Holland; Present Kaufman County Library department overview/updates.]

NEXT UP IS DAVID ASBELL PRESENT CHILDREN'S SHELTER DEPARTMENT OVER YOU AND UPDATES.

SO I THINK, UM, JERRY HAS SUBMITTED THOSE REPORTS FOR US AND FOR THE LIBRARY.

SO THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES IN THERE ARE JUST GRAPHS AND STATISTICS OF OUR VISITORS, OUR CHECKOUTS, UM, HOW MANY ATTEND OUR PROGRAMS? UM, HOW MANY WIRELESS SESSIONS, COMPUTER USERS, GENEALOGY, JUST THE BASIC NUMBERS.

THESE ALL, ALL THESE STATISTICS HERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE REPORTED TO THIS TECH TEST, TO THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY.

SO I JUST KIND OF PULL THEM OUT.

UM, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING THROUGH, COVID OPERATING IN ABOUT 75% OF OUR CIRCULATION AND PEOPLE COMING IN AND USING THE LIBRARY.

SO USUALLY THESE NUMBERS IN, YOU KNOW, THE DRAWERS AND APPLICATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT ARE PROBABLY A 25 TO 35% HIGHER.

UM, THAT SECOND GRAPH, I JUST KIND OF BROKE DOWN.

IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY HOLD LIBRARY CARDS AND ARE USING ACTUALLY CHECKING OUT BOOKS OR MATERIALS AND USING OUR EBOOKS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BULK OF OUR, UM, CIRCULATION, OUR SERVICE AREA IS PROBABLY THAT SOUTHERN PART OF, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY WITH KAUFFMAN, UM, SCURRY AND ALL OF THOSE.

SO, BUT I'M JUST KIND OF BROKEN DOWN THOSE NUMBERS.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHO'S USING THE LIBRARY.

UM, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF, WE STARTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER OF ALL OF OUR IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING, JUST KIND OF GRADUALLY BRINGING THEM BACK.

UM, SO OUR STORY TIMES, OUR BOOK CLUBS, OUR CLASSES, SO WE'RE JUST BEEN ADDING THEM BACK IN EVERY MONTH.

UM, AND THAT HAS BEEN GOING VERY WELL.

SO LIKE TODAY WE'LL HAVE OUR ADULT BOOK CLUB AND ADULT COZY COLORING, AND TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE OUR PRESCHOOL STORY TIME AND WE'LL HAVE LIKE A TRUNK OR TREAT FOR THE KIDS AND, UM, UH, HEAVY EQUIPMENT PETTING ZOO, THANKS TO THE KAUFFMAN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSIONER HUNT AND PRECINCT ONE, GETTING SOME BULLDOZERS AND MOTOR GRADERS OVER THERE IN CARE FLIGHT.

WE ALWAYS DO A GRAB AND GO, THOSE SEEM TO BE REALLY POPULAR AMONGST PEOPLE TO JUST COME IN AND GRAB THE CRAFTS.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE BAGS FOR THEM.

THEY JUST COME IN AND GRAB THEM AND GO.

SO WE TRY TO DO THAT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH AS WELL.

UM, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS WE DO THESE REPORTS BETTER? NO QUESTIONS.

OH, WONDERFUL JOB ALL THE WAY.

I DON'T THINK IT CAN DO GREAT.

UH, THERE'S NO REASON TO ACCEPT THAT OR ANYTHING.

AND

[13. David Asbill; Present Children's Shelter department overview/updates.]

THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US.

AND I KNOW THE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND I WASN'T GOING TO REVIEW ALL THOSE NUMBERS.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THIS MORNING, UH, IS WHAT OUR PROJECT WE'VE BEEN TO IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS AT THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER.

UM, AND I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY AS I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS, UH, BUT THE A FOR NORMAL CHILDREN'S SHELTER WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY TO MID EIGHTIES, AND IT WAS MAINTAINED VERY WELL, BUT IT'S BEEN ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO.

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AND SO WE NEEDED TO DO SOME UPDATES AND REMODEL JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GET BACK IN THE STEP OF THINGS.

AND, UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, WORK ON AND, AND DUE TO OUR, UH, FUNDRAISER WE HAD IN APRIL AND EVERY ONE WHO SUPPORTED US THROUGH THE CASINO ROYALE FUNDRAISER, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, DO THE REMODEL AND UPDATES.

UH, AND LET'S SAY IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN MOST PROJECTS BECAUSE WE HAVE KIDS AND FACILITY AND SCHOOL WAS OUT IN THE SUMMER.

AND SO THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE WERE VERY KIND AND WE DID LITTLE SECTIONS AT A TIME.

THEY'RE GETTING TO KEEP THE KIDS SAFE AND EVERYTHING, BUT THAT, UH, WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THERE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO RE STATE THAT, UH, THE FACILITY WAS KEPT UP VERY WELL, BUT THERE AGAIN, JUST WITH AGE AND WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THERE 24, 7, 365 W YOU KNOW, WE'RE THERE ALL THE TIME WORKING WITH KIDS.

AND SO, YEAH, WEAR AND TEAR JUST HAD AFFECTED THE BUILDING.

UM, BUT ANYWAY, ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND, UM, IT'S GOT A VERY WARM AND INVITING LOOK TO IT.

AND IF YOU EVER HAVE A MOMENT AND YOU'RE COMING BY A POLICE STOP BY, I'D LOVE TO SHOW YOU, UH, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

UM, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 14 KIDS A DAY.

UH, THE LAST TWO WEEKS WE'VE HAD 19 KIDS AND, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY AND FOOD AND EVERYTHING.

UM, LIKE I SAY, OVER THE SUMMER NOW BECAUSE OF THE REMODEL AND RECONSTRUCTION, AND WE DID THE BEDROOMS TO SAY, CUT OUR NUMBERS DOWN, LIKE, SAY GOING THROUGH THAT.

SO I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT CAUSE YOU'LL SEE OUR NUMBERS ARE DOWN.

WELL, WE HAD BEDROOMS SHUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN THERE.

SO ANYWAY, THAT AFFECTED OUR NUMBERS, BUT OVERALL WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD.

UH, STILL LOOKING TO HIRE A CASE MANAGER TO HELP WITH, UH, WORK THERE AT THE SHELTER.

AND, UM, BUT OVERALL I'D SAY THINGS ARE GOING REALLY WELL.

AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO, UH, HAVE BEEN PATIENT AND HELPED US THROUGH THIS, UH, UPDATE, BUT IN QUESTIONS.

[14. Garrett Moore; Present County Engineer department overview/updates.]

GARRETT MOORE, OUR COUNTY ENGINEER PRESENTED DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AND UPDATES.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.

WELL, UH, LAST WEEK HE CAME HERE AND TALKED TO Y'ALL ABOUT THE FYF GRANT AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, ON MY PRESENTATION THAT HAD Y'ALL HAVE, I HAVE A COUPLE OF, I HAVE SOME NUMBERS ON THERE ABOUT THE CULVERT APPLICATIONS AND CULVERTS THAT HAVE BEEN FINALIZED.

AND IF I'M NOT REALLY GOING TO TOUCH ON THE NUMBERS, CAUSE PRETTY SIMPLE.

BUT ONE THING I WILL STATE IS THAT WE HAVE NOTICED AN UPTICK IN A LOT OF THE COVERT APPLICATIONS AND I BELIEVE THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTY.

SO, UM, NOTHING REALLY BIG.

THEY'RE JUST KIND OF STANDARD OPERATING.

UM, MY DEPARTMENT'S BEEN PART OF THE, UH, PDQ PROCESS OR PRE-DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONNAIRE.

UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE HAVE TO DEAL WITH DEVELOPERS.

THEY'RE WANTING TO BUILD THESE SUBDIVISIONS IN OUR COUNTY AND THEY WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PLANS.

AND I'VE BEEN ATTENDING A LOT OF THOSE AND MY, UH, BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION TO THAT IS MAINLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT GUARD THE FLOODPLAINS OF OUR COUNTY.

AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH, UH, THE DEVELOPERS HERE, UH, ESPECIALLY RECENTLY, UM, A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T KNOW THAT ANY KIND OF, UH, STRUCTURE, FENCE POSTS, UM, THE SHEDS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT GETS BUILT IN A FLOOD PLAIN AREA HAS TO HAVE A PERMIT FOR THAT.

AND SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS WHO WERE UNAWARE THAT THEY'VE HAVE NOW BEEN UPDATED ON THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS.

AND IT'S BEEN A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.

UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN HOLDING MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH A LOT OF OUR CONSULTING ENGINEERS, TNP AND, UM, FREESE AND NICHOLS ON F I F GRANT.

LIKE I BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK, UM, THOROUGHFARE PROJECT AND THE, UM, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF BRIDGES AND STUFF THAT WE WERE WORKING ON IN A PRECINCT FOR, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER CATES.

AND, UM, I'VE ALWAYS EMPHASIZED THAT WE NEED QUALITY SOLUTIONS THAT ARE GONNA LAST AND NOT JUST GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT FALLS APART IN FIVE YEARS.

UM, AND WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD EXPERIENCES WITH ALL OF THEM, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR HELP AND THEY'VE BEEN

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EXCELLENT WITH US.

AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE.

UM, SPEAKING OF FUTURE, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SET UP IS A MORE ACCURATE TRACKING SHEET FOR ANY KIND OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO CULVERTS AND ALSO, UH, GOING FORWARD, UH, TRACKING OUR PROGRESS MORE THOROUGHLY WITH THE A F I F GRANT AND THE, UH, THOROUGHFARE PROJECTS.

UM, AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE UPDATES ON THAT, BUT, UH, THEY'RE KIND OF BEING FINALIZED RIGHT NOW.

SO I'LL BRING THAT UP NEXT TIME WE SPEAK.

BUT, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, TO SUMMARIZE, IT'S BEEN GOING VERY WELL.

UH, LOTS OF REALLY GOOD PROGRESS MADE WITH, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, WITH THE FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT AND, UM, WE'RE, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH IT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

WERE YOU SCHEDULED FOR A TEST THE OTHER NIGHT? YEAH, I HAD MY, UH, UM, PE EXAM LAST WEEK.

HOW DID YOU DO I THOUGHT I DID PRETTY WELL, ACTUALLY.

SO THE MORNING IT'S SPLIT UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT TESTS.

I GOT MY MORNING AND MY AFTERNOON MORNING TEST, MORE OF A BROAD CATEGORY AND THE AFTERNOON TEST IS MORE IN-DEPTH THE MORNING TEST WENT REALLY WELL.

THE, UH, AFTERNOON TEST WAS WHERE, UH, THE BOYS BECAME MEN PER SE.

IT WAS, UH, IT WAS DIFFICULT, BUT I THINK IT DID.

I THINK I DID WELL SO PRETTY SOON IT WILL BE IN DECEMBER PROBABLY BY THE TIME.

THEY TAKE THEIR TIME GRADING IT.

WOW.

THAT'S A LONG GRADING PROCESS.

UH, WELL WE SEE, LOOK, I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH CENTRAL.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, PARTICULARLY FOR PRECINCT FOUR, THAT WE, WE FACE, UH, EVER INCREASING PROBLEMS WITH DRAINAGE AND COVERED ISSUES AND, AND, UH, UH, COUNTY ENGINEER'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL AND REALLY FREEING UP OUR LIMITED STAFF ALREADY.

UH, WE USED TO LOSE AT LEAST A WEEK A MONTH IF NOT LONGER, TO, UH, TO CULVERT INSPECTION AND, AND PLANNING ISSUES.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT SUPPORT OUT OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, UH, WHICH REALLY ALLOWS OUR WORK CREWS TO, TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THEY NEED TO BE DOING WHILE, WHILE WE'RE IN ROAD BUILDING WEATHER.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT GARRETT AND ABSOLUTELY, AND WE'VE HAD SOME UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, UM, REVIEWING, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, RENEGADE, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF UNIQUE CHALLENGES THIS SUMMER, AND I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP.

DESERET POOL, PRESENT INDIGENT HEALTHCARE DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AND UPDATES.

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

I'VE BEEN ENJOYING IT.

SO ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, GARRETT.

[15. Desiree Pool; Present Indigent Healthcare department oveNiew/updates.]

GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.

HOW ARE Y'ALL THIS MORNING? UM, SO YOU ALL GOT A COPY OF MY REPORT.

I APOLOGIZE.

UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THE DATE ON THE BOTTOM WAS WRONG.

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO, I GUESS I JUST FORGOT TO UPDATE IT, BUT ANYWAY, BUSY MONTH, LAST MONTH, IT'S ALL MY STATE IN YOUR REPORTS.

MY COMPTROLLER REPORTS GETTING ALL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.

AND SO I CAN TURN IN THE REPORTS.

UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WANT TO ASK ME ON THE REPORT? NO.

UM, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I, I HAVE INTEREST IN THAT MAYBE Y'ALL WILL, THIS IS JUST FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

UM, SO IT MAY BE, Y'ALL NOT APPRECIATE HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON THAT DIAGNOSIS.

AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING Y'ALL MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT YEARLY.

UM, SO IF YOU SEE UP AT THE TOP ON THE LEFT, UH, RIGHT-HAND SIDE WHERE IT SAYS DESCRIPTION.

UM, SO WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON OUR PROGRAM THAT HAS A HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT HAVE DIABETES.

UM, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT I NOTICED THAT MAYBE, UH, FOR MY NEW GOAL TO REACH OUT TO THESE PEOPLE AND GET THEM SOME KIND OF CLASSES.

I KNOW THEY HAVE DIABETIC CLASSES AT THE HOSPITAL AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO TO THESE CLASSES AND MAYBE WE CAN GET THESE PEOPLE FROM NOT HAVING TO COME AND GET ON THE PROGRAM ANYMORE.

MAYBE THEY CAN GET, THEY'RE STILL STABLE TO WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE DIABETES.

YOU CAN DO THAT SOMETIMES IF YOU EAT RIGHT AND YOU EXERCISE RIGHTS.

SO, UM, I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING AND THOUGHT MAYBE Y'ALL WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF CLAMPS ON NICOTINE AND YES.

TO HELP THEM QUESTIONS FOR DESERET.

SO YOU HAVE CLIENTS THAT HAVE HEART, HEART PROBLEMS. AND SO WE TAKE CARE OF THE NICOTINE PATCH TO GET THE CLIENTS OFF CAUSE THEY GET ADDICTED TO THE CIGARETTE TO GET THE CLIENTS OFF THE, UM, CIGARETTES.

SO WE DO DO THE PATCH SO WE CAN HELP THEM GET OFF THE PA YOU KNOW,

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[16. Robert Hunter; Present Veteran SeNices department overview/updates]

ROBERT HUNTER PRESENT VETERANS SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AND UPDATES MORNING GENTLEMEN IN THIS BROCHURE.

SO I KNOW EACH OF YOU GOT THE REPORTS AND EVERYTHING, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH AND COVER A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION ON THE REPORT ITSELF.

I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF POINT OUT SOME OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH VETERAN'S SERVICES OVER THE LAST MONTH.

AND THEN KIND OF JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE YEAR ITSELF.

UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE QUARTER WAS BIG.

IT WAS, UM, ACTUALLY OUR SECOND BIGGEST QUARTER SINCE WE STARTED KEEPING TRACK OF STATS.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY POSITIVE.

AND WE FINISHED THE YEAR, HONESTLY WITH THE SECOND BIGGEST YEAR WE'VE HAD, UH, SINCE WE STARTED KEEPING STATS, UM, WE'RE NOT QUIET.

UH, WE'RE NOT QUITE TO THE 800 MARK THAT WE WERE SHOOTING FOR BEFORE COVID HIT, BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS YEAR WE'LL WE'LL EXCEED THAT 800 NUMBER THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE MOVE TO THE NEW LOCATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

IN FACT, I HAVE MY FIRST SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT, UH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS.

SO WE'LL START, WE'LL BEGIN SEEING VETERANS OVER THERE ALREADY.

UM, I THINK WE ARE COMPLETELY PREPARED.

WE'LL HAVE JUST A SMALL, UH, GLITCH WITH, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A FAX MACHINE OVER THERE, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING OTHER SERVICES TOO, TO GET THE INFORMATION TO THE VA DIRECTLY, BUT I DON'T FORESEE THAT BEING A BIG ISSUE AND IT IS AWARE OF IT.

SO, UM, WE HAVE A HUGE VETERANS DAY CEREMONY PLANNED.

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THAT ALREADY.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST.

UM, THE, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, REESE ACROSS AMERICA THAT WILL BE IN DECEMBER.

UM, SO THAT KINDA IS THE FLYER THAT I GAVE YOU.

THAT'S JUST A BRIEF KIND OF HISTORY OF THE PARK ITSELF, UH, THAT WE HAD CREATED ACTUALLY, MS. JODY, DELLER HAD THOSE MADE.

AND, UH, AND THEN ON THE BACK, THE VERY BACK PAGES, THE REESE ACROSS AMERICA, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PLUG IF YOU WILL, TO, TO GET PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT.

UM, SO TWO BIG EVENTS TAKING PLACE HERE AND JUST, UH, THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OR SO, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE AND I HOPE TO SEE EACH OF YOU OUT THERE FOR BOTH OF THOSE.

I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY IT.

I THINK THE VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY IS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NICE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DOPE BELIZE OUT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO LIGHT THAT WALL UP.

UM, I DID PROCURE THE POW CHAIR THAT WE SPOKE OF LAST, UH, MEMORIAL DAY, UH, WELL, MEMORIAL DAY OF 2020 WHEN, UH, IT WAS CANCELED DUE TO COVID.

WE DO HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION NOW THAT POW CHAIR, AND I'M NOW WORKING ON, UH, GETTING CONCRETE, UH, WORKERS TO GET OUT THERE, POOR FOUNDATION FOR IT, IF THAT CAN BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH VETERAN'S DAY, THEN, THEN WE'LL ADD THAT TO THAT AS WELL.

SO, UH, LOTS OF BIG THINGS PLANNED FOR THAT.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN VETERAN SERVICES? OKAY, THEN THAT NEXT THING FOR YOU, ROBERT,

[17. Robert Hunter; Discuss/Consider accepted donation for Veteran's Park]

IS THE TALK ABOUT THE ACCEPTING THE DONATION FOR THE VETERANS PARK.

YES, SIR.

SO MOVING RIGHT INTO THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONY, AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, I SPENT A LONG TIME TRYING TO GET A, AN ELECTRICIAN OUT THERE TO, YOU KNOW, COME AND DO THE ESTIMATE AS WELL AS GIVE ME A QUOTE.

AND, UH, WELL I HAD A COUPLE OF THEM COME OUT THERE AND THEY WOULD TALK TO ME, THEY'D GIVE ME ESTIMATES AND THEN I'D NEVER GET A QUOTE THAT I COULD TURN IN AND GET THE PROJECT STARTED.

SO FINALLY, I GOT AN ELECTRICIAN, MR. CURTIS PINSON, HE'S THE OWNER OF THE FORNEY SIGNS AND FORNEY.

UH, NOT ONLY DID HE COME OUT AND DO A WALK THROUGH THE PARK WITH ME, GIVE ME SOME IDEAS, UH, AND, AND KIND OF PRESENT HIS IDEA, BUT HE WAS REALLY, REALLY, UM, JUST SUPER EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED.

AND, UM, I MEAN, ALMOST KINDA TOOK OVER IF YOU WILL.

UM, SO NOT ONLY HAS HE COME OUT AND GIVEN US A QUOTE AND EVERYTHING, BUT HE HAS OFFERED, UH, TO DO A GREAT DEAL OF THIS OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET.

UH, IN FACT, HIS STATEMENT WAS TO ME THAT I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, LIVING THE LIFE THAT I LIVE, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE VETERANS WHO HAD SERVED OUR COUNTRY FIRST, WE OWE IT TO THEM.

AND SO I WAS REALLY TOUCHED BY THAT.

AND WHAT HE'S LOOKING TO DO IS DONATE 27 HOURS OF LABOR FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS APPROXIMATELY $1,800 OF STOCK, UH, SHOCK STOP LEDS.

UH, ALL OF THIS WILL BE INCLUDED.

UH, WE'RE GONNA PUT A VALANCE OVER THE ENTIRE WALL.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHT WILL RUN ALL THE WAY DOWN.

IT'LL BE THAT SIGN QUALITY LED THAT YOU'LL SEE TYPICALLY OUT THAT, THAT LIGHTS UP THE BIG RESTAURANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO I REALLY THINK THIS IS GOING TO PUT OFF THE NICE AMBIENT LIGHTING.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CULMINATION OF THE VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY WHEN WE FLIP THAT SWITCH AND TURN IT ON.

SO, UH, SO WHAT I'M ASKING THE COURT TO, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT, UM, IS TO APPROVE THE DONATION OF

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27 HOURS OF LABOR TIMES TO MEN, AS WELL AS $1,800 OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS.

UM, AND HE ONLY CHARGED US BASICALLY HIS COST FOR THE MATERIALS THAT, THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR.

AND THAT INVOICE HAS ALREADY BEEN TURNED INTO A PURCHASING QUESTION.

A LOCK-IN ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

FOR NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT, EXCEPT THAT DONATION IS PRESUMABLY I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT WE HAVE THE EMOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER AND KATE'S DISCUSSION.

I JUST LIKE TO SAVE WHILE ROBERT STANDING NEAR THAT.

UH, AND I'M, I'M SURE THAT EVERYBODY APPEARS WELL AS IN OUR COUNTY AGREES THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PASSION.

YOU BRING YOUR JOB, ROBERT, UH, I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY, YOU KNOW, YOUR GENUINE, HEARTFELT COMMITMENT TO THE VETERANS.

AND I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, ON ITEM 17, THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT UP ITEM

[18. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider approving real estate donation contract between Kaufman County and the Forney 15D.]

18.

THIS IS MINE.

UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING REAL ESTATE DONATION CONTRACT BETWEEN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND FORNEY ISD.

UM, THERE'S BEEN LOTS AND LOTS OF BACK AND FORTH ON THIS AND, UH, THIS CONTRACT, BUT I'LL, UH, THIS IS A, AN INCREDIBLE THING FOR THE FORNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO, TO SUPPORT US BY MAKING THIS LAND DONATION.

AND, UM, YOU SAW THE PRESENTATION EARLIER FROM HOK WITH, UH, HOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES, UH, IN A BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY WITH POTENTIAL TO BE A CLASSROOM SPACE FOR CAREER AND TECH EDUCATION FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING FOR THOSE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR US TO ALL WORK TOGETHER.

DEB, UH, YOU WORKED ON THAT CONTRACT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY IN SPECIFIC ABOUT IT? UM, CONTRACT WE'VE WORKED OUT IS, HAS BENEFITED BOTH SIDES.

WE HAD SOME STUFF THAT WE HAD TO NEGOTIATE ON ALL GOOD AND THE FIRST STEP IN MAKING THEM PROPERTY.

AND I GUESS I'D PUT THE WORD, ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO DONATE LAND TO THE COUNTY.

WE, YOU KNOW, WE PUT A BUILDING ON IT.

WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT, SO WE'LL BE HAPPY.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT OR DONATE ANYTHING, I GUESS, SHERIFF.

YEAH, JUDGE.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS I APPRECIATE THE FORNEY ISD, DR.

TERRICK BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH US AND I APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP US UP HERE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A GAME.

OKAY, THEN W ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DEB OR THE SHERIFF OR NO ON THIS? I JUST WANT TO THINK FOR ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE.

I KNOW THAT ME AND THE SHERIFF WENT OVER AND ACCEPTED THE DONATION FROM HIM.

AND, UH, I TH I THINK IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL AND I WANT TO THANK DR.

TERRY AND, AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FORNEY ISB.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS LAND AND FAVOR FOR THE SHERIFF.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS EXCEPT THIS, UH, REAL ESTATE DONATION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SAY SECOND OF COMMISSIONER HUNT DISCUSSION THAT WAS IN FINGER SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

SUPPOSE NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF.

[19. Auditor; Discuss/Consider line-item transfers.]

THE AUDITOR DISCUSSED.

CONSIDER LINE ITEM TRANSFER.

WE SENT YOU A CORRECTION ON THAT LINE, ON THEM TRANSFER, AND IT IS MOVING AN EMPLOYEE FROM A COUNTY COURT AT LAW TO, TO COUNTY COURT AT LAW ONE.

IT'S NO CHANGE IN SALARY.

IT'S JUST, WE HAD TO RECORD IT THAT, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

QUESTIONS.

IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBERS, OR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER.

AND KATE'S DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

UH, ITEM 20 YOUTH STARTED THIS, KAREN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

[20. Auditor; Discuss/Consider claims for payment.]

UH, YES, SIR.

OUT OF 20 DISCUSS, CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT, UH, YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT OR $3,748,674 AND 86 CENTS A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION HAD TO DO WITH YOUR FACILITIES, BOND ISSUE OF DEBT, PAYING THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS.

UM, AND THAT WAS YOUR TOTAL OF YOUR BILLS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT ANY OF THE CLAIMS? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT AS

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PRESENTED? SO MOVE THAT MOTION.

COMMISSIONER CATES, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.

RESPONSIBLE TO THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT, WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, ON THE SHERIFF'S SIDE, IF, IF THE PUBLIC DOES NOT LIKE WHAT THE SHERIFF DOES, THEIR ANSWER IS IN THE ELECTION POLLS.

I DON'T 21.

WE'RE GOING TO,

[21. Workshop; Discuss structure and supervision of the Fire Marshal's Department]

OH, SORRY.

UH, WORKSHOP THIS, UH, THIS, WE STARTED OFF ON THIS.

YOU HAVE A DAY AND WE, WE DECIDED TO PUT IT OFF AND TALK ABOUT IT LATER TO TALK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND SUPERVISION OF THE FIRE MARSHAL'S DEPARTMENT CHAIR.

IF I CAN, BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO YOU, I DID, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT MY OPINION AND I THINK SOME OTHERS THAT, UH, THE WAY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS SUPERVISING THE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE OF LATE SEEMS LIKE IT'S WORKING REALLY WELL.

IT SEEMS LIKE A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION TO ME.

AND, UM, SO SHERIFF AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.

I'D NEVER, WE NEVER CLOSED.

WE NEVER GOT BACK TO EACH OTHER.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU FOUND, BUT, WELL, UH, I THINK THE BIG THING, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THIS IS CONCERNED THAT IS APPOINTED BY STATUE, UH, UH, REACHED OUT TO OUR LEGAL, AND WE'RE SENDING A OPINION TO THE AGS OFFICE BECAUSE TALKING WITH THE JUDGE, AND I KNOW WHERE Y'ALL STAND WITH THIS, NOW I UNDERSTAND THE ASPECT OF WHAT Y'ALL WANT ME TO DO AND TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD.

UH, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S LEGAL.

UH, THEY CAN DO IT UNTIL IT STALLED.

MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THE COURT CAN GIVE PERMISSION TO DO THAT.

CAUSE YOU KNOW, MINE, MY CONCERN IS YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO DISCIPLINE AND TAKE CARE OF ISSUES.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME IN HERE TO COURT EVERY TIME TO DEAL WITH THAT.

SO TALK TO KAREN, SHE IS WORKING ON THAT OPINION TO GET THAT SUBMITTED AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN SAY, BECAUSE APPARENTLY I GUESS IT'S SOME WORK STOP AND STUFF.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW Y'ALL HAVE THE DUTY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT I NEED STATUE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND I THINK YOU WERE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S OPINION SOMEWHERE.

SO, BUT THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT ACTUALLY AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION ON THIS ISSUE AT THIS TIME.

OF COURSE THERE IS SOME CASE LAW THAT KIND OF GO ALONG WITH THIS THAT SAYS THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT CAN'T REASSIGN THE DUTIES OF THE TREASURER OF AN OFFICE THAT'S OUTLINED STATUTORILY.

SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE CONTROLLING IN THIS SITUATION.

I THINK THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE OF OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE, UM, THAT MIGHT BE RELEVANT.

SO FOR ONE, THE INVESTIGATION OF A FIRE MARSHALL IS CONFIDENTIAL AND CAN'T BE DISCLOSED.

SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU MERGED THE TWO OFFICES, I THINK YOU'RE TAKING A RISK OF BLURRING THAT LINE WITH THE INVESTIGATION.

AND I THINK ALSO, UM, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT IF THE FIRE MARSHALL IS REQUESTED BY ANY MUNICIPALITY, THEY HAVE TO DO THE INVESTIGATION FOR THAT MUNICIPALITY.

SO WE'VE GOT THAT ISSUE AS WELL.

WHEN YOU MERGE THE TWO DEPARTMENTS IN SOME WAY OF KEEPING THOSE LINES KIND OF BRIGHT LINES, BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE KIND OF KEY ISSUES THAT I HONED IN ON IN MY RESEARCH.

THAT THOUGHT JUST TO BE CLEAR, MY SUGGESTION HAS BEEN TO NOT FORMALLY MERGE THOSE DEPARTMENTS, BUT I WOULD BE FOR THE COURT IN SOME WAY TO AGREE OR TO, UM, I HATE TO WORD INSTRUCT OR REQUEST THAT THE SHERIFF ASSUME SUPERVISORY DUTIES OVER THE FARM MARSHALL'S OFFICE.

UM, AND I THINK WE CAN INCLUDE IN THAT, THAT WE COULD, MAYBE I'M SPECULATING THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT, THAT ANY TIME THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF A FIRE MARSHALL WOULD BE DONE IN COOPERATION WITH THE SHERIFF, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT SELECTION PROCESS, WE COULD INCLUDE THE SHERIFF IN THAT SELECTION PROCESS.

I'M JUST LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A GOOD HANDS-ON SUPERVISION OF, OF A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, IS JUST SO MUCH POWER? SO I WOULDN'T, I MEAN, SO I, I, THE REASON I SAY THAT IT'S BEEN SHOWING EMERGING, I WASN'T NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT MERGING.

I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING SOME WAY, AND I REALIZE YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE RESEARCH, BUT JUST PROVIDING SOME WAY FOR US TO FORMALLY REQUEST THAT THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AT THE COUNTY SHERIFF SUPERVISED THE FIRE, MARSHALL, ANYBODY ELSE? I MEAN, DOES ANY OF THAT? WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T, I THINK THE SHERIFF HAS ENOUGH TO DO AS IT IS.

AND I THINK THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE SEEMS TO STAND ON ITS OWN JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY DOES SO WELL, I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER FIRE, MARSHALL, ALL OF THEM STANDING ALONE, THEY DON'T, UM, I MEAN, I MEAN, THEY KIND OF HAVE TO, I MEAN, THE MAN HE IS, OR HE OR SHE IS APPOINTED BY THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT, SO

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WHEREAS WITH THE FIRE MARSHALL, HE KIND OF, KIND OF STANDS OVER HERE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE.

MAYBE IF YOU TALK TO ANYBODY THAT DOES ANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, YOU'RE ALWAYS DEALING WITH THE FIRE.

MARSHALL IS OUR MARTIAL ARTS SUBSTANCE.

THAT KIND OF, KIND OF PROVIDES THEM ENJOY.

I HOPE IT'S, I HOPE IT'S SOMEBODY, IF WE DON'T DO IT THIS WAY, I HOPE THAT SOMEBODY WILL COME UP WITH A PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A THREE-PEAT ON OUR HISTORY WITH THAT DEPARTMENT AND DON'T NEED ANOTHER ATTORNEY JUDGE.

BUT IF YOU WOULD, I THINK THAT THE LAST THING YOU SAID IS WHAT THE ISSUE WAS.

THE ISSUE FOR ME, WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS TO HAVE, WHEN YOU GUYS HIRE THE WHITE PERSON IS THIS COURT WILL THAT WE HAVE SHARE PART OF THAT HIRING AND A TRANSITION TIME, BECAUSE YOU WANT THE STATUTE IN 10 AS WELL.

BUT BACK WE KNEW WE WILL ALSO CREATE WHAT YOU WANT, PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, AND THAT YOU WILL KNOW.

SO IF THAT PERSON DOESN'T WORK, I'LL BE ABLE, BUT HE'S YOUR CONSULTING PERSON ON THAT.

AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT THAT CAN WEIGH IN.

BUT HOW ABOUT IF HE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU'D SAID, YOU GET SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH ANOTHER SHERIFF AND THEN YOU'VE GOT HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR FIRE MARSHAL.

SO I THINK YOUR IDEA IS RIGHT, BUT I CAN SEE WHY YOU WANT THE SHERIFF DO IT BECAUSE WE SPENT SO MUCH, WELL, I THINK, I MEAN, IF THEY CAME UP AS A FIRE MARSHALL TO THE FIRE SERVICE, THEY DON'T KNOW LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALL THAT STUFF ON THAT SIDE.

SO AS LONG AS THEY TRAIN OR THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE CHECKS AND BALANCES ARE THERE ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE RESPONSIBILITIES, THAT THEY'RE TRYING, THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO EQUITY, TO BE YOUR JOB TO HAS, LIKE SHE SAID, LIKE AS A CONSULTANT OR EDUCATOR, TO MAKE SURE THEIR D THEIR SHOE AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THE FIRESIDE OR TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.

I MEAN, THE FIRES, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL FIRE CODE, IT'S PRETTY EASY.

IT'S BLACK AND WHITE, IT'S BLACK AND WHITE, JUST LIKE THE LAWS.

I THINK THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS, IS WHAT, UH, THE LACE ON.

AND WE'VE TRIED OFFERING THIS BEFORE.

I'VE GOT A TRAINING GUY THAT WE KEEP UP WITH EVERY TICO RECORD.

THERE IS WE KNOW EXACTLY TO THE T WE PRODUCE A POLICY THERE'S POLICIES OUT THERE.

YOU JUST GOTTA, YOU GOTTA GET THEM.

CAUSE I MEAN, AT THIS POINT THERE NO POLICIES OVER THERE.

UH, AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.

IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO STAND ON AND GUIDE PEOPLE, IT'S NOT GOOD.

AND I THINK THIS WAR SIDE OF IT, IF THE STRUCTURE WILL COME AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, UH, I DON'T MIND BEING THE LIAISON.

I DON'T MIND SETTING AND HELPING THESE PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG, BUT THEY GOTTA BE WILLING TO LEARN IT AND DO IT.

AND I GUESS MY POINT IS, WOULD BE AS BIG AS THE LAYERS ONTO IT.

IF I DON'T SEE THAT IT'S THERE AND I'VE GOT A CONCERN, I'LL BE COMING TO THE COURT SAYING, HEY, THIS IS MY CONCERN.

LET SOME POINT, AT SOME POINT YOU NEED TO EDUCATE THEM AND LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.

EXACTLY.

AND JUST CAST THEM OFF AND THEN THEY SINK OR SWIM, THAT'S IT.

YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO DO IT.

SO I GUESS WHAT WE'LL DO IS FOR NEXT AGENDA, WE'LL PUT IT ON TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS.

AND I WAS THAT I WOULD THINK THE ONE GOOD THING, SORRY, COMMISSIONER.

I WAS GONNA TELL YOU, UH, HE, UH, SHE'S GOT A REALLY GOOD PLAN.

I THINK FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OUT, UH, TO DO PEOPLE, I THINK HE WILL SAVE SOME PEOPLE.

I MEAN, JUST IN MY OPINION, LOOKING AT IT, I THINK THEY CAN SHARE ONE, ONE PERSON TO SEE THAT THE ASPECT OF EVERYTHING COMING IN AND THE PROCESS IN WHICH IS GOING OUT AND THE FIRMS THAT WANT TO DO IT, PLUS THE FIRE MARSHALS, TAKING CARE OF JUST THE FIRE MARSHAL INSPECTIONS AND DOING, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PLAN, THE WAY SHE'S GOT A GREAT FLOW CHART.

AND I THINK IT EVEN CUTS DOWN ON AND, YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL WAS I'LL BET HE'S STAYING.

I DON'T NEVER LIKE TO TAKE PERSONNEL, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU COMBINE SOMETHING AND MAKE IT A LOT MORE EFFICIENT, LIKE THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DO IT.

SO I THINK SHE'S GOT A GOOD PLAN.

I THINK, UH, WORKING WITH HER WITH FIRE MARSHALL, YOU WANT TO HIRE AN AND WHOEVER ELSE WITH THAT I THINK HAD WORKED VERY WELL.

UH, I THINK THE, THE REASON I ASKED FOR THIS WORKSHOP TO BEGIN WITH WAS MULTI W W W WAS FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

ONE IS CLEARLY, UH, WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED ALREADY THAT, UH, WE HAVE A HISTORY IN OUR COUNTY THAT OUR FAR MARSHALL HAS NOT OUR FARM MARSHALL'S OFFICE HAS NOT BEEN AS EFFECTIVE AS WE'D LIKE IT TO BE.

AND, UH, AND COMMISSIONER HUNTER, CORRECT.

I THINK THAT, UH, IN ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, ORGANIZATION, THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, AN OCCASIONAL OUTSIDE ENTITY THAT REVIEWS EVERYTHING FROM, FROM EVIDENTIARY COMPLIANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROCEDURES AND POLICY REVIEWS.

UM, AND WE PROBABLY HAVE BEEN DEFICIENT IN THAT.

AND SO IN, IN, UH, I THINK IN THE END, SOME SORT OF A DOTTED LINE, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO, TO THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE FOR, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OCCASIONAL MENTORING OR REVIEW OF, OF PROCEDURES

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AND POLICIES.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, EVIDENCE COMPLIANCE, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I THINK THAT OUGHTA RESOLVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE RECURRING ISSUES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

UM, I, I W WE REALLY JUST HAD SOME GENERALIZED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PLACING THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

UM, I, I CERTAINLY ALWAYS HAD THE INTENT THAT IT WOULD REMAIN ITS OWN ENTITY, BUT, UH, I THINK IF WE JUST, UH, ABLE TO, TO CRAFT THAT, THAT SORT OF MENTORING AND OCCASIONAL, UH, REVIEW THAT, THAT, THAT WILL RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT I HAD.

THE SECOND PART OF THIS WORKSHOP THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, OR AT LEAST HAVE US DISCUSS IS MORE TO THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE, THE STAFFING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE, THE DICHOTOMY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VERSUS CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT MONIQUE, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN HELP US ADDRESS HERE AS WELL.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS OUR STAFFING, CORRECT.

UH, THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED NOW, DO WE HAVE, UH, ENOUGH DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALS? DO WE NEED MORE, OR DO WE NEED LESS DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALS? AND WHAT SUPPORT STAFF, UH, IS REQUIRED NOT ONLY FOR, FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT ALSO TO MAINTAIN THOSE, THE INTEGRITY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE RECORD, KEEPING ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I, YOU KNOW, I W HAD HOPED THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DISCUSS, UH, AGAIN, WRITE DOWN THE STAFFING, WHAT WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE STAFFING FOR THAT OFFICE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT OUGHT TO BE SET AND FAIRLY WELL AGREED UPON BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO FACTOR INTO WHO YOUR APPLICANTS ARE AND HOW YOU VIEW THEM AND THEIR, THEIR ABILITIES AND THEIR EXPERIENCE.

TALK ABOUT I CAN, I CAN.

SO, UM, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE-STOP SHOP AND I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS PRIOR TO RANDY'S RETIREMENT ON, ON THE PAPERWORK ASPECT, THE INTAKE ASPECT, THE ABILITY TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, SOMETIMES THAT OFFICE IS COMPLETELY EMPTY.

AND SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO DROP PLANS OFF.

THEY'VE DRIVEN FROM ALL OVER DENTON PLAINTIFF, ALL THE WAY OUT TO KAUFFMAN, TO NOT HAVE ANYONE STANDING THERE.

SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SHARING STAFF AT BUDGET TIME, UM, BECAUSE WE BOTH NEEDED ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORKLOAD WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.

AND, UM, WE THOUGHT ABOUT COMBINING THE CLERICAL ASPECT OF IT AND THE REVIEW PROCESS.

SO HE THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THE WAY THE DEVELOPMENT DOES IT IS WE SEND IT OUT TO A CONSULTING ENGINEER FROM THE BUILDER COMMERCIAL COMPANY, WHATEVER WOULD PAY THE FEE FOR THE REVIEW, TAKES A LIABILITY OFF THE COUNTY, BECAUSE AN OUTSIDE ENTITY IS REVIEWING, MAKING SURE IT'S IN COMPLETE COMPLIANCE AND THEN SEALING AND SIGNING IT.

SO IT IS NOT ON OUR EMPLOYEES OR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY TO REVIEW THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT BE UNDER THEIR WHEELHOUSE OF SKILL.

SO THERE WAS A LIABILITY ISSUE.

UM, WE THOUGHT ABOUT SHARING FOR THE INTAKE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE HAVE MULTIPLE CLERKS ALL OVER SEPARATED WHEN WE CAN DO SORT OF A, I'M GONNA USE THE WORD BULLPEN OF CLERKS TO DO ALL INTAKE, RIGHT? WE CAN, WE CAN FAST PACED THAT.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY SITTING THERE WHEN SOMEONE WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR, THERE'S A CENTRALIZED, UM, WHERE THE MONEY IS TAKEN IN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS.

UM, I WILL TELL YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I LIKE THE FIRE MARSHALL IN MY OFFICE.

WE'RE WORKING GREAT TOGETHER.

IT'S AS SIMPLE.

THEY COME RIGHT DOWN THE HALL TO MY DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS.

UM, WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

UM, WE'RE NOW COMMUNICATING BECAUSE WHEN AN RV PARK COMES IN AND THEY GET A PERMIT FOR IT, THEY'RE COMING OVER AND GOING, HEY, IS THERE SOMETHING IN OUR SUBDIVISION REGS? YES, THERE IS.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

SO HAVING THEM HOUSED IN, IN OUR BUILDING IS GREAT.

I NEED THAT TO MAKE THAT ONE-STOP SHOP.

SO, UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION, UM, I KNOW THAT WAS RAISED BY THIS COURT ABOUT, UM, ALL THE PEACE OFFICERS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT SIDE OF IT.

I KNOW THAT FIRE THROUGH THE TEXAS FIRE COMMISSION, A FIRE INSPECTOR LICENSE WAS WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR THAT.

SO AS FAR AS THE PEACEKEEPING T COLE THINGAMABOB, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, I'M GONNA LET THAT BE YOUR CONVERSATION.

UM, I KNOW SOME PLACES DON'T HAVE ALL THESE PEACE OFFICERS.

I DID SOME LITTLE RESEARCH AND NATE, THEY HAVE FIRE INSPECTORS AND THEY HAVE A FIRE MARSHALL WHO HAS TO BE FOR ARSON INVESTIGATION.

SO WHAT LITTLE RESEARCH I DID THERE WASN'T THAT MANY PEACE OFFICERS IN IT.

SO AS FAR AS THAT, I LET HIM TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT MY OFFICE CAN MERGE THE CLERICAL SIDE, SAVE THE COUNTY SOME MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKE IT A ONE-STOP SHOP, WHICH WAS THE PLAN ALTOGETHER.

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ALRIGHTY.

AND THE ONE THING I'LL SAY, AS FAR AS PEACE OFFICER WORKING IN EATON AND SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT OVER THERE EVERY DAY, BUT, UH, WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND AS FAR AS PEACE, OFFSIDE AND T GOES, INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION ASPECT OF WHAT'S DOING.

AND IF WE MAKE THESE CHANGES INTO IT, I CAN SEE WHERE YOU NEED A FIRE MARSHALL AND ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALL.

AND I THINK YOU CAN GET BY WITH TOO, UH, CAUSE YOU'RE CUTTING DOWN A LOT INSPECTIONS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE STAMPED OFF BY SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND THEN YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE DOING THE FIRE CODE AND THEN THE FIRE EXTINCT OR THE FIRE, UH, WORKS INSPECTIONS.

I KNOW THEY GOT, THAT'S KIND OF A BUSY, BUT I THINK IF YOU LOOK TO THAT ASPECT OF IT AND WENT THAT WAY, THEN AS WE GROW, LET'S LET THAT INDIVIDUAL TAKE IT ON.

BUT JUST SEEING WHAT I SEE NOW AND THE TIME.

SO I THINK HE'S GOT TO FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THEY COMPLY.

I MEAN, THEY LOOK AT THE PLANES ALL DAY LONG THEY'RE IN THE SCRATCHER SAYS YOU GOT TO DO THIS AND THEY GOT TO COME BACK TO THE FIRE.

MARSHALL, IF THEY TELL THEM TO TAKE A HACK THAT SOMEONE WITH AUTHORITY IS LET'S GO BACK OUT TO DO EXACTLY.

SO IF YOU GET THEM TO, TO DO THAT, I MEAN, FAR AS JUST FIRE CODE STUFF, I THINK YOU'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE.

THAT'S JUST MY OVERALL REVIEW AND LOOKING AT IT AND SEEING WHAT WERE WE'RE DONE WITH SHERIFF.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST YEAR OR A COUPLE OF YEARS, HOW MANY TRUE OR MAYBE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY KNOWS HOW MANY TRUE SUSPICIOUS ARSON INVESTIGATIONS HAVE WE HAD IN THE COUNTY? I THINK THE SHERIFF AND I CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT.

I CAN TELL YOU ON MY HAND, WHAT I'VE JUST SEEN IN THE REPORT, NOT DUG THROUGH THEIR DATA BECAUSE, UH, JUST FINDING, DATA'S KIND OF TOUGH FOR ME OVER THERE.

UH, IN THE RECORD KEEPING IS THE MOST I CAN SEE IS MAYBE THEY HAVE THREE A YEAR.

AND THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S SUSPICIOUS.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY BIG FIRES EITHER.

WELL, ONE OF THEM, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME COMMERCIALS, THE ONE I'M THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS COMMERCIAL AND FARNEY A COMMERCIAL DOWN HERE, UH, THAT WAS SUSPICIOUS IN NATURE AND, AND DONE THAT.

SO, AND THAT'S THE INSURANCE STUFF.

WE ALL KNOW THAT ABOUT THREE A YEAR, WHERE ANY OF THEM TRUE CRIMINAL MATTERS.

MA'AM THE ONE, THE ONE IN FORNEY.

THERE WAS THE PROSECUTION AND THE ONE IN FORNEY.

THE OTHER ONE, I THINK NATIVE FIRE MARSHAL.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S ARGUING THAT WE NEED A FIRE.

MARSHALL.

I GET IN AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE POSTS AND TALKING ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, DON'T, THEY MONITOR THEIR OWN LICENSE.

I MEAN, I MEAN, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T, UM, I MONITOR MY LICENSE ALL DAY LONG.

IT'S MY LICENSE.

ME.

MY PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP UP WITH IT.

UM, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT ACTUALLY MONITORS THE LESSONS ITSELF FOR THE WORDS, IF THERE'S A PEACE OFFICER SOMEWHERE OR A FIRE MARSHALL SOMEWHERE AND THEY DON'T KEEP UP THEIR HOURS? NOBODY.

WELL, YOU GET, I GET A REPORT.

OUT, YOU'RE LOOKING NOT ONLY WITHIN, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY FOR A REPLACEMENT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

COLE DOES.

I GET A REPORT RIGHT BEFORE THEIR AYERS IS HANDED EVERYTHING.

I GET A REPORT WITH EVERYBODY'S NAME AND TELLING ME WHAT CLASSES THEY HADN'T MADE, OR IF THEY HADN'T REACHED HER HOURS, THEY GIVE THAT TO US REGULARLY.

SO IT'S PRETTY EASY TO KEEP UP.

I THINK THE BIG THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TIKO IS THE PROCESS IN YOUR LICENSE.

THAT'S CHANGED PROBABLY SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO.

THAT USED TO LIKE WHEN I GOT MY LICENSE, I GOT MY PIECE OFFLINE.

AS I WAS A BASIC PIECE OFFICER, YOU'RE JUST A LICENSE PEACE OFFICER.

YOU'RE NOT A BASIC UNTIL YOU GET YOUR FTO AND YOUR IRES IN ITS DOCUMENTATION.

THAT'S WHERE THIS FAILED IN WHICH THERE'S POLICY AND STUFF OUT THERE THAT DONE THAT.

AND I THINK, I MEAN, EVERY TIME I'VE GONE TO A CONFERENCE, TIKO PLAYING SOME, SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT IT, OF WHAT CHANGES AND IN OUR LEGAL UPDATES AND STUFF WE DO.

AND IT'S ALWAYS THERE TO TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

I GUESS, I GUESS, I GUESS THE POINT BEING, I GUESS, IN THERE SOMEBODY OR SOME WAY THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WAY THE MONITOR, THAT'S REALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT HE HAD, IF YOU HAVE THE, UH, RESPONSIBLE.

AND I THINK IF IT'S NOT REITERATED, WHENEVER WE HIRE SOMEBODY AND YOU LAY DOWN, HEY, THIS IS THE TEMPLATE WE USE, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND YOU EDUCATE THEM.

AND THEN YEAH, YOU GOT EITHER EVALUATION.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, OR WHOEVER YOU DESIGNATE TO DO THAT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT THIS WAS RIGHT.

AND, AND ALSO, I MEAN, WE COULD HIRE A BRAND BEAVERS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO MONITOR HIMSELF, HE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF HIS DEPARTMENT.

HE'S GOING TO DO THE JOB.

NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAN NECESSARILY TO DO THE JOB AS WELL.

AND THE NEXT PERSON, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE EMPLOYMENT.

WHEN SOMEBODY, YOU HIRE A BETTER PERSON, I'D LIKE TO KEEP INTERVIEWING AND ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO SEE IF THEY CAN ANSWER.

I THINK THAT'S BIG DEAL OF OUR STAFF AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING, IS YOU'RE LOOKING

[01:50:01]

SO THAT'S JUST DIFFERENT, I THINK BEFORE, BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF ARSON INVESTIGATIONS, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE AGENCY, IT REALLY GREW FROM THAT FIRST AND SECOND HANDOFF TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.

AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE, MIGHT'VE HAD JUST A PASS, JUST PASS THE BATON AND Y'ALL ARE SAYING, WE DON'T WANT THAT ANYMORE.

SO WE'VE GOT A DIFFERENT WAY.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, RIGHT.

WELL, CLEARLY THE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE, THE GROWTH OF THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE, BOTH ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE, BUT PARTICULARLY ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY SMALLER.

I MEAN, TH SO THE EFFICIENCY AND THE EFFECTIVENESS HAS TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH OF THIS COUNTY.

SO NEXT, UH, MEETING, I GUESS WE'LL, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE, UH, UH, WE'LL REVIEW RULES.

WE'LL FIGURE OUT A PROCESS TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND, UH, TRY TO GET THAT MOVE FORWARD.

BUT JUST BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT, UH, I STILL FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T REALLY RESOLVED OR, OR ARE WE JUST, ARE WE JUST CONTENT TO LEAVE THE FAR MARSHALL STAFFING AND, AND IT'S FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, IT'S A WORK CHART THE WAY IT IS, OR ARE WE INTERESTED IN HAVING ONLY TWO PEACE OFFICERS? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THOSE KINDS? WELL, WHAT, WE CAN'T DO IT TODAY BECAUSE OF THIS, THERE'S NO ACTION ON THIS ITEM, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE ARE RESOLVED THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WILL CONSIST OF TWO, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING, TWO FIRE MARSHALS AND THE CODE INSPECTION, BUILDING INSPECTION, STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE'LL GO TO STAFFING IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICE.

AND, UM, SO, SO MAYBE BEFORE WE DO NEXT, IF YOU COULD BE PREPARED NEXT WEEK, PRIVATE FROM THE CLERICAL SIDE, IF YOU WANT ME TO DO SO.

SO NEXT WEEK BEFORE WE, MAYBE BEFORE WE DO THAT, BEFORE WE REVIEW APPLICATIONS, MAYBE NEXT WEEK, YOU COULD COME TO US WITH A PROPOSED ORGANIZATION CHART OF YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD INCLUDE CLERICAL OR WHATEVER ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

WOULD YOU LIKE US TO GET TOGETHER AND LOOK AT IT FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, PERHAPS OUTSIDE OF, JUST AS A SUGGESTION, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD WANT.

YOU KIND OF WORK OUTSIDE.

IT'S KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA AND FORMULATE ALL THOSE TOGETHER.

AND THEN WHEN, UM, I DON'T KNOW.

I'VE NOT HEARD JUDGE, JUDGE.

MA'AM.

WHEN YOU ADOPTED THE BUDGET, YOU DOCTORED A POSITION FOR FAR MARSHALL THREE, DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALS AND THE ADMIN ASSISTANT.

OH, WELL, THAT'S NO HARM, BUT NOTHING MONIQUE, AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE WORKING UNDER YOUR SUPERVISION, YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON THAT.

JUST, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU HAD IN THE DEPARTMENT.

I THINK WE KNOW THAT.

AND I THINK ALSO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALSO RELATE BACK TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIRE A PERSON THAT'S VERY CAPABLE OF DOING THIS JOB AND VERY CAPABLE AND DECIDING THE, HIS STAMP.

SO I THINK, I THINK ALSO THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RELY A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

WE MIGHT SET A NUMBER.

SURE.

BUT I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RELY ON THIS PERSON AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO US WHY HE WANTS THOSE MANY STAFF MEMBERS OR THAT FEW OF STAFF MEMBERS AND UNDERSTAND WHERE IT IS.

I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HIRING HIM TO DO.

WELL, THE ONLY, THE ONLY, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN WRITE THE ONLY DIFFICULTY THERE IS, AND YOU PROBABLY NEED TO GIVE THE GUY AT LEAST A YEAR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND I THINK WE HIRED, I MEAN, I, I DON'T REALLY AGREE THAT I THINK WE HIRED HIM INTO A STRUCTURE.

THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS THE WAY, BUT HE'S, HE'S THE ONE THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO EITHER IMPROVE IT OR EXPANDED OR FRANK.

AND HE'S THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO US WHY HE NEEDS OVERTIME.

UH, SO JUDGE WILEY, I DON'T REALLY, WHAT WOULD THE PRODUCT BE? WHAT WOULD Y'ALL GIVE US? I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE YOU AND THE SHERIFF WORKING TOGETHER WOULD GIVE US.

THAT WOULD BE WITH MONIQUE, IS THAT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT MR. KATES IS ASKING YOU WHEN HE SAYS, DON'T LEAVE THIS MEETING, DON'T LEAVE THIS WORKSHOP.

SO IF YOU ARE SAYING, FROM WHAT MONIQUE HAS SEEN ON THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SIDE, IF WE ANTICIPATED, WE NEED TWO PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH JUST THE CODE THAT WE ANTICIPATE.

AGAIN, THE STRUCTURE WITH THE FEES, WITH THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, ONE FIRE, MARSHALL, THIS HERE'S WHAT WE LOOK AT AS FAR AS A JOB DESCRIPTION.

HERE'S WHAT WE LOOK AT AS FAR AS RESPONSIBILITIES.

HERE'S THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED.

HERE'S WHAT SHE'S GOING TO NEED.

KIND OF LAY OUT PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUT THAT'S BRAINSTORM BEFORE WE GET BACK.

BUT I WOULDN'T DO THAT MUCH IN ONE MAINTAINING,

[01:55:01]

AND THEN HR, HR PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE IN THAT MEETING.

IT NEEDS TO BE IN THAT MEETING TOO, TO HELP DEVELOP THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND ALL THAT.

YEP.

COMMISSIONER PIRATES WAS ASKING.

AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING, LET'S NOT TALK THIS DOWN, BUT IF WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER, EVEN THOUGH THEY, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TO DO WITH THAT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER A LOT.

SO WE MAKE SURE HOW THAT IS.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE SHE'S HELPED GIVEN US THE BUDGET NUMBERS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE THE ONE THAT CAN TWEAK IT, ADOPTED CHANGE IT, IT GIVES YOU A STARTING.

I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

IF, IF YOU LOOKED AT HOK THIS MORNING, THEY'RE IN TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS ON THE NAIL THAT AFFECT SOMETHING SEPARATE FLOORS, ONE TOP, ONE BOTTOM.

OKAY, GOOD.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE IN TWO SEPARATE ONES.

FOR SOME REASON, NOTHING.

ONE OF THEM WAS OVER HERE, BUT WHAT, OKAY.

LONGS OR CLUBS WALK DOWN THE HALL AND THEN I CAN WALK UP OR DOWNSTAIRS.

UH, MONIQUE, WILL YOU ORGANIZE THAT MEETING WITH ALL EVERYBODY, ET CETERA.

UM, WELL, I, I, I MEAN, I SORT OF LIKED TO START, UH, I THINK WE NEED ONE.

I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE NEXT WEEK, BUT IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, WE COULD DO IT THE WEEK AFTER.

TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER EXITING REGULAR MEETING AND ENTERING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WELL, LET'S, LET'S LET'S ANYWAY, AFTER COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAVING ANOTHER WORKSHOP.

NO, I THINK, I MEAN, I THINK JUST DO IT REGULAR IN THE MEETING, UH, AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE SOMETHING WE CAN ACT ON.

WE CAN ALWAYS PUT IT OVER ACT.

WE CAN ALWAYS PUT IT ON FOR ACTION AND NOT DO IT IF IT'S NOT READY.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON WORKSHOP? OKAY.

UM, I DON'T 20

[22. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter executive session.]

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO DO SO, SO MOVE EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER AND CASE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED? NO.

WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ONE IS SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.072.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT MATTERS.

I MEAN, YOU'RE GOOD.

WHAT, NOTHING GO HERE.

UH, DID I TAKE A VOTE ON IT? YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

5, 5, 1 0.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS AND 5, 5, 1 0 7, 6,

SECTION

[23. Executive session; Pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code, the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session to discuss real estate negotiations.]

[24. Executive session; Pursuant to Section 551.076 of the Texas Government Code, the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session to discuss and consider moving forward expeditiously with the necessary actions required to resolve the Kaufman County/Henderson County boundary line in conformity with the Texas General Land Office determination.]

OR THE GOVERNMENT CODE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD.

EXPEDITIOUSLY, THE NECESSARY ACTIONS REQUIRED TO RESOLVE THE COFFIN COUNTY HENDERSON COUNTY BOUNDARY LINE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE DETERMINATION.

AND I SAID

[25. Executive Session; Pursuant to Texas Gov't Code Section 551.071, consultation with attorney, the Commissioners' Court will meet in closed session to discuss investigation regarding potential litigation.]

THREE, LITERALLY IN THE END, THE LAST SECTION IS 5 5, 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS INVESTIGATION REGARDING POTENTIAL LITIGATION.

UM, FOR

[26. Executive Session; Sheriff Beavers; Pursuant to Texas Gov't Code Section 551.076, the Commissioners' Court will meet in closed session to discuss deployment of security personnel within Kaufman County.]

SECTION 5 5 1 0.076.

THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS DEPLOYMENT OF SECURITY PERSONNEL WITHIN COFFIN COUNTY.

SO WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, UH, I'M GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

FOR A MOTION TO, UH, LEAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND COME BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION.

LOOKING

[27. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and enter back into regular meeting.]

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS OUR SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ENTER A MOTION TO APPROVE ENTERING INTO REAL ESTATE CONTRACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES.

UH, ARE THERE MOTIONS COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION? UH, YES SIR.

I LIKE TO

[28. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider taking any action as a result of executive session.]

NUMBER ONE, APPROXIMATELY EIGHT ACRES AT THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON STREET AND HOUSTON STREET.

NUMBER TWO, UH, 3001 THROUGH 3003 SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET.

PLUS THE 6.25 ACRES UPON APPROVAL PROPOSED LEASE AGREEMENT AND NUMBER THREE 11.69 ACRE TRACK.

UH, THAT'S THE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

PHILLIPS JOURNEY MEETING.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

BURN GERMANY.

WE HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER

[02:00:01]

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CAGE.

DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR.

I SUPPOSE.

DID WE HAVE TO DO THAT? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO APPROVE.

IS THIS DEAL? YES.

LIKE EMOTIONAL RAMP.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REOPEN AND THE MEETING.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO REOPEN THE MEETING.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SECOND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CATES IS OUR MOTION COMING FORWARD.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

I'M SORRY.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO REOPEN AFTER 10 SECONDS, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO REOPEN, UH, UH, THOSE PPOS.

NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.

UH, THIS IS A MOTION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IT WOULD BE TO, UM, ALLOCATE $400,000 FOR, UM, FOR DEPLOYMENT, THE BLENDING, THE $400,000 FOR DEPLOYMENT OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

UM, THAT'S MY MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ADJOURN THIS MEETING A MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

NOW BACK TO YOU.

COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

I'LL MAKE A NOTHER MOTION TO

[29. Adjourn Regular Meeting]

YOUR SECOND, ARE WE DONE? YES, WE ARE.

NOW SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR.