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[Call to Order]
OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS CALLED ORDER.TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 12TH, 2022.
AND WE ARE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING ROOM IN THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX.
UH, WE'LL START OFF OUR MEETING THIS MORNING WITH AN INVOCATION OFFERED BY COMMISSIONER BARBER.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE IS PLEASE STAND OKAY.
RIGHT WHERE THEY PLACE HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE WANT TO COME TO YOU THIS MORNING AND ASKING YOU TO BE WITH US AS WE DELIBERATE THE BUSINESS OF COFFIN COUNTY, ASKING YOU TO HELP US TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR CITIZENS.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HAVE A SPECIAL BLESSING ON OUR, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND OF COURSE OUR MILITARY AS WELL, UH, BE WITH US ALL AND KEEP US SAFE AND SEND YOUR SON'S NAME.
WE PRAY AMEN TO THE FLAG OF THE HIGHEST STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH TEXAS FLAG REJECTION, THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.
WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT TODAY.
ACTUALLY, UH, WE HAVE A FULL COMPLIMENT OF COMMISSIONERS.
UH, COMMISSIONER KATES IS JOINING US BY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY.
UM, FIRST ITEM IS ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY TO OFFER? OKAY.
NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE NO ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY.
[3. Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, LLP; Discuss/Consider possible action concerning an order authorizing the issuance of "Kaufman County, Texas Unlimited Tax Road Bonds, Series 2022" and enacting provisions incident and related to the issuance of the said bonds. ]
THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM THREE BICKERSTAFF FIF DELGADO ACOSTA, LLP TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF COFFIN COUNTY, TEXAS UNLIMITED TAX ROAD, BONDS SERIES 2022 AND ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF SAID BONDS.UH, GEORGE WILLIFORD WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES FINANCIAL ADVISOR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
GOOD MORNING, JUDGE COMMISSIONER.
AND, UH, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE AGENDA ITEMS SAID, UH, UH, BICKERSTAFF HE GOT ON A COAST TO GREGORY MILLER WITH, UH, THE FIRM IS HERE, UH, BUT I GOT DELEGATED TO KIND OF SPEAK TO THE MATTER AND EXPLAIN THE SALE AND SO ON, UH, GREGORY, UH, PREPARED ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND, UH, WE'LL HANDLE FILING WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SO ON.
SO HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
I, UH, HAD PASSED OUT TO EACH OF YOU BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED A LITTLE, UH, HANDOUT THAT HAS THE RESULTS OF THE SALE YESTERDAY.
UH, AND, UH, YOU'LL SEE BEHIND THE COVER IS, UH, UH, WHAT WAS THE COVER OF THE PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT? UH, THIS IS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
THAT'S THE OFFERING DOCUMENT MORE OR LESS LIKE A PROSPECTUS IN, UH, ANOTHER SECURITIES OFFERING, UH, THAT WAS PREPARED FOR THIS SAY ON, YOU'LL SEE THE UNDERWRITERS FOR THE ISSUE WHERE FH N CAPITAL MARKETS AS SENIOR MANAGER AND THEN A STRATTA HANNAH HOSTS AND RAYMOND JAMES AS CO MANAGERS.
UH, THE NEXT PAGE SHOWS THE MATURITY SCHEDULE THAT WAS PUT OUT WITH THAT, UH, THAT PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
AND, UH, UH, SO WE'LL EITHER ELECTRONICALLY, UH, ARE HOWEVER DESIRED CAN GET COPIES TO THE JUDGE AND KAREN AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES THE COURT, UH, OR OTHER GOVERNING BODIES LIKES IT BECAUSE IT'S GOT A LOT OF HISTORICAL, UH, TAXABLE VALUE.
AND, AND, UH, LIKE IN THE GENERAL FUND AND ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND, UH, LIKE FIVE YEARS SPREAD OF OPERATIONS.
SO WHEN IT COME TO BUDGET AND SO ON, IT'S KIND OF A GOOD REFERENCE SOURCE TO USE FOR INFORMATION.
BUT BEHIND THAT ON PAGE THREE, LABELED DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS A SOURCES AND USES.
AND YOU'LL SEE, BECAUSE LIKE THE COVER SHOWED UP AT THE TOP, THE PAR AMOUNT OR FACE AMOUNT OF THE ISSUE IS 36,385,000.
AND THE REASON WAS GIVEN THE COUPON RIGHTS VERSUS THE YIELDS, THERE WAS PREMIUM DOLLARS GENERATED 3.4, 4 MILLION.
AND SO THAT WILL COVER EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED PROVIDE.
AS YOU SEE ABOUT MIDDLE WAYS UNDER USES THE FULL 38,950,000 A PROJECT COST OR PROCEEDS FOR THOSE THAT WAS ANTICIPATED ON THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE FOUR AS THE ACTUAL DEBT SERVICE.
AND YOU'LL SEE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, UH, ARE WHERE IT SAYS TRUE INTEREST COST.
THAT'S THE EFFECTIVE RIGHT ON THE ISSUE.
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IT CAME OUT AT 3.7, 7%.AND THE JUDGE AND I WERE TALKING QUITE A BIT DURING THIS WHOLE PROCESS THAT I'LL TELL YOU, IT WAS A SURPRISE.
UH, THE MARKET HAS JUST GONE CRAZY.
I'LL HAVE TO SAY, UH, OR WHATEVER.
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ANTICIPATE KIND OF GOING FORWARD EITHER.
BUT AS OF FRIDAY RATES THAT WE'D SEEN, IT LOOKED LIKE THE EFFECTIVE RATE WOULD BE AROUND 3.56 OR WHATEVER.
UH, AND THEN YESTERDAY MORNING, THE UNDERWRITERS FOR THEY WENT OUT, SAID THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE THE YIELDS.
UH, IT LOOKED LIKE AROUND SEVEN BASIS POINTS AND OUR UNDERWRITER ACTUALLY KIND OF RIDES HERD ON THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND, AND SAYS, YES, THAT WHATEVER IS, OR ISN'T REASONABLE GIVEN WHERE HE SEES MARKET CONDITIONS.
AND I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THREE TIMES DURING THE SALE PROCESS YESTERDAY.
UH, AND, AND THEN THEY RUN IN, RAN INTO SOME ROUGH SPOTS ON THE LONGER MATURITY AND ACTUALLY HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND RAISE IN ORDER TO GET THAT.
AND HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, IT'S JUST THAT KIND OF MARKET THAT WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE, TALKING ABOUT A SERIES OF 50 BASIS POINT INCREASES IN THE DISCOUNT RATE, LONGER TERM BUYERS ARE LIKE TRYING TO EXTRACT YIELD, UH, THAT IF THIS IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING, THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE RAN INTO.
AND SO, WHEREAS LIKE I SAID, WEEK AGO, UH, WE, WE WERE LOOKING AROUND 3 55, 3 58 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, IT'S ABOUT 20 BASIS POINTS ABOVE THAT.
UH, BUT I STILL THINK IT'S A GOOD VERSUS, YOU KNOW, VERSUS A MONTH, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS FROM NOW, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT RIGHTS MIGHT DO.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'S A GOOD THING THAT THE COUNTY IS IN A POSITION TO LOCK THIS IN.
AND AS YOU'LL SEE, THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE WILL BE, UH, AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, CAUSE WE'VE GOT A YEAR OF INTEREST ONLY, AND THEN A YEAR FOR TAX RATE KIND OF, UH, VALUES TO CATCH UP.
BUT AROUND 2.505, UH, PER YEAR, THAT'S A LITTLE HIGHER, UH, THAN WHAT WE HAD, LIKE I SAID, UH, PROJECTED AROUND 2 MILLION, FOUR 50 OR FOUR 60, UH, UH, AS OF LAST WEEK, BUT ON PAGE FIVE SHOWS AND THIS IS KIND OF LOCATED AND TECHNICAL, BUT THE ACTUAL COUPON RATES AND YIELDS, UH, UH, AND WHERE THE PREMIUM, THE 3.4 WAS GENERATED.
AND I'LL PROBABLY WHAT'S MOST INTEREST TO YOU IS ON PAGE SIX.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
KIND OF THAT SPREADSHEET THAT SHOWS LAST YEAR'S ISSUE IN THE MIDDLE ON COLUMN E AND THEN COLUMN F IS ACTUAL FINAL DEBT SERVICE THAT I SHOWED YOU A MINUTE AGO FOR THIS ISSUE PLAN.
AND THEN THE TOTAL COUNTY DEBT SERVICE, INCLUDING THE NON TRANSPORTATION, UH, RELATED, UH, UH, PORTIONS AS WELL.
AND OVER ON THE FAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE STILL STRUCTURING AND WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, FOR 23 AND LAW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ACTUAL VALUES, IF THEY COME IN A LITTLE HIGHER THAN 10% INCREASE, WELL, THAT'S GOING TO HELP PULL THAT DOWN.
BUT THE INITIAL IMPACT, UH, PROJECTED AT AROUND 7.80 CENTS TOTAL REQUIRED OR LESS, AND YOU'LL SEE IT DROPS, UH, OVER TIME CONSISTENTLY.
UH, BUT THAT'S, UH, JUST LIKE MORE OR LESS WHAT WE HAD PREPARED, EVEN WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE ISSUES AND STRETCHING IT OUT.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ON PAGE SEVEN AND EIGHT.
THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, INTEREST RATES, WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
THIS IS THE BOND BUYER INDEX, UH, AND THAT'S A WEEKLY, UH, INDEX, RIGHT? THAT'S PUT OUT BASED ON ISSUES THAT WERE DONE.
YOU GOT US BACK IN THIS CASE 20 YEARS TO OH TWO, AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHERE INTEREST RATES WERE.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DROP, UH, IN 2000, STARTING IN 17, BUT 18.
SO WE'VE BEEN IN THIS THREE OR FOUR YEAR KIND OF UNREAL PERIOD OF, UH, ABNORMALLY, LOW INTEREST RATES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HUGE SPIKE.
NOW THEY HAD BEEN GOING UP SINCE FEBRUARY TO SOME EXTENT, BUT THEN WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT JUMP MARCH, BUT THEN THAT BIG SPIKE, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE, THAT'S A 70 BASIS POINT JOB FOR 75 ACTUALLY IN THE INDEX, RIGHT.
ONE WEEK FROM THE WEEK BEFORE LAST.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE ENCOUNTERED AND WHAT WE MAY BE SEEING A RETURN TO KIND OF THAT LINE GOING BACK TO OH, TO NORMAL INTEREST RATES, WHAT WE USED TO CONSIDER.
BUT, BUT THAT I'D BE GLAD TO IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS, UH, FEEL LIKE THE UNDERWRITERS DID A GOOD JOB, UH, IN THE MARKET AND GETTING IT DONE AND WRAPPED UP, UH, SO THAT, UH, UH, TAKE THE UNCERTAINTY AND
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LOCK EVERYTHING IN.UH, AND IN THIS CASE, IF THE COURT, UH, PROVES ISSUANCE AND SO ON THE CLOSING SCHEDULE, THE 12TH, AND THAT WOULD BE WHEN THE PROCEEDS WOULD ACTUALLY BE, UH, RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY.
I THINK THE THING THAT IF ANYBODY'S FOLLOWING THIS, THIS ORIGINALLY, OR FROM, FOR A LONG, LONG TIME MONTHS, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT RAISING THE FED WAS TALKING ABOUT RAISING INTEREST RATES, 25 POINTS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF GONE TO RAISING INTEREST RATES, UH, 50 POINTS ON WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO DOING THAT THREE OR FOUR QUARTERS IN A ROW, SO THAT IF THEY DO THAT, THE INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO GO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
I GUESS I SUGGESTED THAT SIX TIMES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GOOD.
I JUST HOPE THEY DON'T GO BACK TO WHEN SOME OF US WERE YOUNG AND PAYING 11 OR 14 FOR DENTAL MORTGAGES AND THEN THE VARIABLE RATES AND WE'RE PAYING 18.
I MEAN, HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T GO BACK THERE.
OH, NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD ASSIGNMENT.
UH, DOES ANYONE, CHRISTINA, WE, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE FUNDS TO COMPLETE OUR OBLIGATIONS AND OUR BOND, OUR 2019 BOND PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT STARTED THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION WAS WE ARE GETTING TO THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, SOME CASH AVAILABLE TO DO THESE PROJECTS.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I THINK IT'S STILL UP.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL NEVER GOING TO THE INTEREST RATES THAT WE WERE BEFORE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I FAILED TO MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO SAY, WELL, WE CAN DO 25 YEAR DEBT AT BELOW 4%.
UH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN, BEEN WITH GOOD.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN I WAS A KID IN THE NEW YORK KID, YOU KNOW, INTEREST RATES WERE 5%.
I MEAN, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TALKING FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, THERE WERE 5% OF THAT.
YOU GO BUY A HOME OR SOMETHING AND THAT'S WHAT MADE IT COST SO MUCH WAS IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.
OF COURSE YOUR MONEY DOESN'T MAKE ANYTHING EITHER THOUGH.
SO THERE'S A DOWNSIDE TO IT TOO.
UM, I THINK WHAT I'LL DO IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE A RECORD VOTE OF AT LEAST, UH, FOUR SUPPORTING VOTES FOR THIS.
SO I'LL CALL THE ROLE OF THIS, BUT FIRST I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION, UH, TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF COFFIN COUNTY, TEXAS UNLIMITED TAX ROAD, BOND SERIES 2022 AND AN ACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT IN RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF SAID, BONDS, IS THERE A MOTION TO DO SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
WE HAD THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER.
IS THERE A SECOND? OH, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION.
UH, I'LL CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE.
CAN WE SHARE CASE, ARE YOU WITH US? YOU CAN'T.
WELL, WE MUST HAVE LOST CONNECTION.
SO, UH, WHAT IS YOUR VOTE? COMMISSIONER CAME UP.
AND, UH, AND I, AND I VOTE, YES.
SO THAT'S FIVE VOTES FOR, UH, THAT MOTION CARRIES.
UM, I GOT TO BE OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN THE MEETING OVER TO COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
[4. Carrie Sharp; Present/Accept the quarterly report for the County Extension Office. ]
ITEM FOUR AND FOUR IS A CARRIE SHARP'S GONNA REPORT GIVE HER QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE.AND, UH, HER BOSS, TOMMY PHILLIPS IS RIGHT BEHIND HER TO MAKE SURE SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
UM, JUST WANTED TO BRING IN, I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY EMAILED THIS TO YOU HAVE A COPY, BUT THIS WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS IN THE FOREST PROGRAM.
UM, EVERY JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH IS THE BUSY TIME WHERE WE'RE ON THE ROAD TILL THE STOCK SHOWS.
AND THIS YEAR THAT
THEY ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF WORK.
UM, KATIE JEWITT, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR TEEN AMBASSADORS, GETTING READY TO HEAD INTO, UM, UH, THE LIVESTOCK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
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SHE'LL BE ACCEPTED FOR, SHE ACTUALLY MADE SELL AT BOTH SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON.UH, SHE'S ONE OF OUR TEAM LEADERS THAT ACTUALLY LEADS A LOT OF OUR LIVESTOCK PROJECTS AND ALSO IS ON OUR, UH, FORAGE COUNCIL.
AND SO SHE DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH THE YOUNG LEADERS AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT HER HARD WORK ACTUALLY PAID OFF FOR HER MAKING BOTH OF THOSE SALES.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR ROBOTICS TEAM WENT TO FORT WORTH AND THEY PLACED THIRD AT FORT WORTH.
AND THEN AT SAN ANTONIO, THEY CAME WITH, THEY WERE CHAMPION ROBOTICS TEAMS. UM, I WISH THAT THEY WERE HERE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD ROBOTICS TEAM.
I JUST DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY DO.
THEY ASK ME FOR SUPPLIES, I GET IT FOR THEM.
SO, BUT A TOURIST IN DRAYER IS ONE OF OUR LEADERS TEAM LEADERS ON THAT.
HE'S ACTUALLY A STEM AMBASSADOR WITH THE STATE FOUR H PROGRAM.
AND THAT HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY GOOD.
OUR FOOD CHALLENGE TEAMS. WE HAVE ONE NOW THAT HAS SURVIVED THROUGH COVID.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO A DISTRICT PLACED THIRD, AND THEY WENT ON TO, UH, ST.
ANGELO ON A VERY, VERY COLD DAY WHERE THERE WAS ICE AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEY WERE CHAMPIONED, UH, FOOD CHALLENGE TEAM IN SAN ANGELO.
SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THEM ON THAT PROCESS.
UM, OUR SHOOTING SPORTS TEAM IS STARTING TO ROUND UP.
THEY'RE STARTING TO TRY TO GET READY FOR THE DISTRICT COMPETITIONS.
UM, WE ARE VERY GRACIOUS WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SUPPORT AND THUS USING THEIR RIFLE RANGE, UM, WHERE THEY HAVE STARTED A NEW, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE TO TRY TO PAY BACK THEIR THANKS TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS OF ANY RAILROAD TIES, THEY ARE WANTING TO REPLACE THE BACKDROP FOR THE, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, IT SEEMS THOSE THINGS ARE GOLD NOW FOR SOME REASON.
UM, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THAT FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THEIR USE OF THAT.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, WE MOVE ON INTO THE CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT.
WE DO HAVE TWO PROGRAM ASSISTANTS.
THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD IN THEIR, UH, SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 15 ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WITH 82 TEACHERS CONDUCTING SEVEN AG IN THE CLASSROOM PROGRAMS THAT REACHED UP TO 3,320 STUDENTS FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THOSE TWO YOUNG PEOPLE.
UH, THOSE TWO PROGRAM ASSISTANTS, UH, THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD.
FORNEY IS KEEPING US PRETTY BUSY AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
UH, TERRELL AND KAUFMAN AND CAMP ARE ALSO COMING ONLINE AND DOING A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES.
ALSO AT THE AG DAY, WE ALSO AT THE COUNTY FAIR.
WE ALSO HOSTED AN AG DAY WHERE WE HAD KIM ELIMINANT, UH, INTERMEDIATE FIFTH GRADE IN ALL OF SCREW ROSTER.
ELEMENTARY CAME OUT, UH, THAT WAS 386 STUDENTS THAT MY TEAM LEADERS TOOK THROUGH SIX DIFFERENT SESSIONS.
AND THEY LEARNED THE, UM, THE, UH, HOW SHOULD I PUT THIS? THEY LEARNED THE LIFE SKILLS OF HANDLING KINDERGARTNERS FIRST GRADE, SECOND GRADE THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, ALL IN ONE SETTING.
SO I'M PREPARING THEM FOR THEIR LIFE OF THAT'S IT THAT'S IT.
AND SO I'M ALSO GIVE KATIE'S REPORT.
KATIE IS BUSY TRYING TO PREPARE HIM FOR SOME OF HER PROGRAMS COMING UP.
SHE HAD AN EXCELLENT, UH, JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY.
UH, SHE HAD SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT DO WELL.
UM, THE DO WELL BE WELL WITH, UH, SHE HELD THAT PROGRAM ALONG WITH COOKING WELL WITH DIABETES.
THE SECOND PART OF THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE HOSTING AND GOING ON INTO APRIL, UH, THE COOKING WELL FOR HEALTHY BUB BLOOD PRESSURE COOKING UNDER PRESSURE AND THE STILLWATER CLASS, SHE ALL DID THOSE.
SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE ACTUALLY WHAT WE CALL HYBRID CLASSES, WHERE SHE ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM PLUS ALSO DOING THEM BY AS A ZOOM IN COOPERATION WITH SOME OTHER COUNTIES.
SO THOSE ARE STILL WORKING VERY WELL FOR HER.
AND SHE'S DOING A LOT OF, UH, THOSE UNIQUE PROGRAMS. THAT'S HELPING OUT THE PEOPLE OF KAUFMAN COUNTY AND ALSO OTHERS AROUND THE STATE.
JUST TO SAY AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
I'VE JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE JUST BEEN, I WAS TELLING THE JUDGE YESTERDAY, JUST BEEN A WHIRLWIND TO TRY TO GET MY FEET ON THE GROUND AND, UH, GET SOME MEETINGS GOING JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE.
THE MASTER GARDENERS ARE UP AND ROLLING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW MR. CATES IS INVOLVED WITH THAT BEING, UH, BEING A MEMBER, BUT WE'VE MET, WE'RE REDOING OUR HANDBOOKS, OUR BYLAWS, UM, THAT I KNOW THAT GROUP WILL BE AT THE TERRELL JUBILEE ON THE 23RD.
SO THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING BACK OUT INTO THE PUBLIC START MARKETING THEMSELVES.
AGAIN, PLANS ARE TO HAVE A INTERN CLASS, UH, FOR NEXT GEN STARTING IN JANUARY, SO WE CAN BUILD OUR MEMBERSHIP BACK UP WITH THAT.
SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE MASTER GARDENERS ARE DOING AND DOING SOME PLANS FOR THE FALL AS WELL.
LAST DOCK AND FORGE COMMITTEE MET, UH, LAST MONTH KIND OF A HARD MEETING.
WE HAD TO REPLACE OUR FORMER CHAIRMAN THAT HAD RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED MAY THE SIXTH FOR OUR SABINE CATTLEMAN'S CONFERENCE, AND THAT'S A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN AND RAINS IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
UH, WE'RE HAVING IT OVER AT GABRIEL RANCH OVER IN GRAND SALINE.
ONE, GOT SOME REALLY GREAT SPEAKERS FOR THAT.
UH, TAUGHT A COUPLE OF CLASSES FOR DIFFERENT COUNTIES ON FRUIT AND NUT PRODUCTION FOR THEIR MASTER GARDENER CLASSES.
AND AGAIN, GARY AND I BOTH SERVE ON OUR DISTRICT FOR OUR DISTRICT, UH, EXTENSION STRIKE TEAM.
CARRIE'S DONE THE PP DELIVERY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I HAD THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN TO CROCKETT AND CUSHING LAST MONTH, UH, FOR THE TORNADO DISASTER AND DO SOME DISASTER ASSESSMENTS FOR THAT.
SO AGAIN, A LOT OF STUFF COMING UP, UM, NOW'S THE BUSY TIME FOR AG.
UH, SO YOU'LL BE HEARING A LOT MORE IN
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THE NEXT QUARTER, UH, ABOUT SOME STUFF THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, HOPING TO BE TEAMING UP WITH ELLIS COUNTY, UH, TO DO SOME LIVESTOCK AND FORAGE PROGRAMMING AS WELL.SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR US AND THAT ONE THING IS READY.
WELL, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THERE.
I'M MARKED EMOTION MARKET AND COMMISSIONER HUNT.
[5. Chuck Mohnkern; Discuss/Consider approving the Kaufman County Investment Policy. ]
ON THE FIVE AND THAT CHUCK OUR TREASURE COME TO TALK TO US ABOUT INVESTMENT POLICY ONCE A YEAR, WE'RE REQUIRED TO, UH, BRING THE INVESTMENT POLICY TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR APPROVAL.AND ALTHOUGH THE POLICY HASN'T CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR, WE HAVE UPDATED THE TRANSCRIPTS SHOWING THE, UH, PFI, UH, QUALIFICATIONS AND THE, UH, CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS FOR THE, UH, INVESTMENT ACADEMY THAT WE'VE OBTAINED DURING THE PAST YEAR.
SO, UH, IT'S JUST, UH, ALL I HAVE TO ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON THAT.
SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPTING POLICY MANUAL.
I'LL MAKE MOTIONS EXCEPT ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER BARBER MAKES MOTION NOW.
WELL, THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
UH, OH, EYES, NO NOSE, NO MAJOR PASSES.
[6. Chuck Mohnkern; Discuss/Consider Kaufman County's mandatory training policy for all county employees,]
UP AGAIN.AND THIS IS DISCUSSED THE MANDATORY TRAINING AND POLICIES FOR THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, REQUESTED, UH, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, HOSTILE WORKPLACE AND DIVERSITY TRAINING.
AND IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT LINED UP, UH, WE ALSO, I GUESS, DISCOVERED WE HAVE NO POLICY ON THAT, UH, STATE LAW DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT WE DO IT.
UH, IT ONLY REQUIRES THAT STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT WE DO IT.
IT'S A, IT'S ONLY REQUIRED OF, UH, THE, UH, STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AGENCIES TO LEAD THAT TRAINING.
SO WE, UH, HAVE A POLICY THAT WAS WRITTEN UP AND I'M BRINGING THAT TO YOU TO ASK FOR APPROVAL ON THAT.
SO WHENEVER WE DO INITIAL, WHEN OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE THEIR, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT WHENEVER THEY COME IN AND THEY HAVE THEIR BRIEFING AND MEETING WITH HR AND THEY GO THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF, DO THEY GO THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF? NO, IT'S NOT.
IT'S NOT PART OF THE INTRODUCTION, NO PROCESS FOR A NEW HIRE.
CAN WE INCORPORATE IT IN THAT? THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS HAVE IT, UH, AN ONGOING TRAINING TO, UH, COVER US, COVER THE COUNTY AGAINST LIABILITY GOING FORWARD.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME ONE OF THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE A LAW AGAINST IT? NO.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, WHY WOULD WE WHAT'S THE EXEMPTION IS THAT AS FOR US OVER CDS THAT I DON'T KNOW.
SO IT MUST BE A REASON OR THE STATE LEGISLATOR WOULD HAVE ORDERED US THE HAVE THAT SAME THING.
IS IT, DOES IT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE CAN'T ORDER OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS? WELL, WE CAN'T ORDER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE CAN STRONGLY RECOMMEND, BUT AS FAR AS EMPLOYEES, WE CAN REQUIRE THAT.
UH, NO, HE DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU.
HE WORKS FOR THE OTHER, LIKE THE FACIAL.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID.
WELL, I MEANT HE WORKED FOR THAT ELECTED FACIAL.
HIS EMPLOYEES DOES NOT WORK FOR YOU.
HE WORKS FOR ELECTED BASICALLY.
I LEAVE THAT TO THE, I MEAN, THERE'S A REASON REASONABLE LEGISLATOR, OBVIOUSLY.
UH, IT HAS NOT COMMANDED THAT WE DO HAVE IT.
WHAT ON PAGE 68 OR 60 IN THE MANUAL THAT, THAT WE DON'T ALLOW ANY KIND OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT DISCRIMINATION OR ANY OF THOSE, RIGHT.
THAT'S IN THE POLICY MANUAL, BUT THERE'S, WE HAVE NO TRAINING AND THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR POLICY MANUALS.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR POLICY MANUAL AND, UM, YOU AND I TALKED YESTERDAY, SOME, BUT WHAT WE HAVE
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IN OUR POLICY MANUAL IS WHERE WE, UM, YOU KNOW, DON'T TOLERATE SEXUAL HARASSMENT, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, ANY KIND OF THE FEDERAL LAWS THAT PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION.AND SO WHAT, IS THERE A FEDERAL LAW REQUIRING US TO TRAIN FOR THAT? THERE'S NO, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
SO, SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THE REASON THAT WE SET UP A POLICY AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO IT AND ADJUST IT BASED ON SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD.
BUT WHAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, TO SET UP IS A BEST PRACTICES WHERE, UM, WE HAVE A POLICY THAT SAYS NO SEXUAL HARASSMENT, NO DISCRIMINATION, BUT WE WANTED SOME TRAINING SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE SAY NO SEXUAL HARASSMENT, NO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY ABOUT THAT? SO THAT AS A COUNTY, OUR EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT? WHAT'S WHAT WOULD THE LAW CONSIDER THAT? AND, AND THE REASON THAT WE WOULD LIKE, UM, SOME TYPE OF POLICY THAT EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE ON, AS FAR AS, AS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TRAINING, WE CERTAINLY CAN'T TELL AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHAT TO DO OR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, WHAT TO DO WITH HIS EMPLOYEES THAT WORK UNDER HIM.
BUT ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROVIDE TRAINING SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE A COUNTY POLICY THAT SAYS NO SEXUAL HARASSMENT, NO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, UM, NO DISCRIMINATION THAT EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS BECAUSE SOMETIMES UNDER THE LAW, UM, WHAT IS, WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ILLEGAL OR THE COUNTY CAN BE LIABLE FOR IS DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE WHAT SOME EMPLOYEE MIGHT THINK.
AND SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO IS BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN WHAT OUR POLICY SAYS.
WE WON'T TOLERATE AND HELPING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS.
AND ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN CERTAINLY PARTICIPATE OR NOT PARTICIPATE.
EMPLOYEES CAN PARTICIPATE OR NOT PARTICIPATE.
BUT AS A COUNTY, WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE TRAINING THAT HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR THAT IS APPROPRIATE AND IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW THIS TRAINING IS GOING TO BE DONE.
I WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT VIDEO OR THEY HAVE TO COME TO A LOCATION AND DO IT AS A GROUP.
OR THE TRAINING IN MAY WILL BE ON LOCATION.
AND, UH, THERE'LL BE THREE DAYS, SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND TAKE THAT TRAINING.
UH, AS FAR AS AFTER THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT DONE, UM, ONLINE SO THAT THEY CAN JUST TAKE IT.
FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE HIRE SOMEBODY NEW, THEY COULD JUST TAKE THAT TRAINING ONLINE AND, AND BE DONE WITH IT INSTEAD OF WHO WOULD BE CONDUCTING THE TRAINING.
MICHELLE ARSENAULT FROM TAC IS CONDUCTING THE TRAINING AND WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE, MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED POLICY WHERE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE ANY KIND OF STAR CERTIFICATION PAY OR ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT PROVIDES A LOOPHOLE FOR IT'S FOR THE POLICY TO BE COME USED AS THE TRAINING TO BE USED AS SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT INTENDED FOR.
AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S TRAINING, THAT'S ALWAYS PROVIDED ONSITE AT THE COUNTY, WHETHER IT'S ONLINE OR WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A BOOKLET OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WHERE IT'S, IT'S NOT ANY KIND OF COST OR, UM, OR, OR CREATES A LOT OF WORK TIME LOSS FOR ANY EMPLOYEE OR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TWEAKING, UM, THE POLICY, UM, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO, TO TRY TO COVER SOME OF THOSE CONTINGENCIES, RIGHT.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY, IT'S SAD THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CLASS TO DEAL WITH HOW PEOPLE KNOW TO TREAT EACH OTHER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S OUT THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE MAY CLASS ALREADY, I SAY, NAH, BECAUSE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR ROAD BUILDING SEASON, AND WE HAVE A SPECIFIC WINDOW TO GET STUFF DONE OUT IN THE COUNTY ON THE ROADS, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE TEMPERATURE.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T LET MY GUYS TAKE OFF OR EVEN LOSE A DAY UNLESS YOU CAN MAKE IT RAIN THE SPECIFIC DAY THAT YOU PICK THE CLASS, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME WAY THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO GET THAT HAPPENING.
AND I KNOW YOU BRING AN OUTSIDE SOURCE, BUT MIGHT AS WELL NOT WORK FOR ME.
I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, BUT WE'RE ROLLED WITH IN GULLWING AT THAT
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TIME.AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF WE START LOSING DAYS TO RAIN, TO CLASSES, EVEN THOUGH I DO FEEL LIKE THERE'LL BE AN ASSET, WE JUST, WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
SO, I MEAN, AND I UNDERSTAND IN YOUR WORLD, YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DON'T THINK OF THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS OURSELVES, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KIND OF WORK OUT SOMETHING THAT'LL WAY.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH, WE HAVE, THE COUNTY HAS ALMOST 600 EMPLOYEES, I THINK.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO COME SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR.
SO THAT IT'S A GOOD, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES.
AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO WORK.
SHOP, VISIT POLICY HAS A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, IF IT'S A POLICY THAT THE COUNTY ADOPTS, IT NEEDS TO BE OBVIOUSLY WITH THE BLESSING OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE COUNTY WOULD WANT TO IMPLEMENT AND THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S WORKABLE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COUNTY.
MIKE BROUGHT UP ABOUT MAKING THIS PART OF A, YOU KNOW, A NEW EMPLOYEE WHEN THEY COME ON BOARD.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO DO THIS AND MAYBE EVEN WE HAVE SOME REALLY SIGN OFF THAT THEY COMPLETED AND WHATEVER TO SHOW THAT'S IN THEIR FILE.
THEY KNOW THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED AND TAUGHT ABOUT THIS AS FAR AS THE CURRENT EMPLOYEES GO AGAIN.
I THINK THAT MAY CAUSE SOME, SOME, ONE OF A HARDSHIP, NOT JUST ON US, ON OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
AND, UM, MAYBE WE COULD DO IT KIND OF LIKE THE, UH, COMPUTER TRAINING, THE CYBER TRAINING, WHERE, OKAY, THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT BY A CERTAIN TIME AND YOU COMPLETE THIS AND NOW IT'S IN THE FILE THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS.
AND YOU SAY, YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, CAUSE, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, WE HAD SIMILAR POLICIES AT THE CITY OF RV WHEN I WORKED THERE AND THEY PRETTY WELL GOT TO THE POINT TO WHERE EVERYTHING WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO LOOK UP AND THEIR DEPARTMENT HEAD OR WHATEVER WOULD GIVE THEM TIME TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY S THEY WOULD CHECK AND SAY, OKAY, YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED THIS YET.
AND YOU'VE GOT TIL, YOU KNOW, X DATE.
AND THEN THEY WOULD SAY, OKAY, YOU NEED TO TAKE 30 MINUTES TO GO DO THIS.
AND THEN THEY WOULD DO IT AND TO DONE WITH IT.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, US DOING THESE, THESE TRAINING CLASSES AND PULLING PEOPLE OUT, I THINK THAT'S KINDA CAUSED PROBLEMS. I KNOW IT WILL FOR US DEFINITELY.
SO ACTUALLY ONE OF MY ITEMS IS TALKING ABOUT CYBER SECURITY COURSE, AND I THINK HE'S USING TECH IS THAT WHO'S GOING DO THIS, THIS CLASS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A FREE OPTION.
UM, I'M USING TAG AS WELL, IT'S ONLINE, BUT THERE ARE PLATFORMS JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW THAT COVER CYBER SECURITY COURSE THAT'S MANDATED.
AND THEY HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER COURSES LIKE SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND THE OTHER.
SO IN THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED ON A NEW EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING OR ANYTIME OF THE YEAR COULD BE DONE ONLINE.
SO I'M JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW THAT THAT IS AN OPTION THERE'S PLATFORMS THAT HAVE EVERYTHING THERE, YOU KNOW, HOW I WOULD FORWARD RATHER THAN MY PEOPLE, EVEN MYSELF, TO SIT IN A CLASS AND HAVE HUMAN INTERACTION, BUT, YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE CAN MOVE THE TIME AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY OPTION OPTION WE HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HOLD THEM OVER WHEN THEY COME IN IN THE AFTERNOON OR SOMETHING TO DO A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND WORK IT OUT OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, THREE WEEK PERIOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF THERE'S A DATE, WE SAID, OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE IN THE FALL WHERE WE COULD LOOK AT IN FALL AND WINTER IS THE BEST TIME FOR OUR GUYS TO, BUT I STILL I'M GOING TO COME BACK ONE MORE TIME.
AND THE STATE, WE WORK OFF STATE, DO WE NOT WORK OFF STATE LAWS? RIGHT.
YOU STOOD UP, MADE A VERY VALID POINT.
WHAT HIS IS, IS MANDATED BY THE LEGISLATOR THAT WE, WE DO MANDATES BY THE LEGISLATOR.
WE DON'T USUALLY GO OFF ON OUR OWN AND START MAKING OUR OWN MANDATES.
I MEAN, WE JUST DON'T DO THAT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S, IF IT'S A, I MEAN, YOU'RE A LAWYER AND YOU CAN SIT UP HERE AND ARGUE WITH ME, BUT THEY, UH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S, IF IT'S IN SOME SENSE, LEGAL FOR US TO JUST COME ALONG AND START MANDATING LAWS.
I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO TRAINING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE'RE TALKING, YOU DIDN'T SPECIFY IN THE ONE THAT JUDGE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE OTHER ONE.
DID YOU SPECIFY WHAT KIND OF TRAINING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF OPEN HANDED TO SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO START DOING TRAINING YEARS IS MANDATED
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AND WE ALL FOLLOWED THAT, THAT MADE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT NEEDS TO DEPARTMENT RESPOND TO WHAT WE SAY.I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE AN ACTION POLICY FOR ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WELL, I'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT.
WE DON'T TELL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DO.
I SAID, I'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT EARLIER.
WE DON'T TELL ELECTED OFFICIALS WHAT TO DO, BUT AS LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT BEST PRACTICES ARE AND THINGS THAT PROTECT THE COUNTY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF, WHAT IF I JUST MAKE IT SUGGESTING THAT WE DO WORKSHOP THIS, WHERE WE CAN TAKE THE TIME AND DO SOME RESEARCH OR WHATEVER, AND THEN COME BACK AND MAKE A DECISION.
WELL, AND THAT'S, AND I, AND I TALKED TO Y'ALL ABOUT THAT, THAT IT WAS AN INSTANT THING.
IT CAME TO REALLY SHORT NOTICE AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING AND I'M THINKING, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
SO WE JUST TABLE IT UNTIL WE CAN SCHEDULE A, IF WE TYPE IT, WE GOT IT.
WON'T TAKE OVER THIS, LET IT GO.
WELL, LET ME SAY NO, NO, WE'RE JUST DIED.
[7. Lynn Fanion; Present/Accept the 2022 first-quarter report for the Collections Department. ]
LAND FANON, PRESENT QUARTER REPORT FOR COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT.SO YOU'VE BEEN SITTING UP HERE LISTENING TO ALL THIS GOOD STUFF ALL THE WHOLE TIME, REALLY ENJOYING HERSELF AS LIKE BEING IN THE MOVIES.
UH, THIS IS OUR FIRST QUARTER FOR 2022.
UM, SOMETIMES THE MONTHS DON'T, I HAVEN'T REALLY FELT LIKE THE MONTHS LOOKED GOOD, BUT THE CORNER ALWAYS KIND OF MAKES THINGS CLEAR TO MAKE, UM, THIS PAST QUARTER, OUR COLLECTIONS WITH WAS $317,200 AND 4 CENTS.
UH, THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 22 POINT 70% FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, UM, LAST YEAR, AND THEN AN INCREASE OF 20 POINT 28% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 2021.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF CREEPING BACK UP, UH, CLOSE TO WHERE WE WERE OR GETTING THERE, UH, PRE COVID.
UH, THAT'S REALLY BEEN HARD ON COLLECTING.
UH, SO, BUT IT'S KIND OF, UM, IT'S KINDA MOVING BACK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I MEAN, I KNOW THE COLLECTIONS ARE INCREASING, BUT THE REASONS THAT YOU'RE EVEN MAKING COLLECTIONS, IT MUST BE INCREASED IN TO WELL, TRUE.
AND AS, UH, AS THE COUNTY GROWS, THAT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE AND COLLECT.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MORE MONEY I'LL COLLECT MORE MONEY THAN SOMEBODY ELSE'S SPENDING OVER HERE AT THE OTHER END OF THE COUNTY.
I MEAN, AT LEAST SOME OF OUR MONEY IS BEING RETURNED TO US AT COST FOR THE REASON YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS COLLECTION.
AND I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO GET COMPLIANCE FROM THE CORE.
AND I DO, I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUNTY JUST RECENTLY WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MEANS OF COLLECTING YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND, AND I'M THINKING, WHAT ABOUT RESTITUTION? OR THEY'RE NOT COLLECTING RECITATION FOR VICTIMS, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE, UM, WE ARE DOING A GOOD SERVICE, UH, AS BEST AS WE CAN TO, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE COUNTING TO THE WEST OF US IS COLLECTING DALLAS AND THEY'RE COLLECTING THEM IN THE ONES THAT THE NORTH ROCKWALL IS RIGHT WAY.
NO, I THINK EMOTION, THEY ACCEPT OUR REPORT.
MR. HUNT MAKES MOTION SEGMENT AND COMMISSIONER BARBARA SECONDS.
[8. Nathan Collins; Discuss/Consider approval to participate in the Texas Association of Counties cybersecurity training program. ]
US TO EIGHT, WHICH IS NATHAN COLLINS, RIGHT? I THINK DIRECTOR IS IT CONSIDERED PARTICIPATING IN THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, UH, CYBERSECURITY, WHICH WE KIND OF HEARD ABOUT IN A MINUTE AGO, A LITTLE BIT.SO THIS, THIS IS, UM, THIS TYPE OF COURSE IS MANDATED, BUT THE WAY WE DO THE COURSE IS OPTIONAL.
SO THIS IS JUST TO APPROVE USING TACK TO DO THIS COURSE.
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WE'VE DONE THAT LAST TWO YEARS, SO, OKAY.WELL, AND YOU KNOW, THIS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S A STATE DIDN'T MANDATE ALL OF THOSE COUNTIES AND DO CYBERSECURITY.
SO ANYWAY, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER, BARBARA
SO
[9. Zennell Andy; Discuss and consider approval of a 36-month equipment lease from HOLT Equipment, for a new Caterpillar Model: 140GC Motor Grader for Precinct #3, utilizing Sourcewell Contract #032119. ]
LEASE WERE, UM, HONED EQUIPMENT FOR A NEW CATERPILLAR MODEL, ONE 40 GC MOTOR GRADER OR PRECINCT THREE UTILIZING CONTRACT.I'M JUST COMING TO THE COURT TODAY TO ASK PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS LEASE FOR THREE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE HAVE SOME LEASES THAT ARE ABOUT TO EXPIRE, SO WE'RE JUST DOING NEW ONES, GETTING NEW EQUIPMENT.
SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE, UH, PROVE THAT, OH RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA AND THE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.
[10. Zennell Andy; Discuss and consider approval of a 36-month equipment lease from HOLT Equipment, for a new Caterpillar Model: 150JOY-BR Motor Grader for Precinct #3, utilizing Sourcewell Contract H032119. ]
NUMBER 10 FOR THE DISCUSS THE APPROVAL OF OVER 36 MONTH EQUIPMENT.LEASE FOR HOME EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW CATERPILLAR MOTOR GRADER, AND THE SAME WITH THIS ONE.
JUST PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, THIS LEASE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.
AND COMMISSIONER CAKES THAT I TOO.
[11. Auditor; Discuss/Consider line-item transfers. ]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR FAVORITE PERSON ON THE COURT COUNTY AUDITOR, INLAND ADAM TRANSFERS.DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LINE OF TRANSFERS? NO, MA'AM I DON'T HAVE ANY, NOBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS AND I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE MOTION, WHATEVER MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.
SECOND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA.
[12. Auditor; Discuss/Consider claims for payment.]
OUR AUDITOR'S BACK UP ONE MORE TIME FOR CLAIMS, FOR PAYMENTS.ALL THE PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR MONEY.
YOUR CLIENTS, YOUR PAYMENT OR MILLION $943,263 AND 67 CENTS.
882,000 OF THAT IS YOUR ROAD BOND MONEY.
UH, WE PAID ALL OF OUR INSURANCES, OUR AUTO LIABILITY LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY, PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIABILITY.
AND THEN, UH, THE FINES FEES AND COURT COSTS FOR 215,000.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE BALES OR CLAIMS? NO.
THEN WE'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
NOW I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT A SECOND.
WELL, I'D HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.
[13. Adjourn Meeting ]
IT ALL.THAT BRINGS US TO THE LAST ONE AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.