Jun 14, 2022 Commissioners Court

THREE COUNTY TREASURER TO DISCUSS, UH, THE CONSIDERING THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION, THE COUNTY'S HEALTH BENEFIT PACKAGE THIS FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.

[3. Chuck Mohnkern; Discuss/Consider renewing the Texas Association of Counties Health Benefits package for Kaufman County. ]

GOOD MORNING.

FISHERS CHECK.

UH, FOR THE COUNTY'S PART TO COVER THE EMPLOYEES.

UH, HERE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL ON A RENEWING THE HEALTH BENEFITS PACKAGE.

WE'VE GOT SOME OPTIONS.

WE HAVE A GOOD RENEWAL RATE THIS YEAR ONLY 2.5% INCREASE.

AND I HANDED OUT JUST BEFORE THE MEETING, THIS LITTLE HANDOUT, WHICH CAME FROM THE, UH, UH, REVIEW, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, WHICH SHOWS THAT OUR LOSS RATIO, UH, WAS VERY GOOD COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER COUNTIES.

UH, BUT FOR BASICALLY FOR EVERY DOLLAR ON THE AVERAGE THAT WE PAID INTO, UH, THE PLAN, WE, THEY PAID OUT 86.3, 3 CENTS IN CLAIMS. SO THEY ACTUALLY MADE MONEY OFF OF KAUFMAN COUNTY FOR THE PAST YEAR OR ACTUALLY FOR THE PAST 36 MONTHS.

SO ANYWAY, 2.5% IS OUR RENEWAL RATE THIS YEAR, UH, THAT WOULD PUT US AT EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE EIGHTY SIX, THE COST OF THE COUNTY FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.

AND THEN THE RATES WOULD INCREASE, UH, FOR LIKE THE EMPLOYEE AND CHILD AND EMPLOYEE AND CHILDREN AND SO ON.

THEY'RE ALL GOING TO, UH, ALL THOSE RATES WILL INCREASE BY 2.5% AS WELL.

UH, DENTAL WILL INCREASE BY 0.7%.

SO THERE'S NOT MUCH OF AN INCREASE THERE.

IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS.

I PRINTED OUT THAT SHEET THAT WAS IN THIS, UH, RENEWAL PACKAGE, BUT I PULLED IT OUT SEPARATELY.

SO IT'S EASIER TO FIND, EXCUSE ME.

UM, WE HAVE TWO OTHER OPTIONS, UH, THAT WERE PRESENTED THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT THAT WE, THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO PAY AND REDUCE THE, UH, PREMIUMS THAT, UH, THE, FOR THE EMPLOYER EMPLOYEES, PART OF THIS, THE, UH, OPTION ONE WOULD INCREASE THE DEDUCTIBLE FROM 1000 TO 1,500 PER YEAR.

AND FOR OUT OF NETWORK, IT WOULD INCREASE FROM 3000 TO 4,500.

THE CO-INSURANCE WOULD INCREASE FROM 3000 TO 3,500.

AND FOR OUT OF A NETWORK FROM 6,000 TO 7,000 ON OPTION ONE, OPTION ONE WOULD BE $840 AND 2 CENTS,

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UM, OPTION TWO WOULD, UH, INCREASE THAT DEDUCTIBLE FROM 1000 TO 2000.

SO BASICALLY IT'S JUST DOUBLING OUR DEDUCTIBLES BECAUSE THE OUT OF NETWORK DEDUCTIBLE THAT WOULD ALSO GO UP TO 6,000 AND THEN THE CO-INSURANCE WOULD INCREASE FROM 3000 TO 4,000 AND OUT OF NETWORK FROM 6,000 TO 8,000, THAT WOULD REDUCE OUR MONTHLY PREMIUM TO 807 90 FOR THE COUNTY'S PART PER EMPLOYEE.

AND THEN ALSO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE, UH, UH, EMPLOYEES PARTS AS WELL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER JUNE 30TH? WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RENEWAL IN YOU SUPPLY ME WITH THAT INFORMATION.

YES.

SO I GET THAT IN THE BUDGET.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE US DOING ANYTHING.

IT'S GOING TO PUT MORE OF A BURDEN ON OUR EMPLOYEES.

UH, I THINK THAT LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS.

WE COVERED EVERYTHING.

IS THAT CORRECT HEARING WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE TO INCREASE THE YES, SIR.

WE HAD THAT IN GREECE.

WE WENT FROM 900 TO 10,892.

WELL, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE JUST PAY THE INCREASE IN, KEEP THE BENEFITS THE SAME AS THE SAME BENEFIT BACK.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

HAVE Y'ALL KNOW I'M ON BOARD OF THAT PART.

THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS, MR. K? YES.

OH, WOW.

I WANT TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO Y'ALL THEY COME UP WITH THIS AND I DON'T KNOW IF CHUCK KNOWS ABOUT IT, BUT WE ALWAYS HAD IN THE APARTMENT 4 0 9 IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WAS GENERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR INSURANCE WAS BEING PAID FOR YEARS, THEN OUR COUNTY JUDGE BY DEPARTMENT.

SO WE CAN SEE WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT WAS ACTUALLY COSTING US.

SO, UM, SORRY.

I AGREED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND WE FIX IT WHERE WE DO IT.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE SHERIFF, HE'S SO HARD TO WORK FOR.

HE HAS A LOT OF VACANT POSITIONS, SO WE DON'T SPEND ALL OF THAT MONEY.

WHAT WAS HIDDEN THAT NOBODY EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THE INSURANCE THAT WE PAY ON THE RETIREES.

SO NOW THAT I'VE CHARGED THAT TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS, I'M HAVING TO MAKE UP WHAT I PAY FOR THOSE RETIREES IN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT 4 0 9.

AND THAT'S WHERE I PLAN TO KEEP IT.

BUT NOW I'VE GOT TO FIND AN EXTRA TWO TO $300,000 TO COVER THAT.

SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW UP AHEAD, WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND GOT MOST OF IT COVERED ALREADY BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA STUFF WE HAVE THIS YEAR, BUT WE MIGHT NEED SOME HELP TO PUSH THAT FORWARD WHEN WE CAN GET INTO THE BUDGET.

BUT I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY JUST FROM THE ASSESSED VALUES AND STUFF FOR THE RETIREES.

WE ALREADY HAVE THAT LINE ITEM THAT I FIXED.

BUT PART OF THE ISSUE IS WHEN PEOPLE COME IN TO PAY THEIR INSURANCES THAT HAVE RETIRED, THEY MIGHT HAVE STILL LIFE INSURANCE, AFLAC WORKS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, AND THEN HEALTH BECAUSE THEY, SOME OF THEM PAY HALF OF THEIR HEALTH.

WOULD BE NO, THE CURRENT CURRENT PLAN, THE CURRENT PLAN, CURRENT RENT, THE SAME KIND OF THE RENEWAL RATE AS WE HAVE NOW AND MAINTAIN THE SAME BENEFIT PACKAGE.

IT'S GOTTEN REAL CONFUSING TO BALANCE THAT AND CLEAR IT OUT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S ALL LUMPED INTO ONE, NOBODY'S BREAKING IT DOWN.

THIS IS FOR HEALTH.

THIS IS FOR LIFE.

THIS IS FOR THIS, AND THIS IS FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE CREATING EXTRA LITTLE LINE ITEMS TO HELP US.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE CLEARING THOSE ACCOUNTS AND THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING THE RIGHT AMOUNTS BECAUSE WE FOUND SOME WHERE WE WERE PAYING.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PAYING AND SOME THAT WE HAVEN'T PAID THAT WE OWED.

SO IT'S KIND OF A CLEANUP THAT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS DOING.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH HR REAL CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS ALL CORRECT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT, THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE, THEIR RETIREES BEING INCLUDED IN THAT BIG LINE ITEM AND THAT LUMP SUM OF THE 3 MILLION THAT WE USED TO PAY.

YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T SHOWING LIKE THAT.

SORRY, I'LL SHUT UP.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO MIKE MADE THE MOTION AND THEN WE'LL BE STICKING WITH, IT'S NOT THE CURRENT PLAN B OPTION ONE, RIGHT? IT

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RIGHT.

SO THAT'S THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, THAT COMMISSIONER HUNT MADE AND COMMISSIONER BARBARA SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR SO THAT NOBODY MISSING INTERPRETED, RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

PLAN.

THANKS, JOE.

AND ANYWAY, SO NUMBER,

[4. Laura Hughes; Discuss/Consider Merchant Services Agreement between Automated Merchant Services (AMS), Chase Merchant Services (CMS), and the County Clerk's Office, for use with Tyler Eagle Software. ]

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, LAURA HUGHES TO DISCUSS THE MERCHANT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AUTOMATED MERCHANT SERVICES, AMS AND CHASE MERCHANT SERVICES, CMS, AND THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE TO USE TYLER EAGLE SOFTWARE, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY PASSED EAGLE SOFTWARE.

THIS IS THIS ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT, RIGHT? YES.

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, YOU APPROVED GOING FROM THE, UH, TYLER EAGLE FROM A SERVER-BASED TO AN ONLINE PRODUCT.

AND THIS IS JUST THE FINANCIALS KIND OF FOLLOWING UP WITH IT, TALK TO PURCHASING.

SHE IS GOOD WITH IT.

AND WE'LL PROBABLY COME BACK TO COURT LATER ON TO UPGRADE USING THE SAME CONTRACT FOR THAT TYLER UPGRADE FOR THE COUNTY AND THE DA'S OFFICE HAS ALREADY LOOKED AT ALL THESE CONTRACTS AND THEY'RE GOOD WITH THEM.

SO WE'RE JUST FINISHING UP THE PAPERWORK, PLEASE.

IS THERE ANY BUDGET CHANGE OR BUDGET IMPLICATION? NO.

SO I GUESS WE'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS WRITTEN.

OH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KATE'S SECOND.

AND THEN SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT.

ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU.

[5. Sheriff Beavers; Discuss/Consider moving Detention position to Lieutenant positions. ]

NUMBER FIVE.

OUR SHARE RAN BEAVERS, CONSIDER MOVING TENSION POSITION TO A LIEUTENANT POSITION.

WELL, WE HAVE GOING ON IS, YOU KNOW, BACK IN, UH, 17, WE LOWERED SOME OF THE COMMAND STAFF IN THE JAIL AND MADE IT A LOT EASIER WHEN WE HAD SENIOR PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T DO THAT WERE 23 PEOPLE SHARP, AND WE'VE GOT SOME NEW SERGEANTS AND STUFF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADD THE LIEUTENANT POSITION TO HELP US WITH MEN ARE IN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

CAUSE WHAT THEY DO IS THEY LEAVE AT MIDNIGHT, BUT WE HAVE OPEN SPACE THAT WE NEED SOMEBODY TO MENTOR THESE NEWER SERGEANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

TO HELP US WITH DROPPING SOME PAPER ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE JAIL TO CUT DOWN A LIABILITY.

SO WE'VE GOT THE MONEY IN THE BUDGETS ABOUT A $12,000 IMPACT.

I'VE TALKED WITH THE ALTRA.

SO THERE'S, DON'T SEEM TO BE A ISSUE AT ALL.

OH, I MEAN QUESTIONS.

JUST THE ONE.

YEAH, JUST THE ONE THAT STILL LEAVES US AT 129 IN THE JAIL MEAN WHAT YOU CAN'T LIEUTENANTS FOR ALL SHIFTS ARE JUST ONE FOREVER SHIFT LIEUTENANT FOR EVERY SHIFT.

YES.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WHEN WE CHANGED, WE HAD TO, BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE LIEUTENANTS TO MEET MORE OF THE SHIFT PEOPLE.

SO THEY HAD A LIEUTENANT OVER TWO SHIFTS, A DAY SHIFT ON THAT SHIFT, SAME THING ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THEN WE HAD ONE DAY LIEUTENANT THAT HANDLED WHAT WE CALL THE SHIFT, ALL THE BONDING AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID EIGHT TO FIVE PEOPLE AND THAT'S BEEN WORKING FINE UNTIL WE'VE GOT SHARP AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE AND THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE SENIOR STAFF THERE TO HELP WITH MAKING DECISIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SO THE JAIL ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTANT JAIL ADMINISTRATOR BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION AND THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE OUR BEST BET TO HELP.

SO PAPER ISSUES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PAPER ISSUES IS A BIG THING FOR US FOR JAIL STANDARDS.

SO WHATEVER MONEY.

I THINK REISHI.

SO WE'RE HOPING THIS IS GOING TO RESOLVE THAT.

HE MIGHT HAVING COMMENTS ON I'LL GO AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA BY THE SECOND CONVENTION.

NUMBER SEVEN BY MY AUDITOR, MS. KAREN WAS LAB SENT HER LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.

YOU FORGOT YOUR DEAL.

SIX.

OH, SKIP IT.

NEVERMIND.

WE'LL COME BACK TO ST CORRECT QUICK.

SO, BUT, UH, NUMBER SIX, APPROVING THE RESOLUTION TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER SCAPE PHILLIPS AS A MEMBER OF THE NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD.

THEY, UH, ALREADY CIRCLED IT, WAITING ON HIM, YOU KNOW,

[6. Discuss/Consider approving the resolution to appoint Commissioner Skeet Phillips as a member of the North Central Texas Housing Financing Corporation board ]

WE DID DO THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I THINK THIS JUST TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP, MAYBE IN THE SIGN, THE RESOLUTION FOR THE JUDGE, BUT, UH, ANYWAY,

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WE'LL DO IT ONE MORE TIME.

THIS MAKES SURE IT'S RIGHT.

DO I HEAR A MOTION? A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KATE'S THEY'LL HEAR A SECOND.

NO.

SECOND.

THE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBARA.

ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[7. Auditor; Discuss/Consider line-item and budget transfers/corrections, ]

NUMBER SEVEN.

NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR AUDITOR OWN CONSIDER LANHAM TRANSFERS ON THE MONDAY.

GOOD MORNING COURT.

DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS AND THE BUDGETS THAT WAS SENT TO YOU FOR REVIEW? NO MA'AM MAIL.

I ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL THEN.

OH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION.

SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BOMBER.

COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES A MOTION HERE A SECOND.

[8. Auditor; Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor. ]

WE'LL HEAR FROM AUDITOR AGAIN.

CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.

THAT'LL MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY TO THE AUDITOR.