Jul 19, 2022 Commissioners Court

OKAY.

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[Call to Order]

AND WE'RE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING ROOM LOCATED IN THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX.

UM, I WE'LL START OFF THE MEETING.

I'LL OFFER AN INVOCATION AND A COMMISSIONER BARBARA WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.

SO PLEASE STAND SURPRISE.

JOIN ME IN PRAYER, LORD.

WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU GIVE US AND, UH, AND IT'S, UH, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO COUNT THOSE FROM TIME TO TIME AND JUST APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE GOING FOR US.

SO WE, WE ASK YOU TO BRING US SOME MODERATE RAIN, UM, AND WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT US AGAINST FIRE AND PARTICULARLY PROTECT AND LOOK AFTER THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROTECTING US.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE FIRE ZONES AND KEEP THEM SAFE.

WHEN WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, NOW GUIDE US AS WE MAKE DECISIONS ON THE BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, THAT THEY WILL BE, UH, THE RIGHT THINGS, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT US.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSING THIS LIFE IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AH, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, THE TEXAS ONE STATE REGARDING WHAT THANK YOU.

I DON'T HAVE ANY, WE, WE NORMALLY WOULD AT THIS TIME WHEN HEAR FROM VISITORS OR AT LEAST HAVE A COMMON CARDS AND PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO SPEAK, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE TODAY.

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

I WANTED TO, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALL RECEIVED COPIES OF THE S BUT, UH, AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF, UM, THE FIRE MARSHALL AND, AND, UH, PAUL EHRS AND STEVE WHO WE ARE, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, UH, WE DECIDED YESTERDAY TO ISSUE, ISSUE A DISASTER DECLARATION FOR THE COUNTY.

AND FOLLOWING THAT, UM, UH, I SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.

THE DISASTER DECLARATION REALLY IS TO BRING PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND PEOPLE HELP EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD REPORTS OF PEOPLE SHOOTING FIREWORKS OFF OF ROADWAYS.

AND, UH, WE JUST, WE, WE, UH, MADE IT, UH, IT'S NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE UNDER OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.

NO ONE, YOU CANNOT FIRE FIREWORKS AT ALL IN THE COUNTY.

AND WE ASK THAT ANYBODY DOING WELDING OR ANY OTHER SORT OF HOT WORK OUTSIDE, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY, A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, A WATER SOURCE OR SOMETHING RIGHT THERE AT HAND TO PUT OUT ANY SPARK COMMISSIONER BARBARA AND I WERE JUST TALKING THAT, UH, WITH THE WINDS, I THINK OUR HUMIDITY TODAY IS 37% WINDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GUSTING TO 24.

AND IF YOU'RE WELDING OR YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING OUTSIDE AND YOU DROP A SPARK AND GRASS, THAT'S TWO FEET TALL.

UH, IF YOU DON'T GET THAT PUT OUT IN ABOUT A MINUTE, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET IT PUT OUT.

SO, SO WHEN WE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALMOST 500 ACRE FIRE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

IT SAID, I THINK AS OF THIS MORNING, THEY'RE SAYING IT'S 75% CONTAINED AND WE'VE HAD INCREDIBLE, I THINK NINE OF OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

AND THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE HAS BEEN PROVIDING, UH, EQUIPMENT.

AND, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME AIRCRAFT DROPPING WATER, UH, ON SOME OF THE HOTSPOTS.

SO DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE TO SHARE? I'M SORRY, IN THAT DISASTER, DECLARATION IS GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT EXTENDS IT, UH, NEXT WEEK.

OKAY.

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

DOES ANYONE CARE TO, UH, BRING ANYTHING OFF OF THE CONSENTED CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSS INDIVIDUALLY, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? HOW AM I GET MOST? WE HAD THE MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

AYE.

OPPOSED.

NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES

[3. Glenn Silva; Presentation on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program,]

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE GLENN SILVA REPRESENTING, UH, THE TEXAS PACE PROGRAM, UH, AS HE COMES UP OUT THERE.

HOW THIS CAME ABOUT WAS THE, UH, CITY MANAGER IN KAUFFMAN TOLD ME THAT HE HAD BECOME A DEVELOPER.

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NOW I HAD BROUGHT THIS TO HIS ATTENTION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

AND SO THE CITY ADOPTED, UH, TOOK ACTION THAT MAKES THE PACE PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF KAUFFMAN.

AND, UM, I WAS, I NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROGRAM BEFORE, BUT IT'S, AS YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT, IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY, A GREAT IDEA FOR US TO ADOPT.

AND, UM, SO WE HAVE GLEN SILVA AND WHENEVER WE GET HIM BOOTED UP HERE, THAT'S FINE.

I MAY NOT WORK AS YOU'LL HEAR IF THE COUNTY WERE TO ADOPT THIS PROGRAM.

UM, IT ALLOWS IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE FINANCE PROGRAM SCHEME THAT YOU SORT OF LIKE THAT IT'S A, IT'S SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES THAT MAKES OPTION.

I WILL LOOK AT THAT THAT'LL WORK KIND OF LIKE IT KIND OF LIKE YOU USE IT MAKES THAT WORK FOR YOU, THEN THE ADVANCES JUST YEAH.

BEING APARTMENT COMPLEX DOWN THE ARROW.

YEP.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, JUDGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S A PLEASURE BEING HERE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.

UH, MY NAME IS GLENN SILVER, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR STAR PACE AND WANT TO COME TO YOU AND TELL YOU WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A, UH, AN EXCITING PROGRAM THAT, AND OFF THE BAT, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IT'S AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY.

UM, YOU HAVE YOUR PACKET THERE AND IF YOU WOULD FOLLOW ME WITH, ON THE PAGES YOU HAVE THAT PACE.

1 0 1 IS THE FIRST, FIRST ONE, BUT LET'S GET DOWN TO THE SECOND ONE.

WHO ARE WE? LUNG STAR PACE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF TWO ADMINISTRATORS IN THE TECH STATE OF TEXAS THAT BASICALLY ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAM.

THE PACE PROGRAM, PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY ON BEHALF OF YOU, BASICALLY WHERE YOUR ARMS AND LEGS TO WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT STAFFING UP FOR THIS PROGRAM.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT CAN UTILIZE THIS TYPE OF FINANCING, UH, FOLLOWS THE STATUTE IT'S PROPERLY ASSESSED AND FILED.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR ROLE.

SO WHAT IS IS PACE, AS I SAID, PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY IS A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO FINANCE ANY TYPE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, WATER EFFICIENCY, OR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UPGRADES TO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, NICE STRESS CR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, BECAUSE IN OTHER STATES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THEY DO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, UM, PROGRAM.

BUT IN TEXAS, IT'S STRICTLY COMMERCIAL.

SO WHAT DOES IT DO? WELL, I THINK THE JUDGE ALLUDED TO IT.

IT PROMOTES, UM, YOU MEETING YOUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.

WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DEAL WITH POSSIBILITY OF ERCOT, DOING BROWNOUTS AND BLACKOUTS PEOPLE USING A LOT OF LUCK TRICITY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING TO THIS GREAT STATE, BUT LIKE I TELL FOLKS THEY'RE NOT CARRYING THEIR ALLOCATION OF ENERGY OR WATER WITH THEM.

SO WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO? WELL, WE CAN CURTAIL OUR USAGE BUYING WHEN WE'RE RENOVATING OR BUILDING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, WHICH USES A LOT OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER.

WE CAN MAKE THEM SMARTER.

BASICALLY.

WE CAN MAKE THEM BE DEVELOPED ABOVE CODE TO WHERE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN.

THIS PROGRAM WITH THE PROGRAM IT'S COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

THEY CAN USE IT OR THEY CAN DECIDE NO, I'M GOING TO BUILD IT JUST TO CODE AND GO ON MY MERRY WAY.

BUT ANOTHER BEAUTY, BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

IT ALLOWS THESE PROPERTY OWNERS, A HUNDRED PER UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT FINANCING WITH EXTENDED TERMS. AND YOU GO, WELL, WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE PACE GIVEN THAT'S, IT'S AN ASSESSMENT, THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT IS TIED TO THE PROPERTY.

SO THE PACE LENDERS ARE ABLE TO EXTEND THEIR FINANCING PERIOD UP TO THE ECONOMIC USEFUL LIFE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS INSTALLED.

AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT TRANSLATES TO MORE CASHFLOW FOR THE PROPERTY.

SO RIGHT NOW DEVELOPERS AND OWNERS OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ARE DEALING WITH HIGHER CONSTRUCTION COSTS, LABOR COSTS, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

THIS IS ONE THE CARROTS OUT THERE THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO INCREASE

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SO WHAT TYPE OF PACE PROJECTS? WELL, ANYTHING THAT'S I TELL PEOPLE PRIVATE IN NATURE, YOU CAN'T USE IT FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, POLICE, DEPARTMENT, FIRE STATIONS, WHATEVER IT'S, IT'S PRIVATE IN NATURE.

YOU CAN HAVE MULTIFAMILY HOTELS, UH, INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, OFFICE BUILDINGS.

WE'RE SEEING THE NEED AND THE UTILIZATION OF PACE ON PRIMARILY RIGHT NOW, MULTI-FAMILY HOTEL AND SOME OFFICE.

WHAT QUALIFIES.

I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE ANYTHING LIKE HPAC UNITS THAT ARE HIGHER RATED, UH, LED LIGHTING, COOL ROOFS, WINDOWS, ANYTHING THAT CAN CURTAIL OR LESSEN THE USE OF ENERGY OR WATER, LOW FLOW FIXTURES, BATHROOM FIXTURES, THAT TYPE OF THING.

IT'S NOTHING REALLY SEXY, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO BUILD A REDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AND USE LESS ENERGY AND WATER.

ONE OF THE EXAMPLES, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, UH, ANNUAL REPORT, WE SEND OUT MS. TRACY GAMBLE WITH THE ARTISTS ARE A COMPANY GAVE TO YOU ON PAGE 12.

THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE PUT AN ASSESSMENT ON IN DENTON COUNTY.

AND WHAT I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE, I GO, OKAY, I WANT TO, I WANT TO SEE A, A REALLY LIVE USAGE OF THIS PROGRAM, GLENN.

WELL, THE EMBASSY SUITES IN DENTON COUNTY, THEY PUT ON SOLAR PANELS FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS BY DOING THIS, THEY LOWERED THEIR ENERGY USAGE BY 21%.

SO THOSE ARE REAL DOLLARS AND THAT'S REAL ENERGY SAVINGS.

OKAY.

BENEFITS TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS.

WHY WOULD THE COUNTY ADOPT THIS PROGRAM? WELL, LIKE I SAID, IT INCREASES THE CASHFLOW NO DOWN PAYMENT, UH, VERSUS A TYPICAL BANK LOAN WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER GO INTO A BANK SAYING, BOB, TOM, I NEED TO PUT ON HPAC, L E D ALL THAT.

WELL OUT OF THE SHOOT, HE'S GOING TO WANT A 20% DOWN PAYMENT ON TWO TRADITIONAL BANK LOAN, SHORTER TERM, BECAUSE HE'S LOANING ON THOSE ASSETS, HVHC ET CETERA.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A SHORTER TERM LOAN, NOT AS ATTRACTIVE IN TERMS OF, FOR CASHFLOW.

THAT'S ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES WITH PACE, THE LONGER TERM FUNDING.

AND IT ALSO INCREASES KEEP IN MIND THE PROPERTY VALUES OF YOUR REAL ESTATE.

THAT'S GOING ON THE TAX ROLL, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPROVED PROPERTY.

THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE BETTER IMPROVEMENTS IN THEM.

AND THAT TRANSLATES TO A HIGHER VALUE BENEFITS TO YOU ALL THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

LIKE I SAID, ONE, NO COST.

IT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE PROPERTY OWNERS IN YOUR JURISDICTION, THE COUNTY OF KAUFMAN, THE ABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM, IT WILL ALLOW, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ENCOURAGES THE ENERGY AND WATER CONSERVATION, WHICH WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.

IT WILL ALSO, AS I SAID, AT THE ONSET, NO COST TO IMPLEMENT FOR Y'ALL.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT STAFFING UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S A TWO-STEP PROCESS.

THE FIRST IS YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION OF INTENT.

YOU POST THE PROGRAM REPORT FOR A WEEK ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE, AND THEN WE HAVE AN ACTUAL ADOPTION OF THE PROGRAM ON YOUR SECOND MEETING.

SO THAT'S ABOUT IT.

LIKE I TELL PEOPLE, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM OF TEXANS HELPING TEXANS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, LIKE I MENTIONED, COMING TO THE STATE, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BE SMARTER ON USING OUR WATER AND ENERGY RESOURCES.

SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS AND GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT COUNTIES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM.

NOW, JUDGE.

YES, SIR.

GREAT QUESTION.

WE, UM, HAVE RECENTLY HAD COLLIN COUNTY ADOPT THE PROGRAM.

WE'RE GETTING OPTED IN, INTO DALLAS COUNTY.

UM, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY, UH, TOOK A BREAK FOR JULY, BUT WE'RE WE WERE TOLD WE WERE ON THEIR AGENDA.

UM, IN AUGUST WE ALSO HAVE DENTON COUNTY MENTIONED TO YOU THAT EXAMPLE OF THE RILEY HOTEL IN DENTON DENTON USES IT.

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ISN'T THAT SORT OF WHERE THIS THING GOT TRACTION ACTUALLY, UM, THE PROGRAM WAS ADOPTED IN 2013 AND BECAME REALLY WORKABLE IN 2015, BUT I THINK TRAVIS COUNTY HAD THEIR FIRST DEAL, UM, ON PACE.

YES, SIR.

THE CITY OF 14 YEARS.

YES, SIR.

FORNEY, CITY OF KAUFFMAN, CITY OF BURLESON.

AND, UM, ONE MORE, UH, WELL, IF THE COUNTY ADOPTS IT, UH, THERE'S NO REASON FOR ANY OF THE CITIES TO ADOPT IT BECAUSE THEY IS THERE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT IF THERE'S AN EXISTING PROGRAM, LIKE IN THIS INSTANCE, THE CITY OF KOPAN HAS PEOPLE CAN DECIDE, I'LL GO CITY OF KAUFFMAN RAT, OR I'LL GO THE COUNTY ROUTE.

THAT'S AN OPTION FOR THEM.

SO YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DIFFERENT, UM, JUST THE PROGRAM, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT THEY SAID, NO, I WANT TO USE, I WANT TO GO WITH MIKE SLY AND, AND, AND THE MAYOR, CAUSE I KNOW HIM AND THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT EXISTS.

I'LL GO THAT ROUTE.

BUT BASICALLY IT'S THE SAME, SAME PROGRAM, SIR.

WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, IT DID GET US, IT WOULD, IT COULD POSSIBLY BE IN THE COUNTY PROPERTIES THAT ARE, I DON'T WANT TO USE ITS WERE DERELICT, BUT YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OLD, OLD COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE KIND OF MARGINAL IN TERMS OF THEIR FEES, THEIR SUSTAINABILITY, YOU KNOW, FINANCIALLY THEY'VE GOT OLD ELECTRICAL AND THE, YOU KNOW, OLD, THEY DON'T HAVE SINGLE PANE WINDOWS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE OR A NUMBER OF THOSE IN THE COUNTY.

THEY COULD, THAT MIGHT BE, UH, THEIR BEST OPTION FOR GETTING FINANCING.

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

WHAT'S THE SOURCE OF YOUR FUNDING? WELL, WE HAVE PRIVATE LENDERS, PACE LENDERS.

DO YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS OR COMPANIES LIKE NUVEEN, UH, PETROS.

THEY ARE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY LEND ON, ON PACE PROJECTS.

SO IT'S PRIVATE FINANCE.

YES, SIR.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT SETS THE ANSWERS RIGHT THERE? IS IT JUST BONDS? UH, NO SIR.

IT'S JUST THE COST OF CAPITAL, WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THEIR MONEY AT AND WHAT THEY HAVE IT TO LOAN THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BETWEEN SIX TO 7% ON, ON PACE LENDING.

SO I MEAN, I MEAN THEY'RE HONEST AND OBJECTIVE AND THEY MAKE MORE MONEY ON THEIR MONEY DOING THIS.

YES, SIR.

YES SIR.

YES, SIR.

OKAY.

UM, SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM GILLIAM? WELL, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BET.

Y'ALL HAVE IN THIS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BONNIE, FOR LETTING ME USE YOUR LAPTOP.

I, UM, YEAH, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE, I THINK THE CITY OF TERRIBLE, WHEN WE DO HAVE THEIR SESSION WITH THEM, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THE SCREEN TO WORK.

AND I ASKED NATHAN IF HE WOULD COME UP HERE AND HELP WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

UM, SO THAT WAS A PRESENTATION.

AND SO GLEN, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE, UH, TELL ME AGAIN WHAT YOU SAID.

IT'S A TWO-STEP PROCESS.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO THE NEXT STEP, SIR? WOULD BE TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA AND HAVE IT AS A RESOLUTION OF INTENT.

OKAY.

AND WE'LL SEND YOU ALL THE DOCUMENTATION.

OKAY.

YES, SIR.

JUST SEND IT TO ANNABEL AND SHE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT AND GOT IT.

UH, OKAY.

[4. Tandi Smith; Discuss/Consider approval for the Appointment of Election Judges, Alternate Judges, Early Voting Officers, Ballot Board Judge and Alternate Ballot Board Judge, and Central Counting Station personnel for the 2022-2024 Submission Term.]

GOOD MORNING, GENTLE MORNING.

SO I SENT YOU GUYS A PACKET LAST WEEK.

I HOPE YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REVIEW IT.

UM, THE NAMES PRESENTED TO YOU IN ATTACHMENTS, A ONE B B ONE, THOSE WERE THE FORMAL APPOINTMENTS SUBMITTED FROM THE TWO PROSPECTIVE POLITICAL PARTIES IN KAUFMAN COUNTY REGARDING THEIR APPOINTMENTS AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 32.002 OF THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE.

DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT? APPARENTLY NOT.

OKAY.

SO THE ELECTION CODE ALLOWS US TO APPOINT INDIVIDUALS FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM OR A TWO YEAR TERM.

UM, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE LIKE TO KEEP INDIVIDUALS IN THIS PROCESS WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PREVENT A BREAK IN SERVICE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT TERM.

UM, AS WE SET THESE APPOINTMENTS, WE DO HAVE TO SET THEIR COMPENSATION RATES.

I PROVIDED YOU GENTLEMEN WITH COMPARISONS FOR

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AND I AM RECOMMENDING A PAY INCREASE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.

UM, THAT INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY ELECTION JUDGES MADE $11 AN HOUR.

CLERKS MADE 10 WERE RECOMMENDING TO KEEP UP THE PACE WITH OTHER COMPETITORS IN THE STATE AND ALSO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE HAVING QUALITY PERSONNEL AT OUR POLLS WHO ARE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING TASKS THAT ARE BECOMING MORE EVOLVED THAT WE CONSIDER THIS INCREASE TO $15 FOR JUDGES AND $13 FOR CLERKS AND ALTERNATES.

AND THAT WOULD, THAT PAY CHANGE WOULD TAKE PLACE WHEN THAT WOULD BEGIN THIS NOVEMBER? WELL, OCTOBER IS WHEN EARLY VOTING WOULD BEGIN.

IT WOULD BE FOR THIS APPOINTMENT TERM FOR TWO YEARS.

YES, ME AND MY DAD.

UM, AND WE ARE LUCKY IN THE FACT THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE 11 ENTITIES JOINING OUR NOVEMBER BALLOT.

SO THEY WOULD SHARE IN THE PORTION OF THAT COST.

SO WE'LL ELIMINATE SOME OF THE BURDEN ON THE COUNTY, BUT AGAIN, WITH GAS BEING AS HIGH AS IT HAS BEEN, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND WORKERS IN THE PRIMARY AND IN THE MAY ELECTIONS, LET ALONE GETTING READY FOR THIS NOVEMBER ELECTION, ADDITIONALLY, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR PAY RATES.

WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH OUR CENTRAL COUNTING STATION AND PERSONNEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1 27 OF THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS CONSISTS OF MEMBERS FROM OUR OFFICE AS WELL AS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

AND THE ALTERNATE PRESIDING JUDGE OF A CENTRAL COUNTING STATION WOULD BE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

AND THOSE NAMES WERE PROVIDED TO YOU AS WELL.

DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS? OKAY.

UM, ONE OF THE OTHER REQUESTS THAT I MADE WHILE WE ARE ESTABLISHING THESE INDIVIDUALS IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THESE APPOINTED OFFICIALS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT THESE INDIVIDUALS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THERE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

YES, THEY HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXT SELECTION CODE, BUT THE COUNTY SHOULD ALSO SET THEIR STANDARDS BECAUSE IN EFFECT THESE INDIVIDUALS SERVICING THE PUBLIC FOR THAT TWO WEEK PERIOD ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY AS SUCH.

THEY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO TREAT THE PUBLIC WITH RESPECT, COURTESY AS WELL AS THEIR COWORKERS.

THERE ARE NO CURRENT GUIDELINES ESTABLISHING THESE PROTOCOLS AT THE POLLING LOCATION, ISSUE FOUR IN THE DOCUMENT I SUBMITTED TO YOU LAST WEEK, IDENTIFIES THOSE GUIDELINES.

DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? NO.

IT'S THOSE GUYS ARE, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME BEFORE.

IF THEY'RE EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNTY FOR THAT PERIOD, ARE THEY COVERED UNDER OUR INSURANCE COVERAGE, YOUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.

SO THEY'RE JUST PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.

SO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHILE THEY TRANSPORT BALLOT BOX, THINGS LIKE THAT.

NOT COVERED.

YES, SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH.

OKAY.

IT SEEMED LIKE TO JUST KEEP MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE APPOINTMENTS IN THOSE, UH, WAGE RATES AS PRESENTED ON MY MOTION? WHERE THE MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBERS OR SECOND, UH, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

OKAY.

NEXT UP, CHUCK

[5. Chuck Mohnkern; Present/Accept the Treasurer's monthly report for June 2022.]

THE TREASURER'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE WANTING JUDGE COMMISSIONERS.

WE, UH, STARTED OFF JUNE WITH A $31,457,000 CASH BALANCE AND FUND 10 COMPLETED THE MONTH WITH 27 MILLION 6 71, $914 AT SUP UH, ALMOST 4 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR.

AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH LAST YEAR IT WAS 23 MILLION 9 22.

OUR INTEREST EARNED ON AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK ACCOUNTS DURING THE MONTH, 3000 331 77 EARNINGS ON OUR BALANCES INVESTED IN A TEXT POOL IN TEXAS CLASS 125,854 TOTAL OF 129,000 180 6, 29.

COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S 49,420 ARE A TOTAL INVESTED IN TEXT POOL, 49 MILLION 7 64, 9 53.

TOTAL INVESTED IN TEXAS CLASS 79 MILLION 4 0 7, 3 43.

WE ARE, UH, EARNING ON AVERAGE 1.203, 1% FROM TECH SCHOOL, 1.5, UH, RATHER 1.15, SEVEN, 7% ON THE TEXAS CLASS,

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AS OF THE END OF JUNE 56,641,000.

THE VALUE OF THE PLEDGED SECURITIES AT THE END OF THE MONTH, 215 MILLION.

SO WE ARE VERY WELL COLLATERALIZED, STILL THE PERCENTAGE INVESTED OF OUR TOTAL FUNDS.

69% PERCENTAGE IN THE BANK, 30%.

AND UM, WE WROTE 380 RECEIPTS DURING THE PAST MONTH FOR A TOTAL OF 16 MILLION, $217,656.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE A MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER.

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

NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES BACK TO THE TREASURER AGAIN,

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

THE TREASURER'S QUARTERLY REPORTS.

OKAY.

R A MONEY INVESTED IN TECH SCHOOL OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS.

UH, THE ENDING BALANCE, THERE IS 49,000 7 64, 9 53, TEXAS CLASS 79,000 407, 3 43.

OUR EARNINGS, UH, OVER THE, UH, QUARTER 100, $1,577 FROM TEXTS POOL $130,233 FROM TEXAS CLASS, 12,000 2 55 ON THE MONEY IN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK ARE A TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS INVESTED 129 MILLION, 172,296.

AVERAGE YIELD OVER THE THREE MONTH PERIOD WAS 0.8, 2%, UH, AT TEXT POOL AND A 0.1 RATHER THAT'S A LAST TIME FIGURE AND I NEED TO CORRECT THAT.

UH, AND I DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT ONE IT'S, UH, ROUGHLY THE SAME.

I THINK IT WAS JUST UNDER THE, UH, TEXT POOL AMOUNT.

AND I DIDN'T UPDATE IT.

I'M SORRY.

ANY QUESTIONS? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S QUARTERLY REPORT? SO MOVE, WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER AND CASE.

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

AYE.

OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

NEXT, UH, ROBERT HUNTER

[7. Robert Hunter; Present/Accept Veterans Services quarterly report for 3rd Qtr., FY 22.]

THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN.

SO THE SHEET I JUST HANDED YOU IS, UH, A COMPILATION OF THE, WE, WE JUST GOT OUR, UH, GDX A, THE GDX IS THE REPORT THAT THE VA SENDS OUT EACH FISCAL YEAR THAT TELLS US, UH, ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION, THE NUMBER OF VETERANS AND SO ON.

AND, UH, SO WE GOT THAT BACK.

UM, WE'RE UP A LITTLE BIT ON POPULATION.

NOT REALLY NOTICEABLE TOO, TOO MUCH.

I THINK WE WENT FROM 73 51 TO 73 57.

UH, REMEMBER THAT NUMBER IS ONLY, UH, REPRESENTING THE NUMBER OF VETERANS THAT ARE RECEIVING SERVICES FROM THE VA.

IF THERE, IF A VETERAN IS NOT RECEIVING ANY TYPE OF SERVICE FROM THE VA, THEN THE VA HAS NO IDEA THAT THEY LIVE IN THIS COUNTY, SO THEY CAN'T TRACK THOSE VETERANS.

UM, THE MOST NOTEWORTHY THING ON THERE IS THE, UH, CONTINUED GROWTH.

ALTHOUGH WE ONLY ROSE ABOUT SIX VETERANS, UH, ON THEIR BOOKS.

OUR, UH, OUR COMPENSATION THAT IS AWARDED TO KAUFMAN COUNTY, UH, WAS INCREASED BY, UM, UH, 13, 13 MILLION, I THINK THIS THIS PAST YEAR AND WHICH CONTINUES TO TREND, UH, ESSENTIALLY SINCE I CAME ON BOARD, WHICH IS THE STATS THAT I HAVE THERE, WE'VE, WE'VE CONTINUED TO GROW THAT NUMBER, WHICH IS, I THINK JUST AN INDICATIVE OR AN INDICATOR THAT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AS, UH, AS FOR THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS IS, UH, IS WORKING IN IS, IS BEING BENEFICIAL TO OUR, TO OUR CITIZENS, TO OUR VETERANS, WITH REGARDS TO THE NORMAL QUARTERLY REPORT.

THIS WAS BY FAR THE BUSIEST QUARTER WE'VE HAD, UM, SINCE WE STARTED DOING A TRACKING AND REPORTING, UH, A GREAT DEAL OF THAT WAS, UM, UH, TELEPHONIC, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE TRACK THE, YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL STATS AND EVERYTHING.

UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SECOND SLIDE, THERE WERE 160, UH, TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATIONS.

UM, LAST QUARTER, THE JUDGE HAD ASKED, UH, WE, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE, UM, VET PRO SOFTWARE THAT WE NOW HAVE IN VETERAN SERVICES.

AND HE HAD KIND OF ASKED,

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AND SO I TRIED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OFFICE VISITS THAT USE VET PRO AS WELL.

THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO SUBMIT EVERY TICKET TO THE VA.

UH, BUT I STARTED PUTTING A LITTLE DIFFERENT FLAG ON EACH ONE SO THAT I COULD KIND OF GET AN IDEA, UM, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.

UH, BUT THIS QUARTER, THERE WERE ROUGHLY 22, UM, TELEPHONIC PHONE CALLS THAT, THAT THE VETERAN DIDN'T HAVE TO COME INTO THE OFFICE THAT ORDINARILY UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM OR WITH THE OLD SOFTWARE, THE VETERAN WOULD HAVE HAD TO PHYSICALLY COME TO THE OFFICE, OR WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE PHYSICALLY GONE TO THEM.

AND THIS NEW SOFTWARE ELIMINATED AT LEAST 22.

UM, FOR THIS QUARTER THAT WE'RE TRACKING.

I THINK THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE A TINY BIT HIGHER, BUT NOT A BUNCH.

UM, SO EVERYTHING ELSE I WOULD SAY IS, IS RELATIVELY CONSISTENT.

IF WE, UM, IF WE LOOK AT THE, UM, THE, JUST THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT COMPARED TO THE OTHER QUARTERS, EVERY NUMBER FOR THIS QUARTER IS HIGHER THAN ANY NUMBER, UH, PREVIOUSLY TO IT ON OUR COMPARISON OF QUARTERS, UH, FOR JUST THIS THEN, UH, WE ARE STILL, WE'RE STILL DOWN, I THINK, A LITTLE ON OFFICE VISITS.

UM, BUT IF WE TOOK THOSE 22 FOR EXAMPLE, AND REMOVED THEM FROM THE PHONES AND TURNED THEM INTO OFFICE VISIT TICKETS, THEN OUR OFFICE VISITS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 77 THIS MONTH, WHICH WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN, UH, PRETTY OR 78, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AT A HIGHER ONE THAN ANY IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

SO WE'RE STILL DOING GOOD THERE.

UM, SOME OF THE NOTEWORTHY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE THIS PAST QUARTER, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE, UH, WHICH WAS TREMENDOUS, PHENOMENAL.

UM, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST TURNOUTS WE'VE HAD FOR A MEMORIAL DAY.

UH, IT WAS PACKED AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NICE.

SO WE'RE NOT DOING THAT TODAY.

YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THE OTHER HIGHLIGHT I ALREADY COVERED WITH THE, UH, 22 PHONE TICKETS, UM, WE'VE DONE, UH, THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT WORK BEING DONE IN THE PARK, SOME OF WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

UM, WE, UH, CONTRACTED THE GARDNER ELECTRIC TO COME IN AND DO FOUR PROJECTS.

ONE WAS TO REALLY KIND OF FINALIZE THE VETERAN'S WALL, THE, THE WIRING AND EVERYTHING ON THE BACK OF THE VETERANS WALL HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO INSTALL THE LIGHTING, BUT IT HADN'T BEEN WHAT I WOULD CALL PERMANENT .

IN OTHER WORDS, NONE OF THEM, NONE OF THOSE WIRES WERE IN CONDUITS AND EVERYTHING THEY WEREN'T PROTECTED.

UM, AND SO WE HAD GARDNER ELECTRIC COME OUT AND DO THAT.

UH, WE ALSO HAD, UM, HIM INSTALL PHOTO CELLS ON THE TWO LIGHTS IN THE FRONT OF THE PARK AND THEN SOME NEW ADDITIONS.

UM, HE HAS, UH, WE'VE INSTALLED A LIGHT JUST BEHIND THE FLAGPOLES.

UH, IT'S KIND OF IN THE TREES, WHICH WILL SHINE DOWN ON THE TANK AND IT REALLY WILL LIGHT UP THAT AREA, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF THE DARK AREA OF THE PARK AT LEAST AT NIGHT.

SO NOW THE ENTIRE PARK REALLY HAS ENOUGH AMBIENT LIGHTING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET TO THE FALL MONTHS.

AND IT'S STILL EARLY IN THE DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, SIX O'CLOCK IT'S ALREADY DARK.

NOW, SOMEBODY CAN WALK PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE WITHIN THE PARK AND HAVE ENOUGH LIGHTING TO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRIPPING OR FALLING OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

UH, WE ALSO INSTALLED A FLOOD LIGHT SPOTLIGHT TYPE DEVICE ON THE POW CHAIR THAT WE INSTALLED FOR VETERAN'S DAY.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND SOME PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, SCHEDULED AND HAVE, UM, ON, ON TAP TO DO, UH, WE ARE REMOVING THE WHITE ROCK THAT KIND OF TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM IN FRONT OF THE VIETNAM WALL, AND THAT WILL ALL BE PAPERED.

SO IT WILL NOW MATCH THE FRONT OF THE PARK, WHICH HAS ALL PAPERED.

UM, WE HAVE ORDERED, UM, 10 NEW BENCHES FOR THE PARK.

UM, THEY WILL NOT BE THE GRANITE STYLE THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PARK, BUT THEY WILL BE MORE LIKE THE STYLE THAT WE HAVE OUT IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE.

AND THEY JUST WON'T HAVE BACKS.

THEY'LL JUST BE THE FLAT BENCH LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PARK, BUT THERE'LL BE THE SAME TYPE INSTRUCTURE AS WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE SQUARE, KIND OF TYING THOSE TOGETHER.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL, UH, THREE OF THOSE ALONG EACH SIDE OF THE VETERAN'S WALL, THE VIETNAM WALL WE'LL PUT, UH, AND THEN WE'LL PUT THE OTHER FOUR UP TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE PARK.

UM, ONE OF WHICH WILL BE WHERE THE TANK IS.

UM, ALSO WITH THAT, WE ARE, UM, WE, WE ORDERED THREE TRASH RECEPTACLES, UH, THAT WILL BE PERMANENT, THAT WILL HAVE MOUNTED IN THE GROUND AND EVERYTHING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR TRASH RECEPTACLES.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TIMES WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND PICK UP TRASH BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT AN EFFECTIVE TRASH COLLECTION SYSTEM OUT THERE.

SO, UM, THAT'S THAT.

AND THEN LASTLY, BUT

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YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE WHERE I'M GOING.

SO I WAS JUST LEAVING.

IT WILL BE COOLER THERE, BUT IT WILL STILL BE SUNNY.

SO IT WON'T BE HOTTER.

IT WILL NOT BE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS IF YOU GENTLEMEN, LIKE, UM, I MADE YOU A COMPILATION OF OUR STATS FOR THAT GDX, BUT IF ANY OF YOU WANTED TO SEE THAT GDX IS NATIONWIDE REALLY, BUT, UM, IT'S TABBED OUT BY STATE.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO SEE HOW WE COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTIES OF INTEREST TO YOU OR WHATEVER, I CAN CERTAINLY SEND YOU THAT DOCUMENT.

UH, IF YOU JUST LET ME KNOW YOU WANT IT AND I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET IT QUESTIONS.

GREAT, GREAT REPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

UM, SO THIS POINT, LOOK FOR EMOTION FOR ACCEPTING THE VETERANS QUARTERLY REPORT IS PRESENTED.

MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNTER.

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

NO MOTION CARRIES FABIAN

[8. Lynn Fanion; Present/Accept Collections Department quarterly report.]

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING MORNING.

UM, FOR THIS PAST QUARTER, UM, OUR TOTAL COLLECTIONS WAS $331,911 AND 38 CENTS.

THAT IS AN INCREASE OF 4.6, 4% FROM THE PREVIOUS CORNER, UH, AND AN INCREASE OF 2% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 2021.

SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF ON THE INCREASE CRISIS A LITTLE BIT, ALTHOUGH IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER FROM THE LAST QUARTER QUESTIONS.

NO, THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT REPORT IS PRESENTED BY THE MOTION COMMISSIONER OF BARBERS OR SECOND CYCLE COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, LYNN.

UH, NEXT STEP DESERET POOL

[9. Desiree Pool; Present/Accept Indigent Health Care quarterly report.]

GOOD MORNING.

HOW ARE Y'ALL THIS MORNING? UM, I SENT Y'ALL A REPORT, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, THE COMPRESSOR COMPARISON FROM LAST YEAR.

UM, TH I'M SURE YOU ALL GOT A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT, AS YOU CAN TELL THE NUMBER IS DOWN.

UM, SO THAT'S GOOD.

I'M HOPING THAT IT'S A GOOD THING.

SO, UM, I AM GOING TO LET YOU KNOW NEXT MONTH, THE JUDGE AND I HAVE A MEETING WITH PARKLAND HOSPITAL ABOUT THE CARE THEY PROVIDED TO THE KAUFMAN COUNTY, UM, INDIVIDUALS.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE A POSITIVE THING FOR US.

AND THEN ALSO IN SEPTEMBER, I'M GOING TO BE HOSTING A, A REGION THREE, UH, TABLETOP DISCUSSION WITH, UM, THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND, UM, THE HOSPITALS.

AND I DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS THAT I HAVE REACHED OUT TO, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BY.

I WILL LET Y'ALL KNOW WHEN THAT IS AND Y'ALL COULD COMBINE AND MEET EVERYONE.

UM, THEY WOULD PROBABLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO, UH, I THINK, UH, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY ACTUALLY, UM, SAY THEY'RE COMING, BUT I'M NOT DOING IT IN MY ROOM BACK HERE.

UM, BECAUSE IT IS BIG ENOUGH.

UM, BUT IF IT'S, IF A LOT COME MORE THAN WHAT I EXPECT, I'LL PROBABLY SEE IF I CAN'T DO IT UP IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? NOBODY'S IS THE PARKING LOT MEETING YOU'RE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE OUT OF THERE.

SO THAT MEANS THEY WANT MORE MONEY, MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT WE HAVE GOT ALL THE NUMBERS FOR THEM AND EVERYTHING.

SO WE'LL SEE.

I KNOW, I KNOW, AH, THERE, THEY DO HAVE A NEW INITIATIVE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

SO BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

UM, ANY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR DESERET? OH, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE INDIGENT HEALTHCARE REPORT IS PRESENTED? OH, WE HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

AYE.

OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

DESERET.

NEXT UP THERESA FLOYD

[10. Teressa Floyd; Present/Accept the Tax Assessor-Collector's monthly report for June 2022.]

COLLECTORS' MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE 22.

EVERYBODY'S LOVELY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO FOR THE JUNE TECH SIDE, WE HAVE, UM, OUR CURRENT TAXES.

WE COLLECT A 407,000 782 12, UM, DELINQUENT 90,000 1 57 92 FOR A TOTAL COLLECTION OF 497, 9 10 0 4.

WE DO HAVE DEFERRALS, OF COURSE, THAT ARE UNPAID.

UM, THE RUG BRIDGE WAS THE CURRENT WAY.

COLLECTED WAS ID $3,818 AND 62 STANCE.

DELINQUENT WAS 16,001 2218

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UH, WE DID ADD THE TOTAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE MONTH IN THERE.

SO FOR, WE DID A TOTAL OF 2,570 TRANSACTIONS.

OF COURSE, THIS IS A SLOW TIME OF YEAR AND WE DID HAVE A ROW BACK, UH, IN PRECINCT FOUR FOR FOUR ACRES, 4.8 ACRES.

OKAY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TAX REPORT? OKAY.

THANK YOU.

IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S REPORT FOR JUNE 22? WE HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBERS, OR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES ITEM

[11. Teressa Floyd; Present/Accept the Tax Assessor-Collector Auto Collections monthly report for June 2022.]

THE TAX COLLECTOR AUTO COLLECTIONS MONTHLY REPORT FOR 22.

YES.

THIS IS A NEW REPORT.

THIS IS A REPORT THAT I WAS WORKING ON FOR BRENDA.

SHE HAD REQUESTED THIS AND, UH, WHEN I STEPPED DOWN FROM DOING ELECTIONS AND STARTED, YOU KNOW, UH, SHE TOLD ME SHE HAD BEEN ASKING FOR THIS.

AND SO I GOT TOGETHER WITH, UM, THE AUTO SUPERVISOR AND WE PUT TOGETHER THIS REPORT.

AND, UH, SO I DID WANT TO, TO BRING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE BRENDA WANTED TO PRESENT IT.

AND I HATE THAT SHE DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE, BUT THIS JUST KINDA GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE BRING IN ON THE AUTO SIDE.

IT TELLS YOU THE TRANSACTION AMOUNTS.

I DID PUT THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE PRIOR YEAR SHOW Y'ALL CAN TELL ME IF IS HELPFUL, IF YOU WANT THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

UM, IT DOES GIVE YOU AN IDEA, LIKE I SAY, OF WHAT WE BROUGHT IN LAST YEAR AND WHAT WE BROUGHT IN THIS YEAR FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE IT DOES TELL YOU AT THE BOTTOM, THAT, OF THAT $3 MILLION, 180 7, 8 50 0 2, THAT WE COLLECTED ON THE AUTO SIDE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, THE COUNTY RECEIVED 170 2006 36 65.

SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT, RIGHT.

WE'RE WORKING CHEAP FOR THE STATE.

WELL, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE DOCTOR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY ENTITY THAT DOES SALES TAX OR WHATEVER COLLECTS THAT SAME PERCENTAGE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.

I MEAN, I DO SHOW THAT THE CONTROLLER GOT 64% OF THAT MONEY.

THE STATE GAVE 30% AND OF COURSE WE GOT 6%, SO THAT'S PRETTY CHEAP, CHEAP LABOR, JUST RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT THEY DO A GOOD JOB.

SO IT DOES TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE THE LINES, IT'S LIKE, I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE.

SO A GOOD REPORT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AUTO COLLECTIONS, A MONTHLY REPORT.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT THERE.

NO QUESTION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT AS PRESENTED ON LIKE THE EMOTION WE HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNTS.

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

OPPOSED.

NO MOTION CARRIES BACK TO TERESA.

[12. Teressa Floyd; Discuss/Consider approval to being tax collections for City of Oak Ridge Public Improvement District No. 1.]

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF I'M SORRY.

I GOT TO READ THIS BEING OF BEING TAX COLLECTIONS FOR, UH, DOING TAX RELATIONS FOR THE CITY OF OAK RIDGE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.

YES.

SO THEY WANT TO CONTRACT WITH US TO DO THEIR COLLECTIONS AS WELL ON THAT PERIOD.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE CONTRACT, SO IF Y'ALL WILL APPROVE, IT WILL GET ASSIGNED IN SANTANA AND CAN DO THE COLLECTIONS FOR THEM AS WELL.

QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT, UH, AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF OAK RIDGE? LIKE THE EMOTION WE HAVE MOTION COMMISSIONER HANS.

OUR SECOND THING.

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

NO MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

TERESA GOT THE NUMBERS ON THAT MONIQUE AND DISCUSS,

[13. Monique Hunter; Discuss/Consider approving fees to be collected for Variance Requests and administration costs.]

GOOD MORNING.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE IMPLEMENTED THE NEW REGULATIONS IN 2019 AND OF COURSE THE, UM, REGULATIONS INCREASED IN RULES AND THE TYPES OF RULES AND THINGS THAT WE ALLOW.

SO THE VARIANCE REQUESTS HAVE COME IN, UM, STEADILY.

UM, WE FIND THAT, UM, IF THEY CAN ASK FOR IT, THEY WILL, AND THEN WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THEM COME BACK AND SUBMIT A NEXT REQUEST.

AND THE NEXT REQUEST TO SEE HOW MANY VARIANTS THEY COULD GET FROM THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A VARIANCE REQUEST FEE.

YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE THE FORM THAT WAY YOUR SERIOUS REQUESTS WILL BE TAKEN.

UM, IT REQUIRES US TO GATHER THE BOARD.

IT REQUIRES US TO GET OUR CONSULTING ENGINEER FIRM TO ATTEND BY PHONE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO A VARIANCE REQUEST.

AND SO WE WERE HOPING TO, UH, IMPLEMENT THE FEE, UH, PART OF THAT FEES ALREADY THERE FOR THE TMP CONSULT.

THEY ALREADY HAVE A PHONE FEE THAT WE

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SO IT'S A SLIGHT UPCHARGE TO COVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THE COUNTY OFFICE.

COULDN'T GO UNDER T AND PEACE CAUSE THEY'RE CONTRACTUAL.

AND THEN THE REST GOES INTO THE GENERAL OR WHEREVER.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

CAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LINE ITEMS. SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO IN THAT ONE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO.

UM, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE FEES AS PRESENTED ON ITEM 13? OH MY GOODNESS.

WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

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

NO MOTION CARRIES, UH, BACK TO

[14. Monique Hunter; Discuss/Consider approving the implementation of a $25.00 fee for Certificate of Compliance regarding Residential Building permits.]

AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT A DISCUSSION CAUSE I JUST PICKED A FEE OUT OF THE WHATEVER'S GOING ON AROUND US WITH CITIES.

UM, SO WHENEVER A NEW CONSTRUCTION IS BUILT NOW, A LOT OF LENDERS ARE REQUIRING A LETTER OF COMPLIANCE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE HOME WAS BUILT TO CODE.

THEY DON'T WANT TO INVEST THEIR MONEY IF IT WAS DONE OUT IN THE UNINCORPORATED WHERE THERE WERE SUPPOSEDLY ANY RULES.

AND SO THEY'RE NOW ASKING FOR A LETTER OF COMPLIANCE TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS.

IN 2020, WE ISSUED 11 IN 2021.

WE SHOULD 12.

I CURRENTLY HAVE CHRISTIE HEADS ON HER DESK, 169.

UM, FOR EVERY RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILT.

NOW THEY'RE GOING TO WANT THOSE LETTERS.

IT HAS PUT A LOT OF TROUBLE ON US.