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THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS CALLED TO ORDER TODAY[Call to Order]
IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 2022.AND WE'RE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING ROOM IN THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX.
UM, AS WE NORMALLY DO, WE'LL START OFF OUR MEETING WITH AN INVOCATION.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO OFFER THAT FOR US.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BARBARA WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THIS LIFE.
WE ASK THAT YOU A GUIDE, THOSE OF US WHO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS, UH, HELP US TO, UH, UNDERSTAND THE LIVES OF THE FOLKS WE REPRESENT AND FIND WAYS TO SERVE THEM EFFECTIVELY.
UH, WE PRAY FOR RAIN, UH, MODERATE RANGE TO COME SOON, UH, IN REALLY VISTA THIS DROUGHT AND THE FIRE HAZARD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS IN THIS LIFE IN JESUS NAME.
I FLIPPED 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 TEXAS FLAIR TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
AFTER I HAVE SOME, UH, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT FOR, I GOT A GOOD REASON FOR IT.
[2. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA ON ITEM TWO.UH, THERE'S THREE ITEMS ON THERE, A THROUGH C DOES THERE ANYONE ON THE COURT WANT TO DISCUSS ANY OF THOSE ITEMS INDIVIDUALLY? UM, IF NOT THEN, UH, I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
I'LL MAKE IT MOTION WHERE THE MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UM, OKAY, SO WE'LL COME BACK TO ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE IN A LITTLE BIT.
[4. Keith Bell; Discuss support of the KSO Substation project as an example of inter-local partnerships.]
HAVE, UH, A DISTINGUISHED GUEST WITH US TODAY.UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVE KEITH BELL.
HE WANTS TO DISCUSS THE SUPPORT OF THE CAISO SUBSTATION PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE OF INNER LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS REPRESENTATIVE BILL.
UH, JUDGE RICHARDS, IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
THANK Y'ALL COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COUNTY.
AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THIS THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN CIVIC SERVICE FOR A MINUTE AND, UH, FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AND NOW THIS POSITION AND, AND I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN, UH, CERTAINLY IN PRECINCT TWO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I LIVE, WHERE, UH, WE HAD DONE A PUBLIC PRIVATE, PUBLIC PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN, UH, PRECINCT TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN WE PAVED THE FOOTBALL STADIUM PARKING LOT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND WHEN YOU SEE THOSE KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS OCCUR WITH OUR MONEY, THE TAXPAYERS WE'RE ALL TAXPAYERS, WHETHER THE WERE ELECTED OR NOT TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, COME IN, UH, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, OUR LOCAL, UH, GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER TODAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT NOT ONLY THE PHONY COMMUNITY, BUT COPLAND COUNTY, UM, UH, THE, UH, PROVIDING A COFFIN SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, PRESENCE IN NORTH FORNEY AND, AND THAT'S, UH, IT'S, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A HAUL TO GET FROM, UH, OUR CURRENT FACILITY OVER HERE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOUTHERN SOUTH, UH, EASTERN CALVIN COUNTY, ALL THE WAY TO YOUR NORTHWEST CORNER UP HERE, YOU DON'T, IT'S GOING TO INCREASE, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT EFFICIENCY TO GET PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH, JUST TRANSVERSING THE COUNTY EVERY DAY, UH, WITH $4 A GALLON GAS, THAT'S GOING TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY, UH, AS WELL.
I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO INCREASE YOUR SPOT RESPONSE TIMES.
IT GIVES A PHYSICAL PRESENCE THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST ATTORNEYS, WE CAN HAVE A CRIME.
IT'S JUST A PHYSICAL PRESENCE OF, OF, UH, POLICING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN WITH THIS, IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE SOME CLASSROOMS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT'S BEEN SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG AND A PART OF.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS OF HOW MANY THAT WE HAVE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, BESIDES THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, BUT
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ALSO ASKED THESE ALMOST EVERY ONE OF OUR EYES, THESE HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE NEED TO GROW OUR OWN, AND IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO FILL THESE POSITIONS.WE SEE, SEE THEM OPEN, WHETHER YOU'RE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR OR HE'S TRYING TO FILL YOUR POSITIONS IN, IN YOUR, UH, PRECINCTS FOR PEOPLE TO DO WORK ON THE ROADS OR, OR OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
SO, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, COUNTY WIDE, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, WHAT REALLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE IS IT'S JUST GOOD FOR TAXPAYERS.
WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING, UH, A PARTNERSHIP.
SO, UH, AND IT'S BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME, THIS MORNING TO COME IN.
YOU JUDGE RICHARDS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS OUR COUNTY JUDGE, OUR COMMISSIONERS INDIVIDUALLY, UM, COLLECTIVELY AS A, AS A COMMISSIONER'S COURT, YOU GUYS HAVE TO MAKE SOME BIG DECISIONS ON ONE OF THOSE WHERE THE BOND THAT YOU PUT OUT IN 2019, WHICH THIS FACILITY WILL BE PART OF IT.
BUT WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT TAXATION AND YOU LOOK AT BENEFITS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY, YOU GUYS ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR ALL OF US.
AND WHEN I SEE THIS OCCUR, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO COME IN, YOU JUDGE THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE VISION OF SHERIFF BEAVERS TO PUT A SATELLITE, THIS SATELLITE OFFICE OVER THERE, AND THEN FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO WORK TOGETHER, TO DONATE SURPLUS PROPERTY, THAT'S ALREADY ATTACHED TAXPAYERS PAID FOR THAT, BUT TO THEN HAVE A PARTNERSHIP CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, AND OTHER, UH, THING.
THAT'S DEAR TO MY HEART TO PROVIDE CLASSROOMS, UH, WITH THIS, UH, TO, TO DO THIS, THE SURPLUS PROPERTY, THEN THE BOND THEN THE COFFIN COUNTY WILL HAVE TO SERVICE OFFICERS, UH, SARAH BEAVERS, UH, FOR HIS VISION.
AND THEY'LL PUT THE MONEY TO BUDGET FOR THIS, CAUSE HE'LL HAVE TO OPERATE IT, BUT THEN PROVIDE THE CLASSROOMS FOR THE CTE, FOR THE COP, UH, PHONY ISD TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR, UM, UH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN THAT FACILITY.
UH, IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR KAUFLIN COUNTY.
SO ONCE AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, OUT OF THIS, WANT TO COME IN ALL THE LOCAL ELECTEDS, BECAUSE WE ALL SERVE THE SAME CONSTITUENTS ATTORNEY YOU, THE SHERIFF, 40 ISD, THEIR SCHOOL BOARD TO HAVE THE VISION, TO DO THIS TO PARTNER, UH, DR.
TERRY, THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHO'S BEEN QUITE THE VISIONARY OUT THERE WITH CAREER TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, BUT TO COME IN YOUR VISION, YOUR STEWARDSHIP AND YOUR COLLABORATION, BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THAT.
I MEAN, WE DON'T SEE, CERTAINLY WE DON'T SEE THAT OUTSIDE OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IT'S THEIR MONEY.
AND THEY, THEY ELECT US TO BE STEWARDS OF IT, TO HAVE THE VISION TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND SO WHEN YOU SEE THIS HAPPEN IN A PROJECT THAT WILL SERVE KIDS, IT'LL SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND IT'LL SERVE THIS COUNTY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE MY TIME THIS MORNING, YOU GOT A DECISION TO MAKE AND VOTERS PROVED THE MONEY TO DO A SATELLITE OFFICE, BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW THEY NEED TO HEAR THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE OR YOUR CONGRESSMAN, OR THIS COMMISSIONER'S COURT, AND THE SHERIFF, A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR TAXPAYERS MAN, THAT NEEDS TO BE CELEBRATED BECAUSE IT'S, DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK.
TERRY TO COME AND FORMALLY RECEIVE OUR APPRECIATION FOR THERE.
WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP HERE, DR.
TERRY COURSES, A SUPERINTENDENT IN FORNEY ISD.
I ASKED HIM TO COME SO WE COULD THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD IN FORNEY AND THANK DR.
TERRY FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE PROPERTY TO BUILD THIS FACILITY ON.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT THING.
THANK YOU, JUDGE RICHARDS AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, UM, FOR THE, AGAIN, THE OPPORTUNITY, THE, THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION YEARS AGO ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DIDN'T, IF YOU GUYS WEREN'T AWARE, WHICH I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE, UH, 40 ISD ACTUALLY IS REPRESENTED BY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PRECINCTS, ALL FOUR, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, TO HAVE, UH, AND I'M GOING TO REITERATE A LOT OF WHAT MR. BELL SAID, I THINK, BUT, UH, JUST A PRESENCE IT'S, UH, THIS, THIS FACILITY, UH, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIT RIGHT NEXT TO SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS.
AND OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IS A PRIORITY, UH, PRESENCE, AND, AND, UH,
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REALLY JUST BEING AROUND, UH, AND, AND SEEN IS, IS SO MUCH, UM, SO IMPORTANT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AND SECURITY.UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS HE KIND OF ALLUDED TO, AND I'LL ADD ONE THING TO THAT IS, UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOLLAR SPENT ON A FACILITY, UH, WHEN WE CAN DO THINGS IN PARTNERSHIP THROUGH AGREEMENTS LIKE THIS, WHETHER IT'S US HAVING A LITTLE EXTRA LAND TO DONATE, OR EVEN THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BUILD FOR SCHOOLS THAT YOU GUYS CAN PARTICIPATE IN, THAT'LL HELP THEM, UM, TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND SAVE THOSE.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW EXCITING IS IT, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE, AS WE HAVE A CONTINUED NEED FOR FUTURE LAW ENFORCEMENT, WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE, UH, RSD POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE CONSTANTLY SEARCHING FOR NEW OFFICERS, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CONSTABLES ARE AS ARE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT HIGHER EDUCATION, UH, PARTNERS THAT, UH, WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT CRIMINAL JUSTICE OPPORTUNITIES AND BEGINNING TO GROW OUR OWN RIGHT HERE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND THAT'S EXCITING, UH, CAUSE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THOSE.
SO OUR KIDS ARE GONNA BENEFIT FROM THIS.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS AND ON BEHALF OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH KAUFMAN COUNTY.
UH, CAUSE WE'RE NOT SLOWING DOWN.
I SAW SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPERS IN THE AUDIENCE WITH NEW HOMES, SO, UH, WE'RE STILL GROWING FAST.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, JUDGE RICHARD FOR HAVING US.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR JUST PASS ON THAT, UH, OUR APPRECIATION TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO SINCE WE'RE ON THAT SUBJECT, UH, THE, AND I HAD JUST TO KIND OF KEEP ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
[17. Raylan Smith / Gallagher Construction; Discuss and consider award of contracts for RFP 22-10: 2019 Kaufman County Bond Program - Construction of the Kaufman County Sheriff Substation, Bid Set 22-05-05.]
ITEM 17, WHICH IS PERTINENT TO THAT SAME DISCUSSION.THAT'S UH, IT IS RAYLAND SMITH, GALLAGHER CONSTRUCTION DISCUSSING CONSIDER AWARD OF CONTRACTS, RFP 22, 10, 2019 COFFIN COUNTY BOND PROGRAM CONSTRUCTION OF THE COFFIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION.
UM, SO I AM HERE WITH GALLAGHER.
WE HAVE OUR GUYS HERE, BILL AND LANCE AND, AND GREG, WE ALL KNOW VERY WELL.
WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET IS THE BIDS THAT WERE RECEIVED FOR THE, UH, FACILITY, THE KSS SUBSTATION.
UH, WE SPENT QUITE A FEW WEEKS GOING THROUGH VALUE ENGINEERING.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO CIVIL.
UH, WE, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE PARTNERED WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEERING WITH FORNEY ISD.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JOHNSON VOLK AND THEN ALSO HOK ON THE ACTUAL FACILITY ITSELF.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME CUTS.
YOU SEE THE FINAL BUDGET, YOU SEE SOME BUILT IN COST.
UM, BUT WHAT WE HAVE RECOGNIZED IN THE PAST IS SOME OF THOSE BUILT-INS DO COME BACK TO THE COUNTY.
SO, UH, WE FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEING PRESENTED.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE LAST PAGE OF WHAT I PUT IN THE PACKET WAS WHERE WE STOOD CURRENTLY WITH ALL OF YOUR FACILITY BONDS, ALSO THE AVAILABLE FUNDING IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS, UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THESE KCSO SUBSTATION ITEMS COULD BE PULLED AND PAID FOR OUT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
AND THEN ALSO JUST A REMINDER OF THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AS ONE BIG BOWL.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS WHILE YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE BIDS THAT CAME IN, BUT IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS, UM, I THINK THAT WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MAINTAINING A LOT OF THE SAME VENDORS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, WHICH HAS BEEN A REALLY WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP THROUGH THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARTICULAR FACILITY, I OF COURSE HAVE THE EXPERTS HERE FOR YOU.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE SHERIFF TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT FLAT IN HERE.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF A GALLAGHER IS GOING TO ADD SOMETHING OR MAYBE JUST, UH, WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR GALLAGHER, BUT WELL, I THINK IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND, AND, AND I CAN'T THINK, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BELL AND DR.
TERRY FOR SHOWING UP, UH, CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH THIS AND DR.
SHERRY AND OLIVER, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE TRUSTEES HAS WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER.
AND WE BUILT THIS PARTNERSHIP TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT THEY DO FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PRESENCE UP THERE, BEING ABLE TO HAVE INVESTIGATORS UP THERE, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE CRIME UP IN THAT AREA, IN THE INTERVIEW, PEOPLE AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, UH, THE PUBLIC UPPER BAR WHERE THERE ARE GROWTH IS.
SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD THING.
THE ONE THING I WISH I COULD DO IS PUT DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAVE INTO TURN OF SEEING THAT, BUT WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT WE'LL BE A FAIR BEING AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING THE PUBLIC WELL, UH, WITH THIS TAX DOLLARS MONEY IN THIS BUILDING.
AND ALSO HOPEFULLY WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT REALLY
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WANT TO COME AND WORK IN THE JAIL SIDE AND ALSO A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING IN ANXIETY FOR.
CAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD INSTRUCTORS AND BUILDING THAT CORE THAT WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON THIS NEWER GENERATION TO GET THEM INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT, ESPECIALLY ON THE JAIL SIDE.
IF YOU HADN'T SEEN THE, UH, COUNTY MAGAZINE, I I'D INVITE YOU TO GO LOOK AND READ THAT ARTICLE ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, FOR SHERIFFS IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO, BUT I THINK THIS WILL HELP US HAVING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL TO BUILD THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO MAKE A DEAL WITH DR.
TERRY AND THE 40 ISD POLICE THAT WE GET A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THOSE KIDS COMING THROUGH.
YEAH, I GUESS IT'S TOO LATE FOR THEM.
HUH? I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO HELP US BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP AND GET THAT UP THERE FOR THE TAXPAYERS OR CELEBRATE OKAY.
A GALLAGHER ANYBODY WANT TO CAN Y'ALL IF Y'ALL HAD SOMETHING PREPARED TO TELL US OR DR.
LIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST PRESENTING A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AWARD, FOR THE CONTRACTS TO THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE THAT.
I HAD THE RECOMMENDATION LETTER WITH ALL OF THE, WHEN MIGHT WE BE READY TO BREAK GROUND ON THAT FACILITY AND GET STARTED? OH, OKAY.
THAT'S A SHORT ANSWER OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT.
BUT THEN WITHIN 30 DAYS WE WOULD, WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE A PRESENCE OUT THERE AND BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE IT TO THE TEMPLATE.
APPRECIATE PARTNERSHIPS, EVERYBODY.
AND ESPECIALLY THE, IN A, HER JOB WHEN WE NEEDED TO TRY TO FIND SOME MONEY, I'D BEEN GREG, APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
WHAT BRIAN HAS DONE OUR JOB AND HELPS US GET THIS DONE.
THEY HEAR ME SAY ALL THE TIME, WE'RE POOR LOOKING AT THIS AGAIN.
THEY LAUGH WHEN I SAY IT, BUT I MEAN, THEY PROBABLY NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE RAELYNN FROM A CUSTOMER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF OUR PRESENTERS HERE? GOSH, Y'ALL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
UH, SO WHAT'S BEFORE US IS TO, UH, CONSIDER AWARDING OF CONTRACTS FOR RFP 22 DASH 10, 2019 COFFIN COUNTY BOND PROGRAM CONSTRUCTION OF THE COFFIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION BID SET 22 0 5 0 5.
IS THERE A MOTION TO AWARD THOSE CONTRACTS I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
UH, WE HAD THAT MOTION DOOR, THOSE CONTRACTS FROM COMMISSIONER CATES.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS JUST SEEN ALL OF THE NUMBERS.
I WILL ABSOLUTELY BE WORKING WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER EXACTLY WHAT LINE ITEMS AND WHERE WE WILL BE PULLING THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO Y'ALL, Y'ALL WILL SEE THAT COMING FORWARD.
NOW THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WE'LL GO IN AND LOCATE IT.
SO I WANTED TO LIKE GO BACK TO THE GALLAGHER PEOPLE.
TERRY AND REPRESENTATIVE BELL AND ALL THAT WOULD, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO THERE, DONNA? OKAY.
SHE'S IN CHARGE WHEREVER SHE TELLS YOU.
THAT'S WHERE WE LET'S GET IN THE FRONT.
AND IF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD STAND, COME TOGETHER, I'M NOT GONNA STAND BEHIND YOU.
SHERIFF, SHERIFF, TOP OF THAT RAIL THERE.
GOOD TO SEE THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE ON THAT PROJECT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS SQUEEZE A LITTLE MORE BLOOD.
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SOMETHING ABOUT ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.WELL, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHAT I WAS FIXING TO, BUT LET ME, HE'S ASKED FOR THE PLEASURE AND I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO HIM AND THEN YOU CAN ADD IN, OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK ON THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA THIS MORNING.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE SKIPPED
[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]
OVER ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.COMMISSIONER BARBER HAS SOME ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE THIS YEAR.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR MOST VALUED EMPLOYEES AND COWORKERS.
UH, MS. BRANDY, UH, DAN HAS HERE, GRADUATED THIS WEEKEND FROM TEXAS A AND M COMMERCE WITH HER SECOND MASTER'S DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING.
AND I JUST THINK WE NEED TO CONGRATULATE HER AND THANK HER FOR HER HARD WORK.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD KAREN? OH, OKAY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE TO SHARE? ALRIGHTY, THEN WE'RE GOING
[5. Chuck Mohnkern; Discuss/Consider the appointment of Christina Cruz as Sick Leave Pool Administrator per LGC157; Subchapter E and Kaufman County's local policy,]
TO MOVE ON TO I'LL MAKE SURE I DON'T SKIP SOMETHING HERE AND MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE.CHUCK MONCUR AND DISCUSS CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTINA CRUZ AS SICKLY POOL ADMINISTRATOR PER LGC 1 57 CHAPTER IAN'S COFFIN COUNTIES.
YOU READY? I'LL COME BACK TO IT.
I GOT A BUNCH OF SCRIBBLES OVER HERE.
YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SKIP ANY MORE THAN THAT? WELL, CHUCK, WE'LL BE QUICK.
AND UM, AS IT TURNS OUT, WE DON'T HAVE A, UH, SICK LEAVE POOL ADMINISTRATOR, SO NO ONE, UH, AUTHORIZED TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THAT AREA.
AND SO I HAVE, UH, COME TO YOU TO, UH, RECOMMEND CHRISTINA CRUZ AS THE ADMINISTRATOR, SINCE SHE ALREADY WORKS IN THE HR OFFICE AND WORKS WITH SIMILAR CASES, PEOPLE THAT, UH, ARE ILL OR OFF FOR INJURY OR SICKNESS AND NEED A TO GO OFF ON FMLA.
THIS WILL GIVE HER AN OP UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO COUNSEL WITH THEM AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR OPTIONS AS WELL.
SO THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION QUESTIONS.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTINA CRUZ? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
THE MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNTER A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE'LL JUST CONTINUE ON WITH YOU MR. MONIKER.
[6. Chuck Mohnkern; Discuss/Consider the appointment of five members to a Sick Leave Pool Review Panel per the Kaufman County Sick Leave Pool policy.]
CONSIDER APPOINTMENT OF FIVE MEMBERS TO SICKLY POOL REVIEW PANEL PER THE COPLAND COUNTY SICK LEAVE POOL UPON.AND WE ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION.
THERE THERE'S NO MEMBERS TO THAT PANEL.
AND HAVEN'T BEEN FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.
UH, SO I TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE, CAME UP WITH, UH, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH ARE STEVE HOOEY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, RHONDA HUEY, WHO WAS ON THE LAST PANEL, OUR DISTRICT CLERK, ANNABEL, UH, COURT COORDINATOR AND THE COUNTY JUDGES OFFICE, TIM MOORE, ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY AT THE COFFEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND, UH, SHAKILA KENNEDY CHIEF DEPUTY IN THE TAX OFFICE.
EACH ONE OF THEM IS EITHER COMMON ASKED ME TO SERVE OR ELSE, UH, AGREED WHEN I SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT IT.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPOINT THOSE FIVE MEMBERS OF SICK LEAVE POOL PANEL? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES NEXT UP TO
[7. Chuck Mohnkern; Present/Accept the Treasurer's monthly report for July 2022.]
MOUNT KERN AGAIN, PRESENT OR ACCEPTANCE TO TREASURER'S MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY, 2022.IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO HAND SOMETHING OUT HERE.
I HATE TO ADMIT THAT I ACTUALLY DID MAKE A MISTAKE AND I SENT OUT A PAGE THAT I HAVEN'T FINISHED WITH ONE FOLLOW UP WITH NUMBERS WASN'T THERE.
NOT THAT WE'LL REALLY DISCUSSED THAT PARTICULAR PAGE, BUT THE BEGINNING CASH BALANCE AND FUND 10, UH, IN THE MONTH OF JULY WAS 27,671,914 RECEIPTS DURING THE MONTH, 4.4 MILLION DISBURSEMENT 6.8 MILLION LEAVING US A BALANCE AT THE END OF, UH, JULY OF 25.278 MILLION INTEREST ON AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK ACCOUNTS, 3,849 EARNINGS ON TEXTS POOL IN TEXAS CLASS $178,081.
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POOL 49,835,000 TOTAL INVESTED IN TEXAS CLASS 75,937,000.WE, UH, HAVE AN AVERAGE YIELD DURING JULY OF 1.6, SEVEN TO 3% ON A TEXT POOL.
AND 1.67 R RATHER 1.6, THREE NINE 2%.
UM, TEXAS CLASS WE HAD AT THE END OF JULY 37,000,800, $7,000 IN COUNTY ACCOUNTS AT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK.
THE BANK HAS COLLATERALIZED THAT WITH, UH, PLEDGED SECURITIES AMOUNTING TO 216,000,100, $2,000.
SO WE'RE VERY WELL COLLATERALIZED AS USUAL.
OUR, UH, PERCENTAGE OF, UH, CASH INVESTED IS 76.89% PERCENT OF THAT IN THE BANK IS 23.11.
WE WROTE 365 RECEIPTS DURING THE MONTH OF JULY FOR A TOTAL OF 16 MILLION, 207, UH, YEP.
ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT AS PRESENTED FOR JULY, 2022? SO WE'LL MOVE.
WE HAVE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER AND KATE SAYS HER SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
[8. Chuck Mohnkern; Discuss/Consider moving Robert Long from a part-time position to a full-time position in the Treasurer's office.]
UH, MR. MANCHA DISCUSSED CONSIDER MOVING ROBERT LONG FROM A PART-TIME POSITION TO A FULL-TIME POSITION IN THE CHARGERS OFFICE.PART-TIME IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS, PRIMARILY, UH, WELL, MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS FOR A FULL DAY TUESDAYS FOR A HALF DAY, EXCEPT A PAYROLL WEEK WHEN HE ALSO WORKS A FULL DAY ON TUESDAY TO HELP OUT WITH PAYROLL.
HE, UH, CURRENTLY IS HANDLING RECEDING FOR COLLECTIONS COUNTY CLERK, COURTS AND RECORDS, MONTHLY DISTRICT CLERK, PAYMENTS TO THE COUNTY AND ALL STATE AGENCY PAYMENTS TO KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND DOES BANK RECONCILIATIONS FOR THE FOUR JP ACCOUNTS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER SMALLER ACCOUNTS, WHICH SHE'S NOT HANDLING RECEIPTS OR DEPOSITS.
ROBERT'S PROVEN TO BE A VERY FAST LEARNER AND HAS COME TO US WITH A CORPORATE ACCOUNTING AND PAYROLL EXPERIENCE.
HE'S CURRENTLY LEARNING THE PAYROLL SYSTEM HERE AND HE HAS ACTUALLY RUN THE PAYROLL UNDER SUPERVISION, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING TO END PREVIOUSLY, AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT AGAIN THIS WEEK.
AND THAT WAY HE WILL BE PREPARED TO BACK UP OUR CURRENT PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR, CARLA COOK, IF SHE IS NOT HERE TO HANDLE THE PAYROLL AS IN BEING ON VACATION.
UH, ALTHOUGH AT THIS TIME HE IS ONLY PART-TIME.
ROBERT HAS GIVEN MY OFFICE THE ABILITY TO ESTABLISH SEPARATION OF DUTY, BEST PRACTICES AND FRAUD PREVENTION PROTOCOLS, WHICH OUTSIDE AUDITORS REALLY LIKE.
AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEPARATE THE DUTIES WITH THE ADDITION OF ROBERT, SUCH AS ONE EMPLOYEE HANDLES RECEIPTS AND DEPOSITS OR TRANSFERS TO AND FROM AN ACCOUNT AND A DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE.
DOES THE RECONCILIATIONS FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS, WE HAVE MANY OTHER DUAL CONTROLS IN PLACE IN THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW.
AND WITH ROBERT FULL-TIME, I'LL BE ABLE TO EVEN BETTER IMPLEMENT THE PROTOCOLS AND POLICIES WHICH, UH, I AM IMPLEMENTING, WHICH ARE BASED ON THE GAS GREENBOOK STANDARDS FOR INTERNAL CONTROLS IN THE GOVERNMENT.
ROBERT WILL ALSO ASSUME ADDITIONAL DUTIES AS HE MOVES TO FULL-TIME THE DUTIES, UH, WHICH THE TIME REQUIRED CURRENTLY TO HANDLE THEM.
UH, WITH LIMITED STAFF HAS PUSHED SOME EMPLOYEES BEHIND IN THE, IN GETTING WORK DONE.
THIS, UH, WILL INCLUDE MANAGING AND REPORTING ABANDONED PROPERTY OR UNCLAIMED FUNDS UNDER A HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY MY OFFICE BY CHAPTER 76 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE.
ROBERT'S PROVEN HIMSELF TO BE AN ASSET TO OUR OFFICE AND HAS EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO WORK FULL TIME AS THE VOLUME OF WORK INCREASES WITH GROWTH.
I KNOW HE'S WAITING TO PROVE TO BE EVEN MORE VALUABLE AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
ANY QUESTIONS I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF LONG I CAN USE EFFECTIVE.
WELL, I, UH, HAD REQUESTED THIS.
I'D LOVE TO DO IT TOMORROW, BUT, UM, I ASKED TO DO IT, UM, WITH THE, UH, NEW BUDGET.
I HAD REQUESTED THAT ALONG WITH MY SUFFICIENTLY, THE EFFECT OF THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER, CAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PAYROLL BEING IN SEPTEMBER.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
UH, NO QUESTIONS FOR MR. MANCHA ABOUT THAT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOVING ROBERT LONG FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME AS PRESENTED? I MIGHT GET MIXED UP WITH THE MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY
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BY SAYING AYE.[3. Judge Richards; Present the Kaufman County Historical Commission with the Distinguished Service Award for the 2021 year of service.]
FUN AND I'M SORRY TO KEEP OUR HONORED GUESTS HERE WAITING, BUT, UM, WE GET TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR THE 2021 YEAR OF SERVICE.WE HAVE SOME OF THE CHAIRMAN AND SOME MEMBERS PRESENT.
AND IF SO, ARE THEY EVERYBODY I'LL COME DOWN THERE AND READ THIS AND WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE.
SO COMMISSIONERS NEED TO, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OVER HERE, DONNA.
YOU'RE IN CHARGE RIGHT OVER HERE.
Y'ALL FACED HIM A LITTLE BIT AND I'LL GET OVER HERE.
THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION PRESENTS THIS 2021 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD TO THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND RECOGNITION OF ITS ACTIVE AND WELL-BALANCED PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
IT'S SIGNED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR BOTH.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF Y'ALL TO TURN THIS THAT WAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE LEAVING ALL THIS.
[9. Constable Johnson; Discuss/Approve the deputation of Austin Ryan Barber to fill a vacant approved full-time position with Kaufman County Pet. #2 Constable's,]
ALL RIGHT.NUMBER NINE, CONSTABLE JOHNSON DISCUSSED FOR APPROVAL, THE DEPUTIZATION OF AUSTIN, RYAN BARBER TO FILL A VACANT APPROVED FULL-TIME POSITION WITH KAUFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.
UM, MR. BARBER'S A TRANSFER SHERIFF AND I HAD A DISCUSSION AND MR. BARBARA IS A TRANSFER FROM THE COP COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UM, THIS POSITION WAS APPROVED AND, UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN, UH, TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO.
MR. BARBER HOLDS A BASIC PEACE OFFICER LICENSE WAS, UH, HAS AN EXTENSIVE, UM, BACKGROUND WITH THE JAIL AND THE WAY IT OPERATES.
AND MR. BARBARA WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE DEPARTMENT UNTIL THE COUNTY.
SO WE WILL GLADLY ACCEPT THE TRANSFER FROM THE SHERIFF QUESTIONS.
WELL I THINK I'M GONNA ASK THEM ALL.
UH, SO COMMISSIONER PHYLLIS MOVES TO AUTHORIZE IT, APPROVE THAT DEPUTIZATION.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SAY AGAIN.
SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT DISCUSSION ON NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ONE COMMISSIONER BARBARA'S RECUSING HIMSELF.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES BACK TO
[10. Constable Johnson; Discuss/Approving Deputy Austin Ryan Barber to fill a vacant approved full-time position with Kaufman County Pet. #2 Constable's.]
CONSTABLE JOHNSON, DISCUSS APPROVING DEPUTY AUSTIN, RYAN BARBER TO FILL A VACANT APPROVED FULL-TIME POSITION WITH A COFFIN COUNTY PRECINCT TO CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.AGAIN, THIS WAS A POSITION THAT WAS ALREADY CREATED AND APPROVED, UH, THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO FILL THAT POSITION AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD QUESTIONS.
IF THERE REAL QUESTION, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT DEPUTIZATION MOTION WHERE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT DISCUSSION OR ACCUSED COMMISSIONER BARBER'S RECUSING HIMSELF FOR THAT? ANY MORE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.
[11. Tandi Smith; Discuss/Approve the November 8, 2022, General Election Order.]
TANDY SMITH DISCUSS FOR APPROVAL.THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 GENERAL ELECTION ORDER.
UM, I WANT TO STAY HERE, BUT I WILL SHAKE THE DOOR.
THIS IS JUST THE FORMALITY OF DOC ADOPTING THE ELECTION AND ORDERING THE ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER 8TH FOR COUNTY AND STATE OFFICERS IN OUR COUNTY FOR THIS SELECTION, WE DO HAVE THE ADDITION OF ONE EARLY VOTING LOCATION AT THE REQUEST OF TERRILIZER DEE FOR THEIR BOND ELECTION.
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THEY ARE PAYING FOR THAT LOCATION IN FULL.SO IT'S NOT AT THE COST OF THE COUNTY.
ANY QUESTIONS, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022 GENERAL ELECTION ORDER? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO THE MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBERS OR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES.
WE HAVE A FLEET OF ITEMS FROM THERESA FLOYD, ITEM
[12. Teressa Floyd; Present/Accept the Tax Assessor-Collector's monthly report for July 2022.]
12, PRESENT FOR ACCEPTANCE, THE TAX ASSESSORS COLLECTORS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY, 2022.SO FOR THE JULY, UM, COLLECTIONS FOR TAXES, WE HAVE THE CURRENT COLLECTIONS OF 364,000 1 29 96, DELINQUENT 12,000 8, 28 55 FOR A TOTAL COLLECTION FOR CURRENT OF 376,000 9 57 51.
WE HAVE 75,000 FOR 90, 58 IN DEFERRALS THAT ARE UNPAID ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE.
WE HAVE COLLECTED ALL CURRENT TAXES FOR THAT 70 2003 96 37 DELINQUENT, 2008, 1646 FOR TOTAL COLLECTION OF 75,000 TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE EIGHTY THREE AND DEFERRALS AND TIED ON THEIR OWN BRIDGE IS 13,000 4, 50 53.
THERE WERE NO ROLLBACKS FOR JULY AND WE DID, UH, WE HAD PRETTY GOOD TRANSACTIONS FOR JULY, UH, 2,555.
SO THAT'S MY TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.
WOULDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? DIFFERENT, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TAX SECTOR COLLECTORS REPORT FOR JULY TO ACCEPT? I'M SORRY, THE REPORT.
WE HAD A MOTION COMMISSIONER CASE.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND ONE COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
[13. Teressa Floyd; Present/Accept the Tax Assessor-Collector's monthly Auto Collections monthly report for July 2022.]
TO THERESA FLOYD PRESENT FOR ACCEPTANCE TO THE TAX ASSESSORS, MONTHLY AUTO COLLECTIONS REPORT FOR JULY, 2022.SO FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, WE COLLECTED 3 MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN, THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE EIGHTY SIX AND WE PAID THE COUNTY 170 3031 AND 45 CENTS OF THAT JUNE COLLECT THAT JULY LIFTED AMOUNT.
UM, NO QUESTIONS, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUTO COLLECTIONS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY? WE HAD THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER, UH, CAGE.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHICH ONE OF YOU SAID, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL THINK A SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
[14. Teressa Floyd; Discuss/Consider approval of Certified Tax Values for Kaufman County.]
THERESA FLOYD AGAIN, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CERTIFIED TAX VALUES FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.SO, UM, I GUESS I'M JUST HERE TO SEE IF WHAT Y'ALL WILL APPROVE THE CERTIFIED VALUES THAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT SENT.
WHAT'S YOUR, EVERYBODY'S SEEN THOSE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CERTIFIED TAX VALUES FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
[15. Teressa Floyd; Discuss/Consider approval of Certified Tax Values for Kaufman County Road & Bridge.]
15, DISCUSS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CERTIFIED TAX VALUES FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE.SO AGAIN, JUST TO APPROVE THE, THE VALUES FOR CERTIFIED VALUES FOR THE ROAD AND BRIDGE MM QUESTIONS.
SO IT'S NOT AS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CERTIFIED TAX VALUES FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE.
AND IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES ITEM 16,
[16. Teressa Floyd; Discuss/Consider/Approve the 2022 property tax worksheet.]
DISCUSS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE 2022 TAX WORKSHEET.SO THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, BUT UH, SO I'M JUST HERE.
SO SEE IF WE CAN GET APPROVAL FOR THE 20, 22 PROPERTY TAX WORKSHEET SO THAT WE CAN GET IT POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2022 PROPERTY TAX WORKSHEET? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
YEAH, THE MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT.
DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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ALL RIGHT.[18. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider award of contract for MB Concrete Construction for road construction on Mustang Circle and Thoroughbred Lane, Precinct 1, in the amount of $83,040; utilizing RFP 21-26.]
AUTOMATE TEEN RAYMOND SMITH, DISCUSS CONSIDER AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR MB CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION OR MUSTANG CIRCLE IN THOROUGHBRED LANE PRECINCT ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF 83,840 UTILIZING RFP 2126.EVIDENTLY WE ARE STILL BUILDING LOTS OF ROADS.
SO THE NEXT FEW ADAMS, WE'VE GOT SOME CONTRACTS FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS.
THIS IS FOR PRECINCT ONE TO COMPLETE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS.
I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CONCRETE ROADS THAT AS ALMOST LIVED HIS LIFE OUT.
AND SO IT'S CONSTANTLY REPAIRS AND THIS IS LIKE FOR 30 DIFFERENT SPOTS ON THAT ROAD.
SO YOU SEE A COST, A LOT OF MONEY TO REPAIR THE CONCRETE.
SO, UM, THEN IT'S THE SECOND ONE WE'VE HAD TO DO SO I CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS.
I KNOW IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE FOR CONCRETE.
WELL, YEAH, I'LL TELL YOU AND I WILL SAY THIS.
THANKS FOR SKEET FOR THE ROADS THAT I DID GET WITH THE REDISTRICTING.
HE IS TAKING CARE OF THOSE ROADS, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEY GET DONE.
AND THEN, THEN THERE'LL BE A, MY RESPONSIBILITY, BUT HE IS DOING THAT WHEN HE DOESN'T HAVE TO, SO HE COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY.
UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT TO APPROVE THAT CONTRACT IS PRESENTED ON ITEM 18.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
[19. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider award of contract for Dunn Asphalt for road construction for various roads, Precinct A, in the amount of $$199,459.60; utilizing RFP 21-26.]
ITEM 19 DISCUSSING CONSIDER AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR DUNN ASPHALT FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION FOR VARIOUS ROADS PRECINCT FOUR IN THE AMOUNT OF 199,000 4 59 UTILIZING RFP 21, 26.WE DID NOT LIST ALL OF THESE ROADS INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THIS IS TO FINISH UP SOME PROJECTS THAT PRECINCT FOUR HAD.
UM, THIS WILL BE FUNDED OUT OF HIS ROOM MATERIAL IN HIS RODEN BRIDGE FUND.
SO WE WERE JUST ASKING PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD ON THESE CONTRACTS QUESTIONS.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT CONTRACT FOR D WITH DON ASPHALT FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION? WE HAD THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER CATES.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES ITEM 20,
[20. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider approval of Line-Item Transfer in the amount of $250,000.00.]
UH, RAVEN TO DISCUSS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF LINE ITEM, TRANSFERRING THE AMOUNT OF $250,000.THIS MAY BE MY MOST PROUDEST MOMENT.
WE ARE ACTUALLY MOVING MONEY FROM ONE LAND ADAM TO THE NEXT TO GIVE COMMISSIONER HUNT, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FOR OTHER ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BASED ON ONE PROJECT COMING IN UNDER BUDGET.
SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING YESTERDAY IS YESTERDAY.
AS I KNOW THE PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN POSTAL BAND WILL BE VERY HAPPY IN A FEW WEEKS.
SO THIS IS ONE WAY WE REALLY THINK MR. POLLSTER FOR, UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL THAT LAWN OR TRANSFER FOR THE MOTELS? AND WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL THINK A SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
[21. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider approval of Authorization of Additional Services for Task Order No. 25 between Kaufman County and Teague Nail and Perkins, Inc. in the amount of $42,500.00.]
DISCUSS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR TASK ORDER 25 BETWEEN COFFIN COUNTY AND TECHNOL AND PERKINS IN THE AMOUNT OF 42,500.THIS IS SOME ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING WORK, A PLED STUDY THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON TWO ROADS WITHIN PRECINCT ONE.
SO WE IN MEETING WITH ITS, THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE SOME FUNDS OVER, UM, SO THAT THIS WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE, THE BUILDING ROAD FUNDS, BUT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS OUT OF ANOTHER LINE ITEM.
AND, AND THESE ROADS HERE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD, TRYING TO GET THESE DONE.
CAUSE WHEN WE FINISHED THE NEW JUSTICE CENTER, THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO GREATLY INCREASE ON THESE ROADS FOR PEOPLE GETTING IN OR GETTING OUT, ESPECIALLY SO, UM, AND IT'S OF TURNED INTO A BIG DEAL CAUSE WE'VE GOT A BRIDGE IT'S ABOUT READY TO PARTY.
SO I DO A FLOOD STUDY TO GET STARTED AND WE'LL BE HOPEFULLY BE COMING BACK FOR BRIDGE MONEY.
YOU'RE PRETTY SOON SO WE CAN GET IT DONE.
LIKE A MOTION THAT WE DO TODAY.
UH, SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT ADDITIONAL SERVICES WHERE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER HUNT, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARBER? WAS THAT YOU, UM, DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
[22. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider/Approve location of facilities/maintenance department and solid waste within the Kaufman County Organization Chart.]
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THIS ONE TOGETHER.I TOLD HIM WE WERE GOING TO LOCK ARMS AND SKIP ALL THE WAY UP HERE.
UM, I JUST, I WANTED TO COME TO Y'ALL SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION.
UM, I CALLED AND TALKED TO BOBBY LAST WEEK AND KIND OF DISCUSS THE PLAN BEFORE BRINGING THIS ITEM TO YOU.
UM, WHILE I BELIEVE THAT THE TWO OF US HAVE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT THROUGH ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND ALSO SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY, I DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO PUBLICLY THANK ALL OF THE STAFF WITHIN BOTH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE REGARDLESS OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GONE, GONE ON.
WE'VE HAD AN ALL HANDS ON DECK AND I COMMEND EVERYONE WITHIN PURCHASING AND FACILITIES FOR DOING ANY AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS ASKED TO MAKE THIS WORK.
HOWEVER, UM, I ALSO DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TRUE INTENTION OF THE TWO DEPARTMENTS INTEGRATING WAS NEVER REALLY THE PLAN.
AND SO NOW IT IS TIME FOR BOBBY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FACILITY MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, IN THAT THAT'S TO TAKE BACK ALL THE LEAD FOR ALL OF THOSE ORIGINAL SERVICES, SUCH AS MAIL AND JANITORIAL AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT, AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT I'VE MADE SUGGESTIONS AND ASSISTED ALONG THE WAY.
UM, THIS, IF WE DO THIS NOW, WE'LL ALLOW HIM TO OVERSEE THE LOGISTICS AND THE MOVE OF THE STARTUP AT THE NEW FACILITIES WE HAVE COMING UP AS WE ARE, AS I'M MOVING FROM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION INTO FACILITY MANAGEMENT.
AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD FORMERLY LIKE TO WITHDRAWAL ANY OF MY ALTERNATE BUDGETS FOR DEPARTMENT FIVE, 10 AND 11.
AND ANY OF THOSE MANAGEMENT SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE MADE ALONG THE WAY AS BOBBY SUBMITTED BUDGETS TO YOU.
UM, AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR FACILITIES.
I BELIEVE THAT WE TOGETHER, UM, ARE ASKING THAT THIS DEPARTMENT BE RELEASED FROM PURCHASING WHILE WE WILL, OF COURSE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AS WE DO WITH ALL DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR PURCHASING NEEDS.
MR. BRIDGES HAS A LOT OF PREP WORK IN TENS OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IN PREPARATION FOR THESE BUILDINGS.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO LET HIM GET STARTED RATHER THAN IN JANUARY, IF THAT IS IN FACT YOUR INTENTION.
I JUST THINK THERE THERE'S A LOT.
WE HAVE A FEW CONTRACTS IN PLACE, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE APPROVED THE MOVERS.
WE'VE GOT, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN PLACE THAT HE CAN TAKE OVER AND SEE IT THROUGH AS FAR AS FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND I YOU'RE BACKING AWAY FROM MY PHONE.
WELL AT START YELLING, NO, NO LIKE CASE IN CASE YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
I BELIEVE THAT BOBBY AND I HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION.
WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BOTH LIVED THROUGH A LOT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT THIS WOULD BE BEST FOR HIM TO BE THE FACILITY DIRECTOR AND OVERSEE THESE FACILITIES AS THEY ARE NO LONGER UNDER CONTRACT.
THEY'RE GONNA BELONG TO THE COUNTY IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING MS. RAILING JUST SAID, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR BOTH OF US.
NO, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT SHE SAID AND WE HAVE WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER AND WE'VE MADE SOME GOOD STRIDES AND I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW'S THE TIME FOR US TO TAKE OVER AND LET'S LET US TAKE OVER THE FACILITY SIDE AND PUSH IT FORWARD, GOING FORWARD WITH ALL THE NEW BUILDINGS COMING ON AND STUFF WE'RE READY.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FIRST, THE BUDGET THAT IS, SO IF RAELYNN IS SHE'S WITHDRAWING HER BUDGET SUBMISSION HER WHEN WE HAD TWO BUDGETS WITH YOURS AND HERS.
UM, BUT YOUR BUDGET IS JUST THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO I DON'T SEE HOW THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS GOING TO WORK FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SOUTH CAMPUS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE OLD BUILDINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COMPLETELY NEW BUILDING.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TECHNOLOGY AND FEATURES IN THAT BUILDING THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
SO HOW CAN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS? WELL, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND RE REVIEW THAT BUDGET AND RESUBMIT IT TO YOU GUYS WITHIN, BY THE END OF THE WEEK, IF THAT WOULDN'T BE OKAY.
UH, THE OTHER THING, AND, UH, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO BE DISCREET IN THIS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS
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THAT WE DEALT WITH A LONG TIME AGO WAS VIOLATIONS OF PURCHASING POLICY, UM, WHICH THAT DIDN'T AFFECT ME.I'LL, I'LL JUST BE ON RECORD SAYING THAT, UH, THERE WAS A PROJECT AT THE LIBRARY THAT WAS BEING ATTEMPTED TO BID OUT TO SOMEBODY WHO COULDN'T GET BONDED.
AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THESE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE ARE COMPLICATED.
AND, UM, UH, I WILL, I KNOW THAT WE WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THIS COUNTY, AS FAR AS DOING THINGS, ACCORDING TO THE RULES AND IT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
AND, UH, WE, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE ORDERING STUFF, RECEIVING IT, GETTING AN INVOICE AND THEN ASKING FOR A PURCHASE ORDER.
WE CAN'T GO BACK TO DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS MEETINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT BEING THE ONES TO LIKE, IF YOU SUBMIT YOUR SPECS, WE WILL BE THE ONES TO MAKE SURE THAT GO OUT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WHAT THEY NEED AND HOW WE CAN HELP GET IT FOR THEM, UM, HAS CHANGED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOLD THAT AND WORK TOGETHER.
AND, UM, A LOT OF THE INVOICING, A LOT OF THE POS I THINK US WORKING TOGETHER, UM, IT'S EDUCATED LIKE THE DIFFERENT, THE DIFFERENT STOPPING POINTS ALONG THE WAY.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EDUCATION ON BOTH SIDES.
AND, UM, I'M CONFIDENT THAT IF THERE IS A PROJECT OR IF THERE IS A NEED OF THAT DEPARTMENT, THAT WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP IN THAT HOPEFULLY PURCHASING JUST LIKE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST STOPS OF HOW Y'ALL DO THAT.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR EQUIPMENT, IT WOULD BE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.
HOW CAN YOU HELP US GET THIS DONE? AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
I MEAN, WE, WE DO THAT NOW WITH MS. RAYLAN'S DEPARTMENT.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE, AN ACCURATE AND WORKABLE BUDGET, UM, I HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO BRING ONLINE A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT CUTTING EDGE OFFICE BUILDING THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD TO SERVICE IN THIS COUNTY BEFORE.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE A BRAND NEW FACILITY ADJACENT TO IT IN THE ANIMAL ADOPTION SHELTER.
AND AS YOU SAW THIS MORNING, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A SHERIFFS WITH A NEW, UH, CUTTING EDGE SHERIFF'S FACILITY, THAT'LL BE ONLINE AND A COUPLE OF YEARS OR SO.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FOR WHAT FACILITIES MANAGEMENT IS ACTUALLY H HOW IS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT GOING TO TAKE ON THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES? UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE LIMITED STAFF NOW, AND AGAIN, I'LL BE JUDICIOUS IN MY COMMENTS, UM, MODERN, UH, FOR A A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING WITH MODERN HVAC AND ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS, PLUMBING REQUIREMENTS.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, ESSENTIALLY EVERY JUDICIAL EGG IN THIS COUNTY'S BASKET IS GOING TO BE LODGED RIGHT THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S TEMPORARY OR CATASTROPHIC, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE WHOLE COUNTY'S OPERATION.
SO I I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, UH, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS RESPONSIBILITY ON WHAT'S THE PLAN, DO YOU PLAN TO HAVE CONTRACTORS LINED UP FOR THIS SORT OF STUFF? UM, DO YOU PLAN TO EXPAND YOUR PERSONNEL FOR THAT DEPARTMENT? I'D LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, UH, AN OVERARCHING PLAN, BECAUSE FRANKLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE OR SIX GUYS AND THE SORT OF AD HOC WAY THAT WE'VE DONE BUSINESS IN THIS COUNTY, I THINK IS NOT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR MODERN CUTTING EDGE BUILDING.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF PLAN FOR, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S TRUE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE FACILITIES.
I MEAN, WE DO THAT CURRENTLY NOW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO STUFF IN-HOUSE, BUT WE ALSO OUTSOURCE THINGS AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A GOOD MIXTURE OF, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOOD AT.
IN-HOUSE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT SO GOOD AT.
WE OUTSOURCE, UM, HPAC BEING ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SO, I MEAN, I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT, MR. GATES IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE A GOOD MIXTURE ON THAT SIDE OF IT.
YOU KNOW, UM, HAVING CONTRACTORS THAT ARE ON HAND THAT ARE THERE, UH, WITH THIS BUILDING BEING BRAND NEW, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER
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WARRANTY FOR A LOT OF STUFF FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE.UM, SO YES, WE'LL HAVE WHOEVER'S THE CONTRACTOR IS THAT INSTALLED THESE ITEMS. WHOEVER'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM.
IF IT BREAKS, WE'RE CALLING THEM, THEY'RE COMING OUT, THEY'RE FIXING IT.
WHEN THAT ENDS, WE GOTTA HAVE SOMEBODY LINED UP TO CONTINUE THAT SERVICE GOING FORWARD.
SO THIS, THIS IS NOTHING NEW TO THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
WE WE'VE DONE THIS SINCE, SINCE I'VE WORKED HERE.
I THINK IT EXTENDS TO CUSTODIAL AND JANITORIAL SERVICES.
I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, UH, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A TRUE PLAN.
IS THAT STUFF GOING TO BE THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT NOW? ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE TO DOING THAT STUFF AT NIGHT? UH, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MODERN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.
AND YES, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED SOME NIGHT-SHIFT WORK AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY SHORT-STAFFED AND OUR JANITORIAL DEPARTMENT AS IT STANDS.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO RESOLVE SOME OF THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT WITH SICKNESSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SOME SURGERIES AND STUFF.
SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO BACKFILL AND, AND THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING CAN'T PROVIDE SERVICES TO US RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY'RE SHORT-STAFFED AS WELL.
AND THEIR PROBLEM IS THERE'S JUST NOBODY OUT THERE THAT WANTS TO DO THE WORK.
UM, SO I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT COMPANY IS? THE AHI, IS THAT WHAT, SO THOSE THEY'RE THEY'RE STRUGGLING.
I MEAN, THEY'RE STRUGGLING JUST TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN, TO PROVIDE ONE PERSON TO COVER OUR SPOT THAT'S OUT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, THEY HAD A GUY THAT WAS COMING HERE ALL THE WAY FROM ARLINGTON, AND THEN HE'S LIKE, I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP DRIVING FROM ARLINGTON TO HERE EVERY DAY.
SO, I MEAN, THE STAFFING ISSUES IS, IS OUT THERE.
AND WE, WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING TO WORK THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT I AGREE THAT WE DO NEED SOME NIGHT-SHIFT WORK.
UM, MY THOUGHTS ON THAT IS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DAY PORTERS THAT ARE THERE AT THE COURTHOUSE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING UP AND CLEANING THE BATHROOMS DURING THE DAY AND ANY SPILLS THAT ARE SPILLED ON THE FLOORS AND DOING MAINTENANCE KIND OF STUFF THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
AND THEN AT NIGHT AT NIGHT, A COUPLE NIGHTS A WEEK, THEY COME IN AND DO A DEEP CLEAN ON THE, ON THE FACILITY.
WELL, IT'S A HUGE TASK AND IT'S NOTHING LIKE HAS BEEN SEEN IN THIS COUNTY BEFORE.
AND, UH, ANY SORT OF A PERFORMANCE DEFICIENCY IS GOING TO BE IMMEDIATELY EVIDENT.
SO I, I JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MOVES FORWARD, I'VE JUST ENCOURAGED YOU TO BE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT WITH THE TASKINGS THAT YOU'RE TAKING OFF.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PURCHASING HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH NOT JUST THIS, BUT ALL THE OTHER TASKS THAT HAVE BEEN TIGHT PUT ON YOU, NOT, I JUST, I WANTED TO SAY DUMPED ON YOU, BUT IT'S KIND OF SEEMS THAT WAY.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU GET SOMEONE THAT CAN, THAT'S JUST KINDA RUINING A GOOD HORSE, YOU CAN RUIN A GOOD HORSE.
SO I THINK WE'RE KIND OF AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE FACILITIES, IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG, A BIG TASK BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CATCH UP AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK BOBBY, I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T PERFORM, WE'RE OBLIGATED TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT CAN, SO THAT EVEN PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE.
SO I THINK YOU HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE EXPECT YOU TO PERFORM AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH BEEN THE WAY IT'S BEEN.
SO I, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND I, YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE FAITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER, IF WE CAN HAVE A PLAN THAT'S AGREEABLE FOR EVERYBODY.
I MEAN, WE, I MEAN, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND TOO, IS THAT THIS IS NOT LIKE ME AND HER ARE NOT GOING TO WORK TOGETHER.
ME AND RAYLAND, WE'RE DIVORCED.
I MEAN, WE WORKED WELL TOGETHER.
MORRIS YOU'RE THEN THE HORSE, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, WE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER WHEN IT COMES TO QUOTING AND GETTING CONTRACTORS ONLINE AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT THEY'RE SET UP TO.
WHEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE AT THE COURTHOUSE, THEY'RE ALREADY THERE, THEY'RE ALREADY SET UP, THEY'RE READY TO GO.
AND I WAS READY TO JUST PICK THE PHONE UP.
WE CALL THEM ARE LIKE, HEY, WE GOT THIS PROBLEM.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SET THIS UP, I MEAN, WITH THESE GUYS THAT ARE DOING THE WORK NOW, CURRENTLY IN THE CONTRACTORS THAT THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TIMELINE, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE, OKAY, WE CAN GET TO YOU IN TWO WEEKS.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO SET THIS UP TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT 24 HOURS TO RESPOND AND GET OUT HERE AND LET'S GET THIS FIXED NOW, YOU KNOW? SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE ME AND RAELYNN ARE, ARE NOT GOING TO WORK TOGETHER.
SHE'S THE PERSON IN THE DEPARTMENT.
SHE, BUT, BUT LET ME, LET ME JUST, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 660 PEOPLE LISTENING AND WATCHING, YOU KNOW, COUNTY EMPLOYEES WATCHING THIS MEETING.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IF SOMEONE HAS A FACILITIES RELATED QUESTION ABOUT MOVING OR REPAIRING
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SOMETHING AND ALL OF THAT, UH, WHILE SOME OF THAT HAS COME TO Y'ALL THAT NO, NO LONGER WILL ANY OF THOSE PHONE CALLS OR REQUESTS COME TO YOU.ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH FACILITIES IS GOING TO BE STRICTLY THE SILAGE DEPARTMENT.
CAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, I JUST, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT Y'ALL ARE JUST GONNA REVERT STRICTLY TO BEING PURCHASING AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT.
SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTORS FULFILL THEIR CONTRACTS AND WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYTHING READY TO GO.
AND WHEN IT TURNS INTO THE COUNTY FACILITY, BUT IF A CONTRACTOR IS NOT DOING, DOESN'T DO A GOOD JOB ON A REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING, THEY DON'T FEEL IT CONTRACTS.
IT COULD BE, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE ONE WATCHING WHAT THE CONTRACTOR DOES.
THAT'S GOING TO BE FACILITIES.
SO YOU'RE ONLY, YOU'RE BASICALLY DOING THE PAPERWORK SIDE, BUT ONCE THE CONTRACT IS APPROVED OR WHATEVER, THEN Y'ALL ARE OUT OF GENDER.
UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION TO JUST WHENEVER AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS HAS BEEN A LOT OF FACES THAT ARE THERE LIKE ONE DAY OR TWO DAYS, AND THEN GONE.
SO IS THE CONTRACT WE HAVE CURRENTLY FOR THESE FEELY AND JANITORIAL SERVICES? IS IT THE SAME WHEN WE HAVE THE CONTRACT SET UP FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER? ARE THEY TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES? YOU DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT FOR THE JUSTICE, BUT THE ONE THAT WAS PROPOSED, I GUESS, AND I, I DO WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF AHI.
UM, THEY ARE ALSO YOUR CONTRACTORS FOR THE PET ADOPTION CENTER.
THEY ALSO HANDLE A LOT OF OTHER JOBS WITHIN THIS AREA.
AND I MEAN, NO DISRESPECT TO THE SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS ON THE JANITORIAL SIDE.
HOWEVER WE HAVE AS THE COUNTY, WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THOSE CONTRACTORS THAT COME INTO OUR FACILITIES.
BECAUSE WHEN I TALKED TO THEIR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR, THEY SEND US STAFF WHO SLEPT IN PARKING LOTS FOR TWO HOURS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE KEYS TO GET IN THE BUILDING.
THERE WAS NO ONE HERE TO TRAIN.
THERE WAS SO, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
SO I, I WANT THE VENDOR THAT WE'RE USING TO COME ACROSS AS BEING THE ISSUES FOR US HAVING JANITORIAL PROBLEMS. COUNTY-WIDE THERE ARE SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE FOR OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS WHEN WE BRING STAFF IN, THEY START EARLY, BUT WE STILL NEED A SUPERVISOR.
WE NEED A MANAGER, WE NEED SOMEONE THERE.
AND THAT HA I HAVE RECEIVED THOSE COMPLAINTS.
AND SO YES, WELL, SOME OF WHAT THEY MAY BE, THEIR STAFF SHORTAGES HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE PROBLEM.
SOME OF THE STAFF THAT THEY HAVE SENT TO US DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WOULD LEAVE EARLY, WOULD SLEEP IN PARKING LOTS BECAUSE THERE WE DIDN'T MONITOR.
AND SO THEY ARE OUR CONTRACTORS TO MONITOR WHEN THEY COME TO THE COUNTY.
AND SO A LOT OF IT WAS MISCOMMUNICATION.
AND I, LIKE I SAID, I AM NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT STAFF.
WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS.
SO FOR US TO USE OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A SET OF SYSTEMS OF HOW WE IMPLEMENT THEM TO COME INTO THE BUILDING.
AND SO THOSE ARE JUST OPERATION THINGS THAT NEED TO BE PUT INTO PLACE.
AND I THINK THAT WE WOULD ALL END UP LOOKING BETTER.
I CALLED, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T OPERATE THE PET ADOPTION CENTER, BUT I DID CALL JENNA BECAUSE WE, WE DO HAVE THEM USING THAT SAME CONTRACTOR.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, WE WE'VE HAD STAFF.
AND WHEN THAT STAFF HAS BEEN SICK, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPLY ADDITIONAL STAFF.
SO I REALLY, I THINK A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO BE COMMUNICATION AND, YOU KNOW, IN WHATEVER DIRECTION HE WANTS TO GO IN THE BUILDINGS, WHETHER THAT'S A CONTRACT OR HIRING STAFF.
UM, AND HE AND CASEY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST, THERE'S GOTTA BE A SET OPERATION AND SYSTEM FOR JANITORIAL THAT THAT'S A HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THEY'RE HARD TO MONITOR.
WE JUST HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE PROBLEMS. THAT'S ALL IT IS.
IT'S NEW POINT TO THE PROBLEMS, COMPLETELY DOABLE.
EVERYBODY HAS PROBLEMS. THERE'S NO WAY AROUND THAT, BUT THERE IS ALSO A GOOD AND EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THINGS.
AND I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF BROUGHT THIS INTO THE MIX, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF THROW YOU INTO THIS.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF IT CAUSED YOU HARM, I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT THE FACILITIES, MAYBE THEY'VE LEARNED A LOT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HOPE THAT
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I HOPE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND THEY'RE GOING TO COOPERATE AND THEY'RE GOING TO COOPERATE A HUNDRED PERCENT.WE, YOU, WITHOUT A DOUBT, JUST LIKE ALL OF US DO FOR LENO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW EFFICIENT WE ARE.
THERE'S NOT A THING THAT GOES BY IN MY DEPARTMENT THAT DOESN'T GO THROUGH CAR AND THEY SAYS THE WAY IT IS, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR A FACILITIES, PERSON, CHECK ALL THIS STUFF.
CAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
SHE CAN'T BE IN 16,000 PLACES AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S HARD TO DO.
YOU CAN'T DO INSPECTIONS AND YOU CAN'T DO ALL THE WORK AND IT IS SET UP IN POLICY THE WAY W THIS ALL TO BE.
SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND I THANK YOU FOR HELPING AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING THE JOB.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THEM, THE CONTRACTS HE PICKED, PICKING THOSE PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO HELP WITH THE MAINTENANCE BEING THERE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE A HR DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT AND THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THOSE RULES.
THERE'S ESPECIALLY ON CRAFTSMAN.
SO WITH THE, SHOULD WE HAVE CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN KNOWN WHAT HE WANTS TO DO? THERE'S ADDITIONAL PIECES BUILT INTO THOSE CONTRACTS, UM, WITH BACKGROUND CHECKS AND WE ALSO ACTUALLY HAVE PICTURE IDS ON FILE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE.
AND SO, UM, WE WILL ACTUALLY, I TALKED TO HR ABOUT RUNNING THE BACKGROUND CHECKS THROUGH, SINCE WE HAVE THAT SYSTEM NOW RUNNING THEM THROUGH OUR SYSTEM, RATHER THAN THEM TELLING US IT WAS THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE RULES.
CAUSE I'LL HAVE THEM ESCORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING.
IF I HAVE TO DO IT MYSELF, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE IF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LISTENING OUT THERE, THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT YOU'RE AN OLD RODEO GIRL.
YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO I KNOW I'M FOREVER GOING TO BE THAT THE OLD, THE OLD
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES, BUT Y'ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO GET THAT WORKED OUT.
AND I HAVE THE MOST CONFIDENCE IN BOTH OF Y'ALL THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
WE HAVE WORKED, WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TOGETHER.
MA'AM UM, NO OTHER QUESTIONS THEN, UH, WHAT'S BEFORE US WOULD BE, UH, LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE LOCATION OF FACILITY MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND SOLID WASTE WITHIN THE KAUFMAN COUNTY ORGANIZATION CHART.
AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO JUST NOTE THAT THAT WOULD SEPARATE PURCHASING RESPONSIBILITIES FROM MAINTENANCE FROM FACILITIES IS OUR MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.
I GUESS I PUT IT IN THERE, SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO SEPARATE IT AND THINKING.
SO WE HAD THE EMOTIONAL PERMISSION PHILLIPS.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, I KNOW THAT MOTION CARRIES, I GUESS, UH, COMMISSIONER
[23. Commissioner Hunt; Discuss/Consider approval for Interlocal Project Cooperation Contract with the City of Post Oak Bend utilizing Bond funds for County Road 279.]
HUNT, LET HIM LIVE THAT DOWN.I DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INNER LOCAL PROJECT COOPERATION CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF POST OAK BAN, UTILIZING BOND FUNDS FOR COUNTY ROAD 2 79.
YES, THIS, THIS IS, UM, THE BOND, THE BOND FUNDING.
WE'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR EVERY INCORPORATED AREA IN MY PRECINCT WITH THE BOND FUNDS AND SOMEHOW THERE'S REASONS.
BUT YOU KNOW, CITY OF POSTAL BEING KIND OF MISSED THE, THE DISCUSSIONS.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS DOING SOMETHING FOR POST OBION.
WE HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY WE HAD LEFT OVER FROM TYPER PARKWAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE OF THEIR ROADS.
SO THAT WAY THE BOND HAS AFFECTED EVERY INCORPORATED AREA IN MY PRECINCT.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
UH, COMMISSIONER HONEST MOVES TO APPROVE THAT PROJECT HAS PRESENTED AN ITEM 23 SECOND.
I'LL SECOND, SECOND, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NO, THAT MOTION CARRIES, UH, ITEM
[24. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider approving resolution for Funding Rail Programs in the 2023 Texas Legislative Session.]
24 IS MINE DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION FOR FUNDING RAIL PROGRAMS IN THE 2023 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS THERE IS A LARGE, LARGE SUM OF MONEY, UH, THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SET ASIDE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RAIL SYSTEM.
AND WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS A RESOLUTION FROM THE COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES IS IT ASKS THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO PURSUE OR TO MAKE AVAILABLE MATCHING FUNDS, TO RECEIVE FEDERAL, TO RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS.
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THAT OF COURSE THIS WON'T, THIS WON'T AFFECT FINANCIALLY THE COUNTY DIRECTLY.UH, IT'S JUST ASKING THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO PAY ATTENTION AND TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDING TO DO RAIL IMPROVEMENTS, PASSENGER AND FREIGHT.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS NOT THAT BULLET, RIGHT? WELL, NO, THIS IS FOR THE EXISTING RAIL SYSTEM.
AND IT'S REALLY AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE FEDS HAVE DEDICATED A LOT OF MONEY FOR RAIL IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THERE'S NO PROJECTS IDENTIFY WITH THAT.
IT'S JUST, IF THEIR PROJECTS COMING DOWN, THEY'RE SUITABLE, UH, THIS, THIS THING IS TELLING THE LEGISLATURE TO GET IN THE GAME, PAY ATTENTION.
AND IF YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH MATCHING FUNDS, YOU KNOW, TO MATCH THEM, UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE FREEWAYS, ANYTIME SOON, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRUCKS THAT MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME OF THAT FREIGHT ONTO RAIL AND IT SURE WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY TO MATCH IT.
AT LEAST AT LEAST IT ENCOURAGES THE LEGISLATURE TO DO, TO GO IN THAT PATH TO AT LEAST LOOK AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO, UH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR FUNDING RAIL PROGRAMS AND THE 2000 TO 20 THREES, UH, TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
[25. Auditor; Discuss/Consider line-item and budget transfers/corrections.]
TO THE AUDITOR DISCUSS LINE ON THE TRANSFERS AND BUDGET TRANSFERS, CORRECTIONS, HIMALAYAS.YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS? NO, MA'AM FOR NO QUESTION ABOUT LINE AND TRANSFERS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE WIRE TRANSFERS? THIS MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND ONE COMMISSIONER CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING I PROPOSE NO.
THAT MOTION CARRIES BACK TO THE AUDITOR
[26. Auditor; Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.]
DISCUSSED CLAIM FOR PAYMENT AND OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM AUDITOR.YOU'RE KIND OF YOUR PAYMENT OR $917,059 AND 10 CENTS.
THESE ARE MAIL FOR YOUR REVIEW.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS NOT.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT AS PRESENTED? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER.
BARBARA, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSION CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED.
[27. Judge Richards; Discuss the FY2022-2023 budget.]
THE 27 DISCUSS THE BUDGET.UH, CONSTABLE JOHNSON IS HERE AND I THINK HE HAS SOME BUDGET RELEVANT THING TO TALK ABOUT.
CAN WE TAKE A BREAK JUDGE? CAN WE HAVE LIKE A BREAK OR SOMETHING? OKAY.
DID, DID, DID WE ACTUALLY, I MADE THE MOTION OR 23.
DID WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON IT OR WE MOVE ON? I THINK WE VOTED ON IT.
KAREN WAS ASKING THAT THOUGHT WE DID.
RAELYNN'S ON THE PHONE WITH MISS BRANDY.
UM, WE DISCUSSED THIS THE LAST TIME, UH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET MEETING, UM, WE HAD, UM, UH, AN OUTSTANDING MEETING WITH BOTH THE AUDITOR MS. BRANDY, THAT MS. LANDS ON THE PHONE WITH, ON THE STRUCTURING OF THE CONTRACTS AND ITSELF, UH, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THERE WAS NO STRUCTURING.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WHAT MS. REDLANDS HAS PASSED OUT WAS THE NUMBERS ON THAT DID NOT INCLUDE THE 5% OR THE 5,000, I'M SORRY, THE 5,000 ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT INCREASE OWNER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE GET THAT ADJUSTED AND CORRECTED.
UM, BUT, UH, I GUESS IT WAS VERY DETAILED MAINLY.
I KIND OF WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ABOUT REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRUCTURE FOR THE NUMBER OF DEPUTIES, WOULD YOU OR RULES, WHICH EQUALS THERE BEING LIEUTENANTS.
AND SHE LOVES, WHEN I SAY THIS, WE GOT OUR CRAYONS AND WE GOT A BIG PAPER OUT ON THE BOARD.
AND SO WE FINALLY WORKED IT OUT AND REALLY, WE WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN VISUALLY SEE THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY BUDGET FOR THOSE PATROL CONTRACTS, BECAUSE HE DOES COME FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SEVERAL TIMES SAYING THAT THERE'S A DEPUTY FOR THIS PATROL CONTRACT.
WE'RE MOVING HERE, MOVING THERE.
SO KAREN AND BRANDY AND I HAD TALKED
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ABOUT THE BAG.WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAW THE STRUCTURE.
UM, AND IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF MOVE ON WITH THE PAYROLL.
SO YEAH, HIS BUDGET'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE PAYROLL NUMBER WILL INCLUDE WE'LL INCREASE DUE TO THE $5,000 INCREASE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, BUT WE JUST WENT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU SAW THE STRUCTURES IN CASE YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS THAT WAY THEN CHEMICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND TAKE CARE OF IT NOW AND THE CONTRACTS AND THE CONTRACTS A HUNDRED PERCENT.
YEAH, IT'S JUST SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES THERE'S COMMENTS ABOUT THINGS THAT, THAT WERE APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED IN.
SO, UM, BRINGING DINA SPECIFICALLY, AND KAREN JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
THAT WAY, WHEN THESE THINGS COME TO YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THESE WERE THE NUMBERS THAT WERE NO, AND NO PAYROLL IS STEPPING OUT ATLANTA.
NOBODY'S MAKING MORE THAN NOBODY'S, IT'S ALL IN ALIGNMENT.
WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CAME ONE MORE TIME AND EVERYONE SAW IT.
WASN'T JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WAS IMPROVED.
AND THEN WE HAD QUESTIONS LATER.
SO THE CONTRACT ADMINISTERS HAVE APPROVED ALL THE SALARY INCREASES, INCLUDING THIS $5,000 A SPECIFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT THING.
SO ALL OF THE PROPOSED BUDGETS HAVE GONE TO THE, UH, THE CONTRACT AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR SIDE.
SO WE JUST, SOMETIMES THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
AND SO WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL WANTED ANYTHING.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE KNOW MOVING FORWARD, THE BUDGETS READY.
AND WHEN THEY COME TO YOU ABOUT SWITCHING PEOPLE AND WE'RE NOT GOING AROUND SAYING YOUR STATUS HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO STEAL ALL THESE GUYS BACK.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GO AWAY.
WE WANT, WE DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP ON, KEEP THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ALL THIS CRAP.
SO MY QUESTION JUST TO MAKE SURE IS THERE'S MORE THAN A VERTICAL AGREEMENT THAT, THAT THEY, THAT THE BOARDS HAVE MET AND PASS THESE AND APPROVE THESE INCREASES.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE DOSES THEY WERE WANTING TO GIVE OFFICER PAY INCREASES, BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
WE W W WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MIRRORED, WE'RE STRUCTURED.
NOBODY MAKES MORE THAN SOMEBODY ELSE FOR DOING WHATEVER JOB.
SO IT IS ALREADY, THEY'RE ALREADY APPROVED AND READY TO GO.
THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR BUDGET, THE NGOZI EXACT NUMBERS, ET CETERA.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR.
PROJECT AGREEMENTS, WHERE THE CITY.
IS IT BEFORE WHEN YOU NEVER BUMPED ON IT? YES.
SO, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS, UH, WE ARE SLATED FOR A BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY AND AT ONE 30, UH, THE FINAL TAX RATE CALCULATION, UH, HAS TO BE, I THINK WE REALLY PROBABLY NEED TO PUT SOMETHING ANNABEL, SOMETHING FOR CONSIDERATION ON THURSDAY.
CAN WE CHANGE THAT AGENDA? NO, IT'S TOO LATE.
UM, SO WE NEED THE FINAL TAX RATE, UH, CALCULATION, I GUESS IT DOESN'T REQUIRE APPROVAL.
THE FINAL TECH FACTORY CALCULATION HAS GOTTA BE DONE BY AUGUST 19TH, AUGUST 22ND IS THE NOTICE OF TAX RATE IN ELECTED OFFICIALS, SALARY EXPENSES TO THE NEWSPAPER BY NOON ON AUGUST THE 22ND.
I'M GONNA LOOK AT MY CALENDAR REAL QUICK.
CAN I, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING I JUST WAS GOING TO TELL YOU ON THAT AGENDA ON THURSDAY, IF IT'S SOMETHING RELATED TO AN AGENDA ITEM THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING, YOU COULD AMEND THAT AGENDA ITEM OR SUPPLEMENT IT.
SO IF WE WANTED THAT, IF WE WANTED TO HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION ITEM, WE CAN JUST AMEND THE AGENDA.
JUST SAY, TO ADD A CONSIDERATION ITEM.
IF THERE IS AN ITEM ALREADY ON THE AGENDA THAT'S RELATED, YOU CAN AMEND OR SUPPLEMENTED.
IT CAN'T BE SOMETHING TOTALLY BRAND NEW, BUT YOU CAN AMEND OR SUPPLEMENT A RELATED.
AND I'LL, I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT, UH, ANNABEL IS SHE'LL CHECK WITH YOU ON THAT.
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HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC, BUT WE MIGHT, THERE MAY BE SOME ACTION REQUIRED TO, UH, FOR THAT FINAL TAX RATE CALCULATION.WE'LL DO THAT UNTIL THE LAST MEETING.
UM, SO THAT'S THE THING ON AUGUST 22ND, SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE.
UM, I WAS GOING PAGE BY PAGE, CORRECT.
YOU IT'S POSTED FOR ONE O'CLOCK THURSDAY INSTEAD OF, OH, THANK YOU.
UM, WHEN YOU START AT ONE 30, THOUGH, WE JUST CAN'T START IT.
UM, THE, I WAS GOING PAGE BY PAGE THROUGH THE BUDGET IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY NOTICED IN THE BUDGET BOOK THAT WE HAVE, THAT THE AUDITORS PROVIDED THE, THE EXPENDITURES TO DATE IS DATED MARCH.
AND AT THE KIND OF, THIS WAS LATE YESTERDAY, I ASKED KAREN, COULD THEY UPDATE THOSE EXPENDITURES TO DATE THROUGH JULY? AND SHE SAID, NO, NOT, NOT TOMORROW, EVERY DEPARTMENT JUDGE, AND PUT THAT IN AND PULL IT.
WELL, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU, BUT YOU CAN DO THAT FOR, COULD YOU HAVE THAT FOR US ON THURSDAY? I DON'T KNOW ONLINE.
I THINK, I DON'T THINK THE MARCH EXPENDITURES IS VERY RELEVANT THOUGH.
SO, UH, SO THAT'S WHY I DID IT THAT WAY.
IF YOU COULD DO IT FOR THE END OF JULY, THAT WOULD BE, THAT'D BE HELPFUL.
CAN YOU WORK OVERTIME TO GET THAT DONE? BRANDY DOESN'T NEED TO WORK OVERTIME.
SHE'S DOUBLE SMART SO SHE CAN DO IT QUICK.
UH, SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE? YOU ASKED FOR HIM TO MILEAGE MEALS AND LODGING.
THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT.
UM, AND THIS IS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I, I JUST GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PAGE BY PAGE, WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT YEAH.
WHEN WE OVER BUDGET THAT TAKES MONEY OFF THE TABLE.
AND, UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT HOW WE BUDGETED $220,000, AND THAT'S, WE'VE SPENT ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THAT ON MILES, UH, MILES MEALS AND LODGING, I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH ANOTHER GO THROUGH THE BUDGET IN THOSE PAGES, PARTICULARLY IF WE COULD LOOK AT ALL THOSE ITEMS ON JULY AS OF JULY THE 31ST, I DON'T THINK, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO, WE, I THINK WE HAVE $114,000 THAT, I MEAN, WE COULD LOWER THE 2023 REQUESTS.
I THINK BASED ON WHAT WE SEE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING.
AND I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO THROUGH THOSE WHENEVER, WHENEVER THE AUDITORS ARE ABLE TO REPRODUCE THIS BUDGET BOOK WITH JULY THROUGH JULY 31ST EXPENDITURES, I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH SOME TIME FOR US TO GO THROUGH THERE AND LOOK, AND I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY GLEAN A COUPLE OF MAYBE TWO OR $300,000 OUT OF HER BUDGET AND OUT OF OUR TAXES.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY ELSE.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY UPDATED INFORMATION OR Y'ALL HERE TO SPEAK.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE THURSDAY.
I THOUGHT THE BUDGET WAS MONDAY AND THEN Y'ALL, DIDN'T NEED TO HAVE A BUDGET MEETING.
SO I'M GOING TO MISS THURSDAY, I'M GOING TO BE AT THE CRIME COMMISSION LUNCHEON.
UM, AND I'M A MISSED LAST FRIDAY, WHICH I UNDERSTAND FROM DEBBIE THAT Y'ALL TENTATIVELY GOT BUDGET APPROVED WITH.
AND KAREN SENT TO ME A COPY OF IT.
AND WHEN I TALKED TO HER ABOUT THE BASE PAY GRADE, SHE GOES TO TAKE IT WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO WITH THAT.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU TELL ME.
SO I AM JUST REORGING INSTEAD OF, UH, I MEAN, I SUBMITTED WHAT I NEEDED.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKED TO DO.
AND I HAVE PULLED OUT AND CAN SHOW YOU THAT WITH PARTICULARITY, THERE WERE FOUR PEOPLE.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WE DO COMPARISONS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND I DON'T THINK MY DEPARTMENT, I'M SURE EVERYBODY FEELS THE SAME WAY.
I DON'T THINK MY DEPARTMENT COMPARES WITH OTHERS, BUT THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
UM, I THINK WITH KAREN AND MARK, I CATEGORIZE THEM AS EXECUTIVE ATTORNEYS.
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PAY GRADE.AND I WAS ASKING FOR THAT TO BE CHANGED.
AND THE NUMBER THE PAY GRADE I HAD WAS 1 21, WHICH WOULD CHANGE HER BASE AND HIS BASE.
AND I COULD TELL YOU WHY I FIRED MY OPINIONS BEFORE.
I NEVER LIKED TO BE REPETITIVE.
AND AS A SUPPORT FOR THE ENTIRE OFFICE, AN OFFICE OF 43 PEOPLE, LYNN FANON, UH, CAN SPEAK FOR HERSELF.
SHE'S THE COLLECTION DEPARTMENT.
SHE, SHE WAS ASKING FOR A PAY GRADE TO MANAGE THAT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES AT ANOTHER TIME.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE A RECORD OF THAT REQUEST.
I'VE GOT THE DOCUMENT I'LL CAN PROVIDE TO YOU.
AND IF YOU WANT ME TO MOVE ON, THAT WAS ONE REQUEST.
AND I VALUE THE RAISES FOR THE ENTRY AND MISDEMEANOR ATTORNEYS.
IF IT'S NOT A PROBLEM, I WOULD PREFER BECAUSE THESE, I CONSIDER THESE JUNIOR EXECUTIVES.
IF YOU WERE COMPARED TO A BUSINESS THAT THAT IS ALMOST FOR THEM GOING TO BE A $8,500 RAISE TO PUT THEM IN THAT POSITION.
I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT AND YOUNG LAWYERS, UM, THAT GO INTO ASSOCIATE POSITIONS.
I'LL TELL YOU, MAKE EXACTLY WHAT I MAKE IN DISTRICT DISTRICT JUDGES AT ABOUT ONE 50.
SO IT'S NOWHERE IN COMPARISON, BUT THAT I LOVE TO KEEP THAT MONEY THERE.
BUT WHEN THEY COME IN, GIVE THEM SIX MONTHS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE PERFORMING AND THEN GIVE THEM THE REST OF THE INCREASE.
I'D LIKE TO USE THE MONIES LIKE THAT.
AND IF THAT'S OKAY, WHEN I TALK TO THE AUDITOR, WANT TO KEEP THAT MONEY THERE, BUT MAKE IT A TWO-STEP PROCESS.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ATTORNEYS.
IF I'VE GOT SOMEBODY THAT COMES TO THE OFFICE, THEY DON'T WORK OUT.
I DON'T THINK THEY DESERVE THE MONEY.
I THINK THE STARTING SALARY, I, I LIKE THE FACT THAT IF IT'S AN 8,000, THAT WE BRING THEM IN WITH THE ADDITIONAL FOUR, WE GIVE THEM SIX MONTHS, WE EVALUATE NEW PEOPLE, THEN THEY'VE EARNED IT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL UNDERSTAND WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO THE AUDITOR.
SHE SAYS, THIS IS WHAT THE MONEY IS.
THAT IF I'M, TWO-STEPPING A, WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A YOUNG EXECUTIVE, A YOUNG ATTORNEY LICENSED FOR LESS THAN A YEAR I'LL I HAVE, BECAUSE WE'VE ALL HAD THE CRUNCH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION THAT YOU ARE.
I'M GETTING THREE-YEAR BAR LICENSED.
PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM LAW SCHOOL AND HAVEN'T PASSED THE BAR.
SO THEY COME IN A REDUCED AMOUNT.
THEY PASS THE BAR, YOU GET A REWARD, SIX MONTHS, YOU'VE WON SOME TRIALS.
YOU GET A REWARD AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THEY SHOULD FEEL THAT VESSEL OF ACHIEVEMENT.
AND I WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T WANT THE MONEY.
I'M NOT SAYING IF THEY HAPPEN TO BE LISTENING TO THIS CONVERSATION, I'M HAVING WITH YOU.
I WANT THAT MONEY THERE IN THAT LINE ITEM, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE IT AS A REWARD.
KAREN'S A NOT PUTTING HER AGE OUT THERE 25 YEAR LAWYER ALMOST.
AND YOU KNOW, SHE'S ATTAINED THAT SUCCESS.
I DON'T HAVE TO DO A CARROT AND A STICK WITH HER.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE TO KEEP HER AT A COMPETITIVE RATE BECAUSE IF I DON'T AND YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT HERE AND HIS WIFE WORKS HERE, BUT GASTON GRAY IS MY BIGGEST COMPETITION WITH THE TRAINING AND THEN TAKING MY EMPLOYEES.
CAN I GET CLARIFICATION? SO THE FOUR POSITIONS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE NEW ATTORNEY POSITIONS, ALL YOU'RE ASKING IS THAT, THAT YOU MIGHT NOT USE WHENEVER YOU EMPLOY SOMEBODY.
YOU MIGHT NOT USE THAT, THAT FULL WAGE THAT'S IN THE BUDGET, BUT YOU WOULD WANT THE FLEXIBILITY TO RAISE IT TO THE BUDGETED AMOUNT AT YOUR DISCRETION.
IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US MORE MONEY.
IT WON'T COST YOU MORE, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT BEHIND THE SCENES, WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, THE BUDGET OFFICER, NOT YOU IN THIS CASE, BUT YOUR AUDITOR, SHE HAS TO SEE THINGS IN BLACK AND WHITE.
SO IF I SAY, I DON'T NEED THAT, THEN THAT MONEY, I DON'T WANT IT TO GO TO THE GENERAL FUND OR GO IN AND CONTINGENCY.
I WANT THE EMPLOYEE TO KNOW I'VE GOT AN EMPLOYEE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS GOING TO GET AN $8,500 RAISE.
BECAUSE IT'S EXACTLY WHERE THAT NEEDS TO BE.
I'VE GOT SOMEONE THAT DESERVES THAT THAT'S BEEN A MISDEMEANOR.
THAT'S BEEN PRACTICING LAW THAT LEFT PRIVATE PRACTICE AND WANTING TO FLIP.
AND THAT'S BEEN A LAWYER FOR 15 YEARS.
SHE, THEY DO A SIMILAR JOB, BUT SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS MORE EXPERIENCE THAN A SIX MONTH LICENSED ATTORNEY.
SO WHAT I DO IS I LOOK AT MY COMPETITION SALARY AND WE NEEDED TO RAISE THAT BASE.
AND THEN THEY, WE HAVE RAISES WITHIN THAT, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE.
SO YES, THAT'S THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE YOU AND YOU, AND YOU WANT IT TO BE SUCCINCT BECAUSE WE DO EVALUATIONS IN MY OFFICE AFTER EVALUATION, YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL EVALUATION, YOU GET THE BALANCE OF THAT MONEY THERE.
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OKAY.SO AS FAR AS CLASSIFICATIONS GO, I HAVE HAD IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, I HAVE HAD LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE TALKING TO ME ABOUT WAGE CLASSIFICATIONS ABOUT READJUSTING, THEIR WAGE CLASSIFICATIONS.
AND I THINK WHAT I HAVE HEARD IN THESE DISCUSSIONS IS THAT RATHER THAN CHANGE THIS WAGE CLASSIFICATION TO THIS PERSON AND THAT ONE FOR THIS ONE, RATHER THAN DO IT IN A HODGEPODGE WAY, THE BEST WAY FORWARD FOR THE COUNTY WOULD BE TO RE-ENGAGE A WAGE STUDY NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF CLASSIFICATIONS THAT THAT SHOULD BE CHANGED, BUT RATHER THAN DO IT FOR ONE, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT DOING IT IN A HODGEPODGE WAY, I THINK IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THE COUNTY TO DO IT AS AN OVERALL DEAL.
AM I, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THAT'S WHAT THE COURT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER DAY? AM I MAKING IT UP OR I THINK SO, JUDGE, I, I THINK, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER TWO THINGS.
ONE THAT, UM, POSITIONS, GOVERNMENT POSITIONS SHOULD BE POSITION SPECIFIC AND NOT INDIVIDUAL SPECIFIC.
UH, SO WAGE CLASSIFICATIONS, JOB CLASSIFICATIONS, AND ANY INTERIM STEPS, ATTORNEY, ONE ATTORNEY TO WHATEVER THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY MIGHT BE.
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A MANAGEABLE WAY TO HANDLE PERSONNEL.
AND, UH, I THINK IT GIVES THE DEPARTMENT HEAD, THE ELECTED OFFICIAL FLEXIBILITY TO DECIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT THE SALARY BUDGET THEY'RE GIVEN, WHICH INDIVIDUALS, UH, YOU KNOW, WARRANT, UH, ADVANCEMENT WITHIN THOSE PREDETERMINED POSITIONS.
I MEAN, TH THAT'S GOVERNMENT POSITION SHOULD BE RELATIVELY STANDARDIZED AND THEY SHOULD BE, UH, POSITION SPECIFIC AND NOT INDIVIDUAL SPECIFIC.
I DON'T REMEMBER NOW IS THAT THE DISTRICT CLERK WAS IN HERE AND SHE WAS ADVOCATING FOR A CHANGE IN A CLASSIFICATION.
AND I THINK THAT SHE LEFT HERE WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THE CLASSIC.
THE COUNTY IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE CLASSIFICATIONS AS A WHOLE STUDY, UH, NEXT YEAR.
BUT, BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO REITERATE MY COMMENTS ON FRIDAY THAT, THAT, UH, MOST POSITIONS IN GOVERNMENT, UH, THERE ARE INTANGIBLES IN THESE POSITIONS, UH, WHICH, WHICH DO NOT TRANSLATE ONE-TO-ONE TO COMPARING SALARIES TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
SO THERE ARE INTANGIBLES FOR SECURITY, JOB SECURITY, RETIREMENT BENEFITS, ET CETERA, THAT SOMETIMES DON'T EXIST IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
SO WELL WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE'RE TALKING LAWYERS AND WE'RE NOT TALKING WELL, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT LAWYERS AND I JUST DISAGREE WITH YOU.
AND OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL MADE THAT DECISION.
AND I THINK IT'S A BAD DECISION.
CAUSE I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO RETAIN BECAUSE THEY NOT ONLY WORK FOR ME, THEY WORK FOR THE COUNTY.
AND I JUST, I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE.
AND I, I WANTED TO MAKE A RECORD THAT I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE AND I APPRECIATE RONDA'S POSITION.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A PERSON THAT'S A 25 YEAR LAWYER, A 35 YEAR LAWYER.
AND YOU CAN NOT, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES.
I'VE ALREADY SAID, AND YOU KNOW THIS, CAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAD AN ATTORNEY IN YOUR OFFICE WHEN YOU ARE SAC, THAT THE MONEY THAT THOSE SACKS WERE MAKING WERE NOT COMPARABLE TO WHAT THEY COULD MAKE IN PRIVATE BUSINESS.
I'M NOT TRYING TO GET KAREN A $300,000 PARTNER'S SALARY.
I'M TRYING TO RETAIN HER AT A SALARY AT A BASE THAT WAS INCORRECT.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING AT ODDS ABOUT THAT.
I, I RECOGNIZE THAT PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS REQUIRE HIGHER COMPENSATION, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, EVEN AT THOSE HIGHER COMPENSATION LEVELS IN GOVERNMENT, THOSE POSITIONS SHOULD BE POSITIONED SPECIFIC AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUAL SPECIFIC.
AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE CORRECT ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT POSITION IN THIS CASE HAPPENS TO BE POSITION SPECIFIC BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE AN EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY TO BE THE CIVIL TEAM.
SO IT'S, SO IT MEETS BOTH THE CRITERIA OF WHAT I'M SAYING AND YOU, AND I'M JUST SAYING IT BECAUSE I WANT IT TO BE SAID, BECAUSE I WASN'T AVAILABLE FRIDAY.
THOSE ARE ULTIMATELY YOUR DECISIONS.
HAVING BEEN A COURT BEFORE MYSELF, PEOPLE WOULD ALWAYS COME JUDGE YOU AND DO WHAT YOU WANT.
UM, YOU'RE THE COURT, BUT IF IT'S NOT SAID IT'S NOT A RECORD AND I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE.
THAT'S ALL THE OTHER THING I WAS ASKING.
I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT YOU THINK IS A MISTAKE.
I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE THAT YOU GUYS ARE WAITING TO CLASSIFY THE EXECUTIVE ATTORNEYS IN MY OFFICE AS EXECUTIVES IN A DIFFERENT
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CLASS, UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR EVERY POSITION IN THIS OFFICE TO BE LOOKED AT WOULD BE FAIR TO DO IT IN A STUDY AND NOT HODGEPODGE.THIS ISN'T A HODGEPODGE POSITION.
THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL POSITION INVOLVING ATTORNEYS AT HIGH LEVELS.
IF WE LOSE THAT TALENT, IT'S HARD TO REPLACE.
AND I THINK IT'S IDIOTIC, NOT YOU, BUT THAT IF THEY LEAVE TO GO TO THE OPEN MARKET IN A GOVERNMENT POSITION, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY AND ENTICE THAT PERSON MORE AND LOSE THE VALUE OF THAT EXPERIENCE.
AND THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENS TO BE KAREN BADGLEY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE THE PRIOR CIVIL ATTORNEY HAD MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS THE MISTAKE IS WAITING FOR, UH, AN, UH, AN OVERARCHING ACCOMPLISHING WAGE CLASSIFICATION.
WHEREAS YOU YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT IN SPECIFIC INSTANCES THAT THAT ADJUSTMENT BE MADE NOW BEFORE IN ADVANCE OF CORRECT.
AND TO KNOW THAT I, THE REASON I SAY I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE OVERARCHING IS I'M NOT HERE TALKING ABOUT EVERY, UM, YOU GUYS WOULD CALL THEM CLERKS, OR I CALL THEM PARALEGALS.
I'M NOT ASKING TO TALK ABOUT EVERY RECEPTIONIST BECAUSE I HEARD, I MEAN, THE, I HEARD WHAT HE SAID, AND I DIDN'T COME WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE GOING AGAINST WHAT THE COMMISSIONER HAS ALREADY SAID.
AND THAT'S INSANITY TO DO SOMETHING WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY SAID IT, THIS IS A DISTINCTION WORTH NOTING, AND IT'S AT LEAST WORTH BRINGING YOUR ATTENTION, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE.
AND THE OTHER THING I'LL ALSO, I KNOW Y'ALL, DIDN'T GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU GET INTO FILLING POSITIONS.
I GUESS THE FINAL THING I'D SAY SINCE WE'VE AGREED TO AN IMPASSE ON THE OTHER IS ON THE, I DON'T KNOW WHEN Y'ALL MAKING THE DECISIONS ABOUT, OR IF YOU'RE FILLING.
CAUSE KAREN, UH, INDICATED ME THAT, THAT WASN'T IN THE BUDGET.
UH, I THINK PEOPLE ASKED FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT? UH, WE, WE WENT THROUGH AND SELECTED POSITIONS THAT WE FELT LIKE A D THAT WE COULD ADD AND, AND WHATEVER HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE BUDGET IS ALL THE WE PLAN ON ADDING, OKAY, DO WE HAVE A CHILD ABUSE PROSECUTOR? WE DON'T HAVE A CHILD ABUSE PROSECUTOR.
SO I WANT ATTORNEY FOR 150 CASES BECAUSE I COULDN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT IF THAT FIRST PERSON THAT LEO WAS, THAT WAS MISCATEGORIZED WAS REALLY THE CHILD ABUSE PERSON.
MORE SHOW AND VACANT AND ADA, CPS RECEPTIONIST, EIGHT AND 2 88.
WE HAVE ONE MISDEMEANOR VACANT.
IT'S PHIL, BUT I HAD REQUESTED ANOTHER AND IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT BEEN DONE.
JUST, JUST CHECKING ON THAT, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO SEE THAT.
UM, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT WAGE, MAYBE THE JUDGE COULD GET THAT WAGE SPREADSHEET, THE SALARY SPREADSHEET.
CAUSE THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT POSITIONS, I UNDERSTAND POSITIONS ON THE FIELD.
I HAVE IT, SHE SENT IT TO MY HABIT.
I GUESS I'M JUST INCREDULOUS THAT I DIDN'T GET THE CHILD TO BE PROSECUTED.
I W I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I READ THAT.
BECAUSE THERE WAS A NAME FOR A MISDEMEANOR PERSON AT THAT PAY GRADE, AND SHE WAS CALLED A CHIEF.
AND I THOUGHT, PERHAPS THAT WAS A MISLABELED AS CHILD ABUSE.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WE WENT BY THE PAYROLL STATUS CHANGE.
AND THAT'S FINE BECAUSE THOSE CAN ACTUALLY BE ADJUSTED.
SO WE CAN TELL THEY'VE GOT CERTIFICATION SO WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THE PARALEGAL.
WELL, I'LL GIVE TWO OF THEM AND I KNOW I GOT IT.
I JUST WAS CLARIFYING THAT THERE'S NOT A CHILD ABUSE PROSECUTOR DESIGNATED THAT I HAVE AN ATTORNEY.
WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE REALLY, FOR MOST OF IT, EXCEPT FOR THE MISDEMEANOR PROSECUTOR, ALL OF IT IS CORRECT FROM WHAT I'M GETTING.
CAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE BREAKOUT ON MICHELLE SALARY AND, UH, THE INVESTIGATOR JOMON DIDN'T TAKE THE POSITION.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE INSTEAD OF WASTING THE TIME.
AND YOU CAN CHECK AND VERIFY THAT
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WE'VE GOT IN ACCOUNTABLE DIRECTLY.AND DO YOU REMEMBER THE REASON WHY WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, CHILDHOOD MS. PROSECUTOR, JUDGE, WE WENT THROUGH THE LIST HERE AND CHECKED OFF, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION TO THE COURT WAS, DO YOU, DO YOU FEEL LIKE, I, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY WE ADDED, DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD ADD THIS ONE? DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD ADD THIS ONE? AND THE ONES THAT I GOT YESES ON, I CHECKED AND THAT'S HOW THEY GOT IN THERE AND OKAY.
WELL, UH, WE'RE ALL I CAN TELL YOU.
WE'RE NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB RASHING MONEY, BUT, UH, WE, WELL, YOU NEED TO JUST BEING JUDGED.
THINK AGAIN, ON THAT ONE, YOU NEED A CHILD TO BE A PROSECUTOR.
YOU GOT OVER 150 CASES IN THEIR CHILDREN.
AND HOW DO WE CUT? I DON'T KNOW.
I'M JUST SAYING YOU NEED A CHILD TO BE PROSECUTOR.
WELL, IF WE HAD A CHILD ABUSE PROSECUTOR, THEN WE'D HAVE TO CUT SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER PLACE.
SO I RESPECTFULLY THAT'S A FALSE NEGATIVE, I MEAN, A NARRATIVE THEY'RE RAISING TAXES.
22% OF NO, YOU'RE NOT THAT I PAY TAXES HERE.
THE TAXES ARE GOING UP REVENUE 22%.
BUT FOR A CHILD ABUSE PROSECUTOR, YOU COULD PULL ANY CITIZEN OFF THE STREET THAT PAY 22%, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
UM, SO WHAT, UH, IF THE AUDITOR CAN GIVE US THAT UPDATED BOOK WITH A JULY 31ST DEAL, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THAT THURSDAY.
I REALIZE THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG ASK.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO JUST LIKE, SAY ONE THING BEFORE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, UM, I RECOGNIZE THE PASSION THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS.
AND I, I AGREE THAT THERE ARE, UH, TARGETED POSITIONS THAT NEED EITHER TO BE ADDED OR NEED TO BE, UM, HAVE THEIR SALARY ADJUSTED.
UH, I THINK THE PROPER WAY TO DO THAT IS WITH REASONABLE AND MANAGED SALARY INCREASES THAT TARGET SPECIFIC NEEDS.
I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK THAT WE COULD, WE COULD LEGITIMATELY IMPROVE THE POSITION OF MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN A, IN A MORE REASONABLE AND STEPPED PROCESS AND THEN FREE UP ADDITIONAL MONEY TO FUND, UH, CRITICAL POSITIONS JUST LIKE THIS.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD JUST THROW OUT FOR THE COURT.
I KNOW WE'RE FAR DOWN THE PATH, BUT I'LL JUST THROW OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO CONSIDER A WHOLESALE REVAMPING OF THESE EMPLOYEE RAISES.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER STEPPED RAISES NO $5,000 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT, UH, CONSIDER MAKING A 10% ACROSS THE BOARD RAISE FOR ANY EMPLOYEE IN THIS COUNTY, MAKING 65,000 OR LESS A 7% RAISE FOR ANYONE FROM 65 TO 74, AND THEN A 4% RAISE FOR ABOVE THAT.
BECAUSE AS I'VE SAID SEVERAL TIMES, THE EMPLOYEES THAT HURT THE WORST OR THE EMPLOYEES AT THE LOWER END, UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE OTHER EFFICIENCIES THAT THIS COUNTY COULD PURSUE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, THE NEEDS FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
WE COULD IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCIES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU TOOK A LOOK AT A REASONABLE AND STEPPED MANAGE AND INCREASE FOR SALARIES, WHICH WOULD STILL BE SIGNIFICANT, PARTICULARLY FOR LOWER END EMPLOYEES THAT WE COULD GET AWAY FROM WHAT I THINK IS THE INSANITY OF A 22% INCREASE IN REVENUE.
MOST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A 22% INCREASE IN THEIR SPENDABLE FUNDS.
AND WE SHOULD NOT EITHER TAXES ARE GOING TO GO UP.
APPRAISALS ARE UP A HUNDRED PERCENT TO 200%.
AND AS I SAID, LAST TIME, $4 MILLION OF THIS MONEY IS MONEY THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND THAT BELONGED BACK TO THE TAXPAYER.
THAT SHOULD GO BACK TO THEM IN THE FORM OF AN ENHANCED TAX IN A DECREASE.
SO I'LL JUST THROW THOSE NUMBERS OUT THERE 10% FOR 65,000 OR LESS 7% FOR 65 TO 74 AND 4% FOR EVERYONE ABOVE THAT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD SAVE A BUNCH OF MONEY AND WOULD ALLOW US TO TAKE A QUICK RELOOK AT SOME OF THESE PERHAPS MORE CRITICAL POSITIONS JUST AS THE PASSIONATE PLEA FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY POINTS OUT, BECAUSE THERE ARE GENUINE NEEDS FOR SOME OF THESE NEW POSITIONS.
WELL, IF IT, IF EVERYBODY, UH, UH,
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I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT I JUST LOOKED AT THIS SHEET THAT, THAT THE AUDITOR PREPARED, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE OVER BUDGETED IN THE 2022 BUDGET.WE HAVE OVER BUDGETED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MEALS, UH, MEALS AND LODGING.
AND THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER EXAMPLES THAT MONEY IS NOT AVAILABLE TO HIRE OR TO ADD POSITIONS BECAUSE WE ARE OVER BUDGETED ON SO MANY OF THESE LINES.
I HOPE THAT Y'ALL WILL LOOK AT THAT.
UH, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT ON THURSDAY.
AND IF THERE IS A, IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF CHANGE THAT WE NEED TO ADD TO THE, TO ADD TO THE COUNTIES EXPENSES, I THINK WE COULD MORE THAN ACCOUNT FORWARD BY TIGHTENING UP SOME OF THOSE BUDGETS.
BUT, UM, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REALLY INTEREST IN US, UH, GOING TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND TELLING THEM TO REDUCE, REDUCE YOUR NON SALARIED EXPENSES BY SOME GIVEN PERCENT.
SOME PEOPLE COULDN'T DO THAT, BUT OTHERS, I THINK, I THINK A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVEN'T REALLY LEANED DOWN OR BUDGET FOR US.
SO WHO ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE? BUT THE BUDGET THEN, THEN I MOVED TO GERMANY.
COMMISSIONER, PHYLLIS MOVED YOUR JOURNEY.
IS THERE A SECOND AND SEGREGATE COMMISSION, BARBARA DISCUSSION.
IT WAS A FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE OPPOSED.