Jan 24, 2023 Commissioners Court

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS MORNING? NO.

[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]

I GUESS EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S RAINING THOUGH.

[2. CONSENT AGENDA]

ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA NUMBER TWO.

THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THESE A DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCEPTED THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY THE 17TH, 2023.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE BOND OFFICIAL BOND OF GREGER COUNTY SURVEYOR.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER APP PROVING THE OFFICIAL BOND OF RONDA HUEY, DISTRICT CLERK.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING OFFICIAL BOND FOR AMY TARNO JUSTICE, THE PEACE OF PRECINCT TWO, DISCUSS.

CONSIDER APPOINTING MARIO LUNA AS COMMISSIONER TO THE E S D DISTRICT NUMBER SIX FOR TWO YEAR TERM.

HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

COMMISSIONER BARR MAKES A MOTION.

HAVE A SECOND.

[3. Yasma Holland; Present/Discuss the quarterly report for October 2022 - December 2022 for the Kaufman County Library.]

NEXT UP IS NUMBER THREE.

YES, MAHA, PRESENT AND DISCUSS THE QUARTERLY REPORT OF OCTOBER 22 TO DECEMBER 22 FOR THE LIBRARY.

GOOD MORNING, JASMINE.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE ALLEN COMMISSIONERS.

SO THE FIRST QUARTER WE JUST, THE LIBRARY KIND OF SETTLES BACK IN, INTO ITS USUAL EBB AND FLOWING, UM, ON ITS REGULAR SCHEDULE AFTER ALL THE SUMMER MONTHS.

THE NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS ELEVATED FOR THE VISITORS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO.

YOUR FAIR FIRST PAGE ON THERE IS LIKE ALL YOUR LIBRARY STATISTICS.

UM, THE DOOR COUNTS USUALLY ARE HIGHER IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DO THE EARLY VOTING AND THE ELECTIONS THERE.

SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE, THAT'S WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE USUALLY A LITTLE HIGHER THERE.

ON THAT SECOND PAGE IS LIKE OUR LIBRARY CARD HOLDERS.

UM, WE STARTED, UM, BREAKING THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE BY ZIP CODE, SO YOU CAN SEE WHO'S LOSING THE LIBRARY.

THESE NUMBERS SEEM LIKE THEY DON'T BUDGE MUTT, BUT BUDGE, UM, JUST A WHOLE LOT.

AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS, THEY'RE MOVING, THEY PASS AWAY OR THEIR CARDS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS.

SO WE KIND OF PURGE INTO THE, FROM THE DATABASE JUST SO WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, AN ACTIVE, UH, LOOK AT WHO'S USING OUR LIBRARY.

UM, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE USED THEIR CARD WITHIN THE PAST TWO TO THREE YEARS.

SO THESE TOTALS ARE TWO TO THREE YEAR TOTAL.

THESE ARE LIKE YOUR, THESE ARE LIKE, THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE LIBRARY CARDS AND ARE USING THEM.

ALRIGHT.

OUR SERVICE POPULATION NOW IS LIKE OVER 25,000 ACCORDING TO THE STATE LIBRARY, WHICH WE DIVIDE, UM, THE POPULATION OF KAUFMAN COUNTY BETWEEN THE, ALL THE LIBRARIES.

SO IT'S REALLY JUST THE KAUFMAN COUNTY LIBRARY.

TERRELL TAKES A BIG CHUNK OF THAT POPULATION AS WELL AS THE C CRANDLE COMBINE LIBRARY.

SO, YEAH.

AND THEN MAYBANK TAKES A REALLY SMALL PART OF THOSE THAT LIVE ON THAT END.

SO OUR PATRONS SPAN ALL OF KAUFMAN COUNTY.

WE GET A LOT OF THEM LATELY FROM THAT PART OF FORNEY, THAT KIND OF BORDERS.

UM, ROCKWALL, THAT HEATH AREA.

THERE'S SOME THAT ARE ACTUALLY, UM, KAUFFMAN COUNTY, BUT MAYBE THEY LIVE IN HEATH.

IS THAT ROCKWALL? RIGHT.

AND, WELL, IT'S, IT'S, UH, HEATH'S IN FORNEY.

SO HOUSE FORNEY.

SO THEY COME IN, THAT'S A GOOD 20, THAT'S A GOOD 30 MINUTES FOR THEM.

BUT THEY COME AND USE THE SERVICES.

SENDS OURS CLOSED DOWN.

YES, EXACTLY.

THAT IS OUR, BETWEEN OUR AGES EIGHT TO 12 THAT WE DO.

AND THE POND, THE BOND DIDN'T PASS.

SO, YEAH.

SO THERE'S CONSTANTLY PEOPLE ALWAYS MOVING IN HERE.

WE HAD A BIG FAMILY IN FROM THAT MOVED IN FROM OREGON THAT THE HOUSING, UH, I GUESS IT'S CHEAPER HERE THAN IT IS IN OREGON.

SO THEY CAME, MOVE DOWN THIS WAY.

UM, ON YOUR LAST PAGE IS OUR PROGRAMMING, UM, OUR STEM PROGRAM

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UM, THAT PROGRAM IS GOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.

WE, ONE OF OUR GOALS THIS YEAR IS ABOUT GROWING OUR READERS THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS. SO STARTING JUST LIKE OUR STORY TIME WHERE WE HAVE THE LITTLE ONES AND THEN MAYBE ONE IN THE MIDDLE, THEN THEY BOUNCE UP TO THE TEEN AND THE ADULT PROGRAM.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF FLOW 'EM THROUGH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO OUR TEEN PRO, OUR STEAM PROGRAM IS SO SUCCESSFUL, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ADD IN A SIX TO EIGHT RANGE SO THAT THEY CAN USE IT AND MAYBE DO IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

CUZ RIGHT NOW WE'RE REALLY CATERING OUR HOMESCHOOL POPULATION, WHICH IS REALLY BOOMING TOO IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.

AND, UM, THEY REALLY TURN OVER OUR COLLECTION.

SO WE'VE REVAMPED ALL OF OUR COUNTRIES, OUR STATES, STARTING WITH OUR HISTORY.

SO, UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS THERE.

UM, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, ONE OF OUR BIG SUPPORTERS AT ALL OF THEIR PROCEEDS GO TO THE LIBRARY.

THEY JUST FINISHED THEIR BOOK, BOOK SALE.

UM, COMMISSIONER HUNT AND HIS CREW BROUGHT TONS OF BOOKS OVER FOR THAT.

IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

UM, THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR THEIR BIG BOOK AND AUTHOR LUNCHEON THAT THEY DO IN MARCH.

UM, THEY RECEIVED A LOT OF REALLY HEFTY DONATIONS IN DECEMBER.

THEY SUPPORT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO, UM, OUR, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO THERE, THE FRIENDS ACTUALLY FUND AND SUPPORT THOSE.

ANYTHING THAT'S NOT IN OUR BUDGET, THE FRIENDS WILL COME BACK IF WE'RE LACKING AND DO THAT FOR US TOO.

SO ON THE LAST PAGE IS JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY OF EVENTS.

WE'RE, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR COMPUTER CLASSES, SO WE'RE ABOUT TO START THOSE UP.

I THINK WE DO BETTER DOING SOME ONE-ON-ONE CLASSES RATHER THAN OUR BIG 10 PEOPLE IN THE CLASS.

SO WE DO A LOT OF INSTRUCTION RIGHT WHEN THEY COME IN.

BUT JUST SOME REALLY MORE ORGANIZED COMPUTER CLASSES AND, YOU KNOW, SEARCHING THE INTERNET CUZ EVERYTHING YOU DO, UM, THEY DO NOW IS PRETTY MUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THE INTERNET.

SURE.

THEY'RE REPLYING FOR JOBS OR PLAYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.

THEY'RE TAKING CLASSES, THEY'RE RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE.

IT JUST INSTALLED SOME, UM, DOCUMENT RE SCANNERS AT THE COMPUTERS WHERE WE WERE DOING ALL THE SCANNING OF DOCUMENTS OR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR BIRTH CERTIFICATES, ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO ATTACH TO APPLICATIONS.

SO NOW WE HAVE TWO AT TWO OF OUR DIFFERENT COMPUTERS WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY SCAN THAT STUFF THEMSELVES WITHOUT US HANDLING ALL THAT PERSONAL INFORMATION.

UM, WIFI IS JUST, UM, OH, JUST RUNS REALLY WELL.

THE WIFI, UM, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT AS WELL IN THE LIBRARY.

THE WIRELESS PRINTING.

UM, IT'S GETTING TO BE WHERE IT'S NOT JUST THE HAVES AND THE HAVENOTS.

EVERYBODY COMES IN.

EITHER THEIR PRINTER IS OUTTA INK OR IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO BUY THE PRINTER, YOU KNOW, THE INK FOR IT.

SO THEY CAN COME IN, PRINT FROM THEIR PHONES, PRINT FROM THEIR TABLETS, UM, EVEN PRINT FROM THE PARKING LOT AND COME IN AND GET IT.

WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD VOLUNTEERS THIS FIRST QUARTER.

UM, BE HAPPY NEXT DOOR COMES IN TWICE A MONTH AND THEY DO KEEP US UP WITH OUR SHREDDING.

THEY SORT, THEY DUST, UM, THEY STRAIGHTEN SHELLS FOR US.

UM, THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEW VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, COMING IN HELPING US WITH INVENTORY AND STRAIGHTENING OUR SHELVES AND JUST HELPING, HELPING OUT IN THE LIBRARY.

UM, DO YOU, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANYTHING I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU? DO YOU SEE MORE PEOPLE USING THE INTERNET NOW THAN READING ACTUALLY COMING AND READING BOOKS OR CHECKING BOOKS OUT? OR IS IT ABOUT WHAT'S YOUR RATIO? WELL, UM, THERE, I WOULD SAY THAT OUR READERS, WE STILL HAVE A BIG POPULATION OF READERS.

THERE ARE THOSE THAT STILL, STILL PHYSICALLY LIKE THE BOOK, BUT THE E-READERS, THE, THE SERVICE THAT WE, WE PROVIDE FOR OUR FREE DOWNLOADABLE BOOKS, AUDIOS AND STREAMING VIDEOS THAT IS OVER CLOSE TO 700 TO 800 CHECKOUTS A MONTH.

THOSE PEOPLE GET THEIR CARDS.

UM, WE MAY NOT SEE 'EM OR HEAR FROM 'EM IN ANOTHER TWO YEARS WHEN THEY NEW RENEW YOUR CARS.

BUT IT'S ABOUT EVEN, I THINK IT'S GETTING TO BE ABOUT EVEN THAT POPULATION THAT USES THE WIFI OR JUST COMES IN THE LIBRARY AND THE KIDS ARE STUDYING OR STUDENT GROUPS.

UM, WE CAPTURE THAT NUMBER REALLY IN THOSE WIFI SESSIONS, WHICH IS REALLY ALL THOSE THAT JUST CONNECT TO OUR, TO OUR WIFI.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

MAYBE THEY'RE DOING A PLETHORA OF THINGS ON THERE, BUT, UM, WE STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO JUST LIKE PHYSICALLY READ.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ABOUT EVEN NOW.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, DID, DID, WOULD YOU KIND OF GO OVER THAT, THE GENEALOGY PART OF IT? MM-HMM.

, I, I KNOW THE LAST TIME I WAS UP THERE THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF JUST KIND OF STUFFED OFF IN THE CORNER MM-HMM.

THAT IT'S TOUGH TO GET ACCESS TO.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THAT STUFF.

EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE, UM, COLLECTIONS FOR OTHER STATES.

SO WE DO.

UM, AND I EVEN INCLUDED THAT ON OUR STATS.

SO IN, YEAH, I SAW THAT BEFORE THE FIRST QUARTER.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY EMAIL OR WRITE IN OR COME IN AND USE THE GENEALOGY COLLECTION.

SO OURS IS SPECIFIC TO KAUFMAN COUNTY,

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SO IF THEY CAME FROM NORTH CAROLINA OR VIRGINIA OR TENNESSEE, WHERE A LOT OF THEM TEND TO HAVE COME FROM, WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF RECORDS FROM THERE AS WELL TOO.

BUT KAUFMAN COUNTY AND THEN WE DO A LOT OF THE BORDERING COUNTIES FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE OF HOW KAUFMAN COUNTY KIND OF DEVELOPED OUT OF DIFFERENT COUNTIES.

UM, WHEN WE REDID THE LIBRARY FLOORING AND SOME OF THE PAINTING IN THERE, WE WENT THROUGH AND A LOT OF THE BOXES THAT YOU SEE WHERE THE CENSUS, THE STATE, THE GOVERNMENT DOES A GREAT JOB OF THE CENSUS NOW WHERE THEY'RE ONLINE, YOU, THEY'RE SEARCHABLE, YOU CAN PULL OUT, BLOW UP AND SEE THOSE THINGS IN THERE.

SO THOSE WERE KIND OF RE UM, RE-IMAGE, YOU KNOW, GONNA RE-IMAGE AND EITHER UM, UH, DISCARD THE PHYSICAL AND KEEP THE THE PRINT COPY.

WE STILL HAVE ALL OF THE NEW KAUFMAN NEWSPAPER, THE OLD NEWSPAPER ON MICROFILM, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING THAT GRANT.

SO WE CAN, UM, DIGITIZE THOSE SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THEM.

BUT, UM, WHEN EVEN WHEN THE NEWSPAPER NEEDS OLD AUTO COALS, THEY COME AND GET 'EM OUT OF THERE.

SO THAT COLLECTION IS VERY HEAVILY USED OVER THERE.

BUT Y'ALL WERE PRETTY MUCH SPECIFIC.

NO, THE OTHER LIBRARIES HAVE THE GENEALOGY TYPE STUFF.

TERRELL HAS ONE.

UM, WE ACTUALLY INHERITED WHEN THE FORNEY LIBRARY BECAME A CITY SCHOOL LIBRARY.

WE HAVE SOME FAMILY FILES THAT A FILE OF JUST FORNEY FAMILIES THAT IS HEAVILY USED TOO.

ANOTHER FILE OF JUST KAUFMAN COUNTY FAMILIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE EITHER, UM, SUBMITTED AN OVER THE YEARS EVEN BEFORE ME COLLECTED THINGS.

SO YOU WILL FIND ACTUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES, LAND RECORDS, DEEDS, UM, THE, THE WHOLE FAMILY HERITAGE IN THERE THROUGH THERE.

SO COOL.

SO, BUT YEAH, WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS AND UH, UM, THAT FILTERED THROUGH THERE.

AND UM, WITH THE, EVEN THOUGH MISS FLAT WHO IS LIKE THE GURU FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY PASSED AWAY, WE STILL HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE TAP INTO WHEN WE GET STUCK.

CUZ A LOT, SOME OF THAT IS SOME ROADBLOCKS FOR THAT KAUFMAN COUNTY.

DO YOU STILL HAVE HAVE SOME OF THE PICTURES AND THINGS FROM ED CAVE WHO, WE STILL HAVE ALL OF HIS ED CAVE PICTURES.

WE'VE THESE UP ON THE WALL.

WE REFRAMED THEM.

SO HIS BOOK IS, UM, VERY POPULAR STILL.

IT CAN CONTAINS THAT.

WE JUST GOT, SOMEONE FOUND WAS CLEANING OUT A GARAGE IN AUSTIN AND FOUND TWO COPIES OF THE BLUE BOOKS THAT ALWAYS CALL THE BIBLES OF KAUFMAN COUNTY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THE PRICE OF THAT FIRST VOLUME, BUT IT IS WAY UP THERE.

, IF YOU LOOK ON AMAZON OR EBAY, IT CAN COST YOU A COUPLE OF SIX, $700.

THE SECOND VOLUME IS MORE PREVALENT.

BUT HE'S SENT US A FULL SET OF THAT.

SO WE USUALLY HAVE ONE OUT AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THE SPINE IS BROKEN SO PEOPLE CAN COPY FROM IT.

BUT THEN WE KEEP A, SOME GOOD COPIES IN THE BACK SO WE CAN TRADE 'EM OUT.

SO YES, THE GENEALOGY IS VERY POPULAR.

WE HAD A COUPLE IN FROM MICHIGAN THIS PAST WEEK DOING THEIR LINE ON THE EVANS FAMILY.

SO THEY WERE HERE ALL WEEK.

SO SOMETIMES THEY COME, THEY STAY IN THE HOTELS SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SIGN IN FOR THEM AS WELL TOO TO DO THAT.

I KNOW YOU HAD COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL BOOK FROM THE FIRST COUNTY SHOW.

YES, WE STILL HAVE THAT.

YOU STILL HAVE THAT? OKAY.

WE STILL HAVE THAT, WE STILL HAVE THAT BOOK FROM THE FOREST COUNTY SHOW 30 YEARS AGO.

I MADE A COPY OF THAT.

AND WOULD YOU MAKE COPIES FOR EACH OF THE COMMANDERS? YES.

IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR THEM TO KNOW.

ACRES, PRECINCT THREE HAD NONE.

THOSE ADS IN THERE ARE JUST LIKE, WHEN PEOPLE ARE RESEARCHING LIKE THE BUSINESSES AND STUFF, THEY USE THAT TO YES.

PLACE THOSE ES IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

IT IS VERY INTERESTING.

THOSE PHONE BOOKS AND NOEX AS WELL.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[4. Teressa Floyd; Present/Accept the Tax Assessor-Collector's monthly Property Tax Collections report for December 2022.]

NUMBER FOUR.

MS. TERESA FLOYD PRESENT AND ACCEPT THE TAX ASSESSOR'S COLLECTOR'S MONTHLY PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS REPORT FOR DECEMBER 22.

OKAY, SO FOR DECEMBER, WHICH IS A BIG MONTH FOR, FOR COLLECTIONS, WE HAD, UH, WHAT WE PAID TO THE COUNTY ON CURRENT COLLECTIONS WAS 30,205,000 226 47 FOR DELINQUENT TAXES.

FOR DECEMBER IT WAS 68,000 6 39 67 FOR A TOTAL COLLECTIVE OF 30,273,000 866 14.

SO ON THE RODAN BRIDGE SIDE, WE, THE CURRENT WAS 6 MILLION 107 48 44 DELINQUENT 14,400 1255 FOR A TOTAL COLLECTION ON ROGAN BRIDGE OF 6 MILLION 1 15, 1 60 99.

UH, THE DEFERRALS OF COURSE ON THE CURRENT WAS 138,900 1675.

AND UNPAID AND UNPAID DEFERRALS FOR RODEN BRIDGE WAS 24,000 346 55.

TOTAL TRANSACTIONS OF 9,767 FOR DECEMBER.

AND YOUR ROLLBACKS, WHICH WAS PRECINCT ONE, HAD FOUR ACRES, A LITTLE OVER FOUR ACRES.

PRECINCT TWO HAD 65

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AND PRECINCT FOUR HAD 21, NEARLY 20, YOU KNOW, 21 AND A HALF.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT WAS OUR COLLECTIONS FOR DECEMBER ON THE TAX SIDE.

QUESTIONS? OH, UH, ON THE, I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR ABOUT TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS JUST A PASS THROUGH.

EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE RIGHT TO CHECK TO KAUFMAN COUNTY, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE GETTING.

EVERYBODY GETS EMOTIONAL.

THAT WE'RE CONTRACTED AS A PASS THROUGH TO COLLECT FOR THE OTHER ENTITIES.

OH YEAH.

CAUSE SOMETIMES IT GETS CLOUDED WHENEVER YEAH.

AND I GUESS Y'ALL HAD SOME UH, UM, I DID, I MADE UP SOME LITERATURE THAT THE GIRLS COULD HAND TO THE CUSTOMERS.

AND EVEN SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE TAKE COMPARING TO EVERYBODY ELSE, WHICH IS WE'RE WAY DOWN ON THE BOTTOM.

YEAH, I KNOW.

OUR PERCENTAGES ARE A LOT LOWER THAN MOST.

AS FAR AS WHO GETS THAT MONEY.

ANYTHING ELSE? GOOD REPORT.

YES, SIR, THERE IS ACCEPT THAT REPORT.

YOU NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? NO.

MAKE, I'LL SECOND.

I'LL MAKE MR. BARB MAY MOTION TO ACCEPTED MR. MOORE.

FIVE WAS TERESA AGAIN? MM-HMM.

ALL YOU NEED DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVORS SAY AYE.

[5. Teressa Floyd; Present/Accept the Tax Assessor-Collector's monthly Auto Collections report for December 2022.]

SO THE, THE MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

UH, SO WE TOOK IN 2,000,580 1009, UH, 9 97 AND 33 CENTS.

AND OF THAT MONEY WE PAID THE COUNTY, UH, 129,175 AND 15 CENTS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF TRANSACTIONS.

YES, YOU DID .

ANY QUESTIONS? NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

YOU MADE THE MOTION.

MR. HUNT MADE THE SECOND.

[6. Robert Hunter; Present/Accept the Veterans Services quarterly report for 1st Quarter FY2023.]

MORNING JUDGE COMMISSIONERS.

ROBERT HUNTER.

PRESENT AND ACCEPT THE VETERAN SERVICES COURTLY REPORT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 23.

SO I, I SUBMITTED THE, UH, THE, THE DOCUMENTS SO YOU GUYS HAVE THOSE IN ADVANCE.

I WON'T HARP TOO, TOO MUCH ON THE INDIVIDUAL.

UH, STATISTICS.

UM, I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UM, THIS WAS OUR LARGEST FIRST QUARTER SINCE WE STARTED TRACKING.

AND IT IS THE, UH, FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE QUARTER, UM, WE EXCEEDED, UH, 200 VETERANS ASSISTED.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TRENDING UP.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE, THE NUMBERS, THAT WHOLE COVID THING IS COMPLETELY BEHIND THE SERVICES OFFICE CUZ THE PEOPLE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE AGAIN NOW.

UH, ON A, ON A, AN INCREASED LEVEL, UH, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, UM, REFERRALS FROM VETERANS THAT WE HAVE ASSISTED AND WE'RE GETTING REFERRALS ACTUALLY FROM OTHER COUNTIES.

UM, WE HAD QUITE A FEW OUT OF COUNTIES THIS MONTH WITH A, THE PREDOMINANCE COMING FROM HENDERSON.

UM, AND I'LL, I'LL DISCUSS HENDERSON A LITTLE BIT LATER.

UM, SO THOSE ARE THE STATS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STATS AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED? YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ASSISTING THE VETERANS INDIVIDUALLY, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT YOU WOULDN'T BE THAT BUSY AND, AND IT'S GLAD TO KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE SENDING THEIR VETERANS HERE.

MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE A SERVICE OFFICER THERE OR NOT.

THEY DO ACTUALLY JUDGE.

WHAT YOU WANTED, HUH? THAT'S .

UH, YES.

UH, SO LIKE I SAID, HENDERSON COUNTY, UM, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND ADDRESS HIM.

SO FOR THE FIRST TIME WE, UM, WE DID, UH, KIND OF LIKE A BENCHMARK FOR YEARS.

I HAVE ALWAYS REACHED OUT TO OTHER COUNTY SERVICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

UH, SEEKING THEIR INPUT AND GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW, IN AREAS WHERE MAYBE I'M NOT PROFICIENT.

AND, UH, NOW IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE TABLES ARE TURNING BECAUSE, UH, THE YOUNG MAN FROM HENDERSON COUNTY, UH, ACTUALLY CAME LAST FRIDAY, UH, TO THE OFFICE.

AND WE SPENT ABOUT FOUR HOURS GOING OVER OUR PROCEDURES, UH, THE PROGRAMS AND, AND, AND SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ASSIST VETERANS.

AND, UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, I, I TOLD HIM IF HE NEEDED ASSISTANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE'S NOT ACCREDITED YET, THAT TAKES A WHILE.

WE, WE KNOW THAT FROM WHEN WE STARTED OUR PROCESS.

UM, SO I TOLD HIM IN THE MEANTIME, IF HE HAS, UH, VETERANS THAT HE'S ASSISTING, THEN HE CAN CALL THE OFFICE AND I CAN JUMP INTO THE COMPUTER AND LOOK THOSE VETERANS UP IF HE NEEDS ME TO, SO THAT HE'S BETTER ABLE TO ASSIST THEM.

SO THAT'S TRUE.

IT'S KIND OF NEAT BECAUSE NOW WE'VE KIND OF, NOW WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF COMING AROUND TO WHERE WE'RE ON THE TOP SIDE VERSUS NECESSARILY REACHING OUT TO HELP.

KIND OF LIKE

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WELL, IT IS WORK.

YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

AND I AND, AND YOU, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN, IN THERE WITH ME WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN HE WAS COMMISSIONER.

I DON'T REMEMBER HE WAS, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT, BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE GUY'S NAME NOW.

EVERYBODY THAT WE INTERVIEWED KEPT COMING IN AND SAYING THEY WENT TO THIS COUNTY AND THEY SAW THIS.

AND I SAID, I WANT YOU TO BE NAME RECOGNITION LIKE THAT ONE.

I DON'T KNOW.

GUESS WHAT? WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE OTHER GUY IS ANYMORE.

SO THIS IS A GOOD THING.

AND THE GREAT THING IS THEY'RE COMING HERE CUZ WE KNOW, THEY KNOW WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CARES AND KNOWS WHAT TO DO.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S A BIG, THAT'S A BIG AND RESPECTS THE VETERANS AND WORKS FOR THEM.

OH YES.

SO SOME OF OUR ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS GIVE YOU GUYS SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE DID OUTSIDE OF THE VETERANS SERVICES.

SO, UM, THIS QUARTER WE DID, UH, THE, UM, KAUFMAN JUNIOR HIGH.

MISS ARRINGTON, UH, CYCLED ALL OF HER CLASSES EIGHT PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE DAY OVER THE VETERANS PARK.

AND SO WE GAVE A SMALL PRESENTATION AS TO WHAT THE VETERANS PARK WAS, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A VETERANS PARK.

WE DID THIS JUST THAT MONDAY JUST AFTER, UH, UH, VETERANS DAY.

AND SO, UH, IT WAS REALLY NEAT.

AND THE KIDS, AFTER THEY GOT THEIR PRESENTATION, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO KIND OF WALK AROUND.

MS. ARRINGTON TOOK PICTURES OF A LOT OF THEM WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON SOME OF THE WALLS.

UH, NOT JUST OUR WALLS THAT WE'VE CREATED, BUT THE ACTUAL VIETNAM WALL.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT THAT THE KIDS GOT TO ACTUALLY MAKE A CONNECTION TO THEIR OWN FAMILY, UH, WITHIN THE PARK.

SO WE DID THAT.

UM, THE PROJECT TO ADD THE 10 BENCHES WAS COMPLETED.

SO WE NOW HAVE 10 ADDITIONAL BENCHES AND THREE PERMANENTLY MOUNTED GARBAGE RECEPTACLES IN THE PARK.

UM, FACILITIES THANKS TO THEM.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY DID THE INSTALLATION FOR THAT.

WE DID THE BENCHES JUST BEFORE VETERAN'S DAY AND THEY GOT THE TRASH RECEPTACLES INSTALLED JUST BEFORE OUR REEF ACROSSED AMERICA CEREMONY.

SO SPECIAL THANKS TO THEM.

UH, WE DID, WE DID DO A VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY, UH, THIS YEAR'S CEREMONY.

WE HAD TO MAKE A COMMAND DECISION DUE TO WEATHER TO MOVE INSIDE.

SO AGAIN, AS ALWAYS, THANKS TO YASMA AND HER CREW BACK THERE, BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS, UH, THEY BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEIR FACILITY IS AVAILABLE TO US WHEN WE NEED TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND, UH, AND I THINK THIS YEAR IT WORKED OUT PRETTY GOOD.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING WE DID WAS OUR REESE ACROSS AMERICA, UH, TURNOUT THIS YEAR.

UM, IT WAS KIND OF A DREARY DAY, A LITTLE COLD.

I THINK THE PUBLIC TURNOUT WAS A LITTLE LOWER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT OUR INVOLVEMENT FROM OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE JUNIOR LEOS OF KAUFMAN, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF GROUPS THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED.

THEY PROVIDED COFFEE, TEA AND COOKIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE DAY WAS COLD.

UM, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO COMMISSIONER HUNT.

UM, HE, HE, UH, HIS CREW CAME IN AND, UH, PICKED UP ALL THE REEFS, WHICH WAS MUCH APPRECIATED BECAUSE I HAD SURGERY AND I'M NOT ALLOWED TO LIFT AND MY WIFE HAS BEEN REAL HARD ON ME NOT TO LIFT.

SO, UM, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE WENT OUT THERE AND TRIED TO DO THAT AND THEN GOT IN TROUBLE.

SO I CAME IN AND THEY WERE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMMISSIONER HUNT FOR THAT HELP.

SO, ANYTHING ELSE, ANY QUESTIONS? Y'ALL THINK YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON AND IT'S DEFINITELY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROBERT.

THANK YOU SIR.

ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.

NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT HIS REPORT, THEN I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

NEED A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MORRO IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

NOW THERE IS BEST HALF MONIQUE HUNTER .

[7. Monique Hunter; Present/Accept the Development Services Financial Report.]

I'M TRYING TO KEEP HIM THE BEST HALF HE PAID.

HE PAID ME TO SAY THAT.

IT'S OKAY.

PRESENT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FINANCIAL REPORT.

SO I'M SORRY.

I SENT ALL OF THAT TO YOU.

IT'S, UH, I HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING ON IT OTHER THAN ADDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT TO THE REPORT.

UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE NAS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T TRACKING THAT LAST YEAR, SO RIGHT.

UM, THAT'S WHY THOSE NAS ARE IN THOSE COLUMNS.

UM, WE, UM, WORKED IT OUT, UH, WORKED WITH DISPATCH, HAD MEETING WITH SHERIFF.

UM, THE WAY IT WORKS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE COME THROUGH.

DISPATCH WILL TAKE THE CALL THAT AUTOMATICALLY GENERATES A TEXT MESSAGE TO WAYNE OR JERRY AS I GO TO OUR VIOLATIONS EMAIL.

AND THEN THOSE GENTLEMEN ARE TRACKING AND WORKING THOSE PROJECTS.

THEY ARE, UH, COMPLAINTS OPENED INSIDE OF OUR SOFTWARE AND THEN THEY'RE FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE.

AND SO THEY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, THE CURRENT ONES, WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN BY, UM, THE TYPES OF CALLS UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTION, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD.

AND SO, UM, THE GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB GOOD IN THAT ASPECT.

SO TOOK A LITTLE GETTING USED TO, UM, UM, WE ARE GONNA GET WITH PAUL ON SOME OF THE, UM,

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PEACE OFFICER ASPECT OF IT.

HE'S WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT IF THERE IS A NEED FOR A PEACE OFFICER INTERACTION IN ONE OF THOSE ILLEGAL DUMPS.

AND SO HE'S, UM, OFFERED TO HELP US WITH THAT GOOD DEAL.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE ARE HANDLING EVERYTHING UNDER A 3 41 OR, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF TIMES, UM, THERE IS A SEPTIC INVOLVED SOMEWHERE.

RIGHT? SO, UM, TYLER TECHNOLOGIES HAS BEEN WITH US, UH, MULTIPLE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

THEY WILL BE BACK THIS WEEK FOR THREE DAYS AND NEXT WEEK FOR THREE DAYS.

SO THAT'S SIX LONG DAYS OF TALKING ABOUT COMPUTER STUFF, WHICH IS NOT FUN.

BUT WE ARE HOPEFULLY BUILDING SOMETHING THAT WILL, UM, GROW WITH THIS COUNTY AND BE ABLE TO TRACK AND DO BETTER REPORTS AND BETTER AND, AND GIVE THE CITIZENS AN EASIER ACCESS TO, UM, UM, FILING ANYTHING WITH US AND WATCHING AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE CYCLE OF A PERMIT PROCESS.

UM, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A PHONE CALL, YOU GOT MY PERMIT DONE, YOU GOT MY PERMIT DONE GOING.

SO WE'RE BUILDING THAT CITIZEN ASPECT OF IT SO THEY CAN WATCH, THEIR PERMIT IS SUBMITTED, THEY KNOW WHERE IT'S AT, IT'S BEING REVIEWED BY THIS, IT'S BEING REVIEWED BY THIS.

SO IT REALLY ENGAGES THEM INTO USING THAT SITE AND ANSWERING THEIR OWN QUESTIONS, WHICH FREEZES UP TO DO OTHER THINGS.

SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD WITH TYLER TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT ASPECT, UM, WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

UM, THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

IT IS, LIKE I SAID, AND FOR YOU IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF EXTRA FREE TIME TO BE DOING OTHER THINGS.

IT DOES.

SURE.

SO I DON'T WANNA LOSE THAT PUBLIC INTERACTION.

SO YES, WE ARE STILL GONNA REQUIRE SOME THINGS TO BE YEP.

PERSONAL.

SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE, UM, PULLING RETENTION.

THAT'S WHAT WE WORKED, WORKED ON IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

PULLING ALL THE OLD FILES, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SCANNED, IT'S ALL ARCHIVED AND THEN WE DESTROY.

SO WE'RE NOT KEEPING ALL OF THIS PAPERWORK.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE KIND OF DID IN THAT LAST MONTH OF DECEMBER.

UM, FIRE SCAN PROJECT.

UM, WE HAVE DONE 469 FIRE SCANS, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LARGE NUMBER, BUT SOME OF THOSE PLANS ARE 500 PAGES.

SO WE ARE NOT ONLY SCANNING THEM, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE LEGIBLE.

SO SOME OF THEM HAVE TO BE RE-SCANNED AND RE-SCANNED, BUT WE ARE CREATING THAT ARCHIVE OF ALL THOSE FILES THAT WERE AT SOUTH CAMPUS.

AND, UM, I HOPE TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED BY THE END OF 2023.

THEN IN 2024, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS CLEAN IT UP.

RIGHT NOW I NEED TO CAPTURE IT BEFORE IT GETS DAMAGED OR WHATEVER.

IN 2024, WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN IT UP.

SO WE'RE GOING TO, THERE WERE RANDOM PAGES, THERE WERE THINGS, THERE'S EVEN BUSINESSES THAT AREN'T EVEN IN BUSINESS ANYMORE.

SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS GO THROUGH AND CLEAN IT, CREATE A ACTIVE ARCHIVE, WHICH WE CAN SHARE WITH THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGH A SECURE WAY THAT THEY CAN PULL OPEN THOSE PLANS TO THAT BUILDING WHEN THEY SHOW UP TO IT.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ARCHIVE THE ONES THAT WERE IN THE PAST, NOT NECESSARILY IN BUSINESS ANYMORE.

THE BUILDING IS NOT THE SAME, THE PLANS ARE JUST IN THE WAY, BUT WE DON'T WANNA GET RID OF 'EM.

THEY'LL BE ARCHIVED.

SO I HOPE TO HAVE THAT DONE BY DECEMBER OF 2024.

I GOT HIGH HOPES.

UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 17 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

UM, A LOT OF THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL.

THERE'S A, UH, ONE RV PARK, UM, UH, OR MANUFACTURED HOME RENTAL COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

SO THOSE ARE CURRENTLY BEING WORKED.

SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THOSE COME TO COURT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.

SOUNDS LIKE, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE JUST A LITTLE BUSY.

SLIGHTLY, SLIGHTLY FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE NATION, RIGHT? YEAH.

WELL, UH, I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS.

UH, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SCANNING THE OLD RECORDS FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE FIRE INSPECTIONS AND THEN YOU'RE, YOU MADE THE COMMENT LIKE THEIR BUSINESS IS NOT IN BUSINESS ANYMORE.

I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT DISPOSING OF THOSE PLANS, RIGHT? NO, NO.

THOSE WILL GO INTO AN ARCHIVE FILE BECAUSE THEY THEY STAY WITH THE ADDRESS OF THE BUILDING.

YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GET IS, AND, AND THIS, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE A BUILDING THAT HAS A BOW STRING TRUST THAT'S BEEN REMODELED AND YOU LOOK AT IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE A BOW STRING TRUST BY LOOKING AT IT, BUT IT DOES.

WHICH IS A KILLER.

AND WE'RE GONNA NEED INPUT FROM THE FIRE ON THAT, WHICH IS GONNA BE OKAY.

BUT WE DON'T WANT, UM, THEM TO SHOW UP AND THERE'LL BE FOUR PLANS IN THERE AND NOT KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE ACCURATE ONE'S.

AS LONG AS MY ADDRESS, ADDRESS NEVER REALLY CHANGES.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND THIS IS SHARED WITH ALL THE FIRE ESDS WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE NOT YET.

WHEN IT'S CLEAR WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE IT ARCHIVED.

SO NOW THEY, THEY DO SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY.

SO ONCE THESE ARE ALL SCANNED, THAT PROJECT'S DONE.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE? NO.

HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT THEN MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

MR. HUNT MADE THE MOTION.

NEED A SECOND? SECOND.

MR. BARR MADE A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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

MS. DESIREE.

PRESENT AND ACCEPT THE INDIGENT HEALTHCARE QUARTERLY REPORT.

HOW IS EVERYONE THIS MORNING? GOOD.

UM, DID Y'ALL GET THE

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REPORT? MM-HMM.

? YES.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE PRETTY BUSY TOO, ? A LITTLE BIT.

WE HAVE A FEW THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH CARINE, UM, ON SOME PHARMACY.

THEY HAVE A PHARMACY PROGRAM IN THEIR, UM, BUILDING AND THEY JUST CARRY CERTAIN THINGS.

UM, BUT SOME OF THEIR THINGS ARE CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE COULD GET AT.

THE PHARMACIES WE'RE CONTRACTED WITH, REALLY.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM RIGHT NOW TO SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN GET OUR CLIENTS THAT ARE WITH THEM, UM, PRESCRIPTIONS OVER THERE SO WE CAN GET IT CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE'RE GETTING.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW WITH THE HIGHER UPS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND THEN THEY'LL GET BACK WITH ME.

WE ALSO, WE'VE LOST DR.

VAN DVIR, WHICH IS OUR ORTHOPEDIC.

UM, HE HAS MOVED OVER TO FORNEY, BUT I AM WORKING WITH THEIR OFFICE RIGHT NOW AT FORNEY CUZ IT'S A DIFFERENT GROUP THAT HE'S WITH AND SEEING IF MAYBE THEY COULD STILL SEE OUR CLIENTS AND OUR INMATES.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THAT AS WELL.

UM, SO TOMORROW WE HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH THE, UM, INDIGENT HEALTHCARE STATE PROGRAM.

UM, SO THEY'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF UPDATE US ON SOME THINGS.

SO IT'S ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR LONG AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE IF ANYTHING'S CHANGED AND HOPEFULLY IT'S WORTH THE GOOD.

ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

ON THE, ON THE OUTPATIENT, THE JAIL OUTPATIENT MM-HMM.

DOES IT, WHEN THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL, DOES IT MOVE INTO THE HOSPITAL INPATIENT OR IS THAT SEPARATE? IT'S SEPARATE.

, BECAUSE THE JAIL POPULATION STILLS THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE.

NO DOUBT.

PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL BE.

WELL, I DON'T, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, THE COUNTY GETS PRETTY BIG.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS IN CARE.

AT SOME POINT THE OUTPATIENT OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE BIGGER THAN THE DEAL.

IT, IT PROBABLY WILL END UP BEING BIGGER IF WE KEEP GROWING.

SO WELL, I KNOW.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE DOLLARS GO.

NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. PHILLIPS MADE MOTION.

NEED A SECOND? MM-HMM.

MR. MOORE.

MAY 2ND.

SHERIFF BS NUMBER NINE, DISCUSS, CONSIDER LATERAL TRANSFER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT DETENTION, COMMUNICATIONS AND STEP PAY WITH THE MAXIMUM BEING FIVE YEARS THAT IS SUPPORTED BY TLO RECORDS.

[9. Sheriff Beavers; Discuss/Consider lateral transfer for Law Enforcement, Detention and Communications in step pay with the maximum being five years that is supported by TCOLE records,]

SHERIFF, GO AHEAD.

EVERYBODY'S DOING LATERAL.

WELL, ONE THING I WILL SAY IS DESIREE, I APPRECIATE WHAT SHE DOES FOR THE JAIL CUZ SHE DOES SAVE A LOT OF MONEY FOR US FOR STUFF GOING ON AND GETTING THE RATES DROPPED.

SO SHE DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR US, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

WELL, WHILE WE'RE COMING TO YOU IS ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET EMPLOYEES TO COME TO US WITH SOME BESIDES IN THE JAIL AND TRYING TO GET SOME YEARS OF SERVICE FOR SOME PEOPLE.

SO WHILE WE'RE COMING TO YOU IS TRYING TO GET IT, BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK, WE'RE TRAIL SHORT ON DEPUTIES NINE IN COMMUNICATION AND EIGHT AND DETENTION IS WHERE WE'RE SETTING TODAY.

UH, OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME OVER.

AND WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS, LIKE OTHER AGENCIES DONE THROUGHOUT THE STATE, IS DO A LATERAL UP TO FIVE YEARS IF THEY HAVE FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THEIR TCO AND IS SUPPORTED BY THAT.

I DID WORK WITH THE AUDITOR.

I'VE SHOWED HER OUR NUMBERS AND LOOKING AND WE CAN SUSTAIN THIS WITH OUR BUDGET.

UH, I DID TALK TO ALL THE CONSTABLES ABOUT THAT IF THEY COULD DO IT AND THEY SAID THEY COULD PROBABLY SUSTAIN IT WITHIN THEIR BUDGET THIS YEAR AND THEN WE'D LOOK AT IT NEXT YEAR AND BUDGET IT AS WE NEED FIT TO DO THAT.

BUT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA BRING SOME PEOPLE TO US, UH, IS GET THEM OR WE CAN BRING THEM RIGHT OUT.

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW IT, BUT CITY'S AROUND HERE BEGINNING TO, TO WHOOP ON US A LITTLE BIT.

PH PD IS, YOU KNOW, WE, THE STARTING PAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND 63, BUT THEY'VE SWAPPED THEIRS NOW DOWN TO FIVE YEARS.

SO THEY'RE TOPPING OUT IN FIVE YEARS AT 85,000, 1 95.

TERRELL JUST WENT TO FIVE YEARS AND THEY'VE JUST TOPPED OUT AT 83,643.

SO THEY'RE, IT TAKE US HOW LONG TO TOP OUT? HUH? 12, 12 YEARS.

12, YEAH.

YEAH, FOR US.

AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT CLOSE TO THAT SEVEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

SO, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'LL BRING US IS BRINGING SOME PEOPLE IN KNOWING THAT WE CAN START 'EM, ESPECIALLY ON PATROL.

OUR, UH, DEPUTY CONSTABLE IS AT 10,000 BRINGING, IF THEY'VE GOT FIVE YEARS, THAT BRINGS IT UP TO 65 TO, I BELIEVE WILL HELP US.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK TO ME TALKING ABOUT IF THEY GET LATERAL IN AT THAT THEY WOULDN'T MIND COMING TO WORK FOR US.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

WE NEED TO HELP IN SPORTS, TRY TO GET THIS GOING AND MOVING FORWARD AND SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

AND COMMUNICATION IS JUST, IT IS A BEATING RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN'T GET PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TAKE THAT STRESSFUL JOB.

UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL THAT COME IN AND WORK IN AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, UH, THEY JUST CAN'T HANDLE THE STRESS AND THEY'RE NOT HARDLY MAKING IT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON HOW WE'RE

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INTERVIEWING.

WE'RE, I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED TO 'EM SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO GET THIS NEWER GENERATION OR GET SOME PEOPLE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO COME TO WORK FOR US TO STAY HERE.

I DON'T, I'M I'M WITH YOU.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY PUT UP WITH IT, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.

IT IF PEOPLE DON'T, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE GOT A COUPLE PEOPLE DOWN HERE EVEN IN FIRE, YOU KNOW, THAT ALL UNDERSTAND DISPATCH, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE REGULAR CITIZENS LIKE ME OR SOMETHING AND THEY COME HOME, IF YOU DON'T GO THERE AND SEE WHAT THEY DO, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT.

OH, I'M TELLING YOU.

IT'S ALL, ALL ALL, I'M, I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT HOW RESPONSIVE THEY ARE AND HOW QUICK AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE CHATTER ON THE RADIO AND YOU TALK BACK AND FORTH AND THEY PICK IT ALL UP, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

THEY HAVE A PHONE IN THEIR EAR AND TYPING AND IT'S THE SAME 9 1 1 2 ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

I MEAN, AND DON'T EVEN SLOW DOWN OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS THAT STUCK WITH US THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT STRESS IS GETTING TOUGH ON 'EM.

SO WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE PEOPLE IN THE DOOR TO HELP HIM.

MISS AUDITOR.

WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS FINANCIAL WISE? THE SHERIFF HAS IT IN HIS BUDGET BECAUSE EMPTY POSITIONS.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE CONSTABLES AND I KNOW IT WOULD AFFECT PROBABLY THE DA'S INVESTIGATORS TOO.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD COST.

SO IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY THERE NOW BY, BECAUSE OF VACANCIES, THEY YES, THEY DO.

I MIGHT MAKE SURE ABOUT THE OTHERS THEN THEY COULD APPLY THAT MONEY THEN THAT SPOT WOULD NOT BE FILLED THIS YEAR OBVIOUSLY, CUZ THEY'VE TAKEN THAT MONEY AND MOVED IT UP HERE.

WELL IT'S, YOU'RE TALKING NOW THE POSITION TO BE FILLED.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS THE VACANCY BETWEEN, YOU HAVE THE MONEY FOR THAT MONTH.

WE ONLY HAVE, YOU'RE ONLY HAVE TO FILL THAT POSITION FOR THAT PORTION OF THE MONTH.

IT'S REMAINING.

SO IT'S STILL THERE.

YOU'LL FILL THE POSITIONS, BUT THE MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED, IT'S COME ABOUT THE NEXT BUDGET, RIGHT? YES.

THE NEXT BUDGET.

THE NEXT BUDGET, IT'LL BE THE POSITION.

WE'LL DO THAT AND FILL IT AT THAT IF WE HAVE THE MONEY.

YEAH, I GET IT.

WELL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE THE TURNOVER.

THAT AND THE, AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL.

I MEAN THAT'S THE BIGGEST YES.

WELL, IF THEY'RE NOT MISSING ANYBODY, THEY'RE NOT HIRING SOMEBODY IN IT HAS FIVE YEAR SENIORITY.

THAT CAN FILL THE POSITION.

THAT'S A HIGHER PAID POSITION.

UM, AND I, AND I GUESS THE CONTRACT IS, I I I AGREE.

IT MAINLY YOU BETTER COME UP HERE AND YOU GONNA GET IN TROUBLE.

YOU GONNA GET IN TROUBLE.

UM, I I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE SHERIFF.

IT, IT, IT AFFECTS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MORE THAN ANY DEPARTMENT I HAVE OPENING RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND I CAN TELL YOU I DO HAVE ONE GUY'S 10 YEAR AND WANTING TO LEAVE ANOTHER AGENCY TO COME TO WORK FOR US.

SO, UM, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO, SO I HAD TO BUT HAVE YOU HAD THAT POSITION OPEN FOR A WHILE? YEAH, I THINK THAT POSITION WAS VACATED IN JANUARY THE THIRD.

UM, AND I AM ANOTHER 30 DAYS FROM FILLING IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MONEY.

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO.

IT COULD.

AND AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE KAREN AND I HAVE THAT MIGHT BE DISCUSS KNOW AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF THE POSITION STAYS OPEN FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, YOU'D PROBABLY HAVE THE MONEY TO MAKE IT THE DIFFERENCE FOR YOU.

AND, AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT, THAT, UH, THIS BUDGET IS SET AND NOBODY'S ASKING FOR INCREASING BUDGET.

IT'S JUST, UH, IF WE HAVE THE MONEY IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET, JUST BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE BIG HIT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'D HAVE TO MAKE THE STRESS ON THE MOTION THAT THEY'D HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY IN THE YES.

I THINK WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE COVER WHAT WE'RE TALKING.

NOBODY'S ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET.

WE'RE JUST ASKING TO USE MONEY THAT WE MAY HAVE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO SAME PERSONNEL WITH THE MONEY WE GOT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

QUESTION MOORE.

I THINK, UH, IT'D BE SOMETHING WORTH TRYING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MONEY AND THE BUDGET, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE NOW THAT THEY CAN TRY AND SEE IF IT'S GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL TOO.

SEE IF IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA PAY OFF IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE MONEY'S THERE AND THEN WE'LL KNOW IF IT'S GONNA WORK.

HE'LL TELL US DURING BUDGET TIME AS WELL THAT HEY, THIS IS WORKING.

IT'S NOT WORKING OR YEAH, WE SUCCESSFULLY WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, FILL EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS, YOU KNOW, OFF THE PROGRAM.

SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING INTO ON THAT.

EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT AND THEN, AND IT'S WORKING FOR THEM.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THE AGENCY I CAME FROM.

THAT SEEMED TO BE GOOD PROGRAM FOR ME.

WELL OUR, OUR BIGGEST PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GONNA PULL IS, IS SOUTH, YOU KNOW THAT I'M NOT GONNA PULL 'EM FROM DALLAS.

I'M NOT UNLESS SOMEBODY'S RETIRED AND WANT TO COME OVER AND, AND THAT'S THE ONLY PEOPLE WE'RE GONNA TOUCH.

BUT TO, TO BRING SOMEBODY FROM OTHER AGENCIES IS GONNA BE, UNLESS THEY'RE MAKING LESS, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY.

I WAS GONNA SAY YOU'RE NOT NO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TOUCH ADDISON IN DALLAS.

I AIN'T GONNA PULL FORNY.

NO,

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NO.

THEY DON'T BOTHER, BOTHER TAKING FROM US.

JUST LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO LAND THEN, OR THAT'S IT.

I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WAY IT WORKS, WE'RE USING THE SAME TECHNIQUES THAT THEY'RE USING.

THEY'VE GOT MORE, THEY'VE GOT MORE GREEN TO WAVE AT 'EM.

EXACTLY.

WE JUST SEE NORTH OF US.

THAT'S EXACTLY, I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO DO IT BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, FOR THE NEXT BUDGET WE'LL HAVE SOME KIND OF IDEA OF WHAT'S WORKING.

SOUNDS GOOD.

SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.

IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY, WE'RE GOOD ON MONEY.

ALRIGHT.

ALL AND THAT'S WAY WE WE'LL MAKE THE MOTION TOO.

IS IT, IT HAS TO BE IN THEIR, IT HAS TO BE IN THEIR BUDGET.

SO MAKE THE MOTION HAS TO BE IN OUR CURRENT MAKING THE MOTION IT HAS THE MONEY HAS BUDGET TO BE IN THEIR BUDGET TO COVER THIS PROGRAM.

IF NOT, THEN THEY CAN'T DO IT.

CAN'T DO IT.

I'M WITH YOU.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO DO THAT.

ALL COMMISSIONER PHELPS MADE THE MOTION ALL SECOND.

MR. BARBARA MADE THE SECOND.

MOTION.

CARRIE.

AND THAT WILL START TODAY, CORRECT? MM-HMM.

, CORRECT.

, BECAUSE I'M GONNA PUT, WE PASSED IT PUT, WE PASSED IT OUT TODAY.

NO ATION AND NO TIME.

I'M GONNA PUT IT OUT TODAY.

IT STARTED, IT STARTED A MINUTE AGO, .

NUMBER 10, DISCUSS, CONSIDER OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS FOR OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

AND

[10. Sheriff Beavers; Discuss/Consider official holidays for all county employees that must work shift work.]

THAT MUST WORK.

SHIFT WORK.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR COUNTY POLICY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, I'VE BEEN WANTING TO ADDRESS FOR A WHILE, BUT I JUST HADN'T, IT WASN'T, HADN'T TIME TO COME UP TO DO IT.

UH, BUT OUR PROBLEM IS, IS OUR SHIFT WORK PEOPLE, THE COUNTY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLICY I SENT YOU, THIS IS, UH, THE FOLLOWING, UH, COUNTY, ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE THESE.

ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES DON'T RECEIVE THEM.

JUST CAUSE OUR PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK SHIFT WORK, DON'T GET 'EM.

AND I'M ASKING THE COUNTY TO GO BY AND SAY ALL EMPLOYEES GET ALL COUNTY HOLIDAYS TO MAKE IT FAIR NO MATTER IF YOU HAVE TO WORK, SHIFT WORK OR NOT.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE A IMPACT ON, UNLESS THE COUNTY DON'T PAY FOR IT WHEN YOU LEAVE AND YOU GOTTA USE IT WITHIN THE YEAR.

IT'S JUST, IT'S HARD THAT WE'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO WORK SHIFT WEIGHT.

AND I GET THIS ALL THE TIME, IT'S WELL JUST CAUSE YOU GET TO WORK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, YOU GET ALL THE HOLIDAYS, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO WORK SHIFT WORK, YOU DON'T GET ALL THE HOLIDAYS.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

AND I THINK THIS WILL BE MORE FAIR, FIRM AND CONSISTENT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OTHER AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COURTHOUSE, THEY'RE CHANGING TO SOME SHIFT WORK AND IT'S GONNA IMPACT THEM.

SO I'M ASKING THAT WE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD AND GIVE ALL EMPLOYEES THE COUNTY HOLIDAYS THEY DESERVE.

I THINK THEY THEY NEED IT.

THEY EARN IT.

IT'S IN THE POLICY.

SO THEY NEED TO RECEIVE IT AND IT'S GONNA BE RECEIVED IN COMP TIME.

WELL, I MEAN IT'S, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL GET, THEY'LL GET THE HOLIDAY AND HOLIDAY TIME AND IF THEY DON'T USE IT WITHIN THE YEAR YEAR, THEY LOSE IT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

AND THERE'S AND, AND ITS NOT CHANGING A DAY OFF FOR IT.

AND THEN YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT IF THEY, YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M POINTING OUT IS THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A COST FACTOR TO IT.

NO, IT IS NOT A COST.

BUT IT IS A, IT IS A HASSLE TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE 'EM THE DAY OFF.

HEY, THAT'S FINE.

I KNOW WE'RE WORKING, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, I, I CAN DEAL WITH THAT A LOT EASIER THAN I CAN.

WHY, WHY DOES THIS EMPLOYEE AGREE HOLIDAY AND THIS EMPLOYEE DON'T? NO, DON'T.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE IT FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD WITH Y'ALL'S HELP.

I TOLD YOU ALREADY.

I AGREED WITH IT LONG AGO.

NEED A MOTION NUMBER 10 THEN.

NUMBER 11 IS PAUL AYERS FIRE MARSHALL, DISCUSS COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL ORDER.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. MOORE.

ACCEPT.

MAKE SOME MOTION NUMBER 10.

10 FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

NEED A SECOND? SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THINKING.

TRYING MADE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR IS SAY AYE.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

[11. Paul Ayres; Discuss the Kaufman County Animal Control Order.]

WHO ARE FRUSTRATED BY THAT TIMELINE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES.

UH, WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING THIS SERVICE FOR THE PAST ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

UH, WE OFFICIALLY TRANSITIONED OVER FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT THE END OF OCTOBER.

UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND ACTUALLY DO THIS JOB.

UH, FOR ABOUT THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICES NORMALLY ON DUTY WAS OUT.

SO I WAS THE ONE IN THE TRUCK ENTERING THESE CALLS.

UM, MY MIND, I WAS, I WAS, MY EYES WERE OPENED.

AND HOW MUCH GOES INTO THAT, UH, THAT KIND OF WORK? UH, THERE IS A HIGH DEMAND FOR THIS SERVICE IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY.

UM, UH, I'D BE ON MY WAY TO ONE CALL AND MY PHONE IS ALREADY RINGING WITH TWO MORE CALLS COMING IN.

UM, WE'RE FIELDING ABOUT EIGHT TO 16 CALLS PER DAY.

UM, SOME OF THOSE CALLS DO LAST LONGER IF WE ARE TRYING TO ACTUALLY CAPTURE THOSE ANIMALS.

I KNOW ONE CALL THAT I HAD, UH, WE HAD A DOG THAT WAS SECURED IN THE BACKYARD, BUT, UM, IT, IT HAD DID HAVE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR.

IT WAS CHASING SOME KIDS AROUND.

SO, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO, TO CAPTURE THAT ANIMAL.

WE, UM, TRIED WITH A CATCH POLE.

DIDN'T QUITE WORK.

SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TRY TRAP.

UM, AND THEN IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, WE'RE GONNA TRY CHEMICAL CAPTURE.

SO, UM, BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY TRAINED IN CHEMICAL CAPTURE TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.

SO, UM, SOME OF THESE DO TAKE SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY PROCESS AND, AND GET FINISHED UP.

UH, RIGHT NOW OUR AVERAGE, UH, TURNAROUND TIME FOR SERVICE IS ABOUT 11 DAYS.

UM, SO 9 1 1 DISPATCH.

THEY DO FILL A LOT OF CALLS FROM CITIZENS

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UM, THEY CALL ABOUT A STRAY DOG.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE SHOW UP 11 DAYS LATER, THERE'S NO TELLING WHERE THAT DOG WENT.

UM, AND, AND TRYING TO FIND THAT ANIMAL IS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE.

UM, WE, UH, BE BECAUSE OF THE CALL VOLUME THAT WE'RE HAVING, WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO DO A GOOD JOB OF, UH, STREAMLINING OUR PROCESSES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MANAGING AND PRIORITIZING.

UM, WE ARE PRIORITIZING THOSE AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL CALLS MORE THAN THE GOOD DOG CALLS.

UM, IF IT'S A FRIENDLY ANIMAL, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN WAIT THAT 11 DAYS FOR US TO GET OUT THERE TO, TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

UM, WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED, UH, A PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE CALLED CLICK UP.

UM, WHEN NINE ONE ONE DISPATCH RECEIVES A CALL ABOUT A DOG, IT SENDS AN EMAIL AUTOMATICALLY TO THIS SOFTWARE.

UH, IT PUTS IT IN A QUEUE FOR US.

WE CAN CHANGE THE STATUS OF THAT CALL, UH, FROM, UH, A NEW CALL FOR SERVICE TO, UH, INITIAL CONTACT IS MADE.

UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH TYPOGRAPHICS HERE IN, UH, IN TOWN TO TRY TO GET SOME DOOR HANGERS MADE THAT JUST LETS THE CITIZEN KNOW, HEY, WE WERE HERE.

UM, WE, WE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE DOG.

WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR YOU.

UH, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, UH, COMPONENT IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.

SO, UM, ANYWAYS, WE PROGRESS THE, UH, THAT CALL THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STAGES, UH, UNTIL WE CLEAR THE CALL.

UM, THE, UH, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT SOFTWARE IS IT DOES HAVE A MAPPING FEATURE.

UM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE OUR TARGET AREAS ARE IN THE COUNTY, UM, WHICH IS, UH, GREAT FOR US.

WE CAN GO IN AND HIT A PARTICULAR PART OF THE COUNTY WHERE WE HAVE A, A DOG DUMPING ISSUE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

UM, WE HAVE ALSO TRANSITIONED OVER TO PAPERLESS DOCUMENTATION.

UM, WE'RE USING AN APP ON THE IPAD CALLED IAU.

IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ANIMAL IN THE CONDITION THAT WE FIND IT.

UM, EVERYTHING IS DOCUMENTED.

WE COLLECT SIGNATURES FROM THE OWNER.

IF WE RETURN IT TO OWNER, WE COLLECT SIGNATURES FROM THE, UH, HUMANE SOCIETY.

UH, IF WE TURN IT OVER TO THE PET ADOPTION CENTER, UH, AND THEN WE CAN EMAIL THAT OUT TO THE APPROPRIATE PARTIES.

SO, UH, A LITTLE BIT BETTER DOCUMENTATION, UH, ON THAT SIDE.

UM, THAT'S KINDA WHERE WE'RE AT WITH ANIMAL CONTROL.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE.

UH, UM, HOW MANY UH, CONTR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS DO YOU HAVE? I HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE HAVE ONE POSITION THAT IS OPEN.

IT'S THE, UM, ANIMAL CONTROL SLASH INSPECTOR POSITION.

UH, WE DO HAVE INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED FOR THAT POSITION.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S CERTIFIED IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS.

SO IT'S GONNA BE, UH, BRINGING 'EM ON BOARD, GETTING 'EM TRAINED.

I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY THAT YOU SAID IF SOMEBODY CALLS IN ON A STRAIGHT DOG, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S 11 DAYS BEFORE Y'ALL CAN GET THERE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT BACKLOG.

WELL, YEAH.

I SAID BEFORE WHEN THIS WHOLE IDEA CAME UP OF PUTTING THIS UNDER YOU, I THOUGHT IT WAS A MISTAKE.

I STILL THINK IT IS.

AND THAT TO ME IS PRETTY OBVIOUS.

THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.

RIGHT? BECAUSE I HAVE CITIZENS CONTACTING ME WANNA KNOW WHERE THE DOG CATCHER IS CUZ THEY'VE CALLED HIM FIVE TIMES.

I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS TAKING Y'ALL 11 DAYS TO GET OUT THERE.

SO IN YOUR OPINION, HOW'S THIS WORKING OUT ? UH, WELL IF I GET THE THE PEOPLE FOR IT, I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF IT.

UM, IT IS A CHALLENGE BEING A SMALLER OFFICE.

UH, YOU KNOW, I'M THE ONE HAVING TO GET IN THE, IN THE DOG CATCHER TRUCK TO GO OUT THERE AND ANSWER THE CALLS.

IF, UH, THAT'S A PROBLEM I HAVE WITH HER RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S NOT YOUR JOB.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE DOING THAT THEN FIRE MARSHAL BUSINESS ISN'T GETTING TAKEN CARE OF.

I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS, THIS IS NOT WORKING OUT.

WELL.

PAUL AND I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.

MORNING.

AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A BIG ISSUE.

, HE'S BEHIND ON INSPECTIONS.

WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT IS IMPORTANT.

AND OUR COMMERCIAL INN, WHERE HIS EXPERTISE IS NEEDED IS ALSO GETTING BACKLOGGED.

AND THAT'S, THAT HAS TO BE DONE.

WELL THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

AND IT'S HAPPENED.

UH, AND I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO THE SHERIFF AND I ALSO DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER TO GO BACK TO CATCHING YEAH.

ANIMALS AGAIN MM-HMM.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO FIX THIS.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, UH, LIKE THE CITY OF URBAN EXAMPLE WHERE THE AGENCY I CAME FROM, WE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THAT WERE OUR DOG CATCHERS.

AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD TO MEET A CERTAIN LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION TRAINING AND WHATEVER TO DO THAT, BUT IT SEEMED TO WORK OUT A LOT BETTER THAN BEING UNDER THE SHERIFF OR BEING UNDER YOU.

IT JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE A, A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, A BETTER WAY OF DOING THAT.

AND, AND I WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE THAT PERSON UNDER, UNDER ME IN MY PRECINCT, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE MY OWN DOG CATCHER IN MY PRECINCT.

SO.

WELL I, I THINK THE BEST THING THAT THAT'S PUT HIM AT A DISADVANTAGE, IT TOOK A WHILE TO SWAP EVERYTHING OVER.

HE'S GOTTA HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE.

, UH, HE NEEDS SOMEBODY ELSE.

I THINK HE CAN BE SUSTAINED IF HE GETS SOMEBODY.

I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HIS PROCESSING WHAT HE'S DOING, BUT

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, I THINK IF YOU GIVE HIM THE ADVANTAGE TO DO THAT, I MEAN, HE'S DONE SOME GOOD JOBS ON SOFTWARE STUFF AND THAT HE'S JUST GOTTA MEET THE DEMAND OF THE COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY DEAL.

IF HE NEEDS HELP FROM ME, I'M MORE THAN WILLING IF HE NEEDS, IF SOMEBODY'S OFF AND SOMETHING AND WE NEED TO FILL IN, WE'LL WE'LL DO THAT.

CUZ AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE HERE FOR THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE SO WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD YOUR GUY OUT FOR THAT LONG.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE GOTTA WORK TOGETHER.

I THINK THIS CAN WORK.

UH, MY PROBLEM IS BRINGING IT BACK HERE.

TO ME, CIVILIAN'S GONNA MAKE IT HARD FOR ME.

AND I EXPLAIN THAT TO THE JUDGE AND HE CAN PROBABLY EXPLAIN OR I'LL EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU AT, AT A DIFFERENT DATE AND TIME.

BUT I THINK IT'LL WORK REALLY WELL.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'VE GOTTA WORK TOGETHER JUST AS CONSTABLES TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED.

BUT I THINK HE CAN MANAGE THE PERSON CAUSE IT'S EASIER FOR HIM TO MANAGE THE CIVILIAN THAN ME TO MANAGE THE CIVILIAN.

I, YOU KNOW THAT.

YOU, YOU'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS WITH THAT.

SO I'LL THINK IT WILL WORK, BUT WE'VE GOTTA GET HIM THE PERSONNEL TO DO IT.

AND THEN LIKE I SAY, WHEN HE HAS ISSUES OF, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE I DO, I'VE GOT MORE STAFFING, I CAN MAYBE MOVE PEOPLE AROUND TO HELP OUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TWO TRUCKS.

AND HE'S GOT BOTH OF 'EM.

DO BOTH OF 'EM.

EVERYTHING'S BEEN ASSIGNED OVER.

HE HAS BOTH OF 'EM AND EVERYTHING'S BEEN ASSIGNED OVER ALL THE EQUIPMENT.

HE, I'M, I'M WILLING TO, IF YOU, IF Y'ALL CAN, WE CAN GET SOMEBODY HIRED TO WORK THROUGH THIS AND TRY TO GET IT A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

MAYBE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IF, CAN YOU WORK WITH PAUL AND HELP HIM ABSOLUTELY.

THROUGH THIS? YEAH.

ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED FROM ME IN MY OFFICE, YOU LET ME KNOW.

AND, UH, I THINK I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US MAYBE LET'S, LET'S SAY 90 DAYS.

LET'S REEVALUATE AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD THING TO DO.

I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD DEAL.

HE GET A SECOND TRUCK HERE, ALREADY CUT IT, YOU KNOW, 5.5 WHEN YOU HAVE OF 11, YOU'RE, I MEAN, AND I KNOW HE'S HAVING TO DO IT HERE AND THERE, BUT HE CAN'T DO IT LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

YOU'RE GOING BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

SO WE'VE GOTTA GET HIM SOMEBODY THAT IF SOMEBODY'S OFF, THEY'RE STILL WORKING.

AND I PROMISE YOU, YOU TALK TO OTHER COUNTIES AND I'VE TALKED TO 'EM, AND EVEN ROCKWALL, AS SMALL AS THEY ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE 5, 6, 7 DAYS OUT TO GO PICK UP A DOG.

ESPECIALLY A FRIENDLY DOG.

ESPECIALLY THEY HAVE TO GO AFTER AGGRESSIVE DOG FIRST.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO IF YOU CAPTURE A DOG OR WHATEVER KIND OF ANIMAL, WHEN YOU GOT IT TRAPPED AND WE'RE, IT, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A PRIORITY TO HIM.

IT INSTANTLY, UNLESS IT'S JUST AGGRESSIVE, IT'S AGGRESSIVE.

AGGRESSIVE AND THE SLOBBERING AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

WELL, IN THE COUNTY, YOU GOT SUCH A LARGE AREA WHEN YOU GET THERE, THE DOG'S LONG GONE.

MAYBE 45 MINUTES JUST IF YOU WENT RIGHT AWAY WHEN THAT DOG COMES IN.

EXACTLY.

AND, AND WE'RE STILL HANDLING SOME OF THE, THE NEIGHBOR DOG ISSUES.

SO WE'RE DOING SOME OF THAT TOO.

AND WE'RE ISSUING CITATION.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE WE'VE GOTTA WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE THAT, AND DO WE MOVE, WE ISSUE A CITATION.

IF WE PICK THE DOG UP AND BRING IT IN, IT'S GOT A CHIP AND JUST ESCAPE FROM SOMEBODY.

DO WE GO OUT AND ISSUE 'EM A CITATION FOR DOG? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

DOG AT LARGE VIOLATION OF ANIMAL CONTROL.

SO WE'RE STILL, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO, SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO COME OUT AND BRING YOUR DOG AND THEY THINK, OH, I'M IN THE COUNTRY.

AND THEY JUST TURN IT LOOSE AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

TRUE AT ALL.

WELL, WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

ONE MORE QUESTION, PAUL.

UM, WHEN Y'ALL DO, UH, CAPTURE A DOG, WHERE DOES IT GO? UH, WE TAKE IT TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY IN NORTH TEXAS.

UH, PET ADOPTION CENTER.

UH, IF THEY'RE NOT FULL, UM, OKAY.

WE, UH, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT SOME KENNELS LINED UP IN THE, UH, CORRIDOR THERE WHEN IN OUR OVER CAPACITY.

UM, SO THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION.

BUT WE HAVE HAD TO TAKE SOME ANIMALS TO OTHER FACILITIES.

UM, UM, BUT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.

THAT'S NOT OUT OF CONTRACTS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

NOW I'M GONNA ASK YOU SOMETHING, AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER, BUT I THOUGHT THE KAUFMAN COUNTY, LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD PRIORITY, RIGHT? I MEAN THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SAVE SPOTS FOR THAT.

THAT WAS AGREEMENT IN THE BEGINNING.

HE HAD TO TAKE DOGS RIGHT BEFORE HE TOOK OVER, AND THEN HE HAD TO TAKE DOGS OTHER PLACES TOO.

THAT'S, I WAS UNDER UNDERSTANDING THAT IT DOES COST.

THAT'S YES.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S BUDGET THAT YOU DON'T WANT.

NO, NO.

WE'RE HAVING A FINITE OUT BUDGET.

NO, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY WITH THAT OTHER PLACE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING ELSE I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS.

WHAT'S IT COSTING US? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OWN SHELTER.

WHAT'S IT COSTING US TO TAKE ANIMALS TO OTHER LOCATIONS? OKAY.

HOW MUCH OF THAT HITTING US? AND WE, WE HAVE OUR OWN FACILITY.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THAT IS.

IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM SHORTLY ALSO.

ME? ANYONE ELSE? WELL, MY DEAL IS WE HAVE THE, THE DUAL POSITIONS, FIRE INSPECTORS, DOG CATCHER.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE BEHIND ON BOTH.

I MEAN, SO YOU, YOU, YOU, IT'S HARD TO LET THAT EMPLOYEE CHOOSE WHICH ONES IT TAKES A PRIORITY.

I I JUST THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE ELIMINATED SOMEHOW WHERE THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE HAS YOUR INSPECTORS AND YOUR PLANS REVIEW PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING, AND YOU HAVE YOUR OFFICE WHERE IT FUNCTIONS TO TAKE CARE OF THE GROWTH.

ANIMAL CONTROL, THAT OUGHT TO BE A DIVISION WITHIN, BUT NOT DUAL PURPOSE POSITIONS.

AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO STILL MONITOR THE

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CUZ IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH WORK.

I MEAN, THEY'RE LIKE TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS.

I MEAN, YES.

IT'S JUST LIKE TWO WORLDS.

I MEAN, AND YOU'VE GOT ONE PERSON YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CROSS TRAINED IN BOTH.

AND, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BEING THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTY AND, AND THE NATION AND OUR OFFICE BEING IN CHARGE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A DEFINITELY BIG IMPACT ON US.

UM, YES.

SO WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THE INSPECTORS FOR THAT.

12, JACK SEBASTIAN DISCUSSED AN APPROVE ORDER TO GRANT EXCEPTION FROM SECTION 2 62 0.023 FOR PURCHASING ACT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIR UP BRIDGE K COUNTY ROAD 1 53.

YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TOO.

[12. Commissioner Hunt/Jack Sebastian; Discuss/Consider/Approve Order to grant exception from section 262.023 of Purchasing Act for emergency repair of bridge on CR 153.]

GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMAN.

UH, COMMISSIONER HUTT HAS A BRIDGE HE NEEDS TO BUILD, OBVIOUSLY.

AND, UH, UNDER 2 62 0 23 ON THE COMPETITIVE BID SIDE.

UH, WE'LL HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.

UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN DECLARED EMERGENCY UNDER 2 62 0.024, UH, DISCRETIONARY EXCEPTIONS.

AND THAT ALLOWS US, UH, SAVE PROPERTY AND LIVES AND, AND DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY TYPE THING.

SO HE HAS THREE WRITTEN QUOTES AND THE, THE LOW BID IS MB CONCRETE AT $220,000.

ALSO, JUST FOR YOUR RECORD, UH, ES CONCRETE WAS 280,000 AND THE HENRY GROUP WAS, UH, 385,000.

SO I, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE UTILIZE THESE WRITTEN QUOTES, UH, AND AWARD THAT TO, UH, MB CONCRETE.

AND HE HAS THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT.

UH, WE GOT, WE HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER FROM THE TABER PARKWAY PROJECT.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS GET A FUNDING MEMO FROM MR. POLLSTER TO USE THAT MONEY TO USE THE BRIDGE.

SO IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE MONEY AND, UH, WE, WE HAVE A NEED.

IT'S, UH, THESE ROADS, THEY, THEY FLOODED AND THE BRIDGE WAS IN BAD SHAPE AND THEY HAD TO, UH, SPENT SIX MONTHS GETTING A, I GUESS SIX MONTHS OR SO FOR A FLOOD SURVEY.

AND THE FLOOD SURVEY CAME OUT, WAS VERY REVEALING.

WE HAVE TO RAISE THE ROAD.

THAT'S WHERE ALL THE DIRT THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN GOING ON THESE ROADS TO RAISE IT.

UH, THE ENGINEERS SAY THAT, UH, THE BRIDGE WILL NOT CARRY THE, THE, UH, UH, FLOODWATERS CORRECT.

THAT COME THROUGH THERE.

UH, Y'ALL SEE THE PICTURES THAT WE TOOK WITH ALL THE, THE, THE, THE BRIDGES ABOUT READY TO FALL DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, SIFF REGULAR AUTOMOBILES, IT MIGHT SUFFICE, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME WHERE THEY DON'T, AND I'M SCARED THAT WE HAVE 18 WHEELERS THAT ARE COMING DOWN, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS NO THROUGH ROADS, THEY'RE GONNA DO IT ANYWAY.

THE THE LITTLE LADY ON THE LITTLE PHONE THAT SAYS THIS IS WHERE YOU GO TO GET, THERE'S A BUSINESS OUT THERE AND HIS 18 WHEELERS ARE GONNA COLLAPSE AND BRIDGE.

UH, THE SCHOOL BUS HAS QUIT RUNNING THERE A YEAR AGO.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF EVERYTHING PERFECT STORM.

AND WE'RE TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE NEED TO GET IT DONE NOW.

AND THE ROAD WAS SHUT DOWN.

SO THE ROAD IS CLOSED AND WE JUST NEED TO GET GOING.

UM, THE TRAFFIC FROM THE, UH, UH, JUSTICE CENTER, IT'S A WAY OUT TO GET TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

AND AS SOON AS WE GET THE BRIDGE DONE, WE HAVE THE BOND MONEY TO GET THE ROAD DONE.

SO THE, THE EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE A DECENT ROAD TO GET TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

SO FROM THERE.

SO YOU MAKING A MOTION? I'M MAKING A MOTION.

THEN WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.

I NEED A SECOND.

13, MR. HUNT DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER APP PROVING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT PROJECT AGREEMENT FOR MOWING AND PROJECT AGREEMENT FOR PATCHING BETWEEN KAUFMAN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF POST OAK BEND.

COMMISSIONER, UH, PHILLIPS ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[13. Commissioner Hunt; Discuss/Consider approving the interlocal agreement, project agreement for mowing and project agreement for patching between Kaufman County and the City of Post Oak Bend.]

THIS IS JUST A CONTINUING AND UPDATING INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT AND, UH, RENEWING THE, UH, UM, THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, THE CON THE CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THAT.

HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER HUNT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? ONE SECOND.

MR. BARBARA SECOND.

BOBBY BRIDGES PRESENT UPDATES ON ANIMAL SHELTER, JUSTICE CENTER, AND ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY.

[14. Bobby Bridges; Present updates on Animal Shelter, Justice Center, and all new construction projects in Kaufman County.]

SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOT, UM, GALLAGHER ACTUALLY HIRED THIS COMPANY, SO THEY'RE COMING OUT GONNA DO THAT.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? GOOD.

SO WE'LL START OFF REAL QUICK WITH THE, UH, PET ADOPTION CENTER.

UM, GREG WAS HERE LAST WEEK OR WEEK BEFORE TO GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE BASICALLY THAT'S NOT GOING AS GOOD AS THEY THOUGHT IT WAS.

THEY DIDN'T, IT'S NOT WORKING AS WELL AS THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD.

SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE HIRED A THIRD PARTY COMPANY TO COME OUT AND DO A COMPLETE AUDIT OF THAT SITUATION.

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SO WHERE WE GO FROM THERE? I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOT THE RAIN? WE'VE GOT MORE RAIN.

WHO'S PAYING FOR THIS? GALLAGHER.

IS GALLAGHER OKAY.

BOBBY, LET ME ASK YOU, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS, IS THIS LOOKING MORE LIKE IT'S A PROBLEM ON THE ARCHITECT SIDE OR THE, THE BUILDER'S SIDE OF THIS THING? WELL, UM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T REALLY WANNA SAY, I MEAN, I CAN KINDA GIVE YOU MY OPINION OF WHAT I THINK IT IS, IS, YEAH, LET'S DON'T GO THERE, .

ALL RIGHT, LET'S NOT DO THAT.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

SO, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'VE GOT A THIRD PARTY COMPANY COMING OUT, GONNA DO A COMPLETE SURVEY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, OVER AT THE JUSTICE CENTER, UH, IF YOU'VE NOTICED, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SMELL IN THE ELEVATORS AND WE'VE BEEN PUSHING HARD ON THEM ON FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT PROBLEM IS.

SO THEY SMOKED THE PIPES THE OTHER DAY AND THEY FOUND TWO PIPES, UH, FLOOR DRAINS AND THE BASEMENT BROKE.

SO THEY'RE GONNA REPAIR THOSE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY CUT THE CONCRETE OUT AND GO UNDERGROUND AND FIX 'EM BECAUSE THE SLAB IS STRUCTURAL AND STUFF.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE BANDING TWO OF THOSE AND THEN REROUTE 'EM OVER THE TOP AND BACK OVER TO SOME OTHER POPS, BUILD A LITTLE PLATFORM OVER 'EM SO WE CAN STILL ACCESS TO GET OVER 'EM OR WHATEVER.

BUT THEY, THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT IT HAPPENED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

THEY'RE LIKE TWO INCH DRAINS, LIKE THEY'RE SMALL LITTLE DRAINS THAT SOMEBODY MAY HAVE BUMPED WHEN THEY WERE, THEY WERE POURING CONCRETE.

SO WE'LL SEE, UM, IF THAT'S ACTUALLY THE CASE.

UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF POPS IN THE, UH, ELEVATOR SHAFT THAT HAD KIND OF SEPARATED A LITTLE BIT.

SO THEY'VE FIXED THOSE AND I THINK THAT'S YOUR SEWER SMELL THAT YOU WERE SMELLING.

UM, SO IT MAY TAKE A COUPLE DAYS TO GET THAT AIRED OUT, BUT WELL, WE SHOULD KNOW PRETTY SOON.

BUT THEY WILL COME BACK AND RESM SMOKE THE POPS AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO OTHER AREAS AND THAT WHAT THEY DID FIXED IT.

UM, SO THERE'S THAT.

AND THEN THE, UH, THE SHERIFF'S SUBSTATION, THE CONCRETE IS POURED.

IT'S, UM, THEY'RE WAITING ON STEEL.

I THINK HE SAID IT WAS LIKE FIRST PART OF FEBRUARY, UH, SECOND OR THIRD WEEK OF FEBRUARY BEFORE THE STEEL WOULD GET HERE.

SO AS SOON AS THE STEEL GETS HERE, THEY'LL START THROWING THAT UP.

UM, THEY ARE LINING ALL THE AREAS AROUND THERE PER, YOU KNOW, THAT FORNEY DIRT.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE LINING THAT.

UM, AND THEN WHAT ELSE DO WE GOT? I GUESS THE, UM, THE OLD COURTHOUSE OVER HERE.

Y'ALL SEEN THAT IT HAS ALL THE FENCING AND STUFF UP AROUND IT.

SO THE CITY HAS A PROJECT GOING ON WHERE THEY'RE ADDING FLAG POLES TO THE BUMP OUTS, UM, ON THE, UH, SOUTHWEST, SOUTHEAST CORNER IN THE NORTH, UH, WEST CORNER OF THE BUMP OUT.

SO AS YOU COME IN AND AS YOU EXIT OUT BY CVS RIGHT THERE, THERE'S FLAG POLES AND STUFF GOING ON.

UM, THEY ACTUALLY WANTED US TO, THEY WANTED TO CUT SOME TREES BACK PRETTY FAR BACK AND WE SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

SO THEY HAD THEIR ARCHITECT COME BACK AND THEY'RE MOVING THEM FURTHER OUT A LITTLE BIT.

SO THEY'RE HAVING TO VERIFY WITH TEXT.TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE OKAY.

BUT WE DIDN'T ALLOW 'EM TO GO AND CHOP OFF HALF OF OUR TREE ON, ON BOTH SIDES.

OKAY, GOOD.

SO THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING MORE GREEN, NOT LESS GREEN.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE FENCING UP AND THEY, I I THINK THEY WENT A LITTLE OVERBOARD.

I SAW ME FOR TWO.

BUMP ASKED THE QUESTION THIS MORNING, , THE JUDGE SAID, HEY, LET'S CALL BOBBY AND ASK HIM.

I SAID, OKAY.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE GOING ON THERE.

AND UM, I KNOW I'VE, I'VE GOT ONE QUOTE TURNED INTO JACKET.

DO YOU, HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE HAVE NOT.

SO ON THE VEGETABLE, UH, SO WE DO HAVE ONE QUOTE SITTING, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON ANOTHER ONE TO COMES.

GOOD DEAL, SIR.

WE CAN GO WITH THAT ONE QUOTE.

GOTCHA.

AND I, I, WHAT WAS IT JACK, LIKE $7,000 SOMETHING, $7,000.

THAT'S FOR THEM TO TEAR IT ALL OFF AND PUT IT BACK TO WAY IT WAS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

MAKE THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION IT NEEDS TO BE GONE.

IT'LL MAKE THEM HAPPY.

AND WE'RE KEEPING OUR WORD THAT WE DO WHAT WE SAID WE'D DO.

AND NOW THAT WE DON'T NEED THE SECURITY, BEFORE WE HAD TO HAVE THE SECURITY.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, WE JUST HAD TO HAVE IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY.

SO WE, YOU KNOW, MY GUYS, WE'LL GO IN AND WE'LL DEMO THE ELECTRICAL OUT OF THERE AND THE H V A C VENTS THAT THEY'RE IN THERE, WE'LL BLOCK ALL THAT OFF AND THEN THEY'LL JUST COME AND TAKE ALL THE REST OF IT DOWN.

I GOT A QUICK QUESTION, BOBBY.

UM, I SAW SOME, SOME OF ALL PLACES OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOUT WITH THE NEW COURTHOUSE, THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE HVAC BALANCE OUT.

HAS THAT ALL BEEN WORKED OUT NOW? IS IT DOING YEAH, IT'S JUST, IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, UH,

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UM, SO WHAT MY GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING IS GOING AREA BY AREA AND ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURES.

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SET EVERYTHING AT 72.5 DEGREES MM-HMM.

WITH A 1.5 DEGREE VARIANCE.

SO IT CAN GO UP, UP 1.5 OR GO DOWN 1.5 DEGREES, BUT THAT'S IT.

SO, AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA START ELIMINATING A LOT OF THE ISSUES BECAUSE, UM, SOME OF THAT STUFF WAS SAID AT 68 DEGREES.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAID THEY WERE FREEZING IT .

I, I SEEN THE SAME POST, AND THAT'S WHEN I'M LIKE, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? YEAH.

BUT YEAH, SO CAN BIGGER COAT.

SO WE DID GET THAT ADJUSTED TO ALL RIGHT.

WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU.

WELL, LET'S MOVE ON TO, WHILE HE, HE IS HERE.

I WANNA SAY THANKS FOR TAKING CARE OF THE SELLER.

OH.

OUT AT THE POOR FORM.

THEY KIND OF, UH, RECREATED THE WAY IT WAS YEARS AGO.

OH, OKAY.

THAT, UH, SO THEY PUT LIKE A, USING THE OLD BARN WOOD AND STUFF, TRYING TO RECREATE THE DOOR, THE ENTRYWAY INTO THE OLD CELLAR.

SO IT, IT LOOKS REAL NICE.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND I THINK IT DID TURN OUT REALLY GOOD.

THE GUYS, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A BARN THAT HAD FELL AND THEY JUST WENT AND SCAVENGED ALL THAT WOOD FROM THERE.

I MEAN, WE BUILT A METAL STRUCTURE TO HOLD IT, AND THEN WE JUST ATTACHED ALL THE, UH, THE OLD WOOD, WOOD BARN WOOD THAT WE FOUND THAT'S ORIGINAL.

SO GOOD LOOKS.

DID WE FILL THAT IN FOR SAFETY REASONS? YES, YES.

YEAH, WE FILLED IT IN WITH THE FOAM.

FILLED IT IN WITH THE FOAM.

IT'S, IT'S BEEN A PROCESS AND PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THE POOR FARM.

IT'S BEEN A LOT DONE.

BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT ELECTRICITY OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT WATER OUT THERE.

WE CAN HAVE EVENTS OUT THERE.

WE HAD ONE THAT BROUGHT IN LIKE 500 PEOPLE YEP.

THAT ONE DAY THAT I, AND THOSE MASTER GARDENER'S HOSTED.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S SET UP NOW.

AND, AND THEN AESTHETICALLY IT LOOKS NICE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE NEW ROOFS, THE PAINTING, THE WINDOWS, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE THE OLD GEL, EVERYBODY LOVES TO GO.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT , YOU KNOW, HEY, WELL WE DID STILL JAIL.

THEY DO HAVE LIGHTS IN ALL THOSE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON PHOTO CELL.

SO AT NIGHT THEY COME ON AND IT JUST, JUST WAS ONE LIGHT THAT KIND OF LIGHTS IT UP.

THAT'S GOOD.

UH, FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.

ONE.

SO IF SOMEBODY'S IN THERE, WE, YOU CAN SEE 'EM AT NIGHTTIME.

BUT TWO, IT'S JUST KIND OF GIVES IT THAT AMBIENCE OF THAT IT'S STILL ALIVE.

IT LOOKS NICE AT NIGHT WHENEVER YOU DRIVE BY.

MOVE ON TO NUMBER 15 THEN.

ALL YEAH.

I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT ALWAYS HAD ELECTRICITY, MAN.

IT IT, THEY STRUNG ALONG THE FENCE AND ALL THAT.

YEAH, YEAH, THEY DID.

PUT YOUR HANDS ON IT AND HOLD ON TO IT AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOUR NOT ANYMORE.

WE'VE RESOLVED ALL THE SAFETY ISSUES OUT THERE.

I KNOW IT.

ELECTRICITY, LET'S PUT IT I KNOW, I KNOW.

IT, IT WAS, IT WAS HILARIOUS.

WE'LL

[15. Bobby Bridges; Discuss/Consider/Approve Resolution for Facilities to Move Privately Owned Furniture from Kaufman County Courthouse to private locations for public purpose of emptying Kaufman County Courthouse to begin cleaning and renovations.]

MR. PROPERTY BRIDGES, AGAIN.

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AN APPROVED RESOLUTION FOR FACILITIES.

FOR FACILITIES TO MOVE PRIVATELY OWNED FURNITURE THAT WAS LEFT IN THE OLD COURTHOUSE.

UH, TO MOVE IT TO PRIVATE LOCATIONS FOR THE, FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY OWN THE FURNITURE.

CANDY DOESN'T OWN THE FURNITURE.

BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEIR FURNITURE BACK THAT THEY BROUGHT WHERE THEY WORKED.

SO THAT'S IT.

WELL, AND SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE FURNITURE THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAD TO COME IN THAT IT WASN'T EXACTLY WORKABLE AND IN ORDER TO SAVE THE COUNTY MONEY, THEY BROUGHT THEIR OWN AND SET THEIR DESK UP.

AND SO WE NEED THEM OUT.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A, THIS REASON WE PUT IT ON HERE ON THE THING, JUST SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WE'RE MOVING THEIR FURNITURE AND WE'RE GONNA DELIVER IT BACK TO 'EM JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET IT BACK TO 'EM AND GET IT OUT OF OUR CORN.

AND WE NEED AS MUCH VACANT AS WE CAN FOR THE REMODEL.

FOR THE REMODEL.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS ALSO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH ALL THIS FURNITURE THAT LEFT FOR THE REMODEL.

YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GONNA STORE IT.

S***T HAS A AND A AND M GOING BACK TO HAVING A BON FIRE.

OH, I THINK A AND M S SKIT HAS A BARN.

I THINK THEY STILL HAVE A, A BONFIRE.

DON'T THINK MM-HMM.

HERE WE GO.

ALRIGHT.

WE HAD ENOUGH HERE NOW.

NEED A SECOND? I SECOND.

MR. BARBER SECOND.

NUMBER 16, MS. AUDITOR DISCUSSED CONSIDERED LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS AND CORRECTIONS.

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

SURPRISE, SURPRISE.

THERE ARE NONE TO THIS WEEK.

WELL, OKAY, WE GOT IT.

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

NUMBER 17, ALTER AGAIN.

DISCUSSED, CONSIDERED CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION AS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR.

UH, YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE $2,816,534 AND 87 CENTS.

A PAYROLL OF 1,000,600 60,000 5 28 54, AND A TOTAL PAYOUT OF $4,477,063 AND 41 CENTS.

[01:10:02]

UM, YOUR A R P A EXPENDITURES WERE 798,000.

YOUR 2020 FACILITIES BOND WAS 775,000 2020.

ROAD BOND WAS 394 AND WE BOUGHT SOME NEW EQUIPMENT AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? NEED A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. FHELPS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND ONE, SECOND COMMISSION, MOORE SECOND.

[18. Judge Allen; Discuss/Consider exiting the regular meeting and enter executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code section 551.074 the Commissioner's Court will meet in closed session to discuss personnel matters regarding the Fire Marshal, Marc Moffit, Mike Holley, Karen Badgley, and Michelle Stambaugh.]

NUMBER 18, DISCUSS.

CONSIDER EXIT REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS CODE 5 5 1 0.074, THE CO COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL MEET IN A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS REGARDING FIRE MARSHAL MARK MOFF, MY COLLEAGUE KAREN BADLEY.

MICHELLE STANDOFF.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

NEED A MOTION? TAKE A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER MOORE MADE A MOTION.

MR. HUNT MADE A SECOND.

AT, WE ARE NOW, NOW EXECUTIVE SESSION.

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

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.

I HAVE A MOTION FOR ME AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HUNT TO COME OUTTA SESSION.

HE CARRIED.

NOW WE NEED TO GO BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION.

WE HAVE TO SAY AYE.

MOTION TO GO BACK IN REGULAR SESSION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND MR. BARBER.

ONE SECOND.

MR. MOORE.

MAKE A SECOND.

REGULAR SESSION AND I THINK I GET SOME NODS DOWN OR SOMETHING.

EXECUTIVE SESSION IS THIS.

I'M, ANY ACTION TO COME OUT OF

[20. Judge Allen; Discuss/Consider/Approving any actions from the executive session.]

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE REORGANIZATION IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REGARDING MIKE MOFFITT.

MARK, MIKE, MARK, MARK, MARK MOFFITT, MARK, MIKE, HOLLY, KAREN BADLEY, MICHELLE STANAL, AND, UH, RELATED SALARY IN AREAS OF MONEY CURRENTLY IN OR WITHIN THE DA'S OFFICE.

BUDGET FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.

NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

MR. PHILLIPS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

NEED A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.

MR. BARR MADE A SECOND.

[21. Adjourn Meeting]

TO ADJOURN.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MR. PHELPS.

MOTION TO ADJOURN IN A SECOND.

ALL SET.

OKAY, MR. MOORE, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.