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[Call to Order]
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.GLAD YOU'RE HERE AT OUR RECORD REGISTER COURT MEETING TODAY ON MAY THE 23RD HERE AT ANNEX.
AND WE WILL START OUT WITH A PRAYER, AND THEN MR. BARBARA'S GONNA LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
YOU'VE BLESSED US SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WEATHER IN A COUNTRY IN WHICH WE LIVE, THAT WE ARE FREE.
WE CAN ASSEMBLE WITHOUT ANY, UH, WORRY ABOUT, UH, BEING CONFRONTED BY A REGIME THAT DOESN'T WANT FREEDOM TO EXIST.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PROTECT US WHEREVER THEY ARE, WHETHER IT BE HERE AT HOME OR FOREIGN LANDS.
PROTECT THEM TO KEEP US FREE AS WE ARE A NATION.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SON JESUS.
AND ONLY THROUGH HIM WE CAN HAVE AN ETERNITY.
PLEDGE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
LATER, JUSTICE OUT OF THE TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE, THE LEAD TO TEXAS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING? WE HAVE ANY GUESTS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY? OKAY.
[2. CONSENT AGENDA ]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.AND YOU'VE GENTLEMEN HAD TIME TO LOOK THAT OVER.
ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I HAD A QUESTION Y'ALL MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER ME.
ON THE, I WAS READING THROUGH THE FORMS FOR THE PERMITTING OF THE FIBER OPTIC CABLES.
SO WHAT CODE ARE THEY LIKE ON THE BARREL? LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF CULVERTS HERE LATELY, GETTING PREPPED FOR ROAD SEASON AND, AND WE'VE BEEN FINDING ALL THESE CABLES BURIED THREE TO SIX INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OR RUNNING THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE CULVERT.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I, I NEED TO ASK MONIQUE ABOUT IS LIKE ON THE PERMIT, I NOTICED IT'S MARKED, UH, USE OF COUNTY PROPERTY INCLUDING DRIVEWAY CULVERTS.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN FINDING THESE.
DON'T CUT THE TOPS OF OUR CULVERTS IN THE DRIVEWAYS AND DROP THEIR CABLES THROUGH.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO CLARIFY.
I NEED GO DOWN AND CLARIFY THAT.
AND, UH, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
SO WE'VE BEEN FINDING, WE'VE BEEN REPLACING A LOT OF COURTS AND WE'VE BEEN FINDING A LOT OF THAT.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TATER MAYBE.
DO WE NEED TO HAVE IT PROCESS? EXPLAIN IN THE LAW THE BOTTOM, WELL, SAN ANTONIO USES THE TEXT DOT FORM HERE, WHICH I'M GONNA GIVE TO MONIQUE AND LET HER LOOK AT IT.
SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN IMPLEMENT IN OUR POLICIES.
IT GIVES THE DEPTHS AND SO MANY INCHES FROM THE ROADWAY SERVICES AS TO1@TEXT.YOU.
SO MAYBE I CAN GIVE IT TO HER, SEE IF WE CAN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE MONIQUE OR WHOEVER THERE GIVES THEM THAT INFORMATION WHEN THEY COME IN FOR THE PERMIT.
IT'S 20, YOU KNOW IT HAS TO GO AT LEAST 24 INCHES BELOW THE DITCH LINE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE STATE AUTHORIZES THEM NOT EVEN TO HAVE TO ASK US OTHER WORDS.
HUH? THEY HAVE TO HONOR THE, BUT THEY HAVE TO HONOR THAT DEPTH.
SO BY LAW THEY DON'T EVEN ASK US.
CAUSE I MIGHT HAVE A NIGHTMARE WITH IT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, YOU KNOW, ON ONE LAW.
BUT WE USED TO CUT 'EM ALL THE TIME.
THEY JUST HAVE TO COME FIX IT.
I MEAN, IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, THEY, THEY CAME OUT THE OTHER DAY AND WE CUT ONE THAT'S ON THEIR EXPENSE.
I MEAN, WHAT IN AND ALSO THE TELEPHONE.
YEAH, THEY JUST LAY 'EM ON TOP OF THE GROUND SOMETIME.
IF NOT, ANY MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? MAKE A MOTION.
[3. Judge Bardin/Dan Romo; Discuss/Consider approving a contract for the collection of fines and fees for the four Justice Courts between Kaufman County and Perdue Brandon Law Firm.]
NEXT.AND SHE WALKED IN THE DOOR,
UH, JUDGE BAR DAN ROO DISCUSSED CONSIDERED APPROVING A CONTRACT FOR THE COLLECTION OF FINES AND FEES FOR THE FOUR JUSTICE COURTS BETWEEN KAUFFMAN COUNTY AND PURDUE BRANDON LAW FIRM.
WHO'S SPEAKING TO US TODAY, I ASSUME MR. JUDGE BARDEN.
UM, NO, YOU MADE PERFECT TIMING,
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OH.UM, I WANTED TO, UH, SPEAK TO YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT OUR CONTRACT FOR THE COLLECTION OF FINE FEES.
PURDUE HAS BEEN DOING COLLECTION OF FINE FEES FOR US FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, I, IT I FOUND OUT THAT LINEBARGER WAS GIVEN A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES, YET PERDUE WAS ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.
AND I FELT LIKE THAT'S UNFAIR.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY DILIGENT, VERY, THEY COMMUNICATE WITH US VERY WELL.
UH, WE TALK WITH DAN ROMO ALL THE TIME.
UM, THEY ALWAYS CATCH US ON THE WARRANT ROUNDUPS.
THEY DO EVERYTHING THAT WE ASK THEM TO DO.
AND I FEEL IT'S UNFAIR THAT ONE COLLECTION GROUP OF ATTORNEYS GETS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, AND YET THE ONE THAT'S PIVOTAL TO THE OPERATION OF OUR COURTS AND THE COLLECTION OF THE REVENUES THAT, THAT ARE GENERATED THROUGH OUR COURTS ARE ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.
AND I KNOW THAT COUPLE OF YOU ARE NEW, BUT JAKEY, I THINK WHEN WE DID A LOT OF SWITCHING TO PURDUE THAT YOU WERE ON THE COURT AT THAT TIME.
BUT I'M SURE THAT THE OTHER THREE OF YOU KNOW, UM, THAT THE JPS ARE VERY WELL SATISFIED WITH PURDUE AND WANT TO CONTINUE WITH PURDUE.
AREN'T THEY ONLY YEAR TO YEAR INSTEAD OF A MONTH TO MONTH? YES.
OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS MONTH TO MONTH.
IT'S YEAR TO YEAR, MONTH'S A MONTH.
IT'S A MONTH, IT'S A MONTH TO MONTH OUT.
THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ON A, ON A LONGER CONTRACT.
AND THEN I GUESS THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT WAS IF IT WASN'T RENEWED BY OPERATION OF THE COURT, THAT IT WOULD RENEW ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.
AND IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? IS THAT CORRECT, KAREN? I I WOULD, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY TRUST WHAT YOU ALL SAY.
I MEAN, I I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT SPECIFIC.
SO WHAT, WHAT I'M HERE TODAY ASKING FOR IS FOR THE SAME CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN TO PURDUE FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DO FOR US THAT WAS GIVEN TO LINEBARGER FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DO FOR THE COUNTY WITH THE COLLECTION OF TAXES.
AND I ASSUME Y'ALL SENT THIS REPORT? YES.
THAT'LL BE IN THE NEXT EXAM WHERE WE GO FOR THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? AND I BELIEVE THAT MS. BADLEY HAS LOOKED OVER THE CONTRACT.
I BELIEVE JACK HAS ALSO DONE SOME DUE DILIGENCE ON IT.
AND SO, YEAH, IT WAS SENT TO US AND DEBBIE LOOKED AT IT AND LOOKED, WENT THROUGH IT.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE CLEARED IT AS FAR AS LEGAL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.
ANY COMMENTS? UH, I'VE SPOKE WITH THE JPS, UH, THEY'VE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS AS WELL, JUST SAYING THAT THEY'RE SATISFIED WITH THE SERVICES THAT PURDUE'S BEEN DOING FOR THE JP COURT.
SO I DID HAVE A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF THAT FROM THE JPS OF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WANTING TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME OPPORTUNITY FOR PURDUE AS FOR LINEBARGER.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THE AGENDA, SO, OKAY.
ANYWAY, SO, UM, I I JUST REITERATE WHAT TOMMY SAID.
I'VE, I'VE SOLD LINEBARGER, THE TAX ASSESSOR REALLY IS WHO I LISTEN TO, HOW THEY DO THEIR JOB.
SAME WAY WITH THE JPS, WITH WHAT PURDUE DOES FOR THEM.
SO, I MEAN, I CAN'T GO AGAINST THAT.
SO, AND THEY SEEM TO BE PRODUCTIVE ACCORDING TO THE REPORT.
SO CAN YOU HEAR EVERYTHING? NO, I TALK TO 'EM, HEAR THE SAME THING.
YOU'RE JUST SET FEES, COMMISSIONER AND MR. ROBERT, Y'ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH US ALSO.
NUMBER THREE, MS. GU, GET APPROVED THE CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION FINES AND FEES FOR THE FOUR J COURTS BETWEEN KAUFMAN COUNTY, PURDUE, BRANDON LAW FIRM.
WHAT, UH, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION COMMISSION.
NEED A SECOND? I'LL SECOND MR. TO MAKE A SECOND.
[4. Dan Romo; Present/Accept the annual Kaufman County fines and collections report. ]
FOUR, DAN RAMO PRESENT AND EXCEPT THE ANNUAL COPEMAN COUNTY FINES AND COLLECTIONS REPORT.MY NAME IS ACTUALLY DOUG BURNSIDE,
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NOT DAN.DOUG, I'M GONNA BE GIVEN THE REPORT FOR Y'ALL.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HAVING US HERE THIS MORNING.
UH, WE JUST WANNA PROVIDE YOU, EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW WE'RE DOING FOR OUR COLLECTIONS.
UM, YOU TURN, TURN TO THE SECOND PAGE OF THE PRESENTATION.
THAT'S THE TEAM THAT'S IN CHARGE OF MANAGEMENT AND RUNNING YOUR COLLECTIONS IN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE THREE PEOPLE HERE, MELISSA PACES WITH US TODAY.
SHE'S THE ONE WHO'S GONNA BE WORKING ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS WITH THEIR, THE CLERKS IN THE COURTS AND DAN ROMO ALSO.
I'M THE PARTNER IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT, AND MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE RESOURCES ARE IN PLACE AND ALL THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COLLECTIONS GO SMOOTHLY AND PROPERLY.
UH, THE OTHER THREE INDIVIDUALS ARE MORE OF OUR BACK OFFICE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN, IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATIONS, AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MAKE SURE THAT THE DAY-TO-DAY STUFF IS BEING DONE.
THE NEXT PAGE IS GONNA BE YOUR COLLECTIONS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE CONTRACT FOR ALL FOUR COURTS.
UM, FOR THE COURTS OF THE CONTRACT, WE'VE HAD ALMOST $19 MILLION TURNED OVER JUST FOR COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS 55,000 CITATIONS.
UH, THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED OVER 6 MILLION, AND ALMOST ANOTHER 3 MILLION HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
AND BY RESOLVED, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE FINES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE RULES BECAUSE OF FINE REDUCTIONS, DISMISSALS, JAIL CREDITS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, OR CASES THAT THE COURT RECALLS BECAUSE THEY WERE SENT TO US AN ERROR.
WE'VE ALSO MAILED OUT 342,000 LETTERS ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.
UM, UPDATED ADDRESSES, UPDATED PHONE NUMBERS, MADE OVER 82,000 PHONE CALLS OUT TO GET PEOPLE TO COLLECT THAT MA COLLECT THOSE FINES.
UM, THE BASIS OF OUR COLLECTIONS IS COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE DEBTORS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM VIA, YOU KNOW, MAIL, VIA PHONE CALLS, WHATEVER METHOD WE NEED TO GET TO.
WE'RE GONNA GET TO 'EM BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY OWE THAT MONEY AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT PAYING IT.
UH, THE NEXT FOUR PAGES ARE BREAKDOWNS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL COURT.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THE COURTS, WE HAD 33% PAYMENT RATE, 15% RESOLVED RATE AND FI AND 50% UNPAID.
UH, FOR JUSTICE FOR JUDGE BARTON'S COURT.
UH, PAYMENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THAT.
THE RESOLVE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, UM, OVERALL, BUT IT'S STILL VERY GOOD COLLECTIONS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, I BELIEVE THE SMALLEST TURNOVER FOR JUDGE BARTON'S COURT OF ALL THE THREE, ALL ALL THE FOUR COURTS.
BUT WE STILL, YOU KNOW, MAILED ON MORE THAN 34,000 LETTERS ON OUR BEHALF, MADE MORE THAN ALMOST 12,000 PHONE CALLS.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE SAME JUDGE TURNER'S COURT, THE COLLECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY THE LOWEST FOR THE FORNEY COURT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, OUR HIGHEST COLLECTION RATE IS, IS DONE IN, IN, YOU KNOW, MAYBANK AND, AND KEMP FOR, FOR JUDGE ADAMS. AND I THINK A LOT OF THE REASON IS THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH FORNEY ARE PASSING THROUGH.
THEY'RE FROM, AS YOU'RE GONNA SEE ON A LATER, LATER SLIDE, THERE ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FINDS THEY'RE, THEY'RE OWED TO KAUFMAN COUNTY, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF THAT GOING THROUGH PRECINCT ONE OR PRECINCT, UH, TWO, WHERE YOU, WHERE PEOPLE ARE TAKING 80 TO GET DOWN TO 20 AND THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH.
SO THE, THE FARTHER AWAY PEOPLE ARE, THE HARDER IT'S TO COLLECT, WHEREAS THERE'S FEWER OF THOSE PEOPLE JUST PASSING THROUGH FOR PRECINCT FOUR.
AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE, THE COLLECTION LAYERS ON THEM LATER.
A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE, THAN OVERALL AVERAGE, BUT PRETTY CLOSE TO IT.
AND THEN PRECINCT FOUR WITH JUDGE ADAMS. UM, THIS ONE WE'VE GOT A ALMOST A 46% COLLECTION RATE, 18% RESOLVED RATE, AND THEN ONLY 30%, 36% UNCOLLECTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN 80,000 LETTERS MAILED OUT, ALMOST 28,000 PHONE CALLS FOR THAT.
UM, YOU ALSO NOTICE A HIGH NUMBER OF PHONE NUMBER CHANGES, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE, MORE ABLE, MORE EASILY ABLE TO FIND THESE INDIVIDUALS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO ABLE TO FACT A HIGHER RATE THERE.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS THE PRIOR 12 MONTHS.
SO JUST THE LAST 12 MONTHS OF ACTIVITY, UM, WE'VE MAILED OUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A TOLL TURNOVER OF 940,000.
AL UH, ALMOST 500,000 HAS BEEN PAID.
UH, 542,000 HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
UM, WE'VE MAILED OUT ALMOST 40,000 LETTERS AND MADE OVER 15,000 PHONE CALLS.
THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, TICKETS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING WRITTEN.
THERE'S MORE INVENTORY COMING IN, THERE'S MORE ACCOUNTS FOR US TO COLLECT ON.
BUT THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE PAYMENTS AND RESOLVED FOR THIS PAST YEAR THAN AMOUNT TURNED OVER TO US FOR COLLECTED.
SO THAT'S A, A REALLY GOOD SIGN BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT YOUR OVERALL ROLE IS NOT GROWING.
AND, AND ON THE, THE NEXT PAGE IS, IS AGAIN, WHERE ALL THE, WHERE THE MOST OF THE FINES ARE, WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WHO HAVE HAD THE FINES.
UM, THE NUMBER ONE IS, IS FORNEY ZIP CODE.
UM, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE TERRELL KAUFMAN, YOU KNOW, THEN INTO SOUTH DALLAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHERE THE, WHERE THE, THE HIGHEST VOLUME OF CALLS ARE, OR HIGHEST VOLUME OF CITATIONS ARE.
AND ON THE FINAL PAGE, THAT'S WHAT I TALKED ABOUT WAS THE HEAT MAP FOR THE UNITED STATES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO EXPAND IT OUT THIS YEAR SO WE CAN INCLUDE ALASKA BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A FEW PEOPLE FROM ALASKA THAT VISITED KAUFMAN COUNTY, GOT TICKETS, BUT ESSENTIALLY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
OTHER THAN IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE MONTANA HASN'T, WE HAVEN'T TICKETED ANYONE FROM THERE, BUT, UH, IT JUST KIND OF GOES TO SHOW WHERE ALL THE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING FINED ARE YEAH.
ACTUALLY MAIL ONE TO PUERTO RICO.
WHAT, WHAT GETS ME, I MEAN, IT, I DON'T THINK I'D MAIL IT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, PUERTO RICO'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, A US TERRITORY, SO IT'S, I KNOW, BUT THE MEXICO ONE'S A LITTLE
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BIT MORE DIFFICULT THAN PUERTO RICO CAN'T BE ONE THING.IF THEY ROBBED THE BANK, YOU KNOW, WHERE WELL, YOU COULD EXPEDITE 'EM.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO COLLECT ON IT REGARDLESS, A TRAFFIC TICKET, YOU'RE GOING TO EXPEDITE 'EM OVER.
BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE SHOW THAT IS JUST LIKE WHAT DOUG WAS SAYING, JUST SO Y'ALL COULD REALLY SEE HOW, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE GETTING TICKETS, THEY'RE ALL, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS NOT JUST ISOLATED MM-HMM.
I MEAN, THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE FROM ALL OVER AROUND THE STATE.
YEAH, I THE QUESTION YES SIR, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ONLY AVERAGE 33% IS WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING OUT.
WE GOT 67% NOT COLLECTED FOR WHATEVER REASON.
IS THAT ALWAYS A TREND FOR OUR COUNTY OR IS THAT FOR Y'ALL WHEREVER YOU ARE, OR, THAT JUST SEEMS LOW TO ME.
I, WELL, I'M JUST ASKING, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
33% IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER FOR, FOR RAW COLLECTIONS.
UM, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DON'T HAVE, I MEAN THE HAMMER WE HAVE IS, IS THE ABILITY TO ARREST 'EM ON A WARRANT.
AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO DO BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF COUNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR THE COUNTY ON COLLECTIONS, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THEY'RE EXORBITANT WAY MORE COST TO HAVE 'EM HOUSED IN JAIL TO GET THAT WRITTEN OFF THAN IT IS TO ACTUALLY COLLECT THE MONEY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ONLY REAL HAMMER THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND SO 33% IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD NUMBER.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY HIGHER THAN, WELL, AND MOST OF THE STATES, THE JUDGES, KEEP IN MIND THAT'S 30, THAT'S CASH COLLECTED.
SO IF YOU ADD OVERALL IT'S 48% WHAT OUR OVERALL LIQUIDATED NUMBER COMBINED WITH CASH PAID IN THE AMOUNTS WE CALLED RESOLVED.
THOSE ARE CASES WHERE BASICALLY THEY'RE RESOLVED THROUGH THE COURT, THROUGH ALTERNATIVE MEANS THROUGH JAIL CREDIT COMMITTEE SERVICE.
SO TELLING ME THEN, IN THE RESOLVED AMOUNT, WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING CASH FOR THOSE? NO SIR.
THAT'S WHERE THERE'S ALTERNATIVE.
COMMUNITY SERVICE, I'M LOOKING AT RAW CASH COMING IN.
THAT'S JUST, THAT IS JUST PURE CASH COMING IN.
OUR OVERALL COLLECTION RATE IS 48% AND THAT, THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALMOST HALF OF THE, AND IF YOU WERE TO TAKE OUT THE ONES THAT ARE RESOLVED, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT 40% PAYMENT THEN.
BUT IF WE DON'T GET IT, I DON'T CONSIDER IT A PAYMENT.
WELL, BUT, BUT I MEAN, LINE IS 33, YOU DON'T HAVE THE CASE IF YOU'RE REMOVED THE 15% THAT'S NOT BEING PAID BECAUSE IT'S BEING RESOLVED IN ANOTHER MATTER.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY COLLECT ON IT.
THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THE REMAINDER, WE'RE PROBABLY COLLECTING IT AT A RATE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN 40%.
THOSE GUYS LOADING THEM, TOWER TRAILERS WORK THEIR HIGH END OFF
BUT I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TOO IS THE COURT CLOSING THE CASES OUT AND RESOLVING THAT, THAT WAY IT'S NOT ON THE BOOKS FOR Y'ALL AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE RESOLVING THE CASE, YOU'RE MOVING IT FROM THE COURT AND GETTING THAT, THAT BOOK CLEARED OUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ALSO IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, THE NON-CASH AMOUNT, SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE STATE LEGISLATURE MET AND, AND BASICALLY SAID THAT COURTS HAVE TO GIVE OTHER OPTIONS, ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF PAYMENT PAYMENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALSO SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A HUNDRED NUMBER OF, A AMOUNT OF CASH BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE TO, TO SAY, IF YOU CAN'T PAY, WE, WE'LL GIVE YOU COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND SOME EVEN WAIT THE FIVES OF FEES.
AND SO, UM, I MEAN IT IS A DISPOSITION FOR THE COURT, WHICH IS SURE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE PAST 12 MONTHS, THE PERCENTAGE OF RESOLVED VERSUS PAID IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS.
A KINDER, GENTLER COURT COLLECTIONS WITH UH, YES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE? I HAVE A QUESTIONS.
MA'AM, I'D LIKE A COPY OF THE REPORT.
DID YOU HAVE THE, HAVE THAT FOR YOU RIGHT HERE? DAN USED TO EMAIL EM TO ME, BUT HE'D FORGOTTEN HIM.
YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE GONNA STAY AFTER SCHOOL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? AND I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT.
SORRY, I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE JP COURTS.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PARTNERSHIP.
SO WHATEVER WE DO, WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH.
AND SO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH THE JP COURTS, THE COURT CLERKS WORKING REALLY HARD AND THE JP SAID THIS IS WHAT CREATES, UH, A GOOD, YOU KNOW, WELL-OILED MACHINE AND, AND THE THINGS WE DO.
JP COLLECTION IS NOT, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING.
OBVIOUSLY YOU GOT FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING ELSEWHERE, THEY'RE NOT FEARFUL THAT ANYTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN TO 'EM.
SO IT'S REALLY IS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET, GET THESE CASES CLOSED OUT AND PAY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN? YEAH.
NO, MR. PHELPS MAKES THE MOTION.
UH, NUMBER SIX, DAN ROMO AGAIN.
UH, THIS, THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY THE, UM,
THE ORIG, THE CONTRACT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED STATE LAW CHANGED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO WHERE
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THERE HAD, THERE'S THESE ADDITIONAL NOTICE AND POSTING REQUIREMENTS.AND THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT THE, UM, ITEM FIVE IS ACTUALLY HOW IT SHOULD BE.
I'M SORRY, I'M, I MAY EVEN MARK ON MY PAPER WRONG.
[5. Dan Romo; Discuss/Consider approving a contract with Perdue Brandon pursuant to Article 103.001, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, said contract being for the collection of court fine and fees owed to the County, and notice of which is provided with the agenda in accordance with Section 2254.1036 of the Government Code.]
NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROVING A CONTRACT WITH PURDUE BRANDON PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 1 0 3 0.001.THE TEXAS CODE OR CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SAID CONTRACT BEING FOR COLLECTION OF FINES OR OTHER FEES OWED TO THE COUNTY AND NOTICE OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH THE AGENDA AND ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2 2 5 4 0.1036 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
THIS IS THE SAME AS WHAT WAS ON ITEM AGENDA THREE, SO, RIGHT.
NEED A MOTION THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE COMMISSIONER BARR MAKES A MOTION.
[6. Dan Romo; Discuss/Consider approving Written Findings as to the Collections Contract with Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, LLP.]
NOW WE'RE DOWN TO NUMBER SIX.NUMBER SIX, THIS IS THE WRITTEN FINDINGS.
ESSENTIALLY IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT'S PROVIDED UNDER THE STATE LAW TO WHERE THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL FORM THAT HAS TO BE SIGNED OFF ON AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING AND THE TIME OF THE VOTE.
AND THIS NUMBER READS, DISCUSSED CONSIDERED PROVING WRITTEN FINDINGS TO THE COLLECTIONS CONTRACT WITH PURDUE BRANDON FIELDER, COLLINS MONT, L L P.
SO I NEED A MOTION THERE, PLEASE.
MR. HUNT MAKES THE MOTION A SECOND.
[7. Erleigh Wiley/Karen Badgley; Discuss/Consider/Approve the reorganization of the District Attorney's Office in light of Street Crimes Unit implementation.]
SEVEN, IT'S KAREN, YOU GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT ONE? YES, YOUR HONOR.LET ME READ THAT MS. KAREN BAZI DISCUSS COULD APPROVE THE REORGANIZATION OF THE DA'S OFFICE IN LIGHT OF THE STREET CRIMES UNIT IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO, UM, BRING THIS ON BEHALF OF JUDGE WILEY.
SHE HAD TO BE OUT OF TOWN TODAY, BUT, UM, THE, UM, STREET CRIMES UNIT IS A VERY IMPORTANT TASK FORCE THAT, UM, THE COUNTY IS WORKING ON WITH OUR OFFICE OF SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
AND, UM, IN OCTOBER, UM, THE STREET CRIMES UNIT WILL BASICALLY BE CREATED BY GRANT MONEY, BUT DUE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY, WE ARE GOING AHEAD AND STARTING THAT STREET CRIMES UNIT.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY GOING, GOING AHEAD AND WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IT.
SO, AND CHIEF VALENTINE, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN HERE AT ANY TIME BECAUSE HE HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS.
ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WITHIN OUR OFFICE, THE STREET CRIMES UNIT REQUIRES AN INVESTIGATOR TO BASICALLY LEAD A DA INVESTIGATOR TO BASICALLY LEAD THAT STREET CRIMES UNIT.
AND SO THUS WE HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR THAT'S BASICALLY WEARING TWO HATS.
HE'S SUPERVISING AND BEING A PART OF THE STREET CRIMES UNIT.
AND THEN HE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, DOING HIS REGULAR DE DISTRICT ATTORNEY DUTIES.
SO THE STREET CRIMES UNIT INCREASES THE WORKLOAD AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DA INVESTIGATOR, INCLUDING THE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR, MIKE HOLLY SUPPORT FOR THE, UM, STREET CRIMES UNIT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUR OFFICE MANAGER AND PARALEGAL IN ADDITION TO THEIR NORMAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND SO, WHAT REALLY HAS HAPPENED, IT'S A WONDERFUL, IT'S REALLY A WONDERFUL TASK FORCE THAT WILL BRING, I THINK, A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO OUR COUNTY AND IN ALL AREAS.
BUT IT DOES REQUIRE DIFFERENT FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO KIND OF WEAR TWO HATS AND REALLY JUST INCREASES THEIR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES.
CUZ WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT INCREASING A LOT OF, WE'RE NOT REALLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THE DA'S OFFICE TO WORK ON THAT.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO REORGANIZE DIFFERENT SHIFT, DIFFERENT JOB RESPONSIBILITIES, DOUBLE DIFFERENT JOB RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS AN AS RIGHT NOW, AND THIS WILL NOT INCREASE, UM, ANY OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S BUDGET, BUT IT DOES, WE ARE ASKING THAT IN ORDER TO, UM, COMPENSATE THE, SAY THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING AROUND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO, UM, MOVE I THINK SOME MONEY FROM THE ATTORNEY SALARIES LINE ITEM WHERE THERE'S POSITIONS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN OPEN FOR PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FUND THESE POSITIONS IN THESE PEOPLE NOW.
AND THEN IN OCTOBER THERE WILL BE GRANT MONEY COMING IN ALSO THAT WILL FED, I THINK, STATE GRANT MONEY THAT WILL ALSO AFFECT THE BUDGET IN, IN THIS MANNER.
SO I DON'T THINK IT WILL INCREASE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S BUDGET.
I'LL LET JUDGE WILEY ADDRESS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AT BUDGET TIME.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UM, THE STREET CRIMES UNIT AND, AND TO ENSURE ITS SUCCESS WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OPERATIONAL AS WE SHOULD BE.
AND I BELIEVE JUDGE WILEY TALKED TO YOU, KAREN? NO.
THAT WAS MY, UH, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO CALL YOU.
SO I I THOUGHT SHE HAD TALKED TO YOU OR EMAILED YOU ABOUT THIS ISSUE? NO, WE TALKED
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ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS THAT SHE WANTED TO DO FOR BUDGET, BUT, OKAY.SO WE ARE, WE ARE, UM, OUR OFFICE MANAGERS LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS THEY WILL DEFINITELY GET WITH KAREN, BUT WE ARE ASKING THE COURT TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE REORGANIZATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
AND, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, CHIEF VALENTINE AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS BEHIND THIS? WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE DA'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR OVER THERE NOW WITH THE STREET CRIMES UNIT, WHICH IT'S NOT AFFECTING OUR BUDGET AT ALL.
WE, WE HAVE THAT MANPOWER TO MOVE OVER THERE, BUT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN WITH FORNEY FORNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND CONSTABLE'S OFFICE ARE WORKING TOGETHER.
UH, JUST THIS PAST WEEK WE GOT A, UH, GUN OFF THE STREET, A FULLY AUTOMATIC PISTOL.
SO THE STREET CRIMES UNIT IS ALREADY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
UH, THEY'RE NOT SEEN AS MUCH BUT THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF UNDERCOVER OR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND IT'S, IT'S JUST, WE HAVE SO MUCH COMING OUT OF DALLAS NOW AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF SITUATED UP AROUND THE FOREIGN AREA.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'VE CONCENTRATED OUR, OUR ISSUES GOING UP THERE.
BUT WE'RE FULLY SUPPORTING THE DA'S OFFICE IN THIS.
AND UH, WE ASKED THAT Y'ALL CONSIDER THEM AND HELP THEM WITH THIS.
WELL IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THERE'S NO, UH, DIFFERENCE IN MONEY WE'RE JUST, AND MAYBE A LINE IT 'EM TRANSFER FROM YES.
IT DOES AFFECT THE BUDGET, RIGHT? CORRECT.
TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM THIS PLACE.
AND JUDGE WALLY WILL GET WITH KAREN.
I THOUGHT SHE HAD JUST PROBABLY SCHEDULE ISSUES, BUT, UM, AND WE'LL OF COURSE WE'LL ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE BUDGET AND, AND YES.
YOU KNOW, STAYS WITHIN THOSE, THOSE GUIDELINES.
SO, BUT WE'RE NOT FUNDING TWO POSITION.
SO NO, YOU'RE ELIMINATING THAT POSITION TO COVER THIS POSITION, WHAT WE'RE AND IF AND IF SHE WANTS TO, SHE CAN ASK FOR THAT IN HER BUDGET BACK.
AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS WE JUST HAVE SOME PEOPLE, WE BASICALLY DOING TWO JOBS RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, TILL WE GET TO OCTOBER.
WE'RE NOT TO TRY TO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GUARANTEEING THE NEXT POSITION.
I MEAN I GUESS I'M, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED.
WE'RE WE'RE NOT, I MEAN YOU TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING MORE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT WE'RE TALKING MONEY.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING 'EM RAISES.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING? I'M NOT SURE WHAT, SHE'S JUST MOVING MONEY AROUND FOR THE, FOR UM, THE STREET CRIMES UNIT.
CUZ PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING DOUBLE TIME, SOME PEOPLE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ADDING NEW PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE BASICALLY HAVING PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TO DO DOUBLE TIME UNTIL WE GET TO OCTOBER TO THE BUDGET.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE WHERE THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IS.
PEOPLE, PEOPLE JUST HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEIR JOB REORGANIZATION PART.
WELL, BUT NO, WHAT I WANTED TO CLEAR UP IS IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE A POSITION AWAY, THEN WE'RE NOT ADDING A POSITION IN WORDS THEY'RE LOSING THAT WE'RE REALLY NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY.
IT'S KINDA LIKE A REASSIGNMENT.
BUT YOU PICKED BACK UP IN OCTOBER WITH A GRANT, BUT THEY WANNA GET THIS STARTED NOW.
WELL THAT'S PRETTY WELL GUARANTEED WHAT YOU SAID.
IT'S, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY WELL GUARANTEED AND IF NOT IT GOES BACK TO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WELL THE COURT CAN CERTAINLY MAKE WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT, IT WILL TOTALLY BE WITHIN THE BUDGET TALKS, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I THINK THAT THAT GRANT'S APPROVED.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S A, WE'RE WAITING FOR APPROVAL.
I THINK THE GRANT'S APPROVED, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T START, IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL OCTOBER.
THIS IS WORKING WITH HAIDA AND TAG, UH, DPS TAG UNITS.
AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE FUNDING THIS GRANT.
BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY POSITIONS.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY MORE MONEY.
THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE REORGANIZATION TITLE CHANGES IN IN THE ASK YOU UH, IN THE, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONEY, BUT WE'RE TRYING, BUT WE ARE MOVING, ASKING TO MOVE MONEY AROUND WITHIN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BUDGET THAT'S ALREADY THERE THROUGH OCTOBER TO GET THESE POSITIONS KIND OF COVERED AND UM, AND LET THE REORG, AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT, WHAT MONEY IS IS BEING MOVED, BUT THERE, BUT I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
THERE IS SOME FINANCIAL MOVEMENT AND THEN THE, THE GRANT SHOULD TAKE OVER IN OCTOBER.
AND I'M, I'M GONNA SAY THIS CUZ I'VE BEEN VISITING WITH KAREN QUITE A BIT, OUR AUDITOR ON DIFFERENT THINGS GONNA LEARN IN THIS PROCESS.
SO HERE LATELY WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES AND ADDING POSITIONS AND I THINK IT'S BEEN KIND OF A BURDEN.
HAS IT ON THAT END OF Y'ALL WITH YOU GUYS TRYING TO ORGANIZE THAT AND KEEP UP WITH THAT AND I MEAN YES SIR.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD, IF IT'S GONNA BE MONEY MOVING
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OR SOMETHING SHOULD BE BUDGETED OR NOT, I KNOW SHE'S HAVING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING UP AND TRY TO MOVE THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT'S SET AROUND.SO THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT WAS UH, BROUGHT UP IN OUR CONVERSATION JUST TALKING ABOUT BUDGET STUFF.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.
THERE'S ACTUALLY MONEY BEING MOVED OR POSITIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A BUDGET ITEM.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD WAIT ON TO DO DURING BUDGET TALKS CUZ SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO BUDGET OR CAUSE IT, WE CAN'T WAIT ON, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT REALLY A BUT IT WAS ALREADY AN ACTION THOUGH.
IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GONNA MESS UP EVERYTHING I'VE ALREADY DONE.
YOU THINK IT WILL, IT I'LL THINK IT'LL BE DONE IF Y'ALL APPROVE IT, THAT'S FINE.
WELL, I I I AND I DON'T BELIEVE ME WHAT'S, WHAT Y'ALL, WHAT DO Y'ALL TRYING TO DO IS A GREAT THING.
I JUST CAN'T GET RIGHT IN MY HEAD AROUND WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON.
I I MAYBE WE NEED TO TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT WEEK AND GIVE SOME TIME TO VISIT WITH WELL IF WE GO INTO ANY MORE DETAIL, I'M GONNA NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND A SECURITY THING, YOU KNOW, THAT KINDA THING.
I JUST, BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS JUST PLEASE KEEP IN MIND IS IT'S MONEY THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
IT'S NOT MONEY THAT'S BEING, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST SHIFTING SOME OF IT.
AND I'M JUST BEING VERY CANDID ABOUT THAT.
YOU HAVE A VACANT POSITION AND YOU'RE USING MONEY FOR VACANTS MISSING AND, BUT WHAT ARE YOU, WHO ARE YOU PAYING WITH THE MONEY? DO YOU UNDERST FROM THE VACANT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CREEK STREET CRIMES UNIT IS? YEAH, I I'M, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT BASHING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
WE'RE MOVING MONEY IN THE BUDGET BUT WE'RE NOT COMPENSATING SOMEBODY.
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANOTHER POSITION.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT? STILL TO ME.
HOLD ON AND MAYBE I'M, I'M, CAN I, CAN I EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU? SHE HAS MONEY IN HER SALARY LINE ITEM.
I UNDERSTAND SHE'S HIRED PEOPLE AT A LOWER RATE AND THEN IF THEY PASS THEIR BAR, SHE'S GIVEN THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD BE MAKING.
IF THEY HAVEN'T, SHE'S DEMOTED SOME.
SO THERE'S MONEY IN THAT LINE ITEM.
AND THE ONLY WAY SHE CAN GIVE SOMEBODY A RAISE IS TO ASK TO RESTRUCTURE THE DEPARTMENT AND USE THAT EXTRA MONEY TO PAY THOSE PEOPLE FOR ADDITIONAL DUTIES.
WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT HEARING.
AND AND THE MORE SPECIFIC THINGS ARE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE, I'M NOT GOING TO NAME NAME THEM, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE THAT THE STREET CRIMES UNIT REQUIRES A LOT MORE WORK, A LOT MORE REPORTING.
AND IT, AND IT WILL BE SOME OVERTIME.
I MEAN, BUT IT WON'T JUST HAPPEN.
OKAY, WE'LL PASS, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK NEXT WEEK.
THAT GIVES YOU A WEEK TO VISIT WITH Y'ALL OUT NEXT WEEK.
I THOUGHT WE Y'ALL HAD TO TRAIN IN.
SO IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU GUYS? THAT WAY YOU CLEAR UP ANY MISCONCEPTIONS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE.
AND, AND I, I KNOW I HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THIS.
I KNOW WE DID IT IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO I'M HOLDING, I CAN'T, I DON'T THINK I CAN SPEAK ON ANY OF THAT.
SO WE'D HAVE TO GO IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSED KIND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED AND WHEN THEY DECIDED TO SET THIS UP.
SO, AND, AND, AND BASICALLY IT IS TRULY JUST IMPLEMENTING WHAT WAS REALLY DISCUSSED, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BUT IT JUST TAKES SOME DOLLARS TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THE GRANT UNTIL OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL THAT OUR COMMUNITY JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY ASKING FOR.
AND, AND I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO YES MA'AM.
DO AGAIN, I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
WHEN Y'ALL GO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND YOU MAKE CHANGES TO PERSONNEL, YOU'RE NOT INCLUDING ME AND I'M THE ONE THAT HAS TO FIND THE MONEY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DISCUSS IT WITH ME CUZ I WASN'T THERE.
AND I THINK WE ALSO NEED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT IF WE CAN, JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN READ, HEAR, KIND OF SEE WHERE THEY'VE COME TALK ABOUT IT.
WE CAN, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT ON THE BOTTOM EARLY TO BE HERE.
LET EARLY BE HERE AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED SO SHE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
[8. Nathan Collins; Discuss/Consider approving fiber installation at Precinct 2 sub-courthouse. ]
ALL RIGHT.NATHAN, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE FIBER INSTALLATION PRECINCT TWO SUB COURTHOUSE.
SO RIGHT NOW, UH, IN FORNEY THEY HAVE A, UM, A UVERSE CONNECTION AND THIS IS JUST GONNA IMPROVE STABILITY OVER THERE AND, UH, ABOUT 10 TIMES THE SPEED, WHAT THEY HAVE.
SO ALL OF OUR MAIN OFFICES, EXCEPT FOR UH, KEMP HAS FIBER.
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE KEMP OFFICE
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EXCEPT FOR FORNEY.SO, UH, FORNEY HAS GROWN QUITE A BIT, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THOSE CONSTABLES COMING THROUGH THERE.
SO I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
UM, NOW WE CAN'T MOVE TO THEIR EXPANSION OFFICE HERE IN TOWN.
AND THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE A COUPLE OFFICES THERE, SO YEAH, IT WILL, IT'LL, IT'LL BE A LOT BETTER FOR THEM.
UH, THE COST FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, TO GET FIBER TO THE BUILDING IS $2,720.
UM, AFTER THAT, THE COST OF THE, UH, THE BILL WILL GO FROM 100 TO $150 A MONTH.
I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS BAD AT ALL.
IS THAT IN YOUR BUDGET? SO IT IS BECAUSE MY, UH, MY BIG LANDLINES ITEM, UM, HAS, UH, HAS UH, BEEN TRENDING LOWER THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, MY, MY ONLY QUESTION IS I'M I'M, I'M STILL CONFUSED, SO SORRY THERE.
RIGHT? I MEAN CUZ YOU, YOU LOOK AT IT IN, IN, IN, IN MY, IT'S IN HANGING IN MY OFFICE.
THE FIBER OPTICS COME IN THERE, BUT YET WE DON'T HAVE 'EM.
IT WAS AT AND T RIGHT? THAT DID THAT.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRIGGERED THEM TO BRING THAT FIBRIN RIGHT AFTER I CALLED OPTIMUM ABOUT THIS.
BUT, UM, IF I WERE TO GO WITH AT AND T, THEY WERE GONNA CHARGE ALMOST A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH FOR A GIGABIT.
THAT'S HOW, THAT'S ALMOST HOW MUCH I WAS PAYING IN TA UM, BEFORE, UH, I SWITCHED TO ANTS.
UH, WHEN THEY GOT FIBER, WHAT HAPPENED? CUZ ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS, I KNOW I WAS VERY CONFUSED TOO CUZ Y'ALL ALWAYS TOLD ME Y'ALL SEE THEM OUT THERE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS AT AND T INSTEAD OF I BROUGHT IT IN, HUNG IT, IT'S HANGING ON THE WALL AND YOU SEE THE LITTLE FIBER UP CANS COMING DOWN AND EVERYTHING AND THINK, HEY, WE HAVE IT BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT.
SO IS IT, WILL IT RUN THROUGH THE SAME WIRE? I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK WHEN, UH, DON'T BRING THEIR OWN WIRE IN.
I BELIEVE SO BEC BECAUSE WHEN A SERVICE PROVIDER WILL RUN FIBER, I THINK THEY GET A, UH, I DON'T KNOW, UH, GRANT, TWO OR THREE YEARS OF, THAT'S ONLY THEIRS TO USE.
AND THEN THE, AND THEN IT'S ABLE TO BE USED BY OTHERS.
SO I'M, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE ON THE, THAT'S IT'S SILLY.
IT'S STRANGE WHY THEY BRING IT INTO THE PEN AND THEN THEY THEN THEY GO CRAZY ON THE PRICE.
WELL WE ALREADY HAVE AT AND T THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S UVERSE COPPER.
SO MAYBE THEY, THEY DID THAT JUST TO BE ABLE TO OFFER A FIBER.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST WAY TOO MUCH.
WE SHOULDN'T NEVER LET 'EM IN THE BUILDING.
MR. PHELPS MAKES A MOTION TO YOU.
[9. Commissioner Moore; Discuss/Consider entering into a joint purchasing agreement with the City of Combine. ]
NINE, COMMISSIONER MOORE.DISCUSSED CONSIDER ENTERING TO A JOINT PERCH AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF, UH, THIS UH, AGREEMENT THAT I'D SENT TO, UH, DEB BEING KAREN AND THEN ALSO TO JACK AND AUDITOR KAREN AS WELL.
THE, BUT THIS IS BASICALLY A CONTRACT TO KIND OF HELP THE CITIES, UH, TO KIND OF TAKE SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF THE COUNTY AS WELL.
SO WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS, IS IT'S A CONTRACT WHERE THEY CAN ENTER OUT, AND JACK, YOU MAY HAVE TO CORRECT ME ON THIS SO I MESSED UP.
BUT BASICALLY THE CITIES CAN ENTER AND TO USE US AS THEIR PURCHASING AGENT.
SO ON CONTRACT BID MATERIALS, SO LIKE SAY YOU HAVE A CITY THAT WANTS TO BUY CULVERTS OR, UH, MAT ROAD MATERIAL THINGS ON CONTRACT, THEY CAN BUY IT DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE ITSELF AND THAT PRODUCT WILL BE BILLED TO THE CITIES TO KIND OF TAKE SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF OUR TREASURER'S OFFICE TAKES SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF OF US TRYING TO WORK AND TRY TO ORDER STUFF FOR OUR ROAD SEASON THERE.
SO IT'S KIND OF, AND JACKIE MAY EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO ME A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT ON THAT.
IT'S BASICALLY A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT.
I THINK IT, THEY'RE KIND OF PIGGYBACKING OFF OUR IT DOES.
IT LETS ALL THE OTHER CITIES KNOW THAT AS WELL.
UH, ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS, UH, UH, BACK IN THE DAY I USED TO HAVE SOME LANGUAGE THAT I'D PUT IN THE BID DOCUMENT THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, DO YOU AGREE TO SELL TO OTHER ENTITIES AT THE SAME PRICE? THE COUNTY AND IT'S YES OR NO? UH, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT LANGUAGE IN IN THE PREVIOUS BIDS.
WE'LL START PUTTING THAT IN THERE.
UH, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE GRAY AREA THERE.
EVEN IF IT'S NOT IN THERE, THEY PROBABLY COULD CALL THE VENDOR AND THEY'D SAY, YEAH, WE'LL HONOR IT.
BUT, UH, TECHNICALLY WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE WHERE, WHERE THE VENDOR SAYS YES OR NO, PROTECTS THEM.
SO IF THEY DECIDED NOT TO AND IT WASN'T IN THERE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO GIVE THE OTHER CITIES THE SAME PRICE.
BUT, AND I WAS SEARCHED THROUGH AND FOUND THIS, UH, SMITH COUNTY'S BEEN USING IT FOR SEVERAL, UH, PROBABLY, PROBABLY SEVERAL YEARS.
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I LOOKED AT IT AS I, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TOOL TO HELP THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AND ALSO HELP SOME OF THESE SMALLER CITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO BUY PURCHASE ITEMS. SO ON LIMITED BUDGET.SO ANYWAY, I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD THING FOR BOTH SIDES.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
IT, IT GETS THE COMMISSIONERS OUT OF THAT AND LETS 'EM GO DIRECT TO THE VENDOR.
WELL IT, WELL IT WORKED THE SAME LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE PIGGYBACK OFF OF DALLAS A LOT OF TIMES OR FOR ARTHUR TARRAN COUNTY OR WHATEVER.
SO CAN WE PASS THAT THROUGH TO, OR HE CAN.
I MEAN, MINE NEVER ASKED TO PIGGYBACK OFF US, BUT I THINK THEY BUY THINGS CHEAPER THAN WE DO, BUT YEAH.
AND THAT'S WHAT UH, JACK WAS TELLING ME ONE DAY, LIKE, I GUESS, UH, I DON'T KNOW, CARROLLTON OR WHOEVER IT WAS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OR THROUGH A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT EVEN THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THEIR FUEL PRICES TO GET A BETTER DEAL ON FUEL.
YOU JUST TELL ME, UH, REGION, LIKE WE DO REGION SEVEN.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF, IF WE'RE UTILIZING A SMITH COUNTY CONTRACT AND WE HAVE AGREEMENT WITH SMITH COUNTY, SO IF A CITY WANTS TO PIGGYBACK THEY CAN USE IT.
THEY'D HAVE TO GO TO SMITH COUNTY.
THIS WOULD BE FOR, THIS WOULD NOT WHAT SMITH? THIS WOULD BE FOR DOCUMENTS THAT WE CREATE IN, IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
SO I GUESS I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IF, IF ONE OF THE SMALL TOWNS THAT ASK YOU GOTTA CHECK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PIGGYBACKING ALREADY AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO THEM.
AND I'D BE, I'D BE HAPPY TO DIRECT THOSE FOLKS BACK WITH YOU.
THEY CALL, IT'LL, I THINK IT'LL HELP WITH THE PURCHASING FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN MATERIALS SURE.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO NOW? HELP HAVE A REQUEST.
MR. MOORE MAKES MOTION EACH SECOND.
I'LL SECOND MR. FIELDS MAKE SECOND.
[10. Auditor; Discuss/Consider approving the amendment to Tyler Technologies contract for financial software. ]
DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING AMENDMENT TO TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONTRACT FOR FINANCIAL SOFTWARE.UH, THIS IS JUST A CLEANUP ON THE CONTRACT WITH OUR MUNIS SYSTEM.
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T WANT AND DIDN'T NEED AND THEY WERE CHARGING FOR IT AND WE AGREED TO TRADE OUT SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR STAFF AND PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.
AND IT'S JUST AN EVEN SWAP THEY'RE GIVING BACK AND WE'RE TAKEN.
AND I JUST ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL CUZ IT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT AND I NEED THE JUDGE TO SIGN IF YOU APPROVE IT.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN I'LL MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE.
HAVE MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER BARBER.
[11. Auditor; Discuss/Consider line-item and budget transfers/corrections. ]
CONSIDER LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS.I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL FOR, UH, 86 JUDICIAL COURT.
SOMEHOW DURING THE BUDGET WHEN WE APPROVED IT, WE DROPPED SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WAS IN THE DUES.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY FORGOT TO ASK FOR IT OR IF WE DROPPED IT AND IT AMOUNTS TO $435.
AND I'D LIKE TO ADD IT TO THAT SO THEY CAN THE JUDGE'S DUES.
NEED A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
[12. Auditor; Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor, ]
12, AUDITOR TO DISCUSS.CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION AS PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR.
YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE $3,415,636 AND 38 CENTS.
AN ELECTION PAYROLL OF $17,934 AND 22 CENTS.
TOTAL PAYOUT OF $3,433,570 AND 60 CENTS.
UM, YOUR MAIN, UH, EXPENDITURE WAS 1.8 MILLION OUT OF YOUR ROAD BOND MONEY.
583 OUT OF YOUR FACILITIES BONDS AND 295,000 OF A R P A MONEY AND SINGLE APPRAISAL DISTRICT OF 184,000.
AND THEN VARIOUS OTHER ACCOUNTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? NO.
[13. Judge Allen; Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter executive session pursuant to 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, consultation with attorney, to discuss County of Kaufman v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al„ MDL PRETRIAL CAUSE NO. 2018-63587, in the 152d District Court of Harris County, Texas, removed to MDL 2804, N.D, OH.]
13, MS. MINE DISCUSSING REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO 55 51 0.071 THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS KAUFMAN COUNTY VERSUS PURDUE PHARMA LP MDL CALLS NUMBER TWO 18 DASH 63,587 AND 157 SECOND DISTRICT COURT IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS REMOVED TO M LD 28 0 4 NORTH IND OHIO.SO AT THIS TIME I NEED A MOTION TO YOUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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MR. PHELPS MAKES THE MOTION YOU SECOND.WE'RE GONNA STAY IN HERE SO WE'LL EXCUSE YOU FOLKS AND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
NOW WE'RE BACK IN THE REGULAR MEETING.
[14. Judge Allen; Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and enter back into regular meeting, ]
YES MA'AM.UM, COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, WE ASK THAT THE COURT WOULD APPROVE AN ORDER SLASH RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF APPROVAL OF PROPOSED TEXAS STATEWIDE OPIOID SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
NEED A SECOND? I'LL SECOND MR. MAKE SECOND.
[15. Judge Allen; Discuss/Consider authorizing the County Judge or other authorized officials to execute the Settlement participation and release forms regarding settlement offers in the matter of Texas opioid multidistrict litigation for the County in the matter of County of Kaufman v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al.]
MOTION THAT WOULD COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION IS FOR THE COURT TO APPROVE THE TEXAS ADDENDUM SUBDIVISION PARTICIPATION FORM AND RELEASE AGREEMENT.NEED THE MOTION FOR THAT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
MOTION BARBARA, MAKE SOME MOTION.
NEED SECOND WAKE UP DOWN THERE.
YOU WANNA PLAY? SECOND? YOU WANNA PLAY? TONY? I'LL SECOND.
NUMBER 16 MR. PHILLIPS, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION.
ADJOURN THIS MEETING GOT A MOTION TO SECOND.