* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [*This meeting was joined in progress*] [00:00:02] BROUGHT [1. To discuss the FY24-25 budget with department heads.] IN AND IT'S JUST, IT'S THE SYSTEM ITSELF. REALLY. YES, SIR. . SO THEY'RE WORKING ON IT NOW. THE TAHOE ARE VEHICLE THAT, THAT PURSUITS EVEN WIND DEAL WITH THE, THE BRAKES HEAT UP REAL FAST ON THE TRUCK CIRCUIT REAL FAST. YEAH, THEY DO. WE COULD, WE COULD GET THEM SOME KIDS THEN BE SOME HEAVY, BUT THANKFULLY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, ALL THE NEW VEHICLES COMING IN NOW. 'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE JUST GOT SIX DELIVERED. UM, WE HAVE TWO TRUCKS. WE'RE TRYING OUT THE DURANGOS WITH THE SHERIFF AS WELL, JUST TO TRY TO GET OFF OF ONE COST-WISE. UM, BUT THEY DID SAY IF WE DO GET TAHOES IN PLATINUM, FORD SAID, HEY LOOK, IF IT'S WITHIN THE FIRST 5,000 MILES OF YOU HAVING THE VEHICLE AND IT STARTS QUE BRING IT TO US, WE WILL TRY TO PUT NEW SYSTEMS ON TO SEE IF IT FIXES IT. BUT ONCE IT REACHED 5,000, WE'RE NOT, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT ANYMORE. THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO. THAT'S IT. YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN WE'VE HAD VEHICLES UP THERE LIKE SEVEN TIMES NOW, UH, ON THE SUVS. BUT I FORD POLICE THEY HAVE, UNLESS YOU WANT THE HYBRIDS AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE HYBRIDS ARE, ARE ARE BOTTOMLESS PIT. YEAH, WE'VE TRIED THAT. OKAY. ON YOUR EQUIPMENT OFFICE FURNITURE, YOU WENT FROM 7,800 TO 18 TO EIGHT. THAT WAS THE RADIOS THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING RADIO. YES SIR. THE PORTABLES. YES SIR. ARE Y'ALL WEARING OUT OR NO? THE, THE PORTABLE RADIOS RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ALMOST $4,000 A PIECE. YEAH. OKAY. THEY'RE ALL SOFTWARE ON THE INSIDE. THEY SHOULDN'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD EVERYWHERE OUT THAT'S CHANGED. UPDATE SOFTWARE. YEAH. I MEAN, UNLESS THEY, UNLESS NEED GET REPLACED FROM TEAR 'EM UP UNLESS SEARCHING THE, UH, THE MISSING PERSON IN FORNEY WHERE OUR VEHICLES SUBMERGED IN THE WATER AND IT WENT IN THE WATER. SO I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN THAT ONE REPLACED YET. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON IT. MAYBE SAVE IT. OKAY. 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T FLOAT VERY WELL. NO. BRITTANY ON, UH, CAN YOU LOOK AT MY BEARD AND LOGIC? TELL US HOW MUCH HE SPEAKS HERE. HE'S GOT ZERO FOR SIX MONTHS. OKAY. I THINK WE GOT THE INTERNET BACK UP. OH, I KNOW. UNIFORMS. YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING UP THERE A COUPLE GRAND. YES, SIR. UH, IS THAT FOR YOUR DEPUTIES OR THAT FOR CONTRACT DEPUTIES? THAT, THAT'S FOR MY DEPUTIES ONLY. THAT IS NOT CONTRACT DEPUTIES. OKAY. AND THAT WAS FOR THOSE BEING SWITCHED OVER. WE HAD TO PROJECT IT AFTER SPEAKING. USE THE UNIFORMS. THEY HAVE. YES. NO, THEY, THEY, THEY CAN USE THOSE BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GET JACKETS, RAINCOATS AND REPLACEMENT UNIFORMS. NO, SIR. IS ZERO. I'M SORRY. ZERO. OKAY. YEP. SO WE'VE USED IT, UH, SO FAR YOU NOT USED ANYTHING ON THAT? UH, WE'RE FIXING THE, WE'VE GOT A CONFERENCE COMING UP, BOTH MYSELF, CHIEF THAT'S GONNA TAKE A BIG WHACK OUT OF IT. AND IT'S JUNE OF THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S THE YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE PAPERWORK THAT'S ALREADY ENCUMBERED THAT. 'CAUSE WE ALREADY SUBMITTED, SUBMITTED THAT. UM, I DO REMEMBER THAT COMING THROUGH. UM, BUT BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS LIKE 6,000 YEAH. 6,600. YEAH. 6,600. SO WE, WE KIND OF HOLD ONTO IT TILL CLOSER TO TIME. SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY. OKAY. RIGHT. ALRIGHT. IT'S SO ONE CONFERENCE THAT'S MANDATED BY STATE STATUTE AND WE HAVE TO ATTEND AND UH, WE TRY TO PUT IT OFF AT THE LAST MINUTE. I UNDERSTAND. I DO. OKAY. UH, SO WHEN YOU WENT UP ON TRAINING A COUPLE OF GRAND TOO, DID THE TRAININGS GO UP OR TRAINING HAS GONE UP? I DON'T KNOW. MINE IS CHANGED IN PRICING. I DIDN'T KNOW GET READY. OKAY. ALL THE TRAINING HAS BEEN AS THE COST HAS GOING UP. HOMETOWN DEFINITELY GOING UP. YEP. OKAY GUYS ASK YOU QUESTIONS. WE'RE HERE ON THIS ONE. YOU GUESS ON THE FURNITURE DEAL, I GUESS IT'S BEEN QUITE A [00:05:01] BIT AS WELL. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE GETTING THE FURNITURE. $26,278. YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS GUYS? ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO YOU NEXT ONE HERE. UM, WHAT'S EVERY WOOD MILL FARMS IS NEXT. WINDMILL FARMS. SO THE ONES YOU SEE IN THE YELLOW, AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WENT DOWN IN. UM, THE ONES IN THE RED ARE THE ONES THAT WE WENT UP IN COST. UM, WHICH THE VEHICLES, UM, THE BUILDING COSTS. WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND ALSO WINDMILL FARMS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING A BUILDING BUILT FOR US AS WELL. UM, AND WE'VE HAD, AGAIN, EXTENSIVE MEETINGS WITH MS. BRANDY. WE HAD TO PROJECT COST OF WHETHER WE LEASED THE BUILDING RENTAL COSTS FROM WINDMILL FARMS OR FOR COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. WE TOOK A GUESS ON SECURITY, UH, JANITORIAL SERVICES. IT, WE PROJECTED IT. SHE SAID WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 35% OVERHEAD, BUT WE WANTED TO BE SAFE AND, SORRY. SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT, THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. OKAY. LET ME BACK UP HERE A MINUTE. SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A BUILDING FOR YOU FOR CONTRACT? FOR CONTRACT CONTRACTS. YES, SIR. FOR THE CONTRACT. OKAY. GET THAT. BUT WHERE DOES LEAS, WHY WILL WE BE LEASING IT FOR BUILDING IT FOR CONTRACTS? RENT IT OR MAY THEY RENT IT? THEY BUILD IT FOR YOU. WELL, THEY'RE NOT BUILDING IT FOR US. THEY'RE BUILDING IT FOR THEM IF THEY EVER GET IT BUILT. THIS HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS. OKAY. YEAH, THEY'RE GONNA PAY RENT. THEY'RE BUILDING IT FOR THEIR BOARD, THEIR DISTRICT. AND THEY WOULD LET US RENT HOUSE OUT OF IT AND RENT IT FROM THEM. SO THAT WAY WE COULD TAKE A LOT OF THE PATROL GUYS AND MOVE THEM OVER THERE. OR COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS BUILDS A NEW ONE LIKE YOU WAS DISCUSSING. WE CAN MOVE THEM OVER THERE. OKAY. GOTCHA. AND YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THAT. SO. YEAH. AND THE CONTRACTS WITH PAID THEIR, WHOEVER, THEIR PORTION FOR HOUSING THE CONTRACT CONTROL DISTANCE. YES. THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE'VE HAD. VERY INTENSIVE MEETINGS. WE'RE WORKING PRETTY HARD ON THAT TOMORROW. YES. ON THE PERCENTAGE WHAT WOULD BE PAID? UH, VEHICLE YOU WENT UP FROM UH, 11 TO 20,000 EQUIPMENT. NON-CAPITAL VEHICLE. YES. IS THAT FOR ONE CAR OR SOMETHING OR WHAT? IN COURT? IT'S ONLY NINE IN COURT. HUH? THAT WAS OH, CAMERA SYSTEMS. CAMERA SYSTEMS. CAMERA SYSTEMS. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME CAMERA SYSTEM. SIGNAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WE DO NOT ARE USE WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER CONSTABLES? I, THE OTHER CONSTABLES HAVE THE WATCH GUARD THAT THE SHERIFF GOT OFF OF THAT WE GOT OFF OF. THEY'RE STILL UTILIZING THAT DATABASE. WE HAVE AX ON, UM, WHICH IS AXON IS OUR TASERS, OUR BODY CAM, OUR DASH CAMS. IF A DEPUTY DRAWS OUR GUN OUT OF THEIR HOLSTER, IT HAS A SIGNAL ALERT. IT IMMEDIATELY ALERTS THE SUPERVISORS AND WE HAVE THE SYSTEM SET UP IN COMMUNICATIONS AT DISPATCH WHERE THEY CAN WATCH IT LIVE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. SO OUR SYSTEM'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER. YES. UM, COST MORE, BUT VERY WELL. OKAY. TOP OF THE LINE. IT'S PRETTY NEAT. YOU CAN WATCH IT AT THE, YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE WHEREVER YOU WANT. I'M SITTING WATCH THEM. SO THE BUILDING COST IS A WHAT IF RIGHT THERE? YES SIR. THE BUILDING COST IS A WHAT IF AND THEN OUR SOFTWARE COST IS OUR AXON SYSTEM. UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE BRAS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT? YES. OUR BRAS THAT HAS BEEN PITCHED AT, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE COST NOW. UM, MS. BRANDY, UH, HELP ME ON THAT. SO, UH, ALL OF OUR TICKET WRITING SYSTEMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE HAVE TO SET THE COST NOW. SO THE JPS ARE, THEY STARTED THE PROGRAM AND THEY WERE, THEY KEPT IT UP, BUT NOW THEY'RE NOT DOING IT. THE CONSTABLES ARE HAVING TO DO IT NOW. SO THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR LICENSES. DID ANY OF THAT GO TOWARD THEIR CONTRACTS? THAT YES. THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THE CONTRACTS, THE WHOLE 51,000, UM, IT'S BEEN SPLIT UP. IT'S DIVIDED BETWEEN ALL OF THEM. ALL OF THEM. YES SIR. SO THAT'S NOT A TRUE COST TO THE COUNTY? NO, NO, NO. THIS IS ALL CONTRACT COSTS. THIS IS CONTRACT. ALL CONTRACT COSTS. THIS, THIS PAYS ALL CONTRACT. YEAH. YOU GOTTA REMEMBER ALL THE CONTRACTS. WINDMILL, FARM, MUD, FIVE DEVONSHIRE, THAT IS ALL CONTRACT. ALL WASH. YES, SIR. OKAY, GOT IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS GUYS? YES SIR. WE HAD TO TREAT THIS NEW ITEM AND THAT'S GOTCHA. [00:10:01] CHIEF WAS SHOWING ME BACK ON, ON THE CONSTABLE BUDGET ON THAT SECOND PAGE. THAT WAS THE LINE ITEM THAT WE HAD TO CREATE, WHICH IS, UH, THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH MS. BRANDY. THE SOFTWARE, THE RMS, THE BRASS, THE AXON. YEP. MM-HMM. . GOT IT. MUD FIVE. MUD FIVE. SAME THING. THE YELLOWS. WE WENT DOWN, UH, THE REDS WE WENT UP, UH, AND THEN IN MUD FIVE, UH, THE VEHICLE PRINCIPAL LEASE, YOU CAN, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF VEHICLES THAT ARE FIXING TO BE REPLACED THAT ARE OUT OF THE LEASE EXPIRATION DATE. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY THAT COST IS UP. DEVIN SHIRE, DEVONSHIRE, SAME THING. THE YELLOWS, WE WENT DOWN. REDS WE WENT UP WITH THE SOFTWARE, THE BUILDING COSTS. UM, I, WE, WE JUST GOT THROUGH REPLACING THE VEHICLES FOR DEHI. UM, OKAY. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. GOOD. SO THE COST, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEVIN SHOWER, WE WENT UP IS, UH, 59,700. THE COST FOR MUD FIVE. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S STILL LABELED IN THE MUNOZ, UH, UH, MUNI, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED. MUNI. THANK YOU. UNI. UH, MUD FIVE IS, UH, 122,700. IT'S STILL LISTED AS TRAVIS RANCH, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S MUD FIVE. AND THEN THE COST WENT UP IN WINDMILL FARMS, WHICH IS 80,500. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT MUD, FIBER, CLEMENTS RANCH. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL THE SAME. IT'S ALL THE SAME. SAME. YES SIR. IT'S CLEMENS RANCH. CLEMENS RANCH, TRAVIS RANCH, LAKESIDE BY HEATH TRINITY CROSSING. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ALL MUD FIVE NOW. AND THAT'S WHY IF YOU LOOK ON THE, THE SHADED ONE, IT SAYS CLEMENS RANCH, BUT ON THE COLOR COPY THAT WE PRINTED, IT'S ACTUALLY, IT'S MUD FIVE ON THE TOP. IT'S MUD FIVE ON THE BOTTOM. YEAH, WE PROBABLY DIDN'T SWITCH IT OVER. THAT'S MY FAULT. OKAY. QUESTIONS. JASON, ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD THEN. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. THANK YOU, JUDGE, ABOUT LONG. THANK YOU. I KNOW, BUT IT'S NEEDED VERY MUCH. YEAH, THAT'S THE SAD THING. IT IS NEEDED. YEAH. COME ON UP MR. ROBERT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN. SO WITH VETERAN SERVICES, I MADE, UH, FOUR PROPOSED CHANGES TO OUR BUDGET. UM, ONLY ONE OF WHICH WILL CREATE A RED, IF YOU WILL. UM, I ASKED, UH, I ASKED TO INCREASE OUR SOFTWARE BUDGET BY $200 AND IN DOING SO, WHAT I DID WAS I TOOK $100 FROM OUR TRAINING AND $100 FROM, UM, MILES, MULES AND LODGING LINE ITEMS AND JUST MOVED THAT TO, SO THERE'S A NEGATIVE THERE. THERE'S, THAT'S A NET ZERO, RIGHT? THE, UH, THE RED INCREASE OR THE, THE BIG GAS IS, UM, I HAVE A PRELIMINARY, UH, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PARK, ALL THE THINGS GOING ON, UM, WE JUST GOT, UH, DURING THE STORM OUTAGE LAST WEEK, I GOT THE PLANS THAT I CAN NOW SUBMIT FOR OUR, UH, REQUEST FOR QUOTES FOR THE CONCRETE WORKING AND EVERYTHING. UM, I HAD ONE FELLOW WHO'S ALREADY COME OUT. HE, HE WAS KIND OF JOHNNY ON THE SPOT AND GO HAPPY. SO HE'S ALREADY BEEN OUT AND KIND OF LOOKED AT STUFF. AND, UM, I HAVE AN INITIAL PROJECTION OF ABOUT 16 TO $20,000 TO, UH, BREAK DOWN AND REMOVE ALL OFF, UH, THAT FRONT PART OF THE PARK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING REMOVED. UM, SO WHAT I DID WAS, UM, BASED ON ALL OF MY STUDIES AND INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TO ME SO FAR, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THAT I HAVE FOR PARK MAINTENANCE, WE'LL FUND THE CONCRETE PAD. OKAY. UM, SO THEN WHEN OUR OCTOBER BUDGET COMES ROLLING AROUND THE STANDARD LINE ITEM THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THERE FOR PARK MAINTENANCE, THAT WILL PAY FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF THE, UM, THE PAVILION AND ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL WORK AROUND THERE THAT MAY NEED, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE A COUPLE OF GRANITE STRUCTURES AND WHATNOT TO KIND OF PRETTY THAT UP. SO THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY IN MY BUDGET, UH, THIS YEAR AND WITH THE SAME BUDGET NEXT YEAR TO, I THINK, TO TAKE CARE OF THE ENTIRE PAVILION PROJECT. SO THE ONLY REAL ASK THAT I DID WAS, UM, BASED ON THESE PRELIMINARY RESULTS THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE CONTRACTORS [00:15:01] IS I PUT A $20,000 ASK IN FOR, UH, THE DECONSTRUCTION AND REMOVAL OF THE FRONT FLAGPOLE, THE, ALL THAT CONCRETE AREA UP FRONT THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED. SO, AND THAT'S REALLY ALL WE'VE ASKED FOR. THAT'S ALL, THAT'S THE ONLY, I KNOW IT'S $20,000, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE'RE REALLY MAKING. NOW, YOU GOTTA REPLACE THE FLAG POLE WITH STAR MEMORIAL, RIGHT? THAT IS, YES, SIR. THAT IS THE INTENT. DONATIONS ARE WE GONNA TRY TO FUND THAT? SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THAT ASPECT. UM, I THINK, UH, THAT WILL BE A, UM, MAYBE BOTH. UM, I'M NOT SURE YET. UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I ASK FOR IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, SO TO SPEAK. IF IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD PLAN POSSIBLY FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO YOU NO, WE'RE GONNA, SO AGAIN, THE, THE MONEY, WHEN I SAID I HAD ENOUGH MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT, UH, IN THE STANDARD BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR, UM, NEXT YEAR FOR THE ASSEMBLY, THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MONEY LEFT OVER THERE TOO, UH, TO, TO POUR AND, AND JUST TO MAKE THAT IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE A HOLE IN THE GROUND. NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. NO. SO WE, WE WILL MAKE IT PRESENTABLE. YOU PUT A, A FOUNDATION THERE FOR THE MEMORIAL, EITHER A FOUNDATION THERE OR THE START OF A FOUNDATION THAT WILL AT LEAST ALLOW IT TO LOOK PRETTY, WHETHER IT BE LIKE JUST A, UH, THE CONCRETE FOOTER AND THEN WE PUT BRICKS IN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE WHAT THE REST OF THAT AREA IS FOR NOW. UM, OR WHICHEVER IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND LONG TERM USABLE. UM, BUT YES, IT WON'T JUST BE REMOVE AND LEAVE A BIG HOLE. HOWEVER, IF WE DID REMOVE THEN THE HOLE THAT WOULD BE, THERE WOULDN'T TRULY BE A HOLE. WE'D JUST FILL THAT DIRT AND THAT'D BE GRASS. JUST LIKE EVERYTHING IS RIGHT BEHIND THAT. SO WE HAVE THE OPTION OF GOING EITHER WAY. UM, TRUTHFULLY, AT THIS POINT, UM, I ONLY HAVE BASICALLY JUST WHAT THEY SAID AND, AND THEY SAID, WELL, THIS'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOMEWHERE. AND I SAID, WELL, HERE'S WHERE I'M AT. SAID WE'RE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR SOMETHING AND I, AND UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE A BUDGET MEETING IN, IN A MONTH, OR EXCUSE ME, IN A WEEK. AND SO I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU OBVIOUSLY TO GO AND DO A FULL ON FORMAL REQUEST AND EVERYTHING. SO I NEED SOME KIND OF A BALLPARK FIGURE THAT I CAN AT LEAST PUT ON MY BUDGET REQUEST SO THAT WE, SO MY COMMISSIONERS AND AND WHATNOT HAVE AT LEAST AN IDEA OF WHAT WE MAY NEED TO ASK NOW, SHOULD THESE REQUESTS FOR QUOTES COME BACK AND BE FINITE PRIOR TO OUR, UH, MAYBE BY OUR NEXT ROUND, IF YOU WILL, THEN I WILL CERTAINLY BRING THOSE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WITH MS. BRANDY, YOU KNOW, TO ANY PROPOSED REQUEST THAT WE DID. BUT, UM, HE TOLD ME THAT HE ANTICIPATED IT WOULD BE 16 TO $20,000. AND I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A BIG RANGE. HE GOES, IF YOU NEED A NUMBER TO ASK FOR, THEN JUST ASK FOR $20,000. AND HE SAID, AND THAT, THAT, THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO COVER IT. AND I SAID, OKAY, SO, AND IF IT COMES BACK TO BE 16,000, WELL THEN THERE'S 4,000 FOR CONCRETE. THIS, YOU KNOW, AS, AS IS A SECONDARY PART TO THAT. SO, OKAY. OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, MY ONLY FEAR IS I JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT IT OFF LONG ENOUGH TO WHERE IT'S FORGOTTEN. I THINK, WELL, ONCE WE GET STARTED, IT NEEDS TO BE FINISHED. YEAH. I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M JUST YEP. IT'S KINDA LIKE THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A DOOR DECIPHER OR WING TO BE ADDED ON THAT SINCE 1970S, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU JUST EMERGENCY DOOR. YEAH. IF YOU, BUT IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KEEP, IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND KEEP PUTTING IT OFF, THEN SOMETHING ELSE IS GONNA COME UP. SO IF WE'VE GOT THE MONEY, THEN I'D JUST LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PRIDE OUT THERE AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN C COUNTY, WELL, I THINK ONCE WE GET STARTED, WE NEED TO FINISH IT. YEAH. THERE'S NO NEED IN LEAVING ANYTHING UNDONE. YEAH, WE'RE JUST, IT'S MY TWO BITS. I I LIKE YOUR TWO BITS. I DO. YOU KNOW, I DO . OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, ROBERT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT DAY. OH, COME ON MS. AND GOOD MORNING. MORNING. BEEN MY PARTNER IN THE DARK OVER THERE. YEAH. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. WHOA, THIS IS, IT'S LIKE FIVE PAGES OF YOUR DETAILED REQUEST. I, I TRY TO BE THOROUGH. I JUST TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE USING THE MONEY FOR, BUT, UM, YEAH, UH, I TRY TO FELL OUTTA THE CHAIR. WELL, I, AGAIN, IT, IT'S BETTER FOR Y'ALL TO SAY, UH, I TOLD YOU THAN YOU DIDN'T KNOW, BUT I'LL, I'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. OKAY. UM, I WILL TELL YOU ALL I KNOW MONEY IS TIGHT AND WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT TRYING TO ENCROACH UPON TAKING MONEY FROM FOLKS, BUT THE ELECTION JUDGES AND CLERK SALARIES I FEEL LIKE NEED TO BE REEVALUATED, ESPECIALLY AHEAD OF NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. SO I'M CORDIALLY REQUESTING THAT THOSE SALARY RATES INCREASE BY $1 PER HOUR. THAT WOULD MAKE OUR JUDGES $16 AN HOUR [00:20:01] AND OUR CLERK'S $14 AN HOUR. OVERALL, THAT'S A $15,000 DIFFERENCE. AS FAR AS BUDGETED PAYROLL FUNDS GO, THAT'S ALREADY ACCOUNTED IN THE FUNDS THAT BRANDY HAS PROVIDED TO YOU. AS FAR AS PAYROLL GOES, ONE OF THE NEW REQUESTS I DID HAVE WAS THE REQUEST FOR A NEW LINE ITEM FOR ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES FOR NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DATE AND AHEAD OF THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AND THE REQUESTED AMOUNT FOR THAT IS $15,000. I DO NOT THINK WE WILL SPEND THAT FULL AMOUNT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES FOR BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. AND HOW ARE YOU GOING, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ADVERTISE? SO WE ARE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY DOING MAILERS AND FLYERS, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT POSTING IN THE NEWSPAPERS AND GIVING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIKE CUT OUT A VOTER REGISTRATION CARD AND MAIL IT INTO OUR OFFICE. UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DO RADIO AND TV ADVERTISEMENT POSSIBLY, DEPENDING ON IF WE CAN GET IT FOR FREE, WE WILL , BUT, BUT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO GIVE IT. IS THAT, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S LISTENING TO THAT STATION. WELL, WE, WE CAN TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN GET OUT SINCE IT IS FOR THE PUBLIC, IT'S NOT FOR US. IT'S SO THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN GET REGISTERED. UM, WHEN WE HOST NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY, WE'VE TYPICALLY TRIED TO DO IT AT THE LIBRARY. LAST YEAR WE DID IT AT OUR OFFICE, WE RECEIVED MORE PEOPLE THERE. IT'S EASIER ON OUR STAFF. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS EXPANDING ONTO THAT IF POSSIBLE AND MAYBE PUTTING OUT, YOU KNOW, POPCORN OR HOT DOGS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE TO REALLY GET PEOPLE IN, SEE WHAT THIS EQUIPMENT DOES, AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET REGISTERED ON NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY. WE'RE GONNA ALSO BE REACHING OUT WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUR VOTER REGISTRARS, GIVING THEM PAMPHLETS, SHOWING WHAT THE EARLY VOTING DATES AND TIMES ARE, LOCATIONS AHEAD OF NOVEMBER, TRYING TO REEL THOSE IN. SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE IN EACH COMMISSIONER'S DISTRICT WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING ONE OF OUR VOTER REGISTRARS GO TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS WELL. SO KIND OF GET SOME PROMOTIONAL ITEMS OUT THERE, DRAW SOME ATTENTION TO THE TABLE, GET PEOPLE REGISTERED, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT REQUEST OR CONCERNS? THE EXTRA DOLLAR, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S SHARED WITH ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE CONTRACT WITH, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO IF ANYBODY JOINS IN ON THAT ELECTION THAT'S SHARED, SO IT'S NOT TRUE DOLLAR FOR US. IT'S NOT A TRUE 15,000 FOR US. IT IS NOT. UH, AND WE DO VERY GOOD ABOUT SHARING OUR COSTS WITH OUR ENTITIES MAY ELECTION LIKE THIS LAST MAY ELECTION THAT WAS ALL ON THE ENTITIES. SO WE RECEIVE BACK EVERYTHING THAT WE EXPEND. SO WHILE WE HAVE TO CUSHION OUR BUDGET TO ACCOMMODATE THESE ELECTIONS, YOU CAN ASK THE CURRENT MADAM AUDITOR, WE DO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS BACK, MADAM. YES, SHE WORKS VERY HARD. SHE, SHE HAS VERY DETAILED SPREADSHEETS THAT WE AUDIT AND SHE SOMETIMES PENNY FOR PENNY, SHE ASKS FOR IT BACK . I I DO ASK FOR IT BACK, PENNY FOR PENNY BECAUSE WE EXPEND THOSE PENNIES. YES, IT MAKES HUGE DIFFERENCE. I KNOW WE'RE HERE TO DO A JOB, BUT IF WE'RE PAYING FOR THINGS, IT, IT'S GOTTA COME BACK. WE CAN'T DO IT FOR FREE. YEAH, I WISH WE COULD, BUT WE CAN'T. AND THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER. UM, YOU WILL SEE SOME INCREASES IN LOT ITEMS SUCH AS VOTING EQUIPMENT, VOTING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT. VOTING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE IS GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE EQUIPMENT THAN WE HAD BEFORE. WE ADDED THOSE 100 UNITS. THOSE 100 UNITS WERE DEPLOYED DURING THE PRIMARY. WE DEPLOYED 283 UNITS. OUR LONGEST WAIT WAS 20 MINUTES THE LAST DAY OF THE ELECTION AT 40 SUB COURTHOUSE DURING EARLY VOTING. THE LONGEST WAIT WAS SIX MINUTES. SO THAT EQUIPMENT CUT THAT WAIT TIME FROM 2022 PRIMARY IN HALF WHILE WE'RE THERE ON VOTING, BRING STUFF TO DATE ON THEIR OTHER ISSUE WITH. SO YOU WILL SEE A REQUEST IN HERE FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT BECAUSE AFTER THIS ELECTION, I'M SEEKING TO CHANGE VOTER REGISTRATION VENDORS AND OUR POLL BOOK VENDOR. AND IT IS BECAUSE THE COMPANY IS TOO VOLATILE. UH, I CANNOT RELY FILE THAT. YEAH, WE HAVE A MEETING. OKAY. UM, I'VE TRIED TO HAVE A SECOND INTERVIEW ONCE THEY SAID THIS GENTLEMAN STEPPED BACK AND HE WAS ON THE INTERVIEW AND I JUST ENDED IT. I I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO DISCUSS WITH HIM. WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THIS SITUATION IS OUR EQUIPMENT IS SUPPORTED. WE'LL GET A NEW BILL FOR OCTOBER. WE PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER, I'M GONNA ASK TO PRORATE IT, SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THAT WAY. BUT WE WERE NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THIS BOAT. 22 OTHER COUNTIES WERE, UM, THE BULK OF THEM PAID. 25% OF US SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. I'M NOT GONNA BE HELD RANSOM FOR SOMETHING I'VE ALREADY PAID FOR. SO MY SUGGESTION AT THIS POINT IS WE GET THROUGH NOVEMBER, THAT WAY OUR VOTERS DON'T HAVE A CHANGE. OUR JUDGES AND WORKERS DON'T HAVE A CHANGE AND THEN WE IMPLEMENT A NEW SYSTEM NEXT MAY. RIGHT. OKAY. LOGICAL. UM, WHAT I, WHAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THIS, WHAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THIS FY 25 REQUESTS AND I, I NEED TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE [00:25:01] WHEN Y'ALL PULL THESE BUDGETS, A LOT OF OUR ITEMS HAVE NOT HIT YET. SO THERE LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS BUDGET LEFT OVER THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY LEFT OVER. WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY LEFT OVER IS GONNA BE IN OUR VOTING EQUIPMENT AND, UM, OUR SOFTWARE LINE ITEMS. AND I'M SEEKING TO CARRY OVER ANY REMAINING BALANCE THAT WE HAVE IN THOSE TWO LINE ITEMS FROM FY 24 TO FY 25 TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE MONEY ACCOUNTED FOR. WE CAN'T GO INTO PURCHASE UNTIL WE GET THROUGH NOVEMBER. AND I WOULD PREFER THIS MONEY BE CARRIED OVER. SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING THIS COURT CAN DO, THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST. IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO? I MEAN, YOU CAN'T CARRY, YOU CAN'T CARRY IT OVER. SHE CAN ASK FOR NEW AND YOU HAVE TO TURN IT BACK IN. WELL THEN PERHAPS WE BRING, WE ADJUST THIS REQUEST KNOWING THAT THAT MONEY WOULD BE LEFT OVER. I'M NOT SORRY HOW THAT WOULD WORK. YEAH, WE, IT'S TWO LINE ITEMS. AGAIN, THE VOTING, IT GONNA BE, UH, VOTING EQUIPMENT 44 0 1 2 0 2 YELLOW AND 44 0 3 8 0. SO IT WOULD MAKE THOSE REMAINING LINE ITEMS. VOTING EQUIPMENT, IT WOULD BE ADJUSTED 240,000 AND THAT'S TO PAY THE SECOND PAYMENT ON THE VOTING EQUIPMENT. THAT'S 120,000. AND GIVE US THE MONEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE POLL BOOKS. AND THE OTHER LINE ITEM IS THE ELECTION SOFTWARE. IF WE CARRIED OVER THE BALANCE THAT I ANTICIPATE OUT OF THAT, IT WOULD GIVE US A TOTAL OF 155,000 AND THAT WOULD OFFSET THE SOFTWARE UPGRADES FOR THAT SYSTEM. GOT IT. SO WE'VE, WE HAVE NOT PURCHASED SOME THINGS KNOWING THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO DO OTHER THINGS. MM-HMM. FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVEN'T PURCHASED SECURITY CARDS BECAUSE WE'RE FEARFUL IF WE GO SPEND THE MONEY ON THESE THAT WE'VE BUDGETED FOR EQUIPMENT PRECEDES THE NEED FOR A CART. SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AT WITH THAT. UM, THE OTHER INCREASE IS GONNA BE IN LINE ITEM 4 4 0 2 4 0, WHICH IS OUR MISCELLANEOUS LINE ITEM DUE TO WHAT OUR WORKERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS ELECTION CYCLE, AND WHAT IS TO COME WITH NOVEMBER. I HAVE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THAT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HOST A WORKER APPRECIATION DINNER AND OR LUNCHEON AND FEED THESE FOLKS FOR WHAT THEY HAVE WENT THROUGH THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT IS NOT ALWAYS PRETTY IN ELECTIONS. WE MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY, WE MAKE IT LOOK SIMPLE. IT IS VERY MUCH AN UNTHANKFUL JOB. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND OUR THANKS WITH THAT LUNCHEON AND ALSO SIMPLE WORKER APPRECIATION PINS. THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR ME. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY OTHER DETAILS? UM, NOTHING ELSE REALLY WENT UP. WE CUT BACK ON OUR PRINTING BECAUSE WE CAN PRE-PRINT SOME THINGS. WE EXPANDED OUR BUDGET FOR THAT THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE CONSERVATIVELY USED IT. UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA OVERPROCESS OVERPRINT THINGS BECAUSE LEGISLATION HAPPENS AGAIN. UM, THERE'S A LEGISLATIVE SESSION CURRENTLY GOING THAT'S REGARDING OUR POLL COUNTYWIDE POLLING PLACES. THEY'RE STILL SEEKING TO ELIMINATE THOSE. WE'RE ACTIVELY ADVOCATING AGAINST THAT. SO WE'VE, WE TRIED TO CUT BACK WHERE WE COULD. UM, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN'T CUT BACK ON. ANY QUESTIONS? IT SEEMS TO BE WHERE IT IS TODAY. I KNOW IT IS, BUT WE, BUT WE HAVE CUT BACK ON SOME LOT ITEMS AND I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW. THE ONLY OTHER ITEM, UM, THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET, AND JUDGE, I MADE YOU AWARE OF IT, WE HAVE ASKED PURCHASING IF THERE IS ANY SEIZED VEHICLES OR UNUSED VEHICLES WHERE WE COULD GET A SECOND VEHICLE FOR ELECTION RESPONSE. UM, OUR, OUR CARS TAKE A BEATING. SO WE HAVE ONE VEHICLE. WE DON'T WANNA PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE. WE DON'T WANNA BE IN A LEASE FOR IT. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE FOR THAT AND MAYBE SOMETHING BETWEEN NOW AND, AND AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING. BUT I WANNA MAKE Y'ALL AWARE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING WE ASK, UH, THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR JACK SEBASTIAN ABOUT. HE SAID THEY TYPICALLY DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY USE THAT FOR FUNDING THE RELEASE PROGRAM. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE THE COURT TO CONSIDER AS A SECOND VEHICLE HAVE TO COME FROM SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE COULD PROBABLY DO IF IT'S JUST FROM AN ELECTION RESPONSE. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE COULDN'T GET A LINE ON 'EM IN THERE FOR A RENT A CAR OR SOMETHING AND RENT DURING THAT TIME. WE COULD DO THAT. I MEAN, IT IT'S EXPENSIVE TO RENT SOMETHING EXPENSIVE TO RENT, BUT IT IS. BUT BUT IT'S ONLY FOR DURING THAT ELECTION RESPONSE AND IT TURNED BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND THEN A DAY AND THEY CHARGE BY THE LEASE. THEY'VE ONLY WON ALL YEAR FOR THAT OR WHATEVER. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO. AND THEN WHEN IT IS AN ELECTION, WE CAN CHARGE IT BACK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING SELLING CAR FROM ENTERPRISE. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. YOU'D THINK THEY COULD RENT US A CAR FOR TWO WEEKS? OH, I'M SURE THEY COULD. YEAH. AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU PAYING THEM. BUT IT MIGHT BE CHEAPER TO RENT FROM SOMEBODY ELSE. . WELL, I I FIGURED A SEIZED VEHICLE MIGHT BE CHEAPER THAN RENTING, BUT WELL, WELL THAT'S UP TO SHERIFF OR THE DA'S OFFICE. WHOEVER [00:30:01] SEIZES THOSE VEHICLES. BUT, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT THAT, THAT, THAT IS JUST SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER RATHER THAN EXPENDING UNNECESSARY FUNDS. YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED THE CONSTABLE HERE, THEY HAD A SEIZED VEHICLE THAT UH, THAT CHARGER THEY DRIVE AROUND. I THINK THEY'RE GONNA GET IT. REPLACE IT. SO , THEY AIN'T GONNA GET RID OF, SHE CAN GET OUT THERE IN RESPONSE IN A HURRY. AND THEN REALLY I WOULD LIKE SOME LIGHTS AND SIRENS. THAT WOULD BE NICE. MIKE, ANY QUESTIONS? OH NO. NO. I JUST, YEAH, I WOULDN'T WANT EAT PART OF THIS. I WOULDN'T ANSWER. I WOULDN'T EITHER. I TELL YOU MY STAFF DID A HECK OF A JOB ON TUESDAY. TUESDAY. THEY DID? YEAH. AND I THINK WE TALKED MANY TIMES AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT 20 MINUTE DELAY, BUT I THINK IT WAS 'CAUSE THERE WAS A, THE POWER OR SOMETHING WAS DOWN AND IT BACKED UP. IS THE REASON THEY HAD THAT 20 MINUTE WAIT. YEAH. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT JAMMED UP THE LINE FOR A WHILE. YEAH. IT WAS ALL IN ALL VERY GOOD DAY. ONE OF THE ONLY COUNTIES. YEAH, BUT IT'S WELCOME. IT'S GONNA BE AWFUL IN NOVEMBER. NO, IT'S NOT SKEE. WE'RE NOT GONNA CLAIM THAT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IS GOING TO BE NO. WE'RE WE'RE GONNA DO OUR JOB AND EDUCATE OUR VOTERS. YEAH. AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THESE PROCESSES AND AND FACILITATE THESE PEOPLE. IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL THING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. YOU TOO. WHERE'D MR. NATHAN GO? HE'S ON THE WAY. MENTAL HEALTH. IS THIS WHAT? OKAY. YOU CAN DISCARD THE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH THING. YEAH. I'M JUST WAITING ON NATHAN. THAT'S NOT, UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT TO CALL FOR YOU. WHERE ARE SOME MY BEDROOM? UM, YOU'LL BE YAWNING OVER THERE. I GUESS YOU TURNED NO, YOU DIDN'T TURN THE MICS OFF A MINUTE. YOU WANT THE MIC OFF? YEAH, MIGHT AS WELL. WE'RE WAITING ON HIM. OKAY. I THINK I'M . YOU'RE YOU READY? I'M DOING IT. HANG ON. GETTING IT ON AIR HERE. READY? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. WELL GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE MY, UH, WE DO SPREADSHEET. SHELBY, DO YOU NEED HELP? I DON'T GOT IT ON DIGITALLY. UM, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE ON Y'ALL'S SPREADSHEET AND THAT WOULD BE THE ANTIVIRUS LINE ITEM. LET ME FIND IT. THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD BE UNDER THE 1 7 8. I THINK IT'S THE SECOND LINE. SEVEN EIGHT CAN HAVE IT ANTIVIRUS. OKAY. GOT IT. SO I WAS DISCUSSING WITH MY SYSTEMS ENGINEER CHRIS. MM-HMM. , WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH, UH, LICENSES CURRENTLY, UM, SINCE WE [00:35:01] HAVE SO MANY NEW ENDPOINTS. ANTIVIRUS IS, UH, SOFTWARE WE PUT ON EVERY SINGLE MACHINE. SO WE JUST, WE NEED ABOUT, WE NEED QUITE A BIT MORE, UM, LICENSES. SO I WAS HOPING TO BUMP THAT UP TO 20,000. 20. YEAH. DID I PUT 20? YOU PUT 15. 15. OKAY. YEAH, I'M SORRY. THIS. OKAY, I SEE. SO THAT ONE TO 20. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE I HAD WAS ON MY 1 79, UH, LINE. THE, THE COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE'S WAY HIGHER THAN, UM, IT NEEDS TO BE. I, UM, I COPIED THAT OVER AND I MEANT TO ADJUST IT BEFORE I SUBMITTED IT, BUT THAT ONE IS GOING TO, IT, IT WAS SO HIGH THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD, UM, WE WERE PURCHASING QUITE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE COURTHOUSE. MM-HMM. WHENEVER IT GETS RENOVATED. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR, BUT I STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT LEFT OVER TO BUY IT THIS YEAR. SO I DON'T NEED AS MUCH NEXT YEAR. OKAY. IT'S JUST WHICH, WHETHER YOU BUY IT THIS YEAR OR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. YES SIR. I'M GOING NOW WHAT ABOUT ALL THE COMPUTERS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE? THEY'RE GONNA BRING THEM WITH THEM? OR ARE YOU GONNA HAVE ALL NEW STUFF OR WHAT? UM, IT, IT, THEY'LL BRING IT WITH THEM. OKAY. UM, IF I HAVE A REPAIRS BUDGET THAT'S, THAT SHOWS RIGHT UNDER THAT INFRASTRUCTURE? YES. THAT'S ALWAYS FOR OLD EQUIPMENT OR EQUIPMENT THAT STOPS WORKING. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AS FAR AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. YES SIR. WHAT'S THAT NUMBER NEED TO BE? IT'S GOT, I, I WENT DOWN TO 100,000. OKAY. AND WELL BEFORE, BEFORE WE MAKE THE CHANGES, YOU KNOW, JACKIE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ELECTIONS BUILDING AND FACILITIES BUILDING. YEAH. SO IF THIS HAPPENS MID-YEAR, THE MONEY SHOWS UP WHERE WE CAN DO THAT WITH ARPA FUNDS. DO YOU NEED MORE INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY SINCE YOU'RE STARTING THE GROUND? ARE THEY GONNA BE SEPARATE BUILDINGS OR ARE THEY GONNA BE ALL IN ONE, BE SEPARATE BUILDINGS. SO, I MEAN, I I'M JUST GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE. IF THIS, IF THIS COMMISSION AND WE DO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THESE TWO BUILDINGS, YOU MIGHT NEED TO BE FUNDED FOR. WE'RE GOING HAVE TO BUILD THEM, PERIOD. WELL, SO YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO CUT THIS, BUT THERE AGAIN, THEY ALREADY HAVE COMPUTERS. SO IF THEY JUST BRING THOSE OVER. I'M TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE IS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? YEAH. WHICH BUILDING? WELL INFRASTRUCTURE IS A VERY, CASEY LET ME MAKE SURE I'M, INFRASTRUCTURE IS A VERY VAGUE, UM, TERM THAT COVERS QUITE A BIT. SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THIS YEAR I'M ALSO USING QUITE A BIT OF FUNDS TO BRING FIBER TO THE JUSTICE CENTER. SO I NEVER KNOW WHAT A NEW BUILDING SOMEWHERE IS GONNA ACTUALLY COST ME. UM, SOMETIMES I CAN DO LIKE I DID AT THE BARN, BUILD A TOWER AND GET A POINT TO POINT SET UP TO WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO PAY, UH, MONTHLY FOR, UM, AN INTERNET CIRCUIT. RIGHT. AND SOMETIMES I HAVE TO PAY A SERVICE PROVIDER TO BRING FIBER OUT TO THE BUILDING. AND THAT'S A INFRASTRUCTURE COST. SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO ANTICIPATE, BUT I WOULDN'T THINK TOO SMALLER BUILDINGS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, TOO MUCH VERY EXPENSIVE. YEAH. TOO EXPENSIVE TO PUT THE FIBER OPTICS INTO THOSE BUILDINGS RIGHT THERE. WELL ACTUALLY ELECTIONS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE A BIG BUILDING, BUT NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE. THEY'RE BOTH BE LIKE 7,000 FEET. HMM. OKAY. YEAH. THAT, THAT'S A BIG, BUT THERE'S NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS. SO I DON'T NEED, AND SHE ONLY HAS FOUR PEOPLE. SHE MAY EVENTUALLY GET FIVE. WELL, SHE'LL, BUT ALL THE OTHER STUFF, SHE HAS ABOUT 30 OR 40 COMPUTERS. YES. SOMETIMES SHE TURNS ON AT THE SAME TIME. SO I TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. YEAH. BUT, UM, JUST, I JUST THREW IT OUT THERE. I APPRECIATE THAT. 'CAUSE I DID NOT, UM, SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON OUR SIDE. WELL, THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ONE MORE BUILDING TO ADD IN THIS NEXT YEAR. IT'LL BE OVER IN PRECINCT TOO. I MEAN, IT WON'T, UH, UH, FOR JJ YEAH. IT'LL BE THE, POSSIBLY THE CONSTABLES WILL MM-HMM. THEIR, THEIR PATROL WILL GO IN IT. OKAY. SO YOU'RE STILL COMFORTABLE WITH THE HUNDRED , , . I MEAN, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY DO HAVE ALL THAT MATERIAL AND IT'LL BE RIGHT ON THE ROAD. IT'S RIGHT WITH IT. SO, I MEAN, IT'S NOT VERY FAR OFF THE ROAD OR ANYTHING, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO WIRE THE INSIDE OF IT. A A HUNDRED WAS KIND OF, UM, I GAVE MYSELF A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM. UH, BUT NOW WITH THE ADDITION OF POSSIBLY THREE BUILDINGS, WELL, LET'S, LET'S HANG WITH 150. YEAH. OKAY. AT THE EXTENSION. WAS THAT, WAS THERE A CHANGE IN THAT BUILDING ALSO? IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE HERE. [00:40:01] OH, OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY. WELL THEN THAT'S AT THE END, THIS BUILDING. YEAH. YEAH. IS THAT ENOUGH? YES, THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH. 1 50, 1 50. IF NOT, I'M SURE HER AUDITOR CAN FIND A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY. SHE'LL, SHE'LL HAVE SOMEWHERE STASHED IN THE EXTRA POCKET. SOMETHING ALWAYS MATTRESS SOMEWHERE. YEAH, I KNOW. CAN IN THE YARD. I KNOW. HEY, IF IT WORKS, IT WORKS. YEAH. THOSE WERE THE ONLY CHANGES THAT I HAD FROM THE BUDGET THAT I SUBMITTED. OKAY. BUT IF Y'ALL WANT TO, I CAN GO OVER EVERYTHING. UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR. ONLY REALLY THE ONLY THING WE NEED TO GO OVER IS ANY INCREASES OR, UH, SOMETHING BRAND NEW THAT, UH, LIKE THE ANTIVIRUS THING THAT'S NEED TO BE PROTECTED. MM-HMM. , WHO WAS IT RECENTLY? WHAT CITY GOT, UH, HACKED. OH. AND THE SCHOOL GOT HACKED HERE A WHILE BACK. LIKE THEY NEVER GOT IT BACK ON. WE PRETTY WELL PROTECTED ON ALL THE, THAT SORT OF STUFF. I DON'T TICKET, I BELIEVE SO TICKETS, TICKETMASTER GOT, THAT'S THE MASTER TICKETMASTER. YEAH. THAT GAVE AWAY A LOT OF INFORMATION. THERE'S, I MEAN IT'S HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. YEAH. BUT, UH, UM, THAT'S ONE OF MY, IT'S CONSTANT. THAT IS PROBABLY THE TOP PRIORITY. IT IS. PROTECTING OUR DATA HERE. RIGHT. OKAY. AND UH, I FEEL LIKE WE KEEPING IT BACKED UP EVERY DAY. YES. OKAY. YES. OR EVERY HOUR, TWICE, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP SOMEBODY FROM HOLDING US HOSTAGE. WELL, IT'S JUST RIGHT AT A $2 MILLION BUDGET A YEAR FOR ALL THIS STUFF. SO I KNOW IT'S LOCKED. SOFTWARE IS INCREASING EVERY YEAR. IT'S 600,000 FOR SOFTWARE. IT'S, UH, SO THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN IN THAT SOFTWARE IS ALL OUR TYLER PRODUCTS AND THEN THE DA'S, UH, NEW GAR DEIFY PRODUCT. SO, UM, YEAH, IT ADDS UP QUITE A BIT. THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE MICROSOFT LICENSES, WHICH IS ITS OWN LINE ITEM. YEP. SO IT MAKES ME WANT TO BE A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, THAT'S FOR SURE. , I GUARANTEE YOU. YEAH. THAT'S THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THEIR OWN PRIVATE ISLANDS, RIGHT? YES, THEY CAN. I HAD IT WITHIN, UM, A FIVE YEAR, LAST TIME I MADE A FIVE YEAR TO ADD ANOTHER PERSON. UH, WE DID ADD A SOFTWARE, UH, A UH, TYLER SPECIALIST LAST YEAR, BUT HE'S, HE'S DONE GREAT WORK. I THINK IT, UH, Y'ALL COULD ASK AROUND THE COUNTY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR OWN, UM, REVIEWS, I GUESS ON HOW HE'S BEEN DOING. BUT HE'S ALSO BEEN DOING A LOT OF DESKTOP WORK. SO IF I ADDED ANOTHER PERSON, IT WOULD BE A DESKTOP PERSON, PERSON. I'D LIKE TO DO THAT EITHER THIS NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL PROBABLY HEAR THAT FROM EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT. SO I KNOW THE TYLER PERSON MUST HAVE WORKED OUT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT THIS YEAR AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. YEAH. AND THERE, THERE'S SOMEBODY, I'LL BE HONEST, THAT'S, I MEAN THIS, IT'S MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE BECAUSE TYLER IS IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY NOW. YEAH. SO HE'S BEEN HELPING AS MUCH AS HE CAN WITH MUNI AND, UM, WITH OF COURSE THE CASE MANAGEMENT, UH, ODYSSEY OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED NOW, ENTERPRISE JUSTICE. SO IT'S IN ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM. WELL, I KNOW WHEN IT GOES SOUTH, UH, I HEAR PLENTY. YES, IT DOES GO SOUTH ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT. BUT IT'S, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF IT'S GOOD . IT'S GOOD ABOUT THAT. YES. EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY DOES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR NATHAN? NATHAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? I DON'T. YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT WE APPRECIATE IT VERY, VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES SOME MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE MAKES SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIED. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. MM-HMM. RISE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.