* 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. BEEN REALLY BUSY. [00:00:01] OKAY. HANG ON GUYS. HANG ON EVERYBODY. SO WE'RE CALLING THE [1. To discuss the FY24-25 budget with department heads.] ORDER OF A A WORKSHOP MEETING HERE ON JUNE THE FOURTH. UH, SUPPOSEDLY AT 10 O'CLOCK, BUT IT'S REALLY THIS ABOUT 10 10 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT ANYWAY, SO, UH, WE'VE CALLED IT THE ORDER AND I GUESS CASEY'S UP FIRST AND WE HAVE CASEY MORRIS OF THE FACILITIES. HE'LL BE UP FIRST IN THE MEETING. I CAN'T SEE WITH THESE GLASSES ARE WITHOUT 'EM. UH, AMY WAS GOING TO BE HERE, BUT SHE'S, UH, NOT COMING. SO WE'RE MOVING TO THE SECOND ONE, WHICH IS YOU. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL DO JUVENILE. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING THIS MORNING? WE'RE DOING GOOD. SO UNTIL WE GOT THAT BIG EXPENSIVE BOOK, . YEAH. YEAH. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL HAD ALL THE INFORMATION AND KIND OF SOME BACKING ON SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE THIS YEAR. UM, BRANDY, WITH THE AUDITOR AND CRYSTAL, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM. UM, THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE THIS YEAR TRYING TO CHANGE, UH, HOW TO KEEP UP WITH THE HISTORY OF IT. YOU CAN SEE PROJECTS AND THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY YEARLY. UM, JUST KIND OF BREAKING IT DOWN, UH, TO KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF IMPROVEMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BRANDY, IF YOU WANNA KIND OF GIVE 'EM A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT. SO JUST WITH THE NEW FINANCIAL SOFTWARE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED, UM, BASED ON, I THINK IT'S GONNA HELP BASED ON THE TYPES OF REPORTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKED TO PULL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKED. UM, AND FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE TOO, IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO USE THE PROJECT LEDGER THAT WE DID NOT HAVE AVAILABLE BEFORE TO KEEP DETAILED TRACK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. AND SO WHAT HE IS PRESENTING TO YOU AND, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH US IS, UM, WE REARRANGED HIS CURRENT BUDGET TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES, UM, FROM FY 24 TO WHAT HE'S REQUESTING FOR FY 25. THANK YOU. SO WE, WE HAVE GONE UP IN SOME AREAS. UM, OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTY'S GROWING, SO Y'ALL, Y'ALL UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING UP. UM, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON HERE. UM, I'LL JUST KIND OF GO DOWN. COMPUTER EQUIPMENT. IT'S, UM, GOING DOWN, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL WE HAVE TO ORDER EQUIPMENT IF IT BREAKS OR SOMETHING. SO THAT PRETTY MUCH ZEROS OUT. UM, EQUIPMENT REPAIRS, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY, SORRY, LET ME JUMP BACK. EQUIPMENT. THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE ACTUALLY ARE REQUESTING EQUIPMENT THIS YEAR. UH, WE HAVEN'T IN THE PAST. SO PER OUR LEASE, LEMME UH, KIND OF GO DOWN. WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR VEHICLES ON THE LEASE PROGRAM. UH, TWO OF 'EM WE'RE GONNA, UH, ARE NOT UP FOR LEASE. ACTUALLY, ONE OF 'EM IS NOT UP FOR LEASE. UH, AND THE ONE THAT WE'RE KEEPING UNTIL WE'RE GONNA TRY, I'VE TALKED TO ELLE AND JACK, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUSH IT UNTIL THE END OF 2025, WHICH WILL MAKE IT 2026 BUDGET. UM, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, DUE TO RETURN IN JUNE, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUSH IT BACK ON THE, UM, DODGE PRO MASTER, UNLESS A CAR SOMEBODY TURNS IN A CAR THAT'S NOT ON ELLE'S LIST, UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO EXTEND IT ALL THE WAY UNTIL 2025 FISCAL YEAR. BUT I HAVE TWO UTILITY TRUCKS THAT ARE UP THIS YEAR. WE, UH, BOBBY BRIDGES PASSED THEM FOR TWO YEARS, SO THEY'RE AT THEIR MAX ON THE LEASE PROGRAM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE 'EM. WE HAVE UTILITY BEDS ON 'EM THAT THE COUNTY OWNS. WE'LL HAVE TO REMOVE THOSE, PUT 'EM ON THE NEW ONES. SO TO ME, WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE PUT ON IT, I'D RATHER OWN THE OWN THE VEHICLES. WE DON'T PUT AS MANY MILES AS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSTABLES, SO I'D RATHER OWN IN, IN MY OPINION, UH, ONCE YOU PUT THE BEDS ON 'EM, WE CAN KEEP 'EM FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. SO I KIND OF GOT THAT PRICE ON THERE. I GOT A, I HIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BALLPARK AND I GAVE YOU THE QUOTES THAT WE GOT FROM, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE LINE ITEM, UH, ONE AND FLIP TO THE YELLOW, IT KIND OF GOES OVER THE DIFFERENT PRICINGS FOR DODGE AND CHEVY FOR THOSE VEHICLES. I HIT IN THE MIDDLE ABOUT 52,000 FOR EACH VEHICLE. UM, SO I NEED TWO OF THOSE. UM, YEAH, WE BOUGHT, WE BOUGHT A DODGE, BOUGHT A DODGE FOUR DODGE. YEAH, WE BOUGHT, WE BOUGHT A ONE TON DODGE. WELL, WILL THE MAINTENANCE BEDS ACTUALLY GO ON THE NEWER CHA CHASSIS? THEY'RE UNIVERSAL, YES. OR THEY'RE UNIVERSAL? THEY ARE UNIVERSAL BEDS. YEAH. SO THE UTILITY BEDS WILL FIT ON ANY, UH, CHASSIS WE PUT 'EM ON. SO ALL WE HAVE TO BUY IS THE ACTUAL CABIN CHASSIS, WHICH MAKES IT AROUND 52,000. I THINK YOU HAVE THE BALLPARK ON A, ON A PRICES YOU HAVE, UM, THE RAM IS 50,000. [00:05:02] UH, THE TRADESMAN, UH, THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE NEED IS 54,002 WHEEL DRIVE. CHEVYS ARE 45,000. UM, AND THE F THREE FIFTIES ARE 48,000. SO I HIT ON THE HIGH SIDE OF THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT IS AVAILABLE. SO IS THAT A, IS THAT A BED ON THERE OR IS THAT NO, THAT'S JUST A CAP AND CHASSIS. AND WE WILL REMOVE OUR BED AND PUT IT ON THERE. OUR BEDS ARE, UH, ROUGHLY $13,000. SO WE WILL, AND THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY OWNS THEM PRICE BECAUSE WE BOUGHT A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND IT'S CHEAPER THAN THAT. WAS IT? YEAH. WELL THIS IS JUST, UM, THIS IS WHAT WE GOT OFF THE BUYBOARD FROM, UH, JACK AND ZELLE WITH PURCHASING. SO WE MIGHT FIND THEM CHEAPER SOMEWHERE. THEY BOUGHT IT FOR US DOWN AT TYLER AT THAT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THEY JUST GAVE US A GOOD DEAL. HAD THE BIG, HAD THE BIG HEMI V EIGHT AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. REALLY? YEAH. OKAY. UM, I JUST KIND OF HIT IT THE, ON THE HIGH SIDE, JUST TO MAKE, MAKE SURE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING CHEAPER, OBVIOUSLY WE'D WANT TO GO THAT DIRECTION. UM, BUT I JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU THAT BALLPARK. SO I PUT THOSE TWO IN THERE. UM, AS COMMISSIONER MOORE, YOU, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THIRD THING I'M ASKING FOR IN EQUIPMENT IS A BUCKET TRUCK, UH, PRECINCT ONE BORROWS IT. UH, I THINK TERRY, Y'ALL BORROWED IT A FEW TIMES. WE USE IT ON A REGULAR BASIS. UH, WE NEED ONE. OR MAYBE HE'LL JUST GIVE YOU HIS . NO, WE, WHAT IT IS, IS IT MAY HAVE, UH, FACILITIES I KNOW DON'T CALL US. THEN WE'LL HAVE TREES DOWN. WE USE TAKE TREES DOWN, UH, AND ALSO HAVE IT, THEY'LL CALL AND NOT THAT WE DON'T WANNA SHARE WITH 'EM, BE HELPFUL, BUT WE SOMETIMES THEY'LL TAKE 'EM, THEY'LL NEED IT FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND WE'LL HAVE A STORM OR SOMETHING. SO I TOLD 'EM I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL. IS THE BUCKET TRUCK THAT YOU DO HAVE OR YOU HAD IS LIKE VERY OLD. IT WAS THE MOTOR, THE MOTOR BLEW UP ON IT. UM, AND ABOUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK SIX MONTHS AGO THAN THAT TRUCK, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE IN THE COUNTY. IT'D BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COUNTY THAT ANOTHER ONE. OH, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT ARGUING RIGHT DOWN AT A CENTRAL LOCATION. YEAH, IT'S YARD ART, I THINK IS WHAT IT IS. IT IS NOW. YES. IT'S YARD ART. I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN AN AUCTION. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS AUCTION COMING UP. UH, TALKING TO JACK, IT TAKES, IT JUST MISSED A COUPLE AUCTION. YES. THOSE AUCTIONS TAKE A MINUTE. SO I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL IF THAT'S WHY CASEY AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS. THAT SAID YOU NEED TO ASK THEM ABOUT CONSTRUCTION. SO WE USE IT CONSISTENTLY. UM, WE TRY TO, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO PUT OUR JOBS TO GO THAT WHEN WE NEED IT. UM, SO WE ONLY HAVE TO BORROW IT LIKE AT A WEEK AT A TIME. HOW MUCH ARE THEY? HOW MUCH ARE THEY? UH, THE, THE ONE THAT THEY HAVE IS 119,000. WE DON'T NEED THE HYDRAULIC AND AIR COMPRESSOR THAT THEY HAVE ON IT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AROUND A HUNDRED, 2000 FOR A BUCKET TRUCK AND F FIVE 50, I THINK IS WHAT Y'ALL HAVE NOW. THAT SOUNDS, I THINK IT WHAT THEY QUOTED. IT'S, SO I NOTICED ON THAT GOVERNMENT WEBSITE, THEY HAD QUITE A FEW OF 'EM OVER THERE IN FORT WORTH OR SAY, OH, THEY, THEY WEREN'T BAD. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU, YOU HAVE THE PAPERWORK IN THERE ALSO WITH THE, FOR THE BUCKET TRUCK. THIS IS THE ONE THAT Y'ALL ACTUALLY PURCHASED. UH, COMMISSIONER AND, BUT I DON'T NEED EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE ON THAT. SO IT'LL BE CHEAPER THAN, DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THE EXTENDED CAB. UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN KIND OF GET DOWN TO GET TO AROUND A HUNDRED, 2000 IS KIND OF WHAT WE CAME UP WITH. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FOR THE, UH, THIRD VEHICLE. UM, I WENT AROUND AND VISITED ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THIS KIND OF HAS TO DO WITH THAT EQUIPMENT ALSO. I VISITED, UH, TANDY WITH ELECTIONS SHE HAS ON THERE, WHICH YOU'LL FIND ALSO IN THAT, UH, ON THE THIRD TAB. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT IT, BUT THERE'S, UM, HER QUOTE THAT SHE SPENDS EVERY TIME THEY DO, UH, ELECTIONS OR VOTING, UH, THEY ROUGHLY SPEND $8,000 IN THAT BALLPARK EVERY TIME THEY HAVE A VOTING, UM, TO DELIVER, UH, EQUIPMENT TO ALL THE LOCATIONS AND TO BRING 'EM BACK. IT'S TWO TRUCKS. UM, THEY HAVE ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO FIVE FROM TALKING TO HER. I LOOKED UP, WE'VE TALKED, I THINK I'VE TALKED TO YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER SKE. YEAH. UH, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE GETTING SOME ENCLOSED TRAILERS AND THAT WAY WE OWN THEM. WE CAN HELP DELIVER 'EM. AND WE'LL DO TWO TRAILERS. I THINK WE FOUND THEM AT, UH, I THINK THE $11,000 I THINK IS THE ONE THAT 11,048. UM, AND WE CAN OWN THEM. SO IF YOU DO THREE VOTES IN ONE YEAR, IT'LL PAY FOR THEMSELVES. I KNOW IT USED TO THE ROAD CREW ALWAYS DELIVERED ALL THE MACHINES, MAN. THEY DID. THEY GRIPE . BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'D RENT FROM U-HAUL. MM-HMM. . WE'D RENT AND THEN DELIVER AND THEN BRING BACK, YEAH. DELIVER. SO, UH, TWO YEARS AGO WE, WE USED A 24 FOOTER THAT I'VE OWNED AND IT WORKED REALLY WELL. AND THEN, UM, WHEN, WHEN, UM, PHILLIP WAS HERE, RIGHT? AND NOW THAT TANDY'S TAKING OVER, SHE'S BEEN RENTING SOME OR GETTING SOME MOVERS TO MOVE THEM. SO I THINK THESE ARE ALL, THAT'S JUST, JUST AN [00:10:01] OPTION TO HELP HER OUT. AND WE CAN USE THE TRAILERS AND WHEN SHE'S NOT USING THEM, WE COULD USE ONE OF THE TRAILERS FOR PROJECTS PICKING UP AND DELIVERING MATERIAL IN CASE IT'S RAINING. UM, SO IT'S JUST A THOUGHT THAT WE COULD PROBABLY BOTH USE THAT. SO IT'D BE MULTI USED. AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE IDEAS. WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE IT WORK ON ONE. UM, BUT WE'D HAVE TO MAKE MULTIPLE TRIPS WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT, ALL LOCATIONS THAT SHE HAS NOW. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO GET TO ON THAT. THAT PRETTY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT FIRST LINE ITEM? NO, NO. UM, I APOLOGIZE Y'ALL DIDN'T GET THIS IN A BIG ADVANCE. WE'VE WE'RE KIND OF JUST NOW GETTING THE NUMBERS TOGETHER. UM, EQUIPMENT REPAIRS, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF JUST LEAVING AT THE SAME, UH, WE MOVED LAWN EQUIPMENT INTO THAT, UM, REPAIRS. SO, BUT I STILL DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO GO UP. I THINK WE GOT PRETTY DECENT EQUIPMENT THIS YEAR. UH, SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO FORWARD AND TRY TO GET THE EQUIPMENT TO WORK FOR ANOTHER YEAR, UM, ON SOME OF THOSE OLD ONES WE GOT FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. UH, TOOLS, UM, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF MAINTAIN THAT THE SAME. UM, THERE'S SOME MORE EQUIPMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO BUY, SOME SEWER MACHINES, UM, SOME CLAMPING TOOLS FOR PLUMBING. UM, I THINK WE ALREADY BOUGHT OUR CAMERA SYSTEM FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME MORE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO BUY. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN-HOUSE AND NOT OUT OF HOUSE. AND I PUT SOME OF THOSE QUOTES UNDER THAT LINE ITEM SO YOU CAN SEE IT. UM, BUT I DON'T, UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT ONE'S, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S GOING UP AT ALL. I THINK THAT ONE'S MAINTAINING THE SAME PRICE. SO GAS AND OIL, WE HAVE, UM, GONE UP IN A COUPLE VEHICLES, BUT, UM, THE WAY WE REACH JANITORIAL AND STAFF, WE KIND OF SECTIONED OFF WHERE THEY'RE DRIVING. SO THEY'RE NOT DRIVING ALL OVER THE COUNTY NO MORE. I'VE KIND OF GOT 'EM DESIGNATED IN THEIR AREAS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF MAINTAIN THE PRICING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY. ADD, UH, ALREADY HAVE, I, I'VE ADDED A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO IT, UH, FOR COST. AND I THINK I'M GONNA TRY TO ADD ONE MORE VEHICLE, WHICH I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO JACK ABOUT, UH, AND, AND JAKEY. UM, SO I THINK THAT'S GOING UP A THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO I THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD ON THAT. THE, UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE? THE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT'S THE PROJECTS. THAT'S ANOTHER, THAT'S A BIG LINE ITEM RIGHT THERE. I WENT AND VISITED ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS GOING BACK TO THAT. UM, AND KIND OF HAD THEM PUT A WISHLIST TOGETHER ON PROJECTS THAT THEY WANTED. UM, WHAT THEY NEEDED TO PERFORM THEIR JOB DUTIES AND MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT. UM, AND YOU CAN SCROLL BACK TO THAT LINE ITEM IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THOSE OR IF Y'ALL JUST WANNA LOOK AT 'EM, Y'ALL CAN KIND OF PICK AND CHOOSE IF YOU WANT TO DO THOSE PROJECTS. IF YOU DON'T, THE MAIN ONE IS, UH, THAT'S 200,000. THAT'S REALLY GOT IT. WHAT CRANKED WAY UP WAS 200,000. THAT'S THE ROOF FOR THE TARROS, UH, JP OFFICE OR TAX OFFICE OR DOOR PROBATION. IT'S ALL ONE BUILDING. UM, THAT IS IN BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR ON THE ROOF REPAIRS. ON THE ROOF REPLACEMENTS. BUT THIS YEAR OR THIS WHAT, THREE WEEKS, TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN THAT HEAVY STORM HEAVY WINDS CAME THROUGH. UM, WHAT WAS IT LAST WEEK? YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG, IT'S BEEN A LONG COUPLE WEEKS THAT THE, SOME, IT HAD A FOAM ROOF ON HALF OF IT. HALF OF THAT IS BLOWN OFF. SO WE MIGHT BE REPLACING THAT ROOF SOONER THAN NEXT BUDGET YEAR. SO THAT MIGHT BE COMING OUTTA SOMETHING THIS YEAR. SO INSURANCE IT OFF LIKE AN INSURANCE CLAIM. INSURANCE SHOULD PAY FOR SOME. YES. THAT MAY AN SO THAT MAY, THAT MAY NOT BE ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. RIGHT. JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT'S BLOW A LITTLE . YEAH, YEAH. UM, WE'RE KIND OF, UH, GETTING OVER THERE AND KIND OF REVIEWING THAT, SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT MAYBE DOING AN INSURANCE CLAIM ON THAT. BEING THAT THE STORM REMOVED SOME OF THE ROOFING ON THAT BUILDING. SO THAT'S SOME OF YOUR BIG INCREASE. UM, WE CAN KIND OF RUN DOWN THAT PROJECT LINE ITEM IF Y'ALL LIKE. IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT HERE. UM, I PRETTY MUCH TOOK ANYTHING THAT WAS UNDER $5,000 AND MOVED IT TO MY REPAIRS. SO THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE ABOVE $5,000. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP ONE, UH, COURTHOUSE RENOVATIONS, THAT 15,000 THAT WAS PUT IN FOR THE DAMAGE FROM THE ROOF LEAK, UH, LAST YEAR OR I GUESS THIS FISCAL YEAR. UM, WE'RE GONNA ROLL THAT OVER TO NEXT YEAR. SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THE, UH, REMODEL, IF THERE'S SOME CHANGES OR ADD-ONS THAT WE WANNA DO, WE HAVE 15,000 SITTING THERE FOR THAT PROJECT. UM, THE JUSTICE CENTER PICNIC AREA, UM, IN THAT FRONT WHERE THAT GRASS IS AND THAT DRAIN IS ABOUT TWO FOOT DOWN. UM, TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF ALL THAT AND DOING MAYBE SOME CONCRETE AND SOME BRICK AND SOME PICNIC TABLES OUT THERE. IT'S AN OPTION. UM, THERE WAS REQUEST MADE FOR THAT. UM, [00:15:01] THE SECURED PARKING BACK THERE IN THE CONSTABLES AREA AT THE JUSTICE CENTER ANNEX. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN BACK THERE BEHIND THE JUSTICE CENTER. UM, THERE'S SOME PARKING FOR THE, FOR THE EXPANSION SIDE. WE ADDED TWO SPOTS. ONE FOR HANDICAP AND ONE FOR JUST, UH, TO ADD FOR THE DROP OFF FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. UM, THE CONSTABLES AND STUFF FOR SIX FIVE, UH, 6,500. WE CAN ADD MORE, UH, PARKING BACK THERE, ROUGHLY FOUR SPOTS TO GIVE THE CONSTABLES A PLACE TO KIND OF PARK THERE, GO IN, DOWNLOAD THEIR STUFF, GO BACK OUT AND LEAVE AGAIN. IT'S JUST AN OPTION, UM, FOR TIME. SO THEY'RE NOT WALKING FROM THAT SIDE PARKING LOT ALL THE WAY TO THE BUILDING. IT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND IT KEEPS, IT KEEPS THEM IN THE SECURED PARKING AREA. UM, THERESA AND, UH, IN THIS ANNEX BUILDING HERE, UM, HER RESTROOM DOES NOT WORK, BUT WE'D HAVE TO, THERE'S THREE BIG BELLIES IN IT, SO WE'D HAVE TO REPLACE THE PIPE PIPING ON IT, WHICH MEANS TUNNELING UNDERNEATH THIS BUILDING. UM, AND ALSO FIXING THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS HERE. WE HAVE ABOUT ONCE A MONTH WE'RE HAVING TO RUN A SNAKE DOWN AND CLEAR, CLEAR OFF THE DEBRIS ON THE OLD CAST IRON PIPES. THEY START GETTING EARS ON 'EM. WE HAVE TO RUN A SCRAPER DOWN IT AND CLEAN THEM OFF. THIS WOULD BE REPLACING ALL THAT PIPE AND TUNNELING UNDERNEATH FOR 17, 17 5. YEP. UM, I THINK, AND ME AND YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT NEEDS, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. IT, IT WAS KIND OF, I THOUGHT WE WERE DOING IT THE FIRST TIME AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IT BECAUSE WE TORE THAT BACK UP AND WE REPLACED THAT AND GOT RID OF THAT. WE WERE TOLD BY THE LAST PURCHASE AGENT, RIGHT. WE WERE GONNA REMODEL THIS SO IT GOT PUT ON HOLD. YEAH, I DIDN'T AND THAT WAS, I DIDN'T EVER KNOW THAT. YES. I MEAN, I'M, I'M GONNA PROBABLY PITCH THE FIT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF SILLY TO HAVE RESTAURANTS AND YOU CAN'T USE THEM. I I AGREE COMPLETELY. YOU KNOW, I MEAN THIS IS, THAT'S THE ONE THING WE DON'T NEED THAT SHORTAGE OF. YES. AND IT WAS ABOUT $8,000 'CAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY DOING PLUMBING AT THAT TIME. I, AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND TUNNEL AGAIN 'CAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TUNNELED ONCE. I KNOW. SO WE HAD TO TUNNEL AGAIN. NOW IT'S, UM, ALMOST DOUBLE. YEAH. SO, UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT. WE WERE JUST, UM, MY BOSS AT THE TIME, OR MY BOSS'S BOSS AT THE TIME WAS THINKING WE WERE GONNA REMODEL THIS PLACE. SO, UM, IT GOT PUT OFF FOR A LATER DATE. UH, BUT I, I THINK WE'RE OVERDUE ON THAT AT THIS POINT. YEP. SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S 17 FIVE TO, UM, TUNNEL DIG UNDERNEATH THERE. UH, ALSO THE, UH, EMPLOYEE LOBBY FLOORING. UM, WE REPLACED IT ALL IN HERE OUT, I'M SURE Y'ALL SEEN IN FRONT OF THE COUNTERTOPS, BUT BEHIND, IF YOU GO IN BEHIND ON THE FLOORING AND STUFF BEHIND THE, UM, WHERE THE CLERKS SIT, IT'S STILL THAT OLD CARPET SHAGGED UP. IT'S RIPPED, IT'S TORN. WE GOT THRESHOLDS AND TAPE DOWN, UM, TO REPLACE ALL THAT. UM, WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT $7,000 ON THAT. UH, JUST KIND OF GOING DOWN REMODEL ON, UH, TERRELL TAX OFFICE, UH, REMODEL. WE WANNA ADD FOR FOUR CLERKS. UH, TERRELL AND FORNEY, WE'RE BOTH, THEY'RE ONLY, THERE ARE THREE CLERKS RIGHT NOW, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL BEEN THERE. THERE'S LINES OUT THE DOORS WE NEED TO ADD CLERKS THERE. UM, TALKING TO THERESA. UM, BUT BOTH, UH, THAT ONE'S PROBABLY OUR WORST OFFICE IN THE COUNTY AND NEEDS TO BE REMODELED. MY HOPE IS TO GET TO IT THIS YEAR. BUT, UM, IN CASE I DON'T, I NEED TO PUT IT IN FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. UM, BUT WE NEED TO RE BASICALLY REDESIGN IT RIGHT NOW. IT'S A HORSESHOE. WE NEED TO COME STRAIGHT ACROSS AND ADD ROOM TO ADD A FOURTH EMPLOYEE. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT 35,000 THERE. UM, TALKED TO, UH, JUDGE WRIT ON, UH, THE JP WE'RE REMODELING HIS OFFICE AREA THIS YEAR, BUT HIS COURTROOM IS, UM, IT ONLY HOLDS, UH, 26, 26 PEOPLE. UM, AND HE'S NEEDING MORE SEATING FOR HIS COURTS, UM, TO EXTEND TO ENLARGE HIS, UH, THE REMODEL WE'RE DOING NOW. WE'RE REMODELING IT IN HOPES THAT THIS PASSES. SO THAT WAY, UH, WE CAN ENLARGE ROUGHLY 25 SEATS MORE IN HIS COURTROOM. UM, AND THAT'LL BE ABOUT TO REMOVE ALL THOSE WALLS AND REDO THE FLOORING AND EVERYTHING. YOU'RE LOOKING ABOUT, UH, 20,000 FOR THAT. SO, UM, THAT COVERS THE JP AREA, THE ROOF IN TERRELL. THAT'S THAT ONE THAT I THINK WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS YEAR. UM, I COULD GET THE INSURANCE COMPANY OUT THERE, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA END UP HAVING TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. BUT THAT'S THE 2, 208. SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG HIT ON HERE. BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A INSURANCE CLAIM THIS YEAR. UH, FORNEY TAX OFFICE, WE HAVE A REMODEL FOR THE, UH, FOUR CLERKS IN THE FRONT. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT. THAT IS A, UM, THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. BUT WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT ENLARGING THE WHOLE BUILDING. YEAH. UM, ENGINE. I MEAN THE ARCHITECT DRAWING [00:20:01] IS WORKING ON THAT NOW, SO THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA, SO WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE IT USE THE AR MONEY IF WE GET THE BILL IN JULY ON THE COURTHOUSE. WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME PLACE WHERE THAT MIGHT GO. YES. AND SO IT'S GONNA GO THERE. I MEAN, AND I HAVE THAT ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT. SO I MEAN THAT, AND THAT'LL ALL GET STRAIGHTENED OUT. IT'LL GET TO FOUR CLERKS AND GET THE WHOLE FRONT OF IT FIXED. SO I MEAN, IF YEAH, WHEN WE ENLARGE THAT, THAT'LL FIX PRETTY MUCH ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. YEP. UH, SHE'S NEEDING, UH, UH, THE JPS NEEDING ANOTHER OFFICE FOR ANOTHER PERSONNEL THEY HAVE TO HAVE THIS YEAR. YEP. UM, THE CLERKS, WE NEED MORE ROOM FOR CLERK CONSTABLES ARE SPREAD ACROSS THAT BUILDING. UH, SO I THINK THE EN THE LARGER BUILDING WILL FIX ALL OF IT. BUT, UH, THERESA PUT IN THERE THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADD A FOURTH CLERK. WE CAN ADD A FOURTH CLERK IF WE NEED TO. IF THIS, IF THE, IF WE DON'T ENLARGE THE BUILDING, WE STILL NEED TO ENLARGE IT FOR THE FOURTH CLERK. SO THIS 25,000 IS PURELY, UM, WAITING ON IF THE, IF THE OTHER PART OF THAT GETS APPROVED, IF THE OTHER PART OF IT GETS APPROVED, THEN THIS 25,000 GOES AWAY. OKAY. UH, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE POOR FARM. I LEAVE THAT IN THERE EVERY YEAR. UM, THAT'S 30,000 THOUGH. THAT PROJECT WILL KIND OF, UM, ADJUST EVERY YEAR TO WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO TO THAT AREA. UH, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS OR REMODELS OR, UM, STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WE TRY TO, UM, DO IN THAT AREA. SO THAT JUST KIND OF STAYS IN THERE. I JUST HAD TO LOCATE IT TO A PLACE AND THAT WAY YOU CAN KIND OF KEEP YOUR EYE ON IT, COMMISSIONER HUNT AND WHATEVER PROJECTS WE DO UNDER THAT, WE'LL SUBTRACT OUT OF THAT AND WE WILL LINE OUT ON THEM DOWN FROM THERE. SO THAT JUST KIND OF STAYS IN THERE. UH, THAT WAS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. IT'S JUST MOVING OVER. UH, THE SHOWGROUNDS, THE BACK AREA, PAINTING THE, UM, THE ROOF, THE WALLS, FIXING THE SKYLIGHTS, UM, ACTUALLY REMOVING THE SKYLIGHTS. UM, YOU'RE LOOKING ABOUT 12,000 TO, UH, MAKE THAT ONE LOOK A WHOLE LOT. WE ALREADY REDID THE WOMEN'S BUILDING UP FRONT AND IT LOOKS, UM, AMAZING. THE, UH, AND SO NOW WE NEED TO KIND OF NEXT YEAR PLAN ON FIXING THE BACK. AND I THINK WE'LL BE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD OVER THERE. UH, ANY, AND THAT'S SOME LIGHTING TOO, IMPROVING THE LIGHTING OUT THERE TOO. UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO. SO THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE, UH, PRECINCT ONE BARN EXTENDING THE AWNING. UM, WE PUT A AWNING IN THERE, A 60 BY 30. UH, THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR WE'D LIKE TO KIND OF EXTEND TO THAT. AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS OVER A FEW YEARS. SO WE'RE NOT DOING IT ALL AT ONE TIME. UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 30 BY 80 TO EXTEND ACROSS THE BACK. KINDA LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE DOWN THERE, COMMISSIONER MOORE. UM, AND, BUT THIS IS JUST A PARTIAL AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER PARTIAL NEXT YEAR, KINDA WHAT WE DISCUSSED. UM, WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT 30,000 THERE. UM, THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS THE PRECINCT. ONE BARN, PRECINCT TWO BARN, UM, KIND OF REPLACING, UH, FOR BETTER LIGHTING, STUFF LIKE THAT DOWN THERE IN PRECINCT TWO. UM, TALKED TO ALAN. KIND OF NEEDS TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE LIGHTING AND STUFF DOWN THERE. I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE DOING FENCING STUFF THIS YEAR, BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET. SO. WELL, WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FROM THE STATE. WE'LL FIX EVERYTHING WE NEED TO FIX IN THERE. OKAY. SO MAYBE I CAN ADD THAT TO, UH, TO THAT THEN, THEN WHEN YOU GET THE LEFTOVER MONEY, I MEAN OKAY. SO I'M HOPING THAT SHE'S GOING TO RECEIVE THE CHECKS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. OKAY. SO WE'LL REMOVE THAT, THAT 6,000 FROM THERE. UM, YEAH, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE COULD PROBABLY KNOCK THAT OUT THIS YEAR. WE CAN TAKE IT OUTTA THAT MONEY. IT'S, UH, QUITE A BIT. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW MUCH IT IS NOW. YEAH. 232,000 OR SOMETHING. SO YES SIR. THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE AND THE FENCE AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. YES SIR. YES SIR. I KNOW A LOT OF THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE THIS YEAR. UM, THE ONLY THING I WAS JUST VISITING ALLEN, ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY FORESEEN AND THIS IS ONE OF 'EM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. BUT IF WE CAN ADD THAT TO THIS YEAR'S, THEN UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. YEAH. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE A WEST WESTBOUND STATION ON 20, UM, LAST, THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR, IT MIGHT'VE BEEN TWO YEARS AGO. IT GOT RAN OVER BY BIG RIG. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL EVEN KNOW THOSE BUILDINGS ARE OUT THERE. AND THEY'RE OURS. WE JUST FOUND OUT LIKE THREE YEARS AGO THAT WE OWN THEM FROM STEVE HOOEY. UM, ONE OF 'EM GOT RAN OVER, WE GOT AN INSURANCE CLAIM ON 'EM. I THINK IT WAS, UH, WE GOT A 6,000 65, 60 $500 IN, UH, INSURANCE LEFT OVER FROM, AFTER PAYING ALL THE ELECTRICAL AND STUFF THAT THE STATE, UH, THE STATE TROOPERS HAD IN IT. UM, SO IF YOU ADD THAT TO THE 7,500, I THINK WE CAN BUY A, IT'S JUST A LITTLE SKID BUILDING. THEY SLIDE IN FOR THEM TO GO IN THERE, SIT DOWN, EAT THEIR LUNCH, EAT, UH, DO THEIR PAPERWORK, STUFF LIKE THAT. UH, FOR THE STATE TROOPERS AND STUFF OVER THERE AT THOSE WASTE STATIONS. UM, WHY ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? UM, WE OWN [00:25:01] THAT AREA AND WE OWN THOSE BUILDINGS AND ONE OF THE BUILDINGS IS GONE NOW. UM, I GUESS IT'S REVENUE FOR THE, FOR US, I GUESS THE STATE TROOPERS WHERE THEY WRITE TICKETS THERE, IT'S REVENUE FOR US FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. UM, SO WE GET MONEY COMING IN FROM THAT. I GUESS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WELL JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE PAY FOR THEIR SECRETARIES AT THE, AT THE OFFICE. I MEAN, IT'S PART OF IT. AND IT ALSO HELPS KEEP THE DRIVER'S LICENSE BUREAU HERE IN TERRELL AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO. OKAY. IT'S KIND OF CORPORATION WITH, I THINK THAT'S MORE US KIND OF JUST HELPING OUT KIND OF MOVES, MOVES THINGS ALONG, YOU KNOW. MM-HMM. , UH, SO, SO WE'VE PUT IT OFF THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM, BUT UH, WE DO HAVE THE INSURANCE MONEY AND THEY BOTH PROBABLY DO NEED TO GET REPLACED, BUT I WAS GONNA DO ONE THIS YEAR THAT'S ACTUALLY NO LONGER THERE. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING ONE THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE SKID BUILDINGS. UH, A 12 BY 30 30. YEAH. YEAH. UH, IS WHAT WE JUST PUT IN THERE. SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, ALL THESE ARE OPTIONS IF YOU WANNA REMOVE 'EM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THESE ARE ALL JUST, I WANTED TO LINE ITEM OUT SO YOU COULD SEE EXACTLY WHAT PROJECTS YOU HAD GOING THIS YEAR. UH, SO ON THAT ROOF YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE VERY BACK OF THIS, UH, WE HAD, UM, A GARLAND ROOFING COME AND EVALUATE ALL OF OUR ROOFS. UM, AND SO THE ONE IN RED IS THE ONE IN TERRELL THAT IS DUE TO BE REPLACED THIS YEAR, UH, OR NEXT YEAR. BUT, UH, WE KIND OF PUT THIS TOGETHER BEFORE THIS MAJOR STORM HIT. SO, BUT THAT'S KINDA WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THAT KIND OF GIVES US, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT YEARS THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. SO, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT LINE ITEM? NO, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT GUYS. I APOLOGIZE. I JUST, UH, TRIED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD EVERYTHING I ACCOUNTED FOR, UM, THAT USED TO ALL COME OUT OF MY REPAIRS TO COUNTY PROPERTY, UH, AND THE VOLUME THAT WE HAD. AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THAT WORK NEEDING TO BE DONE. UM, SO, AND WE'RE SEPARATING IT. SO I DID NOT PULL THAT OUTTA MY COUNTY. MY REPAIRS, I DID LOWER MY REPAIRS TO COUNTY PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE, UM, UH, NEXT LINE ITEM, UH, TO 300,000. UH, NOW YOU'LL SEE 370 THERE BECAUSE OUR, MY HVAC USED TO BE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM, BUT, AND IT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND. I TOOK 30,000 OF THAT AND MOVED IT OVER TO, UH, THE CONTRACT, THE, UM, MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS CONTRACTS FOR ALL THE, UM, PMS, THE FILTER CHANGES, STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE GENERAL REPAIRS, UM, BASICALLY LEFT ME OVER 70,000. SO I'M NOT INCREASING THAT AC BUDGET, I'M JUST MOVING THE 70,000 UP TO MY REPAIRS. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA START COMING OUT OF. IS THAT, Y'ALL FOLLOW THAT? MM-HMM, . OKAY. UM, SO I DID LOWER IT DOWN, TOOK A HUNDRED THOUSAND OUT OF IT. UM, PARTS AND REPAIRS, THE MAINTENANCE, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST THE TRUCKS, THE FLEET. UM, I ADDED 10% TO THAT FOR, UM, TIRE COST PARTS, COST OIL, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 11,000 FOR IT. UM, THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, THIS WASN'T IN MY BUDGET LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE, UM, I CALL IT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT. IT'S MAINTENANCE. IT'S UM, BASICALLY ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT I HAVE TO PAY. UH, ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS, ELEVATOR, UM, PMS, UM, HVAC, UM, PMS, UM, PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD, BOILER INSPECTIONS, STUFF LIKE THAT. ALL THESE, AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN FLIP BACK TO THAT AND YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A, A DRAW OUT LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE, UH, WE MAINTENANCE OR PER CONTRACTS AND THEY'RE FIXED FOR THE YEAR, SO THEY COME OUT NO MATTER WHAT. SO WE, UM, SEPARATED 'EM. SO THERE'S NO, NO QUESTION ON THAT LINE ITEM. THOSE ARE GUARANTEED TO COME OUT TO KEEP ALL OF OUR CERTIFICATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, UM, AND YOU'RE MORE WELCOME TO GO OVER IT AND FLIP TO IT IF Y'ALL WANT TO, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH STANDARD. UM, WE DID, UM, MULTIPLE OF 'EM, WE'VE COME BACK AND DID, UH, GOT THREE QUOTES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL GETTING THE BEST PRICE AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD AT STILL MAINTAINING THE BEST PRICE. SO, UM, A COUPLE OF 'EM WENT UP TWO, 2.3% ON A COUPLE OF THEM, BUT, AND IT WAS A STANDARD RAISE AND PER THEIR CONTRACTS. SO. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? NO. UH, SO WHERE ARE WE AT? WE'RE AT, UH, OFFICE SUPPLIES. UM, JUST DID KINDA LIKE A 5,500. IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE STANDARD THAT WE, I THINK, I DON'T THINK WE, DID WE GO UP ON THAT OFFICE SUPPLIES? WE DID, WE WENT UP $2,000. I MEAN, IF YOU'RE PERCENTAGE RIGHT, YOU'VE ALREADY USED 92% OF YOUR MONEY. YEP. YEP. SO WE WENT UP, UH, YEAH, WE'RE, WE WERE, THIS WAS THE PERCENTAGE WAS AT MARCH. AND SO WE WERE WAY PAST OUR, UH, PERCENTAGE [00:30:01] IN MARCH. SO, UM, ME AND BRANDY WERE TALKING, WE, WE FIGURED THAT WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO RAISE THAT UP SINCE WE WERE PAST OUR, UM, PERCENTAGE THAT WE SHOULD BE AT. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND RAISED THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. UH, WE, UH, WE, LAST YEAR WE GOT OUR DEPARTMENT KIND OF FELL BACK DOWN TO BOBBY BRIDGES AND SO WE HAD TO REBUY NEW SECRETARIAL COMPUTERS AND MONITORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, UM, THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I WAS A LITTLE BIT UP THIS YEAR. BUT, UM, UH, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF MAINTAIN THAT. BUT, UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT AND WE'RE DOING A LOT MORE PAPERWORK WITH, UH, THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE GOT GOING ON WITH THE ARPA AND THE LEGAL STUFF THAT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF NOTEBOOKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT MORE PAPER AND INK. INK IS, INK IS WORTH WEARING US OUT. THAT'S NOT CHEAP. UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE OFFICE SUPPLY SIDE OF IT? UH, SO THE JANITORIAL SUPPLIES, WE, UH, WE RAISED THAT UP. WE, UH, ADDED MORE BUILDINGS, UH, IN OCTOBER. SO WE WERE PAST OUR PERCENTAGE MARK AND, UM, AND THAT WAS ONLY, WE'RE PAST OUR PERCENTAGE MARK AND IT ONLY PICKED UP IN OCTOBER FOR THE SUBSTATION AND THE, UM, JUSTICE CENTER ANNEX. SO IF YOU ADD THOSE MONTHS BACK INTO IT, YOU CAME UP WITH A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THAT. IF YOU, IF JUST WORKING OFF OF, OFF OF OUR PERCENTAGES. I KNOW THERE WAS, UM, UH, JUDGE ALLEN ASKED ME, UH, UH, TO INCREASE SOME OF THE, UH, PRODUCTS, UH, TO MAKE 'EM A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, BETTER QUALITY. UM, SO A LITTLE BIT OF THOSE PRICES ARE GONNA GO UP A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS. UM, WE HAVE A CORDLESS TOILET OF PAPER, UM, SAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON THAT, BUT IT'S A TWO PLY. IT'S NOT THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD. UM, AND TO GO ANY BETTER THAN A TWO PLY, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO A CORE, WHICH IS GONNA ADD TO PRICING. SO, BUT TO KINDA, THE MAIN THING IS JUST WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE BUILDINGS AND SO WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO GO UP ON THAT. SO I, I THINK LAST YEAR Y'ALL WERE CHANGE, CHANGE THE DISPENSERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE? NO, WE, UH, ACTUALLY THE DISPENSERS THAT WE HAD WERE MADE, UH, IN THE NEW BUILDINGS. THEY WERE MADE FOR CORE AND WE ACTUALLY GOT AN ADAPTER TO PUT OUR CORD CORDLESS, UH, TOILET PAPER IN 'EM. SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE, UH, AND LUCKILY WE KEPT THOSE, SO YES, WE KEPT THEM ALL, WE BAGG THEM OFF. WE CAN SWAP. YEAH, WE CAN JUST SWAP THEM, PUT THEM BACK IN. JUST THE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT WILL CHANGE THE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT ITSELF. UM, SOME OF THEM WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF THE TRIFOLD 'CAUSE THOSE, WE LOSE MONEY LIKE CRAZY ON THE TRIFOLDS. SO WHEN I GET A CHANCE TO REPLACE SOME OF THEM, WE'RE GETTING RID OF THE TRIFOLDS. GOING BACK TO THE ROLL, THE TEAR ONE. UM, THOSE TRIFOLDS ARE, WE LOSE A LOT WHEN YOU PULL ONE OUT, YOU KNOW, 20 OF 'EM FALL OUT , SO YOU END UP LOSING A LOT OF THEM. SO WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF WHERE WE CAN, WE'RE TRYING TO REPLACE SOME OF THOSE AND KIND OF GO TO A DIFFERENT STYLE. UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE BUILT IN SO WE CAN'T REALLY GET RID OF THEM AT THESE NEW, AT THESE NEW LOCATIONS. HOPEFULLY, UM, WE'RE BUILDING THE, UH, THE COURTHOUSE. HOPEFULLY WE'LL ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE PRODUCTS THAT ARE JUST EXTREMELY HIGH AND WASTEFUL. SO I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WHEN WE DO THIS COURTHOUSE. SO, UM, SO THAT KIND OF COVERS ALL THE JANITORIAL SUPPLIES. I KIND OF LEFT A LIST IN THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT LINE ITEM, IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF JUST THE MATERIAL WE'RE BUYING ON CHEMICALS, TOILET PAPER, UM, STUFF LIKE THAT. IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN ON THAT SO THAT WAY Y'ALL CAN SEE IT. I THINK Y'ALL ACTUALLY ORDER MATERIAL FOR Y'ALL'S BARNS YOURSELF. UM, SO YOU KIND OF ALREADY KNOW THE COST AND STUFF OF THAT. UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN JUST SEE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO BUY AND IT'S BROKE DOWN PER BUILDING. 'CAUSE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS REQUIRE DIFFERENT MATERIAL. UM, LIKE THE TRIFOLDS ARE AT SOME OF THE NEWER BUILDINGS. SO I, WE BROKE IT DOWN PER BUILDING SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT. UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE JANITORIAL PER SE? WE ARE MAKING THIS EASY FOR ME. UM, UNIFORMS I HAVE ON HERE TO HIRE SOME MORE GUYS, SO I DID NOT LOWER THAT ANY, UM, I THINK, UH, DID I LOWER THAT? I THINK I DID LOWER THAT. I THINK IT WAS, UH, LAST YEAR AS AT 75 I WENT DOWN TO 55. SO ACTUALLY I DECREASED IT. SO, UM, OUR MAIN THING LAST YEAR WAS TO GET ALL OF OUR JANITORIAL IN SOME UNIFORMS AND OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS. UM, AND WE GOT 'EM PRETTY MUCH THERE WHERE WE NEED 'EM. I THINK THEY LOOKED REAL NICE, UH, AND PROFESSIONAL WALKING AROUND HERE. UM, I DO HAVE ON HERE TO GET SOME MORE GUYS, SO I KIND OF LEFT A LITTLE BIT IN THERE TO UH, GET THEM SOME UNIFORMS AND WE PURCHASE 'EM. WE DO NOT LEASE, WE JUST PURCHASE THE UNIFORMS AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE. SO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE'LL HAVE TO REPLACE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THEY GET PAINT ON 'EM OR WELD SL OR STUFF LIKE THAT. SO. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THE UNIFORMS? NO, THAT'S PRETTY CHEAPEST ONE YOU HAD. WE LONG. YEAH, IT, IT'S KINDA SCARY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS THING, BUT, UH, UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHY I TRIED TO BREAK IT DOWN. SO YOU KINDA SEE EVERY [00:35:01] LINE ITEM AND WHY IT'S SO HIGH. BUT WE'VE JUST GAINED A LOT OF BUILDINGS AND WE'VE KIND STRUGGLED THIS YEAR. LUCKILY WE'VE HAD ARP UH, AND SOME INSURANCE CLAIMS THAT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT TURNED OUT THAT WERE IN BAD SHAPE AND KIND OF IMPROVED THEM. SO, UM, WE'VE KIND OF LUCKED OUT ON THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. BUT WE, THE, THE NEW BUILDINGS YOU'RE TALKING THESE, THESE OLDER BUILDINGS, A LOCK IS $65, UH, ON THESE NEW BUILDINGS, A LOCK IS ABOUT $300. SO I MEAN, JUST THE, THE MORE COMMERCIAL GRADE THAT WE HAVE ON THESE NEWER BUILDINGS, WHICH IS A GOOD, IS THE WAY WE NEED TO TO GO. BUT JUST THE COST OF MATERIAL THERE IS WAY DIFFERENT. SO, UM, A LOT OF THESE DOORS ARE THE, AND THREE EIGHTS HOLLOW DOORS, YOU KNOW, LIKE RESIDENTIAL. MM-HMM , UH, THESE NEW, THESE NEW BUILDINGS, THEY'RE THE AND THREE QUARTER SOLID CORE DOORS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DOOR VERSUS $200 A DOOR AT HOME DEPOT. I MEAN IT'S PRICE IS GONNA GO UP AND THAT'S, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S GONNA HIT THE BUDGET ON REPAIRS. AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING A, UH, JUDGE ALLEN REALLY KNOWS, UH, JUSTICE CENTER, STUFF LIKE THAT. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK DOWN THERE. IT IS. UH, WE THOUGHT THESE NEW BUILDINGS WEREN'T GONNA REQUIRE VERY MUCH. UM, THEY PROBABLY REQUIRE THE MOST AT THIS POINT. SO, UM, THEY'RE JUST A LOT OF WORKING OUT THE NEW, ALL THE BUGS AND THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO. AND THEY PUT LOCKS ON CERTAIN DOORS AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE LIKE, WE DON'T NEED A LOCK ON THAT DOOR. WE HAVE TO USE A KEY EVERY TIME WE WANNA GET IN THERE AND IT'S SOMEBODY'S OFFICE SO WE'RE HAVING TO BUY A NEW LOCK AND THAT'S $400. SO A LOT OF THESE THINGS IS WHAT'S KIND OF HITTING THE BUDGET AND IT'S KIND OF COSTING US MORE THAN WHAT WE KIND OF FORESEEN. WELL, HOW COME EVERY, EVERY DOOR THIS DOESN'T HAVE A BADGE DEAL? UM, I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT. I THINK THAT WAS DESIGNED PRIOR TO, UM, AND GROUND BEAVERS AND EVERYBODY BEING A PART OF THAT. YOU CAN LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GET IN IT. ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS TAKE 'EM OFF THE LIST. YOU CAN'T, I'M A FAN OF THOSE BAR, UH, THE BADGE READERS. I AM. UM, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE COURTHOUSE. ANYWHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE A DOOR LOCKED, WE'RE GONNA DO A BADGE READER. SO YEAH. UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A LOCK, YOU KNOW, KEY LOCK, BUT IT'LL BE A BADGE ACCESS AS WELL. SO I THINK IT'LL, WE'VE, I THINK IMPROVED SINCE WHEN WE DID THE JUSTICE CENTER. SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. UH, THAT PRETTY MUCH KIND OF COVERS THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE, UM, BUDGET. MM-HMM, THE TOP HALF WHERE YOU GO INTO SALARIES, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE POSITIONS. I'VE TALKED TO ALL Y'ALL BEFORE ABOUT THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, UH, KATIE HERE. COULDN'T DO THIS JOB WITHOUT HER. THERE'S NO QUESTION. I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY AGREES 'CAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY KNOWS HER AT THIS POINT. UM, SO I KNOW Y'ALL WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S ON THE TOP OF IT. IT'S UM, I DID A, UH, FLOW CHART SO Y'ALL CAN LITERALLY SEE THE FLOW CHART AND HOW I KIND OF WANT TO STRUCTURE THE DEPARTMENT. UM, BUT, UH, AS MUCH AS SHE DOES WITH THE LEGAL STUFF OR DEB AND KAREN AND BUILDING A NEW WORK ORDER SYSTEM FOR, UH, WITH BRANDY. UM, AND NOT ONLY THAT, THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM DEALING WITH ALL THE WHAT, 737 40 EMPLOYEES. IT'S A LOT FOR, UM, THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. SO I'D LIKE TO KIND OF CHANGE HER TITLE AND STUFF. I THINK I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT AND MULTIPLE OF Y'ALL ABOUT THIS. SO IT'S, IT'S NO SURPRISE WE JUST KINDA WAITED UNTIL BUDGET YEAR TO DO THAT. UM, I HAVE A SUPERVISOR NOW DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN. UH, WE'RE I THINK 20 STRONG. I THINK. UM, IN THE FIELD WE DO, UM, MAINTENANCE LAWN, JANITORIAL MAIL, UM, WE DO THE SOLID WASTE. SO SOMEBODY TRYING TO OVERSEE ALL THAT, UM, IS A CHALLENGE. AND FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, I HAVE FOUR GUYS IN THE FIELD, UM, TWO GUYS MOWING. IT'S, I'M, I'M IN THE FIELD HALF THE TIME 'CAUSE I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER. SO I'M STRONGLY URGING TO GET MORE, MORE MANPOWER WHERE WE'RE AT. WE ARE, WE'RE GROWING. UM, WE JUST NEED MORE MANPOWER. WE NEED, NEED IT FOR YEARS. LAST YEAR WE EVEN IMPROVED THE JANITORIAL FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS THIS YEAR. I'M NOT SO MUCH PUSHING FOR JANITORIAL, I'M PURELY ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE 'CAUSE WE HAVE NOT GROWN THAT LIKE WE NEED TO. UM, AND THERE'S NO QUESTION, I THINK ALL OF Y'ALL SEEN US DO JOBS, PROJECTS, THE, UM, IF WE GET GUYS IN-HOUSE, I CAN DO THESE PROJECTS AND WE CAN DO 'EM IN-HOUSE AND SAVE THOUSANDS. I'VE PUT IN THE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE UM, EMPLOYEE LINE ITEM IN THE BACK, YOU CAN SEE I PUT A COUPLE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE. Y'ALL SEEN THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN Y'ALL'S BUILDINGS. UM, MY GUYS ARE WELL QUALIFIED TO DO THAT. THOSE KIND OF JOBS. UM, WE COULD JUST DO MORE OF THEM AND SAVE MONEY. I GOT A BUDGET IN THE BACK. THERE'S, UH, THE BATHROOMS WE'RE DOING FOR THE LIBRARY. I THINK, UH, YASMA TALKED TO Y'ALL ABOUT HER BATHROOMS. IT'S GETTING DONE THIS YEAR. BUT TO SUB THAT OUT, I THINK I GOT THREE DIFFERENT QUOTES, ACUMEN, UM, TARGET SOLUTIONS. AND [00:40:01] IT WAS, UH, ONE OF 'EM WAS, I GOT THE QUOTES IN THERE. YOU'LL SEE 'EM, ONE OF 'EM WAS TWO $208,000 FOR TWO BATHROOMS. UH, ONE OF THEM FOR THEM TO UH, BE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WAS 132,000. UM, WE CAN DO IT IN-HOUSE. UH, BEING US BEING THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, IF I HAD A SUPERVISOR, HE COULD OVERSEE IT. AND SO ABOUT THE PLUMBING SIDE OF IT TO INSTALL THE URINALS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT UNDER 30,000. SO WE'RE SAVING THAT MUCH MONEY JUST DOING IT IN HOUSE. SO THE EMPLOYEES, IF YOU, IF YOU ALLOW ME TO GET MORE EMPLOYEES, I WILL SAVE YOU ALL THAT MONEY, UM, FROM SUBBING OUT THESE CONTRACT JOBS. UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, UH, SUPERVISOR. AND IT KINDA ON THE FLOW CHART IT SHOWS YOU, UM, HE'LL BE OVER LAWN. UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STRUGGLING KEEPING UP WITH LAWNS. WE ARE, IT OF COURSE RIGHT NOW IT'S RAINING SEASON SO EVERY TIME IT'S DRY ENOUGH YOU THINK YOU CAN GO MOW IT RAINS AGAIN. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY WHOOPING US RIGHT NOW. BUT UM, I GOT SOME DRAWINGS IN THE BACK OF ALL THE YARDS WE MOW. UH, WE'RE AT 86 ACRES OF YARD OF GRASS THAT WE MOW. UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PRESSURE WASH PARKING LOTS AND BUILDINGS THAT WE CAN PRESSURE WASH. UM, AND TWO GUYS JUST IS NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH TO DO THAT. UM, WE STRUGGLE TO KEEP UP. I'M EVEN OUT THERE ON A LAWNMOWER MYSELF SOMETIMES. UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD ANOTHER LAWN GUY TO THAT. UH, WITH JUST ONE MORE LAWN GUY. I DON'T HAVE TO ADD ANY, I HAVE ENOUGH LAWNMOWERS, I HAVE ENOUGH, HAVE ENOUGH WEED EATERS. I DON'T HAVE TO ADD A TRUCK, JUST PUT 'EM ALL THREE IN A TRUCK. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THEY USE TWO TRUSTEES AND UH, UM, ONE OF THEIR MAINTENANCE GUYS. AND SO THEY RUN THREE RIGHT NOW TO A TRUCK AND IT WORKS OUT FOR THEM. AND THEY JUST MOW JUST THE UH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND I GOT 27, 23 OTHER BUILDINGS. UM, AND THEN SOME OF 'EM AREN'T EVEN BUILDINGS. THEY'RE SHOWGROUNDS THE CEMETERY, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, UM, AND I KIND OF DREW 'EM ALL OUT SO YOU CAN SEE 'EM, WHAT ALL WE MOW UH, THIRD PERSON WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT MORE HELPFUL. AND THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA REQUIRE ME TO BUY ANY MORE EQUIPMENT. SO JUST MANPOWER TO PUT 'EM ACTUALLY ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE ALREADY OWN. UM, YOU MOVE OVER TO THE NEXT ONE ON PROJECTS. IF I GET THAT SUPERVISOR, IT WOULD GIVE, I HAVE ALREADY A TECH THREE IN THE PROJECT DOING THE PROJECTS NOW AND HIM A HELPER, UM, TO DO PROJECTS. BUT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO THE SUPERVISOR AND ANOTHER TECH. I COULD PUT THREE ON ONE JOB OR BREAK IT DOWN TO WHERE I COULD ACTUALLY HAVE TWO JOBS GOING. LIKE RIGHT NOW WE WE'RE BEHIND ON FOREIGN TRYING TO GET HIS PROJECT DONE 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL ON OTHER PROJECTS AND WE WERE BOUNCING IN BETWEEN TWO PROJECTS. UH, UH, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE WERE BOUNCING BETWEEN YOURS AND THE SHOW GROUNDS. AND IT'S A STRUGGLE TRYING, ESPECIALLY TRYING TO BEAT DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE FOR ELECTIONS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF I HAD THAT, I THINK WE COULD GET THE PROJECTS DONE A LOT QUICKER AND A LOT MORE EFFICIENT IF, UM, FOR ONE, THE SUPERVISOR HAVING TO GET QUOTES AND HELP FOLLOW THE PURCHASING PROCEDURES OF, AND IT TAKES TWO WEEKS TO DO THAT. YOU GOTTA SEND IT OUT, MEET 'EM ON THE SITE, THEN TURN AROUND AND RECEIVE THE QUOTES AND THEN TURN THEM IN, UH, DRAW IT OUT, GET THE SPECS OUT THAT WE WANNA GET DONE ON THE PROJECT. SO IT'S A LOT INTO DOING A PROJECT, BUT I, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE SAVE, I THINK IT'S STILL, WE'RE STILL UNDER HIRING WHAT WE HAVE HERE VERSUS THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO. AND I PUT IN THERE THE, THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR OR THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO THIS YEAR AND JUST THAT WE'LL PAY FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS THAT I'M GONNA SAVE. SO, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT I'M, THE COST AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND ON EMPLOYEE VERSUS WHAT THE PROJECTS, IF I SUBBED THE AMOUNT, WE'RE GONNA BE SAVING MONEY. UH, SO THE OTHER NEW POSITION IS MAIL RIGHT NOW. I HAVE MY JANITORIAL DOING WELL, JANITORIAL AND KATIE SOMETIMES DOING MAIL. UM, THAT'S A FOUR HOUR JOB. I AM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF JUST THE BUILDINGS, WE STRUGGLE, UM, I MOVE THAT TO FULL-TIME POSITION 'CAUSE WE STARTED DOING VINYL MACHINES. I KIND OF TALKED TO, TALKED, TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THAT. UM, WE STARTED, WE GOT A VINYL MACHINE STARTED DOING SIGNS. WELL WE STARTED GETTING REQUESTS FOR ROAD SIGNS FROM PURCHASING TO DO SOME OF THOSE. OF COURSE WE DO GENERAL SIGNS FOR IN FRONT OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE STATE SEALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT OR THE, THE COUNTY SEALS FOR UH, THE BUILDINGS AND STUFF. BUT, UH, MY CONCERN IS THE MORE PEOPLE FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE THIS VINYL MACHINE, WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYBODY'S GONNA KNOW NOW, UM, THE MORE SIGNS WE'RE GONNA MAKE. AND I THINK, I THINK YOU GAVE ME A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF YOU SPENT 12,000 ON UH, SIGNS THIS LAST YEAR ROUGHLY. I THINK IT WAS JUST A ROUGH ESTIMATE OFF TOP OF, UH, MR. MOORE'S HEAD. UM, BUT IF ALL OF Y'ALL SPEND $12,000 ROUGHLY, UH, IF I HAVE A PERSON DOING MAIL HALF A DAY, WHICH IS ROUGHLY I THINK 20,000 I THINK IS WHAT, WHAT PART-TIME IS RIGHT NOW, BRANDY, UH, 22,000 IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH IS 20,000. THOUGHT IT WAS 28,000. 28,000. [00:45:01] IT MIGHT BE 28,000. UM, BY THE TIME YOU BUMP IT UP TO, I THINK I WAS THAT POSITION, UM, YOU'RE ONLY TALKING BASICALLY ONE COMMISSIONER'S ROAD AND BRIDGE SIGNS, UH, TO MAKE THEM A FULL-TIME POSITION. SO THAT WOULD UH, THAT WOULD COVER, WE COULD START DOING THAT, UH, AND SAVE MONEY AT THAT. 'CAUSE ALL YOU DO IS BOUGHT BUY A BULK OF ROAD AND BRIDGE SIGNS AND THEN WE GOT THE REFLECTIVE VINYL AND WE CAN CUT 'EM AND PUT 'EM ON. SO I KNOW, I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME WE'VE GONE INTO THE SIGN BUSINESS IT HADN'T QUITE WORKED. DIDN'T. I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING BAD ABOUT IT. I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, UH, WE ACTUALLY DID IN PRECINCT TWO WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, WE HAD OUR OWN MACHINE, EVERYTHING, THEN WE GAVE IT TO FACILITIES AND THEN YEAH, BOBBY YEAH, BOBBY WAS DOING IT AND WE HAD A LITTLE GIRL DOING IT, THEN THEY BOUGHT ANOTHER ONE AND IT, IT KIND OF WENT SOUTH REALLY QUICK. YEAH. SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER THEN. SO I MEAN IF IT GO INTO THAT WE NEED SOME KIND OF JOURNEY THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO SOUTH. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS A MAN A HIGHER UP MANAGEMENT DECISION. THAT WAS A, WE WE WERE DOING SIGNS DID DO AWAY WITH THE, UH, SIGNED DEAL. YEAH. IT WASN'T, WE MOVED OVER TO WHETHER PURCHAS OR NOT WHEN WE MOVED OVER TO PURCHASING. IT'S A DECISION THAT WAS MADE HIGHER UP. MM-HMM. . YEAH. I DON'T WHO MADE IT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S KIND THAT, THAT OUT. I'M JUST TRYING, I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WHERE WE ARE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. IF WE DON'T WANNA GET INTO IT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO STAY INTO IT AND GET INTO IT AND MAKE ACTUALLY SAVE MONEY. I I AGREE. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO DO ANY GOOD IF WE GO INTO IT, BUY THE EQUIPMENT AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DOING IT AGAIN. BUT WE, WE GOT THE EQUIPMENT 'CAUSE WE WERE GETTING CHEAPER THAN BUYING ALL THE SIGNS THAT WE HAD TO MAKE FOR THE JUSTICE, FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER, UM, FOR THE SIGNS BEING WRONG OR ADJUSTMENTS AND MOVEMENTS. RIGHT. WE HAD TO RE UH, SO WE ENDED UP JUST BUYING A VINYL MACHINE AND THEN SINCE THEN WE'VE BEEN UH, DOING PRETTY GOOD AT GETTING BETTER AT DOING VINYL. UH, I'M SURE KATIE DOESN'T ENJOY THAT 'CAUSE HE'S ALREADY SLAMMED. BUT, UH, HE, IT'S SELF-TAUGHT FOR SURE. AND I AM NOT THE BEST. BUT, BUT WE, WE ARE DEFINITELY DOING A LOT BETTER. AND UM, UH, I FELT LIKE WE DID PRETTY GOOD LAST TIME WE WERE DOING IT, UM, WHEN BOBBY WAS RUNNING IT AND WE HAD A, A GIRL IN HERE DOING IT. I THOUGHT WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB. SO, UM, BUT MY CONCERN IS IF WE KEEP GETTING REQUESTS FOR THAT, I'M GONNA RUN OUTTA MANPOWER TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND THEN IT DEFINITELY WILL NOT WORK. YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? UM, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M NOT EVEN, I'M, I'M IN THE, IN THE FIELD LOOKING AT JOBS AND STUFF. AND SO MY HOPE IS IF I GET THESE EMPLOYEES, IT'LL GIVE, IT'LL GIVE ME A CHANCE TO BE ON THE PROACTIVE SIDE OF VISITING PEOPLE AND FINDING PROBLEMS BEFORE THEIR PROBLEMS. SO, UM, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M, I THINK WE'RE JUST CHASING OUR TAIL AT THIS POINT. WELL, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THESE PROJECTS, I MEAN WE'VE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE TWO BUILDINGS, US CONTRACTING THOSE TWO BUILDINGS OURSELVES. MM-HMM. . SO THAT'S ON, THAT'S ON TOP OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. YES. YES. THAT'S ON THE A HORIZON. SO YEAH, WE GOT THE COURTHOUSE GOING THAT WE'RE GONNA OVERSEE. WE GOT THE, UH, ELECTIONS AND UH, UH, FACILITIES BUILDING. WE GOT THE FORNEY BUILDING THAT'S COMING. THERE'S A LOT OF BIG PROJECTS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO OVERSEE THAT ARE MULTIMILLION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAINLY BE ON, UM, AT THAT, AT THAT VOLUME, AT THAT PRICE. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO OVERSEE THOSE AND FOR ME TO REALLY OVERSEE THOSE, I NEED TO GET SUPERVISION AND MANPOWER IN OUR DEPARTMENT WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO SEE 'EM. SO, UH, NO, I KNOW ONE THING. LIKE, LIKE, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TERRELL. I I I DON'T REALLY GO OVER DO THEY HAVE A PUBLIC RESTROOM IN THE FRONT FOR THE PEOPLE? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. YOU KNOW, IF FOR, FOR JP, SEE IF, IF, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF WE OPEN UP A PUBLIC RESTAURANT, THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO CLEAN IT. AND SO WE HAVE 15 DIFFERENT PEOPLE GOING IN THERE AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S COMING AND COMPLAINING, HEY, THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHAT'S WRONG. MM-HMM. . BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S NOBODY IN THAT BUILDING GOING CLEAN. NO. WELL, SO I HAVE, I HAVE A JANITORIAL, BUT THEY TRAVEL SO THEY'RE ONLY THERE. WELL, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS SHE'S ALREADY BEEN THERE THAT MORNING AND LEFT. YES. SO YOU HAVE ALL DAY LONG THAT YOU GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CLEAN IT. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PERSON IN THE BUILDING MM-HMM. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO HAVE PUBLIC RESTROOMS. AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE US OVER THERE, WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE COME IN, IN AND OUTTA COURT AND ALL THAT AND THEN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S MAD BECAUSE THE RESTROOM'S NOT OPEN OR IT'S MESSED UP AND THEY CAN'T USE IT. AND NO, NOBODY'S GOING, NOBODY WANTS TO CLEAN IT. I AGREE. UH, SO I MEAN, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AT THIS POINT. YES. AND IN AND IN THIS BUDGET, ESPECIALLY IF WE, WE START THAT PROJECT AND WE DESIGNATE AR FUNDS FOR THAT OVER THERE. 'CAUSE THE FRONT OF IT IS GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC RESTROOMS ON BOTH ENDS. YES. THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE RESTROOMS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO NEXT. BUDGET IS [00:50:01] GET MORE JANITORIAL THIS YEAR. I MADE A CHANGE A MONTH AGO AND MOVED ALL MY JANITORIAL TO DAY SHIFT SO I NO LONGER HAVE A NIGHT SHIFT BECAUSE WE WERE RUNNING INTO THIS PROBLEM. UH, THE GIRLS THAT WERE CLEANING ACTUALLY YOUR AREA AND YOUR AREA, I'VE ACTUALLY MOVED THEM LATER IN THE DAY 'CAUSE THEY WERE SHOWING UP AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. YEAH. UM, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS NICE BECAUSE IT KIND OF STAYS OUTTA Y'ALL'S WAY. BUT AT THIS POINT, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, RESTROOM'S GETTING USED IN MIDDLE DAY. SO I'M TRYING TO MOVE THEM BACK IN THE DAY. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS THEY'RE STILL TRAVELING. THEY HIT THREE PLACES A DAY. IT'S, WELL I GUESS WE HAVE, WE HAVE LIKE 20 SOMETHING DEPUTIES COME IN AND OUT ALL DAY, ALL WEEKEND AND EVERYTHING. YES. ALL WEEKEND, ALL THING. MM-HMM. . AND MONDAY MORNING WHEN WE COME IN THERE, NOBODY CAN EVEN GO IN THE BATHROOM. MM-HMM. . AND SO IT UPSET EVERYBODY TERRIBLY THAT SHE WASN'T THERE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO CLEAN THE RESTROOM FROM THEM USING IT ALL WEEKEND. SO I DON'T, THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH MOVING THAT UP IN THE, IN THE DAYTIME. OKAY. YOU KNOW, MONDAY MORNING SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE THAT CLEAN. I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THEY'VE USED IT ALL WEEKEND. NOBODY'S TOUCHED IT. IT'S A MESS. I CAN ADJUST THAT, THAT MONDAY, WHAT I'M SAYING, MONDAY MORNING, I CAN ADJUST THAT. THE REST OF THE MORNING IS, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT BAD. IT'S JUST MONDAY, IT'S NOT AS BAD. BUT MONDAY MORNING IT'S HORRIBLE. I CAN ADJUST THAT. RIGHT NOW WE HIT, UM, FOR YOUR AREA, WE HIT, UH, THE SUBSTATION FIRST. I KNOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRAININGS, BUT ON MONDAYS WE CAN, WE CAN FLIP THAT AROUND. SO, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE BATHROOMS OVER THERE. I THINK THEY KIND OF, WE'LL HAVE THE SAME THING IS THE PROBLEM. IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME PROBLEM. SAME THING. UH, THOSE BUILDINGS ARE ABOUT A FOUR TO FIVE HOUR, FOUR HOUR YOU COULD SPEND AT EACH LOCATION. UM, TERRELL, JP, THAT WHOLE OFFICE IS PROBABLY MORE OF A FIVE TO SIX. SO TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE ALL DAY, I CAN PUT IN FOR THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE. BUT THAT'S JUST A LOT MORE PERSONNEL. SO IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, I CAN DEFINITELY READJUST THE, UH, JANITORIAL SIDE ON THE PERSONNEL. I JUST, I KNOW I NEEDED ON A MAINTENANCE SIDE THIS YEAR, AND I KNEW WE GREW LAST YEAR, SIX EMPLOYEES FOR THE JANITORIAL, WHICH WAS MAINLY FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER EXPANSION AND PET ADOPTION. UM, BUT I DO NOT DISAGREE WITH, WITH THAT AT ALL. THAT TRAINING. UH, THE FORNEY, EVEN THE TRAINING THERE, THEY'RE ALL DAY AND THERE'S 30, 40 PEOPLE IN THERE ALL DAY EVERY DAY. EOC. WE GOT TRAININGS OVER THERE AND, UM, I HIT THAT EVERY DAY. BUT YOU ONLY GET HIT EVERY OTHER DAY IN THE, UM, IN THE SOUTH CAMPUS, MR. HUNT. Y'ALL, Y'ALL GET HIT EVERY OTHER DAY. SO I'M HOPING WITH THE MALE, Y'ALL WILL BE HIT EVERY DAY. UM, IF I GET THAT POSITION FOR THE MAIL, THAT'LL OPEN UP TO WHERE I'M HITTING Y'ALL EVERY, OR I SAY HI, GETTING TO Y'ALL'S LOCATIONS AND CLEANING Y'ALL'S AREA EVERY DAY. UM, BUT IF Y'ALL WANT SOMEBODY THERE ALL DAY, LIKE FORNEY AND TERRELL, THOSE TWO ARE OUR BIGGEST, MOST VISITED FACILITIES. I AGREE. THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD ADD AT LEAST TWO FOR THOSE. BUT I COULD HAVE 'EM OUT THERE IN FORNEY AND THEY CAN JUST BOUNCE WHERE THEY NEEDED, UH, BETWEEN SUBSTATION AND, UM, YEAH, I I THINK WE'RE GETTING THOSE BILLS SUB COURTHOUSE THERE SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER. THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY FLOATING THROUGH THERE ALL DAY LONG. YES. YES. I MEAN, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEY HOLD A LOT OF CLASSES AT SUBSTATIONS ALL DAY. SUBSTATION. YES. THEY GET THE SAME SITUATION. I'M SURE. I'M ABSOLUTELY, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT, IT IS WHAT IT IS. THAT WAS WHAT THEIR PROBLEM IS. I NEED YOU HERE IN THE MORNING, BUT WE HAVE PROBLEMS DURING THE DAY, DURING THE COMING IN, AFTER CLASS. IT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE IN THERE. SO I KNOW I'VE HAD TO MOVE IT. I'VE HAD TO ADJUST THE GIRLS TRYING TO HIT EVERYBODY'S PEAK TIMES. UM, BUT YES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, I WOULD HAVE TO ADD TWO MORE JANITORIAL. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR OUR MAIN LOCATIONS IS FORNEY AND TERRELL. YEAH. UM, I THINK, UM, ANNEX THIS BUILDING, I HAVE RIGHT HERE FIVE HOURS A DAY. AND IN THE JUSTICE CENTER, UH, THE EXPANSION OR THE JUSTICE CENTER ANNEX USED TO CALL 'EM EXPANSION, SORRY. UM, AND THE PET ADOPTION, I HAVE THEM THERE ALL DAY. UH, MULTIPLE GIRLS. SO OUR MAIN LOCATIONS IS THIS BUILDING, UM, TERRELL AND, UM, NEY. SO I WOULD'VE TO ASK FOR TWO MORE POSITIONS IN JANITORIAL IF THAT'S THE CASE. AND I CAN ADD THAT TO HERE. I THINK, JUDGE, I THINK WE'LL ASK FOR 'EM. . WELL, WE'RE WAITING UNTIL JULY ANYWAY. SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE. SO. WELL I KNOW ANY NEED, THE, THE, UH, POSITIONS, ALL STUFF IS KIND OF ON HOLD. ALL THIS. I THINK THAT'S WHY THE JUDGE WON'T DO IT ON A SEPARATE DEAL. RIGHT. NO PROBLEM. I JUST, THIS IF Y'ALL WANT IT THOUGH, I CAN ADD THAT AND COME BACK. ALL THIS ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE AND WE DON'T KNOW THOSE YET ON THAT ONE RIGHT NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS MIGHT BE CUT DOWN. OH NO, I, I MEAN THAT UNDERSTAND. I JUST, I MEAN JUST THE HONEST TRUTH. WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL, UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET THE NUMBERS. AND THEY PUSHED THAT NUMBER BACK A LITTLE BIT. THEY, WHAT? THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE IT TO US IN JUNE, NOW IT'S IN JULY. MM. THEY THINK BY THE, YOU KNOW, JULY THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT I THINK'S. WHAT DID YOU, DID YOU GET THE UH, UH, DATE WHEN THEY WERE GOING [00:55:01] TO KIND OF GIVE IT TO US? JULY THEY PROMISED MAYBE JULY 7TH OR EIGHTH NOW OR SOMETHING. 25TH. HUH? 25TH. ALL THE WAY TO JULY 25TH. I REALIZE THEY'RE PUSHING, I'M ASKING FOR A LOT. THEY'RE THEY'RE, THEY'RE MESSING WITH OUR BUDGET. NO, YET. YEAH. YOU KNOW, SO, BUT WITH THE BUDGET AND THE PERSONNEL, I, I TRIED TO CRUNCH AS TIGHT AS I CAN AND I TRIED TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I COULD TO SHOW YOU THAT. UM, THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO STAY, STAY. I'M THIS, STAY ON TOP OF IT WITH THE MANPOWER THAT I HAVE NOW. WE ARE, I'M MAXING OUT THESE GUYS ON OVERTIME. UM, UH, WE'RE STAYING LATE. EVERY, I THINK EVERYBODY FROM MY OFFICE, PERSONNEL'S, STAYING LATE. UH, KATIE, SHE'S, SHE'S THERE. . I JUST, WE, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY HANDS THAT WE HAVE AND FOR THE AMOUNT OF BUILDINGS THAT WE REQUIRE, UH, YOU CALL, UH, HENDERSON COUNTY, WHICH I HAVE THAT REPORT THAT I DON'T THINK MADE HERE, UH, QUITE YET FROM HR. I KNOW COMPARISONS ARE HARD, BUT EVEN HENDERSON COUNTY, WHICH IS A SMALLER COUNTY, HAS 18 PEOPLE IN THEIR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. UM, I THINK WE DO VERY WELL FOR WHAT WE HAVE. UM, WELL, I KNOW TEAMWORK, UNDERSTAND. YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I MEAN THIS LIKE , THEY DO ALL THE, ALL THE SCHOOL, UH, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW. MM-HMM. . SO ALL DAY LONG THEY, THEY'RE HAVING COURT OVER THERE ON SCHOOL. YEAH. AND WHEN YOU'RE, AND YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE REQUIRING PEOPLE TO BE THERE, GUESS WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE, YOU NEED TO HAVE A BATHROOM. ABSOLUTELY. I'M GLAD YOU PUT YOUR BOOK TOGETHER AND DID A VERY DETAILED DEAL. 'CAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SH YOU KNOW, YOU'VE CLEARLY SHOWN WHAT YOUR JOB CONSISTS OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. SO WE JUST, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE. 'CAUSE AS WE GROW IT'S GONNA BECOME A PROBLEM. SO ANYWAY, IF WE CAN, GOOD JOB ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN DO NOW, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. OH. AND I KNOW I'M JUST BRINGING IT UP AND WE'LL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. WANT SOMETHING THAT COMES UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. ANY OF YOU GUYS, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HIT BOTH OF YOUR LOCATIONS EVERY OTHER DAY AND I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT ALWAYS CONVENIENT. YEAH. PLEASE CALL US AND WE WILL SHOOT SOMEONE OVER THERE. WE TRY TO HAVE SOMEONE FLOATING THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THIS. I MEAN, THEY HAVE A JOB BUT IS MORE FLEXIBLE TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN YOU DO HAVE THOSE ACCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS THAT WE DO NOT EXPECT. AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE. HOWEVER, I THINK Y'ALL MET HER, VERONICA. SHE, SHE'S KIND OF OUR FLOATER THAT IF I HAVE SOMEBODY OUT OR UM, I THINK SHE DOES YOUR BUILDING AND YOUR BUILDING RIGHT NOW. SO. HUH? SHE'S SAYS I WAS OUT OF CANDY THAT . YES, EXACTLY. EXACTLY. UM, BUT UM, SHE'S KIND OF OUR PERSON, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE BUDGET 'CAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT LATER. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT. AND THEN I'M SEE THE TRUE NUMBERS, I'M THINKING IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE IN THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'M NOT TERRIBLY, PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING ON THIS FACT. OH, SORRY, ONE MORE. SO THE MINUTE YOU GET TO THE PUBLIC DEAL, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A CRISIS AND OH, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY CONSTANTLY RUNNING BACK HERE AND BEATING ME UP. I SAY, HEY, HE'S NEEDING THE SAME THING, JUDGE RIT. UM, AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET HIM THE SAME PROBLEM AS THAT HE HAS PEOPLE SITTING THERE ALL DAY AND THEY HAVE NO PUBLIC RESTROOM UNTIL AS WELL. THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. YES. SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. THE REMODEL WE'RE DOING, UM, THIS YEAR FOR JUDGE RIT IS GOING TO GIVE HIM THAT RESTROOM, WHICH IS GONNA END UP, WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. 'CAUSE THAT'S ADULT PROBATION OVER THERE. THEY SEE PEOPLE ALL DAY. YEP. AND THEY GOT, UM, THE RESTROOM WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO, UM, UH, DRUG TEST, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THOSE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE CLEANED. SO I AM DEFINITELY FOR THAT. I JUST, IT'S HARD COMING IN HERE AND ASKING FOR SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO MINIMIZE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. BUT IT IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK AS, AS A GROUP HERE, WE NEED TO DECIDE DO WE WANNA CONTRACT IT OUT AND PAY OUTRAGEOUS FEES FOR IT OR DO WE WANNA DO IT IN-HOUSE AND SAVE SOME MONEY? I AGREE. BUT YOU, BUT IT COSTS YOU THE MANPOWER AND IT'S SOME HEADACHES MANAGING THAT. SO, UH, IT'S, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION. BUT I THINK YOU'VE DONE A REAL GOOD JOB OF YEAH. JUSTIFYING THE SAVINGS THAT WE CAN DO IF WE DID STUFF IN THE HOUSE. SO, ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T THINK YOU'VE DONE A REAL GOOD JOB THERE. THANK YOU. BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE, YOU GOTTA HAVE THE INFORMATION TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. OKAY. SO, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE LAST THING THAT WE ADJUSTED, UM, IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT IS THE, UH, SOLID WASTE. UH, WE ADDED A $10,000, UM, UH, PUT IT ON HERE. WHERE IS IT? WE DIDN'T PUT IT ON HERE. OH, WE DIDN'T PUT IT ON HERE. MM-HMM. WE, WE ADDED A $10,000. MISCELLANEOUS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT. IT'S NOT ON THERE. IT'S NOT ON THERE. BECAUSE WE ARE STILL DISCUSSING WITH THE AUDITOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, SWITCH THAT OVER FOR ADDITIONAL RENTALS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING LINE ITEMS RIGHT NOW, KIND OF REDESIGNING THEM, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A $10,000 MISCELLANEOUS FOR EXTRA DUMPSTERS IF WE NEED 'EM, UH, FOR RANDOM PICKUPS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, SO, 'CAUSE WE KIND OF HIT THAT THIS YEAR'S OUT OF THE BLUE OUT PICKUPS DROP OFFS, THEY WERE TRYING TO DO THE TREE THING AND UH, BRINGING OVER A DUMPSTER FOR THAT. STUFF LIKE [01:00:01] THAT. UM, EMERGENCY KINDA STUFF. WE ADDED A DUMPSTER OVER THERE AT THE UM, UM, SOLID WASTE LOCATION, THE CONVENIENCE STATION. UH, SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ADDED THAT. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M PULLING THAT OUT. MY RE UH, OUT OF A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM. WHOLE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT DEPARTMENT RUN ITS OWN DEPARTMENT. SO WE LEFT A $10,000 MISCELLANEOUS IN THERE FOR EMERGENCY, UH, PICKUPS. EXTRA DUMPER, EXTRA DUMPSTERS BEING DROPPED AT RANDOM LOCATIONS. SO TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE CITY WITH THEIR CONTRACT, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT WITH THEIR VENDOR, THEY HAVE EXTRA DUMPSTERS THAT ARE KINDA LIKE QUESTION MARKS HOW THEY'RE USED. MM-HMM. THAT ARE IN THE CONTRACT. SO IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A CITY COUNTY TYPE JOINT DEAL YEAH. OR IT BENEFITS BOTH, THAT'S A RESOURCE TO GET YOU A DUMPSTER THAT'S ALREADY IN THEIR CONTRACT FOR AT NO COST. OKAY. OKAY. I'LL LOOK, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK. REDO THAT, VISIT THAT CONTRACT. I KNOW WE GOT A MEETING WITH HIM TODAY, SO, UH, WELL WE WILL, I'LL LOOK AT THAT TOO. YEAH. I MEAN I KNOW THE PAST CONTRACT, THEY DID HAVE THOSE IN THERE. OKAY. IT'S SO MANY EXTRA DUMPSTERS FOR STUFF. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THAT'S, WE'VE ACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING THAT. WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT A DUMP TRAILER FROM BRIAN BEAVERS. HE IS NICE ENOUGH TO GET ONE FOR US. UM, OR WE USE FROM HIM ACTUALLY. BUT WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH BLACKJACK. THEY HAVE A CONTRACT. THE CITY HAS A CONTRACT WITH UM, WAS IT TRINITY? I THINK IT'S TRINITY GUY, BUT IN THE CITY WE CAN'T USE BLACKJACKS, UH, DUMPSTERS. SO WE ACTUALLY END UP GETTING A A A REPUBLIC. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S A REPUBLIC. DIDN'T WE, DIDN'T WE HAVE TRYING FOR THEIR CONTRACT. WE HAVE A CONTRACT, WE HAVE A COUNTY VENDOR. SO IT MAKES IT A, IT MAKES IT A CHALLENGE. SO IT TRUNKS SITTING ON THIS TRUNK. YEAH. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY NOW GOT A DUMP TRAILER. SO WE HAD TO GET IT LOAD IN A DUMP TRAILER AND THEN TAKE IT AND THEN DUMP IT INTO OUR STUFF. SO IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE, UM, WEIRD SITUATIONS. MOST OF OUR WORK IS IN A CITY, WHICH IS KIND OF WHERE WE CHA FIGHT THAT A LITTLE BIT. SO THAT KIND OF COVERS MOST OF MY BUDGET. UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I KNOW IT LOOKS A LITTLE WEIRD. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE. UH, BUT I THINK, I THINK OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE WAY BETTER SEEING THE PROJECTS, SEEING THE, THE MAINTENANCE, THE CONTRACTS. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE WAY EASIER TO READ AND SEE WHERE THE MONEY'S ACTUALLY GETTING SPENT. SO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ONLY, ONLY ONLY STATEMENT I GOT NEXT TIME I KNEW HIM. NEED DONE A LOT MORE, LOT MORE TIME. . I ALLOTTED TWO OF THEM. I ALLOTTED TWO . I KNEW WE KNEW ME AND BRANDY, WE, THE GUYS BACK THERE. WERE GIVING YOU A LOOK MAN. YEAH, YOU'RE ON, YOU'RE ON, YOU'RE ON THERE. AUGH LAST I KNOW, I I WAS TRYING. I DID. I WAS LIKE, AND I THINK WE ALL SAT THERE IN A MEETING AND TALKED ABOUT IT. WE WERE LIKE, WE NEED TWO. UM, WE NEED TO ALLOTTED TWO. BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WENT OVER EVERYTHING 'CAUSE IT IS KIND OF CONFUSING. SO WE COVERED IT VERY WELL. I THINK IT NEEDS BE EXPLAINED THAT WAY. SEE WHAT'S GOING. OKAY. GOOD JOB. I APPRECIATE IT GUYS. YOU BET. THANK GOOD. YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY. ALRIGHT, NEXT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. HE NEEDS TO LEAVE ALREADY. I KNOW , HE'S NOT DOING IT FOR OUR, HE'S NOT IT FOR GOOD MORNING. SELFISH REASONS. FIVE MINUTES HERE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UM, FAR AS MY COUNTY BUDGET, I AM KEEPING, I WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP THAT THE SAME FUNDING THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, UH, ONLY INCREASING IN TWO LINE ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS LEG MONITORS BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE KIDS NOW BEING SERVICED ON LEG MONITORS. I KNOW. AND WE'RE GOING UP TO, UH, WE INCREASE IT TO $20,000. AND THEN ON THE MENTAL HEALTH PLACEMENT, WHAT WE DO, WE SEND A KID IN PLACEMENT THAT WE THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE PLACED OUTSIDE THE HOME. AND BECAUSE PLACEMENTS HAVE GONE UP THE DAILY RATE AND PLUS SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PROVIDE MEDICATION. SO I WENT UP AN EXTRA $20,000. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING. BASICALLY $40,000 OF INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IS WHAT I'M ASKING FOR THIS YEAR. I THINK IT'S THE SAME INCREASE AS YOU DID LAST YEAR ON SAME, SAME, BASICALLY THE SAME ITEM. YES. I KNOW WE DID ON THE MONITORS. YES. WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS. YOU COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH 'EM AND WE CAN'T. AND ONE THING THAT SAVED US THIS YEAR IS, UH, COLLIN COUNTY GOT STATE FUNDING. SO THERE, UH, IT'S EIGHT BEDS THAT THEY HAVE ALL ONLINE THAT THE STATE WOULD PAY FOR. SO THEY HELPED US WITH THE DETENTION COSTS. BUT UH, IT'S JUST IF THE BEDS ARE AVAILABLE THEN THEY'LL LET US HAVE THE BEDS. BUT HERE LATELY THEY HAVE BEEN FULL AND I CAN'T ALLISON, THEY WERE THAT WAS NEVER BACK ONLINE. THEY THEY STILL CAN'T OPERATE THEIR FACILITY. CAN THEY? THEY'RE NOT, DON'T DO ANYTHING. NO. MM-HMM. AND I CAN SAY THEY'VE BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF GETTING EVERY MONEY THAT EVERY MONEY'S AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE [01:05:01] AND UTILIZING THAT MORE SO THIS PAST YEAR. SO. OH, I KNOW. IT DOES A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE ASK THE STATEMENT. I'M NOT ARGUING THIS. THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA USE STATEMENT AGAIN TO BUY ANOTHER CAR SO WE CAN INCREASE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE A LOT OF OUR CARS, OUR TRUCKS ARE GETTING A LOT OF MILEAGE ON IT. SO WE'RE GONNA BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE THIS YEAR. AND WITH STATE MONEY, I'M TRYING TO USE ALL THE STATE MONEY TO HELP US. RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD. GOOD. MM-HMM. . SO THAT'S ALL I WANT. YOU DON'T KNOW THE, YOU DON'T KNOW THE, THE APPRECIATION WE HAVE FOR YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. OH YEAH. ALL YOU TOO. I KNOW YOU'RE GUIDING INSPIRATION. OH, OKAY. , I LIKE BAND. BUT DOES IT FEEL NICE NOT TO BE RAINED ON ALL THE TIME? OH, IT FEEL VERY GOOD. YOU JUST DON'T HAVE NO IDEA. HE SEE ALL THIS RAIN, ALL THIS RAIN THIS. THINK OF WHAT IT HAVE BEEN IF WET GOT THE ROOF ON THERE. RIGHT. IT'S MAN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN BAD THIS YEAR. YEAH. HE COULD FINALLY TAKE HIS HELMET OFF THE BASEMENT BEHIND. THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PLUM FULL Y'ALL HAD INSIDE SWIMMING POOL. YEAH, IT DID FLOOD. I THINK IT'S STILL HOLDING WATER TOO. BUT YEAH, IT DID FLOOD, UH, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. AND THEN THE BASEMENT, IT WAS LEAKING LAST WEEK FROM THE, UH, THE BIG STORM. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM. OH, IT, IT BLEW IN EVERYWHERE. IT IS EVERYWHERE. I'M, I'M TELLING YOU, IT, IT BLEW IN MY HOUSE. YEAH. I I'VE NEVER SEEN RAIN LIKE THAT. SO IT WAS COMING SIDEWAYS AND I SWEAR IT FELT LIKE IT WAS RICO RICOCHETING OFF THE GROUND COMING UP OR SOMETHING. THAT'S, IT WAS AWFUL. BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE HOLDING ON . HOLDING ON. ALL. ALRIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU GUYS. WE APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING TO SAY? MAKE A MOTION. I YOU MAKE A MOTION? YEP, LET'S GO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. MADE. MAN, HE'S IN A HURRY. I'LL SECOND MAN. MR. BARBER SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT GUYS. THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * 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.