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YEAH.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE THIS MORNING TO OUR REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING HERE AT THE ANNEX.
[Call to Order]
IT'S NINE O'CLOCK AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER BARBER.AND THAT COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS GONNA LEAD US INTO THE PLEDGES.
IF YOU'LL STAND WITH US, PLEASE.
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
AND, UH, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO BE HERE TODAY AND, UH, SETTLE AND TAKE CARE OF SOME COUNTY BUSINESS.
UH, I WANNA ASK A SPECIAL BLESSING ON OUR EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE COUNTY, UH, FOR THE GREAT JOB THAT THEY DO, AND WANT TO ASK YOU TO BE WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN OUR MILITARY.
UH, IT'S IN YOUR SON'S NAME WE PRAY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE FOR THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR THE LIBERTY UNION.
JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]
CORRESPONDENCE TODAY? NONE.THERE'S SOME PLACES MESS NEEDS.
I, I DON'T THINK THIS WEEKEND.
[2. CONSENT AGENDA]
ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.THERE'S TWO ITEMS THERE EXCEPT THE CONGRESSION COURT MEETINGS FOR AUGUST THE SIXTH AND THE STAR TRANSIT JULY 24 RIDERSHIP REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? NOPE.
MR. PHE MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE TO HAVE A SECOND.
THAT WAS TIE, THAT WAS, I THINK I BEAT HIM THOUGH.
HAD YOUR MIC ON SECOND COUNCIL.
[3. Jack Sebatian: Discuss/Consider road repairs to Pet. 1 County Road 170 utilizing Dallas County and Ellis County interlocal agreement with reimbursement to be made by Oncor.]
JACK.HE'S HERE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ROAD REPAIRS.
PRECINCT ONE ROAD NUMBER 1 7 0, UTILIZING DALLAS COUNTY AND ELLIS COUNTY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS REIMBURSEMENT TO BE MADE BY ENCORE.
UH, I THINK COMMISSIONER PRECINCT ONE HAS, HAS THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
IT WAS TORE UP, IT LOOKED LOCKED BY ENCORE.
UH, WE HAVE DITCH CLEANING AT $24,018 AND THE REPAIR OF THE ROAD, UH, $311,833 AND 8 CENTS.
AND I THINK WE'RE, UH, SUBJECT TO BE REIMBURSED WITH THIS.
WE, UH, WE, THEY JUST ON CAR WANTED US JUST TO GO AHEAD AND USE OUR CONTRACTORS AND STUFF AND GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
UH, WE SENT THE BIDS TO THEM AND THEY OKAYED THE BIDS AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH OUR MOTIONS ON OUR SIDE AS SOON AS THEY OKAYED THEM AND JACK'S TAKEN 'EM THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA REIMBURSE US AS SOON AS WE GET DONE.
AND, UH, KAREN HAS BEEN REVIEWING THE, UH, UM, DOCUMENT FOR THEM TO REIMBURSE US.
SO SHE'S, UH, SHE'LL GET THAT BACK TO US SO WE CAN SEND IT BACK TO ON COURSE.
IT WAS A GOOD PROCESS AND IT'S WORKING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM YOU? THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
[4. Jack Sebastian: Discuss/Consider advertising for an online auction to sell county surplus property utilizing Rene Bates Auctioneer Services.]
DISCUSS, CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR AN ONLINE AUCTION, ECCE COUNTY SURPLUS, UH, PROPER USING RENEE BATES.GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A FEW SURPLUS VEHICLES TO, UH, UH, PUT ON AUCTION, I THINK IN PRECINCT TOO, AND, UH, MAYBE SOME ELSEWHERE, UH, ALONG WITH A FEW COUNTY PROPERTY ITEMS. SO IF, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PUT ON THAT THING, GIMME A SHOUT OR ANY, ANY KIND OF SUPPLIES YOU WANNA GET RID OF, LEMME KNOW AND WE'LL ADD TO THE AUCTION.
OKAY? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY NEED TO INFORM JACK ABOUT PUTTING THE AUCTION? IT'LL TAKE, IT'LL TAKE A PROCESS HAVING TO ADVERTISE.
SO IF Y'ALL THINK OF SOMETHING, JUST GIMME A SHOUT.
I JUST HAVE THAT, UH, COMPACTOR DOWN THERE.
I THINK WE'VE ALREADY TOLD ELLE ABOUT IT.
OKAY, MR. DONE THEN I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MR. PHIS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[5. Commissioner Barber: Discuss/Consider abandonment of a portion of Broad Street in the original plat of Elmo in Precinct 3.]
NUMBER FIVE, COMMISSIONER BARBER, DISCUSS, CONSIDER ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF BROAD STREET IN THE ORIGINAL PLAT OF MO IN PRECINCT THREE.UH, YEAH, THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE DEAL.
WE'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE.
UM, DEB BONNER'S BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR US.
UH, AND, UH, KIM HOPKINS IS HERE TODAY.
UH, SHE'S THE, UH, PERSON, HER AND HER HUSBAND OWN THIS PROPERTY THAT IS ON EITHER SIDE OF WHAT USED TO BE AN OLD COUNTY ROAD.
AND SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL THERE'S A ROAD THERE THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A PATCH OF PROPERTY.
AND SO, UH, UH, DEB GOT IT ALL WORKED OUT, UH, WHERE WE COULD JUST ABANDON THIS AND ALLOW THEM TO, EXCUSE ME, UH, TAKE THAT PROPERTY INTO THEIR PROPERTY.
'CAUSE THEY'RE WANTING TO DO SOME STUFF WITH IT.
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I SAY, IT'S YOU, YOU, YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL IT'S A ROAD.IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE STRIP THERE THAT RIGHT BETWEEN THEIR PROPERTY.
SO, UH, I WANNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS TO ABANDON THAT SO THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO WITH IT OVER THERE.
SO IT'S BEEN LOOKED OVER BY LEGAL, ANY MM-HMM.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BARBER.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[6. Commissioner Hunt: Discuss/Consider/Approve Interlocal Cooperation Contracts with the City of Post Oak Bend for Patching of the Municipal Roadways and Mowing.]
MR. HUNT, DISCUSS, CONSIDER, UH, APPROVAL OF INTERLOCAL CORPORATION CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY OF POST OAK BEND FOR PATCHING AND MUNICIPAL ROADWAYS AND MOWING.THIS IS JUST A, JUST UH, JUST RENEWING THE CONTRACTS.
THERE'S A WENT OUT, SO THERE SHOULD RENEW THEM FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SO COMMISSIONER HUNT MAKES THE MOTION OF A SECOND.
[7. Commissioner Hunt: Discuss/Consider/Approve Funding and Line-Item Transfer for Precinct 1 County Road & Bridge Project CR152 in the Amount of $527,189.68.]
SEVEN, COMMISSIONER HUNT AGAIN.DISCUSS APPROVING FUNDING AND A LINE ITEM TRANSFER FOR PRECINCT ONE COUNTY ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT 1 52 COUNTY ROAD 1 52, AN AMOUNT OF $527,189 AND 68 CENTS.
THIS IS JUST, UM, A FUNDING MEMO FROM OUR CONSULTANT, UH, ITS.
THAT, UH, JUST TAKE THE BOND MONEY AND GO AHEAD AND DO, THIS IS OUR LAST BOND ROAD WE HAVE TO DO.
SO, UH, AND THEN, UH, WE, WE HAD, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT FUNDED ENOUGH, SO WE'RE TAKING LIKE 4,000, $4,900 OUT OF MY DISCRETIONARY FUND TO ADD TO THAT SO WE CAN FUND THIS PROJECT.
SO THAT'S ALL THIS IS, IS A FUNDING MEMO.
HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
A MOTION CARRIES MR. MOORE, DISCUSS,
[8. Commissioner Moore: Discuss/Consider/Approve addressing drainage issues on County Road 4023 utilizing the Temporary Construction Easement that was approved in Commissioners Court on February 27, 2024.]
CONSIDER IMPROVE ADDRESSING THE DRAINAGE ISSUE ON COUNTY ROAD 40 23 USING THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON FEBRUARY 27TH OF 24.OKAY, ON THIS ONE HERE, UH, WE APPROVED TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT PRIOR TO THIS, UH, WHERE THE GYM SO WE COULD GET THE WATER OFF OF THE 40 23 AS HAD FORMED A CREEK.
THE CREEK THAT'S THERE WAS NOT THERE FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO ONCE THEY PUT IN THE NURSING HOME THERE IN KEMP.
AND, UH, UH, THE OTHER, UH, I GUESS IT'S A NEW CHURCH THERE THAT IS CREATED A MAJOR WATER FLOW.
SO ANYWAY, WE NEED TO FIX THIS GUY.
'CAUSE WE'RE THE ROAD'S STARTING TO COLLAPSE ON THE SIDE.
SO I'M GONNA GO IN THERE AND I'M GONNA PUT TWO, UM, CONCRETE BOX CULVERTS IN THOSE TWO SPOTS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CUT, UH, EASEMENT ACROSS THERE.
BUT THE CONTRACTOR IS PUTTING IN THE ACTUAL BOX COVER.
SAID IF YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND KNOCK THAT OUT WHILE I'M HERE, I CAN GO AHEAD AND CUT THOSE DRAINAGE DITCHES FOR YOU.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD EVERYTHING IN WRITING.
SO WE DID GET A HOLD OF THE HOMEOWNER, GIVE HIM THE FOOTAGE, UH, THE 260, I THINK TWO 90, UH, SHOWING HIM WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, HOW DEEP IT'S GONNA BE, EVERYTHING TO GET THAT WATER TO FLOW FROM THE CULVERTS AWAY FROM THE ROADWAY.
SO WE'RE JUST GETTING THAT APPROVED.
I JUST WANTED TO RUN IT BACK THROUGH COURT, MAKE SURE, UH, AND I KNOWED TWO CULVERTS, LIKE 90,000 A PIECE FOR THOSE.
AND THEN IT'LL BE PROBABLY ABOUT 30 FOR ALL THE OTHER PARTS OF, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT TRANSPARENT TO EVERYBODY.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.
MR. BOARD MADE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[9. Tandi Smith: Discuss/Approve the Order of Election for the County Officers for the November 2024 Elections.]
WELL, BRAD'S GONNA DO THIS FOR MS, UH, FOR TANDY, DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE ORDER OF ELECTION FOR THE COUNTY OFFICERS FOR THE NOVEMBER 24 ELECTIONS.UH, SO TANDY COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
UM, AND THIS IS THE STANDARD ORDER FOR OUR NOVEMBER, 2024 ELECTION.
UM, THAT THE ONLY OTHER ISSUE ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE OF TIME, UH, CONSTRAINTS FOR GETTING THIS PASSED.
IT HAD TO BE EITHER ON THIS SESSION OR IT HAD TO BE ALMOST A SPECIAL SESSION.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M HAVING TO PRESENT HER GETTING THIS PRESENTED HERSELF.
UH, THERE'S NO ISSUES AND NOTHING ELSE TO SAY AND SHE CALLED ME ABOUT IT.
AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO.
IT'S REALLY JUST TIME CREW TO CLOSE OFF.
SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
MR. PHELPS MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[10. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider final budget review.]
THANK YOU.OKAY, NUMBER 10, THIS MINE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FINAL BUDGET REVIEW.
UH, BRANDY, IF YOU DON'T HAND OUT THOSE SHEETS, WE HAVE SEVERAL SHEETS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.
ONE OF THEM WILL BE, WELL, YOU CAN EXPLAIN HOW YOU HAND 'EM OUT, BRANDY.
BUT THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS THE CHANGES AND REQUESTS FROM DIFFERENT
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DEPARTMENTS AND THE EFFECT THAT IT HAS ON THE BUDGET IF WE DO THIS LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM SO EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND.ASHLEY, WHEN DOES THE LETTERS GO OUT? UM, I, I'M GONNA HAVE THEM THE 20TH THIS WEEK.
SO THE LETTERS FOR ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE THEIR LETTERS THE 20TH.
AND THEY HAVE FIVE DAYS IF THEY HAVE ANY PROTEST OR ANYTHING JUST FOR AN FYI THERE.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID, BRANDON'S BEEN WORKING THIS EXTREMELY LONG HOURS.
INITIALLY WE WANTED TO, UH, MOVE A STEP PAY FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 12 DOWN TO EIGHT YEARS.
WHEN WE GOT OUR TAX ROLL NUMBERS FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THAT WAS AN IMPOSSIBILITY.
WE HAD A NEW INCREASE OF NEW REVENUE OF ABOUT 3.7 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE GOT THE YEAR BEFORE.
'CAUSE PEOPLE NOT BUYING HOMES.
SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A 4% COLA FOR EMPLOYEES.
AS WE RAN THE NUMBERS THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.
HEALTH INSURANCE RATES WENT UP 4.6%, UH, WHICH EATS UP A LOT OF MONEY.
AND WE COVERED THAT AND WE WE'RE COVERING THAT.
SO THE EMPLOYEES, UH, WILL HAVE TO WITHSTAND THAT, THAT LOSS OF INCOME.
ALSO, UH, OUR RETIRED EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT HAD A RAISE SINCE I WAS HERE IN 2017.
SO WE THOUGHT, WELL, OKAY, IF WE BACK OUR COLOR DOWN TO THREE AND TRY AND DO THEM A THREE, IS THAT POSSIBLE? THERE AGAIN WAS IN A DEFICIT.
SO WE WENT BACK AND SAID, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL LEAVE OUR AT THREE, MOVE THERE TO TWO, STAY UNDER THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
WHICH, UH, LET ME GET THAT NUMBER HERE.
THE, UH, WHERE'S MY SHEET? JUST A SECOND, GUYS.
DID I GIVE YOU THAT PIECE OF PAPER? I'VE STUCK IT IN SOME OF THESE.
YEAH, I DON'T YOU HAVE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, BRANDY HANDY? YES.
AND SO IF WE GO ABOVE THAT, THEN WE HAVE TO GO TO THE VOTERS.
AND WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT 'CAUSE WE CAN MAKE LIVE WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
SO WE HAVE TO CHANGE SOME NUMBERS.
SOME POSITIONS WERE APPROVED, SOME POSITIONS WERE CUT OUT, SOME REQUESTS ARE REDUCED BY DOLLAR AMOUNTS BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T GET THERE.
UH, SOME PEOPLE WANTED A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
THEY ENDED UP WITH A FULL A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE.
KINDA GOTTA MAKE THIS THING WORK.
UH, SO WE COME UP WITH A, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE TWO SHEETS THAT YOU HAVE HERE THAT SHE GAVE YOU, THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT.
YOU CAN SEE IF WE KEPT LAST YEAR'S, UH, RATE, WE WOULD BE IN THE WHOLE $473,212 IN THE RED ROAD AND BRIDGE $473,098.
SO I THOUGHT, WELL THIS IS NOT GONNA WORK.
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SO THEN WE SAY, ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO WHERE WE'RE AT.SO WE COME UP WITH A TAX RATE OF 0.0 4 1 5 1 1 3.
AND THAT PUT US AT ZERO IN ORDER TO MAKE EVERYTHING WORK.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE LANDED ON.
BUT OF COURSE IT'S GONNA BE UP TO YOU GUYS TO APPROVE THAT, TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS NEED AND WHERE WE DON'T KILL OUR TAXPAYERS BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THAT EITHER.
AND WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING INFLATION IS TERRIBLY HIGH.
UH, BUT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN IT, DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
THIS YEAR WE'VE DONE EXTREMELY WELL.
PEOPLE HAVE NOT OVERSPENT, UH, BUT SINCE WE DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOR THE OLD COURTHOUSE RENOVATION, THEN WE'VE GOT OUR MONEY LEFT.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN THERE.
PLUS WE HAVE TO, UH, NEW PROJECTS WE'VE TAKEN ON AS THE ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER.
WE'VE DONE AWAY WITH THE, UH, JP COURT FIVE OVER IN FORNEY.
'CAUSE WHEN THEY REDESIGNED THE DISTRICTS, WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE THERE.
I TOOK AWAY MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER, LOST AN ATTORNEY.
AND SO WITH THAT MONEY, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE INCREASES OF THE ADOPTION CENTER TO WHERE THAT WOULD BE A WASH.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE WE GET TO THE PAYROLL REQUEST AND WORKSHEET? SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE SAME TAX RATE.
THE TAX RATE WILL MOVE UP JUST A TAD WITH 0.00.
WE WERE STILL UNDER THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE THOUGH.
SINCE THE STATE HAS ITS CAP AT THREE POINT A HALF PERCENT, WE DON'T WANNA GO ABOVE THAT ANYWAY, SO WE'RE GOOD THERE.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS THEN? DOES EVERYONE GO WITH THAT TAX RATE? YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.
A STAND AT 41 CENTS ON A HUNDRED LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR OR SOMETHING.
SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT TAX RATE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND MR. MOORE.
SECOND IT ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE.
ANY OBJECTION? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO.
GO TO THE FY 25 WORKING BUDGET PAYROLL REQUEST.
AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS VERSION NUMBER THREE.
WE HAD TO GO BACK A LOT OF PLACES.
THE ONLY THING I DID ON, ON THE ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATOR, WE LEFT A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND RECREATE THAT POSITION AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO THAT? I MET WITH THE, UH, DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE COURT REPORTERS.
UH, THERE'S SUCH A SHORTAGE OF THEM.
THEY REQUESTED THAT THEY GET A 6% RAISE, WHICH IS MORE THAN AVERAGE COUNTY EMPLOYEE.
PLUS THEY WILL GET THE COLO ON TOP OF THAT, WHICH WOULD BE A 9% INCREASE.
AND THAT WOULD BE FOR ALL THE COURTS? THERE'S FIVE OF THEM.
SO THAT COSTS UH, $112,500 FOR SIX EMPLOYEES.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? DOES THAT PUT US IN LINE WITH OTHER COUNTIES LIKE ELLIS AND SO ON TO UH, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT UNDER ELLIS.
UH, WE'RE BEHIND HENDERSON COUNTY.
UH, BUT THEN YOU CONSIDER TRAVEL.
UNLESS YOU WANNA MOVE, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER BIG EXPENSE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, IT'S JUST A SHORTAGE OF 'EM AND IT'S HARD TO GET ONE.
WELL THAT'S THE THING THAT I, I HOPE UH, YOU KNOW THAT TAXPAYERS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT.
THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM WE'VE HAD FOR A WHILE, IS BASICALLY KEEPING UP.
'CAUSE WE LOSE EMPLOYEES TO OTHER COUNTIES AND WE LOSE REALLY GOOD EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF SALARIES.
AND YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THOSE FOLKS HERE, WE, WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP THOSE SALARIES AND THERE'S ONE A SPECIALIZED FIELD THEN.
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YEAH.WE DELETED ONE POSITION THERE AND YOU SEE THE DOLLARS UH, JUST AT THE PIECE FIVE.
YOU SEE THE DOLLARS THERE LIKE 112, 103 AND 400,000.
SO THERE'S WHAT WE GOT THE MONEY FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL IT PERSON.
THEY'RE GETTING SO MANY UH, OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS.
AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GO THROUGH AND REDACT THINGS AND WATCHING VIDEOS.
AND NUMBER TWO, THEY'RE ASKING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL STREET CRIMES INVESTIGATOR SERGEANT.
AND YOU SEE THE DOLLARS THERE AND I THINK THE UH, WELL I KNOW THE STREET CRIMES UNIT IS WORKING EXTREMELY WELL OVER IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT GOING.
ARE THEY WORKING OFF SOME GRANT MONEY OVER THERE TOO? UH, NO.
THEY'RE THE, UH, CONTRACTS ARE PAYING FOR.
AND THEN THE CITY'S PAYING AND THEN UH, THE DA STILL PAYING FOR ONE I BELIEVE.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE PITCHING IN TO MAKE IT WORK.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS THERE? EVERYBODY KINDA OKAY WITH THAT? MM-HMM?
THEY NEED ONE ADDITIONAL, A DETENTION OFFICER THERE AGAIN TO OPEN RECORDS.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW ABOUT ALL THE LAWSUITS WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND SO EVERY TIME THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, THEY WANNA OPEN RECORDS IN.
AND IT JUST TAKES A LONG TIME.
BRAD DID OR DID SHERIFF SAY ABOUT HOW MANY OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS WE'RE GETTING? WE'RE GETTING AROUND
AND THAT'S A LOT OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERY BODY CAM CAR VIDEO.
EACH PERSON THAT WAS THERE, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT.
REDACT EVERYTHING OUT THAT CAN'T BE RELEASED.
SUCH AS NAMES, BIRTH DATES, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBERS.
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT.
ALSO THEY AND REDACT ALL THAT STUFF OUT BEFORE THEY SEND OVER.
SO THEY'RE FIXED THEN THERE'S A TIME SCHEDULE.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT COMPLETED BY.
SO, UH, AND THEN, UH, THE SECOND ONE FROM THE JAIL WAS PROB ONE DETENTION OFFICER TO A CARPO, WHICH IS $2,800 INCREASE A YEAR.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE'D ALREADY PLANNED TO DO.
IT'S A GOOD THING IT'S BEEN WORKING WELL FOR HIM.
SO THE QUESTIONS THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.
HE NEEDS TO PROMOTE FOUR DISPATCHERS TO CORPORAL.
SO THEY'LL BE ON DIFFERENT SHIFTS.
THAT'S A TOTAL, TOTAL YEARLY INCREASE OF $5,620.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SUPERVISION AROUND THE CLOCK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THERE? CONCERNS? OKAY, CONSTABLE TWO.
WE CHANGED DEPUTY CONSTABLES TO DEPUTY CONSTABLE STREET CRIMES AND WE MOVE A CLERK ONE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT CONTRACTS TO LEAVE CLERK ONE.
SO THAT'S NO EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY.
INCREASE THE ACCOUNTING MANAGER'S CERTIFICATE.
PAY BY $500 TO BE SAME ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS.
THERESA, CAN YOU WANNA KINDA EXPLAIN WHAT THEY'D HAVE TO DO TO GET A CERTIFICATE? THEY HAD TO GO TO COURSES.
UM, THEY GO TO ABOUT FIVE OR SIX COURSES AND THEY NORMALLY ALL AROUND THE STATE, BUT THIS TIME THEY WERE IN DALLAS EVERY TIME AND THERE'S A WEEK LONG AND AT THE END OF THE WEEK THEY HAVE TO TAKE A TEST IN ORDER TO GET THEIR CERTIFICATE.
SO IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE ONLINE THINGS WHERE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION, YOU GET POP OUT A CERTIFICATE OUTTA THE COMPUTER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THEN? UH, TWO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE CERTIFICATE PAY.
NOW THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING THE CERTIFICATE.
WELL YOU GOT TWO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES TO RECEIVE IT, RIGHT? TWO ADDITIONAL THIS YEAR.
I ALREADY HAVE ONE THAT'S GIVEN IT.
SO THAT'S, SO THAT'S A TOTAL MM-HMM
AND THEN TWO ADDITIONAL CLERK POSITION ONE'S DUE TO THE WORK FORCE IN THE SPACE.
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THEY'RE JUST, YOU DON'T GOT A LOT MORE PEOPLE NOW.AND SO THEY NEED, THEY NEED MORE WORKERS.
CAN YOU SEE THE DOLLARS THERE? THERE'S 42,350 EACH.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? ANYTHING FOR THERESA WHILE SHE'S HERE? NO.
ELECTIONS FROM THE ELECTION JUDGES WE'RE GONNA INCREASE THEIR PAY FROM 15 TO $16 AN HOUR.
AND THE CLERKS FROM 13 TO 14 AN HOUR.
ANYBODY EVER WORK AN ELECTION? THOSE ARE SOME LONG DAYS.
I DID IT FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND I WON'T DO IT AGAIN.
NO, BUT THAT WAS 10 BUCKS A DAY.
BUT YEAH, EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING JUDGES AND CLERKS.
MERCHANT MANAGEMENT TITLE CHANGE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO SENIOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST? NO, NO PAY INCREASE.
UH, BUT UNDERNEATH THAT IS THE PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR 48 TO 53.
UH, THE ASSISTANT THERE HAS TAKEN ON NEW DUTIES AND IS DOING A LOT OF REPORTS AND DOING A LOT MORE WORK THAN WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND MORE RESPONSIBILITY.
SO STEVE IS ASKING FOR A $4,500 INCREASE FOR THAT ONE EMPLOYEE.
WE SEE THE COUNTY AUDITOR THERE, WHICH THE AUDITOR, THE JUDGES, DISTRICT JUDGES SET THAT PAY.
UH, AND STILL THE ALTER IS KIND OF AT THE BOTTOM OF WHAT MOST AUDITORS IN COUNTIES MAKE.
PURCHASING AGENT, UH, TITLE CHANGE FROM BUYER TO SENIOR BUYER THAT REQUIRES A PAY ADJUSTMENT FROM 53 TO 61.
AND THAT'S UH, CHRISTIAN, RIGHT? WHO'S DOING A LOT MORE NOW THAN HE'S EVER DONE BEFORE.
EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT COUNTY TREASURER? ONE ADDITIONAL PART-TIME.
HELP CHUCK, YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU GONNA HAVE THAT PERSON DOING? THE PERSON IS GOING DO, UM, THEY'LL BE HELPING OUT IN THE AREA OF PAYROLL AND PAYROLL.
THEY'LL ALSO BE WORKING WITH, UH, FUNDS AND PUBLICATION REPORTING ON THAT.
UH, HELPING WITH PROCEEDING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WILL FURTHER AWAY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT FULL TIME, BUT WE'RE, I KNOW MAYBE NEXT YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON.
THEY WANT SOME TITLE CHANGES BUT NO MONEY CHANGE.
THEY WERE ASKING FOR SOME BIGGER INCREASES, BUT WE HAVE TO, UH, DO WHAT WE CAN DO.
TITLE CHANGE FROM DEPUTY CLERK THREE TO RISK MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR AND TITLE CHANGE FROM DEPUTY CLERK THREE TO HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST.
WE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE SHELTER MANAGER, ONE SUPERVISOR, ONE VET TECH FOUR, UH, I MEAN ONE LEAD, KENNEL TECH, FIVE KENNEL CLIENT TECHS.
YOU SEE THE PRICE THERE? 32,000 A PIECE.
AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE WANTED TO VOLUNTEER.
SO THAT WON'T COST US ANYTHING.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE, UH, THE LAST SATURDAY OF THIS MONTH.
'CAUSE WE TAKE OVER SEPTEMBER ONE, ALL OF THEIR ANIMALS WILL BE REMOVED, WILL NOT BE TAKING CATS.
NOT FOR THE IMMEDIATE WHEN WE TAKE IT OVER JUST DOGS.
UH, WE HAVE TO BUY SOME EQUIPMENT FOR ONE OF THE, UH, ROOMS THAT WAS NEVER BOUGHT.
BUT WE HAVE SOME MONEY IN OPERATING EXPENSES.
117,000 TO PURCHASE THAT WITH.
PLUS WE STILL HAVE SOME BOND MONEY FROM THE BUILDINGS THAT WE CAN USE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING INTO THE FUND BALANCE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
WELL ON THAT TOO, WHEN WE GET THE, THE
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NONPROFIT STARTED AND GET IT ROLLING AND THEN WE HAVE DONATIONS AND STUFF AND FUNDRAISERS THAT WILL LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THE COUNTY DOLLARS ON THE BUDGET.SO, BUT WORST CASE SCENARIO, YOU NEED TO FUND THE OPERATION OF IT AND HOPEFULLY THE NONPROFIT AND STUFF WILL HELP REDUCE THE COST.
WE'VE, WE ALREADY HAD DONATIONS MADE TO THE SHELTER.
SO THAT'S GONNA REDUCE THE COST.
I MEAN WE HAVE TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT DOWN TO PROTECT OURSELVES IN CASE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DO.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, BUT IT, THIS COULD BE GREATLY REDUCED WITH, AND WE'VE HAD SOME NONPROFITS HELP US WITH THIS BUDGET TOO.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST COME UP WITH.
NOW LET ME ASK THE 448,000 OR IS THAT ON TOP OF THE 270,000? WE'RE ALREADY PAYING THAT WE PAID IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS OR THAT, IS THAT INCLUDED? THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE.
TYLER FROM CLERK ONE TO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND CORRESPONDING PAY.
AND WE HAVE, WE CAN'T GO TO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE THERE.
UH, SO YOU SEE THAT'S A $7,600 RAISE.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE? WELL, I KNOW WE'RE ASKING A LOT OF, I THINK WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND, AND AND, AND WE'RE ASKING A LOT OUT OF 'EM AND, AND A LOT MORE OUT OF 'EM THAN, AND SO WE'RE JUST ADJUSTING TO NEEDS THEY GET THE 3% ON TOP OF THAT? NO, THAT'S WHAT I DIDN'T THINK.
WHAT'S THE TITLE GOING TO BE ON THAT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL WORK OUT.
YEAH, IT COULD BE OFFICE MANAGER.
OFFICE MANAGER NOW I THINK WE NEED TO INVEST IN IT.
THEY'RE DOING A LOT AND WE'RE GROWING A LOT MORE WORK TO DO.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF FACILITIES.
SO ONE ADDITIONAL SUPERVISOR, EXPLAIN WHAT THAT PERSON'S GONNA DO.
HE'S GONNA OVERSEE THE PROJECTS, GET QUOTES, ALL OF THE PROCEDURES, UH, QUALITY CONTROL ON THE PROJECTS.
HE'S ALSO, HE'S GONNA TIE INTO THE IT DEPARTMENT SIDE ON DOING DATA DROPS.
RUN UH, DATA FROM THE I IT ROOM TO THE LOCATIONS.
SO HE'S GONNA KIND OF HELP OUT WITH THAT.
WE'RE GONNA KIND OF TEAM UP WITH IT ALSO WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO SUPERVISORS, RIGHT? I'LL HAVE TWO.
ONE THAT RUNS DAILIES AND JANITORIAL AND ONE THAT RUNS PROJECTS AND ONE, OKAY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES.
TECH THREE TELL US DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TECH ONE AND A THREE AND A ZERO.
LAWN CARE IS STRICTLY LAWN CARE.
IT'S BASICALLY KIND OF LIKE A LOWER VERSION OF A TECH ONE.
TECH ONE IS MORE OF A, UH, ASSISTANT, A HELPER, UH, GETTING EQUIPMENT, BRING IT THERE, UH, HOLDING THE LADDERS KIND OF STUFF.
SUPPORT STAFF BASICALLY IS WHAT THAT IS.
AND TECH THREE IS A ONSITE CAN MAKE DECISIONS RIGHT THERE, HOW TO FIX IT, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO FIX IT.
SO AT THE UH, EXPERIENCE LEVEL, YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT MAKING THOSE REPAIRS AND CALLS ON SITE.
SO HOW MANY LAWN CARE PEOPLE WILL YOU END UP WITH? I'LL END UP WITH THREE.
AND THAT'S NOT VERY MANY FOR AS MANY YARDS AS YOU HAVE TO MOW? NO SIR.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO ADD ANY TRUCKS AT THREE, SO.
AND ONE ADDITIONAL MALE VINYL SIGN? I'M NOT SURE RIGHT NOW I HAVE UH, JANITORIAL RUNNING MAIL.
UH, OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THE TITLE ON JANITORIAL, SO I THINK YOU ONLY GET EVERY OTHER DAY.
UH UH SO THE MAIL THAT'S A HALF DAY JUST RUNNING MAIL AND THEN, UH, WE'RE PICKING UP ON VINYL, UH, SIGNAGE.
UH, ALSO HOPING IN WHICH HE DOESN'T HAVE OR HE DOESN'T HAVE VINYL TO DO, THEY CAN START PUTTING INPUTS IN ON UH, THE DAILY WORK ORDERS, THE NOTES RECEIPTS, START TYING THOSE INTO THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM ON THE DAILY PROCESS.
SO WE, WE USE THAT PERSON IN KIND OF MULTIPLE AREAS.
IT'LL BE THE OPEN HOUSE AT THE PET ADOPTION CENTER.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN THINGS THERE THAT DAY
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ALSO.FIRE MARSHAL OF COURSE, YOU KNOW WE JUST HIRED A NEW FIRE MARSHAL.
PAUL WILL BE LEAVING THE 23RD OF THIS MONTH.
UH, INSTITUTE STEP PAY PROFICIENCY.
PAY FOR APPLICABLE INVESTIGATORS.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT CURRENTLY.
SOMEHOW THEY CARRY A GUN AND THEY NEED STEP PAY LIKE THE REST OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT DO.
$45,589 AND INCREASE ONE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL FROM 51 TO 62.
UH, THAT'S A $10,576 INCREASE.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY, NUMBER FOUR.
THESE ARE ALL PAID BY THE CONTRACTS.
SO DOES IT DOESN'T COST THE COUNTY ANYTHING.
THEY WANT TO PROMOTE ONE CAR TO A SERGEANT, PROMOTE ONE CLERK TO OPEN RECORDS CLERK, UH, TO DISTRIBUTE FULL PAID TO CONTRACTS.
UH, DISTRIBUTE FULL CAPTAIN TO PAY CONTRACTS.
PROMOTE TWO CORPORALS TO SERGEANT FOR CLEMENTS.
PROMOTE ONE CLERK TO OPEN RECORDS CLERK.
THEY GET THAT MANY OPEN RECORDS OVER THERE OR DO YOU KNOW? I'M NOT SURE JUDGE.
AND DEVIN SHIRE PROMOTE ONE CLERK RECORD CLERK COMMENTS THE LAST TWO.
UM, THE CLERK TO OPEN RECORD CLERK AND THE CAPTAIN.
UM, THAT'S JUST ON ALL THREE OF 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE SPLIT BETWEEN ALL THREE CONTRACTS.
THAT TOTAL PAY IS SPLIT BETWEEN ALL THREE CONTRACTS BUT WE'RE NOT, CAN NOT HAVE ANY MONEY ON THESE, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
ROAD AND BRIDGE PRECINCT THREE.
RECLASSIFY ROAD BRIDGE EMPLOYEES CLASS THREE TO FOUR.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? WHAT? THAT UM, THAT WAS JUST ONE PAYROLL REQUEST THAT WE HAD COME THROUGH RECENTLY.
AND SO WE SUGGESTED TO HAVE IT IMPLEMENTED WITH THE NEW FY 25 BUDGET.
UH, PRECINCT FOUR, UH, RECLASSIFY ROAD BRIDGE EMPLOYEES CLASSES.
$70,981 AND REDUCE EXTRA PART-TIME HELP BY $1,100.
YEAH, I HAD A, I TRIED TO DO THIS LAST YEAR BUT I DIDN'T DO IT IN A, I THOUGHT I'D DO, I COULD DO IT DURING THE BUDGET YEAR SINCE IT WAS A CLASSIFICATION, BUT I WAS TOLD I'D WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
SO I HAD A BUNCH OF GUYS THAT WERE, HAD BEEN THERE FOR FIVE PLUS YEARS THAT WERE STILL LIKE A CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO.
UH, I HAD ONE RETIRE THAT WAS STILL A CLASS THREE THAT RETIRED FROM THE COUNTY.
SO, UH, WE HAD TO RESTRUCTURE THAT A LITTLE BIT.
PLUS FOR, UH, CDL DRIVERS, I COULD NOT GET CDL DRIVERS COME TO WORK FOR US 'CAUSE ONLY POSITIONS WE HAD OPEN WAS LIKE CLASS ONES DO.
SO I HAD TO MOVE EVERYTHING AROUND, READJUST EVERYTHING SO THAT WE CAN RETAIN OUR CDL DRIVERS AND THEN GIVE UH, THE PAY INCREASES OF THOSE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE THAT JUST BEEN SITTING THEIR IDLE.
SO THAT'S WHY I RESTRUCTURED THAT.
SO ARE THEY STILL IN LINE WITH ALL THE OTHER PRECINCTS? YES, IT'S THE SAME.
EACH CLASSIFICATION'S THE SAME AS ALL.
SO IT'S A CLASS FOUR AND ONE PRECINCT THE SAME AS CLASS IN ALL THE PRECINCTS.
YOU JUST HAVE A RANGE IN THE CLASSES? YEAH.
UH, ENGINE HEALTHCARE TITLE CHANGE FROM COORDINATOR TO ENGINE HEALTH SPECIALIST AND CORRESPONDING PAY.
YOU SEE THAT THERE? $4,600 ENGINE HEALTHCARE.
UH, WE ONLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE AND UH, THEY DO, THEY SAVE US THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
WELL IF YOU LOOK AT, WAS IT 6% OF THE BUDGET? THERE'S MORE THAN JUST THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
SO ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION THERE? I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GET SIX, 6% OF OUR, OF OUR BUDGET.
IS IT EIGHT? WELL, I, I'M THE LAST I KNOW OF, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET DALLAS COUNTY'S TRYING TO GET MORE.
WE GOT THAT NOTIFICATION THIS WEEK.
SO YEAH, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
UH, CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCREASE, UH, PAY OF ONE YOUTH WORKER FROM 25 TO 28,000.
THE LAW LIBRARY INCREASED PAY LINE WITH COURT COORDINATED SALARY.
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THAT'S SPLIT, UH, 42 50 8% SALARY, 65,000 AND THE FIRE CODE INCREASED ONE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL FOR 51 TO 62.AND THAT'S ALL THE CHANGES THAT I HAVE THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO ME OR TO BRANDY.
AND ARE ALL OF THESE SALARY INCREASES? UM, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE 3% ADDITION TO THAT? NOT THIS SIZE, NO.
AND THIS IS KIND OF STAYING IN LINE WITH WHERE THEY CAN GO? YEAH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR FARM MARSHAL WE JUST HIRED MM-HMM.
WE, IT IS HARD TO COMPETE WITH THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE SALES TAX SO IT MAKES IT TOUGH.
WELL YOU, YOU, YOU WE BIT THE BULLET A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND, AND DID A BIG PAY INCREASE FOR EVERYBODY.
WE DID ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE WE DID NOT ADDRESS IT AND YOU FALL BEHIND AND BEHIND AND BEHIND AND THEN YOU GET WAY BEHIND AND THEN SOMEONE HAS TO FALL OFF THE SWORD TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND EVERYBODY.
SO, UH, WE JUST NEED TO KINDA STAY UP WITH IT.
WE WILL NEVER GET TO WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY COMPETE HEAD TO HEAD, BUT WE STILL NEED TO PAY ENOUGH THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY THAT OPERATES WITH A RED CHIEF TABLET AND A NUMBER TWO PENCIL RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN WE'VE GOT TO COMPETE ENOUGH TO TRY TO GET SOME QUALIFIED PEOPLE HERE.
SO AND THE MORE QUALIFIED PEOPLE YOU HAVE, THE MORE EFFICIENT IT RUNS.
WHICH COST THE COUNTY IN THE LONG RUN.
JUDGE, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES MA'AM.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PERSONNEL, UHHUH
UM, SO THE STORM WATER INSPECTOR IN MINE A REQUEST.
I DIDN'T, I DON'T HAVE THAT ON THE SHEET.
WELL WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY WENT AHEAD AND FUNDED THAT WHENEVER WE HAD THE MEETING BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING TO LIKE WRITE IT ALL UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO, INSTEAD OF CREATING THE DEPARTMENT AND WRITING ALL THE, THE, THE JOB REQUIREMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE DID THAT INITIALLY WHENEVER THEY FIRST TALKED.
DO YOU HAVE THAT IN THERE? WHENEVER, WHENEVER THEY HAD THEIR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS.
IT WAS LIKE THE FIRST OR SECOND DAY.
IT'S ON THE NOTES BOTTOM OF WHAT I SUBMITTED AND I DISCUSSED IT WHEN I CAME TO WORKSHOP.
WE ACTUALLY, YEAH, WE ACTUALLY DECIDED TO, TO GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND GET THE DEPARTMENT DONE.
'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING ALL, ALL THOSE, UH, WE HAVE TROUBLE WITH ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN HERE, ESPECIALLY IN AROUND THE CORNY AREA AND THEY, I'M ABOUT THE SWIFT, THEY'RE GONNA QUIT IN MY AREA BECAUSE THERE'S NO MORE, IT'S SWITCHED UP AND THEN, AND ALL OF THE, THE STORM WATER AND WASTEWATER, THERE'S NOBODY MONITORING THAT AT ALL.
SO WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO FILE OUR STORM WATER TX UM, MS FOUR UNTIL THE NEXT CENSUS.
'CAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE URBANIZED AREA.
UM, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER, STEVE WAS WANTING TO SEND STORMWATER OVER TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
UM, WE, I HAD REQUESTED MONEY FOR TMP TO HELP US PREPARE THAT, UM, MS FOUR AS WELL AS HELP US DEVELOP THE PROGRAM.
UM, WELL WE DON'T NEED AN MS FOUR, WE ONLY HAVE TO FILE A WAIVER.
SO THAT 15,000 THAT I ASKED TO BE BUDGETED IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT.
UM, I'VE ENLISTED THE HELP OF THE FIRE MARSHAL.
HE HAS HELPED ME, UM, DEVELOP THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THE STORMWATER.
UM, AND UM, IT'S GONNA, SO IT, THAT 15,000 I DID REQUEST MM-HMM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, BUT I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO TAKE IT OUT IN CASE IT BECOMES MORE, BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'VE WORKED IT OUT TO HAVE THAT PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT MUCH WAS NOT GONNA MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN THE STORMWATER INSPECTOR WOULD BE THE ONE THAT IS THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO GO TO THESE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
SO IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THIS COUNTY, YOU'RE NOT SEEING SILT FENCING, YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE SLIP POSTED AT THE SITE, YOU'RE NOT SEEING ANY OF THAT.
NO ONE IS MONITORING THAT COUNTY IN THE COUNTY AND THAT'S WHAT THAT INSPECTOR WOULD DO.
AND I'VE DRAFTED THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
I JUST GOTTA RUN IT THROUGH LEGAL AND HR, BUT UM, I TOOK IT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND TWEAKED IT.
SO, BUT UM, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT IN THE CONVERSATION
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SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE 'CAUSE IF NOT, I CAN STOP WHAT I'M DOING AT THE MOMENT.I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ON THAT ONE.
OKAY GUYS, ANY COMMENTS ON ANYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY? ANY CONCERNS? ANY CHANGES? I THINK, UH, THAT WAS A COMMENT.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEBATE OVER THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
WE DO HAVE THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
SO A LOT OF THE EXPENSE TOO I SEE OFFSETTING THE NUMBERS IS ABOUT THE SAME, UH, AS DEALING WITH THAT.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND I'M HOPING WHAT MIKE SAID WAS TRUE, THAT WE'RE GONNA VOLUNTEER STEP IN, MAYBE GET SOME GRANTS TO HELP NEXT YEAR, THAT WE CAN REDUCE THAT NUMBER OF THE CALLS.
IT COMES IN THIS YEAR, I'M SAYING YEAH, WE YEAH.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPARE IT TO MAKE SURE YEAH.
ONCE GET THE NONPROFIT, GET THE NONPROFIT GOING.
YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE DONATIONS AND FUNDRAISERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YOU JUST GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND I, I THINK THE, THE PEOPLE BEFORE DID NOT REALLY GET INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE JUST NEED, IF WE HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON RUNNING IT, AND I'M ASSUMING Y'ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE, WE HAVE SOMEONE WE WANT TO HIRE.
HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WHO'S ALREADY MANAGING ANOTHER SHELTER.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PEOPLE, PEOPLE PERSONS, AND THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT OH YEAH.
DOGS AND PETS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT MORE ACTIVITIES LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO THAN NEVER DID.
AND WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT UPRIGHT.
SO, AND I'M HOPING NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPARE IT NEXT YEAR.
BASED ON WHAT HAPPENS IN 2025.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE REACH OUT AND WE TRY TO LEARN FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY DOING STUFF LIKE THIS, AND I'M SURE THERE'S TRYING TIMES WHEN THE MONEY'S NOT OUT THERE DURING LEAN TIMES, BUT, AND WE HAVE OPERATION KINDNESS HELPING US.
SO I MEAN IF WE REACH OUT AND LEARN FROM THE PEOPLE THAT DO IT ON A BIGGER SCALE, THEN, YOU KNOW, IN OUR FIRST MEETING WE HAD HERE ABOUT THE ADOPTION CENTER, THIS, THIS ROOM WAS COMPLETELY FULL.
UH, Y'ALL WERE HERE, PEOPLE WERE STANDING.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST, A LOT OF, A LOT OF HELP.
IF THAT'S OKAY, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR FINAL BUDGET REVIEW.
MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
[11. Auditor: Discuss/Consider/Approve line-item and budget transfers/corrections.]
APPROVE.SO THESE WERE ROUTINE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS, UM, THAT WERE EMAILED TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, Y'ALL LOOK GOOD TO ME.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'M MADE A MOTION.
MR. HUNT MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
I'LL SECOND BAR MAKES A SECOND.
[12. Auditor: Discuss/Consider/Approve claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.]
AGAIN APPROVED CLAIMS FOR PAYMENTS.SO THIS WEEK WE ASK, UM, WE HAVE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES TOTAL OF $2,479,280 AND 78 CENTS.
UM, AND MOST OF THAT IS MADE UP OF EMPLOYEE INSURANCE AND EQUIPMENT.
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO PAY.
YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
A BEFORE WE, MR. PHE HERE ADJOURNS US, I WANNA THANK BRANDY FOR ALL THE HOURS AND CRYSTAL FOR Y'ALL'S HELP IN GETTING ALL THESE NUMBERS DONE.
AFTER HOURS, WE'LL DO SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE WE DO THAT ANYWAY.
YOU GOT 12 STILL? I JUST DID 12.
WERE YOU SLEEPING THE PERSON ON THE
SO ANYWAY, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
[13. Adjourn Meeting]
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, IT'S YOUR TURN.ADJOURN THE MEETING THEN HAVE A MOTION.
I'LL SECOND MR. BAR, MAKE SECOND.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PERSONNEL POLICY.