* 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. CAR. [Call to Order] [00:00:04] GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S COURT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE FIFTH ELECTION DAY. I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE, PLEASE GO VISIT, I MEAN, VISIT THE VOTE TODAY. PLEASE, PLEASE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. UH, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER MOORE, AND THEN COMMISSIONER PHELPS IS GONNA LEAD US INTO PLEDGES. YOU STAND WITH ME, PLEASE, MR. PRAY. HEAVEN. FATHER LORD, WOULD JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN THAT WE RECEIVED THIS WEEK. LORD, WE PRAY TODAY IS ELECTION DAY PRESUMES THAT, THAT YOU'LL SPEAK TO THE HEARTS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. LORD, IT'LL BE YOUR CHOICE THAT TAKES OFFICE, LORD, AND THAT YOU'LL BLESS THIS COUNTRY. AND LORD, WE PRAY FOR DECISIONS MADE HERE TODAY IN OUR COURT, THAT IT'LL BE YOUR DECISIONS, NOT OURS, LORD, THAT WILL DO YOUR WILL. AND WE THANK YOU FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. WE PRAY FOR TERRY'S WIFE AS SHE HAS A PROCEDURE DONE TODAY, LORD. AND AGAIN, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL OF HER WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES AND YOUR GUIDANCE IN ALL THINGS. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. MY PLEASURE. LEAD TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR OUR HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG. I DON'T PLAN TO LEAD MR. B TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU MR. DAVIS. WE HAVE ANY, UH, NO VISITORS TO SIGN UP THIS MORNING? OKAY. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. [1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.] DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO. OKAY. TELL EVERYBODY HOW MANY PEOPLE VOTED IN SEVEN MINUTES? ? OH, THE 191 VOTED IN SEVEN MINUTES THIS MORNING. THIS MORNING. BAM. START OFF THOUGH. OFF TO GOOD START. YEP. AND WE HAD OVER 50% PEOPLE VOTE IN THE EARLY TIME TO VOTE, SO YEAH. THAT'S AMAZING. YEAH. OKAY. [2. CONSENT AGENDA] CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS THERE. ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE FOUR ITEMS? NO. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL READ THEM. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE. HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. HUNT MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR. STEVE HUEY, [3. Steve Howie/Jeremy Hatcher: Discuss/Consider/Approve the Care Flite Contract Amendment #1 2024 providing an extension of the original contract for an additional 5 years at zero (0} subsidy to begin on March 1, 2025.] YOU AND JEREMY, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS, CONSIDER TO APPROVE THE CARE FLAG CONTRACT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FOR 2024, PROVIDING EXTENSION OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT FOR INITIAL FIVE YEARS AT ZERO SUBSIDY. TO BEGIN MARCH ONE OF 25. MORNING, GUYS. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. UM, BROUGHT JEREMY TODAY AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS A, A GOOD DEAL FOR THE COUNTY TO KEEP A ZERO SUBSIDY, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE WERE THINKING WE WOULD GONNA HAVE TO HAVE ONE THIS YEAR. BUT THANKS TO JEREMY'S LEADERSHIP, ALONG WITH HIS ADMINISTRATIVE FOLKS OVER IN GRAND PRAIRIE, WE'VE WORKED OUT A, AN AMENDMENT TO KEEP US AT ZERO SUBSIDY FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS, BARRING ANYTHING UNFORESEEN COMING UP. UH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D LOVE TO, TO TAKE THOSE AT THIS TIME. I KNOW BRAD'S HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT. ANY QUESTIONS, BRETT? I KNOW WE VISITED YESTERDAY ABOUT IT. NO, I MEAN, WE'RE GOOD. I SAID IF IT LOOKS GOOD. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMISSIONERS? NO, I, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW WONDERFUL THIS IS AND HOW GOOD OF A COST IT IS WHEN, WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING NOTHING FOR IT. YEAH. UH, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO BEAT NOTHING. THAT'S TRUE. I MEAN, I'M SORRY. JOHNSON COUNTY JUST RECENTLY BID OUT THEIR CONTRACT AND THE LOW BID, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS CARELY WAS 1.5 MILLION GOING UP TO WHAT, 3.2 MILLION? I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO TRY AND WORK THIS OUT SO WE DIDN'T FALL INTO THAT SAME, SAME BUCKET THERE. OKAY. WELL, IT'S ONE THING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU RUN 'EM OFF AND THEN YOU HIRE 'EM BACK, IT'S NOT A, NOT THE SAME, BUT THEY'RE ALSO, I KNOW ONE COUNTY IS VERY THANKFUL THAT THEY HIRED 'EM BACK BECAUSE THE OTHER PEOPLE WEREN'T VERY, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH. SO WE APPRECIATE 'EM AND WE APPRECIATE 'EM BEING HERE. YEP. ELSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MIKE AND I, I KNOW, I KNOW NOTHING'S NOTHING, WHICH IS GREAT. AND THEN WE'VE HEARD WHAT EVERYBODY SAID, BUT AS FAR AS OUR RESPONSE TIMES, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THOSE MINIMUMS THAT ARE IN THE CONTRACT OVER, LIKE I SAY, OVER A TIME PERIOD, YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT OTHER COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT USING Y'ALL SERVICE ANYMORE AND SAY, Y'ALL MOVE MORE UNITS HERE, OR WHATEVER. I MEAN, CAN WE TRY TO MAKE THE CONTRACT BETTER? AND IT, IT'S NOT THE CONTRACT SO MUCH, IT'S FOR THE CITIZENS. MM-HMM. AND THE SERVICE THAT THEY GET AND THE RESPONSE TIMES THEY GET, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH ARE, ARE TREMENDOUS LIFESAVER A HUNDRED PERCENT IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE MM-HMM. BECAUSE [00:05:01] THEY'RE USUALLY THERE SOMETIMES FASTER OR AT THE SAME TIME. SO I KNOW WE HAVE THAT AS A, AS A INTERMEDIARY FOR Y'ALL'S ARRIVAL, BUT CAN WE BETTER THE RESPONSE TIMES? SURE. OVER TIME. SO I TOOK OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, FIRST THING WE DID, WE STARTED LOOKING AT DATA AND LOOKING AT DATA EVERY WEEK. I PULLED IT UP, I SEE WHERE PEAK TIMES ARE. AND, AND EVEN SINCE THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT, OKAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRANSFERS GOING OUTTA KAUFMAN COUNTY. SO WE'VE ADDED A, A DEDICATED TRANSFER TRUCK, ACTUALLY ADDED TWO TO JUST TAKE TRANSFERS OUTTA THESE HOSPITALS. THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG THING, YOU KNOW? SURE. IF KAUFMAN HOSPITAL STARTS GETTING BACKED UP BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AMBULANCES TO TAKE 'EM OUT, OR IT AFFECTS THE CITIZENS AS WELL BECAUSE THE HOSPITALS ARE GETTING BACKED UP AND PEOPLE ARE JUST GONNA PASS RIGHT BY OUR HOSPITAL. IF PEOPLE AREN'T STOPPING IN OUR HOSPITAL, WE LOSE OUR HOSPITAL AND WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO WE DID THAT. WELL, THAT TAKES A BIG LOAD OFF OF 9 1 1. IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE ADDED, UM, A, A 9 1 1 TRUCK IN THE FORNEY AREA. UM, WE WERE, I'VE ADDED A MEDIC 19 THAT JUST KIND OF CAME UP ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. UH, AND RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT MEDIC 19, IT'S HELPED A BUNCH. IT REALLY HAS. IT'S KEPT A LOT OF THE UNITS DOWN SOUTH, UH, WHERE JUST TO MAKE SOME MOVEMENTS TO GET A TRUCK IN CRANDALL, WHICH WILL HELP THAT AREA, WHICH IN WILL ENTAIL HELP THAT SOUTH SOUTHERN PART. AND I THINK A LOT OF IT IS JUST KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT HEAT MAP AND KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT DATA. AND AS WE'RE SEEING THINGS MOVE AND WE'RE WATCHING LIKE MY BUDGET, YOU KNOW, UM, CONTINUING TO ADD RESOURCES AND CONTINUING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT DATA AND AS WE NEED 'EM, WE'RE GONNA ADD 'EM. AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT IT, IT MAKES IT TOUGH WITHOUT THAT SUBSIDY. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YEAH. WE MAY SAY WE NEED, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT A RESPONSE TIME OF SEVEN MINUTES OR FIVE MINUTES, START ADDING A BUNCH OF TRUCKS AND IT STARTS COSTING A BUNCH OF MONEY. AND I KNOW THAT MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING THAT, THAT THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS AND ALL THOSE THINGS COME INTO PLAY TOO. I MEAN, THERE'S USUALLY A PRICE FOR FREE. Y THERE IS. YOU'RE GIVING UP SOMETHING TO GET FREE. THAT'S RIGHT. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. I MEAN, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT FREE SOUNDS GOOD. AND I THINK WE'VE ALL TALKED THAT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, YES, WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR AND, AND LIKE AN E-M-S-E-S-D FOR THE COUNTY TO, TO HELP SOME OF THOSE COSTS AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP GET MORE RESOURCES. UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER. LIKE I, I THINK WE'VE ADDED FIVE RESOURCES SINCE LAST YEAR, SO, AND WE HAVE A HELICOPTER IN THE COUNTY NOW. YEAH, YEAH. YEP. SO, WELL Y'ALL HAVE DONE A, A GOOD JOB FOR US AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW OUR ASSISTANCE DO, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO'VE HAD TO USE YOU. , , I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING HERE SOON. AND AS A POPULATION GROWS, WE KNOW IT'S PUTS A STRAIN OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT DOWN THE ROAD. BUT, UH, SAFETY, IF IT'S ME OR ANYONE ELSE, IF I NEED TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL, I'M GONNA WAIT 30 MINUTES 'CAUSE NO HUNDRED I MIGHT NOT MAKE IT. AND I APPROVED SOMETIMES. MM-HMM. . AND THAT'S GOOD. AND SURE. AND THE TRANSFER UNITS HAS SAVED US A LOT. THEY HAVE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I SEND STEVE EVERY MONTH IS THAT'S DIFFERENT IS WE ALSO SEND A, I SEND A, UH, A FRACTILE, UM, THAT SHOWS LIKE THIS IS, THIS IS THE RUNS OVER, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS IS HOW MANY RUNS THAT WERE OVER 30 MINUTES OVER ONE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND BROKE IT DOWN AND TO, INTO TIMES AND, AND PER DAY OF THE WEEK. AND, UH, BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU GUYS TO SHOW WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WITHOUT THAT TO WHERE IT IS TODAY. UM, THERE'S NOT MANY CALLS NOW THAT ARE OVER, YOU KNOW, 20 MINUTES. UM, THERE'S A FEW THAT POP UP FROM TIME TO TIME. I KNOW THE OTHER DAY WE HAD ONE THAT WE HAD A 20 MINUTE RESPONSE TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS FOUR CALLS THAT POPPED OFF IN THAT SAME AREA AT ONE TIME. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THAT AREA. YOU CAN'T, I MEAN, WE CAN'T PUT 10 AMBULANCES IN ONE AREA AND BE ABLE TO SURVIVE FINANCIALLY, SO. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND. NO, MR. DO NOT. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIE. THANK YOU FOR ALL. THANK JEREMY. YOU BET. WHICH ONE? MIKE? NUMBER [4. Constable Johnson: Discuss/Consider/Approve requesting re-designation of the shared Clerk 1 Position within the Patrol Contracts D191 37%, D192 37%, D193 26%, to a Records Clerk position at appropriate pay rate.] FOUR. COMM CONSTABLE JOHNSON CAN'T BE WITH US TODAY. SO JEREMY'S HERE, HE WANTS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER REQUESTING RE-DESIGNATION OF A SHARED CLERK ONE POSITION WITH PATROL CONTRACTS AND THERE'S THREE OF 'EM THERE. 1 91, 1 9 2 1 93, AND THEIR PERCENTAGES TO A RECORDS CLERK POSITION AT APPROPRIATE PAY RATE. MORNING, JUST A BIG BUILDING MIRROR THAT'S TOO ON THERE CHART. OH YEAH. AND THIS IS JUST, UH, CORRECTING, UM, AN OVERSIGHT THAT WE HAD, [00:10:01] UH, OR A MISS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE RESTRUCTURED. UH, WE RESTRUCTURED THIS YEAR, UM, TO MAKE A CLEAR LINE BETWEEN THE CONSTABLES BETWEEN THE COUNTY BUDGET AND THE CONTRACT BUDGET. UH, WE CREATED AN ADDITIONAL RECORDS POSITION, A CLERK POSITION WITHIN THE CONTRACTS. AND, UM, THAT POSITION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNATED AS A RECORDS CLERK, NOT A CLERK ONE. UH, THE OTHER CLERK ONE THAT WE HAD, THE, THE ONE THAT WE HAD PRIOR TO WAS TRANSITIONED TO THE RECORDS CLERK POSITION. UM, SO WE'RE JUST CORRECTING THAT AND, AND BRINGING THAT NEWLY CREATED ONE UP TO A RECORDS CLERK POSITION TO THIS POSITION. UM, WOULD, IS ASSISTING, UH, THE INVESTIGATIONS IN PREPARING THE CASES, ALSO ASSISTING IN OPEN RECORDS, UH, PROCESSING VIDEO. AND, UM, PRETTY MUCH THE EXACT SAME THING AS THE, UH, SECOND, THE, THE ORIGINAL ONE THAT WAS TRANSITIONED IS DOING JUST ON A DIFFERENT SIDE. SO WE HAVE THE ONE, UH, RECORDS CLERK THAT'S PRIMARILY HANDING OPEN RECORDS REQUEST AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES. AND WE HAVE THIS OTHER ONE THAT'S HANDLING, UM, EVIDENCE, VIDEO PROCESSING VIDEO AND STUFF LIKE THAT. OKAY. QUESTION? YES, SIR. WE, WE STATED BACK EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY RE-DESIGNATION, WHICH MEANS CHANGING, UH, POSITION IN ORDER TO GET A RAISE. YES SIR. EVEN THOUGH THE CONTRACTS ARE PAYING FOR IT. 'CAUSE THEN WE HAVE EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY WANTING TO DO THE SAME THING. NOW YOU HAVE ONE, YOU HAVE TWO OPEN RECORDS CLERKS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. HOW MANY OPEN RECORDS DO THEY ACTUALLY DO OR HAVE THEY DONE SINCE THE BUDGET BEGAN? SINCE THE BUDGET BEGAN THIS YEAR? I MEAN, AS OF OCTOBER 1ST? YEAH. UM, PROBABLY 15 OR 20. AND SO, OKAY. WHERE WERE THEY TRAINED TO DO THAT? UH, THEY WENT THROUGH, UH, THE OPEN RECORDS. THEY WENT THROUGH THE, THE OPEN RECORDS CLASS, UM, WHICH IS WHERE, UM, I, I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. THAT'S OKAY. I THINK IT'S BILL BLACKWOOD OR SOMETHING THAT THEY GO TO. UM, AND THEN THERE'S AN ONLINE ONE ALSO. SO WE SENT, UH, THE ONE THROUGH, UH, THE, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION. YEAH. UH, SCHOOL. AND THEN IT'S ANOTHER OPEN RECORDS CLASS THAT THEY TAKE ONLINE, WHICH IS TWO HOURS. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING SORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEAVY THAT, AND I KNOW THE CONTRACT'S PAYING FOR IT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. AND Y'ALL ARE DOING A GOOD JOB IN THE COMMUNITY. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. I JUST, I JUST THINK THAT, UH, WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE WOULD NOT DO THIS AND Y'ALL ARE REQUESTING IT AGAIN. AND SO I, I THINK, UH, RIGHT NOW I CAN'T, UH, SEE THAT THIS IS, THAT NEEDED IN ORDER TO GIVE SOMEONE A RAISE. THEY'RE DOING THE SAME JOB AND THEY'RE NOT DOING THE SAME JOB. BUT YOU'RE TAKING 'EM OUT OF PATROL TO DO THIS, SIR. YOU TAKING THEM AWAY FROM PATROL TO DO THIS? NO, THIS IS A CIVILIAN, THIS IS A CIVILIAN CLERK THAT, THAT'S DOING THIS. UH, SO THIS, THESE CIVILIAN CLERKS, THESE TWO ARE NOT HANDLING ANY CONSTABLE, UM, OR CIVIL PAPERS OR TOUCHING ANYTHING IN THE CONSTABLE. THESE ARE THE TWO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THAT WE HA THAT WE HAVE THAT HANDLES, UM, ALL CONTRACT PATROL RELATED FUNCTIONS. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUPPORTING 35 PERSONNEL. THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE YEAH. SUPPORTING 35 PERSONNEL IN, UM, EVIDENCE VIDEOS, OPEN RECORDS CASE PREP, UM, THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID, OPEN RECORDS PEOPLE. SO THEY DON'T NEED TO BE DOING THAT. I'M, I'M SORRY SIR. YOU ALREADY HAVE OPEN RECORDS CLERKS, SO THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS. THIS PERSON SHOULD BE DOING THAT. AM I MISSING SOMETHING? NO, NO, WE HAVE TWO, WE HAVE TWO CIVILIAN CLERKS THAT HANDLE ALL THOSE. BUT THIS POSITION BE DOING THE SAME THING. WE HAVE ONE PO WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS THAT HANDLE OPEN RECORDS, VIDEO PREP, CASE PREP, UH, ANY KIND OF REPORT REQUESTS, UH, ANY KIND OF OPEN RECORDS REQUEST FOR REPORT AND THEN FILING. THIS PERSON YOU JUST SAID WOULD BE DOING THE SAME THING. WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE DOING RIGHT. THAT ARE HANDLING THESE JOBS. RIGHT. OUR VOLUME, OUR, OUR VOLUME IS TO THE, TO THE POINT THAT WE NEED TWO PEOPLE TO DO THIS. WE FILED, UM, WE, WE FILED OVER 600 CRIMINAL CASES LAST YEAR AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE CASES HAVE TO BE PREPARED. THE VIDEO HAS TO BE BURNT, THEY HAVE TO BE STOPPED, UH, COPIED AND SCANNED. I GET THAT INTO THE DA'S OFFICE. CAN I MAKE A CLARIFICATION JUST SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ONE CLERK AND THERE'S ONE OPEN RECORDS CLERK. SO THERE'S ONLY TWO CLERKS. THERE'S ONE REGULAR CLERK AND ONE OPEN RECORDS CLERK INSTEAD OF ONE REGULAR AND ONE OPEN RECORDS. HE'S ASKING FOR BOTH OF THEM TO BE OPEN RECORDS. WELL, THEY'RE BOTH RECORDS CLERK NOT OPEN RECORDS, BUT RECORDS CLERK. RECORDS CLERK. OH, ONES, UM, ONE OF IT IS THE COUNTY'S PAYING FOR. SO NO, WE HAVE THAT'S THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. YES, SIR. AND WE HAVE, I SEE I OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE. OKAY, [00:15:01] I SEE. YEAH, WE HAVE ONE IN THE, WE WE HAVE ONE ON THE CONSTABLE SIDE AND WE HAVE TWO BECAUSE THE CONSTABLE SIDE IS ONLY SUPPORTING, UH, FOUR DEPUTIES AND THE CONSTABLE AND THE TWO OVER ON THE, UH, PATROL SIDE IS SUPPORTING 35. I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT OVER ON THE LEFT HAND, SO I WAS ZONED IN ON THE RIGHT HAND LOWER CORNER. SO, SO SUPPORTING A STAFF OF 35 DEPUTIES, UH, IS TWO. WE ONLY HAVE TWO CIVILIAN POSITIONS SUPPORTING THAT STAFF. THAT'S PRETTY THIN. YEAH, BUT I, I JUST, WHERE I'M, SO THESE TWO POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY FILLED RIGHT NOW? YES. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE TI YOU'RE WANTING THE TITLE ON ONE. SO THEY'RE STILL, WHETHER THEY'RE TITLE CHANGED, NOT, THEY'RE STILL DOING THE SAME JOB, RIGHT? THEY ARE DOING THE SAME JOB, BUT ONE IS DOING THE JOB A HIGHER LEVEL JOB AT A LOWER LEVEL PAY. OKAY. LISTEN. AND THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER IN THE YEAR ABOUT EVERYBODY STARTS CHANGING NAMES TO TRY TO GET A A RAISE. THIS IS A BUDGETARY, IN MY OPINION, IT'S A BUDGETARY TIME ITEM THAT SHOULD BE BROUGHT BACK AT APRIL BECAUSE THE JOB'S STILL BEING DONE BY THE TWO, THE CLERKS. BUT IT'S JUST, WHEN WE DO THIS, IT MESSES UP THE AUDITOR. UH, THE NEW SYSTEM WE HAVE, THEY GOTTA GO BACK AND TWEAK EVERYTHING. UH, BY A STATUTE. BRAD, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE GET ONLY ONE, UH, BUDGET, UH, A CHANGE PER YEAR. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IT KIND OF THROWS LOOPING IN WHEN IF WE DO THIS DOWN, WE DON'T DO IT DURING BUDGET, THEN WHAT HAPPENS THEN EVERYBODY ELSE STARTS WANTING TO CHANGE THEIR TITLES BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, WELL THIS WOULD HAVE A, A NEGATIVE BUDGET IMPACT THAT WE, WE HAVE THE MONEY WITHIN THE BUDGET TO DO IT. SO THAT THERE WOULD BE, YEAH, THAT'S NOT THE POINT. THE POINT IS, WHEN WE START CHANGING EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY WANTS TO START DOING THE VERY SAME THING, RECLASSIFY AND RE DESIGNATE FROM ONE THROUGH THE OTHER. IT IT JUST LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT. AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD THAT ONCE THIS YEAR. AND THAT'S WHERE WE SAID, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS ANYMORE THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING GONNA DO THIS AT BUDGET TIME. AND EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE COUNTY BUDGET, I GET THAT, BUT IT CAUSES SUCH UPROAR WITHIN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 'CAUSE THEY HAVE CLERKS THAT DO RECORDS AND THEN HERE WE GO, WELL, YOU LET THEM HAVE IT, SO LET US HAVE IT. AND IT'S JUST A BATTLE THAT'S NOT WORTH FIGHTING. WE HAD ORIGINALLY BRIEFED IT THIS WAY BEFORE Y'ALL AND THOUGHT THAT IT WAS APPROVED. IT WAS JUST A, UM, IT WAS JUST A TYPO OVERSIGHT THAT THE, THE BOTH POSITIONS WEREN'T CATEGORIZED CORRECTLY. YOU, YOU, YOU APPROVED IT DURING BUDGET TIME. IT JUST GOT MISSED WHEN WE WERE KIND OF RECONCILING EVERYTHING. I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST THING TO DO HERE? IT AIN'T NOTHING AGAINST YOU GUYS. NO, I THINK IT'S JUST WE GET THIS EVERY YEAR WHERE LIKE WE FINALLY GOT THE BUDGET IN PLACE. IT DOES AFFECT THE AUDITOR WHEN PEOPLE MAKE THESE CHANGES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW SYSTEM. AND IT'S LIKE EVERY YEAR IT'S LIKE, HEY, I WANNA CHANGE THE NAME THE NEXT YEAR. IT'S LIKE, HEY, THIS GUY SHOULD GET MORE MONEY. WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE MONEY RIGHT NOW, JUST TITLES. AND THE NEXT YEAR IT'S LIKE, HEY, YOU NEED TO BRING THIS GUY. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IF I'M OUT OF LINE HERE, BRAD, TELL ME . BUT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY WAS IS I THINK IN THE COUNTY HERE, WE'VE GOT TWO CLOSE TO TRYING TO BE PRIVATE AND WE'RE BRINGING IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT NAMES WHEN WE'RE STILL GOVERNMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, I HAD AN EXAMPLE GIVEN TO ME WHERE WE HAVE FOUR CLERKS. ONE CLERK MAY BE FIVE YEARS, ONE MAY BE TWO YEARS. IT'S LIKE, WELL, I, I'VE BEEN HERE LONGER. WELL, THAT'S WHAT LONGEVITY'S FOR. SO WE GIVE LONGEVITY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FOR LONGER PERIODS. BUT I THINK NEXT YEAR PERSONALLY, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE NAME TITLES AND GET EVERYTHING BEING ON THE SAME CMU. 'CAUSE IF WE MOVE YOURS, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR PHONE CALLS THIS WEEK FROM FOUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. LIKE, I WANNA MOVE MINE. AND AND THAT'S WHAT BUDGET'S FOR. SO IT AIN'T NOTHING AGAINST YOU GUYS. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. YOU'RE DOING THE HOMEWORK. IT'S JUST THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR AND I THINK I I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT BUDGET TIME PERSONALLY, BUT, SO ANY OTHER COMMENT? NO, I MEAN THE CLERKS WERE DOING, THEY'RE STILL DOING THE SAME JOB THEY WERE DOING WHEN THEY WERE HIRED. UH, YES. TH THIS WAS A NEWLY CREATED POSITION THIS YEAR. SO IT WAS HIRED AND THEY'RE DOING THE, THE SAME JOB AS WHEN THEY WERE HIRED? UH, YES SIR. AND WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE TITLE, BUT THE PAY WAS GOING UP. WE'RE CORRECTING THE TITLE AND WHAT WE HAD BRIEFED IT TO Y'ALL DURING BUDGET TIME TO BE AND IT JUST, IT DIDN'T GET CREATED. NO, THEY'RE THEY'RE MAKING, IF WE CHANGE THE TITLE, THEY'RE STILL MAKING THE SAME MONEY IF WE LEAVE IT THE SAME. NO, NO, NO SIR. OKAY. SO THEY 20 SOMETHING PERCENT MORE. OH REALLY? OKAY. I I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 10%. OKAY. WELL THAT'S WHAT, YEAH, THEY'RE DOING THE SAME JOB. THEY'RE DOING THE JOB NOW. UH, YES. WAIT UNTIL BUDGET TIME. YEAH, IT'S MY, I NEED A MOTION. WHAT YOU GOT FOR, DO I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT DURING BUDGET TIME? 'CAUSE IT THROWS BRANDY OFF AND BRANDY CAN ATTEST TO THAT. IT DOES AFFECT THE SYSTEM. AND THAT'S THE ISSUE [00:20:01] WE HAD LAST YEAR. UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET. WE DON'T WANT, IT JUST CAUSES SUCH A CHAIN DEAL. SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE SHOULD NOT, WE SHOULD WAIT THE, UH, BUDGET TIME TO, UH, ADJUST THIS. SO, OKAY. HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOORE TO HAVE A SECOND BY ANYONE. I SECOND MR. HUNT MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES NUMBER FIVE. [5. Constable Johnson: Discuss/Consider/Approve requesting re-designation of one Deputy Constable position in patrol contract D193, to a Corporal position at appropriate pay rate.] UH, CONSTABLE JOHNSON ONCE AGAIN TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE REQUESTING THE REDESIGNATION OF ONE DEPUTY CONSTABLE POSITION IN PATROL CONTRACT 1 93 TO A CORPORAL POSITION AT THE APPROPRIATE PAY RATE. SO HOW MANY CORPORALS DO YOU HAVE NOW? UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND, AND THE CORPORAL AND AN FTO IS THE SAME THING. UH, SO WE HAVE 'EM AT THAT PAY RATE, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE A ACTUAL SUPERVISOR. UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, THREE. UM, AND WHEN WE BRIEFED THIS, WE BUILT THIS, THIS IS ON THE EXPANSION, UH, WHEN, UH, BUDGETING FOR DEVENS SHIRE TO INCREASE BY THREE POSITIONS, WHICH THEY DID. UH, AND THEY HAVE APPROVED IT. WHEN WE, WHEN WE STRUCTURED IT AND WE PRESENTED IT, ONE OF THOSE NEW POSITIONS IN DEVENS SHIRE WAS TO BE AN FTO OR A CORPORAL. IT'S, IT'S THE SAME THING. UM, IT, THE POSITIONS GOT APPROVED, BUT THE APPROPRIATE, UH, DESIGNATION WAS NOT APPROVED. WHAT WASN'T LISTED IN IT. YOU APPROVED ALL THE POSITIONS, YOU APPROVED THE BUDGET. YEAH. BUT YOU DIDN'T DO THAT. SO, UM, WE, I, I SHOW ON YOUR SHEET THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE FOUR CARPALS. IS THAT TRUE? UH, WE HAVE, YES. WELL, ONE, WE HAVE FOUR FTOS. SO WE NEED, UH, YOU, SO YOU WANT FIVE? WE NEED FIVE. SO THAT LEAVES ONE, UM, ONE CORPORAL, ONE FTO PER SHIFT. AND THEN THE INVESTIGATION'S POSITION IS ALSO AN FTO POSITION BECAUSE THEY'RE TRAINER. SO IT'S GONNA LEAVE ME SHORT. UH, IT'LL LEAVE US SHORT. A TRAINER BASICALLY IS WHAT IT IS. HOW MANY TRAINERS DO YOU HAVE? UH, CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE, UH, THREE FOUR WITH THE INVESTIGATIONS. SO YOU HAVE FOUR. YOU HAVE, AND WE HAVE 11 THAT WE'RE HIRING THIS YEAR. IS IT YOUR INTENTION TO HAVE ONE CORPORAL FULL-TIME ON THE CONTRACT AND ONE SPLIT CORPORAL ON EACH CONTRACT? YES. ON A SHIFT, YES. SO IN THE 1 9 3 CONTRACT, WE HAVE NO CORPORALS OR TRAINERS IN THAT CONTRACT. YOU HAVE A SPLIT CORPORAL FROM WHAT I'M SEEING, A SPLIT CONTRACT CORPORAL, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A FULL-TIME CORPORAL, WE DON'T HAVE A FULL-TIME CORPORAL. SO THAT, THAT WOULD LEAVE FIVE FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN THAT CONTRACT WITH NO TRAINER. AND THEN WE HAVE A SPLIT TRAINER THAT GOES BETWEEN THEM. OKAY. SO YOU GOT A LOT OF TRAINERS, A LOT OF CORPORALS FOR THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES. AND I'M LOOKING AT THAT VERSUS WHAT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS, AND I'M THINKING, WELL, THAT'S LEAVING US TWO TRAINERS. BASICALLY TWO CORPORALS, WHICH IS TWO TRAINERS PER SHIFT, AND THEN ONE IN INVESTIGATIONS TO HELP TRAIN IN INVESTIGATIONS. SO TEACHES 'EM UP ON HOW TO HANDLE CASE WORK AND STUFF AGAIN. SO THAT'S, THAT'S FOUR TRAINERS, FIVE TRAINERS FOR 35 EMPLOYEES. CHIEF, HOW MANY TRAINERS Y'ALL GOT FOR YOUR WE HAVE FOUR COURTS. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, ONE TRAINER PER YEAR. OKAY, SO TOTAL OF THREE TRAINERS. ONE PER SHIFT. AM I THAT WRONG? FOUR TRAINERS. FOUR TRAINERS, FOUR CORPORALS. OKAY. WELL THE CORPORALS AND THE TRAINERS ARE TWO SEPARATE. TWO SEPARATE PEOPLE. CORPORALS ARE OUR SUPERVISORS. WE ONLY HAVE FOUR CORPORALS. UH, ONE CORPORAL PER SHIFT. ONE SERGEANT PER SHIFT. OKAY. AND WE HAVE, UH, PATROL LIEUTENANT OVER ALL PATROL. OKAY. AND WE HAVE, WHICH IS, IS, WHICH IS THE SAME ONE CIVIL SERGEANT. SO THAT'S STAFFING AT, AT THE SAME LEVEL, BUT MORE DEPUTIES IN PATROL. WE HAVE 50 TOTAL 50 IN PATROL. SO WE WE HAVE 35. YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO 35 IN PATROL. YOU HAVE 35 OR UH, WE HAVE 33 IN PATROL. WE HAVE FOUR IN STREET CRIME. WE HAVE FOUR ON THE CIVIL SIDE IN UH, 30. YEAH. TH YOU HAVE 35 TOTAL EMPLOYEES ARE 33 TOTAL EMPLOYEES. 37 YOU 33. JUST PATROL DEPUTY. WE HAVE, UH, 33 TOTAL IN THE CONTRACTS. I MISSED SOMETHING BECAUSE I ONLY COUNTED 25. SO I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT'S ON OUR PAY SHEETS. OKAY, WELL THAT'S, I, I LIKE AT PAYROLL AND IT DOESN'T YOUR NUMBER AND THE [00:25:01] PAYROLL, WHAT WE HAVE ON THE THING. ASK BRANDY. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. WELL, UM, I DON'T KNOW. THE STREET CRIMES POSITION WAS ADDED, UM, INTO THE, UH, CONSTABLE BUDGET. I'M SHOWING 30 EMPLOYEES FOR ALL THREE CONTRACTS. BUT THAT'S ALSO INCLUDING THE TWO CLERKS. THAT'S EVERYBODY, RIGHT? THAT'S EVERYBODY. 30 EMPLOYEES FOR THE CONTRACTS. OKAY. THAT'S SERGEANTS, CAPTAINS, LIEUTENANT, EVERYBODY. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. ALRIGHT, THAT'S JUST ON THE CONTRACT SIDE. THAT'S JUST THE CONTRACT SIDE. OKAY. THEN YOU HAVE THREE ON THE OTHER SIDE THEN. SO 33, SO FOUR ON THE REGULAR CONSTABLE CONTRACT, THAT'S WHERE HE IS GETTING TO 33, HE'S NO, NO, WE HAVE FIVE ON THE CONSTABLE SIDE. WELL, FIVE TOTAL EMPLOYEES. YES. YEAH. OUTSIDE THE CONS. THAT INCLUDES YOU THE CONSTABLE CLERK. YEAH. SO THAT COMES UP TO 37. YEAH. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY Y'ALL NEED TO BE TRAINED. Y'ALL ARE GOOD. NO, NO, WE'RE GOOD. . YEAH. WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT'S THE, IF IF WE, NOW IS THIS CONSIST OF A PAY CHANGE AS WELL? IT DOES. IT'S 20, $2,400. I THOUGHT THEY MADE THE SAME THING AGAIN. NO, CORPORAL, IT'S THE SAME THING AS CORPORAL. WE WOULD BE TAKING ONE TO DEPUTY POSITION. YEAH. WE WOULD BE MOVING A DEPUTY TO CORPORAL. NO, I HATE TO ARGUE WITH, BUT YOU GOT, YOU GOT FTO AND CORPORAL AND CORPORAL AND THEN YOU GOT A SERGEANT AND THEN YOU GOT MORE. SO YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU'RE GONNA REPLACE THE FTO TOO, RIGHT? NO, WE'RE ADDING AN FTO. YEAH. WHICH IS A CORPORAL. IT'S THE SAME THING. AND THEN YOU'RE ADDING A CORPORAL. YEAH, NO, THE CORPORAL, THE FTO AND THE CORPORAL WOULD BE THE SAME THING. I GUESS I'M CONFUSED, BUT ALRIGHT. THIS, THIS IS NOT A PROMOTION FROM A PATROL OFFICER TO A FTO OR RAISED. IT'S A PROMOTION. BUT, BUT I MEAN CURRENTLY IT'S A, A VACANT, YOU GOT POSITION, DO YOU HAVE A, AT A DEPUTY LEVEL PROMOTING AT A DEPUTY LEVEL? YES. YES. AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT TO A CORPORAL LEVEL. LET'S, I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. WE PASS ON THIS TILL NEXT WEEK. GIVE US TIME TO VISIT WITH YOU AND JJ OKAY. BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, TO ME, IT SEEMS OUTTA WHACK. OKAY. BUT THERE AGAIN SOUNDS GOOD, SIR. I DON'T, I WANNA BE FAIR TO EVERYONE AND MAKE IT WORK. SO I THINK EVERYBODY DOES. YEAH, WE DO. AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO? OKAY? FOR THE, NOT JUST Y'ALL, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE Y'ALL ARE PROTECTING OVER THERE ABSOLUTELY. TO SUPPORT IT. YOU BET. OKAY. SO I MAKE A MOTION WE PASS ON THAT. ALL SET. YOU GOT A SECOND? MR. MOORE? IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE BACK, OKAY? OKAY. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TO COME OVER WITH, UH, JJ AND LET'S GET EVERYTHING DOWN ON PAPER SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT WHERE I CAN UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. OKAY. WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT? I WILL. OKAY. THANK YOU. [6. Commissioner Hunt: Discuss/Consider/Approve Interlocal Project Agreement with the City of Oak Grove for tree trimming on County Road 158.] NUMBER SIX. THAT HONOR BELONGS TO COMMISSIONER HUNT. IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED, SIR. IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED. COMPLICATED. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. COMMISSIONER HUNT, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND IMPROVE INTERLOCAL PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OAK GROVE FOR TREE TREATMENT ON COUNTY ROAD 1 58. YES, SIR. IT JUST, UH, JUST NEED TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE, THE JOB. AND THEY BROUGHT THE CHECKS. SO THE MONEY'S GONNA BE IN ESCROW BY TODAY, SO MAKE A MOTION. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT IT. HAVE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER HUNT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, [7. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve exiting regular meeting and enter a public hearing,] NUMBER SEVEN. YOU'RE TRYING TO FILL THE SHOW NOW. THAT'S MINE DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER PROVING AND REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU NEED A MOTION TO DO THAT? I'LL MAKE, I MAKE MR. MOORE MAKES A MOTION. MR. PHILIP MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A MOTION CARRIES [8. Public Hearing: To receive input regarding placement of 1 new stop sign at the intersection of Alene and Buddy Parker in Cedar Creek Country Club Neighborhood. This will make this intersection a 3-way stop.] NUMBER EIGHT PUBLIC HEARING TO ENSURE THE INPUT REGARDING PLACEMENT OF ONE NEW STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF AILEEN AND BUDDY PARKER IN CEDAR CREEK COUNTRY CLUB NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS WILL MAKE THIS INTERSECTION THREE-WAY STOP. AND THE TIME IS 9 28. DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE AGAIN? I WANT HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE NOW. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9 29. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NUMBER NINE, [9. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve exiting public hearing and enter back into the regular meeting.] DISCUSS. CONSIDER APPROVE, EXIT IN PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTER BACK INTO THE REGULAR MEETING. DID THAT NUMBER 10? [10. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider/Approve placement of 1 new stop sign at the intersection of Alene and Buddy Parker in Cedar Creek Country Club Neighborhood. This will make this intersection a 3-way stop.] DISCUSS. CONSIDER APPROVED PLACEMENT OF ONE NEW STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION. ALENE AND BUDDY PARKER AND CEDAR CREEK COUNTRY CLUB NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'LL MAKE THAT A THREE-WAY INTERSECTION. [00:30:01] BOY, GET ALL THAT OUT. YES. BASICALLY I'VE HAD CITIZENS, UH, THAT LIVE OVER THERE THAT HAVE CALLED, SAID THE WAY THE SIGN'S SET UP ON REGULAR LIKE T DOT TYPE STANDARDS IS THE, THE CARS THAT STOP ARE ON THE MAIN RUN. AND THEY WERE WANTING TO JUST MOVE THE STOP SIGNS. I SAID, WELL WE CAN'T DO THAT 'CAUSE IT WITH THE TRAFFIC CODE, THE WAY THE TRAFFIC LAYOUTS ARE. SO WHAT I DECIDED TO DO IS I RUN IT BY DEBBIE AND UH, WE TALKED ABOUT JUST MAKING IT A THREE-WAY. STOP. EVERYBODY WILL STOP THERE. UH, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE AN ACCIDENT THERE 'CAUSE THERE WAS A FENCE PUT ON THE CORNER AND YOU, AND IT'S GOT A BLIND CORNER. SO ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT. I MAKE IT A THREE-WAY. STOP AT THAT INTERSECTION. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOORE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND MR. FIFTH. MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MR. AUDITOR. [11. Auditor: Discuss/Consider line item and budget transfers/corrections,] IT'S YOUR TURN LINE ITEM AND BUDGET TRANSFERS. YES, SIR. WE, UM, SENT A FEW, UM, CORRECTIONS IN LINE ON TRANSFERS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS, UM, FOR YOUR APPROVAL. UM, AND WE ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HARKER GENERAL? NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. PHELPS MAKES THE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. MS. HUNT MAKES SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NUMBER [12. Auditor: Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.] 12, DISCUSS CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT BY THE AUDITOR. YES MA'AM. SO THIS WEEK WE'RE ASKING FOR PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES TOTALING $2,260,970 AND 4 CENTS. MOST OF THAT'S MADE UP OF EMPLOYEE INSURANCE AND ROAD MATERIALS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JUROR CHECKS OF $7,994 AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL FOR A TOTAL PAYOUT OF $2,268,964 AND 4 CENTS. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. NO MAKING THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. FIFTH MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. [13. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter an executive session] NUMBER 13, DISCUSS EXITING REGULAR MEETING AND ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS THERE. A, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.074, THE COMMISSIONER COURT WILL MEET ENCLOS SESSION TO DISCUSS VACANT POSITION OF THE ENGINEER AND B, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0.072 TO DELIBERATE ABOUT PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY. NEED A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. PHIPPS MAKES THE MOTION. DO I I HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MAYOR MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. IT'S 9 32. WE WILL NOW ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU. 10 [14. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and enter back into the regular meeting.] 16. OKAY. I NEED A MOTION TO, TO EXIT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ENTER BACK INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING. MAKE A MOTION. MR. HUNT MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. MR. FIELDS, MAKE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, [15. Judge Allen: Discuss/Consider taking any action resulting from the Executive Session.] NUMBER 14, I MEAN NUMBER 15. ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION IS THAT THE COUNTY WILL LEASE A SPOT IN TERRELL TO MOVE ELECTIONS THERE STARTING AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR OR MAYBE DECEMBER. DEPENDS ON HOW SOON WE CAN GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED. UH, IT IS 10 16. ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE. HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE MAKES A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. MR. S***T, [16. Adjourn Meeting] I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. MOORE MAKES SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. * 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.