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OKAY.[Call to Order]
OKAY.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE HERE THIS MORNING TO OUR REGULAR COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON JANUARY THE 14TH.
WE'RE HERE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURTROOM AT THE NEX.
WE HAVE TWO OF OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE NEWLY ELECTED THAT ARE AT SCHOOL TODAY OR THE REST OF THIS WEEK.
SO WE'RE GONNA BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY COMMISSIONER MOORE AND THEN COMMISSIONER PHELPS IS GOING TO DO THE PLEDGES IF YOU'D JOIN ME PLEASE.
FATHER LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALWAYS SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
LORD, GIVE US THE WISDOM TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT YOU'D HAVE US DECIDE LORD.
AND WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIRE POLICE, LORD.
WE ALSO WANNA KEEP THE FIREFIGHTERS IN CALIFORNIA AND OUR PRAYERS WITH ALL THE BURNING STUFF'S GOING ON THERE FOR THEIR SAFETY AND ALL THE TRAGEDY THAT'S TAKEN PLACE IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD AND GIVE THEM SOME RELIEF.
LORD, I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE LOVE YOU SHOW US EACH AND EVERY DAY.
BE WITH OUR LEADERSHIP FROM WASHINGTON ALL THE WAY HERE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WE PRAY THESE THING YOUR SON'S HOLY NAME.
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WE STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE BE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE IN IVIS.
[1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.]
ANY ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE THIS MORNING FROM ANYONE? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.[2. CONSENT AGENDA]
ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.HAVE Y'ALL HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE AND IF SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, CHANGES OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR MR. PHIPPS MAKES THE MOTION AND I'LL SECOND.
[3. Cortney Gladney: Discuss/Present the 4th Quarter 2024 Analysis for the Collections Department.]
IS GOING TO PRESENT THE FOURTH QUARTER 24 ANALYSIS FOR THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT.SO YES, I DO HAVE HERE THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2024.
UH, I THINK WE ROUNDED OFF THE YEAR IN GOOD FASHION.
UM, WE HAVE A TOTAL COLLECTIONS FOR OUR FOURTH QUARTER OF $348,410 AND 10 CENTS.
UH, WHILE WE DID GO DOWN ONE POINT 66, UH, PERCENT FROM OUR PREVIOUS QUARTER, UH, THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 28 POINT 82%, UH, IN COMPARISON TO THE SAME PERIOD OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S A BIG, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR COURTNEY? NONE ENTERTAINED A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
MR. MOORE MAKES THE MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
AT THAT POINT I THOUGHT YOU WOULD MR. PHELPS SECOND.
[4. Sheriff Beavers: Discuss/Present the Kaufman County Sheriffs Office Financial Monthly Reports for November 2024 and December 2024.]
THE SHERIFF IS OUT SICK, SO WE'RE GOING, HE ASKS US TO PUT THIS ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA.[5. Commissioner Moore: Discuss/Consider/Approve Precinct 4 2019 Road Bond funding transfer in the amount of $100,000.00.]
FIVE IS COMMISSIONER MOORE DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROVING PRECINCT FOR 2019 ROAD BOND FUNDING TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND.WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS MOVING SOME OF THE BOND MONEY OVER TO A BOND ROAD 40 31 ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PUT IN A CONCRETE CULVERT SYSTEM.
SO WE HAVE MAJOR FLOOD ISSUES ON 40 31.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HELP THAT.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.
HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE TO HAVE A SECOND.
[6. Shannon Roden: Discuss/Consider/Approve the replat of Lot 12 J Beautiful Acres located on North 2nd Street and Oak Trail in Precinct 4.]
SHE'S GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT CONSIDERING IMPROVING THE REPL OF LOT 12 J IN BEAUTIFUL ACRES LOCATED ON NORTH SECOND STREET IN IN OAK TRAIL IN PRECINCT FOUR.SO THIS LOT IS ABOUT FIVE ACRES AND IT'S BEING SPLIT INTO FOUR ACRES, WHICH ARE EACH ABOUT ONE ACRE.
UH, IT'S A PRETTY LARGE SUBDIVISION, SO A LOT OF NOTICES WERE SENT OUT.
AS OF TODAY, I'VE RECEIVED ONE PHONE CALL FROM ONE CONCERNED PROPERTY OWNER.
I EXPLAINED WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
THE PUBLIC WAS NOTIFIED VIA THE NEWSPAPER AD AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL.
SO EACH LOT ONE USEABLE ACRE? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND ALL OF THE APPROVALS WERE SUBMITTED WITH THE AGENDA PACKET.
THEY'VE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
NO, MR. MORRIS, THIS PRECINCT MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[7. Andy Pitts/Trenis Ramsey: Present/Discuss a potential concept for a Juvenile Detention Center.]
YOUR TRINI, WHAT YOU ON ONE OF Y'ALL PRESENT AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL CONCEPT FOR JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.COULD THIS LET THAT PLUGGED IN? YEAH, I COULD'VE WOULDN THAT.
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SORRY.YEAH, THIS WILL BE REALLY NEW FOR YOUR SUE.
YES, AGAIN, ANDY PITTS, UH, WITH TRAINER ARCHITECTS.
UM, THE SUMMARY OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITY REPORT, UM, TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT THIS MORNING, KINDA GIVE YOU A HIGHLIGHT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS THAT BEGAN TO LOOK AT YOUR EXISTING KIDS FROM THE BOOKINGS, AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE KIDS, HOW POPULATION GROWTH IN THE COUNTY BEGINS TO IMPACT IT.
AND ULTIMATELY HOW MANY BEDS THAT WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT FOR THE DETENTION FACILITY.
THEN HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE INTO A PROGRAM? OBVIOUSLY HOW BIG THAT BECOMES, HOW DOES THAT BEGIN TO LAY OUT BOTH ON THE SITE AND THE BUILDING AND THEN ULTIMATELY HOW MUCH DOES THAT BUILDING BEGIN TO COST? SO WE WORKED WITH PATRICK JABLONSKI, UH, FOR THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS.
HE DID A PRESENTATION WITH THE JUVENILE BOARD ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO.
BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION, THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY AND THE NUMBER OF BOOKINGS, THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT COME IN CONTACT WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
AND WHAT THAT BEGINS TO LOOK AT IS WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT HOW MANY KIDS WE HAVE WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND WHAT DO THOSE KIDS END UP BREAKING DOWN FROM CHARACTERISTICS.
SO WE LOOKED AT THE AGE OF THE KIDS, HOW POPULATIONS BEGIN TO CHANGE THAT.
UM, HOW EVALUATE FROM BOTH AN AGE POPULATION, RACE, GENDER, BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE FUTURE.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE BEGIN TO ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIDS ARE NOT ACTUALLY BEING HELD WITHIN DETENTION.
SO THERE'S A CONTINGENCY THAT THERE'S NOT AVAILABLE BED SPACE OR WE'RE NOT UNABLE TO TRANSPORT THOSE KIDS IS A NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THERE'S KIDS THAT GO BACK TO THEIR GUARDIANS AND RELEASED THAT DON'T GO INTO DETENTION.
WHAT DOES THAT IMPACT? THERE'S KIDS THAT HAVE PROBATION VIOLATIONS OR DRUG TEST VIOLATIONS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE FACILITY.
ALSO, THERE'S ALSO KIDS THAT ARE ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING.
SO BEGIN TO LOOK AT TOTALLY HOW MANY OF THOSE KIDS BEGIN TO ADD UP.
THAT THEN GIVES US AN IDEA OF HOW BIG OF A FACILITY WE SHOULD HAVE GOING FORWARD.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE AVERAGED OUT DAILY POPULATION IN 2024, WE AVERAGED OUT TO ABOUT 7.23 KIDS PER DAY.
NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAD JUST SEVEN KIDS, BUT IN AND OUT THROUGHOUT THE TIME PERIOD.
THAT'S WHAT THAT BEGINS TO AVERAGE OUT.
IF WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT AN ADD-ON KIDS THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO TRANSPORT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A BED OR THEY WERE RELEASED BACK TO THEIR GUARDIAN, WE'RE NOW THEY'RE ADDING ANOTHER 1.2 AND ANOTHER ONE PERSON, WE ALSO THEN BEGIN TO LOOK AT THOSE KIDS THAT HAVE PROBATION VIOLATIONS, THOSE KIDS THAT ARE ALSO ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING.
WHAT DOES THAT BEGIN TO LOOK LIKE? AND ULTIMATELY THAT ADDS UP TO 10.12 KIDS PER DAY IN AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION.
WE THEN BEGIN TO USE THAT AS OUR BENCHMARK ON TOP OF OUR POPULATION PROJECTIONS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY BEDS WE POTENTIALLY NEED FOR THIS FACILITY.
SO THEN WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE POPULATION AND THE PROJECTIONS FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY AND WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE POPULATION CHANGE BUT THE POPULATION CHANGE WITHIN THE AGE GROUP THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO THAT 10 TO 17-YEAR-OLD, WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT ABOUT FROM 20, FROM 2024 TO 2050, ALMOST A DOUBLING IN THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY POPULATION.
AND WAS THAT BEGIN TO MEAN WE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE TO FACTOR OTHER THINGS ON TOP OF IT IS WE LOOK AT NUMBER OF BEDS, WE LOOK AT THE POPULATION FLUCTUATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE AN EVENT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, YOU GOTTA BRING MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN.
THAT PEAK NUMBER'S GONNA GO UP.
AND SO WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT A PEAKING FACTOR OF ABOUT 12% TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE ISOLATION EVENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE TIMES WHERE WE MAY HAVE TWO CO-DEFENDANTS OR WE HAVE A MALE AND A FEMALE, OR WE HAVE DIFFERENT GANG AFFILIATIONS OR WE JUST HAVE PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T GET ALONG.
WE NEED TO SEPARATE THAT POPULATION WITHIN THE FACILITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A CLASSIFICATION FACTOR.
AND IT APPLIES TO ANOTHER 15%.
SO THEN IF WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT ON THAT BOTTOM LINE, UH, FOR 2050 GOING FORWARD, AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION IS ABOUT 22.
YOU ADD THE PEAKING FACTOR AND THE CLASSIFICATION FACTOR ON TOP OF THAT, YOU GET UP TO A BED NEED OF 45.
AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WE WERE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 24, 32 TO 40 BEDS AS POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR THIS FACILITY.
SO THEN THAT BEGINS TO TRANSLATE INTO HOW BIG OF A FACILITY DO WE NEED.
SO WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE HOUSING, THE NUMBER OF BEDS.
UH, THE TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DIVISION HAS REQUIREMENTS ON THE SIZE OF THOSE BEDROOMS, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE PER KID WHAT THOSE RATIOS ARE FOR THE KIDS WITHIN THE FACILITY.
WE ALSO BEGIN TO LOOK AT INTAKE.
SO HAVING A SECURE PLACE TO BE ABLE TO BRING KIDS IN AND OUTTA THE FACILITY, EDUCATION SPACE, RECREATION, DINING, ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT SPACES FOR THIS BUILDING.
AND THEN ALSO THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE FOR TRENT AND HIS STAFF.
SO WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT HOW THAT BECOME, HOW LARGE OF FACILITY THAT IS.
AGAIN, THAT 24 BED IS ROUGHLY 35,000 GROSS SQUARE FEET, 37 8 FOR A 32 BED.
THERE'S AN INCRE, UH, OBVIOUSLY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BEDS.
BUT ALSO AS WE GOT INTO THE 40 BED, WE ALSO LOOKED AT ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM SPACE THAT WOULD SUPPORT THOSE ADDITIONAL KIDS WITHIN THAT BUILDING.
WE ALSO TALKED WITH TRANSCENDENT STAFF ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT
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AND INCLUDING A-J-J-A-A-P ON THIS PROGRAM.SO AS A JUVENILE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
SO WE WERE PROVIDING THREE CLASSROOMS FOR A DAY SCHOOL.
THESE ARE KIDS THAT ARE NOT INSECURE DETENTION, BUT THEY COME TO THE FACILITY FOR SCHOOL ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO THERE'LL ALSO BE STUDENT SUPPORT, RESTROOMS, SO FORTH, STAFF SUPPORT OFFICES, AND THEN ALSO BUILDING SUPPORT.
WE TIED IT TO THE EXISTING BUILDING SO THAT WAY WE COULD UTILIZE THE EXISTING MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. STAFF COULD EASILY BE MOVED BACK AND FORTH AND YOU CAN UTILIZE THE KITCHEN TO PROVIDE DINING SERVICES FOR THIS BUILDING.
WE ALSO APPLY WHAT WE'RE CALLING TRAUMA-INFORMED DESIGN PRINCIPLES AS WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT HOW THIS BUILDING LAYS OUT.
AND IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON THE STAFF AND THE YOUTH THAT PROVIDE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TREATMENT AND THE CARE THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, PRACTICAL THINGS THAT WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT FROM SAFETY AND SECURITY TO UH, EMPOWERMENT OF THEM AND WHAT DOES THAT BEGIN TO MEAN FROM HOW THE BUILDING BEGINS TO LAY OUT.
WE ALSO LOOK AT HOW KIDS RESPOND WITHIN TRAUMA ENVIRONMENTS.
THE FOUR WAYS THAT THOSE REALLY BREAK DOWN, FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE AND FAWN.
AND WHAT OF THOSE THEN TRANSLATE INTO ACTUAL SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDING.
SO IF YOU HAVE A KID IN A TRAUMA SITUATION, THEIR THING IS TO FIGHT.
IS GIVING THEM THAT EXERCISE, THAT LARGE MOVEMENT ABILITY WITHIN THE ABILITY TO TAKE THAT ENERGY OUT.
OR IF YOU HAVE A KID WHO WANTS TO FIGHT OR FREEZE, IT'S PROVIDING THEM THOSE SPACES WITHIN THE FACILITY THAT CAN HAVE THAT CALMING EFFECT, THAT PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET THE TREATMENT AND THEN ALSO HAVE THE SUCCESS GOING FORWARD.
SO AS WE BEGIN TO LAY THIS OUT ON THE SITE, AGAIN, WE LOOKED AT DEVELOPING A 24, A 32 AND A 40 BED FACILITY WITH THE J-J-A-A-P.
WE LOOKED AT HOW WE COULD BREAK DOWN THE HOUSING UNITS TO PROVIDE YOU THE GENDER SEPARATION, THE CLASSIFICATION, AND THE MOST FLEXIBLE WAY THAT WOULD ALSO MINIMIZE YOUTH MOVEMENT THAT WOULD THEN MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT YOU CAN MONITOR WITH THE FEWEST NUMBER OF STAFF.
WE WANTED TO CREATE A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM IN EDUCATION SPACES THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO ADAPT OVER TIME.
AND IT ALSO PROVIDES SECURE INTAKE AND MEDICAL TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE KIDS AND ULTIMATELY HAVE THAT TRAUMA-INFORMED DESIGN PRO PRACTICES THAT REINFORCE THE TREATMENT AND THE RECOVERY.
SO AS WE LOOKED AT LAYING THIS OUT ON THE SITE, UH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THAT WE'VE GOT THE FEMA FLOODPLAIN.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAYED OUT OF THAT FLOODPLAIN TO MITIGATE COST ASSOCIATED WITH ANY MITIGATION THERE.
WE PROVIDED ACCESS OFF OF THE TWO NEW ROADS THAT ARE BEING BUILT.
WE SEPARATED THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC PARKING AREAS AND WE ALLOWED THE ABILITY TO EXPAND AS WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT A 24 BED.
AND WHAT THAT BEGINS TO LOOK LIKE, IT IS TWO EIGHT BED UNITS AS AGAIN, KIDS ARE BROKEN DOWN TO A ONE BY EIGHT RATIO, WHICH IS THE STATE REQUIREMENT.
AND SO WE USE THAT EIGHT RATIO THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AND THEN WE HAVE A TWO FOUR BED UNITS TO ALLOW THEM THAT CLASSIFICATION AND THAT SEPARATION IN THAT FLEXIBLE HOUSING UNIT.
TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT HOW THAT BEGINS TO LAYOUT, THE FRONT ENTRY IS RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER OF IT.
PUBLIC LOBBY OFF OF THAT LOBBY IS ACCESS TO VISITATION, BOTH PRIVATE UH, SECURE AND CONTACT NON-CONTACT FOR KIDS.
AND THEN BELOW THAT IS THE OFFICES FOR PROBATION SERVICES, COURT SERVICES FOR THE JUVENILES.
THE PURPLE AREA THAT'S TO THE TOP IS THE SECURE INTAKE.
SO THAT IS WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN BE ABLE TO SECURELY BRING A KID INTO THE BUILDING, BE ABLE TO PROCESS 'EM THERE.
MEDICAL IS ADJACENT TO THAT TO PROVIDE THE MENTAL HEALTH EXAMS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED AS THEY ENTER THE FACILITY.
AND IN THE BIG BLUE BOX IN THE MIDDLE IS INDOOR RECREATION.
IT'S JUST SHY OF A HALF COURT GYM THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THAT SPACE.
WORKING THEN TO THE PLAN LEFT, THE YELLOW THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM PART OF THAT IS THE EDUCATION AREA.
THE TOP HALF OF THAT BEING FOR SECURE DETENTION HOUSING, THE BOTTOM HALF BEING THEN FOR THE JJAP IT WOULD HAVE ITS OWN FRONT DOOR SO KIDS AND STAFF COULD COME AND GO FROM THAT AREA.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN OUTDOOR RECREATION SPACE THAT ALLOW THE KIDS TO HAVE THAT OUTDOOR SPACE AND OUTDOOR MOVEMENT AND ALSO FOR YOU TO HAVE UM, DIFFERENT POPULATIONS HAVING RECREATION AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEN IF WE MOVE BACK TO THE HOUSING, YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THE TWO EIGHT BED LAYOUTS, THE TWO FOUR BED, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE LITTLE L TURN WITHIN THAT EIGHT BED.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE BROKEN OUT TWO THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
IF YOU HAVE KIDS THAT DON'T GET ALONG, HOW CAN YOU STILL SEPARATE 'EM AND STILL MAINTAIN THAT ONE TO EIGHT STAFF RATIO? IF WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT A 32 BED, INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO EIGHTS, WE HAVE FOUR EIGHTS.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING THAT AND MIRRORING THAT GOING OUT.
AND IF YOU BEGIN TO BE THE LOOK AT A 40 BED, YOU WOULD THEN ADD THE ADDITIONAL TWO FOUR BEDS ON TOP OF THAT.
AS WE BEGIN TO ALSO LOOK AT THE COST, UM, WE BEGIN TO DEVELOP BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WHICH YOU OFTEN HEAR IS HARD COST.
AND IN THE PROJECT COST, WHICH IS OFTEN CALLED SOFT COSTS.
SOFT COSTS INCLUDE THE PROFESSIONAL FEES, OWNER'S CONTINGENCY, GEOTECH, SURVEY CONSTRUCTION TESTING, AND THEN FURNITURE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT.
SO IT'S THE STUFF THAT YOU DON'T PAY THE CONTRACTOR THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THOSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT ULTIMATELY TIES TO TOTALS UP TO THE TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR THE PROJECT.
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UH, WE'VE ALSO, UM, BASED THESE UPON RECENT PROJECTS, WE JUST BID WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, UH, AND USED THOSE NUMBERS.PLUS I WORKED WITH THE LOCAL CONTRACTOR IN DALLAS TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THIS AND GIVE US SOME PRICING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
ALSO, WE ALSO HAD INCREASED COST FOR THIS, UH, STRUCTURAL SLAB TO ACCOMMODATE THE SOIL CONDITIONS THAT ARE PREVALENT OUT IN THIS AREA.
WE INCLUDED A 5% DE DESIGN CONTINGENCY AND A 5% OWNER'S CONTINGENCY IN THESE BUDGET.
AND WE'RE USING THESE AS 2020 $5, ASSUMING 2026 CONSTRUCTION STARTS.
SO IF WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT WHAT A 24, 32 AND 40 BED IS, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE CONSTRUCTION COST AND THE SOFT COST.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT JUST SHY OF 40 MILLION FOR THE 24 AND JUST SHY OF 50 MILLION, FOUR 40.
AND IN RECOGNIZING OUR TARGET IS TO TRY TO GET WITHIN THAT 40 MILLION, WHAT WE WOULD DO GOING FORWARD IS BE ABLE TO WORK WITH TR AND HIS TEAM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THOSE PROGRAMS, HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE THE BED SPACE AND STILL STAY WITHIN THOSE PROJECT COSTS GOING FORWARD.
SO REALLY THE NEXT STEPS IS TO FINALIZE THOSE BED NUMBERS AND BUDGETS, UH, IS TO WORK WITH TR TEAM NOT ONLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT THEN ALSO TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL COSTS.
WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GONNA COST GOING FORWARD AND THEN HELP YOU DEVELOP ANY THINGS THAT YOU MAY NEED AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN YOUR REFERENDUM PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM YOU.
WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
I THINK WE'VE ALL, WE JUST SAW THIS A LITTLE BIT AGO.
SO I DON'T, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS NO, I, I WAS GONNA ASK, UM, THE OPERATIONAL, Y'ALL DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THAT AND THAT'S GONNA BE SEPARATE? SEPARATE.
YEAH, THAT'S, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE RIGHT NOW TO UNDERSTAND HOW BIG IT IS AND THEN I'LL BEGIN TO WORK WITH TR ON THE OPERATIONAL COSTS.
YEAH, AND I CAUGHT SOME OF THAT EARLIER, SO I WAS LISTENED TO SOME OF THAT BETTER, SIR.
MR. NUT, APPRECIATE ON THE YES SIR.
ON THE, THAT'S THE ONE THING I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T GET THE FIRST TIME ON THE EACH POD'S EIGHT, RIGHT? YES SIR.
SO YOU HAVE ONE KIND OF GIRL EIGHT AND ONE BOYS EIGHT AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IF WE DID 24, THEN THE THIRD ONE IS ALSO JUST ONE.
UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IF IT'S ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE BOYS, ARE THEY STILL SEPARATED? I MEAN, OR DO THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT RED LINE? NO SIR.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO SEPARATE MALES AND FEMALES.
UH, AND SO THE, THE HOPE WOULD BE IS ACTUALLY WITHIN THAT EIGHT BED, THE WAY I KIND OF BROKE OFF THOSE TWO RIGHT, IS A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL UTILIZE THOSE TWO FOR FEMALE HOUSING, UHHUH,
BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WAY IT'LL ALLOW YOU TO MAXIMIZE THAT STAFFING.
SO WE COULD, WE COULD REALLY SPLIT THE IT TO 12 AND 12 IN A SENSE OR SOMETHING.
NO, YOUR STAFF RATIO IS STILL ONE TO EIGHT DURING, DURING THE DAYTIME AND ONE TO 16 AT NINE EITHER TO BE 16 OR EIGHT.
THERE'S YEAH, I'M TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO MAXIMIZE THAT STUFF.
THERE'S NO WAY TO MINIMIZE THAT.
ALRIGHT, THAT WORKS MR. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
WE'LL BE TALKING TO YOU IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
[8. Laura Hughes/Nathan Collins: Discuss/Consider/Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Tyler Technologies for County Software Configuration update (HB 2384) to be paid for using Records Management Funds.]
OKAY, MS. LAURA AND NATHAN, WHICH ONE OF Y'ALL GONNA, ARE BOTH OF Y'ALL GONNA COME UP? THEY WANT TO DISCUSS AND THEY FIRST TO APPROVE OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE COUNTY SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION UPDATE HB 2384 TO BE PAID FOR USING RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUNDS.WE BASICALLY HAVE HAD TO COMPLETE A REPORT FOR OCA.
IT'S CALLED HOUSE BILL 2384 AND THE TYLER PROGRAM TO CREATE THE REPORT WENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1920.
AND, AND SO OUR NUMBERS WERE HUGELY EXAGGERATED.
WE GOT THE NUMBERS, WE FILLED OUT THE REPORTS, BUT WE ARE DOING A CLEANUP RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE GONNA USE RECORDS MANAGEMENT MONEY TO, TO DO THAT AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH TANNER 'CAUSE THOSE GUYS HAVE BEEN LIKE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT WITH ME ON THE TYLER STUFF.
KIND OF LIKE NATE DANNER WAS THIS MORNING WITH THE OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR WITH THE AYE A MOTION.
WELL THANK LORD TALK TO YOU AFTER NATHAN DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
[9. Auditor; Discuss/Consider line-item and budget transfers/corrections.]
LINE ITEM.WE HAVE ONE LINE ITEM TRANSFER FOR Y'ALL'S APPROVAL THIS WEEK.
WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT 'CAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY TOMMY'S
I'LL MOTION COMMISSIONER PHELPS MO UH, SECOND FOR MR. MOORE.
[10. Auditor; Discuss/Consider claims for payment and/or Financial Information as provided by the County Auditor.]
ALTER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.SO THIS WEEK WE HAVE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE INVOICES, UM, TOTALING $920,836
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AND 75 CENTS, UM, NO PAYROLL.UM, SO THAT IS MADE UP MOSTLY OF LEASE, UH, PAYMENTS AND EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT REPAIRS.
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO PAY.
MR. MOORE MAKES A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
A I'LL SECOND MR. FEL TO MAKE A SECOND.
YOU KNOW IT WAS ONE OF THE LOWER PAYMENTS THIS TIME WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.