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[1. To discuss the FY25-26 budget.]
OKAY.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING TODAY.
WE'RE HERE BACK AT THE, UH, ANNEX.
TODAY IS NOTHING BUT JUST A BUDGET WORKSHOP.
THERE'LL BE NO DECISIONS MADE TODAY.
THIS IS JUST A LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT DO.
WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING SCHEDULED AFTER THE 25TH WHEN WE GET OUR, UH, FINAL DOLLARS FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND THEN WE MEET THE MONDAY BEFORE WITH ALL THE NONPROFITS.
UH, SO FAR WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW ONES WHO WE'VE NOT, UH, SEEN BEFORE WHO ARE REQUESTING FUNDS, SO WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THAT GOES.
SO FAR, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM THE REQUEST FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, AND BRANDY PUT THIS TOGETHER AND HER STAFF, WHICH IS VERY INFORMATIVE.
WE'RE STILL ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS SHORT OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
SO TODAY SOME MAY WIN, SOME MAY LOSE, BUT NOTHING WILL BE FINAL UNTIL AFTER THE 25TH WHEN WE KNOW WHAT OUR TRUE NUMBERS ARE.
SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET TOO EXCITED JUST YET.
SO BRANDY, IF YOU WILL EXPLAIN TO THE COMMISSIONERS ALL THREE PROPOSALS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
SO THE FIRST PAGE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS GOING TO BE A PROPOSAL BASED ON 4% COLA, A 10 YEAR STEP FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MOVING IT FROM A 12 YEAR STEP TO A 10 YEAR STEP.
I SAY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ALL OF THE PAY REQUESTS, ALL IN EVERY SINGLE REQUEST THAT'S BEEN ASKED, THE NUMBERS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT FIGURE.
SO IF YOU FLIP OVER TO THE BACK WITH A 4% COLA 10 YEAR STEP, ALL PAY REQUESTS WERE OVER BUDGET BY 359,000.
THAT IS INCLUDING IN EVERY ONE OF THIS, THESE PROJECTIONS.
IT INCLUDES A CONTINGENCY OF A MILLION DOLLARS, A UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF $3 MILLION.
UM, SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL TO, AND WE, AND WE HAD THE SAME MILLION DOLLARS IN CONTINGENCY THIS YEAR.
WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 200,000, MAYBE LESS NOW ABOUT THAT.
UH, SO WE HAVE TO MONITOR THAT.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DIP INTO THE, UH, FUND BALANCE AT ALL.
WE STILL NEED TO BUILD UP OUR RESERVE PROGRAM, OUR FUND BALANCE.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT WHERE WE'D LIKE FOR IT TO BE.
SO EVENTUALLY WE NEED TO GET TO SIX MONTHS IF WE CAN.
SO WITH THIS ONE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OVER THREE.
WHERE WE NEED, WE HAVE TO BE HONESTLY.
SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THE PAST AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT TREND, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MAKE THIS THING RUN.
AND SO WE'LL START OFF FIRST, UH, MS. DY, IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND WE'LL GO OVER YOUR REQUEST AND, AND WHAT WE'LL DO TODAY IS JUST SAY, UH, WELL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA VOTE.
UH, SO WE'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF A, LOOKS GOOD MAYBE OR PROBABLY NOT.
AND I DID WANNA SAY ONE OTHER THING IS THAT IN THESE PROPOSALS, IT IS ASSUMING THAT WE KEEP THE SAME TAX RATE AS WELL.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO UP ON THE TAX.
WE'RE ASSUMING THAT IT WE'RE KEEPING THE SAME TAX RATE.
SO DID YOU GENTLEMEN, WANT ME TO GO BACK THROUGH THE REQUESTS THAT I WENT THROUGH BEFORE? DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS THAT WERE MADE? HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS, IF YOU WILL, WERE WE WERE DISCUSSING AN INCREASE IN ELECTION JUDGE AND CLERK SALARIES OF $2 TO MAKE THEM 18 FOR JUDGES AND 16 FOR CLERKS AND ALTERNATE JUDGES.
WE WERE LOOKING TO REPLACE LAPTOPS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
UM, THE ADDITION OF A CELL PHONE STIPEND FOR OUR CHIEF DEPUTY BECAUSE WE DO USE THAT CELL PHONE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
IN ADDITION TO MINE, WE DISCUSSED A CAR ALLOWANCE ELECTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE AT A COST OF $5,750 ANNUALLY.
THE PURCHASE OF TWO VEHICLES, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CONSISTING OF ONE REPLACING THE EXISTING LEASE THAT EXPIRES ON OUR VAN AND ADDING AN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE TO FLEET RESPONSE.
I DO WANNA MAKE IT, UM, CLEAR THAT ON THESE VEHICLES WE DO GET REIMBURSED MILEAGE FROM THE ENTITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THESE ELECTIONS.
SO WE DO GET SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK BECAUSE WE DO ACCOUNT FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE USE
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DURING AN ELECTION.THE CARS THAT, THE CARS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR A RESPONSE, I'M SORRY, THE CARS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR MM-HMM
RESPONSE, THEY ARE THEIR RESPONSE FOR TRAVEL.
ALSO WHAT WE, WE USE OUR PERSONAL CARS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT BECAUSE OUR VAN IS ALREADY ON OR ROUTE TO DO OUR NORMAL THINGS.
AND WHEN PEOPLE CALL, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT TO GO FROM ONE END OF THE COUNTY TO THE OTHER.
WE WE SEND SOMEBODY YOU MEAN DURING ELECTION, RIGHT? CORRECT.
DURING THE ELECTIONS, IS THAT THE ONLY TIME YOU REALLY USE THEM IN THAT CAPACITY? YES.
OTHER THAN, LIKE I SAID, FOR TRAVEL, WE DO USE THOSE WHEN WE HAVE LARGE CONFERENCES, WE TRY TO GROUP TOGETHER IN ONE VEHICLE AND GO, OH, WHAT WAS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THE VEHICLES? THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THOSE VEHICLES WAS ROUGHLY FOR BOTH VEHICLES.
WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT $140,000 OUTRIGHT.
BUT YOU'RE BUYING SOMETHING LIKE UH, EXPEDITIONS OR SUBURBAN SUBURBANS FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.
SO WE HAVE NOT ONLY THAT SPACE, BUT WE HAVE THE SAFETY BECAUSE IN 22 WE WERE OUT IN ICE WHEN THE COUNTY WAS CLOSED, POLLING LOCATIONS WERE OPEN.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO PROBABLY LOOK AT.
DO WE PURCHASE THOSE OR DO WE LEASE THOSE AS WE NEED THEM? I DON'T THINK YOU CAN LEASE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.
THROUGH ENTERPRISE AND THROUGH, UH, BECAUSE I'VE LEASED THEM TO GO TO COLORADO CAMP.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL LOOK AT.
THEN PERHAPS WE PURCHASE ONE AND RENT THE OTHER IN ADDITION DURING THE PRIMARY, PRIMARY RENTAL OFF YEARS.
YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS DURING ELECTION VERSUS 145,000.
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO BUDGET SAFELY.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN A BIND WITH ELECTIONS AND THEN SOMETHING STATE COME DOWN ON US.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT WORK ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
WE WERE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A DIRECT WEBPAGE, UH, SLASH VOTER EDUCATION PORTAL.
WE'VE CONSISTENTLY HEARD FROM OUR PUBLIC FOR WHEN THEY MOVED TO OUR COUNTY FROM OTHER COUNTIES.
THEY'RE USED TO GOING ON THEIR WEBSITES, BEING ABLE TO PUT IN THEIR ADDRESS, PICK UP THEIR OWN PERSONALIZED SAMPLE BALLOT, LOOK AT THEIR DISTRICTS.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT OUR CURRENT WEBPAGE CAN CURRENTLY DO.
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
OUR CURRENT WEBPAGE, AS YOU KNOW, IS VERY STATIC.
WE CAN ONLY PUT THE DATA THERE AND THEY HAVE TO CLICK ON A PDF.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO LOOK AT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I CONSIDER A VERY SMALL PURCHASE BECAUSE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND INITIAL SETUP, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $30,000.
BUT THAT DOES INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT VOTER INTERACTION SOLELY WITHOUT VOTERS GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE CLICKS OR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO GETTING IN OTHER PLACES.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR, UH, IT DEPARTMENT COULD TAKE CARE OF? NO, THEY CAN'T.
NO, WE WERE LOOKING AT MOVING TO, IN ADDITION TO OUR IN-PERSON TRAINING SESSIONS, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT ADDING AN ONLINE PORTAL FOR OUR WORKERS.
THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE CUSTOM VIDEOS MADE OF OUR STEPS, OUR PROCESSES, OUR EQUIPMENT STEP BY STEP WHERE THEY COULD GO THROUGH THAT TRAINING PROCESS ONLINE.
BECAUSE THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT ABLE TO COME TO AN IN-PERSON CLASS.
WE'VE HAD WORKERS, ESPECIALLY IN A NOVEMBER ELECTION, THEY WORK THE FAIR.
A LOT OF OUR TRAINING CLASSES FOR EARLY VOTING, THEY TAKE PLACE DURING THOSE FAIR HOURS.
THERE'S NOT A LOT WE CAN DO FOR THAT.
THE FAIR HAS, ITS DES DE DEDICATED TIME TO RUN, BUT WE HAVE A DEDICATED TIME FOR TRAINING BECAUSE EARLY VOTING STARTS.
SO WE CAN'T ADJUST THOSE TRAININGS.
WE CAN'T MOVE THEM OUT ANY EARLIER.
SO THIS WOULD JUST BE GIVING THEM A WAY TO DO THAT ONLINE.
UM, THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS A BIG ASK BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $30,000 FOR THAT TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
AND THEN THE YEARLY FEE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FOR THAT WOULD BE 8,000 A YEAR TO MAINTAIN THAT PORTAL.
DO THE OTHER ENTITIES WHO ARE IN ELECTION HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT? NO.
WE DID ASK FOR AN INCREASE, UM, IN PERSONNEL FOR ADDITIONAL PART-TIME STAFF RATHER THAN FULL-TIME STAFF TO HELP SAVE THE COUNTY SOME FUNDS ON BENEFITS.
BUT WE ARE GONNA NEED THAT ADDITIONAL PART-TIME STAFF DUE TO LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.
THE NUMBERS I'VE GIVEN BRANDY WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS, EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF THAT PART-TIME STAFF, BECAUSE OUR PROCESSES ARE GONNA BE CHANGING DUE TO THOSE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES MADE, ESPECIALLY WITH SENATE BILL 2216, WHICH COMPLETELY CHANGES OUR L AND A PROCESS, OUR TESTING PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR POSTMAN COUNT, THOSE ITEMS NOW CAN'T BE DONE BY MY OFFICE.
IT HAS TO BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BALLOT BOARD.
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ARE PAID.THAT'S NOT A FREEBIE, YOU KNOW, WITH US WHEN IT WAS JUST OUR STAFF DOING IT, THAT'S THEIR NORMAL WORK DAY.
THAT'S, THIS IS GONNA TAKE OTHER PEOPLE.
SO THAT, THAT IS GONNA BE A BIG THING.
UM, BUT THE ADDITIONAL PART-TIME STAFF WILL PREVENT WORKERS' COMP COSTS, BENEFIT COSTS TO THE COUNTY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
WE WERE LOOKING TO ADD $30,000 TO OUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT JUST AS A PROVISION IN THE EVENT SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENS.
IF WE DO HAVE A LOT OF LAPTOPS THAT WE USED DURING EARLY VOTING, WE HAVE NOT REPLACED THOSE YET BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW HOW THE EACS DECISION IS GONNA GO WITH THE BARCODES ON THE BALLOTS THAT WE CURRENTLY USE.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SET UP A TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER, BUT AS OF YET, THEY HAVE NOT MANDATED THAT CHANGE.
THERE ARE TWO OTHER COUNTIES WHO HAVE WENT AHEAD AND MADE THE CHANGE TO BALLOT ON DEMAND AND THAT WOULD BE COLIN AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
UM, WE HAVE NOT MADE THAT DEMAND YET.
WE ARE STILL PAYING ON OUR MARKETING DEVICES.
YOU KNOW, WE PURCHASED THAT 100 AND WE HAD TO SPLIT THAT FINANCING UP BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT CHEAP MACHINES.
SO IF WE ARE LOOKING TO HOLD ONTO OUR MONEY THAT WE WERE GONNA USE FOR PULL BOOKS IN CASE WE HAVE TO REPLACE OUR CURRENT EQUIPMENT.
SO WHAT'S THE DROP DATE ON THAT? THEY DON'T HAVE A DROP DATE.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THEY'RE CURRENTLY REVIEWING IT AND THEY'VE SET UP THEIR TECHNICAL COMMITTEES AND WHAT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE DECISION'S GONNA COME.
I HOPE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION FROM THE STATE LATER THIS WEEK.
UM, I ALSO HAVE A CALL WITH THE EAC PART OF THEIR GROUP THAT I'M A MEMBER IN TO DISCUSS WHERE THEY MAY BE LEANING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT THEY HAVEN'T TOLD US IF THEY DO CHANGE SOMETHING, THEN WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT EQUIPMENT AND GETTING IT HERE, GETTING CHANGES DONE IN ORDER FOR THE NOVEMBER.
AND THE SAD THING IS, IS THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO UTILIZE AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE DEVICES AT EVERY LOCATION TO ACCOMMODATE CURBSIDE VOTING AND VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME IF IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ONE, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ALL.
WE DID DISCUSS WITH BRANDY ROLLING OVER OUR VOTING EQUIPMENT AND ELECTION SOFTWARE LINE ITEMS BECAUSE WE HAD ALLOCATED TO REPLACE OUR EEP POLL BOOKS.
AND WE HAVE NOT BECAUSE WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING TO REPLACE THAT VOTING EQUIPMENT AND GO TO THAT BALLOT ON DEMAND.
AND THAT'LL BE A SUBSTANTIAL, SUBSTANTIAL COST.
WHAT ESTIMATED COST ON THAT? WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A LITTLE UNDER 750,000 TO GET RID OF THOSE UNITS AND PURCHASE SOME PRINTERS TO USE AS A BALLOT ON DEMAND FEATURE.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TWO PAYMENTS ON THAT EQUIPMENT AS WELL.
SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE OLD EQUIPMENT? WHO DO YOU SELL IT TO? YOU DON'T
IT'S AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE PRESIDENT.
IF IT'S FEDERAL, IT'S GONNA BE BECOME NATIONWIDE.
WHY? IT'S A LOT OF WASTE OF MONEY.
AND THAT $750,000 ESTIMATE IS JUST FOR US, IF MY VENDOR IS WILLING TO TAKE OUR EXISTING PAYMENTS AND ROLL THEM OVER TOWARDS THIS PURCHASE OF NEW VOTING EQUIPMENT.
I DON'T HOW THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES WHEN THEY SAY, OH, WELL NOW THEY'RE MARKETING NEW EQUIPMENT THAT DOESN'T CONTAIN THOSE BARCODES.
BUT GOING TO THAT WOULD BE, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT CLOSE TO 1.5 MILLION.
WELL, SO I KINDA GOTTA HAVE US OVER A BARREL A LITTLE BIT.
DO WE KNOW SOMETHING A LITTLE.
AND UH, THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN CONSERVATIVE AND WE HAVEN'T SPENT THAT MONEY TO REPLACE THOSE POLL BOOKS BECAUSE OUR VOTING EQUIPMENT, WE CAN DEAL WITH THE LAPTOPS A LITTLE LONGER OKAY.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO CONDUCT OUR ELECTIONS EFFICIENTLY.
UM, COUNTY ALL LINE ITEMS THAT WERE DELETED WERE THE MISCELLANEOUS LINE ITEM COUNTYWIDE.
SO WE REQUESTED THAT TO BE BROKEN UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS THAT WE WERE UTILIZING THAT MISCELLANEOUS FUND FOR.
AND THAT'S OUR EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION.
AND THEN UNIFORMS, WHICH IS FOR OUR FULL-TIME WORKERS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SHIRTS WITH THE EMBLEMS AND THE, WITH THE ROTTING ON.
UM, BUT WE DO WANNA KEEP OUR EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LINE ITEM GOING.
WE HOSTED OUR FIRST EVER EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DINNER THIS YEAR.
OUR WORKERS WERE VERY THANKFUL AS WHERE IT'S OUR POLITICAL PARTIES.
SO WE DO WANNA KEEP HONORING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO TAKE THE TIME TO SERVE DURING ALL THOSE ELECTIONS THROUGH THE YEAR.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR PART-TIME WHILE AGO.
WHAT ESTIMATE DID YOU HAVE ON THAT? ON MY PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, ON OUR EXTRA HELP, WE'RE LOOKING AT $105,400.
AND THAT IS JUST AN EXTRA HELP.
UH, THAT'S NOT INCLUDING OUR EARLY VOTING OR ELECTION
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DAY JUDGES OR OUR CENTRAL COUNT STAFF, EARLY VOTING JUDGES AND CLERKS FOR THE YEAR.AND WE DO GET SOME OF THIS BACK IF SOMEONE JOINS IN ON OUR BALLOTS OR WHEN WE'RE DOING THE MAY ELECTIONS, WHICH I HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR, UM, AS PART OF MY BUDGET.
UM, BUT THAT COMMITTEE COMES BACK COMPLETELY TO US FOR A MAY ELECTION IF THE COUNTY'S NOT ON IT.
YOU KIND OF GOT ME THIS YEAR WITH THAT SPECIAL.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 370,000, 2 44 ON EARLY VOTING JUDGES AND 85,325 ON ELECTION DAY JUDGES.
THE INCREASE FROM WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY TO WHERE SHE WANTS TO BE IS LINED OUT ON THE PAYROLL REQUEST SPREADSHEET SO THAT THOSE AMOUNTS ON THE PAYROLL REQUEST SPREADSHEET ARE THE ADDITION NU ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THAT SHE'S WANTING TO ADD FROM 25 TO 26.
WHAT ELSE? IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT.
AND THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES IN YOUR BUDGET THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET.
AND AND AGAIN, WHEN CONSIDERING SOME OF THESE ITEMS IN OUR BUDGET, WE DO HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR ELECTIONS THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN, BUT STILL DO HAPPEN.
WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD THIS YEAR.
SO WE'VE SPENT A LITTLE MORE MONEY THIS YEAR THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE THIS TIME OF YEAR.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT IS THE NATURE OF THIS BEAST.
OUR PRINTING, WE HOPE TO GO DOWN IN OUR PRINTING EXPENSES.
UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T DO THAT DUE TO THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES ON OUR FORMS. QUESTIONS, GUYS, THOUGHTS, COMMENTS? WE DON'T WANNA LEAVE HER HANGING OUT HERE.
I CAN UNDERSTAND YOU HAVING TO PAY MORE FOR PART-TIME HELP, ESPECIALLY DURING THE ELECTION.
IT'S HARD FINDING ENOUGH WORKERS AS IT IS.
AND A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS DO TAKE OFF A, A VERY GOOD PAYING PART-TIME JOB TO DO THIS SERVICE.
AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THERE ARE SOME THAT USED TO DO IT ALL THE TIME AND CAN NO LONGER DO IT BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T MEET WHAT THEY'RE MISSING OUT.
AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 'EM THERE.
THAT'S THE, WE WANNA BE FUNCTIONAL TO OUR PUBLIC.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO I, I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA ON THE PAGE FOR THE JUDGES.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE THEY ARE GONNA SERVE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ON THE, AT 16 TO 18.
14 TO 16, THAT'S FOR THE TEMPORARY TO ELECTION STUFF, RIGHT? CORRECT.
LET'S JUST TOO ABOUT, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST, BUT, AND THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE AND COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE YOU EVERYTHING SO YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
AND ALL WE CAN DO IS GO FROM THERE.
AND THEN WE'LL KNOW MORE AFTER THE 25TH.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE LIST OF OUR WORDS.
YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH YOUR BOOK HERE? IS THAT WHAT YOUR PLAN IS? UM, WHATEVER Y'ALL, WE CAN TALK THROUGH IT AND THEN WE CAN SHOW YOU WHERE THE TABS ARE.
I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS ARE READY, WHAT WE DID DO, JUST AS A HOUSEKEEPING MATTER, Y'ALL HAD MENTIONED, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ANTICIPATING, UM, MAYBE A POSITION OR TWO THAT WE HAD SOME REQUEST THAT WOULD ROLL INTO THE NEW YEAR.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND USED THAT MONEY.
SO THAT WAS ABLE TO REDUCE THE TOTAL ASK, WHICH WAS KIND OF SMART.
A GOOD THOUGHT ON Y'ALL TO ENCOURAGE US TO DO THAT.
WE ALSO, WHICH REDUCED WHAT OUR TOTAL ASK WAS.
SO WE BROKE IT IN THREE PARTS, WHICH ACTUALLY THE SUMMARY WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL TO Y'ALL THAT I HAVE NOTES ON, WHICH I DIDN'T GIVE YOU GUYS.
WE, WE HAD ASKED FOR, UM, LAST TIME, I BELIEVE AT 399,000, WE REDUCED THAT DOWN AND WE ARE DOWN TO THE TWO PARALEGALS.
WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, AND WE'RE BEHIND ON OUR INTAKE.
AND SO FOR THOSE TWO POSITIONS AND THOSE PARALEGALS, UM, I'M STILL ASKING FOR THE SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR SOME OF MY SKILLED PROFESSIONALS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA OFFSET THAT WITH THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE, WHICH IS TWO GRANT POSITIONS AND 156.
SO THE TOTAL ASK IS 2 42 4 61.
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WELL, YOU HAVE TO DO A LITTLE MATH THERE.AND I, AND THAT'S WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.
UM, THE OTHER INFORMATION YOU TALKED ABOUT DOING EXEMPT EMPLOYEES ON SOME OF THE SUPERVISORS.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A, A NAME UNDER TAB, UH, FIVE OF THOSE POSITIONS.
THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT MUCH COMP TIME, BUT THEY'RE SUPERVISORS.
'CAUSE THE OTHER INFORMATION IS TELLING YOU IS A LITTLE, LITTLE BRAGS ABOUT OUR OFFICE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CERTIFIED, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO HAVE PARALEGAL CERTIFICATES.
WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE STILL DON'T.
BUT WE HAVE THAT IF THEY DO BECOME PROFICIENT, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST REALLY EXCEL.
THEY'RE NOW HAVING PARALEGALS THAT CAN BE PART OF THE STATE BAR.
AND NOW WE ALSO HAVE WARD CERTIFIED PEOPLE IN CRIMINAL LAW, WHICH I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ATTORNEYS, I'M TALKING ABOUT PARALEGALS.
SO I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S MAYBE 10 OF 'EM IN THE STATE AND THREE OF 'EM IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT THE TOTAL NET SALARY AND POSITION REQUEST.
UM, AND OFFSETTING WAS LIKE ALMOST 400,000 THAT WHEN YOU OFFSET WHAT WE DID WITH THE MOVING THE MONEY FOR THE COMPUTERS AND THE POSITIONS AND MOVING SOME OTHER THINGS AROUND AND OFFSETTING THE GRANT.
UM, ONE THING I WAS GONNA SAY ASK BRANDY THAT I DIDN'T INCLUDE WAS THEY HAD TOLD US ABOUT THE DONUT HOLE.
THERE'S, THERE'S AN INCREASE PERHAPS BECAUSE OF THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE DISTRICT JUDGES AND MYSELF.
WE WENT AHEAD AND ADDED THAT FOR EVERYBODY.
I JUST, I JUST DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, TO NOTE, SO IT'S, IT'S A PERCENTAGE BASED ON A FORMULA WITH THE STATE FOR ALL THE STATE EMPLOYEES AND IT'S PRETTY MINUSCULE LIKE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
THAT, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A WHOLE NOTHER CONVERSATION.
IF THE STATE WOULD'VE SAID YOU COULD'VE EXCEEDED THE DONOR HOLE, THEN I'D HAVE BEEN IN HERE ASKING FOR A LOT MORE.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION.
I HAVE NOT, I FAILED TO ASK YOU.
HOW MANY OPEN RECORDS REQUEST YOUR OFFICE RECEIVES A YEAR? WE GET A LOT.
I CAN GIVE YOU THE EXACT OKAY.
BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT OUR OFFICE DOESN'T GET AS MANY, BUT WE, WE END UP HELPING AND SUPERVISING MANY.
SO IF COMMISSIONER LANE GETS AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST, HE'S GONNA PROBABLY TOUCH BASE WITH BRAD OR KAREN CAN'T REACH THEM.
SO WE INDIVIDUALLY, BECAUSE WE KEEP VERY FEW RECORDS, THEY'RE, OUR RECORDS ARE CLERK RECORDS.
MOST OF OURS HAVE AN EXEMPTION BECAUSE IT'S A PENDING OR ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
SO WE TOUCH A LOT OF OPEN RECORDS.
BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND I'LL JUST TELL, I HAVE 'EM FROM THE CLERKS AND TO HAVE 'EM FROM THE SHERIFF AND MM-HMM
I'M TRYING TO TOUCH EVERYONE WHO DOES IT.
UH, 'CAUSE THERE SOME FOLKS ARE JUSTIFYING MORE PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
IN THOSE NUMBERS? I JUST KNOW BRAD, WE DO A LOT BECAUSE, BUT IN THE END WE'RE THE ONES, SO WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, I'M, THEY ARE DOING THEIR OPEN RECORDS.
OUR COUNTY IS VERY GOOD AT THAT BECAUSE THE FORMULA FOR SOME COUNTIES IS THE DA'S OFFICE DOES THEM ALL.
THAT'S THE WAY THEY SET IT UP.
SO YOU'D GET OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, YOU'D SEND IT TO ME, THEN I'D GET THE INFORMATION FROM YOU AND THEN I WOULD SEND IT.
WHAT WE DO IS IF WE HAVE OBJECTIONS OR HAVE OTHER ISSUES, WE'LL DO THAT LEGAL WORK TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
SO I WOULD SAY WE TOUCH QUITE A FEW OF THEM.
SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE PROFICIENT, SOME OFFICES THAN OTHERS.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A NUMBER OF HOW MANY OPEN WE HAVE OKAY.
BEFORE WE LEAVE, AND THEN YOU CAN ADD THAT OKAY.
UH, WHEN YOU CAME BY LAST WEEK, YOU SAID JUST NARROW IT DOWN, GIMME THE MATH
WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW THE WHY, SO.
TODAY WE'RE JUST DOING NUMBERS.
NOW I'VE HAD, UH, MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.
BUT I WANNA BRING EVERYBODY IN AND I'M, I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE ABOUT WHY, WHAT SURE.
QUESTIONS, GUYS CONCERNS, COMMENTS? NO, I, I DON'T WHERE MY, MY REQUEST GO.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I'M NOT BEING FUNNY, BUT SOME PEOPLE, I MEAN, THEY JUST DO 'EM.
SO I WILL GET YOU A NUMBER AND THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE TALLYING ALL THAT WITH CIVIL I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
LEGAL, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A AND B THREE B AND THREE A? WHAT'S, WHAT'S
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THE DIFFERENCE? YEAH, THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.SOME OF THAT IS MADE UP OF TIME THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN THE OFFICE, BUT IT'S ALSO THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, A GETS PAID, BUT WE DIVIDED THAT IN THE OFFICE.
SO SOME PEOPLE, IT'S NOT ON EDUCATION WISE, IT'S JUST IN YOUR OFFICE.
IT'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE CERTIFICATIONS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE LONGER, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE.
SO PARALEGALS, ALL OF 'EM, THEY DON'T HAVE CERTIFICATIONS.
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CERTIFICATIONS GET CERTIFICATE PAID.
BUT ALL THE PEOPLE, BUT THEY'VE ACTUALLY GONE TO CLASS PART PASSED A HUNDRED PERCENT.
OUR, OUR, OUR PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE IS A, IS A SIX MONTH COURSE AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP UP A CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT TO BE A CERTIFIED PARALEGAL.
IT'S NOT EVEN THROUGH TAC IT'S THROUGH AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM.
IT, IT'S BEEN WITH AMBERTON, BUT I BELIEVE NOW IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE.
IT MIGHT EVEN BE, IT'S A UNIVERSITY DOES IT AND IT'S MORE INTENSIVE.
AND, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT TO ME THAT'S IMPRESSIVE AND MAYBE IT'S JUST 'CAUSE I'M A LAWYER, YOU CAN JOIN THE STATE BAR AND HAVE TO TAKE CONTINUING EDUCATION.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE THREE PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE THREE C, THEY HAD TO TAKE A BAR.
IT'S NOT AS INTENSIVE, BUT THEY SET FOR IT FOR A DAY AFTER THEY STUDIED FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, I, I'VE NEVER REALLY DEALT WITH ONE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, OR, OR I LOOKED AT MM-HMM
WHAT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS OR HOW THEY DO IT, EXCEPT WHEN ANNABELLE STARTED DOING IT, YOU KNOW, THEN I START PAYING ATTENTION TO IT THEN.
AND WHEN SHE DID IT, AND THEN SHE HAD TO WAIT AND TAKE THE TEST AND THAT'S, AND DO ALL THE THING, IT, IT, I WILL TELL YOU, I LOOKED AT THE TEST.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT'S A PRETTY HARD TEST.
AND WHAT, WHAT I SEE THEM DOING WITH THE PARALEGALS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION, THE FORMER, UM, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT WANTED, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
THEY WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE PRACTICE, LIKE DO FAMILY UNCONTESTED DIVORCE PROVE UP AS LONG AS YOU'RE CERTIFIED.
OR PROBABLY THE ANALOGY IN CRIMINAL WOULD BE TO TAKE A PLEA.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S A LOT OF LAWYERS THAT WOULD NOT BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT, THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.
THIS IS ANALOGOUS TO A NURSE PRACTITIONER, YOU KNOW? WELL, ONLY IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
THE PROBLEM I SEE WITH THAT KIND OF THING IS IT'S, IT'S LIKE DOCTORS AND MDS AND THEN DOS AND THEN THE DOS COULDN'T WHEN I'M YOUNG DO COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT MM-HMM.
NOW THEY DO EVERYTHING IN MD DOES.
AND, AND THIS SCHOOL EVENTUALLY JUST, AND THE PAS THE SAME WAY.
THEY'D WRITE PRESCRIPTIONS WHERE DOS USED TO HAVE TO.
SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE, SO IT MAKES THREE OF THEM LIKE THAT.
BUT EVEN THE BASIC BAR, RIGHT.
AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I I'M CHANGING IT.
I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE DROP OUT AND I'VE ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY.
YOU HAVE TO PAY THE MONEY BEFORE.
SO, UH, THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME, FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT WASHED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T, YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
AND SO, UM, NOW I'M DEC I'M DECIDING IF PAY FOR IT AND WE'LL PAY YOU IF YOU PASS
SO WE'RE, I'M REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT.
PERSON DISAPPOINTED ME ON THAT.
WELL, IT, IT, IT HURTS EVERYBODY ELSE DOWN.
BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS, YOU'RE NOT IF AND YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS LIKE DURING THE DAY, THIS IS EXTRA EXTRA BECAUSE YOU GUYS GIVE THEM A CERTIFICATE PAY.
LIKE IF THIS, I'M LIKE, WHY AM I DOING THE TEST FOR YOU? BUT THEY'LL HAVE HOMEWORK AND THEY'LL WANT A LEGAL SOMEBODY, SO I'LL GIVE 'EM THE BEST ANSWER AND THEN THEY'LL CALL BACK.
IT SHOULD BE SO Y'ALL REMEMBER IT? I HOPE SO.
'CAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A GENERAL PRACTICE KIND OF THING.
LITTLE BIT FAM A LITTLE BIT OF CIVIL, LITTLE BIT OF CRIMINAL.
AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU TAKE WITH YOU.
SO WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHEN THEY'VE LEFT, THEY'VE SAID, I'M SO GLAD YOU MADE ME DO THIS.
THEY'VE TOLD ME BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO MARKET THAT WHEN THEY'VE GONE TO ANOTHER FIRM MAKING MORE MONEY.
ANYTHING ELSE Y'ALL QUESTIONS SAID? SHORT AND SWEET.
THANK SHE'S HAND OUT YOUR BUDGET SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
SO DO YOU NEED TO COPY I IF I HAVE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
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A SUMMARY OF HIS PAYROLL REQUEST IS ALSO ON THE PAYROLL REQUEST SHEET AS WELL.AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA START WITH IS JUST, UM, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, KEEPING EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH KIDS, UM, THAT'S, WE'VE HAD TO DO PAY RAISES AND SO OUR, OUR PAYROLL HAS CHANGED, BUT, UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH CHANGES GOING ON.
LIKE I SAY, UH, JUST, UH, WE'VE HAD TO GIVE RAISES AND, UM, SO THAT'S A, A LINE ITEM CHANGE INCREASE THERE AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH, UM, CHANGES GOING ON.
AND, UM, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE HARDLY LINE ITEM CHANGES.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES GOING ON IN STATE LICENSING AS FAR AS, UM, CHILDCARE REGULATIONS.
AND, UM, THERE'S A WHOLE NEW PROCESS, UH, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT, AND ALREADY YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE SEEN AFFECT OUR BUDGET.
UH, THEY'RE CHANGING THE RATIO OF KIDS AND STUFF.
UM, AND SO WE HAD, UH, 20 BEDS AT THE SHELTER, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY LIMITED IT TO 14 IS ALL WE CAN TAKE AT ONE TIME.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, EMPLOYEE STAFFING AND OUR CASE MANAGEMENT STAFF.
UM, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN THAT, THEN YOU HAVE TO HIRE, HIRE ANOTHER POSITION TO BE IN TO HELP WITH STUFF, WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE BUDGET THEN FOR ANOTHER FULL-TIME, UH, LICENSED CASE MANAGER.
MY POINT TO ALL THAT IS, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA STAY AT 14.
AND THERE AGAIN, MY POINT TO THAT IS, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GET QUITE THE FUNDS FROM THE STATE THAT HELPS WITH OUR BUDGET, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE CHANGES THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING.
UM, LIKE I SAY, THEY GIVE US THE YEAR 2025, UH, ACROSS THE STATE TO MAKE ALL THE CHANGES.
UM, SO EVERYBODY HAS TIME TO ACCLIMATE.
BUT UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S KIND OF IN PLACE.
UM, BUT IT, THERE AGAIN AFFECTS OUR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF KIDS AND STUFF.
UM, SO ON YOUR SALARY INCREASE YOUR ASK PAY ADJUSTMENTS, IS THAT, HOW'S THAT BROKEN DOWN? DO YOU I JUST HAVE A TOTAL DOLLAR FIGURE HERE.
WE, WE DID IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT, UH, EMPLOYEES WERE THERE.
UH, ARE YOU MOVING PART-TIME HELP UP ANY, LIKE SOME OF THE OTHERS? NO, WE'VE NOT MOVED ANY PART-TIME UP.
UM, ALL OF OUR POSITIONS ARE FULL AT THIS TIME.
UM, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PART-TIME OR I SAY SEVERAL, FOUR OR FIVE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE, UH, 10 FULL-TIME.
HERE AGAIN, WE HAVE THREE SHIFTS A DAY.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, THEY ROTATE AND UH, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A HOLIDAY OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE THERE AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE MINIMUM OF TWO.
AND, AND BY, WHEN I SAY MINIMUM OF TWO, I'M TALKING ABOUT DIRECT CARE STAFF.
PEOPLE ARE THERE WITH THE KIDS.
UH, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE 24 7 WITH THE KIDS.
UM, AND THEN THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, ME AND THE CASE MANAGER AND UH, WE HAVE A PART-TIME OFFICE ASSISTANT WHO, YOU KNOW, DOES UH, SOME PAPERWORK AND ANSWERS THE PHONE AND STUFF.
SO NO OTHER REAL CHANGES OTHER THAN THE PAYROLL.
PAYROLL JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT 90% OF OUR, THERE WEREN'T, THERE WEREN'T VERY MANY REQUESTS FOR EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING THIS YEAR IT'S MOSTLY ALL PAYROLL.
I SAY IT'S JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH, 'CAUSE THERE'S AGAIN, PLACES GROCERIES ARE PAYING, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP UP IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND WE HAVE SOME GOOD EMPLOYEES WHO DO VERY WELL TAKING CARE OF THESE KIDS.
UH, AND IT'S NOT JUST BABYSITTING.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS CAN BE A LOT TO HANDLE SOMETIMES.
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SURE THEY'RE WELL OUR STAFF IS WELL CARED FOR TOO.JUST BEEN ON THE BOARD
IT'S HARD TO MANAGE ONE THING IN THAT BUDGET.
YOU'LL SEE FOR THE NEW, IT'S SHOWING Y'ALL, IT'S KIND OF A, A WATCH THAT THE STATE PROVIDES.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION THAT MAKES UP THE DIFFERENCE.
AND WE HAVE NEVER, UH, COME TO THE COUNTY AND SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO EXCEED WHAT WE'RE DOING BY ASKING THE COUNTY TO PICK UP A CASE MANAGER OR ASKING THE COUNTY TO, UH, PAY FOR SOMETHING ADDITIONAL.
THIS IS ALL PAID FOR, BUT THE BOARD REQUIRES, BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONERS ARE RESPONSIBLE, IT IS A COUNTY BUILDING.
WE SHUTTER FOR SOME REASON THAT HOME WOULD GO BACK TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S ON COUNTY PROPERTY.
AND THAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEW.
I KNOW TERRY KNOWS 'CAUSE HE'S FROM, BUT, BUT ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, ALL FOUNDATIONS AND ALL THINGS, ONE THING THAT'S HAPPENING THAT'S IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT TROUBLING TO THE BOARD AND IT'S A LITTLE IN THE WEEDS BUT IT'S GOT A MINUTE LEFT, IS THAT THE LAWS AND CPS IS NOW PIVOTED SO MUCH FROM EMERGENCY SHELTER, FOSTER CARE FROM BEGINNING.
SO OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, WE MAY COME AND AND NEED HELP BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMETHING NEED.
AND I KNOW BIAS, THAT'S A BUILDING THAT'S 40 SOMETHING, FIVE YEARS OLD THAT WAS HERE BEFORE PEOPLE BID.
THE ONLY HOME LIKE THAT WAS AROUND WAS BUCK PERCENT TO GO CITY.
SO EAST TEXAS IS PROUD FACT THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE NORVILLE SHELTER, BUT WE'VE NEVER ASKED THE COUNTY FOR A BUY-IN REALLY, EXCEPT FOR THE MAINTENANCE IS WONDERFUL.
UH, CASEY DOES A WONDERFUL JOB GETTING JUST FINISHED THE FENCE FOUNDATION.
REALLY LOT OF WORK THAT CASEY AND SUPERVISING KIND HELP HER GUIDANCE.
SO I WANT THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE SAFE STAYS OPEN.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S NOT WHERE IT WAS BEFORE.
EMERGENCY SHELTERS WERE ALWAYS RIGHT.
KIDS COULD COME IN, STABILIZE THEY OVERSEAS, MAKE SURE THEY GET THEIR DENTAL, THEY HAVE PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES, UH, THEY USE MEDICAL CARE.
SOME OF THESE KIDS AS Y'ALL KNOW, ALL OF THESE KIDS THAT ARE REMOVED FROM THE FAMILY MM-HMM
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, LATE AT NIGHT.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THEIR DIRECTOR.
PRIMA PEOPLE SAY WELL USE IT FOR YOU DUNNO, IT'S KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND NEGLECTED AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO.
THE MODEL THAT WAS A MODEL THAT THEY'RE SAYING IS NOT A GOOD MODEL.
I THINK TIME WILL WILL TAKE BACK AROUND BECAUSE WE PLACE FOR EMERGENCY SHELTERS, BUT WE DO NEED TO SUPPORT ACCOUNT.
AND IF YOU DON'T SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, BUT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU ASKED THE RATIO YEAH.
COULD, IF HE HAD A CASE MANAGER OR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT IN THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE, WE COULD INCREASE THAT.
WHICH INCREASES WHAT ACTUALLY THE, FOR ALL THIS IN BUSINESS, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A COST AND BREAKING POINT ANALYSIS AND WE JUST, WE, WE CAN'T GET THE NEXT STEP.
SO IT'S SOMETHING, I MEAN WE KNOW THIS YEAR'S NOT THE YEAR.
MAYBE YOU'RE ALREADY TELLING EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THERE.
BUT IT MIGHT BE NICE TO SAY WE COUNT THIS PAPER OR SECTIONS AND THEN THAT MONEY.
SO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT IS OUT THERE ACTUALLY, WELL IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED AND IT, AND IT DOES HELP.
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO HAVE IT.
JUST TO THROW IN, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANNA TAKE, BUT UM, JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, I MEAN HALF THE KIDS WE GET, THEY'VE BEEN LIVING IN MOTELS OR CARS FOR THE LAST TWO, THREE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, AND CPS HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET 'EM TRACKED DOWN AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AND, AND THEY COME IN WITH WHAT THEY'RE WEARING.
I MEAN THAT'S WHY, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO GO BUY CLOTHES WE HAVE TO BUY AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S, WE TRY TO KEEP CLOTHES THERE, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT SIZE THE KID'S GONNA WEAR.
YOU KNOW, SOME ARE REALLY THIN AND SOME ARE KIND OF STOCKY.
SO YOU JUST, LIKE I SAY, IT'S HARD TO KEEP EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED 'CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND UH, IT'S NOT JUST THE ABUSE AND NEGLECT IT, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TO SIT AT A TABLE AND HAVE FOOD.
YES, OUR GROCERIES ARE GOING OUT, BUT YOU ALL KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUY YOUR OWN GROCERIES.
WELL IF YOU'RE FEEDING 12 KIDS EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, AND I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT TO HELP YOU OPEN UP, YOU KNOW, LIKE SAY WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM? I, I JUST DID A, A FEW FIGURES HERE AND HE, FROM WHAT I SEE, HE'S ACTUALLY LOWERING HIS OPERATING BUDGET BY $37,400 AND HE'S ONLY ASKING TO INCREASE FIVE EMPLOYEES.
SO JUST SO THAT Y'ALL KNOW THAT AS WELL.
I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR BUDGET.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A BALANCE AS Y'ALL KNOW, JUGGLING BALLS.
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I DON'T HAVE ANY BACK.IF Y'ALL EVER NEED ANYTHING AND UH, IF YOU HAVE A FEW MINUTES SOMETIME, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO COME BY AND SEE OUR FACILITY AND UH, LIKE I SAY, YOU'LL HAVE TO CALL ME WHEN YOU GET TO THE GATE 'CAUSE YOU'RE LOCKED OUT.
NO, WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THE FENCE, SO THANK YOU.
WHERE'S MR. HUEY? HE'S ON HIS WAY.
WELL, LET'S TAKE A BREAK THEN.
I MIGHT HAVE TO GET A FORKLIFT.
OKAY, MR. STEVE HUY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS UP NEXT.
IT'S PROBABLY ALL GONNA BE DENIED, BUT GO AHEAD.
YOU JUST TAKE THE WIND OUTTA MY SAIL.
WHATCHA YOU TALKING ABOUT? WAIT.
SAY WHAT? WELL, WE DID CUT HIS SALARY.
UH, JUST WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT I ASKED FOR IS WHAT I BELIEVE WE NEED FOR OUR OFFICE WITH A GROWING COUNTY AND WITH THINGS HAPPENING, I THINK THAT THAT ADDITIONAL PERSON WOULD BE A BENEFICIAL, BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR OFFICE AND HELP US TO BETTER PREPARE OUR COUNTY, OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND CITIZENS FOR DISASTERS.
SO LET, LET ME BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SPECIFICALLY, WHAT WOULD A NEW PERSON DO THAT'S NOT ALREADY BE BEING DONE BY SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY THERE? WELL, THEY WILL BE TAKING SOME OF THE LOAD OFF OF THE OTHERS.
THEY WILL BE HELPING PREPARE MORE TRAINING, UH, COURSES AND STUFF TO PRESENT TO COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
THEY WILL BE, UM, MAKING PRESENTATIONS TO MORE CITIZENS AND HELPING THEM TO PREPARE FOR DISASTERS.
UM, WILL BE WORKING, THEY'LL BE WORKING ON EXERCISES.
UH, ALSO, BEAR IN MIND SOME OF THIS IS NOT A SINGLE PERSON THING.
IT'S A GROUP EFFORT, BUT HAVING THAT EXTRA PERSON, UH, I MEAN WE STILL WORKING THROUGH STUFF FROM LAST YEAR WITH FEMA AND HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME OF THAT.
THIS POSITION WOULD ALSO BE ASSISTING ME IN PREPARING BUDGETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, JUST A MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT, UH, OR SCATTERED THROUGHOUT RIGHT NOW.
IT WOULD HELP US TO BETTER DIVIDE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND I'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON UPDATED JOB DESCRIPTION, SHOWING MORE WHAT EACH PERSON WILL DO.
UH, I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO SEE THAT.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WE GOING PUT THEM IF, IF YOU GET A NEW EMPLOYEE UNLESS YOU DOUBLE UP IN ONE OF THE OFFICES OR SOMETHING.
BUT THAT'S BESIDE THAT, THE PARKING LOT.
THAT, THAT'S IMMATERIAL RIGHT NOW.
UH, JUSTIFICATION AS TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
IF YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING FROM A AND B AND GIVING IT TO C, WHAT'S GONNA FILL IN THEIR TIME.
WELL SEE WHERE I'M COMING FROM HERE.
I'M TRYING TO THINK HOW BEST TO PUT THIS THAT EVEN THOUGH I'M TAKING THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY AWAY FROM ONE AND GIVING TO ANOTHER, THAT DOES NOT ALLEVIATE ALL OF THE OTHERS FROM HAVING SOME RESPONSIBILITY IN EVERYTHING.
AND ME ESPECIALLY BECAUSE ULTIMATELY I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE OFFICE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY, HOW MANY COMP HOURS DO YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE CURRENTLY? DO YOU KNOW OFF GUESS? WELL, IN THE LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY WENT OVER A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE WE WOUND UP HAVING TO PAY THEM.
UH, BUT THEY PRETTY MUCH STAY MAXED OUT AND I'M HAVING TO MAKE THEM TAKE TIME OFF, UH, TO KEEP OUR NUMBERS DOWN SO THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, DO YOU? YES.
UH, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED EARLIER.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY PAY PERIOD WE WIND UP WITH COMP TIME ADDED TO, TO THEM, UH, DURING THE DISASTER LAST YEAR, THEY MAXED OUT AND WOUND UP.
WE WOUND UP HAVING TO PAY THEM BECAUSE DURING ALL THAT WE COULDN'T LET 'EM HAUL.
WE HAVE TO, BY LAW, ONCE IT GOES OVER THE COMP TIME, LEGAL LIMIT, YOU HAVE TO FAIL.
UH, BUT WE, WE TRY OUR BEST TO MANAGE THAT AND KEEP IT DOWN.
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WE DO RACK UP QUITE A BIT OF COMP TIME IN OUR OFFICE.I, UH, THAT RAN, UH, I HAVEN'T GOT THE YOUR YET TO SEE.
'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ARE NOT CLOCKING OUT FOR LUNCH.
AND SO THEY'RE GATHERING AN HOUR A DAY FOR COMP TIME INSTEAD OF TAKING THEIR LUNCH BREAK.
JUST LIKE, I MEAN, THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON EMERGENCIES AND I GET THAT WE HAVE TO DO THOSE THINGS AND, BUT, UH, IT'S CAUSING US TO PAY A LOT MORE MONEY THAN WE SHOULD BE PAYING.
WELL, MY FOLKS DON'T CLOCK OUT FOR LUNCH, BUT I HAVE IT AUTOMATICALLY DEDUCTED ONE HOUR EACH DAY OKAY.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ABIDE BY THE RULES.
I KNEW YOU WAS A GOOD, GOOD TROOPER.
WELL, IF I GOT RULES IN FRONT OF ME, I LIKE GOING BY RULES
IT'S WHEN YOU KEEP CHANGING THE RULES ON ME, LIKE FEMA'S DOING THAT.
I REALLY DON'T LIKE, I GET THAT.
WELL HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.
I I DO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IF YOU WANT THEM.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, ONE EMPLOYEE HAS 176 HOURS.
ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAS 181 HOURS.
AND THE LIMIT IS WHAT, TWO 40 I BELIEVE.
4 20, 1 20, ISN'T IT? NO, THEY, I FORGET WHAT SHERIFF TOLD ME.
YEAH, THEY GO HIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WELL YOU WORKING ON THAT? THAT'S GOOD.
WELL, I, I WATCH IT, TRY TO KEEP 'EM DOWN AND, BUT IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S ALWAYS A TERRIBLE THING WHEN THEY TAKE OFF AT THE SAME TIME AND LEAVE ME UNATTENDED IN THE OFFICE.
'CAUSE THAT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS. THERE'S NO ONE TO WAKE YOU UP.
THAT'S WHEN I GET INTO TROUBLE.
THAT'S WHEN YOU GET IN TROUBLE.
SO YOU WEREN'T HERE AT THE BEGINNING SO WE'RE NOT SAYING YAY OR NAY TODAY OR NEW EMPLOYEES.
ARE ARE EVEN RAISES YET? 'CAUSE WE DON'T, WE'LL GET OUR FINAL NUMBERS ON THE 25TH THIS MONTH.
WELL, I'M NOT WORRYING ABOUT THE RAISES AND, AND SO WELL WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE.
UH, AND THEN AFTER WE GET OUR NUMBERS, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
WE'RE KEEPING THE TAX RATE THE SAME.
HOPEFULLY WE'D LIKE TO LOWER IT.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO SHAVE AT LEAST A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OFF, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
I I'M GONNA LET YOU WORRY ABOUT THE RAISES.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO KEEP YOUR EMPLOYEES.
YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THE POSITION, WHAT I'VE ASKED FOR IN, IN MY BUDGET IS PRETTY MUCH A, A BARE NECESSITY OKAY.
AND I, I TRY NOT TO FLUFF ANYTHING.
I ALWAYS TRY TO ASK FOR EXACTLY WHAT I NEED.
I KNOW SOME PLACES THAT I'VE BEEN WILL ASK FOR THE MOON AND HOPING THAT THEY'LL GET A LAUNCHPAD ON EARTH.
WELL EVERYONE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD THIS YEAR HOLDING THE LINE SO THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT.
IT COMES BACK TO ALL OF US AT SOME POINT, SO.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEVE BEFORE WE GOES? THANK YOU STEVE.
I LESS THAN PUT THIS OVER HERE.
JASON, MR. CONSTABLE JOHNSON, YOU'RE NEXT.
UM, SO AGAIN, WITH ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT, UM, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, UH, UH, ON THE CONSTABLE BUDGET SIDE OF IT, THE ONLY THING THAT WE WERE ASKING FOR WAS THE POSITION FOR THE TASK FORCE.
UM, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS TOOL HERE FOR THE COUNTY, UH, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND WITH THE MASSIVE GROWTH THAT WE'RE GOING ON.
AND I ALSO SPOKE WITH, UH, EARLY AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS BRINGING UP WAS REVERTING BACK TO THE RE CATEGORIZATION OF THE CLERK POSITION.
UM, ALL THE PAPERWORK'S BEEN SUBMITTED.
I KNOW CONSTABLE MAYFIELD HAS GOT SOME MORE PAPERWORK, SOME MORE READING.
UH, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND I HAVE TALKED AND I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY IS SLAMMED.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
AND I GATHER THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING WHAT'S FAIR.
WE'RE JUST ASKING WHAT'S RIGHT WITH WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY CONSTABLE WOODALL.
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CONSTABLE MAYFIELD, MYSELF.WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO REACH INTO YOUR BUDGET, WE'RE NOT ASKING TO CREATE ANYTHING.
WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TURNED IN AND EVERYTHING THAT OUR OFFICES BRING IN, THAT MONEY CAN BE UTILIZED TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION THAT IS NEEDED.
UM, WE CAN CLEARLY JUSTIFY WHAT OUR LADIES DO IN OUR OFFICE WITH THE PAPERWORK, WITH THE RESOURCES, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE CLASSES THAT THEY MAY TAKE IS ONLINE.
THERE ARE CLASSES THAT THEY CAN'T TAKE ONLINE.
UM, BOTH OF OUR LADIES JUST CAME BACK FROM TWO WEEK LONG SCHOOL THAT THEY WENT TO.
ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY TIED IN WITH THE JP CONSTABLES ASSOCIATION.
SHE'S ON THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE CLERKS THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, I KNOW HIS CLERK IS JOINING IN AND I KNOW CONSTABLE WOODALL, WHEN HE GETS A NEW CLERK UP AND RUNNING, SHE'S GONNA BE JOINING IN.
SO WE SET PRECEDENTS AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO OVERSHOOT THINGS.
WE ARE JUST TRYING TO BE RECOGNIZED ON WHAT WE DO, WHAT THEY DO AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THEY DO.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE SOME THAT DON'T DO AS MUCH.
WE GOT THAT IF YOU NEED TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS JUST WHAT'S RIGHT.
NOTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.
ALL WE WENT OFF IS WHAT WAS RECORDED AND RECOGNIZED BY OUR OWN HR DEPARTMENT SAYING THIS IS THE GUIDELINE WE TOOK OUR LADIES AND WE SAID, WELL, THEY FIT THIS MOLD, THAT'S WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING TO CREATE ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S ON THE CONSTABLE BUDGET.
AND I KNOW CONSTABLE MAYFIELD HAS SOME THINGS.
UM, WE NEED TO DO IT TOGETHER AND KNOCK THEM ALL OUT.
LET HIM FINISH THEN YOU, THEN YOU'LL CLOSING.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAD ON THE CONSTABLE BUDGET SIDE OF IT, ON THE CONTRACT SIDE OF IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS SOME CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS NOT CREATING AN ABUNDANCE OF POSITIONS.
IT MAY LOOK LIKE THAT, BUT THEY ARE SPLIT UP BY PERCENTAGE PAYMENTS THROUGH EACH CONTRACT.
SO THAT WAY THERE'S A JUSTIFICATION AND A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.
JASON, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND PLEASE.
DO YOU HAVE THAT SHEET THAT GOT THE POSITIONS? HERE IT IS.
UNDER CONTRACT 1 91, THE NEW POSITION WAS GOING TO BE A ADMINISTRATIVE LIEUTENANT POSITION.
THAT POSITION WAS GOING TO BE SPLIT UP BETWEEN 1 91, 1 92 AND 1 93, 1 91 AND 1 92 IS 37% BY EACH.
UM, ON THE PAYROLL REQUEST FORM, UH, SHEET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST ONE, TWO, AND THREE POSITIONS LISTED OUT THERE.
ONE, TWO, AND THREE ARE ALL SPLIT CONTRACTS.
SO IT'S NOT AN ABUNDANCE OF POSITION THAT WHAT MAY HAVE COME ACROSS AS UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU AND I VISITED ABOUT IT.
NO, IT IS NOT, IT IS SPLIT UP BETWEEN PERCENTAGES.
SO THAT WAY THERE'S A CLARIFICATION THAT NOW YOU UNDERSTAND.
SO BETWEEN 91, 2 AND THREE, THERE'S ONE LIEUTENANT POSITION, ONE LIEUTENANT POSITION.
AND THEN BETWEEN 1 91, 1 92 AND 1 93, THERE IS TWO CONSTABLE INVESTIGATOR POSITIONS.
NOW YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE INVESTIGATOR.
DO YOU WANT THREE INVESTIGATORS? YEAH.
WITH THE AMOUNT OF CASES THAT WE ARE FILING IN PRECINCT TWO WITH THE DA'S OFFICE.
AND WE'RE STILL BEHIND THE CURVE, BUT WE ARE ONLY GOING OFF WHAT WE HAVE AGREED WITH, WITH THE DISTRICTS, THE CONTRACTS IS HEY, THEY, THEY WANT TO GIVE US MORE AND MORE LIKE HOLD UP, WE'RE WAITING, LET'S WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE HOUSES CONNECTED AND THEY'RE OCCUPIED.
AND THEN WE GO OFF OUR NUMBERS AGAIN.
THAT, THAT WE ALL AGREED UPON WITH THE DA, WITH BRANDY, WITH THE DISTRICTS.
NOW WE HAVE A REASON BEHIND IT, BUT THIS RIGHT NOW WE ARE BEHIND THE CURVE.
HOW MANY TOTAL LIEUTENANTS DO YOU HAVE? UM, I HAVE TWO LIEUTENANTS RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THREE IF YOU GET THIS ONE.
BECAUSE THIS THIRD POSITION IS GOING TO ABSORB THE TWO CONSTABLE INVESTIGATORS COMING IN AND THE TWO PATROL DEPUTIES COMING IN THAT IS SPLIT BETWEEN 1 91, 1 92 AND 1 93.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE
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DEPUTY POSITIONS COMING IN UNDER THE CONTRACTS.ONE LIEUTENANT, TWO CIDS AND THEN TWO PATROLS.
AND THEN ALSO SPLIT BETWEEN THE CONTRACTS IS THE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THAT IS SPLIT BETWEEN THE CONTRACTS AS WELL.
AND ALL THESE POSITIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CREATED.
WE ALSO HAVE LISTED HERE ON 1 93 A CORPORAL AND A SERGEANT 1 93 ONLY.
SO HOW MANY, THAT'S THE POSITION.
AND THEN THE, THE 26% OUTTA THE 1 93 AND THE, THE, THE INVESTIGATORS IS THE 26% AND THEN 26% ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE AND THEN EXPANSION OF THE TWO DEPUTY CONSTABLE PATROL.
SO WE HAVE THE 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 POSITIONS COMING IN.
ONE SERGEANT AND ONE CORPORAL, AND THAT'S ALL UNDER JUST 1 93 ITSELF.
SO 1 93 IS PAYING FOR 2, 3, 4 POSITIONS THEMSELVES.
SO HOW MANY, OKAY, LET'S GO BACK.
HOW MANY, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S NINE POSITIONS BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING NINE PATROL IN THE YEARS PAST TRYING TO MIMIC WHAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES, NUMBERS THAT THEY SUPERVISE.
SO HOW MANY CORPORALS, HOW MANY TOTAL SERGEANTS? SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT TOTAL, OUR PLATFORM NOW WITH THE NINE POSITIONS COMING IN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE LIEUTENANTS.
WE WILL HAVE FOUR SERGEANTS, A, B, C, AND D SHIFT.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE CORPORALS, WHICH IS ALSO THE FTO TRAINEES FOR THE REST OF THE PATROL STAFF.
SO HOW MANY, SO THAT'S NINE POSITIONS COMING IN.
CORPORALS 2, 4, 6, 8 CORPORALS.
AND THEN HOW MANY, SO YOU HAVE A SHIFT AND THEN YOU HAVE B SHIFT.
THEN HOW MANY REGULAR DEPUTIES? IT'S NOT WHAT I CALL LEADERSHIP.
UNDERNEATH EACH ONE OF THOSE, THERE'S GOING TO BE NINE OFFICERS UNDER EACH CORPORAL.
SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT PLATFORM LAYS OUT THREE LIEUTENANTS.
YOU HAVE ONE LIEUTENANT THAT'S UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE, YOU HAVE ONE LIEUTENANT THAT'S OVER PATROL A SHIFT, AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE LIEUTENANT THAT'S OVER PATROL B SHIFT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR SERGEANTS UNDERNEATH THAT YOU HAVE THE SERGEANT UNDER CID, SERGEANT UNDER A, SERGEANT UNDER B.
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR CORPORALS UNDERNEATH THAT.
CAN YOU GIVE US A KIND OF A FLOW CHART? I WILL MAKE YOU A FLOW CHART SO YOU CAN MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND.
I KNOW CHIEF IS WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW, SO HE'LL GET ON IT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S BECOMING MORE URBAN UP THERE, MAN.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW DISTRICTS COMING IN.
AND THEY'RE ALREADY ALREADY WANTING TO SIGN UP AND WE TOLD THEM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HOLD OFF.
WE'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE CONNECTED AND THEN, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO FROM THERE.
THANKFULLY SOME OF 'EM HAVE SOME HOUSES FIRST
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WORK, THEY, THEY TRY TO GET US TO COME IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE MATERIALS THAT ARE STOLEN AND WE ALWAYS, MAJORITY OF THE MATERIALS STOLEN ARE FROM YOUR WORKERS THAT ARE THERE
THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT KNOW IT'S THERE.
YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY OVER THERE 24 7.
WELL, THEY NEED TO HIRE OFF-DUTY SECURITY PEOPLE TO SIT OUT THERE.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE HIRED US BEFORE OFF DUTY.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO TRY TO COMBAT PART OF THE PROBLEM.
BUT AGAIN, HOW DOES, HOW, HOW DOES THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT YOU'VE JUST DELIVERED EIGHT DOORS IN A STOVE AND A MICROWAVE AND PUT IT INTO A HOUSE AND THEN THE NEXT DAY IT'S GONE? PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW THAT.
AND I, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE GUYS DELIVERING IT OR PICKING IT UP WHEN YOU GO DRIVE BY, RIGHT? NO.
AND OF COURSE YOU'RE PICKING UP MORE OF A, A CITY MUNICIPAL POLICE ROAD AND THE A SHERIFF, I MEAN, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT CREATURES, TWO DIFFERENT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHERIFF'S OPERATIONS AND MUNICIPAL POLICING.
SO YOU'RE JUST, WAYNE DOES URBAN AND THEY DO A RULE.
BUT THE GOOD THING IS, IS THAT WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON, AND I KNOW CONSTABLE MAYFIELD, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN THEIR AREA THAT ARE WANTING THIS TOO.
THE GOOD THING THAT'S GOING ON HERE IS THAT A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE TAKING OVER IN PRECINCT TWO IS EASING UP THE TENSION ON HIM SO HE CAN CONCENTRATE ON A LOT MORE STUFF.
SHERIFF'S GOT ENOUGH GOING ON, SO WE TAKE MAJORITY OF OUR CALLS.
LAST YEAR ALONE, OUR CALLS WERE ALMOST 21,000 CALLS OUT
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OF 42,000 THAT, THAT HE RECEIVES THROUGH THE 9 1 1 DISPATCH, 21,000 OF 'EM OURS.SO WE EASE THE BURDEN OFF OF HIM SO HE CAN CONCENTRATE ON MORE THINGS.
IT'S JUST MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO PREVENT A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTY.
AND WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE.
AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT AND WHAT THE DISTRICT'S WANTING TO HELP AND PROVIDE.
NOW THAT YOUR CID PEOPLE, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE YOU GONNA END UP HAVING? BECAUSE YOU GOT NO, WITH THE NEW CID POSITION IN THIS ONE, THAT WILL CREATE 1, 2, 3, 3, I DO BELIEVE.
IS THAT CORRECT, BRANDY? THIS WILL BE THE THIRD ONE.
I HAVE TWO THAT'S IN THERE NOW.
SO THIS WILL BE THE THIRD ONE.
WELL, ON NUMBER TWO ON THIS LONGEVITY, WE'RE TRYING TO, IF WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE EVERYONE'S PAY DOWN TO 10 YEARS VERSUS 12 TO TOP OUT.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP EVERYONE THAT'LL HELP RETAIN, RETAIN PEOPLE.
I MEAN IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO TRY TO KEEP UP WITH SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES NEXT DOOR TO US.
LESS CALLS THAT THEY HAVE TO ANSWER, LESS NIGHTMARES THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND MORE MONEY.
AND SO WE'VE GOT THAT IN THE NUMBERS ALREADY, RIGHT.
SO ANYWAY, Y'ALL WERE HERE EARLIER 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL HAVING TO CUT WITH WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS.
SO, AND WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE MINIMUM, ONE MORE MEETING BEFORE WE DO A FINALIZED BUDGET.
SO ANYWAY, ALL WE CAN DO IS COME UP, PRESENT WHAT WE HAVE, PROVE OUR CASE UP AND IT'S EITHER WE'RE GONNA GET ACCEPTED OR WE'RE NOT GONNA GET.
AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE'S, WE JUST GO NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WE JUST DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST TO RETAIN OUR PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO RETAIN OUR PEOPLE AND DO YOUR JOB.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, IF WE'RE GONNA DO A PERCENTAGE ACROSS THE BOARD, I'M ASSUMING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, OKAY, NOW WE HAVE NEW HIRES COMING IN, MAKING WHAT OUR GIRLS THAT HAVE TENURE HERE, THE SAME THING.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KINDA LIKE AT THE SAME LEVEL AGAIN.
IF THEY STAY LONG ENOUGH, THAT'LL HELP.
AND WE HAVE CERTIFICATE PAID TWO PERCENTERS OR 3% IS KIND OF LIKE YEAH, I KNOW.
YOU KNOW, ALL WE'RE SHOOTING FOR FOUR SO I GOT IT.
ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
IT'S JUST WHEN I MET WITH YOU OTHER DAY, YOU HAD ASKED FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE POSITIONS THAT I HAD SAID, YEAH.
WELL THIS IS, UH, THOSE POSITIONS PLUS THE TRANSCRIPT FROM THAT, UH, BUDGET MEETING LAST YEAR.
AND THEN YOU HAD ALSO SAID THAT WE TRIED TO MIRROR PARKER COUNTY.
OKAY, WELL I CONTACTED, UH, NOT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE IN UH, DOLLARS.
JUST HILLTOPS IS WE, WE COMPARE WITH PROPERTY VALUES AS PARKER COUNTY.
THAT'S, WELL I SPOKE WITH CONSTABLE HARRIS PRECINCT TOO.
AND UH, HIS OFFICE IS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS OURS ON THE COUNTY SIDE.
AND UH, IT'S, I'VE GOT HIS BUDGET INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL WITH UH, THE OPERATING BUDGET AND THE UH, EMPLOYEE SIDE OF IT AS WELL.
AND THEN THE FIRE MARSHAL, THAT MONEY WAS PAID BY THEIR FIRE FUND.
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NEED MORE PICTURES? NO, YOU'RE LIKE WE CAN WORK ON THAT.WE DO WHAT YOU LIKE COLOR, BLACK AND WHITE OR POP UP.
THE COLOR AIN'T TOO EXPENSIVE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE 4% JASON.
LET'S, I THINK ONLY THE COURT REPORTERS, WE END UP WITH 6% ON THOSE.
DID WE END UP BEFORE? UM, I, OKAY.
YEAH, BECAUSE THE DISTRICT JUDGES WENT BACK AND CHANGED THAT, THAT MINE.
SOMEBODY WITH A LOT OF EFFORT HERE TO TRANSCRIBE ALL THIS STUFF.
OF COURSE SINCE THEN OUR PURCHASING HAS CHANGED AND SO HAS OUR HR HAS CHANGED A LOT.
DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GONNA CALL THIS MR.
THEY DID GET THE 6% THEY DID? MM-HMM
BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WERE WANTING MORE AND I THINK SHELTONS WANTED TO COME BACK, SAID MM-HMM
I THINK THEY WERE WANTING MORE THAN THE 6% AND THEY WERE, WE SETTLED WITH THE SIX.
OF COURSE YOU GOT A ROAD BRIDGE HAS THEIR OWN FUNDS THAT THEY GET TO USE IT.
WE DON'T DIFFERENT RIGHT THERE.
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YOUR FIRST PAGE HERE LAST YEAR.JUST SHOWING THE DIFFERENT PATH OUR GIRLS HAVE TO PERFORM PERSON, SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTY POSITIONS.
LEMME KNOW WHEN Y'ALL ARE READY.
LEMME KNOW WHEN Y'ALL ARE READY HERE.
ANYBODY'S DONE? THIS IS THE, AND YOU KNOW I HOLD YEAR NOT THAT WAS LAST YEAR.
YEAH, NO, THAT WAS A TOTAL CALLS.
HUH? DOES IT, ARE Y'ALL READY? YEAH.
SO YOU READY? YOU DON'T HAVE ONE THAT COMPLICATED.
I WAS JUST PRESENTING THAT JUST FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK OVER.
DON'T DO A LOT OF TALKING OVER YOU.
YOU GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON.
I KNOW WE WILL ONCE WE DIGEST THIS AND EVERYTHING, SO, OKAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS HERE THAT WE'RE DOING MATH ON, BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF WHAT WE CAN AFFORD.
PARKER COUNTY'S GOT A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC.
THEY MAY HAVE THE SAME, SIMILAR, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THEIR DEBT, WE DON'T KNOW THEIR BOND DEBTS AND THEIR TURS THAT THEY, SO I BET THEY DON'T
SOMETIMES THE DYNAMICS MAY LOOK THE SAME AMOUNT.
SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE FINANCIALLY COMING IN AND, AND LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO.
BUT GOOD JOB ON DOING YOUR HOMEWORK THOUGH.
WE WANNA COME UP HERE AND PRESENT THE BEST CASE WE CAN.
EVERY MUST STILL GOT 10 FINGERS AND 10.
UH, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SEE ME AGAIN.
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SAID YOU GUYS WERE STILL WORKING ON IT.I JUST WANT HIRE A, UM, INTAKE CLERK FOR THE DIVERSION SIDE THAT THE, THAT WE RUN FOR THE DA'S OFFICE.
UH, JUDGE WILEY AGREED TO PAY HALF OF THAT SALARY FOR THE FIRST YEAR OUT OF HER FUND.
UM, I THINK IT, IT'S, IT'S RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ADD THE INSURANCE AND BENEFITS AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN IT JUMPS OUT.
YEAH, IT'S LIKE 40 FOURS TO START, BUT THEN IT KIND OF JUMPS UP WHEN YOU ADD ALL THE BENEFITS AND STUFF.
SHE'S, UH, HER NAME'S FARRAH, KEN, JOE.
SHE'S BEEN WITH US ABOUT A YEAR, WORKING PART-TIME THREE DAYS A WEEK.
SHE DOES A LOT OF THE INTAKE CLERICAL, UM, WHICH REALLY HELPS THE DIVERSION OFFICER.
SHE'S GOT ABOUT 175 CASES AND SHE'S JUST KEEPING HER HEAD ABOVE WATER, MANAGING THOSE, THOSE FOLKS.
UM, AND SHE HELPS WITH THE, THE INTAKE PART OF THAT.
AND SHE ALSO PROVIDES RELIEF TO OUR CLERK AND WORKS THE WINDOW WHEN SHE'S OUT SICK VACATION, UM, WHATEVER.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WE COLLECTED A BUNCH OF MONEY ON THE DIVERGENT SIDE LAST YEAR AND I GUESS THAT, DOES THAT MS. BRANDY, DOES THAT GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND OR DOES THAT GO BACK TO HER FUND? YES, SO I KNOW WE COLLECTED ABOUT 65,000 JUST IN FEES LAST YEAR.
AND NOT COUNTING THE DA SIDE, THE THE ACTUAL APPLICATION FEES AND ALL THAT, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SUPERVISION FEES.
UM, AND WITH HER PAYING HALF OF THAT NOW THE, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND OF COURSE THAT'LL HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED I GUESS.
BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'S TRYING TO WI MEET US HALFWAY.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PRESENT THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT TO THINK ABOUT, LOT TO DISCUSS, BUT, UH, I DO APPRECIATE ANY CONSIDERATION.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU GUYS, BUT WE NEED TO, WE DON'T LIKE I KNOW THE DA JUST THEY'RE WAY BEHIND SURE.
AND SO THAT JUST DELAYS COURT PROCEEDINGS AND PEOPLE'S NEEDS TO KNOW WHERE DO I STAND, WHAT DO I DO NEXT, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? RIGHT.
AND SO IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING I KEEP 'EM IN LIMBO AND THEN OVERWORK THE, THAT WE DO HAVE.
AND SHE HAS BEEN, SHE'S BEEN A BIG HELP FOR SURE.
SO AND SHE'S PICKED IT UP QUICK.
UM, SHE WAS A QUICK LEARNER AND SHE'S, SHE'S GOT IT DOWN PRETTY GOOD.
SO WE'VE KIND OF CROSS TRAINED HER ON OUR SIDE TOO, ON THE ACTUAL BOND SIDE TOO.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S HELPED A LOT.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR Y'ALL GOT ANYTHING? NO.
AND LIKE I SAY, APPRECIATE ANY CONCERN, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS WE CAN.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME, UH, COME UP HERE.
UM, I ALREADY PRESENTED THIS, UH, LAST MONTH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, REVIEW THAT.
UH, I DO HAVE A PART-TIME PERSON THAT I HAVE HAD ON THE, UH, PAYROLL SINCE LAST DECEMBER THAT IS NOT OFFICIAL.
I'VE BEEN PAYING OR OUT OF OTHER LINE ITEMS IN ORDER TO, UH, GET THIS WORK DONE.
BUT SHE IS, UH, KEEPING US UP TO DATE ON OUR, UH, UH, FUND 9 99, WHICH IS THE POOLED CASH ACCOUNT.
UH, SHE DOES THE DAILY BANK RECONCILIATIONS FOR US, UH, THE MONTHLY BANK RECONCILIATION FOR THE 9, 9 9 AND ALSO JURY FUND RECONCILIATIONS AND DOES AN EXTREMELY GOOD JOB OF THAT AND KEEPING US UP TO DATE.
UH, SO THAT GIVES, UH, CARLA THE, UH, TIME SHE NEEDS TO DO THE PAYROLL, WHICH TAKES LONGER WITH MUNI.
UH, AND SHE ALSO HANDLES STATE REPORTS, T-C-D-R-S, UH, REPORTS, UNEMPLOYMENT, CSCD, INSURANCE, STATE LONGEVITY, UH, QUARTERLY REPORTS, ET CETERA.
UH, ROBERT WHO DOES WORK SOME ON, UH, PAYROLL AS WELL.
ROBERT DOES, UH, JP RECONCILIATIONS AND, UH, RECEIPTS, UH, AS WELL.
AND ALSO ALI IS, UH, UH, WHO HANDLES, UH, RECEDING.
UH, WELL NOW WITH, UH, DARLA'S HELP, UH, AS A PART-TIMER IN THERE.
UM, THE FACT THAT THE, THIS OTHER POSITION THAT I AM ASKING TO MAKE OFFICIAL IS, UH, PART-TIME SAVES THE COUNTY MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY MEDICAL INSURANCE IF WE MADE ONE OF THESE FULL-TIME AND JUST PUT A FULL-TIME PERSON IN THERE TO TWO PART-TIMERS AND WE SAVE THAT MONEY.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS TO MAKE THE, UH,
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THE PART-TIME POSITION THAT, UH, I STARTED LAST DECEMBER AND IT WAS ONLY GONNA BE TEMPORARY, BUT SHE'S KEEPING UP SO WELL, I HATE TO TERMINATE THAT.SO IF WE CAN MAKE THAT OFFICIAL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, WOULD YOU GIVE US A, YOU JUST MENTIONED WHO DOES WHAT DUTIES, WOULD YOU COPY THAT TO EACH OF US? WHO DOES WHAT? UH, YEAH, JUST A GOOD FYI TAKE IT OUT OR JUST YEAH, KINDA LIKE A FLOW CHART WHO DOES WHAT? OH, OKAY.
THAT WAY WE KNOW WHO WE GOT A PROBLEM.
KNOW WHO TO CALL WITHOUT BUGGING YOU ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, HE DID SAY THAT SHE WAS KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE, THE PAPER MONEY AND ALL THE FUNDS.
RIGHT? I'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN THANKING HIM ALL THIS TIME FOR THAT.
WE THANK HIM EVERY MONTH ABOUT IT.
WE NEED TO NOT THANK HIM ANYMORE.
YEAH, WE NEED TO THANK HIM
I, I'M TAKING CARE OF THE INVESTMENTS.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR NOW UNTIL, UH, JUDGE RICH COMES.
SO WE'LL TAKE A BREAK TILL ONE 30.
OKAY, WELL WE'RE BACK AT OUR REGULAR UH, BUDGET HEARING.
ONE O'CLOCK WE HAVE SHERIFF BEAVERS UP NEXT.
I THINK A FEW THINGS I WANNA GET CLARIFIED REAL QUICK 'CAUSE I HEARD SOME NUMBERS.
UH, I WAS TOLD ABOUT SOME NUMBERS SO I WANT TO CLARIFY SOME NUMBERS.
UH, AND I THINK Y'ALL GOT SOME OF THIS, BUT I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I GIVE IT BACK TO YOU.
I'LL GIVE IT TO THE COUNTY JUDGE.
BUT KLOCK TALKING ABOUT CALLS FOR SERVICE AND CALLS FOR SERVICE WHERE A DEPUTY TRULY GOES TO THAT CALL OR AND HANDLES IT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR WE HANDLED 30 1064 PRECINCT ONE HANDLED 1,133, PRECINCT TWO HANDLED 11,924 PRECINCT THREE DID 3035.
SO THEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THAT INCLUDES ALL INITIATED CALLS AND THIS IS EXTRA PATROL SECURITY CHECKS BUR ALL THIS STUFF THAT WE ADD IN THERE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THEM NUMBERS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE DID 65,000 360 8.
PRECINCT ONE DID 1,498, PRECINCT TWO DID 17,300 HUNDRED SIX, PRECINCT THREE DID 6,000 8 0 1 AND THEN PRECINCT FOUR DID 53 57.
SO THEM ARE TRUE ACCURATE NUMBERS.
JUDGE, WOULD YOU SEND US OR UH, I HAVE ASHLEY SEND THESE, EVERYBODY HAVE A COPY THAT WAY.
Y'ALL WANT THAT TRUE NUMBERS THAT COME OUTTA COMMUNICATION.
YOU SEND OUR LIST TO EVERYONE.
SO THAT AWAY THEY'VE GOT THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, UH, PRETTY WELL Y'ALL, I TALKED TO YOU, I KNOW WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE JAIL WE ASPECT, WE'VE GOT THE STUFF THAT'S GOTTA BE REPLACED.
I KNOW Y'ALL, Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT THAT THE, THE RADIO THAT WE'VE GOTTA DO FOR ALL THE SPAR FIRST RESPONDERS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
I THINK ALL THAT HAS BEEN FIGURED IN DOING THAT.
THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT YOU KNOW, WE TRULY ASKED FOR IS GETTING THE FOUR DEPUTIES AND UH, FOUR VEHICLES AND THE TWO VEHICLES FOR THE CHIEF DEPUTY.
'CAUSE I'VE GOT TWO CS VEHICLES, IT'S HITTING OVER 150,000 AND I'VE GOTTA GET RID OF.
AND I TALKED TO THE AUDITOR AND SHE'S WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THAT NUMBER'S.
AND THEN LIKE I SAID, I ASKED AGAIN FOR THE STEP FROM GO TO 12 TO EIGHT.
I, I'VE HEARD Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT IT AND MOVING IT TO 10, I THINK ANYTHING SHOWING WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IS GONNA HELP US BECAUSE I DID SHOW SOME JUDGE UH, SOME NUMBERS AROUND US.
I KNOW WE GOT THE FARNEY PD AND WE'VE GOT THESE OTHER ONES AROUND US.
WE'LL NEVER MEET THEM, Y'ALL KNOW THAT.
BUT AS LONG AS WE CAN GET OUR STEP PAY SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE US ONE DAY THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN EIGHT AND YOU TOP OUT IN EIGHT 'CAUSE THE CITIES ARE ALREADY BEATING US.
THEY'RE DOING IT FIVE AND TOPPING OUT AROUND 90 NUMBER ONE TO 95.
UH, HUNT COUNTY'S JUST GOT THEIR BASE PAY UP TO 66,000, WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE THE COST FOR SERVICE AND STUFF.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE COAL YARD TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT.
SO I THINK AS LONG AS WE'RE SHOWING THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND DOING THAT, WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE TO STAY.
UH, IT'S JUST, AND WE'LL TRACK SOME PEOPLE UH, BUT WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO MEET THESE CITIES.
Y'ALL KNOW THAT AND I KNOW THAT.
SO WE JUST GOTTA SHOW THAT WE'RE INVESTED IN OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE TO INVEST IN OUR EMPLOYEES TO MAINTAIN.
SO THAT WAS A BIG THING THAT THAT WE HAVE.
UH, AND WE DID UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW IN THE CONTRACT
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WE TALKED ABOUT TWO COMMUNICATION PEOPLE THAT THE UH, WINDMILL FELL AND DEVON SHIRE, ALL THAT BIG CONTRACT WOULD PICK UP TOO AND SUPPLY TO FOR UH, ME TO HANDLE THAT WORKLOAD BECAUSE Y'ALL SEEN THE WORKLOAD THAT WE HAVE THAT THEY HAVE GENERATED OVER WITH ADDING ALL THESE PEOPLE AND IT'S PUTTING A BURDEN ON DISPATCH WHERE WE NEED TO GET THEM ON ANOTHER CHANNEL AND DOING THAT.SO I THINK UH, THE AUDITORS HAS SAID THEY GOT THAT FIGURED IN.
SO I'M HOPING THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT WILL HELP THAT ASPECT.
AND OTHER THAN THAT IT'S PRETTY WELL THAT'S THE THINGS WE'VE ASKED FOR AND JUST I KNOW HAVE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
BUT UH, THE BIG THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, I KNOW WE DID TALK ABOUT THE DEF UH, DIFFERENCE IN THE PAY UH, SCALE BETWEEN UH, SHERIFF ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MY FTO.
Y'ALL SEEN THAT AND MY DEAL, SHE DOES HAVE THAT FIGURED IN BECAUSE BETWEEN MY CORPORAL AND THE SO SERGEANT THERE WAS ONLY LIKE $227 AND YOU KNOW, I HAD SOME PEOPLE ASK ME, WHY IN THE HECK AM I GONNA BE SERGEANT WHEN IT'S ON THAT WITH THAT MUCH RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THAT'S A BIG CHANGE THAT'S PUT IN THERE AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE CHANGED THAT DIFFERENCE AND I THINK WE'VE GOT IT FAIR.
IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER COUNTIES, THE SOME ARE HIGHER OR LOWER.
I THINK WE'RE AT A FAIR, THE AUDITOR BELIEVES IT'S FAIR, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT AND I THINK IT'S A FAIR EQUAL NUMBER IN BETWEEN OUR POSITIONS.
SO THAT WILL BE A BIG HELP IN GETTING THAT BACK INTO ORDER.
'CAUSE WE FIXED THAT WHEN WE DID THE CORPORAL THING.
'CAUSE THE CORPORAL THAT SO WASN'T ONLY BUT LIKE A A HUNDRED BUCKS BETWEEN THAT AND THE DEPUTY, WE COULDN'T GET NOBODY TO DO IT.
SO IT'S JUST THAT WE FIXED IT THEN WE GOTTA FIX THE REST.
ONCE WE DO THIS, I THINK WE'LL BE GOOD FOREVER.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO BE NO MORE CHANGES FOREVER.
WELL FOR THAT AND THEN SCARED, JUST FORGET IT.
IT WON'T EVEN COME BECAUSE SO ALL WE GOTTA FOREVER.
SO ALL WE GOTTA DO IS JUST KEEP IT FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN WE DO COLAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THAT NUMBER WILL STAY THE SAME AND IT WON'T BE AN ISSUE.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAD NEVER REALLY GOT THAT FINALIZED TO A T YET.
AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER GOT THAT FIXED.
SO YOU MENTIONED YOUR CORPORALS AND YOUR SERGEANTS PAY AND ALL THAT STUFF.
HOW MANY UH UH, I DON'T THINK I SAW.
MAY, LET ME JUST ASK, YOU MAY KNOW HOW MANY CAP TOTAL CAPTAINS DO YOU HAVE? I ONLY HAVE TWO CAPTAINS.
UH, WELL THREE TAKE THAT BACK.
IF WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THE JAIL.
JAIL, THE ONE CAPTAIN, UH, WHICH IS ASSISTANT JAIL ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN OVERSEES EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE 200 OR A HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE, A HUNDRED THIRTY EMPLOYEES IN THERE.
SO THAT'S THE SECOND PERSON THAT DOES THAT.
THAT'S THE CAPTAIN HAVE ONE CAPTAIN OVER CID.
UH, AND THAT'S ALL HE DOES IS TAKE CARE OF CID.
AND THEN I HAVE THE OTHER CAPTAIN THAT TAKES CARE OF THE OPERATION AND THAT CAPTAIN OVERSEES THE LIEUTENANT OVER SWAT AND THAT ALL THE UNMANNED CRAFT, WHICH IS NOBODY THERE.
THE CRAM CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE PIO PERSON, UH, MY MENTAL HEALTH PERSON, UH, MY RADIO PERSON AND THE ASSET CONTROL, UH, THE FORENSICS ANALYSIS, ALL OUR IT PEOPLE, THE LIEUTENANT AND ALL THE GIRLS OVER IN OUR OPEN RECORDS.
SO TRAINING, UH, OVERSEES EVERYBODY AT THE COURTHOUSE, OVERSEES ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS AND OVERSEES ALL THE PATROL.
UM, I UP, I UPDATED THE BACKUP THAT HE GAVE BEHIND THE SALARY PAYROLL REQUEST.
AND I HAVE IT LISTED OUT HOW MANY ARE E IN EACH POSITION AND HOW MANY OF THE SUPERVISE OR NOTHING? NO, JUST HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE AFFECTED.
LIKE, LIKE HOW MANY SERGEANTS, HOW MANY SERGEANT TWOS, HOW MANY LIEUTENANTS? AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK, I GAVE Y'ALL ALL THE VERY FIRST TIME PRESENTED OF ORG CHART.
UH, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THAT ORG CHART, IT TELLS YOU FOLLOW EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE, UH OKAY.
'CAUSE LIKE PATROL, I HAVE ONE LIEUTENANT AND THEN HE'S OVERSEEING 2K NINES, TWO DAY SERGEANTS, TWO NIGHT SERGEANTS, TWO PATROL CORPORALS DAY AND NIGHT.
TWO FROM DAY TWO FROM NIGHT WE GOT FOUR.
UH, DE DEPUTIES THAT ARE FTO UH, I'VE GOT 15 DAY DEPUTIES, 15 NIGHT DEPUTIES, TWO CMVS, TWO CIVILIAN ANIMAL CONTROLS, ONE SERGEANT OVER, UH, CIVIL AND THEN A DEPUTY UNDER CIVIL.
SO THAT ONE'S LIEUTENANT'S HANDLING ALL THAT.
BUT HE ONLY HAS TO TALK TO FIVE SERGEANTS.
'CAUSE THAT'S UNDER, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL SPAN CONTROL.
THEY CAN MANAGE THAT MANY PEOPLE.
AND THEN THEIR SERGEANT CORPORAL'S MANAGE THE, THE OTHER STAFF.
AND EVERYONE HAS GIVEN ME THEIR NUMBERS FOR OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.
AND I'VE, UH, SO FAR I THINK OTHER DAY HOW MANY I THINK THE CLERK IS, HAS THE MOST I BELIEVE AT, WELL I TAKE THAT BACK.
SHERIFF HAS THE MOST AT 4,581 THEN, UH, LAURA HAS 4,300.
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UH, THE DA HAS UH, 226.UH, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE DISTRICT CLERK HAVE IT RHONDA'S OUT TODAY.
BUT UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE TO DO? TWO.
IF Y'ALL REMEMBER Y'ALL ADDED ONE.
I WASN'T MEETING MY 10 DAY DEMAND AND THAT'S WHEN WE MOVED THAT INDIVIDUAL FROM JAIL.
AND THEN Y'ALL GIVE IT TO ME LAST YEAR.
SO I'VE, I'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE HANDLING ALL OF THEM AND THAT SOMEBODY'S DOG OUT THERE IN THE CAR.
OH AND THAT'S PRETTY WELL, I MEAN, AND THE BIG THING ABOUT OPEN RECORDS THAT IS LOCKED UP, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF TO DO WITH THAT AND A LOT OF VIDEO TO WATCH AND ALL THAT.
AND I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S A BIG THING WE'RE DOING.
'CAUSE AND THEN LIKE I SAY, THE DA HELPS US A LOT IN THAT IN OUR CIVIL DIVISION.
'CAUSE THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT UH, 'CAUSE MY PEOPLE REALLY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB IN MANAGING, SEEING THAT AND FOLLOWING THE LAW.
AND IF THEY DO THAT, THEN WE FOLLOW UP WITH OUR CIVIL DIVISION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCURATE WHAT WE DO.
AND THEN WE SEND A A LOT OF, WE ASK FOR A LOT OF AG OPINIONS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM WE SEND OUT.
'CAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG THING.
WE'VE GOTTA SEND IT OUT TO AG, GET THEIR OPINION IN IT, WHAT THEY THINK.
WELL WE WON'T BE FAIR FIRM CONSISTENT WITH EVERYBODY AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SHERIFF? AND WE'RE STILL GONNA KEEP Y'ALL ON THE ENTERPRISE CAR LEASE THING.
AND SAFETY'S, I SAFETY WHAT I WAS TALKING TO HER TO FIND OUT.
I THINK WHERE WE CAN SAVE SOME MONEY ON THAT.
I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CID CARS, MY CAR AND SOME OTHER ONES THAT'S UNDER THAT MAINTENANCE PART.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN KEEP THAT.
'CAUSE I'VE GOT A GUY THAT DOES THAT.
I THINK I CAN GET MY OLD CHANGE CHEAPER.
I THINK EVERYTHING IN THE, THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION.
I THINK WE CAN DO IT BETTER IN-HOUSE AND HOPEFULLY NOW YOU DO IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND OUT.
NO, I THINK THEY TOLD YOU IF YOU GO OFF THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE THING.
SO I DON'T KNOW THE MAINTENANCE THING.
I THINK WE CHECK AND WE'LL CHECK.
I MEAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW EITHER THAT THAT BROUGHT UP THE FIRST TIME IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THAT.
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE STRICTLY ON MAINTENANCE ONLY AND THEY WANTED IF WE USE THEIR OWN THE VEHICLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GO VICE VERSA THE BACKWARDS WAY.
AND AND THE THING MIGHT BE THAT IS THEY WANT TO KNOW THE MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR, WHICH I, THAT'S FINE.
I MEAN I'VE GOT, WE JUST BOUGHT THAT SYSTEM THAT I'LL BE MORE GLAD TO DOWNLOAD IT TO 'EM SAYING HERE THIS IS WHEN WE'RE CHANGING THE OIL.
UH, NOW WE'VE GOT AN APP ON MY PHONE BEFORE I CAN TAKE OFF MY CAR, I GOTTA PUT THE MILEAGE, CHECK EVERYTHING ON IT, RIDE IT OFF, AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA GET THE FUEL PEOPLE TO DO IT.
'CAUSE WE DO EVERYTHING BY LAW.
EVERYBODY HAS TO TELL HOW MANY MILES THEY DROVE EVERY DAY BY EVERY CAR.
THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE HAD FOREVER.
AND THEN I, I CAN PULL A FOLDER IN A CAR AND TELL YOU WHAT WE SPEND ON IT EVERY YEAR.
UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, THAT'S TEDIOUS.
THAT'S WHERE WITH THIS NEW SOFTWARE, IF WE CAN GET OUR FUEL PEOPLE TO MANAGE AND MERGE THAT TOGETHER, THEN I CAN GET AWAY FROM PAPER AND WE CAN PRINT THAT OFF AND IT'LL MAKE LIFE A LOT EASIER.
AND THEN IT'S A GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT US IS WE CAN WORK WITH ENTERPRISE.
'CAUSE THEY'VE HELPED US BEFORE WITH CARS.
WHEN WE WIND UP JUST GETTING A SET OF CARS THAT ARE REALLY BAD AND WE NEED TO, I MEAN WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON 'EM THAN WHAT THERE WERE.
SO WE CAN SHOW THAT, PUT THAT WITH THEM AND THEN THEY'LL WIND UP SAYING, OH YES.
LIKE THEY DID THE HYBRID CARS.
REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT HALF HYBRIDS, UH, THEY SOLD IT.
THEY BOUGHT 'EM, THEY SOLD 'EM TO US.
WE SAID WE'D TRY 'EM AND WITHIN TWO YEARS WE HAD TO GET RID OF 'EM.
'CAUSE WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON WHAT THIS WERE.
SO AND ASK YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT DOUBLE CHECK FUEL CARDS.
I KNOW PERSING HAS GOT A BUNCH THAT THEY HAVE FOUND THAT'S INACTIVE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FROM US, NOT FROM EVER ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
NOT JUST FROM Y'ALL, BUT DOUBLE CHECK ALL THE DEPUTIES.
MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT ANY, UH, FUEL CARDS LAYING AROUND.
'CAUSE THERE WE, WE PUT 'EM IN EVERY CAR AND THEN I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK WITH UH, CAPTAIN MOBERG.
AND HE'S REALLY GOOD AT, IF THAT CAR'S GONE, WE SEND IT BACK OVER HERE.
UH, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
AND I KNOW WHOSE DEPARTMENT'S FROM, SHE WAS JUST TELLING ME YOU HAD A LOT OF THEM.
AND WE, WE NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
'CAUSE I'M TELL YOU WHAT WE DO DO IS WE'RE REALLY BIG ON LOOKING AT THE FUEL LOG WHEN IT COMES IN.
'CAUSE THERE FOR A WHILE WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE WANTING TO DO A SUPER UN UNLOADING AND WE STOPPED AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE THAT DECIDED TO PUT CAR WASHES ON IT.
UH, WE STOPPED THAT REAL IN QUICK.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT EVERY MONTH WHEN IT COMES IN AND EVALUATING IT AND SEEING IT.
SO I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THESE CARDS TURNED BACK IN.
SO ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO.
I THINK I LOVE DOING A A GREAT JOB.
BECAUSE LISTEN TO THE RADIO, IT'S LIKE WOW.
SOME NIGHTS THERE'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT.
THERE'S, THERE'S NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN THIS COUNTY THESE DAYS.
THE FOURTH FLOOR SEEMS LIKE IT.
WE'RE, WE'RE BLESSED THAT WE GOT THROUGH THE FOURTH.
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MOVING ON AND OKAY.YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS WHAT WE'RE SOUND OUR OURSELF WITH.
SO OUR EMPLOYEES, WE GOTTA INVEST IN OUR EMPLOYEES AND KEEP 'EM.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
I KNOW MY ANIMALS AND I APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL DO FOR US.
WE, WELL MY, MY ANIMALS WILL TOO.
'CAUSE MY TWO DOGS DID NOT CARE FOR NOTHING.
AND I'M EATING IN THE CITY AND WE HAD EVERY I'M HAVING HAVING, I'M STILL HAVING TO DRAG 'EM OUTSIDE.
AND THEN YOU STILL HEAR A STRAY ONE AND THEN YEAH, THEY'RE GONE.
WE HAVE JUDGE RICH COMING AT, UH, ONE 30.
I THOUGHT WE'RE ALWAYS READY FOR YOU.
JENNIFER WAS GONNA BE HERE, BUT, UH, MAYBE NOT THE OKAY.
WELL WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN HERE WITH JUDGE RICH THIS AFTERNOON.
UM, JUDGE, THE FIRST THING I HAVE IS I THINK TORY CROWDER, MY COURT COORDINATOR SENT A CERTIFICATE IN TO SHOW THAT SHE HAD WENT THROUGH A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
UH, I THINK THAT WAS, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, EIGHT, 10 MONTHS.
AND THEN SHE HAD TO SPEND A WEEK DOWN CLOSE TO AUSTIN GOING THROUGH A CONFERENCE.
IT WAS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, UH, REGARDING DOCKETS OF THE COURT, UH, BUDGETS, UH, COURT, UH, COORDINATION, UH, ATTORNEY DEFENDANT RELATIONSHIPS, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT A COORDINATOR HAS TO DEAL WITH.
AND SHE WAS ASKING FOR CERTIFICATE PAY IN REGARDS TO THAT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS.
I THINK IT'S $2,000, BUT IT'S ONLY APPLIED AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY, EVERY BUDGET YEAR, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER.
AND SO THAT, THAT WAS HER REQUEST AND SHE HAD GONE THROUGH THAT.
UM, I, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO SAY, WE NEED TO SEND A COPY TO HR.
THEY DO HAVE, IT'S A CERTIFIED COURT MANAGER, UM, IS WHAT THE CERTIFICATION IS.
SO JUST ASKING THAT, THAT BE CONSIDERED SURE.
WE'VE DONE THAT FOR EVERYONE WHO GETS A CERTIFICATE THAT'S REQUIRED, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'VE NEVER TURNED THOSE DOWN.
THE NEXT PART OF THE AGENDA, IT HAS TO DO WITH, AND I KNOW Y'ALL KNOW THIS, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE IN MEETINGS, BUT WE TRYING TO GET JENNIFER RUSSELL OVER AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING FOR NMA NPA FOR NOW FOR OVER A YEAR.
UM, AND I FOUND OUT TALKING TO JENNIFER, THE CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED.
THEY, THEY SIMPLY TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
UH, I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE CONTRACT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST PERPETUAL, IF, IF A NEW ONE'S NOT.
DO YOU KNOW, UM, OFFHAND I THOUGHT OR SO, UM, I BELIEVE MY GIRLS LOOKED INTO THAT, BUT I DO NOT REMEMBER THE ANSWER.
UM, I KNOW, UH, IT'S A, SO IT'S NO IS DO WHAT? I THINK MOST OF US KNOW HER.
I MEAN, SHE'S A, SHE'S A GREAT PERSON.
SHE WOULD BE A GREAT EMPLOYEE FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED TO BRING THOSE UP HERE.
BUT, UM, I DO THINK SHE WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE AS A COUNTY EMPLOYEE.
I KNOW THE BUDGET IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, EVEN HER HOLIDAYS AND THINGS THAT THEY GIVE HER ARE NOT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY.
SO SOMETIMES SHE'S OFF DIFFERENT DAYS AND EVERYBODY'S GONE FROM THE COUNTY AND THERE'S SOME COORDINATION AND, UH, STUFF THAT SHE HAS TO DO.
BUT, UM, I THINK SHE'D BE A, A GOOD EMPLOYEE AND I'LL TALKED TO YOU JUDGE AND TALK TO MOORE AND, UM, ABOUT THIS.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A BUDGET CONCERN, BUT I DO THINK SHE WOULD BENEFIT THE EMPLOYEE.
AND I, AND I THINK THERE'S ALREADY, THERE IS A LINE ITEM THERE.
THE POSITION HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT FUNDED.
AND THAT'S, AND YOU AND I HAVE TALKED AND, AND I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOW WE PAID EPI.
NPA THEN TURNS AROUND AND GIVES PART OF THAT MONEY BACK FOR A SALARY.
UH, I KNOW THERE'S SOME SERVICES THAT THEY DO OFFER WE HAVEN'T BEEN RECEIVING.
WE FIND THAT OUT AND THAT'S KIND OF, UH, OF INTEREST.
UH, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER AVENUE
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ALSO TO SEE WHAT'S MIGHT BE OUT THERE.IF IT BENEFITS US, THEN WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA LOOK AT IT HARD.
'CAUSE THIS WE RENEW IS AUGUST THE 31ST OF EVERY YEAR.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND I KNOW MARGARET'S LOOKING INTO THAT.
WE WERE GONNA MEET THIS MORNING, BUT WE RESCHEDULED FOR ASHLEY.
DO WE KNOW WHEN WE'RE MEETING WITH MARGARET? TOMORROW AT ONE O'CLOCK? TOMORROW AT ONE O'CLOCK.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET BACK WITH Y'ALL.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE, PROBABLY TWO MORE BUDGET HEARINGS BEFORE THIS IS ALL FINAL ANYWAY.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE WILL KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE CAN DO.
LIKE I SHOWED YOU, I WANT DO EVERYTHING THAT'S FAVORABLE FOR THE COUNTY COUNTY BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THEM.
BUT, UH, AND I THINK, I KNOW JENNIFER DOES A GREAT JOB, SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH SOME ISSUES AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH SOME ISSUES.
DID YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM HER? JENNIFER, WHAT'D YOU COME HERE AND TELL SOMETHING? SURE.
I DIDN'T THINK Y WAS GONNA RIGHT.
MAYBE YOU COULD TELL THEM SOME OF THE ISSUES OR PROBLEMS THAT, AND THEN TELL THE TWO NEW ONES WHAT YOU DO.
THEY PROBABLY DON KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO.
HOW ARE Y'ALL? UH, I MEAN, GOOD AFTERNOON.
SO AS A MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR, UM, LIKE THIS MORNING I TAKE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, I HAVE TO BE BACK AT TWO 30 TO DO A, A MENTAL HEALTH WARRANT FOR SOMEONE LIVING IN FORNEY.
SO, UM, THE JPS THE BIGGEST THING THAT I DO, UM, THAT TAKES MOST OF MY TIME IS THE COM.
THE JPS USED TO DO THE MENTAL HEALTH WARRANTS FOR OUR COUNTY.
AND SO, UM, ME BEING AN LPCA LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR, I KIND OF KNOW THE QUESTIONS TO ASK AND YOU KNOW, THE THINGS TO SAY, UM, THAT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, MAYBE RIGHT UP IN THE JPS.
UM, UM, THEY WEREN'T AS FAMILIAR OR COMFORTABLE WITH, I GUESS I COULD SAY, UH, ANYWAY.
SO NOW THEY ALL COME TO ME INSTEAD OF GOING TO FOUR DIFFERENT JPS.
UM, THAT WAY THINGS KIND OF ALIGN.
AND ONCE THEY KIND OF MAKE IT PAST MY QUESTIONING AND THEY MEET THAT, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, MEET A CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR A MENTAL HEALTH WARRANT, THEN I MEET WITH THE JUDGE AND, UM, JUDGE RICH WILL SIGN OFF ON THOSE WARRANTS.
SO, UM, I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE PDS OFFICES, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE TO GET THOSE WARRANTS TO THEM.
SO, UH, I HAVE, I'VE MADE REALLY GOOD, UH, CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THOSE PERSONNEL.
AND THEN I TAKE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS.
I HAVE PEOPLE COME IN THAT ARE WANTING RESOURCES, UM, TO DIFFERENT EITHER, UH, UM, THERAPISTS OR, UM, GETTING HELP WITH THEIR, UM, UH, DRUG ABUSE ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, JUST A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND PEOPLE COMING TO SEE ME.
AND, UM, AND THEN I'M, I AM ON DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, BOARDS AND THINGS, UH, THAT I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN.
UM, I HELPED JUDGE RICH GET OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP BOARD BACK UP AND GOING, UH, TWO YEARS AGO.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THE, THE MOST, THE MEAT OF IT.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I KNOW SHE'S VERY BUSY.
I GET A REPORT EVERY MONTH
JUST 'CAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND IT'S NOT JUST A QUICK, HI, HOW ARE YOU? NO, OVER HERE.
AND A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS, THEY COME IN, UM, AND THEY WILL TELL ME, THEY'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE THE FIRST PERSON TO REALLY SIT DOWN WITH ME AND LISTEN, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, AND I'VE, I'VE ALWAYS GOTTEN POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, UH, FROM ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE MET WITH ME.
UM, I HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNSELING HEART AND I DO LOVE MY JOB.
UM, UH, I GUESS MY BIGGEST CONCERNS, OR, AND YOU MAY HAVE GONE OVER IT, YOU KNOW, IF I AM, I WANT YOU GUYS TO DO WHATEVER'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR POPULATION.
SO IF THAT MEANS NOT STAYING WITH NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AND GOING WITH LAKES REGIONAL OR SOME OTHER ENTITY, I WANT YOU TO DO THAT.
UH, THEREFORE IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ME IF I WAS ON WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEN I, I STILL HAVE A JOB AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT THERE ARE NO HURT FEELINGS.
WHATEVER HAPPENS, I, I REALLY ENJOY ALL OF YOU.
I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW MOST OF YOU AND WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE WHAT'S BASED, YOU KNOW, BEST FOR OUR, OUR COUNTY, YOU, YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
AND THERE ARE GONNA BE NO HURT FEELINGS ON MY, ON MY END.
AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU TOLD ME THIS, I GUESS IT WAS THIS MORNING OR YESTERDAY.
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VICTOR CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED.IS THAT CORRECT? I HAVE NEVER BEEN.
SO WHEN I, WHEN I STARTED THIS POSITION, I WAS GIVEN A CONTRACT THAT WAS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT AND I WISH I COULD FIND THAT, BUT I, I CANNOT, I HAVE SEARCHED.
UM, AND SO WHEN I REACHED OUT, I KNEW THAT TWO YEARS WAS COMING UP IN JANUARY.
AND SO BACK IN THE SUMMER I EVEN STARTED COMMUNICATIONS WITH NORTEX BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ABOUT THE, THE CONTRACT.
AND I WAS TOLD IT'LL BE FINE, IT'LL BE FINE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAS WORKED OUT WITH THE COUNTY.
I DON'T HAVE, I'VE NEVER SIGNED A NEW CONTRACT.
SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME ALSO A LITTLE NERVOUS JUST BECAUSE I'M KIND OF HANGING OUT THERE AND THEY HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEM, BUT THEY HAVE A VERY HIGH TURNOVER RATE AND THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO FIRE PEOPLE, UH, GOOD PEOPLE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I DON'T WANNA END UP BEING ONE OF THEIR STATISTICS I GUESS I SHOULD SAY.
UM, BUT IT, LIKE I SAID, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
WELL WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE CAN THAT'S FOR SURE.
WE CHECK ON THAT EARLIER AND IS AUTO RENEWING, SO IT MAY BE A POSITIVE THING.
I DIDN'T, SHE'S A, SHE'S A GOOD EMPLOYEE.
SHE'S A GOOD WORKER FOR ME AND SHE WORKS WITH ME VERY WELL AND SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
WE AIN'T GONNA LET HER GO NOWHERE.
SHE DOES, UH, WHITE WARRANTS OUT OF THE JAIL TOO WHEN WE NEED TO DO THAT.
WE'RE NOT LETTING HER GO ANYWHERE.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ANOTHER BREAK, MAN.
GOT CASEY MORRIS, OUR MAINTENANCE MAN HERE FACILITIES.
ALRIGHT GENTLEMEN, Y'ALL DOING ALL RIGHT TODAY? YEP.
SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF BACK HERE REVISITING THE, THE BUDGET.
Y'ALL HAVE HAD YOUR NOTEBOOKS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS NOW.
UM, DID A COUPLE SINCE OUR LAST VISIT, WE, UH, DROPPED A PRICE IN OUR PROJECT.
SO THAT'S DOWN, UM, ABOUT 200,000.
SO WE'RE UH, MOVING PRETTY GOOD ON THAT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, AND I, Y'ALL JUST GOT THE BASICALLY NEW LAYOUT OF ALL THE NEW PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE MAIN CHANGE THAT I, THE ONLY THING THAT WE ADJUSTED SINCE LAST VISIT WAS THE PROJECTS.
AND Y'ALL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.
SO, UM, WE CAN JUMP TO THE SALARY.
YOU WANNA REVISIT THE SALARY ON THAT AGAIN ON THIS DEPARTMENT? NO, LET'S GO WITH THE CHANGE ON THAT ONE.
SO THAT ONE, THE CHANGE HERE FIRST IS ACTUALLY IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT THAT'S IN SOLID WASTE, WASTE.
I COULDN'T IS THAT OTHER SHEET OF PAPER YOU HAVE WITH THE YELLOW WITH THE TWO EMPLOYEES? THOSE ARE TWO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
AND THAT IS HINDERING ON, WE'RE PUTTING SOLID WASTE OUT FOR PUBLIC BID AGAIN.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO SOME PRICE CHECKING TO SEE IF IT'S CHEAPER TO HAVE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES STAFFED BY KAUFMAN COUNTY OR DO THE MANAGING OUT AGAIN.
UM, DEPENDING ON THE PRICE, WHICH ONES? YEAH.
AND THIS WAS BASED ON OUR MEETING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT IF WE SHOULD GO.
WE'RE GOING BE GETTING THAT UH, OUT.
BUT ON THE, THERE'S, HE BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT IN THE MEETING THAT DAY WHERE IT'D BE BETTER TO SEPARATE THE TWO TO SEE IF, UH, THE CONVENIENCE STATIONS WOULD BE A SEPARATE BID VERSUS THE COUNTYWIDE CLEANUPS TO MAKE 'EM BID ON BOTH OF THEM OR TO SIT THERE MAYBE AS TO DO COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE MEETING TODAY, WITH BUDGET GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE, I MAY BE JUMPING AHEAD ON HERE, BUT TALKING ABOUT THESE TWO POSITIONS, COUNTY BEING PUT THERE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY WE'RE GOING TO USE THEM YET, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE BID PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE AND THAT WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING BACK IN PLACE IN TIME.
SO THIS WAS AN ALTERNATIVE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES SIR.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO.
IN CASE WE DO THE BID PROCESS AND SAY NOBODY BIDS ON IT, THEY DON'T WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONVENIENCE STATION, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE SOME POSSIBLE POSITIONS TO FILL WITH COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
JUST NOTHING TO DO WITH COUNTYWIDE CLEANUP, BUT JUST THE
SO HAVE Y'ALL GONE OUT FOR BID YET? NO.
UM, WE'RE MEETING THIS WEEK TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER TO PUT IT OUT FOR BID.
SO THE GOAL IS THIS WEEK TO UM, START PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET WHAT WE WENT OVER BUDGET ON OUR STUFF, SIR.
THAT SHOULD COME OUT OF THE CONTRACT SINCE WE'RE PAYING FOR THEM TO MANAGE NOW.
UM, IT SHOULDN'T HOPEFULLY NOT AFFECT MUCH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BID'S GONNA COME BACK TO.
SO WE NEED 'EM BY WHAT CUTOFF DATE.
UM, WELL WE GET OUR FINAL NUMBERS ON THE 25TH, SO THE FOLLOWING
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WEEK WE NEED NUMBERS.SO YOU NEED TO GO UP THERE TODAY AND HOW WE GET IT OUT.
WE'LL TRY TO, WE'LL TRY TO TRY TO GET YOU GUYS WAITING AROUND.
WE'LL TRY TO GET IT OUT THAT WEEK WOULD BE GREAT.
AND WHY DON'T WE PUT THESE TWO SALARY DEALS OR TOLD HIM TO DO THIS IS JUST 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE'D GET IT BACK IN TIME, BUT AT LEAST IT'S IN THE BUDGET WHETHER WE USE NOT TO KILL IT THAT WAY WE'RE NOT ASKING MIDYEAR THIS IS THE TIME TO PUT IT IN THERE.
SO, UM, THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS THAT END OF IT ON THE, ON THE MAJOR CHANGES.
UM, THE REST OF THE PAYROLL STUFF HAS STAYED THE SAME.
THAT'S THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE ADDING PER OUR CONVERSATION OR OUR MEETING LAST WEEK FELT LIKE ON THE SAFE SIDE TO PUT THAT IN THERE.
WE HAD, UH, PERSONNEL HIRED BEFORE TO RUN THOSE POSITIONS.
JUDGE, LIKE ME AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
UH, SO MIGHT NOT BE A PROBLEM.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE ON SOLID WASTE OR ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S THE ONLY MAJOR ONES I'VE CHANGED ON SOLID WASTE.
UH, NO, I MOVED THE 10,000 OVER, SO IT'S, IT'S STILL IN THERE BUT UM, IT'S BEEN MOVED OVER TO THE LINE ITEM THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO WE GET RID OF THE MISCELLANEOUS LINE ITEM.
HAVE, ON THIS SHEET YOU GAVE US HERE, DO YOU HAVE IT, UH, MARKED WHERE IT'S CONTRACT OR YOU'RE DOING IT? ARE THESE ALL PROJECTS DOING THAT CALENDAR THAT Y'ALL HAVE RIGHT HERE? NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT HERE.
THIS THAT IS BASICALLY THIS ON A, ON A SCALE AND OKAY.
BASICALLY IT'S COLOR COORDINATED.
THE GREEN IS SUB OUT, THE YELLOW IS IN-HOUSE.
AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THE PRICING AND EVERYTHING'S ON THOSE, ON THE ONES WE ARE SUBBING OUT, WE TRIED TO GET AT LEAST ONE BID.
SO YOU KINDA HAVE A GENERAL IDEA.
SOME OF 'EM HAVE ALREADY THE MULTIPLE BIDS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
BUT WE TRIED TO GET AT LEAST ONE BID IN BEFORE BUDGET TIME.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT.
SO MOST OF THOSE ALREADY HAVE PRICES ON THEM OKAY.
AND YOU'LL SEE IT'LL HAVE THE VENDORS AND EVERYTHING OFF TO THE SIDE ON THE ONES WE'RE SUBBING OUT.
SO SOLID WASTE YOU HAVE, UM, THE TWO EMPLOYEES THAT ARE PURELY IN THERE JUST FOR, JUST IN CASE, DEPENDING ON THE QUOTES WE HAVE.
I'M GONNA START WITH THE SMALLER ONE BACK HERE ON, UM, THE SHOWGROUNDS WE PUT IN THERE FOR A STIPEND FOR 7,000 FOR WHOEVER'S MANAGING THAT RENTAL, RUNNING A CREDIT CARD MACHINE AND ALL THAT.
WE HAVE A STIPEND IN THERE FOR 7,000 TO WHOEVER'S RUNNING THAT AT THE TIME.
MOST OF OUR STIPENDS DON'T GO THAT HIGH.
I JUST WENT OFF, WE WENT OFF OF LIKE A TRUCK ALLOWANCE AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, ME AND BRANDY CAME UP WITH.
BUT THAT'S, UM, KIND OF WHERE WE WERE AT ON THAT.
SO I DON'T WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM, LIKE TRUCK USAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHERE DID THAT 7,000 COME FROM? UM, WE JUST KIND OF COMPARED IT TO THE TRAVEL ALLOWANCE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH IT AT DOWN THERE BASICALLY.
'CAUSE THERE'S NOT REALLY A, THERE'S NOT REALLY A STIPEND FOR THAT.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL COULD, Y'ALL COULD WORK OFF OF.
UM, THAT'S IT ON THE SHOW GROUNDS.
AND THEN, UM, ON THE FACILITY SIDE, ON THE MAINTENANCE AND JANITORIAL SIDE, I HAVE A CLERK POSITION.
UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, ALL THESE ARE PRETTY MUCH CORRECTIONS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET, UM, THAT POSITION PAID, UH, THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO JUST THE CLERK PAY, WHICH IS A STANDARD 44 0 4 4.
UM, WE'RE JUST MOVING IT UP TO THAT STANDARD, UM, JANITORIAL, UM, IT'S A LEAD POSITION.
SHE'S HAD IT FOR TWO YEARS, BUT SHE'S PAID THE SAME AS THE REST OF THE JANITORIAL.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE HER UP TO SHE'S ALREADY HAS THE TITLE.
IT'S ONLY A THOUSAND DOLLARS DIFFERENCE.
HUH? IT'S ONLY A THOUSAND DIFFERENCE.
UH, IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS HIGHER, BUT IT'S, YEAH.
IT'S HIGHER THAN WHAT SHE'S MAKING NOW.
UM, I DON'T HAVE WHAT SHE'S MAKING NOW, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE THAN, I THINK IT'S LIKE 3000 MORE THAN WHAT SHE'S MAKING NOW.
IT'S GOING FROM, FROM THE STOCK JANITOR 1, 3 0 8 TO 45.
SO IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE JUMP JUST TO PAY HER AS A LEAD FOR WHAT ALL SHE DOES FOR US.
UM, HEY, ON YOUR, I'M SORRY, BUT ON YOUR, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE CLERK UHHUH
WHICH IT WAS CALI, RIGHT NOW THAT POSITION'S EMPTY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THAT POSITION RIGHT NOW.
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I GOT YOU.AND ULTIMATELY THAT WAS SOMEWHAT OF AN OVERSIGHT, MISCOMMUNICATION FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO IT, IT IS KIND OF A CLEANUP ITEM.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE JANITORIAL LEAD POSITION? NO.
UM, I PUT IN THERE, UH, THE DIRECTOR'S POSITION.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ALL Y'ALL'S DECISIONS AT THAT POINT.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT IN THERE.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DIRECTOR'S POSITION? ONE, WE'RE GONNA HIRE ONE, AREN'T WE? NO.
UM, WE RAISED HER A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR.
UM, AND I KNOW, UH, TALKED TO A COUPLE OF Y'ALL MAYBE DOING IT IN STEPS.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND YEAR.
TRYING TO GET HER KIND OF MORE UP THERE WHERE SHE NEEDS TO BE.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KATIE PRUITT.
SHE DOES, UM, AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR US.
AND, UH, SHE HELPS OUT A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS, THE AUDITOR, EVERYBODY ELSE, UH, WITH THE LAWSUITS, WITH THE AUDITING AND STUFF.
SO SHE'S DEFINITELY NEEDS TO KIND OF BE BROUGHT UP TO AN OFFICE MANAGER.
THERE'S, THERE'S CLERKS THAT ARE MAKING MORE THAN HER AT THIS POINT.
UH, SO YOU HAVE ANY OFFICE MANAGER? SHE'S THE, SHE'S THE ONLY OFFICE MANAGERS.
UM, WE WERE TRYING TO GO OFF OF SOME OF THE OTHER ONES LAST YEAR, BUT NOT AT THAT PAY.
IT MAY BE SOME, I DON'T KNOW, IN THE, YEAH, WE COULDN'T DO THAT.
BIG OF A PAY INCREASE AT THE END AT ONE TIME, I THINK IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF JUVENILE AND ADULT.
AND ADULT PROBATION HAS ADULT PROBATION.
AND THAT'S, WE DON'T, WE DON'T ACTUALLY, IT'S A V WE DON'T ACTUALLY, WE DON'T PAY JUVENILE.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT AND SEE.
I JUST, JUST TRYING SOMETHING FOR HER.
I KNOW WE WERE TOO MUCH ONE TIME.
SO WE DON'T WANNA START A NEW TITLE.
WELL, NO, THIS IS, SHE'S ALREADY HAS IT.
I KNOW IT'S IN THE DEPARTMENT.
I'M SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO START A NEW, ACTUALLY IT'S ONLY ADULT PROBATION THAT HAS THAT TITLE THEN.
WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT, I THINK.
DON'T YOU? I MEAN, BECAUSE I HAD OFFICE.
I DON'T, I HAD, I MEAN, OFFICE.
I HAD AL MANAGER, I GOT RID OF THAT POSITION BECAUSE THIS, WELL, THAT TIME IT STEMMED FROM THAT SURVEY RIGHT.
SO IT'S KIND OF CIVILIAN TITLE.
I THINK I, I, I THINK PERSONALLY, I MEAN I JUST LIKE TO SEE IT'S TRYING TO KEEP THE SAME TITLES IN THE COUNTY AND NOT EVERYWHERE.
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY WOULD BE THE SAME TITLE.
THEY DON'T WANT THE SAME TITLE.
WE LOOKED AND THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM THAT ARE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, BUT I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT.
UH, I THINK THAT'S WHY WE WENT OFFICE MANAGERS YEAH.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THAT TITLE.
SO, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT.
SO, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? NO, UH, FULL-TIME.
UH, CUSTODIAN, WE'RE DOING, UH, SHOW BARNS NOW.
WE'RE ABOUT TO ADD A BUILDING AT, UM, IN FOUR.
WE'RE ADDING A BUILDING, HOPEFULLY THE JUSTICE, THE COURTHOUSE WILL BE DONE HERE SHORTLY.
SO THERE'LL BE A FULL TIME THERE TO KIND OF FILL THAT IN.
UH, I'M JUST PUTTING THAT ON, ON THERE.
FOR, IT'D BE BASICALLY THE BARNS ONE DAY A WEEK.
SO THEY'D VISIT EVERY BARN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
AND THEN WHEN THE COURTHOUSE OPENS, IT WOULD BE A FULL-TIME OR HALF A DAY THERE AND HALF A DAY CLEANING THE BARNS.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS A FULL-TIME POSITION, BUT YOU SEE THE PAYS REALLY, UH, LOW.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A FULL-TIME POSITION, BUT I DON'T NEED THEM TO START UNTIL THE COURTHOUSE OPENS.
SO THAT PURELY IF THE COURTHOUSE REMODEL RUNS LATER, I DON'T HAVE TO HIRE UNTIL LATER IF IT RUNS EARLY.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT.
UM, I DON'T NEED THAT PERSON UNTIL WE GET MORE BUILDINGS.
MAY OF 26 IS WHAT I PROJECTED.
WE JUST PUT A, WE JUST PUT A DOLLAR IN THE ACCOUNT AND HOLD IT AND WE ALWAYS MM-HMM
THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT MAY.
WE DON'T, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE JUST PUTTING IT IN THERE.
AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SAME THING AS THE OTHER TWO THAT WE HAVE FOR SOLID WASTE.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN WE NEED THEM.
WE'LL, WE'LL THE MONEY'S YEAH.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE CHANGE IN THE PACE.
AND UH, THE OTHER TWO THAT NEED TO CHANGE, AND THAT'S PURELY FOR CGI IS MY TECH ONE AND MY TECH TWOS.
OR ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE A TECH TWO.
[02:00:01]
I HAVE LAWN CARE TECH ONES AND TECH THREES.WELL, LAWN CARE CANNOT GET CGIS COMPLIANT AND THEY DO WORK IN THE BUILDINGS WHEN WE'RE NOT MOWING.
SO I NEED, I DON'T NEED TO CHANGE THEIR PAY, I JUST NEED CHANGE THEIR TITLE TO TECH ONE, TECH TWO, TECH THREE.
THE PAY IS A $4,000 DIFFERENCE IN STEP PRETTY MUCH IF YOU MOVE UP.
SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH EQUAL ON PAY.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST A TITLE I NEED TO CHANGE, DON'T CHANGE.
'CAUSE THEY WILL NOT, UM, UH, ALLOW ME TO GET CGIS COMPLIANT ON A LAWN TECHNICIAN.
AND WE KIND OF FOUGHT THAT A LITTLE BIT THIS LAST YEAR AND I JUST HAVE, I'M JUST, I CAN'T SEND THOSE GUYS IN.
THEY GOTTA, I GOTTA FIND SOMETHING OUTSIDE FOR THEM TO DO.
SO, UM, THAT IS, YOU THINK HE COULD WITH A, WITH A GUARD? HE'S NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW HIM AROUND OVER THERE.
SO YEAH, THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S WHAT SAYING, I DUNNO, THAT'S KIND OF THOSE, UM, THE BIG THINGS IS, UH, THAT'S KIND OF MORE OF A CRUCIAL THING THAT I JUST NEED TO DO TO GET 'EM SEE JUST COMPLIANT.
BUT THERE IS NO PAYING CHANGE IN THAT.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S A $0 AMOUNT BESIDE THEM.
SO WE GOT SOME POSITIONS OPEN, WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THEM, BUT FOR ANY CHANGES WE'RE DOING ON LEVELS, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, THE FLOW CHART AND EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK, UM, WHERE THEY'RE SITTING AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
ANY QUESTIONS? CASEY? THANK YOU, CASEY? NO? MM-HMM.
OH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, WHO ARE YOU PENCILING IN FOR THE EVENT COORDINATOR? STOP IT.
WHO FOR, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
FOR THE EVENT CENTER COORDINATOR, WHO ARE YOU PICKING FOR THAT? UH UH, RIGHT NOW? UH, KATIE IS STILL DOING THAT.
UH, MY GOAL IS ONCE WE KIND OF IRON THAT OUT, UHHUH
UM, IF WE CAN GET IT ALL IRONED OUT.
YOU'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
IT'S A NEW, IT'S A NEW ONE AND WE'RE PICKING UP, WE'RE ALREADY BOOKED UP, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO REALLY ONE, IT'S TIME THIS MONTH ISN'T THERE? HUH? SOMETHING? THERE'S ONE THIS MONTH AND THE NEXT THREE MONTHS WE'RE SOLID, SOLID BOOKS.
IT'S, WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SO, OKAY.
SO WHAT YOU GAVE US THE BREAKDOWN 303,000, THAT IS YOUR NEW REPAIRS ACCOUNTING PROPERTY BUDGET.
I, I REMOVED TWO OF THEM IN THERE.
ONE WAS, UH, THE ROOF TO, UH, SKEETS BUILDING AND THE OTHER ONE WE KNOCKED DOWN THE, UM, IT WAS 98,000 TO DO A SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY AROUND IN THE PORT FARM FOR THE SH WE, WE KNOCKED THAT DOWN.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN OVER THREE YEARS.
I WAS GONNA SAY, AND IT'S ALL IN Y'ALL'S PAPERWORK, IT EXPLAINED.
SO WE'VE LOWERED THAT BUDGET BY 147,000.
I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT THAT WAS THE FIGURE THERE.
WE ALSO, WE GAINED FROM, WELL YOU SAID 200,000 WHILE AGO FROM THE, AFTER WE MOVED EVERYBODY IN THERE.
WHEN, WHEN WE CAME IN HERE AND I GAVE Y'ALL THE GREEN AND THE WHITE, IT WAS ACTUALLY UP HIGHER 'CAUSE WE WERE MOVING THE VETERANS AND EVERYTHING OVER.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS ONLY 147,000 FROM THE NUMBERS YOU HAVE TODAY.
BUT WE DID, WE WORKED TOGETHER AND GOT A LOT DOWN, DOWN 200 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND.
WE'VE, WE'VE DEFINITELY CRUNCHED SOME NUMBERS.
SO THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
IF YOU WILL TAKE ALL THE INFORMATION WE'VE GATHERED TODAY, GET YOUR PENCILS AND YOUR BRACERS OUT.
UM, BUT I'LL GET YOU SOME NUMBERS.
SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
[02:05:01]
UH, SOME OF THESE ITEMS, IF YOU KNOW THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OR THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TALK WITH THEM, SAY, HEY, IS THERE SOMETHING HERE YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR OR MAYBE DO WITH HALF THIS MONEY OR SOMETHING.
UH, SO WE CAN STAY WITHIN OUR, OUR LIMITS.
'CAUSE IT COULD EVEN BE SOMETHING, SOMEBODY'S ASKING $50,000 FOR SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR AND THEY'RE OPERATING.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE LIKE TO STAY WITH THE 4% KOHLER AT ALL POSSIBLE.
UH, WE'LL JUST SEE HOW IT GOES.
TERRY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? IT'S YOUR FIRST RODEO.
SO MY FIRST GO AROUND
I MEAN WE HAVE TO BE, WE HAVE TO BE FAIR WITH EVERYONE ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND REMEMBER WE'RE PICKING UP THE, HOW MUCH IS A PERSONAL HEALTH? SIX.
IS THAT MUCH? YOU LIKE A HUNDRED SOMETHING ALL IN? NO.
LIKE 620 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG CHUNK.
YOUR, YOUR BUDGET IS ON THE ROAD.
I JUST THOUGHT YEAH, NO, YOU NEED ALL YOU CAN GET AND THEN SOME.
SO KEEP YOUR CONSTITUENTS HAPPY.
[2. Adjourn Meeting]
ALRIGHT, WELL I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? NOTHING MAN.
I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE SAID NOTHING BUT THEN I SUB YOU MADE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I MIGHT MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.