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SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN OUR MEETING.
AND, UH, WELCOME TO THIS, THE APRIL THE 11TH, 2011, MEMBER OF THE, UH, MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONER COURT OF TALTON COUNTY.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO STAND NOW FOR OUR INVOCATIONS AND REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG AND TO THE TEXAS FLAG.
FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYING THAT YOU SENT US LAST NIGHT.
LOOK DOWN ON THE LORD, GIVE US THE WISDOM AND THE GUIDANCE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR THE COUNTY.
LOOK OVER THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE OUR LOCAL FIRE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE IN WEST TEXAS FIGHTING ON FIRE.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE MANY BASINS YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US.
I PLEADS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE, THE NATION GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND USAW, HONOR ALLEGED ALLEGIANCE, THE DEED OF TEXAS.
AN INDIVIDUAL THANK FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ANY REMARKS OR COMMENTS TO BE VISITORS? I DUNNO WHETHER WE HAD ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK TODAY OR NOT.
SHERIFF, YOU SEE ANY? NOBODY SIGNED UP.
WELL, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE ALL OF HERE.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, UH, FOR, TO BE SWORN IN AS A MEMBER OF THE, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY ESD DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
AND I THINK WHAT I WILL DO, I'LL ASK YOU GUYS TO, UH, COME FORWARD AND WE WILL DO THAT, UH, NOW.
AND I'LL JUST COME AROUND TO THE, UH, FRONT GUYS, I GUESS WE CAN GET YOU OUT HERE.
THIS, UH, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR US AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
AND I KNOW STEVE'S BEEN WORKING WITH YOU, STEVE, WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH YOU, GET EVERYTHING, UH, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL IN COMPLIANCE AND EVERYTHING.
AND SO WE DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU DOING, UH, THE WORK FOR SD NUMBER ONE.
WHAT I'LL DO IS, UH, ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND THEN I'LL SAY AYE.
AND THEN IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME, WE'LL GET YOU SWORN IN.
SO I RECORD, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DOLE SWEAR THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES.
I FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF KAMAN COUNTY, ESD, NUMBER ONE OF COUNTY NUMBER ONE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE, TEXAS.
AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, WE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THIS STATE.
SO HELP ME, GOD, HELP ME GOD, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND I NEED TO GET YOUR SIGNATURE MCKINNEY E YEAH, YEAH.
NO, IT'S BASICALLY THE, UH, KAUFMAN ISD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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SO I DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK DOWN.I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, AND THAT IS TO PRESENT ION QUARTER WITH A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO COFFMAN COUNTY.
MARION, IF YOU COME FORWARD, UH, AS YOU KNOW, MARIAN HAS WORKED FOR OUR COUNTY AS A, UH, PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW, DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND OUR COUNTY, I GUESS ALL PRECINCTS, UH, CERTAINLY IN THE, THE MAIN COURTHOUSE, THE ANNEX, UH, THE OTHER AREAS.
AND SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT HIM A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION PRESENTED TO MARION FORTON.
I'D LIKE TO READ THAT TO YOU FIRST, UH, FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO KAUFFMAN COUNTY.
YOUR CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT WORK FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE APPEARANCE AND FUNCTIONALITY OF OUR FACILITIES.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK YOU'VE PERFORMED OVER THE YEARS AND ION I PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR THANK YOU.
BRUCE, HERE'S A COUPLE EXTRA IF YOU SEND THEM TO.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THAT IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MEETING, UH, MINUTES OF PREVIOUSLY.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT.
I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THOSE.
SO THE COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROWDEN.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, THOSE POSTS.
NEXT ITEM, I'D LIKE TO SKIP AROUND AGAIN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE'VE HAD KIND OF AN UNUSUAL NIGHT AND AN UNUSUAL WEEKEND AS FAR AS OUR WEATHER AND FIRES OUT IN WEST TEXAS.
AND
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE FOUR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE OUT IN WEST TEXAS, IN THE ABILENE AREA, I BELIEVE.
UH, SOME OF 'EM, I DUNNO WHERE THEY ALL ARE.
AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE AGENDA ITEM AFTER YOU GIVE US THAT UPDATE.
I'LL START OFF WITH THE, UH, WEATHER.
LAST NIGHT, UH, WE HAD SOME SEVERE STORMS MOVED THROUGH KAUFLIN COUNTY.
SO FAR I'VE DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE IS IN AN AREA FROM AROUND CRANDALL MOVING UP TOWARDS FORNEY, UH, TO THE LAWRENCE AREA TO TER AND OUT TOWARDS ABEL SPRINGS.
SOME OF IT IS OUT FURTHER OUT, 2 0 5 TOWARDS THE AIRPORT THERE AT THE COUNTY LINE.
UH, I'VE GOT IN TOUCH WITH OUR REGIONAL LIAISON OFFICER WITH DPS AND THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE A PLANE TO DO A FLYOVER AND TAKE SOME PICTURES FOR US TODAY.
UH, SOMETIME THIS MORNING, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS OUT, UH, GETTING THEIR, UH, DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS PREPARED TO GO OUT AND ASSESS THE DAMAGE IN THE CITIES AND IN THE COUNTY AREAS.
UH, AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, UH, IS ON THEIR WAY AS WE SPEAK TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE WERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, MICROBURST OR POSSIBLY AN EF ZERO TORNADO.
UH, CERTAINLY ONCE, UH, I GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, I WILL BRING IT TO YOU.
UH, I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAD THEIR FOLKS OUT IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING CLEARING SOME OF OUR COUNTY ROADS.
UH, AND BECAUSE SOME OF 'EM WERE ENTIRELY BLOCKED AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, AS FAR AS OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UH, SATURDAY AFTERNOON I GOT A CALL FROM THE STATE COORDINATOR REQUESTING A STRIKE FORCE COMPRISED OF FOUR BRUSH TRUCKS, ONE COMMAND VEHICLE WITH TWO PEOPLE FOR EACH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
WE GATHERED TOGETHER INITIAL TRIP CONSISTING OF, UH, KAUFMAN CAROL VOLUNTEER CRANDALL AND COMBINE DEPARTMENTS.
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SUNDAY MORNING GOING TOWARDS ABILENE AS OF, UH, ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK SUNDAY EVENING.THEY WERE IN CHILDRESS COUNTY.
UH, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE THAT IS.
IT'S UP THERE WHERE THAT STRAIGHT LINE OF THE PANHANDLE COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE CROOKED LINE OF THE RED RIVER.
AND, UH, A LONG WAY FROM HERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH FIRE THEY FALL.
I KNOW THEY WERE PUTTING THEM IN A FIRE STATION FOR THE NIGHT UP SOMEWHERE IN CHILDRESS COUNTY.
UH, THEY'RE UP THERE FOR, FOR A, UH, 48 HOUR DEPLOYMENT.
SHOULD BE BACK SOMETIME, UH, TOMORROW.
AND, UH, IF WE CAN, I'D CERTAINLY LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO KEEP THOSE GUYS IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR PRAYERS, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SOME VERY BIG FIRES OUT THERE.
THE, THE MAIN ONE IS OVER 50,000 ACRES AND WHEN THEY LEFT, IT HAD NOT BEEN CONTAINED AT ALL YET.
SO THEY'VE GOT SOME ROUGH WORK AHEAD OF THEM THAT YOU GUYS, CAL COUNTY ARE EQUAL TO THE TAX.
WE HAVE FOUR DEPARTMENTS, I BELIEVE.
FOUR DEPARTMENTS, FIVE VEHICLES, AND 10 FIREFIGHTERS.
AND WE SENT, UH, ACTUALLY HAD THREE OF OUR CHIEFS, UH, CHIEF EDDIE BROWN, CHIEF RICK NESSER, AND UH, CHIEF ALLEN COUSINS ARE OUT THERE NOW.
WHO'S IN CHARGE? I'M NOT SURE.
THEY'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
IT'S SCARY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.
0% CONTAIN AND HAVE BEEN BURNING FOR YEAH, THREE OR FOUR DAYS.
I WATCHED SOME OF THE NEWS REPORTS AND I MEAN THAT IT WAS JUST MOVING SO FAST OVER THERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE WINDS OF COURSE MOVED IT AND I, THEY GOT INTO THIS RAIN WE GOT LAST NIGHT OR WHETHER THAT HAPPENED TO ME OR NOT, I DON'T THINK IT FORMED THAT FAR, FAR WEST, FURTHER EAST.
SHERIFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON ANY OTHER DAMAGE AROUND THE COUNTY? NO.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT I'M AWARE OF IS THE FEW HIGH ON THE SIDE.
UH, THE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF UH, BRUSH AND LIMB DOWN ON THAT.
WE GOT THROUGH OUT, WE JUST HAD ONE ROAD LOCKED.
WE TOOK, TOOK OUT THREE TREES THAT WERE, PARKS WERE LOCKED AND THE REST OF THEM, YEAH, WE HAD THREE TREES DOWN AND UH, WE'VE ALREADY REMOVED THOSE, TAKEN THOSE OFF OUT AT UH, MEADOW WOOD PARK OUT THAT FALL.
WAS THERE ANY HIGH WATER YOU EXPERIENCED ANYWHERE THAT IT DOESN'T, IF Y'ALL NEED, IF Y'ALL NEED TO COME PICK UP THE TREES, YOU COME TO PRECINCT TOO, BECAUSE I THINK WE STILL GOT TREES DOWN THERE.
ARE YOU GONNA NEED SOME TAKE WHILE GETTING PICKED UP LATER ON? WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET HIM OUTTA THE ROAD RIGHT NOW.
THINK FOUR O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
AND WAS THE COMMENT WAS WE, YOU GOT A TREE OR A HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, SO I THOUGHT LET BERRY QUICK CHECK GETS THAT.
STEVE ASKED IF WE MOVE HIM UP 'CAUSE HE NEEDS TO GET BACK TO, TO WORK.
AND, UH, STEVE HAS ASKED US TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN KAMAN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF TARIFF FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND THE TARRELL CITY SERVICES CENTER TO ALLOW THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR TO ACCESS THE COUNTY COMPUTER NETWORK AS WELL AS THE COUNTY PHONE.
THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNTY HAS WITH THE CITY FOR THE, UH, INDIGENT HEALTHCARE AT THEIR OWN CITY HALL.
UH, IT BEING A DIFFERENT BUILDING, THEY WANTED A, A SEPARATE AGREEMENT AND SO IT PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL TO SOMETHING WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE AND THEIR CITY COUNCIL, UH, HAS APPROVED IT ON THEIR FIRST READING.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY GOTTA READ IT AGAIN OR IT'LL BE IN THEIR CONSENT AGENDA.
SO, UH, I'M TRYING TO GET THIS DONE AS QUICKLY AS I CAN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS TO GET IT THIS FAR.
SO, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE AND, AND THIS, AND ALSO HELPING ME TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF OUR COUNTY.
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QUESTIONS, STEVE, ABOUT THAT? ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON? I SECOND.ANYBODY SECOND? COMMISSIONER MANNING SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE NEXT, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO ITEM FOUR, AND I KNOW I'M SKIPPING AROUND A LITTLE BIT HERE, BUT I THOUGHT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
AND I MET WITH, UH, OUR TREASURER, JOHNNY COUNTRYMAN AND HAL JONES, OUR AUDITOR, LAST, UH, I GUESS LAST FRIDAY MORNING.
AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS UPDATE ON THE COUNTY EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS.
I KNOW, UH, UH, MANY OF YOU ARE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT AS WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE, UH, EXPENSES AND REDUCE, UH, EMPLOYEES AS PART OF THAT BY ATTRITION.
AND THE FIRST PAY PERIOD, WHICH WAS OCTOBER THE EIGHTH, UH, 2010, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 564 EMPLOYEES OF THAT AMOUNT.
UH, 527 OF THEM WERE FULL-TIME AND 37 OF THEM WERE PART-TIME.
THAT DROPPED A LITTLE BIT AS OF DECEMBER THE 31ST, THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, WE DROPPED BY THREE, UH, TOTAL EMPLOYEES.
THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES STAYED THE SAME, BUT WE WERE DOWN, UH, THREE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
UH, LAST PAY PERIOD WAS MARCH THE 25TH OF, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE DROPPED DOWN TO A TOTAL OF 542 EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS 22 LESS THAN WHAT WE STARTED THE BUDGET YEAR WITH, UH, OF THAT AMOUNT, 510 OF THEM WERE FULL-TIME, WHICH IS A REDUCTION OF 17 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN THERE WERE 32 PART-TIME FOR A REDUCTION OF, UH, TOTAL OF, UH, FIVE THAT WERE PART-TIME.
SO, AND EVEN SINCE THEN, I KNOW WE'VE HAD, UH, TWO PART-TIME, I'M SORRY, TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT, UH, ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYED.
ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH ATTRITION, PRIMARILY RESIGNATIONS OR RETIREMENTS.
WE'VE HAD SOME OTHERS THAT DEPARTED IN OTHER WAYS, BUT, UH, UH, THIS IS, UH, KIND OF AN UPDATE FOR YOU.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? AND I WOULD, I NEED TO ADD, THIS IS FROM ALL COUNTY FUNDS, THIS GENERAL FUND RIDGE FUND, BUT IT'S ANYBODY THAT HAS RECEIVED A COUNTY PAYCHECK.
SO WE, WE ARE MOVING, UH, ALONG IN THE, IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO, UH, UH, WORK IN REDUCING EXPENSES FOR OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
AND I HOPE, UH, OBVIOUSLY FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AS WELL AS WE START PLANNING IN THAT DIRECTION.
THAT'S A GREAT STEP FORWARD THOUGH.
IT'S, AND, UH, WE'VE GOT OTHER, UH, AS WE MEET WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS AND KNOW EVERYBODY'S AWARE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO, UH, TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO REDUCE EXPENSES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW TO, UH, ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO LEGACY LANE AND A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN CAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT.
NUMBER TWO, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2 53 OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE, I MOVE HEARING COMMISSIONER CLARK MOVES TO ENTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THAT MOVES US TO THE PUBLIC HEARING READY? THAT IS BEING PUT ON THE AGENDA, I BELIEVE.
I GUESS WE NEED TO, WE DISCUSSED THE OTHER PARTY, RIGHT.
ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY HERE REGARDING THIS ITEM, UH, IN PRECINCT TWO? ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY IN CONCERNING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON PRECINCT TWO? ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
ANY OTHER, ANY COMMENTS? NOT I MOVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SECOND, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
THAT MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOVING NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS TO LEGACY LANE AND A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN CAMAN COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO, PURSU TO CHAPTER 2 53 OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE, RIGHT? YES SIR.
I MET WITH PEOPLE OUT THERE ON LEGACY LANE.
UH, THEY WERE PROMISED BY SOMEBODY COMMISSIONER, NOBODY COULD REALLY REMEMBER WHEN THAT IF THEY DID THIS ROAD TO A CERTAIN SPECIFICATION, IT BE ACCEPTED TO THE COUNTY ROAD WHEN WE KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT.
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CAN BRING IT UP TO COUNTY ROAD STANDARDS IS THEY DO HAVE, UH, A PLA AND A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY ALL REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE ON IT TO DEED IT TO THE COUNTY, WHICH I GUESS WE DO, WE NEED TO GET A DEED TO THE COUNTY.I WANT WORK WITH JOHN ON THE LIGHTING ON THIS.
WE WILL HAVE THE PROPERTY DEED OF THE COUNTY.
WE'LL GO IN THERE AND BRING IT UP TO SUBDIVISION STANDARDS.
UH, AND THEN WE CAN TURN AROUND AND CAN ASSESS ALL PART THE COST TO THE OWNERS.
I'M GONNA ASSESS ALL THE COSTS TO 'EM.
AND I ALSO TOLD 'EM, BECAUSE OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, I'M GONNA REQUIRE TWO THIRDS OF THE MONEY UP FRONT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO FUND IT AT ROAD BRIDGE PARK.
THERE'S SIX PROPERTY OWNERS ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THE COST ASSESSMENT WILL BE BROKEN DOWN PER THE SIXTH AND ANTICIPATE AT LEAST TWO THIRDS OF THE MONEY COME IN.
SOMEBODY'S NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT BEING ASSESSED ANY BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE PAY UP FRONT.
SO THERE WON'T BE AN ELECTION.
THEY HAVE BE AN ELECTION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ALL 'EM GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT.
SO IS THAT IN A SUBDIVISION OR IS THAT JUST OUT IN THE COUNTY? IT'S A SUBDIVISION.
HOW MUCH ROAD IS IT ROAD? 1200.
AND IT'S GONNA BE, IT COST ABOUT $30,000.
AND I TOLD 'EM I WANTED 20,000 OF IT UP FRONT BEFORE WE START UP.
'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
I DON'T WANNA WAIT WAY ON DOWN THE ROAD TO GET MY 30,000 BUCKS
AND THEY'RE AGREEABLE TO ALL THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE START NOW.
UH, SO MANY DAYS AFTER WE DO THIS, WE'VE GOT TO, UH, HOLD THE, AND SEND THE BALLOTS.
I WE'LL WORK ON ALL THAT ONE BE REAL SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID ON LEGACY OUT THERE.
AND I'LL GET YOU ALL THE NAMES MORE, THE SIX, THE SIX PEOPLE, THE QUESTION JOHN THAT THEY HAD OUT THERE.
AND I TOLD 'EM THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TODAY, BUT I DIDN'T THINK ANYBODY, THEY'D HAVE ANY REASON TO MISS WORK.
UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, WELL, HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE GIVE YOU THE MONEY GONNA DO THIS ROAD
DO WE NEED TO PUT, HAVE THAT MONEY PUT IN ESCROW? UM, IF IF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ORDERS THE IMPROVEMENT, THEN THAT'S HOW THEY MOVE ROAD.
I MEAN, BUT YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T COMMIT TO IT UNTIL THERE'S AN ELECTION, THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.
UM, THAT, BUT BUT IF THERE'S AN ELECTION AND APPROVAL, THEN I ASSUME THAT AS, AS PART OF THIS, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE 20,000 AND WE HAVE ELECTION AND APPROVAL.
AND IF THEY DON'T COME UP $20,000, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR ME TO FIX THAT ROAD.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, THAT, YEAH, THAT'S PART OF, THAT'S PART OF THE DEAL.
AND I ASSUME THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE 10,000 OR WHATEVER THE BALANCE WOULD BE, WOULD BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO EACH OF THEM.
AND LIKE THE PREVIOUS ELECTION, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE A LIEN ON THEIR PROPERTY, UH, UNTIL THE TIME IT SOLD.
SO IT IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ALL THAT THEY PAY.
IT MAY BE ALL THAT THEY PAY TODAY.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, WE CALL FOR THE ELECTION.
IF WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER CLARK.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, RAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT IS TO HEAR A REPORT FROM LORETA WILLIAMS ON THE KAUFMAN COUNTY.
SHE SHELTER FOR NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OF 2010.
AND JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2011, I STARTED LOOKING FOR MY REPORTING PERIODS.
I FELT LIKE I WAS JUST HERE LAST WEEK.
IT DOES, UH, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY TRYING FEW MONTHS, UH, SINCE BEGINNING OF THIS FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR.
UH, I REMEMBER THAT HAS BEEN SO SPORADIC AND WE'VE BEEN AS HIGH AS 15 AND AS LOW AS TWO.
UH, JUST, IT JUST FEELS LIKE SOMEBODY'S COMING AND GOING EVERY DAY.
UH, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY, ANY WHISPERS ON THE WIND OF, OF WHAT'S CAUSING THE, THE INCONSISTENCY.
UH, EVERYBODY JUST SAYS IT'S JUST THAT TIME OF THE YEAR.
UH, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT THEY CPS PUT THEIR STATS OUT, UH, IN JANUARY AND FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, THEY HAD A 37% TURNOVER RATE, UH, IN THEIR WORKERS, WHICH GREATLY AFFECTS, UH, REMOVALS AND PLACEMENTS.
UH, SO I I'M THINKING THAT'S JUST TO CARRY OVER, UH, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ANYBODY TRAINED TO DO IT.
UH, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN RUNNING STEADY.
BUT THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UH, BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT, UH, THERE'RE STILL, UM,
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THE MONTH OF, BETWEEN ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY AND THE END OF MARCH, WE CYCLE 22 HITS IN AND OUT.AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE JUST POPPING IN AND OUT EVERY DAY.
UH, WE DID EXPERIENCE, UH, TWO OCCASIONS WHERE WE DID HAVE TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OUT AND GRETCHEN WAS RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS IN DECEMBER, WE HAD HAD TO STAY LEAVE PLACE WITH US ALMOST 60 DAYS.
UH, BUT WE WERE WORKING WITH HER 'CAUSE SHE HAD A, A YEAR AND A HALF YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.
UH, BUT SHE, SHE, WE COULDN'T PULL HER BACK THIS NIGHT
SO WE DID HAVE TO, UH, CAULK OFF THE COUNTY OUTS.
UH, AND THEN ANOTHER TIME IN FEBRUARY, UH, AGAIN, VERY UNSTABLE YOUNG MEN, UH, HAD BEEN WITH US OVER 60 DAYS.
UH, AND JUST THAT TIME JUST COULDN'T PULL IT BACK.
UH, I HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF WRITING, UH, COFFIN COUNTY PD, A LETTER, UH, ACCOMMODATION FOR THE OFFICER THEY SENT OUT.
HE, HE CAME BY THE TIMES AND HE WAS, HE WAS JUST AMAZING.
UH, HE WAS SO PROFESSIONAL AND SO CALM, UH, AND HE JUST CAME IN AND TOOK OVER.
HE WOULD JUST TELL ME, GO SIT DOWN.
UH, SO IT WAS, IT WAS TREMENDOUS RELIEF FOR ME NOT TO HAVE TO FIGHT HIM DOWN.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVEN'T HAD NO MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
HAD A COUPLE OF KIDS WITH SOME SEVERE CRITICAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THEY CAN'T BRING BUSY RUNNING BACK AND FORTH, UH, CHILDREN AND COOKS, UH, WHICH IS REALLY HARD ON OUR GAS BUDGET.
UH, BUT WE'VE GOT THEM, GOT THEM BOTH IN CONTROL AND THEY WERE READY TO GO.
IT WAS WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR THEM TO MOVE.
UH, WE ARE STILL WORKING DILIGENTLY ON OUR INSPECTION FROM THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING REGULATION.
HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS, UH, PLANNING SESSIONS, COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALL OFFERED RESOURCES AND MANPOWER AND WE JUST NEED TO SIT DOWN AND FORM A PLAN.
I'M HELPING MY BOARD WILL, WILL ASSIST ME ON THAT, UH, THIS NEXT MEETING IN THAT REGARD.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, I KNOW JERRY, YOU'VE MET, I THINK ALL OF YOU GUYS.
UM, UNTIL WE GET A CONCRETE PLAN DOWN AND SAY, WE CAN DO THIS, BUT WE CAN'T DO THIS AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT THIS WAY.
UH, WE'RE JUST KIND OF TOSSING OPTIONS AROUND.
OH, I'LL, I'LL, UH, I'M PROBABLY GONNA NEED YOUR HELP, SO I'LL DEFINITELY BE IN TOUCH.
DID WE GET AN EXTENSION LETTER BACK? WE GET, UH, YOU, I FORWARDED THAT ONTO, UH, WE, WE HAVE AN EXTENSION UNTIL JUNE THE 22ND.
IF YOU WOULD SEND ME A COPY OF THAT.
UH, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST KIND OF IN THE PLANNING STAGES.
UH, GARY DOESN'T SPEND MONEY, FIRST OF ALL 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY, UH, WELL, I THINK THERE'S VOLUNTEER GROUPS THAT WOULD BE WITH HEALTH.
WE'VE GOT SOME, WE'VE GOT SOME CONTRACTORS WHO, WHO SAID, CALL US WILL, WILL HEALTH.
UH, NO FIRM COMMITMENTS TO, AND I, I, I'M HOPING THAT WITH THEM AND, AND WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS CAN DO, WE CAN AT LEAST GET IT UP TO PAR ENOUGH TO SATISFIED HIM FOR A WHILE.
HONOR INFORMED, THEN YOU KEEP EVERYBODY ELSE INFORMED RIGHT.
I THINK, TOM, YOU WENT, I MEAN, I THINK THERE'D BE LOTS OF HELP.
IT'S JUST, JUST READY IN A PLAN.
LIKE I SAID, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS, LOT OF OPTIONS OFFERED, AND IT'S JUST A JUST SIT DOWN AND WRITE IT DOWN.
AND I, I DON'T WANT DO IT SO
UH, AND I, SORRY, I ALWAYS TAKE THIS, THE GOOD NEWS TILL THE END.
UH, CHRISTMAS WAS, WAS TREMENDOUS THIS YEAR.
UH, WE HAD A, FROM OUR CHRISTMAS IN JULY LAST YEAR, ONE OF, UH, ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT CAME WAS FROM
IT WAS A CHURCH IN ROCKFALL THAT CAME, UH, AND JUST HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THE MEMBERS WAS THE PRINCIPAL OF ROCKWELL HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, SO SHE JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH HER KIDS.
SO SHE WENT BACK AND SHE STARTED RECRUITING HER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THEY BROUGHT MY GOODNESS.
UH, AND THEN TWO WEEKS AGO THEY CAME BACK AGAIN, A ROBBED 200,
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JUST GREAT BIG TOTE BAGS, JUST FULL OF STUFF, UH, AND ASKED IF THEY COULD COME AGAIN.UH, CHRISTMAS AND JULY THIS YEAR, UH, THEY TOOK A TREMENDOUS, UH, AMOUNT OF PRESSURE OFF MY BUDGET FOR HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, UH, IN ADAMS FOR THE KIDS.
THE, THE BAGS ARE A GREAT EXPENSE.
UH, WE'RE TALKING 20 OR $40 A BAG, AND AT LEAST ONE, IF NOT TWO PER KID.
I WON'T SEND THEM OUT OF TRASH BAGS.
SO THEY TOOK, THEY TOOK A TREMENDOUS LOAD OFF MY BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, JUST BRINGING STUFF FOR THE HOUSE.
UM, AND I DID, UH, I NEVER TURNED ANY GROUP AWAY DURING, DURING DECEMBER, AND THAT'S WHY I CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE IN DECEMBER.
UH, BUT IN 22 DAYS WE HAD 27 GROUPS, UH, FROM ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 160.
UH, WE WERE DOING TWO AND THREE PARTIES A DAY.
YOU HAD TO WAKE UP LIKE, DO WE HAVE TO DO A PARTY TODAY? CAN WE JUST REST? UH, BUT IT, IT, IT IS SUCH A TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE FOR THEM BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE NEVER HAD A CHRISTMAS.
SO WE JUST HAD A THERE TODAY, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE.
UH, WE LOST, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS, WHO WAS MAINTAINING OUR WEBSITE FOR US.
UH, AND IT'S JUST IN PITIFUL SHAPE.
UH, BUT HECTOR HAS TALKED TO A LADY, UH, IN CORNING, I THINK, WHO IS WORKING TO GET OUR WEBSITE BACK UP, UH, WHICH WILL BE A GREAT THING FOR US.
UM, AND OUR, AND ALSO IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY WE EXPERIENCED AN ONSITE AUDIT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION, WHO IS, UH, THE OVERSEER OF, UH, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
THIS IS WAS A FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR ALL THE PROVIDERS CONTRACTED WITH STATE.
UH, HE WAS EITHER IN MY OFFICE OR DAVID'S OFFICE OR LISA'S OFFICE FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS.
UH, AND I WANT TO TELL HELEN AND JOHNNY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THEM TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THIS MAN.
UH, AND DURING THE TIME HE WAS THERE, WE HAD OUR EARLY INSPECTION FROM DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES, UH, LICENSING INSPECTION.
AND SHE WAS THERE FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS.
AND SO I HAD HER KIDS TO THE KITCHEN AND I HAD THE STATE AUDITOR ROOM OFFICE.
SO I WAS JUST KIND OF JUGGLING FILES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO.
SO WE WERE GLAD TO SEE THEM LEAVE AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
KEEP US INFORMED ON THE, UH, LICENSE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TO DISCUSS, BRING YOUR COPY AN ACT ON PROOF, AN APPLICATION FOR IDLE SOLUTION REDUCTION GRANT AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
I BELIEVE I SENT Y'ALL SOME, UH, INFORMATION ON THAT AS A PACKET.
UH, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY PUT DEVICES ON OUR VEHICLES WHEN THEY'RE, I, UH, OUR PART OF THAT IS PAID IN KIND.
I THINK THAT'S A 58,000 GRANT.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT FIGURE OR SOMETHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR PART IS PAID IN KIND BY, UH, LABOR AND VEHICLE.
I BELIEVE YOU CHECKED DALLAS PD WHO HAD A SIMILAR PROGRAM OR YOU THERE WAS SOME OTHER YES.
AND, AND THEY GOT A GOOD REPORT ON DALLAS.
HOPEFULLY SAVE QUITE A BIT ON GAS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE SHERIFF ON THIS ITEM PROGRAM? FROM, IF YOU GO BEYOND THAT PIECE OF PAPER, I CAN'T IMAGINE
MAINLY THE
WE CAN REALLY, THAT CAN REALLY CAUSE US IF WE DON'T MOVE UP.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THIS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CHAIR? MAY I HAVE A, A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING AND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER RATHER? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS ALSO FROM SHERIFF BURNS AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPOINTING THE SHERIFF AS A LOCAL RABIES CONTROL AUTHORITY.
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CANINE VEST.I'M USED TO BEING, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, EIGHT IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON ALLOWING THE SHERIFF TO ACCEPT DONATION OF BALLISTIC VEST FOR CANINES.
WE HAVE A, A CITIZEN IN OUR, UH, CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY THAT, UH, THEY WANT TO BUY THEISTIC VEST FOR THE AROUND BODY PART.
AND OBVIOUSLY BY LAW, I CAN'T ACCEPT ANY DONATIONS.
HUNDRED DOLLARS LEADS AND KNOW WILL BE TOTAL PAID FOR BY THEN.
THESE FOLKS ARE JUST, UH, HAVE A PASSION FOR YES.
TAKING CARE OF ANIMALS THAT APPEARS.
AND, UH, RAY AND MARION STEIN.
ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OF THE SHERIFF ABOUT THAT? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN CHECK THE DONATION.
MR. CLARK MOVES TO ACCEPT THE DONATION FROM ANY SECONDS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE LOCAL RABIES CONTROL AUTHORITY.
IF I'M NOT, IF NOBODY ELSE APPOINTED, I AM BY DEFAULT, I GUESS I AM A LOCAL LABOR RABIES CONTROL AUTHORITY.
THIS I THINK COMES ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE GRANT THAT THEY'RE SEEKING OVER AT THE, UH, SPAN NEUTER CLINIC.
AND WE GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM THE, UH, THE APPLICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A FORMAL APPOINTMENT ON THAT.
I THINK IT JUST GOES WITH THE GRANT.
UH, I AM THAT, UH, CONTROL AUTHORITY.
WHAT I'M APPOINTED NOT BY LAW UNLESS YOU APPOINT SOMEBODY.
IF YOU WANT TO APPOINT SOMEBODY ELSE.
JUDGE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THAT? WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE TAX ASSESSOR CLIFF OVER THERE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT DAVID.
UH, THE SHERIFF IS OUR LOCAL RADIO COMMISSIONER MANNING, UH, MOVES AND, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON SECOND ALL IN IN THE OTHER DISCUSSION.
THEN ITEM NUMBER 10 IS ALSO FROM THE SHERIFF TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON AUTHORIZING THE SHERIFF TO PAY FOR BODY ARMOR ON A 50 50 GRANT FROM ASSET OR FUNDS AND 50% REIMBURSEMENT TO BE CREDITED TO ASSET OR ACCOUNT.
THIS IS A GRANT OUT DEPARTMENT ADJUSTMENT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY BUY, UH, BODY ARMOR.
UH, UH, ONCE WE BUY THEM, WE SUBMIT THAT INVOICE TO THEM AND THEY READ REFUND 50% OF THAT.
AND I ALREADY DID THIS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE MONEY IS NOW SOMEBODY THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, TAKING MONEY, UH, THAT SHOULD GO SOMEWHERE ELSE WHEN IT GOES BACK TO THAT ASSET PORTION.
IT'S MONEY THAT FROM ITEMS OF DRUGS OR CASE YES.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN ONLY BUY NON BUDGET ITEMS. THEY'RE NOT NORMALLY BUDGET BUDGET, BUT WE DON'T BUY THEM.
THEY HAVE ABOUT A FIVE YEAR LIFESPAN.
UH, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CERTIFIED FOR.
SO WE HAVE TO REPLACE PERIODICALLY.
JUDGE, I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION.
I THINK, UH, I'VE GOT A QUOTE.
UM, AND WHILE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC, IT'S FROM GT STRIPS.
I JUST WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION AS FAR AS IT'S ONLY 15,000.
I'D LIKE TO GET PERMISSION AT THIS TIME AND NOT, NOT COME BACK TO COURT FOR THAT.
WE, IF WE APPROVE IT WITH THE IDEA THAT IT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN 15,000 21, 20 1000, I SHOULD PUT THAT ON
SO THE ITEM WILL COST MORE THAN 20 OR WILL COST MORE THAN 15.
BUT IF WE GO AHEAD AND PROVE THAT IN THE MOTION, WE CAN ACCEPT THAT.
IS THE 21,000, IS THAT THE TOTAL COST? TOTAL COST.
IT WILL GET HALF, WE'LL GET HALF OF IT.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY VEST IS IT? I'M GONNA SAY PROBABLY IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 12.
OTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION.
SO MAY COMMISSIONER CLARK MOTIONS, UH, MAKES THE MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
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ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, IS, UH, FROM UPDATE ON, ON THE SC LAW AND TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE SECTION 33 11 AMENDMENT REGARDING ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY ON THE 60TH TODAY AFTER THE FEBRUARY 1ST DELINQUENCY DATE.I MET WITH, UH, MR. MURPHY, UH, LAST WEEK AND WE WERE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SCOFF LAW AND THEN HE ALSO TALKED A BIT ABOUT THE SUCCESS WE'RE HAVING ON THE DELINQUENCY OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES.
AND SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU JUST TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE SCOFF LAW.
AND DICK, WHY DON'T YOU TELL HIM BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR EXACTLY WHAT SCOFF LAW MEANS.
YOU AND I LOOKED UP THE, UH, THE DICTIONARY VERSION OF THAT, SO WHERE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE DICTIONARY VERSION? I DON'T REMEMBER THE DICTIONARY VERSION VERSION, BUT I REMEMBER IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH PEOPLE THAT DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS.
THIS IS A WAY OF, IT'S LIKE, LIKE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
WELL I WOULDN'T SAY THAT, BUT I MEAN PEOPLE THAT JUST SCOFF THE LAW OFF, YOU KNOW? YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IT'S A SLANG TERM FOR NOT DOING WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS PAID FINES, PENALTIES, AND SO FORTH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ACRONYM, BUT IT'S NOT AN ACRONYM.
ANYWAY, UH, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF OWNER VEHICLES, OR ONE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENTS HAS ON OUR COMPUTER OR ALL THE COMPUTERS, WHAT THEY CALL A, A SOFT, UH, SOFT STOP.
AND WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO REGISTER THEIR CAR, IT COMES UP.
IF THEY OWE, UH, FINES OR PENALTIES, UH, NOT TAX STUFF, BUT UH, AUTO, AUTO STUFF, TICKETS AND THINGS, THERE'S A FLAG THAT COMES UP THAT TELLS OUR CLERK, HEY, THEY HAVEN'T PAID THEIR FINE.
AND I SAY IT, IT'S A SOFT STOP BECAUSE WE THEN SEND THEM OVER WHEREVER THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO PAY THE FINE.
NOW THE THING IS THAT WE GET VERY FEW OF THOSE BECAUSE SOME REASON OUR FINES AREN'T GETTING TO THE STATE TO GET PUT ON THE SYSTEM.
AND I THINK WE'RE WORKING TO GET A COMMITTEE WORKING TO TRY TO GET THAT RESOLVED.
NOW, SOFT STOP VERSUS HARD STOP.
THERE'S A BILL OF THE LEGISLATURE TO REQUIRE THE STATE TO PUT A HARD STOP ON THERE SO THAT IF IT COMES UP, MY CLERK CAN'T OVERRIDE IT, THE SYSTEM WON'T LET HER ISSUE, UH, VEHICLE REGISTRATION RIGHT NOW WE CAN OVERRIDE IT, WE CAN DO IT ANYWAY, BUT WE DON'T, WE SEND THEM.
BUT IF THAT COMES UP, UH, THERE'S TWO SIDES TO THAT ARGUMENT, BUT THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, RIGHT NOW WE DO THE SAME THING INTERNALLY WITH REGARD TO DELINQUENT TAXES.
WE LOOK UP ON THE TAX COMPUTER.
IF A REGISTER HAS DELINQUENT TAXES, WE REQUIRE THEM TO PAY HALF NOW TO GET THEIR VEHICLE REGISTERED AND TO PAY THE REST OF IT PRIOR TO TRYING TO REGISTER IT THE NEXT TIME.
AND, UH, WE WAIVED SOME OF THOSE INSTANCES, BUT I GOT CALLED ON THE CARPET BY MY LADIES FOR DOING THAT.
IT'S, UH, MANDATORY THAT THEY PAY HALF OF IT AND UH, USUALLY THEY EITHER, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY OWE IT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
AND SO IT'S A GOOD FLAG FOR THAT STANDPOINT.
BUT THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T PAY IT, UH, NOW THAT WHEN YOU TELL 'EM THAT THEY CAN GO GET A LOAN FROM THE BANK OR A RELATIVE, IT COSTS 'EM A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN A 1% A MONTH WE'RE CHARGING.
SO IT'S, UH, IT'S REALLY BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT LAW'S GONNA CHANGE, HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT US.
THAT MAY CAUSE THE STATE TO PUT TAXES ON IT TOO WITH A HARD STOP.
AND I, I WOULD, I, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T, I I DON'T LIKE HARD STOPS.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE SOMEONE'S IN AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION AND THEY NEED A LITTLE HELP.
WHAT, WHAT IS THAT BAIL NUMBER? I DUNNO.
BACK ON THE COMMUNICATION PROBLEM, UH, IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING GEORGE, YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON?
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UH, YES.GEORGE HAS GOT A COMMITTEE GOING AND THEN, UH, I THINK WE HAVE.
SO IT'S BEEN, I REMEMBER NOW IT IS BEING ADDRESSED AND UH, YES.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU'RE IN ANOTHER COUNTY? HOW DOES THAT WORK WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO REGISTER YOUR CAR AND TALK THE COUNTY? IF IT COMES UP ON OUR COMPUTER, WE SEND 'EM TO THE OTHER COUNTY, THEN CARE, THEY'RE FINE.
AND OF COURSE, ONCE IT GETS TO BE HARD STOP, THERE WON'T BE ANY CHOICE.
SO ARE WE BEGINNING TO CEASE SOME RESULTS YOU THINK? WELL, NOT FROM THE SCOPE LAW BECAUSE WE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
IT'S NOTHING NEW, BUT AS SOON AS WE GET MORE FINES COMMUNICATED, THEN IT SHOULD BE, UH, BETTER.
ON THE 60 DAY OR ON THE CHANGE OF THE LAW FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY.
HISTORICALLY WE HAVE APPLIED A COLLECTION FEE, ATTORNEY FEE FOR ANYTHING DELINQUENT AS OF JANUARY OF JULY.
THE FIRST, IN THE FIRST YEAR BECOMES DELINQUENT IS A 20% FEE PUT ON DELINQUENT TAXES.
THE LAW CHANGED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO TO WHERE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MOVE THE DELINQUENT DATE ON PERSONAL PROPERTY, NOT REAL PROPERTY, BUT ON MOW LOANS AND ON INVENTORY AND FURNITURE FIXTURES TO MOVE THAT DELINQUENCY PENALTY DATE UP TO APRIL 1ST INSTEAD OF JULY 1ST.
AND, UH, EACH ENTITY HAS TO APPROVE THAT.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING THE COUNTY TO APPROVE IT.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT, I THINK.
OH, YOU'VE ALREADY DONE, OKAY.
WELL, FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT I WAS SUPPOSED TO EXPLAIN THAT
NO, I THINK YOU WERE JUST, YOU'VE SEEN SUCCESS WITH THAT.
WE GOT A LOT OF CHECKS IN ON DATED MARCH 31ST.
PAYING IN KNOW 20, 30, 41 OF 'EM WAS $63,000 OF, OF UH, INVENTORY TAX.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL.
THAT 63 IS NOT THE COUNTY'S MONEY.
ALL OF THE JURISDICTIONS COUNTY IS 25 OR 30% OF.
WELL I'M GLAD YOU HAD ALREADY APPROVED IT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PUT SEVERAL OF THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS I BELIEVE HAVE AS WELL.
I THINK NOW THEY'VE ALL THROUGH.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MR. MURPHY? YEAH, I'M INTERESTED IN THE, IN THE SCOFF LAW THING, MAKING SURE IT GETS UP AND GOING AND, AND THE NEW DATA THAT WE HAVE.
SO THAT'LL, THAT'LL HELP US IN OUR OTHER ENDEAVOR AS FAR AS INCREASING REVENUE THAT WE NEED TO HELP US GET, GET BACK ON THE TRACK.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS ALSO FROM TAX DISTRICT COLLECTOR IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON CONSOLIDATING.
I THINK I GOT PROBABLY TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS MEETING IN A HURRY I GUESS IS WHAT WE DID.
TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON CONSOLIDATING CRANDALL CITY PRECINCTS FOR THE LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS TO LEGALIZE, UH, THE LEGAL SALE OF BEER AND WINE FOR OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION ONLY IN THE INCORPORATED CITY OF CREL.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT THERE'S A LEGAL THING TO APPROVE THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE VOTING PRECINCT TO SAVE MONEY ON THE ELECTION.
DO WE NEED MOTION TO MOTION TO APPROVE I SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON CONSOLIDATING CRANDALL CITY PRECINCTS FOR THE LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS TO LEGALIZE THE LEGAL SALE OF MIXED BEVERAGES AND RESTAURANTS BY FOOD AND BEVERAGE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS ONLY IN THE INCORPORATED CITY OF PR.
THINK YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? THAT PRETTY WELL SAME, SAME, SAME.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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THOSE OPPOSED? AND THEN NUMBER 15 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON CONSOLIDATING APPAR CITY PRECINCTS FOR THE LOCAL OPTION ELECTION TO LEGALIZE THE LEGAL SALE OF BEER AND WINE FOR OFF-PREM CONSUMPTION.UH, ONLY IN THE INCORPORATED CITY OF HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON CONSOLIDATING JP PRECINCT TWO VOTING PRECINCTS TO FOUR POLLING LOCATIONS FOR THE MAY 14TH TWO, 2011 SPECIAL BINGO ELECTION.
I HAVE A MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE.
COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MAN.
DOES THE COUNTY GET ANY REVENUE FROM THE BINGO? WE NEED TO, YEAH, THE I BET NOT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TELEPHONE COMPANIES HAVING RULES, WHATEVER THEY'VE GOT.
ONE, ONE LINE OF RULES FOR BINGO.
YOU'VE GOT THIS MUCH, THIS MANY LAWS SET UP FOR BINGO, BINGO,
WELL, AS YOU CAN TELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HOT, UH, MAY ELECTION THAT ALL DAY LOT CITY AND SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS AS WELL GOING ON.
I NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO THE PRESS.
I THOUGHT I WAS GIVEN MY TAX REPORT THIS MORNING, SO I PASSED IT ALL OUT.
WE'LL HOLD THAT UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
WHAT SIR SAID PRECINCT TWO? I GOT TWO FIVE.
I THINK IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN PRECINCT THREE AND PRECINCT ONE I THINK IN THE CITY UNINCORPORATED, RIGHT? I THINK I GOT SOME PAPERWORK.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 17 IS TO HEAR FROM GEORGE A TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON ACCEPTING A COUNTY SALE PHONE POLICY.
GEORGE, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD MANY MEETINGS ON THIS, SO FINALLY GETTING THERE.
UM, LAST WEEK WE, UM, WE WANTED TO ADD, WE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER ITEM, WHICH IS A RED, IF YOU HAVE A COPY, HAVE YOU HAVE A GO AHEAD.
UM, YEAH, AFTER A LOT OF DELIBERATION, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE, WE HAVE COME TO A, A PLACE WHERE WE'RE READY TO VOTE ON IT.
BUT I WANT TO MENTION, UH, THE DA WAS HERE EARLIER.
UH, HE WAS CONCERNED THAT, UH, THIS WOULD BE OUR FIRST CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T, UH, VOTED ON IT YET.
APPARENTLY HE HAS, UM, ORDERED SOME DEVICES AND HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE DEVICES SINCE WE'VE NOT VOTED ON A POLICY PANEL AND WE HAVE NOT, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT HE WAS HERE FOR.
SO I JUST WANNA BRING THAT UP BEFORE WE OKAY.
THE VAST DEFINE THE VAST IPHONE.
HIS QUESTION EARLIER WAS WE'VE KIND OF AGREED TO SIMPLIFY THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PERCEIVE WOULD BE TO GRANDFATHER IN PHONES OR DEVICES WE ALREADY HAVE.
YOU KNOW, A IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SMARTPHONE, WE USE A BLACKBERRY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, COST.
AND, UM, THE OTHER ONE WAS A, WHAT WAS THE OTHER? RUGBY? A RUGBY.
AND PRETTY MUCH THAT WAS, UH, WHAT THE POLICY SAYS.
UM, HE SAW THAT AND HE WANTED TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT, UH, APPARENTLY HE ORDERED A COUPLE THINGS AND UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY COULD DO GRANDFATHER IN.
I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT IF I COULD, UH, RECEIVED A CALL FROM AT T LAST, I GUESS IT WAS FRIDAY.
AND UH, THEY, THEY GOT A CALL FROM THE DA'S OFFICE AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
IT'S MY INTERPRETATION THAT THEY HAD THE DEVICES AND AT T JUST WANTED TO, UM, A SERVICE, UH, ISSUE AND THEY WERE GONNA PROCEED.
AND THEY REMEMBER THEY WERE DEALING WITH ME ON THIS, ON ALL THESE PHONES AND, AND THEY THOUGHT, BETTER CHECK WITH ME.
AND, UH, I INTERPRET THAT AS CALL SAME POLICY AS THE COUNTY DOES NOT BE EXEMPT.
I CLARIFICATION ON THAT, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY WANTED TO GO ON THEIR OWN WAS I HAD AND UH, THEY'RE
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CURRENTLY GETTING BILLING.I THINK IT'S COMING TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN, IN THE, UH, DA'S OFFICE.
AND I THINK THEY FORWARDED THE BILL TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF ON A SEPARATE ACCOUNT AND THEY WANTED TO MAINTAIN THAT INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT.
AND, AND I WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE THAT AT&T, UH, WITHOUT CLARIFICATION COURT.
I JUST ASSUMED THAT, UH, IT PAID OUT GENERAL CLARIFICATION.
ONE, THE GOALS WE'RE WORKING FOR IS EVERYBODY BE DOING THE SAME THINGS, WAS NOT IN ALL OF OUR MEETINGS.
ARE YOU SAYING IT'S ALREADY SET UP THAT WEEK NOW? WELL, THERE AGAIN, THE CALL I GOT, UH, I THINK GEORGE, I JUST GOT CALL AT T WANTED ME TO AUTHORIZE SOMETHING WITH THE BUILDING PORTION OF IT AND LET LET THEM MAINTAIN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT.
AND I WAS NOT UNABLE TO AUTHORIZE THAT.
SO THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT MAINTAIN THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT THEY ARE CURRENTLY YES, SIR.
AND I THINK THEY WANTED TO ENHANCE THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR SOMETHING.
AND UH, ATT JUST CALLED ME TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OKAY AND I SAID I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
A POLICY WORKING ON NOW THAT MY MIND COVERS ENTIRE, IT PAID FOR BY THE COUNTY.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS BEEN THE SAME IRRELEVANT WITH THOSE, WITH THAT OTHER ACCOUNT THAT, THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK ON.
WOULD IT PUT US AT ODDS WITH THEIR ACCOUNT? WELL, I DON'T THINK SO.
DON'T THINK IT'S A MATTER OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BRINGING OVER ALL THESE ACCOUNTS, WHETHER IT BE, UH, YOU KNOW, A B PS OR WHOEVER.
THERE ARE SEVERAL ACCOUNTS THAT WE GONNA BRING IN THE SAME UMBRELLA TO MANAGE THESE EASIER.
AND, UH, THEREFORE I, I WASN'T WILLING TO MAKE THEM HAVE THEY HAD REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CELL ON THE POLICY.
THEY HAD A REPRESENTATIVE, UH, FROM THE IT COMMITTEE.
ONE THING WE COULD DO, I SUPPOSE IS GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE POLICY AS WRITTEN AND THEN COME BACK AND AMEND IT IF WE CHOOSE TO DO THAT.
JUDGE, IF I MAY, WELL, IT DOES SAY THAT IF THERE IS ANY DEPARTURE FROM WHAT WE VOTE ON, IT COMES BEFORE THE COURT, SO OKAY.
BY NOT BY ACCEPTING IT, YOU KNOW, IN ITS PRESENT CONDITION, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEY JUST SIMPLY FROM THE COURT AND JUDGE, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT, UH, I THINK IT'S A MONTH.
SO AGO THERE WAS A QUESTION ON, ON, UH, THE WAY THE BILL CAME IN AND, UH, I WAS CALLED ABOUT, UH, THE WHAT WAS PAID AND, AND, UH, INDICATE I HAD SOME KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT AND WHICH I DID NOT.
AND, UH, I'M JUST THINKING MY PART THAT, UH, IT'S NOT ON THE POLICY, BUT I I I'LL JUST TEND TO REACT AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE PHONE SAYS, I DON'T THINK IT'S MY PART TO GET IT INVOLVED IN THAT IF I, IF I DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEM.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COURT? WHAT DOES THE, UH, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COST OF, OF THE RUGBY'S VERSUS WHAT THE DA'S OFFICE WANTS? WELL, THE SMARTPHONE WE ELECTED TO USE IS FREE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, UH, WHAT THAT IPHONE COST.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE WHAT ABOUT THE SERVICE DIFFERENCE IN SERVICE? WELL, WHAT WE'VE COMBINED, OUR GOAL WAS TO BRING ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANS TOGETHER IN ONE POOL SO IT WOULDN'T BE ON A SEPARATE, SEPARATE SET OF MINUTES AND SEPARATE COSTS BY COMBINING THEM.
THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, THE, ALL THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT AREN'T DIRECTLY UNDER THE COUNTY ARE ALSO PART OF THIS POOL.
AND THE BENEFIT IS, UM, WE GET A BETTER DEAL.
SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL 'EM WHAT THE RATE IS FOR.
AND MAYBE YOUR, MAYBE YOUR QUESTION IS, IS, IS THERE IS A HIGHER RATE PLAN FOR AN IPHONE? I THINK THAT'S TRUE, OFFICER.
I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT IS, BUT I THINK CAN YOU ACHIEVE THE SAME SERVICE OF A SMARTPHONE? THE IPHONE? THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE, I HAVE TO, WELL, YOU CAN DO MORE THAN AN IPHONE THAN YOU CAN WITH A, WITH A BLACKBERRY.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO, I GET THE QUESTION IS, WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT ACCOMPLISH? WHERE'S THE LANGUAGE IN HERE, GEORGIA? I READ THIS THING ABOUT 14 TIMES.
WHERE'S THE LANGUAGE SAYS WE CAN AUTHORIZE.
WELL COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE THAT WAS YOUR I KNOW WE, WE THERE WISDOM IN THAT.
IT'S UNDER, IT'S UNDER THE RED PRINT.
ALL CELL PHONES MUST BE BUDGET FOR THERE, BUT ANY ADDITIONAL CELL PHONES REQUIRE APPROVAL.
RAM FROM COMMISSIONER COURT ISSUED CELL PHONES AS OF THIS CHEVY GLEN GRANDFATHER.
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SO IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.WE AGREE ON THIS DOCUMENT TODAY AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO CHANGE IT THEN THEY JUST AGREE ON THE COURT.
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST AGREE ON THIS AND THEN IF THEY, UH, WANNA MAKE ANY CHANGES, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AT THAT TIME.
YEAH, I'D BE MORE INTERESTED IN THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT THEY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
BUT I DON'T HAVE COUNTY THAT YOU COULD TAKE COUNTY PHONE COULD TAKE YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER WITH YOU WHEN YOU RE WHEN YOU RESIGN, WHATEVER WITH COURT APPROVAL.
WAS THAT TALKED ABOUT ANY OF DISCUSSION? THERE WAS PROS AND CONS BACK AND FORTH.
I WANNA SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE TALKED ABOUT THAT WASN'T, WOULD THERE BE A SITUATION WHERE YOU WOULD WANT TO LET THEM TAKE THEIR NUMBER WITH IT? WELL, WHEN THE JUDGE RETIRE AND THE OTHER SIDE IS IF FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAD A DEPARTMENT HEAD OR A HIGH PROFILE PERSON, LIKE ANY CQ WHO WAS OVER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WELL, IF WE PUBLISHED A NUMBER AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT'S THE NUMBER FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO LET THAT GO TO THE NEXT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COURT.
SO IT IT'S BOTH WAYS I WOULD PERSONALLY THINK WHEN THEY LEAVE, BUT THEY NEED TO GET THEIR WRONG NUMBER.
I THINK IF IT'S, IF IT'S A COUNTY ONLY, IT JUST NEED TO STAY WITHIN THE COUNTY I DEAL OR NOT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
OTHER DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE ABOUT THAT? SO WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PROVE THIS POLICY AS WRITTEN AND THEN COME BACK AND AMEND IT IF, UH, IF THEY MAKE ANY CHANGES? THE DA'S OFFICE? YEAH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER ROUND.
WE HAVE SECOND MR. JACKSON SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? AND I THINK WHAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO, GEORGE, IS MAYBE IF YOU CAN FOLLOW UP, UH, WITH THE DA'S OFFICE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU NEED TO RECONVENE THE COMMITTEE, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST YOU MEET WITH HIM FIRST.
NEXT ITEM IS TO REPORT ON COUNTY MAINTENANCE, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND SOFTWARE FOR CALL TRACKING AND AND PREVENTING PREVENTABLE MAINTENANCE.
UH, JUDGE, THIS IS REALLY FOR, UM, COMMISSIONER BROWN.
HE CHAIRED THIS, UH, COMMITTEE.
UM, WE GOT LARRY EWING, FRED GUTHRIE, JACK SEBASTIAN, THE SHERIFF, SHERIFF BURNS.
UM, WE HAVE OF COURSE COMMISSIONER ROBIN AS THE CHAIR AND MR. CLARK AND HOW JONES.
UM, I THINK BRIEFLY OUR GOAL WAS TO TRY TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE OUR
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BUILDING MAINTENANCE MORE EFFICIENT AND THANKS TO THE SHERIFF, UH, LETTING US USE SOME OF HIS GUYS TO DO SOME OF THE WORK ACROSS THE COUNTY.NOT ONLY FOR, AS WE KNOW A LOT OF THE MOWING AND OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE, BUT HE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, OFFERED HIS GUYS TO HELP US WITH, UM, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND PROJECTS THAT COME UP.
UM, UH, COMMISSIONER ROW, UH, AT ELLIS COUNTY FOUND A VERY AFFORDABLE SOFTWARE PACKAGE THAT, UH, WILL ALLOW US TO, OR THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF EACH DEPARTMENT OR THEIR DESIGNEE TO, UH, CREATE A SERVICE ORDER.
AND WE'VE INSTALLED THE SOFTWARE ON, UH, THE MAINTENANCE OFFICE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND ALSO ON FRED
I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF, JUST TAKE A COUPLE SECONDS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT.
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF, OF THE WORK ORDER, THE WAY IT APPEARS.
WE JUST DID A COUPLE OF TESTS, MAINTENANCE, UH, REQUESTS, AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF SCREENSHOTS THAT WILL SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT THE, UH, THE VERY SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD PROGRAM.
UH, THIS IS WHAT THE, UH, DEPARTMENT HEAD WILL LOOK AT IT AS.
THEY MAKE A REQUEST FOR, UH, FOR MAINTENANCE.
IT'LL GO THROUGH A CENTRAL DATABASE AND UH, AND THEN THERE BE A REPORT ON THE BACK OF THAT SET.
THE SCREENSHOTS IS A, UH, SPREADSHEET THAT SHOWS WHERE THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OR ANYONE ELSE CAN, UM, LOOK AT ALL THE OUTSTANDING CALLS AND, UM, GET A REPORT AS YOU KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO PARTS TO THE SOFTWARE.
ONE IS A ROOF, UM, A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE WHERE THE FOLKS CAN GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE WHEN THEY WANT TO CHANGE FILTERS ON ROOFTOP UNITS AND, YOU KNOW, DO THINGS THAT WE ROUTINELY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
AND THE OTHER MODULE OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THERE, THAT'S, UM, THAT'S THE, UH, WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD WILL USE TO, UH, DO A REQUEST FOR MAINTENANCE.
AND I GUESS WE'RE GONNA KIND OF START IT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE TO, UM, FINISH INSTALLING THIS ON EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD BY THE END OF THE WEEK SO WE CAN TEST IT.
BUT WE JUST WANTED ALL YOU FOLKS TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE WE ROLL IT OUT.
I THINK THE WHOLE THING WAS TO TRY TO KEEP, UH, JUST ANYBODY IN THE COUNTY FROM PICKING UP THE PHONE AND CALLING RIGHT THE VENDOR AND STARTING FROM THERE.
IT'S A GREAT, THIS AT LEAST HAS TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND I THINK DONE A GREAT JOB.
PUT THIS TOGETHER AND I THINK WE'LL RUN SOME EXPERIMENTS MAYBE THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
AND HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AS TO YEAH.
WHY IT GOT DONE AND WHY IT DIDN'T GET DONE AND SURE.
EACH DEPARTMENT CAN VIEW THE REQUESTS AND THE CURRENT STATUS.
THANK YOU GEORGE FOR BRINGING THAT TO US.
HAVE THIS, IF ANYBODY HAS TROUBLE SLEEPING OR ANYTHING, YOU'RE WELCOME.
WE ALWAYS, Y'ALL WANT TO ACCEPT THIS THEN I MOTION WE ACCEPT.
DISCUSSED AND ACT ON THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY REVISED WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
AND I SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED WE'RE HONOR TODAY TO HAVE, UH, LAURIE WIGGINS, WHO IS OUR OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.
AND LORI HAS BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE ON OUR REVISED AND UPDATED, UH, WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROB.
AND I HAVE ONE THAT'S JUST HOT PRESS TOO.
SO LORI, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND ARE YOU HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR, YES, SIR.
LIKE TO SPEAK OR YOU CAN TAKE A LITTLE MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO
WE, UH, AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE'RE, UH, LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POLICIES AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE UPDATED WAS OUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROBLEM.
DID CURRENTLY WE HAVE, OUR WORKERS' COMP PROGRAM IS THROUGH THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND HAS BEEN SINCE 1974.
IT HAS BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND SO, UH, BUT THIS PARTICULAR POLICY HAD NOT BEEN REVISED.
I THINK I I HOPE IT'S BEEN REVISED SINCE 1970.
WELL, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES IN THE LAW, RIGHT.
UH, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH REFORMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IF YOU'RE NOT MANAGING THE SYSTEM,
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THE SYSTEM WILL MANAGE YOU.RIGHT? AND THAT IS, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAD SEEN THAT HAS HAPPENED.
SO THAT'S, THAT, THAT WAS WHY WE MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION AND THE PURPOSE OF OUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM IS TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INJURED AND THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE'RE NOT CAREFUL, WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN, BUT WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
SO, LORI HAS WORKED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION.
AND THIS IS A REVISED WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM THAT WE REPLACED THE OLD POLICY THAT WE HAD.
SO, LORI, I DUNNO WHETHER YOU WANNA GO INTO ANY DETAIL, WHATEVER THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE, IF THEY'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING PEOPLE ON FMLA THAT'S IMPERATIVE.
UH, WE'VE GOT SO MANY LAWS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO IT CORRECTLY.
AND, UM, IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT, WE KNOW THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN'T CONTROL.
A LOT OF THE MANDATES AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT COME DOWN, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE STATUTORILY ARE REQUIRED TO DO.
AND THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
AND WE'RE, AND, AND IT, IT'S GONNA BE A COST SAVINGS.
WHAT I'M SEEING IS YOUR WORKERS' COMP PREMIUM IS INCREASING AND THE REASON IT'S INCREASING IS BECAUSE OF COMPLIANCE.
UH, AND IT'S, IT'S ON A PRETTY PICTURE AND IT'S GONNA GO UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PLANS.
BUT A LOT OF THE REASON THAT THE CLAIMS ARE SO EXPENSIVE IS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK.
WE'VE GOT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT TO COME BACK TO WORK.
AND THAT'S IN THE WHOLE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVERYTHING, OF, UH, WORKPLACE.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TIME AROUND THE FIFTH OR SIXTH WEEK UP UNTIL THEN PEOPLE ARE, THEY WANT TO COME BACK TO WORK AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX WEEKS OUT.
THEY'RE STARTING TO REALLY LIKE OPRAH.
I MEAN, SHE REALLY, YOU KNOW, AND GETTING THAT PAYCHECK IN THE MAIL, BOY, DIRECT LOOK, DIRECT DEPOSIT.
I CAN GO TO COLORADO AND VISIT MY KIDS AND I CAN GO, I'VE HAD ONE MORE TIME THAT WAS IN PERU GETTING A DIRECT DEPOSIT AND THEN WAS LIVING IN PERU NOT AVAILABLE FOR WORK.
YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE SYSTEM IS INTENDED FOR.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE ADDRESSED THAT AND, UH, LET Y'ALL STILL MANAGE YOUR BUSINESS.
UH, ON HERE IT SAYS FOUR WEEK LIMIT LIGHT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS OR TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS.
SO IF YOU HAD SOMEONE ON COMP AND THEY WERE REDUCED, I MEAN, THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE, UH, FIXED UP SO THAT THEY COULD COME BACK ON LIGHT DUTY.
UH, AFTER FOUR WEEKS, THEN WHAT DO YOU DO? I, I NOTICED THAT TOO.
AND I WAS LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT IT BE REVIEW, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN SEE LOT, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO FIRE SOMEBODY ON WORK'S COMP, ISN'T IT? I MEAN, I YEAH, I GOT YOUR MESSAGE THE OTHER DAY.
AND I WAS BRINGING SOMEBODY BACK IN A RETURN TO WORK IN A LIMITED CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, IS ONLY FOR A A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, IT IS NOT INTENDED TO THAT WE'RE GONNA CREATE A NEW JOB FOR THEM.
AND SO WHAT YOU MAY DO IS YOU MAY SAY, OKAY, DOC SAYS HE THINKS YOU'RE GONNA BE OKAY IN A MONTH, COME BACK AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW IT AFTER FOUR WEEKS.
BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT SAY THAT THE MAXIMUM IS, THAT CANNOT EXCEED FOUR WEEKS.
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN UNLESS REVIEWED AND APPROVED THAT IT WOULD GO ANOTHER FOUR WEEKS.
BUT I SAW THAT TOO, AND I WAS GONNA MENTION ABOUT THAT.
WHAT IF, UH, THE EMPLOYEE'S PART-TIME DEALER AND MAYBE YOU, YOU DON'T EVEN NEED IT, MEET HER, NOT NEED, BUT OFF WORK COMP.
SO THERE'S STILL GONNA DROP IT.
NO, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LIFE DUTY.
WELL, I KNOW GUYS I KNOW KNOW, BUT, BUT, BUT UPON THE, ON THE COURT TIME FEE YEAH.
THEY'RE STILL GONNA DRAW THEIR COMP CHECK, RIGHT? YEAH.
THEY'RE STILL GONNA GET THEIR COMP CHECK AND THEY'RE GONNA DRAW THEIR COMP CHECK POTENTIALLY FOR TWO YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO TRY TO DO IS GET PEOPLE BACK IN SOME CAPACITY AND THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO, UM, KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AT LEAST FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU KNOW? UM, AND IF SOMEONE REFUSES THEIR LIGHT DUTY ASSIGNMENT, IF THE DOCTOR SAYS, YES, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE, YOU CAN GO BACK AND DO SOMETHING.
UH, IF THE EMPLOYEE REFUSES THAT, THEN THE WORKERS' COMP BENEFITS CEASE AND THEY'VE ALSO ABANDONED THEIR JOB.
AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE ACTION IF YOU WOULD NEED TO.
THERE ARE THINGS, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT ACCORDING TO THE LAW.
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HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE MEDICAL LEAVE AND YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WORKERS' COMP.WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT, BETWEEN THIS POLICY AND THAT POLICY? OH, I'M, I'M NOT SURE.
I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH TECH FOR 22 YEARS, BUT HAVEN'T WORKED UP HERE WITH YOU GUYS FOR A LONG TIME.
I DON'T WHEN IT WAS REVISED THE LAST YEAR, I COULDN'T TELL YOU.
I DO KNOW, THOUGH, THAT CAMAN COUNTY HAS, AND LAURIE HELPED ME HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE AN EXTREMELY HIGH, UH, RATE.
YOUR EXPERIENCE MODIFIER IS ABOUT 26% HIGHER.
THAT MEANS YOUR CLAIMS ARE MORE FREQUENT AND MORE SEVERE
AND THAT IS, AND THAT'S MAYBE NOT THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE, BUT IT IS.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE.
IT'S NOT THE HIGHEST, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY COSTING WHEN YOU GET IT THAT HIGH, THAT IT'S DIRECTLY REFLECTING YOUR COPIES.
AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR COST.
AND SO THE PREMIUM HAS TO GO UP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THINGS OR DONE THINGS IN THE PAST, AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO HELP YOU.
I HAVE, I'VE DONE THIS IN LOTS OF COUNTIES OVER LOTS OF YEARS, AND WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND IF THE EMPLOYEES RECOGNIZE AND KNOW THAT, OKAY, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE TO PERU AND DRAW A PAYCHECK FOR TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BRING ME BACK TO WORK, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT UNDER COST.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT TO STEP INTO THE PREVENTION PROCESS.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN TRYING TO GET OUR PROGRAM FIXED.
IT, IT, IT, IT'S A LOT MORE SPECIFIC THAN THE PREVIOUS PROCEDURE THAT WE HAD IN PLACE IN THE EMPLOYEE MANUAL.
THE, UH, WORKERS' COMP PAGE WAS JUST THAT.
IT WAS ABOUT HALF A PAGE OF INFORMATION.
THIS ONE REALLY IS COORDINATED WITH FMLA, UH, TO, TO BE VERY SPECIFIC IN SAYING IF, IF YOU WERE GOING ON WORKERS' COMP, YOU MUST FIRST USE UP IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE, UH, FMLA AND, AND LEMME GO TO SOMETHING THAT I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER JACKSON RAISED ABOUT PART-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT FMLA WILL COVER A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE IF THEY'VE WORKED AT LEAST 1,250 HOURS AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR LEAST A YEAR.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A SERIOUS PART-TIME WORKER.
IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, A ONCE A WEEK KIND OF THING.
BUT, UM, BUT, BUT IF THEY DO AND USING FMLA, WHICH SHOULD BE PER THE COUNTY POLICY UNPAID LATE, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, BUT YOU'RE STILL GONNA GET WORKERS' COMP.
YOU'VE GOT THAT MLA, YOU'VE GOT WORKERS' COMP, YOU'VE GOT THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE, WE CALL IT THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE HUMAN RESOURCES BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S QUITE COMPLICATED AND IT CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
AND THAT'S WHERE KAUFFMAN COUNTY IS.
UH, ANOTHER THING THAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS, IN THE PAST, UH, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE WORKERS' COMP, YOU ALSO HAVE THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, UH, IN PLAY HERE AS FAR AS YOUR DEPUTIES AND YOUR JAILERS.
AND PER THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO DRAW THEIR FULL SALARY, 100% OF THEIR SALARY.
WELL, WHAT KAUFFMAN COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING IS JUST PAYING THE SALARY.
THESE PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO ACCRUE VACATION AND SICK LEAVE AND RETIREMENT AND GETTING YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE CONTINUED TO PAY FOR.
AND THOSE ARE ALL BENEFITS THAT THOSE ARE BENEFITS THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE WORKERS' COMP.
SO WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS, AND THAT'S ALSO GONNA FREE UP PAYROLL, BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE GOING TO, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT YOU RECEIVE THE WORKERS' COMP REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND THEN THERE WILL BE PAYROLL DOLLARS THAT WILL BE FREED UP FOR THAT.
WHAT WAS THE ITEM THAT YOU WANTED THAT YOU THOUGHT WE MIGHT WANT TO, THE ONE THAT COMMISSIONER, THE ONE THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED OF THE THE FOUR WEEK PLAN.
WHAT DOES THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED TO? I THINK, UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK, COUNSELOR? JUST UNLESS REVIEWED AND APPROVED.
AND, AND I HAD, I, I HAD A COMMENT OR TWO.
ONE WAS ON THE FIRST PAGE, UH, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ALLIANCE AND, AND THEN IT HAS ALLIANCES, BOLD.
AND THEN, AND WHAT IS THE ALLIANCE? I DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS, THIS IS ANOTHER, THIS IS A DEFINED TERM.
THIS IS ANOTHER CHANGE IN THE WORKERS' COMP, UH, LAWS.
TWO SESSIONS AGO, UM, THE LEGISLATURE SAID, OKAY, PUBLIC ENTITIES, YOU KNOW, IN TEXAS, WE ARE THE ONLY STATE THAT IS, EVERYONE IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE WORKERS' COMP EXCEPT FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES.
AND WHAT THE LEGISLATURE SAID IS, OKAY, SINCE WE ARE REQUIRING COUNTIES TO HAVE WORKERS' COMP, YOU CAN PUT TOGETHER A NETWORK OF DOCS WHO WILL WORK WITH YOU TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK THAT WILL COMPLY, WILL MEET, MAKE THE PAPERWORK FLOW AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE GOTTA DO
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IF THEY'RE MORE COOPERATIVE.AND, UM, AND SO THEY GAVE US, THEY GAVE YOU THE ABILITY TO HAVE A NETWORK OF DOCTORS FOR WORKERS' COMP.
AND YOU CAN DIRECT CARE NOW, IN THE PAST, YOU COULDN'T, IN THE PAST IT WAS ANY WILLING PROVIDER, ANYBODY COULD GO SEE ANY DOCTOR THAT WANTED TO, THAT HAS NOW CHANGED AND THEY MUST GO SEE, AND THIS IS ARY.
THEY MUST GO SEE A DOCTOR IN THE ALLIANCE.
AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT THEMSELVES.
I MEAN, THEY CAN STILL ASSUME WHOEVER THEY WANT TO, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR THAT.
SO HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE ALLIANCE? THE ALLIANCE IS ACTUALLY AN ACRONYM FOR OKAY.
IT'S AN INTER GOVERNMENTAL, AND IT'S NOT JUST COUNTIES, IT'S THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, IT'S THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.
IT'S THE MENTAL HEALTH AND MHMR, AND IT'S THE RIVER AUTHORITY.
SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY THAT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A COMP.
I I, I JUST SUGGESTED THAT BEING A LL CAPS.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT IS A ENACT, IT'S IN NA ACRONYM.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO ON THE FIRST PAGE WHERE IT SPEAKS OF, OF THEY HAD TO PERSONALLY CHECK IN WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR ON THE SECOND TO LAST PARAGRAPH IN THE WORKERS' COMP ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR VITAL MEDICAL MINUTES.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF, IF THE COURT WANTED TO DEFINE REGULAR BASIS OF REGULAR BASIS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE A MONTH, ONCE A WEEK, MAYBE TOO, TOO OFTEN, SOMETHING SO THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME MEASURE.
I WOULD THINK AS LONG AS THEY'D BE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE AMBULATORY, THEY OUGHT TO CHECK IN ONCE A WEEK.
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT MY SITUATION, I ASKED TO CHECK IN EVERY TWO WEEKS.
BUT IF WE PUT IT IN THE POLICY, THEY NEED TO DO IT.
WELL, YOU MIGHT JUST SAY THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOUR SUPERVISOR WOULD WANT YOU TO DO.
BUT THE, THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS YOU GET TO SEE THEM AND YOU CAN ASK THEM HOW THEY'RE DOING.
THE DISASSOCIATION THAT COMES FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE OFF WORK.
THEY GET TO THINK THEY, I, THEY CARE ABOUT ME.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PART OF THE TEAM AND THEY NEED TO KNOW.
BUT IF WE HAVE CONCERNED, IF WE WALK BACK, SO, AND WE WANT 'EM WELL AND HOLD I LIKE ONCE A WEEK DEAL MYSELF.
WHERE IS THAT JOHN? WHAT PARAGRAPH IN, IN THE, ON THE FIRST PAGE AND THE SECOND TO LAST PARAGRAPH, THE ONE THAT BEGINS ALL INJURED EMPLOYEES RECEIVING WORKERS' COMP, WHETHER SALARY, CONTINUATION OR CHECKS THROUGH OUR WORKERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERSONALLY CHECK IN WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR AND WORKERS' COMP COORDINATE ON A REGULAR BASIS, PROVIDE ALL MEDICAL NOTES AND UPDATES YOU RECEIVED FROM THE DOCTOR.
UH, I KNOW ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE IMPLICATIONS, ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN, UH, CARLA STONE IS GOING TO BEGIN HANDLING THE WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, SHE AND SHELLY ARE GONNA GET TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON AND MAKE THAT SWITCH OVER.
SHELLY WILL STILL CONTINUE TO HANDLE THE COMP CLAIMS, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT.
UH, BUT CARLA AND THE SHERIFF ARE GOING TO CLOSELY MONITOR, YOU KNOW, THAT SITUATION.
SO I KNOW HE'S GONNA WANT TO HAVE HIS OWN PROCEDURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT JUST SAY, UM, TO CHECK IN WITH THE WORKER'S COMP COORDINATOR ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THEN IF THE SUPERVISOR WANTS TO BE THERE, YOU KNOW, HE'LL KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE.
BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE, THEY'VE GOTTA COME IN WEEKLY TO PICK UP THEIR CHECK THAT 2 0 2 WEEKS.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? YEAH.
WHAT, WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO DO, IT'S YOUR POLICY.
WELL, I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE TO CHECK IN ONCE A WEEK.
THOSE HUNDRED TRIPS SHORT, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO
WELL, THIS WOULD ALSO AFFECT OTHER, I MEAN, IT WOULD AFFECT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AFFECT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND, UH, OTHER, UH, DICK'S DEPARTMENT.
OTHERWISE YOU'RE JUST GIVING THEM A FREE RUN.
IT'S OUT THERE WITH NOTHING, WHICH IS THE WAY IT IS NOW.
SO WE WOULD, UH, CHANGE THAT TO CHECK IN ONCE A WEEK ON THAT PARTICULAR PART OF IT.
JOHN, WHAT WAS THE OTHER? I THINK THAT WAS IT.
AND, UM, BEFORE WE, AND, AND I GUESS AT THE VERY END OF COORDINATION WITH FMLA, UH, FMLA IS, IS IS I'M SURE NOT AUTOMATIC.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO QUALIFY IF ELIGIBLE.
YEAH, I AGREE ON, ON THE, THAT SECTION.
ANOTHER THING THAT HAP IS GOING TO HAPPEN, UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH ALL THE LITTLE STEPS HERE OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS AT THE END OF THAT NLA, ONCE THEY HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR 12 WEEKS, THE COUNTY IS GOING TO COVER THOSE EMPLOYEES AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE.
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NOW THEIR TIPS WILL, WILL INCREASE THEIRTHAT'S A TEMPORARY INCOME BENEFIT FROM THE WORKERS' COMP.
THEY WILL, WORKERS' COMP IS GOING TO RECEIVE A WAGE STATEMENT AND IT'S GOING, THEIR WAGES WILL INCREASE, BUT IT'S ONLY GONNA COVER 70%.
SO THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO COME IN AND PAY FOR AND OUT OF THEIR POCKET.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR SOME OF THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM.
Y'ALL HAVE GOT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OFF ON WORKER'S COMP, UH, OVER, OVER TWO YEARS AND THE COUNTY IS CONTINUING TO YEAH, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE, I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CONVERSATION.
WE'RE AT A POSITION WHERE WE, WE CAN'T CONTINUE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I MEAN, WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S, IT COST US OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND ADDITIONAL LAST YEAR AND PROJECTED TO BE OVER ADDITIONAL THIS NEXT.
AND IT'S, I DON'T MEAN THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING IT, BUT I THINK ARE WORKING THE SYSTEM.
AND IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY BECAUSE WHEN THEY WORK THE SYSTEM, IT LIMITS THE BENEFITS THAT WE CAN, UH, WHY WE CANNOT CONTINUE ON DOWN THAT PATH.
YOU'RE PREMIUM INCREASED A HUNDRED THOUSAND THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF CLAIMS. YEAH.
AND UH, AND I ANTICIPATED IT'S PROBABLY GONNA GO MAYBE 70 OR 80 NEXT YEAR.
SO WHAT ABOUT THIS FOUR WEEK LIMIT THAT YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO ON THAT TO CHANGE THE, UH, REPORT? IT JUST KIND OF LEAVES IT OUT THERE AT THE END OF THE FOUR WEEKS.
IT DOESN'T TELL YOU WHAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO.
I GUESS WE CAN, UH, UH, GO IN AND, AND UPDATE IT WITH THEM AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SAY THEY'RE GONE OR THEY'RE NOT GONE.
I MEAN, NOW'S THE TIME TO CLEAN IT UP, DO IT.
I THINK WE, WE UPON, JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON, UH, IF, IF I UNDERSTAND RIGHT CORRECTLY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT, UM, FOUR WEEKS IS, ARE YOU SAYING YOU DON'T WANT TO LIMIT IT TO FOUR WEEKS OR YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T WANT TO GUARANTEE ANYTHING BEYOND FOUR WEEKS? NO, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS THAT IF YOU LIMIT IT TO FOUR WEEKS, YOU MAY HAVE SOMEONE WHO COULD COME BACK IN SIX WEEKS FULL DUTY.
AND THE A DA, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, OKAY, THAT'S A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION TO ALLOW SOMEBODY ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
YOU KNOW, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS IT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED.
SO INSTEAD OF SAYING LIGHT DUTY CANNOT EXCEED FOUR WEEKS, I MIGHT SAY SOMETHING LIKE, UH, INITIALLY LIGHT DUTY WILL BE OFFERED FOR FOUR WEEKS AND THEN REVIEWED, UM, BASED ON, UH, DOCTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THAT WILL HAVE TO BE REVIEWED WITH THE, WITH THE SUPERVISOR.
SO Y'ALL CAN KIND OF MIND THE FIND A STORE ON THAT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING IT WOULD SAY INITIALLY LIGHT DUTY WILL BE OFFERED FOR FOUR WEEKS AND THEN IT'LL BE REVIEWED.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? MAY DUTY MAY BE OFFERED FOR FOUR WEEKS RATHER THAN SHALL YES, SIR.
'CAUSE THEY MAY BE READY TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS.
THE DR. MAY SAY THEY CAN, SO, SO IT SAYS LIGHT DUTY MAY, UH, BE OFFERED FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AND CANNOT EXCEED SIX WEEKS.
JUST LET'S JUST LEAVE IT FOR REVIEW.
YOU DON'T WANNA, YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT, BUT BECAUSE OF AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES AND IMPLICATIONS WITH THIS, AND REMEMBER FMLA, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE, CHANGE SOME THINGS.
I'M TRYING TO GET THIS DOWN TO MAKE SURE MINUTES, BUT LIGHT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS ARE TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENTS INTENDED TO COMPLEMENT AND FACILITATE THE HEALING PROCESS.
I THINK LIGHT DUTY MAY BE OFFERED FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE, UNLESS FM STILL, AND THEN WE SAID SOMETHING BASED ON FURTHER EVALUATION BY A DOCTOR OR WHAT, TELL ME WHAT EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT, HOW THAT NEEDS TO BE ORDERED.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD PUT CONSECUTIVE IN THERE.
AND I THINK, UH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY, THE DOCTOR, IT, IT MAY NOT BE CONSECUTIVE PHASE.
YOU MAY NOT BRING SOMEBODY BACK EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
YOU MAY ONLY BRING 'EM BACK TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM EIGHT TO 11.
I MEAN, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY CAN DO.
UH, SO I DON'T THINK I WOULD SAY CONSECUTIVE.
AND I THINK I WOULD JUST LEAVE THE WORD CONSECUTIVE.
AND THEN I THINK I WOULD SAY, UH, START AGAIN.
MAYBE OFFER INITIALLY MAY OFFERED
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FOR FOUR WEEKS.UH, AFTER THAT, UH, BASED ON EVALUATION, IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE EVALUATED AND REVIEWED BASED ON DOCTOR RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND IT'LL BE EVALUATED BY THE SUPERVISOR BASED ON THE DOCTOR'S EVALUATION.
LAURA, DO YOU THINK YOU GOT THAT DONE? NO, I, I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE DOCUMENT, SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO, HERE, HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT I HAVE.
UH, INITIALLY LIGHT DUTY MAY BE OFFERED FOR FOUR WEEKS, AND THEN IT WILL BE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED BY THE PHYSICIAN SUPERVISOR, BY THE SUPERVISOR, UH, BASED ON THE DOCTOR'S EVALUATION OR RECOMMENDATION OR BOTH, OR NO, BASED AND PART ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE PHYSICIAN.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITH THAT? I'M OKAY.
LET'S, LET'S DO THIS AND MAKE THIS SIMPLIFIED.
LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD THE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF OUR ATTORNEY, THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE TODAY, THEN LAURA, JUST TO INCLUDE THIS ATTACHMENT INTO THE MINUTES.
SORRY IF NO, BUT I THINK IT MAY NOT BE CLEANED UP BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THIS IMPLEMENTED AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? BUT WILL THIS BE, UH, IT'LL BE IMPLEMENTED I GUESS AS OF TODAY.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE MEETING WITH, UH, AND WITH SHELLY, UH, THIS SECOND.
AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, AND I HAD MENTIONED THIS TO THE SHERIFF, I THINK THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OFF RIGHT NOW, UH, Y'ALL NEED TO BRING THEM IN INDIVIDUALLY AND YOU NEED TO LET 'EM SEE THE NEW POLICY AND THE CHANGES SO THEY'LL KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM.
THEY'RE GONNA KNOW THAT THEIR CHECK IS NOT GONNA BE DIRECT DEPOSITED.
THEY'RE GONNA KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE COBRA.
THEY'RE, THEY NEED TO BE, HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION.
AND SO IF Y'ALL HAVE GOT SOME PEOPLE OFF LOSING TIME, PROBABLY NEED TO DO THAT AS WELL.
AND UM, AND THEN YOU NEED TO ASK 'EM WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR GOALS? ARE YOU COMING BACK TO WORK? DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO WORK? I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING CONTACT WITH YOUR, THESE ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO, AND IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT DOING, TRYING TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT DETERMINE HOW YOU CAN RUN YOUR BUSINESS.
SO, OTHER QUESTIONS? JOHN? YOU GONNA BE AROUND SINCE, UH, YES SIR.
TODAY MAYBE WHERE Y'ALL COULD MEET FOR AND WHAT WE WOULD DO, WE'D NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE INCLUDED SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER REP, WHICH SECOND? SECOND.
ALL IN ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
Y'ALL WILL BE SENDING THANK YOU A LOT.
SO, AND I EXPECT YOU'LL HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM EMPLOYEE PERHAPS ABOUT, I'M GONNA REFER TO MY INSURANCE BUDDY.
TO DISCUSS, AND THIS IS FROM PATRICIA CRO TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON USING TECH FUNDS FOR TWO WEEKS TO ATTEND ODYSSEY TRAINING CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND, UH, THIS WOULD BE PAID OUT OF THE, UH, JP TECH FUND, UH, FOR HER
YEAH, CHRIS ASKED ME TO PUT THAT ON THERE FOR HIM, BUT SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT SHE CAN PAY THAT OUT.
YEAH, I THINK SHE'S ALREADY GOT PERMISSION OR, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL TO COME BY THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? HOW THAT'D BE UP TO Y'ALL? WELL, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S ONE THE THINGS, IT'S A LEGAL MECHANISM.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FUND CAN, RIGHT? OKAY.
THAT'S, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER SECOND CLARK AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROW.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, DISCUSS AND ACT ON ADVERTISING BID FOR THE ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR PORTLAND CEMENT FOR ALL PRECINCT, JACK? YES, SIR.
UH, GENERAL, THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT MR. MANNING HAS TRIED OUT AND HAS, UH, WORKED REAL WELL AND WE WANT TO PUT A BID OUT BEFORE WE REACH THE 50,000 LIMIT.
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AND SO I'M PROPOSING THAT, UH, THAT BID WOULD BE CLOSING ON APRIL 21ST AT 10:00 AM AT SOUTH CAMPUS AND OPEN AT 10 30.OKAY, I WOULD LIKE THAT MOTION.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER MANNING MAKES A MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NUMBER 23 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING HVAC REPAIRS FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WITH AN EXPENDITURE EXCEEDING $15,000.
I THINK A COUPLE OF YOU MAY BE AWARE OF THE, UH, PROJECT.
UH, THIS IS THE DESERT AIR, DESERT AIR SYSTEM AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, FOR THE INFIRMARY.
UH, I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT, UH, THE RETURN AIR, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT AREA OUTTA THAT ROOM, UH, SEVERAL TIMES A DAY TO MAKE SURE, UH, NO DISEASE WOULD SPREAD TO ANOTHER AREA.
AND I THINK WE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH THE SHERIFF.
I COULD SPEAK TO THAT IF I'M WRONG ON THIS, BUT I THINK WE HAD PROBLEMS WHERE THAT AIR WAS NOT EXCHANGED AND NOT COMING OUTTA THE BUILDING AND ALL THESE ROOMS AND THAT WERE SHARING THAT AIR AND WE NEED TO GET THAT CLEANED UP.
UH, THE TOTAL WAS 16,000 1, 15 69.
AND, UH, I DID A COUPLE THINGS.
I THINK IT MADE A LOT SAFER OVER THERE AS FAR AS GETTING THAT, UH, YOU FIND THAT ONE ROOM, THAT ONE AREA WE MIGHT HAVE ALL THERE, UH, ENTERING OTHER ROOMS. AND ALSO I THINK THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MAYBE, UH, NOT BEING UP TO JAIL STANDARDS.
SO, UH, THAT WORK WAS DONE BY OUR, OUR CONTRACT VENDOR, 3D MECHANICAL.
AND IT WAS 16,001 1569 BRING TO THE COURT EXCEED 15.
WAS IT NOT CHAIR? WHAT? THIS A DESIGN FLAW FROM WAY BACK.
PARDON? WAS THIS NOT A DESIGN FLAW FROM THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION? YES.
THIS, THE, THE, WE HAVE A, UH, CONTAMINATION OF A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, UH, ROOM OUT THERE IN OUR THICK BAY AND INFIRMARY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE OBVIOUSLY, UH, ENCLOSED THERE.
WE FOUND OUT, UH, PROBABLY WHAT, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS, THAT THAT SYSTEM WAS TIED INTO THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
SO HAD WE HAD SOME THAT WE'VE BEEN PUMPING THAT, YOU KNOW, CONTAMINATION ALL OVER IT, THIS PUT IN, UH, AND SO WE'VE HAD THE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO REMEDY THAT BECAUSE WE COULD NOT USE IT.
AND UH, EVEN WITH SOMEONE THAT HAD, UH, SOMETHING WAS NOT HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL, IF THEY'RE IN THAT, THAT ROOM, WE'RE STILL PUMPING OUT THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW IT.
WE PROBLEM WITH IT AND THEY REALIZE IT SELF CONTAINED.
AND THAT'S JAIL STANDARDS REQUIREMENT.
PARDON? THAT IS A JAIL STANDARD REQUIREMENT.
IF WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, UH, COM DEPART, THAT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, ON ITS OWN ERROR.
THEY SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THAT LAST TIME OR SIX INSPECTION.
THEY GIVE IT, THEY STATE IF THEY START CHARGING YOU FOR, FOR YOUR INSPECTION, I DON'T GUESS THERE'S ANY WAY TO TO CHECK IT UNLESS YOU DO SOME KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVE PRESSURE OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD CHECK THAT.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED? WE STARTED HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IT.
WE HAD A LITTLE AGE AND, AND THEN WE REALIZED THAT UH, IT WAS TIED INTO THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME WAY TO ISOLATE AND THERE'S JUST NO WAY YOU'D HAVE TO PUT A WHOLE NEW UNIT IN THERE.
LIKE WHAT THEY CALL DESERT AREA.
DESERT AIR UNIT IS WHAT THEY CALL IT.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO EMPTY IT.
AND I THINK IN THE PAST WE'VE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO FIX THAT AND OUR NEW VENDOR HAS SOLUTION, I THINK ALSO UTILIZE SOME EQUIPMENT WE ALREADY HAVE.
RIGHT? I THINK WE HAD A
WE THINK THIS WILL CLEAR IT UP.
I BELIEVE I MAY WE APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, ALL YOU GET THAT, LAURA.
UH, JACK, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE.
MY, YOUR FAVORITE TOPICS AND ONE OF MINES FAVORITE TOPICS.
UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE REQUESTED, UH, PROPOSALS FROM PEOPLE WHO HELP, UH, US AND OUR PLANNING FOR OUR NEW HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR.
I THINK WE'VE GOT SIX PROPOSALS THAT ARE IN.
AND WHAT I TOLD JACK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS START, UH, GOING THROUGH AND REVIEWING THIS IS FOR A CONSULTANT TO HELP US REVIEW THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS OR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND CERTAINLY TACT WILL BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS.
BUT, UH, I'VE ASKED JOHNNY TO SERVE ON A, UH, REVIEW COMMITTEE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, JACK, SEBASTIAN AND JERRY, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU
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SERVE, I SERVE ON MY DESK ON THAT AND THEN I WOULD SERVE.AND, UH, SO WE HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO MEET SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND PRIOR TO OUR NEXT MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO COME UP IF WE CAN WITH A, UH, UH, WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS COMMITTEE TO APPROVE.
SO WE'LL NEED TO GET TOGETHER SOMETIME HERE PRETTY, UH, QUICK NOT AROUND TODAY, BUT HOPEFULLY THE FOUR OF US CAN, CAN GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A, WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? UH, RIGHT, WE'VE GOT SIX TO GO OVER.
WE MAY WANT TO GET DOWN TO ONE OR TWO AND THEN RIGHT.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON KIND OF WHERE WE, WHERE WE ARE ON, ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE.
UH, NUMBER 24 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON KAUFMAN COUNTY RESOLUTION.
I PROVING CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS BY THE KAUFMAN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND DICK, I THINK YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, HERE TODAY.
THIS IS FOR THE ADDITION THAT WE'VE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT OFF AND ON NOW FOR ABOUT A YEAR, I GUESS.
AND THEY'VE COME BACK WITH A REVISED, REVISED, UH, EDITION.
AND UH, UH, YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THIS? UH, NICK IS OUR OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THAT BOARD.
WELL, ORIGINALLY THEY WANTED TO BUILD A WHOLE NEW BUILDING AND UH, WE DIDN'T DO THAT, BUT WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR APPRAISAL REVIEW, BOARD ACTIVITY.
THE COUNTY'S GROWN OVER THE YEARS AND WE NEED THE SPACE.
AND THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO GET THERE IS, IS TO BUILD A STRUCTURE ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING BUILDING AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE APPROVED.
AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET ALL THE ENTITIES TO APPROVE THAT.
BASICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED, THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED WHEN WE HAD A POPULATION OF AROUND 50,000 FOR LESS EVEN.
AND WE'VE JUST OUTGROWN THAT FACILITY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS, AND THIS IS A WAY OF CONSTRUCTING FACILITY, BUT GIVING THEM SOME EXTRA MEETING ROOM.
AND I'VE BEEN OUT, I WENT TO A MEETING THEY HAD LAST WEEK OF THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD WHERE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE, UH, PROTESTED THEIR VALUE FROM A YEAR OR TWO AGO.
AND IT IS PRETTY CRAMPED FACILITY.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SO, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS, UH, THIS BUILDING WILL BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY THAT BELONGS TO COLMAN COUNTY THAT'S UNDER 99 YEAR LEASE.
SO WHO WILL HOLD A FEE SIMPLE TITLE TO THE BUILDING ONCE IT'S BUILT? THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION.
SO THE COUNTY WILL HOLD FEE SIMPLE THAT THE APPRAISALS DISTRICT WILL FUND AND BUILD THE BUILDING, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN WE WILL WIND UP HOLDING FEE.
SIMPLE TILE DO IT THAT WAY IF THEY MOVE OR VACATE RIGHT.
THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING WILL BELONG TO
NOW THIS IS WHAT WE GOT INTO, I THINK SITUATION.
WASN'T THEY WERE GOING TO, WE WERE GOING TAKE OVER BECAUSE WE FOUND OUT WE COULDN'T, COULDN'T DO THAT.
SO IT'S A SIMILAR SITUATION EXCEPT THIS NEW BUILDING COULDN'T EXIST.
THERE'S A PROMISE THEY STAYED THERE, I GUESS.
AND THAT 99 YEARS STARTED IN 1985, IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT.
SEE THE END OF THAT? WELL, THEY GOT A 99 YEAR EXTENSION THEY PUT ON THERE TOO, SO YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU WON'T SEE THE END.
WHAT ARE THE OTHER ENTITIES TALK ABOUT? DOES ANY PUSHBACK ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL MONEY EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO PAY? I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY NEGATIVE.
UH, THERE'S BEEN TWO OR THREE THAT WERE POSITIVE.
THE ONLY ONE I KNOW OF FOR SURE.
I THINK THE BOARD APPROVED IT, UH, LAST WEEK.
I BELIEVE CR C CRANDLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ME THIRD TO NINTH CRANDALL CITY COUNCIL.
SO THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL ENTITIES THAT HAVE, HAVE APPROVED IT AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S MONEY, UH, BUT IT IS SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE COUNTY AND IT'S, IT'S A, IT, I MEAN WE'VE JUST OUTGROWN THAT FACILITY OF THE COUNTY.
400,000 IS MUCH BETTER THAN ME.
IT'S UH, IT'S UH, THE APPRAISAL BOARD SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR GOING BACK AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO IT, TO A PROBLEM.
SO WHAT'S YOUR PLEA? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ROBIN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK SECONDS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 34 EXTENSION IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF KAUFMAN, TEXAS.
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YES, SIR.WE PUT THAT BE PUT ON THE AGENDA, UH, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ENTER INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF A AGREEMENT TO BUILD THAT ROAD WITH TEXDOT.
BUT WE HAVE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THIS RESOLUTION IN PLACE, IN PLACE BEFORE WE CAN START WORKING TOWARDS AN AGREEMENT.
IT'S NOT COMMITTING US TO DO ANYTHING EXCEPT WE WON'T TALK ABOUT IT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, RAY? NO.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION.
I, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER ROUND MAKES A MOTION IF WE HAVE A SECOND.
SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER, MEANING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO TABLE THAT, I BELIEVE BASED ON LET'S, CORRECT.
YEAH, WE'LL NEED A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT.
UH, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME.
BUT I HAVE A MOTION TO THE TABLE.
UH, THAT ITEM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO THE TABLE.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON MOVES TO TABLE ITEM 26.
COMMISSIONER, UH, CLARK SECONDS.
UH, ALL, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING ROAD REPAIRS FOR THE LAUREN BOYD ROAD IN THE CITY OF COMBINE IN PRECINCT FOUR.
THIS, THIS ROAD IS IN THE CITY OF COMBINE.
I HAVE A, UH, INTERLOCK AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY THEY CALL AND, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO HELP OR DO ANYTHING UP THERE.
SO, UH, SINCE WE'RE FIXING MOVE UP THERE AND START DOING SOME ROADS ANYWAY, I THOUGHT WE MIGHT SWING BY THERE AND DID IT FOR 'EM TO, TO UH, KIND OF HELP THE CITY OUT THERE.
I DID THREE BIDS ON IT, UH, THREE DIFFERENT WAYS AND GAVE 'EM THEIR CHOICE OF, UH, PATCH REHAB, OIL, SAND OVERLAY OR CEMENT STABILIZED.
AND THEY CHOSE IS, THEY WANTED US TO HAUL IT AND THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN IS TO UH, UH, THEY WILL PAY THE OIL PRICE ON THE, THEY'LL PAY FOR THE OIL ON THE DAY OF DELIVERY AND THEN, UH, WHEN WE GET THROUGH LAYING IT OUT AND EVERYTHING, THEN THEY'LL PAY US FOR IT.
AND I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION, I BELIEVE THAT'VE APPROVED UP TO 25.
ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT FROM ANYBODY? ANY QUESTIONS? TOM? SECOND.
UH, COMMISSIONER MANNING MADE A MOTION.
NUMBER 28 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON PROVING PROJECT AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF HORNEY TO DO REPAIR PARTS OF RITA ROAD AND COUNTY ROAD TWO 12 IN PRECINCT.
JOE DON MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT ONE.
I TALKED TO THE MAYOR ONE HOLE HERE.
FILL A HOLE HERE, FILL A HOLE HERE.
AND I GUESS THEY MATERIAL FORGOT WHERE THEY WERE OR SOMETHING, BUT THEY SHOULD GET THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE.
I DON'T, I DON'T SIDE IT IS PRETTY, IT IS PRETTY SERIOUSLY BAD.
THAT STRETCH OF ROAD OF THE TWO 12 RIGHT THERE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE MUD'S HAVEN RIGHT THERE.
I I GUESS IT'S JUST PRETTY HARD TO GET IT STABILIZED BOTTOM THAT RIGHT THERE.
BUT THAT IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.
AND THEN PEOPLE'S COMING OPPOSITE WAYS OF EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DODGE THE HOLE AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE LOOKING MORE FOR THE HOLE THAN THEY'RE FOR THE OPPOSITE TRAFFIC COMING.
GEORGIA WE'RE BAD SAFETY ISSUE.
UH, WELL THIS IS REAL SIMILAR TO WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER MANNING DID UP THERE, BUT BECAUSE OF, AND SIMILAR OTHER PROJECTS WE WE'VE DONE WITH, WITH OTHER CITIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS ONE 'CAUSE OF OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.
I ASKED FOR HALF THE MONEY UP FRONT.
I KNOW THAT WHENEVER WE COMPLETE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE RAILROAD JOB IS A, YOU KNOW, A FOUR DAY JOB AND, UH, THE TWO 12, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE TWO WEEKS.
SO, BUT I'M ASKING FOR THAT HALF THAT MONEY UP FRONT TO HELP PAY FOR MATERIALS WITH OUR MATERIAL BUDGET SEEMS A LITTLE SHORT THIS YEAR FOR SOME REASON.
SHORT DOES IT THIS I'M, I WAS JUST ASKING RIGHT,
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IS THIS IN A, THIS IN A SUBDIVISION WHERE IT BE TOO, UH, WHERE THAT DOES BE PROHIBITIVE TO, TO DO IT WITH THE COURT? MM-HMMOTHER QUESTIONS? I PUTTING THAT IN THE FORM OF MOTION COMMISSIONER.
MOTION COMMISSIONER CLARK MOVES TO AND THEN COMMISSIONER MANNING SECONDS THAT MOTION ALL IN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED DISCUSS AND ACT ON LINE ITEM TRANSFER SIR.
PROPOSE LINE ITEM TRANSFER IN 86.
COURT MOVE $1,300 FROM MILE MILLS AND LOGGING INTO $800 FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES AND $500 FOR VISITING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, $12,000 FROM COMPUTER FORENSICS.
I'M NOT SURE IT WAS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO
YOU FINALLY HAVE THE BILL MORE.
THE OTHER LINE OF TRANSFERS ARE NOT COUNTY MONEY.
WELL THEY'RE COUNTING CHILDREN'S SHELTER, WHICH IS NOT COUNTY MONEY.
MOVED $200 FROM MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
VOTER REGISTRATION FUND MOVED $500 FROM OFFICE FUNDS FOR EQUIPMENT, WHICH THEY STILL HAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE SEPARATE FUND THROUGH TRAINING EDUCATION CONFERENCES.
AND THEN THE FIRE CODE FARM MOVING $2,000 FROM MISCELLANEOUS TO NEW EQUIPMENT.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S FUNDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GENERATED UH, BY THE FIRE INSPECTIONS, BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
UH, IT CAN ONLY BE SPENT FOR THE, THERE'S A, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT CAUSE JUVENILE PROBATION RECEIVE ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDS, WHICH IS UNUSUAL AT THIS TIME OF LIFE.
UH, $6,636 TO BE USED FOR SECURE PLACEMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS OF THE AUDITOR COMMENTS? DAVID? LEAVE 2000 OF MISCELLANEOUS HONOR.
IT'S FIRE CODE ON, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
YOU WANT TO BUT YOU GET AWAY WITH ALL OF WAS GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT MR. JACKSON MAKES THAT MOTION AND COMMISSIONER MEN SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NUMBER 30 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON CLAIMS FOR PAPER.
Y'ALL WANT TAKE A QUICK BREAK? YES.
SO THAT LIKE WELL THE GUY WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, I, SO I PRESS YEAH, I GAVE HER THAT NY LIVING, YOU KNOW, PAGE.
I JUST, I WAS SITTING IN, YOU KNOW, AND I SAW THAT MAGAZINE AND, AND WAS TALKING ABOUT HER.
WE JUST LEFT MY, WE JUST LEFT LICENSE SOCIAL.
I THOUGHT I PRESS IN THE DAY AND I GOT TWO PRESS CARDS AND I MEAN, YEAH, GOT WIND HANGING UP ON A NAIL IN MY GARAGE.
I SEE IT EVERY DAY WHEN I PULL OUT.
THEY CHARGE ME FOR A FIRE CITY ACCOUNT.
EMAIL MY BOSS LADY AND SHE SAYS, YEAH, SEND THEM
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CHEAP.THE WATER STAND IN FRONT OF SUB COURTHOUSE BECAUSE THERE'S NO STORM AT ALL.
THERE'S CAUSING WHOLE CORNER LOCK TO SLAB.
SOMETIMES YOU SEE STUFF, YOU DON'T SEE SOME SORT WOULDN'T DOING THE WORK.
BUT I DON'T THINK I DO IT WITHOUT HAVING THEM YARD, BUT IT'S JUST WHAT I NEED.
I THEY DON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS.
MY DAUGHTER OVER THERE GET TO WHAT SHE I HAVE A BID ON.
NO, THIS IS JUST ON HIRING AN CONSULTANT TO HELP US GET THOSE BIDS.
YOU GOT FIVE INVESTIGATORS? YOU KNOW, I THINK WE GET HATS THERE.
OH, STRAW THREE OR FOUR BECAUSE FOR 15 WE DID THAT ON THE INSIDE BACK PAGE.
WELL, IT'S MY TURN TO DO AGAIN.
I HAVE TO COME UP BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE TO DO THIS TYPE OF STORY FOR THE FRONT PAGE.
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WELL, I KNOW THEY HAVE, I HAVE ONE THAT WAS WRITTEN.I FIGURED WE DON'T HAVE, LOOK, I HAVE A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE BEFORE WE LEAVE OUR MEETING.
WEDNESDAY WILL BE, UH, THE 13TH WILL BE AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT TRAINING ROOM.
AND I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE TRAINING ROOM OUT THERE, BUT IT'S BE PREPARED TO BE FRISKED, I GUESS
SO DON'T CARRY ANY KNIVES OR ANYTHING.
WE KIND OF EMBARRASSED TO ENOUGH TWO O'CLOCK.
AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING IT OUT THERE, THE LAW FIRM THAT'LL BE PRESENTING THE INFORMATION HAS SOME AUDIO VISUAL, UH, THINGS THEY'LL SHOW US ABOUT THE PRECINCTS AND ALL THAT.
SO IT IS, IT IS A PUBLIC MEETING SO EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO COME, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF AUDIO VISUAL.
THIS WILL BE SOMETHING NEW FOR ALL OF IT WILL BE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY FOR ALL OF THOSE.
AND YOU PROBABLY MAY WANT TO INVITE YOUR, UH, YOUR CONSTABLES AND THE JPS TOO BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT, AFFECT THEM AS WELL.
I MEAN, IF THEY HAVE TIME TO COME, YEAH.
MIGHT JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.
THEN OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY THE 26TH.
WE'RE OUT ON FRIDAY THE 27TH, UH, 22ND FOR UH, GOOD FRIDAY.
AND THEN MONDAY THE 25TH, WHICH WOULD BE OUR NORMAL COMMISSIONER'S MEETING IS THAT'S A FURLOUGH THERE DAY.
SO WE'LL JUST MOVE THE REGULAR COMMISSIONER COURT MEETING TO THE NEXT DAY ON TUESDAY THE 26TH.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? WHO PAID THE BILLS? I, WE DO PAY THE BILLS FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING AND COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND IF WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ADJOURN.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.