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AHEAD AND OPEN OUR MEETING UP AND I'LL ASK COMMISSIONER MANNING TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION.
AND THEN IF YOU'LL STAND, WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN BOTH LEGS.
AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR PRAY.
DEAR HEAVEN AND FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE STRENGTH THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US ALL.
HELP US TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS FOR THE VETERAN OF THE COUNTY.
LORD, LOOKED DOWN UPON THOSE PEOPLE IN MISSOURI AND ALABAMA WHO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE HURRICANES, GIVE THEM THE STRENGTH TO CARRY THROUGH AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
BLESSED THE SOLDIERS LORD, OVERSEAS AND HERE IN THE US KEEP THEM ALL SAFE.
WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME, AMEN.
FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE A NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
WELL, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR MAY THE 23RD COMMISSIONER BOARD MEETING OF COFFEE COUNTY.
AND WE HAVE, UH, ANYONE HERE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COURT.
UH, I BELIEVE THE SHERIFF HAS THOSE NEXT TO HIM THERE.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SPEAK TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, NOW BE THE TIME TO DO THAT.
I DO HAVE ONE ITEM OF ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PRESENT TO YOU.
I THINK THE COMMISSION, UH, IF YOU'LL PASS THOSE DOWN, UH, TO THE FOLKS THERE, TO THE NEWS MEDIA AS WELL.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR YOU.
UH, AND THIS IS GOOD USE, UH, REAL GOOD USE, ACTUALLY.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR YOU TO SEE WHERE WE ARE BUDGET WISE, UH, AS COMPARED TO THE FIRST SEVEN MONTH PERIOD OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND IF YOU WILL LOOK, UH, THE FIRST COLUMN ON THE LEFT TALKS ABOUT REVENUE.
AND IF YOU'LL JUST FOLLOW THAT ACROSS TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT FOR THE FIRST, UH, SEVEN MONTH PERIOD LAST YEAR, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER THE FIRST, UH, THROUGH, UH, APRIL THE 30TH, WE SHOWED REVENUE LAST YEAR OF 28 MILLION, UH, AND $26,000.
WE SHOW REVENUE THIS YEAR OF 28,853,000, BUT THE SAME TIME PERIOD, WHICH IS A PLUS, AN INCREASE BY $827,000.
SO THAT'S, UH, UH, BROUGHT ABOUT BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
CERTAINLY THE, UH, THERE WAS A SLIGHT SHIFT IN THE TAX RATE FOR IS TO MO.
UH, THERE WAS ALSO THE EMPHASIS THAT EVERYONE IS PLACED ON THE COLLECTIONS AND THE TAX COLLECTIONS ARE UP.
UH, I THINK, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE JUST IN A FEW MOMENTS WHEN MR. UH, UH, MURPHY GIVES A TAX OFFICE REPORT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A PLUS $827,000.
AND THEN IF YOU'LL LOOK AT, UH, EXPENSES, YOU'LL SEE THAT EXPENSES DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
UH, THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET EXPENSES ARE ACTUALLY DOWN TO 18,000,758 FOR A DIFFERENCE OF 1,000,200 39,464.
IF YOU SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INCREASED REVENUE AND INCREASED AND DECREASED EXPENSES, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE SHOW A TOTAL DIFFERENCE OF 2,066,638.
AND THAT SHOWS ON THE RIGHT PATH.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE AS PLEASED WITH THAT AS I'M, I MEAN, THAT IS, THAT'S GREAT.
WE CAN'T GET TOO, YOU KNOW, AT OURSELVES TOO MUCH ON THE BACK BACK.
BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
ONE THAT I'M EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CERTAIN US COMMISSIONERS, BUT IT SHOULD ALSO BE GIVEN TO THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN A PART OF TRYING TO MAKE OUR BUDGET HOLD AGAIN.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS SEVEN MONTHS.
UH, BUT IT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, IT IS, THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR US.
SO ANYWAY, I'M THOUGHT, OH, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK EVERYBODY, YOU'RE RIGHT.
EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD HAS DONE, UH, YEOMAN DUTY IN TRYING TO GET THIS DOWN.
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I, I STILL THINK THAT NOTICE THAT YOU PUT OUT EARLY IN, IN YOUR TERM THAT SHOWED WE WERE 1,000,006 DOWN WHERE WE HAD BEEN, UH, IN A PLUS TWO YEARS BEFORE.I THINK THAT GOT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION AND, UH, BROUGHT IT HOME MORE CLEARLY.
SO THIS MEANS I GIVE ALL MY GUYS A RAISE.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT YET.
BUT NOW REMEMBER, WE, WE WERE NOT ONLY 1.6 MILLION IN THE RED, WE ALSO GAVE THE FURLOUGH DAYS, WHICH SAVED ANOTHER MILLION.
UH, AND SO WE'VE GOT, IF WE TRY TO, WE GOTTA MAKE THAT UP.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MILLION.
AND THEN YOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE, UH, BUDGETS ALSO WERE DECREASED AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE ADDED TOGETHER.
BUT I MEAN, TO BE $2 MILLION AHEAD, AND EVEN HAL AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS, HAL IS THE ONE THAT PUT THIS, UH, THIS DATA TOGETHER FOR US.
BUT IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S GREAT.
SO WE CAN'T BACK OFF BECAUSE WE MOVING FORWARD, BUT IT'S LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
WE ABSOLUTELY THOUGHT YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT.
MR. ALSO, COUNTY EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? JUST, IT'S JUST, UH, JUST GOOD NEWS FOR US.
AGAIN, JUST PLEASED AS I CAN BE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM TWO, WE HAVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
UH, ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING
UM, I'M ASKING ONCE OUR FUND BUILDS UP, THAT $10,000 GOES TO AN EXISTING EMPLOYEE THAT I HAVE.
HER OTHER JOB, BESIDES SOME OF THE CLERICAL DUTIES WILL GO OFF OF HER, BUT SHE IS ALSO DOING COLLECTIONS AND DOING A GOOD JOB AT IT RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS WOULD BE HER MAIN JOB.
ONCE THIS FUND BUILDS UP FOR THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGER, IF THIS IS THEIR MAIN JOB, THIS FUND WILL PAY FOR, UH, THE ENTIRE SALARY OF THIS PERSON, NOT JUST THE 10,000.
SO IF SHE'S MAKING HER BASE SALARY NOW AND THE 10,000 THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE COUNTY, PLUS THE 10,000 FROM THIS FUND, ONCE WE GET ENOUGH MONEY, HER SALARY AND BENEFITS CAN BE PAID OUT OF THIS FUND.
SO IT'S LIKE ANOTHER, YOU WOULD GAIN THE 26,000 OF THE BASE SALARY TO BE PAID OUT OF HERE IF, IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT.
UM, I KNOW JUDGE ASHCROFT IS READY.
UH, SHE HAS, UH, UH, SHE HAS ENOUGH TRUANCY CASES THAT THIS IS BECOMING A PROBLEM.
SO SHE'S READY TO PUT SOMEONE ON BOARD.
UH, JUDGE WILLIAMS AND JUDGE ADAMS, THEIR CASELOAD IS NOT THERE YET, BUT THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE IN FAVOR OF GOING AHEAD AND CREATING THE FUND, LETTING THEIR, LETTING THEIR END BUILD UP.
AND THEN ONCE THEY HAVE THE, UH, THE NEED FOR IT, GO AHEAD AND USE IT.
AND ADJUST, UH, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO BE MORE JUDGE.
YOU'RE GONNA TAKE ONE OF YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND PUT HER IN THIS POSITION, BASICALLY IS SU SUPPLEMENTING HER PAY FOR, FOR THE EXTRA WORK THAT SHE HAS TO DO.
WELL, THE FUND, UH, WELL WILL THE COUNTY, WELL, YOU HAVE TO PAY THAT SUPPLEMENT UNTIL THIS COURT, UNTIL THIS, UH, FUND BILLS UP ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF HERS.
WELL, I TALKED TO MR. JONES, UH, ON THE PHONE LAST WEEK.
UM, IT'S A SEPARATE CHECK, RIGHT? KIND OF LIKE OUR, WOULD IT BE A, A SEPARATE CHECK BASICALLY, KIND OF LIKE OUR EXPENSE OR, OR, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE UP TO JOHNNY, BUT EFFECT WOULD BE THE SAME.
10,000 OVER 12 MONTHS IS BASICALLY 800 AND SOMETHING DOLLARS WITHOUT TAXES.
SO ONCE IT'S BUILT UP, TWO OR THREE MONTHS, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND START GIVING HER THAT CHECK.
UH, BECAUSE SCHOOL IS STARTING IN AUGUST, SO I WANTED TO GET IT INTO EFFECT AS SOON AS I COULD TO GET HER OWN BOARD SO SHE COULD START GOING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND AND DEALING WITH APPEARANCE.
UM, HOW LONG, HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE IT TO TAKE? UH, WILL IT TAKE FOR THAT FUND TO REACH THE 10,000 WITHOUT PAYING HER AS IT GROWS? LIKE, UH, I THINK WE COULD SAVE UP PROBABLY THREE MONTHS WORTH OF TICKETS AT THAT $5 RATES TO BE ABLE TO START PAYING HER THAT SUPPLEMENT CHECK TO GET THE FULL 10,000 BEFORE WE STARTED PAYING.
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PROBABLY, MAYBE NOT THAT LONG, BUT IT MIGHT BE BUILT ENOUGH ENOUGH TO PAY THE 800 A MONTH.YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY AFTER THREE, THREE MONTHS.
I JUST, UH, ESTIMATED THREE MONTHS.
'CAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT EIGHT, UH, ABOUT, LET'S JUST SAY $900 A MONTH.
UH, HOW MANY CITATIONS DID YOU RECEIVE? PROBABLY, UM, 500, MAYBE, MAYBE MORE THAN THAT.
FIVE, 20, $500 THE FIRST MONTH.
JUST FOR DISTRICT, RIGHT? YEAH.
WELL THESE, WHY, WHY I FIGURED THE THREE MONTHS IS BECAUSE OF THOSE ARE PAID.
SO YOU'VE GOTTA WAIT FOR 'EM TO BE PAID.
WE, WE PROCESS THAT MANY, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE LONGER FOR 'EM TO BE PAID.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD STAY IN TOUCH WITH WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT TO SEE WHAT WE'RE READING.
DOES EACH, DOES EACH JP JUST MANAGE THAT $5 FEE COLLECT THE COURTHOUSE SECURITY THING? OR IS IT ALL GOING TO ONE POCKET? NO, IT'S ALL SEPARATE.
WE WOULD, HOW WE HAVE EACH OF US HAVE A TECH FUND, LET'S SAY FOR INSTANCE, THEN WE, IT, IT WOULD ALL BE THE SAME LINE ITEM NUMBER, BUT A, A SEPARATE FUND FOR EACH.
WELL, THE TWO PRECINCTS THAT DON'T WANT IT, THAT DON'T HAVE THE NEED FOR THAT, THEY'LL STILL BE COLLECTING $5.
AND THEN I GUESS THE ANTICIPATION IS SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD THEY'LL HAVE THAT.
JUDGE, UH, IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, HER CLERICAL DUTIES AS FAR AS COLLECTIONS AND, AND WHATEVER CASE FILINGS AND ALL THAT, THAT WILL END AND HER FULL RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE AS JUVENILE CASE MANAGER.
SHE, UH, SOME OF THOSE DUTIES WILL END, UM, YOU TO BE A JUVENILE CASE MANAGER BY THE STATE LAW.
THIS HAS TO BE YOUR PRIMARY JOB.
YOU HAVE TO, HAS TO BE YOUR, YOUR MAIN JOB.
UM, SHE'S STILL GONNA DO, UH, THE WARRANTS OUT OF THE OFFICE AND SHE'S STILL GONNA DO OUR COLLECTIONS.
THOSE THREE DUTIES ARE GONNA BE A LOT MORE THAN SHE'S DOING NOW.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR, FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THAT'S, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION.
HOW MANY HOURS, UH, A WEEK EXTRA IS THAT GOING TO TAKE FOR HER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS JOB VERSUS, WELL, I THINK SHE CAN STILL GET IT DONE DURING THE DAY.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT BUSIER.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHE'S GONNA MAYBE HAVE TO DO ON SATURDAYS.
UM, TEACHING CLASS, UH, AND, AND SOME, SOME NIGHT NIGHT JOBS ALSO, WHEN YOU'RE WELL FURLOUGH DAYS ALSO APPLY TO HER.
IN OTHER WORDS, UH, SAY SHE HAS A CASE ON, ON FRIDAY, IF WE'RE OFF ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY OR WHAT HAVE, WILL SHE REQUIRED TO GO AHEAD AND HANDLE THOSE CASES WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS OFF? WELL, COURT, UH, OUR TRUANCY COURT HAS ALWAYS PLANNED WHEN, WHEN EVERYBODY'S THERE ANYWAY.
UM, AND SO SHE WOULD, I MEAN, SHE'S ALREADY IN AN EMPLOYEE, SO SHE'S JUST GONNA BE GOING BY THE SAME SCHEDULE ANYWAY AND JUST YEAH, THIS WOULD BE SCHEDULED ON HER OWN TIME.
UH, AS FAR AS AS THE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND, AND PUTTING ON THE CLASSES, SOME OF THAT IS GONNA BE AFTER WORK.
DO YOU SEE A TIME WHEN YOU'LL HAVE TO HIRE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OR PLACE HER REGULAR DUTIES? NOT, NOT, NOT AT THIS POINT.
UH, IT, IT'S GOING GOOD AS FAR AS THE EMPLOYEE NUMBERS.
JUDGE THESE FUNDS IS COULD ONLY BE USED FOR JUVENILE CASE MATCHES.
THINK ABOUT WHAT COMMISSION
THAT'S ONE THING WE VISITED ABOUT WITH US GROWING AND THE COUNTY GROWING AND THE SCHOOLS, THEY GETTING MORE KIDS IN, UM, PRETTY SOON DOWN THE LINE, THEY'RE GONNA NEED THIS.
DO MANY COUNTIES ALREADY HAVE THIS? I KNOW YOU SAID HARRIS AND DAVID LUBBOCK OR SOMEBODY, BUT QUITE A FEW.
UH, THE PROBLEM WAS, I MEAN, IT AS TRUANCY PROBLEMS HAVE GROWN.
IT, IT IS JUST LIKE ME TESTIFY OR ME, ME COMING AND ASKING FOR THIS TODAY.
IF I HAD TO ASK FOR THE $10,000, THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY WAS GETTING TURNED DOWN.
SO IT WOULDN'T COST THE COUNTY ANY MONEY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FUND FEES THAT ARE GOING INTO THIS ACCOUNT NOW? OR I MEAN THIS, NOT THIS ACCOUNT, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FUND FEES THAT ARE COMING IN? NO.
UH, I MEAN THE, THE JPS ALL HAVE A TECH BOND, WHICH IS, THAT'S BEEN THERE SEPARATE THAN THIS.
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WOULD SUPPLEMENT SALARY.IT WOULD PAY FOR ANY TRAINING, UM, ANY MATERIAL IF WE HAD TO TAKE OUT OF THERE FOR, FOR PROJECTS OR TO PUT ON TRAINING.
UH, IT'S ALL COVERED FROM THAT FIVE CHARGE.
AND WE'RE PRETTY SURE THAT FIVE FIVE CHARGE WOULD COVER EVERYTHING FOR ANY UNFORESEEN REASON THAT IT WOULDN'T SUPPLEMENT A SALARY WOULD FALL BACK ON THE COUNTY TO
NO, THAT'S GONNA FALL BACK ON YOU.
RIGHT? I THOUGHT WE CUT YOUR BUDGET SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY YEAH, I I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
IT'S, IT IS A PROACTIVE PLAN THAT REALLY DOESN'T COST THE COUNTY ANY MONEY.
WELL, AND THERE'S, ONCE THE FUND BUILDS UP, YEAH.
THERE IS A HUGE NEED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
I MEAN, UH, THIS PROBLEM IS, IS COUNTYWIDE.
IT'S NOT JUST PRECINCT PRECINCT TWO, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S COUNTYWIDE PROBLEM AND ALSO IT TURNS INTO A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM, RIGHT.
BECAUSE OF THE FACT WHEN KIDS AREN'T IN SCHOOL, TYPICALLY THEY'RE NOT AT LIBRARY COLLABORATE.
I MEAN, IF THE TRUANCY NUMBERS GO DOWN, CRIME SEEMS TO GO DOWN.
JUDGE, WHEN I WAS TEACHING OUT THERE AND YOUR SCHOOL ONE, I'M A, A LADY CAME INTO MY CLASS AND JUST SAT DOWN NEXT TO HER SON AND I SAID, WHAT YOU DOING HERE? AND SHE SAID, UH, I'VE BEEN ORDERED TO, HE'S BEEN TRUING SO MUCH I'VE BEEN ORDERED TO COME AND COME TO EVERY HEARD OF THAT.
WASN'T, I THINK LIKE IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
I TALKED TO TRISHA ABOUT IT OR JUDGE
UH, IF YOU KEEP USING THE TERM SUPPLEMENT IS A SUPPLEMENT OR SUPPLANT FOR SALARY BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE INCREASE, SOMEBODY'S SALARY WOULD NOT, WE'D HAVE TO CALL BACK BECAUSE WE'LL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN THE DIRECTION OF THE COURT.
SO ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THIS PERSON, IS IT POSSIBLE, IS THE PERSON GONNA GET A RAISE PER SE TO DO THIS? OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO, I I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT.
I I GUESS IT WOULD BE A RAISE FOR HER IF SHE'S GETTING THAT MUCH, YOU KNOW, UH, ADDED TO HER SALARY, BUT IT'S NOT PAID OUT OF THE BUDGET.
IT, IT IS PAID FOR THIS SPECIFIC JOB.
SO SHE'S ACTUALLY GETTING, UM, MORE MONEY, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY, UH, MORE STUFF TO DO, I GUESS.
UH, THERE'S GONNA BE DUTIES THAT ARE ADDED IN HER JOB DESCRIPTION A LOT.
IT GIVES YOU THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT OR HIRE SOMEONE ELSE.
UH, SO LET'S SAY JUDGE ADAMS KEEPS THAT FUND OPEN FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR AND HAS $50,000 IN THERE, LET'S JUST SAY, WELL, THAT FUND WOULD PAY FOR A NEW EMPLOYEE.
I JUST HAVE ONE THAT'S DOING A GOOD JOB RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR A NEW BASIC SALARY.
I'M, I'M JUST ASKING FOR SOME MONEY OUT OF THAT FUND TO, TO JUST GIVE HER A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR IT.
'CAUSE SHE'S ALREADY GETTING, GETTING PAID FOR IT TO, SHOULD WE APPROVE THE SALARIES? HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT THAT? UM, I THINK THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT OR ACCOMPLISH IT IN THIS CASE IS, IS THAT, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS WOULD HAVE TO BE BASED ON A, A JOB DESCRIPTION, UH, CHANGE IN JOB DESCRIPTION.
AND IN FACT, IF SHE'S TAKING OVER A NEW JOB DESCRIPTION, THEN THE NEW JOB DESCRIPTION WOULD BE PAID AT WHATEVER RATE THAT YOU FIGURED.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF AN ISSUE BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING THE SAME EMPLOYEE WITH ARGUABLY SOME OF THE SAME TESTS.
BUT IF, IF IT'S TRULY DIFFERENT TEST OR THERE'S A DEDICATION TO WHAT TIME IT'S, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS MM-HMM
THEN YOU NEED TO COME BACK AND SHE BE CLASSIFIED DIFFERENTLY.
WOULD IT BE SEPARATE JUST TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT BUDGET YEAR TO CHANGE THE SALARY? OR, OR YOU COULD DO THAT.
BUT I MEAN, IF, IF, IF, IF THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AND IF SHE'S DOING THE JOB RIGHT NOW, WHAT HE'S SAYING THE FUNDS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR, WELL, TWO, THREE MONTHS.
WELL, IF IT WAS A SUPPLEMENT CHECK JUST TWO OR THREE MONTHS THEN FROM A NEW BUDGET AFTER THAT.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE COULD DO THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW BUDGET YEAR, BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL TAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
WOULD IT NOT HAVE PERHAPS, UH, TO SET UP THIS ENTIRE FUND? IT WOULD, YES.
AND I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER, UH, UH, ISSUE TOO.
WHETHER, WHETHER WE'RE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT HAS ASSUMED SOME ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, AND I MEAN, WE'LL, WE TALK ABOUT THAT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, UM, I MEAN, I WANNA DO IT.
I THINK IT'S A SMART THING FOR US TO DO.
SCHOOL IS NEARLY OUT, AND OF COURSE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE IT UP AND GOING WHEN SCHOOL RESUMES, YOU KNOW,
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AROUND THE END OF AUGUST, UH, BECAUSE WE START HAVING PEOPLE THAT DON'T SHOW UP FOR SCHOOL.AND, UH, UH, BUT PART ME SAYS IT'D BETTER WE WAIT UNTIL YOU BUDGET HERE START, BUT I, SO WHAT DO I NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER FOR, FOR YOU GUYS? AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GO AHEAD AND START THE FUND APPROVAL TO DO THE SECOND PART OF THIS LAW SAYS IT DON'T COME FROM THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT.
SO YOU GET THE MONEY TO START COMING IN BECAUSE LET'S SAY IT'LL TAKE THREE MONTHS BEFORE YOU EVEN START BUILDING THING UP.
AND THEN YEAH, IT WOULD ACTUALLY, HE COULD COME BACK AND REPORT TO US IN THREE MONTHS TO SEE HOW THE YEAH.
AND AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, I THINK WE COULD INCLUDE ALL THAT IN THERE THE SAME WELL, AND THAT'D BE GOOD BECAUSE BY THEN WE COULD SEE WHAT THE WOULD GENERATE.
THE OTHER JPS WILL HAVE AN IDEA TOO ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD BE.
SO WOULD THAT, YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE YOUR, IF WE GO AHEAD.
I, I KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH IN OCTOBER.
UH, BUT YOU, WHEN, WHEN HAD YOU WANTED TO START PAYING? WELL, REALLY ONCE IT BUILDS UP TO WHERE WE CAN START CUTTING THAT MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT CHECK, IT COULD, I MEAN, BASICALLY AUGUST OF SEPTEMBER WE'RE, WE'RE IN MAY, PROBABLY SEPTEMBER.
I MEAN, THE TIMING ON DOING IT NOW IS GOOD BECAUSE IT'LL START BUILDING.
AND I THINK, SEE WE WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT EACH INDIVIDUAL COURT TOO, AND YOU SAID JUDGE CROT MAY HAVE, YOU MAY HAVE SOME ONE IN YOUR OFFICE.
AND THEN THE OTHER TWO, JPS SUCH AS WILLIAMS, JUDGE ADAM, THEY, Y'ALL MAY HAVE A BETTER IDEA ABOUT WHAT YOUR FUNDS ARE LOOKING LIKE THEN TOO, I GUESS.
SO THAT, SO DOES THAT JUST NEED TO BE APPROVED AS, UH, WHAT BUDGET? I THINK WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET PROCESS, I THINK THAT HOW, SO THE LINE ITEM WILL ALREADY BE THERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE, UH, OKAY.
WE WOULD HAVE TO THE WORDING, UH, RIGHT ON THAT.
I MEAN, THE FINES ARE, THEY WOULDN'T STAY WHERE THEY ARE NOW, AND THEN WE'D JUST TAKE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YET THE FINES WILL HAVE TO GO UP.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE THIS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S THE WORDING ON THIS, UH, DONE, UH, DISCUSS, CREATED JUVENILE MANAGER, JP, WHERE THE LAW SAYS THAT, UH, WE CAN ORDINANCE CREATE AN JUVENILE CASE MANAGER FUND.
CAN WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE FUND NOW OR DOES THAT NEED TO BE ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM? UM, YOU, YOU CAN APPROVE THE FUND.
YOU NEED TO ALSO APPROVE THE, UH, AND, AND AUTHORIZE THE COLLECTION OF THE FEE SO THAT THEY CAN NOT, NOT, THAT'S SO THAT THEY CAN START COLLECTING IT IMMEDIATELY.
WELL, WOULDN'T IT HAVE TO SAY CASE THAT'S ONLY, THAT'S AGENDA SAYS SOMETHING.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT RAISED, WHEN WE DID THE AGENDA, THAT'S WHAT AS MY OR JUDGE SMITH TALKED ABOUT.
THAT'S, UH, AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A, UH, VERY SHORT COMMISSIONER'S MEETING MAYBE NEXT TUESDAY, UH, ON ANOTHER ITEM ON DOWN THE WAY HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO.
SO IF WE CAN'T, WE CAN HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA.
AGENDA NEXT WEEK IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
I I, SO THE WORDING IN C UH, OF THE ARTICLE, THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT FOR HIM TO GO AHEAD AND CREATE THE FUND.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING A JUVENILE CASE MANAGER.
UNLESS JOHN, THANKS FOR NO, I, I I THINK WE SHOULD CLARIFY IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO, SORRY.
SO WE, SHE, SHE ALSO RAISED A QUESTION TOO OF WHEN, WHAT START? I THINK WHAT'S WE WANTED TO START NOW.
I THINK SHE HAD SAID THE FIRST, FIRST IMPLEMENT OR SUPPLEMENT SALARIES WITH IT, BUT YEAH.
WELL, WE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE WEEK, WE CAN COME BACK AND CLEAN THAT UP NEXT WEEK.
WE SHOULD, WE HAVE A MOTION TODAY TO, UH, START THE FEES ON THE FUND? WELL, I THINK WE NEED, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
WE PROBABLY CAN'T VOTE ON THAT.
I, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY CREATING A, BUT YOU WANT CASE MANAGER FOR EACH JP RIGHT NOW.
I, I THINK WHAT YOU WANT TO DO MORE SPECIFICALLY IS AUTHORIZE THE COLLECTION OF THE FEE AND, AND THEN THE FUND ITSELF AND THEN,
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UH, ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, THEN THEY'LL BE DECIDING, OKAY, I NOW WANT THIS PERSON DESIGNATED JUVENILE CASE MANAGER THIS, AND PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, ALL OF THEM WILL HAVE SOMEONE ON BOARD THAT WILL BE DESIGNATED THAT CAPACITY, I'M GUESSING.SO I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS JUST TABLE AND POSTPONE ACTION ON THIS UNTIL THE, THE NEXT RECORD MEETING OR A SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH I THINK HAVE NEXT TUESDAY, I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, SECOND COMMISSIONER DEAN TO POSTPONE THIS TO NEXT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO US, JUDGE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK ALL THE JUDGES FOR GETTING TOGETHER AND THAT, SO THIS IS TEAMWORK AND TEAMWORK.
SO, ALRIGHTYY, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
ITEM FIVE IS BEVERLY STIFFS TO HAVE PRESENTATION ON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, RIGHT? I YOU ASK THIS BE CONSIDER.
MS. BB CAME BY TO MY OFFICE HERE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND INFORMED, UH, ME QUITE A BIT ON BEHALF, HAVE THAT PROGRAM.
AND I, I WAS IMPRESSED ENOUGH TO ASKED HER IF SHE'D COME DOWN, GET PRESENTATION FROM THE COURT, AND SHE'S GOING TO ASK FOR A FEW THINGS.
WELL, I THINK SHE'S NOT GONNA ASK FOR IS MONEY
GOOD MORNING JUDGE WOOD COMMISSIONERS AND GUESTS.
AS COMMISSIONER CLARK SAID, I'M BEVERLY STIFFENS AND I'M DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT FOR DALLAS AREA HABITAT.
THIS IS CORY ER, HE'S DIRECTOR OF SUPPORT OPERATIONS.
DALLAS HABITAT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1986.
IT WAS BUILT OVER 850 HOMES IN DALLAS COUNTY.
WE RECENTLY WERE GRANTED KAUFMAN COUNTY AS A SERVICE AREA.
SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN DALLAS AND WHAT OUR PLANS ARE FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.
ARE WE NEW TO THE SERVICE AREA PART? WE ARE.
THERE IS A SMALL ONE IN MAYBANK, SO WE WERE NOT GRANTED THAT AREA, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WE WERE GRANTED.
DALLAS HABITAT BUILDS LOW COST HOMES FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.
THEY PUT IN 400 HOURS OF SWEAT EQUITY IN LIEU OF A DOWN PAYMENT.
AND THAT SWEAT EQUITY INCLUDES A HUNDRED HOURS ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THEIR HOME OR OTHER HOMES AND 300 HOURS OF CLASSROOM.
WE TEACH THEM HOW TO BE HOMEOWNERS, HOW TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, HOW TO BE GOOD CITIZENS, HOW TO BUDGET, HOW TO REPAIR THEIR HOME, HOW TO DEAL WITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER SUBJECTS.
THESE FAMILIES WILL BECOME TAXPAYERS IN YOUR CITY.
THEY HAVE A 25 YEAR ZERO INTEREST MORTGAGE.
THAT HABITAT IS THE LIEN HOLDER.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST MYTHS ABOUT HABITAT IS, IS THAT WE GIVE THE HOMES AWAY.
THEY HAVE A MORTGAGE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY BACK AND THEN THE MONEY FROM THOSE MORTGAGES COME BACK INTO THE HABITAT SYSTEM TO BUILD MORE HOMES.
RECENTLY, THE COX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS CONDUCTED A STUDY ON DALLAS HABITAT AND IMPACT STUDY.
THAT STUDY SHOWS FOR EVERY DOLLAR HABITAT INVEST IN THE AREA IS RETURNED AT A, AT A RATE OF $3 AND 18 CENTS IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.
DALLAS HABITAT ALSO OPERATES TWO RESTORES FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT OUTLETS THAT SELL BUILDING MATERIALS AND HOME DECOR TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THESE GOODS COME FROM THE GENEROSITY OF LOCAL MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AND COMPANIES THAT HAVE EITHER OVERSTOCKS OVERRUNS, DISCONTINUED ITEMS, AND THEN THE MONEY IS RETURNED TO THE HABITAT MISSION AND BUILDING HOMES.
WE HAVE TWO CURRENTLY IN DALLAS.
WE HAVE A THIRD STORE PLANNED FOR THIS SUMMER.
OUR FIRST STEPS IN THE KAUFMAN COUNTY AREA WILL BE IN 2012 WITH THE RESTORE LOCATION.
THIS STORE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME OFFICE SPACE FOR OUR INITIAL OPERATION.
WE HAVE NOT DETERMINED WHERE THAT STORE WILL BE.
WE ARE MEETING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES TO DETERMINE WHERE THE BEST LOCATION WOULD BE.
WE WILL ALSO BE FORMING A STEWARDSHIP BOARD TO HELP US WITH FUNDRAISING FOR THE BUILDING OF HOMES.
THE MONEY FOR THE HOMES COMES FROM THE GENEROSITY OF CORPORATE SPONSORS, INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS, GRANTS, AND FAITH-BASED ENTITIES.
IN 2012, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THE FIRST FIVE TO 10 HABITAT HOMES IN COFFMAN COUNTY.
WE WILL ALSO IMPLEMENT OUR PROGRAM.
HABITAT'S MODEL IS NOT ONLY TO BUILD NEW HOMES, BUT REVITALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
A BWK WORKS WITH CURRENT LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE IN NEED OF EXTERIOR REPAIR, BUT UNABLE TO AFFORD IT THEMSELVES.
BY ASSISTING THESE FOLKS WITH THE, WITH THE IN BY ASSISTING THESE FOLKS, THE ENTIRE AREA NOW HAS A FRESH LOOK AND NOT JUST ONE OR TWO NEW HOMES.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MEETING WITH MAYORS AND CITY MANAGERS OF THE CITY'S LOCATED IN COFFMAN COUNTY.
EACH CITY IS BEING ASKED TO SUPPORT US IN MANY WAYS.
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WITH THE RESTORE LOCATION.THE SECOND IS TO IDENTIFY KEY RESIDENTS TO SERVE ON THE STEWARDSHIP BOARD.
THE THIRD IS ASSISTANCE WITH AVAILABLE LAND ON WHICH TO CONSTRUCT THE HOMES.
FOURTH IS ASSISTANCE THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS WHERE FUNDS CAN BE SECURED, SUCH AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM OR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, OR ANY LOCAL GRANT PROGRAMS. THAT MAY BE AN OPTION.
WE'D LIKE TO REQUEST THE SAME FROM EACH OF YOU IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND THE AREA WHERE YOU SERVE.
BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD, WE ARE IN NEED OF MEMBERS WHO ARE PHILANTHROPIC MINDED AND CAN HELP OPEN THE DOORS TO FUNDS IN THE AREA.
YOU'VE EACH RECEIVED A PACKET OF INFORMATION ABOUT DALLAS HABITAT.
WE'VE INCLUDED TYPICAL FLOOR PLANS BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF SOME OF OUR HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, A GENERAL FACT SHEET, A RESTORE FACT SHEET, AND POTENTIAL HOMEOWNER QUESTION AND ANSWER PAGE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? WELL, I'M PLEASED TO KNOW THAT CA COUNTY IS, IS NOW A PART OF IT EVIDENTLY, UH, FOR, UH, Y'ALL HAVE HAD HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DOWN IN THE MAYBANK AREA.
I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM.
I THINK Y'ALL DO GREAT WORK AND I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU COMING THIS WAY.
MY QUESTION IS, IS UH, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LOCATION FOR THE, FOR THE OUTLET STORE? YES SIR.
UH, I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, LARGE BUILDINGS IN CAMP TEXAS THAT YOU MIGHT COME DOWN THERE AND OKAY.
LOOK AT IF YOU WANT TO VISIT ME SOMETIME AND JUST GIMME A CALL, I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU.
WHAT I RECOMMENDED TO, UH, BEVERLY, WHAT YOU COME BACK AND TALK TO, I DIDN'T, THERE WAS THIS STAT THAT YOU HAD IN HERE THAT IN HABITAT ITIES CRIME DROP AVERAGE OF 32%.
SO THAT, THAT'D BE A GOOD THING FOR ALL OF US.
BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT SHE'S GONNA NEED TO START OFF WITH AFTER, I MEAN WHEN THEY DECIDE WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BUILD A STORY AND WHATEVER, IT'S, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND SOME OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS TO SERVE ON THE STEWARDSHIP BOARD TO HELP THEM GET, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, TO GET WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN
SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE OUR, UH, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT TO TRY TO FIND SOMEBODY.
WE ALL NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY COMMUNITY.
HOW LARGE IS THE STEWARDSHIP BOARD? HOW MANY PEOPLE? WE REALLY HAVEN'T SET A NUMBER TO IT.
A COUPLE OF THOSE WILL HAVE A SEAT ON THE DALLAS BOARD.
SO THEY WILL HAVE A VOICE ON, ON THE MAIN BOARD.
MOST OF OUR BACK OFFICE OPERATIONS WILL STILL BE DONE AT THE DALLAS OFFICE, LIKE FINANCE AND MARKETING.
BUT ANYTHING THAT IS LOCAL LIKE CONSTRUCTION WILL ALL BE DONE LOCALLY.
THE STORE AND NATURALLY WILL BE LOCAL, HAVE A LOCAL PRESENCE.
SO YOU WILL BE PART OF THE BIG UMBRELLA OF DALLAS HABITAT.
BUT YOU WILL BE A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE TOO BECAUSE WE REALIZE THE NEEDS IN COMPTON COUNTY ARE WAY DIFFERENT THAN THE NEEDS IN DALLAS COUNTY AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM BOTH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SET A NUMBER 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA LIMIT IT.
IF ENOUGH PEOPLE COME FORWARD WANT TO BE A PART OF IT, WE WILL.
WE WILL WALK THEM BACK TO BE A PART.
WHAT KIND OF TIME SCHEDULE ARE WE ON TIMEFRAME? WE ARE JUST ABOUT FINISHED WITH OUR MEETINGS IN, UM, IN KAUFMAN COUNTY WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING TOWARDS THE STEWARDSHIP BOARD THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND BE UP AND RUNNING STRONG IN THE BEGINNING OF 2012 IS OUR OWN.
YOU PROBABLY SAID THAT WHILE AGO AND I PROBABLY MISSED IT, BUT TELL ME AGAIN WHAT, WHAT YOU NEED FROM THE COUNTY.
BASICALLY WHAT I NEED FROM THE COUNTY IS, IS ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE STEWARDSHIP BOARD ANY IDENTIFICATION OF A POSSIBLE RESTORE LOCATION IN THE COUNTY? WE'RE NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO BE IN THE CITY.
IT'S IDEAL 'CAUSE OF DRIVE BY AND DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT IT CAN BE IN THE COUNTY IF YOU HAVE A SPACE AND ANY GOVERNMENT GRANT MONEY THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING.
I DUNNO IF THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE HABITAT
THERE'S ONE OVER IN GARLAND THAT I'M NOT SURE THEY KNOW.
THERE'S ONE AT BELTLINE AND I 30.
YOU CAN FIND ANY NUMBER OF THINGS IN THERE ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
AND IT CHANGES WITH DALLAS BEING THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER THAT IT IS AND THE WHOLESALE MARKET CENTER, WE HAVE LIGHT FIXTURES, WE HAVE FLOORING, WE HAVE BLANKET FLOOR AND CERAMIC, WE HAVE RUGS, WE HAVE ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES, PLUMBING SUPPLIES, HOME DECOR ITEMS. INDIVIDUALS ARE WELCOME TO GIVE TO THE STORES.
ALSO, IF YOU DECIDE THE WIFE DOESN'T LIKE THE KITCHEN AND SHE WANTS TO GET RID OF THOSE CABINETS AND THEY'RE STILL IN GOOD SHAPE, WE TAKE THOSE CABINETS INTO THE STORES.
'CAUSE A LOT OF OUR CUSTOMERS CANNOT AFFORD NEW CABINETS OR THEY'RE A LANDLORD THAT DOESN'T REALLY WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON NEW CABINETS.
SO THEY'LL PUT IN THE ONES THAT ARE SLIGHTLY USED AND THEY'RE STILL BETTER THAN WHAT THEY HAD.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN OUR STORES ARE, ARE YOU LOOKING TO PURCHASE LEASE PURCHASING? PURCHASING WOULD NOT BE A GOOD OPTION FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE TO BE THE LAND OWNER OF THE FACILITY.
WITH A NONPROFIT, BUT WE ARE OPEN TO
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RENT IT ABOUT THAT SPACE OF 20 TO 25,000 SQUARE FEET.THEY ARE GOOD SIZE STORES AND THERE'S SOME BARGAINS THERE FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD YOU.
I MEAN ON ANY GIVEN DAY YOU MAY FIND A $5,000 LIGHT FIXTURE FOR 500 IN OUR STORES ON THE LOTS THAT THE HOMES ARE CONSTRUCTED.
UH, WHAT'S THE CRITERIA FOR THAT? UM, IT DEPENDS.
WE'VE GONE INTO AND, AND BOUGHT LOTS WITH ALL KINDS OF STUFF BEHIND IT.
BUT BASICALLY WE HAVE A, UM, A WHOLE PLAN LINEUP.
SO DEPENDING ON THE LOT WITH LINK, WE'LL WE WILL FIND A PLAN THAT FITS THAT LOT.
WE GO IN AND WE DO, UM, SOILS TESTING, YOU KNOW, NEED TO THAT LOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T AN OLD, UM, DUMP OR SOMETHING UNDERNEATH THAT LOT.
WE DO LOTS OF SOIL, SO TESTING AND THEN ENGINEER THE SLAB FOR THAT LOT.
BUT BASICALLY IF WE GET A PIECE OF LAND, WE'RE GONNA FIND A HOUSE THAT WILL WORK ON THAT PIECE.
LAND OR YEAH, LIKE OUR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTORS HERE AND IT'S TIME TO TIME.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T PAY TAXES IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT.
AND WE WIND UP WITH A LOT COUNTY AND THE CITY AND THE SCHOOLS ALL WIND UP WITH A LOT.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST? ABSOLUTELY.
HEARD THERE AS UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE GET A LOT OF OUR LOTS FROM IN, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THAT'S WHAT TURNED THE LOT ON MY HAND.
I SAID WE CAN TAKE ONE OF THESE LOTS AND WE'RE SELLING FOR $500 AND GET, GET SOMETHING THAT IS TAXABLE AND HELP IMPROVE THAT LITTLE, THAT COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO GOING FROM VACANT LOT TO VACANT LOT.
WE ALSO HAVE WORKED WITH ABSENTEE LANDOWNERS OR POSSIBLY INHERITED THE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF EVER DOING ANYTHING WITH IT.
THEY HAVE DONATED IT TO US AS, AS A WRITE OFF, AS A CHARITABLE COMPETITION.
WE DON'T HAVE IT ON THE ITEM, ON THE AGENDA FOR AN, AN ACTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO, I THINK JUST ANYBODY HAVE ANY REASON THAT WE WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE THEM FIND BOARD MEMBER? I THINK, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON BOARD, SO.
OUR CARDS ARE LOCATED IN THE FOLDERS IF YOU NEED US, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF COFFEE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS BOB EN, WHO I THINK I SAW BOB COME IN JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO.
UH, BOB'S GOING TO ACT AS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON A PROBLEM THAT WOULD FIT IN WITH OUR CURRENT, UH, HEALTH INSURER.
UH, THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD PROGRAM FOR OUR EMPLOYEE.
NOT A PRETTY GOOD, BUT A VERY GOOD PROGRAM IN MY OPINION, FOR OUR EMPLOYEE.
I THINK MOST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY ARE ALREADY PARTICIPATING IN THIS.
WE JUST COMPLETED A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN WITH KAUFMAN ISD AND WE, UH, WE PROVIDE SERVICES FOR EVERY DISTRICT IN COMAN COUNTY.
THAT'S HOW I KNOW BOB DON'T AGAINST YEAH.
JUDGE WOOD HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US, UH, JUST BY WORD OF MOUTH, LETTING OTHER DISTRICTS KNOW WHAT WE PROVIDED FOR HIS DISTRICT.
AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BRIEF, UH, HISTORY OF WHO WE ARE, HEALTH MATTERS IS WE'RE JUST A, A PREVENTIVE CARE PROVIDER.
WE DO HEALTH PROMOTION AND WE TRY TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID DISEASE.
AND, UH, IN YOUR CASE, IT DOESN'T COST THE COUNTY ANYTHING.
WE'RE PROVIDING THIS FOR ABOUT 130 SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
UH, WE JUST, UH, THE REASON I GOT THE IDEA ABOUT KAUFFMAN COUNTY, CROCKETT COUNTY APPROVED THIS, THEIR COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, MEETING HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND THEN I REMEMBERED, UH, JUDGE WOOD WAS OVER HERE AND I SAID, WELL, WE DID IT TO TERROR ID AND KAUFFMAN, ISD, WHY NOT THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES? AND AS IT TURNS OUT, YOU'RE UNDER BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, WE'RE ON THE NETWORK FOR BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, THEREFORE THERE'S NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
AND FREE IS ALWAYS GOOD, BUT AS YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS I DO, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS FREE.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HELP YOU PROVIDE SERVICES FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PAID FOR.
THEY'RE JUST NOT RECEIVING THEM.
UM, AS I WAS GONNA SAY, WE'VE BEEN IN, WE'VE BEEN IN OPERATION NOW.
AND ALL WE DO IS PREVENTIVE CARE.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO COMPETE WITH LOCAL MEDICAL COMMUNITY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WORK WITH CONCERT WITH THEM, WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE BUSINESS FOR THEM.
UH, WE'RE TARGETING YOUR EMPLOYEES.
YOU HAVE ABOUT 85% OF YOUR EMPLOYEES.
AND, AND THIS HOLDS TRUE NATIONWIDE, OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, ONLY ABOUT 12 OR 15% WILL EVER USE OF PREVENTIVE CARE BENEFITS.
THE REST OF THEM ARE, FEEL SECURE IN HAVING INSURANCE, AND THEY WAIT UNTIL THEY GET SICK.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HELP 'EM BE A LITTLE PROACTIVE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND NOT GET SICK.
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THIS IS A SCREENING.WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS WE PROPOSE TO DO A SCREENING THAT'S COVERED UNDER THE SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS.
AND IF YOU WENT ANYWHERE TO HAVE THIS DONE, YOU ARE GONNA PAY ANYWHERE FROM 400.
I'VE HEARD AS MUCH AS $900, UH, TO HAVE THIS LEVEL OF WORK DONE.
THE SUPERINTENDENT MAYBANK, UH, DR. MARSHALL CALLED ME AS HE WAS LEAVING THE CLINIC, COOPER CLINIC IN, IN DALLAS.
AND HE SAID, MAN, THE DOCTOR SAID I SAVED $800 BY BRINGING THIS REPORT IN.
SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT, THERE'S A GREEN SHEET THERE WHERE IT SAYS 40 LABORATORY.
WE'RE CERTIFIED BY THE FEDERAL AND STATE, UH, GOVERNMENT.
SO WE'VE GOT THE HIGHEST, WE'VE GOT THE GOLD STANDARD AND CERTIFICATION.
THE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED BY PHYSICIANS.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T NORMALLY GO TO THE DOCTOR.
AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND IS THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE SEE.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO TWO THINGS, OUR OBJECTIVES AND DOING THIS SCREENING.
ONE, IDENTIFYING THE RISK FACTORS THEY MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE ELEVATED CHOLESTEROLS AND WE WANT TO GET THEM TO THEIR DOCTOR TO HELP THEM WITH THOSE CHOLESTEROLS.
YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FIND OUT ARE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND WITH ANYTHING THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT? AND YOU WOULD BE AMAZED WHEN YOU CAST A NET THAT BROAD, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND WHEN YOU START GETTING RESULTS.
BECAUSE INEVITABLY WE FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING AROUND, THEY'RE EITHER DIABETIC OR PRE-DIABETIC.
THEY HAVE LIVER DISEASE, KIDNEY DISEASE, WEAK, FIND ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HELP THESE PEOPLE ADDRESS THAT BEFORE THEY GO INTO CRISIS.
AND THAT TRANSLATES TO SAVINGS FOR THE COUNTY.
'CAUSE IT'S YOUR HEALTHCARE PROGRAM.
IF WE CAN HELP YOU GET THOSE PEOPLE TO CARE BEFORE THEY GO INTO CRISIS, IT'S GONNA COST YOU A LOT LESS, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT INDIVIDUAL TREATED THAN IF THEY DO GO INTO CRISIS.
UH, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.
AND WE TARGETED PRIMARILY SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS THE LARGEST EMPLOYER.
AND THAT WAS OUR WAY TO REACH THE MOST PEOPLE.
UH, I'VE HAD SELF-FUNDED DISTRICTS THAT TELL ME WE SAVED THEM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIG DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE THAT OTHERWISE WOULD'VE GONE INTO CRISIS AND COST THEM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO TREAT.
HOW DO YOU, HOW, WHAT DO YOU, HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY THESE PEOPLE AT ADVANCE? OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE DO.
WE GO TO EACH CAMPUS, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WORK SITES YOU HAVE IN KAMAN COUNTY, BUT I'M GONNA MEET WITH CASSIE AFTER WE FINISH HERE.
AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT HOW MANY WORK SITES YOU HAVE, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE IT AT EACH WORK SITE.
AND WE'RE GONNA WANT TO GO TO EACH WORK SITE.
WE DON'T WANT TO CLUSTER IT AND SAY, ON THIS DAY, EVERYBODY COMES HERE.
'CAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE DON'T DO IT IS THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO IT.
UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT WOULD SAY, WELL, NO, WE'LL JUST DO THESE TWO DISTRICTS.
'CAUSE THEY SHED THE SAME PARKING LOT.
THEY WON'T GO ACROSS THE PARKING LOT TO HAVE IT DONE.
BUT IF YOU DO IT IN THEIR BUILDING ON THEIR CAMPUS, PEOPLE WILL PARTICIPATE THAT OTHERWISE WOULDN'T DO IT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES IS TO GET THESE PEOPLE STARTED IN THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR, THEIR HEALTH, TAKING A LITTLE MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH AND NOT JUST WAITING UNTIL THEY GET SICK.
UH, THE WAY WE DO IT IS WE GO TO EACH CAMPUS ON A DESIGNATED DATE AT A SCHEDULED TIME.
WE USUALLY, AS A, AS A RULE, WE DO IT BEFORE THE START OF, UH, THE WORK DAY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
WE DO IT ONE HOUR BEFORE THE START OF CLASSES.
WE'RE IN THERE AND WE'RE OUT THERE.
I DON'T CARE WHETHER IT'S 10 PEOPLE OR 125 PEOPLE AT A CAMPUS, WE'RE GONNA STAFF IT SUFFICIENTLY SO THAT WE'RE IN AND OUTTA THERE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
OKAY? UH, WE REVIEW THE RESULTS IF WE SEE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
AND LAST WEEK WE CALLED TWO LADIES IN TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAD CONDITIONS THAT NEEDED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE TELL 'EM, YOU GOTTA SEE THE DOCTOR TOMORROW.
BUT IN ANY CASE, WHEN THEY GET THEIR REPORT AND THE REPORT DOES COME BACK TO THE INDIVIDUAL, 'CAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BEGIN TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, IF YOU NOTICE THERE'S TWO LITTLE NOTES HERE, A WHITE ONE AND A RED ONE.
THE WHITE ONE'S THE ONE WE ATTACH TO THE REPORT.
IF WE SEE NOTHING SIGNIFICANT, BUT WE STILL GIVE THEM A TOTAL FREE NUMBER AND INVITE THEM TO CALL AND ASK ANY QUESTION THEY MIGHT HAVE.
OKAY? NOW, IF WE PUT THE RED ONE, IF YOU READ IT, WHAT WE DO IS WE TELL 'EM, CALL YOUR DOCTOR.
TELL 'EM THE RESULTS AND LET YOUR DOCTOR MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT WHETHER YOU NEED TO COME IN OR NOT.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT 'EM TO JUST TAKE OFF AND GO SEE THE DOCTOR, YOU KNOW, LET THE DOCTOR.
NOW WHAT WE HEAR MORE OFTEN THAN WE WANT TO HEAR IS PEOPLE SAY, I DON'T HAVE A DOCTOR.
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I WAS UP IN, IN, IN A LITTLE DISTRICT, I WON'T MENTION THE NAME UP IN, IN NORTH TEXAS.AND, UH, I TOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO REACH THOSE 85% OF THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T GO TO THE DOCTOR.
AND HE SAID, WELL, THAT WOULD BE ME.
HE SAID, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE DOCTOR IN SEVEN YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S A FACT.
UH, I HAD THE LADY THAT WAS HEAD OF HR FOR OZONE NATIONAL BANK, AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO CROCKETT COUNTY.
ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES IS A COMMISSIONER.
SHE SAID, BUT PEOPLE GO TO THE DOCTOR FOR THIS.
I SAID, WELL, WHEN YOU GET OFF THE PHONE WITH ME, ASK THE FIRST FIVE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THEY WENT TO THE DOCTOR? SO THE NEXT TIME I SPOKE TO HER THE NEXT DAY, SHE SAID, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
SHE SAID, I ASKED FIVE PEOPLE AND ONLY ONE SAID THEY'VE BEEN TO THE DOCTOR IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND UH, WHEN I APPROACHED DOC, UH, JUDGE WOOD, DR. WOOD, YOUR EMINENCE, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL BE NEXT, BUT FROM BRUCE, BRUCE, UH, I SAID, BRUCE, WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THIS FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES AT THE COUNTY.
HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA, BUT HERE WE ARE.
YOU'RE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THAT DECISION, BUT YOU'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, THE ISSUE IS YOUR EMPLOYEES AREN'T DOING IT.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HELP YOU HELP THEM DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM AND YOU CAN'T FORCE 'EM.
BUT WE DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO DO IT.
AND THIS IS A WAY TO BE PROACTIVE.
I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THE SELF-FUNDED DISTRICTS DO IT BECAUSE THEY SAVE MONEY.
ANOTHER WAY THEY SAVE MONEY IS NOT JUST ON THE COST OF CLAIMS, BUT THEY USE THIS AS A LEVERAGE WHEN THEY NEGOTIATE THEIR HEALTHCARE BENEFITS TO GET A LOWER PREMIUM.
UH, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SELF-FUNDED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT BUDGET FOR, UH, UH, BRAIN LINE, UH, WELL NO, FOR, FOR THE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE INSURANCE THAT YOU PAY FOR TO COVER ANY, OH, THE STOP LOSS, STOP LOSS COVERAGE.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE, YOU KNOW, THEIR PREMIUMS ON STOP-LOSS COVERAGE BECAUSE THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY'RE DOING BETTER IN TERMS OF CLAIMS, INCIDENTS AND THE COST OF CLAIMS. AND WITH YOUR RISK PEOPLE, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND SHOW THEM HOW TO USE THIS AS A TOOL.
AND IT DOES HELP YOU SAVE MONEY.
THIS MEETS ALL THE HIP REQUIREMENTS IN ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? IT IS A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM AND, UH, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A PERSONAL NOTE HERE IN, UH,
THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT HAD NOT BEEN DOCTOR PS TEST, UH, CANCER.
AND SO IF I HAD NO PROOF OF THAT CASE, WAS ABLE GET IT TREATED AND, UH, SURGERY AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, BUT ANYWAY, I ASKED BOB TO BE HERE.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS, I I JUST THINK THAT THIS A GOOD PROGRAM TO ME.
IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION WHERE IT'S NOT COSTING THE COUNTY ANY MONEY.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IT COULD SAVE THE COUNTY MONEY, BUT YOU WOULD THINK THIS IS LIKE PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.
YOU GET CHECKED OUT FREE AND MY PREVIOUS JOB, WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS COME IN AND, AND, UM, IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG, YOU COULD TAKE IT TO YOUR DOCTOR.
AND A LOT OF THE, THE BLOOD WORK AND TESTS ARE BEING DONE.
MOST OF THE PHYSICIANS ACCEPT THAT.
RIGHT? AND, AND THAT'S A SAFE PLACE.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM, VERY GOOD PROGRAM.
I THINK YOUR EMPLOYEES WILL LOVE IT.
YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE IS GONNA BE YOU HAVE A LOT OF MEN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PRIMARILY WOMEN.
IT'S PRETTY EASY TO GET WOMEN TO DO IT.
THE REAL CHALLENGE IS GETTING, GETTING MEN TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHAT WE OUGHT.
SO IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN IF THEY WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE THAT THEIR PRECINCT BARNES, THAT Y'ALL BE STRETCH OUT THERE, DRAW YOU LOOK.
DOES IT JUST ENTAIL TAKING, IS IT JUST A BLOOD WORK THING? RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST DRAWING BLOOD NOW FOR SOME, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR, UH, FOR SOME CLIENTS WE DO A LITTLE MORE.
WE'LL DO, UH, MORE BIOMETRICS.
WE'LL DO, YOU KNOW, BODY COMPOSITION ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, BODY FAT AND MUSCLE CONTENT.
AND WE CAN DO A BMI, WE DO A HIP TO WASTE RATIO.
UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT MY FITNESS ANALYSIS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
YOU KNOW, BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS, UH, BUT IT'S ALWAYS TIED TO BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING, THIS IS A PLACE TO START.
DOESN'T COST THE COUNTY ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, THEN IF, IF YOU HAVE BUDGET AND YOU WANT TO DO OTHER THINGS, THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.
BUT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, IN CONCERT WITH THEM.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST HELP YOU BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY EMPLOYEES ARE GOOD EMPLOYEES.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SPEND THESE DOLLARS AND THEY DON'T TAKE TIME OFF WORK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PAUL? I'LL BE
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THE FIRST ONE TO SIGN UP FOR IT.OUR GUYS DO NOT, SO I'LL, I'LL LET YOU HAVE.
GOOD, WELL, WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EVERYBODY TO GET THE SCHEDULE TO GET IT GOING.
BUT FIRST THING I NEED A MOTION.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA ACT ON? WE'RE GONNA ACT ON ALLOWING HIM TO BACK ON THE, THE PROGRAM.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DID I SAY MAD ME? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, FOOT ASK US TO HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS TO DISCUSS AN ACT ON SPACE IN SOUTH CAMPUS TO ONE OF OUR KAUFMAN COUNTY ESD DISTRICTS EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICTS.
WE'VE, UH, UH, HEADS OF NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO OUR ESD DEPARTMENT AND, UH, RIGHT DON, DON DON CAME BY AND TALKED TO ME ABOUT LOOKING FOR A SPACE FOR OUR, OUR OFFICE.
AND, UH, IT SEEMED LIKE A SIMPLE DEAL TO ME AT THE TIME.
AND THEN THE MORE WE GOT INTO IT, THE MORE COMPLICATED IT GOT.
UH, I THOUGHT WE MIGHT COULD FIND SOME SPACE OUT AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS AND SOMEHOW THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
BUT THERE'S OTHER SPACE INSIDE WHERE THE OLD JAILS WERE, THEN OTHER PROBLEMS COME UP.
UH, THEY'RE NOT REALLY A PART OF KAMAN COUNTY.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON END OF OVER ALL.
THEY DO A GREAT SERVICE FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY PART OF THE COUNTY.
AND WE'VE NEVER LEASED A SPACE OR GIVEN A SPACE OR PROVIDED A SPACE FOR ANY ESD PEOPLE.
NORMALLY THEY MAKE A DEAL THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRE STATIONS LOCALLY AND THEY HAVE THEIR NEED THERE.
UH, BOB HAS SOME NEW, UH, DON HAS SOME NEW MAYBE AND HOPEFULLY SOME MORE PROGRESSIVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW THIS SHOULD BE HANDLED.
UH, THERE ARE OTHER SITUATIONS THAT CAME UP AFTER I GOT INTO THIS.
UH, IF WE LEASE DONNA SPACE OR PROVIDE HIM A SPACE, IS YOUR SD GONNA WANT A SPACE? IS YOURS, IS YOURS? DOES THAT OPEN THIS THING UP TO EVERYTHING? SO I CAN'T ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT I THOUGHT WE WOULD BRING THIS, PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AND JUST SEE WHERE WE ARE AND LET, UH, MAYBE DON CAN GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HIS IDEAS ARE.
WELL, RECENTLY BEING APPOINTED TO THE SD ONE, UM, ONE OF MY JOBS IS TO TRY TO, UH, BETTER EMERGENCY SERVICES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT UP TO MARK.
AND IN ORDER TO DO SO, I NEED TO, UH, START COMPILING SOME STATISTICS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND AS I REQUESTED ALL THE RECORDS, UH, FOR THE ESD, WE TURNED OVER.
UH, I WAS PRESENTED A NUMBER OF LARGE HARDCORE BOXES WITH VERY UNORGANIZED RECORDS.
UH, WHICH THERE WAS NO WAY UP TO THIS POINT TO DO ANY RESEARCH, TO COMPILE ANY STATISTICS THAT WOULD SERVE ANYONE.
UM, I WAS AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS BUILDING, UH, TRYING TO, UH, GET SOME MAPS AND STUFF OUT THERE AND SOME OTHER BUSINESS AND NOTICED THERE WAS SOME, UH, EMPTY OFFICE SPACE.
UM, I ASKED MR. ROWDEN TO MEET ME OUT THERE AND WE THREW TO THE FACILITY AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF EMPTY OFFICES THERE THAT WOULD SERVE US WELL.
UM, THE CONVERSATION DID COME UP THAT WE MIGHT BE WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER ESDS WANTED THE SAME THING.
UH, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THAT.
MY PRIMARY CONCERN RIGHT NOW, UH, IS ESD ONE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ONE OF THE OFFICE SPACES THAT WE IDENTIFIED IS LARGE ENOUGH THAT IF WE NEEDED TO, UH, PROVIDE THE ROOM TODS TO HAVE, UH, FILING CABINETS AND SO FORTH, SO ON, AND USE THE SAME OFFICE, SPACE, DESK, WHATEVER.
UM, IT WAS PRESENTED TO MR. GRAB THAT WE ARE A DIFFERENT, SEPARATE
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OUR, YOU KNOW, UH, ENTITY, UH, AND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A WAY OF FUNDING THAT.HOWEVER, I PRESENTED THE UNDER RULES REGULATIONS 7, 7, 5 THAT GOVERN, GOVERNS.
IT DOES STATE THAT THE COUNTIES CAN'T PUT MONEY INTO ESDS.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE USE OF SOME EMPTY UNOCCUPIED SPACE.
UH, HE IDENTIFIED, UH, OFFICE FURNITURE STORED IN THE BAG, FILING CABINETS, COMPUTERS, SO FORTH SO ON THAT AREN'T BEING USED.
AND SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY COST TO ANYBODY, UH, THAT I CAN SEE AT THIS POINT.
HOWEVER, IF THERE WAS THE, WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THEIR OWN STUFF THAT, UH, WE NEED TO FUNCTION IN THE OFFICE.
WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR THE USE OF THIS SPACE, PLACE TO CALL HOME PLACE TO, UH, GET ALL OUR RECORDS, UH, ORGANIZED, APPROPRIATED SO WE CAN START TO CARRY ON PROPER BUSINESS AND MAYBE GET OUR EMERGENCY UP TO THE STANDARD IT SHOULD BE.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WAS CHARGED WITH BY OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WAS TO GET OUR, UH, REPORTING AND RECORD KEEPING UP THE PAR.
AND SO THIS IS MY EFFORT TO DO SO.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
UH, THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME SPACE INSIDE WHERE THE OFFICES ARE.
IT TURNED OUT THAT THE OTHER PEOPLE WERE USING THAT.
THERE MIGHT BE ONE IN THERE, BUT ALL OF YOU KNOW HOW SHARP WE ARE ON SPACE ANYWAY.
SO WE WERE SAYING POSSIBLY COULD THERE BE SOMETHING BACK IN THE, IN THE OLD, THE JAIL? COULD THERE BE ANYTHING IN THERE? UH, I GUESS THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE ARISEN ARE, IS THIS GONNA SET A PRECEDENCE AND OPEN THIS UP FOR EVERYBODY ELSE? UH, ARE WE GONNA BE TALKING TO GEORGE ABOUT SETTING UP THE PHONE OR FAX, UH, A COMPUTER, ALL THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF OFFICE FURNITURE OUT THERE THAT PROBABLY JACK COULD, UH, MAKE AVAILABLE TO SOMEBODY.
IT'S A SPACE THAT'S A PROBLEM.
THIS IS A NEW SITUATION THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE.
UH, THE ESDS HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR 17, 18 YEARS, WHATEVER.
IT'S, AND WE'VE NEVER BEEN ASKED TO DO THIS BEFORE.
SO BEFORE, HAVE THEY BEEN OVER THE MEETING BEFORE? WELL, THEY'VE BEEN MEETING AT THE FIRE STATION COVERED AROUND THE COFFEE TABLE IN THE MAIN OR, YOU KNOW, RADIO ROOM THERE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS NOT AN IMPOSSIBILITY, BUT IT'S A KIND OF A ICAL APPROACH.
I THINK IT TAKES SOME OF THE BUSINESS OUT THE, UM, WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WHICH IS EXACTLY WHY OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES, I FEEL LIKE, OR WHERE THEY'RE AT, UM, LACK OF EDUCATION ON WHAT THEY'RE REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE, GOOD KNOWLEDGE AND SO FORTH.
UM, I BELIEVE MYSELF, UH, IF I'M ONE OF THE FIRST REAL FIREFIGHTING BACKGROUND, EMERGENCY BACKGROUND, WHATEVER THEY SERVE ON THE BOARD, UM, WHICH I BRING TO THAT, UH, NEARLY 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UH, ABLE TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, SHORTFALL WELL.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, IT ALL PROBABLY COSTS MONEY TO RUN THIS THING.
AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS, UH, DISTRICT IS PRETTY SMALL LEVEL AND WITH RISING EVERYTHING HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GENERATE MORE FUNDS.
AND IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE A MORE BUSINESS APPROACH, I THINK, TO THE BOARD IN ORDER TO DO SO.
AND I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW Y'ALL HAVE OFFICES AND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FUNCTION IN THAT WORLD.
UM, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO THE SAME THING JUST AS A SERIOUS DEAL.
IT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED THAT WAY.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S OPENING UP A HOLE.
DO YOU THINK, BECAUSE YOU GOT 13 ESD SEVEN, IF YOU, UH, IF
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WE START, IF THE COUNTY STARTS FURNISHING OFFICE SPACE FOR ESD ONE, WELL CERTAINLY A, A FILE CABINET IN THAT SAME OFFICE FOR SAY FIVE OR SEVEN OR WHAT HAVE YOU I JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GONNA SUFFICE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU GOT AN OFFICE THAT'S LEASED TO YOU FROM ABOUT BY THE COUNTY AND YOU, YOU USING, UH, YOU MENTIONED POWER CABINETS AND FURNITURE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.WELL, THAT'S THE COUNTY THAT BELONGS TO THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, UH, AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE SEPARATE.
I BELIEVE THAT DSDS ARE SEPARATE ENTITIES.
THEY ARE MOST, AND, UH, OF COURSE MAYBANK AND PRAIRIE, WELL, THEY ALL MADE AT THE FIREHOUSE AND, AND, UH, I'VE BEEN TO ALL THEIR MEETINGS AND IT SEEMS TO BE A STRICTLY BUSINESS DEAL.
I MEAN, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS SITTING DOWN AROUND A TABLE AND HAVING THEIR MEETING IN A, IN BUSINESS LIKE MANNER OR SO.
I JUST, I JUST DON'T, HISTORICALLY, THE HISTORICALLY THE, UH, THE, UH, MEETINGS IN SD ONE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT TWO ITEMS ON THEM, READING PAST MINUTES, A LARGE ITEM LIKE SIGNING QUARTERLY CHECKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE'S, THERE'S OUR FIRST, UH, MEETING AFTER I CAME BOARD 17 AGENDA ITEMS. SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THINGS BEEN IN THE PAST.
AND THE, I SAID BEFORE, WE OUGHT TO BE WITH OUR SERVICES BEING PROVIDED, WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE THROUGH THE BUDGET.
UH, Y'ALL HAVE RECENTLY REDUCED THE COUNTY'S INPUT AND THIS IS NOT REALLY ASKING THE COUNTY TO PUT ANYTHING INTO IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO COST THAT I CAN SEE TO ANYONE.
UH, IT'S JUST ALLOWING US TO USE SOME SPACE THAT'S NOT BEING USED AND HASN'T BEEN USED IN QUITE SOME TIME.
WELL, WELL, I COMMEND YOU ON TRYING TO UPGRADE YOUR ESD AND STEVE FOR GETTING EVERYBODY TOGETHER TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
EVERY, I KIND TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MANNING, WHAT'S OUR PRECEDENT WHEN WE START GOING OUT FOR IT? PRETTY FACE.
IT'S PRETTY FAR AFTER, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO IT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHERE, WHERE DO WE, ONCE WE START, WHERE DO WE STOP? YEAH, I DON'T, THAT'D BE THE ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WELL, YOU REALLY, AND LIKE I SAY, IT WOULDN'T BE CONVENIENT FOR LIKE IN BAY AREA FOR POINT TO COME ALL THE WAY HERE,
TO HAVE AN OFFICE OVER HERE, SO I DON'T HAVE A SPACE FOR 'EM OVER THERE.
IF THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANTED COUNTY SPACE.
IT DOESN'T EXIST IN PRECINCT TOO TODAY.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME FOR WHAT YOU SDS DO A GREAT JOB.
I'M TRYING TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, WE WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND, UH, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THEM BE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY, UH, PROVIDE A GREAT SERVICE THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO THAT'S, IT'S JUST THE ISSUE OF THAT WHOLE SOUTH CAMPUS IS, AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, TOM AND RAY, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE IN THE FIRST YEAR AND I JC AND I KNOW THAT WHOLE SOUTH CAMPUS IS, UH, A PROJECT THAT WE KEEP TO, WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON AS FAR AS CLEANING IT UP.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME SURFACE EQUIPMENT, SOME SURFACE PROPERTY OUT THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE DISPOSED TO AN AUCTION OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW.
SO HOW, WELL, HOW WOULD YOU, UH, APPEAL ABOUT BEING ABLE TO STORE FILING SYSTEMS OR WHATEVER? WE NEED SECURE AREA IN THE BACK, BACK THERE.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT FIVE DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS WITH FIVE DIFFERENT JOBS AND, AND I WENT TO EAT AND THIS GUY WE PLAYED LIKE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, AND THEN HE PLAYED THAT SONG.
THE ONE ABOUT, OH, I CAN BARELY TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
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BECAUSE AUDITORIUM WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS ABOUT 15, THERE WAS PROBABLY 1200.AND HE, IT WAS JUST AM HE JUST DID IT.
HE JUST CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS FOR HOMICIDES THAT A COUNTY ENTITY WOULD CONCERN ME BECAUSE I COULD SEE SOMEONE SAYING I COULDN'T FIND THIS.
AND, AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TAKEN OUT OR THROWN OUT OR NOT.
THE KIND OF PLACE WOULD DO THAT.
SOME, YOU KNOW, A POSSIBILITY OF I WOULD.
WELL, THE OTHER PROBLEMS, DON, IS THAT, UH, WE ARE SO SHORT OF SPACE HERE FOR OUR OWN.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAYING PART OF THAT COULD BE IN THAT OLD JAIL WHERE THERE'S NO, BUT THERE, THERE'S A, I THINK THE SHERIFF IS ABOUT TO START PUTTING SOME, UH, EVIDENCE AND STUFF OUT THERE.
YEAH, WE HAVE AN ONGOING PROJECT.
HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THOSE SPACES I'M WORKING ON BACK THERE.
SO YEAH, IT'S, UH, IT'S SORT, IT JUST, IT'S A BAD TIME EVEN IF YOU WERE PART OF THE COUNTY TO TRY TO FIND SOME SPACE FROM US.
AND I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE COUNTY, YOU'RE ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY EXACERBATES THAT WHOLE PROBLEM.
Y'ALL WANT TO TAKE ANY OFFICIAL ACTION ON, WE DO HAVE THIS AS AN ACTION ITEM, LEASE SPACE.
I CAN MAKE A MOTION AND SEE IF IT GOES IF YOU WANT ME TO.
WE LEASE THIS SPACE TO, UH, DON BECKER.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THAT MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? OKAY.
UH, DON'T TAKE THIS AS A ANYTHING OTHER.
THERE'S BE A PROBLEM WHEN CAME IN.
ALL, UH, JEFF BROWN FROM OUR DELINQUENT TAX, UH, ELECTION FIRM IS HERE WITH US, AND I BELIEVE HE HAS A HANDOUT.
UH, OR YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED IT.
I TRIED TO GIVE IT TO MORNING JUDGE.
IF I MAY JUST BRIEFLY, WE'LL BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT BACK.
UH, I BELIEVE THE SECOND DAY JUDGE WOOD WAS ON THE JOB THIS YEAR.
UH, HE HAD A MEETING THAT, UH, BROUGHT TOGETHER ALL THE JPS, THE CONSTABLE SHERIFF WAS THERE.
I HAVE, I HAPPENED TO BE IN TOWN AND HE ASKED ME TO SIT IN ON A MEETING.
ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, JUDGE WOOD EXPRESSED WAS THAT WE, WE ALL, AND THAT INCLUDED ME BECAUSE OF OUR CONTRACT TO COLLECTIVE FEES AND FINES.
WE ALL NEEDED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF, UH, TAKING THE, THE JP COURTS AND, AND DOING A BETTER JOB OF COLLECTING FEES AND FINES.
I DON'T REMEMBER BEING THAT BLUNT, WAS I, JUDGE THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE OTHER WITNESSES IN THE ROOM.
WAS HE THAT CLEAR? I I, I, I I HAVE A SECOND BACK THERE.
UH, BUT, BUT IT VERY APPARENT THAT, THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE BUDGET CONCERNS HERE IN THE COUNTY, THAT THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.
UH, UH, I'M NOT SURE YET WHILE I WAS BROUGHT IN, BUT ANYWAY, I GOTTA SEND THE MEETING.
BUT WHAT I'VE GOT BEFORE YOU TODAY, UH, GEORGE, UH, YORK'S STAFF IS, IS, IS RUNNING SOME NUMBERS FOR ME.
THEY'RE GONNA GIVE ME A, A MONTHLY UPDATE AT THE END OF EACH MONTH.
THIS BASICALLY COVERS A PERIOD FROM JANUARY THROUGH APRIL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE BROKEN IT DOWN BY JP PRECINCTS AND, UH, COMPARING 2010 TO 2011.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERY JP PRECINCT SHOWS AN INCREASE IN COLLECTIONS.
I GOT THE PERCENTAGES DOWN THERE BELOW THAT.
AND THEN THAT COLLECTION FEES IS WHAT I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PAID DURING THAT PERIOD TOOK TO MY FIRM.
A COUPLE THINGS I WANNA POINT OUT TO YOU.
ONE IS THERE'S A $227,000 INCREASE IN THOSE REVENUES FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S VERY, THAT'S TREMENDOUS.
IT'S VERY ALLOWABLE FOR, FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
UH, I KNOW THE SHERIFF DEDICATED, SOME PEOPLE, CONSTABLE, HAVE BEEN KNOCKING ON DOORS.
THE JPS HAVE BEEN MAKING SURE THEIR CASES HAVE BEEN WORKED.
I THINK THAT EVEN EXTENDS TO THE CITY, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS TOO.
THEY'RE ALSO, UH, SOMEBODY HAS A WARRANT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
I, AND, AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE NUMBERS, JUDGE.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE INCREASE IS 38, ALMOST 39%.
UH, AND THE INCREASE OF $227,000, I'M ONLY RESPONSIBLE, I'M ONLY GONNA CLAIM LOSS.
BUT IF FOR $83,000 OF IT, WHICH MEANS $144,000 IS A TRI TO THE EFFORTS OF THE, OF THE CONSTABLES, THE JPS AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I I'M NOT HERE AS THEIR CHAMPIONS.
THEY'RE QUITE CAPABLE OF TALKING FOR THEMSELVES, BUT I JUST WANT THE COURT TO KNOW THAT WHAT JUDGE WOOD HAD ENVISIONED BACK IN
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JANUARY IS IN, IN, IN FACT, COME TO PASS.EVERYBODY'S DOING A, I THINK EVERYBODY'S DOING A BETTER JOB.
EVERYBODY'S BEING AS CONSCIENTIOUS AS THEY COULD BE.
AND THE RESULTS ARE SHORT HERE IN THE REVENUES.
AND I, I WANTED Y'ALL TO HAVE AN UPDATE WITH THE COURT'S APPROVAL.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO COME AND DO THIS, UH, EVERY MONTH.
READY FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND GIVE Y'ALL, UH, BARBARA AND GEORGE'S OFFICE IS GONNA GIVE ME, UH, A REPORT AT, AT THE END OF EACH MONTH.
AND YOU, WHENEVER IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THE COURT, I'LL COME BACK EACH MONTH AND LET Y KNOW.
DON'T Y'ALL, I DON'T DUNNO IF ANYBODY ELSE IS, IS TRYING TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THIS.
IF SOMEBODY ELSE SAYS, I DON'T NEED TO BE DOING IT.
NO, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO COME.
YOU SEE IT ON MONTHLY REPORT, BUT, UH, I THINK THIS IS GOOD OUTTA THAT JP THREE 71%.
THAT'S, AND, AND I, I WOULD SAY THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
UH, UH, I, I, WHEN I WENT TO TALK TO JPS BACK IN THE FALL, I, I BELIEVE, UH, UM, MIKE'S, MIKE'S OFFICER WAS CLOSER TO BEING RAISED TO, TO DO ALL THESE KIND OF THINGS THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
HE JUST HAD BEEN PRIORITIZING SOME OF THE, THE CASE FILINGS AND, AND SO THEY'RE READY TO GO.
UH, JUDGE ASCOT WANTED ME TO SAY THAT, THAT, UH, TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, THAT SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON SOME OF THIS.
THANK I THINK, I THINK ALL IN ALL, UH, HER NUMBER'S PRETTY GOOD.
UH, AND ALL THE NUMBERS ARE GOOD.
I, I, YOU KNOW, THE, ANYTIME YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE A 38% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD.
I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S GONNA BE AND THAT KIND OF THING.
JUST KIND OF MAYBE THE, THE LUCK TO DRAW FROM TIME TO TIME.
BUT THE IDEA IS, IS TO GET THE REVENUE UP AND JUST BY MY LITTLE, LITTLE P BRAIN HERE, IT'S ABOUT 55,000 A MONTH.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD INCREASE AND PRETTY GOOD.
HOPEFULLY THAT, THAT HELPS YOU GET TOWARDS WHERE YOU NEED TO BE WITH THE BUDGET.
WE DON'T CARE WHO GETS THE CREDIT.
WE'D JUST LIKE TO SEE IT PRO LIKE THAT.
I AGREE WITH THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND DILIGENCE.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE CONSTABLES ALSO FOR, YEAH.
THANK COLLECTING ALL THESE FINES AND SERVING WARRANTS.
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GET THE ACCOMMODATION THEY NEED, BUT I THINK THEY, I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY, WHAT WOULD A REPORT, LIKE BE HELPFUL ON TAXES? OR IS IT GONNA BE TOO MUCH SKEWED IF YOU GET A BIG ONE ONE MONTH AND THEN NEXT MONTH YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT? I CAN, I CAN GIVE YOU YOUR
YOU WANT, I KNOW THAT MR. MURPHY PROBABLY REPORTS THAT TO YOU AS WELL, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN USED FOR, I MEAN, IT MIGHT SHOW THAT YOU HAD 300% INCREASE THIS MONTH.
THAT COULD BE BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE.
WELL, TRUE RAY, EXCUSE ME, MR. CLARK.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THAT, WHAT HAPPENS WITH, WITH, WITH THOSE COLLECTIONS WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF USING A MONTH ON MONTH THING.
I FIND YEAR OVER YEAR, MORE TO BE MORE ACCURATE.
MONTH ON MONTH IS, LET'S SAY WE HAVE A BIG TAX SALE MONTH, IT LOOKS LIKE, MAN, WE'RE JUST GOING GANGBUSTERS, BUT BECAUSE WE HAD $300,000 INVOLVED IN TAX LIKE THAT, SO THE MONTH TO MONTH NUMBERS ARE NOT GENERALLY AS HELPFUL.
I DON'T THINK IT'S YEAR OVER YEAR NUMBERS, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT'S BEING USED AS NO SENSE IN HAVING REPORTS.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE USED TO WHATEVER.
WELL, I SEE THAT BE MISLEADING.
WELL, THIS LOOKS GREAT THOUGH.
WE'RE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY PLEASED WITH THIS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SOUND LIKE THE OLD COACH.
I NEVER COACHED IN LIFE, BUT THIS, THIS IS A TEAMWORK THING.
I MEAN, IT'S TEAMWORK BETWEEN THE DELINQUENT TAX ELECTION FIRM OR JPS, THE CONSTABLES, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE CITIES, UH, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, THIS IS HOW THINGS, GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T BRAG TOO MUCH, BUT I MEAN, IT'S GOOD REPORT.
WELL, I I CAN GIVE YOU ONE MORE BRAGGING NUMBER.
I, I HESITATE TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ONLY A PARTIAL MONTH.
BARBARA DID GIVE YOU THE REPORT UP THROUGH TODAY.
THESE, THESE NUMBERS WERE GIVEN TO ME ON, ON MAY 4TH.
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN ANOTHER $200,000 COLLECTED.
SO, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S WHAT, EIGHT BUSINESS DAYS LEFT TO THE LEFT? YEAH.
YOU'RE GONNA GET, YOU'RE GONNA GET PROBABLY, I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET CLOSE TO, UH, UH, 253,000.
ARE THESE NUMBERS ARE A PORTION OF THE FEES OR THIS ALL, ALL OUR PORTION IN THE STATE'S PORTION ALSO, I'M SORRY.
UH, I I'M ASSUMING IT IS, IT IS RAW COLLECTIONS.
I CAN, I CAN, I CERTAINLY KNOW THAT NEXT MONTH WHEN I GET HERE.
I'M PRETTY SURE IT, I I WOULD THINK SO.
I WAS GETTING PRETTY EXCITED WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT, KNOWING WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR JP COLLECTIONS AND SEEING THIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE, I THINK, WELL, AND SEE, IT DOESN'T ALL GO IN THAT BUDGET LINE.
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FEES GO WHEREVER THEY WANT.UH, SO IT DOESN'T, THERE'S 200,000 HERE.
EVEN IF THAT WERE ALL COUNTY MONEY, IT WOULDN'T BE 200,000 IN THAT LINEUP.
IT WOULD BE SPREAD OUT TO THE, THE APPROPRIATE FEES BEHIND.
CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT, UH, IF WE COLLECT A HUNDRED DOLLARS WHERE THE MONEY GOES TO? DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU COLLECT A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR.
NO, I, COMMISSIONER CLARK, I CAN.
UH, UH, BARBARA CAN PRINT US OUT THAT SHE DID.
I DREW THESE NUMBERS FROM A REPORT THAT LITERALLY LISTED RIGHT.
EVERY LINE ITEM FOR EVERY THAT EVERY JP HAD.
SO I CAN, I CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT TO IT WOULD BE, THAT'D BE GOOD FOR THEM TO SEE.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE, HAVE THOSE DEDICATED FUNDS IN THERE.
LIKE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS JUVENILE, WHATEVER, BE IN THERE.
SEPARATE FUNDS, SEPARATE LINE ITEMS. WE WERE AT CONFERENCE LAST WEEK AND THEY KEPT TALKING ABOUT LIKE, THE STATE KEEPS 85% OF THE MONEY.
I HOW MANY TIMES WAS THAT? SAID, THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES.
WE SPOKE OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES I THINK.
AND I DIDN'T EVEN THINK IT WAS RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT, IT'S PROBABLY TRUE, BUT IT'S NOT.
YEAH, HE JUST, HE WAS STILL AHEAD OF YOU GUYS.
DOES MR. CLARK I'LL GET THAT BREAKDOWN FOR YOU NEXT YEAR? I, I, I, NEXT MONTH.
I DIDN'T, UH, BRING THAT TO YOU TODAY.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY'D BE INTERESTED.
I'LL MAKE SURE YOU THAT, THAT'D BE GOOD.
ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY THINKS THEY MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT? I CAN, BARBARA CAN DO ANYTHING.
WE GO OUT AND TALK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT WOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM.
JUST BECAUSE WE GOT ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
LOOK, WE ONLY GOT, YOU KNOW, 7,800 THAT OR SOMETHING SUCH AS THAT.
WE DIDN'T, WE'RE NOT ROLLING INTO MONEY, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT THE OTHER THING TO RE REMEMBER WHEN HE BRINGS THAT LIST TO YOU NEXT TIME, THAT'S THE LIST OF WHAT FEES WERE COLLECTED.
IF THEY HAD COLLECTED DIFFERENT TYPES OF FEES, THAT LIST WOULD BE DIFFERENT, BUT IT'LL TELL YOU WHERE THE, WHERE THE MONEY WENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR PERIOD.
SO THAT'D BE GOOD INFORMATION YOU HAVE.
UH, I WILL JUDGE IF IT'S OKAY, I'LL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOUR OFFICE ABOUT WHAT MEETING WILL BE.
ITEM MIND JOHNNY COUNTRYMAN TO PRESENT THE MONTHLY TREASURER REPORT.
YOU, I GUESS YOU HAVE YOUR REPORT THERE TO ASK, UH, UH, IN CASH IN WHICH SHAPE AND, UH, LITTLE MORE GOOD NEWS IN THE OPERATING ACCOUNT GENERAL PLAN ITSELF.
YEAR TO DATE, UH, REVENUES ARE UP BY 1.1 MILLION AND THOUSAND.
NOW EACH EXPENSES, THE PAYROLL GETTING IS ALWAYS CLEAR IN THAT THING.
BUT EVEN WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE, WELL IT KIND OF CORRESPONDS TO THAT TO ME AND MARK THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
THAT INTEREST, INTEREST EARN WHAT? CAN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS INTEREST EARN NUMBER DOWN HERE? I'D LOVE TO
WELL, I THINK ACTUALLY WE MADE IT.
YEAH, WE COURSE WE GOT MONEY BACK.
AMERICAN BANK DOES ALL WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT JOHNNY'S REPORT AS PRESENTED.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MR. JACKSON? SECOND.
WOULD I 10 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON UPDATES TO THE KAUFMAN COUNTY PERSONNEL MANAGER.
THIS JUDGE, THIS IS A COUPLE LITTLE INTERIM STEPS HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO REDO THAT, THAT MANUAL, ALL TO IT ALL TOGETHER.
BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE REGULAR FULL TIME IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES WHO WOULD LIKE TO CUT BACK THEIR HOURS ON, ON THE PAY YOU BUDGET THIS, JUST ALLOW THAT.
THE 900 HOURS, UH, ACTUALLY THAT'S, THAT'S TDRS TOOK OUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
UH, IF YOU ARE A GRADUATE EMPLOYEE THAT YOU'VE WORKED AT REGULAR HOURS, HOWEVER MANY HOURS A YEAR DO YOU WORK, YOU'RE ENTITLED TO TO RETIREMENT AFTER SEASON.
LIKE SOME OF
THAT CHANGED JUST TWO YEARS AGO.
THERE'S TWO OF THESE GENTLEMEN.
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OKAY.SO WHAT THIS WOULD ALLOW, IT WOULD ALLOW SOMEBODY, INSTEAD OF HAVING A 40 HOUR WORK WEEK BE CONSIDERED FULL TIME, IT COULD BE A 32 HOUR WORK WEEK, I STRICTLY CASE WELL, AND SOMETHING TO DO THAT.
NOW, JUST SO YOU WILL KNOW, I'VE HAD SARAH, A COUPLE PEOPLE HAVE TALKED TO US AND WHEN WE START DOING OUR BUDGET PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT THERE MAY BE SOME DEPARTMENTS AND SOME EMPLOYEES THAT MAY WISH TO CUT THEIR HOURS BACK AND WHICH IS A SAVINGS TO US.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO.
BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO? I MEAN, DURING HARD BUDGET TIMES, IT'S PROBABLY NOT A BAD IDEA.
UH, BUT IT CERTAINLY AFFECT EACH DEPARTMENT DIFFERENT WAYS.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A ONE, ONE OR TWO PERSON OFFICE, BUT MIGHT NOT BE, I MEAN THERE'S JUST SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT BROADLY BASED, I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM.
THIS IS THANK, THANK YOU JOHNNY.
YEAH, WE'LL NEED TO, WE'LL NEED TO.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS JOHNNY? UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS, UH, OR THIS POLICY CHANGE.
MAY COMMISSIONER MANNING MAKES UP RECOMMENDATION OR MAKES UP MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 11, DICK MURPHY TO COME FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT, UH, ACCEPTING THE TAX ASSESSMENT.
WE COLLECTED 27.674 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WAS 93% OF THE LEVY.
AND IN THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND WE COLLECTED 2.681 MILLION, WHICH AGAIN IS 93% UP 2% GRAND TOTAL OF TAXES EXCLUDING PENALTIES AND INTEREST ARE CURRENT AND DELINQUENT IS UP 400 GRAND FROM LAST YEAR.
YOU WANTED SOME GOOD NEWS? THERE YOU GO.
ANY QUESTIONS OF YOU? MUST HAVE BEEN WORKING OVERTIME.
LIKE I SAID, DELINQUENT TAXES ARE UP $140,000 OVER THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
YEAH, THAT'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS TODAY.
DICK, WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE APPROVED TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE PERSONAL PROPERTY COLLECTIONS GOING AFTER THOSE EARLY, DO YOU HAVE ANY, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL THING, BUT YOU GOT ANY ANECDOTAL? I THINK IT ENCOURAGED A LOT OF PAYMENTS.
I HAVEN'T DEMONSTRATED IT, BUT I SAW IT COMING IN.
I HEARD FROM COMPANY WE CALL SOME COMPANIES AND WARN THEM THAT IT WAS COMING.
OH WELL WE'LL WRITE A CHECK TODAY.
SO THAT MAY BE REFLECTED AT THESE NUMBERS.
MR. JACKSON MAKES A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, MR. MANNING TO SECOND SET.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, NUMBER 12, DISCUSS AND ACT ON CANVASSING ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE MAY 14TH, 2011.
SPECIAL ELECTION TO LEGALIZE BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IS AUTHORIZED BY THE BINGO ENABLING ACT IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA ONLY OF JUSTICE OF THESE PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE COPY OF THAT.
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I 42 TO THE PRESS COPY OF DICK, YOU WANT TO READ THAT OUT TO US? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT IT? PAGE LOOKS LIKE IS IT PASS? UH, 58%, FOUR AND 41%.4 6 51 VOTES PASSED THE BIG PRECINCT OUTSIDE THE INCORPORATED CITIES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MURPHY? HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR ACCEPT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER ROUND SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER 13 IS, UH, DISCUSS AN ACT ON THE CANVASSING ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE MAY 14TH, 2011 LOCAL ELECTION TO LEGALIZE LEGAL SALE APPEAR LINE FOR ALL PREMISE CONSUMPTION, ONLY THE INCORPORATED CITY OF LIMITS CAR.
THOSE THIS ELECTION IN THE CITY OF TERRA ALSO PASSED WITH 200 TO TWO VOTES, FOUR FOR 1 41 AGAINST, WHICH IS 59%.
HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE RESULTS.
THAT MOTION? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON SAY AYE? AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM 15 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON CANVASING ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE MAY 14TH LOCAL OPTION ELECTION TO LEGALIZE THE LEGAL SALE OF MIXED BEVERAGES AND RESTAURANTS BY FOOD AND BEVERAGE TYPICAL POLLS IN THE ONLY, IN THE INCORPORATED CITY OF PRINT.
DID I SKIP ONE? WHICH ONE DID I SKIP? HOW COULD I GET SKIP? NO, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
THIS IS BEARING WE, I'M SORRY, I WAS READING THE WRONG ONE ABOUT BEARING WINE UP.
14 BEARING WINE COMMENTS FROM YOU, SIR.
UH, WE'RE ON THE, WE'RE ON THE BEER AND WINE AND CR OFF THE BEER AND WINE AND CR WAS DEFEATED.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THESE RESULTS.
I, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES THAT MOTION.
SECOND COMMISSIONER MANNING SECONDS.
NOW WE'LL DO, NUMBER 15 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON CANVASSING ELECTION RESULTS.
LOCAL OPTION ELECTION TO LEGALIZE LEGAL SALE OF MIXED BEVERAGES AND RESTAURANTS BY FOOD AND BEVERAGE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS ON IN THE INCORPORATED CITY OF CR.
THIS ONE ALSO FAILED WITH 291 AGAINST AND 225.
YOU ALREADY HAVE THOSE, BUT I GUESS YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. MURPHY ABOUT THE ELECTION? ENTERTAIN MOTIONS.
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SO COMM CLARK, NAME COMMISSIONER JACKSON AND COMMISSIONER.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NEED? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD THE TABLE, I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, JACK, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? UH, REALLY WE JUST POSTPONING IT.
WE'LL COME BACK PROBABLY IN A MEETING NEXT WEEK.
WE NEED TO HAVE TO GO OVER THIS.
WE WERE, UH, NEGOTIATING WITH THE, UH, SHELDON VENDOR AND, UH, WITH PEOPLE OUT OF TOWN NEXT WEEK.
AND WE STILL WORKING ON THAT UNTIL NEXT.
A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK TO, UH, TABLE COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
SECOND SAID, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM 17 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON SEEKING PROPOSALS, UH, FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION, INSURANCE, LEGAL LIABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, LIABILITY, CRIME COVERAGE, AUTO PHYSICAL DAMAGE, AUTO LIABILITY, PUBLIC OFFICIAL LIABILITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT POOL, INCLUDING BUILDINGS, CONTENTS, MOBILE EQUIPMENT, DATA, EQUIPMENT IN 9 1 1.
BASICALLY THIS IS EVERY JACK, BASICALLY THIS IS EVERY INSURANCE AND ON DEMAND OTHER THAN, UH, THE HEALTH INSURANCE THAT WE HAVE.
AND, UH, WHAT THIS WILL DO IF YOU APPROVE, UH, JACK, GO AHEAD AND DON'T D JACK LOVES INSURANCE.
UH, THIS WILL GIVE YOU AUTHORITY TO, UH, WHOEVER PREPARING, UH, RFP THAT WE TAKE SEE WE DO.
WELL, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS SINCE WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU EVEN CAME.
SO, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO, I MEAN, THIS WILL NOT EMPLOY A CONSULTANT OR ANYTHING.
THIS WILL JUST BE GETTING THE RAW DATA ENGINEER.
I'LL SEE MY INSURANCE MEDICAL, BUT IT'LL GIVE US SOMETHING TO GO OVER.
BUT IT'LL BE, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME SAVINGS BY DOING THIS.
SO, BUT THIS GETS IT ON THE TABLE.
JUST GETS IT DOWN IN THE MARKET.
SO NORMALLY YOU ALWAYS FIND SOME SAVINGS WHEN YOU GO OUT FOR INSURANCE.
THAT, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL FALL THROUGH.
BUT I'D LIKE TO ADD, MAKE THE MOTION TO START WITH.
BUT, UH, COULD WE NOT ADD THE COUNTY FAIRGROUND BUILDINGS IN ON OUR INSURANCE? IT COST THE FAIR BOARD OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY, UH, THREE FOURTHS OF THEIR INCOME EVERY YEAR TO INSURE THOSE BUILDINGS ON COUNTY PROPERTY.
IS THAT A LEGITIMATE CONCERN? DO DO THEY OWN THE BUILDINGS OR DO WE OWN THE BUILDINGS? COUNTY OWNS THE BUILDINGS.
IT'S COUNTY PROPERTY AND WE DO THAT FOR THE CHILDREN SHIP.
YEAH, THAT'S, I DON'T SEE ANY LEGAL REASON WHY WE COULDN'T INSURE THOSE.
IT'S NOT THAT IT COULD JUST SHOW IT AS LEASED OUT PROPERTY.
I DON'T SEE A PROPER LEGAL, SO WE, WHEN WE GO AND WHEN WE GO AFTER PROPERTY INSURANCE, THAT WILL NEED TO BE THE OTHER INSURANCE.
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE BUILDING ARE I I'LL GET THE CURRENT INSURANCE INFORMATION.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND MR. CLARK.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL ITEM 18, UH, IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CLOSE ROADS TO THROUGH COMMERCIAL TRUCK TRAFFIC AND VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
I PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA AND WITH THE GUIDANCE FROM OUR COUNSELOR, THE FIRST THING I NEED TO ANNOUNCE IS THAT THIS ITEM AGENDA IS NOT FOR CONSIDERATION TO DEBATE AND VOTE ON ISSUE OF ROAD CLOSING.
UH, THAT ANY PRELIMINARY HEARING, WE JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE WANT TO DO WHEN WE DO HAVE A HEARING.
AM I CORRECT IN MS. DO THAT'S RIGHT.
TWO CLOSE ROAD TO THROUGH TRAFFIC.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE ROAD PROBLEMS. EVERYBODY'S GOT PRECINCT AND I THINK, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY, WHEN WE DO HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS, THE NIGHTTIME MEETING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE WOULD BE WHEN, WHAT MONTH? IT'S JUNE.
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BELIEVE IT WAS JUNE.THE, I BELIEVE THAT THE 27TH, THE EVENING MEETING WOULD BE BETTER SUITED TO THE PUBLIC.
WOULD GET MORE PUBLIC INPUT INTO IT.
HAVE THAT IT'S THE SECOND, IT'S JUNE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT SETTING IT THEN SOMEBODY MAKE AN AGENDA REQUEST FOR THAT.
UH, THE, WE DO HAVE THAT AUTHORITY AS BEST I CAN TELL FROM THAT.
WE'VE LOOKED AT, UH, THE, ONE OF THE CRITERIA WE NEED TO DO THAT WE'VE RUN INTO IN THE PAST IS THAT WILL, UH, I'M NOT GETTING ALL THESE ROADS DONE AT ONE TIME.
WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING AT ONE TIME SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE 14 DIFFERENT PUBLICATION EXPENSES.
WE CAN LIST ALL OUR ROADS WE WANT TO DO, INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE NEXT WEEK AND ONE NEXT WEEK AND ONE NEXT WEEK, WE CAN KIND OF REDUCE OUR ADVERTISING COSTS.
JUDY DOESN'T LIKE TO CARE OF THAT, BUT, BUT THAT WOULD, UH, THAT WOULD HELP US OUT ON THERE.
SO IF EVERYBODY COULD KIND OF GET TOGETHER ON WHICH ROADS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING, UH, PUT THAT ON AGENDA REQUEST, I WOULD SUPPOSE.
I I I THINK THAT IT WILL HELP YOU THE MOST IF YOU, UH, IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY THE ROADS AND KNOW THERE'S SERIES SIX OR SEVEN ROADS IN, IN, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON'S PRECINCT THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BEFORE, THAT PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS WITH.
BUT I, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO, AS BROAD IN ACTION AS POSSIBLE, IDENTIFY THE ROAD SPECIFICALLY AND THEN IF YOU HAVE OTHER ISSUES THAT YOU WANTED FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ALSO ADVERTISE THAT TOO.
THERE'S STILL OUTSTANDING ISSUES REGARDING, UH, EITHER WEIGHTS AND TRUCKS AND, AND ENFORCEMENT.
THAT, AND MAKE SENSE TO HAVE IT, THE SEVERAL ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED.
BUT I, I WANT PUT, I WANT INCLUDE IN MY, SOME INFORMATION IN MY, MY REQUEST.
IT'LL COME AFTER YOU GUYS WELL AHEAD OF TIME.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO KIND OF LOOK, LOOK OVER BASIC SOME CRITERIA THAT WE CAN USE FROM THE STATE.
UH, WE NOT TALKING ABOUT WEIGHTS AT THIS TIME, BUT THERE IS THE DEFINITION.
WELL, THE PROBLEM WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST BY CLOSING ROADS TO THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC IS THE DEFINITION OF A TRUCK.
I DON'T SUGGEST THAT POSSIBLY WE COULD I, UH, IDENTIFY A TRUCK LIKE THE STATE DOES AS A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OVER 26,000 POUNDS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEIGH 'EM IF YOU'RE REGISTERED OVER, IF YOU'RE REGISTERED OVER 26,000 POUNDS, THEN YOU FALL UNDER A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE.
RIGHT? SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT PICKUPS OR DELIVERY BANDS OR, YOU KNOW, THE MALE PEOPLE, WHATEVER, GOING DOWN ROAD, FEDEX.
BUT THAT INFORMATION I'LL TRY TO PUT IN THE PACKET TO EVERYBODY AND SEE, SO THAT TIME LOOK IT OVER PRIOR TO WHEN WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
WHAT, WHAT WAS THE DATE ON THAT? WELL, OUR NEXT NIGHT MEETING WILL BE THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE JUNE 13TH.
THAT'S OUR NEXT REGULAR COURT MEETING.
BUT IT'S ALSO, I BELIEVE YEAH, BUT IT'D BE LIKE WE SET OUR PUBLIC HEARING JUNE THE 13TH.
DO WE WANNA ADVERTISE FOR THE PUBLIC? WE'LL HAVE TO ADVERTISE FOR FIRST ON THE ROADS.
ADVERTISE, JUST GONNA HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
NO, IT, THERE WOULD JUST BE A PUBLIC HEARING THAT DAY.
YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.
YOU MIGHT JUST RECEIVE INPUT AND THEN AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING YOU MIGHT MAKE A DECISION TO, I I MEAN THE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS, IS TO RECEIVE ALL THE INPUT THAT YOU NEED, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO ADVERTISE PUBLIC.
BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADVERTISE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO ADVERTISE THE ROAD.
I I BUT WE'VE GOT TIME TO DO THAT.
AND I KNOW THE ROADS EACH COMMISSIONER HAVE I CARRY MINE OUT ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
WELL, WE'RE GOING HAVE A, WE'RE GOING NEED TO HAVE A MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.
SO DO WE NEED TO PUBLICLY HAVE THE COURT, UH, VOTE ON WHICH ONES TO INCLUDE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING? NO, NO.
THE THE, THE COURT DOESN'T NEED TO GIVE GIVEN OKAY.
THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT INPUT.
BUT I, I THINK FOR PURPOSES OF ANDY'S NOTICE THAT SHE WATCH THE LIST THE ROAD SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE PERSON.
BUT Y'ALL NEED TO GET THAT TO ANGIE PRETTY, UH, PRETTY QUICK.
I BE, WE HAVE HOLD HEARING THAT MEETING OF JUNE.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, UH, MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
TO DISCUSS AN ACT ON SELLING THE WALK-IN FREEZER IN THE OJ
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19, KEEP MARKING THOSE OFF.DISCUSS, ACT ON THE PROPOSAL FROM CGI COMMUNICATIONS.
PARTICIPATE IN A KAMAN COUNTY MOVIE TOUR BOOK AGREEMENT AT NO COST COUNTY.
WHAT? UH, I WAS CONTACTED BY REPRESENTATIVE FROM MACO, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES.
AND THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THERE GOING INTO IT.
WE, WE WOULD GONNA LEAD ONE OF THEIR NEW PROJECT FOR THEM.
THEY'RE WORKING NOW, I BELIEVE SHE SAID WAS WISE COUNTY AND IT WOULD BE WHERE THEY WOULD COME IN AND HIGHLIGHTS PART HIGHLIGHT, DO HIGHLIGHT KIND OF VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF A PART OF CAMAN COUNTY OR ALL OVER COFFMAN COUNTY.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
PLUS IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE ALL THE CITY WEBSITES AND ALL CHAMBER COMMERCE WEBSITES ACROSS THE, UH, THE COUNTY AS WELL.
AND, UH, I MEAN IT'S, IT WILL REQUIRE SOME WORK ON OUR PART TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION, BUT AS FAR AS US BEING OUT THE EXPENSE, UH, IT, IT WILL NOT BE.
IT SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
YEAH, I DO KNOW SOME OF THE CHAMBERS AND THE EDCS NOW OR THAT CAME OUT IN THE MEETING WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER DAY WITH THE, UH, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.
I DO KNOW THAT, UH, THEY'RE WANTING TO DO SOME MORE COUNTY EMPHASIS THAN JUST CITIES ONLY.
SO I THINK IT KIND OF TIES INTO WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS? IS THERE ANY EDITING PROVISION FOR THE COUNTY TO WELL, I THINK WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S IN HERE, BUT BASED ON MY CONVERSATION WITH, I MEAN WE'LL HAVE TO COMPLETE PRO.
FINAL DRAFT OF COUNTY MOVIE SHOWCASE CONTENT SUBJECT TO YOUR APPROVAL.
WHAT, WHAT, I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OFF ADVERTISING.
YEAH, THEY'LL SELL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL GET SPONSORS FOR IT AND VERY LIKELY I DON'T WHO THEY'LL GO TO.
SOME OF THE LARGER BUSINESSES IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS MAYBE THE EDCS EVEN THEY CONTRIBUTE.
WOULD WE HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER WHO THE SPONSORS COULD BE IN CASE THEY MIGHT BE THE COUNTY FOR SOME REASON, BE THE SPONSOR.
I DON'T DUNNO THAT THAT'S SOLICITED IN HERE, BUT, UH, UM, I I, I DON'T DUNNO IF YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THE SPONSORS.
THERE'S THE ONE, DO THEY HAVE, DO THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH NACO TO DO THIS? YES.
WELL MAYBE NICK'S GOT CONTROL ELECTRIC TOO.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY EDITING, UH, FAVORS AT THE END OF THIS THING.
YOU KNOW, COULD WE LOOK AT IT AND SAY, GOD, WE DON'T LIKE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WE COULD EVER GET THAT OR NOT.
WELL, WE DO HAVE FINAL APPROVAL ON THE PHONE ON THE FINAL, UH, OKAY.
AND MAYBE THAT, MAYBE THAT WOULD GIVE US THE AUTHORITY, JOHN, UH, BECAUSE THE SPONSORS WOULD BE ON THE, UH, THE FINAL VIDEO.
IT SAYS BUSINESS SPONSORS FILE ON THE PANEL.
I CAN JUST SEE ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS WITH SOME MONEY TRYING TO EMBARRASS ME BY PUTTING SOMETHING ON THERE WITH SPONSORSHIP.
IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR THE COUNTY.
THAT'D BE THE ONLY CONCERN THAT MIGHT, MIGHT COME UP.
WELL WE BROADLY, BUT IF WE HAVE FINAL APPROVAL OF IT, I MEAN IT LOOKS LIKE WE STILL WOULD BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THAT.
HOW MUCH OF THE SPONSORSHIP? WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE ALL THIS.
IT SAYS HERE, BRUCE, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CGI WILL BE CONTACTING YOU SHORTLY.
UH, TRULY WE CAN LINE LEARN AT THAT TIME WHAT KIND OF, WE COULD EVEN HAVE MAKE COME TO A MEETING, FUTURE MEETING IF YOU WANNA, THEY JUST WANTED TO GET STARTED ON THIS AND UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE A, THE DEVILS DETAILS SEEMED LIKE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
THE DIRECTION OF SPONSOR PARTICIPATING IN ONE YEAR AND THE ELOC IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE.
YOU CAN TERMINATE ABOUT 60 DAYS NOTICE.
SO WE CAN ONLY BE WE BE EMBARRA FOR 60 DAYS.
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COUNTY WILL ASSIST WITH THE CONTENT AND SCRIPT FROM THE COUNTY SHOWCASE.SO WE'LL HAVE SOME INPUT THERE.
YEAH, I MOVE THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT AND I'LL EXPRESS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE SPONSORSHIPS WE TALK TO.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? COMMISSIONER CLARK, UH, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MAN.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OR OPPOSED? I'M TRYING TO GET US DOWN.
DO Y'ALL NEED, ANYBODY NEED TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK OR DO YOU WANT TO KEEP MOVING ALONG? OKAY.
DISCUSS, ACT ON ADOPTING A CLEAN POLICY.
I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
DISCUSS AN ACT ON SOUTHERN WALK-IN FREEZER IN THE OLD JAIL.
UH, JERRY, I THINK YOU I I DID.
UH, I TALKED TO JACK ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE HAD ONE, UH, INQUIRY ABOUT BUYING THAT FREEZER.
UH, JACK SAID IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE PUT IT OUT FOR BID.
SO IF, IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
UH, THERE MAY BE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF LIABILITY WE GET INTO IF WE'RE SELLING THIS FREEZER THAT'S INSTALLED IN THERE, SOMEONE THAT'S BUYING IT HAS TO COME IN AND TAKE IT APART AND TAKE IT OUT.
SO IF THEY DAMAGE OUR BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT THEY HAVE INSURANCE, LIKE THE ROOF, ALL THAT, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UH, WE DON'T NEED IT OBVIOUSLY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WORKS ANYMORE.
UH, MY CONCERN IS HIS, LIKE MR. ROUNDS, UH, ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO WE SOLD SOME, UH, RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT, UH, AT THE OLD JAIL AND WE HAD A, UH, STAFF AT THAT TIME.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT, WHAT THE REASON WAS.
BUT THAT TIME HE ELECTED, UH, NOT TO SELL THAT THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SELL THAT ALONG WITH THE FRYERS AND THE TABLES AND REFRIGERATOR.
THERE WAS SOME REASON WHY HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS.
UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT LIKE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED IS THAT, UH, HAVE SOMEONE ON THE ROOF TAKING THAT EQUIPMENT OUT.
UH, IS IT GONNA DAMAGE THE UH, OR WE MIGHT HAVE SOMEBODY SECURITY WATCH THEM, YOU KNOW, ALL DAY LONG.
IT'S INSIDE THOSE JAIL, TAKE THAT EQUIPMENT PARK.
UH, WHOLE LIABILITY ISSUE IS CONCERNED BY, IF THEY HAVE, IF THEY HAVE LIABILITY COVERAGE, THEN WE WOULD BE ALRIGHT ABOUT THAT.
UH, I HAVE HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE MAKING SURE THEY DON'T STEAL ANY OF MR. PORTER'S TOOLS OR SOMETHING THAT, UH, ANYWAY, IT, UH, WELL YOU CAN MAKE THAT AS PART OF THE MOTION.
I WOULD THINK THAT THEY HAVE SHOWING LIABILITY OR WHATEVER.
THERE AGAIN, MY MY POINT PROBLEM IS THAT, UH, UH, WE WERE APPROACHED BY SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO BUY IT VERSUS US HAVING A NEED.
IF YOU PAY SOMEONE SIT OUT THERE WITH THEM ALL DAY LONG, GET UP AND DOWN OFF ROOF, WHAT TO THE COUNTY.
THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERN.
THOSE ARE THE DOWNSIDES I SUPPOSE.
I'VE, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND DONE A LITTLE SNOOPING AROUND MYSELF THING AND I GREETED IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED DOWN THERE AND UH, I KNOW SOME RENEE OR SEVERAL OF THOSE GUYS WHEN THEY SELL A SPECIAL ITEM LIKE THIS, THERE, THERE IS A PROVISION IN THERE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, PURCHASER MUST HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE TO BE ABLE TO BID ON THIS ITEM.
YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, THE ONE THAT TALKED TO ME WOULD HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE BECAUSE HE HAS A RESTAURANT.
BUT WE'D MAKE SURE ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD ASSUME HE HAD LIABILITY ON HIS, ON HIS RESTAURANT.
UH, LONG AS THEY DIDN'T DAMAGE, WE DID FINALLY GET THE, THE FANS TURNED OFF.
THEY'VE BEEN GOING FOR A WHILE, BUT THEY'RE NOT OPERATIONAL.
UH, WHETHER WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE ALL DAY LONG OR NOT WOULD BE THE DETERMINATION YOU GUYS WOULD'VE TO MAKE IT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BRING THE MONEY.
IT'S GONNA BE WORTH THE EFFORT, BUT IT KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE OLD JAIL CLEANED UP.
THIS WOULD BE A PART OF HELPING GET, GET THAT DONE.
WOULD, WOULD THAT COOLER BE OF ANY BENEFIT TO YOU SHERIFF OUT THERE AT THE NEW JAIL? WOULD THAT COOLER? THAT'S AT THE OLD JAIL.
WOULD IT BE OF ANY BENEFIT TO YOU? NO.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD AND, UH, SETTLE THE WALK IN FREEZE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, SECTION MANNING MADE THAT MOTION? COMMISSIONER ROUTE SECOND SET MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION CAN HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION? JUST WHETHER WE WANNA ACTUALLY PUT IT OUT FOR BID OR IF WE WANNA PUT IT UH, ON AUCTION BLOCK? YEAH, I, I SAY WE NEED TO BID, BID, SEAL BID
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OR DO WE WANT SELL THE AUCTION? WE TWO METHODS WE GET SELL IT ON BID.WHAT DO BE LIKE, BE THE BEST WAY TO DO IT ON BATES ORS PROBABLY GET MORE EXPOSURE THERE.
I WOULD KNOW THAT WE PUT IT ON BATES IN PUT THE STIPULATION THAT PURCHAS MUST OUT INSURANCE, NOT JUST LIABILITY INSURANCE, BUT DETERMINE WHAT COURSE CASE SCENARIO COULD BE HALF MILLION TO 6,000.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE ON THE BUILDING MAKE SURE WHEN THEY TAKE THAT LICENSE OUT ROOF SEAL, MAYBE THE SHERIFF CAN HAVE SOMEBODY, MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT OR SOMEBODY COME OVER WHEN THEY DISASSEMBLE THIS SHERIFF.
IT'D BE GOOD IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT THERE WATCHING 'EM MAKE SURE THEY DON'T MAKE A HOLE IN THE BIGGER HOLE IN THE ROOF.
BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO, THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAVE CAP OFF SOMETHING.
YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO CAP IT OFF BECAUSE THE UNITS THAT COOL IT ARE ON TOP OF THE BUILDING.
SO IT'S NOT JUST LIKE ONE IN, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE A RIGHT OF REFUSAL ON BANKS? UM, YES OR NO?
WELL MY CONCERN IS WHAT IF IT DOESN'T BRING ENOUGH MONEY TO JUSTIFY THE COST OF FIXING THE ROOF? WELL THE GUY THAT CAN YOU SET A LIMIT ON, ON THE, THE BOTTOM LIMIT ON THE FREEZER WHAT YOU WANNA SET? PUT A MINIMUM BID ON MINIMUM BID.
I NEED SOMEBODY TELL ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY THINK IT'S GONNA BE WHEN YOU CONSIDER ELECTRICIAN HERE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM.
WE'VE GOT A MAINTENANCE COST WITH THAT LONG.
ONE THING WE MIGHT DO IS SEE IF, IF WE CAN CRANK THAT THING UP, I DOUBT ANYBODY WILL BUY IT.
UH, THE GUY THAT TALKED TO ME WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE TURNED IT ON OR WHAT.
IT WORKED WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE.
I TURNED IT OFF ONE TIME MYSELF.
UH, HE LOOKED AT IT AND HE'S STILL INTERESTED IN IT, SO THAT'LL BE UP TO HIM.
WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE COURT IN A SECOND.
YEAH, I HAVE, I MADE A SECOND.
SO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY, WE MUDDIED UP UP OR YEAH, I'M GOOD.
I THINK WHAT I MADE I'M GOOD IS WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT, UH, UH, NOW THAT'S PART OF THE, WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON OPTIONS.
WHAT I MAY DO IS JUST COME BACK AND ASK PERMISSION TO HAVE AN OPTION AND MAY ASSESS SOME OTHER THINGS WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON ADOPTING A CLEAN FLEET VEHICLE, UH, POLICY.
DID I PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA? AND I APOLOGIZE THAT ON MY AGENDA REQUEST THAT I SAID THAT THE INFORMATION WAS GONNA FOLLOW.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE TABLE THIS EVEN THOUGH THE REASON I WANT PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA WAS I'VE GOT A $58,000 GRANT THAT HEDGE IS ON THE WAY TO ADOPT THIS CLAIM VEHICLE POLICY OR NOT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT DONE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO YOU GUYS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION ON IT TO SEE UNTIL WE GET READY TO DO THAT.
I PUT IT ON OUR MEETING NEXT WEEK.
YEAH, NEXT WEEK COULD BE FINE IF Y ALLALL COMFORTABLE WITH THE, UH, THE CITY, THE CITY OF ING HAVE HAS ADOPTED THE SAME POLICY.
UH, THERE'S SOME RESTRICTIONS INTO IT.
THE SHERIFF, I CALLED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OUT THERE BECAUSE NATURALLY THEY WOULD BE THE BIGGEST FLEET USERS WOULD AFFECT THEM MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
AND WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME REALLY TO SEE WHAT OUR, OUR COST WOULD BE ON OUR ACCOUNTING PART ON THERE.
AND SO Y'ALL LOOK AT IT OVER AND GOT QUESTIONS, WHATEVER SHERIFF.
AND I'LL BE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THAT DONE AND IF WE CAN PROVE IT, MAYBE I'LL GET MY $58,000 GRANT IF NOT GOING SOMETHING I'M MOVING THE TABLE AND JUST READY TO POSTPONE IT UNTIL NEXT, NEXT WEEK WHEN WE HAVE YES, PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE COMMISSIONER CLARK TO, UH, TABLE OR POSTPONE THIS ITEM, UH, TO NEXT WEEK.
AND UH, WHO SECOND? UH, COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, THE COUNTY CLERK TO DECLARE THE ELECTION RESULTS REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO LEGACY LANE LOCATED IN TON COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.
YES, THE COMMISSIONER HAD A PETITION BROUGHT BEFORE HIM TO HAVE THE, AN ORDER THAT HAD THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ORDER THE ELECTION ON THE IMPROVEMENTS TO LEGACY LANE AND WE SENT OUT THE BALLOTS AND WE
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RECEIVED THEM BACK.AND I HAVE, UH, FOUR THAT WERE FOR THE PROPOSAL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSING THE COSTS.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THOUGH, IF YOU GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE ABOUT ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT AND OPPOSING THE COST.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL PHONE CALLS AND I'D LIKE TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT PART.
DO YOU, DO YOU NEED US TO DO ANYTHING ON ITEM 22? DOES IT NEED JUST ACCEPT YOUR EXCEPT IT WOULD BE GOOD THAT, OKAY, ITEM 22 IS TO ACCEPT THE, UH, THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM MS. HUGHES.
COMMISSIONER CLARK MOVES TO ACCEPT THOSE RESULTS.
SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER MANNING MOVES TO SECOND THOSE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE FAVOR? SAY AYE.
AND THEN, UH, THE ITEM NUMBER 23, AND THIS IS THE PART YOU MENTIONED IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON ORDERING IMPROVEMENTS TO LEGACY LAND AND IMPOSING THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RATTA AGAINST THE RECORD OWNERS OF REAL PROPERTY OF BUDDY THIS ROAD.
SO THE, WHEN YOU GO INTO THE CODE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT.
YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IF, IF THE MAJORITY I I'LL BACK UP, IF THE MAJORITY VOTES IN FAVOR, THE COURT SHALL ORDER THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN THEY ASSESS THE COST AGAINST THE ROW PROPERTY OWNERS.
UNDER THE ASSESSMENT IT SAYS THE COURT MAY PROVIDE THE TIME TERMS, CONDITION OF PAYMENTS IN THE DEFAULT OF THE ASSESSMENT.
YOU CANNOT REQUIRE INTEREST AND PROPERTY OWNERS ARE PERSONALLY LIABLE AND THEN IF THEY DON'T PAY, THE ASSESSMENT IS SECURED, VIOLATING AGAINST THE PROPERTY IS FILED IN MY OFFICE.
THE PHONE CALLS THAT I'VE HAD ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU NEED TO GET HALF THE MONEY TOGETHER BEFORE THE ROAD GETS FINISHED AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA DO THE ROAD AND FINISH IT.
AND THEY WANNA KNOW WHO DO THEY PAY.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS WHO'S GONNA HAVE THE LIST? AND THIS IS THE SAME WAY IT WAS WITH, WITH THE JESSE LANE AND, AND COURTNEY PAY AND THOSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO OWE THE MONEY.
WHO ARE THEY GONNA PAY? WHAT ARE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS? HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, UM, SET THIS OUT.
AT WHAT TIMEFRAME ARE THEY GONNA BE CONSIDERED DELINQUENT AND WHO'S GONNA CREATE THE LINK? I I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA HAVE THE LIST.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA FOLLOW UP ON WHO PAID, WHO DIDN'T PAY.
SO I'M NOT, I I NEED SOME SORT OF DIRECTION OR A CONTACT.
DO YOU WANT THE MONEY WHO COLLECTED BY THE COMMISSION? WHO, WHO FILES THE LIENS FOR THE TAX OFFICE? HOW ARE LANES FILED ON THE TAX OFFICE? WELL, THE LANE'S GOING TO BE, UH, THAT THEY CAN BE FILED, UM, BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT I, I GUESS THEY COULD BE FILED BY THE COUNTY CLERK.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME DETERMINATION THAT THEY'RE DELINQUENT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.
THE LANES TOO IS THAT THEY CAN'T BE FORECLOSED ON, UM, SEPARATING APART FROM THE SELL PROPERTY.
SO I MEAN THAT WILL JUST RIDE WITH THE PROPERTY UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS SOLD.
BUT IF, IF THE COUNTY ISN'T PAID, THAT'S REALLY THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM AND IT'S REALLY THE ONLY ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM CAN'T, BUT THE STATUTE IS SILENT ON WHO, WHO PREPARES FOR PROCESS.
SO HAVE THE COUNTY EVER DONE THIS BEFORE? NO, THIS IS GONNA BE THE SECOND ONE, BUT ON THIS PROPERTY, THE OTHER PROPERTY WE HAD LIKE 64 LANDOWNERS AT $800 A PIECE, WHICH ADDS UP TO BEING A NICE TIE TO SUM AS OF THIS ONE IS SIX OR SIX LANDOWNERS AND THEY'RE 5,000.
SO IT'S QUITE BIT OF MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE COURT ADMINISTRATORS KEEP THE LIST OF PEOPLE AND HOW MUCH THEY OWE AND THEN WORK WITH THE TREASURER AND THE AUDITOR FOR DEPOSITING THIS MONEY.
OR IF YOU WANT THE TREASURER TO KEEP THE LIST AND HAVE THE MONEY DEPOSITED DIRECTLY WITH THE TREASURER.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT IT EVENTUALLY WINDS BACK UP IN THE COMMISSIONER'S ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY COMES OUT OF WHEN THEY DO THE ROADS.
BUT WE NEED THE, THE MECHANISM, WHAT YOU SAY THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.
WE NEED THE MECHANISM ON THE BACK END.
WE'VE GOT TWO ROAD, WELL FOUR ROADS NOW THAT THEY WILL PROVE THE ELECTION.
AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF MONEY THAT SHOULD BE COLLECTED FOR THE COUNTY AND OR ORLEANS ONLY.
AND THEY CALL ME BECAUSE I SENT OUT THE BALLOT.
SO I I CAN DIRECT 'EM ANYWHERE.
YOU WANT ME TO DIRECT THEM THIS, THIS PARTICULAR CASE WHY THEY CALLED CALLED ON MONEY, BUT UH, I TOLD THEM IT SAYS
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WE CAN SET THE TERMS COMMISSIONER'S COURT CAN SET THE TERMS AND THE AMOUNTS OF ALL OUR PART, WE CAN DO IT FOR NOTHING.WE WANTED TO, I SUPPOSE PER DOLLARS SAYS ALL PART OF COST.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THEM PAY FOR ALL THE COSTS BEHIND THERE.
BUT I ALSO TOLD THEM BECAUSE THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS ON THIS PARTICULAR ROAD WANTED TWO THIRDS OF THE MONEY UP FRONT BEFORE WE EVER STARTED BECAUSE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO IT AND WAIT FOREVER POSSIBLY TO GET PAID BACK.
AND SO I WANT AT LEAST TWO THIRDS OF THE MONEY UP FRONT AND THEY CALLED ME, WHAT ARE WE GONNA GIVE YOU THIS MONEY LITTLE AT TIME? I SAID, NO, YOU PUT THAT MONEY IN THE BANK AND I WANT YOU TO PAY THE COUNTY THE $20,000 PRIOR TO US STARTING WORK ON THE JOB JUST IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO IT.
SO ARE YOU GONNA COLLECT ALL THAT BEFORE YOU STARTED THE WORK? ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I WANTED TO COLLECT AT LEAST TWO THIRDS OF THE MONEY UP FRONT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND THE BUDGET TO DO THIS AND GET PAID FOR IT A LITTLE EXTRA YEAR AFTER YEAR OF THAT WE'LL BE AFTER THAT.
AND I WOULD SUPPOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ROADS I'M GONNA BE DOING, UH, FROM A PRIOR ELECTION IS GONNA END UP BEING IN MAYBE PRECINCT ONE AND IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A $90,000 ROAD PROJECT THAT I PLAN ON DOING AVERAGE WILL NOT BE IN MY PRECINCT DOWN.
SO, BUT THE MAINTENANCE COST ON IT DOWN THE ROAD IS GONNA BELONG TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE IF THE MONEY GOES TO THE PRECINCT, IT'S IN AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA KEEP MAINTAINING FROM LETTING ALL DOWN.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE TWO THIRDS UP FRONT ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE? YES, SIR.
THAT, THAT ROAD WOULD BE IF SOMEONE HAS PRECINCT NOW THAT ROAD THAT THE ONE TWO THIRDS OF MONEY IS GOING TO BE IN PRECINCT TWO.
BUT THE, THE ELECTION WE HAD PRIOR TO THIS ON ROAD, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S PRECINCT MORE THAN LIKELY AFTER WE REVISIT IT.
AND I PROBABLY WON'T GET PAID ANY OF THE MONEY BACK ON THAT ROAD WHILE I, WHILE IT'S IN PRECINCT TOO, BE PRETTY HONEST WITH YOU, EXCEPT FOR THOSE LOTS THAT PROBABLY OWNED BY A BANK THAT MAY NOT WANT A LIEN FILED AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY.
THEY MAY, THEY MAY PAY THEIR NINE, $900.
BUT YEAH, THEY, THEY MAY PAY THAT OFF WHILE OF STEALING IN PRECINCT TOO.
BUT, BUT THE OTHER ONES, THEY BE PAID OFF DOWN ROAD SOMEWHERE.
COUNTY WILL GET THE MONEY BACK DOWN ROAD SOMEWHERE.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY GO TO PRECINCT TWO OR PRECINCT ONE OR PRECINCT THREE, I WOULD THINK I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM GOING TO THE PRECINCT THAT'S ANYBODY'S PAID BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE MAINTAINING THE ROAD.
BUT YOUR MAIN CONCERN IS COLLECTION AND WHO'S GONNA OVERSEE IT.
I'M JUST SAYING FOR THESE FOUR ROADS, THAT'S ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT'S OWED THE COUNTY.
AND I THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE A MECHANISM, WHOEVER COLLECTS IT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AUDITOR IS AWARE OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS OWED AND WHO'S PAYING IT AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE WITH THE TIME TERMS, CONDITIONS AND THE DEFAULT.
WHY WOULD WE NOT? UH, OF COURSE I KNOW TO START OFF WITH WHY WOULD WE NOT JUST FILE LIENS AGAINST ALL THE PROPERTIES AND THEN WHEN THE PROPERTIES PAID OFF THE LIEN WERE REMOVED? I I I WOULD NOT FILE A LANE UNLESS, UH, THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO PAY.
I MEAN THAT SOME, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MAY PAY OR MAY PAY A PORTION.
SO I MEAN IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING FILING A LANE UP FRONT, I I I WOULD NOT WANT TO CLOUD SOMEONE'S TITLE IF, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A, A FULL CHANCE TO, TO PAY OR MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS.
AND THE CODE SAYS THAT THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WILL PROVIDE TIME TERMS, CONDITION OF PAYMENTS AND THEN DEFAULT OF THE ASSESSMENT.
AND THEN IT'S SPECIFIC AS TO UM, IF THEY DEFAULT WHAT THE LIEN MUST INCLUDE.
BUT WE JUST HAVE NO PROBLEMS. SO THAT, WOULD THAT BE PROBABLY BE INCLUDED IN A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE? I THINK SO.
AND ALSO SOME DETERMINATION TOO OF, OF, OF WHERE OTHER CONCERN IS LOGISTICAL JUST TO WHO'S GOING? YEAH, MECHANIC, HOW TO MAKE IT WORK, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY.
WHICH IS I GUESS COMPLICATED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK'S COMMENT THAT SOME OF THESE ROADS MAY BE ANOTHER PRECINCT.
WHICH IS PROBABLY TRUE 10 YEARS FROM NOW IT COULDN'T CHANGE AGAIN.
SO, I MEAN, BECAUSE THESE LANES WILL BE POSSIBLY ON THERE FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS, MAYBE? DEPENDS ON WHEN PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS.
SO THEY ALL WANT THEIR ROADS FIXED.
BUT HADN'T EVERYBODY AGREED TO BUY THAT? NO, THEY BOUGHT, THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AGREED
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TO PAY.AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA PAY UP FRONT.
THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY IT OFF SO THEY WON'T HAVE A LIEN.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE $5 IN THEIR BACK POCKET.
SO THEY'RE GOING HAVE A LIEN FILED.
THEY WILL HAVE A LIEN FILED, THEY WILL HAVE LANE FILE AS THEIR PROPERTIES.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE, DON'T YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE OF THESE AS WE GO DOWN THE WAY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A COUNTY? I MEAN, OR IS THIS THIS NOT GONNA OCCUR THAT OFTEN? WE PROBABLY, WE NEED A FIRM POLICY ON HOW TO DO IT.
I, I KNOW WHO THE TAKE ON THIS.
AND THEN Y'ALL WILL WORK ON A, WILL WORK ON A POLICY THAT WE COME BACK WITH.
JOHN, COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES THAT MOTION TO MR. JACKSON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS TO TABLE? UH, ALL A FAVOR SAY A AYE.
DISCUSS AND ACT ON PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MAY IS CANCER AWARENESS MONEY.
YOU HAVE THAT PROCLAMATION I BELIEVE? YES.
JUST BEEN ADVISED OF RELAY FOR LIFE, UH, OVER
WE THOUGHT WE'D ALREADY HAD IT DONE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
MAY IS, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE PUT THIS ON FOR MAY 1ST OR END OF APRIL OR WHATEVER.
BUT NEVER TWO LATE, NEVER TWO LATE.
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TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, YOU GOING, THERE'S NO W ON THIS ATION.I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA READ IT OR NOT.
ANYBODY WANT ME TO READ IT? I'LL MAKE COPIES OF APRIL OF ANYBODY THAT THAT WISHES, BUT IT'S A, IT IS COURT PROCLAMATION.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON SAY OPPOSED ALL? LET'S TAKE A BREAK AND WE'LL START BACK.
IT MIGHT, WELL, ARE WE BACK? I WANNA TELL YOU THAT IT'S GONNA RAIN IN 11 MINUTES.
THAT'S WHAT MY HUSBAND SAID ABOUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAID HE'LL BE BACK, I THINK.
I THOUGHT HE SAID HE'D BE BACK.
HOW YOU GOT ANY MIND ITEMS TODAY? YES SIR.
AS SOON AS THE JUDGE ASKS I YOU OH, I, Y'ALL WAITING ON ME.
CAN YOU CAN'T DO IT TO THIS LEGAL.
I READ ALL THE MESSAGES THAT I'VE GOT.
ALRIGHT, NUMBER 25 TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON LINE ITEM ON THE T IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT, WE PROPOSED LINE ITEM TRANSFERS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
25 5 REDUCTION IN HEALTH INSURANCE.
JP ONE INCREASED OFFICE SUPPLIES 800 REDUCTION IN LONGEVITY, WHICH NEEDED, OKAY, JP TWO INCREASE OFFICE SUPPLIES 100 WITH PRODUCTION OF TRAINING EDUCATION, UH, IN ELECTION EXPENSES, INCREASE SALARIES FOR JUDGES AND ELECTION CLERKS.
14 8 61 WITH RELATED EXPENSES, REDUCING VOTING EQUIPMENT AND BALANCES OF SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
REDUCE POST TOTER RENTAL AND SUPPLIES.
1300 CONSTABLE PRECINCT TWO INCREASE PARTS AND REPAIRS.
1009 FIVE WITH PRODUCTIONS TO NEW EQUIPMENT, BONDS AND OFFICE SUPPLIES.
HIGHWAY PATROL INCREASE OFFICE SUPPLIES, 200 PRODUCTION COSTS, CHILDREN'S SHELTER, INCREASED PERSONAL CARE.
300 REDUCTION OF CONTRACT LABOR AND J JUSTICE PEACE TECHNOLOGY FUNDS.
UH, WE'VE SEGREGATED THEIR, UH, CELL PHONE BUDGETS OUT OF NEW EQUIPMENT.
$2,000 A PIECE AND THEN 3000 FOR JP TWO TRAINING.
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ABOUT OUTSIDE AUDITOR REPORT AGAIN? UH, IT'S 25.
AND IT WAS GOT YOU NEED MAINTENANCE.
YEAH, WE NEED A, WELL WE GOT IT WITH SCOTT'S PAPER.
WE CAN'T EVEN TAPE BUDGET DOLLARS OUT WE HAD IN THERE.
HOW MUCH DID WE END UP PAYING? 75,000.
WELL, WE CAN HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TO ACCEPT PROPOSAL.
SO I GUESS WHATEVER WE BUDGETED WAS 15.
UH, FINAL BILL WAS BILLING WAS 40,000.
PRELIMINARY BILLING MORE IN ADDITION TO THAT.
OVER, OVER BUDGET BY 14 TIMES.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T PAY IT? THEY WON'T WORK FOR US NEXT YEAR.
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THAT 70,000.IT WAS A LOT WITH PROBABLY THERE.
THAT 20 GRAND FOR AN OUTSIDE 70 PLUS 40.
BUT I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, BUT RIGHT NOW THE ITEM TABLE IS TO DISCUSS SOME OF THIS.
YOU JUST IS OUR DOES OUR CONTRACT ALLOWED FOR THAT? ANY, ANY CPAS CONTRACT? YOU BE AN AUDIT EXPERT.
RECOMMEND IS THAT FAIR QUESTION? I RECOMMEND BUT OH, I DON'T SEE HOW WE THANK YOU FOR ANSWER.
WHAT THEY'VE I GUESS ASKED THEM TO DO MORE.
WELL AND THEY THEY KNEW WE HAD DIDN'T Y'ALL DIDN'T ASK THEM.
YEAH, BUT YOU SAID WHY WE GO ABOVE OUR, OUR CONTRACT.
WHO, WHO AUTHORIZED DEFENSE? WELL WE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE THAT.
I REMEMBER LAST TIME I SAT IN ON THAT TWO, SOMETHING CAME UP IN THERE AND HE SAID, WELL WE HAD TO DO THIS EXTRA.
YOU THINK THEY'RE GONNA INCREASE IT NEXT YEAR FOR 14 FIVE? I DON'T THINK THEY EXPECT TO BE HERE.
REALLY THE WAY IT REALLY OUGHT WORK.
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WE AND NOT NECESSARILY GOTTEN PERMISSION TO DO IT, BUT LOOKS THAT'S COMMITTEE BASIS SHOULD BE SLAPPED IN THE IT WON'T BE HERE NEXT YEAR.
WELL WE GET, I EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT WHAT I WANT DO THE WAY OUR TRACTORS SOUNDS LIKE IT DON'T FAIL.
LAST TIME WE DIDN'T PAY AT LEAST IT'S ALL YOUR FALL.
ALRIGHT, MR. ROW MAKES A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON, SECOND SET.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? OH YOU ARE? OH YEAH.
SO MR. CLARK GOES, NO, WHAT HAPPENED? MOTION PASSES.
IS THAT WHAT TO DISCUSS THEM? ITEM NUMBER SIX IS DISCUSSING A COMPLAINT FOR PAPER.
I GUESS YOU, THIS YOU CAN INDICATE DO WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY? I TELL YOU WHAT YOU
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GRIEF DIDN'T SPEND ANY THIS SO NOT BUDDY, BUT SOMETHING I BUILT.I DON'T HAVE ANY CAN YOU SEND THAT OVER? PEDICURE.
WHAT? WHAT? DON'T TELL COMMISSIONER THAT'S RESTITUTION.
OUR COLLECTIONS, ALL OF THAT WAS GOOD.
NOT ONLY THE JP COLLECTIONS BUT THE COLLECTIONS.
I DON'T SEE SIGNED BY ANYBODY.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHY WE SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT.
YOU TALKING ABOUT HAVING SOMETHING ALONG THERE.
HAVE BRI BUSHES AND ALL THAT HAVE SO FAR.
WHERE YOU GOING? CLEAR PASTURE.
I MEAN I GOT SOME AREAS I CAN TOO COST IT COST 90 BUCKS FOR A GALLON.
MIGHT, UH, BETTER THAN ROUND UP ABOUT 400 GALLONS.
EVERY WOODY BARN CALLED CLEAR.
MM-HMM
WE'RE PUTTING A TWO WATER BOTTLES AND ONE WATER BOTTLE FULL OF THAT BILL FROM WATER.
WHAT WAS THAT BILL FROM? YOU SAID THAT WE, THE ROUNDUP KILLS THE JOHNSON GRASS AND, AND THEN THE CLEAR PASTURE KILL ANY OF THE, ANY OF THE GRAIN AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WATER? NO, YOU DON'T SPRAY IN WATER.
GOT ABOUT A FIVE OR SIX DAY BURN DOWN ON IS
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IT STUFF THAT ROUNDUP ALL KILL? YEAH.HOW YOU AND JACK LOOKING HERE AT THE AT T BILL.
UH, THAT, THAT'S STILL SEEING WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA DO.
UH, WE, WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST OUR MINUTES.
YOU KNOW, WE UH TURN OFF LIKE 40,000 MINUTES, MINUTES.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAPPING THIS LAST MONTH FROM WHEN WE CUT THE PHONES OFF I THINK.
WELL YOU EVER RUN AND GET MY UMBRELLA
UH, I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE BILL.
YOU GOT HAMMER TRUCK? YES SIR.
I'LL YOU, I GOT SOMETHING AT THE HOUSE I CAN SHOW.
I'LL SEE WHERE SOMETHING, HEY, HOW I JUST CHECK THE OFFICE IF I WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT MY IN THE HOUSE HERE STEVE.
I WAS FIXING CURTAINS FOR MY WIFE.
I TOLD HER, I SAID I WANT THAT LIST ON SATURDAY MORNING HERE.
SATURDAY MORNING MEETINGS, COURT MEETING LIKE SOMEBODY'S TEXTING YOU OR SOMETHING.
NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE I TEXTED HIM OVER THERE.
IS THAT WHAT THEY SAID? DEFINITELY DO NOT DO IT.
IT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD MOVE.
WELL THEY STARTED UH, LAST MONTH STATE.
I MAKE, WELL IT'S ALL COMBINED.
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IF THIS IS NOT, WE GET, WE GET JOHNNY PAPER MANICURE.WELL WHAT DIDN'T WE DECIDE EARLIER? ALL THAT MONEY THAT WE COLLECTED.
MOST OF THAT HOURS OR PART OF THAT STATE DEPENDS ON WHAT.
THAT CLEARED? NO, THAT'S KIND LIKE JACK, YES OR NO? YEAH.
NO WONDER COMMISSIONER DOESN'T KNOW ALL YOU COLLECTED WAS CAME MORE THAN YEAH, LITTLE DO THAT.
THAT 20 POINT LEAK GOT DOWN FOUR.
I THINK HOW THEY DO IS ALL, IT MAY NOT EVEN BE IN WISH WE HAD MORE GOOD NEWS TODAY THAN LONG, LONG TIME.
SIX ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OP THAT'S IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
COURT DETERMINES HOW MUCH BETTER THAN ALL THAT RAISE.
UH, ACTUALLY THAT MAY BE, THAT MAY BE 1648.
Y'ALL NEXT TUESDAY MORNING? YEAH, I THINK WE'LL NEED, WE GOT SOME ITEMS TABLE.
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WE DO IT ON THURSDAY MINUTE NEXT TUESDAY.NEXT TUESDAY IS MY SON'S GRADUATION.
IS YOUR FROM COLLEGE HOME? NO, FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WOULDN'T, THAT'D BE ANYWAY.
YEAH, I KNOW, BUT I GOTTA GET READY.
I GOTTA GET MYSELF READY OR SO, OR WE CAN WEDNESDAY LEADERSHIP OTHER TUESDAY MORNING.
TUESDAY MORNING IS OKAY WITH ME.
FRIDAY AFTER GONNA BE OFF FRIDAY AND SUNDAY.
YOU JUST TELL ME WHEN I DON'T SAY NINE 30 OR WE CAN DO IT AT 10 TIME.
Y'ALL GOT ANYTHING ELSE? YOU GOING ON THE AGENDA? YOU NEED TO GET IT INTO US.
YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THOSE THREE OR FOUR THINGS.
I DON'T HAVE THEM HOLD OFF TOMORROW OR WE BEFORE AHEAD EITHER.
THAT THREE WEEK WE, IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD.
JUST DON BE SURE TO SEND IT SO WE DON'T FORGET IT SO WE CAN GET IT ON THERE.
HAVE BOTTLED WATER CARRY HAS JOHN GOT SOME LANGUAGE TODAY? WHICH WHICH IS THAT THEY BACK ON THE, SO WE HAD NOW THEY WORM BECAUSE NOW, NOW GONNA BE TO OUT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT ON THIS TOWER.
WELL MY BELIEF IS WE'D BE BETTER DOING IT NEXT TUESDAY TO WAIT TILL THE 13TH.
THAT COULD BE A I HAVE, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
OKAY, SO WE GET IT ON THE AGENDA.
WE MEET WHAT TIME DID WE MEET AT NIGHT? WE, WE MET LAST TIME IT WAS SIX O'CLOCK.
SOMEBODY ELSE GETS THAT WHEN WE'RE JUST GETTING BACK OFF THAT HOLIDAY.
HOW THAT, LIKE I SAID, IF Y'ALL GOT ANYTHING NEXT YEAH, THERE MIGHT BE A ON THERE PUTTING WHAT WE, I'M JUST GOING ASK, SHOULD BE EXECUTIVE SHERIFF, DOES ANYBODY ELSE USE? NO, JUST CONSTABLE.
I MEAN I THINK OR SOMEBODY, MIKE OR SOMEBODY FROM THE DA'S OFFICE.
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MEANT TO ASK TODAY.GETTING THROUGH ALL OF THIS CALL THE ISSUE.
DON'T CALL ELECTRICIAN TO THE, IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH FLOOD, WHICH IS OKAY.
JUST WONDER IF YOU SOMETHING ELSE.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA ASK THAT WHILE Y'ALL, WE NEED, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION WE NEED TO DO THE AUDIT OR PROPOSAL.
CAN WE COME UP WITH SOME LANGUAGE OR MAYBE WE GET SOME LANGUAGE PROPOSAL? I CAN READ SOME.
I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO HAVE IN AND MAYBE GOES OUT IS THAT THEY HAVE TO DELIVER THAT AUDIT REPORT TO US BY OH YEAH.
JANUARY THE, OR FEBRUARY THE FIRST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, NOT, YOU KNOW, DRAGGED ON LIKE THIS YEAR.
I'M HOPING TO GET SOME BETTER.
WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE HAVE A TEST WHEN WE GET THROUGH.
I CAN'T, I CAN'T GO TO BED UNTIL I GET THROUGH WITH IT
YEAH, I HAVE A COPY OF, I JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH IT LIKE YOU SAID, MAKE SURE HAVE AND ALL THAT.
UM, I, I WENT BACK, WE HAD SUBMITTED, WE APPROVED IT, SUBMITTED IT AND WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING BACK AND THAT'S WHEN UH, SAID WELL MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE WILLIAMSON, YOU KNOWABLE PASSING IT.
SHE OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET OUT HERE IN TIME TO SEE THE MAVERICK AGAIN.
WHAT DID WE PUT ON THE JAIL IMMEDIATELY? IS IT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE OTHER MEETING? YEAH, BUT I'M READ THROUGH IT AND SEE WHAT IT SAYS.
SHE JUST DOWN AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION YOU DIDN'T GET TO SO SHE'S AS THOROUGH AS I THINK SHE WE'RE.
YEAH, YOU ASKED ME ABOUT IT TODAY ALREADY.
THE MEETING OUT THERE AT TWO 30, DOING FURTHER PRESERVATION.
OH, FACILITATE LEADS ASSESSMENT.
IT'S ON THE SHEET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE ADJOURN BECAUSE I FIGURED WELL NOW YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
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I MEAN A GENTLY USED STILL OUT THERE.HAVE WE SEEN THAT ONE YET? ARE THEY WAITING ON NO, WE CAN MAKE THEM WAIT THREE OR FOUR TO THE BOTTOM.
WE GO THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONE YOU WANT THIS ONE VALENTINE.
I'M GONNA HAVE SPREAD ALL THOSE THINGS OUT.
ONE YOU WANT, IT'S GONNA BE THIS LAST ONE.
IS IT IN? NO, IT'S OVER ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.
WELL IT MIGHT BE THE TIME IS RIGHT THERE.
SEE THAT LITTLE HOOK RIGHT THERE? IS THAT LITTLE HOOK OFFICIALLY AT KENNEDY ROAD? YES.
SEE HOW IT'S ALL GREEN? RIGHT? ALL GREEN IS COUNTY ROAD.
OKAY, NOW THAT ONE PATRICIA, IS THAT GREEN RIGHT THERE OR IS THAT A DOCK? I I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT LOOKS, NO, IT'S NOT THE HORSE SHIELD TURN DOWN.
BUT SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GROUND'S, I MEAN PRIVATE ROADS, I THINK YOU PROBABLY DID.
PRIVATE ROADS ARE REALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE? I'M TALKING WHAT YOU HAVE IS TELEPHONE AND THEY'RE NOT SEE THAT LOOKS LIKE NOT A GREEN LINE.
I'M GONNA GO GET THE MAGNIFYING GLASS BECAUSE I'M, I'M, I THINK IT'S THERE.
I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE CHARM DOWN.
I I'M GONNA TELL GUY, TELL I WHO ME? WE DON'T SHEET GLASS WITH THE MAG.
DID WE LOSE IT? IT'S RIGHT THERE.
THERE IS A LITTLE GREEN LINE THERE.
SO I'M JUST GONNA TELL THE GUY, YES, IT IS A COUNTY ROAD AND HE'S BLOCKING IT.
YOU GONNA HAVE TO HIRE ATTORNEY TO MOVE THAT BUILDING.
RIGHT? THAT IS DEFINITELY A LINE.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR SURE WE SEE IN OUR PLACE.
WHEN THEY ASKED ME TO TESTIFY, THEY GONNA SAY, HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THAT THAT IS A COUNTY ROAD MR. WITH MS. HUGHES'S MAG FLYING BAGS
SUBSEQUENT START TALKING ABOUT OH YEAH, ASK HIM.
DOESN'T THEY CALL SOMEBODY ME? GOT QUESTION ON BILL OVER HERE.
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55 WORTH OF AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT EVEN THAT'S A, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A YES OR NO ANSWER I GOT WHILE AGO.EVERY TIME I TALK MIGHT BE TOO CHEAP.
WE GOT USED TO THOSE OLD ONES.
WHAT'S THE ONE TIME IT 15? WELL, I I'M NOT EVEN GONNA ASK YOU ALL TIME.
I WANNA START REFERRING TO YOU.
YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE, WHO'S THAT? YOU'D BE A GOOD AIR CONDITIONER.
GET RUN OFF OR HE'LL DO HIS JOB.
I HOPE Y'ALL CAN REALLY ENCOURAGE YOUR ROLE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS BLOOD SCREEN.
I THEY'LL COME, THEY'LL COME TO YOUR BARN.
I'VE GOT, MAY NOT BE INTERESTED BUT THE SEASONED PEOPLE, YEAH, THEY'LL BE INTERESTED.
I USE HAMBURGER BLOOD, GET CHOLESTEROL CHECK.
WELL, AND IT'S FOR PEOPLE IN, I MEAN IT REALLY WILL BENEFIT PEOPLE.
BUT NORMALLY A YEAR ON ROAD COMPLEX DOWN THERE.
SO EVERYBODY, HE HAD TWO WEEKS TO GO.
WE HAVE THE OLD FACILITY DOWN THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN FACILITY.
YOU EVER DOWN THERE? I WORKED, I WORKED SOUTH.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACT ON THE CLAIM FOR PAYMENT.
WHAT DO YOU ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
YOU'RE ADJOURNED UNTIL TWO 30 AT THE UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
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WHERE[03:08:48]
ARE YOU AT? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YEAR ARE YOU LOOKING AT? UH OH THREE.SHE CAN GET THE, GOES BACK TO 68 AND THEY DO GO BACK TO THE 18 HUNDREDS.
BUT IT'S A KIND OF A BACK THEN IT'S A DIFFERENT FILL IN.
BUT I'LL HAVE TO SHOW YOU IF YOU NEED IT.
BUT WHAT VOLUME YOU GOT? LOOK IT UP AGAIN.
RIGHT HERE IS YOUR VOLUME IN YOUR PAGE FOUR, CLICK ON, IT'LL BRING IT TO YOU CLOSER.
YEAH, YOU JUST DO THIS AND JUST LET GET IT.
AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO PRINT, YOU PUSH PRINT HERE.
IT'S GONNA PRINT OUT ALL THIS PRINT OVER HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CREDIT QUESTIONS, JUST GIVE A HOLLER AND I'LL YOU OKAY,
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WELL YOU'RE JUST GONNA GO UNDER.