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AND THEN WE'LL GET YOU ON, UH, HERE IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE WE, UH, START THE REGULAR, UH, MEETING THIS TIME, IF YOU WOULD STAND, I'VE ASKED YOU'LL FLAG AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK THEY FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING TOGETHER TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY LIKE THIS, THIS MORNING.
WE, UH, APPRECIATE ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN THE LIVE GIVING RAIN THAT WE HAD THIS WEEKEND.
WE ALSO HOPE FOR MORE OF THAT VERY SUMMER, BUT, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS AWARE OF THE BLESSINGS YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED US WITH, AND WE TAKE THAT IN A CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.
PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON OUR TRUTH WITH FAVOR AS THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY AND BRING THEM HOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ALL THIS, WE AS IN JESUS NAME, FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ON A NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR OF THE TEXAS FLAG, TEXAS UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE.
WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON THAT HAS REQUESTED TO, UH, SPEAK TO THE COMMISSIONERS IN OUR VISITORS REMARKS, AND THAT IS NOT HEADMAN, UH, FROM, UH, DALLAS, AND SHE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, ON THE INSURANCE THAT ITEM NUMBER 10.
SO IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
KEEPING COME UP THE MICROPHONE HERE.
HAVE THREE MINUTES, JUDGE WOOD AND COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS.
JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
UM, I'M SMITH AND MARTIN AND, UM, WE ARE AT DALLAS, TEXAS, AND WE CAME IN WITH A PROPOSAL ON YOUR INSURANCE, UH, PARTNERING WITH TRAVERSE INSURANCE ON THE PROPERTY CASUALTY AND ON, UH, WITH TEXAS MUTUAL ON WORKER'S COMP.
AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE WE WERE A LITTLE BIT INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN THE RFP PROCESS, UH, TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ADAM AND WITH, UH, JACK SEBASTIAN.
UM, AND, UH, I, I THINK BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS BEEN SO SOFT THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO, WE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR Y'ALL TO HAVE SOME SAVINGS, UM, ON YOUR INSURANCE PROGRAM.
WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND WE WERE ABLE, UM, I KNOW THE PRICES MAY HAVE BEEN VERY COMPETITIVE, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE WERE, BUT, UH, FOR OUR PROPOSAL WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE Y'ALL ABOUT $215,000 OVER YOUR PREVIOUS YEAR AND ALSO ENHANCED COVERAGES.
UH, PART OF THE REASON IS WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY.
WE ARE NOT, UH, BEHOLDEN TO ANYBODY BUT OUR CLIENTS.
UH, WE REPRESENT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND POOLS, BUT, UM, OUR, WE NEVER FORGET THAT OUR CLIENT, WHO OUR CLIENT IS.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO ENHANCE COVERAGES SUCH AS BLANKET COVERAGE, UH, UH, INCREASE YOUR PROPERTY VALUES BECAUSE THEY WERE LITTLE BIT OTHER VALUES.
UH, WE ADDED CYBER LIABILITY, WHICH IS A FAIRLY NEW EXPOSURE THAT Y'ALL DID NOT HAVE COVERED.
IT WAS AN UNCOVERED EXPOSURE FOR THE COUNTY.
AND WE'VE SEEN OTHER COUNTIES, AND IN FACT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF LOSSES DUE TO THIS EXPOSURE.
AND OUR JOB AS AN INDEPENDENT AGENT IS TO POINT OUT THE THINGS THAT COULD AFFECT, UH, THE COUNTY LONG TERM AND ALSO OTHER COSTS BESIDES JUST YOUR PREMIUM COSTS.
AND, UM, I JUST, I, I FEEL LIKE, UM, BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE BASICALLY BEEN OVERPAYING FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND WITH, IF YOU HAD THE 215,000 FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS HAD YOU BEEN ABLE TO HAVE MORE COMPETITIVE PRICING ON YOUR INSURANCE PROGRAM.
AND, UM, AND I, I JUST THINK THAT WE, WE TAKE OUR, UM, POSITION OF TRUST VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CLIENTS.
SO, UM, WE JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT EITHER ON THE WORKERS' COMP OR THE PROPERTY CASUALTY SIDE THAT YOU, THE TWO DON'T
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HAVE TO BE, UM, TOGETHER.UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON YOUR ENTIRE PROGRAM AND, AND, UM, AND HAD A LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY WAS, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? WE'RE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND QUESTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE YOU BEING, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER, UH, ONE IS ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE AND I DID, UH, PUT AN ITEM, UH, ON YOUR, UH, DESK THIS MORNING FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, CONCERNING THE, UH, UH, FACT THAT WE'RE NOW DESIGNATED BY THEM AS AN ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED COUNTY FOR THE YEAR OF 2012 NEXT YEAR, WHICH, UH, WILL HOPEFULLY ADJUST MINIMUM LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS, REQUIRED HIGHWAY PROJECTS.
THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US, OBVIOUSLY, WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH, UH, UH, PURE DOLLARS.
THIS WOULD BE A PART UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE OF THAT.
AND, UH, WE'LL, WE HEAR, UH, TRANSPORTATION, UH, ISSUES OR TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS WOULD BE, THIS WOULD BE YOUR USE FORCE AS FAR AS HAVING PUBLIC ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND Y'ALL, WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, LETTER FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, UH, SAYING THAT OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER JUSTICE FEES,
HOWEVER, WE KNOW SECTION FIVE, UH, THIS IS HIS LETTER EXPRESSION, PROVIDES THAT THE FAILURE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO OBJECT IS NOT SUBSEQUENT, UH, BAR SUBSEQUENT LITIGATION.
UH, SO THIS IS GOOD USE THE FACT THAT WE DO GET OUR PRE-CLEARANCE APPROVED.
AND JOHN, YOU MAY BE GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT LATER ON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT THAT AT THIS POINT? NO, I DON'T.
IT'S JUST THE INFORMATION ITEM THAT ALL THE WORK THAT WE DID BACK EARLIER, HUNDRED SIX THREE RUNNING BACK FORTH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, LOOKING AT INTERACTIVE MAP WE HAD THERE, WE DID GET THAT ALL FROM US.
UH, NEXT HOUSE HEAR FROM JOHN LONG, WHO IS OUR COUNTY, UH, UH, ATTORNEY, REPRESENT FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND, UH, I'D ASK JOHN TO, UH, JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEFENSE.
LITIGATION DEADLINES HAVE BEEN CHANGED ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING, UH, PROCESS AND I WOULDN'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, YOU GOT HIS NOTE HERE WITH HIM, UH, BEEN TO THE DOCTOR OFFICE, SO I GUESS HE'LL EXCUSE APPRECIATE PERMIT LATER ON, YOUR HONOR, UM, COURT, UH, THE, THE FIRST THING TO KNOW IS THAT, UH, IS THAT THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED PRECLEARANCE ON NOVEMBER 1ST, WHICH MEANS THAT, THAT THE REDISTRICTING PLANS FOR BOTH THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE JP PRECINCTS CAN ALL GO INTO EFFECT.
SO THEY'RE NOT AFFECTED BY THAT.
UH, ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH, THE FEDERAL COURT RULED IN THE, UH, WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AND, UH, CHANGED UP THE DEADLINES AND, AND A COPY OF THIS, UH, I HAVE ONE OUT AND PROVIDE A COPY CIRCULATE ONE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE, UH, COUNTY CHAIRS AND, AND, UH, TO, TO THE, UH, ELECTION OFFICIALS.
BUT IN ANY EVENT, IT DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF THE REDISTRICTING DISCUSSION.
IT JUST CHANGES, UH, DIFFERENT DATES.
AND, UH, AND, AND I HAVE, UH, THAT NOTE, I THINK YOU HAD INDICATED THAT THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED OR MAY BEEN PROVIDED ALREADY.
UH, A THIRD THING IS THERE IS ONGOING LITIGATION, AND I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH DAVID MENDEZ THIS MORNING THAT, THAT WE ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THAT, UH, THAT THAT MAY AFFECT, UH, LEGISLATIVE RACES, UH, IN, IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT DOES NOT AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO CONDUCT ELECTIONS, UH, OR, OR ANY RACES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
BUT IT MAY AFFECT, AFFECT BOTH THE, UH, HOUSING SENATE RACES.
UH, WE'RE NOT SURE THAT YET THINKING THAT IT WOULD, UH, BUT AS FAR AS AS COUNTY'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT ELECTIONS AND COMPLY WITH THE TIME TABLES SIGNED INTO LIKE THAT.
UNLESS ANOTHER COURT RULE SOMETHING ON DOWN THE WAY WE SHOULD BE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY PLACE? JOHN, YOU SAID THE ONLY THING CHANGED WAS THE DATES? LIKE THE FILING DATES? THAT, THAT'S CORRECT.
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COPIES.I'LL GIVE YOU THIS AND THE OTHER COURT ORDER.
HERE'S THE THREE SPECIFIC DATES THAT HAVE CHANGED FOR, UH, STATE AND COUNTY ELECTIONS.
AND I HAVEN'T COMPARED IT TO SEE HOW MUCH CHANGE IT'S FROM CURRENT.
AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT OUR WORK THAT WENT INTO REJOIN ALL THE PRECINCT BOUNDARIES THAT THAT WAS, UH, AT THIS POINT, EVERYTHING'S OKAY WITH THAT.
ITEM NUMBER, UH, THREE IS SHERIFF DAVID BURNS TO GIVE A REPORT ON THE JAIL INSPECTION, TEXAS STANDARDS COMMISSIONER MANNING AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND SIT ON THE EXIT INTERVIEW LAST, UH, WEEK WITH THE JAIL STANDARDS AND I'LL LET THE SHERIFF GIVEN UP TODAY.
WHILE WE HAD OUR ANNUAL JAIL INSPECTION, WHICH IS OUR HALLMARK
SO WE ARE A CERTIFIED JAIL AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND, UH, THEY HAD ONE ITEM, ITEM WAS ON OUR BOOKING SHEET.
WHEN WE WORK, PEOPLE COME IN, WE DO THE MEDICAL ON ONE SIDE, WHEN WE PUT THE, THE DATE AND TIME ON THERE, ON THE BACKSIDE IS THE MENTAL EVALUATION, SAME SHEET, BUT WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE DATE AND TIME ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT FORM, WHICH, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THEY GAVE US FOR.
SO I, GOD, I JUST WAS PROUD, MAINTAIN, I THINK HE HAD TO HUNT PRETTY HARD FOR SOMETHING.
HE WASN'T GONNA GIVE US THE PURPOSE STORE, BUT THAT'S FINE.
BUT I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE WOULD'VE ASSUMED THAT THE TIME AND DATE WOULD CARRY THROUGH THE BACKSIDE OF THE FORM, BUT THEY, THEY WANTED IT AT THE TIME, I THINK, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START THE MENTAL EVALUATION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE CORRECTING THAT.
WELL, I, I KNOW MANNING, AS I SAY, WE WERE BOTH THERE.
THIS WAS MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON A JAIL REVIEW, JAIL STANDARD REVIEW.
AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS THERE, I DON'T REMEMBER HIS NAME, VERY, VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF OUR JAIL AND, UH, HIS, UH, OPERATION THREAT FOR ST.
ALMOND, I BELIEVE IS HIS NAME.
TOM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YES.
UH, FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, UH, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, PROCESS FOR THE COUNTY.
UH, THESE, THESE UNANNOUNCED JAIL INSPECTIONS ARE, UH, UH, THEY'RE QUITE IMPORTANT FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE COUNTY.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO READ A COUPLE OF QUOTES THAT FRED, UH, PUT FORTH IN THE MEETING.
HE SAID THAT, UH, THE SHERIFF RAN A VERY SOLID OPERATION, WAS VERY WELL ORGANIZED, AND HIS OFFICERS WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE SHERIFF ON DOING A GREAT JOB EVERY DAY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO, UH, DISCUSS AND ACT ON APPROVING A RESOLUTION.
RECOGNIZE CAMERON SMITH ON RECEIVING, UH, THE HONOR OF SCOUT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN? MS. CAMERON IS IN ONE.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, GOOD, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WHEREAS THE FOREMOST RESPONSIBILITY OF AN EAGLE SCOUT IS TO LIVE WITH HONOR TO AN EAGLE SCOUT.
HONOR IS A FOUNDATION OF ALL CHARACTER.
HE KNOWS THAT A SCOUT IS TRUSTWORTHY, IS LOYAL, IS COURAGEOUS, IS CHEERFUL IN HIS RESPONSIBILITY IS SERVICE.
IT IS VITAL THAT HE SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER SCOUTS HONORING HIS HOME, HIS CHURCH, HIS TROOP, AND HIS COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS CAMERON SMITH WILL RECEIVE HIS EAGLE SCOUT AWARD FROM BOY SCOUT TROOP THREE 90 ON NOVEMBER THE 26TH, 2011, THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD IS THE HIGHEST STRENGTH IN THE BOY SCOUT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS CAMERON SMITH IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP ABILITY, EVIDENCED BY HIS ATTAINMENT OF THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT.
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THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT OFFERS CONGRATULATIONS AND RECOGNITION TO CAMERON SMITH FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENT, DEMONSTRATING FINE CHARACTER, OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT IN HIS COMMUNITY.HE IS RICHLY DESERVING OF THE RECOGNITION HE HAS RECEIVED AND HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FELLOW BOY SCOUTS CAN BE PROUD OF HIS DEDICATION SERVICE.
WHAT'S YOUR HAND, SIR? YOU MARK, MARK SMITH.
IS IS THIS, SINCE THIS IS SIGNED, CAN I GIVE IT TO HIM? YES.
ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION FOR CAMERON SMITH? I MAY.
COMMISSIONER BROWN MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A ALL ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON CANVAS ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER 8TH 11.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN I SIX CORN WE ELECTION, BUT WE, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR A VERY UN ELECTION BEFORE NOT HEARD ANY ISSUES.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION? MR. JACKSON? THAT MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS FAIR SAY I I, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO, UH, DISCUSS AND ACT ON CANVASING ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE, UH, NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, 2011 20 LOCAL OPTION ELECTION.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE RESULTS OF THAT ELECTION.
BOTH OF THESE, UH, HAVE RECEIVED, UH, WIDESPREAD CIRCULATION IN, IN THE, UH, COUNTY, PARTICULARLY IN PERIOD.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE FOREIGN LOCAL ELECTION? A SECOND.
ANY SECONDS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAIR TO SAY AYE.
AYE OR OPPOSED YOU? NUMBER SEVEN IS TO DISCUSS AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT, REVISE THE ELECTION PRECINCT BOUNDARIES, POLLING LOCATIONS, AND THE ELECTION PRECINCT NUMBER OF SYSTEMS. AND WE HAD THAT ITEM, UH, PUT ON YOUR, UH, ON THE DESK THIS MORNING FOR YOU TO REVIEW.
AND JOHN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THIS? I KNOW YOU WORKED WITH YOU AS WELL.
UM, I, I DON'T THINK ANY ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN.
UM, WHAT'S ALREADY OF ACCEPTING THE ACCEPTING REDISTRICTING, I THINK YOU'RE GOOD SHAPE.
THERE'S PRE RAT ANYTHING THAT'S, IF YOU'VE ALREADY ANNOUNCED IT AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
HAVE WE DONE THESE? UH, DID NOT THAT WE SAID WE HAD NOT DONE ELECTION.
UH, IN THAT CASE, WE HAVE IT ON AS POSSIBLE.
IT HAS TO BE DONE BY DECEMBER 10TH.
WE CAN POSTPONE IF YOU NO, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.
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I THOUGHT THAT GUN APPROACH.DICK, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD HERE ON THE, UH, VOTING, POLLING PLACES? I'M SORRY, BUT I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT JOHN WAS SAYING, BUT, UH, HE WAS SAYING HE THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY APPROVED SEEDS, BUT, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE US DO, OR WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO IS APPROVE THE, UH, DISTRICTS, THE 30 POLLING POLLING DISTRICTS, AND THEN, UH, EITHER POSTPONED OR APPROVED SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
THE ACTUAL POLLING PLACES ARE FOUR OF THEM THAT ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID USING SCHOOLS BEST WE CAN.
THEY, SO WE'VE GOT FOUR THAT ARE UP IN THE AIR AT THIS POINT.
SO IT HAS TO BE DONE BY DECEMBER THE 10TH.
WHAT? THE POLLING LOCATION WOULDN'T AFFECT THE MAP.
ONE OF IS THAT, UH, PRECINCT, UH, HOLDING PLACE NUMBER FIVE ONE, THE EIGHT, UH, 14.
AND UH, ALSO, UH, 0.3 OF 'EM ARE IN CAROL AND ONE OF 'EM ARE IN POINT.
YES, BUT THE AMOUNT WILL BE THE SAME.
I WON THAT WON'T, IT'S JUST WHERE THE POLLING JUST WHERE THE
BUT WE WOULD'VE TO COME BACK AND, UH, APPROVE THOSE CHANGES OR WELL, AT A LATER TIME.
SIX, APPROVE THE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
OTHERWISE, WELL, I GUESS ANYTHING SUBJECT CHANGE, JOHN? I NO, I, I AGREE WITH HIM.
I I HAD THOUGHT THAT THE 30 HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR SO LONG.
BUT, BUT I AGREE WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION APPROVED PRECINCTS AND THEN SUBJECT TO THE CHANGE OF FOUR LOCATIONS.
I'M RIGHT IN SAYING 42 VOTING PLACES, POLLING PLACES TO 30.
IT'S BECAUSE OF TWO, NUMBER ONE, THE POPULATION ALLOWED IN A POLL WAS RIGHT.
NUMBER TWO, WE WANTED TO TRY TO REDUCE THE COST ELECTIONS.
AND THE ISSUE WITH THE SCHOOLS, I THINK JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THESE ARE, ARE IN A SCHOOL THAT, YOU KNOW, TODAY'S WORLD ENFORCEMENT, UH, ALL SECURITY MEASURES THAT ARE IN PLACE IN THE SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH THAT CAN BE HANDLED, IT DOES MAKE IT LOOK, UH, A LITTLE MORE PROBABLE OR A LITTLE MORE PROBABLE FOR CAMPUSES.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, THESE POLLING PLACES A LITTLE EASIER TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK PERHAPS TOO.
I DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF PARTY CHAIRS ARE HERE.
THEY AWARE OF YES, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THREE CATION, THREE UNDER THE ISD PRECINCT CODE, THE THIRD COLUMN.
OH, THOSE ARE, ARE NOT SOME OF 'EM, SOME PRECINCTS HAD MORE THAN ONE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO DISREGARD NOT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AUDITED.
I UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE, MARKED OVER BY, BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE ONE BEHIND BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE THAT OVERLAPPING, UH, SCHOOL OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HADN'T BEEN YET FORMULATED.
BUT WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH OF THE SCHOOL PRECINCT
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NUMBER PRECINCTS WHICH GO INTO THAT.AND I BELIEVE THEY APPROVED THOSE LAST WEEK.
NOT SURE ABOUT THE CITY, WHERE CITY IS.
AND THERE'S, SO COME BACK AND CHANGE THIS.
WELL, THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE APPROVED BECAUSE THAT'S JUST INFORMATION ON THAT COLUMN IS OTHER, OTHER QUESTIONS WITH MR. MURPHY OR ON THE, UH, BEACON HILL.
DID YOU GET INFORMATION TO GET ON THOSE PEOPLE AT BAPTIST CHURCH? UH, YES SIR.
LET'S SEE, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONE THAT GOLDMAN BEFORE BOARD GET BACK TO THIS.
HE, HE CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THE VERY END.
WELL THEN BEACON HILL, IS THAT THE ONE NORTH? YES.
YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, I KNOW A LOT OF WORK IS GOING END THIS.
WE REALLY GONNA HAVE TO DO A, A MASS EDUCATION, UH, OUR COUNTY IN SPRING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE DIDN VOTING IN THE SAME VOTING BOX EVER.
IT'S TAKE EDUCATION ON EVERYBODY'S PART.
WHAT'S THE FIRST ELECTION MARCH 1ST THAT THESE WILL BE USED? PRIMARY, PRIMARY MARCH.
SO, WE'LL, WE PUT IT ON OUR, OUR WEBSITE.
I MEAN, IT'S GONNA TAKE A, SOME EFFORT TO GET EVERYBODY, UH, USUALLY GOING TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
THERE'RE GONNA BE PEOPLE SHOWING UP AT THE OH YEAH.
WE'RE DOING A MASS MAIL OUT ON ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THIS MAP AS IT IS WITH CHANGES, WITH POSSIBLE CHANGES.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER.
WE ACCEPT THE POLLING PLACE MAP AND THE LOCATIONS WITH POSSIBLE CHANGES ON DOWN THE PLACE SHOULD THAT OCCUR.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND COMMISSIONER, SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON, UH, INITIATING DISCUSSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING SETTING STANDARDS, PRIVATE ROAD ACCEPTANCE TO THE COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM.
I BELIEVE REQUEST THIS ON THE AGENDAS MATTER THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TIME, THE TIME, RECENT WEEKS, SO OVER AND OVER AND OVER SINCE I BROUGHT THIS UP, WHICH PROBABLY PRECIPITATED IT, UH, LET'S STATE HERE.
UH, I HAVE WRITTEN, UH, OUR EMAIL JIM ALLISON AND LAID OUT MY THINKING IN THIS SITUATION.
AND, AND HE HAS SENT US BACK, UH, A RESPONSE WHICH MAY NE GAVE OR MAY NOT, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF NEEDING ANYTHING DEFINITE, UH, NEEDING ANY DEFINITION ON THIS THING.
HE JUST FALLS BACK ON THAT SAME THING THAT WE'VE HEARD SINCE I WAS EVER SINCE I WAS A COMMISSIONER, THAT YOU CAN'T, UH, EXPECT ANYBODY IN YOUR COUNTY TO DO A BETTER ROAD THAN YOU MIGHT DO.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE, I WAS ASKING TO DO THAT AS A ROCK ROAD AND JIM IS SAYING, IF, IF, IF YOU LET ME DO THAT AS A ROCK ROAD, THEN YOU HAVE TO LET ANY DEVELOPER DO THAT AS A ROCK ROAD.
SO I MEAN, AND I'VE ALWAYS, I I'VE HEARD THAT FOREVER, BUT I THOUGHT THAT JUST APPLIED TO SUBDIVISION.
EVIDENTLY ALLISON SAYS NO IF IT APPLIES TO THE WHOLE COUNTY, I WANT TO GET A COPY OF THIS TO JOHN.
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UH YEP, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT.I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH, WITH, UH, HAVING A MOTION TO DEFINE THAT.
AND I THINK HE DEFINES IT HERE SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT ANYWAY, WHETHER IT'S IN THE SUBDIVISION OR NOT.
EX WHAT? I'M KIND OF CONFUSED WHEN YOU SAID BRING UP THE COUNTY STANDARD, WE SAID, WELL WHAT IS COUNTY STANDARD? YOU GO BACK TO THE SUB INSURANCE AND IF WE'RE GONNA USE THE SUBDIVISION, THEN WE NEED, IF WE NOT STANDARDS WITHIN THE COUNTY, JUST KIND CLEARED ALL THAT UP.
SOUND LIKE USE THE SUBSTANDARD, IT MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY CLEAR, BUT HE DOES SAY THAT, THAT THAT DOESN'T JUST APPLY TO SUBDIVISION COUNTY.
WELL, I GOTTA HOPE AROUND THE COUNTY, COUNTY, COUNTY.
I THINK THEY BASICALLY THE SAME THING.
YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT I BE CLEARER IF WE HAD A SIMPLE STATEMENT IN THERE SOMEWHERE THAT JUST SAID, UH, THAT LAID OUT WHAT, WHAT YOU FOUND.
SEE THE DEFINITION OF THE COUNTY.
IF WE GONNA TELL THE PEOPLE WE'LL ACCEPT THIS ROAD.
IF WE BRING UP THE COUNTY STANDARDS, THEN TURN AROUND WHAT IS COUNTY STANDARD.
WELL, I THINK JASON'S PURPOSE, AS YOU SAID, WAS JUST TO PUT THE, THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED THE NEED TO HAVE A WORKSHOP THAT WE VERY DEFINITELY DO.
AND I'M WONDERING, UH, THIS ON THE WORKSHOP TO GO AHEAD AND DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, SOME STATE ON THIS SO WE ALL KNOW A WHAT TO SAY WHENEVER WE'RE REQUESTING THAT JOHN, YOU LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
UM, ONE, UH, OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, PACKET, THOSE PROVIDED, I I KIND OF LIKE THE, UH, PROPOSAL THAT HENDERSON HAS TWO PAGE PROPOSAL.
IT GIVES LOT OF DISCRETION AND IT ALSO DOESN'T TIE IT TO SUBDIVISION STANDARDS AND IT'S, IT'S MORE OPEN BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE PROPERTY THAT'S NOT PART OF THE SUBDIVISION.
UM, AND SO I TO PICK BETWEEN THE SEVERAL THAT YOU HAVE, THAT ONE KIND OF WOULD, WOULD FIT MANY SITUATIONS AND, AND DON'T MAYBE WANT TO MODIFY.
UM, THE SECOND THING IS, MR. MURPHY SAID THAT, THAT THE ORDER THAT YOU HAD ON THE REDISTRICTING, UH, MAY BE A LITTLE CONFUSING.
AND HE SAID IT'S APPROVAL OF THE 30 PRECINCTS AND THE ONLY THING SUBJECT TO CHANGE IS GOING TO BE THE POLLING PLACE, NOT NOT THE DISTRICTS THEMSELVES.
AND, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS STATED.
SO I DUNNO IF THE COURT MAY WANNA GO BACK AND MOTION THAT MOTION AND SO THAT IT'S SO THAT THE THE 30 IS IS CLEAR AND ONLY THING THAT MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO NOT THE 30, BUT YEAH.
WELL, WE CAN, UH, RECALL THAT.
LET'S, LET'S FINISH THIS DISCUSSION.
I'M SORRY, UH, ANYWAY, BACK ON THIS DISCUSSION AND WHAT JOHN SAID THAT WHY DON'T WE, THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ABOUT WHAT JIM ALLISON YOU WRITTEN HERE? I MEAN, UH, NO.
I, I I DON'T, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD HELP ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TWO HAVE SOME STANDARD, EVEN IF IT'S PRETTY BROADLY.
COLLIN COUNTY STANDARDS IS MORE RESTRICTED THAN WHAT WE WOULD'VE BECAUSE IT ANTICIPATE ASPHALT CONCRETE ROADS THAT WE DO.
WE DO NEED TO COME UP WITH A, AN ORDER, I THINK, NOT NECESSARILY AN ORDER, BUT A STATEMENT THAT THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN.
SO IF YOU'RE OKAY, PUT THIS ON DISCUSSION, TRY TO CLEAN IT UP SO WE'RE ALL TOGETHER WHERE WE'RE, AND IN THAT REGARD, HANDLE WORKSHOP.
IF YOU HAVE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, I CAN SEE THIS WORKSHOP BEING FAIRLY LENGTHY.
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AHEAD AND GET THOSE TO US, TO ANGIE, AND UH, WE'LL TRY TO WORK WITH YOU SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO, TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE'VE GOT QUITE FEW ITEMS THAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO SETTLE.UH, IN THE PAST CAME, DID NOT COUNTY ACCEPT LARGE AMOUNT ROAD ONE TIME OH FOUR CLARIFICATION COUNTY.
IT'S OFFICIAL COUNTY IS WHAT? YOU'RE RIGHT.
THOSE THAT HAD COURSES WHAT COUNTY ROAD, NOT COUNTY ROAD.
THE COUNTY COME TOGETHER AND HAD A COMMISSION.
COURT ACCEPTED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ROAD.
WELL, I THINK WE, YEAH, I THINK WE ACCEPTED ALL OF THE ROADS, YOU KNOW, EVERY
YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
I MEAN WE ACCEPTED ALL OF THE ROADS WERE IN THE COUNTY AT ONE TIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY, THEY'VE BEEN IN THE COUNTY FOREVER.
BIGGER ROAD, ROAD, ALL ROADS THAT THE COUNTY HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY ON TRACTOR THAT SAID, YEAH.
2 54, IS THAT WHAT IT'S 2 50, 2 54 TRANSPORTATION CODE.
IF THEY WERE BLACK IN THERE, THERE WERE COUNTY ROADS, GREENS, IF THEY WERE MAINTAINED ON CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS DEED OR THEY DID THAT ABOUT, WHAT, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS? I THINK IT WAS IN OH SEVEN.
YEAH, IT SHOULD, SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE.
THERE, THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED OUR MEETINGS OR PUBLIC MEETINGS TO EITHER PROTEST THEIR, BEEN IN COUNTY ROAD OR THE MAJORITY OF THOSE AT THAT TIME.
THEY HAD THAT, THEY HAD THAT TO DECIDE IF THEY COULD LEGALLY LEAD OR NOT.
THESE PEOPLE STILL HAD THAT ONE FELLOW THAT WAS OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF THEIR ROAD AND SO THEY DIDN'T COME FORWARD THEN THEY'D DONE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO BACK AND REVISIT, UH, NUMBER SEVEN.
AND, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND ENTER INTO AMENDMENT TWO, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
LET'S TRY ONE MORE TIME TO SEE IF WE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS APPROVE THE MAP FINAL AND APPROVE THE POLLING LOCATIONS.
THE MAPS DEFINITIVE, IT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE JUST THE POLLING LOCATIONS UNTIL THE ARE FINALIZED.
MAKING SURE THOSE ARE, IS THAT NOT WHAT WE SAID? I DUNNO THAT IT WAS CLOSED.
WE, WE HAVE TWO MOTION IF THAT WOULD CLARIFY.
WE'LL APPROVE THE
AND ONE MOTION AND NO MOTION FOR THAT WOULD CLARIFY.
WELL MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER JACKSON ALL AND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
VOTE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, NOW THE POLLING LOCATIONS, WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE POLLING LOCATION SUBJECT TO, UH, CHANGE MOTION.
MR. MAN, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NUMBER NINE IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON DONATING SURPLUS TO THE GENESIS CENTER.
AND THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, UH, BUT IT WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO WE ADDED IT DOWN TO THE, UH, TO THE AGENDA.
I THINK YOU'LL RECALL THE DISCUSSION WE HAD DONATED TO COMPUTER.
THESE ARE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE DONATING
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THAT.SECOND WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL NUMBER 10 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON AWARDING, UH, RP NUMBER 11 DASH THREE FOR COUNTY INSURANCE AND HAS A REPORT FOR YOU ON THAT YEAR.
WE HAD SEVERAL GOOD PROPOSALS, UH, INSURANCE TOTAL ON THOSE.
WELL, FARGO HAD A TOTAL OF $554,330 AND THEY WERE ONLY BIDDING, UH, WORKERS' COMP IF HALLMARK HAD A TOTAL BID OF 1,007,935 RO HOWARD SMITH MARTIN, UH, TOTAL 1,079,700 HAD A, UH, BID 86 NUMBER THAT, UH, MS WAS SPEAKING OF EARLIER, UH, TAX, UH, POLICY TODAY PRESENTED LAST YEAR DID TOTAL 1,294,000 5 9 8.
I MARKED OUT THAT, THAT THAT CURRENT LINE I, ON ALL THE PAPERWORK I HAD FAR AS THE INSURANCE INFORMATION, I I HAD A TOTAL OF, UH, AFTER CREDITS THAT 1.29 MILLION WAS BEFORE, UH, ALL THE CREDITS CORRECT THAT COMPANY, UH, ORIGINALLY ALL THE S AND I HAD HAD A TOTAL OF 1 MILLION 51 8 90 HAS INDICATED THAT LAST YEAR TOTAL AMOUNT CREDIT 1 MILLION 6 71.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, YOU NOTICE THE 9 86, 2 30 THEY QUOTED CURRENTLY TELLS ME PART OF THE BEST THAT WE HAVE A 63,000 CREDIT IF WE ARE TO RENEW IN JANUARY.
UH, LOOKS LIKE COMPARED TO, UH, LAST YEAR WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REDUCTION THAT HAD MADE ON OUR COST, UH, WE SHOULD ENJOY SAVINGS OF HUNDRED 94.
FOUR FOUR SHOULD WE ACCEPT THIS? AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE ALL THE FOLKS PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROPOSAL THAT VERY HELPFUL.
ANY OF THEM WANT A COPY OF, CAN THEY GET A COPY OF THIS? CAN THEY WANT, I THINK MICHAEL SHANNON TECH IS HERE.
UH, YOU GOT LIKE, ASK A QUESTION IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON WHAT TAX'S GONNA DO TOWARD THIS CONTRACT.
UH, MS. HEADMAN IN HER PRESENTATION EARLIER IN THE MEETING AND TALKED ABOUT CYBER LIABILITY AND THE TECH COULD ADDRESS THAT, UH, WHENEVER HE, IF THAT'D BE APPROPRIATE.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE, IF COURT CHANGE ORDER TO ADD THAT JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE TAX, THAT'S TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES GET HUNG UP ON FAR, FAR AS CYBER.
WE, WE DEFINITELY DO OFFER THAT WASN'T IN THE
UH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNTIES THAT DO CARRY IT.
UM, AND IT KIND OF STEMS FROM GRAY COUNTY.
I THINK GRAY COUNTY HAD A LOSS BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR.
AND UH, SO THAT'S KIND KIND OF SNOWBALLED INTO A LOT OF COUNTIES LOOKING ASIDE AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE COVERAGE.
IT DOES GIVE YOU A KIND OF BROAD SCOPE OF COVERAGE, BUT IT'S FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE JUST BECAUSE THE RISK IS NOT GREAT COMPARATIVELY IF YOU HAVE
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STAFF AND THAT KIND STUFF.WE THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO GO BACK FOR.
NO, WE CAN JUST DO A, UH, CHANGE ORDER AND ADD THAT TO IT.
AND I THINK WE CURRENTLY HAVE A COUPLE AREAS WE NEED TO ADD TO THAT WERE ONGOING DURING BID PROCESS.
NOT, UM, I, I DID WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD, UH, FROM TODAY ON WE, WE REALLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING LOSS CONTROL, RISK CONTROL TO THE COUNTY, PARTICULARLY TO THE PRECINCTS AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHICH IS YOUR LARGEST, UH, RISK FOR THE COUNTY.
UH, NOT NECESSARILY CONFIDENT, BUT ALL COUNTIES ARE THAT SAME RISK.
SO THAT'S USUALLY WHERE YOUR CLAIMS COME FROM.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE ARE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A HR RISK MANAGER FOR THE COUNTY, JUST IS GONNA BE GREAT FOR YOU GUYS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO AND HELP AND HELP KIND OF TRANSITION THAT HR PERSON IS HAVE OUR HR AND AND ATTORNEY STAFF COME IN AND SIT DOWN AND GO OVER KIND OF THE INTRICACIES OF, OF WHAT COUNTIES HAVE COMPARED TO MAYBE THE PRIVATE SECTOR OR THE PUBLIC SECTOR THAT, THAT OTHER PLACES DON'T HAVE.
COUNTIES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS FAR AS HR GOES.
SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WE'RE KIND OF PREPARED TO DO.
AND THEN I, I, I'VE MADE A LIST AND IT CAME IN OUR BID PACKAGE.
IT'S NOT REALLY A LIST, IT'S JUST A SCHEDULE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT AS A WHOLE THAT THE COUNTY COULD USE MOVING FORWARD.
AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE COMMITMENT FROM THE COURT TO REALLY FOCUSING ON SAFETY TRAINING AND HR AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PREPARED TO DO MOVING FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, IT COULD BE FROM ACCIDENT PREVENTION PLAN ALL THE WAY TO, UH, COMING OUT AND BRINGING THE SIMULATOR OUT HERE AND DOING SOME DEFENSIVE DRIVING AND SIMULATOR FOR THE SHERIFF IN PRECINCTS.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO TRYING TO BRING THOSE, WELL YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS NOT KNOWING WHAT WE WOULD FIND BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN YEARS SINCE WE PROPOSAL ON THE INSURANCE COVERAGE OF ALL TYPES AND UH, BUT TO HAVE A TOTAL SAVINGS 1 4 44 SAID, EVEN THOUGH PUT A FEW MORE GRAYS IN JACK, YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR THOSE IN ADDITION TO THE ONES HE HAD.
BUT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ONES THERE.
UH, THAT WAS A WORTHWHILE PROCESS TO IMPROVE.
THAT'S NEARLY HUNDRED THOUSAND DEFINITELY.
YOU GUYS ARE GETTING TO SEE THE NEW RATING FROM THE POOL.
Y'ALL BEEN OWNERS FOR A LONG TIME IN TAX POOLS AND WE, WE'VE BROUGHT IN A, A THIRD PARTY COMPANY TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT OUR RATING AND YOU GUYS ARE GETTING TO SEE THE NEW RATING FIRST CANDIDATE TO SEE IT.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A SAVINGS TO ALL CANDIDATES AND WE, WE REALIZE WE'VE STILL GOT ISSUES IN OUR COMP.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS IS WILL BE A FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY ELSE THAT A LOT OF, UH, PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE LOT, EVERYBODY LOT AND EVERYBODY WORKED HARD.
SO REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
I LIKE, WELL BECAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED, I HAD ZERO KNOWLEDGE OF INSURANCE AND ALL THE UH, VENDORS WERE BIG HELP IN TRYING TO GET TOGETHER.
AND IT TURNED OUT THAT'S, THAT'S YOU ESPECIALLY GET IT DOWN BELOW MILLION DOLLARS.
IT WAS WORTH, IT WAS WORTH THE TIME FOR SURE.
WELL I WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THE BUILDERS ALSO AND UH, ALL I KNEW ABOUT INSURANCE BEFORE THAT THE CHECK HERE.
YEAH, SO I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT BUT, AND GA LOT OF INFORMATION FROM OUR PROCESS AS TO WHY WE, THE CHECK WE'RE IN, HOW WE GET OUTTA IT AND WE COMMITMENT FROM, I BELIEVE WHAT GOT RIGHT THERE, I HOPE IS WHAT I'VE SAYING IS NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT A PLAN.
THEY'VE GOT PLAN THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA START DOING IN JANUARY, BE IN FEBRUARY AND I TOLD THE COURT WAS GONNA BE COMMITTED TO REDUCE THAT WORKERS' COMP DOWN FROM HALF MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS WAY TOO MUCH.
WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO AND HAVING WRITTEN PLAN TO START WITH IS GONNA BE A BIG HELP TO
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US.I THAT AND THEN HOW ALSO LEARNED YOU WANT THAT WE HAVE 250 SOME ODD VEHICLE INSURANCE.
I'M ASSUMING WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VEHICLES INSURED, THEY'RE NOT BEING USED.
IF THEY'RE SITTING, YOU KNOW, AT THE, THE, THE, UH, ONE CHAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT AS A SERVICE OR PRECINCT BARNS, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY STILL BE ON THE INSURANCE THING, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE, I'M SURE WE'RE NOT USING, WE CAN'T HAVE TWO 50.
I WOULDN'T THINK I, I WOULD SAY MY OFFICE IS GOING THROUGH ALL THE ASSETS AT THIS POINT INVENTORY AND IF WE HAVEN'T FOUND 'EM WE'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW, WE'LL PROBABLY GO OUT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION, HAVE TO SEE THESE ARE SERVICEABLE VEHICLES OR LET'S CUT CANCEL THAT LIABILITY INSURANCE, THIS WHOLE THAT SAVE LITTLE BIT.
THE BIG, THE BIG THING IS WORKER COMP BUT THIS THING TURNED UP A LOT OF OTHER, UH, SITUATIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE MAY MAKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
I WOULD GET RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION BEFORE WE GO FORWARD.
UH, THIS TOTAL BID OF 9 23 2 30, HOW MUCH IS THAT GONNA CHANGE ONCE WE ADD THE UH, RODEO GROUND? I MEAN THE FAIRGROUNDS AND UH, I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU A NUMBER.
I DUNNO WHAT THE TOTAL INSURED VALUE TWO PIECES PROPERTY ARE.
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR PROPERTY, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH.
I MEAN THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE NUMBER WITHOUT ADMINIS INSURED VALUE AT TOTAL HUNDRED IMPACT RODEO.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE RODEO BRANDS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MOST RODEO BRANDS THAT I'VE SEEN.
IT'S NOT A RODEO OUT THERE, IT'S JUST A PRIOR OKAY.
I DUNNO WHAT KIND OF BUILDING YOU GOT OUT THERE.
THE VALUES OUT THERE WON'T BE REAL HIGH ON TIME.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD CHANGE THAT STUFF.
ARMORY NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL CHANGE UP BUT I WOULDN'T THINK IT WOULD CHANGE MORE.
OKAY, SO YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THOUSAND.
AND WE DO HAVE A BINDER ON NOW THAT COVERS CASE BASIS.
IS THAT THE NEW BUILDING? IT'S ONE WE JUST, WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT TO THE BILL TO OUR INTERN BUT NOT I GOTCHA.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR FIRST WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? MOTION ACCEPT.
UH, I HAVE A MOTION TO MAKES A SECOND DISCUSSION.
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THINK THE OWNER HAD SOME ISSUES AND WAS CONSIDERED NOT AND I FELT LIKE AT THAT TIME WE NEEDED TO AND WE DID GO OUT AND GET QUOTE BASED ON THE UH, DI STATE TEXAS CONTRACT.WE CONTRACTED WITH ANOTHER VENDOR AND WHICH ACTUALLY DID NOT WORK OUT BILL AND UH, GOOD JOB.
SO WE'VE KIND OF BACK TO TAKE THAT OVER AND SINCE IT'S BELOW ANY KIND OF GOOD REQUIREMENT, UH, I THINK IT'D BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO CONTRACT THESE FOLKS.
THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IN THE PAST.
I'LL LET GEORGE THAT, ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT SIR? YEAH, I TALKED TO JACK EARLIER AND I THOUGHT WE MIGHT TAKE A MINUTE TO CLARIFY ON THE IP COMMITTEE.
I KNOW SOME FOLKS MIGHT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE COURT AT THE TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, IN 2009 WHEN UM, WE CREATED THE COMMITTEE, THERE WERE REALLY THREE POINTS TO IT.
NUMBER ONE, WE RECOGNIZED THAT ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND UH, DEPARTMENT HEADS OF STAKEHOLDERS IN THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE COUNTY AND WE WANTED TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER TO HAVE A FORUM WHERE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS AND WORK AND WORK OUT DIFFERENCES AND KIND OF COLLECTIVELY COME TO CONSENSUS ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES OR CHANGES.
THE SECOND POINT WAS, ANY CHANGES TO THIS TECHNOLOGY OR ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY, UH, WE WOULD HAVE A FORUM TO AGREE AND, YOU KNOW, COME TO A CONSENSUS AND, AND TAKE SOME ACTION.
BUT ANY, ANY CHANGES THAT WERE NEW OR OR, OR CHANGE THAT REQUIRED MORE FUNDS TAXPAYER MONEY THAT WE WOULD PRESENT THESE OPTIONS TO THE COURT AND LET THEM VOTE HER.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE BACKGROUND.
THIS IS WHAT WE DID AND WHY WE DID IT.
OUR GOAL WAS TO BRING THE KEY PLAYERS, THE FINANCIAL GUYS INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, SO WE COULD UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WHAT WE DO HAVE OUR DUCKS IN A ROW WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCE, SO ON.
BUT AS FAR AS THESE CONTRACTS, RECURRING COSTS IN THE SAME WAY WE DON'T BRING THEM BEFORE THE COMMITTEE FOR RECURRING COSTS SUCH AS MAINTENANCE ON PRIVATE TECHNOLOGIES OR LOADING EQUIPMENT OR THE VTECH SOFTWARE OR OUR COLLECTION SOFTWARE.
ANY OF THESE THINGS WE HAVE IN THE PAST DONE THAT.
SO LET'S JUST BRIEFLY WHAT THE HISTORY, BUT I I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PHONES IN ABOUT OH NINE, WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD OF LOOKING AT NEW PHONE SYSTEM.
OUR PHONE SYSTEM IS OUT VERY MUCH OUTDATED AND OUR GOAL AT THE TIME WAS TO BRING
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IN AN OUTSIDE AUDITOR TO COME IN AND LOOK AT OUR TELCO BILLS, GET 'EM STRAIGHTENED OUT AND GET US DOWN WHERE WE NEED TO BE.NOW WE'VE REDUCED OUR RECURRING COSTS THERE ANNUALLY BY ABOUT 60,000.
SO WE, WE, WE ARE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WE EVER WERE.
AND SO ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE PURSUED, UH, JACK AND I WENT AND LOOKED AT CISCO IP PHONES, WE LOOKED AT AVAYA, UM, WE LOOKED AT DENNY MACKEY, HE HAS A PRODUCT, WE REALLY LIKE IT.
UM, WE PUT EVERYTHING ON HOLD SIMPLY BECAUSE THE COUNTY DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO PURSUE IT.
HOWEVER, IF WE BELIEVE IT'S TIME TO, YOU KNOW, GO DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN, THEN CERTAINLY WE WOULD, WE WOULD UH, START THE BALL ROLLING.
MY ISSUE WITH MY QUESTION I HAD THAT THE IT COMMITTEE NOT QUESTION WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE, BUT UH, TO IMPROVE OUR PHONE SYSTEMS, ARE WE GONNA SPEND A NINE LARGE YEAR TO KEEP WHAT WE GOT? COULD WE SPEND 19 LARGE A YEAR PURCHASING A NEW SYSTEM? OH NO, THE FORKLIFT PHONES OUT OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY PULL OUT PHONES, WHICH IS YOU'RE TALKING SOME SERIOUS MONEY.
HOW SERIOUS AND SIR, SIR, HOW SERIOUS IS SERIOUS? THIS IS SERIOUS
I THINK WE PURSUE IT AND WE'LL GET YOU FOLKS QUOTES.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION JUST TWO YEARS OLD.
IF YOU WANT CURRENT INFORMATION, WE'LL GO DOWN THE ROAD OF UH, EXPLORING GOING BACK TO OUR VENDORS, YOU KNOW, COUNTY CHANGES SOMEWHAT, DON'T REMEMBER FOLKS, YOU KNOW, FLUCTUATES.
WE'LL GET SOME GOOD HARD FIGURES AND REPORT BACK TO THE COURT AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL ADDRESS THAT.
YEAH, I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH OUR PHONE SYSTEM.
I'M SATISFIED WITH, WITH THE, THIS CURRENT CONTRACT.
I MEAN GUYS'S DOING, DOING A GREAT JOB ON IT.
IT JUST THAT TO ME WE'RE USING AN ANTIQUATED SYSTEM THAT UH, IT WORKS FOR US CALLING OUT OR FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE CALLING IN.
WELL IT IS, BUT LET ME JUST SAY TO THAT, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO HAVE THAT ANY ANYWAY YOU WANT.
NOW THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THERE'S A PERSON THAT ANSWERS EVERY PHONE CALL THAT COMES IN THERE 'CAUSE THE SHERIFF MAKES A DECISION TO ALLOW, HAVE THE PHONE GO THROUGH LIVE OF PEOPLE SO THERE'S NEVER A PROBLEM CALL OUT AND THAT OPTION IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY OFFICE IN THE COUNTY.
IF WE WOULD LIKE FOLKS TO ANSWER THOSE PHONES, WE CAN CONFIGURE IT THAT WAY WE CAN MODIFY OUR CURRENT PHONE SYSTEM TO DO EXACTLY THE WAY YOU WANT US TO DO WITH OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.
IF YOU'LL SPEC OUT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, A FLOW OF CALLS TO GO THROUGH YOUR OFFICE TO BE ANSWERED BY CERTAIN FOLKS, WE CAN CHANGE IT.
BUT WE'D HAVE TO HAVE AN OPERATOR OUT HERE ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN SOMEBODY AND THEY CAN'T CALL YOUR OFFICE OR THEY HAVE TO CALL IN HERE AND THEN THEY GET TRANSFERRED TO.
WE CAN, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE TAX OFFICE, WE CAN CHANGE THE WAY THE CALLS WRAPPED THROUGH THE TAX OFFICE TO GO TO LIVE PEOPLE OR WE CAN GO THROUGH A UM, HUNT GROUP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY MUCH FLEXIBILITY IS THERE TO SET UP WHAT YOU LIKE.
BUT YOU KNOW, WELL YOU'RE CORRECT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF OUR PHONE PAGES THAT WE MADE UP OUTSIDE AND YOU PICK UP THE PHONE BOOK AND CALL UP HERE, IT'S, IT'S THE WORST NIGHTMARE IN THE WORLD.
YOU, YOU CAN'T CAN'T GET ANYBODY LOOKING.
IT WORKS WELL FOR US GOING OUT.
FROM A CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDPOINT, THAT'S NO PROBLEM.
IF WE WERE IN BUSINESS, WE'D BE OUTTA BUSINESS JUDGE, YOU ENTERTAIN THE COST, SHALL WE GET BACK ON IT AND PROCEED? I'M NOT SEEING WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE BECAUSE IF IT'S AT ONE TIME WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A PROPER NUMBER FOR A NEW PHONE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HATE WAS THAT A BUDGETARY THING? WE DIDN'T WANT THAT.
I'M GUESS THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET SOME GOOD FIGURES BACK.
BUT BY PART IS, IF IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US SPEND OUR $19,000 MAINTENANCE MONEY TOWARDS THAT HUNDRED THOUSAND BUCKS SYSTEM.
IF THAT WOULD IMPROVE, IT'S HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, OH YEAH.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE A MAINTENANCE COST.
EVEN WITH NEW PHONE, YOU'RE STILL GONNA SEE THIS COME UP, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
BUT I MEAN, BUT AGAIN, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU DEPARTMENT, MODIFY THE FLOW OF CALLS YOUR OFFICE WAY YOU WANT.
WELL AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE OUGHT TO ATTEMPT TO DO THAT FIRST BEFORE WE GO OUT.
I MEAN I, I HEAR THE SAME COMMENTS THAT YOU DO COMPLAINTS.
YOU CAN'T EVER TALK TO A REAL BREATHING HUMAN BEING EXCEPT FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
BUT OUT THERE IT IS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU CALL THERE, YOU TALK TO A LIVE PERSON.
THINK COME COMMISSIONER MENTIONED WHILE AGO THAT UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CALL, LIKE IF YOU CALL AND MAKE POP CITY COFFEE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A ANSWER ALL THE CALLS.
TRANSFERS AND I THINK AT ONE TIME WE HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT
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TOSSED AROUND DO THAT.I, THERE'S ONE OTHER THING ABOUT IF CAROL CALLS ME ON MY CELL PHONE, I'M OUT IN THE CAR AND I MISS IT AND THEN I CALL HER BACK, IT JUST GOES TO HELLO KAMAN COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, JUST, HELLO COMAN COUNTY.
SO ONE MAIN NUMBER THAT IT REFERS BACK, IT JUST COURTHOUSE WHEN YOU CALL BACK, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF DIALING DIRECTLY TO HER ASSIGNED NUMBER WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THAT.
AND SHE, I KNOW IF I KNOW WHO IT IS, IF I DON'T HAVE THAT THE, WHEN THEY, WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS US FROM HERE, I JUST SHOWS WE DON'T LET HER CALL.
I JUST GOT A MISSED CALL AND IT HAS A NUMBER NUMBER.
IT JUST SAYS YOU CALL ANDREW SAY DID YOU CALL HIM
BUT I, I DO AND I DUNNO HOW MANY I CAN IMAGINE THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT GETS LOST PHONE CALL THAT BUT I KNOW IN IN UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK PARTICULARLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, I'M SURE THE TAX OFFICE JUST HAS HUNDREDS OF CALLS AND I'M NOT SURE OF ONE RECEPTIONIST THAT WE HAVE ONE PERSON HANDLING THAT THAT THEY CAN KEEP UP.
JUST THE SHEER VOLUME OF CALLS RIGHT NOW.
IT GOES TO A HUNT GROUP AND IT GOES TO A FOLKS THAT HAVE EEZ IN BY THE TAX IN ORDER IT GOES THROUGH A SEQUENCE OF BOOKS.
I'VE TRIED THAT AND UH, I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU GUYS, IT KIND OF FRUSTRATING.
YOU LEAVE A MESSAGE AND SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOOD SOMETIMES BUT UH, THIS WHOLE ISSUE IS SOMETHING I THINK YOU TALK ABOUT MAYBE TALK WITH OTHER COUNTIES TOO.
YOU HAVE THEIR, I LIKE THE IDEA OF OUR PEOPLE WHEN THEY CALL AND OUR CITIZENS AND THE NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IF WE CAN COME IN AND LOOK AT OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, WHAT WE HAVE AND BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SAID, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF GOING IN REWORKING THAT IT MIGHT BE MORE USER FRIENDLY THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY WANTS THE COUNTY JUDGE OFFICE, THEY CAN JUST IMMEDIATELY CALL THAT NUMBER AND GET PUT UP TO THE COUNTY JUDGE OFFICE.
UH, AND WE HAVE CALLS KIND OF AS A TELEPHONE ANSWER.
THEY CAN'T GET IN TOUCH AND I'M TALKING THE CALLS, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST WIND UP AND I GUESS SOME WAYS CALL THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE.
WE GET A LOT OF CALLS, I ANSWER SOME OF THEM AND UH, THEY ASK STUFF THAT YOU WOULDN'T EVEN THINK.
I ALWAYS GIVE THEM AN ANSWER FOR SURE ANSWER.
MAYBE LOOK AT THAT FIRST BEFORE WE DO A WHOLE, YOU KNOW.
OH YEAH, I'M SAYING SO THE IT COMMITTEE SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT LET EACH STAKEHOLDER OFFICE OWNERSHIP.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR OFFICE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER IT DON'T THAT'S WHAT I WAS WE GOING EACH DEPART BE SOMETHING THAT MAY BE THE SAME SYSTEM BUT UH, I DUNNO IF IT'S THE EQUIPMENT PART OR THE PROGRAMMING PART, LIKE OVER THERE AT PRECINCT TWO, ONE OF THOSE OFFICES CLOSE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, I THINK LIKE SIX MESSAGES A PIECE.
I GET THE CALLS ON HOW TO COME PAY MY TICKET.
I REALLY HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM CONFUSED BECAUSE THEY DO GET TO TALK TO SOMEBODY LIKE MY SYSTEM COURT.
WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, WELL I THINK EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD, EACH FISHER NEEDS TO BE UH, BROUGHT INTO THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.
I MEAN MY OFFICE, IT WOULD BE A PRETTY SIMPLE FIX BUT THE TAX OFFICE AND COUNTY CLERKS AND ALL THOSE, I MEAN THE DISTRICT CLERK, I MEAN THEY GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE.
SEE THE DAY EVERY, EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS DIRECT LINES THAT GO OVER THEIR OFFICE.
NOW IN THE TAX OFFICE WE HAVE LINES THAT THE FOLKS CALL NOT FOUR THREE, THREE ONE.
THEY CAN CALL AND GO THROUGH A
THE PROBLEM IS A LOT OF FOLKS WHO LIVE IN KIN COUNTY ALL THEIR LIVES THAT 4 3 3 1 IS INGRAINED IN THEIR HEAD AND IT'S HARD TO GET THEM TO CHANGE.
BUT WE HAVE 200 PUBLIC OUTSIDE.
BUT THAT 4 3 3 1 NUMBER, WE CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE ON IT AND PUBLICIZE ON WEBSITE.
BUT IT, IT THINK IT'S SOMETHING JUST LIKE YOU.
I DO GET COMPLAINTS, YOU KNOW,
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WE DON'T TALK TO ANYBODY.WE JUST, SOMETIMES WE GET A PHONE CALL.
THAT'S NOT HOW WE ALL TREAT OUR TAX.
THERE'S NOBODY EVER THERE MENTIONED I THINK FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, I'VE TOO, I THINK IT'S THE OFFICE SOME BECAUSE THEY WANT THAT PHONE.
TAKE EACH PHONE A DEAD ANSWER.
IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE DEPARTMENT HEAD TOO.
AND THEY NEED TO THINK THROUGH THAT ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD MAKE IT WORK IN THEIR OFFICE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A SIMPLE, IT'S AN OUR, MY OFFICE PRETTY THERE, PRETTY SIMPLE ON END.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO AN OFFICE THAT HAS 16 PEOPLE OR 20 PEOPLE OR IN THE CASE OF SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY NEED TO TALK WITH.
SO, BUT IT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP EVEN THOUGH WE DO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING, WORK ON NEXT IT COMMITTEE THAT YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY THIS WOULD THEY, IF WE DON'T DO THE MAINTEN, WE DON'T HAVE IN PLACE.
WELL IF, IF A PHONE SWITCH WERE TO GO OUT THE COST EACH PHONE IS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.
UNLESS YOU WANT MY QUESTION WAS WE, WE OPPOSED TO SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE NUMBERS ARE, SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.
IF WE'RE PAYING 19,000 FOR THIS MAINTENANCE PAYMENT WHEN OUR NEW MAINTENANCE PAYMENT WOULD BE $6,000 FOR NEW PHONES, TAKE THAT 12,000.
IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO GO THROUGH DUE DILIGENCE.
FORKLIFT ALL THE, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS TOO, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, I'M SURE THE VENDOR WANTS A COMMITMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE GET A SET RATE, HOURLY RATE REPAIR AND REPLACE PHONE.
WE DID, WE WENT DOWN THAT ROAD A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
WE TOOK A LOCAL VENDOR HERE IN COFFMAN COUNTY IN FACT.
BUT HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR WITHOUT CONTRACT I SUPPOSE.
OR IS THIS A RENEWING CONTRACT? IS THIS CONTRACT AUTOMATICALLY RENEW? WE'VE NEVER VOTED ON THIS BEFORE.
SO HOW'S HE BEEN ONE TIME YEAR? HOW'S HE BEEN DOING WORK? IS IT FOR A YEAR? IF WE GET OUTTA IT? IF WE HAVE TO FOR I'M SURE.
I'M SURE IF, UH, FOR A YEAR THIS CONTRACT PERFORMANCE CLAUSE SOME BUT YOU NOTIFY I SATISFIED WITH WORK BEEN DOING FOR ME OVER THERE.
I THINK HE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH MY CONCERN.
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? UH, LET'S JUST RENEW THIS.
I'LL MAKE I MOVE, RENEW THIS MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
I'LL SECOND WITH THE POSSIBLE CHANGES, NOT WITH APPROVAL OF ATTORNEY LOOKING.
WE HAVE MOTION THE, THAT OUR ATTORNEY WOULD US OVER AND UH, UH, IF HE'S OKAY WITH IT WOULD BE APPROVED.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE GOOD DISCUSSION TO HAVE FORWARD AND TRYING TO MEET BY OUR, UH, OUR CONSTITUENTS TAX PAYER.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 IS, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT WE, THAT WE RECEIVED A CALL BACK.
REMEMBER WHEN WE, THE GRANT FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THAT HAS NOW EXPIRED AND AS A PART OF THAT, THERE AN EXIT EVALUATION OF OUR PUBLIC DEFENDERS AND STATE LOOKING AT AN EVALUATION THAT WOULD BE CONDUCTED BY TEXAS TECH, UH, UNIVERSITY.
UH, BUT THAT GRANT WOULD NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THEN.
THEY INITIALLY TOLD US THAT, THAT, UH, THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO APPROVE THEY'RE CONTRACT TEXAS.
THIS WOULD COME FROM STATE LEVEL AND NOT OUR LEVEL.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, ASK THAT WE JUST PULL
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THAT OUT FROM THE AGENDA AND NOT, NOT ACT ON THAT AS WELL AS ITEM NUMBER.UH, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANY LINE ITEM TRANSFERS OR PAYMENT.
WE'LL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK SO WE WILL NOT ACT ON THE ITEM.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU NOT ACT ON ITEM 1213.
AND, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE 12? MOTION JACKSON 12, 13, 14, ALL SAY AYE.