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I WANT, SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT I WANNA THANK BARBARA DOTY ONCE AGAIN.
THAT WORKS FOR GEORGE FOR GIVING US SOME NICE COLOR PICTURE.
AND IT IS, UH, THAT, THAT SHEET'S ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL.
THE SUMMARY THAT I HAVE PREPARED FOR YOU IS JUST DOCUMENT, UH, AS YOU CAN, AS YOU, YOU REGULARLY REMEMBER ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO, I TOLD Y'ALL THAT I HAD A, I HAD A GOAL.
I'M, I'M REALLY SORRY WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THERE.
MY GOAL WAS TWO AND A HALF MILLION AND IT GOT TO 2,464,000.
THEY SCARED IT TO DEATH, UH, BUT DIDN'T QUITE GET 2.5 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE, FOR LAST, FOR THE LAST COUNTY YEAR WERE UP 668,000.
PRETTY GOOD IMPROVEMENT OVER THE YEAR BEFORE, UH, 37.3% INCREASE.
ALL THE JPS HAVE CONTINUE TO WORK HARD.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, PRECINCT FORWARD, TRYING TO CATCH MIKE SMITH AS FAST AS HE CAN.
UH, BUT OVERALL, UH, WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING, UH, $368,000 FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR OUR PART OF IT.
UH, PRETTY PLEASED WITH THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME OUT THE FIRST YEAR.
IT NEEDS TO BE A LOT BETTER FOR THIS COMING YEAR, AND I HOPE IT WILL BE.
UH, I ALSO THINK THAT THE JS ARE NOW GEARED UP AND READY TO GO.
I HOPE THIS NUMBER IMPROVES QUITE A BIT FROM 2.2 0.4 MILLION.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT I CAN ANSWER? ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? US IN OUR BUDGETING, UH, FOR LAST YEAR, OF COURSE.
IT'S ALREADY ASSISTING US FOR THIS YEAR, SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD JOB.
I HAVE, UH, NOTHING I BRING RAISE.
EVERYONE, UH, JUDGE WOOD AND I HAD MET LAST WEEK, AND BASED ON SOME PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, PRETTY MUCH WITH EACH ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT AND JUDGE WOOD, WE HAD COME UP WITH SOME, SOME GOALS THIS YEAR FOR COLLECTION, BOTH FEES AND FINES AND, UH, THE TAX COLLECTION.
EVERYBODY HAVE A COPY OF THAT LETTER.
THE, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WANTED TO DO WAS, UH, JUDGE WOOD HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, WANTING TO, TO HAVE THE MEETING REPORT ON LINCOLN TAX COLLECTIONS.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE AGREED THAT I'LL REPORT TWICE A YEAR, OBVIOUSLY MORE SO IF NEEDED.
BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO USE THE FISCAL YEAR AND I, I, WE'RE GONNA DIVIDE IT UP INTO TWO, AFTER SIX MONTHS, I'LL COME IN AND MAKE A REPORT ON WHAT OUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO I SHOULD BE HERE, UH, IN APRIL TO, TO MAKE THAT REPORT.
THEN AGAIN, IN OCTOBER, YOU SET GOALS TO FILING 400 LAWSUITS AND DOING 150 TAX WARRANTS.
THAT'S, UH, SOMEWHAT HIGHER THAN WHAT WE DID DO IN THE PAST, BUT NOT, UH, DURING MANY YEARS WHEN WE'VE HAD THAT MUCH ACTIVITY AS WELL.
WE'RE GONNA HOLD, UH, THERE ARE, THERE'S BEEN OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, UH, HUGE BACKLOG'S FILLING UP REGARDING LOTS AND PROPERTIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE OWNED BY THE JURISDICTIONS.
I'M GOING TO HAVE A, UH, TAX RESALE TO HOPEFULLY LIQUIDATE THOSE PROPERTIES.
WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WE'RE EITHER GONNA HAVE IT ON A SATURDAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT AFTER WORK HOURS.
WE'RE GONNA DO, WE, WE MAY DO SOMETHING JUDGE, LIKE WE DID TAR YEARS AGO WITH THE BUS TOUR.
WE MAY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UH, WE MAY EVEN HAVE SOME SEALED BIDS.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE, PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND FIGURE THAT OUT.
UH, I NEED TO BRING THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS ALONG SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CITIES SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, THE JUDGE WANTS ME TO CONCENTRATE, AND HE BROUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT THE TOP 20 DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS, WHICH HAVE NOT ALREADY INVOLVED IN LITIGATION, UH, BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE STAY INVOLVED WITH THE, UH, THE BIGGEST ACCOUNTS THAT ARE LEGAL.
UH, WE, WE DO THAT AS A, UH, UH, IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE JUST WANNA FOCUS ON THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT, UH, LOSING SIGHT OF THOSE OR GETTING SIDETRACKED WITH OTHER ISSUES.
UM, WE WANT TO PUBLISH, UH, THE, THE TOP 100 DELINQUENCY SOMETIME, UH, THIS SUMMER, UH, OR EARLY THE FALL IF, UH, UH, WE CAN DO THAT AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE CAN TRY TO TARGET 200, 250 ACCOUNTS, SEND PEOPLE LETTERS, TELL 'EM WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, GIVE 'EM A CHANCE
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TO GET PAID UP, BE SQUARED UP BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DO THE PUBLICATION.UH, WE MAY CHANGE SOME OF THAT AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
THAT'S HOW WE WORKED IN THE PAST.
I THINK IT'S, EVERYBODY'S BEEN COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
ALL THE JURISDICTIONS WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
WE'LL TRY TO DO THAT AGAIN HERE IN THE FALL.
AND THE COUNTY BUDGET CONTAINS AT ONE POINT, ALMOST $1.3 MILLION TAX COLLECTION BILL, LESS TAXES, COUNTY GAIN INTEREST, UH, FOR THE COMING YEAR.
AND, UH, WE'VE ADOPTED THAT GOAL.
UH, AS FAR AS FEES AND FINES, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MAKE THE MONTHLY REPORTS.
UH, I'M GONNA COME TO COURT, UH, EVERY THIRD MONTH.
WE, WE'LL GIVE YOU A WRITTEN REPORT EACH MONTH, COVER THE COURT EVERY THIRD MONTH.
BUT AGAIN, ALL THESE THINGS ARE, UH, CAN BE NECESSARY TO TALK ABOUT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE, TWO QUESTIONS DIFFERENT? THE GOAL OF THE 1.29 MILLION? YES, SIR.
THAT SEEMED TO BE PRETTY, IS IT REALISTIC WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR? DID WE GET LIKE 97% OF WHAT OUR BUDGET WAS LAST YEAR ON LEGAL TAXES? OR HOW DID WE, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW WE FARED LAST YEAR ON, AND I, I WASN'T INVOLVED IN FIGURING THAT FEE, UH, CHRIS CLARK.
BUT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GONNA DO IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IS TRY TO, TO GET US SOME, SOME NUMBERS, TRY TO GET US SOME REASONABLE NUMBERS TO LOOK AT SO WE KIND OF GET A HISTORY OF WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING AND WHAT HAS OCCURRED.
UH, I'VE NOT PUT THAT TOGETHER.
WE DID THESE GOALS LAST WEEK AND JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME.
THOSE NUMBERS, WE ACTUALLY COLLECTED LAST YEAR, A MILLION TO NINE, AND YEAR FOUR, IT WAS LIKE 1,000,001, 3 0 3.
AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, IT WAS LIKE 1,000,002.
SO YEAR AGO WE WERE AT, YOU KNOW, VERY NEAR THAT NUMBER.
UH, JEFF WOULD LIKE ME TO SAY THAT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DECLINED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
BUT NOW YOU LOOK AT THIS, THERE'S SOME PRETTY SERIOUS CHANGES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
I, JEFF, JEFF AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, NUMBER FIVE, THIS WOULD BE A LEGAL AD THAT THE NEWSPAPER, ALL THE COUNTY NEWSPAPERS SHOWING WHO THE TOP IN THE COUNTY, AND THIS WOULD BE DONE AFTER THEY RECEIVED NUMEROUS LETTERS FROM THE LAW FIRM.
I, HOW MANY YOU SEND, I ASSUME YOU CALL WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SEVERAL, JUST, JUST A RANDOM LETTER.
IT'S GONNA BE A TARGET MAIL PLUS PHONE CALLS FOR SITE VISITS.
SO IT WOULD KIND OF BE A LAST RESORT.
WE DID THAT A FEW YEARS, AND THE OTHER ENTITY WILL BE INVOLVED, THE CITY'S SCHOOL DISTRICT, COLLEGE DISTRICT.
SO, BUT IT IS, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
BUT IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT COLLECTING TAXES, THAT TENDS TO GET PEOPLE ATTENTION.
UH, AND I WOULD ASSUME PERHAPS THAT IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN YOUR AREA, YOU COULD FIND THAT OUT.
I MEAN, WE, UH, WE'VE GOT MANY 4 MILLION OF TAXES OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO COLLECT.
THIS IS INEVITABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT THE IDEA IS WE NEED TO MEET OUR BUDGET 97 OF THE OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANT, PRETTY MUCH.
SO, AND IF WE DO THE, UH, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS ON RESALE, THAT ITEM NUMBER THREE, WE AN AUCTION.
WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD AN AUCTION IN GYMNASIUM, HAD AN AUCTION, YOU SERVED AS THE OFFICER.
AND SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE STACKED UP OVER HERE IN THE TAX OFFICE THAT WE'RE NOT SELLING, YOU KNOW, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO GO THROUGH.
IT HELPS CLEAR THOSE OFF, AND I'LL GET MUCH MONEY FOR THEM, BUT AT LEAST TO GET THEM BACK TO THE TRUCK.
AND WE DON'T HAVE VACANT LOTS OR VACANT PROPERTIES AROUND THE COUNTY THAT'S NOT BEEN MOWED, NOT BEEN CLEANED OF WHERE WE GET INVOLVED.
WHAT ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS JUDGE TOO, THAT, THAT WE SAID WILL DO IS, IS, UH, WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IN THE PAST IS WE'VE NOT SOLD PROPERTIES UNLESS WE READY COLLECT COURT COSTS.
SO THE CLERK AND SHERIFF STATE WILL GET PAID.
THAT WOULD, THAT HELPS GENERATE REVENUE.
WE DON'T WANT LOSE MONEY ON, I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS JUST, WAS THAT 1.29, HOW LEGITIMATE NUMBER WAS THAT? BUT I THINK YOU ASKED THAT.
I HOPE IT'S LEGITIMATE BUDGET.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS ONE OF THE REASONS THIS IS A POSSIBILITY DECLINE IS 'CAUSE AS CURRENT COLLECTIONS GO UP, THE AMOUNTS THROWN INTO THE POT TO COLLECT SHRINK.
THE TAX, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF TAX OUT THERE.
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WHEN JEFF AND I MET LAST WEEK, WE JUST TRIED TO COME UP WITH SOME, ALL OF THESE THINGS TOWARDS THAT.AND THERE'S NOT ANY SILVER BULLET ON ANY OF IT.
BUT HOPEFULLY ALL THINGS TOGETHER GET US TO THAT TWO.
JUDGE, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME INTERRUPTING, I WANNA SAY ONE THING.
I THINK I REPORTED TO THE COURT THAT, THAT LAST FALL, WELL ACTUALLY STARTED ABOUT THE END OF OCTOBER.
AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, WE DID SOMETHING WE'VE NOT DONE HERE BEFORE.
WE IDENTIFIED, UH, UH, HOMESTEAD OWNERS WHO WERE DELIVER, WHO WENT AND KNOCKED ON THEIR DOOR.
OTHERWISE, WE JUST LEFT A STATEMENT ON THE DOOR.
AND WE DID THAT IN, IN ALL THE COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTY, WE COLLECT ABOUT $150,000 IN A MONTH.
IT'S NOT JUST $150,000 FROM, FROM HOMEOWNERS WHO WERE DELINQUENT FOR, FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS.
AND, UH, WE DID NOT HAVE THEM ENSUED.
UH, WE, WE GOT, WE GOT THE TAXES, WE GOT THE BILLS TO THEM, AND WE GOT, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND TO ALL ALLAY, ANYBODY'S FEARS ABOUT, AND I KNOW THIS MR. MURPHY'S HERE, HE MAY WISH TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS CONVERSATION, BUT IF WE HAVE A TAXPAYER THAT JUST SAYS, LOOK, I JUST, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, OR I CAN ONLY PAY X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
WE DO ALLOW THEM TO DO PARTIAL PAYMENTS, WHICH WOULD, IF THEY, THEY CONTINUE ON WITH THOSE, AND I THINK WE'VE HAVE A PROBLEM EVERY WHERE THEY PAY ONE TIME AND THEN WE SEE EM AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN CONTINUES ON.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PROCEDURE IN PLACE OF ADDRESS.
SO WE, WE WILL, WE HAVE ALWAYS ALLOWED PERSONS TO CONTACT INCIDENT.
BUT THE PERSONS WHO ARE MAKING THEIR PAYMENTS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE THINK IT OUGHT TO BE, AS LONG AS THEY'RE MAKING THEIR PAYMENTS TO STAY, STAY IN CONTACT WITH US, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THEM.
IT'S THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAKE A PAYMENT OR TWO THEN DROP OFF THE OR AND WE DON'T SEE 'EM.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T WORK WITH.
UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES WE SHOULD WORK WITH SOMEBODY OR NOT.
I, I KIND OF, I HAVE AN OPINION THAT IF WE GIVE SOMEBODY A CHANCE, IT'S A PRETTY SERIOUS CHANCE.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSING YOUR HOMESTEAD AND, AND THEN ALL SUDDEN YOU DON'T TAKE IT SERIOUS.
I'M NOT MUCH MORE, I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE THAT SERIOUS.
IF Y'ALL, WE ALWAYS DO DICK'S OFFICE AND MY STAFF, WE, WE ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO TALK TO FOLKS AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR STATUS IS, WHAT THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN YOU WILLING TO DO WHAT THEY ASK US, BUT WE, WE CERTAINLY WILLING TO TALK TO EM.
WILL, I'M NOT AWARE OF THIS TURNING ANYBODY AWAY FROM HAVING A DISCUSSION, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE COULD DO WITH SO YOU MEAN THAT YOU WOULD SET UP SOME TYPE OF TABLE PLAN? WE DO.
WE, WE DO THAT ROUTINELY, MR. JACKSON.
WE JUST, WE DO THAT WITH, EVERYBODY COMES IN, TRIES TO TALK TO US, UH, AND WE, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO WENT AND TALKED TO MR. MURPHY OR TRIED TO CALL ME SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT TIMES AND, AND, UH, AFTER A TIME OR TWO WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING, WHEN THEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, THEY DON'T DO IT.
WE, WE DON'T LISTEN TO VERY MUCH.
BUT I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JUDGE
SHE ASKED OUT THERE TODAY, I TOLD HER TO GIVE YOU A CALL.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO HER? SHE, SHE'S NOT CONTACTED ME.
UH, I I THINK THAT, UH, MR. GOR AND I HAVE WORK THAT OUT.
UH, BARBARA IS THERE RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK WITH MEETING WITH MCCREARY AND WE'RE PROVIDING ALL THE DATA RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE MEETING HERE.
IS THAT, SO WITH ALL, WHATEVER THE, THE QUESTION WAS TO MAKE IT MORE SEAMLESS, I THINK THE QUESTION WAS THE 90 DAY WINDOW, YOU EXPECT REVENUES FOR 90 DAYS, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO OUR UNDERSTANDING TODAY, I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE EXACTLY WOULD, BUT WHETHER, HOW DO THEY KNOW IT WENT TO THIS ACCOUNT OR THAT ACCOUNT? AND I, TO ME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT I KNOW SHE HAD A MAJOR CONCERN WITH THAT SHE WANTED TO TALK TO, AND, AND I, I THINK, UH, GEORGIA'S STAFF HAS FIGURED, HAS SORTED THAT OUT.
IS THAT CORRECT? YOUR HONOR, UNDER OUR UNDERSTANDING IS WHERE, WHILE IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE WITH ODYSSEY, WITH TWO ENTITIES, WERE PREPARED TO HAVE MIND BOGGER RECEIVE REVENUE FOR 90 DAYS AND THEN GO FORWARD, UH, WITH MCCREARY THEREAFTER.
HOWEVER, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY WILL HAVE ALL THE DATA AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WORK ALL THE DATA FOR ONE AND TWO AS OF TODAY, LONG AS SHE KNOW THERE WAS A ISSUE.
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THAT.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS Y WANT TO GIVE US AS PART OF OUR NEW CONTRACT OR I, WHETHER IT CONTRACT AS FAR AS DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD WITH, WITH YOU AND YOUR FIRM, UPDATE ON MOVING THE OFFICE.
YOU TOLD ME, BUT THE COURT MIGHT BE INTERESTED HEARING THE OFFICE WILL BE ON.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE LOOKED AT, WE INVESTIGATED FIVE DIFFERENT SPOTS ON THE SQUARE.
I I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE FIVE SPOTS ON THE SQUARE, BUT THERE ARE, UH, BLADE BACK HERE IS, IS HELPING ME TRY TO FIGURE TO SORT THIS OUT.
IT, WE HAVE, UH, WE ELIMINATED A COUPLE OF SPOTS BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK THEY'RE SUITABLE.
UH, WE ACTUALLY THINK WE MIGHT LIKE REPUBLICAN PARTY HEADQUARTERS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE TIED UP ALL YEAR.
AND, UH, SO, SO THAT, THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO US.
IT'S BASICALLY COME DOWN TO, UH, TWO SPOTS.
I'M EITHER GOING TO MAKE A DEAL WITH WADE AND HIS IN HIS, IN HIS BUILDING THERE, OR, OR POSSIBLY NEXT DOOR.
I HOPE TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE AND IT WOULD BE MOVED ON SQUARE, HOPEFULLY SOMETIME DURING MARCH.
UM, I GOTTA GIVE A NOTICE TO OUR LANDLORD.
I THINK WE HAVE A PLACE TO GO FIRST.
HOPEFULLY MAYBE EVEN THIS WEEK MIGHT, THAT'LL BE A BIG FOR OUR TAX OFFICE.
AND OBVIOUSLY I APPRECIATE JEFF, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD MEETING OTHER DAY ON THAT.
AND UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OFF FROM A GOOD START AND INCREASING OUR COLLECTIONS AND, AND AGAIN, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US FOR THE HEALTH.
THE NEXT ITEM IS FOR MARILYN MAY TO PRESENT THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE COUNTY RECYCLING RECYCLING STATISTICAL REPORT.
UM, ON THIS REPORT, I DON'T HAVE EGO STATION, BUT UM, MR. MANNING JUST SAID 8,000 POUNDS LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, IT WAS JUST, UH, THE LAST TWO PICKUPS IN, WE HAD ONE IN OCTOBER AND ONE IN, UH, JANUARY.
EIGHT POUNDS OF POUNDS OF, AND SO THAT REALLY, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S NOT REALLY ACCURATE.
BUT WHAT I DID WAS I PULLED ALL THE THINGS TOGETHER THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE KIND OF MANAGING.
I GOT THE NUMBERS FROM, UM, THE KAUFMAN STATION FROM IASI, AND WE HAVE RECYCLED, UH, APPROXIMATELY 467,085 POUNDS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO GATHER EVERYTHING, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT, UH, WE HAVE MANAGED TO DO OURSELVES.
HOW MUCH CAN, WAS THAT 467,085 PRETTY? IT'S A LOT.
AND, UM, MOST OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT TRAILERS NOW THAT ARE BEING PULLED AND GOING DIFFERENT PLACES, AND THEN WE HAVE STATIONARY THINGS THAT OUR GUYS ARE PULLING MATERIALS OUT OF AND WE HAVE BAILERS THAT WE'RE, SO IT'S QUITE A, YEAH, IT'S QUITE AN EFFORT.
AND THEN ON THIS, I JUST PUT, TRIED TO PUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES SO THAT, UM, THAT WE PICK UP AT, BECAUSE THESE ARE HAND PICKUPS WHERE WE PHYSICALLY TAKE THE MATERIAL.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE DIFFERENT COUNTY OFFICES.
WHEN WAS THE, THE PRECINCT ONE BARN IN HERE? IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING PICKED UP.
HAVE YOU EVER REQUESTED WE, WE PICKED UP, WE HAVE THE NUMBERS FROM THE ISI OVER AT THE CONVENIENT STATION.
WELL, HAD BOB ALWAYS HAD, UH, RECYCLE STUFF OUT THERE.
BOB, I DUNNO, DOES BOB TAKE IT OVER TO THE CONVENIENCE STATION? THAT'D BE IN THE NUMBER.
NO, THAT'S, I MEAN, BOB'S AT THE CONVENIENCE STATION.
HE'S THE ONE THAT RUNS THAT OVER THERE.
THEY ALWAYS, EVERYBODY TAKES THEIR, I'M NOT, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY THERE'S NO CONTAINERS THERE.
I DON'T, WE ALWAYS HAVE CONTAINERS THERE.
WELL, MAYBE BOB, BECAUSE HE GOES OVER THERE EVERY DAY.
HE PROBABLY TAKES YOUR STUFF AND PUTS IT OVER INTO THE, THE RECYCLING AT THE CONVENIENCE STATION.
I GUESS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT.
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CONVENIENCE STATION.WHERE IS THAT? OH, I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN, BUT I PUT IT IN HERE.
WELL THAT, I'M SORRY YOU HAVE IT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
I DO HAVE IT IN HERE BECAUSE I GOT THOSE NUMBERS AT THE VERY LAST ON FRIDAY.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE MEANING YOUR PRECINCT BARN AND SOME OF THE BARNS WE PICK UP AT AND SOME OF, OKAY.
YEAH, IT'S HARD TO, TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
ANYWAY, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS.
AND THIS IS, I JUST DID THE EQUIVALENCE OF HOW MANY TREES, ELECTRICITY, WATER, AND LANDFILL SPACE THAT WAS SAVED.
SO THE ELECTRONIC EVENTS CONTINUE TO BE PRETTY POPULAR.
WE'RE, YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO, WE, UM, WE ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DO THEM DIFFERENT PLACES TOO, BECAUSE THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING PAYS US 3 CENTS A POUND.
SO THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF REVENUE.
AND I GET VOLUNTEERS TO GO OUT AND DO THOSE.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE IN GRAND SALINE FOR THEIR FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA GROUP.
THEIR KIDS ARE GONNA DO SOMETHING.
AND WE WILL DO THAT FOR ANYBODY THAT KIND OF ASKS US, AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF MILES.
BUT WE USUALLY HAVE ONE PERSON THAT GOES AND THEN THAT COMPANY WILL, WILL BRING A STAFF TO MANAGE THE HAULING STUFF.
SO YEAH, WE WILL BE HAVING, UM, GOOD STRATEGICALLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
WELL, HOW ABOUT THERE'S A MUCH TRASH AND STUFF FROM PAPER.
PAPER FROM, UH, THE COURTHOUSE OVER THERE THAT THEY'RE CALLING ME TO COME PICK UP AND HAUL OFF SOMEWHERE.
NOW CAN WE DO IT COURTHOUSE? WE PICK UP A COURTHOUSE? NO, THIS IS STUFF THAT JUST, JUST ACCUMULATE IN THE DA'S OFFICE OR WHATEVER ELSE.
IF I, IF I GIVE YOU THEIR NUMBER, WILL YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT? YEAH, FOR THEM.
WE DO ANYTHING EVERY, THE, OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM HAS BEEN THAT WE DON'T, WE JUST FINALLY GOT A BUNCH OF EMAIL ADDRESSES NOW.
SO FINALLY EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE GETTING A NEWSLETTER, WHICH WE'VE BEEN SENDING OUT, BUT I COULDN'T SEND IT TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE EVERYBODY'S NEW, YOU KNOW, EMAIL ADDRESSES.
SO YEAH, THE, EVERYBODY THAT ASKS US OR THAT WE CONTACT OR TRY TO, BECAUSE WE, WE WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND SO WE PICK UP AT THE LIBRARY AND WE GO TO THE APPRAISAL OFFICE.
ALL OF THOSE PLACES WE TRY TO PICK UP.
WE HAVE THE MANPOWER TO COMPENSATE.
WELL, WHERE QUITE A WOOD INVOLVED IS IT, IS THIS OKAY, IS THIS CLEANING OUT FILES? IS THAT WHAT THIS IS PURGING? UM, THEN AS LONG AS IF THEY GET ALL OF IT TOGETHER, THEN WE CAN, WE GOT A TRUCK.
WE GOT, WE COULD PURGE THINGS.
THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT, THAT HAVE WE GOTTEN RID OF, SAY OUTTA THE DA'S OFFICE, WILL THEY BE SECURE? AND WE CAN EITHER TAKE THEM STRAIGHT TO THE RECYCLING FACILITY AND THEY'LL BE PUT UP THE RAMP AND SHREDDED RIGHT OUTSIDE.
THEY'LL BE DO A LOT OF DONE PROMPTLY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT, OF COURSE, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT, UH, THE ECO STATION'S NOT LISTED ON THESE DEALS HERE.
AND I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU THESE FIGURE NEXT TIME YOU WANNA MAKE ONE OF THESE REPORTS.
BECAUSE WE UH, WE'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT, UH, RECYCLING AND COLLECTIONS DOWN AT, WE'RE OPEN ONE SATURDAY OR ONE SATURDAY THE SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH FROM EIGHT TILL TWO.
SO WE'RE TRAINING, WE'RE NOT GETTING MUCH PARTICIPATION ON THAT SATURDAY DEAL, BUT WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE STILL HOLDING IT OVER.
WE SATURDAY, WE MAYBE SHOULD HAVE, UM, A SATURDAY, UM, ELECTRONICS EVENT THERE.
NOW WE CAN DO LOTS OF THINGS YEAH.
BUT DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME ONCE YOU COMPILE THESE FIGURES.
WHAT I NEED TO DO IS, YEAH, I'LL GET, I'LL GET THAT AND I'LL JUST SEND IT OUT BY EMAIL TO EVERYBODY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR WE DON'T HAVE IT ON CONNECTION.
SOMEBODY WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT.
SO, AND I'LL UPDATE IT AND SET IT BACK OUT TO MOTION.
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QUESTIONS? SAY, AYE.ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO HEAR FROM MARYLAND AND DISCUSS AND ACT ON REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OP TO APPLY.
UM, YOU, WE'VE DONE THIS OVER THE YEARS.
WE, WE WRITE THE GRANTS AND THEN, UM, PUT THEM IN THAT I HAVE TO HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE COURT THAT IF THE GRANTS ARE APPROVED, THAT WHEN THE MONEY IS GIVEN TO YOU, YOU WILL MANAGE THE GRANT PROPERLY AND DO PAPERWORK THE RIGHT WAY.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I, I NEED BEFORE I EVEN START.
'CAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO DO THAT, THEN I NEED TO KNOW THAT, BUT, AND THIS IS NO CHANGE IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
NO, THERE'S NO MONEY PUT OUT OR ANY, THESE ARE WONDERFUL GRANTS IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET THEM, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
GRANT FUNDS HAVE BEEN CUT IN HALF.
THE STATE HAS TAKEN HALF OF THE FUNDS, UM, AWAY FROM THAT PARTICULAR GRANT FUND.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, SO THERE'S 16 COUNTIES AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN THOSE COUNTIES THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR THAT MONEY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHO WRITES THE BEST GRANT? WHO SOMEBODY YOU KNOW, WHO THINKS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE.
THEY HAVE EXTREMELY, THE, THE ONE THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY, UM, HELPFUL THAT I WANT TO, UM, TO DEFINITELY TRY FOR IS THE, THE ILLEGAL DUMPING TIRE CLEANUP TYPE GRANT.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE CHARGE FOR THOSE TIRES, IF I CAN ACTUALLY ASK FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR THAT.
BUT WHERE WE DON'T OR WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE CLEANUPS WHERE PEOPLE COULD BRING THEM FOR FREE, I THINK THE STATE WOULD PAY FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M KIND OF HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN PUT SOMETHING GOOD TOGETHER.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THE ABATE OFFICERS OVER, UM, AT THE, THE, UM, SHERIFF TRYING TO THINK YEAH.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH US AGAIN.
UM, WE WOULD PUT ILLEGAL, UH, DUMPING EDUCATION INTO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A COMPO COMPONENT TO EACH OF THOSE GRANTS AS AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.
AND THEN, UH, WE WOULD MANAGE IT AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF DOING ALL THE PAPERWORK SO THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ANY PAPERWORK EXCEPT SIGN.
AND SO I THINK HOW, I DUNNO, WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD TO TRY TO DO THAT.
AND THEN WE PUT SOME SUPPLIES THAT WE MIGHT NEED IN THERE AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER GRANT THAT YOU CAN THINK OF, UM, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, WE COULD, WE COULD WRITE THAT ALSO.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW OF ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT THAT I FELT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MARILYN, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS, THIS TIRE RECYCLING GRANT THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU WRITE GRANT FOR? YEAH, THAT IS WHAT I'M WRITING.
IT, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A TIRE RECYCLING WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION AND THEN, UM, WE PROBABLY ADD MORE THINGS.
I JUST KIND OF DID A GENERAL OUTLINE.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT.
TIRES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR RECYCLED THE CLEAN UP.
WELL THAT'S WHAT I WAS FOR OUR HAUL OFF THE DOLLAR
UM, IF I GET THE MONEY BY THEN, YES, IF NOT THEN IT MIGHT BE THE NEXT YEAR.
BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHEN THEY'RE GONNA DIVVY OUT THE MONEY.
I KNOW THAT THE GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN IN FEBRUARY FOR US TO START WRITING AND THEY'RE SUBMITTED MAYBE END OF MARCH, BEGINNING OF APRIL.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE MONEY WOULD BE THERE, IF THEY WOULD APPROVE IT IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO IT MIGHT BE THE NEXT YEAR NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
CAN'T THIS PROBABLY WHAT, TWO $12 A YEAR FROM THE TIRE HAUL? PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD THINK, UH, WE'RE SO BUSY DURING THE CLEANUP WITH THE GARBAGE AND LUMBER AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
WOULD IT NOT BE BETTER TO HAVE EVEN KNOW IF THE FUNDS DID COME IN? WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO JUST HAVE A SEPARATE DATE JUST FOR THE, THE TIRES THAT WAY WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE BRAGGING UP CREWS TO, UH, BUT WE, WE COLLECT TIRES ON THE SAME DAY, BUT WE COLLECT TIRES ALL YEAR LONG.
SO MAYBE WE JUST CALL, SHE SAID YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN VENT OR COUNTY WHITE CLINIC COULD BE AN EVENT EVEN THOUGH THE EVENT GOES 365 DAYS A YEAR.
WHAT WE DID ON THE LAST, WE HAD, UM, MONEY LEFT OVER IN THAT LAST ILLEGAL DUMPING GRANT AND SO WE WENT AROUND AND SAID WE COULD PAY FOR A TRUCK FROM YOUR SPOT, A TRUCK FROM ANOTHER
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SPOT.AND SO WE DID THAT LAST TIME JUST BECAUSE WE HAD FUNDS.
BUT THIS WOULD BE DEDICATED, WE WOULD REALLY NEED TO, THE, THE FUNDING CAN GO UP TO $125,000 FOR A GRANT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT BEST.
AND I'LL PROBABLY NEED MAYBE HAVE A WORKSHOP WHERE WE ALL SIT DOWN AND GO, OKAY, WHAT DO WE NEED? BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SENDING OUT.
I DON'T PARTICULARLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SENDING OUT ALL THE TIME.
I DID THAT ONE YEAR THAT I WAS MANAGING, I KNEW THAT PRECINCT FOUR HAD ABOUT 13 TRUCKS THAT YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE THE, THE JAIL HAD PEOPLE GOING AROUND PICKING UP AND THEY WERE DROPPING THEM AT THAT SITE.
THEY COULD ALSO BRING IN FREE TRUE.
BUT I, WE WERE PAYING FOR IT, THAT GRANT TOO, SO IT WAS, UM, A LOT, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT.
SO WE JUST NEED TO SIT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
I'D JUST PUT THAT COMPONENT IN THERE BECAUSE THAT COULD REDUCE OUR ALRIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST CO-OP TO SEE GRANTS THROUGH TO THE COUNCIL GOVERNORS.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, PERMIT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OP TO APPLY FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS INCLUDING, UH, EVERYTHING LISTED ON THIS SHEET.
TIRES, EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT OF GRANT, COUNTY AND SUPPLIES NEED.
MR. MAKES THAT MOTION IF WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, MR. JACKSON, UH, SECOND MOTION.
SAY NEXT ITEM NUMBER SIX TO, FOR MARYLAND TO HEAR ABOUT THE VEHICLE INSURANCE FOLLOW UP.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I HAVEN'T, UH, DONE ANY CHECKS ON THAT.
I I THINK THAT I HAD ASKED JACK AT ONE POINT, I JUST, OUR OUR INSURANCE IS, IS GONNA COME BACK UP AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR INSURANCE FOR THE COUNTY'S TRUCKS AND SO THAT WE COULD DRIVE 'EM.
BUT I FOUND OUT THAT, UM, THAT APPARENTLY WE HAVE VEHICLES THAT, UM, PRIVATE CITIZENS DRIVE FOR, UM, PATROL PATROLLING OR, AND SO I WAS THINKING IF YOU WERE PAYING FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE OUR TRUCKS? WELL NOT OUR TRUCKS.
YEAH, I ACTUALLY CALLED AND CHECKED ON THAT TEXAS COUNTIES THAT HAS AN INSURANCE THAT IS A SPECIAL PROGRAM THEY HAVE FOR DEPUTY CONSEQUENCE OR RESERVE CONSEQUENCES THAT MIGHT USE THEIR VEHICLES, BUT IT, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT FOR ANY OTHER, SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO DECIDE BECAUSE IT COSTS US $5,000 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A LARGE, LARGE CHUNK OF THE MONEY THAT WE GET AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY WAY WE COULD GET HELP WITH THAT.
WELL, WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, AND ACTUALLY THE INSURANCE IS HANDLED THROUGH THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, BUT JACK WAS INVOLVED IN BID.
JACK, Y'ALL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS HERE HOW, OR I, I GUESS MY OFFICER WOULD BE JUST REASSURING VEHICLE US WE'RE NOT DRIVING VEHICLE.
LIKE, LIKE YOU DID GOT THE SAME ANSWER.
THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM, RESERVE OFFICES, BUT THAT WAS IT.
PEOPLE DRIVING OTHER EMPLOYEES KNOW THAT WAS A PROBLEM.
WELL SEE IF THEY'VE GOT ANY KIND OF OTHER PROGRAM.
YOU GET THE ENGINEER THROUGH A REGULAR AGENT.
YEAH, SO I MEAN WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE THAT WE COULD PAY, I'M SURE.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I JUST, IT'S JUST WOULD BE A LOT OF RELIEF FOR US IN OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE GET 50,000 FROM YOU AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT WITH THAT LITTLE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THAT 5,000 IS REALLY, TAKES A HUGE CHUNK.
WE DID GET, UM, THE JAIL TWO, THE, UH, MECHANIC DEPARTMENT IS DOING OUR OIL CHANGES, SO WE STOPPED HAVING TO PAY FOR THAT.
WHAT MANY VEHICLES DO YOU HAVE TO INSURANCE? WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING FOR THE BOX TRUCK, WHICH IS A 24 FOOT.
UM, IT'S A SIX F TO SIX 50 DIESEL.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE F-150, WHICH IS JUST A REGULAR PICKUP TRUCK.
TWO PICKUP, TWO TRUCKS, TWO TRUCKS, AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER TRAILERS.
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IT'S, WERE YOU, UM, YEAH.NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON YOUR JOHN AND DAVID.
KIRK IS MEMBERS TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN, DETECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2012, PLEASE.
CONCERN 31ST THOUSAND 13, I BELIEVE.
UH, THESE ARE, UH, THAT'S IN YOUR AREA.
AND STEVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS ON THAT? THESE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO SERVE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR COMMENTS ON THOSE, BUT, UH, AT THIS POINT, ONCE THESE ARE APPROVED, WE'LL STILL HAVE THREE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT SUBMITTED NAMES OR ANYTHING.
SO THOSE BOARDS WILL HAVE VACANCIES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, WHICH I'LL BE SENDING A LETTER OUT TO THEM TO NOTIFY THEM.
YOU'LL MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM? YES, SIR.
AND THE AUDIT THING AS WELL, I MEAN, YOU'RE AN AUDIT.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SUBMIT TO US.
I, I GOT EVERYTHING ON A LETTER SENT ONE OUT ABOUT TO SEND A SECOND AMOUNT TO 'EM INDIVIDUALLY SO THAT THEY'LL BE AWARE OF IT.
THESE FOLKS HAVE AGREED SERVE.
SEE, THAT'S, THAT'S A JANUARY REQUIREMENT OF US.
I SAY GET 'EM ALL DONE JANUARY AND IF THEY, IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA SUBMIT NAMES TO 'EM, WE SUBMIT OUR OWN NAMES.
WELL THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL OPTIONS OPEN TO US.
UH, IF THEY DON'T SUBMIT NAMES, THEN COMMISSIONER'S COURT CAN APPOINT WHOEVER THEY SO DESIRE.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT AT, IN THE PAST, AT LEAST ONE OF THE BOARDS THOUGHT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT THAT THEY APPOINTED THEIR OWN MEMBERS AND, UH, TRYING TO CHANGE SOME ATTITUDES AND OTHER STUFF WITH THE EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICTS AND, UH, MEETING A LITTLE RESISTANCE, SO TO SPEAK.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE ALL THAT FIXED SHORTLY.
I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE OR QUESTION SINCE THIS IN MY ANY PART OF MY PRECINCT.
WE APPROVE THESE MEMBERS, EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN AND WE SHOULDA HAVE CONTACTED YOU PRIOR TO THIS.
I, I GUESS I KIND OF DROPPED THE BALL ON THAT.
WELL, I SHOULD CONTACT ME IF THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
SO I ASSUME THAT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE FINE WITH THIS.
STEVE, IN THE PAST I'VE HAD SOME TELEPHONE CALLS ON, WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER.
SECOND, CLARK SECOND DISCUSSION.
NEXT ITEM IS TO EIGHT TO DISCUSS AN ACTION PROVING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
THE CITY OF KEMP FOR REPAIRS TO THE PORTION OF COUNTY ROAD 40 23.
THIS IS MY PRECINCT JUDGE AND UH, WHAT IT IS, 40 23 IS, IS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
UM, 15 ALREADY GET IN, OUT, DOWN THERE AND I HAVE, I HAVE ONE MILE OF THE ROAD IS TOTALED, 2.3 MILES A MILE.
I HAVE ONE MILE IN THE MIDDLE.
THE CITY OF KEMP HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPER, UH, TO FINANCE THEIR PART OF IT.
AND, UH, THEY WILL BE, UH, WE'LL BE DOING THIS BY THE HOUR OF THE CITY CAMP WHILE I'M DOWN THERE.
IT'LL SAVE ME MONEY IF I CAN DO MY PART, THEIR PART BE THROUGH IT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT BY THE HOUR.
AND UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, I, WE'RE GONNA DO THE, THE PORT CEMENT TREATMENT ON IT AS SOON AS THE WEATHER CLEARS AND UH, STARTS WARMING UP.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.
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APPROVE THIS INTER WE HAVE A MOTION.COMMISSIONER MANNING, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? I OBJECT YOUR HONOR.
LOCAL AGREEMENTS IN GENERAL, I'D LIKE TO SEE US BLANKET JANUARY OF EVERY YEAR.
WE DO RIGHT NOW EXTEND LONGER 12 MONTHS.
BE RENEW EVERY 12 MONTHS ORDER.
WHY DON'T WE GET ONE BLANKET THING FOR EVERYBODY.
CONTACT YOUR OFFICE AND SAY, LET'S PUT IN, COME BACK HERE.
WE DO ONE TIME, WE'LL BE DONE.
WE NEED MAKE SURE WE GET EVERYBODY IN THERE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.
YOU KNOW, 14 TIMES DURING YEAR.
I THINK IT'D BE A TIME SAVING FOR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN HELP US WITH? YES.
I, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
IT WORK A LITTLE SMOOTHER AND SAVE TIME HAVING TO GET ALL THIS.
YEAH, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO IF WE DO IT ONE TIME, NOW WE DO AGAIN.
BUT NOW WE HAVE TO, WE DO EVERY YEAR.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GOTTA DO YOUR WE DO PROJECT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? MAKES SENSE.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, ACT ON REPAIRS.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME, UH, SAME PROJECT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM UH, COMMISSIONER MAN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON CLEANING DITCHES ON HARLAND ROAD IN THE CITY OF COMPACT YESTERDAY.
AND UH, I'LL BE MOVING UP TO THE CITY OF COMBAT LATER IN THE MONTH.
I THOUGHT WHILE I WAS UP THERE, UM, THAT I WILL HELP THE CITY OUT A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S, THAT'S IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.
THERE'S NO DITCHES WHATSOEVER UP THERE.
AND WE GOING TO CLEAN OUT THE DITCHES ON BOTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA SOME COVERAGE WHILE WE'RE TAKING THE OLD ONES OUT.
WE'LL JUST LAY THEM IN THERE AND THEM UP THE DIRT AND THE HOMEOWNERS DOABLE.
UH, PUT WHATEVER SURFACE ON THERE.
WE'RE BASICALLY TRYING IMPROVE THE DRAIN AS WE GET THROUGH WITH OUR, UH, FARM ROAD REPAIRS UP THERE.
UH, THE CITY HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WANT US TO DO THIS PART OF THE ROAD TO US.
IT'S ABOUT A HALF MILE AND WE, WE'LL DO THE DITCH CLEANING FIRST AND MAKE SURE WE GOT EVERYTHING GREAT THAT AND THEN LATER ON I'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL DISCUSS ROAD REPAIRS.
YOU WANNA REMIND US ONCE AGAIN HOW 32 MINE? I MAY WE APPROVE THIS.
UH, EXPLAIN ON
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND CLARK SECONDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
LET'S TAKE A REAL QUICK, UH, BREAK AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND FINISH UP OUR BILLS.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF WHERE THE WHITE COLLAR GUYS THAT STEAL WHATEVER BECAUSE THEY, AND THEY CALLED HIM CLUB FED, YOU KNOW, KIND LIKE CLUB.
YEAH, THERE'S ALL KIND OF COLLEGE CLASSES AND ALL KIND OF STUFF.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA GO A STATE FOREVER.
I DON'T WANNA GO TO STATE REIMBURSEMENT.
ONE OF MY PROBLEMS, I DON'T CARE.
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I COULD CARE ABOUT MONEY JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.I DO A, I'LL SIT LITTLE BIT THIS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL CALL THE QUARTER BACK THE ORDER AND GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO NUMBER 11, WHICH WHICH IS TO DISCUSS ACT LINE ITEM.
START WITH TWO BIG ONES, JUDGE ON BACK WHEN WE BUDGET WE $50,000 BUDGET FOR DEPARTMENT AND 50,000 IN BUDGET FOR HR.
TIME TO SEGREGATE THOSE FUNDS AND ESTABLISH DECISION WHAT'S IN THE LINE ITEM TRANSPORT FOR THIS MONTH.
WELL 50,000 HR DEPARTMENT PUT IN 33 6, 16 40 SALARY, 600 AND OF COURSE SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT THOUSAND DOLLARS IN OFFICE SUPPLIES.
ABOUT $2,600 LEEWAY AND 1500 OF WHICH WE THE UH, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR BASED ON 46,000 ANNUAL SALARY.
SO WE SET UP THE PRO RAT SALARY, 3,600 CAR ALLOWANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT, SEVEN 50 UNIFORMS WHICH LEFT ABOUT $6,900 OUT 50,000, WHICH WE MOVED TO REPAIRS FOR COUNTY PROPERTY FOR SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE.
NOW THIS IS, NOW THIS IS FOR MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR.
THE FIRST FEE YOU GAVE US FOR HR.
IS THAT CORRECT? DID I GET THAT? I GOT LOST IN THAT.
WE, WE MOVED EVERYTHING WE THINK WE NEED TO HR, OUT OF THAT 50,000, WE HAD SET UP BUDGET THAT LEFT US LIKE 2,600 OUTTA THE 50.
THE END OF THE DEFENSE COORDINATOR THAT'S RESIDING IN THE 422ND COURT.
WHEN THAT POSITION WAS ESTABLISHED, THERE WAS NO TRAINING STAFF.
SO WE TOLD TO TAKING 1500, 2600 TO ESTABLISH OUR TRAINING.
WE'RE NOT REDUCING, WE'RE JUST USING WHAT WE'RE 50,000 WAS ANTICIPATING FOR 12 MONTHS.
SO THESE TRANSFERS ARE BEEN FOR THAT THREE MONTHS OF SALARY THEY WERE NOT GONNA NEED.
YOU COULD LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
TRANSFER WE BUDGET FOR HR AND FOR MAINTENANCE.
WHY DO WE HAVE TRANSFER MONEY THAT THERE LINE IT JUST ONE LINE.
JUST SET ASIDE, WE HAD NOTHING SET UP FOR SALARY.
WE HAD NOTHING SET UP FOR SOCIAL SECURITY.
MOVING THAT 50,000 INTO THE REAL ACCOUNTS AND THEN THINGS I SAID AND THERE'S STILL SOME STILL THOUSAND DOLLARS RESIDUAL THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HOME.
CORRECT? I MEAN ONE POSITION FILLED LESS
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BUT THE ONE FILLED.IN FACT WHEN YOU, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE, YOU WALK AROUND LINE ITEM TRANSFERS IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE MOVING HUNDRED OPERATING EXPENSES TO DOS, THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT MOVED 7,000 IN VOTING EQUIPMENT TO SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE.
ONE PLACE CONSTABLE FROM IT, IT DEPARTMENT MOVE HUNDRED FROM TRAINING THE OFFICE SUPPLIES AND ADULT PROBATION MOVED 22 FROM OFFICE SUPPLIES.
BUSTED SOMETIMES SAVE SUPPLIES.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOW ON THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER REQUEST? I MOTION TO ACCEPT LINE ITEM TRANSFER SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL NEXT ITEM TO THERE'S WHATEVER.
YEAH, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE WOULDN'T IT? UM,
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UH, BARBARA, MARILYN RIGHT HERE.I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S JUST NICE TO HAVE YOU.
IN HOW ARE YOU? YOU'RE OFF OVER HERE.
I KNOW I'M ABOUT TO GO TO SLEEP.
SNOOZING WEATHER OUT THERE IS WEATHER.
IT IS, IT'S SO NICE OUT THERE.
I MISS SEEING HIM OVER AT THE GETTING OUT MUCH HANGING AROUND THE HOUSE.
YEAH, WELL YEAH I KNOW HE DIDN'T.
I PSYCHIATRIC EXAM EMPLOYEES, YOU GOT A WAYS TO GO TO
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GETS WORSE.NEVER THEY THEY DO IS THEY BRING IN A BAG, THEY THROW THE BAG IN THE CORNER AND THEY PICK UP A BAG THAT HURTS.
I'VE HAD THEM GO, WE'VE DUG EGGS OUT THE PARKING LOT MACHINE UN FROM AROUND FIVE.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, BUT IT'S, BUT IT'S NOT HEAVY.
JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HEAVY.
IT'S NOT, SOME OF 'EM I HAVE ARE SO HEAVY, BUT SEE LOOK HOW SUCH A NICE COLOR.
BUT I HAVE A RED ONE OR A PINK ONE LIKE THIS, THIS WEIGHT.
WILL YOU SIGN A RELEASE? OH YEAH.
JUST CERTIFICATE THINGS THAT WE WERE ARGUING ABOUT.
BUT YOU WHAT I'M TALKING I HAVE A GOOD VISIT WITH ABOUT A MONTH AGO I TOLD HIM, I SAID I'M GONNA COME BACK A CUP OF COFFEE TODAY.
HAVE YOUR GOING ON THIS SATURDAY?
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YEAH, FROM EIGHT TO 10 AT THE BARN THERE.SOMEBODY DONATE SOME EGGS THAT MIGHT MAKE SOME BURRITO.
GO AHEAD AND FIX A LITTLE SOMETHING.
DID VERY MANY PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT? UM, I HADN'T HAD IT YET.
GENERALLY IF YOU OFFER FOOD OR COFFEE, THEY'LL COME.
SO WHAT WILL YOU TAKE? WHAT WILL I TAKE? UH, ANY TYPE OF RECYCLING? NO, IT'S FOR THE BRANDING.
WE'RE BRANDING THE BOARDS FOR THE TRIM IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
I MENTIONED THAT TWO WEEKS AGO.
YOU WRITE THAT? YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING RE I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT RECITE.
OH WE ARE ECO STATION BE OPEN TOO.
NO ECO STATIONS OVER AT THE, ON THE HILL AND WE'RE OVER.
WHAT? YOU MADE A PR GUY? I AM MY OWN PR SAID ONE.
I YOU PAY ATTENTION GUYS TAKE OFFICE.
UNLESS I BY GIVE STEVE A LITTLE BIT, HE, OUR TRANSFER AMOUNT FROM JANUARY LAST YEAR'S JUST DOING A SPEED, SPEED, YOU KNOW, SQUIRREL IN THE WALL IN BATHROOM'S.
WE, BUT COULDN'T GETS IN AND OUT SOMETHING THEY COULD DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HEAR HIM ALL TIME.
FIRST TIME WE HEARD HIM, FIRST TIME WE HEARD IT, WE THOUGHT IT WAS DOGS.
THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT RACCOONS OR SOMETHING.
AND THEN CARRIE WENT OUT THERE THE NEXT MORNING.
THERE WASN'T ANYTHING OUT THERE.
SO WE DECIDED THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
SO I MAY ANXIOUS TO GO BACK TO SEE IF HE WAS ABLE THE COP FIND THE, 'CAUSE I GUESS I THREW HIS CAR A WHILE.
Y'ALL THOUGHT WE'D NEVER USE THAT AGAIN.
WELL, YOU DON'T LIKE THOSE COMPUTERS, YOU ALREADY DO.
WELL MY, MY DAUGHTER'S AND I'M AN IT GUY FOR A YEAR.
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SHE'S HAD, I GUESS SHE PROBABLY 21 THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.I PEOPLE THAT DO STUFF LIKE WHAT ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT THE REALLY BIG SCREENS MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? I MEAN AFTER ABOUT 21 INCH INCHES.
IF IT DOESN'T MAKE A FOR US NEWSPAPER PAGES, IT HELPS ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S THREE LAYERS OF DUST ON IT IN THE GARAGE.
IT NEEDS TO BE BATTERY BECAUSE DON'T WANT ONLY ONE OLD CHARGE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I GOT LIKE $15,000 IN THAT IT BRAND.
I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW AND UM, IT RUNS REALLY FAST.
BUT YEAH, I NEED TO DIG IT OUT.
MATTER OF FACT, THIS YEAR THAT'S ONE OF MY, IT'S A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION, BUT MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION IS TO GET BACK ON MY BIKE SOME MORE BECAUSE I DIDN'T RIDE OUT THE GARAGE AND REGISTER AND INSPECT IT.
IT'S GOT GOOD TIRES, REALLY GOOD TIRE, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE THE TIRE, LITTLE TIRE ON THE BACK BY ITSELF.
I MINE SHIPPED IN AND JUST PAY IT'S CHEAPER THAT WAY I CAN SAVE ABOUT 50 BUCKS AN ENTIRE CUTTING MIDDLE, YOU KNOW.
OH NO, I'M, I'M, I BUY UH, FAST ONE'S.
I IN OH SEVEN RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT THE BIKE, I DID AN 8,000 MILE CROSS COUNTRY TRIP AND UH, I HAD TO CHANGE THE FRONT TIRE IN ONE MONTANA.
WHAT YOU DID DESIGN BECAUSE THEY, I WAS GETTING NERVOUS.
I MEAN WIRES STARTING TO SHOW.
I MEAN I GOT PULLED AND WAY UP THERE I SAW MOTORCYCLE LEADERSHIP.
I PULLED OVER, POPPED, POPPED OUT THE, THE UH,
I DID THE HOSPITAL KIN HOSPITAL ICU.
THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN A LOT TO Y'ALL NOW.
AND I'M STILL WRITING, BUT OCCASIONALLY.
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN I HAVE A BIGGER IMAGINATION.
I, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME THINK WILL GET YOU I DON'T 50.
THIS LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
AIN'T NO WAY WAITING ON, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE MOTORCYCLE.
I CAN'T, THEY TOOK MY SPLEEN OUT.
THE RIBS LASTED TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
I BROKE EVERY RIB I HAD RIBS WILL LAST A WHILE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WORSE THAN BLOWING IN KNEE OR ANYTHING.
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DON'T REMEMBER GETTING UP THAT DAY.I DON'T, I'M EVEN SURE WHAT MY LAST MEMORY WAS BEFORE THAT DAY WAS THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I FINALLY WOKE UP.
THE NEXT MORNING I MOVED INTO SEMIPRO.
MUST ONE, THAT MUST BEEN 1 25 PAGE.
PROBABLY JUDGE AND I LOOKED AT IT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE, LET'S TELL, LET'S TELL JACK ABOUT ALL THAT EQUIPMENT.
AND WHAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ACT ON THE, YOUR HONOR, HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING TO PAY BILLS.
OPPOSED? NEXT ITEM IS TO ADJOURN THE REGULAR A MOTION.
SO MOTION COMMISSIONER, UH, ADJOURNED MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR? SAY ALL OPPOSED.