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UH, WE'LL BEGIN THIS MORNING'S MEETING WITH AN IMPLICATION ALLEGIANCE, FLAG, FILL OUT AND HAVE THOSE, UH, REMARKS HERE LATER ON.
UH, PASTOR DANIEL, WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON YOU THIS MORNING TO GIVE OUR INVOCATION.
AND SO IF EVERYONE WOULD STAND, THAT'LL BE
FATHER, GOD, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALLOWING US TO BE HERE ON THIS MORNING.
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO, UH, GIVE OF THEMSELVES TO YOUR GOVERNMENT OR FATHER.
WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK UPON THEM, GIVE EYES, COUNSEL, AND, AND INSIGHT INTO YOUR PLAN FOR, UH, THIS COUNTY.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE'S.
I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND THE JUSTICE FOR ALL ON HONOR, OBJECTOR, FLAG, I OBJECT TO ME, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD WANTS AND INVISIBLE.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADDRESS THE COURT AT THIS TIME? UH, SHERIFF, DO WE HAVE ANYONE FILLED OUT A, DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT FILLED OUT A, UH, REQUEST TO SPEAK? I WANT SPEAK ON AN ISSUE.
AND I'VE LEFT MY FORM ON THE TABLE.
WELL, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND, UH, AND DO THAT.
WELL, DO WE WANT TO DO THAT NOW OR ONCE Y'ALL GET TO THE ISSUE? IT'S ON THE, UH, BAKER STREET, UH, PHOTO LOCATION.
UH, WE CAN DO IT, I GUESS AT THE TIME, UH, ON THE AGENDA, UH, THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO DO IN THIS CASE.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO TODAY, THE, UH, COURT NEEDS TO GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION.
UH, AND THIS IS IN PURSUANT TO, UH, HOLD THE GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0 7 1, UH, CONSULTATION WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UH, ON CALLS NUMBER 29 8 2 1 8 6, WHICH IS THE STATE OF TEXAS VERSUS JOAN HYATT GIBSON.
AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IS ASK ALL OF YOU THAT, UH, TO, TO LEAVE THE COURT ROOM, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE SHERIFF AND THE DA AND THE OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION IS TO DISCUSS BOND.
SO ONE, HE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONTRACT ASSOCIATION OF CONS, PRECINCT.
UH, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS. ANYBODY ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS THE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCATION FOR COUNTY ELECTION DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
I BELIEVE WE, BEFORE WE DISCUSS THAT, WE HAVE, UH, BILL BAKER HAD SIGNED UP, UH, TO ADDRESS THE COURT ON ITEM BILL.
UH, I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA MUCH GOOD FOR TO BLAME BECAUSE I TALKED TO DICK AND, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE, EVER SINCE 2008, SARAH WHITAKER, WHO IS
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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR, AND MYSELF, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOCATE A FACILITY TO MOVE THAT POLLING LOCATION TO WHICH WOULD BE A MORE SECURE, BETTER LOCATION.AT ONE TIME, I THOUGHT WE HAD TALKED TO THE CITY ABOUT MOVING TO THE, UH, UH, CARROLL, UH, SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM THERE ON INDUSTRIAL.
UH, I THOUGHT WE KIND OF HAD AN AGREEMENT ON THAT, AND THAT FELL THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW, EVERY 10 YEARS THE CENSUS HAS TAKEN AND, AND, UH, BOUNDARIES CHANGE.
AND, UH, I, AND I'M SURE ALL OF Y'ALL KNOW THIS BECAUSE Y'ALL READ THE MAPS, BUT THE MAPS FOR PRECINCT FIVE CHANGED QUITE A BIT.
WE STAYED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF, UH, THE CITY LIMITS OF TAROT, AND, UH, AND WE WENT FURTHER NORTH AND EAST.
UH, WITH THAT, WE HAVE INCREASED THE, THE SIZE OF THAT PRECINCT.
MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT TO USING THE FIRE STATION IS THE BAG THAT WHEN IT'S DOWN FOR RAINY, IT'S A CONCRETE FLOOR.
THE, THE, THE POLLING AREA IS INSIDE THE BAYS.
THERE'S ONE DOOR YOU CAN GET INTO.
THEY KEEP THE, UH, OVERHEAD DOORS FOR THE EQUIPMENT CLOSED.
THEY MOVE THE EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.
IT'S NOT WELL HEATED OR AIR CONDITIONED, AND IT'S JUST AN UNSAFE AREA FOR US TO BE HAVING A PUBLIC LOCATION.
AND, AND, AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, I'M SURE IF YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, EACH PRIMARY IS HELD BY THE PARTIES.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HOLDS THEIR PRIMARY, THE DEMOCRAT HOLDS THEIR PRIMARY.
WE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO WORK TOGETHER THE TWO PARTIES TO HAVE A POLL LOCATION THAT IS TOGETHER.
WE DID THAT IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE NUMBER OF MACHINES WE HAD.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MACHINES TO SEPARATE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE FUTURE IT'S GOING TO BE MY, UH, HOPE THAT IF THE DEMOCRATS INSIST ON USING THE BAKER STREET POLLING LOCATION, UH, I CAN'T DO IT THIS ELECTION CYCLE BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY AND WE'VE AGREED ON THE POLLING LOCATIONS, ALTHOUGH THE ONE WE ORIGINALLY AGREED TO IS THE ONE Y'ALL GONNA LOSE IT FROM.
BUT, UH, I THINK I WILL LOOK TO SEE IF I CAN FIND THE DIFFERENT POLLING LOCATIONS FOR THE REPUBLICANS, WHICH IN, IN THAT AREA, IT'S BASICALLY BEEN A DEMOCRAT PRECINCT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NEW ADDITIONS, THERE'S GOING TO BE QUITE A FEW MORE REPUBLICAN VOTERS ADDED TO THAT BOX.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO ALL TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE FUTURE.
YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? UH, UH, MR. BAKER, A DEAD POLE, THAT BOX, HAVE IT BEEN AT THE BOX STATIONARY SINCE 1999? WELL, THAT, IT PROBABLY HAS.
I DON'T, THAT'S FOR MY TIME JC, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I THINK WHEN IT WAS THERE, IT WAS THERE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY LOGICAL PLACE TO PUT IT THERE.
THEY ARE BETTER, BETTER PLACES.
NOW IN THAT POLLING BOX TO PUT A POLLING LOCATION THAT'S INSIDE THE SERVICE CENTER THAT SARAH AND I DISCUSSED HAS A, A HUGE CONFERENCE ROOM THAT WE COULD USE.
IT'S, IT'S HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE AND PEOPLE CAN COME IN THERE, GET OUT OF THE WEATHER AND, AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE, UH, IF HEATED AND AIR CONDITION.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, BUT, BUT DO YOU TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION THAT THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT UH, PROTEST THAT SIGN PETITIONS AND NOT HAVE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CAN FIND A LOCATION THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION THE VOTERS? WELL, SURE, SURE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I, I'M INTERESTED IN THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND, AND IF THE DEMOCRAT'S WANT HOLD THEIRS THERE, THAT'S FINE.
I MEAN, LET, I, I CAN'T TELL THEM WHERE TO HOLD THEIR POLLING LOCATION SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOLD 'EM TOGETHER.
NO, YOU SHOW YOURS AS A SEPARATE PLACE IF YOU WANTED TO.
NOW, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T INTEND TO DO THAT NOW BECAUSE WE, WE'VE GONE TOO FAR WITH THIS PROCESS AND, AND I DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO COME UP THAT, THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OTHER POLLING LOCATIONS THAT, UH, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND A BUNCH OF A FEW POLLING LOCATIONS BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO LATE IN THE GAME TO DO THAT.
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KNOW, HOPE Y'ALL IN THE, IN THE FUTURE, JC IF YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, TALK TO SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN THAT AREA.YOU KNOW, THAT AREA, LIKE I SAID, THAT NOW IT'S NOT THE SAME AREA.
IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE I, I KNOW THAT LIVES OVER THERE BY THAT FIRE STATION, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE GOD ABOVE NOW THAT LIVED NORTH OF 80 THAT'S IN THAT PRECINCT, UH, KINGS CREEK AREA IS IN THAT PRECINCT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE OTHER THAN JUST THAT, THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WILL RUN AROUND THE FIRE STATION THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS.
BUT IT, BUT AT THIS TIME, I GUESS THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT'S SOME CONCERN ABOUT IT.
AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SHOWING CONCERN ABOUT, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, I THOUGHT WE HAD AN AGREEMENT TO DO IT AT SUB COURTHOUSE, BUT EVIDENTLY WE DIDN'T.
I MEAN, IF THEY GET A PETITION TO SAY Y'ALL ARE GOING TO DO IT THERE, THEN THAT'S Y'ALL'S DECISION.
YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE THE ONE THAT WE SUBMIT 'EM, WE WE SUBMIT IT WITH DICK, THEN Y'ALL HAVE TO, OKAY, WHATEVER Y'ALL OKAY.
BUT I, I, I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW, AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GO BY AND LOOK AT THAT THEY ARE BETTER LOCATIONS AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN THAT AREA, UH, WOULD FEEL LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE OTHER PLACES OTHER THAN THAT, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT YOU, WE COULD USE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VOTING HISTORY, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT VOTE EARLY OUT OF THAT BOX IN, UH, IN THE 2010 ELECTION, THERE WERE, UH, 21 IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY AND 57 IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY THAT VOTED EARLY.
THERE WAS 12 THAT VOTED ON ELECTION DAY AND THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY AND 22 IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
AND THE OH EIGHT, WHICH WAS THE BIG, THE BIG PRIMARY BECAUSE IT WAS A CONTESTED DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
THERE WERE 212 THAT VOTED EARLY IN THE DEMOCRAT PRIMARY, WHICH MEANS THEY EITHER WENT TO THE SUB COURTHOUSE OR VOTED BY MAIL AND 173 ON ELECTION DAY, THERE WAS ONLY 15 REPUBLICANS VOTED EARLY AND 11 ON ELECTION DAY.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE THAT VOTED EARLY THAN VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO BE LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT PLACE FOR REPUBLICAN AND PRIMARY, AND I WOULD HOPE WE COULD WORK TOGETHER ON THAT BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AND, AND ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO IT.
AND I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE.
MURPHY IS NOT HERE TODAY AND UH, I THINK JANELLE IS BACK HERE SOMEPLACE YESTERDAY.
THE, UH, HE DID CHECK AND JANELLE, YOU MAY HAVE GONE WITH HIM QUESTION ONE TIME ABOUT WHETHER FIRE STATION OR, UH, AND IT IS.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN, THAT HAS, THAT HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN CLEARED AS FAR AS BEING HELD THE ELECTION THERE.
WE HAVE A HAVE ANY COMMENT COURT ON, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION, UH, LEAD THE, UH, HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER MAKES A SECOND.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS, UH, CONSTABLE LAW JOE DON COME UP AND PRESENT HIS UH, UH, RACIAL PROFILING REPORT.
CONSTABLE LAW PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.
IT WAS UH, SUBMITTED TO ON THE 20TH AND IT WAS ACCEPTED BY ON THE FOR NO COMPLAINTS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CONSTABLE LAW? WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT BEFORE.
I'M GLAD WE JUST KILLED A SMALL TREE THIS YEAR.
YOU GOT WHAT WAS SUBMITTED TO T CLOSELY.
IF YOU WANNA SEE THE, EVERYTHING YOU STILL HAVE UNDER PROCEED, HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK.
KATHY MORRIS IS HERE TODAY WITH US ON ITEM SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT.
I'D ASKED KATHY, UH, WE MET ABOUT A COUPLE WEEKS
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AGO AND I'D ASKED HER TO UH, RESUME.I THINK AT ONE TIME SHE DID GET REPORT TO COURT ON ACTIVITIES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, OFFICE.
AND SO SHE'S GIVEN LOTS OF INFORMATION BY KATHY.
SO YOU'D LIKE TO GO OVER THAT.
FOR JANUARY OF 2012, THIS YEAR WE HAVE A WHOLE GRAND TOTAL OF SEVEN PERMITS FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE TO WRITE DOWN BY PRECINCT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT KIND OF PERMITS WE'RE ISSUING, ISSUING FOR YOUR PRECINCT, THE AMOUNT, UM, FOR SEPTIC SYSTEM COMPLAINTS WE'VE INVESTIGATED 139.
THOSE DO INCLUDE THE ONES THAT WE FILED FOR HAVING NOT RENEWING A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.
THAT INCLUDES PROBABLY THE BULK OF THAT FIGURE IS, IS WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
AND KEN HAS ACTUALLY GONE OUT AND PHYSICALLY DONE 72 FOLLOW UPS ABOUT EXISTING COMPLAINTS AND TRIED TO FIND PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE MOVED OUT OR OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN WE FILED 53 COURT CASES, UM, FOR ADDRESSING FOR 9 1 1 ADDRESSING.
THEY'VE DONE A TOTAL OF 26 FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD.
USUALLY JANUARY FOR ADDRESSING IS EXTREMELY SLOW, UH, FOR THE GIS CODE ACCURACY.
JOE CODE ACCURACY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CALL IS TRYING TO CHANGE TO GO FROM AN EXTRA TELEPHONE LOCATION TO USING GIS FOR 9 1 1 CALLS.
AND SO THE COUNTY HAS TO BE AT 98% ACCURACY BY OCTOBER, AUGUST THE FIRST.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SHOOTING FOR.
UM, DUNNO IF THEY'RE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGHOUT THE REGION, BUT THAT'S THE DATE THAT THEY'RE SHOOTING FOR.
AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE AT 84% FOR THE COUNTY, THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
WE ALSO HAVE STATISTICS FOR THE CITIES.
AND AS COG STARTS KIND OF DRILLING DOWN AND SENDING ME MORE DETAILED REPORTS, I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH AND SO ON.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BASIC RIGHT NOW.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KATHY? ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, I GOT CLARIFICATION I GUESS INFORMATION ON THE COURT CASES.
UH, 9 39 COURT CASES FILED, THAT'S THE LAST YEAR FOR, THEY ALL FILED PRECINCT FORM.
IF WE CAN FINISH 20 JANUARY'S REPORT, I'LL GO TO THE LASTS REPORT.
ON THE JAIL CODE, UH, YOU SAY THE COG REQUIRES IT WOULD BE AT 98%, CORRECT.
WHAT YEAR? AUGUST 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
IS THAT GONNA BE ATTAINABLE FOR US? THEY DON'T KNOW.
RIGHT NOW NOBODY'S AT 98% ACROSS THE REGION.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE SMALL COMMUNITIES LIKE THE, WE'VE GOT SCURRY AND COTTONWOOD AND POST OAK AND GETTING THAT THEIR ISSUES ARE AS THE DATA THAT THEY'VE GOT SHOW CITY BOUNDARIES, THOSE SMALL CITY BOUNDARIES DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE COUNTY HAS.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE FIGURED OUT AND WORKED ON AND THEY REALIZE THAT THAT IS A PROBLEM.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST KAUFMAN COUNTY, IT'S THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
SO ACTUALLY WE'RE PRETTY AVERAGE COMPARED TO EVERYBODY ELSE TOO.
IS THAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO UPDATE THE MAPS OR OUR SOME, WE DO EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR CORN COFFIN, TERRELL, KIM, MAYBANK RANDALL, WE DO EVERYTHING ELSE.
ROSTER HAS ALWAYS DONE THEIR OWN, BUT WE'VE ALSO ASSISTED WITH THEM WITH THEIR MAPPING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S HOW NEED THAT, THAT WE HAVE SPECIAL ISSUES TO DEAL WITH OVER A COMBINE THAT HAVEN'T THAT WE'LL GET TO AT SOME POINT.
YOU WORK ON THAT WELL MAY NEED YOUR HELP.
WE'LL PROBABLY NEED YOUR HELP.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SOMEONE LIKE MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT TO THE UH, PUBLIC WORKS REPORT FOR JANUARY OF TWO? MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS REPORT FOR 11 20 11.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 69 PERMITS FOR SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND THAT IS REALLY, REALLY DOWN.
UM, THAT'S THE, I'M HOPING WE BOND OUT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE LAST PEOPLE WE'VE GOT HERE.
BEFORE THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 230, SO I'M HOPING THINGS START PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT.
OBVIOUSLY THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING WITHIN THE UH, MUD DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE DON'T DO SUBJECT SYSTEMS THERE.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SEWAGE FACILITIES.
I THINK THE DEVELOPMENT'S GOING PRETTY GOOD IN THOSE KIND OF PLACES.
FOR ADDRESSES BY PRECINCT IT WAS ALSO, OR FOR ADDRESSES, WE HAD UH, 264
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TOTAL AND YOU CAN SEE THE GIS ACCURACY WENT UP FROM SEPTEMBER, UH, 54% TO 84% IN DECEMBER.SO WE ACTUALLY DID QUITE A FEW CORRECTIONS WITHIN THOSE FEW MONTHS.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FOR COMPLAINTS WE INVESTIGATED 1,166 HAD 501 ACTUAL PHYSICAL FOLLOW AND THE 9 39 CASES FILED WHILE OFF FILED IN PRECINCT FOUR.
ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAD APPOINTED UM, JOHNNY ADAMS TO HEAR ALL OF OUR CASES 'CAUSE WE WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THEM ALL SPREAD OUT.
SOME OF OUR CASES WOULD STAY ON THE DOCKET FOR NINE, 10 MONTHS UP TO A YEAR.
THESE ARE HEALTH AND SAFETY CASES.
THEY HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THEY CAN'T JUST SIT AND WAIT FOR A DOCK CALL.
AND EVERYTHING IS FILED PRECINCT COURT AND HE ACTUALLY HAS CALLS COURT UP IN OUR BUILDING ONCE A MONTH.
COULD HE COME TO IF HE HAVE A COMPLAIN HE COME SO, 'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT DON IS ON TAKE THE STATUTE.
A COMPLAINT HAS TO BE FILED IN THE PRE-SAFE WRITTEN.
I KNOW AT ONE POINT, I KNOW AT ONE POINT HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES WERE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IF YOU COULDN'T GET, UH, A RESPONSE, A TIMELY RESPONSE IN ONE JP COURT, YOU COULD ACTUALLY FILE IT IN ANOTHER ONE OR YOU COULD ACTUALLY TAKE IT TO AUSTIN AND HAVE IT FILED THERE.
IF THE LAW HAS CHANGED, WE'VE NOT BEEN AWARE OF IT, WE'VE BEEN NOT MADE AWARE OF IT.
SO I'LL TAKE JP HIS YOU RESEARCHED THAT JUST TO SEE IF ANYTHING HAS CHANGED REGARD.
YEAH, WE WERE LOOKING UP SOME OTHER ISSUES.
THAT'S WHEN THAT, THAT SURFACED AND ALL THESE, OUR CASES, HEALTH AND SAFETY PIECES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT EVERY DAY IS A BRAND NEW OFFENSE.
SO IF SOMEONE DOESN'T COMPLY BY A DEADLINE GIVEN EVERY DAY AFTER THAT, WE CAN ACTUALLY FILE ON THEM FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND IF THEY GO TO COURT FOR WHAT WAS FILED ON THIS DAY AND THEY STILL COMPLY, STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHICH WOULD BE A PAPERWORK BACK NOW WE'RE NOT GONNA DO.
BUT WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION IF WE HAVE TO.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR KATHY? THIS IS A GOOD REPORT.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING TO US.
THAT KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS ACTIVITY IN THE COUNTY.
I KNOW THIS DRAMATICALLY SLOWER THAN WHAT IT WAS IN THE PAST, BUT YEAH, THERE WERE, THERE WERE YEARS WE DID 1200 PERMITS A YEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY THOSE DAYS WE'LL RETURN TO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.
THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHERE THEY HAD IN THE LAST YEARS, LIKE STARTING OUT SLOW FOR JANUARY.
JANUARY AS YOU SAID, WAS TYPICALLY YEAH, TYPICALLY SLOW.
DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY SLOW.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR UH, KATHY ON THE UH, 2011 STATISTICS REPORT? NOT ON TIME.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS ALSO CONSIDERING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FLOOD.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FLOODPLAIN COURT ORDER IN EFFECT.
UH, FEMA CAME IN LAST YEAR, YEAR BEFORE LAST.
IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS AND UPGRADED, REDID OUR OAK FLOOD PLAIN MAPS.
LAST STUDY THEY DID WAS IN 1995.
AND THE CURRENT STUDY, THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS GONNA BE JULY 3RD, 2012.
AND WITH THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A NEW AND IMPROVED AND UPDATED COURT ORDER DONE, INCLUDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND ANY CHANGES WE WANNA MAKE IN THE COURT ORDER.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE READING THE COURT ORDER AND YOU'RE SEEING, WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE IT TODAY, BUT THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE MAPS IS JULY 3RD, 2012.
IF THEY DO REQUIRE US TO HAVE A, AN UPDATED COURT ORDER IN PLACE BEFORE THAT EFFECTIVE DATE, THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT WAS CHANGED IN ON PAGE NINE.
THE OTHER CHANGE THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS IN ON PAGE 18, SECTION B, IT CHANGES THE STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE ELEVATION TWO, THE BE CHANGED TO ABOVE TWO, TWO FEET ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD ELEVATION FOR THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
IT JUST KIND OF TIED UP OUR REGULATIONS A LITTLE BIT.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT, UM, LESS THAN THAT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE DID DEVELOP.
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STRUCTURE COULD POSSIBLY BE FLOODING UNDER OUR OLD CORE, WHICH JUST GETS IT OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN.WE DON'T USUALLY LET PEOPLE DEVELOP IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
THEY DO HAVE THE OPTION TO REQUEST THAT THEY CAN, IF THEY CAN HAVE IT SHOWN THAT THEY WON'T BE OFFERING THE FLOODWAY OR ANY FLOOD PLAN ANY WAY.
BUT WE DON'T, I THINK WE'VE HAD MAYBE ONE OR TWO PERMITS THAT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
YEAH, IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LAND OUT THERE PEOPLE DON'T REALLY WANT DON'T ANY SWAMP, SWAMP HOUSES.
WE HAVE NO WAYS OF KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILDING THE FLOOD PLAN.
MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY START TO DEVELOP AND THEY BUY A PIECE OF LAND, THEY'LL CALL IF THEY'RE CLOSE TO A CREEK AND THEY'RE CURIOUS ABOUT IT, THEY'LL, THEIR RESEARCH.
SOME PEOPLE WILL BUILD STOCK TANKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE FLOOD PLAIN OR RIDING BRIDGING ON IT.
PEOPLE GO OUT AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO MAKE, GET A PERMIT OR WHATEVER.
AND MOST PEOPLE WERE COMPLIANT.
UM, WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAD ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS COMING IN, THERE WERE SOME THAT GOT REALLY CLOSE TO IT.
THERE'S A FEW THAT THEY WERE QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THEY WERE IN THE FLOOD PLAN OR NOT.
THOSE HAPPENED TO HAVE, UH, AN ENGINEERING STUDY DONE, GOT THEM OUT, FLOOD, WERE TAKEN OUT.
WHAT ABOUT SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT, THAT APPARENTLY HAVE, UH, CIRCUM, THAT PERMITING PROCESS.
THEY BUILT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN ANYWAY AS A VIOLATION OF THE COUNTY'S COURT ORDER, WHICH IS ONLY A 50 FINE.
WE CAN PURSUE IT IF THAT WANTS TO, IF YOU WANT THAT $50 FINE FOR VIOLATING COUNTY SCHOOL.
BUT THEY JUST, THEY JUST GO IN THERE AND BUY A PIECE OF LAND DOWN THERE AND THEN QUARTER MILE OF THE CREEK AND EVERYBODY ELSE KNOWS THAT THE WATER GETS UP FOUR FEET DEEP THERE AND THEY BUILD THEIR HOUSE ANYWAY AND THEN THEY, WHEN IT GETS UNDER, THEY, THEY CALL ME.
STEVE'S GONNA GET THE CALL, WHICH WHY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU KATHY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY FLOOD PLAIN COURT ORDER? SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, HERE FROM OUR COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT.
UH, RALPH, HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A MOCK CHECK VOLUNTEER REPORTS FROM MASTER GUARD.
WE'D RATHER HAVE A REAL CHECK REPORT THOUGH.
WE HAVE A LARGE MASTER GARDENER AND I CALL IT LARGE.
THE STATE REALLY DOESN'T BECAUSE WE DON'T COMPARE IT TO TERRANCE COUNTY.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE MASTER GUARD GROUP AND I, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE COUNTY AS Y'ALL KNOW.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR Y'ALL TO KNOW WHAT THEY DO, UH, SINCE THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE EXTENSION SERVICE.
UH, AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE LYNN ACKERMAN.
SHE'S THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, MASTER GARDNER ASSOCIATION.
SHE'S GOING TO GIVE Y'ALL A REPORT.
WELL, IN, UH, 2011, I HAVE THIS CHECKED FOR YOU.
UM, MASTER GARDNER'S DONATED 4,301 HOURS TO THE RESIDENTS OF KALIN COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, PUTTING ON SEMINARS, ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN, IN PUBLIC, IN AT BOOTH, UM, ON THE PHONE AT THE OFFICE, UM, AND PROVIDING, UM, EDUCATION TO GARDEN CLUB CITY ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE A SPEAKERS BUREAU, ACTIVE SPEAKERS BUREAU THAT ANY GROUP WANTS A, UH, PRESENTATION ON ANY SUBJECT THAT'S OF INTEREST TO THEIR MEMBERS.
WE FIND A SPEAKER WILL GO OUT AND, UH, AND DO THAT PRESENTATION FOR THEM.
AND THEN WE JUST INCREASE OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU AND LET EVERYONE ELSE KNOW THAT THAT TOPIC'S NOW AVAILABLE AS WELL.
SO WE'VE UH, BEEN REACHING OUT A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
ORGANIZATION SPENDING PROCESS.
NOW WE JUST GAVE OUR FIRST 10 YEAR PINS OUT.
UM, SO WE HAD, UH, GOOD CROWD THIS YEAR TO, UH, THE VALUE OF OUR VOLUNTEER DOLLARS HOURS WAS $91,885 AND 38 CENTS FOR TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.
EASIER HANG ON THE INTERNET, RIGHT? YEAH.
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YES.MORE TALKING ABOUT CURRENT PRESIDENT.
HERE LYNN'S A LITTLE HUMBLE TIME TO TIME.
WE NOW HAVE, UH, HER HUSBAND AND A COUPLE OTHERS.
THEY NOT ONLY DO IN COUNTY STUFF, THEY ARE, THEY ARE GOING OUT IN THE STATE.
I KNOW RAD HUNT PRESENTED AT STATE WATER, UH, WR ASSOCIATION EVENT HAD VILLE MASTER GARDEN GETTING OUT ALL OVER THE STATE.
I THINK THAT PRESENTED COUNTY.
UH, WE HAVE A VERY BRIGHT GROUP OF MASTER GARDEN, UH, MAN ALL OVER THE STATE.
ARE Y'ALL WORKING AT FACILITY DOWN AT, UH, SOUTH CAMPUS? YES.
WE'D LIKE TO CALL THE GARDEN CENTER, RIGHT? THAT'S THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA.
AND I WAS BY THE OTHER DAY AND I NOTICED THERE WAS GOOD GROUP OF FOLKS OUT THERE.
WORKING THE NEW 12 INTERNS HAS HELPED A LOT KIND OF BOOSTED OUR, OUR YOUNGER POPULATION.
WE HAVE A BROAD RANGE, UH, UH, A RANGE OF AGES IN OUR MASTER GARDENERS FROM PEOPLE IN THEIR TWENTIES TO SEVERAL MASTER GARDENERS IN THEIR EIGHTIES.
SO, UH, I KEEP BUSY AND TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY MOVING THERE.
ADAM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND BEFORE WE MOVE ITEM, WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MOCK CHECK AND VOLUNTEER REPORT FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS.
BILL A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BROWN AND THE SECOND COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE.
OPPOSED? I NUMBER NINE IS SIMILAR ADAM, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, UH, CONSIDER REPLACING THE SIGN AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS.
THIS IS AGAIN BY, AND I HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT IT LOOKS GREAT TO ME AND WE, I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO DO IT, BUT THAT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES MADE OUT THERE WHEN THIS BUSINESS AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT ON EACH END MIGHT HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED WHEN THAT HAPPENS AND THAT'S WILL BE CONSTRUCTED THAT WAY WHERE THEY CAN BE.
WELL, YEAH, WE HAVE, WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT PARTICULAR PORTION.
OF COURSE WHAT THIS CAME ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT SIGN OUT THERE IS NOT PROBABLY THE PRET THING IN THE WORLD, BUT PARTNERS LIKE THAT SIGN.
BUT, BUT WE REALLY, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SHOWCASE THE GARDEN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WE'VE UH, WE'VE GOT NEW SIGNS THAT ARE GOING TO GO UP THIS YEAR.
EVERY PLANT OUT THERE WILL HAVE A SIGN THAT GIVES A SIGN SCIENTIFIC NAME AND COMMON NAME.
AND THEN, UH, EACH GARDEN, EACH DIFFERENT GARDEN WILL HAVE A SIGN LIKE THIS, UH, THAT THEY'RE GOING PUT UP.
AND IN THAT, UH, FOR THE VERY FRONT, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT FRONT, WE LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE THAT DRIVE BY WILL WILL CATCH THEIR EYE AND KIND OF LET 'EM KNOW THEIR GARDENS OUT THERE.
UH, THE, THE MASTER GUARDS HAVE THE MONEY TO, UH, TO DO THIS SIGN.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO COST, UH, 370, 3 $70.
THEY GOT SOLD THREE $70 AND THEY WANT TO TRIM THE SIGN OUT WITH SOME ANGLE IRON, SOME BLACK, BLACK IRON.
KIND OF MAKE, MAKE IT A LITTLE FURTHER.
WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MOVING AND UH, OF COURSE THIS WILL BE PITCHED TO WHERE YOU CAN MOVE THAT AROUND ON EITHER SIDE.
I HAD DISCUSSED, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER
BUT KIND WHAT WE'RE ASKING PERMISSION FOR TODAY IS TO DO WHAT YOU'VE GOT THAT DRAWING IN THE MIDDLE OF BE ON BOTH SIDES.
THAT THAT THING WILL BE ON BOTH SIDES.
SO YOU SEE IT FROM THE ROAD, WHICHEVER WAY YOU'RE COMING IN, IF YOU ENDED UP WITH MORE OFFICES DOWN THERE AS HE WILL MOVE OUT IF OTHERS MOVED IN.
UM, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE ONE SPACE LEFT BELOW INFO TECHNOLOGY, BUT THE SPACES AT THE TOP, THE ICONS AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM ARE ON SEPARATE SIGNAGE.
SO THAT COULD COME DOWN AND WE JUST LEAVE OUR
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ONE IN THE MIDDLE.SO THAT'D GIVE YOU A SPOT FOR THREE POTENTIAL OTHER OFFICES BEYOND
IT WOULD BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR Y'ALL TO CHANGE IT IF, IF THINGS DO CHANGE ON THERE.
SO NO, THAT WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM.
IT'S, IT'S A SCREW BOLTED ONTO THE MULTI BOLT, PROBABLY FASTER THAN A BOLT.
I, FOR ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT IN THE AUDIO TODAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THAT STUFF, IT, IT, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE A GOOD DAY TO GO OUT THERE TODAY, BUT SOMETIME WHEN THE WEATHER, UH, IN THE SPRING, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER IDEAS WE'RE GOING DO OUT THERE TOO.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA REDO THE BOG.
I'M TO DO A WATER FEATURE WATERFALL FEATURE.
YOU KNOW, IF I CAN GET THE GRANT TO COME UP AND DO THAT.
THE, AND LYNN'S GONNA TALK TO ME ABOUT HELPING US DO SOMETHING OVER HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE IN FRONT WHERE THE BLACK HOLE IS DO AND SMALLER SIGN.
LIKE IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE OVER HERE.
WELL WE'RE TRYING TO GET SIGNAGE UP EVERYWHERE THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE RAINWATER HARVESTING FEATURES, UM, IN MANY AREAS WE HAVE IN THE KE CITY PARK WITH RINGS AND AN EARTH PINE ROSE GARDEN OVER THERE.
SO SIGNED TO SIMILAR TO THIS SET ON A PODIUM ON, IT'S ON A PDC MIDDLE.
AND SO THAT WILL DESIGNATE, GIVES THE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE AREA SOME INFORMATION.
I WAS THERE AS WELL AS ADDRESS.
I HOLD BED, I THEM KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM.
WE HAVE, UM, AREAS THAT CBLE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE HAVE, UM, NER HIGH SCHOOL AND UM, ZERO GUARD UP IN, IN THAT UH, GU JUDGE PATH.
WE COULD TRY TO GROW SOME, UH, OTHER STUFF OUT THERE.
ALRIGHTY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON REPLACING THE I MAKE ACCEPT MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSIONS? ALL FAVOR SAY WHENEVER WE MAKE OUR AGREEMENT ON WHO WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING AWAY FROM THAT FACILITY OUT THERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MASTER SIGN OUT.
THERE'S GETTING GOING BECAUSE THAT'S TO ME THAT'S FINE.
THAT'S A GREAT, I WANNA PUT MY SIDE OFF.
WE'LL DO SOMETHING, WE'LL DO SOMETHING, UH, KIND AND TEMPORARY.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REPORT FROM CHAIR.
YOU GOT IT DOWN MATTER CLERK, YOU GOT THE, THE MOTION AND EVERYTHING.
UH, CHAIR BURNS ON THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FROM SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE DID HAVE ONE COMPLAINT OVER THE YEAR AND UN HAVE ONE BE FILED AND YOU WANT A COPY.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROFILE REPORT FROM SHERIFF COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
THAT MOTION? DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND COMMISSIONER, ANY DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 12 NOW HONOR PRESENT THE HONOR REPORT JANUARY.
ALRIGHT, DO WE KEEP THESE ON FILE AT THE, UH, COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE FOR A WHILE? CLERK'S OFFICE? SO HAVE A MOTION ACCEPT THE REPORT FROM HAL FOR JANUARY, 2012.
SO MAY MR. MANNING MAKES THAT MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND I MR. JACKSON SECONDS.
THOSE OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER 13, IT IS GEORGE TO PRESENT AND ACCEPT IT COMMITTEES.
GENTLEMEN, I HAVE A PROPERTY FOR TODAY'S MEETING, JUDGE.
WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IS SOME, UH, WORK WE DID AND IT WAS A RESULT OF SOME ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COURT ON THE 24TH OF OCTOBER IN THE,
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UH, BUILDING MET AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS.ONE OF THE ITEMS WE HEARD FROM JUDGE ASHCROFT AND AT THE TIME SHE WAS INTERESTED IN PURSUING A COUPLE THINGS FOR THE JPS FUNDED BY THE TECHNOLOGY, UH, FUNDS.
UH, SHE WANTED TO PURSUE, UH, TICKET WRITERS FOR THE CAR AND ALSO A WAY FOR THE CONSTABLES TO COLLECT MONEY BY CREDIT CARD.
SO ON THE, UH, ONLY ISSUES WITH, UH, TICKET RIDERS.
WHAT WE DID NOW IS WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT OFFERED VARIOUS SOLUTIONS.
SOME OF THEM WERE PIECES OF HARDWARE THAT WORKED WITH LAPTOPS AND ALL THAT TO DO THE ACTUAL TICKET RUN.
BUT WHEN AFTER DOING QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH, WE FOUND A COMPANY AND WE HAD THEM, WE INVITED THEM IN FOR A DEMO.
COMMISSIONER CLARK WAS THERE AND WATCHED THE REST OF THE FOLKS.
AND I THOUGHT I'D LET YOU HAVE A, A SAMPLE OF WHAT THEY OFFER THIS
THEY ARE, THEY WERE THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT PROVIDED, UM, A TICKET WRITING SOLUTION THAT WOULD INCLUDE AN INTERFACE TO OUR EXISTING SOFTWARE.
OTHER FOLKS OFFERED HARDWARE THAT WOULD WORK, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SO ON.
AND AT THE TIME I THINK WE WERE QUITE PLEASED WITH RESULTS.
UM, THE TICKET RIDERS, UM, PRETTY GOOD BECAUSE YOU'D WALK UP TO A CAR SCAN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD, ALL THAT DATA WOULD DUMP INTO THE ALL THE RIDER, CHECK YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, SCAN IT, ALL THAT DATA WOULD WOULD SHOW UP.
BUT I THINK OUR DISAPPOINTMENT WAS THE COST.
I AGREE THE INITIAL COST OF 10,000 TO BRING ALL THE FOLKS ONLINE AND CONNECT TO OUR SOFTWARE WAS QUITE HIGH.
SO WE SINCE TALKED A LITTLE MORE TO THESE FOLKS AND CURRENT PRICE LIST.
AND AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, THIS IS THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OUR EXISTING SOFTWARE.
THESE FOLKS ARE IN, UH, THE MAJOR CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THEY'RE IN THE DARK UP HERE IN DALLAS COUNTY.
UM, THEY'RE TALKING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AT THIS TIME TO, UH, REPLACE ALL THEIR STATEWIDE.
SO THEY'RE GOOD FOLKS, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE KIND OF PRICEY.
SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY ACTIONS, WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT THAT OUT THERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE.
SOME OF THE CONSTABLES AND SOME OF THE DEPUTY CONSTABLES WERE, YOU KNOW, QUITE PLEASED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITIES OF USING THIS.
BUT UH, AGAIN, IT'S TO YOU, YOU'RE SEE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY ON THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING WHAT THEY DID.
I MEAN IT'S GOT A LITTLE, LITTLE HANDHELD GOODBYE, BIGGER THIS RIGHT HERE.
HE WALKED UP TO THE CAR AND I THINK HE SAID 57 SECONDS LATER HE'D BE BACK IN HIS CAR GOING DOWN THE ROAD DOWN WHERE A TICKET THEY HIT THE, UH, INSPECTION STICKER AND IT GIVES ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAR PRINT TICKETS LIKE THAT, SCAN THE DRIVER'S LICENSE ON IT, GIVES ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRIVER INSIDE TICKET, TAKES A PICTURE OF THE DRIVER AND THEN HE COMES UP IN COURT THEN DON'T LET JUST GET THE GUY HE A SIGNED OFF.
BUT LIKE A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS.
IT WAS HORRENDOUSLY WHAT THAT YOU SAID IT WAS 10, 10 WASN'T IS NOT WHAT, $4,600 UPWARD OF $4,000? THAT'S WHAT I'M, YEAH, BUT OUR NEW QUOTE, I THINK WE'VE GOT THAT DOWN TO TWO CHANGE FOR EACH.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO WEIGH HOW MUCH REVENUE WE RECEIVE FROM OUR FIVE C OFFICE AND SEE IF WE WANT TO PURSUE IT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE JPS AND CONSTABLES IF THEY WANT TO USE IT OR NOT.
AND IF THEY WANNA USE THEIR PHONES TO DO THAT WITH THEM, THEY SAID ELIMINATE A LOT OF THE ONE PLUS SIDE THEY SAID ELIMINATES A LOT OF THE THROWING OUT TICKETS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS CONSISTENT.
WAS THERE GIS THING TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE'S WRITTEN INTO ON? YES, THEY DO LONG AND, AND ALSO THEY HAD A LETTER DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF CRITICAL FAILURES.
THE GUY MIGHT PUT IN THE WRONG DATE OR WRONG ORDER OR WHATEVER.
LET'S PHOTOGRAPH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VIOLATORS AND THEY'LL RUN FEDERAL RECORDS ON THE GUY TOO AT THE SAME TIME AS IT MATTER.
I SAID JUST TO LET YOU FOLKS KNOW, THE CITY WILL USE, OH, DID THE CITY USE AND B, THIS IS A PERMISSIBLE EXPENDITURE OUT TECHNOLOGY AND WE'RE NOT USING A LOT OF MONEY.
WELL THE ONLY, UM, THING WE'VE USED, I'LL TALK ABOUT A MOMENT
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IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE INSIDE OF THE MAGIC ARRAIGNMENT ROOM.
WE HAVE OUR VIDEO ADMINISTRATION WISE.
UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I THINK.
BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO OTHER BUY THIS EQUIPMENT.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY, THEY WOULD PASS IT.
TYLER WOULD PASS THE COST THROUGH THESE FOLKS TO US THAT WOULD BE, UM, PACKAGED DEAL.
AND OF COURSE THE BENEFIT IS THE CLERK DOESN'T HAVE TO SIT THERE AND TYPE IN EVERY TICKET AS SOON AS WRITTEN.
HOW MANY OF HER DAY HAVE EXPRESS, I TALKED TO SOME OF, UH, WELL HERE'S CONSTABLE FORD.
UM, I KNOW I TALKED TO VANESSA, SHE SAID INTEREST, BUT I THINK AGAIN THE ISSUE WAS THE COST.
I KNOW IT WOULD BENEFIT ANNIE GREATLY.
HE MAKES WAY MORE STOPS THAN HE PROBABLY DOES AS MANY STOPS AS, UH, ALL OF US COMBINED HAVE TWO CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.
SO IS THAT BEEN THE CASE OF WE JUST NEED ONE IN PRECINCT FOUR OR OR WOULD YOU REQUEST ONE FOR EVERYBODY? UH, AT LEAST THREE, BUT LIKE AGAIN, IT WAS THE COST.
I MEAN IT WAS $4,200 PLUS THREE 50 FOR THE LICENSE.
UH, THE ADD-ON TO BE ABLE TO RUN CRIMINAL HISTORY WAS ANOTHER 2,500.
IS THAT, UH, I MAKE YOU WANT, UH, YARD ON THE 7,500.
IS THAT PER PRECINCT OR IS THAT THAT WAS COUNTY, THAT WAS THE FEE WE MENTIONED IT WAS 10,000 IN THE BEGINNING.
THAT WOULD BE BRING EVERYBODY ONLINE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
YEAH, SO IF WE, IF WE THOUGHT FOUR OR TWO AND SO EVERYONE IN A GROUP WOULD COME TOGETHER, THAT WOULD BE ONE FOR THAT FEE.
AND THE REASON IS THE WAY THEY WOULD STYLE THE DOCUMENT IN THE APPEARANCE OF THAT TICKET WOULD VARY FROM THE CONSTABLES THEN OF COURSE FROM DPS OR THE SHERIFF.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IF A BUNCH OF FOLKS WANTED TO DO IT, IT WOULD BE BEST TO DO.
WAS THERE A LICENSING FEE FOR EACH DEVICE? THERE'S A, THAT'S 300 A YEAR.
WAS THAT FOR EACH DEVICE OR THE ONE TIME? IT IS RETURN COST OF THREE 50 PER YEAR.
GEORGE, IS THERE ENOUGH MONEY IN THOSE, UH, ACCOUNTS TO DO SOME OF THIS? ALL OF THIS, ANY OF THIS? WELL AGAIN, THAT MONEY CONTINUES TO GROW AND AL WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, I DON'T RECALL ANY A WELL, I I'M JUST WONDERING AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN MAKE A DECISION THIS TODAY AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA TO DO IT TODAY, BUT UH, UH, I THINK IT'D GOOD, YOU KNOW, THAT MONEY'S SITTING THERE FOR PURPOSE DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD IF IT'S NOT.
I'M WONDER WE MIGHT TRY THIS ON A KIND OF A LIMITED BASIS INITIALLY AND SEE HOW IT GETS ALL UH, SEE IF IT DOES A LOT OF THERE FIND MENTION TO US.
BUT I DON'T HAVE JUDGE ADAMS FIELDS, UH, BY JUDGE ASPRO.
JUDGE ASPRO WAS VERY, VERY, SHE WAS THE ONE THAT REALLY GOT THE DEAL BASED ON OUR OCTOBER 24TH COURT.
IT CURRENTLY WON'T TAKE ANY ACTION FROM US PART.
THEY DID RESEARCH ON WHAT I LOOKED AT.
IF THEY REQUEST THIS, WE CAN'T DENY.
RIGHT? IF THEY PAY WHATEVER, HAVE THEIR SPECIAL FUNDS, WHATEVER, THEY CAN DO IT LONG AS IT'S DONE THROUGH THE PURCHASING PROCESS.
SO IT'S BE ENTIRELY UP TO THE JPS WHAT THEY, SO ONCE WE FIND MUCH, WE, EACH JP HAS THEIR OWN TECHNOLOGY.
DIDN'T YOU INDICATE THOUGH WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE ON BOARD THOUGH.
WE NEED TO DO OUT DO IT ALL AT ONCE.
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YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE TICKET APPEARS, WHAT OPTIONS THERE ARE, THAT WOULD BE DONE ONE TIME.SO THE MORE CAME TOGETHER AT ONE TIME ALL THE JPS WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS.
WELL WE SAID THE, WE SAID THE MEMOS OUT TO AND THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN FROM JUDGE.
WELL IT'S BEEN THE ISSUE HAS BEEN THE COST.
WHEN YOU SEE THE, YOU ACTUALLY USE THAT IN PARTICULAR.
YOU KNOW, IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME PEOPLE, WHEN PEOPLE GET OLDER AND THEY HAVE TO WEAR GLASSES TO WRITE TICKETS, THAT ELIMINATES THAT.
SCAN THE LICENSE, SCAN THAT STICKER ON THE FRONT OF THE WINDSHIELD.
SO IS THIS, THIS 2,500, IS THAT EACH, THAT'S WHAT EACH UNIT COST? YES.
AND THEN HOW MUCH OF THIS, ALL THIS HARDWARE THAT'S DOWN ON THE BOTTOM, HOW MUCH OF ALL THAT GOES WITH EACH UNIT? THERE ARE CHARGE, THERE'S A CHARGING STATION THERE AND I BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT A UM, UH, PRINTER FOR EACH UNIT.
AND THE GUY CAME DOWN QUITE A BIT BECAUSE WE, WE HAD OUR MEETING OUT THERE AT SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO I GUESS RAY MUST HAVE CALLED A FEW FAVORS.
BRAD, APPROXIMATELY $250,000 AWAY.
ABOUT 40% OF THAT IS INCREASING THROUGH.
THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING OUT THERE FOR, I I DON'T THINK WE DO TOGETHER.
IS THAT DIRECTION WE NEED TO HEAD EVERYBODY? IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROBLEM.
WE HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE THOUGH AND THE JPS DO IT AGAIN.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THOSE FUNDS THERE IS TO ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE THE REVENUE FROM THOSE STAPLES, I MEAN HOW MUCH WILL IT MAKE TO YOU? YEAH, THE OTHER ITEM THAT, UH, JUDGE CRO I ASKED PURSUE WAS, UH, CREDIT TAKING CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS WITH AN IPHONE FOR AN IPAD.
AND WE LOOKED AND FOUND 138 COMPANIES THAT DO THAT.
UH, THE DIFFERENCE IS SOME ARE REQUIRE A SLIP PRINTER, SOME SIMPLY EMAIL, UH, THE RESULTS OF THE TRANSACTIONS TO
SO I THINK COMMISSIONER CLARK HAD A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE.
AND BASICALLY THIS PROJECT WOULD NOT INTERFACE OR HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR COURT SOFTWARE.
IT WOULD JUST BE A SEPARATE STANDALONE ITEM.
IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE TAKE PAYMENTS OUT HERE ON COUNTER FOR THE TAX OFFICE.
SO IT REALLY BECOMES AN, AN AUDITOR ISSUE OR A FINANCIAL ISSUE THAN AN IT ISSUE BECAUSE WE SIMPLY WOULD NOT HAVE ANY HARDWARE TO SUPPORT.
SO IT'D JUST BE A MATTER OF COURSE THERE'S NO COST.
ALL WE DO IS SET UP AN ACCOUNT AND UH, MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE GO DOWN, GOES OUT THERE AND TRY TO COLLECT A WARRANT.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY ON HIM.
HE PROBABLY GOT A CREDIT CARD THEY GOT PUTS INTO HIS PHONE, GO DOWN'S, PHONE THE CREDIT CARD ON THERE AND PUT THE INFORMATION IN THERE AND THERE'S NO COST.
AND I ASKED THE QUESTION ON THAT, IT'S FREE.
AND UH, THE GUY THAT HAS THE VIOLATION HAS TO PAY THE 2.7, 2.9% FEE FOR USING THE CREDIT CARD JUST LIKE HE WOULD TO COME ACROSS THE COUNTER.
AND WE LOOKED AT UH, CHASE BANK, WE LOOKED AT THE FOLKS THAT, UH, INTUIT, THE FOLKS THAT WRITE THE COMMON FINANCIAL SOFTWARE LIKE UH, QUICKBOOKS, THEY ALL OFFER THIS AND UM, TO GET YOU ON BOARD, THEY GIVE THE HARDWARE AWAY.
JUST GET ON THERE AND SIGN UP FOR ACCOUNT, YOU'RE TO GO.
SO WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE? DON'T GO.
WELL, I GUESS THE ONLY DOWNSIDE IS, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOESN'T REALLY, IT DOESN'T INTERFACE WITH OUR SOFTWARE, BUT THAT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT DOES OR NOT.
WE SHOULD GET OUT THERE AND COLLECT THE MONEY.
IT REQUIRES SOME KIND OF PROCEDURE SET.
BUT YEAH, THAT CAN WE BE SURE WE GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT GETS SCAN IN BANK ACCOUNT AND YOU CAN RECONCILE THAT.
SO WAS COMMITTEE IN FAVOR MOVE THIS FAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? OH CERTAINLY.
WE'LL NEED TO HAVE IT ON AGENDA I GUESS OR NOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO, YOU WANT TO USE THE VENDOR YOU LOOKED AT THAT WOULD JUST SHOWN PAYMENT? IT LOOKS AS SIMPLE IF I THOUGHT I COULD DO IT, THAT'S WHY I WAS IMPRESSED WITH IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
THERE'S NO, I THINK WE'LL NEED TO HAVE A ITEM BE ACCEPTED AS PART OF THIS REPORT.
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ACCEPTED GUYS.I THINK WE NEED TO PROBABLY HAVE IT COME BACK ON THE AGENDA.
SOME WORK REAL QUICK PRE SOME WORK FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT AND REALLY NOT FOR US.
HAVE DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE I HAVE QUITE A BIT.
UM, A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED WERE DPS IMPORTER.
EPAY, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME WE MET ON OCTOBER THE 24TH.
THERE WERE THINGS TYLER WAS WORKING ON WITH, UM, NEWER RELEASES OF THE SOFTWARE TO ALLOW MORE FUNCTIONALITY THAT'S COMPLETE AND WE WILL BEGIN TO DEPLOY THE DPS IMPORTER.
WHAT THAT'S ABOUT IS EACH NIGHT WHEN THE TROOPERS FINISHED, THEIR TICKETS ARE PUSHED DOWN TO AUSTIN, THEN TYLER RECEIVES THAT DATA AND THEN WE IN TURN ARE ABLE TO PULL FROM TYLER ALL THE CITATION INFORMATION FROM THE TICKETS WRITTEN BY THE DPS.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ELIMINATES THE, UH, THE NEED FOR THE CLERKS TICKETS WE HOPE TO HAVE RUNNING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
UM, AND EPAY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON EPAY FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW.
IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN SLOW AND COMING BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE RELEASE TOWARDS EPAY.
COLLIN COUNTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF GOING LIVE WITH EPAY AND AS SOON AS COLLIN COUNTY IS DONE, WE WENT NEXT.
ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE WAS APPROVED ON OCTOBER THE 24TH WAS TO GO AHEAD AND GO LIVE WITH VIDEO MAGISTRATION WE'VE DONE THAT I THINK WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT OUR VIDEO MAGISTRATION AND WHAT OTHER COUNTIES AROUND US DO THEY DO IT FROM THE SAME ROOM.
UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE INSIDE OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARRAIGNMENT ROOM.
THIS IS, UH, WIRELESS AND THIS IS WHAT THE JPS WILL SEE.
AND AS THEY MAGISTRATE IT SAYS AUDIO ONLY ON THAT BOX DOWN THERE.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WEBCAM ON THIS, BUT SHE'LL SHARE, SHE'LL HAVE THE SET UP TO WHERE YOU CAN HAVE NOT ONLY ONE BUT MULTIPLE, UM, FOLKS IN A MEETING AT ONE TIME.
SO IF THE HIGHER COURTS WANTED TO HEAR HAVE HEARINGS OUT THERE, WE COULD HAVE DEFENSE PROSECUTOR AND SO ON AND ALL BE TOGETHER IN A VIRTUAL ROOM FROM ANYWHERE.
AND YOU SEE THIS AND THIS, WHO MY EXPECT ARE WHEN THE J THE JP HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OF THIS.
SHE HAS CONTROL OF THE CAMERA AND SHE HAS CONTROL OF WHO COMES AND GOES.
SO HERE FOR EXAMPLE, SHE CAN TAKE AND SWING THIS CAMERA AROUND, MOVE THE CAMERA, THAT'S THE DOOR, ANY HAVE THE, AND SURE.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO NOW, WHAT WE CAN DO NOW IS SO NOT, NOT ONLY ARE WE ABLE TO VIEW, YOU KNOW, THE VIOLATOR AND SO ON, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED SIGNATURE PADS.
WE'VE CREATED OUR MAGISTRATE FORM AND PDF VERSIONS THAT WE CAN SIGN REMOTELY.
AND YOU, SO THE SCREEN, THE WAY THE MAGISTRATE WILL SEE IT IS THAT DOCUMENT WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN WHEN SHE WANTS IT TO, AND THEN SHE CAN MINIMIZE IT WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN SHE WANTS IT.
UM, THE HARDWARE'S IN PLACE, IT WORKS FINE.
UM, UH, JUDGE ASHCROFT IS WORKING OUT A FEW DETAILS WITH CHIEF BEAVERS RIGHT NOW, UM, PROCEDURAL THINGS.
AND ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, I, I SEE NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T GO LIVE.
SO, AND THIS HARDWARE ALSO WILL ALLOW US TO, LIKE I SAID, DO ANY TYPE OF COURT HEARING, BUT THE HARDWARE WILL ALSO STORE INFORMATION.
SO IF WE DID TRAINING SESSION, WE COULD BROADCAST IT LIVE ON THE INTERNET, HAD A CALL.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE THIS COURT MEETING AT NIGHT AND HAVE IT LIVE THERE, LIVE THIS, WE CAN ALSO SAY COULD THEY ALSO ISSUE WARRANT TO THAT POINT.
I HEAR SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY.
UM, I, I'M CERTAINLY, I'M CERTAIN WE COULD, I THINK WHAT WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH NOW IS WHAT DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE JP AND YOU KNOW, WHAT SHE NEEDS TO HAVE.
AND OF COURSE IF WE HAVE AN OFFENSE WITH
SO WE SPOKE TO ONE OF JPS AROUND THE STATE, UM, ONE JP COURT THAT RECENTLY WENT LIVE WITH, THIS WAS TAYLOR COUNTY, CITY OF ABILENE.
AND WHAT, WHAT THEY DID TO DEAL WITH, UH, CRIMINAL HISTORIES AND SO ON.
THEY SIMPLY GET ON THE PHONE AND CALL, YOU KNOW, DOWN THERE AND SAY, HEY, WHAT'S WHAT'S ON THIS CRIMINAL HISTORY? BECAUSE WE CAN'T, ONE THING WE CANNOT DO IS SEND CRIMINAL HISTORIES, YOU KNOW, CROSS ANYTHING.
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WE JUST CANNOT DO IT.IT'LL BE VIOLATION OF OUR LICENSE, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT NOW.
BUT THE HARDWARE'S DONE, IT'S READY TO GO AND UM, YOU CAN DO IT FROM, FROM ANYWHERE.
AND THAT IS ALL WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT ON OCTOBER THE 24TH MEETING, EXCEPT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT ENC CODE AT THE VERY END.
A FEW OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING, UM, THE ARMORY ON, ON DECEMBER THE 12TH, WE HAD A MEETING AND YOU DISCUSS, UM, PUTTING DVRS AND DOING SECURITY AND ON THE ARMORY THAT PROJECT IS ALMOST DONE.
UH, THE CAMERAS ARE GOING IN AND THE SPEED AND I THINK JACK IS GONNA HAVE A FEW THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
THE UM, EDR IS GOING INTO THE ARMORY IS, UH, THE SAME AS THE EQUIPMENT REPLACING IT IN THE COURTHOUSE.
BACK IN 2004, WE WENT OUT TO BID AND PUT A BUNCH OF SECURITY IN, IN THE COURTHOUSE.
A LOT OF THESE PIECES ARE, YOU KNOW, FAILING AND WE'RE THE PROCESS OF GRADING AND REPLACING ALL OF THOSE.
AND THANKS TO THE SHERIFF AND UH, THE DA WE'RE PUTTING THE SAME PART OF OUR PLATFORM IN ARMOR AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO VIEW VIDEO.
IN FACT, STEVE HUG YOU STILL HERE? HE JUST STEPPED IN.
UM, WE HAVE IT NOW WHERE YOU CAN VIEW THAT VIDEO FROM ANYWHERE.
UM, WE CAN VIEW, CAN VIEW IT ON YOUR IPHONE OR IPAD OR FOR ANYWHERE IN THE COURTHOUSE.
ALSO WITH THE ARMORY, UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, IF YOU RECALL, WE PUT A TEMPORARY LINK BETWEEN THE ARMORY BACK SHERIFF'S OFFICE BACK IN 2004.
WE ALSO PUT UM, MICROWAVE LINKS FROM HERE TO THE COURTHOUSE DOWN TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND A FEW OTHER LOCATIONS.
THAT HARDWARE PLATFORM WAS REALLY READY TO BE REPLACE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR TO REPLACE THAT HARDWARE, WHICH WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT.
I WORK WITH JACK AND UH, WE, WE WENT TO SEVERAL VENDORS TO PROVIDE THESE SOLUTIONS AND RIGHT NOW, UM, WITHIN TWO WEEKS WE'LL HAVE THE LINK, THE COURTHOUSE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPLACED AND A NEW LINK, UM, THAT WILL GO DOWN TO THE ARMORY.
THAT ARMORY LINK WILL BE A HUNDRED TIMES FASTER THAN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THE LINK FROM HERE TO SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL BE 10 TIMES FASTER THAN WE HAVE.
UH, ONE OTHER ITEM WE HAD ON THE 24TH TO DISCUSS WAS, UM, THE INCO PROJECT.
WE HAVE BEEN WHAT ABOUT A YEAR NOW WORKING ON THIS INCOME PROJECT.
UM, IN OUR LAST IT COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, WE WERE GIVEN PERMISSION TO GO AHEAD AND NEGOTIATE WITH THIS FOLKS, YOU KNOW, ON, ON OCTOBER THE 24TH.
AND AS WE DID, THE PRICE WENT UP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WHEN WE, WHEN WE RECEIVED ALL THE FINANCIALS FROM THESE FOLKS, UM, MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER CLARK AND, AND JACK WERE LOOKING OVER THE DOCUMENTS THAT DAY AND PROBABLY FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS AFTERWARDS.
AND I DON'T THINK WE WERE SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THE DOCUMENTS WERE PRESENTED AND THAT THERE WERE RECURRING COSTS THAT WEREN'T CLEARLY STATED.
SO THE AUDITOR SENT A A NOTE TO THE FOLKS, WHAT, FRIDAY? THURSDAY.
AND WE'RE GONNA TABLE THAT FOR TWO REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, WE WANT TO GET BACK WITH THESE FOLKS AND GET TOGETHER AND GET SOMETHING WE CAN ALL LIVE WITH.
AND THE SECOND REASON IS WE HAVE A NEW, UH, HR DIRECTOR AND WE FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET HER INVOLVED.
WE THOUGHT MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH HER EXPERIENCE, I THINK SHE WORKED FOR A FEDERAL AGENCY UP IN, UP IN DALLAS.
WE'D LIKE TO GET HER ON BOARD, BRING HER TO MEETINGS.
SHE MAY HAVE THINGS TO OFFER AND WHO KNOWS, YOU MAY HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SOLUTION THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? SO ITEM TWO, WE'RE GONNA TABLE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GOING TO UH, ASK THE ITEM 14.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP ON THAT.
ON THIRDLY, ARE YOU THROUGH THE ONLY, THE LAST THING WAS WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR PROCESS AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE DID AUDIT OF CALL DATA AND WE LEARNED THAT UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS WE FOUND OUT THAT OUR CUSTOMERS WERE FAIRLY SATISFIED WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY WERE TREATED AND THE RESULTS AND THE ANSWERS THEY RECEIVED.
BUT OF COURSE THE AUTO ATTENDANT IS AN ISSUE.
A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T LIKE THAT AUTO ATTENDANT.
SO WE'VE MET WITH DICK MURPHY AND WHEN HE'S THROUGH WITH THE RUSH SEASON, WE'RE GONNA REWORK HIS AND HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THE WAY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS, SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOLKS ANSWER THE PHONE ONE TIME, THERE'S NO AUTO ATTENDANT AND WE'RE GONNA VISIT, WE'RE GONNA VISIT WITH COMMISSIONER CLARK AFTER THAT AND JUST GO DEPARTMENT
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BY DEPARTMENT, MODIFY IT TO WAY THEY WANT INTO THAT THING ABOUT THAT'S DONE WHEN YOU GET A CALL.SO ITEM 14 FOLKS, UH, WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
WHAT DO WE HAVE REPORT? ACTUALLY I HAVE MORE HERE BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE IT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT AND I GUESS COMMISSIONER MAKES THAT MOTION.
DO WE HAVE SECOND JACKSON? SECOND ALL TABLE THAT, BUT I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE.
SO COMMISSIONER JACKSON, HAVE A SECOND.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS FOR MR. MURPHY.
CONSIDERING THE TAX ASSESSOR'S REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF, UH, JANUARY AND RECENT, YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP SHIFT FOR UH, MR. MURPHY, SIR.
OKAY, YOU GET ONE? OKAY, LEMME GET MY PAPERS ON.
SO FOR JANUARY, OUR COLLECTIONS, OUR CURRENT COLLECTIONS ARE AT $24,265,336.
WE'RE AT 83% COMPARED TO THE 82% WE WERE AT LAST YEAR.
AND LOOKS LIKE OUR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FOR 2010 AND 11, THAT'S REPORTED FOR 2012.
OUR COLLECTIONS TO DATE ARE 2,000,800, 1030 $5 AND IS AT 83% ALSO COMPARED TO THE 80, 83% COMPARED TO THE 81% FROM LAST YEAR.
WOULD THAT BE ROUNDING UP ON NUMBERS? I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY PAY THEIR ROAD BRIDGE TAXES WHEN THEY PAY THEIR HOUSE TAXES.
YEAH, THE ROAD BRIDGE IS INCLUDED IN ON THEIR TAXES.
I'M NOT SURE THAT LAST YEAR'S THESIS, I'M READING WHAT HE GAVE ME THOUGH,
AND UH, I BELIEVE HOW YOU SENT ME AN UPDATE ON THE REPORT THAT YOU AND, UH, BUT THIS REPORT INCLUDED THOSE FEBRUARY? NO, I THINK AT THE END OF JANUARY THEY HAD PROCESSED THEM LIKE THE 23RD.
THEY'RE STILL ACTUALLY PROCESSING SOME JANUARY MAIL.
OKAY, SO ALL OF JANUARY PERIOD ARE NOT IN COMPLETELY YET.
THEY HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED FEBRUARY MAIL YET.
SO THEIR JANUARY IS NOT IN OUT YET.
THE TAX COLLECTIONS ARE CONTINUING ALONG VERY WELL, SO THAT'S GOOD.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TAX COMMISSIONER PARK MAKES THAT MOTION THAT WE HAVE A SECOND.
SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER MANNING MAKES A SECOND.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER UTILIZATION OF AN GRANT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND TO AN AGREEMENT WITH EXTERIOR ENERGY FOR OUR ENGINEERING STUDY.
UH, JACK, UH, IS OUR MAIN MAN ON THAT.
UH, YOU'RE AWARE WE'VE HAD THIS GRANT SOMETIME THAT, UH, BEEN KICKING AROUND HOW, HOW BEST TO UTILIZE THAT GRANT.
AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE, UH, END HERE.
JUNE 30TH IS THE, UH, CURRENT DATE.
UH, WE HAVE MUCH, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE THAT THERE KIND OF CHANGE THE SCOPE SEVERAL TIMES.
AND SO WE BROUGHT IN, UH, MARCUS JOHNSON TO, UH, NEXT ENERGY, EXTERIOR ENERGY TO, UH, LOOK AT THE BUILDING OR LOOK AT THAT BUILDING.
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THAT CAME AND, UH, LOOKS LIKE THE, UH, THE, UH, TOTAL COST TO, TO ASSESS THE, UH, CERTAIN AREAS OF THAT BUILDING IS 20 1007.ONCE AGAIN, WE BROUGHT IN THESE FOLKS TO MAKE BETTER DECISION AS WE HOW SUSPEND MONEY.
I GONNA BRING THIS TO COURT AND, UH, YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SIGNING AN AGREEMENT TO DO THIS.
WE'RE NOT REALLY TIME, WHETHER, WHETHER THE 20 1007 80 COME OUTTA THE OR IF WE WANNA DO THAT.
SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THE 21,000 MIGHT NOT COME OUTTA THE GRANT.
I THINK PART OF THIS, UH, PROPOSAL MARK, REACH OUT TO, UH, CCO AND VERIFY THAT ALSO FOR EXTENSION 60 DAYS AND VERIFY WHETHER WE WANT DO BE THE SCOPE THAT, UH, THERE PUT MARK'S HERE TODAY.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, HAVE A, I THINK MARK, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP, I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, GOOD.
ANY COMMISSION HAVE, HAVE A REPORT.
21,000 IS, UH, A GOOD SIZE SUM OF COURSE.
AND I THINK WHAT JACK TOLD ME, YOU WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT SUM WAS THE VALUE ENGINEERING.
PERHAPS WE REDUCED A CERTAIN SCOPE OF THE WORK.
UM, IN TALKING WITH, UH, WITH JACK AND WITH GEORGE LAST WEEK, UM, THEY FELT THEY COULD HANDLE THE, UM, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND THE DISPATCH AREAS, WHICH ARE 24 HOUR OPERATIONS.
SO THEY ASKED US TO DELETE THAT FROM OUR SCOPE OF WORK, WHICH WE DID, WHICH RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN OUR COSTS.
HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT THIS, UH, 21,000 WON'T BE ABLE TO, UH, BE PAID UNDER THAT GRANT? UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, I, I HAVE A CALL INTO THE CO OFFICE.
DOUG TAYLOR HAD AN AUTO REPLY.
HE WAS OUT LAST WEEK, SO THERE'S AN EMAIL SITTING IN HIS INBOX.
HOPEFULLY HE'LL TRICKLE DOWN THROUGH THAT AND, AND HIT BACK, UH, TO ME TODAY OR TOMORROW.
IF I DON'T HEAR FROM HIM, I'LL TICKLE HIM AGAIN AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A, A PRECISE RESPONSE AND YOU'LL LET THE JUDGE KNOW AS QUICKLY AS YOU FIND OUT.
COMMUNICATE WITH JUDGE AND WITH, UH, MR. SEBASTIAN.
JACK, DO YOU HAVE, UH, ANY, ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO, TO ADD THAT I KNOW WE, WE'VE ABOUT TALKED THIS THING TO DEATH.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE SEVERAL, SEVERAL THINGS HERE THAT TO CONSIDER, UH, ALSO OUR CURRENT VENDOR OF OFFER WHO, UH, ADVISE US ON WHAT HE THINKS THAT WE SHOULD DO IN REGARDS TO THIS.
GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE HE'S DEVELOPING A SCOPE AND THEN BIDDING ON IT MIGHT BE A, ON THIS, UH, ONCE AGAIN, HAVE WE HAVE A COUPLE CONCERNS.
I THINK, UH, ONE OF 'EM IS, UH, GEORGE'S AREA FOR THE IT SERVER ROOM.
I THINK THAT IS AT A POINT, UH, END OF LIFE, UH, IF YOU WOULD STATE, UH, HE WANTS TO THAT FIXED RATHER QUICKLY.
WE CAN BECAUSE HE HAD CRASH, MAKE AN ADD TO THAT.
BUT, UH, WE, THAT, THAT MIGHT BE ADDED INTO THIS BE ENERGY SAVING AS WELL.
UH, THE PROBLEM ISS TIME FACTOR, THAT'S ABOUT, THAT'S PROBABLY $40,000 TO DO THAT UNIT WOULD BE NICE TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE GRANT, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE TIME TO GET AROUND THAT AND GET THAT.
THE TIME WOULD BE TO, UH, UTILIZE THE CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THE THREE THIS TIME COURT DECISION WHETHER WANNA PURSUE OUT OR DESIRE TO MAKE THIS COMPETITIVE AGAIN, TO BID IT OUT THAT IT'LL SLOW DOWN PART OF THE PROCESS.
UH, IT ALSO DEPENDS WHETHER THEY GET A 60 DAY EXTENSION.
WELL, MARCUS, CAN YOU GUARANTEE US THAT
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THIS WORK CAN BE, IF WE SIGN A CONTRACT TO DESIGN IT $21,000, THIS WORK CAN BE APPROVED AND BY SECRETARY OF STATE APPLY TO A GRANT.UH, NOT UNTIL I, UNTIL I GET TO THE SECO OFFICE AND TELL HIM WHAT THE CHANGE IS.
UM, JACK GAVE ME THE CONTRACT THIS MORNING AND I REVIEWED IT SO CLEARLY SCHEDULE G IN THE CONTRACT, WHICH IS THE SCOPE OF WORK, HAS TO BE REDONE.
NOW, DOUG TAYLOR, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE OF CONSERVATION OFFICE TOLD ME, MARK, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, WHAT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DO, AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP YOU WITH THIS, IS WE JUST NEED TO WRITE A LETTER SAYING WE NEED TO AMEND SCHEDULE G FROM THIS SCOPE OF WORK TO THIS SCOPE OF WORK AND HAVE THEM APPROVE THAT.
NOW, IF WE WRITE A SCOPE OF WORK AND IT SAYS, UH, AND THEY FOR WHATEVER REASON COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT IN THE ENERGY CONSERVATION INTENT THAT THE E-E-C-G-B MONDAY, THEN THEY MAY PUSH BACK.
UH, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, THE WAY I VIEW THE WORK THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO IS GOING TO BE ENERGY CONSERVATIVE.
UH, BUT THE SOONER WE IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE SOONER IT'LL USE LESS ENERGY PERFORM BETTER.
AND THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THOSE DOLLARS.
UM, BUT I'M NOT JUDGE THE JURY ON THAT.
THAT'S THE STATE OF ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE.
HAVE WE GOT ANY, CAN WE GET SOME KIND SOMETHING THE SAME WILL LAST EXTENSION ON GETTING THIS DONE BECAUSE WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOU LET DO THIS 21,000 STUDY.
THEN WE HAVE TO BID IT POSSIBLY AWESOME.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT INSTALLED AND IT HAS TO BE DONE BY RIGHT NOW BY JUNE.
NOW AGAIN, MR. TAYLOR FROM THE STANDARD CONSERVATION OFFICE TOLD ME THAT, UH, THEY ARE AWARDING 60 DAY EXTENSIONS.
IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE THAT WAS GONNA BE A, A DIFFICULT PUT.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE THE ISSUE.
UM, WHAT WHAT I CAN SAY IS IF, UH, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND AWARD THIS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN DO THE WORK, WE'LL, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY STAND DOWN AND WAIT UNTIL THE, UH, DECISION COMES BACK FROM SECO AND THE SECO GIVES YOU THUMBS UP.
IT'S A PURCHASE ORDER IF IT DOESN'T, DON'T OR GO TO A DIFFERENT ROUTE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN CLEAR THE DECISION HURDLE TODAY IF THAT'S WHAT YOUR COMFORT LEVEL IS, AND THEN WE'LL HELP GET THAT DECISION FROM THE STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE AS QUICKLY AS I CAN GET W TO RESPOND.
SEE TODAY, TWO DAYS, I GUESS THAT WAS UP CENTER AUGUST 31ST.
WOULD THAT GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED EASILY OR THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE ANTICIPATE AND WE SEE UP THERE? YES.
I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE AN ISSUE.
DO WE HAVE AUTOCAD DRAWINGS IN A DWG FORMAT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PLANTS? DO WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO US? I THINK WE'VE GOT THE ORIGINAL DRAWING CURRENTLY, NO.
CHIEF BEAVERS HAS BEEN CONTACTING THE ENGINEER OF RECORD THAT ENGINEERED THE JAIL WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED.
THE ARCHITECT ARCHITECTURAL FIRM IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS, BUT THE ENGINEERING FIRM STILL IS.
SO THEORETICALLY THEY HAVE THOSE DRAWINGS AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPLY THOSE TO YOU IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT.
SO WE JUST WAITING ON, UH, ON THE SEACO TO COME BACK AND SAY, YOU JUST GRANT OR NOT? THAT'S CORRECT.
OR WE'LL HAVE TO SEND THEM A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE'RE AMENDING SCHEDULE G TO, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN TELL US YAY OR NAY.
UM, AND IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A YAY AND THEY, AND THEY SAY, OKAY, THEN WE'LL WE'LL HELP YOU AMEND THE CONTRACT SO THAT YOU CAN GO AND EXPEND THE MONEY SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT THE WORK THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE DONE.
WELL, WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE THAT WE JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU GET ALL THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THIS? JUST THE TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF I GET, IF I GET A RULING BACK FROM, UM, FROM CCO TOMORROW, THEN WE'LL WAIT TWO MORE WEEKS FOR ANOTHER COMMISSION TOMORROW.
WE COULD EVEN HAVE A SPECIAL, WE CHOSE TO DO THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU.
I I, WHETHER THIS HAPPENS TODAY OR NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA SLOW ME DOWN ON GETTING A DECISION FOR CCO ON Y'ALL'S BEHALF.
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DECISION WOULD BE, THEY WOULD ACCEPT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING.THAT'S I TERMS FOR WHATEVER, THEN YOU'D KNOW HOW DESIGN AT THAT POINT.
MY MY MY FEAR WAS WE'D BE AT RISK FOR ONLY $21,000 FOR WHATEVER DOLLAR AMOUNT WE SPENT ON THAT PROJECT OUT THERE AND THEN SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE AT RISK FOR THE $21,000.
WE'RE NOT GONNA START IT UNTIL, WE'RE NOT GONNA START UNTIL YOU GIVE US PO AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GIVE US PO UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT THE WORK'S QUALIFIED.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE DOMINOES HAVE TO FALL BEFORE WE'RE GONNA SPEND A DOLLAR AND INVOICE YOU FOR ANYTHING.
I GUESS WHAT I'M GONNA MARK IS, UH, UNTIL YOU DO THE STUDY, YOU BE ABLE TO TELL THEM WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK.
SO WE CAN RELAY THAT TO CCO AND SAY, WE'RE GONNA GO FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO THIS DESIGN AND, UM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION FOR THAT.
UNDER G THERE YOU HAVE COLLIN COUNTY PROVIDE ANY NECESSARY ESCORTS DURING THE SURVEY PROCESS.
HOW MANY HOURS, UH, WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED DEPUTIES FOR ESCORTS? AND I MIGHT ASK THE SHERIFF, WOULD THAT BE A PROBLEM? REASON? NO, WE, WELL, ALL THE WORK.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I SUSPECT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 16 AND 20 HOURS WILL BE ON SITE.
THE AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING IN IS PREDOMINANTLY A NON-SECURE AREA.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT REALLY A, A HAZARD TO THE SECURE JAIL FUNCTION AREA.
JACK, DID THAT, UH, ANSWER WHAT DID MARK GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEEDED TO KNOW? I THINK SO.
AND, AND WANNA LET YOU KNOW I PUT ON AGENDA BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TIME GET AWAY FROM, BUT SURE.
NOT SURE YOU WANNA DISCUSS IT FURTHER, UH, MAY HAVE A COMMITTEE WHAT YOUR PLEASURE IS TO DISCUSS.
I I JUST, I'M READY TO GET SOMETHING DONE, YOU KNOW? I KNOW.
I WANT MAKE SURE WE GET THE BEST DEAL WE CAN.
I GUESS THE QUESTION MARK I HAVE THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEING DONE IN THE COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, COURTHOUSE.
THE ANNEX WILL BE, WILL THIS ENGINEERING STUDY HAVE ANY, WILL IT AFFECT THOSE THAT ARE NO, WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP THIS SCOPE WORK VERY SPECIFIC TO THAT AREA OF THE JAIL BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME.
AND IT WAS YOUR, IT WAS THE COUNTY'S REQUEST THAT WE DO THIS.
SO WHILE WE'D LOVE TO GET STARTED HELPING THE COUNTY SAVE MONEY IN OTHER AREAS, WE'VE KEPT OUR FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THIS CURRENT.
IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA PAY THAT 21,000.
WELL, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION.
IF WE COME BACK AND THE STATE SAYS THAT 21 PATH WILL NOT QUALIFY, WHAT DO WE DO? GO AHEAD WITH THAT WHOLE PROJECT.
IF YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WHOLE, I I, I'LL, I'LL PUT MY SALESMAN HAT ON FOR JUST A SECOND HERE.
IF YOU PUT, IF YOU WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECT AND THAT ADMINISTRATION AREA OF THE JAIL WOULD'VE FALLEN UNDER OUR ANALYSIS AND WE WOULD'VE COME UP WITH PERHAPS THE SAME SOLUTION, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE SUBJECT TO THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE E-E-C-G-B DOLLARS.
NOW WE WOULDN'T HAVE PERHAPS GOTTEN IT COMPLETED BY THE 30TH AUGUST, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN ENGINEERED OR IT WOULD'VE BEEN ANALYZED, ENGINEERED, AND THEN BEEN SCHEDULED FOR IMPROVEMENTS AS THE COUNTY CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LARGER PROJECT.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK TO THE PERSON AND DIRECTOR.
WE GOT DO SOMETHING JUST DANNY OVER HERE.
3D ADD TO THIS CONVERSATION YOU'D LIKE.
ALRIGHT, DANNY, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, TO SAY TO US ABOUT
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YOU DO.IT WASN'T YOU'VE OKAY, THANK YOU.
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UH, WE JUST DID ONE AT NING COUNTY, UH, COURTHOUSE.UM, AND THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT MEETS THE CCO GRANT THAT IF WE WERE ASKED TO GO THROUGH, PRESENT THEM.
SO BASICALLY IT'S A SO REPORT THAT WE COME UP WITH, UM, TO THAT GRANT AND TAKE CARE OF THE CONSERVATION AND BETTER THE FACILITY OVER THERE.
AIR CONDITION TO, UH, SO BASICALLY THAT'S OUR SCOPE.
UM, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE, I GUESS IT'S WHAT VERSION OF THAT IS, UH, FROM DADDY'S SIDE.
PP SEEN WHAT HE THINKS WOULD HELP THE A PC OVER THERE AT THE JAIL, BUT IT'S NOT A STUDY OF THE BUILDING AS FAR AS IN DEPTH, I GUESS.
DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THIS MIGHT UH, I DID NOT PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL.
NOW WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET BACK IN OUR OFFICE OF, OF WHAT WE THINK IT WOULD COST.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS ON THERE.
THERE'S, UH, FOUR ITEMS TO ADDRESS
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AND YES, THERE IS A BUDGET FOR THOSE FOUR ITEMS. I DON'T HAVE THAT BUDGET WITH YOU.I THINK DEFENSE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING.
I DIDN'T THINK IT'S FAIR HIM TO GET THE PRICE ON THIS THING AND THEN WE BID IT OUT, SHOW HIM HIS HAND.
JACK, IS, IS MOVE THIS THING ALONG.
IS IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PERHAPS COME BACK TO THIS NEXT WEEK AND AFTER YOU HAVE SOME MORE TIME? SOME, IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF WE COULD HAVE A A, A APPOINT COMMITTEE.
I KNOW RAY WORKED WITH US IN THE PAST.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE PROBLEM, HUH? THAT'S PROBABLY THE PROBLEM.
UH, MONDAY IS A HOLIDAY AND, AND I'M GONNA BE OUT POCKET, UH, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.
SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE GONNA BE THE SAME WAY.
SO WE PERHAPS CUSTOMER, WHOEVER YOU'D LIKE TO A SPECIAL MEETING.
UH, MAYBE I, I THINK WE HAVE SOMEBODY COMING IN AT NINE 30 TUESDAY.
SO MAYBE 11 O'CLOCK TUESDAY MORNING WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AND THEN FORWARD THIS THING WE COMMISSIONER MAY HAVE.
I'LL BE THAT BASICALLY WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS.
WE KNOW WE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY HAS MUCH THAT SHOULD DO NOT DO THAT.
WELL, THAT'S THE PROBLEM I THINK WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT.
AND THAT'S THE THING WE'LL FIND OUT PRETTY QUICK.
LET ME, LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OTHER PIECES OF INFORMATION.
THE, THE DETAILS OF THE E-E-C-G-B DOLLARS ALLOW FOR ENGINEERING.
SO THE ENGINEERING SHOULD BE ALLOWED FOR, IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR BUILDING RECOMMISSION, WHICH THE WORK THAT A WE'VE OUTLINED AND THE WORK THAT WE WOULD SPECIFY THAT COULD BE BID OUT WOULD, I WOULD CONSIDER RECOMMISSION, UH, AND I THINK STAY OFF CONSERVATION OFFICE AS WELL.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UNOFFICIALLY YES, I THINK IT WILL QUALIFY FOR THE STATE TO SAY.
SO I MEAN THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE GOVERNING BODY OF THAT MONEY THAT, THAT YOU OWE.
AND THEN DECIDE, WELL, WHY DON'T WE SAY WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL COMMISSIONER COURT MEETING ON THE 21ST, THAT'S NEXT TUESDAY.
AND WE'LL, AND WE MAY HAVE SOME OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS ANYWAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
THEN WE'LL GET THIS, WE'LL GET THIS THING, BUT WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE, BUT 11 O'CLOCK NEXT TUESDAY, THE 21ST, I HAVE A MEETING EARLIER THAT MORNING OR I WOULD SUGGEST IT, UH, EARLIER, BUT I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO IT 11.
I'D LIKE LOOK AT OUR CONTRACT AND SEE.
SO IT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER CLARK AND COMMISSIONER YOU AND THE VENDORS HERE AND, UH, ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU WANNA FOLLOW.
IT'D BE BACK TO LUNCH FOR ME TOMORROW, RIGHT? WILL THAT WORK? YES.
FOR THE TODAY'S PURPOSES THEN WE WILL TABLE THIS AGAIN OR NOT AGAIN, WE'LL TABLE IT AND, UH, WITH THE IDEA WE'LL COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
UH, 21ST I HAVE A BROUGHT MOTION.
ALL ITEM NUMBER 17 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASING TWO USED DUMP TRUCKS FOR PRECINCT NUMBER ONE.
THIS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE, UH, SITUATION HERE.
WE DON'T DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROUND HAS, I THINK A COUPLE TRUCKS HAVE GONE DOWN AND HE'S A, WELL, WE DIDN'T RENEW SOME TWO OF THOSE FROM MAC, SO I PROBABLY TRY TO REPLACE THOSE.
I THINK HE'S HAD ONE OR TWO FAIL DEAD WATER.
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CURRENTLY WE HAVE A, UH, COUPLE TRUCKS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND.ONE THAT'S FOUND SOUTHWEST INTERNATIONAL.
THAT INCLUDES TAX LICENSE, TAX PAYING ROUGHLY 46,000.
UH, MY CONCERN IS, UH, NORMALLY WHAT I DO, UH, THEY'RE BUY MUCH USED EQUIPMENT ONLY.
WHAT I WOULD DO WOULD BE TO, UH, GET A SPEC OFF THESE TRUCKS AND HAVE THAT AS A MINIMUM SPEC, PUT A BID OUT.
MY CONCERNS ARE THAT THAT'S ABOUT A SIX WEEK PROCESS AND THESE TRUCKS WILL BE SOLD TO SOMEBODY ELSE BEFORE WE OPEN THE BID WATER.
THE OTHER PROBLEM I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT IS, IS, UH, IF I MAKE COMMISSIONER ROUND AND BID THESE OUT, AND I FOUND A, IF I FIND A BETTER DEAL THAN MY TRUCKS AND THEN HAVING TO ENGINE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF CONCERN.
SO I'M A EXCEPTION TO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO TO, UH, PURCHASE TRUCKS.
UH, AND THEY ARE BELOW THE BID REQUIREMENT 46.
AND WE'RE BUYING FROM A DEALERSHIP, NOT WE IN THE PAST, BUT, UH, FROM A DEALER THAT WE, WE KNOW THAT, UH, SERVES OUR EQUIPMENT.
I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THIS.
I THINK JERRY'S, UH, EMPLOYEES HAVE LIFT HIS TRUCK.
I THERE, UH, I'M, WE BID IT OUT BEFORE WE GET DEAL DONE.
I'VE BEEN MONITORING SOME, UH, AUCTIONS AND THEY'RE JUST NOT BEEN TRUCKS WORTHY OF WHAT HE NEEDS.
PROHIBIT US FROM BUYING ANOTHER TRUCK.
PROHIBIT US ANOTHER TRUCK FOR THE YEAR.
I'M DOING, I THINK IN A USED TRUCK IS OKAY, I, I'M GONNA VIEW THIS AND MAYBE, UH, COUNSEL MIGHT, UH, TELL WHAT HE THINKS.
THINK IT'S KIND OF A SEPARATE ISSUE.
KIND OF SIMILAR TO WE HAD LAST WEEK PROBATION, UH, WHERE THIS IS, YES, I KNOW I'M GONNA BUY OVER 50,000 WORTH OF DUMP TRUCKS IN A YEAR, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BUY USED TRUCKS.
SEE, YOU SEE ANY KIND OF LEASE THERE FOR? TELL ME WHY YOU, YOU SEE IT AS DIFFERENT, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN HOW YOU, HOW YOU BID OUT A USED TRUCK.
UH, NORMALLY WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL TAKE THIS BACK, UH, NOT TO EXCEED, UH, FOUR YEARS OLD, OKAY? X AMOUNT OF MILEAGE WILL BASE AND THEN YOU PUT IT OUT THERE AND GENERALLY YOU WON'T GET ANY BIDS ANYWAY.
WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE.
UH, I'M JUST, I I CONCERN, UH, HE NEEDS TRUCKS NOW AND, UH, UH, BEING USED A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL IN MY MIND.
YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE BID PROCESS IS QUALITATIVELY DIFFERENT USED.
I THINKING ABOUT, UH, I'M NOT A BIG BELIEVER BUYING YOUTH EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, EXCEPT THAT AUCTION.
UH, AND ONCE AGAIN IN THE PAST WE HAVE GOTTEN RESPECT, PUT IT OUT THERE AND NOT, I HATE TO KEEP TELLING COMMISSIONER AUCTION COMES UP AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT AND IT'S GONNA BE A, A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT MARKET, DIFFERENT DEALERS THAT INTEREST IN, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND WHAT I DO, IF I, IF WE'RE GOING BUY A CAR, BUY, IF I KNOW ABOUT CAR, I BID THAT OUT THAT BIG, BUT USUALLY I KIND ON THAT OR NOT.
YOU A, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE THE EXCEPTION RATHER THAN IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING IN ORDER TO FEED THE, THE CAP.
I MEAN IT'S SOMETHING RANDOM THAT WOULD COME UP OCCASIONALLY.
IT'S NO I NEW OPTION I PUT OUT SPEC FOR YOU.
THOUSAND 12 MAC FOUR EQUAL THAT.
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IS THERE ANY ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE, THE SHERIFF OUT THERE? I HAVEN'T HAD TIME.YEAH, I BE, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.
WOULD THAT BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN MINE? SIR? YOU AN OPTION? DO I'M ASSUMING I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE CLEAN FLEET POLICY.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT THE SHERIFF HAS GOT SOME CLEAN FLEET MONEY, GRANT MONEY AND I'VE GOT SOME JEOPARDIZE I WOULD CALL DIRECTION SOMEBODY.
I'LL GET YOU, I'LL GET THE POLICY AND LOOK AT THAT FOR YOU.
I GUESS I'M ASKING FOR APPROVAL BASED ON, BASED ON MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T ANYTHING.
SECOND COMMISSIONER CLARK TO UH, PURCHASE THE TWO USE DUMP TRACK, DUMP TRUCKS.
ASSUME THEY DON'T EQUIP ANY DISCUSSIONS.
BE HAUL TRUCKS OR PASS TRUCKS.
COURSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE I GIVE IT TO YOU FOR FREE.
IT'S GONNA COST SOME MONEY TO DO SOME WORK, BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
YOU, I'VE, YOU ANYBODY NEED TO TAKE A BREAK OR WE CHUGGING? ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK THEN AND WE'LL COME BACK AND CALL THE QUARTERBACK ORDER.
AND ITEM NUMBER 18 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL UH, OPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SCURRY.
I I PUT THAT ON JUDGE THAT, UH, US REVIEWING OUR I WOULD, THAT'S ONE WE HAD IN THE PAST.
THAT'S CORRECT MR. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT.
HAVE A SECOND MOTION DISCUSSION.
I, ITEM NUMBER 19 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ON 80 THE TAROT ISV WITH ROAD MATERIAL FOR BUS PARKING LOT PER IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER THREE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER JACKSON IS, UH, MOVING THAT WE TABLE NUMBER 19 UNTIL HE HAS FURTHER, UH, CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT ENVELOPE FOR AGREEMENT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, GEORGE, YOU STILL IN HERE? I BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE TABLE ITEM NUMBER 20, WHICH IS 20, UH, THE, UH, SOFTWARE TITLE SOFTWARE, YEAH.
YEAH, I THINK HAL YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK TO THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE VISIT WITH, UH, THEM AGAIN AND WE'RE GONNA BRING OUR HR DIRECTOR.
AND I'M SORRY, I DID HAVE NO PROBLEM THAT, SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE COMMISSIONER CLARK MAY THAT MOTION WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FAVOR SAY.
AND ITEM NUMBER 21 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SIGNING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH MISSION CRITICAL PARTNERS FOR THE FEASIBILITY PROGRAMMING STUDY FOR THE ARMORY BILL OBJECT JUDGE.
UH, UH, Y'ALL MIGHT REMEMBER, AS YOU DO REMEMBER, WE HAD THE, UH, WORKSHOP, UH, DISCUSSING THE ARMORY AND WE LOOKED AT ALL THAT AND, UH, CRITICAL PARTNERS HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR PROPOSAL, CONTRACT AND CONTRACT AND, UH, I BELIEVE IT MEETS ANYTHING THAT THEY ADDRESSED THAT DAY.
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THINK THERE QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL HAD, UH, THAT WE MAY NEED TO JUST FILL IN THE BOX A COUPLE AREAS ON THIS.I'D MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE, UH, UH, AWARD THIS CONTRACT PENDING APPROVAL.
I HAVE AND HAD SEVERAL ITEMS, FOUR OR FIVE ITEMS THAT PROBABLY CAN BE, UH, I, I I THINK THEY'RE VERY EASY SOME PLACES JUST PUTTING NAMES IN THE BLANKS WITHOUT RIGHT.
AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM MISSION CRITICAL SPACE.
SO I WANT TOUCH BASE WITH YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE AND GO THAT THING WITH OUR, UH, COUNSELOR ON THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THIS GETS US MOVING ALONG NOW ON THE, UH, ON THE ARMORY AS FAR AS THE CONVERSION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THERE.
SO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S HARD WORKING, GETTING US TO THIS POINT.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, UH, ITEM NUMBER 22 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO BUDGET FOR THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT AND REASONABLE SHARED SERVICES.
THE 9 1 1 DISPATCH SENATE SERVICE.
SERVICE, FEASIBILITY STUDY AND OTHER COSTS BE INFERRED AS TO PREPARE FOR EMPLOYEE OCCUPANCY AND HOW IT ASK THAT THIS BE ON THE AGENDA TO I'LL PAUL, YOU GO AHEAD SIR.
UH, YEAH, I'LL LET JACK FILL IN THE BLANKS, BUT AS YOU RECALL, WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE HONOR, RIGHT? SO WE DIDN'T BUDGET ANYTHING FOR IT.
WE HAD THOUGHT POSSIBLY WE COULD USE THE CONSTRUCTION FUND FOR IT AND FOUND THAT THAT WAS NOT A POSSIBILITY.
SO THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BUDGET TO DO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY OR THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, TO PUT THE INTO THAT.
SO, AND I DON'T HAVE A AN AMENDMENT FOR YOU THIS MORNING, UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING POSSIBLE AMOUNTS.
THIS, THIS CONTRACT IS 75 OR SOMETHING AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER SEVEN, FIVE BE NEEDED BEFORE WE GET ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
UM, AND I JUST MADE THE COMMENT VISITING WITH JACK AND GEORGE, I REALIZE THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE EMERGENCY CONTROL FORM.
SO I I THINK THAT'S ALLOWABLE FOR BUDGET OUT, OUT BEGINNING BALANCE.
UH, SO I MAKE THE COMMENT TO THEM AS QUICKLY AS WE NEED TO TO GET THIS DONE.
UH, IF WE'RE GONNA GO OUT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WE CAN GO BACK 60 DAYS AND RECOVER THOSE EXPENSES.
WE GO BACK FURTHER ON ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, WE CAN'T GET BACK.
SO I WAS, I WAS TRYING, I WAS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET WHAT HAS TO BE DONE AS QUICKLY AS AS HAP AND IT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT DON'T PUSH IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO RECOVER SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FROM FROM
THE POINT, UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM THIS MORNING IS TO AUTHORIZE A BUDGET AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH, WITH THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT THAT, THAT KIND OF WAS THE THINGS IN PROCESS.
SO, UH, JUDGE, I THINK JORDAN, I KIND OF TWISTED THE AUDITOR'S ARM ON THIS ONE, UH, UH, 75,000 TO DO THE STUDY AND WE'RE THINKING THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE PROBABLY 75 JUST TO GET THE BALL ROLLING.
UH, COMPLETE, COMPLETE THE FRONT AREA IF YOU WOULD, WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN THE, THE, UH, I GUESS THE OFFICER AROUND THE PERIMETER.
UH, I KNOW SHERIFF HAS A, DON'T HAVE HIS SEIZURE FUNDS TO DO, UH, A LOT OF WORK IN AT HIS AREA.
THE TRAINING ROOM, UH, CAMERAS, ALL SECURITY AND ITEMS LIKE THAT.
UH, CURRENTLY HAVE A QUOTE FROM OUR, UH, AL VENDOR, OUR ELECTRICIAN FOR 15,000, UH, $21 A CHANGE JUST TO GO IN AND, AND PUT THE ELECTRIC BULLET IN THE IT WIRING ALONG THE WALL, DO SOME, UH, STUFF IN THE CEILING FOR MONITORS COME DOWN, THIS TYPE OF THING.
AND ALSO, UH, INSTALL A NEW, UH, BREAKER PANEL IN THAT AREA.
UH, I'M THINKING, UH, WE HAVE SOME AC DEEDS IN THERE AS WELL.
I'M ESTIMATING THOSE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, 15,000
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OR SO.WE'VE GOT ONE MAKE AND RACKET IN THERE NOW AND ONE OF THE AREAS, WE'VE GOT TWO AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE AC 15 OR SO.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE'RE ONLY ADDRESSING THE AREAS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE IMMEDIATE NEED TO PUT PEOPLE IN.
I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN DECIDE WHO GOING HERE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AROUND THOSE AROUND ELECTRICAL ON IT, TAKE CONSIDERATION.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE OTHER BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE FUTURE DESIGN WORK.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING NOW IS, IS THIS PANEL IS GOING BE JUST ENOUGH TO GET, LEMME BACK UP A MINUTE.
WHEN WE FIRST TRIED TO TURN ON THE POWER TO GET A CO, UH, THE CITY OF KAMAN INDICATED THAT UH, THEY RELUCTANT TO LET GET IN THE BUILDING, BUT THEY SAID DON'T MORE POWER RANCHING INDUSTRY GOING FORWARD.
ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS OR ADDITION WILL REQUIRE A BETTER BOX.
THE BOX NOW DOESN'T NEED CODE EXCEPT FOR WHAT IS IN THERE NOW.
SO I THINK THE PLAN IS TO PUT A NEW BOX THAT WILL SERVICE THESE AREAS AND ONCE WE DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE CENTER OF THE BUILDING, THEN THAT'S WHAT ALSO REQUIRED PANEL.
SO THIS LEFT THE WORKING JUST TO GET THOSE OFFICERS RUNNING.
THEY'RE GONNA BRING THE 200 AND PANEL TO CODE, THEN DO A HOME RUN DOWN TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE DATA ROOM.
AND UH, WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF A STOPPING POINT.
WE MET WITH THE LIEUTENANT INGRE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEY WENT OUT AND YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS KIND OF PLAIN AND DRAWN OUT AND YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF'S PAID FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT WE NEED, WE A STOPPING POINT BECAUSE WE NEED ELECTRICITY TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE WE CAN GO IN AND, YOU KNOW, DO ALL THE REST OF IT.
DO THE CEILING TILES AND PAINT YOU ALL THE DIFFERENT OUTS AND DOWNS AND THEN THE AREAS YOU WALK INTO THE LEFT.
NOW THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS GOING OUT THERE.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE AREAS WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA OCCUPY.
SO THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES WILL DEF THAT WILL SOLVE OUR, NOT ONLY THE AREA FROM THE TRAIN ROOM AND THE AREA TO THE RIGHT, BUT ALSO THAT AREA TO THE LEFT.
SO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE'RE KIND OF AT A STOPPING POINT UNTIL WE GET TO OUR ELECTRICAL FOLKS, YOU KNOW, TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
AND I'D LIKE TO ADD, OUR GOAL IS TO, UH, OBVIOUSLY KEEP THIS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE, BUT I ALSO SPOKE WITH KEN HILL, UH, ON THE ARCHITECTURE AND I, I HAVE A CONCERN BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED SOUTH CAMPUS ABOUT ONCE AN AMOUNT THEY REQUIREMENTS AND UH, HE INDICATES THAT STAY BELOW 50,000 THAT, THAT WE DON'T FALL IN THAT CATEGORY.
SO WE'RE KIND THAT AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET INTO RESTROOM BUILDING.
IT'S GOING KEEP, IT'S GONNA MAKE US GET THERE SOONER OR LATER, BUT UH, ANYTHING WE INSTALL NOW WILL MEET CODE FOR THE FUTURE.
ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE NEXT STEP OF UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH THE RENOVATION OF THAT, REMODELING THAT.
AND REMEMBER WE'RE DEALING WITH A 60-YEAR-OLD BUILDING OR HOW OLD IT'S SO THINGS DIFFERENT.
WELL, SO CERTAINLY GONNA KEEP CITY OF COFFMAN HAPPY WITH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
KEN MENTIONED THAT SOMETIMES THE CITIES, UH, THEY WILL NOT GET INVOLVED IF IT'S, IF IT'S UNDER $50,000 MAKING YOU JUMP INTO THE NEW ADA A REQUIREMENTS.
BUT HE ALSO INDICATED SOMETIMES CITIES HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO WAIVE SOME OF THIS.
SO I'M WONDERING SOME COURT MIGHT HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
JERRY, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO YEAH.
TRYING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WHAT'S OUR ACTION NOW? UH, FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT? YEAH, BASICALLY APPROVAL AMENDMENT FOR AN AMOUNT, SAY UP TO 150,000 PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY.
I GUESS THAT DOESN'T PRETTY CLEAR YOUR, YOUR QUESTION.
YOU CAN TRY TO KEEP IT DOWN SO WE GET THAT MONEY BACK, RIGHT? BUT I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET SOMETHING DONE.
AND SOME, AND I KNOW THE TIMING, WE KIND OF KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO SPEND TOTAL BEFORE WE GO OUT, RIGHT? AND SOME OF THIS, ESPECIALLY THE MISSION CRITICAL PART, I EXPECT THAT OUR PARTNERS IN THIS WILL HELP
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REIMBURSE THE COUNTY FOR SOME OF THAT.AND THAT'S DIFFERENT MONEY, UH, THAN THE MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
I BELIEVE PART OF IT'S THE SAME.
WE STILL GOTTA HAVE THE BUDGET.
YEAH, WHETHER WE GET IT OR NOT.
BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR MOTION FROM CLARK SECOND FROM, IS THAT FROM UH, RESERVE? YES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A DISCUSSION CONSIDER LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
WE HAVE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.
WE PROPOSED TAKING $800 FROM DUES, DUES, $35 FROM MISCELLANEOUS IN THE NEW HR DEPARTMENT.
WE PROPOSED JUST MOVING, UH, THE ASSISTANCE HR DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS INCREASE GAS AND OIL 24 METER AND MORE CONVENIENCE STATION, GARBAGE PICKUP.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, I'VE BEEN INFORMED AT THE COURTHOUSE SECURITY IN THE COURTHOUSE SECURITY WITH ADDITIONAL $15,000 TO BE BUDGETED FROM OUT BE BALANCE FOR SECURITY SYSTEM.
BULLETPROOF GLASS OR SOMETHING.
WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY HE JUST WALKED OUT.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THE SECURITY? 15,000? UM, WELL WE REPLACED ALL OF THE DVRS.
AND UM, THE SHERIFF'S DEPART WANTED TO YOU.
RIGHT NOW DEPUTIES, WHEN PEOPLE ARE WALKING UP, THEY HAVE THEIR BACKS TO ANYONE COME IN THE DOOR AROUND A NEW MILITARY.
WHICH ONLY MONEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION TO CONSIDER CLARK ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, THAT'S GOOD.
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AND TWO PHOTOS TO WORK ON.ARE YOU GONNA TWO WOULD BE PART TWO.
WHAT I WANTED IS PUT OTHER DO, WHICH IS NOT IN HERE.
THERE'S NO TIMELINE FOR WHEN I THIS TIME.
AND WHAT WE SUGGEST WE DO IS WE DO THIS PART BEFORE WE, SO WE GOT 20 BUSINESS DAYS FOR THE FIRST HALF.
THAT'S WHERE WE INTERVIEW ALL THE, SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL ADD, WELL WE THINK WE CAN DO THE SECOND PART AND THEN WE'LL SHOOT SOMETHING BACK.
PROBABLY, I I I'LL GO OUT AT LEAST ANOTHER BUSINESS DAYS.
SO WE'D AT, SO WE'LL HAVE, WELL I THINK SUBJECT CONFIRMATION, I WOULD SUSPECT 12 TO 12 WEEKS.
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A LOT OF PARTNER THAT ACTUALLY COMES OUT HERE DOES WHAT THEIR SCHEDULE IS.BUT THAT, THAT'S A ROUGH IDEA.
MY PART'S GONNA BE FAIRLY QUICK.
SO WHEN YOU COME UP WITH A A GOVERNANCE, YOU'RE GONNA, WHEN THIS GETS SIGNED, GENERALLY WHEN THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED AND WE GET CONTRACT SCHEDULE CLOCK MEETING, THAT'S A AMEN TO ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.
USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS, WE RIGHT INTO THAT AFTERNOON AND WE TAKE HOW MUCH TIME IS NEEDED FOLLOWING THAT WOULDN'T, AND DEPENDING ON PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES.
YOU BEEN TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? YEAH, WE HAVE A TRAINING ROOM.
A CONFERENCE AND THEN YOU'D HAVE, WE DO IT SO EVERYBODY NOTICE TO HAVE AND THEN THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD MAP UP STAKEHOLDERS.
WE NEED TO GET AN INTERVIEW DONE AS QUICKLY AS.
SO UH, SO WHAT I'LL DO THEN IS I'LL GET THE DATE AND WE'LL MAKE THE CHANGES AND WE'LL SHOOT THIS BACK AND UH, I'LL COPY IT TO YOU.
WHAT YOU CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE.
ISAIAH, WHAT YOU CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE.
MR. CARTER, YOU WANT, YOU WANT TO COME UP SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE WAITING US.
I DON'T MIND, DON'T MIND THE WAITING.
WE CAN TAKE A JUST A, A QUICK BREAK AND LET US HEAR ABOUT THE GANGSTERS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING.
I'VE ALREADY GAVE MY COMMISSION THE COMMANDING SO HE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMED THAN REST OF YOUR BUT THAT'S THE FIRST TIME.
FIRST, FIRST TIME WERE THE CALLS FOR THE, UH, EXCUSE ME,
AND, UH, LOCKED UP, YOUR HONOR AND SEVERAL OTHERS.
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I REMEMBER IT WELL.WE WERE HAVING A PLAY IN, IN TERRELL.
I KNOW NONE OF YOU, UH, REMEMBER THOSE DAYS, BUT WE SEE IT ON TV.
UH, IT'S GOING TO BE A, A PLAY WHERE THE, UH, ACTORS COORDINATE IN WITH THE, WITH THE CROWD.
WE GOT A PLACE OVER IN TER THAT'S GOT ROOM FOR 217, UH, GUESTS.
AND UH, WE'LL FEED YOU APPRECIATE, UH, NAPOLI'S OUT OF COFFMAN IS, UH, OUT OF SEVILLE.
AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, WE'LL HAVE IN-HOUSE GAMBLING AND FOR THE VIPS, UH, AS IT SAYS ON THE BACK OF THE YELLOW SHEET, THE VIP TICKETS ARE ONE 50 AND THE REGULAR TICKETS ARE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
UH, THE VIP TICKETS GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE OF THE, GIVE YOU SOME CASINO CHIPS AND SOME FREE DRINKS.
YOU GET TO WEAR AN ARMBAND AND UH, TREAT YOU LIKE ROYAL GETTING AROUND.
BUT I WANTED TO APPEAL THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND IF, UH, YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW IN THE COURTHOUSE, I CAME OVER LAST WEEK AND Y'ALL WERE OUT OF TOWN.
BUT, UH, I, I HAVE SOME TICKETS AND, UH, CASSIE AND HAND GLASSCOCK AT THE CHAMBER HOUSE.
SO WHAT'S THE DATE ON THAT? THE 25TH SATURDAY.
OKAY, WHERE IS IT? YOU KNOW WHERE THE TA UH, TANGER MALL IS? UH, RIGHT THERE OFF OF 20 IS YOU TURN OFF OF 34TH TO GO IN BEHIND THE, THE MALL.
UH, KING CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT GOES OFF THE LEFT.
IF YOU JUST STAY ON THAT ROAD 3 0 1 AND IT'S 1.2 MILES DOWN AT THE END OF THE, THAT LITTLE SUBDIVISION.
AND, UH, IT'S CALLED CATHERINE'S.
IS IT I BUT UH, YOU, YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THE CRIME STOPS PROGRAM ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.
THEY, THEY GOT UH, THEY GOT THEIR ACT TOGETHER.
UH, BUT UH, THE ONES THAT ARE ON IT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND PROUD TO HELP THEM OUT.
WELL WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS THANK YOU JUDGE FOR BEING.
YOU DROP MY TWO TICKETS BY THE OFFICE AND I'LL CUT YOU A CHECK.
I TALKED TO MY WIFE, SHE SAID'S NOT KIDDING.
PROPERTY 70 THAT INCREASE MY, WE WOULDN'T DARE DO THAT.
YOU CALL, EITHER CALL ME OR THE CHAMBER, UH, AND NUMBERS ON THE BACK OF THERE AND WE GET APPRECIATE YOU.
GEE YOU MEAN SIGN SOMETHING HERE? LAURA, YOU SO I GET TO SIGN SOMETHING.
YEAH, HE HAD, I WAS REALLY JUST WANT GET A, SO DID YOU, DID YOU GET ONE SESSION? YES I DID.
UH, I MADE AND J AND THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKE.
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YOU CAN SIGN THIS ALSO ANOTHER WE GOT HERE.[02:26:46]
THAT THOUSAND RENTAL FOR THAT MY BAG ON HERE.WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S CASH, BUT I DO LIKE CHARGING FOR I CHARGER.
SEE I PUT, I PUT THAT 42 LINE.
ALL THAT GUYS WE GOT, WE GOT SOME, I HAVE ONE.
NEXT TIME I BORROW IT I GUESS EMPLOYEE, THEY GO HOME THREE EVERY DAY WEARING LAPTOP, FLIP SAFETY, FLIP FLOP VEST.
WE SHERIFF DID YOU? YEAH, HE CAME BY THE OFFICE SOON AS HE GOT OUT
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CAME BY.AND YOUR OPINION IS KIRK GONNA COME BY? NO, WE'RE GONNA CALL HIM.
I'D LIKE TO GET DO WHAT YOU WANT US TO.
IT'S NOT ITEMIZED IN THE STATEMENT BUT NEITHER WAS WHOLE DISCOUNT.
DO YOU JUST THINK WE SHOULDN'T I NOT A DEAL.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT TURN TEMPERATURE DOWN.
I KNOW LAST TIME YOU SAID WHAT ARE WAITING FOR WAS OUT.
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OUT.WE KNOW THESE PEOPLE UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY DID THE AMBASSADOR, THE FIRST GROUP, HOW THIS WORKS, THEY SAY IT'S LIKE FACEBOOK TO GET INTO IT.
AND IF YOU DUNNO THE INTERESTING STUFF, IT SEEMS TO WORK BECAUSE WE DO THAT KIND OF ON A SMALL LIST.
WE GOT BED UNDER IT COMING BACK.
WHAT Y'ALL DOING? Y'ALL TRYING TO MEMORIZE IT? YEAH, SOME FIRST ACCUSE US OF THAT.
YOU SEEN IT YET? WE SAID IT WAS OKAY.
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SO I NEED, I NEED TO GO LOOK AT THE OTHER END OF MY PRECINCT ANYWAY.I JUST TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM YOU DOWN.
I'M NOT, WE JUST MAKE SURE IT STARTS.
WAS THE MACULAR DEGENERATION? NO ANYTHING BUT THE NEXT FLASH OVER HERE, I STILL SIGN.
EXCEPT, EXCEPT CUT LOOSE AND CLEAN.
YOU TOLD CANDY DOWN ON THE STUFF.
PUTS IN OUR SUITCASE, JUDGE KIND HAPPENS.
YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TOO THAN IT.
HOW ABOUT THAT? SOMETHING LOT OF THEM DO.
WELL AND WHEN I GOT, I GOT THAT OUT THERE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
WE HAD A CRIME AND THERE TOO MANY, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE PEOPLE.
SO I, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE FIRE STATION.
BUT WHAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT IN HERE, SHE WANTS TABLES.
SO I CAN SEE YOU FIT THE 20 PEOPLE, BUT TABLES IS KIND OF TIGHT IN HERE AT SCHOOL.
WASN'T IT LIKE AN AUDITORIUM SORT OF THING? WELL SHE JUST, SHE WANTED WE ALL RIGHT.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLAIM.