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COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT LOCATED AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS HERE ON, UH, 3003 SOUTH WASHINGTON IN KAUFMAN, TEXAS.
WE'LL HAVE THE INVITATION, AND IF YOU ARE HERE AS A GUEST AND YOU'RE NOT ON THE PROGRAM AND YOU WISH TO, UH, SIGN UP, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME SIGN UP FORMS HERE AT THE FRONT.
IF YOU'LL GIVE THOSE TO THE SHERIFF, WHO IS OUR, I GUESS, SERGEANT OF ARMS. UH, SERGEANT ATAR, THAT'S A DIFFERENT TITLE FOR SHERIFF.
SO, UM, UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY FROM YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING IF YOU'LL JOIN ME NOW.
UH, COMMISSIONER MANNING IS GOING GIVE OUR INVITATION, THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE TO FLAG THAT PRAY.
DEAR HEAVEN, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU'VE BESTOWED UPON US FOR THE RAIN, FOR THE PRETTY WEATHER THAT WE'VE HAD.
THANK YOU LORD, FOR THE, FOR EVENTS OF THE TORNADOES THAT PASSED THROUGH FORNEY.
WE THANK YOU FOR KEEPING EVERYBODY SAFE.
UH, PROPERTY CAN BE RESTORED, BUT, UH, LIVES CANNOT GIVE US THE STRENGTH, LORD, AND THE WISDOM TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR THE COUNTY AND, UH, KEEP US ALL SAFE.
P TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ON HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
ALRIGHT, WE, UH, ANYONE HERE WISH THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT? THIS POINT, IT'S NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.
UH, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO, SIR.
UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
COMMISSIONER MANNING, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
BEFORE I GET TOO MUCH INTO TOO DEAC INTO THE AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW COUNTY AUDITOR, UH, COOPER, KAREN, IF YOU WOULD STAND UP.
UH, KAREN'S BEEN WITH US NOW A LITTLE OVER A WEEK, AND, UH, IS GETTING MOVED HERE FROM THE CITY OF LAMAR.
AND, UH, WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU AS A PART OF KAMAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UH, I GUESS BAPTIZED THIS MORNING, WHENEVER YOU GIVE YOUR REPORT.
LET'S GIVE KAREN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS THAT HAVE THAT I NEED TO MOVE UP ON THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST IS DESIREE, UH, POOL.
IF YOU'LL LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 13, UH, UH, SHE IS HERE THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS AND ACT ON JOINING A REGIONAL HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP.
UH, DESIREE IS OUR RESIDENT, UH, EXPERT ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN GETTING, UH, SOME, UH, QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION OVER THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AND MONTHS.
AND I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM, UH, TEXAS, UH, PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OR WHATEVER.
I CAN'T EVER GET THE NAME RIGHT, BUT CATCH, I KNOW Y'ALL ARE BACK THERE.
AND THANK YOU LADIES FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS MORNING.
WE MET WITH THEM, UH, LAST WEEK TO HAVE THEIR INPUT INTO THIS, UH, INTO THIS PROPOSAL.
AND SO, DESIREE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LET YOU START.
THE STATE, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FORM A NEW HEALTHCARE WAIVER.
UH, WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT THE WAIVER.
UM, I'VE LISTENED TO SEVERAL WEBINARS, CONFERENCE CALLS, AND EVEN ATTENDED SEVERAL MEETINGS.
UH, IT'S BASICALLY FEDERAL DOLLARS SITTING OUT THERE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DRAWN DOWN TO HELP WITH HEALTHCARE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE WAIVER.
UM, CHANGES ARE BEING MADE DAILY WITH THE WAIVER.
UM, IT'S A VOLUNTARY PROJECT SO WE CAN CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE OR NOT PARTICIPATE, BUT WE ARE WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WAIVER TO, BEFORE WE DECIDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, EVEN IF WE DO NOT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE, UM, WE STILL HAVE TO DECIDE ON A REGION WHICH, WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
SO AT THIS TIME, THE STATE HAS SENT OUT A MAP, WHICH I'VE GIVEN TO YOU, GENTLEMEN, OF THE DIFFERENT REGIONS.
THEY'RE GIVING EACH COUNTY THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FROM A REGION FROM WHERE THE STATE HAS ALREADY PLACED US AND THE COUNTY CAN CHOOSE TO GO TO ANOTHER CONTINUOUS COUNTY.
THEY HAVE ALSO SENT A FORM TO FILL OUT IF WE DECIDE WE WANT TO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT REGION THAT WE CAN FILL OUT.
BUT IT HAS TO BE FILLED OUT BY TOMORROW, TUESDAY, APRIL, THE 24TH IF WE CHOOSE TO
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MOVE FROM REGION NINE.UH, ON THURSDAY, APRIL THE 19TH, MYSELF, JUDGE WOOD AND COMMISSIONER MANNING MET WITH RICK THOMPSON, WITH TAC TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, AND ALSO ATTENDING WAS THE LADIES FROM THE HOSPITAL.
UM, AND THEY KIND OF GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON THIS.
AND, UM, KIND OF AFTER SPEAKING WITH RICK AND THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COUNTY'S COMMUNITY AND THE LOCAL HOSPITAL THAT WE STAY WITH REGION NINE.
UM, I THINK JUDGE WOODS AND COMMISSIONER MANNING ALSO UNDERSTOOD IT THE SAME WAY THAT I DID, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF, OF EVERYONE THAT IF WE STAYED WITH REGION NINE.
I ATTENDED A MEETING, UH, FRIDAY OF ABOUT 12 COUNTY JUDGES IN ATHENS.
AND THIS, UH, REASONABLE HEALTHCARE INITIATIVE IS VERY MUCH STILL UP IN THE AIR, THE, UH, GUIDELINES SURROUNDING THAT.
BUT EACH COUNTY CAN DETERMINE WHAT THEY WISH TO DO, AND WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MOVE OUT OF REGION NINE.
REGION NINE IS PRIMARILY DALLAS COUNTY AND KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND, UH, I AGAIN MET WITH RICK THOMPSON FROM TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, WHO IS KIND OF THE RESIDENT EXPERT AS FAR AS COUNTIES ARE CONCERNED, UH, ON THIS HEALTHCARE INITIATIVE OR THE REGIONS.
AND HE REITERATED WHAT HE TOLD US, UH, THURSDAY IN OUR MEETING.
AND, UH, MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT I MET WITH, UH, FRIDAY WERE, UH, UH, FROM THE EAST TEXAS DEEP EAST TEXAS AREA, AND THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH SMITH COUNTY MORE THAN LIKELY IT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT, UH, UH, PATSY, IF YOU LADIES, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, WE ASK OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL TO, UH, COME IN AND, UH, IF YOU'D COME UP TO THE FRONT HERE, WE'RE KIND OF, WE'RE KIND OF WHERE WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER VERY WELL.
BUT IF YOU CAN COME UP FRONT AND, UH, DO I NEED TO SIGN? UH, NO, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST SPEAK SINCE THIS IS ON THE, UH, AGENDA AND I'D ASK YOU TO, TO ATTEND.
UH, BUT, UH, UH, THE HOSPITAL HERE IN COFFMAN, WHICH, UH, UH, WE VERY MUCH NEED AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A COUNTY TO BE VIBRANT AND, AND ONGOING.
UH, I BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDATION YOU FOLKS HAVE IS THAT WE WOULD BE BETTER ALIGNED WITH STAYING WITH DALLAS COUNTY.
SO GO AHEAD AND GIVE US, UNLESS YOU'VE GOT FRESH INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ANY FRESH INFORMATION.
UH, WE'RE KIND OF LEARNING THIS TOGETHER.
UH, WHAT THIS MEANS, WE CURRENTLY RECEIVE SOME FUNDS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS, UM, THAT IS DIS DISPERSED FROM THE DALLAS COUNTY.
AND, UH, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WE RECEIVED ZERO FUNDS.
SO, UM, THE FUNDS WE RECEIVED DOES HELP US TO TAKE CARE OF THE INDIGENT PATIENTS IN THE COUNTY.
UM, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT GROUPING WITH A LARGER, THEY CALL IT AN ANCHOR HOSPITAL OR AN ANCHOR DISTRICT, I GUESS, UM, GROUPING WITH A LARGER ANCHOR DOES INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF, POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THOSE PATIENTS HERE IN OUR COUNTY.
SO IF YOU DECIDED TO GO TO A SMALLER ANCHOR, LIKE HUNT WOULD BE A SMALLER ORGANIZATION, THEN, THEN PROBABLY THOSE FUNDS WILL DECREASE.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY, UH, WHAT THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR IN DEVELOPING A PLAN.
UM, BUT, BUT WE ARE LEARNING AS WELL AS YOU ARE OF HOW TO, HOW THIS PROGRAM'S GONNA WORK.
UH, IT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING TOO, AT ANY POINT IN TIME YOU CAN WITHDRAW FROM IT.
I THINK SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT RICK SAID.
I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN CHANGE REGIONS, BUT I THINK YOU CAN WITHDRAW IT.
I THINK THE REGION CHANGE IS, IS SET.
BUT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, FROM WHAT THEY'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, IT CHANGES FROM DAY TO DAY.
UM, RIGHT NOW, IF WE CHOOSE THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE ANYMORE, WE HAVE THAT OPTION TO COME OUT.
AND CURRENTLY THIS HOSPITAL, THE LOCAL HOSPITAL HERE, UM, HAS THE HIGHEST, UM, UH, CHARITY AND BAD DEBT PERCENTAGE OF ALL THE REST OF THE ENTITIES IN TEXAS HEALTH.
UH, UH, SO WE ARE, UH, CARING FOR A LARGE NUMBER.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE THE FUNDS AND BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON WHATEVER FUNDS ARE THERE FOR US TO SEEK.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU STAY WITH THE DALLAS, UM, AS YOUR ANCHOR.
ARE THE, ARE THE, ARE THE FUNDS THE SAME IN EACH REACH? WOULD THE FUNDS BE THE SAME? I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE ANSWER TO THAT.
THE FUNDS ARE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INDIGENT, UH, CARE THAT YOU HAVE, THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS YOU HAVE OR THE SERVICES THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING.
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AND BASED ON WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, UH, FROM CAC, THEY WILL BE BASED ON THE POP, THE POPULATION WILL BE THE BIG DRIVER, AND OF COURSE, DALLAS COUNTY'S POPULATION IS, IS HUGE.UH, AND OF COURSE WE'RE JUST A SMALL, VERY SMALL MINUTE PART OF THAT.
BUT, UH, FROM WHAT, UH, RICK THOMPSON HAS SAID AND WHAT TACK HAS TOLD US, THAT WILL BE THE BIG DRIVER FOR THAT.
I ALSO TALKED WITH DR. JOE FINCH, WHO IS THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT AT TERRELL STATE HOSPITAL.
THEY REALLY, UH, ARE KINDA LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT, UH, THEIR HOSPITAL, UH, BECAUSE MANY OF THE FOLKS, NOT MANY, BUT SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT, UH, ARE IN THE STATE HOSPITAL IN TERRELL ARE, UH, INDIGENT.
AND, UH, SO HE REALLY, IT WAS KIND OF, HE WAS HESITANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT FELT LIKE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HE HEARD OTHER INFORMATION, HE WOULD PASS THAT ALONG TO US.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION TODAY.
WE CAN, UH, WE'RE ALREADY IN REGION NINE, UH, OR WE CAN JUST, UH, APPROVE STAYING WITH REGION NINE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU DESIRE TO DO.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DESIREE OR FOR MS. YOUNGS? WELL, I KNOW NOBODY'S GOT TO ANSWER TO THIS ONE.
WHY DID EVERYBODY ELSE BAIL OUT FROM DALLAS COUNTY EXCEPT FOR COFFMAN COUNTY? AND NOBODY HAS THAT ANSWER, I'M SURE.
'CAUSE I'VE ASKED AROUND AND BASICALLY ALL THE ANSWERS I GET FROM OTHER COUNTIES IS WHICH GOING BE
I THINK THAT WHY, I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
EITHER GONNA BE A HERO OR THE GOAT IN THIS THING, ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT NOTHING IN BETWEEN.
SO I'D RECOMMEND WE'RE TAKE NO ACTION ON THIS AND JUST TO STAY WAY, WE'RE NOT ENDORSING IT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION.
WE CAN JUST, WE HAD IT ON THE AGENDA TODAY IN CASE WE DECIDED TO GO WITH ANOTHER REGION, WHICH MEANS WE WOULD, AND AT ONE POINT, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I THINK WE WERE ALL READY TO GO WITH ANOTHER, UH, GROUP JUST BECAUSE OF THE VERY THING THAT RAY HAS SAID.
BUT WE GOT THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT WE GOT LAST THURSDAY, AND THAT AGAIN, THAT I HEARD ON FRIDAY WAS, IS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY JUST STAY WITH WHERE WE'VE BEEN ASSIGNED BY THE STATE.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE, I THINK FROM YOUR CORPORATE OFFICE.
I THINK THAT THAT'S THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
WELL, WHEN WE TALKED WITH, UM, JUDGE AND, AND DESIREE THURSDAY OR TUESDAY, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH DAY IT WAS, BUT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH DALLAS RIGHT NOW WITH PARKLAND, UM, FOR TRAUMA AND FOR OTHER NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.
SO FOR US, WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND, AND, AND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO, TO REARRANGE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS FOR US.
SO, UH, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
SO WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I BELIEVE WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM 13 AND JUST REMAIN IN AND OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION JUST TO TAKE NO ACTION AND, UH, LEAVE AS IS.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A SECOND, MR. COMMISSIONER MEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, CONSTABLE FEATHERSTON, UH, HAS ASKED TO GO NEXT, AND SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COPY OF HIS, UH, REPORT HERE.
WAS A GOOD, THAT'S THE MED REPORT.
ANY COMPLAINTS? NO COMPLAINTS.
WELL, WE HAD IT LAST, IT WAS TABLE, TABLE.
I THINK I STILL GOT NINE HERE IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, TO LOOK OVER IT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS NO, NO COMPLAINTS, UH, RECEIVED SINCE, UH, BROTHER ROUND IS NOT HERE TO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO BE ACCEPT THE PRO PROFILE REPORT.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A SECOND, UH, BY COMMISSIONER MANNING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT WE WILL HAVE ITEM NUMBER THREE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS, UH, KATHY MORRIS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WHO WILL GIVE THE PUBLIC WORKS REPORT FOR MARCH, 2012.
AND I BELIEVE YOU EVERYBODY HAS A COPY OF THAT BEFORE THE SECOND SYSTEM PERMITS.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 18, UM, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE'VE HAD SOME BUSINESS PICKING UP A LITTLE BIT.
AT LEAST WE'RE IN DOUBLE DIGITS INSTEAD OF SINGLE, UM, PERMITS BY PRECINCT.
PRECINCT ONE HAD EIGHT, THREE HAD FOUR, FOUR HAD SIX, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PRECINCT TWO.
UH, THERE WERE 139 COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATED, 70 FOLLOW UPS THAT KEN PHYSICALLY
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HAD TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE PROPERTY.AND WE FILED 31 COURT CASES AND ADDRESSES.
UM, PRECINCT ONE HAD FIVE AND PRECINCT TWO HAD FOUR, PRECINCT THREE HAD ONE AND PRECINCT FOUR AND EIGHT.
SEEMS LIKE THE GROWTH IS GOING DOWN TOWARDS PRECINCT FOUR OR YOU ENCOMPASS MORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE AN ACCURATE STATEMENT.
UM, FOR GIS ACCURACY, WE'VE GONE UP AGAIN THIS MONTH IN CORRECTING SOME OF THE ADDRESS POINTS.
WE'RE AT 92%, THE CENTER LINES ARE 84.
THAT IS A PROJECT THAT IS GONNA BE IN NEXT YEAR'S CYCLE.
SO THE CENTER LINES WE'RE REALLY NOT THAT MUCH CONCERNED WITH, WHICH IS JUST STRAIGHTENING OUT SOME OF THE ROADS ON THE MAP, GETTING THEM ACCURATE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THE COG SAID IS GONNA BE IN THE NEXT YEAR'S PROJECT.
AND THEY WANT THE ADDRESS DATA POINTS TO BE UP THIS YEAR.
SO OVERALL, WE'RE AT 88%, WHICH IS VERY GOOD.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY OF ROSS OR PAM QUARTER IS, UM, TRYING TO HELP GET THEIR 9 1 1 ADDRESSING STRAIGHTENED OUT SO SHE CAN GIVE ALL THEIR DATA TO US AND WE CAN GET THEIR ADDRESS POINTS EXACT BECAUSE THEY'RE RULING THE, THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF THE CITIES THAT WE WOULD HELP WORK WITH.
SO SHE'S WORKING ON THAT PROJECT AND SHOULD BE WITHIN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, HAVE BEEN PRETTY WELL ACCURATE.
UH, YOU GOT 139 IN CASES INVESTIGATED AND 70 FOLLOW UPS.
IS THAT WHAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE ISSUE? IT'S ACTUALLY ALL THE, THE WAY THE STATE HAS THIS REPORT, WE HAVE TO REPORT TO TCEQ EVERY MONTH, HOW MANY CASES WE INVESTIGATE.
AND EACH OF THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T RENEW CONTRACTS COUNTS AS A CASE INVESTIGATED.
THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS SO MUCH HIGHER THAN ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND LOOKING AT A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
SO HALF OF 'EM ARE, UH, PROBABLY OVER HALF BECAUSE SOME OF THE 70 THAT KEN GOES OUT AND THE AND LOOKS AT IS IF TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE STILL LIVE THERE.
IF WE GET MAIL RETURNED OR IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO COURT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN HE'LL GO OUT AND JUST TO VERIFY THAT THEY STILL LOOK BAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE OR ACCEPT KATHY'S, UH, REPORT.
COMMISSIONER MANNING MAKES A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS REPORT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SO, COMMISSIONER JACKSON SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, NEXT WE, UH, ARE GLAD TO WELCOME THIS MORNING JASON BROWN, WHO IS WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND HAS A PRESENTATION FOR US AND, UH, CONCERNING THE AIRCHECK TEXAS DRIVE, A CLEAN MACHINE PROGRAM.
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE MOVED OUT HERE TODAY.
SO WE, UH, HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO WATCH THIS HERE.
SO JASON, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND, UH, TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM AND WHAT WE NEED TO TRY TO DO.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UH, PRESENT TO YOU, UH, UPDATE ON THE AIR CHECK TEXAS DRIVE CLEAN SHEET PROGRAM.
I'M JASON BROWN WITH THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, THE AIR QUALITY OPERATIONS MANAGER.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, FOR THE REGION IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THIS CHANCE TO UPDATE YOU AND, AND WHAT WE'VE BROUGHT AND TAKING TO THE NINE NORTH TEXAS COUNTIES THAT ALSO PARTICIPATE WITH THIS PROGRAM.
UH, JUST A CHANCE TO UPDATE, UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT THAT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND OUR AGENCY IN IMPLEMENTING IT ON YOUR BEHALF.
AND, UH, JUST A QUICK RECAP OF NOW, THE PROGRAM IS, UH, ONE OF MANY STRATEGIES IN THE REGION THAT ADDRESSES THE AIR QUALITY CONCERNS THAT WE FACE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE FEDERAL STANDARD, SPECIFICALLY THE EIGHT HOUR OZONE STANDARD.
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN COUNTIES THAT DON'T MEET THAT, UH, STANDARD.
AND, UH, SO THIS IS ONE OF MANY RE STRATEGIES THAT ACTUALLY IS WORKING TO HELP US ATTAIN THAT GOAL.
AND IT'S THE STATE'S VEHICLE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND HOW IT'S HELPING IS ACTUALLY TO HELP ADDRESS VEHICLE EMISSIONS, UH, A LOT OF VEHICLES IN THE REGION.
UH, SO THEY, THE EMPHASIS IS, IS THAT IT'S GOING TO REPAIR OR HELP REMOVE A VEHICLE THAT MAY, MAY BE CONTRIBUTING THOSE EMISSIONS TO, TO THE CREATION OF THE OZONE POLLUTANTS.
AND WE'RE REDUCING THOSE DOWN AT LEAST TO, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TRYING TO HELP US ATTAIN THE ATTAINMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TO ACHIEVE.
AND HISTORICALLY, UH, JUST LOOKING BACK AT THE, IT WAS CREATED BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, AND IT'S NOW IN ITS 10TH YEAR IN THE REGION, AND, UH, CONTINUES TO, TO BE SUCCESSFUL
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OVER THE YEARS, THOUGH, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME, UH, LEGISLATIVE MODIFICATIONS, UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY.AND AS A RESULT OF THE 2007 LEGISLATURE, THERE WAS, UH, A GREAT, UH, EMPHASIS ON EXPANDING THE REPLACEMENT ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ALSO APPROPRIATED MORE FUNDS TO THE REGION.
SO WE'VE BEEN, UH, REALLY, UH, SEEING A HUGE INTEREST FROM THE PUBLIC ON THAT ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM.
AND JUST A, JUST A RECAP THAT THE, THE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASED ON REQUIREMENTS, UH, INDIVIDUAL APPLIES.
IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE, THEY RECEIVE A VOUCHER AND THEY COULD GO TO A REPAIR FACILITY TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLE REPAIR UP TO $600 WOULD HELP WITH REPAIR EMISSIONS REPAIRS AND GET THE VEHICLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INSPECTION, UH, EMISSIONS INSPECTION.
ALSO, THE UP TO $3,500 TOWARDS A, A NEWER, CLEANER VEHICLE.
AND THE, THE OLDER VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY REMOVED FROM THE ROAD AND CRUSHED.
AND SO, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE, UH, THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SECTION, THERE WAS A FUNDING REDUCTION FOR THE, FOR THE ENTIRE REGION.
SO IT, IT MEANT FROM, UH, WHAT WE HAD SEEN A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM WITH THE AMOUNT WE, WE HAD WITH REGION.
WE WERE RUNNING A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM.
NOW, THE, UH, PROGRAM, UH, BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION, THE, UH, I, I GUESS YOU WILL, A RESTRICTION OR A REDUCTION IN THE REPLACEMENT PORTION OF THE PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED, UH, LAST FALL.
AND, UM, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS, UH, WITH THE VEHICLES REPAIRED OVER THE YEARS AND THE VEHICLES REPLACED, WERE WELL OVER 50,000 VEHICLES, UH, THAT HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, BENEFITED FROM THE PROGRAM AND BACK ON THE ROAD WITH, UH, CLEANER BURNING VEHICLES.
AND, AND OBVIOUSLY HELPING WITH THAT, UH, SOLUTION AS YOU WILL WITH OUR AIR QUALITY CONCERN.
AND RIGHT HERE, JUST THIS TABLE TO, UH, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON, AS I MENTIONED, WITH THE REDEMPTION OF THE FUNDING, UH, WE DID HAVE TO IMPLEMENT AND REDUCE, UH, STAFF THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY FOCUSED ON THE, UH, APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, PROCESSING APPLICATIONS AND VOUCHERS THAT COME IN, UH, THAT ARE ISSUED OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SINCE LAST FALL, IT'S BEEN, UH, JUST RUNNING THE REPAIR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO AGAIN, ANY VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE FAILED A RECENT INSPECTION, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, AN ABILITY TO GET THEIR VEHICLE BACK INTO REPAIR FACILITY, GET IT FIXED AND BACK ON THE ROAD.
AND, UH, AND IN FACT, TODAY, UH, JUST HIGHLIGHTING AT THE BOTTOM ROW, THE RESUMING REPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE TODAY, UH, WE JUST OPENED THAT UP FOR THE REGION AND, UH, FOR A LIMITED TIME DUE TO THE REDUCTION OF THE FUNDING, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE REGION, ABOUT $3 MILLION, UH, AVAILABLE.
AND SO ONCE, ONCE THE APPLICATIONS ARE, ARE IN, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD MAYBE EXHAUST THAT FUNDING THEN THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY PUT IT ON HOLD AGAIN UNTIL THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE.
SO THAT OPENED UP JUST TODAY? TODAY, YES.
PROBABLY CLOSED BY TOMORROW,
SO THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE TRICKY THINGS IS JUST NOT KNOWING HOW QUICKLY WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE APPLICATIONS IN.
UM, AND SO JUST A, A RECAP HERE, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, GOING TO THE NINE COUNTIES IN OUR REGION IS, UH, AGAIN, BRINGING BEFORE AND JUST HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT THAT REALLY ESSENTIALLY IS LISTING THE RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, THAT THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IS DOING, UH, TO IMPLEMENT IT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.
AND, UH, WE'VE ALSO, UH, UPDATED AGREEMENTS WITH, UH, AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIPS.
WE HAD THEM IN IN MARCH, GOT THEM, UH, READY TO TAKE THE VOUCHERS THAT WE ARE GONNA START ISSUING.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE THE, UH, I GUESS THE PARTNER, THAT INDIVIDUAL TAKES A VOUCHER TO HELP THEM GET A, UH, A VEHICLE THAT, UH, WITH THAT VOUCHER, A NEWER, CLEANER VEHICLE.
AND WITH THAT, I'VE GOT MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
JASON, UH, THE FUNDING THAT'S BEEN REDUCED BY 88%, WHERE'S THAT FUNDING COMPOUND AIR CHECK.
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THEY, THEY SET IT UP WHEN THE, UH, IF YOU WILL, DURING YOUR INSPECTION, YOUR ANNUAL INSPECTION, UH, AND THERE'S A SAFETY PORTION AND EMISSIONS AND PORTION ADMISSIONS AND, UH, PORTION, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE, UH, $6 OF THAT EMISSIONS, UH, PORTION, AND THAT ESSENTIALLY GETS COLLECTED AT THE STATE LEVEL.THEN THEY, UH, PORTION THAT BACK OUT TO THE COUNTIES AND IT'S PROPORTIONED BASED ON THE SALES OF THE INSPECTIONS FOR THAT PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND, UH, IT ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU WILL, THE COLLECTION IS CONTINUING, IT'S JUST IN AUSTIN, THEY JUST, THEY JUST, UH, I GUESS ALLOCATED A CERTAIN PORTION OF THOSE.
SO DID THEY CAPTURE THAT MONEY AT THE STATE LEVEL OR ARE THEY JUST HOLDING IT MM-HMM
KINDA LIKE THEY'RE DOING ON THE 9 1 1 SERVICE, UH, FEE THAT WE ALL PAY.
ING THAT HAPPENED TO, RIGHT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE I GUESS IT GETS AND PART OF THE APPROPRIATIONS, WELL, I THINK WHAT THEY DO IS IT, IT HELPS THEM BALANCE THEIR BUDGET, BUT THOSE FEES THAT WERE CONTRIBUTED FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BE SPENT.
WE RUN INTO THAT ON THE 9 1 1 THING.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS WE'RE WE'RE STILL PAYING THAT $6 TO FUND THIS PROGRAM.
WHICH IS A GOOD PROGRAM BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET OUR AIR QUALITY DOWN, UH, THERE'S SOME SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES BESIDES JUST DYING EARLY.
THERE'S SERIOUS FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR TRANSPORTATION, BUT THEY'RE COLLECTING THAT $6, BUT THEY'RE NOT SENDING IT BACK OUT.
AND THEY'RE NOT SPENDING ENOUGH IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEND IT BACK OUT, LET'S DON'T COLLECT IT.
AND THEN I CAN'T SAY THAT THE, UH, THE FUNDS, THEY NOW, THEY GET COLLECTED AND THEY GO INTO A, UH, I GUESS DESIGNATED FUNDS, DESIGNATED ACCOUNTS SO THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT GONNA BE USED, UH, UH, FROM WHAT WE LEARNED THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS WE WERE FOLLOWING IT, THEY CAN'T BE USED FOR, UH, LIKE THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, GENERAL REVENUE.
THEY, THEY ARE HELD THERE, BUT I GUESS THAT, THAT IT MAY BE PART OF THE ASPECT OF JUST, THEY'RE JUST THERE.
THE $6 WILL COME BACK IN THIS PROGRAM ONE OF THESE DAYS IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
IT'S GOING TO KEEP BARR AGAINST.
AND I DON'T WANT GET INTO A BIG POLITICAL DISCOURSE ABOUT THAT, BUT I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVES THIS LAST WEEK, HE ANNOUNCED WITH TRUTH AND BUDGETING.
I HOPE THIS HELPS THAT, UH, PROGRAM, YOU KNOW.
ANYWAY, THERE'S ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT, BUT THE APPLICATIONS THAT, UH, THAT ARE TAKEN TODAY, IF IT TAKES, UH, ONE DAY OR FOUR DAYS OR TWO WEEKS TO FILL ALL THOSE APPLICATIONS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN? IN OTHER WORDS, AFTER ALL THE MONIES IS ALLOCATED, ARE THEY CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR? THEY JUST THROWN OUT AND YOU HAD TO REAPPLY? REAPPLY, YES, SIR.
UM, THE, THE THING THAT MAKES IT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HARD IS ALSO BECAUSE THERE ARE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
AND, AND THERE ARE BASED ON LIKE WHEN THE APPLICATION'S RECEIVED.
SO WE JUST, WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE ENTERED THOSE SITUATIONS, THEN THE FOLKS ARE INFORMED AND THEY JUST REAPPLY.
SO IF SOMEBODY SENT IN AN APPLICATION, SAY, UH, IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS PROGRAM AND NOT WITHOUT KNOWING THE DATE WAS TODAY THAT IT OPENED, IF THEY SENT IT IN, IN SAY FEBRUARY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WILL THAT BE FIRST ON THE LIST? OR IS IT IT'S WHAT, WHAT IS RECEIVED IN TODAY'S MAIL AND TOMORROW'S MAIL? RIGHT.
JUST WHAT'S IN TODAY WE'RE PROCESSING WHAT'S RECEIVED.
TODAY'S MAIL, TOMORROW'S MAIL, EVERYTHING WE DO GET THOUGH THERE IS CORRESPONDENCE TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
USUALLY A LETTER GOES OUT AND IT'LL INFORM THEM.
SO HOW ARE THE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHEN THE APPLICATION DATES? OH, SURE.
WE, WE DID INFORM THE DEALERSHIPS, UH, THAT WE'VE SIGNED UP.
THEY, THEY'RE AWARE, WE KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, MAY GO TO THE DEALERSHIPS TO KIND OF HELP THEM GET AN APPLICATION, UH, WHEN THEY CALL OUR NUMBER, OF COURSE ON OUR WEBSITE, IT'S UPDATED SO THAT IT'S ANNOUNCING WE'RE TAKING IT AND OUR AGENCY WILL BE ISSUING A PRESS RELEASE AS WELL, HOPEFULLY TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HELP GET THAT FLOWED OUT.
PROBABLY MORE THAN LIKELY, IF YOU DO SEND IN BY TODAY, YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY MONEY.
ON THE TERM PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN, THEY'LL HAVE A DEADLINE OR AN ENTRY OF THE FIRST OF THE MONTH.
AND THEY'LL BE ADDING MONEY ON THE THIRD OR THE FOURTH.
AND SO YOU HAD TO HAVE YOUR APPLICATION READY TO GO ON THE FIRST AND THEY WON'T GIVE YOU THE APPLICATION UNTIL THE 31ST.
SO IT'S A MAD DASH TO FILL IT OUT, SEND IT IN, AND I CAN SHOW YOU, IF YOU MISS ONE DECIMAL POINT, THEY'LL THROW IT OUT.
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ALRIGHT.AND, AND THAT'S, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S KIND OF A UNKNOWN FOR US IS BEING IN THAT SITUATION WHERE IN THE PAST WE HAD FUNDING THAT KIND OF KEPT IT A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM.
UH, AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF DEALING UNKNOWN.
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JASON? I BELIEVE WE DO NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS TODAY.
AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF, UH, OF THE AGREEMENT.
UH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN YOUR REGION ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON THIS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
WE'VE UH, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE OTHER COUNTIES AS WELL.
YEAH, I NOTICED YOU'VE GOT, UH, I THINK ROCKWELL COUNTY'S ALREADY SIGNED OFF ON IT LOOKS LIKE.
ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE AS PRESENTED UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTION.
UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES A MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER, MEANING ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
JASON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
AND WE WILL, IF YOU WANT TO STICK AROUND, DO YOU NEED THIS OR YOU JUST NEED US TO MAIL IT IN TO, UH, THANK BILL IS FINE.
ALL THE NEXT ITEM IS TO HEAR A REPORT FROM EMMA GLENN, WHO IS THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS HERE IN CATON COUNTY.
UH, UH, EMMA ON UP EL UH, EMMA CAME BY AND VISITED WITH ME, UH, A FEW, UH, DAYS AGO CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF, UM, UH, NAME IS THAT HOW WE, OR NAMI HOW DO WE CALL IT? AND, UH, UH, I, SHE WANTED TO KNOW COULD SHE, UH, COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE COURT.
AND, UH, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT, UH, THAT SHE DOES.
AND, UH, I KNOW SHE GO AHEAD AND IF YOU HAVE SOME HANDOUTS YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US, THAT'LL BE GOOD.
SO EMMA, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
IS IT OKAY THAT WE GIVE THEM OUT TO EVERYBODY? YEAH, EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE, IT'S HERE.
MY NAME IS EMMA GLENN, I'M A NATIVE OF KAUFMAN.
I WANNA THANK JUDGE WOOD FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU.
AND WHAT NAMI IS, IS THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
IT IS AN ATION THAT WAS STARTED IN MADISON, WISCONSIN IN 1979 WITH JUST A GROUP OF PARENTS THAT GOT TOGETHER DISCUSSING WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
AND SO IT TURNED OUT TO BE THAT IT WAS MENTAL ILLNESS OR BRAIN DISORDERS, WHICH WE USED INTERCHANGEABLY.
UM, THERE'S A, A NAMI ORGANIZATION IN ALL 50 STATES, SO IT'S A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
THERE ARE ABOUT 1200 LOCAL COMMUNITIES SERVED THROUGH THESE AFFILIATES.
TEXAS, UH, BECAME AN AFFILIATE IN 1984, AND TEXAS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AFFILIATES WITH ABOUT 45 LOCAL, WHICH WE ARE ONE OF.
AND DALLAS BECAME AN AFFILIATE, I BELIEVE, IN 1986.
AND WE STARTED AS A SUPPORT GROUP UNDER DALLAS.
AND THEN WE WENT ON TO, IN 2005 TO BECOME OUR OWN AFFILIATE, WHICH WE ARE A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
AND WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY, WE DO SUPPORT GROUPS, WE DO EDUCATION CLASSES, WE DO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND WE ADVOCATE, WE TAKE TRIPS TO AUSTIN, UH, TO SPEAK WITH OUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT THE FUNDING NEEDS AND ALL FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND IN THE BROCHURE JUST PRETTY MUCH EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND WE HAVE OUR SUPPORT GROUPS EVERY THIRD THURSDAY AT THE LAKES REGIONAL.
WE ARE A GREAT PARTNER WITH LAKES REGIONAL.
WE USE THEIR FACILITY, THEY HAVE OUR MEETINGS AND OUR CLASSES, AND WE ALSO HAVE AN OFFICE SPACE AT CHARLES STATE HOSPITAL WHERE WE ARE THERE, UH, IN THE CHAPEL ANNEX EVERY TUESDAY AND SOMETIMES THURSDAY FROM NINE 30 TO ONE.
AND, UH, THE MISSION OF THE NDA, KAUFMAN COUNTY, IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ALL PERSONS AFFECTED BY SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, PROVIDING SUPPORT, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY.
AND INSIDE THE FOLDER, I ALSO GAVE A LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF DIFFERENT ILLNESSES BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW THE SYMPTOMS. AND THEN THERE'S A, A LOT OF STATISTICS ABOUT HOW THESE DIFFERENT ILLNESSES HAVE AFFECTED OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN ANOTHER REAL IMPORTANT ISSUE IS HOW MENTAL ILLNESS HAS AFFECTED CHILDREN.
AND 65% OF BOYS STATISTICS SAY 75% OF GIRLS THAT ARE IN JUVENILE DETENTION HAVE AT LEAST ONE BRAIN DISORDER.
SO WE ALSO OFFER A CLASS THAT'S FOR CAREGIVERS
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OF CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND YOUNG ADULTS TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THEM FOR EIGHT WEEK COURSE TO SHARE THAT THEY COME ONCE A WEEK.AND WE SHARE THAT WEALTH OF INFORMATION, HOW PARENTS CAN RECOGNIZE THESE SYMPTOMS IN THEIR CHILDREN AND HOW THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN, TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, AND SEEK OUTSIDE HELP.
WE ALSO DO A 12 WEEK CLASS THAT'S FOR CAREGIVERS OF ADULTS WHO WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND WITH THE SAME PURPOSES IN MIND.
INSIDE THE FOLDER IS ALSO A LIST OF WHAT'S PRESENTED IN THOSE 12 WEEKS AND FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE CLASSES.
AND THERE'S ALSO AN UPDATE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN 2011 THAT OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A HOUSING PROJECT.
WE'VE APPLIED TWICE FOR A HUD GRANT.
WE HAD, WE'VE BEEN DENIED TWICE FOR A HUD GRANT, AND WE ARE STILL GONNA WORK TOWARD THAT.
BUT I DID, UH, INCLUDE A LETTER IN THERE FROM THE CITY OF CHARLES, THE CITY MANAGER, THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN GREAT SUPPORT FROM THEM.
AND WE WERE ANTICIPATING TRYING TO PURCHASE LAND IN THE ROSE HILL AREA TO PROVIDE SINGLE INDEPENDENT LIVING APARTMENTS FOR PERSONS WITH ILLNESS, WHICH WOULD BE HIGH FUNCTIONING PERSONS WITH ILLNESS, ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, SUCH A GREAT NEED TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE AND EFFICIENT HOUSING.
SO WE'RE ALL STILL WORKING ON THAT PROJECT.
WE'VE GOTTEN SUPPORT LETTERS FROM QUITE A FEW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHEN WE SUBMITTED THAT.
AND WE'LL BE MEETING ON IT AGAIN TO SEE HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN OUR APPLICATION.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU, INSIDE THE FOLDER, YOU HAVE A BROCHURE OF THAT CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING, AND THERE'S A CLASS THAT WILL BE STARTING IN, UH, 40 AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, APRIL 30 THROUGH MAY 4TH.
AND HOW WE HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH THAT, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, COPELAND COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THEY HAVE AN AWESOME CRISIS PROGRAM.
AND, UM, THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING IS A 40 HOUR T CLOSE CREDIT FOR ALL OFFICERS WHO CAN ATTEND THESE CLASSES GO ON ALL YEAR LONG.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT BROUGHT TO KAUFFMAN COUNTY TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR AREA TO ATTEND.
AS I MET WITH, UH, SEVERAL, WELL, I'VE MET WITH ALL OF THE LOCAL CHIEF OF POLICES IN THE COUNTY, AND AS THEY EXPLAINED TO ME, GOOD HAVING IT IN OUR COUNTY, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE FEW STAFF, AND IF YOUR PEOPLE ARE WAY OVER IN PLANO OR RICHARDSON AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, IT'S EASIER TO GET 'EM
SO BY US WORKING WITH CLOSELY WITH DALLAS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET INVOLVED, INVOLVED WITH THAT.
AND WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, OUR CITIES TO ATTEND THE TRAINING CLASSES BECAUSE DALLAS DOESN'T WANT TO COME IN TO TRY TO SAY TO KAUFFMAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO DO, BUT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE KAUFFMAN COUNTY THAT WE THINK IS A BENEFIT FOR OUR OFFICERS TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY MANDATED.
AND THE CLASSES ARE FREE, AND, UM, IT HELPS TO, TO, TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY FOR OUR OFFICERS AS WELL AS OUR PERSONS WITH ILLNESS BEING TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND ALSO, IT'S ONE OF OUR BROCHURES ABOUT THE AMI WALK, WHICH THIS IS THE SEVENTH YEAR FOR AMI WA, IT'S A SIGNATURE PROGRAM WE'RE INVOLVED IN THAT.
IT'S AT DALLAS PARK POINT WILL BE ON MAY 12TH, AND, UH, COPELAND COUNTY WILL RECEIVE 70% OF ALL DONATIONS THAT ARE MADE IN THE NAME OF COMAN COUNTY.
AND THAT IS WHERE MOST OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM.
THE WA FAIR STATE HOSPITAL HAS A HUGE TEAM, AND THEY USUALLY RAISE A LOT OF MONEY, AND THEY, THAT MONEY THEY DONATE TO OUR COPELIN COUNTY ORGANIZATION.
SO THE WALK IS JUST SOMETHING GOOD.
UH, THE INFORMATION IS THERE, HOW YOU COULD GO ONLINE, I BELIEVE, AND, AND, UH, CHECK THAT OUT.
AND YOU COULD LOOK FOR EMMA GLENN ON THERE.
WE HAVE A TEAM, BUT NOT IN COPLIN COUNTY, AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR DONATION.
AND ALSO IN THE BACK OF THE FOLDER, IT IS A MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION AND, UH, THAT IS ONE OF OUR WEAK AREAS.
WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUR MEMBERSHIP, UH, IN KALIN COUNTY.
AND, UM, IT, IT IS JUST THAT I'M GLAD TO GET TO COME AND SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE AND FEW PEOPLE STILL KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
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SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO REACH OUT SO THAT KALIN COUNTY IS AWARE THAT THESE SERVICES ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.AND THERE'S ALSO A, UH, CLASS A FLYER IN THERE THAT, UH, JUDGE WOOD SHARED WITH ME THAT MAYBE YOU WOULD WANT TO TAKE BACK AND POST IN YOUR COURTHOUSES.
AND I DO HAVE SOME EXTRA ONES AVAILABLE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS AND, UM, THAT THEY ARE FREE.
ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CASTLE COUNTY, UH, OFFER ARE FREE TO PARTICIPANTS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS MS. GLEN? WELL, I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTION WHILE Y'ALL WERE DOING 1115 LAST WEEK, I WAS IN WACO, AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP WAS NATIONALLY MENTAL ILLNESS WITH THE CUTS BACK FROM THE STATE.
AND A PRETTY INTERESTING STATISTIC TO ME WAS THAT, UH, AND THE SHERIFF COULDN'T VERIFY THIS MORE ABOUT 30% OF THE PEOPLE IN HIS JAIL IN SUFFOLK FOR MENTAL ILLNESS.
RIGHT? HARRIS COUNTY IS THE BIGGEST MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, THEY PROBABLY HAVE, DALLAS COUNTY HAS 9,000 PEOPLE IN JAIL, MAYBE MAYBE 6,000.
BUT IF A THIRD OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE MENTALLY ILL, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE JAIL DRAWN DOWN ON THE SHERIFF'S TIME RESOURCE.
AND, AND ALSO IT WAS REINFORCED TO US THAT THAT TIME THAT IT'S A REAL TAXING, UH, JOB TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO DEALING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR EVERYDAY ISSUES.
AND SO ANYTHING SHE DO THAT THEY'LL HELP THE SHERIFF OUT OUT THERE.
AND YOU MENTIONED NEED SOME LAND IN THE ROSE HILL AREA.
JEFF, DO WE EVER GET ANY RESALE PROPERTIES BACK AT WHAT, HOW MUCH LAND DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED? UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE TWO ACRES THAT WE WERE DISSIPATING PURCHASING.
I LIKE FOR JASON AND JEFF, MAYBE KEEP, KEEP, I APPRECIATE THE RESALE PROPERTY THERE THAT THE HILL AREA.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY RESELL PROPERTY THERE RECENTLY.
SHERIFF, UH, YOU RELATED TO ME LAST WEEK, UH, A HORRIBLE SITUATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE DEALING WITH AT THE JAIL, AND WITHOUT GOING INTO A LOT OF THE GLORY, I MEAN GORY DETAILS, WE HAVE A LADY THAT IS HOUSED IN THE JAIL.
IS SHE STILL THERE? BACK IN THE JAIL? YES.
SHE'D BEEN AT TARRELL STATE HOSPITAL, I BELIEVE YESTERDAY THEY RELEASED HER BACK.
UH, AND, UH, THIS LADY HAS A, A HORRIBLE MENTAL ILLNESS THAT CAUSES HER TO DO BODILY HARM TO HERSELF.
UH, AND QUITE HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT GETTING TOO GORY, IT'S, SHE'S A FLESH EATER.
UH, AND, UH, AND RIGHT NOW, I THINK UNLESS SOMETHING'S CHANGED TO, HE HAS TO KEEP SOMEONE WITH HER 24 HOURS A DAY EVERY MINUTE, WE HAVE
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST NOT HOW HUMAN BEINGS OUGHT TO BE TREATED IN OUR SOCIETY.
AND IT'S A SHAME THAT WE HAVE THAT.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR SOME TIME AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE HOSPITAL DISCHARGES HER BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T FALL UNDER THEIR GUIDELINES OR SOMETHING.
WELL, NOT WANTING TO BE CRITICAL OF THE HOSPITAL, BUT, UH, THEY CHANGED THE DIAGNOSIS AND THEY DECIDED THAT SHE WAS, THIS WAS NOT MENTAL BEHAVIORAL, UH, BUT QUITE, QUITE FRANKLY, THIS VALUE OPTIONS DOESN'T PAY RIGHT.
WHICH IS OUR INSURANCE WITHIN THE SEVENTH COUNTY.
SO SITUATION, WE'RE TRYING TO GET HER OUT THERE.
WELL, I THINK WE'VE GOT, IF WE CAN GET IT DONE, WE DO HAVE A, HER LAWYER HAS GOT A, A SECURE PLACE WHERE WE CAN GET A BED FOR, UH, OVER, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT COURT THROUGH.
SHE GOT SOME CHARGES, UH, THAT THE, UH, HAS AGREED TO THIS DISMISS GOES.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A REAL, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST CRITICAL SITUATION WE'VE HAD OUT THERE.
WHEN WE HAVE TO REALLY KEEP SOMEONE THERE, I MEAN, EVERY MINUTE, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, WE HAVE TO PUT HER MANY TIMES IN THE, WHAT WE CALL A RESTRAINTS CHAIR, BUT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A DOCTOR'S ORDER TO DO THAT.
AND SHE CAN ONLY BEEN IN THERE SO LONG, WE GOT CALL, SHE LET HER BE RELEASED SO SHE CAN MOVE AROUND.
SO ANYTIME SHE GETS FREE, SHE STARTS LITERALLY CHEWING ON HERSELF.
WE, WE DO HAVE BIG NEEDS IN OUR SOCIETY.
IT IS PROBABLY DO STILL ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ONCE THEY GO OUT ON AN MI CALL, THEY FOLLOW UP, BUT THEN I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE TO 10 DAYS, BUT THE FAMILY TO FIND OUT IF THEY KNOW HOW TO GET SERVICES AND THEY REFER 'EM AND GIVE THEM MY INFORMATION.
I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM PERSONS WHO SAY THE POLICE GAVE THEM THE
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NUMBER, AND THAT'S JUST TO TRY TO HELP THEM TAP INTO OTHER RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE THEY CAN PREVENT REPEAT, UH, TRIPS TO THE JAIL.SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THAT.
WELL, THANK YOU LADIES FOR BEING HERE WITH US.
AND THIS IS LINBERG WHO BOARD I'D BE GLAD TO HAVE THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.
THAT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR OUR SOCIETY, AND ONE THAT'S NOT GONNA GET WELL WITHOUT SOME, UH, GET BETTER WITHOUT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND THAT MAY BE A LONG TIME INCOMING.
NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER SEVEN TO HEAR FROM JEFF BROWN.
UH, WRITTEN AN UPDATE ON DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTIONS.
I BELIEVE JEFF GAVE US A HANDOUT EARLIER.
DID, NOW THAT I'VE STEPPED ALL OVER THE TAX COLLECTOR AND CONSTABLE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, JUDGE WOOD ASKED ME TO DO, UH, LAST FALL WAS TO GIVE A COUPLE OF COUPLE REPORTS EVERY YEAR, KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW TAX COLLECTION TO GO.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS A REPORT, THIS IS A FORMER REPORT THAT I'VE GIVEN OVER THE YEARS, UH, TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
UH, I'LL TAKE CRITICISMS AND, AND, UH, ANY, ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING, UH, WHAT OTHER INFORMATION YOU MIGHT NEED.
BUT I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH IT RIGHT QUICK AND THEN MAYBE ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS FOR THE SIX MONTHS.
IT BEGAN OCTOBER 1ST, ENDED MARCH 31ST.
SO IT'S THE FIRST HALF OF, OF THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR.
UH, WE, AS, AS YOU KNOW, WE BEGIN OUR COLLECTION EFFORTS ON THE DELINQUENT TAX ROLL EACH YEAR BY MAILINGS.
AND WE ACCOMPLISHED MAILINGS, AND WE SENT A LITTLE LESS THAN 13,000 PIECES OF MAIL TO YOUR DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS.
AND BY THE WAY, THIS REPORT COVERS ALL ENTITIES FOR WHICH THE TAX OFFICE COLLECTS.
THIS IS NOT JUST A COUNTY REPORT, IT'S AN ALL I ENTITY REPORT.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANTED JUDGE WOOD.
IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, UNDER THE LAWSUIT SECTION, WE FILED 186 LAWSUITS.
UH, AND ANYBODY WHO CAN DIVIDE 400 BY TWO REALIZE THAT WE'RE, OUR GOAL IS 400.
SO WE'RE ABOUT 14 SHY OF BEING HALFWAY THERE AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR.
UH, THOSE LAWSUITS WERE, UH, WERE SEEKING THE COLLECTIVE JUST UNDER A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
I'LL REMIND YOU THAT WHEN WE DISMISS A LAWSUIT, IT MEANS THAT ALL THE TAXES BEEN PAID, ALL THE PENALTIES AND INTEREST AND ALL THE COURT COSTS, UH, ANY RESEARCH FEES THAT, THAT MIGHT BE ATTENDED TO THOSE, TO THAT LITIGATION.
AND SO WE DISMISSED 63, WE FILED IT, GO BACK, WE FILED A HUNDRED, 186, WE DISMISSED 63, WE TOOK JUDGEMENTS.
THE NEXT PARAGRAPH ON A HUNDRED, UH, BY THE WAY, JUST, JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, MOST OF THOSE CASES, UH, WE, WE APPEAR IN COURT, BUT JUDGE RE UH, AND JUDGE, UH, ASHWORTH BEFORE HIM HAVE ALLOWED, ALWAYS ALLOWED ME ON UNCONTESTED DEFAULT MATTERS TO SUBMIT THOSE JU UH, JUDGMENTS TO THE COURT WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF THE COURT APPEARANCE.
IT SPEEDS THINGS UP AND GETS US TO TAX SALES FASTER, AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
THOSE, UH, A HUNDRED JUDGMENTS WE TOOK, UH, WERE JUST, WERE $283,000.
WE ALSO RELEASED 23 JUDGMENTS.
THAT MEANS AFTER WE TOOK JUDGMENTS THAT, UH, PEOPLE CAME IN AND GOT THOSE PAID.
AND, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A TAX SALE.
UNDER THE NEXT PARAGRAPH, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD SEVEN SALES AND COFFMAN HENDERSON VAN ZZA COUNTIES, I REMIND YOU THAT, UH, HENDERSON, EXCUSE ME, MAYBANK, ISD IS GEOGRAPHICALLY ALMOST PERFECTLY PROVIDED ONE THIRD IN HENDERSON VAN Z AND COFFMAN COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF COURT APPEARANCES IN VAN Z IN HENDERSON, FROM MAYBANK IN PARTICULAR, ABOUT 40% OF KEMP ISD THAT IS IN HENDERSON COUNTY AS WELL.
ISD IS UP IN HUNT COUNTY, BUT, UH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TO HAVE A LOT OF LITIGATION INVOLVED IN THOSE.
IT'S MOSTLY LARGE, UH, FAMILY FARMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN HUNT COUNTY.
UH, BUT ON THOSE TAX SALES, THE 71 THOU, 71 TAX SALES INVOLVED JUST UNDER $400,000 WORTH OF, UH, TAXES THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'VE ALSO DONE 17 SEIZURES ON, ON, UH, UM, MOBILE HOMES THIS, THIS PAST SIX MONTHS THAT'S FIXING TO PICK UP IN TERMS OF SEIZURES, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN Y'ALL PASSED 33 11 LAST YEAR, WHICH ALLOWED US THE EARLY COLLECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
UM, IT'S, IT, THAT PROCESS IS NOW BEGINNING TO, FOR THE SEIZURES OF BUSINESSES IN MOBILE HOME.
WE'LL BE DOING A WHOLE LOT OF THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
I BELIEVE WE ARE SEEING GREAT SUCCESS WITH THAT, WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
UM, JUDGE, I WISH I COULD REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER.
I THINK IT WASN'T AT 41%, I BELIEVE THAT CAME IN EARLY, UH, BEFORE JULY 1ST OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY.
SO THAT, THAT WAS A GOOD BENEFIT LAST YEAR.
WE DON'T HAVE, OBVIOUSLY HAVE A NUMBER YET FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT I, BUT I THINK, I THINK WE'LL STEAL MR. MURPHY'S THUNDER IN JUST A MINUTE.
SO WHEN I DO THAT, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.
BUT, UH, UNDER SPECIAL PROJECTS LAST FALL, WE DID SOMETHING WE'D NOT
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DONE IN THIS COUNTY.WE, WE DID A WALK AND TALK CAMPAIGN WHERE WE WENT, WE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED, UH, RESIDENT HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, UM, AND MY PEOPLE WENT DOOR TO DOOR AND IT WASN'T, UH, IT WAS VERY, CERTAINLY VERY NON-CONFRONTATIONAL ABUSE AND INFORMATIVE THING, TELLING PEOPLE, LOOK, WE KNOW YOU'RE HERE.
THIS IS YOUR HOMESTEAD, THESE ARE YOUR TAXES, PLEASE GET THEM PAID.
AND IT RESULTED IN, UH, I COLLECTED $174,000.
UH, THERE WERE, WE VISITED 196 HOMES AND GOT THAT, GET THAT MONEY.
UH, THIS, THIS FALL AS WELL UNDER THE TOTAL COLLECTIONS, UH, WE COLLECTED $3,152,000, UH, THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
SO I, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THAT, AND I HOPE, I HOPE THE COURT IS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BEFORE I STEAL MR. MURPHY'S THUNDER? YES, SIR.
ALL THE MONEY YOU COLLECT IS NOT THIS, THIS, THIS SAYS RIGHT HERE IT'S $3 MILLION IN DELINQUENT TAXES.
YOU DIDN'T COLLECT $3 MILLION DELINQUENT TAXES BECAUSE WE HAVE PEN TO AN INTEREST.
BILL'S INTEREST THERE AS WELL.
THE, THE BASE TAX IS PROBABLY ABOUT TWO AND A HALF OR SOMETHING.
WELL, ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT REPORT, IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONLY BE, YOU KNOW, UH, YEAR TO DATE DELINQUENT TAXES ON, UH, THE GENERAL FUND IS ABOUT HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
OH, EVERYBODY SCHOOLS ALL ENTITIES.
I JUST HAD HIM LUMP IT ALL IN THERE SINCE WE, SINCE WE DO COLLECT FOR ALL OF THEM SPEAK.
SPEAKING OF MR. CLARK HEAD TO HELP HAVING ME STEAL MR. MURPHY'S THUNDER, UH, THIS REPORT, UH, BY THE WAY, I GET PAID AND I MAKE MONEY EVERY YEAR ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU TURN OVER TO ME AND COLLECT AS OF, AS OF THE END OF MARCH.
MR. MURPHY'S BASICALLY GOT THE COUNTY COLLECTION RATE AT 93% BY THE TIME JULY GETS HERE.
I WON'T HAVE A HECK OF A LOT TO DO.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS FROM BUDGET TIME ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY HE'S GIVEN ME TO COLLECT.
BUT, UH, THAT IS A, THAT IS A GREAT PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTY.
THAT IS, IT IS A GOOD SITUATION.
IT'S NOT A BAD SITUATION AT ALL.
REFERRING TO, UH, RAY, AND AGAIN, DICK, I'M SORRY I'M TAKING YOUR REPORT HERE, BUT, UH, I, I'M PLEASED THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE COUNTY, AND I BELIEVE I, I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN, BUT THAT'S BASE TAX.
IS IT MR. MURPHY? THIS NUMBER HERE? YES, SIR.
BUT AS, AS YOU'LL NOTICE ALREADY FOR THIS YEAR, WE COLLECTED 23%.
SO, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND I THINK WE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
SO, AND YOU HAVE OPENED UP YOUR DOWNTOWN OFFICE? I BELIEVE I HAVE.
UH, WE ARE MR. YORK AND I NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TODAY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY, WE'RE UP AND RUNNING AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING, ALL THE TECHNICAL ISSUES SMOOTHED OUT.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO RELY ON GEORGE BECAUSE I, THEY'RE OVER MY HEAD.
I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ENJOYING BEING THERE SO FAR.
AND, AND JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH A COUPLE OF LAWYERS LAST WEEK ABOUT A CASE AND GOT SOMETHING RESOLVED AND WE DID IT IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, MR. BROWN? GOOD REPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING US, GETTING US UP TODAY.
HE'S NEXT TO, ISN'T THAT? YEAH.
JEFF, YOU WANT TO JUST STAY UP HERE? UH, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, OH, YES, SIR.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO, UH, TABLE.
AND THIS IS A LITTLE, LITTLE FRUSTRATING, NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING JEFF HAS DONE OR ANY OF OUR, UH, COURTS HAVE DONE, BUT, UH, OUR OUTSIDE AUDIT FIRM, THE, THE NEW FIRM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THIS YEAR HAD CONTACTED, UH, ME ABOUT A, I DON'T KNOW, TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, I GUESS NOW.
AND, UH, ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT, UH, UH, NOT TAXES, BUT UH, FINES AND FEES THAT ARE, UH, OUTSTANDING THAT GO BACK SEVERAL YEARS.
UH, I BELIEVE LIKE FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
I THINK WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS EVERYTHING THAT'S MORE THAN SIX YEARS OLD TAKE OFF.
SIX YEARS OLD, THEY WANTED TO WRITE THOSE OFF.
DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T TRY TO COLLECT 'EM OR IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WON'T, THAT THEY CAN'T BE COLLECTED AT SOME POINT.
BUT BECAUSE OF SOME NEW AUDIT STANDARD UNDER A-G-A-S-B 34, THIS GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING THING, THEY WOULD REQUEST THAT ALL, UH, WHAT HE INITIALLY TOLD US WAS JP CASES WOULD BE WRITTEN OFF.
SO I TALKED WITH JOHN, WHERE'S JOHN? HERE? HERE HE IS OVER HERE.
EVERYBODY'S KIND OF SCATTERED OUT THIS MORNING, SO I HAVE TO PINPOINT EVERYBODY.
UH, BUT THEN WE GET A CONTACT LAST, UH, WEEK.
AND NOW THEY NOT ONLY WANT TO DO THE JP COURSE, UH, CASES, UH, I'M SORRY, FINES AND FEES, BUT, UH, ALSO THE, UH, UH, COUNTY COURT OF LAW, UH, CASES OR FEES AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT COURT FEES.
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AND, UH, THEY CAN'T COMPLETE OUR AUDIT UNTIL WE GET THAT DONE.AND THAT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE OF THE REFINANCING WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE ON, UH, THE BONDS THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING.
WE GOT AN OUTSIDE AUDIT COMPLETED, AND SO WE'VE FOUND THIS OUT LAST, UH, MIDDLE OF LAST WEEK, JEFF.
HAVE I PRETTY WELL COVERED THAT? DOING GOOD SO FAR? AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO GET THIS DONE AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED, AND NOT ONLY INCLUDE JP CASES, BUT ALSO, UH, ALSO THE, UH, COUNTY COURT OF LAW AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT COURT CASES.
SO WE'RE NOT READY TO DO THAT.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DELAY THIS UNTIL WE GET EVERYTHING DONE, UH, TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OUTSIDE AUDITOR.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ASK YOU TO TABLE ITEM EIGHT, UH, UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
AND THAT'S GOTTA BE, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AUDITOR AS WELL AS WITH THE COURTS THAT ARE INVOLVED AS WELL.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S, OFFICE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I TABLE WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER CLARK THE TABLE.
SECOND, UH, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? AND JEFF AND I ARE GONNA MEET IN THE MORNING AND I'M, I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON IT EVEN AS WE, UH, AS WE SPEAK.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE KAMAN COUNTY LEADERSHIP CLASS THAT OKAY.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE SOME KAUFMAN COUNTY LEADERSHIP FOLKS HERE WITH US.
Y'ALL LIKE TO STAND UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? WE'LL JUST TAKE A MINUTE OR SO DO THAT.
I'M A LIEUTENANT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I'M IN THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP.
I'M KAYLA BRYSON WITH THE ONE EDC.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS OUR NEW AUDITOR, KAREN COOPER'S HERE TO PRESENT THE, UH, AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2012.
TOLD KAREN WE HAD THIS MEETING OUT HERE THIS MORNING SO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME VERY FAR.
YOU JUST WALK ACROSS THE HALL AND FIND, THAT'S PRETTY NICE.
RIGHT? THIS IS THE, UH, REPORT THAT WE NORMALLY GET EACH MONTH FROM THE, UH, OUTSIDE, I MEAN FROM OUR, OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR.
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT IT SHOULD BE FOR YOUR MARCH 31ST.
YOU SHOULD BE AT ABOUT 50% OF THE BUDGET ON IT, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A FEW LINE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE DETAIL, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CORRECT, BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY WELL CLOSE TO WHAT WE SHOULD BE SITTING, OKAY? OKAY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MS. COOPER? ALRIGHT.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2012.
SO MAY I HAVE A, A MOTION, UH, TO ACCEPT, UH, BY COMMISSIONER MANNING? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO HEAR FROM OUR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR CONCERNING THE, UH, MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2012.
THIS AUDITOR'S REPORT, BY THE WAY, WILL BE KEPT IN MY OFFICE FOR THE FEW DAYS.
WE ALWAYS ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, FOR ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO COME BY AND LOOK AT IT AND BE ON FILE IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
JEFF'S BEEN BRAGGING ON YOU THIS MORNING.
SO JEFF STOLE, ALMOST GAVE YOU YEAH, HE ALMOST STOLE YOUR REPORT.
BUT ON THE GOOD SIDE, IN THE GENERAL FUND SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE COLLECTED 27.2 MILLION OUT OF 29.1 MILLION OF A LEVY, WHICH IS A HISTORY RECORD OF 93%.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR JEFF TALK ABOUT THAT.
UH, ROAD AND BRIDGE IS THE SAME, UH, PERCENTAGE.
WE'VE COLLECTED, UH, 3.1 MILLION FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE YOU TRYING TO RUN JEFF BROWN? HAVE A JOB, MR. MURPHY? WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
THAT SEEMED TO BE THE ACCUSATION EARLIER, DIDN'T IT? YES.
SEE WHAT I HEARD, WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO TURN OVER AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE AND DELINQUENT TAXES TO THE
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ATTORNEY SO HE CAN SPEND HIS TIME ON FINES.WELL, HE GETS A LITTLE NERVOUS WHENEVER I ACCUSE HIM OF NOT COLLECTING AS MUCH MONEY FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
AND HE QUICKLY REMINDS ME THAT THERE'S NOT AS MUCH MONEY OUT THERE TO COLLECT, BUT I, I STILL ARGUE WITH HIM.
WELL, KAUFMAN COUNTY TAXPAYERS NEED THE CREDIT.
THEY'VE DONE, THEY'VE DONE WELL.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. MURPHY? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT HIS REPORT THEN.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
THOSE OPPOSED? NEXT IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11.
I DON'T BELIEVE JOHNNY'S HERE THIS MORNING, UH, FROM THE, UH, TREASURER'S REPORT.
DIANA, I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT FOR HIM FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2012.
UNDERNEATH THE MONTHLY REPORT IS THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
SO YOU GIVING 'EM BOTH TO US? THERE'S BOTH IN THERE.
YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? NO.
UM, GOT MONEY IN THE BANK, RIGHT? GOT MONEY IN THE BANK.
A LITTLE BIT IN INVESTMENTS, SO, YEAH.
YEAH, THINGS LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER THIS YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 11 OF BANK? I'M ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MONTHLY REPORT FROM MARCH, 2012.
SO MAY MR. MANNING MAKES THAT MOTION.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT, WHICH I BELIEVE I'VE GOT END THIS AS WELL.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FROM THE ASSISTANT TREASURER? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
SO MAY MR. MANNING, UH, MAKE THAT MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
THANK IS TO, IS ANDREW HERE THIS MORNING? I'M NOT SURE WHERE HE'S, UH, WE DO YOU HAVE A COPY? I BELIEVE, UH, OF THE, UH, LET'S SEE, 14.
THIS IS A DISCRETIONARY GRANT, INDIGENT GRANT THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER WE WILL BE, UH, UH, UH, APPROVED OR NOT.
UH, ANDREW'S WORKING WITH, UH, OUR JUDGES TO COORDINATE THIS GRANT AND, UH, IT DOES REQUIRE COMMISSIONER COURT APPROVAL AND IT DOESN'T COMMIT US TO ANYTHING, BUT WE, IT WOULD, UH, HELP US ON OUR END OF DEFENSE, UH, PROGRAM IF WE CAN BE APPROVED FOR IT.
SO WE A MOTION TO ALLOW, ALLOW THEM TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT.
SO MAY HAVE A MAIL, A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
UH, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RENEWAL AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH THE CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE COMPANIES FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY JAIL INMATE HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
AND, UH, OUR PURCHASING AGENT BEEN WORKING, I THINK ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WORKING THROUGH, UH, THIS, UH, PROPOSAL.
AND, UH, I GUESS WE'RE ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE GOT GOING.
SO LI I THINK YOU MAY HAVE A COPY OF THE PROPOSAL FROM CHC.
UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAD OUR FIRST YEAR LAST YEAR WITH THE, UH, HEALTHCARE PROVIDED BY THESE FOLKS.
UM, IN WORKING WITH CHIEF BEAVERS AND HIS STAFF ON NEGOTIATING A RENEWAL ON THIS.
WE HAVE, UH, RENEWAL OPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATION IS TO TAKE THAT.
UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING PROPOSING THIS TIME IS THAT, UH, UH, WE FELL A LITTLE SHORT ON THE STAFFING, UH, OUT THERE AS FAR AS ASSISTING WITH, WITH, UH, PASSING OUT THE MEDICINE.
UH, THEY CAN DO IT THREE, FOUR TIMES A DAY AND, UH, THEY NEED HELP IN THAT.
UH, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING ADDING 60 HOURS PER, PER WEEK ONTO THE CURRENT CONTRACT.
UH, WE'RE PAYING CURRENTLY 54,000 1 65 POINT 35 AND THE ADDITIONAL STAFFING IS, UH, $5,900 A MONTH.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT THAT BRINGS A TOLL, UH, TO $720,784 20 CENTS.
UM, THEY ARE FOREGOING, UH, PART OF THE GOES THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS WAS WE CONVINCED,
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UH, CHC THAT UH, UH, IF WE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO ADD STAFFING, BUT THEY DO NEED THAT, THAT THEY WOULD NOT INCREASE THE, UH, COST BASED ON THE CPI.THERE'S A PART OF THE CONTRACT AND THEN THE BID THAT ALLOWS THEM TO INCREASE EACH YEAR BASED ON, ON THE CPI, WHICH WAS 3.73%.
AND, UH, THERE AGAIN, I THINK, UH, THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
THEY JUST, UH, THEY NEED HELP ON, ON THE DISPENSING OF THE MEDICATION AND, UH, BASED ON THE, UH, WE LOOKED AT, UH, QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT US PROVIDING STAFF, BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS, UH, THE BENEFITS AND THINGS WE WOULD'VE, WE'D HAVE TO PAY IT.
WE'RE BETTER OFF JUST LETTING THEM PROVIDE THEIR FOLKS.
OVERALL, I THINK EVERYBODY'S BEEN PLEASED WITH THEIR, UH, OTHER THAN THIS ISSUE ON THE FENCING AND MEDICINE, I THINK EVERYBODY'S BEEN PLEASED, I BELIEVE, UH, MAKING SURE IF I COULD ADD TO THAT.
BUT I THINK BESIDES THE MEDICATION PART, HAPPY AND THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS.
IF I REMEMBER, UH, LAST YEAR, PART OF THE, UH, SHE REMEMBER THE PAST WE SPENT ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND ON PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION AND, UH, DURING THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS LAST YEAR, UM, I ASKED THAT, UH, CHC PROVIDE THE FIRST 50,000, UH, IN THE, IN THEIR CONTRACT AT NO COST TO US.
AND WE'D PICK UP THE, THE REMAINDER AND HAVE TO SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PICK UP ANYTHING.
SO I THINK WE HAD SIGN SAVINGS AND I THINK YOU WERE EVEN A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT IT.
ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, JACK? SO THEY, SO THEY'RE GONNA ADD, UH, A 60 HOURS A WEEK AT A COST OF $5,900 A MONTH JUST TO, JUST TO DISPENSE MEDICINE? YES SIR.
AND BUT THEY'RE FOREGOING THE YEARLY INCREASE, UH, OF 3.73%.
SO, UH, ARE THEY GONNA GO BACK TO THAT NEXT TIME IT COMES AROUND FOR CONTRACT RENEWAL? I'M SURE CHANCES ARE THEY'LL COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND SAY, WELL, WE GOT TO HAVE OUR 3.73.
I, I FEEL QUITE SURE THEY'LL DO THAT.
UH, I I I WOULD SAY NEXT YEAR, I DON'T THINK WE'D BE OPEN TO NEGOTIATE ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL STAFFING.
UH, BUT, UH, AS YOU'RE AWARE, AS COSTS GO UP, UH, THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THE DEAL WHEN YOU HAVE RENEWALS AND WE, WE OBVIOUSLY COULD HAVE A CHANCE TO REBID THAT, BUT IT'S KIND OF A STANDARD THING WHERE YOU BASE INCREASES A LOT ON CPI NOW, SO WE CAN CHANGE NEXT YEAR MIGHT NOT GO UP, BUT I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT POSSIBLY WILL, IT'S KIND OF AN UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, THE 60 HOURS OF PER WEEK, UH, MEDICAL ASSISTANT THAT, THAT, THAT I NEED THAT DUE TO AN INCREASE IN OKAY.
PERSONNEL OR, UH, YEAH, I GUESS THE SHORT VERSION IS THAT, UH, THERE ISN'T ONE THAT, UH, WHEN WE FIRST PUT THE BED OUT, WE HAD, WE HAD FOUR DETENTION OFFICERS THAT ASSISTED IN, IN THE, UH, SUSPENSION MEDICATION AND THEN THROUGH THE, UH, BID PROCESS, WE TOOK THOSE FOUR OUT AND PUT THEM, UH, THAT FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED TO HAVE HIM BACK IN THE JAIL.
SO WHEN WE PUT THIS OUT, WE ALL TO GET IT DONE WITH, WITH THE STAFF LEVELS THAT THESE GUYS PROVIDED AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY, THEY WEREN'T ANY ADDITIONAL HELP.
AND WE FELT LIKE, BUT RATHER THAN TAKE PEOPLE OUTTA JAIL, PUT, UH, BACK IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, WE LET CHC DO THAT.
THAT KIND OF GETS US OUTTA THE LOOP LIABILITY WISE AND, AND OTHER THINGS.
NOW I I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES JUST JUST TO MEDICATION.
THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF FILING THAT GOES ON WITH RECORDS.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS I'M SURE THEY WILL ASSIST IN, BUT IT'S, UH, AND OF COURSE THIS IS 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TOO.
SO, AND IT'S THEIR STAFFING THAT GOES UP.
YEAH, BUT WE HAVE TO PAY, PAY FOR THEIR STAFFING.
WE WE'RE STILL ANY HIGHER, BUT I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM PURCHASING AGENT TO APPROVE THIS, UH, AMENDED, UH, CONTRACT WITH CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE COMPANY TO HAVE A MOTION.
OR DO YOU HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION? I MAY, WE WE RENEW THE CONTRACT.
UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER MEAN THE SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND, UH, CONSIDER APPROVING A PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF
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FORNEY FOR COUNTY ROAD TWO 12 AND RITA ROAD IN CATON COUNTY PRECINCT.THE CITY ASKED US TO WORK ON BOTH THOSE ROADS AND I REPORT THE PROJECT Y'ALL GOT A COPY OF, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE APPROVED THEIR PART OF IT YET OR NOT, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
JOE DON DOESN'T CARE IF TWO 12 EVER GETS DONE.
SINCE THAT'S THE ROAD HE LIVES ON.
UH, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON IT, I'LL ASK YOU THE QUESTION BUT MAKE A MOTION.
WE, UH, APPROVE THE PROJECT WRITTEN FOR THE CITY OF HORNEY.
WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF COMMISSIONER CLARK? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM HIM TO APPROVE THAT AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE CITY OF FORNEY ON FOUR COUNTY ROAD TWO 12 AND RE ROAD.
DO WE HAVE SECOND MR. MANNING SECONDS? UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING A DONATION OF FLOOR TILES FROM 3D MECHANICAL.
JACK, WOULD YOU WANT TO TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT SINCE YOU WERE KIND OF THE MAIN ONE INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION? OH, DANNY MIGHT BE HERE, BUT HE NOT HERE THIS MORNING.
UH, DANNY BAUMGARTNER, ONE OF THE OWNERS, 3D MECHANICAL, UH, CALLED ME AND SAID WE HAD OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME RAISED FLOORING.
UH, HE KNEW THAT GOING FORWARD WE MAY BE ONE TO UTILIZE THAT TYPE OF MATERIAL FOR THE, UH, COMMUNICATION CENTER OUT DOWN THE ROAD.
AND HE HAS FOUND SOME THROUGH ONE OF HIS, UH, CUSTOMERS HAS A GREAT DEAL OF THIS FLOORING.
AND, UH, HE ESTIMATES THAT THE VALUE NEW IS, IS AT A MINIMUM OF 75 TO $80,000 WORTH OF MATERIAL.
AND, UH, HE HAS A RANGE WITH, WITH THAT, UH, COMPANY THAT'S GONNA DEMO THE BUILDING TO, UH, THEY ACTUALLY STARTED, I THINK, UH, THIS WEEKEND.
THEY'VE GOT MOST OF IT PALLETIZED IN FERENCE TO PICK UP.
AND THERE AGAIN, BE NO COST AND, UH, WE WANT TO BRING US FOR THE COURT.
I THINK ON THAT RACE FLOOR IN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, IT'S THE WAY TO GO.
IT'S ALWAYS, UH, BASED ON THE COST.
SOMETIMES WE WON'T DO THAT 'CAUSE OF THE COST, BUT IF IT'S FREE, WE MIGHT POSSIBLY LOOK AT THAT.
DOING THAT, IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN ALL YOUR AC AND CABLING AND NETWORK AND WE FLOOR.
AND UH, IS IT, SO IT'S USED, IT'S USED FLOORING, IS THAT WHAT WAS COMING OUT OF A BUILDING? HMM.
ACTUALLY I THINK BARNEY WAS WALKING ON THAT.
DANNY INDICATED THAT IT CAME OUT ACTUALLY WHERE THEY FILMED THE, UH, CHILDREN'S SHOW.
OH REALLY? OH, I THOUGHT TO ABOUT BARNEY FIVE
THAT'S I THOUGHT SOME OLD ONE.
THAT'S WELL, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT DEAL.
YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY A GENEROUS DONATION FROM 3D.
APPRECIATE YOU TAKING, TAKING CARE OF THE COUNTY.
THIS WILL BE SOMETHING HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THE GOOD USE IN OUR NEW, UH, COMMUNICATION CENTER TO SOMETHING IF IT WORKS.
IF, UH, FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T WORK, WE CAN, UH, PROBABLY FIND ANOTHER USE FOR IT.
AND I GUESS THE ISSUE WOULD BE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STORE IT, UH, TEMPORARILY.
I THINK THE PLAN IS TO KEEP IT LJ SOMEWHERE AND I THINK IT DOES NEED TO BE SOMEWHAT CLIMATE CONTROLLED.
BUT I THINK IT STAYS PRETTY COOL BACK THERE.
AND, UH, COURSE DANNY IS OUR HVAC VENDOR.
WE WANNA RECOGNIZE HIM FOR, FOR DOING THIS WORK.
HE MAY HAVE COMMENTS OR, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING DANNY, YOU WANT TO GO OVER? NO, IT'S, IT'S IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION, UH, FROM EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN AS FAR AS FLOOR TILE, WHICH WE DO A LOT OF COMPUTER ROOM WORK.
THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE YOU SEE THAT AT.
SO, UM, THEY CALLED ME THIS MORNING ACTUALLY AND WANNA KNOW WE COULD GET A TRAILER OVER THERE, START LOADING IT AND BRINGING IT BACK.
WHAT DAY? WHEN Y'ALL GO GET IT.
THEY'VE GOT 12 PALLETS RIGHT NOW WITH ABOUT 60 TILES, 64 TILES ON EACH PALLET.
UH, AND THEY STILL, THEY'RE STILL TAR TEARING OUT ANOTHER ROOM FULL OF IT, SO I'M SURE THEY'D LIKE TO GET IT OFF THE DOCK AS SOON AS THEY CAN.
I THINK THEY'D LIKE TO START THE MARKET IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT WOULDN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN TOMORROW.
I'VE GOT A SKY TRACK THERE THAT I'M UTILIZING TO GET, UH, DUCT WORK OFF THE ROOF AND STUFF, OTHER STUFF THAT WE'RE DEMOING OUT SO WE COULD LOAD IT.
WHEN THE TRAILER GETS THERE, WHAT CAN WE USE TO UNLOAD IT WITH OVER HERE? WE'RE NOT, I I DON'T HAVE ANY EQUIPMENT TO UNLOAD PALLETS.
WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT PALLET FORKS WILL FIT ON A, UH, A BACKHOE OR A LOADER.
WE, WE COULD, WE COULD BRING OUR, IF JERRY'S PRECINCT ONE HAS A LOADER AVAILABLE, SOMETHING I CAN WE BRING OUR FOLKS HERE TO TAKE IT ALL WITH IF SOMETHING'S AVAILABLE.
CAN YOU COORDINATE THAT? YEAH, I MOVE.
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ALL RIGHT.WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DONATION, UH, FROM UH, 3D MECHANICAL.
WE APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING OUT FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING LAURA HUGHES IN LIEU OF TERESA FLOYD AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COUNTY STATION FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION ON MAY THE 29TH, 2012.
HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? I GUESS THERESA DOESN'T WANT DO IT BECAUSE SHE'S ON THE BALLOT.
YOU AGREEABLE TO ACCEPT THIS POSITION CHARGE ATTORNEY.
SO, SO MOVED GETS DOWN TO 60 SOMETHING SO IT'S NOT, WE HAVE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF AIR CONDITIONING ISSUE, BUT, UH, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER REMAIN MAKES THAT MOTION.
SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON SECOND MOTION.
NUMBER 19 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADDING TWO NEW SETS OF STOP SIGNS TO ESTABLISH A FOUR WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF KAREN LANE AND BRENT LANE.
WHERE EACH MEETS MEADOW WAY, UH, DRIVE IN MEADOW PARK, MEADOW WOOD PARK, RANCH ESTATES AND CALKIN COUNTY PRECINCT THREE.
AND JC I GUESS THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING YOU'VE REQUESTED, I BELIEVE.
UM, HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION REQUESTED THAT, UH, THEY, IT'S A TWO-WAY STOP RIGHT NOW.
THEY SEEMED TO THINK THAT PROBABLY WAS SLOW.
THE TRAFFIC, IT SEEMED TO BE SPEEDING UP AND DOWN, NOT AWAY.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE PUTTING TWO ROOF STOP SIGNS UP ON BOTH.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO UH, ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SECOND? SECOND.
HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MANNY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC ADVERTISE THE PAPER, ANGIE, AND DO A PUBLIC MEETING BECAUSE THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT STOP SIGNS ON TWO OF THOSE ROADS NOW.
THEN WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC, WE'LL HAVE TO SET A PUBLIC MEETING.
THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC ADVERTISING.
WELL THAT, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
WE CAN APPROVE IT DEPENDING IN THE PENDING THE PUBLIC MEETING AND THE WELL WE'VE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC.
WHAT DO ANGIE, I THINK WE NEED TO TABLE IT TILL WE GET DO A PUBLIC MEETING.
HAVE HAVE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POSTING, JOHN CAN HELP US ON THAT.
YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY 30 DAYS OUT.
I MEAN IF, IF THERE'S GONNA GET A PUBLIC HEARING THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THEN SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THEN UNTIL WE GET ALL THE LEGAL HOMEOWNERS ARE REQUESTING THIS HOMEOWNER REQUESTING IT.
BUT YOU PUT THAT IN FORM OF MOTION TO TABLE.
UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON MAKES A MOTION.
UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASING CHIP SEAL FOR COUNTY ROAD 40 23 FOR THE CITY OF KEMP, KALIN COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
THIS IS TO FINISH, UH, 40 23, WHICH I HAVE A MILE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE, UH, COMPACTED CONCRETE AS PER OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, BACK IN UH, FEBRUARY.
AND THE WEATHER'S WARMED UP ENOUGH NOW I'D LIKE TO CHIP SEAL IT.
I WOULD MOVE THAT WE LET ME DO THAT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING ON THIS ITEM ON COUNTY ROAD 40 23.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A QUICK ABOUT A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND I GOT MUCH TOO MUCH FLA GO THERE AND, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE SOME LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
MS. COOPER, IF YOU'D LIKE INFO TO US.
UH, TAX ASSESSOR WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THEIR MILEAGE MILLS AND LODGING BY A THOUSAND, UH, DECREASE THEIR TRAINING, EDUCATION AND CONFERENCE BY A THOUSAND.
UM, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEIR MILES AND LODGING WOULD INCREASE BY 600 AND THEIR LEGAL ADS WOULD
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DECREASE BY 600.AND THAT'S THE ONLY TWO I HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? THE, THE TEXAS ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS DECREASING THEIR EDUCATION IN CONFERENCE.
AND INCREASING THE MILEAGE MILLS AND LODGING.
SO MAY HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY THEN ITEM NUMBER 22 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.
PLUS I BELIEVE YOU HAVE YOUR PRECINCT BILLS IS WE, LEMME MAKE SURE I DON'T GET THIS.
JACKSON, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
COMMISSIONER MANNING, MAY THE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING.