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WELCOME YOU TO THE MONDAY, JULY NINE MEETING COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.
UH, WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU PRESENT.
WE'LL BE MOVING THROUGH THAT AS MORNING.
IF YOU WOULD NOW, UH, PLEASE STAND.
WE'LL HAVE THE INDICATION BY WE'LL HAVE BOTH THE MERIT FLAG AND GRACIOUS HEAVEN, YOUR FATHER, THANK THEY FOR THE PRIVILEGE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER ON A DAY LIKE TODAY TO DO THE, PLEASE LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH A FAVOR AND GIVE US THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO MAKE THOSE CORRECT DECISIONS AS WE SEE THANKFULLY FOR THE BLACK GIVING RAIN WE'VE HAD THIS WEEKEND AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVEN US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THESE LAST TWO WEEKS.
ALL OF THAT WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, TOMMY.
I OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, REPUBLIC FOR HIS HANDS, ONE NATION, GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
HONOR THE TEXAS, RIGHT? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE HONOR GOD, ONE INVIS WISHES TO THE COURT THIS MORNING AND, UH, BEFORE WE START IN OUR PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT PORTION HERE, WOULD, UH, PLEASED TO HAVE YOU DO THAT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, ONE ITEM THAT I RECEIVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
BILL HALE, WHO IS THE, UH, DALLAS DISTRICT ENGINEER OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THAT THEY HAVE APPOINTED A NEW PERSON AS THE, UH, AREA ENGINEER FROM BOTH KAUFMAN
HE ALREADY WORKED, WANTED YOU TO BE, UH, AWARE OF THAT, THAT WE DO HAVE ENGINEER.
THE FIRST ITEM ON AGENDA IS THE, UH, 2012, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING NIKKI MILLER AS A TABULATION SUPERVISOR OF THE COUNTY STATION FOR THE JULY 31ST, 2012 PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION.
ITEM C IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING UL SUPERVISOR OF THE COUNTY STATION FOR THE JULY 31ST, 2012 PRIMARY ELECTION.
ALSO, ITEM D IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING DEDICATION OF JOHNNY FRANK LAW AS PRECINCT THREE, I'M SORRY, PRECINCT TWO.
UH, I KNOW WE, I WAS NOT AT THE LAST MEETING.
I BELIEVE IT WAS SOME DISCUSSION.
UH, JOE DON, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, ADDRESS THE ISSUE RIGHT PAST ABOUT, UH, JOHNNY FRANKLIN LAW BEING, UH, UH, BEYOND THE, UH, UH, AND AS FAR AS NEPOTISM REQUIREMENTS ARE CONCERNED THAT HE IS NOT WITHIN THAT FIRST OR SECOND DEGREE OF, UH, HE IS NOT, ACCORDING TO THE PAGE 61, 62 OF THE POLICY MANUAL.
HE IS NOT, HE WAS THE OFFICERS FOR THE HIGHEST OUT THE INTERVIEW BOARDS.
DON AND I HAD DISCUSSED THAT, AND I WASN'T HERE LAST WEEK WHENEVER WE HAD, OR TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ASKED DISCUSSION ABOUT WHILE I WAS GONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? NOT, I NEVER DONE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON AND I SECOND UPON COMMISSIONER.
OPPOSED? AND JUST TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THE, UH, UH, CONCERN ABOUT THE AGENDA.
UH, NOT THE AGENDA, BUT THE GAVEL.
I DON'T HAVE A GAVEL THIS MORNING.
AND, UH, IF THE COMMISSIONER WISHES TO USE MY MICROPHONE, SERVE, WELCOME TO DO THAT.
THANK, I GUESS SOME OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THAT, PERHAPS FOLLOWING OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST HERE THE OTHER DAY IN A COMMISSION BOARD MEETING.
AND I HAD GOOD LAUGH ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING.
ALRIGHTYY ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO, UH, PRESENT THE, UH, TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD TO THE, UH, HOFFMAN COUNTY, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
AND I HAVE A NICE, UH, UH, IT'S NOT A PLAQUE, BUT IT'S A NICE, UM,
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UH, RENDERING HERE, UH, THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO JAMIE.AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME FOLKS HERE.
JAMIE, YOU'VE GOTTA COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A PRESS RELEASE AS FAR AS YOU'VE GIVEN.
WELL, I'VE ALREADY GIVEN A PRESS RELEASE, BUT OUR CHAIRMAN MARY HAYS HERE THIS MORNING, SO, OKAY, WELL, I'M SORRY MARY KAY.
GOOD TO HAVE THE WITNESS THIS MORNING.
AND JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WARRANT.
THIS IS THE 17TH YEAR IN A ROW OF COPELAND COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION HAS WANTED TO SAVE SERVICE AWARD AND NOT EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS GETS IT.
I THINK 9 56 AND NUMBER OF COUNTIES 2 54, 2 54, THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UM, WE DO HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE TO GIVE PROGRAMS TO YOU.
UM, JAMIE, THE REST, CAN I GET EVERYBODY ELSE UP HERE WITH YOU? MAY I WANT THEM IN THE, EXCUSE ME, JOHNNY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE REST OF THE QUALIFICATIONS.
JAMIE AND I DID THE APPLICATION TOGETHER, BUT I'M SURE SHE DUG MOST OF THE, UH, OKAY.
AT LEAST SIX REPRESENTED OUR MEETING, OUR REGULAR MEETING IS TOMORROW AND MOST OF OUR GROUPS SAID WE CAN'T COME TO BOTH.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS ONE PEOPLE OUT HERE, AND AS SHE SAID, IT'S THE 17TH CONSECUTIVE ONE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.
PLUS WE'RE WORKING IN, PROBABLY HAVE THE 18TH FOR YOU NEXT, NEXT TIME FOR 2012.
SO ANYHOW, ONE OF THEM, THE MAJOR THINGS THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR IS WE GOT THE, UH, AND I'M SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ALREADY AWARE OF IT, BUT WE GOT THE COUNTY DESIGNATED AS NUMBER ONE OF THE MOST ENDANGERED HISTORICAL SIZE IN THE STATE.
SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE STATE AND FOLLOWING THEIR LEAD AS TO WHAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO COME OUT AND BE AND DO AN ASSESSMENT LOOKING THAT.
AND THAT'S GONNA OCCUR IN JANUARY.
SO, BUT JUST GETTING IT LISTED LIKE THAT AND NUMBER ONE AND GETTING IT STATEWIDE RECOGNIZED IS, IS A BIG, BIG HELP.
AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO, TO KAUFMAN AND KAMAN COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN THE STATE, PROBABLY THE COUNTRY THAT'S STILL UNDER THE COUNTY.
SO WE, THAT'S A VERY UNIQUE POSITION TO BE IN.
AND THAT WAS OUR MAIN THING THAT THIS YEAR WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
AND OUR COUNTY MARKET PROGRAM IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OTHER COUNTIES, THEY HAVE ASKED US FOR INFORMATION AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO THE SAME THING.
BUT WE WERE THE LEADER ON THAT TOO.
ANYBODY ELSE? YOU WANNA TELL US WHERE YOU NEED US TO, TO GET THIS MANY PEOPLE FULL FURTHER BACK THAN SO WE HAVE SOME ROOM.
I KNOW MOST EVERYBODY LAYS IN THIS GENTLEMAN'S NAME RIGHT HERE, BUT I KNOW ANYBODY'S CASE.
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AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GROUP OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE WORK THEY DO IN TON COUNTY.AND UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE TO PRESENT THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS REPORT JUNE, 2012.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 18 SEVEN SYSTEM PERMITS.
13 MORE AEROBIC ONES IN CONVENTIONAL LEVEL.
FOUR, LOW PRESSURE DOSING, WHICH IS ABOUT AVERAGE FOR LAST YEAR OR TWO.
UH, PERMITS ABOUT PRECINCT IS ONE AT EIGHT.
THREE FOUR PRECINCT, TWO PRECINCT FOUR.
WE HAD 33 COMPLAINTS TOTAL AND 53 FOLLOW UPS.
AND WE ACTUALLY FIND 33 CASES IN COURT.
AND FOR ADDRESS, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 26 ADDRESSES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD BEEN.
NINE IN ONE FOUR PRECINCT, 2, 3, 3.
THAT'S TWO IN THREE AND 11 PRECINCT FOUR.
AND FOR THE GIS REPORT, IT'S THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST MONTH.
THE GUY THAT DOES IT FOR A COG, HE'S ON VACATION.
SO THAT ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR YES, HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER SECOND REPORT.
POINT ANY, UH, SECOND MOTION? ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? AND THEN ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS KATHY, UH, TO DISCUSS THE, UH, APPROVING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ROSTER FOR 9 1 1.
ADDRESSING IN GIS ASSISTANCE, THE CITY OF ROSTER'S BEEN DOING THEIR OWN AND, UH, MS. NANCY UP HAD BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS AND I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW PREFACE THIS.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY ROSTER WAS DOING THEIR OWN TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE THE COUNTY'S ALWAYS DONE.
COTTONWOOD RAISED PRAIRIE, THE TOWNS THAT, THAT ARE TOWNS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE PERSONNEL TO DO ANYTHING.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THAT FAR.
I DO REMEMBER THAT FAR BACK, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHY IT WAS DONE.
BUT TECHNOLOGY HAS COME ALONG WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE GIS CAPABILITIES AND TO DO THE 9 1 1 NEXT GEN PROJECT, NINE ONE DISPATCHING, WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR OFFICERS AND DO THEIRS FOR THEM AND GET ALL THE MADE AND, AND I DID THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.
I WROTE THE INTER AGREEMENT UP BECAUSE THERE REALLY WASN'T ANYTHING ON FILE AND HE HAD JOHN REVIEW IT AND HE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH IT.
AND THE CITY OF I, WE ACCEPT THE, THE CITY MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ITEM 19 IF YOU WOULD.
I KNOW RHONDA NEEDS TO GET BACK.
RHONDA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, DISTRICT CLERK REQUEST YOU HAVE THERE FOR THE, THAT WE HAVE STATED ON THE AGENDA THAT GET TO IT HERE.
WHEN YOUR OFFICE AT THE TEXAS GOOD MORNING, THAT CONTRACT IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN KAUFMAN AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
FOR ANY WORK THAT WE DO FOR OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, WE GET 66% BACK REVENUES THAT GOES BACK INTO THE COUNTY BUDGET FOR US ANSWERING A PHONE CALL AND ANSWERING SOMETHING THAT, THAT DEALS WITH CHILD SUPPORT, WE GIVE A PERCENTAGE OF THAT.
ANY WORK THAT WE DO, ANY MOTIONS OR NEW CASES THAT WE FILE WITH THE OFFICER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, WE GET A PERCENTAGE OF THAT BACK AND EACH YEAR WE HAVE TO SIGN CONTRACT SO WE CAN GO BY THAT CONTRACT.
AND THAT'S WHAT TIME WAS RENEW THAT CONTRACT.
ANY QUESTIONS OF RON? I THE MONEY BACK? YEAH, I WISH IT WAS 50% OR THAN SIX.
SIX, RIGHT? WE ACCEPT THIS CONTRACT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER.
THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU RHONDA.
WE'LL LET YOU GET BACK TO THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS FROM LARRY UNION TO
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DISCUSS AND CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A COUNTYWIDE BURN BASE.LARRY, IF YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD GOOD MORNING.
I'VE BEEN, UH, STEPPING OUT PERIODICALLY TO CHECK WITH THAT.
I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY GO SLIGHTLY DOWN.
5 75 IS THE NUMBER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND I THINK WHAT IT'LL DEFINITELY GO THAT WAY FOUR WEEKS OVER, MAYBE IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, UH, UNLESS WE GET A FLOOD.
AND SO IF AGREEABLE, I WOULD LIKE US TO JUST MAKE IT AN, AN OPEN DOCUMENT TO WORRY BY UPON REACHING 5, 7, 5 THIS WEEK.
AND I'LL LET ALL FIVE OF YOU KNOW THAT WHATEVER DAY IT WE'RE NOT QUITE TO THE WIDE NUMBER YET.
BUT WE'LL GET THERE FOR THE WEEK OVER.
AND THAT IS A COUNTYWIDE NUMBER.
I MEAN IT'S, WELL THEY WRITE IT DOWN BY, BY COUNTY AND GIVE YOU A, A AVERAGE PER COUNTY AND THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASED ON THAT AVERAGE.
SO YOU MAY HAVE SOME AREA, LIKE NO DOUBT IN TOM'S AREA, IT EXCEEDED THAT ALREADY.
AND THEN IN OTHER AREAS LIKE IN JCS, THERE'S STILL SOME REALLY NICE GREEN AREAS UP THERE.
WHEN IT REACHES THE AVERAGE, THAT'S WHEN THE INDEX LEVEL FALLS THE BEST WAY.
I KNOW THAT WAY WE'RE OPEN AS SOON AS IT HAPPENS, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND
UH, AS YOU STATED, LARRY, IT IS DRY ALL THROUGH MY PRECINCT.
I'VE BEEN ALL OVER IT ALL WEEKEND.
WE HAD A HUNDRED AC PLUS FIRE OUT OFF 40, 60 AND 61 ON FRIDAY.
AND UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S EXTREMELY DRY AND ANYBODY, IF WE LEAVE IT OPEN ANOTHER WEEK AND YOU SHOULD HAVE HAVE A RASH FIRE, YOU KNOW, DO IT MAY VERY LITTLE REASON.
IT MAY ALREADY BE THERE BUT THEY JUST DON'T UPDATE IT, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK A TWO INCH RANGE IS GONNA MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE BECAUSE GRASS ARE EVERYTHING UP AND ALL THAT'S LEFT IS THE DRY R GRASS STANDING, THE DRY RUSH AND DEAD TREES.
AT THIS POINT I WOULD MOVE THAT WE INSTALL BURN BAND NOW HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.
WHAT THE INDEX? YEAH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO MEET THOSE NUMBERS.
AND PARK COUNTY, HIS AREA, WE SEAT 5 7 5.
UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT RIGHT NOW BASED ON THOSE, ON THOSE NUMBERS IF WE WANNA OKAY, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
NO, I, I CERTAINLY BELIEVE WE CAN DO IT.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT A COUNTYWIDE BURN BAND FROM COMMISSIONER MAN.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON OUR DATES? HOW LONG YOU GUYS WANNA MAKE IT THE FIRST ONE? 30 OR 45 DAYS? WE NORMALLY DO 30 DAYS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL BE MEETING IN A COUPLE WEEKS AGAIN.
SO SOMETHING CHANGES ALWAYS COME BACK.
SO IT'S FOR A 30 DAY IMPLEMENTATION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THE WEBSITE.
OKAY GEORGE, YOU'LL MEDIA HERE.
Y'ALL NOTIFY THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING IN AND THE GENTLEMAN WILL START YOUR SIGN DROPPING UP THERE ON THE HIGHWAY.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS, UH, TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPRO A REQUEST BY THE DALLAS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL TO ENTER INTO A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WHICH ENABLES A COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL TO COME TO THE AID OF ANOTHER COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL AND REQUESTED WITHOUT INCURRING LEGAL OR LIABILITY RAMIFICATION.
AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE ANY MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO, IF THEY NEED HELP, WE GET SO FAR SNOWED UNDER, WE CAN'T COVER ALL ON OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE, TAKE CARE OF US, NO COST TO ANYBODY INDIVIDUAL.
IT ALSO ALLOWS DALLAS COUNTY THE ABILITY TO THEN GO OUT AND GET SOME GRANT MONEY FOR SOME ITEMS THAT ABLE INVESTIGATION AND SUCH.
SO JUST I BELIEVE YOU JOHN OR CORRECT.
SO THAT ALSO ALLOWS DALLAS COUNTY TO COME IN AND HELP US WITH INVESTIGATIONS EMERGENCY ABSOLUTELY DOES.
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I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN.WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED A UH, LITTLE ARSON TASK FORCE MEETING THAT'S GONNA BE OUT ON QUARTERLY FOR THE COUNTY FIRE MARSHALS AND CITY FIRE MARSHALS AND WE, SO WE'LL START TRYING TO DO A LITTLE MORE WORK TOGETHER ON ITEMS TO WHERE WE CAN TRY TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS TO HEAR FROM OUR UH, HR DIRECTOR, UH, LAURIE FLOYD, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER MAKING CHANGES TO THE SICK LEAVE POLICY FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A THAT THAT WITNESS.
UM, I'M HOPING TO CHANGE THE VOLUNTARY CIVIC POLICY.
UM, MOST OF IT, UM, I'M KEEPING THE SAME BUT THE MAIN THINGS THAT I WANTED TO CHANGE WAS TO, INSTEAD OF AN EMPLOYEE BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE AFTER SIX MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT, MOVING THAT TO AFTER 12 MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE MINIMUM TO DONATE IS EIGHT HOURS AND RIGHT NOW IT'S AT 40, SO 40 TO DONATE 40 HOURS BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN BE A MEMBER.
SO I'M PROPOSING WE CHANGE THAT TO EIGHT HOURS INSTEAD OF 40.
UH, THE MAXIMUM TO BE 40 HOURS INSTEAD OF 80 HOURS TO CONTRIBUTE.
AND THEN THE, THAT THE, WHEN THE EMPLOYEE DOES DONATE THAT THEY HAVE TO KEEP A BALANCE OF THEIR OWN SICK LEAVE AT 40.
SO IF THEY WANT TO DONATE 40, THEY CAN'T EXHAUST ALL THEIR LEAVE JUST TO DONATE.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO CREATE A SICK FULL PANEL THAT WOULD ALLOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED OR ANYTHING THAT UM, IS NOT LISTED IN AS A CATASTROPHIC EVENT, IT COULD BE REVIEWED AND WE COULD GO ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND THAT PANEL WOULD NEED TO BE APPOINTED BY YOU GUYS.
UM, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE TO FIVE PEOPLE DEPENDING ON, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND I ALSO PROPOSE THAT INSTEAD OF RIGHT NOW WHEN A MEMBER CONTRIBUTES, SAY THEY CONTRIBUTE LAST YEAR IN FEBRUARY AND THEN THEY HAVE A CATA SHOP EVENT IN MAY THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THEY'RE STILL CONSIDERED A MEMBER.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE CHANGE IT ON A PHYSICAL YEAR BASIS SO THAT THEY HAVE TO DONATE EVERY YEAR TO BE A MEMBER.
THAT WAY THEY DON'T DONATE FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THEY RECEIVE LEAVE FROM IT FIVE YEARS LATER.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO CREATE AN OPEN SEASON WHERE THEY CAN ONLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SICK LEAVE POOL POLICY, UM, ONE TIME A YEAR.
THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING.
SAY THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING DISMISSED OR SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN OR SOMETHING.
I MEAN MOST OF THE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS YOU CAN'T PREDICT.
BUT THAT WAY THAT THEY'RE ONLY CONTRIBUTING ONE TIME A YEAR, IT'S EASIER FOR US TO MAINTAIN, EASIER FOR US TO KEEP UP WITH THAT WHEN THEY'RE ONLY DONATING ONE TIME A YEAR.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CHANGE OUR POLICY NOW IT LIST AS 90 DAYS AND I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THAT TO 720 HOURS BECAUSE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RUN ON HOURS RATHER OF THE DAYS THAT WAY THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO GET SEVEN 20 AS OPPOSED TO 90 DAYS.
I ALSO CREATED AN APPEAL PROCESS.
THERE'S A DISCREPANCY IF SOMEONE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY TREATED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN GATHER THE PANEL TOGETHER AND UM, GO OVER THAT AND HAVE THE WHOLE WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE DONE AND THEN ALSO CREATED A VARIOUS NEW FORMS TO DONATE.
THERE'S A NEW FORM FORM TO DONATE.
NEW FORM TO RECEIVE A NEW FORM IF THEY, UM, FROM THE DOCTOR, FOR THE DOCTOR TO FILL OUT AND FORM.
IF THEY TERMINATE, THEY'RE STILL ELIGIBLE TO DONATE 80 HOURS OF THEIR SAFETY IF THEY HAVE TERMINATE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS GOING ME REAL QUICKLY.
HOW DO THEY, DOES DO THEY HAVE TO DONATE SOME OF THEIR HOURS TO BE IN THEM AT THAT FOR THE POLICY? THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO UM, DONATE, UM, TO BE A MEMBER TO RECEIVE LEAVE.
THAT HASN'T ALWAYS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT I WANT TO ENFORCE THAT.
AND THEN IF THEY'VE USED UP ALL THEIR COMP TIME OR VACATION TIME, THEY HAVE TO EXHAUST ALL OF THEIR SICK LEAVE COMP TIME ALL DAY.
THEY HAVE TO EXHAUST ALL THEIR THESE BEFORE THEY CAN RECEIVE LEAVE FROM THE SICK POOL.
I BELIEVE YOU'VE REVIEWED THESE WITH TAG.
I HAVE OTHER COUNTIES FROM THIS COUNTY.
I REACHED OUT TO MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND ASKED FOR THEIRS.
I LOOKED AT THE STATUTES AND LOOKED AT THAT AND I KIND OF JUST KIND OF COMBINED THEM ALL THE BEST THAT I THINK IT WOULD WORK.
MOST OF IT'S IN LINE WITH THE STATUTES.
UM, SOME OF IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE A RECOMMENDATION IN THE STATUTE SO WE CAN KIND OF GO
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WHAT WE THINK, BUT MOST OF IT'S PRETTY IN LINE WITH THAT.HOW MUCH AT A TIME OUTTA THE USE RIGHT NOW IN THE POLICY? IT'S 90 DAYS OR SEVEN 20 HOURS.
WHEN WOULD THIS PANEL NEED TO BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSION? WHENEVER.
WHENEVER THE, THE POLICY IS IN EFFECT.
SO WHENEVER, WHENEVER Y'ALL WANNA NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
WELL I WANTED, WANTED TO TRY TO CREATE IT.
UM, MY PLAN WAS THE, UM, TO HAVE THE OPEN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER SO THAT IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE EACH PHYSICAL YEAR, OCTOBER 1ST.
SO WE HAVE THE SET, THE OPEN SEASON FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST IS SEPTEMBER 30TH.
AND THEN WITH THE PEOPLE, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A BALANCE OF ABOUT 8,000 HOURS IN THE SICK LEAVE POOL POLICY.
SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW MEMBERS ALREADY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THOSE MEMBERS CAN ALREADY BE A MEMBER FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL 13.
THAT WAY THEY WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE.
AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO REMAIN A MEMBER FOR 2014, THEY HAVE TO RE-ENROLL IN THE OPEN SEASON.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN EFFECT BY SEPTEMBER 1ST SO THAT WE CAN START 2013 ON TRACK.
WHAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE? UM, VERY SMALL ON OUR COUNTY NUMBERS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.
I MEAN I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
I'VE ASKED AROUND A LOT OF EMPLOYEES DON'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTS.
SO I DON'T THINK IF THE WORD IS OUT THERE AND I THINK IF IT WAS OUT THERE THEN WE'D PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER INSTITUTION.
SO WHEN WE DO OUR OPEN ENROLLMENT LATER ON THIS UH, SUMMER MM-HMM
MAYBE NOT A FULL THING LIKE THIS KIND OF ONE THING TO DO.
HOW DOES SOMEONE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO IT? THEY JUST FILL OUT A FORM THAT SAYS THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AND THEN WE TAKE IT OFF OF THEIR TIME SHEET AND THEN ADD IT TO THIS APPLICABLE NUMBERS.
WHAT ABOUT THE SOFTWARE? DO YOU HAVE A RIGHT NOW IN EXCEL, THAT'S HOW IT WAS GIVEN TO ME AND UM, HE SEEMS TO WORK OUT OKAY.
I JUST HAVE TO MONITOR IT CLOSELY, BUT IT SEEMS TO WORK OUT OKAY WITH IT.
NEW SOFTWARE WOULD HANDLE THAT WITH ANYBODY? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT IT'S WORKING OKAY ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN SOMEBODY RECEIVE, RECEIVES THE HOURS FROM THE POOL, UH, WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF 720 HOURS PER FISCAL YEAR? YES.
AND THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THAT IF THEY'RE ONLY GONNA BE OUT FOR THREE WEEKS, THEN WE'D ONLY GET THE THREE WEEKS.
BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE A MAXIMUM THAT CURRENTLY DON'T.
WE HAVE, IS THERE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SICK DAYS? EMPLOYEE CAN SICK HOURS ACCUMULATE, CAN IT ACCUMULATE? 700 EMPLOYEE CAN ONLY, I BELIEVE IT'S 7, 7 20.
IF THEY REACH SEVEN 20, CAN THEY DONATE THEIR HOURS TO THIS? THEY CAN ONLY DONATE.
UM, RIGHT NOW THEY CAN ONLY DONATE 80.
SO ONCE THEY, IF THEY REACH SEVEN 20, THEY DONATE 80, CAN THEY CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE UNTIL THEY GET 80 AND THEN THEY STOP AGAIN? SO I'VE GOT A GUY THAT'S GOT, WELL HE'S NOT MISSING WORK.
HE SIGN UP AND DONATE 80 HOURS PER YEAR.
AND ON THE NEW POLICY, I'M PROPOSING THAT WE CHANGE THAT NUMBER TO 40.
THAT JUST SEEMS A COMMON NUMBER.
EVERYONE HAS A MAX OF, I MEAN WE CAN LEAVE IT AT 80, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
SO WE WILL OPERATE OVER THE OLD PROGRAM UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
IS THAT YEAH, CURRENTLY SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER? OCTOBER.
SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 1ST OCTOBER.
THEN BY 1ST OF OCTOBER WE HAVE THIS PANEL IN PLACE AT THAT TIME.
AND THE PANEL WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE NEEDED EVERY SINGLE TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE POINTED AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AND WHEN I'M, I WOULD MONITOR IT THAT WAY.
MOST THINGS ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, IN BLACK AND WHITE.
SO THE PANEL WOULDN'T HAVE TO MEET, IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR VARIOUS CASES IF THINGS, IF I NEEDED A OPINION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN THE PANEL WOULD MEET IN.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY REQUIRED EVERY SINGLE TIME.
AND THEN IF THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS QUESTION OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, IF THE, IF THE EMPLOYEE REQUESTS AN APPEAL PROCESS, THEN THE PANEL WOULD MEET FOR THAT AS WELL.
YOU RECOMMENDED REDUCING IT FROM 80 HOURS, UH, DONATED PER YEAR TO 40.
UM, AND WHAT'S THE REASONING FOR THAT? THAT JUST ON ALL MY RESEARCH WITH OTHER COUNTIES AND STUFF, IT SEEMED TO BE THAT WAS THE MAJORITY.
I GUESS WE CAN LEAVE IT AT 80 IF Y'ALL WANT TO.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S, KEEP IT AT 80 I THINK IT WOULD BE.
THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE TWO WEEKS I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE I'D HATE TO PUT A LIMIT ON WHAT YOU WANT.
AND I, I THOUGHT THAT AT FIRST
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THEN MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE MAXED OUT AT THE SEVEN 20 THAT THEY WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING.LIKE IF THEY WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE 700, THEN THE TIME THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE.
THEN THEY WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING MORE THEN THEY WOULD STILL BE ACCUMULATING.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I THOUGHT TRYING TO PROTECT THEM FROM CELL.
BECAUSE THEY WOULD, I MEAN IF YOU TELL SOMEONE THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE SEVEN OF THEIR HOURS, THEY'RE NOT USING IT ANYWAYS, THEN THEY WOULD.
SO I KIND OF LIKE THE 80 HOUR FIGURE SET.
IF ANYBODY WANT THAT'S IT'S BECAUSE VOLUNTARILY IF I WANNA DONATE THAT, IF THEY WANNA, I DON'T THAT THAT'S THE ONLY THING THEY SAW ONLY WAS CAN WE GET MORE? I THINK CHANGING THE MINIMUM WAS 40 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE MINIMUM IS ONLY 40 AND I THINK CHANGING THAT MINIMUM TO EIGHT WOULD GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND MORE MAXIMUM.
BUT FOR THE MINIMUM RIGHT NOW THE MINIMUM IS 40 TO CONTRIBUTE.
I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE IS FINE.
DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ADOPT THIS NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND MAKE THAT CHANGE AND THEN UH, PERHAPS DO SOMETHING ON THE PANEL OR WHAT? WHAT'S, CAN WE NOT GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION WITH THAT STIPULATION THERE? MAKE IT UP TO 80 HOURS? I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE PANEL.
WE DON'T WANT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED PROBABLY PUT A LITTLE THOUGHT INTO THAT RIGHT ABOUT UH, WHO COULD MAKE UP THE PANEL.
YEAH I CAN COME BACK WITH THE CHANGE AND THEN PANEL.
AND THEN, UH, IS THERE, I MEAN WAS THAT DELAY FAR TO DO THAT? NO, I JUST LOOK FOR THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
WOULD THAT VIDEO OKAY? IT'D BE OKAY WITH ME.
YEAH, I JUST LIKE A SUGGEST ON THE PANEL THING BECAUSE YOU ONLY BELIEVE IT EVERY SO OFTEN BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY EVER DID IT UNTIL NOW.
AND INSTEAD OF SAYING, UH, APPOINT JC SAY APPOINT SHERIFF'S OFFICE WANTING THIS OFFICE.
THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE A NAME IN THERE.
'CAUSE THAT PERSON MAY OR MAY NOT BE, HERE'S GOING TO BE HERE
SO CAN WE JUST DELAY, WE CAN TABLE THIS.
WE WORK OUT THE DETAILS ON THE PANEL.
UH, I GUESS FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PANEL.
I THINK YOU SAID THREE TO FIVE.
I JUST SUGGEST THAT WE APPOINT FIVE AND MAYBE ONLY HAVE THREE ON THE PANEL SO IN CASE TWO, TWO CAN ATTEND.
WE COULD STILL HAVE THE THREE.
SO THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT HAVE TWO ALL HAVE TWO OFFER MEMBERS.
DO HAVE A SECOND TABLE THIS TO GET THE DETAILS WORKED.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I THANK YOU LORD FOR DOING THAT, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
I KNOW YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING WORKING THROUGH THAT.
NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, CHANGES TO THE LONGEVITY POLICY FOR TON COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
UM, I JUST, THERE WAS ONE LITTLE, UM, ON THE, Y'ALL CHANGED OCTOBER 1ST, 2011.
UM, CHANGED THE LONGEVITY SO THAT PEOPLE HIRED AFTER OCTOBER, 2011 NO LONGER SEE LONGEVITY.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BLUR AT THE END THAT KIND OF BE CONFUSING AND SO I'M JUST PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT.
IT CURRENTLY SAID THAT UM, A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE TERMINATES HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COUNTY AND RETURNS TO WORK WITHIN ONE YEAR OF HIS OR HER TERMINATION DATE.
AFTER THE EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED FULL-TIME FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE PROCEDURE, HIS OR SERVICE WILL BE BRIDGE FOR LONGEVITY PAY PURPOSES.
AND I'M JUST PO PROPOSING THAT WE CHANGE THAT TO ELIMINATE ANY CONFUSION SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT AFTER OPT TERMINATE AND THEY COME BACK TO WORK AFTER OCTOBER 1ST, THEY NO LONGER RECEIVE THAT BRIDGE BENEFIT OF THEIR LONGEVITY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THAT CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND ANYBODY THAT HIRED AFTER OCTOBER 1ST QUALIFY FOR?
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SO, UH, AND WE, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEFT ANOTHER THAT TODAY DON'T QUALIFY FOR, BUT THIS WOULD, UH, REALLY CLARIFY THE WHOLE ISSUE ABOUT SOMEBODY RETURNING TO WORK.ANYBODY HAVE ANY? NO, THAT'S FINE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK? THAT MOTION? HOW ABOUT SECOND COMMISSIONER MAN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
BEEN DIVISION, UH, THESE ARE THINGS WE DISCUSSED.
YOU AND I DISCUSSED, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND DAYS.
AND THE LAST ONE WOULD BE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING AN APPLICATION POLICY FOR KATON COUNTY.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING I BELIEVE THAT SOME COUNTIES ARE DOING, UH, IN THIS, UH, IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY ANY AUTHORITY FROM ANY, UH, ELECTED OFFICIAL OR ANYTHING.
ALL IT DOES IS JUST, UH, KIND OF CENTRALIZE WHERE PEOPLE, UH, CAN APPLY FOR A JOB IN COUNTY.
FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK PRETTY WELL THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD AND OR ELECTED OFFICIAL.
SO YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YES.
UM, CURRENTLY OUR APPLICATION POLICY IS PRETTY CUT AND DRY.
JUST KIND OF SAYS APPLY AND ELECTED OFFICIAL HOW YOU WANT KIND THING.
UM, I'M PROPOSING THAT WE CENTRALIZE THE HIRING PROCESS BY ALLOWING, UM, ALL APPLICATIONS TO GO THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES SO THAT WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S BEING FILLED AND WHAT'S NOT BEING FILLED.
I GET A MILLION QUESTIONS A DAY ON WHERE DO PEOPLE GO TO APPLY? PEOPLE DROP OFF APPLICATIONS AND THEY JUST SIT IN OUR DRAWER BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHEN A POSITION IS.
AND SO I'M JUST PROPOSING THAT WE, UM, HR IS NOTIFIED WHEN A POSITION IS OPEN.
THAT WAY WE CAN ANNOUNCE IT AND POST IT.
UM, I'M TRYING TO GET, UM, A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT THEY CAN GO AND WE CAN POST POSITIONS THERE AND THEN APPLICATION THERE.
THAT WAY THEY, I CAN POINT THEM TO ONE LOCATION INSTEAD OF TELLING AN APPLICANT THAT THEY NEED TO GO AROUND TO ALL THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICES.
AND THEN I HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHICH OFFICE THEY NEED TO GO TO AND THEN GIVE THEM AN APPLICATION AND THEY MAKE COPIES OF IT AND PASS AROUND TO ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
SO I THINK IT IS NOT TO CHANGE THE PROCESS OF HIRING, IT'S NOT TO DO ANY OF THAT.
IT'S ONLY TO, SO THAT WE CAN ANNOUNCE OUR POSITIONS ON THE WEBSITE.
EMPLOYEES CAN GO THERE, GET THE INFORMATION AND DROP OFF THE APPLICATION WITH US AND THEN, UM, CALL US TO JUST GATHER ALL THOSE RESUMES, HAVE A SET DATE THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS OPEN AND OPEN AND CLOSE DATE EXCEPT APPLICATIONS DURING THAT TIME, COLLECT ALL THE RESUMES AND THEN JUST HAND THEM OVER TO THE ELECTED OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT.
THEN WHOEVER'S HIRED FOR THAT POSITION, HR WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE HIRING THEIR RESUMES, ANYTHING.
WE'RE JUST SIMPLY COLLECTING THEM AND THEN DELIVERING THEM.
AND THEN IF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WANTED OUR HELP WITH SOMETHING, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
AND YOUR OFFICE WOULD CONTINUALLY KEEP IT UPDATED IN DELETIONS? YES.
WE CONTINUE TO KEEP UP WITH THE WEBSITE AND POSTING AND CLOSING THEM, TAKING THEM DOWN, CLEANING UP, GATHERING THEM.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY CURRENTLY POST ALL THEIR ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THEIR WEBSITE.
SO WE WOULD JUST SIMPLY HAVE A LINK FOR THAT AND THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO GATHER THEIR OWN APPLICATIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT APPLICATION PROCESS.
APPLICATION WOULD COME TO YOU AND YOU'D KEEP A RECORD OF 'EM, BUT THEN THEY WOULD GO BACK TO A GOOD IDEA.
THAT WAY YOU'RE ONLY DROPPING OFF THE APPLICATION IN ONE SPOT AND NOT MAKING 15 COPIES OF DISPERSING QUESTION APPLICATION.
CAN EAST PRECINCT APPLICATIONS YOU WANT 'EM ALL TO COME? I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO COME ALL TO US SO THAT WE KNEW.
SO WE NEED TO DIRECT ANYBODY TO FILL OUT APPLICATIONS? CORRECT.
WOULD THEY ABLE TO GO ONLINE? YES.
UM, THE WAY THAT I WOULD HAVE IT SET UP WOULD, THEY WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO GET THE APPLICATION, FILL IT OUT LINE.
THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO PRINT IT OFF AND TURN IT INTO US EITHER BY MAILING IN OR HAND DELIVERY.
CURRENTLY A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS ARE USING THEIR OWN APPLICATIONS, SO I'VE ALSO PROPOSED A NEW APPLICATION THAT EVERYONE WOULD USE INITIALLY.
NOW I KNOW A LOT OF, I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UH, THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS OUT THERE AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH HER ONLY TO USE OUR APPLICATION AS A FIRST STEP AND THEN IF SHE WANTED TO INTERVIEW SOMEONE THEY WOULD FILL OUT A SEPARATE APPLICATION FOR HER DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO OUT THERE THAT NOT ALL DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO DO.
AND THAT COULD BE THE SAME FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS.
IT'S JUST KIND OF DECENTRALIZE IT THE FIRST STEP AND THEN YOU CAN DO HOW
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YOU SAID CHOOSING YOUR OWN DEPARTMENT.IT AIN'T GONNA BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK FOR YOU.
UH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF APPLICATIONS EVERY WEEK DOWN AT THE CAMP OFFICE FOR ROAD BRIDGE THAT BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK FOR YOU TO HANDLE WITH ALL YOUR OTHER DUTIES PLUS, UH, EVERYTHING THAT, UH, THAT COMES IN, THERE'S A LOT OF THESE GUYS THAT THEY KEEP LOOKING JUST BECAUSE THEY PUT IN THE APPLICATION, THEY KEEP LOOKING, THEY KEEP LOOKING, BUT THEY DON'T EVER NOTIFY US IF THEY'VE GONE TO WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO PERIODICALLY, UH, MY ASSISTANT WILL GO THROUGH AND AND TOUCH BASE WITH 'EM AND SEE IF THEY'VE GOTTEN A JOB AND IF THEY HAVE THEN NOTION, WELL ON THE NEW POLICY, I'M PROPOSING THAT WE ONLY SET ACCEPT APPLICATIONS WHEN POSITIONS ARE OPEN.
SO THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT PROBLEM THAT WE WOULDN'T JUST BE GETTING APPLICATIONS ON A DAILY BASIS.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A POSITION OPEN AND APPLY.
AND IF POSITION IS OPEN THEN WE WOULDN'T ACCEPT YOUR APPLICATION.
SO IT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT PROBLEM.
SO, SO VERSE IN OTHER WORDS, UNLESS THE POSITION'S POSTED, THERE'S NO USE IN THIS TAKEN APPLICATIONS.
NOTIFY YOU IMMEDIATELY WHEN WE HAVE POSITION.
AND SHE'S KEEP THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU WANT TO BE OPEN.
IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY AROUND AWAY, YOU CAN SAY, I WANT TO CLOSE THIS IN THREE DAYS OR WHATEVER.
BUT IF YOU THINK YOU NEED MORE APPLICATION, LIKE I WANNA CLOSE IT 30 DAYS.
30 DAYS OR YOU KEEP IT OPEN, YOU FIND A POSITION, YOU HAVE A CONCERN FOR YOU THAT YOU MIGHT LOSE SOMEBODY OR WELL IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME HIT ME UP FOR A JOB.
I JUST SAY, WE'LL GO TO THE OFFICE, FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND IF SOMETHING COMES OPEN, WELL I'LL GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT IT.
BUT HASN'T ANYTHING OPEN I DOWN ON THAT? WE'RE TRYING TO HANG WITH WHAT, WHAT WE DISCUSSED, EMPLOYEE NUMBER GOT ANOTHER.
YOU COULD PROBABLY STILL DO THAT, BUT THAT'D BE YOUR, YOUR CALL TO MANAGE THAT.
BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO KEEP TRACK OF WHO'S LOOKING FOR A JOB WHEN YOU AN OPENING, YOU COULD POST A JOB AND THEN TURN AROUND AND CALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOOKED ON THERE.
YOU WANT REACH APPLY, THEN THEY COULD BE APPLIED, DID THEY NOT? YEAH, YOU COULD DO THAT.
THAT WAY SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH ALL THOSE.
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP UP WITH A LIST OF POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES, YOU COULD DO THAT, BUT THEY WOULDN'T REALLY NEED TO REAPPLY WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT CUSTODY.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS BEEN THERE, I, I THOUGHT THIS WAS SOMETHING WE NEEDED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME IS THAT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE AUTHORIZED TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON THE GAS AND I'M THE SHERIFF, YOU KNOW, CAN DO IT ON THE LAW WORK.
THEY DO IT ON HIS, BUT WHAT I CHECKED TO SEE IF I COULD DO IT, WE COULDN'T DO IT.
AND I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE.
SOMEBODY GETS THAT GUN AND SAID THIS GUY IS A CONVICTED CHILD ELECTRIC.
AND I PUT HIM BACK THERE ON THE STREET GOING DOOR TO DOOR TELLING PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ROAD.
AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE WOULD KNOW THEIR BACKGROUND.
IT REALLY KIND OF FORMALIZES OUR ENTIRE PROCESS MORE SO THAN WHAT WE'VE HAD.
AND ALSO SUBJECTS EVERYBODY TO A DRUG TEST.
DOES IT NOT? RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO DRUG TEST ON THREE OCCASIONS AND WE'RE MISSING OUT ON PREEMPLOYMENT IF THEY'RE NOT BEING DRUG TESTED.
PREEM EMPLOYMENT, DRUG TEST, DRUG TESTS OR C THE O DRIVERS.
I THINK ALL MY GUYS GET A GUN TEST ANYWAY.
MAKE SURE RIGHT NOW I GUESS EVERYBODY KIND OF HAS THEIR OWN APPLICATION.
WE JUST LIKE TOM, WE JUST TAKE ANY APPLICATION, WE PUT IT ON A FILE AND HOLD THEM UNTIL WE NEED SOMETHING.
THIS WAY WE WOULDN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF APPLICATIONS.
FORMS ARE PROBABLY ALL, AND THE ONE PEOPLE A LOT OF PEOPLE USE IS VERY, VERY BAD.
IT'S REALLY JUST DOESN'T LOOK VERY NICE.
DO YOU HAVE CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS? I JUST, ANYBODY? UH, UM, WELL IT'S UP TO THE ELECTED OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT THAT THEY CAN HIRE YOU.
ANYBODY THEY WANT, THERE'S NO QUALIFICATIONS UNLESS THEY HAVE AN QUALIFICATION THAT THEY WANT
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FELONIES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ANYTHING DISCRETION OF THE LAST.IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE SIX, WHAT SHE'S HANDED YOU IS PRETTY GOOD, BUT PRETTY GOOD LISTING OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY WILL BE TO.
BUT IF WE SENT YOU A NOTICE THAT WE HAD AN OPENING AND WE WOULD HAVE OUR QUALIFICATIONS IN THERE.
YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A FORM IN THERE.
UM, I THINK IT'S ON THE LAST PAGE.
IT'S, UH, A JOB ANNOUNCEMENT REQUEST FORM THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIAL WOULD NEED TO FILL OUT AND THAT WOULD GIVE US ALL THE INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO FIRST STATE.
AND IT CAN BE AS DETAILED AS YOU WANT OR AS DETAILED.
SO ON, ON PAGE ONE WHERE IT'S SAYS POSTING JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE DON'T WANT IT POSTED.
IN OTHER WORDS, SAY WE HAVE AN APPLICATION THAT I'VE TAKEN BEFORE THIS POLICY GOES INTO EFFECT AND I WANT HIRE THIS GUY, FIND THAT IN SIX MONTHS AND HAVE AN OPENING, HE'S STILL AVAILABLE.
I DON'T HAVE TO POST IT BECAUSE IT SAYS, ALTHOUGH COUNTY RESERVES, IT'S A DISCRETIONARY RIGHT.
NOT TO POST A PARTICULAR OPENING.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK.
ITEM NUMBER 11 ALSO INVOLVED LAURIE.
AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING LLOYD FLOYD AS THE WELLNESS PROGRAMS EXECUTIVE SPONSOR.
IN OF A BETTER EXAMPLE, I THINK YOU TALKED TO JOHNNY ABOUT, UM, I BELIEVE ANGIE DID.
AND YOU'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT DEPOSITION.
YOU HAVE TIME TO DO THIS ALSO.
WELL, WE GONNA GET OUR MONEY FOR THAT EITHER, RIGHT? YES SIR.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A.
THANK YOU AGAIN ALL MR. MURPHY, IS HE STILL BACK AS HE'S HE'S THE, UH, TAX ASSESS REPORT OR MONTH OF JUNE, 2012 MURPHY.
OUR ADJUSTED LEVY WAS, THE GENERAL FUND WAS 29.2 MILLION.
OTHERWISE WE COLLECTED 28.5 96.
THE ROAD BRIDGE, THE ADJUSTED LEVY WAS 3.359 MILLION.
AND WHICH COLLECTED 3.238 MILLION.
EXCUSE ME, HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO INCLUDE IN HERE JUNE COLLECTIONS ON 1ST OF JULY SINCE JUNE 30TH WAS ON SATURDAY AND WE WERE ALLOWED TO POST WHAT WE GOT ON MONDAY, BUT WE COULDN'T COMPUTERIZE, WE WOULD'VE BEEN AT 97% AND OUR GOAL FOR THE YEAR IS 98%.
SO I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. STEIN? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.
HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER, MAN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT, UH, WE'LL HAVE ITEM NUMBER 13 FROM OUR AUDITOR TO PRESENT ACCEPT THE AUDITORS REPORT JUNE 12.
BE BENCHMARK FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE SHOULD BE
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ABOUT 75% AND I'M PLEASED TO REPORT ON THE GENERAL FRONT, YOUR REVENUES ARE AT 91.8%.UM, YOUR EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS SEEM TO BE WITHIN PRETTY CLOSE RANGE OF YOUR 75% ROAD AND BRIDGE REVENUES ARE AT 86.7% AND ALL OF THE PRECINCTS ARE UNDER THEIR BUDGET.
ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR AUDITOR? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUDITOR'S REPORT.
WE HAVE SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, WE'RE BLESSED THIS MORNING WITH THE APPEARANCE OF OUR 86 DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, UH, GLAD TO HAVE YOU THIS MORNING ON JUDGE.
SEE AND GLAD TO SEE THE FINANCES ARE IN ORDER AND, UH, THANK RUNNING THROUGH.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUDGE, WHILE HE'S HERE? NO.
ALL MOVING RIGHT ALONG, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL RENEWAL REPORT FOR THE 2012 2013 YEAR FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK.
APPRECIATE IT'S, UH, A FEW WEEKS LATE.
THE STATUTE SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN THE NINTH MONTH FISCAL YEAR.
SO NINE, NINE MONTHS IN TWO WEEKS,
ANY QUESTIONS MR. CLARK? NOT ON MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY OPPOSED.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS, UH, CONSIDER AN ACTION APPRO, UH, A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INTENT TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES TO BE INCURRED BY EY COUNTY, TEXAS.
THIS IS, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE SALE OF BONDS WE HAD OTHER DAY WHERE WE REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND FROM ANY EXPENSES THAT ARE INCURRED.
UH, IT'S, UH, OUR BOND ADVISOR AND OUR BOND ATTORNEY, UH, RECOMMENDED WE DO THIS.
IF I HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, UH, ACCEPT, UH, THIS RESOLUTION.
SO MAY WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, NUMBER 17 IS, I'M SORRY, 16.
16 IS TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS ACCEPTING, UH, OR SUBMITTING REQUESTS FOR FUNDS TO THE TEXAS CONTROLLER PUBLIC ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE 1.04 OF THE TEXAS, UH, GOVERNMENT CODE.
UH, THIS HAS TO, WITH THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE MAKE SURE WE, THE UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS RECEIVED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE.
UH, WE HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR THESE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I KNOW, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW YOU COULD USE THOSE FIRMS, BUT LAW HAS CHANGED ON THAT.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS WILL BE.
WE DON'T THINK IT'LL BE A LARGE AMOUNT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR, CERTAINLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE USED FOR THE, UH, CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER.
AND, UH, AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE LAW THAT WAS ONE THAT, UH, STUCK OUT THAT, UH, APPEARED TO BE THE ONE THAT WE MIGHT BE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF THE COUNTY MAY SUPPORT A CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO ABUSE CHILDREN.
I KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME THAT ARE RETURNED BACK FROM THE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED OR DIED OR THEY JUST CAN'T TOUCH.
IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
IF WE DON'T, IT JUST GOES TO THE STATE.
SO DO I HAVE A, I MAY WE SUBMIT REQUEST OF FUNDS.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK TO REQUEST THOSE FUNDS FROM THE TEXAS CONTROLLER OF PUBLIC.
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SECOND MOTION.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE OPPOSED, I MEAN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF A JC WANTS MY MIC.
WE DIDN'T ASK FOR ANY OF ALRIGHTY.
MOVING ALONG HERE, UH, NUMBER 17, UH, IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT FOR NOW NARROW SERVICES.
AND I ASKED GEORGE TO LOOK THIS, UM, OVER.
GEORGE, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP AND GIVE US YOUR KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING SAME.
AND IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL FOR COST COUNTY.
VERY LIMITED, BUT I I'M JUST GONNA SAY ANYTHING THAT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY TO HELP US WITH NARROW BANDING AND WE KIND OF LEAD INTO THE PROJECT WE HAVE GOING ON AT THE ARMY, I THINK IS A GREAT DEAL.
THERE'S NO REASON LIEUTENANT, UH, MOORE HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THAT AND PROVIDED A LOT OF INFORMATION.
THIS COMMUNICATIONS, RIGHT? YES, THIS IS, WE ALL HAVE JANUARY 13TH, 2013, YES.
AND THIS WAS, UH, UH, SOME ASSISTANCE.
WE CAN GET TO QUEUE THAT THROUGH THE, UH, COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR TO, UNTIL THE COMMISSIONER, UH, JACKSON MAKES THAT MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER? I'M SORRY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NUMBER 18 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE COUNTY ELECTION SOFTWARE CONTRACTS, UH, AND ALLOW THE COUNTY CLERK TO USE DEDICATED FUNDS TO PAPER.
LAURA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT WITNESS PLEASE? BASICALLY WHAT I'VE SUBMITTED ARE THREE CONTRACTS TO AUTOMATE AND KIND OF STREAMLINE THE COLLECTIONS PROCESS.
THE FIRST ONE IS ICLOUD, THE SECOND ONE IS MASTER FILES, AND THE THIRD ONE IS, UH, SET UP AND TRAINING WITH TYLER ODYSSEY.
AND, UM, WE'VE DONE REALLY, REALLY WELL IN THE COLLECTIONS PROCESS.
WE'VE DEFINITELY INCREASED THE PERCENTAGE OF IT, AND WE DID HAVE THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION COME OUT AND DO A KIND OF PRELIMINARY RUN OF THEIR AUDIT PROCEDURE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, OUR REPRESENTATIVE, CHAD GRANT CAME OUT AND HE SUGGESTED, UH, THE ICLOUD PROGRAM.
HE SAYS IT, THEY HAVE THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION WORK CLOSELY WITH ICLOUD AND THEY JUST HELP THE COUNTIES IN MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AUDIT SO THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE DONE IF THEY COME OUT AND DO THE AUDIT.
SO, UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO SUBMIT IT.
JOHN'S BASICALLY LOOKED AT MASTER FILE CONTENT OR AGREEMENT, THE ODYSSEY COURT GEORGE HAS LOOKED AT AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SUBMIT IT AND USE THOSE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THIS.
AND YOU'VE GOT DEDICATED FUNDS TO PAY FOR THESE WITH, IS THAT RIGHT? I DO, I DO.
QUESTION IS TO, UH, WHEN I WAS LOOKING THIS OVER, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THERE.
COULD THIS GO THROUGH THAT? SHOULD THIS NOT GO THROUGH THE IT COMMITTEE BEFORE WE DO THIS? I, I'VE TALKED TO GEORGE ABOUT IT AND I THOUGHT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY HAD.
IT WAS USED IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHEN COLLECTIONS WAS DONE UP THERE.
UH, SO WHEN GEORGE LOOKED AT IT, HE BASICALLY SAID, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THIS APPROVED ONCE.
AND I SAID, YES, BUT IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IT'S AN ANNUAL CONTRACT.
UM, THE COURT COLLECTION, THE, THE SETUP OF THE COLLECTIONS PACKAGE AND THE TRAINING HAS ALSO GONE, YOU KNOW, TALKED TO GEORGE ABOUT IT AND MASTER GUARD IS A SEPARATE THING.
AND I SHOWED GEORGE THE REQUIREMENT TO, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD AN IT COMMITTEE MEETING.
IF YOU THINK WE NEED TO DO IT, WE CAN DO IT.
IT'S, IT'S, YOU WANT SAY YEAH.
OH, WELL BRIEFLY, I I THINK AN IT COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF GOVERNANCE IS, IS KIND OF AN OVERSIGHT AND, AND KNOW BODIES WOULD RECOMMEND THINGS TO THE COURT.
SO WE'VE DONE ALL OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WE, YOU KNOW, THE AUDITOR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PURCHASING AGENT, WE ALL SIT ON OUR GROUP, SO WE WE PRESENT IT TO YOU.
WE'VE ALREADY PACKAGED IT UP AND IT'S READY TO GO.
NOW IN THIS CASE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN, IN AN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT LIKE LAURA, HE IS, IT'S HER MONEY.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF THAT MONEY AND IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU GUYS, BUT, AND IT COMMITTEE IS TO BE A POSITIVE THING JUST TO DO THE BACKGROUND WORK, DO THE DUE DILIGENCE, LIKE THE FINANCIALS GUYS
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HAVE THEIR HAND IN IT.SO WHEN WE BRING SOMETHING TO COURT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEAR EYE PLOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN ATTACHMENT THAT GOES ON MY KUBOTA TRACTOR.
I'M SURE TOMMY IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DOES EYE PLOW WILL ATTACH TO LAURA'S CADILLAC.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, TO YOUR, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SITUATION, BUT YES, IT WOULDN'T HURT TO RUN IT THROUGH THERE SO THAT THESE OTHER GUYS CAN, YOU KNOW, WEIGH IN ON IT.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING OF BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH WHAT LIMITED NOW THAT I HAVE THIS'S JUST WHAT I READ IN SHORT PERIOD OF THERE ARE OTHER OFFICERS THAT COULD BE UTILIZING THIS AND IT'S PROBABLY MY FAULT MORE THAN AND, AND WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, WE'LL FIND OUT THAT I'VE GOT THIS PROGRAM, I'M DOING IT AND THEN, UH, WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, JP TOO WAS ASKING ME ABOUT DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS OTHER DAY.
THEY WANTED TO SIGN UP FOR ANOTHER PROGRAM.
I THINK THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO IF THE OTHER OFFICERS KNEW ABOUT SOME OF THIS, CAN YOU, I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE CAN YOU HAVE MORE USERS ON IT? CAN THEY, CAN SOMEBODY ELSE, UH, UTILIZE THAT FOR THEIR OFFICE? SO THE, THE, SO THE BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS PAID FOR BY YOURS OR WHEN, WHEN, WHEN ED WALTON WAS, UH, UH, DA AND HE HIRED CAMERON'S DAD TO DO COLLECTIONS, WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH HIS PROGRAM.
SO CAN ANYBODY ELSE, WHAT'S THERE'S 10 USERS THAT ARE ALLOWED ON MY BUDGET AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM AND JOHN WOULD'VE TO BE THE ONE THAT SAID IF THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM WITH MY FUNDS PAYING FOR IT.
BUT IF I'M NOT USING THE 10 CONCURRENT USERS THAT ARE ALLOWED BY CONTRACT, COULD WE OPEN IT UP TO NO, USE JV COURT TECHNOLOGY FUNDS IF THEY HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TOO AND PIGGYBACK OFF SOMETHING THEY HAVE, USE THEIR OWN FUNDS? YES, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDS.
THEY HAVE A COURT TECHNOLOGY FUND ALSO IS IS NOT ONE OF THESE LIKE A SKIP TRACE THING.
DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF A POLICY AS TO HOW THAT CAN BE USED? DON? WE NEED A POLICY, HOW SKIP TRACY COULD BE USED SO THERE WOULDN'T BE A VIEW SO THAT, UH, I COULD GET ON THERE AND LOOK UP SOMETHING ON COMMISSIONER RODDEN.
THE, THE, THE CONTRACT SHOULDN'T, SHOULDN'T PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT OWN MONEY, THE CONTRACT FOR MASTER GUARD IS VERY ON, ON WHO CAN USE IT AND WHO CAN ACCESS IT AND HOW THE COUNTY IS TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
UM, AND IT, IT IS ALSO FOR THE SKIP TRACING PART OF IT, IT'S, IT'S PAID FOR AS USED BASIS, UM, BASIS.
I DID HAVE JOHN ON FOR THAT CONTRACT AND I DID HAVE GEORGE LOOK AT IT TOO.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I, I WOULD NOT LET GO TO ANYBODY BECAUSE POLICY IN THE CONTRACT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE HOW TO USE.
SEE, MOST OF THE TIME THOSE TYPES NOT, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE IT FOR THAT.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T.
MOSTLY IN THE COUNTY WITH THE DA'S OFFICE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY'RE SWORN OFFICERS, PEOPLE THAT WE ALREADY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
BUT IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A REAL QUESTION.
MAYBE OUR NEW HR DIRECTOR CAN WEIGH IN ON THAT, BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO THESE, WHAT THESE PEOPLE'S BACKGROUNDS ARE.
THEY'RE USING THAT, THAT TYPE OF SOFTWARE.
WELL, I I HAD ABOUT EIGHT OR 10 QUESTIONS LIKE THAT THAT I DON'T, SINCE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, IT SCARES ME.
AND I, SO I WOULD LIKE FOR IF EVERYBODY GET TOGETHER AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND I'LL GET THE QUESTIONS TO YOU.
IF GEORGE FIRST STARTED OFF, HAVE TIME TO LOOK IT UP AND SEE IF THAT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION OR NOT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THESE QUESTIONS ARE LEGITIMATE, BUT SECURITY IS ONE THING I'M WORRIED ABOUT AND POLICY IS ONE THING I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
AND THEN THE SHARING OF IT, THAT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO THEN YOUR SUGGESTION IS, IS MAYBE TAILOR IT TO THE IT COMMITTEE HAS SOME CHANCE I MOTION WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK.
UH, AND THEN WE CAN INVESTIGATE.
UH, WELL, LET'S, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO DELAY? UH, THIS BILL, THE IT COMMITTEE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW.
YEAH, IT BE A PROBLEM WITH IT, GEORGE, FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND JUST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONER CLARK MIGHT HAVE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER'S THE MOST CONVENIENT, BEST WAY TO DO IT FOR THE COURT.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE COMPENSATION.
IT SEEMS THAT, UH, SEE I OUT IS 56 50 AND THEN MASTER FILES IS, THAT'S PER YEAR.
AND THEN MASTER VI IS BROKEN DOWN INTO, UH, INDIVIDUAL, I GUESS IT'S CUSTOMIZED RIGHT IN, IN OUR DOCK.
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NEED.IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU NEED, UH, BROTHER-IN-LAW LOOKED UP OR WHAT HAVE YOU, OR CELL PHONE NUMBERS OR, UH, ELECTRONIC DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE, REAL PROPERTY DATA LENGTH PRICE.
AND THEN, UH, TYLER IS 44 95, BUT IT DIDN'T STATE AS THAT'S, THAT'S FOUR.
THAT'S THE 74 COMING IN AND SETTING UP THE SYSTEM AND TRAINING FOR A WEEK.
BUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S TYLER'S COST PER YEAR? IT'S NOT AN ONGOING THING.
BUT HAVING THEM COME IN THAT'S, AND FIGURE THE SYSTEM AND TRAIN FOR A WEEK.
AND THE MASTER GUARD WAS SUGGESTED TO US BY COLLIN COUNTY COLLECTIONS THAT WORKS OUT OF THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
THEY USE MASTER GUARD AND BASICALLY THEY'RE USING THAT 10 CENTS PER FEE WHEN THEY HAVE TO LOOK UP AN ADDRESS TO GET AHOLD OF SOMEBODY.
THEY'RE, THAT'S THE BASIC PART THAT WE'RE GONNA BE USING IS A 10 CENTS PER FEE LOOKUP.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY ON A MUST.
SO IS THAT GOING LAND UP? I MEAN, IN YOUR EXPERT OPINION, IS THAT GONNA MIND THAT BEING ABOUT THE SAME MONEY PER YEAR AS THE ONLY THING THAT
AND WHEN WE WENT TO COLLIN COUNTY TO LOOK AT THEIR PORT COLLECTIONS PROGRAM, THEY WERE USING MASTER MASTER GUARD TWO LOOK UP ADDRESSES AND STUFF.
AND AGAIN, IT'S THE 10 CENTS COST BASIS AND THE ODYSSEY COURTS IS A ONE TIME FEE.
I, I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD WOULD BE TO THE AUDITOR AND, UH, IF THE, UH, JP OFFICES DECIDED THIS WOULD WORK AND ACTUALLY IT COMMITTEE NEEDS, IS THAT SOMETHING THEY REIMBURSE THEIR SHARE OF THE CAUSE OF THIS TO THE COUNTY CLERK OR THEY THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THEM ENTER INTO A SEPARATE CONTRACT OR YOU GONNA THINK ABOUT THAT? I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW I COULD PRO RAT A SHARE.
THAT'S ON THE FINANCING PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, BUT I, THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.
WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, REAL SIMILAR THAT WE USE, WE'VE DONE LASER FISH IN THE PAST AND, AND WE USE LASER FISH AS A, AS A ELECTRONIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND WE PAY FOR THAT OUT OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUNDS.
WE SCAN THE DATA INTO IT TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY JUDGE HAVE ACCESS, AND I THINK YOUR OFFICE HAS ACCESS TO LASER FISH.
AND SO THEY, WE PAY FOR THOSE LICENSES.
THE COMMISSIONER STONE, THE COUNTY JUDGE DOESN'T.
SO I, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF LICENSES THAT CAME WITH LABOR FISH AND I JUST, I, I WOULD, I WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING I JUST, I WASN'T TRYING TO MUDDY THE WATER UP.
JUST WONDERING ABOUT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK TO TABLE THIS UNTIL, UH, REVIEW BY THE IT COMMITTEE WITH THE OTHER, UH, INDIVIDUAL OFFICES THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER.
UH, WE HAVE OTHER DISCUSSION, UH, BEFORE WE TABLE THIS, AND THEN WE CAN GET IT BACK ON THE AGENDA AS SOON AS ALL THAT TRANSPIRES.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, FAVOR SAY I THANK I'M IN FAVOR OF ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP OUR COLLECTIONS OFFICE AND I THINK EVERYBODY, WELL, WE ALREADY ITEM 19, ITEM 20 WOULD BE TO, UH, ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING IF WE RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, REGARDING TEMPORARY SETTING OF 20 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT SIGN ON THE COUNTY ROAD THREE 30 IN COLTON COUNTY, 3 7 3.
AND PLACING 20 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON COUNTY ROAD THREE 30.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING? COMMISSIONER JACKSON MAKES THAT MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER.
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OPPOSED? ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERING THE, UH, 20 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT TEMPORARY SPEED LIMIT ON COUNTY ROAD THREE 30.I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS OR NOT NORTH CENTRAL MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS GONNA BE PAYING.
AND THIS WILL JUST BE IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
IT'S MET ALL REQUIREMENTS THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM QUESTION? ANY COMMENTS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXIT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON MAKES THAT MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER TEMPORARY SETTING.
THREE 30 PRECINCT THREE AND 20 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ON, YEAH, I PUT THAT FROM THIS, UH, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE.
UNLESS YOU GO THROUGH TRANSPORTATION PERMISSION AND GET AN INTERVIEW.
I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF YOU COULD SET UP, THIS IS JUST TEMPORARY.
THIS IS JUST CONSTRUCTION BACK.
I DUNNO IF IT WEIGH THE SAME ON, I JUST DUNNO WHAT IT SAYS.
WE NEED TO PUT IT BACK 30 MILES AN HOUR.
I GUESS WE, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD, I CAN'T SEE, BUT IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL FOR SAFETY.
THERE'S ONLY TWO HOUSES ON ROAD.
I DUNNO IF WE NEED 30 MILE AN HOUR COUNTIES OR OTHER AREAS.
WELL, THIS IS A STANDARD THING.
BUT THAT'S, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IF YOU REDUCE IT TO 20 T AND YOU NEED TO DO A STUDY, BUT IF IT'S JUST TEMPORARILY DOING CONSTRUCTION, I DIDN'T THINK ONCE THE ROAD IS FINISHED, IT GOES BACK TO 30 AN HOUR.
THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD ACCORDING BELOW 30.
TRY TO GET LITTLE 30 MILE TRAFFIC STUFF.
AND CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASKING FOR THEN? BECAUSE BY THE AVERAGE SPEED AND MAYBE TRY TO GET A 20 AND TO 40 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION.
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW IF I NEEDED TO BRING THIS TO COURT TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE.
JOHN JUST STEPPED OUT, ASKED HIM.
WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT REDUCING IT TEMPORARILY.
MOTION TEMPORARY 20 JACKSON, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I YOU KNOW THE ONE OUT THERE WHERE THAT, ON 2 43 WHERE THAT WRECK WAS LAST WEEK? I HAD HAD PEOPLE CALLING ME ON TWO THIRD 43 RIGHT OUT THERE AT THAT, ALMOST THAT EXACT SAME LOCATION COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING 65 MILES AN HOUR OUT THERE ON THAT.
IT'S A TWO LANE ROAD, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A SERVICE STATION THERE, THERE'S A CHURCH THERE AND THERE ARE TWO ROADS COMING IN ON EACH SIDE AND WRITTEN.
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65.LET'S TAKE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE BREAK.
SO IN MY VITAL DATES, I'M GONNA PUT 19 0 0 19, RIGHT? OKAY.
I GET STARTED ON THIS IN JUST A SECOND.
IN THE VITAL FOR THE RECORDING DATE BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET NOTHING FOR 19 THE RECORD.
BECAUSE I GOT NOTHING FOR VIALS OR WHATEVER IN THE DATES.
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NOPE.YOU, I PUT IN LET'S DO, CAN WE DO 30 AT A TIME? ONE MONTH AT A TIME? SO CAN WE PUT OH, 1 31 19 70, DO A MONTH AT A TIME.
TODAY'S DATE QUARTERBACK, WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
SENT THE FIRST TIME OPENED UP.
UH, I ALSO HAVE A ONE FOR FUND 48, WHICH IS THE SOLID WASTE CONVENIENCE STATION FUND.
I NEED TO INCREASE THE HAUL COST
AND I WANT YOU TO DECREASE THE, UH, ESTIMATED IMBALANCE BY 1500.
AND, UM, YOU WANT ME TO GO OVER THESE, EACH ONE OF THESE THAT YOU RECEIVED? IF YOU DON'T MIND, PROBABLY ALL CASE HAS ANY, THIS IS A GENERAL FUND IN THE, THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.
I NEED TO INCREASE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR 15,000.
I WANTED TO DECREASE ATTORNEY FEES AND COURT COSTS, UH, BY 15,000.
AND THIS IS FOR THE MISSION CRITICAL PARTNERSHIP TO HAVE THEM PAY FOR IT.
AND THE DISTRICT CLERK, UH, I NEED TO INCREASE HER MILEAGE MILLS IN LODGING BY A THOUSAND.
LOWER HER OFFICE SUPPLIES BY A THOUSAND, UH, DIGITAL IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, A PSYCH EXAM I NEED TO INCREASE BY 500.
UH, MEDICAL TRANSPORT, UH, IS TWO.
I WANT LOWER THE AUTOPSY AND POSTMORTEM BY 2,500.
UH, ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS THE COUNTY OFFICE BUDGET.
UH, NO ONE, UH, DELETED OR CANCELED THE BONDS IN FORCE FOR HAL JONES AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN THAT TOOK OFF THE FLOOR.
SO I NEED TO INCREASE THAT LINE BY 170 TO TAKE THE INSURANCE COMPANY BECAUSE THEY'D ALREADY ISSUED THE STUFF.
AND I WANT TO DECREASE MY DUES 570 TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR.
I NEED TO INCREASE HIS MILEAGE MILL AND LOING BY 4,000.
AND I WANT TO LOWER HIS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE.
THIS IS FOR THREE OF THE EMPLOYEES TO BE CERTIFIED AS TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTORS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ONE.
YOU'RE REDUCING WHAT LINE ITEM? THE SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE.
IF WE HAVE A SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE ON IT, THEN SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE.
SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET THAT'S, WE DON'T BE THERE.
SO IT HAS TO BE, WE ALREADY PAID IT IS LESS THAN WE BUDGETED.
WELL, WHY DID WE BUDGET? THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION.
I WASN'T HERE WHEN YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
I PLAN ON HAVING THOSE KIND OF ANSWERS FOR YOU.
'CAUSE I'VE MOVED ALL SOFT MAINTENANCE TO ONE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S NO LONGER IN EACH ELECTED OFFICIALS BUDGET.
THERE WERE THAT GOING INTO A LOT OF DETAIL.
I THINK THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT IN THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE YES, NOT EXACTLY.
I SAW THAT MONEY CAME OUT, THAT BUDGET TO BE WHAT IT IS.
WHICH MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE A BAD THING BECAUSE SOME OF THEM,
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WELL AND SOMETIMES TOO.THEY'LL, THEY'LL TELL YOU IT'S GONNA BE 70,000 THEN WHEN YOU GET THE INVOICE IT IS 70,000.
BUT IF YOU DON'T MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS, YOU PAY IT IN FULL.
SOMETIMES THEY'LL GIVE YOU A DISCOUNT AND THAT COULD BE WHAT HAPPENED TOO.
UNDER THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, I NEED TO INCREASE MEDICAL SUPPLIES BY 300, UH, JANITORIAL SUPPLIES BY 7,000.
AND I WANT TO LOWER THE UTILITY COST IN, UH, KAUFMAN FOR BY 7,300.
COVER THOSE TWO MEDICAL THAT THOSE BOXES FIRST NAME BOXES WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ALSO.
YOU KNOW, THEY JUST COME LOOK AT AND CHANGE 'EM WHENEVER THEY WANT TO.
THEY DON'T TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT.
PROBABLY A CHEAPER WAY TO DO IT.
WE NEED TO, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
UH, CONSTABLE PRECINCT, THERE ARE PARTS AND REPAIRS I NEED TO INCREASE 5,000.
UH, THERE ARE MILEAGE MILLS AND LODGING BY 200.
I WANT TO DECREASE THEIR TRAINING, EDUCATION AND CONFERENCE BY 200 AND DECREASE THEIR NEW EQUIPMENT.
I NEED TO INCREASE HIS INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES BY 3000 AND LOWER HIS RECORD SERVICE BY 3000 CHEROKEE'S.
THE STATEMENT OF FACTS I NEED TO INCREASE BY 8,000 AND, UH, LOWER THE 422ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT.
UM, BY 8,000 EXTENSION SERVICES AGENTS OUT OF COUNTY TRAVEL.
UM, DECREASING THEIR OFFICE SUPPLIES.
BY 1817, THE UPGRADE TO THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM BY 1164.
TRAINING OF FOR THEIR PARAPROFESSIONALS IS DECREASED BY 200.
TRAINING AND EDUCATION AND CONFERENCE IS BEING DECREASED BY $1,246.
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS IS BEING DECREASED BY 50 52.
UH, IS THERE A REASON FOR THEIR TRAVEL, UH, COUNTY TRAVEL GO UP? UH, YES SIR.
THAT'S BEEN, UH, LOOKED AT AND DISCUSSED IN THE BUDGET AND THERE DUTIES, SOME CHANGES MADE.
UM, ROAD AND BRIDGE NUMBER TWO, I HAD TO INCREASE THE SUPPLIES BY 500 AND I'D LIKE TO LOWER BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION BY 500.
THIS IS INCREASING THE COUNTY'S PORTION OF OPERATING EXPENSES BY THREE NON-RESIDENTIAL BY 8,000, PATIENT BY 3000.
AND SHE WANTS TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM THEIR SALARY OF OFFICERS BY 14,000.
UH, BECAUSE SHE HAS A, A POSITION THAT'S FULL-TIME.
BUT SHE HAD PUT THE PERSON ON COURT TIME AND SHE HAD THAT MONEY LEFT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DID HAVE AN UH, A LINE ITEM INCREASE FOR UH, LAURA, BUT I SCRATCHED THROUGH IT AND TABLED IT TILL WE MEET WITH THE IT AND SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
IF THE S GONNA BE ON IT AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE AND KIND OF BRING IT BACK AT ANOTHER TIME.
A MOTION TO ACCEPT LINE TRANSFER BY.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.
JACKSON, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR PAY.
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WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? YOUR PLACEMENT? I JUST DELETED.WELL THAT'S UNDO A LOT OF STUFF.
DID YOU DO IT THROUGH THE T FOLDER? I'M LOOKING BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE EMPTY MY T FOLDER.
LOT OF, I GOT LIKE 22,000 EMAILS LITERALLY IN MY DIRECT FOLDER.
SO JUST IN CASE I NEED TO GO FIND SOMETHING.
SEE? IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE AT? I LOOKED IN MY DELETED FOLDER.
I WAS SITTING THERE READING IT AND I IS THAT OUTLOOK EXPRESS JUST OUTLOOK? OUTLOOK, YES.
I REFUSE TO USE ANY MICROSOFT PRODUCT ANYMORE.
I GOT FIREFOX AND I GOT FOR, FOR MY BROTHER AND I GOT THUNDERBIRD FROM MY EMAIL PROGRAM AND I AIN'T USING NOTHING ELSE.
THEY PUTTING OUT BRAND NEW AND BUGS AND THEN THEY KEEP GIVING YOU UPDATES.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S FREE OR NOT.
THEY UPDATES STUFF AND I THINK IT'S JUST ON MY OPINION AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH THEIR STUFF.
GEEKS AND GEEKS DON'T LIKE MICROPHONES.
OH, YOU MUST HAVE NOT HAVE YOUR EMAILS IN YOUR DELETED FILES SORTED TOWARD THE MOST RECENT IS ON TOP.
IF YOU SORT 'EM WITH YOUR DATE OR MOST RECENT IS ON TOP, YOU ACCIDENTALLY PUT SOMETHING IN THE LEAD VAULT.
NO, IT WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY WHEN I WENT TO THE DELETE THING, THE FOLDER WAS UNDERNEATH.
SO WHEN YOU WENT TO THE DELETE ITEMS, YOU HAD TO GO TO ANOTHER FOLDER? YEAH, YOU HAD TO GO TO THE SUB FOLDER.
AND I DIDN'T HAVE IT EXPANDED.
UH, SEE THAT'S WHY I DON'T LIKE OUTLOOK STUFF.
OR EXCUSE ME, MICROSOFT STUFF.
I, WHEN I WAS LOOKING, OKAY, SOMEBODY WEEKEND, THE NIGHT DUDE THREE 30, OH MAN, SIX, LITERALLY SIX O'CLOCK I FELL ASLEEP IN MY UP ALARM BACK BED.
I RODE MY MOTORCYCLE FOR MY SLEEVELESS AND I FORGOT I AIN'T GOT ANY SUN HOT THIS MORNING.
I'VE NEVER LIVED IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN MY LIFE.
AND UH, I GOT IN HERE AND HE'S LIKE, MAN, THEY'RE REAL EFFICIENT WITH THE USE OF SPACE.
I MEAN I'VE GOT A TINY HOW DO HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT A LITTLE TABLE FOR A DINING TABLE OR NOTHING.
UH, BUT MEN, I MEAN LIVING AREA AROUND
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THE BAR, THERE'S ALL MY KITCHEN STUFF.THE WASHER DRYERS OFF THE KITCHEN, THE BATHROOM'S OFF THE OTHER KITCHEN.
ONE THING IS GOOD SIZE IS THE BATHROOM.
AND UH, AND THIS IS LIKE MY OWN PERSONAL MAN.
I MEAN I GOT A PICTURE TWO FLAT SCREEN TV MAN.
IT JUST LIKE EATS UP THE LIVING ROOM, YOU KNOW, IN A REGULAR SIDE COUCH AND ROLL MY DESKTOP AND UH, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF ROOM LEFT.
YOU KNOW, I'M DOWN TO, I'M DOWN TO HANGING PICTURE.
SO, SO, BUT UH, BUT ANYWAY, I HAD MY SISTER, MY SON-IN-LAW, MY SISTER AND MY UH, BROTHER-IN-LAW.
MY DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, UH, HELPED ME MOVE LAST WEEKEND.
AND THEN THROUGH THE WEEK I JUST HAD RANDOM BOXES HERE AND THERE TO PUT UP.
DID LIKE, I'M LIKE AN OLD GUY OR, SO I TOOK MY, I TOOK AN EXTRA SET OF DISHES.
WHY DID I DO NOT? SO I HAD IT WITH FIVE EVERYTHING CLEAN THAT ONE TIME BEFORE YOU PUT IT UP.
I, I JUST WANTED SOMETHING OFF.
I GUESS I WANTED ONE GOOD SET OF DISHES.
WHERE DID I TURN INTO A CHICK? WHERE, WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN? ANYWAY, UM, BUT IT GAVE ME SOMETHING TO DO AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND NOW I'VE GOT MY INTERNET HOOKED UP AND I THINK I'M DOWN TO JUST GETTING MY SATELLITE.
THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH I GOT.
AND GETTING USED TO ALL THE WALKING, YOU KNOW, I WAS USED TO, YOU KNOW, STEPPING OUT MY DOOR, WALKING THREE STEPS IN MY SEPARATED GARAGE AND GOT IN THE CAR.
YOU KNOW, NOW BECAUSE THE PARKING STARTS OUT THERE, I HAVE TO WALK 7,500 YARDS.
I HAVE TO STOP A LONG, IT'S GONNA GET ME A SHAKE OR LEAST HE'S NOT GONNA GIMME A SHAKE, BUT HE'S GONNA GET BETTER.
I GOT GROUND FOR ALL MY FAMILY STARTED ALL THIS STUFF THAT I HAD GROUND FOR AND I GOT THE SMALLEST POOL PLAN THEY GOT.
THEY ONLY GOT ONE BUILDING, GOT THIS LITTLE BIG POOL PLAN.
IT'S NOT, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN YOU GO WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK AND THERE'S THREE FLOORS ON EACH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OUT THEIR OWN BALCONY PATIO, KIND OF WALKING BY WITH PEOPLE SO WE CAN FIND, I'M NOT THAT FRIEND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, I GLANCE AND NOBODY PREACHES.
I JUST KIND OF GLANCE AWAY, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW? AND I, I JUST KIND OF FEEL LIKE I CAN'T GO OUT ON MY PATIO 'CAUSE IT LOOKS TOWARDS THE SWIMMING POOL.
I DON'T WANT THINK I WANT A DIRTY OLD MAN LOOKING THE CHICKS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF TWO PIECES OUT THERE.
I MEAN, AND YOUNG CHICKS, YOU KNOW, SO OLD.
IT'S STILL, I HAVEN'T CENTRAL AIR IN 1520 YEARS'S.
THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD CENTRAL LEAGUE.
YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING BLANKETS SO I KNOW WHO ARE TALKING TO.
WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? HOW SHE KNOWS THAT SHE TO LAURA? WERE YOU I WAS TALKING TO MYSELF.
WELL, I GUESS TOLD SOME OTHER PEOPLE.
I, UH, I DON'T HAVE TO MOW MY YARD ANYMORE.
I DON'T HAVE PROPERTY TAXES ANYMORE, BUT I STILL DO FROM MY HOUSE AS SOLD.
UH, MATTER OF FACT, SOME, I GOT A CALL DURING THE MEETING.
I JUST LISTENED TO THE VOICEMAIL.
MY, I JUST HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO BUY THAT THE DEAL.
JUST GO THROUGH FINANCING, WHICH I THINK I MEANS AFTER THE TITLE COMPANY, WHATEVER THEIR LITTLE EXPENSES WORK GETS PAID, I GET WHAT'S LEFT TO THE 500 MONEY IN BANK.
BUT ANYWAY, UH, IT'S NOT THAT.
AND I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S NICE AND CLEAN AND FRESH AND BECAUSE I HAD AN EIGHT 2-YEAR-OLD HOUSE THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS EVER MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS BUILT.
BUT, UH, HE HAD 82 YEARS AWARE.
I MEAN, HE WASN'T BOUGHT THAT.
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IT NEEDS, NEEDED STUFF.HE NEEDED CARPET, NEEDED SOME STUFF OR EXCUSE ME, NEEDS SOME STUFF.
I COULD PROBABLY CHECK $80,000.
THAT HOUSE NEEDS STILL NEED SOME STUFF.
I MEAN LIKE, I HAVE 80,000 ANYWAY, WE NOW, I, I LAY AWAKE BACK THIS MORNING AT 4, 4 30 OR SO AND I CRAWL BACK BED FOR A FEW MINUTES, LISTEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE RUNNING, RUNNING THEIR WASHER AT FOUR 30 IN THE MORNING FOR SOME STRANGE REASON AND ABOVE ME UPSTAIRS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO, THEY GOT SOME REALLY RAM BOUNCING.
IT'S BACKGROUND NOISE AND, AND I HAVEN'T, IT'S PRETTY, YOU AIN'T HEAR BLASTING THERE? ME? IF YOU LIKE THE GENRE COUNTRY WHERE USE, BECAUSE I USE, I LIKE SOME OF IT BUT NOT VERY MUCH.
YOU, I MEAN I WOULDN'T MIND ANYBODY'S BLASTING MY OLD CLASSIC ROCK.
I MEAN, BUT I COME, CONVERSELY I'VE TRIED NOT TO DO THE SAME.
THIS COMPLEX ONE UP THERE ACROSS FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS, UH, SEEMS ONE WEEKEND I WAS OUT THERE, IT SEEMS LIKE THE YOUNGER FOLKS OUT THERE LIKE TO GET OUT THERE INSIDE POOL IS AND THE LITTLE PION WRITE DOWN, UM, APPLICATION POSSIBLE.
HEY BRYAN, HOW YOU DOING? ALMOST MISIDENTIFIED SOMEBODY WITH YOUR NAME IN THE STORY.
HE KINDA LOOKS LUCKY A LITTLE BIT.
IT WAS AT SOME MEETING OR SOMETHING.
AND I WAS USING HIS QUOTE AND I WAIT A MINUTE BECAUSE IT WAS SOME ISSUE THAT WAS KIND OF AREA ORIENTED.
I SAID NO, HE DOES SOMETHING BY KIM OR IN KIM THAT CAN'T BE HIM.
SO I CALLED AND FOUND OUT IT WAS, I ALMOST, I ALMOST DID WRONG.
BUT YOU WOULD'VE SAID I WOULDN'T EVEN THERE, YOU KNOW, ROLLING THERE.
DID YOU DROP SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW.
YOU LOOKING LIKE YOU WERE LOOKING FOR QUARTER OR SOMETHING? NO, I'M, HEY PERFECT TIMING.
THAT'S WHAT THAT TABLE, MY POCKET MOSQUITOS WERE WORKING.
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DID THEY GET UP THERE? WELL WHAT'S THE RESERVE WAS DISCONNECTED CABLE THIS MORNING.MUST HAD OVER MY HAND, LAID DOWN.
IT HAD TO BE IN THIS ROOM UNLESS SOMEBODY WALKED OFF.
HOW MUCH WAS IT FOR? RIGHT? 98.
WE JUST YEAH, BUT YOU LOOK IT, IT'S IS THIS? YES.
AND IT WAS CHARGED TO ROAD MATERIALS.
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HOW MANY YOU HAVE? UM, FOUR.SHE, HER HUSBAND, MY GUYS DO, BECAUSE THEY DISAPPEARED.
I WAS RETURN ANYTHING 50 A MONTH LEFT.
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THIS, WHAT ARE WE WAITING ON? WE MEMORIZED.SO EVERYBODY HAS TATTOOS PRETTY MUCH.
YEAH, KINDA KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.
BUT IF THEY PICK PICKY HOW I DRESS LIKE SUNDAY CHURCH, YOU KNOW.
EVERYTHING'S ON, EVERYTHING'S ON ARMS OR WHERE IT CAN BE COVERED UP.
I NEED TO BE EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW.
NO, NO, I'M NOT GONNA BE, I CAN'T SIT THROUGH THAT MAN.
AND HE, 68, THESE ARE GONNA BE WEIRDED UP LOOKING 68.
BUT YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHAT IF THEY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN DIE ANYWAY, I COULDN'T DO IT.
I MEAN NOW THE THING I HAVE TO DO IS TO STOP MYSELF FROM GETTING ANYMORE.
BECAUSE EVERY, COULD USE SOMETHING RIGHT HERE.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR MORE ACTUALLY.
BUT AFTER A WHILE IT'S JUST TOO MUCH KIND OF BALANCE.
EACH ARM MOTION, WE MOTION ADJOURN.
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GET EVERYBODY.WE HAVE A, I'LL PROBABLY DO IT OVER AT THREE.
ARE YOU BY CHANCE TO ANY RELATION TO SANDRA? I SHOT? YES SIR.