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IF ANYONE IS HERE THIS MORNING THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT, WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU'LL SIGN IN THERE, HERE, WHENEVER WE GET READY TO START.
AND MOST
GIVE US THE WISDOM TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY, AND HELP US TO KEEP GOING FORWARD AS WE DO BEST, CAN PROTECT US.
LORD, PROTECT ALL OUR TROOPS OVERSEAS.
THANK BEAUTIFUL THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, GOD AND INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG TO BE IVIS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE ALL THE TIME.
OKAY, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS MORNING.
WE HAVE THREE MINUTES, UH, FOR COMMENTS TO BE SERVED.
YOU PLEASE HEAR ABOUT CASA THIS MORNING.
I JUST WANNA KIND HELP YOU OFF FOR A SECOND ABOUT CASA AS COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ABUSE AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN.
WE'VE HAD AN OFFICE IN CA COUNSEL, BUT, UH, WE JUST RECENTLY STAFFED IT ABOUT MONTH NOW AND, UH, HISTORY, UH, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FOLDER.
AND THEN I HAVE PAMPHLETS, VOLUNTEERS FROM KAUFMAN COUNTY.
UH, WE, UM, WE HAVE A LONE STAR.
CASA IS ROCKWELL COUNTY AND KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, UH, THERE'S A HUNDRED PERCENT ADVOCACY DONE FOR ROCKWALL COUNTY, COUNTY KIDS AND ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, 70% FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY, THE RE, BUT THE 70%, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE BIGGER THAN THE ONES IN CA IN ROCKWALL COUNTY.
SO WE WE'RE TRYING TO GET STUDENT, I MEAN, EVERY CHILD HAS AN ADVOCATE IN CALL COUNTY AWARENESS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
I THINK A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE'RE LOCATED, THAT KIND OF THING.
WE'RE OVER THERE RIGHT NOW BY THE, UH, WHERE THE FOOD BANK IS, UM, THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER.
AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE OUR OFFICE OVER TO THE SQUARE AND IT'S GONNA BE BEHIND, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU WHERE NANCY MURPHY HAS THAT OFFICE.
HE'S GONNA LET US GO IN THERE AND KIND OF WORK WITH HER AND, UH, DICK A LITTLE BIT.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT'LL MAKE US A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A
AND I WANNA INVITE ALL Y'ALL TO, TO TRY TO COME OUT TO THAT AND BRING SOME PEOPLE WITH YOU TO SUPPORT.
WHAT TIME IS THAT? UH, SIX 30 MONDAY.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET SOME AWARENESS GOING AND THAT WAY WE GET THE AWARENESS TEARS COMING AND WE CAN GET THINGS GOING HERE IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
UM, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'VE HAD AN OFFICE HERE SINCE 2004, AND I PERSONALLY REALLY HAVE NOT HEARD VERY MUCH ABOUT CASA.
SO I'M GONNA CHANGE THAT A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UM, ANYWAY, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL SUPPORT VERY MUCH.
WHAT QUALIFICATIONS HERE, UH, MIGHT NEED TO HAVE? WELL, WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, YOU HAVE AN APPLICATION AND THEN YOU'LL FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.
THEY CALL YOU IN FOR AN INTERVIEW BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THESE, UH, THESE CHILDREN.
AND I'M NOT SURE YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ALL THEY DO.
I, I GOT TO GO AND OBSERVE A COURT AND, UH, SECOND REPRESENTS THE CHILD.
SO, YOU KNOW, MOM AND DAD, LET'S SAY THEY'RE DIVORCED.
THE MOM HAS A, HAS A ATTORNEY, UH, THE DAD HAS AN ATTORNEY, THE CHILD HAS AN ATTORNEY, AND THEN CPS IS THERE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE YOUR CASA VOLUNTEER.
WELL, UH, THE CASA VOLUNTEER TRULY THERE FOR THE CHILD, AND THEY VISIT WITH THAT CHILD.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO AND, UH, VISIT WITH THE CHILD, VISIT WITH THE PARENTS, AND REPRESENT THEM IN COURT.
UM, I, WE WOULD, IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING FOR, FOR ANYONE TO DO.
WE REALLY NEED SOME MEN TO COME AND, UH, AND PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
SO, UM, THE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEW, FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, AND THEN THERE'S 30 HOURS OF TRAINING.
BUT IF WE GET ENOUGH PEOPLE FROM COFFMAN, THEY'LL DO THE TRAINING HERE.
AND, UH, THE LIBRARY IS SAYING THEY'RE 100% READY TO WORK WITH US FOR, TO PROVIDE THE FACILITY.
SO IF WE COULD GET OUR, OUR CHILDREN TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL, THEN I KNOW WE COULD ALL SLEEP BETTER BECAUSE OF THAT.
IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD THE CHANGE TRAINING BE HAD, UH, IN ROCKWELL? ROCKWELL? YEAH.
SO IT'S STILL, I MEAN, FEASIBLE
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TO DO THAT.NEXT ITEM, UH, THAT I HAVE UNDER ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.
I TALKED WITH CHRIS PEACE THIS MORNING, OUR CHIEF APPRAISER AND, UH, ACTUALLY LEFT A MESSAGE LAST LAST WEEK THAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISALS FOR 2012 WOULD BE OUT.
AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THESE, UH, ON THE TABLE THAT I MADE FOR YOU, CHRIS.
UH, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE THIS MORNING.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING OVER KIND OF AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND, UH, WE ARE, UH, ALWAYS PLEASED GET OUR PROPERTY VALUES, EVEN THOUGH THIS YEAR THEY'RE DOWN.
AND, UH, I, UH, VISITED WITH CHRIS A LITTLE BIT OFF AND ON OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT, UH, OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
AND, UH, I WANTED CHRIS TO COME AND MAYBE MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF, UH, WELL, UH, COMMISSIONER CAN SEE HERE.
I, I, I PRESENTED, UH, UH, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'VE GOT THERE, THE TOP ONE'S, JUST A SPREADSHEET THAT I PUT TOGETHER.
UH, BOTTOM LINE, THE TAXABLE VALUE FOR THE COUNTY IS DOWN ABOUT A HALF PERCENT FROM WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR.
UH, YOUR FREEZE ADJUSTED NUMBERS ARE DOWN ABOUT A TOTAL OF 1%.
UH, COLLECTIVELY, THIS IS ALL, UH, E EVERYTHING COMBINED.
SO, UH, UH, WHERE WE DO HAVE A FEW AREAS THAT, UH, HAD SOME, SOME APPRECIATION, OF COURSE, THAT'S IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
UH, IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GOT THERE.
UH, OVERALL, WE, WE SAW VERY LITTLE AREAS THAT HAD, UH, UH, APPRECIATING MARKETS.
UH, OUR, UH, NEW IMPROVEMENTS, NUMBERS WERE DOWN.
SO ALL OF THOSE KIND OF GO INTO ALL THE CALCULATIONS THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, EARLY PREDICTIONS THAT WE SEE FOR 2013.
UH, THIS, UH, INDICATE THAT THE HOUSING MARKET MAY BE COMING BACK A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, THAT'LL BE OUR MAIN FOCUS.
SO WHAT HAPPENED? OUR NEW IMPROVEMENTS ACTUALLY DROP A LITTLE BIT FROM 90, UH, 3 MILLION LAST YEAR TO ABOUT 81 MILLION THIS YEAR.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S CORRECT, BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TO OFFSET THE, UH, VALUES THAT HAD GONE DOWN AND, AND JUST NORMAL DEPRECIATION ON THE, ON THE HOUSING MARKET, UH, COLLECTIVELY.
SO THAT'S, UH, IF WE ENTER INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS, THAT'S, UH, INFORMATION WE NEED TO HAVE.
AND I BELIEVE ALL THE PROTESTS ARE OVER WITH IT.
THIS, WE'VE GOT ABOUT A HUNDRED PROTESTS STILL PENDING THAT WE'LL TRY TO WRAP UP NEXT, UH, NEXT MONTH.
UH, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO CERTIFY, WE'VE GOT ABOUT, UH, UH, LESS THAN 1% OF OUR TOTAL NUMBERS, UH, STILL IN THE PROTEST.
SO NOT ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT THAT'S OUT THERE THAT, UH, THAT WILL, UH, AFFECT THESE NUMBERS.
AND THE VALUE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS, UH, UH, BUDGETING OR BALANCING OUR BUDGET IS THE FREEZE ADJUSTED VALUES, BECAUSE THAT'S AFTER EVERYBODY THAT HAS, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THE OTHER EXEMPTIONS OUT THERE THAT, THAT VALUE IS 5,000,805 BILLION, I'M SORRY, 5 BILLION, 873 MILLION AS COMPARED TO 5 BILLION, 900 MILLION LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S DOWN, UH, DOWN, UH, SOME.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, BEEN RELATIVELY FLAT THIS YEAR.
IT JUST IS A LITTLE, LITTLE LESS OF WHAT IT HAS BEEN.
UH, AND LIKE I SAID, WHEN, WHEN YOU COMBINE EVERYTHING TOGETHER, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THE, UH, NEW IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT OFFSETTING SOME OF THAT, IT, IT, UH, REFLECTS IN OVERALL VALUES.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING FOR CHRIS? I'VE BEEN, LOOK THIS OVER THE, THE PRELIMINARY ONE WE HAD BEFORE, AND CHRIS, WE DON'T SHOW ANY OF WHAT I SEE ON THIS.
THERE'S NO NEW MARKET VALUE FOR ANY COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL LAST YEAR.
THE, THE, THERE SHOULD BE A, THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT, BUT, UH, YES, THERE SHOULD BE A, I I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
UH, WHAT, WHAT THOSE WERE, BUT I, I THOUGHT, UH, SEEM TO RECALL ABOUT 10 MILLION IN NEW COMMERCIAL VALUE.
HOW LONG? UH, THERE'S TWO, THREE PAGES THAT SHOW THAT ON THAT DOOR CONCERN.
1 71 OF 4 28, UH, L ONE L TWO, THERE'S NO NEW MARKET VALUE.
UH, PAGE 1 71 OF 4 28, YOU GOT THAT ONE? YES, SIR.
UH, GOT THE F1 NEW MARKET VALUE AT 5.8 MILLION.
THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, I GUESS IS WHAT I WOULD LOOK AT.
UH, IT IS NOT SHOWING ANY, UH, NEW PERSONAL PROPERTY, BUT IF YOU HAD, WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T NO REASON.
IF YOU HAD NEW BUSINESS, YOU'D HAVE SOME BUSINESS, SOME PROPERTY INSIDE THAT BUSINESS, MORE THAN LIKELY YOU WOULD.
UNLESS WE LOST SOME BUSINESSES THAT VALUE THAT WERE THERE LAST YEAR.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NEW VALUES.
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OLD, NOT OLD VALUES.THE, UH, THE, THE PROPERTY OVER IN THE TRAILER AREA THAT WAS, UH, IT WAS UNDER THE EVA.
WELL, L ONE SAYS COMMERCIAL PERSONAL PROPERTY.
BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY FIGURE UNDER ANY MARKET VALUE.
WE'LL, UH, AND THAT, THAT, UH, REPORT THAT YOU ASKED ME TO GIVE TO YOU, I'LL, UH, I'LL FINE TUNE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPLORE THOSE NUMBERS.
IT'S BETTER THAT IT'S NOT EVEN WORSE.
IT'S BETTER THAN THOSE PRELIMINARY ONES WE SIT THERE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME, YES, SIR.
OTHER COMMENTS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? THIS IS VERY TIMELY BECAUSE WE, LIKE EVERY OTHER ENTITY IN THE COUNTY'S BEGINNING TO WORK ON OUR BUDGET, TRYING TO NAIL THAT DOWN.
AND SO, BUT WE TRY TO GET 'EM OUT AS EARLY AS WE CAN.
SO, UH, I HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL, AND, UH, MR. CLARK, I'LL GET THAT FOR YOU AND, AND GIVE YOU SOME MORE THANK YOU NUMBERS AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, UH, UNDER, UH, ITEM TWO, THE MINUTES FROM JUNE, THE 25TH, 2012.
ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING A REQUEST FOR CENTRAL LINK TO INSTALL A BURIED COMMUNICATIONS DROP WIRE ACROSS, UH, OR UNDER THE RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD, UH, BYRON ROAD, C COUNTY PRECINCT ONE, AND ALSO TO CONSIDER, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPOINTING CHARLES GILL WATER TO THE KAMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO FILL A VACANCY, UH, FOR TERM ENDING 1231 2012.
AND THAT WAS, UH, JAMIE, I BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE THIS MORNING.
AND THAT WAS PLACED, UH, RIGHT.
WHERE IS JAMIE? I THOUGHT SHE WAS HERE.
IS MR. GIL WATER HERE THIS MORNING? I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, UH, THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, UH, THIS MORNING WE HAVE A REQUEST.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, FROM THE, UH, SHERIFF TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT A DONATION OF $1,722 TO PURCHASE THEM TO OPERATION KITS FROM JAMIE AND BETTY, JAMES AND BETTY WEST OF SCURRY.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I, I CAN'T ANSWER 'EM, BUT I'M SURE WE ALWAYS ARE GLAD TO TAKE DONATIONS.
WHAT, WHAT IS A DOWN TO OPERATION KIT? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I ASSUME THAT IT'S, UH, JOE.
DON, YOU KNOW WHAT A DOWN TO OPERATION KIT IS? NO, SIR.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IT'S SURE.
I DON'T MEAN TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT, BUT I'M SURE SOMEBODY'S DONATING IT.
IT'S IS SOMETHING THE SHERIFF ASKED US TO CONSIDER.
SO TO HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
SO MAY, UH, COMMISSIONER ROWDEN I MAKES MOTION.
SECOND FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, MANNY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER FOUR, JEFF BROWN TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON DELINQUENT FINES AND FEES.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, SIR.
UH, I ACTUALLY GOT THIS TO Y'ALL IN TIME LAST WEEK.
GET IT IN THE PACKET, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR ME, BUT I ACTUALLY GOT IT TO YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANNA POINT OUT IS, UNDER JP PRECINCT ONE, WHEN YOU HAVE A $12,000 LOSS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE A POSITIVE INCREASE.
I KNOW THAT, BUT MY FINGERS DON'T KNOW THAT.
SO THAT'S AN ENTRY ERROR ON MY PART.
THIS REPORT, UH, UH, NOW COVERS JANUARY THROUGH JUNE.
IT'S A SIX MONTH SNAPSHOT OF, OF HOW THE JP UH, OVERALL COURT COLLECTIONS ARE GOING.
UH, THE JP COURTS ARE UP ABOUT $149,000 FOR THE YEAR.
UH, AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR, PROBABLY AT THIS TIME, THEY WERE UP ABOUT $500,000, I THINK.
SO WE'RE, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO DO WELL, UH, JPS, JP ONE, UH, IS SHOWING 7% DECREASE.
JP TWO IS SHOWING 12.6% DECREASE.
AND THE, THE ROCKSTAR FOR THE YEAR IS JOHNNY ADAMSON IN PRECINCT FOUR UP 60, ALMOST 68%.
I I, I'VE TRIED TO ROUND THAT NUMBER TO 68, BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK.
SO 67.9, THE TOTAL COLLECTION OF THIS YEAR SO FAR HAD BEEN $1,471,000.
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UH, IT'S A GOOD, GOOD CHUNK OF CHANGE COMING INTO THE COUNTY AGAIN THIS TIME LAST YEAR, A LITTLE UNDER ME.SO, SO THAT'S A GOOD INCREASE.
UH, UM, THE, UH, PROSPECTS ARE LOOKING GOOD.
I KNOW THAT I TALKED TO, TO MIKE SMITH IN PRECINCT THREE.
UH, HIS COURT CLERK, EMILY, WHO HAS DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB FOR MIKE, UH, IS, UM, ACTUALLY OUT.
SO HE SAID HIS COLLECTIONS WILL BE DOWN A LITTLE BIT UNTIL SHE GETS BACK.
AND HE WANTED ME TO RELAY THAT TO, TO YOU AS WELL.
BUT OVERALL, UH, I KNOW THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAIL AND WE'RE, UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE SUCCESS ON THE OLD YEARS.
UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, WRITING OFF SOME OF THE OLD YEARS.
GEORGE HAD GIVEN US A REPORT SHOWING GEORGE, WAS IT $136,000 THROUGH THREE MONTHS OR FOUR MONTHS, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD CLICKED ON THE OLD YEARS.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE SUCCESS WITH THAT AND WE'RE, WE'RE PLEASED WITH THAT.
UH, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA WRITE ANYTHING OFF YOUR S**T.
WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, THE COMMISSIONER JACKSON AND I WERE TALKING BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, WHAT ABOUT THE AUCTION WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ON SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES WE'VE HAD THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SOLD, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GONE TO SHERIFF SALE.
ARE WE, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT'S THE STATUS ON WE ARE, WE ARE GONNA DO THAT PROBABLY, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING IT THIS SUMMER, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE RIGHT.
IN THE COUNTY AND, AND AROUND AND INVOLVED AND MAYBE MORE INTERESTED.
AND ONCE SCHOOL STARTS AND EVERYBODY'S HERE, SO WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA DO IT BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER, I THINK.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT, DOING IT AT A, AT A ONE LOCATION OR SOMETHING, OR HAVE YOU GOT THAT FAR INTO IT YET? WELL, WE, WE'VE, YOU AND I HAD KIND OF ONE TIME TALKED ABOUT USING ARMORY.
UH, THIS FACILITY MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO DO IT AS WELL.
UH, ESPECIALLY I THINK I, AND I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT THIS THROUGH COMPLETELY, BUT I THINK I MAYBE EVEN WANNA DO IT IN THE EVENING WHERE PEOPLE THAT, THAT NORMALLY DON'T COME TO TAX SALES AND DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE EMPLOYED AND WORKING.
YOU KNOW, IF WE DO IT AT MAYBE 6 30, 7 O'CLOCK, MAYBE SOME MORE PEOPLE WILL COME.
ANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE WILL COME.
SO WE, WE MAY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IF WE DO THAT FACILITY LIKE THIS WOULD BE A PLACE TO DEAL WITH JEFF.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME PROPERTY THAT SHOWS THAT THE COUNTY IS A TRUSTEE ON THIS PROPERTY.
BUT, BUT ALSO IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL IN THE CITY.
SO HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK AS FAR AS OXYGEN OFFICER? THEY HAVE A SAY SO.
OR COULD COULD THEY HOLD IT UP? COULD THEY STOP IT? WELL, IN, IN, IN PARTICULAR.
THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE THE COUNTY'S A TRUSTEE, DOES THAT MEAN THE COUNTY HAVE TO KEEP THE MAINTENANCE UP OR DOESN'T MEAN ALL THREE ENTITIES NEED TO KEEP THE MAINTENANCE UP? ALL, ALL THREE ENTITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE.
JUST BECAUSE IT'S JUST 'CAUSE YOU'RE THE TRUSTEE DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COORDINATE TO IT.
I HAVE FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES, JUDGE, I GUESS I MIGHT, UH, YES SIR.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA DO IN THESE, IN THESE, IN THESE SALES WE PUT TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T CARE WHO THE TRUSTEE IS, WE'RE GONNA BRING THE PROPERTY AND TRY TO GET IT SOLD.
TRY TO GET IT OFF, GET IT OUTTA YOUR NAME AS, AS IT WERE.
BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO SOME, AND I'M CALL, YOU KNOW, WON'T MENTION ANY PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, SOME OF THE, UH, COMMUNITIES, UH, AND MAYBE SCHOOLS, I'M NOT SURE.
BUT THEY'RE SAYING SINCE WE'RE THE TRUSTEE, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP IT MOWED.
AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF 'EM OUT THERE.
THAT'S ONE REASON WE NEED TO HAVE A SALE, TRY TO GET MORE OFF BOOKS.
BUT, BUT THAT, THAT, THAT IS NOT IN FACT.
UH, EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
I KNOW THAT, UH, I BELIEVE, JUDGE, WHEN YOU WERE SUPERINTENDENT AT TERRELL, YEARS AND YEARS AGO, WE WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH THE CITY IN THE COUNTY.
I KIND OF ROTATED AND THAT THAT WAS IN PLACE.
I THINK WE HAD A SIMILAR, UH, THING WORKED OUT HERE IN KAUFMAN.
UH, I KNOW THAT IN MAYBANK OVER THE YEARS, I'VE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT ONE, BUT THEY'VE KIND OF WORKED IT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE MAYBE SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE ADDRESSED SOONER.
WE CAN GET THESE THINGS BACK ON THE T ROAD.
WE HAVEN'T WORKED OUT HERE IN COFFMAN.
THE CITY JUST CALLS US AND WE GO MOW IT.
UH, BUT IT, BUT COMMISSIONER JACKSON, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO PARTICULARLY ADDRESS TERRE.
WE'VE GOT SOME AS YOU, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CITY'S INTERESTED IN IN SEVERAL LOTS.
AND, AND THEY, THEY'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN SOME LOTS AND THAT KIND OF THING.
QUESTION, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY BE THE TRUSTEE, IT'S A, IT'S CERTAIN LOT THAT THEY WANT AND THEY WANT TO TAKE FULL CONTROL OF.
AND THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE DONE THAT ON TWO OR THREE PATIENTS HERE IN THE LAST, THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR WHEN THEY PAID EVERYBODY, THEY PAID THE SCHOOL, PAID THE COUNTY.
AND UH, I THINK Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN SOME DEEDS.
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THAT THAT, THAT'S A ROUTINE THING, UH, AMONG ALL OF YOU.I KNOW THAT, UH, I WANNA SAY THAT WHERE YOU'RE, WHERE YOU'RE BARN IS THAT TIME A YEAR, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND THE COUNTY WIND UP PURCHASING THOSE LOTS AS THEY CAME UP ON TAX.
I HAVE A CALL AND I WAS TALKING WITH THE COMMISSIONER THIS MORNING FROM ONE OF THE CHURCHES IN TARRELL WHO HAS A LOT NEAR THEM THAT THEY'D LIKE TO, TO PURCHASE.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'LL TRY TO WORK THROUGH THAT, DO THAT.
BUT IT IS, I MEAN, ANYBODY HAVE ANY, Y'ALL WANT, YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES WOULD NEED TO APPROVE IT AS WELL.
BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE AS LONG AS I, AS LONG AS ALL, ALL THE WORK DOESN'T FALL ON US, I, I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO OUR PART TODAY.
WHAT ABOUT THE AUCTION? UH, TRYING TO HAVE SOON IS BETTER.
WE SEE THOSE THINGS COME THROUGH.
WE HAD ONE THE DAY CAME THROUGH FOR $180.
THAT'S WHY WE SOLD IT THAT FOR YEAH.
BUT IT GETS IT ON BACK ON CASH AND THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO THAT IS GOOD THEORY, JUDGE.
SOMETIMES THEY DO, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
I KNOW THAT, UH, PARTICULARLY WORKING WITH, WITH KAUFMAN AND TARRELL WITH THE CITIES, IF THEY, IF THEY TALKED TO US ABOUT MAYBE BE CAREFUL WHO WE SELL THINGS TO YEAH.
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE BUYING 'EM AND THEY'RE NOT MAINTAIN, SO JUST CREATES ANOTHER PROBLEM.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE JPS IN THE AND THE CONSTABLES CONTINUE TO WORK HARD? UH, I KNOW THEY ARE.
AND, UH, WELL, WE NEED TO REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE WERE EMBARKING ON THIS AND SO THE NUMBERS HAVE CONTINUED TO GO, TO GO UP.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US.
MAINTAINING IS, IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD LAST YEAR.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OH, CAN, CAN I GO OFF JUST A MINUTE? SURE.
JUST, JUST BRIEFLY, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK AND IN HIS OFFICE ABOUT A MONTH AGO ASKED ME ABOUT FOR THE 33 11.
THE EARLY PERSONAL PROPERTY COLLECTION HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR AND I DON'T HAVE A, A PARTICULAR NUMBER TO GIVE YOU, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE DID, WE WENT OUT AND WE COLLECTED ABOUT $160,000 OR SO USING TAX WARRANTS, JUST THE WARRANTS.
UH, I KNOW THAT MR. MURPHY WAS VERY HAPPY WITH, UH, HE DOESN'T THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY LEFT TO, TO GIVE OVER, TO TURN OVER TO ME THIS MONTH.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE NUMBERS YET.
BUT, UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE 33 11.
IT'S BEEN, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY, THIS YEAR, I THINK WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT SOME, SOME PROPERTY THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN HERE.
THERE HAD WE WAITED TILL THE FALL TO, TO GO DO THOSE TAX WARRANTS AND DO THOSE SEIZURES.
SO, UH, 33 11 IS CONTINUING TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR US AND FOR EVERYBODY.
Y'ALL KNOW HOW TO FIND ME IF YOU NEED.
HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING.
DO WE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ANY COUNTYWIDE FIRE BAN.
AND WE HAVE OUR FIRE MARSHAL HERE, LARRY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE NUMBERS HAVEN'T CAME UP THIS MORNING FOR TODAY'S DATE, BUT FOR YESTERDAY THEY WERE AT, UH, 5 43 WOULD BE THE AVERAGE AND THE HIGH WAS 6 67 IN THE COUNTY.
THE PROJECTION FOR THE 14 DAY OUTLOOK IS WAY UP 678 FOR AN AVERAGE OF 7 38 IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
UH, REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE THE, UH, THE BURN DOWN THINK BE REAL IFFY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER COURT AFTER THIS ONE BEFORE IT EXPIRES.
SO WE WANTED TO COME FOR YOU ON THIS ONE AND REQUEST THAT WE GO AHEAD AND EXTEND IT THROUGH THE DATE THAT WE HAVE NOW, WHICH WAS AUGUST THE EIGHTH.
EXTEND IT FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS AFTER THAT TO ADD ANOTHER 30 DAYS TO IT THIS TIME SO WE CAN BE COVERED.
AND THAT'LL GIVE US ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MORE WEEKS RIGHT NOW.
THAT WOULD BE COVERED FOR SURE, BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT ON TOP OF US AND IT'S HERE.
SO WHAT ARE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SCENE AS FAR AS NUMBERS OF FIRES WE'RE NOT HAVING OR ANYTHING? UNFORTUNATELY.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE ACCIDENTAL FIRES SINCE THEN.
BURN BAND IS HELPED IN THAT REGARD STILL.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE, I MEAN THE, THE PEOPLE THAT PAY ATTENTION OBVIOUSLY ARE GONNA ABIDE AND BUY IT.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF FIRES EVEN DURING THE BURN BAND FROM PEOPLE WHO EITHER CLAIM THEY DON'T KNOW IT, DON'T KNOW IT OR DON'T CARE, BUT IT'S BEEN REAL QUIET SO FAR.
SO I THINK PEOPLE ARE PAYING A LOT MORE ATTENTION TO IT THIS YEAR THAN IN THE PAST.
I BELIEVE THE DAY THAT WE PUT THE BURN BAND ON IT RAIN FOR THE NEXT TIME DAYS.
I THINK IT NEED TO KEEP THIS SET ON.
YEAH, IT WOULD, WE'LL DO IT EVERY MEETING.
BUT RIGHT NOW I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT WE ADD ANOTHER 30 DAYS ON TO THE EXPIRATION DATE OF AUGUST THE EIGHTH, WHICH I BELIEVE IT
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PUT US PROBABLY THROUGH ABOUT SEPTEMBER 7TH.I THINK WE GONNA HAVE A FEW MORE DAYS OF A HUNDRED WE AHEAD OF, SO YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, MR. JACKSON, MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE BURN BURN BAND UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE SEVENTH.
UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK MAKES A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS ALL HER TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE STOP ILLEGAL DUMPING GRANT FROM THE, UM, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
THEN SHE ALSO WILL HAVE ANOTHER ITEM HERE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HEAR ABOUT THE, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING GRANT.
I'M GONNA LET CANDACE BOSWELL, WHO IS, UM, MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, GO AHEAD AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
SHE'LL BE THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE RUNNING THIS GRANT.
SO SHE'S THE PERSON THAT I THINK I'LL BE SENDING TO, TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.
UM, YOU GUYS, UH, VOTED TO PRELIST, UM, APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS BACK NOW.
AND IT'S THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND THEY HAVE APPROVED IT.
IT'S, UM, STOP ANOTHER STOP ILLEGAL DUMPING PROJECT.
SO PRIMARILY THE GOAL'S GONNA BE TO REMOVE, UM, ILLEGALLY DUMP TIRES THROUGHOUT KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND THAT'S THE MAIN GOAL OF IT.
WE HAD DONE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS ON ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS GRANTS.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, WE HAD ENOUGH FUNDS LEFT OVER AT THE END OF ONE TO HAVE A TIRE TRAILER COME IN.
SO WE, WE SAW THIS WORK BEAUTIFULLY.
AND I WORK, UM, PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE ABATEMENT OFFICERS, JOHNNY D. WALTER D***S, AND, UM, THEY LET ME KNOW WHERE THERE'S NEED AND HOW TO GET THEM CLEANED UP.
AND, AND WE, WE LEARNED, UM, THAT IF WE PUT THESE TRAILERS IN THE, AT THE KAUFMAN COUNTY, UH, RECYCLING, UH, LOCATION IS CENTRAL LOCATION LOCKED UP AT NIGHT, BOB OVERSEES, YOU KNOW, GOING IN AND, AND MAKING SURE THEY GET LOADED PROPERLY SO THAT EACH TRAILER IS MAXED OUT BEFORE WE HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, CYCLED THROUGH.
UM, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WE HAD APPROVED WAS 48,214 AND SHOULD ALLOW FOR AT LEAST EIGHT TO 10, EIGHT TO 10, UH, TRAILERS TO BE, UM, BROUGHT IN AND OUT THROUGH OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND IT'LL BE JUST A ROTATION BASIS AS EACH ONE'S FILLED.
WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THE NEXT ONE IN.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THE PRIMARY LOCATION'S GONNA BE THE, THE KAUFMAN CONVENIENCE AND RECYCLING CENTER.
IF, UM, THERE'S A NEED, IF YOU GUYS KNOW OF A NEED OR ANYTHING, Y'ALL CAN LET, LET US KNOW AND I'LL SEE ABOUT MAYBE IF WE CAN GET ANOTHER CONTAINER PLACED SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S HANDLED WHERE IT CAN BE LOCKED UP OR MAYBE, UM, OVERSEEN.
AND THEN, UM, I'M GONNA LET MOSTLY JOHNNY AND, AND WALTER HANDLE WHERE THE LOCATIONS ARE.
IF Y'ALL KNOW OF, UM, ANY MAJOR AREAS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP, YOU CAN LET ME OR THEM KNOW AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO GET 'EM HAULED OUT.
AND THEN, UH, OTHER THAN THE ILLEGALLY DUMPING THE TI, THE, THE TIRES THAT ARE, THAT ARE ILLEGALLY DUMPED WHERE THERE'S A SMALL EDUCATION COMPONENT WHERE WE'LL BE DOING PUBLIC AWARENESS EDUCATION THROUGH NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT FLYERS, BROCHURES, AND CIVIC, UM, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS.
ALSO A PROGRAM AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ODYSSEY WE DO EACH YEAR IN MARCH.
SO, UM, THERE, THERE WILL BE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THIS.
UM, THIS PROJECT, THERE'S GONNA, THERE'S SOME FUNDS FOR, UM, WIRELESS OUTDOOR NIGHT VISION CAMERAS, WHICH WE WANT TO PET AT EACH OF THE CONVENIENCE STATIONS.
UM, AND THEN THE RECYCLING STATION IN TARRELL.
AND I THINK WE HAD JUST ALLOWED FOR FOUR OF THOSE.
WE'LL SEE HOW THE MONEY GOES, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THERE.
IF YOU HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE YOU, WHERE SOMEBODY DUMPS SOMETHING OUT THERE ALMOST EVERY MONTH.
CAN YOU SET UP ANY CAMERAS OUT THERE LIKE THAT? SURE.
IN FACT, THE LAST, UM, THE LAST, UH, GRANT THAT WE HAD, WE HAD GOTTEN THE, UM, ABATEMENT OFFICERS, UH, A NIGHT SECURITY CAMERA AND IT'S MOBILE AND THEY CAN PUT IT WHEREVER THEY LIKE.
SO REALLY WE JUST NEED TO BE INFORMED OF IT AND WE CERTAINLY, YEAH, WE CERTAINLY CAN GET THAT OUT THERE.
SO YOU GO OUT AND CLEAN IT UP AND THEN THEY COME BACK THE NEXT MONTH OR NEXT WEEK.
IS THAT PRETTY COMMON? YEAH, ONE THEY SPOTS, YEAH.
NOBODY EVER SEEMS JUST CATCH RIGHT THERE.
WELL, WE DO HAVE, UM, THAT, SO WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN SET IT UP.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT WE STILL HAVE, UH, STOPPED ILLEGAL DUMPING BANNERS.
THE BIG YELLOW ONES THAT Y'ALL PROBABLY SEEN.
THEY'RE FOR COUNTY ROADS ONLY, NOT FOR IN CITIES, BUT ANYBODY THAT NEEDS ONE, WE STILL HAVE THOSE LEFT OVER.
I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY EFFECTIVE.
AND THE LAST, UM, CAMPAIGN HERE, WE HAD 'EM, I THINK WE PUT IN THERE THAT SURVEILLANCE WAS AROUND, SO IT WILL HELP DETER IT TOO.
AND SINCE WE GOT THE CAMERA, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, THERE'S A SMALL COMPONENT WHERE WE CAN, WE'RE GONNA PURCHASE SOME CLEANUP TOOLS BECAUSE WE, WE WE'RE IN NEED OF, UH, VEST AND TONGS AND THINGS.
SO WE GO AND DO NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS, EVERYBODY'S PROTECTED, AND WE CAN GET SOME NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS ARE, UM, INCLUDED IN THIS.
IF Y'ALL KNOW OF ANY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT REALLY COULD USE A CLEANUP, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, BIG,
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UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAY THIS, THE CHRONIC DUMP SITES THAT WILL NEED TO BE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY, BUT IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT REALLY HAVE A, HAVE A NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT, WE CAN ORGANIZE THAT AS WELL.PROBABLY GOT SOME OF THESE ON TAX SALE LOTS THAT WE GOT PROPERLY.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ABOUT ALL I'LL DO.
I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD TO GO ON THAT.
WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, WE'RE WAITING ON THE FINAL WORK.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RELEASE OF FUNDS OFFICIALLY YET, SO I DON'T, IT SHOULD BE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
UM, AND WE'LL GET GOING ON THAT.
AND IF ANYTHING Y'ALL KNOW THAT Y'ALL NEED WITH THIS, UM, PRAYER, IF WE CAN HELP YOU, JUST LET ME KNOW AND, AND WALTER, NICE.
GRANT NUMBER TWO HERE, IT SAYS YOU'RE GOING TO PURCHASE A WIRE THAT VISION SECURITY CAMERAS AND RECEIVERS TO BE PLACED AT THE THREE CONVENIENCE STATIONS IN COMAN COUNTY RECYCLING PLANT AS A DETERRENT TO ILLEGAL DUMPING.
UH, I ALREADY HAVE, DO YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE? I CAN, WE HAVE SURVEY AT, AT CAMP AND WE MAY NEED, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE PRECINCT TWO TWO OVER THERE WHERE THEY'VE GOT THE ONE CONTAINER OUT THERE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE DUMPING OVER.
WE HAD, I TALKED TO, UM, WAS PAUL OVER THERE AND THEY, THEY MAY COULD USE ONE OUT THERE.
SO WE, WE WILL STILL PURCHASE THE CAMERAS AND PUT THEM WHERE WE MAY NEED.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM DOWN THERE THAT WORKS REALLY WELL, SO.
AND I MAY WANNA FIND OUT WHAT YOU USED BEFORE I PURCHASE THESE IF IT'S A, GEORGE IS MY AND TALKED TO HIM.
UM, AND SO THAT'S THAT THE, THE SECOND SHEET WE WENT AHEAD AND, AND PASSED OUT WAS JUST THE KAUFMAN COUNTY RECYCLING PLANT THERE IN TARA.
THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR THIS YEAR.
IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE GRANT, BUT IT'S THE RECYCLING DATA THAT Y'ALL CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE THERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I KNOW THAT WE HAD AN, THE NEXT ITEM IS ALSO ENROLLED US IN NIGHT NUMBER 19.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S A DUPLICATE OF THE IT IS OF THIS ONE.
SO, UM, AND I WILL, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO SEE IF ANYBODY CAUGHT THAT.
I DID, WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING FOR RIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, REQUEST THE $28,000.
CAN WE USE, COULD YOU USE THAT MONEY? WE ALL SPEND PROBABLY $35 A MONTH RENTER TRAILER ALREADY FOR TIRES.
WE SPEND A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO EMPTY THOSE TRAILERS.
CAN THAT PAY FOR THAT FOR JUST FOR TIRES? THAT'S ALL WE USE.
WE ALL DO THAT FOR MIKE COMMEND.
IT IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO, IF WE HAVE THE PAPERWORK THAT'LL SHOW THE COST AND EVERYTHING OF THAT SO I CAN SHOW THE, DO THE RECEIPTS AND EVERYTHING, LIKE WRITE THAT.
I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, THERE WASN'T, KATHLEEN HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT AND WE HAD TO BRING IN A, A NEW SET OF A NEW TRAILER AND HAVE IT HAVE IT PULLED OFF SEPARATELY.
BUT I'D HAVE, I HAVE TO GO AND ASK AND LOOK AT AT THAT.
YEAH, WE CAN FIND THAT CHECK WITH COG.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR, AND ANOTHER THING WOULD BE REALLY GOOD IF WE HAD THE INFORMATION ON HOW OFTEN YOU'RE MM-HMM
YOU'RE, UH, SENDING THOSE OUT.
WE HAVE YARDS ABOUT ONCE A YEAR, DON'T WE, JACK? OR? I DON'T THINK SO.
SO JACK HAS ALL THAT INFORMATION.
TWO, MAYBE YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT.
I GET, SEEMS LIKE DOWN, DOWN TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR IT KIND OF DROPS OFF AND WE CARRY IT OVER FROM TO RIGHT.
FEBRUARY I THINK IS WHEN OUR RUNS FROM ABOUT OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY.
SO I'M, I'M ANTICIPATING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MEET WITH EVERYBODY AND TRY TO GET A PLAN.
UM, BUT SHE, SHE REALLY FELT LIKE THAT THE ABATEMENT OFFICERS COULD USE THIS ONE AT THE ROFFMAN STATION.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO SEE HOW THE MONEY GOES AND RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, BUT IT, IT DOES, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN'T AT LEAST HAVE THEM EMPTIED OR IF THEY'RE FULL AND WE COULD HAVE THEM EMPTIED.
I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO COG AND FIND OUT ON THAT ONE.
I JUST REMEMBERED KATHLEEN, I THOUGHT I HAD AN ISSUE LAST WITH THE, SHE'S WHAT THE, THE CORA WAS WITH HIM AND THERE WAS A REASON WE COULDN'T, YOU'LL BE HARD PRESSED TO GET 6,000 TIRES THROUGH THE PATEMAN OFFICERS.
THEY'VE ALREADY SAID THEY'VE ALREADY GOT ABOUT A THOUSAND THAT THEY COULD, THE FIRST COUPLE OF TRAILERS WILL BE FULL AND, AND HAULED AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THAT.
UM, IT, IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE YEAR WITH THESE FUNDS.
SO, UM, EVEN IF WHAT WE DO IS PLACE ONE, UH, I I THINK WE CAN WORK IT OUT.
I THINK THAT WE COULD WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH.
WE HAD 10 LAST TIME AND WE, WE DID IT, WE FILLED 10 OF 'EM, BUT WE HAD PEOPLE FROM THE LAKE COMING IN AND BRINGING STUFF.
I MEAN, ONCE PEOPLE FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE THIS OR THE ABATEMENT OFFICERS HAVE THE ACCESS TO THIS, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE MORE PEOPLE NEEDING, YOU KNOW, TELLING US OF THEIR NEEDS.
I'LL LET THE NEXT MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM SEVEN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, GRANT
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MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED BY THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OP FOLKS? SO MAY COMMISSIONER MANNY MAKES MOTION COMMISSIONER JACKSON SECOND THE DISCUSSION.THE NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RENEWING AGREEMENT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OP FOR 1213.
WHY DON'T, IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE END OF THAT WAY, THESE, THESE GUYS WON'T HAVE TO TWIST.
UM, WE ARE SUBMITTING FOR THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, MANAGING RIGHT NOW.
UH, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IN NEXT YEAR OR TWO WE WON'T HAVE TO REQUEST MORE FUNDING, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE REQUESTING THE SAME AMOUNT AND, UM, PROVIDING THE SAME SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE ANY NEED TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY.
OUR RECYCLING PLANT HAS HELPED US A LOT.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF MAINTAIN AND THAT'S, THAT'S HELPING US.
WE HAVE 12 EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE HAVING TO, TO KEEP GOING.
SO THE RECYCLING IS SUSTAINING ALL OF THIS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A BIG HELP.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, AS WE GET GRANTS, WE PUT ON NEW PROGRAMS AND THEN SOMETIMES WE HAVE, WE CAN'T MANAGE ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS, BUT WE TRY OUR BEST WITH THE ONE THING THAT I, I REMEMBERED THAT WE HAD MENTIONED IS ON THE STOP ILLEGAL DUMPING.
WE USED TO DO A ADOPT A COUNTY ROAD PROGRAM AND SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT, AND WE HAVE KIND OF GONE AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN DOING.
BUT I THOUGHT BECAUSE OF THE STOP ILLEGAL DUMPING, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PROGRAM TO KIND OF JUST RE REVISIT.
UM, IT IS A CONTRACT, UM, PROGRAM WHERE YOU CONTRACT WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS GOING OUT AND CLEANING UP AND THEN YOU STATE THE COMMISSIONER STATES THAT THEY'LL COME OUT AND PICK UP THAT TRASH.
UM, THE REASON THAT WE STARTED THIS YEARS AGO WAS BECAUSE I FOUND OUT THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE CLEANING UP THEIR, THEIR ROADS, THEIR COUNTY ROADS WERE ACTUALLY HAVING TO PAY TO TAKE THAT TRASH TO THE CONVENIENCE STATIONS.
AND IT WAS TRASH THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WAS THROWING ALL OVER THEIR YARD.
SO, UM, WE KIND OF MADE THIS LITTLE AGREEMENT.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY RELOOK AT THAT AND THEN BRING THAT TO THE COURT SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE THE PAPERWORK, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INVOLVED IN IT QUITE YET.
UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT WE DO, OR HAZARDOUS WASTE, WE GO OUT AND EDUCATE ABOUT HAZARDOUS WASTE.
WE ALSO, UM, DO A LOT OF RECYCLING.
WE DO A LOT OF CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS. WE DO CLEANUPS.
WE WORK WITH UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T CONTINUE.
MARILYN HAS THE, HAS THE MARKET GONE UP ON ANY OF THESE BAILLE COMMODITIES THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE BAILING ANY AT ALL? IS IS THERE ANY PLASTICS HAVE GONE DOWN JUST RECENTLY IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS? UM, BASICALLY EVERYTHING'S DOWN RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM.
IT'S JUST LIKE I ASK YOU IF YOU, IF YOU NO SAME, SAME, SAME THING.
AND I ACTUALLY AM INVOLVED IN, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT, UM, RECYCLERS THAT WE WORK WITH AND WHOEVER GIVES ME THE BEST PRICE, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN REALLY LUCKY BECAUSE ORANGE COUNTY WHO IS DOWN IN FORNEY, THEY HAVE GIVEN US EXCELLENT TERMS AND, AND THEY WORK WITH US AND GIVE US REALLY GOOD PRICING.
UM, ROCK 10 DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
SO I HAVE AN IP, UM, INTERNATIONAL PAPER OVER IN CARROLLTON.
SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT TRUCK, WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE THINGS AND WHEREVER THE, YOU KNOW, THEY SEND ME A SHEET EVERY BEGINNING OF EVERY MONTH AND I COMPARE WHO'S GONNA GIVE ME WHATEVER PRICE AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEND IT TO.
SO WE'RE MOVING STUFF ALL THE TIME TO DIFFERENT PLACES.
WELL, I WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT COMMISSIONER DEN, AS HE GOES OUT OF THE OFFICE, HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF GOLD, BUT HE'LL BE ING RECYCLED.
OH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I MADE THAT PUBLIC, BUT I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
I I ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I KNEW JERRY THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY QUITE A LOT OF BEER CAMP
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I HAVEN'T SEEN.ANYWAY, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND, AND I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OP IS HELD IN HIGH REGARD AS THE COUNCIL GOVERNOR.
SO BEYOND A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO GO OUT AND SECURE THESE GRANTS, THAT'S UH, THAT'S A S THING FOR OUR COUNTY.
I'M NEVER SURE HOW, BUT WE KEEP DOING, YOU DO SOME ANYWAY.
AND WE USED TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT PICKED UP THEIR TRASH AND PUT IT IN A PLACE AND WE'D PICK IT UP, BUT RIGHT, I NOTICED THAT, THAT I DON'T SEE THAT ANYMORE.
I THINK IT JUST NEEDS TO BE READDRESSED.
I THOUGHT THAT WORKED PRETTY WELL.
AND WE HAD SOME SIGN, WE HAD SOME ALUMINUM SIGNS, WHICH I'M SURE HAVE BEEN HIJACKED.
UM, THAT SAID THAT THAT ROAD WAS THEIRS AND THAT THEY HAD ADOPTED.
SO WAS THERE, UH, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROGRAM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ABOUT THREE TIMES A MONTH I GET SOMEBODY THAT SAYS, WELL, I'VE GOT A PICKUP LOADER OF GARBAGE THAT I PICKED UP OFF SUCH AND SUCH ROAD.
IT'S PROBABLY, AND I SAID, WELL, LET ME RUN OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THE ROAD.
AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT SOMEBODY'S GONE BACK RIGHT AFTER THEY PICKED IT ALL UP AND TRASHED A MILE AND A HALF ROAD.
SO IS THERE ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT THAT WAS DONE TO, I HAVE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP FOR IT.
IF THAT'S WHAT, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SIGNED UP BEFOREHAND.
THEY SIGNED UP AND THEN THEY GO OUT AND PICK IT UP.
THERE'S A NEW, THEN THEY BRING IT IN, THERE'S A CONTRACT.
AND PROBABLY COMMISSIONER LER SINCE SIGNED IT WITH, WITH, AND I KNOW OF ONE FAMILY OUT IN CAMP THAT, THAT DID THIS ON, I'VE GOT THEIR NAMES.
OURS WOULD PICK IT UP AND THEN JUST PILE IT IN A, IN A RIGHT.
AND THEN JUST ASK YOU TO PICK IT UP AND WE'LL JUST PICK IT UP WHEN THESE FOLKS JUST WEREN'T BRING IT IN.
YEAH, THERE IS AND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT, I'LL, I'LL DIG BACK THIS, THE PROGRAM A LITTLE FURTHER.
I DON'T THINK, UM, I'M NOT EVEN EVEN SURE.
DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN THAT? NO, WE, SO THAT'S PROBABLY USUALLY THE, SOME OF THE SERVICE SCRIPTS WILL GO OUT THERE AND DO A CLEANUP OR WHATEVER IN TOWN STATE HIGHWAY OR WHATEVER.
AND IF THEY TELL US THAT THEY'LL STOP PROBLEM PICK IT UP.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND I KNOW YOU HAVE ONE.
AND, AND I PROBABLY, THEY'RE PROBABLY REALLY STILL ACTIVE AND IT'S PROBABLY BEEN EIGHT YEARS OR NINE YEARS SINCE WE DID THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MARILYN? NO.
IT'S, SHOULD WE NOT WAIT UNTIL AFTER WE HAVE THE BUDGET VISIT, BEFORE WE APPROVE ANY EXPENDITURES FOR NEXT YEAR? IS IT FAIR TO EVERYBODY ELSE? AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS, BUT IF WE HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE, I MEAN, DO WE KNOW? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WELL, IS DEADLINE, UH, I DON'T THINK WE INTENDED FOR IT TO EVEN BE ON THERE.
WELL WE PUT IT ON THERE TWICE ACTUALLY.
WE, ME, WE'VE TO THE BUDGET OF, WE'VE NOT APPROVED BUDGET YET, SO WE CAN HOLD OFF ON THAT'S FINE.
AND YOU USUALLY TELL US WHAT THE END OF AUGUST OR SO, OR YEAH, BEFORE.
UH, BUT FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT THERE WAS A NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET IT DONE BECAUSE OF THE GRANT, UH, TIMELINE AND COUNCIL GOVERNMENT.
THERE WASN'T A, OKAY, WELL WE CAN JUST HOLD OFF ON THIS AND WE'LL JUST, UH, GO AHEAD AND RIGHT NOW IT IS BUILT INTO THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET WE HAVE.
SO WE WON'T TAKE ANY ACTION ON ITEM SEVEN OR THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE HAVE.
SO, OKAY, I MOVE A MOTION THE BUDGET, MR. A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THOSE OPPOSED? I MEAN THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR.
UH, I ALWAYS TRY TO GET THE OPPOSING VOTE DONE FURTHER, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER MAKING CHANGES TO SICK LEAVE POLICY FOR COLSTON COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYED THIS YEAR WAS THIS MORNING, THIS SHOULD FOLLOW UP FROM WHAT WE DID THE OTHER DAY, I BELIEVE.
UM, ONLY THING I CHANGED WAS, UH, I WANTED THE MAXIMUM TO BE 80, SO I CHANGED THAT.
UM, AND THEN I GOT MY PANEL TOGETHER.
UM, I HAVE FIVE PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEERED TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR PANEL AND THAT IS, UH, TOM MAN AND RHONDA, HUEY, LESLIE, LESLIE PO.
I,
SO THEY HAVE ALL VOLUNTEERED TO BE MEMBERS OF MY PANEL IF THEIR SERVICES ARE NEEDED.
IF YOU'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO ONLINE TO LOOK AT THE UH, UH, ON THE WEBSITE, IT'S ALL THERE.
UP AND GOING OUT LOOKING THROUGH IT THE OTHER DAY.
WE ALREADY HAVE A POSITION IN PRECINCT TWO POSTED, SO THAT'S GOING
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VERY WELL WITH THE APPLICATION POLICY.ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT WITH LORI? WE GONNA MEET TO GO OVER, UH, THE CRITERIA FOR DOING THAT BEFORE WE HAVE A CASE.
WE GONNA WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A CASE, HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN THAT WANTS TO DONATE AND THEN ADMIT IT'S ONLY, THE PANEL'S ONLY GONNA MEET IF SOMEONE IS WANTING TO WITHDRAW LEAVE.
AND THEN IF UM, IT'S NOT A BLACK AND WHITE KIND OF CASE, THEN, THEN WE WOULD CALL THE PANEL AND MEET.
SO THEY WOULDN'T MEET FOR EVERY CASE.
ONLY IF IT'S, IF I DENY IT OR IF IT'S NOT A CLEAR CASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CHANGES TO THE SICK LEAVE POLICY FOR COMAN COUNTY EMPLOYEES AS STATED.
MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MR. ROUTE AND SECOND MOTION.
YOU HAVE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS FROM THE TREASURER JOHNNY COUNTRYMAN, UH, FOR HIS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE, 2012.
I A THESE LIED COULD BE D HERE.
I CAN'T EXCUSE WHY, WHAT SHOULD BE SAYING.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU'LL SEE THAT MONEY I THINK THAT GOES DOWN.
THIS BE, WE'LL DISCUSS IT ONE AT A TIME.
THE COUNTY REPORT IS ON THE TOP.
IT'S JUST A, I WILL TELL YOU THAT AS IF WE STAND RIGHT NOW, UH, WE HAVE 400,000 MORE IN THE OPERATING ACCOUNT.
WE'RE SPENDING THE HECK OUT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
BUT, UH, WE BETTER SHAPE FOR THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
SO I GUESS THAT MEANS NO, NO BARGAIN AGAINST JUDGE.
I'M NOT FOR REASON, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE SOLD EVERY SO OFTEN ABOUT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK.
THEY CAN'T HOLD OVER OUR MONEY FOR PLEDGING REASONS AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET BACK TO ME WHEN THEY CAN'T HOLD IT.
AND I'M AFRAID THEY, WE MISJUDGE IT BACK TO JUNE TO SEE 'EM ON THE SECOND PAGE THERE.
WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT $5 MILLION IN TEXTBOOK WE SHOULDN'T HAVE IN THERE.
MONEY MARKET, TECHNICALLY PAID, PAID NOTHING.
SO THIRD PAGE THERE THAT THEY'RE ONLY PAYING 0.0153 JUST PAYING MONEY.
MARKET PLAN 0.65, WHICH IS NOT MUCH WAY.
BUT IF WE MOVE THAT FIVE BIG NOW INTO A MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT, MARKET 0.65.
DOES THE MONEY MARKET DRIVE 0.65? YEAH.
OVER WORD IS THAT'S PROBABLY A, THAT'S PROBABLY AN ALL TIME LOAD TEXTBOOK.
EVEN IF WE HAD THE MONEY AND TO PUT IT INTO A SIX MONTH CD.
SO BACK ON WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK, WE HAVE MORE IN THERE THAN THEY HAD AT TIMES.
I GUESS IT A PLEDGING PROBLEM.
WE ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM BACK IN, UH, FEBRUARY, MARCH, YEAH.
THEY SUPPOSED TO NOTIFY US BACK THEN.
THAT'LL PROBABLY SHOW UP AS YES SIR.
AN EXCEPTION ON THE AUDIT NEXT TIME.
BUT THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW IT NOW.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT SCHOOL TIME.
TIME WE, WELL IT'S PROBABLY FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL KILL BANK.
BUT WE'LL HAVE 18 TO 12 $15 MILLION THAT CAN HANDLE.
WELL IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT OUR UH, OUR FUND WAS UP TO 400,000 AND WAS LAST YEAR.
IF I CONSIDERABLY TWO IN ADDITION TO THAT.
THIS TIME TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE ALMOST IN MONEY PARTY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROWDEN MAKES THAT MOTION.
SECOND COMMISSIONER MANNING SECONDS.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND THEN ALSO PRESENT AND ACCEPT THE TREASURY QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING, UH, JUNE, 2012.
WE HAVE MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MAN.
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OTHER DISCUSSION? SEVEN, FIVE.AND THEN ALSO, UH, QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
IS THAT THE SAME THING? QUARTER QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT OR, UH, THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE, 2012.
I THINK THAT THE STATE HAS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT QUARTERLY NOW.
SO HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NOW ITEM NUMBER 12 IS TO HEAR OF GEORGE YORK ON THE RECENT IT COMMITTEE MEETING.
JUDGE, I'LL HAVE TO STAND BACK HERE 'CAUSE MY WELL HEAD THE LIGHT WITH LINE WITH FOLKS.
UM, WE HAD A GOOD MEETING FRIDAY.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS A OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON WHAT WE DO AND IS TO HEAR FROM THE FOLKS WHO ARE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE TECHNOLOGY TO ADVISE US ON THE DIRECTION THEY WANT THE COUNTY GO.
UM, WE HAVE VALUABLE INPUT FROM LAURA HUGHES.
UM, JACK SEBASTIAN, THE PURCHASING AGENT, THE AUDITOR.
UM, LAURIE FLOYD GAVE US SOME GOOD INFORMATION.
AND CAPTAIN ZAPETA, WE HAD A GUEST SPEAKER FROM MASTER FILES AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THEM IN JUST A MINUTE.
THE FIRST ITEM WE DISCUSSED WAS THE BUDGET.
NOW IN THE PAST WE TEND TO PATCH THINGS, REPAIR AND UPGRADE THINGS TO THAT.
SO AS A RESULT WE HAVE A LOT OF PCS AND THINGS IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, OH, WE, WE PRETTY MUCH DO THAT UNTIL IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE THE VITAL COMPONENTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
AND AT THAT POINT WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY THESE AREAS WHERE THE COSTS ARE ON TUESDAY WHEN I COME SEE YOU FOLKS IN THE BUDGET RANGE, WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS.
SO BASICALLY WE LOOK AT THOSE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS FROM CISCO PRODUCTS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS.
AND, UM, IT'S MORE THAN WE TYPICALLY ASK FOR OR WE, BUT MY GOAL IS TO REPRESENT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE.
WE MAY DO NOTHING MORE THAN FUND WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, BUT AGAIN, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT DICTATE THAT WE SHALL CHANGE.
AND AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THIS PAST YEAR WE KNEW THAT AUSTIN WAS GONNA GIVE US AN AUDIT
AND WE KNEW THAT WHILE THE CONCEPT OF END OF LIFE WAS KIND OF VAGUE TO IN THE EYES OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE CISCO PRODUCTS, THEY'RE USED FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA TO FLOW THROUGH, NEED TO BE AT A CERTAIN RELEASE LEVEL.
SO LAST YEAR WE BUDGETED FOR AND REPLACED PRODUCT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT, UH, KNOWING THAT THIS IS COMING.
SO WHILE END OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT AND PRODUCTS OR PARTS AND COMPONENTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS WHICH WE DON'T CONTROL THAT DICTATE WHEN WE HAVE TO CHANGE THESE THINGS.
UM, THE NEXT ITEMS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT ARE SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT LAURA HUGHES HAS IN HER OFFICE.
UM, WE HAVE A PRODUCT THAT, UH, WHEN, UH, ED WALTON WAS DA, HE USED CAMERON'S DAD, I DON'T IF YOU FOLKS REMEMBER HIM, A PRODUCT CALLED ICLOUD.
WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL COLLECTING WITH THAT PRODUCT AND A LAURA'S OFFICE IS GONNA, UH, USE THAT AGAIN.
AND WE LOOKED OVER SOME, I THINK COMMISSIONER CLARK WANTED TO KIND OF WEIGH IN ON THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO POSSIBLY USE THE NAME, THE JPS AND SO ON.
SO IT WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT ILOW.
UM, WE LEARNED THAT THERE ISN'T SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH THE TYLER ODYSSEY PRODUCT YET, BUT WE FELT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO GO FORWARD WITH THE ILOW PRODUCT.
SINCE THERE ARE COUNTIES THAT ARE IN FACT WORKING WITH ODYSSEY AND WORKING ON AN INTEGRATION PIECE.
UM, WE HEARD FROM, UH, FOLKS FROM A COMPANY CALLED MASTER FILES.
NOW WHAT THEY DO IS PROVIDE SKIP TRACE SOFTWARE THAT'S, UM, VERY GOOD, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
IN FACT, THEY'RE BEING USED BY A LOT OF FOLKS IN DALLAS COUNTY.
THEY'RE BEING USED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, UH, MASTER FILES IS A SKIP TRACING AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF OPTIONS WE CAN EMPLOY WITH THEIR PRODUCT.
BUT WE LEARNED FROM, UH, LAURA HUGHES THAT ALL HER OFFICE HOLDS TO DO IS LOOK AT ADDRESSES.
SO, UM, WHILE THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM FROM MASTER FILES DID SAY THAT, SHOULD WE USE THE PRODUCT TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SO ON, OR TO DO INVASIVE SEARCHES THAT WE SHOULD BACKGROUND CHECK, BACKGROUND CHECK ANY FOLKS IN THE COUNTY TAKE US IN THE EVENT THAT THEY'RE DOING SUCH THINGS.
HOWEVER, WE HEARD THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE DOING THAT IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
SO THAT KIND OF PUT THAT AT EASE.
I THINK THAT WAS A, A CONCERN THAT COMMISSIONER CLARK HAD, BUT WE KIND OF PUT THAT IN THE BED.
UM, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER TRAINING, UH, THING THAT LAURA TALKED ABOUT AND SHE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WE HEARD FROM BARBARA DOTY ON AN UPDATE WITH EPAY IN THE, IN THE JURY MODULE.
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UM, WE'VE GONE AROUND TO THE JPS, WE'VE SHOWN THE PRODUCT INSTALLED.UM, WE'VE DONE SOME TRAINING WITH THE J UH, THE JP CLERKS AND WE WILL BE, UH, IMPLEMENTING EPAY DIRECTLY.
UM, THE BENEFITS OF THE PRODUCT IS RATHER THAN A THIRD PARTY THAT REQUIRES THE JP CLERK TO ENTER THE DATA WHEN PAYMENTS ARE MADE.
THE BENEFIT TO EPAY IS THE PRODUCT SEAMLESSLY INPUTS THE DATA TO THE DATABASE WITHOUT THE, WITHOUT THE JP CLERK DOING ANY WORK.
SO THAT'LL BE A BENEFIT TO US.
IT'S BEEN A KIND OF A WHILE COMING.
IT'S BEEN, UH, KIND OF ON THE BACK BURNER A LITTLE BIT.
THEY HAD ISSUES IN COL COUNTY, WHICH THEY RESOLVED.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
WE'RE ALSO MOVING FORWARD WITH JURY.
WE HOPE TO HAVE JURY UP AND RUNNING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE PLATFORM AND THE JURY PRODUCT WE USE TODAY IS GOING AWAY AND THAT'LL KIND OF LEAD US INTO THE THIRD ITEM.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UM, FOURTH ITEM, AN UPDATE ON OUR NEW FINANCIAL SOFTWARE THIS PAST WEEK OR SO, WE, UM, SENT, UM, ALL THE DATA, ALL THE FINANCIAL DATA TO FCW.
THEY'VE GONE THROUGH IT, THEY'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH IT.
THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE CONVERSION.
UM, THE HARDWARE PLATFORM, THE SOFTWARE WILL RESIDE OUT HERE.
THE COUNTY HAS BEEN ORDERED, IT'S BEEN SHIPPED.
SO AS SOON AS WE PUT THAT IN PLACE, WE WILL HAVE A, UH, A DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE WHEN WE'LL FINALLY FINISH AND TRAIN EVERYONE.
THE TENTATIVE SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A FOUR MONTH PROCESS BETWEEN CONVERSION, GO LIVE TRAINING AND SO ON.
UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT WITH OUR FINANCIALS.
IF YOU'LL GO TO, UH, THE COUNTY WEBSITE, THERE'S A LINK ON THE FRONT VOTING LOCATIONS AND VOTING MAPS.
THIS WAS A PRODUCT WHICH KIND OF WENT AWAY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
WE HAD A REQUEST FROM JANELLE AT THE, UH, ELECTIONS.
WE'VE GOT THAT BACK ONLINE, UP AND RUNNING AND UPDATED WITH ALL THE NEW MAP LAYERS.
ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD A USER AND PASSWORD OF CO MAPS.COM IN THE PAST.
WILL WORK, WILL CONTINUE TO WORK.
IF YOU NEED A NEW ONE, GO AHEAD AND LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL GET DOWN, UP AND RUNNING.
AND I THINK COMMISSIONER HERE WOULD, IN SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE, UH, RUNNING FOR OFFICE, WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT THE WAY THAT WORKS, YOU TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS AND IT'LL SHOW YOU A ROUTE TO WHERE YOU VOTE.
IT CAN TAKE SOME CONSIDERATION INTO CONSOLIDATION OF THE BOXES AND THEN HAS A LIST OF INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO ACTUALLY GET THERE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT DURING THE PRIMARY, BUT WE WILL FOR THE RUNOFF FOR HOPEFULLY IN NOVEMBER.
THE PRODUCT WAS DEVELOPED BY, YOU KNOW, MY SON SEAN, HE WAS HERE, HE DID IT ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND HE'S RECENTLY UPDATED THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE GOING FORWARD.
AND THAT'S, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY FURTHER COMMENT.
HAS ANYBODY TRIED TO GET ON THE BACK PART ON THERE? I'M SORRY.
ME BEING THE COMPUTER EXPERT THAT I AM, GEORGE, I COULDN'T GET IT TO WORK.
I DROVE SLOW BY HIS HOUSE WHEN THE BLOODS WENT LIKE THAT I TOOK OFF.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S WATCHING.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, GEORGE? ON ITEM NUMBER 12.
DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY APPROVAL OR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST AN UPDATE FROM YOU, WHICH AFFECTS THE NEXT THREE ITEMS. NOT WE'LL.
AND THIS IS, UH, FROM COUNTY CLERK MS. HUGHES TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER.
AND THESE WERE THE ITEMS AT THE TABLE AT THE LAST MEETING UNTIL THE IT COMMITTEE COULD MEET AND TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A CONTRACT FOR TYLER ODYSSEY SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION AND TRAINING FOR COLLECTIONS MODULE AND ALLOWING THE COUNTY CLERK TO USE DEDICATED FUNDS TO PAY FOR.
AND I THINK THAT WAS DISCUSSION THAT WE, UH, HAD WITH THE IT COMMITTEE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? I THINK THE QUESTION I HAD WAS, LORI, YOU PROBABLY JUST EXPLAINED THIS IN NEXT, WHAT, WHAT'S THAT GONNA DO? AND YOU EXPLAINED THAT TO US, BUT NOT KNOW.
THE LATEST UPGRADE TO TYLER ODYSSEY INCLUDED A COURT COLLECTIONS MODULE AND YOU HAVE TO CONFIGURE YOUR SYSTEM SO THAT WHEN YOU START USING IT, IT WORKS.
AND BARBARA AND I AND IT, IT GIVES US SOME DIFFERENT REPORTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND BARBARA AND I SAT THROUGH THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND WE TRIED TO GET IT CONFIGURED TO WORK AND WE COULDN'T QUITE GET IT.
WE'RE NOT X XING THE RIGHT BOX OR WE'RE NOT DOING SOMETHING.
WE, WE'VE BEEN ON A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO CLEAR IT UP BECAUSE IT JUST TAKES SOME, SOME MORE IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE THAN WHAT WE HAVE ON THE SURFACE.
SO WHAT WE'VE ASKED 'EM, AND WE ASK 'EM WHEN WE WENT TO THEIR CONFERENCE, WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVE US FEET ON THE GROUND, GET THIS UP AND RUNNING, AND THEN TRAIN THE
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MY CLERKS ON EXACTLY WHAT THE PRODUCT WILL DO.AND, UM, WHAT THEY'VE ALSO ASKED US TO DO IS HELP THEM TO ENHANCE THE PACKAGE.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM AND NOT ONLY TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING, BUT TO PUSH IT FURTHER AND MAKE IT A BETTER PRODUCT.
AND THIS CONTRACT IS, IS JUST FOR THREE AND A HALF DAYS OF TRAINING TO HAVE THEM HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, CONSIDER THIS CONTRACT WITH TYLER OON.
I'LL MOVE THAT WE ENTER THE CONTRACT WITH TYLER OON.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. CLARK.
MAN, WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
AYE, THOSE ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A CONTRACT FOR MASTER FILES OF ELECTRONIC DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE, EXCLUDING NEIGHBOR SEARCH FOR COLLECTIONS AND ALLOWING THE COUNTY CLERK TO USE, UH, DEDICATED FUNDS TO PAY FOR ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT I REALLY HAVE TO FOLLOW.
THAT'S ONE FOR, FOR THE IT COMMITTEE.
AND THE REASON WAS THAT THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK UP AND THIS, IT TURNED OUT, THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT LAURA'S LOOKING FOR IS WHAT WE GOT.
AND MY CONCERN ABOUT IT WAS THAT, UH, ANYBODY COULD JUST GO IN THERE AND TYPE IN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT WE'LL COME UP WITH YOUR RELATIVES SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES THAT'LL COME UP WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR'S ADDRESS AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.
AND I DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT ACT, THOSE, THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION SHOULD BE OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC.
NOW THE GUY THAT'S GUILTY, 'CAUSE I GUESS HE'S ALREADY GUILTY BY THIS TIME, IS HE NOT THE GUY THAT'S GUILTY OF THAT? ALL THAT INFORMATION WE NEED FOR SURE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INNOCENT PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT I THOUGHT COULD BE IMPACTED BY IDENTITY THEFT IF THAT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE.
JUST LIKE THIS REPORT SHOWS, UH, IN TALKING WITH THE MASTER PILES GUY, HE SAID THAT YOU CAN TWEAK THIS CONTRACT TO NOT, DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
AND IF THAT INFORMATION'S NOT AVAILABLE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
LIKE I SAY, THE, THEY NEEDED TO LOOK UP TO FIND OUT WHERE THE GUILTY PARTY IS, WHAT HE'S DOING, WHATEVER.
MY CONCERN WAS THE, THE RELATIVES AND THE NEIGHBORS, THE EXTRA INFORMATION.
YEAH, IT WAS OUT THERE AND IT SURE LOOKED LIKE WE, WE'D BID SOME LIABILITY FOR IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE DIDN'T WANNA DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THE PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA BE DOING THIS WORK.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT, HOW THIS INFORMATION CAN BE LEAKED OUT WHERE, BUT IF IT'S NOT THERE TO START WITH, IT CAN'T BE LEAKED OUT.
AND SO WE WENT THROUGH, UM, MASTER FILE, THE THE BACK PAGE.
IT BASICALLY TELLS YOU ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE AND UM, I THINK THIS, THIS LAST PAGE ON YOUR CONTRACT SHOWS, AND, AND RAY AND I WENT THROUGH THE COMMISSION AND I WENT THROUGH IT AND WE SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, I, I TOLD HIM THIS, I DON'T NEED THIS INFORMATION.
I ALREADY HAVE THIS INFORMATION.
WHAT I NEED IS THE ADDRESS BECAUSE THE DEFENDANTS TEND TO MOVE A LOT AND, AND I THINK WE HAD BROUGHT IN A HUNDRED LETTERS THAT WERE SENT OUT AND 40 OF 'EM CAME BACK WITH BAD ADDRESSES.
AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO LOOK LOCATE THESE PEOPLE.
AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT THAT'S COME BACK WITH THE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE OTHER COUNTIES.
AND I WAS ABLE TO ASSURE THE COMMISSIONER, ALL I NEED IS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK UP THE ADDRESS AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THESE DEFENDANTS BECAUSE OCA REQUIRES THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO NOTIFY THEM BY PHONE AND BY ADDRESS WHEN THEY'RE DELINQUENT.
AND, UH, SO WE WENT BACK AND KIND OF MODIFIED THIS AGENDA ITEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, LET ME HAVE THE DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE LOOK UP MINUS THE NEIGHBOR PART OF IT AND, UH, WORK WITH GEORGE AND MASTER FILES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING.
AND AGAIN, I I COME TO THE COURT, I'M LOOKING FOR THE 10 CENTS A HIT, BUT NOT THE CREDIT REPORT AT $3 AND 50 CENTS A PIECE.
BUT THIS IS THE CHEAPEST ALTERNATIVE OUT THERE VERSUS JUST USING, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC DATA.COM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, RIGHT? SO YOU, YOU, YOU CAN TWEETED SO THEY CAN'T GET THE INFORMATION FROM YOU, THE RELATIVES OR THE NEIGHBORS.
YES, THE, THE RELATIVES ONLY CAME WITH THE CREDIT PART OF IT.
THE NEIGHBOR PART CAME WITH THE ELECTRONIC DIRECTORY LOOK UP.
AND WE'RE EXCLUDING THAT ANY MOTION.
SO THIS WILL BE THIS, THIS WILL BE THE CONTRACT THAT WILL BE AMENDED.
IT'LL BE, IT WON'T BE AMENDED, IT WILL BE WRITTEN SUCH THAT THAT'S ALL WE'RE GETTING.
AND WE'LL, THEY'LL GIVE US, WE GO, WE'LL DO A DETAILED REPORT AT THE END OF EVERY MONTH AND VERIFY IT AND WE'LL ALSO BE BILLED, WE'LL VERIFY THE AUDIT TO THE BILL BASED ON COURT CASES.
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FOR THE STATE BIRTH RECORDS.IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU KNOW, BUT TO CHART OFF WITH IT WAS KIND OF LIKE IT INFORMATION ON EVERYBODY PLUS THE CREDIT INFORMATION AND THERE WAS NO ACTUALLY CHECKS AND BALANCES ON, UH, LOOKING UP ON RED PARK JUST BECAUSE YOU COURTESY WHO I OWE MONEY TO OR WHATEVER.
NOW SHE'S GONNA HAVE IT WHERE IT ONLY BE LOOKED UP IF GREG PARK IS OZ ON A TICKET OR OZ ON FINE.
I HAVE TO HAVE SAID THE CAUSE NUMBER HAS TO BE ATTACHED E EACH QUERY ON IT.
SO ONLY THE GUILTY PART IS GOING TO BE CHECK TO RIGHT.
I'M A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH, WITH THAT PART ON THAT, ESPECIALLY AS WE TOOK OFF WHAT I CONSIDER INNOCENT PARTIES.
WE LET MS. HUGHES GO AHEAD DO THIS CONTRACT WITH STIPULATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH YEAH, WITH STIPULATION.
UH, WE CAN'T GET THE, UH, INFORMATION ON THE RELATIVE KNOWLEDGE.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MAIN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 15, AND THAT'S TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION SOFTWARE.
I PLOW AND ALLOWING THE COUNTY CLERK TO USE THE CASE FUNDS PAY FOR THIS.
LAURA, YOU WANNA TELL US WHAT THAT DOES? UM, I, I THINK GEORGE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
ICLOUD TAKES THE, THE BASIC DATA ON THE DEFENDANT AND IT TAKES YOU, YOU CAN SET UP THE PAYMENT PLAN IN THERE AND IT BASICALLY AUTOMATES THE PROCESS SO THAT YOU CAN COME IN IN THE MORNING AND IT'LL TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, TOMMY JONES DIDN'T MAKE A PAYMENT AND YOU NEED TO SEND OUT A LETTER.
UM, SUZIE SMITH HASN'T MADE A PAYMENT AND YOU NEED THIS PHONE CALL HER.
AND, AND IT BASICALLY PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU CAN APPROVE ALL THOSE THINGS.
IT'LL PRINT THE LETTERS OR THE POSTCARDS AUTOMATICALLY.
I THINK IT HAS A SECTION WHERE IT CAN MAKE THE PHONE CALLS FOR US.
IT BASICALLY AUTOMATES A VERY MANUAL PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
AND AGAIN, UH, WE DID HAVE OFFICE SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION COME IN BECAUSE THEY DO AUDITS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND WE HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
AND WE HAD THEM COME IN AND DO A PRELIMINARY AUDIT.
HE SAYS, YOU'RE WEAK IN THIS AREA.
AND WHEN I ASK THEM SPECIFICALLY WHAT CAN WE DO, HE TOLD ME ABOUT ICLOUD, SAID THIS IS THIS, THIS VENDOR HAS WORKED WITH OCA SET UP THIS PROJECT, IT WILL GET YOU INTO COMPLIANCE.
WHERE ARE THOSE PLACES AT YOUR WEEK? AND WE'VE SEEN THIS IN ACTION AND THE COURTS THAT ARE WORKING WITH IT REALLY LIKE IT AND WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN THIS ANNUAL CONTRACT TO I DID.
AND I DID GET AN EMAIL FROM CHAD GRAFT WITH, UH, THE OFFICE COURT ADMINISTRATION AND HE WAS VERY, UH, POSITIVE ABOUT THE I PLOW, UH, PROGRAM.
SO IT APPEARS ELIMINATE A LOT OF STEPS THAT HER CLERK HAS TO MAKE IN DOING THAT TO MAKE IT A LOT MORE EFFICIENT.
THEY'RE, THEY'VE DONE REALLY, REALLY WELL, BUT THEY'RE CARRYING A VERY LARGE WORKLOAD.
I I THINK THAT, UH, GINA SAID IT WAS LIKE 1500 CASES THAT SHE'S CARRYING.
THERE'S A LOT OF CASES THAT WE'RE CARRYING AND, AND IF THE, IF THIS WILL RUN THE REPORTS AND GENERATE THE LETTERS AND WON'T HAVE TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL SORT OF THING, IT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP THEM A LOT.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, ACT ON, UH, THIS CONTRACT FOR THE COLLECTION SOFTWARE.
SO MOVE COMMISSIONER ROUTE AND MAKES THAT MOTION.
COMMISSIONER MANNING, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING, UH, IMPLEMENTATION TODAY OF THE NEW PURCHASING POLICY AND PROCEEDING.
WE HAVE OUR PURCHASING AGENT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, YOU MAY REMEMBER WE, WE'VE PASSED OUR POLICY HERE, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND THE INTENT WAS TO HAVE THAT THING UP AND RUNNING BY AUGUST.
UH, UH, ALTHOUGH WE STARTED OUR, INTERNALLY OUR DEPARTMENT WITH THESE PROCEDURES HAVEN'T HAD OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH DEPARTMENTS YET.
UH, DUE TO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, YEAR END, UH, PURCHASES AND WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS ON OUR BUDGET AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY TO GET A CAR GOING, IT'S GOTTA PUSHED BEHIND.
I I'M REQUESTING THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS NOW TO GET THIS THING STARTED THAT MAYBE, UH, YOU GUYS ALLOWED ME TO HAVE OCTOBER ONE AS THE 100%,
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UH, ON BOARD WITH THE POLICY.GIVE TIME TO GET THROUGH THIS BUDGET YEAR.
QUESTIONS FOR JACKIE? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF TRAINING FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE FULL MODE OF THING.
I THINK KIND MY RECOMMENDATION, A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC CONSIDERING HOW MUCH TRAINING AND ANOTHER THINGS GOING AT THE SAME TIME, SO RIGHT.
I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE FULL ION OF THE PERSON POLICY.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD, UH, GOOD THING UP GOING.
IT'LL BE NOT WITHOUT PAYING I'M SURE, BUT ONCE WE GET IT UP AND GOING IT'LL BE GREAT.
ALRIGHT, UPDATE ON, UH, VIDEO REGISTRATION.
I'M SORRY, MAGISTRATION, I'M SORRY, I'M 17.
TRYING TO MOVE US AHEAD TOO FAST.
NUMBER 17, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW PROCUREMENT CARD, UH, ALONG WITH CITIBANK UTILIZING THE STATE OF TEXAS CONTRACT.
I WANT TO UPDATE YOU GENTLEMEN ON OUR CREDIT CARD ISSUES.
I KNOW YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THE, UH, WE GOT A CARD WITH JP MORGAN, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, THAT THE CONTRACT WITH THE STATE EXPIRED AND THAT AWARDED THE CITIBANK.
UH, YOU MAY ALSO BE AWARE, OR REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE HAD A, UH, KIND OF A BAD YEAR ENDING BALANCE THAT THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY WAS NOT HAPPY WITH AND THEY WERE WAITING FOR OUR REPORT THIS PAST YEAR, WHICH THEY GOT, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY OUR YEAR WAS A LOT BETTER LAST YEAR.
UH, THEY HAVE PROVED US NOW WE'RE STARTING THAT, THAT IMPLEMENTATION.
I WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
I KIND OF LIKE TO HAVE THIS LIKE A PILOT PROGRAM, KIND OF GO BACK TO THE SAME AMOUNT OF USERS THAT WE HAD LAST, LAST COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE I THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE CARDS AT IT.
THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT HAD A COUPLE CARDS.
I THE DA WE WANTED DO SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE AND IF WORKS WELL, LET THE PROGRAM GROW A LITTLE BIT, UH, MAKE IT TO THE AUDITOR.
WE HAVE POTENTIAL ON THIS NEW CARD.
UH, THERE'S REBATE, UH, PROGRAM AND UH, A LOT OF OTHER COUNTIES ARE TO PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS.
SOME ARE HIGH DOLLAR BILLS BY CREDIT CARD AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR YOU MAY GET ONE AND HALF PERCENT BACK.
I THINK THIS NEW CARD IS A, MIGHT BE A REAL GOOD TOOL AND IT'S KIND OF WANNA LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND VERY KIND START SLOW ON THIS THING.
UH, MY GOAL DOWN THE ROAD IS, IS MAYBE TO GET RID OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE HOME DEPOTS AND THE LOW'S, SUPPLY UNKNOWN CARDS AND GET DOWN TO ONE CARD.
IT'D BE A LOT EASIER TO MANAGE.
PLUS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET A REBATE IN THE YEAR.
WITH THIS, WITH THIS CARD, UH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU SENT ME AN EMAIL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ABOUT LAURIE BEING ABLE TO BUY STUFF AT, AT A DISCOUNT ONLINE WITH THIS CREDIT CARD, RIGHT? VERSUS HAVING TO GO THROUGH A VENDOR, UH, AND PAY 25% MORE.
IS THIS, IS THAT GOING TO BE WHAT THIS YEAH, I THINK COMMISSIONER, WHAT HAPPENED IS WE TRAGICALLY HAVE BURNED THROUGH LOT MORE BUDGET MONEY THAN WE WOULD HAVE BECAUSE THERE ARE FOLKS THAT SELL TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS ONLY ONLINE AND THEY DON'T TAKE ANY OF THEM, RIGHT? SO WE HAD TO GO TO OTHER RESOURCES AND PAY MUCH HIGHER PRICES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE CREDIT AVAILABLE.
AND OUR NEW PURCHASING POLICY IS THIS GONNA, IS THIS GONNA ALLOW US TO, TO, TO COVER THIS BASE RIGHT HERE WHERE WE CAN BUY THAT STUFF AT A DISCOUNTED? YES, SIR.
AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SAY STRICT, BUT HAVE A REAL, UH, SECURE POLICY ON CREDIT CARDS WHERE THE DEPARTMENTS WILL SIGN, INDIVIDUAL CARD WILL SIGN, DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE AWARE THE POTENTIAL YOU PRETTY ABUSE HOW THEY COULD COME ABOUT.
AND UH, SO THE CHECKS AND BALANCES DEAL THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL ALONG, THAT'S GONNA BE IN PLACE.
IT'S GONNA BE A MAJOR CHANGE IN ISSUE OF THE FRAUD OUT THERE TO WATCH THESE THINGS.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, IMPLEMENT THE NEW PROCUREMENT CARD PROGRAM WITH CITIBANK UTILIZING THE STATE OF TEXAS CONTRACT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MANNING.
WE HAVE SECOND, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ROW.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? JACK, WE APPRECIATE THE TIME.
NOW WE CAN GET THAT ON NUMBER 18.
THAT TO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE VIDEO MAGISTRATE AND, UH, POTENTIAL FUTURE USES THAT.
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I PUT THAT ON THE, UH, AGENDA.GEORGE, YOU GOT A COPY OF ME PUT ON THE ADDEND.
GEORGE MITCHELL UPDATED WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.
BUT, SO THERE WAS A PRETTY INTERESTING ARTICLE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ABOUT, UH, WHAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING.
NOT JUST WITH VIDEO MAGISTRATE, BUT ACTIVELY TAKING PLEAS AND SAVING A LOT OF MONEY.
UH, I WENT BY AND VISITED WITH ALL THE JUDGES.
UH, WELL YOU HAD 'EM ALL IN LONGVIEW THAT ONE DAY, BUT MM-HMM
THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW JUDGES AND I LEFT THAT INFORMATION WITH THE DISTRICT JUDGES.
UH, I THINK WHEN WE GET THIS GOING AND GEORGE, WHERE, WHERE DO WE STAND RIGHT NOW? UM, JUDGE ASHCROFT, UM, HAS A SUCCESSFULLY MAGISTRATED PRISONERS FROM HER OFFICE.
UM, THE ONLY ISSUE WE HAD WAS ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT SHE RECEIVED, SEE, WE'RE REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO COMPLY WITH OUR
WE MUST ENCRYPT AND PASSWORD THE, ANY C DATA THROUGH
SO IF I HAVE YOUR CRIMINAL HISTORY, I CAN'T JUST EMAIL IT.
WELL, WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS, UM, WHEN WE RAN THE FIRST VIDEO MAGISTRATION, THEY WERE, UM, DOING IT TO EVERYTHING THEY WERE ENCRYPTING AND CONVERTING IT ALL TO, UH, SO THE, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION OR OCR SOFTWARE WOULD TRY TO INTERPRET SOMEBODY'S CHICKEN SCRAWLING INTO LETTERS.
AND OF COURSE THE JUDGE WOULD LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WHAT IS THIS? BOTTOM LINE IS A FIX IS ALL WE DO IS ENCRYPT AND SEND THE CRIMINAL HISTORY.
THE REST OF IT WE FAXED PROBLEM SOLVE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE SET, YOU KNOW, WE DID IT.
WE WE SUCCESSFULLY DID IT, WE RECORDED IT AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO MULTIPLE.
WE CAN DO HEARINGS, WE CAN HAVE BOTH SIDES.
I MEAN, OUR ESTEEMED BARRISTER MIGHT WEIGH IN ON THIS, BUT WE DO HAVE THE OPTION TO, UM, HEAR ARGUMENTS, SEVERAL LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIMITLESS.
YOU JUST GO TO LIVE.COSO.COM AND IT'LL PUSH OUT THE SOFTWARE TO USE FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.
ALL THE MAGISTRATE DOES IS TAKE CONTROL OF THAT CAMERA.
SHE CAN PIN IT, MOVE IT, ZOOM IN, AND UM, AND WE DID, WE DID IT AND WE'RE FINE.
UM, A LOT OF COUNTIES ARE VIDEO MAGISTRATE, BUT IT FROM DOWN THE HALL, THE DIFFERENCES WE'RE WE CAN DO IT FROM ANYWHERE.
SO AS JUDGE SMITH TRIED IT YET, OR HE HAS NOT, HE HAS NOT, BUT WE ANXIOUSLY AWAI HIS, HIS CREDIT TO DO SO.
THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS, LIKE I SAID, WELL THEY COULD DO IT FROM THEIR, THEIR OFFICES AND NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL, SPEND THEIR TRAVEL TIME BACK AND FORTH DOWN THE AIR AND ALSO HOPEFULLY TRY TO MAKE THE MORE, MORE EFFICIENT ON THE BRINGING THE INMATES UP TO GET IT DONE.
BUT WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT TO START OFF WITH WAS IF WE GET THIS THING FINE TUNED, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO, IS THAT WHAT IF THE JUDGES AND YOU KNOW, DO THEY'RE CALL, WHAT IF THE JUDGES WANT TO DO, UH, TAKE PLEA REMOTELY? WE DON'T HAVE TRANSPORT PRISONERS FROM THE JAIL TO THE COURTHOUSE.
BE HU SAID THERE'D BE ALSO A A SECURITY SAVINGS.
AND WHAT IF, UH, WHAT IF WE GO TO TELEMEDICINE AT THE JAIL OR WE GO TO PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS AT THE JAIL WHERE THEY COULD BRING IN AN INMATE PUTTING IN FRONT OF THE SAME CAMERA AND GET A PSYCHOLOGIST PROBABLY IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA TO SPECIALIST TO TALK TO THE GUY AND SAY, THIS GUY NEEDS SOME HELP.
OR HE COULD SAY, THIS GUY'S FAKING IT, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING SOMEBODY COME IN AND DO IT.
UH, YOU MIGHT COULD EVEN DO SOME OF THE, LIKE I SAID, THE MEDICAL STUFF, HAVE, HAVE A DOCTOR INTERVIEW HIM OVER THE VIDEO SCREEN AND SAY, YOU GOTTA GET THIS GUY TO A DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY.
OR, YOU KNOW, THIS GUY'S FAKING IT BEFORE WHATEVER DAY, BUT IT, IT COULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY.
I SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT CAN BLOSSOM INTO A BIGGER COST SAVINGS AND A MORE EFFICIENT WAY OF US DOING BUSINESS WITH THE DEAL.
IS THE VIDEO QUALITY SUCH THAT, UM, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, IT WOULD BE A DEAL THAT, UH, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? UM, IT WOULD BE LEGAL TO STAND UP IN COURT, JOHN, IF, IF A, IF I DID A, A VIDEO PSYCH EVALUATION, I MEAN COULDN'T, UH, WITHOUT MEETING FACE TO FACE WITH SOMEBODY.
IS THAT NOT, I MEAN, DOES THAT, IS THAT A LEGAL THING TO DO? DO IT BY, BY VIDEO? YOU, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, A PSYCH EVALUATION I CAN'T COMMENT ON, BUT I, I CAN SAY THAT FOR, FOR CONFERENCES, UH, IT IT IT'S A, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE TIME SAVER.
AND, AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, I MEAN THE, THE WHOLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE WHOLE LEGAL SYSTEM IS A DECADE OR
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SO BEHIND THE REST OF THE WORLD AND PRIVATE BUSINESS AND GETTING TO IT.SO VIDEO CONFERENCING MAKES WONDERFUL SENSE.
AND AS THE ARTICLE NOTICE, THE ONLY EXCLUSION WOULD HAVE TO BE A TRIAL WHERE YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE, UH, CONFRONTED WITH SOMEONE.
BUT FOR PLEAS, FOR, FOR STUFF WHERE YOU KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE AND YOU JUST NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING AND THE JUDGE HERE AND REPEAT IT BACK.
I MEAN THESE ARE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THEY'RE PERFUNCTORY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? WHAT'S THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS? AND THEN BOOM AND YOU'RE DONE.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.
I THINK BOTH PLUSES AN ARTICLE ONE THAT THE, THE INMATES OR THE ACCUSED, I GUESS WHAT YOU CALL 'EM, WHATEVER, LIKE IT BECAUSE THEY CAN GET OUTTA JAIL FASTER, BUT THEY GET JAIL FASTER.
IS THAT A REALISTIC FIGURE DOING 50 AN HOUR TO ACCEPT PLEA JUDGE? YES.
IS THAT A REALISTIC FIGURE? AND MR. CLARK BROUGHT US UP A LITTLE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE HERE THAT SAYS THAT THAT UH, UH, COLLIN COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE JOHN ROSE JUNIOR, SAID VIDEO CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT IS USED TO ACCEPT PLEASE ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY.
AND ABOUT 50 PLEAS CAN BE HANDLED IN AN HOUR AND A HALF.
IS THAT A REALISTIC FIGURE? WELL, IT MAY BE FOR A COUNTY COURT AT LAW BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THE, UM, THE ATTORNEYS HAVE ALREADY WORKED OUT A PLEA BARGAIN AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FORMALITY OF GOING BEFORE THE JUDGE AND ENTERING THEIR PLEA.
OH, A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S DONE.
THEY COULD DO, I DON'T KNOW, ABOUT 50 IN AN HOUR, BUT I KNOW THEY COULD PROBABLY DO 25 OR 30.
I MEAN, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THAT.
THE, THE PLEA ARRANGEMENTS LIKE THAT, YOU CAN DO IT.
BUT I KNOW THAT APPLICATION'S BEING USED AND IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY AS FAR AS TRANSPORT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
JUDGE, BEFORE YOU CAME IN, YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD, BUT THE ISSUE WE HAD, WELL YOU MAGISTRATE TO PRISONERS.
WE RESOLVED THE ISSUE OF THE DOCUMENT WHERE THERE WAS A TEXT THAT WAS NOT LEGIBLE.
WHAT THAT WAS IS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REQUIRES US TO ENCRYPT AND SEND CRIMINAL HISTORY.
ONLY THE REST WE CAN JUST FAX.
SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS THEY WERE SCANNING THE DOCUMENT INTO WORD AND THE OCR OR OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION SOFTWARE WAS TRYING TO INTERPRET CHICKENS SCRATCH, WHICH HAD BEEN DIFFER.
YOU COULD PROBABLY FIGURE THAT OUT.
SO YEAH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S RESOLVED ABOVE THAT WE'RE UH, WELL WE, WE TRIED TO DO IT ON THE 13TH, BUT WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMPUTER USING THE AIR CARD AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT BOTTOM LINE, THE VIDEO MAGISTRATION, IT TOOK A LONG TIME ON FRIDAY.
SO I WENT OVER ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, UH, THAT WAS THE WEEK OF FRIDAY THE 13TH THAT WEEKEND.
AND UH, WHAT I DID GET INPUT BACK FROM THE JAIL STAFF FROM THEIR END, THEY WERE HAVING A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH, AND YOU MIGHT WANNA CONTACT THE PROVIDER FOR THIS LAG TIME.
YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A COUPLE THREE SECONDS THERE.
BUT WHAT IT WAS DOING WAS, IT WAS LIKE SAYING, PUSHING EVERYTHING TOGETHER LIKE TWO SENTENCES AND THEN PLAYING IT BACK.
THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS SAYING.
IT WASN'T HAPPENING ON MY END, BUT IT WAS ON THEIR END WHEN THEY WERE LISTENING TO ME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IF WE COULD DO THAT VIDEO MAGISTRATION PAGE, SPLIT SCREEN, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE SHERIFF, THAT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF FAXING, PAPERWORK AND SAVE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE WERE FAXING OVER WHAT I FILLED OUT AND THEN THEY WOULD FAX IT BACK TO ME AFTER THE GUY SIGNED IT.
BUT WE HAVE THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE PADS AND IF WE COULD DO THAT, THAT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
IT ENDED UP, IT TOOK THREE HOURS THAT FRIDAY TO DO ABOUT 18 PEOPLE, WHICH WAS A LONG TIME.
BUT I KNEW WE HAD BUGS TO WORK OUT, BUT I STILL THINK IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
SO WE JUST GOT A FEW BUGS LEFT AND RIGHT AS FAR AS THE VIDEO MAGISTRATION.
NOW THAT IS DEFINITELY A GOOD APPLICATION.
HOWEVER, I THINK THE SOFTWARE OR THE HARDWARE, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, THE HARDWARE NEEDS TO WORK A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I THINK 40 RECENTLY THEY TURNED OUT 4G THERE, SO YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE BETTER RESULTS WITH THAT.
WE WANNA GET THE AIR CARD STRAIGHTENED OUT.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WORKING, BUT I CAN SEE IT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LOT OF APPLICATIONS TOO BECAUSE I THINK IT CAN SAVE THE COUNTY A LOT OF MONEY IN THE LONG RUN ONCE WE GET THE, THE STAFF THAT I TALKED TO HAVE NOT HAD THEIR TRAINING YET.
AND THAT WOULD HELP TOO, IF, YOU KNOW, AND I TOLD 'EM IF THERE'S ANYTHING I COULD DO THEN I WOULD BE A BE GLAD TO COME OVER THERE AND HELP OUT.
BUT, UH, AS FAR AS SAVING TIME, I THINK IT'S GONNA SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY.
AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN MERGE THE DOCUMENTS, LIKE WHEN THE JAILER BOOKS IN A PRISONER, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REDO ALL THAT WORK OVER AGAIN, IF THEY COULD MERGE THE DOCUMENT INTO THE MAGISTRATION, THAT SECURE FORMAT, THEN IT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME TOO FOR THE JAILERS.
YEAH, WELL THE OTHER SIDE THOUGH TOO, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT LITTLE MORE IS ASK AND SCANNING AND SO ON AND ENCRYPTING IS JUST THAT ONE CRIMINAL HISTORY.
THE REST TO DO THE REST IS RIGHT.
SO THAT, THAT IN ITSELF WILL SAVE A LOT OF TIME.
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SO I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE IT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, I KNEW WE'D HAVE TO WORK OUT THE BUGS.WE ONLY REALLY GOT TO DO IT ONE DAY AND I KNOW THAT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF JUDGE SMITH WAS ABLE TO DO IT ANY LAST WEEK OR NOT, BUT UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO BE USED VERY WELL AND I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF APPLICATIONS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, SAVING MONEY ON TRANSPORTING PRISONERS AND STUFF.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT THE COST? WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT THERE.
I DON'T, THAT'S WHY I SAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT, AND IT'S GONNA BE UP TO WHAT THE JUDGES WANNA DO ANYWAY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, I THINK, UH, THERE'S ONE JP THAT PREFERS GOING DOWN THERE AND ACTUALLY SEEING THE GUYS FACE TO FACE AND YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE START GETTING IT COURT OF LAW JUDGE, DISTRICT JUDGES, IT'S GONNA BE THEIR, THEIR CHOICES.
BUT I GUESS MY POINT WAS WHEN WE GET THIS THING UP AND GOING TO FINE TO WHATEVER, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE CAN ADD ONTO IT.
IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO ADD ONTO IT, THEY COULD SAVE THE COUNTY SOME MONEY THAT THEY, WE MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF IT AND ALSO FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT IS THE COST TO DO IT.
WE JUMPED IN THIS ONE KIND OF NAKED, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, HOW TO DO IT.
WELL WE'RE DONE WITH YOU HARD.
THE HARDWARE IN PLACE IT WORK.
THE BANDWIDTH BETWEEN HERE, THE COURTHOUSE AND, AND THE ARMORY AND SO ON IS SUCH THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE I WAS TALKING HERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, A LOT OF TIMES ONE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENT'S DOING, SO.
MY POINT OF BRINGING THIS UP WAS EVERYBODY WOULD BE IN, BE AWARE OF IT, WHAT'S GOING ON.
SEE IF WANTED TO JOIN IN, SEE IF YOU HAD ANY COMMENTS, IF ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN FOR OTHER BESIDES JUST JPS AND WE COULD USE THAT SAME HARDWARE PLATFORM TO PRESENT THIS MEETING TODAY.
BUT OVERALL, IF YOU WERE REAL PLEASED WITH IT.
HAVE ANY OTHER, OTHER JP STRAT THIS? NO, I THINK MICHAEL WANTS TO OR MIKE MIKE'S GOING TO.
YEAH, JUDGE SMITH AND I, WE ARE THE ONES THAT PUT IN THE MONEY FOR THIS.
WE SPLIT THE PAYMENT OUT OF OUR TECH FUNDS TO PAY FOR IT.
AND, UH, BUT WHEN I WAS GONNA ASK YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS, I KNOW LANTANA WAS THE ONE THAT PRESENTED THE PROGRAM, BUT AS FAR AS THAT, HOW MANY UNITS DID WE GET WITH THAT CONTRACT? I THOUGHT THEY HIGH SIX.
UM, WE CAN, I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR TO FIVE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CONCURRENT? WELL, NO, NO UNITS TO USE.
LIKE I THOUGHT THAT WHEN THEY SAID WE COULD HAVE SIX AND THERE WOULD BE FOUR FOR FOUR JPS IN CASE THE OTHERS CHANGED THEIR MIND.
ONE FOR THE JAIL AND ONE FOR THE COURTHOUSE.
BECAUSE IT'S LIKE IF YOU HAVE ONE AT THE COURTHOUSE, THEN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW AND THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGES CAN SHARE THAT ONE.
IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF WELL IT'S CONCURRENCY, SO IF WE HAVE ONE, IT IS ONE.
EVERYONE CAN HAVE IT INSTALLED.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WOULD DO IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD USE IT FOR MENTAL HEALTH HEARINGS.
UH, IF THEY'VE GOT, UM, SOMEBODY IN MEDICAL THAT'S LIKE TB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY CAN DO IT FROM THERE INSTEAD OF TRANSPORTING THAT PERSON UP TO A, A PLACE WHERE THE PUBLIC GOES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF APPLICATIONS FOR IT.
DOES THAT EQUIPMENT HAVE TO BE STERILIZED IF SOMEBODY SAYS IT'S GOT AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE, IT HAVE TO BE STERILIZED AFTER THE GUY WALKS UP TO THE MIC AND SAYS, NO, NO, NO, NO.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A MIC THAT'S FAR AWAY.
YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SITTING THERE AND I'M SITTING HERE.
THAT'S AS CLOSE AS THE INFECTED PERSON.
THEY CAN PUT IT RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR CELL AND YOU CAN SEE 'EM AND THEY CAN HEAR YOU AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH ANYTHING ON IT EXCEPT MAYBE THE SIGNATURE PAD.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS STERILIZE THAT.
SO GOING BACK TO THE COMMISSIONER COURT THING, IT'LL BE USED TO BROADCAST LIVE ON THE INTERNET.
OUR COURT AND RECORD FOR, FOR, FOR TO RECALL
WE DO, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY FOR JUST A NEW CAM, OTHER CAMERAS.
BUT WE HAVE IT ALL MOUNTED IN THE MAGISTRATE ROOM WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE HARDWARE PLATFORM IS IN PLACE AND YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S READY TO GO.
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS IT SAYS, CAMERA MICROPHONES.
ONE OF THE THINGS IT SAYS HERE, THIS
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LIKE, LIKE I SAY, MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE OF IT AND START TALKING ABOUT THINGS FOR THE FUTURE THAT COULD HELP US.AND WE NEED TO THANK COMMISSIONER CLARK BECAUSE HE WAS OUR ADVOCATE FOR WE.
ALRIGHT, NUMBER, UH, 19, I'M SORRY, WE 20 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING AN ANNUAL ROAD REPORT FROM COMMISSIONER PRECINCT FOUR.
MR. I BELIEVE YOU HAD US A COPY OF THAT.
I PROVIDE DOC, EVERYBODY A COPY OF THIS.
GOOD PICTURES, BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.
THAT'S THE NEW BRIDGE WITH BUILT, HAD THE, THAT THAT PICTURE THEY GOT ON THE FRONT PAGE IS A, A VERY, VERY NICE BRIDGE.
INSTRUCTED SOUND UP MINE YET THAT ONE OF THE TECH DO.
THIS IS THE BRIDGE THAT WE DID IN
10% IS OUR ASK QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER.
MR. CLARK MOVES TO ACCEPT THE REPORT FROM PRECINCT FOUR.
MR. JACKSON SECONDS THAT MOTION? ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS TO DO THE SAME THING, UH, TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE ENVELOPE REPORT FROM THE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT ONE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE PICTURES YOU NOTICE.
I DIDN'T PUT A, I DIDN'T SPEND ANY MONEY TO PUT A PICTURE ON IT.
SECOND, I HAVE A, A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON TO ACCEPT THE UH, ROAD REPORT FROM PRECINCT ONE AND COMMISSIONER MANNY SECOND.
DID, UH, THAT MOTION, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, ALL THE FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, UH, YOU ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THE UH, UH, PLAN THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE, UH, UH, CALL FROM, FROM THE ROOF THAT CAME IN THE CLEAR ENERGY, CLEAR RESULTS REPORT FROM THE LADY THAT CAME IN AND DID ALL THE WORK WITH US.
YOU KNOW, THE MORNING WE HAD THE WORKSHOP, THIS IS OUR MASTER PLAN AND UH, JUST IF, YOU KNOW, DID A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB FOR US.
AND WHAT I WOULD PLAN ON DOING IS I, I KIND OF WANNA BE THE, THE ENERGY PERSON, NOT LAURA.
AND WHEN I SAY I, IT'S PROBABLY ANGIE AND CASSIE, BUT, UH, WE'LL ALL BE INVOLVED IN TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH OUR RECORDS AND DO THE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED HERE.
'CAUSE SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE OF IT OR JUST GET ANOTHER PLAN OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE.
BUT, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME SHORT TERM GOALS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A, THIS IS REALLY A GREAT DEAL.
UH, I READ THROUGH IT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU, IF WE COULD MEET OUR FIRST YEAR'S GOAL AND SAVE 10% ON OUR ELECTRICITY, JUST 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS, IT'S UH, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING IT, BUT THEY'RE LEAVING LIGHTS ON LEAVING THIS AND THAT ON UNNECESSARILY AND, UH, FOOLING WITH THE THERMOSTATS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
THERE'S, I MEAN, JUST GETTING PEOPLE TO BE AWARE,
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PAY ATTENTION AND TURN OFF THE DARN LIGHTS WHEN THEY WALK OUTTA THE BUILDING.I THINK IT, IT'S GOING, IT'S GONNA SAVE US, IT'S GONNA SAVE US MONEY AND, AND UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL BACK TO THAT.
TRYING TO SAVE THAT $35 A DAY IF YOU, YOU CAN GET IT DONE.
WELL IT DON'T SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT IT PILES UP PRETTY QUICK.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE ATTAINABLE.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOTTA GET OUR, GET OUR, GET OUR PLANS TO, I'VE ALREADY GOT A PLAN TO, TO CUT MY ENERGY USES SHOP DOWN THERE NEXT YEAR, ALREADY GOT THAT DONE.
IT'S JUST FROM FORCE OF HABIT YEAH.
IS WHAT'S CAUSED IT TO GO UP TOO MUCH.
WE'RE GONNA BUY BACK, SEE IF WE CAN'T DO OUR PART, SAVE THAT 10%.
WELL THE BIG ENERGY HALL THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY IS THE MAIN COURTHOUSE ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS.
PRIMARILY IT'S GOT THE SAME EQUIPMENT AND LIGHTING IN IT THAT IT HAD WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
THAT'S JUST NOW IT IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT EVEN WITH THAT, WE CAN DO SOME THINGS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO WHEN WE APPLY FOR, UH, SOME, UH, GOVERNMENT
HE, HE TALKED TO ME, THE, THE FELLOW WITH UH, CLEAR RESULTS, CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME.
AND HE SAID THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START PLANNING FOR NOW THAT THEY WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW US, THAT WOULD'VE, THAT WE WOULD GET A REBATE NEXT YEAR THAT THEY'LL HAVE, HAVE PAY FOR.
BUT THERE'S NOT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE PLAN, BUT THERE'S SOME COST NOT DOING SOMETHING UNTIL RIGHT.
TO DO THAT GETTING REIMBURSED.
WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DON'T WANNA GET TOO, TOO AGGRESSIVE.
WE WANT GET THE REBATE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AS SOON AS YOU, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU DON'T WANT US TO GO FORWARD WITH TALKING TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND HAVING TURN OFF LIGHTS.
THOSE KIND OF COMMON SENSE THINGS.
YOU NEED TO BE TURNING OFF COMPUTERS.
OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR? YEAH.
LIKE REPLACING LIVES AND DOING OTHER THINGS.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR SOMETHING WE WORK ON RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT'LL SAVE MONEY.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND I THINK PEOPLE IN SOME AREAS ARE ALREADY DOING IT, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY IN CHARGE OF IT, IT'S NOT GOING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
DO NEED A MOTION TO LET YOU BE THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THAT.
I I THINK THAT WOULD UH, THAT'LL, THAT'LL MAKE SURE WE GET IT UP.
NOT TO, I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY KEEPING UP WITH THE DOCUMENTATION, THE RECORDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND WE'RE ALL GONNA NEED TO SIGN OFF ON IT TOO.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION.
I MOVE IT, UH, WE SEE APPROVE THE COMPTON COUNTY MASTER PLAN WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE BEING THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY.
SECOND MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A SECOND FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ROUND.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE PARTIES, UH, ITEM NUMBER 23 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FUNDING.
YEAR 2013, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES RESIDENTIAL, UH, CHILDCARE CONTRACT.
AND UH, THAT FUNDING FOR THAT OF COURSE COMES THROUGH THE STATE AND THE MONIES THAT THEY, UH, RAISE AND, UH, YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENT HERE.
UH, THIS, THIS IS THEIR, UH, THEIR AGREEMENT.
UH, SO BEFORE THEY CAN UH, HAVE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT AS, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE IT AS APPROVED AND IT WOULD BE IN, IT WILL BE WRITTEN INTO THE BUDGET, BUT THE FUNDING THAT COMES THROUGH THE STATE, THEIR DEPARTMENTS.
IS THIS THE SAME CONTRACT THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS? YES.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER MINION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MR. ROUND SECOND.
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TO PUT THIS POSTED.I'LL TELL YOU THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT, OF COURSE WE GOT THE PROPERTY PAGE, YOUR DEBT SERVICE, YOUR BRIDGES, AND ALL YOUR OTHER FUNDS.
THIS IS GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENSES.
THIS THE ROAD BRIDGE AND ALL THE OTHER FUNDS.
WHAT YOU, WHAT WERE YOU ASKING ME JUDGE? WHEN, WHEN DO YOU UH, WHEN DO WE NEED TO POST THIS? WHAT DID YOU HAVE UP DATE SIR? I'M PROBABLY GONNA EMAIL MY ELECTRONIC VERSION.
UM, AND HAVE GEORGIA LAURIE PUT IT ON THE, UH, FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY PAGE.
AS THE, UH, PROPOSED WORKING BUDGET.
THEN ONCE WE Y'ALL CHANGE IT, WE'LL CHANGE IT AND PUT IT AS A DOCK.
WE'RE GONNA DO ARE YOU PLAN ON DOING THAT AFTER THE, AFTER THE WORKSHOP? I WOULD ASSUME THERE ARE GONNA BE CHANGES.
SO IT'D BE LESS CONFUSING IF I DO THAT? THINK SO.
IT SHOULD BE ON 60 UNLESS I JUST NUMBERED IT LIKE PROPOSED WORKING BUDGET NUMBER ONE OR LEVEL ONE.
AND THEN HOWEVER YOU THINK I SHOULD DO IT'S FINE.
I JUST, I KIND OF THINK SOMETHING LOOK LIKE, IS THAT THUNDER? WHAT IS THAT? SOUNDS LIKE A TRUCK OR SOMETHING.
I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SIGN.
ARE Y'ALL HOARDING THING THEY EITHER TRY TO MEMORIZE OR THEY TRY COME IN.
I THINK SHOULD BE ABOUT A HUNDRED GRAND LESS THAN WHAT WE, WE STILL, IT'S BEEN USED TO OH I KNOW.
UM, BUT ALSO I UH, CHECKED YOUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCES AND THAT'S THOSE FIGURES CARRIED FORWARD TO HELP YOU WITH NEXT YEAR BUDGET BECAUSE I TOOK SOME MONEY FROM Y'ALL FROM SURE.
Y'ALL HAVE NOT PAID NO HEALTH INSURANCE ON EMPLOYEES AND THAT'S NOT FAIR FOR GENERAL FUNDS.
I DID TAKE AWAY TO SIGNED THOSE.
RAY'S GOT, I, I MENTIONED THAT TO HIM AND HE'S GOT ANOTHER, UH, POINT THAT HE WANTS SPEND.
HOW, HOW MUCH OF MY TIME FOR MY HEALTH INSURANCE IS SPENT
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ON ROAD BRIDGE FOR YOU? FOR MY HEALTH INSURANCE? I'VE HEARD YOU DON'T SPEND, I HEARD THE YOU DON'T SPEND, YOU TALK TO LAURA.I DON'T WHETHER, I MEAN WE DO ONCE A MONTH WE DO THE TRANSFERS FROM ALL THE OTHER FUNDS LIKE ADULT, JUVENILE, PROBATION, ALL THE OTHERS TO REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT INSURANCE.
AND I THINK Y'ALL HAD DONE THAT BACK IN 2009 AND 2010 AND YOU JUST DIDN'T DO IT IN A BAD HEARING WHEN YOU HAD A LOT OF ROADS AND STUFF TO NO, WE DID SALARIES.
WE NEVER, WE'VE NEVER DONE INSURANCE.
NO, WE DID, WE DID SALARIES ONE DAY WE HAD BAD YEAR AND MM-HMM
YOU GOT A MINE LIKE ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT? NO, I KNEW.
I SAID DON'T WORRY ABOUT I KNEW WHEN I SAID THAT I GET IN TROUBLE, I SHOULDN'T LET THAT COME.
I WENT BACK FURTHER THAN UH, THE 2010 BUDGET AND I HAD SEEN THAT IN YEARS PAST THEY HAD TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL RECOVERY INSURANCE.
BUT IT'S REAL EASY FOR ACCOUNTING AND THE TREASURER TO HAVE ONE BIG LINE ITEM TO CHARGE THINGS TO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CHARGE HUNDRED 19 FUNDS FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
YOU MEAN CATCHING UP EVERY GET CHARGED FOR THEIR EVERY OFFICE INSURANCE? NOT IN THE GENERAL FUND BUT ALL THE OTHER FUNDS.
NOT ALL OF EMBODY COMES ROAD BRIDGE.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BALANCE.
I SAW WE NEEDED SOME MONEY, RIGHT.
BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE DID THAT WHEN WE PUT ALL THE SALARIES BACK INTO FUND SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AT ONE TIME COMMISSIONER SALARY COMMISSIONERS.
YEAH, IT WAS SECRETARY OF SALARY WAS PAID THE GENERAL FUND AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY SO WE HAD TO GO BACK AND TAKE DOWN ROAD BRIDGE AT EVERY, EVERY UH, ENTITY THAT I HAD WORKED FOR.
WHEN WE DID THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, UH, INSURANCE PAYMENT, WE COULDN'T GO BY THEIR ACTUAL INVOICE TO PAY A BILL.
SO I ALWAYS HAD TO CREATE A SPREADSHEET BY THE EMPLOYEES, BY DEPARTMENT, BY FUND TO EVEN GET TO CHARGE IT CORRECTLY SO WE WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE SPENDING ON THE INSURANCE.
AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, I BELIEVE I KNOW THAT.
AND THE OLD, THE OLD UH, SOFTWARE, UH, WHEN I CAME HERE, UH, IT LOOKED LIKE AT THE END OF APRIL Y'ALL WERE GONNA BE TOTALLY OUT OF HEALTH INSURANCE MONEY AND THE BUDGET.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THE OLD SOFTWARE WAS SET UP TO CHARGE IT TO ANOTHER LINE ITEM AND NO ONE COULD TRACE IT DOWN TO WHAT FUND IT WAS GOING TO AND HOW TO GET IT OUT OF THERE.
AND I FINALLY GOT IT FIGURED OUT AND GAVE THE CORRECTIONS TO MY STAFF AND GOT DEBBIE WITH JOHNNY'S OFFICE INVOLVED IN IT TO MAKE SURE I WAS FLOWING WITH THE RIGHT THING AND HAD IT UNDERSTOOD BEFORE I MESSED SOMETHING UP AND WE GOT IT CREATED AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, ONCE I GET THAT ENTRY MADE, IT'LL HAVE TO BE DONE THAT WAY EVERY MONTH BECAUSE IT'S SET UP LONG TO START WITH AND SO FAR IT'S WORKED AND Y'ALL ARE LIKE 49% AND YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT 50%.
SO I KNEW WE HAD THE RIGHT NUMBERS, THE RIGHT METHOD OF DOING IT.
YOU WAITING ON THIS CHAIR? THEY KEPT THE BIG ONE LEFT, DIDN'T THEY? I THOUGHT THEY WERE TRYING TO MEMORIZE IT.
I GO, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT TV, THEY GOT A DEAL WHERE HOARDERS, THEY GO SOME CHANNELS, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT PEOPLE AT HOARD AND STUFF.
OH, SOME OF THAT IS DISGUSTING.
YOU EVER SEEN IT? IT'S DISGUSTING.
I MEAN HE HAD A GOOD FRIEND THAT WAS LIKE THAT.
TOOK THREE DUMPSTERS, CLEAN THE STUFF OUT OF HIS AS WELL.
I BELIEVE IN SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY, BUT SOME OF THAT GETS REALLY RIDICULOUS.
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MINUTES USED AND KILOWATT OR IS THAT WHERE THEY'RE ON THE INTERNET? IT COULD BE.I'D HAVE TO RESEARCH IT FOR YOU.
I DUNNO OFF THE TOP OF MY HAND.
I DID ATTEND THE, UH, CHILDCARE BOARD MEETING.
HOW'D THAT GO? THAT WORKED REALLY WELL.
THEY WEREN'T UNDER, THEY WERE UNDER THE SAME THING THAT IT WAS A PASS THROUGH.
I SAID NO, THAT CONTRACTS WITH C COURT WERE RESPONSIBLE SO THEY'RE GONNA REFINE THAT BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S BEEN CHANGED AGAIN.
AND I TOLD THEM THE ONE I PREPARED FOR Y'ALL, I KNOW THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS ARE RIGHT.
ANYTHING, WE'LL HAVE TO PROBABLY AMEND IT IF THEY DON'T GET THE CORRECTING BY THE TIME WE TAKE IT.
I THINK THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET LIKE AUGUST THE THIRD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I GOT A LOT OF THE HISTORY OF HOW THAT DEVELOPED AND THAT WAS INTERESTING.
UH, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
COMMUNICATION ATT SHE GETS YOUR NEW JOB OR WHATNOT.
OKAY, NOW THIS WOULD BE IN THE EMERGENCY FOLDER.
ARE YOU IN THE EMERGENCY FOLDER? YOU ALREADY GAVE IT BACK TO ME.
YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY CHANGED IT.
PRECINCT THREE OF NEXT YEAR SHE'S GONNA HAVE ADDITIONAL YES SIR.
IN FACT I UH, IT'S PROGRAM YOU, YOU BECAUSE IN THE BUDGET.
SO THAT'S WHY I LISTED THAT WAY UNTIL THEY APPROVE THAT CHANGE.
DID WE WIND UP AS QUESTIONS? DO YOU REMEMBER? UH, I DON'T THINK JACK WAS TRYING TO GET A GOOD TOTAL, BUT I BUDGETED FOR 15.
AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT'S WORK IN MINE.
IF WE, IF WE PUT THE, THE FREE EXTENSION IN THERE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, I'M GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE IT FOR 5 87.
RIGHT NOW THE VEHICLES ARE NOT FINANCED IN THE BUDGET THOUGH, ARE THEY? YES SIR.
THERE'S 5 2500, 20 5,000 TO REVENUES AND FIVE 25,000 TO, BUT THE REVENUE IS
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MM-HMMGETTING IT FINANCED AND THEN THE EXPENDITURE TO BUY THOSE VEHICLES IS IN UM, CAPITAL OUTLAY DEPARTMENT WORKING ON THAT STUFF.
THE JUVENILE FOR HERS, SHE'S IN THE NEGATIVE BALANCE AFTER THE AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS.
WHY DO WE HAVE UH, DRIVEWAY EXTENSION,
IT WORK THAT JOHN HAD HAD HIM DO.
AND THE BILLS ACTUALLY SENT TO JOHN THAT FORWARDED ON, BUT IT WAS LIKE 10 OR 12 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES ON THE HIGHWAY.
34 THAT HE HAD DONE SOME PRELIMINARY TITLE, TITLE WORK ON IT.
YEAH, I GUESS JUST TO FIND OUT WHOSE NAME PROPERTY WAS IN AND Y'ALL KNOW SOMEBODY NAMED ACKERSON.
THERE'S SOMETHING I'LL, I'LL FORWARD YOU IN AN EMAIL.
THERE'S SOME PROPERTY EVIDENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR THAT.
THE TITLE WAS NEVER TRANSFERRED INTO THE COUNTY FOR RIGHT OF WAY FROM SOME PROJECT.
YOU, WHAT WAS THE NAME AGAIN? ACKERSON.
IT'S NOT ONLY THE KAMAN THING BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN, I THINK THIS WAS EVIDENTLY SOME TIME AGO IN THE COOPER.
I THINK WE ACTUALLY PAID FOR IT BUT IT NEVER, NEVER GOT TRANSFERRED.
I THINK I SENT JOHNNY AN EMAIL.
I DUNNO WHETHER YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT OR NOT.
DID YOU LOOK AT THAT EMAIL I SENT YOU THIS MORNING? ACKERSON? YES.
DID YOU HAVE A HAVE WE PAID FOR THAT? WE THINK WE HAVE, BUT WE GOT
WELL MAY HAVE TO CALL HE, UH, HECTOR OR JOHN OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
YOU CAN SEE RAY AND I ARE FINISHED WITH ALL THIS STUFF WE'VE DONE LOOKING AT CRY.
I JUST NOW GOT MINE IT ALL OVER BACK TO JC AND TO, BECAUSE THEY WERE HOARDING OVER.
I WASN'T GONNA SAY ANYTHING JERRY, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE SIGNED THEM ALL YET OR NOT.
DON'T THAT MADE BE ANOTHER WAY OF IT DONE.
JOHNNY GOT A REQUEST FROM SOMEBODY TO, UH, THAT'S DOING A SURVEY OF ALL TEXAS COUNTIES TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN PAYING TAX FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
TWO YEARS, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER.
WHAT FAR? HOW MUCH NOW? OH REALLY? INCLUDING INSURANCE? WELL, JUST FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR JUST ONE A TOTAL.
OH YEAH, THAT'S GONNA COST A LOT OF MONEY.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA COST US ANY.
UH, HE DIDN'T ASK FOR ACTUAL COPIES.
THEY JUST WANTED NO AMOUNT AND YOU KNOW, WHAT FAR IS THIS JUST AN INDIVIDUAL OR WHAT? OH NO, IT'S JUST WHAT'S INDIVIDUAL NAME.
I'M SURE IT'S KIND OF CONVERSATION.
SOMEBODY THAT'S GONNA WANT PUT IN A LITTLE COMPETITION THERE.
PROBABLY THE COMMISSIONER MAYBE THAT HE CAMPAIGN ON.
HE GONNA GET HUNT COUNTY, DROP THAT ATTACK.
THINK IT'S, HE PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW THEY GOT THE INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE FROM HE WAS SAYING ALL THAT.
I THINK IT'S KEN FOR HIS NEXT, UH, RERUN FOR COMMISSIONER OVER THERE TOO.
OH SEE JOHN COOKS TOOK 10 OF THEM FROM HERE.
HAVE YOU KNOW PUBLICIZING, UH, SHANE, UH, CRUZ AND UH,
YEAH, THEY'RE PUTTING IT UP RIGHT NOW.
DID YOU WIN ANY MONEY THEN THERE? SO
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THIS ONE GOT GET MONEY.KNOW IT'S HARD, THE WHOLE THING AND ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ONLY TWO DEPARTURE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING FOR THREE WEEKS.
Y'ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS OTHER THAN OH, WE DON'T BUDGET BUDGET STUFF.
AUGUST THE, UH, SIXTH 13TH, I THINK 13TH.
AND UH, SO WE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE THREE WEEKS ACTUALLY.
SO ACTUALLY I THINK THAT THAT'S THE DAY MARILYN GETS A PET SCAN TO FIND OUT ABOUT ALL OF HER.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CLAIM FOR PAYMENT SO MAY MR. ROWDEN MAKES THAT MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS TO ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING.
MR. UH, MANNY MAKES THAT MOTION.
MR. JACKSON MAKES THAT SECOND FAVOR SAY AYE.