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IT WAS TUESDAY, APRIL THE 29TH AT, UH, EIGHT 30.
AND, UH, UH, GO DISPENSE WITH THE, UH, OPENING CEREMONIES TODAY SINCE THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING.
AND WE WILL GO INTO, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4.
AND THE TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 8 32 BY MY WATCH.
I DO NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE.
I MOVE, WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER MANNING, SECOND COMMISSIONER MANNING SECOND.
SO WE EXITED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 1102.
AND SO NOW WE ARE DOING ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSS AN ACT, CONSTABLE COUNTY PRECINCT.
CAN I ASK MR. WEAVER ANOTHER QUESTION? SURE.
WHEN WILL THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAKE A DECISION? WE'RE GONNA, I, I, I WILL NOT HAVE ANY FORMAL POSITION CAPACITY UNTIL AFTER THE 16TH OF JUNE WHEN I TAKE, TAKE THE OATH, AND THEN ALL THE PRECINCT CHAIRMAN WILL BE SWORN IN THE SAME TIME.
AND ONCE ALL THAT HAPPENS, THEN UH, WE'RE GOING TO FORM A COMMITTEE, UH, PRIMARILY 40 VOTERS IN THOSE PRECINCT BOXES, THOSE VOTING BOXES FOR PRECINCT TWO, AND THEN RECEIVE THE APPLICANTS FROM ALL THE GENTLEMEN THAT CAME IN TODAY, AND THEN HAVE THAT COMMITTEE GO THROUGH THESE APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN AT ST AND WE MADE A SUGGESTION LAST NIGHT, WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING WITH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE GONNA BE THERE.
AND I WAS WAITING ON SOME MORE SUGGESTIONS TO COME IN FROM THEM ON EXACTLY HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED WITH IT.
IT'S GOTTA BE A
IT CAN'T BE JUST A SINGLE APPOINTED COMMITTEE TO MAKE THE DECISION.
WE AS A COMPLETE, THERE'S 28 BOX HOLDERS, RIGHT? PRECINCT, UH, CHAIRMAN RIGHT NOW.
SO THE VOTE WILL, WILL INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE FOLKS.
AND WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN UNTIL SOMETIME BEFORE AUGUST, BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST.
AND, AND, UH, A LOT OF THAT'S KIND UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT CAME UP SUDDENLY, BUT BY THE, BY THE RULES THAT WE WERE GIVEN AND THE INSTRUCTIONS WE WERE GIVEN BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND IT NOW.
BUT TO BE FAIR, TO ALL THE VOTERS IN PRECINCT TWO, TWO, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTING AS A, AS A PRIMARY ELECTION BY SELECTING SOMEBODY TO BE ON THE BALLOT.
AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AS
SO TO BE OPEN AND FAIR ABOUT IT, WE THOUGHT IT'D BE BEST.
THIS IS THE WAY WE DISCUSSED IT LAST NIGHT, THAT PRECINCT TWO VOTERS IN THAT AREA WOULD HAVE THE MOST SWAY ON MAKING A DECISION, AND THEN WE WOULD ACCEPT THEIR NOMINATION AND DO ABOVE, IN TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
WHAT YOU'RE MEANING IS PRECINCT CHAIRS BEG, PARDON? EXIT.
WHAT YOU'RE MEANING IS PRECINCT CHAIRS.
PRECINCT CHAIRS, NEVER VOTING BOXES IN PRECINCT.
WHICH ARE, I THINK THERE'S FIVE ONLY ONE OPEN RIGHT NOW.
SO WE, IF WE COULD GET A COMMITTEE OF FIVE PEOPLE IN THAT PRECINCT, I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD, GOOD SELECTION PROCESS.
AND THAT'LL HAPPEN SOMETIME IN AUGUST OR SOMETIME AFTER THE 16TH OF JUNE.
AND I THINK THE DAY IS THE 22ND.
IS THAT RIGHT? JUDGE WOOD? I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD, BUT I, IT DEPENDS ON THE RESIGNATION DAY OF MR. LAW, WHICH I THINK THE OFFICIAL RESIGNATION DATE IS 11TH OF APRIL.
IS THAT CORRECT? I'D HAVE TO LOOK BACK.
WE GOTTA SIT DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S DATES IN THERE THAT YOU HAVE TO STAY WITH.
SO WE FELL INTO A VERY UNIQUE SLOT ON THE RESIGNATION AND THE, AND THE ELECT THE ELECTION DAY.
SO THIS APPOINTMENT IS ACTUALLY UNTIL JANUARY THE FIRST OF 2015, IS THAT RIGHT? TODAY'S, TODAY'S APPOINTMENT WILL BE A TEMPORARY UNTIL THE ELECTION AND LAST UNTIL JANUARY.
SO YEAH, WE, I, WE WERE LITTLE.
WE WERE NOT SURE WHETHER IT WAS THROUGH JANUARY OR THROUGH THE TIME THAT THE VOTES ARE CANVAS, BUT WE'LL FIND ALL THAT OUT.
YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
IT'S KIND OF UNUSUAL SITUATION AND STUFF, BUT ALL OF OUR CANDIDATES THAT WE INTERVIEWED TODAY KNOWS THAT THIS IS A, UH, TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT RIGHT.
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IT MAY BE THAT THE PERSON THAT WE APPOINT TODAY, ASSUMING WE APPOINT SOMEBODY, IS UH, UH, YOU KNOW, MAY CERTAIN UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER, RIGHT? JANUARY 1ST, BUT WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIND, FIND ALL THAT OUT.SO, UH, THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER? UH, YEAH, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE SAFE TO SAY THAT THINGS YOU DO TODAY WILL, DOESN'T HAVE ANY BEARING ON WHAT THE DIFFERENT TWO DIFFERENT PARTIES HAVE TO DO LATER.
IT'S A SEPARATE DECISION THAT GOES BACK IN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
AND THAT, UH, UH, IS IT WORTHWHILE FOR US TO APPOINT SOMEBODY FOR A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS, TWO, THREE MONTHS? UH, IF WE DON'T WANT SOMEBODY FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS THAT LEAVES THAT POSITION OVER THERE, UH, OPEN A LOT OF TIME.
BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DEPUTY OFFICE WILL SERVES FROM NOW UNTIL THAT POINT.
UH, AT TIMES WHEN HE'S NOT THERE, THERE'S NOBODY THERE.
BUT ACTUALLY, IT WOULDN'T BE FOR JUST TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
COULD BE JANUARY, JANUARY, PERHAPS JANUARY 1ST.
BECAUSE IF, IF THE ELECTION, WHOEVER IS APPOINTED BY THE PARTIES AND AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, WILL NOT TAKE OFF UNTIL JANUARY.
THAT'S THE UNKNOWN PART, I GUESS.
ANGIE, I THINK WE LIVED, AND DO YOU REMEMBER YOU'RE NOT, I THINK THAT THEY TAKE OFFICE AS SOON AS THEY'RE QUALIFIED AFTER THE ELECTION.
WE PLACE EITHER WAY, IT'S SEVERAL MONTHS MORE THAN JUST, I GUESS IT'S GONNA BE TILL AFTER THE CANVASSING OF THE BOAT AND THE, UH, INSTITUTIONAL, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, ARE WE GIVING SOMEBODY A LEG UP OR THE TO, TO RECOMMEND PUT ON THE BALLOT? ARE WE, UH, I, I'M NOT GONNA SWAY WHATSOEVER IN THAT.
YEAH, I'M NOT GONNA VIEW IT THAT WAY.
TO ME, IT'S GONNA BE A, THERE'S NOBODY HERE RIGHT NOW THAT I KNOW OF THAT'S GONNA HAVE ANY INPUT IN THE PRECINCT, TWO BOXES FOR BOX HOLDERS.
IT IS GONNA BE UP TO THEM TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHO THEY WANT TO CHOOSE.
TRY TO TRY TO LEAVE IT AS, AS NEUTRAL AS WE CAN WITH JUST THE, THE PEOPLE IN PRECINCT TWO.
OTHERWISE, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, I, YOU DON'T WANT TO TRY TO SWAY ANYBODY AS FAR AS GIVING, GIVING THEM ONE LEG UP OR ANOTHER.
BUT THE, THE FINAL VOTE WILL BE A VOTE IN TOTAL, WHICH MEANS ALL PRECINCT, UH, CHAIRS WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT VOTE.
AND I, I'M SORRY, JIM, GO AHEAD, SIR.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES GONNA MAKE THE DECISION.
THE, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I SENT FROM JIM ALLISON, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I THINK I FORWARD THOSE ON TO YOU.
AND JIM SAYS, IF THE OFFICE IS ALREADY ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, WHICH IT WILL BE, UH, FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEAR TERM, THE APPOINTEE WILL SERVE UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 2015.
SO THAT MEANS THIS WARRANTY THAT IF WE FILL IT TODAY, WE'LL SERVE ACCORDING WHAT MR. ALLISON SAID.
SO, SO, UH, BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, DID I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ACT ON APPOINT OF CONSTABLE FOR CALL COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO TO FILL A VACANCY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT, UH, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M, WHERE I'M RIGHT NOW.
GENTLEMEN, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? IT'S YOUR PRECINCT.
I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE IT OPEN.
I DON'T, I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF YOU DON'T.
WE APPOINT JASON JOHNSON, THE INTERIM CONSTABLE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE JASON JOHNSON BE, UH, INTERIM CONSTABLE ALREADY, NOT THE INTERIM CONSTABLE UNTIL THE ELECTION VIOLATION OR JANUARY 1ST, AND THEN DEPENDING ON HOW THE, UH, UH, APPOINTMENT COMES AND THEN THE ELECTION AS WELL.
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SECOND? YES.DO WE HAVE, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL GET SECOND AND WE'LL GET READY TO MOVE ITEM THREE, UH, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS AND ACT FROM ADOPTING A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING FOR PERTAINING TO THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT.
STATE GRANT THAT WE, UH, UH, HAVE QUALIFIED FOR APPROXIMATELY 300,000 IN THE STATE MONEY THAT WILL BE DIVIDED AMONG THE, UH, PRECINCTS.
SO, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BIT IN THE PAST.
WHAT, UH, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE IN THIS REGARD? I KNOW WE, WE MIGHT THROUGH THIS.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT, I THINK WE'VE GOT MORE MONEY LISTED THAN WE'RE GONNA GET.
SO, UH, ALL OF YOU HAVE TURNED IN YOUR, YOUR REQUEST, AND THIS IS THE, UH, UH, TIP THAT HAS BEEN TIPPED THIRD UP IN WHERE WE DESIGNATED AN AREA IN PRECINCT THREE THAT ACTUALLY HAS A, UH, WORKING WELL, WE HAVE OTHERS IN THE COUNTY OIL AND I GUESS PRIMARILY OIL.
AND, UH, RAY, I THINK ON PRECINCT TWO, YOU WERE, YOU INDICATED YOU WOULD, UH, UH, TAKE WHAT WAS LEFT.
UH, PRETTY APPARENTLY MEAN NOTHING GO AROUND.
SO IT'S, WE'RE NUMBER FOUR ON THE LIST.
WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER WHAT WE UTILIZE AND WE CANNOT APPLY MORE MONEY THAN THEY CAN GIVE TO US.
WE HAVE TO BE THAT EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT RIGHT.
WE HAVE READING THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM JIM ALLISON, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY DO SOME GOOD BOOKKEEPING AND AUDITING ON THIS, UH, MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE FOR OUR STATE, RIGHT? ANYTIME THE STATE GIVES THE GRANT OR FOR ANY PURPOSE OR FED OR ANYBODY'S, THERE'S ALWAYS LOTS OF, UH, LOTS THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR, BUT THAT'S AS SHOULD BE.
AND IT'S $300,000 AND ADDITIONAL PROBABLY $300,000 AND ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE COUNTY, COUNTY ROAD, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS ITEM NUMBER THREE WOULD BE JUST ADOPTING A RESOLUTION ORDER.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER SECOND FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER.
I THINK I'VE, AS MUCH AS I NEED TO ADD YOU, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME.
YOU CAN'T, I GOTTA GO MAKE SOME MONEY.
YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS? JUST LEMME KNOW.
I'M GONNA GET WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, TRY TO KEEP, MAKE SURE WE GOT ALL THE RIGHT, UH, RIGHT NAMES, RIGHT QUESTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT WHEN IT COMES UP.
AND THEN, UH, I BEFORE DISCUSS AN ACT ON, UH, APPROVING TO THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION TRUCTURE FUND GRANT AGREEMENT.
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE COPIES OF THAT.
THIS PART OF WHAT MR. ADDISON US PUT TOGETHER HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS THE, UH, THE DOCUMENT.
THIS IS THE BIG DOCUMENT PREPARED FOR US.
AND UH, THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'LL COMPLETE AS MOVING FORWARD.
UH, ONE WE HAVE TO HAVE, SOMEBODY'S GONNA SIGN ALL THE PAPERWORK, BUT WE HAVE TO DESIGNATE I WHAT I WRITTEN HERE AND I GUESS YOU'LL BE THE COUNTY JUDGE WILL BE DESIGN.
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I DON'T SEE THAT YOU CAN DESIGNATE THAT IN THE MOTION.SO WE ARE APPROVING THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE FUND GRANT FOR AGREEMENT IN AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY JUDGE TO PROCEED AS SIGN THE DOCUMENT AS PREPARED.
YOU PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? JUDGE WOOD? MAY I HAVE A COPY OF THAT AGREEMENT WHEN YOU GET IT BACK SECOND? I WAS LISTENING TO COMMISSIONER SHANE ABOUT IT BEING GRANT AND DOING IT DIFFERENTLY.
THERE'S GONNA PROBABLY ANOTHER FUND SET UP TO, TO HANDLE, TO HANDLE IT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT COMMINGLED WITH YOUR OTHER ROAD REGIMEN.
WE'LL, WE'LL MISS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I A THOSE PUBLIC.
NOW THE NEXT PART IS DEALING WITH THE SPECIFIC ROADS.
UH, THAT WOULD, WOULD BE IN THIS, UH, UH, TWO THIRD AGREEMENT.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE PROJECTS LISTED HERE.
PRECINCT ONE, UH, PRECINCT THREE AND PRECINCT FOUR.
AND UH, DOES COMMISSIONER, ICK, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ONES IN PRECINCT? EVERYBODY HAVE COPIES? THIS IS PRECINCT ONE.
UH, MY, MY FIRST, UH, WROTE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE ORDER WE SHOULD GO IN SINCE THE PROJECT LIST AS KENNETH, I'VE GOT I'LL, OH, OKAY.
THIS IS PRECINCT AND THIS IS PRECINCT FOUR.
WE MAY HAVE TO GET A ARM HERE.
I SEE HOW THIS MONEY'S GONNA BE, BUT I, YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED BEFORE, I'M SURE ABLE TO DO IT THIS TIME AS WELL.
WHICH ONES? YES, THIS IS WHICH ONE? ALL OF THEM.
YEAH, IT SAYS IN THE, UH, UH, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SECOND COLUMN AND SAY WHAT, WHAT IT'S, WHAT PRECINCT IS.
SO THIS ONE MUST BE HAVE THE ORIGINAL LIST THAT WE HAD.
PRIORITY LIST WHERE I PROBABLY HAVE IT HERE SOMEWHERE.
UH, YOU WANT, WELL ARE WE, ARE WE GONNA GO DOWN? I KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL LIST KEN HAD, UH, THE FIRST TWO BECAUSE THAT WAS WITHIN THE
KEN THEN 3 53 ALSO THEY USED DID A LOT ALSO
WE GONNA GO DOWN LIKE WE DID BEFORE WHERE YOU HAD YOUR TWO IN THERE AND CAN YOU GET YOURS? YOU GET YOURS AND I GET MINE.
IS THAT WHAT WE WANTED? DO IT? THAT CAUSED THE LEAST MAN BLOODSHED LAST TIME WE, IT WORKED PRETTY WELL.
I THINK THE TWO ACTIVE OIL FIELDS THAT WAY TO DO IT COMBINE.
KENNETH WOULD BE THE FIRST BECAUSE HE HAD THE, THE DESIGNATED AREA RIGHT BETWEEN THOSE TWO ROADS, THE THREE ROADS.
SO, AND THEN MOVE TO, UH, 40 16.
SO WE, ARE WE GONNA DESIGNATE ALL THREE OF KENNETH ROADS OR, OR WELL, KEN DOESN'T MAKE ANY MORE MONEY THAN YOU'VE GOT.
RIGHT? WELL, I MEAN, BUT AS HIS, AS HIS PRIORITY, THE PRIORITY CAN CHANGE ANYTIME IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
BUT TO START OFF WITH, YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY MORE ITEMS ON THE LIST THAT YOU GOT MONEY FOR.
BUT I MEAN LAST TIME HE PUT WHAT, 3 55 AND 3 56 ON YOUR LIST THAT'S IN THE
SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO DESIGNATE THE 16 TWO AND 45 3 2 AS COMMITTED.
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AND DESIGNATE THE 98 7 AS COMMITTED TOM.NO, GO BACK TO WE NEED AN AUDITOR.
GO BACK TO SCORE WITH A CALCULATOR.
OR WHAT WE AGREED TO TO START WITH, THEY'RE IN THE
3 53 THAT, THAT WOULD BE JUST DOWN ITEMS. OKAY.
AND I SEEN THAT YOU COULD, UH, PROBABLY AMEND IT LATER ON.
WELL THAT WOULD BE, SO IT WOULD BE PROJECT AND PRECINCT NUMBER THREE.
IT WOULD BE PROJECT NUMBER ONE AS FAR AS PRIORITY.
AND THAT'S FROM COUNTY ROAD 3 53 TO FM 4 29, WHICH IS 2 0 5 3 OR 2.036 MILES AS WELL AS COUNTY ROAD TWO 50 OR 3 56 FROM COUNTY ROAD 3 55 TO WHERE IT DEAD ENDS AND TO TO SIX 2.6841 MILES.
AND THOSE TWO PROJECTS AS FAR AS THE STATE SHARE IS CONCERNED ADD UP TO SOMEBODY KEEPING UP WITH THIS? I DOING, YEAH, WE GOT AN ER OVER THERE.
AND I'VE GOT THE BREAKDOWN, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE HERE.
PROJECT ONE AND NO, 3 55, 55 AND 56.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE 46 THINK 40 16.
AND LEMME GET THAT ONE UH, OUT.
AND THAT IS IN, UH, COMMISSIONER, THAT'S PRECINCT FOUR.
AND UH, YOU'VE GOT TWO PROJECTS THEY BOTH ADD UP TO 179,000.
AND SO, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO THERE.
LET'S DO THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT.
AND THAT'S FROM FM 1391 NORTH TO THE OIL FIELD S AND THAT'S WHERE YOU DO HAVE AN ALL ACTIVE OIL.
AND THAT'S NOT ONE THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH MAYBE THE, UH, THREEWAY PIPELINE BUS TO RETURN? NO, IT'S NOT PERFECT BECAUSE THAT MONEY COULD COME, IT COULD COME IN LATER.
AND KAREN, THAT AMOUNT IS AT THE COUNTY ROAD.
FROM FM 1391 NORTH OF THE OILFIELD ENTRANCE.
AND THE SHERIFF FOR THE STATE, THAT ROAD IS 98,000.
ALRIGHT THEN COMMISSIONER, DID YOU HAVE ANY PRECINCT ONE OR, UH, WE DID AS A MATTER OF FACT, HAD A FEW, UH, MY FIRST PICK WOULD BE COUNTY ROAD 2 83 NORTH OF THE NEW CONCRETE BRIDGE.
AND THE STATE SHARE WOULD BE 61 360 1 3.
AND THAT'S PROJECT NUMBER ONE.
UH, COUNTY ROAD NORTH OF THE BRIDGE COUNTY ROAD 2 8 3 NORTH OF THE NEW CONCRETE BRIDGE THAT THE STATE FINISHED LAST YEAR.
THE PIPELINE CROSSES RIGHT AT THAT BRIDGE.
BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDED THEN THIS, I MEAN THE, THE PIPELINE IF WE WERE TO GET MONEY FROM, WELL POSSIBLY THE PIPELINE CROSSES, RIGHT? THE CENTER, YOU NOTICE THE NEXT PROJECT IS FROM THE CONCRETE FROM SOUTH AND THEN WE HAVE DAMAGE ON TWO 80 AND 2 82 AS WELL.
WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, IF THAT INCLUDES MORE OF THE SEAWAY PIPELINE THING, WE COULD TRANSFER THE MONEY TO THE NEXT PROJECT.
NOW THAT LIST, IF YOU, IF YOU DID GET REIMBURSED FROM SEAWAY FIRST FOR SOME REASON, WHATEVER, YEAH.
THEN YOU CAN AMEND THIS SIX MOTION.
NOW TAKE THAT WE CAN GO TO THE OTHER PROJECTS, TAKE THAT MONEY, PUT ON SOMETHING ELSE.
THREE AND FOUR GRAND TOLD THAT ABOUT WHAT? 220,000 MILES? KAREN? YES SIR.
WHAT I HAD ON THERE WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, OLD TRAIL AND IT WAS GONNA BE UH, WELL OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING, SO NO.
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NOT THIS.I'LL GO BACK WHAT Y'ALL DID ABOUT $60,000, PUT $60,000 ON SPOT REPAIR AND OVERLAY ON, ON
GIVE BACK IN INVOICES ON ALL THAT.
AND YOU GOTTA START KEEPING TRACK OF ALL YOUR LABOR THAT'S GONNA BE USING ON, I WON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE ON THAT BECAUSE I PAY ABOUT 20 ON THAT JOB, SO IT WON'T BE AN ISSUE AT ALL.
BUT WHEN YOU START GIVING THEM SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS, YOU GOT, YOU GOTTA BE BOOKKEEPER 60,000, RIGHT? 3 53 LIST.
SO THAT'S THE RIGHT AT WELL WE'VE GOT 5,000 FOR THE, THE LEGAL WORK THAT JIM HAS DONE THAT WILL COME OUT THAT WE TAKE THAT OUT.
YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S, SO THAT DROPS IT BACK TO ABOUT 2 9 4 9 25 OR SOMETHING.
I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD JUST LEAVE THAT ALONE FOR THE TIME BEING.
YOU WANT DESIGN, YOU WANT TO DIVIDE IT UP ON THE THAT OR WE CAN GO TOWARDS THE NEXT ROAD ON THE, THAT'D HELP ON THAT ONE.
WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER YOU COULD USE ON YOUR NEXT PROJECT.
WE WON'T COMPLETE THAT PROJECT IF THAT MONEY TO THAT YOU SPEND A HUNDRED GRAND ON IT AND THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A 30 OF, YOU'RE STILL, SO THE REMAINDER OF GO THE COUNTY ROAD, THREE FEET BETWEEN AND WE'LL GET THOSE NUMBERS OUT.
AND THIS IS ALL CLEAR MUD EVERYBODY, I'M SURE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU A DOCUMENT THAT'LL SHOW WHAT ALL, I MEAN IT'S MUCH MORE MONEY I THINK THAN ANY OF US ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE FROM THE STATE AND UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S MONEY THAT CERTAINLY PUT UH, GOOD USE.
AND RAY, YOU'RE GONNA GET US ONE OF THESE.
EVERYBODY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF COULD BE AMENDED.
SO IF YOU FIND THERE'S SOME MONEY'S COMING FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER WHATEVER.
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO THAT MONEY SOMETHING ELSE DOWN THE ROAD WE COULD GET, GET SOME MONEY FROM SEAWAY TO GET WANT, GET THIS WHOLE 299 FORWARD TO THE NEXT, TO THE NEXT PROJECT.
AND I'VE GOT THE DISCUSSION ON SEAWAY HERE, JUST STRICTLY DISCUSSION TO SEE WHERE WE'RE WITH, HOPING THEY CONTACT ME BY NOW.
I THAT WE APPROVE AMEND PROJECT LIST FOR THE C RECOMMENDED HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CLARK.
HAVE A SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR AS FAR AS THE MEDIA CONCERNED.
DEMOLISHING THE BOLT SO THAT THEY CAN BE IN THIS GROUP.
THEY POST AND ALL, IF WE START USING 12 FOOT POST AND OUR SIGN, THEY NOT THAT HANGING LANE COME BY MY OFFICE AND I'LL GIVE YOU A SIGN.
WHAT GUY TOLD ME ONE TIME SAID, WHY DON'T Y'ALL JUST MAKE PLASTIC STOP SIGNS AND GIVE ANYBODY ONCE.
SO DON'T BE STEALING YOUR, I TOLD YOU I HAVE A STORY ABOUT HANGING TREE ROAD.
I THAT LITTLE HISTORY THERE, BUT BACK MY OLD BUS DRIVING ABOUT 40.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS, UH, SEAWAY PIPELINE COMPANY UPDATE ON COUNTY ROAD EDGE.
UH, I THINK I'VE SENT ALL OF YOU THE CONTACT INFORMATION FROM, UH, SEAWAY AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SENDING SOMEBODY UP HERE, UH, AT HAS ANYBODY BEEN CONTACTED PIPE THEN? OKAY, WELL THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO KNOW.
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I'LL, UH, IT GOES ACROSS ALL PRECINCTS EXCEPT PRECINCT TWO.AND UH, THE LADY INDICATED THAT PLUS IT GOES ACROSS, UH, POST OAK CITY, CITY POST OAK.
IT GOES ACROSS ANY OF YOUR CITIES OR COMMUNITIES OR NOT THROUGH PART OF THE CITY OF KAUFMAN TOO.
DO THEY GO THROUGH THE PARK? OKAY.
I I JUST GOT A LOT OF DAMAGE DOWN THERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO COME ON AND, UH, YOU KNOW, EITHER LET ME KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO OR, OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE I GOT, I I WILL, UH, I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH THE CONTACT PERSON WE HAVE THERE.
IS THAT MS. TYLER? YEAH, YEAH.
OR Y'ALL YOU WANT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? WELL, IN MY PRECINCT, THEY STILL HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF THOSE WOODEN MATS THAT THEY MAKE TO RUN STACKED UP AT EVERY COUNTY ROAD CROSSING.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE GOING BE SOME, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO SEND A TON OF TRUCKS DOWN THERE AND THERE'S PROBABLY NO USE OF DOING ANYTHING UNTIL THEY GET DONE.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING FOR.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BUT FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND.
GO AND FIX IT NOW THEY'RE JUST GONNA PARK, YOU KNOW, BACK ON THE SHOULDER AND DEMOLISH THE, AND RUN OVER THE TS THAT YOU REPLACE.
SOME OF THE DAMAGE YOU'RE SEEING IS WHERE THEY JUST MASHED DOWN THE ROADS AND THE COVERS.
YES, MOSTLY THE SHOULDERS WHEN THEY PULL OFF IN A DITCH, IT JUST M EVERYTHING TRUCKS ARE TOO LONG TO GO AROUND.
SOM ENDS I'M SURE OVER PERMIT.
BUT THEY, THEY COULD HAVE STACKED THEM UP ON THE FARM, BUT THEY'RE I GUESS TOO FAR APART BE CONVENIENT FOR THEM.
SO THEY WELL I FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
WE'LL TRY TO, I'M SURE THEY'RE DEALING EVERY COUNTY, THE STATE I WOULD IMAGINE YOU SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
SO, WE'LL THEY'RE GETTING VERY NEAR THE END BECAUSE THEY'RE SEATING ON TOP OF IT.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE THEM DUE FOR THE NEXT COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING? I CAN TRY AND, UH, REALLY THEY NEED TO GO VISIT EACH PRECINCT AND JUST LET Y'ALL TURN AROUND? WELL, I'LL MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT.
SEE WE GET HER DOWN HERE WHEN THAT MONEY COMES IN.
IT WOULD BE, UH, HOW WOULD THAT BE ACCOUNTED FOR, KAREN? WHENEVER IT'S, IT WOULD BE IN EACH PRECINCT WE JUST GO THROUGH IT WOULD BE FOR EACH PRECINCT REIMBURSEMENT THEN WE WOULD INCREASE THEIR REVENUE AND INCREASE THEIR EXPENDITURE BY THAT AMOUNT SO THEY CAN REPAIR THE ROAD.
WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY FIRST AND THE STATE REIMBURSES WITHIN 30 DAYS.
THEY SAY ON THE PIPELINE THING? NO, BOTH OF 'EM KIND OF WILL BE A LITTLE BIT SIMILAR.
OH, BUT ONE'S A GRANT AND ONE'S ACTUAL REIMBURSEMENT FROM DAMAGES.
NO, THE C CHARGE IS REIMBURSEMENT ALSO.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE IN A SEPARATE FUND.
THE, UH, REPAIR FROM THIS PIPELINE I WOULD THINK WOULD NEED TO GO IN Y'ALL SEPARATE REVENUE ACCOUNTS AS REIMBURSEMENT AND THEN LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD INCREASE THE REVENUE SIDE AND INCREASE THE EXPENDITURE SO YOU COULD GET THOSE ROADS REPAIRED.
IT COULD BE THE CWA MAY WANT TO HIRE YOUR APPROVAL CONTRACTOR TO COME IN.
THAT MAY BE WHAT WE SHOULD TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BE OVER IT, BUT IT, IT WOULDN'T TIE YOU UP HAVING TO GO OUT AND FIX YOUR TIME AND ALL THAT.
SO SHOULD BE TO YOUR STANDARDS.
THAT'S, THAT'S ON ITEM NUMBER SIX.
UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER MOVING THE MAY 12TH COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING, WHICH IS OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, UH, THE 12TH TO MAY 8TH BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT WE HAVE WITH ANOTHER MEETING ON THAT DAY.
AND SO WE MEET, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT'LL BE, WHETHER IT BE OVER THE, OUR, OUR REGULAR MORNING OR WE'LL JUST HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? I MOVE THAT WE MOVE THE MEETING THE MAY 12TH MEETING TO THURSDAY, MAY 8TH AT NINE TO NINE O NINE SECOND FROM RAY WAS THERE.
SECOND COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY A OPPOSED, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MS. FLOYD, OUR HR DIRECTOR WHO'S HERE TO DISCUSS THE US SHE
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HAS ABOUT SERVICE.I, UM, WHICH ONE? I TALKING ABOUT SERVICE AWARDS FIRST? UM, TIME.
UM, ON THE SERVICE AWARDS, IT'S, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE ABOUT STARTING SOME KIND OF SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM.
UM, I'VE NEVER REALLY DONE ANYTHING WITH IT, SO I'VE KIND OF DONE A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND LOOKED INTO THE IDEA OF MAYBE SOME LIKE SERVICE PINS TO GIVE VOUCHER IDEAS OF SERVICE AND STUFF.
AND STARTING WITH, UM, YEAR NUMBER ONE.
SO AFTER THEY COMPLETE ONE YEAR OF SERVICE AND THEN, UM, EVERY FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT.
SO 5, 10, 15, UM, DEPENDING ON THE YEAR, IF Y'ALL, WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE OR WHATEVER, BUT, UM, I'VE LOOKED AROUND AT A FEW COMPANIES AND FOR THE COST OF THE PENS, THEY RANGE FROM LIKE FIVE TO $10 DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PEN IS.
THE MORE WE ORDER OF THAT PARTICULAR PEN, THE CHEAPER THE PEN IS.
UM, I'VE TALKED WITH JACK A. LITTLE BIT.
THERE'S UM, SOME KIND OF FIVE WORD PROGRAM, UM, THAT HE'S TALKED ABOUT THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY USE SOME OF THE FUNDS FOR THAT TO, UM, START THIS UP.
THE FIRST YEAR IS GONNA BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA, WE WOULD GO BACK IN WHATEVER YEAR THAT THEY'RE IN.
WE STARTED OUT, SO FOR EXAMPLE, ON THERE I PUT LIKE IF THEY HAVE THREE YEARS OF SERVICE, WE WOULD GIVE THAT PERSON A ONE YEAR PIN.
SO A GOOD MAJORITY OF THE EMPLOYEES PROBABLY ABOUT HALF WOULD RECEIVE AN AWARD THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE START THIS PROGRAM.
AND UM, KIND OF THE IDEA WAS, IS TO KIND OF INCREASE MORALE, GIVE THE EMPLOYEE SOMETHING, SOME KIND OF APPRECIATION FOR, UM, STAYING HERE AND BEING HERE.
UM, ALSO TALKED ABOUT MAYBE LIKE A LITTLE CEREMONY, MAYBE A BREAKFAST OR A LUNCH OR SOMETHING.
UM, SEEING IF WE COULD GO AROUND TOWN AND GET SOME DONATIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO, UM, FEED THE EMPLOYEES AND INVITE THAT EMPLOYEE RECEIVING THE AWARD AND THEIR SUPERVISOR.
UM, AND KIND OF DO THIS MAYBE IN THE SPRINGTIME EVERY YEAR, JUST A CEREMONY THING.
SO I'M SURE THEY WOULD FIND A SPONSOR.
I THINK SOMEBODY HELP US DO THAT.
I THINK THE IDEA OF HAVING A, A LUNCH, MAYBE A, A BREAKFAST OR A DINNER LATE IN THE EVENING, YOU KNOW, OR LATE AFTERNOON IS GOOD, YOU KNOW, OR WE OUT EVERYBODY, WE DO NOT DO ENOUGH AT THIS POINT.
I THINK HONORING OUR EMPLOYEES TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, AND THIS WOULD BE A BEGINNING STEP TO DO THAT.
AND SO, AND THE PENS, I MEAN, IF WE WANT TO DO PENS OR IN MY OPINION, I THINK FOR SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN HERE 20, 25, 30 YEARS, THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST A LITTLE PIN.
BUT I THINK THERE, IT'S A SMALL TOKEN, IT DOESN'T COST VERY MUCH, BUT IT, IT MEANS A LOT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF RECOGNITION OF, HEY, I, I'VE BEEN HERE AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD HELP INCREASE MORALE A LOT.
YOU ON THE RIGHT TRACK YOU GOTTA DO.
SO BUILD OUT OUR ENC, THEY'LL STAY WITH US A LOT BETTER.
BECAUSE OUR TURNOVER WOULD BE BETTER TOO FOR THOSE YEAH.
I, ONE COUNTY THAT I REALLY, UM, THERE'S A COUNTY, UH, PEORIA COUNTY, THEY HAVE A REALLY, REALLY AWESOME PROGRAM THAT THEY DO AND THEY GIVE EVERYBODY A PIN, BUT LIKE IT INCREASES OVER THE YEAR.
SO THEY DO LIKE A PLAQUE FOR LIKE 20 YEARS AND THEN TOOK 25 YEARS.
I THINK THEY GIVE THEM LIKE A CLOCK AND THEN LIKE 30 YEARS THEY GIVE THEM A ROCKING CHAIR.
EVEN THE LONGER THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE, HOW OFTEN DO THEY GIVE RAISES IN THOSE COUNTERS? YEAH, THEY DO.
THEY GOT, THEY GOT THE CORN DOWN.
UM, AT THE WATER DISTRICT WHERE I WORKED, WE HAD TO SELL SCRAP METAL THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED, UH, TAX BASED MONEY IN OTHER WORDS.
AND THEY WOULD DO, LIKE ONCE A YEAR THEY WOULD RENT A PARK AND THROW A BIG BARBECUE AND USE THAT MONEY TO BUY THE MEATS.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTED TO BRING ASIDE LIKE SALAD, DESSERT ROLLS AND A BUNCH OF DRINKS AND THEY WOULD HAVE GAINS AND STUFF FOR EVERYBODY AND THE KIDS TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND IT KIND OF REALLY SET THE MOOD AND GAVE THEM SOMETHING THAT SAYS, HEY, OUR FOUR PRECINCTS WENT TOGETHER.
WE HAD SOME SCRAP METAL, WE GOT THIS MONEY AND THIS IS YOUR APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I, I'D LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT JUST BASED ON, YOU KNOW, I'VE REGISTERED 27 YEARS AND, AND THEY MADE A BIG DEAL OUTTA THIS.
YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD'VE IN THEIR CAPTAIN CHAMBERS, FIRST OF
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ALL, EARLY MORNING THEY'D HAVE A BREAKFAST CONTAINER.EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, THE SUPERVISOR BRING THEIR PEOPLE WAS GOING GET THE, AND WASN'T FOR EVERYBODY.
IT WAS IF YOU WERE GETTING A AWARD THAT DAY, YOU KNOW THAT THAT EMPLOYEE AND THEIR SUPERVISOR, OF COURSE ALL THE BRASS WAS THERE.
YOU HAVE KIND OF COOPERATIVE ABOUT HOUR AND YOU GOT TRAY OR SNACKS, WHATEVER.
THEY WENT TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM AND THEY START OFF WITH A FIVE YEAR PEN AND THE 10 YEAR PEN AND THE 15.
THEY'D CALL YOU UP INDIVIDUALLY, SHAKE YOUR HAND, GET YOUR PICTURE MADE.
CONGRATULATE ALWAYS GOT INTERESTED WHEN YOU GOT THE 25 YEAR AND A 30 YEAR PIN AND 35 YEAR PC THAT WAS STILL THERE.
UH, VERY LOW COST TO TO THE ENTITY IN OUR CASE AS MENTIONED, UH, I THINK YOU'RE GOING SEE THE REBATE CHECK GET QUITE LARGER THIS YEAR.
WE BOUGHT, WE'VE GOT, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION THINK'S THROUGH BY BOARD.
SO WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OR DOLLARS, WE GET A PERCENT BACK.
SO SEE THOUSAND YEAR, I EXPECT THAT TO BE PROBABLY MORE.
BUT THE EMPLOYEES APPRECIATE IT.
LIKE I SAID, ACCOUNT MADE A BIG DEAL OUTTA UH, IF YOU WANT BUY SPOUSE OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THERE AGAIN, START OFF FIVE YEARS AND 10 YEAR.
IT IS PRETTY NEAT TO WATCH THE FOLKS THEY APPRECIATED VERY, VERY LONG COST.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING OF THE TAKE PLANNING OBVIOUSLY TO DO.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS TODAY IS DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER DOING THIS? SO I WOULD SAY SO.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I THINK A ONE YEAR PEN IS NOT NECESSARY.
I, I THINK FIVE, YOUR THINGS PRETTY GOOD HERE.
GO ALONG THE WAY WHEN YOU GET TO THE POINT OF, UH, WHERE YOU MAY WANNA INVOLVE THE DEPARTMENT, COUPLE COMMISSIONERS OR WHOEVER YOU WANT US WORK, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF PUT TOGETHER, WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
HOW ABOUT A FOUR YEAR PEN? BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING BE
I'LL GET YOU ONE YOU GET FOR FOUR YEARS IS MIGRAINE.
THANKS FOR YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, IS UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A POLICY ON ROUNDING FOR TIMEKEEPING SYSTEM.
MORNING BROUGHT THIS TO ME AND UH, JUST SO EVERYBODY'S KIND OF DOING THE SAME THING.
IF YOU WANT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
CURRENTLY OUR UM, ROUNDING POLICY IS WE HAVE A SEVEN MINUTE RULE.
SO IT ROUNDS SEVEN MINUTES, BUT WHEN THEY CLOCK IN AND SEVEN MINUTES WHEN CLOCK OUT, IT GOES EITHER WAY.
SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE GONNA FULLY ROUND CLOCKS IN AT 8 0 7, IT ROUNDS TO EIGHT.
SO IT GIVES THEM CREDIT AT EIGHT.
IF THEY CLOCK IN AT 8 0 8 IT ROUNDS TO EIGHT 15.
AND SO THEY UM, IT'S LIKE IF THEY WORK FIVE, EIGHT HOURS, IT ROUNDS IT DOWN TO SEVEN POINT, UM, SEVEN FIVE FOR THAT DAY.
SO THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT ON PAPER TIME SHEETS AND IT'S WORK.
IT'S EASIER TO ROUND UP AND DOWN 'CAUSE THEN YOU'RE WORKING IN LIKE QUARTERS OF TIME AND ALL THAT.
UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE NEW TIMEKEEPING SOFTWARE, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO NOT HAVE A ROUNDING AND IT PAYS ACTUAL MINUTE FOR THEY WORK.
SO I'VE HAD A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS COME TO ME ASKING BECAUSE IF IN THE PAST IF AN EMPLOYEE WALKED IN AT 8 0 5 OR EIGHT 10, THEY WOULD ALWAYS JUST PUT EIGHT O'CLOCK ON THEIR TIME SHEET OR NO MATTER WHAT THEY JUST WROTE DOWN EIGHT O'CLOCK.
SO, BUT NOW WITH THE TIMEKEEPING SYSTEM, IT'S VERY ACCURATE.
WHATEVER TIME THEY CLOCK IN IS WHAT TIME IT SAYS.
SO I'VE GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM, UM, SOME SUPERVISORS SAYING THAT THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'RE WORKING THE SYSTEM.
SO AN EMPLOYEE CLOCKS IN AT 8 0 7, THEY'RE SEVEN MINUTES LATE, BUT THEY GET CREDIT TO THOSE SEVEN MINUTES.
SO I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD COME AND SEE WHAT Y'ALL'S OPINION WERE AND GO FROM THERE.
AND WITH THE SYSTEM, YOU, IT DOESN'T, YOU DON'T HAVE IT CALCULATES EVERYTHING FOR YOU BEFORE WITH THE PAPER IT MADE SENSE TO DO THE ROUNDING 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, AND ALSO IF THEY CAN COME IN AT 8 0 8 OR IF THEY CLOCK OUT AT 8 0 8 OR SAY 5 0 8 MM-HMM
AND, AND THEY WORK THE SYSTEM IN THAT AND THEY DO IT FOR LUNCHES AS WELL.
AND IT'S A BIG PROBLEM AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THEY UM, THEY WORK IT REALLY WELL AT THE, SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAKE LIKE A 20 MINUTE LUNCH, BUT THEY'RE ONLY UM, IT ONLY COUNTS FOR 15 MINUTE LUNCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO HOW ARE WE GONNA ELIMINATE ALL THIS WITH THE SOFTWARE THAT IF YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION SAID YOU START AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, IT DIDN'T MAKE IT WORK TIME YOU PUNCHED IN,
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YOU DIDN'T START PAYING UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK AND YOU AUTOMATED THAT 30 MINUTES OUT FOR LUNCH.AND IF YOU SUPPOSED TO WORK AT THREE 30, IT CUTS YOU OUT AT THREE 30.
UNLESS YOUR SUPERVISOR WILL ROAD THAT IF HE MADE YOU STAY LATER OR WHATEVER.
NO, THE TIMEKEEPING SYSTEM, WHATEVER TIME YOU CLOCK IN IS WHAT TIME YOU GET PAID FOR WHATEVER TIME THEY TOLD US IN THAT DEAL THAT WE WERE SET.
WELL THEY TOLD US WE SET YOUR SCHEDULE.
THEIR SCHEDULE DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING IN THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY SET UP.
IT JUST MEANS THAT, UM, IF YOU PUNCH IN BEFORE OR AFTER EIGHT, IT SHOWS THAT YOU'RE LATER, EARLY, IT STILL, IT STILL PUNCHES YOU IN WHATEVER TIME YOU PUNCH IN AND THAT'S WHAT TIME YOU START GETTING PAID FOR.
SO ALL THAT IN THAT WORKSHOP THAT WE WENT TO AND THEY PROMISED TO SOLVE THIS GOOD STUFF THAT WAS ALL ABOVE.
AND I HAVE FOUND THAT OUT THE HARD WAY
AND I HAVE TALKED TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT DOES THE, THE SYSTEM.
I HAVE TALKED TO HIM SEVERAL TIMES AND HE SAID THAT THEY HAVE STOPPED THROUGH BUSINESS A LOT OF SALES PEOPLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR REASON.
'CAUSE I TOLD HIM, I SAT DOWN WITH HIM A WHOLE WEEK, HE WAS HERE AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID THIS IS WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD, THIS IS HOW IT'S GONNA WORK.
AND HE SAID THEIR SYSTEM DOESN'T DO ANY OF THAT.
WAS THAT THE $150 AN HOUR GUY THAT I QUESTIONED DURING THAT WORKSHOP? I KNOW WE ASKING HIM WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO FOR $150 AN HOUR.
HE SAID WHATEVER YOU WANT TO AND I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM AGAIN.
HE SAID, WE'LL MAKE THIS THING, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO THEN.
YEAH, WE'VE NEVER SEEN HIM AGAIN.
HIS NAME IS CHAD, WE'VE NEVER SEEN HIM AGAIN.
I TOLD HIM HE WASN'T, I TOLD Y'ALL HE WASN'T WORTH NO HUNDRED $50 AN HOUR.
WE'RE WORKING WITH BUT HE WASN'T.
BUT OTHER THAN
BUT ALL THIS, HOW CAN WE GET THESE EMPLOYEES TO REALLY GET TO THEIR JOBS EARLY? LIKE THEY SHOULD BE, IT WOULD BE ON TIME THE MINUTE THEY CLOCK IN TO THE MINUTE THEY CLOCK OUT AS THEY ANSWER FOR THAT.
AND THEN THAT'S ON THE SUPERVISOR FOR THEM INTO THEM BEING LATER, EARLY.
WHAT DO YOU DO IF THEY CALCULATE OVERTIME, IT'LL CALCULATE EXACTLY FROM WHATEVER.
SO IF THEY WORK EIGHT AND A HALF HOURS, IT'S GONNA GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE OUT, WELL NOT EIGHT AND A HALF, BUT IF THEY WORK 41 HOURS, IT'S GONNA GIVE THEM AN HOUR OF OVERTIME.
BUT THAT'S APPROVED BY THE SUPERVISOR.
YEAH, THAT'S ON THE SUPERVISOR.
THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT I'VE GOT BECAUSE I'VE GOT EMPLOYEES THAT THE WAY THE SYSTEM'LL WORK, IT'LL KICK IT INTO THAT ONE MORE MINUTE OVER AND IT'S SHOWING A QUARTER OF AN HOUR.
WELL THEY DIDN'T GET APPROVAL FOR ME TO DO THAT.
SO I HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERRIDE THE SYSTEM AND PUT IN ON LITTLE NOTES THAT THEY DIDN'T GET APPROVAL TO DO IT.
AND IT'S NOT THAT THE EMPLOYEE ISN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TIME AND WHEN THEY'RE EXACTLY.
IT IS JUST LIKE IF, IF YOU SIT DOWN AND PUNCH IN AND YOU GO THAT ONE MINUTE OVER, IT'S GONNA KICK UP A QUARTER HOUR.
AND THAT'S THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SET UP BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY OUR POLICY'S BEEN ON PAPER.
WELL POTENTIALLY YOU COULD HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH OVERTIME THAT DO NOT HAVE CALCULATOR.
DID NOT, UH, WERE NOT AUTHORIZED OVER THAT.
AND WITH THE WHOLE, YOU HAVE TO PAY AN EMPLOYEE FOR THE HOURS THAT THEY WORK.
SO IF THEY WORK A HALF AN HOUR OVER, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T AUTHORIZED, WE STILL HAVE TO PAY THEM.
SO IF IT WASN'T AUTHORIZED THEN AT THAT POINT YOU CAN TELL THEM EITHER THEY CAN BE WRITTEN UP SAYING THEY WASN'T AUTHORIZED IF THEY DID IT AGAIN, YOU CAN TERMINATE 'EM ON THAT.
BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY AN EMPLOYEE FOR THE HOURS THEY WORK NO MATTER WHAT.
GENTLEMEN, WHAT YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS? I MAKE A MOTION TO BE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO PAY FOR MINUTES WORK CALCULATED BY THE TIME.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER.
ANY DISCUSSION? ITEM NUMBER THANK, ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO DISCUSS DEPARTMENT'S CONSOLIDATIONS.
AND UH, MR HAD ASKED THAT WE PUT THIS ON THERE AS WE GET READY TO START, UH, WORKING BUDGET PROCESS.
YES, AS Y'ALL KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MAINTENANCE COUNTY BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND UH, WE HAVE NO ONE REALLY IN CHARGE OF THE MAINTENANCE GUY.
WE HAVE NO ONE WE CAN SEND EMAIL TO AND SAY WE HAVE THIS REPAIRED, WE NEED MADE.
YOU KNOW, UM, JUDGE HAS BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THE, WITH THE MAINTENANCE GUYS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE.
BUT, UH, I'M SURE YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO THOUGH.
THE DISPATCH MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.
SO MR. EWING HAS, UM, VOLUNTEERED TO STEP IN AS A FACILITIES
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MANAGER, FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR OF OUR PROJECTS OR BUILDING PROJECTS.UM, HE DEFINITELY HAS THE, UM, THE BACKGROUND.
UH, LARRY WOULD YOU LIKE TO TOUCH ON, ON YOUR BACKGROUND AND YOUR THOUGHTS AS HOW WE CAN, UM, MAKE THIS WORK AS A, UM, CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THESE OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS? I KNOW MS. MORRIS IS GOING TO RETIRE AND WE HAVE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS DOWN THERE THAT HAVE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE IN IT THAT POSSIBLY WE COULD CONSOLIDATE AND UTILIZE OUR PERSONNEL, UM, TO BETTER SERVE THE CITIZENS IN, IN THREE OR FOUR, AT LEAST THREE DEPARTMENTS.
WELL, I, I KNOW I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATION AND VOLUNTEERED THAT IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT, AND I KNOW STEVE AND I HAVE TALKED TO, BUT THERE'S A WAY WHENEVER IT COMES UP TO KATHY RETIRE, IF Y'ALL WANNA TRY TO DO SOMETHING ON CONSOLIDATIONS TO SAVE MONEY THAT WE PROBABLY COULD AT ONE TIME OUR DEPARTMENTS WERE, WERE ONE ALONG WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL.
YEAH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOU JUST KIND OF DESCRIBED, WE ALSO ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS WHO REPORTED THERE ALSO.
AND OF COURSE ACTUALLY THAT FROM, I WASN'T ACTUALLY A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE AT THE TIME.
BUT IT SEEMED LIKE IT WORKED REAL WELL ON THAT ASPECT JUST BECAUSE FOR ONE THING THERE SO MANY TIMES THAT A SEPTIC GUY GO OUT AND FIND A VIOLATION OF SOME OTHER KIND OR WE'LL GO OUT ON A FIRE CALL OR SOME KIND AND FIND A VIOLATION OR WE NEED THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS TO COME PICK IT UP FROM THAT POINT OR THEY GO OUT AND FIND SOMETHING AND I WANT SOMEBODY ELSE TO PICK IT UP.
SO IT'S THOSE THREE AREAS DID AT THAT TIME WORK REAL WELL TOGETHER.
I DON'T, KATHY COULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN WHY THE, I UNDERSTAND THE SEPARATION HERE.
AT THAT TIME IT WAS IN ITS INFANCY STAGE AS FAR AS THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.
AND SO AS THINGS GREW AS THE COUNTY GOT BEER, THAT'S JUST NO WAY THAT THOSE TWO FUNCTIONS COULD, COULD NOT SEPARATE AT LEAST BY PEOPLE.
SO THAT JUST HAD TO OCCUR AND THAT'S WHY THAT TOOK PLACE.
WHY THE TWO ENVIRONMENTALS WENT AWAY OVER TO THE, SO I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW GENERALLY THEY'RE OVER HERE DOING, UH, BAILIFF, I MEAN SECURITY WORK, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE OUT ON THE SAME THINGS OR NEED TO BE SOME REALLY IN THAT ASPECT.
I BELIEVE THAT THOSE DEPARTMENTS COULD IN SOME WAY BE MIXED MINGLED AND WORK TOGETHER WELL ON IT.
UH, JIMMY JOE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THE, UH, BUILDING SITUATION AND I HAVE IN FACT VOLUNTEERED TO TRY TO HELP SOME OF THAT IF I CAN.
I TALKED TO THE JUDGE ABOUT THAT TOO.
I DO HAVE A LONG BACKGROUND AND THAT I SPENT 30 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A FACILITY SUPERVISOR.
SO I MEAN I DO UNDERSTAND A LOT OF, OBVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN OUT OF IT NOW FOR 14 YEARS, SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TECHNOLOGY HAS CERTAINLY SURPASSED ME AT THAT POINT.
BUT AS FAR AS I'VE ALREADY DONE SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROJECTS FOR SOME OF YOU GUYS AND HAVE ANOTHER ONE SCHEDULED TO HELP OUT
I MEAN WE'RE A LONG WAY AWAY FROM HAVING I THINK THE RESOURCES TO DO IT CORRECTLY.
YOU NEED TO DO A REAL MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, YOU NEED TO HAVE MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES, VEHICLES, TOOLS, YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME TRADES PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT STAFF.
SO YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST A GOOD ALL AROUND CARPENTER AND MAYBE A PLUMBER OR SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BUDGET WOULD POSSIBLY STAND ON TRYING TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I TRY HELP OUT AT LEAST GOING BY CHECKING ON PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS TIME FRAME.
UH, IT'S REAL IMPORTANT TO ME AS A POLICE OFFICER THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, ABOUT 25 YEARS AS A PEACE OFFICER AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO MOVE THAT ABILITY IN MY LATTER YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT.
SO I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE THAT YOU WOULD RESPECT THAT, WISH THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'D HAVE TO WORK AROUND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY BE TRYING TO HELP OUT SOME MONEY.
WELL I THINK OUR PURPOSE TODAY WAS JUST TO THROW THIS ON THE TABLE.
PUT IT ON THE TABLE AND BEGIN PLANNING FOR, AS KATHY DOES RETIRE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO UH, COMBINE POSITIONS, COMBINE, UH, OFFICES, UH, MIGHT, THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE TIME TOO.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE WE LOCATED AT THE ARMORS PERHAPS AS WELL AS WE START FULLY UTILIZING THAT FACILITY.
SO, UH, I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO TALK ABOUT IT DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ALL, ALL OF THAT OUT.
SO I DO AGREE WITH SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID.
I I DON'T INTEND TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT WOULD GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND A MINUTE IF I DON'T.
BUT STEVE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND
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IT WOULD REALLY BE IMPORTANT IF WE DO THESE THINGS OR EVEN IF WE DON'T THAT, THAT WE TRY TO CONSOLIDATE THESE, THESE THESE UH, POSITIONS AT LEAST INTO ONE FACILITY.I MEAN HE AND I WORKED TOGETHER ON OF THINGS AND WE WORKED WITH KEN WITH THE SEPTIC G.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WILL GO OUT ON AND SEE SOMETHING AND THEN REPORT IT TO HIM AND IF HE'LL GO OUT AND DO HIS THING, I'M LETTING SOMETIMES HE HAS TO GET THE DEPUTIES, THE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL GUYS WANTED THEM TO GO OUT THERE WITH HIM JUST BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS OF HIM SHOWING UP ON SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY WHEN THEY'RE DUMPING.
ROSS SUE GOT ON THE GROUND OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, GETTING UPSET ABOUT IT AND SO HE'LL ASK ONE OF THOSE GUYS TO GO OUT WITH HIM.
SO ALL THAT CAN WORK TOGETHER AND WE WORK TOGETHER WELL IF WE WERE IN ONE FACILITY, I APOLOGIZE FOR NO, THAT'S FINE.
I CAN, I CAN ADD TO THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DANNY DOES AS FAR AS FLOOD PLAIN.
HE'S ALSO GOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND TRAINING.
I TOOK HIM TO EVERY CLASS THAT I WENT TO WHEN I WAS AT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
HE'S A PLAN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COUNTY.
I THINK HE DOES NOW BECAUSE HE DOES IZE ON HIM A LOT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO THE SAME THAT TRINITY, TRINITY RIVER.
THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO THOSE MEETINGS TOGETHER.
UM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE THERE NOW ARE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE KIND OF IN LIMBO AND ALL THE RUMORS THAT ARE GOING AROUND.
I WANT YOU TO QUASH THAT IMMEDIATELY.
UM, YOU'VE GOT TWO EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GOING TO RETIRE AT SOME POINT TOO WITHIN, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
ONE OF MS CAN THE SUBJECT SYSTEM INSPECTOR AND THE OTHER ONE IS TRICIA THAT'S BEEN DOING ABOUT HALF THE PAPERWORK.
IN PREPARING FOR THAT, I HAVE SENT UH, MISTY TO SCHOOL TO GET HER ONSITE SEW FACILITY FACILITIES LICENSE SO SHE CAN INSPECT SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND DANNY IS ALSO LICENSED.
ONE OF THE RUMORS WAS THAT MISTY AND AND DANNY ARE GONNA GO WITH STEVE AND THE OTHER TWO ARE GONNA GO WITH HIM.
WELL IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THEY BOTH RETIRE AT THE SAME TIME OR CLOSE AT THE SAME TIME.
YOUR SUBJECT ASSISTANT PROGRAM IS GONE BECAUSE HE'S GOT THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE WITH THE LICENSE.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN TO MAKE IT EASIER TRANSITION.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING PUTTING THOSE FOLKS UNDER ONE PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE, IT WOULD BE BEST TO PUT IT UNDER ONE PERSON BECAUSE OF THE LICENSING ISSUES AND NOBODY WILL MISS A BEAT.
MISTY'S BEING TRAINED HOW TO DO ALL THE SOFTWARE THAT WE'VE GOT FOR SPY SYSTEMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP AND GO ON AND NOT MISS A BEAT.
BUT MY CONCERN IS IF YOU SPLIT IT UP, PUT THE
'CAUSE THEY ACTUALLY DO WORK BACK MORE TOGETHER THAN THEY WOULD WITH WITH STATE.
MY CONCERN IS THOSE TWO WOULD BE RETIRE ABOUT THE SAME TIME AND IT'S GONNA BE THE COUNTY AND A HUGE HALT TO TRY AND TO COVER FROM.
IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT 14 THOUSANDS SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTY.
ABOUT 1112 OF THOSE ARE AEROBIC SYSTEMS AND YOU KNOW, FROM OUR REPORT EVERY MONTH, THAT IS AN ONGOING NIGHTMARE.
WELL THERE IS ONE THING THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER'S COURT ORDER PUT THE 9 1 1 COORDINATION IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SO IF THEY DON'T COME TO MY DEPARTMENT THEN WE'LL NEED TO GO BACK AND COURT REDO THAT COURT ORDER.
UH, AND I THINK THAT WAS IN 92 A LONG TIME AGO.
WAS WHEN THAT WAS STARTING UP.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO LOOK AT ALL THE, YOU'RE MY COMMISSIONER
WE NEED TO START HAVING THIS DISCUSSION BASICALLY SO WE CAN AS A BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THE TIME GOES ALONG AND, AND AS FAR AS THE RUMORS, I MEAN I CAN IMAGINE A RUMOR GOING THE COURTHOUSE.
WELL IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT SMALLER OUT THERE, BUT IT IS, IT IS RUMORS AND, AND SOME OF THEM ARE CAUSED BY ONE OR TWO OF MY OWN EMPLOYEES THAT I CAN TRY AND WATCH
WELL, AND I THINK I EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU WANT.
I THINK THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, WHOLE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE.
I MEAN WE'RE JUST TALKING WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY TO, AND I THINK THAT SOME OF Y'ALL I'VE TALKED TO AND SOME OF I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW THINGS WERE FORMED.
AND IT'S GOOD TO START THE DISCUSSIONS NOW, HOPEFULLY THAT Y'ALL ARE, HAVE A, A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD WORK AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATORS GO.
BOTH OF THEM HAVE ASKED ME IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT THEY COULD BE PUT BACK INTO THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.
I, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO COME FROM THE SHERIFF AND YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH IT, BUT 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS NOW BECAUSE THEY SPEND MOST OF THE TIME LOT OF COMPLAINTS THAT IT IS GONNA GROW, GROW A GROW.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, YOUR ROADS ARE GONNA GET TRASHED, PERIOD.
THERE'S ANOTHER THING ON, ON ENVIRONMENTAL THAT THERE'S OTHER WAYS.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY DO GET TO GO OUT THERE, THEY'RE DOING CASES OR THEY'RE FILING A, A CLASS B, CLASS A OR WHATEVER.
SO THEY DO ALL THIS PAPERWORK, TAKE IT TO THE COURTROOM
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AND WAIT IN TWO OR THREE YEARS MAYBE IT SHOWS UP AND IT STARTS PROGRESSING DOWN THROUGH THE CHANNELS.I HAVE TWO PEACE OFFICERS OUT THERE FULL-TIME DEPUTIES AS WELL AS HAVE TWO PART-TIME WHERE WE CREDENTIALED PEACE OFFICERS.
IF YOU HAD THOSE, MAYBE WE ARE, START TRYING TO LOOK AT A LOT OF CLASS C MISDEMEANOR.
WRITE A TICKET FOR HAVING THAT BIG PILE OF TRASH OUT THERE.
GIVE THAT PARTY SO MANY DAYS OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN CLEAN IT UP AND, AND HIT 'EM LIKE THAT TO WHERE YOU CAN JUST HIT ONE AND GO ON TO THE NEXT.
AND YOU'RE NOT PROLONGING IT FOR YEARS AND THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM BEFORE IT COMES BACK AND YOU'RE STILL GETTING RID OF THE PROBLEM.
MAYBE YOU DIDN'T, MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE FILED A CLASS B ON BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF IT AND THAT'S WHERE IT GOES TO.
BUT YOU KNOW, GO WITH IT ON WHAT YOU'VE GOT AND THEN GET IT, GET IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM RIGHT AWAY AND GET IT CLEANED UP.
THE IDEA IS TO GET IT CLEANED, CLEANED, AND WITH SIX PEOPLE AT LEAST THAT AWAY.
I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE OTHER OFFICERS TAKING UP THAT
ALSO,
I MEAN, IT JUST WORKED WELL TOGETHER.
SO AT A VERY MINIMUM, THEY NEED TO BE IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN TAKE ONE WE'LL ALL WORK TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT FUNCTIONING WELL AT ALL.
WELL, BETWEEN THE TWO OF Y'ALL, COULD Y'ALL SIT DOWN AND WRITE OUT JUST SUGGESTIONS OF THE OFFICES, THE, THE DUTIES OF EACH? I THINK SO.
WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH IT.
BUT, BUT THEY'VE GIVEN ME SUGGESTIONS ON, AND I THINK EVERYBODY THINKS NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT.
IT'S WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU KNOW, WE POSITION OR TWO THAT'S SEE THAT WELL WITH PEOPLE RETIRING ACTUALLY NOBODY'S GOING TO BE CUT.
RIGHT? WE CAN CONSOLIDATE AND GET BETTER SERVICES FOR OUR CITIZENS AND MAKE IT EASIER.
UM, THE ONLY THING YOU'RE REALLY GONNA HAVE TO DO IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU GO WITHOUT APPOINTING A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SO TO SPEAK, IS YOU CAN REPLACE MY POSITION WITH THE CLERK, WHICH IS GREATLY NEEDED RIGHT NOW IN MY DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I'M DOING MOST OF THE CLERICAL STUFF THAT TRISHA CAN'T KEEP UP WITH JUST BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME ONE CONSOLIDATED.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD IN THAT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE VERY PRELIMINARY.
IT'S JUST THINGS YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK AT AND THINK OF AND PUT TOGETHER SOME SCENARIOS AND WE SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.
WELL THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
THIS ACTUALLY WE'VE KIND OF COMBINED ITEM NUMBER 10 AND 11 TOGETHER IN DISCUSSION.
SO, UH, ANYBODY, ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY, I'M GLAD THAT KATHY, LARRY COME FORWARD STREAMLINE THAT OFFICE ITPOSITIVE THING FOR OUR COUNTY SO THAT THAT'S GOOD NEWS THAT THEY SEE A POSSIBILITY.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UH, WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL IN, IN Y'ALL MAKING DECISIONS IF, YOU KNOW, IF MYSELF AND LARRY AND KATHY GOT TOGETHER AND CAME UP WITH A GAME PLAN AND PRESENTED IT TO YOU AS A RECOMMENDATION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU MAYBE TO, WE NEED TO GET THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVOLVED IN IT TOO, SINCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER.
BUT WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT AND THEN LET ME KNOW THEN MAYBE I OR ONE OF COMMISSIONERS COME AND BE A PART OF THAT, UH, UH, WORKING GROUP AS AS WELL AS WE MOVE FORWARD DOING IT.
WELL, YOU GOT TILL AUGUST 29TH.
I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA TAKE CONSIDERABLY MORE THOUGHT, UH, THE COURT AND UH, PLUS THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE ARE.
JUST THROW THE DEPARTMENT HEADS IN A ROOM AND SAY, Y'ALL FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU NEED AND BRING IT TO US.
I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE WORKSHOP.
WELL, WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MAJOR DEAL BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUILDING MAINTENANCE LY, WHICH WE'VE KICKED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, THAT THAT DEAL COULD WIND UP BEING HUGE.
RIGHT? YOU 'CAUSE WE GOT SO MANY BUILDING AND ALL THAT STUFF FALLING, JUST RUN DEAD.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW, BUT AS WE'RE NOT GONNA GET SMALL.
ONE OF THE DELAY STAY WHEN YOU'RE GONNA START LOOKING AT DOING, UM, BUILDING INSPECTIONS OUTSIDE, I KNOW COMMERCIAL STUFF NOW AT SOME POINT IT'S GONNA END UP BEING RESIDENTIAL INSPECTIONS TOO.
I MEAN THE, THE DEPARTMENT'S NOT GONNA SHORTEN GANG.
GREG, ANY COMMENT? I LARRY KIND OF VOLUNTEER TO DO THIS.
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LARRY ATE SAY BE A VERY GOOD MOVE TO BE A MORE EFFICIENT, JUST HOW WE DO IT.I COMMEND Y'ALL FOR COMING FORWARD WITH THIS AND TRYING TO HELP THE MORE EFFICIENT AND SERVE OUR CITIZENS BETTER.
ALRIGHT COMMISSIONER, TAKE CARE OF IT DOES OPEN THE CONVERSATION FOR TIME.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO GET TOGETHER AND LET ME KIND OF KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND WE'LL GET AT LEAST ONE OR MAYBE TWO OF THE COMMISSIONERS INVOLVED MEETING WITH YOU GUYS, YOU KIND OF AS YOU TALK.
WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO SIT DOWN ONE TIME TOGETHER WITH OUR, WITH THE THREE OF US AND THEN GET A LITTLE STARTED AND THEN GET WHOEVER NEEDS TO COME INTO IT, GET THEIR INPUT WHERE WE SEE, RIGHT.
YOU GOTTA HAVE A NO MAN IN THERE SOMEWHERE.