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GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THIS, THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMISSION FOR COFFEE COUNTY ON, UH, FOR THE YEAR OF 2015.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS, UH, COMMISSIONER SHEET, UH, PHILLIPS AND, UH, ALSO, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKIE ALLEN.
I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING ON THE COURT.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
UH, IF YOU WOULD, UH, LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT NOW WOULD BE THE TIME HERE.
JUST IN A MOMENT, WE DO ASK THAT YOU SIGN IN.
UH, THERE'S A SIGN IN SHEET, UH, THERE THAT WE'LL ASK YOU TO, UH, COMPLETE, UH, JUST IN, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE INTRODUCE YOU HERE JUST IN, IN, IN A FEW MONTHS.
I'VE ASKED COMMISSIONER, UH, ALLEN TO GIVE THE INDICATION FOR US THIS MORNING, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THAT, AS WELL AS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.
WHILE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS DAY, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNTRY IS FREE, WHICH WE CAN LIVE AND DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE ALWAYS ASK THAT YOUR GUIDANCE AND THE WISDOM THAT YOU GIVE TO US, THAT WE CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEST FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE.
GRANT US EACH AND EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY TO WORK FOR YOU.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON WHO DIED FOR US.
HIS NAME, WE PRAY A PLEDGE WITH ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC BEFORE WE EXPANDS ONE NATION OF HONOR INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I WOULD TO ONE STATE GOD, ONE IN.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE, UH, THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TO, UH, UH, ADDRESS THE COURT THIS MORNING ON ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, ONE OF THEM, I BELIEVE IS ON THE AGENDA AND THE OTHER TWO ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST IS ROSEANNE, WHO LIVES ON LANE HERE IN KAUFMAN, IN PRECINCT ONE.
SO ROSEANNE, YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
GOOD MORNING, JUDGE WOOD COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONERS.
AND I WOULD REMIND ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS THAT ON THIS OPENING SESSION, WE HAVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
SO THANK YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.
I, I'M HERE IN, UH, KEEPING IN BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORS.
I'VE LIVED ON THE FARM THAT I LIVE ON'S BEEN IN MY FAMILY SINCE 1901, AND MY OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN THERE MANY YEARS, AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO HAVE, WHICH IS GRAVE ROCK ROAD MAINTENANCE.
MR. UH, ROW WAS ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.
WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH HIM THAT HE WOULD PAY $800 PER PROPERTY OWNER TO TAKE THE ROAD OVER AND FOR IT TO BE.
AND HE, BEFORE HE LEFT OFFICE, HE HAD THE ROAD RAIDED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.
BUT SINCE HE'S LEFT OFFICE, MR. ROSALE IS NOT WILLING TO TAKE OUR ROAD INTO THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
AND WE'RE VERY CONCERNED FOR A SAFETY VEHICLES BEING ABLE TO GET IN EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND THERE IT'S USED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES REPAIR COMPANIES, AND IT, IT'S A ROAD THAT WE ALL TRAVEL TO GET TO OUR DRIVEWAYS.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT CONCERNS US IS THAT MR. ZALE HAS, UH, RED FOX ROAD IS A DEAD END ROAD THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO HIS, UH, BRA SANDY GRAVE PIT.
AND IT'S BEING MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY.
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WHY CANNOT OUR ROAD BE MAINTAINED THAT HAS LIVING ON IT? THERE'S NO, NO OTHER THAN PHYSICS AT THE END OF IT.SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE COURT, WE PUT THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EXECUTION COMMITTEE TO BE DISCUSSED BECAUSE IT'S A SERIOUS, SERIOUS MATTER THAT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SAFETY AND JUST ABILITY TO GET IN AND OUT.
SO I, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT.
NEXT IS FROM JUDY MCFADDEN, UH, FROM THE KAUFFMAN COUNTY, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
MS. MCFADDEN, CAN YOU SPEAK IN THE MICROPHONE? MAYBE.
PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU A LITTLE, A LITTLE BETTER.
AND I HOPE WE'RE WHERE YOU CAN HEAR US THERE.
I'M JUST HERE TO ASK THIS MORNING FOR OUR, UH, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO GET ACCESS CARDS TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUTTA THE ANNEX BUILDING.
WE'VE ONLY GOT ONE CARD AND THAT'S OUR ONE COUNTY PAID EMPLOYEE.
AND THERE'S JUST BEEN TIMES THAT WE JUST ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GET IN THERE.
SO WE'RE ASKING THAT AT LEAST OUR, UM, COMMITTEE CHAIRS, EACH COMMITTEE CHAIR BE ISSUED, UH, AN ACCESS CARD.
WHY WE CANNOT RESPOND DURING PORTION.
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER
NEXT IS, UH, TANYA RATCLIFF WHO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW TANYA, OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL WE GET TWO ITEM NUMBER DONE? OKAY.
ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT AT THIS TIME THAT DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN? IF SO, I'LL ALLOW YOU TO COME FORWARD AND DO THAT.
UH, I DO HAVE ONE ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE.
UH, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE, UH, KAUFMAN COUNTY, UH, PASSED A, UH, $56 MILLION TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM BACK, UH, NOVEMBER, ABOUT A YEAR AGO NOW.
AND, UH, AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM, UH, THERE BE A STUDIES GOING ON, UH, TALKING ABOUT A PLAN THAT WOULD DESIGNATE THOROUGHFARES IN THE COUNTY.
AND ONE OF THEM IS, UH, THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND STUDY THAT'S GOING ON THAT WOULD, UH, INVOLVE US 80 FROM THE DALLAS COUNTY LINE TO THE VAN COUNTY LINE.
UH, THE FIRST OF THOSE, UH, UH, STUDIES IS UNDERWAY.
AND, UH, THERE'LL BE, UH, THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THERE WILL SOON BE A THIRD ONE TO BE ANNOUNCED.
UH, THE FIRST ONE WILL BE, UH, NEXT TUESDAY, JANUARY THE 20TH, UH, BEGINNING AT SIX O'CLOCK HERE IN KAUFMAN AT KAUFMAN HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE, UH, ON TUESDAY, JANUARY THE 22ND, IT'LL BE AT THE HERMAN FURLOUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL ON
BOTH OF THE CONTENTS OF THESE MEETINGS WILL BE THE SAME.
AND THEN, UH, THE, UH, ENGINEERING FIRM THAT IS COORDINATING THIS, UH, HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING A THIRD MEETING IN 40, I BELIEVE, ON JANUARY THE 27TH.
AND AS SOON AS WE GET THAT INFORMATION, WE WILL FORWARD IT TO EVERYONE SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE AWARE OF THAT MEETING.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE LOCATION YET, OR THE TIME, EVEN THOUGH I DO EXPECT THE TIME WOULD BE AROUND SIX O'CLOCK.
JUST LIKE THE OTHERS, THE CONTENT OF THE MEETING, THE, THE WAY THE MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED WILL BE THE SAME IN ALL THREE MEETINGS, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME FORTH AND EXPRESS, UH, IDEAS THEY MAY HAVE ABOUT WHAT THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT IS LONG RANGE FOR KAMAN COUNTY, WHAT THAT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND I HOPE, HOPE WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THAT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA WE PROVIDE THERE.
THE FIRST IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER THE 12TH, 2014, DECEMBER 22ND, AND DECEMBER 29TH, 2014.
ITEM B IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING BONDS FOR JAMES, BRUCE WOOD, RHONDA, GALE HUEY, GREG SHERMAN, BOBBY L. RICH, UH, JUNIOR, JOHNNY ADAMS, MIKE SMITH, PATRICIA B ASHCROFT, JAKE ALLEN, RONNIE REX OLDFIELD, WILLIAM PHILLIPS AND LAURA HUGHES.
AND ADAM C IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING DEPORTATION OF SUSAN COOK MENDOZA, ANNABELLE GUERRERO, KAREN JONES, MICHELLE LOPEZ, UH, LOPEZ, DANA, DANA MAYFIELD, THEREA NOBLE, MARIA OLIVER, AND WILLIE DENISE WADE FOR THE
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DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.ITEM D IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE DICTATION OF AMANDA RE, AUGUSTA PACIO, BOBBY BARTLETT, BONITA GARLAND, CHELSEA SINGLETON, CINDY DAVIS, CYNTHIA RAMIREZ, DARLA ALTA MAYFIELD, GLORIA ARTIS, UH, JANIE, JAMIE, TY, LORETTA CAMPANO, I'M SORRY, CAMPO DONIO, I'M SURE I BUTCHERED THAT NAME.
UH, MATTHEW JONES, MONIQUE HUNTER, PAM SINGLETON, PAM, UH, PATRICK DOWDY AND SUE OIN FOR THE, UH, COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
ALSO IS, ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING ROBERT FAIR AND JEFFREY DAVIS TO THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT.
NUMBER ONE FOR TWO YEAR TERMS, ITEM F AS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING DANNY BAKER TO EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
AND CHRIS HEISER AND AARON SINCLAIR FOR ONE YEAR TERMS. AND THEN ITEM G IS TO DISCUSS AND, UH, CONSIDER ADOPTING THE NEW CLEAN PLEA POLICY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? UH, ON ITEM E IS IN MY PRECINCT, AND, UH, IT DIDN'T GET STATED.
I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THAT, UH, ROBERT FAIR WILL BE REPLACING CARD.
AND, UH, JEFFREY DAVIS WILL BE REPLACING BERG AND ITEM.
GEE, I'D LIKE TO SEE US, UH, DO A WORKSHOP ON, HAVE A WORKSHOP ON.
YOU WANT ME TO TRY TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM COG HERE WHEN WE DO THAT? SO, YES.
UNDERSTAND, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS, UH, MEET WITH MR. CANTRELL.
UH, THE, UH, THE OTHER OFFICIAL OF THAT.
I THINK THAT, UH, BY THE, UH, THE MONEY THAT, THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, I THINK THAT THEY, THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW THAT WE EXIST OUT HERE.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING LIGHTED.
MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE INFLUENCE ON TO GET US A POSITION ON THAT BOARD OR SOME TYPE OF REPRESENTATION.
I, I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT.
I CAN WELL TELL YOU, IF WE DON'T ADOPT A CLEAN FLEET POLICY, OUR OUR CHANCES OF GETTING ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS, THEY'RE GONNA BE LIMITED.
BUT TO MAKE SURE THE NEW COMMISSIONERS ARE UP TO SPEED ON IT, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AND GET THAT SCHEDULED SOMETIME QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SENATOR AGENDA? I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER SHANE, A SECOND.
DOES THAT INCLUDE ITEM G OR NO, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ITEM G.
I KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
IT'S A LONG WAY FROM HERE, UH, WHERE WE'RE SITTING AND SO WE'LL ALL TRY TO SPEAK LOUDER.
SO YOU GUYS WILL ALL HELP, HELP ME REMEMBER TO DO THAT.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO, UH, RECOGNITION OF THE 2014 STATE VITAL STATISTICS EXEMPLARY FIVE STAR AWARD GIVEN TO THE KALIN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK IN THE AREA OF BIRTH AND DEATH REGISTRATION.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ABOUT THE WORK THAT OUR OFFICE HAS DONE.
UH, DURING THE 2014 FILED STATISTICS COMMERCE, THE COUNTY CLERK RECEIVED THEIR 10TH WARD.
AND THE STATE SETS THE CRITERIA FOR BIRTH AND DEATH REGISTRATION.
THERE'S FIVE SETS OF CRITERIA THAT THE, THAT THE LOCAL REGISTERS HAVE TO MEET.
TO GET THE EXEMPLARY AWARD, YOU HAVE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT CRITERIA.
UM, KIND OF PUT THIS AWARD IN PERSPECTIVE.
THERE ARE 490 LOCAL REGISTERS WHO CAN RECEIVE THIS AWARD.
AND THE, THE FIRST LEVEL, THE EXEMPLARY AWARD THIS YEAR, THERE WERE ONLY 12 COUNTY COOKS THAT RECEIVED THAT AWARD.
SO THAT PUTS US IN THE TOP UPPER
AND, UH, WE WORK EVERY DAY ON THAT AWARD FOR A YEAR.
WE WORK WITH OUR JUSTICE PEACE FUNERAL HOMES AND THE LOCAL HOSPITALS AND MIDWIVES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COMPLY WITH ALL THE STATE REGULATIONS.
WE GET THEIR PEOPLE'S BIRTH AND DEATH REGISTERED AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE WHEN THEY NEED IT.
SO, UM, WE'RE TO BRING THAT AWARD HOME TO COUNTY.
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WE HAD ACTUALLY SENT PICTURE.MY DESK SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, BUT, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
NEXT IS TO HEAR ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS TO THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN AND WELCOME ATTORNEY COMMISSIONERS.
THE, UH, COMAN COUNTY REPORT, UH, TAX REPORT IS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
AND ON THE LINE AMOUNT COLLECTED THIS MONTH, THAT'LL BE FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER ONLY.
SO FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE COLLECTED 1.1 MILLION, UH, FOR M AND O AND 128,000 $193 FOR IMS FOR A TOTAL, UH, COLLECTIONS, UH, YEAR TO DATE, ONE THOUSAND ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED ONE THOUSAND $147.
NOW THAT INCLUDES, THAT MONEY INCLUDES OUR ROLLBACK TAXES THAT WE COLLECTED.
IN NOVEMBER, WE COLLECTED $97,275 IN ROLLBACK TAXES.
AND THOSE WERE TWO, THOSE WERE TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY, BOTH IN THE BUCKY'S AREA.
ONE WAS THE BUCKY'S PROPER, WHICH IS ABOUT, UH, UH, 19 ACRES.
AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER 16 ACRE LOT THAT WAS NEARBY THAT WAS IN THE SAME COMPLEX.
THERE WAS TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY WHERE THE TOTAL OF ALL OF THE ROLLBACK TAXES COLLECTED FOR NOVEMBER, FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE.
FOR NOVEMBER, WE COLLECTED $179,696 IN NOVEMBER.
AND, UM, OUR TRAVEL COLLECTIONS YEAR TO DATE, WHICH $277,554.
AND AGAIN, THAT INCLUDES YOUR ROLLBACK TAXES OF 12,000 THAT ARE USED THAT.
SO DON'T ADD ON THE ROLLBACK TAXES WHEN YOU'RE AT, WHEN YOUR TOTALS, TOTALS ARE ALREADY FIGURED.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME DELINQUENT TAXES THAT WERE COLLECTED IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
WE COLLECTED 150,000, $110 IN DELINQUENT TAXES, UM, LAST MONTH OR ACTUALLY NOVEMBER.
WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING ON THAT, WHICH YOU KEEP TRYING TO COLLECT SOME OF THE OLD, UH, PAST DUE MONIES.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME ON THE NOVEMBER BEFORE? IT'S GOOD TO SEE THOSE ROLLBACK TEXAS TAXES COMING IN UNDER OUR, WITH THE CITY OF
WE KEEP ALL THE ROLLBACK TAX ACCESS, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE THAT TO THE, THAT'S GOOD.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE, UH, TAX ACCESSORY? NOVEMBER A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UH, TAX ASSESS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER? HAVE SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL ALL RIGHTY.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER DESIGNATING THE PARKING AREA ON THE COUNTY PARKING LOT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND AND EAST OF THE COUNTY ANNEX FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONDUCTING COUNTY BUSINESS.
AND TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S THIS PARKING LOT RIGHT HERE.
NOT THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET, ONE RIGHT HERE.
AND COMMISSIONER ROSA COULD ASK THAT WE, UH, HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA.
UH, I'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, THE TAXPAYERS COMING UP HERE TO PAY THEIR TAXES AND HAVING TO PARK WAY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT AND SOMETIMES ON THE, ON THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT AND, UH, MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE EMPLOYEES VEHICLES TO GET UP HERE AND TO SPEND 10 MINUTES PAYING THEIR TAXES OR GETTING THEIR LICENSE PLATES.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD JUST BETTER SERVE THE CITIZENS IF WE DESIGNATED THIS AS A MORE OR LESS A CUSTOMER ONLY, UH, PARKING AREA.
AND WE CAN DESIGNATE THE, THE FIRST ROAD, POSSIBLY OF THE OTHER PARKING LOT FOR THE EMPLOYEES IF NECESSARY.
OR JUST LET THE EMPLOYEES FIND THEIR, FIND THEIR OWN WAY OR, UH, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING, THE BIG PARKING.
THE FIRST, SO THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE CUSTOMER.
I JUST FELT LIKE IT BETTER SERVE THE CITIZENS.
AND, AND, UH, ALSO ON SIGNAGE, I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, HAVE SOME SIGNS PUT UP BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE AREA, YOU COME BACK HERE AND IT REALLY DOESN'T SAY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE TAX ASSESSOR IS WHERE TO GO TO GET YOUR LICENSE PLATES OR PAY YOUR TAXES.
AND, UH, I THINK WHEN WE TAKE DOWN THE, THE EMPLOYEES ONLY SIGN, WE
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SHOULD, UH, PUT SOME SIGNAGE UP TO DESIGNATE WHAT THE OFFICERS ARE IN HERE.MIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY WILL ALLOW US ON THE FRONT, BUT ALSO IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY WILL ALLOW IT.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SIGNAGE ON THE FRONT BILL FACING THE COURTHOUSE AS WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, SAYS TAX ASSESSOR COLLECT YOUR LICENSE PLATES, TAXES.
I, I'M NOT SURE UP THERE WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
I DO KNOW WE HAVE SOME SIGNS HERE FOR THE HANDICAP.
AND WE MAY NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNS THAT, BUT THE CITY TELLS THAT PROBABLY ALL.
YOU UH, HEAR THE, UH, REQUEST FROM THE COMMISSIONER TO WE HAVE A DISCUSSION.
YOU, YOU WERE SIGNED UP FOR THAT? I TOOK AGENDA.
I WAS, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO KNOW THAT I THINK THERE ARE VERY FEW PERKS THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS GET AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY DESIGNATED PARKING SPOT AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE EXACT ONE THAT'S THERE, BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE JUST A VERY FEW ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THIS BUILDING AND THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM BE ABLE TO KEEP A PARKING SPOT AVAILABLE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY OFTEN HAVE TO COME AND GO AND IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO FIND PARKING, BUT THEY'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE IF YOU WORK IT OUT, I CAN'T CONSIDER THAT.
WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS, WOULD YOU BE HAPPY WITH HAVING A DESIGNATED SPOT ON THE FIRST ROW OF THE FARTHER BACK, THE IMMEDIATE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE NOT AS HAPPY AS HAVING THEM ONE RIGHT HERE.
THIS, THIS, THIS STREET PIECE RIGHT HERE, IS THAT JUST FOR PARKING LOT? THIS PARKING LOT? IT'S GOT PARKING PLACES.
AND I THINK IT BELONGS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT UP.
I DUNNO WHAT WE, THAT MIGHT BE A, SOME ADDITIONAL, YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE AN ANSWER FROM THE PERMANENT PARKING.
I WOULD BE CERTAIN THAT IF WE DID THAT, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE US PERMISSION TO DO THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FROM WHAT I SEE COMING INTO THE OFFICES.
I THINK ADDING ADDITIONAL HANDICAP SPACES WOULD BE GOOD, ESPECIALLY IF THEY WERE ADDED APPROPRIATELY AS IN NOT RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
YOU NEED THE SPACE FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF THEIR CAR AND GET IN BECAUSE ONE OF THESE SPACES HAS, HAS THAT SPACE AND ONE OF THE HANDICAP SPACES IS NOT.
UH, SO IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD ADD, HAVE AT LEAST TWO FULL HANDICAP SPACES WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY GET OUTTA THE CAR AND GET AROUND, MAKE THE MAINTENANCE, COULD CHECK WITH THE CITY, LET THE CITY, UH, TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
BUT YOUR, IF WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, YOUR MOTION WOULD BE TO INCLUDE THE AREA RIGHT NOW THAT WE KNOW WE CAN DESIGNATE IS EMPLOYEE MARKET THAT ENTIRE FRONT? YES.
DID IT GO PERCENTAGE NUMBER? YEAH.
SEE HOW MANY PARKING LOT BASIS YOU USE.
BE APPROPRIATE JUST TO JUDGE THIS.
I THINK WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AND JUST, UM, KNOW CITY WOULD DESIGNATE HOW MANY HANDICAP WE SHOULD HAVE AND AS LONG AS WE COMPLY WITH THAT, REALLY THE AGENDA ITEM IS TO, UH, CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS A PUBLIC CUSTOMER PARKING AREA.
NOT A, NOT AN EMPLOYEE PARKING AREA.
SO WE MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE DESIGNATE THE PARKING AREA IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE EAST OF THE ANNEX AS A GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, PARKING AREA.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ONLY THING I WOULD ADD.
IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO GET THIS DONE, BUT WE'LL START, START PROCESS.
THE ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCESS OF HISTORICAL COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, TO THE SOUTH CAMPUS HISTORICAL COMMISSION OFFICE.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE HEARD A PRESENTATION ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO, UH, FROM THE, UH, UH, HISTORICAL COMMISSION FOLKS.
AND, UH, MR.
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YES, SIR.THEY, UH, THEY HAD COME TO ME AND, AND REQUESTED THIS, UH, I PROVIDED Y'ALL WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DUTIES OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVE MANY DUTIES, UM, FROM HISTORICAL MARKER AND THE CEMETERY PRESERVATION, ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC SIDE PRESERVATION.
UM, THEY NEED ACCESS IN THERE TO GET TO THEIR, THEIR OFFICE.
AND, UH, AS WELL AS THEY HAVE A SECURITY PROBLEM WITH THEIR OFFICE, IT APPEARS THAT, UH, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR OFFICE AND POSSIBLY USE THEIR COPYING MACHINE.
AND, UH, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEIR OFFICE SECURED AND ONLY HAVE THE MEMBERS OF THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO, UH, HAVE THE KEYS TO IT.
UM, SO I WOULD ASK IT IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE, UM, TO GET THEM, UH, MS. MCFADDEN, HOW MANY MORE ACCESS CARD? SEE Y'ALL LEFT.
OH, DID SHE LEAVE? I GUESS SHE HAD TO GO.
UM, SHE, UH, RELAYED TO ME THAT THEY WOULD NEED PROBABLY TWO MORE CARDS, UM, FOR A, UM, TEMPORARY OFFICE WORKER AND THEN A VOLUNTEER, UM, THAT COMES IN THERE AND HAS PIECE BOOKS TODAY.
THEY HAVE ONE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU PAM, BECAUSE I THINK SHE SAID THAT IT WAS THE COUNTY EMPLOYEE, WHICH WOULD BE PAM, I BELIEVE.
RYAN PARKER IS THE COUNTY EMPLOYEE THAT COMES ON FRIDAY.
I THINK HE HAS ACCESS TO IT THEN.
YEAH, I THINK, UH, MR. UH, REQUESTS A KEY AND, UH,
WHAT, UH, AT SOME POINT IN TIME WOULD IT NOT BE PRUDENT TO TRY TO GET THEM INTO THAT, UH, BUILDING THERE ON THE COUNTY FARM AT, UH, OLD RESIDENCE OR SOMETHING? WELL, I THINK THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLD OFF FROM THAT BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE PRESERVATION PLAN.
THEY DON'T WANNA GO IN THERE, DO SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S NOT PARALLEL.
YEAH, THAT'S NOT PARALLEL, BUT PRESENTATION PLANNING.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, ANOTHER ITEM I'M GONNA HAVE TO ADDRESS, UH, AT SOME POINT.
BUT, UH, THE ITEM RIGHT NOW IS THEIR, UH, THEIR REQUEST FOR, FOR ACCESS AND SECURITY IN THEIR OFFICE.
THE, UH, REQUEST THEN IS TO HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL KEYS, UH, OR PASS CARDS.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, AND MR. PARKER HAS ONE NOW.
AND THE OTHER WOULD BE FOR MR. MCPA.
ALSO MAYBE CHANGE THE LOCK ON OFFICE IT AND MAINTENANCE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WASN'T LOCKED RIGHT? WELL IT, IT'S, IT HAS A LOCK ON IT, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
SO, UH, THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS, IS THAT WE DO HAVE A PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHENEVER WE GIVE A NEW EMPLOYEE OR A PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE.
AND, UH, THAT SAYS THAT, UH, WHENEVER HUMAN RESOURCES IS NOTIFIED OF A NEW HIRE FOR THE COUNTY, MEANING AN EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY, THAT WE DO RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK AND SEND THE EMPLOYEES FOR A DRUG TEST.
AND ONCE THE RESULTS ARE RECEIVED AND THE EMPLOYEE IS CLEARED TO START, WE TAKE THEIR PICTURE AND EMAIL IT TO THE SHERIFF'S ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
SHE THEN PRINTS THE BADGE AND SENDS IT BACK TO HUMAN RESOURCES.
WE THEN SEND THE EMPLOYEE THE ID NUMBER, NAME, POSITION AND CARD, SERIAL NUMBER TO IT FOR THEM TO SET UP THE EMPLOYEE ACCESS.
ONCE WE'VE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION FROM IT THAT THE, UH, BADGE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED, WE SEND THE BADGE TO THE NEW EMPLOYEE.
AND THAT NORMALLY DOES NOT TAKE A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME, BUT I BELIEVE THAT, THAT YOU WOULD WANT THESE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE SAME SORT OF SCRUTINY.
YEAH, TO BE SECURE I WOULD SUGGEST WE FOLLOW THE POLICY.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DO JUDGE.
THE WAY WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT, WE CAN'T DO IT.
WE CANNOT RUN A CRIMINAL CHECK ON LAW.
SO YOU HAVE GO TO D PS AND PAY A SMALL FEE TO HAVE THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORY RUN AND THEY PROVIDE US WITH A COPY OF THAT AND WE'LL ISSUE THE CALL.
DO, UH, IS IT, DOES THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT GO TO DPS OR NO, THE PERSON HAS TO INDIVIDUAL.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY, BECAUSE IT'S A NONCRIMINAL, WE CAN ONLY RUN LAW ENFORCEMENT CHECKS AND, UH, BUT THEY CAN GO REQUEST THEIR OWN CRIMINAL HISTORY AND I, I WOULDN'T QUOTE HOW MUCH THE LAST TIME I HEARD, I THINK IT WAS LIKE TWO OR TWO 50, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'LL PRINT THAT OUT FOR THEM AND THEY CAN BRING US A COPY OF THAT AND WE HAPPY DO WHATEVER.
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APPRECIATE TIME IN, IN AND OUT REGISTER.YOU GO IN AND, ALRIGHT, WE HAVE OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
UH, COMMISSIONER, DID YOU PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION? I DO.
AND WITH THE TWO SPECIFIC PEOPLE, A MOTION COMMISSIONER ROSA AND A SECOND COMMISSIONER SHANE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER, UH, SEVEN IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING A REBATE CHECK FROM THE PURCHASING COOPERATIVE AND DETERMINING THE BUDGET LINE ITEM.
UH, AS YOU MAY, MAY BE AWARE, MAY NEW COMMISSION OR NOT, WE GET A REBATE CHECK FROM CO-OP, UH, BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF, OF, UH, WHAT WE SPEND AT THEIR NONPROFIT GROUPS.
SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY REBATE BACK TO THE, UH, ENTITIES.
UH, THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED A CHECK FOR 5,000 1 28 5.
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD SUM IN THE, WHAT YOU SAY, FIVE THOUSAND FIVE THOUSAND TWENTY EIGHT.
UH, SECOND PART OF OUR REQUEST IS, IS TO TERMINATE WHERE THAT GOES.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PUT THAT IN MY DEPARTMENT WHERE I HAVE ACCESS, UH, TO IT FOR, FOR RECOGNITION.
UH, YOU MAY REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TIME OR TWO.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD FUND TO HELP PAY FOR THAT.
UH, THIS WOULD BE THE COUNTY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM WHERE WE RECOGNIZE YES.
WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BACK IN FURLOUGH DAYS.
ONE COMMISSION BE WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP AT THAT POINT, COGNIZE EMPLOYEE TO DO THAT.
UH, I'VE ASKED, I ASKED EMPLOYEES MENTION TO ME THAT FOR EXAMPLE, ON SOUTH CAMPUS, A 12 MONTH PERIOD, WE HAD THREE PEOPLE RETIRE WITH 90 YEARS SERVICE.
RIGHT? I LIKE, I I THINK THIS IS A ISSUE THAT'S LONG OVERVIEW THAT WE DO THIS FOR THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
WE, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND, AND THIS IS A GOOD START AND I APPRECIATE YOU JACK, FOR TAKING.
YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE FIRST AGENT TO ACCEPT THE REBATE CHECK AND THE AMOUNT OF 5000005 CENTS AND THAT, THAT BE, UH, DESIGNATED AS AN EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION FUND IN THE LINE ITEM THAT WOULD BE USED FOR NOTHING FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND UH, KAREN, YOU CAN ARRANGE FOR THAT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. SURE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER NINE.
THAT IS TO DISCUSS CONSIDER PURCHASING.
OH, I'M SORRY, I HAVE NUMBER EIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER.
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADDING DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO THE COUNTY CELL ON PROGRAM FOR COUNTY POLICY.
UH, GENTLEMEN HAVE REQUEST FROM DIRECTOR.
I THINK VALID ONE, UH, YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER.
WE HAVE A POLICY IF WE ADD A USER TO THE CELL PHONE, UH, GROUP, WE HAVE TO GO TO COURT, GET THAT APPROVED.
UH, LAURA INDICATED ME THAT SHE RECEIVES CALLS FROM COUNTY EMPLOYEES DAY AND NIGHT.
IF THAT'S HOW THEY GET CELL PHONE.
SHE'S NOT UNABLE TO CUT THAT OFF AT THE END OF DAY.
AND UH, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD, GOOD PERSON TO ADD THE PHONE.
I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT BE THE DIRECTOR ONLY.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
WE HAVE SECOND COMMISSIONER ROSA.
UH, NUMBER NINE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASING A CATERPILLAR FOUR 20 F BACKHOE LOADER FOR PRECINCT
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THREE ROAD BRIDGE UTILIZING THE BUYBOARD FOR OUR CONTRACT.4 24 REQUEST FROM MR TO UH, PURCHASE A BACKHOE.
AND ONCE AGAIN IT'S ON BUY CONTRACT, MEET ALL THE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS, UH, TOTAL PRICE OF 98 500.
AND I RECOMMENDATION THE PERSON, AGENT AND A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE.
HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION? WHEN IS THIS TO PURCHASE OR FINANCE? 'CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE WAS HE WANTED TO PURCHASE IT AND PAY DOWN ON IT AND FINANCE IT.
AND I WENT AND GOT THE QUOTES.
UH, THE LAST CONVERSATION I HAD, THIS IS JUST TO, THIS IS JUST TO GET PERMISSION TO BUY IT, KAREN, AND THEN WE DO THE FINANCING AFTER THAT.
OKAY? WE'RE GOING, I THINK THE LAST CAUTION WE HAD.
YOU, YOU GONNA PAY CASH FOR BASED ON YOUR WELL, YEAH, I'M BUYING THE, THE BACKHOE THAT HE HAS NOW FROM HIM OVER TWO YEARS.
WE'RE GONNA FINANCE, RIGHT? BUT THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE OFF.
IT JUST ALLOWED ME TO PURCHASE A MACHINE.
I THOUGHT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IT ON THERE BEFORE I LEASE.
ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE NOT PURCHASING IT? IT SOMEHOW IS YOU GOTTA PURCHASE IT, BUT, BUT FINANCE.
BUT FINANCE IT NOT, IT'S NOT A LEASE PURCHASE FROM THE DEALER ROUTE IS THE OUTRIGHT PURCHASE WITH THE FINANCE.
NORMALLY I LEGAL IT'S NOT LEGAL.
OKAY, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
SO WE'RE PURCHASING FINANCING FOR TWO, RIGHT? MAKE SURE GOOD.
AND I BELIEVE YOU'VE MADE A MOTION, UH, PURCHASE THAT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ROSA, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS FROM OUR AUDITOR TO PRESENT AND ACCEPT THE AUDITORS, UH, COURT FOR ANY DECEMBER, 2014.
PUT THAT RIGHT THERE FOR Y'ALL SO YOU CAN SEE IT, RIGHT? YES, THAT'S IT.
YOUR THREE MONTH, THREE MONTH BENCHMARK IS YOU SPENT 25% ON YOUR REVENUES IN YOUR EXPENDITURES.
UM, GENERAL FUND REVENUES IS AT 45.95 AND THAT'S DUE TO OVER 50% OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES BEING COLLECTED.
UH, OR EXPENDITURES ARE AT 22.27% OF THE GENERAL FUND.
SO IT'S UH, RIGHT UNDER THE 25% ROAD AND BRIDGE TRANSFERS.
UM, OF COURSE YOU'VE GOTTEN A LOT, A LITTLE BIT MORE IN REVENUES THAN YOU HAVE YOUR EXPENDITURES AND THE TRANSFERS AND WHAT YOU'VE SPENT ON YOUR, UH, ROPE ON CONSTRUCTION.
UH, YOU STILL HAVE QUITE BIT LEFT THERE TO SPIN.
AND IN YOUR CTARS WE'RE SITTING AT, UH, 0.22% THAT YOU HAVE SPENT 66,600 THIS YEAR ON YOUR C GRANT.
YOU STILL HAVE BIT OF MONEY TO THE MONEY THAT, UH, THE PRIOR, UH, COUNTY TREASURER HAD TO BORROW FOR US.
WE HAD PAID THAT BACK AS OF 1231.
SO THAT LOAN HAS BEEN PAID IN.
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE AUDITOR CONCERNING THE, UH, REPORT, FINANCIAL REPORT FOR MONTH OF, UH, THROUGH 1231.
THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
A LOT OF TAXES CAME IN DURING THE MONTH, RIGHT? DECEMBER? YES.
AND YOUR REPORT FROM THE TEXAS WAS THROUGH NOVEMBER.
THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T COMPARE.
UM, NEW COMMISSIONERS OR ANY OF Y'ALL.
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, THE FINANCIAL REPORT OR YOU WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH, JUST LET ME KNOW.
UM, WE HAD CHANGED SOME OF THE FORMAT OF THE REPORTS THAT WE SENT TO YOU.
UM, ONCE YOU CLICK INTO THAT, YOU CAN LOOK AT EVERY FUND, LOOK AT ALL THE REVENUES, ALL THE EXPENDITURES,
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AND IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING JUST LET US KNOW AND UH, WE'LL HELP YOU ALONG TO UNDERSTAND IT.I HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. SHANE TO APPROVE THE AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR DECEMBER TO HAVE A SECOND MR. PHILLIPS, UH, SECOND'S.
OPPOSED? AND I, NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
I KNOW WE SENT THESE OUT TO YOU LAST WEEK, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAD ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ON THE TRANSFERS, WHY WE WERE MEETING CERTAIN THINGS OR SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF TRANSFERS THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR.
A LOT OF IT IS, UM, LIKE THE ONE FOR THE UTMC EMPLOYEE AIR GROUND, WE HAD TO INCREASE THAT A LITTLE.
THAT'S PER EMPLOYEE AND WE HAD CHANGING EMPLOYEES.
UM, LEASE PAYMENT WAS TO PAY THE INTEREST ON THE LOAN REGIONAL CENTER THAT WAS OUT CONSTRUCTION ARMORY FOR THE IT PARK CONSTRUCTION ROAD BRIDGE TWO NEEDED SOME, UH, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, UH, SOFTWARE AND BRIDGE FOUR WANTED TO DO SOME TRAVEL AND TRAINING AND UM, I MISSED ONE OF HIS LEASE PAYMENTS THAT WAS UH, SO I HAD TO COVER THAT FOR ALSO THE UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT FROM UH, 44 46 WAS THE MONEY THAT THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT, UM, Y'S RECORDS MANAGEMENT THAT YOU APPROVED TO GIVE TO FINISH THE ANNEX.
UH, STATE COMPTROLLER, UH, DISTRICT ADULT PROBATION IS DISTRICT MONEY.
THE ADULT PROBATION FROM THE STATE WE HAD TO FIX.
UM, WE HAD A, UH, MAINTENANCE CONTRACT RENEWAL, UM, THAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
THIS IS WHERE THE FIRE OFFICERS WERE SENT OUT AND UH, THEY NEEDED, WHEN WE DID THAT BUDGET, YOU REMEMBER WE KIND OF DID IT ON SHOESTRING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GONNA NEED.
SO WE HAD TO PUT, GIVE THEM SOME PARTS AND REPAIRS FOR THEIR TRUCKS, GAS AND OIL AND SOME NEW EQUIPMENT.
AND UH, FIRE MARSHAL HAD ESTIMATED IT CLOSE TO 80 OR 90,000 REVENUE, BUT I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PUTTING THAT MUCH EXTRA.
SO I JUST PUT 15,500 AND THEN IF THEY NEED ANYTHING ELSE, WE'LL UP IT.
IF NOT, THAT'S REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, THE OTHER FINANCING SOURCES, UH, WHEN I WENT TO PAY THE LOAN OFF DOWN THAT THE MONEY WAS NEVER RECEIVED SO WE HAD TO GET THAT FIXED AND I WANTED TO FIX THE, UH, IF IT DON'T FIX IT'S GONNA MAKE THE GENERAL FUND LINE ITEM LOOKED LIKE YOU JUST MADE AN EXTRA BUNCH OF MONEY IN THAT LINE.
SO IT WAS POSITIVE, BUT IT WAS NEVER REC RECEIPTED, IT WAS NEVER RECEDED.
SO WE GOT THAT REC RECEIPTED AND THEN THE LOAN PAID OFF.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? OH, OKAY.
YOU'RE, HIS COMPUTER WOULDN'T OPEN UP IN UH, PF KAREN ON THE UH, UH, CAPITAL MURDER GRANT.
WE, I THINK WE ABOUT DEPLETED THE EXPERT WITNESS AND CONSULTANTS FROM 30,000 DOWN TO 260.
WE NOT NEED THAT MONEY FOR THE BROWNWELL CASE.
UH, THIS CAPITAL MURDER IS ONLY FOR, UM, UH, FOR WILLIAMS. UH, THE OTHER FAMILY COUNTY WANTED ANOTHER LINE ITEM.
THIS HAS, THIS HAS TO DO ALL WITH, UM, THAT MURDER FOR GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, FOR THE WEEDS FOR THE, WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR IT SEPARATE.
SHE'S, WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE LINE ITEMS IF WE NEED, I, WHEN I WROTE THE GRANT, I WROTE IT WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR EXPERT WITNESSES.
IF WE DIDN'T USE THAT, WE CAN MOVE THAT MONEY WITH THE APPROVAL FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED TO SOME OF THAT MONEY.
UM, WE DID TO SECURE ANOTHER ROUND OF GRANTS TO HELP WITH THE BROWNLOW CASE.
WE'LL FINISH UP WITH THE WILLIAMS AND THEN CONTINUE WITH THE BROWN CASE.
AND THAT WILL BE EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BROWN LOW CASE.
WELL, IT'LL BE SOME OF THE WILLIAMS. IT'LL CONTINUE IN
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THAT.WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL THE BILLS IN.
WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL THE BILLS IN.
AND, UM, LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU, WHEN SHE GOES IN AND SHE CHANGES THAT BUDGET ON THE GOVERNOR'S SITE, I HAVE TO SIGN ON AND I HAVE TO APPROVE MY SIDE OF IT.
SO THERE'S LIKE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAS APPROVED IT.
UM, WE, PAM HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE TO GO THROUGH JUST BECAUSE THE DIFFERENT AVENUES IT MAKES YOU GO THROUGH TO GET APPROVED BY THE FEDS THAT TO GO BACK TO THE STATE AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, A MANEUVER.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE TOLD YOU THIS, WE'VE PAID OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON, UH, THE DEFENSE SIDE FOR ERIC WILLIAMS. I WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL UNDERSTAND.
UM, AS OF LAST WEEK WHEN THEY SENT US ONE MORE BILL KW WAS FINALIZING THE STUFF WITH THE, UH, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND UH, HE'S ESTIMATING THE GENTLEMAN HAS THAT THEY'RE GONNA SEND US BACK ABOUT 70,000 THAT THEY HAVEN'T SPENT.
BUT THEY KEEP SENDING THESE ORDERS SIGNED THAT WE HAVE TO PAY 'EM, BUT THEY HOLD IT IN A, LIKE AN
SO WE SHOULD GET SOME DEBT BACK.
I JUST WANNA KNOW FOR SURE TO ACTUALLY GET THE CHECK.
AND WE STILL HAVE, AGAIN, STILL HAVE BILLS COMING IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT LEAVE BUT THEY DON'T GET BACK.
BUT SO FAR THE MONEY THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ON THE PROSECUTION SIDE, SO FAR THEY, THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US AND REIMBURSED US FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SENT.
UH, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DO, PAM HAS TO DO A LOT OF WORK AND KAREN HAS TO DO A LOT OF WORK MAKING SURE THAT IT GETS JUST THE LANGUAGE THEY WANT USE.
BUT SO FAR THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND I BELIEVE THEY WILL BE IN THE BROWN ONE CASE TOO.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE HE, THE TOTAL BILL I HAD NO TIME WHAT'S GONNA TURN UP, BUT UH, WELL YEAH, AND I WAS ALWAYS TOLD IF YOU HAD 20 CAPITAL MURDER PROBABLY WIPE OUT THE GENERAL NINE AND WE HAD EIGHT.
NO, THIS ON THERE IT SAYS BOTH OF UM, BUT WE HAVE ACCOUNTING BOARD SEPARATELY.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IT SO FAR, BUT WE'LL BE ASKING FOR, WE GOT SOME STUFF TO SIGN ON THIS MORNING BECAUSE UH, SHE GOT SOME STUFF APPROVED AND THEN WE HAVE TO REARRANGE IT AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WE AGREED TO IT.
ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, WITH THE AUDITOR CONCERNING THE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN MOTION TO UH, APPROVE AS REQUESTED MOTION MR. ALLEN, UH, TO ACCEPT AND COMMISSIONER UH, PHILLIPS, I'LL GIVE THAT A SECOND.
SECOND MOTION THAT WE HAVE OTHER DISCUSSION.
A OPPOSED ITEM NUMBER 12 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER PLAINTIFF.
AYE YOUR PAYMENT ARE 2,026,000 5 58.
WE HAVE A NEW ADULT CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER IN THE COUNTY AND HE'S HERE WITH US TODAY AND I DON'T THINK YOU'VE EVER BEEN FORMALLY INTRODUCED, UH, TO COURT.
SO, UH, THIS IS DAVID DANIEL, THE PROBATION OFFICE, ADULT PROBATION OFFICER.
AND SO HE'S GOT CARDS LOOK LIKE THERE AND
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WELL THEY GOT THE THREE WEEKS, THIS CURRENT ONE.I THAT ONE I DON'T THAT ONE MANY TIMES I HAD TO TELL IT FINISH.
WE COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEYS BILL, THEIR CASE WAS FILED UNDER 13TH.
THIS IS COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEYS.
THERE'S, I MEAN THAT'S NOT, YOU LOOK AT PAGE 28, 29, EVERY ONE OF 30.
WE IN THOUSAND 10,011 5,000 BUCKS HAVE EXPLANATION I THINK TO TALK TO, I MEAN THE JUDGE, I MEAN WE RECEIVED IT IN DECEMBER AND WE WORKED IT FOR PAYMENT.
I MEAN THAT'S ALL THE JUDGE HAS A COURT COORDINATOR SUPPOSED TO.
YEAH, WHEN YOU GET BILL THAT ARE FROM TWO BUDGET CYCLES BACK THREE AND FOUR, I'M SORRY, I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
I MEAN WHO'S THIS, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE KNOW THEY'RE THEY WERE WE, WE, WE WON'T DOUBLE PAY ONE OF THESE.
ANYTIME WE PUT ONE OF THESE CASE NUMBERS IN, IT'LL GIVE US A, IT'LL POP UP AND SAY YOU PAID THIS INVOICE BEFORE PREVIOUS YEAR.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THESE WILL GET SEVERAL OF THESE FOR THE SAME CASE.
I MEAN WHENEVER WE RECEIVE THEM,
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THAT'S WHAT WE PAY.WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT, WE ASK, SEE WHAT THEIR POLICY IS.
WE WELL THAT'S, SINCE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A LONG TIME AGO, WHAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO IS GO BACK ON THESE PARTICULAR ONES AND NOT PAY THEM AND GO AHEAD AND PAY THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENT AND THEN ASK THE COURT THE JUDGES INDIVIDUALLY TO GIVE US REASON.
AND I DON'T THINK WE AS A COURT, AND I DON'T, I MAY BE WRONG THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THESE EVIDENCE CAN STOP DOING IT.
BUT WE CAN ASK THE, THE UH, JUDGES TO BE CERTAINLY MORE AWARE OF WHAT THIS AND IT MAY BE THAT SINCE WE HAD TWO JUDGES CHANGED BUT PERHAPS JUST NEVER BEEN TURNED IN BY THE ATTORNEY.
I DUNNO THAT IT COULD BE YOU ALSO.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE OFF, DID HE SIGN OFF ON IT OR DID COURT COORDINATE ONE ONE OF THESE? BECAUSE THERE'S EVERY ONE OF 'EM THAT'S THAT 2011 THAT'S UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PROBLEM.
WE DO NOT PAY ATTORNEY FEE BACHELORS WITHOUT A SIGNATURE.
IF IT DOES NOT HAVE A SIGNATURE, IT GETS SENT BACK TO THAT COURT FOR A SIGNATURE.
WELL I KNOW BUT THEY HAVE A SIGNATURE STATEMENT.
NO, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS SIGNED LIVE.
YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT SIGNATURES.
I CAN PULL IF YOU LIKE, I MEAN FROM ROBERT, ROBERT BONGER THAT ARE IN 2011.
SHOULD WE REALLY PAY BILLS THAT ARE THREE YEARS OLD BEFORE FOUR YEARS? I THAT'S MY CONCERN.
YOU WANT PULL, PULL ALL OF THEM THAT ARE NOT CURRENT HOLD AND MAYBE WHEN WE SAY CURRENT 2014, RIGHT? SIX MONTHS OLD.
WELL, I WOULD SAY ANYTHING FROM OCTOBER FROM THE BUDGET YEAR.
I MEAN THAT SHOULD, THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR, THEIR BILLS IN BY, BY OCTOBER.
NOW THAT MIGHT BE A THING WE CAN PASS IS IF THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR BILLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE YEAR TURNED IN BY OF THE YEAR CHECK AND SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT.
SO CAN Y'ALL DO THAT AND GO BACK? I JUST TOLD YOU BEFORE I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE BECAUSE DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS TURN 'EM IN AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
YEAH, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF THEM.
I MEAN SOMETIMES IT'S A SPECIFIC ATTORNEY THAT SIGNED BY A SIX JUDICIAL MUST NO, IT'S IT'S A RANGE A LOT LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
BUT HE HAS A COURT COORDINATOR.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TAKES THEM AND THEN TURN THEM TO HIM TO SIGN AND THEN THEY'RE THOUSAND BILL THAT IS THREE YEARS OLD AND, AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE 500 CHARGES FROM THE SAME ATTORNEY THAT ARE ALL IN 2011.
I WE OUT, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COURT, BUT MAYBE THERE'S AN ORDER WE COULD PASS OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD UH, SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING PAY THEM IF THEY'RE TWO YEARS OLD OR MORE THAN TWO YEARS OLD.
I MEAN THEY SHOULD BE BILLED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
I I'VE GOT ONE ILL GIVE YOU, SHE'LL PAY ME BACK.
CAN WE, WHAT, WHAT DATE DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 1ST OF JANUARY, 2014 OR DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS MR. ROSA? IT SAYS AS OF SEPTEMBER THE 30TH, 2014, NOT PAY ANY OF THOSE.
AND THEN WE CAN RESEARCH THAT IN BETWEEN NOW THE NEXT MEETING GET THE JUDGES TO HOW DO YOU KEEP ON YOUR BUDGET, KEEP TRACK ON BUDGET.
AND AGAIN, I WONDER IF SOME OF IT HAS TO DO WITH CHANGE IN JUDGES.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME PEOPLE I THINK THEY FOUND THEM.
YEAH, SINCE I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IT, IT USUALLY IS UP TO THE ATTORNEY BECAUSE THERE'S TIMES WHERE WE JUST GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF BILLS FROM ONE ATTORNEY AT ONE TIME, BUT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR WE'RE NOT SEE ANY, I THINK WE NEED TO STRIVE THAT MORE FLUID AND GIVE THEM A 30 DAY PERIOD ABSOLUTELY.
TO BILL AFTER THE CASE IS RIGHT.
IF WE SHOULD DO THAT, IT MAY BE LEFT A JUDGE OR WE CAN ASK THE JUDGE.
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BUT I'LL, I'LL RIGHT.AND THAT MAY BE WHERE WE CAN SO, SO WILL, WILL IT BE SOMETHING LIKE MOTION TO APPROVE CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PAYING ANY INVOICES STATED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2014 FOR DEFENSE? THEY, OTHER THAN THE MURDER CASES THAT WE HAD, THOSE ARE ARE ALL YEAH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION, MOTION JUST SCRATCH THROUGH YOUR NAME.
IS THERE A DEAL SIGN ON THIS PASSING WAS BORN IN OREGON.
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JANUARY 20TH.I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT TUESDAY NINTH.
WE HAVE INFORMATION THEY WANT THAT THEY WANT EXCEPT OF THE ONES WE TALKED ABOUT.
YOU GET THAT? I I PUT IT AS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PAYING INCIDENT IN THE INVOICES DATED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 30.
AND WE'LL GET, I'M ASKING KAREN AND KW TO WORK ON THAT.
WE, UH, AND ALSO CHECK TO WHAT AUTHORITY WE MAY HAVE TO, TO SET A RULE ON THAT.
SO, SO IS THAT YOUR MOTION COMMISSIONER? YES.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ROSA.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER SHANE SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ON ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETINGS, THAT WAS PRECINCT ROLE.
WE HAVE A, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO UH, END THE MEETING AND WE HAVE A SECOND.