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GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY, AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU THIS MORNING TO THE MONDAY, MARCH 23RD, UH, MEETING, UH, RECORD MEETING OF CA COUNTY COMMISSION COURT.
WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS MORNING, AND AS ALWAYS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, WE HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET THERE AT THE END OF THE TABLE.
AND, UH, WE'LL DO THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE, UH, HAVE THE, UH, INVOCATION AS WELL AS THE, UH, ALLEGIANCE TO, UH, BOTH OF OUR FLAGS.
AND I'VE MR. THIS MORNING IF HE GIVE INDICATION.
SO IF YOU JOIN ME, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE'VE HAD, AND THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COUNTY AND OUR STATE AND OUR NATION AT THE CAPACITY AND WILLINGNESS TO DO WE PRAY FOR THE WISDOM TO DO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED US.
UH, TO PUT US IN THIS POSITION, WE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR, OUR FALLEN HEROES, OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS, AND GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
WE PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE THAT WOUNDED WARRIOR AS THEY TRY TO RECOVER.
UH, WE PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR MILITARY AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND WE PRAY THAT YOU COULD LOOK OVER EVERYONE IN THIS COURT.
JESUS NAME, WE ASK THESE THINGS, AMEN.
P ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION OF INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND INJUSTICE, ALL ALIVE TEXAS SOCIETY.
ONE AN INDIVIDUAL THANK WOULD BE REMARKS FROM VISITORS.
AND RANDY, I GUESS YOU'RE SERVING AS AVAILABLE TODAY.
THE FIRST ONLY, UH, FIRST I CAN ADDRESS THIS IS JANICE, UH, FROM COUNTY ROAD 40 15.
SO, UH, THIS IS POOR IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD AND, UH, WE'VE CHANGED THE MICROPHONE HERE ON THE, UH, TABLE.
STILL BIG TABLE, BUT YOU COME FORWARD HERE AND MAKE SURE THE MARK, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE TRYING TO COME DOWN THAT ROAD.
IT WOULD BE PARTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
UH, WE'RE DRIVING IN THE DITCH SO THERE WASN'T SOME OF THEM BECAUSE, AND STILL YOU CAN'T AVOID AND YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SOMETHING DONE, RESOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
THE ROAD IS ABOUT THREE MILES LONG AND NOT ALL OF IT IS SOLID AUTOS, BUT THANK UH, NEXT IS LINDA GABE.
AND YOU'RE ALSO, I BELIEVE ON COUNTY ROAD 40 57.
I REPRESENT SOUTH ENTERPRISE LLC, THEIR RANCH HOLDINGS.
WHERE AT WHERE 1 8 0 3 8 COUNTY ROAD 40 57.
MS. JANICE WAS SAYING OUR ROAD IS FULL OF POTS DUE TO WEATHER.
UM, WE HAVE ONE MILE FRONTAGE ROAD, THE FIRST HALF MILE WE HAVE 86 POT HOLES.
THEY ARE ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES DEEP AND 10 INCHES TO FOUR FOOT WIDE.
EVERYBODY ON MY, THE OTHER HALF IS NOT AS BAD.
WE ONLY HAD 34 POT HOLES ON THAT SECTION.
THE ROAD SIDES ARE SO DAMAGED.
EVERYONE'S DRIVING IN THE BARR DITCHES, THEY'RE PUTTING UP SIDES OF MUD.
SO OF COURSE THE WATER CANNOT DRAIN OFF OF THE ROAD.
SITS IN THE POTHOLES, IT'S UNDERNEATH.
IT'S ALL ALREADY TURNING INTO GRAVEL.
UM, THE BARR DITCHES NOW, THEY JUST, JUST HOLD WATER.
EVERYTHING IS GOING BE ERODING.
EVERYBODY'S RIDING ON THE SIDES TRYING TO AVOID THEM.
THEY PIPE HOLES NOT, NOT WORKING VERY WELL.
SO IF YOU'VE EVER GET A CHANCE, I'D LIKE YOU TO LOOK AT OUR LITTLE ROAD.
I HOPE YOU DO IT ON THE DRY DAYS AND LOOK STUCK IN THE DITCH.
NEXT IS ERIC MILLER, UH, WHO LIVES ON COUNTY ROAD 4 0 4 5 A.
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.UH, I'M A RESIDENT OF, UH, KEMP, TEXAS.
I LIVE ON 40 45 A UH, MY CONCERN IS ALSO ON THE, UH, THE ROAD 40 45 A.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THE ROAD HAS BEEN PATCHED SO MANY TIMES.
IT'S NOT EVEN REALLY A ROAD ANYMORE, IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF POTHOLES AND IT'S A, TO ME, IT'S JUST GETTING WORSE.
UH, POTHOLES CONTINUE TO FORM, ESPECIALLY AFTER A LOT OF OUR RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD HERE RECENTLY.
I'M SURE THAT'S A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE AREA.
UH, BUT I JUST, I WOULD JUST LIKE THIS, THIS ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED AT, AT SOME POINT.
UM, ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ONLY TWO SPEEDS ON THE ROAD.
IT'S EITHER YOU GO AS FAST AS YOU CAN TO GET PAST IT, OR YOU JUST GO SO, SO SLOW TO EASE THE EASE, THE DRIVE.
YOU CAN'T EVEN DRINK A CUP OF COFFEE ON THE ROAD.
UM, MY OTHER CONCERN IS VEHICLES DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, I BELIEVE THE ROAD, THE, UM, THE, UH, RESIDENCE PER CAPITA OF THE ROAD.
THERE'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS ON THAT ROAD THAT I FEEL THAT IT HAS A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, UH, FOR TO, FOR THE ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, NOW AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE VEHICLES, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSES.
I GUESS THEY MAY LIVE DOWN THAT ROAD.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS THAT, IT, IT IS, I BELIEVE IT'S A WEARING AWAY AT THE SUSPENSION AND OF THE VEHICLES, AND NOT ONLY BUSES, BUT UM, BUT OTHER, UM, TRASH VEHICLES AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE ROAD.
UM, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I, I PLAN ON LIVING IN THIS AREA FOR A LONG TIME.
I JUST MOVED HERE, UM, FROM TYLER AND, UH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU MAYBE ADDRESS AT ONE POINT.
AND THE NEXT IS WILLIAM FLETCHER FROM COUNTY ROAD 40 57.
I HATE VEHICLE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY SAID, BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SAME ROAD.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, I KIND OF THINK THE WORD POTHOLE.
JUSTICE ZONE ARE EXTREMELY LARGE, EXTREMELY HEAT.
I HAVE, UH, PERSONALLY KEEP MY VEHICLE UP TO THE MUFFLER SHOP AND I HAD TO HAVE A MUFFLER ON IT THAT I JUST BOUGHT ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
I HAD TO HAVE IT REWILD 'CAUSE THE WHEELS ON IT BROKE FROM BOUNCING DOWN THAT ROAD.
IT'S AN EXTREMELY ROUGH AND A BAD ROAD.
I'VE LIVED DOWN SOME BAD ROADS AND, UH, A SECTION OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ALMOST BECOME IMPASSABLE.
THERE'S, UH, TWO, TWO WAYS IN AND OUT OF WHERE I LIVE.
AND, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENCE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, HAVE ACTUALLY ALMOST STOPPED GOING THAT DIRECTION AND STARTED GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION TO TRY TO AVOID THE BAD SECTION.
UM, WHICH IS FINE, EXCEPT NOW THE OTHER END OF THE ROAD IS GETTING 4 0 2 FROM THE EXCESS TRAFFIC HEADING OUT THE OTHER WAY.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THAT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT AND NOT SIGN UP? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE, UH, INTO ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE AND, UH, I DID HAVE A LETTER, UH,
SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO, UH, UH, GET A THANK YOU NOTE FROM THE GROUP THAT BRI DOES A LOT OF WORK ABOUT OUR KIDS HERE AT THE COUNTY.
SO WE APPRECIATE, UH, DOING THAT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND ITEM A IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING MARCH THE NINTH, 2015 B IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING A DONATION OF 40 DOWN THE OFFICER KITS DONATED BY JIM AND BETTY WEST AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,421 AND 63 CENTS.
I BELIEVE THOSE WERE DONATED TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, ITEM C IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, APPOINT COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING BOARD, UH, FOR THE CITY OF FORNEY.
ITEM D IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASING DUMP TRUCKS FOR PRECINCT ONE AND THREE WITH THE REPURCHASE OF, UH, OF OPTION THROUGH THE TIPS PURCHASING COOPERATIVE CONTRACT NUMBER 0 2 2 DASH 1 0 2 3 14.
HE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING HONORABLY RETIRED POLICE, I'M SORRY, PEACE OFFICER POLICY FOR THE KAUFMAN COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
IMF IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CERTIFICATES OF COURSE COMPLETION OF OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND PUBLIC INFORMA UH, INFORMATION ACT FOR COMMISSIONER WILLIAM PHILLIPS AND G IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING
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THE PROJECT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OAK BRIDGE FOR ROAD REPAIRS ON MULTIPLE ROADS IN COUNTY PRECINCT ONE.COMMISSIONER, DOES ANYBODY HAVE THESE? OVERRULED.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA? ITEM E READY? ITEM ITEM E? YES.
IS THIS SOMETHING NEW THAT, THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE OR IS IT, IT IT IS NEW FOR OUR OFFICE.
UH, WE DID NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC POLICY IN THAT OFFICE AND, UH, WE REVIEWED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S POLICY AND JUST, UH, CHANGED THE LANGUAGE EQUIPMENT.
ACCOMMODATE THE FIRE WATCHER'S OFFICE.
IS THAT FOR THE, IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH OTHER COUNTIES? WHAT OTHER COUNTIES DO? YES.
CONSISTENT WITH NOT OUR COUNTY.
OTHER QUESTION, SHANE MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE.
HAVE COMMISSIONER NIK ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF, UH, UH, THE AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, FOR KAUFMAN PROJECTS BETWEEN KAMAN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF KAUFMAN AND FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY 34 PROJECT AND THE COUNTY ROAD 1 51 PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF 7 BILLION.
UH, THIS IS PART OF THE, UH, COUNTYWIDE BOND PROGRAM AND I KNOW JOHN POLLSTER ON HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE, HAVE A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT AND I BELIEVE I SAW, UM, MR. SNOW COME IN FROM THE, UH, CITY OF C UH, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? I BELIEVE THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NOW FOR SOME TIME EVER SINCE THE BOND PROGRAM, YEAH, IT'S BEEN ON THE ROAD BOND PACKAGE AGENDA AND IT'S JUST COME TO FRUITION.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I MAKE A MOTION APPROVE.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER, A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM, UH, FOR THE CITY OF KAMAN AND THE AGREE THAT WE HAVE, THEN WE HAVE SECOND, SECOND.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND THE MOTION.
ANY OF DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER REVIEWING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INCORPORATED.
THAT IS WITH, UH, JOHN HOLSTER.
UH, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE.
YOU'RE CERTAINLY WALKING TO STICK AROUND.
DONE ANOTHER FOUR HOUR MEETING TONIGHT.
THIS IS, UH, WITH OUR CONTRACT WITH JOHN FOSTER, WHO'S BEEN SERVING AS OUR TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT.
UH, YOU, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE ON NUMBER FOUR? UH, JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT THAT I THINK HE DOES AN EXCEPTION JOB OF LEVERAGING MONEY AND I MAKE A, THE CONTRACT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ZALE AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? UH, NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
MS. IFF, OUR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR IS HERE TO PREVENT THE PREVENT TO PREVENT THE, UH, TAX ACCESS COLLECTOR REPORT.
WE HAVE COLLECTED, UH, FOR THE COUNTY, UH, THIS MONTH A TOTAL OF 3,281,000.
AND THEN THIS MONTH FOR THE ROAD BRIDGE, $470,237.
SO I WOULD REMIND YOU THAT FOR THE COUNTY GENERAL BUDGET PART, WE STILL HAVE OVER $50,600 THAT ARE DEFERRED IN TEXAS.
AND FOR THE ROTARY PART, WE HAVE 7,071 THAT ARE DEFERRED.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED YEAR TO DATE IS $28,553,459 FOR YOUR M MS AND THE IO.
IF YOU ADDED IN THE DELINQUENT PORTION THAT WE ALSO COLLECTED, THE WHOLE THING THAT WE, THAT WE COLLECTED WOULD BE TODAY 29,062,553.
ACTUALLY ADDED THOSE TOGETHER.
WE DID SEND OVER AN UPDATED VERSION BUT DIDN'T GET IT DOWN.
YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND SAY THOSE NUMBERS UP.
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OKAY, SO WE'LL START OVER AGAIN.BASICALLY TOTAL M MS IO COLLECTED YEAR TODAY IS 28 MAY OF $553,459.
THAT'S, AND IF YOU ADDED IN ALL OF THE DELINQUENT, THAT 509,000 THAT OF DELINQUENT TAXES THAT WERE ALSO COLLECTED.
YEAR DATE, YOUR TOTAL YEAR TO DATE COLLECTIONS ARE $29,062,553.
BUT THIS MONTH, OR JUST THIS MONTH ALONE FOR INE AND IO TOGETHER, WE'VE COLLECTED $3,281,000 AS THAT IN YOUR 2.8, YOUR 3000.
NOW, AS FAR AS THE AG ROLLBACK, WE DID HAVE SOME AG ROLLBACKS THIS MONTH WITH THE GENERAL FUND AND, UM, UH, ROAD BRIDGE AND THEY WERE ALL FOR THE POINTING DEVELOPMENT AREA.
THEY, THEY'RE ALL FROM THE MADISON HAW LIMITED OFF OF THE COUNTY ROOF 2 0 4.
THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT PIECES OF PROPERTY INVOLVED IN THAT.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE TOTAL, ANOTHER 19,000 ON THE ROAD BRIDGE.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE LARGEST WE'VE HAD IN YEARS ON ROLLBACK TAXES.
I THINK YOU PROBABLY WENT BACK, THIS IS A BIG TIME FOR ROLLBACK TAXES, WHICH IS TAXES.
SO FOR ROAD BRIDGE, OUR TOTAL COLLECTIONS, UH, FOR THIS MONTH WE'RE 470,237.
AND FOR A YEAR TO DATE, 4.1 MILLION.
AND IF YOU ADD IN THE DELINQUENT TAXES ALSO APPLY TO ROAD BRIDGE, IT'D BE 4.2 251,000.
SO 4.2 MILLION WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
BUT AGAIN, THAT TOTAL IS ABOUT 57,000 OF, OF DEFERRALS BETWEEN THE TWO ONES THAT WE'LL NEVER SEE TEXAS, WE'LL BE WIPE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS REPORT NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME ONE? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
UH, I THINK SHE HAS ANOTHER THING.
SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT MOTION.
AND THEN YOU WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THE AUCTION? I DID.
WE HAD ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PROPERTY RESALE AUCTIONS LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.
AND UM, WE WERE AFRAID ABOUT JUST GETTING PEOPLE TO SHOW UP BECAUSE WE, WITH THE WEATHER, WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE IT THREE TIMES.
BUT WE DID HAVE A PRETTY GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE.
WE HAD 46 PROPERTIES FOR SALE.
WE DID SELL 22 OF THOSE PROPERTIES, BROUGHT IN $53,871 AND THEN HAD 22 PROPERTIES BACK ON THE ROLLS.
WE HAD 46 PROPERTIES FOR SALE.
WE COLLECTED $53,871 AND NOW THAT MEANS WE HAVE 22 MORE PROPERTIES BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS.
SO WILL YOU ADD THE 24 BACK ON THE NEXT OPTION AGAIN OR THE YEAR
UH, YES, GENERALLY THEY'RE ADDED BACK ON.
BUT IF, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO TEAR EGGS, WE MAY CONCENTRATE MOSTLY ON TAROT PROPERTIES.
WE DO GET A BIG TURNOUT IN TAROT.
IF WE GO TO KIM OR MAYBANK, WE CONCENTRATE MORE ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE DOWN THERE.
SO, BUT YES, THEY WILL KEEP COMING BACK UNTIL THEY'RE SOLD OFF.
THIS ONE WILL SELL HERE IN COFFMAN.
IT'S THE FIRST ONE WE'VE DONE HERE IN COFFMAN.
THE OTHERS WERE IN KEMP AND MAYBANK AND ONE OF THE MAY BANK, BANK IN KE AND ONE IN TAR.
YEAH, KINDA LIKE GOING TO A GARAGE LATELY.
UM, SO THEY, THERE WERE THREE PROPERTIES IN WILLS POINT ISD AND SOME THEY GAR ALL THOSE OUT.
UM, AND WE DID HAVE SOME, SOME GOOD BIDDING WAR GOING ON, SO THAT MEANS THERE WERE SOME PROPERTIES THAT PEOPLE WANTED.
IT BRINGS, BRINGS PROPERTY UP, DOLLARS UP.
JEFF BROWN IS OUR AUCTIONEER DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. THANK YOU.
NEXT, UH, OUR TREASURER, RONNIE OFIELD WILL PRESENT HIS REPORT, UH, FOR THE, UH, GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN.
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THE BEGINNING BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND AT FEBRUARY 1ST, 2015 WAS 13 MILLION 6 9 7 5 21 9 7.THE RECEIPTS TO THE GENERAL RESPONDENT WERE 3 MILLION 6 0 3 4 0 7 29.
THE DISBURSEMENTS WERE 2 MILLION 381 9 10 40 FOR AN ENDING BALANCE OF 14 MILLION 919 0 18 86.
OUR INVESTMENTS FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND FROM THE GENERAL MMI 14 9 48 74 0 1 AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE, OUR CONSTRUCTION FUND ROAD BOND INS AND THE ROAD BOND FUND, THOSE BALANCE HAS NOT CHANGED EITHER.
THE INTEREST ON THE BANK ACCOUNTS FROM AMERICAN NATIONAL 24,000 3 0 2 0.03 AND FOR THE FUNDS THAT ARE AT TEXT POOL, THE 1 MILLION 8 9 9 8 34 20 ON THE LAND SALE FUND AND A MILLION OF THE ROAD BOND FUND, THAT TOTAL INTEREST IS 1 27 2.
AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM LATER SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, MIGRATE THE TAX SCHOOL FUNDS TO
IF YOU, UH, GENTLEMEN APPROVE THE RECEIPTS DO NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE FUNDS COLLECTED BY AMERICAN TRAFFIC SYSTEMS. I BELIEVE IN THE LAST COURT MEETING THERE WAS PRESENTATION OF, OF THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY OF, YOU KNOW, 10,000.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE OVER 22,000 YEAR TODAY.
SO I BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE'LL NEED TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION OF ARE THOSE FUNDS REQUIRED TO BE RECEDED BY THE COUNTY TREASURY? SO WE MIGHT SEE AN AGENDA ITEM NEXT ON.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? GENTLEMEN? DO WE KNOW WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE? UH, THERE IS A BANK ACCOUNT AT US BANK THAT IS GENERALLY TITLED, UH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT WORDS, BUT AN A TS ACCOUNT HAS AGENT FOR COFFMAN COUNTY.
IS THIS THE LAST MONEY POOL? YES SIR.
OKAY, NOW GOING FORWARD, THE INTEREST RATE PAID BY AMERICAN NATIONAL WILL EFFECTIVE TODAY WILL DECREASE FROM 0.65% DOWN TO 0.35%.
WE HAD, UM, AMERICAN NATIONAL CONTINUED PAYING INTEREST, UH, BASED UPON THE PRIOR DEPOSITORY CONTRACT THAT EXPIRED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2013.
SO FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST, 2013 THROUGH SUNDAY, THEY WERE APPLYING THE OLD EXPIRED RATE, THE NEW EXISTING RATE AND THE CURRENT DEPOSITORY CONTRACT IS 0.35.
SO THAT WE GET THAT EFFECTIVE TODAY.
IT'S GOOD TALK WITH MAINTAINING, PUT THE FULL COURT PRESS ON THEM, AS I'M SURE THE JUDGE DID AS WELL.
WE REALLY, UH, BENEFITED FROM THAT CONTRACT.
AND THEN WE DO THAT AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN JANUARY AND COMPLIMENTED AMERICAN NATIONAL, HOW HIGH THAT RATE WAS BASED UPON MY KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER COUNTIES.
UM, SO GOD ALWAYS SMILES ON KAUFMAN COUNTY AND HERE'S ANOTHER ENTRANCE FOR, GOD SMILED ON KAMAN COUNTY AND HAD US RECEIVE MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND OF EXCESS INTEREST.
SO WE'RE THANKFUL WE, UH, THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY, I UNDERSTAND COURT AND I COMMEND YOU ON THAT.
WOULD IT BE HOW MUCH WORK OR HOW MUCH, UH, EXTRA TIME WOULD IT TAKE TO HAVE A COMPARISON TO THIS YEAR WHERE WE WERE THIS TIME OF LAST YEAR? OH, JUDGE, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BY NEXT COURT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT FORMATTED.
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QUESTION.ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE, AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY JUDGE, MAYBE WE'LL START LOOKING FORWARD AS WELL, YOU KNOW, TO SHOW THIS IS WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR IN SOME SUBSEQUENT QUARTERS SO THAT THE COMMISSIONERS CAN GET A FEEL FOR WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.
OKAY, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S REPORT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER SECONDS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TO, UH, WITH GEORGE YORK, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE AGREEMENT FOR THE JUDGE'S EDITION SOFTWARE WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES FOR COURTROOM AND NON COURTROOM USE.
FOLKS IN JANUARY ONE THIS YEAR, WE, UH, WENT BY BUT HE FILED TEXAS.
UH, WHAT WE DO TODAY IS ANY FOLKS THAT FILED MOTIONS OR FILED CASES WITH LIN COUNTY, UH, UM, THEY FILE ONLINE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I USE EOX A PRODUCT LIKE THAT, I FILE MY CASE, IT GOES TO E-FILE TEXAS.
THEN, UM, AFTER THAT THE VENDOR, THE TEXAS APPROVED VENDOR, TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, TAKES THE INFORMATION TALK SERVERS IN THE, IN THE BACK ROOM.
THE CASE IS CREATED AND THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS IT SHIFTS THE BURDEN OF THE WORK AND LABOR FROM THE CLERK OF THE COURT TO THE COURT COORDINATOR.
SO WHAT WE DID IN JULY OF LAST YEAR IS WE BUDGETED FOR THE PRODUCT FROM TYLER TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY PRESENTING THE DOCUMENTS AT TRIAL ON THE JUDGE'S BENCH.
AFTER SOME DELIBERATION BY THE JUDGES, THEY CHOSE TO PROCEED WITH PILOT TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT.
AND THE ITEM YOU SEE THERE, THE 60,000 BUDGET LINE ITEM IS TO COVER THE EXPENSE OF E-FILE.
THERE'S ANOTHER PRODUCT WE CAN USE, WHICH IS PROBABLY MORE, PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE CRIMINAL SIDE.
THE SIGNATURE ALLOWS THE JUDGE TO SIGN THE DOCUMENTS ON HIS BENCH WITHOUT HAVING TO CREATE THE PAPER, SIGN THE PAPER AND SCAN IT INTO US.
AT THE TIME WE TRIED TO, UM, LAURA, HE WAS DONATED OR SHE GENEROUSLY, UH, SUGGESTED THAT WE USE SOME OF HER FUNDS TO PAY FOR E-SIGNATURE.
UH, WE RAN THAT BY THE DA AND THE OPINION WE RECEIVED BACK FROM JOHN WAS THAT WE COULD NOT DO SO.
SO I TALKED TO BOBBY RICH, UH, WHO'S NOW IN CHARGE, JUDGE RICH WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE LAW LIBRARY AND HE HAS AS OF LAST FRIDAY.
HIS OPINION IS THAT WE MAY, OR HIS OPINION IS WE CAN USE THE LAW LIBRARY FUNDS TO PAY FOR THAT.
SO I GUESS TODAY WE WOULD WANT TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH JUDGES' SESSION TO PRESENT DOCUMENTS OF TRIAL OBJECT BENCH AND HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD WITH A SIGNATURE PENDING APPROVAL BY THE PA TO USE IT TO USE LAW LIBRARY PROMISES.
ANY QUESTIONS? DOES THAT, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF THIS MICROPHONE BY BELIEVE IT, THIS IS A LOAN.
OKAY, WE, UH, FOLKS IN GARLAND, UM, IN FACT JACK, UM, GAR US WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH A REALLY GOOD, UH, AUDIO VISUAL COMPANY CALLED CAM AUDIO.
AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE GONNA, THEY WANT US TO TRY THIS TO SEE HOW IT WORKS.
THE ISSUE, YOU KNOW, SOME TIME AGO WE HAD BOUNDARY MICS THAT COULD CATCH SPEECH FROM A DISTANCE AWAY, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH NOISE AND VIBRATION THAT DIDN'T WORK.
SO THESE, IN FACT, THE ONES IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE QUITE CLOSE TO IT IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE.
SO YOU GUYS, YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR, ON YOUR BENCH THERE, IT'S A LOT HARDER.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY THIS, BUT HOPEFULLY IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL HERE, WE'LL SEND THAT TO THOSE THERE AND YOU FOLKS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM HERE THAT I KNOW THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING COMPLAINT WE'VE HAD.
YEAH, THIS ROOM WAS KIND OF LIKE A BOWLING ALLEY AND THIS ACOUSTICS ARE NOT TOO GOOD, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY IT.
I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT THEY BALL UP THIS WAY.
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ALRIGHT, GEORGE, UH, SO ACCORDING TO, HE FEELS COMFORTABLE APPROVING THIS AND WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SO WE BUDGETED SAFETY FOR JUDGE'S SECTION AND THE REMAINDER IS 32 4 20.HIS SIGNATURE ALSO THIS, HE IS NOT ONLY JUST FOR THIS, BUT IT USED ACROSS THE ODYSSEY SUITE FOR ALL THE COURTS, INCLUDING THE JP COURT.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE IN YES, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAW LIBRARY FUND.
SO THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE, UH, LEADING WITH THE JUDGE'S ADDITION SOFTWARE.
AND SO THAT CAN BE THE FIRST MOTION IN, UH, BECCA.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE LAW LIBRARY FUNDS ARE VERY SPECIFIC IN WHAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR.
AND WHILE JUDGE RICH HAS APPARENTLY SAID IT'S OKAY TO USE IT, I WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CORRECT IN THE STATUTE SO THAT WE'RE NOT PERMISSIBLE USING FUNDS FROM THE LIBRARY.
WE'VE GOTTA DO A PENDING YOUR APPROVAL.
YEAH, BUT I, BUT I WOULD, UH, ASK YOU GUYS TO MAYBE TALK ABOUT AN ALTERNATE, UH, SOURCE OF THAT FUNDING.
THAT WAY WE COULD PROCEED FORWARD WITH IT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, UM, IF THE LIBRARY FUNDING DID NOT WORK, SOMETHING ELSE WAS IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT.
WELL OF COURSE THE QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT IS AN OTHER ALTERNATE SOURCE, YOU KNOW, AND I'M WONDERING, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, THE 31ST BECAUSE OF THE LAND THAT OP HAS TO APPROVE.
I'M WONDERING MAYBE WE COULD PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA TO GIVE THEM TIME TO WORK THROUGH THE ISSUE WITH THE LAW LIBRARY AS WELL AS I GUESS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT TOO ON THE UH, UH, KEY SIGNATURE, WELL THAT HAS COST ASSOCIATED.
THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE FUNDING, NO DISCUSSION.
THAT'S MONEY FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
UH, THAT'S, NO, THAT'S SOMETHING I BUDGETED FOR DURING HEARINGS LAST JULY.
OKAY, SO FIRST ITEM WE'RE WE'VE GOT IN BUDGET.
AND THAT'S 60, THAT'S THE 60,000? YES.
AND YOU CONCUR WITH THAT? YES SIR.
SO THAT, ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM AS FAR AS COMING OUTTA THE LAW, WHAT'S YOUR ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO WE HAVE SECOND DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? NOW I
AND UH, SO THIS MAY BE THE ONE THAT SINCE THERE MAY BE A QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING ON THAT, WE LOOK AND MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE THE JUDGE WHICH, AND THEN DURING THE MEANTIME MAYBE WE CAN LOOK FOR SOME ALTERNATE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS.
I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE UNTIL WE GET A MORE INFORMATION TODAY, WE HAVE A INFORMATION WE HAVE SAY FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, UH, ANY DISCUSSION, DO WE NEED THIS ON THE AGENDA? YEAH, WE CAN IT, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK, NEXT TUESDAY.
FIRST DO AND THEY WILL ALSO AT THAT SAY MAYBE WE'VE IDENTIFI THE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR IT ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
A THOSE ALRIGHT, THANK GEORGIA.
NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER NINE AND THAT HAS TO BE MS. HUGS, OUR COUNTY CLERK TO DISCUSS AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CLERK TO SIGN TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES DATA USE AGREEMENT, WHICH ALLOWS THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE TO VIRGINIA OFFERING BIRTH CERTIFICATES TO THE PUBLIC UTILIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES DATABASE.
UM, WE RECEIVED, UH, AN EMAIL FROM, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.
AND THEN JUST AS PURSUANT TO THE CHANGES IN THE FEDERAL LAW, THEY REVIEW OUR CURRENT CONTRACT AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT REQUIRES THIS DATE OF USE
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AGREEMENT.AND IT WAS ONE THOSE THINGS THAT NEEDED SIGNED IMMEDIATELY TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND HE SAID, OKAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR MS. USED? IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL WORK OR COST TO THIS OR OTHER THAN WHAT WE DID DO? NO, I'LL A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE.
COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES THAT MOTION.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND MOTION FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS ALSO FROM THE COUNTY CLERK MS. USED TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER REVIEWING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LAW SERVICE PROGRAM FOR TRANSPORTATION CODE 5 0 2 OH, WHICH ALLOWS THE COUNTY TO REFUSE TO REGISTER A MOTOR VEHICLE IF THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE OWES THE COUNTY MONEY FOR AN UNPAID NINE FEE OR TAX MS. THE, THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDE COURT UNDER TRANSPORTATION AND IT'S DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE COLLECTION OF PAST DUE MONEY BY ALLOWING THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTED TO REDUCE TO REGISTER INCOME FOR CUSTOMERS WHO WERE FEES AND TAXES.
SIGNED THE FIRST AGREEMENT IN 2007 AND THEN SIGNED RESOLUTION IN 2008.
AND WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM JOHN CARNEY AND HE SAID THAT OUR CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE EXPIRED IN NOVEMBER, 2013, WHICH IS THE REASON I'M BRINGING IT BACK TO COURT.
THE DMD WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT COUNTY TO PARTICIPATION, UM, FOR JOHN CARNEY, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE SAYS, HE SAID THERE'S LY 13 COUNTIES SIGNED UP FOR LAW PAUL RIVER, ONLY DALLAS AND HARRIS SUBMITS GOLF LAW DATED REGULARLY FOR MC, HECTOR AND GALVESTON SUBMIT ON AN AVERAGE OF EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND THE SEVEN OTHER COUNTIES WITH THELE CONTRACT HAVE BEEN IN AFTER FOR OVER A YEAR.
UM, WANNA YOU SAY THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO COLLECT MONEY? I I WANNA TELL YOU THAT AS A COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT, I'M BEHALF OF PERSONNEL TO DO THIS, BUT I'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL OUTSIDE VENDORS WHO THINK DOESN'T FEEL TO DO SOMETHING WITH EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR AS A SIDE PIECE OF SOFTWARE.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE'LL BE CONTRACTING WITH THE VENDOR, BUT WE'LL BE ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTIES THAT DONE HAVE DONE THAT CONTRACTING THROUGH A VENDOR TO DMV.
AND UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP IS I TO THE JUDGES ACTIONS, ACTIONS OF THE SWAT LAW.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN HANDLE COURT THAN IN MOTOR VEHICLE.
AND WHICH JUDGES DID YOU TALK WITH? I TALKED TO ALL FOUR OF THEM, BUT I HAVE A LETTER, YES.
IS THIS, IS THIS A, UH, UH, A DUTY OF THE COUNTY CLERK OR IS IT A DUTY OF THE COUNTY WRITTEN? THE DUTY OF THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR.
HOWEVER, THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR HAS NO INFORMATION REGARDING FINES IN COURT COSTS.
SO THE DATA HAS TO COME IF IT'S GONNA BE ON FINES IN THE COURT COSTS, THE DATA HAS TO COME FROM EITHER PROBATION, THE, UM, THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT OR THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
AND IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DMV IN ORDER TO FLAG THAT REGISTRATION WITH.
AND THEN THE TEXT ASSESSOR COLLECTOR SEES THAT WHEN SHE CALLS UP HER DMV DATABASE, SAY COUNTY, SO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK IS ON YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THEY JUST, IT IT SHOWS UP ON THEIR SCREEN WHEN THEY DO REGISTRATION.
AND, AND I DID TALK TO TANYA AND TOLD HER THAT IF SHE WANTED TO LOOK HAVE ODYSSEY AVAILABLE ON HER SYSTEM, SHE COULD LOOK, SEE IF MY COURT COSTS WOULD DO AND THAT READ THIS CONTRACT.
IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST A $500 DEPOSIT WITH THE STATE.
SO THAT MEANS WE WOULD'VE TO DEPOSIT MORE THAN THAT TO COVER THE, UH, THE COST OF GETTING, LOOKING UP THE, AND THERE WAS ALSO A $23, UM, PER A CURRENT'S CHARGE FOR WHEN YOU DO SUBMIT DATA OR LOOK DATA UP.
SO THAT, THAT LOOKS LIKE A BIG BUREAUCRACY.
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THINK THE JUDGE TO DO IT.MS. RAFTER, IF YOU CAN, I THINK LOOK INTO THIS AS WELL AND, UH, WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF THIS, UH, OF, OF THE WALL AND WHOSE DEPARTMENT IT SHOULD COME? WELL, I, I THINK IT IS GREAT IF, IF FLORIDA WANTS TO PUT THIS INTO THE COMPUTER, UM, THEN IT BECOMES A MATTER OF ME SUPPORTING THE SCO LAW, WHICH IS, IT'S NOT MY DUTY TO PUT IT IN THE COMPUTER AND IT'S NOT MY DUTY TO SUPPORT IT, IT'S MY OPTION BY LAW THAT TAX ASSESSOR MAY CHOOSE TO SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT THE SCO LAW.
UH, HE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COURT TO DETERMINE THAT.
NO, THE, THE COURT CAN'T DETERMINE THAT BY LAW THAT THAT ABILITY TO SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT TO STOP THAT WITH THE TAX ASSESSOR.
HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT, PUTTING IT IN THE COMPUTER IS HOW I SUPPORT IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A COURT FINER FEE DUE IF IT IS NOT IN THE, IN THE DMV COMPUTER.
THAT'S HOW IT POPS UP ON US WHEN WE REGISTER A VEHICLE.
NOW ONE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST THROW OUT THERE, I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH A LINEBERGER AND SHE MENTIONED THERE ARE SEVERAL FIRMS THAT ARE GETTING ON BOARD WITH THIS.
UH, AND, AND LINEBERG IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON A PROGRAM.
THEY'RE JUST LIKE THIS POST TO PUTTING OUT, WHICH THEY HAVE TOLD ME WILL NOT COST MONEY, THAT IT'LL BE JUST PART OF WHAT THEY DO IN TAXES, PUT THINGS INTO THE PROGRAM.
AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THEIR PROGRAM'S GONNA WORK BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY I GUESS READY TO ROLL.
THEY'RE JUST LIKE ON THE EDGE.
AND THESE 13 COUNTIES THAT SHE RELATED TO THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO THIS, BUT ONLY TWO OF THEM REGULARLY PARTICIPATE 'CAUSE IT'LL CHANGE WITH EVERY NEW TAX ASSESSOR.
MOST TAX ASSESSORS DO NOT WANT TO SUPPORT THE STOCK LAW BECAUSE THAT THEY THINKS IT MAKES HIM A BAD GUY.
AND THEN WE GET
IT BRINGS IN THE MONEY THAT WE NEED HERE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT PAID, UH, THEIR TAXES AND THEIR FINES, FEES, WHATEVER MIGHT BE IN THE COMPUTER.
THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT NOW MOST OF OUR COUNTY STUFF IS NOT IN THE COMPUTER.
AND SO LAURA'S LOOKING AT A WAY TO GET IT IN THE COMPUTER.
DO WE KNOW WHAT AMOUNT THAT MIGHT BE? THAT'S OUTSTANDING.
AND WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE ENTER ALL THE DATA, I GUESS.
AND, AND INCLUDE YOUR VENDOR TO GET THE PROGRAM TO WORK.
LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE A BETA LINE SAID THEY WERE CLOSE, THEY WERE GONNA TRY TO WORK WITH
DO WE ALREADY DO A SORT OF LAW WITH OUR PROPERTY TAXES? YES.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND ON YOUR SCREEN THEY SHOW TO OWE THE LENGTH OF PROPERTY TAXES, UH, WELL THEN BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO REGISTER THEIR VEHICLE, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SET UP A PAYMENT AGREEMENT TO START PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? WELL, IT IS A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT ACTUALLY.
IT IS, IF THEY, FIRST OF ALL LIKE THE 2015 TAX, 2014 TAXES THAT WERE JUST DUE THE END OF JANUARY, THEY'RE GONNA BE 90 DAYS LATE BEFORE I CAN START TURNING AWAY PEOPLE.
SO THERE'S SO LONG, SO MUCH OVERDUE THAT IT HAS TO BE BEFORE YOU CAN STOP ALL 'EM.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS, DEPENDING UPON THE PERSON, IF WE SAY YOU CAN'T REGISTER YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL YOU PAY YOUR TAXES, A GOOD NUMBER OF 'EM WILL FUSS OR FUSS AND THEN THEY'LL PAY THEIR WHOLE TAX AMOUNT MM-HMM
AND THEN THERE'S THE REST OF 'EM.
THERE'S THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE WHOLE TAX AMOUNT.
SO WE MAKE AGREEMENTS WITH THEM TO PAY IT OFF IN LIKE THREE STEPS OR SOMETHING AND GIVE 'EM, UH, TEMPORARY TAGS UNTIL THEY CAN PAY IT OFF.
SO WE TRY TO MAKE IT WHERE WE'RE GETTING ACROSS THE POINT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THEY PAY THEIR TAXES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND, UH, SOMEONE TOLD ME, I DON'T WHETHER IT WAS YOU OR WHO TOLD ME THAT RIGHT NOW, IF A UH, PERSON COMES IN FROM A COUNTY THAT HAS GOLF LAW PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT WE DO COLLECT FOR THOSE COUNTIES OR WE DON'T RESCUE THEIR VEHICLE.
YEAH, WE DON'T COLLECT, BUT WE HONOR THAT.
SO THEY, BUT THEY GOTTA TAKE IN ARLINGTON AND THEY HAVEN'T PAID FOR IT.
WE SAY, SORRY, YOU GOT A TICKET THAT'S OVER, WE CAN'T REGISTER YOUR CAR.
SO IF SOMEONE IN TARRANT COUNTY OR DALLAS OR WHICHEVER COUNTIES PARTICIPATING, WE, UH, PAY THEIR FINE OR GO GET SOME SORT OF LEASE.
WELL, I QUESTION THAT BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT I'VE READ ON SC LAW SAYS THAT I CAN NORMALLY USE SCUFF LAW ON THE AUTOMOBILES THAT ARE REGISTERED IN COMAN COUNTY.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW SOMEONE IN ARLINGTON, IF IF IF THEY TO THE SAME STANDARDS ON THE CITY, THEN HOW CAN THE CITY DO SC LAW ON OR IT'S NOT IN THEIR ACCOUNT MEAN IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR IT ONLY.
THEY CAN ONLY REGISTER CARS HERE THAT ARE FROM HERE.
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BUT YOU CAN BE FROM HERE AND GET A TICKET IN ANOTHER COUNTY.YEAH, BUT, AND IF THEY'RE ON THE SC LAW, THEY'LL PUT IT IN THE COMPUTER AND THEN WE SEE IT.
I I CAN ONLY SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AUTOMOBILES THAT ARE REGISTERED IN THIS COUNTY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE.
THAT'S THE POINT RIGHT NOW IS THAT OTHER COUNTIES WHO ARE PUTTING INFORMATION INTO THE, THE DMV COMPUTER, I'M SUPPORTING THEM, BUT WE HAVE NOBODY DOING THAT FOR OUR COUNTY.
SO WE, WE DON'T HAVE A WAY OTHER THAN TAXES TO KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS A TICKET BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY PUTTING THEM UNDER THE DV.
IF THEY HAVE A TICKET, THE JUDGE IS GONNA LEVY SOMETHING ON THEM IN THEIR COURT ISSUE, A WARRANT BASICALLY.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE A WAY COLLECT THOSE TICKETS.
DO YOU REMEMBER? THAT'S BEEN PART OF OUR ISSUE ON THE, THE OUTSIDE AUDITORS IS THE, THE HUGE AMOUNT OF RECEIVABLES THAT WE HAVEN'T ABLE TO I PART OF IT BECAUSE A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH COURT COST, FINES AND FEES.
AT ONE TIME WE WERE, THERE WAS SOME NUMBER OUT THERE OF $20,000 THAT WE HAD THAT WAS OUTSTANDING FINES MILLION.
THEY ABOUT 24 MILLION, 22 MILLION.
THEY HAVE INCREASED OUR ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS TO KIND OF BALANCE THAT OFF SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED.
AND IT'S, SOME OF 'EM ARE SO OLD.
THAT'S GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION.
HOW FAR BACK IS THAT GOING? UH, GEORGIA PULLED A, UH, REPORT AND SOME OF THEM GO QUITE QUITE WAYS BACK, BUT, UM, WE REFUSE TO WRITE 'EM OFF SIMPLY FOR THE REASON THAT'S MONEY THAT'S OWED TO PEOPLE THAT, I MEAN THE COUNTY, THAT IT'S
SO AGAIN, WARRANT OUT IF THERE'S NOT A WARRANT, ONE OTHER ISSUE, CONSIDER SAY THAT THEY PROPERTIES TAX RIGHT DOWN THEY COME CAR, THEY CAN'T REGISTER THE PROPERTY IF THEY OWE WELL, FOR FOUR 14 THEY STILL CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S NOT 90 DAYS LATE.
THEY CAN'T, NOT UNLESS THEY COME TO US AND GIVE US THE MONEY AND MAKE A, A PLAN TO PAY IT.
OH NO, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, YOU DO PROPERTY.
YES, ABSOLUTELY CAN PROPERTY TAXES, FINES OR FEES.
AND THE THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS IN PUTTING IN, EVEN IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT ALL THIS INFORMATION IN FROM THE COURTS AND THE JPS, YOU AS COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT GONNA SEE EACH MONTH SOME GRAND CHANGE IN COLLECTIONS BECAUSE REMEMBER VEHICLES ONLY REGISTERED ONCE A YEAR.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE, YOU'LL SLOWLY SEE HOW IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT BECAUSE OF HOW SOLID WE HAVE TO REGISTER OUR CARD.
WELL, AND ANOTHER THING I WANNA ADD, UM, OUR ELECTION DEPARTMENT IS UNDERGOING AN AUDIT.
UH, UH, I HAVE A LETTER HERE FROM LAST YEAR FROM THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION WHERE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, UH, ISSUES THAT, UH, WERE ADDRESSED BY THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION.
AND LAURA, I KNOW YOU'VE ADDRESSED MANY OF THESE.
THERE WERE SOME, UH, A NUMBER OF FINDINGS THEY DID ON THE AUDIT AND UH, I DON'T RECALL THE, UH, SCOFF LAW BEING A PART OF THAT, BUT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED BEING TO END NOW TO COMING BACK TO WORK.
SO, UH, I JUST WONDERED IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD, UH, KEEP US FROM UNDERGOING THE STATE AUDIT.
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE EFFORT MADE TO COLLECT, UH, FINES AND FEES.
AND IN MY DISCUSSION WITH THE FOLKS, UH, UH, WITH THE OFFICE OF, UH, COURT ADMINISTRATION, THEY SEEM TO THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO MOVE FORWARD THAT COURT CRIMINAL PROCEDURES UNDER THE COLLECTION PROGRAM.
NO, I KNOW THAT, BUT I MEAN IT DOES, DID, WHEN I TALKED TO GENTLEMAN, I CAN'T RECALL HIS NAME, HE DID INDICATE THAT HE FELT LIKE ANYTHING THAT MOVED TO, TO FINES AND FEES, WHICH WE DO ANYTHING.
COMMISSIONER, I JUST HAVE THE LETTER THAT SAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OBVIOUS, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD SEND ME A LETTER ON LETTERHEAD STATING WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY WAS TO PARTICIPATE AND SEND THE CONTRACT OR THEY'LL REFUND THE 20,
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THE ACCOUNT.SO WE'VE HAD PLACE JUST HADN'T BEEN USING IT BECAUSE OF THOUSAND SEVEN AND THEN ONE THOSE THINGS THAT WAS OUT THERE.
THIS SAYS THE ONLY TWO COUNTIES FIND CURRENTLY USE ACTIVELY USING IN DALLAS.
THEY USE IT VERY SELDOM BECAUSE THEY HAD A BUNCH OF TROUBLE WITH, THEY DECIDED IT TARGETED THE FOUR AND, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE MONEY.
MOST IT, IT TARGETED LOW INCOME MORE THAN IT DID ANYBODY PAYING TAXES.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, SO IT'S A GROWING ISSUE.
I MEAN IT'S A, THERE'S NO QUESTION, BUT IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHY OLD COUNTIES THAT STARTED IT HAVE STOPPED IT.
YEAH, THERE'S 13 IN THAT SIGNED UP ON TWO, ONLY TWO OF 'EM CURRENTLY USED.
I TOLD YOU THAT PART OF THAT IS POLITICAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF IF IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE A PERSON AND YOU, YOU, YOU HAPPEN TO BE, IF, LIKE ME, I DON'T EVER CAR MY FAMILY.
SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND I DON'T PAY THAT NOBODY IN MY FAMILY GETS TO DRIVE AND YOU'RE NOT, SO I'M TARGETING, SO I'M NOT TARGETING POOR PEOPLE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THAT WHAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THE FEE, GUESS WHAT THEY DO? THEY JUST KEEP DRIVING ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T PAY THE TICKET.
WHAT WOULD BE WORSE? NOW WE'RE GONNA ADD MORE MONEY ON TOP OF THAT AND MORE MONEY ON TOP OF THAT UNTIL EVENTUALLY THERE'S NO WAY THEY JUST KEEP DRIVING ANYWAY.
I DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE ADDING MORE MONEY.
THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY.
REBECCA, YOU, UH, YOU LOOKED AT THIS LAW, I THINK YOU DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK AT IT, BUT WHO, UH, IS THE FINAL, UH, PERSON TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE DO THIS GOLF LAW OR NOT? I THINK REALLY IT DEPENDS.
IT'S KIND OF A TWO STEP PROCESS.
YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, BUT THEN THE STATUTE ULTIMATELY MAKES IT PERMISSIVE ON THE FACT ASSESSOR TO DECIDE TO ENFORCE IT.
UM, SO IT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A MORE OF A COMPLEX QUESTION THAT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT AT THIS POINT.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT AND PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH MORE INFORMATION.
WELL, I GUESS ANOTHER QUESTION I WOULD'VE IF UNDER HER AUTHORITY AS TAX SOLICITOR COLLECTOR, YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT FOR PROPERTY TAXES AND YOU'RE DOING IT FOR OUT OF COUNTY PEOPLE THAT, UH, OR SENT TO YOU AS BEING VIOLATORS OF THE LAWS THAT, THAT FIT THE GOLF LAW THING.
IF WE DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THEN DOES THAT PROHIBIT YOU COLLECTING LENGTH PROPERTY TAXES? NO, SIR.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IN MY OFFICE, BUT I'M, I'M GETTING THE FEELING THAT I DON'T KNOW ONE OR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE TRYING TO GO AFTER THIS BACKPACK BY USING THIS GOLF OFF YOU GO AFTER THE BACK TAXES WITHOUT USING SCOTT LAW BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU WERE ALREADY DOING THAT, RIGHT? WELL, NO, THAT'S THROUGH SCOTT LAW.
I MEAN, AND THAT'S THROUGH YES, IT'S THROUGH SCOTT LAW.
THAT'S HOW I HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT.
ARE THE TAXES CONTRACT? NO, THEY'RE, BUT I HAVE 'EM IN MY COMPUTER SO I CAN OKAY, OKAY.
SO BUT THIS CONTRACT WITH, WITH ONE MOTOR VEHICLES DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR REVENUE TAX COLLECTION? NO.
AND AND I'M STILL, I I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE'S THIS MISINFORMATION.
I'M STILL, IF COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DOES NOT PAY BY COURT COSTS AND HE LIVES IN POLAND COUNTY AND HIS VEHICLES ARE REGISTERED IN POLAND COUNTY, THEN WE WERE PUT TO HOLD ON HIS MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
HE CAN'T GO TO DALLAS COUNTY AND REGISTER HIS VEHICLES.
IT'S SO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A TICKET IN ARLINGTON CANNOT PUT A STOP LOG ON COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS' VEHICLES IN KAMAN COUNTY.
THEY CAN ONLY DO IT IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH A MOTOR VEHICLE IS REGISTERED.
THAT'S, YOU CAN GET A TICKET ANYWHERE IN THE STATE AND IF THAT COUNTY PUTS IT INTO THE DMV COMPUTER, THEN ANY TAX ASSESSOR WHO SUPPORTS THIS GOLF LAW CAN SAY, AH, THEY GOT A TICKET WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE LOT OR WHATEVER.
AND, AND WE'RE GONNA, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN SUBMIT ANYTHING AND, AND I YOU'RE NOT SUBMITTING ANYTHING FROM ANY OTHER COUNTY BUT YOURSELF.
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SO I HAVE, I HAVE OFFENDERS THAT COME IN THAT, THAT JUST DRIVE THROUGH 1 75 AND GET, YOU KNOW, A, A CUSTODY REQUEST FOR MISDEMEANOR.AND YOU'RE SAYING I CAN PUT THEIR INFORMATION INTO DMV AND WHEREVER THEY LIVE, THAT PERSON WILL SAY, WELL LOOK, YOU HAVE SCUFF LAW, THE REGISTRATION, IF THEY SUPPORT THE SCUFF LAW, AGAIN, IT'S UP TO THE TAX ACCESSOR AND WHEREVER.
NO, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THEIR INFORMATION IN FOR ANOTHER COUNTY, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT.
BUT WITHOUT THIS, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WITHHOLD REGISTRATION FOR PEOPLE THAT OWE TAXES IN YOUR CAR.
I CAN, I IT DOESN'T APPEAR LIKE Y'ALL WANT ME TO.
YEAH, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES IF YOU ALREADY CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT DOESN'T TIE UP ANOTHER PERSON TO ENTER DATA.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'D BE MY SUGGESTION.
CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND THIS OTHER THING, I KNOW IF, IF PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP FOR IT AND, AND DON'T USE IT, THERE'S GOTTA BE A REASON FOR IT.
AND APPARENTLY IT MAY BE THE, THE TIME AND PERSONNEL IT COSTS TO ENTER ALL THIS DATA.
JUST ANOTHER THING WHERE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME FOR VERY LITTLE RETURN.
LOOKS LIKE, I MEAN, TRAFFIC TICKETS, THERE'S WARRANTS.
WHAT THEY ALL THE JUDGES, THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM OVER HERE IS HARD WARRANT.
ANYTIME THAT THERE'S A WARRANT OUT, THEY'LL GET STOPPED ANYWHERE AND GO TO JAIL ON SCUFF LAW, THEY DON'T GO TO JAIL.
THEY, THIS STOPS 'EM FROM REGISTER THE VEHICLE IN ANOTHER COUNTY IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN THAT SYSTEM, WHICH THERE'S ONLY TWO, SO THEY'D HAVE TO MOVE TO DALLAS OR HARRIS RATHER TO PARTICIPATE.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY WHETHER THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR UNILATERALLY HAS THE DECISION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOLF LAW PROGRAM, UH, BY HERSELF.
AND, UH, REBECCA, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD, UH, CHECK ON AND MAYBE GIVE US REPORT BACK ON.
CERTAINLY, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, JUST SO THAT I'M NOT LAWYER BY ANY MEANS, BUT APPEARS THAT IT STEPPED UP TO THE TAX ASSESS.
SO GENTLEMEN, WHAT DO YOU, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TABLE THIS TO WE GIVE A BIT MORE INFORMATION FOR NEXT WEEK.
UH, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? I HAVE NO INTEREST IN THE, IS THAT A MOTION? A MOTION FROM ANYONE? I MAKE MOTION WE NOT RENEW THE AGREEMENT.
MOTION FROM UH, COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION.
OPPOSED? OPPOSED? NO, I VOTE NO.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS THE STEVE HOOD TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ALLOWING THE CARRIED LIGHT REASONABLE OPERATIONS MANAGERS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT UTILIZE ALL THE SPACE 9 1 1 EC DURING THE INTERIM CONTRACT COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE, UH, THE WILL BE OCCUPYING THOSE SPACES WITH ME TODAY.
BILL BONNIE, UH, THEY'RE GETTING A PLACE, UH, TO PUT THE REGIONAL MANAGER, WHO IS BILL BONNIE, AND, UH, HE COVERS KAUFMAN AND ELLIS COUNTIES.
UH, HE WILL ALSO HAVE WITH HIM AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WHO, UH, IN CONSULTATION WITH BILL AND THE CEO JIM SCHWARTZ, THEY'RE WILLING TO ALLOW US TO SHARE THE SERVICES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THERE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A RECEPTIONIST AT THE WINDOW AND, UH, SOMEBODY THAT COULD HELP US WITH SOME LITTLE LIGHT PAPERWORK, UH, YOU KNOW, EXCHANGING PAPERWORK, COMING AND GOING AND SO FORTH.
UM, AT OUR LOCATION AND WHEN WE GO OUT FOR A FULL FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, IF AIR FLIGHT IS CHOSEN, THEN WE WOULD NEGOTIATE THAT LONG TERM AS TO WHETHER THEY PAID ANYTHING OR NOT IN, IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK IN THE SHORT TERM FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE OFFERING FOR THEIR, FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, I THINK THIS AND THE NEXT ITEM OF, YOU KNOW, US NOT CHARGING THEM WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THEM AND TO US AS A COUNTY.
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PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.SO, SO THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE RECEPTION THERE.
THE RECEPTIONIST IS ON THEIR SALARY AND WE WOULD RECEIVE BENEFITS AND NO COST TO US AS A COUNTY.
IT SAYS HERE THE SHARED ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION.
SO THEY WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR THEY WOULD PAY SALARY PAY AND YOU, YOU'LL JUST GET THE USE.
IT'S WHAT PERIOD? WHAT IS THAT PERIOD? THAT'S UNTIL WE GET A DUE CONTRACT IN PLACE, NO, LATER JANUARY OF 2016.
SO PRETTY MUCH THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING FAST.
SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW THE, UH, INTERCOM SYSTEM WE HAVE OUT THERE ONLY GOES TO THE OFFICE THAT THEY WOULD BE USING.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOBODY THERE.
SO THE INTERCOM THAT'S IN THERE REALLY DOESN'T HELP US ANY.
SO THE INTER INTERCOM SYSTEM DOES NOT CONVERSE WITH ANYBODY, THE DISPATCH OR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS? NOT YET.
GETTING THEM TO PUT IT BACK THERE.
WE WE'RE ACTUALLY, THAT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING OF THESE FOLKS.
WERE ACTUALLY HOLDING BACK SOME FINAL FUNDS FOR THE JOB OWNER CONTRACT FOLKS THAT REALIZE THEY'RE GONNA SAFE, THEY WILL BE OUT THERE.
THAT'D BE GOOD IF THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH A BACKUP IMPORTANT.
BUT EVEN AT THAT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE DISPATCH.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR SHORT TERM IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT.
OKAY, SO WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR HERE? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ANY DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, THIS IS ALSO CONCERNING THE, UH, CARE FLIGHT AT UMC TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ALLOWING CARE FLIGHT TO STATION.
AN AMBULANCE AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS IS A UTILIZED SPACE AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS FOR THEIR QUARTERS DURING THE YEAR INTERIM CONTRACT PERIOD.
UH, RIGHT NOW, THE A BOTH OF THE AMBULANCES ARE STATIONED ON, UH, MULBERRY STREET RIGHT THERE SIDE BY SIDE.
AND, UH, CARLA SAID THAT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A BETTER RESPONSE, UH, TIME AND RESPONSE OVERALL, THEY WANT TO SEPARATE THOSE TWO.
IN FACT, CARLA, UH, AND THEY WANT TO, IN THAT LEASE, I BELIEVE IT'S PUT ONE AT THE HOSPITAL.
AND, UH, THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE AT THE SOUTH CAMPUS TO SEPARATE THOSE TWO.
ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO DROP ON THE 1 75 AND CATCH THE GRANDVILLE, COMBINE, UH, TAHOE AREA THAT WAY.
AND ONE SOUTH CAMPUS WOULD CATCH THE CURRY AND BE ABLE TO BACK UP THE ONE DOWN NEAR MAYBANK AND KEMP, UH, GIVING THEM A BETTER RESPONSE TIME.
BOTH OF THEM RIGHT THERE AROUND THE CITY OF KAUFMAN.
SO THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE A LOW RESPONSE TIME.
SO WE HAVE NOW ONE AMBULANCE IN MAYBANK AREA.
AND, UH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE TOOK OVER THE CONTRACT, UH, WE WERE MADE ACUTELY AWARE THAT YOUR COUNTY WAS UNDERSTAFFED, UNDERSERVED.
UM, AS A RESULT, WE'VE ALREADY MOBILIZED, UH, ADDITIONAL ICUS IN PERSONNEL, UH, THAT PUT MORE UNITS 24 HOURS A DAY IN
SO WHAT WE WERE FINDING WAS THAT THE TRUCK OUT OF THE MICU OUT OF
UM, AND AS A RESULT, UH, WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND LOOKING STRATEGICALLY AT RESPONSE TIMES AND LOOKING AT THE COUNTY MAP AS WELL AS THE CITY OF COFFEE MAP, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.
SO WE FELT THAT IT WAS IRRESPONSIBLE TO HAVE BOTH TRUCKS SITTING RIGHT HERE ON MULBERRY, YOU KNOW, UH, DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY, A HIGHLY CONGESTED, UH, PERIOD, UH, LOCATION HERE IN
SO THE, THE, THE MIC THAT WE'RE
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HOPING TO, UH, TEMPORARILY RELOCATE COUNTY BUILDING ALLOWS US THAT ABILITY TO SHIFT RESOURCES MUCH QUICKER DOWN TO THE CAMP, UH, INTO THE BAYBANK AREA WHEN NEEDED.ALTHOUGH WE ALREADY HAVE INCREASED RESOURCES THERE.
OKAY, SO WHEN THE AMBULANCE IN THE MAYBANK AREA YES, SIR.
FLOYD, DID YOU MOVE ONE OF THESE, THE STATE THAT YOU CLIENT IS EMPLOYED? YES, SIR.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO, UH, THAT WE ALSO HAVE IS A BENEFIT, UM, IS THAT, UH, EFFECTIVE YESTERDAY.
UM, I DIRECTLY, I WILL NOW DIRECTLY OVERSEE THREE ADDITIONAL ICUS IN THE BALL SPRINGS IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS COUNTY THAT ARE CURRENTLY 9 1 1 TRUCKS.
SO THEY FALL UNDER MY SUPERVISION NOW.
UH, AND WE HAVE A VERY, UH, WE HAVE A VERY TECHNICAL, WHAT WE CALL POSTING PLANNER SHIFTING.
UM, AND, UH, IT IS, IT IS ALL BASED ON NUMBERS AND IT'S BASED ON, UH, STRATEGY.
UH, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE ALSO HAVE, WE HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL ICUS WHEN OUR, WHEN OUR COUNTY LEVELS GET TO, UM, LEVEL FIVE, WHICH, UH, WHICH SAYS WE HAVE FIVE ICUS LEFT IN THE COUNTY, ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE VEHICLE ONE MIC COMES OUT OF SOUTHEAST DALLAS COUNTY AUTOMATICALLY GETS THE COPY.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE A VERY, UH, WHAT I CONSIDER A ROBUST AND, UM, NICE BACKFILL PLAN, CAREFUL ABOUT RESOURCES IN OTHER 9 1 1 DISTRICTS.
UM, THAT, THAT KEEPS OUR LEVELS UP, THAT KEEPS OUR RESPONSE TIMES, UH, UH, DOWN AND IT GIVES OUR PATIENT CARE STANDARDS, UH, TO WHAT YOU GUYS EXPECT IF IT HELPS YOU.
ANY, UH, EAST TEXAS DIDN'T START MOVEMENT OF RESOURCES UNTIL ABRIDGE LEVEL TWO, WHICH MEANT THEY WAITED UNTIL THEY GOT DOWN TO THREE AMBULANCES LEFT IN THE COUNTY BEFORE THEY STARTED MOVING.
AS YOU CAN TELL, UH,
UH, MY ONLY CONCERN IS IT LOOKS LIKE Y'ALL ARE GONNA NEED LIKE FIVE OFFICES.
UH, IT SAYS HERE, THE NEEDS WOULD BE THREE ROOMS FOR SLEEPING ROOM, A DAY ROOM AND A TV ROOM, AND THEN SOME OFFICE SPACE THAT MAY BE POORLY, ITS THREE NINE.
NO, THEY WOULD NEED A ROOM FOR THEIR DORMITORY, IF YOU WILL.
ONE FOR AN OFFICE AND ONE FOR A DAY ROOM.
AND ONE OF THEM HAVE TO BE RELATIVE FOR LIKE A DORMITORY.
UM, AS MUCH AS I HATE TO ADMIT, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, THE DORMITORY ROOMS THAT, UH, IN THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, LEASING OR THAT WE INHERITED, UH, FROM THE EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CONTRACT, UH, THOSE ROOMS HAVE JUST ENOUGH ROOM FOR TWO TWIN BEDS AND A THREE FOOT WALKWAY IN BETWEEN TWO BEDS AND THAT'S IT.
SO, UM, AHEAD OF TODAY'S MEETING AND, UH, MEETING WITH STEVE, WE DID TAKE OVER AT SOME, SOME OPTIONS THERE.
UM, THE OPTIONS THAT, THAT HE PRESENTED THAT WE LOOKED AT ARE, ARE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL SIZE WISE.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY, ANY REASON TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SIZE THEIR, THEIR ANIMALS, SIR, HOW MANY OFFICERS WOULD THAT LEAVE US VACANT AT SOUTH KANSAS CITY? DEPENDS ON WHERE THE ACCOUNT OFFICES WITH BOXES OVER OR, YES, YES.
AVAILABLE ROOMS THAT WE COULD USE AS I DON'T, I, I'M NOT SURE.
UH, I THINK SOME BOAT WILL BE CLEARED OUT WHERE WE HAVE AN AUCTION FROM THAT.
RIGHT? YEAH, I KNOW THEY A LOT OF AUCTION.
HOW MANY IN THE, IN THE BUILDING? WELL THERE, THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE OUT THERE.
UH, THERE'S FOUR ALONG THE OTHER OPPOSITE WALL FROM WHERE THE AUDITOR PURCHASING WAS.
SO THERE'S ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT SPACES OVER THERE.
SOME OF 'EM HAVE BOXES IN THEM NOW AND STUFF FOR THE AUCTION.
SO, UH, WHO ELSE IS IN RIGHT NOW? IT'S THE, UH, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER OR OFFICES.
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THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO DO A LOT OF CLEANING OUT TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, ONE OF, WE MAY HAVE TO MOVE SOME OF THE, UH, AUCTION STUFF TO GET THEM IN, IN ONE OF THOSE THREE, BUT I THEY'RE GONNA DO ALL THE WORK.SO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE CLOSER.
WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE WORKSHOP TOO.
UM, AT SOME POINT AT BUDGET TIME, MAYBE I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY MOVING PEOPLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING JURY TRIAL OUT FOR THE LAST WEEK.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS WEEK AS WELL.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK TO MAKE A CONSIDERATION THAT WE NEED A JURY ROOM FOR SURE OVER THERE TO MAKE SURE THERE BEDROOM STAYS THERE.
THERE IS A ROOM BACK THERE AND THAT'S NOT EVEN CONSIDERATION.
SO I MAKE MOTION TO THIS UNTIL WE EXPLORE IT FURTHER.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH, WE CAN GET THAT DONE BETWEEN NOW NEXT TUESDAY.
WE'LL, WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND IDENTIFY THOSE.
I FIND WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ALL IN FAIR TO SAY, I I, YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED WHAT YOU MENTIONED TO ME THE OTHER DAY THAT UH, I THINK MR. THE OWNER, UH, UH, CHARACTERIZE THE PRESIDENT, JIM FLORIDA.
YEAH, JIM, IT INDICATED THAT ONCE WE GET THE UH, 9 1 1 CENTER OF IT GOING THAT HE IS, WOULD MAY COME BACK TO THE COUNTY AND ASK PERMISSION TO LOCATE DISPATCH.
OPERATIONS THERE OR YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
UM, O ON ONLY WITH, UH, ONLY WITH JIM'S.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T SPEAK BOSS, BUT, WELL, WHAT HE HAD ASKED ME ABOUT WAS ONCE WE GET UP EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING IN OUR DISPATCH CENTER TO DO IT OVER THERE WHERE I'M LOCATED, TO LOOK AT, EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM SENDING A DISPATCHER THERE WITH ACCESS TO THEIR CAB OR COMPUTER ASSISTED DISPATCH AND RADIO SYSTEMS AND PUT THEM IN, IN ONE OF THE VACANT SPOTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO VACANT SPOTS THERE IN DISPATCH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INCLUDED FOR FUTURE GROWTH AND THAT WAY INSTEAD OF EVERYTHING GOING THROUGH A PHONE TO THEIR CENTER IN UH, GRAND PRAIRIE, IT IS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE ACROSS THE TABLE FROM IT.
WELL THERE IS SOME ADVANTAGE TO DO THAT THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF ADVANTAGE DOING THAT, BUT THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND UH, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WOULD WORK OKAY.
BUT, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT BECAUSE IT WOULD DEFINITELY CUT DOWN ON, UH, TIME LAGS AND COMMUNICATION AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO COORDINATE RESOURCES BETWEEN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND EARLY MESSAGE.
SO RIGHT NOW, IF WE GET A NINE ONE ONE CALL FOR HANDLING SERVICE, IT GOES TO GRAND PRAIRIE, IT COMES TO OUR PSAP AND THEN THEY DIRECT IT TO, THEY COME TO OUR PSAP.
THEY HAVE WHAT I CALL A RING DOWN OF WHAT BUNTON CALLED TO SEND IT OVER TO UH, CARE FLATS DISPATCH.
PART OF THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN SUCH A WAY AS OUR DISPATCHERS CAN GARNER THE SAME INFORMATION AS CURE FLIGHT WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK 'EM ALL THESE QUESTIONS, THEN TRANSFER 'EM AND THEN ASK THE QUESTIONS AGAIN.
THAT TAKES UP TOO MUCH TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CAPTURE THE SAME INFORMATION TO SEND THAT OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS OR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE GONNA BE GOING ALSO.
SO IF THEY WERE SITTING AT OUR CONSOLE, THEY'LL HAVE OUR COMPUTER SCREEN THERE AND THEY CAN LOOK AT WHAT OUR DISPATCH IS SAYING THAT THAT'S ONE OPTION, UH, THAT THAT'S THE PART WOULDN'T BE RELAY THE INFORMATION ANYWAY.
WHETHER YOU WERE STANDING IN OR YOU WERE STANDING IN, THE INFORMATION WOULD BE ON A BIG SCREEN.
AS LONG AS THEY CAN SEE THE SCREEN.
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I, YEAH.ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HERE.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT JUSTICE GRANT SHERIFF IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,800 AND EMPLOYEE THE AMOUNT OF 4,025, YOU ANYTHING? I BELIEVE I OF, UH, THE 12,800 BEEN DEPOSIT INTO THE COUNTY BANK ACCOUNT AND THE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM.
WE GOT CHECK FROM, WE CARRY OVER FROM LAST YEAR, WET IT AND TO DO THE PROGRAM.
MR. SHANE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
OPPOSED? ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENTS, UH, FOR FURNITURE TO COMPLETE THE OC AND DISPATCH WITH FURNITURE.
UH, I ALSO BROUGHT THAT FOR YOU.
UM, THIS IS MORE OF, UH, PART OF THE, THE BOND THING TO, WE HAD THE RESOLUTION THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEND SOME 11,000 THE KIDS FOR FURNITURE FOR THE EC ROOM.
AND THE OTHER IS LIKE, I PUT 11,000 KIDS.
IT'S LIKE SOMETHING DISPATCH FURNITURE.
THEY, THE NEW EQUIPMENT SUGGEST WE HOLD OFF THAT EQUIPMENT AND THAT EQUIPMENT PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR AND IF I'LL REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUND THAT 22, I I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SUPPORT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL FROM THE BOND.
UH, JACKIE HASN'T ISSUED POS YET BECAUSE WE WERE WAITING TO GET A CORRECTED PRICE, SO WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT.
BUT TELL, TELL US AGAIN, JACK.
WHAT WHAT WE 20 WELL IT'S ALL THE FURNITURE IN THE EC ROOM.
ALL, ALL THE CHAIRS AND S NOT IN THE DISPATCH IN THE EC.
AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, THE OTHER IS THE TWO OFFICERS, SERGEANT AND THEN BACKUP PERSON SUPERVIS DISPATCH AND ALSO THE SECTION QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE TO ITEM NUMBER 14.
THESE ARE NOT HIGH BACK LEATHER CHAIRS.
HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
MR. PHILLIPS SECOND DISCUSSION ON FAVOR SAY AYE.
16 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A RESOLUTION.
WE'RE, I'M TRYING TO HURRY AND GET US THROUGH HERE.
NUMBER 15TH IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF MAN KAMAN COUNTY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE TO TRANSACT BUSINESS WITH TEXAS SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SERVICES.
THIS INVOLVES THE COUNTY TREASURER, SO THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UH, TO AUTHORIZE VESTMENTS.
I KNOW ONE MISSPELLED WORD I WANT.
DO CAROL, I THINK CAROL'S NAME MISSPELLED.
WILL WE CORRECT THAT BEFORE WE FINISH? SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. SHANE? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND'S MOTION.
OPPOSED? NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF REPRESENTATIVE EXP CHILD SAFETY ZONE
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BILL TO GRAND GENERAL LAW CITIES, WHICH ARE CITIES WITH LESS THAN 5,000 POPULATION, SAME ABILITY, ABILITY, UH, TO PASS ORDINANCES RELATED TO CHILD SAFETY ZONES AS ON RURAL CITIES, UH, CURRENTLY POSSESSED.DO YOU HAVE A COPY? I BELIEVE OF THAT PROPOSED, UH, RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE FROM REPRESENTATIVES, UH, OFFICE HERE.
MS. UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO.
YEAH, I MEAN YOU TO CALL CITY DO THE SAME THING.
THE BIG CHILD FORM OF A MOTION.
UH, MAKE A MOTION FROM PHILLIPS SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ROSA IN FAVOR.
SAY UH, NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 17 TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ADVERTISING BID TO PURCHASE EXCESS ROUTE MATERIAL LOCATED IN TON COUNTY AND TO BE USED BY ALL PRECINCTS.
OBJECT GENTLEMEN, THIS IS SOME, UH, MATERIAL THAT MENTIONED.
I THINK THEY MAY BE SOME OF THAT SPEAK, BUT UH, I'D LIKE TO ALSO, WHILE I'M DOING THAT, I THINK I MAY JUST PUT THAT ROCK WELL BUT THAT DEVELOPS.
WE'LL DO THAT FIRST, BUT CAN YOU WORD UH, ANOTHER ITEM ON THERE TO ENABLE US TO BUY THAT MATERIAL FROM THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE GONNA WORK IN THE FUTURE? THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO START THAT TO WE PRICE ON GENTLEMEN, GIVE SOME HELP ON THIS PARTICULAR SPECIFIC.
YOUR HONOR, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR AND WELL, THAT WOULD PROBABLY A SEPARATE SITUATION.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A BID AND ELSE DO THAT.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE ON ITEM NUMBER 17TH, MR. MOVE, IF WE APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 17 TO ADVERTISE TO PROVIDE THE SIX ROUTE MATERIAL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS TO, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AVOIDING BID NUMBER 15 DASH OH FIVE ON SITE RECYCLING OF ASPHALT MILLING SERVICES.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS NOT IN, I PUT ON THE, DIDN'T HAVE THAT ONE.
ONE BID WE DID RECEIVE WAS FROM CLEVELAND.
YOU ON THE SECOND PAGE THERE IS, UH, 26 50 CENTS PER TON BASED ON THE THOUSAND TONS AND UH, THEY HAVE A DISCOUNT DOLLAR PER YOU GENTLE UH, FEED THE TRAIN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE BID FROM CLEVELAND ASPHALT FOR ASPHALT SERVICE.
OPPOSED IS ANOTHER GOOD SAVINGS AND I THANK FOR FINDING THIS COMPANY TO, UH, HELP US.
WE'RE PAYING SIX SUPPLY PATCH MATERIAL SO WE GOTTA CHANGE OUR GANG UP.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO CHASE IT DOWN ALL THE TIME.
THAT MATERIAL GETTING ON COPPER.
YEAH, I I DID THE MATH AND IF WE UTILIZED ALL THAT MATERIAL FROM TEXT DOCK AND WE RAN IT THROUGH THIS MILL, THE PRICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE WOULD PAY FOR THIS VERSUS IF WE WENT TO EIGHT PACK BOUGHT IT WOULD BE 1.3 MILLION.
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YOUR APPROVAL AND I'LL RIGHT MR. OVER AT ABSOLUTELY REMEMBER THAT.ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER, UH, 19 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON LEASING A PIECE OF PROPERTY FROM UH, GEORGE SCHULER.
G SCHULER DEVELOPMENT FOR SIX MONTHS AT A COST OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 1 75 7 7 41.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN ASKED TO DO I PUT THAT ON THERE.
IT'S A USED THE STORE ALL MATERIAL.
IT'S PROBABLY SIX EIGHT INCHES FIXED AS IT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO STORE PRECINCT FOUR WHEREVER THEY'RE ABOUT TO START.
GREAT PLACE TO STORE MATERIAL.
SO A THOUSAND DOLLARS IS TOTAL NOT PER MONTH.
I SO MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
HAVE A SECOND COMMISSIONER LIK ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NUMBER 20 IS OUR FAVOR DISCUSSION OUT SEEMS LIKE, AND THAT'S TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER PROVING A NEW CONTRACT, MAIN SOCIETY OF CITY PRE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.
AND PAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS OFF AND ON AND WE'RE BACK TO TIME.
GUESS WE, DONNIE, WHICH IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUMAN SOCIETY AND ASK HIM IF, IF WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN US RETHINKING THE CONTRACT.
UM, WE'RE PAYING, WE WERE PAYING A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER ANIMAL OR ARE PAYING A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER ANIMAL AND IF YOU RECALL WE WANTED TO PAY 65 DAY ONE AND 75.
WELL GENTLEMEN, IT'S CHEAPER TO PAY 75 THAN A HUNDRED.
AND SO WE JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WE DECIDED TO CONTACT HIM AND ASK HIM IF HE WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT AND HE WAS, SO HE WOULD DROP IT DOWN FROM A HUNDRED TO 75.
THAT WILL SAVE US $25 PER ANIMAL, DOG AND PUPPY, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OUR CATS ARE GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO THAT WILL SAVE US SOME MONEY UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
THANK ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP, MAYBE POSSIBLY WHEN WE DO OUR CLEANUP, POSSIBLY WE COULD HAVE A SAME DAY HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE DO HAVE FOUR TIMES A YEAR THAT WE HAVE SET TO DO OUR LOW COST SHOTS AND, AND NOT OFFER THE NEUTERING BUT HAVE THE INFORMATION THERE FOR THEM TO, TO GRAB AND GO SO THEY CAN MAKE THEIR APPOINTMENTS WITH THE ING CLINIC.
WE HAVE A BOOTH THAT WILL BE SITTING IN MAR COUNTY SHOW WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION IN IT, WE'VE ASKED LOCAL VETERINARIANS TO HELP US OUT WITH A LOW COST SHOP USING THE SHOW BRANCH ON THE WEEKENDS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE DO SATURDAY MORNING TILL ONE OR TWO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, WE, THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE SUNDAY, BE PUT OUT WITH THE DATES AND INFORMATION WHAT COUNTY SHOWS COUNTY SHOW IS THIS WEEK AND UH, WE'LL HAVE A BOOTH THERE, UM, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY WITH INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE OUR ANIMALS GO AND THE COSTS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO SPEND TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON THE EXPENSES OF THE COUNTY HAVE.
AND WE HAVE THEIR ANIMALS, WHICH NEED TO BE THE PROBLEM.
WELL I'M JUST THINKING THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE CALL IN AND ASK WHEN THE DATE IS FOR THE CLEANUP.
SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO PUT THAT ON THE, IT'S 15 DAYS.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T LOCK THAT EITHER, BUT IT WORKS FOR US.
UM, THEY SENT US THE BILL AND AS SOON AS I GET THE BILL I LET THEM KNOW I GOT IT AND I LET THEM KNOW WHEN THE NEXT COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS.
I WAS GONNA SAY BECAUSE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT IT IN ONE DAY, DO THE CHECK, THEN WE CAN THE OBLIGATION THEY UNDERSTAND.
SO I I REALLY THINK CHANGE THAT.
I JUST, I JUST, THE COUNTY PAY THE BILL.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A EIGHT FEE FOR THE COUNTY AND WE NEVER, THERE'S NEVER BEEN ONE ASSESSED BECAUSE AS
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SOON AS I GET IT, I KNOW I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE IT WRITE IT.THEY USED TO CALL, USED TO CALL US AND ASK US FOR THE CHECK EARLY SO THEY CAN MAKE PAYROLL.
WELL THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A LONG TIME.
AND I THINK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING A LOT OF COUNTIES BILL WOULD THAT WOULD, THAT CORRECTION WE DO DO.
SO YOU'RE MOTION, WE'LL ALL ITEM NUMBER 21 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVED LINE ITEM TRANSFERS.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THESE LINE ITEM TRANSFERS? THE PUBLIC WORKS? WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE? WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH THE ASSISTANT 9 1 1 COORDINATOR.
WE'RE NOT, WELL WE, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, WE, WE GAVE UH, FIRE MARSHAL THE ADVANTAGE OF RESTRUCTURING HIS OFFICE.
AND, UH, HE'S MOVED SOME, UH, MONEY AROUND.
WE STILL HAVE SOME RESTRUCTURING TO DO, SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER FEW CORRECTIONS TO BRING YOU NEXT TIME.
UH, HE JUST RECENTLY HIRED SOMEONE FOR THEIR, UM, THE SEW INSPECTION SO RIGHT.
AND AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW, WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN IN THAT DEPARTMENT NOW AND WE HAD ONLY BUDGETED PART-TIME HELP IN TWO POSITIONS NOW.
ONE HAS RETIRED AND WE'VE GOT A FULLTIME PERSON, SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME ADJUSTING THERE.
I THINK YOU SAID TWO RETIRED DIDN'T.
BOTH OF THOSE HAVE BEEN PUT PART-TIME RIGHT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT DEPARTMENT TRYING TO FIX THOSE FURTHER.
QUESTION WILL TRANSFER ALL FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM, ITEM 22, DISCUSS CLAIMS FOR UH, P PAYMENT ARE 1,000,370 $8,495 AND 46 CENTS.
YOU VERIFY EVERYONE OVER HERE? YES SIR.
HOPEFULLY I CAN ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.
UH, THE, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S BILLS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY TOWED THE SAME VEHICLE TWICE.
UH, FIVE SEAT IN THE SHERIFF'S FARM.
IT LOOKS LIKE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S UH, IT'S GOT THE, IT'S GOT THE SAME EVERYTHING.
PO NUMBER AND IT'S THE SAME INVOICE NUMBER EXCEPT THE SEC SECOND.
INVOICE NUMBER HAS DASH TWO TO PICK TWICE.
WHAT VENDOR IS IT? WHAT VENDOR NUMBER? UH OH 10 49 0 1 5 6.
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OKAY.IT SHOULD BE THERE, PUT IN THERE THEN I COULDN'T FIND AN INVOICE IN MY COMPUTER.
MAYBE WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT
UH, I GOT AN INVOICE NUMBER HERE.
SO IT WAS UM, SAME NUMBER EXCEPT FOR A DASH TWO THE SAME DAY TODAY.
IT SAYS DID PICK UP FOUR TO MAKE WHAT IS HONOR.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT MUST I MEAN ON HERE IT APPEARED IT WAS THE SAME DAY.
THAT'S DID THE JUDGE EVER GET TOGETHER BESIDES WHAT WE GONNA DO? DEALS ATTORNEY, THEY HAD A MEETING.
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THERE'S STILL THREE OR FOUR HERE.YOU GOT YOUR SHEET? I GOT SAME SHEET MARKED ON THE UH, PRISONER.
ARE THESE MM-HMM BIG BILL 10 SOMETHING VEHICLE.
WHAT ARE THE THE BILLS? THE IT, THE ARMOR.
WHAT WE DO IS, GEORGE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
THIS IS UH, MS, WE TALKED SEAL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THE VOTE? YES.
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YES.HE HAD THAT IN HIS BUDGET USE LETTER? NO SIR.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM OR HEARD FROM HIM.
JACKIE DID WE EVER DID DID WE EVER GET CONSTABLE PRECINCT THREE CHAIR? I THINK YOU WENT THREE TIER LAST.
DID YOU PERSONALLY CARRY HIM OVER QUICK? SIR? YOU TRYING TO GET THIS CHAIR AND I WOULDN'T LET IT TAKE OVER.
LAST I HEARD HE WAS REACHED OUT TO, HE WAS TRYING TO FIND A BLUE ONE.
IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? I WAS GOING FREEMAN.
YOU'RE DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DEALS? A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
AND I NEED TO GIVE YOU ONE OR LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON MEETING.
I HAD UH, RESERVED THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF TRAINING ROOM UPSTAIRS FOR THE OUTSIDE AUDIT FIRM FOR THREE WEEKS.
AND UH, BECAUSE OF THE JOB THAT MY STAFF NOT ME HAS DONE INCLUDING ALL THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS SCANNED IN
THEY DID THE AUDIT WITHIN TWO WEEKS AND THEY'RE PRETTY THAT UH, DOING ANYTHING THAT GIVING US ANY KIND OF ADJUSTMENT THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE.
AND UH, ACCORDING TO MR. MANNING, UH, FROM UH, THE EMAIL, HE'S GONNA COME BY AND PROBABLY VISIT WITH UH, THE JUDGE AND I A FEW OF THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THEY THINK WE DID A PRETTY OUTSTANDING JOB WITH THE BOOKS AND THE AUDIO LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
SO THEY'RE DONE WITH IT OR THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE PROBABLY THIS WEEK WE'LL FINISH UP BUT THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO RESERVE THAT FOUR WEEKS LIKE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE CLEAN UP.
I'LL PUT ON YOU WANNA DO EVERY YEAR IT'S BACK IN THE DAY THERE WAS MULTIPLE VENDORS, THEY ALL BOUGHT EACH OTHER OUT.
THEN YOU GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE UH, WE'LL SAY KAMAN WANTS HAVE MATERIALMAN'S WORKING.
WELL YOU KNOW THE, YOU KNOW I DID TALK TO HIM LAST YEAR AND ESPECIALLY BLUE.
I TALKED TO A LOT ABOUT IT AND, AND GREG OF 'EM HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MANY 30 YARDS BECAUSE THEY SET THREE OR FOUR OUT HERE AND THAT MEANS THEY'RE BRINGING THREE OR FOUR MORE OF THE SWAB AND THEY'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE LOCATION.
SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 40 CANS.
AND THEY, IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR WITH ALL THEIR CONTRACTORS AND ROOFING PEOPLE AND YOU 30 YARD, YOU FIVE, SIX GRAND A PIECE.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T LIKE TO BUY.
THEY YEAH, THEY ALSO, THEY WORK 40 HOURS DURING WEEK'S, RIGHT? YEAH.
THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE, THEY PRETTY WELL WE GOT TWO VENDORS.
WE ONLY HAD TWO CWD AND UH, THAT OTHER AND BLUE MODEL.
THAT OTHER GUY THAT UH, WE TALKED TO LAST YEAR, I THINK HE SUPPLIED, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE WEATHER KIND OF FILL IN.
YOU MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE SMALL INDIVIDUAL BEND.
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UH, WE GENERALLY DO THAT THE WEEK BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY.THE WEEKEND MOTHERS DAY OR AFTER, IT'S THE WEEK.
THE WEEK, FRIDAY, SATURDAY MOTHERS DAY, EVERYBODY CLEAN UP THEIR MOTHER'S HOUSE.
MONDAY? NO, THE WEEKEND BEFORE.
IT ALMOST HAVE TO BE THE FIRST MEETING BE.
I WANTED TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING BEFORE WE DISMISS.
I UH, GOT CALLED THE OTHER DAY FROM UH, THE TEXTILE FOLKS OVER IN DALLAS AND THERE'S SOME MONEY THAT'S GOING TO COME AVAILABLE UH, THIS YEAR SOON FOR OFF ROAD SYSTEM FOR UH YEAH.
OR CITY ROADS AND WHAT THEY'VE HAD HAPPEN, WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT HAPPENS THEY'VE HAD THE CITIES DO A LOT OF IT.
THE COUNTY VERY SELDOM ARE APPLIED FOR ANYTHING.
AND SO THEY'RE REALLY ENCOURAGING COUNTIES TO APPLY AND IT CAN BE FOR STUFF LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE GRIFFITH ROAD AND UH, UH, HIGHWAY 2 0 5 IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING, HAVE A LEFT TURN LANE THERE AND IMPROVE THAT INTERSECTION, YOU KNOW, AND PROBABLY OVER EMON ROAD AND 5 48, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU COULD MAYBE HAVE A LEFT TURN LANE THERE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE'S A GRANT THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SENDING US THAT.
I'M GONNA TALK POLLER, SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING POLLSTER CAN, IS THAT THE MAP? UM, WHERE DID YOU START OFF ROAD? UH, SSON ROAD 5 48.
YOU TALKING ABOUT
OKAY, WELL I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
WELL I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
ROAD LIKE THAT MAYBE READER ROAD 48 OR SOMETHING COULD USED ALL THE KIDS.
THE SCHOOL, WELL NOT ONLY THE SCHOOL GOT ALL THE RETIREMENT HOMES AND ALL THAT.
THAT'S WHERE I THINK ABOUT YEAH.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY SAID THAT MONEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND IT CAN BE USED ALL OFF SYSTEM BUT IT CAN ALSO BE TO, IF YOU JOIN A STATE.
SO I'M GONNA, IF IT'S ALRIGHT, I'LL GET LOOK AT IT, SEE AND SEE CREEK 16 CREEK ACCIDENT THERE.
THAT'D BE A CITY DEAL BUT THE CITY COULD APPLY FOR RIGHT.
IT'S, THAT'S ON ANOTHER NOTE, I'VE GOT A, UH, A BRIDGE THAT I'VE GOT A DETERMINE, LOOKS LIKE IT'S RIGHT ON THE LINE BETWEEN OAK RIDGE CITY IN IT AND THE COUNTY, BUT I THINK IT'S THE COUNTY'S BRIDGE OVER SGO ROAD.
THAT'S ONE THAT DIDN'T SEND THE PICTURE BACK.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE UP IN ACTUALLY IN PRECINCT THREE, BUT IT'S ON 2 79.
WHAT HAPPENED? TDOT MISLABELED THAT ROAD BECAUSE THE RIDGE SAYS ON BACHELOR CREEK, BUT IT HAS COUNTY ROAD 2 62.
THE 2 62 IS THE ONE THAT WAS DISCONTINUED, THAT CUT ACROSS FROM 25 70 CAME OUT.
THAT BRIDGE HADN'T BEEN THERE.
I MEAN CREEK, I'M SORRY CREEK.
THAT BRIDGE HADN'T BEEN THERE SINCE I CAN REMEMBER.
BUT I, I GOT TO LOOK AT WHERE BACHELOR CREEK WAS AND BACHELOR CREEK IS ON 2 79.
SO SOMEBODY DID A CLERICAL ERROR THERE AND, AND MISLABELED THE ROAD.
THEY GOT THE RIGHT CREEK, THE WRONG ROAD NUMBER AND UH, I SENT SOMETHING FOUR MONTHS AGO, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY SENT THAT EMAILED BACK AND TOLD THEM THAT THAT BACHELOR CREEK WAS GONNA DO 79.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, YOU KNOW WE DO OUR UM, OUR FIVE OR 10% PORTION WHEN
AND IF WE DO A RAIL TANKER CAR OR SOMETHING, THAT SHOULD COUNT TOWARDS OUR FIVE OR 10%.
THIS IS 10 IT ONE REPLACING ONE BRIDGE AND ANY PRECINCT COUNTS TOWARDS THE WHOLE COUNTY'S A PORTION OF THAT FIVE OR 2%.
SO AS SOON AS I GET OTHER INFORMATION, I'LL SEND AT, I THINK SOME OF IT HAS TO BE HOW MANY ACCIDENTS THAT BEEN DONE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S HIGH.
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SO THAT MIGHT BE THE TROUBLE WITH THAT ROAD IS THE PEOPLE COMING OFF EIGHTIES.THEY, I THINK WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR OR WHATEVER THE LAST TIME THEY DID THIS, THEY HAD MORE MONEY THAN THEY HAD PEOPLE APPLY ACTIVATION.
THAT'S THE REASON THEY, THE COUNTIES.
JOHN, I'LL YOU'LL READ, YOU'LL FIND OUT ABOUT, ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THOSE OPPOSED? IF Y'ALL WANT ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TUESDAY, GO AHEAD AND GET IT TO US PRETTY QUICK.
SO THE THINGS I GOT ON THERE IN THE MORNING.
IS THAT NEXT TUESDAY? 31ST? 31ST? IS THAT TUESDAY? FRIDAY.