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WE'RE HAVING GOOD WEATHER RIGHT NOW, BUT, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE READY TO GO OCTOBER 1ST.
IT'S A, IT'S A BIG, BIG PROJECT, RIGHT? I MEAN, JUST AS SOON AS WE GET READY TO TAKE SOMEBODY ON, I KNOW THE FIRST PERSON IS, IS PROBABLY GONNA BE COUGHING.
'CAUSE THEY ARE JUST ON BOARD.
AND THE OTHER CITIES THAT WE COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON WHEN, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE.
SO THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY LEAVES, I GUESS, IS TERRIBLE.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, COMPLETE ASSURANCE FROM TERRELL THAT THEY ARE PARTICIPATING.
I RECEIVED A LETTER, AND I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU FROM THEIR CITY MANAGER.
THEY'RE GONNA PARTICIPATE, IS GOING, THEY WANT IT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE GOOD WITH THAT.
I, I'VE GOT IT IN RIGHT AND I'M READY TO, I OWE BRIAN'S STATE.
IT, WE JUST, WE GOTTA GET THIS DONE.
WE GOTTA WORK TOGETHER, GET IT DONE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE IS THAT RANDY FUNDING? UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, UH, BY THE WAY THAT COMES DOWN WHERE IT SAYS OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, THAT WAS THAT $500,000 LOAN.
I BELIEVE THAT AMERICAN LAST YEAR TAX MONEY CAME IN.
I DON'T THINK WE EVER, SO WE REPAID IT BACK LAST YEAR.
THAT SHOULD BE THE ENTIRE YEAR BUDGET.
IT WAS JUST A NUMBER WE PUT OUT THERE BECAUSE ONE, ONE ENTITY, FOR EXAMPLE, CITY OF TARIFF WILL BE PAYING MORE THAN THAT.
IT MIGHT NOT BE ONLINE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
SO, SO WE'LL PRO, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRORATE IT, SAY THIS AND PRORATE IT OUT REAL EASILY.
I WAS JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE NUMBER IN THERE FOR THIS YEAR.
THAT'S POINT BEING A LITTLE HIGH AND MAKING A SHORT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHAT DO Y'ALL MEAN PRORATED? SOMEBODY TOLD ME HALF A MILLION AND I PRORATED IT DOWN TO THREE.
I KNOW WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW.
THE, UH, WE AGAIN, WE'RE RUNNING, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
BUT WE'VE STILL GOT QUITE TO TALK.
I'D LIKE TO GO DOWN TO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND TAKE A STRETCH RATE.
WE'LL DO THAT ABOUT A FIVE OR 10 MINUTES.
STRETCH BREAK, COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE NO BIG DEAL.
WE'LL CALL THE COURT BACK THE ORDER.
AND YOU ATTORNEYS, YOU'D, WHOEVER YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT I DON'T HAVE THAT OTHER DOCUMENT.
WELL HAVE THAT THE COURT HAS A DOCUMENT THAT PREPARED BY THE DA, I MEAN BY THE, UH, UH, AUDITOR, THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK THAT FIRST PAGE, IT ACTUALLY SAYS TWO.
WELL GUYS, IF Y'ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, I KNOW THERE'S SO MANY THINGS, IT'S NOTHING TO, UH, REALLY REPRESENT.
WE STARTED A WORKSHOP WITH THESE NUMBERS.
UM, LET, LET, LET LET 'EM GET TO WHERE THEY'RE PAGE TWO.
WE SEE WHERE ABOUT FIFTH ONE DOWN SAYS
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RETURN.THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN BUDGET THAT THE, UH, DA HAS ASKED US TO CONSIDER PLACING THE BUDGET.
SO WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THIS ONE? YOU CAN LEAVE THIS ONE AND SHARE THIS ONE.
THE ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE I CAN'T SAY THAT WE'VE HAD AN AGREEMENT ABOUT, BUT THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER ATTORNEY FOR CERTAIN.
AND I WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR A CHILD THAT HE'S PROSECUTOR.
BUT I THINK THAT SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'VE COME FORWARD ON WITH BRINGING REBECCA FULL TIME AND BRINGING ON ANOTHER CIVIL PERSON TO DO WHAT SHE'S DOING, WHICH IS DOING SOME OF THE CIVIL WORK, WHICH IS WHAT SHE'S DOING, AND COMMISSIONER'S COURT WORK, WHICH IS WHAT SHE'S DOING, AND JUVENILE, THAT THIS IS ALTERED A LITTLE BIT THAN WHERE I STARTED BECAUSE OF SOME DECISIONS THAT WE JUST KNOW THAT WE NEED, UM, A PERSON MORE INVESTED TO HELP YOU GUYS WITH COMMISSION SUPPORT.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE WERE, BUT IT'S EVOLVED A LITTLE BIT.
SO I THINK REALLY, I MEAN THERE I WOULD, EVERYTHING I ASKED FOR AND I THINK I NEED IT, BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO MAKING SOME TOUGH DECISIONS, I THINK THAT TOP NUMBER FOR A PROSECUTOR, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER DOUBLE BECAUSE I STILL WANT THAT CHILD ABUSE PROSECUTOR.
AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE AN ANOTHER ATTORNEY REPLACE REBECCA AND FRANKLY, EVEN SENTENCE REBECCA'S HERE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE HER AN INCREASE FOR WHAT SHE'S GONNA BE DOING, WHICH IS WORKING WITH Y'ALL MORE AND BRINGING SOMEBODY TO EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S DOING, WHICH IS A WORK MORE CIVILLY AND THEN PROSECUTOR.
SO THESE OTHER THINGS ARE A WISHLIST.
I THINK THOSE TWO ARE SIMPLY, OKAY.
SO THE CHILD ABUSE PROSECUTOR, BASICALLY WHAT I'VE HEARD AND WHAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH ME, WE HAVE A BACKUP OF CHILD ABUSE, UH, CASES THAT NEED TO BE HEARD.
WELL, I THINK IF YOU TALK TO THE JUDGES, THE PRIMARY CASES THAT END UP IN COURT OR CHILD ABUSE CASES, THEY JUST DO.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THOSE GUYS TO TAKE A PLEA OFFER.
AND, AND, AND THEY'RE BAD STUFF.
THANKS FOR THE SOFTBALL, BECAUSE IT'S TRULY, IT IS.
AND I, I MEAN I I'M JUST NOT TRYING TO WEAR IT OUT.
WHAT IT IS, IT SPEAKS FOR WHAT, WHAT IT SAYS.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING THAT'S A LITTLE IN THE WEED AND IT'S KIND OF NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.
WHEN I WAS A JUDGE, WE HAD A CASE.
NOW IT'S GONNA REALLY BECOME STATE LAW.
'CAUSE IT WAS THE HIGHEST COURT HAS MADE A DECISION ABOUT CHILD ABUSE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USED TO DO IN CHILD ABUSE CASES IS YOU COULD PUT THESE GUYS ON PROBATION AND PUT THEM THROUGH THEIR CASES AND TRY TO REHABILITATE, AGREE OR DON'T AGREE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO TAKE A LIE DETECTOR AND GO TO COUNSELING AND, AND ADMIT ABOUT YOUR ABUSE, THAT WAS JUST STANDARD.
YOU COULD GET YOUR PROBATION CHIEF IN HERE AND EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
NOW, THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS THAT SAYS THEY HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO INCRIMINATE THEMSELVES, THAT'S GONNA CREATE A BACKLOG.
SO YOU, WHAT I'M SAYING IS TO GIVE PROBATION, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE GONNA, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PEOPLE GOING TO TRIAL 'CAUSE OF THAT.
THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON FOR ME FRONT PUTTING THIS PERSON IN BECAUSE, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BACK OUT OF THOSE PLEAS.
I DON'T WANT TO PLEADING THESE GUYS ANYWAY.
BUT SOMETIMES JUST FACTUALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD CASH.
YOU HAVE KIDS, THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD OF WITNESSES.
SO YOU HAVE TO BUILD IT CIRCUMSTANTIALLY.
SO OF COURSE IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A SECRETARY ATTENDED TO THAT, AN INVESTIGATOR ATTENDED TO THAT AND ALL THAT BE, BE, UH, GREAT.
BUT I WOULD JUST SAY EVERYBODY HERE IN THE COUNTY, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR NEEDS WHEN YOU COME BACK.
IF THERE'S EXTRA FOR THAT, OF COURSE THE BLACK AND INVESTIGATOR.
BUT I, I KNOW I NEED TWO PROSECUTORS.
SO YOU NEED A CHILD ABUSE PROSECUTOR.
PLUS WE NEED TO HIRE SOMEONE TO REPLACE WHAT REBECCA'S DOING.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHO? RIGHT.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE LEVEL OF PERSON YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, GENTLEMEN, YOU'VE HEARD THE REQUEST.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT THAT UH, IT FITS INTO THE BIGGER PICTURE.
UH, BUT THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT ITEMS, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE Y'ALL HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS EARLY OR JUDGE WISE? SORRY.
I GUESS WE JUST HAVE TO SEE WHERE THE MONEY'S AT.
SO THE PEOPLE WITH THE PLEA AGREEMENT, WILL THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEIR PLEA AGREEMENT SINCE THEY MOVED THAT WAY? OR I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT I BELIEVE IS, I'M TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT, IT TO ME, IT, I'M, I GO
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FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED ON THAT.THAT'S A PERSON THAT DID A HORRIBLE THING AND I WAS A JUDGE AND I GAVE HIM I THIS 20 YEAR SENTENCE.
AND BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT JUST REVERSE THAT DECISION, THEY, THEY'RE IN, IN REVERSING THAT DECISION.
HE IS NO LONGER MR. DANSBY WILL BE WALKING AROUND CARROLL, TEXAS 'CAUSE HIS PROBATION TOLD.
SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW WITH OTHER FOLKS.
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA COME IN BEHIND AND START REFUSING AND SAY, I DIDN'T GET A WAIVER AND THIS IS A NEW ISSUE.
AND THEY START FILING THREATS TO THE APP APPEAL.
AND THEN I WOULD, THEN YOU'RE GONNA REALLY NEED THIS THING BECAUSE WE, I'M TELLING I'M, AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S SO FUNNY, I DON'T KNOW.
AND SUE COREY, AS THE APPELLATE ATTORNEY SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S VERY MANY DA'S OFFICES THAT HAD TO DEFEND THE DA'S POSITION IN THAT CASE WHILE THAT SAME PERSON WAS THEN THE SITTING JUDGE THAT SENTENCED THAT GUY.
SO THEY REALLY SLAPPED ME DOWN.
'CAUSE NOT ONLY DID WE LOSE, BUT THEY BASICALLY SAID THAT THE COURT HAVE USED THEIR DISCRETION AND GIVEN THAT GUY THAT MUCH TIME, 'CAUSE HE HAD A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN CHILD IN THAT THERAPY.
SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAP MATTER, PLEASE NO.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE THESE AGREEMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVING UP THEIR RIGHTS AND CREATE ANOTHER DOCUMENT, THEIR PAPERWORK.
BUT YOU WON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER TRIAL FOR THOUGH.
HE'LL BE FREE ON THE REST OF THEM.
I THINK WITH WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN IS THE PLEA MIGHT BECOME SO ONEROUS AS YOU ARE EXPLAINING ALL THEIR RIGHTS THAT THEY MAY SAY, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TEE IT UP AND CONTROL THAT COULD BE A, THAT COULD BE WHY THIS IS BECOMING, IT WAS TENTATIVE WHEN I PUT IT IN THERE.
HOPEFULLY I COME BACK IN A YEAR FROM NOW AND GO, BOY, IT WASN'T AS BAD AS A DOG WAS.
BUT THIS IS JUST A NEW WRINKLE CAME OUT ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO.
AND YOU HEARD THE DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT FROM SALARIES AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE ON THAT.
SO I UNDERSTAND WE GOTTA LOOK AT ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT JUST TELLING Y'ALL WHAT WE NEED AND ALL THIS STUFF.
OF COURSE, I I THINK IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE I CAN HEAR AS YOUR ATTORNEY THAT THERE'S NEEDS OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING, THAT'S, THAT'S MY TOP PRIORITY OF MY THINGS THAT I BELIEVE ARE RELEVANT.
AND I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
ANYBODY, I ONLY SEE ONE ATTORNEY IN HERE.
BUT WE NEED TO ASK DOUBLE, DOUBLE, DOUBLE THAT.
AND THEN, AND WE, I HAVE TOGO THE OTHERS, WHEN YOU LOOKING AT NUMBERS, THAT'S, THAT'S MY TOP PRIORITY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, WHAT THE JUDGE GETS BACK TO? YOU'RE WELCOME.
UH, STEVE, YOU WILL, UH, COME UP, UH, STEVE BUDGET IS ON PAGE, UH, PAGE 20 OF YOUR BUDGET.
AND UH, THERE IS, UH, UH, IF YOU LOOK ON, LET'S SEE, ON THE HANDOUT WE HAVE THAT, THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON BUDGET, THE ONE THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT, UH, LAST PAGE, MOTORCYCLE WE MISSING.
UH, HERE IS, UH, ONE OF STEVE REQUESTS FOR A PICKUP OR FOR A VEHICLE, VEHICLE SUV.
UH, AND THAT'S DEBATING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AFFORD.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID PUT ON THE THING THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER, BUT PAYING FOR THIS YEAR, UH, IS A VEHICLE FOR YOU.
AND I THINK WE CAN WELL AFFORD IT.
I DON'T HOW LONG IT TAKE TO GET ME IN.
UH, I KNOW YOU WOULD PREFER A SUBURBAN OR A, UH, WHATEVER.
I KNOW THAT THE PICKUP HAS COME UP BEFORE, BUT THE PICKUP IS FLAT.
IT WILL NOT WORK FOR ME BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT I HAVE TO CARRY.
AND BEING IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU TO GET A PICKUP, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT A TOPPER ON IT TO REACH THE EXCESS OF THE BED.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT A SLIDE OUT.
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YOU KNOW, EIGHT TO $10,000, EXTRA, EXTRA ON TOP OF THE PICKUP BY THAT TIME YOU'RE INTO TO AN SUV.PLUS, YOU KNOW, ANY DAMAGE TO THE EQUIPMENT BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING EQUIPMENT, WHICH IT GETS BANGED AROUND TOO MUCH LIKE IN A BACK OF A PICKUP.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE DON'T OWN IT.
IT'S THE STATE'S AND WE WOULD'VE TO PAY TO FIX IT.
AND I DON'T WANT DO THAT EITHER.
IS IT TAHOE BIG ENOUGH? WELL, THE TAHOE EXPEDITION OR THE SAME THING.
NO THIRD ROAD THAT, THAT'S EX, EX MAKE.
WELL AS LONG AS AMERICAN MADE, THAT'S ALL I CARE.
SO ANYWAY, WE, WE WILL LOOK AT DOING THAT AND I, I TENTATIVELY PUT IN, YOU KNOW, MY LITTLE LIST THAT WE LOOK AT, 38,000, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ENOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE, THOSE THINGS.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES? GOT ORDER? WE'VE GOT OURS IN FINALLY THEY SAID, WHAT DID I TELL Y'ALL WHEN WE DID THAT? SIX, UH, 45 TO 75 DAYS.
WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING ON THE ROAD.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT, BUT HIS, HIS DOESN'T HAVE ALL THAT EQUIPMENT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING.
WE, WE HAD TO WAIT PROBABLY THREE WEEKS TO GET ALL THE EQUIPMENT PUT IN.
GM WAS ALSO WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG.
Y'ALL HAD TO PUT, PUT ON THAT LEADERSHIP.
THEY DID THAT, GETTING THEM DELIVERED.
AND THEN THE EQUIPMENT ONLY TOOK ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO GET IT.
BUT THEY, THERE'S A WEEK BEHIND ON GETTING THEM TUBE.
SO YOU CAN BE THE TAHOE HERE A LOT QUICKER.
LIKE FOR HIM, WE COULD JUST PUT HIS OUT FOR A BIT.
I TOLD WE TAKE EVERYTHING ELSE AND DUSTIN CONNOR, ONE OF MY PART-TIME FOLKS, HE DOES THAT KIND OF AS ONE OF HIS PART-TIME JOBS IS PUT IN THE STUFF HE'S WILLING TO INSTALL THE LIGHTS AND SIRENS AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, AT NO LABOR CHARGE IF WE PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOME SAVINGS, BE SAFE.
AND UH, HE SAID IF WE JUST LET HIM DO IT WHILE HE'S ON THE CLOCK HERE YEAH.
THEN YOU KNOW, HE'S OKAY WITH THAT.
AND I SAID THAT'S, THAT'S FINE TO ME.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT A EXPEDITION WOULD COST ROUGHLY, UH, THE LAST TIME I LOOKED WE'RE WE'RE IN THAT RANGE AROUND AROUND 30, 35 TO 39 I BELIEVE IT WAS.
DO YOU REMEMBER BRIAN? I THINK WITH EVERYTHING IN IT WAS, YEAH, 42, I THINK 42 I BELIEVE THIS.
OH NO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A $3,500 CAMERA SYSTEM IN ALSO, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE A YEAH, MY CAMERA WILL BE MY LITTLE CELL PHONE SITTING ON, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A PURSUIT.
I'M NOT GONNA PURSUE YOU TALKED TO, WE, WE'VE TALKED, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY CURRENT CRISIS SINCE EARLIER IN HE CAN GIVE YOU A QUICK ONE ON THE BIBLE.
SO THAT'S SOME WE MAY TRY TO DO IF THE COURT AGREES AND GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR IT THIS YEAR.
BUT IF WE DO THAT REAL, PROBABLY WILL PUT THIS ON SOME, IF THE COURT GOES ALONG, WE'LL PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 27TH.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE TO GET IT IN BECAUSE THE OUTSIDE AUDITOR WILL MAKE IT HAS TO BE CHARGED FOR THIS YEAR'S.
BUT IF, IF THE COURT REASONABLE ALONG THAT.
SO, UH, ON THE NEXT, ON PAGE 20, AND I KNOW YOU ALSO ASKED FOR, UH, SOME EQUIPMENT, UH, $50,000 FOR THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.
AND I, THAT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR US TO, I UNDERSTAND.
WHERE IS THAT TONY OR SOMETHING? IT'S ON PAGE FOUR.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE STUFF IN THE EOC, BUT WHEN I PUT THAT IN THERE, I WAS PREPARED TO KNOW THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT.
WELL HOPE THERE BE SOME GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
AND THEN I'M CONSTANTLY LOOKING, TRYING TO FIND SOURCES FOR THAT.
SO WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT WOULD THAT DO? WILL IT BE, UM, MONITORS? AUDIO VISUAL MAINLY IS WHERE WE CAN MONITOR NEWS FEEDS TAKE, WELL, WE COULD EVENTUALLY TAKE THE FEEDS FROM THEIR CAMERAS IF THEY'RE PULLING INTO A DISASTER AREA AND SHOW THE PEOPLE IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE, THAT COMES BACK TO THAT, THAT LITTLE SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN THERE IN, UH, IN UH, BRAD COUNTY.
BUT I MEANT FIRSTNET IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT
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NOW.THEY'RE TRYING TO, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S RIGHT NOW, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE OF OURS RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE THERE IS, THERE IS GRANT MONEY BECAUSE THAT PUTS, I FORGOT TO FIGURE GRANT MONEY, THE CORE OF IT.
I MEAN, WITH WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SOMETHING.
THEY AIN'T GONNA BE HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL DOING PILOTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
IF IT DEALS WITH FIRSTNET, I ASK BE ON THEIR COMMITTEE FOR FIRSTNET FOR THE STATE HONOR UP WITH.
I TOLD HIM I WOULDN'T ASKED THE JUDGE IF IT WAS OKAY.
SO I THINK IT'S IN AUGUST WHEN I WOULD START BE THAT.
SO YOU MIGHT GET AHEAD ON PROGRAM AND GET A GRANTS, FIND ONE IN THERE THAT CAN, JUST LIKE ANY COMMITTEE LIKE THAT, IT'S EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS.
JUDGE CONFERENCE DOWN THERE IN, UH,
WE WENT TO THAT AND, UH, GET, GET US CONTRACT OR GET US AN AGREEMENT WITH RENTAL S SO IN CASE WE DO HAVE A EMERGENCY, WE DO HAVE SOME, WE CAN GO TO THE MAJOR WHOLE THEIR OFFICE THAT SET UP ALL THE, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR, WELL, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU'RE THE ONLY FULL TIME PERSON, YOU GOTTA, YOU'RE JUGGLING ALL THE TIME AND IT REGULARLY GETS JUGGLED TO THE BACK BURN.
ALRIGHT, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S WANNA MOVE ALONG.
UH, I KNOW THIS, WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN INCLUDED A RAISE HERE ON, UH, AND I DON'T, IT SHOWS HE'S GETTING 37 2 AND WE'VE GOT 38 3 6.
AND THEN ON THE ASSISTANCE, UH, RIGHT NOW, DUSTIN IS PAID FOR WITH A GRANT.
DUSTIN AND MELISSA IS CURRENTLY OKAY.
AND YOU EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES FOR, UH, HIM TO COMPLETE THIS, THE GRANT AND THE PAPERWORK GOES THROUGH THAT.
UH, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW THAT IT TAKES UP ALL THIS TIME.
IIII WOULD ASSUME MAYBE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXACT ION IT'S, IT, IT'S ABOUT 85% OF HIS TIME YEAH.
IS SPENT GOING THROUGH AND DOING THE PAPERWORK.
AND, UH, YESTERDAY HE SAID THAT RIGHT NOW HE'S CONSIDERING IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING NEXT YEAR, HE SAID THAT HE WAS WILLING TO QUIT BECAUSE HE'S TIRED OF HAVING TO MESS WITH IT.
SO THIS WOULD STILL BE FOR HALFTIME POSITION.
AND MELISSA WOULD STILL REMAIN AS A HALFTIME POSITION.
AND WHAT I WAS WANTING TO DO THIS YEAR WAS TO MOVE MELISSA OUT OF THE GRANT AND UNDER THE COUNTY'S SIDE OF IT.
AND THEN DUSTIN WOULD MOVE OVER NEXT YEAR UNDER THE COUNTY AND THAT WOULD CLEAR US UP THE GRANT.
NOW THIS YEAR, IF WE MOVE MELISSA TO THE COUNTY SIDE, HER SALARY UNDER THE GRANT, WE CAN USE FOR THINGS TO GO IN THE EOC.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE WOULD GIVE UP THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE, WOULDN'T BE A SALARY ITEM.
ANOTHER ONE DOES, DOES DUSTIN WORK FOR ANOTHER AGENCY? HE WORKS FOR, UH, CAPELLE FIRE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY.
ABOUT YEAH, THAT PRETTY MUCH, HE WORKS ABOUT 25 TO 30 HOURS A WEEK.
SO, UH, THE, THE, YOU'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE MONEYWISE AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
UH, IT'S HARD TO AND GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.
WELL, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IT THEN IF, UH, SAY ENTER RIGHT GRANT? I WOULD THINK SO.
SHE'S RECEIVED WRITING ANY GRANTS OR THE PAPERWORK ADMINISTER ADMINISTER THE GRANT.
WELL, THE PROBLEM IS, IS IT'S TAKEN US THAN THREE YEARS TO GET TO WHERE HE CAN DO IT.
WE, WHAT IF WE'RE ONLY GETTING $16,000 UP, MAKE IT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S I WELL, NO, BUT THE WHOLE GRANT IS 40, ALMOST 43,000.
AND THAT INCLUDES HIS SALARY AND MELISSA'S SALARY.
AND THEN, UH, THE REST OF IT FOR EQUIPMENT, WE'RE BASICALLY PAYING HIM TO DO THE PAPERWORK SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MELISSA FREE.
AND SHE THEN, THEN HE IS EARNING HIS MONEY BY THAT WAY.
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IF WE PUT HIM ON THE COUNTY SIDE, HOW THE EARNING MONEY? WELL, IF HE SPEND ALL OF HIS TIME DOING THE GRANT WORK, IF HE COMES OVER TO THE COUNTY, THEN HE'S ACTUALLY DOING MORE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORK.BUT WE'LL LOSE MELISSA'S, WE WE'LL LOSE HER SALARY.
BOTH THEM ARE BEING PAID BY CRIMINAL.
MOST ARE PAID BY, AND HE DOES PAPERWORK.
SO BASICALLY WE GET 50 CENTS ON A DOLLAR.
I, I LIKE TO TALK TO SO PAM SNAKE.
AND I'VE GOTTA TELL YOU ALL THAT SHE WAS OUT IN HER GARAGE THIS WEEKEND OR SOMETHING.
HAD ON FLIP FLOP WEAR FLIP FLOP.
I, I QUIT AND GOT
SHE'S A PRETTY BAD HURTING, YOU KNOW, BUT SHE'S DOING BETTER.
SO ANYWAY, SHE'S BEEN OUT ALL WEEKEND.
BUT I, PAM WILL DO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE ASK HER TO DO, I'D LIKE HER TO VISIT WITH THAT FIRST.
SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING SHE CAN DO.
AND SHE'S BECOME VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THOSE GRANTS.
IN FACT, SHE'S SITTING ON TWO OR THREE GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEES OVER THERE AND EVERY TIME SHE GOES OVER THERE, THEY REVIEW GRANTS FOR OTHER ENTITIES.
AND EVERY TIME SHE GOES OVER THERE, SHE COMES BACK.
YOU KNOW, THAT FAMILY, WE CAN DO IT THIS WAY.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THAT, THAT'S CERTAINLY A DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE.
I'D SAY FOR NOW THEY LIKE, IT IS MORE ABOUT WHAT IT'S WE'LL HAVE HER GET BEST.
THAT LEMME TELL YOU, AND YOU GUYS LEFT THE OTHER DAY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WENT, BUT YOU DIDN'T STAY FOR THE MEETING ON THURSDAY, BUT I STAYED FOR FRIDAY.
THE Y'ALL WEREN'T THERE FOR THE, UH, WACO, UH, WEST THE WEST.
YEAH, I, I, I KEPT AN EYE ON
THAT GUY FROM WACO DID PURCHASING MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FROM MCLENNAN COUNTY.
HE, YEAH, HE, UH, THEY WERE TOTALLY, AND HE SAID THIS IN THE PUBLIC MEETING, HE SAID WE WERE TOTALLY UNPREPARED FOR THAT.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS COMMITTEE, UH, WASN'T HIM OPERATIONAL LEPC COMMITTEE.
AND UH, AND HE, YOU KNOW, HE TOOK A BIG HIT OF IT.
HE SAID IT COMMISSIONER'S COURT JUDGE STAYED WITH HIM, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, HE SAID I WAS TOTALLY UNPREPARED.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, AND THEY'RE STILL WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, WHAT LAWSUITS MAY COME OUT OF IT.
UH, BUT, UH, STEVE WAS, I DON'T BRAG ON YOU.
BUT STEVE WAS ON TOP OF THAT STUFF HERE IN OUR COUNTY.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, CHANNEL EIGHT CAME AND INTERVIEWED YOU AND UH, AND TALKED ABOUT WHICH COUNTIES WERE IN COMPLIANCE AND WHICH WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO BRAG ON STEVE FOR KEEPING US IN, IN THE LOOP.
BUT THIS STUFF IS SERIOUS STUFF AND IF WE DON'T HANDLE IT RIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WIND UP BEING HELL OUT THE FOR I THINK YOU SAID, AND I AGREE AND WE'VE BROUGHT A LOT OF ISSUE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, UNEXPECTED IS WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T YOUR DEPARTMENT.
BUT, UH, THE RAILROAD THAT GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS OUR COUNTY, YOU KNOW, RAILROAD EVERY DAY SOMEWHERE, ALMOST EVERY DAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST HAZARDS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET SCARED, I'LL GIVE YOU THE BOOK.
YOU LOOK UP EVERYTHING COMING ACROSS THAT RAIL LINE, SEE HOW HAZARDOUS IT IS.
IN THE MIDDLE OF, AND THEY GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE MATERIAL AND THEY ALL LARGE POINTS IN BETWEEN AM I'M NOT TALKING BUT FOR, AND SO ANYWAY, IT DOES SHOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE ON TOP OF THAT STUFF BECAUSE I I DO KNOW THEY'RE EVIDENT, BEEN PRETTY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY MAY FACE IN THIS COUNTY.
SO, WHICH WAS KIND OF SURPRISING THAT HE SAID THAT IN OLD COOL.
YOU KNOW, BUT HE DID ALL ANYTHING ELSE WE BLAME ON STEVE? YEP.
WELL, LIKE I SAY, I'M A VERY RESPONSIBLE PERSON.
ANYTIME SOMETHING GOES WRONG, I'M RESPONSIBLE.
STEVE, LET'S GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM HERE ON AND COMMISSIONERS, Y'ALL JUMP IN HERE.
UH, LET'S GO DOWN TO THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM 1 7 5.
WHAT IS THAT? UH, THAT IS THE VERY BOTTOM ON, ON HIS PAGE THERE.
UH, WHERE, WELL NOT THE VERY BOTTOM, SECOND LINE FROM THE BOTTOM WHERE IT'S AN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM 27 5.
THE ONE THAT CAUSED YOU
TELL US, UH, I KNOW WE WERE, HAVE SOME PARTICIPATION FROM TERRELL AND, UH, SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES.
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SOME MONEY FROM THEM.WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY OF THIS YET.
WELL, WE DIDN'T GET ANY THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEND ANYTHING UP BECAUSE IT WAS PAID FOR BY GRAND.
SO I KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE LOCAL MAYORS MADE A STATEMENT THE OTHER DAY OF THE MEETING THAT I AT, THEY WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE, UH, IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THEY REALIZED THEY COULD GO TO THE WEBSITE AND JUST GET ON IT FOR FREE.
NO, IT'S NOT EXACTLY TRUE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
UH, YOU IS NOT THE COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO, YOU CAN TELL ME IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA PARTICIPATE AND CUT 'EM OFF, THEN I CAN CUT THAT CITY OUT OF IT.
BUT DO WE WANT TO DO THAT? I MEAN, AND THAT'S THE DECISION THAT Y'ALL HAVE.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS IN THE BUDGET BEFORE I GOT HERE.
WHEN I GOT HERE, THE, THE COMMISSIONERS TOOK IT OUT BECAUSE THEY SAID NOBODY, YOU KNOW, KNOWS ABOUT IT.
WE WENT BACK BECAUSE THIS GROUP I THINK IS, OR THIS PROGRAM IS A, A BETTER PROGRAM.
MY CONCERN IS WHAT LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION DO WE HAVE? HOW MANY OF THE 110,000 PEOPLE WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTY KNOW THAT HOW GETS A NOTIFICATION? AND I KNOW I GET ONE ON MY PHONE AND, UH, ON MY CELL PHONE EMAIL AND THOUSAND HOMES AND BUSINESSES LISTED IN THE YELLOW PAGES AND WHITE PAGES.
AND RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT LOOKING, I'M GONNA SAY WE'RE BETWEEN FOUR AND 5,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE REGISTERED CELL PHONES FOR THE OPTIN PROGRAM.
I KNOW MINE GOES OFF, BUT IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I, I JUST WISH WE COULD GET OUR SPATIAL LEVEL UP.
WELL WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OPTIN PART OF IT EVERY DAY.
MAYBE SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER WHEN WE DO A MASS MAILING IN THE COUNTY HERE, WORK WITH SOMEBODY, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT COULD GO OUT IN THAT MASS MAILING.
WE DON'T MAIL OUR TAX STATEMENTS ANYMORE, BUT THAT'D BE AN IDEAL WAY.
BUT THE CHARGE FOR US TO PUT SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT IT WAS GOING TO IT, IT WASN'T ANYTHING IN MY BUDGET TO COVER.
SO HE PUT SOMETHING IN PAPERS OF THE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO LIKE POINT I KNOW WHICH CITY ONE DROP OUT.
THEY A LITTLE, THEY MIGHT LET YOU PUT IT IN THERE WHILE SAFE SEND THEM.
THEY'VE GOT A NEWSLETTER THING IN.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR NEWSLETTER THING THAT THEY PUT IN THERE.
I'M PRETTY SURE THEY PROBABLY WOULD TO TALK TO BRIAN.
WOULD, I BET THESE RURAL WATER, WELL MOST OF THEM JUST SEND OUT A POSTCARD.
WELL, OFTEN, BUT USUALLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE CAPABLE OF WRITING STUFF MINE SEND OUT TOO.
SO I MEAN HIGH POINT DOES, I KNOW A LOT DOES, BUT THEIRS IS JUST A POSTCARD.
BUT IT'S GOT DO IT SEND, WE SEND THE POSTCARD FOR THE DEAL, BUT WE STILL EVERY QUARTER SEND THE, YOU HAVE TO SEND THAT ENVELOPE WITH THE REGISTRAR.
SO WHEN THEY SEND THE WATER REPORT, YOU MIGHT BE BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN THAT.
I'M NOT AT ALL SUGGESTING WE DON'T NEED TO DO THIS, BUT I JUST, I WORRY ABOUT OUR LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION.
AND ONE THING WHEN I GET IT, IT SAYS, UH, OF COURSE YOU'RE THE, THE ANNOUNCER OR WHATEVER, BUT IT SAYS PUSH THIS BUTTON IF YOU RECEIVE IT.
WELL, I ALWAYS PUSH IT, BUT I JUST IS THAT JUST FOR SOME, WELL IT GENERATES A REPORT SO THAT I CAN SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, IN REAL TIME SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE REPORT AND HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED IT.
AND IT'LL TELL ME THAT HOW MANY'S RECEIVED IT AND, BUT IT ALSO TELLS ME HOW MANY ACKNOWLEDGED IT THEY RECEIVED IT.
WELL, UH, I MEAN I I I, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THIS THING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH WACO.
AND THEN WE HAVE A HUGE TORNADO GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTY AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WELL WE USED IT HAVE USED IT MORE THIS YEAR, UH, THAN WE HAVE SINCE WE'VE HAD IT.
BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING AND ALL THAT FLOODING AND THE TORNADOES AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN IN OUR OFFICE ARE EXTREMELY POSITIVE.
PEOPLE ARE THANKING US ALL THE TIME FOR DOING IT SO.
WELL, AND LIKE IF WE HAD THIS DERAILMENT, WHICH SHOULDN'T EVEN THE CITY SYSTEM, I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT NOT DO IT, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT.
PEOPLE GET THIS, IT'S ALL ON THE WEBSITE.
IT'S ON OUR DID NOT PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THE COUNTY, IT STARTED WITH ONE THEN STOPPED.
IT STARTED WITH ONE, THEN STOPPED FROM WHAT RICK BARN'S TELLING ME IS IF WE KEEP THIS UP LONG ENOUGH, THEY WILL PROBABLY COME IN.
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BUT IT IS IN THE NEWSPAPERS AND IT IS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT NOT THE AVERAGE DOOR BLOW OUT HERE.BUT I DO THINK WE CAN PUT IT IN WATER MILLS AND, AND REALLY FOCUS ON GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT.
BUT I JUST WANTED, AND I'M AFRAID IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S BASED ON OUR POPULATION AND WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE WE WOULD CHANGE THE, CHANGE THE COST OF IT.
I ASKED YOU THAT ONCE ALREADY AND YOU DON'T EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THE NUMBERS DON'T HAVE MANY CALLS, BUT I COULDN'T, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, TO ME THAT IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO FOR THE CITIZENS IN OUR COUNTY IS TO BE ABLE TO NOTIFY THEM.
AND, AND IT IT IS, WE'RE NOT USING IT TO EXPOSE POTENTIAL BECAUSE WE CAN UTILIZE IT ON THE OPT-IN SIDE BECAUSE IN THAT SIDE OF IT, THEY CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO GET.
SO THEY, IF THEY SAY WE WANT TO GET NOTIFICATION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING, WE CAN SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS FOR THAT.
HEAVEN FORBID WE DO THAT WITH EVERYBODY.
BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF EXTRA STUFF THAT CAN BE DONE WITH IT.
UH, WE HAVE YET TO EVEN HARDLY TOUCH ON WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT COULD USE IT FOR.
UH, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY TALKED TO 'EM, THEY SAID IF YOU HAD A SWAT SITUATION, YOU COULD TELL EVERYBODY IN THAT AREA WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT OMIT ONE HOUSE THAT BAD GUYS HERE.
SO, WELL ANYWAY, I I, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT THIS DISCUSSION GONE THAT LONG, BUT I DID WANT TO, UH, IF THE COMMISSIONER COURT IS AGREEABLE TO LEAD IN THERE, BUT LET'S MAKE AN EXTRA EXTRA EFFORT.
MELISSA, I MEAN, EVERY TIME SHE TALKS TO ANYBODY.
WELL, LET'S LET HER SEE IF SHE CAN VISIT THE CITY OF NEY, THE CITY OF TERRELL, ALL THE, THE MAJOR, WELL ALL THE CITIES AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN EVEN START DOING IT DOWNSTAIRS AND THE TAX OFFICE WHEN PEOPLE COME IN TO REGISTER THEIR CAR.
SHE, SHE HAS LITTLE FLYERS DOWN THERE AT EVERY STATION TAX OFFICE ALREADY.
ARE THEY GIVING THEM OUT? YES.
ARE THEY ALL OVER OR ARE THEY ALL SHE'S ALL THE DIFFERENT.
WELL THAT, THE MORE WE CAN DO IT, WE CAN'T MAKE 'EM SIGN UP FOR IT, BUT AT LEAST THEY CAN'T SAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPTION.
WELL, WE'RE PROVIDING THE WATER TR FOR ALL.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STEVE? AND WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK ON WHAT WE'RE GOING LETTER.
AS SOON AS PAM GETS BACK ABOUT THE GRANT, I WILL NEED HER TO, TO VISIT WITH DUST.
WHO ELSE IS HERE THAT NEEDS TO BRIAN, I KNOW.
WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU.
UH, NIKKI, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE NO, I, MR. FRANKLIN.
OKAY, LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT THERE.
ANYTHING YOU NEED TO GO OVER? LET'S LOOK AT THE TAX OFFICE BUDGET.
MS. IFF I BELIEVE IS IN SCHOOL YES.
SO WE'LL TURN TO THE, UH, TAX OFFICE, UH, BUDGET.
UH, THAT'S ON PAGE 36 OF OUR BUDGET.
AND UH, SHE HAS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, JUDGE.
UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR OTHER LITTLE HANDOUT THING HERE FROM WHAT PAGE ELECTIONS IS THERE AND I NEED TO COME BACK, TALK TO ON PAGE TWO ELECTION.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER, THAT'S PART OF HER RESPONSIBILITY.
AND WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T ANYTHING, BUT MAYBE THERE WASN'T, I DON'T GUESS THERE WAS MAJOR MAINLY ON, I GUESS WELL ELECTIONS, BUT THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE, THE OTHER THING ONE READ, I GOT IT RIGHT.
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YEAH.HER SALARIES, UH, SHOW LESS, BUT SOME RETIREMENTS, SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE LONGEVITY YEAH.
MAYBE WHERE WE LOST IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LONGEVITY AND MERIT.
THE ARIES, UM, SHE ALSO HAS BROUGHT PEOPLE IN AT A LOWER RATE AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE RETIRED AND THEY, SHE'S WORKING ON GIVING SOME BEFORE THE END OF THE BUDGET YEAR, UM, GIVING SOME PEOPLE SOME PROMOTIONS TO FILL THOSE OTHER SPOTS.
WHICH WILL AFFECT OUR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TOO.
SO WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE.
AND AS I, AS I'M GETTING, UH, PROMOTIONS THESE LAST, THESE PAY PERIODS GOING ON, I'M LETTING, UH, KW KNOW AND HE'S UPDATING Y'ALL STUFF.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE ELECTIONS.
AND THAT IS ON, I, SORRY, I DON'T, UH, PAGE 31.
AND IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE, UH, AGAIN ON PAGE, THE FRONT PAGE HERE THAT, UH, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT ELECTIONS.
THIS WAS A REQUEST FOR AN ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, UH, THAT WOULD MOVE ELECTIONS, UH, OUT AT HER DEPARTMENT.
SHE WOULD GIVE UP THE $6,000 SUPPLEMENT.
AND I BELIEVE, AND MICKEY, YOU KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS.
OH, MAKE, BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE I DON'T SAY SOMETHING.
WELL, I, SPEAKING WITH HER, SHE DID TALK ABOUT IF AN ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR WAS, WAS CREATED WAS CREATED.
SHE WOULD OF COURSE GIVE THAT 6,000 UP AND IF SHE NEEDED TO MOVE SOMEONE OUT OF HER BUDGET TO LOCK THE COURT TO DO THAT, SHE WOULD GIVE UP AN EXTRA CLERK TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THE, THE COURT TO HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO BE ABLE TO, TO CREATE AN ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR.
THIS WOULD WOULD STILL BE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WELL, WELL SHE, RIGHT NOW THERE'S SHE CLERK THOUGH.
TO TAKE THAT RIGHT NOW SHE HAD, OF COURSE PHILLIP IS A VOTER REGISTRAR, BUT THEN, RIGHT.
LET'S MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS.
THE VOTER REGISTRAR IS A WHOLE SEPARATE OFFICE.
IT'S NOT PART OF THE ELECTIONS.
WELL, IF THERE'S AN ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, THEN THEY WILL ALL BE ENCOMPASSED UNDER THE ELECTION.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD IN THE LAST WEEK, THE CONFERENCE, YOU KNOW, THEY LADY GOT UP AND TALKED AND SHE SAID, BOARD, MORE COUNTIES ARE GOING AN ELECTION ADMINIS.
AND NOW WHETHER WE WANT TO BITE THE BULLET OR WHETHER WE CAN AFFORD TO THE BULLET QUESTION, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS WHERE THIS PERSON WOULD BE HEADQUARTERED, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE WE PUT THEM? WE HAVE ONE OFFICE, UH, DOWN THERE.
THEY'RE NOW THEN THERE TOGETHER.
BUT I WOULD ASSUME WE DO HAVE THAT OFFICE THAT USED TO BE
I SUPPOSE THOSE PEOPLE COULD MOVE INTO STAIRS.
WELL I KNOW THAT WHAT SHE HAS SAID JUST TO ACCOMMODATE FOR SPACE FOR THE CURRENT TIME WHERE, UM, IT'S COWS RIGHT NOW WHERE PHILLIP AND MOVED AND ALL OF THEM SIT STRAIGHT IN THE LINE.
THE OPENING AREA OUT THERE, WE WOULD NEED THAT AREA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE PUT OUR PART-TIME PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME IN TO PROCESS MAIL.
BUT SHE'S, UM, OFFERED TO KEEP THAT SPACE AS LONG AS IT'S NEEDED IF AN ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR IS MADE, CREATED UNTIL IT'S ACTUALLY A PERMANENT HOUSE.
SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY MOVE.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO HAVE, BE ABLE TO USE THAT OPEN SPACE.
SO BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID A WHILE AGO.
IF WE, IF THE COURT DID AGREE TO CREATE THE OFFICE, I GUESS IT'LL TAKE UP SOME SORT OF COURT ORDER OR SOMETHING, UH, CREATE THE OFFICE OF, UH, MAKE ADMINISTRATOR, THEN THE PHILIP WHO DOES THE VOTER REGISTRATION COULD COME INTO THAT OFFICE.
HE WOULD BE IN HIS, IF THERE'S AN ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, HE WOULD BE IN THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE, WHICH MEANS HE WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THE ELECTIONS AND CORRECT.
SO WELL THEY ALREADY THAT WHICH HE DOES NOW.
HE JUST WOULDN'T BE HOUSED IN THAT IN DIFFERENT UMBRELLA.
UH, SO BUT THIS ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH IS, UH, RIGHT NOW WE USE THEREA.
CORRECT? RIGHT NOW TERESA DOES THAT, LIKE SHE DOES A LOT OF, YES.
WE WOULD BE NEEDING TO REPLACE SOMEBODY IN THE TAX OFFICE
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TO TAKE WHOEVER IT IS, THEREA, WHOEVER.IS THAT RIGHT? IF, IF, WELL YES.
I MEAN BECAUSE THEN UM, OF COURSE YOU'LL HAVE AN ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH IS WHAT THERESA DOES NOW SHE'S THE CHIEF DEPUTY.
SO THAT POSITION WOULD THEN BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE TAX OFFICE IF THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING SHE WAS, BUT THAT, BUT THAT ULTIMATELY WOULD BE A TWO PERSON, THE OFFICE TWO, WELL YOU'LL HAVE RIGHT, FOR ELECTIONS YOU'LL HAVE AN ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR.
AN ELECTIONS CLERK, AND THEN YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION, UH, FOR A REGISTRAR.
SO THERE'LL BE MEAN DO WE NEED, AND I, YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
MY QUESTION IS, DO WE NEED AN ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR AND AN ASSISTANT AND A VOTER REGISTRAR? DO WE NEED THREE OR COULD WE GET OUT WITH TWO? AND I'M SURE IF BONNIE WAS HERE, SHE'D SAY WE NEED THREE.
BUT IF WE DON'T NEED THREE, WELL THEN IT'S KIND OF A WASH FOR US THEN I WOULD, FOR MY OPINION, AS FAR AS WHAT I'VE DEALT WITH ELECTIONS, I WOULD THINK WE REALLY NEED THREE JUST BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING IN ELECTIONS.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE OTHER PERSON IN ELECTIONS.
SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH FOUR, UM, RIGHT NOW AND THEY STAY PRETTY BUSY DURING ELECTIONS.
COULD ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE BE A PART-TIME PERSON? I'M SURE SHE WOULD AGREE TO THAT.
THAT WAY RUTH AND, AND WE HAVE RUTH AND PHILLIP AND, AND UH, AND THERESA AND THERE WE USE ALL THREE OF 'EM.
THEY PRETTY MUCH DO THAT FULL TIME.
'CAUSE THERESA HAS NOT REALLY BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT OF HER CHIEF DEPUTY DUTY BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN REALLY DESIGNATED TO ELECTIONS NOT USING THE CHIEF DEPUTY.
IF SHE'S NOT WORKING ON THAT, THEN THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GET REPLACEMENT.
I MEAN, I'M NOT, NOT SAYING ANYTHING BAD, I'M JUST SAYING IF SHE'S NOT DOING THAT JOB, IT'S KIND LIKE, YOU KNOW, BE DOING IT JUST TO MAKE WELL THAT'S THE REASON I WANTED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING.
I WISH TANYA WAS HERE BECAUSE IF THIS WAS HER, HER, YOU KNOW, HER IDEA AND SHE'S WILLING TO GIVE UP THAT $6,000, YOU KNOW, SUPPLEMENT THAT SHE'S BEEN GETTING DOING THAT, I KNOW SHE WOULDN'T WANT TO LOSE AN TAX OFFICE.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT SHE THERE FOR WAS THERESA HAD CHIEF DEPUTY DUTIES THAT WERE IN ESSENCE HAD TO BE REDIRECTED AND REDONE BECAUSE JANELLE WAS NO LONGER HERE.
SO, SO IT HAS KIND OF PUT A STRAIN ON US BECAUSE WE'RE STILL, ALRIGHT.
SO THERESA MIGHT NOT BE THE ELECTION, SHE MAY NOT BE THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR.
SO THEN THAT POSITION IS STILL GONNA BE IN THE TAX OFFICE.
SO THE QUESTION THE COURT HAS IS, IS THIS YEAR FOR US TO UH, CREATE AN ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR OR IS IT SOMETHING WE WANNA THINK ABOUT PUT ON NEXT YEAR? THAT'S PRETTY THE FIRST QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE COURSE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
FIRST THING SHE RUN ON THE FIELD TOO WOULD ALWAYS BE RELATIONS ADMINISTRATOR.
BUT ARE WE, ARE WE, UH, IF SHE GIVES UP HER $6,000, WE'LL JUST, UH, KEEP THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE DOWNSTAIRS NOW WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY, ANY MORE PERSONNEL.
IF SHE THINKS S AWAY FROM IT, THEN YOU HAVE TO REPLACEMENT.
BUT IF MAYBE THAT PERSON, BUT IF SHE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN ELECTIONS, THEN WE DON'T NEED HER POSITION.
AND WE CAN'T, IT'S HARD TO US TO ANSWER THAT WITHOUT OR NIKKI TO ANSWER.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME, THE FIRST QUESTION WE NEED TO ANSWER IS, DO WE, DOES COFFMAN COUNTY WANT TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR THIS YEAR? I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IT THIS YEAR OR IN A FUTURE YEAR.
UH, WE'RE 110,000 APPROXIMATELY NOW.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE MOVING IN THIS NEXT YEAR'S GOING BE A, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL ELECTION.
BIG, BIG ELECTION AND EVERYTHING.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, BUT I, I, THAT'S MAYBE THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION WE NEED TO ANSWER THIS FUND FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR TRY TO WORK THROUGH THIS WITH MONEY BEING LIKE IT IS, ESPECIALLY IF WE DO DECIDE TO, YOU KNOW, PAY OFF THIS LOAN EARLIER.
THAT'S, I MEAN THAT ALL ADDS UP, YOU KNOW, ONE PERIOD OF TIME.
SO JUST, I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN'T VOTE, BUT JUST GIMME A CONSENSUS.
WELL I THINK WE'RE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT REALLY GOOD NEXT YEAR THIS BE SOMETHING PUT ON OUR PLATE.
UH, I THINK WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING TOMMY, I THINK'S HAVE A D DOWN.
THE ONLY WAY THAT WE COULD DO IT THAT I SEE THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IT IS LIKE SAID WAS TO DO IT THE SAME MATERIAL THAT SHE'S DOING IT.
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GOT A POSITION AND THE TANYA AGREED NOT TO HIRE A CLERK.THIS IS NOT A FINAL DEAL, BUT I, WE NEED TO, IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED DETERMINATION.
THE LAY OF YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD.
SO FOR THE TIME BEING, WE WON'T DO ANYTHING ON THIS END.
ANYTHING ELSE? UH, BEGIN WITH, UH, WELL IF YOU DO THAT, IF YOU DON'T THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO TANYA'S BUDGET BACK BECAUSE SHE TOOK HER MONEY OUT.
YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO PUT THAT BACK.
I LEFT THE BUDGET JUST LIKE IT WAS EXCEPT THE TWO STATE MANDATED INCREASES.
YOU WHAT? BUT I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU CAN ANSWER THIS OR, OR NIKKI OR WHOEVER, BUT ON PAGE 31 OF ELECTION EXPENSE MM-HMM
UH, IT TALKS ABOUT HAR HAR SEE DOWN THERE THE, THE HARD HARDWARE TRAINING.
UH, 57,000 I GUESS IT'S HARDWARE AND 57,000 4 31.
THE REASON THAT WAS DONE WAS BECAUSE IT USED TO BE IN IT'S BUT THE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET, NOT THE IT DIRECTOR BUDGET.
HE TOLD HER SINCE IT WAS HARDWARE, SHE NEEDED TO PUT IT IN THERE 'CAUSE HE'S ONLY FOR SOFTWARE AND MAINTENANCE.
SO IT CAME OUT OF THE IT BUDGET YEAH.
CAME, GEORGE'S BUDGET WENT DOWN.
SO, SO THAT EXPLAINS THE GINNING JUST MOVED IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UH, NIKKI? THANKS FOR BEING UP HERE AND HOPEFULLY I HELPED AND I'LL TALK WITH TANYA AS WELL.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON YOUR SLEEVE.
I'M NOT GONNA YEAH, BUT I, I NEED TO, I NEED TO BRAG ON YOU A LITTLE BIT.
AND WHERE IS HER? HER, UH, HER GRADE.
SHE WOULD UH, BE UNDER PAGE 82.
UH, THIS IS, UH, WHERE DESIREE DOES OUR INDIGENT HEALTH.
UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK THAT COME TO US AND, UH, I THINK DESIREE'S BEEN GIVEN THE TOOLS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO GET CHECK OUT PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT HAVING SOMEBODY WALKING OFF THE STREET SAYING THEY'RE INGEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT INDIGENT.
UH, SO YOU SAVED A BUNCH OF MONEY AND YOU DO A VERY THOROUGH JOB ON THAT.
AND IN FACT, WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT, UH, WHERE IT SHOWS YOUR EXPENDITURES, UH, LOOK DOWN AT, ON THE THIRD LINE TO THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, UH, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE, IN FACT GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE FIRST COLUMN.
UH, WE 285,000, UH, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BOY YOU REALLY CLAMPED DOWN ON AND DROPPED 124,000.
WE ADOPTED BUDGET THIS YEAR OF 283,000.
AND UH, YOUR YEAR TO DATE HAS BEEN, UH, ONLY 106,000 AND, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING 408,000.
KAREN, UH, HELPED ME, I PLUGGED THAT NUMBER TO BALANCE HER BUDGET BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SHE'S GONNA, UH, NEED IT.
THE GENERAL FUND HAS USUALLY ALWAYS GIVEN HER 300 TO 350,000.
SHE HAS A BUNCH OF CARRYOVER SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE'S USING THE NEW LEXINEXIS PROGRAM, WHICH, UM, MAKES SOME OF THESE PEOPLE INELIGIBLE.
AND I THOUGHT TO SAVE THE GENERAL FUND SOME MONEY NOT TRANSFER, LET HER USE HER FUND BALANCE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE WHERE IT SAYS TRANSFER FROM GENERAL FUND, THIS IS GENERAL FUND REVENUE THAT IS TRANSFERRED TO HER DEPARTMENT.
AND SO INSTEAD OF, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE TRANSFERRED $300,000 I BELIEVE ALREADY TO HER DEPARTMENT.
UH, UH, KAREN HAS DISCUSSED, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $250,000 THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH OF COURSE IS A $50,000 INCREASE, BUT SHE'S ALSO SHOWING FROM 300 TO TWO 50.
BUT SHE HAS 200 AND OVER, A LITTLE OVER 230 FUND BALANCE.
SO, UH, DO WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? DO YOU WELL THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT.
UM, THE HOSPITAL HAS DONE SOME CHANGES.
SO RIGHT NOW WHAT'S GOING ON IS, UM, THEIR ECI LADY, UM, WHEN SHE HAS ECI, UH, ITS ELIGIBILITY CONSULTANTS.
UH, WHEN THEY HAVE A, A PATIENT WHO COME IN OR SOMETHING, THEY GO IN THERE AND THEY INTERVIEW THEM, FILL OUT AN APPLICATION FOR US.
A LONG TIME AGO, THE WAY IT USED TO BE OR A COUPLE YEARS AGO IS THEY WOULD SEND
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THE APPLICATION DIRECTLY TO ME.UM, BUT NOW THEY DON'T DO THAT NO MORE.
SHE SENDS IT TO THE HOME OFFICE.
WELL, WITH THEM HAVING SOME TURNAROUNDS GOING UP THERE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING TO ME AS FAST AS THEY USED TO.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF SLOWING A LOT OF THE PROCESS DOWN.
AND THEN IT GETS TO THE POINT THAT IT'S SO LONG BEFORE THEY GET IT TO ME, THEY'RE BEYOND THEIR NINE, FIVE DAYS.
THEY HAVE NINE, FIVE DAYS TO GET WITH AN APPLICATION.
BY LAW, BY LAW, BY LAW, BY, YEAH.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I'M ABLE TO TURN ALL PEOPLE DOWN BECAUSE, BUT THEY'RE EVENTUALLY GONNA FIGURE THAT OUT THAT THEY GOING HAVE TO GET THAT TO ME ON TIME IN ORDER FOR ME TO, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE.
HOW, HOW MANY LEXUS, EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT LEXUS IS.
EXPLAIN LEXUS IS WHERE I CAN GO IN THERE, SEE IF THEY'RE, IF THEY, WITH OUR PROGRAM, IT'S BASED ON INCOMING RESOURCE.
SO LEXI NEXT I'M ABLE TO GO IN THERE TO SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY WORK.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT THEY DON'T, UH, OR IF THEY HAVE SOME PROPERTY OR IF THEY OWN CARS, IF THEY ARE NOT TELLING YOU AND I CAN GO BUY THAT 'CAUSE UH, WE GO BUY FAIR MARKET VALUE ON A CAR, WHICH IS 46, UH, $4,650 ON A CAR.
UM, SOMETIMES WE FIND OUT THEY MAY HAVE ATVS OR THEY MAY HAVE BOATS THAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING ABOUT, WHICH BECOMES A RESOURCE OR MONEY IN THE BANK.
SO THESE ARE THINGS I'M ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND, AND CHECK TO SEE IF ANYTHING.
NOW, UH, THE CLIENTS THAT I HAVE ON THERE RIGHT NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, NONE OF THEM HAD, EVERYTHING THEY'VE TOLD ME IS AN INSURANCE.
THAT'S ONE OF MY THINGS THAT WHY, WHY WE DO THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WHY WE GO SOME 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THEY'RE TELLING US IS TRUE AND CORRECT.
SO, AND THEY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT SAYING THAT.
AND SO, UM, WHICH MIGHT NOT BE, BUT THE LEXI NEXUS HELPS ME DETERMINE NOW, AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING TOO, IT'S BEEN HELPFUL ON BECAUSE, UM, IF WE FIND SOMETHING OUT ABOUT A PERSON THAT THEY DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT OR THEY DIDN'T, THEY SIGNED THE AFFIDAVIT.
AND THEN I CAN COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T DO THIS.
AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO APPEAL.
THEY CAN SAY, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S NOT HOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT.
THEY HAVE TO PROVE TO ME THEY DON'T HAVE IT.
THEY HAVE TO GIVE ME THE PAPERWORK FROM THE BANK SAYING THEY'RE BEHIND ON A CAR PAYMENT OR WHATEVER.
I HAVE TO HAVE THAT PROOF THAT THEY'RE BEHIND OR WHATEVER.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M JUST TURNING 'EM DOWN 'CAUSE I SEE WHAT THEY GOT.
THEY HAVE TO PROVE TO ME, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ACTUALLY CAN'T MAKE THESE PAYMENTS OR THAT IT'S GOING INTO FORECLOSURE ON THEIR HOUSE OR, OR WHATEVER.
BUT YOU'RE DEFINITELY ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB BETTER BECAUSE YOU HAVE, AND IT'S NOT THAT EXPENSIVE.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE OTHER THING.
IT'S JUST A THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, SO IT'S, THEY DON'T CHARGE YOU PER HIT FLAT FEE.
BUT NOW IT, IF Y'ALL NOTICE IT DID GO UP, IT GOES UP 3% EVERY YEAR.
I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT UNTIL I GOT THE CONTRACT LAST YEAR AND I TALKED WITH KAREN.
KAREN HELPED ME OUT WITH WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW LAST YEAR AND SHE KIND OF MOVED IT OVER FOR ME A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT EVERY YEAR IT GOES UP 3%.
MAYBE NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE 51 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT MY QUESTION NOW IS DO DO YOU STILL NEED US TO TRANSFER $250,000 TO YOU OR COULD WE GET BY WITH A LESSER AMOUNT? WE'VE DROPPED IT 50,000 FROM 300 TO TWO 50.
YOU'VE GOT A FUND BALANCE OF TWO 30.
UH, COULD YOU 200, COULD YOU GO, UM, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU HAVE THAT HERE YES.
WOULD'VE TO COME BACK, WHICH WE WOULD'VE TO DO ANYWAY.
I MEAN THAT, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE UH, THE OBAMACARE, THE WHOLE AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE ACT, ALL PEOPLE'S NOT NEED THE PROGRAM AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY CAN
WHAT ABOUT THIS HEALTH, THIS UH, UH, HEALTH CLINIC WE HAVE DOWN HERE? UH, THEY, THEY SEND A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ME BECAUSE THEY REALLY, I THOUGHT THEY WOULD HELP PEOPLE.
THEY SEND A LOT OF PEOPLE TO ME BECAUSE IF THERE'S SOMETHING OUT HERE RESOURCE OUT THERE THAT CAN ACTUALLY PAY THEM, THEY'RE GONNA GO FOR THAT.
JUST LIKE WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE, I PAY OUR LAST RESORT.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE, THEY'VE GOTTA TRY THAT FIRST BEFORE ME.
UM, NOW I WILL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, AND I'VE KNOWN THIS FOR A COUPLE YEARS, UM, DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT BAD UNTIL THIS YEAR.
UM, BUT WITH THE AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE ACT AND THE OBAMACARE, UM, DEDUCTIBLES ARE WAY OUTRAGEOUS AND PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD 'EM IS IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT THE COUNTY MAY HAVE TO ASSIST THESE PEOPLE IN PAYING THE DEDUCTIBLE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.
REALLY? THAT'S A BIG, THAT'S A BIG, BUT WHEN, WHEN WILL THAT TAKE PLACE? I'LL, UH, I'LL FIND OUT IN OCTOBER.
I GO TO MY CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL FIND OUT IF ANYTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WELL, I I DON'T WANNA DRAG THIS ON,
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BUT BOTTOM LINE IS, DO Y'ALL WANT TO LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS TWO 50 AND JUST, UH, OR YOU, IF YOU DROPPED IT TO 200, UH, I MEAN I, YOU KNOW ME, I'LL TRY TO FINDS AND EVERYTHING BUTTING AND I'LL, I MEAN, IT'S FINE WITH ME.IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN TO 200, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT US WHEN AND, AND IT'S AN UNKNOWN.
A LOT OF THINGS WE DEAL WITH ALL TOO.
SO WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I'D BE AFRAID TO CUT IT MUCH MORE.
WELL I WOULD THINK YOU COULD CUT IT DOWN TO 50 SINCE SHE HAS SUCH A LARGE CARRYOVER.
PLUS SHE'S NOT GONNA SPEND ALL SHE'S GOT IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
SO SHE'S GONNA HAVE MORE CARRYOVER.
SHE'S GONNA HAVE FOR CARRYOVER.
SO IF WE DO TWO 50, WELL THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
DO THE 200 AND THAT'S TWO GIVE FOUR 30,000.
SO, AND, AND WHEN AFTER I GET BACK TO MY CONFERENCE, I'LL GET WITH Y'ALL AND LET Y'ALL KNOW WHAT, WHAT THAT, WHAT HAPPENED WITH ALL THAT.
BECAUSE ACTUALLY I, YOU KNOW, I CAN PUT PEOPLE ON THE PROPERTY.
THEY DO HAVE INSURANCE, WE CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT NOBODY'S EVER APPLIED FOR IT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT WE TALK ABOUT OR WE PROMOTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I, I KNOW YOU'RE BRAGGING ON HER.
SHE, SHE DOES A REALLY OUTSTANDING JOB FOR US AT THE JAIL WITH OUR MEDICAL STUFF THAT GOES TO THE, SHE DOES THE OUTSTANDING JOB.
SAVE US TONS OF MONEY OUT THERE.
EVEN THOUGH WE, WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY WITH MEDICAL CARE OUT THERE, SHE SAVED US A LOT OF MONEY.
SO I'M APPRECIATE WHAT SHE JUST BROUGHT.
WELL, AND I, I CERTAIN SECOND THAT I THINK ALL OF US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO HAVE YOUR NUMBER OF CLIENTS DECLINED YES.
RIGHT NOW BY ABOUT HOW MUCH? UH, I'M GONNA SAY A GOOD, MAYBE 25%.
BUT THAT CHANGE, THAT CAN CHANGE FIGURE OUT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALL THE COUNTIES, BUT, OKAY.
IS EVERYBODY DRILLED IN TO MAKE THAT 200,000? YEAH.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE ELSE I'D LIKE TO ASK TOO REAL QUICK.
UM, A COUPLE OF, OR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UM, JUDGE, YOU ALLOWED ME TO HAVE VOLUNTEER WORK.
UM, I WAS GONNA ASK, UM, I HAVE A, ANOTHER YOUNG LADY THAT'S NEEDED COMMUNITY SERVICE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, IF IT WOULD BE OKAY IF I USE HER AGAIN THIS YEAR.
I MEAN, VOLUNTEER TO VOLUNTEER.
SHE, WITH ALL THE HIPAA STUFF AND ALL THAT.
WE HAVE A FORM THAT THEY HAVE TO SIGN THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE HIPAA AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT BEING A COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HELPING THE COMMUNITY.
THIS HELPS THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS GET YOUR COMMUNITY HOURS IN.
AND SO I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE I, YOU KNOW, GET IT.
LEMME ASK YOU GUYS IF I ORDER PIZZA, WELL WAIT A MINUTE.
AND SO, UH, I'M HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY TO VOLUNTEER TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, SIR.
VOLUNTEER WALKING IN RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED SOMEBODY TO GO GET US SOME PIZZA AND, UH, WHAT BIG POCKETS TO, OH, I WAS GONNA USE THE JUDGE CREDIT CARD.
UH, ANY PARTICULAR BRAND? UH, PIZZA HUT.
HU HAVE YOU, DO YOU MIND DOING THIS PART? THAT'S WHY I WALKED IN.
500, A 50 BILL, ALL I GET YOU.
AND WE WE'RE RECORDING THIS BY THE WAY.
SO, UH, GET US WHAT, THREE LARGE PIZZAS FOR ANYBODY THAT SEE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT KIND TO GET A MEAT LOVER.
SOMEBODY BOUGHT A VEGETARIAN PIECE OF COLD WRE.
WE'RE NOT GOING THERE, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT WAY.
SO NOW WE'VE GOT, WELL, THAT, THAT SHOULD COVER IT.
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GETTING THREE.I GET A TWO LITER OF SOME SODA POP AND TRY TO ICE MORE THAN ONE.
TRY TO GET A CONTAINER OF ICE TEA.
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SWEET LIKE COOKIES OR SOMETHING.
AND ALSO PLATE, MAYBE SOME PAPER PLATES.
YOU WANT US TO TEXT ALL GOOD DEAL.
I WAS GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT ALL.
LET'S GO WITH, UH, LAURIE, YOU'RE HERE? YEAH.
ARE YOU HERE FOR YOUR BUDGET OR NO? I'M, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO GET INTO THAT.
BRIAN, DO YOU WANT TO GET INTO YOURS? UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THAT'S ALWAYS THE, UH, BIG AND WE HAVE THE TWO BUDGETS THERE.
45, PAGE 45 AND FOUR SIX IN OUR BUDGET.
THIS ONE IS THE BIGGIE WHEN IT ALWAYS IS AND IT IS IN EVERY, UH, MOVING LAS VEGAS WOULD BE.
UH, AND BRIAN, I NOTICED ON THE, UH, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS IS THE, UH, UH, PAGE FOUR WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VEHICLE REQUEST.
I'LL, UH, YOU HEARD THAT IT'S IN THAT PACKET? YEAH.
BUT HERE IT IS AN ITEM WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS AND DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
NOW, UH, Y'ALL HAVE GOT, YOU'VE GOT EIGHT NEW VEHICLES THAT SOON BE IN.
AND THOSE, THEY ARE AT SERVICE TAKE EIGHT FORWARD.
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BE SOLD.
I'M HOPING I'M GONNA HAVE NINE TO 10 TURN.
I'M GONNA GUARANTEE THAT I'M, SO YOU'VE GOT DOWN HERE AND COURT PATROL AND FORD TRANSPORT.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
THE TRANSPORT VEHICLES ARE WELL OVER MILEAGE FOR WHAT WE LIKE TO SEND OUT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND THESE ARE TYPICALLY NOT TAHOE NECESSARILY, THEY'RE CROWN VEHICLES.
AND THAT'S THE REASON HOW THEY HAD GOOD ROOM.
LOOKED AT THE SMALLER AND THEY DON'T, THEY STOPPED.
REPLACE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REPLACING AND WHAT WE'VE NORMALLY DONE IN THE PAST, THESE CARS ARE AT A HUNDRED RIGHT.
AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES ON.
BUT THEY STILL GOT A LITTLE BIT OF USE.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH IN THE PAST IS TAKE THEM UP SERVICE OR TRANSFER, BUT PUT 'EM IN SUPERVISOR CAR BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE JUST DRIVING AROUND AND HELPING SO THEY CAN TAKE A POWER MODEL OF VEHICLE AND MAKE IT LAST A LITTLE LONG.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.
AND TOOK THE CAR THERE IN AND GOT RID OF IT.
UH, OUR PLAN IS SAME THING HERE.
THAT'S WHY WE'D LIKE TO SAY IF WE CAN KEEP WITH TAHOE, KEEP THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA ROTATE IN THROUGH THE FLEET.
AND IT WORKS VERY WELL US AND WE'RE NOT BUYING BRAND NEW CARS FOR SUPERVISORS.
THE SUPERVISOR'S CARS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REPLACE WITH THESE, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF MILEAGE DO THEY HAVE? UH, THEY'LL BE THE HUNDRED AND 60 TO 70 ON.
AND THEY'RE WHAT NOW? CROWN DIGS OR, UH, YES SIR.
WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH GROUND BASE.
THEY'RE I GUESS BASICALLY THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE GONE.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S SEEN WHAT WE'RE USING PARTS OFF OF TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE ONES WE NOW, WHICH IS GOOD.
WELL, YOU'RE SAYING FROM THE CARS THAT DRIVE OUT WHERE WE'RE TRANSPORTING, YOU WANNA BUY TO DO THAT TOO? YES, SIR.
THEN WE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING ABOUT THE SAME THINGS AS THE CROWN DID.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MILE, WOULD THEY BE EQUIPPED? LIKE, UH, ONLY THING WE USUALLY DON'T DO THEN IS PUT LIGHT BARS ON TOP OF 'EM.
WE STILL GOTTA HAVE THE CAGES AND, AND CAMERAS AND STUFF BECAUSE THERE'S MANY TIMES THAT WE GET HIGH PROFILE CASES OR ANY SMALL PROFILE, WE TRY TO VIDEO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT THAT CASE, THAT INDIVIDUAL SAYS SOMETHING.
SO WE'VE GOTTA PUT PRETTY WELL EVERYTHING IN.
THE ONLY THING WE USUALLY DON'T DO IS WE TAKE THE LIGHT BAR OFF OF
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IT.AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU'VE HEARD, YOU'VE SAID YOU'VE HEARD THIS DISCUSSION.
I OF COURSE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND, AND AGAIN, I'M JUST TALKING NOW, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT ABOUT, IF THERE WAS ANY WAY WE COULD BUY MAYBE A COUPLE OF THESE OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND GET 'EM IN HERE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN GET THAT TURNAROUND, UH, BASED ON WHAT YOU TOLD ME.
AND, UH, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE MARSHALLS FUND THAT WE WOULD EVEN BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD SAY I'D LIKE TO SAY WE COULD DO, UH, BUT I THINK I, I NEED TO JACK'S OPINION AND THEN CALL THIS COMPANY THAT.
SO I JUST WANNA THROW THAT ON THE RIGHT ON EACH AGENDA.
LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT ON YOUR, UH, I THINK THE BIG THING UP THE FRONT PAGE JUST KIND OF EXPLAINS EVERYTHING, UH, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE SET PROGRAM.
THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT THE COMPLETE, UM, BUDGET, WE ALL AGREED THAT STEP PROGRAMS, I DELIVER SOMETHING TO Y'ALL BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THINK KEITH PRETTY WELL KNOWS ABOUT IT WITH HIS SON BEING DALLAS.
THE BIG ISSUE THAT'S COMING ON, UH, WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AS, AS A WHOLE.
AND THAT'S CONCLUDING COMMUNICATION ATTENTION IN ALL OF US BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A BIG ISSUE.
SO, UH, I PUT A LOT OF INFORMATION TOGETHER AND WE CAN GO THROUGH, THROUGH THIS THING.
UH, I THINK THE VERY FIRST THING WE CAN GO TO IS THE SECOND PAGE AFTER YOU GET THROUGH READING THE LETTER IS, UH, I'VE COMPILED ALL THE STUFF THAT COSTS WHAT IT COSTS TO TRAIN A DEPUTY, UH, TO GET THEM WHERE WE CAN PUT THEM ON THE STREET BY THEMSELVES.
IF YOU NOTICE, IT TAKES 940 HOURS AND THE OTHER TAB TO SHOW YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE TRAINING.
I PUT ALL THE REPORTING DOCUMENTS WITH THIS, BUT IT TAKES 940 HOURS TO GET OUR, UH, OFFICER TRAINED.
AND IT'S RUNNING THE COST THAT 39,000 835 40 TO TRAIN THAT INDIVIDUAL.
YOU'VE GOTTA INCLUDE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT IN THE BACK, WHICH SHOWS THAT IS WE'VE GOT OUR OFFICER THAT WE'RE PAYING PLUS WE'RE PAYING OUR FTO TO MANAGE THAT IN P SO WE FIGURED THAT WHOLE COST.
YOU NOTICE IN 2010 OR 2014, WE LOST 47 DEPUTIES.
AND IF YOU FIGURE UP THAT TRAINING COST OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, IT'S COST 1.8, UH, OF TRAINING THAT'S WALKED OUT.
WE DON'T SEND IT ANYBODY TO ALL THE WELL, YES, WE SEND IT NOT IN THEIR FIRST YEAR NOW CONTINUING EDUCATION AND GETTING 'EM SPECIALIZED TRAINING K OR SOMEBODY WE, WE SEND LIKE WE TRAINED OTHER OFF OTHER, UH, AS FAR AS THE SPECIALTY STUFF WE DO.
WHAT ABOUT JUST THE BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE LOCAL AGENCIES, IF WE HAVE, UH, WE OFFER IT TO SOME OF THESE OTHER SMALL AGENCIES AND THEY HIRE THEY PERSON WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR FPO PROGRAM, THEY WANT TO BRING SOME PEOPLE ON BOARD TO DO THAT.
DO WE DO THAT FOR OUT OF THE COUNTY? NO.
AGENCIES? NO, BUT IF LIKE SOMEBODY AT CAMP WANTED TRAINING THAT WE PROVIDE THAT IF THEY WANT TO COME BACK.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY TEACHING.
WE'RE ALREADY GOT THESE PEOPLE IN THE FTO PROGRAM.
WE'RE ALREADY TEACHING THAT I CHAIRS.
BUT IF WE HAD SOMEBODY FROM ANOTHER COUNTY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD CHARGE, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, I THINK WE SHOULD CHARGE IT.
SO IF YOU, YOU CAN SEE THAT, THEN WHEN WE GO TO THE TENSION, UH, IT COSTS 362 HOURS TO GET THAT INDIVIDUAL'S $12,001 CENTS.
YOU'LL NOTICE WE'VE LOST 170 OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND IT'S A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION IN TRAINING THAT WALK OUT THE DOOR.
THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE COMMUNICATION, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE SPEND IN COMMUNICATION WITH THESE BIG BIRDS.
A LOT OF TRAINING, UH, OVER 1,058 OR RIGHT AT 1,058.
UH, BREAKING THAT APART, I COULDN'T BREAK.
UH, IT TOOK ME A WHILE JUST TO GET THIS DOCUMENT, BUT REMEMBER WE HAD OUR COMMUNICATION OFFICERS IN THE, THE 10 DON'T EVER BEFORE WE SPLIT THAT OUT.
SO SOME OF THE ONE 70 IS, UH, COMMUNICATION FEE.
UH, SO I DID THE FIGURES THAT WE'VE GOT THERE, WE'VE LOST SEVEN OVER THAT AND THAT'S 370 OVER 1.5.
AND IN TOTAL, OVERALL WE'VE LOST 208, UH, 228 EMPLOYEES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS A 4.2 AVERAGE LOSS OF 857.
AND YOU CAN SEE OUR TURNOVER RATE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS 94%.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO GO COUNTY? I, I HAVEN'T COMPARE.
I MEAN, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S LOSING IT.
WHERE ARE THEY GOING? THEY'RE GOING, THEY'RE GOING NORTH.
NOBODY'S GOING, WE WE'RE HIRING A FEW PEOPLE.
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FEW PEOPLE FROM HENDERSON COUNTY.WE'VE HIRED SOME FROM HUNT COUNTY.
I MEAN EVERYBODY'S, THEY'RE GOING TO GO THAT WAY.
WHAT, UH, BACK ON THESE NUMBERS HERE, HOW MANY OF THESE WOULD, UH, WERE ACTUALLY TERMINATED? OR THAT, I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT, BUT, UH, WHAT, 10%? UH, I, I WOULD BALLPARK AROUND EIGHT.
SO AND WHAT, WHEN THEY LEAVE, I KNOW Y'ALL DO SOME SORT OF EXIT.
UH, SO, AND OTHER THAN THEY JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE EXIT INTERVIEW FOR SOMEBODY TERMINATE PRETTY.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT, THAT'S ALL JOBS.
FARMERS, MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA YEAH.
IS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE, UH, HAPPY WITH, THEY'RE NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY.
THEY DON'T LIKE WORKING FOR US AND MAJORITY OF 'EM IS, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING.
AND, AND OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, I MEAN, I STRAIGHTFORWARD THE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE GOT REAL LONGEVITY.
THE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEEN THERE FOUR YEARS, PEOPLE WALKING IN THE DOORS MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY PLACE, THEY'RE HAVING NO INCENTIVE, NOTHING TO LOOK FORWARD.
AND I WAS SECONDED THAT WHENEVER THEY COME TO MY OFFICE AND ASK ABOUT LEAVING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, I USUALLY TRY TO ASK THEM WHY, WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT WE COULD HAVE PREVENTED OR SOMETHING.
AND A MAJORITY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE THAT THEY, THEY CAME HERE, THEY'VE LEARNED WHAT THEY NEED TO LEARN NOW AND THEY CAN GET A BETTER JOB AND MAKE MORE MONEY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THERE'S NOTHING TO RETAIN THEM.
THERE'S NOTHING TO KEEP 'EM HERE.
YOU TAKE 10% OFF THE 94, YOU'RE 84, 80 4% TURNOVER RATE.
YOU CAN'T BE EFFICIENT, YOU CAN'T BE EFFICIENT.
YOU CONTINUALLY PUTTING THE COUNTY AT RISK BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TOO MANY NEW PEOPLE THAT, THAT'S THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT I TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE WE, AND THEY GO, THEY GO, WE GOT GREAT PEOPLE OUT HERE AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT, EVERYTHING DECISION THEY MAKE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, ALL US SITTING IN THIS ROOM.
WELL, AND THEY COULD ALSO GO TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF WELL, AND CHAD HILL WAS A PRIME EXAMPLE.
AND HE IS AN OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE.
HE, HE WORKED QUITE A BIT OF OVERTIME OR, UH, PART-TIME JOBS, WHICH THAT'S WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO TO GET RIGHT.
TOOK TO MAKE IT FOR HIS FAMILY.
AND WHEN HE WENT OVER THERE AND SEEN THAT HE COULD MAKE THAT MUCH MORE AND SAID, I DON'T HAVE TO WORK HERE AS MUCH PART TIME AND I CAN BE WITH MY FAMILY MORE.
WHAT DECISION ARE YOU GONNA MAKE AS A YOUNG PERSON RAISING FAMILY? WELL, THAT'S EVEN WITHIN OUR COUNTY.
BUT MOST OF OURS GO TO MESQUITE AND GARLAND AND UH, FRISCO.
I MEAN FROM GRAND PRAIRIE, WE DON'T LOSE THEM TO MANZA COUNTY.
OR IF YOU DO, I DON'T WANT TIME.
I HAVE SEEN GO TO ZA COUNTY IS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET A JOB PRETTY WELL ANYWHERE ELSE.
THEY DIDN'T LIKE THEY, I HAD ONE, BUT I CAN THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I, YOU MAD THEY, WHEN HE WENT TO CORN, JUST IT DIDN'T, DIDN'T FIT FOR HIM.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, WHEN YOU TAKE PEOPLE, YOU'VE GOTTA BE SPECIAL.
MATT WAS HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND I'M MAD THAT CHAD, LONG TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNTY, DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
YOU GET OVER THERE, IT SLOW THERE, COUGH, NOTHING.
YOU COULDN'T HANDLE VIOLENT THE TIME.
SO IT'S, IT, IT'S TOUGH ON, ALRIGHT, KEEP MOVING.
I'LL LET Y'ALL DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THAT.
EACH DETENTION TRAINING, THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.
UH, THE ONE TAB I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH IS THE SALARY COMPARISON.
IT'LL BE THE GREEN TAB, FOURTH ONE THAT, AND THEN YOU GO TO THAT PAGE THERE, RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF IT.
SO, AND THEN NOTICE, GO BACK AND YOU'LL SEE THE FRONT COVER SHEET RIGHT THERE.
TWO KIND THINGS, HUH? I THINK LEAVING TWO, THREE, I, WELL, IF YOU CAN SEE THE SALARY COMPARISON, THE BIG THING THAT I'LL LET YOU KNOW HERE IS ALMOST NOT EVERY ONE OF THESE HAVE A STEP PROGRAM OF SOME KIND OR LONGEVITY OR SOMETHING.
AND A LOT OF THESE WITH THE STARS BESIDE, UH, LL AND QUITE A FEW YOU'LL SEE THERE, THEY HAVE A, UH, PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN LATERALLY TRANSFER.
SO IF YOU HAVE THESE YEARS AND YOU GO THERE AND GET YOUR TRAINING IN, IF YOU GOT FIVE YEARS LONG FORM, YOU GOING FIVE YEARS IN THEIR STEP PROGRAM.
UH, SO THAT'S THE INCENTIVE TO GO WITH IT.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WE'RE AT THE, UH, THE LOW END OF THE POLE TO SOME DEGREE.
THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE, UH, BELOW US IS YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT VILLE AND THEN TUR.
BUT IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE END, THE TOP HOUSE, I, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND YOU START POPPING 'EM OUT.
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YEAH.THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
DID DPS GET A BIG RAISE THIS YEAR? YES.
AND YOU NOTICE WHERE THEY POP OUT 43 AND IF YOU, AND IT'S IN THE VERY BACK.
YOU CAN GO LOOK IN THE VERY BACK, UH, OF THIS AND IT'S GOT ALL THE DPS STUCK IN THERE, HOW THEY CAN MOVE AND GO FORWARD BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING OVERTIME ALSO THEY 10 HOURS OF OVERTIME WITH THEM, WHICH IS YEAH.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT, THAT THAT'S FAR AS THE DEPUTIES YOU GO TO THE SECOND PAGE IS OUR COMPARISON WITH COMMUNICATION.
WE JUST DID THIS WITH COUNTIES.
WE'VE LOST PEOPLE TO ALL THESE CITIES.
BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO COMPARE CITIES TO COUNTY BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, THE COUNTY DOES 10 TIMES MORE WORK THAN THESE CITIES.
SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO COMPARE.
SO YOU'LL SEE AS THEY START OUT, DALLAS COUNTY IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER, UH, THAN WE ARE.
AND THEN YOU SEE WHERE THEY TOP OUT.
I'M SURPRISED THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WELL THE BIG THING I 28,000, WELL I, I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT GO OVER THE NEXT, THEY'VE GOTTA GO UP ON THAT FOUR TWO, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THE LAWSUITS AND STUFF THAT'S KIND OF OUTTA THAT PROBLEM.
THEY HIRE SO MANY TRAINING AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR START PAY TRAINING, RIGHT? YEAH.
THEN YOU SEE THAT IN 90 DAYS THEY'RE PROBABLY ALREADY PATCH OH YEAH.
IT'S ALL, WE'VE GOT ALL THE DETAILS IN THE BACK.
LIKE I SAY, PLEASE LOOK AT THEM.
THAT KIND OF GETS YOU AN IDEAL COMMUNICATION.
OUR DETENTION, UH, THE SAME WAY WE'RE COMPARING EVERYWHERE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LEAVING.
YOU SEE WHERE WE'RE AT DALLAS IS 34, UH, ELLIS IS 36, TEARING IS 33.
UH, COLIN IS 34 AND 35 AT ROCKWELL.
NO, WE HAVE A LOT TURNOVER IN THE JAIL.
PROBABLY MORE THAN THE OH YES.
BUT IT, AND THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S A TOUGH JOB.
WELL PEOPLE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT, I'VE, I'VE PRETTY WELL DONE ALL THE SPOTS OUT THERE AND I'M TELLING YOU, ATTENTION IS THE HARDEST JOB BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE AS A PEACE OFFICER, I CAN GO IN THERE AND GET THIS GUY MAD WHEN I LEAVE.
HE'S GOTTA DEAL WITH HIM THE REST 24 HOURS AND THEY DO THAT.
SO I HATE SAY SOME OF OUR PEOPLE DO THAT OR OTHER CITIES, BUT THEY GOTTA DEAL WITH 'EM NO MATTER WHAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, GET ANYTHING FOLD ON 'EM, FIT ON EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD.
AND THEY STILL GOTTA BE PROFESSIONAL.
THEY STILL GOTTA BE PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT THEIRSELVES.
SO THEY'RE IN A TOUGHER ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN, YOU KNOW, 12 HOURS DAY.
SO THEN THE STEP PROGRAM, YOU CAN JUST KIND OF GO OVER THERE THAT THIS IS WHAT, WHAT WE PUT IN HERE.
THE FIRST THING YOU'RE GONNA SEE, THE VERY FIRST THING, 240 EMPLOYEES, WE DECIDED TO DO THIS STEP PROMPT PROGRAM.
YOU SEE COST, THERE AIN'T NO WAY WE CAN DO IT.
I SAT DOWN AND I LOOKED AT IT.
I, THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GONNA GIVE YOU THE INITIAL CALL.
I KNEW I WAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I AM, I'M SURE, UH, STRAIGHTFORWARD.
BUT LOOKING AT IT AS A THREE YEAR PROCESS OF TRYING TO IMPLEMENT IT WHERE PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THEY, THEY'RE SEEING SOMETHING'S COMING ALONG.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE NUMBERS THAT WE WOULD SEE AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM TO GET US UP.
SO THREE YEAR PROGRAM DO IS TAKE THIS INITIAL 4 99 TO YOUR BASE UP, JUST CLICK 2 49 THE FIRST YEAR.
THE SECOND YEAR YOU'D GET THE 2 49.
THEN THE THIRD YEAR WHERE YOU FELL INTO THE STEP PROGRAM AND WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE SECOND PAGE.
IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PHASE, YOU'LL SEE THE DIAGRAM OF THE STEP PROGRAM OF HOW WE'D IMPLEMENT IT AND HOW IT WORKED.
YOU SEE THE BASE PAY, THEN YOU'D SEE THE TOP OUT PAY, UH, LIKE WE SAID, AS FAR AS JUST THE INITIAL EMPLOY, IT WOULD BE A 10 YEAR PROGRAM FOR, UH, ANYBODY WITH RANK.
IT WOULD BE A EIGHT YEAR AND THEN THAT WOULD BE IT.
AND THEN JUST KIND OF, I, I'LL GIVE YOU A A ROUGH DEAL HERE.
WHAT I'VE PULLED UP, UH, IF, IF WE IMPLEMENTED THIS AND, AND GOT GOING AND IT AS EVERYTHING WOULD STAY RIGHT
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NOW, THE FIRST YEAR, UH, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WOULD UH, BE BELOW US WAS DPSC, BILL AND TURTLE JUST IN BASE PAY.THIS AIN'T COUNTING BECAUSE YEARS THAT THEY GET THE OVER TO US.
THIS THE RAW NUMBER SECOND, THE SECOND YEAR, DSO SPRINGS, DPSC, THEN THE THIRD YEAR, THE ONLY ONE FAR AS THE BASE PAY DROP OUT.
BUT YOU'RE TALKING LIKE ELLISON 29 DIFFERENT AND 16.
UH, IT'S NOT MAKE SOMEBODY LEAVE.
AND THE SAME THING WITH ATTENTION COMMUNICATION.
YOU'RE, WE'RE GONNA FALL IN THE SAME, SAME RAIL OF, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS, DOING THIS PACKAGE SINCE I'VE LEFT, Y'ALL BEEN WORKING TRYING TO COLLECT ALL THIS DATA.
THERE IS TONS OF AGENCIES OUT HERE DOING THE SAME EXACT THING.
I MEAN, WE SEE THE, I MEAN DALLAS AND EVERYBODY ELSE, EVERYBODY'S OUT THERE HAS TO WELLS.
THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GONNA GET A PAY WELL MORE AND JUMP ON IT AND YEAH.
SHOULDN'T HAVE ABOUT ALL, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING IT TAKES TIME.
BUT I THINK AS BEING OUT THERE AND BEING IN THE POSITION I'M IN, I HAVE TO DO STUFF LIKE THIS TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEE BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT I HERE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S OUR EMPLOYEE THAT MAKES THIS COUNTY MONEY.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? OUR RECOMMENDATION BUDGET YEAR IS TRYING TO DO FIRST STEP OF THIS STEP TO PAY PROGRAM AND THEN IMPLEMENTING IT THE THREE YEARS TO GET PERMITTED FOR ALL 9 49 7243 EMPLOYEES.
YOU'LL LOOK AT THIS FRONT PAGE, IT TELLS YOU RIGHT, RIGHT HERE TO PENNY.
AND THAT'S FOR ALL YOUR SPOTS THAT, BECAUSE YOU GOTTA REMEMBER UNDERNEATH THE GOVERNMENT, OUR BASE PAY HAS TO GET ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYBODY WE CAN AND CHOOSE.
AND THIS WOULD BE WHATEVER THE COURT DETERMINES TO DO ON THE SALARIES.
THIS WOULD BE, IT WOULDN'T, YOU WOULDN'T BE EXPECTED.
THEY WOULD GIVE UP 3% OR NO, NO SIR.
WE DON'T WANT BE NOTHING AGAINST THAT.
BUT IF Y'ALL GIVE THEM THIS WOULD BE OURS.
BECAUSE THIS IS ADDITION TO WHAT WE GIVE EXACTLY.
IF YOU GAVE, IF Y'ALL DID THIS AND Y'ALL GAVE, I DON'T SAY 2,500 TO OTHER EMPLOYEES, WE WOULD NOT WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.
WE'D WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS STEP PROGRAM AND TRY AND GET THIS.
WE GAVE THEM THIS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE ARE, I, ALL I CARE IS THAT WE'VE GOTTA GIVE 'EM SOMETHING TO LOOK DOWN.
I TOLD YOU THAT THIS WILL, I'LL GUARANTEE THIS WILL STOP TO BLEEDING.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST GRIP I GET.
EVERYBODY LEAVES US BECAUSE OF MONEY.
WE GIVE 'EM LICENSED PROFESSIONS AND THEY'RE GONNA GO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO MAKE A LIVING FOR THEIR FAMILY.
AND JUST LIKE ME AND A LOT OF THEM, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE MY WHOLE LIFE TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN THIS COUNTY.
AND I WOULD NOT TAKE NOTHING FOR IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO CHASE THE BIG DREAM IN DALLAS AND ALL THIS OTHER.
BUT THE ONES THAT WANT TO DO THAT, AND THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION IN THAT LONG, WE DRIVE.
IF WE JUST GET REASONABLE, AND THIS IS, I THINK THIS IS REASONABLE.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO COMPETE WITH THEM AND GET A BUBBLE.
THIS IS REASONABLE AND WE CAN GET PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COUNTY WILL STAY HERE AND WORK.
AND THAT ALL IMPACTS THE TO, BECAUSE IF THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY, THEY THAT MONEY.
WHY DON'T YOU THINK THAT IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THESE PEOPLE WOULD WORK HARDER FOR US KNOWING THAT THEY'RE SOMETHING FORWARD TO, OH, I, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE MORALE OF EVERYTHING OUT THERE WOULD CHANGE WOULD JUST, BUT JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
AND I KNOW, UH, WHERE WE'RE RUNNING AND I KNOW PEOPLE SAY Y'ALL, Y'ALL DONE IT WITH LESS EMPLOYEES AND ALL THAT.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A A A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN TRYING TO GET EMPLOYEES HIRED AND ALL THE OVERTIME WE'RE HAVING TO WORK.
RIGHT NOW I HAVE A GRAND TOTAL OF THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT OF 24,844 HOURS OF COMPTON.
THAT'S THE WHOLE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT, BUT THEY'RE ALL THREE AREAS.
YOU'RE PROB YOU'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IF YOU DID A AVERAGE.
IT'S ABOUT A HALF A LITTLE, PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR COMP TIME ION.
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IT'S 24,844.COMMUNICATION IS RUNNING 1,761.
UH, WE LOOKED AT, UH, NO SIR, I JUST GOT GIVE, I'LL MAKE YOU A COPY.
HE'S GONNA MAKE US COPY OF THAT.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE UH, AS FAR AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE DEPUTIES IS 10,000 2 58.
THE SCHOOLS DO, THE SCHOOLS MAINLY TURN THEIRS UP? NOWHERE, EVERY SUMMER DURING THE SUMMER, WE TRY TO.
SO THEY, THEY THEY KIND OF AVERAGE OUT.
WE CAN, WE CAN, THAT'S WHY THAT IS KIND OF LOW BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE UP FOR THAT.
UH, AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE JAIL, IT'S 11,439.
BUT I WILL BE MORE GLAD TO MAKE Y'ALL A COPY BEFORE I A COPY.
I HOPE Y'ALL HUH? I SAID AND THAT HAS TO BE PAID OUT IN SEPARATION, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT GIVEN, GIVEN A PAY RAISE ISN'T GONNA CUT DOWN THE COMPOUND.
BUT IF WE KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE GOT, 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOTTA REALIZE WE'VE BEEN 10 SHARP, 11 SHARP, 12 SHARP.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT SHARP FALL.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE CALLING ALL THESE PEOPLE IN BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S YEAH.
YEAH, NO, I, I THINK CUT DOWN.
WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING ONE QUESTION WHY IN A SENSE IT DIDN'T BECAUSE Y'ALL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEES LONG AS ONE THING.
PROBABLY THE COST OF THE, UH, TRAINING.
I'M TELLING IT'S GOING BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, WE TAKE ON THAT LIABILITY THAT WE'VE GOT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST THING TO DO IS GET THE TURNOVER RATE DOWN.
I MEAN, AND I MEAN, SHORT, ARE YOU NOW AT, UH, SHERIFF, RIGHT NOW? I THINK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WE'RE, UH, 11 ON THAT DEPUTY SIDE.
I BELIEVE WE'RE, UH, THREE ON THE TENSION.
WE'VE FINALLY GOT SOME PEOPLE, IT'S BEEN A, A ROUGH DEAL ON THAT THREE.
AND WE'RE STILL THREE DOWN IN COMMUNICATION.
HOW MUCH ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, I KNOW YOU PAID FOR THE TO HOLDERS, UH, OUT OF YOUR BUDGET AND BECAUSE OF THE MONEY YOU SAVED ON THE UNFILLED DECISION.
UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE LEFT AT THE END OF THIS BUDGET? IT'S FUNNY.
SAY JUDGE, I JUST GOT THE SHEETS BEFORE I COME OVER HERE AND PUT 'EM DOWN IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE I WANT TO DO A LINE OUT TRANSFER, AT LEAST FROM THE JAIL SIDE.
UH, MOVING SOME MONEY OVER THE MEDICAL, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MONEY.
I MEAN, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD SOME VERY HARD SITUATION OVER SOME MAJOR MEDICAL, I MEAN FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRUGS THAT WE'VE GOTTA GIVE THESE PEOPLE.
TRANSPLANTS DRUGS, THE MAJOR MEDICAL THAT SOME OF MOVING THE COURT SYSTEM.
WE'RE ALWAYS, SOME OF 'EM WE ARE.
AND SOME OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, WE GOT BLUE WARRANTS.
I CAN'T DO, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT BLUES.
WE'VE TRIED DOING SOMETHING WITH LEGISLATION AND I KNOW THE SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT, BUT IT'S AT THE COUNTY.
THEY THROW THAT STATE DEAL AT THE COUNTY LEVEL TO PAY FOR IT OFF, WHICH IT, WE ALL KNOW IT AIN'T RIGHT.
BUT NO, IF THEY CAN THROW IT TO THE COUNTY LEVEL THOUGH, THEY'RE GONNA THROW IT TO THE COUNTY LEVEL.
JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THIS STEP PROGRAM, THIS THREE YEAR PROGRAM.
STEP, UH, I MEAN, YEAR ONE AND TWO, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE EACH ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES 2040 $9 77.
THEY'LL GET THAT SECOND YEAR TO GET THAT.
AND THEN WHAT, AND THIS IS WHAT WE FIGURED OUT WITH THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE FIGURED, AND THIS BOTTOM NUMBER IS AS OF RIGHT NOW, WHATEVER EMPLOYEE WE HAD, IF WE STARTED THIS RIGHT NOW, WE WENT OVER HERE AND SAID, OKAY, THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE THREE YEAR PROGRAM, WHICH THEY ONLY GET THIS FIRST LEVEL BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T GET THE SECOND ONE UNTIL THE FOURTH YEAR.
AND THAT'S HOW WE FIGURED THAT OUT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE EMPLOYEES WOULD GOT.
RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY WAY THAT NUMBER WOULD CHANGE IS PEOPLE LEFT AND IT'S GOT FOUR, FIVE YEARS AND THEY LEAVE.
SO THEN THAT WOULDN'T BE TO THAT FIGURE.
SO LOOK, LOOKING AT YOUR CHART HERE, YOU'VE GOT YEAR, UH, 2, 4, 6, 8, AND 10.
SO WE DID THREE YEAR STEP PROGRAM.
ACTUALLY, YEAR TWO WOULD NOT, YOU COULD LIKE DRAW A LINE THROUGH THAT YEAR TOO.
WELL, YOU, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD GET THAT IN THE THIRD YEAR.
IN THE THIRD YEAR BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE THIRD YEAR ABOVE.
YOU DON'T GET NOTHING FOR THREE YEARS, BUT YOU'D STEP UP AND GET THAT TWO YEAR STEP TIME.
SO OKAY, IF WE IMPLEMENTED THIS TODAY, UM, NEXT YEAR THEY GET 2000.
THE SECOND YEAR THEY'D GET 2000 PLUS THE 1200.
THIRD, THEN WE'LL VOLUNTEER WHERE THEY FIT IN THE STEP PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
THAT'S THE THIRD YEAR WHERE THEY DON'T GET NOTHING FOR THE THIRD YEAR.
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UP HERE THROUGH THE SECOND YEAR AND CATCH $1,200 FOR THAT EMPLOYEE.AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR AFTER THAT, THEN THEY FALL INTO THE FOURTH YEAR AND GET THAT $1,200.
ACTUALLY, YOU'RE BREATHING RIGHT? MM-HMM
I, I HOPE I'VE PROVIDED ENOUGH INFORMATION.
I I'M TRYING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN OUT THERE.
AND LIKE I SAY, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS OF THIS WHEN Y'ALL GET TO LOOK, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU JUST GOT IT AND I JUST GOT 'EM PUT TOGETHER.
UH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE.
I THINK Y'ALL KNOW MY EMAIL, MY PHONE NUMBER.
PLEASE GIMME A CALL AND I'D BE MORE THAN GLAD TO.
WELL, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND THIS IS A GOOD START.
I TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT UP AND I WILL GET WITH KAREN, I NEED TO MAKE A COPY BEFORE I LEAVE FOR Y'ALL.
BUT I'LL GET WITH, UH, KAREN ON THE, UH, NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON RETURN SALARY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE JAIL, I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING A HUNDRED, I THINK 115,000 OVER DOWN TO MEDICAL AND THAT WHICH WE'VE GOT THE EXCESS MONEY IN THERE.
BUT I KNOW THE TRUCK SIDE, WE'VE GOT SOME MORE OVER THERE.
SO I'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU A ROUGH ESTIMATE BETWEEN THAT SIDE AND THE COMMUNICATION SIDE TO DO THAT.
BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING RIGHT NOW WITH OUR BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR, PICKING UP ALL THESE INMATES, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE NEVER HAD THAT FUNDED IN THERE FOR THESE, ALL THESE EXTRA IN WITH THE MEDICAL AND ALL THAT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH THAT UP WITH OUR EXCESS SALARY.
A LOT OF THESE MEDICAL EXPENSES, UH, DUE TO THESE FEDERAL PRISONS.
NO, A LOT, A LOT OF LANGER MEDICAL STUFF IS
I'M THEIR OLD MEDICAL WHO YES, WE HAVE TO.
WE EVEN, WE HAVE, WE EVEN, UH, DO THE, UH, IF THEY COME SEE OUR DOCTOR, WE DO THAT COPAY WE MAKE CAN PAY OUT COMMISSARY.
AND WE'RE NOT, YOU, YOU HEARD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SALARY, YOU'VE GOT MAJOR, Y'ALL GOT JUST, SIR, I TRULY UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT DISCUSSION.
UH, BUT I WANNA GO BACK TO THIS.
WHATEVER IT, IS IT FOOD WARMER OR THAT THE, THE CABINET, WHATEVER, WELL THEY PUT THE FOOD, IS IT 12? WELL, $40,000 IS WHAT I SHOW.
CAN WE GO AHEAD AND THE DELIVERY ON THAT SHOULD BE PRETTY QUICK.
AND THIS IS FOR KAREN AND TAKE THAT AS WELL.
UH, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND BUY THAT FIDUCIARY HERE? AND YOU MAY HAVE TO DO SOME, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE WARMER OR THE SERVING LINE? WELL, THE ONE THAT COST NORTH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE SERVING LINE.
I, LET ME, LET ME CALL AND FIND OUT.
I'LL CALL MY MAINTENANCE GUY AND SAY, HEY, IF WE ARE THIS RIGHT NOW, CAN I GUARANTEE IT BE YEAR DELIVERED BEFORE SEPTEMBER, WHAT YOU WANT? 30TH.
UH, AND SO THAT WOULD BE BEST MONEY IN YOUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR THAT YOU GOT IN THERE THAT WE YES, SIR.
AND THAT OTHER, WE TALKED EARLIER, I DON'T WANT YOU RIGHT.
IT'S A TOTAL OF 17,000 OTHER YEAH, LIKE THE SIDEWALKS SIDEWALK GET FIXED.
THE, UH, FENCE AND THE STA AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, WE TALKED AHEAD, THAT'S WAY AHEAD AND GET THAT DONE.
AND, UH, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOCKED UP SALARY SAVINGS AND, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW.
WE'RE WEAVING IT DOWN PRETTY QUICK.
WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL RS DO SOME OF THAT WORK WITH CONTRACT.
WELL MOST OF THE STUFF THAT CONTRACT, UH, PRESS THE FENCE BECAUSE THE ONLY THING ABOUT THE FENCE GETTING THE FENCE DONE IS THEY'RE GONNA BUILD IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA PAINT IT.
WE CAN PAINT AND DO ALL THAT, BUT EVERYBODY OUT THERE PAINTS, THEY'RE A WELDER AND YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT WE DON'T.
THAT'S, THAT'S THROUGH WHOLE BAR AND ALL THEM DO ALL WHICH WE HAVE ON.
SO IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T GO AHEAD THROUGH THAT? LEMME FIND, FIND OUT.
IF THEY CAN GUARANTEE IT THERE AND THEY'RE HAPPY WITH IT, I'LL DO IT.
I, I'LL GO BACK AND GIVE YOU A EMAIL BEFORE I LEAVE.
AND I'LL BE, IF YOU EMAIL ME OR CALL ME, I'M OUT OF TOWN NEXT WEEK.
I'M AT A M TEACHING FIRE SCHOOL, BUT I'LL GET BACK TO YOU FIRST.
IT'LL WORK WITH THE UNDERSTANDING AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY CAN'T GET THAT THING INSTALLED.
WELL THE THING ABOUT IT IS THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT CUSTOM MADE.
THEY DON'T HAVE HIM SITTING IN THERE AND THEY GOTTA MAKE IT.
WELL MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE A DEMO OR SOMETHING.
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I DON'T THINK DENNIS'S MAKE, I THINK HE MAKES SOME STUFF FOR, BUT I DON'T THINK HE MADE AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT THIS YEAR BACK OUT HERE.NOW, BEFORE YOU GET GOING, LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR OVERALL, UH, BUDGET ON OUR, ON OUR BOOK HERE.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT UH, ANY OF THAT? YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE ANIMAL CONTROL BUDGET UNDER Y'ALL.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GO OVER THAT, BUT I KNOW EVERYBODY TALKED, I THINK THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SALARY MONEY WE HAVE, WE PROBABLY CATCH THAT AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE ITEM.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, AMMUNITION THINGS BACK? THAT'S A QUESTION I HAD.
BUY FOR YOU TO BUY AMMUNITION ALL JUST LET THEM PICK THEM UP.
DOES THEY BUY SUCH SMALL AMOUNT? LIKE THE OFFICE STUFF? I THINK TO, I THINK THEY REALLY WANT THEIR ONLINE ITEM.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CARRYING.
I KNOW WE'RE CARRYING A 40 CAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF NINE, I DON'T CARE WHAT OKAY.
UH, ON THE PARTS AND REPAIRS, UH, WE'VE GOT 125,000 WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, THAT'S UP A LITTLE BIT.
UH, ANY, UH, JUST GETTING OLDER.
ANY MAJOR ISSUES THERE? WELL, THE ONES THAT WE PRESENTING, THE ONE WE GOT A BIG CONCERN WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO THOSE THIS YEAR.
I THINK, WE'LL WE GET, IF WE GET THE STUFF OUT THAT REPAIR, THEN WE CAN WE'LL TAKE THEM OUTTA THAT MAINTEN.
THIS IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR WITH THAT.
SO WE JUST GLAD TO SEE, UH, LET'S SEE.
UH, Y'ALL SEE A UNIFORM THING THERE IF YOU'RE COURSE YOU'RE DOWN, OFFICER SLIP DOWN.
UH, RADIO REPAIR, THE MANAGED AND THAT'S THE ONE WE DROPPED.
UH, QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, BUT THE REASON WHY WE, I THINK WE DROPPED IT 10,000, LEFT IT AT 20 OR DROPPED IT 11,000 AND UH, LEFT IT AT 20.
AND THE REASON WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THAT LITTLE BIT IS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THESE OUTSIDE FIRE REPEATERS THAT WE ALWAYS OR HAVE TO REPAIR.
UH, WE'VE ALSO, THESE RADIOS, THEY'LL BE WARRANTY FOR.
I THINK SOME OF 'EM ARE A YEAR, SOME OF 'EM MIGHT NOT BE, BUT WE STILL GOT RADIOS WE'VE GOTTA REPAIR THERE.
I MEAN WE'VE GOTTA HAVE SOME REPAIR COSTS.
THAT'S, I THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE I THINK IN YOUR BOOK.
THAT'S ALL THE NEW, SO REMEMBER THAT WE WAS TRYING TO GET ANOTHER SHEET? YEAH.
I NOTICED THEY DIDN'T AFTER WE GOT THERE.
I DUNNO IF YOU'RE FIXING TO OR WHATEVER.
WELL, A LOT OF 'EM IS THE SOFTWARE THAT'S ON THAT THAT'S COMING UP THERE.
WE DOWN YOUR ANIMAL CONTROL, YOU GOT BUSTED 10, YOU'RE GONNA SPEND 1250.
IS THAT, AND THAT, AND THAT VARIES.
IF THE CAGES THAT THEY SET OUT HERE TO CATCHING DOGS AND PULL STUFF, I MEAN IT VARIES DOWN DOWN TO FIVE.
AND MOVE THE, THE ANIMAL CONTROL CONTRACT UP TO SEVEN BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA OVERSPEND THAT PROBABLY.
I, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE GOOD IN DOING THAT.
YOU CAN MOVE, I THINK YOU CAN MOVE THAT TO FIVE.
MOVE THE FIVE FROM THERE AND MOVE IT DOWN INTO ANIMAL CONTROL CONTRACT EVEN 70.
FINGERPRINT, EQUIPMENT AND BODY GOT UM, I KNOW HERE WE'VE TRYING A, THERE OTHER THINGS HAVE, I THINK WE'VE ONLY DONE THAT ONE TIME.
SO ONE TIME ONLY ONE TIME CHECK.
AND THAT, THAT WAS TO CATCH WHAT? THAT MOVE,
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I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT, WHERE WE HAD TO CATCH THAT.YEAH, THAT WAS JUST THIS, RIGHT? YEAH, IT WAS ONE DOWN.
IT'S A, IT'S YEAH, 0.5 ABOUT AND LITTLE BIT BELOW THE MIDDLE.
WE SPENT 5,300 AND SO FAR YEAR TODAY WE MORE 30.
THAT, THAT WENT OVER TO INVEST SUPPORT.
AND HISTORICALLY WE, WELL A LOT OF THAT, IF YOU REMEMBER WHY WE, WHY WE BUDGETED THAT OF THAT GRANT.
AND THEN I GET IT BACK AND PUT IT BACK IN THERE.
WHAT ABOUT THE HAND RADIO? 48 52, 5 6 RIGHT BELOW THE RIGHT? YES SIR.
UH, LOOKS LIKE WE'VE, UH, BUDGET WITH THE REASON WE HAVE NOT SPENT ANYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE BUYING NEW RADIOS.
WE'RE TRYING TO, THEY'RE OBSOLETED, WE BUYING RIGHT NOW BUDGET 75.
AND THE REASON WHY, IF SOMEBODY LOSES ONE, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THIS RADIO IS COST US $2,000 COMPARED TO SEVEN 800 THAT WE USED TO COST.
SO I'M HOPING WE'RE NOT GONNA LOSE NONE.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS FOR THEM.
THEY'RE NOT INSURED UNLESS WE'VE ADDED, WE JUST NEVER ADDED, ADDED THAT STUFF.
IS THAT WORTH SOMETHING JACKIE, YOU THINK? SIR, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING AT? TRYING TO ENSURE THE, I MEAN, 2,500.
HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? WE DO RADIO.
I THINK RADIO THE MAIN, NOT PORTABLE.
THAT COST, UH, THEY COST ABOUT 2,500.
DEDUCTIBLE WAS A THOUSAND THOUSAND.
IT'S NOT GONNA COST VERY MANY DOLLARS TO DO IT THOUGH.
I THINK THEY USED TO BE SEVEN 800 OH THOUSAND.
BUT NOW HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED OF US.
AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OTHER AGENCIES PROBABLY NEED TO CHECK IT COST US ONE 30 PROBABLY.
YOU THINK THEY, THEY COST 2,500.
IT'S IN THAT THEY DO WITH THE SEVEN NO MEANT THE OLD ONES? NO, THE OLD 700 OR SO THE OLD ONE, LIKE 700.
I THOUGHT WE WE'RE NOT, I I SAW THAT.
WE, WE ONE YEAR AND ONE LOSE IT.
IF YOU, WE BETTER CHECK ON THE COSTS ON INSURANCE.
INSURE THE, UM, EQUIPMENT INSIDE THE NEW BUILDING.
WE'RE INSUR THAT THE BIG MAIN STUFF REALLY GOTTA CHECK ON THE INSURANCE.
YEAH, THEY COST THE SAME THING.
THEY, THEY BOTH RUN THROUGH BECAUSE WHO KNOW? YEAH.
WELL IT'S BETTER THAN PAYING WHAT MOTOROLA COST I FOR THOUSAND CHEAP.
UH, BUT THEY WANTED TO, BEFORE WE GO TO JAIL EXPENSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS BUDGET? ALRIGHT, UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND UH, I DO SHOW AN INCREASE OF, UH, THAT'S THE ONE WHEN WE DID THE PERCENTAGE OF THE INMATES OF WHAT WE'RE TAKING IN NOW FROM THE FEDERALS TO OFFSET THAT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE'RE ONLY, WE'VE BEEN AVERAGED ABOUT TWO 80 BEFORE WE TOOK ON ALL THESE.
AND NOW WE'RE TAKING ABOUT, WE'RE HAVING ABOUT 4 15, 4 20.
AND WE HAD TO START MOVING UP THE SUPPLIES, CLOTHES, ALL THAT STUFF TO CLEAN TO KEEP IT CLEAN.
WELL AND WE BROUGHT IT UP BY THE PRINT.
I KNOW WHEN, I THINK WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, IT 20 SOMETHING PERCENT AND THAT'S WHAT WE ADDED OFF THAT ADDING 21% OR WHATEVER IT WAS TO THAT TO, TO BRING IT UP.
WELL, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE ON OUR, ON OUR, UH, THING IS THAT LAST YEAR FOR SALARY, SALARY, SALARY, I NEED SOME FOOD THAT'S THREE TIMES REAL FAST.
WELL IT ACTUALLY WENT UP, UH, UH, 3 MILLION 8 51 IS WHAT WE BUDGETED.
BUT WE WERE ONLY SPENT 2,000,007.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE, AND WE BOUGHT THE COST.
WE SPENT, WE PULLED 190 OUTTA THAT.
THAT'S INCLUDING THE HUNDRED 90, INCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY AND RETIREMENT.
A LITTLE BIT OUT THAT, OUT OF THAT SIDE, UH, FOR THE CAR.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, AND YOU'RE GOING UP A LITTLE BIT ON GROCERIES COURSE, YOU FEED MORE, MORE FOLKS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE AVERAGE ANYWHERE FROM 13 TO $1,500.
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WE GOT A REALLY GOODTHE MEDICAL CONTRACT, HOW MUCH LONGER DOES IT GO FOR? I THINK THEY DID, I THINK WE GOT TWO MORE YEARS.
I WE, WE JUST RENEWED AND IT, IT WENT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE CPI.
OKAY GUYS, Y'ALL HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS BUT WELL, BASICALLY THE FED IS GONNA COST US ABOUT 4 34.
WHAT IT'S GONNA COST IS IT, IS IT COST EXTRA STUFF? YEAH, SOME MEAN, I MEAN I DON'T COST.
OH, THERE'S GONNA BE A COST VALUE.
ISN'T THAT WHAT WHAT UH, THE CONTRACT I REMEMBER WAS 118.
THE CONTRACT WAS FOR 120, 115 FOR MALES.
UH, A HUNDRED MALES AND 15, IT WAS 115, A HUNDRED MALES, 15 FEMALES.
BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO, WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 125 MALES AND OR LESS FEMALE.
LIKE I SAY, IF YOU SEE THAT REPORT THAT WE PUT OUT, I THINK EVERYBODY REPORT, I PUT TELL Y'ALL PROBABLY LOOK AT IT MONTH, QUARTER, HOW MANY CALLS SERVICES.
YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE GOT CONTRACTS FOR 166.
OUR, WE BAILED FOR 166 INMATES.
BUT SOME OF THEM INMATES DIDN'T STAY 30 DAYS.
BUT THEY GOT BILL WHEN YOU SEE EXTRA MONEY.
WELL YEAH, BECAUSE YOU'RE IN AND OUT.
SO YOU, YOU COULD, YOU COULD BILL FOR, FOR WHATEVER TIME PERIOD.
WE ONLY HAVE THOSE HUNDRED 50, RIGHT? YEAH.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU COUNT EVERY DAY, EVERY, EVERY, HUH COUNT COUNT EVERY DAY.
EVERY WELL AT THE END YOU SEE THE REPORT, THEY I BET IT, YEAH.
MOST THE, THE SOFTWARE WE GOT OUT THERE GAME IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT BREAKS IT DOWN HOW WE PUT THEM IN AND THEN TELLS US THE DAY THEY BROUGHT IN, THE DAY THEY WENT OUT.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S A BIG GL BUT IT'S NOT THAT BAD BECAUSE I GOT A SYSTEM OUT.
YOU SEE, YOU GONNA SAVE, HE MAKES THE INVOICE AND SENDS IT
UH, WHENEVER YOU SEND OUT THAT THING YOU POST EVERY MONTH ON WEBSITE.
I MEAN I JUST NEVER REALLY GO TO THE WEBSITE.
I THINK IF ANYBODY'S SEEN ANYMORE PANICKING, NOW THERE'S TWO OFT WON'T EVEN COVER OUR TABLE.
BUT YEAH, I I DON'T MIND I'LL PUT IT IN THERE BECAUSE I I IT'S A GOOD BREAKDOWN.
IT TELLS YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY CALLS TO SERVICE THAT, THAT WE'VE DONE.
AND HOW MANY ARE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE INVESTIGATION, DECIDE TO BE INVESTIGATED AND THEN IT BREAKS DOWN HOW MANY CALLS THAT WE GET? 9 1 1.
CHARLES, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THE DUPLICATION OF 9 1 1 AS FIRST ACCIDENT OVER ON 20.
30 DANG PEOPLES GONNA CALL, BUT COUNT FOR ONLY CALL SERVICE OVER THERE.
BUT IN THE COMMUNICATION PART, EVERYONE'S COUNTY'S GOTTA BE PICKED UP EVERY TIME.
BEFORE, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA CHECK ON THE WINDMILL FARM THING.
THAT'S ALL I AND I I GET A COPY OF THE CONTRACT.
YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN DEAL WITH 'EM IF IT, IF THEY, THEY THEY WON'T.
YOU KNOW, ONE, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY, LAST TIME I, I'VE TALKED IT'S BEEN LONG.
WELL I THINK SOMEBODY'S, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY I KNOW AND I, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T EVER KNOW YOU, THERE'S A WASHOUT OR WHATEVER QUESTION.
YOU PROBABLY NOT WHICH ONE SCHOOL COPS.
BUT OUR ARE DELIVERING PAPERS.
CONTRACTOR, COULD YOU CHECK ON THEY HAVE A 30 DAY OFF OUT.
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30 DAY EVERYTHING RECORDS.THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE GOING ANYWHERE.
I JUST SITTING THERE BECAUSE THEY RIGHT.
I JUST, I WASN'T INVOLVED IN TALK TO HIM, HIM ABOUT DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
I THINK KIND LIKE A, ON THE PAGE 48 ON THE CALL CENTER THING BEFORE YOU GET GOING OUT HERE.
THAT'S THE LAST, THAT'S THE LAST PAIR ON THE POD SYSTEM.
THAT'S THE LAST YEAR THAT, LIKE I SAID, THE ONLY THING WE'RE GONNA START LOOKING AT NEXT IS DOING THE CAMERA SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S ALL ANALOG.
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING BACK THERE.
BUT I THINK THE BEST, BEST THING THAT WE DO IS LIKE, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TRYING TO DO INSTEAD OF ONE BIG MONTH, LET'S PHASE IT IN, IN THE AREA.
IF WE DO THAT A LOT BETTER IMPACT ON COST.
SO ON THE NINE ONE ONE REGIONAL CALL CENTER, IT SHOWS INCREASE.
THAT'S PROBABLY MAYBE, UH, 51, 52.
IS THAT LIKE LONGEVITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? MAYBE? NO SIR.
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT BUDGET BECAUSE IT WAS SEVEN GONE DOWN.
WE TOOK, WE TOOK FROM THE SHERIFF, THE JAIL AND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TO BUY THIS RETIREMENT.
RETIREMENT WENT DOWN FROM 96,000 TO 95,000.
YOU CAN'T USE THE AMENDED BUDGET.
I FORGET TO LOOK FAR ENOUGH TO THE LEFT.
YEAH, WELL WE, WE DID THAT THREE FUNDS SO WE COULD $5 VEHICLES.
ALRIGHT GUYS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR UH, BRIAN? NO, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOROUGHNESS AND FOR YOUR TRANSPARENCY.
I ALWAYS MAKE AN EXCELLENT QUOTE.
YOU APPRECIATE THAT I SAY THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
FEEL FREE TO GIMME KYLE AND I'LL ANSWER ANYTHING.
UH, I'LL MAKE A COPY OF THIS RIGHT NOW.
LET'S TAKE ABOUT A 15 MINUTE AND YOU KNOW, CAN YOU MAKE US ONE BRIAN GIVE THAT? NO, I MAKE, WE'LL NO, HE'S GOT AN EXTRA PAPER.
CAN WE GET A COPY TOO? OH YEAH.
DIDN'T GET IT UNTIL HIS BUT YOU GOT IT, BUT YOU JUST DIDN'T PRINT.
WELL CALLED WE DIDN'T GET UNTIL CA AND SAID THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET COPY.
BUT I'LL FIND OUT WHY YOU DIDN'T GET HERE BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON, IT SEEMS TO SAID IT WASN'T THERE.
SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T SEE IT ON THERE.
WE GOT, I GOT EVERYTHING ELSE I DIDN'T GET.
ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S, EIGHT 30, LET'S GO AHEAD AND ALL THE, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP, OUR MEETING TOGETHER AND, UH, WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS, WHICH OF COURSE IS CIRCUIT INVOLVING, UH, AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, BENEFITS AND ALL THOSE KIND.
BUT, UH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON THE BUDGETS OF THE, UH, BUDGETS, I'VE GOT SOME THINGS BOARD YOU CAN, UH, BE LOOKING
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OVER AND, UH, ONE THING, THIS IS AN UP TO DATE COUNTY OF THE MONEY THAT THEY'VE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE US FEDERAL INMATE.MS. YOU YOU WANT A COPY HERE? UH, I THINK WE'VE GOT.
UH, BUT ANYWAY, THIS, THIS IS THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE END JUNE, AND YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OUT IN SEPTEMBER, UH, WITH THE, UH, AMOUNT.
EVERYBODY'S ON THIS FRONT PAGE.
UH, WE STARTED OUT, THAT WAS OUR FIRST MONTH, YOU KNOW, WITH MIGHT YEAR'S BUDGET IN, BUT NOT, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT INCREASED QUITE OVER THE FIRST MONTH.
AND THEN IT'S BEEN ABOVE THAT EVERY SINCE THEN FOR A TO OF THE FIRST NINE MONTHS.
AND THIS'LL RECALL, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOING OKAY.
SO WE STILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY, YOU KNOW, 60 OR PER MONTH THAT PROBABLY COMING IN WELL THIS BUDGET YEAR.
SO, UH, THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT AND UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY WORTH.
WELL THE GOOD NEWS PART ABOUT THIS IS THE CONCERN I HAVE HAD IS WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS CONTRACT AND THEY WROTE AND I'LL GET A, UH, GET YOU A COPY, BRIAN, SEND YOU A COPY.
THEY, THE MARSHALS DITCHED OUR JAIL, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND WROTE A REPORT BACK ABOUT HOW PLEASED THEY'RE PROFESSIONALISM AND OPERATION JAIL.
SO I DON'T THINK THEY DON'T WANNA GO BACK TO DALLAS COUNTY.
IN FACT, I THINK THEY WANNA SEND US MORE.
UH, I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT MORE THAN WHAT THE CONTRACT TO CALL FOR INITIALLY.
YOU'RE GOING INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FIRST, RIGHT? UH, WE, WE'LL HERE JUST IN A MOMENT.
I DON'T HAVE MY AGENDA SO I THINK WE NEED, WE'RE WAITING RIGHT NOW.
EVERYBODY GET THEIR BUDGET, GET THEM.
OKAY THEN LEMME KNOW WHEN I'LL COME IN.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, EVERYBODY HAVE A COPY OF THE I'LL MINE.
SO LEMME LEMME FINISH THIS FIRST MOVE INTO, ANYWAY, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MUCH? WE SPENT SOME OF THAT BUDGET.
THE NEXT PAGE IS, THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED REPAIRED AT THE JAIL.
UH, NOW I DON'T SEE ANY REASON FOR DELAY THESE THINGS.
YEAH, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT CABINETS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THEM, I'M NOT SURE.
I KNOW ONE OF THEM IS APPROXIMATELY 40.
I WOULD THINK THAT THESE ARE KIND OF MAINTENANCE THINGS TAKE CARE OF THIS YEAR.
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TRYING TO DO, I JUST WANTED IT JUST KEEP YOU, I JUST WANNA, OKAY.NOW LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, WE'LL, UH, GO AHEAD, HAVE A MOTION HERE TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, WE HEAR FROM, UH, OUR, UH, ATTORNEY CONCERNING, UH, THE, UH, PURSUANT TO GOVERNOR CODE 5 5 1 2 9 EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR CONSULTATION.
ATTORNEY MATTERS INVOLVING COUNTY AGAINST SEAWAY AND PIPELINE, ANY OR ALL THEY RELATED ENTITIES, BOND S RELATED TO BOND AND BRIDGE PLAN.
I HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER THAT'S A GOOD TIME TO LEAVE.
WE'LL, UH, CALL THE BACK ORDER AND I NEED MOTION TO MR. MOTION.
ALL FAVOR AND, UH, STATE ACTION NEEDED AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION THAT CONTINUE WITH THE LAWSUIT AND THAT THEY ALSO CONTINUE OUR MR. ALLEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I, I HEARD CONTINUE WITH THE LOSS YOU HAD DISTRICT ATTORNEY CONTINUE WITH THE LAWSUIT.
AND THEN, UH, CONTINUE TO BEST CARRY OPTIONS WITH, UH, SEAWAY.
NOW WE, UH, WE WILL EXIT OUR SPECIAL MEETINGS AND ENTER INTO A WORKSHOP MEETING.
AND WE'LL NOT BE MAKING ANY DECISIONS TODAY IN THE WORKSHOP, UH, MEETING OTHER THAN JUST DISCUSSING THE, UH, BUDGET RELATED ITEMS. UH, YOU SEE A LIST OF THOSE.
UH, AND, UH, SOME OF THAT WILL BE PERSONNEL.
AND UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT INCLUDE, UH, THE ROAD BRIDGE, UH, IN THIS, BUT WE STILL WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE PERSONNEL.
AND THEN WHAT IS A TENTATIVE BUDGET THAT WE KIND OF LOOKED AT, THAT WILL CERTAINLY AFFECT THE ROAD BRIDGE.
BUT AS FAR AS YOUR, UH, YOUR REPAIRS AND SO FORTH IS CONCERNED.
SO I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED THERE.
I THINK ALL OF YOU, UH, CAN SEE THAT.
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE TODAY.
I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER THAT EVERYBODY FINALLY GET A COPY OF THE, UH, A HARD COPY OF THE WE GAVE.
AND, UH, DID YOU GIVE THAT? ARE, ARE YOU GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO EXIT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND ENTER INTO THE WORKSHOP? WE DO.
UH, I DON'T HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND.
WE, WELL, WE DID, WE DID THAT ON THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SECTION, RIGHT? AND, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU.
NOW WE'RE INTO THE, UH, WORKSHOP AND, UH, LET ME, UH, JUST START, UH, BY GIVING YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND, UH, KAREN, IT MIGHT BE GOOD IF YOU KW SCOOT UP A LITTLE CLOSER.
UH, THE ONE THING I WANT EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT VERY, MAKE SURE THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDING.
THIS SAYS, THIS IS 2016, WORKING
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AS OF 13.SO THERE'S NOTHING FINAL ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT IT'S JUST A CONTINUING DISCUSSION.
AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST RECEIVED, LIKE LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, WE RECEIVED OUR BAGGAGE FROM THE APPRAISAL.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO, IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, RECEIVED OUR, OUR INSURANCE, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE RATES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE CHANGED IN THIS, BUT, UH, BUT WE STILL ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL A VERY MUCH A WORKING DOCUMENT.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT.
UH, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT TODAY, I BELIEVE THAT WILL, UH, SO, UH, LEAVE US, UH, FURTHER ALONG.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OKAY.
IF LOOK AT THE, UH, FIRST PAGE OF THE DOCUMENT, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE GONNA BE CHANGED BECAUSE I BELIEVE, UH, THE VALUES THAT WE GOT FINAL, WE, WHICH YOU MAY, YES.
WHAT WE DO, KIND OF FOLLOW UP ALONG LITTLE BIT WITH.
YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PAGE THAT WE GOT FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, DISTRICT ACROSS THE OF BOARD, THE NUMBER YOU WANT LOOK AT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 20 14, 20 15 FREE SUGGESTED TAXABLE VALUE, THAT SHOULD BE 20 15 20 16.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL CORRECT THAT.
YOU SEE WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT ON THAT, ON THEIR BUDGET, ON YOUR BUDGET PAGE, THAT SHOULD BE 20 15, 20 16 FAILED.
UH, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT IT SEES WHERE THE NEXT COLUMN AND WHERE IT SAYS FREEZE ADJUSTED, TAXABLE APPROVED IN THE GENERAL FUND, IT SHOWS 5 880 8 MILLION.
SAME THING IN BRIDGE, SAME THING IN DEBT SERVICE.
IF YOU'LL TAKE THIS SHEET NOW, THE SMALL ONE THAT COMES DOWN, YOU'LL LOOK OVER AND, UH, LOOK AT THE SAME, UH, ITEM WHERE IT SAYS FREE ADJUSTED TAXABLE, UH, VALUE IS APPROVED.
AND YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS 5 MILLION 8 39.
ACTUALLY, THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAD BEEN GIVEN, UH, PREVIOUSLY CAME IN A LITTLE LOWER.
SO THAT'S ABOUT, UH, WHAT, 40 MILLION, $48 MILLION DIFFERENCE IN VALUE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET WHAT WE THOUGHT INITIALLY WE GONNA GET, UH, WHICH DOES AFFECT, UH, OUR BUDGET.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY STILL HAVE SOME, UH, APPEALS THAT ARE GOING ON ON FEW PROPERTIES THAT WILL, THESE MAY CHANGE.
YOU KNOW, UH, THERE MAY BE EXEMPTIONS THAT COME IN, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE US TO HAVE TO RECALCULATE THE RATE.
NOW, IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR, UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.
YOU LOOK AT THIS PAGE AGAIN THAT WE GOT, CHRIS, YOU LOOK OVER TO THE, UH, SAME ITEM WHERE IT SAYS, UH, UH, UH, FIRST, SECOND COLUMN WHERE IT SAYS TAXABLE BAGGAGE.
SO I'M STILL A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FROM WHAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ALL THE WAY ACROSS THERE, UH, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD, IN THE COUNTY, WE ACTUALLY HAD NEW IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT WERE, UH, BROUGHT ONTO THE TAX ROW FOR THE FIRST TIME HUNDRED 97.
EVERYBODY SO, AND SO, THE ACTUAL TAXABLE VALUE OF OUR COUNTY WENT UP ABOUT 6%.
I MEAN, THAT IT WASN'T THAT MANY YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GOING THE OTHER WAY, BUT THAT, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN OF HEALTHY GROWTH IN OUR COUNTY.
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CHRIS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HIS, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE FUTURE, AND THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON IN COUNTY, I THINK A LOT MORE THAT MAY BE ANNOUNCED THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT OUR NEXT YEAR, BUT THAT'S 20.SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THIS IS CALLED A WORKING, UH, DOCUMENT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT WHATSOEVER? OKAY.
NOW, IF YOU WOULD LOOK DOWN THE PROPOSED, UH, AND YOU SEE THE FREEZE TAXABLE, EVEN THOUGH LIKE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF HAVE OUR PROPERTY VALUES, AND I THINK MAYBE ONE OR TWO SITTING ON THE TABLE ANYWAY, THOSE PEOPLE DO STILL PAY TAXES ON WHAT THE VALUE WAS WHEN THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
UH, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, UH, THE GENERAL FUND TAX RATE THAT IS PROPOSED HERE, AND AGAIN AT THIS, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE NOT GOING RAISE TAX RATE.
TOTAL TAX RATE WILL STAY EXACTLY WHERE IT'S, BUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THAT TAX RATE THAT IS PROPOSED HERE WILL BE ALONG THESE LINES.
UH, AND THE GENERAL FUND, THE GENERAL FUND TAX RATE WILL DROP FROM 0.45 CENTS, UH, TO, UH, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE OF 4 3, 9 8.
SO YOU SEE A ONE DROP IN THE, UH, UH, GENERAL FUND TAX RATE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE OF THAT'S ATTORNEY.
UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS IS BECAUSE OF THE US MARSHAL CONTRACT.
I MEAN, THAT'S MONEY THAT WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TAXES.
SO THAT MUCH, UH, THE NEXT ITEM, IF YOU LOOK OVER ON YOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE, UH, THE SECOND COLUMN THERE, UH, WE, LAST YEAR THE ROLLED IN BRIDGE TAX RATE WAS 0.74 CENTS, OR 0.7 0.40 CENTS.
UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING AN INCREASE OF THAT, OF 1.27 CENTS, WHICH WILL RAISE THAT TAX RATE UP TO 0 8 6 7, OR IT RAISED UP BY 1.27 CENTS.
AND THAT IS MOVED THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE, AND I KNOW OUR CITIZENS AS WELL HAVE BEEN, UH, ASKING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE PUMP MORE MONEY INTO THE GOLDEN BRIDGE FUND.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S PROPOSED THIS TIME FOR NEW VALUES COMING IN.
IT GONNA LOOK A LITTLE BIT AND SEE IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY MAJOR DIFFERENCE THERE.
THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, AND WAS 0.524 OR, UH, YOU KNOW, 5.24 CENTS THIS YEAR, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR VALUE GOING UP, UH, THAT DEBT SERVICE FUND IS AT, UH, 0.0497.
SO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND ACTUALLY DECREASES.
AND THAT CAN MAKE ONE THING, AND I WANT EVERYONE TO LISTEN TO IT.
ONE THING PERFECTLY CLEAR, THE LONG ON THE 9 1 1 CENTER, THE EQUIPMENT OR THE 9 1 1 CENTER IS IN THE M AND O BUDGET.
IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, IT'S NOT AFFECTING THE INS BUDGET OR THE DEBT SERVICE FUND BUDGET.
THE MONEY THAT WE RAISE IN THE GENERAL FUND WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE M AND O BUDGET TO THE IS BUDGET, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY THOSE BONDS OUT OF LEGALLY.
WE HAVE TO PAY THOSE BONDS OUT OF THE IS BUDGET, BUT THEY'RE NOT REFLECTED IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
WE'LL TRANSFER MONEY AND YOU'LL SEE THAT LATER ON.
SO THAT MONEY IS INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL FUND.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THAT.
ANY, AND THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN OUR JAIL DEBT THAT WE HAVE.
THE JAIL DEBT IS INCLUDED IN THE DEBT IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, THE JAIL DEBT, UH, AND, UH, THE ROAD BRIDGE, THE BOTTOM ROAD BRIDGE ROAD BOND, AND THEN THE SIB LOAN.
AND THE IV THE LOAN, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE TO FOUR.
SO THAT'S ALL INCLUDED, BUT NOT, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA PAY, WE'RE GONNA PAY THE LOAN, OBVIOUSLY TO THE AMERICAN NATIONAL, BUT, UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S BUDGETED IN GENERAL FUND.
AND KAREN WILL SIMPLY TRANSFER THAT TO THE ENTRANCE AND SINKING FUND, UH, WHICH IS LEGAL.
YOU CAN TRANSFER MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND, OR WHAT I CALL THE M AND O FUND, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FUND TO THE IS FUND.
BUT YOU CANNOT LEAVE, BUT YOU CAN'T TRANSFER IT BACK.
SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THAT, IT WORKS.
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THERE, AND WE NEED, YEAH.AND WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY INCREASING THAT FUND.
YOU KNOW, THE THING I GAVE YOU THE OTHER DAY, YOU, YOU SAW WHERE THE FUND BALANCE WAS UP IN THERE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, UH, SO THAT'S GOOD.
AND IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY IN THAT IS FUND JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN THAT WE, UH, DIDN'T GET ALL OUR MONEY BACK IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, ANY ANY QUESTIONS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL, I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND ON THAT.
NOW, WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THE, AND AGAIN, THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE WE GOT EVERYTHING, BUT, WE'LL, KAREN AND THE KW WILL BE, AND I'LL BE WORKING ON THAT.
BUT YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE TOTAL TAX COLLECTIONS THAT VERY LIKELY IS GOING TO CHANGE SOME, UH, BUT, UH, I MEAN, WILL CHANGE SOME, BUT THAT'S MY INTENT, THAT THE, YOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE TAX WILL, WILL GO UP 1.27 CENTS TO A TOTAL OF 0.0867 AT LEAST.
UH, AND SO I HOPE, AND THAT'S GOING TO PUMP, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HERE IN A LITTLE BIT THAT'S GOING TO PUMP MORE MONEY INTO THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUNDS.
PLUS I'VE ASKED KAREN, WE'RE GOING, UH, AND KW WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT JUST A MINUTE.
YOU'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF MONEY IN YOUR, UH, ROAD BRIDGE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO.
AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE ON THAT.
SOME OF IT'S CARRY OVER, SOME OF IT'S SEA TURS, SOME OF IT IS, UH,
SO THERE'S NO QUESTION FOR IT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SO, UH, AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO LOOK DOWN, UH, IN THE, UH, THAT NEXT PART, UH, SEE THAT'S HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING ON THE, UH, ON FUND 62, UH, THAT'S THE, UH, UH, AMOUNT WE PAY FOR THE JAIL FUND.
62, THE JAIL BOND IS STILL OUT THERE.
UH, THE S LOAN 115,000, THE, UH, UH, FUND, 64 ROAD BOND, THAT'S HOW MUCH THAT'S TOTAL, TOTAL OF, UH, 3.197.
THE, THEN WE BROKE IT DOWN, YOU SEE IN THE, AGAIN, REITERATE, THAT'S MONEY TRANSFERRED, THE
ALRIGHT? AND IN THAT REGARD, UH, LET GO AHEAD AND, UH, KW, I KNOW YOU SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME PUTTING THESE TOGETHER, UH, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT SHOWS WHERE YOUR YARD HEADED.
IS THIS THE RIGHT, UH, THE RIGHT ONE? UM, THEN THIS IS FRESH HOT OFF PRESS ALMOST AT THE BOTTOM.
YOU'LL SEE, UH, AS OF, UH, SEVEN 13 SEPARATELY, YES.
SAYS AT THE BOTTOM HAS UP 7 13, 9 AND A HALF MONTHS INTO THE, UH, AND IT OUT EVEN, YOU KNOW, ONLY ACCOUNTANTS WOULD DO THIS, BUT HE'S ACTUALLY GOT IT DOWN TO 79%.
YOU KNOW, THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN EXPENDED, UH, OF THE, UH, THE, SO LET'S JUST KIND OF GO OVER THIS.
MY COPY A LINE DOWN THE LAST COLUMN, I THINK IT WAS STILL, LET'S JUST LOOK AT ROAD BRIDGE FUND ROAD MATERIALS THAT IS OUT OF, IT SAYS ROAD MATERIAL.
AND THIS IS DOESN'T, SO THIS IS MONEY THAT IS THEN THAT COMES FROM THE ROAD BRIDGE TAXES AS WELL AS THE REGISTRATION FEE THAT PEOPLE GET.
SO THE, THE, UH, ADOPTED BUDGET FOR, UH, THIS BUDGET CURRENTLY, UH, AND YOU KNOW, YOU DIVIDE THE MONEY, Y'ALL, Y'ALL GET TOGETHER AND DIVIDE THE MONEY OF THE MONEY.
THE PRECINCT, UH, BROKER BRIDGE GOT NINE 84,000.
I'M SURE THAT DOWN TO 9 54, UH, JIMMY, YOU'VE ACTUALLY SPENT, UH, THE BUDGET, YOU'VE ASKED 20, ACTUALLY 20.39%.
THE NEXT FIVE, I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
THE NEXT ONE WHERE IT SAYS BOND, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
THAT'S THE $80 THAT EACH PRECINCT GOT FROM THEIR, UH, YOU KNOW,
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WE HAD THE BOND ION, UH, THERE IS MONEY THERE, UH, AND PRECINCT, THE OF THE LIST, WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET OF SIX 60.UH, IT'S BEEN REVISED AT SOME POINT DURING THE YEAR, UH, TO IT.
AND SO YOU SPENT APPROXIMATELY 13% OF THE, AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY GOT PROJECT, THIS IS THEN THE ONE, THE SEA TUR DRAIN.
WE HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.
LET'S PUT SAYS, WELL THAT'S WHEN THE BOTTOM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UH, THEN THE SEA TURS GRANT, UH, THEY SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.
SOME OF THEM, YOU SEE, YOU HAVE SOME MONEY.
SOME OF THEM DO, UH, HAVE A LITTLE MONEY LEFT TO SPEND ON, UH, THE SEA TURF GRANT.
AND THE STORY THAT WAS TOLD LAST WEEK IS THE LEGISLATURE DIDN'T APPROPRIATE ANY NEW MONEY FOR SEA TURTLE LAST SESSION.
THEY APPROPRIATED $225 MILLION ACROSS THE STATE.
AND SO THE LEGISLATURE, IN THEIR WISDOM, THEY GOTTA TO LOOK AT WHAT, GOSH, HAVE ONLY SPENT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, ALL THE STATES ONLY SPENT LIKE 44 MILLION, I BELIEVE WHAT THEY, THEY DON'T NEED THAT.
WELL, OF COURSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WEATHER AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE DIDN'T GET TEXTILE PART, YOU KNOW, WE GET ALL THE RULES, BUT IT WAS AN EXCUSE NOT HAD WHAT, TWO OR THREE DELAYS? YEAH, CHANGE THE RULES, BUT ANY, AND BY THE TIME THEY DECIDED WHAT WE COULD DO ON THE WINTER SETTING IN OCTOBER, BUT IT WAS AN EXCUSE FOR THEM.
WHEN I TALKED WITH, UH, MR. ALLISON, HE INDICATED HE FELT LIKE THEY WOULD COME BACK, YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER SECTION, PROBABLY ADVOCATE.
ANYWAY, UH, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE MONEY TO, UH, SPEND PRECINCT THREE, UH,
UH, WHICH ONE? THAT'S WHAT I STILL GOT LEFT.
YOU, YOU HAVEN'T SPENT IT ON THREE POINTS.
THAT ALL I GOT YOU RIGHT? YEAH.
AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED, ALRIGHT, OFFICER NADO TRAILED IN PRECINCT TWO THAT WAS, UH, LESS SPENT AND, UH, 2014 ON COUNTY ROAD 2 83 NORTH OF BRIDGE START THAT NEXT WEEK AFTER.
AND THEN HOW HAS BEEN SPENT ALLOCATED.
AND THEN THIS LAST PAGE SHOWS YOU THE BIG PRINT PAGE.
VERY, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND KIND OF LITTLE, THIS I'M, I'M GONNA MAKE, I DON'T THINK I CAN EXPLAIN IT AS WELL AS YOU CAN.
SO THE, THE TOP PORTION IS, UM, ISN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BUDGET BALANCES.
THOSE ARE ACTUAL FUND BALANCES.
SO THAT WAS WHAT'S IN EACH OF YOUR CASH ACCOUNTS AS OF SEVEN 13.
UM, THE BOTTOM PORTION IS, UM, TAKING THE, THE ACTUAL BUDGET AMOUNT FOR THE GROWTH BOND AND SHOWING WHAT YOU HAD LEFT TO AS OF SEVEN 13 AS WELL.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN ROAD BRIDGE FUND, YOU AVAILABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY AS OF SEVEN 13 WAS ME 3 7 67 7.
AND THEN PLUS THE ROBOT I BOUGHT.
SO ANYWAY, PROBABLY BE HELPFUL, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
AND IT'S JUST, UH, JUST A WAY OF LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
AND I KNOW THERE'S WORK GOING ON EVERYWHERE.
YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER'S GOOD FOR YOU TO DO THAT, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU KIND OF AN UPDATED INFORMATION ON WHERE WE'RE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY, OKAY.
UH, DID THEY SAY WHAT THE STATEMENT I STATE?
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YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT THEY SAID WAS, AND I I, I WAS IN THAT SESSION AND I KNOW JIM SAID THAT THERE'S NOT DISTRIBUTING ANY MONEY.YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T ALLOCATE ANY MONEY THIS YEAR, BUT I THINK EARL ALSO HEARD SAY THAT THERE IS POSSIBILITY THIS MONEY IS, IT'S ALL SPENT.
MAY LEGISLATIVE BUDGET MAY COME BACK MORE EVEN BEFORE SUCCESSION, BUT FOR SURE THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA GO BACK AND ASK MONEY.
NOW, IF YOU WOULD TURN TO YOUR, UH, TURN TO YOUR, UH, PAGE THREE OF YOUR BUDGET, UH, DOCUMENT.
AND UH, I THINK THIS IS PRETTY EXPLANATORY, BUT YOU DIFFERENT GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
KIND OF A PAGE THREE, JUST KIND OF A GLOSSARY OF WHERE WE'RE THE NEXT PAGE ON PAGE FOUR IS THE GENERAL FUND SUMMARY.
AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW IT'S SUMMARY AND IT DOWN THROUGH SIX.
AND, UH, WELL, ACTUALLY IT S DOWN THROUGH PAGE FIVE FIRST TWO.
IT'S JUST KIND OF AN OVERALL SUMMARY.
AND YOU'LL KNOW, AND AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS CHANGED.
AGAIN, THESE NUMBERS WILL BE CHANGED AFTER IN WHAT WE DO TODAY, BUT YOU'LL KNOW RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT AT THE TIME THIS WAS PRINTED.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE PAGE FIVE, UH, THERE, LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THIS IS A, UH, AGAIN, JUST A SUMMARY PAGE.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE DETAIL PAGE.
UH, THIS IS THE, UH, WHERE WE ARE, UH, AS OF TODAY.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT HAND COLUMN, SEE WHERE IT SAYS BELOW 2016 ON ON THIS PAGE FIVE, IS EVERYBODY WITH ME? YEAH.
ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND COLUMN, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AS OF RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH EACH DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN AGAIN, THERE'S A BREAKOUT FOR EACH DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT HERE JUST IN A FEW MOMENTS.
AND I WANNA MOVE TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I KNOW WE'RE HERE TODAY THAT KIND OF CATCH HERE, HAVE QUESTION THERE.
BUT IF, LOOK, YOU'LL SEE, UH, UH, A, UH, UH, TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET AS OF THIS TIME OF 35 MILLION, UH, OH 4 3 9 82.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT, A, UH, THE BOTTOM LINE SHOW THE NET REVENUES, AND YOU'LL SHOW THAT THAT IS A 974,000 PLUS.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
BUT THE REST OF THE STORY IS, IS THAT THIS BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE SALARY INCREASES.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY HEALTH INSURANCE.
I THINK THE HEALTH INSURANCE IS IN THERE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO IT DOES INCLUDE, I BELIEVE A 60% PERIOD.
WE NOW HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS BASED ON WHAT YOU GUYS DECIDE YOU WANNA DO ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
UH, SO WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CHANGES THERE.
UH, BUT IT DOES NOT, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL OR ANYTHING.
SO I DID THAT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE WE DO NOT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE LISTENED, BUT WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T APPROVE ANYTHING.
AND THEN WHEN I SAY APPROVE ANYTHING, WE DIDN'T SAY, YEAH, GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT IN BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT KAREN AND KW AND UH, US WORKING ON THIS AND HAVING TO COME BACK AND UNDO WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING BEEN THERE.
SO EVERYBODY CAN KIND UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE, WE GOT 9 74 PLATE.
AND WITH SOME OPTIONS TO INCREASE OR DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND WE DECIDE TO DO, HOW MANY VEHICLES WE DECIDED TO BUY, HOW MUCH, UH, AND THE REASON I SHOWED YOU THIS PAGE ON THE, UH, UH, UH, OUR REVENUE FOR THIS YEAR, THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS WE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR OUT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IN.
THAT'S GONNA BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE OVER MARGIN SEVERAL.
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UH, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STARTING FROM.AND IF ON PAGE SIX, AND I, I KNOW I'M TAKING A LOT TIME, I JUST THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE GOT EXTRA MONEY PAID THIS OFF BEFORE.
WELL, THAT THIS IS, YEAH, THIS IS A WHOLE BUDGET.
I'M SAYING BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY.
WE HAVE NOT, WE UNDER BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, THE JAIL, I MEAN, THERE'S SOME THINGS WE MAY WANNA GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR THIS YEAR, UH, THAT I THINK WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, THAT WE WON'T HAVE THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT NEXT YEAR.
AND I'VE GOT A A, I PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE LIST AND, UH, BUT IT'S THIS, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, SO I MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, OKAY, YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PROBABLY HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA OF MONDAY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M LOOKING AT IS PAYING OFF A LOAN AT AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK ON SOME TAHOES THAT WE BOUGHT.
I'VE GOT AHEAD AND THAT OFF WE TAKE IT THAT, TAKE THAT OUTTA THOSE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT A TWO YEAR LOAN AT BANK FOR, OR, UH, 93,000.
IT'S GOT TWO MORE YEARS LEFT ON YOU, BUT UH, THAT'S VEHICLE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE PAYING AROUND THE LOWER, AROUND 2% ON THOSE TWO LOANS, WHICH IS NOT BAD, BUT WE'RE DRAWING WHAT, ONE 10TH OF 1% IN THE BANK, YOU KNOW? AND SO IT'S BETTER TO GO AHEAD, IN MY OPINION, GET OFF.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THE LAST ONE IS BANK PUBLIC WORKS THERE, A COUPLE OF VEHICLES ONLY ON, WE OUGHT AND GET THOSE LAY DOWN IN MY, BUT, UH, AND THEN I DID GO AHEAD AND PUT, MAYBE GO AHEAD AND BUY AN EMERGENCY, UH, VEHICLE FOR THE, UH, OR FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
UH, THERE, UH, AND AGAIN, THESE, I'M JUST TALKING NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GET THE EXACTLY THE FOOD WARMER AND, AND BRIAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
WELL SEE THE $40,000 IS THE SERVING TRAY.
THE SERVING LINE THAT KEEPS EVERYTHING WARMING, ALL THAT.
MY BELIEF IS, IS THAT, AND THAT'S, THEY'VE ASKED FOR THAT IN NEXT YEAR, BUT I BELIEVE, LET'S GO AHEAD, BUT, BUT THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HAVING A WORKSHOP TODAY.
UH, ON PAGE FIVE WHERE WE HAVE THE 9 74 180 2 WITH THE, THE NEW VALUES, UH, IT GOES DOWN TO $763,113.
OKAY? WE LOST 211,000 7 63 WHAT? 7 63 1 1 3.
BUT WE HAVE NOT, WE FIGURED THE COST AND WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO ON INSURANCE, WHICH CERTAINLY HEALTH INSURANCE, WHICH CERTAINLY WILL MAKE THOSE NUMBERS BACK UP, SHE HAD BUDGETED A FLAT 6% AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE A FLAT 6%, IT'S GOING BE MORE 63 WHAT? 763,113.
AND THAT'S FIGURING IT OUT OF 98.5%.
97% COLLECTION WITH A PERCENT AND HALF FOR THE, UH, UH, PENALTY INTEREST.
BUT AGAIN, MA'AM, PARDON ME, WHAT IS THAT? THE, THE FREEZE OF THE TAX? YEAH.
AND, UH, IT'S GONNA LOWER, UM, ROAD AND BRIDGE BY $41,609 AND I'M GONNA BE 23,850 SHORT AND PAID IN DEBT.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET THAT FIXED.
AND THAT AGAIN, WE WILL DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS YESTERDAY, SIR.
AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TODAY IS GONNA AFFECT THAT BOTTOM LINE.
I WAS HOPING IT WOULD, BUT IT DIDN'T.
SO IT'S WHAT IT'S, WE JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP TO US.
SHELL, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WHAT I HAVE IN THE FUND BALANCE TO SEE IF IT'LL HELP, BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO EITHER WAY.
NO, I DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY USUALLY SAY IT'S A, IT'S KIND OF LIKE ALMOST A RAINY DAY FUND.
IF YOU DO COLLECT ALL THE TAXES AND FEES THAT GO IN THERE, YOU WOULD HAVE ENOUGH FUND BALANCE TO MAKE IT UP TO HELP YOU PAY THAT DEBT, WHICH WE DON'T EVER WANT DEFAULT ON.
AND THEY ALWAYS SAY IT'S A GOOD PRACTICE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S DEBT SERVICE
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SET IN FUND BALANCE, SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL BACK ON.SO ANYWAY, UH, LOOKING AT PAGE SIX, AGAIN, THESE ARE THE REVENUES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UH, I NOTICED THAT, UH, WHEN WE GET THROUGH HERE, IF YOU'LL LOOK DOWN, UH, WHERE IT'S GOT TAXES AND THEN RIGHT BELOW THERE IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, MIXED DRINKS.
UH, NOW WE'VE GOT BINGO REVENUE IN THERE TOO.
SO THE BINGO FOLKS ARE, YOU KNOW, OUT QUITE A BIT AND THERE'S STILL QUITE A DRINKING GOING ON TOO THAT APPEARS HERE.
AND I THINK THE SA LOT OF, I THINK SO.
I THINK THESE ARE DRINKS THAT, MIXED DRINKS THAT ARE RESTAURANT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST, UH, KIND OF A PART OF THAT, UH, THE JURY FEES, UH, MINOR, UH, PART THERE, UH, TRANSFER FROM, UH, FUND 29 AND 38.
UH, I'M NOT SURE, UH, EXACTLY.
UH, SOMEBODY GAVE ME A DESCRIPTION OF THAT.
THAT USED TO BE WHAT WAS CONSIDERED THE, UM, THE COUNTY FEES THAT WE COLLECTED FROM, UH, TURNING IN THE STATE QUARTERLY REPORTS ON BY.
UM, BUT WITH DOWNSET AUDITOR, THEY HAD US CHANGED IT, THE NAME OF IT, TO TRANSFER.
'CAUSE THEY'RE TRANSFERRED BETWEEN FIVE.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, IT'S CALLED SOMETHING DIFFERENT NOW.
SO, UH, THE COUNTY PART OF THE DPS FEES, UH, THAT'S A PART THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, PAY FOR, UH, WHATEVER FEES DPS SAYS WE OWE THEM, UH, BOND FORFEITURE SETTLEMENTS.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, 21,000 BUDGETED.
UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED ABOUT 15,000.
JUDGE WILEY, I THINK YOU DID SOMETHING IN YOUR OFFICE ON TO HELP IMPROVE THAT.
I BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T RECENTLY.
I SHOULD BEEN TOTALLY ATTENTI TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
DO YOU MIND REPEAT? WELL, I'M NOT, I'M I'M USED TO THAT.
YOU ARE SPEAKING I SHOULDN'T ON THE BOND FORFEITURE SETTLEMENTS.
I THINK YOU, YOU GUYS WELL, YEAH, AND REBECCA CAN EVEN SPEAK TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S PAYING AS MORE ATTENTION THAN I AM.
WE HAVE INSTITUTED, UM, REALLY JUST AN INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF REFLECTION.
IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE BIT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S IN EFFECT THE, THE WAY THE STATUTE WORKS, YOU HAVE LIKE SIX MONTHS FOR A MISDEMEANOR AND NINE MONTHS FOR A FELONY UNTIL YOUR, UH, LIMITATIONS RUNS FOR CERTAIN DEFENSES.
SO OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, WE SHOULD START SEEING AN IMPACT THAT THE NEW POLICY, BUT IT JUST HASN'T BEEN IN PLACE FOR THAT INITIAL SIX MONTHS.
BUT I BUT THIS IS IN PLAIN GO AHEAD, JUDGE.
I JUST WANNA SAY THOUGH, THE IMPACT OF THE POLICY IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THAT WE'RE NOT, THE MONEY ISN'T REALLY NEVER GONNA BE WHAT IT USED TO BE.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS, OVER TIME, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, IT WAS A CLEANUP PROCESS BECAUSE THE BOND, THE WAY THE DA'S OFFICE DID IT BEFORE HAS SUCH A LOW PERCENTAGE THAT THE, THE PENALTY WASN'T VERY TIME, BUT WE HAD LET IT APPROVE FOR SO LONG.
SO THAT WAS DURING THE OTHER ADMINISTRATION, MAYBE AS FAR BACK AS HARRISON AND THEN MR. FELLEN AND THEY KIND OF STARTED, THOSE NUMBERS WENT UP AND THEY FINALLY STARTED TO CLEAN IT UP.
BUT WE, IT'S BEEN CLEANED UP AND NOW BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE HAVE SET UP, THEY'RE, WE'RE PUTTING THE BURDEN BACK ON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING BONDS, RIGHT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE JUDGES IS YOU'RE NOT HAVING A LOT OF FORAGE, WHICH IS REALLY A GOOD THING IN THE CRIMINAL CASE, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT.
BUT AS FAR AS OUR MONEY AND BOTTOM LINE ON THAT LINE ITEM, IT'S NOT GONNA EVER GET TO BE USED TO IT.
BUT IT DID THE RESULT, YOU FIXED WHAT? YES.
YEAH, THAT'S THE PROBLEM LINE.
AND IN FIXING IT, WE'RE MAKING IT SO A LITTLE BIT OF HONORS ON THE BONDSMAN, RIGHT, THAT THEY'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THEY GET TO COURT, WHICH IS WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE BOND FOR, RIGHT? SO THE MONEY'S NOT GONNA BE THERE.
AND YOU KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IN ME RESPECT EFFECT.
WHAT IS EFFECT ONE, WHICH IS THE EFFECT WE REALLY, WE WANNA RECORD.
WE DON'T THOSE OTHER FEES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, I DON'T WHERE ONE OF THEM, ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTION ABOUT ANY OF THE FEES YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WITH THE
WE DON'T FIGHT THEIR, I MEAN WE PAY THEM, BUT WE GET THE MONEY FROM THEM, KIND OF LIKE THE, UH, THE CHILDREN SHELTER.
YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OUR GOODS OVER HERE, NOT BETTER.
THEY'RE MOVING A LOT OF CASES.
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NOW THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THAT IS THEY ARE DOING THAT AND THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DA'S OFFICE MISTAKE.THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THAT IS THEY'RE MOVING A LOT OF CASES, BUT IT DOES PROBABLY CAUSE OUR ENGINES IN DEFENSE CAUSE TO GO UP SOME, I DON'T THINK WE'RE INCREASING IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, MANY OF 'EM DO QUALIFY AS OF DEFENSE, BUT IT MAKES THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE TOTAL SYSTEM WORK BETTER TO MOVE THOSE CASES.
AND GETS SOME, GET SOME WHERE THEY'RE PAYING THEIR, THEIR FINE OR THEIR FEE OR WHATEVER.
WELL THE OTHER BOTTOM LINE IS THAT ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN KEEPING THE FEES DOWN, THE JUDGE KEEPING FEES DOWN WITH THE ATTORNEY.
AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SITUATION FOR US.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN OFFSET A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF CASES THEY'RE MOVING.
I MEAN, THEY'RE MOVING GOOD CASES, BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, UH, INTEREST, UH, YOU KNOW, INTEREST RATES ARE JUST ALMOST ZERO.
BUT WE STILL, UH, PROJECT, UH, WE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, TO RECEIVE AROUND 50 TO THREE FIVE.
UH, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A BUDGET IS JUST AN ESTIMATE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ON THE EXACT SIZE.
UH, YOU CAN LOOK DOWN THROUGH, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE, ARE PRETTY MUCH A, UH, WE'RE INTO THE, UH, MORE DETAIL, UH, THINGS THERE, UH, ON PAGE SEVEN.
AND THESE ARE THE, UH, GENERAL FUND, UH, REVENUES AND YOU CAN, UH, SEE HOW THEY'RE LOOKING.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WILL BE A TOPIC THAT WE'LL DISCUSSION.
UH, THE LEGISLATURE AND ALL THEIR WISDOM DID, UH, APPROVE AN INCREASE ON THE SALARY, JUDICIAL SALARY SUPPLEMENT FROM THE STATE OF, UH, 10,200.
THAT IS PAID FOR BY THE STATE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT CHANGE IN THE COUNTY JUDGMENT BUDGET AND THAT WILL MAKE THAT TOTAL SETTLEMENT BE 25,000.
BUT IT'S TOTALLY PAID FOR BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DIDN'T KNOW IN SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OKAY.
UH, THE COUNTY CLERK, UH, WE'RE STILL BUDGETING, UH, APPROXIMATELY 78 OR SEVEN $85,000.
UH, UH, THAT PROBABLY SHE'LL BE PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE, UH, DISTRICT CLERK.
AND, UH, THAT ITEM, SHE'LL, SHE'LL COME IN, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT BY THE, UH, THE END OF THIS YEAR THAT THE COLUMN RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS YEAR TO DATE THROUGH JUNE 30.
BY THE WAY, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT NEXT TO LAST COLUMN WHERE THAT, THAT'S THREE NINE MONTHS.
SO STILL BE THREE MONTHS BE ADDED TO, UM, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE FEES.
UH, I, THAT DEPARTMENTS CLERK C UH, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT JUSTICES OF PEACE.
AND I'M MOVING ON DOWN THESE BECAUSE WE DON'T, WILL YOU STOP ME IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, KAREN DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO DO THAT BY JP PRECINCT.
AND UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY WERE THROUGH THE, UH, NINE MONTHS.
FOR EXAMPLE, JP ONE WAS AT 87 7 8 3, UH, SORRY, 7 82.
UH, THAT WAS FOR NINE MONTHS AND WE'RE PROJECTING NEXT YEAR THAT BE ABOUT THOUSAND PRECINCT TWO.
YOU CAN SEE PRECINCT THREE, UH, 2 39.
WE'RE EXPECTING HIM TO BE AROUND 3 27.
AND THEN, UH, JUSTICE OF THE EAST PRECINCT FOUR, UH, EXPECT SOMEWHERE AROUND TWO 64,000.
SO THAT GIVES YOU KIND OF A LITTLE BIT BETTER BREAKDOWN OF WHAT EACH JP OFFICE IS 13 TO BE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT GIVES US A LITTLE CLEAR.
AND THEN, UH, ON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO IS HERE WITH US, BY THE WAY, STILL WITH US, I'M SURE FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE HERE, UH, WE'LL SEE.
THAT'S MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE, I BELIEVE WHAT UNDER 7, 8, 7 UNDER THE, UH,
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DA'S REVENUE THAT WE GET, THE 90, WE BUDGET TO 97,000.AND UH, THAT'S MONEY WE GET FROM THE STATE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S CSCD, MOST OF IT.
IT COMES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT COURTS AND PAYMENTS.
OKAY, SO THAT'S NOT STATE MONEY.
BUDGET IS TAX ASSESSMENT COLLECTOR.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE UH, SHE IS.
AND PRIMARILY WHAT REVENUE IS THAT? UH, I'M GETTING TO IT RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE COME IN AND ASK INFORMATION.
LOOKS LIKE WE'VE BEEN HITTING THAT AMOUNT APPROXIMATELY.
I, UH, YEAH, IT'S TAX AND AUTO REGISTRATION.
HER THE LITTLE FEES AND STUFF THAT SHE COLLECTS.
UH, CONSTABLES DID THE SAME THING WITH THE CONSTABLES THAT ON THE J BROKE DOWN BY CONSTABLE.
UH, AND THIS SHOWS THE REVENUES THAT MAY GAIN, UH, PRECINCT ONE, UH, 2020 7,000 2 54 A DATE.
AND UH, 32 5 YOU'LL CONS ARE LISTED THERE.
AND THESE ARE THE, THEY SERVE PAPERS, REVENUE, THEY GET SERVED AND OF THIS NATURE.
THIS IS NOT TICKET MONEY, NOTHING.
IT'S JUST PAPER SERVED AND THAT'S IT.
RIGHT? IT'S THROUGH THE JP, JP OFFICES, DIFFERENT PIECE THAT THEY CHARGE.
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS THE SAME THING.
THEY SERVE PAPERS, THEY GET MONEY THAT THAT CREATED BACK THEIR ACCOUNT.
AND YOU SEE, IT'S BEEN PRETTY STATED ACROSS THE, THE BOARD, THEY GET MONEY FROM THE JP, ALL FOUR OF THEM, UH, CS D AND DIFFERENT OTHER THINGS.
SO IT'S MISCELLANEOUS THREE DIFFERENT FINDING.
WE'RE SHOWING, UH, AROUND 5,000.
UH, AND THAT IS COUNTY COURT LAW.
VERY LAST ONE THERE ON PAGE SEVEN.
VERY SIMILAR TO THEIR, TO THE COURT COSTS.
I BELIEVE MS. HUGHES'S OFFICE COLLECTS SOME KIND OF FEES FOR THEM TOO, RIGHT? WHEN THEY HAVE COURTS? WE DO.
I I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY IT WOULD BE BROKE OUT SEPARATE FROM THE FEES COLLECTED IN 1 9 3.
I GUESS IT'S JUST THE WAY THE SYSTEM SET IT UP.
THAT'S HOW ODYSSEY PRINTS OUT.
YEAH, ODYSSEY PRINTS THAT OUT AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S CODED AND IT'S RECEIVED.
OKAY, SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FEES PORTION OF THAT THAT WE APPROVE? ALRIGHT, SALE OF ASSETS.
BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS IS AUCTION THAT'S GOING ON.
UH, YOU KNOW, I I JACK'S NOT HERE.
I THINK I HEARD IT WAS ALREADY CLOSED.
THEY'RE JUST DIVVYING OUT STUFF NOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, ONCE, ONCE THEY CLOSE THE AUCTION, THE PEOPLE HAVE TO COME PAY, PICK UP THE STUFF, GET THE KEYS, GET THE TITLES, THEY'LL MAKE ONE SETTLEMENT CHECK.
IT'LL BE BROKEN DOWN TO THE, UH, DETAIL REPORT AND JACK WILL BE ABLE TO BE, AND WE'LL CODE IT AND THEY'LL TAKE IT DOWN AND RECEIVE IT.
AND THEN WE PUT THE MONEY IN ACCOUNT.
SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN THAT'S, I I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE TO YEAR BEFORE LAST, THE GENERAL FUND GOT 98,000 BUT WE ONLY BUDGETED THOSE OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I HOPE IT DOES FOR TWO REASONS.
NOW THE NEXT, ON PAGE EIGHT, AS FAR AS REVENUES ARE CONCERNED, UH, THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW, THAT'S WHERE THE STATE PAYS THE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW TO COUNTY COURTS OF LAW THAT WE HAVE THE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM.
THAT IS MONEY THAT WE GET FROM BECAUSE WE'RE VERY ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE COUNTY.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUDGETED
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FOR THAT.THIS, BUT IT CAN ONLY BE USED, I MEAN IT'S FRONT TAG CAN ONLY BE USED FOR OUR HEALTH ACCOUNT AND STUFF DO IT.
SO BY THE WAY, THEY, WHETHER YOU REMEMBER THIS LAST YEAR OR NOT, IS SO PLEASED WITH PARTICIPATION LAST YEAR.
THEY REDUCED OUR, UH, TOTAL PREMIUM FOR HEALTH INSURANCE BY 1% BECAUSE HOW SUCCESSFUL NOW OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON NOW APPROACHING AND SO, AND I MEAN THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR COUNTY, GOOD FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT IT ALSO GOOD WE'RE TRYING MAKE THAT, UH, TOBACCO FUNDS.
THAT IS MONEY THAT WE STILL, UH, RECEIVED, UH, FROM THE ALL THAT LAWSUIT.
I THINK I MAY HAVE AN UPDATED, UH, NUMBER ON THAT.
UH, IS THAT IT? OR DO YOU KNOW THE 11 6 25.
I KNEW WE'D GOT A NEW NUMBER AND I THOUGHT WE'D SEND IT OVER PHYSICAL SERVICE FEES.
UH, I THAT'S REVENUE AND I KNOW THESE SMALL NUMBER MIGHT JUST KNOW PHYSICAL SERVICE FEE.
YEAH, THAT ONE COMES FROM, UH, THE CC REPORTS.
SO, UH, THE NEXT ITEM THAT YOU SEE IS REIMBURSEMENT FOR ELECTION EXPENSE.
THE, UH, THAT'S, WELL ACTUALLY FUND 81 82.
WHAT IS THAT? UH, UM, THAT'S THE SALARY REIMBURSEMENT FOR HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THAT REIMBURSEMENT FOR ELECTION EXPENSE.
THAT'S WHERE THE STATE REIMBURSES US FOR WHENEVER WE ARGUE ELECTION FOR STATE, YOU KNOW, STATE OFFICES.
SO THEY DO REIMBURSES FOR THAT.
THEN IF YOU'LL START WITH, UH, WHERE IT SAYS TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH, UH, DOWN TO THE, UH, AC THAT'S THE TAX COLLECTION FEES THAT WE CHARGE THE ENTITIES THAT WE COLLECT THEIR TAXES FOR.
AND THAT'S THE AMOUNT APPROXIMATELY ONE THAT IS NOT.
AND ALSO THIS DOES NOT, I BELIEVE THE CITY OF, UH, TOTALITY HAS UH, UH, IMPLEMENTED I BELIEVE A, UH, PROPERTY TAXES NEXT YEAR.
IS THAT YOURS? YOU, YOU PROBABLY KNOW VIRGINIA'S 5 CENTS.
SO WE'LL NEED TO SHOW THAT AS YOU CALL A LOW.
WE'LL NEED TO ADD THE ON THERE KAREN KW.
THAT'S PRETTY WELL WHAT IT IS.
UH, REIMBURSEMENT ON TELEPHONE POSTAGE? UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S SECURUS.
WE, THAT'S WHAT? THAT'S THE INMATE PHONES.
IN INTERNET PHONE INMATES IN INMATES ON OH, INMATE PHONES.
SO IT'S BEEN A LOT ON INMATE PHONES.
THEY'VE HAD TO PAY TO USE THE PHONE.
THEY, THEY HAVE A CARD THAT THEY USE THAT'S LOADED IT UP, I GUESS BY 10 FOLKS OR BRANDON WHEN THEY USE THAT PHONE, IT'S CHARGED.
AND WHEN WE GET A FEE FROM SECURUS, WE'RE LETTING THEM GO INTO OUR JAIL SUPPLY IT OWN SYSTEM INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS.
UH, IS THE BUDGET SOME THERE AS, AS AN EXPENSE AND UH, OR AS REVENUE.
IT'S JUST BEST JUST KIND OF ESTIMATE, UH, SANITATION FEES ON THE NEXT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON PAGE EIGHT BEFORE I MOVE ON? PAGE EIGHT.
80,000, 87,000 OR WE'VE RECEIVED 87,000 WITH, WHAT
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IS THAT COMES FROM HOMEOWNER WORKS.YEAH, THAT COMES FROM UH, PUBLIC WORKS.
FROM AND PART OF THAT IS DO THAT SOME OF IT'S CONTRACT RENEWALS, UH, SOME
WE'RE CURRENTLY THIS YEAR WE'RE ON TRACK TO GO OVER NINE.
YOUR MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GOING COLLECT.
'CAUSE THAT'S A NEW DEPARTMENT RIGHT? THAT Y'ALL ESTABLISHED.
WE ONLY BUDGETED 15 FIVE AND THEY'VE ALREADY COLLECTED 32,000.
SO, WELL THAT'S WHY WE'RE ON, LET'S GO AHEAD.
I THINK WE SHOULD INCREASE, SO THEY'RE GONNA BRING IN MORE THAN AFTER THREE NINE MONTHS ON SANITATION FEES.
WE ALREADY, SEVEN IS, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH 95,000? RANDY? DOES THAT THREE MONTHS PROBABLY.
I'M, I'M PROJECTING AROUND NINE TWO MY FIRST YEAR INTO IT.
SO I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT PAST HISTORY AND SEASONAL Y'ALL 90,000 AND THEN ON THE NEXT ONE, ON THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT RENEWAL, UH, WE'RE ABOUT 30 SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
PROBABLY GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UM, AGAIN, SEASONAL PROBABLY ANOTHER 15 TO 20.
WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED 32 AND WE'RE ONLY COMPOSING 15.
NOW THAT'S, WELL WHAT WE'VE COMPANY SOUTH, WE'LL KNOW A LOT MORE AFTER THIS BUDGET YEAR 'CAUSE OF THE TRANSITION THAT WE DID IN THE, OF CERTAINLY SALE OF VOTER ROLLS.
UH, WHAT THAT IS, IS PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, COME INTO VOTE INTO VOTED MISCELLANEOUS AGAIN.
UH, WE'VE TRADITIONALLY SINCE 2014.
UH, WHAT, GIMME SOME EXAMPLE OF THAT.
UM, WHAT PART OF THIS IS, WE DON'T USUALLY COLLECT THAT MUCH, BUT ANYWAY, UH, WE HAD $60,482 WORTH OF UNCLAIMED, UH, RESTITUTION THAT WE WERE TOLD TO REPORT TO OUR REVENUES.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE PUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES.
WE'RE, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP A LOT OF CHECKS THAT ARE UNPLANNED.
UH, WE HAVE SOME NEW INFORMATION AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED THAT TO MS. DA AND SHE IS GOING TO HELP US FOLLOW THE RULES ON WHAT WE KEEP AND WHAT WE RETURN TO THE STATE.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING SOME CLARIFICATION FROM, UM, THE DA AND REBECCA, SHE'S HELPING US WITH IT BECAUSE SOME OF IT'S SPLIT OUT.
SOME OF IT, IF RESTITUTION YOU KEEP A HUNDRED PERCENT, SOME OF IT, WE STILL HAVE TO SEND THE STATE PERCENTAGE OF IT.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVEN'T CLASSIFIED RIGHT.
SO WE REIT THE RIGHT AMOUNT, NOT IN THE COUNTY CHARGE.
ARE YOU, BUT YOU'RE DECREASING THE REVENUE AND WHAT WE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THIS YEAR FROM HUNDRED 23,000 DOWN TO 60,000, THAT'S A 60,000.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT CAME FROM, UM, THE, WE GET, UH, A CHECK USUALLY IN THE AMOUNT OF CLOSE TO $300 FOR UM, RX PEOPLE, FOR RX CARD PRESCRIPTIONS.
THEY GIVE US A A THING AND WE HAVE SOME SMALL FEES THAT WE COLLECT AND UM, WE WROTE OFF SOME STATE DATED CHECKS, UNPLANNED CHECKS AND UM, WE JUST, WE JUST LOWERED IT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T REAL SURE OF WHAT WE WOULD PROBABLY RECORD IN THERE BECAUSE WE'VE MADE SEPARATE LINE ITEMS FROM OTHER THINGS SO WE CAN TRACK IT EASIER FOR YOU.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK AND REVISIT AFTER WE TALK? WELL WE GET, YEAH, WE GET SOME CHECKS ALSO FROM THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
LIKE ONE MONTH WE GOT A CHECK FOR 7,801 CHECK FOR 42 AND ONE CHECK FOR $24.
UH, THE DISTRICT, UH, ATTORNEY, UH, REIMBURSES US FROM SOME STUFF OUT OF HER OTHER FUNDS THAT YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR.
AND WE JUST PUT IT TO MS. SALINA REVENUES.
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OF THAT WAS, UM, THE TDC DISCRETIONARY GRANT USED TO BE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS WHAT GRANT? THE TDC DISTRICT DISCRETIONARY, THAT MENTAL, UH, MENTAL HEALTH ATTORNEY, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE THAT USED TO BE REPORTED IN MISCELLANEOUS.AND HOW MUCH APPROXIMATELY WAS IT? IT WAS I, THIS LAST YEAR WE BUDGETED 60,000.
OKAY, WELL THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE KIDS YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WENT DOWN LOWER.
BECAUSE I KNEW WE WERE SEPARATING THINGS OUT.
UH, WELL THE NEXT ONE IS THE BUYBOARD.
THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE GET A CHECK BACK.
5,000 THAT'S SITTING IN FRONT.
DID WE NOT HAVE THAT? WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT SEPARATED OUT BEFORE THE BY BOARD.
YOU SAID WE SEPARATED THE BY BOARD, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, JACK CAME TO Y'ALL AND ASKED YOU TO PUT A LINE ITEM IN HIS BUDGET TO GIVE EMPLOYEES RECOGNITION YES.
WHEN THEY'RE RETIRED AND STUFF.
SO THERE, THAT IS SEPARATED THAT WAY.
AND WE, WE STILL PLAN ON DOING THAT.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE HAD DONE, BUT WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT STEP UP TO THE PLATE EVEN FOR WHATEVER WE FISH FRY WHATEVER WE DECIDED TO DO THE NEXT ISLAND WE GOT UNPLANNED CAPITAL CREDITS.
AND THIS IS THE DEAL THAT WE, UH, YOU KNOW WHERE THE ELECTRIC CO-OP, WE HAVE TWO IN THE COUNTY, FARMERS ELECTRIC GOT A GREENVILLE AND OF ELECTRIC AND UH, LAST YEAR THEY UH, WE RECEIVED $35,000 AND WE UH, SENT ALL OF THAT TO THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER.
THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED 165,000.
AND SO NONE OF THAT'S BEEN DISTRIBUTED AT THIS POINT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH HER LEE AND HER OFFICE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND I THINK THERE'RE DOING SOME INVESTIGATION.
I THINK REBECCA, YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT IT'S MONEY THAT CAN BE USED FOR VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT DOES NEED TO BE DISTRIBUTED, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO SIT ON IT.
BUT IT, IT'S NOT JUST MONEY WE CAN SPEND FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST ANYTHING.
SO JUDGE WOULD LAST YEAR THAT 35 WAS THAT MISCELLANEOUS, THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEPARATE.
12 HOURS CAN MAKE JUST CONTINUAL LEGAL RESEARCH.
SO EVERYTHING, AND YOU ASKED ME ABOUT THIS FUND, ABOUT THIS TIME YESTERDAY, THAT WAS 24 HOURS OR LAST NIGHT BEFORE YOU LEFT REBECCA
AND WE'VE GOT A CLERK THAT'S JUST KEEPS LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE WE HAD PULLED AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION THAT SPECIFICALLY SAID, WITHOUT WARNING YOU ABOUT IT, SAID THAT THAT COULD NOT BE USED FOR ANY TYPE OF EXACERBATING.
I I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I READ THAT OPINION.
SO YOU READ THE OPINION ON ROLL OVER YOU, BUT WE KEPT LOOKING BECAUSE WE, YOU, YOU GUYS WILL SAY, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE WE COULD DO WITH IT? UM, AND I DON'T, I MEAN JUST TO KIND OF REVIEW THE, THE, UH, I'VE GOT A, I'VE GOT A QUICK THUMBNAIL LITTLE LEGAL RESEARCH HERE AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, THAT SECTION 3 8 1 0 0 4, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT MAY BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS ACCRUED THROUGH UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS TO PAY FOR A TAX BANK FOR IN MAY.
AND THAT IS, THAT WAS CHANGED BECAUSE BASICALLY THEY AMENDED THAT STATUTE TO ACCOUNT.
SO THE LAW HAS CHANGED FROM THAT PREVIOUS AG.
I MEAN JUST WITHIN, SO I KNOW NOW, UM, ALSO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOOD THAT REBECCA DID IS SHE WENT AND PULLED THE BUDGETS FROM SOME OTHER BIGGER CITIES LIKE PLANO, UH, COLLIN COUNTY, UH, COURT AND LOOKED AT WHAT, HOW THEY KIND OF, 'CAUSE EVERYTHING YOU HAD ASKED ME ABOUT AND I SAID, OH I DON'T KNOW WE CAN DO THAT.
CAN WE HOLD IT FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT? WHATEVER.
SO SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS WERE, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE SAYING THAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE DOING SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND THE ONLY AND THE ONLY PAGE I WOULD MAKE IS I STILL THINK WHATEVER Y'ALL DECIDE TO DO, YOU HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN I THOUGHT.
WE CAN SPECIFICALLY TALK TO ANY OF YOU GUYS ABOUT IT OR EVEN REBECCA CAN.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT BEFORE I, THAT KIND OF COVER EVERYTHING? NO, I THINK THAT GETS IT.
I MEAN THEY ADDED SECTION G AND THAT TALKS ABOUT THE BATEMAN.
SO THEY REALLY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS, THEY FIXED THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION GOOD BY STATUTE.
BUT I, AND I MEAN YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME, WHICH IS JUST TO SAY 'CAUSE THIS AND THEN MY BUDGET AND I'M GONNA GET OUT HERE, BUT I ACTUALLY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES US SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE FUNDS.
BUT I STILL THINK THE ENTITY, THE CAC IS ONE OF, IT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO START SOME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
SO I THINK SHOULD THINK ABOUT DOING SOMETHING.
YEAH, BUT IT'S, THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY.
I THOUGHT WE, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT ALL TO THEM SHELTER OR SOMETHING, BUT I WAS WRONG.
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OKAY.WELL AND WE DID, UH, LAST YEAR AGAIN, WE DID CONTRIBUTE $35,200 2K.
BUT SINCE WE'VE GOT THIS DIFFERENT, UH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON, UH, IT IS, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'LL GET NEXT YEAR.
WE CANNOT, WE'LL FIND SOMETHING THAT'S A ONE TIME EXPENSE MAYBE THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE.
PUT IT INTO A BUDGET ITEM, WHICH NOT MONEY FOR IT NEXT YEAR.
BUT THAT ONE TIME EXPENSE HAS TO BE FIT IN PARAMETERS OF WHAT THE LAW SAYS IT CAN'T BE.
AND THAT SAYS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OR WELL WHAT I MEAN CAN YOU BUY LIKE EMERGENCY VEHICLE WITH OR NO, NO, IT'S REALLY, REALLY STRICT.
IS IT? THAT'S WHAT IT'S UM, BUSINESS, UH, COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY STIMULATOR ENCOURAGE THAT.
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES, UM, SHE'S READING AND THEY SPECIFICALLY HAVE THE, THE CAC IS LIKE THE MOST POPULAR, UH, PLACE FOR COUNTY SUSPENDED FROM LOOKING AT OTHER BUDGETS.
AND THEN THEY'VE GOT, UM, SERVICES TO ABUSE CHILDREN, WHICH IS, AND I CAN GET A COPY OF THIS FOR ANY, SO WE CAN PASS, WE, WE COULD USE IT FOR LIKE A SERVICE DOG FOR CHILDREN AND UH, AND UH, IN THE JUVENILE DEPART WE COULD, I TOLD ABOUT IT, WE COULD, WE COULD DO A SERVICE DOG.
WELL, BUT LET ME SAY THIS AND I MEAN I'M MAKING AN ARGUMENT AGAINST MYSELF BECAUSE I THINK IF WE WANT A SERVICE DOG, THEN I NEED TO SPEND THAT MONEY OUT COURT BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY AGENCIES.
I MEAN I'M JUST BEING FAIR THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S REALLY BACK TO THE SHELTER AND THE CAC THAT DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GENERATE ANY FUNDS AND FOR A SPECIAL PROJECT THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE THAT FITS UNDER THAT, UH, THE WAY THEY'VE CHANGED G THAT A COMMISSIONER'S COURT MAY DEVELOP A PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU GUYS CAN USE AND SHE JUST READ IT RIGHT OFF GET FUNDS TO LITERACY PROGRAMS. YEAH, ART PROGRAMS. YEAH.
AND THE OTHER THING I BELIEVE JUDGE YOU SHARED WITH ME IS, IS THAT THIS MONEY SHOULD, YOU SHOULD NOT CARRY IT OVER.
WELL AGAIN, EVERYTHING CHANGED.
SOME COUNTIES DO HOLD IT, SOME COUNTIES DO HOLD IT.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S THE BEST PRACTICE.
WE GET A COPY OF THE LIST SO WE CAN OH YEAH, WE'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
AND I'VE GOT AN IDEA THAT MAY OR NOT, BUT IT'S DESERVES IT.
BUT I THINK THAT, I THINK OF THOSE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, YOU GUYS CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
I APPRECIATE ABOUT THE, IT'S FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAY, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE PRETTY WELL, I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING PRETTY IMPORTANT.
IT'S, YEAH, SO THEN THE CHILDREN NEEDED TO GO TO COURT AND I THINK THAT'S ONE TELL YOU GREAT IDEA FOR ME TO ARGUE AGAINST MYSELF AND TONY BECAUSE THE CASH ESSENTIAL FOR CHILD ABUSE CASES AND THAT'S WHAT WE PUSH THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S, IT'S THE INSTRUMENTAL TOOL.
SO JUST KNOW WE KEEP LOOKING BECAUSE Y'ALL KEEP SAYING WHERE ELSE CAN WE PAY OFF SOME BILLS? AND WE, REBECCA KEPT RESEARCHING IT, LOOKING AT IT.
SO I GUESS COSTA WILL BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT CASA, THEY WEREN'T ON THE LIST LOOSELY.
I MEAN I JUST LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT'S CASA BUT WE LOOKED AT IT AND IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT OTHER PEOPLE DID AND SO I DON'T KNOW.
I I IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT, WELL IT IS, BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSER BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN DO A PROJECT WITH THE COUNTY, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
AND I THINK WE CAN LEAVE A LITTLE IN THERE AND I THINK WE CAN DISPERSE SOMETHING.
SO I THINK WE CAN DO EVERYTHING WE WANT TO DO.
THAT'S THE DECISION WE'RE GONNA NEED TO LOOK AT, BUT I THINK Y'ALL GOT ENOUGH INFORMATION OUT OF Y'ALL CAN MAKE MORE.
ANYWAY, I WANTED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UH, THE RIGHT, AND I KNOW WE NEED TO REALLY MOVE ALONG AND I KNOW WE HOLDING UP SOME HEADS AND THE ELECTRIC, UH, IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE BAT MIDWAY THROUGH, UH, WHERE IT SAYS FEDERAL INMATE HOUSING, WE BUDGETED, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR $1,615,000.
UH, AND I WANT YOU TO GO BACK TO THIS SHEET THAT I GAVE YOU EARLIER.
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IF EVERYBODY WILL LOOK HERE, SEE IT.AND YOU SEE WE, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THE MEETING 2 58, BUT WE HAD TWO OR THREE MONTHS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WHERE WE DIDN'T PROBABLY RECEIVE ANYTHING.
SO, UH, THREE MONTHS REMAINING.
I HAVE NO DOUBT WE'RE KNOW CLOSE TO, UH, AT LEAST AN 86 7 PROBABLY, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR WHEN WE'RE WHOLE, WHEN WE HAVE A FULL YEAR OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER WHERE WE WERE JUST GETTING UP TO SPEED, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE BOTH MONTHS WILL BE, INSTEAD OF BEING LIKE PITCH 2000 MONTHS IN OCTOBER, CALL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 50 BUCKS.
SO I THINK THAT IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE THAT WE CAN USE.
AND UH, BRIAN, I MEAN I KNOW THE, UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING WITH THEM LAST WEEK.
UH, AND THERE'S NO INDICATION FROM THEM THAT THEY'RE UNHAPPY ABOUT ANYTHING WHATSOEVER.
THEY EVEN, UH, THE GENTLEMAN OUT OF VIRGINIA THAT LIVED THERE ALSO SAID THAT WE PROBABLY HOLD THE BEST FACILITY THAT THEY'VE BEEN TO IN HIS 20 YEAR CAREER.
BUT AGAIN, REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT CALL ONE DAY AND SAY, BUT IF THAT HAPPENS, I DON'T THINK, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AT THAT POINT IN BE IN 90 DAY OUT OR SOMETHING.
LIKE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO INDICATION.
THEY COULD JUST CUT IT DOWN TO ONE PRISON AND IT WASN'T ME.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE A MINIMUM CONTRACT, SIR, ON THE CONTRACT.
THEY COULD JUST REMOVE EVERYBODY FROM ONE BEING.
NOT THAT IT'S ANY, MY BUSINESS, I DON'T THINK THEY'D DO IT.
I JUST THINK THAT THEY, DALLAS IS WHO THEY DEALT WITH.
JUST TO GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE UNDER, WELL, DALLAS IS TERRIBLE AND YOU SAID THAT I DIDN'T UNDER THE FORMER, UNDER THE FORMER SHERIFF AND REALLY A LOT OF, UH, WHAT WE SEE NATIONALLY GOING ON WITH DETAINERS AND NOT FOLLOWING THE FEDERAL LAW, WE DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM HERE.
AND ONLY REASON I HAVE A LITTLE INSIDE IS MY HUSBAND.
MY HUSBAND WORKS UP THERE IN THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND EVERY THIRD INMATE IS IS A
AS LONG AS THEY, AS LONG AS THE JAIL IS SECURE, IT SHOULD MAKE US FEEL GOOD.
WHICH THEY DO WANT A SECURE FACILITY AND THEY'RE PROPERLY STAFFED.
I GUESS THE ONLY THING I'D EVER SCARE YOU ABOUT PUTTING, KEEPING SOMETHING THAT BIG IN A, IN A BUDGET IS THAT IF YOU LOSE IT, IT'S LIKE A COMPANY, IF YOU HAVE 50 DIFFERENT CONTRACTS, IT LOSE 50 CUSTOMERS.
WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ONE BIG GIANT ONE THAT EQUALS THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WELL, A DIFFERENT CHANGE, A DIFFERENT CHANGE IN THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
SOMEBODY MAY LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.
THEY'RE DENY, I DUNNO HOW THEY COULD, I GUARANTEE THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
THEY'RE ALWAYS, THEY'RE ALWAYS GONNA LOOK AT THEIR NUMBERS.
IF WE GET TOO HIGH, THEY'RE GONNA EVALUATE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT.
BUT I'M ALWAYS IN CONTACT WITH THEM ON A WEEKLY, EVERY WEEK OR EVERY TWO WEEKS I'M COMMUNICATING WITH THEM.
AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU ANECDOTALLY, THE FEEDBACK WE'RE, I HEAR THINK IT'S A GOOD THING, IT'S A GOOD JOB.
I JUST HATE TO SEE IT AS A, AS A FIXED THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME SET ASIDE.
REMEMBER SETTING ASIDE THAT I REMEMBER ON IT, WE MAY HAVE DISCUSSED ON, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT GO SYSTEM LONG.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE COST THREE, FOUR, YOU DO THAT, THAT TAKES 1,000,006 OUT BUDGET AND THERE'S NO CHANCE TO GIVE ANY KIND OF INCREASE IN SALARIES.
I MEAN, AND YOU CAN DO THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THE COURT WANTS TO DO, BUT JUST REST ASSURED THAT'S GOING AFFECT BUDGET.
I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THE POINT THAT I'M MAKING, ONE POINT THAT I'M MAKING IS YOU PUT A MILLION, UH, YOU GOT 1,000,006 IN THIS BUDGET FOR, THAT'S ALMOST $2 MILLION NEXT YEAR.
IF SOMETHING DID HAPPEN TO IT, AND I, LISTEN, RYAN'S DONE A GREAT JOB JAIL, DOING A GREAT JOB, EVERYTHING WORTH GOOD, BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS,
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I MOVE IT AND HE GAVE ALL THESE SALARIES, NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE UP 2 MILLION.AND IF THEY WANTED TO INCREASE IN PROTECTION, THAT WOULD BE FOUR OR FIVE OR 6 MILLION.
NOT JUST, I CAN ARGUE EITHER WAY.
I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES I, I'M JUST SAYING, I KNOW YOU DISCUSSED IT, BUT I WASN'T SURE, I DON'T REMEMBER VOTING ON IT.
I DON'T THINK MAY MADE A DECISION, BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT'D BE AN EXCELLENT IDEA THAT WE PAY DOWN THE RADIO SYSTEM.
WELL, AND IT THAT, I MEAN WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL, UH, THE, UH, I THINK IT'S FEBRUARY OF 2016, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR.
BUT IF YOU LOOKING AT THAT, UH, I MEAN PAY OFF THE SYSTEM IN PROBABLY A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS, WHEREAS NOW WE BUDGET THREE, NINE, WHATEVER IT IS, THE BUDGET.
BUT I PROMISE ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS THINK ABOUT THE REPERCUSSIONS.
THAT'S THE DECISION THAT YOU COURT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE.
UH, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE THINK THROUGH EVERYTHING.
THAT'S ALL I WAS GONNA CLARIFY.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE SCHOOL CAMERAS ON.
UH, THAT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS POINT OUT TO POPULATION.
I DON'T SEE ANY REVENUE FOR LEFT ON YEAR TODAY.
IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECORDED IT YET.
WE'RE WAITING UNTIL WE GOT SQUARED AWAY ON THE TRAINING ON, ON WHAT WE KNOW THE REPORTS WERE SAYING.
AND I JUST ENLIGHTENED MS. SECOND TO GET THAT RECORDED.
UH, THE OTHER ITEM, THE INGEN DEFENSE FORMULA GRANT, THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT THE STATE SENDS US, UH, TO HELP OPERATE IN THE DEFENSE PROGRAM IN OUR COUNTY.
BOTH AT THE, UH, IN THE DEFENSE OFFICE AND THE ATTORNEYS.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO GO UP.
UH, BUT WE'VE NOT GOTTEN ANYTHING.
WE'VE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THE STATE ABOUT I MONEY WE'RE ANYWHERE YEAR DATE 50,000 BASICALLY THAT.
YEAH, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY SEND IT ALL THEY, THAT THAT, KAREN, I'M SORRY.
WE WERE ASKING THE YEAR ON THAT MONEY.
49 80 PROBABLY THAT MUCH WE GET QUARTERLY.
UM, ALSO THE T-I-C-T-I-D-C DISCRETIONARY GRANT, THAT WAS TO REIMBURSE THE TWO EMPLOYEES AND HE ONLY HAS ONE THAT'S WORKING IN EVERY FILL THAT POSITION.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT WHOLE 60 THIS YEAR.
I'M FIXING TO REDUCE DOWN HOLD SECOND, BUT THE EXPENSE WASN'T THERE.
DO YOU THINK WE'LL MEET THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND MARK ON THE IN DEFENSE GRANT? THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SEND US EVEN EXTRA MONEY.
THOSE ARE ONLY, THAT'S ONLY TWO QUARTERS WORTH OF YEAH.
YOU HAVE TO REALIZE SOME OF THIS MONEY WE ONLY GET EVERY THREE MONTHS.
AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THAT LEGISLATURE GONNA INCREASE, BUT THEY JUST YEAH.
THE OTHER BIG NUMBERS THERE AND AGAIN, WE CAN SEE ANYTHING YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT.
UH, S-R-O-S-R-O REIMBURSEMENT, THAT'S WHAT 20 ISD REIMBURSES THIS FOR.
THEIR SO OFFICERS, THEY PAY ALL THE EXPENSE, FURNISH THE VEHICLES, THEY COVER EVERYTHING THAT'S TO THAT PROGRAM.
WIND, I NOTICED WE DON'T, I NOTICED TALKING ABOUT CUTTING THAT.
I DUNNO IF HE BUDGET ANYTHING.
UH, ON WHAT? ON THE WINDMILL? UH, FORMS. WELL WE HAD, THEY BROUGHT IT UP.
I JUST SITTING OVER, I THINK WE HAD A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP US PAY FOR THE VEHICLE OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD.
ANY EQUIPMENT? THERE'S A CONTRACT.
THERE'S LOCAL, THAT'S REASON I SAID I WAS JUST SITTING OVER THERE AT THE CORNER THINKING CHECK.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET BRIAN TO CHECK.
SEE WHAT THAT IS IT THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY TALKED, THEY TALKED ABOUT OR ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PAGE BEFORE WE TURN ON? TRANSFER FROM ROAD BREED FUND?
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WHAT, WHAT IS, UM, I GUESS IT IS R AND BRB WE'RE USING TO, UM, FOR THE INSURANCE TRANSFERS, BUT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY DIRECTION TO INSURANCE EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURE, HEALTH INSURANCE.SO I WAS SITTING IN THE WATER MEETING AND THEY ABOUT DROPPING.
CAN THEY, THEY GOT A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT THE CONTRACT DESK, I HAVE TO LOOK.
I I, THEY'RE GOING, THEY DIDN'T VOTE ON IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY JUST TALKED ABOUT IT AND I SAID THEM HAS NO CONTACTED US AT ALL.
WE, I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE CONTRACT.
WE CHECK ON THAT AND MY DESK AND I'LL BE MORE.
AND YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND I'LL SEND YOU A COPY OF IT.
YEAH, MAYBE SHE CHECK IT OUT THAT 52,350 WAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THAT LAND.
I MEAN, I WON'T EVEN BOTHER, I WON'T EVEN TALK TO HIM IF HE TELL ME THAT THEY GOT IT OUT.
WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY BOUGHT YET.
THE MONEY DOESN'T PAY UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
UH, THE INTER LOCAL REGIONAL CALL CENTER BUDGETED, UH, 300,000 ON THAT.
ON THE NEXT PAGE, UH, THE OH 9 4 3, UH, THIRD ITEMS TOP THE CALENDAR ON THAT IS, IS THAT THE AGENCIES THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH US ON THAT.
AND BRIAN, HELP ME ON THIS NOW TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT.
THE CENTER ITSELF IS NOT GONNA BE OPERATIONAL FOR EVERYBODY UP UNTIL PROBABLY SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE 700 BY THEN.
I SEE US PHASING INTO IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE WAITING ON PHASE TWO, I GUESS, OF GETTING THE TIRE BUILT.
WE'VE GOTTA GET THE REDUNDANCY FOR THE COMMUNICATION BACK TO THE TIRE, WHICH THAT'S FIBER OPTICS AND ALSO THE WAVE, UH, THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET.
UH, SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT BEFORE WE CAN EVEN MOVE IN FOR VA CAT TO JUST GET US OVER THERE.
UH, NOVEMBER THE EARLIEST IT COULD BE.