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AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TODAY TO A REGULAR MEETING OF THE, UH, COLTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.TODAY IS MONDAY, AUGUST THE 10TH, 2015.
IT'S NINE 30 TIME TO BEGIN THE MEETING, AND I ANNOUNCE THE, THE COURT IS PRESENT.
AND SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR USUAL ORDER OF, UH, INFORMATION.
WE DO HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET, UH, THERE THAT PEOPLE, UH, CARE TO ADDRESS THE COURT THIS MORNING.
IT'S, UH, THERE BY, UH, DEPUTY BEAVERS.
AND SO YOU CAN, UH, HAVE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, MEET THE COURT OR TALK THE COURT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION AND, UH, I'VE ASKED, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE BOTH OF OUR PLEDGES, UH, TO THE AMERICAN FLAG, THE TEXAS FLAG.
SO IF YOU'LL JOIN ME NOW, I COME THANK YOU ALL JUST TODAY.
AND I KNOW THIS IS SAD WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR, FOR RAIN, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO BLESS US WITH SOME RAIN TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PARK SERVICE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
ALSO TODAY, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO BLESS OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE IN SERVICE THAT ARE SERVING OUR COUNTRY, BLESS THEM FROM THEIR ENDEAVORS, ALSO BE WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN OUR COUNTY.
WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THEIR WORK THAT THEY DO AND SEND THEM HOME SAFE EACH DAY.
ALSO LIKE FOR YOU TO BLESS THIS COURT AS WE DO OUR COUNTY'S BUSINESS AND THAT WHAT WE DO WILL BE GOOD, YOUR SIDE.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, THE ONE NATION COMING GOD, AN INDIVISIBLE WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONORABLY.
THAT TAKES WAY OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE THE GOD ONE INDIVIDUAL.
ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, UH, MR. OFIELD, YOU'RE HERE AND, UH, YOU, UH, EXPRESS AN INTEREST IN TALKING TO US LITTLE BIT.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE, ARE SIMILAR TO ME AND THE CHILDREN AT THE KALIN COUNTY CHILDREN'S SHELTER ARE ON OUR HEART.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THROUGH TIME AS, AS THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS KEEP ENGAGED WITH THE CHILDREN AT THE SHELTER AND MAKING PERIODIC DONATIONS THAT WILL RALLY, UH, AN EFFORT FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT DO SO MUCH ALREADY FOR THE SHELTER, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN JUST CREATE MORE BECAUSE EACH OF THOSE HURTING CHILDRENS, UH, REPRESENTS A COMMUNITY GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT IS HURTING.
SO BY BEING CLOSER TO THE CHILDREN AND UNDERSTANDING MORE ABOUT THEM, WE WILL UNDERSTAND MUCH MORE ABOUT A, UM, THE HURTING COMMUNITY GROUP THAT'S ATTACHED TO THEM.
AND LASTLY, I WANT THANK THE COMMISSIONER AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S STAFF AND EVERYONE THAT'S MADE EFFORTS ON THESE ROAD REPORTS.
I THINK WE'VE SEEN OVER THE MEETING TIMES HOW MUCH WORK AND EFFORT HAS BEEN EXPENDED TO CREATE ROAD REPORTS THAT ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT OUR COUNTY ROADS AND WHAT ARE NOT, SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE AND FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COUNTY.
ALRIGHT, UH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS I NEED TO MAKE, UH, ANY OF THE MEETING, IF YOU WOULD, ON, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE ITEM C FROM THAT, UH, WE'VE NOT, UH, RECEIVED ALL THE INFORMATION, UH, UH, THAT WE NEED FOR THAT.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THE REGULAR PART OF THE AGENDA.
ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT WILL BE REMOVED, AND SO WE'LL NOT DISCUSS THOSE FILING IN, IN COURT TODAY.
UH, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, BEGIN WITH, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THE FIRST ITEM IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE COFFMAN COUNTY, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT.
NUMBER SIX, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING SOUTH WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION TO INSTALL 7,800 FEET OF 12 INCH AND 18 INCH WATER LINE ALONG, UH, FARM MARKET ROAD 7 41 UNDER THE GOLDEN, UH, MEADOWS
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LANE PRECINCT CIRCLE IN TON COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO.AND THEN ITEM D IS TO DISCUSS THE CONSIDER DISTRIBUTION OF HAWAII FALLS DISCOUNTS TO CALL COUNTY EMPLOYEE, WHICH WOULD BE A POPULAR ITEM CONSIDERING HE WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? PHILLIPS SECOND.
COMMISSIONER ROSA, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A ITEM NUMBER THREE IS, UH, SHANNON, ARE YOU HERE TODAY? THERE, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THIS IS, UH, SHANNON GARDNER, UH, WITH THE CAMAN COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER, AND SHE'S GONNA BE PRESENTING A REPORT TO US FROM, UH, THE, UH, UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDIT, UH, FUND THAT WE RECEIVED EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, LAST YEAR.
WE, UH, UH, THROUGH THAT FUND TO THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER, UH, THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN SECTION 3 81 DASH OR OH FOUR F OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
SHANNON IS HERE TODAY TO TELL US ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE ADVOCACY CENTER AND WELCOME.
DO YOU, THIS IS, UM, LEMME JUST PASS.
WELL, UM, AS JUDGE WOULD SAID, I'M SHANNON NER AND I'M PEPPER IN MY MOUTH.
UM, I'M THE DIRECTOR AT THE KAMAN COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER.
UM, WE ARE CALLED KAUFFMAN COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER BECAUSE WE SERVE THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF KAMAN.
UM, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE ARE A COUNTY AGENCY, WHICH I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE GET CONFUSED.
UM, AS YOU SEE, I'VE, UM, PUT TOGETHER JUST A LITTLE PROPOSAL ON IT'S SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE ADVOCACY CENTER, UM, EVERYWHERE, ANYTHING FROM OUR MISSION STATEMENT, OUR HISTORY, YOU KNOW, WHO WE SERVE.
UM, BOTTOM LINE IS WE WORK WITH, UH, VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE, UM, CHILD ABUSE.
WE ARE THE FIRST STEP IN THE, UH, UM, IN THE INVESTIGATION.
WHEN A REPORT COMES IN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE FIRST PHONE CALL THAT THEY MAKE AND THAT'S TO, YOU KNOW, SET UP AN, UM, A TIME FOR THAT FAMILY AND THAT CHILD TO COME TO OUR OFFICE TO, UM, LIKE I SAID, START THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS.
UM, I THINK YOU WOULD'VE TO BE LIVING UNDER A ROCK TO NOT KNOW THAT, UM, CHILD ABUSE IS OBVIOUSLY A, A HUGE ISSUE, NOT ONLY JUST IN OUR COUNTY, BUT YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE NATION.
UM, ONE REFERRAL OR SEXUALLY ABUSED BY THE TIME THEY'RE 18, ONE IN SIX BOYS ARE SEXUALLY ABUSED BY THE TIME THEY'RE 18.
SO THIS IS, IT'S AN EPIDEMIC IS REALLY WHAT IT'S, UM, AND AT, I THINK IF IT WAS CALLED, UM, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE DISEASE OR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CANCER, THEN WE WOULD BE DOING MORE SAID, UM, TRY AND REMEDY THAT SITUATION.
BUT, UM, THE, UH, THE IMPORTANCE AND THE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, THE NEED TO ADDRESS IT IS, IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WE, UH, WE GOT STARTED IN 2008.
BASICALLY, UM, UH, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE KALIN COUNTY SHERIFF, UM, SAW A NEED FOR THESE TYPE INVESTIGATIONS TO, TO NEED, UM, A LITTLE RE RETHINKING AND, UM, THESE KIDS AND THESE FAMILIES NEEDED, UM, ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THEY WEREN'T RECEIVING.
AND SO THAT'S HOW THIS CAME TO BE.
IT WAS AN IDEA OF SEVERAL PEOPLE AND THEN LOTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS GOT INVOLVED.
UM, UM, I HAPPENED TO MOVE TO THE COUNTY ABOUT THAT TIME, AND MY BACKGROUND IS WORKING IN CHILDREN ADVOCACY CENTER.
SO, UM, I VOLUNTEERED THE HELP.
SO WE, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE MADE THIS HAPPEN AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS.
AND I SAY SUCCESS, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILD ABUSE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, UM, AT NO COST.
UM, PROVIDE THEM THE, THE THERAPY THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO GET PAST THIS TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT'S HAPPENED TO THEM.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP 'EM RESTORE THE, THE LIFE THAT THEY ONCE HAD, YOU KNOW, BY HELPING THEM HEAL AND MOVE ON.
UM, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT THIS HANDOUT, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER IT WORD BY WORD, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS CAN READ IT, AND I THINK A LOT OF
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YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO.BUT, UM, I WANTED TO POP OUT AND POP OUT.
I WAS POPULATION, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, AND THAT IS, UM, WE GET ALL OF OUR REFERRALS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO NO ONE COMES TO OUR OFFICE FOR SERVICES, UM, GENERALLY WITHOUT, UM, ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, CALLING US AND SAYING, WE NEED, WE NEED SOME HELP WITH THIS, WITH THIS CASE.
SO WE SEE ALL OF, UM, ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT'S, UH, CRIME DIGITAL CASES.
SO, UM, AND IT LIST, THEY'RE ON ALL OF THE CITY.
SO ALL OF THE CITIES, UM, THAT HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CONMAN COUNTY, UM, WE PROVIDE THIS, UM, INVESTIGATION, INVESTIGATIVE TYPE INTERVIEW FOR THEM.
UM, AND THEN ALSO CPS AND, UM, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE THAT NEED.
UM, ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE FREE, EVERY BIT OF THEM, UM, FROM THE FORENSIC INTERVIEW THAT WE PROVIDE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR, UM, THOSE CASES.
UM, THE INTERVIEWS THAT WE PROVIDE TO CHILD JACOB SERVICES, UM, WHEN THEY USE OUR OFFICE TO MEET WITH THE FAMILY AND COME UP WITH A PLAN, UM, FOR HOW THE INVESTIGATION IS GONNA PROCEED, UM, THEY'RE USING OUR STAFF, THEY'RE USING OUR FACILITIES, AND IT'S ALL AT NO COST.
UM, THERE'S A BENEFIT TO THAT.
WE ARE A NEUTRAL AGENCY, SO FAMILY'S VERY COMFORT COMING TO SEE US.
IT'S A VERY CHILD FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WORK FOR ANY PARTICULAR AGENCY, SO WE'RE NOT AN ARM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE'RE NOT AN ARM OF CPS, WHICH A LOT OF TIMES IS, UM, INTIMIDATING OR SCARY OR ALL KINDS OF OTHER INITIATIVES I COULD SAY FOR A LOT OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE SEE.
SO WE, IN THAT NEUTRAL AGENCY IS, IS REALLY A PLUS.
UM, WE SEE KIDS ANYWHERE FROM AGES ZERO TO 17, AND THEN ALSO, UM, ADULTS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIRED.
UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, UM, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, WHICH IS AN ARM OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
UM, BRING THOSE TYPE OF CASES, UM, TO THE CENTER SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE, WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE VICTIMS, AS LONG AS THEY'RE A NON-OFFENDING CAREGIVER, THEN WE OFFER SERVICES FOR THEM FOR FREE.
UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR, THE PROGRAM SERVICES THAT WE OFFER.
WE HAVE THE FORENSIC INTERVIEWS, UM, AND I'LL PUT A MORE OF A DETAILED DEFINITION OF THAT, UM, IN THE HANDOUT.
UM, FAMILY ADVOCACY, THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS.
AND WE PROVIDE THIS FOR KIDS ANYWHERE, AGES TWO TO 18, AND OF COURSE THEIR ADULT CAREGIVERS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, WHICH WE REFER TO AS MDT, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S OUR MONTHLY CASE REVIEW THAT WE DO.
UM, THIS IS WHERE ALL OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, UM, COME TOGETHER ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND DISCUSS CASES AND FIGURE OUT WHICH DIRECTION WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THE CASE.
AND, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY COLLABORATE AS A TEAM AND FIGURE OUT HOW THIS, UH, INVESTIGATION IS GONNA GO FORWARD, UM, WITH ALL ENTITIES WORKING ONE UNIT VERSUS EVERYONE WORKING SEPARATELY.
AND, UH, THE ADVOCACY CENTER FACILITATES THIS.
UH, WE TALK MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM MEETING, UM, AS WELL AS COURT NEEDS IT.
WE ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF THEY NEED CHURCH OR A CIVIC ORGANIZATION OR SCHOOL OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, NEEDS EDUCATION ON CHILD ABUSE OR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS REPORTING OR JUST, UM, JUST, JUST EDUCATION PERIOD, UM, RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE.
UM, WE PROVIDE THIS SERVICE ALSO FOR AND IN MEDICAL REFERRALS.
WE, UM, HAVE AN MOU WITH TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES NURSE KAUFMAN, AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM ON OUR CHILD ABUSE CASES.
FOR THOSE THAT DO NEED A MEDICAL REFERRAL, THE BACK AND WILL PICTURE, WHICH YOU WILL SEE, IS BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE GET CONFUSED ON HOW, UH, A CHILDREN'S TRULY WORKS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD ILLUSTRATION ON HOW ALL THE ENTITIES COME TOGETHER AND WHERE THIS, WHERE THE ADVOCACY CENTER FITS IN.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE WAGON, WELL, WE ARE THE CENTER OF
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THAT WAGON WHEEL.UM, AND THEN ARM OF THAT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CHILD PROTECTIVE AND PROSECUTION AND MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
AND IT ALL, UM, IT ALL EVOLVES AROUND THE ASSESSMENT INVESTIGATION, THE PROSECUTION AND THE INTERVENTION, UM, OF THESE TYPE CASES, WHICH IS SO CRUCIAL IN ORDER TO GET, UM, A GOOD INVESTIGATION, A THOROUGH, A COORDINATED INVESTIGATION, UM, KEEPING THE CHILD AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF THAT.
THE NEXT PAGE IS JUST A FEW STATISTICS THAT I PUT TOGETHER.
UM, SO Y'ALL COULD ACTUALLY SEE WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS AND OR BASICALLY HOW MANY CLIENTS THAT WE SEE ON A, A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, THE ACTIVITY FOR 2014, UH, TOTAL CLIENT SERVED WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT OF THEM WERE CHILDREN, 150 OF THEM WERE ADULTS SERVED.
AND THEN THEY CONTINUATION CLIENTS, WHICH MEANS THESE ARE CLIENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING ON AN ONGOING BASIS, WHETHER IT BE FOR THERAPY OR, UM, ADVOCACY SERVICES OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
UM, WE CONDUCTED 225 INTERVIEWS LAST YEAR.
AND THEN FOR THERAPY SERVICES, UM, THE TOTAL THERAPY CLIENTS LAST YEAR WAS 375 INDIVIDUALS, WHICH INCLUDES ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK TO THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2015, THE NUMBERS ARE QUITE DIFFERENT AND KIND OF SCARY ACTUALLY.
UM, COMPARED TO THE TOTAL CLIENT WE SERVED 2000 14, 4 60.
AT THIS POINT, AT THE END OF JUNE, WE ARE AT 522 THAT WE SERVED CONTINUATION CLIENTS.
WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, MEETING THAT MARK AS WELL.
UM, THERAPY CLIENTS 375 FOR THE YEAR LAST YEAR.
AND AT SIX MONTHS WE'RE AT 229.
OUR SERVICES ARE NEVER NOT GOING TO BE NEEDED.
I, I WISH, UM, THERE WAS A TIME THAT WE DIDN'T NEED TO BE HERE.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, I KNOW THESE ARE NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
UM, BUT I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE AN ADVOCACY CENTER IN CARMAN COUNTY.
WHEN I MOVED HERE AND FOUND OUT THERE WASN'T ONE, I WAS FLOOR HONESTLY.
'CAUSE I JUST ASSUMED THEY WERE EVERYWHERE IN TEXAS.
YOU KNOW, TEXAS IS GREAT AND BIG AND SO PROGRESSIVE AND, UM, BUT IT WASN'T LONG AFTER THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE, WE GOT ONE.
AND, UM, AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE IS THAT ALL THESE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE SEEING BEFORE THE ADVOCACY CENTER EXISTED IN OUR COUNTY, ALL OF THESE NUMBERS, THIS 1,397 FROM LAST YEAR AT THESE ONGOING CLIENTS, THEY WEREN'T RECEIVE ANY SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION THAT HAPPENED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CPS.
ONCE THEIR CASE WAS CLOSED, IT WAS OVER.
SO THERE WAS NO ONE THERE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT FOR THEM OR PROVIDE FREE THERAPY FOR THEM.
UM, WE WILL BE PART OF THE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE STATEWIDE INTAKE PROCESS, UM, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW IN SOME WAY, MAKES A REPORT TO THE CPS HOTLINE.
OUR REPORT GOES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A REPORT GOES TO CPS OBVIOUSLY, SO THEY CAN ASSIGN IT FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
WELL, THEY SAW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF KIDS THAT WERE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS AND NOT GETTING THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEEDED.
SO THEY DECIDED, UM, THE LEGISLATURE DECIDED TO, UM, PUT CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
SO, WHICH WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I DO.
I I DON'T DO IT BECAUSE I GET PAID BIG BUCKS.
IT'S A NONPROFIT, SO YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, BUT SO I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE POTENTIAL OF REACHING MORE KIDS AND FAMILIES AND PROVIDE 'EM WHAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNTY.
BUT WITH THAT, UM, THEY DID A COUPLE OF, UM, PILOT SWATS FOR THIS PROGRAM, THIS ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM AS THEIR CALLING IT.
UM, AND ALL OF THOSE PILOT PROGRAMS, THE INTERVIEW DOUBLED, I'M SORRY.
AND THEIR ADVOCACY, THEIR SERVICE IS QUADRUPLED.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, EVEN OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE ALREADY WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, WHICH IS A LITTLE SCARY.
SO ON SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR, NEXT MONTH,
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UM, WE ARE EXPECTING A HUGE, HUGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS IN THE FAMILIES THAT WE'RE SERVING, WHICH I'M EXCITED, LIKE I SAID, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SOME CHANGES AND WE'VE GOTTA FIND SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING.AND OUR BIGGEST NEED, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IS UM, WE NEED A NEW BUILDING.
BOTTOM LINE, WE'RE IN AN 1800 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
WE HAVE THREE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND TWO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING CODE SOMETIMES BETWEEN WHEN WE HAVE FAMILIES THERE AND SAT THERE.
THAT'S ABOUT WHY WE MADE USE OF THAT SPACE THE BEST WE COULD.
AND IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR US, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ALMOST SEVEN YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN THERE.
BUT IT'S TIGHT AND WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND HAVE MORE STAFF.
BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE SPACE.
UM, WE HAVE A WAITING LIST FOR THERAPY CLIENTS.
UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO DO THREE OR FOUR COUNSELING SESSIONS AT ONE TIME, WE HAVE ONE THERAPY OFFICE.
SO, UM, AND THE INTERVIEWS, THOSE COMING IN, WE CAN ONLY DO ONE INTERVIEW AT A TIME.
SO WE NEED ADDITIONAL THERAPY AT AN INTERVIEW ROOM SO THAT WE CAN DO MORE THAN ONE INTERVIEW AT A TIME.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT TODAY IS, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR NEED AND I GAVE THIS LONG, HARD THOUGHT AND I KEPT COMING BACK TO THE SAME THING, NO MATTER HOW MANY MORE STAFF WE NEED TO ADD AND HOW MANY MORE SERVICES WE NEED TO ADD, BOTTOM LINE IS, UNLESS WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SPACE, WE CAN'T PROVIDE THAT.
AND OUR COUNTY DESERVES, YOU KNOW, THE BEST SERVICES THAT WE CAN OFFER.
AND, UM, SO OUR BOARD DECIDED THAT WE WERE GONNA INITIATE A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO START A BUILDING FUND.
SO IN THE MEANTIME WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR BUILDINGS AND UM, UM, HAVE FOUND SEVERAL.
WE ACTUALLY FOUND ONE LAST YEAR, BUT 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY STARTED FUNDS OR, YOU KNOW, FUNDS OVER HERE THAT WERE JUST LIVING TO BE USED, WE COULDN'T ACT ON THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE AGAIN.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS TODAY TO CONSIDER OUR, UM, PROPOSAL FOR, UM, STRATED FUNDS FOR A NEW BUILDING.
SO, UH, AND WE I'M SURE READ THROUGH THIS OR SOME YOU'VE BEEN TALKING.
UH, THE, I BELIEVE WE CONTRIBUTED, UH, WE GAVE THE $35,000 LAST YEAR TO THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER.
HOW WAS THAT MONEY USED? IT'S THERAPY SERVICES.
SO IT ALL WENT TOWARDS SERVICES.
I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH IT SINCE WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, BUT THE BILLING YOU'RE IN I LEAVE WAS, UH, GIVEN WE WERE GIVEN A, A LONG TERM LEASE AT ZERO.
UH, WE DON'T PAY ANY RENT OR ANYTHING.
DO PAY UTILITIES AND SO FORTH.
SO DID THE STATE INCREASE YOUR FUNDING AS WELL SINCE UH, THEY GIVING ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER? YES, THEY DO.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY FOR SERVICES? YES.
UH, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHANNON? I DO.
THERE'S NO QUESTION UNFORTUNATELY, UH, CHILD ABUSE AND, UH, FAMILY ABUSE AND ALL KINDS OF ABUSE INCREASE FOR WHATEVER REASON.
WE COULD SIT TALK FOR HOURS ABOUT THE REASON.
BUT, UH, I KNOW YOU DEAL WITH SOME VERY TRAGIC, UH, EVENTS AND YOUR STAFF DEALS WITH SOME VERY TRAGIC EVENTS AND SOMETIMES, OR THE ONLY GROUP THAT CAN REACH OUT AND HELP THESE FOLKS.
I KNOW LAW ENFORCEMENT GUYS AND LADIES ARE ALL, UH, PLEASED WITH THE SERVICES YOU PROVIDE.
AND THANK GOODNESS WE DO HAVE JUDGE ACCESS.
NOW, UH, GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THERE.
UH, YOU SEE THE AMOUNT THAT, UH, THEY'RE UH, REQUESTING.
WE HAVE ON THIS AGENDA TODAY TO CONSIDER THAT AMOUNT, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE OTHER AGENCY THAT ALSO DOES GOOD WORK WITH CHILDREN THAT WE MAY NEED TO HEAR FROM AS WELL, SHANNON, THAT WE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR.
UH, GENTLEMEN, WHAT'S YOUR, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, SHANNON? I GOT ONE QUESTION.
THE COUNSELORS PROVIDE THERAPY? YES.
OR THEY'RE NOT VOLUNTEERS, RIGHT? THEY'RE PAID COUNSELOR? NO, THEY'RE PAID LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSEL.
ARE THEY FROM COLMAN COUNTY? UHHUH? THEY'RE THEY'RE PSYCHOLOGIST.
IT'S LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR, AND THEN A LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER.
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NO.WELL, WE KEEP, UM, TWO ON STAFF AND THEN WE, UM, HAVE TWO INTERNS RIGHT NOW THAT HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND THE INTERNS WROTE FOR YOU BECAUSE, PARDON? THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION.
THE, UM, FORENSIC, WHAT YOU CALL THEM, FORENSIC INTERVIEWS MM-HMM
UM, ARE THEY USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE CASES OR CLEAR CASES? THEY ARE.
THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WE ACTUALLY DO THE DIGITALLY RECORDING OF THE INTERVIEWS BECAUSE THEY'RE USED AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION TOOL.
UM, AND THEN IT GOES TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT'S THEIR CASE OR NOT THEIR CASE, BUT SEND THEIR CASE TO THE DA'S OFFICE FOR THEM TO USE AS, UM, IN THE PROSECUTION.
I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO HELP, BUT I'D LIKE TO PUT THIS ON GOOD DISCUSSION.
AND AGAIN, WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER AGENCY.
I APPRECIATE VOLUNTEERISM PROGRAM.
WHAT WE'LL DO, WE'LL KEEP THIS AS A REQUEST.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ANY ACTION ON IT TODAY.
UH, BUT WE KNOW YOU HAVE NEEDS AND HOW MUCH YOU WANT.
I GUESS YOU'RE SEEKING GRANTS AS WELL.
UH, THERE, THERE SHOULD BE SOME GRANTS OUT THERE, I WOULD THINK FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AS FAR AS LIKE AS THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, YEAH, THERE ARE SOME FOUNDATIONS OUT THERE THAT WE, UM, OR I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL.
BUT THE DEAL WITH THEIR REQUEST FOR, UM, TO YOU GUYS IS, UM, IF WE COME ACROSS A BUILDING THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ACT ON IT.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S URGENCY AND HAVING SOME THAT'D BE GOOD INFORMATION.
WORKSHOP, JUST SEE WHAT BUILDING Y'ALL HAVE.
RESEARCH YOU COULD MAKE A TO THAT.
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH JUDGE HILL.
DOES SHE HAVE A HANDOUT FOR ALL OF US? UH, I HAVE, I HAVE ONE EXTRA HANDOUT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU PUT THAT FORM.
ITEM NUMBER, UH, FOUR IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FOR THE UNINCORPORATED PORTION.
SOME STATISTICS I'M SURE, BUT MAYBE A FEW EXTRA COPIES, THE MEDIA AND SOME AUDIENCE MIGHT AS WELL.
INFORMATION PACKET PROVIDED YOU ON THE FIRST PAGE.
THE LEFT COLUMN INDICATES THE DAILY VALUES THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR COUNTY WITH THE, UH, AVERAGE BEING FIRST COLUMN, THE HIGH, AND THEN THE LOW NUMBERS WITHIN OUR COUNTY.
THE BOX OVER TO THE RIGHT IS THE 14 DAY OUTLOOK.
THESE NUMBERS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE, UH, TEXAS FOREST SERVICE.
AND, UH, AS YOU CAN WELL SEE, WE'RE GETTING ON UP INTO THE, UH, SEVERE DROUGHT, THE 700 RANGE TO EIGHT SEVERE DROUGHT.
THE DROUGHT ONLY GOES UP TO 800, REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY EIGHT INCHES OF SATURATED GROUND WATER.
AND, UH, EXCUSE ME, IT WOULD BE EIGHT INCHES OF SATURATED GROUNDWATER AND ZERO INCHES OF GROUND.
THE, UH, GRAPHICAL ION AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE IS JUST, UH, INDICATING THE SAME NUMBER, SAME DATA JUST IN GRAPHICAL FORMS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE LINEAR INDICATOR THERE THAT MORE LIKELY HERE IN THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL DAYS, WE'RE GOING TO BE WELL WITHIN THE 700 RANGE.
THE SECOND PAGE D INDICATES THE TEXAS COUNTIES AS OF AUGUST THE EIGHTH THAT WERE HAD A COUNTY AVERAGE OF 5 75 OR HIGHER.
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A BENCHMARK NUMBER THAT IS PROVIDED TO US BY THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE AS AN INDICATOR TO CONSIDER ENACTING BURN BAND.OTHER FACTORS INVOLVED WITH THE, UH, THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES BY LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE INTENSITY OF THE FIRES AND SO FORTH.
UH, I WAS UNABLE TO STOP BY AND GET THAT DATA THIS MORNING, BUT THE, UH, MY ESTIMATION OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS, THIS COUNTY HAS HAD APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 GRASS FIRE CALLS.
AND OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE DAYS, THOSE FIRES ARE SHOWING, UH, A MORE SIGNIFICANT FIRE BEHAVIOR, MORE INTENSE FIRE BEHAVIOR, MORE DIFFICULT TO PUT OUT FIRES, JUMPING ROADWAYS, THINGS, WHAT'S THE CAUSE OF MAJORITY OF THEM ROADWAYS? MOST OF THEM RIGHT NOW ARE ON THE ROADWAYS, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT BEEN CAUSING US PROBLEMS, UH, THAT COULD BE FROM A FLAT TIRE DRAGGING A CHAIN.
UH, WE'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE INTENTIONALLY SET FIRE AMONG THE ROADSIDE FIREWORKS.
SO, UH, SOME OF THE FIRES ARE CAUSED BY COOKING UNATTENDED, OUTDOOR COOKING, SOME CAUSED BY THE OUTDOOR BURNING OF TRASH.
AND, UH, THE LARGE MAJORITY OF, SO ASIDE FROM THE ROADSIDE FIRES ARE GONNA BE TO PRIMARY YOUR LARGER CRUSH PILE BECAUSE IT'S A, A LARGER THERMAL POLY AND IT CARRIES LARGER RIVERS AND A MUCH FURTHER DISTANCE BEFORE THEY HIT THE GROUND.
SECOND PAGE IS JUST A, THE, THERE SHOWING A COLOR CHART.
FOUR OH, WE STAND WITHIN THE COUNTY.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS AS OF THE EIGHTH.
UH, THEY HAVEN'T REPORTED THE NUMBERS AS OF THIS MORNING YET.
WE NORMALLY DON'T GET THAT DOWN UNTIL ABOUT 10 DAY.
AND THEN YOUR THIRD PAGE IS THE, UH, TWO WEEK DAY OUTLOOK AND YOU CAN SEE BE IN SEVERE CATEGORY 700 WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND WHAT THEY CALL SIGNIFICANT WOULD TO BE ORDER, HAVE A REDUCTION IN THAT, HAS TO BE AT LEAST INCHES OF RAIN TO CONSIDER A REDUCTION IN DROUGHT, SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL, UH, TYPICALLY EVEN DURING OUR BURN DIC RAIN.
AND THERE, UH, IT'S, IT'S GOOD THE WHOLE THING CHECKED FOR USUALLY THAT THROUGH THAT DAY, MAYBE THE NEXT DAY, BUT AFTER THAT, ALL THE WATER BACK, IF NOT DOESN'T ALLOW APPARATUS ACCESS.
AND THEN THE UH, FOUR PAGE IS JUST GENERAL INFORMATION.
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDEX, HOW SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY, UH, ALL OF WHICH HAVE HAD FIRES AND THEY'RE ALL INDICATING THAT THE INTENSITY OF THE FIRES IS GETTING MORE SEVERE.
IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO, UH, TO THE FIRES HAVING TO GO BACK TO TWO, THREE TIMES TO MOP UP.
IT'S BEEN A FEW, WHAT THE BAD WORD IN THE FIRE SERVICE'S CALLED REKINDLE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, YOU DON'T SEE THE SMOKE WHEN YOU LEAVE AND YOU TAKE, EVERYTHING'S GOOD.
BUT THOSE, THOSE HIDDEN FIRES THAT ARE DOWN IN THE CREVICES AND CRACKS, UH, UNDERNEATH THE, THE MINORITY SIT THERE AND SMOKE AND ONCE IT REACHES THAT, THAT EDGE, IT'LL TAKE BACK OFF AGAIN.
SO HAVING PROVIDED ALL THAT INFORMATION, I, I RECOMMEND THAT THE COURT FROM MR. ALLEN.
I SECOND PHILLIP SECOND MOTION.
THANKS FOR YOU HAVE AN OFFICIAL COPY YOU I JUST PROVIDE.
NOW HOW LONG DOES THE BORROW MAN LAST DAYS? UH, FOREVER.
IT COULD BE UP TO 90 DAYS, UH, BY LAW.
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THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHERE THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND NOW IT PROVIDES A LOT MORE EASE OF LIFTING THE BURN BANK.AND IT CAN BE DONE UPON
IT CAN BE DONE UPON THE, UH, FIRE MARSHAL RECOMMENDATION.
IT CAN BE DONE UPON THE COUNTY JUDGE.
SO THIS BURN BANK WILL BE UP TO 99? YES MA'AM.
IS THAT CORRECT? THANK, SHOULD WE SEE A LOT OF RAIN ABOUT 60 DAYS AGO? WE DIDN'T HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THANK VERY MUCH ADAM.
NUMBER FIVE IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSA TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AMENDING AS THE ANNUAL ROAD REPORT FOR COFF COUNTY PRECINCT FORM ROAD BRIDGE.
I PROVIDE EACH OF Y'ALL A COPY OF MY REPORT.
UM, WITH THE HELP OF THE DA'S OFFICE, WE LOCATED SOME ROAD THAT WERE NEVER OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED ABOVE ROAD BEFORE SINCE SEVEN.
WE CORRECTED THAT AND UH, ACTUALLY DISCOVERED A ROAD THAT, UH, ANNEXED MAKE A MOTION.
AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
COMMISSIONER ZA SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, UH, SHANE, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY, UH, DISCUSS.
CONSIDER ADDING CEDAR TRAIL COURT, CEDAR TRAIL PLACE AND CEDAR TRAIL CIRCLE THE ROAD COUNTY ROAD THREE, PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR.
THIS IS ONE THAT SHE, HER HUSBAND CAME A AND DUG THROUGH AND FOUND IN AUGUST 9TH, 1999, COMMISSION COURT, ALL THREE ROADS.
MOTION COMMISSIONER MAKE MOTION TO ACCEPT THESE THREE ROWS FOR ONE SECOND.
I SECOND MR. PHILLIPS SECOND THE MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OFF ITEM SEVEN IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDERATION HIGHWAY THE AMOUNT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PARTIAL 20 AND 34,000 FOR 24.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I BELIEVE THERE MAY STILL BE MOTION.
I GOT, I GOT ONE THING I NEED TO BRING, UH, WITNESS CONTRACT.
THE PAGES ARE NOT NUMBERED, BUT IT PAGE, IT SAYS ONE, TWO ONLY TRY TO GET A LOCATION THIS FOR YOU.
JUST ABOUT CENTER THE ON THE DRAIN EASEMENT FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES.
IT IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH THERE, IT'S, IT'S GOT THE WRONG FIGURE.
IT SAYS 21,000 HUNDRED AND 30 THAT OFFER 21 BETTER.
YEAH, 21 SOUNDS BETTER, BUT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT.
SAME TITLE NOW, NOW I'VE LOST IT.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT THE CORRECTION, GO AHEAD AND CHANGE IT.
I SAY THESE PAGES ARE NOT NUMBERED SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL YOU WHAT IS YOU WANNA INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR MOTION THEN, CORRECT.
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IT'S RIGHT AFTER THE SIGNING SHEET.SIGNING SHEET OF, UM, SIGNING SHEET OF THE DEAL FOR ROBERT NER.
I PRECEDENT WRITTEN NUMBER OR THE, THE NUMBER 21 COMING BACK.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT STEEL HAS VERY GENEROUS.
THEY A LOT LAND TO HELP THEM ACCESS AND RECOVER ACCESS THAT THEY, SO I'LL MAKE, MAKE A MOTION WITH THE CORRECTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM SECOND COMMISSIONER ALLEN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL FAIR TO SAY? I I ITEM NUMBER 10 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ACCOUNT ASSOCIATES OR FM 1 48 PROJECT.
THE BOTH OF THESE WE MR. WEST IS FROM, UH, JOHN YOU HAVE OKAY.
YOU'VE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THIS? YES.
AND I HAVE A WORKSHOP AND TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE ON ALL PROJECT 2 MILLION.
ALRIGHT, PUTTING THAT IN FORM.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING THE KAMAN COUNTY VICTIMS' INFORMATION NOTIFICATION EVERY DAY PROGRAM THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN THE BUYING SERVICE.
UH, THIS IS, UH, OR THE SERVICE REVIEW THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN.
THIS IS THROUGH THE, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? YES.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SHANE, A SECOND.
ITEM NUMBER 12 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE 2015 APPRAISAL ROLE AS THE 2015 TAX ROLL FOR COUNTY AND COUNTY ROAD RIDGE AND MS. RAT.
UH, I, WHETHER SHE'S HERE OR NOT, NIKKI IS HERE I BELIEVE.
AND UH, NIKKI, YOU WANT TO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THIS IS IS THAT THE APPRAISAL ROLE IS WHAT WE ADOPT AS OUR TAX ROLE AND THIS JUST MAKES IT OFFICIAL THAT WE ACCEPT THE APPRAISAL ROLE AS OUR OFFICIAL TAX.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT MAKES IT OFFICIAL.
A MOTION OR DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BEFORE THE TAX OFFICE? THAT'S WHAT WE RECEIVED THIS MORNING.
WELL, YEAH, THAT'S, AND IT'S ALSO THIS YOU, SO THEY'LL HAVE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE APPRAISAL ROLE AS THE OFFICIAL TAX ROLL.
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A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER SECOND.ITEM NUMBER 13 IS, UH, WE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A AWARD R FT NUMBER 15, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, UH, AND AUTHORIZING COUNTY SIGN CONTRACT.
I THINK OUR FIRST AGENT AND OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
A COPY OF THE THAT R UH, IN THAT AND WE HAD THREE BIDS, CARELY, A MR, ACADIAN AND THE COMMITTEE GOT TOGETHER AND VOTED AND SCORES.
OUR, UH, AVERAGE COMMITTEE MEMBERS CARE 73 4 A2 AND THEREFORE I MAKE CARE SINCE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE JUDGE MR. SWAR HERE AS WELL WITH CARE FLAT.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
I GOT ONE QUESTION, NOT ACTUALLY FOR JIM, BUT FOR, UH, I GUESS STEVE ON PAGE NINE ON THE REPORT AND NOTIFICATIONS ON THE MONTHLY REPORT, UH, IT SAID THAT PROVIDER WILL PROVIDE COUNTY WOULD PERMISSION MONTHLY REPORT YES, SIR.
OF THE SERVICES AND I GUESS THE CALLS, DID WE GET THAT DOWN? YES, SIR.
COULD YOU, UH, PASS THAT ON, COMMISSIONER? SURE.
I THINK IT'D INFORMATION PROBLEM.
JIM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT YOUR, YOU'VE BEEN HERE WITH US NOW, WHAT, SIX MONTHS OR SO? UH, SINCE THE 1ST OF MARCH.
THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS SNOW IN FEBRUARY.
WEATHER CHANGE, BIG CHANGE IN HER EMS. WELL, TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THOSE.
POINT OUT THE STAFF THAT'S WITH ARE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
OCTOBER, OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF GRAND OPERATIONS, STEVE AMATO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF GRAND OPERATIONS EAST BILL.
BONNIE IS THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER WHO'S ACTUALLY HERE AND CO-LOCATED WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE DO AVENUE, WHO'S OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF AFFAIRS.
THERE'S FOLKS WHO REALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UM, I TOLD YOU WHEN I STOOD HERE THE LAST TIME, WE PUT WHATEVER NUMBER OF TRUCKS IN THAT WERE NECESSARY TO MAKE CLIENTS AND WE DID THAT WITHIN A WEEK.
WE'VE HAD CLOSE COOPERATION CO-LOCATING BILL, WHO'S THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS MANAGER, RIGHT? FACILITY CONSIDER DISPATCH.
SUBSEQUENT, UM, WE BEGAN PROVIDING A COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHERE A PARAMEDIC, WE DO THIS WITH THE HOSPITAL.
PARAMEDICS GO AND DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL HISTORY GOING ED REPEATEDLY TO GET THEM, UM, HEALTHIER SO THAT PARAMEDIC GOES IN UP TO THREE TIMES A WEEK.
DO THEY HAVE FOOD IN THE HOUSE? IS KEY TO ONE IN WINTER.
GO TO GROCERY SUPPLY AND BECAUSE OFTEN PEOPLE, MOST PEOPLE MEDICATION.
SO IT'S AN EFFORT, UM, TO KEEP THESE PEOPLE HEALTHIER AND OUT THE SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WE, WE HAD ENROLLED CURRENTLY HERE, I THINK WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 24 TO 26 PATIENTS ENROLLED, UH, CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM.
THE HOSPITAL SELECTS THE PATIENTS BASICALLY CRITERIA.
WE GO AND MEET THEM IN THE HOSPITAL BEFORE THEY HOME.
UM, WE DO THIS IN, UH, ANOTHER COUNTY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
WE HAVE OVER 90% SUCCESS RATE IN KEEPING THOSE PEOPLE FROM GOING BACK AND STRESSING THE EMERGENCY CARD.
SO THAT'S THE MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM ON THE WATER SYSTEMS SAYS MOVED FORWARD, WELL MAY SIGN ASSIGNED.
THAT'S A PROGRAM VOLUNTARY OPTOUT PEOPLE PAY A DOLLAR A MONTH THEY WISH TO ON THEIR BILL WHEN THEY'RE COVERED FOR ANY CARE GET BALANCE BILL.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR, THE SAME PRICE EMPLOYEE.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF FRO TRAINING AND I WORK TOGETHER AND WE, UH, CAME TO A CONCLUSION AMONG THE COMPLIANCE
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STANDARDS, WHICH ARE PART OF NEW AGREEMENTS.OVER 90% OF THE ET MC FORMER EMPLOYEES WHO SERVED IN THIS AREA STAYED WITH CARE.
WE BECAME PROVIDER, WHICH WE 90% OVER 90% AND WE HAVE A A, WE WE'RE GONNA REQUI THE WHOLE ENTIRE FLEET HERE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, WE'VE ORDERED ALL THE NEW AMBULANCES REQUIRED CONTRACT ACTUALLY TAKES EFFECT.
ALL NEW AMBULANCES HERE AND THE SYSTEM'S GONNA SETTLE DOWN.
WE BELIEVE AT ABOUT 10 AMBULANCES BASED HERE.
WE HAVE LOT ASSETS CLOSE BY DALLAS, FULL TIME SUPERVISOR.
FIRST RESPONSE IN THE COUNTY WHO CAN RESPOND AND STOP THE CLOCK BECAUSE ONLY CARE CAN STOP CARE CLOCK.
SO WHEN WE READ OUR REPORTS AND STEVE SENDS THEM TO YOU, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT AN FRO AGENCY CAME OUT AND STOP THE CLOCK AND SHOWED UP.
20 HAS TO SHOW UP TO STOPCLOCK.
SO, UH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND, UH, WE'RE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO HELP.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I I GOT ONE FOR COUNSEL.
UM, THE INSURANCE CLAUSE, ITEM B ON THE AMOUNT, WHICH PAGE ARE YOU LOOKING? UH, PAGE 12.
IS THAT, IS THAT UM, SUFFICIENT ENOUGH? YEAH.
YOU THINK THAT'S SUFFICIENT? I ASKED SEAN THE SAME QUESTION, SAID YES.
SO YES, AND I GUESS THAT'S THE, YOU HAVE TO TELL ME WHAT WE, OH, INSURANCE PROFESSIONAL.
YES, THAT IS, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE EVERYWHERE.
UH, PEOPLE ALWAYS LOOKING TO SUE SOME COMPANY THAT THEY DON GET A LOT OF MONEY, BUT YOU KNOW, 1 MILLION IS THE SAME AMOUNT.
ANY COMMERCIAL PEOPLE, WE HAVE A LIABILITY OF UMBRELLA.
WE DON'T, UH, WE, WE, WE HAVE VERY FEW, VERY FEW LAWSUITS, ENTITIES LIKE THIS.
IN FACT, IF YOU WERE TO GO AND GOOGLE THE OTHER TWO ENTITIES, THE COMPETITION SHEET, YOU'LL FIND A LONG LIST.
VERY RARE OURSELVES BY QUALITY OF OUR MEDICAL LEADERSHIP WHO SERVICE QUALITY OUR
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT COMPARED TO DEALING WITH OUR PREVIOUS PROVIDER FOR UP UNTIL MARCH AND WE MADE THE CHANGE, WORKING WITH CURELY HAS REALLY BEEN A TREMENDOUS LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
AND, UH, I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT CURELY WILL PROVIDE OUR COUNTY WITH THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
S EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMPANY IS WILLING TO SHARE AND PARTICIPATE MORE PEOPLE THAT LOOK AT EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDERS, OFFICIALS STUFF.
I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, WE DEAL WITH SOME THAT ARE GREAT COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP AND UH, OF COURSE OUR, OUR MODE OF OPERATIONS, IMMENSE
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GENERATE PROFIT, PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS IN THE REGION WHERE WE OPERATE ORGANIZATION.AND I'M SURE STEVE DOESN'T HESITATE TO TELL, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO FIX.
WELL, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A CEO AT OUR MEETINGS TOO.
AND YOUR TEAM THAT YOU BROUGHT, AND I'M INTERESTED THAT YOU A BUNCH OF EQUIPMENT LIKE ABOUT 35,000 EACH A ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND A SECOND, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER ICK TO APPROVE THE, UH, CONTRACT, UH, WITH UH, AIR FLIGHT FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THE NEXT ITEM, UH, IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 14, UH, DISCUSS.
CONSIDER PURCHAS USED JOHN DEERE TRACTOR PRECINCT THREE ROAD BRIDGE.
I HAVE FOUND THIS TRACTOR 50 COURT COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS WE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASING A USED R CT THREE 50 GROSS, NOT BRUCE GROSS, UH, FOR PRECINCT FOUR WITH HIS FINGER.
GIVEN THIS IS A SUMMER SITUATION, UM, TO, UH, TO GET OUT ABOVE 25, I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
WELL, SECOND I GOT, I GOT ONE QUESTION.
IT SAYS AFTER THE, THE TOTAL PRICE THERE, THE FREIGHT ADDED, THE DATA SAYS THE MACHINE WILL, ALL THE CUSTOMER PICKS UP TRANSPORT.
THAT'S, WE PAID THE 600 TO HAVE THEM BRING IT TO US.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER LEASE PURCHASING TO MOTIVATORS WITH BUY BACK OPTION FOR PRECINCT UTILIZING THE BOARD, UH, COOPERATIVE CONTRACT.
UH, JIM, I PUT THAT ON AGENDA WORKING WITH THE VENDOR.
APRIL, GET THE INFORMATION WE NEED.
UH, TABLE THIS BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IN, IN PROPOSAL BEING BY BOARD, WHICH WOULD BE EXEMPT.
PROCUREMENT, UH, I THINK THE HAD ISSUES WITH THE, UH, IT MAY BEEN VIEWED AS A BUYBACK, BUT UNLIKE THE TRUCK BUYING EQUIPMENT, THEIR BUYING BACK, UH, THEY'RE PUTTING A LEASE, YOU KNOW, 24 AND THEN FOR 12 MONTHS AT 20 2043 AT 12 MONTHS DECIDE TO BUY OR RETURN IT.
AT THAT POINT IT WOULD BE A USED MACHINE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM CONCERNING, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND, OR MAKES THAT MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MOTION? ANY OF DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE.
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17, UH, IS ALSO WITH THE PURCHASING AGENT.DISCUSS, CONSIDER PURCHASING TWO TRUCKS WITH BUYBACK OPTIONS FROM EAST TEXAS MAC TRUCK UTILIZING THE INTERLOCAL UH, PURCHASING SYSTEMS TIPS.
CONTRACT NUMBER OH 2 1 0 2 3 1 4.
JIM, I, UH, THIS KIND OF HERE, I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO NICK MILLER, UH, I GUESS LAST WEEK I KNEW THAT I HAD GOT A QUOTE FROM, BUT I'M ASSUMING YOU WON'T, BUT I, BUT I NEVER ASKED THE CELL.
MAKE SURE ITEM DOES SAY WHICH PRECEDES.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? COMMISSIONER SHANE MAKES A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND DISCUSSION.
ITEM, UH, MRS. COOPER, UH, ALLOWED TODAY? NOT HERE.
ANY SPECIFIC A MOTION? MR. PHILLIPS? PHILLIPS MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE LINE TRANSFER A SECOND, ALLEN SECOND? NO.
NUMBER 19 IS TOLD HOW MUCH MILLION 2 CENTS SMALL BREAKDOWN NUMBER FROM INSURANCE.
THE, THAT'S NOT WE DO HAVE TO PAY FOR, BUT I,
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WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.THE ASSISTANT OFFICER NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CLAIM FOR COMMISSIONER UH, PHILLIPS.
I, WE HAVE SECOND COMMISSIONER SHANE C OE.
WE MOTION COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO SAY AYE A.