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AND WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, UH, WE TRIED TO LIST EVERYTHING THAT, THAT WE POSSIBLY COULD.AND I DO HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF EXTRA COPIES.
THIS IS ON, UH, THIS IS ONLINE, UH, THAT IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, GO THROUGH IT.
I BELIEVE IT'S, THIS ONE IS NOT THE ORIGINAL, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT IT ON.
WE GET INTO THIS I'D TO UPDATE ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON, UH, THIS YEAR BUDGET.
AND IF YOU WOULD TURN, UH, OVER TO PAGE, VERY BEGINNING HERE.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM, UH, PAGE FIVE IS A COMPILATION OF THE, UH, THE GENERAL FUND.
NOW, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ROAD BRIDGE, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE, I, IT'S JUST THE GENERAL, SO HERE VOLUNTARILY.
BUT IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THAT, IF YOU'LL LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, UH, YOU'LL SEE WHERE TOTAL EXPENDITURES, WHERE IT SAYS YEARS, TODAY, YEAR TO DATE, UH, THE SECOND COLUMN FROM, RIGHT, EVERYBODY BEAR WITH YOU.
YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE, UH, EXPENDITURE PART OF IT.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, SPENT IN THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH THIS AUGUST, THE 13TH DAY.
IS THAT YES, SIR, THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, AND THEN IF YOU WILL LOOK UP AT THE TOP, UH, OF THAT PAGE ON THE GENERAL FUND SUMMARY UNDER REVENUE, BACK UP AT THE TOP, YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY COLLECTED, UH, FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, 33,942,000.
SO AS A PART OF THAT, AT THE CURRENT TIME, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A, UH, A, A FUND BALANCE PLUS OF, UH, 4,000,870 3004 71.
EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT PERIOD, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S AS OF AUGUST 13TH.
SO THAT'S PRETTY FRESH INFORMATION FOR YOU.
SO, UH, UH, PART OF THAT IS DUE TO A VARIETY OF REASONS.
UH, ONE BIG REASON, OF COURSE, IS THE CONTRACT WE HAVE ON THE, UH, THE RENTAL OF OUR JAIL BEDS.
AND IN THAT REGARD, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER PIECE OF PAPER, UH, THAT, AND TELL YOU ABOUT A PHONE CALL THAT I HAD LAST WEEK WITH RICHARD TAYLOR.
UH, I KNOW WE'VE ALL HAD EXPRESSED ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, THIS CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF APPEARS TO MAKE COPIES.
UH, THIS IS A EMAIL THAT, UH, CHIEF DEPUTY, UH, BEAVERS RECEIVED, UH, FROM, UH, RICHARD TAYLOR, WHO IS THE CHIEF DEPUTY US MARSHAL, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF, UH, TEXAS.
AND, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU TIME TO READ THAT.
AND THEN, UH, I'LL, UH, TELL YOU ABOUT THE PHONE CALL THAT I HAD WITH, UH, CHIEF DEPUTY, UH, LAST WEEK.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, HE IS A NEW APPOINTMENT CHIEF DEPUTY, HE JUST GOT APPOINTED.
SO HE'S, HE'S GONNA BE WITH US FOR YES, YES.
ANYWAY, HE WAS A VERY, UH, GOOD CONVERSATION.
VERY WAS GOING ON HERE, TALKING WITH THE JAIL.
AND, UH, HE ASSURED ME BEYOND QUESTION THAT THEY HAVE NO INTENTION ON PULLING THIS CONTRACT.
THEY, IN FACT, HE TOLD ME THEY'VE GOT AROUND 70 OR 80 PRISONERS EAST OF DALLAS THAT THEY'RE HOLDING, THAT THEY WISH THEY COULD TRANSFER TO OUR JAIL IF WE HAD THE SPACE FOR THEM, BECAUSE THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT REASONS.
ONE, IT'S CLOSER TO DALLAS, AND, UH, IT'S EASIER FOR THEM TO GET TO, COUNTY'S EASIER FOR THE ATTORNEYS BRIDGE IS BASIC REASON BECAUSE SOME OF THE ATTORNEYS THAT REPRESENT THESE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE FEDERAL PENITENTIARY, THEY DON'T LIKE DRIVING NIGHT.
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DUNNO, HE'S, BUT, UH, HE SAID THAT BE A BIG HELP.I DON'T WANT DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UH, DISPARAGE THE, THE DALLAS COUNTY, UH, FACILITY.
UH, BUT HE IS, UH, ONE OF THE HUGE PROBLEMS THEY WERE HAVING IN THEIR, UH, FACILITY THAT I THINK THEY STILL USE, UH, SPARING IN DALLAS, IS THE FACT THAT THE PRISONERS WERE NOT BEING DELIVERED TO THE FEDERAL JUDGES ON TIME.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WERE NOT GETTING TO, UH, THEIR COURT HEARING IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AND FEDERAL JUDGES DON'T LIKE THE WAY RAYMOND BECAUSE IT MESSES UP THEIR POCKET, YOU KNOW? UH, AND, UH, HE SAID SINCE HIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT A YEAR NOW, I THINK WE WOULD, UH, START WITH HIM ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR IN THAT, UH, YES, I THINK WHEN WE SIGNED IT, I THINK AUGUST, YEAH, SEPTEMBER RIGHT THERE, I THINK WE GOT OUR FIRST CHECK IN SEPTEMBER.
HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO ISSUES WITH THE, UH, PRISONER BEING DELIVERED IN THE TIME MANNER.
UH, THEY'RE ALWAYS WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE ON TIME.
AND SO HE WAS VERY PLEASED FOR THAT.
AND, UH, HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, VERY PLEASED WITH THE OPERATION OF THIS JAIL.
HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, I'VE BEEN IN JAILS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ALL MY LIFE, ALL MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE, AND I HAVE, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST RUN JAILS, CLEANEST AND WELL MAINTAINED JAIL.
BUT I BEEN, SO HE WAS EXTREMELY, UH, PLEASED AND PROUD OF THAT.
BUT I, I ASKED HIM, I SAID, I, YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE THE COMMISSION COURT IS COMING FROM.
THIS IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USED VERY JUDICIOUSLY.
AND IT'S BEEN A BLESSING TO US TO RECEIVE THIS, TO CATCH UP ON SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND HE SAID, JUDGE, I CANNOT REITERATE ENOUGH.
WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING ANYTHING ABOUT LEAVING YOUR, IN FACT, WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS THAT WE PUT THERE.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT LEVEL OF ASSURANCE.
I TALKED TO HIM PERSONALLY AND, UH, HE COULD NOT BEEN, HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY MORE, UH, COMPLIMENTARY OF OUR JAIL AND HOW IT OPERATES.
SO MY BELIEF IS THEY HAVE, I MEAN, MY STRONG BELIEF IS THEY HAVE NO INTENTION.
SO THAT WILL ENTER INTO OUR DISCUSSIONS, I THINK A LITTLE BIT LATER ON AS PART OF THE REVENUE.
UM, NOT AT ALL SUGGESTING WE OUGHT TO GO OUT AND SPEND.
IT'S GONNA BE CLOSE TO $2 MILLION I THINK PROBABLY, UM, NEXT YEAR.
WE CERTAINLY NOT BUDGETED ALL THAT.
UH, BUT THERE ARE SOME ONE TIME EXPENDITURES WE CAN USE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER DOING, UH, BACK WHEN WE, UH, ADOPTED OUR, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET ON BACK TO BACK, KAREN AND I ADOPT PLACE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET ON THE, UH, WEBSITE.
UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SETTING $500,000 ASIDE AND NOT USING IT, UH, FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE EXCEPT TO PAY DOWN THE, UH, LOAN THAT WE HAVE ON THE RADIO.
AND WE SAID, AND IT WAS PART OF THE MOTION AND PART OF WHAT WE APPROVED, UH, AT, AT THAT TIME.
AND WE WOULD PAY THAT DOWN IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
WHAT I WOULD SUPPOSED WE DO IS DELAY PAYING ON THAT UNTIL LATER IN THE SUMMER, ABOUT PROBABLY JULY, SOMETIME, MAYBE AUGUST, MAYBE EVEN THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
AND, UH, JUST AS A SAFETY NET, UH, IN CASE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE ORDINARY DID OCCUR THAT WE LOST THE FUNDING ON THIS.
ONE, IT GIVES US THAT ASUR THAT IF SOMETHING DID HAPPEN, WE WOULD STILL HAVE A MONEY IN THE BANK.
TWO, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD PROBABLY EVEN PAY MORE TOWARDS PAYING OFF THAT LOAN AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
THESE FIGURES THAT I'VE SHOWN YOU HERE JUST EARLIER TODAY DO NOT INCLUDE THE JULY, AUGUST FOR SEPTEMBER REVENUES THAT WE'LL RECEIVE FROM THE US MARKET.
I THINK BRIAN, I THINK YOU BILL FOR JUNE.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THOSE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED.
I KNOW WE JUST GOT A DEPOSIT TODAY OF $181,300.
SO THAT IS NOT REFLECTED ON THIS INFORMATION YOU HAVE HERE.
SO, UH, REMIND YOU THAT WE'VE STILL NOT, THOSE MONIES HAVE NOT BEEN DESIGNATED.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME ONE TIME THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT US TO DO DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR THAT WE CAN GET OFF THE TABLE AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE HERE LATER ON.
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JUST WANTED TO THAT OUT YOU ABOUT WHERE WE BUDGET NINE ITEMS REVENUE, PAGE NINE.ONE OF THEM IS INMATE HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT.
THAT, THAT WAS A CORRECTION THAT WE JUST DID THIS MORNING BECAUSE IT WAS RECEDED TO THE WRONG, WRONG RUN.
SO, UH, THE OTHER ONE WAS, THAT'S ON PAGE EVERYBODY, LET'S SEE IF WE LOOK AT THAT, ABOUT 181,000 THAT'S GOING THE FEDERAL INMATE LINE ITEM OF THE INMATE HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT.
THE OTHER ONE IS WHEN THEY WERE SOME, UH, FOR HUNT COUNTY, I BELIEVE WE HAD A FEW, THAT'S A FEW.
SOMETIMES WE WIND UP HOUSING BECAUSE THEY HAVE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT INDIVIDUAL CAN'T.
AND THEY, WE LET THEM BRING 'EM OVER.
BUT WE DO BILL EM FOR, WELL, I, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL YOU, THE PREVIOUS YEARS, 13 IS 80 1062 THE NEXT YEAR, AND IT BUDGET 25,000.
THOSE TWO BIG ONES A YEAR BEFORE WAS LIKE 108,000, UH, IN 2012.
THAT WAS THE REASON BECAUSE THEY WERE BRINGING THEIR PRISONERS TO US TO KEEP IS THEY WERE BUILDING A JAIL.
THEN WHEN THEY STARTED GETTING THEIR, YOU KNOW, USING THEIR JAIL, IT WENT DOWN.
ACTUALLY, REMEMBER ALSO VAN OR VAN COUNTY MEMBER WHEN WE HAD A HOUSE THERE WHEN THEY HAD DOOR ISSUES AND PLUMBING ISSUES, THEN WE BUDGETED 8,260.
IS THAT STILL A VIABLE NUMBER? UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY CLOSE.
'CAUSE USUALLY EVERYBODY HAS CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE SOMEBODY CAN'T HOUSE AN INDIVIDUAL THERE.
AND, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE THEM, COME THE SAME WAY WITH US.
IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY WE NEED TO MOVE, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
SO THAT 180 5, 8 20, KAREN'S IN THAT LINE ITEM.
THAT ACTUALLY BELONGS TO THE NEXT LINE.
SO THAT, THAT TOTAL, IT'S LIKE 181,000.
THAT'S WHY IT PUT A WHOLE LOT IN THAT, THAT LINE ITEM, THE BUDGET.
SO THE FEDERAL IN LINE, INSTEAD OF 68,000, WHICH ADD 81 THAT YEAH.
PLUS THE 100 SOMETHING YOU GOT TODAY.
BUT WE HAVE SPENT MONEY OUT OF THAT FOR CARDS ALREADY.
NO, THE CARDS WERE TAKEN OUTTA THE SALARY.
WE TOOK THAT OUTTA THE SALARY.
SIR, WHAT DIDN'T WE SPEND, WHAT WE SPEND THAT MONEY FOR WAS, UM, 500,000 TO SET ASIDE.
UM, I HAVE TO GO GET MY BIG FOLDER.
BUT YOU GAVE SOME MONEY TO THE DISTRICT CLERK FOR HER RECORDS MANAGEMENT OUT OF YOUR, UH, THIS INMATE AND YOUR, UH, RECORDS MANAGEMENT.
WE, YEAH, WE APPROVED, UH, I THINK IT WAS 38,000 FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF VEHICLE.
UH, WE WIND UP SPENDING 900 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT OF THAT.
WELL, WE REALLY HAVEN'T SPENT THAT 500,000.
AND THAT'S MY PROPOSAL THAT WE NOT SPEND THAT IN MARCH.
WE HOLD IT UNTIL ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
AND MAYBE RATHER THAN PAYING 500,000, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PAY SEVEN JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENED.
AND THE CONTRACT TO WHEN IS OUR FIRST PAYMENT DUE? FEBRUARY.
AND IT IS BUDGETED IN THE BUDGET.
SO THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY WE'RE 3 49.
TRYING TO FIND THE PAGE SO YOU CAN GO LOOK AT IT.
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WHICH WOULD BE PAGE 50.WE LOOK AT THE LAST TWO LINE ITEMS. PRINCIPLE TO TRANSFER TO DEBT AND INTEREST TRANSFER TWO 40, PRINCIPLE 9 35.
AND WE ARE PAYING OFF, REMEMBER WE VOTED TO PAY OFF THE OTHER OUTSTANDING WE HAD ON THE OTHER VEHICLES, WHICH WILL NOT HIT NEXT YEAR.
OTHER QUESTION, THIS PORTION OF PORTION, THE BUDGET.
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME DEPARTMENT HEADS I THINK THAT ARE HERE THIS MORNING THAT, UH, MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOME SPECIFIC NEEDS THEY HAVE FOR DEPARTMENTS.
BUT I TOLD REPORT CAME IN TODAY, CAME IN THIS MORNING, LATER ON, UH, I JUST FEEL CONCERNED ABOUT BUDGET THAT I KNOW IT'S ALMOST SCARY TO BE, BUT STILL WORRIED ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW? WELL, EVEN THE JUDGE WAS WORRIED SAYING SO CONCERN, DELAY THE RAISES.
I, I, I FEEL LIKE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, I, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I, I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE.
UH, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
THE REASON WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE, BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR US.
SO I'M, YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED HARD TO MAKE WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTY, RIGHT.
AND EVERYBODY SAY I, THAT MEANS A COLLECTIVE GROUP.
BUT I FEEL I, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT I SAY IT.
IT, AND THAT'S THE REASON I WHEN YOU DO, WHEN YOU DO THE YEAR AFTER, WELL, THIS IS, I MEAN, MY POINT IS IF YOU, WELL, NEXT YEAR, NOT THIS YEAR, MAYBE THE CONTRACT WASN'T WONDERFUL THIS YEAR, THE NEXT YEAR, HOW GONNA PAY FOR ALL THOSE INCREASES IN CONTRACT? WELL, THERE'S NO SAYING THAT WE MONEY.
WE'RE NOT USING ALL OF THAT MONEY FOR THAT.
WE'RE NOT USING THE FULL AMOUNT FROM THE FEDERAL INMATE SALARY TO PAY FOR ALL OF THAT.
IN FACT, I'VE GOT ANOTHER SHEET HERE.
I'M LOOKING FOR THE, UH, SALARIES AMOUNT TO ABOUT 700,000 IN SALARY INCREASE.
SO IT TAKE 700,000 OF THE SIX TO MAKE RIGHT? I, YEAH.
HERE'S, HERE'S ARE YOU LOOKING OUT THIS PROPER HERE? YOU'RE NOT HITTING ALL OF IT.
UH, YOU'RE HITTING ACTUALLY OUTTA THE, UH, GENERAL OPERATING FUND 6 27 OUT IT.
AND THAT'S CONSIDERING, UH, FULL EMPLOYMENT.
WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE EMPLOYMENT, WE HAD ALL MAINTEN, WE ALWAYS HAVE SOME VACANCIES THAT ALSO IS INCLUDING, UH, THE, UH, INSURANCE, UH, COST AS WELL.
AND WHEN WE HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES, AND WE HAVE A PRETTY HIGH TURNOVER, AS YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
UH, WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S THREE MONTHS.
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RIGHT? TWO MONTHS.AND WE DO NOT, UH, WHEN WE HIRE NEW EMPLOYEE, THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE FOR HELP.
SO WE, WE AS MUCH TURNOVER AS WE HAVE, AND THIS BUDGET IS BUILT ON THE, YOU KNOW, FULL EMPLOY, WHICH WE NEVER HAVE.
AND IT'S ALSO WHEN WE LOSE SOMEBODY, IT TAKES 60 DAYS BEFORE THEY'RE SO, AND THEN ON BRIDGE, UH, THAT AMOUNTS TO 69,000 AND OF COURSE THAT COMES OUT YOUR, AND WE'RE NOT USING ANY OF THIS MONEY TO PAY OFF INTEREST IN SINKING, UH, UNLESS WE'LL CHOOSE TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR, THIS TIME ALONG ON THE, ON THE RADIO.
AND, UH, SO, UH, I MEAN AGAIN, I WOULD NOT, I WOULD NOT SAID IT WAS 11 CENTS AT ONE TIME, IT WAS DOWN TO FIVE.
SO IT, IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE JAIL IS, IS PAYING THEIR WAY PLUS JUST INCREASING THE AMOUNT THAT THEY AWAY.
WELL, NOT JUST STAY BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
WELL, YEAH, OTHER PROJECT TOO, BUT UH, I SAY WE, WE CONSTANTLY HEAR ABOUT ROADS.
THE TAG, IT'S HALF OF WHAT IT USED TO BE.
WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY ONE UP TO EIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WITH INCREASE IN PRICE MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING, IT NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE TODAY, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PORTION.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN GONNA BE ACTUALLY LOSING BEFORE UNTIL THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
BANK WHAT HAPPENS? GO EITHER DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT GO IN WITH IT.
YEAH, I DON'T ONE TIME INCREASE.
YEAH, I, WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I MEAN, NO, WE BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR.
THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE BUDGET 16.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'D BE NICE, BUT MY THOUGHT IS WE GOT SAME.
IT'S NICE TO HAVE, HAVE ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE POLICE WITH THEM.
IF THE POLICE AND AMBULANCE, THEY GET DOWN AND VOTE ISSUES.
WELL, I MEAN I JUST, I THINK OUR EMPLOYEES STUCK WITH US.
ANY OF THEM HAVE, NOT ALL OF THEM.
WE'VE EXPENSE THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE LEAVE EMPLOYEES AT THE JAIL AND AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OTHER EXPENSES THAT OUR OTHER OFFICERS HAVE.
ONE REASON DO IS BECAUSE THEY CAN FIND A BETTER PAYING JOB.
THEY, WE LOSE THE TRAINING LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE WHEN YOU OPERATORS YOU HAVE TO COME IN AND I JUST THINK, UH, THE SACRIFICE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WENT THROUGH, UH, DURING THE DOWNTIME THAT WE HAD, AND WE'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE DOWNTIME.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I JUST FEEL LIKE OUR EMPLOYEES DESERVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT, UH, WAS THIS BUDGET.
ONE THING THEY NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO WE CAME IN, BUT INSURANCE COST US, I THINK IT WAS 4,500 PER EMPLOYEE AND THIS YEAR IT'S 91.
SO THAT'S A $5,000 INCREASE TO EVERY EMPLOYEE IN TWO AND HALF YEARS ON.
SO I MEAN THEY, EVERYBODY'S RELATIVE.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I GONNA SAY SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES ARE ASKING BEFORE WE NOW HELP THEM PICK UP THE TAG.
OH, MOST, I THINK MOST OF THEM MAKING THEM PAY AFTER I LEMME ASK YOU THIS ON, UH, ON YOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE EMPLOYEES, YOU THINK THEY SHOULD NOT RECEIVE AN INCREASE? I THINK IT'S, UH, LIKE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS DONE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY INCREASE THEIR TRAINING AND THEY STEP 'EM UP FROM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER FROM DEPUTY TO A SERGEANT OR CORPORAL OR WHATEVER.
AND I'M DOING MY EMPLOYEE THE SAME WAY BECAUSE THEY GAIN TALENT.
YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE CDL OR THEY LEARN OR OPERATE SOMETHING, UH, MORE THAN WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
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YOU KNOW, YOU THEM UP.WELL IT LIKE THE VA'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE.
YOU HAVE TO PAY THEM TO KEEP THEM.
JUST THE GUYS PATCHING POT HOLES YOU THERE.
ESPECI MAKING ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT THEY'VE BEEN MAKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
SINCE YOU, SINCE YOU BRING THAT UP, LET'S GO OVER TO THE, UH, THE PROPOSED SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
I THINK YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS AND UH, THIS IS UH, AS OF JULY THE 30TH I BELIEVE.
IS THAT CORRECT? JULY? WELL IT'S MORE UP TO DATE.
SO THIS WOULD BE EIGHT 16TH AT BOTTOM IT SAYS, UH, GO OVER TO YOUR BRIDGE.
I AND KAREN, WHAT PAGE ARE THEY? UH, ARE THEY ON ROAD BRIDGE? UH, STARTS ON UH, I THINK IT'S PAGE 20.
UH, THIS IS ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT NUMBER ONE, WHICH WILL BE, AND ASSUMING THESE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT AND I'M YOU TO DO THAT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THE, UH, PROPOSED INCREASE ON THE FIRST ONE IS LISTED THERE, UH, IN ONE AND THEN ON THE SAME WAY ON THE URBAN DOWN'S 80.
AND I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THESE, BUT YOU CAN MOVE DOWN, UH, ONE THAT'S GETTING AND THEN IF YOU TURN OVER TO UH, PRECINCT THREE, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, SEE YEAH, KENNETH, ARE THESE YOUR, HAVE YOU REVISED THESE ARE THESE, THESE ARE THE CHANGES.
NEW BUDGET YEAR AND SO THESE EXISTING PROPOSED WAGES, I'M SORRY THESE, UH, AT ONE TIME THERE ONE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS GETTING 10 THERE AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A SHEET I BELIEVE UNLESS IREAD IT THAT THERE WAS, BUT MAYBE THAT'S BEEN, UH, I HAVEN'T, SO THESE PROPOSED WAGES FOR 20 15 16 ARE WHAT THEY ARE WITH THE 1200 RAISE OR NO? ALRIGHT.
THIS IS TAKEN PUTTING IN LINE WITH EACH ONE PRECINCT.
SO IS IT MORE THAN 1200 THEN? YEAH, SOME MORE THAN 12.
AND COMMISSIONER ON PRECINCT TWO.
I'M SORRY, YOU DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY PRECINCT.
SO THEY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO 1200, ASSUMING WE GIVE 12.
AND UH, COMMISSIONER ON THE PRECINCT FOUR, DID YOU HAVE ANY THAT GOT MORE THAN THE 12? UH, YEAH, I HAD A FEW, YES.
AND WHAT I DID IS I BUDGET SOME AREAS MORE THAN THAT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING GET IT, IT JUST GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN THEY DO ACQUIRE MR OR SOMETHING, THEY COULD EVENTUALLY GET THERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THIS AT ONE TIME.
WELL, WE'LL NEED TO GO THROUGH AND, UH, I, BUDGET OFFICER, BUDGET OFFICER AND THE AUDITOR AND HR TO GET THAT CLEAR.
SO I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TREATING EVERYBODY EQUALLY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE RACES, WE GONNA GIVE RAISE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE'RE THE SAME THING APPLY TO THE SHERIFF, JUST.