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NEED TO FILL THESE FORMS OUT IF YOU WANT TO.I'D LIKE TO, UH, WELCOME YOU THIS MORNING TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COURT OF COUNTY.
WE HAVE A FORUM PRESENT AND TODAY IS MONDAY, UH, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2016.
UH, AND SO WE'LL BE, UH, MOVING THROUGH THAT AS RAPIDLY AS WE CAN.
IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP, UH, TO, UH, SPEAK TO THE COMMISSIONERS IN THE EARLY PORTION OF OUR MEETING OR DURING THE MEETING, THERE IS A FARM THAT, UH, WE DO NEED YOU TO COMPLETE AND WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO THAT.
UH, WE'LL START JUST IN A MOMENT FOR THE INVITATION, UH, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ALLEGIANCE TO NOTE.
AND WE'LL, MOST GRACIOUS HEAVEN, FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TOGETHER HERE AND, UH, TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF CA COUNTY.
UH, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT FREEDOM WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO ASSEMBLE AND DISCUSS THE AFFAIRS OF, UH, PUBLIC BUSINESS.
LORD, WE PRAY NOW AS WE ENTER INTO THIS MEETING THAT YOU'LL GIVE US, GIVE US THE WISDOM AND THE PATIENCE AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS, AND THAT WE LISTEN AND THAT WE LISTEN CAREFULLY AND THAT WE LISTEN RESPECTFULLY TO WHAT THOSE HAVE TO SAY.
LORD, WE PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL OF THOSE THAT WERE IN HARM'S WAY ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE PRAY AND ASK THAT YOU'LL PROTECT THEM.
ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN THY SON'S HOLY NAME, AMEN.
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
ONE, AN INDIVIDUAL THANK HERE WITH THE MARCH TWO.
I THINK I HAVE SOME MORE THAN BE COMING IN.
UH, ONE IS FROM, UH, MIKE SLIDE, WHO, SENIOR MANAGER HERE IN, UH, KAUFMAN, AND HE WISHES TO ADDRESS OR MAY WISH TO ADDRESS ITEM 14 AS WELL AS JIM, WHO ALSO IS HERE, UH, IN REGARDS TO ITEM.
SO TO, UH, YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
UH, THE NEXT, UH, FIRST ONE I'LL CALL IS, AND SHE'S WITH THE LONG STAR PAA MS. BE WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE THIS MORNING, AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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WE DO REQUEST THAT, UH, MINUTES.CLERK THE TIMER ON THIS SPEAKING
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF L PSA.
PSA IS COURT APPOINTMENT SPECIAL ADVOCATE.
WE ADVOCATE, OUR GOAL IS TO, UH, TRAIN AND SUPERVISE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF CHILDREN IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
WE OVER KAMAN IN ROCKWELL COUNTIES.
WE'VE BEEN IN ROCKWELL SINCE 1992 AND IN KAMAN SINCE 2004.
RIGHT WHEN WE CAME DOWN HERE, WE MET IN THIS LOVING ROOM.
UH, WE CAME IN AUGUST OF 2004.
CAME EXPECTING TWO CASES LEFT WITH FOUR CASES WITH SEVEN CHILDREN.
LAST YEAR WE ADVOCATED FOR 154 CHILDREN, CHILDREN COUNTY.
AND OUR GOAL WAS TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF THE CHILDREN IN COLMAN COUNTY.
AND WE'VE JUST ABOUT REACHED THAT GOAL.
I'M HERE TODAY SIMPLY TO TELL YOU THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE HAD COMMISSIONER'S COURT, AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW, UH, WE DO HAVE AN OFFICE IN COLTON NOW IT'S IN THE WELL FARGO BUILDING, AND WE'VE RECENTLY HIRED STAFF HELP US RELATIONS.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO VISIT WITH EACH ONE INDIVIDUAL SOMETIMES ABOUT THE PROGRAM, BUT TODAY I'M JUST HERE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT THEM HERE NOW OR WANTED, LEAVE THEM BACK ON THE DESK SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT WE, YOU ON THE HOW ABOUT? THAT'D BE FINE.
UH, NEXT, UH, LAURA, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, REQUESTED? ONLY ONES ASKED YOU.
OKAY, SO, UH, WE HEARD FROM, WELL, UH, HAVE ONE FROM JOE, UH, WIND, AND, UH, JOE IS HERE TO SPEAK ITEM THE 1 75 ENGINEERING CONTRACT.
JOE, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK WITH THAT DURING, GET THAT ON THE AGENDA OR DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK? I EITHER WAY.
AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, AND HE'S HERE, UH, WISHING TO TALK ABOUT ROLLING HILLS SUSTAINED.
MR. HAM, UH, ARE YOU HERE? AND I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE ON THE AGENDA.
WE, WE TOLD WE'RE TO BE ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WEREN'T UNTIL WE GOT HERE.
UH, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS, YOU'LL NEED TO COME FORWARD HERE AND YOU'LL BE LIMITED TO.
WELL, HE CAN, UH, YOU WILL BE ON THE AGENDA ACCORDING TO MR. SHANE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
YOU CAN WAIT TILL THEN OR YOU CAN, UH, SPEAK IN THE OPEN SESSION NOW.
UH, NOW THE COMMISSIONERS CANNOT RESPOND TO YOUR NCE WELL, THAT AGENDA, I DON'T WANT ORDER.
MR. SHANE WANTS US TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
WELL, HE'S, HE SAID IT BE ON NEXT AGENDA, SO HE'D MUCH PARDON STATE FOR ANYTHING.
UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
UH, WE'VE GOT A FAIRLY LENGTHY AGENDA.
YOU WANT LISTEN, AND YOU, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE, UH, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE, WHICH I DON'T HAVE ANY CONSENT AGENDA, WE ARE PLEASED THIS MORNING TO HAVE JOHN HOLSTER HERE WITH US AND ALSO ROBERT, UH, MESSER, OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE, UH, NORTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY.
UH, AND UM, HERE FOR ITEM 1 7 5 AND ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 13, UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL
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OF THE PROFESSIONAL FOR THE US 1 75 PROJECT COUNTY DAN ENGINEERING.JOHN HAS ANOTHER MEETING, TAR COUNTY, UH, THAT HE NEEDS TO ATTEND.
SO JOHN, THIS WAS PLACED ON THE, I BELIEVE YOUR REQUEST AND YOU COME FORWARD AND TELL US A WHAT MY NAME JOHN STER OF 1 7 1 LANE FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS IS MY ADDRESS AROUND THE COUNTY'S, UH, TRANSPORTATION BOND PROGRAM MANAGER.
UH, THE, UH, 1 75 CONTRACT WITH DAN BOND IS ONE OF THE, UH, 26 PROJECTS THAT ARE ON PROGRAM.
THEY WERE SELECTED AS MOST QUALIFIED, UH, FEBRUARY 9TH LAST YEAR FROM COMMISSIONER CORRECTION.
AND, UH, THIS IS A SOUTHBOUND FURNITURE FROM F1 48 TO COUNTY ROAD 41 0 6, UH, A NEW, NEW LOCATION AND THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL BREAK SEPARATION ADDED.
SO THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS THAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR IS 10 MILLION CONTRACT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UH, WE GET THEM STARTED TO WORK.
AND, UH, CAN YOU TELL US HOW THIS SELECTION PROCESS REPLACE? YES, SIR.
UH, THE, THE BOND PACKAGE WAS PACKED IN 2013 AND THEN, UH, THE, UH, PROCESS BEGAN TO SELECT PROJECT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD, THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS WE WOULD SPEND.
AND THEN IN THE NOVEMBER OF 25TH, 14, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION COMMITTEE, THE TWO TEXTILE EMPLOYEES AND THREE COUNTY OFFICIALS, THOSE, UH, FIVE MEMBERS WERE, UH, BRITISH GALLWAY WHO WORKS AT THE, UH, KAMAN AREA OFFICE, UH, ALI, AND I'M GONNA GET HIS NAME MESSED UP, ALI TO HARRY, WHO ALSO WORKS AT
AND THEN YOU HAD, UH, LISA CALLAHAN FROM PURCHASING TIFFANY BARDEN FROM, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES AND KENNETH POLICE FROM GRAPHERS OFFICE.
THE, UH, THERE WERE
A LOT OF WORK FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH.
AND SO WE SPENT FROM NOVEMBER TO FIRST PARTY DECEMBER, BASICALLY WE BROUGHT
AND THEN WE SENT 'EM HOME WITH THEIR, UH, DOCUMENTS.
AND THEY, OUR FIRST MEETING WAS, UH, DECEMBER 10TH, 2014, AND BY JANUARY 14TH WE HAD A LIST OF FIRMS THAT WERE, WE CONSIDERED MOST QUALIFIED.
THE ONLY ENTITIES THAT VOTED WERE THOSE FIVE MEMBERS.
SO I WAS PRESENT JUST TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT INPUT.
MR. SEBASTIAN ATTENDED THE SEVERAL OF THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL.
THE INFORMATION WAS HELD CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL, UH, SUBMITTED TO THE COURT.
UH, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SENT IN A MEMO FROM MY OFFICE MARKED CONFIDENTIAL AND LISTED, UH, THE FIRMS FOR EACH OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN I ALTERNATE FIRM IN CASE WE COULDN'T REACH THE CONTRACT WITH THE FIRM THAT WAS SELECTED IS MOST QUALIFIED.
AND THEN WE SUBMITTED THAT ON JANUARY 28TH, AND ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2015, THE COMMISSION COURT ADOPTED THAT ARE MOST QUALIFIED.
THEY CONTRACT WHERE WE'RE NOW AND WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED
IT'S JUST THE REASON SO LONG TO GET ON CONTRACT MEETING WITH YOU TOOK THESE FIRMS ON CONTRACT T DECIDED TO UPDATE THEIR DESIGN MANUAL AND WE HAD TO GO BACK AND RENEGOTIATE SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THE SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT AGREED TO THE STATE TO ENSURE THAT THE THINGS WERE REQUIRED FROM THE ENGINEER WERE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE STATE WAS GONNA EXPECT FROM THE NEW DESIGN MEETING.
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SO THAT TOOK A WHILE.DID THEY ALL COME IN STILL UNDER BUDGET? YEAH.
UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, I'VE BEEN SUBMITTING THAT SPREADSHEET SHOWS, ALL ESTIMATES ON THE ENGINEERING SERVICES ARE, AND, UH, ALL OF THEM ARE COMING IN AT OR BELOW WHAT WE ANTICIPATED.
WELL, MR. WIND, I MAYBE WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS SUBJECT TIME YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
MY, MY MAJOR QUESTION, HOW THE CONTRACT WAS, WAS HOW THE PEOPLE WERE SELECTED, UH, AND FROM WHAT DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT EXPERTISE DID THEY HAVE TO BE ELECTED FOR SUCH A LARGE CONTRACT? UH, I, I, I, I GOT THE LIST THE SAME WAY THAT HE DID.
AND, UH, THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE, THE ONLY ONE PERSON THAT I SEE ON THERE THAT HAD ANY ENGINEERING OR OR CIVILIAN CIVILIAN ENGINEERING OR CIVIL ENGINEERING AT ALL WAS, UH, MS. GALLAWAY.
UH, I DON'T SEE THE EXPERTISE OF ANYBODY ELSE THAT COULD ACTUALLY, UH, RECOMMEND AN ENGINEERING FIRM OR, OR A PROJECT AS LARGE WITHOUT HAVING SOME KIND OF ENGINEERING BACKGROUND.
IF I SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, A PERSON DEPARTMENT, A HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IN THE ER'S OFFICE, UH, MY QUESTION WOULD JUST BE WHERE DO THEY HAVE EXPERTISE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT? THAT'S MY QUESTION I'D ASK MR. IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD, THIS IS HOW YOU HANDLED IT IN OTHER COUNTIES, I BELIEVE.
UH, TYPICALLY, UH, TYPICALLY IN OTHER COUNTIES, AND I DO REPRESENT OTHER COUNTIES, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND, UH, TYPICALLY SOMETIMES LEGAL DEPARTMENTS ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT.
AND, AND ALTHOUGH THESE ARE ENGINEERING CONTRACTS, WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS BASICALLY A CHECKLIST OF SERVICES.
SO WE CREATED THE CRITERIA CRITERIA SHEET PRIOR TO THE MEETING MEMBERS REVIEWING THE, THE ACTUAL RQS AND WHERE YOU LOOK FOR SIMILAR, UH, PROJECTS OF SIMILAR SIZE.
YOU LOOK AT THEIR CLIENT LIST, HOW THEY WORK FOR COUNTIES.
A LOT OF ENGINEERING FIRMS DO A LOT OF CITY WORK OR HYDRAULIC WORK, AND THEY THINK THAT TRANSLATES.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE SPENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS PRIOR TO, UH, THEM BEING IN THE SELECTION PROCESS OF REVIEWING THE RQS, SHOWING THEM WHAT IT IS THEY NEED TO LOOK FOR AND THE TYPE OF SERVICES AND THE EXPERIENCE FROM THE FIRM.
SINCE THIS WAS GONNA BE A TECH STOCK JOB, WE TOLD 'EM TO LOOK AT THE PROJECT MANAGER MANAGER TO SEE WHAT THE PROJECT MANAGER'S, UH, HISTORY, BECAUSE THEY LIST OUT WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND YOU LOOK AT THOSE FIRMS THAT ARE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT THEY SUBMITTED FOR, 'CAUSE THERE WERE NINE PROJECTS YOU COULD SUBMIT FOR ALL NINE OR JUST TWO OR JUST ONE.
AND WHATEVER THOSE PROJECTS USED TO DO FOR, YOU HAD TO HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER THAT HAD PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND THEN PROJECTS THAT WERE WORKED FOR SAME SIZE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'RE GOING AFTER A $10 MILLION DRIVE AND THE BIGGEST JOB THAT YOU SHOW ON YOUR RFQ IS TWO, UH, THERE'S SOME DISPARITIES.
SO IT'S A, ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR, IT'S FAIRLY EMPIRICAL AS OPPOSED TO THE SUBJECTIVE OF THE $800,000 JOB.
THE EXPERTISE AS FAR AS THE COMMITTEE CONCERNED, UH, THE COMMITTEE HAD THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
WELL, ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WHEN I, WHEN I THAT LET HIM ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I DUNNO, I DIDN'T SAY ANY ANSWER THAN WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU, JUDGE.
ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE IS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE THAT WE WERE CHOSEN, EVERY ONE OF 'EM COME UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY JUDGE.
SO TO ME YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT.
AND I ADVOCATE, MAY I ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU MEAN UNDER THE JURISDICTION? WELL, AS FAR AS HIRING AND, AND RECOMMENDING GETTING THEIR POSITIONS.
DON'T YOU LIE TO THE AUDITOR? OH NO, HE DOESN'T.
I'M HIRED BY THE STATE DISTRICT JUDGES AND MY PEOPLE ARE HIRED BY THEM TOO.
I HIRE 'EM AND THEY ANSWER TO THEM.
SO YOU WERE ONE OF THE ONES ON THE COMMITTEE? NO, SIR, I WAS NOT.
BUT I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE ONE THAT WAS ON THE COMMITTEE.
THAT YOUNG MAN HAS TWO DEGREES WORKING ON A MASTER'S.
WOULD YOU LIKE THE MEETING TO TALK TO HIM? UH, I SURE
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WOULD.AFTER, AFTER THIS COURT SESSION, YOU CAN GO ME TO MY OFFICE AND I'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO HIM.
AND, AND, AND AS THE SAME TIME, I WOULD'VE LIKE TO SEE SOME OF HOW THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT IS EVEN KNOWN.
HOW, HOW DID YOU DO AS FAR AS ALL THE BUSES OR THE MONEY THAT COMES IN, HOW DOES THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT TAKE CARE OF IT? IF THEY, SO THAT WE DON'T GET INTO A, A BIND WITH OUR I OR SOMETHING.
I'M SURE THAT THE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT.
SO THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTIONS.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT EVERYBODY COULD SEE WHAT WE WERE DOING AND THERE WAS NOTHING.
I, I'M NOT SAYING THERE ANYTHING, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S A GREAT CONTRACT AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, FROM DAY ONE, I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS A GOOD DEAL OR BAD DEAL TO ME IT WAS NOT A GOOD DEAL BECAUSE, UH, I DON'T FEEL BACK.
WE SHOULD BE THAT, THAT INVOLVED IN THE STATE HIGHWAYS WHEN OUR COUNTY ROAD IS SUCH A BIG MESS THAT WE CAN'T EVEN WANT TO GET 'EM DOWN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ON ITEM NUMBER 13? UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD NOW AND ON THAT ITEM AND I'LL READ THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE US 1 75 PROJECT BETWEEN KAMAN COUNTY AND DAN ENGINEERING THE AMOUNT OF $894,756 14 CENTS.
I WOULD LIKE IT RECORDED IN THE MINUTES, UH, USED, I'M UNDERSTANDING FROM VOTING, UH, BECAUSE I DID RECEIVE A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION IN 2013 FROM JAMES DAN, WHO IS THE OWNER OF DANDENONG ENGINEER.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS PARTICULAR, HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ADAM TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
RHONDA HUEY IS HERE WITH USDA.
YOU, YOU GOT GOING ON THAT, YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP THE, UH, JUDGE AND YOU HAVE AN ITEM, I BELIEVE HERE ON NUMBER SEVEN SO YOU CAN GET THAT TO YOUR WORK AND HELP JUDGES ON THEIR JURY TAKING FOR I'M HERE TO ASK THE, THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING MY CELL PHONE NOW IN THE AMOUNT OF $75.
AND ALSO FOR MY PROJECT MANAGEMENT, HER OFFICE, MAIN OFFICE IS NOW IS DOWN THE SOUTH CAMPUS AND ALL OF OUR TALKING THAT WE DO BACK AND FORTH, WE DO THE CELL PHONE BECAUSE WE'LL SEND HER NUMBERS OR WHATEVER.
THEN SHE HAS TO PULL DIFFERENT FILES FOR US.
SO I'M ALSO ASKING FOR A $75 ALLOWANCE.
SO I'M ASKING FOR MY CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE NOW OF 75 BECAUSE THAT MY PERSONAL PHONE, PHONE IS NOT, ALSO NOT USED FOR COUNTY BUSINESS.
YOU DON'T HAVE A COUNTY PHONE? NO, I DO NOT.
SO THIS WOULD BE FOR THREE MONTHS FOR HER, FOR HER.
MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE IS WHAT I, ANOTHER CHAIRMAN WILL BE THREE MONTHS AND THEN YOURS WILL BE, OR WHATEVER IT TAKES, WHATEVER, HOWEVER LONG SHE'S OUT.
THIS A FOR A MOTION, I'LL A MOTION A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, REQUEST FROM MS, UH, ON, UH, ALLOWING THE CELL PHONE FOR HERSELF.
AND, UH, MR. JONES, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, AND I DID, UH, INADVERTENTLY, UH, FORGET TO ALLOW JOHN HOLSTERS HERE.
UH, AND ALSO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 16 AND REBECCA, I BE ASKING YOU GO A CLOSED SESSION ON THERE.
THE OF CAROL, DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FOR THE CITY OF CAROL? OKAY, BILL.
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BE GOOD WHILE JOHN IS HERE, UH, TO SKIP TO ITEM NUMBER 16 SO WE CAN GET, SO WHAT I WOULD ASK THE AUDIENCE TO DO IS, UH, TO MOTION.I DON'T, OKAY, SO I DO MOTION TO EXIT A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER.
NEXT WE HAD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN, UH, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO EXIT THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 9 39.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION NOW FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER TO SECOND COMMISSIONER.
WE HAVE ANY OTHER, ALL IN FAVOR SAY, ALRIGHT, THANK.
AND UH, JOHN DID YOU I I DID NOT GET HER RETURN WITHOUT ANYTHING.
I THINK SHE'S, I GOT IT FOR YOU LAURA.
THE TIME? NO, SHE YOUR ASSISTANT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SKIP AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE REPORTING TO US NEXT IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM, UH, ROBERT MESSER.
ROBERT, YOU COME FORWARD, UH, WHO IS THE TALTON COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NORTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY ON THE ACTIVITIES OF MEMA AS IT RELATES TO COUNTY.
ROBERT, APPRECIATE JOHN IS HERE, WORKING MEDICAL, BE POSITIVE ACROSS COUNTY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. WOOD, FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME DOWN AND, UH, TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A HIGH HONOR FOR ME AND THAT'S CERTAINLY YOUR REPRESENTATIVE NORTHEAST.
I THINK I'VE PASSED OUT SEVERAL PAGES OF THINGS I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS MORNING.
I HAVE TWO COPIES LEFT AND THERE'S ANYBODY THAT READ A COPY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A COPY, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE GONNA WALK INTO THE DOCUMENT AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE COPIES REPORT OUR FULL STRATEGIC PLAN, ANYONE WOULD LACK A COMPLETE SET OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOBILITY OF MARKET.
I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY WILL KIND OF GIVE YOU A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE AS TO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
THE NORTHEAST AREA, THE FIRST PAGE AFTER THE COVER PAGE IS A DESCRIPTION OF KIND OF HOW WE CAME ABOUT AND WHO WE ARE TODAY AND HOW WE ATTEND THE REASONABLE BOOK.
THE AUTHORITIES STARTED OVER 2004, THE FIRST MEETING APRIL, 2005, PRINCIPALLY DRIVEN BY TYLER LONG VIEW AND ORDER TO DEVELOP REASONABLE TRANSPORTATION IN THAT AREA.
UH, WE'VE BEEN, UH, AN ACTIVE MEMBER NOW IN, UH, 2015 AND 15 AND HOFFMAN COUNTY IS NOW STARTING OUR THIRD YEAR AS A MEMBER OF MOBILITY AUTHORITY.
THE NEXT PAGE IS A LIST WHERE OUR CURRENT OFFICERS ARE AND HOW OUR ASSOCIATION IS ORGANIZED BETWEEN OFFICERS EXECUTIVE MEETING AND THE MEMBERS FROM THE VARIOUS COUNTIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REASONABLE.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOW THE MONEY, MAN, YOU'RE THE TREASURER.
IT JUST SEEMS TO WORK OUT THAT PLACE.
THEY HAVEN'T ASKED ME TO SERVE THE TREASURER AND I'M THE TREASURER THEM.
WE TRY TO DETERMINE HOW TO ADEQUATE MASKS OUR ASSOCIATION.
THE NEXT PAGE IS A MAP THAT IF YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE BLUE COUNTIES OR COUNTIES OR
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WITH OUTLINES AREA WHERE WE HAD BEEN GRANTED THE AUTHORITY ACT BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ABOUT THE AUTHORITY IS YOU COLLABORATIVELY MEASURE WHERE WE COME TO THE TABLE.
UH, I THINK KAUFFMAN COUNTY IS A QUICK COLLEAGUE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION HERE IN LOUISIANA AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT TO US AS TIME GOES BACK, I DO THINK IT'S THE AUTHORITY, THE REGIONAL ABILITY AUTHORITY GIVE MECHANISM GRANT LEADERS OF THOSE, BUT WHATEVER SOLUTION HAPPENS AND THERE WILL BE A SOLUTION.
I BELIEVE THE BOTH REGIONAL ABILITY AUTHORITY IS IMPORTANT TO US AND HAVE OUR VOICE HEARD IS THOSE PLANS.
BUT THAT'S, UH, IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION.
THE NEXT PAGE IS A MAP AND THIS IS THE, THE MAP OF THE CURRENTLY WELL DEFINED AND VISION OF THE NORTHEAST TEXAS REASONABILITY.
SO THIS, THIS GRAPH THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU WITH ON THE LEFT HAND BEING TYLER AND ONE, THE CENTER OF THE PAGE BEING LONG VIEW IS ONE IS CALLED IN OUR CIRCLE, THE EAST TEXAS HOURGLASS, THE LONG TERM VISION OF THE AUTHORITY BEFORE WE HAVE ON THE GROUND.
NOW IF YOU HAVE A TOTAL ROAD TO THE GROUND FROM THE WEST SIDE OF TYLER, SOUTH OF TYLER ACROSS 20 AGAIN, AND THEN GO AROUND THE NORTH SIDE, THE LONG VIEW AND INTERSECT INTO INTERSTATE 59.
NOW SOME OF YOU GUYS SUCH GREAT HEROES.
I DO MAY DRIVE ON INTERSTATE 59, BUT I'M REALLY NOT VERY COMFORTABLE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN MY LIFETIME.
AS WE ALL KNOW, TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENT PLANNING TIMEFRAME AND EVENTUALLY I THINK THERE WILL BE A 59 IF THESE PLANTS COME TO, TO TO BE THEN THERE WILL BE A TO ROAD THAT WILL CONNECT THEM TO, UH, IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION AROUND TYLER AND LONG, THE MOST IMMEDIATE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS OVER AT THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHERE YOU SEE A RED LINE THAT IS ABOUT A SEVEN MILE SECTION THAT HIGHWAY 69 DOWN THE
AND WE CALL THAT IN OUR DELIBERATIONS, THE LINDON BAY RELIEF ROUTE.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING AND ACQUIRING RIGHT AWAY FOR LIN RELIEF ROUTE.
WE HOPE BEGIN CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WHEN WE THINK WE'LL BE OPEN ABOUT 24 MONTHS GO FROM HIGHWAY 69 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DALE, AROUND TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY TERMINATE, WHICH IS ONE 10 SOUTH OF TYLER.
AS TIME GOES BY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO STUDY THE NEEDS OF THE AREA AND WE WILL DEVELOP THE REST OF THE TOLL ROAD BACK UP TO 20 AS THE NEED DEVELOPS.
CERTAINLY SINCE WE ARE FUNDED BY TO ON OUR ROAD, WE HAVE TO BE VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT WHAT UH, OUR REVENUES WILL SUPPORT AND THAT'S DIFFERENT BY THE DEMANDS.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE, WE SEE THE DEFINITE NEED FOR THE LEVEL LEAK ROUTE.
THIS TIME PASSES WE THINK WILL CONTINUE.
SO THAT WILL BE A TOLL RIGHT THERE.
IT WOULD BE A, IT WILL ALL BE TOLD, OKAY? ALL OF THAT LOOP IS PLANNED TO BE OF SOME TOTAL, WELL RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE AUTHORITY OF THE MOBILITY OF, UNLESS THE STATEMENT SIGNS THE FRONT ROAD TRUCTURE A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS ALL CONSIDERED TO BE
SO YOU WILL OWN, YOU WILL OWN THE TOW ROAD, WE WILL OWN THE TOW ROAD.
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS FOR US TO FINANCE PROJECTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE, WE CAN FINANCE ANYTHING THAT TRANSPORTS STUFF.
WE CAN DO RAIL LINES AND WE CAN DO WATER LINES, WE CAN DO SEWER LINES, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A COAST, A CASH FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT WE BUILD IN ORDER TO PAY THAT IS THE TO ROAD PAID FOR SALE.
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIALS ON THE, SORRY TO INTERRUPT, I'M ON ROLL.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT PAGE IS, IS A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF HOW OUR TOLL ROAD HAS BEEN RECEIVED, UH, BY THE PEOPLE TRYING PEOPLE PAY THE CLOSE.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE WE STARTED IN APRIL 13TH WHEN THE CLOSED LOAD FIRST OPENED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE LINE AND THE GREEN LINE.
WE'VE HAD INCREASING REVENUE EVERY YEAR SINCE THE TO ROAD.
UH, AS O WE UH, PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO WHAT OUR VOLUMES ARE AND WHAT WE EXPECT THEM.
WE JUST COMPLETED THE TRAFFIC AND REVENUE STUDY AND THE FUTURE OF OUR ROAD IS VERY WELL.
IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED BY OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND IF THE FOLKS THAT KNOW CORRECT, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY MUCH NEEDED IN OUR AREA WHEN WE SUPPORTED BY DRIVER FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO WE BELIEVE OUR CASH FLOW IS VERY STRONG IN THE FUTURE.
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THE NEXT PAGE IS A STIP OF EVENT POSITION.IF THIS WILL NOT A TOW ROAD, IF THIS WILL PROVIDE A BUSINESS, WE CALL THIS A BALANCE SHEET.
SO I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT, TECHNICAL NAME, STATE POSITION.
BUT LOOKING AT THE BALANCE SHEET COMPAR 2015 TO 2014, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF STABILITY WITH OUR CODE ON.
WE'VE MAINTAINED ABOUT $12 MILLION IN CASH.
WE HAVE A FIXED ASSETS OF ABOUT 236 MILLION IS THE DE AGAINST THAT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 60 MILLION FROM PERSPECTIVE.
OUR TOTAL LOAD IS VERY STRONG.
THE NEXT PAGE IS COMPARED TO INCOME STATEMENT BETWEEN 2015 AND 2014.
AND ON FIRST BLUSH, YOU WOULD THINK, WELL THE REVENUES DROPPED FROM 11 MILLIONS, $700,000, 11.7 MILLION TO 10.8 BETWEEN 14 AND 15.
ONE NUMBER THOSE YOU NEED TO CONSIDER IS A LINE ABOVE THAT ON 14 WHERE YOU SEE GRANTS AND RELATED REVENUE.
WE HAD A $3.6 MILLION GRANT IN 2014, PAY FOR SOME POLLING EQUIPMENT.
SO IN FACT THE REVENUES INCREASED FROM 8.2 TO 10.9 MILLION.
BETWEEN 14 AND 15, WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD OUR EXPENSES PRETTY CONSTANT AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD JOB.
WE'VE MANAGED OUR EXPENSES WELL AND WE HAD OPERATING INCOME OF 1,000,006 COMPARED TO THE ADJUSTED OPERATING INCOME OF $500,000 IN GETTING THEM AN 80 GRAND.
I'D ALSO ASK YOU TO LOOK AT RIGHT UNDER THE TOTAL WHOLE OPERATING EXPENSES, YOU SEE THE DEPRECIATION EXPENSES, THE 2015, WE HAD DEPRECIATION OF $6 MILLION COMPARED TO $4 MILLION FOR 2014, WE HAD A STRONG CASH FLOW, 15 STRONGER THAN 14.
AND OUR ASSOCIATION, LOOKING AT THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT, I THINK YOU WOULD ASK WHY DOES THE ORIGINAL BILL AUTHORITY ASK FOR A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE COUNTY TO, BECAUSE WE DEBATED THAT VERY LONG RUN.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CASH, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER RIGHT OR WRONG.
WHEN WE SETTLE DOWN ON THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS FEEL, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IF YOU DON'T CHARGE FOR SOMETHING, WHAT'S IT PROCEED VALUE? AND IF WE HAVE FREE ADMISSION, DOES EVERYBODY THINK THAT THE VALUE OUR REASONABILITY AUTHORITY BRINGS IS WORTHLESS? RIGHT OR WRONG? THE PEOPLE AROUND AROUND THE BOARDROOM THAT DAY FELT THAT IT WAS REASONABLE OR ASKED TO ASK FOR OUR COUNTIES TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US FINANCIALLY BECAUSE WE DO THINK WE BRING VALUE AND IF WE WERE FREE, WE'RE AFRAID THAT PERCEPTION OF VALUE WOULD BE LOST.
AND THAT'S THE REASON YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I BELIEVE THAT AN INVOICE THAT, UH, YOU CAN PAY OR NOT PAY IF YOU DON'T PAY I BE TREASURER ANYMORE.
UM, IF CONTINUE, THE NEXT PAGE IS OUR 2000, UH, 16 ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND I THINK COMPARING THAT TO 2015, WE HAVE CONSERVATIVELY BUDGETED OUR REVENUES TO BE SOMETHING LESS THAN 30 YEAR AGO.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TRANSPORTATION MONTH TO MONTH OVER THE, OVER THE YEAR, OVER YEAR, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A GROWTH IN REVENUE.
SO I THINK WE UNDERSHOT THE REVENUE AND I THINK WE WILL EXCEED WHAT WE DID IN 15 FOR THE YEAR 16.
WE EXPECT TO HOLD OUR EXPENSES CONSTANT.
SO WE DO EXPECT ANOTHER STRONG HERE FROM
THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO COVER BEFORE I RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IS SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE TO BE IMPORTANT.
WE REALLY BELIEVE IF WE'RE GOING BRING VALUE FOR OUR MEMBERS, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING MORE TO CONSTRUCT A OVER.
IF WE'RE ONLY CONSTRUCT A, A MEMBER, WE BELIEVE WE DO BRING VALUE TO THE COUNTIES AND WE BELIEVE THE TIME PASSES, WE'LL BRING MORE VALUE TO THAT END.
WE'VE BUDGETED $200,000 A YEAR FOR COUNTIES FOR FOR COUNTY PARTICIPATION.
SO FOR INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES, UH, BEFORE YOU RECEIVED THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE IMPORTANT IN THE PROJECT THAT WE'LL CONSIDER WEIGHING THE 200,000 SOMETHING THAT'S, I DUNNO, HOW DO GUYS ARE DIFFERENT THAN I MADE $200,000 A LOT MONEY.
YOU START BUILDING A ROAD THOUGH.
SO WHILE 200,000 IS NOT AS MUCH AS WE WISH IT WOULD BE AND NOT AS MUCH AS WE THINK IT CAN BE, AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THE TOTAL, IT'S A START.
AND WE BELIEVE IT SIGNIFIED OUR COMMIT RETURN SOMETHING TO
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OUR COUNCIL.THIS IS THE CRITERIA, THE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL CONSIDER.
AND THAT ON THE LAST PAGE YOU SEE THE TIMELINE.
WE NEED, WE NEED THE PROJECTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS FROM KAMAN COUNTY AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE DESCRIPTION.
THOSE TWO THAT WERE SUBMITTED FUNDING, IT'S NOT THE OTHER COUNTY.
WE DID NOT AWARD $200,000 LAST YEAR.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY APPLY FOR IT.
SO WE'RE SUBMITTING 200,000, TWO $200,000 PROJECTS THIS YEAR.
AND I TOLD MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, YOU GUYS SLEEP WITH THE SWITCH TALKING COUNTY HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS YEAR.
I HAVE TO REPEAT THAT
NO, THE AMOUNT, $200,000 A YEAR.
SO THERE'S $400,000 AVAILABLE NOW AND WE WE'RE SUBMITTING TWO PROJECTS THAT HOPEFULLY BOTH WILL BE FUNDED.
AND THERE'S A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT.
PARDON? THE ONE THAT, UH, OUR CODE, ANYTHING MONEY THAT WE PAY FOR OUR BOND THAT PAID FOR.
I THINK THEY'RE INTERCHANGE ONE.
SECOND, UH, ONE IS THE, UH, INTERSECTION STRAIGHT HIGHWAY 2 43 OF 25 15 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AND THE OTHER ONE'S INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.
I, YEAH, I WISH I COULD PROMISE YOU THAT WE'LL GET 200,000 OR HUNDRED THOUSAND.
I THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR FEES, BUT UH, THEY, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE THAT I PROMISE I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE MOST WORTHY.
HOPEFULLY I CAN BRING BACK COUNTY.
WHAT THIS DOES IS TO PAY FOR I GET DOWN, I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COUNTY.
I THINK THE WORK IS IMPORTANT.
WHO KNOWS WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BE? WHO KNOW THERE'LL BE MORE OR LESS SO, BUT I DO BELIEVE THIS IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE HAVE QUALITY TRANSPORTATION TO COME HERE IN LOUISIANA.
DID THAT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE? UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL, IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR ASSOCIATION THAT WE PARTICIPATE WITH THE STUDIES ALONG I 20 AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE, UM, THE, THE, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT ONE THING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THERE WERE EVER A WAY TO HAVE A TO LANE ON I 20, MUCH LIKE YOU SEE IN SOME PARTS OF DALLAS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE A REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT.
SO THAT'S, WE WOULD HAVE TO FINANCE THAT.
YOU'D HAVE TO FINANCE IT AND THEN PAY REVENUE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN ON YOUR, YOUR ADOPTED BUDGET, YOU GOT ROAD MAINTENANCE, THE ROAD MAINTENANCE, IS THAT THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE MAINTAIN? YES.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TOTAL MAINTENANCE SUPPORT.
IS THAT ALSO MAINTENANCE YOU'RE DOING? UH, AS WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAT ARE TWO MAJOR EXPENSES.
ONE IS ACTION, THE ASPHALT AND THE DRAINS AND THE STUFF YOU DRIVE ON.
THE OTHER IS THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE TO COLLECT OUR REVENUE.
SO THE EQUIPMENT, YOU SPEND 1,000,006, I MEAN SEVEN ALMOST ON THE, AND THEN ON THE COLLECTION COLLECTIONS, THAT'S MONEY OR IS THAT OKAY? LEMME CATCH UP WITH YOU HERE.
ARE YOU LOOKING, I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR SHEET.
ARE YOU LOOKING AT BUDGET PACKAGE? YEAH.
AND YOU SEE, UH, TOTAL COLLECTIONS DOWN ON THE EXPENSE SIDE.
IS THAT THE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF? SEVEN 60? MM-HMM.
THERE'S TWO WAYS OF ACCOUNTING CONTROL REVENUE.
ONE IS YOU CAN ACCOUNT FOR WHAT YOU ACTUALLY RECEIVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU DON'T COLLECT ALL THAT YOU BILL.
SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN ACCOUNT FOR IT WHAT YOU ACTUALLY RECEIVE OR YOU CAN SAY WE'RE GOING TO ACCOUNT FOR OUR REVENUES, ALL THAT WE SEND OUT, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EXPENSE
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LINE FOR WHAT WE DON'T RECEIVE ON THE AUDITED FINANCIAL PAYMENTS THAT YOU SAW EARLIER IS ACCOUNTED FOR AS AN NET BASIS THAT REVENUE.THERE'S ONLY, WE RECEIVE THIS REPORT WE HAVE IN THE REVENUE OF WHAT WE BILL AND THEN WE HAVE THIS NUMBER SEVEN 60.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE BILLING? YEAH.
WHAT WE'RE BILLING IS 3 MILLION 9, 9 3.
AND WE'RE SAYING WE WILL NOT RECEIVE 1,000,007 60.
OURS, YOU WILL HAVE REVENUE FOR BILLING IT 2.2 MILLION, RIGHT? I GOT, REMEMBER I'M TALKING ABOUT TIME 20 TOGETHER SOMEWHERE.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY STUDY THAT TIE THOSE TWO TOGETHER.
THAT WOULD BE THE ON DISCOVERY THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT.
WE'D BE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT, WE WOULD APPROACH THE TABLE, SAY WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TODAY.
QUESTIONS, I GUESS I THINK, UH, I, WITH Y'ALL COMING TABLE WITH US TO HELP WITH, UH, PUSH PROJECTS THAT WE CAN START, I THINK WE CAN DO SOME THINGS BECAUSE IT'S A, ONE OF THE S OF WORKING IN THE DISTRICT IS VERY THERE.
WE ALL HAVE, UH, A STAKE IN THE GAME.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME IS WHAT HAPPENED IN CAMAN COUNTY, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE BE TRULY REGIONAL AND WE REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN A REGIONAL WAY.
A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR COUNTIES, AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE LEADING THE, THE, THE TRUCK, THE PACK HERE.
A LOT OF OUR COUNTIES ONLY THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITHIN COUNTY LIVES.
BUT IT'S CONCEIVABLE IN MY MIND, A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY THAT GET END INTO THE MARKET ROAD BECAUSE YOU NEVER THOUGHT WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN LEAVES COUNTY.
AND I THINK WE TRULY MUST THINK REGIONAL AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT PROFESSIONS IS AN EXTREMELY LONG FAMILY.
WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THAT WITH CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL.
WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF, WE, WE YOU GUYS ARE LEADING THIS IN A REALLY GOOD, YEAH, AND EVERY TIME I GO TO N MEETING, THEY UH, PEOPLE THERE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WISH OUR OTHER COUNTIES WERE AS FAR ALONG AS WHAT COUNTY IS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
AND ROBERT, YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN, APPRECIATE YOU STICKING UP FOR US IN EFFORT.
THIS EXTRA 200,000 OR 400,000 WHEREVER WE GONNA END UP GETTING, THAT'S, THAT'S HUGE.
THAT'S, UH, IN TERMS OF BUILDING A ROAD, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SMALL.
IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FROM AND INTER SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT? WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ITEM HERE.
UH, THIS WAS NOT PROVE IT'S JUST A FROM ROBERT.
ROBERT, ANYTIME YOU WISH TO COME AND BRING US UP TODAY, ANYTHING I, YOU JUST PROCEED YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE? IF I COULD SAY ONE THING, WE WILL BE MEETING IN KAMAN COUNTY, I THINK IT'S IN APRIL.
AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, UH, COMING IN CONVERSATION.
OKAY, MARK, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WE'VE GOT NUMBER SIX HERE.
UH, THAT'S TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE NORTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL MOBILITY STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO YOU, YOU COMMISSIONER, MAY YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT? ANY QUESTIONS OF UH, I DID NOT GIVE YOU GUYS A TOTAL STRATEGIC PLAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THAT YOU, I I'M SORRY, DIDN'T ASK YOU THAT.
YOU INFORMATION, I THINK I'VE COVERED, UH, DR. WOOD MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WERE IN THE PLAN, PLEASE.
ANY QUESTION YOU NEED A MOTION ON? UH, WELL I HE WANTS TO, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION NUMBER.
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NUMBER FIVE.I COVERED MOST THINGS THAT WERE IN THE PLAN CONVERSATION FIRST.
IT'S NICE TO KNOW YOU HAVE A S PLAN WITH ALL THE THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON.
OTHER THING, I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING A MEETING UP.
WHAT'S GOING ON? I APPRECIATE THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MR. MESS ON THE UH, RMA 2016 STRATEGIC PLAN.
BOARD DOES NEED APPROVAL OF SO MANY COUNTIES.
SO WE BOTH, TO APPROVE THIS WE'LL UH, SEND YOU A LETTER.
THINGS THAT YOU SOUND LIKE A DIRECTOR NOW,
ALRIGHT, LET'S, UH, LET'S GO BACK AND KIND OF CATCH UP WHERE WE'RE DISTRICT NUMBER.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO DISCUSS AND APPROVING ALLEGATIONS OF THE FAMILY PROTECTION, UH, FEEDS LONG CORPORATED COUNTY CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER, GENESIS CENTER AND COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER.
EQUAL SHARE AROUND 7,000 OR SO.
UH, CONSIDER V IS CONSIDER RENEWING MEMBERSHIP WITH TEXAS ASSOCIATION COUNTIES PAYING ANNUAL VIEWS.
E IS TO, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER RENEWING MEMBERSHIP WITH THE UH, NORTHEAST TEXAS COUNTY JUDGES AND COMMISSION ASSOCIATION PAYING ANNUAL VIEWS.
F IS TO DISCUSS CONSIDER REVIEW MEMBERSHIP WITH THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY AND PAYING ANNUAL VIEWS.
G IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPRO REQUEST FROM FORMER ELECTRIC CO-OP TO CONSTRUCT ELECTRIC POWER ACROSS 12 LANE ROAD IN COFFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT.
UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO DISCUSS CONSIDER POINT JOE STAS TO THE UH, COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
AND I IS UH, RECEIVED A REPORT, UH, FROM THE CHILDREN SHELTER FOR NOVEMBER.
I BELIEVE ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTION? UH, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.
HAVE PHILLIPS MOTION, MOTION DISCUSSION.
I ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY, THAT WAS PHILLIPS.
OKAY, THREE IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPOINTED COMMITTEE OF COUNTY CITIZENS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BE LOCATED COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT, COUNTY COURTHOUSE, HONORING THE LINES OF COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE MCCLELLAN,
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CYNTHIA MCCLELLAND, AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY.MARK HAD SAID THIS WAS A ITEM WE DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP LAST WEEK.
UH, I UNDERSTAND SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE THOUGHT ON THIS.
WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO IS FINE.
I THINK ANOTHER WORKSHOP, UH, LUCK.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY A, I'M SORRY.
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT FOR COUNTY PRECINCT THREE.
CONSTABLE, OUR RACIAL PROFILE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE STATE ON JANUARY 19TH.
COPY OF NO COMPLAINTS REPORT BY THANK YOU ALL SAY ITEM NUMBER 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ARE PAPER.
DONE ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE OR SOMETHING TO ME.
UM, THIS MORNING I HAD COREY RICHARDS WITH ME.
HE'S WITH GRANT WORKS IN THE WORKSHOP.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUNDING WAS AT FEMA AND THERE HAS BEEN FUNDING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED.
SO WHAT GRANT WORKS CAN DO FOR US, AND I'LL LET HIM EXPLAIN IT BETTER, IS THEY CAN HELP US WITH THAT 25% MATCH THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE AS A COUNTY TO REFUND TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT ALL THE MONEY THAT WE HAD TO.
COMMISSIONER, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
UH, I MET WITH MR. HOWARD JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO AND THERE WAS AN ENGINEERING ROOM ALSO.
WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO FEMA, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, FEMA HAD NOT PLACED, FEMA HAS NOT PLACED A VALUE ON YET.
UH, THERE'S ALREADY FIVE OR SIX PROJECT WORKSHEETS I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN PAID ON.
HE'S GOT OTHERS SUBMITTED IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND HE'S GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, ONE IS A BRIDGE AND LOW WATER CROSSING.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S STILL YET TO HAVE A VALUE DETERMINED ON THAT.
REGARDLESS OF ALL THAT, WE'RE GOING TO STILL APPLY FOR UP TO THREE 50,000 IN FUNDS AND YOU CAN USE THOSE FUNDS TO EITHER RECOUP YOUR 25% MATCH THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PAID FOR FEMALE FUNDS ALREADY DO PROJECTS DIRECTLY RELATED INTERNATIONAL, UH, IN ORDER TO DO THAT RESOLUTION'S COURT.
AFTER THAT WE HAVE WHICH ESTIMATE PERFORMED ALONG THE INPUT FROM THEM AS FAR AS THE BUDGET CONCERNS.
THE APPLICATION WAS BECAUSE THEY'RE FUNDED ON A BASIS.
I KNOW THERE, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ASKED THE OTHER DAY ABOUT FEES AND FUNDS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OUR FEES ARE COVERED BY THE GRANT.
WE'RE, WE CAN'T SAY WHERE OUR FEES ARE GONNA BE OR ANYBODY ELSE'S FEES ARE GONNA BE BECAUSE YOU HAVE PROCUREMENT, HIRE ENGINEERING NEEDED, RIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE FEES WILL BE SET, BUT THEY WON'T BE ADDED.
THERE WILL BE NO ADDED EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY.
THE GRANT WILL PAY FOR THE FEES.
AND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR TODAY, PAM, I BELIEVE THAT APPLIES TO THESE OTHER GRANTS COURT APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPLYING FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE APPLY IN EACH OF OUR DISTRICT, WE DECIDE TO PRECINCT AND WHILE STEVE'S COMING FORWARD, I BELIEVE YOU'VE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME
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THAT I HAVEN'T GONE HERE FOR A BUDGET.AND, AND IF THAT, IF THAT'S APPROVED, THEN YOU CAN SUBMIT IMMEDIATE REQUEST FOR THE REM REBATE OF THOSE FUNDS IMMEDIATE BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT RECEIPT, YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT YOUR MONEY AND YOU THAT WOULD JUST BE AN IMMEDIATE SUBMISSION FOR
YES, WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, ONE, UH, PROJECT WORKSHEET, WHICH WAS FIRST FUNDING FOR IT, WHICH IS, UH, PRECINCT THREE, UH, FOUR OTHERS PAPERWORK'S BEEN SUBMITTED.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE FUNDS DIRECTLY DEPOSITED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
UM, AND THAT WAS DONE LAST WEEK.
SO I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 25 DAYS.
AND THE FIRST ONE CAME IN IN 22 DAYS.
AS FAR AS HOW YOU DIVIDE 'EM, IF YOU WANT TO MATCH UP 25%, YOU MAY WANT TO DO IT BASED UPON THE PROJECT WORKSHEET SUBMITTED, WHICH THAT WAY YOU CAN MATCH 25% WITH 75%.
AND THAT WAY YOU DO A BETTER ACCOUNT.
I THINK I, YOU KNOW, I'LL MAKE OUR AUDITOR WE CAN.
SO IF WE, UH, DO IT THAT WAY, I THINK THAT WOULD WORK BEST FOR US.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA STILL COLLECT THE FINGERPRINT.
YES, THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE GONNA PAY PAY 75% AND WE'RE ONLY 25%.
SO WHATEVER THEY DON'T PAY, WE'LL FILE AN ADDITIONAL KIND OF LIKE HAVING A SUPPLEMENT INSURANCE.
WELL IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS TO HELP YOU RECOVER THE HUMAN SCHEME.
RIGHT? KIND UNDERSTANDING THAT DAY REPLACE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DO THE PROJECTS.
IF YOU'VE GONE IN AND SAY WE'RE GONNA DO THIS JUST ON FEMALE MONEY AND WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYBODY ELSE'S MONEY, THEN THAT'S THE WAY IT'S, YOU EITHER GO FEMALE OR YOU DON'T.
AND THIS OTHER MONEY COMES FROM THE STATE.
WELL IT COMES FROM THAT MONEY COMES FROM HU BUT IT'S HANDLED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY.
BLACK GRAND IS HANDLED, THIS IS STILL BLACK GRAND.
SO IT COMES FROM HU AND THE TEXAS IS ADMINISTERED BY HAVE TO DO THIS DEADLINE.
WE'VE GOT, BUT IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.
SO ONCE EVERYBODY'S RAISING THEIR HAND, HOW MUCH MONEY DO THEY HAVE IN THAT? THE OTHER DAY WHEN I REPORTED TO YOU LAST WEEK, WELL, THAT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER, BUT THE OTHER DAY THEY HAD 4 MILLION THEY ALREADY KNEW HAD BEEN, UNOP HAD NOT BEEN, THEY ONLY HAD APPLICATIONS FROM SEVEN THAT THEY WERE LIKE 2.25 MILLION.
SO THERE WAS A COUPLE OF MEDIA LEFT AND AS YOU CAN TELL, IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THE PROCESS, THE PROCESS TO GET STARTED AND GET GOING.
SO WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL ALREADY IN THE GAME WE HAVE ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO DO IS TO GET OUR, SO COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, IT'S LIKE SAYING INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING 75% RIGHT OF WHAT OUR COSTS ARE, THIS IS GONNA HELP US IF WE HAVE 25% RIGHT.
AND IT'S NOT OFTEN DO THESE PROGRAMS COME OPEN? I MEAN ANYTHING IS WE DON'T DO ANY BECAUSE AT THAT POINT SOMEBODY'S GONNA WANT THEIR MONEY BACK.
YEAH, WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT BACK.
WE WILL EITHER, WE WILL EITHER USE THE APPLICATION BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN TURNED INTO FEMA OR AN ENGINEERS ESTIMATE PROJECT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THAT'S THE ONLY NUMBERS WE COULD USE.
ALRIGHT, SO WHAT IS YOUR HERE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX? UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS ONE QUESTION.
UM, SO THE COST PER GRANT WORKS, RIGHT? IS UNDETERMINED WHAT, WHAT WILL NOT BE ASKED FOR? IT WILL COME OUT A GRANT ITSELF, BUT AN ENGINEER, THE POSSIBILITY AND THE ENGINEER HAS TO COME OUT AND DO WHAT'S CALLED A TABLE TWO, THEIR FEES MAY BE UP TO $1,500 BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP US BE ABLE TO TURN IN, UH, WE DO A PROCUREMENT.
UM, BUT FIRST OF ALL, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET AN ENGINEER TO HELP US MAKE, YOU KNOW, CREATE THIS APPLICATION.
WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD POSSIBLY LEAD ENGINEERING? LIKE A BRIDGE OR, WELL, THE FOR NO WORKING APPLICATION REQUIRES AN ENGINEERS ESTIMATE WHETHER ENGINEERS GONNA USED ON EVERY PROJECT.
NO, JUST ON THE APPLICATION ITSELF.
WHAT HE'S GONNA DO IS THE ENGINEERS GONNA GET AN ESTIMATED BUDGET AND A PROJECT MAP.
AND WHAT HE WOULD DO THEN IS THAT HE WOULD TAKE THESE NUMBERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TURNED INTO AND SHOW THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE THOSE REPAIRS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE ON THE MAP.
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AN ENGINEERING FEW MINUTES AGO AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT INFORMATION WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH.WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET BECAUSE AGAIN, SOME OF THE NUMBER, BUT SOME OF THE VALUES HAVE NOT BEEN SET IN STONE FROM PRIMA TO THE BACK TO THE COUNTY.
IF WE GET THAT INFORMATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, WE'LL USE THAT, THAT INFORMATION.
IF NOT, WE'LL JUST USE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATES THAT SAYS THE AMOUNT OF WORK COULD COST THIS PART THAT WITH THE APPLICATION.
SO ENGINEER'S FEES ARE A SET PRICE, NOT A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, I JUST ASKED HIM AROUND ABOUT FIGURE AND HE SAID 15.
IF, IF WE NEED, WE MAY NOT NEED ANY, IF WE HAVE ESTIMATES THAT DON'T NEED IT ENGINEER, WE MAY NOT NEED THE ENGINEER AT ALL.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE WE HAVE ALL THE ESTIMATES.
THE ONLY THING WE DON'T HAVE IS THE BREACH.
I, I KNOW THERE, I KNOW IT'S IN REVIEW RIGHT NOW, SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME, SOME NUMBERS VERY SOON ON THAT ONE.
WELL THE, YOU GOT EMERGENCY REPAIRS ON ONE LINE ITEM AND THEN YOU GOT THE UH, LOW WATER CROSSING, WHICH IS A SEPARATE ONE AND THEN YOU GOT THE BRIDGE PERMANENT REPAIRS.
WE JUST GOTTA GET ALL THAT BROUGHT TO HIM.
YEAH, JUST HAVE TO SEE THE OTHER, I'M SORRY.
I WAS GONNA SAY THAT THAT PHRASE IS LIKE NUMBER SEVEN ON T FOR US AND THEY'RE DOING SIX, SO THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DONE BY IN THREE YEARS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ENTERTAIN A MOTION? MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
AND THANK YOU JUDGE, WE APPRECIATE.
ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE NEXT ITEM NUMBER NINE, DISCUSS.
CONSIDER APPLYING FOR A DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S CHILD ABUSE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION UNIT GRANT THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION.
AGAIN, THIS GRANT IS PERMISSION, THIS IS ASKING PERMISSION TO APPLY THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE GO GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS FOR, AS JUDGE SAID, FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CREATE A CHILD ABUSE AND A SEXUAL EXPLOITATION UNIT.
THE SECOND ONE IS THROUGH THE SHERIFF WOULD BE FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND IT WOULD BE TO UPGRADE THE, UH, THE ATTENTION OFFICERS TO THAT AND THREE MODEL RADIOS.
THE THIRD ONE WOULD BE FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR A SWAT DEPLOYMENT VEHICLE SOLUTIONS.
UM, THAT DEFINITELY IS NEEDED.
WE SAW THE ISSUE WHEN, WHEN WE HAD THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS HELD UP IN THE HOUSE AND C HAD TO COME OUT.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD OR THE FOURTH ONE WOULD BE TO APPLY FOR AN THE ENHANCEMENT GRANT, WHICH WAS A CONTINUATION GRANT FOR THE HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG COURT.
THAT JUDGE CHI'S 40 22ND DISTRICT COURT RECALL.
AND LET'S GO BACK UP TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH THAT IS FOR DA'S.
UH, ALL CHILD ABUSE, SUCCESSFUL EXPLOITATION, GRANT PROOF, JUSTICE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT THERE? DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR THESE THINGS OR, UM, UP TO $240,000 IS WHAT WE CAN APPLY FOR NOW.
THIS ISN'T THE RESOLUTION, THIS ISN'T ASK PERMISSION TO APPLY MM-HMM
SO UP TO $240,000 FOR THAT, UH, SEXUAL ABUSE, UM, UNIT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA NO, THESE ARE, NONE OF THESE ARE MATCHING AND UH, I ASK IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HIGHER STAFF EMPLOYEE THAT WHAT, WHAT WOULD THEY USE THAT MONEY FOR? RIGHT NOW? CHILD ABUSE IS VERY, VERY HIGH IN KAUFFMAN COUNTY.
YOU NEED TO HAVE A UNIT THAT IS SOLELY, UM, DEDICATED TO THAT.
REBECCA CAN PROBABLY SPEAK HIGHER.
UH, THIS UNIT WOULD HAVE A TEAM.
YOU HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR, THE PROSECUTOR, THE LIAISON, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM.
AND THEY WOULD HELP CREATE THIS TEAM, GET THESE, UM, GET THESE CASES THROUGH.
SOMETIMES WE'RE WAITING YEARS YEAH.
TO TRY TO GET THESE CASES TAKEN CARE OF.
AND SO THEY'RE HAVING TO BRING THE CHILDREN BACK IN AND, AND DO THE, YOU KNOW, INTERVIEW THEM AGAIN.
SO THIS WOULD GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT'S A LOG THAT WE NEED ABOUT ALL WE NEED TO WORK.
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DOLLARS NEXT YEAR IT'S FOR THREE STAFF MEMBERS.IT'LL BE FOR FOUR STAFF MEMBERS, BUT THIS IS A GRANT FOR ONE YEAR.
BUT WE WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE A CONTINUATION GRANT.
SO EACH YEAR WE WOULD GO AND APPLY FOR THIS.
IF WE DIDN'T GET IT NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD EVENTUALLY, SHE'S GONNA HAVE TO CREATE SOMETHING, SOME PEOPLE OR DO SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THIS, THIS PROBLEM.
IT'S OUR HIGHEST TRIAL VOLUME.
LIKE FOR FELONY LEVEL, THEY'RE GONNA, I MEAN MOST THOSE CASES DO CREATES A LOT OF CASES.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE GRANT.
SO I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER NINE.
MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
SECOND FROM ANY DISCUSS SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RADIO UPGRADE THROUGH CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
THIS ONE IS WOULD BE TO UPGRADE DETENTION OFFICERS RADIOS.
THEY'VE BEEN USING THE SAME MODEL SINCE 2003.
UM, FAILURE, THEY'RE ON 24 HOURS A DAY.
FAILURE WOULD, COULD POSSIBLY MEAN HARM TO SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COULD GET HURT SO THAT IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
AND SO THE FUNDING, UM, WE'RE GONNA, WOULD LOVE TO, TO APPLY FOR FUNDING TO HELP THEM OUT.
HOW MUCH IS YOUR GRANT FOR? UH, TWO $80,000.
THE GRANTS HAVE TOTALLY BEEN FINISHED, WRITTEN OUT AND SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH TO KNOW.
I WANTED TO GET IS THERE ANY MATCH FOR THIS GRANT? NO.
WELL ARE WE COULD APPLY, YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER BANKS, BUT EQUIPMENT GRANTS ARE ONE TIME BRANCH? YES SIR.
AND THIS IS JUST FOR RADIO? THAT'S JUST, JUST THE EQUIPMENT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR RAIL SYSTEM.
IT'S A RADIO SYSTEM INSIDE THE JAIL.
THAT'S WHAT I SAYING, LIKE IT'S A REPEATER SYSTEM INSIDE THE JAIL WITH, WITH PORTABLES FOR EVERYBODY.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? SHANE MAKES A MOTION.
SECOND NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, BUYING OR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WITH WALLET VEHICLE.
THIS VEHICLE WOULD DEFINITELY BE, UM, AN IMPROVEMENT.
RIGHT NOW OUR MEN HAVE A, A, UH, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, A WRECKER VAN, SEIZED VAN.
UM, IT'S A VAN THAT WAS SEIZE, IT WAS WRECKED AT THAT TIME.
IT'S AT ONE OF THE OLDER PASSENGER VANS.
THEY CAN'T ALL GET IN THERE AND COME OUT AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, WHEN MESQUITE, WE HAD TO WAIT FOR MESQUITE TO BRING THEIR VEHICLE OUT HERE.
IF WE CAN GET IT WITH FUNDING, UH, GRANT FUNDING, IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE IMPROVEMENT FOR OUR SWAT.
WE DIDN'T GO THERE AND GET ONE WITH BRADLEY'S ROCK WALL, MESQUITE AND ALL.
I THINK THEY CUT, YEAH, THEY CUT THAT PROGRAM.
I MEAN I THINK MESQUITE TWO, NO THEY BOUGHT SOME RAPTORS.
WE, OR NOT THE RAFTER BUT THE OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR WHICH THEY RUN ABOUT 300,000 DO PICKED UP.
I WHAT THEY NA AS TO WHAT DEPLOYMENT VEHICLE WOULD BE SET UP WHERE THERE WOULD BE SEATS ON EITHER SIDE TWO ENTRANCE AND EXITS IN THE FRONT OF THE OFFICERS AND IN THE BACK, THE DRIVER THERE WOULD BE A DOOR THAT WOULD TOTALLY CLOSE.
IT WOULD BE BULLETPROOF AND WHERE OFFICERS WOULD BE PROTECTED INSIDE, THEY HAVE THEIR LAPTOP IN THERE GOING OVER WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WHEN THEY GET OUT.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THEY REALLY DO NEED DO AND IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
DEFINITELY GRANT, UH, TWO, UM, 80,000.
WHAT DOES ONE BE WITH? UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THAT, THAT ARE LESS THAN 80.
UM, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A FEW SEVENTIES.
THERE, THERE SOMETHING SIMILAR.
IT DOESN'T LOOK JUST LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE A BEAR CAP, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, I CALL IT LOOKS LIKE A RED TRUCK OR A PLUMBING TRUCK, BUT THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND 76.
OKAY, YOU ON ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER MOTION? WE VOTE ON THIS.
HAVE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION'S NOT SAYING.
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ALL IN FAVOR? SAY I 12 DISCUSS FOUR 22ND DISTRICT COURTROOM DIVERSION.COURT ENHANCEMENT PROJECT JUSTICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
AND THIS IS THE MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG COURT THAT RUNS OUT OF JUDGE JUDY'S 40 22ND DISTRICT COURTROOM.
THIS, IF WE RECEIVED, IF WE APPLY IN OR RECEIVE, IT'LL BE OUR THIRD YEAR.
SO WE HAVE RECEIVED IT FOR TWO YEARS NOW.
AND HOW MUCH IS YOU? IT IS FOR 68,000.
5 64 IS WHAT WE APPLIED FOR LAST YEAR.
UH, WE WILL BE REDUCING IT AND SEEING IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED IN THAT BUDGET, MOVING THINGS AROUND, UM, BECAUSE SHE ALREADY PURCHASED THE LAPTOP, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE SOFTWARE MAY NEED TO UPDATE.
AND THIS IS FOR MORE PERSONNEL ACTUALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS THIS, THIS IS FOR GET TO THAT GRANT, THE PLACE, RIGHT? IT'S MM-HMM
THIS, THIS, THIS FUNDING HELPS WITH, UM, SOME OF THE COSTS OF THE COORDINATOR THAT RUNS THE VIA COURTROOM.
IT HELPS WITH THE TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THE, UM, FOR THE COORDINATOR AND THOSE THAT SIT ON THE BOARD THAT HELPS WITH THE DRUG TESTING COSTS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE THINGS BECAUSE THEY GET DRUG TESTED EVERY FRIDAY.
AND IT, IT IS THE, UH, CONSULTING AND THE COUNSELING PORTION OF THAT DRUG COURT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST, OVER $42,000 WORTH OF COUNSELING FOR THE, FOR THE COURT.
A MOTION ROSA SECOND FROM MR. SHANE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON CROSSED? YES SIR.
NEXT ITEM, UH, IS ITEM NUMBER TOO MUCH? I NEED HELP.
AND ITEM 14 IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CITY OF COFFMAN TAX REINVESTMENTS ON NUMBER ONE.
AND I SHOULDA MOVED YOU GUYS UP.
I'VE LEARNED ALL KINDS OF GRAIN OPPORTUNITIES.
TODAY TO, UH, TELL YOU THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED IN THE CITY KAUFMAN, STEPPING UP IN THE WORLD OF STEPPING UP IN THE WORLD OF COMMERCIAL AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND DECEMBER OF 2015, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A CREATION ORDINANCE, CREATING THE FIRST EVER TAX INCOME REINVESTMENT STONE, WE CALL CHARTER NUMBER ONE, UH, IN WHICH THE CITY HAS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE TO ABOUT 75, 70 5% OF THE PROPERTY TAX INCREMENT, UH, THAT IS ANTICIPATED IN A 31 YEAR.
UH, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATING ALONG WITH THE CITY IN THAT PARTICULAR AGREEMENT.
UH, IT'S PATTERNED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY AFTER THE ONE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY AGREED TO IN TERRA, OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT WHAT IT BASICALLY, UH, REPRESENTS IS, UH, FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE, THE TOTAL, UH, PARTICIPATION OVER 31 YEAR PERIOD, UH, JUST NORTH OF 20 MILLION, VERY CLOSE TO 20 MILLION REVENUE NUMBER 20 MILLION, 81,000, 72, 70 TO 72 20,007,000.
UM, YOU MIGHT ASK WHAT, WHY 31 YEARS? UH, THAT'S AN AWKWARD TIMEFRAME.
WAIT, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT WORKS.
YOU'RE ALWAYS A YEAR BEHIND IN REALIZING THAT INCREMENTAL VALUE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE CREATION ORDINANCES DELIBERATELY ON THE, THEY CALL THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON THE 28TH OF DECEMBER TO ALLOW FOR THE 20, THE 2016 TAX MENT AS YEAR ONE.
UH, WE'RE ASKING THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER A 50%, UH, PARTICIPATION TO PROPERTY TAX ONLY INCREMENTS WITHIN THE TAX ZONE.
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SPEAKING OF SPECIFICALLY IS GENERALLY THE, THE AREA DOWN BY THE, WHERE ALL THE, ALL THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW ALONG 1 75.UH, JIM BE IS HERE REPRESENTING, UH, THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPER.
UM, AND WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DISCUSSING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TURNS, UH, DEVELOPER, UH, WAS ANXIOUS TO GET KINGSPORT PARKWAY EXTENDED OUT TO THE 34 5, UH, THAT HE HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT HE NEEDED HELP WITH THE, THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION RATHER THAN JUST SCOPE A CHECK AND, AND DO A THREE 80 AGREEMENT OR, OR 3 81 AGREEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, I ENCOURAGED HIM TO CONSIDER, UH, MAKING SOME EFFORT TOWARD BUILDING THAT ROAD AND CONCURRENTLY BUILDING SOME OF THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING THAT IS, UH, ADOPTED IN A PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PLAN CONCURRENTLY SO THAT WE, WE CAN ASSURE THAT INCREMENT VALUE TO OVER TIME.
SO, UH, HE HAS AGREED TO DO THAT AND I THINK HE'S GOT HIS FINANCING READY TO GO AND YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT ENTIRE DEAL, UH, AND THEN APPROACH THE JUROR BOARD.
IT'S AN COMPRISE OF FOUR CITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED.
AND YOUR NEXT, UH, ACTIONS ITEM YOUR IDENTITY IS TO APPOINT A COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AGREEMENT.
SO BE CERTAINLY, UH, OUR HOPE AND RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT THAT THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE PARTICIPATE IN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
WELL, IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENT, DO WE HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT THIS YES, YOUR HONOR.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE PROVIDE IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET, BUT I DID PRESENT OR OR PROVIDE THIS PARTICULAR PACKET IF THE ALLOW TO CONTROL THE BOUNDARIES IS THAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE, ARE ALREADY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE OTHER WORDS IF THEY DO WHAT THIS AGREEMENT? NO, YOU'RE YOU'RE GOOD.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I NEEDED TO BE RECORDED.
I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I KNOW THE AGREEMENT WOULD STIPULATE THAT IF THE BOUNDARIES ARE AMENDED IN ANY FASHION OR FORM, IT REQUIRES THE COUNTY'S APPROVAL IN, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T CHANGE.
NO, THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT CREATION ORDINANCE WAS, IS TO CREATE THE BOUNDARY.
UH, AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JUST GIVE YOU A, YOUR PERCENTAGE FROM ARE GONNA GIVE TO 75% THE INCREMENTAL VALUE AND AND IT'S ONLY THE PROPERTY THAT NO, NO, THAT'S JUST THE ONLY, SO WE'VE AGREED TO PARTICIPATE AT 75%.
WE SEE AND WE'RE ASKING COUNTY, JUST LIKE YOU DONE.
I NOTICED WHEN I HUNDRED PERCENT I WELL, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEIR CHOICE, NOT MINE.
AND THAT MONEY, THAT, THAT WOULD BE GENERATED IN THIS PARTICULAR THING, IF EVERYBODY, IF EVERYTHING IS DEVELOPED LIKE IT SHOULD BE OR LIKE FUND REVENUE FUND OF 63 MILLION, 20 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER 40.
AND WHEN WE, THE 20 MILLION 2 75 OVER OR 31 YEARS FROM THE
I GUESS, AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY BEEN PERSON TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THE SENSE, MY THINK QUESTION POINT WAS I DON'T WANT ME TO USE THEM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PREPARING YOU.
BUT WHY WE, WHY WE DO HOMES THAT WAY? WHY DO WE DO HOMES THAT WAY INSTEAD OF JUST BUSINESSES AND SOMETHING THAT GENERATE REVENUE? I WOULD SAY YOU INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE TO ME, IF YOU DO HOMES, IF THE TAX OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, OR IF YOU'RE REFUNDING THE DEVELOPER
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TAX MONEY HOMES, NOW THE HOMES ARE COSTING ALL THE OTHER HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY.YOU KNOW, THE SERVICES ARE ALL BEING PROVIDED BY THEM.
LET'S BE REAL CLEAR, THE MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED FOR THE T FUND THAT IS INTENDED AND CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON
SO IN TERMS OF SUBSIDIZING THE HOMEOWNER, YOU'RE TECHNICALLY, YOU ARE INDIRECTLY BY PROVIDING THE PUBLIC LOOKS TERRIBLE, BUT WE'RE NOT HELPING THEM WITH A MORTGAGE.
NO, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND, AND, AND, AND FROM COFFMAN'S STANDPOINT, I DON'T MIND ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
THE ISSUE BECOMES, THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPT CLAIM INCLUDES, INCLUDES, UH, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INVOLVES MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN ADDITION TO THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.
AND IT'S ALL INCORPORATED IN THAT PARTICULAR ZONE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED RESIDENTIAL FOCUS ON COMMERCIAL, THE LARGEST IMPACT ON THE, ON THE RESIDENT TAX ACROSS HIGHWAY.
REASON BEEN THERE YEARS AND YEARS.
UH, THE, THE THOUGHT THERE, UH, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 1 75, WE INCLUDED SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES GOING ALONG THE FRONT ROAD IN THE ZONE.
WE THINK THAT THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS GONNA INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUES THERE AND GIVES, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTIES AS A RESULT.
YOU WERE PUTTING SOMETHING IN CUTTING SOME OUT.
DOES THAT MAP CHANGE SINCE? WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN, IN ONE SENTENCE, HURT YOURSELF, VALUE OF THE IT DID INCREASE IT, IT WOULD HELP YOU, YOUR MONEY VALUE.
AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, I GET IT.
IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GONNA BE IN THAT BUSINESS OF RECRUITING, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WE GOTTA HAVE THAT WE HOPE YOU, IF WE SUCCEED, YOU GUYS SUCCEED.
GOOD DISCUSSION, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NO ROLL.
AND WE NEGOTIATIONS IT WAS WORTH PAYMENT, SO.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? THIS COMMISSIONER ZA MADE THE MOTION ON ITEM 14 AND UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER, I DID SECOND MOTION.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM? SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU GUYS NEEDED TWO COPIES OF THE TWO ORIGINALS, SO I BROUGHT A THIRD, I GAVE IT TO JUDGE.
I JUST NEED TO GET THAT BACK FOR OUR I JIM, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I, IF YOU WANT SAY ANYTHING, UH, JIM IS THE DEVELOPER OF A LOT STUFF GOING ON.
ONE FIVE, UH, REGARDS TO WHAT WE'VE JUST, MY NAME IS JIM VIRA, I'M WITH THERA COMPANY 2 1 1 6 NORTH HASCO, DALLAS, TEXAS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU OFF FOR PASS RESOLUTION FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY CITY.
UH, WE DEDICATED 11 FOR STATE HIGHWAY 34, DEDICATED TWO AND A HALF OR THREE ACRES FOR COUNTY ROAD 1 51.
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WE DEDICATE OVER SEVEN ACRES, SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES FOR THE CONTINUATION OF KING COURT AFTER GETTING THREE ACRES.SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'LL GIVE ALMOST 10% OF OUR PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC ROADS.
AND SO WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE, UH, COME TO COUNTY, TO THE CITY AND, UH, MADE A FAIR OFFER.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
WE THINK THE FIRST CHARTER IN THE CITY OF COFFMAN CAN BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IT CAN BE A TOOL TO BE USED IN THE FUTURE AS COFFMAN GROWS A COUNTY CITY.
SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANSWER? THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORT.
JUST APPRECIATE SOME MORE QUESTION.
I THINK TANYA WILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT PROGRAM, RIGHT? SHE'S ALREADY, SHE'S NOT IN HERE.
SHE WOULD AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO INCLUDE A, AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT TO PAY OUR PORTION JUST LIKE WE DO FOR, UM, OKAY, GOOD ONE.
YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT BUDGET.
UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, 15 IS TO CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION OF APPOINT THE PRECINCT.
NUMBER ONE COMMISSIONER TO THE CITY OF C TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENTS ON NUMBER ONE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE JUST ADD.
SO DISCUSSION NUMBER 17 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A THE TRAVEL CHANNEL MEDIA INCORPORATED AND PAINLESS TELEVISION OF THE TELEVISION DEAD.
THIS WAS, UH, I BELIEVE A DOCUMENT THAT PRESENTED TO THE HISTORICAL GROUP OR TO RESERVATION TEXAS COUNTY.
AND I PRESENTED IT TO REBECCA, SHE OVER BELIEVE WE'RE WE'RE GOOD ON IT.
WE NEED TO ADD IN, UH, TO THE BLANKS, THE TIME PERIOD AND THE LOCATION.
THAT WAY HE'S GIVEN ANY TYPE OF SECURITY CONCERNS OR AUTHORIZATION THAT WE KNOW.
WHEN I, I THINK THEY WERE ORIGINALLY, YEAH, THEY WERE ORIGINALLY GONNA GO I THINK FILM A LOT ON THE FOR FARM, BUT I THINK NOW IT'S KIND OF BEEN REDUCED TO JUST A LOT OF INTERVIEW.
THEY MAY DO THE INTERVIEW AT
WE, YEAH, I, WE JUST WANT TO PUT THE TIME IN THERE THAT WAY.
WELL I KNOW IT, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN FAIRLY QUICK.
THEY SAID THIS WAS KIND OF TIME SENSITIVE.
I GUESS THEY HAVE A WINDOW, WHICH, TO, TO DO THE PROJECT MAYBE, RIGHT? BUT, UH, YEAH.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND MOTION DISCUSSION.
UH, 18 IS TO DISCUSS THE TALK.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN, I PUT THAT WHO'S GETTING, SO WE POINT WHERE UM, YOU KNOW, THE DO YARDS NEED SOMETHING IN TONS, SOMETHING IN LOAD.
SO WE ALL NEED TO BE ON THE SAME, UM, WHERE WE ARE.
SO I THINK KEN WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD ALL GET A PUBLIC KEEP IT BY YARD SINCE THAT'S WAY BY.
YEAH, I DOES EACH OF Y'ALL HAD Y'ALL REMOVED YOU BASE ROCK TOOK UH, 37 LOADS TO GET THE TRUCK, PUT THE EQUIPMENT IN
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IT ALMOST WHEN THEY BUILT UP.HE PROBABLY, ALRIGHT, I DON'T BELIEVE NEED TAKE ANY ACTION, JUST THE DISCUSSIONS.
LISA, IF YOU COME UP THIS DEAL WITH, UH, DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ADVERTISING FOR CONCERNING THE ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR AIR CONDITION, LISA CONGRAT CONDITION, YOUR FIRST MEETING AT DINNER INTERIM, UH, FIRST.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE A LOT THAN PREVIOUS.
NOW IT'S GETTING TIME TO PUT THAT BACK OUT BID.
WE HAD, WE PUT IT OUT THE BID, I BELIEVE ITS 2010.
UH, WE HAD FOUR RENEWALS ON IT AND WE'RE AT THE END OF THAT.
SO WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND ALSO NEED TO GET TOGETHER WITH BRIDGES AND SEE IF WE NEED TO TWEAK ANY OF THIS ANY WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND WE'VE NEVER PUT OUT, WELL I GUESS WE SHOULD STOP THERE.
WE HAVE BEEN, UH, BIG 20, ITEM NUMBER 20 TALKED ABOUT THE PLUMBING.
WE'VE ALWAYS USED OUR HVAC PERSONAL ACCOUNT CONTRACT.
WE KIND OF USED HIM AS OUR PERSON AS WELL.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA TRY MAYBE SPLIT THAT OUT.
THAT AGAIN, I WANNA GET WITH HIM.
AND WHAT, SO THIS ITEM NUMBER, UH, 19, YOU AND BOBBY WORK TOGETHER ON PUTTING THIS TOGETHER WE'LL AND SO THIS WILL TAKE, TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING APPROVAL OF APPROVAL TO ADVERTISE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I'D LIKE TO HEAR BOBBY'S THOUGHTS ON NECESSITY.
WELL, I GUESS, I GUESS THE QUESTION I WOULD'VE WOULD BE, UM, YOU CAN COME ON THAT ON THE, UH, ON THE HVAC SERVICES.
UM, DOES IT, DOES IT NEED TO BE BID? I MEAN THAT'S GONNA, WE DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SOMEBODY TO DO THIS? OR CAN WE JUST, I GUESS I, I GUESS I, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE A, IS THIS A CONTINUANCE OF A JOB TO THE NEXT ONE? WELL, IT'S WHENEVER YOU, YOU BID IT OUT AS SPECIFIC AS YOU'D, I MEAN YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE WAY IT'S BEEN SET UP SO FAR IS WHERE YOU KIND OF HAVE TO HOLD SOMEBODY'S FEET TO THE FIRE STATING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE US.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A, A JOB PRICE.
YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S A, A LICENSED PERSON'S PRICE.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO SEVERAL FACETS.
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, I MEAN, YEAH, YOU CAN PLAN FOR THE, THE, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING OUT AND YOU COULD BID THEM OUT PROJECTS FOR PRO FOR PROJECTS, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN SOMEONE'S GONNA AT THE COURTHOUSE OR KIND NEED SOMEBODY THAT YOU FOR THAT, THAT YOU HAVE ON CONTRACT COME AND CALL ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THE BASEMENT'S FLOODED OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN EACH ONE OF THEM ABOUT THE SAME JOB.
SO CALL SOMEBODY AND GET 'EM TO DO THE JOB.
WHERE IS IT AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO BID THAT PARTICULAR THING IF HE'S COMING OVER HERE TO FIX SOMETHING FOR 200? WELL, BECAUSE THOSE PURCHASES ADD UP TO OVER THE $50,000 AMOUNT SINGLE.
DOES THAT MAKE A SINGLE PROJECT JOB FOR THE WHOLE YEAR? OR IS IT, OR IS IT IT'S THE AGGREGATE TOTAL TO THE, TO A VENDOR THAT CAUSES THAT.
IF THE VENDOR, IF HE SPEND, IF THE VENDOR, OTHER WORDS, IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF HE DOES TWO DIFFERENT JOBS, 15 DIFFERENT JOBS IF HE DOESN'T BID IT 50.
THE LICENSE I'M ASKING HAS OUR AIR CONDITION AND IF WE H OH YEAH, EASY.
WELL I THINK IT COULD BE THAT ANYWAY.
EVEN IF WE USE THEM, RIGHT, WE CAN STILL CALL.
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WE DON'T HAVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO.I MEAN IF IF THEY, YOU OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO A VERY LARGE PROJECT, I, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT.
YOU WOULD WANNA SEE WHEN YOU DO A BIG PROJECT LIKE WE DID THIS UPSTAIRS, YES.
THAT SHOULD BE BID NO MATTER WHAT THE SIZE WE COULD.
WELL IF YOU GET AN EMERGENCY BREAK, YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH THE, BUT I CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE GOT A CONDITION, WE KNOW WE'VE 50 AN I CAN'T GO CALL SITUATION.
IF A, B, C CAN'T GET TO IT, YOU CAN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE OVER 50,000, NOTHING ABNORMAL.
BE ABLE TO MATCH, SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHARGE THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE CALL DON'T COME OUT TWO OR THREE DAYS.
WHAT'S THE POINT IN SOMETIMES IN HAVING THEM? WELL THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE SPECIFICATION IN THE BID, WELL YOU ARE ELECTED, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE SELECTED TO BE THAT VENDOR, YOU HAVE TO RESPOND WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE TIMEFRAME IS THAT YOU PUT IN THAT PRIORITY, THE COUNTY WOULD BE PRIORITY.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD BE IN RESPECT.
BUT I KNOW THAT WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING JUST SAYING TWO DAYS TO A WEEK.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT, THAT'S THE REASON ONE THING THAT'S REASON I'M ASKING BOTHER ME.
WE HAVE THIS ONE PERSON WE WHAT YOU SAY? WELL THAT OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE ANYTIME THERE'S A CONTRACT IN PLACE, IF IT'S NOT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, THEN WE CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYTHING'S RUNNING ALONG SMOOTHLY AND WITH A BOBBY BEING IN PLACE, WELL THAT'S GONNA HELP.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THEY LOGGING.
NOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN CHEW.
NO, I KNOW LISA PASSED TO BOBBY, I MEAN BEFORE BECAUSE THE GUY NOT DOING JOB.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHY IS THERE NOT A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU CAN HIRE SOMEBODY THAT HELP MAINTENANCE TO DO A LOT OF OUR AIR CONDITIONING WORK? UH, TO CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF OUTSIDE HELP.
I WAS THINK THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED WHEN WE HIRED YOU.
WE'LL THIS YEAR WE'LL PUT IN SOMETHING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT EMPLOYEE AS BOBBY STARTS TO, AND HE'S GETTING GOOD ON THIS, I APPRECIATE WORK.
I THINK WE'VE BUDGET ABOUT 55,000, 60,000.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET AN EMPLOYEE THAT'S CERTIFIED FOR THAT.
SO YOU HAVE TO BUDGET MORE POSITION.
YOU DON'T, I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE AND I I KIND OF WHOEVER WORKS ON INSURANCE AND ALL THAT, THAT'D BE THAT'D A DISADVANTAGE UP HOME AND CALLING YOU.
YEAH, JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, THEY HAVE TO BE, THEY PROVIDE PROOF OF INSURANCE LIABILITY THAT'S ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE BID.
I MEAN I'M NOT, WE LOOKING COST OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THE VENDOR LIST.
BUT I THINK THAT WE OUGHT HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS WHEN WE GO TO DO SOMETHING SO THAT SOME MAY UP GET REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH US DEEP AND WE HOLES ONE FISH.
I DUNNO WHY WE COULDN'T, WE DO ON SEVERAL OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ON, ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE ROAD MATERIALS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE MAY VENDORS OUT.
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PROBABLY FOR THAT UH, MEETING, IF WE CHOOSE TO CHARGE MORE THAN ONE VENDOR, WOULD THAT KIND OF HELP GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY SO THAT YOU'RE NOT TIED? ABSOLUTELY.RONNIE DID YOU WISH TO SAY SOMETHING? WELL IS IT'S ONLY IF IT'S APPROPRIATE JUDGE AND THANK YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR SOME REALLY STALE REPAIR INVOICES, ARRIVE INVOICES FROM EIGHT, NINE AND 10 MONTHS AFTER THE WORK IS PERFORMED.
IS THIS BID PACKAGE LANGUAGE APPROPRIATE FOR INCLUDING SOME TIMELINESS OF, UH, SUBMISSIONS FOR PAYMENTS? THOSE INVOICES WERE HELD BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD SIGN OFF OF MR. O'.
I HAD TO GET THEM PERSONALLY APPROVED.
WELL, UH, JUST I'LL LOOK, THINK DIDN'T MEAN WELL I THINK A LOT OF THAT'S GONNA COME TO IT'S COMING, IT'S GOING TO KIM NOW THAT'S SAW NO, I'M THE UH, BUT, BUT, BUT NO I THAT UH, I THINK THAT THAT'S, I MEAN I THINK THE, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
PLUMBING GOOD PLUMBERS ARE USUALLY LESS PER HOUR THAN AGENCY.
IF YOU PUT THE CONTRACT TOGETHER THEN I THINK ONE OF THEM WE WITH, BUT I'M AWARE OF I PROBABLY YOU HAVE A HARD TIME PAYING 50,000 PROBABLY.
I DUNNO, THAT'S GOOD QUESTION FOR YOU MIGHT LOOK THAT UP.
WE'VE REPLACED LIKE A COUPLE OF UNITS SIMPLY FOR THE REASON I THINK ONE OVER AT THE JUVENILE PROBATION THEY QUIT WORKING OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S WHEN THAT AREA FLOODED.
WE HAD TO WIND UP BUYING ANOTHER UNIT.
UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE CHILLER PORTION AT COURTHOUSE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE YOU, WE HAD TO BUY.
I SAID LUM, I DON'T BELIEVE, I THINK YOU COME CLOSE.
EVERYBODY FORGET ABOUT THE THAT'S DOWN JAIL.
THE REST OF YOU'RE 24 7 SEVENTIES, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN HVAC GUY.
YEAH, THEY HE CAN DO MINOR WORK.
YEAH, HE DOES QUITE A BIT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SOME STUFF HE CAN'T DO, BUT HE'S LIKE, WE DO HAVE SOME, BUT WE PROBABLY IT A BIG JOB IN THE SHERIFF.
WE BID, WE DID THE ADMIN SIDE, WE BID ALL THAT OUT.
YEAH, BUT I MEANT JUST IS COME TO REPLACEMENT.
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE I THINK, I THINK WE'LL TAKE CARE OF MOST.
SO ITEM NUMBER 19, ARE WE AGREEABLE THAT WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND BID? YES, THAT'S UP TO THEM.
THEY CAN, CAN WE JUST GIVE HER PERMISSION TO GIVE THAT? RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST ASKING AND, AND THE SPECIFICS AND UH, WHATEVER YOU WANT IN THE, IN THE BID REQUEST.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION.
NUMBER 20 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADVERTISING FOR BID CONCERNING AN ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR PLUMBING SERVICES.
IT'S KIND OF THE SAME DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD, WHICH WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT.
UH, BOBBY, WHAT'S YOUR PLAY HERE? I MEAN I KNOW YOU UH, WELL WE ADVERTISE FOR BUT I DUNNO IF YOU NEED WELL, I MEAN AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH PLUMBING, KIND OF LIKE SKEETS SAYING A MINUTE AGO, WE HAVEN'T DONE A WHOLE LOT OF PLUMBING HERE LATELY.
UM, THE STUFF WE HAVE DONE IS I'VE JUST HAD TWO COMPANIES COME OUT AND GET IT AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TOOK WHOEVER WAS BETTER PRICE.
UM, THE PLUMBING SERVICES FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HURT TO HAVE SOMEBODY ON THERE FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I STILL PREFER TO HAVE A COUPLE COMPANIES MORE THAN ONE.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE IN THE SYSTEM, THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE SO FAR IS IF THEY'RE IN THE SYSTEM, I JUST PULL 'EM OUTTA THE SYSTEM, CALL 'EM UP AND SAY, HEY, COME GIMME A QUOTE.
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BONDING REQUIREMENTS, ALL THAT.SO THEY'RE ALREADY, WHOEVER'S ALREADY IN OUR SYSTEM IS I BEEN USING.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE, HONOR? OKAY.
MASON MOTION, THEY, STEVE HAS MADE A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND AUTHORIZE A BIDS ON PLUMBING SERVICES.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY 21 TO DISCUSS FOUR STAND FROM PAUL MURRAY.
ANYBODY, ANY DUCT TAPE? THIS IS FROM THE ASSET FOR FUND.
IS THIS THE SAME ACCOUNT THAT THE SHERIFF BOUGHT PICK FROM? NO, THAT WAS FEDERAL.
SO THAT FUND, Y'ALL DON'T HAVE TO GET ANY CLEARANCE FROM COMMISSIONER COURT, BUY ANYTHING? NO.
NORMALLY WE DON'T UNDER, UNDER CHAPTER 59.
BUT WITH THE SHERIFF NOT BEING ON THE BALLOT, THEY CHANGE THE LAW WITH THAT.
SO NOW UNTIL THE SCHOOL SHERIFF GETS IN THE OFFICE, THEY HAVE TO GO.
IS THAT BOTH FUNDS OR JUST BOTH? JUST ON CHAPTER 59, WHICH IS THE STATE ASSET.
UH, BEFORE WE DO THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER, WE AFTER THE CONTRACT.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS ON THE, UH, THE SECOND, UH, OR ON THE ADDENDUM THAT WE RECEIVED.
UM, AND THE FIRST ITEM THERE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING A CONTRACT NATIONAL BANK FOR TAX OFFICE ACCOUNTS ON I BELIEVE, UH, REBECCA, YOU AND
UH, TANYA SENT THIS CONTRACT WEEK.
UM, I DIDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT AHEAD OFFICE.
THINK TANYA'S RIGHT ON THE HALL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? WHAT DOES THIS DO? INFORMATION.
WE LOAD UP ALL THE CHECKS, WE LOAD UP ALL THE PAYROLL CHECKS, ALL ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.
SEND THEM TO THE BANK IN A FILE AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE LEGITIMATE AND THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL YOU.
IF IT LOOKS IT'S A GOOD PROCESS.
WHAT DOES IT COST? IT'S CONTRACT.
SHE TOLD ME THAT IT'S SUSTAINED.
NEXT ITEM ON THIS WAS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,600 FROM THE THOMAS FAMILY FOR CREEK PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, SENATOR.
AND THIS, I PUT THIS ON BECAUSE DONATION WAS MADE SEVERAL
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MONTHS AGO AND WE NEVER ACCEPTED IT.AND SO I CALLED UH, WENDY AND TALKED TO HER AND SHE ACTUALLY WAS ALREADY THERE.
REBECCA, I'M GONNA ASK YOUR ADVICE ON THIS.
HOW WOULD YOU, WHAT'S YOUR DIRECT LINE? WELL, MY QUESTION IS, WE, WE HAD THE DISCUSSION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AGO AND THE MR. THOMAS AND, UH, WENDY THOMAS MM-HMM
WENT THROUGH THEIR DONATION, BUT IT WAS KIND OF AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION WORK HAD BEEN DONE.
WE NEVER OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED THAT BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE THAT, AND UH, SO MY QUESTION IS, AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ACCEPTED AS TOLD BECAUSE IT WAS A DONATION AND THEN WHATEVER THE COURT DECIDES TO DO.
I'M JUST TRYING, I JUST KNOW THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.
SO MY ANSWER WOULD BE I THINK THAT SHE, UM, TOOK AWAY THE DONATION IN REGARDS TO THE MEMORIAL.
SO, UM, I FUTURE THAT CONCRETE WASN'T THAT SHE, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AWAY THE DONATION OF CONCRETE DOWN.
SO TODAY IF YOU GUYS, UM, ACCEPT THAT PIECE OF CONCRETE, THEN YOU CAN JUST ACCEPT IT FOR SOME TYPE OF GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC PURPOSE AS IT STANDS.
THIS REPORT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT IT.
WELL, ANY TIME YOU ACCEPT A DONATION IT HAS TO BE FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE.
LIKE FOR US IT HAS TO BE FOR OUR OFFICE, FOR OUR DUTIES.
BUT IF, IF, IF SHE'S TAKEN AWAY THE DONATION IN REGARDS TO THE MEMORIAL, THEN I DON'T I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO ACCEPT THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE RIGHT.
WELL YEAH, BUT LIKE I SAID, THE NAME IS, WE HAVE THE SLAB.
SO YOU, WE NEED TO ACCEPT A CONCRETE SLAB OR FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE TO BE USED AS THE LONG WHAT SAND, WHAT COULD YOU JUST SAY? WELL, YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE TO RECORD IT AS A DONATION, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE THE WAY Y'ALL IT.
SHOULD WE TAKE THIS AND LET REBECCA FINE TUNE THIS? I'M NOT GONNA HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTION.
I MEAN IF YOU'RE GONNA ACCEPT IT TODAY, THEN JUST MAKE THE MOTION IN THE FORM THAT DOESN'T THE MEMORIAL JUST SAY ACCEPT THE DONATION OF THE, UM, CONCRETE FOR FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE.
UH, AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE HOW I'M GONNA CHANGE.
I CAN'T CHANGE THAT IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T PUT ANY OTHER INFORMATION OR I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL PLAN FOR SOME OTHER TYPE OF MEMORIAL IF THAT MEMORIAL'S STILL ON THE TABLE IF YOU WANT IT REMOVED.
AND WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS JUST ACCEPTING THE CONCRETE THAT'S ON THE GROUND OUT THERE.
PURPOSE FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES TO BE USED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM.
I WOULD, I WOULD QUESTION WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T? WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T ACCEPT THAT? BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD COST WHAT HAPPENS? WELL, WHATEVER IT'S WORTH, I WOULD JUST QUESTION, UM, NOT ACCEPTING IT BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO REMOVE IT AND THAT WOULD COST MORE MONEY THAN IF WE ACCEPT THEN IT'S OUR, WE CAN DO WHAT WE WISH TO AS LONG AS IT'S FOR SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC PURPOSE.
SO WE SAY WE'LL ACCEPT THE, THE NEW AS WE NO, WE JUST SAY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE USE, YOU KNOW, FRONT OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER JUST WITH THE POSITION CONCRETE.
ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE, UH, ACCEPT THE DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 10,600 FOR THE, FROM THE THOMAS FAMILY FOR THE CONCRETE SLAB TO BE USED FOR PUBLIC
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PURPOSE IN FRONT OF COFFEE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER.IS IT IN FRONT OF TO THE IT'S STILL ON THAT.
AND THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN, THAT CLEANS IT UP FOR NOW UNDER YOU CAN REVISIT, BUT IF YOU'RE LIMITED TO ONLY THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO ACCEPT IT AND THEN AT SOME POINT MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER HAPPENS THE MEMORIAL OR, YEAH, AND AND THAT WAY SINCE YOU'RE ACCEPTING IT FOR PURPOSE, FOR TAX REASONS, THAT THEY CAN ALSO GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE UM, THE PERSON WHO MADE THE DONATION.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I SECOND.
ALL FAVOR, UH, EVERYBODY VOTE UNANIM? YES.
NOW LET'S GO TO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND DISCUSS THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU DIDN'T.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER DISCUSSION? ALL 23 IS TO DISCUSS CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE $2,240,179 45 CENTS 5 870 6,000.
504 WAS EMPLOYEE INSURANCE THERE SOMETHING? I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE YOU, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL TURNED OFF.
DO YOU KNOW IF IF THE MONTHS THAT THIS IS, WE TURNED IT OFF 2 4 1 7.
IT HAS TWO METERS, RIGHT? YES.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE, UH, WE SHUT THE NINE.
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YEAH, WE HAD A HUGE LEAK OUT THERE.I'LL QUESTIONS ON THE, I SEEING ANDERSON PLATE SIX TRANSPORT.
I WAS, THAT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, IN BETWEEN TWO MONTHS OR MONTH AND, AND I LOOKED YEAH, WE HAD THAT BEFORE AND SO I MADE CONTACT WITH THEM AND MADE SURE THAT THEY GET SO THIS AT LEAST A MONTH AND HALF.
AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT JP CALLED HIM.
SO WE CAN VERIFY THAT YOU TELL YOU SOMETHING YESTERDAY, SIR.
WE USED TO GET, UH,
AND SO WE STARTED DOING RESEARCH ON THAT.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT BEEN FOR, SO THAT WAS A REALLY WAY, ITS AMAZING.
WHAT, WHEN, WHEN ASKED FOLLOW.
OKAY, WELL SAY, ALRIGHT, I, I GUESS I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT THE, THE PRESBYTERIAN BILLS, THE MEDICAL DENTAL EXAM AND THEN THE SOUTHERN HEALTH PARTNER WHO IS SUPPOSED TO DO AS MEDICAL MAAM? WELL, I KNOW, UH, THE SOUTHERN HEALTH PARTNERS, THAT WAS IN JANUARY AND THEN A FEBRUARY ON PAGE 27TH, THEY WERE LATE GETTING THE JANUARY BILL TO US PAID IN ADVANCE 50 MONTH.
UH, IT'S ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT, BUT, AND THEY SEND OVER THE INVOICE SO THAT WE PAY, THAT WE MONEY WORTH.
DO WE, WE, I'LL SAY PROBABLY ALMOST A MILLION AND A HALF.
WE DID THAT CONTRACT OUT AND PICK THE DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL CONTRACT.
THAT'S JUST A MONTHLY, A YEARLY CONTRACT? IT'S AN YEARLY CONTRACT AND THEY BILL US.
WHAT DID THEY DO? I MEAN, WHAT DID THEY DO FOR THAT? BECAUSE WE'RE STILL SEEING BILLS FROM PRESBYTERIAN.
SO PRESBY IS THE HOSPITAL BILL TO SECOND.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I MEAN WHAT WAS, WHAT DID HE GET FROM SOUTHERN HEALTH PARTNERS? I MEAN, DID THEY DO I DIDN'T BID IT OUT.
I WASN'T PURCHASING UNION, SO I HAVE NO IDEA STILL AROUND.
I I DO KNOW THAT THE PRESBYTERIAN KAUFMAN JAIL BILL IS CHECKED BY YOUR INDIGENT DEFENSE COORDINATOR.
UH, SHE DOES CHECK THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INMATES THAT ARE SENT OVER THERE, UM, ARE SO, SO THE HOSPITAL BILL INMATES, WE SEND, OKAY, SO MY QUESTION IS,
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WHAT, WHAT DID THIS SOUTHERN HILL DO THEY GO IN CHECK THE, OR DO THEY THEY ADMINIS MEDICINE ADMINISTER.I KNOW THEY ADMINISTER MEDICINE.
THEY PROVIDE, I THINK THEY DO.
WE KNOW WHEN THAT CONTRACT, WE SEE ALL THESE BILLS FROM THE JAIL AND SOME PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, SOME SOUTHERN OKAY.
HOSPITAL THAT'S, WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY TAKE THEM OVER THERE TOO.
WHAT DO SOUTHERN PARTNERS DO FOR US? EXCEPT THE MEDICAL, THEY'RE NOT DOCTORS.
SO IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY CHEST, THEY, THAT'S WHAT I, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S SITTING THERE SAYING THEY HAVE A HEART ATTACK AND HE CAN EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR SOUTHERN PARTNERS DO.
THAT SOUTHERN SOUTHERN HEALTH PARTNERS.
AND AND SHE EXPLAINS THAT, THAT THAT IS A, UH, YEARLY CONTRACT.
BUT WHAT WHAT DO THEY DO FOR US? EXACTLY.
THEY PROVIDE ALL THE HEALTHCARE IN THE JAIL.
THE NURSES PASSING OUT SOME MEDS.
THE DOCTOR FROM A TO Z, UH, EVERYTHING EXCEPT TAKING THEM TO EMERGENCY CARE, THE HOSPITAL.
BUT WHAT THEY ALSO DO IS THEY MANAGE THAT, THAT NURSE OVER THERE THAT OVERSEEING THAT PROGRAM IS PROBABLY THE BEST NURSE WE'VE HAD SINCE WE'VE DONE THIS CONTRACT.
SHE EVEN GO TO THE HOSPITAL TRYING TO GET BACK OVER HERE WHEN WE GET THEM OFF.
THEY WORK VERY HARD PROBLEM WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR, I MEAN YOU GOTTA REMEMBER WE'VE HAD THREE SHOOTINGS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY.
SO WE'VE CAUGHT THAT BILL, UH, AND THEN PLUS REHAB AND ALL THAT.
IT'S GONE THAT IT'S BEEN PRETTY EXPENSIVE THIS YEAR, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T EVER FIGURE OUT, FIGURE THAT OUT.
I WISH I COULD STOP IT, BUT WE CAN.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THERE THAT WAS HIGH CARRY, BUT THAT MEDICATION COSTING, I KNOW ONE PERSON 10,000 A MONTH AND THEY PROVIDE THE MEDICATION.
THAT PRICE DRIVER, RIGHT? NO, IT'S IN THERE UNTIL A CAP OF 6,000.
WE HAVE TO PICK IT UP THAT PROBABLY THAT 13,000 9 39 FOR MEDICATION.
THE CONTRACT IT GOES TO 60,000.
THEN ANYTHING OVER 60,000 WE HAVE TO PICK UP, THEY USUALLY SEND US ANOTHER INVOICE.
STONE RESIGN ON CHECKING THAT WE'VE MEDICATION.
MR. SHANE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO.
THOUGHT YOU GOOD? YOU JUST MAKE A LIST? MM-HMM
PIECE, PAPER RECEIPT, NOT NECESSARILY YOURS.
EXIT DOWN SO WE KNOW WHAT LINE ITEM IS TO CHARGE.
SAY I, WE DO HAVE REBECCA ARE YOU STILL HERE? I'M HERE.
WE DO HAVE A, UH, MEETING NINE O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY.
AND UH, THAT WOULD BE, WE POSTED THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT'LL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND IT'LL BE HERE IN THE COURT THE NEXT MEETING.
WE HAVE THE RECORD MEETING ON THE 22ND.
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ANYWAY.WE HAVE, WE'LL MEET HERE AT NINE 30 WEDNESDAY.
ANY MOTION TO ADJOURN? THANK YOU.