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FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE BRAIN THAT YOU GAVE US LAST NIGHT, AND WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
WE ASK YOU ALWAYS TO HELP US TO BE MINDFUL, TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE, BUT GIVE US THE WISDOM THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO USE IT.
THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE'RE PICKING PEOPLE THAT WILL BE LEADING OUR NATION.
GIVE US THE TIME TO PICK THE RIGHT PERSON, TO LEAD US BACK TO OUR COUNTRY THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, THE WAY THE FOUNDERS CONTINUE FOR US TO BE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO PROTECT US, WHO ARE OVERSEAS AND WATCH US, WATCH OVER US TO GIVE US THE FREEDOM THAT WE ALL ENJOY.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SON WHO DIED FOR US, FOR HIS NAME, PRAY, AND TO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE, UH, ASKED TIME TO, UH, SPEAK BEFORE THE COURT HERE AND OUR, UH, REMARKS FROM VISITS.
I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST A FEW BEFORE WE GET TO THAT.
UH, THE NEXT, UH, ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE, I BELIEVE WE DID RECEIVE A REVISED, UH, UH, SET OF BENCH FROM THE JANUARY 25TH MEETING THIS MORNING FROM THE COUNTY CLERK.
UH, AND, UH, I'LL READ THE ACCEPT MINUTES.
FEBRUARY THE FIRST, 2016, FEBRUARY 3RD.
FEBRUARY 16, ITEM B TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER DEPUTATION OF PATRICIA COOK C AND PATRICIA LEON FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE C IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE ANNUAL BUDGET, AND ACTUALLY IT'S THE ANNUAL AUDITED BUDGET OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT.
UH, ALSO D IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER PLACEMENT OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE, UH, CONDUIT ON THE
UH, E IS TO DISCUSS AND, UH, CONSIDER APPROVING FORM OF ELECTRIC CO-OP, UH, TO CONSTRUCT ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES ACROSS.
AND ALSO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE, UH, CITY SALES TAX FOR BREAKING COUNTY FOR THE, OUR CITIES DURING THE MONTH BLOCK DURING FEBRUARY OF, UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT GOES BACK TO THE TOO MUCH PRE CITIES THAT GOES BACK TO DECEMBER.
SO WE, YOU NOTICE WE HAVE SOME VERY HEALTHY, OUR CITIES HAD SOME VERY HEALTHY GAINS IN SALES TAX.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, CORRECTIONS FROM THE MINUTES? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE.
COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A OPPOSED.
NEXT THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AND WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE WITH US THIS MORNING THAT WE'RE HERE.
UH, I BELIEVE ACTUALLY WE MAY BE A WEEK LATE, UH, BUT WE DIDN'T FORGET AT LEAST.
AND, UH, THIS HAPPENS TO BE, UH, THE WEEK OR, UH, LAST WEEK WAS THE PROCLAIMING, UH, FEBRUARY 22ND, 2016 AS COURT REPORTER'S APPRECIATION DAY IN TON COUNTY AND OUR TWO COUNTY COURTED LAW JUDGES AND OUR TWO DISTRICT JUDGES.
UH, I GUESS ALL THE JUDGES ARE HERE THIS MORNING, I'M NOT SURE.
BUT IF YOU ARE JUDGES, IF YOU WOULD STEP FORWARD WITH YOUR CLERKS, AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A PLAQUE THAT WE'VE ALREADY PRESENTED TO YOU, JUDGE.
UH, JONES, UH, SEE JUDGE JONES.
SHERRY JUDGE JONES HAS A JURY TRIAL.
SO DO WE
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE WANTED THE JUDGES TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUALS AND COURT REPORTERS AS WELL.
UH, THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
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PRE, UH, PRESENTED TO ALL FOUR OF OUR, UH, UH, REPORTERS.AND ONE OF Y'ALL MAYBE COULD RECOGNIZE THE OTHER REPORTER WHO IS NOT HERE WITH JUDGE JONES.
AND THIS IS, UH, AN APPRECIATION OF YOUR EFFORTS COMMITMENT AND EXECUTION OF DUTIES WHICH HAVE PLAYED A VALUABLE ROLE IN THE KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND THIS IS FOR THE 86 DISTRICT COURTROOM.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF TIME CONTRIBUTED TO HEALTH PRESERVE COURT RECORDS.
YOU'VE SHARED YOUR TIME, YOUR TALENTS, AND YOURSELF WITH EACH OF US IN COMMON EFFORTS TO SERVE KAUFFMAN COUNTY NOW FROM NOW.
THEREFORE, IT WILL BE RESOLVED BY THE KAUFMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND ITS CITIZENS THAT WE TAKE PLEASURE IN EXTENDING THIS EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE TO WHATEVER THE, UH, PERSON, WHATEVER COURT THEY SERVE, A DEDICATED COURT REPORTER FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY.
SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF HANDS AND WE'LL ASK THE JUDGES TO END USE THEIR VARIOUS, UH, VOTES.
MY COURT REPORTER IS DONNA GALE.
UH, DONNA HAS BEEN MY REPORTER EVER SINCE I WAS APPOINTED TO THE BENCH BACK IN JANUARY OH FOUR BY GOVERNOR PERRY.
HERE'S JUDGE JONES AND, AND SCOTT SMITH.
UH, BUT DONNA IS JUST THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL WHEN IT COMES TO COURT REPORTING.
UH, UH, SHE'S ALSO THE MEANEST LITTLE PERSON LIFE.
IF, UH, IF WE EVER NEED AN IRON HAND IN THE COURTROOM, DONNA WILL BRING 'EM BACK IN LINE.
BUT, UH, SHE'S WELL LOVED, I'LL TELL YOU BY THE BAR.
AND, UH, WE ALSO LOVE HER IN MY COURT.
SHE DOES A GREAT JOB, VERY PROFESSIONAL, AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF WORKING WITH DONNA.
SO DONNA, IT'S WITH MY PLEASURE THAT I PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE TO YOU.
UM, I HAVE BETH WOODS AND LIKE I SAID, I HAVE, I DON'T HAVE QUITE AS MANY STORIES AS JUDGE.
SHE HAS, I ONLY ONE YEAR ON THE BENCH, BUT I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF BETH.
SHE ALWAYS HELPS OUT IN AS MANY WAYS AS SHE POSSIBLY CAN AND WEARS AS MANY HATS.
AND IT'S ALSO MY HONOR TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
AND THIS IS SHERRY HOOPER TO MY RIGHT, AND SHE'S MY COURT REPORTER, AND SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
SHE'S BECOME A, NOT ONLY A COWORKER, BUT A FRIEND OF MINE.
UM, IF YOU DON'T KNOW MY COURTROOM, IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT BIGGER THAN THIS ROOM RIGHT HERE.
IT'S PROBABLY THE SMALLEST COURTROOM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT YOU COULD HEAR IN THAT COURTROOM, BUT YOU CAN'T.
THERE'S WINDOWS THERE ON ONE SIDE AND THERE'S DIESEL TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES COMING BY.
AND SHERRY, IN SPITE OF THAT, DOES A GREAT JOB.
I REALLY APPRECIATE HER WORK AND I, I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
THE COURT REPORTER FOR THE, UH, COUNTY COURT OF LAW, NUMBER ONE IS SCOTT SMITH.
UH, HE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PLACES.
I THINK HE STARTED OUT IN, UH, WAH HATCH, WORKED A FEW YEARS THERE, WENT TO DALLAS COUNTY, WORKED A LONG TIME THERE.
IN FACT, I THINK HE RETIRED OF DALLAS COUNTY.
UH, ABOUT THAT SAME TIME HE MOVED TO KAUFMAN COUNTY.
AND SO, UH, HE HAS BEEN THE COURT REPORTER FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY COURT OF LAW FOR ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS.
AND HIS MOST IMPORTANT JOB IS HE SERVES THE LORD AS THE PREACHER AT THE CHURCH ON 1 75.
HIS THIRD JOB IS HE CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT HIM TO DO.
IF YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, HE'S GOT AN ANSWER.
IF HE'S GOT A FLOOD PROBLEM, HE'S DONE.
IT WORKS ON CARS, HE CAN DO IT.
HE IS THE MOST VERSATILE PERSON I HAVE EVER MET IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
AND THAT THIS FOR KAMAN COUNTY.
HE IS A GREAT INDIVIDUAL, A GREAT CHRISTIAN, AND A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE.
JUDGE, WE CYNTHIA, SHE WANT HIM OVER HERE.
NOW, IF YOU WOULD MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 12 ON THE AGENDA, UH, WE WOULD ALSO, THIS MR. ALEX PRECINCT, UH, WE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF VIEW SENIOR VILLAGE AND AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 7 41
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NORTH OF US.UM, MARK FESTER IS HERE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND HE'S GOT A SHARP FRONT MULE TO SHOW US.
UH, IT'S ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CR UH, CITY COUNCIL AND THEY'RE HUNDRED PERCENT IN FAVOR OF IT.
IT'S LOCATED IN THE COUNTY, BUT CITY IS GOING, UH, RIGHT THERE BY THE FIRECRACKER STANDS AT 7 41.
THEY'RE GONNA KEEP THE SENIOR SYSTEMS UP IN THAT POCKET.
SO MARK, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THANK YOU, JUDGE.
COMMISSIONERS, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
AS MENTIONED, I'M MARK FESTER WITH JES DEVELOPMENT, AND I DO HAVE A, A VERY SHORT SLIDESHOW HERE THAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU, UH, REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME DURING, DON'T, UH, DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.
AS MENTIONED, THE NAME OF OUR PROJECT IS, UH, BLUFF VIEW SENIOR VILLAGE, AND THE LOCATION IS IN THE NORTHWEST, UH, QUADRANT OF 7 41 AND 1 75.
PURCHASING ABOUT, UH, THREE AND A HALF ACRES.
THAT'S JUST NORTH OF THE, THE FIREWORKS STAND AREA.
AND ACTUALLY, BETWEEN IT AND, UH, THE CEMETERY, WE'RE PROPOSING 48 UNITS OF, UH, HOUSING FOR SENIORS 55 AND OLDER.
OUR TOTAL ESTIMATED DIRECT CONSTRUCTION COST IS ABOUT 4.8 MILLION.
OUR TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST, INCLUDING LAND ENGINEERING, ALL OF THAT IS, THIS IS A SITE PLAN SHOWING, UM, THE THREE AND A HALF ACRES AND APPROXIMATELY HOW THE, THE BUILDING WILL BE LOCATED ON, ON THE ACREAGE COMMUNITY WILL, UH, CONSIST OF, OF ONE THREE STORY BUILDING CONTAINING THE 48 UNITS.
SO THEY WILL BE MADE UP OF ONE TWO BEDROOM, UH, AND AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE UNITS, UH, WITH THE FIRST FLOOR, COMMON AREA FOR, FOR THE RESIDENCE.
COMMON AMENITIES THAT'LL BE HOUSED ON THAT IN THAT FIRST FLOOR ARE A FITNESS CENTER OUTSIDE.
WE'LL HAVE A GAZEBO WITH BARBECUE GRILLS, UH, BUSINESS CENTER, LEASING OFFICE WITH FULL-TIME MANAGER.
OBVIOUSLY WE'LL PROVIDE ELEVATORS FOR ACCESS TO THE EMPTY FLOORS.
AND, AND THEN THERE WILL BE SEVERAL SMALLER INTERIOR GATHERING AREAS.
UH, WE HAVE A LIBRARY, UH, AND THEN A LARGE COMMUNITY ROOM FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS, UH, LAUNDRY FACILITY, THE COMMUNITY ROOMS THAT, THAT WE PUT IN.
THESE FACILITIES ALL HAVE KITCHENS AND ALL PROVIDE FOR INDOOR AND, UH, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
WHAT WE FIND IS THAT THE RESIDENTS REALLY BECOME A COMMUNITY WITHIN THEMSELVES AND, AND REALLY ENJOY THESE AREAS AND GETTING TOGETHER FOR CART.
AND, AND, UH, MY LEFT DINNERS, UH, IN GAMES, WE EVEN HAVE A COUPLE THAT HAVE, UH, FORMED WEE BOWLING LEAGUES AND ANNUAL, UH, OR WEEKLY BOWLING MATCHES.
EXTERIOR OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE, ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT MASON AREA, USUALLY 75% STONE, 25%, UH, FIBER CEMENT, CEMENT BOARD.
AND THEN WE USE, UH, 30 YEAR ARCHITECTURAL SHINGLES, UH, ON THE, FOR ALL THE ROOFING, UM, THERE WILL BE ABOUT 14 MARKET RATE UNITS OF THE 48.
AND THEN THERE WILL BE, UH, 32 TARGETED AT 60% BELOW THE AREA, MEANING INCOME.
THAT INCOME LIMIT FOR THIS AREA IS ABOUT $34,000, UH, FOR A TWO BEDROOM UNIT AND ABOUT $30,000 FOR A ONE BEDROOM UNIT.
AS I MENTIONED, IT IS THREE EIGHT MINUTES.
THERE'S 15 ONE BEDROOM, APPROXIMATELY 700 SQUARE FEET AND 33 2 BEDROOMS AT, UH, ABOUT 922 SQUARE FEET.
THEY ALL HAVE FULL KITCHENS, UM, CEILING FANS IN THE LIVING ROOM AND BEDROOMS, WASHER DRYER CONNECTIONS.
UH, WE PROVIDE ALL THE WINDOW COVERINGS AND THEN, UH, CARPETING AND HARD AND FLOORING THROUGHOUT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US, JE ES DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR, UH, 30 YEARS.
THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED BY RONALD REAGAN BACK IN 86 IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUT OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GETTING PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AND PRIVATE CAPITAL, UH, TO DO THAT.
UM, JEFF SMITH, WHO IS THE JS OF, OF JBS STARTED THE COMPANY BACK THE PROGRAM FOR
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BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING, UH, OVER 125 APARTMENT COMMUNITIES WITH, UH, OVER 4,300 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.AFFORDABLE EQUITY PARTNERS IS, UM, UH, IS THE COMPANY, OUR COMPANY THAT TAKES THE CRACK TAX CREDITS THAT ARE AWARDED, UH, TO THE PROJECTS AND ESSENTIALLY TURNS THEM INTO CASH.
THEY SELL THEIR, THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX CREDITS.
THEY GET SOLD THE LARGE CORPORATION BANKS, LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
AND IN TURN, THAT CASH COMES IN, UH, TO THE PROJECT TO HELP, UH, BUILD THAT.
A EP HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN OVER 400 OF, OF THESE TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE DO, UH, WE DO, WE DO WORK WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS BESIDES JES.
AND WE'VE SYNDICATED OVER 3 BILLION, UH, SINCE, UH, IN THE 10 OR 12 YEARS THAT A DP HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS.
OUR ARCHITECT HAS BEEN MARTIN RILEY, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH HIM FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
HE SPECIALIZES IN, UH, SENIOR, UH, ASSISTED LIVING AND CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, HAS WON FEDERAL AWARD FOR HIS DESIGNS.
FAIRWAY CONSTRUCTION IS ANOTHER COMPANY OF, OF JES.
UH, SO WE BUILD ALL OF OUR OWN PROJECTS.
WE ESSENTIALLY ARE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT COMPANY, SO WE TRY TO UTILIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE LOCAL SUBCONTRACTORS AND LOCAL SUPPLIERS.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN AT IT FOR 27 YEARS.
COMPLET OVER 130 APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, UH, 4,500 FOOT UNITS IN A LITTLE OVER 375 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION VALUE.
AND THEN WE ALSO MANAGE OUR OWN PROPERTIES.
FAIRWAY MANAGEMENT IS OUR FULLY OWNED, UH, MANAGEMENT COMPANY, CURRENTLY MANAGING OVER 7,500 UNITS IN 170 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
AND THESE ARE THE STATES THAT WE DO BUSINESS IN.
MISSOURI, GEORGIA, TENNESSEE, SOUTH CAROLINA, TEXAS, AND NEW MEXICO.
WE ACTUALLY ARE IN OKLAHOMA RIGHT NOW TOO.
UH, THE REASON, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT, THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY IS PART OF, WE, WE APPLY, UH, FOR THIS FINANCING FOR THESE TAX CREDITS THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
PART OF THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS IS LOCAL SUPPORT, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE, THIS LAND IS CURRENTLY IN THE ETJ, UH, OF CRANDALL.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO GET CRANDALL CITY SUPPORT AND THE COUNTY SUPPORT.
SO, UM, AS COMMISSIONER ALLEN MENTIONED, WE DID GET, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE DID GET THE CRANDALL RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.
AND WHAT I'M HERE TODAY FOR IS, UH, TO ASK FOR THE COUNTY RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.
WE HAVE TO TURN THESE APPLICATIONS IN ON MARCH 1ST, AND WE KNOW IF WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, AND I'LL SAY RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN FIRST PLACE WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO, UH, IF WE KNOW WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, UM, THE AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED IN JULY, AND THEN ONCE THAT OCCURS, WE TYPICALLY START CONSTRUCTION, UH, WITHIN, UM, THE FIRST QUARTER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
TEXAS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE, WE HAVE KIND OF A 12 MONTH BILL PERIOD DOWN HERE, SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO START A LITTLE EARLIER.
UH, WELL, IN, IN YOUR, UH, IN THE LISTING HERE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE BLUFF.
UH, EXPLAIN WHAT SENIOR YOU, IS THAT AN AGE CERTAIN? YES.
YOU HAVE TO BE 55 OR OLDER TO LIVE THERE.
UH, I WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS.
SO THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS FAR AS SENIOR, BUT IT'S NOT AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY? NO.
WE'RE, WE, WE DEVELOP WHAT, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO CALL ACTIVE, UH, SENIOR DEVELOPMENTS.
SO NO, THEY, THEY LIVE ON THEIR OWN.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE PROVIDE IS AREAS FOR THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
WE, WE DO, IN SOME CASES, WE WORK WITH THE LOCAL MEALS ON WHEELS AND THEY, WE BRING THEM IN.
THEY CAN USE OUR FACILITY THAT NOT ONLY, UH, PROVIDE MEALS FOR ANY RESIDENTS OF, OF OURS, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I HAD TALKED TO
AND UH, THEY SOUNDED PRETTY EXCITED, UH, THAT YOU WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS, OF, OF BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR FACILITY FOR, TO, FOR ALL THEY PROVIDE MEALS ON WHEELS FOR.
UM, I KNOW THAT WAS A AGE RESTRICTION, BUT ALSO NO CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED TO LIVE THERE.
GRAND GRANDCHILDREN CAN COME VISIT, BUT THEY CAN'T PERMANENTLY LIVE THERE, SO YEAH.
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YEAH.YOU ATTENDED THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND EVERYTHING THERE WAS VERY FAVORABLE.
THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE TOWN NEEDS.
AND THEY ARE PLANNING ON ANNEXING THIS YES.
PROPERTY SOMETIME WITHIN THE, UH, REAL SOME, AS SOON AS EVERYTHING'S APPROVED, I SAY YES, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE DON'T, WE WON'T ACT ON BEHALF OF THE CURRENT LAND OR DAN EXIT BEFORE, BUT, BUT ONCE, UH, AND I VISITED WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT US, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD IT AND ANNEX, ANNEX IT OR ANNEX THE LAND BEFORE WE START BUILDING.
BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, UH, THEY WANT US TO, UH, TO BE ANNEXED.
OBVIOUSLY, WE, WE HAVE NO, NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER DOING THAT.
COMMISSIONERS, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT DEAL.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A CATCH A CLAIM.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN TODAY.
UH, TODAY LOOKING AT ITEM NUMBER 12.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? A MOTION FROM, UH, MR. ALLEN AND A SECOND COMMISSIONER? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND WE'LL GET THAT RESOLUTION.
THANK YOU FOR CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.
ALRIGHTYY, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER, UH, BEGINNING OF THE, UH, AGENDA, BUT, UH, I'M GOING TO KIND OF PUT THEM, UH, TOGETHER.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE WANTING TO SPEAK ON, UH, ONE, UH, PARTICULAR ITEM.
AND, UH, LEMME GET THESE HERE.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, MRS. WHITFIELD, SHIRLEY WHITFIELD FROM, UH, COUNTY ROAD 1 68, AND, UH, SHE WISHES TO TALK, UH, WHICH AGENDA ITEM? THIS IS IN THE OPEN STATION.
THIS WOULD BE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK AT, OF THE MEETING ON AGENDA ITEMS. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
THAT'S, WE HAVE NEW COMMISSIONER'S, COURT RULES AND PROCEDURE THAT WE HAVE.
REMEMBER REBECCA? IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS TALKING, I'M READING BACK THERE.
ARE YOU REFERENCING RULE FOUR, COMMISSIONER ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND THE RULES OF PROCEDURE TO BE ADOPTED? THE RULES OF COMMISSIONER COURT PROCEDURE TAG RECOMMENDED YOU HAVE THAT.
AND THE COMMISSIONER IS RIGHT.
THAT'S THE WAY IT'S PHRASED IN OUR RULES.
AND THEY, AS THEY CURRENTLY STATED, REQUESTED IT BE PUT ON THE AGENDA BY ME.
AND I FORWARDED IT TO YOU, I BELIEVE, BUT YOU DID NOT WANT IT ON THE AGENDA, IS THAT CORRECT? THIS IS NOTHING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE GONNA MAKE A A NEGATIVE DECISION.
I, I'VE SPOKEN WITH ALL THOSE RESIDENTS SPOKEN.
THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR, AND REBECCA, THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
AND WE'LL PROBABLY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CONTACT ME TO COME TO THE OFFICE.
I'VE SPOKEN TO EVERY ONE OF THEM CALLED, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT IT, UH, EXPLAINED PROCEDURE OF ROAD RECONSTRUCTION.
SO IF THEY HAVE ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE WELCOME TO COME TO MY OFFICE.
AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY, UH, FOR THE MEETING SINCE IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA AS, UH, VERIFIED BY THE, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
AND, AND, AND I SHOULD HAVE, UH, VERIFIED THAT MYSELF, UH, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ALLOW, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN THE OPEN FORUM PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY COMMISSIONER ROSA, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO COME BY.
PLEASE, PLEASE COME THIS SAFE OF OUR KIDS.
FOR ONE, I'LL BE IN MY OFFICE.
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OFFICE.BE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU, JUDGE.
EXCUSE ME, IF I CAN'T TALK TODAY, AND I ASK MY COMMISSIONER IF HE CAN LET ME COME TO HIS OFFICE AND MEET ME AT HIS OFFICE TO OFFER ME.
AFTER THE MEETING IS OVER WITH YOU CERTAIN DO.
MR. NEEDHAM, UH, YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ROLLING HILLS' STATE, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S ON, THAT'S NOT ON THE, THE AGENDA.
MR. SO YOU'LL NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.
YOU CERTAINLY CAN GO BY AND VISIT WITH YOUR COMMISSIONER, MR. WE'VE DONE THAT WITH NO RESPONSE FOR, FOR TWO AND A HALF MONTHS LATER.
WELL, YOU'LL NEED TO GO BY AND, AND SET UP A TIME VISIT WITH YOU.
MR. IS ALL MOVING RIGHT ALONG THEN.
UH, NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER FOUR, LAURA HUGHES.
UH, PRESENTATION OF 2015 STATE OF TEXAS HEALTH SERVICES CONTEMPORARY FIVE STAR SERVICE AWARD GIVEN TO HOFFMAN COUNTY, UH, OFFICE.
LAURA, IF YOU MIGHT COME UP AND TELL US ABOUT THIS HONOR.
I WANTED TO BRING TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, YOUR HONOR AND PRESENT AMENDMENT, AND ALSO RECOGNIZE MY STAFF FOR THE, UH, FIVE STAR FIVE, THE FIVE STAR VITAL AWARD.
WE WERE PRESENTED THIS AT THE VITAL STATISTICS CONFERENCE.
THIS IS THE 11TH TIME SINCE 2000 THAT MY OFFICE HAS RECEIVED THIS AWARD.
AND, AND WE PROBABLY REPEAT AT THE ARY STATUS SIX OR SEVEN TIMES.
THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE AREA OF VITAL REGISTRATION.
THERE'S A SET OF CRITERIA THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO THE LOCAL REGISTERS HAVE TO ACHIEVE.
THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION, THERE WERE 529 LOCAL REGISTERS.
ONLY 26 OF THOSE LOCAL REGISTERS RECEIVED EXEMPLARY AND ONLY 11 COUNTY CLERKS WERE, WERE AWARDED THE EXEMPLARY STATUS.
AND, UH, WE ALWAYS LOVE GETTING NEWS THAT WE WANT IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I WANTED TO BRING TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION THAT THESE GIRLS WORK EVERY DAY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD.
AND IN DOING SO, THAT THEY ASSURE THE PROTECTION OF THE RECORD AND ALSO THE ACCESSIBILITY OF 'EM.
AND I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
YOU HAVE A STAFF YOU'D TRULY BE PROUD OF.
WOULD ANY OF 'EM LIKE TO GIVE? ABSOLUTELY.
YOU GUYS GOTTA COME OVER HERE.
TAKE WHERE DO YOU WANT HIM STAND HERE.
YOU KNOW THE OLD JOKE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO GET CLOSER LIKE YOU LIKE EACH OTHER.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A CELL ON THE LOUNGE FOR PAT PATRICK DOWDY AND GAGE REMAN.
AND WE HAVE, UH, GEORGE IS AROUND HERE, I BELIEVE, ON THE PHONE.
THAT GAUGE PHONE, SOME PRETTY SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THE POWER WAS DOWN AND SO THE EMAILS WERE DOWN.
YEAH, MY OFFICE, HE'S TRYING TO DEAL WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE MOVE STUFF DOWN, NOT I WHAT? SORRY ABOUT THAT.
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A POLE UP.SO THE FIRST CASUAL BIT OF NEWS IS WE, YES, WE HAD AN OUTAGE.
GENERATORS DIDN'T COME OUT IN TIME.
ANY DEVICE, ANY COMPUTER, ANY SERVER THAT, UM, OUTLIVE THE TIME OF THE UPS WENT DOWN.
SO ANYWAY, THINGS ARE GOING BACK ONLINE.
AND THE TIMING WAS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THAT NUMBER TOO ON MY LIST.
THE FIRST ONE WAS, I THINK MY FIRST ITEM HAD TO DO WITH, UM, CELL PHONE LOUNGE.
SO LORI MENTIONED THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA.
SO OUR THINKING IS RATHER THAN HIRE CLERICAL, STAFF AND SECRETARIES ANSWER THE TELEPHONE, WE'LL, OUR PLAN IS JUST FORM THE PHONE WITH THE CELL PHONE, OKAY? SO IT SAVES A LOT OF MONEY.
SO IT MAKES SENSE TO JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE CARE OF THEIR PHONE.
IN OTHER WORDS, GAGE IS OUT, UH, WORKING, DOING, ADDRESSING, AND HE GETS CALLS FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE A FLOOD ISSUE, WHO KNOWS WHATEVER.
INSTEAD OF HAVING A RECORDING ON A PHONE, WE JUST FORWARD THAT TO THE CELL PHONE.
THAT'S, SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.
WE'VE BEEN HIRED CLERICAL STAFF AND SECRETARY, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE THEN YOU GOTTA TRAIN HIM TO LEARN THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE BUSINESS PROCESS.
ALRIGHT? SO, UH, PATRICK HIRED GUY, SIR, THE SHIELD, YES, YES, YES, YES.
WE COMMUNICATE OUR BUSINESS, WE COMMUNICATE BACK AND FORTH BY PHONE ALL DAY.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ENJOY CLERICAL STAFF, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GO ABOUT THAT.
IT MAKES MORE SENSE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS TO NOT KIND OF HAVE SECRETARY STANCE.
YOU GOT THIS IN YOUR BUDGET OKAY WITH IT? NO, HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
NO, WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET, BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO, I'LL ASK KAREN, UNLESS SHE DOESN'T MIND PULL YOU, YOU CAN EITHER PULL IT OUT OF TRAINING OR MAYBE TRAVEL PARTS.
YEAH, WE, WE WON'T IMPACT YOUR BUDGET.
NO, I DIDN'T, I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A CELL PHONE LINE ITEM WITH AIR CARDS AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO ADJUST EVERYBODY THAT Y'ALL APPROVED THEIR DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A CELL PHONE ALLIANCE DONE.
BECAUSE OF OUR PAYROLL SYSTEM, IT HAS TO BE DONE THAT WAY BECAUSE IT'S TAXABLE.
SO I'M GONNA BRING BACK AN ESTIMATE FOR EACH LINE ITEM FOR YOU TO APPROVE, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRANSFER IT FROM SOMEWHERE.
THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO IT.
AND THAT'S THE WAY I WANT TO DO IT.
CURRENTLY, THE, THE PAYMENT FOR THE CELL PHONE, THE COUNTY PHONE IS COMING OUT LINE, IT COMES OUT, UH, DEPARTMENT SIX, NINE, SIX COUNTYWIDE CELL PHONES FOR COUNTYWIDE CELL PHONES, AIR CARDS, AND ALL TRANSFER THAT MUCH FROM THERE TO IT TO MAKE IT A LINEUP.
NOT ALL OF IT, BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAVE THE LINE ITEMS THERE FOR THE AIRPORTS.
LIKE MY LAPTOP HAS AN AIR CARD, LAURA HAS AN AIR CARD, WHOEVER HAS LAPTOPS AND GOES OUT OF TOWN FOR SCHOOLS HAS THE AIR CARDS.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN COMMUNICATE LIKE THAT.
BUT OVERALL IT'S GONNA BE A WASH FOR THE MONEY, THE CELL, THE COUNTY CELL PHONE PRICE VERSUS THE STAFF.
NO, WE'LL HAVE TO FIND EXTRA MONEY.
OUR DEPARTMENT WILL LIKE, WE, BUT I DUNNO ABOUT ANYBODY.
WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL THIS COMPLETELY DECIDED WHO'S GETTING WHAT.
IT'LL, WHEN, AND I'M GOING TO WAIT BEFORE Y'ALL, Y'ALL GET ALL OF IT SETTLED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO COME HERE EVERY TWO WEEKS AND HAVE Y'ALL ADJUST LINE ITEMS FOR PHONE BILLS.
OKAY? I WANT, I THINK, UH, UH, PHILLIPS, UH, I PLACE THIS ON ITEM NUMBER 13 ON AGENDA TO DISCUSS ON THAT.
IT'S KIND OF OPEN THIS ONE KIND OF, YEAH.
AND LAURA, YOU WISH TO ONE THING EVER THAT, SO ALLOWANCE POLICY WAS APPROVED.
THE INTENT WAS TO LOSE PART OF THE MONEY THAT WE PAID BILL FROM TO COVER THAT COST.
BUT NOW PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE A REPORT ARE MEETING ONE OR WHATEVER USING THEIR CELL PHONE AND NEVER ADDED COUNTY CELL PHONE.
THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE AN ISSUE TO ADDRESS THAT BUDGET BECAUSE THERE'S, IT'S NOT BUDGETED.
OKAY, SO GENTLEMEN, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE ON THIS CHARGE? I THINK YOU HEARD THE DISCUSSION.
WELL, I, I KNOW WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE, UH, STATE'S REQUEST, UH, IN THERE IT SAYS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCIES 24 7.
AND WE ARE IN THIS, UH, WITH THESE, UH, WHEN THEY GET A CELL PHONE, WHEN WE START PAYING FOR THE CELL PHONE, YOU, YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY 24 7.
SO WHEN A TELEPHONE POLE HITS A, YOU KNOW, A TELEPHONE POLE IS KEPT AND SERVERS GO DOWN AT 2:00 AM GUESS WHAT?
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I JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING BE SOME NEW THINGS OVER HERE IN THE NEW POLICY THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT RIGHT HERE.SO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT WHEN WE DO THAT YOU ARE, YOU'RE IT.
AND, AND HE'S GONNA HAVE MONEY FOR OBVIOUSLY I DON'T HAVE, ASSUMING THEY'VE GOT EVERY VALID NUMBER AND ALL KIND STUFF.
UH, NUMBER SIX, UH, TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER UPDATING MAIL SERVER, THE MIGRATION, MICROSOFT 365.
SO SINCE 2001, WE HAVE HOSTED AND MAINTAINED REDUNDANT MAIL SERVERS AT THE COUNTY.
AND WHEN WE, UM, WENT THROUGH OUR BUDGET HEARING, WE DISCUSSED AND APPROVED FUNDING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT, IT'S TIME TO NOT DO THAT ANYMORE.
IT'S TIME TO NOT DO THE CARE FEEDING OF THE HARDWARE PLATFORM.
IT'S TIME TO NOT BUY A BUNCH OF HARDWARE AND WORRY ABOUT TELEPHONE POLES BEING HIT THIS ON.
WE WANT TO HOST IT IN THE CLOUD.
WE WANT TO HOST IT WITH MICROSOFT.
WE WANT TO USE THE ONLY EMAIL PROVIDER THAT CGI COMPLIANT TO PASSES MUSTER WITH FBI AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR SECURITY.
IF YOU'LL TAKE THAT PAGE AND FLIP IT OVER, YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF A PARTIAL LIST OF SOME OF THE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT CURRENTLY USE MICROSOFT AS THEIR POST.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE A COPY OF IT? SO THIS IS SIMPLY TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS CHANGE SOME OF THE WAY WE'RE DOING BUSINESS.
WE NEVER HAD THE CAPABILITY IN THE PAST TO DO EDISCOVERY.
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T AUTOMATED TOOLS TO MANAGE EDISCOVERY AND SUCH THINGS.
AND UM, SO THIS PRODUCT HAS A WAY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT TO PUT A, UH, TO PUT A LEGAL HOLD ON EMAIL.
THE SIZE OF EMAIL BOXES IS 50 GATE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS WORTH OF BETA PER USER WITH A LEGAL HOLD, WE WILL ESSENTIALLY BE ARCHIVED.
NOW SINCE 2001, WE'VE HAD AN ARCHIVER THAT GOES BACK TWO YEARS.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE ALL OUR EMAILS FOR TWO YEARS.
THE BAD NEWS IS WE ALSO HAVE ALL OUR EMAILS FOR TWO YEARS.
SO THAT SHOULD BE AT, I BELIEVE, THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT HEAD.
I TALKED TO THE DA LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS.
UM, SHE THINKS IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT WE HAVE THESE TOOLS AND DO THIS, BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A SIT DOWN WORKSHOP, MAYBE JUST A CASUAL MEETING TO MAKE SURE EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD IS ON THE SAME PAGE AND REALIZE THE MIGRATION IS GOING THERE ARE GONNA BE CHANGES.
WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND WE ALSO MAY NOT NEED TO PAY FOR AN ARCHIVE.
THERE'S ABOUT A 10 K DIFFERENCE, 12 K DIFFERENCE IN HAVING A FULL ARCHIVER AND NOT HAVING A FULL ARCHIVER.
AND AGAIN, THE REASON WHY IS THE DISCOVERY TOOLS ALLOWS LEGAL HOLD ON INDIVIDUAL MAILBOX.
SO HAVING SAID THAT, AND ALSO DURING THE MIGRATION, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE TEMPORARY OUTAGES, TEMPORARY ISSUES.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT WITH THAT.
SO ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? AND WHAT I'M GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO GIVE YOU A SCHEDULE AS TO WHEN WE'RE GONNA START DOING THE MIGRATION.
SO IF THERE IS ANY INTERRUPTION, WE'LL SEE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT.
WELL, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ASK A QUESTION IF I LIKE YOU WELL ON THAT, BUT, SO GET BACK TO THAT, THE STORAGE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE'RE STORE NOW, THE WAY YOU'RE GONNA STORE IT THEN, AND WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ALL? I MEAN, SO KIND OF GO BACK THROUGH THAT.
I, WELL LET'S SAY THE DA WANTS PUT A LEGAL HOLD ON HER THINGS AND LAURA DOES NOT.
YOU KNOW WHAT IF, YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS A DIFFERENT SET OF, WELL, LET'S CALL RETENTION FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.
WE'LL HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY THAT WAY TODAY.
WE ARCHIVE EVERYTHING FOR TWO YEARS NO MATTER WHAT.
YEAH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD REASON TO DO THAT.
WELL AT THE TIME WE THOUGHT WE DID AND WE CAN, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE OUGHT TO IN THE DA'S OFFICE KIND OF TOLD US WHAT
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IT, LET ME JUST SAY WE'VE ARCHIVE FOR TWO YEARS FOR MANAGERS.BUT NOW I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO REVISIT, GET INPUT FROM THESE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHAT THEY FEEL, WHAT THEIR RETENTION POLICIES ARE, AND TRY TO ADAPT TO CHANGE SO WE CAN DO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
REBECCA, WHAT IS, UH, IS THERE A LAW ON THAT? YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE REQUIREMENT FOR RECORDS OR RETENTION THAT I DON'T KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I'M ASSUMING GEORGE SPOKE TO, UM, JUDGE WILEY AND NOT, I MEAN, I DIDN'T TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT I CAN REACH OUT TO MY COUNTERPARTS AND GET A RECORD RETENTION SCHEDULE FOR EACH DEPARTMENT AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
BUT I, I'M THINKING HE'S TELLING US IT'S LESS THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH MEANS WE CAN PROBABLY CUT I GUESS.
BUT THIS CITY'S IN A COUPLE OTHER COUNTIES RIGHT HERE WHERE YOU NEED CONTACT AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE AND WHAT THEY DO.
AND, AND YOU COULD PROBABLY EVEN US THERE TO TELL US THAT THERE'S, WE NEED A WORKSHOP.
THIS HERE FOR DAS SO I'M SURE WE CAN GET KNOW ABOUT THIS ALREADY.
I DIDN'T SEE, I DIDN'T SEE T SEE ANY OF THEM.
KAMAN, KAUFMAN, MUSKS DALLAS, AND UH, UH, ALL DO IT.
SO I MEAN THAT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE GOOD DEAL.
SO WHAT WILL THIS NEW SERVICE COST US? UM, WE BUDGETED, IT'S GONNA COST US ABOUT 20,000 A YEAR.
IF WE DO A TWO YEAR ARCHIVER, IT'S GONNA BE MORE.
BUT IF THE E-DISCOVERY TOOLS, INCLUDING LEGAL HOLD FIT FOR US AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T NEED THE ARCHIVE.
SO BASICALLY IN AN EXCHANGE ENVIRONMENT, COUNTIES, SORRY, COUNTIES, UM, THE RUN IN-HOUSE WORK RUN PREMISE EXCHANGE AND PAY THAT THEY PAY A GUY TO MANAGE AN EXCHANGE ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY PAY FOR THE HARDWARE PLATFORM.
OUR GOAL IS TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN, WE CAN FORECAST OUR EXPENDITURES OUT OVER A FIVE TO 10 YEAR PERIOD MUCH VERY EASILY WITH US.
WE KNOW OUR COSTS ARE GONNA BE, WE DON'T HAVE TO THINK, OH MY GOD, I GOTTA BUY SERVERS NEXT YEAR, THAT THAT GOES AWAY.
SO WE'LL MANAGE THE EXCHANGE ENVIRONMENT IN THE CLOUD WITHOUT HAVING TO BUY ALL OTHER STUFF.
WELL, AND THEY KEEP UP THE CLOUD TOO.
I MEAN THEY DO ALL THE CHANGING IN THE WELL WE MANAGE THE EXCHANGE ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S, BUT IT'S THERE.
WE'RE ONE PUT THE INPUT INTO, RIGHT? SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE DA WOULD'VE CONTROL OVER, UM, EDISCOVERY FOR HER AREA IN COUNTY CLERK AND SO ON.
I'M GONNA WATCH YOUR PLEASURE ON GEORGE'S REQUEST ON THIS.
SO IT'S GONNA COST US 20,000 A YEAR.
YEAH, WE BUDGETED FOR IT WHEN WE MET LAST, UH, JULY.
WE DISCUSSED IT AND WE ALL AGREED TO DO IT THEN.
SO I'M JUST KIND OF LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
SO THIS IS JUST MORE AN UPDATE THAN ANY.
MAKE NO, OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
COMMISSIONER, CHANGE SECONDS THE MOTION.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AGAIN IS FROM GEORGE AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SIGNING A CONTRACT WITH AT AND T TO INSTALL FIBER OPTIC VOICE AND DATA ACCESS THROUGH THE LL SUB COURTHOUSE.
AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A, A PROBLEM FOR YEARS, YEARS, YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TO COPPER.
I MEAN, BASICALLY A AT T DOESN'T WANT TO CUT THEIR DIVIDENDS SO THEY'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY ON COPPER.
SO WHAT GONNA DO? SO FOR YEARS, AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, COPPER FROM THE CO TO THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN A MESS.
YOU KNOW, A GOOD STIFF WINDED RAIN AND WE HAVE ISSUES.
SO ANYWAY, SO OUR GOAL IS WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD.
WE'RE GONNA GO PUT A 20 BY 20 FIBER INTO THE BUILDING.
I THINK WE HAVE OUR BILL PROBATION DIRECTOR HERE AND HE CAN TESTIFY THIS AS WELL.
AND, AND THE REASON WHY HE'S HERE IS HE HAS GENEROUS GENEROUSLY AGREED TO HELP PAY FOR THIS.
SO, AND GET THE CITY OF TERRELL KICK COME THESE MEETINGS GOING.
SO WE, UM, WE HAD A, UH, WE HAD SOME OPTIONS.
WE BELIEVE 20 BY 20 AT THIS TIME WOULD BE, WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
YOU KNOW, WE DID ALL DUE DILIGENCE TO LOOK AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
WE LOOKED AT OTHER, UH, PROVIDERS USING THAT L THAT LOCAL CHANGE CARRIER.
WE, I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT TELE NATIONAL PUTTING IN, UH, FIBER.
THEY WOULD STILL, THAT LAST MILE STILL BELONGS TO AT T SO THAT MADE NO SENSE TO DO THAT.
WE'VE LOOKED AT PUTTING IN A TOWER, BUT THERE WERE ISSUES WITH, THE IDEA WAS A TOWER TO CONNECT BACK TO HERE THE WAY WE DO WITH SO MANY OTHER LOCATIONS.
AND OF COURSE THE ISSUES THERE
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BECAME, AND LIKE STEVE CAN TESTIFY TO THIS, THE ISSUES THERE BECAME THE AIRPORT RIGHT AWAY AT PLANES, FAA AND SO ON.BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD, WE DID, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND WE BELIEVED THAT ONLY BY 20 FROM AT T IS THE WAY TO GO.
WE GAVE THE CONTRACT TO OUR DA, SHE'S PUT HER, UH, INTERIM A TOUR ON IT.
SO I THINK WE'RE UM, WE'RE GOOD TO GO THAT MOTION.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION, SHANE SECOND TO APPROVE THE REQUEST AND A SECOND FROM I GOT AND WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM, UH, WHICH ONE OF THESE? SO IT IS, THE SUM OF IT IS THE SUM OF ON THE 2090 ADD THAT, OKAY.
AND THEN YOU TAKE THAT AND THE 62%, SO IT'S THE SUM OF THAT PLUS 62% OF THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE NOW, UH, I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS EARLIER, BUT ITEM NUMBER 11, WE'LL SKIP THE IT, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AND APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE BETWEEN UFTON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF, UH, DO YOU, UH, HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT? UM, NO GENTLEMEN HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THAT.
MR. STER WAS, UM, NICE ENOUGH TO SIT DOWN AND MEET WITH US AND I THINK HE'S CHANGED.
I MEAN EVERYTHING THAT WE REQUESTED, CITY OF TRAIL'S DONE A GREAT JOB REVIEWING IT.
MIKE CAUGHT A LAST MINUTE RULE TYPO THAT WE HAD, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY RESPONSE TO IT.
AIRPLANE IS, IS LEGALLY HAS BEEN THAT YOU HAD A CONCERN.
I I THINK WE HAVE A SOLID AGREEMENT.
I THINK IT MEETS THE TERMS THAT YOU GUYS WANTED AND, UM, IT MEETS THE BOND PACKAGE.
MAYOR, DO YOU, UH, HAVE ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
UH, NO OTHER THAN JUST THANK Y'ALL FOR THE COOPERATION THAT WE, WE'VE SHARED AND I THINK YOU SEE THAT, UH, WE'RE, UH, MOVING THINGS RIGHT ALONG AND, AND UH, THIS IS JUST GONNA, THIS IS JUST GONNA KEEP THINGS GOING.
PEOPLE I THINK IN THE COUNTY SHOULD BE EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE ROAD WORK THAT'S GOING ON AND WE WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS IF WE WEREN'T FOR WHAT Y'ALL DID.
MIKE CAN ANSWER IF WE GOT TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S ALL PRETTY DO YOU HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON IT OR? UM, I, I'VE GOT IT HERE WITH ME SO I CAN TAKE YOU THROUGH EVERY DETAIL OF IT.
WHATEVER YOU ONE I'M READY FOR IT.
YOU MIGHT WANNA JUST GIVE A BRIEF SUMMATION OF WHAT WHAT IT IS WE'RE MOVING THE 1 MILLION.
I'M, I'M BEING HIGH TECH ACTUALLY, UH, PUT A LITTLE SUMMARY ON MY PHONE HERE.
SO I'LL, I'LL KIND OF ROLL THIS INTO THE RECORD FOR YOU.
IF YOU HAVE, I'LL BE, I'LL MOVE, RUN THROUGH THIS.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THE CITY'S ASKING FOR ACTION TODAY BECAUSE THE CITY TEXT OFF PASS THROUGH CONTRACT, UH, HAS A 27 DEADLINE FOR THE FM 1 48 NORTH PROJECT.
SO JUST FOR, UH, UH, REFERENCE THAT'S NORTH OF BUCKY'S.
OKAY, ON, ON FM 1 48, YOU GOING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF SPUR 5 57 ALL THE WAY UP, UM, OVER THE BRIDGE, PAST APACHE TRAIL, JUST ABOUT RIGHT UP TO, UM, UH, UH, DR.
OKAY? THAT'S THE SECTION THAT WE NICKNAMED FM 1 48 NORTH.
SO WE'VE HAD A 2017 DEADLINE FOR THAT PROJECT.
UH, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE ENGINEERING ON THAT BASED ON A CLEAR CUT FINANCIAL PLAN.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE STALLED OUT IN OUR ENGINEERING BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, ARE VERY CLEAR ON THE FINANCIAL, UH, UH, AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT ONTO THE PROJECT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, AS, AS YOU DO HERE, YOU'RE GONNA ENGINEER IT ONE WAY.
SO WE'VE GOT ONE AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU'RE GONNA ENGINEER IT A DIFFERENT WAY IF YOU'VE GOT A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO THIS GIVES US POINT OF CLARITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOCKED DOWN ON WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH, UM, UH, A FINANCIAL PLAN.
THERE'S NO CHANGE IN, UH, PASS THROUGH FUNDS FROM TXDOT COMING TO THE COUNTY.
THAT WAS A DISCUSSION ITEM IN THE FALL AND THIS AGREEMENT COMPLETELY LEAVES THAT ISSUE THE WAY IT ALREADY IS.
OKAY? THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, UM, UH, STIPULATES A WAY OF CALCULATING AS WE RECEIVE PASS THROUGH MONEY BACK FROM TDOT AS A CITY, A PERCENTAGE OF THAT TO GO TO THE COUNTY.
AND THAT PROVISION IS COMPLETELY UNCHANGED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
AND I KNOW THAT IS AN IMPORTANT POINT AND IT'S, IT'S JUST SIMPLY NO CHANGE.
THERE'S ALSO NO CHANGE IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY BOND PROGRAM COMING TO CITY OF TARRELL PROJECTS.
THIS JUST REARRANGES CITY OF TARRELL PROJECTS, UH, BASED ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WAS ALREADY EARMARKED FOR TERRELL AND JOHN POLLSTER'S, BIG SPREADSHEETS AND WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY TAKEN OUT TO THE VOTERS, THE EXACT SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR CITY ATAR PROJECTS.
IT ALLOWS US TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR FRONTAGE ROAD AND THE FM 1 48 NORTH PROJECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL THE
WE'VE BEEN ON MEETING WITH, UH, UH, TEXDOT QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT.
SO NOW TO GET TO THE SPECIFICS, UH, A MILLION DOLLARS WAS EARMARKED, UH, ORIGINALLY FOR THE FM 9 86.
THAT'S THE POETRY ROAD BYPASS.
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THAT YOU HIRED TO DO YOUR COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANS HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB WITH THE ADVANCED PLANNING FOR THE POETRY ROAD BYPASS.AND THAT PROJECT IS SO FAR OUT THE FUTURE THAT WE FELT LIKE INSTEAD OF SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS OF UM, UH, TAXPAYER FUNDS ON AN ADVANCED PLANNING PROJECT, WE'D BE MUCH BETTER OFF MAKING SURE WE COULD FULLY CONSTRUCT THE FM 1 48 NORTH PROJECT.
SO WE TAKE A MILLION DOLLARS FROM A PLANNING PROJECT, WE SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY FOR THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH DID THE JOB WE WANTED DONE, AND WE PUT THAT MONEY ONTO THE FM 1 48 NORTH PROJECT.
THEN, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS IN
AND THAT'S YOUR US 82 0 5 FM 1 48 PROJECT WHERE WE CROSSED THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN ZERO.
AND THAT'S A DIFFICULT PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU'VE ALREADY HIRED, YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION AS A COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO HIRE AN ENGINEER TO WORK ON THAT PROJECT.
YOU'VE DONE SOME GOOD WORK WITH THEM IN THE PRELIMINARY STATE.
SO LOOKING AT WHAT ARE ALL OUR, OUR STEPS THERE, UM, JOHN CHER'S BEEN WORKING ON THAT USED TO THE, UH, ENGINEERING ANALYSIS THUS FAR IS THAT PROJECT, UH, COULD EITHER BE GIGANTIC AND COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF OUR MEANS IF WE MOVE THE RAILROAD TRACK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE PROBABLY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD, UH, PHASE ONE PROJECT THAT WE CAN WORK WITH TEXDOT ON TO TAKE, UM, UH, ABOUT AN $8 MILLION WORTH OF WORK AND, UH, UH, PARTNER WITH TEXDOT AND COMPLETED GREAT PROJECT THERE.
SO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE COUNTY BOND PROGRAM, ORIGINALLY IN THE COUNTY BOND PROGRAM, WE HAD $2.6 MILLION ON THAT PROJECT.
SO WE FELT LIKE SINCE WE'RE DOING JOHN'S FAITH-BASED, UH, ENGINEERING ON THAT PROJECT ANYWAY, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS TAKE A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THAT INTERSECTION, PUT IT ON THE FM 1 48 NORTH PROJECT 'CAUSE WE'RE OBLIGED WITH TEXT DOTS AND DO THE FM 1 48 NORTH PROJECT FIRST.
THAT WAY WE CAN SAY TDOT, WE DID OUR WORK ON FM 1 48 NORTH, WE DELIVERED IT, YOU WANTED US TO DO THAT ONE FIRST.
AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST DOING THESE PROJECTS IN ORDER NOW WE'LL STILL HAVE, UH, $1.6 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY BOND PROGRAM TO DO WORK AT THAT INTERSECTION INSTEAD OF 2.6 MILLION.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD TO TDOT AND SAY, GREAT, WE DID THE FIRST JOB FIRST, NOW HELP US FIND THE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO DO THE SECOND JOB.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE MAJOR POINTS.
THEN THE OTHER POINT IS TO TAKE THE, UM, UM, SECOND ISSUANCE AND PUT LANGUAGE IN THERE RELATED TO THE SECOND ISSUANCE.
A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO YOU PHRASE THIS CORRECTLY? IT TURNS OUT THAT THE EXISTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN, UH, THE CITY OF KAUFMAN AND KAUFMAN COUNTY DOES THIS CORRECTLY.
AND SO WHAT REBECCA LOOKED OVER FOR US WAS WORDING THAT BASICALLY SAYS, IF YOU AS A COMMISSIONER'S COURT, SO CHOOSE TO DO A 2016 ISSUANCE OR A FUTURE SECOND ISSUANCE OF YOUR COUNTY BOND PROGRAM FUNDS, WHICH YOU'RE ALREADY PLANNING TO DO, BUT ISN'T WHEN YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT AT YOUR SOLE DISCRETION, UM, THEN HERE'S THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S EARMARKED FOR PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF CARE.
AND THAT GIVES US SOME SECURE CUT, UH, UH, WORDING SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING.
THAT NUMBER WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE, UH, A TOTAL OF $5.7 MILLION.
THAT $5.7 MILLION IS IN YOUR, UH, AMENDED AGREEMENT.
AND THAT BASICALLY JUST TELLS US THAT WHENEVER YOU MAKE YOUR OWN CHOICE TO ISSUE, UH, WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY FROM THAT ISSUANCE WOULD COME TO THE CITY OF TARRELL.
AND WE THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET OUR ENGINEERING PROCEEDINGS AND FINANCIAL.
SO THAT'S A OVERVIEW ABOUT WHAT'S IN THERE SPECIFICALLY.
AND AGAIN, I'LL BE, WE'VE GOT COPIES OF ALL HERE IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH DETAILS OF WE TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
WHAT, AND I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY HARD TO ESTIMATE, WHAT KIND OF TIMEFRAME ARE YOU LOOKING AT? WE ARE OBLIGED TO COMPLETE THE FM 1 48 PROJECT IN, UH, 2017 BASED ON OUR CONTRACT WITH TDOT TO RECEIVE THOSE CASH THROUGH MONIES BACK.
AND IF YOU CUT US LOOSE TODAY, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET ENGINEERING DONE, UH, THIS SUMMER AND, UH, GET APPROVALS, UH, FROM
THAT'S THE CRITICAL THING IS, IS IF WE DON'T GET THIS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER, THEN WE'LL LOSE A PASS THE REFUNDS.
SO WE'VE GOTTA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY ONE OF THOSE.
WHAT
WE, WE CAN'T STOP AND, AND WE DO, WE LOSE.
I THINK THE REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO IS THAT THE CITIZENS IN THE COUNTY ARE SEEING NOT JUST THIS PROJECT, BUT OTHER PROJECTS THEY'RE SEEING THAT THAT BOND THAT THEY VOTED IS TURNING INTO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
IT'S, LET ME, UH, THIS IS RELATED REBECCA, SO DON'T GET ON ME.
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I'VE HAD CONTACT FROM ONE OR TWO OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, COFFMAN, JIMMY MAY, YOU MAY HAVE HAD THE, THIS DISCUSSION WITH MIKE.THEY ARE, WE STILL HAVE $26 MILLION THAT WE'VE NOT ISSUED AND WE HAD ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED ISSUING THOSE NOT THIS YEAR, UH, BUT MAYBE IN 2017.
UH, I'VE DISCUSSED WITH, UH, GEORGE WILLIFORD AND TOM POLLEN ABOUT THE ADVISABILITY ALSO WITH JOHN HOLSTER ABOUT THE, OF GOING AHEAD AND, AND ISSUING THOSE BONDS THIS YEAR FOR TWO OR THREE REGIONS.
ONE, UH, IT INTEREST RATES ARE STILL FAIRLY LOW, UH, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS BUSINESS SAY THAT'S NOT GOING, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO GO UP.
AND, UH, THAT THE OTHER REASON IS THERE'S SOME PROJECTS LIKE I THINK 1 41, 1 51, 1 51, UH, THAT IT IS READY TO GO, I THINK, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO, UH, TO HAVE A FUND AND IT NEEDS TO, TO BE.
SO DO YOU, HOW IF, IF THE COURT DECIDE TO DO THIS AND WE DECIDED TO SELL THOSE REMAINING BONDS, HOW WOULD THAT, UH, AFFECT ANYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON? IT IS A, IT'S A TREMENDOUS, UH, ISSUE FOR US, US IF, IF YOU DO THAT IN, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 16, THEN YOU'LL RECEIVE A HUG FROM THE MAYOR OF TARIFF
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
THAT, THAT, THAT GETS US ON TRACK TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER JUST SAID, WE, WE WANT TO DELIVER THAT PROJECT.
MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR PASS THROUGH MONEY BACK.
UM, AND, AND IF YOU ISSUE, UH, IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR, WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT SAID TO DO THAT.
IF YOU DON'T ISSUE IT THIS YEAR, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VARIETY OF OBSTACLES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO GET OVER ON OUR OWN, UH, TAKE TO TRY TO GET THAT, TRY TO BEG FOR AN EXTENSION FROM TDO, TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT I WOULDN'T WANT US TO, TO RECOMMEND TO YOU.
SO I'M, I'M GONNA HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT IN THIS CALENDAR HONOR.
THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THE COMMISSION COURT PROBABLY WANT GET, TALK ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES THAT THERE ARE ANY IN DOING THAT.
SO THE HUG FROM HAL RECONSIDER SHARP SALES PEOPLE,
ONE OTHER COMMENT THAT I WANNA MAKE, IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 26 MILLION BOND PROGRAM, IT'S GOING TO HELP PRECINCT FOUR, PRECINCT TWO PRECINCT, PRECINCT THREE.
IT IS HELPING THE WHOLE COUNTY.
THIS IS NOT JUST A CITY OF TARIAL ISSUE.
ARE WE MAYBE ONLY ONE MORE ISSUANCE OR CAN WE SPLIT THE REMAINDER? WE CAN, UH, WE INITIALLY HAD THREE IN THERE, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN, I MEAN WE CAN STILL DO THREE OR WE CAN DO ALL 20.
I JUST, WE MIGHT NEED SOME INPUT FROM OUR TREASURER IN OUR ARTICLE ABOUT IS IT FEASIBLE? HOPEFUL.
WELL THAT'S WHAT I SAYING WE NEED WORKSHOP.
AND A LOT OF IT TIES INTO THE ECONOMY, RIGHT? INTEREST RATES AND WHAT ALL THAT HAPPENS TO BE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND I'M JUST TRYING AND KIND OF GET A FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIES ABOUT HOW THEY FELT ABOUT IT.
SO WE KNOW THEY, WELL, YEAH, IT'LL MAKE, IT'LL MAKE A LOT OF POSITIVE DIFFERENCE UNTIL THEY SPEED UP THE PROJECT.
WITH MY TALKING WITH THE BOND COUNCIL AND LEGAL COUNSEL AND TOM, UH, IT SEEMS THAT IT'S EASIER TO DO ONE BIGGER ISSUE THAN SPREAD IT OUT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, UH, BECAUSE YOU SAVE ON YOUR, YOUR FEES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
YOUR LEGAL FEES, YOUR SELLING FEES AND ALL THAT.
WHAT WE DO, WE GET ALL THE PLAYERS TOGETHER SO WE CAN, WE CAN THROUGH THAT.
ANYWAY, UH, WE DISCUSSED AND CUSSED THIS ITEM OUT FOR SOME TIME.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO THE AGREEMENT? MR. SHANE MAKES THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER A MOTION DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE BACK NOW TO THE OTHER PAGE.
WE SKIPPED AROUND THE FIRST PAGE AND UH, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
UH, PAM ASKED THAT SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY.
SHE'S AT ATTENDING A MEETING, UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPLYING FOR A SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONAL SWAT VEHICLE THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CONDITION OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
BY APPLYING AS A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL TEAM, WE CAN APPLY IT UP TO $240,000.
WE APPROVED THIS, UH, RESOLUTION OR THIS, UH, GRANT APPLICATION LAST MEETING, UH, FOR $80,000.
BUT PAM HAS HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
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GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, UH, AND AS FAR AS WHAT MIGHT BE A BETTER FIT, AND IF WE INVOLVE IN SHERIFF, YOU JUMP INTO HERE TOO.IF WE INVOLVE OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE COUNTY MAKING IT MULTI JURISDICTION, WE HAVE A CHANCE OF GETTING PROBABLY A MORE OR A BETTER EQUIPPED VEHICLE, UH, UP TO $240,000.
YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE GRANTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE TALKING ABOUT THIS BOND ONE, WHEN YOU PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY AND BRING MORE PEOPLE IN, THEY'RE MUCH MORE ACCEPT, UH, UH, I TALKED TO PAM ABOUT THIS AND THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A VEHICLE THAT WE NEED.
WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW IS ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY RIGGED OUT, UH, 16 YEARS AGO THAT HAD BEEN WITH JUVENILE PROBATION, HAD A WRECK AND WE PUT THAT BACK IN.
GOT A LOT OF, IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT.
UH, WE JUST HAD AN INCIDENT IN THE COUNTY LINE WEEK OR SO AGO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A SHOOT OUT WITH THE GUY DOWN THERE.
LUCKILY IT WAS IN HENDERSON COUNTY.
UH, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE WERE JUST THERE HELPING.
DID THEY HAVE A SWAT VEHICLE? I GUESS THEY JUST, AND UH, THIS WOULD BE, I THINK PAM HAS GOT LETTERS FROM ALL OF THE, UH, AGENCIES OR LOT OF GUNS COMING THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
IT'S ALSO THE SWAT AND ALSO THE BALLISTIC SHIELDS WHERE YOU DON'T NEED.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN, IN OUR HISTORY RIGHT NOW.
AND THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
UH, I THOUGHT WE'D HAD PLENTY, YOU KNOW, HERE THAT WE GET BY A LONG TIME WITHOUT ANYTHING, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S, UH, A DIFFERENT WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED.
IT'S LIKE OUR COMMAND TRAILER, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, TAKE THAT OUT WHEN ANYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE UP A LONG TIME.
IT'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE WE GOT COMMUNICATION, WE'VE GOT CAMERAS WHERE WE CAN, WATCHING AREA AND ALL THAT.
SO I THINK THE, UH, GO THE UH, 240,000 ON THERE AND JUST BECAUSE WE APPLIED FOR GOING GET IT AND WE ALREADY APPLIED FOR, WELL, SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF IT AND BY TALKING DISCOVER.
THAT THE FOLKS THAT DO THIS SAY YOU'D PROBABLY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE IF YOU INVOLVED AGENCY, WHICH INVOLVE MAYBE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNING UP THE 9 1 1 WITH? PARDON? ARE WE GOING TO INVOLVE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE SIGN DISPATCH DISPATCH ON THE 9 1 1? WE GOING? YEAH.
ANY, ANY AGENCY IN THE COUNTY THAT WANTS ANY POLICE AGENT? THE OFFICER WE'RE GOING, YEAH, WE LABEL THERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SIGNING, I MEAN, AND WOULD IT BE OUR, OUR SWAT TEAM BASICALLY IF WE DID THAT WITH OTHER, YEAH, JUST CURIOUS.
I'M JUST, WE'VE GOT A MULTIPLE JURISDICTION SWAT TEAM NOW.
NOBODY ACTUALLY HAS ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY TO HAVE.
SO WE'VE GOT MEMBERS, WE ACTUALLY, UH, RUN IT.
UH, WE GOT THE COMMANDER WORK FOR US AND SOME UP, BUT THESE OTHER CITIES CONTRIBUTE PEOPLE TO THAT.
WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING KIND.
COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING AT ALL BECAUSE NOBODY HAS ENOUGH PEOPLE.
WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, I A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
MOVING NOW BACK TO ITEM NUMBER NINE AND TAX ASSESSOR COLLECT TO GIVE US OUR MONTHLY REPORT.
AND I NOTICED WE GOT A BIG ROLLBACK.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
UH, THIS MONTH WE COLLECTED 11,353,000 $152.
THAT WAS SPLIT 10.2 MILLION FOR M IOWA 1.1 MILLION FOR INS.
AND IN ADDITION, WE COLLECTED $166,719 IN, UH, BILLING FOR TAXES THIS MONTH.
TAXES COLLECTED YEAR TO DATE FOR, UH, JUST GENERAL FUND, 26,000,800, $13,524 PLUS FOUR $21,253 IN BACK TAXES, UH, YEAR TO DATE.
NOW THE ROLLBACKS ARE, UH, WELL I'LL JUST FINISH UP THE ROAD.
BRIDGE, COME BACK TO THE ROLLBACK LAST.
THE ROAD BRIDGE COLLECTED, UH, THIS AMOUNT IS 1.9 MILLION AND YEAR TO DATE, 4.6 MILLION WITH 56,000 IN, UH, OVER 56,000 WENT IN TEXAS FOR ROAD BRIDGE FOR THE ROLLBACKS.
WE HAD AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ROLLBACKS THIS MONTH.
WE HAD, UH, TWO PARCELS THAT EQUALED, UH, 7.3 ACRES IN TARRELL.
WE HAD 55.8 ACRES IN THE HEARTLAND AREA.
WE HAD, UH, FOUR ACRES IN KEMP JUST OFF 1 75.
WE HAD, UH, FOUR PARCELS IN 40.
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AND THEN WE HAD THREE, UM, ONE PARCEL IN 40 THAT WAS 14 ACRES AND TWO PARCELS IN THE MORNING.IF ANYBODY HAS PARTICULAR INTEREST, I DO HAVE MAP TO SHOW YOU WHERE THEY ARE.
ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S GOOD TO SEE THOUGH, ROLLBACK, BECAUSE THAT'S MEAN.
THAT MANY ACRES YOU WOULD ALMOST THINK MORE VEHICLE IT'LL INCREASES DEVELOPMENT INCREASES.
AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, I KNOW ALL OF YOU, WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING AROUND YOUR PRECINCT, YOU SEE WHERE THINGS MAY BE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT EVEN, YOU KNOW, KNOW ABOUT IT.
APPRAISAL DISTRICT KNOW ABOUT IT, OR TANYA MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT IT.
SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO, UH, LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN CHECK IT OUT.
THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING ON EVERY ROAD,
DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO ACCEPT THE, UH, COMMISSIONER'S REPORT? THE COLLECTOR'S REPORT? I HAVE A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, ALLEN AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ROSA.
I'M NUMBER 10 FROM, UH, TREASURER MR. OFIELD TO PRESENT ACCEPT THE TREASURER'S MONTHLY REPORT OR THE MONTH OF 2016.
UH, THE, UH, JANUARY TREASURER'S REPORT IS THE GENERAL FUND HAD A BEGINNING BALANCE OF 1,000,200 42 4 7 4 21.
IT HAD RECEIPTS OF 18,000,233 OVER 55.74, DISBURSEMENTS OF 4 MILLION 669 53 33.
SO WE HAVE AN ENDING BALANCE OF 14 MILLION 814 576 62.
UH, AGAIN, UH, AS, AS IS OUR PATTERN, ALL OF THAT MONEY IS ON DEPOSIT OF AN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK.
UM, OUR COLLECTED BALANCE INTEREST RATE IS 35 BASIS POINTS.
AND FURTHER IN THE REPORT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE, UM, ROAD BOND INS OF 1,000,080 5,800 1373.
AND WE HAVE THE, UH, UNSPENT ROAD BOND FUNDS OF 14 MILLION 473 57 84.
AND ON THE LOWER LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR THE MONTH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND FOR THE, THESE OTHER FUNDS LISTED, WE HAVE TOTAL INTEREST OF 10,000 4 22 52.
THERE IS INTEREST INCOME THAT GETS ALLOCATED TO OTHER FUNDS, UM, THAT DOESN'T APPEAR THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TWO PAGES OR THE PAGES LISTING THE, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, FUNDS OF THE COUNTY THAT ARE ACCUMULATED INTO THE, UM, POOLED CASH.
THE GENERAL FUND AND PAGE, UH, NEXT TO THE CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS SHOWS THE, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE STANDALONE BANK ACCOUNTS.
THE FEDERAL SEIZE ASSET CASH FUND IS ONE OF THOSE THAT'S LISTED THERE AT THE TOP OF THAT PAGE.
AND THEN YOU EACH HAVE YOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE CASH REPORTS.
UH, THE LAST TWO PAGES WE'VE INCLUDED ARE THE PLEDGE SECURITY LISTING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK.
UH, THAT IS THE COLLATERAL THAT THE BANK, UH, PLEDGES AGAINST THESE CASH DEPOSITS AS ARE SECURE.
AND I THINK, UH, IN LOOKING FORWARD, FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSIONS, UH, IN DISCUSSING ABOUT ISSUING ADDITIONAL ROAD BONDS, I THINK, UH, UM, UH, AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THAT WILL BE HOW WE CAN, UH, COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP AN INVESTMENT PLAN TO INVEST THOSE FUNDS SO THAT WE, UH, OFFSET THE INTEREST EXPENSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CARRY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN.
UM, LAST WEEK I ATTENDED THE, UM, UH, INVESTMENTS TRAINING SEMINAR WITH T DOWN IN SAN MARCUS.
SO I'LL HAVE MY CURRENT INVESTMENT OFFICER CERTIFICATE FOR REQUIREMENT LINE.
AND I THINK, UH, WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO, UM, REAFFIRM RE ADOPT OUR INVESTMENT POLICY ANNUALLY.
SO I THINK ON THE NEXT COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING, WE'LL GET THE, UM, POLICY ON THE, UH, AGENDA AND SEE IF Y'ALL WANT TO APPROVE THE POLICY AGAIN.
UH, TO REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY.
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FOLDER THIS MORNING.WE'LL SCAN THAT AND IT SENT TO ALL OF YOU ON AN EMAIL SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE POLICY.
AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT CURRENT BEST PRACTICES TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT, THAT THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO THE POLICY.
WE DON'T HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE A, A BOARD BOARD.
THE LAST CLASS THAT I DID, WE ALL, EVERYBODY WENT HOME WITH.
DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
THEY HAD A, THEY HAD A COMMITTEE.
ROCKWELL HAS A COMMITTEE, UM, BUT ROCKWELL'S COMMITTEE, SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY'RE NOT USE AT MOMENT.
THEY'RE KIND OF SET DORM, KNOW THE COUNTY JUDGE OVER THERE SITTING HIM IN THE CLASS ASKED IF THEY HAD A COMMITTEE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW IT.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REQUIRED.
I GOTTA PROVE THAT I WAS THERE.
I, I DON'T KNOW, MIGHT THINK ABOUT THAT AND GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT IF YOU THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THE SAME, THE JUDGE, WELL, IT'S NOT INVOLVED WITH, WITH NECESSARILY THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT IT'S PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND THE COUNTY JUDGE AND, AND THE AUDITOR AND RIGHT.
THE, UH, MAYBE HIRE, WHEN COUNTIES HAVE BOARDS, THEY WILL TYPICALLY GET AN OUTSIDE PERSON.
THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, THAT OUT THERE IN THE, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT OCCUR IN THE MEETINGS, THE PURPOSE OF THAT OUTSIDE BOARD MEMBER IS TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS ACCESS TO THE BLOOMBERG AND OTHER DAVIS SYSTEMS. YEAH.
THAT WOULD COST THE COUNTY EIGHT OR $10,000 TO HAVE ACCESS TO PERHAPS.
AND UM, AND SO I THINK IF, IF WE GO AND WE GET MORE ACTIVE WITH INVESTING AND WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE REDUCING OUR NEGATIVE ARBITRAGE ON 14 MILLION OF BONDS HERE AND ANOTHER RANCH OF 16 ON THE AGENDA, LET'S DO A WORKSHOP ON THIS FOR LATER.
WELL, I GUESS THE BIGGEST THING I AGREE WITH YOU.
I JUST, I JUST THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THERE WAS SOME FIELDS THAT WE'RE MISSING ON THE INVESTMENT THAT WE COULD BE USING THAT MADE MORE MONEY.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY HELP ON THIS, THEN WE DUNNO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ITEM NUMBER 10? MR. MR. ALLEN.
ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU HONOR, JUDGE COPIES.
ALRIGHT, WE'VE, UH, CONSIDERED 11 AND 12 NOW DOWN TO, UH, NUMBER 13, UH, DISCUSSED, CONSIDER AMENDING THE CELLULAR TELEPHONE, CELLULAR TELEPHONE ALLOWANCE POLICY AND PROCEDURE.
MR. PHILLIPS, I BELIEVE YOU ASK THAT THIS BE PLACED ON THE, UH, AGENDA AND IT SOUNDED LIKE MAYBE GOOD REASON THAT EARLIER DISCUSSION.
WELL, YEAH, GEORGE HAD SOME CONCERNS.
I HAD CONCERN AND HR HAD A CONCERN.
EVERYBODY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN.
I GUESS ANYTIME WE DO SOMETHING NEW, MAYBE IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO GET, GET IT UNWRAPPED AND GET IT WORKING.
IT SHOULD, UM, I NOTICED LIKE, LIKE ME PERSONALLY, I KEPT HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN I GOT TEXTING, DOING THE WRONG THINGS WITH THE PHONES.
AND I DISCOVERED THAT GUESS WHAT, THEY WERE ALL USING THEIR OWN PHONES.
SO I JUST GATHER THEM UP AND GET AWAY WITH OUR PHONE.
UM, AND THEN HR HAD SOME CONCERN OVER, OVER THE WAY WE DRAFTED THE POLICY, WE DRAFTED THE POLICY, NOT LEAVING ROAD AND READ OUT, JUST SAYING BREACH, CONTINUE USING THEIR PHONES.
UM, BUT I CHOSE NOT TO KEEP CONTINUE USING.
AND SO WHAT I PERSONALLY WANT TO DO IS, IS STRIKE THAT PART AND SAY THAT ROAD AND BRIDGE IS ALLOWED TO BE IN THE PHONE POLICY BECAUSE IT, THEY ARE IN THE PHONE POLICY.
UM, UH, AND THEN WE WANT TO GET TO THE LINE ANIMALS TOO ON ALL THE, ALL ALL THE WAY THAT EVERYBODY'S GONNA PAY FOR IT.
WE HAVE A HOME LINE ITEM, WE HAVE TO TELECOMMUNICATION LINE ITEM AND OF COURSE I SPEND A LOT MORE ON LAND ON, ON THE PHONE THAN ON FIXING THE PEN ON THE TWO PEOPLE JUST HAVING A PHONE.
UH, SO I DON'T HAVE A LINE ITEM PROBLEM, BUT I KNOW THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO.
UH, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
BUT YOU WILL HUH? BECAUSE I'M GONNA CHANGE THAT LINE ITEM.
DO WHAT? IT HAS TO BE CHANGED TO MATCH.
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YEAH, BUT I MEANT OUTSIDE, BUT I'LL HAVE MONEY TO MOVE AROUND.I HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, I, I DID AWAY WITH 15 PHONES AND I'M GOING TO ONLY GONNA ALLOW TWO PEOPLE TO HAVE, HAVE MONEY ON THE PHONE.
ALL THE REST OF THEM I PUNCH IN, WE TELL 'EM WHERE GONNA, UM, BUT YOU, I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT BE GOOD DISCUSSION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND, AND SCRATCH OUT THE ROAD BRIDGE ON THE, ON THE, UH, PARAGRAPH RIGHT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT, IT WASN'T THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY TO ELIMINATE IT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY.
JUST ALLOW THEM TO KEEP USING IT.
AND MAYBE I'VE MISUNDERSTOOD THAT.
UM, BUT WE, WE NEED TO CHANGE IT.
AND I'M, I'M GLAD YOU PUT IT UP.
THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT HAPPEN SOMETIMES.
AND I THINK THAT MAY BE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS.
UH, ARE WE READY TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS TODAY? OR IS MAYBE SOMETHING WE YEAH, I SPECIFICALLY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE POLICY? I THINK THE POLICY IS GREAT.
UM, THE REASON THE COMMITTEE MET AND WE CREATED THIS POLICY AND THE REASON THE VACCINES WERE PUT IN THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONSENSUS THAT THEY HAD JUST TRANSFERRED ALL THE ROAD BRIDGE OVER TO NEW CELLPHONE POLICIES, UM, JUST UPGRADED.
SO THE CONCERN WAS CANCELING ALL THAT.
AND THE INTENT FOR ROAD BRIDGE WAS TO TRANSFER IT ALL OVER TO THE RADIO SYSTEM AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT GOT THEIR NEW RADIO SYSTEM.
SO THAT WAS THE INTENT FOR THAT ONE SENTENCE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE NOW WE HAVE TWO POLICIES ON CELL PHONE AND THERE'S NO CLARIFICATION AS TO WHO'S ON WHAT.
SO THAT WAS THE INTENT FOR THAT SENTENCE ABOUT NOT, THIS NOT APPLYING TO ROAD BRIDGE WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE.
WHICH COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE YOU SAID ON WE WERE NOT GOING TO TRANSFER ANY ROAD BRIDGE OVER.
I SAID, AND, AND I SAID, BUT I DIDN'T INTEND THEM TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE POLICY.
THEY WERE INTENDED TO HAVE A CHOICE.
YEAH, WELL IT NEVER INTENDED TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS A LOCKDOWN FEATURE AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO SHUT ROAD BRIDGE DOWN THAT.
THAT'S NOT, THAT WASN'T, NO, I'M JUST SAYING IF THAT WAS THE INTENT, I'M SAYING THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GIVE THE CELLPHONE ALLOWANCE BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE RADIOS, THEREFORE THERE WOULD BE NO NEED TO PAY THEM FOR CELLPHONE ALLOWANCE IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A RADIO.
I'M NOT GOING PAY MY ROAD RAGE OFFICE, ONLY MY ASSISTANT EMPLOYMENT.
I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO INTENTION TO PAYING ALL THESE GUYS.
PUT DO WHAT? THAT'S THE REASON THAT SENTENCE WAS PUT IN THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO POLICIES.
SO WE NEED TO SPECIFY WHO, WHO FELL UNDER WHAT POLICY.
BECAUSE NOW I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD FOLLOW EVERYBODY IN HOME COUNTY.
BUT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ONES.
WE HAVE A COUNTY ISSUED CELL PHONE POLICY AND NOW WE HAVE A C PHONE ALLOWANCE POLICY AND THE CELL PHONE WHAT THE CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE POLICY.
AND THEN WE HAVE A, THE POLICY THAT ADDRESSES COUNTY ISSUED CELL PHONES.
YEAH, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ONES I KNOW, BUT THERE'S HAS TO WHAT? WELL, LISA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UH, NO.
UH, I MEAN IT WAS PUT INTO PLACE TO TRY TO, BECAUSE LIKE SHE, SHE STATED THAT WE HAD JUST UPGRADED ALL OF THE ROAD BRIDGE.
EVERYBODY HAD UPGRADED PHONES, UM, JUST SIGNED ON THE NEW CONTRACTS FOR ALL THAT.
AND OF COURSE IF WE WENT IN AND CANCELED ALL THOSE, THAT THAT WOULD NOT, AND, AND IT WAS ULTIMATELY PUT IN PLACE TO SAVE THE COUNTY MONEY.
BUT AT THE RATE WE'RE GOING AND, AND ADDING PEOPLE TO STIPEND AND ADDING PEOPLE TO STIPEND, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO.
NO, NOT THINK HAVE THE PHONE NOT AT THE RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING, THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT NEVER HAD A COUNTY ISSUED CELL PHONE.
THEY CHOSE NOT TO CARRY TWO PHONES, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE PAYING THEM TO HAVE A PHONE, NOW EVERYBODY WANTS A STATE.
AND THAT'S UNDER OUR, THAT'D BE OUR DECISION TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY QUALIFY, YOU KNOW, TO BE ON CALL 24 7.
BECAUSE THAT WAS THE, THE IDEA OF IT, IF YOU'RE ON CALL 24 7, YOU HAVE A, A CELL PHONE THAT YOU'RE BEING PAID TO LEAVE ON TO BE AVAILABLE.
BUT IN ESSENCE IT'S CHEAP FOR US TO PAY FOR THE COUNTY CELL PHONE AND GIVE THE $75 STAFF.
IT WAS, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT, AND THAT WAS THE YEAH.
CLERICAL WORD AND NOT JUST THAT THERE'S, THERE'S HARD CALLS ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING TO REPLACE BROKEN PHONES, INSURANCE.
YOU GOT PAY AND THEY HAVE COME ACROSS SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T EVEN USING THE PHONE THAT WAS ISSUED TO THEM.
THEY WERE HAVING IT AUTHORITY TO THE PERSONAL PHONE.
SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD SYSTEM.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT NEED
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TO BE ADDRESSED IN, I ACTUALLY HAD NUMBERS, WE HAVE NUMBERS PULLED ON.WHAT WAS WASTE, WHAT WE FOUND WAS ACTUAL JUST WASTE PER MONTH.
AND IT WAS, I I THINK LIKE 13, $1,400 A MONTH IN PHONES THAT WEREN'T EVEN BEING USED.
WELL THAT'S THE TROUBLE THAT I HAD WHEN I WENT PRECINCT.
THEY ALL, I SAID, WHAT'S THE DEAL? THEY JUST FORWARD THE PHONE, THEY LEAVE IT AT HOME.
WELL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER SOLUTION, WHAT EVERYBODY'S SUGGESTING, WORKSHOPS AND WHATEVER, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE HAMMERED OUT 'CAUSE THERE'S NO CLEAR, I SAY NO CLEAR DEFINITION AS TO WHAT, WHAT IS WHERE.
AND WE KIND OF KNEW IT WOULD BE A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT IT'S TURNING OUT TO BE EVERY OTHER WEEK SOMETHING HAS TO BE CHANGED.
WE, WELL WE'RE GONNA END UP HAVING TO DO THIS.
WE'RE GONNA SET SOMETHING IN POLICY AND, AND MAKE IT HAPPEN WHETHER, AND THEN LEAVE IT A TIMELINE AND FACT LEAVE.
SO WHAT WE, WE'VE ALSO HAD MEETINGS WITH ANOTHER SET OF PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE $75 IS NOT ENOUGH.
I BELIEVE LORI'S DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THAT AND FOUND OUT THAT OUR $75 STIPEND IS QUITE GENEROUS.
IT'S IN, IT'S ALMOST INTENTIONALLY HIGH.
I MEAN I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED IT IN THE THING.
WE SAID, LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO GET EVERYBODY TO COME BACK AND START RAISING CAN IF WE'RE ONLY GONNA GIVE YOU $40.
I SAID, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS.
I KNOW, BUT I MEANT, AND I THINK THAT'S, I MEANT FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED A SMARTPHONE VERSUS JUST A REGULAR PHONE.
AND BASICALLY THE REGULAR PHONE PROBABLY WEREN'T INTENDED FOR VERY FEW PEOPLE.
AND THAT WAS MAINLY ROAD BRIDGE.
WE WANTED TO SAY, OKAY, I WANNA GIVE A GUY, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO BE ABLE TO TEXT HIM A MESSAGE AND SAY DO THIS.
YOU KNOW, BUT I CAN PUT HIM IN, REQUIRE HIM TO HAVE A TELEPHONE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY, IT WOULD PROBABLY HELP TOO.
THEY NEED A PHONE NUMBER FOR ME TO CALL 'EM IF THEY'RE GONNA NOT SHOW UP FOR WORK.
IT WOULD REALLY PROBABLY HELP US BUDGET WISE AND HR IF WHEN SOMEBODY PUTS IT ON THE AGENDA, THEY SAY THE 75 OR THEY'RE 40 SO WE KNOW MM-HMM
THEY'VE ALL ALWAYS BEEN PLAYING THE 75, YOU'RE READY TO PLEAD THE 75.
UH, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? IS THIS SOMETHING MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A COMMITTEE RATHER THAN A WORKSHOP AND HAVE THE COMMITTEE COME BACK AND REPORT TO THE COURT WHAT THE FINDINGS ARE AND MAYBE HAVE TWO COMMISSIONERS SERVE ON THAT ALONG WITH LISA AND LORI AND, UH, KAREN.
BUT, BUT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO UH, NOT ROAD BRIDGE OUT IF, IF THEY WANT TO CHANGE.
WELL YEAH, I WOULD ASSUME YOU COULD COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
THIS, THIS IS, UH, UH, NOT WHAT IT WAS INTENDED.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO CORRECT THAT HERE TODAY.
I MEAN I THINK IT'S MORE DISCUSSION THAN THAT.
SO IS WOULD THAT, WOULD YOU PUT THAT IN FORM PROMOTION? YEAH.
WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A WORKSHOP, WELL WORKSHOP COMMITTEE AND DO A COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEE.
DO A COMMITTEE WITH, UH, HR AND PURCHASING AND THE AUDITOR.
AND THEN TWO COMMISSIONERS PERHAPS.
DO WE NEED TO ADD ONE OF THE OTHER PARTIES THAT HAD BROUGHT UP THE OTHER, THE HERE YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD.
THE JPS, IT IS KIND OF LIKE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT TO SET THEIR ON THE FUND.
BUT IT STILL NEEDS TO BE PUT IN SOMEHOW WORDED WHERE IT'S ALL, IT'S STILL COUNTY MONEY AND Y'ALL APPROVE THE BUDGET.
SO IT HAS TO BE DONE THAT WAY.
SO WOULD, SO REPRESENTATIVE, WE CAN DO THAT.
WE CAN HAVE, WHICH COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO SERVE WITH.
YOU'RE GONNA BE THE CHAIRMAN, IS THAT RIGHT? BE THE CHAIRMAN.
SO WOULD THE COMMISSIONER LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO, UH, JIMMY? UH, YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND.
AND WHENEVER YOU GUYS CAN GET BACK TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT IT AND GET THE JP FOLKS INVOLVED IN IT, THAT'LL BE A WONDERFUL THING.
SO DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION OF THE TABLE THIS UNTIL, WELL, I THINK THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE, UH, THE COMMITTEE WAS A MOTION ON THIS.
YEAH, THAT'S THE WAY I THOUGHT IT WAS.
SO ALRIGHTYY ITEM NUMBER 14 IS,
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UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASING FOUR NEW DUMP TRUCKS FOR PRECINCT FOUR ROAD BRIDGE WITH THE REPURCHASE OPTION UTILIZING THE INTER LOCAL PURCHASING SYSTEM.KIPPS CONTRACT NUMBER 0 2 0 2 3 4 NISSAN.
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER ALLEN WHO BROUGHT UP YES.
YOU, YOU HAVE GOTTEN WITH THE M TRUCK, YOU'RE GONNA DO BACK ON FOUR.
SO THE UH, INITIAL IMPACT FINANCIALLY THE APPROXIMATELY 41,700 IF AFTER AFTER BUYBACK, CORRECT? YEAH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DELIVER A NEW ONE SOMETIME NEXT MONTH.
SO ALL WE NEED TO DO IS GET THEM A PURCHASE ORDER CUT FOR THESE AND THEY SENT OVER ALLS, BUT DID YOU GET THE COPIES OF ALL OF THE BUYBACK CONTRACT? I DID.
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE ON ITEM NUMBER 14? THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH OTHER
WE HAVE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND ANY DISCUSSION ALL SAY NUMBER 15 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AWARDING BID NUMBER 16 DASH TWO TRUCKING HAULING FOR ROAD MATERIALS.
THIS HAS BROUGHT FORTH DRUG COMMISSIONER ZALINK FOR HIS BEING.
HE SAID HE DOESN'T HAVE THE MANPOWER ALL THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TAKING TO, UH, GET SOME OF THESE MATERIALS THAT ARE EITHER DONATED OR IN THAT DONATED TYPE SURPLUS TYPE.
AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE PEOPLE TO TURN LOOSE.
SO I WANTED TO TO GET SOME FOLKS THAT COULD, UM, BE AVAILABLE TO DO THAT OPTION COUNTY.
AND WE, WE ONLY HAD THREE, UH, TRUCKING COMPANIES THAT ACTUALLY RESPONDED.
SO PRETTY MUCH HAVE YOUR CHOOSE OF CHOICE OF ALL THREE.
THERE IS A PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND AN ALTERNATE.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE FOR THE MOST PART LOCAL AND, AND GOES TO DROP THE HAT.
I THINK HE HAD ME BID IT OUT WITH EITHER, UH, PER MILE OR PER LOAD.
SO YOU CAN DO, WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES NOT THE LOAD DID AND THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE TRUCKING BID IS THE, THE LOAD BID MAY NOT ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE.
SERGEANT I HAD THE OPTION TO GO TO THE NEXT, NEXT, UH, BIDDER.
AND YOU KNOW, THESE BIDDERS, I MEAN THEY'RE, I DO, I'VE WORKED, UH, PERSONALLY WITH ALL OF THEM, THEY'RE GOOD REPUTABLE COMPANIES.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, CONTACTED SOME OTHER COMPANIES BUT THEY NEVER RESPONDED.
UH, I THINK WE SENT OUT, UH, EIGHT OR 10.
BUT I MEAN THIS ALSO ALLOWS US LIKE WHEN PAVING, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THEM TO HAUL HOT MIX.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO A PAVING DRIVE WITH TWO OR THREE TRUCKS.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE LIVE BOTTLE TRAILER TOO.
WHERE ARE YOU GONNA CHARGE THIS TO? SO I KNOW IT DOESN'T MATTER TO, IT'D BE CONTRACT LABOR I'M ASSUMING.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO ADJUST SOME OF Y'ALL'S LINE ITEMS AS WE SEE WHAT YOU SPENT.
I MEAN IT, IT IS FOUR ROAD MATERIALS BUT IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY BE, I WOULD THINK
'CAUSE THEY ARE GONNA BE ON ROAD MATERIALS ON THEM.
SO WE KIND OF WHOEVER FOR THAT ADVICE.
WHOEVER OR COUNCIL YEAH, WHOEVER YOU AWARD THAT TO.
I NEED A W NINE OR I'M NOT CUTTING THEM THE CHECK.
I THINK THEY'RE SET UP IN THE SYSTEM, DIDN'T THEY? THEY THEY GAVE THAT WITH THEIR BID, DIDN'T THEY? DIDN'T THEY? NOT A PART OF NINE? NO, NO, NOT A W NINE.
I BELIEVE THE DISTRICT INSURANCE INSURANCE.
IN, IN FACT, THE POINT Y'ALL DOING BUSINESS WITH ANY NEW VENDOR, YOU NEED TO TELL 'EM TO GO ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE UNDER THE COUNTY AUDITOR OR PURCHASING IS THE FORM THEY CAN DOWNLOAD AND FILL OUT AND TELL 'EM WE WON'T CUT ANY MORE CHECKS.
WELL WE CAN'T GO OUT IN THE R FP WE, I SAY WE CAN'T EVEN, WE CAN'T EVEN USE THEM UNTIL, UNTIL EVERYTHING USUALLY SAY.
I TOLD HIM I'M NOT CUTTING A PO UNTIL I GET
ALRIGHT, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE ON ITEM NUMBER 15? HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER LIK ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 16, DISCUSS AND UH, CONSIDER APPROVING LINE ITEM TRANSFER.
I'VE PROBABLY GONE ALL THIS LATE FRIDAY 30 AFTERNOON.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
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QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU? EXCUSE ME.UH, THE ONE ON, UM, ON ONE 18 THAT WAS UM, OUR MONEY THAT PEOPLE ASIDE TO DO SOME RIGHT WAYS AND UH, UNDOUBTEDLY WHEN MR SENT SOME STUFF OVER TO US, WE UH, PAID FOR THOSE ACCORDING TO THE LINE HE INDICATED.
AND SOME OF THOSE WERE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE'RE CLEANING THAT UP, USING THAT RIGHT OF WAY MONEY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SIT BEFORE THAT PURPOSE.
OH YES, THAT WAS THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT LOAN.
WE HAD BOUGHT PROBABLY SEVEN TO $800,000 WITH THE DRIVEWAY WHEN WE STARTED OFF THIS PROJECT.
UH, AND UH, JUDGE WOOD HAD TOLD MR.
SO WE WANTED TO GET THAT CLEANED UP AND WE'RE STILL JUST SO YOU GUYS ON THAT RIGHT WAY, UH, THERE IS STILL A CHANCE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A CONDEMNATION ON ONE PIECE NOT YEAH.
AND THE SECOND ONE, UH, IS FROM 3.8 THAT I WANT.
CAUSE YOUR ATTENTION, THIS IS WHERE THE A MILLION DOLLARS PART OF IT IS THAT NORTH THAT WAS SPOKEN THIS MORNING.
OH I JUST HEARD MENTION ISSUE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT BIG DECISION FLUSH OUT.
UH, I GOT INVOLVED FRIDAY WITH SOME EMAIL THAT WAS ALREADY TO ME.
THE CITY OF KAUFMAN, YOU'RE GONNA NOTICE IT ON YOUR BILLS.
UTILITY BILLS THAT THEY HAD STARTED IN NEW BRANCH PROGRAMS FROM DRAINAGE AND THEY'RE GONNA ADD FEES TO YOUR UTILITY BILLS.
UH, THE MAYOR'S, THE, THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING EMAIL ME A BREAKDOWN.
UH, TODAY HE'S GONNA GET FOR ME BUT HE'S ESTIMATING IT LIKE ALL THE ACCOUNTS WE HAVE WITH THEM, PROBABLY LESS THAN $900 A MONTH SO IT'S GONNA BE SPREAD OUT.
OH YOU CAN ONLY DO IT ON THE ON THE ONES THAT'S IN THE CITY.
JUST FOR CITY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE THE STORM DRAIN.
THE CITY OF DALLAS STARTED THAT SOME YEARS BACK AND EVERYBODY IN THERE JUMPING ON IT CITY TERRIBLE ON MY RESIDENTIAL THREE 50.
YEAH, WELL I JUST WANTED TO MAKE Y'ALL AWARE OF IT.
SO NEXT YOU'RE GONNA START THAT IN MARCH.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THOSE UTILITY BILLS THEY'LL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENCE IN ON.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT VERY MUCH THAT SHE'S TOLD ME ABOUT 900 MONTH.
OVERALL WHAT THEY'RE ESTIMATING.
I WOULD IMAGINE IT DEPENDS ON YOUR METER READER.
THEY'RE PROBABLY OFF THEY COUCH.
AND THIS GOES IN THE, IN THE STORM.
SO YEAH, ANOTHER GOES IN THE STORM DOESN'T IT? HMM.
OH HAD A PIECE OF DALLAS THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A STORM.
SO ON END COMMERCE AND, AND OUR LAND IS BACKED UP TO THE RAILROAD SO ALL THE WATER COMES DOWN AND THEY KILL CHOICES.
ALRIGHT, OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE LINE ITEM TRANSFER TO HAVE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER SHANE SECOND MOTION FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE I DON'T OPPOSED I DON'T REMEMBER YOUR CLAIM.
YOUR UH, CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE 934,355 AND 88 CENTS.
UH, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BREAKDOWN IN YOUR ABOUT 250,000 OF THAT WAS FROM MISCELLANEOUS, UH, DIFFERENT VARIOUS ACCOUNTS THAT WE PAID BILLS OUT OF YOUR ROAD AND BRIDGE EXPENSES WAS A LITTLE OVER 200 MILLION LOT WAGE.
UH, ROT AWAY EXPENSES WAS 127,000.
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EXPENSES IS ABOUT 62.UH, JUVENILE DETENTION UH, WAS 40,000, UTILITIES WAS ABOUT 38.
AND THEN YOUR UH, PRECINCT ONE, THREE AND 40 MATERIALS WAS RIGHT AT 37,000 AUTOPSY AND POST MARTEM WAS ABOUT 30.
THERE WERE 14 OR 16 CASES SENT TO THE DALLAS COUNTY.
I HAD IT MARKED IN THE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU AIN'T FIXING THE ROADS AND FILLING IN THE PIT.
YOU'RE NOT ON THE JPS ARE DOING IT ALL.
HAVE THE PAPERWORK ATTACHED SHOWING THAT THE JPS HAD CALLED IN WHAT PRECINCT.
THAT'S JUST A LOT TO BE QUESTIONABLE DEATH.
WELL NOW IF YOU REMEMBER, LET'S SEE, LAST YEAR IT WAS 1950, UH, A BODY.
NOW IT'S 2050 I THINK IT WENT UP.
WE ALSO DISCUSSION WITH THEM ABOUT THAT OTHER AUTOPSY ALTERNATIVE ON ON PAGE FOUR WE'VE GOT A GABRIEL ROLL SMITH TO COME GET THAT IS FOR THE ACTUARIAL STUDY ON UH, OUR BENEFITS AND STUFF.
THAT HAS TO BE DONE EVERY TWO YEARS TO GO THROUGH.
I JUST DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE NAME.
I THINK Y'ALL HAD APPROVED THEM.
UH, COMMISSIONER SHANE BEFORE I EVEN STARTED IN 2012 AND THEY DO THIS EVERY TWO YEARS.
IN FACT, UH, LORI HR IS THE ONE THAT ORDERS THE REPORT AND CONTACT AND THEN SHE GIVES ME A COPY OF THE REPORT SO I CAN GIVE IT TO THE OUTSIDE AUDITOR.
I SEE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE STILL USING THEIR CREDIT CARD FOR ALL TYPES OF STUFF.
HAVE THEY NOT BEEN ADVISED LIKE UM, YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH THE PL PROCESS LIKE WE DO AND HAVE AN ACCOUNT OR THEIR VENDORS RATHER THAN BUYING STUFF WITH THE CREDIT CARD ALL THE TIME? UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT GAVE THE UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE CREDIT CARDS TO MAKE PURCHASES THAT THEY NEEDED AND UH, SECURE ROOMS, SECURE TRAINING FOR ALL THOSE OFFICERS.
YEAH, BUT I MEAN THIS IS OFFICE SUPPLIES.
TWO OF 'EM ARE FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES.
DO WE, DO THEY NOT BUY 'EM FROM THE SAME VENDORS WE BUY FROM? UH, WE'D HAVE TO PULL THE, THE CREDIT CARD STATEMENT AND SEE WHAT THEY BOUGHT.
WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO TO WALMART AND BUY PADS AND STUFF CHEAPER THAN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE A CREDIT CARD.
SO WELL GUESS WHAT, YOUR NEW INTERIM PURCHASING AGENT COME TO VISIT WITH ME AND I'VE BEEN OFFERING SINCE 2012 TO DO THE PURCHASE CARD SYSTEM.
AND THAT WOULD GIVE DEPARTMENT HEADS PURCHASE CARDS THAT ARE TIED IN WITH THE STATE PROCUREMENT, CITIBANK OR CITI PARK, WHICHEVER ONE WAS TO USE.
AND YOU WOULD BE ASSIGNING THAT CARD TO SOMEBODY TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
WE WOULD HAVE DAILY ACCESS TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE CHARGING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S USED FOR APPROPRIATE PURCHASES.
NO ALCOHOL PARTIES AND PORN MOVIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT THE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THE STATE PROCUREMENT IS BECAUSE IT WORKS WITH THE SOFTWARE WE HAVE AND YOU JUST DOWNLOAD IT, IT GOES THROUGH AND SORTS IT AND PUTS IT OUT BY DEPARTMENT AND THE USER, THEN YOU GET A REPORT SENT TO YOU OR YOU ATTACH YOUR RECEIPTS AND YOU SAY, YEAH, THAT'S THE RIGHT LINE.
WELL THAT I WANT 20 OF THAT TO GO TO THIS ONE BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY OFFICE SUPPLIES AND THIS IS GOING TO, YOU CAN CHANGE IT AROUND.
SO THIS IS GOING BE LIKE A MASTERCARD UNTIL WE CAN USE IT ANYWHERE SUPPLY OR IT WILL, THE NCC CODES WILL BE SET UP THAT THEY, IF YOU SEND SOMEBODY TO SCHOOL, THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL, THEY CAN PAY FOR THEIR ROOM, THEY CAN PAY FOR THEIR MEALS, BUT IT WON'T PAY FOR ALCOHOL, MOVIES, ALL THIS OTHER KIND OF STUFF.
WELL I NOW I CAUTION YOU THAT'S AN IMPORTANT LESSON.
WE'VE ALREADY TOLD HER WHEN WE DO IT WE'RE GONNA HAVE LEGAL COUNSELING ALL BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A PAPER SIGNED THAT WHEN YOU ACCEPT THAT CARD, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET PROTECTED OUTSIDE CITY.
WELL THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EASY.
WE DID THAT AT THE WATER DISTRICT AND WE HAD THAT PURCHASE COURT SYSTEM THAT'S, AND UM, I HAD OUT OF THE NINE AND A HALF YEARS
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THAT WORKED THERE, I HAD ONE EMPLOYEE THAT ACCIDENTALLY, IT WAS AT THAT TIME BANK OF AMERICA HAD THE CONTRACT IN HIS STATE.HE HAD A BANK OF AMERICA DEBIT CARD AND HE ACCIDENTALLY USED IT EVERY WEEKEND TO GET GAS, LESS THAN 30 BUCKS TO FILL HIS LITTLE CARD.
AND HE CALLED ME WEEKEND UPSET CRIME BECAUSE HE HAD SIGNED THE PAPER.
HE'S SAYING I TERMINATED HIM AND MISUSE THAT CARD.
AND I SAID, THAT'S AT, BRING ME YOUR CARD.
I'M GONNA MAKE A PICTURE OF IT.
IT'S THE SAME BANK OR WRITE ME A CHECK AND WE'RE OKAY.
SO BE SOME, IT'LL BE A WORKSHOP COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS THAT YOU CAN BE OVER AND ORGANIZE THAT.
WE TRAIN THESE PEOPLE WHAT'S APPROPRIATE.
I'LL EVEN GET CITIBANK WON'T HAVE TO, WE CAN HAVE STW PAY THEM A MAINTENANCE FEE ANNUALLY AND THEY'LL HAVE TO SET IT UP FOR US TO MAKE IT DUMP INTO THE SOFTWARE AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OUR WIRES STRAIGHT, NOT CROSSED.
AND WE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT CHANGE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK YOUR QUESTION? YES, I DID.
WHICH THE BIG ONE COMMISSIONER OR NO, NO, NO, THE SAME ONE.
I WAS ON UHHUH ON THE SECOND PAGE.
UH, AGAIN, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 CITY LANE CHARGES UNDER UM, GIS LICENSING, FINANCIAL SOFTWARE, COMPUTER REPAIRS AND COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND ONE OF THEM IS 11,000 PUT ON CREDIT CARD AGAIN.
DO WE NOT HAVE THE VENDORS SET UP THAT WE CAN, THEY BILL US LIKE NORMAL AND THEN WE PAY THEM.
LET ME SEE WHAT THAT WAS FOR COMMISSIONER.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE NOW THAT'S GEORGE'S LINE ITEMS WHERE HE ORDERS STUFF.
I I KNOW, BUT OKAY, THEY ORDER IT ONLINE WITH A CREDIT CARD.
I MEAN THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS WHY IF IT'S A VENDOR IN ANOTHER STATE OR SOMETHING, I I MIGHT IT A PO LIKE WE DO, I DUNNO WE SHOULD ISSUE A PO EVEN IF IT'S ON A CREDIT CARD.
GEORGE, HE RAN, I THINK HE RAN TO THE BATHROOM.
CITY COURT BILL,
THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT LINES.
WENT THROUGH, GOT RECEIPT FROM FOUND OUT WHERE IT, SO LET'S SEE WHAT, WHAT ALL THIS IS.
YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL US THIS COMPUTER, I MEAN THIS CREDIT CARD CHARGE, IS THAT A VENDOR THAT DON'T HAVE A UM, POLICY SET UP? PAYMENT POLICY? DON'T HAVE A COPY.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CREDIT CARD CHARGES.
THESE ARE CREDIT CARDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER OUR CURRENT POLICY FOR YOU EMERGENCY AND UH, YOU REALLY DUNNO WHERE WHO WE'RE PAYING UNLESS WE DISCOUNT ELECTRONICS.
SO IT'S CLOUD, RIGHT? YES, IT'S IT'S SEVERAL FOR THE 10,007.
YEAH, WE GIVE THOSE TO THE OH, WHO'S NOT HERE? WE GIVE THOSE TO UM, RON, LEMME SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT ADOBE ACROBAT, UM, DISTRIBUTORS.
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SO MAYBE CHANGE.YEAH, WELL YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY OUR, OUR CREDIT CARD, WELL ACTUALLY NO ACTUALLY IT, IT IS ALSO FOR, SO LET'S SAY THE COST LESS VENDOR.
WE, SO MY QUESTION IS THOUSAND DON'T HAVE I DISCOUNT WAS LATITUDE NOTEBOOK IT DISCOUNT ELECTRONICS 25, THAT DISCOUNT BILL AND AND THEN WE PAID THEM LIKE NORMAL.
IT SAYS AUSTIN, TEXAS DOES MY WORK.
THEY SAY THAT THERE'S SEVERAL OF THEM.
DISCOUNT THAT'S AUSTIN, TEXAS, UH, AMAZONS WASHINGTON IS IN CALIFORNIA WAS FOR AMAZON QUESTIONS.
THE SHORT ANSWER ON THAT VENDOR, THEY DON'T LIKE TO TAKE P FPOS.
BUT WE CHANGE THE POLICY AND WAIT ON YOUR INVENTORY.
WELL I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGE THE POLICY.
I'M TALKING ABOUT ADHERING TO THE POLICY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
WE MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE THAT POLICY.
AND IF WE DO IT, IT, I MEAN I I AGREE WITH THAT.
IF WE DO THAT THEN THAT WOULD HELP US TO PROCURE STUFF ALSO.
SEE OUR, OUR GOAL IS CUSTOMER SERVICE NOT PROVIDE AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.
I UNDERSTAND BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, NEED TO LOOK AT CHANGE.
UH, LISA IS TALKING TO ME ABOUT DOING THE PURCHASE CARD SYSTEM THAT I WAS WANTING DO IN 2012 WHEN I BROUGHT S ST IN AND GOT APPROVED.
THAT WILL ELIMINATE HAVING TO USE THE CREDIT CARD OF IT THAT YOU CAN, USING A PURCHASE CARD THAT WOULD BE CHARGED AUTOMATICALLY TO YOUR SYSTEM THAT BE DUMPED INTO THE FINANCIAL SOFTWARE.
SENIOR REPORTS YOU ATTACH YOUR RECEIPTS OFF WITH DISCOUNT ELECTRONICS WHEN YOU DO A PO WITH THEM, YOU GET THE PO THEY DON'T SHIP ANYTHING UNTIL THEY SEND YOU AN INVOICE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM A CHECK AND WHEN THEY RECEIVE THE CHECK THEN THEY SHIP THE GOODS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE CREDIT WITH THESE PEOPLE, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO.
AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY MAKE THE CHECK CLEAR BEFORE.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT ON SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES.
BUT THAT'S WHAT TOOK SO LONG ON THE ONE AND ONLY TIME I'VE DONE A PO WITH THEM IS BECAUSE WE HAD A CHECK IT HAD CLEAR AND THEN THEY SHIPPED THE STUFF.
USUALLY STUFF WITH DISCOUNT ELECTRONICS IS STUFF THAT I WOULD NEED LIKE YESTERDAY QUICKLY.
THE PURCHASING FALLS THROUGH WITH WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AND MADE OUR DEPARTMENTS MORE APPEAL.
THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO DO LAST YEAR.
I'M STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS ONE HERE.
WELL WE'RE NOT CUTTING A CHECK FOR 98 SINCE IT WAS CODED TO A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM 'CAUSE IT WAS FOR POSTAGE.
I JUST COULDN'T, THE TWO BIG CHECKS TO HER HAVE TO DO WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT TO A CHILD AND I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYMORE.
THE JUDGE PROVED THAT BECAUSE OF ALL THE HOURS SPENT A YEAR AGO TO TAKE CARE OF THAT CHILD.
I LOOKED AT THAT TOO COMMISSIONER BECAUSE I QUESTIONED YEAH.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU, WHY THINK SO LONG.
WE HAD TWO, TWO ATTORNEYS, UH, OR TWO CHARGES ON PAGE 23.
THE, THE CASES WERE CLEARED IN 7 23 TO 15 AND THE OTHER ONE WAS CLEARED IN 18 TO 15.
I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, LAW FIRM.
I MEAN THEY WERE LIKE, THEY WERE LIKE GETTING SOME OF THE STUFF TO US AND I MEAN HE'S SO HONEST.
I I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT HE'S DOING ANYTHING WRONG.
WELL YOU GOT FOUR JUDGES THAT WERE STANDING IN HERE THAT HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD AND THEY SET THOSE FEES AT A CHEAPER RATE.
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GOT COPIES OF WHAT THEY APPROVED 'CAUSE THEY GAVE ME A COPY OF THE ORDER.IF THEY HAVE AN ATTORNEY THAT WORKS EXTRA TIME TO GET ON THE CASE, THEY CAN PAY THEM MORE.
THAT'S MY AND THAT WAS THE TRUTH.
THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THOSE TWO.
I, I HAD THAT IN MARK IN MIND 'CAUSE I KNEW HE WAS GONNA ASK, BUT I ASSUME THAT THERE'S SOME, SOMETIMES THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER EXPLANATION.
I I I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING AN ATTORNEY.
I DON'T THINK THEY WAIT A YEAR THAT'S IN THERE.
I THINK SOMETHING ELSE IS MORE TO IT.
IT PROBABLY DEPENDS ON HOW MANY CASES THEY'RE, ESPECIALLY THEY'RE IN THOSE DIFFERENT COURTROOMS SWAPPING AROUND TO THE DIFFERENT JUDGES AND MAYBE THEY JUST DIDN'T GET BACK TO THAT JUDGE.
HE WAS GONE HAVE HE APPROVE IT OR, OR SITTING IN SOMEWHERE IN HIS OFFICE AND IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED.
I I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S THE ATTORNEY NOT TURNING IT IN.
I, I CAN'T IMAGINE ONE NOT TURNING THEIR BILLING.
I THINK IT'S MORE IN THE, IN THE WELL THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
I MEAN THAT MANY, I MEAN, LOOK HOW MANY WE HAD.
WELL THAT WAS A DIFFERENT, I MEAN THIS ONE.
YOU GOT ANYTHING? UH, I HAD ONE BY MARK.
LEMME SEE IF IT WAS, WHAT WAS IT? HE'S GOOD.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE ONE MOTION TO AD.
MOTION THE BILL I MAKE MOTION.