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LIKE IT'S EIGHT O'CLOCK, BUT, UH, OPEN THE MEETING UP.UH, WE HAVE PRESIDENT, SO PLEASED TO HAVE ALL OF YOU WITH US TODAY.
THIS IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE, UH, COUNTY COMMISSION COURT TODAY, MARCH 14TH.
WE HERE, IF YOU, UH, ARE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING TO AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA, UH, THERE'S A FORM YOU CAN COMPLETE THAT IS LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE AGENDA, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.
YOU'RE HERE SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.
THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, BUT WE'LL, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, BEGIN.
AND I ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, TO GIVE APPLICATION OUR MOST GRACIOUS HEAVEN.
FATHER, WE JUST COME IN TODAY AND ALWAYS THANK YOU, YOU FIRST FOR ALL YOUR MANY LESSONS.
WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN.
YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE SUNSHINE OUT.
WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR BLESSING RESCUE TODAY TO LOOK ON OUR COURT AND THAT WHAT WE DO TODAY WILL BE COULD IN YOUR SITE.
WE JUST BLESS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL, ALL OUR POLICE SAFETY AND ALSO ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS THAT ARE INCLINED.
JUST SEND THEM HOME EVERY NIGHT AND SAY, WE THESE THINGS HERE.
IGI THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SAINTS ONE NATION OF GOD AND INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I ALLEGIANCE TO AN IN, I, UH, MOVE ON INTO DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, BODY THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COURT'S? NOT ON THE AGENDA.
NOT ON AGENDA THAT, SO MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE, WHICH I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.
UH, TO GIVE YOU ITEM NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS, THE, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF THE CORRECTED FEBRUARY 22ND, AND ALSO, UH, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING THE FISH POLICE CATTLE AS THE COUNTY PERSON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOT I HAVE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND.
OPPOSED? ALL ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL SUBMITTAL OF GRANT APPLICATION FOR STRUCTURAL REPAIRS TO UPPER EAST PART LATERAL NUMBER 11, UH, ON UP.
AND THIS IS IN YOUR PRECINCT, I BELIEVE? YES.
I'LL LET YOU A LITTLE ABOUT INTRODUCE OUR VISIT THIS MORNING.
WELL, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST, I BROUGHT YOU A COPY, UH, OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE LITTLE LAKE MAY NEVER DAM.
AND SO, UH, ARE YOU HERE BY YOURSELF TODAY? YES.
YOURSELF? I'M ALSO, UH, YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN US A PRESENTATION AND THERE'S SOME PICTURES IN THERE THAT, AND THESE ARE ESTIMATES, UH, MILLION.
THESE PICTURE THESES ARE STRICTLY ESTIMATES OVER THE TELEPHONE AND LOOKING AT THE PICTURES.
UH, TO GET AN ACCURATE FIGURE, THEY WILL COME OUT AND DO A, UH, BETWEEN THE TEXAS STATE WATER CONSERVATION BOARDS AND THE NRCS, THEY'LL COME OUT, DO A FORMAL INSPECTION WITH ENGINEERS, UH, TO GET A, EVEN THAT FIGURE WILL BE A PRELIMINARY FIGURE UNTIL THEY DO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND DO ALL ENGINEERING ON ITSELF.
WHICH THAT'S A PROCESS 12, 18 MONTHS.
AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR PERCENTAGE HERE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE COST IS.
UH, I DUNNO IF Y'ALL REMEMBER,
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THERE WAS ONE OVER SOUTH OF CRALL OFF 1 48, LOWER EAST PARK SEVEN, BUT THE REPAIR PROJECT, UH, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.AND THE COUNTY WAS THE, UH, SPONSOR ON THAT ALSO.
AND THAT WAS NAMED 95 5% COST SHARE, UH, ON THIS, UH, PARTICULAR SITE.
UH, I THINK EVERYBODY HAD A FOLDER PICTURE THERE OF IT.
SO THIS STARTED YEARS AGO WITH THE WAVE ACTION EROSION, AND IT HAS JUST PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE.
THIS LAKE IS, UH, LOCATED, UH,
MATTER OF FACT, IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST SITES WE HAVE IN WATERSHED IS IS OVER 8,000 ACRES.
AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE CITY, 40 DRAIN HERE, PLUS ALL THE, THAT'S AT 5 48 AND HIGHWAY 80.
ALL THAT CENTER ALL DRAINED INTO THIS LAKE.
AND THEN THERE ARE, THERE ARE SEVEN SMALLER SACK THAT DRAIN INTO THIS SACK ALSO.
AND OVER THE YEARS, THE, THE EROSION IS JUST PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE, WORSE ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS, UH, THE FRONT, THE FRONT SLOPE IS THE MAIN PROBLEM.
IT NEEDS TO BE RECLAIMED IN RIP WRAPPED ROCK ALONG THE FRONT SLOPE.
AND THEN THERE IS SOME ALSO SOME EROSION ON THE, UH, OUTSIDE BURN EMERGENCY CAUSED BY CATTLE THAT, THAT WOULD ALSO BE ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME.
UH, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT IS THE COUNTY, THIS IS STRICTLY AN APPLICATION OR THE REPAIR.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE REPAIR PROCESS.
WE SEND IN AN APPLICATION, UH, TO THE STATE SOIL WATER CONSERVATION BOARD.
AND LIKE I SAID, THEY WILL SEND OUT REPRESENTATIVES TO LOOK AT IT AND ASSESS IT AND IT WILL GO ON.
THEY WILL PRIORITIZE, IT'LL GO ON THE LIST, A PRIORITY LIST, WHETHER IT WOULD EVEN BE, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD BE FUNDED IN THE NEXT 18 TO 36 MONTHS OR THERE'S NO WAY THAT EVEN KNOW THAT.
BUT THE COUNTY TO, TO GET THIS PROCESS STARTED, THE COUNTY HAS TO SIGN OFF, IS BEING THE MONETARY SPONSOR OF, OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS A 95 5% COUNTY RESPONS FOR 5%.
BUT IF THE COUNTY WILL BE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER IN THIS ADMINISTRATION FEES TO COVER THAT IS 5% OF THE CONTRACT.
SO BACK TO ZERO, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THIS FROM ME.
YOU CAN'T USE THAT MONEY TO PAY THIS MONEY.
YOU CAN PUT IT YOUR LEFT POCKET TO TAKE BACK OUTTA YOUR RIGHT POCKET.
BUT YOU CAN'T USE STATE MONEY TO PAY FOR STATE.
I WOULDN'T USE THAT TERM IN HERE.
MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM.
TEXAS IS THE BASICALLY OUR COST RIGHT NOW TO THE COUNTY, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
IF THAT, IF THAT FIGURE HOLDS, UH, I HISTORICALLY, I HAVE SEEN THESE, I'VE SEEN VERY FEW OF THEM COME IN.
MATTER OF FACT, I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE BUDGET, ANYTHING.
IT COULD BE POSSIBLY MORE, BUT THAT, LIKE I SAY, THAT'S JUST A PRELIMINARY, UH, NUMBER THAT THEY JUST REACHED OUT THERE AND GOT.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE $6,000 IN OUR, UH, FUNDS.
IS THAT RIGHT HERE IN OUR BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION? NO, IN IN THE, UH, THE LATERAL FUND FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE, UH, DAVIDSON COFFEE COUNTY.
BUT, UH, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T BE, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
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I KNOW, I KNOW.IT WOULD HAPPEN THIS, THIS YEAR.
POSSIBLY WOULDN'T EVEN HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, AND ALSO WE ALL GET IT PRIORITIZED, RIGHT? HE WOULD'VE TO GO THROUGH IT, GOTTA GO THROUGH A WHOLE CHAIN WITH BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY SET, SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
AND IT, A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON STATE MONEY, STATE BUDGET, THAT 95% OF MONEY, OF COURSE EVERYBODY KNOWS NOW THAT DUE TO THE OIL SWAMP, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLING FOR BUDGET CUTS.
SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WE CITY WILL GET, UH, FUNDED.
SO ANYWAY, OUR FIRST STEP IS TO GET THIS APPLICATION SENT IN AND, UH, THE COUNTY HAS TO, THE JUDGE WILL HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON IT.
HE, HE'LL BE THE, HE'LL COME OUT HIS POCKETBOOK.
WE GO THROUGH OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, THE MEETING PROCESS AND ALL OF THAT.
YES, THE, UH, AND ALSO THE STATE BOARD WILL HELP IN ANY WAY THAT NEEDED.
THEY WILL BASICALLY CARRY THE PARTS GAUGE THROUGH EACH STEP THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
OR THEY, IT WON'T JUST BE THROWN OUT THERE TO YOU AND SAY, HERE IS TO DO IT.
THEY GO THROUGH AND BASICALLY CARRY YOU THROUGH STEP BY STEP WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON ALL OF THIS.
AND THEY'LL, THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE IF ANY QUESTIONS NEEDED, UH, TO BE ANSWERED, THEY'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO DO THAT.
WELL, THE PICTURES WERE VERY HELPFUL AND, UH, PRETTY, YOU GUYS CAME OUTTA THE OFFICE AND MET WITH, UH, THE COMMISSIONER AND I, AND UH, I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME OTHERS THAT ARE BEING REPAIRED.
I MEAN IT WAS JUST, UH, MR. ALLEN HAS ONE THAT'S, UH, SILTED FULL.
UH, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE, UH, THESE SITES HAVE A TWOFOLD PURPOSE WHEN THEY WERE ABLY BUILT, ONE OF 'EM, OF COURSE IS FLOOD CONTROL.
THEY'RE THEY MAIN, THEY'RE BUILT TO CATCH, FILL UP THE WATER AND THEN RELEASE IT SLOWLY.
AND ALSO IS TO CATCH IN OLD SEVENTIES WHEN THESE LAKES WERE BUILT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR LAKE WAS BUILT IN 64.
WE HAVE A LOT OF 'EM WERE BUILT IN THE FIFTIES.
AND WHEN THEY WERE BUILT, WE WERE PRIMARILY FARM LAND AROUND LAND AROUND IT.
OF COURSE, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF THAT LEAD.
THERE'S STILL SOME, BUT A LOT OF THAT SEAL TO RUNOFF CAME FROM THOSE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS BACK.
AND OF COURSE NOW WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE, AND THEY GO IN THERE AND STIR THE GROUND, YOU GET THAT THESE LANES ARE STILL FUNCTIONING.
THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
UH, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP UP THE MAINTENANCE ON, KEEP THEM OPERATIONAL.
THERE'S, THEY WERE REASONABLY BUILT ON A 50 YEAR LIFE SPAN, WHICH MANY, PROBABLY HALF OF THEM IN IN COUNTY HAVE ALREADY REACHED IN WAY PAST.
WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE 60 YEARS OLD, PASSED THAT LIFE, BUT THEY'RE STILL FUNCTIONING AND DOING THEIR JOB.
AND I DON'T SEE REASON THAT ANOTHER 50 YEARS.
BUT AS THEY GET OLDER, LIKE PEOPLE WHEN THEY GET OLDER, THERE'S MORE MAINTEN AND THERE'S 74 OF THEM.
OH, ARE WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ONE UP OFF THE HIGHWAY 80 BESIDE BACK BEHIND RAY HUMPHREY, WHAT YOU SEE ALONG HIGHWAY EIGHT? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH, UH, WE HAVE ENOUGH COVER.
WELL, WE HAVE SEVERAL LEVY ISSUES.
ANY QUESTIONS? WATER, BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO COLD SILK, IT DOESN'T RAIN PROPERLY OR, WELL, IT'S, IT, IT HOLDS VERY LITTLE WATER BECAUSE I'M SPILLED UP WITH SEAL.
IT DRIES UP AND COMFORT VERY WELL.
BEING HOW THESE ARE ALL OR SURROUNDED BY PRIVATE LAND, WHAT IS THE INSPECTION PROCESS? THESE, AS FAR AS THE TIME SCHEDULE? ARE THEY INSPECTED ANNUALLY? YES, SIR.
UH, I AM THE ONE THAT DOES THE INSPECTION AND ALSO THE
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MAINTENANCE.I TRIED TO MOW THEM AND CONTROL ON AS MANY OF US IN THIS LAST YEAR.
I GOT BEHIND BECAUSE RAIN AND BEHIND NOW RAIN, WE TRY TO DO THE MAINTENANCE AND UH, BRUSH CONTROL ANGLE.
LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES, TREES ARE GROWN UP ON BOTH THAT, THAT, UH, IS THAT COMMON OR IS THAT ACCESSIBLE TO EACH? WELL, IT'S NOT, IT'S VERY COMMON THAT IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
UH, A LOT OF THIS, UH, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, A LOT OF THE MAINTENANCE ON THESE LIGHTS HAD NOT BEEN KEPT UP WITH OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS.
AND ONCE THEY GET STARTED, AND ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THE FRONT SLOPE, YOU CAN'T GET ON THE FRONT SLOPE AT ALL OTHER THAN FIVE FOOT.
YOU CAN'T GET IN THERE WITH ANY KIND OF MACHINERY BECAUSE OF THE SLIDES.
IT STARTED OFF WITH WAY EROSION.
THIS, THIS LANE RUNS NORTH OR FACES NORTH AND THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED ACRES OF PERMANENT WATER IN THIS LAKE.
SO IT'S WHEN YOU GET A STRONG NORTH WIND OF WAVES, UH, COME ACROSS IT.
AND THEN OVER THE PERIOD OF THE DRY WEATHER AND THEN THE WET WEATHER, YOU GET THE SLIDES.
ONCE THIS A EROSION STARTS AND YOU GET A DROP OFF MENT, THEN IT JUST KEEPS, KEEPS CLIMBING UP, UP TO DOWN.
THERE'S PLACES THAT IT ALMOST TO TOP DOWN.
THIS ONE HAS A, I BELIEVE IT'S A HUNDRED AND, UH, Y'ALL HAVE A FACT SHEET THERE ON, I BELIEVE SHOWS THE, UH, 39 ACRES.
AND THEN IT FLOOD STAGE WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THE EMERGENCY SPILLWAY, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS LAKE HAS GONE THROUGH EVER GONE THROUGH EWAY, BUT IT CAN'T, IT EVER GOES THROUGH THE E WASTE COVER.
IT'S PRETTY NINE ACRES, PRETTY SIZE.
DO THEY WATER CATTLE STUFF? YES, SIR.
THERE, THERE'S CATTLE ON ONE SIDE OF IT, THERE'S CATTLE AND THEN THERE'S UH, THERE'S HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR HOUSES ALONG UNION HILL ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF IT.
ALL THAT PROPERTY GOES DOWN INTO THE LAKE OR TO THE LAKE.
BUT THERE'S GRAZING, UH, MR. ANDREWS A LANDOWNER.
HE LIVES HIS HOUSE BEHIND THE, UH, AND HE LEASE, HE HAS CATTLE AND HE ALSO HAS, UH, PASTURE ON THE WEST SIDE OR EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE.
AND HE LEASES THAT OUT FOR GRAZING ALSO.
AND THIS, THIS DAM WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BUILT IN 1964.
IT WAS CONSIDERED A LOAD HAZARD DAM, BUT DUE TO THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT DOWNSTREAM OF IT, HOUSES AND STUFF THAT WOULD BE IN THE BREACH AREA, UH, IT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO HIGH.
THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CONDITION OF THE DAM.
THAT STRICTLY HAS TO DO WITH THE BREACH AREA DOWNSTREAM FROM THERE.
YOU THINK THAT MIGHT HELP? YES.
THE PRIOR, THE HIGHER THAT'S, THEY DO THE HIGH HAZARD DAMS FIRST.
UH, YOU, YOU SENT IN AN APPLICATION FOR A, A LOAD HAZARD.
YOU NEVER, NEVER MAKE, NEVER MAKE IT.
UH, AND THE LANDOWNER, THEY DON'T CONTRIBUTE ANY MAINTENANCE.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO.
WE HAVE SOME THAT DO, BUT THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO ANY MAINTENANCE ON THESE.
AND THEY DO THAT, THIS MO RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THESE UH, THIS DAM WAS BUILT ON A TWO AND HALF ONE SLOPE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM THAT ARE BUILT ON A TWO TO SLOPE THAT ARE REALLY,
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THEY'RE, I'VE GOT A TRACTOR, ESPECIALLY REEF OR MOWING ON SLOPES AND SOME OF THEM FOR FUTURE EROSION.THE WIRE, I'M SURE THE SLOPE EVEN THAN IT'S ALL DOWNHILL.
I'M, WELL, A LOT OF THESE I CAN GO DOWN.
THERE'S SOME YOU CAN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TRACTOR PULL GOING BACK UP.
ALRIGHT, THANK, THANK YOU QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER THE DISCUSSION.
ALL FAVOR? UH, I'LL NEED TO GET THE, UH, COUNTY CLERK TO ATTEST TO IT, I THINK AS WELL.
IF YOU'LL, I YOU NEED IT? I'LL GET IT.
CAN WE MADE IT BACK TO YOU? YES, SIR.
I NEED, UH, I NEED ONE OF THESE COPIES IS IS FOR YOU? FOR Y'ALL AND TWO OF THEM I'LL NEED BACK.
WE'LL GO GET THOSE IN THE MAIL TO YOU.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS, UH, SHERIFF BURNS TO, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE PROFILING REPORT FOR THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
ANYBODY WANTS A COPY OF IT? ANYBODY WANT COPY GO OR ANYTHING? THAT'S, THAT'S, YES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND APPROVE THE QUESTION? MOTION COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
NEXT WILL BE FROM CONSTABLE MAYFIELD.
UH, DISCUSSED APPRO COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER ONE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL? NO.
I'LL, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER.
AND SIX IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPRO A ING REPORT, THE COUNTY PRECINCT FOR YES SIR.
MOTION COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND SECOND.
MR. PHILLIPS ALL STATE A? YES SIR.
SEVEN IS, UH, CHIEF BEAVER, UH, IS I'LL STAND.
OKAY, THIS DISCUSS THE SHERIFF'S.
THIS, UH, WAS A PHONE THAT WE WERE RENDER THE EXAMINING UNDER COURT ORDER.
UH, WE DAMAGE THAT PHONE INADVERTENTLY IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED.
AND, AND I BELIEVE THE REASON YOU'RE WE'RE HAVING TO DO THIS IS SINCE YOU'RE I'M UP, YOU'RE ONCE I, ONCE WE PASS THE, THE PRIMARY BYLAW AND I'M NOT NOT A CANDIDATE, THEN UH, ANY ANYTHING'S GONNA OUT STATE PASS.
I A MOTION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
AND ANY QUESTIONS? PURPOSE? YEAH.
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13.UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, UH, MR. ALLEN, THIS IS, UH, ON, UH, NUMBER FIVE 30, WHATEVER.
THE CONTRACTOR COMING THROUGH THERE.
THEY, THEY'VE TAKEN OFF THREE INCHES.
THEY'RE GONNA REUSE THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE ALL, THEY COULD HAVE UP TO 40 LOADS OF PARK MILL ROCK.
THEY'RE GONNA 30 WHAT? 39 IS IT 30, 39 IT FROM THE SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE DOING A QUARTER ONE BUILDING WORKING ON THE SAME ROAD, SAME ROAD, CLOSER TOWN.
WE JUST NEED TO GET A MONETARY AMOUNT.
I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW YET, BUT IF YOU COULD REPORT THAT BACK.
SO WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? I MAKE A MOTION.
NOW IS UH, TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING LEASE YARD OR THIS IS THE SAME.
WE'RE DOING WORK IN THAT AREA.
WE, THE OLD STATE IOWA USED TO HAVE THERE YARD.
IS THIS THE SAME LEASE? SAME LEASE, SAME EVERYTHING.
AT ALL? I I A MOTION MR. ALLEN SECOND FROM PHILLIPS SENIOR DISCUSSION FAVOR SAY THANK YOU MUCH.
NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 10 AND THE COUNTY REMAIN CONSTRUCTION TO REPAIR THE PRECINCT.
WHO BROUGHT THIS FROM THE UP? YOU CAN BE READY.
YEAH, WE HAD THE, THIS IS THE, THE MAN THAT'S USED AND WE HAD HIM OVER ON 41 16 ALSO.
AND THERE'S SOME PICTURES OF CAN BUT THE WATER THAT'S COMING UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE GOING IN AND IS CARVING OUT THE DIRT WHICH FALL AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
AND THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE TO PUT UP THE WALL THERE TO KEEP THAT WATER BACK ON THE MAIN CREEK DOWN.
KEEP A FALLING IN IF THE COMES DOWN.
THIS IS JUST A PREVENTATIVE ACTION.
WE NEED TO TAKE THE LANDOWNER.
THEY THAT THE COUNTY, THE OTHER AND THIS IS A COUNTY? IT'S A COUNTY ROAD.
HOW FAR BEYOND THAT BRIDGE DOES? HUNDRED YARD TO THE END OF DEAD OF THEIR PROPERTY.
YOU HAVE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
I DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT TO BE A COMPLAINING TAXPAYER.
WE WANT TO WANT TRY GET GLAD THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WORK.
IS MR. THOMAS HERE? NO, NORMAN'S NOT.
HE'S WORKING HIS COWS RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER OR JUDGE? I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
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UM, LISA, DO WE NEED ANY TYPE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR UM, WHO THEY'VE GOT THAT THEY WORK FROM? IF IT EXCEEDS OUR, THEN WE'RE OKAY.YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT, WHAT MALLORY? TRY NOT ANYTHING.
WE'RE AT NINE, RIGHT? NINE, 800.
I JUST DID A QUICK LITTLE, UM, DONATION AND THEN I SPLIT IT AT ONE FOUR.
ONE FOUR AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN PUT THE EXACT NUMBERS IN AND THAT WAY AGAIN FOR TAX PURPOSES.
YEAH, THAT BRIDGE UM, REPAIR COMPANY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
DID, DID VERY, VERY SATISFIED WITH THE, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IS GOOD JOB.
ALRIGHT, WHAT'S PLEASURE ON MOTION SECOND.
COMMISSIONER ROSA, UH, DO HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR ASSISTANCE.
DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR OF 2016 BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS? ONE OF 'EM HAS TO DO WITH INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT.
SO WE CAN DO REPAIRS AND UH, THE MONEY THAT WE GOT OFF THE UH, GRANT AND THE CAN STUFF FROM NET, WE WANNA PUT IT IN UH, THE REGIONAL COST CENTER CONSTRUCTION FUND.
AND THE GRANT IS FOR THE RADIO SYSTEM OR WHAT IS THE IT WAS TO PAY FOR THE MAIN CONSOLE IN A RECORDED YEAH, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY PAID FOR THE RADIO CONSOLE.
THEY, THEY REIMBURSED US AND SEND US A CHECK AND UH, SINCE WE ALREADY PAID FOR IT, BOND NAME WANTED TO USE THE HUNDRED 43 TO FIX THE PARKING LOT AND THE REST OF THE STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND WE HAVE SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES.
I TELL YOU THE OTHER DAY WE HAD RAIN WATER ABOUT RUNNING IN THE BUILDING.
AND I, UH, PARKING LOT IS FAILING FROM CERTAIN AREAS.
AND THEN THE OTHER ISSUE WE HAVE THERE IS THE, UH, THE MAIN WATER LINE THAT COMES FROM THE STREET TO THE BUILDING.
AND STEVE, YOU JUMP IN HERE AND TELL I SAY SOMETHING WRONG.
IT JUST BARELY UNDER THE, AND UH, WHENEVER THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT NOW REPAIR LEAK WE HAD IN THAT LINE A FEW MONTHS AGO OR A YEAR SO AGO, I THINK THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE PARKING LOT ACTUALLY HAS.
WATER LINE ONCE BREAK THROUGH CONCRETE WATER LINE'S RIGHT THERE.
CONCRETE WAS TOUCHING IN THAT SPOT.
SO, AND IT'S RUSTING AND ON A LONG WEEKEND, ON MONDAYS YOU COME IN AND FIRST TIME YOU FLUSH THE TOILETS IT TURNS ORANGE BECAUSE OF THE RUST.
SO TO ME THAT'S AN INDICATION THAT MINE'S GONNA FAIL FAIRLY SOON.
AND WE CAN USE THIS TO REPAIR.
BECAUSE WE ALREADY PAID FOR THE, WE ALREADY PAID FOR AND I CHECKED CO AND ALSO WE GOOD.
AND HELP US KIND OF FINISH UP WHAT WE NEED.
THEY'VE SPENT SOME OF THE MONEY AROUND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE GENERATORS AND THE TOWER ARE UNSECURED, WHICH IS A MAJOR SECURITY THING.
AND FRANKLY I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THEY HAVEN'T TRIED TO STEAL GENERATORS YET.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, VERY HIGH PRIORITY.
WE, WE DO HAVE CAMERAS BUT I'M NOT GONNA GUARANTEE THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET ENOUGH OF THEIR PHASE THREE.
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WHAT IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT ON THE SECOND PAGE THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE GRANT THAT WE GOT AFTER WE HAD APPROVED THE BUDGET.AND NANCY GRANT OTHER QUESTIONS? TURN THE LIGHTS ON.
WELL WE HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA.
YOU HAVE MOTION FOR ACCEPTING A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN? WE HAVE A SECOND.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 12 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES PERTAINING TO THE HOUSE BILL 1295 RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF IN PARTIES CONTRACTING FOR GOVERNMENTAL AND STATE.
ALSO TO DISCLOSURE OF VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS IN HOUSE BILL 4 73 RELATING TO ELLE LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, VEHICLE, I'LL BE HERE, HERE.
WELL, THE 1295 IT, LIKE I SAID, IT, IT'S IN PLACE BUT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY UM, ANYTHING.
THERE'S NO ONE POLICING IT AND THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY UM, I DON'T THAT ONE IS JUST PUT IN PLACE.
IT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT, IT, IT WENT INTO EFFECT ON NINE ONE BUT IT DIDN'T AFFECT ANY CONTRACT SUPPORTED UNTIL AFTER JANUARY 1ST.
WELL WE ONLY HAVE A FEW AND THE REASON MORE OF THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONTRACTS THAT WERE AWARDED BEFORE THIS WAS ACTUALLY PUT IN OUR BID PACKET.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND GET SOME OF THESE VENDORS TO FILL THESE OUT.
WELL I'M KIND OF HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING SOME OF THE VENDORS TO ACTUALLY GONNA AND DO THIS BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE DONE ON THE STATE WEBSITE.
IT, I'VE SENT VIDEOS, I'VE NUMEROUS REMINDERS AND I HAVE SEVERAL THAT DOESN'T WANNA COMPLY.
SO I MEAN, EVEN IF WE WERE AWARDED A CONTRACT AND THERE'S NOTHING IN PLACE SAYING THAT.
I MEAN YES IT'S HOUSE BILL AND IT'S IN PLACE AS OF ONE ONE, BUT CAN WE GO, CAN WE LIKE TELL THESE VENDORS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM IF THEY DON'T FILL IT OUT.
WE ISSUE A WELL THAT THAT'S THE THING THAT P**S YOU, THAT THE POS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED, THEY WERE ISSUED BACK WHEN THE CONTRACTOR WAS AWARDED FOR BLANKETS BECAUSE IT, IT MAINLY AFFECTS THE VARIOUS ROAD MATERIALS AND THE HAULING THAT WAS PUT OUT.
I'VE GOT NOTHING FROM THE HAULERS.
I HAVE NOT, NO RESPONSE FROM ONE OF THOSE AND HALF OF THE VARIOUS ROAD MATERIAL MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED.
SO I MAY NEED A LITTLE HELP WITH THAT ONE.
UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, FIND, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO BUSINESS WITH THEM I DON'T THINK.
MATTER OF FACT, KELLY TOLD ME THIS MORNING AND WAS ASKING ABOUT UH, ORDERING SOME ROCK AND I TOLD HER, YOU KNOW THIS ONCE MAYBE IF THEY DON'T, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO SAY WE HAVE NO OTHER, THAT'S IT.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE A WAY TO CONTACT THEM AND KIND OF ASK THEM TO REVIEW THAT FORM? I MEAN I KNOW IT'S PAIN THIS MINUTE.
LISA'S BEEN WORKING BACK AND FORTH, BUT IF SHE, SHE, WELL YOU OVER THERE GET RIGHT, THEY'RE NOT, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING GONNA HAVE TO BE HANDLED BY.
WELL THEY'RE VIOLATING STATE LAW WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS THEN I I THINK WHAT YOU NOTIFY YOU CAN ATE THEIR SMALL AMOUNT OF THEIR INCOME.
THEY SHOULD BE GETTING USE TO THIS PROCEDURE BY NOW THOUGH.
IF THEY'RE DEALING WITH ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT, THE VENDOR TO THE STATE, THE STATE,
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THEY HAVE TO FILL THAT OUT FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.I, BECAUSE IT, IT DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS THAT.
BUT IT'S, IT WAS PUT IN PLACE BY THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
SO I DUNNO WHY IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
I DUNNO WHY THEY WOULD AS WELL.
THEY SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
I SAID I'VE SENT UM, I'M ON NUMBER THREE.
AND I MEAN I'VE EVEN ADDRESSED IT AS I KNOW IT'S A PAIN.
I KNOW, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THIS COMPLY THEY UH, WHAT CONSEQUENCES THEN THEY DON'T FOLLOW.
THERE ARE ANY THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
I I THINK, I REALLY THINK IT'S GONNA BE CLEAR IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE CYCLE BECAUSE EVERYONE GETS IT.
WELL IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED AS A JUNK BILL AS WELL, SO.
WELL YEAH, I GUESS THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCES.
I MEAN THEY CAN'T THERE NO, THERE'S NO ACTION.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T, WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE EACH OF OUR VENDORS COMPLYING WITH WHAT THE LAW IS THAT IT STANDS NOW.
THERE'S, WE'RE STILL, I THINK IT BAD WE DON'T WANT, IF WE DON'T TRY TO MAKE THEM TO COMPLY.
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT 23 A LITTLE BIT? 23 DOES HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
ME AND WHAT THEY HAVE BROADENED THE MAIN THING ON THAT.
IT'S STILL JUST A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM.
BUT THEY'VE BROADENED THE, THE TERMS ON WHAT IS IS UH, CONFLICT.
AND UM, SEEMS TO BE SOME SPEAK.
YEAH THERE'S A, THE FAMILY TERMS A LITTLE BIT WIDER AND THEN ALSO THEY KIND OF EXPAND NOT ONLY FROM THE OFFICERS BUT ALMOST TO EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE CONTRACT BID PROCESS.
SO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS LOOK THROUGH THAT AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE CHANGES SO THAT WHENEVER WE'RE DOING CONTRACTS IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE COMPLETING RIGHT FORMS IF NECESSARY AND WE'RE PUTTING THESE IN THE BID PACKET.
SO THEY ARE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE BID PACKETS WHENEVER THEY GO OUT.
SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE EVEN THE 12 9 5 FROM GOING FORWARD SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE 'CAUSE IN MY OPINION, IF THEY HAVEN'T COMPLIED WITH IT AHEAD OF TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? SO EACH VENDOR WILL HAVE TO FILL OUT BOTH AND THE ONE THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT ONLINE, THE ONE THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT ONLINE IF, IF IT COMES BEFORE COMMISSION'S COURT, IF IT'S EITHER CONTRACT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OR IT UH, REQUIRES VOTE FOR COMMISSION COURT, THEN THAT ONE WHICH IS ANYTHING OVER 50.
WELL, AND THEN THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT COME BEFORE BECAUSE IT MAY BE A RENEWAL ON SOMETHING OR YOU KNOW, IT JUST FALLS UNDER CERTAIN GUIDELINES.
IF IT GOES TO COURT FOR UM, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU GUYS THE PACKET THAT IT HAS TO BE FILLED OFF AND THE, THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
SO I GUESS IF THERE'S NO CONFLICT, IT'S YEAH.
AT LISA THE IDEA TO GO AHEAD AND STICK IT IN THE PACKET JUST TO REMIND THEM GET, IF YOU DO HAVE A CONFLICT TO GO AHEAD AND BE ON NOTICE FILE SOMETIMES IT'S A LOT EASIER TO PUT IT IN PLACE TO GO BACK AND RETRO.
IT'S NICE WHAT YOU CAN GET FROM NOT GONNA ISSUE A PO THE ORDER IF YOU DON'T.
AND THEN 4 73 4 73 IS JUST ANY OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES.
AND THIS DOESN'T REALLY NECESSARILY PERTAIN, IT'S JUST MAKING YOU AWARE AND PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW, WE MAY NEED TO PUT IN SOMETHING IN OUR MANUAL WHERE WE HAVE UH, ADDRESSING SURPLUS MATERIALS THAT WHENEVER THESE COME TO US FOR AUCTION, ANY SIGNS OF IT BEING A LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLE HAVE TO BE REMOVED.
THAT'S NOT JUST THE LIGHT BARS, THAT'S ANY SIGNAGE THAT'S IN EVEN THE SPOTLIGHTS.
IT GOES INTO PRE DETAIL AS TO WHAT THE ANTENNA IS.
THE SPOTLIGHT SIRENS, ANYTHING THAT COULD LEAD A SYSTEM TO BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS A LONG VEHICLE HAS TO ALL REMOVED.
SOMEBODY BROUGHT THAT UP AND THEY SAID WE TAKE THE GUARD OFF.
I WOULD RATHER YOU IF IT'S, IF IT'S UH, STILL HAS A USABLE,
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IF IT'S IT HAS NOT, THEY PUT IT ALL BACK TOGETHER.ALRIGHT, SO IS THERE ANY ACTION WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE ON THIS? I JUST KIND OF WANT EVERYBODY AWARE OF WHAT THE MORE INFORMATION THERE'S NO ACTION REASONABLE.
THERE'S NO ACTIONS THAT, I MEAN SHE IS VERY SERIOUS AND WE'RE SAYING WE'RE PUTTING YOU GUYS ON NOTICE THE DEFINITION OF FAMILY IN AND THEN ALSO EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING ON YEAH, WE DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK TELEPHONE POLICY.
I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE A MEETING.
WE DID COMMITTEE AND MADE THESE CHANGES THAT I PROCESS AND WE HAVE YOU READ? YEAH, I YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.
WE'RE GONNA NEED GO EXECUTIVE SESSION I BELIEVE IS THAT WHAT WE EXECUTIVE PART ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO CONSIDER PAYING TWO OUT.
THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE AN EXECUTIVE.
THAT'S NOT EXECUTIVE, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 14 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER PAYING TWO OUTSTANDING LONGEVITY.
SO CODE, WELL IF I COULD, I COULD PROCESS HIS MONEY BACK ONE WEEK.
CAN I DO THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
LET ME JUST EXPLAIN BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY INTENTION I GUESS IS, IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT, BUT IT, IT DOES INVOLVE A AWARD ON MONEY AND IT'S, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO POINT OUT WHAT HAPPENED IN A LITTLE HISTORY.
UM, ASSISTANT PROSECUTORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE LONGEVITY AND THAT WAS A, THAT THAT LAW HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR A WHILE.
IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THE ELECTED DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
SO I DON'T GET LONGEVITY DOESN'T MATTER THAT OUR BOARD'S BEEN IN THEIR OFFICE.
IT'S TO ENCOURAGE LONGEVITY WITH PROSECUTORS.
YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE DOES.
IT'S MANDATORY PROGRAMS THAT COUNTIES MUST PARTICIPATE IN.
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE GET A REFUND BACK.
SO THAT'S, IT WOULD NEVER BE BROUGHT TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION.
THE PROBLEM IS THERE'S TWO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS THAT DIDN'T RECEIVE LONGEVITY.
UM, AND SO THERE IS, UM, IN THIS TRANSITION, UM, HR, I DON'T KNOW, POINT FINGERS, IT JUST WAS FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE THEY PROBABLY WOULD'VE NOT EVER GOTTEN.
OR MAYBE SOMEBODY WOULD'VE WOKE UP AND IT WOULD'VE GOTTEN LARGER.
BUT THEY'RE CONSIDERABLE SUMS 'CAUSE IT GOES BACK FROM THE AMOUNT OF LENGTH OF TIME THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING.
AND SO THE AMOUNT'S BEEN CALCULATED, CHECKED A COUPLE TIMES AND LOOKED AT THE STATUTE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT, WELL IF WE DIDN'T PAINT 'EM, DO WE HAVE TO PAY? AND SINCE IT'S A MANDATORY PROGRAM, WE HAVE TO PAY 'EM.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE STATE TO ASK THEM ABOUT THAT REIMBURSEMENT.
PROBABLY WE'RE NOT THE CANDIDATE GETTING YOU REIMBURSEMENT.
BECAUSE ONCE THAT FUND IS ZEROED OUT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THAT'S A PROMISE THAT'S HIT ON US TO BE CLEAR.
'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THAT A PROSECUTORS ASSISTANT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T CATCH.
AND HR OR PAYROLL, I DON'T, I DUNNO IF YOU NEED CATCH, I DON'T CARE.
I JUST WANNA BRING IT TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION.
AND IT'S A, TO ME IT'S A CONSIDERABLE SUM OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS APPROVE.
KAREN PUT TOGETHER THE FIGURES AND EXPLAINED IT.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT IT, WAS IT, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS QUALIFIED FOR IT AND WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF TIME? AND WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE, IF YOU'RE NOT THERE LONG ENOUGH, REBECCA, WHAT IS IT? FOUR YEARS? FOUR YEARS.
SO REBECCA FOR EXAMPLE, DOESN'T LOOK AT HER, BUT SHE DOESN'T GET LONGEVITY
BUT WHEN SHE HITS FOUR YEARS, SHE WILL AND THEN WILL PAY AND THEN WILL REIMBURSE BACK IN THE STATES.
AND IT IS WRAPPED UP OVER TIME AS Y'ALL CAN LOOK
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AT THE CALCULATIONS.AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, AND SHE COULD HAVE DONE THE PRESENTATION, BUT SINCE IT WAS INVOLVING 20 3002 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, WE'VE GOT THEIR NAMES THERE, UH, PHILLIP WILLIAMS AND JOHN, THEY NEVER RECEIVED LONGEVITY.
NOW OF COURSE WE'VE CORRECT IT AND WE ARE, THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE STATE NOW LISTEN WHAT I SAID THEY REIMBURSE ON CURRENT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA REIMBURSE.
'CAUSE IF, IF I'M THE STATE OFFICE, IT IS OUR MISTAKE.
WE, SO THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW IF I DIDN'T EXPLAIN THAT REALLY WELL, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NO, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S MISLEAD EITHER.
I'M JUST SAYING, I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR THAT THE 23,000 IS MONEY THAT WE ARE PAYING BECAUSE IT'S A MANDATORY THING THAT THE COUNTY DOES HAS TO DO FOR ASSISTANT PROSECUTORS.
THOSE AMOUNTS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE AND THEY'VE ALWAYS REIMBURSED.
SO ALL OF OUR CURRENT PEOPLE ALWAYS GET REIMBURSED.
ALL PROSECUTORS FOR YOU NOT BE ELECTED IS ENTITLED TO THIS PROGRAM.
AND FRANKLY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WORKING A LITTLE BIT AGAINST MY OWN PROSECUTORS, I HAD TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES AND SAY, HEY THERE, WELL WE CAN OPT OUT OF THIS AND IT'S A BENEFIT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO.
AND IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT THAT WASN'T CAUGHT.
UM, I'M SURE UM, SOME FOLKS WOULD SAY, WELL WHY DO THE PROSECUTORS KNOW AND TELL US TO, HEY, I I'M OWED THIS.
WELL WOULD YOU BE SURPRISING THAT PEOPLE DUNNO WHAT THEIR BENEFITS ARE.
OKAY, SO THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THE FUNDING PART OF THIS COME OUTTA OUR GENERAL I
I FIGURED UP THE, UH, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE SHEET THAT I HANDED OUT, WHAT WE NEED, AND I'M TAKING IT, WE'RE GOING TO GET REIMBURSED, UH, AROUND $2,600 FROM THE STATE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE THIS LAST QUARTER THAT WE'RE SENDING IN.
AND THEN THE REST OF IT, I'M REDUCING WORKER'S COMP SINCE OUR RATES HAVE WENT DOWN AND WE'VE GOTTEN A REFUND CHECK FROM LAST YEAR AND SAYING WE'RE GONNA GET ANOTHER REFUND.
THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE I NEED TO, TO PULL IT FROM.
SO THE MONEY IS PAID TO TO PAY THAT ITEM TRANSFER? YES SIR.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR? AN INCREASE IN A DECREASE.
AND IT AMOUNTS TO $20 A MONTH PER ATTORNEY.
WHETHER YOU'RE A FULL-TIME, PART-TIME.
UH, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, DA NOW KNOWS IT'S HER, HER DUTY TO TELL PAYROLL AND HR THAT THESE ATTORNEYS ARE ELIGIBLE TO PLAN.
SO WE'VE KIND OF GOTTEN THAT SQUARED AWAY.
SO IT GOES UP $20 PER EVERY, IT'S $20 EVERY MONTH.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, I WITH OTHER BENEFITS, UM, HR USUALLY KNOWS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE TO A PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
SO THE PROSECUTORS AND ME AND PEOPLE COME IN AND SAY, YOU HIT FOUR YEARS.
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
I MEAN SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT MOM, SOME PEOPLE DON'T.
BUT WHY IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT IS IF YOU COME FROM ANOTHER OFFICE, I'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT HAVE HIRED IN MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS, BUT THEY BRING THEIR, UH, PROSECUTION EXPERIENCE TO HER OFFICE AND WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT, OF WHICH WE WILL GET REIMBURSED.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE, THAT IT, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GONE ON FROM SEVERAL FORMER DAS ONE THIS MANY.
SO THIS IS, THIS ACTUALLY STARTED PROBABLY, IF WE LOOK AT THE, THE WAY IT HAD BEEN DONE, UM, JOHN WAS LIVING IN OH EIGHT AND, AND, UH, PHIL'S WAS, UM, I MEAN IT IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER NO SIR.
IF I HAD TO GUESS, I WASN'T THERE YET.
THE T-D-C-A-A DID A BIG PUSH BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL, UM, INCENTIVE FOR PROSECUTORS TO STAY.
AND THE PAY IS, WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO CIVIL FIRMS OR UH, NON-GOVERNMENT FOLKS, THEY MAKE A LOT MORE.
SO THIS WAS JUST TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO STAY IN A PROFESSION AND TO BE PROSECUTORS.
THAT THAT WAS, IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR LONGEVITY.
IF IT'S DONE CORRECTLY, IT'S A WATCH FOR US.
'CAUSE THE ONES THAT WE ARE GETTING REIMBURSED, IT'S INCLUDED IN THEIR SALARY WORKSHEET, BUT THEN IT JUST CLEARS OUT AND THEN THEY GIVE US A CHECK AND YOU FOR, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH GETTING IT.
AND I, AND I GUESS THE, THE DOWNSIDE WOULD BE, OH, WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA PAY HIM.
IT'S A, IT'S MANDATORY AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE THROUGH SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AGAIN.
SO WE DID WHEN WE HAD A LITTLE TRANSITION
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WITH HR.IS IT HR OR REALLY JUST A, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT GOT CAUGHT.
IT WAS, IT WAS HR DID THE SPREADSHEETS FOR ME.
THEY WANTED ME TO VERIFY IT AND THEN SHE BROUGHT ME THE, THE CODE TO READ AND THEN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION AND WE HAVE REQUESTED THE MONEY BACK FROM THE STATE.
YEAH, WE STILL ARE BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T GOT WORD.
IF WE'RE GONNA GET THAT, IT'S JUST MAYBE, WE'LL MAYBE WE WON'T.
IT DEPENDS ON THEIR MONEY TOO.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD GO FOR THE OPTION OF THAT.
WE WON'T BECAUSE I'M NOT TRYING TO BE NEGATIVE.
I DON'T WANT TO MISREPRESENT ANYTHING TO Y'ALL.
I'D SAY THEY MAY SAY NO IT'S NOT IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD ABOUT PRECEDING YEARS BEFORE, UH, IF THERE'S BEEN AN OVERSIGHT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL GO ALL THE WAY BACK SINCE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL, UH, DAS THEY MAY REIMBURSE BACK THROUGH MY TERM, BUT I DUNNO.
THEY'LL, WE MIGHT GET IT BACK, BUT DON'T COUNT ON US INSTEAD JUST SAYING, I'M STILL A LITTLE UNCLEAR ABOUT THE, I KNOW IT'S $20 A MONTH, BUT EVERY YEAR IT GOES UP.
I THINK 20 IF I A MONTH I THINK MAYBE.
SO IT'S $20 A MONTH FOR EVERY MONTH.
THEY CAN'T GET IT FOR THE UNTIL THEY REACH FOUR YEARS.
SO ONCE THEY USE THEIR FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY, THEY GET TWO $40 FOR EACH YEAR.
SO YOU GET NINE $60 A YEAR ON YOUR FIRST TIME YOU'RE ELIGIBLE, WHICH IS AFTER YOUR CAREER ANNIVERSARY AND THEN 20 ANNUALLY.
SO SO YOU, YOU IT INCREASES ANNUALLY.
SO EVERY YEAR WE INCREASE IT $240 PER ATTORNEY.
THEY DON'T INCREASE IT MONTHLY INCREASES ANNUALLY.
AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH SAYING GO AHEAD YEAR SIX, THEN IT'LL BE PLUS, UM, TWO 40 TIMES SIX.
THEN YEAR SEVEN IT GOES UP ANOTHER TWO.
IT'D BE 1680 ADDS TWO 40 EVERY YEAR.
THERE'S A CAP OF 5,000 AND, AND STATE PAY, WE DON'T RIGHT THIS AND THIS WOULD BE BROUGHT TO YOU EXCEPT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND, AND THE THING IS SHE BRINGS UP, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE POINT I'M MAKING YOU STARTED FIRST YEAR, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEY'RE PUTTING THAT MONEY ASIDE FOR YOU, BUT IF YOU LEAVE YEAH.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THAT, THAT IS, THAT'S THE STATE'S POSITION ABOUT PROFESSIONAL PROSECUTION AND HR THINKING OVER THAT DUTY OF CHECKING EVERY YEAR.
AND THEY FINE WITH WITH TERM SERVICE LINE.
WHO IS THAT? THAT WAY IT'S OFF THE CLERK'S DESK WHERE THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
AND THAT'S HOW WE GET WELL TO CHANGE IT.
I HAVE MADE IT PART OF MY HIRING PACK.
I MEAN AT LEAST I CAN, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
IF SOMEBODY SAID, OH, IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS AND I DIDN'T GET IT.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THEIR BENEFITS.
SO NOW WHEN I HIRE PEOPLE, I PUT THEM ON NOTICE, BUT IT KIND OF PUTS ME IN A POSITION.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE GONNA STAY BEFORE YOU.
I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU DO STAY IN A PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, THIS IS A BENEFIT TO THE STATE OFFICE.
SO I'M NOT TRYING TO MISREPRESENT THAT THEY'VE GOT JOB IN LAWYERS YEARS EITHER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT REALLY NEEDS TO COME FROM HR ABOUT BENEFITS NOT FOR ME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? CORRECT.
NOR DID IC COMMITTING THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE THAT LONG.
I'M NOT TRYING TO QUESTIONS THE, ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
UH, DO I HAVE MOTION FOUR AGAIN? WHO WAS ON MR? IT WAS ME AND COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS
SO THERE WAS JUST A FEW MINOR CHANGES.
UM, Y'ALL ISN'T OF COLOR, BUT AT THE TOP WE TOOK OUT, UM, THE
WHO THERE, WE TOOK THAT OUT JUST TO MEAN THIS POLICY OWNER REFERS TO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT RECEIVING A COUNTY ISSUED CELL PHONE.
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SPECIFICALLYUM, WE ALSO INCLUDED ON THE CATEGORY, IT SAYS PURPOSE OF ALLOWANCE WE TOOK OUT, UM, WHERE IT SAYS WORK WEEKENDS 'CAUSE THE OTHER THINGS KIND OF BE THE SAME.
AND WE ALSO INCLUDED THE WORD.
AND SO IN ORDER TO GET THE CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE, THEY HAVE TO MEET ALL THREE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WE ALSO INCLUDED KIND OF AT THE BOTTOM THAT THEY UM, DEPARTMENT HEADS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN COME TO, UM, THEIR BUDGET WORKSHOPS TO ASK FOR THIS ALLOWANCE SO THAT Y'ALL AREN'T HAVING TO DO THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WHEN THEY THINK OF IT, THEY CAN TRY TO FIND MONEY.
SO WE'VE ELIMINATED THAT ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE TO, THEY CAN ONLY COME AND ASK FOR THIS ALLOWANCE.
NEW PEOPLE CAN ONLY COME AND ASK FOR THIS ALLOWANCE DURING OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS SO THAT IT'S BUDGETED AND PAID FOR.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST CHANGE WE MADE WAS ON THE LAST PAGE OR SECOND PAGE ON THE AUTHORIZATION FORM.
UH, WE INCLUDED YOUR SUPERVISOR SO WE KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED A FEW TERMS THAT THEY, THAT THE EMPLOYEE IS SIGNING AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, THEY READ AND THEY'RE GONNA SUPPLY WITH THE POLICY.
AND THEN THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO, UM, QUALIFY FOR THE ALLOWANCE.
AND THEN AT THE END WE HAVE THE APPROVED CHANGE IT TO CLARIFY THAT THAT SUPERVISOR OR THAT AUTHORIZATION SIGNATURE IS APPROVING THESE ALLOWANCE, WHICH STILL IS COMING FROM YOU GUYS AS A CHAIR.
EVERYBODY BOARD DISCUSSION WORKING ON THIS TO US.
AND NOW WE INTO WE'LL, UH, CALL THE COURT BACK TO ORDER AND, UH, FIRST BE THE, WOULD BE TO A MOTION TO ENTER, ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND SO SOMEBODY WILL GIMME A MOTION MOTION THAT IS FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND COMMISSIONER SECOND.
AND THE PURPOSE OF, UH, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 7 4 DISCUSS THE EMPLOYMENT OF COUNTY PERSONNEL WITHIN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO IF THOSE OF YOU WILL LEAVE THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS DISCUSSION, THAT THE MOTION TO EXIT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS, UH, MADE BY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ZA PASSED.
UH, WE EXITED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10 45.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER ANY ACTION.
THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
UH, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 18.
AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING LINE ITEM.
MORNING EVERYBODY, UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON,
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I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO UH, ACCEPT THOSE.MR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IS TO DISCUSS YOUR POINTS FOR PAYMENT ARE $2,694,213 73.
BUT YOU THINK ABOUT THOUGH THE ROAD BRIDGE, UM, EXPENSES WERE A MILLION MORE AWAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT TOOK A LOT OF THAT.
EMPLOYEE INSURANCES WERE 578,000.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ON I THAT WHAT PACKET OR YOU FIND THE QUESTION? ANY QUESTION? TRAVEL.
JP IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S SEPARATE FROM PAY TRAVEL? I MEAN THEY A TRAVEL I DON'T THEIR PRECINCT, THEY WERE GONNA GET MILEAGE.
YEAH, THEY WENT THEIR PRECINCT.
PRECINCT MILEAGE, MILEAGE ON WEEKEND.
YOU KNOW, THEY COVER OVER EACH OTHER.
JUDGE, LAST YEAR'S DEAL THAT SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP AND THE TRANSFERS INCREASE THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THEY HAD A REPAIR BILL THAT THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW OUR PROCEDURES AND THEY SENT US A BILL.
WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM THE MONEY, LET THEM WRITE THE CHECK BECAUSE IT DIDN'T.
SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THAT'S FOR.
WELL YOU REMEMBER WHEN HE HAD THE NEXT PRESENTATION? THAT, THAT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT MOTION? SECOND.