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UGH.I MEAN, I DO, WHEN Y'ALL BRING 'EM, I EAT ONE.
I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM, BECAUSE I LIKE CANCER, LIKE SUGAR.
SO I JUST TRY TO EAT A LOT OF FRUIT VEGETABLES.
DID THEY HAVE YOU TALK TO A, LIKE A NUTRITIONIST OR SOMETHING? WELL, THEY SAID THAT I COULD, BUT LAURA, I FIGURED THAT'S ANOTHER CO-PAYMENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO.
SO I WAS JUST LIKE, SO I'M DOING FINE THOUGH.
WEIGHT'S STAYING GOOD AND ALL THAT.
SO UHHUH, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOU LOSING WEIGHT.
I KNOW THEY HAVE A SCHEDULE THOUGH, KNOW.
DID I DIDN'T LOOK AND SEE HOW MANY WERE NO CHANGES? I DIDN'T EITHER.
THEY HAVE A GAP FROM EIGHT 50 TO NINE 30.
THEY DON'T, DO THEY HAVE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA? MAYBE THEY'RE JUST GONNA TALK.
THE LAST APPOINTMENT IS AT THREE 20.
SEE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AND YOU NEED TO GIVE ME SOME KIND OF LESSON ON IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT AD LITEM WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE STARTING SEPTEMBER, REPORTING ALL THOSE, AND I PRINTED IT OUT, BUT I DON'T THINK I HAVE IT.
THE, THE REPORT ON HERE, IT'S NEW LEGISLATION.
IT STARTS YOU HEY, MORNING, MORNING, MORNING.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, OF COURSE THE CLERKS ARE LIKE, DOES THIS, WHEN WAS THAT? YESTERDAY? NO.
LEMME SEE IF I COAT LAMB COATS.
ALL THE LANDOWNER NEXT TO ME THERE.
UH, NO, I SEE HOW HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO DO.
YEAH, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT JOHNNY'S PREPARED FOR RUBBER BAND.
A THOMAS SEEN EVALUATORS, GUARDIANS, OR MEDIATORS THAT WE HAVE TO START RECORDING.
THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T CALL YOU BACK.
AND, UH, JAKE SAID YESTERDAY, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND KEEP IT RIGHT NOW.
AND WE DO OUR OWN PLANS, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO PAY THAT $25, UH, PAYMENT PLAN FEE.
AT ONE TIME IT WAS BIG, BUT NOW IT'S NOT SO MUCH.
SHE DID, SHE DOES NOT PROBATE.
SHE'S MY CATCH FROM DALLAS COUNTY, 20 YEARS IN DALLAS COUNTY AS A PROBATE ON, I, I MISSED HER
I KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE HE COME THROUGH, HE GOT JP FOR, BUT YEAH, WHEN SHE WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I WAS LIKE, OH GOD, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GOTTA TALK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING OUR BASES LIKE WE DID FOR THE OTHER ONES.
BUT IT WAS JUST LIKE, WHEN I CALLED HER, I'M LIKE, CAN'T, CAN'T WE DO IT TOO? IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GOT 307 FROM, YOU KNOW, TERRELL.
AND THEN SHE TOLD ME, THEN, UH, I, WHAT'S HER NAME? QUIT.
SHE RETIRED AND SHE'S CATCHING UP.
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I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAD NEVER HAD ONE BECAUSE SHE'S, SHE'S REALLY AN ASSET.MAKES ALL DIFFERENCE IN THE LAW SOMETIMES.
UM, THAT'S FOUR CAP ITEMS THAT WE'RE PAYING.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP TRACK OF? WELL, THERE'S A, I HAVE, YES.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE STUFF THAT WE ARE, WE ARE HAVING GONNA HAVE TO START REPORTING.
AND I HAVE IT, LIKE I SAID, I I ALL THIS STUFF GOING TO THE EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST.
UM, IT USED TO BE ONLY $500 OR MORE, AND THEN NOW IT'S BEEN LESS.
BUT THEY HAVE THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATOR.
IT'S GONNA BE ATTORNEY AD LITEMS, GUARDIAN AD LITEMS, GUARDIANS MEDIATORS, OR COMPETENCY EVALUATORS.
AND THEY HAVE A FORM THAT WE HAVE TO GET THE JUDGES TO FILL OUT.
CAN I JUST SEND YOU THAT EMAIL? HAVE YOU LOOK AT, READ IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME? YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT, BUT THEY'VE EXPANDED THE SCOPE AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO EVEN REPORT ZERO.
AND I'M HOPING THAT JAMIE'S ALREADY DOING IT, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH HER DOING NEW STUFF.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID I BE NO, YOU, I WANNA BE, I WANNA BE THE WITCH.
THERE TICKETS, ANYBODY THAT COME TO THE RODEO.
OH WAIT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
WHERE DID YOU WALK UP? YEAH, I WALKED UP.
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JUDGE BARTON.JUDGE BARTON BEING SUMMER, LAST TEAM, LAST CALL.
WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND UH, THIS IS THE BUDGET WORKSHOP OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
AND THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, AT EIGHT 30 WITH JUDGE MARY BOY.
AND WE'RE ALSO HONORED, UH, TO HAVE THE PRECINCT FOUR, UH, UH, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE HERE WITH US AS WELL.
AND SO JOHNNY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND SO JUDGE, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED YOUR INFORMATION.
I'LL NEED TO TURN TO IT HERE JUST IN A SECOND, BUT GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD AND, UH, START.
WELL, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO Y'ALL, AND I'M SORRY THAT MR. SHANE IS NOT HERE.
UM, WE TRY NOT TO ASK ANYTHING WE BELIEVE MIGHT BE UNREASONABLE.
LAST MONTH, THE TWO OF US HAD ATTENDED A CONFERENCE IN
WE WERE THERE THREE DAYS AND EVERY DAY AT LUNCH, UH, THE SUBJECT OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WAS OUR TOPIC OF DISCUSSION LUNCH.
AND JOHNNY AND I COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE VERY GOOD, THE VERY LAST DAY WE HAD, UM, UH, MOST OF THE DAY WAS COURT SECURITY.
AND THEY ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW MANY OF YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TRYING TO USE YOUR TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY FUNDS FOR THINGS OTHER THAN WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR? JOHNNY AND I SAT THERE WHILE MOST EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE ROOM RAISED THEIR HANDS.
SO WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT.
WE WERE VERY PROUD TO TELL PEOPLE EVEN AT LUNCH.
SO WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS.
THEY UNDERSTAND OUR NEEDS AND THEY TAKE OUR NEEDS.
AND, AND WE REALLY WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE WERE MAYOR AND I JUST KEPT LOOKING AT OF WHAT THEY WERE TELLING US ABOUT THEIR DIDN'T MAKE ANY NO SECURITY CARDS.
WE TRYING TO
AS LONG AS THE CAMERA'S NOT IN MY OFFICE.
SO IF I WANT TO, I CAN APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE MISTAKES FROM TIME TO TIME.
BUT, UH, I DO, UNFORTUNATELY KAREN AND KAY KEEP US, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S PRETTY, UH, PRETTY IMPORTANT TOO.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
WELL, KAREN, UNFORTUNATELY THEY DIDN'T MENTION THE AUDIT HAD THAT WE WOULD'VE SAID WE HAD A GOOD AUDITOR.
NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT US GOOD AND BUTTERED UP LIKE THAT, I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU YOU'S BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, ANYBODY AT AND I AT LEAST ONE SIDE EVERY TIME WE HAVE TRIALS.
SO, UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT MANY THINGS THAT I WANTED TO CHANGE.
I WANTED TO REDUCE A LINE ITEM FOR, UH, DO DUES.
I HAVE A LINE ITEM AND THAT'S FROM THE BOTTOM.
AND I WANTED TO REDUCE THAT LINE ITEM.
AND I WANTED NEED, WHILE A LOT OF OUR TRAINING AND SOMETIMES MILEAGE, MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES CAN BE USED OUT OF THE TECHNOLOGY FUND BECAUSE WHENEVER OUR CLERKS GO TO SCHOOL, IT'S, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.
WHEN WE GO TO SCHOOL'S, SOMETHING TECHNOLOGY WHICH ALLOWS TO TECHNOLOGY, I WOULD EDUCATION AND CONFERENCE, UH, TO $400.
I HAVE THREE CLERKS PRIOR TO, UM, ME
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TAKING THAT OFFICE.THOSE CLERKS WERE NOT GOING TO SCHOOL.
THEY ARE ALL GOING TO SCHOOL NOW, UH, EVERY YEAR.
UH, I TRY TO GET THEM TO GO TO ROCKWALL, JUDGE ADAMS AND I DON'T GO OFF.
WE USUALLY JUST GO TO ROCKWALL.
UH, I TRY TO GET MY CLERKS TO DO THAT IF, IF THEY CAN.
BOTH CLASSES GO UP PRETTY FAST.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS A, UH, INCREASE IN MY CAR ALLOWANCE.
UM, LAST YEAR, JUDGE ADAMS DID A SALARY GRIEVANCE.
AND HIS, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT SALARY GRIEVANCE, HIS CAR ALLOWANCE WAS INCREASED.
AND I'M ASKING TO MATCH, UH, HIS CAR ALLOWANCE.
AND JUDGE ADAMS AND I ARE THE TWO JPS THAT, THAT DO GO TO THE JAIL.
UM, WE COVER FOR, FOR THE OTHER, FOR THE OTHER SIDE FOR FOR TWO AND THREE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, I, I'VE BEEN COVERING FOR JUDGE SMITH WHEN HE CAN'T GO TO
JUDGE ADAMS DOES HAVE AS WELL.
UM, I GO TO THE JAIL PROBABLY ON A DAILY BASIS, WHETHER IT'S MY WEEK OR IT'S NOT MY WEEK.
UM, SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A REAL BIG ISSUE TO YOU, BUT I JUST THOUGHT OKAY.
NO, EVERYTHING, JUDGE, I THINK YOU HAD TURNED IN YOUR, UH, YES.
GENTLEMEN, YOU'VE HEARD THE REQUEST FROM JUDGE BARDEN.
YOU, UH, HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR, UH, ACCEPT REQUEST OF ATTORNEY, UH, MOVING THE MONEY AROUND AND INCREASE THE UH, UH, CAR ALLOWANCE? 70 TO 10,000.
THAT IS YOUR CAR ALLOWANCE JUDGE.
THE OTHER TWO JPS, THEY HAVE A 72.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING FROM THEM THE SAME MESSAGE.
YEAH, NO, THEY DON'T GO TO THE JAIL ANYMORE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT DO VIDEO REGISTRATION.
AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE OFTEN TIMES THAT THE VIDEO IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.
AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEN I USUALLY GET A CALL FROM THEM ASKING ON THEIR WEEKS IF I WOULD HELP THEM OUT.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND I KNOW Y'ALL DON'T, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN IT RAINS AND WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, OVER, OVER THE PAST YEAR WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT RAINS, UM, OR WE HAVE
JUDGE ASPHALT IN PARTICULAR, I THINK SHE'S HAD SOME COMPUTER ISSUES.
UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET IT CODE RESOLVED, BUT A LOT OF TIMES MATCH.
YEAH, THEY HAVE THE THING BOUNCES OFF THE POWER HAVEN AN ISSUES WITH IT, BUT I THINK THEY'VE GOT DEMONSTRATE THAT.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL WE'LL FOLLOW IT UP ON THAT.
SHE MAY MENTION IT THIS AFTERNOON.
I GOT A QUESTION FOR DOING THAT.
WHEN YOU HAD YOUR SALARY AGREEMENTS, WHO WAS ON THE BOARD? UH, COMMISSIONER.
MOST OF THEM WERE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
I THINK THERE WERE TWO, UH, UH, CITIZENS ON THERE.
ALSO EARLY, I THINK DA AND THE COUNTY TREASURER.
EITHER TWO PEOPLE WE NAMED UP.
FROM, I THINK HE SPECIFIED THE LAW.
AND WHAT WAS THE BASIS OF THAT REQUEST TO INCREASE YOUR CAR NOW THE MILEAGE, UH, LIKE SO FAR FROM DOWN THERE TO WELL, IT'S JUST THE MILEAGE PERIOD.
NOT JUST THE JAIL, BUT LIKE, UH, MARY SAYS WE'RE, WE'RE THE CLOSEST, UH, IF THEY HAVE TO HAVE WARRANTS OR WE HAVE TO GO DO THE JUVENILE MAG, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE JAIL.
SO WE'RE IN OUT THERE QUITE A BIT AND IT'S JUST KNOWLEDGE PERIOD.
AND, AND BECAUSE OF THE, BECAUSE THEY USE VIDEO OF THE VIDEO, UH, THE, WE, WE CATCH ALL OF THAT OF THE JUVENILE LEGISLATIONS BECAUSE THOSE, THEY CAN BE DONE BY VIDEO.
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A JUVENILE, WE JUST FEEL LIKE THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO DO IT FACE TO FACE BECAUSE THAT GIVES THAT CHILD AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY NEED TO ASK US SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.THEY'RE NOT FULFILLING THEIR DUTIES COMPLETELY.
AND Y'ALL ARE TAKING UP THE SLACK.
IT'S ONLY FAIR, RIGHT? IS THAT, IS THAT THE COMMENT? THEY JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT SETUP? YES, SIR.
AS FAR AS OUR SECURITY OR THE COURTHOUSES, ARE WE ANY CLOSER TO CAMERAS?
THEY HAD STARTED SOME, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, JUSTICE COURT PRECINCT POINT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT THAT DEFENDANTS ANYBODY COMING WITH MS. AND THE COURT HAS TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE OFFICE TO GET TO THE COURTROOM.
AND SO BOBBY HAD TAKEN A LOOK AT GOING IN BEHIND THE OFFICES AND BRINGING THEM IN THROUGH THE JURY ROOM TO GET TO COURT RATHER THAN GOING OFF SHORTLY.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH GEORGE AND, AND BOBBY AND WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO MEET THE NEEDS ON ONE BID OF THREE IS TAKEN CARE OF.
IT'S GOT EVERYTHING THAT IT NEEDS SECURITY WISE.
UM, 2, 1, 2 AND FOUR DO NOT HAVE ALL THE WORKING CAMERAS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE, BUT WE WERE GONNA TRY TO GET IT IN BECAUSE IT WAS A BID FOR ONE AND DID FOR TWO.
AND THERE WERE A LOT MORE THAN WHAT I HAD ANTICIPATED THAT BOTH DID UP.
AND SO I JUST KIND OF
SO WE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WE COULD GO TO SOME OF THESE VENDORS AND POSSIBLY GET A BETTER BID IF WE BID THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEY WERE GETTING THREE LOCATIONS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE YEAR IN ONE BID.
THEN THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT DOING CONSTRUCTION BEHIND OUR OFFICE AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE.
SORRY, IF WE WAITED TO SEE IF THAT ACTUALLY CAME TO FRUITION RATHER THAN SPEND MONEY IN THE FRONT AND THEN TURN AROUND AND HAVE TO SPEND MONEY IN.
WELL AT LEAST WE WEREN'T MONEY OUTTA YOUR NO, JUST FOR THE, JUST FOR THE SECURITY CAMERAS.
WE STILL WOULD NEED SECURITY CAMERAS BACK THERE, BUT, BUT DURING OUR LAST, UH, CONFERENCE IN GALVESTON, OTHER VIDEO PEOPLE THERE, YOU KNOW, AND SO I ASKED THEM GET A HOLD.
THEY PUT IN THE FIRST SET TIME AGO, THEY DIDN'T EVEN GET TO BED THIS TIME.
REALLY? SO I TOLD THEM TO CONTACT HIM TOO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THEIR BED BECAUSE I SAID I'M SORRY, I JUST, I JUST HAVE A PROBLEM.
LIKE HERE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 25,000 FROM A COURTHOUSE DRIVE COST ONLY 16 CAMERAS AND WELL OF THE DEVIL THERE WE NEED TO SEE IF WE CAN'T POSSIBLY PUT THE CAMERAS IN OF THAT IT, YEAH.
I DUNNO WHY WE'D HAVE TO HIRE A SECURITY COMPANY.
I MEAN I JUST, I ASKED THEM WHAT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN ALL THE THING WAS.
THE ONLY ANSWER I COULD GET WAS THAT THEY SAID, WELL THEY DIDN'T, WE COULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE HIRE COURT.
I SAID, THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE ANY SENSE.
I'M GONNA ASK ME SOME SHERRY LINE ON, THERE'S A, LORI AND GEORGIA KIND OF TOUCHED BASE WITH ME ON THIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORKING PARTS FOR THAT.
AND WHENEVER YOU GET INTO STUFF THAT'S IT RELATED, EVERYTHING HAS TO PLAY NICE TOGETHER.
YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT HAS TO TALK TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T ALL LINK UP TOGETHER, YOU CAN HAVE ALL KINDS OF ISSUES.
AND I THINK ON THE CAMERA SITUATION, I BELIEVE YOU HAD, UH, SPOKEN TO LORI ABOUT ASK HER, YOU KNOW, ABOUT GOING, Y'ALL HAVE FOUND A SYSTEM
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OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.THEY COULDN'T GUARANTEE YOU THAT THAT SYSTEM WOULD HOOK UP AND INTEGRATE WITH WHAT'S ALREADY HERE.
I DON'T THINK THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
AND BOBBY KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT I THINK BECAUSE I WAS JUST ASKING THEM ABOUT WHAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT MAKES ONE COST 30,001 OF 'EM COSTS 1000, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES NO SENSE.
AND THEY SAID, WELL IT'S ALL JUST IN THE DBD RECORDER OR THE WHATEVER YOU CALL THE RECORDER.
THEY SAID THAT IN COURT YOU CAN TAMPER WITH THIS ONE, BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO NOT BE ABLE TO TAMPER WITH THE OTHER ONE.
AND I SAID, WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE'RE INTERESTED A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THAT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU CATCH THE PERSON YOU GET, YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THEM, THEY GO OUT AND A RESCUE PERSON, THEN THEY HAVE THE GOODS AND THAT AND THAT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A BIG ISSUE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT OF WHENEVER THE ERIC WILLIAMS TRIAL WAS GOING ON.
YEAH, NO, THAT WAS A BIG THING WAS THE TAMPERING WITH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, THE DEFENSE, TRYING TO SAY THAT IT LOOKED TAMPERED WITH.
THAT'S ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT SOMEBODY COME AND INSERTED THIS PERSON INTO THIS PICTURE INTO YOUR COURTHOUSE AND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A VERY LIKELY SOURCE OF HAPPENING.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT IT DID
AND I THINK THERE ARE MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS OUT THERE NOW.
I THINK AS TECHNOLOGY PROGRESSES THAT THERE'S MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS OUT THERE THAN WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING RUN OVER THE COST, GONNA BUY THOSE.
THEY SAID WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? YEAH.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE ZOOM, THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME THING.
YOU KNOW, I SAID IT'S WHAT'S CRAZY WORK WITH I ON THAT AND PUT THAT YEAH.
JUDGE WAS TALKING ABOUT HER COURTROOM AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT, THEY'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A REMEDY.
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE OFFICES, SO, AND SHE MAKES SENSE, YOU KNOW, TRYING GET A BID FOR ALL, ALL OF US.
THAT I JUST, I JUST SAW THE FIRST ONE THAT CAME TO SAID WOO.
WELL, WHEN I SAW THE ONE THAT CAME THAT CAME OUT SAID SAME THING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, BOBBY GOT AGREE.
YEAH, THIS RIDICULOUS THE SAME TIME.
YOU KNOW, SO I DUNNO, I MEAN, WE APPRECIATE ISSUE.
WE SHOULD LET IT MAINTENANCE AND THE JPS HANDLE, YOU KNOW.
WELL, LISA, SHE'S GOING BE PERSON.
LISA JUST WASN'T AVAILABLE THAT MEETING.
YEAH, JACK WAS DOING, IT'S THEIR SECURITY MONEY AND AS A PERSON, AGENT MAINTENANCE AND IT, SEE THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO RAISE OUR HAND.
WELL SEE, THE REASON, THE REASON I WAS INVOLVED WAS BECAUSE I WAS GONNA PAY FOR IT ON SOME COURTHOUSE.
'CAUSE I JUST WANTED THE CAMERAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE NO SECURITY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, WE DIDN'T HAVE CAMERAS.
THAT'S HOW I GOT, THAT'S HOW I GOT INVOLVED.
AND THEN, THEN WHEN THAT CAME BACK, I SAID, I DON'T WANT DO THAT.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE IDEA ABOUT THE REQUEST.
UH, I DON'T GUESS THERE'S ANY ISSUE ON TRANSFER.
UH, WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, INCREASE FOR JUDGE GORDON ON THE, ON THE CAR LINES IN, IN MY OPINION, I KNOW SHE'S UP THERE ALL THE TIME.
AND IF, IF THIS PANEL DECIDES THAT THE JUDGE ADAMS DESERVES THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY DECIDED, I KNOW SHE DOES THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE WORK AT THE JAIL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MR. ADAM DOES, BUT IF, IF MARY SAYS THAT HE DOES AS MUCH AS HER, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL BANK ON THAT.
BUT, UH, I THINK, I THINK EQUAL, YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIDING TOGETHER.
SO WE JUST GAVE HIM 10 AND SPLIT IT.
WE'RE TOGETHER A RECORDED AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THE 10,000 BEGINNING OCTOBER THE FIRST.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, APPRECIATE BACK TO THE RODEO MILL.
UH, MAYOR JORDAN, IF YOU COULD COME UP AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN APRIL ASSISTANCE, YOU LIKE TO COME UP RANDY, YOU HAVE FULL PLAN.
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WE, UH, UH, TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE CITY COFF SHARED WITH THE COURT SINCE THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM.UH, UH, WE SHARED WITH THE COURT FACT THAT YOU AND THE CITY MANAGER HAD, UH, CONTACTED ME ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF USING SOME OF OUR ROOMS AT THE, UH, GIVE, GIVE, UH, UH, B ONE TOO, UH, IF YOU WOULD AT THE, UH, UH, SOUTH CAMPUS ONE.
AND, UH, BECAUSE THE PLAN, JUST KIND OF GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW, UH, OF THE, UH, WHAT, WHAT YOUR TIME SCHEDULE IS AND WHAT YOUR PLANNING, FIRST OF ALL, THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US.
UM, TIMEFRAME WISE, EVERYBODY IS GONNA HAVE TO BE OUT THE PARENT, YOU VERY FIRST.
UM, WE'RE GONNA START KNOCKING IT DOWN ON NOVEMBER 1ST, SO WE NEED TO, CAN I GET A COPY, RANDY, PLEASE? ALTERNATE PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO THANK YOU.
AND NOW THIS, THIS WOULD ACCOMMODATE A PORTION OF, UH, THE CITY STAFF.
NOT ALL OF IT, BUT THIS WOULD BE A BIG STEP TOWARDS MOVING ADMINISTRATION, THE ADMINISTRATION AND COURT AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THEY GET A COUPLE PUBLIC WORKS STAFFING POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT BE, NO.
SO RANDY, I THINK YOU AND BOBBY WASN'T AROUND THAT DAY.
UH, THE CHIEF OUT, THE POLICE CHIEF CAME OUT.
CITY MANAGER AND UH, CITY MANAGER.
AND THESE ROOMS THAT ARE IN THE GREEN, THE, THE DARK GREEN, YOU MIGHT WANNA EXPLAIN.
EVERYTHING IN THE DARK GREEN IS, IS LABELED AS CURRENT USE.
IT'S EITHER OPEN OR IT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR DISTRICT CLERK FILE STORAGE.
THE LADDER GREEN, THE, UH, UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER THAT IS CURRENTLY A, UH, OFFICE SUPPLIES STORAGE AREA.
UH, IT WAS USED EXTENSIVELY WHEN MOST OF THE COUNTY OFFICES WERE THERE.
NOW THAT IT'S JUST PRIMARILY PUBLIC WORKS AND FIRE MARSHAL, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED IN ONE OF OUR OTHER ROOMS. UH, WHERE THE PLANS AND MAPS ARE, WE, WE'VE ALREADY DETERMINED THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE IT STORAGE AND THE CENTER PORTION UP, UH, UPPER PART, THE IT STORAGE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AVAILABLE OR NOT.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY, UH, NETWORKING OR ANYTHING INVOLVED.
I BELIEVE IT'S JUST IT EQUIPMENT RELATED STORAGE.
AND UH, THE ONLY OTHER POSSIBLE, UH, OPTION THAT WE WOULD'VE WOULD BE THE, UH, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE, LIGHT GREEN.
IT'S WHERE ALL THE BOATING EQUIPMENT STORAGE IS KEPT NOW, WHICH USED TO BE GEORGE AND LLOYD'S OFFICE.
UH, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S KEPT IN THAT TO SOME OF THE PORTABLE BOATING EQUIPMENT.
SO THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLY AVAILABLE IF WE COULD MAKE OTHER, I THINK IT HAS TO BE IN A TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.
THE CENTER PORTION, THE CENTER PORTION THERE, YOU SEE ROOM NUMBER FOUR, THIS SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT FILE STORAGE.
AND THEN DOWN BELOW THAT IS ROOM NUMBER 25.
THE, UH, EQUIPMENT WAS, UH, UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO STORED IN ROOM NUMBER 25, BUT WE PLACED IT IN BACK UP ABOVE IT.
THAT WAY THEY HAVE A INTERCONNECTIVITY WITH THEIR OFFICE TO GET TO THEIR EQUIPMENT AND IT ALSO ALLOWED THAT AVAILABLE SPACE TO BE PRETTY MUCH IN THE, THE SAME GROUP AREA AS EVERYONE ELSE.
AND, UH, THOSE ROOMS ARE BOTH THE SAME SIDES.
UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND UH, RHONDA'S NOT IN HERE, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT RHONDA IS COMPLETE WITH ALL OF HER DIGITIZING HER RECORDS, EXCEPT STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE SHOWED US YESTERDAY ON THE OLD BOOKS THAT WE HAD AND THAT THAT'S STUFF CAN BE, BUT THAT WHAT'S LEFT IN THOSE ROOMS ARE PRIMARILY BOXES.
THEY'RE FULL OR SOME OF THEM ARE FULL.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN A, IN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED BUILDING.
TO WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DIGITIZED AND SOME OF THIS STUFF IS PROBABLY, I THINK BOSS CAN'T DISPOSE OF.
BUT, UH, IT COULD BE POSSIBLY MOVED OVER INTO THE WOMEN'S SECTION OF THE OLD JAIL HERE.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL
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IS IN THERE.BOBBY CAN HELP YOU MORE THERE ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE OVER IN THE OLD JAIL SITE.
IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT, BOBBY? THERE ARE SOME IS DONE.
UH, THERE ARE SOME, SOME, UH, CELLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
THAT, THAT THIS COULD BE THE, THE DISTRICT.
UH, YEAH, I MEAN IT'S NOT GONNA BE OPTIMAL AND STORAGE OBVIOUSLY.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WHEN YOU GO TO PUT IT IN THERE, IT'S JUST GONNA BE STACKED.
I MEAN, IF YOU EVER NEED SOMETHING OUT OF IT, YOU GONNA HAVE ONE HECK OF A TIME TO GETTING IT OUT.
BUT THERE IS A PLACE TO PUT IT.
THE OTHER OPTION WE HAVE WITH THAT, AND I THINK SHE HAD INDICATED THEY WOULD, UH, GIVE US A, UH, PERMIT TO, UH, LOCATE A TRAILER, UH, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? A CONTAINER BOX.
CONTAINER BOX ON THE BACK PARKING LOT, I BELIEVE.
MR. SLY? IS THAT WHAT YOU FOUND OUT, BOBBY? DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT OR, WELL, WE HAD DISCUSSED DOING THAT, BUT AT THE TIME EVERYBODY WAS SAYING THAT THE FILES WEREN'T ABLE TO BE IN THERE.
THEY HAD TO BE IN TEMPERATURE CONTROL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE, THAT MAY BE THE OTHER FILES.
LAURA, I I WOULD JUST HESITATE THE COURT.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE INFORMATION WHERE YOU SAID IT CAN BE IN A NON TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED, HUMIDITY CONTROLLED AREA.
THOSE ARE HISTORICAL RECORDS THAT THE STATE HAS, HAS DEEMED PERMANENT.
AND WHILE THEY ARE IMAGED AND ARCHIVED, YOU PUT THEM SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE'S NOT HUMIDITY OR TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED AND OR, OR IN A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GET RODENTS OR BUGS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF IT TURNS OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'LL BE RUINED.
SO I WOULD JUST PASS IT TO, SO WHAT IF WE MOVED A, UH, A TRAILER OR A CONTAINER AND PUT A AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ON IT? WOULD THAT BE A POSSIBLE IDEA? HUH? WHY DON'T YOU JUST CHECK IN THE IN PUT THEM INTO A, A STORAGE UNIT, UH, UNTIL WE, A CONTAINER SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE YOU THREE, 4,000, THERE'S PLENTY OF, UM, AIR CONDITION.
WHAT ABOUT OUR LIBRARY WILL HERE BUILD? YEAH, WELL WE STICK BACK AGAIN.
WE, WE COULD, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN THERE TO GET IT EMPTY SO WE CAN GO IN THERE AND REPAIR THE FLOOR AND MAINTENANCE.
JUST HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO, I HATE TO FILL IT BACK UP AGAIN JUST AFTER WE EMPTIED IT, BUT, UH, THAT'S ON THE, UH, AGENDA.
MAYBE THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO RENTAL.
I JUST GO TO ONE OF THE STORAGE UNITS AND HAVE AIR CONDITION, YOU KNOW, UNIFORM BACK AND STORE.
HOW MUCH, HOW MANY SQUARE FEET DO WE, WOULD WE NEED TO PUT? WELL THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS 1200 TO 1400 SQUARE FEET HERE, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW HOW TALL, HOW TALL IS IT? THIS HOUR? I DUNNO HOW CONDENSED.
CURRENTLY THEY, THEY BROUGHT IT WAY DOWN.
UH, THE STACKS ARE PROBABLY THREE, NO MORE THAN FOUR FOOT HIGH CURRENTLY.
UH, THEY WERE ABOUT SIX, SEVEN FOOT LOOKING AT A THIRD OF IT MAYBE.
WELL YOU TALKING SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SQUARE, 400 SQUARE FOOT AND IT'S NOT, THEY SAY PROBABLY HALF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT IS CORRECT.
I USED IS IS THAT OH, LIBRARY STILL IS THE AIR CONDITIONED AND EVERYTHING'S STILL ON IT IN IT OVER HERE.
PART I KNOW IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS COOL IN THERE WHEN I WAS, WHEN I, NO, AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO STAY OFF UPSTAIRS.
AND OF COURSE THE FLOOR'S BAD, BUT THE BOTTOM ONE, IT LEAKS A LITTLE BIT OF WATER ON THE AIR DOWN.
WELL, COULDN'T WE STACK THEM UP FOR 18 MONTHS? WE COULD STACK OVER THERE AND SAVE MONTHS FROM PAYING RENT.
WE NEED AND, AND THEY'RE CLIMATE CONTROL.
THEY'RE CLIMATE CONTROL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR.
WE START FIXING FLOOR HALF OF IT THEN WE NEED TO DO BOBBY, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU? I'M GETTING WHERE IF YOU GUYS DECIDE, I KNOW Y'ALL LOVE MOVING BOXES BACK AND FORTH, SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
HAS NOTHING ELSE TO WE PUT, PUT IT IN AIR CONDITION CONTROL THOUGH.
THEY CAN FIX IT AND MOVE IT OUT AS SOON AS THEY CAN.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CITY MANAGER PAY FOR THE RENTAL ON THE THING.
THE CITY MANAGER HAD VOLUNTEERED TO HELP MOVE THE BOXES.
I THINK HE SAID HE WOULD PERSONALLY HAVE THOSE BOXES.
MAKE THAT A PART OF THE RECORD TOO.
BUT ANYWAY, IF, IF WE DO FIND A PLACE AND MAYBE MOVED IT BACK OVER HERE IS AN OPTION THE EASIEST, THE QUICKEST PERHAPS, UH, WHAT AREAS, HOW MUCH OF THIS AREA AND YOU GUYS JUMP IN AND ASK QUESTION HOW MUCH OF THIS GREEN AREA WOULD YOU NEED? AND THEN WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE THEY WOULD DO, AND ACTUALLY I WAS GOING AHEAD AND STUCK IT ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY AS A DISCUSSION, IS TO ENTER, UH, AUTHORIZE OUR DA'S OFFICE TO ENTER INTO DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY AND YOUR ATTORNEY ABOUT THE LEASING OF THE BUILDING AND WORKING OUT ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT THE RENT, UTILITIES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
I WASN'T THERE WHEN Y'ALL TOURED
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THE FACILITY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT MIKE RELATED TO ME,I'M ASSUMING INDICATED THAT EVERYTHING THAT I SHOWED WAS AVAILABLE OR POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE YEAH.
FROM DISTRICT LABORATORY THAT THEY COULD DEFINITELY CON AGAIN, MOST OF THOSE SMALLER OFFICE SPACES, UH, THEY HAD TWO DESKS AND BEFORE BECAUSE I, AGAIN, THIS ISN'T GONNA ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE CITY STAFF.
SO WE CAN, WE WE'LL TAKE WHAT IS AVAILABLE.
SO IF THAT GREEN BUILDING, GREEN BUILDING THAT GREEN ROOM ITEM NUMBER 18, IF IT WAS AVAILABLE, YOU USE THIS I, I'M ASSUMING SO IT STORE DOWN TO NEGOTIATING THE DETAILS OF THE LEASE.
MAYBE SAY WAY WE COULD DO WITHOUT THAT.
BUT I'M ASSUMING EVERYTHING THAT IS OR POTENTIALLY IS AVAILABLE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR DEEDS GONNA BE AS FAR AS UH, TECHNOLOGY SERVERS LIKE THAT? THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD BE, I DON'T THINK IF THERE'S ANY SERVER SPACE LEFT IN OUR CURRENT SERVER ROOM ON THE FAR LEFT, BUT MAYBE THE UH, THE IT STORAGE MAYBE COULD BE CONVERT.
IT'S ONLY ABOUT EIGHT FOOT WIDE.
IT'S GOT SHELVING ALL ALONG THE BACK WALL, THE END WALL, WHICH ALLOWS WALK SPACE BE CLOSE.
IT'S PROBABLY SIMILAR WITH ME FOR WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
SERVING, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MOVE THE, I DUNNO THE ISSUE WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THERE.
IS IT, WHAT IS THAT SIR? THE VOTING EQUIPMENT.
OH, THAT'S STORED IN THE JAIL NOW.
THERE IS, THERE ARE CARDBOARD BOXES AND A COUPLE OF FOLD UP TABLES THAT I, I WASN'T GO OPEN THEM UP, BUT I I WAS JUST ASSUMING IT WOULD STILL VOTED.
THERE IS SOMETHING EVEN STORED IN THERE AND IT'S, THEY'RE ALL WHITE CARDBOARD BOXES, APPROXIMATELY A B AND THERE'S PROBABLY 20 OR 30 OF THEM IN THERE.
THEY MIGHT BE THE HEADS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO OUT IN THAT MOISTURE.
I DON'T KNOW ALL THE VOTING STUFF PHIL KEEPS IN THAT IN THE BACK OF THE JAIL.
DR. PHILLIPS, WE GO OVER AND TAKE A LOOK AT HIM LATER.
THAT'S MESS WITH ANYTHING WITHOUT 1315.
DO WE, DO WE UH, WHAT SIR? NUMBER 17 IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
UH, THAT CONFERENCE ROOM IS USED, UH, ON RARE OCCASION.
IT'S USED UH, WHEN THE COURT'S IN SESSION SOMETIMES THAT IS WHERE THE JURY WILL SIT.
UH, IT IS ALSO USED WHEN WE HAVE A A PLANNING MEETING, CONTRACTORS, GENERAL CONTRACTORS ARCHITECTS IS A PLACE WE CAN ALL SIT DOWN AND LAY OUT THE BIG SETS OF PLANS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR US TO USE.
AND OF COURSE THE OTHER ISSUE IS, IS WHILE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, LET'S GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAID WHERE IT SAYS COURTROOM SEATING.
UH, CURRENTLY SOMEBODY TELL ME, I KNOW WE HAVE COURT OUT THERE TWICE A WEEK.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVERY THURSDAY AND 18 OR, AND IT'S, UH, C-P-S-C-P-S IS ON THURSDAY.
AND IT'S GENERALLY WE HAVE A BIGGER CROWD.
AND WE DO HAVE SECURITY OUT THERE ON, WE HAVE BAILIFF OUT THERE.
THOSE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, PRETTY TIGHT CONVERSATIONS SOMETIMES.
SO WE'VE GOT TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, THAT TO BE, UH, AVAILABLE.
I MEAN WE'VE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE IT'S OPEN.
BUT EVERYBODY COMES IN THAT FRONT DOOR WHERE YOU WALK DOWN THE LONG HALL, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY GO FOR ONCE A MONTH AND IT'S A THIRD TWO THROUGH EACH MONTHS.
AND IT WOULD BE THE EVENING DAY DURING THE EVENING.
SCHEDULING COULD BE DONE THROUGH ANGIE, I GUESS.
AND YOU WOULD PROVIDE THE BAILOR.
AND IF THAT FALLS ON EXISTING COURT DATE, WE CAN ADJUST THAT.
THERE IS A ONCE A MONTH AND IT'S USUALLY THE SECOND OR THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH THAT THEY HOLD, UH, LAST HEARINGS IN THAT COURT AND YOUR COUNCIL MEETING, WHERE ARE YOU PLANNING ON HAVING THEM? PROBABLY IN THE COURTROOM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS AT NIGHT THOUGH.
MEETING DIFFERENT BOARDS THAT WE HAVE MEETING, SO, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT ANYTHING NO.
THAT Y'ALL ARE CURRENTLY DOING.
WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING THE SHIFT AND GONNA BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR A WHILE, SO WE'LL RESCHEDULE.
ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE NEED
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TO.WELL, AND THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
HOW LONG DO THE COURT GO, RIGHT? I HAVE SEEN HIM GO HALF A DAY.
UH, TYPICALLY THEY ENDED ABOUT TWO OR THREE O'CLOCK.
OH, SO IT WOULD BE A, YOUR MEETING MOSTLY WOULD BE DESK OUR 6:00 PM YEAH.
SO GUYS, WE'LL NEED TO WORK THAT INTO THE AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT SHOULD THE COURT DECIDE TO MOVE ALONG WITH THIS, THAT THE COURTROOM WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR MEETINGS, YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND PZ MEETING B, WHATEVER, FLORIDA.
BOBBY, DO YOU HAVE ANY? WHAT ABOUT PARKING? UH, WELL THAT FAR AS EMPLOYEE PARKING, BECAUSE I KNOW PARKING LOT PROBABLY WOULD WE HAVE ACCESS TO REAR PARKING OR SIDE PARKING AS FAR, I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT GOES ON OUT THERE CURRENTLY.
IT'S ABOUT, UH, I'M GONNA SAY IT'S ABOUT 75, 80% CAPACITY RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE, UH, AUCTION ITEMS. AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.
IT'S TAKING PLACE EVEN AS IT ENDS FRIDAY.
AND SO HOW LONG IS THAT? WELL, YOU'RE NOT IN A BIG HURRY.
THEY'LL GET THOSE VEHICLES OUT FAIRLY.
ALL THOSE CARS WE GOT COURT DATE.
OTHER THAN COURT DATE, YOU'LL BE QUITE FEW PARKING LOT.
THEY PARK FRONT PARKING OUT FRONT, MUCH MORE PARKING OUT FRONT AND THEN ALONG THE SIDE.
RIGHT OVER ALONG THE, UH, WHERE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALKWAY WAS.
WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE THAT PAY THEIR WATER BILLS? UH, WELL NO, YOU DON'T HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO PROBABLY A, A DROPBOX OR SOMETHING EVEN IF WE DO THAT HERE.
BUT AT OUR EVEN PROPOSED NEW CITY HALL, WE HAVE ALL DRIVE THROUGH, SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK.
WHEN THEY, UH, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A DROP BOX OUT HERE SOMEPLACE.
BUT OTHERWISE THEY'D HAVE TO BE COMING IN.
WHO'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NETWORKING THEIR COMPUTERS AND PHONE ONLINE AND STUFF.
THEY'LL HAVE, THEY'LL PAY FOR THAT.
THEY'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, BECAUSE SOME OF THE, ALL THAT STUFF'S BEEN WIRED TO HOOK INTO THE COUNTY'S STUFF.
BUT THERE'S ROOM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY TIED TO THE COUNTY.
I JUST ON THAT CONVERSATION BETWEEN DO WHAT RANDY? THERE ARE NUMEROUS DATA BOXES IN EACH ROOM, BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE, THE CABLES ARE RUN OVER TO THE COUNTIES SERVICE.
IT'D BE BETTER TO KEEP THE TWO SYSTEM, KEEP OUR OWN EQUIPMENT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WE KIND OF NEED, IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DETAILS THAT ARE GONNA LOT.
ALL THE OTHER I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THE, THE ENTRYWAY TO THIS BUILDING WOULD BE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
AND SO WHAT ABOUT SIGNAGE? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU.
THERE'S GONNA NEED TO BE SOME SIGNIFICANT SIGNAGE OUT THERE DIRECTING PEOPLE TO THE KAMAN CITY HALL.
NOT ONLY OUTSIDE THE BUILDING BUT INSIDE THE BUILDING.
UM, WITHOUT LOOKING AT HOW THE, HOW THE PARKING LOT FRONT DOOR AND EVERYTHING LAY OUT.
NOT SURE WHERE THE BEST PLACE FRONT PARKING LOT IS TYPICALLY, EXCEPT ON THE JURY.
I MEAN ON THE COURT DAYS IS GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY, WE TRY TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY THROUGH THEIR BILLS AND ON WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK AND EVERYTHING.
BUT I'M SURE IT'LL BE A CHALLENGE TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE THAT TEMPORARY, ABOUT THE TIME WE WERE READY TO MOVE INTO THE NEW ONE FIGURED OUT, THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO.
SO THE NEW CITY HALL IS GONNA ENCOMPASS THE VACANT LOT THAT Y'ALL HAVE NOW.
THE STREET BETWEEN THE OLD CITY HALL AND THE OLD CITY HALLS ALTOGETHER.
THERE A FIRE DEPARTMENT RIGHT THERE.
THEY HAVE A, DO THEY HAVE A, LIKE A MAYBE AN EMPTY OFFICER PARKING DOWNTOWN.
WELL, EVEN I'M ASKING IF THEY DID, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR WATER DEAL AND PUT IT RIGHT THERE.
THE DROPBOX OR PA AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S COMING THERE ALREADY A BIG SIGN.
GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR, MOST OF YOUR TRAFFIC THAT MIGHT ELIMINATE A LOT OF ITS COMING OUT THERE FOR YOU.
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WHEN THEY MADE THE TOUR, THE FACILITY, UH, THEY HAD INDICATED THAT IF THEY HAD THAT, THAT FIRST ROOM OR THE ROOM NUMBER 26, UH, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE PUBLIC, THEY HAD, UH, THEY LOOKED AT THE PA WINDOW THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS AREA.AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE DOING THE SAME THING.
YOU, IT HAD TO BE DISCUSSED WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, CUTTING ROOM, TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY PUTTING IN A WINDOW WITH A LITTLE SLOT SLIDE TRACK WITH PAPERWORK.
IS THERE A PAINT WINDOW OUT THERE NOW? UH, NO SIR.
MATERIAL, RIGHT? IT'S A SOLID.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING.
BUT YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT THERE COULD BE ONE ADDED ON? LEMME SEE.
THEY JUST SAW WHAT WE HAD ON THAT MAIN HALL THAT THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE SAME THING RIGHT THERE OUT OF THAT ROOF, OFF THAT MAIN HALLWAY SOLVED ALL RE WHAT ABOUT THE SECURITY AT DOOR ONE DOOR ONE HAVE A KEY CARD DOOR.
ONE IS EITHER HAVE TO HAVE A KEY CARD OR THERE'S A BUZZER THAT YOU COULD PUSH FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.
UH, I'M, I'M CERTAIN THAT THERE ARE, BECAUSE OF THE VACANCIES, THERE ARE PROBABLY MONITORS THAT, THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
I DUNNO IF IT HAS IN THEIR STORAGE OR SO FORTH, WHICH WOULD JUST BE BASICALLY RUNNING A PHONE BAR AND JUST DROPPING IT.
YOU COULD UH, TIE IN A BUTTON FOR THE MAIN DOOR OUT, OUT IN THE LOBBY, UH, IN FRONT OF DOOR ONE AND THEN BUS WHEREVER YOU NEED.
THAT ALWAYS CONFUSES PEOPLE THOUGH BECAUSE THEY COME AROUND TO MY OFFICE AND SAY, WELL THERE WE CAN'T GET INTO PUBLIC WORKS.
YEAH, THEY DON'T REALIZE SIGN BUTTON.
YEAH, THEY YOU NEED A BIGGER SIGN THAT SAYS BUTTON, I GUESS LIKE THE DEVIL OVER HERE READ SIGNS.
MATERIAL THEY DO Y'ALL SAY NO, I GET, WE PUBLIC, WE GOT SIGNS ON THE DOOR.
Y'ALL ALREADY NOT LOT TO WORK OUT WITH THE CITY.
YEAH, WE DO, BUT IT KIND OF GIVES US ALL A LITTLE BIT BETTER IDEA ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
AND AS I SAY ON THE AGENDA MONDAY I PUT ON THERE, UH, TO DISCUSS, BEGIN DISCUSSION WITH CITY OF CAMAN CONCERNING THE USE OF THE SOUTH CAMPUS AS A TEMPORARY CITY HALL AND WITH THE DETAILS TO BE WORKED OUT WITH, UH, OUR ATTORNEY AND, AND THE CITY'S ATTORNEY.
AND, UH, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, THERE'S ONE OTHER THING, UH, UH, THAT OBVIOUSLY, AND I THINK, I DON'T REMEMBER WHETHER I GAVE Y'ALL A COPY OF, UH, THAT OR NOT THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD ON THE, UH, OLD JAIL.
WHAT DID I DO WITH IT? THE WATER LINE.
I THINK I MENTIONED THAT YOU YEAH.
ARE Y'ALL AWARE OF THIS? YOU'VE SEEN, YOU MENTIONED TO ME THAT THIS EXISTS, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT.
THIS IS AN GRIEVANCE THAT THE, UH, COUNTY OF KAMAN AND THE CITY OF KAMAN ENTERED BACK IN JANUARY OF WHAT? 2004.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT 12 YEARS? ONE MORE AND, UH, READ THROUGH IT.
CAN I GET A MOST OF DOLLAR SIGNS? AND THAT'S ON PAGE TWO, PART TWO.
THAT'S WHERE IT, I SAID 12 AND UH, JOANNE, DO YOU REMEMBER THE DETAILS? KIND OF NOT.
UH, I WAS THINKING, I REALIZE 15 YEARS ALREADY REALLY ALREADY EXPIRED, ENTERED FOUR AND EXPIRED 15 YEARS.
SO, UM, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE EXTENSION OF 16 INCH WATER RUN, UH, THINK WE INCREASED THE 16, BUT THAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS OUR COST IN 12 INCHES DRIVE GEL.
I'M SURE WE HAD WATER CAPACITY EXCEPT FOR FUTURE EXPANSION, BUT UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S STILL ON THE BOOKS.
SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING I GUESS WE'LL NEED TO GET OUR ATTORNEYS TO WORK THROUGH THIS IS THAT I'M, AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST I LAID OUT ON NUMBER THREE.
THIS IS TO BE PAID THROUGH THE IMPACT FEE THAT WE COLLECT OFF OF
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THAT NUMBER, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE ON THAT.
I SUPPOSE THE, THIS WATERLINE SERVES SOME OF THE WALMART AREA AND I'M NOT SURE WHATABURGER BROWN.
ANYWAY, THIS JUST KIND OF CAME UP JUST AS A MATTER OF JUST FOUND IT.
SO I, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT TO ME AND MIKE SAID HE HAD IT, SO I'M, I'M SURE HE WILL HAVE A ANSWER ON IT.
ALRIGHT, WE NEED TO JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S OUT THERE THAT YOU JUST NEED, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF.
I MEAN IF YOU WANNA WRITE US CHECKITY AND SECURITY PURPOSES, IF ABLE TO WORK THIS OUT, WHAT IS CURRENTLY, UH, VOTING EQUIPMENT STORAGE ROOM TWO, IF THAT COULD BE RELOCATED TO ROOM 26 ACROSS THE HALL OR WHATEVER AREA THAT WAS AVAILABLE, YOU COULD PUT THAT CLERK'S WINDOW RIGHT THERE IN THE LOBBY.
ONE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE BACK.
YEAH, WE COULD PERHAPS, I'LL CHECK AND SEE WHAT'S IN FAR AS, UM, DURING THE DAY.
IS THIS DOOR LEFT? I MEAN COMPLETELY UNLOCKED ALL PEOPLE DOOR NUMBER ONE, UHHUH? NO MA'AM.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
OH, DURING THE DAY? YES MA'AM.
IT'S, IT'S ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED.
IT UNLOCKS THE EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND IT LOCKS AT, UH, 4:30 PM IN EVENING.
AND SO IT CAN CONTROL THAT AND CHANGE IT, WHATEVER.
AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE WHEN WE HAD A NINE MEETING OF COURSE, EXACTLY.
I, REGARDING OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT THOUGH, THAT LET'S, LET'S OUT.
WHAT? WELL, I MEAN THAT INFORMATION WE FOUND AND FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO SHARE AND UH, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE TALKING TO LEE THE OTHER DAY, I THINK THERE IS INTEREST IN EXTENDING THAT WATER LINE DOWN TO OPEN UP SOME MORE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ON PAST THE JAIL, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, GOOD THING THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT BACK IN THOSE DAYS.
NEED TO BUILD A WATERLINE, DO THAT.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? I, SIR, THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING COMMISSIONERS.
AND AGAIN, WE, WE'LL HAVE THIS ON OUR AGENDA MONDAY JUST TO KIND OF GET, GET IT STARTED AND UH, BUT IF YOU'RE MOVING ON OCTOBER THE 31ST, WE, WE NEED TO BE OUTTA THE BUILDING OCTOBER 3RD.
SO WE'VE GOT QUITE, DO YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS I KNOW, BOBBY, THE ROOMS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE OTHER THAN OH YEAH.
THEY NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
HARVEST CLEANED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WAS GONNA ASK ONE QUESTION REAL QUICK.
RIGHT NOW ON ROOMS 13 AND 14, THOSE STAY PRETTY BUT PRE REGULAR RIGHT? 13 AND 14, IF YOU COULD TAKE FOUR AND 23 AND MOVE THEM TO 13 AND 14 TEMPORARILY, THAT WOULD OPEN THAT WHOLE AREA.
14 IS BEING USED BY MY, UH, PART-TIME FILE CLERK THAT COMES IN TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK AND DOES FILES AND, UH, 13 IF APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
IT IS WHEREBY NEW EMPLOYEES GONNA GO.
THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE ON COURT ON THIS, UH, JUDGE.
BOBBY, WE UH, NEXT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO JUDGE ADAMS, WE GOT A LITTLE LONGER TALK WITH YOU IF YOU WANNA SIT UP HERE IN THE SEAT SEAT FAR BACK HERE.
WHERE IS HE AT THE YEAH, NO, HE'S IN THE BACK OF THE SECOND DAY WHERE HE WAS ORIGINALLY.
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COME IN YOUR NEXT JOB RIGHT? YOU WHAT YOU WANT? WANT GIMME I'LL TAKE ANY COLOR.SO, UH, LEMME JUST SAY EVERYTHING DOING HERE, YOU HADN'T BEEN HERE.
UH, STARTED WHAT, NOVEMBER AGO.
GOT BEEN HERE ABOUT, WHAT, SIX MONTHS? SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS I GUESS.
GOT A LOT OF, LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR AND SO FORTH.
UH, SO FIRST THING I NOTICED HERE IS THE CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE, UH, INCREASED INCREASE THAT, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE A SALE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO ROLL OUT, WHICH WILL HAVE OUR WORK ORDER TICKETS.
AND BOTH OF THE GUYS THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE NEW, NO, THEY GOT THE FLIP PHONE.
THEY GOT THE OLD FLIP PHONE, SO THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE, UH, THE COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM THE PHONE AND SEE WHAT TICKETS WE HAVE OPEN OR WHATNOT.
SO I WAS JUST ASSUMING THEY WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE GUYS TECHNOLOGY.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, ACCESSIBLE WHEREVER THEY'RE AT IN THE COUNTY.
THE PHONES WHAT THEY HAVE? NO, THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY PERSONAL.
SO THIS WOULD COVER THEM WITH, I MEAN THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
UH, WHICH IS, WAS THE $75 ALLOWANCE, UH, THEN THE, UH, THE CAR ALLOWANCE AND IT'S 3,600.
UH, I KNOW ONE OF THESE IS WITH PAUL.
THAT'S THE THIRD ONE THAT, UH, YEAH, THAT FOR HIS PICKUP THAT DAY.
UH, 3,600 IS UH, WHO'S THAT FOR? UH, FRED.
AND FRED USES HIS VEHICLE TO, UH, SOMETIMES TO, HE PICKS UP MAIL WITH IT? YES, SIR.
SOMETIMES HE, WHEN HE DELIVERS MAIL, NOT ALL THE TIME, SOMETIMES HE USE THE COUNTY VEHICLE.
SO HE'S KIND OF A 50 50 VEHICLE.
EVERY PERCENT OF THE TIME HE USE TRUCK TIME.
SO PAUL DOESN'T HAVE A COUNTY VEHICLE USE.
HE WOULD I GUESS USE GUN VEHICLE, TAKE EMERGENCIES.
JUST BRING REAL QUICK, ME AND PAUL HAD DISCUSSION YESTERDAY AFTER, UM, HE SAID HE IS GONNA RETIRE RIGHT.
UM, SAID HE'S GONNA, UM, SO END OF THE YEAR I SUSPECT THAT HE'LL BE THE BUDGET.
UM, I, I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM ABOUT DOING OTHER THINGS, UM, GAVE HIM, WELL FOR BUDGET PURPOSES, I GUESS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BUDGET THIS
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
YEAH, NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE OFFICE CLERK AND UH, SALARY ON THE MAINTENANCE, IS THAT, SO THE OFFICE CLERK, WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT DOING THERE IS I'VE BEEN CURRENTLY USING ONE OF JIMMY'S LADIES.
SHE HAS BASICALLY BUILT THE WHOLE BACKBONE OF THIS SYSTEM THAT WE'VE GOT.
WE'RE GONNA FIRE UP REAL QUICK.
UH, WHERE REQUEST FOR REPAIR FOR SENT TO YES.
SO CURRENTLY SHE'S BEEN KIND OF HELPING US OUT WITH ALL THAT, BUT SHE'S ALSO BEEN BUILDING THIS NETWORK.
WE'RE GONNA USE THIS COMPUTER PROGRAM.
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SHE'S INPUTTED ALL THE DATA, SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING.SO IT'S GONNA BE REAL SIMPLICITY ONCE WE GET IT GOING, BUT WE'RE STILL GONNA NEED SOMEBODY TO MANAGE THAT, THAT SOFTWARE BY, UM, UPDATING PERSONNEL.
AND I, I GUESS I DID GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN ON THE SOFTWARE BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER.
YEAH, THERE'S KIND OF A BRIEF.
SO, SO BASICALLY THE SOFTWARE IS, IS UM, THE, THE DIRECTOR AND ONE OF THEIR SUPERVISORS OR LEADS WILL HAVE AN ICON ON THEIR DESKTOP.
SO IF A TAKE LAURIE FOR EXAMPLE, SHE'S GOT BIRDS IN HER CEILING RIGHT THERE.
SO ON THIS, ON THIS SOFTWARE, WE SAY HER HAIR OR HER
SO ON THIS, ON THIS SOFTWARE, YOU WOULD'VE ONE ON YOUR ICON THE OTHER DAY AN ICON ON YOUR DESKTOP.
YOU DOUBLE CLICK ON THE ICON, IT OPENS UP AND IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY IT HAS ALL OF THE COUNTY LOCATIONS, EVERY BUILDING THAT WE HAVE AND IT'S EVEN BROKE DOWN INTO, YOU KNOW, LIKE HR, UH, AUDITOR'S, OFFICE, COMMISSIONER'S, OFFICE, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF.
AND THEN YOU WOULD SELECT THAT LOCATION AND THEN THERE'S A DROPDOWN MENU WITH TYPICAL TROUBLE ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, WATER LEAK, SEWER BACKED UP, TOILET OVERFLOWING, BLAH BLAH BLAH, BLAH.
AND THEN YOU CAN SELECT THAT AND IF THERE, THE ITEM YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS ON THERE AND YOU CAN SELECT THAT ITEM AND THEN THERE'S AN OPTION IN THE BOTTOM TO PUT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS ISN'T URGENT BUT WE NEED THIS DONE BY THE END OF THE WEEK OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU CAN HIT SUBMIT.
WELL WHEN YOU HIT SUBMIT, THAT GOES INTO THE SYSTEM AND IT CREATES A WORK ORDER TICKET.
AND WHEN IT HITS THAT WORK ORDER TICKET, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL GO IN THERE AND I'LL PRIORITIZE THE WORK ORDER TICKETS AND ASSIGN MY GUYS TO THOSE WORK ORDER TICKETS AND HENCE THEM HAVING THE PHONE, THEY CAN JUST WRITE UP ON THE PHONE AND GO, YOU KNOW, HERE I'VE GOT THIS, THIS, THIS AND THIS AND DUE TODAY BASED OFF THESE WORK ORDER TICKETS.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM.
UM, BUT WHAT ALICIA WOULD DO WOULD BE ONE TO BE ANSWERING ANY PHONE CALLS.
'CAUSE PEOPLE STILL CALL ALL DAY EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO EMAIL US THAT WAY WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, BUT PEOPLE STILL CALL HER, UM, ANSWER THE PHONES, UH, PAPERWORK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GOT ALL THESE RECEIPTS THAT WE GO BUY MATERIAL WITH AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, SHE INPUTS THOSE INTO THE, UH, WE'VE GOT AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT WE'RE RUNNING THAT TALLIES ALL THAT.
SO WE'VE GOT A CURRENT UP TO DATE WHERE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR BUDGET.
UM, BUT TO ALSO MAINTAIN THAT TICKET SYSTEM, UM, WITH UPDATES OF, UH, WORK ORDERS AND STUFF.
THAT WAY STUFF DOESN'T GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE.
YOU HAVE THREE OR FOUR THINGS HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME.
SO THIS, IN THIS CURRENT LADY, WHOEVER IT IS, IS UH, CURRENTLY AN EMPLOYEE OF PRECINCT? UH, ONE.
AND, UH, SO SHE WOULD BECOME AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THE NEW BUDGET.
AND SO NOW THERE'S TWO PEOPLE OUT THERE, JIMMY, DO YOU HAVE, UH, A FULL-TIME AND SHE'S PART-TIME.
AND THIS IS THE SALARY THAT UH, YES, SIR.
I TALKED TO THESE GUYS ABOUT IT.
SO I MEAN I HADN'T SAID ANYTHING TO HER ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THEN THE SECOND POSITION IS THAT ANOTHER, UH, FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE PERSON THAT'S A FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE PERSON.
SO, WHICH I TOTALLY THINK YOU NEED.
I MEAN, AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO MAKE OUR BUILDINGS, UH, BETTER, I KNOW WE KEEP PEOPLE, PEOPLE GOING.
UM, AND UH, NOW THIS OF COURSE THIS, THESE NUMBERS DO NOT INCLUDE THE FRINGE BENEFITS.
YOU KNOW, WE ENCOURAGE DO YOU'RE ADDING ANOTHER 10, 15,000 BUCKS, UH, TO IT, YOU KNOW, BUT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT.
WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE HAD KIND OF ONE OF THESE POSITIONS AND WE DO IT RIGHT AND WE, AND HAVE ALL THE CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD IN AND WE HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND CUT DOWN ON THE OUTSIDE WORK.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS BACK, I BELIEVE, BELIEVE, SAY THAT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKER AND BE PROBABLY DO A BETTER REPAIR.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE OUR FACILITY APPEARANCE APPROVED ALREADY GOING THERE.
I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE, WE'VE GOT TONS.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS ALL KNOW WE HAD TONS OF PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO.
YOU HAVE TO PUT OUT THE BIG FIRE AS FAR AS IT, AND YOU PUT THE PROJECTS ON, YOU PRIORITIZE FIRE.
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ALRIGHT.ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON DOWN? BY THE WAY, I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM UH, UH, SEAN AND THEY, HE'S HELPING KAUFMAN PD.
THEY'VE GOT AN ELDERLY PERSON THEY'RE OUT SEARCHING FOR, SO HE MAY NOT BE HERE, BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHANGES IN HIS, UH, CHANGES ANYWAY.
SO, AND HE MAY BE HERE DEPENDING IF THEY FIND THIS ELDERLY PERSON, BUT HE JUST, UH, ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THE CAR PEOPLE, UH, THE CAR POLICY? UH, YOU ALSO WOULD, UH, MY, THE COMPUTER SYSTEM PROGRAM, WE HAVE AN INSTRUCTION COMPUTER IF YOU DECIDED TO DO THAT.
WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE, UH, DOCUMENTATION OF ALL THE MAINTENANCE, NONE THE VEHICLES.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION.
I'VE NOT HEARD THAT DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A SUGGESTION SHE DIDN'T WANT IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE DIDN'T SAY SHE DIDN'T WANT IT.
SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT ROTATE OIL.
IT'S TOO YEAH, BUT IT MAKES SENSE.
I MEAN I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.
ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S, UH, SOFTWARE IS RIGHT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WAS TALKING TO, UH, ALICIA ABOUT WHEN SHE WAS BUILDING THIS BACKBONE ON THAT SYSTEM IS, IS IF WE DECIDED TO DO THIS, WE WOULD'VE A HUNDRED PERCENT DOCUMENTATION OF EVERY TIME A VEHICLE, THE OILS CHANGED, TIRES ROTATED, A NEW STARTER PUT ON IT, AN ALL DAY, THE TRANSMISSIONS REBUILT, WHATEVER.
WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT DOCUMENTATION TO GO WITH THAT CAR WHEN IT GOES TO AUCTION.
YOU GOTTA, YOU PROBABLY GONNA GET A LITTLE MORE MONEY FOR IT BECAUSE IT HAS A COMPLETE WELL WE KNOW THE CARS GET RID OF BECAUSE OF THEIR HISTORY.
AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S TOTALLY TAKING GOOD MAINTENANCE.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I SAID AND THAT'S WHAT I'M, UH, LEAVES US LINE ON WHO'S DRIVING AND WHO'S TEARING UP OR WHO'S DOING NOT.
ANYTHING WENT ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE PART OF IT.
SO WE PUTTING HIM A, UH, PERSONALLY THERE TO DO THE ALL CHANGES AND HELPED HIM WITH THAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO ADD THAT IN THERE ALSO.
WELL, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY, ABOUT THE LOCATION OF IT.
AND I HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE SHOP THAT SOUTH, THE SOUTH CAMPUS, UH, AS FAR AS IT BEING MA READY TO START SERVICING THE VEHICLE? BE SOME MORE.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME OPTIONS THERE WE CAN PROBABLY LOOK AT.
BUT ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THAT ON IF WE ADDED THE PERSON? 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE THEM GOING OUT ALL OVER THE COUNTY, UH, EXCEPT PRIMARILY FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WHICH SERVICE THEIR OWN.
UH, BUT I THINK THE AUDITOR INDICATED THEY GO EVERYWHERE TO GET OIL CHANGED AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UH, ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THAT ON? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK, UH, HOW MANY VEHICLES Y'ALL ANTICIPATE THIS MEETING? WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE QUESTION RIGHT THERE, IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH WHO'S GOING GONNA DO ALL OF THEM, OR ARE WE GONNA DEPART ALL MEANING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? YEAH.
WHY? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING THEIR, WELL, I MEAN, IF THEY'RE DOING GOOD, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING HOME FACILITY, EVEN EVERY PLACE YOU GO, EVERY CITY COUNTY DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
WHETHER THEY'RE SHERIFF VEHICLES OR ROAD VEHICLES.
THEY ALL COME INTO THE MAINTENANCE AND GET BREEZE AND TIRED.
I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TELL 'EM HOW TO RUN THEIR CARS.
NO, NO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT EITHER.
BUT I MEAN, RIGHT NOW TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UH, THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THEIR CARS.
I DIDN'T SAY WHAT AND SO I, I'M HESITANT TO MOVE SOMETHING THIS FIRST YEAR AT LEAST.
LOOK AT THE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE NOW.
NOT COUNTING THE SHERIFF'S VEHICLE THAT I, I WOULD, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY VEHICLES, HOW MANY VEHICLES ASIDE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SERVICING YOUR, YOUR PRECINCT TRUCKS? WELL, WE COULD, EVEN THOUGH MY MECHANIC DOES IT, WE COULD, I THINK THE, THE BIG TRUCKS, I THINK THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY WON'T HANDLE.
MAYBE THEY'RE PICKUP, PICKUP PICKUPS AND THE CARS AND VA CARS AND THE, I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL HAS CARS.
I, I DON'T MAINLY YOU GIVE US A NUMBER ROUND, ROUND NUMBER NUMBER MINUS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, I CAN GO MINUS OUR, OUR BIG TRUCKS PICK INCLUDE CONSTABLES AND UH, YEAH, YEAH.
CONSTABLES CARS, FIRE MARSHALS AND WHITE OFFICERS AND THE, WELL I GUESS OFFICERS, THEY STAY UP THERE, BUT, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS, STUFF LIKE THAT, IT'S GONNA BE A UNRU VEHICLES.
WELL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU JUST GET IT TOTALLY EXPANDED, THEN IT WON'T MATTER WHOSE CAR IT
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IS.EVEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, IF, IF, IF THE MOTOR POOL WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CARS, SO THEY JUST CALLED AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED A CALL.
DO THEY HAVE ONE GUY THERE THAT DOES THAT? THAT'S ALL HE DOES? OR, UH, I'M NOT NOT SURE.
I THINK THEY HAVE ONE OR TWO SHERIFF OFFICE.
AND THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE ONE.
I MEAN, THEY LIVE WITH THE, I I THINK IT'S, IT'S ONE FULL TIME PERSON THAT'S ALL THEY DO IS MAINTENANCE.
WELL, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T REALLY DO THEY HAVE SOCIETY? THEY HAVE A MAINTENANCE.
WELL, WE SHOULD MAKE DONE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THAT.
BUT THEY DO HAVE A, AND I JUST HATE FOR US.
WE PRODUCE EVERYTHING AT ONCE.
IF WE COULD GET THE PROGRAM GOING BECAUSE THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY COULD END UP BEING AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN A BIGGER FACILITY, YOU KNOW, JUST A BIGGER FACILITY.
I'M DON'T, NO, AND I'M, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU DO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T BITE OFF MORE THAN WE CHEW.
I MEAN, I'D SUGGEST STARTING OUT WITH ONE EMPLOYEE AND THEN WE CAN GET A GRIP ON GO.
AND I THINK, UH, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS, AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT WHAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE DONE, MAKE THAT SHOP READY TO GO.
UH, SOME OF THIS MONEY THAT WE RECEIVING FROM THE CITY, IF WE FU SHOP, I DON'T ALL ONLY ONE LIFT AND ONE ONE ON THE BAG.
SO IT JUST HAS TWO BAGS BUT ONLY ONE LIFT.
BUT WE ONLY HAVE, IT'S AN ANTIQUE.
IT'S NOT THE MOST SAFE NEED REPLACE THE LIFT YOU LIFT.
AND, AND, AND WE CAN CHANGE ALL THAT.
AND IF WE NEED TO, I MEAN PROBABLY ADD SOME OVER THAT AREA BACK THERE TOO.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE, IF WE DECIDE, OH YEAH, THERE WE MIGHT WANT LOOK AT THE, BUT IF HAD, IF YOU HAD 40 CARS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT EVEN TALKING A CAR ABOUT, UNTIL WE GET TO THE REAL BUDGET, KIND OF GIVE US SOMETHING SO THAT CAN GO CHECK OUT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
TO BE INVESTIGATE WHAT YOU THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE THAT A BUDGET.
WE GOT FOUR MONTHS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
SO, UH, WHAT ABOUT, I KNOW ANOTHER TOPIC THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OFF AND ON NOW FOR, FOR YEARS IS THE CLEANING OF FILLING.
AND I THINK YOU MIGHT FORGOT, SO I FORGOT TOO.
THE ONES ON THERE THAT'S CLEANING OUR AND FAILED TO TAKE THE TRASH IN AND THEY KEEP, THEY TAKE THE BAGS AND SET 'EM IN THE, IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND LEAVE.
WELL, WE'VE CARRIED AROUND THE GIRLS AND THE TAX OFFICER CARRIED AROUND TO THE SIDE, SET 'EM ON THE SIDE, AND THEY'RE STILL SITTING OVER ON THE SIDE.
NO, AND I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT AND WELL, NO, THEY'RE ACTUALLY FILLED UP THE TRAY CANS ON THE SIDE OVER IN THE GARDEN INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM IN THE, I DUNNO.
I JUST, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED.
WE WROTE NOTES, MESSAGES ON THAT TO CLEAN ALL THAT UP.
CAN YOU TELL US THE HISTORY OF THIS AND KIND OF WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON, WE LOOKED INTO GETTING A JANITORIAL SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND IT NEVER COULD GET A FULL UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT LEVEL OF CLEAN WAS WANTED BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY, THERE'S SOME PAPERWORK WHERE DON'T BUY BOARD AND DIFFERENT PLACES AND PEOPLE COME OUT AND LOOK AT SOME, BUT I, I THINK JACK HAD HAD A DIFFICULT TIME ACTUALLY GETTING IT NAILED DOWN AS TO WHAT, WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE YOU WANT.
YOU KNOW, S***T MAY WANT ONE WAY.
KENNETH MAY WANT IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
BUT SOMEBODY, IT'S KINDA LIKE GOING, I KNOW IT'S KINDA LIKE GOING TO A CAR WASH.
YOU THEN GO IN THERE AND THEY SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY BRING IT OUT THE OTHER END AND IT'S THAT DIRTY SPOT.
WELL, WE DON'T CLEAN THAT PART.
I SAID, WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T CLEAN THAT PART? IF YOU CLEAN SOMETHING, YOU CLEAN IT.
IT IT IS, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TO ME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WELL IT'S NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WINDOWS CARPET, I MEAN SOMETHING OTHER THAN YOUR DATE.
DO YOU HAVE MANY BLINDS? DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A BUNCH OF A LA CAR STUFF TO IT THAT ADDS ON THE EXPENSE.
WHOEVER'S COME UP WITH A NEW ADMISSION TO START ITEMIZING IT EVERY SINGLE THING THROUGH A HOUSE.
YOU DON'T EVEN HIRE, HIRE CLEAN HOUSE.
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WE REALLY MESSED UP.WELL, THESE PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SERVICES.
YEAH, THEY ARE EXPENSIVE, BUT I TO WHAT THEY DO FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE AN IDEA.
I DUNNO, MAYBE BOBBY'S COME UP WITH SOME GOOD IDEA THOUGH.
WELL, WE HAVE SOME SECURE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED DURING THE DAY.
THAT'S THE ARE THERE NIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'S MY BIGGEST CRAP IS EVERYBODY IN THE SOUTHERN COURTHOUSE LOCKS THEIR DOOR.
SO WHEN THE CLEANING PEOPLE COME IN, GUESS, GUESS WHAT? THEY GET TO CLEAN THE HALLWAY.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE HALLWAY.
BUT Y'ALL JUST WANT THIS CLEAN.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF SILLY.
AND IT'S KIND OF SILLY ALSO TO GIVE A PERSON A KEY TO THE BUILDING THAT HAS NO SECURITY, NO CLEARANCES, NO NOTHING.
AND THEY COME IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, YOU GO IN THERE AND THEIR WHOLE FAMILY'S SITTING IN THERE ON YOUR DESK.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
EACH AND EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR OWN NEEDS AND WALLS, ISSUES, NEEDS, WHATEVER.
SO IT, WE MAKE A UNIFORM DIFFICULT TO DO, BE CLEANED DURING THE DAY.
IF YOU DON'T WANT CLEAN AND IT WON'T GET CLEANED, YOU DO IT YOURSELF.
AND EVERYBODY SAID, WELL, I DON'T WANT THE BANK CLEANER EVERY DAY.
WELL THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WELL THAT'S NO THE VACUUM CLEANER.
WELL THAT IS, THAT IS AN ISSUE HERE IT IS HERE.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE AND THEY CRANK UP THE VACUUM CLEANER, YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING.
YOUR OFFICE AND ALL UP HERE SHUT DOWN THE HALLWAY.
PRIME EXAMPLE, I HAD THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN MY OFFICE IN A PRIVATE MEETING AND THEY WALK IN TO GET MY GARBAGE AND TURN ON THE VACUUM CLEANER.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE I'M DISRESPECTFUL.
WELL, BOBBY, DO YOU, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? WOULD YOU, MAYBE YOU AND LISA GET TOGETHER AND TALK THROUGH THE, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S COUPLE OPTIONS.
YOU KNOW, ONE, WE COULD BASIC HIRE SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND DO IT.
OR WE COULD JUST HIRE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE, TWO OR THREE PEOPLE, GET A COMPANY, YOU KNOW, A COUNTY VEHICLE, LOAD UP THE VAN UP AND CLEAN THE SUPPLIES AND HAVE 'EM GO TO HONY, LIKE A SCHEDULE.
THEY JUST THROW, ROTATE AROUND AND THEY CLEAN, CLEAN THE WHOLE COUNTY.
AND I GUESS THAT THE SCHEDULE, IF YOU ACTUALLY HAD A SCHEDULE, YOU COULD PROBABLY LIVE WITH VACUUM CLEANERS AND THINGS.
'CAUSE YOU'D KNOW WHEN THEY WERE COMING AND YOU COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE OUR OFFICE, OUR CREW STARTS AT SEVEN, SO I'LL MAKE VICKY START AT SEVEN.
SOME COURTHOUSE ISN'T THERE YET.
BUT NOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY THERE THOUGH.
SO THEY COULD COME RUN THE VACUUMING CLEANERS AND EVERYTHING BEFORE THEY EVEN COME IN.
THE, THE ISSUE BECOMES THE ACCOUNTABILITY PART OF IT.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE CALL WHERE SOMETHING WASN'T CLEAN.
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOTTA BE PART OF THAT.
I'M TRYING TO FIND, I'VE NEVER MET A GUY THAT CLEAN IN TERRIBLE.
I GET CATCH I, I'VE BEEN THERE THERE EIGHT O'CLOCK I DROPPED, GOT BAD.
THERE WASN'T ANY REASON FOR ME TO SPEND THAT.
HE IS, I CAN NEVER, YOU KNOW, IF WE HOLD HIS CHECK, IT'LL PROBABLY SHOW UP HIS NUMBER YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR SNE? IS THAT WHO IT IS? YEAH, I HAVE HIS NUMBER AND UM, HE'LL USUALLY CALL BACK.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT WHENEVER COMMISSIONER SHANE WAS UPSET WITH HIS, I CALLED HIM AND I SAID, JUST STOP DOING THE, THEY DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, IN THE, THE CAMP, NOBODY'S THERE.
THE CAMP OFFICES IS WHERE WE HAD THE ISSUE IN THE IRS BECAUSE THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO US BY THE LADY THAT RUNS THE ENVIRONMENTAL THING.
SHE WAS DOING A DBA, BUT SHE COULDN'T PROVIDE THE PAPERWORK THAT IT WAS LEGITIMATE.
SO SHE HAD TO GIVE ME HER TAX RETURN SO I COULD PROVE IT TO THE IRS THAT SHE DID THROUGH THAT MONEY.
HOW MUCH MONEY DO, DO HAVE ON HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT COUNTYWIDE ON CLEAN? RIGHT NOW? YOU FOR ALL? NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING, IT'S GOING TO BE KIND, UH, A MIND BLOWER WHEN YOU SEE THE, THE MAINTENANCE AND THE CLEANING THAT'S IN THIS DEPARTMENT, PLUS THE OUTLYING AREAS THAT WE PAY BY CONTRACT.
ANGIE, PREVIOUS TO ERIC WILLIAMS, THE JANITORIAL STAFF CAME IN LIKE THREE TO 11.
AND THEN WHEN ALL OF THAT HAPPENED, THEY WEREN'T, THEY DIDN'T FEEL SAFE COMING AT NIGHT BY THEMSELVES.
THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION AGAIN, TO, TO CHANGE THEIR SCHEDULE FOR WHERE THEY DO GO INTO THE NIGHT SO THEY CAN VACUUM 'EM AFTER PEOPLE ARE GONE.
AND PRIOR, AND WE ALSO HAD AN ISSUE WITH SOME PEOPLE, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE ALL HERE, BUT MAKING SURE THEY STAYED TILL 11.
AND SO WE NOW HAVE THE CAMERAS AND THE CLOCKS, I GUESS.
AND WE WERE, WHILE WE WERE SEEING THEY WERE LEAVING MAYBE ABOUT SEVEN AND THEN
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COMING BACK AND YOU KNOW, CHECKING OUT.SO, YOU KNOW, BUT I MEAN THAT NO DO HAVE, WELL, AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
IF WE, IF WE DO HAVE COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY CHECKING ON THEM WELL, AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY THEY CAN GET IN THE PLACES.
THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS, YOU KNOW, TOP SECRET.
AND WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE SECURITY ISSUE, YOU KNOW, SESSION THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT FINANCES AT THIS COUNTY.
I AM NOT OPENING MY OFFICE AT NIGHT FOR ANYBODY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN ON MY COMPUTER.
THEY HAVE DUG THROUGH MY DESK DRAWERS AND MY OFFICES ARE LOCKED NOW.
BUT THAT'S WHY IT CAME AT THREE.
SO THE PEOPLE THEY COULDN'T GET INTO AFTER FIVE, THEY COULD GET INTO BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE AND THEN THE OTHERS THAT THEY COULD, IF THEY CAME AFTER FIVE, THAT WAS PRIMARILY FORECAST.
AND WE CAN HAVE OUR OWN THERE TO DO IT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO, TO DO.
BOBBY AND LISA, I THINK THEY'LL DO, I THINK THEY'LL COME UP AND NOW'S THE TIME TO THEM.
NOW'S THE TIME AND WE CAN MOVE ON THEM.
BUT YEAH, NOW'S THE TIME TO DO, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OUR BUDGET TO SEE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
WELL, SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE UH, FUND LIKE TWO POSITIONS OR SOMETHING? WE'RE GOING, ONLY THING I SUGGEST IS IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO, YOU COULD ADD THEM IN SO WE COULD ADD MONEY INTO IT.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE A, WE HAVE THE IT OVER HERE IN THE OLD, OLD JAIL, YOU KNOW, AND I FORGET THE COMPLAINTS.
THEY NEVER TOUCH IT SOMETIMES.
I WENT OVER THERE OTHER DAY AND I WAS LIKE, OH GOSH.
BUT OH, I KNOW NOBODY, NOBODY, NOBODY THAT I EVER, WELL, LIKE I SAID, OTHER THAN HIM, I'VE NEVER HEARD POINT CLEANING IF YOU DON'T CLEAN.
BUT I THINK THE WHAT JIMMY SAID, WE PROBABLY NEED YOU LET YOU TWO GET TOGETHER AND COME ALONG LITTLE FURTHER AND SEE IF WE DO NEED TO COME BACK AND ADD SOME PEOPLE NEED TO SEE WHO WE HAVE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND IF WE, WELL I MEAN THAT THE PEOPLE WE HAVE CURRENTLY, WHAT LEVEL, THERE'S KYLE IS THE ONLY FULL-TIME PERSON WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
WHO DO YOU HAVE FOR THAT SORT OF THING? NOW YOU HAVE KAYO AND THEN THERE'S THE TWO LADIES THAT ARE PART-TIME.
HE'S NEVER FILLED WHEN TRI UP, UH, THEY TOOK THE MONEY AND USED IT FOR THE, FOR THE TEMP PEOPLE.
I'VE GOT BOTH TEMPS WORKING 20 HOURS TO FILL THAT.
THAT'S WHERE THE, BUT YEAH, SO I THINK ALL GOOD.
THOSE TWO WOMEN DO A GREAT JOB ON CLEANING THE THING, WORKING OUT.
THEY, THEY CAN TELL US THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND THEN WE CAN COME HAVE THEM BEFORE.
WE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT BEFORE THE BUDGET.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND HAVE ANOTHER LATER ON.
SO BETWEEN THAT TIME WE MEET, UH, WE'LL TRY TO GET, YOU KNOW, THIS NAILED DOWN.
I DON'T EXPECT WE'LL MEET FOR ANOTHER SEVERAL WEEKS.
UH, WE'VE GOTTA POST THE BUDGET BY THE END OF JULY, BUT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT 4, 5, 6 WEEKS TO WORK.
NOT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO, BUT WE'LL GET IT.
WHAT ELSE ON FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE? ONE THING REAL QUICK, I ESTIMATED ABOUT A HUNDRED VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT I THAT INCLUDE Y'ALL TOO.
AND I DON'T KNOW, WHAT ARE BIG TRUCKS THAT Y'ALL WOULDN'T INCLUDE? SO, OKAY.
HUNDRED BIG TRUCKS IS ALL THE DUMP TRUCKS THINGS ONLY FIT INTO THE BAS KNOW MINE THING HAS TRAILERS AND STUFF ON THERE TOO.
SO I JUST TRYING NOT COUNT THOSE.
SO I'M GONNA ESTIMATE ABOUT 150.
I GUESS THAT WOULD INCLUDE NOT ONLY SERVICING OF THE VEHICLE, CLEAN WASHING LOOK.
WE CAN UH, WE CAN PROBABLY EITHER WITH A HUNDRED FEET MEAN A HUNDRED VEHICLES, WE CAN PROBABLY USE TWO PEOPLE.
AND I'M TALKING DOING MECHANIC WORK.
WE'RE GONNA FIGURE IT OUT AND FIX IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? JUST, UM, YOU'D HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A LINE ITEM TOO ON THE, ON THE, ON THE TESTERS ON YOUR COMPUTER LAB OF CREAMS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE PLUG INTO 'EM.
HAVE THE RIGHT CARDS AND THE RIGHT PLUGS.
AND I'M SURE WE EVERY TIME CHECK HUNDRED DOLLARS.
THEY CHARGE YOU A HUNDRED BUCKS.
DON'T TAKE LONG TO PAY FOR A READER.
WE CAN PROBABLY BUY A READER THROUGH BUYBOARD.
YOU CAN BRING US SOME INFORMATION ON WHERE YOU AT ON THE CLEAN AND PUT WHERE YOU GOT ON THE CARD.
SO WE KIND HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT ALL THAT.
UH, ARE WE GONNA PUT ALL MEETING UP TO YOU, INCLUDING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR NO, SHERIFF, HE NOT TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE, TALKING ABOUT FACILITY.
BOBBY, YOU ALSO NEED TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER WHAT YOU PAY ANY.
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YES MA'AM.WHAT ABOUT THIS GARBAGE PICKUP? UH, AT THE BOTTOM, LIKE WE SPENT LESS, UH, A THIRD OF WHAT WE PROPOSED.
ARE WE, WHAT IS THE COUNTY? WHAT DOES THE COUNTY CLEAN UP MONEY COME FROM? WE GOT GENERAL, THE YEAR BEFORE YOU SPENT ACTUAL 13.
ONLY AFTER THE SIXTH COURSE WE GOT, THIS IS 3 31.
THAT ONLY YEAR, THAT'S ONLY HALF YEAR.
SO YOU'RE NOT SPENDING AT LEAST THAT.
YEAH, BUT I MEAN PICK UP LIBRARY.
I WAS SAY IT'S IN AT THE SUB SUPPORT HOUSE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY TRASH PICKUP.
EVERYBODY ELSE DUMPSTER AND THEN USED THERE, THERE WAS NO ROOM.
SO THEY BRING IT OVER THERE TO MY DUMPSTER, THE PEOPLE TO CLEAN THE BUILDING.
WELL I SAY KIND OF LIBRARY HAS A ANNUAL REPORT THAT THEY HAVE TO ITEMIZE WHAT THEY DO.
YOU KNOW, THE BREAKDOWN ON, OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE.
WE GOT TWO PEOPLE TALKING ASKING YOU QUESTION.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS 6398 50.
THAT'S WHAT DOES THAT PAY FOR? WHAT FACILITY? UP IN SI CAN PULL A FEW.
WELL IT PROBABLY JUST, I DUNNO WHAT IT'S, WELL I KNOW IT PROBABLY HERE, THE COURTHOUSE COURTHOUSE SOUTH IN THE SOUTH CAMPUS.
OH YEAH, IT COULD BE THE CAMP COURTHOUSE.
IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? DIFFERENT LOCATION? I DUNNO.
THIS ONE IS HUNDRED NORTH WASHINGTON THAT'S HERE UNDER THIS ONE'S THE HOTEL.
WELL, I WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY MOVING THEM UNDER? WELL, HAVING UNDER HIS AUTHORITY DIRECTION.
YOU CAN'T 'CAUSE THEY'RE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
WHAT? THEY HAVE TO BE UNDER THE SHERIFF, THE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE.
SO HE, THEY CAN'T BE UNDER, NO, THEY HAVE TO GUARD THE, THE INMATES THAT THEY BRING TO DO ALL THE MOWING AND CLEAN UP AND EDING OUT SOUTH CAMPUS AND STUFF.
AND THE LIBRARY IN HERE AND THE MEMORIAL VETERANS MEMORIAL.
I MEAN THEY HAVE TO WALK AROUND WITH THEIR GUNS TO WATCH ALL THESE.
BOBBY, LET ME ASK YOU, DO YOU, HAVE YOU TALKED WITH THE DEPUTIES AT, OR ANYBODY AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? I GUESS, UH, BRIAN WOULD BE THE PERSON, THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAS OUT THERE, UH, ABOUT YOU TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM.
WE HADN'T REALLY WORKED WITH THEM VERY MUCH.
UH, HAVE YOU ASKED HELP ANYTHING THEY REFUSED OR NO, NOT REALLY CONTACT, NO.
IF WE CALL OUT THERE AND ASKED FOR SOME HELP, THEY ALWAYS HELP.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED INMATES, THEY IN AND OUT, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY'VE HELPED US MOVE STUFF TOO.
WE, WE USE THOSE TESTS TO HELP MOVE BOXES, LIKE THE DISTRICT CLERK'S BOXES AND STUFF.
BE GIVING BOBBY, YOU KNOW, BOBBY, WHEN THEY HAVE AN ISSUE COME UP BY OUT THERE TO CLEAN OUT A PIPE, CLEAN OUT A YEAH.
A SEWER LINE OR DO SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT BOBBY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE GET OUR BEST.
I MEAN THAT CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE.
I THINK WE MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT THERE'S COMMUNICATION LINE BETWEEN YOU AND THEM.
AND IF I NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT MEETING, WHOEVER TO DO, IF WE'RE TO PAYING
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UN YOU GUYS, MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION WITH JIMMY JAMES.I GUESS HE'S LEAD, HE'S KIND OF THE LEAD GUY AND, UH, I, WE, WE NEED, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN, BUT THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHAT ALL, I MEAN THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A MAINTEN DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY MAY NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO.
AND AS WE BEEF UP YOUR DEPARTMENT, THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THEM AND THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT YOU CAN, THEY CAN DO FOR YOU.
SO I DO THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO BE, WELL THE BIGGEST THING THEY CAN DO FOR HIM RIGHT NOW IS THAT THEY HAVE X, Y, Z GUYS.
ONE IF HE COULD GO AND RETRIEVING THE ON THE AC HERE.
SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING WE NEED.
GET ON OUR PLATE AND START TALKING ABOUT A PUSHY THING.
YEAH, JUST LITTLE COMMUNICATION ALWAYS HELPS.
THE GARBAGE IS RUNNING WAY BEHIND.
WE RUNNING BEHIND ON THE INVOICES.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA PICK UP.
AND I THINK THEY EVEN MIGHT BEEN BUILDING OUT HOW MANY LOCATION.
BOBBY, ON THE NEXT PAGE, UH, THE OFFICE SUPPLY DESK FOR THE STARTING THE NEW OFFICE OF YEAH, WE HAVE NOTHING.
DO YOU HAVE A DESK? WE HAVE A DESK.
BUT THAT'LL BE JUST KIND GET OFF.
AND THEN TOOLS AT THE CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES, THAT EXTRA STUFF THAT YOU NEED.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS I'M WANT TO TRY TO GET STOCKED ITEMS RIGHT.
THAT WE CAN KEEP ON A SHELF IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
JUST LIKE WE, IF WE GOTTA DO PLUMBING, WE DON'T HAVE TO RUN THE AIDS AND GO PICK UP TWO, TWO COVERS OR A 90 ELBOW.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SUPPLIES.
SO I THINK IF I CAN, IF I CAN GET SOME STOCK BUILT UP THAT'S GONNA SAVE US QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.
'CAUSE I CAN BUY IT CHEAPER SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YOU JUST GRAB IT FROM THE SHOP AND BUILD IT.
YEAH, PART AND I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT TOO BECAUSE YOU GOT A PRETTY GOOD, UH, SKID STEERER.
SKID STEERER, YOU KNOW, AND SO YOU MAY WANT TO GO OUT AND JUST LOOK AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE.
BUT THEY, I THINK SOMEBODY TOLD ME, PAUL TOLD ME THEY HAD A PICKUP OUT THERE.
SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING THIS ONE.
AND SO ANY OF THAT STUFF, I MEAN THAT'S JUST A GOOD THING.
AND THEY MAY HAVE TOOLS, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE.
THEY HAD A TRAILER FULL OF TOOLS, DIDN'T THEY? ME.
SO AT ONE TIME AT, I THINK IT WAS ALL, I THINK TWO AUCTIONS AGO THAT'S ENDED UP.
SO FROM TIME TO TIME WE HAVE ONE TRAILER.
I THINK THAT WAS A SEIZURE TRAILER.
I JUST GOT, YOU JUST GOT ONE LITTLE FLAT BED.
SO, BUT I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY SEE STUFF, YOU KNOW, OR ANY OF THAT.
LEMME GO BACK ON THIS, UH, ON THE NEW POSITION, UH, THIS PERSON'S GOING TO BE LOCATED OUT, UH, WHERE THE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT ONE'S OFFICE IS LOCATED.
IS THAT PERSON ALSO GOING TO BE THE ASSISTANT FOR THE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT ONE OR THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? UH, OF COURSE SHE, SHE, I, I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PHONES ARE THERE.
SHE COULD ASK, SHE COULD BE A TEMP, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER MY ASSISTANT'S GONE.
I GUESS THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT RIGHT, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE KIND OF DOING THAT ANYWAY.
UM, SO, BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY DEPENDING ON WHAT WELL, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE GOES FULL TIME, IF THERE'S A NEED, I'VE STILL GOT PART-TIME MONEY, YOU KNOW, I CAN HIRE SOMEBODY PART-TIME TO FILL IN IF I NEED IT, BUT, OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR, OKAY.
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ANY OF OUR BARNS FOR MAINTENANCE, UPKEEP, REBUILDING, OR EXACTLY.NOTHING THAT'S GOING BE ON THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT GENERAL BUDGET.
AND WE WILL, WE'VE DEFINITELY GOTTA INCREASE THAT.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THERE THIS YEAR.
WE'VE DEFINITELY GOTTA DO, BECAUSE WE GOT SOME ROOF THAT WE'VE GOTTA REPLACE.
BUT THAT'LL BE IN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT OKAY.
NO, WE DON'T WANT MISS IT THEN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR UH, BOBBY? NO.
AND I TOLD THE COURT THE ESTERDAY ABOUT YOU KIND OF LOOKING AT IN, UH, BROADENING THE SIZE OF OUR DOWNSTAIRS COMMISSIONER'S ROOM BY TAKING THOSE WINDOWS OUT.
AND YES, LAURA'S GUARANTEES YOU THAT WE'RE GOING WIN THAT MONEY FROM ATTACK AND IF HE TURNED ME STUFF IN, I DIDN'T GET IT TO YOU.
I SAY THAT I'M GONNA GO WORK ON IT TODAY AND THEN, THEN I'M GONE.
I'LL, I'LL ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, I'LL GET IT TO YOU TODAY.
AND THOUSAND DOLLARS, RIGHT? WE ONLY HAVE 40.
THIS PAST WEEKEND WE DID CHANGE OUT THE LIGHTING ABOVE Y'ALL'S, UH, COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
WE PUT UH, THE LED LIGHTING IN ABOVE THAT.
HEY, YOU WANT TO TELL 'EM WHERE WE ARE ON THE CARPET DOWNSTAIRS? WHAT YOU IN INTO? YEAH.
SO, UM, THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
SO OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE HAVE, WE KNEW THERE'S ASPECTS THAT'S IN THE BOTTOM OF THE, AT THE ANNEX.
IN THE FLOORS, OUR HOPES WERE THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO PULL THE CARPET UP WITHOUT PULLING THE TILES UP AND DISTURBING IT.
SO WE, WE, WE PULLED SOME CARPET UP AND TILES STARTED GOING UP AND WHATNOT.
SO JAKE HAS A COMPANY THAT HE'S, UH, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORS, THEY'RE WELLKNOWN DEMOS CREW.
THEY RUN THROUGH THIS ALL THE TIME.
UM, HE'S SENDING THE GUYS TO ME AND I HAD ANOTHER GUY COME OUT AND GIVE US A QUOTE.
BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IS REMOVE ALL THE CARPET, ALL THE ASBESTOS TILES.
UM, AND I HAD HIM BREAKING IT DOWN INTO THREE PHASES.
SO IT'D BE PHASE ONE WOULD JUST COME IN AND DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME.
PHASE TWO WOULD BREAK IT UP INTO TWO PHASES.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE, IF WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO THREE DIFFERENT PARTS, OBVIOUSLY THE CHEAPER WAY OF DOING IT WOULD BE TO GO IN AND DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME BECAUSE THE SETUP AND TEAR DOWN FEES, YOU KNOW, YOU WON'T HAVE TWO OR MULTIPLE SETUP AND TEAR DOWN FEES.
BUT, UH, HIS, HIS PROJECTION WOULD BE HE SAID ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO DO IT.
UM, IF HE WAS GOING TO DO IT, HE, HE'S GOING NEED TWO WEEKS TO SET IT UP TO GET IT ALL OUT AND THEN TEAR IT ALL DOWN AND GET IT ALL CLEANED UP.
HE SAID IT'D BE ABOUT A TWO WEEK PROCESS.
THIS IS ONE GUY AT A COFFMAN, THE ONE THAT I TOLD HIM ABOUT.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IT TAKES SO LONG AND THEN SHUTS EVERYTHING DOWN FOR THAT TWO WEEKS.
THE BOTTOM FLOOR WOULD BE SHUT DOWN.
ASK THE CITY IF THEY HAVE ANY SPACE WITH LEAST
WE STILL HAVE ASBESTOS UP HERE.
THEY CAN GET ALL IT'S EVERYWHERE.
AND IT IS HARD AS LONG AS YOU DON'T DISTURB OR DISTURBED.
AND IT'S ONLY A, A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT IT'S AFFECTED BY ANYWAY.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO YOU'D HAVE TO POKE IN THE DUST FROM IT.
SOME PEOPLE IT DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER.
I'VE POUR TONS AND TONS OF ASPECTS TO SOUTH OPEN MY LIFETIME.
HOW MUCH WAS THE ESTIMATE BOBBY? I HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT YET.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SENDING, IT'S LESS THAN A MILLION THOUGH.
WELL, YEAH, I DON'T DUNNO WHAT THIS STUFF.
FLOOR TILE I THINK IS CHEAP FLOOR.
THE STUFF THAT USED TO BLOW IN THE CEILINGS FOR UH, INSULATION KNOW THAT WAS MULTIPLE DENSITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN OP, THERE'S MAYBE TWO OPTIONS IS ONE IS FILLING THE TILE UP, DISPOSING OF THE TILE AND JUST RESEALING THE FLOOR THAT WOULD ENCAPSULATE THE UH, THE GROUT AND THE UH, THE GLUE THAT WAS USED TO GLUE THE TILE AT.
OR YOU CAN GO IN AND REMOVE ALL OF IT DOWN TO THE CONCRETE WHERE IT'S NICE AND CLEAN AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
SO, BUT THESE ARE WHAT THESE BIDDERS ARE GIVING YOU SOME PRICES YES.
AND I'M, I'M SUPPOSED TO GIVE THEM PAPERS TODAY.
LET'S TAKE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE BREAK IF YOU CAN AND WE'LL COME BACK.
JOHN, YOU WANT COME IN?
I UH, YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING I DON'T THINK.
UH, NO, WE UH, YOU WANT SAY ANYTHING?
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WE JUST GONNA TRY KEEP IT CONSERVATIVE AGAIN THIS YEAR.SEAN, DO YOU HAVE SOME MONEY LEFT IN THAT NEW EQUIPMENT? ONE ITEM THAT I MEAN Y'ALL HAD ASKED FOR? YES MA'AM.
ARE YOU GOING ORDER THAT STUFF BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR? WE HAVE GOT SOME THINGS BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING BE OKAY.
YOU AHEAD AND GET LISA AND GET THE STUFF ORDERED SO I KNOW WHAT'S LEFT.
WE'RE TRYING TO HELP SOME OF THE OTHER CONSTABLES GET SOME STUFF OUT OF THIS BUDGET SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BUDGET FOR IT NEXT YEAR IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE, RIGHT.
SO IF YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED AND DON'T NEED ANYMORE, I WOULD ASK YOU TO LET ME USE WHAT'S REMAINING TO HELP OF SOMEBODY ELSE.
I YOU JUST MAINLY SOME STUFF BEFORE OUT TAKE.
DON'T BE TALKING ABOUT DANIEL.
Y'ALL JUST RIDE HIM OUTTA THE BUDGET.
YOU FOUND THE GUY THAT ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL TAKE A BREAK.
ALRIGHT JUDGE, CHECK THAT OFF ALREADY.
THEY SHOULD BE COMING ON BOARD HERE REALLY QUICK.
THIS THEY, BECAUSE THE WHOLE SYSTEM STILL GONNA BE UP AND RUNNING BECAUSE WE CAN USE IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
NO, BUT I MEAN BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DISPATCH.
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THE THE TRUCK, THE CAR.NO, BUT IT WAS LIKE THE MINUTE WE HAD PULLED UP ME DOWN SO WE, YOU KNOW ANYWAY.
YOU CAN'T ANYMORE IDIOTS OUT THAT OH NO THE RIG.
YEAH THE DAY BEFORE WAS, I'VE ALREADY HAD PEOPLE SAY IS THERE A WAY WE CAN PUT, I'VE HAD TOO MANY PEOPLE AND NOBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT IT.
I MEAN THERE'S ONLY UM, 2, 3, 4 OH OH THERE'S ONLY FOUR.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THE LIKE SOME KIND OF SCREW I WHAT TO CALL IT LONG HAROLD'S TRAIL AND WIND LANE NOW THAT THEY JUST ASPHALTED WIND LANE.
YOU HEARD ME DRIVING A AROUND ALL OVER OLD MILITARY JUST SOMEBODY HIT THE BACK END THE ASPHALT BECAUSE WELL THEN AFTER THAT SOMEBODY I GOT YESTERDAY CONSTRUCTION COMING UP 52 ON WINDY LANE IN A PARTY CONSTRUCTION FIRST WORDS OUT HIS MOUTH.
MY DAD'S A DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICER HAVE CALLED, HERE'S YOUR TICKET.
I SAID DO YOU THINK YOUR DAD'S GONNA BE HAPPY THAT YOU THREW HIS NAME OUT THERE RIGHT ON THE BACK HORSE? NO SIR.
YOU WANT TO TALK TO AM I GONNA GET TICKET TO 30 TIMEFRAME? BUT YOU GET DEMO.
YEAH, WE PUT THEM ON OUR SERVER.
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CAN, I JUST THINK SHE CAN EMAIL THEM, PUT THEM ON THE YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S WHAT THE JUDGE ASKED 20 DO THE RECORDING COUNTIES DON'T DO THE RECORDING WEBSITE UP FOLD IN THE GARAGE DOOR IN ELLI COUNTY RIGHT NOW.I DIDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE SURE ABOUT THAT TO DO IT.
BUT NEWSPAPERS VERY EARLY IN MY CAREER I STARTED TAKING STUFF TO BACK UP.
I KIND OF LIKE THAT EACH AND IT WOULD BLOCK, YOU COULD LISTEN TO 41 20, THE LEFT SIDE RIGHT AROUND BEFORE YOU GET TO WENDY LANE.
TAKES THE DOCUMENTS, THE MINUTES, PUTS IT ALL IN THERE WITH THE VIDEO.
IT JUST A MATTER OF NOW HOW MUCH MONEY KAREN CAN COME UP WITH.
HOW MUCH MONEY KAREN CAN COME UP WITH DEVELOPMENT.
YEAH, I'M EATING GOOD STUFF OUT THERE.
WHAT DO YOU GOT? HOW LONG DID Y'ALL I DO IN FRONT OF ME.
I GAINED ALL MY WEIGHT BACK AND I LOST BEFORE MAKING WHAT ELSE? WHAT YOU DO EVERY POUNDS YOU EAT WHATEVER AND THAT'S WHY YOU LOST SOME SO YOU COULD GAIN SOME.
WHAT DO YOU EAT? BANANA PING YOGURT.
I DO DO BUT
AFTER WORK NEXT WE COME JOIN US.
YOU MUST GET SO GREAT ANGIE, CASS, AND ASK.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I SEE HER WHEN I WAS OVER THERE.
UM, A TREADMILL, ELLIPTICAL, BICYCLE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE DOING THAT ALL DAY? THAT'S BODY THING.
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OF THE DAY WITH HIS SHOE AND SIT DOWN TAPE.YOU HAVE TO GO OVER THERE AND SIGN UP.
IF SHE HAD A GAUGE MEANT HAVE ON MINE.
SO IT'S GOT PUT OH YEAH, COOL.
WELL I HUNG IN THERE WITHOUT I ALREADY HAVE THAT.
WELL THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL IN THAT.
EASIER IN JANUARY SHE'S BEEN THERE WHAT, TWICE AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK.
WE PULLED UP ALL OUR PAPERWORK SO CALLED AUTO BUSINESSES.
IT IS, BUT SHE'LL COME IN AND SHE'LL GET ABOUT 30 HOURS.
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LAST NIGHT I GOT THERE SO, WELL THEY SAID THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK WHEN THEY'RE GONNA SCHEDULE THAT SOMETHING, NOW SHE'S GOING GET HERE AT THE END OF ANYBODY.BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE RIGHT ON TIME.
UH, WE HAVE A COPY I THINK OF THE CONSTABLE'S BUDGET, UH, RIGHT AFTER BREAK AREA AND UH, MADE A FEW CHANGES.
UH, THE POINTS IN BLUE ARE, UM, WHEN YOU SAY POSITIVE, THAT MEANS YOU ARE ASKING FOR A LITTLE ADDITIONAL UH, NO, THE, THE THE BLUE POINTS.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE REMOVED 52 50 FROM MY BUDGET THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND OUT OF THAT 52 50 THAT I REMOVED FROM MY BUDGET, I BUMPED UP MY OFFICE SUPPLIES 'CAUSE I'VE HAD TO MOVE SOME MONEY OVER THERE TO COVER THE, SOME THINGS THAT I'VE COVERED THAT ARE NOT COVERED.
I DROPPED THE FUEL DOWN TO 10,000.
UM, I DROPPED THE BONDS DOWN TO 300.
I DROPPED THE UNIFORMS DOWN TO UH, 2000 AND DROPPED THE MISCELLANEOUS DOWN TO 500.
SO OUT THAT 52 50, UM, DETECTIVE 3 75 AND ADD IT TO THE OFFICE SUPPLIES, IT BRINGS IT UP TO SEVEN $50.
SO THAT RELIEVES 48 75 OUT OF THAT MONEY THAT I WAS BASICALLY JUST GOING TO HAND OVER THAT I DON'T NEED.
AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS TO TAKE OUT OF THAT 48 75, LET ME USE 3000 OF THAT, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S UH, UH, A SCANNER THAT I NEED TO GET MY OFFICE IS OUT OF DRUG KITS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NARCOTICS IN POINT, UM, THAT I HAVE TO ORDER AND THEN I WAS GONNA ORDER, UM, ANOTHER HANDHELD NIGHT ARGUMENT SO THAT WAY WE HAVE TWO OF 'EM INSTEAD OF US TRYING TO PASS IT OFF BACK AND FORTH.
UM, AND THEN THAT'LL LEAVE STILL 1875 LEFT OVER OUT OF THAT MONEY THAT I'M BASICALLY SAYING, HERE YOU GO.
AND WHAT I'M ASKING ON THAT 1875 IF I CAN, IS TO USE THAT TO GIVE MY EMPLOYEES A RAISE.
WHAT WE'RE DOING ON RAISE IS, IS WE'RE JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TALK ABOUT RAISE AND I, BUT AND EXCUSE DID MENTION SOMETHING TO ME ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN 1875 CAN GO BACK AND WE'RE IT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FINAL PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING BE, PLUS WE HAVE OTHER REVENUE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL KIND OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE.
SO ON THE SALARY, UH, INCREASES, WE'RE JUST KIND OF HOLDING UP ON THAT TO SEE WHAT IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO.
AND ANOTHER BIG, UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR HEALTH INSURANCE RATES ARE GONNA BE AND SINCE WE PAY ALL OF THE COST OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE, THAT THAT'S A BIG NUMBER FOR US.
IT'S REALLY 9,500 DIDN'T IT? PER EMPLOYEE? I THINK SO.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A PRETTY HUGE FRINGE BENEFIT.
THAT AND LAST YEAR WE, WE ALSO DIDN'T RAISE COPAYS OR WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP THAT IN THE SAME ERA AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I TOLD YESTERDAY, WE CAN'T AFFORD, PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD 15 COPAY.
I MEAN THEY JUST CAN'T YOU RAISE IT 2000, 2,500, THEY WON'T GO TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE COPAY CAN, CAN'T AFFORD THE DEDUCTIONS AND THE FACT THEY DON'T PAY TAXES.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WELL, ON FLORIDA SAID YOU HAVE TO PAY OUT ABOUT WHAT, 5,000? 5,000 BEFORE COVER.
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ISSUE, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MR. WINKLES AND I, WE, WE WERE ON THE PHONE AND WE WORKED THIS THING OUT BECAUSE I KNOW THE COUNTY NEEDS AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE.SO I TOOK OUT, UM, I GOT WITH HIM AND WE WORKED OUT HOW MUCH FUEL I'M USING A MONTH AT THE TOP IS SPEED AND I TOOK THAT TIMES 12.
AND SO I WAS ABLE TO CUT A LOT THAT I DON'T NEED RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY JUST THE, THE, THE EXTRA EQUIPMENT THAT I NEED TO FUNCTION, UH, WITH, I DEFINITELY NEED THE DRUG TEST BECAUSE WE ARE, WE'RE OUT.
OKAY, SO BOTTOM LINE IS YOU NEED 3000.
YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US BACK THE 1875? CORRECT.
ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO, I HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW.
UH, I AM IN THE PROCESS TO BRING ON ANOTHER ONE, UH, DUE TO THE UNFORESEEN INCIDENTS WHERE I REMOVED THE DEPUTY, UM, JUST RECENTLY.
UH, YOU HAVE TWO SPOTS THOUGH, RIGHT? YES, I DO HAVE TWO SPOTS.
DEPUTY KITCHENS UNDER THE ADMISSIONS IS GRANT FARM.
HOW IS THAT GOING? JUST SO WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT.
IF I COULD STOP HITTING WALLS.
UM, WE ARE DEALING WITH, UH, A SITUATION IN OUR TAX OFFICE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE FLOATING TITLES.
UM, IT'S BOGUS CAR SALES CARS THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
THEY COME INTO THE TAX OFFICE AND THEY GET TITLES FROM THE CARS REAL QUICK ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
DIFFERENT TI MEAN LIKE WE HAVE A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL OR TERRELL, WE HAVE A CERTAIN LADY, SHE'S GOT AN OFFICE IN TERRELL THAT IS A VACANT SHOP.
UM, GOOD FRIEND OF KEN'S, I THINK IT'S IT'S A VACANT SHOP.
UM, BUT SHE'LL GO TO OUR TAX OFFICE IN NEY AND GET 15 TITLES, CAR TITLES AND THEN SHE'LL GO TO THE TAX OFFICE IN KAUFMAN AND GET ANOTHER 20 TITLES.
SO YOU CAN'T TELL ME YOU SOLD 35 CARS IN ONE DAY WHEN THE DEALERSHIPS AROUND US DO NOT SELL 35 CARS IN ONE DAY.
THEY'D LIKE YOU SELL 35 A MONTH
UM, SHE WAS, IT'S THE SAME WAY THAT WAS CHARGED IN DALLAS COUNTY FOR FLOATING TILES.
UM, NOW THE, THEY HAVE REMOVED HER FROM DALLAS COUNTY.
SHE CAN'T GO TO THE TAX OFFICE OF DALLAS COUNTY.
NOW SHE'S COMING TO COMPTON COUNTY.
SO WITH THAT TIPPING HER OFF, WHAT ARE WE, Y'ALL HAVE GOT A PLAN, I GUESS I HAVE A PLAN.
THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING RIGHT NOW IS I HAVE A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S NOT WANTING TO COOPERATE AND GIMME THE INFORMATION WHEN SHE COMES IN TO GET THESE TITLES.
I NEED THAT EVIDENCE ON THOSE TITLES.
EACH ONE OF THOSE TITLES IS A FELONY.
AND WHEN THEY COME IN AND GET THOSE TITLES FROM THE TAX OFFICE, THAT IS MY EVIDENCE TO CHARGE THEM.
BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THE DA CAN, IF YOU WITH, UH, THE DA CAN HELP ME IF I'M FILING THE CASES.
THE ISSUE THAT I'M HAVING RIGHT NOW IS MS. IFF ALLOWING THE TAX OFFICE TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION WHEN THEY COME IN AND GET THOSE TITLE.
SHE SAYS AND YOU TALKED WITH HER ABOUT THAT? I I'VE TALKED WITH HER.
SHE SAID WITHOUT, WITHOUT GOING INTO A LOT MORE DISCUSSION UP HERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE, UH, SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S GET MAYBE THE DA'S OFFICE AND IF I NEED TO DISCLOSE THAT OUGHT BE SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE.
THE MINUTE THAT I CAN GET THOSE TITLES, WE ARE, WE CAN CHARGE THIS LADY WITH AT LEAST A HUNDRED FELONIES RIGHT NOW ALONE.
AND THE DA'S, I MEAN THAT'S GOING BE A BIG IMPACT ON DPS IS ALREADY ON BOARD, BUT DPS CAN'T EVEN GET THE INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING WE HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH HURDLES ON WHO'S TO GET THIS INFORMATION IF IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CHARGE THEM WITH EVERYBODY'S SUPPOSED TO COOPERATE, ESPECIALLY WITH A FELONY.
YEAH, WHY TELL ME, WHAT DID THEY DO WITH 'EM NOW? SORRY.
WHAT THEY DO IS THE VEHICLES ARE STOLEN ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND THEY'LL GO TO A TAX OFFICE REAL QUICK AND GET WHAT'S CALLED A LOST TITLE.
THAT'S CALLED TITLE FLOATING A LOSS.
THEY'LL SAY THAT THIS NISSAN MAXIMA, HERE'S THE VIN NUMBER, THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO ME.
THEY FILE THE PAPERWORK TAX OFFICE'S JOB IS NOT TO LOOK INTO THE PAPERWORK.
ALL THEY DO IS RUN THE VIN NUMBER AND GIVE THEM A NEW TITLE WITH THEIR NAME ON IT.
THEY TAKE THAT TITLE WITH THAT CARD AND THEY SEND IT DOWN TO
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'D THINK SOMEBODY COMING IN AND JUST DOING THAT ON REGULAR BASIS, IT COULD BE A RED FLAG, BUT THE DEAL IS THAT THE TAX OFFICE IS LOOKING AT GETTING MONEY.
SO IF YOU'RE BRINGING IN 15 LOST TITLES FOR 15 TITLES TO FLOAT AT $70 A PIECE, THAT'S MONEY COMING TO THE COUNTY.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE I MEAN, BUT WE DON'T WANT NO WE DON'T, BUT THE TAX OFFICE, IT'S NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK INTO IT.
IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ADMISSIONS SIDE TO LOOK INTO IT.
WE HAVE ALL THIS LADY'S INFORMATION AND HER SON'S INFORMATION.
WE KNOW THE BOGEY SHOPPING TERRA.
THE ONLY DEAL IS, IS I CAN'T CHARGE HER BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE THAT WE NEED, I CAN'T GET, WELL LET'S, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND MAYBE I CAN HELP STUFF MEETING AND SEE
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WHAT WE CAN DO.THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT COULDN'T BE WORKED OUT SOMEHOW.
WHAT ABOUT BOGUS UH, INSPECTION STICKERS? THE INSPECTION SIDE OF IT.
WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO IS OUR, OUR CAMERA ON RECORDING EQUIPMENT.
WE CAN'T FIND A PLACE THAT'S GONNA SELL US RECORDING EQUIPMENT WITHOUT CHARGING US TAXES.
WE DO WHAT? WE HAVE TRIED TO LOCATE 'EM ONLINE.
WE CAN'T PURCHASE 'EM ONLINE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE TAXES.
THE ONLY THING I'VE RAN INTO IT FROM YOUR OFFICE WAS SALES TAX WAS SIGNED.
WAS THAT ONE, WAS THAT ONE AT WALMART? A WALMART JUST A CAMERA.
YEAH, THAT WAS THE RECORDING DEVICE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOCATE, WHICH WAS THE CHEAPEST AND THE ONE THAT WAS GONNA DO EVERYTHING FOR US, BUT WE COULDN'T PURCHASE THAT.
SO, AND YOU NEED THAT FOR SURVEILLANCE.
BUT THERE'S OTHER, THERE'S OTHER AVENUES TO GET THAT.
DO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN USE? ALL I NEED IS THE SPECIFICATIONS AS TO WHAT YOU NEED.
I'M SURE THAT SAME CAMERA CAN BE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST A SONY CAMERA, CORRECT? NO, IT WAS, UH, THERE WAS A CAMERA AND A VIDEO RECORDER WITH A POLE.
BUT IT WAS, WELL JUST LIKE SOME OF THE LAURA'S EQUIPMENT, WE PURCHASED SOME OF THIS STUFF OFF OF AMAZON.
WE DON'T PAY TAX OR ANYTHING ON THAT.
OH, WE TAKE TAXES IF DON'T WE HAVE ONE FILE WALMART WELL ONLINE IF THAT WAS THE DEAL ONLINE.
YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T.
BUT I MEAN AT WALMART ITSELF, RIGHT.
AND SEE AT AT AT THE LOCATIONS, THEY DON'T SELL IT.
THEY WON'T, WALMART DOESN'T TAKE THE TAX CERTIFICATE ON UHUH.
NO, I, WE RAN INTO THAT WITH THE, UH, THE EQUIPMENT FOR THE LITTLE WORKOUT ROOM DOWNSTAIRS.
WE COULD GOT IT ONLINE FROM WALMART A LOT CHEAPER.
BUT THEY, THEY, THERE WAS NO AVENUE TO DEDUCT THE SALES TAX AND THEY WON'T EVEN SEND IT.
THEY WON'T EVEN, YOU CAN'T EVEN ORDER IT AND SEND IT TO THE STORE.
NO, BUT LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
THIS COURT NEEDS TO ADOPT AN ORDER THAT SETS THOSE THINGS JUST LIKE IT COULD HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING OFF THE INTERNET.
AND BECAUSE OF DOWNSTAIRS ARGUING ABOUT THE SALES TAX ALL THE TIME, SHE COULDN'T ORDER IT.
AND WE WIND UP PAYING THREE TIMES WHAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS THAT WE COULD HAVE GOT CHEAPER.
SO WHAT WE, WHAT KIND OF ORDER DO WE NEED TO PAY SECOND THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN LIMIT UP TO THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THE SALES TAX THAT WE WOULD HAVE PAY BILLS, EXCEPTIONS.
I MEAN, NOT EXCEPTIONS, FRAUD EXCEPTIONS.
HERE, HERE'S THE THING, KENT, I THOUGHT NOW I USED TO CORRECT ME AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MAYBE THEY'VE CHANGED THE LAW, BUT I THOUGHT THAT OF COURSE WE, WE COLLECT SALES TAX, RIGHT? WE CAN'T CONDUCT THE SALES TAX BACK.
I MEAN WE DON'T COLLECT SALES TAX, BUT I MEAN WE CAN'T FILE IN ESTATE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW LIKE WHEN YOU SELL, WHEN YOU HAVE SALE TAX YOU CAN PUT ON THERE THAT YOU BOUGHT AND PAID CELL TAX AND THEN DEDUCT IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T OWE SALES TAX.
WELL THERE ALL BE AN EASIER, THERE OUGHT TO BE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET IT BACK FROM THE LISA.
CAN YOU AND MAYBE KAREN GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF AN ORDER THAT THE DA'S OFFICE WOULD APPROVE THAT WE CAN STOP THIS BECAUSE WE'RE WASTING MONEY BECAUSE YOU ARE PAY THE SALES TAX.
WELL THERE WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
LORI COULD HAVE PURCHASED A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR IT.
SHE COULD HAVE PURCHASED IT LIKE THAT 20, 30 BUCKS SOMEWHERE IN THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
SHE ENDED UP PAYING OVER $80 FOR IT BECAUSE THEY, THEY COULDN'T DEDUCT THE SALE TAX.
OKAY, WELL WE CAN FIX THAT IN OUR COURT LEVEL MEAN THAT'S BE A WE SHOULD, THEY MAY JUST TAKE A CALL TO THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEND OUR RECEIPT AND OUR FORM IN AND THEY'LL SEND US OUR MONDAY.
SO WILL YOU BE KIND OF TAKE CHARGE OF THAT.
I MEAN OTHER THAN THE, I KNOW AT ONE TIME, UH, WHEN UH, IT WAS DOWN AT PRECINCT FOUR, THEY SHUT DOWN A A UH, AN INSPECTION STATION WE DID IN TER.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO PAY SO MUCH AMOUNT OF MONEY IN FINES AND COURT COSTS AND NOW THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH INSPECTIONS.
UH, DPS AGENT WILL GO OVER THERE, POP IN AND DO A RANDOM INSPECTION TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING OKAY.
BUT THEY'RE BEING WATCHED CLOSELY.
DO WE HAVE OTHERS IN THE COUNTY? YOU SUSPECT AS THE THREE YOU MENTIONED? YES.
SO THE, WELL LET'S TRY TO GET THE CAMERA BOUGHT OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN SOMEBODY, IF I HAVE A CAMERA I'D WANT IT TO, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WE CAN USE THAT'S NOT SO THAT'S WHAT ONLY THEY DO THAT
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THEY CIRCUMVENT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY PUT A CAR THAT PROBABLY WON'T PASS INSPECTION.AND, AND IF, IF WE SELL THE CAMERA OR SOMETHING, BEST BUY IS THE EXTENT JUST TO WALK IN THE, OKAY.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT THE BEST WAY THE CHIEFEST WAY POSSIBLE.
IT'S NOT GONNA CROSS US AN ARM IN THE LEG AND WE CAN STILL GET WHAT WE CAN GET.
I MEAN THE STUFF THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WALMART I THINK WAS LIKE $400.
I COULDN'T ROUGHLY, YOU GO TO BEST BUY, IT'S LIKE $800.
SO YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT WAS, WE WERE TRYING TO FIND THE CHEAPEST ROUTE.
BUT FIRST THING SAID SHE THAT Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CONSTABLE? NOPE.
YOU HOPE TO YOU CONSTABLE, DEPUTY CONSTABLE PRETTY SOON? UH, YES SIR.
AS MATTER OF FACT, I THINK IT'S UH, IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY, I THINK.
I THINK WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY.
ANYTHING ELSE? IF Y'ALL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HIM, JUST LEMME KNOW.
ALRIGHT, NEXT IS THE, UH, STEVE, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE RAIN IS GONE FOR HOPEFULLY A FEW DAYS.
AND SO, UH, FIRST ITEM IS FIRST WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ON SALARIES RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING, UH, FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
UH, THE CELL PHONE ASSISTANCE, UH, ALLOWANCE.
DO YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE NOW AND UH, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST ONE WHICH IS $900 PER YEAR.
THAT, THAT'S A NEW NEW LINE IN, IN MY BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE, UH, STIPEND FOR THE, THE CELL PHONES.
IT IS FOUR TWO PHONES, BUT THAT IS KIND OF RELATED TO ADDING ANY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
IF WE DON'T ADD ANY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, THEN YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE BE BACK TO 900 JUST FOR MY OKAY.
AND THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE 50,000 AND THE 50,000 IS, OR IT'S ACTUALLY A, WOULD BE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE AND KEEPING MELISSA AS PART-TIME AND IT WILL BE OFFSET BY GRANT.
THE COUNTY'S PORTION I BELIEVE IS 12,000 BUCKS.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE THE FULL 50,000.
'CAUSE UH, WE HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER LINE ITEM.
I THINK 38,000 OF IT IS COMING FROM THE GRANT.
IS THAT A GRANT WE'RE GONNA KEEP FROM YEAR TO YEAR OR IS THAT JUST TO GET US STARTED TO EARN FOR NEXT YEAR? WELL, UH, THAT'S ONE THAT WE, WE NEVER KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY OR NOT.
I AM LOOKING INTO WHAT THEY CALL AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT, WHICH WOULD PAY 50% OF IT.
AND THOSE CAN GO ON FROM YEAR TO YEAR AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO APPLY.
UM, AND I'M WORKING WITH THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO GET THAT ONE FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THE FELLOW THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH YOU IS LEAVING AND HE'S GOING TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF TERRELL? HE, YES, THEY'RE GOING TO, HE'S GONNA CONTINUE PART-TIME, BUT THEY'RE GONNA PAY HIM MORE MONEY, UH, PART-TIME TO DO SOMETHING HE'S ALSO AFRAID TO DO.
SO HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE PART-TIME FOR US? NO.
HE, HE'LL BE STILL BE PARTTIME FOR TERRELL.
WHAT YOU WOULD, WHAT YOU'RE PROPOS GONNA DO IS TO HIRE A FULL-TIME POSITION AND, UH, OF THAT AMOUNT, THAT WOULD BE MOST OF IT OR 38,000 WOULD BE PAID BY THE UH, UH, BY THE GRANT.
AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL WOULD BE PAID, UH, BY THE COUNTY POSITION.
WHAT WHAT HE MAKES CURRENTLY IS 22,000.
AND TO GET A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE, UH, I'M HOPING I CAN GET ONE FOR 34, WHICH MEANS THAT THE COUNTY WOULD'VE TO COME UP WITH 12,000 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TOO TO MEET THAT $34,000 A YEAR.
AND SO TELL US WHAT THIS PERSON WILL DO.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOT INTO YOUR, YOUR PACKAGE, BUT, UH, I SUBMITTED, YOU KNOW, A LIST OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE TO DO CURRENTLY AND, UH, JUST TELL US SOME PLAIN OLD, YOU KNOW, ENGLISH, PLAIN OLD ENGLISH, MY PLATE'S FULL AND THE SIDEBOARDS AREN'T HIGH ENOUGH.
AND, UH, I'M SUPPOSED TO BE WORK DOING TRAINING FOR THE ESDS AT THE DIRECTION OF THE COURT.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT IN, IN OVER A YEAR NOW
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BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEEPS GETTING PUSHED BACK AND I REALLY NEED TO DO THAT.WORKING WITH FEMA, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE MOST MONEY BACK.
AND WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS.
YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT I DO IS, YOU KNOW, TIME CONSUMING.
THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS WHICH I THINK ALSO SIT SUBMITTED THAT ARE MAJOR ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
ONE OF THEM, THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN.
I'M CERTIFIED TO DO THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE TIME.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT I'M WANTING THE FULL, FULL-TIME PERSON FOR IS TO GO THROUGH THAT LIST OF THINGS THAT I'M DOING ALL THE TIME.
START PEELING SOME OF THAT OFF AND PUTTING IT ON THEM TO, TO TAKE UP SOME OF THAT LEVEL TO FREE UP MY TIME TO DO OUR COMPANY OF OPERATIONS PLAN.
UH, IN OUR EXERCISE BACK IN JANUARY, WE IDENTIFIED THAT A LOT OF OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN A DISASTER OR WHEN THEY GO TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
UH, BEEN WORKING ON AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN WITH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE PUSHED OUT TO THE, UH, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND OUR LOCAL BUSINESS.
THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT SIX 40 TO 60% OF BUSINESSES WILL LEAD AFTER DISASTER AND 30 TO 40% OF RESIDENTS WILL LEAVE.
AND I LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, PICK THE HIGH END AND SAY IF WE LOSE 40% OF OUR RESIDENTS AND 60% OF OUR BUSINESSES, OUR ECONOMY HAS JUST TANKED IN THIS COUNTY AND WE'VE GOT A SECONDARY DISASTER.
SO THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO IN THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTY IS AS PREPARED AS CAN BE FOR A DISASTER TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
BUT IF WE CAN KEEP THAT DOWN INTO SINGLE DIGITS OR LOW DOUBLE DIGITS, WE CAN SURVIVE.
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT, WHAT I WANT TO BE DOING.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE LEVY PROBLEMS AND YEAH, I GOT A LETTER, AN UGLY LETTER IN THE MAIL YESTERDAY FROM THE LEVY DISTRICT AT
THE STRASBURG ATTORNEY THAT WAS COMPLAINING THAT HE HAD HEARD NOTHING BACK FROM ME OR JUDGE JENKINS.
AND OUR POSITION IS, IT'S NOT OURS, IT'S DALLAS COUNTY.
AND, BUT ANYWAY, HE WAS, AND, AND A LOT OF THAT QUITE CONCERN.
A LOT OF THATS GONNA HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH THROUGH LEGISLATION AND IN, IN, IN THE NEXT SESSION TO TRY AND FIX IT.
THERE'S A, A LOT OF COUNTIES WITH THE SAME ISSUES YEAH.
SO THIS IS WHERE A AREA GETS BUSTED.
YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS? RIGHT THERE IS THAT IT'S THE, IT'S NOT NOW THE, THERE IS A COMPANY, UH, THE COMPANY THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S QUIRE OR THE COMPANY THAT OWNS QUIRE.
I'VE TALKED WITH THEM AT LENGTH.
AS SOON AS IT STOPS FLAT, GRANNY, UH, AND THE RIVER GOES DOWN UP, THEY CAN GET THAT BENEFICIAL TO THEM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT SIX TO $10 MILLION IN THERE TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT IS GONNA SAVE THEM MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.
BUT YOU KNOW, UNTIL IT STOPS RAINING LONG ENOUGH, WE CAN'T GET, MAYBE YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO HIM ABOUT THAT.
SAY WHO'S GONNA FIX IT? WELL, THE PROPERTY OWNER KNOWS THAT BECAUSE I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S DOING THIS LEGAL THING ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN THE LEVEE'S GONNA GET FIXED.
WELL, I MADE YOU A COPY OF YOU AND REBECCA SAW YOU LETTER I THINK I SENT, SENT YOU.
AND, UH, ANYWAY, THAT'S, BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT I HAVE TO DO AND I'M CONSTANTLY JUGGLING THE THINGS I DO AND HAVING A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE WOULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE MY LIFE MUCH EASIER AND HELP US TO GROW AS A COUNTY.
WELL, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EVERYBODY HAS MORE TO DO TOO.
BUT IT'S NOT, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT BOBBY, BOBBY WAS JUST IN HERE.
AND SO WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THE SAME THING.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT ONE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER, BUT I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S GOT, YOU KNOW, UH, EVERYBODY WORKS FULL THAT YOU KNOW.
SO, UH, JIM, WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR POINT? THE GRANT'S GONNA PAY 34,000 GRANT'S GONNA PAY 22, 22.
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34 AND HALF, RIGHT? YEAH.AND MELISSA, WHO'S SEVERAL YEARS IS PART OF THAT TOO, TO KEEP HER ON PART-TIME.
YEAH, THAT'S, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THAT THOUGH, RIGHT? YOU ALREADY GOT PARTTIME AND, UH, HE JUST, HE'S JUST GOT IT ALL ON THE SAME LINE ITEM.
SO THAT'S WHY, I MEAN, AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT IS PAYROLL.
I MEAN HIS, IT ALL BE BROKE UP.
WHAT ABOUT A VEHICLE? WELL, I WAS GOING TO TRY AND USE, UH, AN ALLOWANCE FOR THEIR OWN VEHICLE TO START WITH AND THEN SEE IF MAYBE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMING MONTHS OR SOMETHING COULD, WOULD'VE A VEHICLE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, TRANSFER FROM THEM THAT'S ALREADY HAD THE BLACK, I GOT A CAR IN OUT THERE, DRUG DEAL.
LONG AS I'M NOT GETTING IT, I'M OKAY.
I DON'T, WE BROUGHT NO, BECAUSE EVERYBODY LEFT HEAR THAT.
I SAY YOU AND THE JUDGE GOING TO LUNCH IN IT.
SO THE REASON FOR THEM NEEDING CALL WOULD BE ONE PART OF, PART OF IT WILL, THEY WILL ALSO HELP ME ON, ON TAKING CALLS.
I MEAN, THERE IS NOT A TIME IN THE YEAR THAT I'M NOT OFF.
AND UH, WELL, EVERYBODY'S SITTING BEHIND THIS.
WHAT? JACKIE GOT A CALL, HE SAID STEVE CALLED THE OTHER MORNING.
YEAH, THREE O'CLOCK RIGHT NOW.
SO IF IT'S GONNA COST COUNTY MORE THAN 12,000 BENEFIT BENEFITS, SO ACTUALLY ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, IN, IN THE PAST THE CRI GRANT THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE REFERRING TO HAS, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN ALLOCATED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND RETIREMENT AND WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR WHAT SECOND SHEET, UM, SHOWS THAT YOU'RE TAKING THE RETIREMENT.
NOW, IF THE CRI GRANT IS TO BE REIMBURSING THIS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, WOULD THEY NOT BE GETTING RETIREMENT? WOULD WE NOT NEED FACTOR THAT IN? YES, YES.
IF I DID, IT'S SAID RETIREMENT.
I NEVER TOOK RETIREMENT OUT OF IT.
WELL, NO, WHAT THERE NOT THE SHEET THAT I SENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MADE US A SEPARATE SHEET THAT'S SEPARATED OUT ALL THE CRI STUFF AT THE BOTTOM.
UNLESS I GOT A, A DIFFERENT ONE.
NOW YOU RETIREMENT? RETIREMENT.
WELL, OH YEAH, HE, FOR 17, HE'S GOT A ZERO.
SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 17, BUT YOU ZEROED IT 17.
SEE WHAT HE IS SAYING RIGHT HERE.
SO I'M ASSUMING THE OH, THAT'S OKAY.
ALL I CAN SAY, OH, I KNOW WHAT I DID THERE IS I, I WAS MOVED WHEN I DID THIS.
I WAS MOVING IT FROM CRI UP THERE FOR SOME REASON.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE, THE GRANT WOULD BE REIMBURSING SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS? SOME OF THOSE, YEAH.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE TO US IS WHAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE 9,000 AND SOMETHING FOR INSURANCE TOO.
ASSUMING THAT, ASSUMING THAT THEY JUST HAVE THAT, THE COUNTY THAT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 12,000 BASE PAY, UH, WE ABOUT 23,000.
IS THAT 23,000 THEN PLUS THE VEHICLE ALLOWANCE PLUS THE CAR 30 GRAND? NO.
SO WHAT KIND OF SALARY WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 34,000.
AND TO BE HONEST, IT'S, THAT'S OUTSIDE THE, THE LOW, THE LOW RANGE OF EVERYBODY IN THE REGION.
WHAT, WHO ELSE HAS A, UH, I KNOW, UH, ROCKWELL COUNTY HAS, UH, DO
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THEY HAVE A, A, UH, FULL-TIME, A FULL-TIME ASSISTANT? DO THEY HAVE SOMEBODY IN ADDITION TO THAT TYPE? NOT CURRENT, NO.THEY DID HAVE A PART-TIME PERSON.
ANY, UH, STEPHANIE DOES HAVE A, AN EMPLOYEE, I BELIEVE I KNOW ROCKWELL'S, UH, ASSISTANT COORDINATOR MAKING ABOUT 56, 50 8,000 A YEAR.
UH, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT ELLIS COUNTY BECAUSE THEY'VE ONLY ONLY BEEN THERE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW THEY HAVE LOT MORE.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR PART-TIME FULLTIME? WELL, DUSTIN CAN'T BECAUSE HE'S FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER.
I TALK ABOUT LISA, I GUESS MELISSA.
DO WE NEED TO KEEP HER PART-TIME? YES, BECAUSE SHE'S DOING TREMENDOUS THINGS WITH OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
DO YOU KNOW THE ONE THAT GRACE COUNTY? I'VE TALKED TO HER ON THE PHONE A TIME OR TWO.
IS SHE SHE'S BY HERSELF? NO, I DUNNO.
I THEY'RE A SAME POPULATION ROUGHLY AS WE'RE SAME.
LAST TIME I LOOKED MOST, PRETTY MUCH, MOST OF THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES HAD TWO, AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE IN.
UH, AND THEN MILEAGE MILL AND LODGING YOUR ROLLING.
WANTING TO ROUND THAT OFF TO 2000.
IT WAS ACTUALLY MORE THAN THAT.
THERE AGAIN, MY BRAIN DIDN'T COMPENSATED.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BEEN LIKE 230 FOR, FOR THE FULL TIME EMPLOYEE, BUT I DIDN'T GET THE TWO IN THERE.
SO 30, WE'LL WORK WITH WHAT WE GOT.
ARE THERE OTHER, UH, ARE THERE OTHER PLACES IN YOUR BUDGET, STEVE, THAT YOU COULD CUT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON GAS AND OIL? UH, WE'VE GOT BUDGET, WHAT, 3000 USE? 7 53.
OF COURSE YOU GOT A NEW VEHICLE.
I GUESS THAT, THAT HELPS ON THE REPAIRS AND, UH, OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES.
WELL, I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU MEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S EQUIPMENT, UH, FEES FOR SERVICES COME OUT OF THAT, THAT, UH, UM, I USE, UH, LIKE SURVEYMONKEY TO, TO SEND OUT SURVEYS FOR PEOPLE TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
THAT'S LIKE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND, UH, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M GETTING AT, IF THERE'S A WAY YOU COULD COME BACK, UH, AND, AND MAYBE FIND SOME CUTS THAT WOULD MAKE, UH, THIS, UH, FULL DOWN POSITION A LITTLE EASIER FOR US TO WELL, I, I WILL, I WILL DO THAT.
BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, JUDGE, THIS IS ABOUT AS BARE BONES AS I COULD GET ON MY BUDGET WITHOUT HAVING TO GIVE UP A LOT OF THINGS.
SO ALL THAT DUES, THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THERE OR DOES THAT ALL COME BACK? THAT'S FOR THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DUES TO THE COG.
UH, IT'S ALSO COVERS OUR FEES TO TCQ FOR OUR, UH, TIER TWO REPORTS.
WAS THAT ALL THAT COME DUE LATE IN THE YEAR? BECAUSE 2015 USED, WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY PAID 5,000 I THINK I SAW BILL.
SO WE'VE ALREADY PAID 5,050 NOW.
AND WHAT I DO IS IF I CAN, I TRY TO POSTPONE MY PURCHASES UNTIL AFTER JANUARY SO THAT WE HAVE THE TAX MONEY IN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME MY EXPENDITURES DON'T COME TILL ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
SO, WELL, I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN A, OBVIOUSLY YOUR DEPARTMENT'S BEEN A HELP ON THE, UH, FEMA MONEY THAT WE GOT.
WE'VE STILL GOT FEMA MONEY SUPPOSEDLY COMING IN.
WELL, I GOT A DEAL TODAY FOR 47,000 FOR THE LOW WATER CROSSING, UH, ON HICKORY TREE.
UM, I GOT, DIDN'T GET ANYTHING ON THE BRIDGE ITSELF.
SO I'VE GOT, BEFORE I SIGN OFF ON THAT, I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER PART OF IT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX THE TAKE THE BRIDGE OUT THE BRIDGE.
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THAT IS WHAT WE USED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE STATE AND OTHER AGENCIES AND UH, THAT IS A NECESSITY.UH, I I DIDN'T SEE YOU, YOU, HE HADN'T SPEND ANY MONEY IN IT.
THESE ARE THROUGH, BECAUSE THE END OF MAY, I MEAN END OF MARCH WHAT, HALF A YEAR? $331.
WE SPENT SOME MORE SINCE THEN.
THE WEB EOC 60 AND WE'VE GOING TO SPEND 3 31.
WE'RE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH WITH H TWO.
WE ARE DEFINITELY GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH AND A LOT OF THEIR FEES, WE'RE PUTTING THEM INTO THE, UM, PROJECT WORKSHEETS AS DIRECT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S PAYING US THERE.
IT IT'S PAYING, PAYING FOR ITSELF VERY WELL.
WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT MORE THAN WE WOULD'VE OTHERWISE.
WELL, OC HE JUST RECENTLY GAVE 1300, WHICH UP Y'ALL WANT TO SHARE ON THE COST OF REPLACING A BRIDGE THAT'S JUST FOR TEMPORARY ROAD 17 WHILE THEY'RE FIXING.
SO YOU'VE HEARD STEVE'S REQUEST.
SO WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, UH, HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS? WE'RE PRETTY STINGY WITH THE POSITION, BUT WHERE WE HAVE A NEED, YOU KNOW, THE COURT SO FAR BEEN ABLE TO, UH, AT LEAST TRY TO, WE NEED TO JUSTIFY IT AND UH, SO I I THIS IS UH, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO SAY YAY OR NAY AND UH, OF COURSE IF YOU CAN COME BACK WITH SOME ADDITIONAL CUTS SOMEPLACE THAT WOULD, UH, THAT WOULD HELP.
AND STILL WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR VALUES ARE YET.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR VALUES WE CUT BACK OUT.
BUT IT BE A MAYBE FOR NOW I WHERE WE STAND, I APPRECIATE THE, YEAH, WE HAD A TRUE NEED FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITH WITHOUT YOU.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IF WE HAD THIS POSITION, I CAN'T, MY POSITION MY FEELING, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.
I MEAN, IS THIS POSITION TRULY WARRANTY AND BECAUSE SOME OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HAD WITH THE PART-TIME PERSON HE HAD NOT MELISSA HAD BUT IS NEVER TAUGHT, YOU KNOW, NEVER, I NEVER DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
AND NOT THAT I WENT OUT THERE EVERY DAY, BUT I NEVER SAW HIM AT THE EOC.
AND UH, SO, UH, UH, WELL HE, HE DOES A GOOD BIT OF WORK FROM THE FIELD AND UH, I'VE ALLOWED HIM TO DO A LOT OF HIS WORK FROM HOME TOO.
AND WHEN I SAY HOME, IT'S EITHER HOME OR YOU DO SOME OF IT AT THE FIRE STATION IS DOWNTIME.
SO, UH, BUT A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE WILL NOT BE IN THAT SITUATION.
THEY WILL BE IN THE OFFICE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY UNLESS THEY'RE HAS UH, SOME ASSIGNMENT IN THE FIELD OR WHATEVER.
THERE WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE.
AND EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHERE WE GO WITH THIS, IF WE WIND UP KEEPING CRI AND JUST GET ANOTHER PART-TIME PERSON, THEN THE SAME THING WILL, WILL OCCUR IS, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT DO YOU WANT? DO? I DON'T KNOW, WE PUT, IF WE PUT, UH, ANOTHER FULL TIME EMPLOYEE ON THERE, IS THAT GONNA MAKE YOU WORK LESS THAN 40 HOURS A WEEK? IT MIGHT MAKE ME WORK LESS THAN 90.
IS THAT OKAY? WHAT'S THE JOB REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PERSON? UH, JOB REQUIREMENTS ARE GONNA BE IDENTICAL TO MINE.
IT'S JUST THAT WE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, TO DIVIDE IT AND, AND YOU KNOW, TAKE A LITTLE BIT OFF OF ME AND YOU KNOW, ONE TIME I'VE GONE ON VACATION SINCE I STARTED AND THAT WAS TO DISNEY WORLD WITH MY FAMILY AND I WAS STILL DOING EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS WHILE I WAS OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY BACK YOU UP JUST SO YOU HAVE BREAK NOW SINCE THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THERE IS LITERALLY BEEN NO BREAKS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING, SO IF YOU GOT A FULL TIME, YOU STILL NEED PARTTIME.
I WANT TO KEEP MELISSA AS A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE.
IS PART-TIME DUSTIN? NO, HE'S NOT THAT INVOLVED.
I'M JUST SAYING, CAN YOU DO YOU AND ONE FULL-TIME VERSUS FULLTIME AND A PART-TIME?
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WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GET, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF MELISSA BECAUSE SHE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO SOME OF THESE EVENTS AND STUFF, SHE DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB OF TAKING OUR PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, GOING TO THE, ALL OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVICE CLUB MEETINGS AND TAKING IT OUT THAT WAY.AND SHE DOES OUR, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH IS FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.
AND TO BE, TO BE HONEST, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO GET ONTO A TWITTER.
SO, UH, OKAY, SO, SO KIND OF BRING THIS THING TO A WRAP UP IS CAN WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT JUST TO PUT IT ON THERE AS A TENTATIVE REQUEST AND THEN WE SEE WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THE, OUR PROPERTY VALUES COME IN AND WHEN WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THE COST NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE REALISTIC, UH, THAN WHAT YOU HAD LISTED HERE BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE OTHER THINGS.
WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CALCULATE ALL THOSE.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE ALL IN THIS ROOM THAT DO, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT LAURIE CAN DO.
THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH COMMUNICATION.
SO IF YOU DON'T, I MEAN THAT'S WHAT LAURA EMPLOYEE DOES IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT? YEAH, I JUST TRY TO TOTAL THAT REAL QUICK.
UM, WITH THE UNREIMBURSED PART, PART-TIME ASSISTANT AND THE UNREIMBURSED FULL-TIME ASSISTANT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 46,000, 47,000, UH, TOTAL.
THAT'S WITH INSURANCE, THAT'S WITH WORKERS' COMP, THAT'S WITH UM, NOT WITH RETIREMENT FOR THE PART-TIME ASSISTANT, BUT WITH RETIREMENT FOR FULL-TIME ASSISTANT, THAT WOULDN'T BE REIMBURSED.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO BE 47,000 AND IF YOU, STEVE, IF YOU, WHEN THE JUDGE ASK YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET, SEE IF YOU COULD CUT SOME STUFF.
32 16, YOUR PARTS, YOUR REPAIRS, SINCE YOU GOT A NEW VEHICLE, YOU HAVE 3000 IN THE BUDGET, YOU ONLY SPEND $158 SIX MONTHS AND MIGHT CUT THAT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S, BUT IF HE GETS THE SECOND VEHICLE, JUDGE, YOU PROBABLY NEED, THAT'S THE OTHER, THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS.
BUT ONE NUMBER, NOT COUNT, VEHICLE TO VEHICLE LOUNGE.
UM, ONE THING I, I DID WANT ACTUALLY NOTE I LOOKED THE OTHER DAY LOOKING AT THE CR GRANT THAT HE WAS REFERRING TO AND LOOKING AT THESE, UH, HIS LINE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT CR GRANT.
UM, YOU'RE OVER ON REVENUE EXPENDITURES, UH, SALARIES, BENEFITS AND ALL YOUR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS STUFF.
SO, OKAY, SO AT THE, AT THE MOMENT IT'S NOT REALLY COUNTING ANYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE REIMBURSED GOOD REASON NOT TO GIVE UP THAT GRANT.
UM, ON THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, ARE YOU GONNA APPLY TO GET ANY MONEY BACK? I KNOW THE FIRST YEAR WE PAID FOR IT AND THEN YOU GOT US REFUNDED ON THAT THE SECOND YEAR WE GOT A GRANT TO PAY FOR IT.
A ONE THAT WAS A ONE TIME ONLY.
AND THERE'S NO WAY WITH THE NEW COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT THAT COULD BE SLIPPED OVER THERE.
UH, I DON'T YOU MEAN TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S BUDGET? WELL, I I IT IS FOR THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY, THE REVERSE 9 1 1.
AND I GUESS YOUR, YOUR QUESTION WAS COULD THAT BE SAID? WELL, I MEAN WE JUST SPENT THAT 3.6, 3.7 MILLION FROM THE RADIO SYSTEM.
I MEAN, IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE WAY THAT THAT COST COULD BE ZEROED DOUBT IF OUR NEW SYSTEM WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DO THE SAME THING? IT JUST DOES.
THE NEW SYSTEM WILL NOT, WHAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION DO WE HAVE ON THE FIRST LOCATION RIGHT NOW? UH, WE TOTAL PEOPLE THAT YES, THERE'S UH, 27, 20 7,000 HOMES ARE LISTED.
WE'VE GOT, UH, A LITTLE OVER 5,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE OPTED IN FOR THEIR CELL PHONES AT THIS POINT.
AND A LOT OF THAT GOES BACK TO MELISSA AND WHAT SHE DOES, GETTING THOSE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
HOW MANY CELL PHONES? THOUSAND.
SO IT'S 27 ROUGHLY 27 POUND POUNDS.
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WE HAVE HUNDRED 30,000 IN THE PHONE.I GET ONE, TWO, THREE CALLS PUSH.
AND STEVE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PICK, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET, WE JUST NEED TO COME BACK AND WHITTLE A LITTLE ON THIS AND, UH, LET US GET A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG ON WHERE WE'RE OUR RESIDENCE TOO.
NOT AN END, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, I I KNOW WHAT I NEED AND, AND I DON'T FEEL THAT I'M DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF COMMUNICATING THAT TO Y'ALL.
WELL, UH, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD WHAT WE NEED.
SO LET'S, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN AS TE ITEM AND THEN WE'LL MOVE, WE'LL MOVE ON.
UH, YOU GAVE ME A NUMBER LAST YEAR OF REVENUES FROM UM, UH, THE CO-OP EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM OF 8,000 AND WE'VE ONLY RECEDED $500.
HOW COME WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY MORE OF THAT? 'CAUSE I FORGOT TO SEND OUT AN INVOICE TO OKAY.
BECAUSE THAT WAS BASED ON, I I UNDERSTAND YOUR BUDGET LAST YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW, AND WHEN I SAY THAT THAT'S MY PLATE'S OVERLOADED WITH ALL THIS FLOODING AND DISASTERS WE'VE HAD.
SO I WILL GET ON THAT AND GET IT OUT.
CONSTABLE MORRIS IS NEXT AND I, AND SUCCESSOR, UH, AROUND IN THE HALLWAY.
SO THANKS FOR BEING GOT YOUR SUCCESSOR.
AND UH, YOU HAD SUBMITTED A BUDGET.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANY CHANGES IN THE BUDGET.
I DOUBT WITH CHAD, UH, SENDING PICTURE OF THE, OF THE BUDGET OF WHERE IT WAS.
HE HAD, UH, HE HAD SOME CONCERNS ON THE OFFICE SUPPLY, UH, WITH HAVING TO GET BUSINESS CARDS OR ENVELOPES AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF HIS NAME ON IT.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR AN INCREASE ON THE OFFICE SUPPLY.
I BELIEVE I HAD AT 1 1 50 UNIT FIND GLASSES UP HERE.
UH, YOU'D LIKE TO INCREASE THAT TO 600 AND IF WE COULD ADD ON MISCELLANEOUS, IT IS FOR EITHER A MIDDLE EQUIPMENT LINE ITEM TO BE PUT IN TO PURCHASE A VEST, UM, VEST CARRIERS, AND I'M ASSUMING A RIG, UNLESS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S GONNA ALLOW HIM TO BRING HIS RIG OVER, HE'LL HAVE TO BUY A NEW RIG, A VEST.
HAVE YOU REQUESTED THAT THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? WHAT'S THAT? HAVE YOU REQUESTED THAT TO SEE IF THEY WILL ALLOW YOU TO BRING THAT OVER? I GUESS IT WOULD TAKE IT JUST TO TRANSFER OVER, I GUESS.
HOW'D YOU GET YOUR, AS YOU CALL IT, I BROUGHT MINE WITH I SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
WOULDN'T THAT GO UNDER UNIFORMS? THEY MIGHT, IT COULD, BUT YOU COULD ADD IT IN ON I KNOW, I KNOW.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW ME TO BRING A VEST.
WHAT'S THE BEST I GOT IS YEAH, BECAUSE THE SWEAT BREAKS THEM DOWN.
SO THEY, THEY GOT TIE, THEY GOT A SHELF OFF LIKE ANYTHING.
HOW MUCH IS THE VEST? IT'S USUALLY YOU SPENT $900 I THINK ON THE VEST THAT WE BOUGHT THROUGH THE GRANT, I TRIED TO GET, WE HAD SOME MONEY LEFT OVER THAT WAS IN THAT GRANT AND I, I TRIED TO GET YOU OUT VEST WITH THAT.
BUT ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTABLE SAFETY EQUIPMENT GRANT, IT WAS OVER MARCH 31ST.
WE COULDN'T ORDER ANYTHING ELSE.
COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T GET REIMBURSED, UH, BACK ON.
AND I MEAN I OBVIOUSLY YOU GOTTA HAVE OFFICES SUPPLIES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO DOWN TO THE GAS AND OIL.
UH, AND WE SHOW A BUDGET OF 11 SEVEN AND OF COURSE THIS IS JUST THROUGH MARCH 31ST AND WE SHOW WE 100 OUT.
THAT I'M SURE IT'S HIGHER THAN THAT NOW.