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THE BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING WORK, AND IT'S AT 10 0 7.AND SO WE'LL INTO THAT WORKSHOP MEETING CALLED AUR OF OUR REGULAR MEETING.
UH, I ASKED DESIREE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
I SENT YOU, UH, AN ARTICLE LAST WEEK.
WAS THAT AN EDITORIAL? THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS? DID Y'ALL SO MENTIONED CALLING ME.
I THOUGHT, WELL, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER AREA.
BUT I TALKED WITH DESIREE AND ASKED HER WHAT EXACTLY I KNOW THIS, THAT ROCKWALL COUNTY WAS NOT ON, UH, ROCKWALL WAS NOT MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE.
THEY HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THE PAST.
UM, I HAVE SPOKE WITH ROCKWALL COUNTY AND SHE SAID THE REASON WHY THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE IS BECAUSE THEY GIVE A COURTESY LETTER TO PARKLAND, UH, AFTER TWO WEEKS LETTING 'EM KNOW THAT THE PERSON HASN'T PROVIDED THE INFORMATION THAT SHE NEEDED.
UM, SO I TALKED TO THE JUDGE AND UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING.
SHE SENT ME OVER WHAT SHE HAD AND WE'RE GONNA END UP DOING THE SAME THING THAT SHE DID.
THIS IS JUST THE COURTESY LETTER, JUST LETTING 'EM KNOW THAT, UM, THE PERSON IS GOING TO BE DENIED 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH AN APPLICATION AT ALL.
AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE COUNTY THAT'S NOT DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, IT'S ACTUALLY THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON.
I HAVE ANOTHER REPORT THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL AS WELL.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN ON, UM, ARTICLE 61 0 3 2, UH, NOTIFICATION PROVISIONS OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THIS HERE, IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU THAT IT IS ACTUALLY THE HOSPITAL, THE PROVIDER AND THE FAMILY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY US AND GET THE, UM, SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS THAT WE NEED.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN ON THE, IT'LL TELL YOU THAT NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE PATIENT COUNT, PATIENT'S COUNTY OF RESIDENT RECEIVES NOTIFICATION AND SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION, WHICH THAT IS THE APPLICATION.
IF I DON'T RECEIVE THAT, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DENY IT TONIGHT.
OKAY? THEY DO HAVE NINE, FIVE DAYS REALLY FROM THE DATE OF SERVICE TO APPLY WITH US, BUT THIS WAY I CAN JUST LET THE HOSPITAL KNOW AFTER THE TWO WEEKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH.
SO, UM, THIS NEXT FORM HERE, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO MONTHLY FOR Y'ALL.
IF Y'ALL LIVE FOR EVERY THIRD MONTH, WHATEVER, IT'S JUST A REPORT.
IT BREAKS DOWN THE JAIL IN US HOW MUCH WE SPEND.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST FOR THIS YEAR SO FAR.
I THINK THIS WOULD BE, UH, PROBABLY IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON THE NEXT MEETING.
WHATEVER THE DAY IS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, THIS, WELL, I MEAN, JUST AS A MATTER, THIS HERE IS JUST A SPREADSHEET I KIND OF WANNA GO OVER WITH AS FAR AS, UM, PARKLAND'S NOTIFICATION COMPARED TO HOW MANY APPLY OUT OF THIS AMOUNT.
Y'ALL JUST TAKE THIS AND GO OVER.
IF YOU NOTICE, UM, THIS IS STRICTLY PARKLAND, RIGHT? THIS IS STRICTLY JUST PARKLAND.
AND THERE ARE OTHER I DO, I DO GET OTHER COUNTIES.
NOW, I WAS GONNA TELL YOU, I, I WOULD BE MORE THAN GLAD TO DO THAT, BUT I WOULD BE MORE THAN A DAY AND A HALF TO GET THE REPORT DONE.
SO, UM, IT'S KIND OF REALLY INTENSE.
SO ANYWAY, SO IT'S NOT JUST PARKLAND HOSPITAL, IT'S OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL.
AND I'M GONNA GO OVER TO THIS LOCAL HOSPITAL RIGHT HERE AFTER I GO OVER THIS INFORMATION.
UM, THIS IS FOR 2015, 16 AND 17.
IF YOU NOTICE, UM, 2015, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AT PARKLAND, BUT THEY DID NOT SEND ME ANY NOTE PATIENTS AT ALL IN 2015.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A CHANGE OF HANDS.
I DO KNOW I WAS SPEAKING TO A DIFFERENT PERSON AT THAT TIME AND THEY WERE NOT SENDING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROPERLY LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.
SO IT DOES KIND OF, IT WOULD KIND OF VARY IF IT DID THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT 2017, WHICH THAT STARTED OCTOBER THE FIRST, 2016, I'VE HAD 264 NOTIFICATIONS.
OUT OF THAT, ONLY EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED.
OUT OF THOSE EIGHT PEOPLE, ONLY THREE WERE APPROVED.
THREE WERE DENIED 'CAUSE OF THEIR INCOME AND TWO DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH.
NOW, AS FAR AS INCOME GOES, WE ONLY GO THIS COUNTY ADOPTED YEARS AGO.
UH, WE GO 21% OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC BECAUSE OF WHAT WE USE HERE.
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I'M GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KAUFMAN UP HERE.WHEN WE GET NOTIFICATIONS FROM KAUFMAN, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND, THEY JUST GIVE US NOTIFICATIONS FROM EVERYBODY LIVES IN C THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T REALLY SCREEN THE PERSON TO SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY HAVE INSURANCE OR IF THEY WORK OR HOW MUCH THEIR INCOME IS.
THEY JUST BASICALLY JUST SEND US EVERYTHING.
SO LAST YEAR, FROM OCTOBER THE FIRST, 2016, I HAD 2,762, THE QUALIFICATIONS.
AND OUT OF THAT 2006, 762, I ONLY HAD THREE THAT WERE APPROVED FOR THE PROGRAM FOR THE DATE OF SERVICE.
SO IT COMES, IT BREAKS IT DOWN.
IT'S THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON THAT IS NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH.
IT'S NOT GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COUNTY.
WE DO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
WE FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF THE STATE AND, UH, THAT THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT THE JUDGE AND I FELT LIKE Y'ALL MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN TO KIND OF KNOW.
HE, HE MAY BE GETTING SOME MORE PHONE CALLS BECAUSE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, DALLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS, THEY'RE PUSHING IT OUT THERE TO 'EM, GETTING 'EM A LITTLE UPSET.
SO, UM, THEY THINK THAT WE'RE DROPPING THE BALL.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE FALLING THROUGH EVERYTHING.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THROUGH TO THE STATE.
WELL, EVEN RELATED TO IT, THE ARTICLE CALLED THE COUNTY SAYING, HEY, WE FOLLOW LAW.
WE, WE SUPPOSED EXACTLY GUY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW IT, THAT'S A POOR EXCUSE.
THE THING IS, IS WHEN A PERSON GOES TO THE ER, THEY GET THE SERVICE, THEY'RE DONE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A FINE OR FILLING OUT AN APPLICATION.
THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT GONNA FOLLOW FOR THERE NO REASON.
NOW, I WILL TELL YOU, YEARS AGO, KAUFMAN WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD ABOUT HAULING THROUGH WITH THE PATIENT.
UM, BUT FOR SOME REASON, I, I GUESS 'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S GETTING WAY, WAY OUT THERE THAT THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T EVEN DO THAT ANYMORE.
THE PERSON DOESN'T APPLY, THEY JUST DON'T APPLY.
SO KIND OF DROPPED THE BALL ON IT.
SO, BUT Y'ALL HAVE ANY HOSPITAL, HUH? THAT'S THE HOSPITAL? YEAH.
IT'S THE HOSPITAL'S RESPONSIBILITY AND IT CLEARLY STATES IN THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, GET THE INFORMATION TO US.
SO, AND YOU WANT TO, YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON THE LOCAL, ON THE OTHER HOSPITAL YOU WANTED TO, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER REPORT THAT IS GONNA TAKE ME A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
UM, THE AGENDA AND JUST PUT IT AS A REPORT.
JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES.
IT'S NOT ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT'S, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO TO OTHER HOSPITAL MM-HMM
AND, UH, CERTAINLY OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL IS GETTING VERY HARD WITH EMERGENCY CARE.
UH, I THINK THE HOSPITAL, SUNNYVALE AND ROCK, UH, SUNNYVILLE, UM, YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THEM THE OTHER DAY.
I DON'T GET VERY MANY NOTIFICATIONS FOR SUNNYVILLE.
UM, THE ONLY TIME I DO IS IF ONE OF MY CLIENTS THAT I HAVE ON THE PROGRAM NOW GO THERE.
THEY'LL JUST LET ME KNOW, HEY, YOUR CLIENT IS HERE.
SO I DON'T REALLY GET ANY NOTIFICATIONS OUTSIDE OF THAT ONE.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THESE HOSPITALS, THEY DO CHARITY CARE AND IT MAY BE JUST THEY DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE KIND OF, UH, INFORMED ON WHAT THAT SITUATION WAS WITH OUR HEALTHCARE WHERE, UH, APARTMENT, HOSPITAL, THIS AREA IS JUST ANOTHER GOOD READ IS, UM, SOME MORE ARTICLES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO DALLAS NEWS UP ON THAT WHEN YOU GOT TIME.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT? YI THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, UH, NEXT IS THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT BUDGET HERE.
SOME TIME AGO, UH, THERE WERE SOME DECISIONS THAT AARON ARE MORE
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY TAKE, UH, UH, ACTION ON.
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EARLIER BUDGET SESSION THAT WE HAD.THERE WERE SOME THINGS WE DISCUSSED CONCERNING SEVERAL OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND IN TALKING WITH, UH, KAREN AND KW, CAN Y'ALL HEAR OKAY OVER THERE? OKAY, YES.
TALKING WITH KAREN AND KW, I WANTED TO KIND OF GO BACK OVER THOSE AND WRAP THAT UP.
UH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON THAT, I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, TALKED WITH CHRIS FE AT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND, UH, THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE, UH, UH, SOME VALUES TO US BY LAW.
I THINK THEY 20 THAT LAST YEAR.
THEY GOT A LITTLE EARLIER, UH, BASED, WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, UH, LAST WEEK, THEY WERE STILL HAVING HEARINGS.
AND THE HEARINGS ARE PROGRESSING ALONG PRETTY WELL.
BUT YOU KNOW, THEY A LARGER NUMBER OF, UH, PEOPLE THAT RECEIVING RELIEF AND SO THEY'RE NOT READY, READY TO NAIL DOWN WHERE WE'RE ON REVENUE.
WE DO KNOW OUR REVENUE AND OUR APPRAISED VALUE WILL BE HIGHER.
THE OTHER THING THEY'RE DOING, UH, THAT, UH, WE MAY HAVE DISCUSSED EARLIER IS, IS THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES I'M SURE AS WELL, THAT CLAIM TO HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.
THEY MAY HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, AND UH, THEY MAY HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN DALLAS COUNTY OR SOMEWHERE.
BRENDA, YOU PROBABLY MAY DEAL THAT QUITE OFTEN IN OKLAHOMA OR SOMEWHERE
YOU KNOW, AND SO THEY'VE HIRED A FIRM, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS HIRED A FIRM TO, UH, I THINK DOING A COMPUTER CHECK ON THAT.
THEY'RE DOING, AND I THINK THEY'RE DISCOVERING QUITE A FEW OF THOSE.
I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU ATTENDED BOARD MEETING, THAT'S AN EX OFFICIO, REMEMBER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ABOUT THAT OR DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE ON THAT? I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY ARE ON THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY'VE DECEASED, THEY JUST, MAYBE THEY PASSED ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.
THEY'RE STILL CLEANING, UM, OVER 65.
SOME OF 'EM ON ARE ON DEFERRALS.
SOME OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE LIKE, UH, HANDICAP TYPE, UH, EXEMPTIONS AND STUFF THAT THE FAMILY'S TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, BUT THEY, IT'S NEVER BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE SENIOR APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO IT'S CLEANING UP THE RECORDS.
NO, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S, BUT THEY'RE CLEANING UP THE RECORDS AND IT'S BEING A BIG HELP.
BUT THE HEARINGS ARE GOING ON.
JUST WANT ME TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
UH, SO WHILE, WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON THIS, UH, TO COME BACK, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE MY COPY WITH YOU, BUT, UH, KAREN KW Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD AT THIS POINT? FINE.
Y'S DECISIONS YOU NEED TO MAKE.
OUR PLAN IS, IS THAT WE'LL, UH, UH, POST THE, THE BUDGET ON THE, UH, COUNTY WEBSITE AROUND ON OR AROUND JULY THE 27TH, IT HAS TO BE POSTED AS A BUDGET OR AS THAT BEFORE.
BUT WE DO, UH, DO PLAN ON PROVIDING THAT, UH, GETTING THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN GET, UH, WHATEVER THE TAX WORK RATE LINES UP BEING, UH, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, UH, TO YOU AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, SOME DEPARTMENT CHANGES AS FAR AS CONSOLIDATING SOME DEPARTMENTS, UH, MAYBE NOT CONSOLIDATING, BUT CREATING A NEW DEPARTMENT, MOVING IT FROM WHERE IT HAS BEEN.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO, TO DISCUSS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH.
UH, AND, UH, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT A DEPARTMENT THAT CURRENTLY MAY HAVE, LIKE RANDY'S DEPARTMENT HAS THREE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT HE WORKS WITH.
AND, UH, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH IT, BUT THERE'S WORKS ANOTHER AREA TIME.
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, THAT ALWAYS PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT.
SAME WAY WITH, UH, THE IT DEPARTMENT.
WE, UH, DISCUSSED MOVING, UH, THAT DEPARTMENT
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TO, UH, FOLKS THERE TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, NEW DEPARTMENT TO MOVE WITH IT, WORKING ON THE DETAILS ABOUT DOING THAT AS WE, UH, AFTER WE MOVE FORWARD.BUT, UH, THIS IS WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON, UH, THIS, UH, OUR REVENUES, UH, ARE, ARE GOING TO GO UP.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
UH, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, UH, AMOUNT OF PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST YEAR, UH, THERE'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 380 SOMETHING MILLION, UH, NEW PROPERTY VALUES THAT, BRAND NEW VALUES THAT ARE GOING ON ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT, UH, INCREASE.
AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE GOALS THAT I'VE MENTIONED TO THE COURT THAT I WANT TO DO IS TO MOVE, UH, LEAVE THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND IS NOW BELOW 9 CENTS, 9.20 CENTS AND MOVE THAT 10 CENTS, UH, TO MORE MONEY INTO YOUR ROAD BRIDGE BUDGET, WHICH I KNOW YOU DESPERATELY NEED.
AND SO THAT WILL, THE GROWTH WE'RE HAVING, AND BY MOVING MORE OF THE GENERAL FUND INTO THAT BUDGET, THAT WILL YOUR BRIDGE BUDGET, THAT WILL BE, THAT PLUS THE ACTUAL GROWTH WILL ALSO FUNDS AS WELL.
SO JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT.
YOU SO MOVE FORWARD WITH BUDGET.
SO MISS ANYTHING, ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
WITH, WE HEAR BACK FROM THE, UH, THE WORKERS' COMP ON THAT WE ALREADY HEARD.
WE, WE GOT A, UH, WE GOT AN EMAIL LAST WEEK AND WE, OUR REFUND THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE 58,000, BUT IT'S NOT JUST WORKERS, IT'S EVERYTHING WE HAVE.
IT'S A POOL AND THAT CORRECT, KAREN, I MEAN, LAURA, I BELIEVE IT WAS 58,000.
I, I'M, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IT.
BUT THAT WAS THE WORKERS' COMP AND THE GENERAL LIABILITY AUDIT TOGETHER POOL.
IT WASN'T JUST THE AUDIT LAST YEAR, IT WAS OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE AROUND 58, I MEAN BY 58.
WILL WE GET ANYTHING ON THE, ON THE CAP CREDIT THOSE FUNDS? I THINK JUST, UH, WERE RECEIVED, UH, LAST WEEK AND I BELIEVE IT WAS HUNDRED 19,000.
AND THEY'LL SHOW, I DON'T THINK I, WHETHER WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT THE MONEY YET OR NOT.
UH, NO, I, AS FAR AS I'M, WE DON'T HAVE, WE GOT NOTIFICATIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BANK, SO TO SPEAK.
BUT, UH, THAT MONEY WILL BE SET ASIDE.
WE'VE USED IT IN THE PAST TO HELP THE PAY OF THE, UH, UH, VARIOUS PROGRAMS WE'RE IN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOME AND STUFF LIKE THAT DID GO A LITTLE BIT, I BELIEVE.
SO, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT IS THIS, UH, CHART, THIS VERSION FIRST.
AND, UH, THESE ARE FROM OUR FIRST, UH, AMENDED BUDGET.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE ARE, UH, UH, GENERAL FUND CHANGES FROM, UH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ, BUT IT'S ME AND 854,000, UH, ON THE, UH, WELLNESS PROGRAM.
THE
WE RECEIVED 24,000, MISCELLANEOUS 3008 68.
MY BOARD REFUND, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED IS, UH, 58 56, UH, GRANT REIMBURSEMENT, 1,000,005 20, AND THE, UH, NEGATIVE ON THE INTER LOCAL REGIONAL CALL CENTER, UH, THAT WILL ALSO BE OFFSET BY THE, UH, UH, SHERIFFS NOT FILLING THOSE POSITIONS OUT THERE AS WELL.
SO THAT SHOWS A DECREASE OF, UH, 353,000 FOR A TOTAL REVENUE, UH, INCREASE, UH, TOTAL REVENUE INCREASE, DECREASE 309,000.
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THE, UH, SOME OF THE CHANGES FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET TO REVISION ONE BACK IN.UH, UH, THIS IS OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET GOING OVER.
THESE WERE BASED ON, ON TRANSFERS AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED BETWEEN OCTOBER ONE AND MARCH 31ST.
I'M NOT GONNA READ, SEE WHERE WE, UH, HAVE SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE CURRENT.
THEN THE, UH, NEXT ITEM IS THE, UH, THIS IS THE ITEM THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON HERE INITIALLY, AND THAT IS THE, UH,
UH, THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND, UH, CHANGES FROM REVISION ONE TO REVISION TWO, AND THIS WILL BE FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOTH FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
THESE ARE JUST THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT REVISIONS.
SO AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN ALOR TAXES, UH, THE MIXED DRINKS, UH, TAXES, THE INCREASE OF ABOUT $10,000 OF BINGO REVENUE.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE SOME OF THE INCREASES ARE, UH, THAT WE'RE, UH, UH, HAD TALKED ABOUT, I BELIEVE AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMATION OF THOSE AND, UH, HAVE THAT.
THEN AS YOU GO THROUGH, UH, THE DETAILED VERSION OF THIS IS ON PART ON THE THIRD PAGE, AND IT SHOWS THE, UH, CHANGES THAT OCCURRED THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRED FOR, UH, UH, FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
Y Y'ALL JUMP IN WITH ME TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT SAYING SOMETHING THAT'S INCORRECT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE REVENUES, THE FIRST TWO PAGES, UM, THAT I HAD CREATED A SPREADSHEET, UM, THAT KIND OF, I ESTIMATED WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND BASED OFF OF THAT, UH, THESE WERE THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD SENT TO JUDGE WOOD, KAREN REVIEWED, AND THESE WERE THE CHANGES THAT WERE, UM, AGREED ON.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN, UH, REVISIT ANY OF 'EM.
ALSO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, I HAVE NOTES.
IF I, IF I THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING MAY, IF Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ON 'EM, I TRY TO EXPLAIN EITHER WHAT THE ACCOUNT NUMBER WAS OR WHY THE CHANGE WAS NECESSARY.
AND THAT GOES FOR THE REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURES.
SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS, IF YOU GO TO THE THIRD PAGE AGAIN, UH, THESE ARE THE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE SALARY INFORMATION IN THIS FOR THE MOST PART, I DON'T BELIEVE, UM, ANY, ANY SALARY RETIREMENT, SOCIAL SECURITY, LONGEVITY CHANGES THAT ARE IN THIS DOCUMENT.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF NEXT YEAR SOMEONE GETS A LONGEVITY BUMP, WELL, THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT HERE.
I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THESE NOW BEFORE YOU GUYS ACTUALLY DECIDE ON ANY INCREASES IN, UH, EITHER RAISES OR NEW POSITIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT YOU IN WOULD BE LIKE LONGEVITY.
THE NEW RATES FOR LIKE RETIREMENT, UM, IF ANYONE AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
AND HEALTH AND HEALTH INSURANCE.
AND IF ANYONE, IF ANYONE WAS APPROVED FOR A RAISE, UM, BETWEEN, LIKE I SAY, OCTOBER ONE AND MARCH 31ST, THAT'S BEEN BE THERE TOO.
AND WE REMEMBER OUR HEALTH INSURANCE WENT UP A BIT, ABOUT 5%.
AND SO, UH, BUT WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND BUDGETED THAT INCREASE BECAUSE, UH, COMPARED TO WHAT OTHER INDUSTRIES ARE SEEING, IT'S FAIRLY, UH, THAT'S, YEAH, IT'S, I MEAN, 5% TO 5%, BUT IT'S NOT 20 AND 14.
SO, UH, HEY DEBBIE, I WISH YOU AND KAREN WOULD MOVE UP HERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US IF YOU COULD.
I THINK IT'D BE A LITTLE EASIER.
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MACHINE, ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE VISITED IMMEDIATELY, SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER THAN WHAT THE OTHER ONE WAS.THE OTHER ONE BE APPROVED, AND THAT'S WHY THE COUNSELOR WAITING ON, SO, AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT PORTION OF THIS TIME.
AND THEN, UH, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, COUPLE YEARS TOO, BUT HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT GONNA BE NEAR THE AMOUNT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD AFFECT THAT, AND I STILL HERE, IS THE NUMBER OF MACHINES WE ACTUALLY BUY WILL BE AFFECTED SOMEWHAT IF WE GO TO THIS VOTING CENTER.
SO, SO THERE'S LOTS OF STILL, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF STILL UNKNOWNS OUT THERE, BUT WE, WE KIND OF HAVE, UH, SO WHAT, WHAT WOULD, UH, WHAT WOULD, KAREN, WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE OF YOU, WHAT, HOW DO YOU WANT US TO GO THROUGH THIS? UH, WELL, THERE'S THAT LIST OF, UH, CHANGES THAT HADN'T BEEN APPROVED YET BECAUSE EVERYTHING IN THAT G CHANGES FROM REVISION NUMBER ONE TO REVISION NUMBER TWO.
THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DISCUSSED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WE HEARD, LIKE ABSOLUTELY, YES.
UM, SO THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HERE.
BUT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WE WERE UNSURE OF OR JUST ABSOLUTELY NO, UM, I HAD IT A SEPARATE LIST, BASICALLY DELETED EVERYTHING OUT THAT WAS APPROVED.
SO THAT WAY IF WE CAN GET JUST ABSOLUTE NO OR SOMETHING, UM, BUT THAT'S THAT LIST OF NOT APPROVED CHANGES.
AND THEN I CAN BREAK THIS OFF REAL QUICK.
THAT'S PRETTY, I THINK THIS WAS BY ORDER AS THEY CAME TO, YEAH.
AND I THINK THIS, THIS ONE THAT I'M ABOUT TO PRINT OFF IS IN, UH, DEPARTMENT ORDER.
SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY AN ORDER.
AND THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE CAN, SO YOU, IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE IT THAT ACTUALLY SEE THE DOCUMENT SO THAT YOU SEE AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS NUMBER, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE RIGHT THING
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CAME OVER.I THINK THAT WAS SENT TO YOU ON FRIDAY.
BUT I DON'T THINK I PRINTED IT ALL.
SO WE START WITH ON 42 AND THAT'S IN THE COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE.
IT WAS ASKING FOR A $6,000, UH, MORE SALARY FROM ONE DEPUTY, MORE OF AN IT POSITION.
WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION ON THAT.
YOU WANT TO HELP US? REMIND US WHAT THAT WAS.
THAT'S, UH, THIS WOULD BE, UH, FROM PHONE 42 RECORD RECORDS MANAGEMENT.
AND UH, BASICALLY I NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN BE THE GO BETWEEN, BETWEEN IT OR THE VENDORS WITH THE SOFTWARE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE LAND RECORDS, WE HAVE COURT, WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS COURT, WE HAVE THE WEBSITE.
AND MORE AND MORE TIMES I NEED ONE INDIVIDUAL TO BE THAT GO-BETWEEN FOR TURNING IN TICKETS FOR GETTING THESE CHANGES TO OUR SOFTWARE DONE.
AND SO I JUST ASKED TO INCREASE, THERE'S A SALARY IN THERE AND I JUST ASKED TO INCREASE IT.
WELL, YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE THERE DOING UNTIL RIGHT.
BASICALLY, SHE'S ONE OF MY REGULAR EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, ALSO MY CHIEF DEPUTY, BUT I HAVE MY CHIEF DEPUTY NOW WORKING ON THE SUBDIVISION STUFF.
OH, SHE'S WORKING ON SUBDIVISION.
SHE'S WORKING THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS, COMING UP WITH FORMS CREATION, WORKING WITH THE, THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND 9 1 1, BASICALLY GETTING THAT PROCESS STARTED.
WE HAVE SEVERAL SUBDIVISIONS IN WORK RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT PART OF YOUR STATUTORY USE AND SUBDIVISION? NO, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WHEN, WHEN I LET GO OF COLLECTIONS LAST YEAR YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MY OFFICE PICKING UP BEING THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE RECORD KEEPING PROCESS FOR THE SUBDIVISIONS.
FUND 42 IS A, IT'S ONE, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE GENERAL FUND, NO FUND.
THIS IS A SEPARATE FUND THAT SHE HAS QUITE A BIT OF MONEY THAT HAS ACCUMULATED IN THAT FUND BECAUSE OF PILING FEES AND SO FORTH.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT WOULD BE, YOU'RE NOT, DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU PAY FOR ANYBODY OUT OF THAT FUND NOW? FULL TIME? I HAVE TWO PEOPLE AND PART-TIME POSITIONS THAT I FOUND OUT OF THERE.
SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A $6,000 MORE SALARY FOR ONE DEPUTY, UH, THAT'S ALREADY IN THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WHAT YOUR SO WE CAN NAIL THIS DOWN.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? PROVE THAT REQUEST.
IT'S NOT OUT THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, YOU WANNA MAKE A DECISION YOU WANNA PASS OVER TO TIME B PASS.
UH, COUNTY COURT OF LAW NUMBER ONE TRAINING, UH, EDUCATION CONFERENCE.
MY KAREN AND, UH, HAD MILEAGE AND TRAINING CROSSED OUT
WHAT WAS THE DECISION ON 1 42? BECAUSE I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT Y'ALL DECIDED.
OH, WE'RE NOT MAKING, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THIS.
I'LL TRY TO TALK LOUDER, BUT I, NO, MR. OFIELD WAS TALKING KW AND I COULDN'T HEAR, OH, I APOLOGIZE.
THIS, THIS IS WHAT, UM, YOU SAID THE WORKER COMP, WORKERS' COMP THAT WE'RE GONNA BE RECEIVING REFUND ON THE SECOND PAGE.
I THOUGHT IT 50, 61 YEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE RECEIVED, I BELIEVE ABOUT A HUNDRED OR SOMETHING.
ACTUALLY THAT WAS THE FUNDS WE USED SINCE THE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PURCHASED A LOT THAT WE'RE DOING THE, UH, THE PARKING, PARKING LOT.
AND JUDGE, I TALKED TO CYNTHIA BRANDON, THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS, AND SHE SAID OUR CHECK SHOULD BE RELEASED NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE ROAD.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE ON COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER ONE.
UH, THIS MAY JUST BE SOMETHING I TO LOOK INTO IT.
JUST NOTE I HAD THAT, UH, I WAS COMPARING MY NOTES WITH KAREN.
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SHE HAD THE CROSSED OUT AS FAR AS REQUESTED.I JUST A LOOK AT THAT, MAKE SURE OKAY.
WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE WHERE JUDGE JONES, HE NEVER USES ALL OF THIS.
SO IT MAY THAT WE CAN A LITTLE BIT LOWER DOWN.
ON THE, UH, VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, WE GOT MAYBE HERE, UH, NEW LINE ITEM FOR SOFTWARE, $2,100, UH, AND THEN $500 ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, UH, DUE POSITION OR SUPPLEMENT FOR THE VETERAN SUPPORT MANAGER AND OFFERED FLEET MANAGEMENT SUPPLEMENT.
WE'LL REVISIT THAT A LATER DATE.
SO LET'S GO BACK THROUGH, I THINK THE LINE ITEM SOFTWARE.
YEAH, SO THAT WAS, GO AHEAD, PLUG THAT IN.
UH, THE NEW POSITION OR SUPPLEMENT, HE IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE VETERANS PART, UH, AND WANTS TO DO THAT.
WE'LL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH HIM, I'M SURE.
I BELIEVE, UH, WE WERE PAYING, UH, WELL, WE'RE PAYING SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THAT.
OR DID WE HAVE SOME MONEY TO SET ASIDE? NO, HE WAS, HE WAS DOING THE FLEET MANAGEMENT AND THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL 6,000.
SO YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA DO THE FLEET MANAGEMENT.
I THINK WE DECIDED WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.
AND AS FAR AS NEW POSITION, SUPPLE, I, DURING THE MEETING, I WASN'T SURE WHICH WAS ACTUALLY BEING TALKED ABOUT.
NOW, THE MAINTENANCE ON THE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, WE USED TO HAVE IT IN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.
4 0 9, THE ONE THAT'S SO BIG, SOMETIMES THE STUFF WOULD GET SIGNED OFF ON AND WE'D PAY IT BEFORE THE TREASURER WAS INVOLVED, PRIOR TREASURER.
AND HE WOULD JUST BRING IT IN, WRITE THE CHECKS AND PAY IT.
WE'VE CHANGED THAT PROCESS AND SO WE DECIDED SINCE Y'ALL WANTED BROUGHT IT TO OVERSEE IT, WE WANTED TO MOVE THAT FROM 4 0 9 TO HIS DEPARTMENT AND THEN HE COULD REPORT WHAT HE'S DOING ON FOR THE MAINTENANCE PART OR IF HE NEEDED MORE, HE COULD COME BACK AND JUSTIFY IT BECAUSE THEN HE'D HAVE EVERYTHING LISTED WHY HE NEEDED IT.
HE TO DO YOU A BETTER JOB OF PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
IN OTHER WORDS, Y'ALL STILL MAINTAIN MOLD AND EVERYTHING? NO.
HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MONEY? WE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN HIS BUDGET STOCK? IT'S HAD 4,500 OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
IF YOU'LL, UH, YOU'RE NOT THERE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET DOCUMENT.
UH, IN 2015 THEY SPENT $3,598.
UH, 2016 THEY SPENT 9,800 AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF A, A BAD LEAK.
'CAUSE NOBODY WAS REALLY WATCHING IT, YOU KNOW? UH, BUT WE PUT $4,500 IN THERE FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET WE'RE IN.
AND AS OF TO DATE, THERE'S BEEN LIKE $1,317 SPENT.
SO WE JUST PUT THE SAME 4,500 IN THIS BUDGET.
BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHY WE MOVED IT ALL BUDGET, ALL THE BILLS GO THROUGH.
WELL, AT LEAST SOMEBODY'S GETTING THOSE BILLS AND HE HAS TO AUTHORIZE AND SAY YEAH, THE COURT DONE.
AND HE, I MEAN HE, HE WATCHES IT VERY CLOSELY.
HE, WELL, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN HE PRESENTED HIS, HIS BUDGET, HE ALSO BROUGHT UP THAT SOME OF THE MONUMENTS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, ED MORTAR, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, AND CLEANED UP.
WELL THE THING OF IT IS, IF WE HAVE THE LINE OUT MINUTE, WE CAN ADD TO IT.
HE CAN BRING IT TO US WITH, WITH, WITH BIDS DURING THE YEAR AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA COST AND WE CAN LOAD ON AT END OF THE TIME.
SO THE $4,500 FOR THIS FOR MAINTENANCE GENERAL MAINTEN.
AND WE'D ALSO DISCUSSED GIVING HIM A SUPPLEMENT FOR DOING THAT.
IS THAT NOT PART OF HIS ORIGINAL JOB? RIGHT.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN WE WERE, WE WANTED TO DO THAT, SO I DON'T REMEMBER ANYBODY, BUT, BUT THAT, THAT THOUSAND, I DUNNO WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES FROM.
IT'S JUST ONE THAT WE PROVIDED USED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
BUT THIS JOB IS GOING TO BE, I THINK IT BECAUSE ITS WHAT, FIVE OVERTIME? SORRY, GO AHEAD.
THE 500, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT CAME ABOUT TIME.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M JUST THINKING.
THAT'S WHERE, WHERE IT CAME FROM.
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I, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS THAT HE WOULD BE ATTENDING IN, UH, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE, I I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE A SUPPLEMENT.I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE.
UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN GIVING A $6,000 SUPPLEMENT FOR SOME OF THE DUTIES THAT GO AROUND.
UH, BUT THAT'S NOT IN SET IN STONE.
BUT TO MOVE THIS BUDGET ALONG, WE'VE GOTTA START MAKING, WELL I THINK HE NEEDS A SUPPLEMENT OVERSEEING IT FOR SURE.
DOES THAT SOUND OKAY? OVERSEEING IT UNTIL NOW.
IT REALLY, AND THAT'S KIND OF REASON THE PRIOR, THE PRIOR TREASURER WAS INVOLVED IN TOO.
WE ALL GETTING, WELL, I WANTED TO MAKE A MOVE LONG RANGE, SO I WOULD SUGGEST 4,848.
IF WE COULD COME BACK ON THAT LATER, WE CAN.
BUT AGAIN, TO START PUTTING SOME NUMBERS IN THIS BUDGET, WE, WE NEED TO, NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
IT COULD BE PART OF THE SALARY.
SO ADDING IT TO HIS BASE PAIN.
THAT'D BE SIMPLER TO THAT'D BE SIMPLER.
ME, THE SUPPLEMENT THING? NO, BECAUSE IT'S ALL SUBJECT TO THE SECURITY WOULD BE ANYWAY.
THE ONE THING THAT IT WOULD AFFECT IS WHENEVER HE STARTS GETTING LONGEVITY AND HE'S HERE FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, THAT'S THE ONE THING IT MOTIVATE.
IT WILL, IT'LL AFFECT THE BASE WILL AFFECT HIS EVERYBODY.
IF HE'S GONNA IT FOR 20 YEARS, I MEAN THAT'S JUST, JUST PART OF HIS SOUND.
THEN A GOOD IDEA IS HIS JOB DESCRIPTION NEEDS TO BE UPDATED WHERE IT SAYS OVER THE MEMORIAL.
AND IF WE REPLACE IT, IT IS JUST IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE A CHOICE TO SAY, NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
THAT'S HOW CRACK LAURIE, IF YOU WORKING WITH YES SIR.
HIM, I'M SURE HE MAY ALREADY HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION WORKED UP PROBABLY.
SO KNOWING, KNOWING ROBERT, KNOWING HE DOES.
BUT, UH, ALRIGHTYY, UH, PUBLIC DEFENDER, UH, WE DIDN'T APPROVE THE, UH, INCREASES THERE ON THE, UH, SALARIES.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING DO THAT, I DON'T THINK UNTIL WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL PICTURE OF SALARIES.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE'LL MOVE ON.
PASS, UH, GENERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, JUST NOTES THAT I HAVE.
UH, THAT IS A, YEAH, WE JUST GOT THE, WE GOT THE, UH, WORKERS' COMP INFORMATION JUST NOW.
IT DID DROP JUST A LITTLE BIT, I THINK.
UH, DID YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT LETTER? YES.
WHERE WHAT I GAVE YOU JUDGE WAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
THAT, THAT I THINK I'VE GOT THE ENTIRE, AND I THOUGHT I HAD FORWARDED IT, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE I HAVEN'T.
BUT I DID SEE UNEMPLOYMENT EARLIER.
UH, UH, ALSO NEED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT POSTAGE AND RESERVE ACCOUNT.
I REMEMBER HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.
AND THAT'S IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK ON PAGE? UH, WE GO TO BUDGET 4 0 9.
THAT'S THE AND THAT IS ON PAGE WHAT? MINE 18 PAGE 19TH.
WHAT TUESDAY? YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY.
DON'T THEY HAVE COPY OF THIS? NO SIR.
WELL IT IS IN, THERE'S NO, YOU WANT US TO PRINT ONE REAL QUICK? YEAH, THEY NEED THE UPDATED VERSION, BUT WE CAN KEEP TALKING UNTIL YOU GET THAT THROUGH ALL THE RECORDS.
THIS IS, I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT, BUT THEY'RE GOING GET YOU A COPY.
UH, AND IT IS AS OF, ACTUALLY AS OF LAST MONTH I BELIEVE, AS OF TODAY, AS FAR AS THE YEAR PAID.
I MEAN IT'S, WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THAT DONE AND SOMEBODY'S WORKING ON THAT, I GUESS IT RESERVE, RESERVE COUNT.
YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO PAY LIKE A DEPOSIT.
IT HOLDS IT KIND OF LIKE IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT AND YOU HAVE TO LOAD THE MACHINE UP YOUR PAYMENTS THERE THAT YOU
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THE CODE AND IT'S AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE.I THINK AS TODAY ACTUALLY WE'VE SPENT $99,000 ON THAT AND, AND WE BUDGETED HUNDRED 32,000.
AND THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, 25, 15, 24.
ABOUT THE, UH, THE, UH, TAX STATEMENTS.
OR THIS, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THERE SOME BIG NO, THAT 25 BE CLOSED.
POSTS WENT BACK UP I THINK RECENTLY.
AND I WOULD SUPPOSE SINCE WE'RE DIGITIZED SO MANY OF OUR RECORDS NOW THAT MANY OF THOSE ARE BEING EMAILED AND MAYBE WE'RE NOT MAILING OUT TOO MUCH AS, I DON'T DUNNO IF YOU'RE LAURA, I'M SORRY I WASN'T LISTENING.
THE THE, SINCE WE'RE DIGITIZING SO MANY OF OUR RECORDS NOW, AND I SUPPOSE MOST OF THOSE ARE NOW WE'RE BEING ABLE TO EMAIL, WHEREAS PERHAPS WE'VE BEEN MADE IN THE US MAIL.
IS THAT, UH, SHOULD THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR POSTAGE? WE HAVE LESS POSTAGE DUE TO E-FILING.
WE, WE DO HAVE LESS POSTAGE DUE TO E-FILING.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE POSTAGE COMES MAINLY FROM MY OFFICE.
I THINK SHE DOES MORE MAINLY THAN WE DO RIGHT HERE.
I KNOW THAT Y'ALL WHO ALL SEND THAT THE MACHINE THAT WE HAVE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO BRING OUT YOUR REPORT USE.
IT'S BY CODE, BY DEPARTMENT CODE WHAT YOU NEED.
WOULD YOU GET THE FRED AND CHECK OUT IF WE CAN GET A REPORT OFF THE MAILING MACHINE WE HAVE ABOUT WHERE THAT MONEY WHERE, I MEAN IT'S A HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE, A HUNDRED THIRTY 2000 WHERE, WHAT ARE WE USING? IT DOESN'T TELL HIM.
HE JUST RUNS IT THROUGH THERE.
IT DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T, HE DOESN'T MAIL NO.
THAT HE WOULD SPEND 12 HOURS A DAY SEND OUT THE NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS, SEND OUT, JUST GOES CERTIFI STUFF.
AND, AND I WILL SAY FROM THE COURT STANDPOINT THAT THE MORE THE CASES GO UP, THE MORE FILINGS YOU HAVE JUST, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL, YOU KNOW, COME TO COURT LETTERS, UH, JURY SUMMONS, JURY SUMMONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YOU, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE FROM THE COURT STANDPOINT IT DECREASING THAT.
DON'T THINK 30 WE TO COME BACK ORDER THIS ISN'T FOR RIGHT.
UH, WE'VE GOT OUR NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARD BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
DID I SEND THAT TO YOU GUYS? I KNOW YOU CAUGHT THIS ON EMAIL.
AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING BUDGET FROM THAT SO, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE NUMBERS.
THEY, NO, I'M SAYING WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
SAID THEY DON'T HAVE I SENT IT TO KAREN.
I MEAN I GOT, AND IT DID UH, ANIMAL SHELTER REVISIT AT A LATER DATE, UH, ON OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING GET THAT SHELTER DURING THIS CURRENT YEAR.
MAY BE ALONG THE WAY, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAVE IT UH, FINISHED.
AND UH, AS WE MOVE INTO CLEARING UP THAT LAND OUT THERE, UH, THE ENTIRE 20 ACRES, I BELIEVE WE'RE TALKING 27 ACRES.
24 ACRES, UH, I BELIEVE WE'RE TALKING, THEY'RE GOING AHEAD AND CLEARING OUT THE ENTIRE AREA.
UH, SO WE CAN REALLY SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
AND I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME BIDS, I THINK WORKING ON THAT.
HAVE A GENTLEMAN CALL THIS POINT THAT WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BID ON THAT.
WE GET STARTED ON THAT AND WE'RE GONNA CARRY ON WITH TWO 50 FOR THIS YEAR.
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NEED TO, AND LISA MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE US AIR OR KAREN OR SOMEBODY, WE PROBABLY MAY WANT TO TAKE WHATEVER THE BID COMES IN ON THE CLEARING OF THE, THE ENTIRE 20 SOMETHING ACRES, 20 PLUS ACRES.WE MAY WANT TO MOVE SOME MONEY OUT THE REST OF THIS YEAR OUT OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND THEN USE THAT FOR CLEARING THE ENTIRE PROBLEM AREA AND THEN WE'LL BACK AND WE'LL STILL HAVE THE 200,000 PLUS WHATEVER IT COSTS TO BUILD A SHELTER.
THAT MAKE, ARE YOU CLEAR HIS MUD ON THAT? LIKE THE BUDGET CARRYING OVER? WELL IT'LL, THIS PROBABLY STAY IN THE GENERAL FUND AND WHENEVER WE DO THEN YOU BUDGET WE WILL HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA.
OUR FIRST PROJECT IS GOING TO BE GETTING THE 25 ACRES.
WHATEVER'S OUT THERE, THE ENTIRE ACREAGE IS CLEARED UP NOT DESTROYING ANY OF THE, UH, HISTORICAL, UH, SITES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
BUT UNTIL WE GET THE ENTIRE 20 PLUS ACRES CLEARED, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL WHAT WE HAVE AND WHERE THE ANIMAL SHELTER WILL BE LOCATED.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET DONE, HOPEFULLY FAIRLY SOON SO WE CAN SEE THEN WE'LL COME BACK.
BUT I DOUBT WE'RE WE FOR THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT YET.
UH, ALL WE HAVE REALLY IS KIND A FOUR, I BELIEVE IT WAS 7,500 THAT WE WERE SHELTER PLANS.
SO THAT TAKES THE ANIMAL SHELTER.
I THINK WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AFTER, GET THE LAND CLEANED UP AND WHAT WE HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT I GUESS ANGLE WHAT LOOK LIKE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT LITTLE BIT STEVE.
UH, AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE UH, UH, I THOUGHT WE ACTUALLY AGREED WITH THIS, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT HE HAS A FULL-TIME, A PART-TIME POSITION THAT HE WANTS TO MAKE FULLTIME AND HALF OF THAT FULLTIME UH, HALF OF THAT PART-TIME INTO FULLTIME PAID DOWN.
IT'S ABOUT 30,000, I THINK IT 28,000 BRANDAGE.
YEAH, WELL JUST FOR THE SALARY PORTION.
HE ALSO GOT REIMBURSEMENT FOR THINGS LIKE SUPPLIES AND TRAVEL AND TRAINING STUFF.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER COST THAT ARE INVOLVED.
UH, MY RECOLLECTION IS WE SAID GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, BUT I MAY BE WRONG.
ASK YOU WHAT'S THE COUNTY CELL PHONE CALL THIS? WE'VE SHAVED IT DOWN TREMENDOUSLY BUT I HONESTLY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE BILL LATELY.
UM, UH, CHECK BECAUSE ALL WE REALLY HAVE NOW ARE PRECINCT FOUR.
YOU GUYS STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW PHONES, DON'T YOU? ONE, YOU HAVE ONE.
I THOUGHT YOU HAD MORE THAN THAT.
I THINK THERE'S ONE BECAUSE YOU DON'T, YOU HAVE KATHY AND YOU HAVE UH, YOU HAVE TWO SMARTPHONES I KNOW ON THERE MARY ONLY HAVE ONE.
'CAUSE HE'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE UP, UH, YOU KNOW, UPGRADED TWO A SMARTPHONE.
IF IT'S NOT A SMARTPHONE, NOBODY USES THE FLIP PHONES AND STUFF.
I'M JUST WONDERING BECAUSE THE $900, I MEAN I AIN'T KNOW IF WE COULD, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT IT AND SEE BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WELL THAT'S, BUT ANYWAY, LEAVE IT.
THIS IS THE LATEST, GREATEST FRESH OFF, STILL HOT ALRIGHTYY.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO ON, ON THIS? YOU WANNA DO THIS OR DO YOU NOT WANNA DO IT? SO THAT WILL GIVE HIM STEVE TWO FULLTIME.
GIVE STEVE ONE FULLTIME PERSON AND, AND A HALFTIME PERSON.
THE HALFTIME PERSON WILL CONTINUE TO BE PAID OUTTA
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THE GRANT AND ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING THOSE FUNDS WAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.PARTTIME PARTTIME, HE CURRENTLY HAS TWO PARTTIME PEOPLE.
ONE OTHER WORKS 25 HOURS, WORKS HOURS.
HE'S ONE THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY DEALS WITH C GRANTS, THE REPORTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WHAT IT'S WORTH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HER FOR THE LAST YEARS.
SHE'S CLEANED UP THE C REPORTING WHOLE LOT COMPARED TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS ONE OF THINGS THAT YOU DON'T NEED UNTIL YOU NEED IT.
THAT'S EXACTLY YOU NEED, BUT YOU BETTER BE GLAD YOU IT.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THAT.
THEN WE'LL GET WITH STEVE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WORK OUT.
UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK OR WHENEVER WE DID THIS.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT A, UH, SALARY RANGE.
UH, DIDN'T, SHE HAD ASKED FOR A, UH, $2,400 ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, RAISE FOR HER, UH, OTHER ATTORNEYS WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE PRINT OUT OF THAT.
UH, AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ADDING A POSITION, ANOTHER POSITION, A CIVIL ATTORNEY.
Y'ALL SEEM PRETTY ADAMANT ABOUT ADDING THE, THE CIVIL ATTORNEY PART-TIME POSITION FOR THE EXTRA HELP.
SO THAT'S BEEN ADDED IN THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT OFFICE SHEET.
I THINK THE QUESTION WE, WE HAD WAS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT NEW CIVIL ATTORNEY WAS A STRAIGHT CIVIL ATTORNEY.
NOT WE, WE NEED PEOPLE TO ANSWER QUESTION DAY TO DAY.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IMPOSING ON THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SO BUSY DOING OTHER STUFF AND TAKING CARE OF US, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S DESIGNATED TO US.
THINK ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT ON HERE IS THAT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE GOT A COPY OF THAT SALARY RING ACROSS THE BOARD OR ANYTHING.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO PUT IN THERE.
I THINK WE'LL VISIT THAT WHEN WE DO SALARIES, YOUR HONOR, ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
BUT WE DO HAVE A THIRD PERSON IN THERE FOR A CIVIL ATTORNEY AND I, SO I THOUGHT WE HIRED AND KAREN TO DO NOTHING BUT COUNTY BUSINESS.
WELL THAT WHEN WE DID AND, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED, IT'S NOT, THEY DON'T JUST WORK FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
THEY WORK FOR OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN DEPARTMENT HEADS GIVING THEM ASSISTANCE.
AND SO, UH, THE SEAWAY TRIAL IS NOW SETTLED AND SO THAT'LL GO AWAY.
BUT I THINK WE PROBABLY WILL, I THINK WE AGREE WE NEED A THIRD CIVIL PERSON, BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO SIT DOWN AND GO WITH THE DA ABOUT WHAT EXPECTATIONS THE COURT ARE IN THAT REGARD.
BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT THAT UP, I WAS REALLY WORRIED PARENT BE DESIGNATED TO US OR ONE OF THEM.
WE NEED SOMEONE KIND OF INTO PERSON HOW MANAGE IT.
I JUST WANNA GOOD PICTURE AND THEY CAN STAY UP WITH WHAT WE NEED.
I THINK IN, IN A LOT OF OTHER COUNTIES THERE ARE LAWYERS THAT I KNOW OF.
THEY HAVE THEIR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THEY ALSO HAVE COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND THAT COUNTY ATTORNEY DOES NOTHING TO TAKE WELL, BUT THAT'S THE LENGTH.
IN ORDER TO HAVE A COUNTY ATTORNEY, UM, SHE IS OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY BYLAW SOMETHING.
OKAY, WELL LET'S, UH, LET'S BUILD CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
BUT THE TIME BEING, GO AHEAD AND LEAVE THE THIRD CIVIL ATTORNEY IN THERE AND THEN WE'LL TALK WITH HER AND UH, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO I THINK SHE ALSO HAD ASKED TOO, AND I HAVE C PS AND I THINK WE APPROVED APPROVE THAT WE'RE HOLDING OFF ON THE YEAH.
AND WE WILL COME BACK AND VERIFY THE ISSUE ABOUT THE THIRD SETTLE.
MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S NEEDED, IF IT'S NOT NEEDED, UH, IF THEY, IF SHE NEEDS ANOTHER
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ATTORNEY FOR CPS CASES, MAYBE THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE PLAN ON DOING WITH THIS THIRD.BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COURT WANTS TO DO.
YEAH, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME DOWN AND BRING ME THE NUMBERS AND STUFF WHEN I CONTACTED HER.
SHE WAS BUSY BUT SHE WENT HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT YOU GUYS? NO.
ALRIGHT, LEMME TURN OVER ON THE NEXT PAGE.
UH, JUSTICES OF PIECE 1, 2, 3, 4.
UH, THEY REQUESTED SEVERAL EMPLOYEE, UH, SALARY INCREASES, UH, REQUEST TO MOVE $2,800 FROM THE ALLOWANCE TO PAY SALARY JUDGES, WHICH WILL INCREASE LONGEVITY, SOCIAL SECURITY AND RETIREMENT.
DO, DO THEY NOT ON THE CURRENTLY THEY GET $10,000, UH, TRAVEL? YES.
DO THEY NOT PAY, UH, TOTAL SECURITY? SO THE THAT COMMENT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE MOVING INTO BIG SALARY, THAT'S GONNA INCREASE LONGEVITY AND BECAUSE LONGEVITY'S INCREASING, YOU'RE ALSO INCREASING SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE LOT.
THEY ALREADY POINT THEY FOR EXTRA MONTHS.
SO THE MEETING OF THE COURT IS, IS OR SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT WILL LEAVE IT IN THEIR TRAVEL AMOUNT THAT THEY REQUESTED YEAR TRAVEL.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU FILE A GRIEVANCE BECAUSE YOU NEED 10, FILE A GRIEVANCE.
WELL SINCE IT'S FINAL SALARY AND THEN THE REQUEST ALSO SIX AND THAT'S THAT MAGIC NUMBER THAT UH, COURT COORDINATORS YEAR.
UH, WHAT'S YOUR FEELING THAT WE HAD ALL THE CLERKS WE HAD RAISED US FOR DO IT ON, SIR, DID WE DO IT ON THE JP? UH, YEAH, WE, I THINK IT WAS PRECINCT FOUR.
UH, CHIEF DEPUTY WAS THE HIGHEST PAID.
WHAT'S YOUR FEELING COMING HOLD UP ON THAT TILL WE DO OTHER, WE'LL HOLD UP ON THAT REQUEST.
UH, AND THEN PAY SCALE FOR OTHER CLERKS THAT TAKE IT ACCOUNT EXPERIENCE ON BILINGUAL SCALE.
I DUNNO, UH, HOW WE, HOW YOU DO THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT WHETHER IT WAS REQUIRED OF THE JOB, THE BILINGUAL PART.
IS IT A REQUIREMENT OF THE JOB TO BE BILINGUAL, I THINK IS WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO.
IT WAS THEN THEY GOT YEAH, I THINK SOME OF 'EM THEM HAVE HIRED, UH, A BILINGUAL PERSON.
I MEAN LIKE TWO, THEY WOULD NOT INTERVIEW ANYBODY THAT WAS NOT BILINGUAL BUT IS IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULDN'T EVEN HAVE THE JOB.
BUT THAT MEANS IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE JOB.
SO THAT MEANS THAT IT'S A BONAFIDE OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT AND THEN YOU COULD PAY THEM A SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY ABOVE AND BEYOND THE OTHER PEOPLE.
BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE HIRING A IN A SALARY FOR THAT.
BUT IS IT, IS THERE A REASON FOR IT? WELL, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T THINK WHAT I'M SAYING, IF YOU PUT, IF I SAY IS YOUR REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU SPEAK SPANISH AND I'M I'M PAYING YOU $10,000 WHEN YOU ACCEPT THAT JOB, THEN YOU'VE ACCEPTED IT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WENT I NOW DECIDED THAT YOU NEED TO SUPPLEMENT BECAUSE YOU SPEAK THAT AND I REMEMBER US HAVING THAT CONVERSATION TOO.
BUT NO, THAT WAS IN THE JOB CALLED SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER ONE.
YEAH, BUT IT, I THINK TIME WE'LL JUST MOVE ON BECAUSE THE DISTRICT EMPLOYED SPANISH.
THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT UP AND DOES THAT PERSON ALSO SERVE THE DISTRICT COURTS AS WELL OR DO YOU KNOW INTERPRET THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WHEN RHONDA WAS HERE.
SHE SERVES THE DISTRICT COURTS AS AN ACTUAL CERTIFIED BILINGUAL CONSERVATOR.
SHE'S CERTIFIED, SHE'S CERTIFIED.
AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THEY LEAVING HER AND THEY REQUIRED IT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T NEED IT FOR SOME SPECIFIC PURPOSE, THAT'S WHY WE GOT
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RIGHT.BUT IF, BUT IF YOU WERE, IF YOU WERE ALREADY EMPLOYED HERE AND YOU WENT OUT AND GOT THE CERTIFICATION, NOW SEE WHERE THE SUPPLEMENT WOULD COME IN.
BUT IF YOU WERE HIRED IN TO DO THAT JOB RIGHT.
EVEN WITH YOUR CERTIFICATION, THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR CHALLENGE.
BUT IF YOU SUDDENLY DECIDED THAT HE NEEDED ME TO BE BILINGUAL AND I HAD TO BE CERTIFIED YEAH, WE DON'T WANT, WE NEED MOVE ON.
NEXT, UH, ITEM IS THE MOVE CELL PHONE FROM UH, ALLOW FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO MOVE TO TECHNOLOGY FUND.
SO WITH OUR THINKING ON THAT, SO Y'ALL APPROVE THAT I JUST, I JUST HAVE THIS IN HERE.
I REMOVED THE SUPPLEMENTAL FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
I KNOW Y'ALL AGREED TO MOVE TO THE TECHNOLOGY FUND.
THERE'S A LOT MORE LOGISTICS TO THAT.
HAVING TO SET UP SOCIAL CARE RETIREMENT IN THAT FUND.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE TO, SO Y'ALL WERE APPROVE THAT.
EVERYBODY ALRIGHT WITH ALL THAT? ALRIGHT.
UH, OUTSOURCE TAX STATEMENTS ON THE TAX ACCESS COLLECTOR LEAVE ALONE FOR NOW, BUT WE'LL REVISIT LATER AFTER FOLKS.
YOU GOT ANY, YOU GOT THAT IN WORKING WELL, WE WORKING ON GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE BEDS, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTING TO DO IT FOR US AND, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEND IT OUT FOR BEDS.
AND WE'VE UH, TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE.
THERE'S ONE GUY WHO'S GONNA COME SEE ME, I DUNNO IF IT'S THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK THAT WANTS TO, HE DID 'EM LAST YEAR AND EVIDENTLY HE DID A NICE JOB.
UH, MY DEAL IS, THAT'S ONE OF MY MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THIS YEAR IS TO GET THOSE THINGS OUT ON TIME.
I THINK IT WAS AFTER NOVEMBER THE FIRST.
AND OF COURSE THAT AFFECTS, I WOULD THINK THE COUNTY 'CAUSE WE CAN'T GET OUR AND ALL THE OTHER, ALL THE OTHER, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH IT.
BUT THE TITLE COMPANIES, THE BANKS, EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS TAKEN CARE OF.
AND ONE THING, UH, BUT YES, WE ARE GETTING BIDS FOR THOSE AND UM, ON THE, FOR THE BANKS BANK HAVE A, A PLACE THERE I GUESS A, UH, SOME SOFTWARE THAT THE BANKS CAN GO TO TO GET THERE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MAIL THOSE.
BUT THERE IS A BANK DOWN IN ATHENS THAT'S WANTING US TO MAIL THEIRS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA PRINT THE PAPER.
I MEAN THEY DON'T WANT TO USE THE PAPER TO PRINT IT OFF.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF WE DO ONE, WE HAVE TO DO ALL SO WE'RE DOING NONE.
AND WE SHOULD GO GET THOSE BIDS BACK IN PER EVENING.
OKAY, WELL, UH, YOU THERESA CAME DOWN AND WE HAD DISCUSSED 'EM.
NOW THESE ARE ALL UNDER $50,000 SO IT'S NOT SO WE COULD, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT FOR FORMAL BID.
OR IT WAS UNDER $50,000 AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING QUOTE FROM THE PEOPLE YOU USED LAST YEAR.
WE WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO WE HAD GOTTEN QUOTES FOR IN THE PAST TO LOCATE THOUGH.
I KNOW WE CAN COME BACK AND VISIT THAT, BUT I AGREE TOTALLY WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE DO NEED THOSE STATEMENTS TO GO OUT EARLIER AND THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE, THAT'S YEAR BEFORE LAST THAT IT CAUSED THE TREASURER BEFORE MONEY.
ANYWAY, Y'ALL ARE ON TOP OF THAT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, ALRIGHTY, UH, LET'S SEE.
MAINTENANCE NOT APPROVED, CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE REQUEST TWO ADDITIONAL WILL REQUIRE MORE DISCUSSION.
UH, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, IN FACT, I'VE TALKED TO BOBBY NOW AS MUCH WORK AS WE HAVE GOING ON, WE NEED TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON THIS BUDGET YEAR AND GET 'EM TO WORK BECAUSE WE'RE VERY SNOW VERY WAY BEHIND.
AND WE CAN EITHER MOVE IT OUTTA CONTINGENCY OR, UH, WE NEED TO GET ANOTHER PERSON ON REPORT.
AND UH, SO, UH, THAT'LL, THAT WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET, UH, LINE ITEM TRANSFER OR SOMETHING.
BUT I'VE ASKED HIM TO MOVE THAT UP AND GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PERSON, UH, STARTED.
SO I DUNNO WHERE HE'S ON THAT I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DISTRICT.
AND IT WILL CARRY OVER INTO NEXT YEAR BUDGET AS WELL.
WHAT'S THE SALARY? UH, DON'T HAVE A SALARY YET, BUT I, WE'LL TALKING ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER, UH, UH, PART THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW, HE HAS A PERSON IN HIS BUDGET, UH, THAT IS, UH, TOMMY SHANNON, THE GUY THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE MET.
I THINK AT THIS ONE TIME, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING A SEPARATE, UH, CAMERA AND CALLING DEPARTMENT OUT OF THE IT, UH, BUDGET AND UH, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE PERSONNEL THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED THERE.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO, MY BELIEF IS WE SHOULD CREATE A SECOND, UH, DEPARTMENT FOR PHONES AND CAMERAS BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS OF
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ISSUES WITH PHONES.YOU GONNA KEEP THAT ALL ON MAINTENANCE? I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE WILL OR NOT.
I THINK THAT WE, CERTAINLY FOR THIS YEAR, I DON'T THINK WE'LL DO ANYTHING THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I DO THINK THAT WE NEED SOME TIME TO, UH, TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD PROBABLY, I'D LIKE TO HEAR EVERYBODY'S THOUGHTS ON THIS BECAUSE I I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW EMAIL GEORGE WELL, AND THAT EMAIL PROBABLY WAS A LITTLE PREMATURE.
YEAH, WELL IT WAS KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
YEAH, SO, SO I'LL I'LL BRING EVERYBODY UP TODAY ON THAT.
WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE, WELL A CONVERSATION OCCURRED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND I JUST DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET, GET THE DOUBT.
UH, THAT EMAIL THAT YOU GOT THIS MORNING WOULD BETTER PERHAPS THAT IT BEEN HELD UNTIL I HAVE A CHANCE TO VISIT.
SO, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE DIRECTION WE ON THAT.
UH, SO WE GOT THE, UH, CAR, I THINK, UH, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE TRUCK I GUESS, OR, WELL, THE SHERIFF HAD A TRUCK THAT HE, THEY GAVE, GAVE ONE, FIXED IT ALL UP, ALL UP HAUL.
BE ABLE TO, WE KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE ON THIS.
YOU SAY HOLD DOWN, LIKE REMOVE IT OR JUST REMOVE IT FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL WE COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT ALL THIS OTHER AND IS THAT FOR BOTH TONY AND FRED OR? IT WOULD BE NOT FRED, BUT, UH, UH, FRED GETS AN ALLOWANCE, SO I'M SAYING HIM AND TOMMY BOTH MADE THE FIRE.
TOMMY GETS AN ALLOWANCE AND THEN FRED GETS AN ALLOWANCE.
AND THEN THE UH, I THINK TOMMY, TOMMY GETS AN ALLOWANCE TOO.
SO RIGHT NOW THAT, WHERE IT'S JUST THOSE TWO YEAH.
UH, REPAIRS, IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUIPMENT, UH, THAT, UH, IS KNOW WE'VE GOT SEVERAL ROOFS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
UH, WE'VE GOT OTHER MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING COST US MONEY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW.
UH, WE, I THINK WE HAD $200,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR MAINTENANCE REPAIRS, FACILITIES, REPAIRS.
UH, I WOULD SUGGEST WE DOUBLE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR.
GO TO 400,000 AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL COME BACK AND SEE WHERE WE'RE, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE ROOFS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BE REPLACED.
AND I THINK INSURANCE HAS PAID US ABOUT ALL THEY'RE GONNA PAY US RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ON SOME OF THIS INSURANCE.
THE COURTHOUSE ROOF IS, UH, AND GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED SOON.
AND THEN THE 9 1 1 CENTER EOC CENTER, PROBABLY THAT ROOF IS GONNA NEED TO BE REPLACED SOMETIME IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
AND ROOFS AREN'T CHEATING, BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD ROOF.
SO THE ONLY ONE RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE TOUCHING IS REPAIRS COUNTY PROPERTY 5,004.
UH, WE'LL DISCUSS LATER WITH BOBBY.
OH, BUT WE'VE GOT UNIFORMS AND I THINK HE'S WORKING ON UNIFORMS NOW.
IF HE NEED GET HIM SHIRTS OR SOMETHING.
HE TOUCHED BASE WITH THE GIRLS JUST TO SEE WHAT WAS AVAILABLE.
BUT WE'VE NOT, UH, HAD ANY NUMBERS OR ANYTHING COME THROUGH YET.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH IT ON THAT.
I DO THINK THAT OUR MAINTENANCE OR FACILITY FOLKS DO NEED TO BE IN SOME SORT OF UNIFORM.
IT WOULD HELP WITH THE COURTHOUSE SECURITY.
WE HAD, WE HAD ISSUES WITH WALKING AROUND, TAKING PICTURES AND GOING AROUND THE BUILDING.
THIS IS SOMETHING, UM, WE GET A QUARTERLY ALARM MONITORING INVOICE.
UM, AND THIS ACTUALLY GOES, LIBRARY GETS ONE E GETS ONE I SOUTH CAMPUS.
WHY, WHY WOULD THE EOC QUESTION 24 7 PEOPLE SITTING IN THE BUILDING WITH CAMERAS WATCHING? I BELIEVE THAT WAS SET UP BEFORE.
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I THINK THAT THAT WAS NEVER, I I BELIEVE SO BECAUSE HIM SAYING THAT, I REMEMBER THEY SET UP WITH IT.IS THAT THE ONE THAT GOES THROUGH THAT GUARDIAN? UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIND OUT.
YEAH, THAT WAS SET UP IF YOU INFORMATION OUT.
THAT'S WHY I SAID 11 WENT TO 24 7 BECAUSE YEAH, IT IS CHEAPER THAN DO THAT.
IT WAS THE ALARM ON THEIR DOOR AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE POINT.
UM, WE PROBABLY SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING INTO WHO WE, WE ACTUALLY PAID ALARM FOR THAT.
UM, IS THAT FOR POLICE OR FIRE MONITORING? YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW FIRE MARK SPRINKLER SYSTEM HERE.
I KNOW IT'S MONITORED AND IT'S FIRE ALARM.
IT'S GOT TO BE, I MEAN THERE'S, THERE MIGHT BE FIRE ALARMS. THAT'S A PRIME EXAMPLE.
NOBODY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU NEED.
AND THAT'S BEEN KIND OF THE QUESTION BECAUSE THEY, THEY, IT'S BEEN GOING TO THEM, BUT THEY PUT THEIR HANDS UP AND THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A $90 QUARTERLY PAYMENT FOR, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $90 EVERY QUARTER.
UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN CHARGED TO THAT FUND 11.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT WAS SET UP TO BEGIN WITH.
UM, NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHO'S DOING THIS.
UM, AND AS FAR AS THE INVOICES, ALL IT SAYS IS COURTLY MONITORING.
I BET YOU MOST OF THAT'S GONNA BE FILED ON, I GUARANTEE YOU.
IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A COPY OF THAT BILL, WE'LL GIVE.
I'M SORRY TO FIND ALL THE DIFFERENT ONES, DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
THAT'S JUST ANOTHER ONE LOOSE END MONITOR.
UH, HOW COME WE CAN'T MONITOR? THAT'S LIFE AND SAFETY CODE.
I'M NOT JAIL FOR WAS THE, UH, I THINK THAT'S FOR THE CAMERA ON THE SYSTEM.
IS THAT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THAT? I DON'T REMEMBER.
THE, I MEAN I KNOW Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT UPGRADING THE, THE CAMERAS OR SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS SUPER VAGUE AND THE NUMBER THEY HAVE, THE OTHER ONES ABOUT 30,000 NEXT YEAR, BUT JUST DON'T DO ANYTHING.
UH, CONSTABLE PRECINCT ONE, UH, QUESTION ON YOU FULL TIME.
UH, NEEDS TO SEND A SKILLSET TO HR.
WE REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE PAY OF 1200.
I THINK THE CERTIFICATE PAYS JUST ALL WE THAT WE SAID THAT.
IS THAT WHAT DOING ALRIGHT, GOOD.
DID WE TALK ABOUT THE FULLTIME CLERK? IT'S JUST DECISION.
WHAT'S YOUR UH, THOUGHTS ON THAT? I MEAN, YOU, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET THEM OUT ON THE STREET, MORE WOULD BE A GOODTIME.
HE FOR, HE NEEDS THAT PERSON BECAUSE HE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME IN THE OFFICE DOING THE PAPERWORK AND HE NEEDS IT DOWN ON THE STREET.
THEY'RE, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY AS THE OTHER CONS, DANIEL, I THINK DANIEL P MM-HMM
IS THERE, UH, THEY TALKED TO, THEY TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO UTILIZE THE JUDGE'S PEOPLE TOO AND IT JUST DOESN'T WORK OUT OKAY.
IT SO BIG WITH THE JUDGE AND THEIR STUFF.
WELL I THINK HE ADMINISTERS, UM, THE TICKET, RIGHT? BECAUSE HE GETS PAID, BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY DO I ASKED, I ASKED ABOUT THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TWO 'EM FOR, FOR LIFE AND WEIGHT PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE MANAGING.
ALL WE, WE ORDERED ALL THE STUFF THAT WE NEED WITH IT.
I CAN TALK TO OFFICER DICK WHO'S BEEN WITH THAT PROGRAM FROM DAY ONE.
WHAT HE, IF THERE'S ANY MANAGER THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
WELL, UM, CAN I, I THINK THAT IF HE GOT APPROVAL FOR A FULL-TIME CONSTABLE, HE ONLY NEEDED A PART-TIME CLERK.
DID I, DID I HEAR THAT WRONG? HE, HE, I THINK HE OFFERED COUPLE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS.
I I THINK WHERE IT ALL COMES FROM IS THAT, THAT THEY PUT EXTRA HELP LONG TIME AGO.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO STARTED EXTRA HELP PAY IN THERE FOR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO USE IT FOR.
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IT FOR A CLERK OR THEY HIRE A DEPUTY.AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS A LOT OF HIRED DEPUTIES AND THE DEPUTY SUPPOSED TO DO THE PAPERWORK AND WHEN HE WASN'T DOING THE PAPERWORK, HE'D DO EXTRA CONTROL.
SO, OR, OR WHATEVER THEY NEEDED HIM TO DO.
SO, I MEAN, YOU GOTTA DECIDE, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT THE OFFICER ON TREAT, BUT IS THAT, IS THAT, I'M JUST WONDERING, DO YOU WANT THE EXTRA CONSUMABLE? I MEAN, DO YOU, I MEAN, I'M JUST WONDERING IF OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN SO BUSY, SO MUCH GOING ON, YOU KNOW, MORE GROWTH AND EVERYTHING.
WELL, THEY STILL HAVE EXTRA HELP.
I MEAN, I MEAN THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND HIRING, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHO USE HIM.
BUT HE'S GOT TWO OR THREE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE ALL FREE.
DON'T THINK HAS NO, HE GAVE THAT UP TO GET SOME EQUIPMENT STUFF THAT YEAH, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I MEAN, I DUNNO.
I MEAN IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I THINK WHERE THIS IS ALSO
THAT'S WHAT HE, HE USE HIS EXTRA PAY FOR THAT.
GOT TWO OR THREE OTHER CONSTABLES ASKING FOR SECRETARY.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE, Y'ALL CHOOSE TO DO ONE.
THEY CHOOSE TO PAY THE, I KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU CHOOSE TO DO ONE SECRETARY TWO IS NOT A FULL-TIME SECRETARY CLERK.
IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 44, THE NEW DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE GOT, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT STARTS ON PAGE 44.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE IS, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY EXTRA HELP FOR PRECINCT ONE GAVE IT UP PRECINCT ONE LAST YEAR, PRECINCT ONE ALSO PRECINCT TWO TO SECRETARY HAS BEEN FULLTIME.
SHE STILL PAID OUT EXTRA BILL WHERE SHE WAS, THEY DID ALSO, BUT, WELL, AND THE OTHER THING WE DISCUSSED, THE OTHER THING WE DISCUSSED THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION IS MOVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS TO CONSTABLE OFFICE AND DO THAT.
THAT IS GOING, UH, THAT'S GONNA GENERATE MORE WORK FOR THE COMPANY.
SO THAT WILL BE MORE ACTIVITY THAT THEY'LL HAVE IF WE WIND UP DOING THIS.
THE IDEA BEING THAT EACH PRECINCT WOULD HAVE A ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO THEIR CONSTABLE.
AND IF YOU GET THE PRECINCT, WHATEVER THE CONSTABLE WOULD BE THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR SAYING THAT GOTTEN HANDLED.
THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING THAT I, I NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR, IF WE DO THIS, THAT ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER THAT THEY DON'T, I TOTALLY AGREE.
THAT'S GONNA HAVE HOW, HOW YOU GONNA DO THAT IF THEY'RE UNDER EFFICIENCY? I DUNNO.
YOU WANTED ONE IN EVERY PRECINCT.
WELL THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
WE THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA CONCEPT.
WELL WHY DON'T YOU HAVE ONE IN EACH PRECINCT? WOULD THEY STILL BE UNDER SOMEBODY THAT THEY'RE GONNA ANSWER TO AND THEY'RE GONNA BE CORRECTIONS? WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE UNDER A CONSULATE? I'M JUST ASKING.
ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT IT UNDER THE CONSTABLE AND MAYBE IT, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT WORK SOMEPLACE.
IT MIGHT NOT WORK SOMEPLACE ELSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, COME UP THIS SIDE HERE.
WHEN IT FALLS UNDERNEATH THE UH, ELECTED OFFICIAL, IT'S HARD TO HAVE CONTROL OVER OFFICIAL DEALS WITH IT.
AND I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR RANDY.
RANDY SPEAK FOR HERSELF, BUT IT'S EASIER TO TALK TO RANDY GETS UP ACCOMPLISHED AN ELECTED OFFICIAL BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW SOMETIMES THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS GET POSITIONS AND CAN'T DO NOTHING BECAUSE WE DEAL WITH THAT PERIODICALLY.
AND IT MAKES, IT MAKES IT ROUGH.
YOU'D HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND THAT MIGHT BE TOUGH.
IT'D PROBABLY WORK 90% OF TIME IF THAT 10% THAT, THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM.
WELL KEITH ACTUALLY, HE'S THE ONE THAT SUGGESTED THIS.
I MEAN HE OFFERED TO DO IT IN OUR PRECINCT ANYWAY AND UH, WOULD GIVE
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HIM AN EXTRA PERSON OF COURSE AN EXTRA VEHICLE OUT THERE ON THE STREET.BUT THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION WOULD BE UH, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL.
AND HE'S GOT ENOUGH, MORE THAN ENOUGH TO KEEP A PERSON BUSY WITH THAT IN THE PRECINCT THREE IN.
SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOWS MUCH THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES OF GETTING THAT.
THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED EVERYTHING.
SO WELL ACTUALLY I THINK ANY, ANY PEACE OFFICER.
YEAH, ANY CONCERN PEACE OFFICER CAN GET THE ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION THAT HAS ENVIRONMENTAL, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES.
IT'S JUST A SPECIAL CERTIFICATION.
AND SOME SPECIAL CERTIFICATION CAN BE DONE ONLINE.
BUT THERE IS A THREE DAY SCHOOL THAT YOU MENTIONED 72.
SMART CONCEPT POLITICS AND ALL THESE.
THAT'S WHAT IF IT GOES SOUTH YOU CHANGE.
IT MIGHT WORK RIGHT NOW FUNCTION OWNERSHIP OF A PRECINCT IS A GOOD IDEA.
WHAT'S THAT? OWNERSHIP OF A PRECINCT IS A GOOD IDEA.
THAT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
WELL THE ONLY OTHER UNDER GOTTA BE UNDER GUESS OFFICE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO, THEY DO HAVE TO SERVE UNDER A CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICER.
JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN I AIN'T GOING BACK AND HYBRID OR SOMETHING.
I TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY HE HAS TWO NOW.
ONE OF THEM RETIRING DECEMBER FROM THE OTHER RETIRING.
MAYBE THAT THOUGHT ALL ABOUT BETTER WAY.
AND HE TALK ABOUT BEING OVER THERE WITNESSING THINGS.
YOU KNOW, I SEE RANDY DEALING WITH PEOPLE.
HE CAN'T ONLY DO HIS JOB BECAUSE HE'S DEALING WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINING OR HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR SYSTEMS. RIGHT.
SOLVING THE DIRECTOR'S PART OF DOING THE JOB AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE BUILDING DEAL THAT SOMEHOW I INHERITED
SO HE CAN'T, I MEAN YOU CAN'T WEAR THAT MANY HATS AS BIG AS WE'RE GETTING.
AND WE DID THAT BE DOES A GOOD JOB.
I MEAN HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB BUT IT'S MORE THAN ONE PERSON CAN MANAGE.
IT JUST GETS BIGGER THAN YOU'RE AND TRY TO GET IT.
HERE'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS MOVING UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS OUT OF AND PUBLIC WORKS BACK WHERE IT USED TO BE.
YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAD A DIRECTOR AND THAT.
SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE CONSTABLE THING.
WHAT DO WE SAY THIS YEAR? WE GO HIRING TWO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FAR.
UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS ARE CONCERNED.
SO ACTUALLY WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT EVERY TWO POSITIONS.
AND THEN AS AND THEN RANDY, I HAVE IT DESIGNATED WHERE THESE NEW, THESE OFFICERS AND THE EXISTING OFFICERS, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THEM, THEY WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ONE PRECINCT AND THE COMMISSIONERS CAN DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND UH, THROUGH YOU OR HOW WE GOING TO DO IT AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE COMPLAINTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET AND THE BAD STUFF WE SEE GOING ON AROUND US OUT IN THE PRECINCT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE ON PLACES.
HOW DOES THAT FOUND EVERYBODY'S WE'RE HANDLING RIGHT NOW COMPLAINTS AND BRING 'EM FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL DISCUSS IT A LITTLE BIT.
SO I HAVE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF MAKE THE ASSIGNMENTS.
UH, I ALSO HAVE NO OPPOSITION AT ALL WITH THAT PRECINCT COMMISSIONER.
PROVIDE THE COMPLAINT INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO THAT OFFICER.
WELL I RECEIVED THE COMMISSIONER WOULD BE JUST TO BE A COMMUNICATION THING BETWEEN THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE YOU.
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SO CAN WE ARRIVE AT A SOLUTION ON THIS? SO END UP REALLY FOUR, FOUR ENVIRONMENTAL PEOPLE BUT TWO NEW ONES.RIGHT? SO, SO MANY TWO TRUCKS.
WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH A VEHICLE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL COME BACK.
WE'LL INCREASE THAT AND UH, WE NEED TO LOOK AT ON A SALARY ALL THAT WE'LL NEED TO PLUG IN A SALARY AND WE WILL GET TO THE NEXT PAGE.
I THIS IS PART OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT.
THE TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICES THAT RANDY HAD ORIGINALLY REQUESTED WAS 40 3001 90.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S YEAH, 44 4.
THAT'S THE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS ARE MAKING PLUG.
WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE A LIST.
I DUNNO WHETHER LISA, BUT WHO'S KEEPING UP THAT.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FORMAL LIST ON THAT LIST OF CHANGES.
UM, THE NUMBER OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
NOW YOU'RE WANTING A NEW VEHICLE REPORT CODE I BELIEVE.
OUR POSITION AND THE VEHICLE FOR THAT CAN HALF THE COST OF THAT VEHICLE THROUGH FIRE CODE.
UH, SO WE ARE GONNA NEED TO BUDGET FOR TWO NEW PICKUPS I GUESS IS WHAT WE NORMALLY USE.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS CURRENTLY JUST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER ONE, THAT WOULD BE A FIRE CODE.
FIRE MARSHAL THAT BE PAID OUT.
THE FIRE I GIVE YOU TOTAL HOW MANY FIRE MARSHALS BESIDES YOURSELF? BESIDE MYSELF.
SO THAT NEW POSITION IS VEHICLE OUT FIRE, WHICH I'M LOST.
WHERE ARE WE? ENVIRONMENTAL OVER MY REQUEST WAS TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OVER THERE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FIRE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL TO BE UNDERNEATH.
UH, TWO, MY REQUEST IS TWO ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS.
SO WE COULD HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER PRECINCT, WHICH IS LISTED TWO NEW FOR THAT.
YOU MIND? YOU BEEN CALLED UP? OH YES SIR.
HE'S JUST A LIAISON BETWEEN THEM AND THE SOFTWARE.
IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED, WE CALL HIM AND HE CALLS THE COMPANY TO ANSWER.
I THINK WE WERE ACTUALLY PAYING THAT OUT.
THE JV TECHNOLOGY FUND IT SALARY OR A PORTION OF IT? WE'RE NOT.
GENERAL CAME OUTTA THE TICKET.
THE EQUIPMENT COMING OUT THERE.
RANDY, IF WE MOVE THE ENVIRONMENT, IF WE MOVE THE PUBLIC WORKS OUT OF UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT, DO YOU THINK YOU STILL NEED THE ADDITIONAL FIRE? UH, MARSHAL? YES SIR.
ONLY BECAUSE OF THE HOURS, THE ALLOCATED HOURS.
THERE'S AN INDUSTRY NORMAL SO TO SPEAK.
UH, IT'S IN FP 1730 W NO, PLEASE DON'T.
IT, IT PROVIDES FOR SO MANY HOURS FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
WE ARE AT ABOUT HALF OF THAT RIGHT OUT IN OUR APARTMENT.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING JUST UNDER HALF THE TIME THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING INSPECTION DURING INVESTIGATIONS.
BUT YOU PROBABLY, IF WE DID ADD THE THIRD ONE, YOU PROBABLY BELIEVE SINCE YOU DID NOT HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, YOU PROBABLY WILL BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME.
I COULD SPEND SOME MORE TIME, YES SIR.
BECAUSE I'D STILL BE DEALING WITH THE UH, THE ISSUES.
COULD WE GO WITH A PART-TIME FIRE MARSHAL? I DUNNO IF I COULD HIRE ONE, I COULD DRIVE, BUT I DUNNO IF ANYBODY, SOMEBODY WOULD WORK WHAT, 29 HOURS OR LESS.
I DUNNO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IT OUT.
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EVERYBODY'S THOUGHTS ON THAT.I THINK THAT WOULD BE A FIRST, FIRST SHOT.
CERTIFIC I FIND SO MUCH RETURN.
HE ASKED HIM A QUESTION ABOUT HIS TIME.
WHEN IS THEY FREEING UP HIS TIME? YEAH.
BY DOING THE WAY THE PUBLIC WORKS INSTEAD LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ONE.
IF THEY, IF THEY ANSWER TO US, ARE THEY, ARE THEY, I MEAN YOU'RE THERE HOLDING THE CERTIFICATION AND RUN THE DEPARTMENT, BUT IF WE'RE BUILDING ALL COMPLAINTS AND GETTING WITH ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL THAT OFF YOUR PLATE.
IF IT'S, YEAH, IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE ALL ALL OF THAT, YOU, I MEAN WE WANT TO DO THAT.
WE WANT CONTINUE JUST GET PRETTY CONTENTIOUS.
I'VE HAD IN MY OFFICE WITH THIS ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS IN THAT.
SO I MEAN IT'S JUST, DO WE WANT TO DO THAT? TAKE IT OFF AS WHITE AND ACCEPT I KIND OF LIKE US HANDLING THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF OURSELVES.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON IT.
SO WE GET THESE COMPLAINTS FROM FOLKS WE DON'T WANNA TELL 'EM WHEN THEY CALL.
AND THE OFFICERS OUGHT TO BE WELL TRAINED TO UNDERSTAND, BE ABLE TO EDUCATE US ON WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT THE ARGUMENT IS.
BUT THEY STILL STRICTLY FOR LICENSE, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO WORK UNDER HIM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE TO HANG BADGE.
THEY HAVE, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THAT TAKES A LOT OF EXTRA WORK OFF.
BUT BASICALLY THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO US.
OF COURSE NOT EVERYBODY, SOME PEOPLE DO YOUR PRECINCT ALL YOU WANT.
RANDY, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT'S FINE.
I WE CAN SEE, I KNOW IF OUT THAT'S, I STILL FEEL THAT THERE'S THOSE TIMES I BELIEVE ALL SIT DOWN AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND TRY TO WORK OUT THE ISSUES THE WAY OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE IS DONE.
YOU KNOW, THE COURT PROCESSOR STILL HAS TO BE THAT, THAT PERSON THAT GOES TO THE NEXT STEP IN THE PUBLIC, CURRENTLY THAT'S ME, THAT FILES THE, UH, GO TO A MAGISTRATE AND GET THE COURT ORDER SERVE TO, TO HAVE A PROPERTY.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, THERE'S A PERSON THAT HAS TO PROVIDE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
STATEMENT OF COST, EVERYTHING, THAT ENTIRE PROCESS DIVIDED UP.
WHO'S GONNA DO WHAT NOW I SEE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
SO THERE'S STILL, THERE'S STILL DUTIES THAT GOING HAVE TO BE ADMINISTRATOR, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS THE COMMUNICATIONS ON ROUTINE DAY BY DAY COMPLAINTS.
I BELIEVE THAT COULD BE EASILY BE HAD BETWEEN THE AND AND THE OFFICERS.
NEED SOME MORE PLANNING ON THIS SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS GOING ON HERE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL IT.
WELL, I THINK, I THINK WE CAN JUST PUT THEM IN THE SHERIFF DEPART.
WELL HANG THEIR HAT IN THE SHERIFF.
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL TALKING ABOUT OUT MY BAD HERE, HERE.
BUT HE SAID HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT.
THE PROBLEM IS, AND I'LL BE QUITE FRANK WITH YOU, THE LAST TIME THEY WERE IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THEY WERE USED PART OF, OH, I I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THEY AT THE COURTHOUSE.
I KNOW WHERE THAT AT, WHEREVER THEY WERE SHORT, THEY MOVED IN BECAUSE IT WAS, THAT'S HIM.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT SHERIFF CODY DID.
AND I'M GOING TO DO WHAT THE SHERIFF SAID.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, BUT YEAH, HE WOULDN HE WOULD GIVE THEM TO US AND I MEAN IF EMERGENCY'S REALLY WRONG, GUESS I MEAN, BUT THAT I MEAN A RIDE OR SOMETHING.
MEAN WE MOVED, WE MOVED THEM AROUND.
BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT WAS AN ISSUE.
THERE'S NOT A, I CAN TELL YOU IT WAS AN ISSUE.
THEY COULDN'T DO THEIR JOB, BUT WE HAD 'EM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHEREVER WE SH EITHER TRANSPORT UP MOVING PEOPLE.
BUT I DON'T THINK, IN MY OPINION, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT PROBLEM ANYMORE.