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TRANSPORT SPOT.I HADN'T HAD A PROBLEM WITH BEING SHARP TRANSPORT WITH NOTHING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE WE GOT IN THE COURTHOUSE.
ALRIGHT GENTLEMEN, THAT'S AN OPTION.
I WANT GET THIS THING SETTLED TODAY.
BUT I APPRECIATE, I WANTED TO HAVE THIS DIALOGUE.
OH, I'M WITH, I CAN'T DO NO GOOD THERE AND LET GO.
AND THEN, AND THEN EACH COMMISSIONER, WE'LL SIGN ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SO THERE'LL BE A DIFFERENCE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE.
THEY WERE ENTITIES BEFORE WE MOVED THEM.
AND THEY WOULD COME IN, I SUPPOSE, BUT THE SAME SALARY THAT YOUR OTHER DID THAT.
CAN WE SAY AMEN ON THAT? ALRIGHT, TWO QUESTIONS.
I'M SORRY, I JUST GOT TWO QUESTIONS.
YOU SAID DEPUTIES TO WHAT THEY CORRECT? YES.
MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, IF THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER A CERTIFIED PEACE OFFICER BUT THEY'RE ANSWERING TO SOMEONE ELSE'S, IT'S THE SAME THING AS SCHOOL.
SAME THING WE DO AT CARNEY SCHOOL.
THEY'LL BE IN, IN MY UNIFORM, BUT I'LL BE SIGNED TO THE PRECINCT.
SO RANDY AND THIS NONE JUST TAKE PLACE UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST.
SO THAT WILL MOVE ENVIRONMENTAL OUT OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS OUTTA YOUR DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'LL GET BACK TO STRAIGHT.
YOU BEING STRAIGHT NOT BECAUSE WE HADN'T DONE A GREAT JOB.
I MEAN, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO THAT ELIMINATE, THAT'LL PUT US BACK WHERE WE WERE ACTUALLY DEPARTMENT HEAD AND OFFICERS AND YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT.
WHAT ABOUT PROBABLY WE STILL BEHIND THE CURVES.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENT, ALRIGHT.
I DO THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE FOR THE COUNTY OVERALL.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE OUT PICK UP A TRUCK.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY, THOSE ARE YEAH, I CAN GET PICK UP TRUCK.
LIKE WE JUST GOT THE LAST TWO C BS OR OF
MY ONLY OTHER CONCERNS WOULD BE WITH ME BEING OUT IN THE FIELD WITH THE OTHER DEPUTIES WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE WHEN THE PEOPLE BRING THE PLANS IN.
I WOULDN'T HAVE A SECRETARY DROPPING OFF THE FEES, DROPPING OFF THE, THE APPLICATIONS, THE PERMITS.
WHAT'S THE SECRETARY THERE FOR? PHONE CALLS? THE SECRETARY THAT I HAVE THERE NOW IS PUBLIC WORKS.
THAT'S WHY I JUST DIDN'T KNOW.
SHE'S DOING THE DUTIES OF BOTH.
OH, SHE'S CATCHING THE PHONE CALLS FOR ALL THREE.
WELL, AND
UH, WELL THEY DIDN'T TURN 'EM INTO PUBLIC WORKS.
LET US WORK OUT THE DETAILS ON THAT.
I UNDERSTAND YOU NEED, BUT THAT CERTAINLY COULD BE A PARTTIME PERSON.
WE DID THAT ABOUT, I'M TALKING ABOUT PARTTIME 29, 29 HOURS AS FAR AS WE JUST HAVE TO SET THE OFFICE HOURS FOR CERTAIN HOURS OF THE DAY.
I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL OUT AT SOMETIMES, BUT SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT.
SOMETIMES WE'RE IN THE OFFICE WORKING ON THE REPORT AND SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THE DA.
WELL DOES LET WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS ON THAT.
WE'RE BE ALL, WE EXHAUSTED ON THAT.
BUT THINK WE'RE STILL MARGARITA MACHINE DIDN'T SIGN ON THE CLERK.
MADE OTHER CHANGES WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL, BUT WE NEVER DID GET DOWN TO CHRISY ONE, TWO CONSTABLES ON THAT, ON THAT OTHER SHIFT.
AND, AND THEY USED TO HAVE PART-TIME MONEY, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE PART-TIME MONEY NOW.
HE GAVE THAT PART-TIME MONEY IN.
DID THE OTHER CONSTABLE PART-TIME MONEY.
HE GAVE IT FOR, I THINK HE WANTED TO BUY EQUIPMENT OR SOMETHING.
HE GETS SEAN JUST BID WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES.
BECAUSE HE GAVE SOME DID HE GIVE PART-TIME MONEY TO MARRY? THAT WAS IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
TO GET HER, UH, HER EMPLOYEE BACK AND EVEN THAT FIRST POSITION AND PART-TIME OR WHAT'S THAT, 29 HOURS OR LESS INSTEAD OF A FULL-TIME CLERK.
YEAH, WE GET A PART-TIME FOR HIM.
SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, TRY IT THIS NEXT YEAR AND SAY HOW IT WORKS OUT.
BECAUSE I, HE, LIKE I SAID, HE MADE A GOOD CASE AND HE NEEDS HELP.
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NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.SO PRECINCT ONE, YOU WANT PART-TIME? YEAH.
UM, WHATEVER THAT NEEDS TO TURN OUT TO BE.
UH, YOU TURN, TURN AROUND A LITTLE BIT THERE.
SO ON THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT TWO, UH, HE WAS NOT HERE THAT DAY.
UH, WE HAD A REQUEST FOR THE BASE SALARY.
OF COURSE WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ON THAT.
AND UH, I THINK WE DID SAY WE WOULD THEN, UH, REQUEST A NEW ONE.
I BELIEVE I DO HAVE THAT IN THERE.
WELL, WE DID IT FOR THEM IN JUNE.
ONE THAT Y'ALL TOLD US ONE OF THESE.
YEAH, BECAUSE HE'S, I THINK HE GOT TWO THAT THEY HAVE 200,000.
UH, THAT WAS IN THREE THOUGH THAT WE SAID WE, SO ON THE OTHER, ON THE SALARY STUFF, PROFICIENCY PAID.
YEAH, WE DON'T DO THE PROFICIENCY.
WE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING ON THAT.
WE DIDN'T, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ON THAT.
YOU, DEPUTY CONSTABLE, WE DID TALK ABOUT, UH, BECAUSE OF HIS, HE, HE DOES GENERATE A LOT OF FUNDS.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
WHAT ABOUT THE OFFICE SUPPLIES, THE BONDS AND THE DUES THAT WAS ASKED FOR? I WOULD UH, THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE THE DUTY NOW, AREN'T THEY? YEAH.
I MEAN IT'S ONLY PRECINCT 2 50 50 OVERALL PRECINCT TWO, THE OFFICE AND DUES.
UH, ON PRECINCT THREE, UH, THE NEW DEPUTY CONSTABLE, HE UH, HE DOES A LOT OF, UH, HE HAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY, UH, IN THAT, UH, IN THAT PRECINCT TO HAUL COMMISSIONER YOU WANT? YEAH, HE GENERATES A LOT OF REVENUE.
I MEAN HE, I THINK HE JUSTIFIED BEING ABLE TO DO IT AND HE JUST GOT PAID FOR IT.
I'M THE MONEY THAT COMES IN OVER THERE.
HE DEFINITELY NEEDS THAT PERSON BECAUSE, UH, HE'S GOT, UH, HIMSELF AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER TWO GUYS ARE BOTH PARTTIME, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
BUT, BUT PAT IS THE PART-TIME, BUT, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF TIMES OVER THERE THAT AREN'T COVERED.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, HE'S GOT GUYS THAT ARE HAVING TO SERVE PAPERS BY THEMSELVES, WHICH I THINK IS A BAD IDEA.
WELL, YOU, WE GOT TONS OF 'EM, SIR, TODAY.
YEAH, I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT YEAH, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN AFFORD TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN AFFORD TO SEND TWO PEOPLE A CERTAIN PAPER.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM GET HIS EXTRA DEPUTIES.
HOW MANY DEPUTIES DO WE HAVE? UH, PRECINCT TWO I KNOW HAS TWO FULL-TIME DEPUTIES.
ONE OF 'EM PAID FOR WITH A GRANT.
ABOUT 60% OF THE SALARY PAID FOR, PAID FOR A GRANT.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, UH, I DO KNOW THAT OFFICE STAYS EXTREMELY BUSY.
IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL BUSES AND UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT STUFF, WHATEVER YOU UH, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO, I DON'T PERSONALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ADDING ANOTHER DEPUTY OVER THERE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, WELL SERVED.
BUT, UH, THAT'S NOW SO WE CAN MOVE ALONG ON THE BUDGET.
YOU PUTTING A PARTTIME PERSON IN FOR CLERK, RIGHT? NO, HE DIDN'T ASK THAT.
HE DID ACTUALLY ASK FOR AN INCREASE PART-TIME HELP Y'ALL.
Y'ALL HAD GENERALLY AGREED TO.
I'M JUST SAYING YOU HAD TWO, A LOT OF PEOPLE, 30 AND EVERYBODY DO, UM, S WENT, WE WENT FROM 20 TO 30.
TWO IS KIND OF BASICALLY, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE THING EXTRA HELP IF THEY HAVE 20 TO 30 OR WHATEVER, THREE HAS 20, HE PAYS THE EXTRA DEPUTY WITH HIM.
IS WHAT HE USES THE MONEY FOR.
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AS PART-TIME PEOPLE.SO, I MEAN, IN SOME ASPECT HE DOES THAT EXTRA EMPLOYEE OVER EVERYBODY ELSE.
IT'S A PATRICK POSTON I THINK IS THE, COULD PATRICK BE TURNED INTO A FULL-TIME DEPUTY? UM, I'M SURE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT HE'D BE INTERESTED IN ENTERTAIN, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE THAT DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD MAKE.
BECAUSE I MEAN, HE'S DOING, WHAT IS IT, 29 HOURS OR WHATEVER RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT 30,000 BUDGETED IN, PLUS WE HAVE, UH, I THINK WE DON'T PAY HIM, WE DON'T PAY HIM INSURANCE.
I MEAN, TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THEN I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GIVE HIM ANOTHER ONE.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GIVE HIM TWO.
WELL THE THING I'M LOOKING AT IS THE NUMBERS THAT WERE SHOWN TO ME, BUT HE'S ALREADY PAYING ANOTHER PART.
I KNOW, BUT THE NUMBERS THAT WERE SHOWN TO ME, COMPARING THE ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE PRECINCTS PRECINCT THREE WAS DOING MORE THAN THE OTHER ONES.
AND THEY HAVE EITHER THE SAME OR LESS PEOPLE TO DO THAT WORK WITH.
THEY'RE GENERATING MORE REVENUE AS WELL.
WHERE DID ALL THE REVENUE COME FROM?
THE FEES, FINES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO PAY.
PRECINCT THREE THAN IT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SHOWN.
THEY'RE, YEAH, THEY'RE, SO THE PAPERS ARE, UH, WHAT, LET'S, LET'S GO BACK TO HIM AND MAYBE YOU CAN TALK WITH 'EM ABOUT IN MAKING THAT PART-TIME POSITION INTO A FULLTIME POSITION OKAY.
AND THEN I'M OPPOSED TO HAVING SOME PART-TIME HELP IF WE NEED TO, BUT THAT'S JUST, I MEAN THAT'S THE 30,000.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IF WE USE THAT MONEY GOING TOWARDS A, A FULL-TIME SALARY, THAT WOULD GIVE HIM TWO FULL-TIME DEPUTIES.
EVERYBODY, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE FIVE, IT'S GOING SHOW YOU YOUR REVENUES BY CONSTABLE.
UH, BUT THAT'LL SHOW YOU THE REVENUE BROUGHT BY CONSTABLE 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR DOWN THE DEPART.
UH, RIGHT NOW'S PRECINCT TWO IS EXPENDITURES.
SORRY, I WENT OUT TOO, TOO MUCH.
YEAH, LOOK AT, UM, IT'S RIGHT DOWN THERE.
UM, RIGHT ABOVE THE TOTAL FEE YOU'LL SEE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.
AND YEAR TO DATE, YOU GOT 21 3 4 7 8 56.
8 25 5 IS YOUR CURRENT REVENUES FOR THOSE FOUR OFFICES.
WE GOT SOME LOT PEOPLE PRECINCT.
THEY DO ALL THE BREAKING PRETTY.
WE'VE GOT INTERSTATE 20 AND HIGHWAY 80 GOING AND ALL THAT.
I MEAN, THAT MAKES A BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE.
I A TICKET, I WOULD IF YOU WOULD BACK A FULLTIME POSITION DIRECT.
SO IF YOU'RE AT PART FULL TIME, ARE YOU TO ACTUALLY HELP IN THERE OR NOT AT THIS TIME? WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND ADJUST, BUT 30,000 WILL GO TOWARDS THE, THE FULLTIME SALARY FOR THE NEW DEPUTY.
OR THEY, SO RIGHT NOW WE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT REALLY DECIDING ON ANYTHING.
WE'RE JUST LEAVING THE 30,000 THAT WE HAVE IN THERE AND THEN NO.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND BUDGET FOR A THIRD.
LET'S GO AND PUT THAT IN THERE.
BUT TAKE THE 30,000 OUT FOR NEXT YEAR.
REMEMBER PART TIME, I CAN'T REMEMBER JUDGE, WHICH PRECINCT IT WAS, BUT THERE WAS ONE OF 'EM THAT THE GUY DID NOT WANT WORK FULL-TIME.
HE JUST WANTED TO WORK PART-TIME.
I COULDN'T REMEMBER, REMEMBER.
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NOT GONNA BE AN EXTRA FULLTIME FIRE.BUT YOU DID SAY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT A PART-TIME PICK UP.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE'RE GOING TAKE A BREAK HERE AND LOOK BIT, LET'S TRY TO MOVE THROUGH ALL THESE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON UH, THE CAR? THE CAR, THE CAR IN THERE? WE ALREADY CARS AND Y'ALL JUST TALK ABOUT HAVING A SECOND ONE SECOND CAR, TWO CARS, TWO CARS, THREE, ONE CAR FOR TWO AND CARS WERE TO RIGHT.
WE CALL IT TAHOE CAR OR SOMETHING.
I'VE GOT A DODGE CHARGER NOW THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THE STRAIGHT, WE'RE PUTTING THEM IN TRANSFORM.
WE SAID WE'RE TRYING NOW PUT ONE ON THE HELP.
HE'S GOT PLENTY RIGHT THERE ON COUNTY ROAD.
ALMOST ALMOST ONE OF MY DRIVERS ABOUT THE BODY CAMERA AND STUFF.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS FIXING TO ASK IT.
CONSTABLE STEVENS PRESENTED HIS BUDGET AND SAID FOR HIM TO COME SEE LISA AND WE WOULD BUY THE THAT STUFF THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHY HE NEEDS TO GET HOLD OF TALK TO HIM.
REMEMBER? AND LISA REMEMBERS US TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT HE HASN'T COME TO SEE HIM.
HE ALRIGHT ON CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR.
THAT ANSWER IF HE'LL GET, TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR US AND YOU CAN GET HIM IN.
WELL IF HE'S GETTING A DEPUTY, HE'S GONNA CONSTABLE PRECINCT, UH, I MEAN HE ONLY PUT THAT IN, CALLED THE OTHER BASKET TOO.
1 51 A DODGE CHARGER WE TALKED ABOUT.
I THOUGHT HE HAD THREE VEHICLES DOWN.
IT IT, BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HE HAS.
RIGHT NOW HE HAS VANESSA AND THAT'S IT.
SO HE'S WANTING ANOTHER FULLTIME.
AND BECAUSE OF LENGTH OF THE, UH, THE SIZE OF THE SAFETY AND I'M NOT TOO SURE APPRECIATE.
SO FOR TIME BEING, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IN PRECINCT FOUR.
THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IN PRECINCT THREE.
JUST GO TO A MAKETIME DEPUTY FULLTIME.
AND THEN THE, THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A CAR.
UH, QUESTION YOU PART-TIME WORK?
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WE JUST CREATED ONE HERE.HE DOESN'T PAY AS OFF DUTY DEPUTIES HE PAY.
I HOW MANY, HOW MANY KEEP UP THEIR LICENSE? HOW GET ALL THOSE GUYS WHERE THEY THEM KEEP UP THEIR HOURS? YEAH.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW, HE'S PART, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT IS CURRENT.
SO BASICALLY, WELL I WOULDN'T, BUT IF Y'ALL ARE MOVING INTO THE PART-TIME POSITION TO FULL TIME ZERO 20 MIGHT DO A PARTTIME.
WELL FULL, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
SO IF YOU'RE ZEROING EXTRA HELP THESE JUDGE PROBABLY UP.
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE PRETTY, PRETTY SOON.
SO WE'LL HOLD ON IF THAT'S OKAY, BUT FINE.
ON THE EXTENSION OFFICE, UH, TRAINING POSITION.
TRAINING EDUCATION CONFERENCE.
HOW, HOW MUCH DO YOU USE? I MEAN WE'VE GONE FROM A, YOU KNOW, A COMP, WE'VE GONE REALLY A FULLTIME CONSTABLE DOWN THERE NOW HE'S USED 462 9.
WHO THREE POSITIONS PROBABLY NEED CLARIFICATION ON THOSE ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE.
ON WHAT? UNDER FIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT YOU GUYS POSITION.
BUT THERE WAS ALL THOSE EXTRA COSTS THAT WERE GONNA BE ASSOCIATED.
AND AS FAR AS THE POSITION THAT ACTUALLY SAME DEAL WITH PARTTIME THERE.
PARTTIME, IT'S A PARTTIME CLERK ON THE EXTENSION SERVICE.
UH, THEY HAD REQUESTED A, AN INCREASE, UH, OF 7,000.
THAT'S ACTUALLY BY A TIME VIEW HAD ANY OTHER RANGE BENEFITS.
BUT THESE FOLKS WOULD BE STILL PART-TIME.
IS IT PARALEGALS? THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS RATHER.
THEY'RE, I THINK THEY BOTH WORK 20 HOURS A WEEK AND THEY WERE TRYING TO EQUALIZE THEM MAKE THE SAME.
WE PROBABLY OUGHT HOLD OFF ON THAT.
OH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT, I'M SORRY.
THE PARAPROFESSIONAL, THEY HAD REQUESTED AN INCREASE OF 7,000 BUT IT'S IN THEIR CHECKING THEIR MATH.
IT WAS ACTUALLY AN INCREASE OF 10,010.
AND THEN HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK THAT INCLUDED ANY OF THE SOCIAL RETIREMENT.
THAT'S JUST, AND THAT'S JUST TAX.
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STUFF.SO THEY'RE BASICALLY TRYING TO INCREASE THEIR, UH, HOURLY RATES.
AND
I THINK BEFORE WE GET INTO IT, LET'S TAKE A LUNCH BREAK IF THAT'S OKAY.
HOW MANY HAVE OFFER NEEDS? CHECK OF IT.
WE LONG AS IF WE REALLY WORKING.
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU GOT A GOOD MEMORY.
T I'LL USE EVERYDAY USE FOR THEM TO FUNCTION.
WE GO AHEAD AND CALL THE COURT BACK THE ORDER AT ONE 20.
I DID CHAD, HE SAID HE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO HAVE THE FULLTIME BUT HE WOULD STILL NEED SOME PARTTIME MONEY.
HE'D LIKE TO KEEP HIS 30,000 PARTTIME.
SO HE'D LIKE TO KEEP THE FULLTIME AS WELL AS TAKE TIME BEFORE.
AND THEY STILL HAVE 30,000 FOR PARTTIME.
WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT THESE? GOING THE UH, THE PART-TIME.
NOW KEEP THAT 30, BUT YOU GOTTA GO 20 TO GET A PARTTIME.
CLERICAL WORK WORK 30 20 PARTTIME C IN ADDITION TO THE 30.
TAKE THE PARTTIME FULLTIME THEN EITHER ADDITIONAL 20 OR PART-TIME CLERK OR 30 FOR FOUR.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON PAGE SINCE WE IN PRECINCT THREE, WE UH, DID A FULLTIME BID.
WE JUST MOVED HIS PART-TIMER TO FULL-TIME.
THEY GAVE YOU HOW MANY FULL-TIME? UH, 2 2 2 FULLTIME.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A CLERK ANYWAY.
TWO FULLTIME, TWO FULL TIMES AFTER PART-TIME CLERK TIME.
WHAT DO YOU GOT? YOU YOU GOT TWO FULL-TIME.
MINE'S GOT, MINE'S GOT ONE FULL-TIME, PART-TIME.
THE OTHER OBSTACLE IS ADMISSIONS OFFICER.
BOTH THE ADMISSIONS OFFICER AND THE CLERK ARE FULLTIME THE GRANT PAYS FOR PART OF IT.
YOU'RE TALKING THEY ONLY HAVE ONE FULL-TIME,
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BUT I THINK THE ADMISSION SAYING, I DON'T DOUBT HE CLERK, BUT UH, THEY DON'T WORK.I DON'T THINK THEY A FULL TIME CLERK.
EVEN THE ONE THAT, SO NOT SAYING ANYTHING BAD, I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A FULL TIME.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT PAPERWORK.
I, I DON'T, I THINK QUITE A BIT.
YEAH, I THINK GET HIM OUT THE STREET.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I, I MEAN LOOK, WE'RE BRINGING IN THE STREET.
IT, WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN NOW, SO WE NEED TO, OKAY.
I DON'T THINK WE ACTUALLY SAID ANYTHING, BUT I THINK IT SAID 12 AND A HALF.
30 12 YOU SAID COURT COUNTY PART LESS THAN 29 HOURS.
OR IS IT 30 29 FOR BENEFITS? 30.
DIDN'T PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE AND STEP AN HOUR FIGURE.
YOU WORK 29 AN HOUR, BUT THEY STILL GET RETIREMENT.
WELL, THEY DO STILL GET RETIREMENT.
SO THIS IS AN EXPENSE FEE, SO I GOTTA ACCOUNT FOR IT.
AND THAT'S NOT, AND ALL THESE, AND RANDY STILL, THEY WERE, HE WAS PAYING OUR PART-TIME CLERK.
ACTUALLY 30 15 INCLUDES BENEFITS, WHICH WOULD MAKE YOU ABOUT HOW MUCH? UH, 29 HOURS A WEEK.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING WITH? WELL, WE'RE TALKING SO, WELL, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S 1215 AN HOUR, UH, 20 HOURS A WEEK IS, AND THAT'S JUST THE CASE.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, WORK ON FRIDAYS.
I'D SAY TO DO THAT FOR EACH ONE OF THE CONSTABLE THAT SUFFICE ON YOUR 8 62 AN HOUR.
TWO ALREADY HAS A FULLTIME SECRETARY.
SO IT JUST 1, 3, 1 3 AND FOUR PLUS THE FIRE MARSH CODE.
I JUST WAS WITH THE SHERIFF WHILE AGO AND TRYING TO ROUND OUT AS BEST WE CAN WITH THE STAFFING LEADS.
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FIRE MARSH, BECAUSE YOU BACK AT THREE.WE'RE WE'RE STILL IN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WHERE WE WERE 15 YEARS AGO.
UH, SPOKE TO THE SHERIFF ABOUT IT.
COMMISSIONERS DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. YOU APPROVE THE TWO, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS.
WHAT ABOUT ONE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER AND ONE DEPUTY FIRE? IS THAT FEASIBLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE? Y'ALL OR YOU? WHAT DO YOU MEAN RUN THAT BY THREE OFFICERS TO COVERED COUNTY COURSE THAT TAKES AWAY FROM ONE FOR PRECINCT.
BUT YOU KNOW, THREE, THERE'S STILL TWO OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, STILL TWO POSITIONS AND THEIR THEIR PAYS ARE RIGHT AT THE SAME.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? I SAID, IT'S UP TO Y'ALL.
MY BIG DEAL IS I DON'T, IT'S JUST A PROPOSAL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE DOING IN EACH PRECINCT.
THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THREE AND THREE AND ONE AND FOUR OR THREE AND ONES THREE AND THREE AND ONE ARE THE BIGGEST.
PS RIGHT THERE WITH 'EM AND TWO DOESN'T HAVE WHOLE LOT.
AND IT'S THE SMALLEST GEOGRAPHICAL PRESCHOOL.
IT KEEPS GETTING SWALLOWED UP BY THE MUNICIPALITIES HERE.
HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA START GROWING IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN WE GOT STUFF THAT THROW OUT EVERYWHERE, BUT, UH, EN FORCING THE NUISANCE SIDE OF IT, WHENEVER THEY, THE WHOLE YARD'S FULL OF JUNK CARS, A 36 INCH TALL GRASS, I THINK THAT'S JUST GONNA GET PREVALENT.
IT'S NOT A DOUBT ABOUT, I MEAN IT EDUCATED THAT THEY CALL THIS AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF IT OR MAYBE ADD TO THE NAME BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY ENVIRONMENTAL, THAT MAKES PEOPLE THINK WHAT, WHAT? CODE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A BETTER NAME FOR YOU.
IT IS ENVIRONMENTAL CODE ONE THING.
OUGHT I THINK BE ONE MINE TO DO MOST JUST USED TO CALL IT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET.
GET THEM FOUR WORKING TOGETHER AND HELPING EACH OTHER OUT.
IF IT'S RIGHT HERE, IT IS THEIR DOOR GO THEM ALL FOUR OF THEM WORK AS A TEAM.
LET IT AND THAT'S ALL THEY WORK ON.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE THE WELL, THEY NEED TO BE COMING TO YOU GOING, HEY, GUESS WHAT? YEAH, I'M CALLED UP.
ALRIGHT, I WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM THAT THE REASON THE RANGER WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT HE'S TRYING TO GET ANOTHER POSITION, WHICH EVERYBODY WANTS CERTAIN POSITIONS AND SO, UH, BUT I THINK THE COMMISSIONER WANTS TO KEEP HIS ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER, UH, LIKE IT IS.
SO, UH, DO, LET'S, LET'S GO TO WHAT YOU GOT RIGHT NOW AND THEN BEFORE WE GET THROUGH, MAYBE WE CUT BACK AND REVISIT.
SO THEN LET'S MOVE THAT TIME WITH EVERYBODY THAT'S GONNA HELP.
I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW WE'VE GOTTA START MEETING OUR DEMAND OF OUR CITIZENS, YOU KNOW.
CHANGE WHENEVER THE NUMBERS COME.
I THINK WE, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT YOU'LL BE PLEASED WITH, UH, ON OUR REVENUE PART.
IT'S JUST NOW KIND OF BEGINNING TO COME FORWARD FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, LET'S GO BACK TO, UH, TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS PAGE OF STUFF THAT WE HADN'T COMPLETED FROM LAST TIME.
SO IT'S BEEN A PAINFUL PROCESS AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE SLOWLY FOR SURE TO GET IN THERE AND I, I DON'T WANT YOU TO SMELL A DRINK JUST BECAUSE OF THAT.
SO, OKAY, SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? IT EXTENSION OFFICE AND IT COMMUNITY EXTENSION OFFICE.
UH, SINCE IT INVOLVES SOME PERSONNEL ISSUES, I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT IN CLOSED SESSION BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, SOME PERSONNEL, UH, MATTERS THAT, UH, THAT I THINK YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND SOME, UH, PERHAPS MOVING THAT BEFORE MOVING AROUND.
AND SO I'D RATHER DISCUSS THAT IN, IN CLOSED, UH, SESSION.
UH, AND THEN ON THE, UH, ON THE 10 66, 9 9, UH, THAT IS, UH, A NEW VEHICLE FOR GAGE.
AND UH, I THINK THAT HE'S DRIVING A, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HE'S DRIVING, BUT I KNOW HE, HE'S OR ESCAPE THE ONE WE HAD A COUPLE WORKS TO GIVE TO.
BASICALLY WASN'T ONE GIVE TO HIM.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROADS HE GUESS TO GO DOWN.
HE NEEDED SOMETHING WITH FOUR WHEEL DRIVE TO GET INTO THE BAD AREA.
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IT'S NOT ABOUT THE CAR BEING WOR, THAT COULD BE A PICKUP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT I SUPPOSE.YEAH, IT COULD BE A SMALL ONE OF SMALL.
I PICK UP JEEP WHATEVER, CLEARANCE AND UH, THEN THE OTHER, THAT'S THE, THEN HE'S REQUESTING A CLERK POSITION OR I THINK THAT'S WHAT GEORGE HAD REQUESTED.
BUT THAT KIND OF GETS INTO THE OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT UH, IT AND WHERE WE, WHERE WE, WHERE WE'RE THAT? SO LET'S, LET'S HOLD UP ON, ON THAT.
I THINK, PARDON? WILL THERE A DECISION ON A VEHICLE? I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BUDGET FOR A VEHICLE.
UH, WHAT, 25,000? YEAH, THAT SHOULD BE MORE THAN NOTHING.
I MEAN BUT WE KEEP LESS THAN WE NEED TO CUT SOMETHING OUT.
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING DOWN 14,000 MILES.
SO THE MISCELLANEOUS ESTABLISHED BUDGET FOR THE CAMERA SYSTEM, THAT WILL BE PART OF THE OTHER DISCUSSION WE'LL HAVE.
AND IT, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT HAVE A, UH, CAMERA SYSTEMS ARE A PART OF THE IT BUDGET, BUT UH, BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE WE PAY FOR THEM OUT AS WE GET A GRANT OR SOMETHING.
AND SO WE'RE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT DEPARTMENT THAT WE'LL UH, VISIT AND THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FROM THAT DEPUTY CONSTABLE ONE.
UH, A TICKET RIDER SUPPLEMENT.
I THOUGHT HE ALREADY GETS THAT.
HUH? I KNOW Y'ALL HAD ASKED ABOUT IT OR TALKED ABOUT IT.
HE ALREADY GETS THAT IS LIKE SIX POUNDS IN THERE OR SEVEN.
IT'S, IT'S BAKED INTO HIS SALARY BASE.
I THINK WE HAVE DISCUSSION PROBABLY ABOUT, YOU HAVE TO EDUCATE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE.
WHY DON'T WE GIVE THAT FAR? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER BECAUSE I DON'T 'CAUSE HE WAS OVER THE BRAD TICKET.
HE'S JUST A LIAISON BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE CAMP.
THERE'S A COMPANY CALLED DON'T.
YOU PUT EVERYTHING ELECTRONICALLY AND IT PRINTS OUT A TICKET.
HE DID A LOT OF THE LEG WORK IN GETTING IT SET UP FOR THE CONSTABLE DID WHEN WE GOT HOW MUCH IS IT? IT'S ABOUT A $3,200, UH, DIFFERENCE.
AND IT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR SALARY ALREADY? YES, SIR.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER SUPPLE.
COME BACK AND CALL WHENEVER WE DO.
YEAH, HE WAS ASKING FOR A RAISE POINT.
YEAH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE DO TALK ABOUT THE SALARIES.
SO, UH, COUNTY CLERK, DISTRICT CLERK, UH, TAX ASSESSOR PRESENTED A PAY SCHEDULE.
UH, WE DISCUSSED THAT LAST TIME AND THEY WERE, I BELIEVE I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME.
I BELIEVE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY BEING IN 32,000 BASICALLY.
THERE, I THINK THEIR SCHEDULE THAT THEY GAVE GUYS, THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE LIKE 34 OR 36.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE HAD AN AGREEMENT THAT DAY THAT WE WOULD DO THAT FOR THE, THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS.
AM I WRONG OR DO YOU REMEMBER? I DON'T REMEMBER.
UM, WE PROBABLY HOW THE BUDGET.
WE'LL JUST WAIT AND HOLD UP ON THAT.
UH, AND THEN FUNDS FOR THE, UH, KIOSK IT KIOSK, THOSE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN OUTTA THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE WAS OUT.
AND THEN THE RADIO SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, UH, SHERIFF YOU WANT ABOUT THAT? I THINK THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAD ON THE INITIAL SYSTEM THAT TWO YEAR WE'RE OUT NOW WE'RE, I'VE THE SCHEDULE, PROBABLY SEND IT TO ALL THEM, PUTS A SCHEDULE FOR EVERY YEAR FOR OUR MAINTENANCE, OUR ONGOING MAINTENANCE, I THINK WHATEVER IT WAS BECAUSE NOBODY HAD IT SCHEDULE.
BECAUSE I TALKED TO GEORGE, I SAID, HEY, HAS ANYBODY TALK ABOUT THIS MONEY? AND THAT'S WHEN WE PUT IT OVER THERE ON.
SHOULD IT BE IN THE COMPUTER BUDGET? THERE SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE IN THE COMPUTER BUDGET.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS, SOFTWARE AND EVERYTHING.
WE DON'T, I MEAN WE'VE GOTTA HAVE THE YEAH, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE ADJUST AND THEN THE PROJECT AT THE JAIL, ANY DEPARTMENT 6 97,
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THAT'S 79, THAT, THAT DOESN'T REPLACE THEM.THAT'S SOME MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT TO COME OUT AND WORK ON IT ON ALL SIDES AND EVERYTHING.
THAT'S NOT PART, SOME OF THE STUFF IS STILL COVERED, BUT THAT'S NOT PARTIAL FOR OKAY.
THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST, THEY'RE JUST FIXING THEIR SOFTWARE BASICALLY.
YEAH, THEY CAN GET SOME OUT HERE.
QUICK MOBILE UNITS AND EVERYTHING.
THE SOFTWARE, I THINK MAINLY ALL, ALL THE MAINTENANCE, ANY UPGRADES, ALL THAT STUFF.
AND THEN ON THE, THE PROJECT OR THE UH, COUNSELING PROJECT FOR THE WOMEN, THAT WAS A $30,000.
I DON'T THINK THE LAST TIME I SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY BROUGHT THAT IN AS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
UH, IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT TO US IS ALL OF A SUDDEN NEEDED TO BE IN ANY BUDGET OKAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE BARELY SIX MONTHS INTO THE PROGRAM NOW.
ALL OF A SUDDEN WE NEED TO PAY THEM.
I THINK IT'S GOTTA BE ON THE GROUND FOR A WHILE TO LET US FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S WORKING AND THEN WE'LL EVALUATE AND GO.
I THINK WE CAN GO GET GRANTS OR SOMETHING.
IT'S KIND OF WILD THAT SIX MONTHS WAS THIS DEAL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW WE'RE WANT, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FREE TO HELP PEOPLE.
NOW OF A SUDDEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET PAID ALL I'M HELPING IF WE, WE CAN CUT OUT THESE PEOPLE, COME BACK TO VISIT THEM.
BUT I CAN'T SEE US ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST SIX MONTHS IN THE DEAL AND GIVE MONEY.
HOW LONG, HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU THINK IT'D TAKE FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY KNOW IF IT'S TAKING WORTH? IT TAKES ANYTHING.
FIVE YEARS I THINK BEFORE YOU REALLY TAKE, REALLY KNOW.
SO WE'LL JUST MOVE ON FROM THAT AND NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? KW AND KAREN? I THINK THE ONLY THING, THERE'S STILL KIND OF LITTLE, SHE WAS THIS ON THE FIRE MARSHAL.
I KNOW YOU ALL SAID YOU PART-TIME DEPUTY, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PART-TIME DEPART DEPUTY YOU ASSESS WE DID PARTTIME ALONG.
UM, AND THAT INCLUDED VEHICLE OR NO PARTTIME WELL THE VEHICLE WAS GOING BE FOR NEW VEHICLE.
WE PAID FOR HALF OF THAT OTHER FIRE.
WHETHER YOU GET THE EXTRA PERSON OR NOT.
BUT THEN HALF OF FIRE, FIRE CODE.
WHICH IS GETTING A PRETTY CATCHY BALANCE ON IT'S AND AND THAT'LL BE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT.
THAT PART-TIME PERSON WOULD BE HANDLING LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOLS THINGS THAT ARE GOING UP FULLTIME INSPECTION.
COULD THAT, UH, PERSON WHO COULD BE PAID OUT OF THE FIRE CODE? ANYONE? THE WAY THE LAW READS IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A FIRE CODE.
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS HISTORICALLY, UH, COUNSEL HERE IN COUNTY HAS SAID THAT YOU CAN'T HIRE A FIRE MARSHAL TO DO FIRE INVESTIGATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT FIRE CODE.
WE PAY HIM ALL THAT FIRE CODE FUNDING.
BUT BECAUSE ALL THE EMPLOYEES DO BOTH DUTIES THAT HE SAYS HE BELIEVE WE COULD SAFELY PASS AN AUDIT BY DOING 50%.
UH, OR DEDICATE ONE OF 'EM TO DO ON THE FIRE COAT, LIKE THE VEHICLE, WELL HE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF FIRE COAT STUFF.
HE'S ALSO DEDICATED ONE JUST TO DO THAT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAYBE GET, UH, THE DA'S OFFICE LOOKING TO RE RELOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE COULD USE SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY BECAUSE THAT, UH, TO YOUR CREDIT, THAT FUND IS INCREASING.
IT'S ONE MORE PERMIT IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.
IF THE DA THINKS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING HAVE AN ISSUE ON AN AUDIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR A LAW, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
WELL, WE DON'T WANNA VIOLATE ANY LAW.
I I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT ALL THIS IS WHAT ELSE IS THE MONEY GONNA DO? YEAH, WELL THAT'S KIND OF MY POINT.
WHY IF WE'VE GOT THIS MONEY SITTING IN THIS FUND AND IT ILLEGAL CAN USE SOMETHING TO HELP THE OFFICE.
I THINK GENERAL, THE ONLY RESERVATIONS I HAD WITH DEPLETING THAT FUND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WOULD BE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PLEADING, I USE THE WRONG WORDS.
BRINGING IT DOWN WOULD BE BECAUSE EACH OF THE DEPUTIES HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL FEE.
IT COMES OUT OF THAT AS PART OF THEIR SALARY.
SO I KNOW THAT, BUT THAT MONEY EVER WENT AWAY.
I THE PAYCHECK FAR MORE MONEY IN THAT FUND EVERY YEAR THAN YOU'RE SPENDING ON THE WHOLE DEBT.
I DUNNO, I GO BACK AND LOOK, SEE WE'RE SITTING THIS YEAR BUT PROBABLY AROUND, UH, 60, 70,000 FOR THIS YEAR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THE SUPPLE HOW MUCH? 5,000 PER OFFICER AND HOW MUCH? THREE OFFICERS? YES SIR.
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SO BETWEEN 60,000 THAT WAY, IF I'M THINKING STRAIGHT ANYWAY, I JUST DON'T WANT THINGS TO GO SOUTH.BUT DEFINITELY GIVE US TIME TO REVIEW IT AND LOOK AT IT ALSO.
BUT WE WILL, UH, THAT'S, I'LL MAKE A NOTE AND IF YOU WANT THEM YOU CAN DO SO TOO SO WE CAN FIND OUT.
JUST WHAT WE TOLD IN THE PAST.
WHAT ELSE KID? I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON MY NOTES.
OTHER THAN WHAT SPEAK ACCOUNT.
UH, BEFORE WE GO INTO A, UH, CLOSED SESSION AND ONE OF, WELL LET ME GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU SOME REVENUE INFORMATION.
UH, AND THIS IS, UH, I CAN'T FIND IT.
WE, UH, THE, THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED, AND I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT, UH, PAGE FROM THE APPRAIS.
UH, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR, BECAUSE OF OUR GROWTH IN THE COUNTY AND THE UH, AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT BECAUSE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION IS DEBT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND THREE UH, AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN DUE REVENUE FOR THE COUNTY.
THAT IS VERY CONSERVATIVE, UH, IS UH, CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THROUGH WITH THEIR HEARINGS OUT THERE.
BUT I THINK THE THREE OF US FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT NUMBER AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND SO, UH, AND YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE 'EM THE INFORMATION ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE TRYING TO GET TO IT RIGHT NOW.
ROAD BRIDGE, UM, TAX REVENUE IS RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY SITTING AT 7.855 MILLION LAST YEAR.
OR THE CURRENT YEAR IS 6.451 MILLION.
SO THAT'S ABOUT A 1.4 MILLION INCREASE AND THAT'S TO THAT FUND 20, OBVIOUSLY THAT GETS SPLIT UP THE PERCENTAGES AND UH, THAT'S CHANGING THE TAX.
THAT'S ALSO THE, THE COUNTY ROAD BRIDGE TO 10 CENTS.
HOPEFULLY WE MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO DO MORE.
YOU KNOW, IF, LET'S JUST DO THE 0.80 CENTS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'LL SPEND EVERY DIME WE CAN GET FOR JUSTIFIABLY.
SO I MEAN I DON'T MEAN THAT OUT THAT WAY.
AND THEN ON THE IS PAYMENT STAY ABOUT THE SAME ON THAT OUR DEBT IS 4,435,000 PUTTING IN 4 MILLION 4 38.
YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT EXTRA.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IS RATE WILL BE LOWERED BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT UH, OUR IS PAYMENTS ARE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
WE COULD PUT, THERE'S A LIMIT ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU CAN PUT INTO, INTO, I SKW, I HAD THIS DISCUSSION, EVERYTHING.
UH, SO YOU CAN'T JUST PUT LIKE, I THINK WHAT ARE WE PUTTING IN THERE ABOUT 4 CENTS NOW, WHATEVER, UH, 4, 5, 5 0.6, 5.65 CENTS.
YOU CAN'T JUST PUT 10 CENTS IN THERE TO BUILD UP YOUR I BALANCE NOW FROM THE I YOU CAN MOVE MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND YOU CAN TAKE, SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHEN WE SET THE TAX AND THAT'S PART OF THE TAX, UH, RATE CALCULATION THAT THE TAX OFFICE DOES FOR US AS WELL.
I'M ALL FOR INCREASING THAT FUND BALANCE BECAUSE IT HELPS OUR BOND RATE, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE JUDICIOUS ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT.
SO, UH, I WOULD EXPECT OUR IS WAVE WILL ACTUALLY COME DOWN.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT FIGURES INTO THIS IS, UH, THE, UH, AMOUNT OF UH, OF COURSE ROLLBACK TAXES, WHICH WE NEVER BUDGETED.
AND UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T HOW YOU ESTIMATE ROLLBACK TAXES, THAT'S JUST A GOOD, UH, KIND OF A BUFFER FOR US IN THAT REGARD.
AND, UH, WHAT'S THE OTHER THING STATEMENT? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS, BUT, UH, SO I, I THINK ALL IN ALL WE'RE, YOU KNOW THIS SINCE, SINCE WHERE WE WERE SIX YEARS AGO WHERE WE'RE RUNNING NOW, THIS IS BY FAR GOING BE THE, UH, BUDGET THAT WE CAN DO SOME THINGS THAT WE PUT ALL DOING FOR YEARS BECAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO SO.
SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CATCH UP MAINTENANCE WORK TO DO.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU GUYS CAN REPLACE.
I'M SURE YOU'D RATHER PAY CASH FOR IT THAN, YOU KNOW, UH, DO IT ANY OTHER WAY.
SO, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, THANKS TO THE SHERIFF, UH, AND UH,
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AND HIS PREDECESSOR, WE HAVE THIS MARVELOUS CONTRACT WITH THE US MARSHALS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE WE'RE ABLE TO WEAN OURSELF OFF OF THAT SHOULD THAT CONTRACT EVER END, WHICH WE DON'T THINK IT WILL ANYTIME SOON, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE PERPETUAL.BUT, UH, BY DOING ONE TIME ITEMS AND NOT DEPENDING ON THAT FOR REGULAR DAY DAY OPERATION, THAT'S JUST A GOOD BUSINESS SENSE.
AND SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT AND SO THAT, THAT HELPS US A LOT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOME OF THESE ONE TIME ITEMS AND NOT, NOT AT OUR, OUR UH, REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FUND TOO.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY NEED TO DISCUSS IS THAT FOR MONEY.
WHAT FROM, UM, THE, THE, THE CITY OF TERRELL AND THE CITY OF COCHRAN, UH, WHEN WE, UH, SOLD THE BONDS, UH, FOR THEM, PART OF IT WHEN WE VOTED THE BONDS AND THEY WERE SOLD, PART OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THOSE TWO CITIES WAS, IS THAT THE UH, PORTION OF THAT MONEY WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNTY ON THE PASS THROUGH TOTAL.
LIKE THE BIG ONE THAT IS OUT HERE, UH, ON THE SOUTH PART OF UH, 34 WHENEVER TERRELL COMPLETES THE UH, BETWEEN THE INGER VET CLINIC AND, AND BUCKY'S.
THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT TOO.
BUT THAT'S THREE, FOUR YEARS OFF PROBABLY.
AND THAT'S GONNA GENERATE A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT UH, ACCORDING TO TOM POLL WHO IS NOW UH, RETIRED FROM UH, BICKERSTAFF AND UH, GEORGE WILLER, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, THOSE FUNDS CAN COME BACK TO THE COUNTY, BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE.
IT'S MY BELIEF WE SHOULD PUT THOSE FUNDS INTO A SEPARATE FUND TO BE USED FOR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE PURPOSES ONLY.
AND THAT WILL INCREASE AS TIME GOES ALONG AND IT WOULD GO FOR COUNTY ROADS.
THAT WAS THE INITIAL PURPOSE OF THE ROAD BOND ELECTION.
NOW YOU CAN USE IT FOR OTHER PURPOSES, BUT I'M AGAIN TRYING TO GET MORE MONEY IN THE COUNTY ROADS THAT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT IT SHOULD GO THERE.
SO, UH, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY OF THAT YET.
I DON'T THINK, UH, WE SHOULD RECEIVE IT HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THIS BUDGET YEAR.
I DON'T THINK TERRY'S GONNA BE VERY LARGE 'CAUSE ALL THAT SERVED BY NOW IS JUST THAT SERVICE ROAD.
BY THE GOING INTO S BYPASS THEN EVERYBODY GOES TO THE SECOND EXIT SO THEY DON'T GET COUNTED.
YOU NEED TO GET OFF EVERY TIME YOU GO.
YOU NEED TO GET OFF FIRST EXIT, FIRST DRIVE DOWN.
I DO EVERY SINGLE TIME
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YOU MAKE SURE THEY GET THAT MEMO
I DAY HAVE TIME, I MAKE A CIRCLE OUT HERE ON THE, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU TO TELL 'EM MAKE A CIRCLE, BUT THAT MONEY, I, I THINK WE SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR SEPARATELY BUT IT SHOULD BE DESIGNATED FOR COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE.
I JUST, IF THAT'S EVERYBODY'S AGREEABLE WITH THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
TAXPAYER WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK THE NICE THING ABOUT CREATING ONE ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE MONEY TO GO IN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I MIGHT GET MY MONEY DOWN.
JACKIE MIGHT NOT GET CRANDALL FOR 15, 20 YEARS.
THOSE PEOPLE I DON'T THINK CRANDALL'S GOT.
WELL WILL THEY BE ABLE TO BYPASS WHEN THEY DO THAT? THEY GONNA BE A BYPASS PROJECT.
SO, SO EVENTUALLY DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT I MEAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HIM WAITING FOR YEARS WHEN THEY CAN REACH BENEFITS OF MONEY.
NOW THAT'S JUST PERPETUAL TO PUT IN ONE FUND.
WE STRETCH IT OUT FUNDER AND EVERYBODY GETS USED OF IT.
INSTEAD OF IT JUST EACH PRECINCT PASSING THING JUST BURN BY THAT PRECINCT.
IT WILL, IT WILL TURN INTO A PRETTY LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
I THINK OURS MINIMUM WAS ABOUT TWO 20,000.
YEAH, THEY, I KNOW IN NY WHEN THEY OPENED THE 5 48 THAT WAS A PASS THROUGH PROJECT.
UH, THEY PAID IT OFF WITHIN THREE OR FOUR YEARS BECAUSE OF JUST THE SHEER AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WENT THROUGH THAT 5 48 UH, UH, IN THE INTERSTATE, IN THE HIGHWAY EIGHT INTERSECTION.
SO, OKAY, SO WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? CAN I SAY ONE TIME? SURE.
ONLY THING I KNOW Y'ALL NOTICED THAT WE ARE REALLY WORKING HARD ON ALL THE STUFF WE PUT IN OUR BUDGET, UH, THAT WE NEEDED, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PURCHASE THIS YEAR.
I KNOW Y'ALL SEEN ALL THE LINE OUT OF TRANSFER, RIGHT? SO I'M REALLY WORKING HARD WITH KW AND LEASING AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET EVERY BIG ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON THERE AND GET THAT OFF THE BOOKS OR WE'LL LOWER OUR BUDGET BACK ON ABOUT 140 SOMEWHERE RIGHT THERE.
SO YOU'LL SEE ME DOING SOME MORE LINE ITEM TRANSFER OUT TO DIFFERENT THINGS TRYING TO GET IT THERE AND TRYING TO WORK LISA AND GET SOME STUFF BOUGHT PURCHASE WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY NEXT YEAR BUDGET AND THAT HELPS REDUCE HIS BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR TOO.
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THEY'RE KEEPING UP WITH MAKE SURE DOESN'T CHEAT.ALRIGHT, UH, WE WILL, IF I CAN FIND MY AGENDA NOW.
I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING I I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, UM, GOT ONE I CAN SEND YOU ELECTRONIC COPIES OF THIS REVISION AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC COPIES.
UM, ONE OF Y'ALL CAN GO THROUGH THEM.
I KNOW THE CHANGES FROM REVISION ONE TO TWO.
THERE IS LIKE 13 PAGES OF 'EM.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE LET US KNOW.
IF Y'ALL SEE SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL DON'T THINK WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED, PLEASE LEMME KNOW.
AND AS I SAID, THERE'S SOME PAGES WORTH OF CHANGES SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE I MAY MISSED SOMETHING.
BUT ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE'RE GOING SESSION? AND I DO WANT KAREN AND KW TO STAY IN HERE DURING THE CLOSED SESSION.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? ALRIGHT, WE NEED, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT REAL PROPERTY CODE 5 5 0 7 2 A BUILDING ON THE DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN SQUARE.
AND THEN ON PERSONNEL MATTERS IT WOULD BE GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1 0 7 4 AND THAT WILL INVOLVE THE IT DEPARTMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO, ALRIGHT, WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND BY ALLEN.
YOU MEETING ONE 50 WILL ADJOURN THERE.
ALL THE COURT IS OUT EXECUTIVE SESSION ON A MOTION MADE BY, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH ALLEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AT 3:10 PM UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, WE TOOK NO OFFICIAL ACTION SO IT'LL BE NOTHING COMING OUT OF THIS COURT.
THE COURT IS ADJOURNED ON THE MOTION.
I, OH WE CAN MAKE I MADE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, SO COMMISSIONER BARBER SECOND THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECONDED THE MOTION IT, YOU SECOND IT.
I SECOND THAT IT FOURTH SECOND.
I DON'T THINK I'VE GOT TO GET YOU AN SHE FINISHED ME SIGN.