* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14TH, MEETING OF COST COUNTY COMMISSION. YOU'RE DEDICATED THIS MORNING OR EITHER YOU GET PAID. ANYWAY, WE'RE GLAD TO, GLAD TO HAVE ALL TODAY HAVE ANOTHER REV FROM OUR AGENDA TODAY. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THOSE ON THE AGENDA. THERE IS A SIGN IN FORM, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE, AND IF YOU HAVE OTHERS, THOSE NEED TO BE PRESENTED TO CLERKS AND THEN, WE'LL, IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE AGENDA BEFORE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOU. UH, BUT UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT, FEEL FREE TO DO SO. WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH OUR, UH, INVITATION, UH, AND COMMISSIONER ALLEN IS GONNA DO THAT. AND FATHER, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR TODAY. WE BE HERE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THE WAY THAT WE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE RAIN YOU SENT TO US THIS TIME OF YEAR. IT MEANS A LOT TO MANY, MANY FOLKS, BE WITH THE LEADERS OF OUR S THAT MAKE DECISIONS AND THEN TIMES WHEN IT'S STRESSFUL THAT THEY DO THE RIGHT THING, THAT THEY SEEK YOUR ADVICE, AND THAT MORE TRAGEDY WON'T HAPPEN TO A YOUNG MAN. AND WOMEN ARE IN SERVICE. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE BLESSED US WITH, AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR SON WHO DIED FOR US. WHAT IN HIS NAME THAT WE PRAY ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, HONOR OF THE TEXAS FLAG, I ALLEGED ALLEGIANCE TO LEAD TO TEXAS, ONE STATE, ONE GOD, ONE INDIVIDUAL, ALL IN THE WAY OF ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. UH, I, THIS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER. THERE'S, I IS GONNA BE HOLDING A VERY IMPORTANT HEARING. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE ON, UH, VERY MAJOR IMPROVEMENT TO INTERSTATE 20 FROM LAWSON ROAD IN DALLAS COUNTY. UH, JUST BARELY INSIDE COUNTY GROVE 1 38, WHICH IS BETTER KNOWN AS THE WILSON ROAD HERE IN, UH, CARROLL. AND THAT MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER THE 12TH, 2017 FROM SIX O'CLOCK TO EIGHT O'CLOCK, IF NOT BE A FORMAL PRESENTATION, BUT THEY'LL HAVE A MAP SET UP SHOWING, UH, THE PROPOSED SERVICE ROADS, UH, THAT WOULD BE ADDED AND ALSO THE INTERSECTIONS, THE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE MADE TO THE INTERSECTION. SO THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT. THOSE, UH, ROADS DO NOT EXIST CURRENTLY. I'VE OFTEN SAID THAT WHENEVER THE, UH, MEETING, WHEN THEY BUILT THE, UH, THE INTERSTATE, THE EXTENSION OF THE INTERSTATE THAT GOES FROM INTO DALLAS COUNTY ON INTERSTATE 20, THAT THE DAY THEY GAVE OUT THE SERVICE PROB WE WEREN'T PRESENT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE WEREN'T INVITED OR WHETHER WE JUST DIDN'T GO OR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WE WEREN'T OUT TODAY. WE WEREN'T PRESENT TODAY. THOSE SERVICE ROAD WE WERE, UH, WERE GIVEN. AND I'M, I'M SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF JOKINGLY, BUT THIS IS A HUGE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COUNTY. IT WILL BE AN EXPENSIVE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SERVICE ROADS ON THE EAST AND WESTBOUND AND THE REDO OF THE INTERSECTIONS. AND SO IT WOULD BE A HUGE, UH, DEVELOPMENT FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY, WHICH IS PRIMARILY THE REASONS BEING DONE. UH, AND AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ON INTERSTATE 20 NOW, THERE'S AN ACCIDENT OR ANY HIGHWAY SOMETIMES, BUT CERTAINLY ON INTERSTATE 20, YOU'RE JUST LOCKED THERE. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO GET OFF. AND SO IT A VAST IMPROVEMENT OF WHAT IT'S, PLUS IT WOKE UP, UH, HUNDREDS OF ACRES OF DEVELOPMENTAL LAND THAT CAN BE USED. BUT JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT, UH, THERE'LL BE, I THINK THERE'S ALREADY BEEN SOME ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE PAPER ABOUT IT. AND WE'LL, UH, TRY TO REMEMBER, ANGIE, IF YOU'LL HELP ME, WE'LL TRY TO REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, ADAM A IS TO APPROVE BOND FOR FIVE STAR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INCORPORATED. ADAM B IS THE ACKNOWLEDGED RESIGNATION OF KERRY FROM THE KAUFMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION. ITEM C IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTING LISA CALLAHAN AS EXECUTIVE SPONSOR FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY HEALTHY COUNTY WELLNESS PROGRAM AND TO ACCEPT THE DONATION FROM GEORGE YORK AND NORMAN THOMAS FOR REPAIR WORK DONE ON THE BRIDGE LOCATED [00:05:01] AT BAR 10 ROAD, KAUFMAN COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR. AND THEN ITEM E IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVING COMMISSIONER COURT MEETING MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING ON JULY 24TH, 2017, AND SPECIAL MEETING ON JULY THE 18TH, UH, 2017. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? I DO ON, UH, D ON THE DONATION? YES. WE NEED AN AMOUNT FOR RECORDING AS A DONATION. OKAY. WE SENT THE CHECK, UH, TO YOUR OFFICE LAST WEEK, WEEK BEFORE THAT. OKAY. I THINK IT WAS 3,700 OR 39. OKAY. MAYBE IT'S BILL IN THE MAIL. 36 WROTE THE, WITH THAT CLARIFICATION. IS THAT YES SIR. OKAY. YES SIR. THAT'S HER JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT SIR. AND IT WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO LANDOWNERS AND THE COUNTY BECAUSE THE COUNTY BRIDGE AND IT JUST SHO IT UP TO KEEP IT DETERIORATING AND FALLING IN. IT'D BE ALL ON US THEN. SO THEY WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO HELP OUT. OKAY. THAT A BIG DIFFERENCE. YES. ALRIGHT, THAT BEING SAID, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT SANDRA JAMES? I MAKE A MOTION. HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN. HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO HEAR FROM OUR FRIENDLY BILL COLLECTORS HERE FROM, UH, PER YOU BRANDON FIELD, OR DID NOT REPRESEN PRESENT AN UPDATE ON DE THE COURT FINES. OUR FEES LOOK LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN BUSY. YES, YOUR HONOR. WE HAVE OUR JUDGMENT. WE HAVE, UH, GOOD MORNING JUDGE WOOD COMMISSIONERS. THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE THIS MORNING. I JUST WANT GET A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE, UH, SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD. UH, SECOND QUARTER WE'VE COLLECTED OVER $137,000 OF DELINQUENT FINES. CLEARED ANOTHER $178,000, UM, AS YOU RECALL, THE CLEARING OF ALL CASES DISMISSED, TIME SERVED, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE, JAIL CREDIT, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO OVERALL, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE, UM, MORE THAN $300,000 IN THAT QUARTER. UH, PRECINCT THREE JUDGEMENTS COURT AS USUAL IS THE MOST ACTIVITY. UM, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS ALMOST EVERY QUARTER FOR US. UH, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THE QUARTER ONE TO QUARTER TWO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, A LITTLE BIT LESS ACTIVITY. AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT IS IN QUARTER ONE WE HAVE THE STATEWIDE WARRANT ROUNDUP, WHICH IS DONE ALL ACROSS THE STATE, WHICH IS A FOCUSED EFFORT ON COLLECTING EASEMENTS DONE THROUGH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. SO WHAT WE DO LOCALLY IS WE, WE DO A LOCAL WARM ROUNDUP IN THE THIRD QUARTER. SO WE'RE GONNA BE KICKING THAT OFF SEPTEMBER 23RD TO START DOING ACTIVITY ON THAT WITH SOME MORE PUBLICATIONS, ADVERTISEMENTS, UH, POSTINGS IN THE COURTHOUSES, UH, JUST TO TRY AND GET, BRING IT BACK TO THE FOREFRONT OF GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION SO WE CAN BOOST THOSE NUMBERS UP FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO GOOD JOB. THANK THEN YOU DON'T WANT SAY ANYTHING WHILE YOU HERE. VERY UNUSUAL FOR JOB. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRM THAT COLLECTS OUR FINES FEES? NO. VERY GOOD FOR GOOD REPORT. APPRECIATE YOU COMING OVER ON THE RAIN MONDAY MORNING AND, UH, BUT NOT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THEIR REPORT. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND. COMMISSIONER BARBARA, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. STICK AROUND AS LONG AS YOU WANNA. THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH. NEXT IS HERE. UM, SHERIFF. SURE. YES SIR. IF YOU KIND OF LOOK, I'VE KIND OF CHANGED A FEW THINGS UP. I THINK IF YOU NOTICE, UH, DOWN THERE WHERE WE HAVE CASES CLEARED BY INVESTIGATION, WE AHEAD AND STARTED FIGURING ALL THE INVESTIGATIONS FROM ADAM CRUELTY AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HANDLE OUT ON PATROL ASPECT OF IT. SO YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER UP QUITE A BIT HIGHER. UH, FAR AS CIDI STARTED PUTTING CID WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE, UH, FAR AS CAPERS CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS. YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY CASES SIGNED UP, HOW MANY THEY FILED, HOW MANY THEY CLEARED, SAME THING IN PROPERTY, HOW MANY UH, CASES PROPERTY, UH, ASSIGNED TO 'EM, THEY FILED CLEAR. THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE JAIL, YOU SEE OUR POPULATION IS DROPPED A LITTLE BIT. WE'VE GOT IT DOWN TO 4 0 7 WITH, UH, DOING THE CLASS C UH, HOLDING THEM OUT FOR RIGHT NOW. WE'LL PROBABLY, UH, OPEN THAT BACK UP AFTER THE END OF THIS FOUR, FIVE DAYS. WE'VE KIND OF CLEARED QUITE A BIT OUT WORKING WITH THE OTHER COURTS. WE'VE GOT 19 FOR TDC. WE'VE BOOKED IN 355 AND WE RELEASED 370. WE'VE GOT A HOUSING A HUNDRED OF THE US MARSHALS AND A HUNDRED FIFTY, FIFTY FOUR FIFTY SEE IN OUR CALL CENTER, I'VE STARTED ADDING THE ADMIN CALLS 'CAUSE THAT HAS JUMPED UP QUITE A BIT FOR THE, FOR THE CITY. UH, SO WE'RE DOING QUITE A BIT OF THE ADMIN CALLS. THAT WAS ADMIN AGAIN [00:10:01] TO FIND THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS JUST, THAT'S JUST ANYBODY CALLING IN, FOLLOWING UP OR ANYTHING DON'T NEED TO CALL FOR SERVICE. I MEAN, JUST DIRECTING THEM FOR IF THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE COMMISSIONERS, I MEAN IF THEY CALL US AND WANT TO KNOW THE COMMISSIONER'S NOT WHERE THE COURTHOUSE, WE'VE BEEN FARTING A LOT OF THOSE TOO. YEAH, , YOU NEED TO RETURN THEIR CALLS. YEAH, I NEED TO RETURN. SO I KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AND, AND WHEN I DO CALL FOR SERVICE TO THE RIGHT, THAT'S JUST CALLS FOR SERVICE. I'M NOT ADDING THE ADMIN NUMBER IN THAT ASPECT ON IT. BUT YOU CAN SEE WE RECEIVED, UH, 2007 94 9 1 1 CALLS AND 7,971 CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND WE'RE HAVING 347.2 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD. OUR WARRANT SERVICE, YOU CAN SEE IT'S DROPPED A LITTLE BIT. THE CLASS C 695, UH, WE'VE RECALLED 373. OUR CIVIL PROCESSES PRETTY WELL STAND UP GOOD. THEY, UH, RECEIVED 107. THEY HAVE SERVED A HUNDRED, UH, CATS AND DOGS. YOU SEE, WE'RE STILL PRETTY BUSY WITH THAT 66 DOGS AND 55 CAT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE WITH OUR ONE GUY THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, CONTACTED. WE'RE WAITING ON THE SCHOOL FOR OTHER THAN THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER TO HAVE OUR SECOND ONE. HAS DPS STEPPED UP THEIR EFFORTS IN THAT REGARD OR ARE YOU AWARE? UH, I'VE TALKED TO 'EM. IT, IT VARIES WHETHER THEY'RE SENDING HIM, YOU KNOW, THEY DO LITTLE TASK FORCE ALL OVER THE TIME. THEY'RE HERE FOR A WHILE AND THEN THEY MOVE THEM AROUND. I TALKED WITH THE LIEUTENANT AND HE INDICATED THEY WERE AWARE OF THE HEAT WE HAD. SO MOVES SOME ADDITIONAL FOCUS DOWN. NO, I I THINK THEY'VE DONE SOME STUFF ON THE INTERSTATE, SOME OTHER PLACES FAR AS THE BACK, PROBABLY NOT THAT, BUT I'LL GET CREDIT TO MY ONE CMV GUY. HE'S, WHEN I GET A CALL, WE SEND HIM SOMEWHERE AND HE USUALLY MAKES, UH, USUALLY GETS SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT'S CALLING. THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN PRETTY FUNNY LATELY. WE'VE GETTING QUITE A FEW CALLS ON THE COUNTY ROADS YARD GETTING FIXED AND THEY'RE SMOOTH AND WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT THERE AND USING THE ONE THAT'S CALLING USING FIRST OR WITHIN THAT FEW DAYS WE STOPPED THE ONE THAT CALLED. SO YEAH, , SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S, IT IS PRETTY BUSY. HE IS HAD 127 CONTACT REGISTRATION, INSPECTION VIOLATION, A TWO AND THEN THE MOVE AND OVERWEIGHT IS 45. AND THEN I'VE ADDED TRAINING HOURS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN IN-HOUSE. UH, OUR TOTAL WIRES IS 171 AND WE HAD 129 STUDENTS. SO THAT'S IN-HOUSE. IT DON'T COST COST, UH, ANYTHING FOR US TO DO THAT. AND THEN ON THE BACK SHEET YOU'LL SEE OUR FINANCIAL REPORT. UH, OUR CIVIL IS 1,471. THE MONEY ORDERS THAT'S FOR BONDS HAVE BEEN POSTED IS 28 0 5 IMPOUND WITH $10. OUR CASH BONDS 10,000 2 0 5. OUR SSIS PEOPLE THAT, UH, SERVICE IMPOSED IS FOUR 20. OUR OTHER, UH, AGENCY'S BOND WAS 5,000 509 7. OUR OVERALL WAS 20,000 546 0 7. AND USING THE REASON THAT'S THE SMALL, USUALLY WE HAVE A LOT MORE UNDER OTHER AGENCIES. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SURE. Y'ALL SEE ANYTHING Y'ALL MIGHT WANT TO ADD? I THINK I PRETTY WELL GOT IT COVERED. I THINK YOU HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE ALRIGHT ON ADMIN CLEARED MORE THAN THE OTHER ONE. YEAH. BACKLOG. YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A FEW BACKLOG. OKAY. UH, RANDY, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO HOLD UP JUST A MINUTE. WE DO HAVE, UH, UH, SOMEONE HERE FROM THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THAT HAD AN ENJOYABLE RIDE OVER TODAY AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SKIP TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 22. UH, THIS IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING KAMAN COUNTY CONTEMPORARY SUSPEND AND AUTOMATICALLY REINSTATE THE COLLECTION, UH, FEE FOR THE LOW INCOME VEHICLE REPAIR ASSISTANCE, RETROFIT AND ACCELERATED RETIREMENT FOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, THANK YOU FOR BEING OVER HERE ON, ON THE WEB. TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO. THIS KIND OF CAME UP LAST WEEK AND SO WE WERE GLAD TO, UH, TO GET THE CALL FROM THAT. GREAT, THANK YOU. I'M SHANNON STEVENSON AND I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. UM, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. WE ADMINISTER THE LOW INCOME DETERMINED PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF KAUFMAN COUNTY. UM, IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE AIRCHECK TEXAS REPAIR REPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. MOSTLY BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE IT AS A LOW INCOME PROGRAM BECAUSE A FAMILY OF POOR CAN QUALIFY, UH, FOR ASSISTANCE THAT BRING HOME UP TO ABOUT $73,000 A YEAR. SO IN OUR MINDS, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY LOW INCOME. SO THAT'S WHY WE SORT OF, AS WE TRY TO PROMOTE IT AND MARKET IT WITHIN THE REGION AND WITHIN THE COUNTY, WE TRY TO GET AWAY FROM THAT. SO OTHERS, UM, REALIZE THAT THEY COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ASSISTANCE. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES THE REPAIRS FOR VEHICLES THAT FAILED THEIR ADMISSIONS TESTS, OR WE ALSO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO HELP, UM, VEHICLE OWNERS GET INTO A NEWER VEHICLE AND SCRAP THAT OLD VEHICLE. IT'S ALL EMISSIONS BASED. IT'S BECAUSE OUR REGION, OF COURSE, DOES NOT MEET THE FEDERAL STANDARDS [00:15:01] FOR AIR QUALITY. AND SO THIS WAS DESIGNED AS AN AIR QUALITY PROGRAM TO HELP THE RESIDENTS IN COFFMAN COUNTY WITH THOSE EMISSIONS TESTS. WHAT'S HAPPENED IS, UM, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, A LITTLE OVER 10 YEARS, AND IT'S KIND OF GONE A LITTLE BIT STALE. AND SO DURING THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UM, THE 85TH TEXAS LEGISLATURE, WE HAD SEVERAL BILLS THAT WERE TRYING TO MODERNIZE THE PROGRAM AND TRYING TO BRING IT UP TO SPEED, ACTUALLY GIVE THE COUNTY MORE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE MORE FUNDS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL TO BE SPENT ON TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS OR ANY OTHER PROJECT THAT THE COUNTY DEEMED, UM, NECESSARY. SO WE MADE IT VERY FAR INTO SESSION. UNFORTUNATELY, WE SORT OF HIT A ROADBLOCK RIGHT AT THE 11TH HOUR. WE MADE IT THROUGH THE HOUSE, WE MADE IT THROUGH THE SENATE COMMITTEE AND WE WENT UP FOR A VOTE ON THE SENATE FLOOR. AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING KIND OF GOT SHUT DOWN. THEN CONSEQUENTLY, UM, THE LEGISLATURE DID PASS THE FUNDING FOR IT FOR 2018 AND 19. HOWEVER, WHEN IT WENT TO THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN OFF ON THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, HE DID DO A LINE ITEM VETO TO VETO THE FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM FOR 18 AND 19. WELL, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT THE FEES ARE STILL BEING COLLECTED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. SO ALL OF THE VEHICLE OWNERS WITHIN GMAN COUNTY ARE STILL PAYING IN TO THIS FUND THAT'S NOW JUST BEING, UH, THOSE ARE DEDICATED FUNDS THAT ARE IN A DEDICATED ACCOUNT IN AUSTIN THAT ARE NOT BEING USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. SO THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER COUNTIES WITHIN THE REGION, OBVIOUSLY WE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, CRY FOUL LIKE, OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE. THOSE ARE LOCAL FUNDS BEING HELD IN AUSTIN. SO IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO APPROPRIATE THOSE FUNDS BACK OUT TO THE REGION, THEN THE THOUGHT IS THAT WE NEED TO SUSPEND THE COLLECTION OF THAT FEE AND REDUCE THAT. UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S AT THE REGISTRATION FEE LEVEL FOR YOUR VEHICLE OWNERS. AND SO IT'S $6 IS BEING COLLECTED FOR EVERY 1996 AND NEWER VEHICLE WITHIN YOUR REGION. AND SO BY THIS ACTION TODAY, THIS WILL SUSPEND THAT COLLECTION. SO IT TAKES UNFORTUNATELY ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS FOR THAT TO GO INTO EFFECT. BUT BEGINNING LATER THIS FALL, THEN YOUR RESIDENTS WOULD SEE ABOUT A $6 REDUCTION IN THEIR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES. AND SO WE'RE WORKING DURING THIS INTERIM SESSION UNTIL THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO TRY TO GAIN SUPPORT BECAUSE WE DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VALUABLE PROGRAM AND IT DOES HAVE, UM, QUANTIFIABLE INITIAL REDUCTIONS. WE JUST, AGAIN, WE HIT THAT ROADBLOCK. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THOSE LEGISLATORS TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE OBJECTIONS WERE TO THE PROGRAM AS FAR AS BRINGING IT UP TO SPEED AND AGAIN, GIVING THE COUNTY MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FUNDING. I DID WANNA MENTION, THERE'S ACTUALLY SORT OF TWO POTS OF FUNDS ACTUALLY. SO I FOCUSED ON REPAIR, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT SIDE. THE COUNTY ACTUALLY RECEIVED DIRECT FUNDING FOR THROUGH A PROJECT CALLED THE LOCAL INITIATIVE PROJECTS. AND YOU GUYS RECEIVE ROUGHLY, UM, $60,000 A YEAR THAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE UTILIZING TOWARDS, UM, YOUR ADMISSIONS ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THROUGH ONE OF YOUR CONSTABLES, UM, WITHIN YOUR COUNTY. UM, THEY GO OUT AND AGAIN, TRY TO ENFORCE, UH, THEY WORK WITH INSPECTION STATIONS, THEY DO ON ROAD ENFORCEMENT FOR FICTITIOUS, WELL NOW IT'S SORT OF TRANSFERRED TO, UM, UH, REGISTRATION OR LICENSE PLATES. IT USED TO BE FACE INSPECTION STICKERS. NOW IT'S KIND OF MORPHED INTO THE REGISTRATION, BUT, UM, YOU GUYS ARE FUNDING A CONSTABLE AND SOME ENFORCEMENT THROUGH, UM, THAT LAST CHECK. YOU GUYS ARE GONNA CARRY OVER ABOUT $30,000 INTO 18 AND 19. UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER RESIDUAL FUNDS LIKE ROCKWELL COUNTY, IT'S NOT UTILIZING THEIR FUNDS. SO THERE'S ABOUT $75,000 AVAILABLE THAT I THINK THAT YOUR COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO HELP, UM, CONTINUE THAT PROJECT UNTIL WE CAN TRY TO GET THE FUNDING REINSTATED AND TRY TO GET THIS PROGRAM BACK UP TO SPEED IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? WHAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION HAVE WE HAD IN GULF COUNTY? YEAH, SO IT, IT, UNFORTUNATELY THE PARTICIPATION HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT LOW. YOU GUYS ARE GONNA CARRY OVER ON THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT SIDE OF THINGS. WE'RE GONNA CARRY OVER ABOUT $500,000 WE KAUFMAN COUNTY. AND SO I'VE ACTUALLY GOT ANTHONY MAFA HERE WITH ME. HE WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE, UM, AUTO DEALERS AND REPAIR SHOPS WITHIN YOUR REGION. TRYING TO AGAIN, UM, INCREASE PARTICIPATION. UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT $500,000 OVER FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO SPEND DOWN THOSE FUNDS AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND GET THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FOR KAUFFMAN COUNTY OVER THOSE NEXT TWO YEARS. SO WE DON'T LEAVE ANY FUNDS ON THE TABLE, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, THOSE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN, UH, APPROPRIATED BACK TO THE REGION. SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SPEND EVERY DOLLAR WE CAN. WELL, IT'S SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YES FOLKS NEED TO BE AWARE OF. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO, IF YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, IF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE AND YOU KNOW, WHEREVER YOU THINK THAT WE CAN BE PROMOTED WITHIN YOUR COUNTY, WE ARE OPEN TO ALL SUGGESTIONS AND HAPPY TO COME OUT AND DO WORKSHOPS. ANYTHING COMES OFF SITE ALL THE TIME TO DO, WE'LL DO HEALTH FAIRS. WE'LL DO, UM, ANY KIND OF, EVEN BACK TO SCHOOL FAIRS. I MEAN WE, WE GO UP AND [00:20:01] WE'LL SET AT THE TABLE IN A BOOTH AND TRY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE, TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN, ANY KIND OF FESTIVAL OR ANYTHING, WE'RE OUT IN ALL SORTS OF THINGS GOING OUT TRYING TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM. SO AGAIN, DOES IT NOT A CURRENT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE? IT DOES NOT. SO IT, IT IS PERSONAL VEHICLES, RIGHT? SO IT MADE IT SIMPLER TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. UNFORTUNATELY THE STATE HAS A CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO. SO, UM, BUT WE ARE, UM, WE, WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN TURN AROUND AN APPLICATION WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY. SO IF SOMEBODY APPLIES, UH, TO OUR, UH, PROGRAM AND UM, THEY HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE NEED, WE BASICALLY NEED INCOME DOCUMENTATION AND YOU DO HAVE TO, TO HAVE A FAILED INSPECTION REPORT OR IF THE VEHICLE WAS 10 YEARS OLDER OR OLDER, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A FAILED INSPECTION. IT'S JUST AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFIES. SO WE CAN GET IT PAY UP TOO. HOW MUCH? AND IT WILL, FOR REPAIRS IT WILL PAY UP TO 600. RIGHT NOW THE STATE IS CONSIDERING INCREASING THAT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TRYING TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT BECAUSE EMISSIONS, REPAIRS, THE COURTS HAVE GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE OVER THE YEARS. UM, AND THEN FOR THE REPLACEMENT COMPONENT, WE'LL PAY UP TO 3,500 FOR, UH, A NEW VEHICLE. OR IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BRAND NEW. IT COULD BE TWO TO THREE YEARS OLD, BUT IT'S ANYWHERE THE CAR HAS TO BE TURNED IN AND THEN THE OLD CAR DOES HAVE TO BE TURNED IN SCRATCH. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO THIS? UH, WE HAVE A SOLUTION HERE THAT'S BEEN PREPARED. I'LL PASS AROUND FOR YOU TO SIGN. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE TIME FOR THE $6 TO START STOP, BUT IT'LL, UH, STARTS AGAIN. NO PROBLEM. SO THEY HAVE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE, HAVE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS HAVE A SECOND MOTION. ANY DISCUSS? ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S GO BACK UP TO THE FIRE MARSHAL, WHICH IS, UH, NUMBER, UH, FIVE. SO HE'S, UH, REPORT ONE FOR, UH, DEPARTMENT FIRE MORNING ON THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS FIRST PAGE. YOU'LL KNOW WE DID SEE THAT WE HAVE 50 CONTRACT AND REPORTS, REPORTS THEY KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND AS THE NUMBERS PLAN OR GO DOWN. THAT'S JUST SEASONAL THROUGH THE YEAR WHEN THOSE CONTRACTS ACTUALLY COME UP. UH, COMPLAINTS WE'RE STILL ROCKING ALONG RIGHT ABOUT 500 PLUS MONTH AND WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSING, WE'RE GETTING BETTER. CLOSING THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT EQUIPMENT WITH THEIR ADDITIONAL STAFF. UH, SOMETHING'S WORKING. WE HAD 53 COURT CASES IF WE FILED MONTH OF JULY VERSUS THE HUNDRED PLUS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. WE'RE REACHING OUT, UH, INITIAL INSPECTIONS IN THE, UH, FOLLOW UPS. THEY'RE STILL HANGING IN THERE RIGHT ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT. THE, UH, REVENUES AND LIKE I TOLD YOU EARLIER IN THE YEAR, UH, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS WHEN I STARTED THIS, GOING BACK TO LAST OCTOBER, BUT BEGINNING THIS OCTOBER I'LL START PREPARING A REPORT TO BE FISCAL YEAR BASED. BUT, UH, FROM JANUARY TO DATE, UH, WE GENERATED LITTLE OVER A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SO ON THE NEXT PAGE, FIRE MARSHAL'S, OFFICE STRUCTURE FIRES, VEHICLE FIRES ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UH, UNDERSTANDABLY OUR GRASS AND HAY FIRES ARE COMING UP A LITTLE NOTHING TOO BAD. WE WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A BURN VAN WITHIN THE TWO OR THREE WEEKS UNTIL WE GOT THIS SIGNIFICANT RAIN. THAT'S, THAT'S HELPED QUITE A BIT. UH, INSPECTIONS ARE UP. WE ARE SEEING SOME GROWTH. AGAIN, THESE ARE, UH, BUSINESS INSPECTIONS PRIMARILY, BUT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS FOR THIS MONTH AND LAST MONTH REFLECT BACK UPON THE FIREWORKS. SO FOR THE AUGUST REPORT, I WOULD EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO COME BACK DOWN IN THE, UH, 40 OR 50 RANGE. UH, INVESTIGATIONS ARE UP QUITE A BIT THIS MONTH. UH, ARE FOLLOW UP ON THE INSPECTIONS. AND THEN, UH, WARRANTS, CITATIONS. WE ONLY HAD ISSUED TWO CITATIONS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. MOST OFTEN WE GET COMPLIANCE WITH OUR FIRST VISIT OUT THERE AND, UH, GENERATED, UH, A LOWER $9,100 WITH THE MONTH OF JULY. NEXT MONTH'S REPORT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. WE'VE GOT A HUNDRED PLUS MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT'S [00:25:01] GOING UP ON THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY, UH, AND BEING NORTH TEXAS UNITS WATER DISTRICT DOWN IN THE AREA. AND THAT'S GONNA, UH, PROBABLY GONNA EQUATE TO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY, THEY'RE IN PROCESS THIS, THIS NEXT WEEK, PROBABLY THIS WEEK. COMPLETING ALL THAT, PROBABLY LOOKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 50, 60,000 PERMIT FEE. AND THAT WOULD BE A, UH, OVER A YEAR LONG INSPECTION PROCESS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE. UH, DUMPING COMPLAINTS, PUBLIC NUISANCE COMPLAINTS ALONG ABOUT ABOUT AVERAGE. UH, MOST EVERYTHING IN THIS ENTIRE SECTION IS ROCK ALONG. JUST ABOUT AVERAGE, WE'RE STILL GETTING PROBABLY 90 TO 95% COMPLIANCE WITH THE FIRST VISIT OR A FOLLOW UP VISIT. UH, THOSE THAT DON'T YOU ISSUE A CITATION. WE'LL START THE, UH, THE COURT PROCESS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE THAT I'M ABOUT TO PRESENT PROBABLY THIS OR NEXT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NOT TAKE UP TOO MUCH. VERY DETAILED. APPRECIATE THAT'S GOOD. HAVE ALL THIS DETAILED IN YES. OKAY. HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS MOTION. ALLEN. HAVE A SECOND, SECOND MOTION TO ALL TO SAY. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. NUMBER SIX IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND APPROVE AMENDING A PLAT FOR THE EDGEWATER SUBDIVISION PHASE ONE REGARDING LOTS 25 AND 26 AND THE RE REMAINING OF THE STREET PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION, UH, 2 32. OH, YOU GONNA ADDRESS THAT ONE? UM, YEAH, SURE. I'LL BE DONE. OKAY. OUR DEVELOPERS FOR EDGEWATER ASK THAT, UM, THEY HAVE MADE PART OF A SCRIBNER'S ERROR ON THEIR PLAT AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES, UH, WELL, GOVERNMENT CODE PROVIDES SECTION 2 32 0.011 FOR MENDING A PLAT. AND THEN THERE'S SPECIFICALLY, UM, A FIVE THAT CORRECTS SCRIBNER ERRORS. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS SUBMITTED A AFFIDAVIT TO SHOW THAT AS WELL. AND THEN THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS RECEIVED AFFIDAVIT, IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T HAVE THE AFFIDAVIT YET. OH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE AFFIDAVIT. PLA AFFIDAVIT. YEAH, THAT'LL NEED TO BE, OR, OR A COPY OF THE AMENDED PLAT WITH SHOWING THE NEW STREET NAME. I DON'T HAVE THAT EITHER. RIGHT. OKAY. WE NEED ALL THOSE. YEAH, HE WAS GONNA SAY THAT OVER. OUR ENGINEERS MAY HAVE IT AND, AND JUST NOT HAVE GOTTEN SHORT HERBS OFFICE YET. OKAY. BUT YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND I'LL CALL HER APPROVE PENDING THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN RECEIVED THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION, BUT, OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANYBODY? SO A MOTION AGENDA TO ACCEPT, TO ACCEPT PENDING, PENDING THAT RECEIPT OF ALL THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION, ALL THE AFFIDAVITS OF RECEIPT HONOR HAVE THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO HAVE A SECOND PHILLIPS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR. ALRIGHT, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A MOTION TO APPROVE IMPOSING FEES FOR FILING A REVISION FLAT FOR TEXAS LOCAL TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 2 39 0.009. SO IT SHOULD BE GGG, BUT THIS ONE IS IN ANTICIPATION THAT THE SAME DEVELOPER IS GOING TO BE FILING A REVISED PLAT APPLICATION AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STRENUOUS THAN THE JUST AMENDMENT OF A PLAT. IT REQUIRES YOU TO NOTIFY ANY PROPERTY OWNERS WHERE YOU MAY HAVE CHANGED OWNERSHIP. UM, IT'S KIND OF, I THINK OF IT IN A WAY, LIKE IF A CITY IS, IS CHANGING AN ORDINANCE OR, UM, AND A DEVELOPER'S APPEALING FOR SOMETHING, THEY HAVE TO NOTIFY ALL THE SURROUNDING CITIZENS. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS PROCESS IS. BUT BECAUSE THAT IS CUMBERSOME, UM, THERE'S A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ASSESS THAT FEE ONTO THE DEVELOPER, UM, TO PAY FOR THAT, THAT NOTICE, AND THEN ALSO OUR EXTENDED ENGINEERING REVIEW. OKAY. AND THE WAY THAT, CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? YEAH. AND THE WAY THAT I WOULD JUST PROPOSE THAT IS IT WOULD BE THE ACTUAL FEE OF, OF WHAT IT COSTS COURSE. SO, OKAY. ANYWAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DO THAT SO THAT THE, THE LITTLE, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 39 9 IMPOSE THE FEE FOR FILING REVISION FOR THE FLAT APPLICATION. AND THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE BASED WOULD COST PROCESSING OF THAT APPLICATION, [00:30:01] INCLUDING THE FUNCTION THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE NOTICES OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER ALLEN. HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? ALL NUMBER SEVEN. AYE. I'M SORRY TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PROVING A PROCLAMATION NAME IN COLTON COUNTY, A PURPLE PARK COUNTY AND DESIGNATED AUGUST 28TH AS THE DAY IN COLTON COUNTY TO REMEMBER AND RECOGNIZE VETERANS WHO ARE RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE PARK LEVEL. AND ROBERT, I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN HANDLING THIS AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. YES, SIR. SO AS MOST OF YOU'RE AWARE, THE PURPLE HEART IS THE SECOND OLDEST MEDAL IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. IT IS THE OLDEST ACTIVE MEDAL. UH, IT IS PRESENTED TO ANYONE WHO IS WOUNDED OR KILLED IN ACTION. UM, AND I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY, UM, MR. LUNDQUIST, WHO IS THE DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS SENIOR VICE CHAIRMAN OR COMMANDER OF MILITARY ORDER OF HEART ASSOCIATION. SO LONG TIME IT IS, UH, AND HE CAME TO ME, UH, WE COMMUNICATED THROUGH EMAIL, UH, ABOUT POSSIBLY NAMING KAMAN COUNTY AND PURPLE HEART COUNTY. UM, AND WE DISCUSSED IT, UH, TO PROMOTE, UH, AWARENESS, UH, OF THE PURPLE HEART, UH, RECIPIENTS, UH, AS WELL AS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST FOSTER AN OVERALL, JUST A, IT'S JUST ANOTHER PROGRAM TO FOSTER THE, THE VETERANS AND TO TAKE CARE OF THE VETERANS TO SHOW THEM THAT THEY CARE. UH, THERE'S NO COST ASSOCIATED TO KAUFFMAN COUNTY TO DO THIS, UM, UNLESS OF COURSE DOWN THE ROAD KAUFFMAN COUNTY CHOOSES TO, UH, THERE ARE OTHER COUNTIES WHO, ONCE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, THEY'VE PUT SIGNS UP, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE COUNTY THAT SAYS PURPLE PARK COUNTY. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S OUR OPTION LATER DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT. UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU BEFORE, UM, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS COULD KIND OF BE DONE ALL AT ONE TIME, BUT I NEVER LIKED TO PRESUME THAT YOU GUYS WOULD AGREE. SO I CAME TODAY TO DISCUSS IT SO THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER APPROVING OR NOT APPROVING. AND THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS ON THE 28TH, YOUR NEXT COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING, UM, MR. LUNDQUIST, SOME, SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY ORDER THE PURPLE HEART. AND THEN I'M GOING TO INVITE SEVERAL PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS FROM KAUFMAN COUNTY. UM, AND THEY'LL ALL BE HERE FOR THE ACTUAL PROCLAMATION READING. AND THEN THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART ASSOCIATION IS GOING TO PRESENT KAUFFMAN COUNTY WITH A PLAQUE. UM, FOR US TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HOLD ONTO IS, IS SIGNA SIGNIFYING THAT WE'VE DONE SUCH? SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. GOOD. OKAY. WE'VE GOT IT ON THE AGENDA AS AN ACTION ITEM TO APPROVE, BUT WE IT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. WELL, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BEING THE FIRST TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WAS, SO I, I, I WORKED WITH MS. ANGIE TO ACTUALLY PREPARE THE PROCLAMATION. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS WAS SOMETHING YOU VOTED AND I WOULD HATE TO HAVE ALL THOSE PEOPLE HERE AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT WHEN THEY'RE HERE. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO PURSUE THE COST OF, UH, OF THE PURPLE HEART. SIGN ON. YES SIR. OUR COUNTY. SEE WHAT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I CAN'T IMAGINE IT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT DO I THINK? YEAH, I AGREE. SO IF YOU CAN MAYBE CHECK THAT OUT. YES SIR. LOOK AT THAT TOO. SO, UH, HAVE A MOTION THE TABLE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. 28TH. MR. ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION THE A HUNDRED SECOND MOTION AND DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. EXCUSE ORDER COURT DISCUSS AND CONSIDERING ADDENDUM TO THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL GOVERNMENT FOR 9 1 1 SERVICE. AND THIS IS AN AGREEMENT. I DUNNO Y'ALL, SO THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGED, IT'S JUST A RENEWAL. THE ONLY CHANGE IS THE GIS MAPPING SECTION. GAGE HAS LOOKED AT IT, HE'S IN SUPPORT OF ANY ALL CHANGES AND IT'S JUST A RENEWAL WITH COG. SO THEY LEFT BEFORE THEY GET DO THIS ONE. OKAY. IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I HAVE THE ORIGINAL ONE THAT ANT PULLED FOR TOO. THAT E PULL TOWARDS TWO THAT YOU A COPY. HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO APPROVE. I HAVE A SECOND MR. HUNT. SECOND. ALL. ALRIGHT, AND JUST SO YOU WILL KNOW, UH, RECEIVED A EMAIL FRIDAY IN UH, TALKING ABOUT THE 9 1 1 SERVICES THAT THERE ARE THREE COMMUNITIES BE ABOUT HUNDRED 62 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT ARE YET [00:35:01] TO APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION. AND SO THERE'RE LITTLE BITTY COMMUNITIES IN ONE IN LAVERA COUNTY AND ONE OR TWO IN UH, PARKER COUNTY I THINK. UH, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL UH, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL TAKE PLACE PRETTY SOON. AND THE MONIES THAT COLLECTED FOR 9 1 1 WILL START FLOWING BACK TO OUR DISTRICT RATHER THAN THE STATE YOU GETTING USING IT TO BALANCE THEIR BUDGET. SO ITEM NUMBER 10, IT IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PURCHASE OF 2 20 17 AA 1500 CREW CAB PICKUPS FOR TOTAL 55,000 FOR $932 FOR ROAD BRIDGE PRECINCT TWO UTILIZING BY BOARD CONTRACT NUMBER 5 21 DASH 16 PRECINCT TWO. WHAT'D I SAY? TWO, THAT'S THERE'S ANOTHER MISTAKE. PRECINCT FOUR. PRECINCT FOUR. IT'S TWO PICKUPS FOR PRECINCT FOUR. OKAY. SO , MAYBE THAT'S WHERE IT GOT CONFUSING. THEY BUY FOR ME. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOPPED AROUND AND UH, FOUND A COUPLE ON BUYBOARD. SEEMS TO BE PRETTY MUCH THE BEST PRICES WE COULD FIND. WE DID KIND OF TRY TO SHOP LOCAL BUT KIND OF, UH, ALREADY USED UP ALL OF OUR LOCAL RESOURCES FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR. BUT OUR BOARDS STILL COME ACROSS BE, WE NEED PRETTY ENCOURAGE OUR LOCAL DEALERS TO GET ON BY BOARD. WE NEED TO, SO I HAVE MOTION, IT'S TWO TWO VEHICLES. IT'S GONNA EXCEED 50,000 LIMIT SO THAT WHY RIGHT? ALRIGHT. UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 10 FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN? DO HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. SECOND. SO MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I I OPPOSED. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER SOLICITATION OF A COMPETITIVE BID IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 2 6 2 0.023 FOR PAPERLESS ROUND SHEET SOFTWARE FOR INMATE MANAGEMENT. THIS IS A NEW INMATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT THE JAIL'S NEEDING TO, UH, PUT IN PLACE AND THAT WE FOUND A VENDOR AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR A SOLE SOURCE, BUT APPARENTLY THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF OTHER VENDORS OUT THERE THAT OFFER SOMETHING AT LEAST SIMILAR. SO, UM, TO TRY TO KEEP US ALL INTO GOOD GRACES AND NOT MAKE ANYBODY MAD, WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND SOLICITATE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE FEEL LIKE IT'S PROBABLY JUST GONNA BE, UH, NOT GONNA MEET THE CRITERIA THAT THE JAIL'S GONNA REQUIRE, BUT DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TOO IS INMATE THE COMMISSARY, BUT IT'S GONNA BALLPARK AROUND A 77 DAYS I THINK IS WHAT WE'VE GOT AND WHAT IT'S 10 TIMES BETTER TRACKING SYSTEM OF OUR INMATES BEING MOVING AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY. UH, WHEN WE MOVE THE BRICK, IT ALSO WORKS WITH OUR SOFTWARE WHERE TO TRANSFER THAT DATA AND IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN THE PIPE SYSTEM WE'RE USING NOW AND WE CAN GENERATE REPORTS FROM IT AND THE JAIL COMMISSION PIPES IT A LOT BETTER ALSO. AND THAT WAY WE HAVE NO, UH, FALSIFICATION DOCUMENTS DUE TO THIS IS A HANDHELD DEAL, RIGHT? STAMP THE TIME. NOBODY CAN WRITE THE TIME OF THAT. MR. ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION. A SECOND. A SECOND. ALL SAY OPPOSED. NUMBER 12 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER SOLICITATION OF COMPETITIVE BID CARDINALS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. CODE 2 6 2 3 FOR A REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING CANVASES LOCATED AT 1900 EAST HIGHWAY ONE FIVE INMAN, TEXAS KNOWN AS OBJECT. YES. AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN TOLD TO OUR OFFICE THAT THIS, UH, CAMERA SYSTEM'S IN NEED OF BEING UPGRADED AND IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. SO WE NEED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME VINEYARDS OUT HERE TO COME AND DO SOME WALKTHROUGHS AND DO SOME FREE BIDS. THEY CAN SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR US. AND THIS ALSO WORKS WITH OUR SYSTEM SO IT BRINGS UP DIFFERENT CAMERAS, UTILIZE OUR SYSTEM AND OUR, SO WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THEY'RE WITH ALL THAT AS UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE ANY OF OUR LOCAL RESOURCES FOLKS'. HOPING SO WE BELIEVE SO WE SOLICIT, IF WE SOLICIT THE BID, THEN EVER ANY LOCAL VENDOR THAT'S INTERESTED CAN OBVIOUSLY THEY [00:40:01] SUBMIT A TALK ABOUT INTERNALLY WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY WILL WE BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT MAYBE ON SOME LIST AS FAR AS I GUESS WIRING AND, AND WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO. I, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I THIS PULLING THIS WIRE AND ALL, I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE ABOUT TO GET TO, THERE'S A LOT OF WIRE BEFORE I'LL TELL YOU THAT. YEAH, THERE'S, AND MY, MY BIG DEAL IS WE'VE GOTTA HAVE SOMEBODY THAT COMES IN AND CAN DO IT. I CAN'T DO WITHOUT CAMERAS IN THE AREA WHEN THEY LEAVE. THEY WANT, YEAH, THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE THE CAMERA UP THE AREA AND THAT'S PART OF THE STUFF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS THEY'RE GONNA COME DO 'EM BY SECTION AND THEY'RE GONNA COME IN THERE. IF THEY CAN ONLY DO 10 CAMERAS A DAY, THEY'RE GONNA PULL 10 CAMERAS, PULL THE DAYS OUT, THAT CAMERA'S BACK UP WHEN WE LEAVE. QUESTION AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF SPECIFICATIONS LISTED. I VIEWED THE SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? NO, I WAS JUST NOT ONLY THAT I DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESOURCES TO DO THAT A LOT DO JOB. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 60, I THINK SEVEN CAMERAS. WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT BIG SQUARE FOOTAGE AT THE SAME TIME A LOT OF PEOPLE AND CAMERAS YOU ARE REPLACING ARE SEVERAL YEARS OLD NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH CAMERAS FROM 2004 WITH, OKAY, SO END THE LINE. YES SIR. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SOLICITATION BIDS? COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES A MOTION. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY A. THOSE OPPOSED THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER AN ALL OFF SYSTEM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR PROJECTS NUMBER NINE 18 DASH 11 DASH OH NINE SEVEN. THE DUCK CREEK CRITER ON COUNTY ROAD 3 38. UH, ALSO THE NUMBER EIGHT SIX COUNTY ROAD 46 AND PROJECT NUMBER, UH, COUNTY 40 AND DETERMINE UH, IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENTS FOR THE BRIDGES AND COMMITTING TO A MONETARY MATCH OR AN EQUIVALENT MATCH PROJECT AS A KIND MATCH BY REPLACING REPAIRING OTHER COUNTY STRUCTURES. COUNTY FOR OR BOTH. WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF BES IN THE PAST AND SOMETIMES WE DO IT WITH IN KIND SOMETIMES I THINK MOST OF THEM YOU DONE WITH I BELIEVE. CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WE PAID SO KIND UP TO THE PRECINCT. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. SO VERY LITTLE MONEY PARTNERSHIP WITH ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT. ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION CONSIDER AND I MAKE THAT MOTION. HAVE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER ALLEN. HAVE A SECOND. I SECOND. COMMISSIONER ROBERT. MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL ALRIGHT. 14. UH, I JUST MADE IT. I DESIRE, UH, IT'S DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER CHANGING RETIREE DENTAL BENEFITS TO 365 THE SAME AS MEDICAL INSTEAD OF RELYING, CONTINUATION BY . YES. UM, CURRENTLY ANYBODY WHO RETIRES UM, AND WANTS TO ELECT DENTAL CONTINUATION, IF THEY DO THAT, THEY HAVE TO DO THAT VIA COBRA. THEY CAN ONLY DO THAT FOR 18 MONTHS. UM, IT'S A LOT OF TRACKING WHEN WHEN THEY DO ON COBRA THEY DO IT AS A, AS A RETIREE IT'S THE SAME COST TO THEM AND THAT COST COUNTY, THEY PAY FOR HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT COVERAGE. UM, A LOT OF THE OTHER COUNTIES THAT USE TAXES DUE TO PRE 65 BENEFIT JUST LIKE THEY DO THE MEDICAL AND JUST ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT UNTIL THEY'RE SIX, FIVE YEARS OLD. SO I WAS THINKING WE WOULD ASK THE COMMISSIONERS IF THEY WOULD GRANT THE RETIREES THE SAME BENEFIT THAT THEY DO MEDICAL PAY THAT BENEFIT THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF UNDERCOVER. I JUST DO RETIREE BENEFIT. NO QUESTIONS FOR MS POOL. I'D LIKE THE FAIR THING TO DO. YEAH. ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE SAME? THANK SECOND. HAVE [00:45:01] A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HUNT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL FAVOR SAY OPPOSED. THANK YOU LORD. THANK YOU. LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THIS. ALRIGHTY, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 15 AND IT'S TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING DATES ON PROPOSED TAX RATE. UH, WE'LL DO THAT NEXT MONDAY, AUGUST THE 21ST AT 9:00 AM UH, AND AUGUST THE 28TH, WHICH WILL BE OUR REGULAR MEETING AT 9:00 AM UH, AND THIS IS REQUIRED, UH, BY LAW THAT WE DO THAT. AND, UH, THEN ON THE NEXT, UH, ITEM I'LL DISCUSS WITH YOU WHAT THAT INFORMATION IS. BUT THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO IS TO UH, UH, VOTE ON ITEM 15 TWO, A MOTION COMMISSIONER. HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND THE OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY A, THOSE OPPOSED ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE ON PROPOSED TAX RATE. AND BEFORE YOU DO THAT, UH, I HAD, AND THERE'S A LONG DOCUMENT YOU HAVE OF A LEGAL SIZED, UH, SHEET THAT GIVES A COMPARISON OF THE TAX RATES IN KAMAN COUNTY, UH, SINCE 2008. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, UH, THE TAX RATES, UH, HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE 52 CENTS, UH, ON THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND, UH, BACK IN, UH, 2008. AND WE HAD A DEBT SERVICE, UH, BOND OF, UH, AMOUNT OF 3 3 3 5 AND TOTAL TAX RATE OF 0.5615. AND THEN YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN FOLLOW ACROSS THERE AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE HAVE CHANGED. THE TOTAL ACTUALLY HAS ACTUALLY STATED PRETTY PRETTY LEVEL. UH, THERE WERE FROM TWO THOUSAND NINE THOUSAND TWELVE, UH, IT STAYED IN ACTUALLY 13 AND 14, STATED THAT SAME RATE 5, 6 5, IT DID INCREASE TO A TOTAL TAX RATE OF SEVEN TWO IN 15. BUT IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THAT WAS A YEAR THAT WE SOLD, UH, THE FIRST YEAR AT THE ISSUANCE OF OUR VOTER APPROVED $30 MILLION OF OUR VOTER APPROVED TRANSPORTATION BONDS. AND THEN LAST YEAR IN 2016 IT INCREASED, UH, AGAIN TO A TOTAL OF, UH, 0.5887. BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE SOLD THE REMAINDER OF THE 26 MILLION WORTH OF TRANSPORTATION BONDS, WHICH PROVED A GOOD THING. RATES HAVE REALLY GONE UP SINCE THE TIME THAT WE SOLD THOSE BONDS. SO OUR TAX RATE THIS NEXT YEAR IS PROPOSED TO BE THE SAME TAX RATE AS IT WAS THIS PAST YEAR, AND THAT IS 0.5887. BUT TO GIVE YOU AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THAT MONEY WILL BE SPENT OR HOW THOSE RATES WILL BE SET, SENT SPENT, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT IN A SECOND. SET AND SPENT, UH, THE GENERAL FUND, UH, WOULD ACTUALLY DROP FROM 0.4345 TO 0.4 3, 2 2 ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND, WHICH IS ONE I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO INCREASE WOULD ACTUALLY GO UP TO AN EVEN 10 CENTS FOR A TOTAL OPERATING FUND, INCLUDING GENERAL ROAD BRIDGE FIVE 3.22. THE DEBT SERVICE FUND WOULD ACTUALLY DECREASE FROM 0.0622 TO 0.0565. AND THAT IS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NEW GROWTH IN THE COUNTY. AND, UH, AS PROJECTED WHEN THE BONDS WERE SOLD, WE WERE HOPING THIS WOULD HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK WE THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN AS QUICK AS IT DID, BUT IT OR WOULD BE NECESSARY TO PAY THE DEBT THAT WE WILL HAVE NEXT YEAR. BUT THE TOTAL TAX RATE WOULD SAY THE SAME AT 0.5887. UH, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE NOTICE, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, UH, IN THE PAPER. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AND THESE ARE ACTUALLY THINGS THAT WOULD PROBABLY, UH, BE DISCUSSED WHEN WE HAVE THE, UH, BUDGET HEARING AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP IMMEDIATELY FALL INTO THIS MEETING. UH, BUT, UH, PART OF THE NEW BUDGET, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE PAST, UH, UH, OPTION THIS COURT TOOK OF [00:50:01] REDUCING THE RADIO BOND AMOUNT BY PAYING FORWARD ON THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS BY $500,000. THAT COMBINED WITH OUR REGULAR PAYMENT OF PRINCIPLE ON BILL 2 85 WOULD MAKE A TOTAL BOND, UH, THE RADIO BOND, UH, POSSIBLY, WELL IT WOULD BE AT 200, I MEAN $785,000. AS WE WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL OF THE POSSIBILITY WE PUT MORE FUNDS FOR PAYMENT UNDER THAT RADIO BOND. I THINK I'VE SENT YOU A COPY OF HOW WE COULD DO THAT. THAT'S DEPENDING IF EVERYTHING, UH, GOES, UH, ACCORDING TO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO REDUCE THAT, UH, THAT RADIO BOND, GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PAID OFF OR USING THE EQUIPMENT. WE DO HAVE A VERY GOOD RATE ON THAT AT 2.25%. BUT STILL THIS DEBT WOULD BE GOOD DEBT. UH, IT DOES, UH, THE NEW BUDGET WILL ALSO, AND THIS TAX RATE WILL FUND A FOR A 4% RAISE FOR, UH, SOME EMPLOYEES, NOT ALL EMPLOYEES. UH, IT CERTAINLY APPROVED, I WOULD CALL IT AN EQUITY PAY ADJUSTMENT ALL FOR ALL OF OUR CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICERS. AND I WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT'S NOT JUST AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT IT WOULD BE AT THE FIRE'S OFFICE AS WELL. IT'S THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE I THAT AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE INVESTIGATORS THEY HAVE, UH, WHICH IS DOING, BEING DONE, BEING RECOMMENDED, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO COMPETE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD DEPARTMENTS AND EVERYBODY'S REALLY STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW WITH HAVING ENOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. AND HOPEFULLY BY DOING THIS WE'LL BE ABLE TO ATTRACT AND NOT ONLY ATTRACT BUT KEEP THE OFFICERS WE HAVE BECAUSE OUR PAY, OUR PAY WILL BE CERTAINLY FOR SAY, APPLICATION. IT ALSO INCLUDES STAFF, SEVERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE DO. UH, ONE OF 'EM WE WILL REROOF THE MAIN COURTHOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S IN DIRE DEED OF A REPLACEMENT. UH, AND THAT WILL BE THIS NEXT YEAR AND THAT WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO HOPEFULLY LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE ALSO HAVE MONEY IN THIS BUDGET THAT WILL INCLUDE THE CLEANING OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE BRICK ON THE MAIN COURTHOUSE. IT'S NOW, IT'S BUILT IN 55, SO WHAT IS IT, 65 YEARS OLD, 70, WHATEVER I CAN'T ADD. BUT IT WOULD INCLUDE THE CLEANING AS WELL AS THE TUCK POINTING, FIXING THE, UH, ANY, UH, MORTAR THAT HAS BEEN, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS WASHED OUT AND UH, ALSO PUTTING A, UH, WATERPROOFING MATERIAL ON IT. AND THAT BUILDING HAS HAD VERY, VERY LITTLE MAINTENANCE TO IT, AS YOU CAN SEE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T THINK WE'LL GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE HISTORICAL, WE WRITE THEM A LETTER AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU WE'RE GETTING RID OF WHAT'S ACCUMULATED THERE OVER THE LAST 60 OR SEVEN YEARS AS AS UGLY STUFF. BUT I'M GONNA DO THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE, LET THEM KNOW THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING THAT. AND UH, IT WILL CLEAN THAT BUILDING UP. AND IT ALSO, THE, THE, THE, UH, COPING STONES THAT GO AROUND THE TOP OF THE BUILDING, THEY'RE IN VERY BAD SHAPE. UH, SOME OF THE, UH, MORTAR THAT HOLDS THOSE TOGETHER JUST GONE. AND WE'VE GOT WATER THAT ARE REALLY COMING BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE, UH, AND THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THE EXTERIOR. SO WE ABSOLUTELY GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO THE EXTERIOR OF THAT BUILDING. UH, IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A NEW ROOF AT THE UH, EOC CENTER AND THE 9 1 1 CENTER, AND I BELIEVE IT WILL INCLUDE A NEW ROOF FOR THE JUVENILE PROBATION CENTER. WE'VE TRIED TO PATCH AND PATCH AND PATCH AND WE ARE NOW NEEDING TO REPLACE, UH, THAT ROOF. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THIS BUDGET WOULD LET US DO. SOME OF THESE ARE ONE TIME EXPENSES AND I WOULD EMPHASIZE TO YOU THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS AMOUNT OF WORK AND PAY DOWN THIS DEBT IS BECAUSE OF THIS OUTSTANDING CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH US MARSHAL SERVICE. AND THESE ARE ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES. THEY'RE NOT EXPENDITURES THAT WILL OCCUR. WE HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER MAINTENANCE WORK TO DO, BUT THIS WILL GO A LONG WAYS TOWARDS GETTING, UH, THAT DONE. WE'VE ALSO GOT THE EXTERIOR OF THIS BUILDING, WHICH WE WILL BE WORKING ON AS SOON AS THE, UH, UH, WEATHER PERMITS AND WE START WORKING ON THE, UH, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION DOWNSTAIRS, UH, WHICH OUR MAINTENANCE CREW THERE, THEY'RE GETTING BIDS. WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT KICKED OFF PRETTY QUICK SOON. UH, WE, WE ARE GOING TO PAINT THE EXTERIOR OF THIS BUILDING AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE LOOK AT THIS BUILDING TOO, TO HAVE SOMEONE LOOK AT THIS BUILDING TO SEE [00:55:01] HOW POROUS IT IS IF WE NEED TO DO ANY EXTERIOR, WATER, CEILING OR WHATEVER TO THIS, THIS BUILDING AS WELL. AND UH, THERE MAY BE SOME ROOFS HERE ON A PORTION, A PORTION OF THIS BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, REWORKED AS WELL. SO WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP ON MUCH NEEDED AND VERY NEGLECTED MAINTENANCE TO, UH, SOME OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT BUILDINGS IN THE COUNTY. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT WE ARE USING THESE FUNDS, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PROPERTY JUST LIKE ANY HOMEOWNER WOULD DO TO THEIR PROPERTY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON WHAT SOME OF THOSE, UH, FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR. SO I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT, UH, WE DO NEED TO TAKE A RECORD VOTE. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'D LIKE HEAR ANY COMMENTS THAT, UH, YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE VOTE. I APPRECIATE THE SHEET YOU PUT TOGETHER ON THE HISTORY OF THE TAXES. KIND OF INTERESTING. IT REALLY IS. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE IN REALLY 11 WHERE THE ECONOMY TOOK DUMP THE ROAD, THE BIG HIT, YEAH, WE WERE AT FOUR 0.4 LESS THAN A NICKEL. WE DOUBLED THAT THEN MUCH REPAIR WITH THAT KIND MONEY AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR OUR GROWTH SO MUCH. TAKE OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY? I CAN'T THINK OF ANY. I THINK WE COVERED THEM MOST. THAT'S BEEN FAR BEHIND IT FOR A LOT OF YEARS. WE'RE GAINING GROUND WELL AND BUILDINGS ARE IMPORTANT. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. WE SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THESE BUILDINGS. THEY'RE OLD BUT THEY'RE STILL USABLE AND UH, WE'RE IN, WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT BETTER CARE OF IT. UH, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE WE HAVE IS CAN COURSES OUR EMPLOYEES AND I'M GLAD WE REPORT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO IMPROVE SALARIES FOR A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF OUR EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE BOARD. SO THAT WILL BE, THAT'S ALSO PART OF, SO GENTLEMEN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT THE, UH, 2017 TAX RATE, UH, IS PROPOSED AS FATHER. THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE AT 0.4 3, 2 2, UH, THE ROLAND BRIDGE FUND WOULD BE AT 0.1000 AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND WOULD BE AT 0.0565 FOR A TOTAL TAX RATE OF 5.887, WHICH IS THE SAME TAX RATE AS WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR. SO I WOULD MAKE THAT IN FORM OF A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, COMMISSIONER ALLEN. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, OR IF YOU WOULD, IN FACT, LET'S HAVE A RECORD VOTE IF YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND. AYE, I SAY, BUT I'M HAPPY OF IT. VOTE AGAINST NOBODY HERE TO VOTE AGAINST. SO THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT EFFORT. ANGIE. DID I DO EVERYTHING I CAN NOW? YOU'RE JUST SITTING THE PROPOSED THAT, RIGHT? NOT, NOT, I'M SORRY. PROPOSED TAX, RIGHT? THAT QUESTION. KAREN, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I WANTED TO STATE SOMETHING. UM, I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY YOU AND A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS WHEN WE WOULD BE ABLE NOT TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE FEDERAL INMATE FUND. IF YOU KNOW THE EXTRA MONEY COMING FROM THE FEDS AT ONE TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE WANTED MORE FUND TO BE ABLE TO STAND ON IT OWN AND NOT DEPEND ON THAT MONEY. YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXTRA MILLION THAT WE'RE FIXING THE PAY ON DEBT PLUS THE RAISES, WE WOULDN'T NEED THE FEDERAL INMATE PROGRAM. SO WE'VE DONE SOME GOOD PLANNING AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON DID THAT PLANNING, IT'S EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER. I HAD A LOT OF INPUT, THE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHERS. I COMMEND THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE FOR THEIR WORK PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AS WELL. SO, ALRIGHT, DID WE VOTE AHEAD NOW WE NEED TO, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, DID WE DO THE PUBLIC, DID WE DO NINE IN 17? WE NEED TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING. UH, I THOUGHT WE'D ALREADY DONE THAT ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 17 20 18 OR 20 AUGUST. 28, 20 17 AT NINE O'CLOCK. THAT IS THE DATE OF OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE. RIGHT? SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? COMMISSIONER ALLEN. HAVE A SECOND PHILLIPS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM. [01:00:01] IS THERE TAX ASSESSOR HERE? I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL FROM OUR TRUSTEE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR. AND UH, BRENDA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, UH, ABOUT THIS? I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, SIR. IT, IT IS WHAT IT IS, I THINK. YES, SIR. WE NEED TO ALL ASSIGN THIS. AND THE SUMMARY OF THE TAX ROLL IS THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE IS 11,000,185,025, UH, ONE $11,185,025,598. I DON'T BILL IN BILLIONS VERY OFTEN. AND THE CERTIFIED TAXABLE VALUE IS 7,000,000,800 897,958,068. AND THESE ARE THE, UH, VALUES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM, UH, THE, UH, KAMAN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AND WE NEED A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE, UH, THIS FOR THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL. SO THEY HAVE A MOTION, A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, A SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE AND AYE THOSE, AND I'M GONNA PASS THIS ROUND IF YOU'LL SIGN THIS. TWO COPIES. THIS IS FOR THE GENERAL FUND. WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT ONE FOR THE ROAD BRIDGE FUND, UH, BECAUSE SOME OF THE MENTS THAT WE GIVEN SOME OF THE, UH, ACTIVITY WE HAVE AROUND THE FUND AND, UH, I BELIEVE BOTH OF THEM, UH, THOSE ARE BOTH OF THOSE FORMS. BUT, UH, NUMBER 19 IS TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CERTIFIED TAX ROW FOR THE KAMAN COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND. AND THAT'S VERY NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE, BUT THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE ON THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS. SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT. A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS TO HAVE A SECOND, MR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 20 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SIGNING THE CONTRACT WITH ROYAL IMAGING FOR FILE SCANNING IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. AND THIS WAS SOMETHING I HAD ASKED, UH, RANDY TO, UH, LOOK AT. LISA, I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM ON THIS. I DUNNO WHICH ONE OF THEM, TWO OF YOU'RE GONNA, UH, PRESENT. UH, BUT RANDY, YOU MIGHT, Y'ALL CAN PRESENT TOGETHER TO, UH, YOU WENT OUT FOR BID, I BELIEVE AND GOT SOME VERY COMPETITIVE BID. THE INITIAL, UH, OUT, REVIEWED THE FILES AND SO FORTH AND COUNTED UP THE PAPERWORK. CAME OUT WITH A BID, I BELIEVE 36,005 WAS 36, WHICH STILL SOUNDED, YOU KNOW, PRETTY REASONABLE. I THINK IT'S ABOUT 15 CENTS PER DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND, UH, LISA DID A LOT OF HOMEWORK. SHE DID A LOT OF THAT WORK. WENT OUT AND CONTACTED SOME OTHER COMPANIES AND, UH, ONE OF THE BIDS THAT CAME BACK WAS INITIALLY, UH, JUST UNDER 20,000. IT WAS A VERBAL BID WITHOUT, AND, UH, AFTER DISCUSSING WITH PARTICULARS ON WHAT WE HAD AND THE PROCESS OF THEM SCANNING 'EM TO A FILE THAT WE CAN PUT INTO THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE AND BOXING THEM UP, GETTING THEM READY FOR APPLES TO APPLE. UH, THE BID CAME IN SIGNIFICANTLY LESS, 20 2004. AND, UH, SO IT'S ALMOST A 15,000 SAVINGS. SHE WENT OUT AND DID A LOT OF HOMEWORK ON THIS COMPANY, REFERENCES AND SO FORTH. AND THEY, THEY SEEM TO BE A, A VERY REPUTABLE COMPANY. UH, LEGAL, LEGAL DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THE CONTRACT AND MADE JUST A FEW CHANGES ON, UH, EDIT. I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM HIM. HAVE YOU GUYS HEARD FROM HIM? NO, I HAVE NOT. OKAY. THEY'RE, THEY'RE A LITTLE SLOW TO RESPOND, BUT I MEAN, HE DOES. IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS USUALLY. I THINK HE MUST BE DID AND SOMETHING I WASN'T CLEAR ON. DID YOU PRESENT THAT TO THE COMPANY FOR REVIEW OR I SENT IT BACK TO YOUR DEPARTMENT. OKAY. THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT YET BECAUSE I'M PRESENT THAT YOU SUBMITTED IT BACK TO. OKAY. I'LL GET THAT TO THEM TODAY. WHERE THEY REVIEWED EVIDENCE. I, YEAH, I DIDN'T HAVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION, SO THAT'S WHY I WENT BACK. I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT TODAY. AND THIS WILL SAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME IN YOUR APARTMENT. SO IT SHOULD SPEED UP [01:05:01] HOPEFULLY, BECAUSE COUNTY OBVIOUSLY JUST GOT A REPORT THIS MORNING AND, UH, THIS ANOTHER MILESTONE EARLIER THIS YEAR. MILESTONE DEPOSIT WE ACTIVITY. OKAY, SO THE, UH, THE FUNDING FOR THIS WILL COME FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S, UH, UH, RECORDING, WHAT DO WE CALL RECORDS, RECORD MANAGEMENT AND OUR CONTINGENCY FUND OUTTA THIS YEAR'S. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD. THEY WILL BE HERE FAIRLY SOON TO START WORKING ON THIS. YES SIR. THEY'RE, THEY'RE PREPARED WITHIN A WEEK AND IT'LL TAKE THEM ABOUT PROBABLY FOUR DAYS. OKAY. BUT, UH, AGAIN, THIS, THIS ESTIMATE CAN, I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA TAKE LESS TIME JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVERYTHING PREPARED. READY TABLE. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT, NOT AN ONLINE REQUISITION, BUT PAPER REQUISITION THAT REFLECTS THESE PHONE NUMBERS. 'CAUSE I'LL NEED TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER AND GET IT TO THE VENDOR, BUT I'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT THEIR BLESSING TO USE THESE TWO. OKAY. SO THE MOTION WILL NEED TO BE A PENDING APPROVAL BY THE DA'S OFFICE CONTRACT. DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE SAME? I DO. COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION. YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. PHILLIPS SECOND MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. THANK YOU ALL FOR SPENDING THE TIME YOU DID ON PUTTING THIS, UH, TOGETHER FOR US. UH, ITEM NUMBER 21 IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACCEPTING A FISCAL YEAR 2018 DISCRETIONARY GRANT AWARD FOR TEXAS SHERIFF'S, UH, ENGINE DEFENSE SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION. THIS IS PROGRAM WE HAD PRESENTED EARLIER IN THE YEAR IS THROUGH, UH, A GRANT THROUGH THE URBAN COUNTIES ASSOCIATION. UH, I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS, UH, A GREAT DEAL, UH, IN THE END OF THE DEFENSE PROGRAM. UH, BUT IT IS A GRANT WE WERE AWARDED AND, UH, FOR $11,720,000 AND, UH, THE ACCIDENT I 11 2 7 5, THAT WOULD BE OUR, THAT WOULD BE OUR CASH. THEN THE GRANT WOULD BE HALF OF THAT. SO WE'LL PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND PAY THAT OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. BUT, UH, TO GET IT STARTED, BUT IT IS, UH, UH, WE DID GET THE GRANT, SO THAT'S GOOD AND USED. ALL WE NEED TO DO IS ACCEPT IT IF YOU SO APPROVE A MOTION. ALRIGHT, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. HAVE A SECOND. MR. BARBARA. MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE. ALL RIGHT. UH, I THINK WE'VE DONE 22. UH, NEXT ITEM IS TO DISCUSS ITEM 23, DISCUSS, CONSIDER APPROVING A LIE ITEM TRANSFER AUDITOR? YES, SIR. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU NOTICED THAT YOUR LITTLE EMAILS ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE. THAT USUALLY HAPPENS AROUND CLOSE TO THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, MOVING MONEY AROUND TO TRY AND COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO. SO ANYBODY GOT ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THESE FOR ANY WRITTEN? OKAY. AND THIS FOR THE AUDIENCE AS MATTER, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE A COPY OF THIS SO IT'S NOT THE RUBBER STANDING THAT WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF TIME. NO, IT'S BEEN EMAILED TO YOU SINCE LAST WEEK. WRITTEN OVER. DO I HAVE A MOTION CONSIDERING THE LINE ITEM OF THE MOTION, MR. PHILIP MAKES A MOTION. MR. HUNT A MOTION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A, A. THOSE OPPOSED. ITEM NUMBER 24 IS, UH, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR FAVOR. UH, YOUR CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT ARE 1,000,700 $58,502 AND 78 CENTS. THAT INCLUDES A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION JUST TO EMPLOYEE INSURANCES AND, UH, ROAD BOND EXPENDITURES AT 228 ROAD MATERIALS FOR ONE, THREE AND FOUR AT 231. AND THEN INMATE INSURANCE, WE PAID SOME EDGEWATER ESCROW, WHICH WE ALREADY HAD THE MONEY SET IN A LIABILITY COUNT TO DO THAT. [01:10:01] IT WASN'T OUR MONEY, IT WAS SET OF 30,000. SO PROFESSIONAL FEES OF 63 7. AND THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE, UH, SEAWAY SETTLEMENT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I HAVE A MOTION TO PAY THE BILLS. UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, MAKE A MOTION. COMMISSIONER, UH, BARBARA. SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? UH, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK NOW BEFORE ENTERING INTO AN EXECUTIVE UH, SESSION, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, UH, I DO NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND IT'S IN REGARDS TO, UH, CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION AND OR SETTLEMENT OFFICER OFFICE BETWEEN KAMAN COUNTY AND POST OAK REGARDING SEAWAY AND ROAD REPAIR INVOICES. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS AND WE HAVE A SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY LET BE AT 10 12. WE'LL CALL A MEETING BACK TO ORDER. AND I NEED A MOTION TO EXIT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER, AND THE TIME IS SIX. ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE. A. DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO DISCUSS, UH, WHETHER DO WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON? I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON ACTION. TAKE NO ACTION TO HAVE A MOTION TO PHILLIP. SECOND. MR. HUNT? YES. UH, ALL FAIR TO SAY, AYE. A ALL UH, WE NEED TO ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO A REAL QUICK MEETING ON THE, UH, BUDGET. UH, AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY, UH, LET ADJOURN THE REGULAR MEETING. I'LL TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. SO, MOTION COMMISSIONER ALLEN, SECOND. COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS. ALL IN FAVOR? SAY A. A. NOW YOUR BUDGET INFORMATION, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE LATEST DOCUMENT FROM THE OFFICER'S OFFICE 21ST WHEN WE DO THAT MEETING. UH, KAREN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I MEAN, WE'RE COMING ALONG WELL ON THE BUDGET, UH, AND OUR, WE THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD GRASP ON OUR REVENUE. ONE THING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE IN BUDGET IS THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, PURCHASE OF THE VOTING MACHINES. AND, UH, IT APPEARS THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THE NEW VOTING MACHINES IN NOVEMBER, UH, BECAUSE OF THE LITIGATION THAT HAS BEEN FILED BY HAR CIVIC GRAPHICS OR WHATEVER THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS AGAINST THE OTHER COMPANY. UH, WELL IT WAS AGAINST ACTUALLY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, A BIG FIGHT IN AUSTIN. AND SO, UH, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA IN BUDGET AT AT SOME LIGHT ITEM. I DUNNO EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS UNLESS WE'RE ABLE TO BID THAT OUT. LISA, I DUNNO WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO ON THAT. UH, UH, I DON'T KNOW. 'CAUSE ON THAT, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ON IT AND THEY'VE LOOKED AT SOME DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT HAD BEEN TALKED ABOUT PUTTING OUT A BIG RFP AND RIGHT. I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL THAT STANDS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE URBAN COUNTY'S POLL IS NOW THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT. AND SO I KNOW ROCKWELL COUNTY HAS ALREADY PURCHASED THE, UH, WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT? UH, A SS ORS, SOMETHING LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. A PROBABLY EXCEPT FOR A FAN COMPANY. [01:15:01] I'M SORRY. BUT ANYWAY, THERE, I KNOW ROCKWELL COUNTY HAS BOUGHT IT, BUT IT'S STILL NOT CERTIFIED BY THE STATE. WHAT I UNDERSTAND. SO, UH, I THINK THAT WILL BE SO, SOUNDS LIKE SOME DUST NEEDS TO SETTLE BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS. YEAH. YEAH. BUT WE DO KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A COST AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING. BRENDA AND HER STAFF FEEL LIKE THEY CAN USE THE EXISTING MACHINES WE HAVE NOW FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. I THINK THERE'S SIX OR EIGHT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT WILL BE ON THERE. BUT CERTAINLY BEFORE OUR NOVEMBER, I MEAN THE MARCH NEXT YEAR, I THINK THEY'RE SO WE, WHATEVER. HE LISTENS TOO CAREFULLY. WE CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING THAT, SO DO WE HAVE, KAREN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE? I MEAN, I, I'VE GOT THE BUDGET HERE. IT HAS NOT CHANGED DRAMATICALLY, UH, SINCE WHAT WE DID. I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN A FEW CHANGES. UH, KW AND KAREN DO A REAL GOOD JOB OF SHOWING YOU WHERE THOSE CHANGES ARE WHEN THEY SEND YOU A REVISION OF THAT. UH, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AROUND $500,000 IN CONTINGENCY. I BELIEVE THAT IS STILL THERE. UH, BUT THAT MONEY, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL THE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT THAT INCLUDE THE, UH, UH, INCLUDE THE VOTING MACHINES THAT, THAT WE USE UP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT OF THAT. I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD, UM, PUT A PLACEHOLDER FOR THOSE VOTING MACHINES. PUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN THERE AND THEN MOVE WHATEVER WE HAVE TO. RIGHT. CAN I TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS? YEAH. UH, BECAUSE I NOTICED THE LAST TIME WE DID, AND I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT, THAT WE CUT COMMUNICATION AND UH, SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM BACK IN. AND I TOLD YOU IT'S A, IT'S A BIG BATTLE ASPECT AND WE'RE ALSO GOT SOME PEOPLE RIGHT ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW BEING HIRED. SO IF WE HIRING, WE GOING FIRE, WE KEEP, OKAY, HOW MANY ARE YOU SHARP NOW? TWO. AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF PROCESSING THE TWO RIGHT NOW. AND SO, UH, WE THEM TWO, UH, BECAUSE YOU HAD ONE TIME YOU HAD SEVERAL, UH, THAT YOU NOT NOW. YES, WE'RE TRYING TO GET FULL. YEAH. AND THE REASON, BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT OUR COMP TIME, YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE GOT, WE'RE STRUGGLING. AND, AND WITH THEM TWO NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MISTAKE IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. I WON'T BE LIKE THAT UNTIL OCTOBER THE FIRST ANYWAY. NO, I'D START 'EM AS SOON AS THEY, THEY CAN COME ON BOARD YOU THE I ALREADY GOT THE SPOTS. THEY'RE ALREADY BUDGET. CUT 'EM OUT. BUT YOU CORRECT. THEY'VE BEEN OPEN. THEY'VE BEEN OPEN. YEAH. THE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN OPEN. OKAY. BACK. I MEAN DOESN WANT CUT. I I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO IT. I WAS, I WAS, I THINK MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD WHERE YOU WERE ON THE HIRING PROCESS, BUT UH, WE MOVE ON TO THE FACILITY COMPLETELY OR THE DISPATCH CENTER COMPLETELY MANED. I LISTEN TO ALL THE CALLS YOU TAKE AND IT'S REMARKABLE. WELL THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE'VE GOT SO MUCH COMP TIME, WE NEED THESE OTHER HANDS BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTA GET EVERYBODY OFF THIS MAIN CHANNEL. I'VE ALREADY WORKING WITH COFFMAN, WE'VE GOTTA OPEN A T LESS CHANNEL. WE GOT TOO MUCH TRAFFIC. SOMEBODY'S FIXING TO GET HURT IF WE DON'T GET THIS THAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT, OUR OFFICERS ARE COFFMAN, THEY'RE ONLY DOMESTIC. SO THEY, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND THEN OTHER OFFICERS TRYING TO RUN TRAFFIC ON TOP OF THAT WHEN THEY'RE OUT, WHEN THEY'RE . SO WE'VE GOT, I'M ALREADY WORKING WITH THEM NOW TRYING TO GET THAT DONE AND THAT'S JUST GONNA DO NOTHING BUT THROW BEHIND IF WE CUT THEM TWO FOR THIS. OKAY. KAREN, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD. I THINK WHERE THE ISSUE WAS, JUDGE, WHEN WE DID THE 9 1 1, WE ADDED 10 PO EXTRA POSITIONS AND IN THAT ADDING SEVEN WERE SUPPOSED TO COME FROM TERRELL BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO BE ON BOARD WITH US. SO WE BUDGETED WHEN THEY DIDN'T COME ON BOARD, KW TOOK THOSE POSITIONS AWAY AND LOWERED THE REVENUE SIDE SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE EXTRA OUT THERE THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE RECEIVING OR EXPAND. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE PART OF THE ISSUE CAME IN. OKAY. WELL IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT? WE NEED TO ADD THOSE POSITION. OKAY. WE'LL GET THOSE ADDED AND SEND YOU ANOTHER CHANGE. YEAH. LET'S, AND WE, MAYBE WE CAN GET TOGETHER YOU AND KW AND COMMISSIONER IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO VISIT, UH, WITH KW OR KAREN OR MYSELF, JUST LET US, I DUNNO. [01:20:02] I KNOW HE CALLED ME ABOUT HIS CAR. DID HE CALL YOU ABOUT YOU ABOUT, IS IT SOMETHING HE NAMES BRIAN GAVE YOU? UH, AN OLD, UH, BROWN. BROWN USE. BUT I DIDN'T SEE A BRAND NEW CARD IN HIS BUDGET. HE HAD THREE TAHOES. HE'S GOT TWO, TWO TAHOES AND UH, HE, HE'S GOT UH, HE HAS ONE, VANESSA HAS ONE AND JOHN HAS ONE. OH BUT SEE WE ADDED THE THIRD FULL TIME. SO HE'S PART-TIME AND CROWN VEHICLE. IT'S THE OLDER ONE THAT, THAT WE'VE DONE. AND AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE, WHEN WE GET TO NEW ONES WE'LL SWAP ANOTHER. I'LL GIVE THE BEST ONE I GOT IF THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GONNA DO IT. I DUNNO, WHATEVER Y'ALL THINK IS BEST. I'M HERE TO BE A TEAM PLAYER. I DIDN'T, I I BRING IT UP. I TIME ON POLICE VEHICLES. NOW WE DECIDED TO FUND THAT ONE OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, 60 TO 90 DAYS. ESPECIALLY ON POLICE ONLY SO MUCH. AND DEADLINES THROUGH A PASS YOU CAN'T HARDLY GET NOW. YEAH, IT'S 60 TO 90 DAYS. WELL THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE'S CLOSING THE BOOK SEPTEMBER AND WE'D HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE NEW BUDGET ANYWAY, JUDGE. OKAY. THAT NOT ASKING IF WE HAVE MONEY, WHERE'S THAT? YEAH, I THINK COULD, EVIDENTLY THERE'S NONE AVAILABLE AND FAR AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NOT. WELL AND HE MENTIONED SOMEWHERE THERE IS IT CE COUNTY SOMEWHERE THAT GET RID OF ALL THEIR CARS, GOT VERY FEW MILES ON THEM. I DON'T HAVE 20 SOMETHING THOUSAND. I'LL CHECK WITH ON THAT. GOT 20,000. WE ALREADY GOT OVER HALF A MILLION IN VEHICLES GENERAL TIME. OKAY. WE GOT TWO FOR THE NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE HAVE SIX INTERCEPTORS. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ONE BAND CODE ENFORCEMENT, TWO F1 FIFTIES CONSTABLE TWO ONE TAHOE CONSTABLE THREE TWO TAHOES IT THE GIS GUY. WE HAVE ONE TAHOE. THAT'S WHAT REQUEST. UH, WELL ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU HAD ALL THE FOUR EXPLORER STUFF. REACH EVERYBODY'S GUNSHOT THAT WHAT ARE YOU BUYING FORDS? THE FORD EXPLORER ENTRY, THE WHATEVER THE LITTLE SUV, THE INTERCEPTOR EXPLORERS BEEN THE ONE THAT HAD THE PROBLEM WITH DOES I KNOW CONSTABLE PRECINCT GREEN? STEVEN, HE TOLD ME HE HAD TO PARK HIS, I THINK WE'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. YEAH. LISA FOUND IT DOESN'T FALL CARBON MONOXIDE. I DON'T THINK THE ONE HE HAS FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY. WELL IT'S JUST LIKE KAMAN. WE HAVE THE SAME ONE. THEY'RE DRIVING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE. I TOLD EM WELL WE JUST LIKE IF COFFMAN'S GOT 'EM IN CHIEF TALKED I I I HAD THE CARS, I'D PUT A CARBON HOT OUT. THAT'S WHAT WE, WE ORDER. JUST COVER YOURSELF AND YOU'RE GOOD. AND I'LL TELL YOU AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY PERSONAL OPINION, THEY'RE THE ONLY AGENCY'S. GOT IT. I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY HAVE AN INSTALL ISSUE WHERE THEY BREACH THE WALL IN WIRING AND ALL THIS STUFF. I GUARANTEE THAT'S, THAT'S ORDERED. I THINK IT'S AN WITH ALL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED. SOMEBODY ELSE SAID I'LL HOPEFULLY PUT THAT BACK BACK. BUT IF YOU CAN CHECK ON THOSE SENT TEXT. SO YOU WANT US TO ADD ONE FOR CONSTABLE PRECINCT? FOUR? WELL LET'S WAIT AND SEE POSSIBLE THIS YEAR. ME, THEY'RE SELLING THEM ALL. YEAH, FOLLOW ME. I CAN'T HEAR YOU. OKAY, LET'S LET'S SEE WHAT HE CAN FIND OUT FROM THIS OTHER, UH, CARS FROM MCDO. SO MISS OTHER COUNTY THAT THEY'RE SELLING SOME CARS AND THERE WE CAN DO IT JUST A MATTER OF DAYS. RIGHT. AND WE OUT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'D FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. SO WE TRY TO COVER EVERYTHING. ALRIGHT. THE OTHER THING THAT WE MAY WANT TO PAY OUT OF THIS YEAR BUDGET, YOU ARE IN PROCESS AND INSTALLING A NEW PHONE SYSTEM ACROSS THE COUNTY. UH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING ANYTHING AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I MIGHT GETTING POSTED AND EVERYTHING. YEAH, IT THROUGH THE EC AND THE, IT FOUND OUT THAT THE MITEL PHONE SYSTEM WE HAVE, WE HAVE A SERVER THAT'S IN PLACE AT, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING HERE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ABOVE MY PAPER REALLY. UH, THE [01:25:01] SERVER WE HAVE IS WILL HOLD UP TO, UH, 65,000 CLIENTS, WHICH IS EXTENSIONS. AND WE DON'T NEAR HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO BUY PHONES AND SO WE'RE GETTING PRICES ON PHONES AND WE CAN INSTALL 'EM, OUR CREW, UH, JOHNNY AND HIS CREW CAN INSTALL 'EM. IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING NOW FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTY OTHER THAN THE EOC AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AS WELL. UH, WHERE IT'LL COME FROM. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE, BUT I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT. AND UH, OUR PHONE SYSTEM I BELIEVE HAS, UH, ANGIE KNOWS, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE. UH, LAURA, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS MID EIGHTIES THE SYSTEM WE'RE USING NOW. SO AT LEAST IT'S NOT A ROTARY DIAL. I MEAN IT'S, MINE'S GOT A CRANK ON SO DOES IT KNOW. I KNOW, I KNOW. WE GET A LOT OF CALLS ASKING ME WHAT DEPARTMENT THEY NEED TO GET AHOLD OF 'CAUSE SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING. IT'S NOT TRANSFERRING RIGHT. OR SOMETHING. YEAH, WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT WITH THE IT TUBE. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CHANGE THE, THE MAIN GREETING. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE DONE THAT OR NOT. WE'LL KEEP YOU IN COMPLAINTS. BUSY IN OUR, OUR OFFICE. PEOPLE CALL, THEY CALL THE CELL PHONE, PUT SOMEONE ON PHONE HANGS UP ON YEAH, THAT HAPPENS TOO. YEAH. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO OR WE CALL AND IT JUST RINGS. RINGS AND RINGS. MM-HMM . THAT'S, THAT HAPPENED TOO. WELL WE'RE JUST ANSWER CALLING. DO WHAT? SHE DIDN'T HEAR THAT. CALL HER ID CALLER ID. WE SEE WHO'S CALLING. ANSWER DON'T ANSWER. I'LL SEE YOU AFTER HE SAID IT. I RANDOM QUICK. YEAH. WELL NOT TODAY, BUT AT ANY RATE WE WILL LOOK AT THIS BETWEEN WE, AFTER OUR HEARING ON THE TAX RATE NEXT WEEK WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP AND WE'RE NOT GOING ADOPT THE BUDGET UNTIL THE 28TH. AND SO, BUT WE'LL HAVE SOMETIME AND WE CAN EVEN TODAY OF THE ADOPTION. I MEAN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, MAKE SOME CHANGES IF WE HAVE TO, BUT, UH, UH, I THINK WE'RE NARROWING IT DOWN AND, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING BE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS THIS NEXT YEAR THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO. WE FINANCES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGET? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. BE ARE YOU HAPPY ABOUT YOUR CARS NOW? ARE YOU, NOT YOUR CARS, BUT YOUR TWO POSITIONS? YES SIR. I'M DEATH, I'M TELLING YOU. WE DO. WELL ALWAYS TEXAS IS ME AND ALL KIND. I'M WORRIED THERE'S TOO MUCH LIABILITY. I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THERE LIKE DALLAS PD. I DUNNO. ALRIGHTY. UH, WE NOW WILL, UH, WE'VE DISCUSSED THE BUDGET. UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, UH, GO INTO ANOTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION AND IT'S PRETTY WELL SPED UH, SPELT OUT HERE. UH, LOOKING AT THE BUILDING ON, UH, WEST GROVE STREET THAT IS JUST TO THE WEST OF THE, UH, OUR BUILDING. UH, THAT AND THE OLD LONG STAR GAS BUILDING BUILDING, WHICH IS BEHIND THAT AREA THAT IS NOW ON THE MARKET. AND THE OWNER IS VERY MOTIVATED TO SELL. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THE OWNER OR THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNER ACROSS THE STREET. SO, UH, DO, LET'S DO TWO THINGS. LET'S ADJOURN FROM THE WORKSHOP. SO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM THE WORKSHOP. COMMISSIONER ALLEN, THE MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBARA SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. NOW LET'S DO A SECOND OBJECTION SESSION. AND THE TIME IS 1120. UH, WHAT IS THAT? 23. 23. AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? WHAT WE'LL DO WILL GO ACROSS TO THIS BUILDING. IT WILL BE CLOSED JUST FOR THE COURT. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE ONLY THE COURT WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND THE ATTORNEYS. IF ONE OF YOU, UH, REBECCA, IF ONE OF YOU CAN COME WITH US, UH, BOTH OF YOU CAN COME. YEAH. AND THEN WE WILL, WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE ANY ACTION. WE'RE JUST GONNA LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS. UH, AND KAREN, IF YOU WANNA ATE WITH US, YOU CAN. SO IT'S 1123. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO MOTION, MR. PHILLIPS? THAT SECOND MOTION? ALL AYE. YES. AND WE'LL DO THE SAME THING OVER. WE'LL DISMISS [01:30:01] OURSELVES FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL HAVE TO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.