* 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. GOOD MORNING. [00:00:02] THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE COP OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS CALLED. THE ORDER IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2029 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WE WERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE MEETING ROOM OR UNLOADING THE ONE ON THE COMMISSIONERS. SO FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS I WILL ASK HIM TO STAND COMMISSIONER. PAIGE IS GOING TO LEAD US INTO AN INDICATION COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS BELIEVES IN THE PLACE. YOU'LL PRAY WITH YOU, DEAR LORD, WE COME TO YOU THANKFUL TODAY. WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON THIS BODY, AS IT ASSEMBLES, GIVE US WISDOM AND JUDGMENT TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR OUR COUNTY. WE ALSO LORD ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON OUR STATE AND OUR, AND OUR NATION AS VOTING GOES ON, AND THAT, UH, ALL PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS THAT OUR LEADERS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW YOUR WORD AND YOUR GUIDANCE AS WE GO FORWARD. LET'S OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR MILITARY AROUND THE GLOBE, LORD. AND AGAIN, WE PRAISE YOUR NAME AND THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS WE ENJOYED EACH AND EVERY DAY IN THIS STATE, THIS COUNTY IN THIS COUNTRY AND YOUR NAME, WE PRAY AMEN. STATES OF AMERICA. I'M UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL TEXAS FLAG. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, IT'D BE THE NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR US TO HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT SOMETHING ENGENDER. UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS FROM YOU, BUDDY. SO I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WANTING TO SPEAK TO US. I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE, SUBMITTED AND, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE BILL HART VISITING WITH US TODAY IS ONE OF OUR STAR WARS, STALWART VOLUNTEERS FOR THE COUNTY, UH, WORKING WITH CITIZENS COMMISSION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND SO FORTH. [1. ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE.] UM, NEXT ITEM, A ROUTINE CORRESPONDENCE. I HAVE A NOTE FROM, UH, CASA. CASA IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT AND, UH, IT'S FROM LAUREN. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, THE FUNDING PROVIDING INSURERS THAT THEY CHILD REMOVED COMP THE COUNTY HAS AN ADVOCATE ON THEIR SIDE TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE BEST AND SAFEST OUTCOME. SO REJECT THAT ANYBODY ELSE. OKAY. [2. CONSENT AGENDA] THEN, UH, WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I HOPE Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THE WAIVER, DOING THE ESCORT ALL OVER THE BOARD. YOU'VE JUST BEEN SUBMITTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. YOU DON'T CARE WOULD THERE BE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. SECOND DISCUSSION SAYING HI. HI, CURIOUS, NEXT TO [3. Brittni Morris; Discuss/consider wellness program changes and the 2021 plan year.] BRITNEY MORRIS HR DEPARTMENT, DISCUSS CONSIDER WELLNESS PROGRAM CHANGES AND THE 2021. GOOD MORNING. SO NORMALLY AROUND THIS TIME, STARTING OCTOBER THROUGH THE END OF MARCH, WE DO THE WELLNESS PROGRAM WHERE YOU GET YOUR EXAM, UM, THAT YOU GET A WELLNESS DAY. AND IF NOT, IT GIVES YOU $25 PENALTY. UM, THE LAST QUARTER WE HAVE EXTENDED IT. WE EXTENDED IT TO THE END OF THE YEAR. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF CLASHING. UM, SO TAC OFFERED TO CHANGE THE DATES TO JANUARY, TO THE END OF OCTOBER, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND FALL IN LINE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. SO WE WERE SEEING IF WE COULD CHANGE THE DATES ON THOSE AND JUST LET THEM TAKE OVER PRETTY MUCH, THEY'LL, UM, BE ABLE TO TRACK WHO WENT TO GET THE WELLNESS. AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, 2020 ONES, THEY'LL PRESENT A SPREADSHEET WHO ARE WENT, AND THEN WE CAN REWARD THEM THE FOLLOWUP. SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE FOR US TO CHANGE THE DATE PROGRAM FOR . SO FROM, UM, THE EARNING PERIOD NOW IS OCTOBER TO MARCH. SO WE'RE WANTING TO CHANGE THAT TO JANUARY, TO OCTOBER. AND THEN, SO FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, THEY'RE CALCULATING SAYING WHO WENT, UM, AND THEN THEY'LL GIVE US A REPORT THAT FOLLOWING JANUARY 20, 22, [00:05:01] AND EVERYONE GETS THEIR WELLNESS DAY, MAN, ALL AT ONE TIME, THERE'S NO PAPER INVOLVED. UM, THEY PRETTY MUCH TAKE 10 DETECTIVES. THAT'S THIS PALMER THAT WILL KEEP IT ON TRACK, RIGHT? YES, BECAUSE THAT $25 SPRAWLED OUT SCRAP THAT THIS YEAR AND ALONG CORRECTLY, IT IS AN OPTION TO TAKE IT AWAY. IF Y'ALL WERE INTERESTED IN DOING IT, LIKED IT. YOU LIKED THE IDEA OF TAKING AWAY. UM, I, YEAH, I LIKE THE NAME CHANGE AND JUST LETTING THEM TAKE OVER, KEEPING UP WITH DISCUSSIONS THAT ALONE IS THAT IT'S A $25 ENOUGH MOTIVATION FOR PEOPLE TO GO DO THEIR WELLNESS CHECK THE WELLNESS . SO THE REWARD NOW THE REWARD IS THE DAY AND THE PENALTIES TO 25. SO YOU CAN CHANGE IT TO REWARD THE DAY, THE PENALTY NOTING, YES, THAT'S $25 A MONTH FOR NOT GETTING A WELLNESS PLAN. HOW MANY DO WE HAVE THAT? ACTUALLY WE KNOW HOW MANY, WHAT STATISTICAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, HONESTLY, LESS THAN 10 PEOPLE THAT DON'T END UP DOING IT AND HAVE TO PAY MOST. EVERYBODY GOES BECAUSE THEY WANT THAT EXTRA CAN'T CHARGE THEIR PAPERWORK FOR HR WELLNESS STATE NEXT YEAR UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO NORMALLY THE PROCESS IS YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A PIECE OF PAPER. YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR, HOPEFULLY AS I FILL IT OUT, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TELL ME THEY CAN GET CHARGED 15, IF THEY FORGET AND THEY HAVE TO GO BACK. SO THIS WILL ELIMINATE THAT. BUT YEAH, THE ONLY DOWNFALL IS YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE YEAR BEFORE GETTING YOUR ACTUAL DAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. AND I THINK A MOTION WOULD, WOULD, WOULD CONTAIN THAT WE WERE GOING TO JUST ADOPT TAX. WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION, THE HR DEPARTMENT ADOPT TAX PLAN AND DROP THE $25 PENALTY. SO MOVE. OKAY. SO THAT'S THE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CADES. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. NO MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU FOR, [4. Gail Eddington; Presentation on features of Novatime Software.] UH, EXTRA. THIS'LL BE INTERESTING. WE HAVE A GAIL EDDINGTON. UH, YOU DO A PRESENTATION ON THE FEATURES OF NO TIME SOFTWARE AND JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS. UH, OUR TREASURER, CHUCK MONCUR COME TO ME PROBABLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER THE LAST TIMEFRAME, BUT CHUCK WAS TELLING ME THAT, UH, PLEASE BE SEATED. UH, CHUCK WAS TELLING ME THAT HE'D DONE A LITTLE DIGGING AND THEN HE FOUND THAT NOVA TIME HAS A LOT OF, I GUESS, FEATURES THAT WE DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. AND SO HE SET UP THIS PRESENTATION, UH, GAIL. AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND TAKE IT AWAY. OKAY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE. UM, I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF THIS MORNING. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END. UM, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON YOUR ASSOCIATION WITH NOVA TIME AND WHO I AM. MY NAME IS GAIL EDDINGTON. I'VE OWNED AUTOMATED TIMEKEEPING OUT OF HOUSTON, AND I AM THE PERSON THAT SOLD YOU THE SYSTEM. AND WE IMPLEMENTED THE SYSTEM AND I'M THE PERSON THAT SUPPORTS THE SYSTEM. SO MY STAFF SUPPORTS THE SYSTEM FOR YOU. IF I DON'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING ELSE WITH THIS VISIT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY SHOULD CALL US WHEN THEY HAVE AN ISSUE. CALL US WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION, I HAVE FOUND THAT IN THE PAST, PEOPLE DON'T CALL THEM. THEY JUST GET AGGRAVATED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO SOMETHING. THE SYSTEM IS VERY POWERFUL. YOU ACTUALLY INSTALL. WE INSTALL THIS SYSTEM IN 2013. SO SEVEN YEARS AGO, [00:10:01] YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THIS SYSTEM, YOU REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED WITH RESPECT, CHANGE THE SET UP OR WHAT YOU DO WITH THE SYSTEM. SINCE THAT TIME IN 2019, WE ACTUALLY CONVERTED YOU AT NO CHARGE TO OUR LATEST SYSTEM WAS ANOTHER TIME, 5,000 BECAUSE WE CONSIDER NOVA TIME SOFTWARE FOR A LIFETIME. AND SO ALL THE UPDATES AND ALL THE CHANGES AND ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD. SO WE'LL TALK FIRST ABOUT DATA COLLECTION. YOU'RE USING OUR TIME FLOCKS. UH, YOU HAVE, UM, OF SMALLER, OLDER CLOCKS. THE NT FOUR 50 IS ONE OF OUR NEW FLOCK, WHICH IS 28,000. YOU USE EMPLOYEE WEB SERVICES, UM, EXTENSIVELY 213 EMPLOYEES USE DATA COLLECTION AND ALL THE REST OF THEM. ARE YOU GOING TO USE EMPLOYEE WEB SERVICES OR ARE THEY HAVE THEIR EMPLOYEE? THEIR TIME MANUALLY ENTERED IN HER TIME SHEETS. WE ALSO HAVE THE NAVAL MOBILE, WHICH YOU USED BACK WHEN YOU HAD THE OLD 4,000 SYSTEM. AND THAT WASN'T REALLY A FEATURE RICH AT THAT POINT. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER TIME 5,000 AND THE SYSTEM WOULD DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT IT WOULDN'T DO BACK THEN, UH, BACK THEN YOU STOPPED USING THE NOVA MOBILE BECAUSE IT WOULD BRING IT COULDN'T KEEP THE EMPLOYEE FROM CLOCKING IN IF THEY WERE OUTSIDE THEIR WORK LOCATION. AND THAT FEATURE, IT WORKS ON THE NT 5,000. AND I HAVE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS THAT USE THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE WE USED HAVE PHONE IN WHICH OF COURSE YOU DON'T USE IT ALL. SO, AND ALSO THE NOVA MOBILE EMPLOYEES CAN DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, LIKE SEE THEIR WORK, THEIR TIME SHEET REQUEST, TIME OFF, UH, GET THE REQUESTS ANSWERED, SEE THE STATUS OF IT. SO LOTS OF, LOTS OF FEATURES IN THE VEHICLE. AND LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCHEDULES. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS IS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO REPORT, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT EMPLOYEES ARE ABSENT. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE TARDY. YOU LEFT EARLY, YOU WALK OUT LATE. AND MY STANDARD ANSWER, IT WAS MANNING IS NOW THE SYSTEM CAN DO THAT, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE WORK SCHEDULES IN THE SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM HAS TO KNOW THAT THAT EMPLOYEE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT WORK THAT DAY AND DIDN'T SHOW UP. SO THAT'S STILL THE ANSWER. WE HAVE EXTENSIVE REPORTS WE HAVE ON SCREEN PAGES THAT YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP. WHO'S TARDY, WHO'S ABSENT, WHO WERE LEFT EARLY, ALL THOSE EXCEPTIONS. I SPOKE WITH, UH, CAPTAIN TILLERY YESTERDAY AND ASK HIM ABOUT HIS SHIFTS. HE'S GOT FIVE SHIFTS THAT CAN BE SET UP BY US AND THEN ASSIGNED TO THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE SCHEDULES FOR ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES IN THE SYSTEM. AND SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT MOST, EVERYBODY ELSE IS ON A STANDARD EIGHT VIA A WEEK, SKIP A DAY, EIGHT HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK SCHEDULE. WE CAN SET UP THOSE SCHEDULES. AND THEN IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ASSIGNING THOSE TO BE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES. AND THEN YOUR SYSTEM WILL HAVE SCHEDULES AND YOU CAN GET ALL THIS PRODUCTION. YOU HAVE TO DO REPORTS. AND THEN IF SOMEONE'S INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE'S SCHEDULE CHANGES FROM WEEK TO WEEK, LET'S SAY THIS WEEK, THIS EMPLOYEE IS REQUESTING TIME OFF WHEN THEY EMPLOY REQUEST TIME OFF THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WHICH WE'RE DOING TODAY, AND THAT TIME OFF IS APPROVED, THEN IT GETS POSTED TO THE SCHEDULE. IT GETS POSTED TO THE TIME SHEET AND IT GETS DEDUCTED FROM YOUR RULE POLICY. SO THE SYSTEM MANAGES ALL OF THAT. IT REALLY CUTS DOWN THE AMOUNT OF WORK INDIVIDUALLY MANAGERS HAVE TO DO WHILE WE'RE ON SCHEDULES. ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW ON SCHEDULES, BUT I'M HERE. ONE THING THAT I'VE NOTICED THAT SCHEDULE YOU SET A TAB 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE EIGHT GRADE EIGHT HOURS NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YES, [00:15:01] YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ROUNDING, RIGHT? UM, SO YES, WE CAN SET UP THOSE RULES IN THE SHIFTS, IN THE SCHEDULES. SO IT'D BE THE OPPOSITE. SO WE WANTED THEM TO COME IN. THEY EARLY WE'D HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON HOUR EARLY INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT THAT, THEN THEY STAY HERE. YEAH, I LIKE THAT. YEAH. YEAH. IF YOU WANT AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE TO COME IN AN HOUR EARLY TOMORROW, ALL THE MANAGER HAS TO KNOW WHO, WHEN THEY GO IN DO IS GO IN THE SYSTEM AND CHANGE YOUR SCHEDULE TO START AT SEVEN INSTEAD OF EIGHT, THAT'D BE A LOT BETTER. YEAH. YEAH. I HATE THAT. EVERYBODY'S LANDED UP WAVING THE PUNCH AT THREE MINUTES OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW? YES. GALE ON THOSE, THE TOWN CLOCKS, WE HAVE ONE THAT WAS BROKEN THAT COULD YOU GET ME A PRODUCT COST TO UPGRADE THE OTHERS? SURE. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE SCHEDULE WITH NELSON TIME AND EVERYTHING. IS THERE ANY WAY TO INTEGRATE THIS WITH OFFICE THREE 65 WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY PUT SOMETHING OUT OF OFFICE SHOWS UP ON THE CALENDAR OR ANYTHING ON OUTLOOK, UH, YOU MEAN THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING PAID AND THEY'RE OUT OF THE OFFICE? YEAH. JUST, UH, IF SOMEBODY REQUESTS TIME OFF, I COULD, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO LOG INTO NO GOOD TIME TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S OFF OR WHATEVER, UM, IT COULD BE JUST INTEGRATED WOULD BE EXCELLENT. CAUSE I HAVE TO DO THAT TO EITHER HAVE TO GO TO MY CALENDAR AND MARK THAT THE GUY'S DOG. SO I KNOW BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, WELL, THEY CAN DO THAT IN NO GOOD TIME, BUT THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO DO IT IN AN OFFICE THREE 65, YOU KNOW, PUT IT ON THEIR CALENDAR THAT THEY'RE OFF. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF WHERE'S YOUR CALENDAR AND NOVA TIME TO SEE WHO'S OFF. AND I CAN SET UP CALENDARS, SHARED CALENDARS BY DEPARTMENTS, OR HOWEVER YOU NEED TO HAPPEN AND SHARE. SO IF THERE ARE TWO OR THREE DEPARTMENTS OR WHATEVER THAT NEED TO SHARE THE SAME CALENDAR, YOU CAN SET UP THOSE YEAR CALENDARS AND YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT CALENDAR THAT YOU'RE USING FOR YOUR TIME OFF. BUT ALL OF THAT REALLY CAN WORK IN OVERTIME. ONE THING I HAVE NOTICED IS THAT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE REQUESTING THEIR TIME OFF, THEY'RE DOING THAT EITHER THE DAY BEFORE, THE DAY OF, OR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THEIR TIME OFF. AND THAT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE. AS FAR AS YOU ALL BEING ABLE TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE OFF OR NOT, NOTHING IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TWO OR THREE DAYS. NOTICE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE HANDBOOK SAYS. I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT IT SAID COVERED TODAY. SO YEAH. YEAH. SOMETIMES THINGS COME UP IS THAT FAMILY, DO YOU Y'ALL HAVE TO REALIZE THAT WHEN WE GOT STW SOFTWARE, THE OWNER OF STW IS THE ONE THAT TURNED ME ON TO KNOW THE TIME. CAUSE I HAD A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS, WANT TO HAVE TIME CLOCKS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES TO GET THEIR TIME IN AND EVERYTHING. SO WE WENT WITH THIS, THIS PROGRAM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE HR DEPARTMENT OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY KNEW OR HAD BEEN TRAINED HOW TO USE IT. AND BRITTANY AND THEM HAVE DONE EXCELLENT TO LEARN IT AS THEY HAVE SO LITTLE BIT MORE TRAINING. WE COULD PROBABLY DO A LOT WITH IT. WE DO A LOT. IT WOULD ALSO HELP IF THE COUNTY WOULD ASSIGN A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS A, MAYBE TWO PEOPLE THAT WE CALL SUPER USERS, PEOPLE THAT REALLY KNOW THE SYSTEM THAT CAN BE THE FIRST LINE OF QUESTIONS BY YOUR STAFF WHEN THEY HAVE A QUESTION. AND THEN IF IT'S THOSE PEOPLE CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION, THEY CAN CALL US AND GET US INVOLVED IN IT. IT'S VERY RARE WITH THIS SYSTEM, WE EVER HAVE A BUG, SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY A PROBLEM WITH THE SYSTEM. UM, 99% OF THE CALLS I GET ARE HOW TOS. SO I KNOW I'VE EMAILED A FEW TIMES, BUT NO ONE TIMES INTEGRATED SO THAT WHEN THEY DO EARN A DAY OF VACATION OR A DAY OF COMP TIME, THEN I MEAN THAT AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES THE EMPLOYEES TOTALLY US, RIGHT? YES, IT DOES AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES THEIR TOTALS. EMPLOYEES CAN SEE IT. UM, ANOTHER THING WITH THOSE TIME OFF REQUEST IS THAT IF YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES IN THERE SET UP ANOTHER TIME, THEN THEY CAN GET AN EMAIL WHENEVER THEIR MANAGER APPROVES OR BASELINES OR ANSWERS THAT REQUEST IN SOME WAY. LET ME JUST DIGRESS BACK TO YOUR SMARTPHONE APP, TO YOUR MOBILE MOBILE. [00:20:01] WHAT'S THE OWN REQUIREMENT. IT JUST HAS TO BE A SMARTPHONE. IT JUST HAS TO BE A SMART PHONE. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN IPHONE THAT IPHONE, ANDROID, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER JUST A SMARTPHONE, UM, TO DOWNLOAD THE APP AND TO USE THE APP IS NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. WELL, WHEN DID THING COMMISSIONER ABOUT THIS? DID YOU USED TO TAKE THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR DAYS TO DO PAYROLL, TO GET EVERYBODY'S TIME SHEET, PAPER, TIME SHEETS, AND GET A MANNER WITH THIS. IT BLENDS IN, IN IT'S CUT PAYROLL TIME DOWN TO LIKE TWO, TWO AND A HALF DAYS. JUST DEPENDING CHUCK'S A BIG SUPPORT OR RATCHET. IT WORKS. AND JUST REITERATE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SHARED CALENDARS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TIME OFF, UM, BEING APPROVED IF THE SUPERVISORS OR THE USERS HAVE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK TO APPROVE THOSE TIME OFFS, UM, HAVE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THEIR USER UP. THEN EVERY TIME THEIR EMPLOYEE REQUEST TIME OFF, THEN THE MANAGER GETS AN EMAIL AND THEY COULD ACTUALLY GO, IF THEY'RE CHECKING THIS OFF EMAIL ON THEIR SMARTPHONE, THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO HIT THAT REQUEST AND APPROVE HER, WIPE THEM FROM YOUR SMARTPHONE ARTICLE. YEAH. AND THERE, THERE ARE CALENDARS THAT SHOW EXACTLY HOW MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE THAT TOMBOY. AND SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT LOCKING OUT EMPLOYEES ON EMERGENCY RESTRICTING, CLOCKING IN AND OUT. I MEAN, THERE WILL BE SET UP FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME OUTSIDE THEIR SCHEDULE. AND YES, THE SYSTEM CAN DO THAT. THAT IS AN EXTRA MODULE. AND THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL COST OF 60 CENTS FOR ACTING AVOID PER MONTH ACTIVE EMPLOYEES OR JUST THOSE EMPLOYEES. THAT'S PROBABLY PART THE CHARGE, BUT I MEAN, THEY CAN PAY FOR ITSELF REAL FAST. WELL, I MEAN, YOU GOT 20 PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO DO IT ALL. JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE EASIER IF YOU SAT THEIR TIME AND YOU WON'T DO OVERTIME, THEN YOU APPROVE TIME CLOCK. WE CAN DO THE ROUNDING WITHOUT THE LOCKOUT. RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. SO IF ANYONE IS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME CHANGING THE IN AND OUT TIMES ON EMPLOYEE SIGN SHEET, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY LEAVING YOU OPEN FOR ASIANS AND LAWSUITS BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM STANDS UP AGAINST ANY AUDITS OR EDITS OR ANY LAWSUITS, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT CHANGING, JUST TOO SHORT TIME CAUSES. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? OKAY. AND THEN I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS ABOUT REPORTS A LOT. WE HAVE 148 REPORTS IN THE SYSTEM LATER YOU'RE ASKED TO ORGANIZE WHILE ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THE NUMBERS BEHIND THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF REPORTS. THERE'S A NUMBER OF REPORTS IN THE SYSTEM AT THAT TIME. EVERY REPORT IN THE SYSTEM CAN BE CUSTOMIZED BY CHANGING ANY ONE OR ALL OF NINE SECTIONS. SO I CAN CHOOSE WHAT EMPLOYEES I WANT. I CAN CHOOSE WHAT HAPPENED TO FORMAT. EVERY REPORTING SYSTEM CAN BE OUTPUT TO EXCEL. UM, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO DECIDE WHAT INFORMATION YOU MORE WORK, UM, MAKES IT ONE, THE BASIC INFORMATION IS THERE. AND THEN YOU CAN CHANGE THE DATE, CHANGE THE FILTERS, CHANGE THE SORTS. UH, AND THEN EVERY REPORT IN THE SYSTEM, ONCE YOU SET IT UP AND YOU'VE GOT THIS WORN DOWN DESIGN, YOU DEVELOP THE WAY YOU WANT IT. IF WE NEED TO JUST PUBLISH IT TO YOURSELF. SO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SET UP AND YOU CAN JUST PLAY. IF YOU HAVE A REPORT WHICH ARE RUN FROM A PREVIOUS, FROM THE PREVIOUS THING ON THE CURRENT PAY PERIOD, IT WILL ALWAYS BE THAT DATE RANGE. AND YOU CAN CHANGE THAT DATE RANGE. IF YOU NEED TO ALSO TO EVER SYSTEM, YOU CAN SET UP LIKE THIS AND THEN YOU CAN PUBLISH IT AND THEN YOU CAN SCHEDULE IT [00:25:01] TO BE RUN ANY GIVEN DAY OR EVERY DAY AT A CERTAIN TIME OF DAY, AN EMAIL TO ONE OR MULTIPLE MANAGERS ARE USED. SO THE AUTOMATIC PROCESSING EMAIL IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE USE EXTENSIVE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I HAVE COVERED? I WAS GOING TO SWITCH TO THE SYSTEM, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO, WE DON'T HAVE ONE AT A TIME, SO I'M NOT GOING TO SWITCH TO THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I HAVEN'T COVERED THAT YOU'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS? I'M INTERESTED IN THE TRAINING ASPECT, TALK ABOUT IDENTIFYING A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY THINK OF THAT WAS THAT CERTAINLY WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OVERTIME EXPERTS, I WOULD SAY, I THINK I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR LARGER, THE DA'S OFFICE, FOR SURE. THE TAX OFFICE I'LL BE BOTH THE CLARK'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN EACH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS SINCE YOU'D HAVE BIG NUMBERS. IT COULD BE, I DON'T KNOW, EACH PRECINCT EXPERT, I WOULD THINK SHOULD BE. YOU HAVE A PROJECTED TIME WHERE IT WOULD BE VIABLE TO PUT ON A DEDICATED TRAINING CLASS FOR HALF A DAY. WE CAN DO A HALF A DAY IF I'M GOING TO DO A HALF A DAY OUT. AND THEN I COME UP HERE FOR IT. UH, WE CAN DO ONLINE TRAINING. I SUGGEST YOU TO DO, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SMALL ONLINE CLASSES, I DON'T ASK FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T HOLD PEOPLE'S ATTENTION ONLINE THAT LONG. UM, BUT YES, WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT. AND IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CLASSES, I HOPE I DO WHATEVER YOU NEED. SURE. IS POSSIBLE PIPE. RIGHT. AND YOUR PRIMARY CONTACT, I GUESS, FOR NUMBER 10 PAYROLL, THEN IT'S DELEGATED TO JUNE. THAT'S WHERE I WAS SAYING TO FIND OUT USERS THAT, WHERE DOES THAT COME UP? AND IT MIGHT BE JUST HIS OFFICE. WE CONTACT IF HIS OFFICE PARKS AND , I MEAN, YEAH, I'D CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME OF THOSE REPORTS, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO USE MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, A COSTING TOOL AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO THEY COULD MAKE A HALF DAY TRAINING FOR OUR SUPER USERS, IF YOU WILL, WOULD BE. YOU'RE PROBABLY WANTING TO DO A COUPLE OF HALF DAY TRAININGS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO THE SYSTEM. HOW MANY, WELL, WHAT'S YOUR BIN NUMBER THAT YOU WANT TO TRAIN AT ONE TIME IF YOU WERE IN PERSON. SO JOHNNY I'VE TRAINED ANYWHERE FROM THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE TO 20 AT A TIME OR MORE. IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT A SITUATION, I DO SUGGEST THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT SORT OF TRAINING, THAT PERHAPS IT'S OFTENTIMES GOOD TO HAVE HIM, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING DRAINED OUT THEIR OWN LAPTOPS. RIGHT. SO THAT THEY CAN GET INTO THE SYSTEM AND MAKE IT DO THINGS AS I INSTRUCT THEM TO SCREEN. YES. SO, UH, CHUCK, I GUESS YOU'LL CARRY THE BALL ON THAT FOR US. I THINK THAT MIGHT MAKE Y'ALL'S LIFE A LOT EASIER. YOU GET A COCKER YOU'RE TRAINING PEOPLE UP OR LAPTOP REALLY QUICK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GAIL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [5. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider approving letter of Support for Crossroads Park.] OKAY. NEXT UP. CONSIDER PREMIUM LETTERS OR CROSS-GROUP ARC. UH, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU GUYS A FREE, THIS IS A GOOD DEAL. I GOT, I WAS CONTACTED BY WHEN CALDWELL WITH GEES, THERE ARE PARKS FEEL YOU'RE WANTING TO APPLY FOR A GRANT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE. AND YOU SENT ME THIS SORT OF NARRATIVE OF WHAT THEIR PROJECT IS. UH, THEY'RE WANTING TO DO THAT PARK OVER, ACROSS THE CROSSROADS AREA OR SOME APARTMENTS GOING UP OVER THERE. UM, SO THEY THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE MAYBE EVEN WHAT PART FOR THE POPULATION THEY HAVE AND THEY'RE GOING TO THERE'S NO, NO COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY OTHER THAN A LETTER FROM ME TO A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR GRANT APPLICATION. [00:30:12] UH, SO, UH, IF YOU'RE GOOD TO MOVE ON WITH THE MOTORCYCLE DISCUSSION NEXT TIME. OKAY. [6. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter public hearing.] DISCUSS, CONSIDER EXITING REGULAR MEETING AND ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION TO THE WEEK? THE SECOND THING, I SUPPOSE I'M CURIOUS [7. Judge Richards; Public Hearing; to receive input from the public regarding not allowing thru trucks on the below-listed county roads, in the unincorporated area of Kaufman County Precinct 1; Joyce, Judy, and CR213.] OUT OF SEVEN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING NOT ALLOWING THREE TRUCKS ON THE COUNTY ROADS AND OTHER CORPORATE AREAS, PRECINCT ONE, JOYCE, JUDY AND COUNTY ROAD, TWO PER TEAM. UH, YES, THIS IS, UH, KIND OF BROUGHT ON BY THERE'S A BUSINESS RUNNING THE TRUCKS. NOW SOME ROSEMARY JUST RECENTLY REDONE, TOTALLY REBUILT AND KIND OF HAD A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT WHERE YOU READ THE COUNTY ROAD ONCE SEASON THREE, MUDDY DIRT ROAD. SO THEY WOULD HAVE A GOOD ACCESS TO 34. SO REBUILDS ON THE COUNTY ROAD FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE. AND THEN THEY CONTINUED TO BUILD DOWN. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO STOP THIS WITH TRAFFIC SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WHAT THE SOLID MAN. OKAY. UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD CARE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL? IS THERE ANYONE WITH US WHO WOULD CARE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS STATEMENT? SINCE WE'VE NOT HAD ANYBODY COME FORWARD, UH, CONFER A MOTION, A WILL, BUT WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ARTICLE ITEM ITEM NINE, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC OR IN PLACES. NO PARKING ZONE SIGNS ON COUNTY ROAD, TWO 43, SORRY. OKAY. RECEIVE INPUT [8. Judge Richards; Public Hearing; to receive input from the public regarding not allowing thru trucks on the below-listed county roads, in the unincorporated area of Kaufman County Precinct 3; CR 376] FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING NOT ALLOWING THREE TRUCKS ON THE ROAD, WHICH IS COUNTY ROAD THREE 76 ARE THE SAME STORY, SAME DEAL. UH, BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT THERE WAS, UH, THE, UH, RECONSTRUCTION OF 25, 78. THEY HAVE OTHER ROUTES THEY CAN TAKE. THEY KEEP MOVING DOWN THAT ROAD, PEOPLE LIVE ON IT. THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT IT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THEM AND ALL THAT. THE STUDENT CARE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, JUST SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. WE'LL MOVE ON TONIGHT. I RECEIVED [9. Judge Richards; Public Hearing; to receive input from the public regarding placing "No Parking Zone" signs on County Road 243 in the unincorporated area of Kaufman County Pct. 3. ] INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING PLACING THE NO PARKING ZONE SIGNS ON COUNTY ROAD, TWO 43, PRECINCT THREE. YEAH. WE, A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD. CAUSE THE SAND PIT AT THE END OF IT. AND UH, PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT TO TWO OH FIVE, UH, SOME REASON PEOPLE START PARKING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR SOME CASES THEY JUST LEFT THE VEHICLES THERE OVERNIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PARK ON THE CANBOROUGH, BUT GIVE HIM, I'LL MAKE IT CLEAR TO FOLKS. AND ALSO GIVE US SOME ENFORCEMENT POWER THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COSTUMES GO ARABS. BUT THE SIDE ANYONE WITNESSED TODAY, YOU CARE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSED ACTIONS ON OUR PART, YOU WON'T APPEAR TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION. [10. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting public hearing and enter back into regular meeting.] SPECIMENS EXITED THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 11, DISGUSTING [11. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider not allowing thru trucks on the below-listed county roads, in the unincorporated area of Kaufman County Precinct 1; Joyce, Judy, CR 213 and placing signs for same.] SARAH, NOT ALLOWING THREE TRUCKS ON THE COUNTY ROADS PRECINCT JUDY SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION BY SAYING AYE, AYE, MOTION CARRIES [12. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider not allowing thru trucks on the below-listed county roads, in the unincorporated area of Kaufman County Precinct 3; CR 376 and placing signs for same.] COUNTY ROAD THREE 76 PLACES. SO THEN WE MADE THAT FUNCTION. WE HAD THAT MOTION [00:35:01] COMMISSIONER BARBARA IS YOUR SECOND. SECOND. SECOND COMMISSIONER CAME TO DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AS OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES OUT [13. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider placing "No Parking Zone" signs on County Road 243 in the unincorporated area of Kaufman County Pct. 3.] OF 13 DISCUSSED. CONSIDER PLACING NO PARKING SIGNS ON COUNTY ROAD, TWO 43 IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF PRECINCT THREE. IS THERE A MOTION MOTION INITIAL HARBORS. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSION CAGE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, MOTION CARRIES NOW WE'RE BACK [14. Brenda Samples; Discuss/Consider approving all new 2020 Property Tax Collections Contracts.] ON 14. ALL RIGHT. MOST OF CABLE DOWN, RIGHT? WE HAVE BRING THE SAMPLES WAS TONIGHT BECAUSE CUSTOMERS ARE APPROVING ALL NEW 2020 IN PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION CONTRACT. I ASKED THIS MORNING THIS FOR THEM, FOR THE OFFICE TO PROVIDE US WITH THIS WITH LISTS OF JUST KIND OF SOME KIND OF REVIEW TO WHO ALL WE COLLECT ACCESS TO. SO THE SAMPLE SHOULD TAKE IT AWAY. OKAY. IS IT THE ELECTED TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY? I'M BRINGING BEFORE THE COURT UPDATED TAX QUESTION CONTRACTS FOR THE FOLLOWING MANATEES. I DON'T HAVE TO READ. OKAY. YOU GOT A LIST OF THEM. SO, UM, THEN THERE ARE, UH, THESE CONTRACTS ALLOW OUR OFFICE TO COLLECT TAXES FOR THE ENTITIES AND PROVIDE A REASONABLE COLLECTION FEE TO COVER COST OF THE COUNTY AND PERFORMING AND COLLECTION. EACH CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE RESPECTIVE, ANYTHING. AND I AM ASKING FOR THE COURT TO MIKE GET APPROVAL ON THIS LATELY. UH, BRENDA QUESTION IS ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS. NOW THE NEW CONTRACTS ALL ALLOW US TO DEDUCT OUR FEELINGS ARE SENDING THE MONEY TO THE TEXAN. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE'D NEVER DONE BEFORE WE WERE SITTING ON THE OLD GROSS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THEN WAIT ON THEM TO SEND US BACK OUR FEES, WHICH JUST WAS A LOT OF EXTRA WORK ON TOP OF YOUR TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR A MINUTE. I THINK THAT'S A REAL, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT? CAUSE I HAVE SEPARATE LINE ITEMS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE TAX EXEMPTIONS, MOST OF THEM TIME, BUT WE'LL GET TOGETHER IF THAT'S OPEN TO HEAR AND TO SEE WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, THIS IS IF THEY DON'T PAY ME ANY. DEFINITELY. OKAY. NEVERMIND. YEAH, I GOT IT. SORRY. I'M JUST MAKING SURE WE GET OUR REVENUE. YES, SIR. YES. MA'AM. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO AS WELL. AND WE DID ASSESS THE COST. SO IT'S STILL A BREAKEVEN. IT'S STILL A BREAKTHROUGH. I MEAN, WE KIND OF TAKE THE CALLS ALL HOURS AND STUFF, BUT YES, SIR. SO RATHER THAN READ WHEN WE DO THIS, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE FAIRLY BLACK. YEAH. WE SHOULD BE IN THE LEFT AS LONG AS THEY PAY US. YEAH, THE PROBLEM WITH WHAT MELISSA, WHY I NEED A CURRENT LIST SO I CAN UPDATE THAT REPRESENTATIVE FOR ME. HAVE YOU CHANGED THE NO, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, UH, BEFORE THE LEAGUE, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2020 PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION CONTRACTS. YOU'VE SEEN YOUR LIST WITH THOSE AND THEY'RE ALL THE SAME LOOKS AT YOUR MOTION. MOTION COMMISSIONER BARBARA IS YOUR SECOND. SECOND, SECOND, MR. PHILLIPS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT STEP I HAD CONSTABLE IN HERE. OKAY. I'M SORRY. [16. Sgt. Kitchens; Discuss/Consider approving deputation of Jordan V. Clark as a full time Deputy Constable for Kaufman County Pct. 2 Constable's Office to fill newly created position.] ITEM 16. SERGEANT KITCHENS DISCUSSED CONSIDER APPROVING DEPUTIZATION OF JORDAN V. CLARK AS A FULL TIME DIFFERENT CONSTABLE FOR CARSON COUNTY PRECINCT OFFICERS OFFICE TO FILL A NEW AND CREATIVE CONDITIONS. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS FOR A PATROL CONTRACT POSITION. IT'S A RECENTLY ADDED, UH, POSITION IN GREECE. UM, MS. CLARK, UH, IS A FIVE-YEAR VETERAN COMING FROM METHODIST HOSPITAL IN THE GULF COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, TRANSFERRING OVER TO, UH, OUR PATROL CONTRACT POSITIONS AND, UH, [00:40:03] CONTRACT PAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST. YES, SIR. CONTRACTS ARE PAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE SALARY TRAINING AND ANY EXPENDITURES THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE DISH. YEAH. AND, UH, MR. CLARK UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS POSITION IS PURELY FROM THAT CONTRACT. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER POSITION TO CHANGE THE CONTRACT, THOSE PROBLEMS AS A QUESTION. BUT I THINK IT'S, I JUST WORRY ABOUT THAT. IF SOMEBODY CHANGES THE CONTRACT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE CONTRACTS, IN A VEHICLE. YES. WHATEVER VEHICLES MADE IT. IN FACT, THEY HAD JUST PURCHASED A NEW ONE. I BELIEVE IT REFIT LESS, LESS. AND THE NEW GUY GETS A NEW CAR. HE HASN'T STARTED YET. NO, SIR. HE DOESN'T KNOW THE OFFICIALLY STARTED UNTIL I THINK THE THIRD OR SOMETHING AT THE PAY PERIOD. OKAY. UH, LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DEPUTATION OF JORDAN V CLOCK. I'LL MAKE THAT WHERE THAT EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SAY SECOND COMMISSIONER HON DISCUSSION. I HAVE A SECOND FIVE BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED. NO MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT STEP. NATHAN COLLINS [17. Nathan Collins; Discuss/Consider amending the Century Link Contract to provide routers for data and phone lines.] DISCUSS, CONSIDER AMENDING THE CENTURY LINK CONTRACT. HE'S VERY HEALTHY AND UH, ONE WAS DOING GREAT. CAN YOU SLEEP AT ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT? NO, THIS AMENDMENT. UM, THIS CONTRACT'S BEEN GONE FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW OR THREE YEARS NOW. UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE REACHING THE END STAGES OF IT. AND THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT, ALL IT'S DOING IS, UH, CENTURY LINK WILL BE PROVIDING THE ROUTER, UM, FOR US TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET, THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TWO ROUTERS, ONE FOR THE INTERNET AND ONE FOR OUR PHONES. SO THIS IS THAT'S. ALL THIS AMENDMENT IS HERE FOR IS, IS TO CHANGE THE HANDOFF OF HOW WE'LL IS THIS, THIS, UH, LOCATED POC? IT WON'T BE YES, SIR. OKAY. QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT MOTION? SECOND, SECOND DISCUSSION. IS THERE, I'M SORRY, SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. WHAT'S THE COST IMPLICATION. IS THERE THE COST IMPLICATIONS? YES, SIR. THERE'LL BE A SLIGHT INCREASE TO THE, UH, MONTHLY FEES. UM, I BELIEVE IT'S $49 A MONTH OR THE, THE TWO ROUTERS. WE JUST MELODY THAT WORKS FOR NINTH AND JUST CUT UP ABOUT 12 LINES THAT ARE NOT BEING USED. AND IT'S GOING TO SAY ON WE'D SIGNED BETWEEN FIVE, $600. SO TO PLAY FOR A SET UP WOULD BE OKAY. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS AT THE EOC, BUT MARSHALL, DO WE HAVE BACKUP SOME, IS THERE A BACKUP SYSTEM TO THIS? IF SOMETHING THE, THE, THE PRIMARY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, WILL BE OUR BACKUP ISB, UH, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER. SO THIS IS CENTURY LINK. WE'LL HAVE A, UM, THIS BR PRIMARY, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT FASTER, UM, MORE STABLE, BETTER PHONE CALLS. UM, AND THEN OUR BACKUP WOULD BE THE, UH, OUR CURRENT PROVIDER RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE, YEAH. UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER BACKUP IN THAT HOUSE AT THE SAME LOCATION. UH, THEY ARE, BUT THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES. SO MEAN IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THAT BUILDING? WELL, THE REASON WHY I CHOSE THAT BUILDING, UH, IS IT'LL BE OUR, UM, OUR DATA CENTER WHERE WE HOST ALL OUR SERVERS. UM, AND IT'S ALSO GOT A ROOM DEDICATED FOR BATTERY BACKUP. SO UNLESS THERE'S A, UH, CATASTROPHIC TORNADO THAT DESTROYS THE BUILDING, WE, WE SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING. WELL, WE KNEW HIM TALK BACK BETTER. RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SERVERS, YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE CLOUD BACKUP. YES. BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST INTERNET CONNECTION, NO, YEAH. WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION BACKUP, BUT IT WILL BE AT THE SAME BUILDING, BUT THAT BUILDING IS, IS BEST PREPARED FOR THAT. SO YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO [00:45:01] THE EMC ALABAMA IT'S OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S GOT THOSE YES, SIR. WELL, THIS DATA IS BUMPING SERVICE ALSO EXTENDED COVER THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. YES. UH, THIS, THIS, UM, CONTRACT IS PROVIDE FIBER TO VOC THE SOUTH CAMPUS. UM, THE ANNEX SLASH COURTHOUSE AND THE KSL ONE WAS BEING IMPLEMENTED. UM, AS SOON AS THIS IS APPROVED, I WILL TURN THIS INTO CENTURY LINK TODAY. UM, AND THEY, YOU KNOW, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IT TAKES THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THEM TO, TO REALLY GET ROLLING ON, UH, UH, ON A CHANGE, YOU KNOW, AN INSTALL IN THIS CASE. SO I'M HOPING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY'LL HAVE THE, THE ROUTERS INSTALLED. I I'VE STARTED EMAILING THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I'M NOT EXACTLY. SO I'M TRYING TO GET THIS PROJECT WRAPPED UP THE PROPERTY AND EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT. THERE THAT'D BE YES. ANY OTHER DAY, BUT IT WON'T BE NO PROBLEM. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF NOT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I'M SORRY. WE'VE ALREADY, WHEN WE PASSED THE DISCUSSION AND NO OTHER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE OPPOSED. NO MOTION CARRIES [18. Monique Hunter; Discuss/Consider motion to approve lnterlocal Cooperation Agreement ETJ Authority­Land Use Regulation between Kaufman County and the City of Oak Ridge.] ONLY HONOR TO CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE YOUR LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT, ADJ A PONY LAND USE REGULATION BETWEEN ALL THE COUNTIES. I'M GOING TO ASK THE COURT TO DENY THIS IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT. UM, THEY REMOVED NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. SO THE COUNTY REALLY IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, CAN'T ACCEPT THIS IN OMAHA, THIS ONE DAY, GETTING INFORMATION ON WHY THAT HAPPENED. UM, HIS EXPLANATION WAS THEY DISCUSSED IT AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO GO WITH THE THOROUGHFARE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT LESS RIGHT AWAY OR MORE, THEY HAVEN'T SPECIFIED, BUT THEY JUST COMPLETELY REMOVED IT FROM THEIR INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT. I GUESS, CLARIFY WHEN THE STATE COMES IN, THE STATE SAYS THAT WE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, RIGHT. UNLESS THE CITY LIKES AN AGREEMENT WITH US, RIGHT. SO IF THEY DON'T DO THIS, THEN WE DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHT? YES. AND THEY WILL HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN FLATTING. CAUSE WE WON'T DO THEIR PLANNING EITHER. AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS. I THINK HE DOES HAVE AN ATTORNEY THAT THEY DEAL WITH. SO I THINK THEY DO. THEY JUST, I HOPING WE'LL GO ALONG WITH IT. OKAY. WE HAVE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES NOW. SAME SONG. SECOND [19. Monique Hunter; Discuss/Consider motion to approve lnterlocal Cooperation Agreement ETJ Authority­Land Use Regulation between Kaufman County and the City of Kemp.] VERSE WHERE ATJ AFTERWARDS LAND USE WITH BETWEEN COFFIN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CANADA. YES. AND YOU CAN'T FIZZ AGREE TO THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT. UM, THE CITY WILL HAVE JURISDICTION IN THEIR ETJ, BUT THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL OF THE REQUESTS FROM THE COUNTY. AND IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE NEW INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS DRAFTED AND REALLY SPELLS OUT WHO DOES WHAT? SO THAT'S JUST NOT THAT VAGUE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS RELATED PERMITS, RIGHT? UH, IS THERE A MOTION? MY TEAM LIKE MOTION TO APPROVE. YOU HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED. NO MOTION CARRIES [20. Monique Hunter; Discuss/Consider motion to approve Final Plat for Seven C Phase 3 located in Pct. 4.] WHILE YOU'RE HERE. MONIQUE DISCUSSED WITH SARAH A MOTION TO APPROVE FINAL PLAT FOR SEVEN . YES. OKAY. THIS IS A WEIRD PLAT BECAUSE UM, MS. GRADY HAD TAKEN A PIECE OF HER PROPERTY AND CHOPPED IT TWICE, FIVE YEARS AGO, THEN SHE DROPPED ANOTHER PIECE AND THEN NOW SHE'S DROPPED ANOTHER PIECE. SO WE IT'S FUNNY CAUSE WE KEEP CALLING IT PHASE THREE PHASE, BUT SHE HAS DONE WHAT IS REQUIRED, HAS IT RECORDED? AND UM, OR ONCE IT'S APPROVED, IT WILL BE RECORDED. SO TRACKING THAT LARGE PARCEL ON HOW IT WAS CHOPPED UP IS, HAS BEEN IN COMPLIANCE. SO WE DON'T KNOW IF WE WON'T SEE 17 PHASE FOUR, BUT SHE'S FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NO QUESTIONS IS YOUR EMOTIONAL, CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLAN? WE HAVE EMOTIONAL COMMISSION CASE TO APPROVE THAT PLAN AS PRESENTED OF OUR 20TH YEAR OR SECOND. SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION HAS SHAKEN PROMISING I [00:50:01] OPPOSED NO MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MA'AM [21. Commissioner Hunt; Discuss/Consider accepting work site release and temporary construction easement for Rustic Trail; Kaufman County Pct. 1.] NEXT UP ON 21, COMMISSIONER HUNTER DISGUISE CONSIDER ACCEPTING WORK SIGNED RELEASE IN TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FOR RUSTIC TRAIL COPLAND COUNTY PRECINCT. THIS IS BASICALLY A NEW THE DITCHES AND WE NEEDED TO FIND SOMEPLACE TO TAKE THE WATER. AND WE HAD A PROPERTY OWNER THAT WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO LET US TAKE WATER PROMPT AS THE PROPERTY YET. SO THE DITCHES AND THAT'S ALL THIS HAS GIVE US THE MISSION TO GET ON THEM MIGHT BE TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS QUESTIONS. WHAT'S YOUR MOTION MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT MOST WERE ATTEMPTING. SO THAT WORKS OUT RELATION TO COMMISSIONER HONDAS OR SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO BE FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED. NO MOTION CARRIES NEXT [22. District Attorney's Office; Discuss/Consider offer and contract made for the property listed for sale at Park and 2nd Street for the benefit of the Children's Shelter and authorize the County Judge to execute all necessary documents to finalize the sale.] STUFF. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DISCUSS, CONSIDER OFFERING A CONTRACT MADE FOR THE PROPERTY LISTED FOR SALE AT PARK STREET, THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. YOU WANT TO DO AN INTRODUCTION FIRST. I'M GOING TO DO AN INTRODUCTION FIRST. SO THE PROPERTY THAT, UH, MR. COMMISSIONER, HONDA'S BEEN KNOWING PERSONNEL UNDER OH PERSONNEL AND INTRODUCTION, I THINK I'VE INTRODUCED TO EVERYBODY, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO MEET LISA TURNER, OUR NEW CIVIL ATTORNEY, AND, UM, SHE'LL BE AROUND FOR QUESTIONS AND ISSUES. JUST LIKE THE REST OF US. DON'T BE SORRY. NO, THAT'S FINE. UM, SO WE HAD THIS PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN DONATED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER. IT'S BEEN VACANT, Y'ALL APPROVED LISTING IT FOR SALE. UM, A LITTLE WHILE AGO, UH, THE FIRST DAY THAT IT WAS ON THE MARKET, WE GOT OVER FULL PRICE OFFER. WELL, THE BAD NEWS IS THEY WITHDRAWN THAT OFFER AS OF YESTERDAY. UM, SO I'M NOT ASKING YOU ANY LONGER TO APPROVE THAT CONTRACT BECAUSE THE CONTRACT IS NO LONGER VALID, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE, UH, GRANTING JUDGE RICHARD'S AUTHORITY TO SIGN THE NEXT CONTRACT AND FINALIZE THAT PROCESS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO GET TO PROBABLY COME PRETTY QUICK. IF THE FIRST ONE IS ANY INDICATION AND THAT WAY WE WON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT OR MAKE THEM WAIT AND HAVE THE ISSUE OF WHILE THEY'RE WAITING. THEY'RE THINKING OF REASONS NOT TO GO THROUGH WITH IT BECAUSE YOU'D THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY PART OF THE REASON I THINK THAT WAS, YEAH, NO QUESTIONS. AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE A COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, TO FINALIZE THE SALE OF PROPERTY HALL, ARKANSAS EMOTIONAL COMMISSION. BARBARA, IS THERE A SECOND OFFSET SEGMENT COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION JUST FOR EDIFICATION? WHAT WAS THE PROCESS OF LISTING IT? GO THROUGH IT AGAIN, WE WENT THROUGH AN AGENT, UH, DON BERT VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES. SO HE'S DOING THAT FOR FREE FOR US. AND WE ALSO PUT IN THE LISTING THAT WE'RE ASKING THE SELLERS EIGHT OF THE BUYER'S AGENT TO ALSO WAIVE THEIR COMMISSION SO THAT ALL THE NET PROCEEDS WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE SHELTER AND THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE SARAH, THE FIRST CONTRACT REQUESTED A SURVEY AND, UM, STATEWIDE SURVEYING AGREED TO DO THAT FOR FREE AS WELL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SHELTER. SO IT WAS GOING TO BE A, A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE, NOT COST THE COUNTY ANYTHING AND, AND, AND GET THE SHELTER, SOME MONEY THAT THEY NEED. DID THEY NOT LIKE THE MOWING? IS THAT DELAY? I THINK IT WAS THE DELAY. AND, UM, THEY SAID THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CITY, THE CITY, BUT I THINK REALLY IT WAS JUST THE DELAY, BUT I'M MORE OF A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GUY THAT WRITES THE LETTERS. SO HE DOESN'T PUT A WORD IN FOR. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL REMEMBER THAT NEXT TIME. THE MODE IF THE MOMENT RIGHT FOR IT. RIGHT. HOPEFULLY YOU'VE PASSED THE MOWING SEASON. OKAY. SO WE HAVE OUT OF 22, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY MORE DISCUSSION. THAT WAS A FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. THAT MOTION PERIODS [23. District Attorney's Office; Discuss/Consider salary adjustment and equalization for the District Attorney's Office Civil Division.] AGAIN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DISCUSS, CONSIDER SALARY ADJUSTMENT, EQUALIZATION TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CIVIL. WELL, WE REALLY REMISS MS. REBECCA LEAVING, AND Y'ALL NOW MET LISA AND I APPRECIATE, UH, SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT HER, BUT SHE'S A, A LOCAL COUNTY GIRL TOO. SO WE GOT HER SHE'S CLOSE. IF Y'ALL HAVE A PROBLEM, SHE CAN RUN IT FOR THROUGH TO FOUR HOURS. SHE'S INSURED ME. SHE WILL ALSO BRING IN EXPERTS. HE'S I THINK WITH SOME REAL ESTATE, SHE WORKED IN ROCKWALL AND DID SOME REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONAL WORK. SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP US. SHE IS NOT FAMILIAR, SO Y'ALL GO EASY WITH HER ON COMMISSIONERS. SO Y'ALL, DON'T MAKE HER AND I WAS IN THE WINGS. I CAN HEAR YOU. UM, IT'S YOUR VOICE TO SOLVE THE GARY'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, REASON THAT MITCHELL BECCA IS WE WERE FORTUNATE WHERE WE WERE ON OUR SALARIES IS THAT WE BROUGHT [00:55:01] EVERYBODY IN THERE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCREPANCY WITH THE NEW HIRE AND THE OTHER MONEY. AND I WANTED TO EQUALIZE OUT THEIR SALARIES INSTEAD OF CANDIDLY RETURNING THAT EXTRA MONEY TO THE GENERAL FUND. I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TYPE ONE AND PASS IT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT SINCE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE, I THINK OUR DAUGHTER CAN SHARE WITH US THAT IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADJUST, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE BOTTOM LINE AS THE AUDITOR LIKES TO TELL ME THE MONEY'S THERE, BUT IT HAS TO BE AFFORDED BY SEE HOW YOU TAKE THAT ONE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WERE CAUSE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE. UM, I FORGOT MY EXTRA ONE. OKAY. BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE IN THAT FIRST, UH, WINE, WHAT THE CURRENT SOUR IS LIKE, AND THEN WHAT WOULD BE ADJUSTED. AND YOU COULD SEE WHERE REBECCA SALARY IS DOWN THERE. AND THEN WITH HER GONE THE DIFFERENT. AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE VERY BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER LINE, THAT TOTAL FOR THE CIVIL. SO IF 51 61, SIX AND 12 CENTS IS GOING TO BE THE SAME TOTAL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNEW THAT, THAT WASN'T ADJUSTMENT PUTTING KAREN ON PARODY WITH THE CRIMINAL SHADE. CAUSE SHE'S THE CIVIL CHIEF DEBBIE'S BEEN HERE. BRING HERS UP A LITTLE BIT. LISA, WE'VE WORKED OUT A DEAL. SHE'LL START WITH THAT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HE BAD FOR ASKING FOR MORE, BUT THAT'S NEXT YEAR. WELL, IF SHE LEAVES, I'M GONNA BLAME ALL OF Y'ALL. YOU KNOW HOW WOMEN ARE, IT'S NOT MY FAULT. AND HE DRAWS AND THERE'S FIVE OF Y'ALL. ONE IS BETTER THAN A HOME. OKAY. WELL, I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE RE BACKUP, IT WAS HARD FOR HER BACK IN THE LEAGUE, BESIDES HIS, WE WON'T KNOW, DISCUSS PERSONAL REASONS, UM, DIFFERENT THAN Y'ALL THINK HER INCREASE OF HER SALARY WAS MUCH MORE IN ELLIS COUNTY. I SAY NOT GOOD LOOKING ALL GOOD EXPERIENCE SHE HAD THOUGH. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER. I CAN'T SAY YOU'RE OUT OF TERM, BUT THAT'S NOT RELEVANT. WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SHE GOT GREAT EXPERIENCE. IN FACT, I HIRED HER BACK BEFORE SHE WAS AN ATTORNEY AND I THINK SHE WAS LOYAL TO HIM. WELL, SHE WORKED FOR BEFORE SHE EXACTLY. AND BLESS HIS HEART, JOHN AND I DISAGREED ABOUT THAT. JOHN LONG THOUGHT SHE, WE SHOULD HAVE HIRED A LICENSED ATTORNEY. AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, IF WE HIRE, SHE'S GOING TO PASS THE BAR BECAUSE I KNOW ENOUGH KNUCKLEHEADS THAT HAVE PASSED THE BAR AND SHE'S GOING TO PASS. I THINK IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I SAID, BUT NOW YOU CAN'T COMPETE WITH $15,000 AND THAT'S WHAT HER RACE WAS THE SAME. WE'LL FIND OUT IN THE SALARY SURVEY. RIGHT. THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE. OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. ARE YOU ON, IS THERE A MOTION TO MAKE THAT SALARY ADJUSTMENT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER FOR A SECOND, SECOND, CONVENTIONAL BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE MOTION CARRIES. AND THE FACT [24. District Attorney's Office; Discuss/Consider adopting changes and updates to the Kaufman County Personnel Policy.] THAT THE DA'S OFFICE DISCUSSED, CONSIDER ADOPTING CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE COMP ACCOUNTING PERSONNEL POLICIES. I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN. YEAH, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD, WHEN I REALLY SAY HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE, WE REALLY KIND OF BREACHED A LITTLE TIMEFRAME THERE FOR US AND REALLY APPRECIATE, EXCEPT FOR THAT, I'M STILL A LITTLE BIT OF GRUDGE ABOUT THAT RETIREMENT MONEY, BUT THAT WAS NOT THE DA'S OFFICE TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. IT WAS A STINGER. SO I WENT THROUGH THE PERSONNEL POLICY AND I MADE THE CHANGES THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, BUT PREVIOUS COMMISSIONERS COURTS, UH, UPDATED, UM, AS YOU CAN TELL THE DATE, THE NAMES OF THE COMMISSIONER AND DETAILS, UH, WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER CHANGE TO MAKE WITH THE APPROVAL THIS MORNING AND THE CHANGE OF THE WELLNESS TREND, BUT WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT LATER. UM, BUT DO YOU, CAN I HAVE READ SINCE YOU A RED LINE COPY AND I SENT YOU A FINAL COPY, SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT WAS CHANGED. MOSTLY. LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALREADY STUFF THAT'S REALLY HERE. THE COURT, I DID UPDATE A COUPLE OF POLICIES TO THE WAY THAT WE'RE PRACTICING POLICY, AS OPPOSED TO THE WAY THAT IT WAS WRITTEN. CAN I GET A COPY OF THE RED LINE? YES. I WILL SEND YOU A COPY TO READ. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THAT WAS MY DEAL WAS I WAS LOOKING AT IT FOR THE CHANGES THAT DIDN'T SIT IN, SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS. [01:00:02] THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE. TOOK A LITTLE TIME, BUT WE GOT IT DONE. HOW MANY CHANGES DO YOU THINK YOU MAKE TOTAL? UM, 40 OR 50. OH, WHAT I REALLY SAW IN THERE WAS THE ONE WITH, UH, WORKING AWAY. WE ADDED IN THE QUARTER. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I CALL IT. SO I'M NOT, I NEED THE RED LIGHT, CAUSE I'M NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH TO ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME AGAIN? THANKS DAN. WE APPRECIATE THAT. NO QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE CORPORATE POLICY? SO MOVING UP THAT MOVE CAGE, IS THERE A SECOND? OH, SORRY. SECOND CONDITIONAL HARBOR DISCRETION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. NO MOTION CARRIES. [25. Desiree Pool; Discuss/Consider resolution approving use of indigent Medicaid rates for inmates.] LET ME SAYING DESERT LATELY. SHE'S RIGHT THERE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD. SO AGAIN, POOL DISCUSS, CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPROVING USE OF INDIGENT MEDICAID RATES FOR ROOMMATES. SO OUR FIRST ONE WE'LL START OFF BY THANKING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND DEBBIE. UM, ALTHOUGH THEY'VE HAD A LOT GOING ON SINCE THE COVID THING AND TO GET THIS IN THERE, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, SO BACK BEFORE ALL THE COVID STUFF STARTED, I HAD SOMEONE TO APPROACH ME, UM, ABOUT INMATES BEING INDIGENT. AND HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? WELL, YEARS AGO BEFORE I STARTED, UM, APPARENTLY IT WENT THROUGH THE COURTS AND THEY DID THE RESOLUTION THEN. SO I WENT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE THAT BACKUP IN CASE ANYBODY ASKED THAT QUESTION, UM, THEY LOOKED, THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. I HAVE SEARCHED, COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. SO WE THOUGHT WE BETTER PUT SOMETHING IN WRITING, SO WE WOULD HAVE IT. SO I DID GET THAT DEBBIE TOPPED IT UP AND DID IT ALL FOR ME. SHE'D DONE THE FOOTWORK, THE CALLING AND EVERYTHING, AND GOT THINGS DONE FOR ME. SO I'M JUST PUTTING THIS THROUGH SO WE CAN HAVE IT IN, UH, THE RECORDS IN CASE IT EVER GETS BROUGHT UP AGAIN, ALL THESE LITTLE DETAILS. IF SOMEBODY HAS TO LOOK AT HER, UH, UH, ALRIGHT, AND, UH, LOOKED FOR A RESOLUTION, LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF PREMIUM USE OF INDIGENT MEDICAID. WE HAVE EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER THICK DISCUSSION, PROMISING EYES, THOSE POSTS, NO EMOTION CARRIES A [26. Ron Sullivan; Discuss/Consider/Approve rescinding loan request and approval of cash payment for Flood Infrastructure Application] NEXT STEP OR ON SOMEONE DISCUSS, CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL. WE'RE SENDING LONG REQUEST AND APPROVE A CASH PAYMENT OR FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM. WE MIGHT WANT TO HEAR FROM THE AUDITOR ON THIS. ALSO, WHENEVER WE GET DOWN TO THE MONEY PART, GO AHEAD, MARK. UH, IN OUR LAST MEETING, UH, THE COURT DIRECTED US TO PURSUE THE, UH, BRAND, UH, AND PURSUE THE LOAN FOR THE GRANT. UH, WE'VE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT THAT'S NOT A GOOD DIRECTION, UH, AND WE'RE ASKING THE COURT TO RESEND A REQUIREMENT FOR APPLYING FOR THE LOAN AND TO ALLOW US TO DO IT WITH CASH AND SMALL AMOUNT OF, UH, IN LIEU SERVICES OR IN CON SERVICES. OKAY. NOW I'M IN AGREEMENT TO THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. WELL, IT TURNED OUT TO BE SORT OF A VERY CUMBERSOME SEEMED LIKE PRETTY THICK. I WAS GOING TO CHECK IT OUT AT FIVE AND 20, BECAUSE WE HAD SOME LIKE ALMOST $30,000 THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND IN SIGNS AND OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND SOME STUCK IN A BRONZE SALON ADAMS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T START OCTOBER 1ST WHEN THE BUDGET STARTED. SO WE HAD SOME SAVINGS THERE. SO I WAS JUST GOING TO USE THAT ROLLOVER AND PAY THAT WHEN HE GETS TIME. AND THEN THE END KIND OF LIKE HE SAID, OKAY, QUESTIONS. NO, IF NOT, THEN LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO RESEND THE LOAN REQUEST AND APPROVE THE CASH PAYMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. WE, MY EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBARA DISCUSSION THAT WAS FROZEN. NO MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, JIM. THANK YOU. [27. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider extension of Consulting Engineering Services Agreement - RFQ 19-17; Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc.; October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2021.] NEXT STEP. UH, RANDALL SMITH DISCUSS CONSIDER EXTENSION OF CONSULTANT ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT RQ IN 1917, DMP OCTOBER 21, 2000. UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WAS MISSED DURING THE SUMMER. THIS IS TMPS ANNUAL CONTRACT RENEWAL. UH, YOU CAN EXTEND IT FOR ONE YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, [01:05:03] OR THE FULL EXTENSION WOULD BE TWO YOU'RE TARGETING, WHICH WOULD TAKE IT THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022. SO THEN THAT WOULD BE THE FULL EXTENT OF THE CONTRACT BEFORE WE WOULD GO OUT FOR NEW RFQ. CAN WE EXTEND A YEAR? SO DO WE HAVE TO, YOU'VE GOT THIS. CAN WE COME BACK TO THE SUBJECT AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR? YEAH. YEAH. YOU CAN DO THAT EITHER WAY. YEAH. ONE DAY OR TWO, ONE, ONE. OKAY. UH, QUESTIONS, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION MIKE THAT YOU MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND FOR ONE YEAR? OKAY. WHEN EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER IN CASE DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES ITEM [28. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider the purchase of a new Etnyre 2000-galton Centenial Asphalt Distributor, in the amount of $126,876; from R.B. Everett; utilizing Buyboard Contract #597-19 for Precinct #4.] 28. RAYLAND DISCUSSED, CONSIDERED THE PURCHASE RENEWED, WHATEVER THE THING IS, 2000 GALLON. IT'S DESCRIBED HER ITEM 28 NOW TO $126,876. UTILIZE THE PLATFORM. THIS WILL BE FOR A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR PRECINCT FOUR. THIS WILL BE FOR A, WITH AVAILABLE FUNDS, NO FINANCING. I, IT WILL BE PURCHASED AFTER, AFTER THE MONTH OF JANUARY WILL BE WHEN THE ACTUAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERY THERE, A MOTION I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT PRECINCT FOUR, BE AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE A NEW DISTRIBUTOR OF DRUGS, EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER CAGE TO AUTHORIZE THAT PURCHASES ARE SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION. THERE WAS A FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I WAS SUPPOSED TO KNOW HARRY LAST KIT, REGULAR [29. Raylan Smith; Discuss and consider receipt, transfer, and disposal of County owned assets.] DISCUSS CONSIDER RECEIPT TRANSFER AND DISPOSAL COUNTY ONLY ASSETS RIGHT IN BRANCH. NUMBER ONE WOULD LIKE TO OPTION A DUMP TRUCK. IT'S SHORT. OKAY. QUESTIONS, UH, LOOKING FOR A MOTION. THEN I'LL MAKE LIKE A MOTION THAT WE GET RID OF THE DUMP TRUCK. WE DUMPED THE DUMP TRUCK. THANKS MOTION THAT WE DUMP THE DUMP TRUCK. HEALTH COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED. NO MOTION CARRIES ON 30 [30. Sheriff Beavers; Discuss/Consider approval to except donation from Mrs. Messer in the amount of $1,118 dollars to purchase 13 rolling toolboxes for the Criminal Investigation Division of the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office.] FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. YOU GUYS CONSIDER APPROVAL TO ACCEPT DONATION, TO ACCEPT, I GUESS IT SHOULD SAY DONATION. THIS IS MESS AROUND NOW $1,118 FOR 13 ROLLING TOOLBOXES, WHERE SHE HAD THE MS. MATT. SHE USED, I THINK SHE'S WANTING TO SEE HOW THE GUYS WERE THIS CAR COUSIN. ANYWAY, SHE WAS WILLING TO DONATE, UM, THAT MIAMI FOUR 13 TO, UH, WASHINGTON IS A LITTLE WRONG ROUND. ONE QUESTIONS. IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT DONATION WHEN EMOTIONAL COMMISSION BARBARA'S YOUR SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER HUNT DISCUSSION IS A FAVOR SAYING, HANG ON. NO MOTION CARRIES OUT [31. Discuss/Consider line item transfers.] 31 FOR THE AUDITOR LINE ITEM TRANSFERS. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. THESE ARE EMAILED TO YOU DURING THE WAIT LAST WEEK. DO YOU HAD TIME TO REVIEW ON ME? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS YOUR EMOTION ABOUT, FOR BLIND, THAT TRANSFERS. SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE LINE TRANSFERS FROM THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. YES. OR ONE SET UP A MAN THAT WAS TO COVER SOME INSURANCE, REIMBURSEMENTS AND REPAIRS. OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THEY'LL BE ADJUSTMENTS MADE TILL I GET THROUGH AND TURN IT OVER TO THE OUTSIDE. AUDITOR. COME HERE, SARAH. IS THE BILLS COME IN LATE. HOPEFULLY MOST OF THE BILLS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. OKAY. CALL FOR A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE ONE TRAINING, I WOULD LIKE, IS THERE A SECOND SECOND COMMITTEE WITH BARBARA DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED. NO MOTION CARRIES [32. Discuss/Consider claims for payment.] 32. DISCUSSING YOUR CLAIM FOR PAYMENT. THE CLIENTS ARE PAYING THAT WERE EMAILED TO YOU. ALSO FOR REVIEW. I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST. OUR CRAZIER DIDN'T RECEIVE ONE OF HIS INVOICES FOR NOT HIS BOND, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN HIS OFFICE AND IT'S AN ADDITIONAL $302 THAT I'M ASKING FOR APPROVAL SO WE CAN GET IT DONE. SO IT DOESN'T LAPSE. SO WE'RE COVERED. UH, SO YOUR TOTAL FEELS WOULD [01:10:01] BE 1,000,400 AND $15,487 AND 83 CENTS. YOU HAVE A PAYROLL OF 1,000,330 5,197, 16 THREE FOR A TOTAL OF 207, 2,750,685 46. NOT ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN THAT WAS, UM, WROTE BONDS. YOUR MAIN EXPENDITURES WAS ROAD BONDS, ROAD MATERIALS IN COHORTS AND, UH, THE SOFTWARE FOR STW AND OPEN UP AND GOV CAUSE IT WAS DUE OCTOBER 1ST QUESTIONS, I GUESS, EMOTION, EMOTIONAL INCLUDED ADDITIONAL $343 IS NOT LISTENING TO THE DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD BE FOR BOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE GOT TO EMOTIONAL COMMISSIONER IN CASES WHERE SECOND I'LL SAY SECOND COMMISSIONER THOUGHTS, DISCUSSION. THERE'S A FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED. NO MOTION. UH, [33. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting regular meeting and enter an executive session.] OUT OF THE 33, DISCUSS CONSIDER EXITING REGULAR MEETING AND EMOTION, EMOTIONAL DISCUSSION WITH OTHERS. WE SUPPOSE. NOW WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE [34. Executive Session; Pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code, the Commissioners Court will meet in closed session to discuss the disposition of County-owned real property. ] SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 1.07, TWO TEXAS GLOBAL MEETING CONVERSATIONS TO DISCUSS THE DISPOSITION MURDER. THE OBJECTIVE SECTION WILL INCLUDE ITEMS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED, WHICH WOULD BE A CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY CARLTON COUNTY VERSUS PURDUE PHARMA VERSUS MICHAEL THOMAS SELLER VERSUS DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT LAST YEAR VERSUS COPPER COUNTY MITCHELL VERSUS KAUFMAN COUNTY. CDSS WB CEDAR CREEK, UH, NINE FEET ON THE AUDITOR. OKAY. UH, [36. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider exiting executive session and enter back into a regular meeting.] WE ARE BACK IN THE REGULAR SESSION TO ASK, UH, SOMEBODY TO COME UP WITH A MOTION TO EXIT EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE THAT MOTION COMMISSIONER CASES FOR A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER BARBER DISCUSSION. [37. Judge Richards; Discuss/Consider taking any action as a result of executive session.] TAKING ANY ACTION AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OR THIS PLAN I'LL WAIT AND MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROJECT ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATION IN REGARDS TO THE CONTRACT ON CEDAR CREEK CARD IN 20 DAYS. THAT'S MY MOTION IS OH, TWO 2002. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T READ MY OWN WRITING OUTSIDE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION THAT FROM ME IN THE SECOND COMMISSIONER HAHN'S DISCUSSION, THAT WAS THE PAPER SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE OPPOSED. NO MOTION CARRIES. UH, I MIXED THOSE TWO THINGS UP. YEAH, I DID. I THINK, OKAY. WE HAVE TWO THINGS. WE HAVE TWO THINGS. MY MOTION IS HOPPER WITH PERTAINING TO THIS, SEE YOUR, TO THE CEDAR CREEK DAM PROJECT. SO I'M GOING TO READ, I'M JUST GOING TO RESTATE THAT MOTION AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON THE STATE. OKAY. THE MOTION IS TO ACCEPT THE PROJECT ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATION IN REGARDS TO THE CONTRACT ON THE CEDAR CREEK DAM PROJECT. THAT'S MY MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND TODAY? SAY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED. NO MOTION CARRIES. NOW [38. Raylan Smith; Discuss/Consider/Approve soliciting RFP 20-02: Commercial Real Estate Services.] NEXT TIME. DISCUSS, CONSIDER SOLICITING RFP 20 DASH OH TWO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING I MOVE THAT WE DO APPROVE THAT RFP 22. OKAY. THAT MAKES A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS SOLICITATION FOR RFP TWO IS HER SECOND, SECOND COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS DISCUSSION PAPER SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. UH, NO, [39. Adjourn Regular Meeting] I HAVE A CALL FROM AND I'LL SEE YOU AT TWO O'CLOCK AT LANDMARK. * 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.