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WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, THE RECORD SHOW, IT IS 9:00 AM THURSDAY, AUGUST 17TH, 2023.
WE HAVE A QUORUM, UH, WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT, UH, TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT UPON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM ONE,
[I. CONSENT]
CONSENT MEMBER COURT MAY ASK, UH, FOR DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEMS LISTED UNDER AUDITOR, A LINE ITEM, BUDGET, BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.OKAY, COMMISSIONER COLLINS MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER HALE HAS MADE THE SECOND.
ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE OH, THANK YOU.
[II.A. Approve and authorization for the County Judge to execute the Hyper-Reach Renewal Agreement for mass messaging system. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
TWO ON APPROVAL, UH, APPROVE AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE, EXECUTE THE HYPER REACH RENEWAL AGREEMENT FOR MASS MESSAGING SYSTEM.UM, THIS IS JUST THE 2023 RENEWAL FOR THIS AGREEMENT.
THIS IS A MASS MESSAGING SYSTEM THAT THE, UH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES USES TO SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO THE COUNTY FOR, UM, WEATHER RELATED EVENTS AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND, AND BLESSED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND IS READY FOR THE, UM, JUDGE TO EXECUTE.
COMM SCHULTZ MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER WALTERS, MAY THE SECOND I'D LIKE, I, I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT COMPANY IS THIS? HYPER REACH.
THAT'S THE NAME OF THE COMPANY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PASS MY VOTE.
[II.B. Discuss and take action on County Clerk's FY24 Preservation, Restoration and Records Archive Plan. (Lila Deakle / Judge Deen)]
TWO B, DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON COUNTY CLERK'S F Y 24 PRESENTATION, RESTORATION RECORDS ARCHIVE PLAN.IT ALWAYS FEELS SO DIFFERENT OVER HERE THAN OVER THERE.
UM, I GAVE EVERYBODY A COPY OF THE PLAN.
UM, I CAN, I CAN GO INTO, YOU KNOW, DETAILS.
I CAN YOU JUST, IF I'M GOING OVERBOARD, JUST TELL ME AND I'LL, I'LL CUT IT OUT A LITTLE BIT.
SO ANYWAY, UH, THE PURPOSE OF OUR ARCHIVE PLAN IS TO DEFINE THE REST, THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION PLAN FOR F Y 24.
UM, AND OF COURSE, IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL THESE, THESE STATUTES HERE.
UH, BUT BASICALLY IT'S JUST KINDA LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WE'VE GOT ACCOMPLISHED, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
SO, UM, THERE'S SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CARRY OVER TO THIS YEAR, AND ONE OF THEM IS PART ONE OF THE PROBATE CONVERSION.
SO ALL OF THOSE, UH, RECORDS HAVE BEEN SENT, THEY'RE PRESERVED IN THEIR BACK.
BUT THE LAST PIECE WAS THE DIGITAL PART WHERE WE ACTUALLY LOAD 'EM INTO OUR COURT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA BE DELAYED, UM, DUE TO, UM, WE'RE IN, UM, ODYSSEY, WE'RE IN AN OLDER VERSION, AND THIS YEAR WHEN WE TRANSFER OVER TO NAVIGATOR, THEN THEY'LL LOAD THOSE RECORDS INTO THE SYSTEM.
BUT THOSE RECORDS, THEY BEGAN IN 1874 THROUGH 1968, AND SO THAT'LL BE $4,500, WE'LL HAVE TO CARRY OVER INTO THE F Y 24 BUDGET, AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THE PROBATE.
AND SO, BY THE WAY, THAT PROJECT STARTED IN 2021.
AND SO THE LAST PIECE IS JUST THE DIGITAL PART.
AND SO THE SECOND PART OF THE PROBATE, THAT WAS ALL THE RECORDS FROM 1968 TO 2001, AND IT'S THE SAME THING.
UM, THAT'S NOT BEEN COMPLETED.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S DELAYED, UH, UNTIL WE MIGRATE OVER TO NAVIGATOR.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE 1874 FILES? ARE THEY YES.
ARE THEY IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE OR ARE THEY ALL, UM, YES AND NO.
SO DO, DO THEY CRUMBLE WHEN YOU TOUCH 'EM AND NOT, NOT SO BAD.
THE, THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE IS THEY'RE IN WHAT WE CALL SHUCKS.
THEY'VE BEEN TRI FOLDED AND PUT INTO THIS LITTLE TINY ENVELOPE, AND THEY'VE BEEN PRESSED IN THERE FOR A HUNDRED YEARS OR SO.
AND SO THE MAIN THING THAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU OPEN THEM, THAT CREASE WILL FALL APART.
BUT I DIDN'T, SO WHAT I DO WITH THOSE RECORDS, I HAD 'EM TREATED.
THEY WON'T DE COMPOSED ANYMORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE, BUT I DIDN'T DO A FULL PRESERVATION ON 'EM.
I DIDN'T HAVE 'EM ALL PUT BACK TOGETHER.
SO NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE LAYING FLAT IN A FILE, AND THEY'RE ALL IN THESE LITTLE, UH, KIND OF CLIMATE CONTROLLED BOXES.
AND SO THE GOAL THERE IS THERE'S NO REASON TO EVER TOUCH 'EM AGAIN, BECAUSE NOW THEY'LL BE IN OUR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, AND THAT'S HOW THE PUBLIC WOULD LOOK AT 'EM.
SO, SO WHEN YOU DIGITIZE THESE OR TO ARCHIVE
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'EM, CORRECT.WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT? THEY WILL SIT ON THAT SHELF TO KINGDOM COME.
WELL, YOU PUT THAT SECRET SAUCE ON 'EM, SO THEY'LL LATCH FOREVER.
THE SECRET SAUCE IS ON 'EM, JUST LIKE WHATABURGER,
SO THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS IS, I THOUGHT, WAS TO KIND OF FREE UP SPACE OR TO NO STORE OFF SITE, OR NO, THE OBJECTIVE IS FOR NO HUMAN HAND TO EVER TOUCH 'EM AGAIN.
UM, THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PRESERVE 'EM.
AND SO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'LL GET CARRIED OVER IS THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, PROJECT.
AND SO THIS IS ALSO THE SECOND PART, UH, THE FIRST PART GOT FINISHED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
AND THEN ALL OF THOSE COMMISSIONER'S COURT DOCUMENTS, THEY ARE DIGITAL.
UM, SO THIS ONE JUST GOT DELAYED DUE TO THE FLOODING IN OUR BUILDING.
WE JUST COULDN'T GET TO 'EM AND PACK 'EM UP AND GET 'EM OUT IN TIME.
SO THAT, UH, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THAT WAS PART OF A, IT WAS OVER LIKE A $400,000 PROJECT FROM LAST YEAR.
AND SO WE'VE MADE TWO OF THOSE PAYMENTS.
AND SO WE'LL STILL OWE TWO MORE, AND WE'LL MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS AS WE GET THOSE BACK.
AND SO THE NEW PROJECTS FOR F Y 24, IT'S GONNA BE COURT BOOKS, UH, PRESERVATION, REHOUSING AND IMAGING.
AND THOSE BOOKS ARE ALL IN THIS COURTHOUSE.
THEY'RE OLD, UM, CRIMINAL MINUTES, UH, CRIMINAL DOCKETS.
AND WHEN THOSE COME BACK, THEY'LL BE, UH, COMPLETELY PRESERVED.
AND THE SECOND PROJECT FOR THIS COMING YEAR IS OUR MENTAL HEALTH CASE FILES.
AND OUR, OUR QUOTE WAS $500,000, BUT IT'S GONNA COME IN, UM, LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE THEY HAD INCLUDED PRESERVATION IN THIS QUOTE.
AND I'M NOT GONNA DO ANY PRESERVATION WORK ON THOSE.
THE MAIN GOAL HERE IS JUST TO GET THOSE DIGITIZED.
THESE RECORDS ARE CONFIDENTIAL IN NATURE, SO THERE'S NO REASON THE PUBLIC SHOULD EVER SEE 'EM WITHOUT A COURT ORDER.
AND SO WHEN THESE COME BACK, THE, THE ONES THAT ARE OLDER THAN 1951, THEY'LL BE KEPT, UH, LOCK AND KEY.
NO ONE CAN GET TO 'EM, AND WE'RE GONNA DESTROY THE REST OF 'EM.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO REASON TO KEEP 'EM.
AND BY THE, THE STATE, UH, TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND THE ARCHIVE COMMISSION, WE ARE, WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, BUT I CAN'T DESTROY IT IF IT'S, UH, 1951 AND PRIOR, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON WHAT THAT FIVE OH ONE'S GONNA TRANSFORM INTO THE COST? YOU SAID IT WOULD COME UP? UM, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY HALF.
UM, I'M, I'M GOING SAFELY SAY PROBABLY HALF BECAUSE THE ARCHIVING AND PRESERVATION, THAT'S THE LARGER COST.
THE DIGITIZING IS, IS NOT MUCH AT ALL.
BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT NUMBER AS IS.
AND, UM, AND THE REASON IS, IF IT COMES DOWN TO HALF, I'LL, I'LL JUST START ANOTHER PROJECT.
I'LL COME TO COURT WITH A NEW CONTRACT AND JUST GO AHEAD AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
IS THE VENDOR WHO'S DOING THAT, ARE THEY WORKING ON A REVISED QUOTE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THAT REVISED QUOTE? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
IN FACT, UM, I DON'T HAVE IT HERE.
I HAVE ALL THE QUOTES, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE, THE REVISED ONE.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO BRING THAT TO COURT, BECAUSE THE COURT HAS TO PROVE ALL THIS.
UM, AND HERE'S SOMETHING, THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE HISTORICAL CASE FILE PRESERVATION OF ISAAC PARKER.
SO WE HAVE SOME HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS OF ISAAC PARKER, OF COURSE, OUR COUNTY'S NAMED AFTER HIM.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO A PULL A FULL PRESERVATION ON THOSE, UH, MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY.
AND SO TO DO THAT, THAT'S, UH, $1,100 AND IT WOULD COME BACK IN ITS OWN BINDER ALL TO ITSELF.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S JUST FOR ONE FILE.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IF I TRIED TO PRESERVE EVERY PROBATE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.
UM, SO PERSONNEL, THERE'S THREE PARKER COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAT'S PAID OUT OF OUR SPECIAL FUNDS.
WE HAVE A, A FULL-TIME POSITION FOR 67,450.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL COST THERE.
WE HAVE A PART-TIME POSITION THAT WE ADDED, OH, I THINK ONE OR TWO YEARS AGO.
AND IT'S AT, AND IT'S WORKED OUT WONDERFULLY.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER FULL-TIME, UH, POSITION FOR $54,040.
AND THESE, UH, THESE POSITIONS MAINLY ARE IN DEEDS AND RECORDS AND ACTUALLY WORK WITH DOCUMENTS EVERY DAY.
OUR CONTRACT SERVICES, WE LEASE A PLA PRINTER PLOTTER.
UM, WE, IN PAST YEARS, WE OWNED ONE, BUT IT WAS SUCH A NIGHTMARE TRYING TO GET MAINTENANCE ON IT, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT EVERY DAY.
AND THE OTHER, UH, ITEM HERE UNDER LEASE IS OUR SCAN PRO.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A LEASE.
WE PAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TO KEEP
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THE SOFTWARE UP TO DATE.AND WHAT THIS MACHINE DOES IS WE HAVE, LIKE MICROFISH, WE HAVE TAPES, UM, AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT FILM, AND IT'LL, UH, READ ALL OF THEM.
INSTEAD OF HAVING FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT MACHINES, THIS ONE DOES EVERYTHING.
AND IT ALSO LET US EDIT, UH, CLEAR UP THE COPY IF WE NEED TO PRINT IT, FUNDING FOR ALL OF THESE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE STATUTES HERE, AND IT BASICALLY COMES WITH THE, THE $10 FEE WE COLLECT.
WE COLLECT THAT FEE ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE TOUCH.
ANYTHING THAT COMES OVER THE COUNTER, THAT FEE IS ATTACHED TO IT.
SO THAT'S THE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO I KNOW WE RECOGNIZE THIS HERE, BUT JUST SO EVERYBODY ELSE CAN RECOGNIZE IT, THOSE FUNDS THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING THAT FUND THIS PROJECT OR THESE PROJECTS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS.
IF YOU WOULD GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL AND TO DISCUSS THAT.
SO WHEN THESE FUNDS, WHEN WE GENERATE 'EM, UM, THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC ON WHAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, LET'S SEE, THE, THE BULK OF OUR MONEY COMES FROM THE COUNTY CLERK RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND IT'S USED SPECIFICALLY FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT PRESERVATION, INCLUDING AUTOMATION PURPOSES.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, UM, BUY SHELVING OR WE CAN BUY LIKE OUR SCAN PRO, RIGHT? BUT IT HAS TO DEAL WITH THESE RECORDS.
UM, ALSO IT ALLOWS FOR TRAVEL.
UM, SOME OF THESE COME WITH A TRAVEL LINE AND IT'S VERY, VERY SPECIFIC.
YOU CAN ONLY USE IT IF IT'S DEALING WITH THAT.
LIKE OUR, OUR VITAL, OUR VITAL STATISTIC FUND CAN ONLY BE USED FOR VITALS TRAINING.
I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE APPROVE WHAT THE COUNTY CLERK WANTS TO DO FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THESE ARTICLES TO TRY TO KEEP OUR HISTORY SAFE.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE OF THE MOTION.
DO WE NEED TO LIST ANY OF THE FINANCIALS OR THE COST OF THIS? I'LL SUBMIT THIS TO THE MINUTES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
ITEM THREE ON THE DISCUSS APPROVED GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 2023.
2024 FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DISCUSS APPROVED GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 20 23, 20 24.
I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD GO TO O FIRST FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET.
GO TO WHAT THE O I OWE FOR HUMAN SERVICES.
WELL, I WAS, I WAS GOING BACK, I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND CLARIFY THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, WE CAN DO, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
LET'S, LET'S DEFER THAT OFF AND, AND, UH, MOVE FROM THREE A DOWN TO
[III.O. Human Services Budget Requests. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen)]
O ON HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET REQUESTS.SENTIA IS HANDING OUT, UM, THE SS T W REPORT OF WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND SO UNDER HUMAN SERVICES, UM, IT'S ORGANIZATION THAT THE COUNTY ALLOTS FUNDS TO, UM, AGAIN, A COUNTY CANNOT DONATE FUNDS, BUT SOME THESE ENTITIES THAT WE DO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO, WE HAVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, UM, BECAUSE THEY DO THROUGH THEIR ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN DEEMED BY THE COURT AND AS DEFINED IN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT OF SERVING A PUBLIC PURPOSE.
SO, UM, IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE LIST, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT IN THE PAST WE HAVE BEEN, UM, ALLOCATING FUNDS TO.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S, UH, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HERE, UH, REPRESENTING THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO I'LL LET YOU KIND OF, MAYBE IF YOU JUST WANNA GO DOWN THE LIST, AND IF THEY'RE HERE, THEN THEY CAN GET UP AND SPEAK.
ON THE, WE HAVE THE LETTER HERE FROM THE CITY OF HAZEL, UH, ON THE LIBRARY.
BEFORE WE GO TO THE OTHER LIST, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM ALE ON THE LIBRARY ON THAT? UM, BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS IS JUST THE CONTINUATION OF THE 5,052, UH, FOR THAT.
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SO DO WE JUDGE, I'D, I'D SUGGEST NOT HEARING A MOTION.WE MIGHT WANT TO BUNDLE THESE TOGETHER LATER ON.
BEFORE WE INDIVIDUALLY MAKE MOTIONS ON THESE, IF WE, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S GO TO, LET'S MOVE TO THE MENTAL HEALTH.
UH, ON THE, UH, WHAT I'M DOING HERE IS MOVING TO THE LIST HERE THAT YOU HAVE, IT'S ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES, UM, ITEM ONE, AND I'LL JUST CALL 'EM ONE AS WE GO DOWN THOSE AS MENTAL HEALTH.
UH, WHICH ON THE 22 BUDGET WAS 24 5.
UH, THAT IS THE SAME BUDGET FOR 23 IS TO CONTINUE THAT.
AND THEN ALSO TO, AND, AND IF THERE, I'M GONNA MOVE DOWN THESE AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, STOP ME AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS AS WE PROCEED.
UH, THESE PARKER COUNTY LIBRARY, WHICH IT DOES NOT SAY, UH, 22 7, SO THERE'S NO CHANGES, THAT ONE AS WELL.
FREEDOM HOUSE 29 4, NO CHANGE ON THAT.
ABANDONED LI CEMETERY, UM, WAS A 22 BUDGET OF 9 98.
UH, IS THERE ONE HERE, IT'S NOW HAS A 2023 BUDGET OF 11,000.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM OR ANY? PROBABLY.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT NEEDS TO SPEAK? YEAH.
SO ON THE, UM, MOVING FROM 98 TO 11,000, Y'ALL, WOULD SOMEBODY COME UP AND I GUESS ADDRESS JUST A, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT? MAYBE I CAN FILL IN FOR THOSE.
SINCE THEY'D ALREADY BEEN HERE TO PRESENT, UH, A MONTH AGO.
UH, SIMPLY FOR, UH, THE, THE NUMBER OF, UH, CEMETERIES THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, THAT THEY'RE NOW, UH, TAKEN CARE OF.
AND SO THE ADDITIONAL COST OF, UH, UH, MATERIALS, FUEL, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO IT'S A VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT.
AND THAT'S A BOTTLE THAT'S REALLY A, A VITAL SERVICE THAT WE, WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH OF WHAT, WELL, I ALWAYS POINT OUT ON THE ABANDONED CEMETERY THAT IT IS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE CEMETERIES.
AND WE HAVE THIS GROUP HERE THAT DOES THAT FOR US.
SO WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE TODAY.
WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, UH, WITH A BUDGET OF, IN 22 OF 34 6.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK, EVEN IF THE, THE BUDGET IS THE SAME.
I'M GONNA NOTE TOO, THE BUDGET IS FULL, SO IF THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST UNDERSTOOD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? OKAY, GOOD MORNING.
I'M PATTY WILSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FREEDOM HOUSE.
UH, I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND DRAW A LITTLE BIT OF AWARENESS TO OUR GROWTH.
UH, OUR BED COUNT ALONE, FROM THE FIRST HALF OF LAST YEAR TO THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, THE NUMBER OF BEDS USED HAS INCREASED 345%.
SO SOME OF THAT IS US CHANGING SOME OF THE CRITERIA FOR BEING ABLE TO STAY AT THE SHELTER.
SOME IS THAT THE TRAUMA THAT A LOT OF THESE FAMILIES HAVE EXPERIENCED IS MORE LONG TERM.
SO WE'RE KEEPING THEM LONGER AND HELPING THEM MOVE FORWARD ON THEIR HEALING JOURNEY.
UH, THE REST OF IT, WE'VE HAD QUITE AN UPTICK, UPTICK IN SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL TRAFFICKING.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE Y'ALL AWARE OF WHERE YOUR MONEY'S GOING, TO WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICES FOR THESE CLIENTS.
SO THERE'S NO ADJUSTMENT IN THE, WHAT THE REQUEST IS? NO, SIR.
CAN I ASK WHERE YOUR THE OTHER ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMES FROM? 75% OF OUR FUNDING COMES FROM STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS.
AND THE OTHER 25% IS THROUGH Y'ALL, THE CITY AND OUR FUNDRAISERS.
WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH WHAT YOU DID.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE ON YOUR TEAM THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP? I DON'T KNOW.
SHERIFF, YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
AND, UH, THE WORK THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN DO UP THERE IS JUST, IS, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE AND IT'S SAD THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM, BUT IN, IN THE REAL WORLD WE DO.
AND IT'S JUST, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME GOOD REWARDING STORIES THAT COME OUT OF FREEDOM HOUSE AND UH, WHEN THEY'RE FULL, THOSE FOLKS HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE AND, UH, AND THANK GOD THEY'RE HERE FOR 'EM.
I WILL THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF FREEDOM HOUSE AS WELL.
MOVE MOVED DOWN TO SENIOR SERVICE
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CENTER.UH, THE BUDGE IN 2022 WAS 3 6 7 0 2.
UH, THAT BUDGET IS NOW 65 8 37.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT, BRIANNA, IF YOU WOULD? I THINK THERE'S INDIVIDUALS HERE, BUT I WAS GONNA NOTE THE REASON WHY THERE WAS THE INCREASE IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET IS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THEIR ALLOCATION IN 22.
THE ONLY ADJUSTMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE IS, UM, FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE MATCH, UH, FOR COG, WHICH WE SEND THAT TO, UM, THE COMMITTEE ON AGING WHO THEN, UM, SUBMITS THAT TO COG.
AND SO I BELIEVE THEY GET, UM, ADDITIONAL MATCHING FUNDS OR CREDIT FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S HANDLED THAT WAY.
BUT I'LL LET THEM, UM, SPEAK ON THE RECORD.
HELLO, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME'S KIRSTY SMITH.
UM, I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR PARKER COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING.
UM, THE BUDGET IS IN REFERENCE TO MEALS ON WHEELS ONLY.
UM, WE DO OPERATE THE SENIOR CENTER AS WELL, BUT THOSE FUNDS AREN'T ALLOCATED TO THE CENTER AT ALL.
UM, LIKE BRIANNA HAD STATED THERE WAS THE ROLLOVER FROM LAST YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T RECEIVE.
UM, WE ARE, WE DID REQUEST THE SAME AMOUNT AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE $30,400, UM, FOR THIS YEAR MOVING FORWARD.
WHEN THAT MONEY IS SENT TO US, WE DO TURN AROUND AND SEND THAT RIGHT BACK TO COG.
IT'S NOTHING THAT WE KEEP IN BETWEEN.
UM, IT JUST ALLOWS US TO APPLY FOR MORE GRANTS, UM, THROUGH THEM.
SO I'M HOPING IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WHAT KIND OF GRANTS DO Y'ALL ASK FOR OR? WELL, WE APPLY FOR THINGS ACROSS TO THE BOARD.
SO WE PARTNER WITH UNITED WAY EVERY YEAR.
THE PARKER COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION, THEY FUND US EVERY YEAR.
UM, WE DO THROUGH THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THEN MEALS ON WHEELS OF AMERICA AND MEALS ON WHEELS OF TEXAS, UM, SEND GRANTS OUT THAT, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T APPLY FOR ALL OF THEM 'CAUSE OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY BASED ON CERTAIN THINGS.
UM, BUT WE DO APPLY FOR ALL OF THOSE.
UM, WE HAVE APPLIED THROUGH THE HALL FOUNDATION.
UM, SO WE DO TRY TO RAISE FUNDS OF COURSE, IN OTHER ASPECTS.
AND THEN, UM, PRIVATE FUNDRAISING.
WE HAVE THREE MANY FUNDRAISERS AND THEN OUR BIG ANNUAL FUNDRAISER TO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THAT MONEY.
DO YOU GENERALLY HAVE GOOD RESULTS GETTING GRANTS? YEAH, I MEAN, IT IS, IT'S A LOT OF, I MEAN, YOU DON'T GET ALL OF 'EM OF COURSE.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO UNITED WAY, UM, WE GET THAT ONE EVERY YEAR.
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION, WE GET THAT ONE EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THE MEALS ON WHEELS OF AMERICA AND ADDITIONAL ONES THAT WE APPLY FOR, EVEN HOME DEPOT WILL HAVE SOME, SOMETIMES.
UM, IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW FAR THE MONEY CAN GO.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NO ACTUALS IN F Y 23 YEAR TO DATE.
'CAUSE THAT FUNDING HAS NOT BEEN PAID YET TO YOU ALL.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE AND PRESENTED, WE WERE DISCUSSING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT SLASH LEASE AGREEMENT.
AND SO AGAIN, IF THAT IS NOT EXECUTED AND GOES THROUGH COURT, THEN THAT FUNDING WILL NOT BE SENT TO THEM.
SO IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO ADDRESS THAT NOW, SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET THAT FUNDING OR ELSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME DISCUSSION OF, ARE WE ROLLING OVER, YOU KNOW, THE TWO YEARS OF FUNDING GOING INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
WHAT WAS THAT AMOUNT AGAIN ON A YEARLY BASIS? UH, 30, $30,400.
AND SO THAT ADDITIONAL, IS THAT, UM, MATCH THAT YOU BOTH REFERENCED WITH, WITH CO YEAH.
WHICH THE MATCH HAS BEEN PAID.
IT HAS BEEN PAID EVERY YEAR THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT, UM, AND PAID TO THEM.
SO IT'S JUST THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION THAT COMES BACK, UM, TO SUPPORT THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM.
SO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THE HOLDUP IS.
BRIANNA, WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE AN ASSIGNED AGREEMENT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T PAID THAT.
AND WHAT'S THE HOLDUP ON THAT? I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT.
AND I DON'T, UM, I HAVE REACHED OUT BY EMAIL TO JOHN BORIS AND TOM KIDD, OUR BOARD PRESIDENT.
UM, HE HAS REACHED OUT AS WELL JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO ON OUR END, UM, TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
I KNOW LAST TIME WE WERE IN COURT, UM, IN OCTOBER THERE WAS WORD OF NEEDING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE BUILDING WAS.
UM, BASICALLY THE VALUE OF THE BUILDING TO PUT INTO THE AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO, BUT I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY RESPONSE FROM ANY OF OUR PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS.
HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN IN OUR COURT? UM, WE WERE HERE IN COURT IN OCTOBER OF 2022.
SO ON PARKER COUNTY SIDE, IT'S BEEN ON OUR END FOR, SINCE OCTOBER.
MY UNDERSTANDING, SINCE WE ORIGINALLY STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT.
I, I BELIEVE FROM DISCUSSIONS THAT THERE IS AN AGREEMENT, I JUST DON'T, IT HAS NOT GONE
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TO COURT.SO I BET WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
AND I, I'VE, I'VE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE RELEVANT OFFICES SURE.
'CAUSE SHE IS, SHE'S VERY PROMPT ABOUT RESPONDING TO MY EMAILS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY BREAKDOWN ON MEALS, ON WHEELS, ON COUNTY, UH, OR UNINCORPORATED RESIDENTS VERSUS INCORPORATED RESIDENTS, LIKE CITY VERSUS COUNTY? UM, I DON'T HAVE STATISTICS RIGHT OFF HAND.
UM, I WOULD SAY IT'S ABOUT HALF AND HALF.
UM, WE DO SERVICE ABOUT, LIKE FOR RIGHT NOW ON SERVICE, WE HAVE ABOUT 240 PEOPLE ON, ABOUT A HUNDRED OF THOSE ARE CITY CLIENTS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE COUNTY THAN IT IS THE CITY, BUT IT'S VERY, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.
THAT'S, AND THEN IT FLUCTUATES THOUGH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE WAY MORE COUNTY RESIDENTS THAN WE DO CITY JUST BECAUSE IT'S JUST A FLUCTUATING SPECTRUM.
WE'LL MOVE TO THE WEATHERFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UH, YOU HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT THIS YEAR.
SPRINGTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY EIGHT.
BRIANNA DID, DID THEY EVEN TAKE THAT MONEY LAST YEAR? NO, THEY DID NOT.
SO THAT WAY IF THERE WAS OTHER PROGRAMS, SO IT'S STILL IN THE BUDGET, WE CAN JUST RUN WELL, WELL LET ME, LET ME SAY THIS.
I ASK IF THEY WANT IT AND THEY DECLINED IT BECAUSE IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE INCREASE.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER AGREEMENT THAT YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO, SO WE HAD A MOTION IN COURT TO, UH, ALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO SPONSOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE $50 RIGHT.
FAMILY FEE FOR USE OF THE LIBRARY.
AND, UM, UM, SO WE DID APPROVE THAT.
AND NONE OF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN CORRECT, UTILIZED CORRECT TO THIS POINT.
SO WE CAN, UH, CHOOSE TO LEAVE IT IN THERE OR REDUCE THE AMOUNT OR WHATEVER THE COURT MIGHT DEEM APPROPRIATE AND WE'LL GET, I'LL MOVE FORWARD.
I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO LEAVE IT AND YEAH.
AND SENTIA GAVE YOU ALL A LETTER, UH, FROM AZEL PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND SO IN THERE, IF YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ASKING TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM TO THE EXTENT THAT COMMISSIONER'S COURT HAS, BUT THEY'VE ALSO, UM, REQUESTED KNOWING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT NOW THEY'VE SEEN AN INFLUX OF NUMBERS, UM, FROM COUNTY RESIDENTS BECAUSE EITHER THEY DON'T WANNA PAY THE FEE, THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE FEE, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
AND SO THEY'RE SEEING AN INFLUX OF COUNTY RESIDENTS AT THEIR LIBRARY.
AND SO THEY'VE PROVIDED NUMBERS.
AND SO, UM, IN THERE, THEY, THEY HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY STATED AN AMOUNT.
HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ASKING TO RECEIVE SOME OF THAT FUNDING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE WEATHERFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND THAT'S STATED IN THE LETTER AS WELL AS, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME STATISTICS OF THEIR PROGRAM AND HOW THAT'S CHANGED, UM, SINCE THE CHANGES OF THE, OF THE FEE FOR THE WEATHER LIBRARY SAY IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT WHEN YOU JUST HAVE THE INFORMATION LAYING ON YOUR DESK TODAY.
SO WE HAVEN'T
AND SO I ASKED SENTIA IF SHE COULD, UM, PLEASE PROVIDE IT TO YOU ALL.
AND AGAIN, JUST BEING, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S ON TODAY'S AGENDA, BUT AGAIN, IT, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE TIME TO, TO LOOK AT IT AND IT'LL BE ON A FURTHER AGENDA.
BUT I JUST AT LEAST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF, OF THE EMAIL AND OF THE REQUEST.
AND YOU ALL ALSO WERE ON THAT EMAIL, SO YOU HAVE THE, UM, THIS AS WELL.
AND DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY THAT THE 50,000 WAS VOTED TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, BUT THAT SHOULD BE ON A REIMBURSEMENT AS A, AS A REIMBURSEMENT TO THEM.
UH, NOT, NOT TO WRITE A CHECK TO THEM, BUT SURE.
AS, AS THEY, UH, PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS, WE OFFERED TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THAT $50 FEE THAT THE, THE WAY THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS CHARGING FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS.
AND WE HAVE HAD NO REQUESTS FROM THEM FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S MARKETED? IN OTHER WORDS, DOES THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THAT? WELL, I, I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T GO ON A A, AN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.
WE DID DO PASS IT THAT PAST THAT HERE IN COURT.
AND THEN WE, UH, CERTAINLY MADE IT KNOWN TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY MM-HMM.
TO THAT POINT, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WE CAN DO IS TO PASS THAT ON TO THE FRIENDS OF THE RIGHT.
AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT'S GONNA BE, I, I THINK, MOTIVATED TO GET WITH US ON THAT TO TRY TO GET HELP ASSISTANCE TO THOSE THAT NEED IT.
I'M, I'M JUST SURPRISED NONE OF THAT HAS BEEN CALLED BACK YET.
WELL, IN RESPONSE, UM, UH, TO THAT,
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UM, I, I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S COMMUNICATED AT THE LIBRARY.AND I, I'M ALSO, UH, UM, UH, THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE CONTINUES TO BE THE, UH, UH, STATEMENTS MADE THAT, THAT THE COUNTY DOES NOT SUPPORT THE LIBRARY TO PEOPLE WHO COME THERE AND ARE THEN ARE OFFERED THE FEE.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UM, I, I'VE MADE THIS STATEMENT TO, TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HERE.
I THINK THIS COURT IS MORE THAN WILLING TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY IS MORE THAN WILLING TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT COME THERE, THAT ARE WILLING TO SIT THERE AND READ A BOOK OR CHECK OUT A BOOK.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES THERE THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE LIBRARY SUCH AS ARTS AND CRAFTS, INTERNET, INTERNET, CHECKING OUT MOVIES, AND THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT THIS COURT IS NOT WILLING TO SUPPORT AS PART OF THE LIBRARY.
WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, PAY OUR FAIR SHARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY THERE TO CHECK OUT BOOKS, READ BOOKS, AND THOSE LIBRARY TYPE ACTIVITIES.
AND, AND I WANT TO ADD TO THAT, THAT EACH AND EVERY COMPLAINT THAT I, I PROBABLY RECEIVED OVER 50 COMPLAINTS AND I TALKED TO THOSE, UH, I WOULD SAY 90% OF THOSE ON THE PHONE.
AND THE PERCEPTION THAT THE COUNTY DOES NOT SUPPORT THE LIBRARY, I BELIEVE FOR OVER 20 TO 25 YEARS OR LONGER, THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING OVER 40,000, MAYBE CLOSE TO THE 50 EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND SO THE, WHERE, WHERE THE DISCUSSION COMES IN IS WHERE THEY WOULD WANT US TO HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE SUPPORT OF THE SERVICES THAT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONTENTION COMES IN.
BUT FROM A STANDPOINT OF SUPPORT, THE COUNTY HAS FOR OVER 20 YEARS SUPPORTED THAT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UH, AND 50,000 IS NOTHING TO COUGH AT.
UH, SO, UH, WE OFFER THAT AGAIN AND THEY SAID AND DECLINED IT.
AND SO THEN WE COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN HAS MENTIONED AND DISCUSSED.
AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES AND HOPEFULLY IMPROVE THAT TO WHERE WE DO GET SOME REQUESTS ON THAT.
ON THE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE GOT.
NOW, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
WE, UH, WE ACTUALLY IN THE YEAR PRIOR HAD GONE FROM 40,000 TO THE 51,000 NUMBER.
WE HAD A PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN 2019.
AND, UH, AND, UH, SO, BUT THE REQUEST WAS THAT WE WOULD PAY $250,000 ESCALATING BY $50,000 PER YEAR.
UNTIL IT REACHED $500,000 IN SUPPORT, UH, FOR, FOR THE LIBRARY THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER, WHICH IS HALF THE BUDGET.
HALF THE, AND, AND SO, UM, TOWARD THAT END, I, I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, WE'RE WILLING TO DISCUSS AT ANY POINT, HOWEVER, UH, MY SUGGESTION MOVING FORWARD IS THAT WE MAINTAIN THE $51,000 IN THERE AND IN THE MANNER THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY, UH, MADE THAT AVAILABLE.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION ON THE LIBRARY.
AND I, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DO IN THIS BUDGET, WE'RE GOING OVER A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE, THAT TEXAS LAW REQUIRES A COUNTY TO DO.
IT'S MANDATED THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDE A SHERIFF'S OFFICE FUND FOR ROADS, ET CETERA.
WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT ON THE COUNTY FOR A PUBLIC LIBRARY? IT'S NOT MANDATED.
IT'S NOT AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO, OF THE COUNTY.
WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT LIBRARY AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN HAS SAID.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BY PUTTING, KEEPING THIS IN HERE.
BUT, UH, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM, WE HAVE TALKED WITH THEM AND UH, BUT WHEN THEY ESCALATED THIS FROM 50,250,000 ESCALATING UP TO 500,000, THAT BECAME WHAT WOULD BE A TAX INCREASE FOR A NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICE OF WHICH THE COUNTY DOES, IS NOT OBLIGATED TO DO.
AND SO DO YOU THAT THAT WOULD BE A TAX INCREASE IS WHAT IT WOULD END UP BEING? UH, WE CAN'T SUSTAIN THAT OR, OR WE CAN'T ABSORB THAT IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S NOT MANDATED THAT WE CAN ANYTHING.
THAT WAS MY, YEAH, THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION.
SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH BUDGET AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PAYING FOR THOSE THINGS THAT WERE MANDATED TO COVER, IT'S NOT MANDATED.
WE'LL MOVE ON, UH, TO THE SPRINGTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY.
IT, UH, NO, NO CHANGE THERE FROM 18,320, UH, ON, ON THE BUDGETS AND THEN AL PUBLIC LIBRARY IS, IS THE LETTER YOU RECEIVED, UH, THE SAME AS $5,072? THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.
UH, BURIAL EXPENSE, 10,000, UH, THAT HAS NOT CHANGED OVER BUDGET YEAR TO YEAR.
UH, SO YOU HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT, UM, I BELIEVE DOWN HERE FROM 2 43 ON TWO NINE AND 2022 TO 2 73 IS 360 4.
UH, THAT DIFFERENCE IS $29,458.
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UH, WE CAN ADJUST THESE ACCORDINGLY.IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE THAT YOU SEE OR WE CAN APPROVE THE 29, WELL, I'M SORRY, THE 2 73 63 64 IS THE 2023 BUDGET TO, TO THAT POINT, UH, COMMISSIONER BURIAL EXPENSE IS ONE OF THOSE THAT THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION, I I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
UH, IF THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR, FOR THE WEATHERFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY OR NOT ARE DECLINED, UM, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY OR THE DISCRETION IF THERE'S A, AN UPTICK IN DEMAND LIKE REFERENCED IN THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED TO, TO, TO MOVE THESE OR TO HELP FOR THAT DEMAND OR THOSE RUBS ARE IN THESE OTHER LIBRARIES? SO, SO WE COULD HAVE A, AN AGENDA ITEM AND A MOTION TO, UH, CHANGE THAT AT ANY TIME.
UH, AS IT STANDS TODAY, THE MOTION IS IN EFFECT THAT WE HAD HAD MADE TO DEDICATE THAT MONEY TO THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY HERE AND WEATHERFORD.
UH, AND, AND I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE, THE, UH, OUR COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
IS THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE? 'CAUSE IT IS A GOVERNMENTAL, IT'S A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY UNDER, UM, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A, HAVE A REQUEST.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN HERE BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS A BRANCH OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
GO BACK TO ITEM THREE A ON DISCUSS APPROVED GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 20 23, 24.
UM, BRIANNA, DO WE WANT TO MOVE THAT DOWN THE LINEUP A LITTLE BIT? I THINK SO.
UM, I THINK MAYBE BUILDING NON CAP.
BUILDING GROUNDS UPDATE IN IT.
THERE'S A BUILDING AND GROUNDS PROJECTS UPDATE IN IT.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANYTHING AND THEN GO TO, OKAY.
[III.N. Capital & Non-Capital Budget Requests. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
KIM ON THE CAP, WHICH IS ITEM AND ON CAPITAL NON-CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST.UM, SO I GAVE YOU SEVERAL SHEETS.
TELL US WHICH ONE TO LOOK AT
WELL FIRST OF ALL, I GAVE YOU THIS LITTLE SHEET RIGHT HERE AND IT'S JUST A SUMMARY OF GENERAL FUND EXPENSES TOTAL AND THE PRECINCT EXPENSES TOTAL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW THINGS.
AND DO, DO YOU MIND INFORMING MR. BOSCO THAT THERE ARE FONT SIZES BIGGER THAN SIX
I, UH, SO I MEAN IF EVERYTHING WERE APPROVED FOR THE GENERAL FUND ROLLOVER EXPENSES, IT RELATED EXPENSES, NEW EMPLOYEES GENERAL FUND, EVERYTHING, IT'S A TOTAL OF $5.3 MILLION.
OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THOSE LINE BY LINE.
UM, AND THEN THE PRECINCT NUMBERS IS A TOTAL UP TO $4 MILLION, BUT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE THAT WILL PROBABLY BE NEST NEEDED GRANT MONEY.
SO ANYWAY, WE'LL START WITH FUND 10 CAPITAL.
OH YEAH, THE, THE CAP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS LIKE THE, THE BUILDING ON SANTA FE, THE RENOVATIONS ON THAT BUILDING, UH, THE GEL EXPANSION, UM, AND THE ADDITION OF THE, THE 14 BED EDITION AND THE 48 BED EDITION, THOSE ITEMS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT, UH, POTENTIAL.
UM, SPRINGTOWN EXPANSION, SPRINGTOWN AND EXPANSION.
SO THOSE TOTAL ABOUT $10.6 MILLION.
SO JUST F Y A, SO WE'LL START WITH FUND TENS, REGULAR CAP, NON CAP ITEMS, WHICH PAPER YOU START WITH.
IT'S THE ONE, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY IT RELATED EXPENSES.
UM, SO TO BEGIN WITH, THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE IS REQUESTING A 2024 CHEV CHEVROLET TRAXX SS U V FOR 23,740.
DO Y'ALL WANNA DISCUSS ANY OF THESE OR YOU JUST WANT ME TO GO DOWN? WELL, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT.
UM, IT'S BEEN IN THE BUDGET FOR YEARS, UM, 15 TO 20 YEARS.
UM, IT WAS REMOVED BECAUSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AT THE TIME WAS NOT TAKING CARE OF THE CAR.
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AND SO I JUST REMOVED THE CAR FROM THE BUDGET AND THAT WAS PROBABLY A MISTAKE RATHER THAN DEALING WITH A SITUATION AT THE TIME.IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS CREATING SOME PROBLEM WITH MAINTENANCE ISSUES AND COST OF THE COUNTY.
IT WAS, I FELT LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN JUST RESOLVED BY JUST REMOVING THE CAR.
UM, THE CAR NEEDS TO BE ADDED.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL THAT IT, UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE WHAT THE CURRENT EXPENSES ARE WHEN WE CAN DEFER THAT OFF TO MONDAY, UH, TO DO THAT UNTIL WE CAN GET THAT DATA A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE ON THAT OF WHAT'S BEING SPENT ON THAT.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE DO THAT AT THIS TIME AND JUST TAKE THAT, UH, WITH NO ACTION OR ANY, ANY DISCUSSION FURTHER ON THAT UNTIL WE GET MORE DATA SO WE CAN MAKE A GOOD, UM, DECISION ON THAT.
BUT AGAIN, TO CLARIFY THAT, THAT HAS BEEN IN THE BUDGET FOR, BECAUSE IT'S UTILIZED MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN IS ANYTHING OTHER, MAYBE OTHER THAN PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT, UH, THAT'S USED FOR COUNTY BUSINESS PURELY AND IT'S NOT TAKEN HOME, IT'S HERE.
IT'S UM, IT CAN BE UTILIZED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS IS WHAT WE DO WITH, UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A TRUCK AT THE, UH, ANNEX AND THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES THAT'S JUST, IT'S CRITICAL TO OUR COUNTY BUSINESS.
BUT UH, BEFORE WE MAKE ANY KIND OF DECISION OR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE CAN JUST PUSH THAT OUT.
CAN I MAKE A A, JUST THE SPEECH THAT I MADE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE,
WE, WE HAVE $4 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL, UH, REVENUES FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE PURCHASE, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE'RE PROBABLY DRAWING FROM FUND BALANCE.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S, THAT'S, I'M, I'M MAKING THIS SPEECH 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT NEW PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND NEW PEOPLE HERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN.
WE HAVE ABOUT $4 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES COMING INTO THE COUNTY.
UH, PASS WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR AND WHEN WE SPENT MONEY OUT OF FUND BALANCE LAST YEAR TO FUND THOSE POSITIONS OR WHATEVER THEY WERE, THOSE ARE RECURRING EXPENSES THAT HAVE TO BE PAID FOR FROM GENERAL FUND THIS TIME.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE THESE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REQUESTS, THE SAME THING THAT THE SHERIFF HEARD APPLIES TO EVERYBODY THAT'S LISTENING OR EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE.
AND THAT IS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK IN THE AREA THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE HAVE TO EXPEND THAT MONEY NOT IN THE THINGS WHERE IT'S, IT'S NICE TO OR NOT IN THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE.
WE'RE, WE'RE OUT OF THOSE COMPLETELY.
WE'RE INTO THE WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE.
AND SO I'M JUST PREFACING THAT FOR ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING THAT HASN'T HEARD THAT SPEECH BEFORE OR ANYBODY THAT'S IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, UM, RECORDS AND DEEDS IS ASKING FOR A FIREPROOF OFFICE SAFE AT FOUR $4,171.
SO WHAT IS SHE, UH, SHE, DID SHE LEAVE OR CAN YOU ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT IS SHE GONNA PUT IN THAT FIREPROOF BOX? I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS SECURE PAPER FOR BIRTH CERTIFICATES.
HOW BIG IS THIS BOX? DON'T SAY ANYTHING THERE.
YEAH, BUT IT WOULD SEEM LIKE Y'ALL WOULD HAVE A LOT OF PAPERS.
SO THIS BOX MUST BE PRETTY BIG.
AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE PAPERS NOW? THEY'RE, WHERE ARE THEY STORED NOW? I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN SAFE.
IT'S NOT AS, IT'S NOT AS IT'S FIREPROOF SAFE, CORRECT.
AND I, I NEED TO LET LILA SAY THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE DEFINITELY, THE QUOTE I HAVE DOESN'T HAVE THE DIMENSION OF IT.
IT'S, IT'S, OH, IT'S A DOUBLE DOOR.
YEAH, THAT'S A, IT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT.
ABOUT AS TALL AS A PERSON I GUESS RAN.
SO YOU KEEP THE STUFF IN A SAFE NOW, BUT IT'S JUST NOT FIRE APPROVED.
WELL, I, I'M, I CAN'T EXACTLY ANSWER THAT.
I KNOW IT'S NOT COMPLETE ENOUGH THAT, BUT NOT THE YOU NEED A ANOTHER SAFE MM-HMM.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL WAIT AND LET'S, WE'LL LET HER SPEAK SOMETHING ON THAT.
DEPARTMENT 4 0 6 OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IS REQUESTING, UH, $20,603
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FOR SMALL EQUIPMENT.20,000 OF THAT IS FOR TRAINING EQUIPMENT.
AND THEN THEY ARE ASKING FOR, UM, $2,160 WORTH OF PORTABLE RADIO BATTERIES.
UM, IT'S ABOUT 12 BATTERIES AT $180 EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 22,763 FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.
UM, DEPARTMENT 4 0 9, UH, REQUESTING $3,100 FOR COURTROOM BENCH SEAT CUSHIONS.
I WONDER WHO'S WANTING THOSE? I DON'T DUNNO.
ANYBODY GOT THERE?
YEAH, WE, WE'VE BROUGHT OUR OWN, BUT THEY'RE NOT PRETTY.
SO DEPARTMENT FOUR 15 PROBATE AUDITOR.
UM, THE REQUESTING FOR BENCH SEATING FOR THE PROBATE COURTROOM FOR A TOTAL OF $3,450.
I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE ALLOW THOSE SEAT CUSHIONS TO BE BOUGHT TO EASE THE PAIN OF CERTAIN PEOPLE.
MOTIONS MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
UM, COMMISSIONER HALL, DID YOU MAKE THE SECOND? I DID.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? IT SEEMS TO BE VERY NECESSARY.
WE APPRECIATE THAT INTERRUPTION.
SO FOR, UM, DEPARTMENT FOUR 15, THE PROBATE AUDITOR, THEY'RE REQUESTING BENCH SEATING FOR THE COURTROOM, PROBATE COURTROOM.
AND THIS IS, UM, FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER THAT DID THE BENCH SEATING FOR THE NEW EAST ANNEX.
UM, AND THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SEATING, IT'S SIX BENCHES.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF THERE'S 3 6, 8 18, CORRECT.
AND JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT THAT WE'VE TRIED TO, UH, BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH, MASSIVE GROWTH IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT NOT ONLY FROM A CASELOAD STANDPOINT, BUT FROM MENTALS, UH, STATUS HEARINGS, UH, FINALS PRELIMINARIES ON THE, THE MENTALS, UH, GUARDIANSHIPS PROBATE, UH, IS JUST VIRTUALLY TRIPLED OR QUADRUPLED.
AND, UH, WE'VE TRIED TO MIGRATE THAT INTO THIS, UH, COURTROOM, UH, WITH CHALLENGES OF ITS OWN.
AND WE TRIED TO MAKE THAT TO WHERE IN SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IS TRANSPARENCY AND KEEPING THE, THE AUDIENCE WHERE WE HAVE ROOM FOR THEM AND THIS IS GOING TO MEET THAT GROWTH, UH, THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE'RE KEEPING IT A MINIMAL AND WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO KEEP IT WHERE, UH, IT'S AS CONSERVATIVE WE CAN GET, UH, WITH WHAT WE'LL MEET THE NEEDS OF THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING.
UH, WE ACTUALLY, UH, HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED TO ADD A STAFF MEMBER ON THE AUDITING SIDE.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE REALLOCATION RESPONSIBILITIES INTO THE OFFICE, UH, TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE, UM, THE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE ISSUES.
UH, BUT BEING ABLE TO STAFF AND, AND KEEP A COURTROOM WHERE IT'S TRANSPARENT, DEALING WITH THE GROWTH AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A COURT THAT, UH, MEETS THE NEEDS OF WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING ON THE SERVICE.
WE JUST, WE JUST GOTTA HAVE IT, THERE'S JUST NO WAY AROUND THAT.
SO NEXT, UM, SO CCL TWO DEPARTMENT 4 39 IS REQUESTING FOR SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR BAILIFF IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,733.
AND WHAT KIND OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT WOULD THAT BE? PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, I'M GUESSING A VEST AND SOME OTHER DUTY, UM, GEAR AND SO FORTH.
DO THEY NOT HAVE ANY OF THAT CURRENTLY? CURRENTLY? UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HE HAS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUFF THAT, LIKE COMMISSIONER WALDEN SAYS, DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT? DO THEY ALREADY HAVE IT AND WANT NEW STUFF OR I WHAT IF WE TAKE A SHORT BREAK WHILE WE RESEARCH THAT? IS THAT RIGHT? JUDGE IT, IT SAYS REPLACE.
WE'RE GONNA GO, LET'S LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT AT 9 49.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A SHORT RECESS AND UM, JUST SO WE TO REPLACE ALL.
SO YEAH, WE'LL WE WILL RETURN HERE SHORTLY.
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WE'RE GONNA RETURN FROM THE, UH, RECESS AT 10:00 AM AND MOVE BACK TO KEN.WHICH ONE WERE WE ON? I'M SORRY.
I WANNA GO BACK TO, UM, THE COUNTY CLERK'S, UM, FIREPROOF OFFICE SAFE.
YOU ASKED FOR THE DIMENSIONS OF IT.
UM, STILL SAFE THAT IT WEIGHS 650 POUNDS.
I'M SORRY, 1,650 POUNDS COME BACK.
BUT LILA CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PURPOSE OF IT IS.
SORRY, YOU ASKED ME IF YOU NEEDED TO COME BACK.
I WASN WASN'T REALLY SURE I WAS STILL HERE.
UM, SO THE REASON FOR THIS SAFE, IT'S NOT MUCH SO MUCH FOR LIKE THE FIREPROOFING, IT'S FOR THE SIZE.
UM, SO I'M REQUIRED TO KEEP SECURE PAPER LOCKED UP.
THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF MY BIGGEST RESPONSIBILITIES IS TAKING CARE OF THAT SECURE PAPER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE PRINT OUR, OUR BIRTH AND OUR DEATH CERTIFICATES ON.
SO, UM, I'M OUT OF ROOM IN THE CURRENT SAFE THAT I HAVE.
AND THE OTHER REQUIREMENT, UH, FOR ME IS WILLS AND SAFEKEEPING.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF A PERSON WANTS ME TO HOLD ONTO THEIR WILLS, UH, AND SAFEKEEPING UNTIL THEY PASSED AWAY, WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
ALSO, ATTORNEYS, IF THEY HAVE CLIENTS AND THEY'RE HOLDING A WHEEL, THEY'VE LOST TOUCH WITH THESE CLIENTS, THEY HAVE TO DEPOSIT THEM WITH ME.
SO IT'S, IT'S, I NEED IT MAINLY FOR THE, THE SIZE AND ALSO THAT SECURE PAPER.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND IF I CAN ORDER IT IN A LARGER QUANTITY, I GET A BETTER PRICE.
BUT I CAN'T ORDER IT, UH, ANY MORE THAN I'M GETTING NOW 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY ROOM FOR IT.
SO IT, IT'S THE SPACE TO HOLD, UM, THE SECURE PAPER AND TO HOLD THE WHEELS AND SAFEKEEPING.
UH, 'CAUSE I'M LITERALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SPACE IN THE SAFE THAT WE HAVE NOW.
SO I MADE THIS SPEECH WHILE YOU WERE GONE.
IT SAID THAT, THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO FUND THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE.
SO IS THIS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO HAVE? ABSOLUTELY.
AND, AND TWO, WE, WE TRIED, BRIANNA AND I DID SOME RESEARCH.
WE TRIED TO BUY IT OUT OF MY SPECIAL FUNDS, BUT IT JUST DIDN'T QUITE MEET THE CRITERIA.
I KNEW THE ANSWER BEFORE I ASK IT, BUT I, I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA BE THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO WORK UNDER HERE.
MOTION BE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALTER WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ALL IN FAVOR, DON'T CALL ME AND ASK ME TO HELP YOU PUT THAT IN THE
JUDGE IF I, IF I, IF I COULD SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE, UH, JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
JUST BECAUSE WE PASS OVER ITEMS HERE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY WILL NOT BE FUNDED.
WE, WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME BACK THROUGH AND, AND APPROVE OTHER THINGS, BUT, UH, UN UNTIL WE HEAR EVERYTHING IN, IN ITS ENTIRETY, WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE COMPARED WITH WHAT YOU KNOW, WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE.
SO, I, I'VE MADE THAT SPEECH EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS BECAUSE WE PASS OVER SOMETHING HERE DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE'RE PASSING IT UP.
IT JUST MEANS THAT, THAT WE WILL CONSIDER IT AT A LATER COURT.
I IMPORTANT NOTE BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS ON HERE THAT, THE SAME CRITERIA, IT'S AN ESSENTIAL NEED.
SO, UM, TO REVISIT THE CCL TWO SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE BAILIFF, THIS IS TO REPLACE OLD EQUIPMENT INCLUDING, UM, BULLETPROOF VESTS.
THEY HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE AFTER FIVE YEARS.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR.
SO I'M GUESSING IT'S ESSENTIAL, WHICH MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE SAY, GOOD BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PASS BY VOTE.
UM, MOVING DOWN TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, THEY'VE REQUESTED, UH, NEW CHEVROLET CREW CAB PICKUP AT 52,480 OF AN OUTFITTING FOR THAT VEHICLE WOULD BE 3,100 AND THE, UH, TRUCK BED COVER FOR THAT 1500.
THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR TWO FILING CABINETS AT $900 EACH.
TWO ROLLING CARTS FOR $700 AND SEAT COVERS FOR INVESTIGATOR SWAINS, UM, DODGE CHARGER AT $2,000 FOR A TOTAL OF $62,329.
OKAY, CONTINUE MOVING DOWN TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A CONTINGENCY LINE OF $500 IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT NON CAP.
UH, SIX OFFICE CHAIRS AT $200 EACH FOR $1,200.
THREE LEGAL FILING CABINETS FOR $1,200.
UH, TWO NEW WORK DESK WORKSTATIONS THAT NEED TO REPLACE
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OLD, UM, WORKSTATIONS.THAT'S $2,400 CONTINGENCY LINE FOR FURNITURE OF $2,000 FOR ANY, UM, FURNITURE THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO REPLACE FOR OTHER REASONS LATER IN THE YEAR.
THEY'VE ALSO ASKED FOR SOME FURNITURE FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF, INCLUDING FOUR WING BACK CHAIRS 2,109 DO $2,109, UH, WING BACK CHAIRS ON CASTERS FOR $792 AND LOBBY ARM CHAIRS.
UM, SIX OF THOSE FOR A TOTAL OF $1,848.
ALL OF THESE REQUESTS TOTAL UP TO $12,049 ELECTIONS HAS REQUESTED THREE OFFICE CHAIRS FOR A TOTAL OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ARE THESE FOR, DO THEY HAVE CHAIRS? THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO REPLACE OR I'M GUESSING THERE ARE DESK CHAIRS FOR HER EMPLOYEES.
TO REPLACE, UM, THE TREASURER'S OFFICE IS ASKING FOR, UM, OFFICE EQUIPMENT NON CAP CONTINGENCY OF $250 JUST AS JUST TO REPLACE ANY OFFICE EQUIPMENT THAT MIGHT BREAK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND ALSO $135 FOR OFFICE FURNITURE, UM, CONTINGENCY FOR A TOTAL OF $385.
WOULD YOU'D LIKE TO ELABORATE ON THAT SOME MORE? I HAD TO DO A LOT OF BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL 23.
SO WHAT I DID IS I LOOKED AT THOSE LINES THAT I HAD TO PUT, THAT I NEEDED TO MOVE MONEY INTO.
SO IF YOU LOOKED AT IT AS A TOTAL, I LOWER, I KEPT THE LINES, IT'S A WASH.
SO I LOWERED LINES WHERE I WAS ABLE TO TAKE MONEY FROM AND I PUT MONEY IN LINES THAT I NEEDED MONEY.
SO I'M NOT, IT'S NOT REALLY AN INCREASE.
I LOWERED OTHER LINES TO OFFSET.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HA SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY FOR THE DISCUSSION.
THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR IS NEEDING, UM, THREE DRAFTING CHAIRS AT A TOTAL OF $1,480.
AND THESE ARE THE TALLER CHAIRS SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, BE COUNTER HEIGHT FOR HER CLERKS.
IS THAT FOR THE ANNEX OR IS THAT FOR THE NEW, I'M GUESSING HERE.
YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE HERE 'CAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY GOT NO CHAIRS OUT THERE.
WHICH ONE? WELL, THERE'S, YEAH, I GUESS, I GUESS SHE'S GOT ANOTHER ANNEX TOO.
IT COULD BE HERE OR THE SPRINGTOWN ANNEX.
BUT THEY HAVE CHAIRS THERE NOW.
THEY DO THEY WEAR OUT THREE? YEAH.
UM, BUILDING GROUNDS, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A HALF TON CHEVROLET PICKUP FOR 49,825 AND THEY NEED A CONTINGENCY OF, FOR SMALL TOOLS OF 8,000 GROUNDS EQUIPMENT, NON CAP CONTINGENCY OF 8,000 HVAC EQUIPMENT.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR, UM, HVAC EQUIPMENT FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF TON CREW CAB FOR 45 8 95 FOR A TOTAL OF 2 11 700 $20 CONTINUE.
UM, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE DEPARTMENT 5 43, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A SMALL TOOLS CONTINGENCY OF $5,000 AN AN AUTOMOBILE FOR BUDGET, TOTAL BUDGET OF $52,000, PLUS THE OUTFITTING AND EQUIPMENT FOR THAT VEHICLE OF 43,647.
A MOTORIZED PROJECTOR SCREEN FOR $500.
SMALL EQUIPMENT CONTINGENCY OF $5,000 A BURN PAN TRAINING UNIT $5,000 AND RADIO EQUIPMENT, UM, CAP FOR $19,000.
YOU WANT TO ADD WE CAN TAKE THE SCREENS OFF.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE SCREENS IN THIS BUDGET.
THE, THE MOTORIZED PROJECTOR SCREENS.
WHAT IS A MOTORIZED SCREEN? THOSE ARE SCREENS THAT WE USE FOR WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING TRAINING.
WELL WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE OUT OF THIS BUDGET.
SO CONSTABLE ONE IS ASKING FOR A CONTINGENCY IN THEIR AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT LINE OF $5,000.
CONSTABLE TWO IS REQUESTING A 2024 CHEVROLET FOUR BY FOUR.
UM, TWO FOUR BY FOUR CHEVROLET TAHOES FOR A TOTAL OF $108,020.
AND THE OUT GO BACK TO CONSTABLE ONE, PLEASE.
OH, YES, RAY, CAN YOU COME UP? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT MONEY GONNA BE USED FOR A CONTINGENCY
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JUST IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OR IT, IT'S THE SAME THING ALL FOUR OF US CONSTABLES HAVE, UH, IT MAY, MY STUFF COMES UP MAINTENANCE WISE, SUCH LIKE, IT'S JUST BUILDING MOSTLY MAINTENANCE.ONLY IF WE USE IT, WE USE, WE DON'T, WE TURN IT BACK.
AND I SUPPOSED TO HAVE A VEHICLE IN THERE.
KIM, YOU MISSED AN OUTFITTING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR NEW EMPLOYEE.
WAS THAT FOR NEW EMPLOYEE? YES.
OKAY, SO, UM, BACK TO CONSTABLE TWO.
THE VEHICLE OUTFITTING FOR THOSE TWO VEHICLES IS 51,826.
UM, CONTINGENCY FOR AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT, AGAIN, THE 5,000 JUST LIKE CONSTABLE ONE THREE DESKS, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF 1812.
AND MOTOROLA RADIO BATTERIES, FIVE OF THOSE FOR $710 FOR A TOTAL OF A HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN, THREE SIXTY EIGHT.
CAN YOU COME UP ON THOSE TWO TAHOES? ARE YOU REPLACING TWO OR ARE YOU JUST ADDING TWO MORE? YEAH, THOSE ARE REPLACING TWO IN MY FLEET.
WHAT'S THE YEARS ON THE TWO YOU'RE REPLACING? I HAVE A 2012 AND A 2014.
YOU REFRESHING MEMORY ON MILES.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE USING TO TRANSPORT THEM.
THE PATIENTS ON THE RIB OF ATTACHMENTS.
UH, THESE, I MEAN, WE'RE GOING RIGHT NOW, THE MAIN THING WE'RE GOING IS TO DENTON, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DENTON A LOT.
SO, UH, I DON'T WANT TO BREAK DOWN THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN ONE OF THOSE 200, 3000 MILE CARS WITH A PATIENT IN THE BACK OF IT.
WHAT'S BEEN THE, UH, DOWNTIME ON THOSE THIS YEAR RECENTLY? HAS THAT STARTED TO CREEP UP? AS FAR AS LIKE OUR TIME PUT IN FOR THOSE? YEAH.
MAINTENANCE REPLACEMENTS OF PARTS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WELL, I SEE 'EM A LOT OVER THERE.
I WAS GONNA SAY THEY'RE UP AT, UP AT THE, WELL, WE WORK ON 'EM QUITE A BIT.
I THINK THE A S U HERE IS ALSO, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T, THAT CAN'T BREAK BREAKDOWN WITH HAVING WHO YOU HAVE IN THAT CAR.
MOST OF OUR PATIENTS ARE ELDERLY.
UM, YEAH, SOMETIMES, AND SOMETIMES IF WE, IF WE DO TRANSPORTS AND WE HAVE A FEMALE AND A MALE GOING AT THE SAME TIME, SAME PLACE.
WE DO HAVE TO TAKE TWO SEPARATE CARS.
WE CANNOT TRANSPORT THEM TOGETHER REALLY? SO, AND WITH THE MILEAGE, THAT'S, THAT'S, I MEAN, I MEAN, TO ME CLEARLY JUSTIFIED BECAUSE YES, SIR.
I MEAN, THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE IN THE SHOP QUITE A BIT.
SO YOU'VE GOT 167, WHICH IS A BIG NUMBER, BUT IF I'M READING THE NUMBERS RIGHT, ABOUT 160 OF IT IS THOSE TWO VEHICLES, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
AND THE COUNTING, THE OUTFIT OUTFITTING, I THINK WAS, WHAT'D YOU SAY? 50 51,000? UH, YEAH.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A NUMBER THAT CAN COME DOWN.
I THINK LAST COURT, UM, I PRESENTED IT WAS AROUND 10,000 PER CAR.
AND THAT'S FOR THE BASIC, JUST BASIC PACKAGE WITH LIGHTS.
AND IF, IF CALL DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE FULL, THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE A CAGE, UH, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT TO TRANSPORT.
AND THEN THEY DO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED LIGHTS ON THEM JUST IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
IF, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THAT DESK IS A DESK THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH YOUR SPACE.
SINCE ADDING THE, THE EMPLOYEE LAST YEAR, UM, IF I, IF I CAN GET THESE DESKS, WE CAN REARRANGE OUR SPACE AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A BETTER, WELL JUST PUT 'EM IN YOUR HUGE OFFICE THAT YOU HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN REARRANGE.
I ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY TOOK THE CLOSET MYSELF, SO I, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN REARRANGE ANYTHING IN THAT LITTLE SMALLEST SPACE.
HIS OFFICE IS ABOUT FOUR FOOT BY THREE FOOT.
IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING DUE, SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS DO FOR US.
SO FOR CONSTABLE THREE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE CONTINGENCY LINES FOR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND NON CAP EQUIPMENT OF $1,500.
AND AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT NON CAP OF 5,000 FOR A TOTAL OF 6,500.
CONSTABLE FOUR HAS AUTO EQUIPMENT CONTINGENCY OF $2,000.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UM, SHERIFF'S OFFICE DISPATCH IS, THEY USE THE 24 7 CHAIRS AND THEY NEED FIVE OF THOSE FOR A TOTAL OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THEN HEADSET ADAPTERS, BATTERIES, REPLACEMENT HEADSETS FOR $2,040, A TOTAL OF $3,040.
UM, SHERIFF'S ADMIN, UM, THE ACCESS CONTROL, THEY'RE NEEDING A 24,898,
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AND THAT'S IN THEIR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CAP LINE.AND THEN NEW HIRE UNIFORMS, UH, CONTINGENCY OF TWO FOR ANIMAL CONTROL AND TWO FOR COURTHOUSE SECURITY.
AND THEN 15 FOR PATROL OFFICERS FOR A TOTAL OF 5,700.
AND THAT BE A TOTAL INCREASE, UM, CAP, NON CAP BUDGET FOR THEM OF 30,598.
FOR S C U, THEY'RE REQUESTING A CHEVROLET HALF TON CREW CAB PICKUP AT 48,000.
AND THEN THE, UM, SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THAT VEHICLE OF $1,260.
UM, AND THEN CAMERONS SURVEY SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT FOR TH $3,000 OFFICE CHAIRS.
THEY NEED TWO AT THE TOTAL OF $400.
AND THEN THE RING DOORBELL CAMERAS, UM, TWO OF THOSE FOR A TOTAL OF $1,200 TOTAL.
CA JUST, UH, CURIOUS, WHERE DO YOU PUT THOSE RING DOORBELL CAMERAS? IT'S A SECRET
WELL, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL, UH, THEY'LL FIND A, UH, A HOUSE THAT THEY WANNA LOOK AT AND THEY'LL FIND SOMEBODY AROUND THAT AREA TO LET THEM PUT THE, THE DOORBELL CAMERA UP.
AND SO THEY CAN MONITOR THROUGH THE DOORBELL CAMERA THAT OTHER, THE RESIDENCE.
UM, IT WAS A TOTAL BUDGET AMOUNT OF 53 8 60 FOR SS C U, UM, C I D.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A HALF TON CHEVROLET PICKUP OR TWO OF THOSE AT 48,000 A PIECE FOR $96,000 CRIME SCENE SUPPLIES AT 35 52 CRIME SCENE EQUIPMENT, 37, 10 AND FIVE OFFICE CHAIRS FOR A TOTAL OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THEIR TOTAL REQUEST IS 104,262 PATROL.
UM, THE REQUESTING 19 TAHOES FOR A TOTAL OF 930,545.
AND THEN THE UPFITTING ON THOSE, UH, TAHOES WOULD BE 437,012 SWAT ENTRY VEST AT $3,800 EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 45 6.
SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN, BUT, UH, HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE WE STILL WAITING FOR THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT? YOU'RE WANTING THESE 19 PLUS WE'RE STILL WAITING ON, I KNOW OF SOME.
WE, UH, WE JUST PICKED UP FOUR OUT OF THE 18 THAT WERE ALLOTTED TO US, UM, AND ORDERED BACK IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
UH, THE OTHER 12, UM, I'M SORRY, THE OTHER 14 ARE STILL AT THE, THE OUTFITTER DEFENDER SUPPLY.
SO THEY'RE ALL IN, UH, THEY'RE ALL BEING OUTFITTED NOW.
AND, UH, WE EXPECT TO HAVE ALL 18 IN, UM, BY SEPTEMBER, THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THE ONES THAT WE ORDERED LAST YEAR.
HOW LONG ARE WE ANTICIPATING WAITING ON THESE 19 THAT YOU'RE WANT? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL GET 'EM NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
WELL, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I COME TO COURT BACK IN MAY AND REQUESTED AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT LETTERS OF INTENT TO ORDER ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT HAD BEEN ON THE, THE BUDGET REQUEST.
UM, THAT JUST GETS US IN THE WINDOW.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL, BECAUSE WE DID THE LETTER OF INTENT THAT WE'LL BE FIRST CONSIDERED AND, UM, GET THOSE, IF COURT ALLOWS THE, THE FUNDING.
UM, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T KNOW AN ESTIMATED DATE OF DELIVERY THOUGH.
IT MOST LIKELY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR AT THE ANOTHER YEAR.
LIKE THE OTHER POTENTIAL ROLLOVER.
AGAIN, IT'S, BUT WE GOTTA GET 'EM, WE GOTTA GET ON A LIST NOW IF WE WANT ONE IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS.
I MEAN, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET COULD BE WHAT WE GET IN THE NEXT, IN TWO OR THREE YEARS.
SO, UM, PATROL RIFLE RATED SHIELDS, THERE'S FOUR OF THOSE AT $5,500 EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 20 2010 SWAT ENTRY HELMETS, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 35,011 PATROL JACKETS FOR 31 90 26 BODY SOFT BODY ARMOR CARRIERS FOR THE CAL CARRIERS.
IT'S THE SOFT BODY, UM, FOR 26,040 MILLIMETER LAUNCHERS, TWO OF THOSE FOR $2,400.
24 BREACHING TOOLS FOR A TOTAL OF $10,800, 10 PERSONAL TRAUMA KITS FOR $700.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 24 BREACHING TOOLS, IS THAT LIKE YOU PUT ONE IN EVERY SQUAD CAR OR WHAT? THAT'S CORRECT.
POINT AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE TAC, UM, SPECIAL FUND THAT THEY HAVE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET EIGHT
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THROUGH THAT.THAT DIDN'T COST THE COUNTY ANY MONEY.
UM, BUT THIS WOULD PUT A BREACHING TOOL IN EVERY PATROL CAR OUT THERE AND THE SS R O CARS.
AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET THERE AND, YOU KNOW, FOR FORCIBLY OPEN UP A, IN AN EMERGENCY.
WHILE YOU'RE THERE, CAN I ASK YOU REAL QUICK, BACK ON THE SWAT ENTRY HELMETS, ARE THOSE ADDITIONAL ONES OR REPLACEMENTS? THEY'RE, THEY'RE REPLACEMENTS.
UH, THE ENTRY HELMETS DO HAVE A, UH, UH, A SHELF LIFE.
THE REASON WHY THESE ARE SO EXPENSIVE IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE HELMET, THE BALLISTIC HELMET.
IT ALSO COMES WITH ALL THE COMMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CASE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE SURE.
UH, CRADLE POINTS 30 24 OF THOSE FOR THE VEHICLES.
THAT'S $57,792 CAR MOUNTED RA UH, RADARS.
FOUR OF THOSE FOR A TOTAL OF $8,400, 10 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FOR $400.
AND IN-CAR TRAUMA KITS, UM, $550 FOR A TOTAL OF $1.58 MILLION.
THAT'S A, ARE ARE THE, THAT'S A CHUNK.
ARE THE CAR MOUNTED RADIO RADARS, ARE THOSE GOING ON SOME OF THOSE NEW 2020 FOURS OR ARE THOSE NO, THEY'LL BE INSTALLED IN, UH, WHATEVER WE HAVE ON, ON THE LOT.
I THINK WE CAN GENERATE THE 1.5 WITH THOSE RADARS.
WE HAVE TWO MOBILE MOBILE HANDHELD ONES.
THESE WILL BE INSTALLED IN CARS SO THEY CAN CATCH 'EM COMING AND GOING.
SO THE TWO WE HAVE ARE JUST MOBILE HAND HANDHELD ONES NOT LIKE THESE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THOSE WERE PURCHASED WITH SEIZE ASSET FUNDS.
WE GOT, WE GOT A FEW ROADS IN PRECINCT TWO THAT I THINK IF WE RADAR YOU MIGHT RAISE THEM MONEY PRETTY QUICK.
WE, UH, WE GET, UH, WE PROBABLY GET, ON AVERAGE, I WOULD SAY FIVE TO EIGHT COMPLAINTS OF TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS SPEEDING AND RECKLESS DRIVING, UH, A DAY EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
SO WHEN THEY CALL, THAT'S OUR JOB.
THANK YOU SHERIFF TRAINING BUDGET.
UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING TWO TASER TRAINING TARGETS FOR $540, 40 MILLIMETER TRAINING TARGETS FOR $2,200 ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING MUNITIONS FOR $4,100, AND THEN BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS FOR $4,800 TOTAL OF 11,640.
MOVING ON TO ANIMAL CONTROL, THEY'RE REQUESTING A THREE THREEQUARTER TON CHEVROLET PICKUP FOR 52,000, AND THEN THE OUTFITTING OF THAT VEHICLE WOULD BE 14,000 SAFETY EQUIPMENT, CONTINGENCY OF 2000 AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING EQUIPMENT CONTINGENCY OF A THOUSAND FOR $69,000 TOTAL.
UM, FUGITIVE CIVIL AND TRANSPORT BUDGET, THEY'RE JUST REQUESTING A THOUSAND DOLLARS CONTINGENCY FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.
AND THAT IS ALL OF THE REGULAR CAP, NON CAP ITEMS. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE, UH, UH, CAR MOUNTED RADAR QUANTITY.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT ITEM
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? JUST SO WE DON'T FORGET LATER ON.
I WANNA MAKE SURE SECOND MADE BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR ON EVERYTHING ELSE I'D ASK THAT, LIKE I ASKED YESTERDAY, THAT TO PRIORITIZE THOSE, UH, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE LIKE Y'ALL, WE GET LOTS OF CALLS ON THIS RADAR STUFF, I MEAN, EVERY DAY.
SO YES, WE ACTUALLY NEED THESE AND MAYBE WE CAN GET CLOSE TO THAT MILLION DOLLARS OF REVENUE.
SO THE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR ALL THE REQUESTS, WELL LET WE'RE WE, WE HAVE A VOTE OF FOUR.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE GENERAL FUND CAP NON CAP ITEMS, UM, NOT INCLUDING IT RELATED EXPENSES, IS $2,513,706.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ROLLOVER EXPENSES FROM 2023.
SO THE TOTAL OF ALL THE ROLLOVERS INCLUDES, UM, VEHICLES, RADIO EQUIPMENT, GEL, HVAC PROJECT, AND THEN THE FINANCIAL SOFTWARE FOR A TOTAL OF FIF 1.5, 1,000,500, $11,320 AND 50 CENTS.
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WERE APPROVED IN THE 2023 BUDGET, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN DELIVERED AS OF YET.SO, SO THE MONEY'S STILL THERE FOR THESE, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, IT HAS TO BE ROLLED OVER TO BE REAPPROPRIATED.
BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW THAT WE GOTTA COME UP WITH.
I MEAN, WE PASSED THE BUDGET WITH FUND BALANCE LAST YEAR.
SO AS I MENTIONED TUESDAY, I GUESS IT WAS, UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT I PUT IN CONTINGENCY, IT'S MORE OR LESS THAN WHAT THE ROLLOVER IS BECAUSE TECHNICALLY YEAH.
I WONDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THAT LIST THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, WITH, TO PULL BACK THAT ALREADY ORDERED THE ROLLOVERS? I DON'T KNOW.
ARE THEY ALL ALREADY ORDERED? YEAH, THOSE ITEMS HAVE ALREADY, WELL, ALL BUT THE FINANCIAL SOFTWARE.
E EVERYTHING ELSE ALREADY HAS A PO FOR IT.
THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION THOUGH.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ROLLOVERS MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S MADE THE SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON WHAT COMPANY HAS THAT FINANCIAL SOFTWARE? DO YOU KNOW? IT'S NOT THAT ONE.
SO OVER THIS LAST YEAR, UM, WE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO OTHER COUNTIES, UM, HAVING DEMOS, DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN FINALIZING SOME OF OUR REFERENCE CALLS.
AND SO WE'LL BE MEETING INTERNALLY, UM, WITH THE FINANCIAL OFFICES TO THEN BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT AND THEN ANY ADJUSTMENTS FROM, FROM THE, FROM THAT 400,000, UM, DEPENDING ON WHICH, WHICH VENDOR IS SELECTED.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A NUMBER, UM, LAST YEAR FOR, UM, BUDGETING PURPOSES FROM THE QUOTE THEN.
AND AGAIN, IT'S, THAT'S NOT JUST THE ANNUAL RIGHT.
MAINTENANCE, THAT'S THE WHOLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE, THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM.
I GOT A QUESTION FOR MR. LONG ON THAT.
ON THIS ROLLOVER STUFF ON THE HAVOC, THE 867,000 THAT'S FOR NEW SYSTEMS FOR THE JAIL OR THE NEW AIR CONDITIONERS? YES.
WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THEM.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SHIPPED IN OCTOBER, THE OCTOBER 19TH.
UH, HOPE PUTTING THEM IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
IT CONTROL SYSTEM WHAT WE HAD AS WELL.
Y'ALL JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN WHAT'S THERE UNTIL THESE COME IN BECAUSE YES, THEY'VE BEEN ORDERED FOR A YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN LUCKY THAT VERY FIRST THE COMPUTER CHECKS EVERY MORNING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, UH, BEFORE YOU VOTE REAL QUICK? UM, SO THERE IS UPDATE ON THE RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR THE CONSTABLE THAT, UM, THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY $9,274, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE TOTAL ROLLOVER AMOUNT $1,511,594 AND 50 CENTS JUST TO BE.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE A.
TO MOVE ON TO, UM, IT RELATED EXPENSES, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THERE'S UH, AN EXPENSE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION TECHNOLOGY OF $1,650.
WHAT PAGE DO YOU, WHERE YOU WORKING ON? I'M SORRY.
THE REALLY COLOR REPORT? PRETTY PRETTY PAID.
DID YOU HAVE A SEPARATE LINE FOR IT? AGENDA ITEM OH, M CAN YOU CALL AGENDA ITEM M I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON THAT.
DO WHAT? I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON HERE.
OH, THESE ARE ALL RELATED STUFF.
[III.M. IT Projects & Budget Requests Update. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
IT.AGAIN, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TECHNOLOGY FOR $1,650 FOR COMMISSIONER'S COURT,
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COUNTY CLERK, COURT'S DIVISION IS NEEDING, UM, 24 INCH MONITORS, DESKTOP COMPUTERS, LAPTOPS, AND SCANNERS FOR A TOTAL OF 38,115 43RD.DISTRICT COURT IS NEEDING DESKTOP COMPUTERS AND RUGGEDIZED LAPTOPS FOR A TOTAL OF 7,564 C CCL ONE IS NEEDING ONE LAPTOP COMPUTER FOR $1,466.
CCL TWO IS NEEDING, UM, 25 INCH MONITORS FIRMWARE SOFTWARE FOR THEIR AV SYSTEM.
AND THEY ALSO NEED, UM, SOME ADDITIONS TO THE EQUIPMENT.
LEMME UH, LET ME ASK YOU, MR. KAYWOOD, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT ALL THIS STUFF ALREADY OR NOT? YES, SIR.
ALL THESE, ALL THESE AND I'VE VISITED WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, PRETTY MUCH AND STUFF.
I'VE ASKED ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY ALL NEED.
ESPECIALLY IN THE DESKTOP ARENAS, UH, MOVING FORWARD, I I THINK IT HELPS WITH, UH, A LOT OF THE FRUSTRATIONS.
PROBABLY PRECINCTS KNOW, THESE COMPUTERS I'VE, I'VE KIND OF PUT OFF FROM ORDERING AND TRIED TO HELP UPGRADE, BUT IT'S, UH, HELPS 'EM, WE'RE GONNA GO BUY YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, THAT, THAT THIS IS ALL STUFF THAT THEY REALLY NEED.
SO THE COMMUNICATION CONCEPTS, FIRMWARE, SOFTWARE? WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S THE, THE, THE VENDORS WE USE FOR THE COURTROOMS, UH, THAT RUN THE SYSTEM, THE AUDIO, UH, THE TABLETS THAT YOU HAVE TO SWITCH BACK AND STEPS.
SO THE DISTRICT COURTS C C L COURTROOMS HAVE THESE RACKS AND, UH, CONTROLS THEIR VIDEO AUDIO SYSTEMS. OKAY.
SO ARE, THEY'RE COMPLETELY, CCL TWO IS COMPLETELY REPLACING EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FOR 36,037.
IT'S JUST AN UPGRADE FOR, UH, HELP OUT WITH THE SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE THE AGING PART OF IT.
THE, THE ORIGINAL SYSTEM IS LIKE A $85,000 YEAH.
THEY ALSO ARE REQUESTING, UM, DESKTOP COMPUTERS AND LAPTOPS FOR A TOTAL OF 36,737.
DO Y'ALL WANT ME TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE DEPARTMENTS OR JUST GIVE YOU THE TOTAL IT REQUEST? I, I DON'T NEED YOU TO DO ALL TOTAL IT TO THIS TOTAL REQUEST.
I THINK JAMES, WELL, SO I WAS GONNA, HE HAS, UH, SO THERE WAS, WITH HIS NEW EMPLOYEE THAT YOU ALL APPROVED, UM, TUESDAY, THERE WAS A VEHICLE IN THE NEW EMPLOYEE REQUEST THAT, THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT NEW EMPLOYEE.
AND HE IS ASKING TO WITHDRAW THAT IN HOPES THAT YOU ALL, UM, WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE THREE SERVERS THAT HE HAS ASKED IN UNDER THE IT LINE 5 82 AND THESE IT RELATED FOR SERVERS.
UM, WE'RE LIMPING ON SERVERS RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T, I'M TOLD OUR BACKUP SERVER IS NOT OPERATING SMOOTHLY EITHER.
AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, THAT REQUEST IS INCLUDED.
IF I MAY, WE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT DAILY WITH THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, MY TEAM AND, AND I'M ASKING, I'VE WITHDRAW THE VEHICLE WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UH, WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT, UH, HELP WITH THE NEW EMPLOYEE AND WHAT WE HAVE CRITICAL WITH THE TWO, THE CAP LINE IS PRETTY CRITICAL TO IT.
AND THE DEPARTMENT, UH, GETTING OUR SERVERS UP TO SPEED, UH, WHERE WE CAN, UH, AND THE NETWORK EQUIPMENT, THAT'S GONNA BE WHAT'S GONNA BE INSTALLED IN THE NEW BUILDING OR, OR THE, THE OLD PD TO GET THAT ONLINE SO WE CAN UTILIZE IT.
SO THAT IN MY DEAL IS A NECESSITY WE REALLY NEED FOR THE COUNTY.
I'VE ASKED THE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR MY SECOND YEAR NOW GOING THIRD AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY NICE AND LIKE, LET'S, LET'S DO A SOLID STATE DRIVE, KEEP IT RUNNING.
AND THEN I, I'VE ASKED THEM THIS YEAR, LET'S TRY TO GET THESE OLD COMPUTERS OUT SO YOU'RE NOT HAVE THAT FRUSTRATION COMING IN EVERY DAY.
SO I I, THAT'S THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT WE NEED IN THE KIND OF, UH, UH, WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY? WORKING WITH US
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD GO THROUGH, UH, THESE, AND AGAIN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF THESE ITEMS ON HERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE, BECAUSE YES SIR, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE OPERATING.
WHEN WE, WHEN I START TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING, YOU START LOOKING AT PURCHASE OF A BUILDING FOR $3 MILLION.
YOU START LOOKING AT THE OTHER, THE RENOVATION THERE.
AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE VERY QUICKLY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LEDGER, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, UH, WILLINGNESS TO, TO TELL US WHAT YOU CAN
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GET BY WITHOUT AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE.I HAD A, I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY OR DID I HEAR CORRECTLY THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP QUITE A BIT ON THAT EMPLOYEE, ET CETERA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE $180,000 LINE ITEM, THOSE FOUR SERVERS? YES SIR.
I'LL GIVE UP THE VEHICLE THAT THAT EMPLOYEE, IF WE COULD, IN MY, UH, MIND OF CRITICAL WOULD BE THE SERVERS IF WE COULD REPLACE THAT.
SO IS IS THE, UH, IS THE LINE ABOVE IT, THE 14,000, IS THAT ATTACHED TO THE SERVERS OR IS THAT SEPARATE FROM THE SERVERS UNDER YOUR, THE FOR TO SWITCH THE LAYERS SWITCHES? YES.
WELL THOSE ARE THE NETWORK EQUIPMENT FOR THE PD SHOP.
I'M ASSUMING WE STILL ARE MOVING THAT ROUTE.
SO WE WOULD NEED THAT EQUIPMENT TO BRING THAT BUILDING ONLINE.
BUT THAT 180,000 FOR THE FOUR SERVERS FOR THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S AS CRITICAL AS IT CAN BE FOR YOU.
I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE 180,000, THE LAST LINE UNDER 5 82 MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, UH, ON THE 180,000, THAT DOES INCLUDE ON THE CONTINGENCY UP HERE, 30 AND THEN 20, UH, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY IN THE MATH OF THAT, BUT CAN YOU, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, DID I MISS THAT? CAN YOU HELP ME THERE? NO, JUST THE SERVERS FOR HUNDRED HUNDRED THOUSAND.
BUT YOU DO KNOW YOU JUST GAVE UP THAT EMPLOYEE? NO, NOT THE EMPLOYEE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, ALL ON PAPER PASS FIVE.
SO THE, THE OVERALL IT RELATED BUDGET, THE UH, WOULD BE THE 7 41 430 AS IT IS ON HERE.
SO, UM, YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY JUST APPROVED 180,000 OF IT.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO THIS SMALL SHEET.
AND THIS IS ALL THE CAP, NON CAP IT RELATED EXPENSES RELATED TO NEW EMPLOYEE REQUESTS ONLY.
I CAN GO A LITTLE SLOW HERE 'CAUSE THAT STUFF'S PRETTY SMALL.
AND IT'S NOT VERY DARK PRINT, SO, UM, IT'S A RIGHT POSITION THERE.
THOSE TOTAL $3,938 FOR DISTRICT CLERK.
THE CONTINGENCY FOR THE V THE POSITION, TWO POSITIONS THAT SHE HAS REQUESTED, UM, IS DESK FILE CABINETS, DESK VISORS, CHAIRS, WORKSTATIONS, TWO COMPUTER DESKTOP COMPUTERS, AND TWO SCANNERS FOR A TOTAL OF $5,896.
COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, FOR THEIR, HIS ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES, TWO CHAIRS, TWO MONITORS, TWO DESKTOP COMPUTERS, AND TWO MONITOR STANDS FOR A TOTAL OF $4,110.
DA'S OFFICE, TWO EMPLOYEES DESK BOOKSHELF, PRINTER STANDS AND CHAIRS FILING CABINETS, UM, MORE CHAIRS, DUAL MONITORS STAND AND BATTERY SCANNER.
BLU-RAY RIDER AND TWO DESK, I'M SORRY, ONE DESKTOP AND ONE LAPTOP FOR A TOTAL OF 6,840.
CONSTABLE ONE, A BULLETPROOF VEST FOR 1200, A 2024 TAHOE FOR $54,010.
AND THE OUTFITTING FOR THAT VEHICLE OF $8,500 FOR A TOTAL OF 63,710, CONSTABLE TWO WOULD NEED A BULLETPROOF VEST AND A LAPTOP FOR A TOTAL OF $2,666.
IT HAD THE, THE SS U V AND HE WANTS TO WITHDRAW THAT.
IT'S 23,740 WITHDRAWN PATROL FOR SHERIFF'S OFFICE PATROL.
THE ADDITIONAL, UM, POSITIONS WOULD REQUIRE THREE TAHOES THE OUTFITTING FOR THOSE THREE TAHOES FOR A TOTAL OF 147,000 FOR THE THE TAHOES.
AND $140,076 FOR THE OUTFITTING
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JACKETS, UNIFORMS, AND BODY ARMOR FOR A QUANTITY OF FIVE DEPUTIES, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 7,850 BODY CAMERAS AND TRAUMA KITS FOR A TOTAL OF 12,000 7 75.THE NEW HIRE TESTING KITS $1,815 AND FIVE NEW HANDHELD RADIOS AT 9,000 APIECE FOR A TOTAL OF 45,000 TOTAL.
NEW EMPLOYEE REQUEST ON CAP FOR THE SHERIFF'S PATROL WOULD BE 3 54 7 81.
FUGITIVE CIVIL TRANSPORT WOULD NEED ONE TAHOE AT 52,000.
HANDHELD RADIO IS 9,000 UNIFORM AND BODY ARMOR OF 1300.
TRAUMA KIT 70 NEW HIRE TESTING IS 360 3 FOR A TOTAL OF 72,703.
SO IT'D BE A TOTAL OF THE 5,530 8,000 LESS THAN 23,740.
I APPRECIATE THIS PAGE BECAUSE IN TIMES PASSED WHEN COMMISSIONER CONLEY AND I HAD BEEN HERE MANY YEARS AGO, UH, WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, WE'LL WE'LL HIRE A NEW POSITION AND THEN THE NEXT DAY THEY'D SAY, NOW THAT YOU'VE HIRED THIS, HERE'S THE REST OF THE REST OF THE COST.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING THIS FOR US UPFRONT.
I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE IT GURU.
ALL THIS STUFF THAT, UH, THAT THEY'RE WANTING AND YOU THINK THEY GOT, THEY NEED THIS NEWER STUFF.
IS IT LESS LIKELY TO GET SCAMMED OR THAN THE OLD STUFF THAT WE'RE WANTING TO REPLACE? THAT'S THE BIG PART WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
'CAUSE ANYTIME, YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH OUR, UH, S T W SOFTWARE, WE'RE RELEASING AN UPDATE NOW AND WE'RE, WE'RE KILLING, UH, OUR, OUR PAYROLL SYSTEM, UH, TIME SHEETS.
AND IT, IT'S MAKING IT HARDER FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT TO KEEP 'EM PATCHED.
NEWER, UH, A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT WE'RE DOING 90%, WE CAN'T EVEN PUT THE NEW WINDOWS 11 ON.
IT JUST WILL NOT WORK WITH THE HARDWARE.
I KNOW WE CAN'T STOP THE SCAMMING, BUT YES, THIS NEW STUFF IS MUCH BETTER THAN YES SIR, THAN NAILS TO YES, VERY MUCH SO.
SORRY TO KEEP INTERRUPTING YOU, KIM.
I CHANGES AS HE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, UM, MAINTAINING OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.
SO, UM, ANY NEW SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WOULD BE CLOUD-BASED, AND SO IT WOULD BE, UM, THE VENDOR MAINTAINING THAT.
SO WE WOULDN'T NEED, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE MAINTAINING THE SERVER THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR OUR ON-PREM ACCOUNTING SYSTEM NOW, UNLESS WE ARE DOING ANY OTHER, YOU KNOW, BACKUPS AND STUFF.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET TO DISCUSSIONS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND THOSE THINGS, WE'LL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT SHOULDN'T BE A KIND OF A DAILY BASIS OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE RUNNING PAYROLL AND RUNNING INTO THE ISSUES THAT WE DO.
[III.L. Building & Grounds Projects & Budget Requests Update. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SEPARATE LOT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANNA GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE, UM, I, I DID SAY $10.6 MILLION EARLIER, BUT KIND OF GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, SO THE PURCHASE OF THE 8 0 1 SANTA FE DRIVE PROPERTY IS 3 MILLION.WHICH SHEET ARE WE ON? THIS ONE AGAIN? IT'S, IT'S BACK.
THE BOTTOM ONE THAT'S STARTED OUT LIKE THIS AND YEP.
UH, WOULD THAT NEED TO BE UNDER BUILDING GROUNDS PROJECTS OR IT'S A CAPITAL EXPENSE? YEP.
SO WE, YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO RENOVATE THAT BUILDING.
UM, I THINK ON THE VERY, THE, THE LEAST AMOUNT IS GONNA BE ABOUT $2 MILLION.
UM, MARK HAD GOTTEN A QUOTE FOR WHAT, YOU KNOW, RENOVATIONS ON EXISTING STRUCTURE, UM, CAME IN AT $350 PER SQUARE FOOT.
ISN'T THAT CORRECT? AND SO OBVIOUSLY IF YOU TAKE A 14,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND IT, YOU RENOVATED, IT'S, IT'S UP THERE.
AND SO, UM, WELL THERE'S STILL A DEBATE ON WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO WITH THAT BILL.
WHICH COULD RUN THAT THREE 50, INCREASE IT QUITE A BIT.
SO JUST F Y I THAT 2 MILLION IS, IS VERY CONSERVATIVE.
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UM, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED THAT THE SPRINGTOWN ANNEX NEEDS, UH, AN EXPANSION ON IT.THE NUMBERS TO DO ANY TYPE OF EXPANSION ON THAT BUILDING CAME AT IT, $550 A SQUARE FOOT BECAUSE IT NEEDS A NEW SPRINKLER AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM.
EXACTLY WHAT THE UTILITIES, WHAT, SO, YOU KNOW, A MILLION DOLLARS THERE FOR THAT WOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, 2,500 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE PUT OFF FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
UM, SO IN THIS INCLUDE, WE, WE HAD THE MODULAR BUILDING, RENTAL AND DELIVERY AND THE HOOKUP FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WOULD BE LIKE A, A MODULAR BUILDING TO MOVE PATROL INTO.
AND IT'S NOT TYPICALLY REALLY A CAP, NON CAP OR A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
IT'S, IT WOULD BE UNDER RENTAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT, RENTAL, UM, AND CONTRACT SERVICES.
BUT THOSE, THOSE ITEMS WERE 59,000 FOR THE RENTAL ANNUAL ANNUAL RENTAL FOR THAT BUILDING.
UM, DELIVERY AND SETUP WOULD BE 27,000 APPROXIMATELY.
AND THEN THE HOOKUPS WOULD BE ABOUT $88,500 FOR THAT BUILDING.
AND THEN, UH, ESTIMATE TO BUILD A STANDALONE 48 BED, UM, GEL STRUCTURE, APPROXIMATELY 4 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT INCLUDES COST FOR THE ARCHITECT ENGINEER SERVICES EITHER WE'LL TAKE THAT OFF FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP LOOKING AT IT, BUT PROOF OF THIS YEAR, WE WON'T CONSIDER THE LOW RISK FACILITY.
THE, HOW MUCH IS THE 14 BED NOW? 5 75.
AND, AND I KNOW YEARS AGO, JUDD KIND OF WAS BASICALLY OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR UP THERE AND HE DID IT WITH ONE OF THE OTHER CELLS AND DID IT FOR A LOT LESS.
AND I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO GIVE US JUDD, BUT I THINK, UH, WE'LL LOOK AT DIFFERENT RESOURCES.
WE STILL NEED THAT EXPANSION, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS AND GET YOU A MORE UPTODATE BID ON THAT.
BUT, UH, THAT ONE DOES MORE OF A NEED AND SINCE IT IS A SMALLER REQUEST, IF WE CAN GET THOSE 11 OR 12 MORE BEDS, THAT WOULD, IT WOULD HELP US A LOT.
IT'LL GIVE US A BANDAID FOR PROBABLY A YEAR.
SO THAT'S JUST A OUTSIDE COST.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS THE SMOKE EVACUATION SYSTEM, WHICH WE COULD NOT DO.
SORRY, IF, IF THOSE BEDS ARE ALLOCATED TO NON-PAR COUNTY INMATES, WHERE WE GET FUNDING FOR THAT, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON WHAT THE FUNDING AMOUNT PER YEAR WOULD BE PER BED? UM, IF IT'S A YEAR, I MEAN WE'RE GETTING A 92 50, LIKE FROM DENTON COUNTY, WE HAVE 24 DENTON COUNTY INMATES IN OUR JAIL RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE OFFSET OF THAT IS, UH, THE COUNTY GETS IN THE $8 RIGHT OFF THE TOP IS WHAT THE COUNTY GETS REIMBURSED FOR.
SO IT'S $8 PER INMATE PER DAY.
IT USED TO BE, OKAY, IT'S $5 SEVEN 50 AND THEY
THEN WE'RE GETTING $5 A DAY PER INMATE THAT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND, I GUESS.
SO FOR THE 14, THAT'S ABOUT $25,000 A YEAR.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD SCALE UP FOR THE 48.
WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER NEEDS AND WE KNOW GROWTH, IT'S COMING, IT'S, IT'S COMING.
THE 14 WILL GIVE US A BANDAID PROBABLY FOR THE YEAR.
AND IF, IF WE GET TO THE POINT LIKE WE DID WITH THE MARSHALS, THAT WE CAN'T HOLD ANYBODY FROM THE OUTSIDE THERE HAVE ALL BE COUNTING INMATES AND SO BE IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF.
AND I WAS GONNA MENTION, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, UM, WE ARE GONNA WORK TOGETHER TO GET AN UPDATED NUMBER FOR CONTRACT SERVICES FOR THE JAIL.
UM, SO AS YOU SAW IN THE, UM, EXPLANATIONS OF INCREASES AND DECREASES ON OPERATING COSTS, I MEAN THE BIGGEST PIECE IS RIGHT, THE OPERATION OF THE JAIL.
UM, AND THAT HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT HOW, HOW WE'RE BUDGETING THAT AMOUNT AND SO IT'S BUDGETED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT CAPACITY.
AND SO IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SHERIFF AND OUR NET, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE A STILL WHERE WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE, SO WE'RE NOT UNDER BUDGETING THAT LINE, BUT LOOKING AT OUR OCCUPANCY LEVELS AND PERHAPS LOWERING THAT LINE SIGNIFICANTLY SO THOSE FUNDS CAN BE ALLOCATED TO OTHER, OTHER USES.
UM, AND SO WE WILL WORK ON THAT, UM, THIS WEEK AND THEN GET A UPDATED NUMBER FOR YOU ALL, UM, FOR THE NEXT COURT.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE, THE CAP, NON CAP NUMBER THAT'S ON
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THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE REDUCED BY 4.6 MILLION.WELL, REAL QUICK ON, WE WITHDREW THE 48 BED STANDALONE STRUCTURE, BUT NOT THE 14 BED EDITION, CORRECT? OH YES, YES.
I THINK THAT'S GOT FUND 10 TAKEN CARE OF.
[III.Q. Discuss/Approve Precincts Funds 1-4 for Budget FY2023-2024. (Judge Deen)]
WE CAN MOVE TO THE, IF YOU WANNA GO TO Q PROCEED.SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF, OF PRECINCT CAP AND NON CAP WAS $1.7 MILLION.
UM, WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON NOW? WELL, I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT I HAVE HERE.
SO NEXT, THE LAST, THE LAST ONE MORE.
AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, ROLLOVER FOR 23 FUNDS THAT NEED TO ROLLOVER.
UM, IT'S A TOTAL OF 2.2 2,241,887.
UM, AND THAT'S FOR, UM, SEVERAL TURP VEHICLES AND UM, FOR PRECINCT THREE.
AND THEN PRECINCT TWO HAS, UH, THREE QUARTER TON FOUR BY FOUR TRUCK, TWO OF THOSE.
SO THOSE I'VE ALREADY BEEN ORDERED AND UM, WE NEED TO ROLL THOSE FUNDS OVER.
YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? YES SIR.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE BILL IN THE NEW YEAR, FISCAL YEAR, UM, REQUEST STARTING WITH PRECINCT ONE.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING TWO HALF TON CREW CAB TRUCKS.
ONE IS TWO WHEEL DRIVE AND ONE'S FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.
THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE IS 40,921.
PRECINCT TWO HAS A BOOM MOWER WITH A 24 FOOT BOOM ARM FOR 276,000 793 2 M TRUCKS.
UM, DUMP TRUCKS, THEY'RE $132,093 EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 2 64, 180 6 AND THEN TWO THREE QUARTER TON WORK TRUCKS FOR A TOTAL OF 93,140 ON THOSE.
THAT'S FROM ARPA FUNDS? CORRECT? THE TWO WORK TRACKS ARE, UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS FOR PRECINCT TWO, WELL THEY WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR 24 BUDGET REQUESTS.
SO I THINK THAT'S CORRECT OR IT'S NOT INTENDED.
WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.
I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WE'VE ALREADY REQUESTED UNDER ARPA FUND.
DID Y'ALL LIKE CHANGE AFTER THESE WERE SUBMITTED IN APRIL? THE BUDGET FORMS, LET'S SEE, I HAVE IN YOUR BUDGET REGULAR BUDGET REQUEST, YOU HAD THE DUMP TRUCKS, THE BOOM MOWER AND THE TWO TRUCKS.
BRIANNA, DO YOU HAVE THOSE AS WELL? THEY DON'T TIE
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WELL, LIKE I SAY, THIS IS FROM THE APRIL OR MAY, BUT LET'S, UH, ON, ON THOSE SPECIFICALLY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO WITH THE REST, LET'S TAKE NO ACTION ON THOSE OKAY.SO, AND THEN FOR PRECINCT THREE, UM, A RECLAIMER, A RUBBER TIRE ROLLER, SEVEN PICKUPS, A DISTRIBUTION TRUCK AND A WATER TRUCK ARE ALL REPLACEMENT VEHICLES UNDER THE TURP GRANT.
ACTUALLY THE PICKUPS ARE REPLACEMENTS UNDER, UH, TARP GRANTS.
THE OTHERS ARE OH, JUST THE NOT APPROVED.
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE COST FOR THOSE IF YOU DON'T GET APPROVED, ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR THEM OUTTA YOUR BUDGET? THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR.
IF WE'RE NOT, UH, IF WE DON'T GET GRANT FUNDING FOR THOSE.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WATER TRUCK ARE NOT TURP.
THEY ARE, BUT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROVED.
SO YOU, WE JUST NEED YOU, WE JUST NEED A NEW SHEET ON HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR FOR ALL THIS.
SO I, I DON'T WANNA JUMP TOO FAR AHEAD, BUT I'M IN THE SAME BOAT AS COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ON, UH, ON THAT EQUIPMENT THERE WITH THE RECLAIMER.
'CAUSE WE HAVE THOSE AND, AND WE FEEL THAT THEY WILL QUALIFY OKAY.
SO WE NEED TO, I NEED TO GET WITH Y'ALL YES MA'AM.
TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED BACK IN APRIL, SO YEAH.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL COME BACK WITH ALL THAT ON TUESDAY OR MONDAY.
[III.B. General Budget Updates. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen)]
NOT GONNA SPECIFICALLY DISCUSS THIS.AND SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ALTHOUGH THERE WON'T BE ACTION OF, YOU KNOW, TAKEN TO APPROVE ANY OF THIS, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS FAR AS THE ALLOCATION OR WHAT'S BEEN IN INCLUDED IN HERE.
AND SO SOMETHING THAT I PUT INTO THIS YEAR'S ALLOCATION, UM, IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FOR F Y 23 AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE, WHETHER THAT BE ROAD MILES TAXABLE VALUE.
UM, WHEN I DID GET THE TAXABLE VALUES FROM FROM P C A, I DID REQUEST OR TO CONFIRM WHETHER IT DID INCLUDE THE REDISTRICTING, UM, FROM LAST YEAR.
AND I WAS TOLD YES THAT IT DOES.
SO THOSE ARE, UH, ONE NEW TAXABLE VALUES FROM APPRAISALS AS WELL AS, UM, THE SHIFT IN IN PRECINCT LINES BASED ON THE REDISTRICTING.
SO THE, THE NUMBER THERE, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT 2.9 MILLION IS WHAT THE NUMBER, AND I'M LOOKING UNDER THE, UNDER THE PRECINCT TWO.
UNDER THE F Y 23 ALLOCATION MM-HMM.
'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO BACK.
THERE'S NOT A WAY TO KIND OF RUN THAT IN THE SYSTEM.
AND SO LAST YEAR THESE WERE, THIS IS WHAT THE ALLOCATION WAS FOR F Y 23 BASED ON THE VALUES AT THAT TIME.
AND SO THE TOP SECTION, NEW VALUES, NEW MILEAGE, UM, LAST YEAR'S F Y 23 ALLOCATION IS WHAT IT, WHAT IT WAS, WHAT THE MILES WERE AT THAT TIME, WHAT THE TAXABLE VALUES WERE AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN WHERE I SAID F Y 24 PROJECTED VERSUS F Y 23.
IT'S JUST THE DIFFERENCES IN THOSE.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THAT BOTTOM PORTION, UM, IF ANY ROAD MILES HAVE CHANGED, THAT'S SHOWING THE NET, UM, INCREASES.
AND THEN AGAIN, JUST OVER LAST YEAR, WHAT ADDITIONAL IS BEING RECEIVED.
AND THEN IF WE GO TO THE NEXT COLUMN, UM, THAT'S 6.2 REFLECTS NEW VALUE FROM LAST YEAR, UM, IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS.
AND AGAIN, WE CAN SEE OVER LAST YEAR, UH, I THINK I UNDERSTAND, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT I'VE GAINED 3 MILLION OR 3 BILLION I SHOULD SAY, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE DEALERSHIPS AND H E B AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO, AND JUST TO GO THROUGH THE TOP
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PORTION OF WHAT IS GENERATING, UM, REVENUE TO BE ALLOCATED, OF COURSE THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THAT IS, UH, CURRENT PROPERTY TAXES.AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS AT THE, UM, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PROJECTION, IT'S AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WITH THE 98.75 COLLECTION RATE.
UM, THEN WE ALSO RECEIVE, UH, DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES.
AND SO THOSE INCLUDE INTEREST AND PENALTIES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND SO IF WE LOOK AT HISTORICALLY WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED, THAT'S A, UM, A PROJECTION ON THAT.
UH, WE RECEIVE A STATE GRANT FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE TO DO REPORTS ON.
AND SO WE RECEIVE 78,500 FOR THAT.
UM, THERE'S A SMALL BIT OF OIL AND GAS REVENUE OF 2000.
UM, ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT, UH, REVENUE GENERATOR IS, UM, FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR FEES OF OFFICE.
AND SO THOSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO AND RENEW YOUR REGISTRATION, THERE'S THAT $10 ROAD AND BRIDGE FEE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S GENERATING THAT 2 MILLION.
UM, AND THEN THE COUNTY CLERK ON THE COURT SIDE, UM, FOR CERTAIN, UH, FINES, UM, GO TO ROAD AND BRIDGE.
AND SO THAT'S THAT, UH, 2 45, UM, PROJECTION THERE.
AND THEN, UH, INTEREST INCOME, THAT NUMBER HAS JUMPED UP QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND SO, UM, BEFORE THE APPROVAL, I'LL GET WITH BECKY TO SEE, MAKE SURE SHE AGREES WITH, WITH WHAT I HAVE IN HERE OF THE 1 75.
SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF ABOUT 15.7 MILLION.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WE'VE DONE THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS JUST HAVE A, A $50,000 CONTINGENCY.
SO THIS WOULD BE USED FOR SOMETHING WHERE, UM, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, PAYING IT FROM SOMEONE'S PRECINCT OR TRYING TO DO SPLIT POS OR ANYTHING, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COURT, YOU KNOW, DECIDED TO BE PAID FROM ROAD AND BRIDGE, IT COULD JUST BE PAID FROM THERE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SPLIT THINGS OUT.
SO THAT LEAVES A NET TRANSFER OF 15.6, UM, MILLION TO BE ALLOCATED.
AND AGAIN, I JUST DID THIS PRELIMINARY CALCULATION BASED OFF OF, UH, WHAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR, WHICH, UM, TO REMIND THOSE THAT MAY BE LISTENING THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR, UM, IT'S BASED ON, UH, HALF OF IT.
SO YOU TAKE THE NET TRANSFER AND 50% IS BASED ON ROAD MILES, AND THEN 50% IS BASED ON THE TAX REVENUE.
SO TAXABLE VALUE PER PRECINCT, UM, TO GET TO A TOTAL ROAD AND BRIDGE ALLOCATION.
SO WHAT I'VE PROVIDED IS PERCENTAGES AS IT RELATES TO ROAD MILES, PERCENTAGES AS IT RATE RELATES TO TAXABLE VALUE, AND THEN AN OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, COMBINATION OF THOSE FOR TOTAL ALLOCATION, WHAT EACH PRECINCT, UM, IS GETTING OFF OF THIS.
UM, AND THEN COMPARING IT TO WHAT WAS IN THE F Y 23 BUDGET.
BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT, UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S AN INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, UM, IN YOUR ACTUAL BUDGETS, THE TRANSFER IS ACTUALLY A NET DECREASE BECAUSE THERE WAS THE ONE TIME TRANSFER OF A MILLION DOLLARS EACH THAT CAME FROM GENERAL FUND.
SO IN LOOKING AT THESE FIGURES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S AN INCREASE FROM THE ALLOCATION OF WHAT'S COMING FROM ROAD AND BRIDGE.
IF YOU TAKE OUT THAT, UH, GENERAL FUND TRANSFER, THEN OF COURSE IT'S A NET DECREASE OVERALL.
WELL, THE FORMULA THAT WE USED LAST YEAR IS NOT SATISFACTORY FOR ME, SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
NOBODY SAID IT WAS A ONE-TIME TRANSFER.
WELL,
OH, AND THEN WHAT I'VE ALSO PROVIDED IS JUST THE BACKUP HERE ON THE YEP.
TAXABLE VALUES FOR PER PRECINCT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ON THIS, UH, AGENDA THAT NEEDS TO BE SPOKE THAT WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED OR DISCUSSED THAT WANTS TO BE BROUGHT UP? I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE SENATE BILL 22 FUNDING, IF YOU HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.
HAVE YOU, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? SURE.
UH, SO SENATE BILL 22, I KNOW THIS WAS DISCUSSED, UM, IT WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE SHERIFF'S, UH, OFFICE, UM, BUDGET SESSION.
AND SO WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S, UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF IT.
AND SO ONE OF THE SECTIONS, THE RULE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SALARY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
AND SO, UM, THE AIM OF THAT, IT'S BASED OFF OF POPULATION,
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SO DEPENDING ON YOUR POPULATION, UM, IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT GRANT THE COUNTY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR.UM, SO BASED ON OUR POPULATION, UH, WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A $500,000 GRANT.
UM, AND SO AT THE TIME WE HAD THE MEETINGS, THERE REALLY WASN'T CLEAR GUIDANCE AS TO WHETHER THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD'VE TAKE EFFECT IN THE F Y 24 BUDGET OR IN THE F Y 25 BUDGET.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT GRANT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO OUR FISCAL YEAR BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST.
THIS GRANT PROGRAM DOES NOT START UNTIL JANUARY 1ST.
SO THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT, THAT, AND SO THEY DID COME BACK AND ADD SOME CLARIFICATION THAT FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS GRANT ONLY THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR FISCAL YEAR, THAT ALL COUNTIES WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT STARTING IN JANUARY.
SO THERE HASN'T BEEN GUIDANCE AS TO AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS AND REPORTING AND ALL OF THAT.
THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE IS WORKING ON IT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS COUNTIES ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON THEIR BUDGETS AND APPROVING THOSE OF, CAN YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, HOPE TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS AND HAVE IT DURING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT ANSWER WOULD BE CORRECT.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, ONCE THE APPLICATION IS APPROVED, IT'LL HAVE TO BE, UM, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT WITHIN, YOU KNOW, 30 DAYS AFTER JANUARY ONE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST THE APPROVAL PROCESS IS GONNA BE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, BUT AT OUR POPULATION, AGAIN, IT WOULD BE 500,000 FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
AND SO IT'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT, UM, SPECIFIC USES OF HOW YOU CAN USE THAT.
AND SO NUMBER ONE, BEFORE YOU CAN GO TO ANYTHING ELSE, UM, IT'S REALLY TO ADDRESS, UH, THE SALARIES.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM SALARY OF 75,000 FOR THE COUNTY SHERIFF, OR 45,000 FOR EACH DEPUTY, UH, WHO MAKES MOTOR VEHICLE STOPS BECAUSE WE ALREADY MAINTAIN THOSE, UM, MINIMUM SALARIES, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, THAT, THAT THE FUNDING WOULD NOT BE REQUESTED TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE SINCE WE ALREADY MEET THOSE MINIMUM SALARIES.
AND SO THE OTHER THINGS THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR AS FAR AS THE, UM, SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS TO HIRE ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES OR STAFF OR TO PURCHASE VEHICLES, FIREARMS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT, UM, FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SO THAT'S THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PORTION.
THERE IS ALSO, UM, A, THAT'S, THERE'S ONE THAT THERE ACTUALLY IS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, I'LL JUST MENTION IT.
THERE'S A RURAL CONSTABLE'S OFFICE SALARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
UM, BUT THE CONSTABLES HAVE TO MAKE, UM, MOTOR VEHICLE STOPS.
AND SO FOR A LOT OF COUNTIES IT'S, IT'S NOT APPLICABLE.
SO THEN THE OTHER PORTION IS FOR, UM, PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE SALARY ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO BASED OFF OF OUR POPULATION, WE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR 275, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, GRANT.
AND SO IT IS TO, THE ELIGIBLE USES OF THIS GRANT MONEY IS TO INCREASE THE SALARY OF AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY, AN INVESTIGATOR OR A VICTIM ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR EMPLOYED AT THE OFFICE OR TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE OFFICE.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, IT'S TO SUPPLEMENT A BUDGET, IT'S NOT TO SUPPLANT.
SO YOU CAN'T THEN, YOU KNOW, SAY, REDUCE SOME OF THESE OFFICES SALARY AND THEN TRY TO BACKFILL IT WITH THE GRANT.
SO, UM, ABOVE AND BEYOND YOU CAN'T JUST CUT OUT, UM, FUNDING FOR A DEPARTMENT AND THEN AGAIN USE GRANT FUNDS TO KIND OF GET BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE.
UM, AND SO AS I READ IT, THERE'S FOR THE, UH, COUNTY, UH, PROSECUTING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND THEN IF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS PROSECUTING, UH, DUTIES, THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WOULD ALSO QUALIFY.
SO IN OUR COUNTY, OBVIOUSLY OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY DOES HAVE, UH, PROSECUTING, UM, JURISDICTION OR DUTIES.
SO I THINK THOSE COULD BOTH APPLY, UM, FOR THIS.
AND SO, UM, I DID DISCUSS WITH OUR DA, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST ON TUESDAY THAT, AND I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK FOR HIM AT ALL, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, HE, HE'S AWARE OF IT AND JUST IF THEY'RE, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, IN ASKING FOR NEW POSITIONS, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, COULD THE GRANT COVER THAT NEW POSITION.
NOW THE BIG PIECE OF THAT, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK ON ANYONE'S BEHALF, IS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A TIME LAG, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO POST THAT POSITION OCTOBER ONE TO DO THAT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE GRANT WAS AWARDED TO THEN, YOU KNOW, TAKE ANY ACTIONS TO POST POSITIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
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UM, THE TIME OF HOW THAT NEED IS FOR THOSE OFFICES AND WHETHER THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT OFF HIRING SOMEONE UNTIL A GRANT WAS ASSISTED IN THE EVENT THAT THE COURT FUNDS THOSE, UM, POSITIONS.BUT AGAIN, WE, IF YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA USE THAT, THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULD NOT BUDGET FOR IT UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY RECEIVE, UM, THE GRANT FUNDING.
SO THESE ARE ACTUAL GRANTS INSTEAD OF REIMBURSEMENTS? YOU THINK THESE ARE GRANTS? YES.
SO, BUT, BUT AGAIN, WELL, I, I SAY THAT YES, BUT THEY HAVEN'T PUT ANYTHING, WHETHER IT'S ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS, YOU GET IT ALL, YOU KNOW, UPFRONT OR WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES SOME OF OUR GRANTS ARE REIMBURSEMENT GRANTS, UM, OR YOU KNOW, YOU SPEND IT, IT'S JUST HOW THEY ACTUALLY DO THE PAYMENTS.
AND SO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION, I DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS THE CASH FLOW OR YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW THAT WILL BE.
BUT, UM, I KNOW I THINK EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING THIS VERY CLOSELY.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING, UM, THAT'S BEEN A HOT TOPIC, AND I KNOW JUST ON OUR LISTSERV, WHICH KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, AND SINCE ONE OF 'EM DOESN'T REALLY APPLY TO US WITH THE MINIMUM SALARIES, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF, OKAY, THAT'S FOR THE MINIMUM SALARY, BUT DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE RIGHT, YOUR, THE BENEFITS ALONG WITH THAT.
SO THE RETIREMENT, FICA, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
UM, AND THEN IF WE LOOK AT THE PROSECUTORS' PART OF THE GRANT WHERE IT SAYS TO FUND POSITIONS, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T DEFINE WHAT ALL THEY'RE PAYING FOR.
UM, SO I HAVEN'T, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ASK AND SEE WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN HAVE.
IF IT'S TO FUND THE POSITION, I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE BENEFITS.
BUT AGAIN, WE NEVER LIKE TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ON ANYTHING.
SO, BUT THOSE, AT ANY RATE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY RECEIVING $775,000 THROUGH THAT SSB 22 GRANT PROGRAM.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF EACH ONE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS, WHAT MY QUESTION WAS LOOKED AT, AS FAR AS THE PROSECUTORS, IF IT'S EACH OF THOSE OFFICES CAN SEPARATELY APPLY, THEN IT WOULD BE MORE THAN THAT.
WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT OVER, YOU KNOW, A MILLION DOLLARS.
CAN YOU LOOK INTO THAT OR FOLLOW UP ON THAT? YES.
AND SO I HAD, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN OUR DA WAS HERE ON TUESDAY, I FOLLOWED HIM OUT THE DOOR TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND HE OBVIOUSLY WAS WELL AWARE OF IT.
AND SO WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REACH OUT TO OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
I KNOW HE'S AWARE OF IT AS WELL.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT 2 75, I THINK THEY SEPARATE.
I THINK THEY'RE SEPARATE, BUT I EACH OTHER CAN ASK IF THAT'S HOW OTHERS ARE UNDERSTANDING IT AS WELL AS THEM.
BUT I THINK BECAUSE IT'S TWO SEPARATE, I MEAN, EVEN RIGHT, THE WAY IT'S DEFINED, IT'S SAYING THIS WOULD QUALIFY.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT IT'S TWO SEPARATE GRANTS.
SO EACH OF THOSE OFFICES, SO WE LOOK REQUEST FOR NEW POSITIONS, OFFICES.
[III.P. Special Revenue Funds and Projects. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen)]
KNOW WHAT NUMBER, ANYTHING YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS.UM, WHAT IS IT HISTORICAL? YEAH, SO IT WOULD BE UNDER SPECIAL REVENUE WHATEVER LETTER.
SO THIS IS UNDER LETTER, UH, P P JUDGE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
UM, TERRY HOBERT CALLED ME, UH, YESTERDAY EVENING AND, AND THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY PRE PRESENTED THIS, BUT, UH, NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE TO COME TO COURT TODAY.
UM, THEY WERE NOTIFIED YESTERDAY ABOUT THREE 30 AND, AND, UH, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE FOR ANYBODY FROM THERE TO, TO BE HERE TODAY.
HERE'S THE REQUEST, UH, THAT THEY PRESENTED TO US PREVIOUSLY, UM, $32,700.
AND IT'S, IT'S OUTLINED IN THE, UH, THINGS HERE THAT, UH, THEY HAVE LISTED ON THEIR SHEET.
AND, UH, THEY PREVIOUSLY GONE OVER THIS WITH, WITH US IN COURT A MONTH AGO.
UH, I, AGAIN, THIS IS A, THIS IS A, A BRANCH OR COUNTY GOVERNMENT? THIS IS FROM THE PARKER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
I ALSO HAD A, A ANOTHER, DID I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? WELL, WE NEED TO GET, HAVE THEM COME IN AND OBVIOUSLY BE PUT ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA TO HAVE THEM COME IN AND LOOK AT THIS TO CLARIFY SOME OF THIS AND SPEAK ON IT.
THE, THE OTHER WAS FROM THE, UH, PARK COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
I HAVE A, A NOTIFICATION FROM THEM.
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE AS WELL,
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SO WE'LL GET THAT AT, AT A LATER DATE TOO.I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL, UH, RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM REGARDING THE MEDICAL EXAMINER CONTRACT.
DID YOU ALL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT? I DID.
ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WANT, ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON, ON HERE? I DO.
[III.J. Salaries and Benefits for Non-Elected Employees. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
ITEM J I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PROCEED OUR, OR OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.SO I WANNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION FOR NON-ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE DO A 3% SALARY RAISE FOR GUNS AND BADGES AND ALL OF OUR NON-ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THIS IS, WE CAN START HERE AND IF WE CAN ADD MORE LATER, WE WILL, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER COLLIN, AND SECOND IS MADE BY MYSELF.
UH, WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE NOW.
DO WE HAVE WE HAVE A COST FOR THAT? WE SHOULD, YEAH.
WOULD BE ESTIMATED 9 51 AGAIN, 9 51 ESTIMATE.
I'M GONNA, I WANNA SAY THIS AND I'M GONNA, I COMMEND COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY FOR DOING THIS BECAUSE AGAIN, UM, I, I KNOW THE, THE NARRATIVE OF THIS BUDGET IS EVALUATING THOSE CRITICAL ITEMS THAT, THAT WE VOTE ON THAT, THAT IT'S AN ESSENTIAL, YOU GOTTA HAVE IT AND YOU GOTTA OPERATE.
AND THERE'S SOME THAT WE PASS BY THAT I THINK WE'LL COME BACK TO, UH, AS WAS ALLUDED TO, THAT THAT WILL SHOW THAT IT'S CRITICAL THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED.
BUT AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE SAME THING I SAID LAST YEAR, THAT IF YOU DON'T INVEST IN THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE YOU HAVE, WHICH IS YOUR PEOPLE, UH, THE INFLATION RATE, THE INDEX ON THAT IS WELL ABOVE 3% THIS YEAR.
WE DID GIVE A GOOD RAISE LAST YEAR, WHICH BASICALLY JUST CAUGHT US UP, UP WITH WHAT WAS A, A, A REALLY TRAGIC, UH, INFLATIONARY PERIOD FOR US, UH, THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN KEEPING UP WITH RAISES IN THE PAST THAT REALLY HAS KIND OF BROUGHT US TO NOT, NOT QUITE PARODY, BUT WAS CLOSE TO THAT.
UH, THE 3% STILL DOES NOT GET US WHERE THE, UH, INFLATION RATE IS TODAY.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S AN INVESTMENT INTO THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE COUNT THE COUNTY SPECIAL.
AND THAT DOES THE WORK, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WE WANT TO KEEP.
WE LOOK AT LONGEVITY PAY, WE LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS, UH, BUT IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE MAINTAIN A COMPETITIVENESS HERE.
THAT, THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE, THAT MAKE US SPECIAL.
AND, AND IF YOU DON'T INVEST IN THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE YOU HAVE, WHICH IS YOUR PEOPLE, UH, WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOB.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR, FOR THAT.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHY I SECOND TO THAT.
WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
WE ARE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
SO THIS MOTION APPLIES TO ALL EMPLOYEES, PRECINCT AND GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN WE WOULD JUST LOAD TO DETERMINE OUR COST.
RIGHT? THAT 3% AND THAT HAVE THOSE BREAKDOWN, RIGHT? YEP.
IS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WELL, JUST THIS, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A PRELIMINARY STAGE HERE AND UH, I SUSPECT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING TO SET A, A, A BASE HERE.
UH, AND UH, BECAUSE WE MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE A MOTION FOR THIS TODAY DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE CANNOT REVISIT THIS SAME ITEM.
IT'S SOME OTHER POINT IN, IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO JUST AS LONG AS EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE'S NOTHING FINAL HERE UNTIL THE FINAL THAT'S RIGHT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION I'VE GOT JUST VERY QUICK.
GOOGLING SAYS THAT INFLATION'S 3.2.
AND SO, UM, I THINK FOOD IS A LOT HIGHER THAN THAT.
I THINK IT, THERE'S A, WELL, YEAH, THERE'S AN INTERPRETATIONAL ISSUE AND THERE'S A DIFFERENT NUMBER I SHOW, BUT WE, THAT'S, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT ANOTHER DAY.
FOOD FOOD'S HIGHER THAN THAT AND THERE'S SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HIGHER AS WELL.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STARTING PLACE, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO REVISIT THIS
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'CAUSE WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.I THINK THERE'S MORE RELIABLE DATA ON INTEREST.
ACCURATE INTEREST OR INFLATION THAN GOOGLE AND MYSELF.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
OH, ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS HERE, STAFF? OH, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THE POINT ON, UM, DEPARTMENT 5 43 ACTUALLY DID HAVE A REQUEST TO INCREASE THEIR PART-TIME LINE.
UM, IT WAS SUBMITTED SEPARATELY FROM THE WORKBOOK THAT WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION OFF OF.
BUT HE DID TALK ABOUT IT IN HIS, UM, WORKSHOP THAT HE IS REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN HIS PART-TIME LINE OF $15,000, WHICH WOULD BE A TOTAL COST INCREASE OF 18,213.
WE'D LIKE TO CUT THAT IN HALF FROM 14, OR WHAT WAS IT? 15? 15 TO DOWN TO 7,000.
WELL, THAT'S MORE TOLERABLE, BUT
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER ITEMS AGAIN, KIND OF LAST CALL I MOVE TO ADJOURN? YEAH, A SECOND.