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UH,[Call to Order]
GOOD MORNING.I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, WELCOME EVERY ONE OF YOU TO THE, UH, PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING, UH, TO ORDER ON THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2023.
IT IS 9:00 AM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
THE AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY HOLLY DIETRICH FROM CAL STATE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, LED BY PARKER COUNTY JUDGE BROUGHT COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
PLEASE STAND GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD FROM AGE TO AGE.
YOU ARE ETERNAL, AND WE ARE HERE TO SERVE JUST FOR THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN HISTORY.
WE PAUSED THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY TO GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE RAIN, FOR THE COOLER TEMPERATURES, AND FOR THE HOPE IT BRINGS FOR A BREAK IN THIS WEATHER THAT HAS BEEN SO HARD.
GOD, WE ESPECIALLY GIVE YOU THANKS FOR ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO SERVE THIS COUNTY, WHO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF PARKER COUNTY AND WHO SERVE YOU.
I PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS UPON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM UPON THOSE OF THE COURT, UPON THOSE WHO HAVE DONE THE WORK OF THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK FOR THIS COUNTY.
WE ESPECIALLY PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SERVE IN ALL CAPACITIES.
AND WE LIFT UP THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY.
GOD, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS WORK THIS DAY.
GUIDE THEM WITH YOUR WISDOM, YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
OPEN EYES, OPEN HEARTS, OPEN HANDS.
WE PRAY ALL OF THIS AND YOUR HOLY NAME, AMEN.
MY PLEDGE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION, GOD, AN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO D TEXAS ONE SAY UNDER GOD.
ALL OF Y'ALL, Y'ALL, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT.
UM, I THINK ALL OF Y'ALL, UH, CONDO TODAY IS NINE 11.
UH, IF YOU WOULD BY YOUR HEADS IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE, UH, FOR THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
WE GOT ITEM FOUR ON THE CONSENT
[4. CONSENT]
AGENDA UNDER ITEM A, 1, 2, 4 UNDER AUDITOR, UNDER ITEM B, TREASURER, ITEM ONE AND THREE.AND UNDER ITEM C, COUNTY JUDGE ITEMS TWO AND THREE, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.
JUDGE, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS NOTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FOR VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? PASS FIVE.
OH, DO WE HAVE THESE? UH, WE'LL GO TO ITEM D ONE ON INTERDEPARTMENTAL.
UH, JUDGE JOHNSON, I KNOW YOU'RE ON A TIMELINE.
YOU HAVE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WANNA SPEAK OF.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ME OUT ORDER.
I'VE GOT A JURY SITTING WAITING ON ME OUT IN CCL TWO OUT IN WILLOW PARK, AND IT'S NOT LIKE GOING UPSTAIRS.
SO, SO YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO TALK ABOUT IS A BUDGETARY ITEM.
A BUDGETARY ITEM, AND THE J J A E P AND I, I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSIONS BEFORE.
THIS WOULD BE DONE UNDER THEN UNDER ITEM H, UM, PROCEED
[Items 5C & 5D]
UNDER, UNDER FIVE B, I'M SORRY, UNDER FIVE C AND FIVE D AND I AND, AND THEN UNDER BUDGET JUST TO, OH, OKAY.JUST TO REMIND YOU ON THE, I'M PART OF THE JUVENILE BOARD AND I KNOW JOHN FORREST WAS IN OUR MEETINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE, BUT STATUTORILY WE'RE REQUIRED TO EDUCATE ON A MANDATORY BASIS.
AT LEAST 30 KIDS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THE WEATHERFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING IS THE BEST PLACE FOR US TO DO THAT.
THERE'S A ANOTHER HUNDRED DISCRETIONARY KIDS THAT WE WOULD ALL THAT WE COULD ALSO EDUCATE
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THERE.OUR INTENT IS NOT TO DO SO, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OF THE JUVENILE BOARD.
AND PERHAPS YOU'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT IT'S, UM, WE'RE SORT OF, WE'RE START, WE'RE STARTING TO PLAY CATCH UP AND WE DON'T HAVE THE FACILITIES TO DO THAT.
JOHN, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT.
MR. COMMISSIONER WALDEN, YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING NOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ALL ARE ON THAT 'CAUSE I MISSED THE DISCUSSION BEFORE, BUT I DID WANT TO REMIND YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF THAT STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.
UM, ON THE BUDGET FOR MY DEPARTMENT, REALLY, THE, I JUST HAD TWO ITEMS, AND I'M TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THE SOFTWARE AND FIRMWARE UP UPDATE.
THAT COMMUNICATIONS CONCEPT WAS, WAS REQUIRING OF US.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY UPDATES, AND THAT WAS A NINE TO $12,000 ITEM.
I'D LIKE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT IF I CAN.
THE OTHER ISSUE FOR MY DEPARTMENT WOULD BE THE UNIFORM ALLOWANCE.
MY, MY BAILIFF WEARS A UNIFORM.
HE'S NOT ON THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
YOU'VE APPROVED UNIFORM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
MY BAILIFF SITS 20 FEET FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WITH THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT AT THE BA AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
IT SHOULDN'T MATTER THAT THE BAILIFF'S UNIFORM IS UNDER MY ALLOWANCE AND THE COURT SECURITY OFFICER IS UNDER THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
THEY SHOULD ALL BE GETTING THE SAME.
MY BAILIFF IS PAID ACCORDING TO THE PAY SCALE UNDER THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CARRIES MY GUY'S PAPER, CARRIES HIS LICENSE, DOES HIS TRAINING.
SO IT MAKES ZERO SENSE WHY HE ISN'T GETTING THE SAME UNIFORM ALLOWANCE AS A GENTLEMAN OR THE, OR THE WOMEN THAT ARE COMING IN TO TAKE PRISONERS FROM MY COURTROOM TO THE JAIL OR THE STAFF WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT IS THERE DOING COURTROOM SECURITY.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT UNIFORM ALLOWANCE.
I THINK TO MY GUY, IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT I'M NOT ASKING FOR JUST HIM, BUT FOR ALL THE OTHERS WHO ARE IMPACTED, AND I THINK IT'S A $7,000 ITEM.
THIRDLY, I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER A PAY RAISE FOR THE, FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF PARKER COUNTY, COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
IT TOOK ME YEARS TO GET THEM TRAINED.
FINALLY, WE HAVE QUALITY PEOPLE AND BUILDING HAS GROWN.
FINALLY, EACH ONE OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS HAS QUALITY PEOPLE IN IT THAT TOOK LOTS OF TRAINING TO GET THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE, THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE, THE ELECTIONS, EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY HAS QUALITY PEOPLE IN THERE THAT HAVE TAKEN YEARS TO TRAIN.
EVERY ONE OF THEM NEEDS TO BE RETAINED.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO TO DIE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET A JOB ANYWHERE ELSE.
IT SHOULD BE WHERE WE HIRE THE QUALITY, THE BEST PEOPLE AVAILABLE.
AND IT FRUSTRATES ME TO BE, HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT'S TREATED AS A REDHEADED STEPCHILD BECAUSE I THINK MY EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE PAID AND GET AN INCREASE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THE 3% COLA THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.
THAT JUST KEEPS 'EM AT THE SAME LEVEL.
AND I'M NOT SURE 3% IS SUFFICIENT.
AND I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE THEM A RAISE BECAUSE I CAN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT QUALITY PEOPLE IN EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING MY OWN AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN WITH ME NOW FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
AND IT'S TAKEN THAT LONG TO GET 'EM TRAINED.
AND THEY CAME WITH ME FROM A DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY HAD TRAINING FOR 10 YEARS.
AND I CAN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT QUALITY IT PEOPLE, QUALITY COUNTY ATTORNEY PEOPLE, AND THEIR STAFF.
'CAUSE YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE CASES FILED IN, BUT IF I CAN'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO GET 'EM ACTUALLY REVIEWED, FILED, IT DON'T MATTER IF I CAN'T, THE COUNTY CA DON'T HAVE THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE DOING THEIR JOB.
SO, AND THAT'S MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU CONSIDER A RAISE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
I ALSO REQUEST A UNIFORM ALLOWANCE FOR MY BAILIFF.
AND I, I WOULD TELL, UH, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DO THINGS WE DON'T WANNA DO, BUT WE'RE REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO DO.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE J J A E P BUILDING AND WE NEEDING TO HAVE A PROGRAM.
THANKS FOR TAKING ME ON ORDER.
I'M GONNA RUN OUT TO WILLOW PARK AND TAKE CARE OF MY JURY TRIAL.
LET THE RECORD SHOW ON, ON THE, THE BUDGETARY ITEMS DISCUSSED WAS UNDER ITEM H FIVE H.
[5.A. Proclaim September 17 - 23, 2023 as Constitution Week in Parker County at the request of the Weatherford Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. (Linda Schmidt / Judge Deen)]
ITEM A ON THE PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17TH, DUE THE 23RD.2023 AS CONSTITUTIONAL WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY AT THE REQUEST OF THE WEATHERFORD CHAMBER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
UH, LINDA SCHMIDT, IF, UH, YOU WOULD IN YOUR, YOUR
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TEAM COME UP ON THAT.IT HARDLY SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I'VE COME BEFORE YOU AND ASKED FOR THIS, UM, PROCLAMATION, UM, TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD AS CONSTITUTION WEEK AND SPECIFICALLY SEPTEMBER 17TH.
AS AS CONSTITUTION DAY, PARKER COUNTY HAS ON HONORED NATIONAL CONSTITUTION DAY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WEATHERFORD CHAPTER OF THE D A R FOR 50 OF ITS 70 YEARS, THAT IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AS OF THIS DATE TODAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, WHICH IS ALSO PATRIOT'S DAY, IS A SOBERING DATE OF REMEMBRANCE FOR OUR NATION.
IT REMINDS US OF JUST HOW IMPORTANT OUR COUNTRY AND ITS CONSTITUTION IS.
REMEMBERING THE SACRIFICES MADE TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN THIS NATION TO PRESERVE ITS HISTORY, EDUCATE, ITS STU, ITS CITIZENS, AND PERFORM SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITIES IS THE PURPOSE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
UH, YOUR WEATHERFORD CHAPTER OF THE D A R WAS FOUNDED IN NINE, I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
WAS FOUNDED IN 1903, JUST 50 YEARS AFTER THE FOUNDING OF PARKER COUNTY OF THE OVER 200 D A R TEXAS CHAPTERS NOW IN EXISTENCE.
OURS WAS THE SIXTH CHAPTER FORMED IN THE STATE AND IS NOW HONORED TO BE ONE OF THE OLDEST CONTINUING FUNCTIONS, FUNCTIONING CHAPTERS AS OF THIS YEAR.
IT HAS SERVED YOUR COMMUNITY FOR AN AMAZING 120 YEARS BEING A SERVICE ORGANIZATION.
WE PERFORM THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS EVERY YEAR HERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE VISIT VETERANS, HONOR THEM WITH CERTIFICATE CEREMONIES, CLEAN AND CARE FOR THEIR GRAVES, PARTICIPATE IN READS ACROSS AMERICA, AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS, SUPPORT CURRENT MILITARY, AND PROVIDE BOOKS TO SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES.
ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE CONSTITUTION IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US.
WE PRODUCED AN ONLINE VIDEO ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH WON A NATIONAL AWARD AND ALL THE PARKER COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE ACCESS TO.
WE ALSO DEVELOPED AND PUBLISH AN AGE APPROPRIATE PAMPHLET ON CORRECT FLAG ETIQUETTE THAT WE DISTRIBUTE TO ALL THE FIRST GRADERS IN PARKER COUNTY EACH YEAR.
AND EVERY FIFTH GRADER IS PROVIDED WITH A CONSTITUTION PAMPHLET.
SOMETHING THAT OUR NATIONAL SOCIETY ENCOURAGES AND WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR IS THE RINGING OF THE BELLS, PROCLAIMING THE CONSTITUTION BEING SIGNED.
IT IS A SMALL CEREMONY WE WILL HAVE ON THE COURTHOUSE, ON THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE THIS SUNDAY CONSTITUTION DAY AT 3:00 PM TO HONOR THE SIGNING OF THE CONSTITUTION, ENDING THE CEREMONY.
WE WILL RING BELLS AS OUR FOREFATHERS DID AFTER ITS SIGNING IN 1787.
IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SMALL THING, MEETING ON A COURTHOUSE SQUARE TO CELEBRATING TO CELEBRATE THE SIGNING OF A PIECE OF PAPER SO LONG AGO.
BUT IT TRULY IS A DAY WORTHY OF REMEMBRANCE AND CELEBRATION.
ON BEHALF OF YOUR PARKER CO, UH, OF YOUR WEATHERFORD D A R CHAPTER, WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED, LONGSTANDING SUPPORT TO REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 17TH.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE HONOR OF BEING HERE TODAY.
ANY OTHER, ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? HARRY, YOU SURE WE'RE JUST
I GOT, I'M SORRY I GOT NERVOUS.
I, I WOKE UP WATCHING ALL OF THE REMEMBRANCE OF NINE 11 AND IT MADE IT A REALLY, IT'S AN EMOTIONAL DAY.
UM, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION.
COMMISSIONER WALDEN HAS MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES FIVE OH ON THE PROCLAMATION.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS READ THIS AND THEN I'LL HAVE Y'ALL COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE, IF Y'ALL WOULD.
SO IF Y'ALL WOULD REMAIN THERE, UM, CONSTITUTION WEEK IN PARKER COUNTY, WHEREAS SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2023 MARKS THE 236TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE CONSTITUTION CONVENTION AND WHERE IT'S FITTING AND PROPERTY TO ACCORD OFFICIAL RECOGNITION TO THIS MAGNIFICENT DOCUMENT AND
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ITS MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY.AND TO THE PATRIOTIC CELEBRATIONS, WHICH WILL COMMEMORATE THE OCCASION AND WHERE THE WEATHERFORD CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO SCHOOL, CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALL ACROSS PARKER COUNTY.
WHEREAS PUBLIC LAW NINE 15 GUARANTEES THE ISSUING OF A PROCLAMATION EACH YEAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 17TH, DUE 2023 AS CONSTITUTION WEEK.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT NOTED THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S SCORE OF PARKER COUNTY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH 20, UH, THROUGH THE 23RD IS CONSTITUTION WEEK AND PARKER COUNTY.
AND OUR ASK OUR CITIZENS TO REAFFIRM THE IDEALS OF THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION HAD.
AND IN 1787, BY VIGILANTLY PROTECTING THE FREEDOMS GUARANTEED TO US THROUGH THIS GUARDIAN OF OUR LIBERTIES, REMEMBERING THAT LOST RIGHTS MAY NEVER BE REGAINED.
SO PROCLAIMED THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 THIRD.
UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP, COME AROUND HERE.
OKAY, LET'S TAKE TWO PICTURES.
[5.B. Proclaim September 2023 as National Recovery Month in Parker County at the request of Unity Recovery. (Melisa Simmons / Judge Deen)]
MOVE TO ITEM B ON FIVE B FOR CLAIM.SEPTEMBER, 2023 AS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH IN PARKER COUNTY AT THE REQUEST OF UNITY RECOVERY.
UH, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAMES, PLEASE.
I'M MELISSA SIMMONS, THE R S S DIRECTOR OF UNITY RECOVERY, PARKER COUNTY.
UM, SO WHO WE ARE, WE ARE A RECOVERY ORGANIZATION HERE IN PARKER COUNTY.
UM, OUR COMPANY WAS STARTED IN PHILADELPHIA BY SOMEONE WHO WENT THROUGH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND RECOVERY SYSTEM HERE IN TEXAS AND MOVED UP THERE, GOT HIS DOCTORATE DEGREE AND STARTED A RECOVERY ORGANIZATION.
AND HE WANTED US TO, AND I AS A FAMILY MEMBER, WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT WHEN HE WAS GOING THROUGH THERE.
UM, RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH IS A REALITY FOR OVER 62 MILLION AMERICANS, AND IT IS HERE IN PARKER COUNTY, AND WE ARE HELPING PEOPLE.
WE BELIEVE THAT RECOVERY IS INDIVIDUAL, DYNAMIC AND BEST DIRECTED BY INDIVIDUALS WITH SUPPORT FROM THEIR COMMUNITY.
THIS PHILOSOPHY IN MIND, UNITY RECOVERY WAS FOUNDED TO BE AN INCLUSIVE RECOVERY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND DROP-IN CENTER FOR EVERYONE.
THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, UM, VETERANS, UM, ANY KIND OF ADDICTION DISORDERS.
PEOPLE HAVE, PEOPLE IN GENERAL, THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, WE OFFER SUPPORT, COMPUTER SUPPORT.
WE HELP PEOPLE GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND CARS AND FIND JOBS.
AND WE PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE.
AND WE HAVE SERVED, UM, ABOUT 50 PEOPLE.
WE'VE GOTTEN PEOPLE IN HOUSING, PEOPLE WITH JOBS, AND WE, IT, IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
UM, WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE RECOVERY IS NO LONGER HIDDEN IN THE SHADOWS AND THAT EVERYONE CAN HAVE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, SUPPORT AND HELP, AND THEN ALSO BE CELEBRATED BECAUSE THERE THEY CAN BE US.
UH, WE WANT TO PROVIDE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY-BASED RECOVERY, SUPPORT SERVICES, AND EDUCATION FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY THIS.
SO WE'VE ASKED THAT Y'ALL PROCLAIM THIS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH.
I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS.
UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN HAS MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER HOLMAN THE SECOND.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN
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FAVOR PASS FIVE.OH, I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION THEN HAVE Y'ALL COME UP.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAY, REMAIN THERE.
UH, ON THE PROCLAMATION ON THE NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH IN PARKER COUNTY, WHEREAS MORE THAN 22 MILLION AMERICANS ARE RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
AND WHEREAS MANY OF US ARE CLOSE TO SOMEONE, WHETHER THEY ARE PARENTS, CHILDREN, SIBLINGS, NEIGHBORS, COLLEAGUES OR FRIENDS WORKING TO OVERCOME SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS.
AND WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS NEED SUPPORT AND RESOURCES DURING THEIR RECOVERY PROCESS.
AND SINCE 1989, NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH HAS BEEN A NATIONAL OBSERVANCE HELD EVERY SEPTEMBER.
AND THIS OBSERVANCE PROMOTES AND SUPPORTS NEW EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY PRACTICES, SUPPORTS THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY, AND RECOGNIZES THE DEDICATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITIES WHO MAKE RECOVERY IN ALL FORMS POSSIBLE.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT BE IT NOTED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT OF PARKER COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2020 THIRD IS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH IN PARKER COUNTY, AND WE INVITE ALL RESIDENTS IN OUR COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OBSERVANCE OF COMING TOGETHER AND CELEBRATING INDIVIDUALS IN RECOVERY AND OFFERING SUPPORT TO THOSE STILL LIVING WITH SUBSTANCE DISORDERS AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS.
SO, PROCLAIMING THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 23RD, IF Y'ALL WOULD COME ON UP.
WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU,
OH, YOU ARE? SO YOU WANT TO US TO HOLD IT FRONT AND I'LL HOLD THAT ABOVE YOU GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT.
MR. WE'RE HAVING WHAT LOCATION.
TELL US WHERE IT'S, TELL US WHERE IT'S, UH, CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH ON SOUTH MAIN.
UH, I'M GONNA PROBABLY HAVE YOU COME UP ON, ON THIS ONE.
[5.H.1. Discuss/Vote on proposed tax rate for FY2023-2024. (Judge Deen)]
TO ITEM H ONE ON DISCUSS VOTE ON PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR F Y 2023.UH, WE DO HAVE, EXCUSE ME, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME CRUNCH ON THIS THING THAT BY 11 O'CLOCK TODAY WE DO NEED TO HAVE THIS POSTED WITH THE, THE DEMOCRAT.
UH, THAT DOES NOT GIVE US MUCH TIME TO GET WITH RECON STRONG AND, AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE NEEDS TO BE GONE THROUGH.
SO, UH, WE PUT OURSELVES IN A SITUATION TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO IN AND ACT UPON THIS.
UH, I'M GONNA GO MOVE THIS ITEM AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DISCUSS IT TO MEET THAT TIMELINE, TO GET THAT OVER TO THE PAPER AND ALLOW THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THIS TO DO THEIR JOB.
SO AS YOU WERE SAYING, THE NOTICE HAS TO GO IN THE PO IN THE NEWSPAPER FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE VOTE ON THE PROPOSED OR SETTING THE TAX RATES, UM, AS WELL AS IT NEEDS TO GO ON THE WEBSITE SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THAT MEETING.
AND SO THE DEADLINE FOR THE DEMOCRAT IS 11.
SO ONCE YOU, UH, VOTE ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, THEN WE WILL SEND THAT OVER TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO GENERATE THE NOTICE, UH, WHAT WILL GO ON OUR WEBSITE, AS WELL AS THEN THE DEMOCRAT.
AND SO AGAIN, I'VE PROVIDED YOU JUST, UM, A SPREADSHEET THAT GOES OVER THE DIFFERENT REVENUE PROJECTIONS AS WELL AS HOW THAT AFFECTS THE TAXPAYERS.
SO WHAT IS THE TAX IMPACT OF THAT? UM, AND AGAIN, IT JUST GOES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, BUT IT CAN BE ANY ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE.
AND AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, FOR THOSE THAT YOU KNOW ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THERE'S THREE SEPARATE TAX RATES THAT, UH, THE COURT SETS.
AND SO THAT'S YOUR M AND O, WHICH IS YOUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
THAT'S WHAT, UM, OPERATES THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU HAVE YOUR I N S FOR YOUR DEBT SERVICE.
SO BONDS, LONG-TERM VOTER APPROVED DEBT, AS WELL AS ROAD AND BRIDGE.
UM, SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE THREE SEPARATE TAX RATES.
WE HAVE OUR DEBT SERVICE RATE, UM, AS A REMINDER, WE ARE USING A PORTION OF FUND BALANCE TO BUY DOWN THAT RATE.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THEN SETTING YOUR M AND O AND ROAD AND BRIDGE, UH, WE HAVE EVERYWHERE, EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN ON HERE FROM THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE RATE TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
AND THEN AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE THE
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UNUSED INCREMENTAL RATE.AND SO THAT'S THE RATE BETWEEN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE FOR US, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN, IS BASICALLY THE HIGHEST THAT YOU CAN GO WITHOUT TRIGGERING AN ELECTION EACH YEAR.
AND SO WHAT YOU GET TO DO IS YOU GET TO BANK, UM, THAT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE FOR FUTURE USE.
AND SO, AGAIN, SO THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE BEEN AT THE, UH, NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
SO EVERYTHING BETWEEN THAT AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, UM, IS INCLUDED IN THAT UNUSED INCREMENTAL RATE THAT YOU CAN THEN USE IN, AGAIN IN FUTURE YEARS.
IT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION WHEN WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED WORK ON THE BUDGET YET TO SET A PROPOSED TAX RATE.
AND I RECOGNIZE THIS IS JUST A PROPOSED RATE THAT THE ACTUAL ADOPTION WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 25TH.
UM, SO AGAIN, IN PRIOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING, IF IT'S NOT ADOPTED, IT NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
AGAIN, IF WE ARE ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, UH, THEN YOU CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ADOPT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THAT MEETING IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
SO, UH, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH WITH THE ADOPTION THEN BEING ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, WHICH IS THE DAY THAT, UM, THE BUDGET WILL BE ADOPTED.
AND ALTHOUGH THE STATUTE DOESN'T, UM, SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS IT, YES, THAT IS THE CEILING.
UM, IF YOU GO DOWN, THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.
AGAIN, YOU COULDN'T GO BACK UP BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE NOTIFICATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS AGAIN TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THAT TAX INCREASE.
SO ONCE WE ADOPT THE PROPOSED, YOU CAN GO DOWN, BUT YOU CAN'T GO UP.
AGAIN, I'VE, THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED, UM, YOU KNOW, ON AUDITOR LISTSERV AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY STATE IT, THAT'S THE INTERPRETATION THAT IT'S, IT'S THE CEILING IF YOU GO DOWN, OKAY, BUT YOU CANNOT GO UP.
'CAUSE AGAIN, IT WOULD TRIGGER ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS.
WELL, I, AND AGAIN, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, WE'VE MAINTAINED AN EFFECTIVE RATE, MEANING THE SAME TAXES FOR, UH, OUR TAXPAYERS.
UH, BEING AS CONSERVATIVE AS WE CAN.
NOW WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE, UM, WE, WE, UH, ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
UH, SO WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT WHAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, A TAX RATE, UH, WITH NEW REVENUE.
UH, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, THERE'S JUST, THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE MATHEMATICS OF IT AND, UM, TRYING TO BE AS CONSERVATIVE AS WE CAN.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK, UH, LIKE EVERYBODY, UH, WITH A COUNTY WITH A NUMBER SIX IN THE NATION THAT'S GROWING, WE GOT NEEDS AND WE'RE DEALING WITH THOSE NEEDS FROM A TRANSPORTATION STANDPOINT, WHICH IT WILL SELF-FUND ITSELF.
UH, I DO THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE SUSTAINABLE FOR US TO GET US BACK ON TRACK.
UM, AND WE'D FOCUS ON THIS YEAR.
BUT IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN DO THIS RIGHT, WE CAN GET US THOSE BACK ON TRACK FOR FUTURE YEARS OF EVEN AN EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE NEEDS THAT WE ARE DILIGENTLY, ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, TRYING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND THAT'S SAVING LIVES, UH, TO DEAL WITH THOSE GROWING NEEDS AND MAINTAIN THAT EFFECTIVE RATE.
IT'S JUST NOT GONNA BE POSSIBLE THIS YEAR TO DO THAT.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IS, IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, BEYOND THAT.
AND THAT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HERE AT AT NOW.
AND, UH, SO, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED ALSO ON THE, UM, ROAD AND BRIDGE AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
AND THEN I'D, I'D RATHER SEE A, A, A DIFFERENT TAX RATE OR INCREASED TAX RATE TO PROVIDE MORE REVENUE RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO PULL OUT A FUND BALANCE.
UM, THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME.
AND ONE ADDITIONAL THING, AND I HAD, UM, PROVIDED IT TO YOU ALL PRIOR TO COURT TODAY.
UM, AGAIN, ROAD AND BRIDGE, THAT'S WHERE ALL THE TAX REVENUE GOES THROUGH, AS WELL AS, UM, THERE'S FEES FROM AUTO REGISTRATION, THERE'S SOME COURT FINES FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW.
UM, INTEREST, THERE'S A SMALL GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE, ALL OF WHICH, UM, GOES TO FUND ROAD AND BRIDGE.
AND SO ROAD AND BRIDGE DOES HAVE A SEPARATE FUND BALANCE.
UM, AND SO WE BEGAN FISCAL YEAR 23 WITH A FUND BALANCE, UH, IN ROAD AND BRIDGE OF ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PRIOR, UH, MOTION AND, UM, ACTION TAKEN TO TAKE A MILLION DOLLARS FROM GENERAL FUND, BUT THERE IS, UH, AVAILABILITY IN THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND TO TAKE THAT.
UM, WHICH THEN WOULD FREE UP A MILLION DOLLARS IN GENERAL FUND TO GO TO ALLOCATE TO THE OTHER PURPOSES THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO ACCUMULATE THAT IN THE ROAD
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BRIDGE? UM, SO WHEN THE ALLOCATION IS SET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, IT'S SET OFF OF PROJECTION.SO AGAIN, UH, THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THAT BEING PROPERTY TAXES, BUT THERE IS A UN COLLECTABILITY THAT'S FACTORED IN THERE.
SO IF WE COLLECT ABOVE WHAT WE PROJECTED THAT GOES TO IT, UM, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, UM, WE JUST LOOK AT HISTORICALLY WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED, BUT, UM, THAT INCLUDES INTEREST AND PENALTIES THAT COME TO THE COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, UH, TAX ASSESSOR FEES, COUNTY CLERK FINES, AND THOSE ARE JUST OFF OF, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CASES.
SO THEY, THOSE CAN FLUCTUATE, UM, FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
AND THEN IN THIS LAST YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, A BIG POSITIVE VARIANCE THAT WE'LL HAVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 IS INTEREST INCOME.
SO WHAT YOU'RE, FROM THE AUDITOR STANDPOINT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 1.5 MILLION WHAT WE HAVE IN THERE AND, AND USING THAT MONEY ON THE REQUEST INSTEAD OF PULLING OUT A FUND BALANCE.
ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT IS AN OPTION FOR COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO MAKE A DECISION ON.
I'M JUST PROVIDING THE INFORMATION, NOT A RECOMMENDATION, JUST MY JOB IS NOT TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
MY JOB IS TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE DECISIONS.
WE HAVE A MOTION, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT IT'S, I'M GONNA MOVE, UH, I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE SET THE PROPOSED TAX RATE AT 0.03 ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY TO RAISE THE RATE, UH, 0.03 ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATES.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WILL SECOND THE MOTION SO WE CAN GET IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE OF THIS? UM, COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT, WHAT YOU WANT? WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WE, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET IT DONE NOW.
SO IN PREVIOUS YEARS, IT WON'T BE AS BAD AS IT IS NOW.
I THINK THE ONE THING IN, IN, IN PULLING MONEY FROM THE, UM, GENERAL FUND HAS TO BE, AND IT'S THERE FOR A REASON.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, BUT, UH, FOR THOSE EMERGENCIES AND SITUATIONS WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME SUSTAINABILITY ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE IF WE COULD, UM, WHETHER WE INCREASE THAT REVENUE, UM, BUT TO HAVE SOME SUSTAINABILITY HERE.
AND IF WE DO THE 0.03, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GO ABOVE IT.
UH, THE 0.03 COULD KEEP US FROM WHAT IN DISCUSSION IS, UM, FROM FUTURE TAX RATES ARE GOING, GETTING BACK TO THE EFFECTIVE RATE QUICKER AND, AND TRYING TO HAVE SOME SUSTAINABILITY WITH THAT.
UM, THAT'S WHAT YOUR ARGUMENT IS ON THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT ON, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS 0.03 TODAY IS A, IF IT'S ON THE HIGH END AND AFTER WE GET THROUGH ALL THE BUDGET, WE'RE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LOWER THAT'S CORRECT.
TO AVOID THE SCHEDULING AND THE DEADLINES, CORRECT? CORRECT.
FOR ADVERTISEMENTS, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY, AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE'S THREE SEPARATE TAX RATES, IF WE'RE SAYING 3 CENTS ABOVE, IS THAT ALL FOR M AND O AND THAT, WOULD THAT BE NO NEW REVENUE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE? BECAUSE AGAIN, THOSE ARE THREE SEPARATE.
YEAH, THIS MOTION'S JUST FOR M AND O.
BRIANNA, CAN YOU, UH, NO, CONFIRM YOUR, OR WE CAN TAKE IT OUT OF GENERAL FUND.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE OF 9.3 MILLION.
AM I CORRECT IN THAT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE 3 CENTS ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
UM, AND IF WE LOOK AT A AVERAGE, UM, HOMESTEAD, AGAIN, I GOT THAT INFORMATION FROM THE, UH, APPRAISAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS 333,120.
UM, SO AT 3 CENTS ABOVE THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A HUNDRED DOLLARS MORE, UH, FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER AT THREE, AT 3 CENTS PER YEAR.
DO YOU HAVE A COMPARISON THERE AT 2 CENTS? YES.
AND SO WHAT IT SHOWS, UM, YOU CAN SEE JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND AT EACH OF THOSE, WHAT THE INCREMENTAL
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INCREASE IS AS FAR AS REVENUE, UM, HOW IT IMPACTS THE ACTUAL TAX RATE, AS WELL AS UM, HOW IT IMPACTS THE, THE HOMEOWNER.AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR EASY MATH, I HAVE THE PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND AS WELL AS THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD.
SO, SO FOR REFERENCE, FOR ANYBODY'S KEEPING UP THUS FAR, WE'VE APPROVED $10 MILLION TO BE SPENT FROM FUND BALANCE OVER THE NONU REVENUE RATE.
AND WE DID, WE STILL DON'T HAVE, UH, ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE J J A P AS FAR AS THE BUDGET IS THAT'S CONCERNED.
AND THE OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP.
AND WE DO, WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM, UH, JUDGE BERRY WHO CALLED ME THIS MORNING ON A REQUEST THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE THE DIRECTORY HERE AS WELL.
WELL, THE REASON I BRING THAT UP, JUDGE, IS 'CAUSE IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS UNDERSTOOD FIGURE THAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE, NOR IS ANYTHING ELSE THAT UNDERSTOOD, DISCUSSED, BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT FIGURE.
SO TOTAL APPROVALS TODAY ARE 11.3 MILLION WITH, UH, 10 POINT ALMOST TWO OF THAT COMING FROM FUND BALANCE.
'CAUSE WE STARTED THE, UM, PROPOSED BUDGET WITH THE CONTINGENCY OF 1.1.
BUT YOU'RE CORRECT, THERE ARE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE.
AND I THINK GOING FORWARD, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT UNDERSTANDING WHAT, WHEN OUR BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL WITH THIS, WE NEED TO SET A TAX RATE.
UH, WE NEED TO BE PUTTING OURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE MADE JUST SOME DECISIONS, UM, TO WHERE WE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO DO IT IN A VACUUM.
AND HERE WE ARE THAT HAVING BE OVER AT THE, UH, WHETHER WE'RE DEMOCRAT AT 11 O'CLOCK TODAY PUTS US IN A VERY PRECARIOUS SITUATION WITH THIS.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'S DECISIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MADE AND WE ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER THAT WE'VE APPROVED.
UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS, UM, PROPOSED AT 0.03? AND AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE CAN GO DOWN BUT WE CAN'T GO UP.
IS MR. ANETTE HERE? I SAW HIM EARLIER.
CAN CAN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS THAT I'VE ASKED YOU AND YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED A BUNCH OF OTHER TIMES, SIR, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT ON THE RECORD FOR TODAY.
WILL YOU TELL US AGAIN WHAT THE NUMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PER 1000 CITIZENS IS? NATIONWIDE? THE AVERAGE, UH, F B I CLASSIFIES AT ABOUT 2.4 PER 1000 CITIZENS.
AND THEN IS THAT 2.4, UM, FOR PLACES LIKE PARKER COUNTY THAT ARE SEMI-RURAL AND MORE ON THE EDGES, OR IS THAT NUMBER LOWER FOR FOLKS LIKE US? UH, THE MORE METRO AREA, THE HIGHER THE NUMBER IS, THE MORE RURAL, UM, THE LOWER THEIR NUMBER IS.
BUT IF YOU TAKE FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA, THE, THE AVERAGE AND AVERAGE ALL THAT OUT IS ABOUT 2.4.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS, UM, AND I'M, I'M ASKING YOU TO SPITBALL HERE, KIND OF THE, THE AVERAGE FOR A PLACE LIKE US.
IS IT IT, AM I REMEMBERING CORRECTLY THAT YOU SAID IT WAS ABOUT 1.5 OR AM I MAKING THAT NUMBER UP? UM, HANG ON, GIMME JUST A SECOND.
I SEEM TO RECALL 1.3 TO 1.5 IN OUR PRIOR DISCUSSIONS, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, SO IN TEXAS, IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU TAKE, UH, THE FIVE COUNTIES ABOVE US AND THE FIVE COUNTIES BELOW US, THAT POLICE RELATIVELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF POPULATION, UH, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, ABOVE US IS BRAZORIA COUNTY, HAYES COUNTY, EL PASO, SMITH COUNTY.
YOU'VE GOT, UH, BRAZORIA AT 1.1 HAYES COUNTY AT 1.4 EL PASO AT 2.6 AND SMITH COUNTY AT 1.3.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTIES, THE FIVE BELOW US, YOU HAVE KAUFMAN COUNTY AT 0.7, CAMERON COUNTY AT 1.1 COLEMA COUNTY AT 1.7, AND COLLIN COUNTY AT 1.6.
UM, SO YOU COULD ESTIMATE AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 1.3, MAYBE 1.4 ON AVERAGE FOR COUNTIES THAT POLICE THE SAME, UH, SIZE OF POPULATION THAT WE DO.
AND WHAT IS OUR AVERAGE RIGHT NOW, 0.88.
AND YOUR PROPOSED INCREASES THIS YEAR? GET US TO WHAT AGAIN? POINT NINE 2.92.
SO STILL BELOW SIMILAR COUNTIES IN TEXAS? YES SIR.
AND AS I DO THE QUICK MATH IN THE BUDGET ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO US, IT LOOKS LIKE THE, SO, AND THIS IS EVERYTHING IN TOTAL, THIS INCLUDES THE JAIL, ET CETERA.
IS IT AT LEAST ABOUT 6 MILLION IN TOTAL REQUESTED CHANGES? AND THAT IS NOT REFLECTIVE OR THAT IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE SALARY CHANGES THAT OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICES INDICATED ARE NECESSARY
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TO HAVE US HIRE QUALIFIED HIGH QUALITY FOLKS TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE SAFE.NOW, JUST REAL QUICK, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTY POPULATION, THE TOTAL COUNTY POPULATION, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PLACES LIKE, UH, MIDLAND COUNTY, IT'S JUST 2.4, UH, RANDALL COUNTY 3.3, UM, I'M JUST HITTING SOME HIGH SPOTS.
UH, THERE'S REALLY NOWHERE ELSE CLOSE TO US WITH, UH, THE POLICE TO CITIZEN RATIO AS LOW AS US WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KAUFFMAN COUNTY.
IS THERE ANY, UM, OTHER DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS THE ROAD BRIDGE FUND BALANCE, HISTORICALLY THAT FUND BALANCE, HAVE WE HAD TO USE THAT WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCY OPPORTUNITY OR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS? YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A BRIDGE GO DOWN OR BE DAMAGED THAT WE HAVE TO, IS THAT TYPICALLY WHAT THAT'S USED FOR? THAT I'M AWARE OF? I KNOW IN, YOU KNOW, PRIOR YEARS THERE HAS BEEN SOME OF THE, TO GET TO A CERTAIN ALLOCATION USING FUND BALANCE, UM, IT HAS NOT BEEN USED IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THERE.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT IS BUDGETED THERE IS LIKE A $50,000 CONTINGENCY.
AND SO PART OF THAT, EVEN WITH THE PROJECTIONS, THERE USED TO BE THE, UM, FLOOD CONTROL DAMS THAT WERE PAID OUTTA THERE.
THAT'S BEEN MOVED TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT AS FAR AS FUND 50 ROAD AND BRIDGE, THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WAS PAID THERE.
SO I'M GONNA ASK THE SPECIFIC FUND BALANCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THIS A FUND BALANCE OVER AND ABOVE THE INDIVIDUAL FUND BALANCES THAT THE PRECINCTS MIGHT HAVE? CORRECT.
SO EACH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, EACH PRECINCT, WHATEVER IS TRANSFERRED STAYS IN THOSE PRECINCTS SO NOTHING COMES BACK TO FUND 50.
SO WE PULLED MONEY ALL IN THE PAST THAT THE FUND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO THAT WAY IF YOU WANTED, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION TO THE PRECINCTS, IT WAS USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
RATHER THAN PULLING IT OUTTA FUND BALANCE THAT THE ADVISOR ARE THERE.
WELL THE SITUATION IS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE DECREASED THE FUNDING AND WE MIGHT USE THAT IN ADDITION TO.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? AGAIN, I WANNA CLARIFY, WE CAN GO DOWN.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SETTING THE CAP ESSENTIALLY IN, IN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY BECAUSE THERE WILL BE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THAT REMAINS AT THAT NUMBER OR OR CAN IT GO, CAN WE GET IT DOWN SOME? SO, BUT YOU DO SET THAT CAP AND IT DOESN'T OBLIGATE US TO MAINTAIN THAT AT THIS POINT.
IT'S JUST, I I'M NOT ADVOCATING, I'M JUST MAKING A FACTUAL STATEMENT TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE'RE ABOUT TO GO TO VOTE IF WE DO NOT ADJUST THE ROAD AND BRIDGE RATE TODAY.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE PASS 3% TODAY AND LET'S SAY, OR 3 CENTS TODAY, I APOLOGIZE, AND THEN WE SETTLE AT, I DON'T KNOW, 1.50 CENTS, THAT'S ALL GONNA BE ON THE M AND O, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I'D, I'D LIKE THE COURT TO CONSIDER INCREASING THE ROAD AND BRIDGE NOT TO BE NECESSARILY ON TOP OF THAT.
I'M NOT ASKING TO PILE ON TO THE TAXPAYERS, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S VALUE IN ROAD AND BRIDGE AT SOME POINT BEING ABLE TO STAND ON ITS OWN SO THAT WE STOP PULLING FROM THE GENERAL FUNDING HERE.
AND, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR, OR I GUESS INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE THE SPREADSHEET IN FRONT OF 'EM.
SO ROAD AND BRIDGE, AGAIN, THE SAME THING.
THERE'S A NO NEW REVENUE RATE TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE AND THEN ROAD AND BRIDGE HAS ITS OWN, UM, UNUSED INCREMENTAL RATE.
AND SO FOR BETWEEN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE AND THEN THE HIGHEST RATE YOU CAN APPROVE, UM, THE OVERALL INCREASE FOR AN AVERAGE, UM, HOMESTEAD IS $34 A YEAR.
SO $10 PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
AND BRIANNA, AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT, AND THESE ARE VERY ROUGH NUMBERS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND AUDITORS DON'T LIKE TO HEAR
AM I CORRECT IN THAT? FOR THE AVERAGE I WOULD HAVE TO CALCULATE IT ABOUT 13% FOR THE, FOR THE COUNTY AND THEN ABOUT 3% FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE.
COMMISSIONER CONLEY, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU MIND AMENDING YOUR MOTION AT ALL TO HAVE A HALF CENT IN THERE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE? IT COULD BE A SEPARATE MOTION, IT SHOULD BE A SEPARATE MOTION.
IT WOULD BE A SEPARATE MOTION.
WELL LET'S DO THIS ONE AND THEN, SO IT'S JUST WHILE WE'RE, WHILE WE'RE HERE AND, AND IN CASE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT AWARE, UH, OUR UN-DESIGNATED
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FUND BALANCE FOR PARKER COUNTY IS IN THE $35 MILLION RANGE.UH, WE STARTED OFF, THE YEAR HOLDS ON, WE STARTED OFF THE YEAR WITH 35 MILLION.
UM, 1.6 OF THAT IS RESTRICTED USE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, IT'S ABOUT 33.6.
AGAIN, WHAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WE ARE NOT FINISHED WITH FISCAL YEAR 23 AND I BELIEVE WE BALANCED, UH, FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET WITH, UH, 9.3 FROM FUND BALANCE.
UM, SO AGAIN, UH, THERE I HAVE TO DO A REVENUE PROJECTION FOR, UH, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UM, WHICH IS BASED ON JUNE NUMBER.
SO YOU STILL HAVE A WHOLE QUARTER.
AND THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT BACK AND FORTH EVEN THROUGH THIS MORNING OF WHAT IS ROLLING OVER.
SO, UM, IF WE LOOK JUST HISTORICALLY OF HOW OUR EXPENDITURES ARE, UM, AS WELL AS GOING THROUGH THOSE REVENUE LINES, UM, I HAVE A PROJECTED FUND BALANCE ABOUT 33, ALMOST 34 MILLION.
HOWEVER, IF WE LOOK AT THE ROLLOVER ITEMS AND THEN THAT, UM, AGAIN, THE RESTRICTED PIECE, IT'S ABOUT 30 POINT, 30.9.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL PROJECTIONS AND CAN CHANGE.
BOTTOM LINE IS THOUGH OUR FUND BALANCE THAT'S UNASSIGNED HAS DECREASED, CORRECT? FROM NOW, NOW TO 12 MONTHS AGO? YES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? BUT COMMISSIONER HOLT? YES, THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE MOTION FOR THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ONE.
UH, COMMISSIONER, HOW DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT ROAD AND BRIDGE? NO.
SO IF WE, AND I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY ANSWERED THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA BE VERY CLEAR IF WE DISCUSS AND PASS A MOTION HERE TO INCREASE THE ROAD AND BRIDGE RATE BY A HALF CENT, WHICH BRIANNA, THAT'S, HOW MUCH IS THAT PER YEAR OF AN INCREASE TO TAXPAYERS? THAT IS FOR THE AVERAGE HOME, UH, $10.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THAT LINE.
ON THE AVERAGE, IF WE DISCUSS AND PASS THAT TODAY, WE DO NOT HAVE TO ADOPT THAT.
WE CAN STILL CONTINUE DOWN THE ROAD AT THE NO NEW REVENUE ONCE WE DO ADOPT A TAX RATE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE INCREASE THE ROAD AND BRIDGE RATE BY A HALF CENT MOTION WILL BE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S MADE THE SECOND WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE? WHAT DOES THAT BRING IT UP TO? BRIANNA? THE OVERALL TAX RATE? YES.
THAT WOULD BE, UH, 0.0 0.0 5 5 9 8 6.
THIS, I CAN'T SEE, SEE THE, THE CITIZENS VOTED TO, TO DO A 7 CENT ORIGINALLY AND IT'S COME DOWN FROM THAT 7 CENTS TO NOW FIVE POINT WHATEVER.
AND AGAIN, UM, AS YOUR TAXABLE VALUES, RIGHT, I GOT IT.
INCREASE, THEN IT'S GONNA COMPRESS THE RATES.
RIGHT? AND SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING LESS, IT'S JUST THAT THE RATE COMES DOWN 'CAUSE THE TAXABLE VALUE'S GONE UP, RIGHT.
DEPENDING ON, AGAIN, WHERE YOU'RE AT ON YOUR TAX RATE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSED FOUR ONE AND THEN WE'LL NEED, UM, JUST A, A VOTE ON THE I N S OR DEBT SERVICE RATE? YES.
YOU CAN'T GIVE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT YOU CAN GIVE I GUESS A FINANCIAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE.
SO JUST AS, UM, A REMINDER ON THE DEBT SERVICE RATE, WHEN WE LOOKED AT, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST A PURE MATH CALCULATION OF WHAT'S YOUR LEVY TO WHAT YOUR NEXT YEAR'S DEBT SERVICES.
AND AGAIN, UM, THEY CHANGED IT WHERE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT YOUR EXCESS COLLECTION.
SO IF YOU GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN ONE YEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR FUND BALANCE.
YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT INTO
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YOUR RATE.UM, AND THIS YEAR WHEN WE CALCULATED THE FUND BALANCE, OR EXCUSE ME, WHEN WE CALCULATED, UM, THE PROJECTED REVENUE WITH THE DEBT SERVICE RATE ON THE, UM, TAX WORKSHEETS, IT WAS GENERATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT IN, IN LOOKING AT OUR FUND BALANCE AND DEBT SERVICE THAT WE COULD USE, UM, 1.5 MILLION OF THAT DEBT SERVICE TO BUY DOWN THE RATE.
AND SO THAT RATE IS 0.0 4 6 1 7 5.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
COMMISSIONER HILL HAS MADE THE SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE ITEM.
AND SO JUST TO REPEAT, THE TOTAL TAX RATE FROM ALL OF THE, UM, APPROVALS HERE IS 0.2 8 7 0 9 7.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, LAST YEAR'S, UH, TAX RATE WAS 0.3 1 2, 3, 3 6.
AND SO THAT IS A, A DECREASE AT ABOUT TWO AND HALF CENTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET WHAT WE NEED OVER TO THEM, CYNTHIA? NO.
SO WE WILL YOU STEP OUT AND GET TO WORK PCAD AND GET THE NOTICE GOING.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA, BETWEEN ITEMS H WHICH WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, WE, WE, WE DID RULE ON, ON ITEM ONE.
UH, WE STILL HAVE TWO A AND B AND ITEM I, UH, I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THAT AND GO BACK TO THE FRONT OF THIS.
AND, AND, UH, UNDER ITEM, LET'S SEE, WE DO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, MS. BODIFORD, IF YOU WOULD.
[5.E. Approve appointment of Jamie Bodiford to serve as Trustee for Pecan Valley Centers for Behavioral and Developmental HealthCare for two-year term, September 2023 through August 2025. (Coke Beatty / Judge Deen)]
GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, GO TO FIVE E ON THE APPROVED APPOINTMENT OF JAMIE BODIFORD TO SERVE AS TRUSTEE AT PECAN VALLEY CENTERS FOR BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL HEALTHCARE FOR TWO YEAR TERMS. SEPTEMBER, 2023, AUGUST, 2025.UH, IF YOU WOULD, UH, HELLO, SIR.
UH, YEAH, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING THIS ON THE AGENDA TO CONSIDER TODAY.
AS YOU KNOW, JERRY BLAISDELL HAS BEEN ON OUR BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HE DECIDED TO RETIRE.
HE JUST WANTED TO NOT HAVE SO MUCH TO DO ANYMORE AND JUST RELAX AND ENJOY HIMSELF.
AND, AND HE DIDN'T ASK US IF HE COULD RETIRE.
SEE, I, I ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT.
HE'S SUCH A GREAT GUY AND HE WAS SUCH A ASSET TO OUR PECAN VALLEY BOARD.
UH, SO, UH, JAMIE BOER CAME TO MY MIND TO RECOMMEND TO Y'ALL.
I'VE KNOWN JAMIE FOR MANY YEARS.
JAMIE HAS SERVED ON OUR BOARD IN YEARS PAST, UH, BACK IN THE EIGHTIES BEFORE I EVEN STARTED WORKING AT PECAN VALLEY AND, AND
SHE, SHE HAS SERVED, UH, MORE RECENTLY ON OUR PECAN VALLEY FACILITIES BOARD, UH, WHICH IS, UH, WAS, UH, IT NO LONGER EXISTS, BUT IT WAS A NONPROFIT BOARD THAT, UH, WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE FACILITIES FOR OUR USE.
AND, UH, SHE'S A WOMAN THAT NEEDS SOME INTRODUCTION.
SHE'S VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHE REALLY LOVES WHAT WE DO.
AND SO, UH, I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT, UH, YOU WILL APPROVE HER TODAY.
JUST REAL QUICK, IF, IF I COULD TELL YOU SOME OF JUST A FEW NUMBERS, UH, THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO YOU ABOUT OUR SERVICES IN PARKER COUNTY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE SIX COUNTY LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AND LOCAL INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY FOR, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
SO, UH, THERE ARE 39 ORGANIZATIONS IN TEXAS JUST LIKE US.
UH, SOME HAVE ONE COUNTY LIKE TARRANT COUNTY, M H M R, SOME HAVE SIX LIKE US.
SOME HAVE 26, LIKE IN, UP IN AMARILLO AREA.
UH, SO EVERY COUNTY IN TEXAS HAS A DESIGNATED LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY AND LOCAL I D D AUTHORITY.
WE, ACROSS OUR SIX COUNTIES, OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS, UH, WE HAVE SERVED 9,978 INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
THAT'S AN UNDUPLICATED COUNT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVED A SERVICE FROM OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE RE SERVED OVER 600 INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND THAT CAN BE MENTAL RETARDATION, AUTISM, THOSE TYPES OF DISABILITIES.
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SO BRINGING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN TO PARKER COUNTY.UH, WE HAVE SERVED 2038 ADULTS IN PARKER COUNTY WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS OF, AND THOSE ARE ADULTS.
WE'VE SERVED 573 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS.
AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT NUMBER'S ON THE RISE, THAT NUMBER IS ON THE RISE.
COVID, THE ISOLATION, THE SCHOOL'S CLOSING DOWN HAS REALLY DONE A NUMBER ON OUR KIDDOS.
IT'S GONNA TAKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, UH, FOR OUR KIDS TO RECOVER FROM THAT.
SO, UH, WE DO HAVE A, A SYSTEM OF CARE GRANT, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACTIVE IN THIS COUNTY, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
IN CLOSING, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THREE SPECIAL GRANTS THAT HAVE COME OUT THIS YEAR, UH, OUT OF THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
UH, A CHILDREN'S RESPITE CRISIS, RESPITE HOME.
UH, WE'VE A, WE'RE ASKING FOR $2.3 MILLION TO, UH, FUND A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.
THAT WOULD BE A PLACE FOR KIDS TO GO.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO INPATIENT PSYCH OR IF THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTIES AT HOME AND THEY CAN'T STAY AT HOME AND THEY HAVE NO OTHER RESOURCES, THEY CAN GO THERE.
IT'LL HAVE A THERAPEUTIC COMPONENT.
THERE WILL BE A LICENSED COUNSELOR THAT WORKS WITH THOSE KIDS IF, IF THEY'RE PLACED THERE.
SO THERE'S NO, NO COMMITMENT TO THAT PROGRAM.
WE ALSO ARE ASKING FOR $516,000 FOR, UH, TO EXPAND OUR FIRST EPISODE PSYCHOSIS PROGRAM.
THIS IS A PROGRAM, UH, THAT IS, UH, IDENTIFIES INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THEIR FIRST PSYCHOTIC BREAK, TYPICALLY 15 TO 18 YEARS OLD, AND IT KEEPS THEM IN THE SAME PROGRAM UNTIL THEY'RE 30 YEARS OLD.
AND THIS IS SHOWING GREAT OUTCOMES.
WE HAVE THE PROGRAM NOW, BUT WE ASK TO EXPAND IT.
WE'RE EXCITED AND HOPE WE GET THAT.
AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE ASKING FOR $6.4 MILLION FOR A EMERGENCY, UH, CRISIS FACILITY.
UH, LIKE A, UH, A FACILITY WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN DROP OFF INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY PICK UP WITH, THAT THEY SUSPECT HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS OR MAYBE HAVE A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
AND WE CAN HOLD THEM FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS LEGALLY.
UH, AND WE CAN EVEN, UH, ORDER MEDS, UH, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, UH, TO SEE IF WE CAN'T STABILIZE THE INDIVIDUAL.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT'LL CUT DOWN ON A LOT OF DRIVING TO JOHN PETER SMITH AND WICHITA FALLS AND ALL OVER THE PLACE, UH, TO, UH, DELIVER FOLKS TO INPATIENT CARE.
WE HAD, UH, AS FAR AS CRISIS SERVICES GO, REGIONWIDE, WE HAD 1,940 CRISIS INTERVENTIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR ACROSS ALL SIX COUNTIES FOR PARKER COUNTY.
WE HAD 564 JUST IN PARKER COUNTY, 150.
ONE OF THOSE RESULTED IN AN INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT TO INPATIENT PSYCH HOSPITAL.
77 WERE VOLUNTARY, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND WE DIVERTED 336 INDIVIDUALS TO OTHER RESOURCES OR OTHER SERVICES.
SO IT PAYS TO HAVE A, A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM.
AND, UH, WITHOUT IT THEN THEY'D PROBABLY ALL, ALL BE GOING TO THE STATE HOSPITAL.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR JAMIE, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, GIVING US JERRY ALL THESE YEARS.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
FIRST OF ALL, JAMIE, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND OR SERVING, UH, OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, TO KOCH.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I'VE BEEN KNOWING OF YOU A LONG TIME NOW, AND I, I I HOPE YOU STAY A LOT LONGER 'CAUSE IT'S, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE A THANK YOU, A SOLID, UH, MEMBER OF, OF A TEAM THAT TAKES CARE OF A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.
AND I, I RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I, UH, TO THE, UH, UH, GRANT THAT YOU MENTIONED THERE, UH, WHAT A NEED THAT THERE IS FOR HAVING A FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND GET THEM STRAIGHTENED OUT THERE.
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YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.I ALSO HAPPEN TO NOTE THAT, THAT YOUR BUDGET REQUEST IS THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.
AND, AND SO I, I THANK YOU FOR THAT AND, UH, UH, SO YOU, YOU'VE GOT A BIG JOB AND I, I RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT A SERVICE YOU ARE TO PARKER COUNTY.
AND IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW IN JERRY BLAZEDALE FOOTSTEPS.
AND JAN JAMES IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE CITY AND IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO LIVE IN PARKER COUNTY.
I KNOW Y'ALL ARE MAKING HARD DECISIONS RIGHT NOW WITH ROADS, BUT GOSH, THIS TOWN'S JUST EXPLODING THIS COUNTY.
EVERYBODY FOUND A GOOD LIFE IN PARKER COUNTY.
THANK YOU'ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.
[5.C. Discuss/Take action on budget for Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program ("JJAEP") for FY 2023-2024. (Judge Deen)]
ON DISCUSS TAKE ACTION ON BUDGET TO JUVENILE JUSTICE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM, THE J J A E P FOR F Y 2023.UM, AND ASHLEY, IF YOU WOULD, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, WOULD YOU COME UP? UH, I DID GET A CALL FROM JUDGE QUISENBERRY THAT HE WANTED TO SUBMIT THE BUDGET REQUEST AT 840,000.
THAT IS A WORST CASE SCENARIO IF WE GET NO SUPPORT FROM THE SCHOOLS, WHICH WE, NONE OF US THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE CASE, BUT AT LEAST THAT'S THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
AND THE COURT CAN THEN ACCORDINGLY TAKE ACTION ON THAT AS TO WHAT THEY SEE.
UM, MIGHT BE A SAFE WAY TO GO.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY, BUT IT WOULD BUDGET IT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IF YOU WOULD ADD, I GUESS, TO, TO WHAT THIS IS AND, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR UPDATES DO YOU HAVE YOU WANT TO GIVE? UM, I DID PRO UH, PRESENT A, A BUDGET AND BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO THE JUVENILE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE NEXT JUVENILE BOARD MEETING, UM, THIS FRIDAY.
UM, AND JUST GAVE A VERY SPECIFIC OUTLINE OF, OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, AGAIN, THE INITIAL PROJECTIONS WERE BASED UPON COMMUNICATION WITH JOHNSON ELLIS AND GRAYSON COUNTIES WHO, UM, EITHER HAVE EXISTING JEPS OR GRAYSON WHO BEGAN, ITS J J A E P STARTUP THIS YEAR.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A STATE REQUIREMENT ACCORDING TO TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.011, THAT ONCE PARKER COUNTY HIT THE POPULATION SIZE OF 125,000, WE WERE REQUIRED TO, UM, THE JUVENILE BOARD IS REQUIRED TO OVERSEE A J J E P TO BEST SERVE THE SCHOOLS.
UM, IN PROJECTIONS, OBVIOUSLY, UH, JUDGE DEAN, JUST LIKE WHAT YOU SPOKE TO, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT ARE STILL UNKNOWN, UM, BASED UPON THE, UH, COLLABORATION AND ASSISTANCE THAT WE WILL RECEIVE FROM THE SCHOOLS.
SO PROJECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED AND WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE JUVENILE BOARD, UH, INCLUDE KIND OF OVERALL COSTS WITH NO EXPECTATION OF ASSISTANCE FROM THE SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE HOPEFUL AND OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL GET THAT.
AND I THINK, I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THAT TOO.
UH, AND JUST THE ONES I'VE TALKED TO, UH, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE, AND THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, UH, IT'S BETTER, UH, THE DIRECTION, I THINK THEY'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING AND, AND THE, AND THE RATE WE'RE GOING AT THAT TO GET IT DONE.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT EIGHT 40 WILL BE MUCH OR DRAMATICALLY LESS.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD? OKAY, THANK YOU.
AND, AND THE JUVENILE BOARD MEETS NEXT FRIDAY, IS THAT CORRECT? IT IT'S THIS FRIDAY.
I MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT THAT MEETING.
I OBVIOUSLY WILL HAVE TO ABSTAIN ON THAT GIVEN THE SITUATION THAT I'M IN.
JUDGE, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT NUMBER PLEASE? EIGHT, YEAH.
840,000 IS WHAT THE NUMBER HAS BEEN DERIVED ON A ZERO SCHOOL PARTICIPATION ON SUPPORT, WHICH WE DON'T EXPECT THAT WE EXPECT AN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM MOST OF THE ISDS, IF NOT ALL.
SO WE EXPECT THAT 840,000 NUMBER THAT, UH, THAT'S A WORST CASE SCENARIO, COMMISSIONER, THAT WE WOULD, UH, HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO DRIVE THAT DOWN PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY.
BUT AGAIN, UH, IT'S, IT'S DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE FIRST START, FIRST YEAR STARTUP AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE COUNTIES, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT HAS BEEN SPENT IN THAT RANGE.
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TO LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT NUMBER'S GONNA GO DOWN ONCE WE ALL START WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS THING.AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT WE'LL PUT UNDER THE CLASSIFICATION OF AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD DEFINITION OF IT RIGHT NOW.
JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, ACTUAL STUDENTS THAT QUALIFY UNDER THE MANDATORY PLACEMENT AS OF THIS WEEK.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT FROM THE JUVENILE BOARD.
WE CAN REQUEST IT AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET IT THIS WEEK.
RICH, IF YOU WOULD MAKE NOTE THAT WE GET OUT, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
UM, COMMISSIONER WALDEN, I CAN GIVE YOU THOSE PROJECTIONS JUST FOR WHAT WAS LAST SCHOOL YEAR? YEAH.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF MANDATORY PLACEMENTS TODAY.
BEGINNING WHAT'S CURRENT? YEAH.
NO, THAT'S NOT, NOT A PROJECTION.
I WANNA KNOW THE ACTUAL STUDENT ACCOUNT IN PARKER COUNTY THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR J J A E P TODAY.
SO THE, THE NUMBERS THAT I GAVE YOU PRIOR WERE NOT A PROJECTION.
THOSE WERE NUMBERS PULLED FROM T J J D I.
I WANT TO HEAR FROM EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WANNA KNOW FROM EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT HOW MANY PLACEMENTS THEY HAVE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW.
RICH, IF YOU COULD GET WITH ASHLEY AND DO THAT TOGETHER, GET WITH EACH SCHOOL DIS EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT I S D AND GET THOSE NUMBERS PULLED, BROKEN DOWN BY EEA EACH I S D.
THOSE ARE MANDATORY PLACEMENTS, NOT DISCRETIONARY.
LET, LET MAKE SURE IT'S MANDATORY.
'CAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DISCRETIONARY THAT'S GONNA ADD TO THAT, THAT DEFINITION FOR DISCRETIONARY, THAT'S UPON EACH ISDS DECISION.
EACH I S D NO'S A STATUTE, THERE'S A LIST, LIST STATUTE, THERE'S THAT LIST OF OFFENSES THAT PUT THEM IN MANDATORY PLACEMENT.
SO THE MANDATORY IS BY STATUTE, BUT THE DISCRETIONARY IS PER EACH I S D? CORRECT.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT OR HAS ANYBODY LOOKED AT THAT TO DETERMINE IF ONE I S D IS, YOU KNOW, IF A KID HAS A VAPE PEN WITH NICOTINE, THAT'S NOT GOOD, BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN A KID WHO ASSAULTS ANOTHER KID.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.
[5.D. Discuss/Take action on use of Weatherford Police Department building. (Judge Deen)]
D ON DISCUSS, TAKE ACTION ON THE USE OF THE WEATHERFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING.UM, JUST TO, TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED, WHY THAT IS, THIS IS ON THE AGENDA.
UH, AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT NEED TO BE SOLVED RIGHT THIS MOMENT, BUT IT, UH, IT'S, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA NEED SOME ACTION FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UM, THE REASON WE BOUGHT THE WEATHER FOR PD WAS THERE WAS A NEED TO GROW AND EXPAND, NOT ONLY AT THE ANNEX, BUT TO GET THE ELECTIONS IT, THE SO'S OFFICE WITH SEVEN DETECTIVES AND GIVE THEM A HOME TO WORK IN.
AND AM I MISSING SOMEBODY? I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAD OVER THERE.
AND WE DID LOOK INITIALLY AT THE JUVENILE BOARD AND THEN TO TRANSITION PLANNING INTO WHERE JUVENILE IS, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK NOW AT ALL.
UH, THE, UH, WHAT THE, WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS NOW AS TO, TO UTILIZE THAT, THAT BUILDING AS A STANDALONE, UH, FOR THE J J A E P.
AND, UM, BUT AGAIN, THE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THERE'S OPTIONS OUT THERE RATHER THAN SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY ON, ON THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S OF COURT'S DECISION AND IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT AS TO WHAT WE DO.
I THINK IT SHOULD STAY, IS WHAT WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT FOR ELECTIONS, AND WE'LL FIND SOMETHING ELSE FOR JJ E IT'S MY OPINION.
HOW, HOW DID WE COME UP? DID WE, DID WE DEFER TO YOU, JUDGE, UH, OR AS A COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE THE USAGE OF THAT BUILDING? OR? WE, WE DISCUSSED IT AS A COURT, UH, AND, AND, AND COMMISSIONER, WHAT, HOW THAT STARTED WAS, IS TO DO INTERVIEWS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AS TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
UH, WE CAME BACK WITH THE NEED FROM ELECTIONS.
IT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE AND THEN ALSO THE SO'S OFFICE, WHICH THEY HAVE A NEED FOR SEVEN DETECTIVES TO GO INTO THAT BUILDING.
THAT WAS WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
THEN WE WENT AND TOURED THAT TWICE.
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ELECTIONS, THE IT, AND THEN ALSO THE SO'S OFFICE.UM, IT, IT WOULD UTILIZE AND FIT THOSE NEEDS.
I, I GUESS I'M ASKING GOING FORWARD, UH, ARE WE GOING TO WORK AS A, A COURT TO MAKE THAT DECISION? OR DO WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE REQUESTS? OR HOW ARE WE GONNA BREAK IT DOWN? IT'S UP TO THE COURT TO DO IT.
IT'S, IT'S, AGAIN, THE, THE DECISION TO MAKE THAT STANDS ALONE WITH A COURT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I MEAN THERE'S OPTIONS OUT THERE AND I'M JUST, I'M JUST THROWING THESE OUT THERE.
WHETHER WHEN WE GET THE UPSTAIRS DONE ON, UM, THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW ONE MM-HMM.
NOW, CAN THAT BE USED AT $50,000 A YEAR ON A CON? I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT, BUT, UM, BUT THERE ARE OPTIONS.
I RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN, IN BRINGING PEOPLE IN THERE.
UH, I JUST, I GUESS, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION IN THE NEXT MONTH.
WE DO NOT PROBABLY ABSOLUTELY.
AND, AND THE REASON I BRING UP THAT WHERE THE C L IS NOW, THAT HAS BEEN, WE KNOW WHAT THE, WE KNOW WHAT THE LEASE OF THAT IS.
UH, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING? I JUST THINK THERE'S THINGS THAT NEED TO BE EXPLORED BEFORE WE SIT HERE AND JUST MAKE A DECISION TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE BUILDING THE OLD COUNTY ATTORNEY BUILDING.
WE HAVE NUMEROUS OPTIONS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THOSE TODAY.
BUT WE NEED TO BE, WE NEED TO BE DRAWING IT DOWN TO, TO WHAT IT'S GONNA BE IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER HERE, UH, MR. OP IS HERE.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE, THE WALK, THE WORK TOGETHER AND, AND ACQUIRING THAT BUILDING.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NEEDS NOW, UH, MULTIPLE THAT NOW IS COMING OUTTA THIS.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT AND WORKING WITH US ON THAT.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ITEM.
CAN I, CAN I MAKE A REQUEST OF THE COURT AND OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHO WE'RE GONNA PLACE THERE, I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE COSTS TO GET THAT BUILDING UP TO THAT DEPARTMENT'S NEED.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF ELECTIONS, THAT'S A, UM, GROUP THAT'S BEEN THROWN AROUND A LOT, HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA COST TO GET ELECTIONS TO GET THE REMODELING DONE, WHERE THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR ELECTIONS.
AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE A PROJECTION OF HOW LONG THAT DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE, UH, SATISFIED WITH THAT SPACE FROM A NEEDS PERSPECTIVE.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE PUT A DEPARTMENT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR THAT IN TWO YEARS IS PROJECTED TO BE BIG ENOUGH THAT THEY WOULD NEED EVEN MORE, MAYBE THAT DOESN'T MAKE AS MUCH SENSE AS SOMEBODY ELSE.
UM, I, I, CRICKET DO WE HAVE THERE? THOSE ARE VALID POINTS.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU COME UP A MINUTE? THAT'S, IT IS A GOOD, IT IS A GOOD POINT.
AND I WAS GONNA SPEAK TO IT, BUT I'M GONNA LET YOU DO IT BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE THE ANSWER.
BUT IF YOU WOULD, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THAT SPACE.
AND CRICKET REPRESENTS ONE OF THREE.
AND, AND, AND SHERIFF LAIER IS IN THE O O OFFICE AS WELL.
HE'S REQUESTED SPACE FOR SEVEN.
UH, WILL THAT NUMBER GROW? UH, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT.
UH, BUT CRICKET, IF YOU WOULD, UH, SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION.
WELL, AS, AS YOU'RE TALKING, GROWTH IS EVERYWHERE.
SO GROWTH IS OF COURSE, IN THE ELECTIONS OFFICE.
UM, ORIGINALLY WHENEVER I'D HEARD ABOUT THE BUILDING, WE WENT OVER THERE AND I ESTIMATED LIKE 10,000 SQUARE FEET WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE, UH, EARLY VOTING SITE TRAINING SITES AND THEN TO HANDLE THE MACHINE EQUIPMENT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME LOGISTICAL ISSUES THAT I THINK ARE IN THAT BUILDING.
UM, AND IT PROBABLY COULD TALK MORE ON THIS, BUT THE, THE T ONE LINE OR SOMETHING.
AND THEN IN ORDER TO MAKE A HUGE ROOM TO DO THE EARLY VOTING, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT SOME FILE ROOMS, MARKS AND STUFF.
SO, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S SOME STUFF THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ON, ON THE REMODEL AND STUFF.
BECAUSE MY INITIAL THOUGHT WHENEVER WE GO INTO THAT BUILDING IS MAKE A BIG ROOM.
THAT WOULD BE YOUR EARLY VOTING ROOM.
AND I THINK THERE'S SOME, MAYBE SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED THROUGH.
THERE IS, IT IS JUST SIMPLY A RECONSTRUCTIONAL REMODEL OF THAT.
BUT IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE BUILDING ITSELF IS THIR TO 14,000 SQUARE FEET.
I THINK YOUR REQUEST WAS 8,000 OF THAT.
WELL, 10,000 WOULD BE A, A WONDERFUL SPACE.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA GROW OUT OF THAT ANYTIME QUICK.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER, I THINK ELECTIONS WAS A KEY TO THIS.
UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE JAMES, IF YOU WOULD COME UP, UM, YEAH, I STARTED TO SPRING IT ON YOU, BUT YOU'RE A PART OF THIS.
WELL, I THINK SEAN'S PART OF IT TOO, BECAUSE THERE'S, AND WE, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT.
UM, BUT JAMES, IF YOU WOULD COME ON UP A MINUTE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE KEY POINTS OF THIS IS, IS THAT FROM AN IT STANDPOINT, IT REPRESENTS A GOOD SPOT FOR THEM.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT PLEASE? IN THE SPACE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN THAT BUILDING WE TALKED ABOUT.
CAN I ASK RICK A QUESTION REAL QUICK BEFORE WE'RE DONE? HOW MUCH, WHAT'S THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE YOU'D BE VACATING AT THE ANNEX?
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IT'S LESS THAN 3000.SO SHE'D BE NEARLY TRIPLING THAT TRIPLE.
JAMES, IF YOU WOULD, JUST TO, BASED ON WHAT WE WENT AND SPOKE, I MEAN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE SPACE THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT THAT YOU WERE HAVING FOR IT? OUR, OUR PRIMARY GOAL WAS THE, THE SERVER ROOM THAT THEY HAVE NOW WITH ALL THE, THE FIBER AREA.
THEY HAVE TWO LOOPS GOING AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY.
UH, WE CAN ENCOMPASS IN MORE REDUNDANCY TO OUR BUILDINGS INSTEAD OF THE ONE LOOP WE HAVE COMING OUTTA THE ANNEX CURRENTLY.
UH, SO OUR GOAL WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF MOVING OUR, OUR CORE NETWORK SERVERS TO THAT AREA, UH, FOR BETTER CONNECTIVITY AND REDUNDANCY AND THE UTILIZATION OF SPACE THAT WE LOOKED AT.
WOULD THAT BE ADEQUATE IN WHAT YOU HAVE NOW? DEFINITELY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, DOES THE, THE ROOM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, DOES THAT INTERFERE WITH ELECTIONS AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AT ALL? NOT, NOT AT ALL THAT I'M TALKING TO NOW.
IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE CLOSE TO THEIR, NO, NOT AT ALL.
APPROXIMATE SPACE OVER AT THE ANNEX THAT Y'ALL ARE CURRENTLY USING.
REALLY? 'CAUSE WE'D STILL NEED THAT.
IT'S REALLY JUST, I KNOW IT'S TINY.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW AND WE REALLY WOULDN'T BE GIVING UP UNLESS WE MOVED OFFICES.
IF Y'ALL WANTED THAT AREA, WE COULD GIVE UP BOTH OFFICES.
HE'S JUST NEEDS TO, WE NEED WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT ON THE SERVICE THERE, I THOUGHT JUDGE DEAN HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT TAKE A PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
WE COULD, I MEAN, DEFINITELY MOVE OUT OF THOSE OFFICES FROM THE ANNEX TO BE THERE FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, IT WOULD BE A, A MAJOR UPGRADE AND, AND REALLY WOULD HELP HIM.
WE'RE NOT, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN EYE DOWN SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH CURRENTLY HAVE, AND WHAT THE ASK WAS IF YOU WERE ASKING FOR SPACE FOR OPERATIONS, NOT FOR, OUR GOAL IS YOU'RE DOING JUST THE, THE MAIN SERVER ROOM PRIORITY OVER ANYTHING.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO CLEAR UP SPACE FROM THE ANNEX, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO MOVING.
CAN YOU PUT, CAN YOU PUT A PLAN TOGETHER JUST FROM A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT YOU WOULD REQUIRE SPACE-WISE? YES, SIR.
AT THE NEW FACILITY, IF YOU WERE TO VACATE THE X.
WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER.
UH, SHERIFF
ONE OF OUR SPECIALIZED UNITS, UH, THEY'RE IN A COUNTY OWNED, UH, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TWO STORY, UH, WHICH IS QUITE OLD AND IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN.
UH, AND I THINK IF WE COULD TAKE THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE, THE FACILITY WHICH ACTUALLY ENCOMPASSES THE SERVER ROOM, WE WOULD KEEP THAT INTACT FOR IT.
IN FACT, WE WOULD ADD A SECURE DOOR DOWN THE HALLWAY, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT EVEN MORE SECURE, THE SERVER ROOM.
BUT WE WOULD ENCOMPASS THAT AND, AND HOLD THAT IN.
THAT WOULD BE OUR GOAL FOR THAT.
AND ANY, ANY NEEDS IN THERE AS FAR AS DOORS OR, UH, CARPETING, PAINT? UH, WE WOULD PAY FOR THAT OUT OF SEIZURE FUNDS.
SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY, YOU KNOW, OTHER COUNTY FUNDS BEING YOU WOULD, SOME YOU, YOU, YOU'RE PROBABLY THE ONE THAT WOULD BE EASILY MOVED, TRANSITIONED IN THERE WITHOUT VERY LITTLE TO BE DONE.
WE, WE MAY HAVE SOME WALKTHROUGH DOORS THAT WE WOULD ADD IN BETWEEN SOME OF THE OFFICES SO THE GUYS COULD, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO FROM AN ISOLATION STANDPOINT, YOU'RE IN THE, THE, THE NORTHWEST LOCATION, NORTHEAST CORNER.
IS IT NORTHEAST? AND SO YOU WOULD, YOU, IT'D BE EASY TO O ISOLATE THAT OFF FROM THE ELECTIONS AND, AND IT, AND THAT'S ONE.
I ONLY HAVE, HAVE ONE OF THESE.
THAT'S, DO YOU KNOW THE APPROXIMATE, APPROXIMATE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS HIGHLIGHTED SPACE? I DON'T, I'M GONNA GUESS EACH ONE OF THOSE OFFICES IS PROBABLY ABOUT 120 SQUARE FEET.
UH, JUST, JUST GUESSING, I'D SAY TOTAL ABOUT LESS THAN A, SLIGHTLY LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET SQUARE FEET PROBABLY.
SO JUST AS A REFRESHER, WILL WE BE ABLE TO STORE ALL THE ELECTION MACHINES THERE? CORRECT.
WHICH WILL ALSO FREE UP ADDITIONAL SPACE AT THE ANNEX, RIGHT? YES.
THE WHOLE OFFICE, EVERYTHING WOULD BE ABLE TO BE IN ONE LOCATION.
BUT I MEAN, THE OLD KITCHEN LOCATION REGULARLY VOTING IS RIGHT.
ALL OF THE ELECTION EQUIPMENT WOULD BE IN THE SAME PLACE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
I WAS JUST CONFIRMING AND IT WOULD BE SECURED.
FROM A LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PARKING PEOPLE GETTING IN AND OUT, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF AT THE NEW LOCATION,
SO AS YOU COME OFF OF SANTA FE, THE IT'S, WE WOULD PUT THAT AS ONLY HANDICAP UP AT THE TOP.
UH, THE ONLY THING IS, IS THAT IF THOSE PEOPLE CANNOT, SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT OFF TO GET BACK ONTO SANTA FE, BECAUSE THAT IS, IF YOU'RE GOING LEFT INSTEAD OF RIGHT, YOU CANNOT GET OUT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOME ISSUES THERE.
UM, THE PARKING DOWN BELOW WOULD BE GREAT.
THERE IS A QUIET INCLINE TO GET UP, BUT I THINK WE COULD WORK THROUGH THAT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING SANTA FE WOULD BE ENTRANCE ONLY? YES, SIR.
JACK BORDEN WOULD BE INGRESS ANDRESS, CORRECT?
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YES.DOES THAT SATISFY, YOU THINK ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS AROUND PARKING AND DRIVING, GETTING THERE AND ALL THAT? YES.
AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HAVE THE GATES IN THE BACK.
AND I THINK AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THAT AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
JAMES, DO YOU THINK YOUR TRAFFIC STAFF COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND JUST, JUST FOR VOTING SEASON, THINK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD SOLUTION? DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD MIND THE, WITH RESPECT TO JACK BORDEN? YES, SIR.
HAVING INGRESS OFF OF, UH, INGRESS ONLY OFF OF SANTA FE AND INGRESS EGRESS ON JACK BORDEN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON? THANK THINK, UH, SEAN, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? YES, SIR.
CURRENTLY AT THAT FACILITY, UH, THERE IS A, UH, RADIO TOWER THAT'S OWNED BY THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS CURRENTLY UNDER AGREEMENT.
UM, IT DOES HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT THAT IS VITAL TO, UM, THE PARKER COUNTY RADIO SYSTEM.
UM, ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS DESIGNATION FOR THE RADIO ROOM, UH, TO BE MADE TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE, WE WON'T BE EXPANDING, IT'S JUST I'M GONNA NEED ACCESS, UH, INTO THAT BUILDING FOR RADIO MAINTENANCE.
UM, AND WE WILL NEED TO REDO THAT, UH, RADIO AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND BRING THAT TO THE COURT FOR APPROVAL.
AND THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE WITH REGARDLESS OF WHO'S IN THE BUILDING.
IF, IF SOON AS THAT DESIGNATION COULD BE MADE, WE CAN, UH, FINALIZE THE DOCUMENT WITH THE COG.
IT'S ALREADY IN THE DRAFT MODE RIGHT NOW.
I WENT AHEAD AND, AND DRAFTED IT.
IT HASN'T GONE TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY YET BECAUSE WE WERE WAITING TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THAT DONE, THEN WE'D GET IT TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND THEN THE COURT.
ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION.
WE'LL GO TO, WE'VE DONE E UH, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM
[5.F. Present petition for Local Option Election for Justice of Peace Precinct 3, Parker County filed on July 24,2023, and take action. (Crickett Miller / Judge Deen)]
F.PRESENT PETITION FOR LOCAL OPTIONAL ELECTION FOR JUSTICE OF PEACE PRECINCT THREE.
PARKER COUNTY FILED ON JULY 24TH, 2023.
UM, THIS IS A PETITION FOR THE LEGAL SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, INCLUDING MIXED BEVERAGES THAT WAS FILED IN OUR OFFICE.
UM, THEY PICKED UP THE PAPERWORK ON JUNE THE SECOND TO FILE TO PASS THE PETITION AROUND.
UM, ON JULY THE 24TH, THEY BRING IT, BROUGHT IT BACK TO OUR OFFICE.
THERE WAS 611 PAGES WITH A TOTAL OF 5,842 SIGNATURES.
ONLY 4,950 WERE ACCEPTABLE AND VERIFIED THEY WERE 892 THAT WERE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE IN JP THREE.
UM, THIS MADE 'EM 569 SIGNATURES SHORT.
SO THIS DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE ON THE 2024 NOVEMBER BALLOT.
SO THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT GET SIGNED YET BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT SIGNATURES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UM, Y'ALL DO HAVE AN ORDER TO SIGN SAYING THAT YOU ARE GONNA REJECT THIS PETITION.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN THE MINUTES.
WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A COPY OF THE PETITION AND A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF SIGNATURES, WHICH I HAVE PUT AND, AND I SENT TO EACH ONE OF YOU THAT HAS TO BE RECORDED INTO THE MINUTES.
SO JUST, JUST FOR INFORMATION, UM, WERE THEY, TO RESUBMIT, THEY'LL HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN, CORRECT? IT DOESN'T, YES, SIR.
THEY CAN'T START FROM THE NO POINT THROUGH VERIFIED AND, AND ADD MORE SIGNATURES AT A LATER DATE.
THEY HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
THEY HAD TO DO THE APPLICATION, THEY HAD TO PUT THE NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND THEN THEY PICK UP THE PETITIONS AND START AGAIN.
SO, JUDGE, I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE, UH, UH, DECLARE THAT THE PETITION SUBMITTED IS INVALID BECAUSE OF, UH, LACK OF THE ADEQUATE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES.
OKAY? AND THAT'S BEING PASSED AROUND.
A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALLACE, SAY BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[5.G. Approve/Accept revised DSHS Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) grant budget. (Sean Hughes / Judge Deen)]
ACCEPT REVISED D S H S CITY'S READINESS INITIATIVE.UM, MONTHS AGO, THIS COURT, UH, AUTHORIZED THE JUDGE TO, UH, APPROVE AND SIGN, UH, A BUDGET FOR THE CITY'S READINESS INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES THAT PARKER COUNTY HAS, UH, RECEIVED FOR, UH, MANY YEARS.
UM, APPROXIMATELY, WELL, IT WAS ON AUGUST 14TH, WE RECEIVED NOTICE, UH, THAT THE STATE WANTED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL $29,308
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AND 95 CENTS TO THAT BUDGET.UH, I WENT AHEAD AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT BUDGET, UH, TO ACCEPT.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING TODAY IS FOR THE COURT TO AUTHORIZE THE JUDGE TO, UH, SIGN THE UPDATED BUDGET, WHICH INCREASED $29,308 AND 95 CENTS.
UM, AND OUR MATCH ON THAT IS 10%, AND WE USE, UH, VOLUNTEER, UH, HOURS FOR THAT MATCH FOR THAT 10% MATCH, AND WE WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM, UH, MEETING, UH, THE COUNTY'S MATCH ON THIS GRANT.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE COURT TO AUTHORIZE THE JUDGE TO SIGN THE AMENDED BUDGET.
I BE ABLE DO MR. HALE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR.
[5.J. Authorize and approve County Judge to sign Group Membership Extension for CareFlite for period 10/1/2023-9/30/2024. (Becky McCuUough / Judge Deen)]
FIVE J.AUTHORIZED AN APPROVAL COUNTY JUDGE TO SIGN A GROUP MEMBERSHIP EXTENSION FOR CAREFUL OFFER, PERIOD.
TEN ONE TWENTY THREE THROUGH 9 30, 24.
UH, BECKY, THIS IS JUST THE UPGRADED AGREEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES TO SELECT CARELY.
JUST LIKE LAST COURT, I HAD THE AGREEMENT FOR, UM, AIR EVAC.
UH, THIS IS NO COST TO THE COUNTY EMPLOYEES MAKE THE DECISION IF THEY WANT IT OR NOT.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[5.K. Authorization for County Judge to sign renewal with All Traffic Solutions Inc. (Commissioner Conley)]
FOR COUNTY JUDGES.SIGNED RENEWAL WITH ALL TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED.
COMMISSIONER CONLEY COUNSELOR, YOU, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT PAPERWORK OR, UH, KIM, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE THAT CONTRACT OR ALL TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS? WHAT'S IT ABOUT GEORGE? SO, YEAH, THE ORIGINAL, UM, RENEWAL AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BACK IN DECEMBER.
UM, THAT'S FOR OUR COUNTER, OUR CAR COUNTER THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT IT, IT WASN'T BROUGHT BEFORE COURT FOR COURT AUTHORIZATION FOR THE JUDGE TO EXECUTE.
SO WE JUST NEED TO GET COURT AUTHORIZATION FOR THE JUDGE TO EXECUTE.
AND WHEN YOU GET THE, THE AGREEMENT TO HIM TO SIGN IT AFTER JOHN'S REVIEWED IT.
YEAH, WE JUST WANT TO, IT'S, IT'S GOT A WARRANTY WITH IT, RIGHT? AND ALL THAT.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN APPROVE TODAY? WE CAN.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
ITEM L CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT COUNTER? SURE, PLEASE.
WE'VE HAD THAT COUNTER FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
IT'S BEEN STOLEN FIVE TIMES, AND EACH TIME IT'S GOT A TRACKER IN IT, AND EACH TIME THE SHERIFF FINDS IT SOMEWHERE.
AND I WANNA THANK HIM FOR TRACKING THAT DOWN FIVE TIMES.
BUT FOR SOME REASON, EVERYBODY WANTS TO STEAL THAT COUNTER.
AND ONE GUY STOLE IT, JUST TO PUT IT, HIS KIDS HAD A RACETRACK AND HE WANTED HIS KIDS TO MEASURE THE SPEED.
HE WANTED TO MEASURE THE SPEED ON THIS RACETRACK OUT THERE AT AGNES.
SO IF IT'LL MAKE YOU FEEL ANY BETTER, UH, WE, WE SET THE COUNTER OUT AT A LOCATION, UH, IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF OUR PRECINCT TO COUNT TRAFFIC.
AND, UH, THE LITTLE RUBBER HOSE THAT RUN GOES ACROSS THE ROAD.
IT CAME BACK IN 12 PIECES NEATLY STACKED BY THE COUNTER.
SO THAT'LL MAKE YOU FEEL ANY BETTER.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? I'M SORRY.
WE'RE DOWN TO L I GUESS, JUDGE, I'LL GET THERE SLOWLY.
[5.L. Authorize posting of ESD 8 Board position. (Commissioner Holt)]
WE'LL GO TO ITEM L AND AUTHOR.AUTHOR AUTHORIZED POSTING OF E S D EIGHT BOARD POSITION COMMISSIONER HOLD.
IN E S D EIGHT, ONE OF THE, UH, BOARD POSITIONS, ONE OF THE FOLKS THERE DECIDED TO RETIRE AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS OF QUALITY SERVICE.
AND SO, UH, MR. JOE WILKERSON ASKED ME TO, UH, JOE WILKINSON, SORRY, ASKED ME TO REQUEST THAT THE COURT POST THIS E S D EIGHT BOARD POSITION OPENING.
SO I'M MAKING THE MOTION THAT WE DO.
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MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[5.M. Approval to accept the award of $48,933.19, for the Rainwater Harvesting Grant, administered under the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. (Commissioner Walden)]
M APPROVE APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THE AWARD OF $48,933 19 CENTS FOR THE RAINWATER HARVESTING GRANT ADMINISTERED UNDER THE UPPER TRINITY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, UH, HAD THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY AND, AND OUR PRECINCT APPLIED FOR THAT TO, UH, HARVEST THE RAINWATER FROM ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS TO, UH, REPLACE THE, UH, WELL WATER THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S FOR A, A TANK THAT WILL HOLD 65,000 GALLONS OF WATER THAT'LL BE COLLECTED FROM OUR, OUR, ONE OF OUR MAIN BUILDINGS THERE.
AND, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE REASON THAT THEY HAVE THIS IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND BECAUSE OF OUR PRECINCT'S LOCATION WHERE THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, ADVERTISE IT.
AND EVERYBODY DRIVING BY WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE A RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM IN PLACE THERE.
AND, UH, THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF THIS WATER WILL BE TO USE IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD THING.
I'M LIKE A, DID I HEAR YOU SAY 65,000? 65,000 GALLONS OF WATER.
SO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WAL AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
[5.N. Ratify the Rainwater Harvesting Grant, in the amount of $48,933.19, with the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, to purchase a water storage tank and materials. (Commissioner Walden)]
SECOND PORTION IS JUST TO RATIFY.THE NEXT ONE IS JUST TO RATIFY THAT AWARD, UH, SO THAT WE CAN PURCHASE THE TANK.
I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WAL AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ALL IN FAVOR? JUST, JUST NO, NO COST OF THE COUNTY.
THAT'S, UH, THE OTHER PORTION OF THAT IS WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE, UH, OUR, OUR CREW IS GONNA DO THE WORK TO INSTALL THE PLUMBING TO IT.
AND ANOTHER PORTION OF THAT IS TO SHOW THAT ANYBODY WITH REGULAR PLUMBING SKILLS CAN DO THIS WORK.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A, A, SOMEBODY THAT'S, THAT'S SPECIFIC TO RAINWATER HARVESTING.
[5.O. Renewal contract for the Medical Examiner District Agreement Fiscal Year 2024. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
ITEM O RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DISTRICT AGREEMENT FISCAL YEAR 2024.KIM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON? OKAY.
KENDALL CROWNS AND CHANDLER MERRITT FROM TARRANT COUNTY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM ON THE RENEWAL.
SO THEY'RE HERE THIS MORNING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'D HAD SOMETHING THE LAST TIME WE TALKED.
WHAT WAS IT? SO THE, THE, THE COST IS IS PROGRESSIVELY MOVING, MOVING UP.
AND UH, UH, OUR EXPLANATION OF THAT WAS THAT WE HAD BEEN BEHIND FOR MANY YEARS UNDER THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CATCH UP.
IS THAT, THAT PRETTY MUCH SUM IT UP? THAT'S VERY CLOSE.
GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE.
PII, OUR FORMAL MEDICAL EXAMINER, UH, THEY HAD REALLY KIND OF INTERNALIZED ALL OF THE FINANCIAL COSTS.
CROWNS CAME ON BOARD, UH, IT ALLOWS KIND OF FULL TRANSPARENCY INTO THOSE COSTS.
AND TO BE, UH, TO BE FAIR TO ALL OF OUR COUNTIES INCLUDE OUR OWN, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ASSOCIATED COSTS EQUALLY ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS.
AS FAR AS THE CATCH UP, WE DIDN'T WANT TO HIT, UM, ANY COUNTY IN ANY ONE YEAR, UH, WHERE THEY JUST TOOK ON THE FULL BURDEN.
SO TARRANT COUNTY CONTINUES TO, TO SHARE SOME OF THAT COST, UH, ON BEHALF OF, OF PARKER COUNTY.
AND, UH, ULTIMATELY NEXT YEAR SHOULD BE THE LAST YEAR OF CATCHUP.
AND THEN FROM THEN ON IT SHOULD JUST BE NORMAL PROGRESSION BASED ON NUMBER OF CASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
HOW ABOUT THEM? LONGHORNS? HUH? I HAD TO REPRESENT TODAY,
I ASKED JOHN IF HE HAD A SHIRT,
DUST IT OFF AFTER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THIS IS VERY TRUE, BUT, UH, IT WAS, WE'RE RIDING HIGH TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
OKAY, THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLLY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
[5.P. Authorization to cancel Long Distance contract with Texas Department of Information Resources Telecommunications Services Division. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
TO CANCEL LONG DISTANCE CONTRACT WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES, TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES DIVISION.SO LAST WEEK, YOU ALL, UM, GAVE US AUTHORIZATION TO CANCEL THE AT AND T CONTRACT AND, UH, WE FORGOT ABOUT THE LONG DISTANCE SERVICES CONTRACT THAT NEEDS TO BE CANCELED ALSO.
AND THAT'S WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES UNDER THEIR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UM, SERVICES, UH, CONTRACT.
SO WE JUST NO LONGER NEED THOSE SERVICES WITH THE NEW PHONE SYSTEM.
MOTION WILL BE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[5.Q. Approve the changes to the Parker County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
ITEM Q, APPROVE THE CHANGE TO THE PARKER PARKER COUNTY FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION ORDINANCE AND TAKE ANY ACTION[01:35:01]
ACCORDING TO HIM NECESSARY.AND, UH, KEN'S WHO WE HAD REVIEWING OUR O S SS F AND OUR FLOOD PLANE MANAGEMENT, UH, HE HAD LOOKED AT SOME OF OUR RULES AND HAD SOME CHANGES HE MIGHT HAVE SUGGESTIONS TO.
AND IF I COULD HAVE KEN COME TO THE PODIUM AT THIS POINT AND EXPLAIN THAT.
UH, IN REVIEW OF THE, UM, THE ORDINANCE, IT WAS NEVER SIGNED BACK IN 2008.
IT'S A FORMALITY, BUT WE THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE SIGNED.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, CATCHING THAT.
[5.R. Renewal Contract for Tarrant Regional Auto Crimes Task Force and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
GO DOWN TOMORROW ON RENEWAL CONTRACT FOR TARRANT REGIONAL AUTO CRIMES TASK FORCE AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.JOHN? YEAH, I'M HAVE THE SHERIFF COME UP AS DID THE SHERIFF TAKE OFF ON, HE'S STILL HERE AND SO THIS, THIS A CONTINUATION CONTRACT, BUT I THOUGHT THE SHERIFF MIGHT WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE BENEFITS.
IT'S, IT'S AN 80 20 SPLIT, SO WE ONLY PAY 20% OF ONE OF OUR INVESTIGATORS SALARY ON THAT WHILE HE'S ASSIGNED TO THE AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE IN TARRANT COUNTY.
WE GET A LOT OF BENEFIT FROM IT.
UH, WE THINK IT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT.
UM, AS FAR AS BAIT TRAILERS AND BAIT STUFF AND THEY COME OVER AND HE HANDLES A LOT OF THE CASES AND THEY'RE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN SOLVING A LOT OF AUTO THEFT CRIMES.
SO WE'RE HOW VERY MUCH FOR IT? HOW MANY COUNTIES PARTICIPATE IN THAT CURRENTLY? IS IT SIX? SEVERAL AND A LOT OF AGENCIES WITHIN TARRANT COUNTY AND, AND IN JOHNSON.
AND IT'S JUST A, IT'S A GREAT REGIONAL TASK FORCE.
IT'S ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE.
IF NOT THE BEST MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF THEY HAD A, A BAIT TRAFFIC COUNTER.
[5.S. Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Denton County for inmate housing. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
ITEM S INTER LOCAL CORPORATION AGREEMENT WITH DENTON COUNTY FOR INMATE HOUSING, JOHN.AND THIS IS A CONTINUATION CONTRACT THAT ALLOWS HARFORD COUNTY TO HOUSE INMATES WHEN HOUSING IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INMATES.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLLEY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[5.T. Renewal Contract for the Fiscal 2024 SAVNS Grant Award Notification and take any action the court deems necessary. (John Forrest / Judge Deen)]
CONTRACT FOR THE FISCAL 2024 SEVENS GRAND AWARD NOTIFICATION.TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY, JOHN.
AND THIS A, A CONTINUATION CONTRACT AS WELL FOR A STATEWIDE AUTOMATED VICTIM NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS IS WHEN A VICTIM IS OUT, UH, AND ACTUALLY WHEN THE, THE OFFENDER IS GONNA GET OUT, THEY GET A CALL OR AN EMAIL OR A TEXT NOTIFYING THEM THAT THAT OFFENDER IS GETTING OUTTA JAIL OR WHEN THEY HAVE COURT DATES, IF THEY WANT TO ATTEND THOSE COURT DATES AS WELL.
WHAT'S THE COST OF THE COUNTY ON THAT? THERE IS NO COST.
SO MOTION MOVE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
NEED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
[6. ACCEPT INTO THE MINUTES]
ITEM A AND THESE ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE MINUTES WITH NO ACTION REQUIRED.EXECUTED AUTOMATED BANK DRAFT AUTHORIZATION FORM FOR TOWN CREEK IMPORTS AT ALL.
C TO BE A HONDA OF WEATHERFORD FOR AUTO REGISTRATION TRANSACTIONS.
ITEM B, DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY REQUESTS FOR TRANSFER OF PROPERTY SEIZED BY PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ITEM C IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF BROCK WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF ARPA FUNDS.
THOSE ARE ENTERED INTO THE MINUTES.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM SEVEN ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1.
JUDGE, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE DID PURCHASE.
WE WE DIDN'T, DID WE NOT WHICH ONE DID I MISS? D, D ONE AND TWO.
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO BACK TO DEAN ONE.
I MOVED DOWN SO FAST AND I THOUGHT I GOT THOSE TOO.
UH, INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS.
[4.D.2. PC23-58 Used Rubber Wheel Tire Roller for Pct. 3. (Kim Rivas / Commissioner Walden)]
TWO.PC 23 DASH 58 USED RUBBER WHEEL TIRE ROLLER FOR PRECINCT THREE.
SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE FOR PC 23 DASH 51 FOR THIS USED RUBBER TIRE WHEEL ROLLER FOR PRECINCT THREE.
UM, IT'S NOT ON A CO-OP BECAUSE IT'S A USED ITEM AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID WITH ADVERTISING DATES OF NINE 16 AND 9 23.
ANTICIPATED BID OPENING FOR OCTOBER 6TH AND ANTICIPATE DATE OF AWARD OF OCTOBER 23RD.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
SECOND BACK TO COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
[7. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ON THE, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 1 AND OH SEVEN TWO AND OH 7 4 0 7 6 RESERVING THE RIGHT TO TO CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.[01:40:01]
UH, DISCUSS ITEM A, DISCUSS THE MC VOID BRIDGE CONDEMNATION.TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
ITEM B, APPROVE TO SELL A PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF INTERSTATE 20 WEST AND CENTER POINT ROAD.
ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
ITEM C, DISCUSS THE PERMITTING OFFICE AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
ITEM D IT T NETWORK PROJECT SECURITY UPDATE.
UH, LET'S TAKE A 10 MINUTE TO RECESS, UH, AND MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10 50.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA RETURN FROM, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION 1122 AND MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN ON THE ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UNDER ITEM A, DISCUSS THE VOY BRIDGE CAN CONDEMNATION AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURTS NECESSARY.
I MOVE THAT WE PROCEED TO MAKE AN OFFER TO THE LANDOWNER ON THE MAC BOYD BREAD PROJECT BASED ON THE, UH, APPRAISAL.
DOES THAT NEED TO BE ADDED TO IT? UH, COUNSELOR, THAT'S HONOR.
UH, COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
ITEM B, APPROVE THE SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF INTERSTATE 20 WEST AND CENTER POINT ROAD.
AND TAKE ANY ACTION IN THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
JOHN, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE SALE AT THE APPRAISED VALUE WITH THE CLOSING COSTS TO BE INCURRED BY THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD.
HOLD, UH, WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
YOUR, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR.
MOTION PASS FIVE OH, GO ITEM C, DISCUSS THE PERMITTING OFFICE AND TAKE ANY ACTION.
NETWORK PROJECT SECURITY UPDATE.
AND WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT.
UM, ARE WE READY FOR THAT? IF WE MOVE TO PLATTING? ARE YOU, YOU READY TO MOVE JOHN? NO, YOU'RE OUT.
YOU'RE READY TO DO CLAPPING? WE ARE.
JOHN, WHAT ARE THESE? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WHERE AT? I DON'T THINK WE DID.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PATHS? I'LL FIND IT.
[8.A. PRECINCT 1]
ON, ON PRECINCT ONE, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR THE PA PACE PLACE CONSISTENT OF 5.008 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JAMES SCOTT LOCATED OFF OF PINE BLUFF LANE WITH WALNUT CREEK S U D IN PRECINCT.THIS IS, IS GONNA BE ONE FIVE OH ACRES 32 IS 2.508 ACRES AND 31 IS ONE.
UH, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1125.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM EIGHT? A ONE IN PRECINCT ONE HEARING ON SCENE? NONE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1125 AND GO TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.
EVERYTHING GOOD FOR FINAL REVISION? CAN WE CLOSE THE YEAH.
UH, PROPER PURPOSE TODAY TERM.
THE BILL HAS PRESENTED A
AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
I MOVE TO APPROVE EIGHT A ONE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
ITEM TWO, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION FOR CIRCLE T ESTATES.
CONSISTENT OF 6.657 ACRES DEVELOPED BY OLAND AND CAROL LAHAN AND REBECCA LAHAN EXECUTOR LOCATED OFF OF DEER TRACK ROAD WITH LOW WATER AND PRECINCT ONE.
THIS SUBDIVISION IS UM, 6.6 0.57 ACRES WITH FIVE TRACKS AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN TWO LOTS.
LOT FIVE A IS 3.230 ACRES LOT.
FIVE B IS 3.425 ACRES AND IT ALL'S GOING TO BE, WELL IT WILL BE
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THEIR WATER SOURCE.OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1126.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON EIGHT A TWO HERE AT NINE C NINE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8 11 27 AND GO TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.
EVERYTHING GOOD FOR A FINAL REVIEW? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? IT'S OKAY.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE THOUGH.
PREVIOUS ONE IS, ARE YOU RTC, DID YOU FIND IT? OKAY? WE DID FIND IT.
PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER LESS THAN A DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING, THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE MET ALL OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
I MOVE TO APPROVE A A TWO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONNOLLY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
ITEM THREE, RELEASE THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
ACCEPT A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR WINDMILL CREEKS SUBDIVISION PRECINCT ONE.
AND THIS LETTER OF CREDITS IN THE AMOUNT OF $83,755.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS IN PLACE UNTIL AUGUST 11TH, 2025 AND THE PRECINCT HAS APPROVED ITS COUNSELOR.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
[8.B. PRECINCT 2]
ONE ON PRECINCT TWO APPROVED THE FINAL REVISION PROCESS FOR A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS COMANCHE RANCH CONSISTING OF 5.051 ACRES DEVELOPED BY JA JACOB JOHNSON LOCATED OFF OF NIKKI TRAIL LANE WITH WALL WATER AND PRECINCT TWO.THAT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVISION WAS TO CHANGE LOT SEVEN SIZE FROM 5.06 ACRES TO, UH, LOT SEVEN R AT 5.051 ACRES.
UH, WE DID RUN ADS IN THE PAPER, UM, AS PER THE STATUTE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1129.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WANTS TO DO IT? WOULD SPEAK ON B TWO B ONE, I'M SORRY, PRECINCT TWO.
OPEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING AT 1129 HEARING ON SCENE NINE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1129 AND GO TO THE ITEM COUNSEL.
ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION? UH, YES.
PROPER NOTICE WAS PUT IN THE PAPER LISTING THAN THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE DEVELOPER PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING ZERO BALANCE PERMITTING, DEPARTMENT APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL, AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE B ONE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
WE HANDLED TWO AND THREE, UH, LAST COURT SO THOSE CAN BE TAKE NO ACTION.
NUMBER TWO FOR THE RECORD TAKE.
NOT BECAUSE, UH, THE NOTICE WAS FOR TODAY.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM TWO ON CONSIDER DISCUSSION AND ACT ON POSTING SOUTH SIGNS AT THE FOLLOWING INTERSECTION AT COLLEGE STREET AND PRECINCT TWO.
AND TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING BOTH ON THE SAME SHEET.
UH, I'M GONNA OPEN, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW AT 1131.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM ITEM TWO B TWO, PRECINCT TWO HEARING ON SCENE NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1131.
IS EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO, UH, GET THIS DONE? AND YES, PROPER NOTICE WAS LISTED IN THE NEWSPAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF AND LOCATION OF TODAY'S HEARING AND THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN FOR THE DISCUSSION.
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GO TO ITEM THREE.CONSIDER, DISCUSS AND INTERACT UPON POSTING STOP SIGNS AT THE FOLLOWING INTERSECTION AT JUPITER TRAIL OFF OF OLD AGNES ROAD PRECINCT TWO.
AND TAKE ANY ACTION OF THE COURT DEEMS NECESSARY.
DO WE NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC? I'M GETTING THERE.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1132.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM B THREE PRECINCT TWO.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1132, UH, WITH NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM AND GO TO THE ITEM COUNSELOR.
ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER? UH, YES.
PROPER NOTES WAS LISTED IN THE PAPER LISTING THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
HOLD A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
ITEM FOUR, RELEASE THE LETTER OF CREDIT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
ACCEPT A LETTER OF CREDIT FOR MAINTENANCE FOR SARAH RANCH SUBDIVISION AND PRECINCT TWO.
THIS LETTER OF CREDIT'S GONNA BE IN THE AMOUNT OF $101,080 AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT IN PLACE UNTIL, UH, EIGHT 14 OF 2025.
COUNSEL, ARE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER AND ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET? MAKE THE MOTION.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
ITEM FIVE, BEGIN THE PROCESS WHERE ROAD CHANGE TO POST NO THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC SIGNS LOCATED ON HARWELL LAKE ROAD, PRECINCT ROAD, VILLE CUTOFF ROAD, AND NEW AON ROAD AND PRECINCT TWO.
AND THE PRECINCT HAS REQUESTED THAT SIGNS BE LOCATED.
SO WE'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN THE PROCESS TO GET THOSE, UH, RUN IN THE PAPER AND GET 'EM POSTED, PLEASE.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, JUST REAL QUICK, IS THESE ROADS ARE BEING USED AS CUT THROUGHS BY LARGE TRUCKS.
UM, WHEN THERE ARE STATE ROADS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR THAT PURPOSE, SOME OF THESE ROADS ARE PRETTY NARROW AND PRETTY WINDY.
SO ASKING FOR THAT MAKE A MOTION, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
COMMISSIONER WALDENS MADE THE SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I GOT SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNSELOR ON THAT.
LEGALLY, CAN WE STOP THOSE TRUCKS FROM GOING ON THOSE ROADS? THERE, THERE HAS TO BE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE DESIGNED OR DESIGNATED FOR TAKE CARRY OF THAT TRAFFIC.
SO AS LONG AS WE IDENTIFY AN ALTERNATE ROUTE, THEN YES.
WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS ALTERNATE ROUTES.
WELL, ONE THAT DOESN'T, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO PUT THESE SIGNS ON ALL MY ROADS, BUT IT, IT JUST CAN'T CREATE AN UNDUE BURDEN UPON THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY BY MAKING THE ROUTE WHO'S DECISION 10 MILES LONGER.
IS THAT THE UNDUE BURDEN? IT'S GONNA BE WHO'S GONNA ENFORCE? IT'S GONNA BE A CASE BY CASE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL MILEAGE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRAVEL TO GET FROM THE ONE POINT TO THE NEXT POINT.
SO WHO'S GONNA REGULATE THE OFFENSES WHEN WE PUT THESE SIGNS UP? THE, THE TRUCK DRIVERS PROBABLY WOULD AT THAT POINT.
THEY'D COME IN AND OBJECT IF THEY HAD A CONCERN AS FAR AS AN ALTERNATE ROUTE BEING TOO LONG.
IS THERE OR EXCESSIVE? WELL, YOU HADN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
WHO, WHO WRITES THE TICKETS WITH IF THEY'RE DRIVING ON THIS ROAD, DO YOU KNOW OR IT'S GONNA BE D P SS OR YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE D P S.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE, RIGHT? IT IS.
WHAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS PAST HERE.
I I WON'T DO IT ON ALL MY ROADS.
WELL, THE THE SECOND STEP IS ONCE IT'S PASSED HERE, THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTACT GOOGLE AND MAPQUEST OR WHOEVER YEAH.
THAT IS SENDING THE TRUCK DRIVERS DOWN THESE ROADS AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, WE'VE PUT A NO TRUCK, NO THROUGH TRUCK.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE GUYS ARE JUST FOLLOWING WHEREVER THE PHONE TELLS 'EM TO GO.
SO WE'RE ALL GONNA GET CALLS IF THEY FIND OUT THAT WE'RE PUTTING ALL THESE UP.
DON'T WORRY, COMMISSIONER I ONE ON MY ROAD, I'LL ON MY ROAD, I'LL, I'LL GIVE 'EM YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER AND AND THEY'LL STILL GET TO TRAVEL THAT ROAD IF THEY HAVE BUSINESS ON THAT PARTICULAR ROAD.
UH, WE HAVE, WE'VE HAD SOME ROADS THAT WE'VE CLOSED DOWN TO KNOW THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC, BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING IN AND HAVING TO WORK PAD SITES FOR OIL AND GAS AND THOSE TRUCKS ARE STILL GONNA GO UP AND DOWN.
AND I HAD SOME PHONE CALLS ABOUT THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THEY STILL GET TO DO THEIR BUSINESS.
SO AS FAR AS, OKAY, YOU EXCUSE ME, LARGE TRUCKS, CONCRETE TRUCKS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCTION SITES WITHIN THAT ROAD WAY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE THERE.
I MEAN, I'M FAR, BUT, UH, JUDGE, WE'RE GOOD.
YEAH, I'M, I'M I'M REAL GOOD HERE.
ITEM C ONE ON PRECINCT THREE, APPROVE THE FINAL REVISION PROCESS FOR BEAR CREEK RANCH CONSISTING OF 4.07 ACRES DEVELOPED BY GH LIR JV LOCATED OFF OF WINDING
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ROAD TRAIL WITH WELL WATER AND PRECINCT THREE.IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS A COMBINATION OF LOTS 10 AND 11 FOR A TOTAL OF 4.07 ACRES.
AND WE DID RUN A IN THE PAPER, BUT DID NOT SEND OUT LETTERS AS IT WAS NOT REQUIRED.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1137.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON C ONE UNDER PRECINCT THREE HEARING ON C NINE? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1137.
IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE, JOHN? UH, YES.
PROPER NOTICE WAS LISTED IN THE PAPER, LISTED THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING.
THE DEVELOPER PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT C ONE AS PRESENTED, SIR.
MOTION MADE BY, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SAY BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
WANNA APPROVE THE FINAL PLATT FOR SUBDIVISION BE KNOWN AS REED EDITION CONSISTS OF 4.901 ACRES DEVELOPED BY WILLIAM AND JAMIE REED LOCATED OFF OF F M 1189 WITH WALL WATER AND PRECINCT THREE IS EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR THE FINAL PLATT.
THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A TAX CERTIFICATE INDICATING A ZERO BALANCE.
THE PERMITING DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED PRIVATE WATER AND PRIVATE WASTE DISPOSAL AND THEY HAVE MET ALL OF THEIR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO YOU NOT BEING HERE FOR, ALBEIT THERE
I LOCKED MYSELF OUT OF THE BUILDING.
SO THIS IS JUST A ONE LOT SUBDIVISION.
IT'S OUT OF A 26 ACRE TRACK AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ROAD PRINTAGE OFF OF 1189 AND WELL WATER IS THEIR WATER SOURCE.
I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM EIGHT C TWO.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WAL AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
GO TO ITEM D ONE ON PRECINCT FOUR.
STOP SIGNS THAT THE FOLLOWING INTERSECTION AT MCCLENDON WALKER AT SAMANTHA LANE IN PRECINCT FOUR.
AND TAKE ANY ACTION COURT DEEMS NECESSARY IT AS A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1139.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM UNDER D ONE PRECINCT FOUR HERE AT ONE C NINE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 1139 AND GO TO THE ITEM AND PROPER WHAT PROPER NOTICE WAS PLACED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
LISTEN TO DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HEARING AND ALL OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE MET.
AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HAWLEY.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS.
ITEM D TWO EXCEPT BARBARA RANCH ROAD INSIDE OF THE BARBARA TRACK SUBDIVISION AS A COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAY.
COMMISSIONER HILL, WE HAD THIS ON THE LAST AGENDA AND I HAD LISTED IT AS BARBARA TRACK ROAD AND IT'S ACTUALLY BARBARA RANCH ROAD.
SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO CORRECT THAT ERROR SO WE CAN GET THAT ADDED TO OUR, UH, 9 1 1 RECORDS.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HAWLEY.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PASS FIVE.
OH KIM, SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT.
YEAH, THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ON SOME OF THE BUDGET ISSUES THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED TO ME.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO UNDER THE ITEM, WELL I THOUGHT ALREADY SIGNED THIS.
[5.H.2.b. Additional Employee Salary Requests and/or New Positions. (Becky McCuUough / Judge Deen)]
APPROVED GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 2023.UH, BRIANNA, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD TO OR, THANK YOU MA'AM.
SO I PROVIDED YOU ALL A SUMMARY OF, UM, CHANGES FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
AGAIN, IT JUST GOES THROUGH SALARY ADJUSTMENTS, UM, CHANGE IN DEPARTMENTAL OPERATING EXPENSES, CAP, NON CAP IT ADJUSTMENTS, UM, NEW EMPLOYEE RELATED CAP, NON CAP, AS WELL AS THEN ROLLOVER, UM, FOR ITEMS THAT WILL NOT BE RECEIVED BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 23.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE HAVE SOME ADJUSTMENTS THERE AND I THINK I HAD PROVIDED YOU
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ALL, UM, AN UPDATED LIST ON FRIDAY AND I BELIEVE EVEN SINCE THEN THERE MAY BE SOME, SOME CHANGES.SO, UM, AGAIN, I GUESS KIM CAN GO THROUGH ANY, UM, CHANGES ON, YOU KNOW, ROLL FORWARDS AS WELL AS ANYTHING IS OUTSTANDING THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED.
AND THEN THE SAME THING FOR BECKY ON SALARY REQUESTS.
SO I GAVE YOU, UM, THE SUMMARY SHEET THIS AGAIN AND IT'S JUST AN OVERALL SUMMARY OF WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED, ALL THE REQUESTS, WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WHAT HAS LEFT TO APPROVE.
UM, I DO WANNA GO TO THE THIRD PAGE OF THE LARGE ITEMS OR LARGE SHEETS.
SO UNDER THE, UM, FY 2023 ROLLOVERS, THE MIDDLE SECTION THAT'S IN GOLD, UM, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT, THAT, UM, WE NEED TO ROLL OVER AND WE WERE JUST NOTIFIED ABOUT THOSE THINGS, UM, UNDER FUND 10, 5 68 SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND TRANSPORT.
SO I'D ADDED THIS LINE IN BECAUSE THOUGH THE VEHICLES THAT, UM, WE THOUGHT WERE GONNA BE IN MID-SEPTEMBER, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GET A CANCELLATION NOTICE FROM FORD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FROM FORD OR FROM THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THOSE FORD EXPLORERS FOR TRANSPORT, WE WILL NOT BE GETTING, WE ARE WORKING WITH ANOTHER DEALER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A COUPLE OF, UM, PICKUP TRUCKS FROM THEM THAT THEY MIGHT STILL HAVE ON THEIR LOT THAT CAME AVAILABLE FROM ANOTHER ENTITY THAT DIDN'T, UM, ACCEPT AS MANY AS WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY ORDERED.
SO, UM, WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS THAT WE CAN GET THOSE THIS WEEK.
IF NOT, WE WILL NEED TO ROLL OVER THAT 98,000 409 50 AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TO ROLL OVER THE 17,900 FOR OUTFITTING.
UM, UNDER BUILDING AND GROUNDS FOR THE JILL HVAC PROJECT.
THAT NUMBER WAS 867,000 THAT NEEDED TO BE ROLLED OVER.
WE HAVE SINCE THIS PAST, UM, ACTUALLY AS OF TODAY, MADE A PAYMENT OF $95,000 TO THAT VENDOR.
SO THAT AMOUNT IS REDUCED BY 7 72 2 7 72 8 6 86.
UM, THEN ALL OF THE ITEMS IN BLUE, THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADD THAT, UM, FOR MOTOROLA RADIO CHARGERS, SIX-WAY RADIO CHARGERS, PROGRAMMING CABLES AND AND SO FORTH FOR THE SHERIFF, UM, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND THEN STRIPING FOR 10 TAHOES.
UM, THAT WON'T BE THE, THE, UM, COMPANY THAT'S DOING THE STRIPING WON'T BE ABLE TO GET TO 'EM UNTIL AFTER THE 1ST OF OCTOBER.
AND, UM, AN ADDITIONAL ONE, THOSE ARE 10 FOR, FOR PATROL AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL ONE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.
AND THEN THE ME'S OFFICE NEEDS TO ALSO ROW 4,000 990 25 OVER, UM, AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ALL OUT OF FY 23 BUDGET THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED IS JUST ROLLOVER.
ALL OF THAT IS IN THE SPREADSHEET.
SO WE ALSO NEED TO DISCUSS, UM, THE LAST BUDGET SESSION.
YOU ALL APPROVED THE RENTAL OF THE MODULAR BUILDING FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO HOUSE, UM, C I D PATROL, THE TRUCK PATROL.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE, UH, SINCE RECEIVED A QUOTE FROM THE SAME COMPANY TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING AND TO PURCHASE IT, IT WOULD BE 325,000, WHICH YOU WOULD PAY FOR IT IN FIVE YEARS OF RENTAL.
SO YOU MIGHT, AS IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE IT FEASIBLY.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL CHANGE.
I MOVE TO GO AHEAD AND PURCHASED THAT BUILDING MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
UH, COMMISSIONER ELLS MADE THE SECOND, IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? SO THE, THE, THE SETUP, ALL OF THAT IS STILL, STILL THERE NECESSARY YES.
AND THE ONLY THING WE'RE HOOK UP YEP.
DOING IS WE'RE CHANGING FROM A 59,171 ANNUAL PAYMENT TO THE 3 25 PURCHASE TO THE 3 25 PURCHASE.
SO DID Y'ALL, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE USED MARKET ON THESE TYPES OF MODULAR BUILDINGS? SO THIS IS GONNA BE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA MANUFACTURE IT AFTER WE ORDER IT.
I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE AFTERMARKET IS.
WELL, I WAS JUST WONDERING FOR RESIDUAL VALUE ON THE BACKEND FOR THE COUNTY IF, IF WHEN THE EXPANSION FOR SITE BUILTS THERE? YEAH, NO SIR.
THAT'S ALL I THOUGHT I'D ASK IF YOU MIGHT KNOW.
AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUILDING REAL QUICK,
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I NEED TO LET THE COURT KNOW THAT I CON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VENDOR.THEY SAID THERE IS NO OPTION TO GET OUT.
UM, IT'S IF WE GET OUT BEFORE THE FIVE YEAR LEASES UP, WE STILL OWE THE REMAINDER OF, OF THE LEASE.
UM, AND THERE IS NO LEASE TO PURCHASE.
SO AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS, IF WE WANTED TO BUY THE BUILDING, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL COST OF WHATEVER THE MARKET RATE IS OF THE BUILDING.
WELL, BY LAW THEY CAN'T, WE CAN'T, THERE'S AN NON APPROPRIATION STATUTE THAT WE CAN'T APPROPRIATE BEYOND THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO IF FUNDS WERE NOT APPROPRIATED FOR YEARS 3, 4, 5, OR WHATEVER.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT THEY SAID, SO, WELL, WE OKAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM BY YOU? GOOD? YEAH.
OKAY, BRIANNA, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS ON THIS? NO.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO DISCUSS ON THIS? BECKY? OH, OH, YOU GO TO KIM? YEAH.
OH, YOU CAN GO BACK TO KIM NOW.
HEY KIM, DID YOU WANNA MENTION THAT THE STUDY ON THE ARCHITECTURAL TEAM? SO I HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, CHARLIE KERNS WHO USED WAS WITH KOMATSU.
AND, AND WE'VE KIND OF, HE AND I HAVE A WORKING RELATION, BUT I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE, UM, FEE FOR THE JUSTICE CENTER MASTER STUDY, AND UM, HE INFORMED ME IT WOULD PROBABLY BE NO MORE THAN $150,000 TO EXPECT AFTER A, IF A BOND IS PASSED, THAT'S WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE BIG SUM FOR THE ARCHITECT SERVICES.
BUT JUST FOR THE STUDY, IT WOULD BE, UH, 150,000 NO MORE.
AND REMIND ME WHO THAT IS AGAIN? CHARLIE KERNS.
HE WAS, UM, WITH KOMATSU BEFORE, HE IS NOW WITH, UM, ANOTHER FIRM.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE INITIALS OF IT, BUT, UM, HE'S NOT ONE OF THE PROPOSAL PROPOSALS THAT RESPONDED TO THE R F Q.
THEY DON'T DO JUSTICE CENTERS, BUT HE IS FAMILIAR WITH, UM, SOME FOLKS THAT DO MASTER STUDIES AND LIKE, AND THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT IN THE PAST.
AND THAT WAS, THAT'S ONE HE DID WORK FOR THE COMPANY THAT HAD DONE THE MASTER STUDY BEFORE.
HE'S, HE'S SAYING THAT THAT MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS QUOTED, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW IT INCLUDED SOME THINGS THAT WERE NOT GOING TO BE NECESSARY RIGHT NOW.
NO, BECAUSE IT WAS GONNA BE THE MARKETING OF THE BOND.
AND THAT'S NOT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
SO THE PART THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, HE FEELS LIKE WE WOULD BE AT ABOUT 150 TOTAL.
I THINK KIND OF THE LAST THINGS ON FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS IS, UM, BUILDING A GROUNDS.
I MEAN, THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN IN Y'ALL'S BOOKS, THE RAISES THAT HE TALKED ABOUT.
I DID RERUN THE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S THE SAME INFORMATION THAT Y'ALL HAD, BUT I JUST BROKE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
SO IT'S JUST A BREAKDOWN OF EACH POSITION.
I PUT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE RAISE ON EACH PER POSITION AND THEN THE TOTAL COST.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE TO DO TODAY, BUT, BUT WE STILL HAVE TIME TO WORK ON.
ARE YOU TELLING US THAT VICKY BUDGET COURT? SAY IT AGAIN.
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RIGHT THEN.YEAH, BUT IS THAT, THAT'S PART OF WHAT NEXT MONDAY IS CORRECT? THE 18TH? I MEAN, IT CAN BE, IT CAN BE.
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE JUST A REMINDER OF ONCE THERE'S DECISIONS MADE, THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY PUTTING IT IN THE BUDGET, GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE SOONER DECISIONS ARE MADE, IT'S BETTER TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS TO REVIEW AND GIVE US TIME SO WE'RE NOT RUSHING.
UH, DOES THE COURT WANT TO, ON THE BUILDING OF GROUNDS, ON THE REQUEST THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE SALARIES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? WHAT'S DO ANYTHING WITH THIS TODAY? WE WANT TO TAKE IT OUT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GET ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PRIOR TO HAVING ANOTHER COURT.
UH, BUT IF THE COURT WANTS TO DIGEST THIS AND LOOK AT IT AND COME BACK AND DO THAT, UH, UP TO THE COURT.
WELL, WE MET THESE NUMBERS FOR WEEKS.
MARK, ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY ABOUT THIS THAT YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SAID? NO, SIR.
MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE BUILDING AND GROUNDS REQUESTS.
COMMISSIONER HOLT, I SECOND OF THE ITEM.
UH, WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MARK, YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS ON THIS BEFORE WE VOTE? I GOT A QUESTION.
ARE WE, DO WE HAVE SOME, ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE COMPS OR DID I OVERLOOK WITH SOME OTHER COUNTIES SIMILAR SIZES ON THESE POSITIONS? NO, I DIDN'T DO THAT.
I JUST KIND OF BASED IT OFF THE PRECINCTS PAY.
CAN I ADD THAT'S A, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
UM, THE THING ABOUT IT'S, IT'S A CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS THAT, UM, IN, IN, IN GOING OUT AND TALKING TO OTHER COUNTY JUDGES, WHETHER IT'S IN JOHNSON, WHETHER IT'S HOOD, WHETHER IT'S WISE, AND UM, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS WITH, WITH BUILDINGS.
AND UH, WE HAVE SOME AGE BUILDINGS HERE WITH PUTTING A DEMAND ON YOU THAT, UM, TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THESE AGE BUILDINGS.
AND YET IN DEALING WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES WOULD YOU SAY? OR IT'S, IT'S THE WAY WE RUN OUR BUILDING AND GROUNDS THE WAY IT'S SEEN, UH, ESPECIALLY THIS BUILDING.
I MEAN IT OBVIOUSLY CARRIES A LOT OF, WELL, IT'S, IT'S NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE ALSO, BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS ALSO ENCOMPASSES THE JANITORIAL STAFF, ALL THE LAWNS, THE FUEL, ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN JUST THE BUILDINGS.
IT'S JUST HARD TO, WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS IT'S HARD TO COMPARE THAT AND, AND ON THE BUILDING GROUND SIDE OF IT.
BUT, UM, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO TRY TO COMPARE AND GET A, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE AGE OF OUR BUILDINGS? THE AVERAGE AGE.
DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD?
UH, I DON'T KNOW, COMMISSIONER.
UH, YOU KNOW, UM, I GUESS, UH, TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THE NEWEST ONE.
IT WOULD BE ANNEX, WOULD IT NOT? I THINK IF YOU TOOK THIS ONE OUT, IT'D BE IN EXCESS OF 30 TO 40 YEARS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA TAKE COUNTY, COUNTY ATTORNEY BUILDING OUT TOO, AND THEN THE OLD POST.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP IS WE HAVE A STAFF THAT IS, UH, WORKING VERY HARD TO KEEP THESE BUILDINGS OPEN TO SERVICE THE PUBLIC.
AND WE CAN'T PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS THOSE BUILDINGS STAY OPEN.
UM, WHETHER IT'S THE ANNEX OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THESE NUMBERS, YES, IT'S AN INCREASE, BUT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE CERTAIN NUMBERS ON HERE THAT, UM, SEEM TO BE WELL IN LINE WITH CURRENT MARKET RATES.
I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE COMPS ON IT, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION ANYWAY.
WELL, ALSO, YOU'VE, YOU'VE REALLY TRIED TO DO MORE THE LESS WITHOUT ASKING FOR A LOT MORE PEOPLE TOO.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR BECKY OR THESE NUMBERS HERE ARE DO NOT INCLUDE THE 3%.
AND SO, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA ASK IS IF Y'ALL APPROVE THIS IS THIS AND THEN 3% ON TOP, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO AS A CLEANUP ITEM AS WELL.
FOR THOSE OTHER POSITIONS THAT HAVE HAD A SALARY ADJUSTMENT, LIKE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, RECORDS CLERK AND THINGS MADE FOR THE DA'S OFFICE.
IS IT THE 3% ON TOP OF WHAT WAS
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APPROVED? AND SO I, I WANTED TO ASK THESE POSITIONS THAT YOU WANT TO INCREASE BY 33%.UH, I'M NOT, THESE ARE, THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE FILLED CURRENTLY? YES.
AND THE, UH, THE 30, THE TWO I, THE TWO THAT ARE AT 33%, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I HAD THE MONEY TO HIRE THESE MEN IN AT.
UH, I DON'T, NOT GONNA JUST HIRE SOMEBODY IN AT TOP THE LINE.
I'M GONNA HIRE IN PROBABLY AROUND THAT AND THEN PROVE THEMSELVES AND THAT'LL BE THE CAP.
AS FAR AS THAT POSITION THAT WE'LL MAKE THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'RE FUNDING THAT POSITION.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY THAT AMOUNT.
AND WOULD THAT BE THE CASE FOR ALL OF THESE OR PART OF THESE, OR THE REASON, THE REASON THAT I THINK THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF STICKER SHOCK HERE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE AND LOOKING AT THAT IN ONE YEAR IN A TIME WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON OTHER THINGS.
BUT, WELL, I THINK EVERYBODY'S FULL NOW.
I THINK AT FIRST WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE 45 TO 60, I THINK THOSE WERE VACANCIES.
'CAUSE MARK HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB ABOUT THAT.
HIRING PEOPLE IN LOWER AND THEN KIND OF REDISTRIBUTING SURE.
HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF THAT.
UM, THOSE BY FAR ARE GONNA BE YOUR, THE TWO BIGGEST STICKER SHOCKS, WHEREAS THE OTHERS ARE JUST TRYING TO INCREASE THEIR PAY.
AND WAS THE OFFICE MANAGER POSITION, WASN'T IT NOT RAISED WHEN ALL OFFICE MANAGER POSITIONS WERE RAISED UP TO THE CURRENT LEVEL? WHAT'S THE DEAL ON THAT? UM, NO, I BELIEVE THE REQUEST IS TO MAKE THE OFFICE MANAGER PAY THE EQUAL TO THE PRECINCT OFFICE MANAGER PAY.
IT'S STILL BELOW, IS IT NOT? NO.
WELL, IT DEPENDS ON IF THEY GIVE THE 3% ON TOP OR NOT.
SO DOES THE MO, SO DOES THE MOTION AS IT STANDS, THIS IS SEPARATE FROM ANY COLA YEAH.
MOTIONS FOR THIS PIECE OF PAPER.
WOULD THEY THEN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE COLA OR DO WE THAT'S FOR US TO DECIDE.
I THINK THAT'S FOR Y'ALL TO DECIDE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? DID YOU HAVE ANYBODY? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? SO ARE WE INCLUDING THE KOHLER OR YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST SAYING THIS, THIS ONLY FOR NOW AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS COLA SEPARATELY.
WE'LL COME BACK ON THE AND DEAL WITH THAT, UH, BEFORE WE GO FORWARD.
UH, WE DID NOT, WE JUST, AND, AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT SIMILAR TO THIS.
UH, WE DID NOT VOTE OR DISCUSS OR ANYTHING.
WE JUST GOT AN UPDATE ON THE ARCHITECT WITH THE JUSTICE CENTER MASTER STUDY.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY, BUT, UM, THE TIMING ISN'T THE GREATEST WHEN WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE.
AND THE TIMING OF THIS IS, IS, IS NOT THE GREATEST.
BUT WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, THERE, THERE IS, THERE, THERE'S A PRICE TO PAY FOR GROWTH.
THERE'S A PRICE TO PAY FOR THE FACT THAT AT SOME POINT, UM, WE HAVE A VERY PROGRESSIVE, UH, JUDICIAL SYSTEM AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, WHICH IS GONNA BRING A THIRD DISTRICT COURT HERE.
UM, THAT, UM, IS GONNA HAPPEN.
I THINK IF WE STARTED TODAY AND BUILT IT, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE READY.
WE'D HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT AT THAT POINT.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
WE, WE BRING IT BACK NEXT YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S A YEAR DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE'RE GONNA WISH WE HAD DONE SOMETHING.
AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE.
BECAUSE THAT LAYS OUT THE ROADMAP OF WHAT WE DO THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT A COUNTY DOES.
IS, IS, IS IS WE, WE ARE THE ARCHITECT OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN, IN THE COUNTY.
AND SO WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THIS COUNTY.
AND SO, UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE AND UP TWO AND YOU SAID THAT THAT WAS AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND, 150? WELL, 150.
WE'VE ALREADY GONE OUT BID, CORRECT? YES.
WE'RE IN THE EVALUATION STAGE OF ALL THE, TO APPROVE AND EVALUATION OF THIS NOT TO EXCEED 150,000.
WE'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH A, WE'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH THE GROWTH IN THIS COUNTY AND IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA BE FREE.
WHAT'S THIS STUDY GONNA TELL US THAT WE DON'T ALREADY KNOW? IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA INTERVIEW THE
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DEPARTMENTS.IT'S GONNA ASSESS WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
IT'S GONNA LOOK AT THE GROWTH.
IT'S GONNA DETERMINE WHAT THE, HOW FAST OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS.
GROWING CRIME RATES, LOOKING AT WHAT OUR, OUR NEEDS AND DEMANDS ARE.
AND EACH OF THE COURT SYSTEMS DETERMINE SPACING.
IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE AND BRING DEPARTMENTS INTO THAT BUILDING, UH, THEN THAT WOULD DETERMINE WHAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT IT'S GONNA TELL YOU IS, IS HOW MUCH SPACE YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO BUILD THIS THING.
AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD 20 ACRES, 30 ACRES AND, AND THE LOCATION, IT'S GONNA MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHERE THE LOCATION'S GONNA BE.
BUT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
I MEAN, IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO, I THINK KOMATSU GAVE A PLAN TO THIS COUNTY, WHICH A MAJORITY OF THOSE, UH, SITES ARE GONE.
UM, WE JUST DON'T WANNA FIND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE WE WANT ONE LOCATION, THEN HAVE TO CONDENSE OR NOT CONDEMN IT AND PROBABLY SOMETHING AND TEAR IT DOWN.
UH, WE HAVE LAND WE CAN PUT IT ON AND THAT CERTAINLY CAN BE DISCUSSED.
UH, BUT WE NEED A, WE NEED AN OUTSIDE SOURCE TO COME IN HERE AND DO AN ASSESSMENT ON THIS, WHICH WE'RE NOT CAPABLE OF OR HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO.
BUT, UH, THIS ISN'T GONNA GO AWAY.
IT'S GONNA KEEP COMING BACK AND NEXT YEAR WE WILL DO THE SAME THING.
AND UM, WELL, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
BUT I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE NUMBER SIX IN THE NATION AND YOU, YOU HAVE A, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A VERY VOCAL, UH, DISTRICT JUDGE, UH, THAT, UM, AND A JUDICIAL SYSTEM, UH, THAT NEEDS DESPERATELY NEEDS SPACE.
AND A AND, AND EVERY TIME A SPACE OPENS UP, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO DO A LAND GRAB AND TRYING TO GET IT, WHETHER IT'S AT THE DA'S OFFICE OR IT'S IN SOME OTHER OFFICE.
SO, UH, IT'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
I'M JUST, I'M PUTTING IT OUT THERE THAT UH, WE CAN DO IT NOW.
UH, WE WANT TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD ON THIS.
THIS IS NOT ONE OF THE THINGS TO DO IT ON, IN MY OPINION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SO IT'S TO APPROVE UP TO 50,000 FOR
THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE ASSESSMENT ON THIS, ON THE ARCHITECT FOR THE JUSTICE MASTER STUDY NOT TO EXCEED 150,000.
WELL, I'VE BEEN PUSHING THAT COUNTY FARM FOR YEARS.
'CAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THAT LAND.
I MEAN THAT'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD SAVE.
BUT I KNOW THE DISTRICT JUDGES DON'T LIKE IT OUT THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
WELL ALREADY HAVE THE, WELL WE, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE TAXPAYER FOR TWO THINGS.
ONE, TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN, IN OUR APPROACH IN SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY.
AND IF THAT, IF THAT'S AN OPTION, WE CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTY AS A NUMBER SIX IN THE NATION OF GROWTH.
UH, AND IF WE DON'T DO THIS, UH, I'M NOT SURE WE'RE FULFILLING THAT OBLIGATION OF PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF WHAT THE COUNTY DOES.
AND 40% OF MY TIME IS PROBABLY MORE LIKE 50 TO 55% OF MY TIME IS JUDICIAL AND GROWING.
AND SO, UM, I CAN'T IMAGINE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND AT THE COUNTY COURT OF LAW THAT UM, WE NEED SPACE.
SO WELL, BUT THIS 150,000 IS WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR SOME GUY TO FIND SOME OTHER LAND BARS.
THE DECISION'S GONNA BE THE COURT, WHETHER IT WANTS TO GO TO THE, WHERE YOU'RE TALKING, THEN WE GOTTA BUY THAT LAND TO HAVE THE NEXT STUDY.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY THE LAND.
WE CAN FOR SPACE, HOW MUCH SPACE WE NEED FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE, WE HAVE NO IDEA.
BUT THEN IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FOR POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF LAND OR USE OF THE CURRENT TERMINAL.
CAN, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN VOTE ON AT OUR NEXT BUDGET SESSION? 'CAUSE WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE BEFORE I VOTE ON THIS, FRANKLY, IS I'D LIKE TO SEE EXACTLY A, A PARAMETER LIST OF WHAT THIS STUDY IS GOING TO STUDY.
I SEND YOU ALL RESPECT FROM THE RFQ THAT WAS ISSUED FOR THE LET'S DO THAT.
YEAH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN THAT.
UNLESS LET'S FOLLOW COMMISSIONER HOPES DIRECTION OR THAT I, I, WELL I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I RESPECT IT AND I AGREE THAT UH, THIS IS DEFINITELY A PRESSING ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
UH, I THINK I'D FEEL A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE OTHER BUDGET ITEMS UNLESS WE ARE UNDER THE GUN TO ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO THIS TODAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? COMMISSIONERS? ANYTHING? YEAH, BECKY'S GOT MORE.
OH YEAH, SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO NO, THAT'S FINE.
UM, THE OTHER REQUEST THAT I STILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT IS THE UNIFORM REQUESTS AS WELL AS WHAT JUDGE JOHNSON TALKED ABOUT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT AFFECTS A LOT MORE OFFICES THAN JUST HERS.
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THE TOTAL COST IS $7,115.MAKE A MO I'M SORRY, I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? I'M ASKING, UH, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, DOES THIS THEN TRIGGER SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY PAY FOR UNIFORM FOR? OR IS THIS THE END OF THE UNIFORM RUB? I HOPE IT'S THE END OF THE UNIFORM.
WE REALLY, I WORKED WITH BRIANNA TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH EVERY SINGLE OFFICE THAT WOULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS A UNIFORM ALLOWANCE TO SEE IF THIS FALLS IN LINE WITH IT OR NOT.
EVEN WHENEVER WE GOT THE VERY FIRST REQUEST, I WAS LIKE, THIS IS GONNA BE EXACTLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
IF SOMEBODY GETS IT, SOMEBODY ELSE IS GONNA WANT IT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO, BECAUSE Y'ALL DON'T GET IT.
DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT? NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT YOU DON'T.
WHAT, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? THE COUNTY, THE INVESTIGATORS CURRENTLY DO NOT RECEIVE ANY SORT OF A UNIFORM ALLOWANCE.
I HAVE NOT HAD A REQUEST FROM THEM THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE A UNIFORM ALLOWANCE, BUT JOHN MAY WANNA TALK ABOUT IT.
UM, I SENT Y'ALL A BIG O SPREADSHEET REGARDING THE SALARY INFORMATION THAT JUDGE, THAT COMMISSIONER WELDON HAD ASKED ME TO PRESENT Y'ALL.
UM, I ALSO JUST GAVE Y'ALL ANOTHER SHEET WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PAY SCALE BREAKDOWN.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE TOP SECTION IS WHAT THE 3% IS FOR THEM, THE NEW PAY SCALE, NEW PAY SCALE, PLUS THREE NEW PAY SCALE PLUS FIVE.
AND THEN THE NEW PAY SCALE PLUS 10 THAT THE SHERIFF TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.
I JUST GAVE Y'ALL A PAGE THAT HAS THAT ON THERE.
SO, WELL, I MADE THE MOTION LAST WEEK FOR HIS PROPOSED PAY SCALE AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AGAIN.
RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A 3% INCREASE.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER COLLEY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
SO I, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF, IF, SINCE WE HAVE A SECOND NOW, I GUESS WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, UH, SOME WORK GO TOWARD, UM, AND, AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO IN EVERY CATEGORY HERE IS THE, IS WORK TOWARD THE MIDPOINT TO BRING THE LOWER END UP.
BUT THERE, THERE HAPPENS TO BE, I MEAN THERE HAS TO BE AT, AT SOME POINT A CAP OF WHAT THE, THE SALARIES ARE, UH, IN A, IN A PARTICULAR POSITION.
AND THERE'S NOTHING TOWARD THAT.
AND WHEN WE GIVE A FLAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE, UH, THE MOST, UH, THE HIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEES IN ANY OF THESE DEPARTMENTS GET THE MOST RAISE AND THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE WISE, UH, THE LOWEST LOW END OF IT, THAT BELOW THE MIDPOINT, UH, GET LESS CHIEF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? I, I WASN'T PARTICULARLY TALKING ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT.
WHEN WE GIVE THAT PERCENTAGE RAISE, THEN THE FOLKS THAT MAKE THE MOST MONEY GET A HIGHER RAISE THAN THOSE AT THE LOW END.
AND WHICH IS CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING AT SOME POINT, WE NEED TO CALCULATE THE MIDPOINT OF THESE SALARIES, THE SALARY SCALE HERE AND GIVE RAISES ON THE LOWER END AND THE MIDDLE PART AND LESSER DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THOSE ON THE TOP PART.
NO, I JUST, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPOSAL, IT'S REAL EXPENSIVE.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, POSSIBLY THE THREE OR FIVE OR 10%, UM, I WAS TOLD A LONG TIME AGO BY SOMEBODY USED TO SIT IN THAT CHAIR RIGHT THERE.
IT SAYS YOU DON'T PAY THE PERSON, YOU PAY THE POSITION.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SOME PEOPLE WILL GET MORE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STARTING OUT OR POSSIBLY THINKING OF COMING OVER HERE AND WHERE ARE THEY GONNA BE IN FIVE OR SIX YEARS IN THAT POSITION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW.
WEATHERFORD IS KIND OF, THEY SET THE MARKETPLACE FOR US ACROSS THE STREET IN NINE YEARS.
IF AN OFFICER GOES TO WORK AT WEATHERFORD OR OR DEPUTY, SHE, IN NINE YEARS, THEY'LL BE MAKING $21,000 MORE AT WEATHERFORD IN NINE YEARS, THEY'LL TOP OUT RIGHT THERE.
AND I KNOW WE CAN'T COMPETE WITH THE METROPLEX EVEN THOUGH WE'RE KIND OF IN THAT JOB MARKET, BUT ACROSS THE STREET THEY, THEY SET THE BAR.
SO I'M JUST GONNA ASK, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, I'LL APPRECIATE, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS AND I'LL RESPECT ANY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE, BUT WE'RE NOT PAYING THE PERSON, WE'RE PAYING THE POSITION.
MY POINT IS, SHERIFF IS IF IF SOMEBODY WERE MAKING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEN THEY'RE GONNA BE MAKING $110,000.
WHEREAS THE LOWER END IS, IS THAT 10% MEANS MUCH LESS TO THEM.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO WORK ON.
AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOT TO COME, COME HERE FROM THE MIDPOINT AND GIVE RAISES.
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END.AND THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE PAYING THAT PERSON AT THAT POINT.
THAT PERSON AT THAT LOWER POSITION IN, IN 6, 8, 10 YEARS MIGHT BE AT THAT POSITION.
AND THAT'S GIVEN HIM A FUTURE OR HER A FUTURE.
THE FACT IS WE NEED, WE NEED TO, I, I I CAN'T DISAGREE AT ALL.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WANNA POINT OUT ON THE PAY SCALE AND JUST 'CAUSE I'VE, I'VE LOOKED AT THIS FOR MONTHS NOW.
UM, IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE 3% AND YOU GO WITH THE PAY SCALE, SOME OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL RECEIVE NOTHING OR SOME WILL RECEIVE LESS THAN 3%.
WELL WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY THE 3%.
I JUST WANNA, IF YOU SAY THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, 3% THEN GO TO PAYSCALE OR PAYSCALE PLUS THREE.
I JUST WANT, I'M JUST TRYING TO OKAY.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THEY MAKE LESS? THANK YOU.
'CAUSE I SAID BEFORE OUR START STARTING PAY IS VERY, VERY GOOD.
WE GET IN THE DOOR, UH, AND THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE MM-HMM.
BECAUSE IT'S UP PRETTY HIGH RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF, JUST KIND OF GIVING IT TO THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF PRESIDENT AND FOR THE MORNING POSITION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA REQUEST THAT WE, UH, TAKE THE DATA HERE, LOOK AT THE, UH, SALARIES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AND SEE WHAT THAT EFFECT WOULD BE.
UH, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS, I I I'LL ASK THAT WE DEFER TO 'EM MONDAY.
CAN THERE BE MORE INFORMATION? YEAH, YOU'LL TAKE THE SALARIES HERE AND LOOK AT IT AND ADD 10% EACH OF THOSE SALARIES AND THEN, OKAY.
SO THEN WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ONCE WE GOT THAT INFORMATION? UH, ONCE AGAIN, I'LL TELL YOU THAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING FROM THE MIDPOINT RATHER THAN GIVING IT FLAT 10% TO EVERYBODY.
SO THEN WE'RE GONNA JUST GIVE CERTAIN MONEY TO CERTAIN ONES IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO.
I'M SAYING THAT THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME STUDY ABOUT IT.
WELL, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
THERE'S ALSO A, I'M, YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THERE'S ALSO A CLOSING THE GAP OF CERTAIN, THERE'S GAPS IN BETWEEN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TITLES AND POSITIONS.
BY DOING THAT, DO YOU CLOSE THAT GAP? UH, CLOSE MORE THAN YOU SHOULD BY DOING THAT.
I'LL SEE WHERE MY MOTION GOES.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IT'S GOOD, GOOD DISCUSSION.
HOLD IN FAVOR TOO LATE TO TALK.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT ADDING THE 10 IN THE DEPARTMENT WAS.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR WHILE WE WERE TALKING.
OH, ON THAT SHEET THAT I JUST GAVE YOU? YES MA'AM.
NEW PAY SCALE PLUS 10, TOTAL COST IS ABOUT 1.15.
IS THE TOTAL COST IS PAY SCALE PLUS 10.
AND THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE COLA DISCUSSION? YES.
SO THE MOTION WAS FOR JUST THE PAY SCALE? YEAH.
NOW DO WE WANT TO DO ANY MORE ON THAT 10% HE IS ASKING FOR RIGHT NOW? IS THERE GONNA BE A PERCENTAGE ON TOP OF THE PAY SCALE? I WOULD, I WOULD ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER WALDEN JUST SAID.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO WAIT ON THAT PART.
OKAY, SO WHAT WAS THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT MOTION? SO THE PAY SCALE TOTAL COST IS 386,000.
THAT MOTION JUST PASSED COST 386,000? YES.
SO I KIND OF GO BACK TO, I'M NOT SEEING THAT ON MY, ON MY SHEET THAT I GOT ON THE SHEET THAT I JUST GAVE YOU.
SO LIKE I SAID, SO THE 3% THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED FOR THEM FOR JUST, FOR JUST THE PEOPLE ON THE PAY SCALE, THAT'S ABOUT 260, ALMOST $267,000.
SO DOES THE COLA STAND AND THEN PAY SCALE OR I, I GUESS I'M CONFUSED ON DIRECTION OR NOW ARE WE LOOKING AT PAY SCALE PLUS THREE? THAT'S WHAT WE VOTED ON.
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YOU VOTED ON PAY SCALE.WE VOTED ON THE MOTION WAS FOR THE PAY SCALE, NOT THE THREE.
WE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IT 3% PREVIOUSLY THE 3% IS APPROVED.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW WANTING TO DO IS WE'RE JUST GONNA NOW NEED TO GO BACK AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDO THE PAY SCALE.
JUST REASSESS WHAT THE IS ON TO PUT THE 3% ON IT AND THEN YES.
AND SO THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IS THERE A 3% COLA ON OTHER POSITIONS, JUST LIKE WHAT Y'ALL JUST DID FOR BUILDING AND GROUNDS? UM, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A POSITION IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHERE THERE WAS A SLIGHT RECLASS TO THE POSITION.
ARE WE GIVEN A COLA ON TOP OF THAT? JUST LIKE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ASK FOR THAT SALARY TO EQUALIZE.
SO IF THEY STAY AT THAT SALARY, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE GOT 3%, THEY'RE STILL NOT EQUAL.
SO I JUST NEED A MOTION TO GIVE A 3% ON TOP OF A COLA TO THOSE NON-ELECTED POSITIONS.
AND IT'S ALSO, THAT IS 266,000? NO, IT'S LIKE A FEW.
I MEAN IT'S LIKE A FEW POSITIONS.
I MEAN IT'S NOT JUST SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I THINK SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS ONE BUILDING AND GROUNDS, YOU KNOW.
HAS WHAT Y'ALL JUST PRESENTED OR WHAT JUST VOTED DISTRICT ATTORNEY? UM, I MEAN, NO, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE MINIMAL, BUT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN PREPARE AND BRING BACK ON MONDAY TOO FOR FINAL BE GOOD.
ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T THINK SO.
COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT AT THIS POINT? NOT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM NINE.
WHAT ABOUT THE ROAD AND BRIDGE DEAL? WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE MONEY FROM THE FUND, SO THANK YOU.
GOT WE, WE'VE GOT GO AHEAD JUDGE.
NO, NO, I JUST, I JUST I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
I, I WAS YOU WANT WAIT OR YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT? I JUST DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT.
I, I THINK, UH, WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION THAT'S IS SITTING THERE IN A FUND BALANCE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE? YES.
UH, SO JUST HISTORY, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, WE, WE TOOK $4 MILLION FROM GENERAL FUND AND MOVED IT TO ROAD AND BRIDGE.
THAT'S $1 MILLION FOR EACH PRECINCT.
ALL WE'VE DONE THUS FAR IS MOVED, UH, 500,000 FOR PRECINCT ONE AND FOUR FROM GENERAL LEAVING, UH, NOT TOUCHING THIS, THAT'S 1.5 THAT'S IN THERE THAT WE COULD SPEND.
SO THE OPTIONS ARE TO USE IT TO, UH, FUND THAT AND LEAVE THE GENERAL FUND ALONE OR TAKE THIS 1.5 MILLION AND DISTRIBUTE IT AMONG ALL FOUR PRECINCTS SO THAT, SO THAT PRECINCT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SHORT A MILLION FOR EACH OF OURS.
AND UH, THESE GUYS OVER HERE WOULD BE, UH, SHORT 500,000 IN THEIRS.
THIS, THIS 1.5 MILLION, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? UM, IT'S JUST ADDITIONAL REVENUE OVER WHAT WAS PROJECTED FOR PROPERTY TAXES THAT'S CURRENT AND DELINQUENT.
'CAUSE ON OUR CURRENT, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT WHAT PERCENT THAT WE EXPECT TO COLLECT THAT COLLECTION.
WE LOOK AT HISTORICAL, YOU KNOW, FIGURES OF WHAT WE GET FOR DELINQUENT TAXES.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ABOVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR IT'LL BE, UM, A BIG AMOUNT FROM INTEREST.
UM, SO IT'S JUST SITTING OUT THERE RANDOMLY.
IT HASN'T BEEN ASSIGNED ANY PRECINCTS AT THIS POINT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? CORRECT.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THIS BEFORE.
UM, IT HAS BEEN USED IN YEAH, WE'VE, I KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S NOT BEEN, I MEAN IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF ACTION TAKEN TO USE IT.
BUT IT HAS BEEN USED IN IN PRIOR YEARS.
I DON'T YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WOULD PREFER THAT WE DIDN'T USE GENERAL FUND? WELL AGAIN, IF WE GO THROUGH THE SCENARIOS OF HOW GENERAL FUND CAN GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IT'S THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES OR IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WE HAVE, IT'S, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THOSE, YOU'RE GONNA FINANCE THOSE.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SEPARATE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND FUND BALANCE AND THERE'S A SEPARATE ROAD AND BRIDGE TAX RATE.
AND SO THERE'S A WAY, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE TO HANDLE IT THAT WAY VERSUS YOUR M AND O AS WE CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, FURTHER INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED TO OPERATE GENERAL FUND, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ROAD BRIDGE AND I ASK THE COURT TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THE RESPECTIVE PRECINCTS,
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BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING SUSTAINABLE WHERE WE'RE NOT PULLING MONEY OUT OF ONE.IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE AS WE'VE BEEN DOING BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES.
WE HAVE OTHER CHALLENGES WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE CAN EVEN NOT EVEN NEED TO HAVE TO PULL THAT MONEY OUT OF, EVEN OUT OF THE ROAD BRIDGE OF THE 1.5, BUT TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE WORKING SOLUTION, UH, THAT WE ALL CAN LIVE WITH AND WORK WITH, UM, ON WHAT EACH RESPECTIVE PRECINCTS GET, UH, THAT'S SUSTAINABLE THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT GENERAL FUND BALANCE, THAT'S, THAT WEIGHS HEAVIER ON OUR CREDIT RATING GOING FORWARD AS WELL, CORRECT? RIGHT.
THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND? I, I WOULDN'T SAY NO.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE IT REALLY, WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IS THE, THE OPERATIONS OF THE OVERALL, YOU KNOW YEAH.
SO WE, WE DON'T, I MEAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT TODAY.
Y'ALL WANNA COME UP WITH A PLAN BETWEEN, INDIVIDUALLY, COME UP WITH A PLAN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN ON HOW WE MIGHT APPROACH THAT.
I'M JUST ASKING AND WE'RE DELAYING, BUT YES, I, I THINK RATHER THAN MAKE A QUICK DECISION, WE CAN MAKE A SUSTAINED DECISION MOVING FORWARD ON MONDAY.
I'M AGREEABLE TO FIVE MINUTE, FIVE MINUTE DISCUSSION AND A, AND A VOTE.
UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, I WOULD MOVE TO ITEM NINE OR ADJOURNMENT.
ALL IN FAVOR RECORD SHOW THAT WE'LL ADJOURN AT.