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[Call to Order]
TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.LET THE RECORD SHOW IT IS 9:00 AM ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 2024.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, UH, WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE PRESENT.
[I.A. Authorization to apply for and accept Senate Bill 22 Rural Law Enforcement Grants. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen)]
WILL MOVE TO ITEM ONE ON THE, UH, ITEM A AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT SENATE BILL 22 RULE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS.BRIANNA, THIS IS FOR, UH, EACH OF THE THREE SB 22 GRANTS TO BE APPLIED FOR, AND THEN ALSO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT, UM, FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, DA, AND THEN AS WELL AS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AND SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THOSE LINKS TO APPLY FOR, UM, THE GRANT FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR SHOULD BE SENT OUT OR ON ITS WAY.
SO THIS IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN APPLY AND GET THOSE GRANT FUNDS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? NOT THERE A SECOND.
UH, THE SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? JUST, JUST TO NOTE AGAIN, THAT, THAT THESE ARE NOT GUARANTEED PAST THIS YEAR.
THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT UNLESS THE, WE GET APPROPRIATIONS THAT THESE FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ANOTHER FISCAL YEAR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? EVERYBODY'S COMPUTER WORKING EXCEPT NOT COMMISSIONER HOL, UH, WE MIGHT NOT WORK, I DON'T THINK.
COMMISSIONER WAL, WE SEE THE SCREEN, BUT THE BUTTON'S NOT ON.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'LL, WE WILL DO A VOCAL.
LET MAKE A MOTION, BUT MOTION CARRIES.
[I.B. PCSO Patrol Building, Mobile Modular Change Order 1. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
MOVE TO ITEM B ON THE PARKER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.PATROL BUILDING MOBILE MODULAR CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE, CAM.
SO REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE, UH, THIS CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE, IT'S, UH, FOR THE INSTALLATION AND DELIVERY OF THE RAMPS.
THESE WERE INCLUDED IN THE, BUT THE PRICING THING INCLUDED IN THE QUOTE OR THE PO.
SO, UM, IT WA IT WAS, IT WAS DETAILED WITH A PRICE IN IT ON THE LINE DESCRIPTION, BUT THAT DIDN'T GET, UM, INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL.
SO WE'D LIKE TO ADD THIS, UM, CHANGE ORDER AND, UM, TO THE BUILDING OF THE MODULAR BUILDING FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
FOR THE RAMP, THE DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF THE RAMPS, WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM.
ARE THE FUNDS ALREADY THERE? YES.
I MOVED TO APPROVE MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
YEAH, IT, IT SHOULD BE PART, IT NOT GIVES ME THE OPTION TO DO A SECOND THAT IT WON'T, IT SHOULD NOT WORK.
I'LL LET YOU DO THE MOTIONS, BUT IT'LL LET YOU VOTE.
DID YOU WANT SECOND IT? NAH, I JUST THOUGHT IT, IT'D BE A KIND THING TO HAVE.
UH, WE NEED, WE NEED A SECOND ON THIS.
SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALE IN DISCUSSION PHASE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR.
I MOVE TO ITEM TWO ON THE PRESENT.
DISCUSS APPROVED GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 2024 THROUGH 2025 FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ITEM A.
[II.A. Present/Discuss/Approve General Fund Budget for FY2024-2025. (Judge Deen)]
PRESENT.DISCUSS APPROVED GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 24 25.
SO BASED ON LAST WEEK'S MEETINGS, UH, YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED $865,682.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS THE INCREASE IN THE, UM, LASALLE CONTRACT THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK WITH THE OCCUPANCY RATE.
AND SO THAT'S 700 AND ALMOST 98,000.
AND THEN 67 7 0 1 IS PERSONNEL AND SALARY APPROVALS? UM, YES.
I CAN GIVE YOU A QUICK, AND BECKY MIGHT HAVE THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT THE BUDGET ANALYST SLASH GRANT COORDINATOR, UH, THERE WAS A TRANSFER OF THE POSITION FROM THE EOCS DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND SO THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE, UM, IS 18,636.
AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, THE BENEFITS.
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IS THE MAJORITY OF THAT.UM, THEN THE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE, UM, SHERIFF'S VEHICLE ALLOWANCE OF 28,000 PLUS BENEFITS, UM, THE INCREASE IN THE IT DIRECTOR'S SALARY AND THEN THE INCREASE IN THE PART-TIME BUDGET.
AND THEN THERE WAS A SLIGHT DECREASE WITH THE CONVENIENCE CENTER OF, UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED IN THIS BUDGET TO MAKE THE PART-TIME GO FULL-TIME.
AND SO THAT WAS A DECREASE OF 4,123.
AGAIN, UM, THE TOTAL OF WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED IS 800 AND ABOUT 66,000.
YOU ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON THAT.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM B ON GENERAL BUDGET UPDATES.
[II.C. Building & Grounds Projects & Budget Requests Update. (Mark Long / Judge Deen)]
ITEM C, BUILDING GROUNDS PROJECTS AND BUDGETS REQUEST UPDATES.UM, THE THINGS WE'RE ASKING FOR, NUMBER ONE IS, UH, TWO TRUCKS, PICKUP TRUCKS.
UM, THERE'S TWO MAJOR PROJECTS THIS YEAR THAT WANT TO TAKE CARE OF AND, AND THAT IS TO REDO THE OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT COURTS BUILDING AND KEEP THAT THING IN GOOD CONDITION.
THE ROOF, I'VE HAD IT INSPECTED THIS YEAR AND THEY SAY THAT IT'S GOT 10 TO 12 YEARS LEFT ON IT.
OF COURSE THAT CAN CHANGE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME.
AND THE AMOUNT OF THAT IS, UH, ABOUT 285,000.
AND I ALSO WANT TO, UH, CLEAN OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN COURTHOUSE HERE.
AS Y'ALL CAN SEE, IT'S STARTING TO TURN BLACK AGAIN, KINDA LIKE THE DISTRICT HAS.
SO TOGETHER THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE AROUND 330,000.
AND ANOTHER PROJECT COMING UP IS TO ADD ON TO DISPATCH AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND MARK AND I THINK ABOUT 150,000 FOR THAT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN ADD ON? ADD, ADD ON WHAT? SO IT'S SOMETHING WE COVERED A LITTLE EARLIER.
WE'RE GOING TO, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND SINCE WE'RE MOVING PATROL OVER, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT, THAT SPACE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR PATROL AND EXPAND DISPATCH OUT.
WE WANNA MOVE FROM FIVE CONSOLES TO SEVEN.
AND THEN BUILD OUT SOME OFFICE SPACE.
SO THAT'S ALL INTERIOR REMODEL? YES.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS TO, AS I'VE MENTIONED THIS SEVERAL TIMES, TO THE COURT TEAR DOWN THE OLD COUNTY ATTORNEY BUILDING AS WELL AS THE OLD SECRET HOUSE.
UM, THEN THE LAST ONE, YOU KNOW, THE COURT ASKED ME TO GET A PRICE ON GRINDING THAT BRUSH AND THERE'S ABOUT 30 GRAND TO GRIND IT.
AND THE, UH, SCORES, IS THAT AHEAD EACH TIME OR IS THAT A YEARLY COST OR, OR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE WAY WE RAN THIS YEAR WOULD BE A YEARLY COST RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S NO EQUIPMENT THAT'S HIRING SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND KIM RE TOLD ME WE DIDN'T GET THREE BIDS.
WE ONLY GOT ONE BID IN, WE ASKED FOR THREE, BUT SHE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A POSSIBILITY WE COULD PIGGYBACK OFF THE CITIES.
SO WE COULD DO THAT NOT GETTING THE KIDS THAT COULD, THE GRINDING WILL BE DONE AT THE SOUTH FACILITY OR BOTH.
AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, SOMETIME AT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO START GRINDING YOURS AS WELL, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF BURNING IT.
UM, THAT'S ONLY GRINDING, NOT HAULING OFF.
BUT PRESENTLY WE, UH, WE ARE NOT MOVING A WHOLE LOT OF, OF, UH, MULCH, BUT WE ARE MOVING QUITE A BIT OUT OF THERE TO INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT IT.
WE, WE GIVE AWAY A LOT OF MULCH, BUT THAT'S IT.
AS FAR AS I I HAVE, WHAT'D YOU SAY? THE PRICE OF THAT DISPATCH ADD-ON.
WAS MARK AND I, UH, WITH THE FURNITURE AND EVERYTHING IN THERE? 150,000 AND THEN THE, OR IN THESE INCLUDED ALREADY IN THE BUDGET WITH WE'VE SEEN.
WELL WOULD THIS BE ABOVE WHAT YOU PUT IN FOR YOUR BUILDING MAINTENANCE LINE, I WOULD IMAGINE? OH, YEAH.
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THE OLD COUNTY ATTORNEY BUILDING, I WANT TO TRY TO TAKE THAT OUT OF MY MAINTENANCE LINE.YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO GET SEALED BIDS ON IT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE OVER 50 GRAND.
AND I, AS I HAD MENTIONED ON THE EXPANSION OF THE DISPATCH, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY USE ARPA FUNDS FOR.
AND IN TALKING TO KIM, UM, IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIND, YOU KNOW, A CONTRACTOR ON A CO-OP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID, THAT COULD BE FEASIBLE GIVEN OUR, UM, TIMELINE OF NEEDING TO GET THOSE ARPA FUNDS, UM, OBLIGATED.
HOW LONG BEFORE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN USE AR THAT WE NEED TO MOVE? I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN GO IN AND, UM, LOOK AT THAT, BUT I, I THINK IT'D BE ALLOWABLE.
I MEAN, I, I'LL LOOK AT, I CAN LOOK AT THAT TODAY.
SO THEY, I'LL I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, THE, THE KEY EMPLOYEE THAT SHE HAS IN HER OFFICE ON VACATION THIS WEEK.
AND SO WE'LL SCHEDULE A MEETING WHEN SHE'S BACK TO, TO GET THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.
BUT I CAN GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY GAVE EXAMPLES PREVIOUSLY WHERE, SAY, YOU KNOW, COUNTY WAS BUILDING A NEW BUILDING AND, UM, THE PORTION THAT WAS LIKE SAY EOC, LIKE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR ARPA FUNDS SINCE THAT'S SPECIFICALLY RE RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
SO I THINK DISPATCH WOULD BE THE SAME WAY, BUT I'LL, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT.
WHAT'S THE, THE DEADLINE TO GET THAT COMPLETED THOUGH? UM, COMPLETION IS DECEMBER OF 20, UM, 26, BUT IT'S OBLIGATED.
SO, UM, ANY SORT OF CONTRACT, UM, WITH WHOEVER WOULD BE DOING IT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SIGNED EVERYTHING READY TO GO.
AND, UM, BY THIS, BY THIS DECEMBER? YES.
WHAT WAS THE COST ON THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE ROOF ON THE DISTRICT COURTS? DO YOU REMEMBER? IT WASN'T THE DISTRICT COURTS.
IT WAS, IT WAS THE SANTA FE ANNEX AND IT WAS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
IT'S THE OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT COURTS IS 2 85.
I DID, UH, ABOUT, I WROTE DOWN THE WRONG, IT'S 285,000 TO 300 ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT COURTS BUILDING, BUT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ROOF.
IT ONLY INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, SCRAPING AND CAULKING AND PAINTING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT SANDSTONE FIGURES AND PILLARS UP TOP ARE FALLING APART.
SO WE'VE GOT THE DISTRICT COURT BUILDING AT, CALL IT 300 MM-HMM.
AND WE'VE GOT THE MAIN COURTHOUSE AT ABOUT 35 MM-HMM.
AND WE'VE GOT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT ABOUT 150, BUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE ARPA ON THAT.
AND THEN THE OLD COUNTY ATTORNEY BUILDING, TRYING TO DO THAT OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE LINE.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S GONNA RUN US IN, EARN THE 90 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS RANGE TO GET 'EM BOTH TORE DOWN.
IT MIGHT BE MORE, BUT I DON'T KNOW YET.
AND THEN THE GRIND DOWN AT ABOUT 30 A YEAR.
I'M SORRY, I'M HARD HEARING YOU
UH, I DON'T, I'M NOT BEING INVOLVED IN THAT.
JENNY SAID ABOUT 150, DIDN'T YOU? I'VE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT, THE EXPANSION OF THE AUTO, SO, BUT I, I, I FEEL LIKE SHE NEEDS IT, BUT I'VE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? SHE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE 150 IS WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT I'M ON THE BUILD OUT OF THAT.
I'M GUESSING IT MAY BE MORE BACK TO YOUR ON, ON THE, UM, TEAR DOWN OF THE BUILDING ON THE OLD, UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, IS THERE, IT IS NOT BEING OCCUPIED NOW.
'CAUSE WHAT WAS OCCUPIED BEFORE THERE, THERE WAS, IT'S TOTALLY VACANT COMPLETELY.
THE SECRET HOUSE IS TOTALLY VACANT.
THE, UH, OLD COUNTY ATTORNEY BUILDING HAS THE RED CROSS.
ARE THEY STILL IN THERE? IN THE, IN THE NORTH END? YES.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S JUST LITERALLY FALLING DOWN AS WE SPEAK INSIDE.
WE NEED TO PROBABLY SERVE SOME FORM OF PROCESS ON THE NOTICE AND HAVING THAT VACATED, UM, JUST GIVEN THE CONDITION OF THAT THING,
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UM, THE LAST TRIP OVER THERE, AND THAT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.IT WAS, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S EVEN STANDING NOW.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE Y'ALL.
I WANNA MOVE DOWN THE AGENDA TO ITEM F ON HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET REQUEST.
WELL, LET ME, LET ME TAKE THAT BACK.
OH, UM, I WANT TO GO TO, WELL, THAT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THAT.
[II.F. Human Services Budget Requests. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen) (Part 1 of 2)]
OKAY.I WANNA GO TO, UM, ITEM F ON THE HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET REQUEST.
BRIANNA, YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE? WE DO, AND WE, WE HAVE THE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CENTER IF Y'ALL WOULD COME UP.
UH, WE'LL START WITH YOU ON THIS.
THIS IS, UM, WE, YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A HANDOUT ON THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, I BELIEVE YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN A COPY OF, UM, SOME INFORMATION I SENT OVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
UM, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAD KIND OF SPOKE ABOUT, UM, BUDGET APPROVALS FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES PORTION LAST THURSDAY.
UM, WE DID REACH OUT TO JUDGE TO GET SOME MORE CLARIFICATION ON, UM, KIND OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE ALWAYS WANT TO COME AND PRESENT AND LET Y'ALL KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO JUST SOME OF THOSE TOP NUMBERS ARE WHAT WE LOOKING, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR 24 25.
UM, AS WE'VE MENTIONED IN THE PAST, FROM THE TOP GOVERNMENT LEVEL WITH OUR CONTRACT WITH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT, THERE IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR CUT FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
UM, THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE HAD SUFFICIENT SUPPORT ON COVID RELIEF FUNDS.
UM, SO YEAR END 23, WE DID HAVE MAXIMUM REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL MEALS SERVED.
AND THEN THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVEN'T REIMBURSED THE FULL AMOUNT OF WHAT WE HAVE SERVED, BUT THERE HAS BEEN ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, FOR THAT COVID RELIEF TO SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THOSE EXTRA MEALS.
UH, BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE PROJECTING TO SERVE ABOUT 63,000 MEALS THIS UPCOMING YEAR, AND THEY ONLY HAVE GIVEN US A MAX BUDGET TO COVER 30,542 OF THOSE MEALS.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT RAISING AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED, 195,000 PLUS DOLLARS TO COVER THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR OUR SENIORS.
UM, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE AREN'T RELYING ON OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY FOR SUPPORT.
WE DO, UM, WE DO PARTNER WITH THE HEALTH FOUNDATION UNITED WAY.
UM, WE DO, UH, A SEPARATE T-D-O-T-D-A GO GRANT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE VARIOUS OTHER FOUNDATIONS.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A HUGE ANNUAL GALA ONCE A YEAR, AND THEN WE DO FOUR MINI FUNDRAISERS.
UM, BUT JUST LOOKING FORWARD, WE HAVE TO KIND OF PREPARE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT OUR SENIORS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A DEFICIT.
UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION PRIOR TO COVID WHERE THEY HAVEN'T FUNDED THE FULL AMOUNT OF MEALS.
HOWEVER, THE COST OF FOOD WAS NOT NEAR WHAT IT IS NOW.
UM, OUR GROCERY BILLS TRIPLE WHAT IT WAS.
OUR PACKAGING IS TRIPLE WHERE IT WAS.
AND OF COURSE THE DEMAND FOR SERVICE HAS GROWN BECAUSE OUR SENIORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ARE THEY GOING TO PAY THEIR UTILITIES OR ARE THEY GOING TO EAT? UM, THEY ARE ON A FIXED INCOME.
UM, SO I DID, UH, PUT IN MY EMAIL TO BRIANNA, UM, AND CYNTHIA THAT WE WERE REQUESTING A SLIGHT INCREASE, UM, TO 45,000 THAT DOES GO WITH THE COG MATCH.
UM, SO THAT COG MATCH, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH HOW IT WORKS, BUT THE COUNTY SENDS THE COG MATCH FUNDS.
SO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT HAS REQUESTED $7,323 FROM SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, WHEN THAT PAYMENT IS MADE PAYABLE TO US, WE TURN AROUND AND SEND THAT MONEY DIRECTLY TO
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THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY.UM, AND THAT JUST ALLOWS US TO ACCESS MORE FUNDING, WHICH IN RETURN, THAT'S STILL ROLLED INTO THE $183,864.
UM, THAT JUST PUTS OUR BUDGET UP WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE WE GET TO KEEP THE SEVEN GRAND WHEN IT'S SENT TO US.
WE TURN IT AROUND AND SEND IT RIGHT BACK TO THEM.
WHEN IS THAT CUT? WHEN IS THAT CUT GOING TO EFFECT? UH, IT'LL START OCTOBER 1ST.
SO WE'RE FINALIZING EVERYBODY'S FINALIZING BUDGET AT THE SAME TIME.
OF COURSE, OUR YEAR STARTS OCTOBER 1ST AS WELL.
UM, BUT THOSE ADDITIONAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AFTER SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO, I MEAN, BASICALLY THIS IS A CUT IN SERVICE FROM MEALS PROVIDED, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
SO, SO THE FUNDING THAT WE REQUEST FROM THE COUNTY IS FOR MEALS ON WHEELS ONLY.
WE DO NOT USE ANY OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE GIVEN TO US FROM Y'ALL FOR THE SENIOR CENTER FOR CONGREGATE MEALS, FOR ANY OF THE PROGRAMS. IT'S STRICTLY JUST HOME DELIVERED MEALS.
SO WHAT'S YOUR, HOW MANY, HOW MANY ARE YOU PROVIDING BEING PROVIDED NOW BEFORE THE CUT? YOU, YOU SAID IT BEFORE.
WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER? THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS, HOW MANY, HOW MANY MEALS ARE YOU PROVIDING CLIENTS? SO WE, ON AVERAGE, WE HAVE 225 TO 250 CLIENTS ON AT A TIME.
USUALLY BY YEAR, YEAR END, WE'VE SERVED CLOSE TO 500 CLIENTS.
BUT OF COURSE, PEOPLE GO ON AND COME OFF DURING THE YEAR.
BUT AT A SET GIVEN TIME, THAT'S ABOUT HOW MANY WE HAVE ON, UM, LOOKING FORWARD.
WE'RE PROJECTING TO SERVE ABOUT 63,000 MEALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR ON A WEEKLY BASIS? NO, THAT'S FOR A YEAR.
NO, I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN THAT NUMBER FOR, BUT YOU, THIS IS A WEEKLY SERVICE.
UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE CLIENTS THAT WE PROVIDE A WEEKEND MEAL AS WELL IF THEY DO NOT HAVE ADDITIONAL MEANS TO ACCESS ANY OTHER SORT OF FOOD.
AND WHAT IF YOU GOT, I MEAN, IF THAT WAS JUST A DIRECT LOSS OF THE 180 4, WHAT WOULD THAT COME THAT, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN THE NUMBER YOU OBVIOUSLY, YES.
IF WE CAN'T COME UP WITH THE FUNDING, WE WILL HAVE TO UTILIZE SOME FORM OF WAIT LIST.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'LL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GO TO GREATEST NEED AND PUT THE SENIORS ON THAT TRULY ARE AT, YOU KNOW, HIGHEST NEED FOR THE SERVICE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO TURN ANYBODY AWAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE'S NOT A SERVICE THAT IS TRULY NO COST, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NO COST TO THEM.
UM, THEY ARE NEVER REQUIRED TO PAY TOWARDS IT.
THEY CAN GIVE A CONTRIBUTION, BUT AGAIN, IT'S HARD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE COST OF SERVICE.
UM, SOME OF THEM DO, OF COURSE, BUT OTHERS JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING WHEN YOU'RE LIVING ON SOCIAL SECURITY, THAT'S $700 A MONTH.
UM, AND I DO, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, UM, TAMMY GAZZOLA WAS GONNA COME SPEAK JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES JUST TO KIND OF GIVE AN OUTSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROGRAM, UM, AND WHAT IT'S KIND OF HELPED HER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY.
WHEN KIRSTY AND JENNIFER REACHED OUT TO ME, UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FROM MEALS ON WHEELS FOR SOME FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO, UM, IT IS A INCREDIBLE AND VALUED PROGRAM.
UM, I KNOW THAT THEY CAN GIVE INFORMATION ON STATISTICS ON HOW MANY MEALS THAT ARE GIVEN, HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS THAT, UM, COME OUT AND SUPPORT THIS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, OR TWO THINGS THAT THEY CANNOT MEASURE IS THE RELIEF THAT A HOME BOUND SENIOR FEELS WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING A MEAL EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SOME OF THESE FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND GET FOOD, GET TO THE GROCERY STORE.
THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT CAN BRING MEALS TO THEM.
ANOTHER THING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT, AND I'LL MAKE ME TEAR UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, IS THE JOY THAT THEY RECEIVE WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE WALKING IN THE DOORS, THE RELIEF THAT THEY'RE GETTING FOOD, BUT THEN THAT PERSONAL INTERACTION, THEY MIGHT NOT SEE ANOTHER PERSON THAT WHOLE DAY OR THAT WHOLE WEEK.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT I KNOW ARE NOT MEASURABLE BY THIS GROUP, BUT AS A FAMILY MEMBER OF SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN ON THE OTHER END, THESE THINGS ARE SO HUGE.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THEY DO LOVE TO TALK PROGRAM.
UM, SO I, I LOVE WORKING WITH THEM AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE FOR THEM.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR A SMALL INCREASE THIS YEAR, UM, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
TOM, DO YOU HAVE ANY OH, GO AHEAD.
YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY THAT WE CAN COME UP AND SPEAK TO OUR BLUE IN THE FACE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, 'CAUSE IT TRULY DOES MEAN THE WORLD TO US.
UM, BUT TO KNOW THAT IT'S HELPING NOT ONLY THE CLIENT
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BUT A FAMILY WHEN THEY'RE IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.AND OUR SENIORS HAVE GIVEN TO US AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO RETURN THE FAVOR.
JUST SO THAT I'M ON THE SAME PAGE WITH EVERYONE, THE REQUEST IS FOR $36,379.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT IT WAS PRIOR.
SO WHAT WAS APPROVED ON THURSDAY, IT WAS JUST ROLLED OVER.
SO HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR 30,400, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF THAT WAS FOR THE COG MATCH.
UM, SO IT WAS AN INCREASE OF 1300, I BELIEVE IN $44.
UM, THAT WAS BECAUSE THE COG MATCH INCREASED TO $7,323 THIS YEAR.
UM, SO WE WERE HOPING SINCE WE'RE FACING THIS DEFICIT, WE COULD INCREASE TO 45,000.
THAT WOULD GIVE US ABOUT $8,000 MORE, UM, TO PUT BACK INTO THE PROGRAM.
BUT THAT DOES INCLUDE THE COG MATCH AS WELL FOR THE 7,323.
SO YOU WANT TO GO IT UP TO A GROSS TOTAL OF 45,000? YES, SIR.
FROM MY NOTE, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT'S THE, UH, I'M LOOKING AT THE MOTION THAT I MADE, UPDATED LIST THAT WE HAD AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE FROM THAT RIGHT THERE THAT Y'ALL HAVE IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR WHAT? DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATED TOTAL? DON'T Y'ALL HAVE A, A SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR SOME KIND OF, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE PROPERTY? NO, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL HAVE IN LIKE A FUND BALANCE DEAL.
LAST YEAR YOU TOLD US SHE HAD A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR THERE'S NO SUCH DEAL.
WELL, THERE'S MONEY IN THE, WE HAVE MONEY IN THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
HOW MUCH IS THAT THAT YOU HAVE TOTAL? WE HAVE MONEY THAT'S PUT AWAY IN A HIGH INTEREST SAVINGS ACCOUNT, SAVINGS ACCOUNT IN TWO DIFFERENT ONES.
THERE'S A MONEY MARKET, AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CDS, BUT THAT DOES NOT GO IN OUR OPERATIONAL EXPENSE BUDGET BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE.
IT HAS BEEN THE REQUEST OF THE COURT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WERE GONNA GO AND WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO HAVE THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE IN.
BUT THAT, OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE OWN.
UM, SO THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE PUT ASIDE THAT IS TO HOPEFULLY GET US INTO A BIGGER SPACE TO UTILIZE THE SERVICE AND BE IN A BUILDING THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE SENIORS.
WHAT'S THE UPDATED AMOUNT OF THAT MONEY? JUST SO WE KNOW WHAT Y'ALL HAVE? 950,000 BECAUSE IT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS BEFORE THE LAND WAS SOLD.
YEAH, THAT'S, SO THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THAT.
SO WE, WE JUST TO UPDATE EVERYBODY, WE, WE APPROVED, UH, WHAT THE REQUEST WAS IN FRONT OF US LAST THURSDAY, 37,723.
THERE'S ABOUT 7,200 MORE DOLLARS THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
OUR, OUR ISSUE SO THAT EVERYBODY IS CLEAR, IS THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE TRYING TO, TO BALANCE A BUDGET THAT HAS, UH, OH, PROBABLY $10 MILLION MORE IN REQUESTS THAN WHAT WE HAVE FUNDS FOR.
RIGHT? AND SO, ALTHOUGH YOU SAY, WELL, GOSH, IT'S ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT HERE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND, UM, UH, WE CAN HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND THE, THE ROOM SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN TRANSFER SOME MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO SAY, ALL ARE APPROVED, ALL REQUESTS ARE APPROVED FOR ANYBODY THAT'S SITTING HERE TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
RIGHT? UH, AND SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO THEN IS, IS PRIORITIZE.
AND IF YOU SIT HERE LONG ENOUGH TODAY, YOU'LL HEAR SOME OF THE PRIORITIZED LIST ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND, UM, IT'S PROBABLY TIME FOR MY SPEECH ABOUT THE CIRCLES THAT WE DRAW.
ONE OF 'EM IN THE CENTER IS WHAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO FUND.
THE NEXT ONE ON THE OUTSIDE IS WHAT WE NEED TO FUND.
IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY GOOD IF WE COULD FUND IT, IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND THE OTHER ONE ON THE OUTSIDE IS WHAT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE IF WE HAD THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND TODAY, RIGHT NOW, TODAY, WE'RE OPERATING IN THAT CENTER, CENTER CIRCLE, WHAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO PAY FOR.
SO DON'T, DON'T BE OFFENDED IF WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION RIGHT NOW TO APPROVE YOU.
RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S WRITTEN DOWN AND NOTED.
KNOW THAT YOU NEED THE MONEY, AND AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR PRIORITY LIST, HOPEFULLY WE'LL COME DOWN AND GET, GET TO THAT POINT, OR WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME MONEY FROM SOME OF THESE OTHERS THAT PERHAPS MIGHT NOT BE UTILIZING THEIRS AND TRANSFER OVER TO YOU.
AND I COMPLETELY UNDERST UNDERSTAND.
I WANT, I JUST WANT YOU TO BE CLEAR ABOUT EVERYBODY THAT'S LISTENING, EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE POSITION THAT WE ARE IN.
AND THIS IS NOT A, NOT A NEW SITUATION FOR US, BUT PARTICULARLY THIS YEAR SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
AND THAT, THAT PAINTS A VERY CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE FACED WITH HERE BECAUSE IT IS A
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CHALLENGE WHEN YOU HAVE A PIE OF MONEY AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DISPERSE IT OUT.UM, I WANNA POINT OUT WHY WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OR, UM, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT HERE THOUGH THAT, UM, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY THE MESSENGER HERE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST COMMUNICATING WHAT HAS BEEN WHEN LOST, UH, UNFORTUNATELY IN THE SITUATION, THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES CONTINUE TO BOMBARD US, OBVIOUSLY AS RIGHT.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING POO IN PEOPLE'S MOUTH AND I WANT JUST TO PLANT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD AND THINK ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE AS WE PRIORITIZE, THERE'S NOT MUCH, MUCH MORE OF A PRIORITY THAN PEOPLE THAT RELY ON THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE.
AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO THERE.
I I UNDERSTAND THAT IT PUT Y'ALL IN A TOUGH POSITION.
'CAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY'S COMING AT YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL REQUESTS.
BUT I TELL PEOPLE, DON'T, DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR WHAT YOU NEED.
HOWEVER, DON'T BE OFFENDED WHEN WE SET YOU ASIDE AND, AND CAN SAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS LATER.
I MEAN, THAT'S, AS, THAT WAS THE MAIN PURPOSE TO COME UP AS WE LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A COUNTY, UM, AND WHAT'S GONNA COST MORE MONEY.
WHAT'S THE ESTIMATE FOR THE JUDGE? UH, I MEAN FOR THE JAIL FOR NEXT YEAR, $4.75 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ALLOCATE TO THAT.
SO RECOGNIZE THAT AS YOU, AS YOU, UH, ARE MAKING THE YEAH.
WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE CITY.
UM, SURE THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE HELPING US WITH THROUGH SOME FUNDRAISERS, UH, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO REALLY COMMIT TO MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
SO AS YOU STAND HERE TODAY, I WANT TO TO BE ONE TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE, UH, THIS IS A, A SERVICE THAT IS, UH, W WOULD COME FROM NO OTHER PLACE IF YOU WEREN'T PROVIDING THAT SERVICE.
AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT DON'T, DON'T FEEL SLIGHTED AT ALL, THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA APPROVE YOUR, YOUR REQUEST TODAY.
NOW THE DAY'S THE DAY'S NOT OVER, IT'S A LONG DAY.
I'D, I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD SOMETHING VERY QUICKLY.
I THINK COMMISSIONER WALDEN HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD THAT WE'RE IN THE, WE'RE IN THE HAVE TO CIRCLE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE STATE MANDATES ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO PROVIDE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEEM TO BE FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW.
THAT BEING SAID, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT I WILL MAKE A MOTION IF ONE OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS DOESN'T FIRST.
I'M SURE THERE'RE ALL OF THE SAME HEART AND MIND THAT WE WILL REVISIT THIS BEFORE THE BUDGET YEAR IS DONE.
THIS IS NOT, THIS WILL COME UP FOR A VOTE BEFORE THE BUDGET YEAR IS DONE.
UH, SO PLEASE DON'T THINK THIS IS US TRYING TO PUSH YOU AWAY BECAUSE YEP.
MY WIFE, UH, TELLS ME ALL THE TIME HOW MUCH FUN SHE HAD DOING MEALS ON WHEELS.
UM, QUITE A WHILE AGO WHEN, WHEN HER PARENTS TOOK HER OUT TO HELP DELIVER AND ALL THAT.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIAL TO OUR FAMILY.
CAN I ASK ONE REAL QUICK QUESTION? YEAH.
UH, WHAT'S THE APPROXIMATE LEVERAGE OR MATCH THAT COGS DOING? DO YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT 7,000? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT, AND IT MAY BE IN HERE AND I OVERLOOKED IT, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN? THERE'S ADDITIONAL, SO THE MATCH IS USED FOR ADDITIONAL HHSC DOLLARS THAT THEY RECEIVE ON THEIR END.
UM, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO, IN RETURN, RECEIVE THAT FULL AMOUNT.
SO IT JUST DOES GET ROLLED BACK OVER INTO OUR BUDGET FROM THEM.
SO IT WOULD COME OFF OF THE $183,000.
ALSO, JUST TO CLARIFY ON YOUR, YOUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IS THE SALE OF THAT PROPERTY.
IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S FOR CAPITAL AND FOR WHAT'S YOUR FUTURE AND FOR YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN OF WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING, WHICH, UM, OR COUNTY ATTORNEY AND I, WHEN WE MET AND TALKED ABOUT THAT, THAT, UH, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, IT'S YOUR FUTURE OF WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT AND THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO TRY TO REPLACE THIS.
THAT WOULD NOT LAST LONG, OBVIOUSLY.
AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.
I THINK WE HAVE ABANDONED CEMETERY AS WELL, JUDGE.
UM, FOR THOSE, FOR THE, UH, ABANDONED CEMETERY, FOR THOSE OF YOU, UM, I'M GONNA SPEAK.
YES, I'M JOINED SHIPMAN BARNHART.
UH, BILL USUALLY DOES THIS FOR US, BUT, UH, HE'S GONE.
UH, THIS IS OUR 40TH YEAR, UH, TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VANNING CEMETERY.
AND, UH, UH, MARY KEMP KIND OF STARTED US FROM A C**N HUNT DOWN IN, UH, POOR FARM.
UH, WE CARE FOR 78 CEMETERIES, WHICH IS, UH, FOUR OF 'EM AT LEAST BELONG TO YOU GUYS, THE COUNTY.
AND, UH, OF THE, UH, WE CONTRACT ABOUT HALF
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OF THOSE ARE, ARE, UH, WE PAY THE PEOPLE TO KEEP THEM.AND THIS PAST SPRING, BECAUSE OF THE SO MUCH RAINED, WE COULDN'T GET INTO 'EM.
REMEMBER, THEY'RE NOT ON THE ROAD.
MOST OF 'EM ARE OFF IN THE BUSHES.
AND, UH, SO WE DID PAY THEM DOUBLE.
WE PAID THEM FOR TWO MORE WINGS BECAUSE THEY MOWED IT TWICE ONCE THEY GOT THERE.
SO, UH, OUR FUNDING IS, UH, NECESSARY EVEN THOUGH WE CAN'T GET THERE SOMETIMES.
UH, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S, UH, HELPING US WITH THE, UH, CHAD.
AND, UH, ROD HELPS US WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PEOPLE, AND THEY ARE LIMITED TO JUST TO DO THE ONES THAT THEY CAN DRIVE TO AND GET RIGHT FROM THE STROKE ROAD.
THEY DON'T GO ACROSS TO, UH, ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UH, OUR VOLUNTEERS HAS NUMEROUS NUMBERS OF HOURS, CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY HOURS, UH, BILL AND, UH, STAFF HE HAS THAT HELPS TO, UH, FIND OUT, UH, KIND OF THE DETAILS IF WE DIDN'T.
THAT'S THE ONLY HISTORY OF THESE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY.
RECORDS HAVE BEEN BURNT IN THE PAST AND, AND MADE AN ISSUE.
SO, UH, UH, THIS YEAR, ONE OF OUR WAS A DRAFT ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH, BUT THEN THE BIG RAINS.
BUT WE HAD OVER THREE, UH, DOZEN, UH, DEAD TREES IN THE CEMETERIES.
COST US A LITTLE OVER $7,000 TO HAVE THOSE REMOVED, AND YOU GUYS WERE NICE ENOUGH TO PICK UP THE BRUSH.
SO WE DO APPRECIATE THAT A LOT.
WE DID FASHION ENOUGH, BUT SHE FORGOT THAT IT WAS LOTS OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON, SO, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'S ALL PICKED UP IN GOOD SHAPE.
UH, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE, UH, LOOKED OUT TO MOSTLY JUST FOR MAINTENANCE, BUT NOW WE, UH, EXPANDED.
WE'RE ON FACEBOOK,
AND, UH, WE, UH, TAKE FAMILY TOURS.
WE NEVER GO ONTO A PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT ASKING AND TELLING AHEAD OF TIME, AND WE DON'T GIVE OUT, UH, IDS FOR HOW TO GET THEIR, UM, THIS PRIVACY THING.
UM, WE DO VOLUNTEER CLEANUP DAYS.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UM, PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN THAT REALLY HELP US A LOT WITH, UH, UM, BUDGETING THINGS AND UH, UH, RAFFLING OFF ITEMS, WHICH IS GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND, UH, FROM THAT WE, WE GET A VOLUNTEER GROUP AND WE'LL JUST DO RUSH ONE DAY OR JUST PAINT THE FENCE ONE DAY, DO ONE SPECIFIC THING.
AND THE GUYS HAVE A LOT OF FUN DOING THAT.
WE'VE HELPED SCOUTS, UH, ALL BEEN BOYS SO FAR EARN THE EAGLE SCOUT AWARD, BUT THIS NEXT MONTH IT'LL BE, UH, A GIRL AND SHE'S GONNA EARN HER GIRL EARL'S HIP ON HER EAGLE SCOUT AT, UH, DAWSON HACKETT CEMETERY OUT EAST OF TOWN.
UH, ONE OF THE LADIES THAT'S BURIED THERE TOLD HER GRANDSON, SAID, YOU CAN SEE THE BIG ROAD FROM HERE.
WELL, THAT BIG ROAD WAS BACK AT HIGHWAY, SO YOU CAN KNOW HOW FAR BACK THAT WAS YEARS AGO.
SO WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S HELP AND, UH, THE, UH, TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND, UH, CEMETERIES, IF YOU DON'T, UH, DESIGNATE THEM AND IT'S NOT ON YOUR PROPERTY RECORD, IF, IF, UH, JOHN FOREST HAS HELPED US A BUNCH, IF IT'S NOT DESIGNATED ON THE PROPERTY DEEDS, THAT CEMETERY CAN BE PLOWED UNDER.
AND WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE, THE DOLLAR SPEAKS FIRST, NOT THEIR HEART, WHICH IS A SHAME.
UM, WE DO OTHER RAFFLES, LIKE WE SAY, EVERY YEAR.
Y'ALL ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PAST HELP.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY MORE MONEY, UH, JUST THE SAME AS YOU'VE DONE IN PAST $11,000.
WILL YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR WHAT? WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MORE MONEY
I JUST WANTED THAT, AGAIN, EXTRA MONEY.
IT COSTS, WE, WE APPROVED THAT LAST WEEK, SO YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
AND I'LL JUST SAY I, I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND, AND, UH, IT IS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO TAKE CARE OF CEMETERIES THAT ARE, DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER MEANS OF DOING IT.
SO THIS ORGANIZATION DOES THAT FOR US WITH THE, THE SMALL AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT WE GIVE THEM.
AND, UH, FUNDRAISERS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING THOSE RAFFLES.
THEY'RE DOING THOSE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES AND, AND, UH, DOING LOTS OF GOOD WORK FOR PARKER COUNTY.
APPRECIATE AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IS, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE, UM, THAT IS LISTED UNDER THIS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP? I DON'T SEE ANYONE.
UH, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES I BELIEVE SO.
I KNOW PEOPLE KNEW IT WAS THERE, BUT HE WAS HUNTING MANY YEARS AGO ON THIS PROPERTY NEXT TO OURS.
AND SO HE JUST COULDN'T STAND IT, THAT NOBODY HAD TAKEN CARE OF IT.
IT WAS STARTED BACK, I THINK ABOUT THE 19 HUNDREDS.
AND SO, UH, HE'D STARTED TALKING TO MARY CAMP ABOUT IT
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AND THEY STARTED IN GOING OUT AND LOOKING AT IT AND TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO.A LOT OF THE STONES WERE BURIED BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE SIDE OF A HILL AND IT HAD WASHED OVER THE YEARS.
UH, THEY TOOK THAT, UM, WHAT DO THEY CALL THE MACHINE? X-RAY.
OUT THERE AND FOUND MORE, MORE GRAVES THERE AND HAVE MARKED THEM.
SO THAT ALONE, BECAUSE IT WAS MY HUSBAND'S SPECIAL PROJECT AND THEY HAVE DONE IT, AND THEN THIS YOUNG LADY IS GONNA DO MORE TO IT, HAS MEANT A LOT.
SO IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT I'M PROUD OF AND I, UM, I DON'T SEND FLOWERS FOR FUNERALS ANYMORE.
I MAKE DONATIONS TO THE BAND AT THE CEMETERY TO KIND OF HELP FURTHER THE WORK.
[II.D. IT Projects & Budget Requests Update. (Kim Rivas / James Caywood / Judge Deen)]
TO ITEM D ON IT.PROJECTS AND BUDGET REQUEST UPDATES.
UH, I'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR CAP LINE IF WE COULD.
UH, SO WHEN I'M ASKING FOR, FOR THE IT BUDGET THIS NEXT YEAR IS A IT CONTINGENCY OF $40,000.
UH, WHAT THAT IS, IF WE HAVE A SERVER GO OUT, UH, WATER DAMAGE, ELECTRICAL, UH, NETWORK EQUIPMENT, UH, WE HAVE CONTINGENCIES IN THERE TO KEEP THIS COUNTY GOING, UH, AFFECTS PUBLIC SAFETY DISCONTINUITY OF, UH, THE COUNTY.
UH, THE OTHER THING I'M ASKING FOR IS THE JUVENILE PROBATION TO HELP UPDATE THE PANIC BUTTON SYSTEM OVER HERE FOR THEM.
UH, THAT WAS AN ASK, UH, FOR THEM.
AND, UH, PUTTING THAT IN THERE.
SO IT'S ABOUT $55,000, UH, SILVER LINING THAT IS DOWN FROM 316,000 LAST YEAR, UH, TO JUST, UH, UH, KEEP THIS COUNTY GOING FORWARD.
UH, NOW OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'S SOME, UH, THERE IS AN ASK, UH, FOR A CHEVY TRAX FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT FOR THE AMOUNT OF $20,000.
SO I'M TRYING TO PUT THESE IN PRIORITIES OF WHAT WE NEED.
I'M ASKING FOR AT LEAST THE, UH, 54, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS, UH, FOR THAT.
I'M ASKING FOR THE TRACKS, BUT WE WILL KEEP, UH, GOING FORWARD, UH, IF THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO US.
UH, NOT A NEED BY NO MEANS, UH, WE HAVE OTHER TWO OTHER SPECIAL PROJECTS.
THE OTHER ONE, UH, IN THERE IS THE COURTHOUSE SECURITY.
SO THAT'S ALL, ALL THE NEW, UH, SECURITY CAMERAS WITH ACCESS CONTROLS.
UH, AND THIS IS GONNA COVER THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
THIS HAS KIND OF COME OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE SECURITY, UH, UH, MEETINGS.
THEY'VE BEEN HAVING, UH, RECENT MEETINGS, UH, DEPLOYING THESE CAMERAS, UH, PRECINCT BARNES RADIO TOWER SITES.
SO THIS IS, UH, AN ASK SPECIAL PROJECT.
IF WE CAN FUND, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
CAN I GO BACK REAL QUICK ON THE, THE J-J-A-E-P LINE ITEM? YES, SIR.
DID YOU SAY THAT WAS 50,000? THAT WAS 14,000.
AND, AND THAT'S ONLY, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE J JUVENILE PROBATION BUILDING.
UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO GET REAL SPECIFIC ON THAT.
UH, WE ALREADY DID THE J-J-A-A-P IN-HOUSE.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE PANIC BUTTONS IN THE SYSTEM FOR THE JUVENILE PROBATION BUILDING.
SO THAT'S 14,264, UH, TO GET THAT ONLINE.
AND THEN WITH THE 40,000 FOR CONTINGENCIES, UH, THAT'S MY ASK THAT I, I, I, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO FOR SECURITY CONTINUITY OF THE COUNTY.
OUTSIDE OF THAT, UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE VEHICLE WITH 20,000.
AND THEN I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE, UH, OVERALL SECURITY FOR THE COUNTY, IF, IF ANYTHING'S AVAILABLE FOR THAT LINE.
AND THEN ALSO FOR THE CAP LINE, I HAVE CONTINGENCIES BUILT IN FOR THE RADIO PROJECT.
UM, WE'VE DISCUSSED OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE, BUT I LIKE TO KEEP THAT CONVERSATION GOING, UH, IN OUR CAP LINE.
JUDGE, DOES THE SECURITY PORTION NEED TO BE HANDLED ON HER EXECUTIVE SESSION? I THINK THE FACT THAT IT, IT, IT HAS BEEN NOW OPENED FOR DISCUSSION ON THE TOPICS.
IT IS A NO, IT DOES NOT, NOT ON THE SPECIFICS THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT HERE.
WHAT'S YOUR TOTAL ASK? YOU GOT IT ADDED UP.
UH, THE TOTAL, IF WE DO EVERYTHING WAS, UH, $1,000,227, UH, 227,000, 4 86 AND 15 CENTS FOR THE CAP LINE.
I WILL POINT OUT THAT THAT'S A, A GREAT DEAL LESS THAN WHAT IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF THE, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND GOTTEN EVERYTHING BROUGHT UP.
IT IS, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, CONSTRAINTS THAT CAME UP WITH, UH, SECURITY CAMERAS, ACCESS
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CONTROL, UH, PUT A CONSTRAINT ON THERE FROM RECENT COUNTY, UH, EVENTS.ANY QUESTIONS ON CAP LINE? I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND DO THE 40,000, UH, CONTINGENCY MONEY AND 14,000 FOR THE JUVENILE 14,264 AND 73 CENTS.
AND, UH, WE'LL SEE ABOUT DOING MORE LATER.
BUT I MENTIONED THAT MOTION NOW YOU MENTIONED YOU WANT TO ADD IN THE JUVENILE WITH THAT? YES.
THE 40,000 FOR CONTINGENCY AND THE 14,200 AND SOMETHING.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CONY.
I WOULD SECOND IF I COULD, UH, SORRY.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER, WE NEED A SECOND.
IT'S MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
UH, WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES FIVE OH, UH, PROCEED.
UH, IT IS COVERING ALL THE, UH, NON CAP ESSENTIALS THROUGHOUT THE, UH, COUNTY, UH, BY DEPARTMENTS.
UH, DIFFERENT THINGS NEEDED, UH, TO COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, UH, WERE ABOUT $468,000.
354 60 $8,315 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S WAS 373,000 8 0 6.
ONE BIG CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THAT IS EVERY TWO YEARS WE DO REPLACE THE, UH, CAD STATIONS AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THERE'S A LITTLE HEAVIER DUTY WORKSTATIONS THAT ARE ON 24 7.
THIS IS THE YEAR WE'RE DOING THAT, PLUS ADDING, UH, TWO FOR TOTAL OF SEVEN.
UH, AND THEN WE REPLACE, UH, THE, THE INTEGRAL NETWORK SWITCHES IN THAT RACK.
TWO, UH, FOR OUR CRITICAL, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE DID NOT HAVE THAT LAST YEAR, SO WE, WE CHANGED THAT OUT EVERY TWO YEARS.
UM, FOR ALL THE COUNTY, UH, REQUESTS, WE'VE, WE WORKED HARD ON REDUCING, UH, A LOT OF THE NON CAP REQUESTS.
UH, WE'VE KNOCKED OUT A COUPLE DEPARTMENTS.
I WANTED TO DO MORE, UH, BUT WAS HAVING TO ONBOARD SOME SECURITY CAMERAS.
THIS YEAR WAS ENABLED TO DO AS MUCH AS I WANTED, UH, WITH SAVINGS WE HAD GOTTEN.
SO I'VE REVIEWED THESE, UH, ONCE AND REDUCED ALL I COULD AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED COVER, KIM? UM, JUST OUTSIDE THE CAT NON CAP.
UH, YEAH, MOST OF THOSE WE WILL TAKE CARE OF A SMALL ASK, UH, UH, MONITOR STANDS WE WILL TAKE CARE OF.
WHAT ABOUT THE COURTROOM PROJECT? 25,000? YEAH, THAT'S IN THE COURTHOUSE.
UH, SORRY, THAT'S, UH, IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, LINE.
I DON'T, SO WE DID, UH, ASK FOR THE COURT COMMISSIONER'S COURT LINE, UH, CAP LINE.
WE'RE RE REDOING ALL THE AUDIO IN HERE IN THIS TABLET THAT KEEPS GIVING US FITS.
WE'VE, UH, UH, I FORGOT THAT NOW.
SO I THINK, UH, FOR THAT, UH, WE'VE PUT THAT UNDER THE LINE FOR US FOR WAS $25,796, UH, FOR REFRESH HERE.
AND, AND ACTUALLY WE HAVEN'T HAD A REAL FRESH ON THE SPEAKERS AUDIO LEVEL FOR UH, UH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW LONG.
I COULDN'T EVEN FIND, UH, THE LAST THOUSAND 15.
BUT IT'LL HELP WITH, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIO, UH, UH, STREAMING IN HERE.
UH, A LOT OF THE SPEAKERS ARE GOING OUT THE, UH, UH, AMPLIFIER IN THE CLOSET'S, UH, FAILING US TO
SO FOR COMMISSIONER COURT, UH, LINE ITEM, WE WAS ASKING FOR 25,000 SOME $69 FOR A COMPLETE REFRESH ON OUR AUDIO, UH, STREAMING EQUIPMENT.
UH, FOR HERE, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF GOOD COMBAT, UH, UH, COMMENTS ON THE NEW STREAMING, UH, ARCHIVING.
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OKAY.ANYTHING ELSE? UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
[II.E. Capital & Non-Capital Budget Requests. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen) (Part 1 of 2) ]
GOOD.ITEM E ON CAPITAL AND NON-CAPITAL BUDGET REQUEST.
KIM, YOU WANT TO, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY UPDATES.
WE DO, UM, HAVE ELECTION, NOT REPORTING.
DID IT, DO YOU KNOW THE AMOUNT ON THAT FOR 6,000, $6,700 THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, YOU ALL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.
AND THEN, UH, CCL TWO, THE UPGRADE TO THEIR AV SYSTEM.
I BELIEVE IT'S A ROLLOVER THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS PAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT IN THE, IN THERE AND ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS GOING ON.
AND THAT'S $18,000 THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ROLL OVER.
AND THE 6,700 WASN'T BUDGET BECAUSE IT WAS INCLUDED IN A CONTRACT SERVICE LINE VERSUS ON CAP.
WE, I DO NEED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT ARE, ARE REALLY CONTRACT SERVICE ITEMS, BUT, UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE APPROVED, UM, AND NOT JUST ADDED TO THE OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, A LOT OF THE ACTS ON THE BODY CAMERAS THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WEAR, UM, A, WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE, UM, APPROVED.
COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ASKING FOR SOME OF THOSE, UH, FOR $14,315.
ALSO, DISPATCH HAS THE, THE AXON LICENSE AND CAD LICENSE.
UM, THAT'S $585 FOR THE LICENSE FOR AXON AND CAD IS 22 4.
UM, CONSTABLE TWO IS A ASKING FOR THE AXON BODY CAMERAS.
UM, IT'S A TOTAL OF $5,867 FOR THAT FOR FIVE YEARS.
UM, AXON CAR CAMERAS FOR $3,900 FOR CONSTABLE TWO SPECIAL CRIMES IS ASKING FOR SOME PHOTOSHOP SOFTWARE FOR $153.
AND CELLEBRITE SOFTWARE, I DON'T HAVE AN AMOUNT ON THAT YOU'VE ALREADY INCLUDED IN YOUR OPERATING.
UM, THEN 5 62 FOR, UM, CID IS GOT TWO AXON LICENSES FOR $95 EACH PATROL HAS ONLINE ACCESS CRADLE POINTS FOR $6,072 AND ADDITIONAL BODY CAMS FOR $8,680.
UM, AND THEN QUENCH, WE NEED TO MOVE, UM, THEIR, UM, SYSTEM FROM A SUPPLY LINE INTO THE CONTRACT SERVICES LINE THAT WAS $2,400 AND THEN A BODY CAMERA AND TASERS FOR $6,510.
I I GAVE YOU THE SHEETS THE OTHER DAY.
SO, AND THE ELECTION, NOT REPORTING IS LISTED ON THAT 6,700.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACT SERVICES HERE.
AND UH, AS I, AS I LOOK AT THINGS HERE AND HOW WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THINGS, THE, UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH THE JAIL.
WHAT WE HAVEN'T APPROVED, WE HAVEN'T APPROVED THE AMOUNT THAT'S GONNA BE REQUIRED FOR THE JAIL FOR ANOTHER FISCAL YEAR.
I PUT IT IN, IS IT IN THE, IS IT IN THE OPERATING IN THE PROPOSED 7 97 THAT WAS INCLUDED IN WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED, ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE INCREMENTAL INCREASE, WHICH WAS 7 98.
OKAY, SO IT'S GONNA COST 7 98 IN THIS YEAR.
SO THAT, THAT ISSUE IS TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE JAIL ALREADY.
BECAUSE I LOOK AT NUMBER ONE THING, THEN I LOOK AT, UH, UH, THIS IS NOT IN CONTRACT, THIS IS IN THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE HIRED AT THE JAILS, AT THE, UH, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORT.
WE'VE ALREADY HIRED THOSE INDIVIDUALS USING ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE AND NOW THOSE ARE GONNA IN FACT BE NEW EMPLOYEES IN ANOTHER YEAR.
AND, AND REFRESH ME ON THAT, THOSE ARE TWO, TWO TRANSPORTS.
IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THAT'S MONEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SPENT.
THOSE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN HIRED THAT WERE PAID FROM A DIFFERENT LINE.
NOW THEY'RE IN FACT GONNA BE NEW EMPLOYEES.
AND SO WHICHEVER LINE YOU WANNA PUT THAT UNDER, UH, I MOVE THAT WE FUND THOSE EMPLOYEES FOR TRANSPORT AT, UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
AND THAT'S A MOTION, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
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WAS THAT YOU COMMISSIONER? YES.UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ONE SECOND.
THE NEXT THING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ARE THE VEHICLES FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES.
UH, THOSE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR.
SO JUST, JUST TO KEEP THINGS GOING RIGHT HERE.
UH, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO FUND, I MEAN NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF THAT, UH, THOSE TWO, TWO NEW EMPLOYEES NEEDS TO BE APPROVED.
THE VEHICLES THAT HAVE TO BE FOR TRANSPORT NEED TO BE APPROVED.
SECOND MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
OH, NEXT THING I SEE IS THE, UH, THE VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, UH, TO REPLACE THE EXISTING AND, UH, FIND THAT LINE AND TELL ME WHAT THAT, THAT TOTAL IS RIGHT THERE.
SO FOR UM, ADMIN, THERE'S NOT ANY, SO FOR INVESTIGATION, THERE'S TWO TRUCKS FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT $95,000.
THE REASON I HAVE THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FUND THE VEHICLES TO REPLACE THE, UH, HIGH MILEAGE VEHICLES OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR ANIMAL CONTROL AND WHATEVER OTHER PATROL REQUESTS ARE IN THERE.
SO CID IS $96,323, UM, PATROL FOR VEHICLES AND 12 VEHICLES AND OUTFITTING IS $888,888.
AND ARE YOU APPROVING THE RADIOS FOR EVERYTHING? YES.
SO IT'S 957,000 6 0 4 AND THAT WAS THE RADIOS THE 1 57.
SO WHAT, WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THE VEHICLES AND ALL VEHICLES, ALL THE OUTFITTING, THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.
SO FOR, FOR PATROL, IT'S 957,000 6 0 4 FOR, FOR ALL 12 OF THOSE VEHICLES COMBINED WITH ALL THOSE RADIO STRAPPING OUTFITTING IN THE VEHICLE.
WELL, BEFORE, BEFORE WE GO ON, WELL GO AHEAD.
WE FINISH WHAT YOU'RE TELLING YOU, SIT THERE AND CALCULATE ON THOSE THINGS AND COME UP WITH THE TOTAL MM-HMM,
WANNA TAKE A SHORT BREAK, JUDGE? OKAY.
HOW'S THAT? 9 58? WE'LL TAKE A, LET'S JUST TAKE A BRIEF RECESS.
UM, KIM, IF YOU WOULD PROCEED, DID YOU GET THAT TOTAL? I, I I DO HAVE THE TOTAL.
I WAS NOTICING A MISSING PERSON.
UM, SO FOR ALL, UH, 5 62, 5 63, 5 66 AND 5 68 TOTAL VEHICLE EXPENSES, $1,364,652.
THAT'S OUTFITTING STRIPING EQUIPMENT.
THE WHOLE STILL IN THE AREA OF THAT CENTER CIRCLE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT HAS TO BE PAID FOR.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE, WE REALLY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CONTINUE TO REPLACE THE VEHICLES IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'S MY MOTION TO APPROVE THAT MOTION MADE BY MR. WALDEN WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE? YES, SIR.
KIM, DO YOU MIND RUNNING THAT NUMBER ONE MORE TIME PLEASE? 1 MILLION 360 4 652.
MM-HMM,
UH, ONE ARE THE BODY CAMERAS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.
AND, UH, THE SECOND ONE WAS THAT, UH, THE LICENSES THERE FOR DISPATCH THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT? YES SIR.
AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY FOR.
I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, AXON LICENSE FOR DISPATCH MOTION
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MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE'RE IVO VOCAL IF YOU WOULD? UH, KNOWLEDGE BY I OR NAY? AYE.
OH, THAT TOTAL WAS $22,985 FOR THE, YOU SAID AXON AND THE CAD LICENSE? MM-HMM?
SO, UM, AS WE LOOK AT, UH, ADDITIONAL BODY CAMERAS THERE YES SIR.
DOES THAT, DOES THAT COVER, I THINK YOU GAVE SOME OF THOSE AS BODY CAMERAS AND SOME OF THEM AS VEHICLE MOUNTED CAMERAS? THERE ARE, CORRECT? YES.
THOSE, BUT CAR CAMERAS, WERE THOSE MOUNTED CAMERAS INCLUDED FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN THAT TOTAL NUMBER? NO.
NO, BECAUSE THOSE ARE CONTRACT SERVICE.
THOSE, THOSE BODY CAMERAS ARE IN CONTRACT SERVICES.
AND UH, SO THE ONES AT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE ONES AT THE, UH, FOR THE CONSTABLES? YEAH, EVERY, ALL OF THAT IS CONTRACT SERVICE 'CAUSE IT, THEY'RE LEASED.
AND, AND, UH, DO YOU HAVE A TOTAL FOR THAT OR EXACTLY.
OR IS IT PRETTY CLOSE? IT WOULD TAKE QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO DO THAT.
I MOVED TO APPROVE THE 39 UP TO $39,000 FOR THE, UH, BODY CAMERAS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, BODY AND CAR, BODY AND CAR CAMERAS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OH, JUDGE, IF I COULD SKIP BACK TO
[II.F. Human Services Budget Requests. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen) (Part 2 of 2)]
THE, UH, HUMAN SERVICES, IT WOULD BE UNDER, UH, ROMAN NUMERAL TWO F FOR JUST A MOMENT.WE HAD ALLOCATED, UH, UH, $51,000 FOR THE WEATHER PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE PAST.
AND THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR, UH, SCHOLARSHIPS AS IT WERE FOR SOMEONE THAT REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE $50 FEE THAT THEY CHARGE FOR NON-CITY RESIDENCE.
WE, UH, WE TAKE THE, UH, I THINK IT'S DON'T HAVE IT HERE, SEVEN HOW MUCH? 7,277.
$7,277 FROM THAT PARTICULAR LINE AND TRANSFER IT OVER TO THE, WHAT WOULD BE THE MEALS ON WHEELS, UH, PROGRAM LINE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
THAT'S, UM, THE NEXT THING I HAVE ON MY LIST IS, UH, IS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, COST OF LIVING ARE TYPE THINGS FOR EMPLOYEES.
BUT I'M NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT TODAY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS SETTLE OUT HERE AND SEE WHERE WE ARE IN RESPECT TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND THEN THE NEXT SESSION TAKE UP SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
MESS YOU UP JUST A MINUTE HERE.
[II.E. Capital & Non-Capital Budget Requests. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen) (Part 2 of 2) ]
DISPATCH, UNDER THEIR CAP LINE, THEY HAVE A 9 1 1 RECORDER REFRESH, UHHUH FOR 23,514.THIS WILL BE REIMBURSED BY COG.
SO IF Y'ALL COULD INCLUDE THAT TODAY, POSSIBLY I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT MOTION MADE BY WILL YOU SAY THAT AGAIN PLEASE? KIM? IT'S A 9 1 1 RECORDER FOR DISPATCH.
REFRESHING WILL BE REIMBURSED FROM COG IN THE BIG PICTURE 23,514 MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLTZ.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UM, COMMISSIONER WALDEN, YOU'D MENTIONED ON THE SALARIES TO NOT DISCUSS THAT TODAY.
DO YOU THOSE WANT TO BE TABLED UNTIL ANOTHER MEETING? I JUST, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THROWING A LOT OF STUFF AT OUR, AT OUR FOLKS HERE TODAY IN A, IN A QUICK FASHION.
LET THAT, YEAH, LET SETTLE TO SEE THAT.
SETTLE OUT AND SEE WHERE WE'RE IN RESPONSE TO.
I JUST WANT TO GET THESE OFF IF YEAH, I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT WANNA,
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THEY'VE ASKED TO SPEAK AND I WANT MAKE SURE WE GET TO THEM.I'M DONE IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD.
SO I HAVE ANO ANOTHER, UM, CHANGE.
UM, THE COUNTY CLERKS HAS SAID THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS, THE FURNITURE ITEMS, UM, EVERYTHING, EVEN THE HIGH BACK CHAIRS.
ALL OF THE, HER, UM, REQUESTS FOR CAP OR IT'S ALL NON CAP.
UH, SHE NO LONGER NEEDS, SHE WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE OUT OF EXTRA TRAVEL FUNDS.
SO THO THOSE HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM HER REQUEST.
KIM, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, NOT THAT I'M, DO YOU HAVE, UH, TWO INVESTIGATORS ON THE SHERIFF'S PAPERWORK THERE THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR? TWO THE EMPLOYEES.
DO YOU WANNA GET UP AND TALK ABOUT THAT OR JUDGE, ARE WE GONNA GO THROUGH ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES? IS
[II.J. Additional Employee Salary Requests and/or New Positions. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen) (Part 1 of 2)]
THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT JAY? WE'RE TALK ABOUT ADDING TWO EMPLOYEES.WE'RE ON JAY THEN JUDGE PROCEED.
UH, WE WERE PUT IN A REQUEST FOR TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, UH, INVESTIGATORS.
UH, ONE OF 'EM WILL BE, UH, ASSIGNED TWO PROPERTY CRIMES.
OUR PROPERTY CRIMES GUYS ARE GETTING 300 5400 CASES A YEAR, WHICH IS UNSUSTAINABLE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO WORK WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.
SO WE NEED TO, UH, ADD ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO, TO HANDLE THAT LOAD.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE FOR, UM, FINANCIAL CRIMES.
UH, WE'RE GETTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT A TIME.
CASES WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOSING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
UM, AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS POSITION TO START RECOVERING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AND SOFTWARE AND OTHER ITEMS IN PLACE TO HELP US RECOVER THESE FUNDS, TO STOP THE TRANSFER BITCOIN AND, AND RECOVER SOME OF THAT STUFF.
BUT IT TAKES KIND OF A SPECIALIZED, UM, PERSON IN TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO WE WOULD, UH, REQUEST THE COURT APPROVE THOSE TWO POSITIONS.
WE HAVEN'T, I'M GOING TO APPROVE THOSE TWO POSITIONS.
SECOND WHAT YOU MEAN BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
SO IS THIS, IS THIS TWO INVESTIGATORS, ONE FOR PROPERTY AND ONE FOR FINANCIAL, OR DO THEY BOTH DO BOTH? RIGHT NOW, THE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UH, ONE PROPERTY CRIME THAT INVESTIGATOR THAT DOES BOTH.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ALL THE PROPERTY CRIMES OR THE FINANCIAL CRIMES OFF ONTO ONE PERSON.
UM, THAT WOULD, UH, ALLEVIATE THE LOAD, KIND OF SPREAD THAT LOAD OUT A LITTLE BETTER.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING ALL OF THESE TYPES OF CASES.
AM I HEARING THAT CORRECTLY? WE, YES.
WE HAVE ONE PER ONE PERSON THAT THEIR, THEIR MAIN FOCUS IS FINANCIAL CRIMES, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PICK UP ADDITIONAL WORK IN THE PROPERTY CRIME SIDE.
I ALWAYS HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.
THE MOTIONS THAT WE MAKE TODAY CAN BE UNDONE THE NEXT COURT SESSION
SO, WELL, IT IT TO, TO YOUR POINT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT HOPEFULLY WE GET ALL THE INFORMATION WE, WE CAN AND THEN NO NEW INFORMATION AND SURFACES THAT CHANGES THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOCKED IN AND UH, THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT.
BUT THEN AGAIN, IT COMES BACK TO YOUR, YOUR POINT OF, OF THE THREE CIRCLES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WHAT ARE THE BUDGETED SALARIES FOR THOSE POSITIONS OR TO OUR TOTAL COSTS? YEAH.
1 3 7, 2 6 7 PER INVESTIGATOR.
AND PLUS THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 57 4 HALF PER POSITION, RIGHT? WELL, IT'S A TOTAL OF 1 13 6 30 FOR THE TWO POSITIONS.
ANY OTHER? THAT'S FOR BOTH, YES.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THAT INCLUDES BOTH? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 250,000 ISH NINE WITH BENEFITS 9 48 WITH BENEFITS.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T DOUBLE THE INVESTIGATOR SALARY PART.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR A.
ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE SALARY REQUEST AND OUR NEW POSITIONS.
UH, THAT, THAT DOES IT FOR J I'M GONNA GO BACK UNDER ITEM TWO, GENERAL BUDGET
[II.B. General Budget Updates. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen)]
UPDATES UNDER ITEM B,[01:10:01]
UH, WHICH DOES FALL INTO, I'VE BEEN, UH, REQUESTED, UH, FOR OUR, UH, NEWLY ELECTED STATE REPRESENTATIVE MICHAELUH, MIKE, IF YOU WOULD COME ON UP IN THIS.
ARE WE TWO B? WE, WE WENT, WE'RE GOING BACK TO TWO B, WHICH WILL FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORY OF WHAT HE'S GONNA SPEAK ON.
MIKE FLOORS, THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UM, I FIRST OF ALL WANTED TO THANK THIS COURT.
UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING BUDGETS HERE IN PARKER COUNTY SINCE 2014, UM, THERE'S PROBABLY NO OTHER TAXING ENTITY THAT ACTUALLY I FEEL TRULY WORKS TO, TO LOOK OUT FOR THE TAXPAYER AND, AND BE FRUGAL WITH THEIR MONEY.
AND I THINK EXCEPT FOR THIS LAST SESSION, I THINK THE THREE PREVIOUS BUDGET SESSIONS, Y'ALL WERE LIKE, MAYBE THE ONLY TAXING ENTITY, THE ONLY ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF, THAT ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH USED TO BE THE CALL, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
AND I WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING THAT, FOR WATCHING OUT THE BUDGET.
AND SO ALONG THOSE LINES, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE FACED WITH SOME TOUGH CHOICES AND I'VE ALREADY HEARD LIKE THESE TWO IMPORTANT POSITIONS YOU'RE JUST APPROVING.
AND SO YOU ALL ARE WATCHING THE, YOUR DOLLARS.
AND WHEN I FOUND OUT, UM, RECENTLY THAT, UM, UNDER, UH, ELECTION CODE, A 37.011 THAT YOU ALL WERE BEING REQUIRED TO, UM, BASICALLY STEP OUTTA YOUR NORMAL BOUNDS OF PROVIDING FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU WERE, UH, BEING ASKED TO AND ESSENTIALLY CREATE A SCHOOL.
AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S, UH, ELECTION LAW AND THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MANDATED BY AUSTIN.
AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A THRESHOLD THERE FOR LIKE 120, 125,000 THAT WE ARE NOW HAVE EXCEEDED.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UH, AND, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT APPROPRIATING ROUGHLY, UM, BETWEEN 800,000 AND A MILLION DOLLARS TO EDUCATE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 17 KIDS THE FIRST YEAR.
AND, UM, I THINK THE TAXPAYERS WOULD BE OUTRAGED IF THEY KNEW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS BEING FORCED UPON US.
YOU KNOW, AND IT IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE.
UM, BUT BEFORE YOU DECIDE ON HOW MUCH TO APPROPRIATE FOR THAT, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I ALREADY HAVE INITIATED THE PROCESS TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO INCREASE THAT THRESHOLD TO, EXCUSE ME, POSSIBLY 200 OR 250,000.
SO THAT JUST ONCE Y'ALL TO BE AWARE THAT IT COULD BE A YEAR FROM NOW, Y'ALL ARE NOT GONNA BE REQUIRED TO, UH, TO BE EDUCATING THESE CHILDREN.
AND I JUST THIS MORNING WAS IN CONTACT WITH PHIL KING'S OFFICE AND THEY SH SHARE SIMILAR CONCERNS.
SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PASS LEGISLATION TO TAKE AWAY THIS BURDEN FOR YOU ALL AND THAT YOU ALL CAN BE USING THAT TAXPAYER MONEY THE WAY THAT YOU SHOULD BE AND, AND TO CONTINUE TO DO IT, UH, IN A VERY FRUGAL WAY.
MIKE, YOU, I THINK YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, REPRESENTATIVE ELECT I THINK IS THE CORRECT TERM.
I'M THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, NOT TILL NOVEMBER.
I'M EVENTUALLY REPRESENTATIVE ELECT, BUT THANK YOU.
UH, SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT 200,000 POPULATION, AS CRAZY AS IT SOUNDS, WE'RE GONNA BE THERE IN ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO IF YOU CAN NAME FOR THAT, THAT, DID I HEAR THREE 50? NO, TWO 50.
OH, I THOUGHT I HEARD THREE 50.
UH, HEY, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE BY ME.
I LIKE WHAT I HEARD BETTER THAN WHAT YOU SAID.
I DON'T KNOW THE ISSUE WELL ENOUGH TO KNOW.
I MEAN, I NEED TO GET, UM, I'VE ALREADY GOT A, A REALLY TALENTED PERSON LOOKING INTO THIS AND, AND TO SEE HOW THIS WHOLE THING EVOLVED INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS FIRST PASSED AND WHAT THE RATIONALE IS BEHIND BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I SEE THE UNDERSTANDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T WANT, UM, SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN TO BE DISTRACTING OTHER KIDS BECAUSE THAT'S AFFECTING THE EDUCATION OF ALL.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT FIVE TROUBLED KIDS IN THIS COUNTY SHOULD BE TAKING A MILLION DOLLARS AWAY FROM DOING ALL THESE THINGS THAT Y'ALL, ALL THESE REQUESTS THAT YOU'RE HAVING.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST NOT, THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
AND I ALSO AM CONCERNED THAT ONCE THIS IS INITIATED, THAT A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY DECIDE, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS GUY'S KIND OF A PROBLEM, LET'S JUST SEND 'EM TO THIS PROGRAM, LET THEM DEAL WITH IT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA START A WHOLE AVALANCHE OF THINGS THAT'S GONNA REALLY PUT A BURDEN ON THE COUNTY.
AND I, THAT'S WHY I JUST DON'T THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, SO BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO INVEST IN LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE, I I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT MAYBE THIS, WE GET THIS DONE AWAY WITH NEXT YEAR.
SO I THINK OUR REQUEST WOULD BE, OR AT LEAST I KNOW I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND THE JUDGE WOULD AGREE THAT, UM, WITHIN REASON, THE HIGHER THAT THRESHOLD, PROBABLY THE BETTER FOR COUNTIES LIKE PARKER COUNTY.
AND I WAS ACTUALLY, SOMEONE GAVE ME THE NUMBER.
THERE'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT MANY COUNTIES IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS THAT ARE DOING THIS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A REFLECTION OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE THE SIXTH FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE, IN THE NATION FIFTH.
AND SO, AND I THINK THERE'S ONLY 26 I HEARD, I
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COULD BE WRONG.IT'S IN THE TWENTIES OUTTA 254.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS, IT MAKES MORE SENSE THAN A BIG CITY LIKE HOUSTON OR DALLAS, BUT I, I JUST, THIS IS A, AN UNFAIR BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYER IN PARKER COUNTY AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP.
AND SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS LIKE YOU JUST DID, JACOB, PLEASE FEEL, FEEL REACH.
I KNOW ALL OF Y'ALL REALLY WELL, JUST REACH OUT TO ME.
'CAUSE I, THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, THAT I'M HERE TO DO TO HELP Y'ALL.
IT'S AN HONOR TO TALK IN FRONT OF Y'ALL WITHOUT HANDCUFFS.
MY NAME'S LARRY BARTOLI AND I'M A CITIZEN OF, OF PARKER COUNTY.
AND I GOT THIS, UH, A COPY OF THIS SECTION, A 37.001.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING IN THE WORDING BECAUSE IN THE FOURTH LINE I'VE GOT UNDERLINED, IT SAYS FROM THE THIRD LINE, UH, A JUVENILE BOARD COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF 125,000 OR LESS MAY DEVELOP A ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
MAY DOES NOT MEAN REQUIRED HAVE TO.
IT'S, IT'S LIKE WHEN I TRY TO GET PERMISSION, MAY I? WELL THAT DEPENDS WHO I'M ASKING.
NOW YOU DROP DOWN TO THE NEXT ONE.
UH, NOT REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, NOT SUBJECT TO SECTION, UH, ET CETERA.
A COUNTY LESS THAN 125,000 A COUNTY HAD A POPULATION OF 125,000 OR LESS ACCORDING TO THE 2000 FEDERAL CENSUS.
I GOOGLE THE POPULATION OF PARKER COUNTY IN 2000 FOR THE FEDERAL CENSUS.
88,495 PEOPLE YOU CAN GOOGLE THAT.
I CAN SHOW IT TO YOU ON MY PHONE BASED ON THAT FEDERAL CENSUS OF 2000.
WE ARE NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE WE'RE LESS THAN 125,000 AS THIS SECTION APPLIES TO US.
AND THEN IF YOU GO DOWN, IT SAYS THAT IF YOU'RE LESS THAN A HUNDRED, 125,000 AT THE BOTTOM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED IN A COUNTY CONSIDERED TO BE A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF 125,000 OR LESS TO THE, UH, THE STUDENT EXPELLED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPPLIES THAT, NOT THE COUNTY.
SO THE COUNTY IS NOT IN THE EDUCATION BUSINESS OR THE SCHOOL BUSINESS, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE LESS THAN 125,000 ACCORDING TO THE 2000 FEDERAL CENSUS, IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE THIS PROJECT.
I'LL LET Y'ALL DIGEST ON THAT TOO, ON IT.
'CAUSE YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LAWYER.
YOU SPEND THINGS ALL KINDS OF DIRECTIONS THAT ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL LET Y'ALL HAVE FOOD FOR THOUGHT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE ARE GONNA GO BACK UP TO I ON ITEM G.
[II.G. Health Insurance for Retirees, Post 65 supplement rates. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
HEALTH INSURANCE RETIREES POST 65 SUPPLEMENTAL RATES.UH, BECKY YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR THIS? YES.
I GAVE EACH OF YOU AN UPDATE TO THE POST 65 RATE.
UM, THE RATES I PRESENTED THE OTHER DAY, WHENEVER I SUBMITTED THEM TO PBC, THEY CAME BACK AND SAID THAT THE BOARD HAD ACTUALLY APPROVED A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THE RATE.
SO THE ORIGINAL RATES WOULD'VE BEEN A GUARANTEED RATE FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN THEY WOULD'VE ESCALATED YEAR FOUR AND FIVE.
WE WENT BACK TO BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AND ASKED THEM TO GUARANTEE THE RATE FOR FIVE YEARS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY INCREASES.
SO AGAIN, IT'S A $15 INCREASE FROM WHAT I SAID THE OTHER DAY.
FUND 53 CAN STILL, UM, ABSORB IT, BUT IT WAS JUST AN, I WAS JUST INCORRECT AND I'LL ADMIT IT.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE UPDATED RATES.
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MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALLMAN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.ANY KNOW THE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[II.J. Additional Employee Salary Requests and/or New Positions. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen) (Part 2 of 2)]
I DID HAVE SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF THE REQUESTS FOR NEW EMPLOYEES, UM, THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.AND I KNOW SOME OF 'EM ARE HERE TODAY, SO THEY MAY WANNA SPEAK ON IT.
BUT FIRST, UM, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT CONSTABLE TWO'S OFFICE.
THIS IS ANOTHER OFFICE THAT AN EMPLOYEE WAS ALLOWED TO TRANSFER DURING FISCAL 24 AND KEEP THE SALARY THAT THEY WERE BEING PAID.
SO WE DO, YOU KNOW, IF THAT MONEY ISN'T ALLOCATED FOR FISCAL 25, THEN THAT EMPLOYEE'S GONNA GET A, UH, PAY CUT COME OCTOBER 1ST.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT THERE? UM, 15,902 IS WHAT WE NEED TO INCREASE THE SALARY.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
COMMISSIONER HOLT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE TAX ASSESSOR WHO AGAIN IS ASKING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE.
SHE DID WANT ME TO LET THE COURT KNOW, YOU KNOW, SHE APPRECIATES OBVIOUSLY THE RENOVATION PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON FOR HER, BUT DOES WANT THE COURT TO KNOW THAT THIS POSITION WILL NOT BE FILLED UNTIL THAT RENOVATION PROJECT IS DONE.
SO WE COULD EITHER, YOU KNOW, LOWER THESE NUMBERS DOWN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO MAKE IT NOT, SHE'S NOT GONNA FILL IT TILL IT GETS HIRED.
SO THE MONEY'S GONNA SIT THERE.
SO SHE'S OFFERED TO KIND OF CUT THE SALARY, BUT IF SHE DOES THAT, THEN SHE'S GONNA COME BACK NEXT BUDGET AND ASK FOR IT TO BE FUNDED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
I WOULD ASK THAT WE TAKE IT OUT.
I'M MAKING THAT MOTION THAT WE, THAT WE REDUCE THE NUMBERS AND REVISIT IT WHEN THE POSITION IS READY TO ACTUALLY BE FILLED.
IT GIVES A GOOD ESTIMATE IS IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, CORRECT? YEAH.
'CAUSE IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS ON THE RENOVATION.
IT MAY BE NEXT BUDGET YEAR ANYWAY.
SO, WELL WE HAVE A MOTION WE CAN REVISIT THAT.
MY MOTION JUST TO BE CLEAR, IS THAT WE TAKE IT OUT FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR AND THEN EXPECT TO HAVE IT ADDED FOR CONSIDERATION NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
SO WE'RE REMOVING THE POSITION ALTOGETHER OR JUST WE WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THE NUMBER.
UH, I'D REALLY LIKE A, A SECOND BEFORE WE PROCEED ON A DISCUSSION JUST TO, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY MY MOTION, MY MOTION IS THAT WE REMOVE THE POSITION ENTIRELY UNLESS YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE LEAVE THE POSITION AND REDUCE THE NUMBER.
SO I I I'M ASKING A TECHNICAL QUESTION.
JUDGE, IS THIS IN THE BUDGET NOW? NO.
WE'RE JUST REMOVING THE REQUEST.
WE CAN LEAVE THE REQUEST THERE FOR NOW AND THEN WE CAN GET WITH THE TAX ASSESSOR AND KIND OF HAVE HER INPUT ON THIS AS WELL TO SPEAK ON IT.
UM, SO, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S AN UNFUNDED REQUEST, RIGHT? HERE'S MY GOAL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE NUMBERS AND ALL THESE REQUESTS.
I DON'T WANT THAT NUMBER IN THERE SINCE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S A REASONABLE CHANCE.
I DON'T CARE IF THE REQUEST IS THERE OR NOT.
I JUST DON'T WANT THE DOLLARS IN THERE WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THE TOTAL REQUESTS ARE.
'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA BE A REASONABLE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO BE FILLED THIS YEAR TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.
YEAH, IF, IF IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T NEED THE MOTION.
SO THIS NU THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL REQUEST THAT WE GOT.
IT'S IN THE REQUEST BUT IT'S NOT BEEN APPROVED.
THERE'S JUST A REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL POSITION.
YEAH, IT'S THIS, IT'S JUST THE REQUEST AT THIS POINT.
BUT THAT WAS JUST WHAT SHE WAS SAYING TO TRY TO KIND OF HELP IS SAY SHE WOULDN'T FUND.
SO YOUR MOTION IS TO REMOVE THIS REQUEST, CORRECT? WE HAVE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SAY I'LL SECOND IT.
I CAN'T, I DON'T HAVE NO BUTTON TO PUSH.
UM, THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SO MY THOUGHT IS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE LISTS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FILL.
SHE JUST TEXTED ME THAT SHE'S GOOD TO COMPLETELY REMOVE IT.
SHE'S MORE FOCUSED ON GETTING THE RENOVATION.
UH, ANY ANY OF THIS DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND AGAIN, JUST FOR CLARITY, IT WAS THE STATE WAS APPROVED BUT THERE'S NOT BEEN RIGHT.
THE OTHER UPDATE THAT I DO HAVE IS FOR DEPARTMENT 4 74, UM, WHICH IS MEDICAL INVESTIGATION.
SO ORIGINALLY, UM, THERE WAS THE ASK FOR THE INCREASE TO THE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR SALARY.
THERE WAS A ASK OF TWO ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATORS AND AN ASK FOR A CLERK POSITION.
SHE IS, UM, REQUESTING TO CON FOR COURT TO CONSIDER INSTEAD OF A FULL-TIME CLERK POSITION TO MAKE THAT A PART-TIME CLERK POSITION SINCE THIS IS A NEW POSITION.
AND TO TRY THAT OUT FOR YEAR ONE TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS AND THEN POSSIBLY COME BACK NEXT BUDGET YEAR TO REQUEST FOR FULL-TIME.
AND THEN INSTEAD OF TWO INVESTIGATORS TO JUST LOWER IT DOWN TO ONE INVESTIGATOR.
I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE ONE INVESTIGATOR
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PART OF THAT MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY FOR THE APPROVAL OF ONE INVESTIGATOR.IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
WE'RE IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? IT'S SAY AYE.
THERE IS A REQUEST FOR THE CAP TO GO ALONG WITH A NEW INVESTIGATOR AS WELL.
DO YOU NEED TO AMEND YOUR MOTION OR? I SUPPORT THAT.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE THAT MAY WANT TO SPEAK ON THEIR NEW EMPLOYEE REQUEST.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY UPDATES THAT I HAVE.
WE HAVE UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE, NOT THAT I'M NOT GONNA ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT HAS NOT SPOKE ON NEW EMPLOYEE REQUEST? I KNOW ALL ARE IMPORTANT AND THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU.
UM, IF YOU FEEL LIKE THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND, AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT, I I I WILL ALLOW THAT.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WANTS TO COME UP AND SPEAK E EVEN AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE, UH, BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE AND, AND GIVE THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE SPOKE ON THIS YET.
UH, YOUR AVAILABILITY TO COME.
UM, SO COME FORWARD IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
WE'VE HEARD MOST OF THESE, UH, ARE ALL OF THESE.
AND, AND RAY, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HEAR YOURS.
BUT FROM MY POSITION I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AS THINGS SETTLE OUT HERE BEFORE WE DO ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL ANYTHING.
WRITE YEAH, JUST TO CLARIFY WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER WALDEN JUST SAID THAT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY DECISIONS MADE HERE, BUT AGAIN, YOU CAME RIGHT? AND, AND, AND IN RESPECT TO THAT, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHY YOU THOUGHT ANOTHER PERSON.
I THOUGHT CONSTABLE WRIGHT JUST CAME TO SEE US 'CAUSE HE LIKES TO SEE US.
I I WOULD LOVE SEEING COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
I'M FINALLY GET WHERE I'M NOT SHAKING ALL OVER STANDING BEFORE YOU.
SO THERE, UH, MAKES ME FEEL BETTER.
UH, I DID REQUEST A POSITION, AS I TOLD YOU IN THE VERY BEGINNING, OUR INCREASE IN POPULATION, INCREASE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE INCREASE IN PAPERS IN COURTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO, UH, IS IF I HAPPEN TO HAVE SOMEBODY OFF ON VACATION, THEN I'M FLAT SHORTHANDED WHATEVER TIME THAT IS.
IT'S JUST REAL HARD TO GET DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS.
WE JUST, JUST NEED THAT OTHER PERSON.
WELL, WE NEED THE COUNTY CLEANED UP IF, IF THEY'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE AND HELP CLEAN IT UP, WE'RE TRYING ONE DAY AT A TIME OR ONE HOUSE AT WANT.
I WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICES FOR THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK SPECIFICALLY.
UH, JUST 'CAUSE YOU'RE SITTING HERE, GLEN, BUT, UH, BUT, BUT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN MY PRECINCT TO, TO HELP WITH THOSE ISSUES THAT PREVIOUSLY CAME TO US, RIGHT? STILL DO COME TO US, BUT WE CAN REFER THOSE OVER TO THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.
IS IS TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE PARKER COUNTY AND THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO CLEAN THOSE UP.
I'VE ALREADY SAID THIS ONCE, I'M JUST REPEATING MYSELF, BUT, BUT THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP? UH, THAT, UM, I THINK ALL OF HAVE SPOKEN, UH, BUT IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, REITERATE OR, OR JUST, YOU KNOW, SPEAK OF THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, I KNOW THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT OR YOU WOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR IT.
UM, AND AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF REPEAT WHAT'S BEEN SAID, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA LOOK AT THESE VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ACTION YET.
DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO, AND THAT'S GONNA COME VERY QUICKLY.
SO ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? OKAY.
ITEM K, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND PROJECTS.
BRIANNA, ANYTHING? NOTHING ELSE? OKAY.
DISCUSS APPROVED PRECINCT FUND 50 AND FUNDS ONE THROUGH FOUR FOR BUDGET.
20 24, 25 FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TWO.
[III.1. Present/Discuss/Approve Precincts Fund 50 and Funds 1-4 for Budget FY2024-2025. (Judge Deen)]
ONE, PRESENT.DISCUSS APPROVED PRECINCT FUND 50 AND FUNDS ONE THROUGH FOUR FOR BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE EXACTLY, UH, READY TO, TO MOVE ON THIS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE YET.
UH, I THINK WE'VE GOT A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE OF HERE OF THE WAY THINGS ARE GONNA BE AND I THINK, UH, UH, GIVEN ANOTHER A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO LOOK AT IT, I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME TO IT.
YEAH, THE PICTURE DOESN'T LOOK GOOD AS USUAL.
SO FOR THE AUDIENCE, WHAT I HAVE DONE IS I'VE PUT TOGETHER THE ROAD, ROAD AND BRIDGE ALLOCATION.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE MAYBE C OR SOMETHING UNDER THAT.
UM, SO THE FIRST SECTION JUST GOES THROUGH WHAT REVENUE, UM, GOES INTO FUND 50.
UM, AGAIN, THAT CURRENT PROPERTY TAXES, THAT IS AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
UM, I GAVE YOU THOSE SCENARIOS LAST WEEK.
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AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST M AND O BUT ALSO AT ROAD AND BRIDGE.THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING INTO FUND 50 SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO GO ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.
UM, AND THEN GOING DOWN THERE YOU HAVE DELINQUENT TAXES.
WE GET ONE, UM, STATE GRANT, ABOUT 80,000.
UM, A SMALL AMOUNT FROM, UM, OIL AND GAS REVENUE, UH, TAX ASSESSOR FEES OF OFFICE.
SO THAT $10 ROAD AND BRIDGE FEE IS ABOUT $2 MILLION ANNUALLY.
UM, THERE'S CERTAIN COUNTY CLERK FINES, UM, DEPENDING ON THE OFFENSE THAT GO INTO ROAD AND BRIDGE.
UM, INTEREST AND THEN AGAIN, IF YOU USE ANY, UH, FUND BALANCE FROM FUND 50 TO FUND THE ALLOCATION.
UM, SO IT'S, I THINK THIS IS GOING IF, IF THE ALLOCATION STAYS THE SAME.
I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR WHERE IT'S BASED OFF 50% ON ROAD MILES, 50% ON TAXABLE VALUE.
AND SO I REQUESTED FROM EACH OF YOU THE CERTIFIED ROAD MILES.
UM, AND THEN FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, WHICH I'VE INCLUDED BEHIND IS THE TAXABLE VALUES FOR THIS NEXT, UM, FISCAL YEAR.
UM, PART OF IT, WHICH I'VE SHOWN IS YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE 24 ALLOCATION IS.
SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT THOSE CHANGES IN TAXABLE VALUE AS WELL AS ROAD MILES FOR EACH OF THE PRECINCTS ARE.
UM, AND THEN HOW THAT GENERATES DIFFERENT REVENUE.
SO IF YOU GO TO, UM, FROM A TOTAL ALLOCATION, UM, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WAS ALLOCATED AND THE CURRENT BUDGET WE'RE IN.
AND SO IT GENERATES ABOUT 136,511 MORE THAN THE PRIOR YEAR.
AGAIN, IF YOU ADJUST THAT, UM, TAX RATE, THEN THAT, THAT'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WHAT I HAVE DONE ON THE SECOND PAGE, SORRY I DIDN'T PRINT IN COLOR, UM, BUT I USED, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS FROM FUND BALANCE.
SO I LOOKED AT, UM, FUND 50 AND I THINK WE'LL FINISH THE YEAR OFF WITH A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION.
AND SO IF YOU DECIDED TO USE A PORTION OF THAT, UM, WHAT, HOW IT WAS DIVIDED LAST YEAR IS THAT ADDITIONAL FROM FUND 50 WAS JUST DIVIDED EQUALLY.
AND SO I DID THE SAME THING JUST AS A SCENARIO FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD GENERATE AGAIN, IF IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS, 1,000,001, 3, 6, 5, 11 AND KIND OF THAT SAME THING.
JUST LOOKING AT, UM, HOW IT COMPARES TO THE PRIOR YEAR AND THEN THE TAXABLE VALUES AND ROAD MILES.
I APOLOGIZE FOR ASKING QUESTIONS, BUT BACK ON THE FIRST PAGE THERE, THE STATE GRANTS IS, IS THAT THAT UH, CTF GRANT THAT WE NO.
IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE JUST GET ANNUALLY AND IT'S JUST CALLED THE LATERAL ROAD GRANT AND I HAVE TO DO REPORTING ON IT.
IT'S BASICALLY HOW, HOW YOU SPEND IT.
AND SO I TAKE YOUR PRECINCT BUDGETS AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THAT IS THAT AMOUNT AND ABOVE IS SPENT.
AND SO THE INTEREST INCOME THERE, UH, ON DOWN THE, ON DOWN THE LIST THERE, $175,000 THAT'S DERIVED FROM THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE ARE CARRYING.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN IF THERE'S, IF WE'RE KIND OF SEEING ANY OF THAT'S DECREASING.
AND AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE USING A PORTION OF IT, WE TRANSFER THAT QUARTERLY.
SO THAT KIND OF AFFECTS LIKE WHAT THE FUND BALANCE LOOKS LIKE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO FOR CLARIFICATION, WE TOOK $1 MILLION FROM FUND BALANCE AND DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY TO EACH OF THE PRECINCT LAST YEAR.
I BELIEVE IT 0.5 MILLION LAST YEAR BECAUSE RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN I BELIEVE WE WERE A LITTLE ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE LAST YEAR.
AND SO THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL THINGS GENERATED MORE REVENUE, GOOD INFORMATION.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SCENARIO.
UM, LIKE I SAID, JUST LOOKING AT HALF A FUND BALANCE AGAIN, UM, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE TAX RATE IS SET, THAT WOULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AS WELL FOR FUND 50 OR FOR THE TRANSFER TO FUND 50.
I'LL, UH, I'LL SAY THIS ON ROAD AND BRIDGE.
I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE I GOT ELECTED, I THINK I SAID IT LAST YEAR, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
I WOULD LOVE AT SOME POINT TO SEE THE COUNTY, UM, MAYBE NOT MOVE TO A DIFFERENT MODEL, BUT AT LEAST INVESTIGATE TO SOME DEGREE SOME OTHER THINGS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, DENSITY ON THE ROADS.
NOT ALL ROADS ARE CREATED EQUAL.
I HAVE THE MOST ROAD MILEAGE BY A DECENT MARGIN.
SOME OF THAT 416 MILES I'VE GOT VERY, VERY, VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC ON COMPARED TO SOME OF COMMISSIONER HALE AND, AND COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S ROADS.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO JUST INHERITED 13 OR, OR GAINED 13 MILES THIS YEAR.
SOME OF THAT'S THE NEW LOOP, WHICH IS, UH, A COUNTY ROAD NOW, UM, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS NOT TAKEN THAT OVER.
SO WHEN THERE ARE REPAIRS TO BE DONE TO THE LOOP, THAT'S GONNA BE EXPENSIVE.
UM, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN OUR REGULAR COUNTY ROAD.
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GRANTED IT'S, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY NOT GONNA NEED REPAIRS FOR QUITE A WHILE.BUT WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN LOOK AT LIKE HOW MANY HOMES ARE IN THE PRECINCT THAT ARE NOT INSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.
I THINK THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE PARKER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT CAN RUN THOSE NUMBERS FOR US.
THEY RAN 'EM FOR ME LAST YEAR.
I THINK IT'D ALSO BE INTERESTING TO HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE A LOOK AT BLENDING IN THE DENSITY OF TRAFFIC ON THESE COUNTY ROADS.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE PARTICULARLY HELPFUL TO YOU, COMMISSIONER HALE, JUST AS A PIECE OF INFORMATION.
'CAUSE I THINK SOME OF YOUR COUNTY ROADS ARE PRETTY HEAVILY TRAVELED.
THE FORMULA HAS BEEN FLAWED SINCE THE DAY I BECOME COMM COMMISSIONER.
WELL, I I LOVE THE CURRENT FORMULA, JUST TO BE REAL CLEAR.
I WAS GONNA SUGGEST MAYBE YOU TAKE A TRIP DOWN 10 TOP OR THE LOWER END OF BETHEL FOR SOME DENSITY
SO, AND I, I I WILL SAY THIS, UH, I'M, I'M ASSUMING
[III.3. Road & Bridge Allocation. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen)]
THAT WE'RE ON THIS IS, THIS IS STILL ON ROAD BRIDGE ITEM.JUST SO WE'D LIKE TO HAVE OPENED IT FIRST.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER WALDEN MENTIONED TRUCK TRUCK TRAFFIC AND WE ARE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUE OUTSIDE OF JUST PROPERTY TAXES THAT RESIDENTS PAY.
AT SOME POINT, I THINK THE COUNTY NEEDS TO LOOK AT IF A NEW SUBDIVISION GOES IN AND IT ADDS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC TO AN EXISTING COUNTY ROAD.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME COUNTIES, AND I'D NEED, UH, MR. FOREST TO WEIGH IN ON THIS.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME COUNTIES THAT ARE LOOKING INTO WAYS TO HAVE THAT DEVELOPER THAT'S PUTTING IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS THEN CREATING AN INFRASTRUCTURE BURDEN ON US AND CAUSING A TON OF TRAFFIC, HEAVY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, ET CETERA, ON THAT COUNTY ROAD THAT THEY PAY A PORTION OF THAT COST AND IT CAN BE DONE CALCULATED BY AN ENGINEER, ET CETERA.
I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE DON'T DO, IF WE DON'T AT LEAST LOOK AT IT, WE ARE EXPECTING CURRENT RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR THOSE COSTS ENTIRELY, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS NECESSARILY FAIR.
SO I THINK IN THE PAST WE'VE LOOKED AT THE LEGALITY OF THOSE IMPACT FEES AND, AND FOUND THAT THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO.
THAT FROM WHAT I HEARD LAST YEAR AT THE TAC CONFERENCE, THAT WAS AN EVOLVING LEGAL ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT A RESOLUTION'S BEEN FOUND YET.
I KNOW WE'RE DEALING WITH IT PRETTY HEAVY IN FOUR RIGHT NOW.
THANK GOD WE GOT A TRANSPORTATION BOND PASSED.
WE HAVE SOME MONEY TO DEAL WITH IT.
BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE BOND, IT'D BE A, A TOUGH TASK AT THE MOMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, AT LEAST IN PRECINCT FOUR.
I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UH, RELATING TO ITEM THREE ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE, I, I APPRECIATE AND REALLY VALUE AND, AND ENJOY WORKING.
Y'ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND GETTING THIS AS YOU DID BEFORE AND, AND, UM, GETTING THIS WORKED OUT.
THERE'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE ROAD AND THE, THE LINEAR ROADS AND YOU KNOW, THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS, THE GROWTH AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT COME INTO PLAY, HOW WORKING TOGETHER IS KEY HERE.
AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING THAT.
SO COULD WELL TOWARD THAT END
SO IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE LAID OUT IN FRONT OF US, EVEN THOUGH WE ALREADY HAVE THAT CALENDAR, IF WE COULD HAVE THE, WHEN WE HAVE TO ADOPT MEETING DATES, IT'D PROBABLY BE BENEFICIAL TO EVERYBODY HERE.
WELL, SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS, I MEAN, AGAIN, YOU CAN APPROVE THE FORMULA AND ALL OF THAT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, UP UNTIL ADOPTION, BUT THE TAX RATE THAT DRIVES RIGHT.
THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR HERE, UM, WE HAVE IT TO EITHER VOTE ON IT, UM, THE 26TH MM-HMM.
AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST VOTING ON THE PROPOSED AND THE REASON FOR THE TIMING IS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET IT IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR PUBLICATION.
AND THEN THE HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE WOULD BE, WHAT IS THAT MONDAY BEFORE ADOPTION? NO, THE NEXT WEEK.
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UM, OUR NEXT BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER.OUR NEXT BUDGET HEARING IS FRIDAY.
WE HAVE REGULAR, WE PROBABLY NEED TO ON MONDAY, WE NEED TO DECIDE, I DON'T FOR NEXT WEEK WHAT DAYS OR HOW MANY DAYS WE NEED TO MEET.
BUT I GUESS JUST TO LAY IT OUT, YOU COULD EITHER VOTE ON THE PROPOSED EITHER THE 26TH OR WE COULD CALL A SPECIAL COURT THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
AGAIN, THE, UM, HEARING WOULD BE THE 16TH.
AND THEN THE ADOPTION WOULD BE THE DAY WE ADOPT THE BUDGET WOULD, WHICH WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 23RD.
AND SO IF YOU DO NOT ADOPT, UM, A TAX RATE AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WE WOULDN'T BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, THEN THE TAX RATE YOU HAVE TO ADOPT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS.
IF YOU DON'T, THEN YOU HAVE TO START THE PUBLICATIONS ALL OVER AGAIN.
26, WE OUGHT TO KNOW WHAT WE WANNA DO.
SO I WAS TALKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL, SPECIFICALLY BACK TO THE, SOME OF THE DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES.
AND, AND THAT 26TH IS THE DEADLINE ON THAT I'M HEARING, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE VOTE FOR THE 26TH TO ALLOW TIME FOR A SALARY GRIEVANCE.
UM, AGAIN, WE CAN RECALCULATE IF WE HAVE A SPECIAL COURT THAT NEXT COURT, BUT IT JUST KIND OF MOVES THINGS OUT.
AND AGAIN, THAT REQUIRES PUBLICATION IN THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL.
SO, UM, I GUESS I'M GONNA ASK IF WE, UH, WHATEVER ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN TODAY, IF WE COULD HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, IN A DAY OR TWO SO THAT WE SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE MEETING ON THE 26TH FOR SURE.
IS THAT FAIR TO EVERYBODY? OKAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING ON THIS AGENDA? I KNOW WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND HERE.
UM, JUDGE, I'M JUST SHOWING THAT WE DIDN'T, UH, ADDRESS HI AND UNDER NUMBER TWO AND UNDER NUMBER THREE.
UH, WE DID, WE WE TOOK NO ACTION ON THOSE.
AND, UH, THERE WAS CONSENSUS ON THAT IS TO DEFER THOSE OUT.
UM, SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON HERE THAT, THAT WE'VE COVERED THE AGENDA.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
WHY DO YOU WAIT TILL WE GET, JENNY GENTRY HAD TEXTED AND SHE SAID SHE GOT SOME ROUGH ESTIMATES RANGING FROM 350,000 TO 500,000.
UH, FOR THE RENOVATION SHE RECEIVED ONE AS HIGH AS EIGHT 50, BUT SHE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THREE 50 AND 500 FROM THE OTHER ONE SHE REACHED OUT TO SEEMED MORE IN LINE.
WHY WOULD, WHY WOULD THAT BE SO MUCH? JUST FOR THAT ROOM? I DUNNO.
THE, WELL, WE HAVE A CHANCE, WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT AND GO THROUGH THAT.
RECORDS SHOW THAT WE'LL ADJOURN AT 10 56.