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[Call to Order]
AND CALL THIS MEETING OF THE PARKER COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT SPECIAL BUDGET AGENDA TO ORDER ON THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 2026.UH, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES TO GET US UP TO, UP TO SPEED HERE.
I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, MY APOLOGIES, THIS IS A, A DAY THAT THEY'VE SCHEDULED A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL MEETING IN ARLINGTON THAT I WILL BE LEAVING IN 45 MINUTES.
AND MY SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR THAT, BUT I CAN'T BE AT TWO PLACES AT ONE TIME AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY GRADE THIS ON ATTENDANCE.
SO, UH, TO REPRESENT YOU, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, ATTEND THAT, UH, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS THAT'S, THAT'S COMING TO PARKER COUNTY.
SO, AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES FOR HAVING TO LEAVE, UH, BUT WE HAVE A COMPETENT, UH, JUDGE, JUDGE PROTE HERE, UH, THAT WE'LL TAKE OVER.
[I. Discuss/Approve budget adjustment request to move money to part-time budget line in Precinct 3. (Commissioner Walden)]
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ITEM ONE OR DISCUSS APPROVED BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.REQUEST TO MOVE MONEY TO PART TIME BUDGET LINE IN PRECINCT THREE.
WE'RE ESTABLISHING A BUDGET LINE WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE BEFORE.
WE HAVE A PARTICULAR NEED FOR TO FINISH OUT THIS YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, BUDGET ADJUSTMENT REQUEST.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY OTHER, ADJUST ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE VOTE? ALL THE FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE ONLY GOT 40 MORE MINUTES, SO WE NEED TO HURRY.
DISCUSS APPROVED GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 2026.
2027 FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO UNDER
[II.A. Present/Discuss/Approve General Fund Budget for FY2026-2027. (Bianca Lord / Judge Deen)]
ITEM A.DISCUSS APPROVED GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FY 2026.
I JUST WANNA LET COURT KNOW THAT THE POSTING WAS SENT TO WEATHERFORD DEMOCRAT YESTERDAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND IT WILL BE POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER, UM, SATURDAY.
AND ALSO I DID PROVIDE THE COURT A PACKET FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES TODAY, AND THAT IS WITH ALL ATTENDS ATTENDEES PRESENT TO PRESENT TODAY.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE 20 26 20 27 BUDGET.
UM, DID YOU WANT THE TOTAL THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED THUS FAR FOR THE GENERAL FUND, PLEASE? CAP, NON CAP.
TOTAL APPROVED FY 2027 CAP, NON CAP, AND IT CAP, NON CAP IS $867,855.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE TIME PLEASE? $865,855.
[II.B. General Budget Updates. (Bianca Lord / Judge Deen) ]
MOVE ITEM B ON GENERAL BUDGET UPDATES.UH, BIANCA, YOU MIGHT JUST COME BACK UP.
IS THERE ANYTHING ON THAT YOU WANNA SPEAK TO? NO.
[II.C. Public Services Budget Requests. (Bianca Lord / Judge Deen)]
UNDER PUBLIC SERVICES BUDGET REQUEST, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THAT YOU WANNA SPEAK TO? IT SHOULD BE, YES.SO, UM, DID PROVIDE THE COURT PACKET WITH ATTENDEES.
SO THE FIRST, UH, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT WILL PRESENT WILL BE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, MS. RUTH SWAIN.
UM, AND THERE'S THE LETTERS ATTACHED AS WELL.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA TELL US, MS. SWANG? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UM, JUDGE, DEAN, AND THE COMMISSIONER SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE PAST.
AND SO, UM, I'M HERE AGAIN TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AS PARKER COUNTY CONTINUES TO GROW, UH, THERE'S A BIG, BIG NEED WITH CHILD, UH, CHILDREN THAT ARE IN CARE.
AND THIS NEED GOES FROM VERY SMALL THINGS SUCH AS DIAPERS AND WIPES, UP TO MATTRESSES, BEDS, UM, LIFE KITS, UH, SPRAYING THE HOUSE.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR BOARD IS RUNNING INTO IS A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN RVS THESE DAYS.
AND SO SOMETIMES THERE'S ISSUES WITH HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO AGAIN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE FUNDED TO US IN THE PAST AND ARE HOPEFUL THAT YOU'LL FUND US FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, JUDGE, I'M GONNA MOVE.
WE APPROVE THE, UH, FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE, UH, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BOARD AT 34,600, WHICH IS THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.
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UH, YOU MADE THE SECOND HALE HAS IT.MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
ANY OF THE DISCUSSION ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES BY VOTE.
MOVE TO ITEM D ON CAP AND NON CAP BUDGET REQUEST.
WE GOT A WHOLE LIST HERE, JUDGE.
I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO MOVE FAST, BUT WE BETTER GO TO NO, NO, MY, MY APOLOGIES.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM C THAT I'M OVER OVERLOOKING ON THE PUBLIC SERVICES? I THINK WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE.
FREEDOM HOUSE I THINK IS NEXT.
HE'S JUST TRYING TO MOVE FAST SO HE CAN GO HOME, RIGHT? SO HE CAN LEAVE NOT THAT FAST.
WHAT YOU GOT NEXT? UH, NEXT IS FREEDOM HOUSE.
SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT Y'ALL OUT THERE.
UM, I'M PATTY WILSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT FREEDOM HOUSE.
UH, AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL A COUPLE MEMBERS.
AND THEN CAROL'S GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
UH, SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM IN PARKER COUNTY, OUR NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED 559%.
WE WENT FROM 17 SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES TO 112.
SO THAT THE SART HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL.
UM, ALL OF OUR STAFF HAS BEEN TRAINED, NOT JUST THE DOMESTIC, UH, EVEN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TEAM 'CAUSE WE'RE SO BUSY WITH HELPING VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
UM, AND THE SART, I'M ACTIVE IN THAT WITH A, WITH JEFF SWAIN AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALL AROUND PARKER COUNTY.
WE'VE NOW EXPANDED OUR SERVICES TO ADDITIONAL HOSPITALS WITHIN PARKER COUNTY.
WE GO TO ZEL AND, UM, THERE'S ONE, THE ONE IN WILLOW PARK'S ABOUT TO HAVE THE SAME PROGRAM THERE.
UH, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST A TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE SEE COMING THROUGH OUR OUTREACH OFFICE HAS INCREASED 32% AS FROM 325 PEOPLE TO 430 PEOPLE THAT WE SERVICE THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THE SERVICES WE PROVIDED WENT UP 91%.
WE PROVIDED OVER 28,000 SERVICES LAST YEAR.
AND OUR HOTLINE CALLS WENT FROM 325 TO 1,160.
AT THAT NUMBER, WE THINK WOULD PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH A NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TO TRACK OUR NUMBERS.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY ONE CAROL AND I LOOKED AT AND WE'RE LIKE, HMM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
BUT, AND THEN LASTLY, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE SERVED 123 CLIENTS IN THE SHELTER.
YEAH, THIS, THIS PAST YEAR, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE SERVED HALF THAT 58.
AND THEN THE NUMBER OF BED NIGHTS THAT WE HAD THERE WENT FROM 651 TO 3,946.
SO I'M GONNA LET CAROL TELL Y'ALL SOME OF THINGS THAT, THAT WE DO TO WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY TO, UM, ENABLE OUR CLIENTS AND THE CLIENTS OF OTHER AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO GROW AND HELP THEMSELVES AND TO BECOME CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE OFFER POSSIBILITIES CLASSES, WHICH IS, UM, WE GET PEOPLE REFERRED FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY GEN, UH, COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, WE ALSO OFFER CLASSES CALLED CHOOSING LIFE CLASSES, WHICH IS REFERRED FROM CPS, UM, HERE IN PARKER COUNTY.
SO, SO WE'VE NEVER MENTIONED THOSE TWO BEFORE AND WE JUST THOUGHT YOU GUYS MIGHT WANNA KNOW HOW WE SUPPORT OTHER AGENCIES AROUND HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS REAL QUICK FOR ANY? DO I HAVE? IF NOT, I WOULD ASK IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DECISION NOW ON THIS, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.
IS THE FUNDING NOT THE SAME AS EXPIRING? PARDON ME? YES.
HONOR THE FUNDING REQUEST THE SAME AS EXPIRING.
MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT MOTION.
AND THE SECOND IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
I'M GONNA MOVE TO A PARKER COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING.
OR DOES ANYONE HERE WOULD LIKE YOU REPRESENT THAT? COME ON UP.
I AM THE NEW, NEW BRAND SPANKING, NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PARKER COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING AND MEALS ON WHEELS.
I DO HAVE, HAVE WE MET? WE DID LAST WEEK.
WE HAD A LITTLE THANK YOU FOR COMING.
SO GO AHEAD AND TELL US YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AND THIS IS LINDA, A MY SIDEKICK.
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I DO HAVE A BUDGET OVERVIEW.WE CAN PASS THAT OUT TO YOU AS WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SERVING APPROXIMATELY 250 INDIVIDUAL PER DAY FOR MEALS, NOT A MONTH, TWO 50 INDIVIDUALS DAILY FROZEN MEALS AND HOT MEALS AT OUR SENIOR CENTER AND HOT MEALS THAT ALSO GET DELIVERED DAILY.
WE ARE REQUESTING THIS YEAR, $57,274 FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
$7,274 OF THAT GOES DIRECTLY BACK TO COG, WHICH HELPS US INCREASE OUR ELIGIBILITY, ELIGIBILITY FOR MORE MONEY FROM COG.
WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE OF FOOD COSTS ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN GROCERY SHOPPING, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A NEW VENDOR TO LOWER OUR FOOD COSTS AND POSSIBLY PACKAGING COSTS SO WE COULD SERVE MORE PEOPLE.
MY GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IS TO INCREASE OUR POPULATION TO 300 CLIENTS AND INCREASE OUR ACTIVITIES IN THE SENIOR CENTER TO HOT MEALS FROM THREE DAYS A WEEK TO FOUR.
AND THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING COULD HELP US ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, RECEIVED GRANTS FROM MORE TEXAS COG, THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, UNITED WAY, PARKER COUNTY HEALTH FOUNDATION, AND WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH CHURCHES IN THE AREA ALONG WITH INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS FROM, UM, WE HAVE AN AMAZON WISHLIST, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE ALSO OFFER A FOOD PANTRY SO OUR LOCAL CITIZENS CAN COME GET SOME BASIC STAPLE ITEMS ON FRIDAYS.
AND ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE DONATED, DONATED FROM THE COMMUNITY.
CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? SO I GUESS I, I WASN'T LISTENING.
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU CLEARLY ON WHAT THE REQUEST IS.
TWO, THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I'M SEEING.
SO IT'S, CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THAT ON A SHEET THAT YOU DON'T HAVE SHEET? OH, OKAY.
UM, WELL, WE DID ASK FOR, UM, AN INCREASE BACK IN JULY TO THAT $57,274.
SO THAT'S BEING ADDED TO THE REQUESTED AMOUNT IS HOW YOU'RE GETTING THAT NUMBER RIGHT THERE? YES, SIR.
BECAUSE WE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION OF THAT.
THE REQUEST FOR AN INCREASE, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS TRANSFERRED.
IT, IT JUST WASN'T TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE SHEET THAT WE HAVE.
AND, AND IT SOUNDED, I I DIDN'T HEAR IT VERY CLEARLY.
SO I'M GOING, UH, MOVE THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, REQUEST, UH, FROM OUR COUNTY COMMITTEE ON AGING FOR $57,274 PER WE HAVE A MOTION FISCAL YEAR.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
WILL THIS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.
Y'ALL ARE SO GOOD TO US AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE SENIORS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND COME BY AND HAVE LUNCH.
THE, UH, SEVEN THOUSANDS ON THE N CT, THE NORTH CENTRAL, UH, TEXAS COG AGING PROGRAM AT THE BOTTOM.
SO I JUST, THEY WERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSER TOGETHER.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT, I WAS JUST FOLLOWING DOWN THE LINE THERE.
I REALLY WASN'T CLEAR ON WHAT THE REQUEST WAS.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS CHILD ADVOCACY.
UH, IS ANYONE HERE TO REPRESENT THEM? COME ON UP.
I THOUGHT I SAW YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF PARKER COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY YOU CARRY AND STEWARDING PARKER COUNTY'S RESOURCES.
I'M ASKING PARKER COUNTY TO INVEST 30,000 IN OUR COORDINATED RESPONSE TO CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
TEXAS HAS RECOGNIZED THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERS AS PART OF ITS PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
IN 1995, UNDER GOVERNOR GEORGE W. BUSH, TEXAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED CACS AND STATE LAW.
DURING COVID GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT RECOGNIZED CACS AS CRITICAL VICTIM SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEEDED TO CONTINUE SERVING TEXANS WITHOUT DELAY.
WE ARE NOT A CHARITY OPERATING ALONGSIDE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WAS NOT DESIGNED WITH CHILDREN IN MIND.
WHEN A CHILD BECOMES THE VICTIM OF A CRIME, THAT CHILD IS SUDDENLY SURROUNDED BY INVESTIGATORS, PROSECUTORS, MEDICAL PROVIDERS, CHILD PROTECTION PROFESSIONALS AND COURTS.
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THEY ARE WHILE HELPING LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS BUILD STRONG COORDINATED CASES.WE PROVIDE FORENSIC INTERVIEWS, FAMILY ADVOCACY, TRAUMA FOCUSED COUNSELING, MEDICAL COORDINATION AND ACCOMPANIMENT, MULTIDISCIPLINARY CASE COORDINATION, COURT PREPARATION AND COURT ACCOMPANIMENT, ALL AT NO COST TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN PARKER COUNTY.
AND THANKS TO THE TEXAS BAR FOUNDATION, WE NOW ALSO PROVIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION, BEGINNING WITH RECOGNIZING AND REPORTING ABUSE TRAINING FOR ADULTS.
IN 2025, WE SERVED 270 CHILDREN, SUPPORTED 239 FAMILIES AND PROVIDED 584 TRAUMA INFORMED COUNSELING SESSIONS AND COORDINATED THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE OF 209 CASES.
AS THE HANDOUT YOU HAVE SHOWS, REPORTS ENTERING THE SYSTEM HAVE INCREASED 34% FROM OUR FISCAL YEAR, 21 TO 25, REACHING 2028 REPORTS AT THE SAME TIME.
OUR OPERATING COST INCREASED 9.6% OVER THAT SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DIRECT 92 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR DIRECTLY TO OUR PROGRAM SERVICES.
WE ARE NOT ASKING PARKER COUNTY TO BUILD A NEW PROGRAM.
COUNTY AGENCIES ALREADY RELY ON IT.
AND WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP.
WE ARE ASKING THE COUNTY TO HELP SUSTAIN AND STRENGTHEN IT.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU INCLUDE THIS INVESTMENT IN THE PARKER COUNTY BUDGET.
IT IS OUR FIRST TIME REQUESTING IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, STEWARDSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF PARKER COUNTY.
YOU HAVE I I'M GONNA ADD ONE THING.
UH, NONPROFIT HERE IS LESS DESERVING, BUT WE HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER AND THAT, AND THAT'S MORE OF A LANDLORD TENANT RELATIONSHIP.
EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T PAY RENT FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS SINCE THEIR INCEPTION, WE HAVE HOUSED TWO FULL-TIME INVESTIGATORS IN THEIR FACILITIES AT NO CHARGE.
SO IF ANYBODY IS DESERVING JUST FOR THAT, SO I I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AT A TIME THAT WE REALLY NEEDED SPACE FOR INVESTIGATORS, WE'RE THERE.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE MISSION'S IMPORTANT AS WELL, BUT WE DO GET THAT BENEFIT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO, UH, THIS, UH, THIS, THIS NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE WILL POINT IT OUT IF, IF I DON'T, UH, BUT YOU, YOU DO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE FUND THAT WE APPROVED LAST MONDAY.
AND WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF THAT? IT'S APPROXIMATELY 140,000.
AND A TOTAL BUDGET? I I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND THAT SOMEWHERE HERE.
I GUESS I'M PROBABLY NOT SEEING IT.
I DO WANT TO MENTION, UM, THE FUNDS WE RECEIVE FROM THE COMPTROLLER FOR THE UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS, UM, SPECIFICALLY UNDER THAT STATUTE OF APPROVED USES, UM, IT CAN BE USED BY COUNTIES TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER.
SO THE, THAT IS SOME FUNDING THAT WE COULD UTILIZE, UM, IF THE COURT WANTED TO APPROVE IT, NOT FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WE CAN USE FUNDS THAT ARE RESTRICTED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSE PURPOSES.
BUT THERES ENOUGH MONEY IN THERE TO COVER THIS REQUEST.
WE, UH, WE DO THAT, THAT WE USE THE, TELL ME THE FUNDING SOURCE AGAIN SO THAT I'M CLEAR ON THE MOTION.
THE UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS.
AND WHAT IS THAT? UM, WE RECEIVE FUNDS.
IT'S BASICALLY, UM, UNCLAIMED CAPITAL CREDITS.
IT SAYS WITH ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES THAT REPORT IT.
AND SO EACH YEAR IT COMES BEFORE THE COURT TO BE ABLE TO REQUEST THAT AMOUNT FROM THE COUNTY.
AND WE JUST GOT THE APPROVAL LAST WEEK AND I WANT TO SAY 79,000 POSSIBLY.
AND SO HOW WE'VE BEEN, THERE'S SPECIFIC USES OF IT.
AND SO HOW WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING IT THUS FAR IS WE HAVE SOME, I THINK ONE OF 'EM IS GONNA EXPIRE THIS YEAR.
BUT, UM, PROPERTY TAX REBATES, WE'VE BEEN PAINTED OUT OF THAT.
AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE HAD, UM, A CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, UM, WE HAVE PAID IT OUT OF THAT AS WELL.
I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE, UH, UTILIZE THAT FUNDING TO, UH, APPROVE THE $30,000 REQUEST TO CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER.
UH, MS. COMMISSIONER HALE HAS A SECOND I BELIEVE THOUGH, COMMISSIONER.
UH, MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HALE.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? POUR VOTE.
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CORNERSTONE.IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? JUDGE, YOU'RE SKIPPING ONE.
I DID SIR LUCIAN ON THE FRONT PAGE.
ARE YOU, WHO YOU WITH? SIR CORNER.
I'M HANNAH ADAMS. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT CORNERSTONE COMMITTEE ACTION AGENCY.
MY COLLEAGUE TODD LIEBEL IS OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS OUR IMPACT REPORT FOR 2025 FOR 11 COUNTIES THAT WE SERVE.
ANOTHER FORM IN FRONT OF YOU IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE DO IN PARKER COUNTY.
SO IN PARKER COUNTY IN 2025, WE INVESTED $1.1 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $1.1 MILLION INTO VULNERABLE RESIDENTS HERE THROUGH OUR HEAD START, OUR EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM, OUR TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION PROGRAM, OUR RENTAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND OUR, UH, VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO OF THE $1.1 MILLION THAT WE INVESTED HERE, WE HAVE 45 STAFF THAT RUN THOSE PROGRAMS. ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, WE BECAME THE GRANTEE IN PARKER COUNTY FOR HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS. AND WE BOUGHT THE TRAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON 6 0 2 WESTWATER.
WE'VE HAD, WE REHABBED THAT BUILDING AND CHILDREN ARE BACK BEING SERVED IN THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING.
NOW, UH, WE ALSO RUN OUR VETERANS PROGRAM OUTTA THAT BUILDING OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OUTTA THAT BUILDING AND, UH, HAVE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
AND SO THE REQUEST THAT WE ASK THE COUNTIES THAT WE SERVE IS 5% OF THE BUDGET THAT WE ALREADY INVEST BACK INTO THIS, UH, COMMUNITY.
SO ON THE LETTER IN FRONT OF YOU, 5% IS, UH, $59,615.
UM, AND I'D LOVE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR AFTER A MEETING IF YOU WANT TO JUST SIT DOWN AND KNOW WHO WE ARE.
BETTER, I'D BE GLAD TO DO THAT TOO.
I MOVE, WE APPROVE THAT ITEM, THAT 59,600 1507 COMMISSIONER CONLEY'S MADE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MY COMPUTER'S NOT WORKING.
SECOND ABOUT COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE ANY OF THE DISCUSSION? ALL THAT PAPER SAY AYE.
WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO A, UH, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
I THOUGHT WE NO, THAT'S OH, WE'RE ON SOLUTION SERVER SOLUTION.
MOVE TO ITEM ON, ON THE, UM, PUBLIC SERVICES BUDGET.
UM, ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD.
UM, SO THE COUNTY IS NOT ALLOWED TO WRITE DONATE FUNDS, UM, BUT THROUGH INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, UM, FINDING A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BASICALLY LAYING OUT THE SERVICES THAT THESE ENTITIES PERFORM, HOW THE FUNDS CAN BE UTILIZED AND RESTRICTED, WE HAVE ILAS WITH, UM, THESE ENTITIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVING FUNDS TO.
AND SO THIS IS APPROPRIATING THE BUDGET, BUT WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO IS GET WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND DRAFT THOSE AGREEMENTS AND HAVE THOSE APPROVED THROUGH COURT BEFORE THE FUNDING CAN THEN BE, UM, PAID.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT, UM, IN PROCESS SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, AT THE START OF THE BUDGET, IT'S NOT DELAYED BY GETTING THOSE, UM, AGREEMENTS APPROVED.
IS THIS GONNA PRESENT? ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT, SO I PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS IN APRIL.
UH, IT WAS A CUP CUP, SIR, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? OH, JASON, I'M SORRY.
UM, APRIL WAS THE TORNADOES IN SPRINGTOWN 27.
UM, YOU GUYS GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE.
SO I LEFT THE BRIEFING IN INTACT FROM THAT.
AND I'M GONNA MAKE A COUPLE UPDATES.
I WANNA FOCUS ON HELPING FOLKS AGE IN PLACE.
SO PAY IT FORWARD PROGRAM IS ALL OF OUR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, HELPING PEOPLE GET AND OUT OF THE HOUSE.
MOST OF WHAT I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY IS OUR GOOD NEIGHBORS PROGRAM.
THIS IS WHAT WE DID AS PART OF THE APRIL GOOD NEIGHBORS BLITZ, 18 HOMES, FIVE COMMUNITIES, ONE BLITZ, ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, PRODUCTS AND, AND SERVICES WE PERFORMED ON HOUSES ARE THERE.
BOTTOM RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE IS OUR 400TH HOUSE.
WE REVITALIZED HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR OUR TEAM.
HOW DO WE DO IT RIGHT? IT'S ALL THESE SPONSORS.
UM, NOT ONLY IS IT CITY FUNDS FROM THE CITY OF HAZEL FOR HOUSES THAT ARE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, IT IS A LARGE PREPONDERANCE OF INKIND DONATIONS THAT KIND OF HELP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OVER $200,000 OF IN-KIND DONATIONS.
THAT'S PEOPLE DONATING ROOFS, FOUNDATION SERVICES, PAINTING WINDOWS, ALL THE THINGS.
UM, COUPLED WITH DIFFERENT GRANTS.
UM, WE PARTNER HEAVILY WITH THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION FOR VETERAN HOMES.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE GRANTS WE GOT FOR THE LAST BLITZ.
UH, THERE WE'RE ABOUT TO APPROACH OUR OCTOBER GOOD NEIGHBORS BLITZ THE SECOND WEEKEND
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ON OCTOBER.UM, AND I'LL COVER SOME OF THE NUMBERS HERE IN A SECOND.
I SHOWED YOU GUYS THIS LAST TIME.
WE SERVED, UM, BACK WHEN I CAME TO YOU IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE TORNADO, WE'RE UP 16 MORE.
WE WORKED ON 16 DIFFERENT PROJECTS HELPING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TOTAL IN PARKER COUNTY.
WHEN I TALKED TO YOU GUYS LAST TIME IS 2 0 2.
I WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT MAP IN THE MIDDLE.
THE DARK BLUE SHADED LINE IS OUR CURRENT SERVICE AREA.
UM, THE BOX IS OBVIOUSLY PARKER COUNTY.
SO WE DON'T CURRENTLY SERVE ALL OF PARKER COUNTY.
SOME OF THE NUMBERS I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IN THE COMING SLIDES ARE JUST IN OUR SERVICE AREA ALONE.
I WILL CHALLENGE, UH, THE NEED IS ALREADY THERE FOR PEOPLE TO HELP AGE IN PLACE.
WE HAVE HAD A THREE 80 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF ALE SINCE 2016.
IT'S A PHENOMENAL PARTNERSHIP.
UM, WE REV A LOT REVITALIZED OVER 200 HOMES IN THE WHOLE AAL PROPER AREA INSIDE CITY LIMITS IS AT 69 HOMES TO DATE.
WHEN I TALK TO YOU GUYS IN APRIL 35, WE'RE ON OUR WAIT LIST.
UM, I'M ALSO PART OF THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY GROUP.
UM, CHAIRED WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS AROUND PARKER COUNTY, SPEARHEADED BY, UH, UNITED WAY OF PARKER COUNTY.
AND THEY'RE TRACKING 78 FAMILIES.
I'M SURE THERE'S MORE FAMILIES IN NEED STILL RECOVERING FROM THE SPRINGTOWN TORNADOES.
UM, OF THOSE NUMBERS IN THE BOTTOM, THAT YELLOW BUMPER STICKER, THERE WAS 14 WHEN I TALKED TO YOU GUYS LAST TIME.
NOW THERE'S 24 AND WE BROKE IT OUT BY THE DIFFERENT PRECINCTS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY MOST OF OUR WORK BECAUSE OF WHERE OUR SERVICE AREA LIES, IS IN MR. CONLEY'S OR MOST OF OUR APPLICATIONS, I SHOULD SAY IS IN MR. CONLEY'S PRECINCT.
UM, BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE TRY AND ACCOMPLISH.
WE'RE MAINLY, I WOULD SAY A CURB APPEAL PROGRAM.
WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THEIR HOMES.
WE WILL GO INSIDE FOR EMERGENCY PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL REPAIRS.
I BRIEFED THIS TO YOU GUYS LAST TIME.
THIS IS KIND OF THE IMPACT, RIGHT? LEFT SIDE IS WHEN WE HELP SOMEBODY, THERE'S THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
THE HALO EFFECT IS THE NEIGHBOR'S FIVE TIMES EFFECT.
THE NEIGHBORS DOWN THE ROAD WANNA FIX UP THEIR HOUSES.
NONE OF THESE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED ON HERE EXCEPT FOR THE 2 0 2 FOR PARKER COUNTY IS NOW TWO 18.
OUR NEXT GOOD NEIGHBORS BLITZ IS OCTOBER 9TH AND 10.
WE ARE COMBING THROUGH HOMES, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW.
I JUST POSTED ONE THIS MORNING.
WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, A LOT.
UM, BOTTOM RIGHT'S, THE TEAM I JUST POSTED A VETERAN, A VIETNAM VETERAN IN, UH, WEATHERFORD.
UM, WE NEED TO BUILD HIM THREE RAMPS SO HE CAN SAFELY EGRESS OUT OF HIS HOUSE.
HE'S BEEN A HUGE COMMUNITY MEMBER.
UM, BUT WE WILL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOAD THESE.
TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO FOR A GOOD NEIGHBORS BLITZ IS WE'LL HAVE EIGHT VOLUNTEER SITES AND WE WILL HAVE UPWARDS OF 25 DIFFERENT HOMES.
UM, WE'RE ALREADY AT 27 HOMES, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THIS OCTOBER.
AND THE LIST IS GROWING AS WE TRY AND EAT AWAY AT THE 50 SOME WE HAVE ON OUR WAY TO LIST.
I TRIED TO GO FAST IN THE INTEREST OF YOUR TIME, SIR.
SO I, UM, HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE WITH REVOLUTION.
THEY WERE, UH, A PART OF THE EFFORT WE HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR TO HELP, UH, A RESIDENT IN PRECINCT TOO.
WHERE I THINK THEY CAN ADD A TON OF VALUE TO THE COUNTY IS IF WE HAVE A HOME WHO, LET'S SAY THE RESIDENTS ARE ELDERLY, THEY CAN'T TAKE CARE OF IT.
IT BECOMES AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE OUTSIDE, BUT THEY HAVE DISABLED PEOPLE LIVING WITH THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THE CONSTABLE CONSTABLE PRECINCT TWO VERY GRACIOUSLY, HE, HE HANDLES THOSE SITUATIONS WITH A LOT OF HEART AND A LOT OF CARE.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES JUST SLAPPING ENVIRONMENTAL FEE AFTER ENVIRONMENTAL FEE ON SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY BEHIND THAT DOESN'T HELP IT.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE APPROVE.
UM, JASON, I DON'T SEE A NUMBER HERE.
WAS THERE A CERTAIN NUMBER THAT YOU HAD IN MIND? I WILL TELL YOU WITH THE CITY OF IL IN THE SMALL CITY LIMITS OF IL, I MEAN WE HAVE A $60,000 AGREEMENT.
SO WE PERFORM THE WORK, WE PROVIDE PAPERWORK.
I WOULD CHALLENGE FOR THE VOLUME IN PARKER COUNTY, I THINK A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN NEED.
AND IF YOU ADD THAT 78 AND GROWING FOR SPRINGTOWN, WHICH IS ALL PARKER COUNTY, THERE'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, IN PARKER COUNTY.
I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE WITH YOU ABOUT THE NEED AT ALL.
I DO THINK GIVEN, UM, THAT THIS WOULD BE OUR FIRST YEAR WITH YOU, MAYBE WE START A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
BUT, UM, WHAT I WANTED TO GET AT ON THIS WAS I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CONSTABLES WHO HANDLE ENVIRONMENTAL, WHERE THEY CAN HELP COORDINATE WITH SERVO LUTION THAT WE'RE TARGETING THOSE HOMES WHERE THE PEOPLE REALLY JUST NEED THE HELP AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE JUST SITTING ON THEIR COUCH ALL DAY, BUT IT'S SOMEONE WHO GENUINELY NEEDS HELP GETTING THESE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TARGETED AND, AND CLEANED UP.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE APPROVE FOR $50,000.
SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOL SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
AND IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ONE QUICK POINT.
YOU CAN CONFIRM THOUGH THAT EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS THROUGH THIS ILA WITH PARKER COUNTY STAYS IN PARKER COUNTY, CORRECT? CORRECT, YES.
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HERE YES, SIR.IS IN 14 IS WHAT IS THE ACTUAL NUMBER IN THE COUNTY IN PARKER COUNTY? YES, SIR.
SO IF YOU, OUTSIDE OF A CITY LIMIT, CORRECT.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY AN ADJUSTMENT.
SO THAT YELLOW BANNER BEFORE I WAS TRYING TO SHOW YOU GUYS WHAT I, WHAT I BRIEF YOU IN APRIL, IT'S NOW 32 IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE TORNADO IN SPRINGTOWN.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING HOW MUCH OF THIS IS COUNTY AND HOW MUCH IS OVERLAP WITH CITY.
I CAN GET YOU THOSE NUMBERS FOR SURE.
I'M SURE THERE'S A COUPLE, BUT THE VAST PREPONDERANCE OF THE APPLICATIONS WE GET ARE OUTSIDE SPRINGTOWN CITY LIMITS.
I DEAL WITH THEM A LOT AND MOST OF IT'S OUT OF THE CITY.
I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT NEEDS IN THE COUNTY, IN PRECINCT TOO.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES YOU HEAR A PERCENTAGE OF MONEY THAT GOES DIRECT AND HOW MUCH IS OVERHEAD.
I PERSONALLY DO NOT TAKE A SALARY.
I'M RETIRED IN THE MILITARY AND THIS IS JUST WHAT GOD'S CALLED ME TO DO.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? CARRIE ABOVE VOTE.
MOVE TO MHMR, PECAN VALLEY CENTER.
I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT PECAN VALLEY CENTERS.
UH, SO, UH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OUR LETTER IN THE PACKET, BUT, UH, AS WE MENTIONED IN THERE, I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PREVIOUS YEARS OF MANY YEARS OF SUPPORT.
I THINK IN, UH, LETTER WE SAID 2018, AND I'LL ADD THAT'S AS FAR BACK AS OUR CURRENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM GOES.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UH, THE LAST FEW, UH, FISCAL YEARS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING FOR US AS WE'VE SEEN OUR FUNDING SOURCES DECREASE.
UH, OUR, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE AUDITS THAT WE'VE SENT OUR, UH, DEFICITS.
THE LAST FEW FISCAL YEARS HAVE BEEN, UH, FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.
UH, AND, UH, FY 26 ALONE, WE'VE SEEN A REDUCTION OF AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS IN, UH, FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
SO WHILE WE'RE NOT, UH, FORECASTING A LOSS QUITE AS LARGE AS THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS, WE ARE FORECASTING A LOSS OF AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS IN FY 26.
SO LOOKING AHEAD TO, UH, FY 27, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE REDUCED COSTS AND UNFORTUNATELY EVEN HAD TO, UH, REDUCE HEAD COUNT COMING INTO THE NEW YEAR.
UH, BUT EVEN WITH THOSE REDUCTIONS, WE ARE STILL, UH, BUDGETING A LOSS AT THIS POINT.
UH, WE'RE HOPING TO FILL THAT GAP, UH, AS THE FISCAL YEAR PROGRESSES, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE STAND TODAY.
SO, UH, WE, WE HAVEN'T REQUESTED A SPECIFIC INCREASE ABOVE OUR CURRENT CONTRIBUTION, BUT WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANYTHING, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION YOU COULD MAKE.
SO WHERE WERE THE LOSSES INCURRED? WHAT, WHAT FUNDING SOURCES ARE NOT THERE THAT WERE, ARE BEEN REDUCED.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE GRANTS THAT WERE ENDED, UH, RATHER A ABRUPTLY LAST YEAR FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL OR, UH, MOSTLY FROM THE STATE MM-HMM
BUT I THINK THEY WERE FEDERAL AND ORIGIN.
SO IT KIND OF CAME FROM UP HIGH THAT THOSE ENDED PRETTY ABRUPTLY.
UH, WE ALSO, THE MULTI-YEAR DECREASES WE'VE SEEN ARE FROM MEDICAID FUNDING SOURCES.
SO DPP, UH, AND THEN WE ALSO DO, UH, MEDICAID ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIM SERVICES.
THAT FUNDING SOURCES HA HAS DECREASED.
AND THEN THERE'S A POOL OF MONEY, UH, CHARITY CARE POOL.
SO IT KIND OF, IT, IT'S KIND OF A VICIOUS CYCLE AS EVERYBODY'S REACHING FOR THESE FUNDING SOURCES.
THERE'S ONLY A CERTAIN BUCKET ALLOWED.
SO WE'VE SEEN DECREASES FROM THERE AS WELL.
THERE'S PROBABLY A, A LARGE GROUP THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT MACON VALLEY DOES.
COULD YOU GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF TELL OF WHAT, WHAT SERVICES YOU PROVIDE AND, AND HOW, HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT? OR YEP.
WHAT AUTHORIZES YOU TO DO THAT? SO WE ARE A, UH, A UNIT OF GOVERNMENT.
WE DO HAVE NONPROFIT, UH, STATUS.
UH, SO FOR IRS PURPOSES, UH, SO ACROSS THE SIX COUNTIES THAT ARE IN OUR CATCHMENT, I APOLOGIZE, I AM THE NUMBERS GUY, SO I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT MY NOTES HERE.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT, UH, OF COURSE THIS COUNTY, PARKER COUNTY, JOHNSON COUNTY ERA, A, UM, HOOD PAL, PENTO AND SOMERVILLE.
SO WE PROVIDE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, UH, ALCOHOL AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY SERVICES.
AND WE ALSO SERVE INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A PRETTY STRONG, UH, VETERANS PROGRAM THAT
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WE SERVE IN ALL THOSE COMMUNITIES.SO, UM, WE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, KIND OF, I, I FORGET THE YEAR.
I THINK IT WAS THE EARLY SEVENTIES IS KIND OF WHAT ESTABLISHED US AS A COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE GET OUR GOVERNMENTAL, OUR GOVERNMENTAL STATUS FROM.
I'LL JUST ADD ALSO TOO, THAT WITHIN MY COURT, UM, THROUGH WITH THE, UH, GUARDIANSHIPS MENTAL HEARINGS AND THINGS, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN A BIG IMPLEMENT AND ALSO IN MAGISTRATE AT THE JAIL MM-HMM
HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THOSE EVALUATIONS FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED OF, THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF THAT.
APPRECIATE THAT IS I'M SURE SHERIFF H CAN ATTEST THAT AS WELL.
SO ONE OTHER THING ABOUT HOW, HOW SOMEONE, HOW DO THOSE PEOPLE GET, THEY GET REFERRED TO YOU OR, UM, HOW DO YOU GET, HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO OH, OUR PART.
WE, WE REC WE RECOMMEND THEM TO THEM MM-HMM
MIGHT JUST TALK ABOUT THAT JUST A MINUTE.
IT'S A BIG SHERIFF'S OFFICE WOULD BE ONE, I THINK.
TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.
YEAH, WE, LIKE YOU SAID, WE DO GET REFERRED FROM THAT.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CLINICS AND USUALLY IN EACH COUNTY, SO CLIENTS WILL COME IN THROUGH THERE.
SO OUR, UH, IDD SERVICES, INTELLECTUALS WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENTAL, UH, DISORDERS.
THAT'S WHAT THE OLD TERM WAS, MR. SO MENTAL RETARDATION.
SO WE ALSO WE'RE THE AUTHORITY AND THE PROVIDER THERE.
SO WE CAN HELP PEOPLE GET SERVICES.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO USE OUR PROVIDER SERVICES, BUT WE ALSO DO PROVIDE SOME SERVICES.
ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S AN IMPORTANT, IT'S AN IMPORTANT SERVICES COUNTY.
I BELIEVE WE APPROVE, UH, 24,000, UH, $500 TO, UH, DON VALLEY.
MHMR. UH, MOTION IS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
MOVE TO ITEM ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, UH, PUBLIC SERVICES BUDGET IN COURT.
UH, CITY OF ALITO, ERICA COOPER.
MORNING JUDGE, DEAN AND COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF ALITO, AND THIS IS BET GORMAN.
WE ARE HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE ALITO PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, FORMERLY KNOWN AS EAST PARKER COUNTY LIBRARY.
WE TOOK AN TOOK ON THE LIBRARY IN OCTOBER, 2024.
AND SINCE THEN WE'VE STILL BEEN SERVING PARKER COUNTY RESIDENTS AND INCREASING AMOUNT OF PARKER COUNTY RESIDENTS.
UM, OF OUR 4,399 CURRENT LIBRARY CARD HOLDERS, 73.1% OF THOSE CARD HOLDERS LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF ALITO, BUT IN PARKER COUNTY.
AND OF THAT 73.1%, 45.8% OF THOSE CARD HOLDERS RESIDE IN AN UNINCORPORATED, UNINCORPORATED AREA IN PARKER COUNTY.
SO THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE REQUESTING, WE ARE REQUESTING A CONTINU CONTINUATION OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING TO HELP SUPPORT ALL PARKER COUNTY RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, IN ADDITION, UM, RECENTLY WE WERE, UM, OUR LI OUR LEGAL SERVICE AREA BY THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION INCREASED FROM 14,120 TO 21,897, SINCE THE WEATHERFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY NO LONGER RECEIVES COUNTY FUNDING.
UM, SO WE HAVE INCREASED OUR LEGAL SERVICE AREA BY 50%.
SO WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL, UM, AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO REFLECT THAT INCREASE IN SERVICE AREA.
AND WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS NOW.
WHAT DOES THAT CONSIST OF THIS LEGAL SERVICES AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? IT, IT IS WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE IT.
UM, WHEN WE APPLY TO JOIN A DATABASE OR SOMETHING, IF THEY LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, IT'S THE EXPECTATION THAT ANYONE IN IT, IT'S A WEIRDLY DEFINED THING BECAUSE PARKER COUNTY SHARES DIFFERENT LIBRARIES THAT ARE SERVING PARKER COUNTY.
UM, AND THE STATE USES SOME SORT OF MATH TO DECIDE WHAT PROPORTION OF THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
BUT REALISTICALLY, IT'S ANYONE WHO CHOOSES TO COME TO US.
UM, BUT, SORRY, I WAS GETTING TO, SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE PAYING FOR SERVICES WITH OTHER PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WE SERVE.
AND SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT NUMBER.
SOMETIMES THEY WANT CARDHOLDERS.
SO IN TERMS OF PRACTICAL EFFECTS, IT'S KIND OF BOTH OF THOSE.
UM, I CAN ALSO SAY SINCE, UM, SINCE THE LAST FUNDING INCREASE, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF TIMES AS MANY CHECKOUTS BY PARKER COUNTY NON ALITO RESIDENTS.
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UM, THAT WAS THE 2019 AND ABOUT FIVE TIMES AS MANY ACTIVE PATRONS FROM PARKER COUNTY, NOT ALITO.AND THE OVERALL TREND FOR THOSE IS THREE TIMES IT AND 3.2 TIMES IT.
SO LIKE DISPROPORTIONATELY, WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PARKER COUNTY NON ALITO PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TREMENDOUS GROWTH, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S THAT ASPECT TO BEGIN WITH.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAY, SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE PARKER COUNTY USE THAN WE USED TO.
SO WHEN WE SAY 73% OF OUR CURRENT CARDHOLDERS LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY, BUT WITHIN PARKER COUNTY, UM, BACK IN 2019, THAT PERCENTAGE WAS, HANG ON, MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
SO YOU'RE TRACKING, SO WE'VE GONE FROM 13% OF USERS BEING NON ALITO PARKER COUNTY.
UM, NO, ACTUALLY I APOLOGIZE THAT THAT IS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE TOWNS.
SO, BUT PRIOR TO THIS, IT WAS THE EAST PARKER COUNTY LIBRARY, NOT THE ALITO CITY LIBRARY.
WHEN, WHEN Y'ALL HAD YOUR OTHER PROPERTY, YOUR OTHER BUILDING THAT YOU WERE IN, WHEN I WAS THE MAYOR OF HUDSON OAKS AT THAT TIME, AND WE HAD REQUESTS AND SO WE, WE CONTINUED TO ASK FOR VERIFICATION HOW MANY PATRONS OF HUDSON OAKS WAS GOING TO THERE SO WE CAN JUSTIFY WHAT, UH, THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING.
SO YOU'RE SOUNDS LIKE THE SOPHISTICATION OF YOUR TRACKING OF THIS HAS GOTTEN BETTER WHERE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN VERIFY THESE NUMBERS THROUGH THE COUNTY OR NON-CITY RESIDENTS, IF YOU WILL, TO JUSTIFY WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE.
IF YOU CAN BRING THOSE AND UTILIZE THOSE TO US.
'CAUSE IT, IT, AT THAT TIME WE STRUGGLED ON WHAT WOULD THAT NUMBER BE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY AND Y'ALL COULDN'T PROVIDE THAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL HAVE GOTTEN BETTER AT THAT.
AND NOW YOU'RE OCCUPYING WITHIN THE NEW CITY BUILDING OF ALITO AND YOU SOLD THAT BUILDING.
UM, WE RECENTLY GOT IT APPRAISED.
NO FUTURE COMMITMENTS YET WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT PROPERTY.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED IN THE PAST OF OTHER LIBRARIES, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH ALITO, WAS, UM, I THINK THE INTEREST OF THE COURT IS IN, IN PAYING FOR PAYING OUR SHARE OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ACTUALLY USE LIBRARY SERVICES AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE THAT COME AND USE THINGS THERE PERHAPS LIKE, UH, CHECKOUT MOVIES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY OF DETERMINING OR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY ARE CHECKING OUT BOOKS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE USING OTHER SERVICES THAT YOU MIGHT PROVIDE? AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, BUT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A DESIRE TO SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON IN OTHER LIBRARIES THAT ARE, UH, NOT RELATED TO, TO TRADITIONAL LIBRARY ACTIVITIES.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE MOVIES OR, UH, IN SOME CASES WE'D HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING IN TO USE THE COMPUTERS DAILY.
UM, PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T, THEY, THEY WERE UTILIZING IT AS A CLASSROOM.
AND, UH, SO THOSE, THOSE GOT CHARGED OFF TO SAY, OKAY, THOSE ARE COUNTY USERS.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THE DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY OF DETERMINING THAT? AND I'M NOT PICKING ON YOU, I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST AND HOW WE, HOW WE'VE ARRIVED AT SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE PERTAINING TO LIBRARY SERVICES.
UH, THE, THE NUMBERS THAT I WAS JUST REFERRING TO REPRESENTS SPECIFICALLY PHYSICAL ITEMS BEING CHECKED OUT BY ALITO CARDHOLDERS.
UM, SO IT DOES INCLUDE MOVIES.
I DON'T HAVE A WAY TO SEPARATE THAT OUT BASED ON RESIDENCY.
THAT I CAN TELL YOU BOOKS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS ARE THE MOST POPULAR THING IN OUR CLASSROOM.
UM, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE COMPUTER USE OR PROGRAM ATTENDANCE MM-HMM
WELL, COMMISSIONER, I, I THINK WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT DOING WHAT WE WAS DOING WITH WEATHERFORD.
UM, I, I, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT PICKING ON Y'ALL AT ALL.
THIS HAS BECOME AN ISSUE FOR US IN THE PAST, AND THE, THE PARKER COUNTY IS MORE THAN WILLING TO, TO HELP SUBSIDIZE THE ACTUAL LIBRARY USE.
BUT IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN A TRADITIONAL LIBRARY SENSE THAT, THAT COME TO MOVIE RENTALS, MOVIE CHECKOUTS AND, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, THEN WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN SUBSIDIZING THAT.
AND, AND WE'RE, I I HAVE TO GIVE THIS DISCLAIMER EVERY TIME, UM, UH, NOBODY IS MORE INTERESTED IN HAVING GOOD SOLID LIBRARIES THAN ME.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MONEY GOES TOWARD LIBRARY USAGE.
I CAN ALSO SAY WE DON'T HAVE A COLLECTION BUDGET FOR MOVIES.
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THAT WE HAVE IS DONATED.SO AS FAR AS DIRECT SPENDING, WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY ON MOVIES', BOOKS.
AND THEN OPERATIONALLY, YES, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO TEASE OUT BOOKS VERSUS MOVIES BECAUSE IT JUST, THE, THE SYSTEM WE USE FOR CHECKOUTS JUST GIVES US NUMBERS.
UM, LIKE I CAN REPORT OUT BOOKS VERSUS MOVIES IF YOU WANT THAT NUMBER.
IT WON'T BE SPECIFIC TO RESIDENCY, BUT I CAN, SO I, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT I, I'M A 30 PLUS YEAR EDUCATOR.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF READING, BUT I, I PUT A LESSER VALUE ON WATCHING A MOVIE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THESE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF YOU.
AND AGAIN, NOT PICKING ON YOU, BUT PICKING ON ANYBODY THAT BRINGS US STATISTICS THAT INCLUDE THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRADITIONAL LIBRARY USAGE.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROCEED.
I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTIONS HERE.
SO YOU FOLKS MAY HAVE, UH, MORE OF AN IDEA THAN I DO.
UH, YOU MAY WANT TO DO MORE RESEARCH, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT LAST YEAR WE PROVIDED $22,770.
AND YOU SAID THAT THE AMOUNT, THE, THE SHEET THAT I'M LOOKING AT STILL SAYS THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THIS YEAR, BUT I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY YOU WANTED A HIGHER AMOUNT THIS YEAR.
WHAT WAS THAT HIGHER AMOUNT? YEAH, WE WERE, UM, WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT AND WE THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, 50% INCREASE TO A, TO REFLECT THE 50% INCREASE IN THIS LIBRARY LEGAL SERVICE AREA.
UM, SO THAT COMES OUT TO, I BELIEVE IT'S 34,050.
SO IT'D JUST BE A 50% INCREASE.
I'M SUGGESTING WE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH AND YOU COME BACK TO ME WITH, UH, COME BACK TO COURT WITH, UH, ACTUAL SOME WAY TO, TO, TO DETERMINE WHICH IS LIBRARY USAGE.
BUT, UH, ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THIS, THESE FUND, THESE FUNDS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED WERE FOR EAST PARKER COUNTY LIBRARY AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
AND THEN ALITO TOOK IT OVER DURING THE YEAR.
IS THAT, UH, IT'S IN OCTOBER, 2024.
SO LAST YEAR IT WAS ALITO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THAT WAS ALSO SOMETHING, I THINK IT'S STILL THE LINE ITEM SAYS EAST PARKER COUNTY LIBRARY, WHICH SHOULD PROBABLY BE CHANGED.
THE INTER LOCAL WAS BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALITO.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FOR LIBRARIES.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FAIR TO EVERYBODY.
AND, AND, UH, 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY LIBRARY THAT WE HAVE ON THE LIST HERE.
AND SO, UM, COULD YOU, COULD YOU COME JUST PROVIDE, UH, PROVIDE US WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS ASKING THERE, AND THAT'LL, THAT'LL LET US MAKE A FAIR DECISION.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO ANY, ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, PLEASE UNDERSTAND.
BUT WE WANNA BE FAIR ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LIST HERE THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF.
SO I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT WE DELAY THIS, THIS, UH, DECISION ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
AND, AND, UH, WE HAVE MANY, MANY, MANY MORE, UH, BUDGET MEETINGS HERE.
AND WE'LL GET YOUR REQUEST, UH, TAKEN CARE OF, BUT NOT TODAY.
IF YOU CAN PROVIDE BACK, UH, INFORMATION TO BIANCA, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US.
IF, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO ADD ON TO HIS REQUEST.
DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY OF TELLING, UM, OF THE MOVIES YOU HAVE, LIKE IF ONE OF THEM IS THE, UH, PLANET EARTH SERIES THAT'S BEEN DONATED BY THE ONE THAT DAVID ATTENBOROUGH NARRATES, THAT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN DIEHARD, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD CALL ONE ENTERTAINMENT, I WOULD CALL THE OTHER EDUCATIONAL OF THE MOVIES YOU HAVE.
I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SUBSIDIZING SOMEONE CHECKING OUT EDUCATIONAL VIDEO.
THE, THE ENTERTAINMENT VIDEO, I THINK IS WHERE THE HEARTBURN KIND OF RESIDE FOR ME.
DO Y'ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THAT IN YOUR SYSTEM? DO YOU HAVE LIKE EDUCATIONAL VERSUS ENTERTAINMENT? I CAN DEFINITELY REPORT ON OUR COLLECTION HOLDINGS.
I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON WHETHER I CAN TELL FOR CIRCULATION OR NOT, BECAUSE THE WAY IT WORKS, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO GO LOOK FOR SURE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING CATALOG WORK.
BECAUSE IF ABSOLUTELY, IF 85% OF YOUR VIDEO IS EDUCATIONAL, I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY FOR US.
ANY OTHER, HEY, GEORGE, DO YOU WANT TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT WE DID WITH THE JUDGE? JUST GOT BETTER LOOKING.
WE, UH, THERE WAS AN APPLICATION FEE THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO THROW ON US.
WELL, SO YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN, SO, UM, IN PARTICULAR, THE CITY OF WEATHERFORD, UM, WANTED A, A PRETTY LARGE, PRETTY SIZABLE INCREASE IN OUR CONTRIBUTION THERE.
AND, UH, AND SO WE ASKED QUESTIONS LIKE WE DID, AND FINALLY WE WOUND UP WITH THEIR, THEY JUST MADE A FEE FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS MADE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SOMEBODY THAT WANTED TO ACCESS LIBRARY SERVICES.
THEN WE OFFERED TO PAY THAT AND WE ACTUALLY ALLOCATED A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PAY THAT.
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UH, THERE'S ALSO A GROUP CALLED, UH, FRIENDS OF THE WHITFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT ALSO HAS THAT.UH, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S CREATED, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TOLD THAT WE WON'T FUND THAT LIBRARY, BUT INSTEAD THAT, UH, WE MAKE PEOPLE PAY.
AND THAT'S, IT COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
THE TRUTH IS THAT WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE THAT FUNDING TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, IF ANYBODY WANTS THAT $50 FEE THAT THEY CHARGE FOR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, UH, USAGE, THEY CAN HAVE THAT REIMBURSED THROUGH FRIENDS OF THE WEB, THROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND WE, UH, WE MIGHT, UH, BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I LIKE THAT IDEA IN YOUR CASE TOO, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T, UH, IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, AND, AND PEOPLE CALL, WHY ARE, WHY ARE YOU NOT SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY? WE ARE SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY, BUT WE ONLY WANNA SUPPORT ACTUAL LIBRARY SERVICES IN A TRADITIONAL MANNER.
CHECKING OUT BOOKS, SOMEBODY THERE, READING BOOKS AND THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.
NOT THE, UH, DECAPO FLOWER POT PROJECT OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
OR, AND, AND AGAIN, NOT, UH, THE, UH, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT I'LL JUST CALL NON-TRADITIONAL LIBRARY ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON.
UH, WE RECOGNIZE LIBRARY USAGE IS, IS SOMEWHAT IN A DECLINE IN MANY AREAS BECAUSE THERE'S MORE INFORMATION IN MY CELL PHONE THAN THERE IS IN THE LIBRARY.
AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHERE THEY PREVIOUSLY WOULD LOOK AT, UH, COME TO THE LIBRARY TO LOOK SOMETHING UP OR FOR REFERENCES, DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
AND WE RECOGNIZE ALL THOSE THINGS.
WE WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE LEARNING HOW TO READ AND LEARNING HOW TO ACCESS INFORMATION THROUGH THE LIBRARY.
WELL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT PROGRAM.
BUT ONE OF THE REASONS I ASKED WAS I WANTED TO ASK IF Y'ALL HAVE A PROGRAM, DO Y'ALL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY THAT, OR DO YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP? SO, OR ANYTHING SIMILAR? AND DO Y'ALL CHARGE FOR LIBRARY CARDS? WE DO NOT CHARGE FOR LIBRARY CARDS.
IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN EITHER PARKER COUNTY OR ALITO ISD OR WORK FOR THE CITY, WORK FOR THE ALITO ISD.
YOU JUST CAN'T GET A CARD CURRENTLY.
UM, SO WE CONSIDER ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE TO BE OURS.
AND, AND WE RECOGNIZE, WE CONSIDER ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO BE OURS BECAUSE, UH, THEY, THEY RESIDENTS OF PARKER COUNTY, AND WE WERE PREVIOUSLY FUNDING AT THE EAST PARKER COUNTY LIBRARY, WHICH DIDN'T LIMIT ANY AREA.
IT'S IF YOU LIVED IN EAST PARKER COUNTY, IF YOU LIVED ANYWHERE IN PARKER COUNTY, YOU COULD ACCESS THE, THE SERVICES THERE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP UNDER, KEEP THINGS UNDER, UH, UH, THE, THE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES AND THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SUBSIDIZE.
AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU DO THAT.
WE WANNA HELP YOU GROW YOUR LIBRARY.
'CAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO, TO CHECKBOOKS OUT, TO READ BOOKS AND, AND, UH, NOT RELY ON THEIR DEVICES YEAH.
WE ARE IN AN INTERESTING SITUATION BECAUSE WITH THE VAST MAJORITY RIGHT NOW OF OUR YOUTH COMING FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY, WE ARE VERY HESITANT TO DEAL WITH THE KIND OF ILL WILL OF INSTITUTING A FEE.
UM, AND THE LOGISTICAL PROCESSING OF THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM TIME SPENT DOING OTHER LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FOR OUR STAFF.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER.
I FORGOT THE OTHER PART OF YOUR QUESTION.
I THINK YOU ANSWERED 'EM FRIENDS.
WE, UM, YEAH, THEY'RE FRIENDS.
DO YOU HAVE A NEWLY ESTABLISHED FRIENDS GROUP? YEAH, SO FAR THEY CONTRIBUTED, UM, ABOUT $750 WORTH OF SUMMER READING PRIZES FOR LAST YEAR AND ABOUT 900 THIS YEAR.
UM, THEY BASICALLY ARE JUST EXTENDING WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND NOT SUPPORTING THE DAILY OPERATIONS.
THEY ARE KIND OF EXPLORING AVENUES TO GET MORE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING OUT THERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY LIKE A YEAH.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF Y'ALL HAD ANY OF THOSE IN PLACE OR, OR ANYTHING.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHY, WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM AND, AND THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
UH, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA FIND ANYBODY THAT'S MORE OF AN ADVOCATE FOR LIBRARIES IN LIBRARY USAGE THAN ME, BUT WE, WE QUESTION, WE QUESTION WHAT? AND SO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO BIANCA AND WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AROUND WITH Y'ALL.
THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE VERY, VERY MUCH.
BIANCA, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE, THE NEXT TWO ARE ABOUT LIBRARIES ALSO.
IT'S, UH, UH, AIL AND, UH, SPRINGTOWN LIBRARY.
SO WE'LL JUST BYPASS THEM FOR NOW SO WE CAN, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY GROUP ALL THE LIBRARIES TOGETHER.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PUSHING DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT.
UH, UH, AND AGAIN, THE THE LEGAL, I THINK I WAS HEARING THE LEGAL LIBRARY.
I DIDN'T GET MY QUESTION IN, BUT SPEAK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT.
SO WHEN THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD LAW LIBRARIES AND WE GET AWAY WITH IT.
WE PUT IT AT THE WESTFORD LIBRARY.
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UM, I BELIEVE YOU COULD PROBABLY TALK TO JOHN FOR US, BECAUSE I THINK THEY MAY HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR, I THINK LEXUS OR WHATEVER IT'S MM-HMMUM, AND I KNOW RECENTLY THE LIBRARY, UH, WESTFORD CONTACTED US AND ASKED US IF WE WANTED THAT EQUIPMENT BACK.
SO THE, UH, I'M, I'M, I WAS A LITTLE BIT INVOLVED WITH THAT COMMITTEE THERE BECAUSE WE HAD A, A LAW LIBRARY IN THE DISTRICT COURT BUILDING.
AND, UH, SO WE TRANSFERRED THE BOOKS FROM THERE OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF COMPUTER TERMINALS OVER THERE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS ATTORNEYS SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY TO ACCESS.
UH, UH, LEXINEXIS I THINK IS THE PROGRAM THERE AND OR IF SOMEBODY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING AND, AND THEY, THEY CAME, UH, THEY CAME BACK DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR AND ASKED US IF WE COULD GET THOSE, UH, DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE LAW BOOKS BECAUSE NOBODY EVER USED THEM.
AND SO WE HAVE DISCONTINUED THE ENTIRE, UH, LAW LIBRARY SECTION AT THE, AT THE WEATHER REPUBLIC LIBRARY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT USED.
WE DO HAVE, UM, ANOTHER, UM, AGENCY ABANDONED CEMETERY ASSOCIATION HERE.
UM, THEY HAD THEM NOT AVAILABLE, BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE TODAY.
YES, I BET THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES HERE.
SO THAT IS, UM, MS. JOE AND BARNHART, SHE WILL BE SPEAKING THAT.
WHAT DO WE HAVE? UH, I'M JOANNE BARNHART WITH BEN INFER ASSOCIATION.
UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE THREE MINUTE SHOW AND TELL.
I'M TRYING TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT THESE GUYS ANSWER.
UH, WELL PLUG IN AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE WORK.
AND, AND, UM, I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE WHAT THE WORK IS THE ABANDONED CEMETERY ASSOCIATION DOES.
IF Y'ALL AREN'T, UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO, ABOUT TO SEE A LITTLE PROGRAM ABOUT IT THERE.
AND UH, UH, I POINT OUT THIS EVERY TIME IS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FUND THIS.
AND THIS ORGANIZATION, UH, CAME ALONG AS THE, AS THE CONDUIT TO DO THAT 40 YEARS AGO.
HOW MANY? 40 IT START, THIS STARTS OUR 41ST YEAR.
UH, VEN AND CEMETERY CHARTER, WE, UH, LOCATE, YOU CAN READ IT.
78 IN THE COUNTY AND WE, PARKER COUNTY.
IT'S KINDA LIKE THIS BUILDING HERE.
YOU WOULDN'T WANT IT TO RUN OVER BY NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR BIGGEST CAUSE IS IN THE CEMETERIES RIGHT NOW IS NEW HOUSES COMING OVER, TAKING OVER, BULLDOZING THEM DOWN.
I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS Y'ALL DO IS SIGNAGE, MARKING THOSE.
WE SIGN, WE, IF YOU, UH, WE HAVE OUR SIGNS ON OUR, ON THE PUBLIC ROADS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A, THAT'S A LITTLE, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT TORNADOES.
THERE'S WHAT, WHAT DID TO OUR CEMETERY UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WOODY'S.
AND WE GOT ONE MORE LITTLE DEAL THERE.
THAT'S THE BEFORE IS WHAT? THAT'S HOW IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE THIS TORNADO.
AND THIS IS HOW IT LOOKED LIKE AFTER.
AND IT'S STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING WORKED ON, UH, AS WE SPEAK.
APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S, UH, HELP WITH US.
THAT'S ANOTHER TORNADO, UH, PROBLEM.
ALL OUR HELP'S VOLUNTEER? UH, NO.
WE DO PAY PEOPLE, BUT NO, MAJORITY OF IT IS VOLUNTEER.
WE GOT A CHALLENGE AT WOODY'S.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME BIG, BIG EQUIPMENT TO GET IN AND DO IT, UH, JUSTICE.
AND SO THAT'LL BE A WINTER JOB.
THERE'S A BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, CLEANING AND RESTORING MARKERS.
AND WE DO GET, ENCOURAGE, UH, YOUNG KIDDOS TO HELP US WITH THE SCOUT PROJECTS.
WE HAD ONE THIS WEEKEND ON, ON THE PRECINCT.
IT, IT IS AS CLEAN AS THIS FLOOR.
JOANNE, HOW MANY CEMETERIES DO YOU, UH, DOES, DOES THE ASSOCIATION TAKE CARE OF? IT'S 78.
AND WE DON'T DISCOUNT ON YOU GUYS GIVING US MONEY.
WE DO DO A LITTLE FUNDRAISING OURSELVES AND, UH, WE'RE SELLING CHANCES RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A, UH, DECEMBER THE SEVENTH WILL BE AT, UH, MESQUITE PIT, UH, WITH AN ALL DAY SOLID AUCTION AND DRAWING FOR THE MM-HMM
THAT'S THE FOUR CEMETERIES THAT Y'ALL OWN, THAT
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WE CARE FOR.YOU, YOU, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE SAME AMOUNT? 12,000.
I, I HAVE, I'M WANNA MOVE THAT.
WELL, I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE RAISED 15,000 FOR THE ABANDONED CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.
AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND IT'S NOT VERY MUCH MORE MONEY.
AND I, AND I, I KNOW THAT IT WILL GO TO BE, BE PUT TO GOOD USE.
AND, UH, I, I WISH WE COULD RAISE IT MORE THAN THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO RAISE IT TO 15,000.
DO YOU, ARE YOU GOING, YOU HAVE ANY FOR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT OR? I'D GO FOR THAT EVEN IF I GET VOTE.
WE'LL HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HOLT TO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL, WELL, IT, THEY'VE BEEN AT THIS SAME FUNDING LEVEL FOR A LONG TIME, TIME AND, AND EVERYTHING'S GOING UP.
SO, UH, THAT'S A SMALL AMOUNT FOR US TO CONTRIBUTE.
APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE MESSAGE BACK TO, TO THE ASSOCIATION OF THE APPRECIATION WE HAVE FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO.
ANYBODY HERE FOR THE HYSTERICAL COMMISSION? NO, SIR.
THEY WILL BE HERE ON THE 17TH.
THAT, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THIS PARTICULAR, YES, SIR.
[II.D. Capital & Non-Capital Budget Requests. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
ITEM, UH, 2D, THE CAP NINE CAP BUDGET.SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE, UM, BIANCA HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THE CAP AND NON CAP ITEMS THAT YOU ALL APPROVE TOTAL UP TO 714,395 FOR REGULAR CAP, NON CAP, AND 153,460 FOR IT RELATED CAP AND NON CAP.
I WANTED TO GO BACK AND, UM, DISCUSS A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU ALL HAD QUESTIONS ON THAT.
THE FIRST BEING, UM, UPSTAIRS IN THE CCL TWO COURTROOM, THEY REQUESTED, UH, A BOARD, WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTED, A BULLETIN BOARD, BUT THEY'RE REPLACING THE BULLETIN BOARD UP THERE.
AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE IT WITH IS LIKE A SMART BOARD, A DIGITAL SMART BOARD.
AND THIS WOULD LIKE LIST THEIR DOCKET INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ALL BEEN IN THE ANNEX AND NOTICED JP THREE'S, UM, BIG MONITOR UP ABOVE THE SECURITY STAND, BUT, UM, THIS WOULD SIMULATE THAT EXCEPT IT'S NOT GONNA BE MOUNTED ON THE WALL.
OBVIOUSLY IN THIS BUILDING WE CAN'T DO THAT.
SO IT'D BE A PORTABLE, UM, SMART BOARD.
WHICH PRECINCT OR, UH, IT'S CCL TWO.
DO I NEED TO LEAVE THAT LIKE IT IS? NO, I'M SORRY.
WHERE THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY WAS, WAS IT? DID YOU JP THREE ANNEX JP THREE? YES.
SO I GUESS THE, THE ONE AT JP THREE, WAS THAT FUNDED THROUGH A, A SPECIFIC ITEM LIKE THIS? OR HOW DID THAT GET FUNDED? NO, I THINK IT WAS, UH, I, I REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW WE FUNDED IT.
I DON'T THINK WE WERE APPROVING IT, WERE WE, UM, I'M PRETTY SURE IF I RECALL, WE HAVE A SET UP SIMILAR AT, UH, JP FOUR'S OFFICE WHEN YOU WALK IN AND THREE FOR GR I'M PRETTY SURE WE PROBABLY GOT THAT TV FOR OUT THE SAVINGS WE GOT.
SO, OUT OF WHAT? OUT OF THE IT BUDGET.
I COULD CHECK THAT TO MAKE SURE.
UH, I DON'T RECALL, BUT WE CAN HELP WITH THAT IF WE NEED TO.
SIMILAR TO TECHNOLOGY, SO, OKAY.
YOU HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM IN YOUR BUDGET YOU THINK TO DO THAT? I THINK WE COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN ON, OKAY.
THE TVS ARE COMING DOWN PRETTY, PRETTY CHEAP.
AND COULD IT BE PORTABLE? YES.
SO MY MOTION IS TO DO IT OUT OF THE IT BUDGET PER KAYWOOD.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER HOLT TO SECOND BY MR. COMMISSIONER HALE.
WHAT ELSE YOU GOT? LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN REAL QUICK.
AND THEN IF YOU JUMP DOWN TO, UM, ON THIS, THE SPREADSHEET THAT HAS ALL THE YELLOW ON IT.
I'M SORRY, WHAT SHOWS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AGAIN? THE BIG ONE, THE BIG YELLOW ONE.
THE YELLOW LINES ARE, ARE JUST AUTOMOBILES THAT WE'RE GONNA HIT ON THE 26TH.
SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE YELLOW ONES.
TODAY WE'RE GONNA SKIP DOWN TO
[01:05:01]
DEPARTMENT 5 53.YOU ALL HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SAFE AND EVIDENCE LOCKER THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING.
THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO, THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE, BUT, UH, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A SECOND ONE TO STORE AMMO, SECURE WEAPONS AND SEIZED ITEMS, UM, UNTIL PICKED UP FOR $800.
ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SAFE? WE JUST MOVING ON? UH, WELL I'M JUST, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE WE DO SOMETHING I, I'M, I WOULD HAVE NO QUESTION ABOUT THEIR KNEE.
THEY WOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR IT IF THEY DIDN'T NEED IT.
I JUST DON'T WANNA BUY FOUR OF 'EM.
ANYBODY ELSE NEED ONE? ALL I'M ASKING NOW RATHER THEY THAN HAVE IT COME TO ME TOMORROW OR LATER.
DO YOU NEED SOMETHING AS WELL PRESENT IF NEEDED IT? I WOULD PUT IT FOR THIRD.
I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, UH, SECOND SAFE FOR CONSTABLE THREE.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOLT.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR A.
STRUGGLING TO FIND THAT ON MY LIST.
THIS IS THAT $800 ONE, CORRECT? YES SIR.
I'M TRYING TO UPDATE AS WE GO.
I'M NOT FINDING IT ON MY DEAL.
WHERE IS IT? KIND OF HALFWAY DOWN THE FRONT PAGE? YES, THE FRONT PAGE UNDER FIVE 50.
RED, ADDITIONAL SAFE EVIDENCE LOCKER GOT RED.
SO THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH ALL ON THE REGULAR CAP ITEMS. THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE FOR CAP, NON CAP, NOT TOTAL.
UM, I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, WE HAD REQUESTED THAT BUILDING GROUNDS GIVE US, OR OR COMMISSIONER HOLT REQUESTED THAT BUILDING GROUNDS GIVE US A DETAIL ITEMIZED LIST OF ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SO FORTH.
I DID PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THIS, UM, LIST.
UM, I DON'T THANK ANYBODY PARENTS FROM BUILDING AND GROUNDS TO GO OVER THESE, SO I'LL READ 'EM OUT.
I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION OTHER THAN WHAT'S ON THE LIST THOUGH.
SO DID WE, WE WE HAVE THE LIST.
ARE THEY RANKED? THEY DO NOT RANK 'EM.
I, I'D SEND IT BACK AND I, I NEED TO KNOW, UH, THE PRIORITY PRIORITY THAT GOES WITH THEM SO THAT, SO THAT WE KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA PROGRESS DOWN THE LINE.
PLEASE CAN I INTERRUPT JUST, JUST REAL BEFORE YOU DO THAT? SURE.
UM, I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS, UH, REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, UH, AGENDA.
UH, THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S IMPACTING PARKER COUNTY ON THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, SIGNIFICANT.
UH, MY ATTENDANCE RECORD IS I'VE MADE 23 OF THE LAST 24 MEETINGS.
I THINK MY PRESENCE IN HERE MERITS, UH, A MORE IMPORTANT ROLE RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE OF THE RTC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS.
DO WE WANT TO SEND BRIAN IN YOUR PLACE? BRIAN WILL GO.
WELL HIS, HE, HE'S GOT A DIFFERENT ROLE THERE THAN I DO, BUT HE WILL BE THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, PARKER COUNTY'S GONNA BE REPRESENTED, BUT AS FAR AS MY VOTE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE AGENDA IS GONNA IMPACT PARKER COUNTY.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR, OR WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN WE ARE WORKING ON THE, THE INFORMATION FOR THE VEHICLE AUDIT AND SLOWLY GETTING STUFF IN FOR THOSE THINGS.
I THINK WE DID PUT PRIOR, PRIOR PRIORITY ORDER OR RANKING ON THAT REQUEST.
SO IF WE CAN GET THAT, THAT'D BE HELPFUL.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE READY FOR ITEM E, JUDGE.
[II.E. Texas County and District Retirement System (TCDRS). (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
OKAY.WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM E ON THE TEXAS COUNTY AND DISTRICT RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. D-C-D-R-S.
AND BECKY, YOU ALREADY TOOK ACTION ON THIS ITEM THE OTHER DAY, UNLESS YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
THIS WAS THE ITEM THAT WE PICKED THE RATE ON AND WE KEPT IT AS EXPIRING.
[II.F. Active Employee Insurance Rates. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen) (Part 1 of 2)]
MOVE TO F ON ITEM ACTIVE EMPLOYEE INSURANCE RATES.BECKY, I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS OTHER THAN THE BOARD MEETING.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TOMORROW HAS NOW BEEN CANCELED, SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN PBC BOARD WILL MEET.
UM, I DID, I I DID REALIZE I DID NOT TALK ABOUT RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE THE OTHER DAY.
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MM-HMMBASED, MAINLY BECAUSE THOSE RATES GO OFF OF OUR ACTIVE RATES AND UNTIL WE CAN SET THOSE IS THAT G IT'S ALL UNDER.
I MEAN WE'RE UP, BUT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC ONE FOR G HERE.
THEN WE CAN, I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE 'CAUSE THEY WON'T HAVE A BOARD MEETING.
SO WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE AN APP.
[II.G. Health Insurance for Retirees. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
TO ITEM G ON HEALTH INSURANCE FOR RETIREES.SO I'M NOT ASKING, I'M NOT GONNA ASK FOR ANY SORT OF PLAN CHANGE OR POLICY CHANGE TO RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE, BUT I JUST CAN'T PRESENT THE RATES BECAUSE I NEED PBC BOARD TO MEET.
CAN I THROW AN IDEA OUT THERE? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE SHOPPED AROUND ON OUR OWN? THROUGH PBC? WE HAVE AN RFP SCHEDULE OF, UM, IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO.
THIS YEAR WE DID RFP FOR DENTAL.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY LEAVING THE PBC AND GOING OUT COMPLETELY ON OUR OWN, WE JOINED PBC IN 2009 AND THERE'S BEEN MANY, MANY BENEFITS TO BE PART OF PVC.
WE ARE SEEING SOME MAJOR DIFFICULTIES RIGHT NOW.
THIS BEING A BIG PART OF IT IS NOW BECAUSE OTHER ENTITIES WON'T BE PUT THE, COME TO A BOARD MEETING TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS PARKER COUNTY.
DOES IT AFFECT US BUDGETARILY? LIKE I'M NOT, I'M NOT ASKING FOR THE COUNTY TO PAY ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO HEALTH INSURANCE.
SO NO, THERE'S NOT A BUDGET IMPACT THERE, BUT MY IRRITATION LEVEL THAT I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, PREMIUMS TO TALK ABOUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS, IS GETTING PRETTY HIGH.
SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO POSSIBLY GO OUT AND LOOK TO SEE PROBABLY IF IT IS TIME TO LEAVE PC.
SO I, I, SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY, BUT IT'S GETTING VERY FRUSTRATING.
BUT, BUT I, I ALWAYS BRING THIS UP EVERY TIME THIS, THIS IS DISCUSSED BEFORE I WAS EVER HERE AND EVEN BEFORE GEORGE WAS HERE MM-HMM
WHICH IS A LONG TIME AGO THEN, UH, THEY, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE ISSUES, BUDGET ISSUES CENTERED AROUND EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS.
AND, UH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WITH A, A COUNTY, UH, OUR SIZE TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH A, WITH SOMETHING THE SIZE OF PEBC.
I I'VE ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD WE SEE MM-HMM
LIKE WHAT, WHERE WOULD THE COST COME? IT IS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT OUR PHARMACY REBATES WOULD PROBABLY GO DOWN.
UH, WE WOULDN'T RECEIVE AS BIG OF A REBATE, ALTHOUGH OUR CURRENT PROVIDER IS WANTING TO REDO THAT PROCESS.
UM, WE WOULD PROBABLY SEE HIGHER AS O FEES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY INTO, UM, OUR PROVIDERS.
BUT A CONTRACT WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OR UNITED OR WHOEVER THAT IS, IS YOU GET THEIR CONTRACTED RATE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A BENEFIT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE PAY TO PBC IS, I ALWAYS SAY, IS WAY LESS THAN WHAT I COULD HIRE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR TO DO MM-HMM
SO UNDERSTANDING HOW A CONSULTANT HELPING US MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, IS IT WORTH LOOKING JUST TO VERIFY? I MEAN, I'VE BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH PVC BOARD BEFORE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYBODY PLAYS NICE IN THE SANDBOX AND WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS THIS YEAR.
IT'S JUST MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
I THINK THE, THE POINTS WELL TAKEN THOUGH, WE GET, UH, WE GET PASSIVE AND WE, WE BECOME COMPLACENT.
UH, IN THAT, UH, THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO CHECK THAT EVERY OCCASIONALLY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL DOING THE RIGHT THING.
WHETHER THAT'S THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR.
I THINK YOUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY WAY TOO SOON OR WAY TOO LATE IN THE PROCESS TO TRY TO DO ANYTHING FOR CALENDAR 2027.
WHAT I WOULD ASK IS IF WE ARE, IF COURT, AND WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION OTHER DAY, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TODAY, BUT THE LOOK WOULD BE END OF THIS YEAR, EARLY 2027 FOR A POSSIBLE EXIT FOR 2028, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO THEN THAT WAY I WOULD KNOW THAT EARLY NEXT YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WOULD BE THE WHOLE PLAN FOR THE MOVE AND MY TIME WITH PBC WOULD REALLY BE JUST WHAT WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
SO HERE'S, HERE'S KIND OF WHERE MY HEAD'S AT ON THIS.
I'M NOT SAYING I WANNA LEAVE THE PBCI UNDERSTAND.
HOWEVER, I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION LATER THIS YEAR, BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, JUST TO REALLY LOOK AT, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE? WHAT IS THE WORKLOAD INVOLVED? WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN DEPTH.
AND WE COULD HAVE OUR CONSULTANT, OUR CURRENT CONSULTANTS COME IN.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH PARKER COUNTY.
THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR, YOU KNOW, WITH PBC.
SO MAYBE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, I LOVE, I KNOW WE LOVE COMMITTEES, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE THAT, THAT MEETS WITH THOSE CONSULTANTS AS WELL
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TO HEAR THEIR TAKE ON IT.IT, IT IS CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WITH THEM AND COMP AND AS I SAY IT, NO ONE IS MORE PROTECTIVE OF OUR FUND BALANCE THAN I AM FOR INSURANCE ESCROW.
BUT THE PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A BOARD VOTE.
AND IF ONE OF THE ENTITIES GOT THEIR WAY, OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD BE LOOKING AT DOUBLED OUT-OF-POCKET MAXES BECAUSE THEIR ENTITY DIDN'T BUDGET WELL, THEIR ENTITIES HAVING FINANCIAL ISSUES.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO ASK PARKER COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO PAY FOR THEIR FAILURES.
WOULD THAT HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THE LARGER COUNTIES? IT WOULD.
NO, NOT THE LARGEST, BUT KEEP US POSTED.
HOW ABOUT THAT? I WILL, HOW ABOUT, IS IT THE PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING, IS IT FIXABLE? DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S GONNA WORK ITSELF OUT OR, I HOPE SO.
IF, IF WE MAY, LET'S TAKE A, LET'S TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS.
AND, UH, RECORDS SHOW THAT WE'LL WE WILL RECESS AT 1117.
ALRIGHT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE MEETING.
UM, WE'LL OPEN THE MEETING AT 1131 AND WE'LL GO
[II.H. Longevity Pay. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
TO LONGEVITY.WELL JUDGE, BUT BEFORE WE START, UH, I WANT IT DULY NOTED IN THE ARCHIVE STUFF HERE THAT WHEN I, WHEN I GOT OVER THERE IN YOUR CHAIR A WHILE AGO THAT, UH, SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS TALKED ABOUT, I WAS BETTER LOOKING THAN THE LAST JUDGE THAT WAS SITTING THERE.
IT WAS A NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT.
I MIGHT HAVE CHANGED THE WORDING A LITTLE.
I, I TELL YOU WHAT HE ACTUALLY SAID.
HE SAID THAT HE COULD, HE COULD DO THIS A LOT FASTER THAN YOU COULD.
SO I, I I THINK THAT'S A CHALLENGE TO YOU TO SEE IF, IF, UH, WE MIGHT PROGRESS THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY.
YEAH, I I GET THE GIST OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
HURRY, JUST WHILE I MENTION THAT.
LONGEVITY PAY, BECKY, YOU GOT THREE SECONDS.
COURT TOOK ACTION ON LONGEVITY PAY AND DID THAT APPROVAL THE OTHER DAY.
IF WE COULD GO BACK AND SEE IF ANYBODY WANTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MY SICK POOL POLICY, WE COULD GO BACK TO INSURANCE.
'CAUSE THAT DOES FALL IN LINE WITH THAT SHORT TERM DISABILITY POLICY.
IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES OR QUESTIONS OR WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER DAY.
DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US? I HAD, WELL I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD ASKED FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
I'M SATISFIED WITH WHAT, UH, WHAT I'VE DETERMINED.
AND SO I'M READY TO VOTE PER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
WOULD THAT BE UNDER THAT? WE COULD DO IT UNDER INSURANCE, WHICHEVER ONE IS JUST REGULAR INSURANCE BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO THE REMOVAL OF SICK POOL COMMITTEE.
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2027 WITH THE ADDITION OF A COUNTY PAID SHORT-TERM DISABILITY POLICY.
WHAT, WHAT ITEM? JUDGE, IT'D BE UNDER ITEM FF YOU COULD DO IT UNDER FFF.
SO WE'RE UNDER, WE NEED TO BE A OPENING UP REOPENING ITEM F JUDGE.
SO, WHICH IS ACTIVE EMPLOYEES.
[II.F. Active Employee Insurance Rates. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen) (Part 2 of 2)]
YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON ITEM F YOU WANNA PRESERVE WELL, YEP.THE PERSON WHO HAD THE QUESTIONS WAS PRECINCT TWO AND I PROVIDED HIM THE INFORMATION.
SO THE COMMITTEE OF OUR MEETINGS THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME PROBLEMS WE SEE WITH SICK POOL AND THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE TWEAK IN SICK POOL.
SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF OTHER COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE GET AWAY FROM SICK POOL POLICIES AND GET AWAY FROM SICK TIME AND DO OTHER, OR NOT GET AWAY FROM COMPLETE SICK TIME, BUT SICK POOL TIME, UM, AND MOVE ON TO OTHER THINGS.
SO I AM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO DO AWAY WITH SICK POOL EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2027.
AND THE COUNTY INSTEAD PAY FOR, WE WOULD USE INSURANCE ESCROW FUND 53 FUND DOLLARS.
SO IT DOES NOT AFFECT FUND 10, UH, FOR, TO REPLACE IT WITH A SHORT TERM DISABILITY POLICY PAID TO EVERY FULL-TIME COUNTY EMPLOYEE.
AND IF THE COURT ISN'T READY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN I WOULD JUST ASK FOR A COUPLE TWEAKS TO CURRENT SICK PULL POLICY.
I WAS READY TO MOVE THE OTHER DAY THAT WE I KNOW DID THAT.
SO I, UH, I MOVED TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION.
ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER
SO, UH, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT AGAIN? WHO MADE THE MOTION AND MADE THE SECOND COMMISSIONER? WALDEN MADE THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER A MADE THE SECOND.
THE, UH, AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS
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AT MY BARN AND WITH BECKY, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE HOURS ON THAT SICK POOL ARE HOURS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN LOST ANYWAY BECAUSE IT'S, YOU CAN'T ACCRUE MORE THAN A CERTAIN AMOUNT.SO THEY WERE DONATING THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN LOST.
I REVIEWED THE SHEET OF HOW MANY HOURS ARE APPLICABLE TO PRECINCT TWO EMPLOYEES AND UH, BECKY, CAN YOU STATE ON THE RECORD AGAIN, HOW MANY FOLKS HAVE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE SICK POOL THIS YEAR VERSUS ALREADY UTILIZE SHORT TERM DISABILITY BECAUSE SOME ALREADY PURCHASED THEIR OWN.
THIS YEAR ALONE, UM, BECAUSE WE DID ADD SHORT TERM DISABILITY UNDER OUR MEDICAL UMBRELLA SO EMPLOYEES COULD CHOOSE A REALLY NICELY PRICED SHORT TERM DISABILITY POLICY.
SO, BUT THIS YEAR ALONE, WE'VE HAD THREE EMPLOYEES GET BENEFIT TIME FROM THE SICK POOL COMMITTEE FOR SHORT TERM DISABILITY.
I'VE ASSISTED 10 EMPLOYEES, SO THIS WILL IMPACT MORE PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE ALSO, I THINK IT MIGHT HELP WITH THE PROBLEM THAT COMMISSIONER WAL AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS IS THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL, OR JUST THE SICK TIME ABUSERS BECAUSE HOPING THEY'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THAT SICK PULL IN THE, IN OUR BACK POCKET.
WE'RE GONNA PULL TIME FROM THAT.
I'LL ALWAYS GO BACK TO AN ABUSER OF TIME IS AN ABUSER OF TIME AND PROBABLY NOTHING YOU DO IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, FIX THAT OTHER THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THAT EMPLOYEE INDIVIDUALLY.
PEOPLE THAT SAVE ALL THEIR TIME ARE STILL GONNA CONTINUE TO SAVE ALL THEIR TIME.
BUT THIS WOULD BENEFIT EVERYONE.
THIS WOULD TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS I GET ABOUT WHY DOESN'T SICK POOL COVER MATERNITY LEAVE SHORT-TERM DISABILITY DOES.
SO I FEEL LIKE THIS OPENS IT UP.
IS IT GONNA MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY? NO.
I'M SURE THEY'RE TEXTING ME RIGHT NOW, MATT, BUT I THINK IT IS A BEST FOOT FORWARD.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MATERNITY LEAVE, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE WOMEN MATERNITY LEAVE OR IT WELL IT'S THE MEN TOO.
THEY ARE, THAT QUALIFIES THEM FOR FA YEAH.
WHEN, WHEN THE FAMILIES HAVE THE BABY, THE DAD HAS EVERY RIGHT TO STAY HOME AS WELL.
NOW IF THEY BOTH WORK FOR PARKER COUNTY, THEY HAVE TO SPLIT THE 12 WEEK MATERNITY LEAVE, BUT THEY DON'T EACH GET 12 WEEKS.
BUT WHAT DOES A MAN, HOW MANY WEEKS DOES A MAN GET? HE CAN GET UP TO 12 IF THE WIFE DOESN'T WORK FOR PARKER COUNTY.
SO YEAH, HE HAS THE SAME RIGHT.
PLANNING ON HAVING TO TAKE PATERNITY LEAVE SOON.
GEORGE, HE'S JUST MAKING PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
WHAT IS THE COST OF THE COUNTY ON THIS? IF WE GO TO SHORT TERM DISABILITY FOR PLAN ONE? IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT $140,000 A YEAR.
THAT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE FLUCTUATE THROUGH PAYROLL COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN WE HAVE THAT HEALTHY FUND BALANCE WITH INSURANCE ESCROW THAT'S COMMINGLED THROUGH ALL THESE YEARS, EMPLOYEE FUNDS, COUNTY FUNDS.
I SEE WHERE THIS COULD BENEFIT BOTH SIDES.
IF AN EMPLOYEE IS OUT ON SHORT-TERM DISABILITY, WE'RE ALSO NOT PAYING BICA RETIREMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO NOT SAYING THAT'S GONNA BE AN, IT'LL OFFSET THE WHOLE THING, BUT IT WOULD HELP A LITTLE BIT.
I WAS KIND OF WORKING AND MR.
OH, I KNEW THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH IT.
WELL I'M JUST NOT IN HERE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL ON PAPER? AYE A AYE.
BECKY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON LONGEVITY PAY? DID YOU WANT TO GO TO THAT? NO.
Y'ALL APPROVE THAT THE OTHER DAY.
[II.I. Salaries and Benefits for Elected Officials. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS.I'D LIKE TO DEFER THAT TO, UM, THIS COMING MEETING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IF I, IF, IF Y'ALL WOULD INDULGE ME ON THAT.
SO WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY IS WE HAVE, WE HAVE WAITED 'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE, UH, LOTS OF CARS,
WE HAVE LOTS OF ITEMS THAT WE, UH, THAT HAVE TO BE PURCHASED.
AND WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE IS PUT THAT OFF AS LATE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
IS THAT, THAT'S MONDAY? AM I CORRECT? MONDAY? YES.
SO LET'S PUT IT OFF TILL MONDAY.
OH, IT HAS TO BE VOTED ON MONDAY.
[II.J. Salaries and Benefits for Precincts. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
ITEM J ON.SO, AND BENEFITS OF PRECINCTS.
OH, THE ONLY I DID, THE ONLY OTHER UPDATE ON THAT IS WE DID REVIEW THE SUPPLEMENT PAYS AND SO JUDGE DEAN WILL RECEIVE, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE A 31 3,150 SUPPLEMENT INCREASE BASED ON YOUR OF SERVICE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM THE STATE? FROM THE STATE.
IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE ON THAT? YES.
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM K, SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR PARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ONE WOULD MOVE TO ITEM L ON SALARIES AND BE BENEFITS FOR NON ELECTED EMPLOYEES.
CAN WE DEFER THAT TO MY AS AS WELL? HE'S GETTING UP.
[II.M. Additional Employee Salary Requests and/or New Positions. (Becky McCullough / Judge Deen)]
EMPLOYEE SALARY REQUEST AND OUR NEW POSITIONS ON THAT.UM, PROBABLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I BELIEVE CHIEF BARNETT DID WANT TO, I ASK A QUESTION REGARDING THE LATERAL PAY THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND APPROVED AT THE LAST COURT.
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THAT THAT ALSO WOULD INCLUDE ANIMAL CONTROLLERS, ANIMAL CONTROLLER, ANIMAL CONTROL, AND DISPATCH.UH, THAT WASN'T IN MY PRESENTATION, SO I HAVEN'T DONE ANY NUMBERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON IT.
SO CHIEF BARNETT, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? UH, THAT WAS PART OF OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST OF THE COMMITTEE FOR LATERAL PAY WAS NOT ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT UH, DISPATCHERS AND ANIMAL CONTROL.
SO THE QUESTION I HAD FOR BECKY WAS THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE, DID THAT INCLUDE THAT OR WAS THAT EXCLUDED? AND IT'S SEPARATE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER CARVED OUT IN THE COMMITTEE.
I THINK WE LOOKED AT THAT PORTION.
I, WE GET SOME INFORMATION ON IT AND IT'LL, THIS, THIS, THIS ITEM WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AGAIN FOR MONDAY.
SO PROVIDE US INFORMATION POSSIBLY THAT WOULD HELP BE HELPFUL THERE, BUT THANK YOU.
SO, UH, JUST THINKING THROUGH THIS, IF WE HIRED SOMEONE THREE MONTHS AGO AND THEN WE ENACT LATERAL PAY, THAT COULD GO RETROACTIVE IN THAT SENSE? NO, THAT WOULD BE, WELL IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE THAT, WELL YOU COULDN'T, WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE.
IT'D BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE.
WE WOULDN'T GO BACK AND ADJUST THEIR PAY FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS.
BUT EFFECTIVE OCTOBER ONE, IT WOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF HOW MANY YEARS? UP TO FIVE, I BELIEVE, YES.
I I WILL SAY THE ADOPTION OF A LATERAL PAY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE OF HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM TO HIRE POSITIONS AND THE BUILD OF THE SCALE ON ITS OWN CREATES SOME FLUFF IN THE SCALE.
LATERAL PAY FOR THOSE POSITIONS PROBABLY WOULD JUST BE ABSORBED WITHIN BUDGET.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR IT WOULD, WE WOULD KIND OF TRUE UP WITH WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT THAT TIME.
CHIEF, DO YOU FEEL LIKE LATERAL PAY FOR THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU IN YOUR HIRING EFFORTS? CAN YOU YES, SIR.
WHICH IS A POSITION THAT HISTORICALLY IS RATHER HARD TO STAFF FULLY CORRECT? IT IS.
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HIRE FOR DISPATCH SERVICES FOR DISPATCHING IS PEOPLE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE.
AND WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FAILURE RATE FOR PEOPLE WHO COME IN THERE AND GET THE JOB AND THEY LAST TWO WEEKS, A MONTH, THREE MONTHS, AND THEN THEY'RE GONE.
IF WE CAN ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE EXPERIENCE DISPATCHING ALREADY KNOW THE JOB, IT MAKES TRAINING A LOT QUICKER AND WE CAN GET THAT DISPATCHER OUT THERE WORKING ON BY THEMSELVES A LOT FASTER.
AND, UH, IT, IT ALSO ENHANCES, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO, TO PULL THOSE QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN A LOT BETTER THAN US HAVING TO HIRE SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANY DISPATCH EXPERIENCE.
THIS WILL POP BACK UP ON MONDAY.
WE CAN GET SOME HANDLE ON MONDAY, BUT IT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
I WOULD TAKE NO ACTION ON ITEM M, MOVE TO ITEM
[II.N. Special Revenue Funds and Projects. (Brianna Fowler / Judge Deen)]
N ON SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND PROJECTS.BRIANNA, BECKY, WELL, ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE LIKE NEW POSITIONS OR POSITIONS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR RAISES? LIKE SO A SPECIFIC POSITION? WELL, YEAH, SO I WENT THROUGH AND JUST KIND OF TOOK THE SCORING SHEET AND I I DID MAKE COPIES FOR Y'ALL.
I KNOW Y'ALL LOVE GETTING MORE PAPER.
UM, SO IF YOU WANT THESE YOU CAN KIND OF REVIEW 'EM.
I DID JUST DO A REAL QUICK LITTLE THANK YOU, UM, SHEET FOR Y'ALL BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GOTTEN THIS INFORMATION ALREADY.
YOUR WORKBOOKS, YOUR COMMITTEE AGAIN, I DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING ON HERE.
UM, STARTED OFF, UH, A PART-TIME POSITION FOR JP THREE DID RECEIVE A RANKING OF 4.3 OR THE SCORE OF 4.3.
THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR A FULL-TIME, UM, THAT DID NOT RECEIVE A HIGH SCORE, BUT A PART-TIME POSITION DID.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEW HIRES.
UM, MOST OF THESE ARE, UM, NO, THE ONLY NEW PEOPLE LIKE NEW POSITIONS WOULD BE IF THE COUNTY WAS READY TO HIRE A COUNTY ENGINEER, A NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
AND THE NEW POSITION, THE IT POSITION THAT'S FOR THE MAPPING ONLY TH THOSE THREE ARE THE NEW POSITIONS AND THE PART-TIME POSITION FOR JP THREE.
SO DEPARTMENT 4 63, THAT'S THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES.
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THREE.THAT WOULD GIVE THEM FUNDING TO AT LEAST HIRE PART-TIME.
I DID INCLUDE THE JP WHAT THE SALARY INCREASE FOR THE JP THAT SCORED HIGHER TO GIVE Y'ALL THE, THE TOTAL COST INCREASE FOR THAT.
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAD PUT FORTH KIND OF A RESTRUCTURE OF HIS OFFICE AND I ALSO HAVE COPIES OF THAT RESTRUCTURE TO SEE THAT THAT WOULD AFFECT EIGHT DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
AND I HAVE THAT INFORMATION, THE DA ASKING FOR A NEW ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY RECLASS FOR HIS INVESTIGATORS AND A VICTIM'S ASSISTANT COORDINATOR.
THE RAISE FOR THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR CONSTABLE FOR ALSO ASKED FOR JUST AN INCREASE IN PART-TIME FUNDING SO THAT HE COULD GIVE HIS PART-TIME PERSON AN INCREASE.
AND THE, UH, RAISE FOR THE IT DIRECTOR THAT WAS REQUESTED OF ME FROM SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF COURT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S FAIR TO, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COURT MAY NOT HAVE HAD ALL THIS INFORMATION IN THIS CONCISE FORM BEFORE TODAY.
UM, SO THEY MAY WANT ADDITIONAL TIME TO, TO LOOK AT THEM AND UH, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE WE'RE AT ON THOSE.
HOWEVER, THE, UH, THE ONES THAT RECEIVED, UH, A SCORE OF A FIVE HERE ARE A NEW DA POSITION.
THE INCREASE THE ELECTIONS AND THE, UH, INCREASE THE PART-TIME CONSTABLE FOUR, UH, THOSE WERE, THOSE WERE VETTED AND UH, SEEMED TO BE PRETTY CLEAR.
I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THOSE THREE AS PRESENTED HERE.
AND UH, AND THEN MY REFERENCE THEN IS TO DEFER THE OTHERS AND, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON MONDAY, WE CAN LOOK AT THESE AND SEE WHAT AFTER YOU'VE HAD TIME TO EVALUATE THOSE.
COMMISSIONER, UH, WALDEN'S MADE THE MOTION SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
IN THE DISCUSSION PHASE, YOU'VE GOT A 4.5 HERE ON A COUNTY ENGINEER, COUNTY ENGINEER, AND A CITY ATTORNEY OF 4.6.
IT'S A COUNTY ATTORNEY AND IT'S A WHOLE RESTRUCTURE.
IT ACTUALLY AFFECTS EIGHT PEOPLE.
YEAH, THOSE ARE, ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT IS THE REASON I WAS DEFERRING THOSE.
UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS BITES AND SMALL BITES HERE AND I THINK IF WE SET THESE, REMOVE THESE FIVE THAT, I MEAN THESE THREE ITEMS THAT RECEIVED THE FIVE FROM THE LIST RIGHT NOW, IT'LL LET US WORK IT DOWN.
SO THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION WAY.
I I JUST WANTED TO YEAH, NO, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR ON I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS.
UH, BUT, BUT FOR THESE, UH, THESE THREE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE, THESE ARE, UH, UH, PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE, THE, EVERYBODY FELT LIKE THAT WAS A, A NEED THAT, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE THERE.
SO I'M, MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE, UH, THREE POSITIONS THAT RECEIVED THE TOP SCORE.
THE UDA POSITION, THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR INCREASE IN SALARY AND THE INCREASE IN THE PART-TIME LINE FOR CONSTABLE FOUR.
ANYTHING, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HOLD ON.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I WILL SAY IS I FAILED TO PUT A SCORE FOR IT.
I DON'T REM WE DIDN'T SCORE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY A YES AND, AND I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA ASK IF WE COULD, AND WE CAN DO THIS THROUGH A SEPARATE MOTION IF, IF WE'D LIKE, UM, THE COMMITTEE DID NOT ACTUALLY SCORE THAT REQUEST BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HANDLED DIRECTLY BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE WERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY DOING IT SOONER THAN THE NEW BUDGET.
UM, WHAT I'LL SAY ABOUT THE IT DIRECTOR IS, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER COUNTIES, HE JUST WALKED IN, WATCH WHAT YOU SAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER COUNTIES, THEY HAVE AN IT DIRECTOR, THEN THEY ALSO HAVE AT LEAST ONE RADIO SYSTEM DIRECTOR.
THAT IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE FOR HIM DOING BOTH.
AND SO THERE'S A NUMBER ON HERE THAT I THINK IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VALUE THAT HE ADDS AND I WOULD SUGGEST EITHER WE DO IT IN A SEPARATE MOTION OR WE ADD IT TO THIS ONE.
UM, GO AHEAD AND INCREASE THAT BECAUSE TO ME THAT'S AN EASY FIVE.
LET'S TAKE CARE OF THIS ONE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL OF PAPER? AYE.
OH, UH, JACOB, YOU WERE THEN I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION AND, AND I, COMMISSIONER WALDEN.
THE REST OF THESE, I THINK WE NEED TO WAIT INCLUDING THE 4.8 AND THE 4.6 AND 4.5.
BUT GIVEN THE, THE NATURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE IT
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DIRECTOR, I'D ASK THAT WE INCREASE HIS SALARY TO 160,000 EFFECTIVE TEN ONE.WE HAVE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO THAT, THAT'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK FOR REVIEW OTHERS BEFORE WE MEET AGAIN.
I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO REACH OUT AND TALK.
BECKY, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S THAT REQUEST, UM, THAT I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT OFFLINE.
THERE'S ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED HERE, BUT THE COMMITTEE DIDN'T ACTUALLY REVIEW IT, SO WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE.
SO I DID WE DO ITEM IN ON SPECIAL? WE CAN GO DOWN TO IAN, SPECIAL REVENUE I THINK YOU HAVE.
WE'RE ON ITEM IN SPECIAL REVENUE PINES AND PROJECTS.
SO BIANCA'S WORKING WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE CERTAIN REVENUE FUNDS LIKE THE DISTRICT CLERK AND COUNTY CLERK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTS LIKE FOR THE ARCHIVES PROJECT AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS, FORFEITURE FUNDS.
SO BIANCA'S WORKING WITH THEM, UM, ON THOSE.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO JUST THIS TIME OF YEAR, SOME OF THOSE ONES THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT, UM, UTILIZING YET.
BUT, UM, JUST TO REMIND YOU, WE HAVE THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS AND SO WE HAVE ABOUT $350,000 THERE.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A LIST OF, UM, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE THE FUNDS MM-HMM
AND SO, UM, I'VE PROVIDED YOU THAT INFORMATION, BUT I CAN PROVIDE IT AGAIN THAT WAY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP, UM, THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THE FUNDS FOR, UM, FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS, THEN WE DO THAT.
AND AGAIN, IN A LOT OF THESE WHAT WE DO IS WE BUDGET A LARGE PROGRAM CONTINGENCY SO THAT WAY IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP DURING THE YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE APPROVED.
WE CAN DO A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR HOW THOSE FUNDS CAN BE UTILIZED.
WE MOVE DOWN TO ITEM THREE ON PRESENT.
DISCUSS APPROVED PRECINCTS FUNDS, ONE THROUGH FOUR BUDGETS FOR 20 26, 27 FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ITEM A PRESENT, DISCUSS APPROVED PRECINCT FUNDS, ONE THROUGH FOUR FOR BUDGET FFY 26, 27.
YOU WANNA PUSH THAT TO MONDAY ON THAT ONE? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE EVERY TIME AND IT'S, IT IS THE WORST THING THAT WE DO IS WE PUT THAT OFF TO THE LAST AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE THAT NEEDS MONEY FOR EVERYTHING WE DO THIS LAST, BUT I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN.
PUT IT OFF LAST AND, AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO IT RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THE, THE REASON I'M BRINGING THAT UP COMMISSIONER IS BECAUSE, UH, UH, WE, WE UH, THAT WAY WE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN BRINGING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THIS AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I DELAY IT, UH, COMMISSIONER, SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE STANDING FOR A TOTAL AND THEN, UH, DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO ADEQUATELY FUND WHAT WE NEED IN THE PRECINCTS.
WELL, IF WE DO IT THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT, UH, IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY BE DONE.
'CAUSE WE WILL SPLIT IT FOUR WAYS EVENLY.
I MOVE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
JUDGE, JUDGE, WE UH, I MIGHT HOLD OFF UNTIL MONDAY.
WE HAVE THE CONSTABLE FOR TWO IN THE BACK.
WHO, JOE, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR CLARIFICATIONS ON THE FIREARM QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD BROUGHT UP LAST TIME? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT DISCUSS TODAY OR DO YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THAT MONDAY? THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.
I, I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE I WATCHED IT ONLINE.
IF THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I WAS GONNA GIVE SOME CLARIFICATION OF WHY IS THERE, I DUNNO IF YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT AGENDA ITEM FOR IT.
WELL I THINK WE WERE ABOUT TO ADJOURN AND SO I WANTED TO DELAY IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAKE THESE GUYS MAD UP HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
WELL TO MOVE, JOE, ARE YOU GOOD WITH HANDLING THAT MONDAY? YES.
[III.B. Capital & Non-Capital Budget Requests. (Kim Rivas / Judge Deen)]
ITEM ON ITEM B, CAP AND NON, UM, KIM HAS SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS SHE WANTS TO ADD.SO, UM, CCL TWO HAS REMOVED THEIR REQUEST FOR THE BULLETIN BOARD AND THEN WE HAD ONE ITEM THAT WAS OVERLOOKED.
WELL THEN WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO VOTE AGAIN, DON'T WE SINCE WE APPROVED IT TODAY.
YOU DIDN'T APPROVE IT? YEAH, WE DID.
SO DO WE NEED TO REVO ON THAT? SHE'S TAKING IT OUT OF HER BUDGET.
SHE JUST, SHE BOUGHT JUST A REGULAR BULLETIN BOARD, JUST LIKE WHAT'S UP THERE TO REPLACE OH.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO THEN RESEND YOUR PREVIOUS MOTION, I GUESS FOR THE JAMES TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF HIS BUDGET.
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RIGHT.I JUST, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
EVEN WE CAN JUST SAY MOTION SINCE IT'S NOT, SINCE IT'S NOT GONNA BE A MINE ITEM IN HIS, I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE TO.
SO WE OVERLOOKED AN ITEM FOR CONSTABLE FOUR FOR A BODY ARMOR OF $3,000.
THIS IS NOT FOR A PERSON THAT IS CREDENTIALED UNDER THE ICE PROGRAM.
SO THIS WOULD NEED TO COME OUT OF A FUND 10 BUDGET.
WHAT'S THE AMOUNT? 3002ND WISH IT MADE BY COMMISSIONER HILL.
SECOND IS MY COMMISSIONER CONLEY.
ANY DISCUSSION? CONFIRM THE AMOUNT AGAIN PLEASE.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
OPPOSED? CURIOUS ABOUT VOTING GROUNDS ALSO STATED THE RANKINGS FOR ALL CAPITAL IMPROVE PROJECTS.
I JUST THINK IT'S A LITTLE ODD THAT OUT OF EVERYBODY UP HERE, MY COMPUTER IS THE ONE THAT DOESN'T WORK.
I'M JUST SAYING MINE'S NOT WORKING EITHER.
JUST MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT.
MOVE TWO OUTTA FIVE ON ADJOURNMENT.
WE GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE RANKINGS OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT BUILDING GROUNDS HAS SUBMITTED FROM DEPARTMENTAL REQUESTS.
THE RANKINGS ARE ON THE FAR LEFT COLUMN, UM, ACCORDING TO THEIR LITTLE LEGEND.
PRIORITY ONE IS HIGH AND PRIORITY FIVE ARE FIVE IS LOW.
UM, MOST OF THESE ITEMS ARE FIVES.
THERE'S A COUPLE TWOS AND THEN A COUPLE OF FOURS.
I THINK WHAT I WAS THINKING THAT WE WERE GONNA GET IS NUMERICAL.
I'LL DO THIS ONE FIRST AND THIS ONE SECOND AND THIS ONE THIRD.
ARE WE, ARE ALL THE FIVES GONNA COMMENCE AT THE SAME TIME? WELL, IT SOUNDS MORE, I THINK PRIORITY FIVE IS NOT, THEY DON'T NEED 'EM LIKE I FIVE.
OH, SO IT'S THEY DID IT BACKWARDS.
I'M ABOUT, I'M JUST GETTING AT IT.
I DON'T EVEN SEE A ONE ON HERE.
OPPOSED? RECORD SHOW THAT WE'LL ADJOURN AT 1157.