Aug 31, 2026 Salary Grievance Committee

[I. Introduction and background to grievance process from Salary Grievance Committee Chairman/County Judge Pat Deen.]

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I WANNA THANK ALL OF Y'ALL.

THIS IS THE PROCESS.

I WANNA GO PRETTY SENSITIVE FOR LITTLE BIT BACK, GET THIS PROCESS AND SHORT AMOUNT.

COMPENSATION ON BALANCE MANAGER ARE PAID COUNTY AND NOTICE SALARY CHANGE TO SILENT TAXES BOTH SETS UP THE SALARY GRIEVANCE PROCESS FOR ELECTED COUNTY AND PRECINCT TO CHILDRE S OFFICER.

INCREASE DOLLARS.

SALARY AND PERSON FOLKS INCLUDED THE BUDGET JUDGE AS THE BUDGET OFFICER AND REQUIRED NOTICE COUNTY OFFICES AS TO GIVEN NOTICE.

STUDENT CHILD OATH SALARY AS BY TEXAS OFFICE COUNTY PRECINCT.

DISAGREE.

SILENT MOTION STUDENTS PROVIDED BUDGET IN MAY PLUS.

AGAIN, SALARY OF WHICH PUR BALANCED FINAL BUDGET.

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THE CONVERSATION OF COMMITTEE IS COMMITTEE I, MEMBER COMMITTEE.

NOT THE, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT CLERK, COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

PUBLIC NECESSARY TO PROVIDE EXERCISE REGARD.

GENERAL COMMITTEE CHAIR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THE HEARING BOARD VOTE COMMEND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SIX MORE TO INCREASE OFFICER'S SALARY IN SALARY NECESSARY RECOMMENDATION SIX.

THAT NONMEMBER INCREASE SIGN CONNECTION, INCREASE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE BUDGET IS FILED CHANGE.

ALL RIGHT FORWARD.

AND THAT IS THAT RATIFIES, THIS , UH, THE ION OF THIS.

WE WILL START, WE HAVE RESOURCE FOR JUST LEAST ALLY.

WE ALSO HAVE WHO WILL DO THAT THIS TIME BEFORE I WOULD SEE ANY QUESTION.

I APOLOGIZE A LOT OF PEOPLE IS, UM, CLEARLY NOT HERE, BUT IT'S NOT BE, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING AND, UH, SO CALL THIS.

[II. Discuss/Take action on the following salary grievances by Parker County Elected Officials included but not limited to: (Judge Deen) PUBLIC HEARING]

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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE EVENING, BE HERE TONIGHT.

REQUEST OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WAS SET UP BY THE LEGISL LEGISLATURE TO DEAL WITH SITUATIONS WHEN SOMETHING MAY BE PREPARED WITH REST OF THE COUNTY.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

REAL QUICKLY, FILE MYSELF.

COUNTY 1990.

GREAT.

GOT 33 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH PARKER COUNTY.

15 OF THOSE ARE AS DEATH OF THESE .

I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THIS MEETING UNDERSTAND THE DEATH.

PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY, THAT'S WHERE THEY GO NOTARIZED.

BUT A LOT OF OUR OTHER DUTIES ARE MYSTERY.

SOME GO INTO THINGS REAL QUICK IN MIND.

UH, WE DO HAVE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION COURSE I MISDEMEANOR COMPLETE.

YES, OUR OFFICE, IF IT'S IN OUR PRECINCT NOW, WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO ADMON AND TAKE PLEAS AND OPEN THE COURT.

JUVENILES AND MINORS HAVE BE CERTAIN OF STIPULATION THAT ADDED ABILITY THAT IS APPLIED TO HER CASE.

WE DO CONDUCT PROPERTY ANCE SECOND 47 CODE THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO GET POSSESSION OF THEIR STOLEN PROPERTY BACK BEFORE TO THEIR DISTRICT COUNTY FOR THE LAW, WHICH MEANS SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE REUNITED WITH THEIR BELONG, THEY'RE STILL RELEVANT TO MODERN TECHNOLOGY.

UH, WE DO HAVE CIVIL JURISDICTION, SMALL CLAIMS THAT THAT JURISDICTION BEEN EXTENDED AT $20,000 A YEAR.

MAKE $20,000 BE A SMALL PLANE.

BUT THERE IS OUR JURISDICTION.

WE HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.

ALL EVICTION COURT DRIVER LICENSE APPEALS, APPEALS.

IF YOUR LTCS DENIED WITH YOUR ANNUAL HEARING, THEY CLEARANCE.

WE REVIEW AND ISSUE CRIMINAL PROBABLE CAUSE COUNTY FIRE.

WE DO THAT 24 HOURS A DAY.

SO IF YOU GET CALL THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A WARRANT TO ARREST SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY OUS SPIT THREE MORNING, UH, WE WILL GET UP AND WE DO THAT.

WE ALSO REVIEW AND ISSUE SEARCH WARRANTS, AND THAT IS A COUNTYWIDE ACTIVITY LAWSUIT.

COURT DOES PROBABLE HEARING, JUVENILE HEARING.

WE DO MAGISTRATE HEARINGS, WHICH BY CODE PROCEDURE AND THOSE HEARINGS ARE HELD EVERY DAY, INCLUDING TAKES IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT, EACH JUST A PIECES.

SO THE DEPARTMENT, THEIR OFFICE HAS THE SAME SUPERVISORY DUTIES.

EVERY DEPARTMENT THERE.

NOW, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I THINK THE SALARY GOT A LITTLE OUT LINE COUNTYWIDE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER OFFICIALS.

COMMISS APPROVED A SALARY STRUCTURE THAT 160 $50,000 PER YEAR FOR 10 YEARS OF SERVICE AND A HUNDRED FORTY FOUR, FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY FOR THOSE THAT HAD LESS YEARS.

AND THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE WERE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM THAT AT THE LAST MINUTE, THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE AND THE CONSTABLE'S WERE ALLOTTED AN INCREASE OF 15,327.

THE JUST PEACE OFFICES WERE ONLY ALLOWED ACROSS A LIVING ADJUST, WHICH PLACE PRETTY MUCH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OBJECT, I THINK WITH RESPECT TO ALL OF THE, OF THIS.

AND SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD.

10 MINUTES OF THE, AND WE MAKE 15.

OKAY, 15 MINUTES.

ALL THIS JUMPED DOWN TO .

UH,

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UH, THEY DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF $15,000, UH, TO BE ADDED TO OUR SALARY.

THE FIRST ENGINEERING SALARY I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE.

UH, I WAS ACTUALLY SITTING IN ON THOSE DRIVER'S LICENSE APPEAL HEARINGS ARE SET BY THE STATE TO RESET THOSE IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SEND OUT NOTICES MONTH AHEAD.

SO WE WENT AHEAD AND HAD THOSE HEARINGS.

THEN I GOT OVER THERE, DISCUSS ON OUR SALARY WAS DONE, CAME BACK LATER AND THINGS WERE THE POINT WHERE I WASN'T ABLE TO REALLY ADDRESS WHAT THE SALARY AND BUDGET RECOMMENDATION COMMITTEE HAD SUGGESTED.

OUR SALARY WAS SET THE SAME AS LAST YEAR WITH JUST .

SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS THAT MY SALARY SET HAD 30 130,000.

OKAY? AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THE POSSIBILITY WE ADDED TO THAT IS TO SETTLE.

THAT WOULD BRING UP TO 136 500.

AND THE REASON I BROKE IT DOWN IS I'M ASKING ONE, THIS COMMITTEE CAN DECIDE OVER 30.

THIS COMMITTEE DECIDED THEY, BECAUSE 500 FELT THAT THAT GAVE SOME LEEWAY, HAD DISCUSSIONS, BUT AGAIN, THAT THE FAIR E LEVEL AT THIS POINT, AND THE SALARY THAT WOULD REINSTATE THE PARITY BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICER WOULD BE 1 36 500.

AGAIN, MS. ALLOWED THE LESS THAN RECORD THE REST.

DO WE HAVE A RECORD, RECORD CAR? I DO.

I HAVE A COMPARISON.

YOU CAN SEND ONE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE FOLDER.

THERE'S I IN THERE.

THE COUNTY.

YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF FULL TIME SINCE JANUARY, 2000 THERE EVERY DAY.

AND I SHOULD TAKE PROBABLY THAN I SHOULD.

YES.

DEPARTMENT HEAD, YES.

AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE REPORT? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST RESPONSIBLE FOR FIVE OFFICE? THAT'S NOT COORDINATOR DOWN THERE? YES, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? ANYTHING YOU WANT ME PREPARED DOWN? SO I, I THANK EVERYONE, YOU SOME OF YOUR EVIL, THIS DISCUSS.

THANK YOU.

THIS THANK YOU.

AND GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS RISSO.

I AM THE SOCIETY THREE.

YEAH, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE THAT DON ME, NOT .

I STARTED

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THAT RESERVE PEACE OFFICER, THAT WAS WHEN THE COUNTY WAS VERY SMALL AND THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT VERY SMART.

LATER, MY LAW ENFORCEMENT YEARS, I WORK FULL TIME SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE HOSPITAL'S OFFICE.

I RETIRED COMMISSION AS A POLICE OFFICER ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

THE 24 YEAR SERVICE DEPART COUNTY I FIFTH OFFICE AS THE PRESIDING JUDGE FOR PRECINCT THREE, JUDGE PEACE FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2023.

THE JUSTICE, THE PEACE OFFICE IN PRECINCT THREE IS THE BUSIEST COURT OF PARKER COUNTY.

AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF CASES SECURELY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, I'VE SEEN 152% INCREASE IN MY CASE LOAD IN REPORT THE 2025, I'VE HAD 7,918 CASES THROUGH MCC COURT IN 2026.

LOOKING VERY CLOSE, BEING SAME IF NOT NORMAL.

IF YOU'LL GO TO TAB, THE GREEN TAB THAT I HAD IN YOUR BOULDER PARKER COUNTY IS, EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME POPULATION, WE HAVE MEGA GROWTH ONE ON HERE.

AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL SEE PARKER COUNTY HAS COMPARED ITSELF TO BIG COUNTY ON THE I PARITY WITH ELECTED OFFICIAL RAISES.

SO IT'S ONLY FAIR AT THAT POINT FOR ME TO, OF COURT CASES APPROVED THE COUNTY COURTS.

JP COURTS, THEY HAD SIX, WE HAVE FOUR.

AND IF YOU LOOK ON THAT PAGE, IT'S A 2025 ALL CASES TOTAL REPORT AT O-C-A-O-C-A IS THE OFFICE COURT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH EVERY COURT IN STATE TEXAS REQUIRED ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO FILE ALL THEIR DIFFERENT COURT CASES THAT PROCEDURE THAT MONTH.

SO IT'S A HARD NUMBER.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT BENTON COUNTY AND IN THE PARENTHESIS HAS WHAT THEIR OCA COURT CASE NUMBERS ARE THAT THEY DID ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IN RED AND THE JUST PRECINCT THREE, I DID 7,918 CASES.

THAT'S MORE THAN ANY FOR IN BENTON COUNTY OF THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

AND THEY HAVE A POPULATION OF 1.1 MILLION AND WE'RE ABOUT 200,000.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE A VERY GOOD SUPPORT.

I HAVE ADVISOR RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH MY PRECINCT.

I HAVE THE LARGEST PORTION, INTERSTATE 30 THAT WENT THROUGH MY PRECINCT.

I HAD PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRETY SOUTH PART WEATHER IN MY PRECINCT.

I HAVE ABOUT 80% OF AUDIENCE BE SCHOOLS SET IN MY PRECINCT, WHICH I MEAN ON TRUANCY CASE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND THEN MY PARENTS, TRINITY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, HAVING BOUGHT.

UH, SO IF THE FOLLOWING PAGE IS JUST SOME DOCUMENTED INFORMATION, THERE'S A BAR GRAPH FOR 2025 FOR THE MAG WARRANTS, MAGISTRATE, CIVIL, CRIMINAL, AND OTHER.

THAT SHOULD FOLLOW UP DOCUMENTATION THAT WE TRACK ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

AND THESE ARE THE SAME NUMBERS WHICH REPORTED OCA EVERY MONTH.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE WARRANT NUMBERS, YOU CAN SEE I'M SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE OTHER REPORTS.

AND THAT'S NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE COURT.

IT HAS TO DO PRIMARILY WHERE I'M LOCATED, RIGHT HERE IN SANTA FE AND WEATHERFORD IN THE BULK OF WEATHERFORD PD I SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, DPS, STATE COMPTROLLER.

I MEAN THERE'S JUST ALL KINDS OF AGENCIES EVERY DAY.

THAT'S A REVOLVING DOOR IN MY COURT.

OFFICERS, INVESTIGATORS COME UP, I'M PICKING UP ARREST WARRANT, SOME SEARCH WARRANTS, SO BE DOING ABUNDANCE OF DIFFERENT THINGS OUT MY OFFICE AS WELL.

BUT IT'S THE SAME TYPE JUDGE SPOKE ABOUT THIS YEAR.

DURING BUDGET, I HAD A SALARY NUMBER THAT WOULD BE COUNTY, SINCE THAT IS THE COUNTY DEPART COUNTY SALARY MIRRORS.

I BELIEVE THE SALARY FIGURE AHEAD WAS SUPPOSEDLY FROM TAX, THE TEXAS UPDATES COUNTIES.

HOWEVER, FOR SOME REASON THAT NUMBER, AND I DON'T RECALL WHAT KIND BUDGET, WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THE HAD IT WRONG.

SO, UM, THE COMMISSIONER IF DECLINED 146,000 THAT I WAS ASKING FOR THIS YEAR AS PAYROLL.

SO AFTER THEY DECLINE THAT, I REACHED OUT TO A FELLOW JUDGE IN BENTON COUNTY TO, WE ARE KIND PARITY WITH AT LEAST THE REST ELECTED OFFICIALS.

HE STATED, YOUR SALARY GOES AROUND 136,000.

WE ALSO STATED THAT THEY DO NOT DO MAG AND THEY DO NOT DO INPUTS.

WE DO STILL DO MY CONSTRAINTS HERE.

AND AS JUDGE DREW SAYS, WE, I HAVE A RECORD DATE EVERY DAY THAT WEEK.

I HAVE ONE JAIL AND I DO MY ABSOLUTE BEST TO SET BONDS WITH BOND CONDITIONS FOR THE DEFENDANTS THAT ARE IN THERE.

AND A REASONABLE AMOUNT

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SO WE SAVING BACK EVERY MONEY.

UH, , A RECENT GI COUNTY WEBSITE, FAMILY SALARY FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS POSTED 2026.

THE JUSTICE PEACE SALARY IS POSTED AS $136,063.

THE JUDGE WHEELER, WHO WAS A COUNTERPART THERE IN BENTON COUNTY AS A JUDGE, UH, STATED THAT THEY THE TOTAL RAISE FOR ABOUT 3% ISSUE.

SO WITH THAT TOTAL RAISE, THAT'S WHAT PUT THEM ABOUT HUNDRED 40,000.

IT'S A CHANGE.

I CURRENTLY MAKE A SALARY 726 BASE SALARY.

I'M ASKING THE SALARY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE TODAY TO APPROVE $130,000 TO THE BASE SALARY.

THAT'S 11% INCREASE.

UH, AND ALL OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS LAST YEAR HAD COMBINED SALARY, AVERAGE SALARY DECREASE OF 21,000.

THAT'S AN AVERAGE NOW, UH, WHICH RANGED FROM 34,500 FOR SOME POSITIONS TO 15,372.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT, UH, 50,000 3 72, WHICH WOULD GET US, UM, ALMOST IN FAIRLY, UM, WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS LIKE SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS DO.

AND IF YOU'LL GO TO THAT, THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS THAT YOU RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SALE ALLOWANCES.

WE ARE ON ONE OF THEM.

YOUR TECHNICIAN JUDGE CAN .

AND THEN THERE'S A POSITION FROM THERE THAT GET , WHICH WE DID NOT.

WE ADDITIONAL REQUIRE OUR SALARY ARE TRY SOME THAT, THAT IN MY ELECTED POSITION, I DID NOT RECEIVE ADDITIONAL PAY.

I ALREADY WENT ON THAT THROUGH THE BUDGET COMMITTEE PROCESS.

ANOTHER COMMITTEE FOUND PAPER FOR 15,000 RAISE.

JUDGE DREW PREVIOUSLY SAID FOR MY POSITION, BUT FOR UNSEEN REASONS, IT NEVER WAS APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER COURT.

SO I'M ASKING FOR THE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE TODAY TO APPROVE THIS SALARY FOR ME OF 130,000.

AND I'M HOPING THE BLESSING OF THIS COURT THAT I CAN PROCURE AND I VOTE, MR. COURT APPROVED THE INCREASE FOR LAKE OF 2027.

IF THIS GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE WOULD APPROVE OR ALLOW FOR THAT 5% POLAR RATES TO GO ON TOP OF THE ONE 30 APPRECIATED.

AND THAT INCLUDES AT 136,500, WHICH WOULD PUT US CURRENTLY AT 30 COUNTY JUDGES.

UH, OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA GET THAT 3%, WHICH IS STILL GONNA PUT EM UP TO ABOUT ONE 40 AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

UH, BUT WE JUST WANT, I HAD DOCUMENTED THROUGH PROOF OCA OFFICE COURT ADMINISTRATION, MY COURT CASELOAD IS MUCH LARGER THAN ANY OF THE SIX PRECINCT COUNTY.

AND AGAIN, THEY DO NOT MAGISTRATE JAIL, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 634 CASES A YEAR.

I'LL HAVE TO HANDLE IF Y'ALL EVEN UNDERSTAND.

WHAT MAGISTRATE IS, IS IF SOMEBODY GETS ARRESTED AND WE JAIL, IT DOESN'T MAKE ME MISDEMEANOR OR CAPITAL MURDER.

WE GO IF THEY, WE HAVE TO GO, HAVE TO GO MAGISTRATE SET THEIR BARS, WHERE NOW WE CAN DENY AS WELL AS BOND COMMISSION, EVERY ON A CONTINUE AND HALF THE LOWER LEVEL, IF WE CAN SET A BOND WHERE THEY CAN GET OUT TO THE BOND, A BOND THAT ALLEVIATES ROOM FOR THE SHERIFF AND HIS IF STRONG PEOPLE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THEM.

MR. KING, WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE, THE VICTIMS OR MAKE LESS VICTIMS OF PARK COUNTY FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS AS A JUDGE THAT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ON A CONTINUE BASIS TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF PARKER COUNTY.

I MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO THEM DAY AND TIME FOR SEARCH WARRANTS, ARREST, OF CRIMINAL CHARGES PAST THE MURDER CLASS MISDEMEANOR.

I PROVIDE MY SERVICE TO PARKER COUNTY.

AND ALL I ASKING FOR IS FAIR SALARY AND A SECURITY WITH THE KIND POSITION AS PRESIDING JUDGE FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

AND THEN AS WELL AS ON THE PAST.

THERE'S JUST SOME OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS I'LL PUT IN HERE.

AND I BELIEVE ON THE LAST PAGE, VERY LAST PAGE, IT SPEAKS THIS, I'M, I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION FOR

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THAT IF YOU'RE A PRECINCT ELECTED OFFICIAL, WHICH COULD BE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, IT COULD BE IMPOSSIBLE THAT WE ALL HAVE TO BE PAID THE SAME WITHIN THE CATEGORY.

AND THAT IS NOT TRUE.

THERE'S NO PLACE IN THE LAW AND THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT STATES THAT.

SO ACTUALLY IT SAYS THE STATUTE DOES NOT MANDATE UNIFORMLY AMONG DIFFERENT PRECINCT PRECINCTS IN THE SAME COUNTY.

AND MRS. COURT MAY SET DIFFERENT SALARY UP FOR DIFFERENT JUSTICE FEES POSITIONS BASED ON FACTORS LIKE WORKLOAD, FULL-TIME VERSUS PART-TIME STATUS, PRECINCT, PRECINCT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP TODAY BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT PROCESS MAYBE AT ONE POINT, BUT WE ALL HAD TO BE PAID THE SAME.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

UH, WE CAN BE PAID A DIFFERENT LEVEL DEPEND ON WHAT OUR WORKLOADS ARE ARE.

AND MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, AGAIN, YOUR VIS HERE, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE.

I'M VERY, I'M VERY BLESSED.

I HAVE A, I HAVE A SIX STAFF IN MY OFFICE ACTUALLY COMMISSION FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR THAT'S GETTING ME ANOTHER ONE, SOME CLERK.

I HAVE BASICALLY TWO COURT COORDINATORS.

UH, AND I HAVE, UH, PEOPLE WORKING CRIMINAL CASE, MULTIPLE PEOPLE WORK IN.

UM, ACTUALLY WE DID A TIME STUDY THIS YEAR AND THE NUMBERS WERE PHENOMENAL.

SO THEY NEEDED FOUR PEOPLE ACCORDING TO BED TO MANAGE MY ENTIRE LOAD THAT I'M DOING.

BUT WE DO, WE DO WELL TO MANAGE.

WE'RE, WE'RE, EVERY DAY WE'VE GAINED AN BACKLOG AND IT'S JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE LOSING GROUND, BUT WE JUST KEEP ON MOVING ALONG.

THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO.

SO I HAVE QUESTIONS.

YES, MA'AM.

THIS IS, UM, CAN YOU PLEASE CLEAR SOMETHING UP FOR ME? WHAT DID YOU SAY THE SALARY YOU'RE REQUESTING IS? WELL, MY SALARY IS 130,000.

AND THEN, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING TO RECEIVE AND THIS, THAT, THIS GREEN COMMITTEE WOULD STILL ALLOW THE 5% COA TO BE ADDED ON TOP OF THAT.

UM, APPRECIATED.

UM, THE, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS, UH, OF COURSE I'M, I'M OUT OF TOWN, SO I MAY HAVE MISSED SOMETHING.

IN YOUR OFFICIAL SALARY GRIEVANCE LETTER, IT APPEARS THAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR A HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE SEVEN FIFTY SEVEN.

NO MA'AM, THAT'S NOT ME.

WHAT I SUBMITTED JUDGE CHAMBER, THE ONE 30 ON AUGUST THE 18TH? YES.

WELL, MAY MAYBE THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS THAT HIGH, BUT I DID ADMIT IT TO JUDGE STEVEN.

YES, RESPOND.

OKAY.

I'M I'M MISSING THE AMENDMENT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YEAH, WE, WE AMENDED IT.

UH, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT DATE, BUT THAT NUMBER SEEMS, DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT, THE FIRST NUMBER, BUT IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS AT THE 1 46 ORIGINAL, I BELIEVE.

OKAY.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

YES, YOURSELF? NO, SIR.

I HAVE NO OTHER TALENTS WITH THIS RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, AND I'M NOT GONNA PUT ON THE SPOT RIGHT HERE, BUT I MEAN, HIS, HIS, HIS INVESTIGATORS ARE AT MY HOUSE QUITE A BIT THIS LAST FRIDAY MORNING.

SO YOU CAN SEE IF YOU WANTED HER ANIMAL POSSIBLY ANYTHING THAT, SO THIS IS MY WIFE.

WE, THAT INVESTIGATORS SITTING IN MY DINNER TABLE AT MIDNIGHT, I LIVE OUT, WAS AROUND OUT THERE.

WE'VE DONE CAPITAL MURDERS.

WE'VE DONE 'EM FOR BOMB HOAX AT THE DISTRICT, DISTRICT COURT BILL LATE AT NIGHT.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR OUR ENFORCEMENT REGARDLESS OF WHAT RANCH THEY'RE WITH OR WHO WITH CID FOR DPS AT MY HOUSE.

SO IF IT REALLY DOES MAKE ME DIFFERENCE, I, WHEN I RAN PROMISE THE VOTERS THAT I WOULD BE HERE TO SUPPORT LAWYERS ENFORCEMENT AND I'M AN EX LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UNDERSTAND BATTLE, DOING THE CHURCHES OUT THERE, WHAT THEY NEED, THE HELP THING THEY NEED HELP FACILITATE GETTING INTO BAD PEOPLE IN JAIL.

AND I MADE A PROMISE THAT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO INTO THIS VERY DAY.

I'M COMING ON THE END OF MY FOUR YEARS AND I'M GONNA DO ANOTHER FOUR YEARS AND I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING ME.

I FINE.

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MY NAME'S THREE, FOUR AND, UM, I'VE SUBMITTED UP THE WHITE PACKET FOR YOU.

I KNOW BREEZE THROUGH IT A LOT OF, UM, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT .

WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS OF ACTUALLY FOR AN INCREASE, ALL THE GATE SUBMITTED OUR REQUEST JOINTLY TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHEN WE REQUESTED THAT IT MATCH THE RATES FROM LAST YEAR, UM, TO THE OTHER ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS.

AND THAT WAS AT THE 1 44 BY 30, UM, ON NOW.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITH THE FIVE INCREASE THAT THIS TIME, UM, HEARING FROM MY OTHER, UH, TWO , I AM BY NO MEANS SAYING THAT I'M ANY BETTER OR MORE QUALIFIED OR ANYTHING ELSE FROM ME SITTING DOWN AND I'M ENDING MY REQUEST , UM, FIVE, 500, UH, TO MATCH THEM.

UH, I WASN'T AWARE THAT THEY WERE DOING THAT, BUT I REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE AND VERBALLY REQUEST, UM, FOR THE SALARY INCREASE GOING ONE 30 NUMBER AS A SALARY.

AND IF THE 5%, UM, POLAR RAISE IS ADDED, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE, UH, , THAT WOULD PUT IT AT THE 1 36 5, THAT'S A 11%, UH, INCREASE WITH THE FAR LESS THAN THE OTHER INCREASES, WHICH WERE SET OUT ON PAGE ONE FROM LAST YEAR WHERE THE WERE LEFT OUT.

UM, AND AGAIN, KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS, UM, THIS, THIS IS NOT INDICTED BY ANY MEANS, BUT THE RAISES THAT WERE GIVEN LAST YEAR, UM, MATTER OF FACT, I UNDERSTAND THE REASONING THAT THE COMMISSIONER PUT INTO IT BY TYING IT TO, UM, THE SALARIES OF THE COUNTY OFFICERS AND THE COUNTY PURCHASING ARRANGEMENT, WHICH, UH, ARE SET BY THE DISTRICT JUDGES.

SO THEY TIED REALLY SAME NUMBERS SO THEY DIDN'T, UM, BASICALLY A BASELINE 10 YEARS ARE OVER SETTLE MATCH THAT OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR.

IF YOU'RE 10 YEARS OR UNDER OF SERVICE SALARY GONNA MATCH THAT OF THE PURCHASING AGENT.

SO, UM, IT'S REALLY A VOTING NUMBER.

BUT AGAIN, GOING ALONG, THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST GOING ALONG, UH, FELLOW, UH, THIS PIECE FOR 1 30, 1 35, UM, ALSO MY, UH, TO STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THAT AUGUST 20,000, 25, UM, COMMISSIONER'S, UH, BUDGET MEETING.

AND THAT IS NOT AN INDICT ON SUBMISSION.

AT THAT MEETING.

I OBVIOUSLY, UM, AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DID SO POINT OUT, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST THAT OUR REASON FOR OUR REQUEST FOR RAISE IS DUE TO DISPARITY AMONG THE ELECTED.

UM, AND THAT TIES EXACTLY INTO WHY THE COMMISSIONER LAST YEAR CONSIDERED THOSE LARGE RAISES.

AND ITS A CLEAR DISPARITY BETWEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND NON-ELECTED OR APPOINTED .

AGAIN, I RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE BUT ARE REQUESTED BASICALLY THAT WE'RE GIVEN AN INCREASE SO THAT WE'RE NOT THE, THE ELECTED OFFICIAL, THE ONLY ELECTED OFFICIAL LET OUT FOR BEING, HAVING A DISPARITY.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE .

UM, SO GOING TO THE ACTUAL TAGS THAT I HAVE IN THE PACKET.

TAB ONE IS FROM THE AUGUST 25TH, UH, BUDGET MEETING THAT WAS BASICALLY OPENING UP THE DISCUSSION OF ELECTED OF

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TAB TWO IS WHERE THE DISCUSSION BEGINS, UM, ABOUT THE DISPARITY BETWEEN APPOINTED AND NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.

UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY POINT OUT IN TAB TWO IS IT WAS SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT THAT THE JUSTICE OF THE AND CONSTABLE FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND LEFT PAGE ON A LISTING OF EMPLOYEES OF PARKER COUNTY.

SO CONSTABLE JPS WILL USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS DISPARITY.

THE FAILURE ARE EXCLUDED.

UM, THAT'S WHY WE BELIEVE IT WAS KIND ARBITRARY DECISION TO LEAD A SALARY.

UM, LI THREE FROM THE DISCUSSION OF THE DAILY AND POSSIBLE GETTING LOW ON THE LIST OF SALARIES AND, UM, PARKER COUNTY, INCLUDING ELECTED OF OFFICIAL NOT ELECTED APPOINTEE.

SO AGAIN, IN THE DISCUSSION POINT OUT LOW OF THE SPECTRUM.

AND SO WHAT I'M POINTING OUT IS THAT THE DISCUSSION OF DISPARITY JUSTICE OF THE FEES AND CONSTABLES WERE USED AS AN EXAMPLE OF BEING THAT.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU GO TO FOUR, IN THE EFFECT TO CORRECT THE DISPARITIES BETWEEN THE 14 NON ELECTED EMPLOYEES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, A MOTION WAS MADE AND INCLUDED THE COMMISSIONERS, THE DISTRICT CLERK, THE COUNTY CLERK, THE TREASURER, TEXAS THE SHERIFF FOR THE SALARY POLICING AND SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND THE CONSTABLES.

UH, LATER THE, UH, NEXT DAY THE HEARING IS CARRIED OVER AND THE NEXT DAY THE ACTUALLY CONSTABLES THAT BE HAD SIX CONSTABLES, BUT THEN HEADED TO THE RAIDS.

UM, SO THE ONLY PARTY, AGAIN THAT DIDN'T GET EVEN THE PULL THE FLAG WAS THE JUSTICE OF THE ABUSE.

SO AGAIN, THAT GOES TO THE ORIGINAL REQUEST, WHICH WAS SIMPLY THAT BY TRYING, BY ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE DISPARITY OR, UM, SHORTENING THE DISPARITY BETWEEN STYLE ELECTED, UM, AND NON ELECTED COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH THE ACTUAL MOTION TO HAS ACTUALLY CREATED A , THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, MAINLY US FOR THE PIECES WHICH ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.

UM, SOME THE JUMPED FORWARD, UH, AS FAR AS FOUR, WHICH IS A COUNTYWIDE PRECINCT POSITION.

TOUCH ON THAT JUSTICE OF THE PIECES AND AS WELL WITH WHAT WE DO IN OUR COURT.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT JUDGE J, JUDGE GREEN HANDLED A WHOLE LOT MORE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH CASES, JUVENILE CASES BECAUSE OF HIS PROXIMITY TO THE DISTRICT COURT.

J GREEN HANDLED MORE PARTS BECAUSE OF HIS PROXIMITY TO, UH, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

WE HANDLE TEAM THREE FOUR, SO WE HANDLE ALL THE TEAM FOR, FOR THAT.

I ALSO, AS BEFORE ATTORNEY THROUGH AND I AM ON CALL WITH, SO FOR FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, THIS MONTH INCLUDED, BUT I'M IN ON CALL 24 7 AS SO SALT STONE, GENERALLY MOST OF THE TIME MIDNIGHT, FOUR O'CLOCK IN, UH, I'VE HAD AS MANY AS THREE AND THREE AND ONE NIGHT I'VE HAD FIVE DAY, UM, THEY'RE GENERALLY ALL LATE AT NIGHT.

LUCKILY, WE, WE, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, I HOPE IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN DO THAT VIA, UM, CELL PHONES.

SO I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT IT IS STILL BEING ABLE TO OPEN IN KNIFE, UM, HAVING TO GET UP, LOOK THROUGH A PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT, SUBMIT IT, YOU KNOW, ENTER THE INFORMATION, SUBMIT, UM, A WARRANT.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE DUTIES THAT I HAVE ADDED ON TOP OF WHAT THE OTHER CREW SAID.

UM, DISTILLING TO THE, IT STARTS COUNTYWIDE JURISDICTION.

JPS HAD COUNTYWIDE JURISDICTION ON WARRANTS.

ALL THOSE WARRANTS, UM, SEARCH WARRANTS, ARREST WARRANTS, UM,

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WE TRAINING MENTAL HEALTH, ADMINISTRATIVE, OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE.

THAT'S ALL COUNTYWIDE.

SO JUST TO, THE PIECE IS A COUNTYWIDE POSITION.

AND IT'S NOT ONLY US JUST SAYING THAT THOSE ARE EXAMPLES.

THERE'S STATUTORY LAW, THERE IS THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION AND A CASE LAW, A CERTIFIC OF STATE, THE CASE OUT OF, UH, FORT WORTH COURT OF APPEAL AND THE JURISDICTION, JUSTICE AND PEACE AND I MAGISTRATE IS STILL EXTENSIVE WITH THE MISSISSIPPI COUNTY AND SUCH TO ISSUED WARRANTS FOR ACTIONS WITH COUNTY, WHICH UNDERSCORES THE COUNTYWIDE NATURE OF THIS JURISDICTION.

SO THERE'S THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, THERE'S A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THERE IS TEXAS CASE LAW, THAT'S SPECIFICALLY STATE COUNTYWIDE POSITION.

UM, GOING TO THE OUTSIDE COMPARISON, I DO HAVE ON PAGE SIX, OUTSIDE COUNTY COMPARISONS.

WE USE, AGAIN, DENTON COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY AND SALARIES.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE TRIED TO LOOK AT OTHER FAMILIES.

AN EXAMPLE THAT I'VE LISTED IN ACCOUNT ACCOUNT, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD, MUCH LOWER SALARIES THAN WHAT PARKER COUNTY WAS.

UM, FOR MR. SHERIFF DISTRICT, , TEXAS, ALL THE, ALL OF THE, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE PART OF THE RATES SUMMARIZED HERE, THEY'RE ALL MUCH LOWER IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

THAT'S WHY WE SHOULD TON COUNTY.

THE JPS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER HERE IN PARKER COUNTY THAN COUNTY.

I DO HAVE, I BELIEVE IN LOOKING AT IT OF FIVE MORE CASES THAN FIVE OF THE, UM, AND WE DO MAGISTRATE AS JUDGE RICH POINTED OUT.

SO WE HAVE ADDED BURDENS YET WE ARE MAKING MUCH, MUCH LESS THAN THEY ARE.

SO THAT'S A COUNTY COMPARISON AND WHY WE USE COUNTY VERSUS UM, SURROUNDING COUNTIES LIKE JOHNSON COUNTY, JOHNSON COUNTY IN, IN THERE PROCEED.

BUT THIS IS ALL DETECTIVE THAT'S PROVIDED.

UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER JUDGE FOR SOME POSSESS IF EVERYBODY ELSE, THIS IS A FULL TIME JOB WITH ME.

YES, I DO HAVE A LAW FIRM AND I VERY WORK FOR THAT LAW FIRM.

I DO MY WORK AROUND MY COURT SCHEDULE.

UM, NOTHING TAKES AWAY FROM MY TIME IN THE JACOB'S OFFICE.

I'M THERE DAY MORNING, I LEAVE AT FIVE O'CLOCK.

I DO HAVE HEARINGS.

THOUGH MY I UH, PRACTICE HAS BEEN VERY COMMITT TO MINIMAL UNTESTED PROBATES THAT SHE DOESN'T NEED REGULARLY ON.

UM, WHICH WOULD SCHEDULE AT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE THAT IT'LL ALLOW US TO BE THERE.

SO BACK IN ABLE TO GET THE COURTS BACK THAT, UM, I HAD VERY LIMITED LITIGATION CASES.

AND I ALSO HAVE A PARTNER AND ASSOCIATE CAN HANDLE HEARINGS SO THAT ESCAPE AND , I WORK MORE THAN 40 HOURS A WEEK PLUS ALL THE ON CALL FOR THAT.

I DO MY LAW FIRM WORK WHEN I CAN AROUND THAT.

I WORK AT NIGHT, I WORK ON THE WEEKEND ALMOST EVERY SUNDAY.

I AT A TABLE SET IN THE AFTERNOON DOING ALL WORK.

SO IF THIS JOB, IT'S A FULL TIME JOB, UM, I KNOW AGAIN, WE'RE JUST ASKING PREPARE, WE'RE ASKING TO BE, UM, YOU INCLUDING IN THE RACE THAT EVERYBODY WAS GIVEN THE FAIRNESS ASKED FOR THAT.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE DOING THE REQUEST AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

UM, AND ASKING FOR THE REASON, CLARIFY, AND YES, I WOULD GONNA ASK YOU THAT YOU, UH, I ASSUME SHARING, BUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY OF MAGISTRATE DEFENSE, THAT'S EMOTIONAL OBVIOUSLY.

IT, IT'S .

UM, MY, MY QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IS NOT BERE SUCH PROCESS CLARIFICATION.

ONLY CHAIR STATED THAT, JUST SO UNDERSTAND

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MY PARTNERS PROBABLY HAVE 35 OR 40 EACH, NOT INCLUDING THE CRIMINAL CASES, WHICH THEY PROBABLY HAVE A HUNDRED OVER A HUNDRED.

I DON'T DO CRIMINAL LAW.

I ASSIST ON TRIAL WITH CRIMINAL LAW, UM, IF NEEDED.

BUT IT'S VERY, VERY, MY LITIGATION SHOULD ANY QUESTION? I HAVE A QUESTION.

YEAH.

IS LILA HERE AGAIN? UM, JUDGE LIA, I WANNA ASK YOU THE SAME, UH, QUESTION I ASKED JUDGE GRISSOM, ON YOUR OFFICIAL REQUEST, IT SAYS YOU'RE REQUESTING A SALARY OF A HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE SEVEN FIVE SEVEN, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

AMEN.

UM, NUMBER THAT MY FELLOW JP IS THAT REQUEST.

UM, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS 'CAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THE STATUTE SAYS THAT THIS BOARD, THAT WE CAN ONLY CONSIDER YOUR OFFICIAL REQUEST, UM, AND YOUR OFFICIAL REQUEST.

I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME ATTORNEYS ON THE BOARD HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN JUST COME IN AND AMEND YOUR REQUEST AND ASK THE BOARD TO HONOR THAT.

SO THAT'S JUST A PROBABLY A PROCEDURE QUESTION ON MY PART.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE CAN ONLY AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH YOUR OFFICIAL REQUEST.

I BELIEVE THAT I CAN AMEND IT AT THE HEARING THAT I'M HAVING VERBALLY.

I BELIEVE THAT I CAN ILA BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE.

WLA I DON'T.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY SIR? CAN YOU HEAR WHILE IT'S, UH, YES.

OKAY.

SO THE, THE PAPERWORK WE GOT, WHICH I THINK PROBABLY CAME FROM TAC, UM, IT BASICALLY INDICATES THAT WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY.

UM, IT DOESN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT I'M SEEING AND IT DOESN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT A LOWER AMOUNT, BUT THEY DO INDICATE THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND A PAY INCREASE GREATER THAN THE ONE REQUESTED.

AND I THINK IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE STATING THAT WE COULD CONSIDER NUMBERS OTHER THAN THE ONE REQUESTED, IF WE WANT, IF WE WERE ALLOWED TO GO GREATER, WE CAN GO LOWER AS WELL.

AT LEAST THAT WOULD BE MY INFERENCE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP BECAUSE I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED OF THE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS THAT THE JPS ARE ASKING FOR.

WELL THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO BE HONEST MAYBE.

SO I ACTUALLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE GETTING OURSELVES INTO.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT UNTIL YES, UNTIL WE GOT HERE.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND SHE HAD A VOICE.

EVERYONE WAS YES.

UH, JUDGE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2026, HOW MANY SEARCH WARRANTS THE WARRANT FOR 2026? I HAVE RECEIVED 45 BELIEVE, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF, IF WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, WHICH SHOULD THAT BE? MONTHLY OFFICER ADMINISTRATION? YES, IT IS.

UM, YOU MAY WANNA GO BACK AND, UM, LOOK AT THOSE REPORTS.

IT'S REFLECTING YEAR, JANUARY, JANUARY TO JULY.

IN IN WHAT WARRANT? UH, SEARCH WARRANTS ISSUED THAT SAYS, OH, I'M SORRY, NOT SEARCH WARRANTS.

THE REST WARRANT.

OKAY.

SORRY.

YES.

DURING ONE OF THE BUDGET HEARINGS, UM, YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT TRAFFIC TICKETS, THE MAJORITY FROM I BELIEVE MEETING.

UM, AND IT WAS KIND OF SOME COMPARISON BETWEEN, UH, JP P DOCKETS, UH, CCL DOCKS, FISHER DOCKETS, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC TICKETS AND WHAT THEY TAKE AND, AND DELIVER.

UM, YOU KIND OF, UM, EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU MEAN AND HOW IT TYPICALLY TAKE FOR YOUR STAFF TO PROCESS THROUGH TRAFFIC TICKET.

SO WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THAT AND

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NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE INTAKE, WE HAVE THE COLLECTION OF THE MONEY WITHIN OUR TRAFFIC TICKETS HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT AVENUE, WHETHER THEY GO DE THIRD DEFERRED THING, WE'RE MONITORING THAT CASE THROUGH THE DE THIRD PROCESS.

THEY, THEY COMPLETED EVERYTHING, UM, THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO UNDER THE DE THIRD AT THE END, THE SO OF THE CASE.

THAT WAY, UM, AGAIN, IF THEY JUST COME IN AND PAY ON THE CASE AND SUITE OR THERE COULD BE A PAYOUT, THERE'S A PAYOUT MONITORING THE PAY.

UM, SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO GO.

SO THEN WE HAVE ANY TIME, MOST OF THE TIME ON CS THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS.

SO WE HAVE TO AT THAT POINT CERTIFY THE CASE ON FIELD.

UM, SO THERE'S, IT'S TOUCHED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND IF THEY'RE ON THE ACTUAL DOCKET OR AN ATTORNEY DOCKET DOCKET, WE HAVE, UM, CRIMINAL DOCUMENTS ON OR TICKET SOURCE MONTH, UM, WHERE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HERE, UM, ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE HEARING UP, WE DEAL WITH THEM.

UM, GIVE COUNTY NEGOTIATED DEAL.

IF THERE DONE, THEN IT COMES TO ME FOR REVIEW AND SIGNING.

IF IT DOESN'T, THEN IT'S SET ON A JURY AND IT COULD BE A, UM, JURY DOCUMENT, IT COULD BE A TRIAL BEFORE DONE.

UH, SO THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS THE FABRICATION CAN GO.

UM, AND IT'S ALL, ALL OF THOSE BY MANAGED BY OUR OFFICE.

UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, THE COLLECTION SIDE OF IT WHERE THEY THEY CAN GO, WE HAVE TO PUT THEM IN ON, WE HAVE TO SEND THEM, YOU KNOW, COLLECT COUNTY, UM, , COLLECT COLLECTION NOTICES OUT SHOW HEARING WHERE THANK YOU.

UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT, LET'S, SO BACK TO THE SETTING A CASE FOR TICKET 2015, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? AS I EXPLAINED ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I'VE JUST MADE THROUGH NEXT CONTACT WITH THE COURT, THEREFORE THAT THERE'S AN ENTRY PUT INTO THE ODYSSEY SYSTEM, WHETHER THEY CALL, WHETHER THEY APPEAR, UM, WHETHER IT'S , WHETHER IT'S STATE AS A CONVICTION, WHETHER IT'S PAID, WHETHER IT'S COLLECTION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ALL ENTERED INTO THE ODYSSEY.

IF THOSE ARE BALDING THROUGH PER TICKET, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE TICKET AND SEE THOSE .

DOES I GO LOOK AT ANY PARTICULAR, UM, I SHOULD SEE 15 WHAT CALL EVENTS? OBJECTION.

YES.

IF YOU HANDLE BEING WITH SENIORS OR AN ATTORNEY AND FOLLOW, WOULDN'T YOU SAY THAT THEY'RE OVERWHELMING WITH MORE THAN 20, THOSE TYPES OF CASES? I DON'T KNOW THE ENTRY SIDE AS FAR AS THE STACK, THE COURT STACKING SIDE OF THAT.

WHEN YOU WORKED ON CLASS A OR BEING A SENIOR , WOULDN'T YOU AGREE THAT THERE'S YOU FIVE BETWEEN STYLE WOULD BE DEPENDING ON THE CASE AND THERE'S ALSO SOME THAT ARE LET OUT THE DATA, THE FIRST APPEARANCE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO SET UP ONCE, GET, UM, WHEN THOSE TIME YOU FROM VPS, UM, ARE THERE CIPO FROM VPS OR DO YOU HAVE PAY FOR YOU RECEIVE RECEIVED FROM THOSE CASES? SO IT COMES IN FIND, UH, THAT'S NAME, GRAPHICS, , ET CETERA.

ARE THEY BEING AVAILABLE SYSTEM? YES.

IT STILL HAVE TO BE DONE.

WE ALSO ARE ON THE BORDER LI TAR COUNTY.

UM, AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE TIMES ISSUES WITH WHERE DPS PULLS SOMEBODY OVER VERSUS WHERE THEY LIKE WHERE THE ACTUAL INCIDENT OCCURRED.

UM, A LOT OF TIMES IT HAPPENS.

THEY

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SO WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH TARRANT COUNTY TAKING THOSE TICKETS AS BEING TARRANT COUNTY TICKETS.

THE DPS BRINGS THE TICKET TO US.

THE TARRANT COUNTY NEEDS THE GPS SIGNAL OF WHERE THE TICKET WAS WRITTEN.

THEY WRITE IT IN .

NOW WE HAVE TWO TICKETS FOR ONE INCIDENT.

WE'VE HAD PROBABLY TWO OR THREE YEAR, BUT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH COURSE AND WE'RE GETTING NO RESPONSE FROM CAR COUNTY.

THEY'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT'S IT'S OUR TICKET.

AND EVEN DPS IS SAYING NO, IT'S WHERE THE , IT'S BEEN A HUGE ISSUE WITH THOSE.

THERE'S THAT TARRANT COUNTY, PARKER COUNTY LINE .

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TICKETS AND HOW LONG IT CAN BE PENDING I THE SEATING TICKET, WHAT CAN I EXPECT? UH, FOR HOW LONG WE TAKE MY CASE TO BE PENDING ON AFTER? DEPENDS ON WHETHER YOU JUST SOMEONE IN THE PAYMENT PLAN IMMEDIATELY OR YOU NEED THE PAYMENT PLAN OR YOU GO TO THE COURT FOR THE SETTINGS.

I MEAN, I TO, IF THEY WANT TO FILE A FILE UP REVIEW, COME IN ON THE DAY TICKET, PARTICULAR FOR THE CALENDAR 2026 PROBABLY BENCH TRIAL.

I'D HAVE TO GO BACK.

WE HAD 20, I'M NOT SURE BENCH TRIAL.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD JURY.

I, I DUNNO THE NUMBER TRIAL I TOLD IT WAS ZERO.

NO, WE'VE HAD SOME SET, WE GOT AT LEAST THREE SET WHERE OUR TWO SET WAS FULL.

THEY SET ALONG DAY.

MY RECOLLECTION THAT WAS THAT MOST OF THE CASES, GOOD MORNING.

I'M NOT SAYING MO UM, GOVERNMENT EDUCATE MYSELF SOMETIMES PROB UH, YOU GO 80 FAIR ASSESSMENT.

THE CASES RELATIVE TO WHAT? THE CASE CCL.

UH, I THINK I NO DOUBT THAT THE CCL CASES ARE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT OF TICKETS QUESTION.

SORRY, JUST REAL QUICK.

I KNOW, UH, SH WAS LIVING AT WHATEVER OC NUMBERS ARE FOR SEARCH WARRANTS AND I KNOW, UH, WITH MY OFFICE CREATED THE DOCUSIGN SEARCH WARRANT.

I HAD ENOUGH TO DO WITH THAT ON THE SECOND TURN OFF THAT.

AND WE ANTICIPATED DOING SOME OF THE, THE DATA TESTING ON THAT, UH, JP YEAH, OFFICER.

AND ACTUALLY THAT PROBABLY IS NOT REFLECTED IN MY REPORT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.

I, I KNOW YOU'VE DONE SOME BECAUSE I INDICTED PEOPLE FROM SEARCH WARRANTS THAT SHE DID.

SO YOU PROBABLY NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT.

BUT I, I DO KNOW SHE'S NOT, I CAN'T SPEAK TO OTHER, BUT I KNOW I'VE SEEN SOME THROUGH.

YEAH.

THINKING ABOUT THE DWI.

YEAH, YOU AND I HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A RISE, THE LAST STUFF THAT I WAS .

SO I KNOW IN ONE MONTH.

WHY IS THEY NOT ON THERE? YOU DEFINITELY TO CHECK THOSE OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT MUCH FORM, UH, INVASIVE.

THAT EVIDENTIARY SEARCH WARRANT FOR SOMEBODY, THE SAMPLE, SOMEBODY BLOOD.

SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT SEARCH WARRANT.

AND YES, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL DO SOME, UH, REALLY GOOD JAIL FOLKS.

THE WORK WITH THE SHERIFF IS REALLY GOOD WORK.

AND OUR GUYS ACTUALLY AREN ON THE INCREASE, WHICH I THINK IT FELT LIKE IT FROM HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET BROKE UP.

SO, UH, WE DO APPRECIATE THE DOING AND I'M SURE YOUR OFFICE GONNA JUMP AND

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UM, WHATEVER.

YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR LAST HERE.

PROCESS.

THE PROCESS HERE WHERE WE'RE GONNA START.

UM, THAT'S WHEN WE, BUT I DON'T JUDGE, DO YOU COPY? YOU KNOW WHAT? AND I THINK ASKED, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE BEFORE WE DO THIS, PRESS POWER.

THAT WORKS.

ALRIGHT.

UH, MY NAME IS RICHARD SIM.

UM, SO THIS IS A CONUNDRUM.

UH, THIS COMMITTEE HAS A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE AND I CANNOT ARGUE JP UH, POINTS BECAUSE THEY'RE PUBLIC SERVANTS, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER ELECTED POSITION.

AND THIS IS THE ONLY PROCESS THEY HAVE BY LAW TO RECTIFY WHAT THEY SEE AS AN INJUSTICE.

AND THEY ARE CORRECT THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A SALARY THAT IS IMPAIRED WITH THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN PARKER COUNTY.

AND I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HISTORY, BUT I'M A SIMPLE MAN AND I WAS THOUGHT THAT TWO WRONG, DO NOT MAKE A RUN MY POSITION SINCE 2018, OUR COURT HAS TAKEN, ELECTED OFFICIALLY AS A WHOLE, INCREASED THE TOTAL COMPENSATION BY 55% WHEN SOCIAL SECURITY POSSIBLY BECAUSE ONLY GONE UP BY 24%.

EVEN THE FOREMAN, EACH PRECINCT, JUST THAT I SEE PRECINCT HAS GONE UP BY 24%.

WHEN YOU RUN FOR OFFICE, YOU KNOW THE PAY OF WHAT THAT POSITION IS.

AND JUST BECAUSE OUR TAX PAY FOR IT DOES NOT ENTITLE LARGER INCREASES FOR PAY DURING LIKE THE DECISION, IT'S LIKE EVERYONE'S FORGOTTEN WHAT IT MEANS TO.

SO I DON'T BLAME JP FOR ARGUMENT, BUT I THINK THE COURT NEEDS TO LOOK, SET THIS RIGHT BY STARTING WITH THE PAY THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT STARTED.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS RICHARD SIN.

SORRY, I STARTED WITH THAT.

I'M RICHARD RICHARDSON.

I LIVE IN PERFECT

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SO YOU'RE, I'M ARRESTED.

YES.

THANK YOU.

I ALSO BELIEVE THERE'S AN IMBALANCE IN THE, UM, IT, IT'S, IT IS WHAT IT'S I UM, PREPARE YOURSELF.

YOU WANT ALSO SALARY? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I DON'T HAVE THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US AN AVERAGE OF SCALE, WHATEVER COUNTY THAT GET TO IT AND BASE SALARY TO, BUT I DO KNOW ACCEPT, AND THIS IS MORE, UM, MY CONCERN THAT THE EXAM MADE IN OF RECEIPT ATORY.

UM, MY FIRST CONCERNS, UM, FIRST REQUEST WITHIN FIVE DAYS.

I'M NOT SURE.

DOES THAT MATTER STILL? UM, AND THAT, UM, UM, THAT'S NOT, UM, UM, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO CONSIDER, UM, UM, REQUEST, UM, SO WHY ARE 1 52 1 9 1 6, THIS I THIS ON FLY.

SO YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES AS AN ATTORNEY, UM, IS BASICALLY THE REQUEST HAS MADE RIGHT, HAS MADE IN FIVE DAYS IT HAS TO SAY DESIRE CHANGE.

THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT WE CAN'T AMEN THAT REQUEST.

UM, AND SO I WOULD MAKE ANY ABSENCE OF, OF THE LANGUAGE PROHIBITING THAT REQUEST THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO CHANGE THEIR REQUEST.

UM, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK DOWN IN, UH, 1 52 0.016 C, IT SAYS, IF AFTER THE HEARING SIX ONE VOTE TO RECOMMEND AND INCREASE IN THE OFFICER'S SALARY REPORT DEFENSE, WHICH MAY SHALL SOME RECOMMENDATION, WE, SO IT DOESN'T SAY WE INCREASE YOUR QUESTION.

IT DOESN'T SAY THE AMOUNT CAN INCREASE.

UM, SO MY WAY OF READING ALL OF THIS, I DON'T SEE ANY KIND OR SET UP ARBITRATION.

HERE WE HAVE THE NUMBERS BY SAYING, PROPOSED BY THE OTHER SIDE.

THEN IT'S THE THE ARBITRATOR'S DECISION OF WHICH TO CHOOSE.

AND I THINK WE, MY, THIS, THIS IS THE ONLY WE'RE DEALING WITH, I WOULD THINK WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME UP WITH ANY NUMBER OF THIS INCREASE.

THE COMMITTEE IN MY READING COULD NOT, COULD NOT PROPOSE A DECREASE IN THE FIRST SALARY.

EVEN IF YOU HAD AN UNABLE TO DECREASE THE SALARY, THE SALARY BE, UH, BY PEOPLE AN INCREASE, ONLY INCREASE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE SETTLED, WHATEVER , UH, S OR REQUESTED OR REQUEST.