[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IF YOU WOULD RISE, WE WILL HAVE AND
AND VACATION. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER ALL THOSE ATTENDANCE AND CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY. WE ARE ESPECIALLY THANKFUL, DEAR LORD, FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THEM TO SERVE THEIR FELLOW MAN WITHIN OUR COUNTY. WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING THEM WITH US. WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER HER GREATER FAMILY, IN
JESUS' NAME WE PRAISE. >> OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE
[F1. Presentation of Hays County Employee Service and Retirement Awards. BECERRA]
TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDERGOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> JUDGE BECERRA WILL BE JOINING US LATER ON BY VIDEO. OUR FIRST ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'M SORRY. ROLL CALL.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> HERE.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY. OKAY. NEXT IS PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS, IF YOU WOULD
READ F1 PLEASE. >> ITEM 1. PRESENTATION OF HAYS COUNTY EMPLOYEE SERVICE AND RETIREMENT AWARDS.
>> GOOD MORNING, COURT. MY NAME IS KIM JETER. I'M THE HAYS COUNTY HR MANAGER. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE SERVICE AND RETIREMENT AWARDS FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WERE CELEBRATING ONE, FIVE, 10, 20, 25 YEARS, AND WE HAVE ONE RETIREE. AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE DAIS, AND THERE, WE WILL TAKE A GROUP PICTURE, AND WE ARE GOING TO GO BY ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, FIVE YEARS, IF YOU WILL HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL EVERYBODY IS UP AT THE DAIS, THIS WILL RUN PRETTY SMOOTHLY.
CELEBRATING ONE YEAR WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, IS HEATHER GONDESEN. TRAVIS PRAKER. CELEBRATING ONE YEAR WITH THE TRANSFER STATION IS CAMERON JENKINS. CELEBRATING ONE YEAR WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS HANNAH KEAHEY.
CELEBRATING ONE YEAR WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS KENDAL BURNEY. WHEN YEAR OF SERVICE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS PEDRO BERDECIA MARIN. WILLIAM PRESCOTT. HERE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS PAGE PARSONS. WHEN YOU'RE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS JENNIFER PERKINS. WHEN YEAR WITH THE PRETRIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS MAISIE CAMACHO. WHEN YEAR WITH
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THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IS JOSEPH WILCOX. WHEN YEAR OF SERVICE WITH THE I.T. DEPARTMENT IS ABIGAIL HAJOVSKY.ONE YEAR OF SERVICE WITH THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS BEVERLY DEGENEFFE. ONE YEAR OF SERVICE WITH THE HR DEPARTMENT IS KAYLA DOYEL. YOU CAN TELL SHE IS SUPPORTED BY THE TEAM THIS MORNING. WHEN YEAR OF SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE IS MASCIEL SANCHEZ. ONE YEAR OF SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS CLAUDIA GARCIA. WHEN YEAR OF SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH. WHEN YEAR OF SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE IS DILLON GERALD, AND ONE YEAR OF SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE IS DEBORAH CANCEL.
OKAY. >> CAN WE SQUEEZE THEM TOGETHER
A LITTLE BIT? 123. >> AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> MOVING ON TO FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE IS ANNA SMITH. FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS DEBORAH ESTRADA. FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE PARKS THE PERMIT IS JESSICA WOLLIN. FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS KLAUS BECKER. FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNE'S OFFICE IS ERICA SAENZ. FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICE IS MENEL JOHNSON. FIVE YEARS WITH THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE IS BRIANA RAMIREZ.
THERE YOU GO. DID YOU GET IT? OKAY. OKAY. MOVING ON TO 10 YEARS OF SERVICE. 10 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS NATALIE RAMIREZ. 10 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH JUVENILE PROBATION IS AARON EAST. AND THAT IS FOR 10 YEARS. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYBODY FOR 10 YEARS HERE.
CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS ERIC VANGAASBEEK. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE CLAPPING FOR HIM OR FOR ME GETTING THE NAME RIGHT. 15 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS TROY MAYES, AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR 15.
CONGRATULATIONS. CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 4 OFFICE IS MODESTA GARZA. ALSO CELEBRATING
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IS GEORGE ROSALES.CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S AWESOME. CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT COURT'S OFFICE IS MARCUS GONZALES. CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS ERNEST WEISS.
I DO HAVE ONE RETIREE . WITH 17 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH DISTRICT COURTS, AS A COURT REPORTER IS GRACE DUNCAN. SHE IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WE DO WANT TO HONOR HER FOR HER SERVICE HERE.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS MORNING.
OKAY. >> OKAY. IF YOU WOULD OPEN F2
[F2. Adopt a Proclamation recognizing September 2024 as Emergency Preparedness Month. BECERRA]
PLEASE. >> F2. ADOPT A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2024 AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH.
WHEREAS HAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE, UNFORTUNATELY, OFTEN CALLED UPON TO ENTER THE POSSIBILITY AND THE REALITY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS SUCH AS WILDFIRES, FLOODS, FRIEZES, DROUGHTS, TORNADOES, PANDEMICS, CYBER ATTACKS, AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACCIDENTS, AND WHEREAS, LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST OR IMMENSE PROPERTY DAMAGE HAS BEEN CAUSED BY FLOODING, FREEZING, TRADERS, WILDLAND FIRES, AND MOST RECENTLY, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND WHERE ESKIMO RESIDENTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO FACE THOSE THREATS FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME TO REDUCE THE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY, AND WHEREAS, RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOP AND PRACTICE EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANS WHICH INCLUDE A MITIGATION STRATEGY, EMERGENCY, RENDEZVOUS LOCATIONS, A PREPAREDNESS KIT FOR HOME, WORK, AND TROUBLE TALKING INTO -- TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE NEEDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCLUDING THEIR PETS AND WHERE ESKIMO RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER FOR AND ATTEND THE FREE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CLASSES PUBLISHED ON HAYSCOUNTYCERT.COM , NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
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RESOLVED THAT THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 2024 AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH, AND CALLS UPON THE RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS OF HAYS COUNTY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PREPAREDNESS PLANNING INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES AND TO ATTEND THE HAYS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES PREPAREDNESS FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024, AT THE HAYS CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, LOCATED AT 979 COULTERS CROSSING IN KYLE, TEXAS AND REGISTER FOR YOUR EMERGENCY MEDICATIONS AT WARNCENTRALTEXAS .ORG.>> YOU GO TO CALL ROLE, PLEASE.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
THIS OFFICE DON'T GET DONE BY THEMSELVES. WE KNOW THIS. IT TAKES A TEAM HERE. AND SO IN A NICE COLORED SHIRT ] WE HAVE OUR COORDINATOR FOR HYS COUNTY.
IS THE PLANNER. BACK IN THE DAY, WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED HERE NINE YEARS AGO, TJ AND I WERE SITTING.
FINALLY, WE SAID, I COULD USE SOME HELP. AND I THINK SHE REGRETS THAT DAY EVER SINCE BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ORCHESTRATING THIS PREPAREDNESS FAIR, PUTTING TOGETHER STAY. OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR POLICE. EMS. SHE HAS DONE THAT EVERY YEAR. THIS IS OUR SEVENTH ANNUAL EAR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, THIS FAIR. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR COORDINATOR TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR. WHETHER IT IS A NATURAL DISASTER, A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OR ANY OTHER UNFORESEEN EVENT, BEING PREPARED ISN'T JUST ABOUT HAVING A PLAN ON PAPER. IT IS ABOUT KNOWING HOW TO EXECUTE THAT PLAN WHEN IT MATTERS. PREPAREDNESS IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE EMERGENCIES DON'T WAIT. WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN HAYS COUNTY. WE ARE ENTERING THAT EVERYONE FROM INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO OUR BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TAKE THE TIME TO PLAN, PRACTICE, AND PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST ANY POTENTIAL THREATS. OUR COMMUNITY HAS THE SECOND DOSE ON THE SECOND SATURDAY OF SEPTEMBER, THE HAYS COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FAIR, AND OUR CHILI COOKOFF. IT IS AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND THIS FAIR TO MAINTAIN YOUR PREPAREDNESS AND GATHER INFORMATION. PREPAREDNESS IS A SHARED OPPORTUNITY, AND TOGETHER, WE CAN BUILD A SAFER, MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY.
>> AS YOU KNOW, AND THE PREPAREDNESS FAIR, WE HAVE A COMPETITION BETWEEN ALL HER DEPARTMENTS. I'M LOOKING AT YOU DEPARTMENT HEADS. I KNOW THE OFFICE HAS HAD ATROPHY FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW. THEY PROBABLY WANT TO PUT THEIR NAME ON IT AGAIN, WHICH I'M ALL ABOUT ENCOURAGING THAT, BUT I CHALLENGE EVERY DEPARTMENT TO PUT TOGETHER THEIR BEST EFFORT.
FOR THIS COUNTY. LET'S GO OUT THERE AND MAKE A BIG THING. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE OF Y'ALL AT OUR PREPAREDNESS
FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 18TH. >> MIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WHAT YOU DO. AND I AGREE. IT TAKES AN ENTIRE TEAM. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK ON THIS, AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. Y'ALL DO SUCH A TREMENDOUS DROP. THANK YOU ALL. THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.
>> MIKE JONES SAYS THAT EMERGENCY IS MY JAM. THERE ARE
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SO MANY NEW PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR COUNTY NOW THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IN CASE THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, SO, I LOVE YOUR VISION ABOUT HOW DO WE GET INFORMATION TO EVERYONE, AND THE HARD WORK YOU ARE DOING TO BRING THAT'S EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO.>> THANKS, MIKE AND TEAM AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. YOU'RE ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL AND ALWAYS THERE WHEN WE NEED IT. THANK Y'ALL.
>> IT IS EASY TO SHOW UP TO THE EVENT AND THINK, WOW, THIS IS NICE. MONTHS AND MONTHS GO INTO PLANNING FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, I GET TO SIT NEXT TO HER EVERY DAY, BUT I KNOW THERE IS A WHOLE LOT THAT GOES INTO THAT EVENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I WOULD ASK THAT ALL OF US THAT HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF BE SURE TO HELP PROMOTE IT THIS YEAR AND GET THE WORD OUT BEFORE HAND, AND IF YOU DO TALK TO ANY GROUPS, TO BE SURE TO MENTION IT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. I COULDN'T ECHO YOUR STATEMENTS MORE WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEW RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THEM ARE MOVING FROM MUNICIPALITIES, AND THEY EXPECT THAT SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND WE MATCH IT. I THINK OUR PROVIDERS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB HERE WITH THE RESOURCES THEY
HAVE. THANK YOU. >> WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO, AND TAKE A PHOTO?
[G15. Authorize the Elections Office to purchase the required equipment for the Modus Elections Software from Intech Software Solution in the amount of $3,837.65 and amend the budget accordingly. SHELL/DOINOFF]
>> OKAY. I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO MOVE A FEW ITEMS UP, AND SO IF YOU CAN OPEN G 15, PLEASE. G. 15.
[J1. Discussion and possible action to adopt the amended early voting and voting day locations and schedule for the November 5, 2024, General Election. SMITH/DOINOFF]
>> AUTHORIZED THE OFFICE TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3857 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL HAVE QUESTION -- QUESTIONS ON THIS. THIS IS THE SCANNERS AND THE RFID TAGS AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT THAT WE NEED TO OPERATE
THE SOFTWARE. >> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> CALL ROLE, PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> J 1. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT THE AMENDED EARLY VOTING AND VOTING DAY LOCATIONS AND SCHEDULE FOR THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024, GENERAL
ELECTION. >> THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE AN EVENT SCHEDULED DURING THE ELECTIONS SO NEXT WEEK WE HAVE AN ITEM TO MOVE A TEMPORARY BUILDING ONTO THE SITE. THAT WILL NOT HOLD THE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT WE TYPICALLY HAVE THERE. SO WE ARE BRINGING THAT UP AND WE ARE ADDING THIS
LOCATION . >> I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR WORKING WITH US. WE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM, SO HOPEFULLY AFTER THE SELECTION -- IT WAS ALREADY BOOKED OUT.
THEY BOOK OUT ABOUT TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE. ON BEHALF OF OUR CIVIL DIVISION, THEY NEGOTIATED THAT CONTRACT LAST YEAR.
HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL HAVE SPACE THERE. THE OTHER THING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON IS A
[J10. Discussion and possible action to award a contract to the Texas Association of Counties Health & Employee Benefits for Employee Group Health and Dental Plans, and Deer Oaks EAP Services for Employee Assistance Plans pursuant to RFP 2024-P11 Employee Group Health, Dentall and Employee Assistance Plans, and authorize staff and the Criminal District Attorney, Civil Division to negotiate a contract. BECERRA/MILLER]
TEMPORARY BUILDING . THIS TIME, WE WOULD BE USING IT AS A RENTAL, BUT THEY WANT TO HOUSE, AT SOME POINT, A LARGER, TEMPORARY BUILDING THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE IN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES. THEY HAVE OFFERED TO HOUSE IT, BUT IT WOULD BE A PERMANENT POLLING LOCATION THAT THEY CAN SET UP[00:25:03]
IN THE PARKING LOT WHICH WOULD HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR MULTIPLE LINES OF SERVICE AND THAT KIND OF THING, SO.>> AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER SMITH FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THE BRIDGE MOVING FORWARD, IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR A -- CARE OF US FOR A LONG TIME TO COME.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS WE
NEED TO LOOK UP? >> J 10. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES HEALTH AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEE GROUP HEALTH AND DENTAL PLANS, AND DEER OAKS EAP SERVICES FOR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PLANS PURSUANT TO RFP 2024-P11 EMPLOYEE GROUP HEALTH, DENTAL, AND EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PLANS, AND AUTHORIZE STAFF AND THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CIVIL DIVISION TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT.
>> STEPHANIE? >> THIS IS JUST THE RECOMMENDATION OF AWARD FOR THE RFP WE DID FOR THE GROUP HEALTH AND IT IS IN THE EAP PROGRAM . THEY DID REVIEW PROPOSALS AND ALSO CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS AND TALKED TO FIRMS.
>> OKAY. DOES THE COURT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS A CHANGE WE'VE HAD FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. SO.
>> JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO -- TRY NOT TO CHANGE , IF WE CAN HELP IT. BUT LOOKING AT THE SCORING AND HEARING FROM THE COMMITTEE, I KNOW THEY FEEL VERY STRONGLY IN THEIR RESPONSE. THEY SCORED THE HIGHEST AND FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THE PROVIDERS THAT WE ALSO HAVE, BUT IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE OTHER PROVIDERS IN THE AREA THAT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED SO THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY HELP OUR EMPLOYEES WITH THAT. WE DON'T LIKE TO CHANGE IF WE DON'T HAVE TO, BUT WE CAN EXPAND OUR PROGRAM, AND ALSO SEE POTENTIAL SAVINGS THAT WILL OFFSET COSTS AS COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE THAT HELP --
HELPS OUR EMPLOYEES, ALSO. >> I HAVE A CLARIFICATION. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION DATE AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS?
>> THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE AWARD. WE WILL GO TO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. SORRY. THE GOAL IS TO COME BACK TO COURT ON THE SECOND WITH A CONTRACT, DEPENDING ON IF IT
[Items J3 - J6]
GOES VERY SMOOTHLY. AFTER THAT, WE WILL HAVE MORE OF AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE. AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT WE WILL GET IT, AND WILL HAVE IT DURING THE>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, COMMISSIONER SHELL, WHAT YOU SAID. A LOT OF THE CONCERN SOMETIMES IS PROVIDERS. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A WIDER POOL OF PROVIDERS THAT ARE PROVIDED WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THERE IS NOT A CONCERN THERE. IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, IF YOU WOULD CALL ROLE, PLEASE.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> ANY OTHER ITEMS? >> ITEMS 4, 5, AND 6. I GUESS WE CAN OPEN THEM ALL AT ONE TIME. 4, 5, AND 6.
>> J 4 . DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION AGREEMENTS WITH LIMESTONE CREEK PID (CITY OF KYLE). J5. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION AGREEMENTS WITH PORTER COUNTRY PID (CITY OF KYLE). AND J6. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION AGREEMENTS WITH WATERMILL PID (CITY OF UHLAND).
[J7. Discussion and possible action to authorize the execution of a Revocable License Agreement for the Use of Property between Hays County Veteran Service Office and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs for the purpose of providing eligible Veterans and their families no cost readjustment counseling services and case management support. SHELL/PRATHER]
>> 4, 5, 6, YES, 3, ALSO. >> J 3. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION AGREEMENT FOR HERITAGE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (CITY OF
DRIPPING SPRINGS). >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND. PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M TRACY CRUZ . WE ALREADY HAVE SOME ESTABLISHED IN THE COUNTY.
THESE FOUR NUANCE THAT SAID THEY WOULD LIKE US TO COLLECT
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ON THEIR BEHALF. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? >> CALL ROLE, PLEASE.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> J7, PLEASE. >> J7. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF PROPERTY BETWEEN HAYS COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ELIGIBLE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES NO COST READJUSTMENT COUNSELING SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.
[G16. Authorize the Criminal District Attorney's Office to utilize Flashback Data for data recovery services, and authorize a waiver to the purchasing policy of obtaining three quotes. SHELL/HIGGINS]
>> COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS PART OF OUR INITIATIVE TO FORMALIZE RELATIONSHIPS WITH VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THIS PARTICULAR -- IS BETWEEN US AND THE -- CENTER. THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING COUNSELING ONCE A WEEK. WE ESTABLISHED A COUNSELING ROOM FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE, AND IT IS A PROCESS TO FORMALIZE THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS. >> THAT IS WONDERFUL. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS,
QUESTIONS? CALL ROLE, PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> ANY OTHER ITEMS WE NEED TO
MOVE UP? OKAY. IF NOT, >> CAN WE DO G 16, PLEASE?
>> >> G16. AUTHORIZE THE CRIMINAL
[CONSENT ITEMS]
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO UTILIZE FLASHBACK DATA FOR DATA RECOVERY SERVICES, AND AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE PURCHASING POLICY OF OBTAINING THREE QUOTES.>> IF NEEDED, WE HAVE SOMEONE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE
D.E.A.'S OFFICE. >> IF NOT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
>> I APPRECIATE THEM FIGURING OUT A SOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU. >> CALL ROLE, PLEASE.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> ANY OTHERS? OKAY. IF NOT, IF YOU WILL OPEN THE REST OF THE CONSENT ITEMS THAT WERE NOT ADDRESSED.
>> G 1. APPROVE PAYMENTS OF COUNTY INVOICES. G2. APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF JUROR CHECKS. G3. APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF UNITED HEALTHCARE CLAIMS AND AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL DISBURSEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500,000.00 TO THE HEALTHCARE CLAIMS ACCOUNT. G4. APPROVE COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES OF AUGUST 13, 2024. G5. APPROVE THE PAYMENT OF THE AUGUST 31, 2024 PAYROLL DISBURSEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,300,000.00 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 30, 2024 AND POST TOTALS FOR WAGES, WITH-HOLDINGS, DEDUCTIONS, AND BENEFITS ON THE HAYS COUNTY WEBSITE ONCE FINALIZED. G6.
APPROVE AN INCREASE OF $100.00 TO THE CHANGE FUND FOR THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT 5 OFFICE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 130.902 (D). G7. AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE PURCHASING POLICY FOR THE CONSTABLE, PCT. 4 OFFICE, TO PURCHASE ONE PVP COMMUNICATION KIT VALUED AT $849.00 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. G8. AUTHORIZE A WAIVER TO THE PURCHASING POLICY FOR THE CONSTABLE, PRECINCT 4 OFFICE, TO PURCHASE ONE MOTOR OFFICER HELMET VALUED AT $558.80 FROM SUPER SEER CORPORATION AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
G9. AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AN AMENDED CONTRACT WITH EXACOM FOR $27,956.80, FOR UPDATED SOFTWARE INTEGRATION WITH THE NEW 911 CALL-HANDLING SOFTWARE, INTEGRATION SOLUTIONS FOR A.Q.U.A., UPGRADED DIGITAL RECORDING, 5 ADDITIONAL USER CLIENT LICENSES, AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY, AND AUTHORIZE A DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 262.024(A)(7)(D). G10. APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR DETECTIVE SCOTT ZEDIKER AND DEPUTY ANTOINE LINSEY TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL TACTICAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION CRISIS NEGOTIATIONS CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 28 THROUGH 31, 2024, IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA. G11. APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR DEPUTY PAUL MOONEY TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL BREACHERS SYMPOSIUM ON NOVEMBER 3-6, 2024, IN SOUTHAVEN, MS. G12. AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO ADD A $45.00 TELEPHONE ALLOWANCE TO DEPUTY SLOT NUMBER 055-7 EFFECTIVE 9/1/2024 AND AMEND THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY.
[I1. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish No Dumping zones on Peaceful Valley Road. INGALSBE/BORCHERDING]
G13. APPROVE UTILITY PERMITS. AND G14. AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO[00:35:01]
CARD SERVICES FOR HOTEL STAYS FOR THE EXTENSION OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,448.04 RELATED TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES IN WHICH A PURCHASE ORDER WAS NOT OBTAINED AS REQUIRED PER THE HAYS COUNTY PURCHASING POLICY.COMMENTS ON ANY OF THEM? >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
[I2. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish a 4-way stop location on Anthem Parkway at the intersection with Smithsonian Lane and Tubman Drive. SMITH/BORCHERDING]
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> YES. >> UNDER ROADS, I1, PLEASE.
>> I1. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH NO DUMPING ZONES ON PEACEFUL VALLEY ROAD.
>> THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
PRETTY SELF-EXLANATORY. WE WANT TO ESTABLISH NO DUMPING ON
[I3. Hold a public hearing with possible action to establish a 4-way stop location on Anthem Parkway at the intersection with Tubman Drive & the Cullen Elementary access drive. SMITH/BORCHERDING]
PEACEFUL VALLEY. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.>> SECOND. IF YOU WOULD CALL ROLE, PLEASE.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> I2 . >> I2. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A 4-WAY STOP LOCATION ON ANTHEM PARKWAY AT THE INTERSECTION WITH SMITHSONIAN
LANE AND TUBMAN DRIVE. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> LET ME HOLD THE PUBLIC
HEARING . >> IS ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK
[J2. Discussion and possible action to create a committee to gather and disseminate information in relation to the proposed 2024 transportation-road bond election. BECERRA]
AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF NOT, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS? CALL ROLE.>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> I3. >> I3. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WITH POSSIBLE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A 4-WAY STOP LOCATION ON ANTHEM PARKWAY AT THE INTERSECTION WITH TUBMAN DRIVE AND THE CULLEN ELEMENTARY ACCESS DRIVE.
>> PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> CALL ROLE, PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER COHEN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER SHELL.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE.
>> J2. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CREATE A COMMITTEE TO GATHER AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED 2024 TRANSPORTATION-RO AD BOND ELECTION.
>> MOTION FOR DISCUSSION. >> SECOND.
>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS ALEX LOPEZ.
] CHIEF OF STAFF. THE SPIRIT AND IDEA BEHIND THIS IS TOGETHER AND APPOINTED PERSON FROM EACH PRECINCT TOGETHER INFORMATION FOR COMMUNICATION , THE IDEA FOR THE CONSTITUENTS TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, LINK THAT INFORMATION AND EDUCATE USA COURT , FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE BOND IN THE INFORMATION THEY GATHER.
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, OR AS AN ARM OF OPEN COMMUNICATION FROM ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO CALL YOUR PARTICULAR OFFICES . WE BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD RACTICE IN THE PAST WHEN THEY COLLECT THIS INFORMATION. JUST USE IT AS EDUCATION, AS AN OPEN FORM OF COMMUNICATION FROM YOUR CONSTITUENCY AS A BUDDY.
INAUDIBLE ] YOU GUYS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT MOVING FORWARD ON A CONSISTENT BASIS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING THE
>> ANY COMMENTS? >> IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE COMMISSION SET UP FOR THE PARKS BOND WORKED FOR TWO YEARS TO DEVELOP THIS PROJECT, AND TO ACTUALLY NOT ONLY GET BACKGROUND ON IT, BUT TO DO THE EVALUATION ON THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN MOVE THEM FORWARD. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS WE HAVE ALREADY VOTED TO GO TO THE POND. AND SO ASKING -- I'LL JUST BE VERY HONEST. ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK TO MAKE CHANGES, STATUTORILY, WE ARE PAST THAT POINT, AND IT IS OUR JOB AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DO THAT EDUCATION. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TO GO OUT AND TALK TO EVERY SINGLE GROUP AND GET EVERY BIT OF FEEDBACK THAT THEY CAN. BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EMPOWERING A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT, THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PORTION THAT WE DO ON BEHALF OF THE BOND, ANYTHING THAT IS DEVELOPED THROUGH THAT PROCESS,
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AND THEN PUT FORWARD, OR SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC, THAT BECOMES PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTER. I MEAN, I COULDN'T, IF I WAS ASKED TODAY TO TRY TO NAME A CITIZEN THAT UNDERSTANDS EACH ONE OF THE PROJECTS OR ANSWER THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PROJECT, THAT ARE OCCURRING IN MY PRECINCT, THAT IS REALLY MY JOB AS COMMISSIONER TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND TO GO OUT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS PROJECT, THE PURPOSE BEHIND IT.THE REASONING BEHIND IT, OR THE NEED. I DON'T KNOW IF I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE TRYING TO EDUCATE SOMEONE, AND IN SOME CASES, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE 8 TO 15 YEARS OLD. THROUGH THEIR DEVELOPMENT STAGES. I THINK IT IS PURSUANT TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL DEVELOPED IN A VERY QUICK AND TIMELY MANNER, AND IT IS UP TO THE PUBLIC, I WOULD HOPE, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE, THREE WEEKS, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT EMPOWERING MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MAY NOT HAVE A BACKGROUND ON THIS. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. THOSE ARE THE
CONCERNS I HAVE. >> AND I WOULD AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER SMITH. IT SEEMS VERY AFTER-THE-FACT TO ME. AND AS A COMMISSIONER IN MY OFFICE, I'M ALREADY DOING THAT OUTREACH AND HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MEMBERS OF MY PRECINCT, AND LIKE, THAT'S ALREADY ONGOING. SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE PURPOSE OF THIS -- THEN, WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE I THINK EACH OF US HAVE OUR OWN PLANS, AND WE KNOW OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE KNOW OUR PROJECTS. WE ARE THE MOST INFORMED PERSON ABOUT OUR PROJECT. SO I JUST DON'T SEE HOW A COMMITTEE WOULD HELP, UNLESS IT IS THE JUDGE'S OFFICE THAT NEEDS MORE INFORMATION TO PUT OUT COUNTYWIDE, THEN THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE, BUT, I THINK WE ARE ALL DOING OUR OWN, WITHIN OUR OFFICES TO DO THAT. IT SEEMS AFTER-THE-FACT. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE SOME OF THIS PRIOR TO IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MADE THE VOTE. WE ARE
ALREADY HERE. SO. >> SURE. I KNOW THE POINT OF THIS IS EDUCATION AND OPENING UP A LENGTH OF COMMUNICATION.
YOU STILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN THOSE ISSUES. BUT I KNOW, IN LIGHT OF ONE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS , THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION. IT IS ANOTHER AVENUE OF MAKING SURE THAT THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE COUNTY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. IF THEY ARE CONFUSED THROUGH ANY COMMUNICATION IN YOUR OFFICE, ANYONE YOU ARE MAKING POINTS ARE TO COME OBVIOUSLY, IT IS ANOTHER LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION, AND IT IS ALWAYS GOOD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS BEFORE OR AFTER THE FACT.
GIVING THE COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANYWAY. I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS , AND BRINGING THIS FORWARD AS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS SO COMING FORWARD TO Y'ALL.
>> AND I KNOW WE HAVE A TEAM THAT IS ALSO PREPARING A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION TO PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, AND I TEND TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. COMMISSIONER SHELL, DO YOU HAVE
ANY COMMENTS? >> I THINK I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S POINTS FOR SURE. THE DEPTH OF THE PROJECTS AND THINGS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HARD TO EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS FOR 10+ YEARS. THE DETAILS OF IT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE COMMUNICATION. YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST KIND OF ASK WHAT THE FORMAT WOULD BE. WOULD IT BE LIKE A MEETING? WITH A HAVE A MEETING? WOULD THERE BE A PUBLIC MEETING? WOULD IT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY FORM AND THEY HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON THEIR OWN AGAIN? WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME EXPERT ALONG WITH THEM TO EXPLAIN THE HISTORY OF EACH PROJECT. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THE POINTS ARE MADE AS FAR AS THE BOND LIST IS PREPARED AND APPROVED. THAT IS DONE. WHEN IT COMES TO EXPLAINING PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, I AGREE THAT IS PROBABLY ULTIMATELY OUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT IF THERE ARE CITIZENS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. I WOULD JUST HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE, WHICH I WOULD HAVE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO TRY TO FIND SOMEONE. IF THE COURT WISHES TO DO THAT.
>> WELL, I KNOW THAT IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN WE AREN'T PREPARED TODAY, ANYWAY, SO.
>> RIGHT. >> I GUESS WE CAN HAVE FURTHER
DISCUSSION REGARDING THAT. >> JUST MAY BE SOME CLARIFICATION OF ACTUAL ROLE. I THINK, BECAUSE, AGAIN, I PROBABLY FIELDED 20 OR 30 CALLS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASKED ME TO COME TO THEIR HOA MEETING OR SOME, YOU KNOW, CHAMBER MEETING, OR TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING FOR A CITY, AND I'M HAPPY TO DO THOSE. WE DO A LOT OF THOSE ANYWAY. AND
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AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK -- NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. SCHEDULING SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT BE THE EASIEST, BUT I THINK ALL OF US ARE WILLING TO DO ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS, AND SO IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC CONCERNS, THAT YOUR OFFICE IS HEARING THAT THEY WANT US TO BE THERE, OR TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT, THIS HISTORICAL DATA RELATED TO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS OR HOW WE ARRIVED AT THEM, I THINK ANY OF US WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT. WE WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR THAT BOND PACKAGE LAST WEEK.[J8. Discussion and possible action to order the County Auditor to perform an audit and issue a report of the fiscal accounts and records for ESD 7 in accordance with Section 775.082 of the Texas Health and Safety Code. SHELL/VILLARREAL-ALONZO]
>> AS WE DEVELOP THE INFORMATION, WHICH OUR TEAM WILL BE DOING, THAT PROVIDES EDUCATION MATERIALS, WEBSITE, FLYERS, ET CETERA, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANTED TO INTEGRATE WITH THAT PART, THEN WE CAN. THAT'S SOMETHING THE COURT CAN DO AND BRING THAT BACK AND WE CAN TRY TO FIND SOME APPOINTMENTS BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT. MIGHT NEED THE EXTRA HELP. I'M FINE WITH DOING IT, IF THE COURT WANTS TO COME I WILL WORK ON TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY IN THE INTERIM.
>> OKAY. SO WE WON'T HAVE ANY ACTION TODAY. WE CAN PULL THAT BACKUP AT A LATER MEETING.
WHERE ARE WE? J 8. >> J8. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ORDER THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO PERFORM AN AUDIT AND ISSUE A REPORT OF THE FISCAL ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS FOR ESD 7 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 775.082 OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND
>> SECOND. >> WE DID THIS LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT FOR THE AREA. THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART JUST TO PASS THROUGH ESD. THEY HAVE VERY FEW TRANSACTIONS . JUST A HANDFUL OF TRANSACTIONS PER YEAR, WHICH MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FIND SOMEONE TO DO THEIR ACCOUNTING PURSUANT TO THE STATUTES. SO LAST YEAR, INAUDIBLE ] OFFERED SERVICES TO COMPLETE THAT , AND I BELIEVE ,
[J9. Discussion and possible action to create the Hays County Salary Grievance Committee for the remainder of the fiscal year Pursuant to Chapter 152 of the Local Government Code. BECERRA]
I CALCULATED A FAIR REIMBURSEMENT THAT THE COUNTY WOULD RECEIVE FOR THOSE SERVICES, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THE COURT TO CONSIDER ALLOWING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.>> DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? >> YES. LAST YEAR, WE CONDUCTED AN INTERNAL EXAMINATION, AND THIS YEAR, WE WOULD ALSO CONDUCT IT. THE ESTIMATED COST ON THIS TRACK ARE HOURS. -- OURS.
THIS. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, CALL ROLE, PLEASE.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES.
>> J 9. >> J9. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CREATE THE HAYS COUNTY SALARY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 152 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
>> OKAY. ARE WE PREPARED TO DRAW NAMES?
>> ARE WE DOING -- I KNOW THERE ARE TWO METHODS. I BELIEVE I THINK LAST TIME WE HAVE DONE ELECTED OFFICIALS PANEL -- I REMEMBER US HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING CITIZENS TO RESPOND WHEN THE CLERK'S OFFICE JUST 500 OF THEM AND GETS TWO.
>> TO THAT POINT, I ASKED THIS QUESTION AT THE TRAINING THIS YEAR. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE ROOM, COMMISSIONER, BUT IN OUTLINE, THIS WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION IN ONE OF THE TRAINING SESSIONS, AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE QUESTION . I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HARD TIME. WE WILL DRAW 30 NAMES TO GET , I BELIEVE IN THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE COME IF WE DID GO OVER TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS READ, I BELIEVE THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THERE IS A SMALLER NUMBER. THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS -- AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS WITH TAC LEGAL, BUT THE RESPONSE WAS, JUST DRAW FOUR NAMES, AND THERE CAN BE AN APPOINTMENT . PARTICIPATION IS NOT MANDATED, BUT APPOINTMENT IS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO AS I EXPLAINED, WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH NAMES TO GET THE FOUR AND THEY SAID, YOU HAVE TO DRAW THE NAMES TO FILL THE COMMITTEE, IF THEY CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE OR NOT,
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THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT. THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT, AND SO, WE MAY NOT HAVE TO -- MY CONCERN WAS SCHEDULING. IT TAKES SO LONG TO TRY TO SCHEDULE IF WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.BUT I WOULD -- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE THIS SECOND, IT IS ONLY PUBLIC MEMBERS. YOU COULDN'T HAVE THE COMMITTEE. IF WE CHOOSE THE FIRST, THEN IT IS SURE OF, TAX ASSESSOR, TREASURE, COUNTY ATTORNEY, CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND THEN I THINK TWO MEMBERS TO EQUAL NINE. IF THEY DON'T ATTEND, IF THEY ARE NOTICED , YOU STILL HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMITTEE. BUT IF YOU CHOOSE THE PUBLIC MEMBERS ONLY, WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL OUT
HUNDREDS OF THEM. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
EVEN IN THE PAST ON THIS COMMITTEE, WE HAVE DRAWN HOW MANY NAMES? A COUPLE DOZEN? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO THAT
IS WHAT I'M SAYING. >> WE CAN PRACTICE TO GET 10 OR SO. WE CAN GET TWO OUT OF THE 10 POINT
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH , SECTION 124 LAYS OUT YOUR OPTIONS. WHEN YOU ARE DISCUSSION -- DISCUSSING HAS THE SIX POINT THERE WOULD BE THREE FROM THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. IN THE PAST, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, TO BE SAFE, NOT WITH THE QUORUM LANGUAGE, IS DRAW MORE THAN ENOUGH SO WE CAN HAVE ENOUGH TO SUFFICE FOR SAID NINE INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN, LIKEWISE, IF YOU WANT WITH SUBSECTION A 2 OF SECTION 152, 1014, IT WOULDN'T BE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. IT WOULD STILL BE RECOMMENDED TO DRAW SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF NAMES IF Y'ALL GO THAT ROUTE, SO WE CAN HAVE NINE MEMBERS.
>> I'M GOOD WITH THE FIRST ONE. I'M JUST SAYING, DONNING WE NEED TO DRAW 30 NAMES FOR IT.
>> TRYING TO FILL OUT THOSE THREE, IS THAT RIGHT, TUCKER?
FOR THE PUBLIC POINT >> THAT IS CORRECT, IF YOU'RE GOING WITH SUBSECTION A.
>> AT THIS POINT, HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY INDICATION THAT WE MAY HAVE AGREEMENTS
COURT WILL SET THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES FOR ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS. AS A REMINDER, LAST YEAR, THE COURT ADOPTED THE TIERED APPROACH PER TERM, AND SO, THAT IS WHAT I PREPARED FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING . ONCE THE COURT FOOTS ALMOST SALARIES TODAY, I WILL EMAIL THAT OUT TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS BY THIS FRIDAY. SO FRIDAY WILL BE THEIR OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. THAT WILL START THEIR TIME FOR THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS. THEY WILL HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 28TH. THEY WILL HAVE FIVE DAYS TO FILE THEIR GRIEVANCE. IT WILL BE IN WRITING TO THE COUNTY JUDGE, AND IF THERE ARE ANY GRIEVANCES RECEIVED, WE WILL HAVE 10 DAYS TO HOLD THAT HEARING FROM THE FIRST DAY TO THE FINAL. THE NOTICE WILL ALSO APPEAR IN THIS SUNDAY'S EDITION OF
>> OKAY. IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND READ OUT THOSE NAMES, PLEASE.
>> FIRST NAME IS SHELLEY LILES. DOUGLAS GIBBS.
OKAY. >> OKAY. AND WE DETERMINED WE WILL GO WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE CALL ROLE.
>> COMMISSIONER INGALSBE. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER SHELL. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER COHEN. >> YES..
[L. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS]
>> SUIT SINCE WE ARE EXTREMELY EARLY , VICKI, DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 11:00 BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY IT WAS POSTED? I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE USUALLY DO.
>> YES. SO WE COULD OPEN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP A LITTLE EARLY IF THE COURT WANTED TO DISCUSS OTHER ITEMS. WE HAVE TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TODAY. IT IS
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POSTED FOR 11:00 , SO IF THERE IS ANY FEEDBACK FROM THEPUBLIC. >> WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, ALSO. DOES THE COURT HAVE A PREFERENCE? WE CAN GO
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
KNOCK THEM OUT. >> OKAY. ALREADY. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR WORKSHOP. IF YOU WOULD READ EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS L
1 AND 2 POINT >> L1. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 551.071 AND 551.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL AND DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE LEASE AND/OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS BEING CONSIDERED BY HAYS COUNTY. POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION MAY FOLLOW IN OPEN COURT.
[K. WORKSHOP]
>>> OKAY WE'RE GOING INTO OUR WORKSHOP IF YOU WOULD OPEN OKAY-1 PLEASE.
>> 11:00 BUDGET WORKSHOP REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET POSSIBLE ACTION MAY FOLLOW.
>> TODAY WERE HAVING FINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET. WE HAVE TWO DEPARTMENTS HERE CONSTABLE PRECINCT 4 AND HUMAN RESOURCES WILL PRESENT ADDITIONAL REQUESTS. ONCE WE HEAR FROM THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND WE HAVE THE LIST OF ITEMS TOOK OVER FROM ALL THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS % WE WILL BE DISCUSSING LINE BY LINE THOSE REQUESTS. AND MAKE DECISIONS ON THOSE ITEMS IN PREPARATION FOR VOTING IN THE BUDGET AT THE 1:00 PUBLIC HEARING.
>> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 4. THANK YOU TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET WITH YOU. I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT I WILL GET STARTED HERE.
AND THE , REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS ASK THEM FOR THEIR COMPANY INTO PLAN. THOSE OF YOU IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT NO FOR THE AUDIENCE WHO DOESN'T KNOW PRECINCT 4 IS THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY ENCOMPASSING 244 MI.÷ . FROM TRAVIS COUNTY LINE TO THE EAST TO THE WEST. TRAVIS COUNTY LINE NORTH DOWN TO FOUR LANES. THAT IS PRECINCT 4. IT ALSO INCLUDES COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 3 AS PART OF IT FROM DELL SPRINGS ROAD WEST AND NORTH OF SOUTH OF 290. REACHING OUT TO THE CITY I ASKED FOR THE COMPANY INTO PLAN FOR THE GROWTH OF WHAT THEY EXPECT FOR THE CITY IN THE AREA. THEY SENT ME SOME INFORMATION. SOME OF THE INFORMATION I AM PROVIDING IS FROM THAT STUDY. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID, THE CITY ASKS , THEY SENT OUT A SURVEY AND SET TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OF DRIPPING SPRINGS. DESCRIBE THE CHARACTER , SO THE LARGER THE LETTERING IS THE MORE RESPONSE THEY GOT TO THE QUESTION. YOU CAN SEE UNIQUE, CHARMING , FAMILY, GROWING THAT IS ALL DRIPPING SPRINGS. WHAT'S INTERESTING, THE NEXT QUESTION ONE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT OR CHANGE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN DRIPPING SPRINGS. YOU CAN SEE THE WERE TRAFFIC, GROWTH, WROTE, THIS IS WHAT IS ON THE MINDS OF PEOPLE IN PRECINCT 4 OF DRIPPING SPRINGS. COMMISSIONERS YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS INFORMATION. THIS IS THE CENSUS OF ALL DRIPPING SPRINGS HAS GROWN FROM PRECINCT 4, THIS IS NOT NEW NEWS. YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS. INTERESTING IS 4.25% GROWTH ANNUALLY AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO SLOW DOWN OR EXCEED, BUT THE
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GROWTH IS COMING TO THE PRECINCT 4 AREA. THIS IS FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM THE CITY. THE AREA IN BLUE AND PINK IS THE DEVELOPMENT COMING. FOR THIS AREA PRECINCT 4. AS A RESULT THEY ARE ESTIMATING THE POPULATION, WELL LET ME BACK THIS UP JUST A SECOND. WE REACHED OUT TO TXDOT AND TXDOT DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF WHAT'S COMING TO THE AREA. AS A RESULT THEY IDENTIFIED SOME ISSUES COMING SPECIFICALLY FROM THEIR FINDINGS FROM THAT STUDY. DOES THIS HAVE A POINTER? NO POINTER? THE DOTTED LINE GOING ACROSS DIAGONALLY IS THE TRAVIS COUNTY, HAYS COUNTY LINE 290 FROM TRAVIS COUNTY GOING WEST TO RANCH ROAD 12. WHAT THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS FROM TXDOT IS WHAT THEY ESTIMATE THE EXISTING YEAR-TO-DATE, 82,200 VEHICLES PER DAY TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 290. THEY ARE PROPOSING A REDESIGN FOR HIGHWAY 290. TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF IT FROM THE CAPACITY OF 32,200 34,000 VEHICLES. PART OF THE ANALYSIS FROM FEASIBILITY STUDY, THEY FOUND FROM 2016 FROM 2022 THERE WAS A CRASH RATE APPROXIMATELY 86.4% HIGHER THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE. THERE WERE 1002 AT 45 REPORTED CRASHES THAT OCCURRED ON 290 DURING THE TIME PERIOD. ONE CRASH EVERY OTHER DAY TOTAL OF 19 FATALITIES , FIVE CRASHES INVOLVED PEOPLE WALKING OR BIKING AND TWO WERE KILLED AS A RESULT AS THE ACCIDENT. THE SLIDESHOW HERE SHOWS THAT HE 2200 , BUT THESE ARE 2022 NUMBERS. CURRENTLY THERE IS ABOUT 50,000 VEHICLES THAT ARE TRAVELING ON THIS ROADWAY ON 290, THIS STRETCH OF THE ROADWAY. TXDOT SAYS CURRENT CAPACITY IS CLOSE TO OR EXCEEDS THE AVAILABLE CAPACITY OF U.S. 290. OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING AND CONTINUES TO GROW. THIS IS NOT NEW NEWS TO YOU, YOU ARE ALL AWARE OF THIS.SO, DURING THE INITIAL 2019 STUDY, TXDOT RECOGNIZED THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH SO THEY CAME BACK TO DO ANOTHER STUDY IN 2022 AND AS A RESULT THEY SAID THE COST OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND TRAVEL DEMAND THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY FOR THE AREA BETWEEN ON U.S. 290 BETWEEN THE PARKWAY TO BOULEVARD. SO THEY EXPEDITED THE UPGRADE MOVING FROM FOUR LANES MOVING FROM 4 LANES DIVIDED HWY. 26 LANES DIVIDED HWY. THE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN FUNDED AND THEY ARE ANTICIPATED TO GET THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 20 -- LET'S TALK ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT ASPECT OF THIS GROWTH THAT WILL IMPACT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> NATIONWIDE THE AVERAGE RATE FOR SWORN OFFICERS IS 2.4 OFFICERS PER 1000 INHABITANTS. DRIPPING SPRINGS IN 2022 DRIPPING SPRINGS PRECINCT 4 THE POPULATION WAS 31,000 31,009 86. THE RECOMMENDED LAW ENFORCEMENT STAFFING FOR THAT NUMBER WAS 13. AS YOU CAN SEE PRECINCT 4 CONSTABLE OFFICE.
HAVE SEVEN DEPUTIES AND ON ANY GIVEN DAY TWO SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPUTIES SO THAT IS NINE THIS INFORMATION IS OLD AND MISLEADING, THE POPULATION AS WE KNOW IS CLOSER TO 50,000. SO THE STAFFING LEVEL SHOULD PROBABLY BE CLOSER TO 20, YET WE ARE AT NINE OFFICERS. NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO CUT BACK. NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PULL BACK, THIS COURT HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT HELP IN PROVIDING LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO
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THAT. WE ARE ASKING PRECINCT 4 BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND FOR TWO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. ONE IS A MOTOR OFFICER BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE THAT GROWTH ON 290, THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO INHIBIT PEOPLE'S MOBILITY. SO WE NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. ANOTHER ONE FOR THE CIVIL OFFICER. AS COMMUNITY GROWS CALLS FOR SERVICES HAVE GROWN. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. ALONG WITH THE TWO OFFICERS IS CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. WE ARE GOING TO NEED THE MOTORCYCLE FOR THE NEW OFFICER. IN ADDITION A MOTORCYCLE FOR A RESERVE MOTORCYCLE. WHEN MY CURRENT MOTOR OFFICERS FROM ONE VEHICLE BREAKS DOWN AND NEEDS TO GO IN FOR MAINTENANCE, DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MOTORCYCLE THEY CAN GET ON AND RIDE UNDER THE JOB. THEY CAN GET IN A VEHICLE BUT THEY'RE LESS EFFECTIVE. I'M ASKING FOR ONE NEW MOTOR OFFICER, ONE MOTORCYCLE FOR THE MOTOR OFFICER IN MY FOR THE REPLACEMENT TO USE. MESSING FOR THREE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES.SUVS. ONE FOR THE NEW MOTOR OFFICER, ONE FOR THE CIVIL OFFICER AND I DON'T HAVE A RESERVE POOL OF VEHICLE SET UP SO ONE VEHICLE BREAKS DOWN THAT I CAN GIVE THE VEHICLE A RESERVE, THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO DO THAT. OF COURSE WITH THESE POSITIONS IS THE EQUIPMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. MOTOR EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION, THE HELMET , RADAR EQUIPMENT, COMPUTERS AND CELL PHONES. THIS IS THE EQUIPMENT AND THERE ARE ITEMS HERE I MAY HAVE MISSED. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
>> IS THIS PROVIDED WHEN YOU FIRST INITIALLY SUBMITTED YOUR
BUDGET OR WAS THIS AFTER? >> THIS INFORMATION WAS
SUBMITTED WITH MY BUDGET. >> CONSTABLE, I THINK YOU KNOW ANDY WOULD PROBABLY SAY , NOT TO DISPARAGE ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES BUT I PROBABLY PUSH FOR MORE FOR THE CONSTABLES THAN ANYBODY IN A LONG TIME. AND I AGREE WITH OUR GROWTH NUMBERS, I THINK SOME THAT YOU HAVE ARE PROBABLY ACTUALLY LOW LOOKING AT WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING. WITH SOME OF THE AGREEMENTS THE CITY HAS NOT ENTERED INTO YET. LOOKING AT THE MAP I KNOW THEY'RE COMING, CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATION. THE CONCERN, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS. THE CONCERNS I HAVE ARE RELATIVE TO SOME OF THE ARGUMENT I'VE MADE FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AND EQUIPMENT IN THE PAST. I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE ASK, WHEN WE GET INTO OFFICER SPECIFICALLY MOTOR OFFICER WE SAY WE HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND VEHICLE BECAUSE IF IT'S RAINING AND EQUIPMENT IS DOWN WE NEED THE AVAILABILITY TO HAVE THAT UNIT. IF WE HAVE THAT POOL , I AGREE IF YOU'VE GOT FOUR OFFICERS CURRENTLY WHO ARE MOTOR OFFICERS AND A BIKE GOES DOWN HAVING AN ADDITIONAL BIKE WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE. THE PROBLEM IS, ESPECIALLY IN A BUDGET LIKE THIS YEAR , DOING A MASSIVE INCREASE FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND SOME OTHER THINGS. IT GETS HARD TO SAY WELL THEY HAVE A CAR THEY CAN USE NOW LET'S HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL VEHICLES. THE AVAILABILITY OF HAVING A POOL FOR THE OFFICERS IF YOU HAVE A UNIT DOWN, PLUS THE ADDITIONAL VEHICLE IS AN EXPENSE THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO JUSTIFY.
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE? SO, JUST OVERALL I KNOW ONE OF THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS I HAVE FOR YOUR OFFICE FOR PRECINCT 5 CONSTABLE OFFICE. WE DID SOME FUNDING THROUGH ARPA THAT WE HAVE TO PICK UP THIS YEAR AS WELL AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO I DON'T WANT TO SAY ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL BUT I BEGGED, BORROWED AND STOLE EVERY PENNY I COULD FROM OTHER PLACES AND THAT WILL COME HOME TO ROOST IN THE BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES ARE. OF COURSE I SUPPORT ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WOULD SAY WHEN WE LOOK AT OVERALL NUMBERS , THE OTHER THING I WOULD CONSIDER IS WE ALSO HAVE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WE MAINTAIN IN THAT AREA AND THOSE ARE THERE NOT NECESSARILY 24 HOURS A DAY, BUT
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THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO THAT AREA ANYTHING THAT MAY SKEW THE NUMBERS IF WE ADD THOSE IN BUT I DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT ABILITIES ARE, I DON'T KNOW IT WOULD HAVE ANIMPACT. >> THEY'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE.
MAYBE PLUS OR MINUS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BASED ON THE NUMBERS WE'RE STILL SHORTSTAFFED AS FAR AS LAW ENFORCEMENT GOES .
REGARDING THE POOL VEHICLES, I AM NOT ASKING FOR A NEW VEHICLE, WHILE I AM ASKING FOR A NEW VEHICLE TO GIVE TO AN OFFICER IN THE GOLAN AND THE PLANS TO TAKE HIS CURRENT VEHICLE WHICH HAS 80,000 MILES AND INSTEAD OF TURNING IT IN AND PUTTING IT UP FOR AUCTION, IS TO USE THE VEHICLE WITH HIGH MILEAGE ON IT AS A POOL RESERVE VEHICLE FOR THE OFFICE. SO AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THAT POOL VEHICLE AVAILABLE TO US. WHEN A VEHICLE GOES DOWN AND WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE VEHICLES ARE OUT FOR MONTHS, SIX MONTHS AT A TIME. AND I AM SCRAMBLING, TRYING TO HOPE IT DOES NOT RAIN TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE TO PUT TWO OFFICERS IN THE SAME VEHICLE AS OPPOSED TO GETTING ONE IN A MOTORCYCLE AND THE OTHER , TODAY YOU HAVE TO DRIVE A CAR.
AGAIN THEY ARE MOST EFFECTIVE AND THEY ARE ON THE MOTORCYCLE.
IN THE COMMUNITY. AS THIS COURT KNOWS THEY ARE THERE TO ENFORCE TRAFFIC LAW, THEIR VISIBILITY AS MOTOR OFFICERS IS NOT AS MUCH AS IT IS IN A SUB TYPE VEHICLE. SO PEOPLE TEND TO DRIVE MORE AGGRESSIVELY WHEN THEY DON'T THINK THERE'S A OFFICER BEHIND THE AND THEN HERE IS A MOTOR OFFICER PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND CATCHING THEM. SO THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE IN THE WORK THEY DO ON THE MOTORCYCLE. WILL THEY BE JUST AS EFFECTIVE IN AN SUV VEHICLE? NO THEY WON'T. IN THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO RECOGNIZE THEM FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND IT WILL CORRECT THEIR DRIVING. IS THAT A BAD THING? ABSOLUTELY NOT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, WE WANT THEM TO DRIVE SAFELY. HIGH VISIBILITY NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> TAKING TIME TO THINK. I KNOW THIS IS THE LAST BUDGET HE IS PREPARING AND JUST WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR THE WORK HE HAS PUT INTO THAT. ALWAYS DONE A GOOD PRESENTATION, WELL PREPARED AND SERVES HIS COMMUNITY WELL.
>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING. I LOOKED AT MY STAFFING IN THIS BUDGET REQUEST TO ENSURE THE HR DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS COULD CARRY US OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. WE HAVE KEPT THAT DEPARTMENT LEAN AND MEAN. HAVE NOT ADDED A LOT OF POSITIONS, HAVE NOT EVEN FILLED IN A LOWER LEVEL POSITION. IT IS IN THE BUDGET REQUEST AND LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED TO REGRADE ONE OF THE HR ASSISTANT, THE LOWEST LEVEL POSITION TO A HIGHER LEVEL. THE COUNTY NEEDS AN HR DEPARTMENT THAT IS EXPERIENCED, HAS KNOWLEDGE, WE ALL DO CLERICAL WORK FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK IS NOT CLERICAL. I AM APPRECIATIVE OF VICKI PUTTING IT IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS.
THE COUNTY HAS FOR YEARS ONLY MANAGED EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATION , UTILIZING ONE POSITION AND FOR MOST SEMESTERS WE HAVE AN INTERN FROM TEXAS STATE, THE INTERN WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS ENDING HER INTERNSHIP AT THE END OF AUGUST. WE HAVE ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE WITH THOSE INTERNS. I DO BELIEVE WE ARE AT THE POINT OF NEEDING AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION STAFF MEMBER THAT WOULD WORK DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND WE HAVE JUST DEPLOYED A BRAND-NEW REFASHIONED WEBSITE THAT WE ARE
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TIDYING UP STILL AS WE HEAR FROM DEPARTMENTS AND USERS OF CHANGES. SO WE SPENT A NUMBER OF YEARS REDEVELOPING THE WEBSITE AND THERE WERE OTHER COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WITH SOCIAL MEDIA TO DO SOME VIDEOING , THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT OTHER THAN WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME FOR IT. ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL COMEDIC ASIAN SPECIALIST POSITION AT A LOWER LEVEL THAN THE CURRENT POSITION WOULD WORK HAND IN HAND AND AS A TEAM WITH COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. SO, VICKI DID NOT PUT THAT IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET SO HERE'S MY PLEA TO BRING ON THAT POSITION. LET ME JUST LOOK OVER MY NOTES AND MAKE SURE I HAVE EXPRESSED THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT. NATALIE IS WORKING WITH A GROUP OF OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ENGAGED IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR DEPARTMENT AND ESTABLISHING SOME CONSISTENT BRANDING AND WHAT WE MEAN BY BRANDING IS LOGO, COLOR, FONT, STYLE OF COMMUNICATION. THIS IS HOW WE SAY IT VERSUS THIS IS HOW WE DON'T SAY IT. THIS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST COULD ASSIST IN IMPLEMENTING BRANDING GUIDELINES ONCE APPROVED BY THE COURT. THE NEWSLETTER, WE HAVE ENJOYED A NEWSLETTER FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS. IT IS FUN TO PUT TOGETHER AND REVIEW. IT IS, AT LEAST FOR ME. I THINK NATALIE IS HAVING AN ENJOYABLE TIME COMING UP WITH TOPICS. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SPOTLIGHT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. GIVEN WHAT WE ARE LIKELY TO DO WITH HEALTHCARE BENEFITS, THAT WILL TAKE UP SOME OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OF NEWSLETTER PAGES TO INTRODUCE THAT. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING TO EMPLOYEES WHO MAY NOT HAVE A CLUE WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. SO I AM COMPELLED YOU WOULD CONSIDER ADDING THIS POSITION TO HELP US IN THAT COMMUNICATIONS FIELD. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.>> I GUESS THAT'S ALL THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. SO, DO WE?
>> SO WE WILL KEEP THE WORKSHOP OPEN TO DISCUSS THE OTHER ITEMS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE EMAILED OR CONTACTED DIRECTLY, REQUESTING ITEMS TO BE ADDED IN THE BUDGET. SOME THINGS SOME OF THE COURT MEMBERS HAVE REQUESTED TO BE DISCUSSED TODAY SO WE WILL TAKE THOSE INDIVIDUALLY AND BE PREPARED FOR THE BUDGET AT THE 1:00 HEARING.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, VICKI. I GOTCHA .
>> SO I'M GOING TO STAY HERE SO I CAN BE IN FRONT OF MY COMPUTER IN CASE WE NEED TO LOOK ANYTHING UP OR CALCULATE.
SO IF I COULD MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS ON THIS LIST. LET ME OPEN MY SPREADSHEET REAL QUICK. SO , I HAVE LISTED THE FISCAL IMPACT FOR EACH ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE THE COURT AT THE LAST TWO BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND ADDED THE IMPACT FROM TODAY'S REQUEST. I WANTED TO START WITH THE ADDITIONAL REQUEST THAT HAS COME IN. FIRST IDENTIFYING THAT THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET INCLUDED 62,000 $62,420 SAVINGS WE ARE STARTING WITH. WAS ALSO $25,000 SOCIAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING SET ASIDE THOSE AMOUNTS CAN BE ADDED INTO OFFSET THE COST OF ANY ITEMS YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE BUDGET. ON AUGUST 6 THERE WAS A CONTRACT APPROVED FOR THE RE-PLAT OF GOVERNMNT
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CENTER PROPERTY THAT WE NEED TO ADD INTO FY 25. THE PROJECT WILL NOT BE STARTED PRIOR TO 10/1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .THERE WAS A REQUEST BROUGHT TO THE I.T. DEPARTMENT TO CONVERT THE DATA ANALYST POSITION THAT IS MOVING OVER FROM COUNTYWIDE OPERATIONS TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO THE WEBMASTER WHICH IS A HIGHER GRADE , GRADE 123 TWO 126. THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE POSITIONS IS $11,876. THE IDEA IS THAT THE I.T.
DEPARTMENT WOULD HELP MANAGE THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THE WEBSITE GOING FORWARD. THE JUDICIAL SERVICES OFFICE .
THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT CAME IN FOR A FAMILY LIAISON POSITION. I SPOKE WITH AND HE WAS OPEN TO THE IDEA OF HAVING THAT POSITION BE SPLIT DUTY. IF HE COULD GET ONE PRETRIAL SERVICES OFFICER, LEVEL ONE ADDED TO THE BUDGET, THAT PERSON WOULD THEN BE ASSIGNED TO HOLD INTERVIEWS AT THE JAIL SO THE MAIN FUNCTION WOULD BE HOUSED AT THE JAIL SO THEY WOULD HOLD INTERVIEWS AND BE THE FAMILY LIAISON CONTACT. BUT IT WOULD BE REGIONAL SERVICES OFFICER. THE COST TO ADD THAT IN FEBRUARY IS $50,344 AND THIS WOULD GIVE THE DEPARTMENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO ROLL OUT THE PROCESS. ALSO I SPOKE WITH THE AUDITOR. THERE ARE SOME FEES, THE COURT APPROVED A FEE STRUCTURE FOR PRETRIAL DIVERSION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
BASED ON THE LAST THREE MONTH HISTORY, THE $48,000 COULD BE BUDGETED TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF THAT POSITION. THE JP 5 OFFICE WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET JUVENILE DIVERSION AT GRADE 121. I SENT THE JOB DESCRIPTION THAT WAS SHARED BY JUDGE BRYANT TO HR FOR REVIEW AND THE GRADE HAS COME IN LOWER. SO THAT IS A SAVINGS OF $12,203. THERE ARE SOME OPERATING INCIDENCES TO BE ADDRESSED. SOME MINOR DESK AND OTHER SUPPLIES FOR THE POSITION. ADDITIONALLY JUDGE BRYANT AND JUDGE JUDGE SMITH WITH MUNICIPALITIES OF , AND THEY'RE WORKING ON A FUNDING AGREEMENT. I'VE DONE COST ALLOCATION BASED ON CASELOAD , THESE ARE FOR CERTAIN CLASS C ESTIMATORS. SO THIS IS A MANDATE FROM HOUSE BILL 8136 GOING INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY. THE MUNICIPALITIES DO VERY FEW OF THESE TYPES OF CASES SO THEY WANTED TO PARTNER AND HELP COST SHARE WITH THAT.
IT IS MINIMAL TO THE COUNTY BUT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
SO I ESTIMATE 5305 REVENUE TO HELP OFFSET THE COST. THE TAX OFFICE HAD REACHED OUT AND REQUESTED TO CONVERT A VACANT TAX CLERK WHICH IS GRADE 114 TO A MOTOR VEHICLE SPECIALIST. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN FEBRUARY THE COURT APPROVED A TAX COLLECTION SPECIALIST RESTRUCTURE AND THIS ONE VEHICLE SPECIALIST WOULD MIMIC THE ROLE ON THE MOTOR SIDE SO SHE WOULD HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF SPECIALIST POSITION ON EACH SITE. THE COST FOR THAT IS 16,500 IS $16,516. THE ADOBE PRO LICENSE FOR THE TAX LICENSE WAS SOMETHING ADDED RECENTLY SO THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FY 25 BUDGET. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS THE MOTOR REQUEST FOR NATURAL RESOURCES COORDINATOR AND WATERSHED COORDINATOR TO RECEIVE TRAVEL ALLOWANCES. THE WATERSHED COORDINATOR RECENTLY FILLED , THEY ARE INTERVIEWING FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCE COORDINATOR AND THEY FILLED IT THAT IS MORE OF AN OFFICIAL ALLOWANCE VERSUS
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ISSUING COUNTY VEHICLE OR TAKING AND USING THAT RESOURCE.THE COST, $2400 ANNUAL ALLOWANCES THE COST WITH FRINGE FOR BOTH IS 5819. I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE TEXAS URBAN COUNTIES THAT THERE IS INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP DUES FY 25 SO THE INCREASE IS $1264. THE OES DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ASKS FOR AN INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR LINE ITEM OF $5000 DUE TO THE UPCOMING INCREASE ON THE WATER AND EARTH TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT. THEY MAINTAIN WATER ACROSS ALL SITES FOR US. BUILDING MAINTENANCE REQUESTED A TABLET FOR THE HVAC TECH POSITION, THE COST IS $300. THIS IS A NEW POSITION. THE TABLET WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL REQUEST SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT. ADDITIONALLY WE HAD TO DO A RATHER LARGE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR GROUND MAINTENANCE THIS YEAR. THAT IS DUE TO A NEW CONTRACT WITH OUR LAWN CARE PROVIDER. SO THAT CHANGED PRICING OVER THE SUMMER. WE WILL NEED TO ADD $20,000 IN TO COVER FY 25. IN THE ELECTIONS BUILDING, BUILDING MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN ASKED TO PROCURE DETENTION POND INSPECTION SERVICES. ANNUAL COST OF $1000. THE TREASURER'S OFFICE HAS REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL $500 FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION. SHE HAS ONE CONFERENCE COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER WE NEED TO AMEND ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR HER SO WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. THE COMBINED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER HAS JUST HAD 10 LINES TRANSFERRED FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE . THAT IS OFFSET, THAT'S THE LINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CALL TAKERS AND THE 911 CENTER. $4200 WILL BE MOVED FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO THE BUDGET . RECENTLY, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LAST COURT DATE , THE COURT APPROVED RENEWAL CONTRACT GRANT AWARD WITH , AND THE GRANT WAS INCREASED BY $18,901. SO THIS IS THE REVENUE INCREASE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BUMP UP THE EXPENSE TO MATCH THE OFFSET OF $1902. FY 20 FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAD A CAPITAL PROJECT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET THAT DID NOT GET STARTED SO WE DID BUDGET FOR THAT TO ROLL OVER TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. THE COST HAS ACTUALLY COME IN LOWER SAVING $8055. AND, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW RE-GRADE REQUESTS IN THE BUDGET. THEY ARE ON THE RED TAB, NUMBER ONE. THE LIST OF THE RE-GRADES . SOME COMPENSATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS YESTERDAY THAT MEANT TO GO OVER THE REQUEST, AND THOSE THAT WERE NOT IN ATTENDANCE , SOME SHARED FEEDBACK. SO THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVERY GRADE BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE ONES THAT ARE INCLUDED , FOR THE HR ASSISTANT TO THE HR GENERALIST , THAT WAS DUE TO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION ANALYSIS AND HR INVESTIGATION ASSISTANCE. THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT REGRADES WHERE APPROVED, THE REQUEST WAS FOR , WHILE THE APPROVED IS ONE GRADE LOWER THAN REQUEST. ALL LEVELS WERE APPROVED ONE GRADE LOWER THAN WHAT WAS REQUESTED ON THE BUDGET AT $75,000. THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE APPROVED AND THAT WAS FOR THE FACILITY MAINTENANCE LEAD. THIS POSITION IS GOING TO BE SUPERVISING THE NEW HVAC TECH WHICH IS GRADE 119. SO THAT COMPRESSED THE POSITION. THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, RECOMMENDATION TO REGRADE THE
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PARKS MANAGER TO THE GRADE 122 AND PARK SPECIALIST TO SUPERVISOR AT GRADE 119. TOTAL REGRADES RECOMMENDED AT $170,000 , I'M SORRY. $117,790. WE BUDGETED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET $100,000. SO THE IMPACT IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE ALL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REQUEST, WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL $17,790. I.T. PROVIDED EQUIPMENT PRICING REFRESH FOR COMPUTER RELATED ITEMS. THOSE ARE ON THE YELLOW TAB NUMBER TWO. A LIST OF ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE EITHER INCREASES , DECREASES, AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE THREE ITEMS ADDED TO THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED ORIGINALLY. THAT TOTAL FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS A SAVINGS OF $6011. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS REQUESTED TO ADD SOFTWARE, A POLICY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TO THE BUDGET. I DID INCLUDE THE PROPOSAL , DUE TO THE COST OF THE SOFTWARE $132,275 THERE IS SOME DETAILED INFORMATION IN THE PROPOSAL AND WILL BE FOR THE SHERIFF SIDE AND THE JOE CORRECTIONS. THE ONE-TIME COST 73,000 $73,926. WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY COME OUT OF RESERVES, BUT AS A REMINDER WE ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT POINT NOWTHE RESERVE FUND BALANCE. >> THE SOFTWARE, READING THROUGH THE PROPOSAL, IT HAS FROM POLICY IMPLEMENTATIONS. I WOULD PROBABLY WANT A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT EXACTLY IS THE DELIVERABLE AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE NEW MANDATES AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, IF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USING TO FILL THOSE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO CONVERT TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS I AM 100% SUPPORTIVE, BUT IT NEEDS CONSISTENCY WITH THE CONSTABLES BECAUSE THE SHERIFF IS THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR REPORTING AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL OF THEM BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> YES. SO I CAN HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE COME TO THE SEPTEMBER 17 WORKSHOP OR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THIS IN MORE DETAIL. WE WON'T HAVE ANY MORE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AFTER TODAY. SO IF THE COURT WANTS TO CONSIDER FUNDING THIS, WE WOULD WANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN TODAY'S BUDGET AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT ON THE 17TH.
>> OKAY. >> SOME OF THE ITEMS FOLLOWING THE SOFTWARE REQUEST FOR REMOVAL FROM THE OFFICE TO HELP FUND THE COST OF THE SOFTWARE . WE ARE MOVING INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE $9350 SAVINGS , THE TRAINING SOFTWARE IN THE JAIL WAS A DUPLICATE SO THAT IS SAVINGS $4893 AND REMOVAL OF REPLACEMENT AC UNITS SAVINGS OF 40,400 FOOD DOLLARS.
THE NEXT ITEMS. CONSTABLES OFFICES. RAISING ONE THERE WAS A TYPO IN THE CONTINUING EDUCATION. AND THE BUDGET NEEDS TO BUMP UP $9000. THEY HAVE ALSO REQUESTED A HANDHELD RADIO FOR A BAILIFF THAT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE RADIO. SO IT WOULD BE A NEW RADIO AND THEN SIX ADDITIONAL RADARS. THEY HAVE VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT FULLY EQUIPPED WITH ALL THE RADAR EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED. THEY REQUESTED THREE DESK PHONES. THEY HAVE OFFICES THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE PHONES IN THE OFFICE SPACE. FOR SOME OFFICERS. CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 REQUESTED ONE ADDITIONAL RADAR. THIS WAS FOR A VEHICLE THAT WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE ONE RADAR THAT WAS NOT FUNDED
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IN THE BUDGET SO HE'S ASKING TO GET THAT IN THE FY 25 BUDGET. CONSTABLE PRECINCT 3 ASKING FOR A MOTOR HELMET KIT.FOR THE NEW MOTOR OFFICER THAT APPROVED IN THE BUDGET . IS NOT AN ACTUAL OFFICER, THERE IS A MOTOR IN THE BUDGET HE ALREADY HAS THE OFFICER BEING CERTIFIED.
ON THE BACK OF THE PAGE SO CONSTABLE FIVE IS REQUESTING THE COURT TO RECONSIDER THE NEW MOTOR OFFICER THAT HE REQUESTED IN THE BUDGET. HE DID STATE HE WOULD SHIFT THE START DATE TO APRIL 1 TO HELP REDUCE THE COST OF 47,631 FOR THE OFFICER. THE MOTORCYCLE AND EQUIPMENT IS A TOTAL OF $69,042. DUE TO THE GROWTH IN THE AREA, HE HAS ASKED THAT YOU RECONSIDER HIS REQUEST , AS WELL . THE NEXT FOUR DEPARTMENT SELECTIONS HEALTH, BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DID REQUEST VEHICLES IN THEIR BUDGET LEASE VEHICLES. THEY ARE ASKING THE COURT TO RECONSIDER . I DID PUT THE VEHICLES IN THE BUDGET FOR MOST DEPARTMENTS. ELECTIONS DID NOT GET A VEHICLE OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID NOT, BUT THE MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES DATE. EMERGENCY SERVICES WOULD ACTUALLY NEED THE 450 FOR THE HAZMAT TRAILER. IF HE HAS A F 150 IN THE BUDGET IF HE WOULD TRADE THE 150 FOR THE 450 AND HE SAID HE NEEDED BOTH OF THE VEHICLES. HE STATED HE NEEDED BOTH THE F 150 AND 450. THE 150 IS REPLACING A 2009 TAHOE WITH HIGH MILEAGE SO I WANTED TO GET BOTH REPLACED NEXT YEAR. I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH MOST DEPARTMENTS THAT I HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE 2018 LEASE VEHICLES THAT WE NEED TO TURN OVER TO ENTERPRISE. WE COULD USE SOME OF THE MONEY DEPENDING ON PRICING AND EQUIPMENT OUTFIT FOR THE LE VEHICLES TO POTENTIALLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES TO SOME DEPARTMENTS.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE LEASE VEHICLES HOLD UNTIL WE WORK TO THE PLAN FOR REPLACING THOSE 2018 WITH THE FUNDS WE HAVE SET ASIDE. ALSO FOR THE CONSTABLE'S EQUIPMENT FROM CONSTABLE ONE STARTING WITH HANDHELD FOR THE BAYLOR ENTER THE HELMET KIT , I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THE ITEMS ORDERED THIS YEAR. IF NOT, BRING THOSE BACK ON THE 17TH FOR CONSIDERATION.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME WITH REMOVING THAT, THOSE ITEMS YOU DID INCLUDING THE LEASE VEHICLES THE COURT WOULD CONSIDER LEASE VEHICLES. PEOPLE ASKED FOR MORE AND THE BUDGET DID NOT GET IT I THINK THAT IS TO BE MORE BRANDS OF ANALYSIS OF POLICE VEHICLES BEFORE WE IDENTIFY WHICH ONES. CAN YOU TAKE THOSE OUT AS LONG AS THE ONES YOU MENTION YOU WANT TO GET IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AND TAKE OUT NEW POSITIONS OF THE ADDITIONAL REQUEST COLUMN? MORE OR LESS FROM ADDITIONAL REQUEST DOWN TO THE TOTAL MINUS THOSE YOU MENTION PULLING OUT MINUS THE VEHICLES MINUS NEW EMPLOYEES. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT
THE TOTAL WOULD BE? >> TALK ABOUT THE CBA ITEMS ?
>> INCLUDING THAT. WORK ON A TOTAL THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING ABOVE ADDITIONAL REQUEST AND DOES NOT INCLUDE NEW EMPLOYEES, DOESN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE FUNDED
POTENTIALLY THIS YEAR. >> WITH ALL THE ITEMS WE JUST DISCUSSED. WITH CBA SOFT PAY INCREASE, THE UNIFORM VEST CARRIERS AND ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION PER CBA MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, THE TOTAL IS $1,408,192. I DO ALSO HAVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION FOR THE RATE WE USE FOR RETIREMENT PRIME PLAYS. CURRENTLY IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET I HAVE THE
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ELECTED RATE. SO I GET A SUMMARY ANNUALLY THAT HAS A REQUIRED RATE AND AN ELECTED RATE OPTION FOR THE COURT TO ADOPT. I DID BUDGET ON THE ELECTED RATE SO IF THE ELECTED RATE JUST BUILDS IN ANY VARIABLES OR FUTURE IMPACTS TO THE BUDGET, SO THE VOLATILITY OF THE MARKET, THIS PLAN TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL 253 COUNTIES. IT IS ALL OF THOSE COUNTIES INVOLVED IN THEY COME UP WITH THE RATE. SO LITTLE ADOPT THE REQUIRED RATE THAT COULD REMOVE 264,000 FROM THE BUDGET AND THEN YOU WOULD KNOW THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE THE RATE WOULD GO UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. THAN IF YOU ADOPTED THE OTHER RATE. HISTORICALLY WE DO ADOPT THE REQUIRED RATE.>> RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE THE ELECTED RATE.
>> I DO HAVE IT AT THE ELECTED RATE.
>> IF WE DROP THAT TO THE REQUIRED RATE WE ARE DOWN TO 1,000,043 831 WITH EVERYTHING REQUESTED.
>> 1.043? >> INCLUDING THAT AMOUNT LET'S CALL 1.1. WOULD ALLOW FLEXIBILITY ON THE ITEMS UNDERSTANDING THAT WOULD BE DONE WHEN WE ADOPT A BUDGET.
THAT WOULD LEAVE US WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED FROM ADDITIONAL REQUEST.
>> THAT EQUALS 1/4? >> .27. SO WE COULD GENERATE , THE RATE WOULD MOVE 3385 GENERATING A LITTLE OVER 1,000,001. THAT WOULD MOVE GENERAL FUND RATE TO , 2256.
>> THE CURRENT PROPOSED RATE WAS SIX
>> 3358. >> I MAY STILL HAVE A FEW
ITEMS. FROM THE OTHER FUNDS. >> THE OTHER FUNDS WERE COMPUTER-RELATED ITEMS AND THE LAW LIBRARY HAD A FEW ITEMS THEY WANTED TO MOVE WITHIN THE BUDGET WITH PERIODICALS AND SOME SAVINGS AND MOVING THEM TO THE TELEPHONE AND PRINTING LINE. PRESERVATION FUND IS THE EQUIPMENT REFRESH AND ONE ADDITIONAL SCANNER AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFSET ADDING ONE LAPTOP REDUCING CONTRACT SERVICES. SO THE NET EFFECT IS
ZERO. >> THE OTHER THING I WANT TO ASK THE COURT TO CONSIDER , SHUT ME UP WHENEVER YOU WANT, OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL BE A BUDGET YOU ALL IMPLEMENT. SOME THINGS I HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS RELATED TO ROAD MAINTENANCE. I THINK AT SOME POINT AT THIS TIME OR SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE ROAD BOND. I HAVE NOTICED IS PROBABLY MORE IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAN I DID BEFORE SPECIALLY SINCE I TOOK OVER SOME EVEN MORE RURAL AREAS WITH ROADS THAT DON'T ET AS MUCH TRAFFIC , BUT HAVE NOT BEEN REDONE IN A WHILE. AND THEN I COMPARE PRECINCTS ONE AND TWO ESPECIALLY EAST OF 35.
TO SEE THE CONDITION OF COUNTY ROADS, ET CETERA AND I WOULD SAY AFTER 2015 WE HAD THE FLOOD AND UP TO THAT POINT WROTE STAFF WAS MORE OR LESS FULLY STAFFED ENOUGH TO GET TO THE ROAD DEPARTMENT CONSIDERED . WE HAD 2015 WE WERE SLOW DOWN.
LOST A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS OF ROAD MAINTENANCE. AND THEN WE STARTED NOT BEING FULLY STAFFED, A LOT OF ECONOMIC MARKET WAS BOOMING WITH A NEW SUBDIVISION. EVERYTHING FROM CDL DRIVERS TO EQUIPMENT OPERATORS ALL WORKING IN THE
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PRIVATE SECTOR AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN UNDERSTAFFED AS A ROAD DEPARTMENT. WHAT I HAVE NOTICED AND I TALKED TO AARON ABOUT THIS. THE AMOUNT OF ROAD MAINTENANCE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO ESPECIALLY IN PRECINCT 3 IS NOT WHAT IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO. AND WE SEE THE IMPACTS OF THAT. MY CONCERN IS THAT WITHOUT BEING FULLY STAFFED THE FULL ALTERNATIVE IS THE CONTRACT WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE. AND I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO BE FULLY STAFFED AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE DO THAT.IT CANNOT BE DONE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BUT IT NEEDS TO LOOK AT WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE MORE STAFFED JUST AS WE TALKED ABOUT OTHER POSITIONS. KNOWING LESS THE VOTERS TO THE BOND WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT, AND WILL ADDRESS CONSTRUCTION ON A LOT OF PROJECTS, STILL WILL ADJUST DESIGN AND PLANNING ON PROJECTS NOT ADDRESS CONSTRUCTION. WE KNOW THAT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN DURING THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION TO THE VOTER. WE PUT THE PROJECT IN, HERE IS THE CONSTRUCTION AND DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE VOTING FOR THIS TWO DAYS LATER. THERE WILL BE TRACTORS DIGGING UP STUFF AND NEW THINGS SO THAT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THE VOTERS UNDERSTAND. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THE ROAD MAINTENANCE GAP WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDS WHICH WE HAVE CONTINUALLY REDUCED AT THE SAME TIME KNOWING SO AS WE HAVE LESS STAFF AND LESS ABILITY TO TAKE ON PROJECTS. I'M FEELING THAT IMPACT FROM THE CITIZENS. PROBABLY MORE SO THAN I EVER HAVE IN MY SEVEN YEARS AS A COMMISSIONER. MY ANSWER IS MULTIPRONGED, BUT FIRST, WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO KEEP UP WITH THE ROAD MAINTENANCE THAT WE USE TO KEEP UP WITH .
WE HAVE MORE MAINTENANCE TO DO SO THAT'S EVEN ON TOP OF THAT.
OPTIONS ARE TO CONTRACT, BUT IF WE CONTRACT WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS BECAUSE IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO CONTRACT. THEY DON'T LIKE THE ANSWER AND I DON'T BLAME THEM SO IT'S SOMETHING FOR THE COURT TO CONSIDER, THE ROAD AND BRIDGE RATE YOU KNOW IN VICKI'S BUDGET SHE DID BUMP IT UP SOME REALLY JUST IT CAN BE USED TO HAVE ROLLOVER. WE DO NOT SPEND THE MONEY ON MATERIALS, WE THEN USED IT TO FUND CONTRACTING THE NUMBERS GOING DOWN BECAUSE WE HAVE REDUCED IT. SO WE ARE SORT OF TO THE POINT WHERE COUPLED WITH THE ROAD BOND IT WOULD BE TIME TO CONSIDER DO WE PUT MORE INTO ROAD MAINTENANCE, MOST CITIZENS LOOK AT ROADS MORE SO AS A DAILY BUSINESS THAN MOST THINGS, THAT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. MOST OF THEM DO NOT REALIZE AND I HAVE TOLD THIS TO SOME OF THEM WHAT YOU PAY FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE IS VERY VERY LITTLE COMPARED TO WHAT YOU PAY COUNTY TAXES. IF THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER PAYS $1500 A YEAR TO THE COUNTY OR IF THAT'S A ROUNDABOUT NUMBER A SMALL AMOUNT GOES TO THE ROAD AND BRIDGE RATE. THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER PAYS 70 OR 80, $90 A YEAR FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE. EASY FOR ME TO SAY NOW ON THE LAST BUDGET I WILL WORK ON, BUT I THINK IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT FOR MORE THAN I HAVE SEEN EVER BEFORE OF A NEED TO ADDRESS NORMAL ROAD MAINTENANCE. SUPPORT THE ROAD DEPARTMENT MAKE SURE THEY ARE FULLY STAFFED AND THEY CAN DO THE THINGS THEY KNOW THEY NEED TO DO, THEY AGREE WITH BUT IT'S NOT THERE. I'M JUST WORRIED OUR CITIZENS WILL SUPPORT THE ROAD BOND AND WE WILL GET GREAT WORK DONE OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS BUT IF WE CANNOT ADDRESS THE ROAD MAINTENANCE ON OTHER THINGS A LOT OF THEM WILL LOOK TO WHY DID I SUPPORT THAT WHEN AS SOON AS I GET OFF STATE ROAD OR INTERSTATE I AM HITTING MY HEAD ON THE ROOF OF MY CAR TYPE THING. JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AS WE PREPARE TO SET THE BUDGET. WE WANT US TO POTENTIALLY OPT OUT A LITTLE? WHENEVER WE ADOPT TODAY IS THE MAX. WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK
DOWN. JUST A CONSIDERATION. >> I AGREE WITH YOU. WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION. IT IS POSSIBLE SO I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE ROAD
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BOND FIRST SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE.>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A PROPOSED AMOUNT YOU ARE CONSIDERING AND THE OTHER QUESTION, I KNOW WE ARE SHORT PERSONNEL SO I'M WONDERING WHERE ARE YOU PROPOSING TO BE THE BEST VALUE TO PUT THE ADDITIONAL HOWEVER ?
>> I WAS THINKING THE COURT WOULD DEVELOP SOME DIRECTION ON STAFFING WITH HR. I DON'T KNOW IT CAN BE SOLVED SO IF IT CAN'T BE USING THE FUNDS TO CONTRACT I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO COULD IT BE SOLVED? ESPECIALLY WITH THE MARKET CHANGING WE HAVE SOME ECONOMICS, A LITTLE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC STATION THAN IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SLOWDOWN IN THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS AND WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WE MAY SEE IT FROM A REQUEST FOR PLATTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S WORTH ANALYSIS BEFORE THE DECISION IS MADE ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE RATE OF HOW TO SPEND IT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU'RE PUTTING IT INTO TRYING TO FILL THE VACANCIES THAT IT'S WELL DONE AND WELL THOUGHT OUT AND CONSISTENT WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTY. IF IT CAN BE DONE THAT'S THE BEST WAY. WE GET OUR BIGGEST BANG FOR BUCK WHEN WE HAVE OUR OWN TRAINED WORKERS. THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND ARE VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC. THEY KNOW THEY ARE WORKING FOR PUBLIC AND THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE I WOULD TAKE THE FUNDS AND DIVIDE THEM ON A PRIORITY BASIS FOR HOW TO CONTRACT SOME OF THE JOBS. CITIZENS A ROAD DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ASKING THIS ENDORSER WE ARE LOOKING AT A GLOBAL TAX RATE. WE ARE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIBLE. PEOPLE ARGUE WE ARE NOT BUT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT LOW ESPECIALLY WHEN HOME VALUES HAVE BEEN SKYROCKETING. WHERE FOCUS ON CONTRACTING THE RATE SO THERE'S NOT A YEAR-OVER-YEAR SHOCK TO ANYONE WHETHER WE HAVE DONE THAT DEPENDS ON INDIVIDUAL OPINION. WE HAVE DONE IS PUT OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO. SO I ASKED EVEN SPECIFIC TO MY PRECINCT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO AND HE SAID IT'S NOT THERE HE SAID WE WILL DO WHAT WE ALWAYS DO. I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT CLOSE TO ONE CENT ON THE ROAD AND BRIDGE RATE. IF IT WAS EQUAL DISTRIBUTION THAT'S $1 MILLION WORTH OF WORK PER PRECINCT. ROAD MILES CONTRACTING THAT'S NOT A LOT. IN-HOUSE THAT'S A GOOD BIT OF WORK. THERE ARE OTHER COSTS LIKE CDL DRIVERS AND I HEAR THIS FROM THE REGION HOW DO YOU HIRE SOMEBODY WITH A CDL? IT'S EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE PAY FOR HAULING BECAUSE WE PAY WHATEVER IT IS , THE COST THAT'S ADDING BY PAYING SOMEONE TO HAUL IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO LESS ROADWORK SO DOING IT OURSELVES SHOULD BE THE FIRST PRIORITY. IF NOT THERE SHOULD BE A PLAN TO HOW WE CONTRACT THE WORK AND GET THINGS DONE IN THE COMPACT SEASON WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE WARM WEATHER ONCE THAT'S OVER THAT WORK WON'T BE DONE. SO THEN THEY WAIT AND SAY WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE SPRING. SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOTHING EVER BEEN DONE TO MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO START WITH ONE CENT SEE HOW THE BUDGET DISCUSSION GOES AND HEARINGS AND DETERMINE WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT AND IMPROVE. I THINK , COMMISSIONER SMITH SAID THE SAME THING. WHEN YOU TELL THEM WE DON'T HAVE STAFF OR THOSE THINGS AND YOU SAY BY THE WAY YOU NEED TO PAY $82 A YEAR FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE THEY SAY WHAT? ONLY $82 GO TO ROAD MAINTENANCE. MOST PEOPLE SAY I WOULD PAY MORE THAN THAT IF
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I'M DRIVING ON A BAD ROAD. I THINK THAT SHOWS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A PRETTY SMALL AMOUNT AND WE HAVE SEEN VALUE GOING UP I DON'T THINK WITH A POPULATION GROWTH THAT WE SEE, THE STRESS ON COUNTY ROAD BECOMING CONNECTORS THEY SHOULD BE RURAL ROADS AND IN YOUR PRECINCT, WROTE WITHOUT ANY TRAFFIC VOLUME UNLESS YOU ARE HEADED TO GET ON 21 TO GO SOMEWHERE NOW CONNECT MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS AND HAVE THOUSANDS OF TRIPS A DAY AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEM. WE USE TO MAINTAIN THEM ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. NOW THEY NEEDMAINTENANCE. >> MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS IF WE LOOK AT IT, FIRST LET ME SAY I AM SUPPORTIVE OF IT. TWO THINGS REALLY STICK OUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS. I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS I HAD IS AS WE CURTAIL THE ROAD AND BRIDGE RATE I KNOW WE HAVE DONE IT I CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY TIME SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE. I KNOW IT'S ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WHEN WE PUT MONEY BACK INTO THAT CLEAR AND CONCISE DIRECTION FROM THE COURT ALL OF US HAVE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE NEW PROJECTS THAT WOULD NEED OR PROJECTS ON STATE ROADWAYS THAT INTERSECTIONS OR CONNECTORS WE HAVE THAT ALL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. WHERE I SEE THE HARD NEED AND I WANT TO SEE CONCISE DIRECTION IS THE FUNDS, AT LEAST THE MAJORITY WHILE LEAVING UP TO THE COMMISSIONER THERE WOULD BE AN UNDERSTANDING THOSE WOULD BE PUT TOWARD REAL MAINTENANCE.
THE DAILY MAINTENANCE WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCOUNTING. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IF WE LOOK AT THIS, SINCE WE HAVE A KIND OF HYBRID SYSTEM , I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF YOU HAD THE ONE SENT, WHAT THAT WOULD EQUATE TO EACH COMMISSIONER, IN OTHER OR PROJECTS AND I WILL USE , FOR EXAMPLE IN THE WAY WE HAVE DRAWN OUR DISTRICTS FOR THE PRECINCT, COUNTY ROADWAYS, A LOT OF TIMES ARE THE DIVIDING LINE FOR ALL PRECINCTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE AND I WILL USE THEM FOR EXAMPLE. NOT NECESSARILY TO SAY HOW WOULD YOU COMPUTE OR FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THAT IF WE DID IT COMMISSIONER BY COMMISSIONER, BUT THERE ARE LARGE-SCALE ROADWAYS IN THE COUNTY , A TON OF THEM ON THE EAST SIDE, A TON ON THE SIDE AND THE FAR WEST SIDE THAT THEY NEED WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER HEAVY MAINTENANCE. THEY ARE SO USED AND I DON'T KNOW, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT THE BEST , IT MAY COST $1 MILLION I WILL USE AWAY RANCH ROAD JUST TO DO THE REGRADE IN THERE TO REPAIR THE BASE FAILURES FROM LAST YEAR WAS $1.4 MILLION JUST FOR THE ONE ROADWAY. THAT'S NOT THE OVERLAY OR ANYTHING. COMING BACK A SEPARATE BUDGET YEAR FOR THAT. SO HAVING A LARGE PORTION OF THAT , WHATEVER THE INCREASE IS GO DIRECTLY TO ENSURING THAT THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE IS DONE, BUT GIVING THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT THE ABILITY TO BUDGET YEAR-OVER-YEAR FOR THESE LARGE-SCALE I GUESS REMEDIATION'S AND REBUILDS WHICH OTHERWISE WE ARE WAITING UNTIL WE PASSED ANOTHER BOND EIGHT YEARS FROM NOW AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE MY PRECINCT, MUDDY BROWN ROAD WILL NEED TO BE REBUILT. THERE IS NO WAY TO GO INTO THIS BOND. IT HAS TO BE REBUILT BEFORE EIGHT YEARS FROM NOW OR SIX YEARS FROM NOW OR WHATEVER THE NEXT ANTICIPATED BOND IS. SO HOW DO YOU DO LARGE-SCALE? BELL SPRINGS ROAD IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. SOME OF THE STUFF ON THE , JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF 35 AND A LOT OF THIS ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35, YOU HAVE LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS THAT REALLY EVEN IF YOU HAD DONE EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE ON THEM OR HAD FUNDING FOR EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE OVER TIME, WE HAVE WORKED INTO A HOLE WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE REDONE. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? I DON'T LIKE TAKING A BITE AT THE INCREASED APPLE AND YOU ALL HAVE PASSED BUDGETS WITH ME DOING THAT, BUT IF WE DO IT I WOULD RATHER RIP THE BAND-AID OFF AND DO IT ONE TIME
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AND GET AT LEAST SOME SEMBLANCE WITH NORMALCY WHERE THEY CAN PLAN FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX YEARS THESE PROJECTS THAT THEY KNOW WERE COMING IN THOSE STARING THEM IN THE FACE.I WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE NEED TO TAKE. SO MANY OF THE ROADS ON THE SITE OF THE COUNTY NEED TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION. A LOT OF THEM ARE SAFETY, MAJOR SAFETY. ISSUES. SO CERTAINLY I AM SUPPORTIVE BUT I WANTED TO ENSURE WE ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE ALSO. FOR WHAT WE ADOPT A LOT OF TIMES I THINK AND I THINK WE DID IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, BUT I THINK WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH LOWERING THE TAX RATE MULTIPLE YEARS THAT WE DID WE DID SO IN THE PROCESS BUT THAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
>> I THINK IT SHOWS AND AS WE GET VOTER APPROVED RATE WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM RATE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS USE OBVIOUSLY WE NEVER GOT CLOSE TO IT, ADOPTED WHAT USED TO BE THE EFFECTIVE RATE, I THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME TO SEE APPRAISED VALUES GOING UP THE WAY THEY WERE. I STILL THINK IT IS I WOULD RATHER MY LOCAL GOVERNMENT DO THAT AND WHEN THINGS ARE NEEDED COME BACK TO EXPLAIN HOW THINGS ARE NEEDED NOT JUST PAD THE TAX RATE EVERY SINGLE TIME AND FIND WAYS TO SPEND THAT MONEY WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE. SO YES IT'S NOT GOOD TO SAY I'M SORRY NOW WE NEED, BUT I THINK IT'S BETTER THAN ADDING ONE SENT FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS. THAT YOU COULD MAYBE DONE WITHOUT. I RATHER MAKE THE ARGUMENT WHY WE NEED IT NOW. MUSCULAR DRIVE ON COUNTY ROADS UNDERSTAND THE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND THE WEAR AND TEAR AND THEY NEED TO IMPROVE MAINTENANCE. AND UNFORTUNATELY THE WORLD THEY ARE IN. THAN IT COSTS MORE MONEY THAN IT USED TO. STILL THE BEST WAY FOR US TO DO IT IS IN-HOUSE. WE SHOULD GET CHALLENGES TO SEE HOW WE GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED AND WHAT DOES IT TAKE? IF WE CAN'T THEN WORK ON A CONFERENCE A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES.
>> NOT ONLY GET THE POSITIONS FILLED BUT MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MAKE BEST USE OUT OF THEM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE CLEAR DIRECTION FROM US SAY THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET THE ABILITY TO FULLY HIRE, WHAT ARE WE HAVE A CAPACITY AND TRANSPORTATION? RIGHT AT 100 EMPLOYEES? SAY WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HIRE 20 MORE EMPLOYEES TO DO THE WORK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT IS THE TRADE-OFF WHEN IT COMES TO THE ROAD BASE COST FIVE TIMES WHAT IT DID FOUR YEARS AGO? THAT'S WHERE I WANT DIRECTION FROM TRANSPORTATION . WHERE CAN
WE MAXIMIZE IMPACT? >> WHAT THEY WOULD SAY IF YOU COULD BE FULLY STAFFED AND OPERATIONAL THAN THEY COULD GET A LOT OF WORK DONE. THE MORE WE HAVE TO CONTRACT AND THE MORE WE HAVE TO DO THAT MEANS LESS WORK TO GET DONE. AND YOU KNOW I THINK THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH WHAT THEY HAVE HAD. MIGHT BE TIME TO CONSIDER.
>> THERE WONDERING, WE WERE ABLE TO FULLY STAFF, DO THEY FILL THEIR ENOUGH MONEY IN THE MATERIALS LINE ITEM , YOU KNOW,
TO DO THE WORK. >> AND EQUIPMENT. FOR EXAMPLE WE'VE GOT A MACHINE WE HAVE BEEN WAITING ON A PART SIX MONTHS, COULD HAVE BEEN WORKING IN EVERY PRECINCT. THE EQUIPMENT COST GETTING MATERIALS TO REPAIR HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. LOOK AT AND GIVE YOU MORE EMPLOYEES IN TRANSPORTATION THERE WILL BE A JOB EVERY DAY THAT THEY CAN DO.
I HAVE NO QUESTION THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SHREDDED OR ROADWAY TO BE FILLED OR THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A JOB, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT WITH A RELEVANT BALANCE. WHEN I SAY RELEVANT BALANCE, THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO DO THE JOB NOT JUST FINDING THE WORK EVERYDAY BUT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO DO THE WORK
THAT'S NEEDED RIGHT NOW. >> WHAT IS THEIR RATE RIGHT
>> IT WAS AT $0.02 THIS YEAR SO THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET I
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INCLUDED THE EXTRA PENNY. >> I AM CERTAINLY WILLING TO SUPPORT AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL PENNY AND MAYBE A FEW MORE DISCUSSIONS.
>> WHATEVER WE DO, WHATEVER WE ADOPT TODAY WE CANNOT GO UP
ANY. >> WE CAN GO DOWN CORRECT?
>> YES WE CAN. >> $0.03 IN THE CURRENT BUDGET
WHAT IS PROPOSED? >> $0.03 FOR THE DEPARTMENT
CURRENTLY? >> THE TOTAL . SPOT RIGHT NOW 3385. WITH THE ADDITION OF THE .27 TO THE GENERAL FUND DO YOU WANT ANOTHER PENNY IN THE BRIDGE RATE THAT WOULD BE AT 3485. AND THE APPROVAL RATE 3916.
>> WITH THAT AGAIN WITH 3485 THAT IS $0.04?
>> I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF STARTING WITH THAT 3485 TOTAL WITH THE ROAD AND BRIDGE.
>> YOU WILL NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD HEAR ME SAY THIS, BUT FOR ONCE I WOULD PROBABLY ERR ON THE SIDE OF BEING TOO HIGH AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO COME BACK NEXT WEEKEND CUT IT. I MEAN WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WOULD INCREASING THE ROAD BRIDGE ENOUGH WHERE THE OVERALL IS EVEN $.35? .15?
>> 415. >> ABOUT HOW MANY DOLLARS DOES
THAT EQUATE TO? >> FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE?
>> WE KNEW WHAT THE PENNY WAS, 4 MILLION SO WHAT IS THE
ADDITIONAL? >> A LITTLE OVER 4.79.
>> ROAD AND BRIDGE A PENNY IS 4.1. SO LITTLE MORE THAN GENERAL FUND.
SETTING THE TAX RATE AT 35 FLAT IS 22 56 IN THE GENERAL FUND, IT HUNDRED 29 IN THE DEBT RATE. THAT GENERATES AN ADDITIONAL 1.1 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND AND 4.7, A LITTLE MORE.
CURRENTLY I WAS GOING TO LOOK , THERE'S OVER 6 MILLION CURRENTLY IN THE ROAD MATERIAL BUDGET. THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL BALANCE AND IT IS THE CONTRACTED WORK THAT WAS CUT BACK.
WE COULD JUST PUT THAT MONEY IN THE ROAD MATERIALS OR IN THE CONTRACT ROADWORK, SPLIT AND IT CAN BE USED LATER TO MOVE OUT TO ADDRESS ANY STAFF ISSUES OR SALARIES.
>> YES. >> I WOULD, IF YOU NEED .
>> I DON'T NEED A VOTE ON THE TAX RATE RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO WAIT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO, I NEED DIRECTION. I NEED TO PROVIDE YOU THE MOTIONS AND THE DOCUMENTS AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE READ AND THE ELECTED AND I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.
>> WE NEED TO DETERMINE WE WANT TO STAY 334.85 OR GO TO 35 EVEN?
>> I'M GOOD WITH 35. >> I WILL GET SHOT FOR IT
LATER. FLUSH >> SO, FOR THE ITEMS ON THE WORKSHOP LIST. JUST SO I AM CLEAR, EVERYTHING FROM THE ADDITIONAL REQUEST . EVERYTHING FROM THE ADDITIONAL REQUEST
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STARTING WITH THE SAVINGS OF 62420. DOWN TO THE CONSTABLE CONTINUING EDUCATION. THEN PICKING UP AT THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SOFT PAY. WITH THE SOFT PAY , THE UNIFORM VEST CARRIERS AND THE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS CBA AND PUTTING THE REQUIRED RATE BACK ON, THAT'S 1,000,043. SO WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE 1.1 , SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE ALMOST 62,000 LEFT FOR THE 17TH. THAT COULD BE PUT INTOCONTINGENCY . >> I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT DOES NOT GUARANTEE ANY OF THOSE BEING FUNDED BY THE COURT, THAT'S JUST MONEY THAT THE TAX RATE WILL BE APPROVED TO GENERATE OR WOULD GENERATE THE MONEY, BUT THAT WILL BE ADOPTED IN THE BUDGET. I WOULD NOT WANT SOMEBODY SAY SO INCLUDING THE MONEY IN THE TAX RATE TO FUND THOSE THINGS JUST MENTIONED? BUT WE HAVE NOT ADOPTED A BUDGET.
>> I WILL PRESENT THIS INFORMATION BACK TO THE DEPARTMENTS THIS WEEK. ON ALL THESE LINE ITEMS , WHAT INDIVIDUALLY WE ARE INCLUDING WILL BE NOW INCLUDED IN THE
COURT BUDGET. >> IF IT'S NOT ADOPTED.
>> IT'S NOT ADOPTED UNTIL THE 17TH.
>> TO CHANGE HOW FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED TO REDUCE THE RATE. I WOULD NOT WANT SOMEBODY TO THINK THAT MEANS EVERYTHING IS
APPROVED RIGHT NOW. >> I ALWAYS INCLUDE THAT , BUT IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE UP UNTIL THE FINAL BUDGET HEARING.
>> GOOD. >> LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, REGARDING THE BUDGET OFFICE , DID YOU SAY WE WERE GOING WITH REQUIRED RATE OF THE ELECTED RATE?
>> THE REQUIRED RATE GENERATING SAVINGS SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT 1,000,043. I WILL BE MOVING THAT TO THE REQUIRED RATE. OKAY. ONE OTHER ITEM FOR JP 22 AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
HE DID REQUEST A SECOND LAPTOP WHICH WE CAN PULL FROM THE TECHNOLOGY FUND.
>> IT WILL GO BACK OVER AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN FUND OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
>> THE ITEMS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO PURCHASE THIS YEAR WILL BE ALL OF THOSE CONSTABLE EQUIPMENT ITEMS . AND STILL WE WILL LOOK AT THE LEASE VEHICLES FOR ROLLING OUT HOW WE REPLACE THE 2018 AND WHAT DEPARTMENTS GET ADDITIONAL VEHICLES.
SO, IF FOR SOME REASON WE CAN'T GET ITEMS ORDERED , I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK FOR THE CONSTABLES.
>> FOR THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE FOR TABLET AT 300 CAN WE JUST
>> ITEMS LIKE THAT WHICH WE SEE. I MEAN THEY ARE SMALL
ITEMS. >> I THINK . YES I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY EQUIPMENT RELATED I'D IN THE TOTAL.
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. I AM LOOKING FOR THE FAMILY LIAISON
POSITION. >> IT WAS TOWARD THE TOP I
THINK. >> DID WE SAY WE WERE REMOVING
THE POSITION? >> NO , THAT WAS TO BE
INCLUDED. >> ALL THE ITEMS WITHIN THE CONSTABLE AND FROM SAVINGS ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL. I JUST REMOVED THE TABLET .
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>> I JUST WANTED A CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I KNOW WE SAID FROM SOME ITEM DOWN WE WERE REMOVING ALL POSITIONS.
>> FROM THE ADDITIONAL REQUEST LINE DOWN TO THE MOTOR HELMET ,
WE INCLUDED EVERYTHING. >> OKAY THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SO WE HAVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE 1:00. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED. OR IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE NEED ON THE REQUEST I WILL NEED A 10 MINUTE BREAK TO PREPARE MOTIONS AND DOCUMENTS . I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE STEP PLAN IMPLEMENTATION THAT WILL TAKE A FEW MINUTES FOR CLARIFICATION FOR ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OFFICIALS.
>> AS YOU KNOW LESS FEBRUARY THE COURT ADOPTED A STEP PLAN AND A NEW SALARY CHART. THIS GUIDELINE IS TO HELP THE DEPARTMENTS UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS NOW MOVING THROUGH THE STEP PLAN INTO LINE OUT PROCESS FOR AS WELL. SO THE STEP PLAN INCREASES WILL OCCUR ON THE NEXT PAY CYCLE CLOSEST TO THE EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYEE'S ANNIVERSARY DATE WHICH WOULD BE THE MOST RECENT FULL-TIME HIRING DATE. FOR EXAMPLE EMPLOYEES THAT MEET THE NEXT REQUIRED MILESTONE HIRED BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE 15TH OF ANY GIVEN MONTH WOULD MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP EFFECTIVE 16TH OF THE MONTH. EMPLOYEES HIRED BETWEEN 16TH AND THE LAST THEY WOULD MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP EFFECTIVE FIRST DAY OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH. THAT STEP MOVEMENT WILL OCCUR FOR THEM PLEASE MEETING A MILESTONE FOR THE APPROVEDSTEP PLAN CHART CERTAIN STEPS HAVE HOLD PATTERNS BUILT IN, THEREFORE NOT ALL EMPLOYEES WOULD RECEIVE INCREASES DEPENDING ON WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE CURRENTLY PLACED IN THE STEP CHART. AND I WILL SEND THE STEP PLAN CHART BACK ALT TO ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. IF EMPLOYEE MET MILESTONE BASED ON THE STATE SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE INTO THE STEP PLAN, MOVEMENT WILL OCCUR ON 10/1/24. THESE EMPLOYEES MAY HAVE INCREASES AGAIN DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY DATE IF THEY MEET THE NEXT STEP MILESTONE. FOR EXAMPLE IF EMPLOYEE WAS HIRED 4/1/23 THEY WOULD OF BEEN PLACED ON STEP ONE 12/1/24 WITH ONE YEAR OF SERVICE. EMPLOYEE MEETS THE NEXT STEP MILESTONE 4/1/21 THEREFORE 10/1/21 MOVING TO STEP TWO. EMPLOYEE WILL MOVE AGAIN ON ANNIVERSARY DATE TO STEP WHEN THEY MEET THEIR ANNIVERSARY DATE. THERE IS NO BACKPAY FOR ANY EMPLOYEE THAT MET A MILESTONE DURING THIS FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER PERIOD.
FY 24 THERE WERE FUNDS FOR REPLACEMENT . THAT WAS AT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OR ELECTED DISCRETION. EMPLOYEE SALARIES THAT FALL BETWEEN STEPS WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT HIGHEST STEP ON 10/1/24 IF THEY HAVE MET THE REQUIRED YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THAT STEP, IF STEP MILESTONE IS NOT MET SALARY REMAINS THE SAME UNTIL THEIR ANNIVERSARY DATE. IF YEARS OF SERVICE IS HIGHER THAN THE NEXT STEP, THE NEXT CLOSEST UP, EMPLOYEE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP. EMPLOYEES WITH SALARIES HIGHER THAN YEARS
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OF SERVICE PER THE STEP PLAN WILL MOVE AS IF THEY HAVE THE REQUIRED YEARS. MOVEMENT WILL NOT OCCUR IF EMPLOYEE IS AT A STEP WITH A HOLD PATTERN UNTIL THEY HAVE HELD NUMBER OF YEARS REQUIRED PER THE STEP PLAN OR MET THE YEARS OF SERVICE REQUIREMENT. FOR EXAMPLE IF EMPLOYEE HAS ONE YEAR OF SERVICE, PLACED ON STEP FIVE DURING THE 2/1 IMPLEMENTATION THAT EMPLOYEE WOULD BE IN A TWO-YEAR HOLDING PATTERN AS THEY DO NOT HAVE THE 4 TO 5.99 YEARS OF SERVICE REQUIRED FOR THE STEP. EMPLOYEE WILL MOVE TO STEP SIX AFTER THE TWO-YEAR HOLDING PATTERN IF THEY HAVE REQUIRED YEARS OF SERVICE. STEP INCREASES MAY BE WITHHELD AT THE DISCRETION OF OFFICIAL OR ELECTED HEAD IF EMPLOYEE IS ON A FORMAL WRITTEN PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PLAN. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PLAN, EMPLOYEE MAY BE MOVED TO THE NEXT STEP. THERE IS NO BACKPAY FOR EMPLOYEES WITH DELAYED MOVEMENT AS A RESULT.EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT THE MAX STEP OF THE CHART WILL REMAIN THE SAME. EMPLOYEES MAY RECEIVE INCREASES IN THE FUTURE ONLY IF THE CHART MOVES AS A RESULT OF FUTURE . ANY
QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK AND IT'S VERY CLEAR. I KNOW THE QUESTIONS I HAD WHENEVER WE DISCUSSED IN COURT, IT ANSWERS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IN A DIRECT WAY AND I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THIS WILL BE SENT OUT WITH THE BUDGET AND THE STEP PLAN CHART AND THEN WE WILL START WORKING ON THE CHARTS.
>> JUDGE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. SWITCH HIM OVER.
>> CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? >> YES.
>> I'M TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE SPEAKERS. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE CONVERSATION YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HAVING. I HAVE BEEN QUIETLY LISTENING WITH MUCH ATTENTION AND FOCUS AND I'M SORRY I'M NOT THERE ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT ITEM. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WHAT THE COMMISSIONER SAID ABOUT THE ROADS WAS SOUND AND I APPRECIATE IT. YOU WON'T GET SHOT IF YOU'RE DOING YOUR BEST TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. THE OTHER PART WAS , ON THE PAYROLL PC JUST DESCRIBED IT WAS VERY ARTICULATE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROADMAP, CLEAR AND CONCISE. IF , THEN, SCENARIOS ARE USEFUL SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE STEPPING INTO. I FEEL WE FALL INTO TROUBLE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE UNCLEAR EXPECTATIONS AND WHEN YOU SET THE BOUNDARIES LIKE YOU HAVE DESCRIBED SO PERFECTLY I THINK IT IS MOST UNOFFICIAL TO ALL OF US. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU JUDGE.
>> SAID WE WANT TO TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING? UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> WE CAN TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK.
>>> OKAY WE ARE BACK FROM THE 15 MINUTE RECESS AND IF YOU
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WOULD OPEN ITEM J 11 PLEASE. >> J 11. 1:00 P.M. HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2025 HAYS COUNTY PROPOSED BUDGET .
>> I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE
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HERE TO SPEAK DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARING MEETING? OKAY.>> I WILL SPEAK. >> I HANDED THE CHANGES WE DISCUSSED DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AND HAVE DOCUMENTED ALL ITEMS THAT THE COURT APPROVED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DETAILED BUDGET SPREADSHEET. I SHOW THE INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND TAX RATE ADDING IN THAT REVENUE, 1.1 MILLION AND THEN PUTTING THE BALANCE INTO CONTINGENCY. AND THE INCREASE IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND ROAD AND BRIDGE RATE .415 AND BUDGET REVENUE CONTRACT ROADWORK.
>> SO THE OTHER ITEM WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HIS ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARY. THE COURT WILL NEED A VOTE ON PROPOSED BUDGET AND SET SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS. LAST YEAR 2024 BUDGET PROCESS THE COURT APPROVED A MARKET AVERAGE IN A TIERED APPROACH PER TERM FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. I HAVE PROVIDED YOU THE INFORMATION ON ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES THAT WILL HAVE MOVEMENT. I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE TERMS THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE CURRENTLY IN. I HAVE NOTATED FOR THOSE OFFICIALS GOING OUT OF OFFICE, THE SALARIES WILL MAINTAIN AT THE LEVEL THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT WITH THE NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL COMING IN AT TERM ONE. THE SALARIES ARE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1 BECAUSE THEY RUN BASED ON TERMS. SO WE HAVE INCREASES IN POTENTIAL INCREASE IN CONSTABLE PRECINCT POTENTIAL INCREASE IN CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2. CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 DOES HAVE AN OPPONENT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. SO THIS SALARY INCREASE WILL BE POSTED AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL DECREASE. IF THERE IS A NEW ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THAT OFFICE. FOR THE NEW INCUMBENT SALARY WOULD BE 115 863 AND IF IT IS NEWLY ELECTED IT WOULD BE 92 365. PRECINCT 4 CONSTABLE IS GOING OUT OF OFFICE WITH THE NEW ELECTED OFFICIAL COMING IN TERM ONE AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF GOING OUT OF OFFICE , CURRENTLY TERM THREE WITH A NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL COMING IN AT TERM ONE WITH THE TAX ASSESSOR GOING OUT OF OFFICE IN DECEMBER WITH A NEW ASSESSOR COMING IN TERM ONE. BOTH THOSE POSITIONS WERE AT TURN ONE THE TOTAL INCREASE OR DECREASE IS IN THE FAR COLUMN. THE INCREASES ARE WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED. BECAUSE OF THE TERM APPROACH AND POTENTIAL FOR DECREASE IN CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 THOSE WILL BOTH BE POSTED IN THIS SUNDAY'S EDITION OF THE DAILY RECORD. I WILL BE SENDING OUT THIS INFORMATION TO THE OFFICIALS BY FRIDAY WHICH I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT WILL START THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS.
>> ONCE AGAIN FOR CLARIFICATION, NOT EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IS GOING TO BE POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER? ONLY
WITH POSSIBLE CHANGES? >> I CAN POST ALL OF THESE FOR TRANSPARENCY. IT WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, THE FULL PAY FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS. LOCAL GOVERNMET CODE 152 REQUIRES YOU TO POST INCREASES.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> I GAVE A MOTION FOR THE BUDGET AND ELECTED OFFICIALS SALARIES.
>> OKAY I THINK I HAVE THOSE MOTIONS. I WILL MOVE TO ACCEPT CHANGES TO THE FY 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET AND SET THE FY 2012 SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES AS PRESENTED BY THE COUNTY BUDGET
>> THERE IS A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AND THE TAXES WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 17 AND THE TAXES WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 AT 1:00 IN THE HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT AT 111 EAST COMMISSIONERS COURT AT 111 E. SAN ANTONIO ST. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? IF NOT, CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
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>> ITEMIZED TAX RATE BROKEN DOWN BY GENERAL DEBT AND THE ROAD AND BRIDGE. I HAVE PROVIDED THE RECAP FOR EACH TAX RATE AND WITH THE ESTIMATED TAX COLLECTIONS ARE. SO YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON EACH RATE.
>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO SET THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 TAX RATE AT .3500 CENTS AS FOLLOWS, .2256 GENERAL M & N RATE.
.0829, THE DEBT RATE AND .0415 ROAD AND BRIDGE M & O.
>> SECOND. >> AUSTIN OR COMMENTS? IF NOT CALL THE ROLL.
>> JUDGE ALSO DID VOTE YES ON THE PREVIOUS MOTION.
>> YES AND ONE QUICK COMMENT. COMMISSIONER AND JUDGE. FOR THIS VOTE AND OTHER BOATS THAT TAKE PLACE HERE TODAY AND FOR THE RECORD THE COURT AND THE CLERK ARE ADVISED THAT THE VOTE OF THE JUDGE DOES NOT STATUTORILY COUNT AS A VOTE FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROPOSED VOTES HERE THAT MAY BE PASSED. REASON WHY IS BECAUSE OF REQUIREMENTS , REQUIRED MEMBER OF THE COURT NOT PRESENT THAT THEY ATTEND BOTH BY VIDEO AND BY LISTENING.
AUDIO. AND THEN THEY ARE CONSIDERED PRESENT.
REQUIREMENTS I MENTIONED TO BE FOUND IN THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 REQUIREMENTS I MENTIONED TO BE FOUND IN THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.127. REGARDLESS IT PASSED BY A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS THAT ARE PRESENT IT IS STILL PASSING, BUT WANTED TO POINT THIS OUT FOR ACCURATE RECORDING
>> I WANT TO POINT OUT WILL HAVE A TAX RATE HEARING
SEPTEMBER 3 AT 1:00. >> JUDGE HAS ASKED TO SPEAK.
>> OKAY JUDGE. >> SO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES JUDGE I CAN. >> ARE USING BECAUSE MY VIDEO IS OFF MY VIDEO DOESN'T COUNT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY AFTER MY VIDEO ON. I WANT EVERYTHING I DO TO COUNT SO GIVE ME THAT INFORMATION
AHEAD OF TIME IN THE FUTURE. >> OKAY PERFECT THANK YOU.
>> I WANT MY TWO VOTES TO COUNT.
>> WE CAN REDO THE VOTE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
>> I HAVE TO MAKE THE MOTIONS AGAIN?
>> SO I'M GOING TO RESTATE MY MOTION AND WE WILL HAVE A VOTE.
>> YOU NEED A MOTION TO REOPEN THOSE TWO ITEMS. MOVED TO REOPEN THOSE TWO ITEMS. MDM. CHAIR.
>> SURE, MOTION. >> MOTION TO REOPEN BOTH ITEMS. AND A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
HAVE BEEN REOPENED AND APPROVED I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT CHANGES TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 PROPOSED BUDGET AND SET THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES AS PRESENTED BY THE COUNTY BUDGET OFFICE.
>> SECOND. >> ALSO THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET AND LEVY TAXES HELD SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 AT 1:00 P.M. IN THE HAYS COUNTY COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURTHOUSE 111 E. SAN ANTONIO ST. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM? IF NOT CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
>> SPOT FOR CODIFICATION CAN ATTORN MY CAMERA BACK OFF?
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE TO VOTE ON.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE MOTION. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> NOW WILL MAKE A MOTION TO SET THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 TAX RATE AT .3500 CENTS AS FOLLOWS, .2256 GENERAL FUND M & O RATE, .0829, DEBT RATE AND .0415 ROAD AND BRIDGE M & O RATE.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
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>> THANK YOU, JUDGE. >> OKAY, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE THE LAST ANNOUNCEMENT THAT YOU MADE PREVIOUSLY?
>> YES, THERE WILL BE A TAX RATE HEARING AS WELL ON THE FY 2025 PROPOSED TAX RATE SEPTEMBER 3 AT 1:00 P.M. HERE AT THE HAYS COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
>> OKAY, ANY OTHER BUSINESS ? >> MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY, FOLKS.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.