[  NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS 			 COMMISSIONERS COURT 			 			*This will be a remote meeting with multiple methods of access; 			See instructions below: 			 			    BUDGET WORKSHOP 			  MONDAY - JUNE 7, 2021 at 10:00 AM 			 			 ]
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          >>> WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING TO ORDER HERE. WE DON'T HAVE THE PLEDGOR ANYTHING SITUATED HERE, WE'LL GET INTO IT. 
          THE TIME IS 10:12 A.M. I ASK FOR ANY PUBLIC EXTENT. 
          THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE WITH HANDS UP. 
          I CHECKED. NOBODY IS SIGNED UP. 
          >> HAVING NO PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE ROOM. 
          WE HAVE A FULL DAY THE FIRST ONE IS THE AUTHOR SO WE WELCOME 
          THEIR PRESENTATION. >> WE PROVIDED YOU A VERY THICK BINDER IT SHOULD HAVE EVERY REQUEST. 
          WITHIN THE REQUEST YOU SEE THE PRIZE CHARTS AND BAR CHARTS SHOWING THE ACTIVITY AND BUDGET ITEMS. IF THEY HAVE A REQUEST, THAT'S THE LAST PAGE OF THE REQUEST. 
          AWED IF YOU HAVE IT. THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS ON THE WAY IT WORKS SOME WHEN WE PUT IN REQUESTS. 
          IT AFFECTS BASE WHICH MEANS THE 2021 BUDGET THAT YOU SEE. 
          SOME MAY SEE AN INCREASE OR DECREASE THERE. 
          IT'S NOT TRUE THE WAY THE SOFTWARE WORKS. 
          THERE MAY BE A FEW INSTANCES OF THAT. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE DEPARTMENTS REQUESTING SOME VEHICLES INCREASES. I KNOW HE IS WORKING WITH MYSELF ON THE LEASE AND BRINGING THAT TO THE COURT FOR THE PHASE 2. 
          MOST OF THE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THERE AND EMERGENCY SITUATION WE CAN ADDRESS THAT. I'M READY TO START ON MY 
          PRESENTATION. >> I AM. 
          COMMISSIONERS, EVERYONE READY? GO AHEAD. 
          >> MY REQUEST IS VERY SMALL AND AT THE START I WILL TALK ABOUT OTHER ITEMS HERE THAT I HAVE NOT PUT IN. 
          I WILL -- MAY HAVE TO PUT THIS ON BASED ON THE COST. 
          THE REQUEST IS ON SOFTWARE SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE AS MOST OF THE SOFTWARE CONTRACTS, THEY ARE A CONTINUALLY INCREASING BY PERCENTAGES THIS YEAR.  IT IS FROM 3% TO 7%. 
          AND THESE ARE WHAT THE COST IS PER EACH ONE OF THE SOFTWARES WE'RE USING. SO THERE A NET INCREASE OF 
          28,000 FOR THAT. >>> I'M NOT REQUESTING COST I LOOKED THROUGH THE BUDGET. I DIDN'T SEE WHERE THERE WAS ANYWHERE I COULD POSSIBLY CUT ON SOME. 
          MOST OF THEM -- THE OFFICE ARE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. 
          MOST OF THE COSTS ARE WHERE THEY ARE. 
          NOW, WHY I SAY THIS, AS I MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE, OUR CURRENT SOFTWARE WE'RE USING, CENTRAL SQUARE, IS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CRITICAL ISSUES TO MAKE. 
          WE HAVE OUR -- THE SERVER THAT OUR SOFTWARE COMPANY IS USING HAS AN END OF LIFE FOR THE 2012 SERVER. 
          END OF LIFE IS IN 2023. JANUARY. 
          OUR -- ANOTHER ISSUE IS OUR SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE RUN REPORTS FROM AND GENERATE REPORTS AND MODIFY THE REPORTS WORKS ON THE INTERNET EXPLORER. AND MICROSOFT DECIDED TO ELIMINATE AND GO TO EDGE. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR SOFTWARE COMPANY IS NOT CHANGING FROM EXPLORER AND WE HAVE TRIED EVERY AVENUE AND TRIED TO DO THIS TO CHANGE AT DIFFERENT EXPLORER, IT WOULD NOT HELP. WHAT DO THAT MEAN? 
          >>> ONCE EXPLORE IS END OF -- EXPLORER IS END OF LIFE WE CANNOT CHANGE THE REPORTS. THAT IS BAD WE HAVE TO CHANGE THEM EVERY YEAR FOR REASONS FOR OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING SIDE AND 
          ITEMS. >> NOW THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MAINTAININGS WITH THE SOFTWARE END WE TALKED TO MANY OF OUR OTHER PEOPLE THAT USE THE SOFTWARE AND THE THEY ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE TO SO MANY DIFFERENT STEPS AND PROCESSES THAT IT WOULD BE -- BE VERY INSEF. 
          SEVERAL OF THE CLIENTS THAT WE TALKED TO SAID BE PREPARED TO ADD 5 TO 7 PEOPLE ON PAY ROLL, 4 TO 5 IN ACCOUNTS PAYABLE TO MANAGE THE STEPS. THAT'S A COST AND IF I DO THAT. 
          I HAVE NO SPACE TO HANDLE THAT EMPLOYEE, WE HAVE TO HAVE SPACE TO MAINTAIN THIS. WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL REQUESTS, WE TALKED TO SEVERAL COMPANIES. 
          I HAVE A SOFTWARE COMPANY FOR GOVERNMENT WOULD BE EASY TO FIND. IT'S NOT. 
          IF WE'RE, BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE AND CAPACITY. 
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WE'RE, ONCE WE GET TO OUR SIDE AND LARGER THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SOFTWARE TO MANAGE IS FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. 
          WE HAVE GONE THROUGH WHAT WE WENT THROUGH. 
          THOSE ARE BEING WORK DAY, OPEN GOV, AND MITES AND SEVERAL OF THOSE REQUIRE THE SAME PROCESSES WE'RE DOING THEY LUMP 5 OR SIX PROGRAMS TOGETHER AND MANAGE IT WHICH IS A DIFFICULT AS WELL. 
          THE WORK DAYS THAT ARE THE MOST COMPLEX MOST -- WORK DAYS MEANS GET EVERYTHING WE HAVE AND SOME SOFTWARE AS I MENTIONED IT DOES HAVE A SOFTWARE AND WE HAVE TO DESIGN AND BUILD THAT. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE P CARDS TO BUILD THAT WE PREFER NOT TO BE THAT LEVEL OF ITEMS T IS A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE AND THE REQUIREMENTS TO MIGRATE FROM OURS TO THEIRS IS 3.5 MILLION YOU HAVE THE FIRST YEAR OF SERVICES THAT GET US TO 4.1. 
          THAT'S THE QUESTION WE HAVE. WE KNOW 2023 IS WHEN THE END OF LIFE HAS. THE PROCESS OF MOVING A SOFTWARE TAKES FROM 12 TO 18 MONTHS OR MAYBE LONGER SO -- THIS IS SOMETHING WE MAY NEED ADDRESSED NOW. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO FIND FUNDING AND BRING THE MONEY FOR THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED AT THIS POINT IN TIME LOOKING AT GRANTS AND THE FUNDING FROM THE THAT DOES ALLOW INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOME BOTTOMS FOR THE WI-FI. THE JUDGE PROMISED ME HALF A MILLION FROM HER CO FUNDS TO COVER THIS. 
          IF WE DON'T FIND THE FUNDS, I WOULD NEED TO FIND THE FUNDS GOING THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S $3.5 MILLION INCREASE THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THIS. I HAVE NOT PUT THAT IN THERE NOW. THAT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO ADDRESS AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT. CHANGING THE SOFTWARE IS A NEED THE SOFTWARE WE HAVE BEEN ON IT 39 YEARS AND THIS WAS SOLD TO A FINANCING COMPANY AND THE ONCE THEY BOUGHT IT THEY FIRED EVERYONE WE DEALT WITH. EVERYONE THAT KNEW THE SOFTWARE IS GONE. TIME TO CHANGE.  IT IS 
          EXPENSIVE. >> I'M NOT ADDRESSING THAT BUT I MAY NEED TO. FROM 12 TO 18 MONTHS TO DO THIS TYPE OF EXCHANGE AND I HAVE SEVERAL STAFF TO HELP ME ADDRESS THIS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. WE TALKED TO LANCE BEFORE WHEN HE WAS HERE AND DARRYL WHEN HE CAME IN ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON. 
          THIS IS A SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE TYPE OF SYSTEM THAT MORE WITH DATA PROCESSING AND THE NORMAL IT THAT'S WHY IT IS AN ERP SYSTEM NOT A NORMAL IT SYSTEM. SO, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WE NEED TO BRING IN, TOO. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO BRING YOU TO RIGHT NOW. I'M REQUESTING 28878 FOR JUST THE INCREASE OF MY SOFTWARE AND AT THE CURRENT USE BUT THERE -- IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR I'LL HAVE TO BRING IN A 4 MILLION-DOLLAR INCREASE. 
          >> COMMISSIONER, I THOUGHT UP GOING TO REQUEST A QUESTION. 
          CAN I ASK, IS THAT OKAY? >> THANK YOU. 
          >> SO, DALE, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          I MISSED -- I WAS GOING IN AND OUT THE FIRST PART. 
          THE FIRST AREA IS, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SOFTWARE BUT THE AREA YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR HANDLING THE RELIEF MONEY. THE EXTRA PEOPLE AND OFFICE 
          SPACE AND SO FORTH. >> IF I HAVE TO GO WITH THE SOFTWARE WE'RE USING NOW AND THERE IS A -- AN OPPORTUNITY THAT REQUIRED ADDITIONAL STAFF AND SPACE. 
          WE STAY WITH THE CURRENT SOFTWARE I WOULD HAVE TO ADD 
          STAFF AND SPACE. >> THE QUESTION IT IS RELATED ON THE SOFTWARE, IS THERE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME OF THE COVID RELIEF MONEY TO USE THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED IN THE COS WOULD THOSE BE ABLE TO BE MOVED OFF INTO THE CATEGORY AND THAT THE SOFTWARE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEN COULD BE MOVED OVER TO THE COS THAT WE JUST ALLOCATED. 
          THAT'S KIND OF A LONG-TERM QUESTION, MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE. I WOULD NOT EXPECT YOU TO. 
          BUT MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT THAT. 
          I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON LATER ON HOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO -- WHAT THE RULES ARE THAT WE CAN -- HOW WE CAN SPEND THE MONEY WE RECEIVED AND THE COURT WILL PRIORITIZE THAT. 
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BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOK INTO THAT OR SOMETHING THAT WE 
          CAN EVEN LOOK AT. >> YES, COMMISSIONER, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RESEARCH. 
          LOOKING INTO MOVING SOME OF THE CURRENT 2021 COS THAT WE ISSUED MAYBE MOVING THE COSTS, THOSE OVER TO THE WHAT WE RECEIVED OF 35 MILLION. THERE IS ALLOWS US BROAD BAND AND OTHER SOFTWARE COMPANIES WE'RE WORKING WITH HAGERTY AND DETERMINE WHETHER THIS IS ALLOWED THERE AS WELL. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OTHER RESOURCES BEFORE WE TOUCH THE GENERAL FUND. WE'RE LOOKING INTO EVERY AVENUE. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO, WE'LL REACH OUT TO GRANTS SEE APPLYING FOR A GRANT FOR THIS FUNCTION AS WELL. WE WANT TO FIND AS EVERY BIT OF MONEY BEFORE WE TOUCH THE GENERAL FUND. 
          >> I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I JUST -- SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ON IT. THE SECOND QUESTION, LINE OF QUESTION IS RELATED TO THAT RELIEF MONEY, I KNOW THAT -- I KNOW TODAY IS NOT THE RIGHT DAY BECAUSE THIS IS A GENERAL FUND WORKSHOP BUT WHEN WE HAVE THAT MEETING YOU WILL PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET THAT WILL -- WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW,  IT IS GOING TO COST MONEY TO ADMINISTER THAT MONEY AND YOU ARE GOING TO PUT THAT TOGETHER IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT AT A LATER TIME FOR US TO KIND OF LOOK AT AS WELL. 
          THERE HAS TO BE ADDITIONAL. DEALING WITH THE MONEY THERE IS COST INVOLVED TO HANDLE THAT. IS THAT? 
          >> WE'RE WORKING WITH HAGERTY WE REACHED OUT TO A CPA FIRM TO DO THE MANAGEMENT SIDE AND DO SOME ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION OF THAT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME SUFFICIENT, I'LL WORK WITH THE JUDGE ON THE SIDE TO COME WITH A BUDGET TO DETERMINE WHAT THE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR. WE'LL BRING SOMETHING TO YOU 
          VERY SOON. >> THANK YOU, I DON'T IMMEDIATE 
          TO GET OFF TRACK. >>   THAT IS VERY ON TRACK I THINK BECAUSE, THIS IS A GUESS. DON'T HOLD US TO IT, THE GUESS IS THAT 7% IS PROBABLY A LIKELY ADMIN ACCEPTABLE RATE FOR THAT'S FUNDS, WE HAVE NOT DETERMINED THAT FROM THE GUIDANCE IS WEIRD IT SAYINGS INGRIM FINAL GUIDELINES IS THAT -- INTERIM FINAL GUIDELINE OR IS THAT INTERIM OR FINAL. 
          THE GUID GUIDELINES THEY ARE STILL PLIABLE. 
          WE CAN HOPEFULLY ASK FOR TREASURY TO INCLUDE SOFTWARE AND IT AND THAT WAY TO ME IT IS RIGHT ON TRACK IF WE CAN GET EITHER ARPA TO COVER THE 3.5 OR ARPA TO COVER SOMETHING WE COVERED IN THE 50. WE WOULD DO THE SWITCH. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, COMMISSIONER? 
          >> YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU. >> ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS WITH DALE WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE OR HIS HE HAS STAFF HERE FROM YOU KNOW PROVIDE RESOURCE INFORMATION? 
          >> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR -- I HAVE HARRY AND JULIAN FROM THE STAFF BUILDING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT USE THE CURRENT SOFTWARE AND THAT HAS BEEN REQUIRE TOED CHANGE THE NEW VERSION WHAT THEY HAVE AND THEY'RE TELLING US IF DON'T -- FIND SOMETHING TO MOVE AROUND. 
          AS WE SAID, WITH UNS THEY DID THIS THE PAY ROLL STAFF HAD MANY EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE A TEST VERSION ON THE SOFTWARE AND WENT THROUGH THIS AND WE'RE NORMALLY TOOK THEM THREE STEPS TAKES THEM 25. WE HAD TOE PAY 255 EMPLOYEES TWICE A MONTH. PLUS ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          THE SOFTWARE IS MORE EXPENSIVE. ONE WE'RE WORKING AT -- LOOKING AT IS MAJOR EFFICIENCY AND HIGH STEP WHERE WE TESTED SOME OF THE DEM KNOWS WE CAN DO THE STAIR STEPS THAT TAKE 15 AND NOT TAKE 
          FOUR. >> OKAY. 
          >> AND BEING ON THE SOFTWARE FIRST IT IS TIME TO CHANGE. 
          >> SURE, SURE, THE LIGHT BULB EFFECT. 
          THEY JUST WENT OUT. TIME TO CHANGE THEM. 
          >> TIME TO CHANGE. >> OKAY JUST -- I'M MAKING NOTES I BET EVERYONE SELLS. COULD I SAY THAT 3.5 MILLION IS 
          THE DEFICIT -- OKAY, GREAT. >> AND YOU SAID THAT HALF A MILLION THAT YOU SAID. WE TAKE THAT AWAY. 
          >> I HAVE SAID BUT I RECOGNIZE IT IS MONEY IN THE CYCLE BUT WE DID NOT HAVE TO UTILIZE THE HALF A MILLION FOR THE BREAK WATER GRANT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT COULD BE 
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APPROPRIATED BUT I CAN SEIZE THAT'S A NEW FISCAL YEAR COMING UP. THAT WOULDN'T COUNT. 
          >> AND WORKING WITH THEM ON THE 2021 SERIES, THE SOFTWARE QUALIFIES FOR THE IT THAT'S IN THERE. 
          SO, AND NOTHING QUALIFY FIABLE WE FIND OTHER SOURCES TO THAT ARE THERE. WE CAN THEN UP TO THE COURT TO REALLOCATE THEM. THAT'S WHERE WE SEE IT DONE. 
          >> I TOTALLY AGREE. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR DALE. 
          >> I'M NOT TRYING TO RUSH HIM OR YOU BUT -- WE DID AN EFFICIENT JOB STARTED LATE ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP US ON TIME. 
          OKAY. HEARING NONE. 
          YOU ARE WELCOME SINCE ARE YOU IN THE OFFICE HERE, CAN YOU ADD MORE IF YOU LIKE LATER. BUT IN THAT CASE. 
          >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THE DEPARTMENTS THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE NUMBERS. DARRYL ASKED A QUESTION. 
          HE DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IT BUT PRESENTING IT LATER. ALL THE NUMBERS CAN CHANGE. 
          THEY WILL PROBABLY CHANGE BEFORE WE GET TO THE FINAL PROPOSAL AND COMMIT IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER BEFORE, THE NUMBERS CAN CHANGE 
          AND MOST LIKELY WILL. >> GOT YOU. 
          >> GOT YOU. THANK YOU. 
          >>> GRANTS MANAGEMENT. MARIA. 
          WELCOME. >>> GOOD MORNING. 
          >> YOU HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY. >> I'M NOT GOING TO BORE WITH YOU NUMBERS I INCLUDED SOME IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN MY FACE AND HEARD MY VOICE MORE IN THE PAST YEAR THAN YOU WANTED TO, THE BUDGET PROPOSAL WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS PRETTY SIMPLE AND CLEAR-CUT. I AM ASKING FOR ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE SAME REQUEST THAT I HAD FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. 
          AND IF YOU RECALL I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ WAS NOT HERE TWO FISCAL YEARS AGO THE DELEAKS OF A POSITION WHICH WAS A CLERICAL TYPE IN LIEU OF PURCHASING A GRANT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. WITHIN THE PAST TWO FISCAL YEARS THE GRANTS ADMINISTRATION HAS SAVED THE COUNTY $93,000. 
          SO. THIS YEAR I AM ASKING FOR SEVERAL THINGS. JUST TITLE CHANGES FROM GRANT ADMINISTRATOR TO DIRECTOR OF GR GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. 
          A TITLE CHANGE FOR THE WRITER COORDINATOR TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR SINCE WE ARE A TWO-PERSON OFFICE. 
          I'M ASKING FOR A PAY GROUP INCREASE FOR THE NEWLY TITLED DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION FROM A PAY GROUP 27 TO A PAY GROUP 31. 
          THAT WILL BE A BUDGET INCREASE OF 13483. 
          AND THEN WITH THAT, I'M HOPING TO MAKE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION FROM HOURLY TO A SALARIED POSITION. 
          AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO BORE YOU WITH THE NUMBERS. 
          THE NUMBERS THAT I HAD INCLUDED WITH THE BUDGET PROPOSAL WERE AS OF APRIL 22ND. SINCE THAT TIME. 
          WE HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER 2 -- OFFICIALLY RECEIVED TWO GRANT AWARDSION. WE WILL BE MANAGING APPROXIMATELY 38 OPEN CONTRACTS WITH A TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE OF ABOUT $15 MILLION. THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND THAT WE MANAGED FOR $4.6 MILLION. 
          IT'S NOT INCLUDING THE 2.2 MILLION FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE VACCINATION PROJECT THAT HAGERTY IS ASSISTING US WITH. SO, WE HAVE INCREASED, DESPITE COVID AND WINTER STORM AND THE DISASTERS THAT WE MANAGED OVER THE PAST YEAR. WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF GRANT APPLICATIONS COMMITTED FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. 
          LAST FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER WE HAD 32 GRANT OPTIONS. WE WERE AT 36. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING DUE WITH THE TWO-PERSON OFFICE. I STRUGGLED WITH THE DECISION TO POSSIBLY ADD SOMEONE BACK WITH THE OFFICE BEING WE ARE SO BUSY AND WE'RE MANAGING SO MANY PROJECTS. 
          BUT THAT BEING MADE, I DID LEARN OVER THE PAST YEAR THAT WORKING WITH COMPANIES SUCH AS TITLE BASIN, AND WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROUND WE'RE GEARING UP FOR ROUND 2 WORKING WITH HAGERTY. I LEARNED OF HAVING KIND OF THAT EXPERT ON YOUR SIDE. THAT'S KIND OF A THIRD PARTY TO HELP WITH THE COLLABORATION AND WITH THAT ARE YOU GOING TO SEE AND THERE IS ONE ON THE WEDNESDAY AGENDA YOU WILL SEE MORE RFPS FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE THESE ADMINISTRATORS CAN WRITE THEIR COSTS  INTO THE GRANTS THEMSELVES WITHOUT ANY 
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COSTS COMING FROM THE COUNTY. SO, ON WEDNESDAY AGAIN YOU WILL SEE AN RFP FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION, PREPARATION SERVICES FOR FEMA COMPETITIVE GRANTS. 
          I WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THE BIGGER PROGRAMS THAT ARE EXPECTED FOR THE COUNTY TO BE ELIGIBLE SO WE CAN GO OUT FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES TH THIRD PARTY FOR THOSE. OUR OFFICE HAS THAT OVERSITE WITHOUT ANY COST TO THE COUNTY. AND I WILL NOT BRING UP ARPA THE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ALLOWED UNDER ARPA WILL BE. 
          WE WILL NEED SOME HELP IN THAT AREA. 
          WE ARE ACTUALLY -- AT AT HAGERTY'S RECOMMENDATIONS WORKING ON AN RFP AND WE'RE WORKING ON THE SCOPE AND SEND IT TO MICHAEL TO HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR ALL THE $70 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS. ONCE THE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK IS MADE FOR THE FUNDS THERE WILL BE A PROJECT TO MANAGE WE'RE GOING TO NEED, AS DALE MENTIONED, SOME HELP WITH THAT. 
          WITH THAT I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> IF I LOOKED AT THE PROPOSED IT IS A SLIGHT CHANGE? 
          >> YES. I'M ASKING FOR JOB TITLE CHANGES, SALARY INCREASE FROM A 27 TO A 31 FOR THE GRANT WRITER POSITION I HOPE TO RECLASSIFY AS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR. 
          WE'RE A TWO PERSON OFFICE WE DON'T HAVE THAT HIERARCHY WHERE WE HAVE GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR, WRITER AND ASSISTANT. 
          NOW WE HAVE THAT CLERICAL POSITION HANDLED THROUGH SOFTWARE SYSTEM IT IS KIND OF YOU KNOW WE'RE MORE APPLES TO APPLES AND SINCE COVID HAPPENED, WE USED TO HAVE A DIVIDE -- DIVIDE AND CONQUER APPROACH IN THE OFFICE. 
          SINCE COVID AND WINTER STORM. THE FOCUS WAS MORE KIND OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND NATALIE HANDLED EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO, I FEEL THAT YOU KNOW BEING WE'RE A TWO PERSON OFFICE IT IS 
          EQUITABLE IN OUR POSITIONS. >> MARIA, I'M HEARING HAVING THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IS LIKE HAVING THE EQUAL OF HAVING AN ARMY IF YOU WILL YET THEY'RE NOT FTES, WE DON'T HAVE THAT BUT YOU HAVE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE GOOD YEARS AND BAD WHEN IT COMES TO GRANTS. GRANTS ARE CYCLICAL. 
          THERE IS NO DETERMINING, I HATE TO ADD A FULL-TIME POSITION IF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT THERE. 
          RIGHT NOW, YES. THERE IS FUNDING OUT AND AVAILABLE AND BUT, AGAIN TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD DONE THAT PROPOSAL TO DELETE THAT POSITION. 
          YOU KNOW THOSE DOLLARS JUST WERE NOT THERE. 
          IT IS SICKLY CAL. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO. 
          I LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE EXPERTS AND I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM AND TO HAVE THAT KIND OF, AGAIN COME OUT OF THE GRANT BUDGET RATHER THA THAN ADDING TO THE 
          COUNTIES. >> THIS IS AN EXERCISE IS THAT WHEN DO YOU THAT CHANGE IN SALARY FROM 27 TO 31. 
          I GUESS ARE YOU PAYING AND WATCHING THESE WE'LL ASK YOU HOW DOES THAT HELP US IN ACHIEVING OUR GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET FOR US. MAYBE IF YOU YOU CREATE A, YOU KNOW, EVERY DEPARTMENT SAYS I WANT TO DO THIS CHANGE. 
          MAYBE SHOWCASE TO YOU DOES THAT HELP US GET TO THE AVERAGE MEDIAN SALARIES, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 
          >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT MARIA. 
          IF YOU HOLD ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR MARIA, COMMISSIONERS? 
          >> A QUESTION, COMMENT. >> YES, GO AHEAD. 
          >> SO, THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE I WOULD THINK I'M MAKING A LIST AS I GO I HOPE THAT MAYBE TYNER IS, TOO. 
          OR SOMEONE THERE CAN HELP ME. THIS IS ANOTHER THAT MIGHT BE A PLACE TO PUT A TEMPORARY COVID FUNDED PERSON TO HELP OFF SET SOME OF THE WORK IN MARIA'S OFFICE. 
          IF NOT A PERSON BUT WE SHOULD BE REIMBURSING OURSELVES FOR THIS IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS ANOTHER PLACE TO BE CREATIVE IN A LEGITIMATE LEGAL WAY THAT WE MAY FIND A WAY TO HELP OUT HERE AS WELL. 
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AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASSUME OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY WE GOT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT FALLS UNDER A QUASI GRANT SITUATION. I THINK SOME OF THE COSTS THE JUDGE IS MENTIONING EARLIER COULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE GRANTS OFFICE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. 
          I'M GOING THROUGH. I WILL NOT DO THIS ALL DAY BUT I WILL NOT PROMISE, I'LL TRY NOT TO BUT HOW WE LOOK AT WAYS TO "SUPPLEMENT" IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD BUT NOT ADDING TO THE BUDGET. WE HAVE THREE YEARS TO SPEND THEM. THAT DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF THE LONG-TERM NEEDS BUT SHORT TERM ANOTHER PERSON. 
          MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION. 
          I THOUGHT I WOULD THROW THAT OUT THERE. 
          >> ANYONE SNELLS. >> ONE QUESTION, MARIA, WE USE A SOFTWARE FOR THE GRANTS, IS THAT CORRECT. 
          >> IT WILL BE PAID THROUGH SPECIAL REVENUE COMING IN FROM 
          THE DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT. >> NOT REVENUE. 
          >> SPECIAL REVENUE THAT GOTTEN THROUGH THE GRANT. 
          WE PUT IN THE GRANT WE HAVE GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES TO SPECIAL REVENUE. WE CLAIMED OUR INKIND TIME. 
          >> AND THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MONEY THERE. 
          >> YOU HAD $20,000 IN THE EXPENSE THIS YEAR. 
          >> WE DIDN'T HAVE THE GRANT LAST YEAR. 
          >> SO YOU HAVE H HOW MUCH THIS YEAR. 
          HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE THIS YEAR? SPECIAL REVENUE. 
          >> YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION THAT WILL BE THE ONE NEW POSITION, NOT NEW IT IS A CURRENT POSITION 
          RECLASSIFIED. >> HAVE THREE INSTEAD OF TWO IN 
          THE DEPARTMENT. >> IT WILL BE, NOT TITLES NATALIE'S POSITION JUST RECLASSIFIED T IS THE SAME TWO POSITIONS. JUST DIFFERENT JOB TITLES. 
          MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE DO. >> YOU DON'T NEED ANOTHER 
          POSITION IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? >>   NO. 
          >> THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED YOU WILL SEE MORE RFPS FOR GRANT 
          ADMINISTRATION SERVICES. >> GOING BACK TO DALE'S QUESTION HE WAS JUST CAREFYING THAT THE SOFTWARE COST WHICH IS $20,000? 
          >> YES. >> THAT'S GOING TO BE COVERED THIS YEAR FROM A GRANT THAT WE DID NOT HAVE LAST YEAR. 
          >> YES. >> THE GRANT WAS JUST GETTING OFF THE GROUND LAST YEAR. IT WAS MARCH OF 2020 WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES TO CLAIM AND RECOUP. 
          >> GOT IT. >> OKAY. 
          >> GOODNESS. >> ACTUALLY MARIA YOU ARE CATCHING OUT UP ON TIME. STICK AROUND, YOU KNOW, NOT RIGHT NOW I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW WE MAY CALL YOU BACK SOMETIMES I NOTICED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT TODAY WHEN WE GET MELISSA IN HERE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THAT WERE RAISED MAY BE ANSWERED BY A DISASTER RECOVERY SPECIALIST WE GET TO EM, RIGHT? 
          >> REAL QUICK. >> ARE YOU RAISING YOUR SALARY? 
          >> I'M NOT ASKING FOR AN INCREASE. 
          >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON YOU NEVER KNOW WHO NEEDS MORE TIME, RIGHT AND WHO NEEDS LESS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON THIS MORNING AND THE NEXT IS COURT ADMINISTRATION. 
          SO, WE HAVE ALL THREE WELL NOT ALL BUT THREE OUT OF FOUR FOLKS FROM COURT ADMINISTRATION, 4, 5, SORRY, CONNIE, FOUR OUT OF FIVE. CONNIE ARE YOU SPECIAL I THINK OF YOU IN YOUR OWN WAY. WE ALMOST HAVE THE WHOLE TIME. 
          TINIER? >> SO, AS YOU KNOW TERESA IS THE ONE IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT IS GOOD WITH THE NUMBERS. 
          WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MUCH. I WILL SAY THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE GOALS IN THE COMING YEAR WE'RE WORKING ON THE BOARDS SOFTWARE. 
          WE CONTINUE TO TRAIN ON THAT. THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR AND BUDGETED FOR. WE CRUNCH THE NUMBERS AND THE AUDITOR DID, TOO. WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME MORE OVERTIME. SOME MORE OFFICE EXPENSE WE'RE PUSHING DOWN SOME PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND CHARGES $500. 
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CUTTING TRAVEL EXPENSE. 1500. 
          WE CALCULATE THE NET BUDGET INCREASE IN OUR OFFICE AT $500. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER IN OUR OFFICE. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES AND IN COURT. IN FACT, THE JUDGE ON FRIDAY CONTACTED US AND ASKED HUMAN RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY DO AN AGENDA ITEM FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. 
          TERESA, WILL YOU PASS THIS OUT? >> SO, JULIE SUBMITTED THE ITEM AT THE UPCOMING COURT FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          IT IS THE FISCAL ANNUAL IMPACT WOULD BE 65360. 
          IF THE COURT DOES IN FACT APPROVE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AT COURT ON WEDNESDAY, THE REMAINDER FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WOULD BE 22624. ONE THING THAT'S LOOMING IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS ANOTHER GOAL, IS AS ADA COORDINATOR,  I HAVE A BIG ANNUAL REPORT TO THE DOJ DUE AT THE END OF JULY, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ACTUALLY BOND COUNCIL HAS A TECHNICIAN IN THEIR OFFICE THAT HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. IN ADDITION, AS YOU KNOW, THE COURT APPROVED COUNTY WIDE ADA NOT ONLY IN THE 2020 BUT IN THE 2021 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT 6.5 MILLION. 
          AND WE HAVE BEING HELPED TO ORGANIZE THAT AND IT IS OUR PLAN TO SHOW THE DOJ THAT WE HAVE A PLAN FOR COUNTY-WIDE ADA COMPLIANCE WITH THE TIME LINE. THAT'S OUR BIG GOAL THAT WE'LL GET SUBMITTED TO THE DOJ BEFORE THE END OF JULY. 
          I WILL PRESENT MY SUBMISSION TO THE DOJ AT THE JULY 7TH MEETING OR JULY 23RD MEETING OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT. 
          THAT IS A PACKAGE THAT SHOWS THE DOJ THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE AND IN A -- WITH THE TIME LINE. 
          SO, JUDGE, YOU MAY WANT TO COMMENT SO. 
          I THINK THAT DALE HAD OUR DEPARTMENT INCREASE DOWN TO $355, TERESA GOT IT TO AROUND 500-DOLLAR INCREASE. 
          SO THE ONLY THING SIGNIFICANT WE'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY SALARY INCREASES OR ANY TITLE CHANGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE WISHES IN GETTING A PUBLIC INFORMATION 
          OFFICER ON BOARD. >> ARE YOU TOO GOOD. 
          >> THE TRUTH IS THAT THE BURDENS HAVE GROWN AND HOW HUMBLE ARE YOU WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET AND HOW HARD YOU WORKED ON IT. 
          AND THROUGH OTHERS AND AWARD NEW A DIFFERENT WAY; AND I THINK THAT. AND DOING THE WORK THAT YOU ARE 
          DOING, WE NEED YOU A LOT MORE. >> AND YOU KNOW THE SIZES HAVE INCREASED I ALMOST WANT TO SAY IT IS EXPONENTIAL BUT LET'S FACE IT BACK IN THE JUDGE NEIL DAYS THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF NEW STUFF. WITH NEW MONEY AND THE ITEMS, IN MY ESTIMATION HAVE DOUBLED. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, YOU 
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KNOW, DOCUMENTS COME IN AND A LOT OF THE JOB HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE DEADLINE AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR T THE OVERTIME. STUFF COMES IN LAST MINUTE AND 
          WE HAVE TO GO. >> IT WOULD HELP. 
          >> I AGREE WITH YOU. I HAVE NOT COMPLETE DEVELOPED THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE A NEW EMPLOYEE WOULD BE BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR US TO DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT. 
          THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, ONLY THE FIRST MEETING FOR BUDGET AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS WEEK THINGS WILL SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT BUDGET-WISE UNTIL WE GET THE NUMBERS IN IN JULY AND UNTIL THE TAX ROLLS ARE CERTIFIED, WE'LL KNOW WHAT KIND OF BUDGET WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO THAT'S GOING TO EVOLVE AND SO, YOU KNOW WE'LL KEEP THE COURT INFORMED ALONG THE WAY AS 
          TO WHAT IS GOING ON. >> FIRST ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 
          >> IT WAS. >> I THINK WITH EVERYTHING THEY ARE DOING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SUBSIDY MONEY. 
          I THINK IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TODAY BUT SOME POINT TO VISIT ABOUT WHY THIS IS COMING IN LAST MINUTE, WE HAD THE POLICY IN THE PAST ON TUESDAY AND YOU KNOW BEFORE AND SO SOMETHING IS GOING WRONG, YOU NEED TO PUT THAT ON BEFORE WE START APPROVING OVERTIME. I DON'T WANT ANYONE WHO IS NOT. 
          THE JUDGE SAID THIS. EVERYONE SOMEONE IS DUE OVERTIME WE HAVE TO PAY THEM OVERTIME. IF THEY ARE EXEMPT THEN THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE, I DON'T WANT TARA NOT GETTING PAID OVERTIME IF SHE IS NON-EXEMPT. THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO DO AGENDA MANAGEMENT. BEFORE WE THE QUESTION IS NOT OUTLANDISH BUT THE STATEMENT THEY ARE COMING IN AFTER WHEN THE AGENDA IS SUPPOSED TO BE. , LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          THE PIO -- SORRY I HAVE NOT GOTTEN, IS THAT ON FOR WEDNESDAY AS A DISCUSSION ITEM? , WE WILL HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS DESCRIPTION. I SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF A PIO FOR THE COURT TO HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          SO, WE CAN DO THAT ON WEDNESDAY. 
          I'LL HOLD ON THAT, JUDGE. WE WILL GET TO YOU. 
          MAKE SURE WHAT TERESA GETS TO PAUL SO HE CAN SCAN. 
          COMMISSIONER, WE WERE HANDED THE STKPHEUPGS YOU WILL GET THAT ON 
          YOUR E-MAIL SHORTLY. >> ALL I WANT TO SAY THAT WAS, WE HEARD AND THE COURT REACTED TO WITH THE DISASTERS AND TECHNOLOGY CHANGED. IT'S NOT NEW TO THIS COURT BUT ALL 254 COUNTIES IN TEXAS THE WAY PEOPLE COMMUNICATE IS DIFFERENT THAN FOUR YEARS AGO . WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITIZENS DIFFERENTLY AND HAVING A COMMUNICATOR DIFFERENTLY. IT IS SOMETHING WE DID NOT HAVE AND HAD TO PAY FOR THROUGH COVID-19. 
          WE HAD THE MONEY THROUGH REIMBURSEMENTS. 
          WE WERE NOT OUT ANY MONEY BUT IT WAS THE WILL OF THE COURT AT THAT TIME TO EXPLORE THIS AND THAT'S WHY JULIE WORKED WITH EXPERTS TO GET THIS POSITION SALARIED SO YOU COULD SEE IT AND DESCRIBE SO YOU COULD SEE IT AND ALLOW FOR DISCUSSION. 
          >> BY THE WAY IT IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM SO COMMISSIONERS CAN YOU CLICK ON IT AND LOOK AT THE DESCRIPTION WAS WELL. 
          >> RIGHT. WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR MORE BUT IT IS RIGHT TO DISCUSS FOR YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO APPROPRIATE 
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SOMETHING AND THEN TAKE THREE MONTHS TO FIND SOMEBODY, RIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHY THERE WAS A THOUGHT PROCESS TO BRING IT TO YOU EARLY RATHER THAN LATER. HOW ABOUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 
          FOR TINIER OR THE GROUP? >> TYNER. 
          HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE RIGHT NOW WITH THE MEDIA? 
          >> ROBERT DURANT IS HANDLING THAT. 
          I MIGHT ADD HE IS DOING IT FOR FREE RIGHT NOW. 
          I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW ROBERT ACTUALLY GOT US ON YOUTUBE, GOT 
          US ON FACEBOOK -- >> GOV.DELIVERY. 
          >> THE NEWS RELEASES ARE GOING OUT THROUGH HIM, HE IS A COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST. SO, THESE ACTUALLY THE SPECIALISTS HE HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE IN THIS. 
          IT IS BEING DONE BY HIM. >> HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE BEFORE 
          HAND? >> WE DIDN'T. 
          >> WE DIDN'T? >> WE DIDN'T. 
          >> WE DIDN'T? >> WE DIDN'T. 
          >> I WOULD SEE THE JUDGE TALKING TO THE MEDIA ABOUT DISASTERS. 
          >> WE DIDN'T HAVE A FACEBOOK, A TWITTER. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE GOV.DELIVERY, WE DIDN'T HAVE SWAGIT. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PLATFORMS. WE DID IT THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY WHERE WE DID PRESS BRIEFINGS AND WE STILL DO THE PRESS BRIEFINGS BUT THE -- IN ORDER TO GET MESSAGING OUT WE USED THE SOCIAL PLATFORMS THAT ARE MODERN TODAY THAT DIDN'T EXIST IN OUR REP 
          STORY BEFORE. >> WHAT ABOUT THE IT DEPARTMENT, THAT'S NOT IN THE SCOPE TO DO HE SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT IT BUT 
          COMMUNICATIONS. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> WE DEVELOPED OUR WEB SITE IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND CONNIE MORGAN, SO YOU KNOW, WE MADE THAT CHANGE A YEAR AGO. 
          WE BROUGHT CONNIE OVER TO COURT ADMINISTRATION AND WE MADE OUR WEB SITE MANAGED BY US SO IN THE PAST OUR WEB SITE, IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE SOMETHING ON THE HOME PAGE YOU HAVE TO CALL GRANICUS. 
          WE HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THE WEB SITES BUT OVERNIGHT BECAUSE WE HAD TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE DUE TO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, WE CHANGED OUR WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. 
          NOW WE DID HAVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLATFORMS BUT LET'S FACE IT, LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT -- IN ORDER TO RECEIVE IT YOU HAVE TO LIKE IT. YOU HAVE TO BE A PART OF IT. 
          IT IS LIKE REVERSE ALERT AN AWESOME PROGRAM BUT THERE IS SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE ON REVERSE ALERT SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A PLATFORM TO DEAL WITH VERY SPECIFIC THINGS. 
          WE HAD NO PLATFORMS TO DEAL WITH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. 
          WE CHANGED OUR MODEL OF DOING BUSINESS AND TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF RELATIVELY, THE CITY HAS 41 PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS. 
          WE HAD A DESIGNATED EOC PERSON, WHICH IS MAGGIE TURNER  IN MY OFFICE, WHEN WE -- WE'RE ACTUALLY AT A READINESS THAT CAUSES US TO BE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR. 
          SHE WOULD HANDLE THE MEDIA AND DID SO DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. 
          WHEN WE'RE INSIDE THE MANAGEMENT ON THE FIFTH FLOOR FOR AN EVENT. SHE WOULD KICK IN BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          WE WOULD BE COMMUNICATING EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THAT'S HOW OTHER URBAN COUNTIES OPERATE. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND BUT THE CITY IS DOING THAT AND I'M SURE AND GOING ON WITH THE CITY. WOULDN'T THAT BE LIKE DUPLICATING SERVICES FOR THE TAXPAYER. 
          >> IT WOULD NOT IT IS ONE COMPONENT OF OUR COMMENT AS YOU WELL KNOW AND TAKE THE FLOODS, THE FLOODS ARE AN EXAMPLE OF THE CITY IS GOT GOING TO BE GRAD CASTING WHAT IS GOING IN BISHOP, DRISCOLL. CORPUS CHRISTI DOES NOT DO THAT. THOUGH HANDING THEIR OWN CITY AND THEY HAVE -- THEY TAKE THEIR OWN DIRECTIVES, WE WOULD NOT WANT TO ABDICATE OUR ROLE AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR OUR COUNTY TO ONE CITY WHO DOES NOT COVER ALL THE OTHER. 
          >> WELL, IT WOULD NOT BE DUE POLITIC LATIVE. 
          EVERYONE HERE. >> WE HAVE OTHER MEANS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHO 
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TO GO TO AND THE TV SET. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. 
          WE'LL DISCUSS IT WHEN IT COMES UP. 
          >> OKAY. >> GREAT ARE THERE ANY OTHER 
          QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> OKAY, GREAT. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON, TYNER TO THE NEXT ONE WHICH VERY, VERY TIMELY. 
          AND WELL TIM IS HERE FOR RISK MANAGEMENT. 
          SO IF EVERYONE TURNS TO RISK MANAGEMENT IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. 
          TIM, CORRECT. GO AHEAD. 
          >> JUDGE AND COMMISSION ERS THIS WILL BE THE SHORTEST ONE. 
          >> I LIKE THAT. >> AS YOU WILL SEE ON HERE THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO TAKE OVER IS THE INSURANCE EXPENSES FOR THE 21-22 PROPOSED THE 13750. AND WE HAD THAT FOR THE RISK MANAGEMENT FOR THIS YEAR FOR THE VALUATION OF THE PROPERTIES, HOWEVER WE WILL NOT NEED THAT UNTIL NEXT YEAR OUR BUDGET WILL BE 213291. WE'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY ADDITIONAL PAY RAISES BUDGETING. 
          WE'RE GOING WITH WHAT WE HAVE. WE'RE DOING OUR JOB OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH SO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, JUDGE. 
          I TOLD YOU SHORT AND SWEET. >> YOU DID GOOD. 
          >> ASK FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR TO 
          QUESTIONS. >> GREAT. 
          >> THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED PEOPLE MORE THAN I 
          DO. >> SO JUST LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME, I WILL SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW WE DID OUR PRESAFETY LUNCHES PRE-COVID. 
          HOW DO I FIND THAT HERE. >> THAT'S IN THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EXPENSES THAT 31 INVOLVED IN THERE. 
          THAT GOES WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND 10 K FOR THE LUNCHES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT. WE USED SOME OF THAT FOR SAFETY PURPOSES THIS YEAR BUYING AEDS, WE USED THOSE, STARTED USING THOSE AND BEING MORE PRODUCTIVE WITH IT. 
          >> I THINK THAT WE CAN DO A REAL GOOD AMOUNT OF WORK ON OUR JUST SAFETY RECORD. I THINK SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND TALK TO EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCENTIVIZE THEM. 
          CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BUT THAT'S SORT OF DIFFERENT. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT RESOURCES TO DO THAT. 
          YOU FEEL LIKE DO YOU? >> I CAN MAKE IT WORK. 
          >> IF YOU FEEL THAT. >> THANK YOU, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WE'RE MOVING TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. AND OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. >> THANK YOU. 
          >>> THIS WILL BE THE LAST PRESENTATION AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A LUNCH BREAK AND I WILL HONOR THE SCHEDULE SO WE'LL BE BACK AT 1:00 AFTER THE PRESENTATION THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY MAKES. OKAY. 
          >> SO WE WILL HAVE HER CONCLUDE BUT SINCE WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE I WANTED TO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PLAN WAS. 
          >> I SAY WELCOME, GOOD MORNING. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. COUNTY JUDGE. 
          >>> I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU. 
          I THINK THAT YOU HAVE SAID THIS ALREADY TODAY BUT IT IS TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE EXTERNAL CHANGES THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS EXPERIENCING IN THE PAST 10 YEARS. 
          THE POPULATION HASDOWN, LITIGATION WAS GROWN IN ITS COMPLEXITY AND THE VOLUME. NOW, THIS IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH AND PROGRESS. 
          NOW WE HAVE STARTED THAT PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE HAD NEW TRAINING. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED PROCESSES FOR TRACKING BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MONEY. 
          WE HAVE STARTED TO ADAPT TO THE CHANGES BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF ADAPTING TO DO. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS IMPLEMENT THE VISION THAT THE COURT HAS. NOW, HERE IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE SHORT-LIST. ASKING FOR A NEW CPS ATTORNEY. 
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NOW JUDGE MC COY SENT OVER A LETTER OUTLINING WHY FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE HE WOULD LIKE FOR TO US HAVE THAT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE DELIVERED UP TO YOU DURING THE DAY. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY. 
          AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP FOR THE DIGIT TISING AND MODERNIZATION OF THE OFFICE. A NEW TORN AND WHICH WILL ASKING FOR TWO RECLASSIFICATIONS. WE'RE ASKING FOR A CHANGE TO THE ATTORNEY 3 TO CREATE MORE OF A TRAINING ATTORNEY FOR OUR YOUNGER ATTORNEYS AND OLDER ATTORNEYS. 
          >> AND THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR A CHANGE TO THE CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATION TO BECOME MORE LIKE THE FIRST ASSISTANT THAT YOU HAVE IN THE DA'S OFFICE. I BELIEVE THAT GOING TO EXPLAIN KIND OF THE NUMBERS OF THAT WE'LL BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH. 
          >> SOUNDS GOOD. , WE HAVE 18 PAGES AND THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THEY'RE A PART OF OPEN GOV THE ONLY DOCUMENTS ARE PAGES 1, 2, 3. AND NOW WE -- THE NUMBER WISE REGARDING THE BUDGET WE'RE REQUESTING THE $15,000 INCREASE, THAT'S JUST REGARDING THE BUDGET THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SALARIES OF THE RECLASSIFICATIONS. 
          THAT INFORMATION IS FOUND IN OUR ON PAGE 12 OF 18. 
          IS HOW THEY WOULD WORK AND WHAT THE AMOUNTS WOULD BE WITH THE BENEFITS. NOW, BEFORE WE GO OVER ALL OF THE NUMBERS I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT THE OFFICE DOES. 
          ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          WE'RE HERE IN COURT ALMOST WEEKLY AND HERE WHAT YOU SEE IS YOU ONLY SEE A PART OF WHAT THE OFFICE DOES.  IT IS NOT THE FULL PICTURE. HERE YOU WILL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LITIGATION AND COMES TO THE COURT AND ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE TRANSACTIONAL WORK, WE KNOW THIS THROUGH THE AGENDA, CAN YOU SEE THIS THE CONTRACTS AND THEY COME, MOST OF THEM THEY COME TO US. WE REVIEW THEM I HAVE NOT INCLUDED THAT. I HAVE NOT INCLUDED CHARTS FOR THAT I HAVE FIVFIGURES THAT SHOW WHAT WE DO. 
          FIGURE A IN THE PAM LET ON ONE OF 18 SHOWS WHAT HAS BEEN THIS IS JANUARY AND AS OF NOW, WE HAVE ZERO WE WILL BE HANDLING THOSE. , WE HAD 120 PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS THEY COME TO US. THOSE BY LAW WE HAVE TO RESPOND WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. THESE ARE THE REQUESTS THAT COME TO THE OFFICIALS. EVERY TIME WE GET A REQUEST. 
          WE DO NEED TO RESPOND AND BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE -- WITH THE VICTIM. AND FINALLY WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENT FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICE CASES WE HAVE PENDING AS OF NUNN. AND THERE ARE OVER 300 WE HAVE PENDING. NOW, ON FIGURE B WE HAVE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY PERSONNEL OVER TIME. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IS WE HAVE SHOWN -- WE KNOW THAT SINCE 2008 AND 2008 WE HAD 14 ATTORNEYS. 
          SORRY 11 ATTORNEYS AND, WE SEE IN 2020 THERE IS A .75 ATTORNEY ADDED. WE DON'T HAVE THAT ATTORNEY IN THE OFFICE NOW. AND THAT'S THE POINT 75 OF THE THEY'RE NOT THERE BUT WE'RE ASKING THAT POSITION GET FILLED. INSTEAD WE'RE ASKING IF THAT POSITION BE RECLASSIFIED FROM AN ATTORNEY TO AN ATTORNEY 3. 
          AND WE'LL GO OVER THAT IN MORE DETAIL WHY THAT SHOULD BE AN ATTORNEY 3. NOW, WE, YOU CAN SEE SEE SINCE 2008 WE HAD 6 PARAPROFESSIONALS OR STAFF MEMBERS IN THE OFFICE. 
          WE HAD 7 IN 2515. THAT'S RELATED TO A CHANGE THAT 
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HAPPENED IN THE LAW WHERE WE NOW HAVE TO DO ELECTRONIC FILING. 
          BUT IT HAS BEEN SINCE 2015 OR 2015 SINCE WE HAD A ONE PERSON INCREASE. THAT'S A PART TIME INCREASE. 
          >> NOW FIGURES C, D: C THE NUMBER OF CASES PENDING PER THE TWO ATTORNEYS. WE HAVE TWO DEPARTMENT FAMILY PROTECTIVE SERVICE ATTORNEYS THEY WILL SPEAK SHORTLY. 
          THEY HAVE A LOT OF CASES. THIS VERY OVER 150 PENDING CASES RIGHT NOW. AND FIGURE D SHOW WAS ONE POSSIBILITY HOW TO REDISTRIBUTE AND SHOWS THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED PRE-COVID. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          NOW THOSE. THAT'S WHAT THE OFFICE DOES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS WHY WE'RE 
          REQUESTING THE POSITIONS. >> THANK YOU. 
          >>> NOW FIRST TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE CPS ATTORNEY NEED. 
          THE LETTER THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED FROM THE JUDGE AND NICOLE RUSSELL. SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE OFFICE THREE YEARS NOW. HANDLED OVER 65 TRIALS FOR CPS CASES AND I DON'T KNOW -- I KNOW SEVERAL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CPS CASES AND HOW THEY GO. SHE IS GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE NEED THAT NUECES COUNTY HAS RIGHT NOW. 
          >> GOOD MORNING, I'M NICOLE RUSSELL I REPRESENT THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN THE MOST EMERGENCY REMOVALS OF CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY. 
          I'M ONE OF TWO ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYINGS WHO DOES THIS. 
          I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PROSECUTOR TO PROSECUTE THE CASES. WE HAVE A GROWING NUMBER OF CASES IN THE -- IN THIS COURT. THEY HAVE BECOME MORE COMPLEX OVER TIME. MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE WAY THE CASES PROGRESS AND HOW THEY DIFFER FROM A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL CASE. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T, CPS CASES WHEN POSSIBLE, THEY ARE REALLY ABOUT REUNIFYING THE FAMILY AND HELP TO REHABILITATE THE FAMILY OR OR FINDING A FOREVER HOME FOR A CHILD. THAT'S A DIFFICULT PROCESS. 
          THE CASE HAS 12 AND 15 HEARINGS BEFORE A CHILD GETS TO PERMANENCY. SOME OF THE CHILDREN, IT TAKES LESS THAN THE FOUR STATUTES THAT ARE -- SORRY, HEARINGS THAT ARE MANDATORY UNDER STATUTE BUT WE HAD SINCE 2009 AND HAVE HAD DOZENS OF HEARINGS ON THE CASES BEFORE THE STATE IS EVER ABLE TO 
          FIND A FOREVER HOME. >> DURING THAT PERIOD. 
          WE'RE MANDATED TO HAVE REVIEW HEARINGS TO MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY SCHOOLING IS HAPPENING. 
          THE CHILD IS GETTING THE MEDICAL CARE. 
          COUNSELING. ALL OF THE CARE THAT THE CHILD NEEDS UNDER STATE CARE. AND WE WORK THOSE CA CASES CLOSELY. AND OF COURSE FINDING PERMANENCY 
          T IS A PROCESS. >>  IT IS A PROCESS FOR A GOOD REASON. THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AFFECT A CHILD'S WHOLE LIFE. THEIR FUTURE. 
          AND FOR KIDS IN STATE CARE IT IS OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE GETTING ALL OF THE SERVICES THEY NEED. 
          SEE IF HE CAN HAVE REUNIFICATION SAFE FOR THE CHILD. 
          ENSURE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN IN THE CHILD'S BEST INTEREST. 
          EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN THE COURT TAKES THIS BE ALLY -- OBLIGATION SERIOUSLY T IS SOMETHING THAT TAKES TIME. 
          AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN HOW THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO HAS THE JOB WHO REPRESENTS THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES DIFFER FROM OTHER PROSECUTORS. 
          WE OFTEN GET CALLS EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT ASKING WHAT WE SHOULD DO ABOUT A CERTAIN SITUATION A CHILD RAN AWAY. HOW DO WE COMPLY WITH THE JUDGE'S ORDERS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND HERE IS AN EMERGENCY THAT, DOES IT MEET THE LEGAL STANDARDS FOR AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 
          I DON'T KNOW OTHER PROSECUTORS WHO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. 
          AND IT IS A VERY SERIOUS THING THAT WE DO. 
          AND OUR CASES ARE REAL LIFE AND THEY DON'T STOP MONDAY THROUGH 
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FRIDAY 9-5. AND THEY DON'T TAKE OFF HOLIDAYS. WE CANNOT PHONE THIS IN. 
          OUR JOB TAKES REAL ENGAGEMENT AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND COLLABORATION WITH A TEAM ON EACH CASE IT'S NOT JUST A FILE THAT YOU CAN PUT ON THE BOOKSHELF AND WAIT UNTIL THE TRIAL COMES AND DUST IT OFF AND GET THE VERT. 
          -- VERDICT. THE END OF THE CASES IS NOT A VERDICT T IS NOT A DETERMINATION IT THAT IS ACTUALLY THE MIDDLE OF MOST OF THE CASES. THE END IS WHEN THE CHILD FINDS PERMANENCY WHEN WE HAVE AN ADOPTION OR WHETHER WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL FAMILY REUNIFICATION. 
          AND THAT PROCESS IS TAKING LONGER AND LONGER DUE TO THE PANDEMIC BUT WE HAVE MORE FAMILIES IN THAT PROCESS THAN EVER BEFORE. AND THE BACK LOG IS UNIQUE. 
          16 MONTHS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE JURY TRIALS IS VERY DIFFERENT IN OUR COURTS IT MENS THAT WE HAVE 16 MONTHS OF TRIALS TO DO BUT IT MEANS THAT AN ADDITIONAL SIX TO 8 MANDATORY HEARINGS FOR EACH CASE ADDED TO THE DOCKET. 
          UNDER THE FAMILY CODE WE HAVE TO HAVE CASES EVERY SO OFTEN. 
          IF A TRIAL IS PUSHED OFF 16 MONTHS THERE ARE CASES AWED TO THE DOCKET. AND DOZENS OF BACKLOGGED TRIALS MEANS HUNDREDS OF CASES WHICH MEANS THAT LONGER DAYS IN COURT WHICH MEANS MORE TO PREPARE FOR AND LESS TIME TO DO IT, FRANKLY. IT IS LIKE COMMISSIONERS COURT. 
          YOU SIT UP HERE A FEW HOURS A DAY AND SPEND SO MANY HOURS BEHIND THE SCENES WORKING TO PREPARE FOR COMMISSIONER'S COURT. THE SAME IS TRUE IN OUR COURT. 
          WE SPEND MANY, MANY HOURS BEHIND THE SCENE PREPARING FOR TRIAL AND GETTING READY AND FIND THE RESOLUTIONS. 
          NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A BACKLOG BUT THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY THE PANDEMIC, THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND WITH DRUG USE, WITH HOMELESSNESS. THEY WERE BAD BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THEY ARE WORSE. ACCORDING TO THE CDC IN 2019 AND 2020. WORKS HE HAD A 30% INCREASE IN DRUG OVERDOSES NATIONWIDE. AND THAT IS NOT IN NUECES COUNTY T IS NOT IMMUNE AND THE NEGLECT OF CHILDREN. 
          SO YOU MAY BE WONDERING IF ALL OF THE INCREASES ARE ONLY PANDEMIC-RELATED, WHICH IS A GOOD QUESTION. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT. AND WHILE THE PANDEMIC HAS CREATED A BACKLOG OF CASES AND AMPLIFICATIONS IN THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT WE WERE SEEING. WE WERE ALREADY SEEING A STEADY UP TICK OF CASES IN COUNTY COURT FIVE AND IN THE CPS CASES. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES HAVE UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR DRUG ADDICTION ISSUES, OR BOTH AT THEIR HEARTS. 
          I WOULD SAY YOU KNOW UNSCIENTIFICALLY PROBABLY 90% OF THE CASES DEAL WITH ONE OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          AND SO, SURGING PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITIES WITH THE PROBLEMS I, ADDICTION AND HOMELESSNESS. MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THEY MIRROR THE SURGING PROBLEMS. THAT'S ON TOP OF THE ALREADY INCREASED POPULATION THAT WE HAD OF 20 SOMETHING PERCENT SINCE THE COURT WAS CREATED IN 1999 WITH ONLY TWO PROSECUTORS. BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, OUR CASE LOAD WAS SO FULL THAT WHEN POSSIBLE OUR JUDGE USED TO RUN TWO COURTROOMS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN COURTROOM 5 AND JUDGE HUERTA THE ASSOCIATE JUDGE IN THE PROBATION OFFICER'S TRAINING ROOM AND WE HAD SO MANY CASES ON THE DOCKET THAT WE, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. 
          THAT'S A BIG STRAIN WHEN YOU HAVE TWO PLACES TO BE AT ONE TIME. THAT'S WHY ANOTHER ATTORNEY WAS HELP OUT. AN ADDITIONAL COUNTY ATTORNEY WOULD NOT STOP THOSE LATE NIGHT CALLS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT OR THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT EACH CASE REQUIRES THAT COMES WITH THE ATTORNEY BUT IT CAN BALANCE THE WORKLOAD AND ALLOW 
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          MEANINGFUL BECAUSE MORE DOES. >> CAN I INTERRUPT FOR A MINUTE, 
          JUDGE? >> YES. 
          I HAVE TOE JUMP INTO A DOCTORS FIT ME IN. 
          I WANT TO SAY WITH THE COURT. WE SEE THE NUMBERS I'M HAPPY TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONER COURT AND NOT A JUDGE IN THAT COURT TO BE HONEST I DON'T KNOW HOW THE JUDGE IS HANDLING IT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING TO SUGGEST I WANTED TO SAY THAT WHILE SHE WAS THERE. I APOLOGIZE I'LL BE BACK ON 1. 
          I HAVE TO GET TO AN APARTMENT. >> UNDERSTOOD. 
          >> PART THE INTERRUPTION A GOOD COMMENT THEY SAY ENJOY IT AND 
          CONTINUE. >> I WAS JUST WRAPPING UP, I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND ADDRESS AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. AND IT IS NECESSARY FOR A GROWING DOCKET. I'M TOPE TO TAKING QUESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. IT IS A FEAT OF THAT YOU TACKLE. AND WE SEE YOU IN THE HALLWAYS. 
          I JUST DON'T GET A CHANCE TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THOSE IN AN ABUSIVE SITUATION OR UNSAFE SITUATION WHETHER IT IS TEMPORARY OR, UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES PERMANENT. 
          AND YOU'RE THE DEFENDERS. AND SO THIS IS ONE THAT I AM READY TO HANG ON TO EVERY WORD YOU SAY. 
          LET ME OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? AT THIS TIME? 
          >> COMMISSIONER? >>   FROM TIME TO TIME OR MANY TIMES IN BUDGET, WE UP HERE AND THE COUNTY OR OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT WE HEAR THE QUESTION OF WHY DO WE NEED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT AND INCREASE THE SIZE OR THE OVERALL COST, WE ARE TRYING TO BE EFFICIENT THERE IS SO MUCH THAT YOU DO. AND SO AS COMMISSIONER CHESNEY SAID HE WAS A JUDGE. AND THIS IS WORTHWHILE AND NECESSARY. AND I KNOW THAT IN A FEW MONTHS ALL OF THE NICE PLANNED OUT TALKS WORK THEIR WAY DOWN TO A REALLY A FEW MINUTES AND MOTIONS. 
          JUST LIKE I CAN IMAGINE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN COURT WHEN YOU GET TO THE FINAL ARGUMENT AND SO I HOPE THAT WE REMEMBER COLLECTIVELY THAT AS WE COMMIT AND THE MAJORITY OF US HAVE. 
          I THINK ALL OF US WILL DO THE WORK THAT YOU DOING. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES THERE IS A NECESSARY NEED FOR INCREASE IN STAFF AND THE COST OF DOING GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THEM. AND SO, AS MUCH AS WE WILL COME UP TO YOUR AND JUSTIFY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER HOW WE VOTE, YOU NOSE. IN SEPTEMBER, I HOPE WE REMEMBER YOUR WE THINK OF THE CASES, TRYING TO FOCUS ON EVERY WORD THAT YOU WERE SAYING AS YOU TALKINGIST DOCTORING ABOUT THE CASES AS AN INVESTIGATORS AND CASE WORKER AND SUPERVISOR THAT I DEALT WITH THAT I THINK I HAVE BEEN IN COURTS NOT AS ON STAFF SIDE BUT IN EVERY COURT SINCE JUDGE LEWIS. 
          I HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE EVERY JUDGE. 
          SO, I JUST HOPE THAT WE REMEMBER THIS. 
          ANY WAY WE TRY TO PIN IT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OUR BUDGET AS IS AND NOT DOING AN INCREASE. 
          IT IMPACTS YOU AND THE CHILDREN THAT YOU SEVERE AND THE FAMILIES THAT YOU SERVE TO REUUNIFY OR FIND THE FOREVER HOMES. 
          I HOPE WE REMEMBER THAT AND SAY THINGS PUBLICLY TO REMIND MYSELF BUT PUT A RECORD OUT THERE FOR THE I FEEL STRONGLY IN THIS AND BACK THAT UP NOT JUST WITH THE WORDS BUT ACTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> GOVERNMENT IS NOT GROWING, 
          SERVICES ARE. >> THANK YOU, GUYS VERY MUCH. 
          GUINEA. >> THAT WAS -- 
          >> I WILL SAY I WANT TO AGAIN. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PASSION THAT YOU HAVE WORKING WITH THE POPULATION. 
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THERE ARE A LOT OF ATTORNEYS OUT THERE I TELL YOU WHAT, THEY DON'T NOSE WHAT YOU KNOW. THIS IS DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AREA WHEN ARE YOU DEALING WITH JUVENILES. 
          I WAS SITTING ON THE BENCH AND TRYING TO KEEP THE CHILDREN WHO ARE KIDS GOING AND TO THAT COURT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS JUST A PASSION THAT YOU ALL HAVE AND I WELL YOU WHAT. AND YOU DO. 
          SOME OF YOU IT IS HARD YOU SAY WE FAILED. 
          IT'S NOT THAT YOU FAILED, SOMETIMES THE SYSTEM WORKS THAT WAY. SO YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF IT'S NOT YOU THAT FAILED IT IS THE SYSTEM THAT FAILS. 
          THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IN THE POPULATION. 
          >> THANK YOU, THEY DEAL AND CRYSTAL WILL GIVE BACK THE TIME SINCE THE COMMISSIONER STEPPED IN. 
          WE DO HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY ACTUALLY AND, ARE YOU WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. TAKE YOUR TIME. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY AND THE NEW ATTORNEY FREE POSITION WHICH ARE BOTH NEEDED. 
          , BREEZE ARE GOING TO BE REQUESTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR OFFICE AND WE HAVE ONE ASSISTANT 2 AND WHAT SHE DOES IS REALLY IS, SHE DOES SO MUCH FOR THE OFFICE, HER PRIMARY FOCUS IS REALLY THE MANAGER AND THE OPERATION OF THE OFFICE.  IT IS INCLUDES GOING OVER BILLS AND JUST DOING THE, YOU KNOW. TRACKING ADD THE EMPLOYMENT AND DATA IN THE OFFICE. AND IT IS A VERY, VERY BUGSSY,. 
          >> WE'RE REQUESTING A SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. 
          THIS IS TO CREATE AN ASSISTANT IN CHARGE OF DIGITAL RECORD AND DIGITAL TASK MANAGEMENT FOR THE OFFICE. 
          WE ARE -- WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT AND IMPOSSIBLE REALLY TO DO THIS WHILE, YOU KNOW WHILE HAVING ALL SORTS OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS BUT IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY COMPARATIVE TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE TO CATALOG THE TASKS, WE DON'T HAVE A ROBUST AND THE TASK MANAGEMENT AND INTERNALLY TO TRACK THE ITEMS THAT ARE COMING IN AND IN ADDITION TO THAT THIS ASSISTANT AND ASSIST WITH THE GATHERING HERE IN THE GET IT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS A DEDICATED DOCUMENTATION AND IT IS ONLY ONE PERSON CONSOLIDATED AND INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY. IN ADDITION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THIS IS NOT REALLY BECAUSE OF COVID, THIS IS MODERNIZATION WE NEED. AND AND THREE POSITION. 
          CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE AN ATTORNEY THAT'S BEEN BUDGETED FOR THE VETERAN CEMETERY. WE HAVE A .75 LISTED ON THE BUDGET. THAT PERSON IS NOT EMPLOYED. 
          WE'RE REQUESTING THAT POSITION BE RECLASSIFIED, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT SOMEBODY THAT HAS A BACKGROUND IN MATTERS NOT NECESSARILY A BACKGROUND WHAT ONE POINT WE WANTED TO MAKE THE COUNTY IS GROWING THE COMPLEXITY IS INCREASING AND THE COMPLEXITY IS INCREASING AND THE COUNTY IS DOING NOVEL, YOU KNOW, TASKS AND NOVEL PROJECTS THAT OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN DOING. 
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AND WE'RE HAVING TO DEVELOP THE EXPERTISE THAT DON'T EXIST. 
          YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CEMETERY. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO HAVE A VETERAN'S CEMETERY. THERE ARE POTENTIAL OR -- IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS DEDICATE MORE TIME TO THAT. THAT'S THE PURPOSE BUT ATTORNEY 3 TO RECRUIT SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE. 
          AND THE IDEA AND HERE BEFORE THE COURT. 
          THESE ARE NEW LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PASSED REGARDING THAT. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP WE HAVE THE SEVERAL EMERGENCY ISSUES THERE, THEY'RE NOT NOVEL TO NUECES COUNTY BUT BENEFICIAL TO HAVE SOMEONE TO FOCUS ON THE TASKS AND OTHER LITIGATION AND COMPLEX TASKS. THOSE ARE THE NEW POSITIONS 
          WE'RE REQUESTING I. >> I WANT TO KNOW THAT THE POSITION FOR THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. 
          WE'RE ASKING THAT THAT PERSON BE VETERAN PREFERRED. 
          AFTER THE NEGOTIATION, I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNICATION VETERAN TO VETERAN IS MORE EFFICIENT THAN CIVILIAN 
          ATTORNEY TO VETERAN ATTORNEY. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE YOU GET INTO NEXT PHASE, IT SEEMS THIS IS ALL RECOLLECTION THE BUDGET. ARE YOU FULLY STAFFED SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE BUDGET LAST YEAR HAD, YOU KNOW X AMOUNT OF LOWERS -- LAWYERS ARE WE USING THE ONES WE HAVE CALLED OPEN? YES? GOOD. 
          >> YES. >> AND NEXT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE ATTORNEY ABOUT 3 TO AN ASSISTANT CHIEF. 
          IT IS A BIG, BIG CHALLENGE TO THE EFFICIENCY OF ANY ORGANIZATION TO JUST RELY ON THIS PERSON'S KNOWLEDGE OF A CASE. THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS OFFICE WORK SMOOTHLY IS CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE A PERSON CAN COME IN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AND WE HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE, NOT DEPENDENT ON ONE PERSONALITY OR PERSON. 
          WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS -- AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT WE WANT TO CREATE AN OBLIGATION ON BEHALF OF THE ATTORNEY 3 TO SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAS HAD FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 18 YEARS. TALKING ABOUT KENT, WHAT HE CAN DO AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIM HAVE A JOB DUTY TO DO IS TEACH THOSE INCOMING ATTORNEYS WHAT HE KNOWS. 
          NOW, NOT ONLY GOVERNMENT WORK UNIQUE AMONG LAWYERS, NUECESCOUR COUNTIES, RIGHT. AND ADD TO THAT, THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN YOU TALK WITH THIS OFFICE THAT THIS IMPORTANT KNOWS THIS ABOUT A SITUATION AND THIS PERSON DOES THIS PART OF THIS FUNCTION OF THAT OFFICE. THAT IS ESSENTIAL. 
          NOT KNOWING IT WASTES TIME. WHAT WE WANT KENT TO DO IS HAVE IN HIS JOB DESCRIPTION THAT TRAINING AND THE PASSING ALONG OF THE KNOWLEDGE. AND OF COURSE AS A PART OF THAT WE'RE CENTRALIZING THAT WITH OUR HOPE FOR COMPUTERISATION AND DIGITIZATION OF A LOT OF THINGS. 
          SO RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT A PART OF HIS JOB DESCRIPTION. 
          IF WE MAKE IT A PART. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPENSATE BY CHANGING HIS TITLE AND SALARY ALSO. 
          NOW, FINALLY WE'RE ASKING FOR RECLASSIFICATION FROM THE POSITION OF CHIEF ADMINISTRATION TO FIRST ASSISTANT. 
          I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER ON, IT SHOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE FIRST ASSISTANT AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          WHAT IS DIFFERENT NOW? WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OFFICE AND ADVICE TO COME WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF BUSINESS OF FINANCE AND OF TECHNOLOGY. 
          WE'RE VERY LUCKY THAT IN FRANCISCO ZAMARA WE HAVE THAT. 
          WE DON'T WANT THAT TO DISAPPEARS WITH FRANCISCO. 
          EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY HAS EXPERIENCED THE BENEFIT OF THIS KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING THAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE THAT AN ASPECT OF THAT POSITION. 
          SO THAT ONE DAY WHEN HE MOVES ON, YOU CAN EXPECT AND DEMAND 
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THAT THE NEXT PERSON HAS THAT BACKGROUND IN FINANCE TECHNOLOGY AND EVEN BANKING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FROM YOU AND WE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST AND THE NICEST WAY TO SAY THIS. WE JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. 
          THE POPULATION IS GROWING. YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT. 
          WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE CHANGES. WE DON'T WANT TO BE A BOTTLE NECK FOR ISSUES. YOU KNOW ALL THE DEPARTMENTS NEED US TO HELP THEM TO HELP THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO BE A BOTTLE NECK FOR THAT AN ENGINE FOR THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT WHAT WE'RE 
          PROPOSING THIS YEAR. >> GREAT BACKUP DOCUMENTATION. 
          HOW ABOUT QUESTIONS FOR OUR CO COUNTY ATTORNEY? 
          >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION. WHY IS THE ATTORNEY 2 STILL COUNTY ATTORNEY -- BE SPLIT FUNDS. 
          IT WILL BE THOSE FUNDS ARE OUR FUNDS? 
          >> MATCHED WITH THE VETERAN'S FUNDS? 
          >> ORIGINALLY THAT WAS PROPOSED, HOWEVER I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE ANY PORTION -- I DO NOT BELIEVE THE VETERAN'S PEOPLE OR THE ARE AGREEING TO PAY ANY PORTION WE HAVE THAT WORK TO DO. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT 
          POSITION. >> ALL RIGHT. 
          >> SORRY? >> KIND OF LOW, RIGHT? 
          >> LOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST AND BE EFFICIENT WITH WHAT 
          WE HAVE ACCESS TO. >> IT'S MY OPINION. 
          OKAY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 
          >> OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          >> WE'RE FINISHED A LITTLE BIT EARLY BUT WE'LL USE THE TIME WISELY TO PREPARE FOR A VERY BIG AFTERNOON. 
          AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME THIS MORNING AND PARTICULARLY FOR TERESA WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS GET SCHEDULED. THIS IS VERY BENEFICIAL AND WE HAVE ALWAYS INVITED THE DEPARTMENTS BUT THIS WAY WE'RE GETTING A MUCH BROADER LOOK. WE'LL SEE EVERYONE BACK WE'RE RECESSED UNTIL 1:00. IF YOU TAKE THE MICS OFF, 1:3:3S GET STARTED. WE HAVE HUMAN RESOURCES. 
          >> I WILL ASK FOR TWO PRINTERS AND TWO SCANNERS. 
          >>> THE 1245 THAT'S ALL THAT I'M ASKING FOR. 
          YOURS IS THE SHORTEST. >> I HAVE THE 1280 AND BENEFITS AND. THAT DEPARTMENT IS COVID STRICKEN. AND BY THAT I MEAN OUR UNEMPLOYMENT FUND IN THAT DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS OR SO THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS CONTINUED TO DECREASE. AND MY OFFICE WORKS ON THAT DILIGENTLY AND WE'RE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE OF THE DOCUMENTATION THAT I WORK WITH, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT DOCUMENTATION IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT OUR UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS. AND THIS YEAR, WHAT I MEANT BY THE COVID STRICKEN. 
          THERE WERE SEVERAL FRAUDULENT CLAIMS PLACED ON BEHALF OF NUECES COUNTY. THE REASON THAT WAS HAPPENING WAS PEOPLE APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION WAS GIVEN AUTHORITY TO PAY CLAIMS WITHOUT CHECKING ON THEM. I GOT A BILL THAT WE HAD A DEFICIT I WAS TAKEN ABACK. EVERY YEAR WE HAVE GOTTEN A REFUND EVERY YEAR. I THINK I GOT CLOSE TO $200,000 ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT. THIS YEAR I GOT A BILL FOR 
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$50,000 THAT WAS NOT ALL OF IT THE TOTAL FOR $159,000. 
          BECAUSE I HAD $64,000 IN DEPOSITS WITH THE ASSOCIATION THEY KEPT THAT PART. AND THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS NICE AND THEY GAVE US $44,000, THIS YEAR WE HAVE A BALANCE OF $50,000, I WORKED WITH DALE AND GINNY AND THE COUNTY JUDGE. WHAT THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES IS TELLING ME THAT WE HAVE TO PAY IT AND IF THOSE FRAUDULENT CLAIMS COME THROUGH, THAT THEY WERE DECLARED FRAUDULENT AND GET THAT MONEY BACK, RECOVER IT, THEN, IT HAS INCREASED THE RATE BY 5000S. I MEAN IT WAS AT 12 AND LAST YEAR WENT DOWN TO 7 AND NOW IT IS GOING BACK UP AGAIN. 
          SO, I HAVE BROUGHT IT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE FRAUDULENT CLAIMS BECAUSE OF COVID T IS JUST THE WAY IT IS NOW. 
          WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION WITH THEM. 
          MY OFFICE AND THERE IS NOT A LOT WE CAN DO. 
          >> IT IS JUST UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK THERE IS MORE WE CAN DO, I DON'T MEAN YOUR OFFICIALS I THINK LEGALLY, YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR FRAUD. 
          PERIOD. OKAY. 
          WE HAVE TO -- BUT YOU MAY BE RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND GET OUR REIMBURSEMENT, WE DID CHECK 
          INTO CYBERSECURITY. >> AND THE IT DEPARTMENT. 
          >> THIS IS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. PEOPLE WERE HACKING THE SYSTEM AND USING NAMES THEY WERE GETTING FROM ANYWHERE AND PUTTING THEM THROUGH THE WORKFORCE COMMISSION, NOT JUST 
          US. >> IT WAS ALL OVER THE STATE. 
          >> NATIONWIDE. >> AND THIS COVERS THE OVERAGES. AND UNDER FUND THE UNEMPLOYMENT SIDE OF IT BECAUSE SHE IS SAYING THE RATE DID CHANGE AND COVERS ALL DEPARTMENTS. THIS MAY BE DISCUSSING NOW, THIS 
          WHAT COVERS THIS AREA. >> AND THIS WAS NOT A DATA 
          BREACH? >> THIS IS SELECTING EMPL EMPLOYEES AND THEY KNEW IT WAS EMPLOYEES? 
          >> SEVERAL CLAIMS THAT CAME ACROSS OUR DESK. 
          PEOPLE WERE APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. 
          AND THEY HAVE A SYSTEM THEY MAKE YOU WAIT AND CALL THE CLAIMANT TO VERIFY IT IS A VALID CLAIM. THAT WAS SKIPPED OUT. 
          THE GOVERNMENT SAID START PAYING THE CLAIMS WHEN THEY COME IN. 
          DON'T CHECK THEM OR SEND THEM PAY THEM. 
          >> PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE. HOW THEY GOT PEOPLE'S NAMES AND THE NUMBERS AND GOT THEIR MONEY. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT PART EXACTLY NOT UNTIL NINE MONTHS LATER DID I FIND OUT THEY WERE BEING MADE AND SOME OF THEM WERE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE STILL WORKING HERE, MYSELF INCLUDED, AND THAT HAVE RETIRED. THAT'S WHAT DREW EYE EYES TO IT I NOTICED THERE WERE PEOPLE ON THE LIST THAT HAD RETIRED ALREADY AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE APPLYING FOR 
          UNEMPLOYMENT THEY RETIRED. >> WERE THEY NOTIFIED OR ANYONE 
          IN THE FUTURE. >> I NOTIFIED THE TEXAS AGENCY. 
          >> DOES IT MATTER MY NAME CAME UP, WOULD I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED 
          TO BE AWARE THAT. >> SOME WERE NOTIFIED AT THEIR HOME ADDRESS. OTHERS WEREN'T, COMING HOE THE HR I LOOKED INTO WHY THEY WERE CLAIMED. 
          WE TOLD THEM THEY WERE FRAUD. THEY HAVE A LIST WE'RE NOT. 
          IF THEY HAD BEEN PAID, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IF THEY CAN RECOVER 
          THE MONEY. >> WE MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS $16 BILLION COMING THEM FROM THE -- THIS SUMMER, EARLY FALL FROM THE AMERICAN RELIEF PLAN ACT. 
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THESE ARE THE TYPES OF LOSS OF REVENUES RELATED TO COVID WE MAY WANT TO ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR, RIGHT. 
          WE'RE DOCUMENTING ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT CAME OUT IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT JULIE WILL HAVE TO REPLENISH, WE'LL PURSUE AND THAT'S -- AS THEY SAY, THAT'S -- IT WAS PREVALENT. 
          THE ONE THING WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM. 
          UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. 
          AND IT IS HARD TO STOP IT. >> THE LAST THING I WANTED TO INCLUDE I KNOW DALE ASKED FOR SOFTWARE. 
          THE HR DEPARTMENT IS INCLUDED WHEN HE CHOOSES THE SOFTWARE. 
          OUR INFORMATION FLOWS TO HIS AND THE SAME, I WANT TO BE CONSIDERED. I'M TRYING TO PIGGY BACK ON WHAT 
          HE PICKS. >> WHATEVER CENTRAL SQUARE DOES 
          WILL HELP HR? >> WHATEVER WE GO TO WE ARE INCLUDING SOFT WAR, RECRUITING. PAY ROLL AND EVERYTHING AND SO IT IS -- ALL INCLUSIVE. NO QUESTIONS THERE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO COUNTY AIRPORT. 
          WE HAVE JOHN HERE TODAY. >> WE MOVE TO THAT IF YOU LOOK IT'S NOT IN ORDER UNDER DAY 3 AND NUMBER. 
          DAY FOUR. YOU GOT IT. 
          HELLO, JOHN. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? 
          >> YOU'RE READY TO GO. >> I WILL BE BEAT JUDY'S RECORD. I'M NOT ASKING FOR MONEY EITHER. I THINK I CAN WORK WITHIN THE BUDGET I HAVE FOR SOME OF THE NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF AT THE AIRPORT. THE BUDGET FOLLOWING IS GOING TO NEED MONEY AND WE HAVE TO DO ONE OF THE APRONS. 
          >> WHAT THE. >> THE APRON. 
          >> IT WAS SEAL COATED. AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED THEN. I NEED SOME TO DO SOME SEALING ON THE RUNWAY. BUT WE CAN PUSH THAT FOR ANOTHER 
          YEAR. >> ALL THE CAPITAL IF YOU CAPITAL NEEDS LIST THAT WILL HELP US SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE FUNDING MONEY, INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU. 
          IT STAYS THE SAME. >> AND THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY NEEDED. , WHEN WE GET THE CARS DID WE TALK ABOUT THE OLDER CAR WE WILL CYCLE IT OUT. 
          >> I DO HAVE IT. >> AWESOME. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 
          ALL THAT DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE FLOODS. 
          WE'RE DOCUMENTING IT BUT FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD GET DECLARED BUT WE MET THE THRESHOLD. 
          A POSSIBILITY WE CAN GET THOSE DOLLARS BACK. 
          LET'S MAKE SURE WE KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING WE DO TO REPAIR. 
          >> THAT'S THE MOST THAT I HAVE SEEN. 
          >> THAT IS A FIRST FOR ME HITTING THE RUNWAY. 
          >> CRAZY. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          >> JUST REALLY THE SEALING COAT. 
          REPAIRING THE RUNWAY AND -- >> WE HAVE HANGARS, THAT'S 
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ANOTHER DAY. CROCE YOUR FINDERS, THAT MAY BE 
          COMING. >> I HOPE SO. 
          >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU QUESTIONS FOR JOHN? 
          >> SUPER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> THAT PUTS US FAST. WE WERE BEHIND NOW WE'RE AHEAD. 
          NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO IT. THEY DIDN'T NEED TO COME UNTIL 2:00 LET'S GO CHECK ON THEM. SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT. OR IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO COME 
          IN IF THEY CANNOT. >> LET'S GO BACK TO THE REGULAR. 
          >> THERE IS EVERYTHING. >> WILL WE BE HERE ON FRIDAY IS 
          THAT AN OPTION? >> I NEED TO ASK TYNER. 
          >> WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO POST IT. 
          WHEN WE'RE DONE TODAY WE WILL BE POSTING FRIDAY. 
          SO WHEN WE GET DONE TODAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE SPACE ON THE BOARD WE'LL REMOVE TODAY AND POST FRIDAY. 
          WE'LL GET THIS OUT TO YOU AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          >> OKAY. >> THANKS. 
          , WE MIGHT AS WELL ALERT JJ HE NEEDS TO COME FROM THE RTA. 
          >> WE'RE WAITING, THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR OF WE HOPE THIS IS USEFUL AND FEEL FREE TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION WE'LL CHANGE 
          THAT OUT. >> I LOVE IT. 
          >> THAT IS GREAT. , WHEN I WAS CLEANING CLOSETS OUT I KEPT ALL THE SINGLE PAPERS WE USED TO GO THROUGH. 
          THIS IS MUCH APPRECIATED HAVING IT ALL IN ONE SPOT. 
          >> NOT 100% INCLUSIVE 1500 PAGES BUT REDUCE IT DOWN SOME. 
          >> IT IS A GOOD DAY ONE. >> WE'LL GET YOU THE OTHER BOOK TO THE AUGUST AND ENDING YEAR AND THE OTHER BOOK DAY. 
          TUESDAY WE'RE MEETING ON AT 10. >> YOU WANT TO CONFIRM. 
          10 A.M. TOMORROW. 
          >> TOMORROW IS AT 10. >> THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT 9. 
          >> THERE YOU GO. , THAT'S WHAT I HAD. 
          >> TOO MANY NUMBERS. >> I WILL SAY SOMETHING, WE'LL HAVE VACCINATIONS AT THE COURTHOUSE COMING UP. 
          WE'RE SEEING SO MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC HERE. 
          YOU WILL SEE THAT ON THE SCHEDULE. 
          WE JUST APPROVED THAT THIS MORNING. 
          THAT WAS GOOD. A LOT -- WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK WHEN WE DID THE RTA, WE WERE GETTING 50 A DAY THAT'S PEOPLE COMING TO THE BUS. WE'LL TRY THAT HERE. 
          SO -- YOU WILL SEE THAT. >> THAT'S THE LATEST BREAKING 
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          NEWS. >> COMMISSIONER I DIDN'T ANSWER THE FEED BACK ON THE LADY THAT WAS. 
          . WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE TWO QUICKEST PRESENTATIONS BEFORE YOU AND SO -- THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT OF ORDER. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US. 
          WE'LL LET YOU START WHEN YOU'RE READY. 
          >> AND TRYING TO CRAM THAT IN. >> WORKING UNTIL BRENDA TOLD ME I WALKED OUT THE DOOR PRINTING THIS OUT. 
          SO, THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT TO GO THROUGH IN A SHORT TIME SO I HAVE BEEN SPENDING SOME TIME WITH DALE DISCUSSING WHEN THE DROP DEAD DATES ARE FOR THINGS AND THERE IS A LOT TO LOOK AT IN FUNDING AND I HOPE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES BUT WE DO NEED TO MOVE GRACEFULLY WITH THAT SO HAVING SAID THAT. 
          CONNIE. IF COULD YOU BRING UP THE 1240 
          FIRST OR LISA. >> LISA, HELP US ON THE TAB. 
          1240 IS? >>> UNDER THE 1240 WHICH IS THE PURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COVERING THE SALARIES AND EVERYTHING, FOR EMPLOYEES. MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE ACTUALLY IT WILL BE LIKE THAT I WILL USE THE SAME WORDING IS THAT. THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE PRIMARILY CARRY OVER. THERE IS NOTHING THAT I'M PRESENTING TODAY THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN FUNDING OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL RISING COST THAT HAPPENED ANNUALLY. 
          SO, UNDER EMPLOYEES, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONS PLANNED AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE POSITION OPEN AND ANOTHER ONE THAT IS LOOKING AT RETIREMENT LATER ON THAT WE HOPE TO AVOID ACTUALLY BECAUSE SOMEONE WORKING WITH FINANCING IN THE ODYSSEY SYSTEM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OTHE OTHERS ARE FULLY TRAINED BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. 
          I'M GOING TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND KIND OF TEMPORARILY FREEZE THE POSITION THAT IS OPEN UNTIL I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU, JUDGE, ABOUT THAT POSITION. 
          IT IS JUST ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          WANT TO NOT MAKE ANY HASTY DECISIONS ON ANYTHING BUT TO GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS GOING ON HERE WHERE THE FUNDING IS GOING AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO REARRANGE THINGS AND GET BETTER WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE UP GRADES AND NETWORK EQUIPMENT. 
          CONSOLIDATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES HOW THE COUNTY ENTITIES COME INTO THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF SCATTERED OUT WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND SOME OF IT IS OLDER TECHNOLOGY AS WELL. SO, BASICALLY UNDER 1240 IT WILL 
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BE A CARRY OVER. I WILL LOOK AT THEM INDIVIDUALLY IN MORE DETAIL, GETTING WITH THE EMPLOYEES INSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHERE THE MONEY WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN IN TRENDS OR FUNDING HAS GONE IN THE PAST. 
          LOOKING AT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE OFFICE EXPENSES AND SUPPLY I'M SEEING $18,000 LIKE THAT IS HOW ACROSS THE BOARD IT MAY BE AND WITH RESPECT TO THAT. AND SEE WHERE WE CAN SQUEEZE AND CYBER SECURITY. WE HAVE MONEY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SPENT THERE TO GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE TO BE AND I SEE SPACING AND GRANTS, I WILL WORK WITH THE AUDITOR ON THE LINE ITEMS TO SEE IF WE CAN SQUEEZE MONEY. 
          REARRANGE IT ACTIVITY WITH THE SATELLITES AND SEE HOW THAT COMPARES TO THE COST WE'RE DOING NOW. 
          IT MAY GO DOWN YOU OUTSIDE OF THAT UNLESS I'M GOING TO MOVE 
          ON. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ON 1240. 
          TRYING TO WRITE DOWN. , IS THAT. 
          >> AND $800,000 DROP. >> THE REASON FOR THAT. 
          AND, WE ACCOUNT FOR A SOFTWARE SERVICES THE NEXT LINE BELOW IT IS BUDGETED THERE, WE MOVE THAT BLOUSE. 
          >> THAT IS A SERVICE BEING TACKLED IN OUR 2021. 
          WE TACKLED IT IN THE 2000 -- 2019 COS. 
          >> A TOUGH TIME TO COME ON BOARD. 
          >> A FEW WEEKS BEFORE BUDGET. >> WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF 
          FLEXIBILITY WITH YOU. >> THIS IS PRELIMINARY IT HELPS US GET A FEEL BUT IN YOUR CASE, THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS EVERY DEPARTMENT AND US COUNTY WIDE AS YOU NOTED, CYBERSECURITY IS A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO. OUR MANDATES ARE DIFFERENT, THE THREATS ARE DIFFERENT. IN OUR GLOBE AND NATION. 
          WE HAVE SEEN THAT, IN LIVING COLOR OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. 
          I ENJOY THE MOMENT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE LINE ITEMS AND SQUEEZING IT OUT. YOU WILL GET A LESSON HOW HE DOES THINGS WITH REGARD TO OFFICE SUPPLIES AND TRAVEL AND EVERYTHING. ARE YOU NOT GOING TO SQUEEZE ANYTHING OUT OF THOSE IT LOOKS LIKE ARE YOU OVERBUDGETTED AND EXPLAIN WHY AND HOW THAT -- I DID THE SAME THING WHEN I CAME IN. LOOK, HERE IS A MILLION DOLLARS WE CAN SAVE. THEY'RE LIKE WELL THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO IT BUT HAVING SAID THAT, THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM BUT YOU WILL SEE THERE IS AMETHODOLOGY AND THERE TO PROTECT THE OFFICIALS, PROTECT YOU SO THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH CUSHION TO MOVE THE DOLLARS AROUND. HAVING SAID THAT, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING OFF SKEW, YOU NEED TO WORK WITH DALE. 
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HE WILL HELP YOU. BUT OVERALL, I THINK YOU'RE ZEROING IN OWN THE RIGHT THINGS, CYBERSECURITY. 
          WHERE SHOULD WE HEAD TO NEXT? >> WE CAN GO TO 0131. 
          RECORDS IMAGINING. >> 85. 
          >> GOT IT. >> THIS ONE IS SHORT AND SWEET. 
          AND GOING TO BE THE SAME WAY IT IS PRIMARILY CARRY OVER, CONTINUING THE USUAL. NO ADDITIONS AND PERSONNEL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT PLANNED. WE'LL BE APPLYING THAT SQUEEZE 
          WORD WHERE WE CAN. >> VIZ CONTINGENCY WITH THE REMARK BECAUSE THAT'S -- THERE IS A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO COVER THIS IN ANOTHER CATEGORY AS WELL BUT THE CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION AND JUDGE AND DALE, THAT IS SOMETHING I QUIL INQUIRE ABOUT WITH THAT PARTICULAR ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT TO COVER IT HERE JUST A OVERVIEW TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION IS THERE. 
          WE'LL SEE THAT AGAIN. >> THE IT IS BASICALLY YOUR FUND BALANCE SO THAT FUND FOR THE DEPARTMENT A FUNCTION, WE USUALLY ZERO OUT YOUR FUND BALANCE AND PUT IT AS A CONTINGENCY IF YOU NEED IT AND WE CONSIDER IT APROMOTIONS AND WE DO NOT EXPECT THAT. IT IS WHAT THE END OF THE YEAR THE FUND BALANCE REMAINING AT THE TIME. 
          >> AND OKAY. >> WELL IF YOU ARE KIND TO LEAVE IT THERE UNTIL I CAN LOOK. THAT IS A NUMBER. 
          THAT WILL GO UP. >> AND I BELIEVE THAT IS INCREASING. THAT YOU WILL HAVE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SECTION?  IF NOT WE CAN MOVE OVER TO ANOTHER 1304. 
          THE COUNTY RECORDS MANAGEMENT. >> IN THIS FUND -- FUND IT IS THE SAME A CARRY OVER WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          NO ADDITIONS PLANNED HERE. WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SQUEEZE AND THE CONTINGENCY EXPLANATION IS THE SAME HERE. 
          >>> OKAY. >> IT LOOKS PRETTY MUCH THE S 
          SAME. >> ANY QUESTIONS HERE. 
          >> THE ONLY THING I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SOMETHING FOR US TO HAVE A GREAT DIALOGUE ABOUT THE RECORDS WAREHOUSE IS A REAL -- THE FACILITY IS A REAL ISSUE AND I THINK YOU KNOW THAT. THERE WILL BE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THIS COURT COMING UP TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          WE HAVE JEFFED THE WILL TO BE THE LOOK AND SEE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE IN THE MARKET. WE NOSE WHAT WE'RE PAYING MONTHLY IN RENT T IS NOT HERE. I WANT TO SHOWCASE THAT CAN BE -- WE CAN GET MORE FUTURE -- FUTURISTIC AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING EXCITING TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND JUST MAYBE STAR IT OR MARK IT FOR WEDNESDAY'S COURT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. I MEAN IT IS A LONG TIME COMING BUT IT IS THE HUMIDITY AND THE WATER ENTRANCE AND IT IS FRIGHTENING FOR US WHEN WE HAVE A RAIN AND A WEATHER EVENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMPROMISE THE DOCUMENTS. 
          AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, THIS COURT INVESTED $2 MILLION A YEAR AGO IN DIGITIZATION THERE IS AN ITEM ON THE COURT, FOR YOUR SITUATION, WHERE FOR ANOTHER $260,000 INVESTMENT WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK FOR SUPPORT RECORDS, SO, YOU KNOW EVERY CHANCE WE GET, WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE OUT AND MOVE OVER AND DIGITIZE AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF STORE KEEPING FOR US. 
          SO IF WE'RE DOING WORK WITH THEM. 
          WE CAN STORE A LOT OF DOCUMENTS SO -- WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF GOOD 
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WORK AND JUST A FRACTION OF WHAT IS NEEDED. 
          BUT JUST TO FOR A SITUATIONAL AWARENESS THERE IS A LOT GOING 
          ON THERE. >> THE RECORDS WAREHOUSE ON THE SIXTH FLOOR AND HAS REALLY MADE MASSIVE IMPROVEMENTS BUT WE HAD ISSUES WITH MOISTURE AND WE'RE JUGGLING THOSE. 
          I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT. THERE WERE TWO ITEMS COMING UP NOT TO BOMBARD BUT IN AN EFFORT TO GET YOU A BETTER FACILITY AND BETTER MODERNIZATION THROUGH DIGITIZATION. 
          >> I DID BROWSE THROUGH THE AGENDA COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY. 
          I SAW 3, 4 THINGS THAT I WOULD ASK ABOUT AND, YOU KNOW, 
          CERTAINLY BE PRESENT FOR. >> WE'LL GET TOGETHER WITH YOU BEFORE WEDNESDAY SO YOU HAVE MORE HEADS UP. 
          THANK YOU. >> GREAT. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> AND THEN THE LAST ONE HERE WOULD BE 1470 ON RECORDS MANAGEMENT. 
          AGAIN. >> THIS IS WHERE WE SHOW THE 
          RENT FOR THE FACILITY. >> RIGHT; 
          >> THIS AGAIN WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT CARRYING OVER WHAT WE'RE DOING. NO PLANS ADDING ANYTHING, WE'LL TRY TO SQUEEZE SOMETHING OUT OF HERE. 
          THIS WILL BE ONE, AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, WE'LL HAVE SOME ONGOING DISCUSSION AND FACILITIES AND HERE. 
          AND OUTSIDE OF THAT IT IS ROUTINE ONGOING OPERATIONS. 
          >> ANY COMMISSIONERS -- COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOOD HERE. I WOULD ASK -- JUST CHECK. 
          I ASK, WITH MISS ELIZABETH BECAUSE OF THE RAINS. 
          >> AND REQUIRE THE DOLLARS TO CURE AND SO:THE LAST THERE WERE NO ISSUES TO BE TENDED TO, I WILL PLAN ON A TRIP DOWN TO THE WAREHOUSE. WITH THE ITEMS ON WEDNESDAY I 
          THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA. >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          >> SO IN CLOSING THINGS TO GO OVER. 
          WE COVERED THE CONTINUE GENESSEE FUNDS -- CON FIN GENESSEE -- CONTINGENCY FUNDS ANYTHING THAT CAME THROUGHOUT THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. WE HAVE BEEN DOING AD HOC AND COVID AND RUNNING THE LUMINARE SOFTWARE. 
          FUNDING LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A FEMA CAME THROUGH SOMEONE THE RELIEF OUT THERE WE MAY GET SOMETHING ON THAT I'M NOT SURE IF WE WILL BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME, THOSE ARE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET THE SOFTWARE AND IT IS PRETTY HIGH SO I THINK WE KNOW WHAT OUR PLANS WILL BE AS FAR AS SETTING UP THE SIGHTS. 
          KEEP THAT UNDER TAB SO WE CAN PLAN THAT OUT RIGHT. 
          , I WILL REACH OUT WITH MELISSA TO REACH OUT TO YOU. 
          SHE IS THE COORDINATOR. I THOUGHT I SAW HER IN THE HALLWAY. WE'LL HAVE HER REACH OUT. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT YOU BRING UP SO FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE ANYTHING THAT'S FEMA VACCINATION, WE HAVE ADVANCED FUNDING. WE HAVE RECEIVED 50% OF IT SO IF WE CAN WORK WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICIALS AND TASTE REMEMBER RECOVERY WE NEED TO APPLY THE DOLLARS TO THE TO INNOCULATE. 
          IF THEY CLAW BACK THEY CLAW BACK. 
          I BELIEVE IT IS AN APPROPRIATE USE. 
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THE ISSUE IS QUALIFYING, YOU GET AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT, THESE WHAT THEY CALL IT, YOU DEEM IT ELIGIBLE, YOU GET TO SUBMIT THE REIMBURSEMENT FORM N THIS CASE WE HAVE THE MONEY THAT'S WHERE IT IS INTRIGUING. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE MONEY, YOU'RE THE BANKER THEY -- BUT ON THIS HAVING TO DO WITH VACCINATIONS. REMEMBER IT IS TWO, LUMINAIRE AND THE SECOND UP WITH IS INNOCULATE. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME. >> WHAT WAS IT CALLED? 
          >> QUICK SCREEN. >> QUICK SCREEN IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. INNOCULATE WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS. 
          AND WORKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN BOOK IT RIGHT, SO TO SPEAK. 
          BUT MELISSA CAN HELP WITH YOU THAT WHICH IS WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING. I DON'T WANT YOU TO FREAK YOU OUT BUT OPERATIONAL. YOU KNOW THROUGH, YOU KNOW AT LEAST ALL OF 2022 BECAUSE OF THE MASS VACCINATIONS THAT WILL OCCUR WITH THE WORCESTER -- BOOSTER. 
          WE'LL BOOSTERRING PEOPLE PROBABLY EARLY 2022. 
          SO -- BUT, AGAIN, WE HAVE CHIEF KID COMING IN. 
          I'LL ASK THAT QUESTION AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU BUT MELISSA WILL BE A NOT TO BOMBARD YOU BUT WHEN YOU'RE READY. 
          >> SOUNDS GOOD. >> LET'S SEE I THINK WE HAVE COVERED EVERYTHING TALK ABOUT WHAT LOOKING AT SQUEEZING FUNDS WHERE WE CAN. TRYING NOT TO INCREASE AND LOOKING AT THE GRANTS. WE DO HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT, SOMETHING THAT IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THE CYBERSECURITY TRAINING. WE STILL HAVE A GOOD HEAD COUNT TO COMPLETE THAT BY JUNE 14TH. AND THEY ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS TIED TO FUNDING AND PRIMARILY THE GRANT FUN FUNDING BUT WE'LL SEE THE AMERICAN RYE LEAVE FUNDING BUT MAKE SHIRE WE'RE CO COMPLIANT. 
          , AND WHICH LOOK AT COMMUNICATING ADD ANYWHERE WE'RE WE MAY NEED SOME COMPETITIONS TO MAKE SURE I WILL GET ON THE VENDORS AND GETTING US AND SO THAT LEADS TO THE LAST AREA WHICH IS LISTING THE OPTIONS ON SOME OF THOSE AND GOING VISITING WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS. AND WITH OUR SITE THE ID DEPARTMENT ON WE SPEND MONEY ON THE APPLICATIONS AND SO. 
          I'LL DO IS PRIORITIZING THAT WE'RE GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE APPLICATIONS. ANY OF THEM THAT I HAVE NOTICED SOME THAT HAVE BEEN STAGNANT AND LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IN THE AREAS. AND ONE OF THOSE WORKING WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE GOING TO ON A WORK DAY. 
          THE PEOPLE AND THEY SAW THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND IT T IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE COUNTY CAN STREAMLINING YOU SEE THE POSITIONS THEY ARE SPECIFIC PURPOSES TO WORK ON ONE THING BECAUSE WILL NOT DO THAT FUNCTION AND THE APPLICATIONS WE WANT TO TARGET. I DON'T LIKE BUT ATTRITION THAT 
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WE HAVE AND TAKE A LOOK WHERE WE ARE WITH THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS NECESSARY. SO. 
          THAT SUMS IT UP. >>  IT FOOD FOR THOUGHT YOU MAY THINK OF THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK OF, HERE ARE A COUPLE THE ON BOARDING AND OFF BOARDING POLICIES BECAUSE THE CYBERSECURITY IS HEIGHTENED RIGHT NOW. 
          WE THINK THAT JUST IN TALKING AMONGST OURSELVES FOCUSING ON THE ON BOARDING AND OFF BOARDING BETTER AND RESOURCES SO THIS CONCEPT CAN WE TALK TO EVERYONE WE TALK ABOUT AND COMMUNICATING. 
          AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE. 
          SOME THEY DON'T HAVE EYES ON IT. 
          FINALLY AND THEY LOSE OUT ON, AND A MAINTENANCE PERSON OUT IN THE FIELD AND HAVE THE RESOURCES TO HAVE EVER I PERSON AND HAVE AN E-MAIL. AND WE DO MEAN EVERYONE. 
          PEOPLE LIKE PROBATION THAT MAY HAVE A. 
          EVERYONE THAT HAS THE COMPONENT AND WITH THE INFORMATION. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS PLAGUED US IN THE MANAGEMENT IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE. THEY HAVE A PAYCHECK. 
          WE HAVE TO KNOW HOW THEY ARE. IN THE ASK AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET THERE. AND CUT YOURSELF SHORT ON THAT. 
          AND YOU WANT TO ON CYBERSECURITY DID WE MISS PEOPLE. 
          MOST LIKELY. AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN E-MAIL AFTER US. THOSE ARE THE THINGS AND I THINK THAT I BELIEVE THAT EVERY GOOD BUDGET SHOULD ANTICIPATE THIS CALENDAR YEAR SETTING THE ROBUST AGENDAS ALL WEEK. 
          A DIGITAL INFORMATION WALL WE DON'T HAVE A WAY MODERNIZE THE POSTINGS UP FRONT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT CAN BE A WISH LIST NOT PART OF THE BUDGET THAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR BUT, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE DIGITAL INFO OUT THERE. 
          WE'RE OLD SCHOOL. EVERYTHING IS ENTHUSIASTIC TACK. DIRTY GLASS THE GOAL IS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC WE'RE MISSING THE BOAT CAN YOU WAIT UNTIL MIDSUMMER AND ADD IT. BUT AS WE CONTEMPLATE WHAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR INSIDE THE COURTHOUSE AND OUTSIDE. 
          WE LACK INFORMATION AND WINDS UP ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          >> THIS IS INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT THIS MORNING.  IT IS PACKED WITH THE PAPERS. 
          AT SOME POINT THE MODERNIZATION IS AVAILABLE TO US. 
          AND IT IS LIKE A DOCU SIGN. WE HAD A SERVICE ABOUT DOCU SIGN. WE KNOW THAT'S TRANSITIONAL DOLLARS BUT THINK ABOUT ALL THE DOLLARS IF WE DOCU SIGN. 
          THE VOLUME OF PAPERS I SIGN. THE GOAL HAS TO BE TO GETS A 
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MUCH. THEN YOU SAY SCANNING NOT THE HUMAN CAPITAL OF SIGNING BUT THE ABILITY TO SAY IT IS SCANNED ALREADY AND CATALOGED. IF THOSE STRIKE A BELLKY SEE THAT APPLICATION. THINK ABOUT IT IN THE RESOURCES EVEN IF THAT IS NOT FUNDED THIS YEAR IT IS THINKING ABOUT THE MODERNIZATION OF OUR PROCESSES. , WE HAVE DOCUMENT SIGN IN-HOUSE NOT IN A LIVE MODE BUT WE RAISED IT AS A PRIORITY. 
          >> AWESOME. IT HAS BEEN OUT THERE. 
          >> WE HAVE TO GET THERE. >> YOU MISSED IT JULIE NEEDS TWO PRINTERS AND SCANNERS. SHE NEEDS TWO SCANNERS BUT ON DOCU SIGN. YOU MAY RAISE HERE BUT LOWER 
          THERE. >> YES, YES. 
          >> ULTIMATELY IT WILL, I MEAN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRANSITION OUT SO YOU SEE A PARALLEL BUT AS TIME GOES ON, THE MORE HARDWARE FALLING BY THE WAY SIDE THINGS ARE DIGIT IZED AND GET AWAY FROM THE HARD COPY AND THE TO DO THINGS. 
          WE HAVE A THE COFILE AGENDA I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE COMING IN BUT A LADY CATHY IS THE REP AND MAYBE CAN YOU TAKE A TRIP TO DALLAS AND GO SEE THEIR OPERATION BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU RECORDS 
          MANAGEMENT. >> , AND JJ VETERANS SERVICES 
          AND MICHAEL. >> YOU MAY WANT TO LET PUBLIC WORKS KNOW WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW WE ARE. 
          WE'LL SEE. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME EARLY. 
          MINE WILL BE VERY SHORT, TO BE HONEST I'M ASKING FOR $630 FOR THE RENT INCREASE AT THE RTA BUT I DID PROVIDE PACKETS FOR YOU. 
          I WANTED TO PUSH THOSE OUT SO YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING DURING COVID. THOSE EVENTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU HAD WERE NO COST TO THE COUNTY. 
          WE ARE DOING OUR WORK DURINGS COVID AND ALL OF THIS AT NO EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY. AND FYI ON THAT. 
          >> AND I DID INCLUDE THE REPORTS, THE QUARTERLY REPORTS WHO WE HELP WITH THE FOOD PANTRY AND BUS PASSES AND PARTNERS AT 
          SOCIAL SERVICES. >> AND ASK REQUESTS AND 
          APPLICATIONS FOR THE RECORDS. >> I DON'T KNOW IF NATALIE AND MARIA SHARED WE HAVE A VIDEO TO SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSION FOR VETERAN'S ASSISTANCE OUR GRANT PROGRAM AND I DON'T KNOW IF NATALIE WAS ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COURT BUT IF THAT PLEASES THE COURT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU NOW. 
          >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> 2014 NUECES CONSISTENTLY WARDED GRANTS. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HELPED VETERANS THEIR THEY'RE DEPENDENTS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED HELPING PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. ASSISTING WITH FUNAL EXPENSES AND AVOID HOMELESSNESS. WE ARE PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE HELPED MANY VETS AND FAMILIES LIKE THESE OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. WE WITH YOUR APPROVAL WE HOPE TO ASSIST MORE IN 2021. NUECES COUNTY HELPING VETERANS WITH WE MAKE IT HAPPEN AND THE WORLD CHANGED. 
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          >> BREAKING NEWS. THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK DECLARED A PANDEMIC. AS THE CASES RISE OVER A 
          THOUSAND. >> THE FIRST DEATH FROM CORONAVIRUS HERE IN THE U.S. A MAN IN HIS 50S DIEING FROM HE 
          COVID-19 IN WASHINGTON. >> THIS AFORCED TO SHUT THEIR DOORS. STUNNING INCREASES OF 
          UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS. >> THIS PANDEMIC ALTERED THE LIVES OF ALL AMERICANS AND VETERANS NO EXCEPTION. 
          FOR HONORING VETERANS NUECES COUNTY HAS A LARGE POPULATION OF THOSE WHO SERVED THE NATION AND VULNERABLE VETERANS NEEDED THIS MORE THAN EVER. THE NUECES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND VETERANS SERVICES BANDED TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT NO VETERAN IN NEED WAS LEFT BEHIND. 
          >> AND IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE SERVING THE CLIENTS IN THE NEW NORMAL. A LOT OF THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND THE SAFETY OF COUNTY STAFF.  IT IS A PRIORITY. 
          BUT I AM HAPPY TO SAY WE HAVE MET THE CHALLENGES HEAD ON AND 
          VERY SUCCESSFUL. >> VETERANS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AND MORE SO NOW. AND THEY PROVIDE SERVICES BUT THAT CANNOT ALWAYS BE THE CASE WITH SAFETY MEASURES AND CREATIVITY AND ELBOW GREASE. WE HAVE NOT MISSED A BEAT IN ASSISTING THE VETS. ♪ 
          >> THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS THAT WILL CHANGE. WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GRANT AWARD. NUECES WILL HELP VETERANS AND DEPENDENTS KEEP THEIR UTILITIES ON AND AVOID LOSING HOME. 
          AND VETERANS NEED THE FUNDING IN THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES. 
          , VERY GOOD. 
          , WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PARTNER AT SOCIAL SERVICES HE 
          PUT THIS TOGETHER. >> WELL DONE. 
          WELL DONE. SOMETHING WE'RE PROUD OF. 
          >> WE HOPE TO GET IT BACK. >> AND SPEAKING OF THE GRANT AS A GENERAL ASSISTANCE FUND GRANT FROM THE VETERAN'S COMMISSION, IT WILL HURT IF WE DON'T GET IT BACK BECAUSE IT DOES HELP US PROVIDE THAT EXTRA PERSON. IT MAY BE SMART TO HAVE A CONTINGENCY BUDGET IF WE DON'T GET THE GRANT BACK. 
          WE DO HAVE A. >> I'M GOING TO ASK TINIER TO PUT IT TOGETHER SO THE COURT CAN RESOLVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND A LETTER WILL GO OUT FROM THE DELEGATION TO RECONSIDER IF WE DON'T GET IT WOULD THERE BE A PUGET THAT YOU CAN PUT TOGETHER FOR US SO THAT IT WOULD BE AS IF WE DID NOT MISS A BEAT IN. 
          >> YES. WE CAN DO THAT AND MY OFFICE IS A TWO PERSON OFFICE IF WE DON'T WE LOSE A HALF PERSON. 
          >> WE HAVE TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DON'T. 
          BUT URGING THAT THEY PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION AND A RATIONAL FOR TAKING IT AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF WORK. 
          ICS I WANTED TO MENTION THE EVENTS THAT I INCLUDED. 
          THEY ARE ALL SEPARATE FROM THE GRANT THAT WE DID AND THE HOME TO HOME SO THE EVENTS ARE SEPARATE FROM THE GRANT. 
          WE DELIVERED ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS I 
          CAN ANSWER? >> ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> JJ, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OUT THERE AT RTA? 
          >> I BELIEVE VETERAN SERVICES MOVED OVER FOUR YEARS AGO, FIVE YEARS AGO, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME THE RENT HAS GONE UP? 
          >> NO, SIR. >> IT WENT UP LAST YEAR. 
          >> DID IT? >> YES, SIR. 
          >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU, JJ. 
          >> SUPER SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO PURCHASING AND WITH MICHAEL AT 
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THIS TIME. AGAIN IF SOMEBODY LET PUBLIC WORKS KNOW WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. 
          >> COMMISSIONER CHESNEY, ARE YOU HEARING US OKAY? 
          >>> MINE WILL BE QUICK AS WELL. WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON INCREASING OUR HEAD COUNT THE EXCEPTION IS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CEMETERY OR THE ARRANGEMENT A SENIOR BUYER POSITION IN WHICH THE FUND 75% OF THAT FUNDING. AND ALL OF THE OTHER BUDGET CATEGORIES ARE STATIC BUT FOR THE VEHICLE RENT AND FOR ANY DEPARTMENT THAT WILL GET A REPLACEMENT IN THIS CYCLE. 
          WE WILL HAVE THAT ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE FLEET. 
          THEY WILL HAVE AN EXPENSE ITEM UNDER THE VEHICLE RENT CATEGORY FOR THE LEASE PAYMENTS. INCREASE IN THE COPIER LEASE. 
          >> VERY STEADY. >> HAVING THE MULTIPLE DISASTERS WE HAD INCREASED ACTIVITY FOR THE FEW PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE. 
          EVERYONE HAD TO TAKE ON, YOU KNOW SOME HIRE VOLUME OF WORK. 
          WE DON'T FORESEE NECESSARILY THAT THAT VOLUME IS GOING TO MAINTAIN SO WE DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL STAFF AT THIS TIME ESPECIALLY IN FIGHT OF THE FACT THE WAY THE PROJECT IS HEADING WE MAY WELL GET AN ADDITIONAL STAFF AND FUNDED THROUGH THE PROGRAMMED SO THAT, THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE THAT MURDER. ONE OF THE AREAS WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON FOR US. I'M CONCERNED IS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS LOOK AT REPOSITIONING THE SERVICES THAT PURCHASING HAS TAKEN ON BACK TO RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENTS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THINGS LIKE RADIOS AND OUTFITTING OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES. SO WE HAVE HAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE SHERIFF AND CHIEF AND THEY ARE RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA OF TAKING ON THAT OWNERSHIP AND SO YOU KNOW. 
          I GUESS THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME WORDS THAT SPEAK OUTSIDE OF PURCHASING BUT, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE LAST YEAR TO SET THE COUNTY UP WELL FINANCIALLY NOT REPLACING THINGS RIGHT AWAY. REREPLACED THE HELICOPTER COMPLETE. AND WE SHOULD NOT BE COMING TO YOU NEEDING COPIERS UNLESS THERE IS A DEPARTMENT THAT REQUIRES A COPIER OF THAT. AND WE SHOULD BE STATUS QUO FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND WE RECENTLY REPURCHASED -- PURCHASED FIREARMS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          AND THEY HAVE NEW WEAPONS THAT SHOULD LAST CLOSER TO TEN 
          YEARS. >> ALL RIGHT. 
          >> AND WE HAVE DEPLOYED RADIOS. THIS IS ALL THE HAND HELD AND INCAR ARE BEING DEPLOYED NOW. SET FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN YEARS ON THOSE. THESE ARE ITEMS AND THEY TOOK QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN THE OFFICE BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT'S RECURRING. ONCE WE GET THEM DEPLOYED THE ACTIVITY WILL REVOLVE AROUND IF THAT BREAKS AND BE SERVICED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE AND THEN DISTRICT COURTROOM SEATING THE JUDGE WE WORKED HARD TO GET NEW SEATING FOR THE COURTROOMS UP STAIRS. 
          AND DALE HAS CREATED A BUDGET SO WE'RE SAVING MONEY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE REPLACEMENTS WHEN THEY COME UP. 
          WE HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE TO FUND IN THE FUTURE NEEDS FOR THE SHARES WE SHOULD BE GOOD FIVE TO TEN YEARS. 
          , WE HAD THE FIRST ELECTRONIC WID THAT COSTS MONEY BUT THAT 
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WAS PAID FOR AS PART OF THE CIP PLAN. 
          WE UTILIZE AND FORETHAT AND WE'RE INVESTIGATING THE USE OF PUBLIC PURCHASE.COM. THEY HAVE AN ABILITY THAT ONE COMES AT NO CHARGE TO THE COUNTY. 
          SO WE ARE GOING FULL FORCE INTO THE SEEING IF THAT IS VIABLE. 
          WE CAN HAVE BIDDING WHICH GIVES A GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE AREA TO PARTICIPATE OR HAVE TROUBLE GETTING THERE AND RESPOND TO BIDS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT. >> IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. >> SO THE YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE TRANSITIONING OVER TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE MAKING THEIR OWN PURCHASES, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? 
          >> NO, I DIDN'T SAY THAT. >> WHAT I SAID WAS MANAGING THE TRANSITION -- ALL PURCHASING STILL RESIDES IN THE PURCHASING OFFICE. WE GO TO -- IF WE PURCHASE NEW RADIOS FOR A FLEET. THAT WILL COME THROUGH THE OFFICE AND THE COURT TO BE APPROVED AND SO ONCE THAT PURCHASE HAS BEEN MADE, THOUGH THE PROGRAMMING OF THE INDIVIDUAL RADIOS TO THE HOLDERS, OPERATORS, THAT WOULD BE DONE BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          WE WOULD WORK WITH WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE NEXT PROPOSED CHANGES. SEEMS LIKE EVER RIFF FIVE YEARS 56789 TO 7 YEARS THEY COME UP WITH A MODEL THEY WANT US TO HAVE; THAT'S LESS TIME BEING PUT ON YOU IN THE OFFICE? 
          >> YES. >> GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. >> SO, WE'RE GOING TO STAY HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE DECISIONS THAT GET MADE AND I'M BUT WE WILL HAVE LESS OF THAT DAY TO DAY. 
          I LOST ROMEO LIKE TWO AND A HALF WEEKS HE WAS PROGRAMMING A ROOM FULL YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL RADIOS A STACK THIS HIGH AND SO, IT IS GOING TO HELP US AND HELP THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE CONSTABLES THEY WILL PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THEM ON THE RADIOS, TOO. 
          WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR ALL OF THOSE. 
          THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          >> AND THE FLEET VEHICLE LEASING THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH PROBABLY HALFWAY DONE. IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> YES. THE ACTUAL NEXT ROUND OF FLEET ON THE WEDNESDAY AGENDA FOR THE 55 VEHICLES THAT COVERS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAD REQUEST FOR VEHICLES SO WE'RE COVERING 25 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 30 OTHER DEPARTMENT VEHICLES. 
          >> AND THE PROCESS WE WERE DOING THIS AND REPLACING 11 TO 15 CARS PER YEAR AND NOW WE'RE DOING 50. 
          THE OLDER FLEETS BEING REPLACED WE SHOULD BE SEEING LESS COST AND MAINTENANCE REPAIRS AND EFFICIENCY SHOULD BE HIGHER. 
          NEED TO COME IN MICHAEL AND ROMEO ON GETTING   WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FOR GETTING IT, NOW WE'RE TIED BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLIES ARE NOT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. 
          THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. >> AND THE, THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF TRUCKS IN THE COUNTRY. PART OF WHEN WE PUT THAT REQUEST OUT TO ENTERPRISE WE'LL WORK ON A YEARLY BASIS. 
          IT IS ORDERING OF THE FLEET. , ANY THAT LOCATE WE'LL GET THOSE SOONER. AND WE BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME SCHEDULED TO COME IN THE LATE SUMMER AND SOME AGAIN IN THE DECEMBER TIMEFRAME AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. 
          YOU SAID WILL HELP US IS THE BODY CAMERAS AND ACROSS THE BOARD. SEEMS LIKE JUST LIKE THERE IS CYCLES FOR FIXING THINGS THERE IS A CYCLE. 
          THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT GOES TO SUPPORT THE OFFICIALS THAT YOU, AS THEY ARE BEING, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
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WHEN THE COMMISSIONER, MAKE SURE HE CAN UNMUTE HIMSELF. 
          YOU, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE CAN UNMUTE. 
          >> AS YOU MAKE YOUR PURCHASES. THE ITEMS 25 AND $50,000 DO NOT COME FOR APPROVAL THEY ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME IF YOU GET QUOTES THE PO CROSS THE DECK YOU WILL GET AN E-MAIL FROM ME. 
          I AM ASKING FOR VERIFICATION SO WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 
          COMPETITION IN THE COMMUNITY. >> SUPER. 
          >> EVERY PO GETS APPROVED BY THE COURT. 
          NOW WE WITH GO TO PUBLIC WORKS. AGAIN KEEPING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. WE'RE GOOD HERE. 
          >>> EDWARD KNOWS WE'RE AHEAD. >> RIGHT. 
          >> GIVE US A SECRE SECOND TO MOVE -- WHICH. 
          >>> 1ED 3 8 PAGE. >> THE ONE ITEM WE'RE REQUESTING AND NEED FOR PURCHASING FOR THAT'S THE ONLY ADDITION FOR THE 
          ONE ITEM. >>> 300. 
          >> HAVE YOU VISITED WITH THE JUDGE OUT THERE. 
          A THOUGHT. GIVE HER A CALL IS ALL I'M ASAYING. A RING. 
          SHOW THIS TO HER. GIVE HER A CHANCE FOR INPUT. 
          ROCKY IS OUT THERE. >> WHERE TO NEXT? 
          >> 1490. >> , WE DIDN'T PUT ANY CHANGES. 
          >> AND ALLOCATION ON THE REQUIRED INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN AS REQUIRED BY THE CONTRACT WE HAVE. 
          >> OKAY. >> GOT IT. 
          THERE IS NOTHING HERE, NOTHING TO LOOK AT. 
          >> WE GO TO 1600. >> MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE. 
          162. >> JUDGE WE ASK FOR 5000 FOR 
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AFTER HOURS REPAIR CALLS. , WE ARE ASKING FOR TOOLS. 
          AND THEN THE RENEWAL FOR THE SYSTEM FOR THE WORK ORDERS. 
          >> , AND, 1520, HE WE ARE ASKING A MORE FOR THE 1200. 
          >> AND A CAPITAL OUTLAY AND PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE. 
          >> WE'LL MOVE IT DOWN. >> HE IS GOING TO TAKE OPERATING 1200 AND MOVE TO CAPITAL OUTLAY SINCE IT IS EQUIPMENT. 
          IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE NUMBER THE LOCATION. 
          PAGE 186. , WE ARE ASKING, JUDGE A COMMERCE MOWER, RIDING MOWER. 6200. 
          SO WE CAN KNOW ALL THIS EQUIPMENT. 
          >>> I IMAGINE IT IS ALL INVENTORY ON SOME SORT OF A SPREADSHEET AND HAS ALL THE -- ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT IS KEPT IN YOUR BUILDING. THE ID. 
          GOT IT. >> AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TDEPAK WAS HERE THERE WERE ISSUES AND TAKEN CARE OF AND, IS 
          THERE ANY COST? >> AND. 
          >> AND (NO AUDIO). >> WILL THAT BE HERE ON THE 
          ITEM? >> NO. 
          >> DO YOU HAVE ANY REPAIR ON THE WHERE IT COVERS THE COUNTY. 
          LOOK AT THAT. , WE GO TO THE BUILDING 1565. 
          >> PAGE 204. >> COULD SOMEONE. 
          MAGGIE, GRAB THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE WANT TO TACKLE THIS YEAR IF IT -- ANYTHING ON THERE THAT WE WOULD WANT, I KNOW IT WE NEED IMPROVEMENTS THERE. 
          IT MAY BE FUNDED THROUGH -- WE HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, TOO. I KNOW THAT WAS AN ISSUE. 
          I DON'T HAVE MY LIST. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. 
          LET US LOOK BUT WHATEVER WE NEED, LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE IT, LET'S SEE WHERE IT GETS FUNDED. I INCOME THERE WILL BE DOLLARS FOR ID THERE. THE BIG ROOM AND SO MANY PEOPLE MEET THERE AND IT IS SO OUTDATED. 
          THAT WAS ONE THING. YOU REMEMBER THAT, 
          COMMISSIONER? >> THAT WAS A THING WE LOOKED AT IRT COME IN AND THE DISCU DISCUSSION WAS MORE WITH JASON OUT THERE. AND IT JUST -- THE CONVERSATION FELL OFF BUT I MEAN THAT'S WHERE WE USED THEM PREPARING FOR THE IRT. AND I KNOW THERE WILL BE SERVICES WORKED OUT OF THE BUILDING. 
          THAT WOULD HELP CAN'T DO IT NOW BUT PREPARE AS WE HOPE TO HAVE 
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          IRT AND THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. >> AND JUST ALLATIVE THE SUDDEN I REMEMBER IT WAS SO CHEAP TO DO IT. 
          I THINK WE HELPED JASON GET IT DONE. 
          THEY ASK FOR SO LITTLE WE FIXED IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE BIGGER OVERALL. 
          THAT WAS THAT ONE BIG ROOM. MAYBE THAT WILL BE A LET'S GET BACK TO IT AND TAKE A HARD LOOK AT WHAT IS NEEDED THERE. 
          MAYBE IT WAS OVERHEAD THEY WERE ASKING FOR THERE. 
          TODAY IS STEP ONE. THERE WILL BE OTHER DAYS TO COME BACK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THAT IF YOU TOLD ME RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOTHING -- ZERO NEEDED THERE I WOULD SAY THERE IS NO WAY THAT BUILDING OUT. 
          THERE WE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING KEEPING EVERYTHING AS LOW AS CAN YOU GO. WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FLAGGED AND THAT WE COULD DO 
          LIKE ONE EXAMPLE. >> THAT CAME THROUGH AG. 
          THEY ASKED US THROUGH THE REQUEST. 
          JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT THERE. AND I KNOW IT NEEDS SOME LOVE. 
          WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. THERE IS A PAGE DEDICATED TO WHAT IS NEEDED. KEEP GOING NOW. 
          ON PAGE -- >> MEDICAL. 
          >> THAT WAS PAGE. >> 204. 
          >> GO AHEAD. >> AND THIS, JUDGE, WAS FOR THE 
          ADDITIONAL (INAUDIBLE). >> WE WERE WAITING THERE ON SECURITY CAMERAS. DO YOU KNOW IF THAT WAS TAKEN 
          CARE OF FROM THE PAST YEAR? >> WE DID BUT THEN THEY PUT IT. 
          >> FROM THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. WONDER WHY? 
          >> I'M NOT SURE, THEY DIDN'T SAYS. 
          THEY SAID THAT WE'LL UPDATE -- >> WILL YOU CALM THEM BACK AND SAY THEY LITERALLY MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT GETTING THEM. 
          LET'S CALL THEM BACK. AGAIN, I MEAN THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN TRYING TO HELP US AND JUST PUNTING TO ANOTHER YEAR.  IT IS ONLY MORE EXPENSIVE NEXT YEAR. 
          LET'S SEE IF -- THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TACKLE AND SECURITY CAMERAS WOULD THAT QUALIFY FOR CAPITOL OUTLAY. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS NEEDED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          >> IT WAS A HIGH PRIORITY. >> I'M MAKING A MENTAL NOTE. 
          >> IT WAS A HIGH PRIORITY, COMMISSIONERS WE GOT A REQUEST 
          AND PUT IT ON HOLD. >> I WANT TO K KNOW WHAT CHANGED. I THINK WE NEED THEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT WAS THE ISSUE. 
          THAT WAY THEY CAN HAVE RECORDINGS AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO, RIGHT, GUYS. WASN'T THAT THE -- 
          >> THE THEORY OF THE CASE? >> , THEY DO HAVE SOME THEY ARE 
          REQUESTING AND FLAGGING IT. >> THAT WAS IT. 
          AND WE MIXED THE POTHOLES AND ALL THAT. 
          WE'RE GOOD TO GO THERE. WHICH IS NEXT. 
          WHERE IS NEXT. >> THE BUILDING SUPER THE 1570. 
          >> WE'RE REQUESTING FOR THE ENGINEER A PAY GROUP 38 TO 40. 
          WE ARE REQUESTING TWO ADDITIONAL MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE 3 TECHSMENT WE ARE REQUESTING FOUR MAINTENANCE GROUNDS KEEPERS. 
          THAT'S FOR THE BUILDING AND WE ARE REQUESTING HVAC MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. WE HAVE ONE ON STAFF AND WORKING OUT GREAT, WE HAVE MINIMIZED THE CALLOUTS TO THE CONTRACTORS TO SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS TO COX OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THE UNITS WITH ENTHEY ARE DOWN. AND THE HVAC PERSON HAS WORKED GREAT AND DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF BUILDINGS WE DO MAINTENANCE ON 
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WE RECOMMEND NEAR ONE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IN-HOUSE. 
          >>   THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE BROUGHT LAST TIME. 
          WE SAID WE WANT TO BUT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ONE. 
          >> AND THAT, JUDGE, TO LET YOU KNOW IT HAS SAVED MONEY AND CONTRACTORS AT NIGHT OR, YOU KNOW HAVE THIS PERSON COME IN. 
          >> DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHERE YOU SAID, HEY. 
          TWO YEARS AGO WE SPENT X ON GETTING CONTRACTORS TO COME IN 
          AND THIS YEAR WE SPENT WHY? >> WE CAN DO THAT. 
          WHEN WE GET BACK TOGETHER WHEN THE COURT IS BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. IF I'M LEARING YOU CORRECTLY. 
          I HAVE IN MY NOTES A RECLASS FROM 38 TO 40. 
          TWO GROUNDS KEEPERS ARE, TWO MECHANICAL. 
          THREE. >> TWO MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE. 
          I FORGOT THAT ONE, FOUR MAINTENANCE GROUNDS KEEPERS. 
          >> FOUR. >> OKAY. 
          >> AWE ONE HVAC MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE ED AT TWO MECHANICAL 
          MAINTENANCE. >> AND I GOT TO MOVE TO THAT. 
          >> OKAY. >> EQUIPMENT FOR THE GROUNDS TO KEEP UP WITH SOME OF THE LIVES OUTSIDE. 
          A LEAF BLOWER. SECURITY LIGHTING. 
          AND SOME FENCING AND CLEAN OUT THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. 
          >> IF I LOOK AT PAGE 217. THAT'S 394 TOTAL WHERE DO I 
          LOOK? >> 210 HERE. 
          IT IS LAWN VACUUM. AND CAPITAL OUTLAY. 
          >> 275. >> THAT'S THE TOTAL. 
          -- 265. >> AND 265 AND THE 394. 
          OKAY. 265 AND 394. 
          >> AND. >> THE BIG EXPENSE IS JUST AS EXPENSIVE. FENCE SOMETHING A EXPENSIVE. 
          LIGHT SOMETHING EXPENSIVE. IT IS EXPENSIVE. 
          >> I WILL SAY THAT HAVING A BUILDING CREW AND YOU SEE HERE YOU RECOGNIZE THAT OUR GROUND IS LIKE A PARK AND IT IS HUGE. 
          >>> IF YOU WALKED AROUND THE SECOND FLOOR IS OFF LIMITS. 
          FOOTAGE. I THINK THAT CREATING OUR OWN FORGIVE ME TO DO IT. , WE BEG, BORROW AND STEEL. 
          TO HAVE A CREW THAT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, DEDICATE 20D THE 
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BUILDING AND OTHER BUILDINGS SO THEY CAN FEEL SPECIAL. 
          AND AN GOOD EXAMPLE. >> THERE IS A LOT AND THE GROUNDS. THE GROUNDS KEEPING AND, SEIZE WHAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE PROPERTIES WE ASK THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR STUFF. WE WOULD LIKE TO SLAP A TICKET OURSELVES. WE HAVEN'T HAD THE PERSONNEL TO 
          DO THAT. >> I SAY WRY WITNESS THE SHRINKING OF THE DEPARTMENT OVER TIME I THINK THIS WOULD GO ALONG WAY TO RESTORING THE CAPABILITIES OF THEM RESPONSIBLE TO THE DEPARTMENTS WHAT IS AND A FULL TIME JOB AND 1570, RIGHT. 
          IT IS FULL TIME. IT HAS ITS OWN ANIMAL, I SUBMIT IT IS LIKE RUNNING A FAKE PARK, RIGHT. 
          ITSELF HAS TO BE KEPT UP TO STANDARDS. 
          AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IS POSSIBLE. 
          AND HOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT AND WHAT IS THE USE IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GROUND KEEP, RIGHT. 
          WE HIRE CONTRACTORS. AND SPENDING AND SHOW THE COURT A COMPARISON WE SEE YOU. THAT'S SOMETHING INTERESTING. 
          AND THE OTHER THING. YOU HAVE CONTROL AND RESPOND TO THE SITUATIONS. AND I DON'T WANT TO INVEST IN THE PLANT AND THEY CAN CAUGHT THAT AND. 
          >> MAINTENANCE AND CAN YOU TELL US AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE. AND THE OTHER. 
          >> THE MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE, JUDGE. 
          ON THOSE AND ONE IS HERE FOR THE COURTHOUSE. 
          THE ANNEX. ONE AND. 
          >>  WHAT ARE THE OTHER? >> THOSE AND. 
          THEY WOULD BE MORE WE DO AND ASSISTANT. 
          AND ASSIST AND AND FOR THE VOTING FACILITY MAKING SURE 
          AND. >> ALL RIGHT. 
          >> WOULD THEY BE UTILIZED AND MOVE FURNITURE? 
          >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE ADDITIONAL MINUTES AND GROUNDS KEEPER DOING WHATEVER IT NEEDS, THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT. 
          AND I EXTENT YOU FOR TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE BUILDING. 
          >> AND PAST A YEAR WE HAVE GONE OUT. 
          AND PAIN OUT THERE. AND PRESSURE WATCHING SIDEWALKS. 
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          >> AND HAZARDS. AND. 
          >> AND, HAVE WE DONE THAT. >> WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IRRIGATION AND YOU CAN SEER IT IS OUT THERE. 
          >> THANK YOU TO THE CREW ARE YOU DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          >> OKAY. , AND THE BUILDING GIVE US A 
          SECOND TO FLIP. >> 224. 
          >> WE ARE ASKING FOR 1500 AND, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? 
          >>> THE NEXT ONE. AND. 
          >> 1740. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS. 
          AND. AND A RECOMMENDING AND AND 
          BUILDING FACILITY. >> AND THE FRONT LINE. 
          WE'RE RECOMMENDING A SUPERINTENDENT TO BOBBY AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE CREATED AND KEPT UP WITH. 
          , AND PROVIDE US WITH REPORTS. >> , ON PAGE 236. 
          >> IT IS A SWAP IF YOU WILL, GOING FROM THE BUILDING 
          FACILITY. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON ANY, WE HAVE ONE MORE. 1305 IF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT 
          WILL PRESENT THAT. >> I THINK YOU GUYS. 
          >> THAT'S ON DAY 4. DAY 3. 
          >>> AND THAT IS DAY 3. THE FIRST TAB. 
          OKAY. >> WAIL GET SHERIFF TO GO OVER 
          IT. >> THEY ARE REQUESTING FOUR 
          OFFICERS FOR THAT DEPARTMENT. >> GOT IT. 
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          -- IT IS PLUS 137, DALE? >> IT IS A POSITIVE 137,000 
          INCREASE? >> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE -- FOR THE CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THE AND ADDITIONAL ITEMS U I'M WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF AND TRANSPOSE THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO THE SHERIFF. 
          THE IN THIS THE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE WORK WITH HIM ON MAYBE MOVING THIS TO 1570 AND THE COORDINATOR IN THE DEPARTMENT MOVING THAT TO A, ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS. 
          >> THIS A MOVING TARGET. , WE BELIEVE THE. 
          >> IIT IS TO HAVE COURTHOUSE SECURITY.  IT IS NEEDED IN ORDER 
          TO MAINTAIN SECURITY? >> HE WILL BRING THAT BACK. 
          >> YES, WE CAN. >> AND THERE YOU GO. 
          >> AND I WAS TRYING TO KEEP UP. YOU SAID DAY 3, TAB 8? 
          >> CORRECT. >> I MISS IDEA WE WERE JUMPING 
          TO THIS? >> IT IS COMES IT IS OPERATING AND ROAD DIVISIONS UNDER 1305 AND CONTROL AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE COURTHOUSE SECURITY SHOULD BE A SHERIFF AND ONE MAY CONTROL IT. THE ADMINISTRATION THE ONE THAT WORKS THE BUDGET UP. THE SHERIFF IS THE ONE THAT'S PROPOSING THE INCREASE AND SO WE BELIEVE THIS IS A BETTER FUNCTION UNDER THE SHERIFF AND BRINGING THAT TO AND MAKING SURE WE GIVEN EVERYONE THE RIGHT WAY -- WHAT WE'RE MOVING AND HOW: THE REASON WE JUMPED TO IT, COMMISSIONER, HE HAD TO PREPARE IT. 
          SUNS THEY PREPARED IT. >> OKAY I GOT YOU. 
          THIS ONE NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK. 
          >> WHAT I COULDN'T HEAR. >> FOR YOUR NOTE ON PAGE 3635. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. GREAT. 
          WELL THEN. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS 
          AT THIS TIME. >> 635 LOOK AT PAGE 63 -- 653. 
          THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY HAVE. 
          TO WRONG ONE. 641. 
          THEY HAVE THE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT THE REQUEST LINE. ASKING A RECLASSIFICATION OF THIS. THIS IS THE ONE WE MAY MOVE. 
          >> IT IS VERY MINIMAL. >> WE'RE RECLASSIFYING THIS AND CONTEMPLATING MOVING THAT POSITION TO 1517. 
          , THAT'S THE SUGGESTION. THAT'S WHY IT IS HERE. 
          , AND THEN. >> 1770 EDWARD. 
          , WELL BREAK YOU BACK WHEN WE LOOK AT AT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT STUFF SO YOU DON'T NEED RESOURCES FOR THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING. 
          AND WE PRIORITIZE FOR THE 50 MILLION YOU DON'T NEED 
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ANYTHING WE CAN DO THAT. EDWARD IS ON THE LINE. 
          >> THIS A WONDERFUL FAIR GROUNDS HERE. 
          AND WORKING WITH THE MILITARY. I WISH I COULD BE THERE I WILL START OUT. 1590 IS THE BUILDING OVER THERE. 
          1590. >> GO AHEAD. 
          , WE'RE READY. , I THINK  THEY CAN FOLLOW ALONG IF THE BOOK. WE CAN HERE THE AUDIO. 
          >> REPLACING IN THE WING AND THEN THIS MAY BE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF JUST IN CASE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND YOU KNOW. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          IF WE HAD THE OPTION THIS IS A REPLACEMENT AND FOUR OPPORTUNITIES -- UNITS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. 
          AND IN THE E-WING. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INSTALL THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. 
          AND AGE APPROPRIATE. THERE IT IS. 
          INCLUDE A MARQUE: AND INSTALL NEW CAMERAS AND THE BIGGEST THING IS TO FIX AND MAINTAIN THE PARKING LOTS/THROUGHOUT THE PARK. THEY ARE NON-ADA COMPLIANT AND THAT'S THE CROSS ROADS. THE WAY IT WAS BUILT BACK IN THE DAY, SO TO SPEAK, SO THAT YOU HAD A WALKWAY YOU CHANGED GRADES IT IS INTERESTING FOR THE WALKERS. 
          BUT YOU NOSE WE HAVE COME TO FIND THAT'S NOT ADA ACCEPTABLE SO WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK AND REPAVE IT BUT MAKE IT COMPLIANT. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT. CHAIRS. 
          TABLES. AND AND MAYBE A SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE BUZZED IN TO ALLOW YOU INTO THE WORK AREAS AND WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL ADDED PART OF IT AND GO BACK ALONG WITH THE REPLACE OUR BOARDED STRUCTURES SO WE HAVE BRIDGES AND WALKWAYS THROUGHOUT THE. SO THEY GET THERE AND PRETTY MUCH LIFE SPAN SO WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK THROUGH AND REPLACE THEM. THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS IN 1590. NOW IF WE MOVE ON TO 1760. 
          THAT'S THE ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND THE BIGGEST THING IN THAT AREA, JUDGE. 
          IT IS ROOF REPLACEMENT AT 100 K THAT'S MORE THAN 320 YEARS OLD. 
          WE PUT IN -- THAT'S IS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OLD. 
          AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING WE'RE ASKING FOR THERE. 
          IN 1770 THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
          >> JUDGE. >> AND BISHOP WE'RE LOOKING THAT'S ABOUT A $50,000 PICKUP WHERE WE -- IT IS DONE. 
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AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE THERE. 
          AND THE LAST BUILDING WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY CENTER THERE AND I DON'T KNOW THE INFORMED ABOUT THE FLOODING WE HAD. 
          THE BUILDING IS OKAY, THE OLDER BUILDING. 
          WE'RE ALL RIGHT WITH THAT. CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ME OR GOING 
          IN AND OUT? >> IT IS IT DID BREAK UP A COUPLE OF TIMES, I GOT MOST OF IT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS MY CONNECTION OR HIS. THANK YOU. 
          >> SO. >> WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU BACK ON A BETTER CONNECTION. CAN YOU TALK TO US SO WE CAN SEE 
          IF WE HAVE YOU. >> HOW ABOUT THAT BROAD BAND 
          ACCESS REQUEST OUT THERE. >> THAT'S A WAY TO SHORTEN A PRESENTATION. GOOD JOB OUT THERE. 
          >> AND LET ME GO AHEAD. >> COMMISSIONER MAREZ. 
          >> THERE ARE SOME DEAD SPOTS OUT THERE TO GET AN OPEN AREA. 
          THAT'S BETTER. >> GO AHEAD. 
          JUDGE I WANTED TO COMMENT ON OR THE CENTER IN ROBS TOWN. 
          WE HAD THAT EVENT WERE YOU OUT OF TOWN THE GREAT EVENT FOR JUDGE JOAQUIN. CLOSE TO 100 PEOPLE THERE MISS SANTOS HAD A TRASH CAN WITH A DRIP RIGHT DEAD CENTER IN HER OFFICE. THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE PROBLEM 
          OUT THERE. >> 24EUS IS A NEED. 
          SHE COULD LIVE AROUND IT AND HAD A GOOD ATTITUDE ABOUT IT BUT AS WE LOOKED TO NORMALIZE THINGS AND OPEN UP THE FACILITY. 
          ONCE WE GET THEM BACK I'M GLAD EDWARD INCLUDED THAT. 
          IT IS NOT GETTING THE CREW OUT TO DO THAT. 
          THEY COULD HAVE DONE THAT. I TOOK A LOT OF PHOTOS AROUND NOVEMBER OF 2020. AND IT IS SENT IN SOME PHOTOS AND LOOKS LIKE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN FROM PART OF THE YEAR OR SOMETHING BUT THE ROOF AND THERE IS SOME FACADE STUFF OUT THERE. THEY ARE TWO AREAS THAT ARE BIG AND IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROOF. 
          I HOPE WE CONSIDER THAT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD; AGREED. 
          >> EDWARD WE LEFT OFF WITH YOU ON 1770. 
          DO YOU WANT US TO MOVE ON SOMEWHERE ELSE? 
          >> MAYBE. >> THE DAVID BARANGA BUILDING THIS TIME WE DODGED A BULLET OUT THERE EVEN THOUGH THEY DID FLOOD. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC THINGS UNLESS WE CAN BUILD A POND OUT THERE, RIGHT, 
          COMMISSIONER? >> RIGHT. 
          >> THE LAST BUDGET WHICH IS ABOUT OTHER THAN THAT WE'RE GOOD -- 1780. WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. 
          >> CAN YOU TELL ME I'M TAKING NOTES. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE POND? 
          >> THE WATER COMES FROM THE NORTH. 
          THE -- NORTHWEST FROM WELLS COUNTY. 
          THE DRAIN HERE IN NUECES IS BUT NOT WHAT IS AND FLOWS FROM THE NORTH. AND HIGHWAY 44 AND HOLDING THERE. SO AS SOON AS IT IS HOLDING THERE IT IS ACROSS THE ROAD AND FLOODING THE COMMUNITY FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST. AND TX DOT WOULD WENT BACK 10, 15 YEARS SUMP THE ROAD AND THAT IS BY DESIGN. 
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THE OUTER SECTION FLOODS FIRST AS THEY FLOOD TO THE CENTER. 
          THAT GIVES YOU ONE LANE THAT YOU CAN TRAVEL EAST-WEST. 
          IN THIS CASE EAST-WEST. CAN YOU GO TO ALICE THROUGH THE AREA. THIS SCENARIO THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE OUTFLOW WAS NEVER COMPLETED. 
          THE COUNTY WAS GIVEN MONEY TO BUY EASEMENT FROM A WARMER WHO DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT. AND THE WATER OLDS -- OLDS THERE AND STACKS BACK UNTIL IT IS SLOWLY GOES OUT. 
          BUT AS THE COMMISSIONER KNOWS THIS WATER ENDS UP LEADING TO DRISCOLL AND INTO LOS CREEK AREA. 
          THIS WEEKEND IF YOU GO DOWN 28, 26 OR ROAD WHICH HAS BRIDGES GOING ACROSS THE CREEK, THEY WERE COMPLETELY FLOODED FOR ABOUT A MILE IN EACH DIRECTION. HALF A MILE IN EACH DIRECTION. 
          THAT IS FLOWING THROUGH INTO THE AREA. 
          IF WE BUILD A POND THAT WOULD BE GREAT OF NUECES COUNTY THAT WOULD HELP SOLVE DRISCOLL AND 75 AND 18 WHICH IS FIESTA RANCH'S 
          PROBLEM OUT THERE. >> I THINK THAT'S AN ARPA-FUNDED ISSUE. I THINK WE CAN FUND THAT THROUGH ARPA WHETHER WE CHOOSE TO IS A DIFFERENT STORY. 
          CAN YOU WORK A C CONTINGENCY BUDGET ON THAT SO WE HAVE THAT IN OUR LITTLE PORTFOLIO HERE OF WISHES THAT COULD BE GRANTED? THAT ONE IS TRULY A WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT LOOKS TO ME AS I READ THE GUIDELINES TO BE IN LOCK STEP WITH WHAT IS PERMISSIVE. WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION LAST WEEK ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT INCLUDES RETENTION PONDS. AND DRAINAGE. 
          AND. >> I THINK IT IS WORTH IT TO GET 
          THE BUDGET PUT TOGETHER. >> I WILL BASE THE ESTIMATE ON A 
          100-ACRE POND, JUDGE. >> WHATEVER CAN YOU GET IT TO US. I WOULD MAKE IT SEPARATE NOT PART OF THE BUDGET PART OF A SIDE REQUEST. 
          , THAT'S 1780 NOW. WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? 
          >> THAT'S IT FOR TODAY UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE OTHER BUDGET TOMORROW I'M ON AT 1:30 AND FRIDAY. 
          >> WE'LL SEE YOU BACK. >> WE HAVE A PERSONNEL REQUEST FOR -- THE PERSONNEL, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PERSONNEL REQUEST FOR HILL TOP RIGHT NOW. , WE HAVE ONE PART TIME POSITION. REMEMBER THE FACILITY RUNS FROM SATURDAY, WE'RE OFF SUNDAY AND MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 
          AND IT RUNS FROM 7:30 A.M. TO 9 P.M. 
          WE HAVE OVER 80,000 VISITORS WITHIN THE FACILITY AND THAT COME IN NOT JUST TO WALK THE TRAILS BUT PARTAKE IN THE MEETINGS IT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE MAYBE LIKE 18 GIRL SCOUT GROUPS FROM DIFFERENT AGES AND 19 BOY SCOUT GROUPS. 
          DIFFERENT AGES. AND MU MULTITUDE OF GROUPS THAT MEET THERE. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSE SOMETHING TAKE THAT EXAMINATION. DO ARAISE WITH IT AND COME UP WITH ANOTHER POSITION SO WE CAN HELP SUPPORT ALL THE TIME. 
          THE FACILITY HAS THE WIC PROGRAM AS WELL AS SOME OTHER MUCH NEEDED PROGRAMS IN THE AREA THAT COME OUT AND THEY WILL TEACH YOU PRETTY MUCH NOT JUST JAZZER CISE OR RUMBA BUT HOW TO EDUCATE YOURSELF AND THE PROBATION IN THE BUILDING.  IT IS A MULTIUSE FACILITY THAT'S WELL USED. THAT'S WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS FOR 
          THAT POSITION. >> GOT IT. 
          >> EDWARD IS THAT A PERSONAL JAZZERCISE THING FOR YOU, BIG GUY, CAN YOU SHARE THAT. I NEED THAT. 
          >> YOU NEED ZUMBA IN YOUR LIFE. >> NOW THAT COVID IS GOING AWAY JUST YEAH I HAVE SOME COVID POUNDS TO LOSE AS WELL. 
          >> I WOULD NOT SUGGESTING THAT AS ALL. 
          I NEEDED THAT. >> THIS IS THE COMMISSIONER. 
          DID YOU TOUCH BASE ON HILL TOP. >> YES. 
          >> COULD YOU -- >> WE THE PARKING LOT AND AREAS THERE BUT THE WALKING TRAILS THAT NEED TO BE ADA COMPLIANT. 
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AS WELL AS THE WALKING BRIDGES AND WOODEN STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT 
          THE FACILITY. >> OKAY. 
          >> THE TOTAL IS 2.1 MILLION. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT THANKS, EDWARD WE'LL 
          SEE YOU THIS WEEK. >>> IF THAT CONCLUDES EDWARD WE'RE COMPLETE FOR THE DAY. AND WE WILL GATHER AGAIN TOMORROW AND WE ARE AT 10 A.M. TOMORROW. 
          AND ONLY THING IT IS A REQUEST I JUST SENT ON E-MAIL THAT I WOULD LIKE TO IN FAIRNESS WHEN I TELL YOU THAT CHIEF KIDD HAS CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL BE HERE AT 1:00 ON THURSDAY AND SO I WILL ASK YOUR INDULGENCE SO I CAN ATTEND THAT MAYBE DO A LATE LUNCH AND SWITCH OUR LUNCH SO THAT I CAN GO OVER THERE AND I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT, WE NEED -- I NEED TO BE THERE. 
          AND WOULD ASK YOUR INDULGENCE WE CAN DO A SWITCH THERE. 
          EAT A LATE BREAKFAST AND HAVE A LATE LUNCH. 
          MAYBE DO SOME REARRANGING. OKAY. 
          I'LL RECEIVE EVERYONE TOMORROW MORNING. 
          THANKS.
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