I pray your food. Bow your heads please. Our Heavenly Father, we come before you today to give you honor and praise because you are worthy. You're the source of all that is good and we thank you for your hand and blessings upon us and Ditton County. Thank you for the ability and honor to be involved in useful work for you and for our country. We thank you for the opportunity to gather together today. We ask that you bless this meeting. We ask that you would guide and direct this meeting. Our commissioners and judges with your wisdom and knowledge. I pray for the agenda set before them today. I pray for all of our past, current, and future service members. Scripture, John, 15, 13 says it, no one has a greater love than to lay down and let our lives for for friends. That's what they do day in and day out to protect the freedoms that you give us. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas one state under God, one, and indivisible. Thank you, gentlemen. Item one is for public input for items not posted in the agenda. There's any member of the public that would like to address Commissioner's Court. We ask the chief, please complete a public comment form. They're available on the side table. Once we remind everyone, please turn off cell phones, pages, any electronic device that might be disruptive. We have one public comment formed this morning. Mr. Rillie Hetzfuth. Mr. Hetzfuth, this morning. So Mr. Rillie Hetzfuth. Mr. Hetzfuth good morning. Judge and commissioners, my name is Willie Hetzfuth. I live at 623 Newton. I saw this YouTube presentation of this black kid and a white kid. Some of you probably seen the white kid say he wants to be like the black kid. They want he wants to look the same. So he said, the white kid said, cut my hair or short like the black kid's hair. And then we'll look the same. That really got me. Because you know, prejudice and racism is a learned phenomena Someone you you're taught that and then you go up with it. I have some people who are Who I don't like There should be no one you don't like I Don't get it. I don't like them and he said to me, why don't you like them? Don't you know it balled down to the color of their skin or where they came from? That's where it came. That's where the dislike comes from. What is wrong with me? Oh, don't give me no. That's not a question. Fuck you, that's not a question. It's nothing you do answer. Just miss a debate. Anyway, so I stand here as some things that I would like for you to do. I've just got to say them with no racial prejudice and none of that in my heart. I can't do it. I need help. I need something when I eat my cereal. I need something put into the cereal so that it will help me. You know, Alkiho, or something. No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Anyway, here's what I would like. There is a department here in the county that does not employ African Americans. Doesn't. Doesn't give me any reason why they don't. It's just since since I've been living here in 1970. They've hired two. And it's a very visible office and I'm frustrated. God says to me, just make the point and within love. Cut your hair off short like the black kid and the white kid and quit looking at race. I can't, well, I refuse to do it today, but I know I've got to get that one squared away. I've got to get that one squared away. Or anyway, let me end with, I went to the grave site in PowerPoint and it is my refuge. I go there to just the old slave cemetery, just to relax and enjoy life and just think of what I'm good I have it. And let me tell you, there's a gate on the entrance and I can't get in there. Now I'm frustrated. I am so frustrated. When all that work that we've done to get me access and what you've done to improve that place, now there's a gate on the entrance. Now I'm telling you, I don't know how to deal with race this morning. I'm so frustrated. I can't even get to the place. So those of you pray, pray for me. We have quite a few guests with us this morning. We're going to go to our resolutions first. Item 3A on the agenda is approval of a resolution recognizing Jim Terry's retirement. Jim Terry, come on up to the podium please. We'd like to look at the people we're recognizing and I've asked Commissioner Andy Eads to the resolution. Good morning. Thanks for being here. This is a resolution honoring James Jim Terry for 14 years of service to Ditton County. The Ditton County Commission's Court Ditton County, Texas during a regular session on the seventh day of March 2017 considering the following resolution, whereas Jim Terry, senior deputy fire marshal has been a loyal employee with the Ditton County Emergency Services Department since October 1st, 2002 and did retire on February 28th, 2017 after 14 years of full time service and three years of service as a Ditton Kelly volunteer deputy Fire Marshal. Whereas Jim has been a driving force in the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of a nationally recognized fire code in Ditton County. Whereas Jim has served Ditton County, as well as the state of Texas in his service as a mentor and leader in the advancement of fire investigations, and the development of investigators and inspectors as the president of the Texas Fire Marshal Association from 2014 to 2016. And as Jim has served the citizens of Ditton County in his tireless efforts to provide for a more safe community through his efforts in fire mitigation and support of fire department throughout Ditton County to include training employees, citizens, emergency response volunteers, and community service organizations. Whereas Jim has shared his knowledge and skills with inspectors and abescares across North Texas region, and his service to the profession will be greatly missed. Now therefore be resolved. The Ditton County Commissioners Court, Ditton County Texas, as hereby extent to Jim Terry, are censoring grateful appreciation for his dedicated service to Denton County. We congratulate Jim on his well earned retirement and extend our best wishes to him for continued success, happiness and good health in the years to come. Done an open court this 7th day of March 2017 upon a motion by myself. Thank you. Thank you. My motion by Commissioner Ead, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. I want favor please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to name. Motion Thank you, let my motion by commission Eid segment by commissioner Mitchell. I want favor please say aye I pose in aim motion is carrying an athlete Do you want to say anything just want to thank the county? It was a wonderful place to work and I've never met better people in my life. So I'm still going to be around so I hope I get to see people still. But thank you again very much. Thank you very much for your service. Thank you. I know that he plans on sticking around and doing some volunteering too, so we will get to see him some on. Item 3B on the agenda is approval of a resolution recognizing Jacqueline Mullins' retirement, and I've asked Bami Mitchell to read it. I don't believe Jacqueline is with his testimony in the Jack Correct. You still want to do the resolution, Bob, if you would please? This is a resolution honor in Jacqueline Mullin, for 29 years of service to Dinn County. The Dinn County Commission is caught, Dinn County takes this during a regular session on the 7th of March 2017, and sit at the following resolution. Whereas Jacqueline Mullin detention officer too, for the Dinn County Sheriff Office began her career in 1987 and did retire on February 28, 2017 after a 29 year career. And whereas during her service to Den County, Jacqueline achieved the rank of corporal, received the purple hoet, achieved field training officer status, and received several letters of commendation. In addition, she continued training to achieve advanced knowledge of her job duties and was highly respected for ability to lead and mentor others. And whereas Jacqueline has faithfully indi-legently dischoised the duties and obligations of the office and trusted to her, worked well with her coworkers and implemented the policies of the Sheriff Office in an honorable and responsible manner with vigilance for the safety and security of the families and citizens of Din County, and whereas the citizens of Din County are grateful to Jacqueline for answering the call to service for her commitment to duty, and for the service she has rendered during her law enforcement career in tenure with Den County. Now, therefore be it resolved that Den County Commissioner's School, Den County, Texas does hereby extend to Jacqueline Mullin. I sincere and grateful appreciation for her dedicated service to Den County. We congratulate Jacqueline on her well-earned retirement and extend our best wishes to her for a continued success, happiness and good health in the years to come. Done and open call this the seventh day of March 2017. I want a motion made by myself. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded by Commissioner Eads. I'll in favor please say aye. Aye. Aye, post a name. Motion does carry unanimously and we wish Jacqueline happy retirement. She left the end of February. She's probably already indication. I'm blank. All right. Item 3C on the agenda is approval of resolution recognizing Tim Goodland's retirement. And I don't believe Tim is with us this morning either, but I've asked Commissioner Ron Marchant to read this resolution. Ron, this is a resolution honoring Timothy Tim Goodwin for 16 years of service to Denton County. The Denton County Commission's Court Denton County Texas during a regular session on the seventh day of March 2017 considered the following resolution. Whereas Tim Goodwin deputy for the Denton County Sheriff's Office, did retire on March 1, 2017 after a 16-year career with Denton County. Whereas Tim, as received the Meritorious Conduct Award, led the Honor Guard, became a field training officer and a T-Cole instructor, and received several letters of commendation. He also worked his way up to Lieutenant of Professional Standards and ensured the hiring instructor and received several letters of commendation. He also worked his way up to lieutenant of professional standards and ensured the hiring and managing processes moved smoothly. Whereas Tim consistently fulfilled the duties and obligations of the offices and entrusted to him, worked well with his co-workers and implemented the policies of the sheriff's office in a respectful manner with focus on safety and protection of the families and citizens of Denton County. We're asked the citizens of Denton County are grateful to Tim for his service commitment to the duty and the Sheriff's Office wishes him the best in his retirement. Now therefore be it resolved. The Denton County Commission's Court Denton County, Texas does hereby extend to Tim Goodwin, our sincere and grateful appreciation for his dedicated service to Denton County. We congratulate Tim on his well-earned retirement and extend our best wishes to him for continued success, happiness, and good health in the years to come. Done in open court by motion by myself. and it helped in the years to come. Then an open court by motion by myself. Welcome, my commissioner Marchant. Seconded by commissioner Coleman. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye, post and in. Motion this carrying nanously and we congratulate two minutes retirement. Down please. 3D on the agendas or resolution recognizing Vicky McKee's retirement. I've asked Commissioner Coleman to read this and I don't believe it could be with us this morning me I think we're retired and they're gone. Yes, they're gone. I don't see Miss Vicki I have the opportunity to work with her for eight years and I tell you she was super confident She's a great asset to the Sheriff's Office and very proud to read her resolution. This is for Vicki McGee for 23 years of service to Denton County. The Denton County Commissioner's Court during a regular session on the 7th day of March, 2017 considered the following. Whereas Vicki McGee, a financial administrator for the Denton County Sheriff's Office, will retire on March 3rd, 2017 after a 23 year career with Denton And whereas Vicki service to Denton County consisted of time worked at the front desk in the jail as an administrative specialist for CID as a detention officer where she was promoted to corporal and then subsequently becoming the financial administrator role. Whereas Daringler time with the Sheriff's Office Vicki continued training to achieve advanced knowledge of her job duties and all areas including. And I can tell you she did a great job at that. Whereas Vicki was highly respected for her job knowledge, dependability and her ability to mentor others. She was an asset that will truly be missed. And whereas the Sheriff's Office is grateful to Vicki for entering the call to service for her commitment and dedication. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Denton County Commissioners Court and Denton County, Texas does hereby extend to Vicki, are sincere and grateful appreciation for her dedicated service to Denton County. We congratulate her on her well earned retirement and extend our best wishes for her continued success, happiness and good health in the years to come. And I will so move. Thank you. We have a motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Marchant. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, aye. Motion to carry unanimously. We wish her a happy retirement. I believe Leslie Willingham is here, correct? Yes. Come on up to the podium, if you would please. This is item 3 E on the agenda. Good morning, thank you for being here. That to be here. This is resolution honoring Leslie Willingham for 23 years of service to Denton County. Denton County Commissioners Court, Denton County, Texas, during the regular session on the 7th day of March 2017 considered the following resolution, where his Leslie Willingham deputy sheriff has been employed by Denton County Sheriff's Office The regular session on the 7th of March 2017 considered the following resolution, where his Leslie Wilnihan deputy sheriff has been employed by Devin County Sheriff's Office since April of 1994, and did retire on February 28, 2017 after a 23-year career, and whereas Leslie received numerous letters of accommodation and awards, not only for her community programs and crime prevention work but also for her work in forensic art. During her time with the Denton County Sheriff's Office she was named Law Enforcement Officer of the Year in 2008 at the Denton County Crime Victims Rights Association. And whereas Leslie has faithfully and diligently discharged the duties and obligations of the Sheriff's Office worked well with her co-workers and conducted herself in an honorable and responsible manner. And whereas the citizens of Denton County are thankful for Leslie for answering the calls of service, for the pride she took in her work and for her commitment to her law enforcement career with Denton County. Now therefore, a bit resolved, the Denton County Commissioners Court, Denton County, Texas, does hereby extend to Leslie Willingham, our sincere and grateful appreciation for dedicated service to Denton County. We congratulate Leslie on their well-earned retirement and extend our best wishes to her for continued success, happiness and good health in the years to come. Then in the open court, this seventh day of March 2017 upon the motion being by myself, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell, on favor please say aye. Aye. Aye, opposed, aye. Ms. Carrey. I don't want to go. That's the truth. It's the truth. I do not want to leave, but I have to. For those of you who are not aware of it, I have an injury. It's my voice is injured. And because of the injury, it is not curable. It's only treatable. But a law enforcement job requires you to have 96% of what you do has to do with your voice and when that is injured and you lose the ability to speak for more than 15 minutes at a time. That ends a career. So just for those of you who are listening, I am a master piece officer. That's as high as you can get as far as a piece officer. Through training from Denton County Sheriff's Office. I am also a master detention officer. That's through training provided by Denton County Sheriff's Office. I am a certified forensic artist with the International Association for Identification. There are only 33 of us worldwide. In the state of Texas, I'm the only one who is a peace officer. I'm one of a kind in Texas. In addition to that, I am a tea coal instructor. I've actually achieved the certified crime prevention specialist level. That as the highest level you can achieve and crime prevention. And I have to leave because of this injury. And it makes it really difficult for me because I truly would love to work with this new administration and the new sheriff. I highly respect the people that have been voted into office by Denton County. Now in my job, one of the wonderful things I got to do is teach at 10 independent school districts throughout Denton County for 16 years. That means I have reached over 45,000 students in Denton County through the school districts, teaching them in the classroom everything from playing red light green light at kindergarten. Learning about the amber alert and first grade. Learning about why you should be able to pay attention to what's going on around you at 3rd grade, 4th grade, gun safety. Dith grade, the Stay Safe Program, I am the author and lead instructor field training officer for that program. Most programs like it last only six to seven years. That one has lasted 10 years. It is based on questions and comments, and the entire workbook is designed by students in Denon County. It's unique to this county and very effective. So honestly right now, four of my graduates from the Stay Safe Program are now my co-workers. So I've replaced myself at least four times now. And it was the funniest thing when they got hired. I made a point of showing up wherever they were assigned and saying, now you're stuck working with me. I'm here. So it's been a wonderful job. And I really do love the training program that's gone at the Sheriff's Department. But I'm going to ask the commissioners to think about this. Don't forget those kids in the schools. You need more officers in the schools teaching those kids. One was not enough. If we'd had more, I would not be injured. not enough. If we'd had more, I would not be injured. You need to invest in the schools because that's where you're going to replace your police officers. That's where we're going to get our future county commissioners. That's where we're going to get our leadership from. We need to be there. So an officer teaching in the classroom is one of the best investments you can make. And when they ask for additional personnel, pay attention. And Bobby, I'm not going to say that word to you. That we learned in that humorous class humor in the workplace. I don't know where that comes from. But I wanted to say thank you. It's been a wonderful thing and I really enjoyed my time at Denver County Sheriff's Office. Thank you very much. Thank you. We wish you a happy return. Thank you. Thank you. We wish you a happy return. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Item 3F is resolution recognizing, John Blacktear. Is she here? She's not here. Okay. We still want to do the resolution. This is a resolution honoring Joanne Blacktear for 12 years as service to the county, county commissioners court, county checksister in record session on the 7th day of March 2017. Considered the following resolution where it's Joanne Blackte here, am I saying that correctly? Blackittor, okay. Deputy clerk one in the County Tax Discessor Collector Office is retiring March of 2017 after 12 years of service. And whereas during this time, Joanne is faithfully discharged to duties of the office, including serving in multiple office locations, partnering with her co-workers and supervisors in serving dead and county citizens with a great attitude, ensuring her customers were helped fully and professionally and sought to make dead and county tax office a leader by providing customer service with excellence and whereas Joanne plans to spend time with family, friends and traveling and taking a very well-deserved rest and time for relaxation and whereas the staff and administrators of Denton County tax office are grateful to Joanne for her commitment to public service during her career and tenure with Denton County and we will miss her sweet attitude and consistent desire to do best for our citizens. Now therefore, a bit resolved to dent in the commissioners court, dent in the Texas bus hereby extend to Joanne. Our sincere and grateful appreciation for a dedicated service to dent in the county. We congratulate Joanne and her well earned retirement and extend our best wishes to her for continued success, happiness and good health in the years to come upon a motion by myself. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell, on favor, please say aye. Aye, pose aye. Name, motion does carry unanimously. Please heard a happy retirement. Some more signatures here, then. Okay, item 3G on the agenda is a presentation regarding the Veteran Community Navigator Program and the collaborative efforts of the Veterans Coalition, Veterans Service Office, Denton County United Way and all our community partners. Good morning. Good morning, commissioners. Thank you so much for making time for this presentation. I would say this, commissioners, who is one of our United Way of Denton County Board members about just about everything we do at United Way. But this has been a particularly fulfilling and rewarding pilot program. So we'll quickly bring you up to speed. You'll be hearing from Alex Reed, Community Impact Director United Way, Paul Bastichurone, Denton County Veteran Service Officer, Chris Martin, the Board Chair of the Denton County Veterans Coalition. Troy Manning with M. H. Amar, Denton County is on the leadership team helping us implement this pilot program. He could not be with us today. And really, two folks that I need you to meet are the two young ladies that serve as the navigators, the case workers working directly with the clients. Ladies, would you stand up, please? This is Liz Emerson and Ashley Beverly. So the Veteran Navigator Program was in response to our understanding of the data in Denton County about our veterans. And I'm going to remind you of data you're very, very well aware of this Commissioner's Court. We have over 48,000 veterans living in Ditton County, approximately 31 hundred of those veterans meet the diagnostic criteria for both post-traumatic stress PTSD and a traumatic brain injury. And we have 3,100 veterans in Ditton County exhibiting substance use disorder. And I think the part about this data that really compelled us to try to do something as a community was the realization that only 50% of our veterans in these areas of need were actually accessing services on an annual basis. So it really began Judge Horn with you giving our dear friend Joe Mulroy several pieces of advice. One was, go meet with Paul Bastich. Commissioner Ead, you helped us to understand we need to align with our Denton County Health Department Director Matt Richardson. Both of those pieces of advice have been so critical to the successes of the Behavior Health Leadership Team, but also this pilot. So I want to bring Alex Reed up to begin to give you the update of the Veterans Community Navigator pilot. My较 is Judge, thanks for having us today. I'm excited to share with you all that we've been able to do in the last six months. It's amazing to think that our pilot's been up and running for six months, and we've met 75% of our grant metrics to date so far. Because of your support and the support of our community, we've been able to see 150 veterans to date. We've had the honor of servicing those men and women that have serviced our country and it's been an amazing adventure. As you can see in your slides, about 80% of our clients are veterans themselves and 20% are family members. This grant allows us the capacity to not only see the veterans, but the family members as well. And we've had 83% of our individuals that have enrolled in the program successfully complete the program. 64% of our clientele are accessing both mental health and outside services. You can also see that we've increased the housing stability of our veterans and their families within our community. One of the most prioritized needs that we've seen from our veterans that have presented in our office has been housing instability. We have encountered numerous veterans, especially our Vietnam era veterans, that have gone into retirement, began to exhibit the signs of post-traumatic stress that's gone unaddressed, and retracted, and lost their homes, lost their jobs, and are now facing housing instability. One of those clients that we've had the opportunity to meet with, was very, very hesitant to go into the veteran service office. And one of our case managers met this gentleman in the parking lot and sat in his car with him for a little while and then let him go home for the day. And then they got out of the car the next day and then he went home for the day until they could finally get him into the veteran service office where he met with Paul Bastage. He was eligible for 40 years of benefits that he's never accessed. That's one story of one gentleman and guess what, he's getting his benefits this week. So that has increased the stability of that family exponentially, that was facing homelessness. One of the members inside of that household presented with suicidal ideations because of the fear of losing his home. So it's really been exponential to see the success of just encountering people where they're at and being able to meet their needs in a tangible way. As you can see, the program has sent 385 referrals to date to community partners right here in Denton County that are servicing these individuals. We're really trying hard not to reinvent the wheel and making sure we're directing them to the appropriate resources within our community. As you can see, a lot of our veterans, again, are needing some emergency assistance. They've gone into a crisis and have now encountered our team. And are looking at how do we meet those tangible needs? Lots of times it comes with, I'm unable to pay my electric bill this month, and we come to find out that that may be because of post-traumatic stress or an address behavioral health need. So we've had the opportunity to encounter those clients multiple times throughout our program. And lastly, I want to end with my favorite part as the clinician for my role. It's some client quotes and the clients that we've been able to interact with throughout this program have really been able to tell their story at the time of discharge. One of our clients that we were servicing that, again, presented with some suicidal ideations, said it feels like I'm on my honeymoon again. Both the husband and wife are being seen by our case managers, and they actually sit in the quote that said, I don't know what my family would have done if it wasn't for people like you. You have brought a light to my never-ending dark tunnel. So again, we just want to thank you for your support of this program and support of our veterans in our community. I'm going to turn it over to Paul Bastich to provide you with some next steps for our team. Thank you. Morning, Judge. Good morning, commissioners. Thank you again for having us. And I cannot say enough that community navigators and the collaboration that we have with our community partners has brought a lot of success even to the veteran service office and continued success. We're almost at one of every three veterans that walk or one of every three clients that walk into the VSO is a brand new client. So we're really out there getting these folks in. 48 referrals from the navigators alone and almost every one of those was a first time visit, first time client to the veteran service office. At the precinct three that opened on November 14th, that office is up and running is eight hours a day, five days a week, as long as I'm in my chair. But over 200 visits into just the last quarter at the precinct three location. So that's incredible. The coalition has provided a lot of financial assistance upwards of 26,000 last year, 42,000, 2016 for emergency financial assistance. And that's due our coalition that's helped us do that as well. Next slide is behavior health in Denton County or community partners. Great partners with the MHMR Military Veteran Peer Network, the coalition, the Veterans Court, of course, my office. Our navigator's offices are located everywhere right now. Basically, you can see that they're in our Veteran Service Office, whether it's the Mary and Jim Horn government building, or whether we're actually in the location at the Lewisville precinct three using the office that I had there prior to being placed in there or using the conference room. The mail we're still using the United Way of Denton has some areas in there that they use even to go as far as the broom closet. If the broom closet is needed that's what they're going to use to actually sit and counsel with a veteran. That's what our navigators have been using for the last six months. I am so proud of the next slide. 400 South Carol Boulevard is going to be the brand new Denton County Community, our veteran center. We are so fortunate, our prayers have been answered by Mr. Bob Widmer in his clients that have donated space at this location, at this location, we're going to house Catholic Charities, MHMR, Community Navigators, the Denton County Veterans Coalition, youth and families counseling, and we're also going to put in a VSO. The VSO may come from the Texas Veterans Commission. It's so fortunate that the Texas Veterans Commission contacted me three weeks ago during initial training and said we would like to send a state counselor to come out and assist. It's not the Calgary. It's basically just another body to help veterans in Denton County. Denton County filed over 1,000 claims out of our office, over 1,000 claims last year. The highest number of claims of any county office in the entire state. TVC is aware of that because our claims go to the Texas Veterans Commission. They want to send somebody to basically not to help, but to kind of write on the coattails and to the success of what Denton County is doing. So they know what we're doing. They're going to give us a body and they wanted to put it in the clinic, but there's no room at the end in the clinic. That office that used to be there, and years ago, that was supposed to be one of our locations. But we're just a couple miles up the street. So they send everybody there. That office that is in the Seabock right now is actually being used for mental health treatment. So by all means we're full and we're really very happy. March 15th is when we're looking at being in this new location. So we're really excited about that. At this time I'd like to go ahead and turn it over to Chris Martin to discuss homeless veteran initiatives and the behavior of health services and debt and counting. Judge commissioners thank you for allowing us this opportunity today to talk to you. They didn't kind of be a heavy health leadership team. Through your leadership there's doing some phenomenal things for veterans and I say every day it's great to be a veteran in Denton County and that's because of your leadership and the things that are happening and that we live in a community that cares about its veterans. One of the things that we decided we should branch out into from the behavioral leadership team aspect is working with homeless veterans and trying to end veterans homelessness in Denton County. We have a unique opportunity to do that this year easily by the end of the year. Our point in time statistics in 2015 showed that we had 23 homeless vets. In 2016 that number went up to 32. This year at the point in time surveys showed we only had 13 homeless vets in 2016 that number went up to 32 this year at the point time survey So we only had 13 homeless vets in the county two of those I know came up that day by train to Lewisville to the Salvation Army because I interviewed them there So again, we have a unique opportunity that's down from 20 that were at our stand down back in October and most of those have already been housed And so these are new individuals who have come on the street If you look at the number of homeless vets in the street Why would the behavior help team get and and gaze with that well? 67% of veterans you served and either have Gannister and our lack of homeless vets probably have post-traumatic stress So there's some it's a it's a good Segway for us to break branch out with our programs and now try to help those and in this Homelessness homelessness in the county. Through that, we have great programs now. We've started outreach for Homeless Vets with Hope. We're working with all our monthly partners in a monthly collaboration workshop. We bring all the individuals and agencies that work with homeless people in Denting together so that we can try to resolve the issues. And we're to the point now, we can start talking about homeless veteran A, homeless veteran B, homeless veteran C, vice, talking about homeless veterans writ large. So I think we're making significant progress there. I behavior leadership team is working on another other issues though too. One, we talked about reaching functional zero. Again, we have a unique opportunity to do that by the end of this year. If not by the summertime, everybody's diligently working hard. We're trying to expand with United Way and others trying to expand the VA's behavior health capacity here in the county. Gary talked about the statistics earlier. Our Seabock, the Community Based Outreach Center on Colorado Driver, sees over 13,000 veterans a year. Gary talked about the delta between those who receive care and those who don't. A lot of those who don't because they don't want to make the drive the Dallas. So if we can expand the care here, now we'll provide these individuals an opportunity to get the behavioral health care that they need. So that's a great initiative that we're working on. And it will draw in veterans from other counties around the area. And I think that's kind of like field of dreams bill that they will come. And I think that's the opportunity that we have here. The other programs that we're working on here are all increasing our capacity access, and awareness to the programs that currently exist, and when necessary, bringing new programs like the Veterans Community Navigator Program. This program, you heard the statistics, but what it does is it provides us a single point of entry for individual veterans trying to get help in the county. And I'll just talk about so if you go in, if you need help in your veteran and you Google and ask a topic, you're going to get just a huge number of agencies and people that will help you. It may not all be in Texas, maybe elsewhere. But there's no single point of entry into things that we do. The ladies here that Gary introduced to you earlier provide us that opportunity. It's been just a great thing for our veterans to help us out there. The Veterans Community Navigator Program allows us to use community resources much more effectively. We're not trying to create new organizations, we're trying to enhance the organizations that we already have. And so I think the number of contacts that each of these organizations receives goes up, which increases obviously their ability to get grants and other things down the line. So we're not competing with one another, we're helping one another out, and they're overall numbers for the county, so how we're helping that out. Now in order for this program to continue to grow, as Paul mentioned, it expires in August. So we're trying to sustain that program now. It's going to take funding to do that. We do working with Sally Beauty. We're able to create a video that we can send out to others and hopefully get donors to help this program. Continue to do the great things that they've been doing all along. I'll show you that video now. It's pretty good except for one guy in there, but the rest of it's pretty good. That would be me. Now it's thought loads. If it loads, let's put it again. And then this would happen. But that's what we have Alex prepared. Take care. Alex is awesome. The Federal Reserve is a senior assistance of resources that can place a need for finding the incentives for the federal government. Then, often, the other thousand financial services and the federal government. Through the IT County Federal Commission, the Federal Service Office and the image of our IT County, the one forces with it, in other way, that county and the Midtown, the Navidad Ocean team has started this new vector community navigator program. There's only difficult car life when it starts to say name and a honor for the service truck. And Terracidine is now in the name of the city. Terracidine is the name of the city and the name of the city is Terracidine. The community in Navidad is currently If you need to be patient, you need to be patient, you need to be patient, you need to be patient. If you need to be patient, you need to be patient, you need to be patient, you need link for me. Or you can call another person for additional information. This is a community in care for communities that has been committed to the New Year's Day. It's bringing the benefit of the Indian community. Okay, so we'll just leave it there. We have one final slide. We want to thank the commission's and judge. I want to thank you for your support, your leadership, and your guidance in making all our veterans programs, you know, function the way they are and to be so successful. It is great to be a veteran in Denton County. I tell that people all, tell that to people all the time. And at the opportunity to go talk about the programs here. Please continue to help us to support this program. Please continue to help us to get this video out to our potential donors. Let's keep Liz and Ashley working with our veterans every day. Thank you all for your time. Thank you for your leadership and thank you for your support. Thank you for being here this morning Important work that they do and I like your video. That's good. Good hope it raises a lot of big bucks big bucks I want to have a quick comment into the question for Gary Thank y'all for the awesome work that you're doing. I think we're totally an industry leader, as far as innovation and partnerships, we're going to our veterans. Gary, what is the dollar amount? What are we looking at? How much funding? $170,000 will sustain both navigators for another year. The cost that was put, the funding that was provided through the HHSC grant. Thank you Senator Jane Nelson and our Denton County delegation for Senate Bill 55 in the last session was a larger amount of budget funding and that helped us build the infrastructure in the base. And again, thank you to Bob Whitmer and his clients for fully funding for six months. That facility on Carol, the commission reads 170,000 would sustain the full program. All right. Good. Thank you. Gary. Thank you very much. Members, I'd like to jump now to item eight a on the agenda eight a is a approval of a joint safety resolution from the Denton County Sheriff's Office and Commission's Court to implement an effective accident prevention plan in agreement with the Texas Association of Counties. We do have a resolution. Did someone from the Sheriff's Office wish to speak on this issue? Yes, no. I'm seeing the buddy running to the podium but we need there is okay. Good morning, Chair. It's partnered with Human Resources to put together a safety committee which will address any safety issues throughout the county from any office, from tripping on a carpet to one of my officers being injured on the line of duty. What this committee will do will help with the county's rating on insurance and things of that nature. So it will be beneficial to the taxpayer and beneficial to this court as well. And we're honored to work with the staff on his group to set up this committee. Thank you. We have a brief resolution here that needs to be approved then assuming. This is Commissioner's Court in County Texas meeting in the regular session on 7th March 2017. Whereas the county judge, county sheriff, county commissioners, and the county officials are concerned with safety of the employees and the public. And whereas the safety efforts have been a, have a direct and positive impact on the cost of operations and employee morale for the county. And whereas continuation of this plan should minimize unnecessary accidents and control workers' compensation costs for the future and whereas the county can utilize the free services of the safety staff of the Texas Association of counties to assist in the administration of such a plan. Now therefore, it resolved the Denver County Commission's court, Denver County, Texas and Joint Resolution with the county sheriff. Hereby proclaim their support on behalf of the county to implement an effective accident prevention plan and agreement with the Texas Association of Counties. In the commissioners court, Herby prevails upon the challenges and challenges other elected and appointed county officials to support the safety initiative and work and cooperative effort to develop implement and implement these accident prevention plans done in open court the seventh day of March 2017. Find a motion by myself. Seconded by Commissioner Ease on favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, Cinean? Motion does carry. All right. All right. We're going to go now to 10 a.m. on the agenda. 10 a.m. is a provost and county courts master plan study is presented by HDR architecture and incorporated and approved by the steering committee. Good morning. Thank you, co-reading, gentlemen. Good morning. Thank you, Judge Horn and commissioners. We appreciate the opportunity to present this and summarize the work we've been doing with the county and particularly with Commissioner Coleman and the steering committee as we have gone through this a quick overview of what we were tasked to do. This was a master plan update looking at the the courts system and particularly at at the courthouse on McKinney and the Carroll Building, looking at the potential repurposing of the Carroll Building as we looked atad analysis of the courts and the court cases that we benchmarked against the population and the forecasted population growth over that period. In addition to looking at the buildings and the capacities of the buildings to grow, we also looked at what the parking needs were going to be for these departments and these facilities and that and the impact of that on the on the traffic and and how how growth could be accommodated That is the broad overview. I would like to introduce now John Nieson who's a courts planner with HDR and the project manager that led this work Morning the project manager that led this work. Any John? Good morning. So I'll give a brief synopsis of the nearly 400 page document. Move us along here. So process overview. HDR I met with each department and each court. So the district court, the county court and probate court, representatives of those departments currently in the courthouse to assess existing space and their work. In order to forecast these planning horizons, the 25 year and the 50 year needs. Interim meetings were held with Commissioner Coleman and Duane Snyder of facilities to ensure everyone is informed of the mission and the progress. The Master Plan Steering Committee met for two design workshops in one final document review session. That committee, the Master Plan Committee was comprised of representatives from the district courts, the county courts, the probate courts, the District Clerk, the County Clerk, technology services, facility management, records management, sheriff's department, the auditor's office, purchasing department. We had a commissioners court representative and representatives from the district attorney's office. As Halden said, we did a a Rurana case load analysis. The results of those, what we did was we compared the number and the types of cases by court for the last 10 years to population trends. And all that data was supplied by the courts here to the Texas Office of Court Administration. The projection results were reviewed with the administrative judges. And then the result overall for the next 25 years, the district court was projected that seven courts would be needed for the next 25 years, county court, four courts would be needed for the next, in the next 25 years. Pro-Bate Court was a little more difficult to review apples to apples because of varying methods of calculating cases between counties and Texas. However, we reviewed new applications for probate, for guardianship, and for mental health. And the determination was, I'm going to quote here, that another probate court be brought online as soon as possible or another internal solution created to deal with the apparent critical mass brought upon by mental health cases. So there's some flexibility there by the county, that there should be some internal discussions that should be had between the commissioners and the judges for probate court on how to proceed with that. Recommendation. The recommendation was multi-fazed. It was based on opportunities and constraints that surfaced through the process, and there were some premises that this was all based on. One, courthouse space, as you may or may not know, is much more expensive than pure office space. In any of you have been through that process before, it's expensive to build courthouse space. That's premise number one. Two, the open carry law is forcing Texas counties, and I've worked with many Texas counties. It's enforcing Texas counties to limit courthouse functions, to courts, chambers, and jury functions, and holding areas. That's what they law currently states. So that's what we had to design around. Three, some departments are currently not in space that totally aligns with their functions. And four, the McKinney Street Courthouse does not currently have what we call an empty chair, an empty space space to immediately access for either temporary or permanent use. Those are the premises. Some of the opportunities relocating those apartments from the McKinney Street Building will then free up space that can be utilized for court space. Relocating the non court departments will enable Denton County to be compliant with the open carry law. We can design departmental space to meet the specific needs if we're starting fresh. And then another opportunity is to solve the parking problems on the McKinney Street campus. Some of the constraints, the commissioner and the auditor continually reminded the committee there are limited funds without raising taxes. Purchasing stress that there are lead times that it takes to provide newer renovated space. We just can't do this overnight. The McKinney Street courthouse building has vertical circulation bottlenecks. Anybody who's been in that building knows that. We need to solve this. The existing buildings have maintenance needs that need to be addressed. Here's another one. So we were told to look at the carol building as a potential solution, but that building is currently totally occupied. You know, it's not scheduled to be vacated until admin, complex phase three comes online in about three years. So that was another constraint that we had. We can't utilize that building for another three years. And when we do, there's a department in their agri-life that's not scheduled to be relocated. And they're in prime space. They're on the first floor. So something has to happen to solve Agra Life, to move them as well. And finally, there is limited available county-owned real estate where it is needed. So if we're not looking at these two buildings, what else can we solve? So that wasn't part of the equation, but that was a question that came up. So the first statement for the recommendation, and I'm going to quote again, the recommendation of HDR and the Master Plan Committee is that the existing McKinney Street Courthouse building be maximized for court use to meet the 25 year demand, and that all departmental uses be relocated from the building to accomplish this. So think back on those premises that we talked about. Two things about that, probate mental health court seems to be an ideal candidate for the carol building. However, the building is going to be vacated, like we talked about, and then completely renovated before they move in there. So the report talks about how much that would cost for that renovation. I think this court needs to really have a serious discussion whether that building is suitable for a second life and suitable for a court, a modern day court function. Relocating the departments, there's a plan in there and that proposed long term plan is to build an office building adjacent to the courthouse. Call it the courthouse annex for now. What would happen then is public would enter through the north side the same way that they do for the courthouse. And then there would be a secure link to the courthouse so that staff and then DA witnesses could access the courthouse securely and they wouldn't have to go through, excuse me, they wouldn't have to go through the security and the front. That would get you compliant with the open-carry law. There's an in order to sell the parking needs on the Kenny Street campus. It's a two- phase process that's proposed. One, reconfigure that lot to be more rectilinear and extend it out to McKinney Street. And second is to introduce structured parking on the east side of the courthouse. And putting it there then, it could be shared by other uses on the campus. It would be a little bit more central. then it could be shared by other uses on the campus. It would be a little bit more central. I'm sure everybody is wondering about projected costs. Well, those are in the report. They're broken down by phase. So it would take me quite a long time to go into what those would be. So I'm not going to do that. But you'll see that the costs of remodeling for a courtroom for any of these phases depends based on where it is in the building. Chamber spaces take plumbing. So in that building is their plumbing readily available if not we're going to have to get it there. And if we have to get it there the cost for that courtroom renovation is going to go up a little bit. So you'll see that there's a range, you know, for remodeling court space in that building is somewhere between 500 and $500,000 and $850,000 for a courtroom, plus chambers. And the preliminary budget estimate that's included in there, I do need to note, it includes construction costs only. Soft costs, overall project costs are not included in that you can budget somewhere between 20 and 25% more for that. One of the other things we were talking about in the meetings is meeting is that it works better. I think the auditor brought this up. It works better for the county's budget if we can do some of this stuff incrementally over the years. There is a need though for that parking on the campus. And in order to get the parking ordinance counts where they need to be, that parking structures can need to come online before the annex does. So when you look at those costs and you try to figure all that out, parking structure needs to come first. So what's next? Hopefully you all will grant approval of this recommendation by the committee. And then after that, HDR will need to work with the city of Denton in order to get their approval for parking and traffic needs, which we think is going to be fairly straightforward. Are there questions? Did you explain to them your process and what departments you think are going to be needed to be moved to the additional facility? And basically you're saying we're going to need a facility that has offices in a parking garage combined together. together. So those are two different facilities. So the annex is proposed to go on the west side of the courthouse and the parking garage is supposed to go on the east side of the courthouse. So to answer the first part of your question, the departments that are proposed to go in the annex are non court functions. They may have some relation to court. So the two clerks, jury assembly would, that would be their long term. Law library would be their long term, and then the district attorney would be in this building. Again, we see the link that secure link to the courthouse would be valuable for staff. They don't have to go through security. It would also provide the DA's department a secure access path for witnesses so that they wouldn't have to be out in the open coming across a parking lot and could be compromised. Any other members have questions or comments? I think if you all have the analysis in front of you, and I think if you look at the pages like eight and thirteen, what I found was particularly interesting was you would see that the amount of criminal cases that we have are actually following. I'm sorry you're referring to section four? Right. Yes. And as a result we've had an inordinate amount of mainly CPS and family law cases that are being filed. If you look at the percentage, I think the percentage of cases that are being filed in our criminal courts are almost the same as they were in 2009. So from what I understand, the more fluent in our community becomes, we have less crime, but that doesn't mean we're able to address specific needs that come with those issues like CPS and other family law cases. And we need to make sure that we're addressing those. Also if you look at the amount of cases per district court, we're way, way over our contemporaries. I think we're almost in line with Colin County, but we're pretty much everybody else cases per court. Thank you. I'm right here. He's in section four. In section four, page. Baselot analysis. A caselo analysis. And that's one of the troubling things, because I know we had some spirited discussion about the probate and the CPS, but we need to be mindful that we take care of those who are most in need and make sure that those problems are quickly arbitrated and resolved. It's gonna be expensive, I think, to address these problems, particularly regarding space. We need to get the Phase 3 portion built as soon as possible. During the meetings, I constantly handed him about we don't have unlimited money, that we just can't throw money at this. And then Mr. Wells, I think did a very good job of reminding us of that as well. I really wanted to you know Mr. Wells was very good in instructing us in different ways where we could achieve some of our goals by funding it through the county revenue as opposed to or short term debt as opposed to going out for a bond election. I think that's one of the things that we need to consider. But we are growing, we're going to continue growing. There's nothing we can do about it. I think we've been judicious. I've had several of the district court judges always tell me every session we should ask for two district courts and I've always compromised and said we should ask for one and we should do more with less. That's just like this session. We're asking for one additional district court. But we're gonna this is gonna be a continuous problem that's facing us. We're gonna have to come up with some money to fix this. And the other thing is y'all know, not everybody is gonna be happy. People, you know, people are resistant to change. I'm not sure that the clerks are gonna like bean moved. not everybody is going to be happy. People are resistant to change. I'm not sure that the clerks are going to like being moved. I'm not sure that the DA's office is going to like being moved. I'm not sure that some of the courts are going to like being moved. But these are all things that we need to provide to make sure that people with mental health problems, children in the custody of CPS, people getting divorced, people seeking custody of their children. They need to have those things quickly addressed. And I think if you look at the statistics, it was, I had always known, I was tracking the caseloads, how we were going, but I didn't realize how significant it was. Thank you for your hard work. I know it was a trying at times to account for everybody's input and make sure that you kind of got everybody to sign off on it. He did a great job for men in compromise and at the same time having a mind budget. at the same time having a mind budget. I just noticed, well, in the very front page, I'm just going to scope a work, you list all the departments, but one department that's not there is Print Mail. But in the back under your recommendations, it does show Print Mail still in the basement with records management. Had some discussion this recent is yesterday with Paul gun about. I'm thinking records management's gonna need more room. The possibility of moving print mail. Out to the loop. Maybe maybe not. We're looking at it, but that would free up some room for records management. So. I did talk to Printmail, and then records management, their long term projection is to move out of this building. Right. But that's down the road. One of the things that I thought was very, very enlightening was the fact that courthouse space is the most expensive space and most valuable space we have in the county. Yet we're using the jury room, which is used in frequently. We're having the basement, which could be turned into district courts being used by records management where we can very easily, well not very easily because we actually look for we're having the basement which could be turned into district courts being used by records management where we could very easily but not very easily because we actually look for space but that that could be better used in a different manner. We don't want to have those kind of activities in space that is extremely expensive. And so it's going to take a lot of transition. I don't want to put Mr. Wells on the spot but we had talked about it. Do you think we're going to be able to somehow financially meet these with some short term debt or we talked about that? Yeah, yeah. The most I believe there's a way to implement most of the plan as you describe. Proper consensus is may is met member commitments there and possibly the plans find team some. Then I think then you can start mapping out the financial plan to do it. I'll tell you the only thing that concerns me about that is recently as this morning that notified of a bill that's been filed by Bonham in the House, it's House Bill 151. And he's suggesting that our INS cover only photo approved debt. So our tax notes, the state of the suburbation would have to be covered by M&O and not INS portion of your tax rate. That could be challenging. The fact that another bill been filed by a Collin County that would make any capital project over $2.5 million, no matter where it's funded, have to be subjected to a vote. But it's just a bill that's been filed. As many have. Well, I'm looking forward to the 10th of March that's filing deadline. I don't know if you know but Montgomery County has had subsequent bond elections for transportation and they have all failed so they're trying to do a trick where they're gonna do a special district I believe countywide to avoid a election to issue debt. I heard that. Just to do transportation and that's kind of where in that we're betting for from that area or from. Well, he's here. Yeah. But I know he's carried bills for that. It's just. I don't know what we're going to do. I don't know. It's getting pretty convoluted. We're kind of hitting a critical mass in all categories. And you know, it gets down to a point where who do you choose you know I think we need to address everybody's problems we need to help and see the S and family well whereas I know they all have strong advocates. Sure. Well thank you I know that was an awful lot of work but it's very helpful. We appreciate it. I thank the committee for your efforts. There are other questions or comments. It's like I can jigsaw puzzle, move one element and you get to, where does it be replaced? And so it's a lot to review and I want to thank the committee for your thoughtful analysis. And there's some options here for us to explore. So thank you and thank you Commissioner Coleman. I'll move to approve the report. Second. Thank you. We have a motion and a second. I've heard other questions or comments. How did you have a summary? I'm not ready to vote on it. I'm not ready to vote on it. A question that you have, Commissioner. I want to review it. I've just got this document. So I made a sick look at it. So I'm not ready to vote on it. Right? Would y'all be able to come back and answer any questions or address any concerns? I can call him. I have any questions. We're going to hold it a week. As far as me, I just, you know, Commissioner Mitchell, we need to start getting started on this regardless whether we're going to have to take out the jury room, whether we're going to have to take out the law library, whether we have to shift the law library over to the Coleman, I don't think the week will hurt. No, I'm sure. But I kept getting reminded by purchasing that anything any building project takes a long time and we need to get started. Yeah, I just say. Okay, let's hold it for a week. I would draw my motion. Thank you. Draw my statement. Thank you. We will take no action on 10 a and we do it next week. Thank you very much for being here for waiting. And all the work that you did. Members, let's now go to item 8B on the agenda. 8B is approval of adding four new positions, reclassification of three existing positions and changing three job titles in the elections department. Good morning. Thank you for waiting. Thank you. Good morning, judging commissioners. Donna gave us some updated budget impact statements. She did. Right. She contacted me yesterday with those the new ones. First I want to say I know commissioner's court requested the secretary's state to do a review of last November's election. They have done that review. I'm still waiting on their report. I contacted them last week. They have drafted it and I expect that at any time. So what I'd hope to be able to do is to encapsulate all this into one appearance, where we could talk about all the things that happened in November and then we could move forward from there now. But since the state hasn't supplied their report yet, we're going to have to put that off to a future date. However, I think one thing is, they're woefully understaffed in the election. If you'll remember in 2014, I came before this court and asked and say that I think we're three to five employee short and y'all did authorize an additional employee at that time. One of the things that, you know, I's time to bring Dink County elections in four. And it's time to, you know, use the words earlier, industry later. And we have to do that in elections also. One of the things I learned in my time at Tarrant, was there's a different way to do things. And one of the things that I really liked there was the structure and the organization that we had in place. And I wanted to bring that here. And the organization chart that you see before you is one that I stole it. I stole it from Terran, but I paired it down to fit our panic. You borrowed it. You borrowed it. And I paired it down to fit our can. And you say, I'm asking for one manager, Terran has three. Well, we don't need that. You know, we're not the size of Terran County. I do want to think of Stavo and his staff, especially Shayna, they did a lot of hard work on this. I do realize that this is outside of the budget process and that I'm asking you to make an exception to policy here. But the reason I'm doing that is because this can't wait. You know, the surface, it makes them like, well, no bimbers behind this, why can't it wait to the budget year. I got a May election coming up. I think my letter told you there were 42 entities participating. I think one of those is dropped out. I got 41 entities in May there that were holding elections for in this county. And the longer we wait, if I wait till budget year, that means I can't hire until minimum mid-October. By the time mid-October rolls around, I've already completed the work for November. And that's not a scenario where I want to be training someone in the middle of an election. I need these people in here now so we can start our new processes that we're putting in place with the new additional staff. Go ahead, Johnny. I appreciate you being proactive. I'm sorry, Commissioner. Okay, cheers. Go ahead. You can go ahead. I'm not going to wait. You can go ahead. Go ahead. I appreciate you being proactive. I just would like to wait until we get the Secretary of State report. And I really think that we do a good job of telling everybody to go through the budget process and address it at that point. And that would be mine. I'm in favor of your reorganizing it. I don't have a problem with this reorganizing, changing the names has suggested, but I just think we need to go through the budget process in regards to salaries and stuff like that. And I really want to see what the Secretary of State reports has in case we need to do something like give you additional employees or anything if they say it is an emergency crisis. They're going to provide an objective analysis hopefully of what went on and I think that would give us some additional guidance to what we need in the future. And I'm supportive of doing whatever we need to fix the problems that happened. I just don't know if we need to do it right now. I'd really like to wait and see what the Secretary of State says. So I'm not saying no. I just said, if it's coming, can we wait? Week two weeks until it comes and digest it and then make a decision at that point? Well, here's my issue with that commissioner. Regardless of what the Secretary of State's office is, I'm the one running that office every day. And I know what our vision is going forward, and I know how to implement that. If we wait until November or October, which basically puts me in November, that's one year after last November's, I'm gonna use the word debacle, they're like of a better term. Then we're waiting to move on that. I think that's just, that's not acceptable for our organization. We're asking, we're asking my staff to continue to do the same things that may have caused harder what happened in November. And we just can't do that again. Yes, it's already. Okay. First of all, this is outside the budget process. Yes, ma'am. You know how I feel about that? Absolutely. I talked to you about waiting to November. And of course, gave me those same answers. I've got questions about how many vacancies do you have right now? I have one right now. There are one vacancies. So you're adding new people. What about your reclassifications? Are those people there now? Are you going to be adding those people? Actually two are there now? They're now. Yes. And I don't want to use names, values, positions. Right. Part of the problem is we're asking two few people who do too many things. Right. And for instance, the person that is now classified as an admin specialist three, she was responsible for contracting and billing. She was responsible for contracting and billing. She was responsible for training. She's also responsible for getting some hot hit training in the warehouse for an election. Those three things do not belong, number one with one person. And that's part of what we want to do is to break that out there as you will become the training coordinator. And then we'll move those other duties to other people. Carrie, my deputy is going to assume the task of contracting and part of the reason we want to add the additional warehouse personnel which on your list is Conne elections technician is to take over the supply. You know, the way it works now, and this is, I'm sure it's not unique to my organization, but when it comes election time, obviously we have to get supplies that to the polling sites. Well, there's always a scramble to do that. So, and this is what I used, the same terminology I used with you the other day when we were talking about this. I have too many people, now there are trying to be a jack of all trades and you know what that means. There are a master of none. You're just getting it done, you're just getting by. And that's what we have to stop doing. You have to give people the ability, employees the ability to master a task and to take that task on and give them the time and the method to do it. And that's why I'm asking for more first and then. Okay. You said you had 41 election entities that are doing elections. Do you have any idea about how many voters are in those entities? Because I know that's a lot of small cities. Yeah, but it's just about every city in this county. Yeah, yeah, no, but. And well, I don't know the number of voters. Right. If not mistaken, we have 158 precincts right now. 149 of those will be used additionally because this is a city election in school districts. Right. Now they get to request their polling sites and their early voting sites. I'm gonna have more early voting sites in this mail-ex and than we had in the presidential. I'm only a moment we've ever had in this county. And every time we add population, every time we add new precincts, which we're about to do. It's, I believe, 2009, or once we go through with our next split of precincts, our precincts will have increased by 46%. Our voter population since engine increased 33%. So every time you add voters and you split precincts, that's in your polling site, that's more supplies, that's more equipment, that's more people to train, it's just exponential. And I think from my perspective, the part of the problem was in November that was leadership. Absolutely. And I'm not sure that, who is this is your department, you know you need more employees and, you know, I'm sure every department can say they need more employees. But I think if we had better leadership, that wouldn't have happened. I don't have a problem with the reclassifications. I'm having a problem with adding the employees outside the budget process. The stubble you had said you'd recommend this if it wasn't, but was it within budget? Okay. I have no real problem with that and that's nothing unusual. Correct, I understand. You know, in Gestauble's defense, you know, I knew up front, he told me up front he would not be able to recommend it simply because it was outside of the budget process. However, their recommendations on grade or classification, I've accepted each of those. I've been there recommendation in that sense. And through your absence, I'm sorry to be in the office. I just want to say you're absolutely right. The lack of leadership was the problem in November, but it wasn't everything. These changes should have been made a long time ago. Part of the leadership commissioners made telling you what I need, and that's what I need. I mean, I've come before this court for years, and you know, I don't ask you for things I don't need. In my visiting, one more for things I don't need. In my visiting one more thing and then calling you, in my visiting with both the Democrat and Republican party chairs and you know people that long time people that have worked elections it's the staffing issues and people that have responsibility for a specific area and oversea specific area. And it's that management and taking ownership of those specific area to make sure that things get done or are handled and handled correctly. That was a lot of our problem. Last November, and also from visiting the Comptroller's Office. So I look forward to that report, but I feel strongly that we need to take these steps now. I fully understand it's outside the budget process and under normal circumstances we evolved in really good about adhering to that policy but I think this is extenuating circumstances we cannot ever let what happened last November happened again it was a normal circumstance I wouldn't be standing here absolutely commissioner march at you that's just a big storm my thunder so so I unless anybody has anything else I wouldn't make a motion to Commissioner Marchett you would ask to speak to me. Stone my thunder so so I I'm unless anybody has anything else I wouldn't make a motion to approve That might go into the report comes I don't think it's that far off But I just not vote I don't want about knowing it because I haven't seen the report because I'd like to help me I just want to see the report and then I agree with you I don't want to see the report. I agree with you. Can I still tell them? I don't want to vote no. I'm of the same mindset. The report is going to tell us what happened in the past. It's not going to tell us on the road. I don't believe it's going to tell us the path that we need to take to the future. I don't think there are going to be recommendations within that report because we haven't asked for those recommendations. We've asked for what did we do wrong. And you're correct. We will draw conclusions out about what we did wrong. But regardless of that, the organization that he's asking for is an organization that he believes that it will not And if these Type of changes are made that's why I believe it doesn't matter whether report comes in or not That's a great look around. I just think it's pretty it's just premature Okay, we have a motion by Commissioner March and the chair chair, I'll second the motion. Is there further discussion? I'll just couldn't say I'm going to support this. I totally appreciate the sentiments about following the budget cycle. I believe in this case, obviously the budget cycle and the election cycle do not go hand in hand. And so I know they're out of sync, but I think that if Frank could bring new staff on board in a quick manner and have them here for the spring election and they'll be new to the office obviously, but they'll be able to get on board for that and then be fully on board and do an implementation for the fall election, which I think that cycle will be important. We did it. It came on in October. That would be a very short period of time for them to come on for the fall. So as we headed to the next year's primary. So. Do we have to all those employees? Sorry, ma'am. Do we have to have all the employees that you're requesting? Ma'am, I ask you, can you not Can you not do with two of them? Oh, I ask for what I need. OK. For the questions or comments? Hearing none, we have a motion. And second on the favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, Cine? Aye. Motion carries three in favor, two opposed. Thank you very much. Thank you. OK. Gee, we jumped around here so much. How about for a? Sure. I think that's the lowest one you skipped up. Okay. Four A is the public hearing to consider, discuss, approve and are taking appropriate action on the request for a special use permit to the Lake Ray, Robert's Land Use Ordinance Effective February 24th, 2009. This property is located in Oxbow, Oxbow, States, Blockade, Lot 5. The count of our R224135, Christine Gwanda's recommended by the Lakebury Roberts Planning and Zoning Commission. And we have a representative of our planning department here. You want to come up and tell us what the- I moved open the public hearing. Yes, thank you. We have a motion to open the public hearing by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye, post, any motion to carry now. Tell us what the Lake River Roberts Committee decided on this issue if you would please. And what it's about. Good morning, Judge, and commissioners. Morning. It's about good morning, Judge, and commissioners. We had a request from Mr. Mrs. Lofflin. It requested a special use permit for their property in Oxbow, Estates, Lot 5. They wanted to build an accessory dwelling unit for their parents who have health issues. It is currently zone R2, which does require a special use permit for such a building. The public hearing was held on January the 9th. Everybody in the 200 foot radius was notified. There were seven public hearings mailed. We had one response by mail that was in favor. We had two responses in opposition. And at the meeting, we had one resident that was present, that wished to speak. And he opposed the request, fearing it would set a precedent for more changes in the subdivision. And he was only wanting to see one resident's per watt. And he was only wanting to see one residence per lot. So with that, the Lake Ray Roberts did deny the motion and it passed 6 to 0 with one abstention. We did also have the residents submit an appeal to be presented to you. And that is provided in the Lake Ray Roberts ordinance where it says notice of appeal of any decision made by the planning and zoning commission to commissioners court must be postmarked no later than 20 days after the decision was made and they did comply with that. And Mr. Lofflin is here to speak also. All right. and they did comply with that. And Mr. Lofflin is here to speak also. All right. Would you like to address Commissioner's Court on this issue, sir? Please come in up to the microphone. For the record state, your name. Thank you for waiting. My name is Ryan Lawton. The, after hearing everything that we've talked about before, this is a small blip on the map. Get my little closer to the Mac of the map. This is very small blip on the map from what we've been talking about before. We bought the house, both property, and 2014 and my father-in-law had a stroke. And y'all are here in this correct. I am trying to get my in-laws closer to me, not further away. He had a stroke and we're at the 2013, excuse me. 2014, we had our first child. They lived about six hours away, and he's Texas. He didn't want to be away from one, his only daughter, and now his only granddaughter. I told him I would do everything I could, working wise, money wise, to buy a property that we could build a small house on that they can move into a living. They're both retired. My mother's lying on my father's house retired. I work in Sherman. I'm a police officer in Sherman. I drive an hour to work every day, an hour home. Long days are really bad, but I do it for my family. My wife's in RN. She's an neonatal intensive care unit pick you. Our schedules aren't, on day through Friday, eight to five. We're normal schedule where we can take my daughter to a daycare or take her to this. My mother-in-law is, she's the one who takes care of my daughter when we're at work. And we have to be away. You're not asking for a permit to build a 300 or 3000 square foot crazy house. It's a big compound and takes up all the property. Looking for a small 1000 square foot building. We would even be not opposed to putting it behind our home where you wouldn't even be able to see it. It would be small enough that my house would cover it. The shop that I had built, you wouldn't even see it. My lawns are not some kids and that are going to be all over the place and back and forth and in and out all the time. They're retired. I found on likes to take care of stuff outside, knowing, things like that. That's what we're looking for is to have the family close after him doing that. He also had quadruple bypass surgery last November. With his health issues that he has going on, he's recovered from everything and I told him he's probably going to not live me now that they put all kinds of stuff inside of him. So I mean, but with his health issues, my daughter being born, a couple of things that I ran had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun, I've had a lot of fun ordinance that pertains to the property he's talking about. It specifically states one structure, correct? It states one main resident, but you may have an accessory dwelling unit which would be a second resident with a special use permit. It would be behind the home and incidental to the home. Okay. Is this a permanent structure that you're constructing behind the home? That's what you want to do. That's what we were proposing to do. Okay. If there was another way to do it, we're open to that, but that was what we were proposing to do. Did you talk to the Lake River Roberts Committee about putting it behind your home? Well, I believe that's what you all had. The headless said it had to be the front door had to be behind our front. There was little stipulations in there through it. We were fine with going where stipulations needed to be. I believe what we saw was one of the residents in the neighborhood did not understand that it would be bad. They thought that the house would be up close to the street and would be. So this is the person that initially objected to it and then they changed your mind after hearing where it was going to be located. Is that my understanding this question? Yes. And I know who objected to it. I haven't. When we got the objection, I didn't go over there to speak with him or anything like that. But I know I know what his objection was for. Where are properties are at? We all have 4.77 acres every lot. Where he's located at, I think in his mind, he thought that the growing was going to be directly in between both of us and take that big space up that we have between us. That's the last thing I want to do. We moved out there. If I could have afforded more property, I would have bought more property. But I think that's where in his mind he envisioned it going. That's not where we really have planned on putting it. We plan on putting it behind us. I guess my question is, did the Laker Roberts committee deny this thinking that he was going to construct a construct up front here or did they already heard that he planned to put it behind? I can't speak for them. They did get the definition of accessory dwelling unit which would be behind the main house. Good, Horne. Go ahead. I have an elderly parent. Travel quite a bit to take care of her. The problem is, is that we appoint these fellas and ladies to be on the Lake Ray Roberts Plenty in New Zoning. And I guess I've been on the commissioners court more than eight years. I don't think they've ever denied an S.U.P. I know. And to me, to me, I don't think they've ever denied an S.U.P. I know. And to me, to me, I tremendously respect the decisions. I want to empower them to know that we trust what their decisions are. I'm not an empathetic to your plight. But if it's a unanimous decision, I am just extremely hesitant to overturn their decision because we appoint them to do a job and it wasn't a close decision. It was unanimous. So what I would suggest that we do is I'm not saying we deny it, but we just take no action. I'm not sure how it falls under Robert's rules of order, but he may be able to apply again for another SEP and maybe convince his neighbors. But at this point, I'm just hesitant to recommend it to the court. I just think, I'm not saying we deny it. I'm just saying we take no action and let the decision of the Lake Ray Roberts planning and zoning commission stand. And- Well, there are no I was talking just me not being able to be there and want to pose in being there, President. I mean, I'll be able to- No, again. You're... You're... Why? I thought you saw. Can he reapply for that S.U.P? Why, Shirley? I would think so. I don't know exactly what the rules... You understand why I'm saying that? I mean, I read the rules and regulations. Yeah, but I don't think so. I do. I do. And I do. But he's a question was a great forward in life just because I mean he never said I because I wasn't there to nobody's there. I think this is what we want to do. I would like to give you the opportunity to re-address the commission. I think that's I think that's fair. But we have pretty much every SUP granted. And then we have one unanimous leave denied. I just would be recalling. It's highly unusual. I mean, I've been on commission records since 2002. This is the first time that I've ever had a unanimous decision by the Lake Ray Roberts Commission denying the request. And I, and I, as it is, to go against their wishes. I lost the house. They said, hey, you're going to have to go through this to go through this to build a building. But it's not an issue at all. It's fine. They never decide this through it. I know my appointments to the commission are extremely amenable to SEPs. Well, and the argument of it is that the president is not even, since it's an allowable use with an S.U.P. so I would urge you to immediately file again for the S.U.P. and give you an opportunity and then also make the statement in your presentation that we send it back with that recommendation that you reify. Move we close the public hearing. Oh second. Excuse me. In motion is second to close the public hearing on favor please say aye. Aye. Aye. Post and e motion is carried and we're going to take no action on that item today. Best wishes. Thank you for being here. Thank you for waiting. That's highly unusual. What happened? I mean, I don't know. I've ever had a unanimous decision on anything they brought to us. So, what number is that? That was four heartlings. We're now at five A. No, I'm telling you. Let's do judge. Maybe we do judge heartlings item. I know that our friends in the United Way are here and others. So it's to make it to work. Agenda item what? Well, Tiffany, 13 a. Thank you. I'm trying to go to it, but I need it a number. I'm jumping around here. Thank you for waiting. 13 B. Sorry. 13 B. All right, 13 B. Oh, 13 a. 13 B is approval the request is a bit of grant application for didn't kind of United Way behavioral health grant family drug court in any appropriate action. This is 442nd District family drug court. Thank you for waiting Tiffany and I should say judge for him. I'll move her approval. That was hard, wouldn't it? Would you? I don't know. I'm going to have to. I'm going to have to. I'm going to have to. I'm going to have to. I'm going to have to. I'm going to have to. I'm going to have to. I'm going to have to. I'm going to have to. I'm going to have to leave and he's the next item. So if you have any questions for his court, I would be more happy to address those two. We'll apologize to him that we had to make him wait. We have a motion and second all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to say nay. Motion carries. Let's go ahead and take 13 C while we're here, which is a provost request to submit a grant application for the Dantn County United Way Community Impact Grant Funding, Dantn County Drug Court in the amount of $10,000. This is for the 211th District Court Drug Court. A move for a probe check. Motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Marchant. On favor, please say aye. Aye, pose aye, nay. Motion does carry. Thank you for waiting. All right. Members, we've got anybody else waiting for an item? Motion does carry. Thank you for waiting. All right Members We got anybody else waiting for an item. What's your item Michelle? Under budget under budget Oh 7a which is approval of the budget amendment request Oh, 7A, which is approval of the budget amendment request 100720 for computer software including the transfer of funds from vehicle inventory tax interest unappropriated contingency in the amount of $29,780. This is where recording purposes only the chair is going to move for approval. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. Questions or comments? Hearing none, all in my favorite please say aye aye post any motion carries I'm thinking that James Wells honest word your tax assessor and I are probably the only four people in the room that know what that is. Only because it was created back when I was tax assessor but it's pretty very useful to offset expenses of the tax office. You have somebody else, 12 a. Okay, I'm trying to be considered of people's time here. We're gonna go to 12 a. 12 a is approval of a minute to the agreement between Tyler technologies incorporated in County Texas dated August 25th, 2015. Hello again, Sheriff. Hi, Judge. Judge, we already have used a lot of Tyler technology. What we're doing in the Sheriff's office is we're wanting to purchase a program for the jail through commissary funds, which will help us in classification and to better put these individuals we need to be. And will help us greatly in a subject that I know is dear to Commissioner Eige, Commissioner Coleman's heart, and will help us get our trustee program through quicker in order to get some trustees out to help the road and bridge. Hey, get them on the road. Thank you. Thank you. I have for approval. You have a motion for approval by Commissioner Marchant, seconded by Commissioner Eads. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Posting in motion, does carry. Thank you, Sheriff. Thank you, Sheriff. OK. Members, I'm going to go to the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to ask the committee to I think I can dispense with reading all this. That is items to A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, and M. You going to sing it for us, Bobby? We're not going to go through reading all that. We're going to move right on. Okay, 5A is approval of the bill report. Payments from the CSCD, Community Depretions, TIP, Sheriff's Training, Sheriff's Forfeiture, VIT, Interest, DHF. DAP Forfeiture funds are presented for recording purposes only. We also have the Ottawa Financial Report for the month of November that is for recording purposes only. All right James well drawn. Thank you. I asked the approval of the bill as amended by the committee out on the separate page. Are there any questions or do we have a motion? I'm going to approve. Motion by Commissioner Coleman. Seconded by Commissioner Eads. All in favor, please say aye. Aye, poscene. Motion does carry. Six A is approval of the report on proceeds from surplus online auction. This is number zero, one, one, seven, two, three, nine, nine, held in February, 2017. Define. This is just a quick report on the proceeds where you see from the last auction, where I can propose. Thank you. Chiromoo for approval. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Posting. Aye. Motion is carried. Six bs approval of award of RP 1116 2392 LiDAR aerial mapping and approval of service agreement to the sandborne map company appropriated in the amount of 160 and $4101 in 29 cents with funding to come from the 2016 urban area security initiative of the Homeland Security Grant Program allocated by Dyncanny in the amount of $130,000. This is account number 0153-006083 in the city of Louisville in the amount of $31,400, $1.29. And we'll call back to winning again. This is a joint project between the City of Lewisville and Denton County where I've both received some Uazi funding, federal funds for this project. So we have worked jointly with them in the development of the proposal and the evaluation process. And the committee included Eric Gilders-Lee with the emergency name, Rachel Crow with D IS and Josh Roberts, he's the emergency manager with the city. Got our licorice on this project as well. So we did receive four proposals and same-born mapping is the one that provided the best value based on the evaluation criteria in the RFC. It is important that we move forward on this as quick as possible. The first part of the project is the aerial flower and with our warm weather, we're really concerned about the leaves on the trees and they can start flying within seven days to come and further. Motion for approval by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded by Commissioner Marchand, questions or comments? Hearing none all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye, post-sene. Motion carries. We've done 7A, 7B is to approve Budget Amendment quest 100750 to recognize the insurance reimbursement for damage to prevent and to appropriate this revenue to the Red and Bridge precinct one of unappropriated contingency in the amount of $113,950. I move for approval. Motion for approval by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Eads. Hearing the questions, all in favor please say aye. Aye. Aye, Posting. Motion carries. 7C is approval of the budget member. Cust 100760 for a computer wiring, including the transfer of funds from the JP technology department and appropriate contingency in the amount of $430. Motion by commissioner. Marchant, seconded by commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the knee. Motion carries. 7D is approval of budget amount of quest 100780 for various operating line-in from public health chronicle in the amount of $15,546. Approval. Motion by Commissioner Marchant. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Post-signee. Motion carries. 7E is approval of budget amount of quest 100790 to I would like to ask the board to please say aye. Aye. Aye. Post any? Motion carries. Seven E is approval of budget mail. Post 100790. The increased road is now okay. Expenditures of the Dallas-North Tollway project for tech stock Dallas-North Tollway extension fund in the amount of five million dollars. I want to get to connect to the Tollway. Finally. I second the motion. Here we go. We have a motion. Second, I'll favor. Please say aye. Aye. Opposing. Motion does carry. 9A is approval of the application to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for local public health services funds in the amount of 97,596 hours. For fiscal year, 1819, this is a 24-month period. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded by Commissioner Marchant. Hearing the questions on favor, please say aye. Aye, post, aye. Motion carries. 9B is approval of Texas Department of State Health Services Grant Contract for a Hanson's disease. This is funding in the amount of $105,000 for the remainder of 2015 school year. Sure, I move for approval. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. Only favor, please say aye. Aye, post and aye. Motion is carried. My post in A, motion is carried. 13A is approval of legislative policy statements or resolutions and discussion or approval of other matters related to 85th legislative session. I have one resolution for you. The Degan County supports House Joint Resolution 73, which proposes a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on a municipality or a county specific way house. Joint Resolution 73 would amend the Texas Constitution to provide that a law enacted by the legislature on or after January 1, 2018 that requires the city or county to establish, expand, modify a duty or activity that requires the expenditure or funds is not effective and less well, legislature appropriate funds for the payment or reimbursement of the cost incurred for a confined with a requirement. I would love to, oh there we go, I would love to make the motion to approve that and I hope they do too. Seconded by Commissioner Marchand, I'll in favor please say aye. Aye. Post the name motion does carried. We have. A few hands. Yeah, that's that's all that. Yeah, 13 days approval of appointing Matthew Heinz to the Child Protector Services Board replacing Rebecca Lewis. Motion by Commissioner Common, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. Only favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed to say nay. Motion is carried. y'all haven't checked your boards and committees to make sure appointments are up to date. Okay 14A is approval of the one month 31 day lease extension of limit between Denton County Texas and State of Texas specifically the Texas Department of Family Protectors Services acting by and through the Texas Facilities Commission before the lease of 4,930 square feet of office space located at 198 city center. I'm sorry, city circle, drive, Louisville, Texas. Commencing a March 1, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2017 at a monthly rental amount of $5,040.92. I may approve. Motion by Commissioner Coleman, second and back commissioner. Mitch. We rent all that amount of $5,040 in 92 cents. I move for approval. Motion by Commissioner Coleman, second and back commissioner. Mitch, you don't have any comments on it. You okay with it? Well. There's no comment. Police was going to expire on February 28th. The state insisted that we go ahead and enter it. At one month, police. So we've done that. We might see another one. I'm not sure. But I think we can't get the building across the street to on down in that one down that quick so we it's in our best interest to let them go ahead and stay there. All right we have a motion and the second no in favor please say aye. Aye. Aye. Post and in motion carries 14b is approval of the 2016-2017 and the local cooperation agreement. The fire protection services between Denton County and Arga of volunteer fire department in the city of Denton. Motion by Commissioner Eads. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. On Jaguar, please say aye. Aye. Post and e. Motion carries 14 C is approval of the 2016-2017 at a local cooperation agreements for ambulance services between Dan County, Texas, Argao, volunteer, prior district ambulance service and city of Dent and ambulance service. Motion by Commissioner Eads, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. On favor, please say aye. Aye, pose to the. Motion does carry 14D is approval of 2016-2017. In a local cooperation agreement for library services between Denk County, Texas and Little Am public library. Wait for approval. Motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. In favor, please say aye. I pose in aid. Motion carries. 14E is approval of payment from National General Insurance Company to Dent County in the amount of $23,676.77. To settle claim number 2,603,857, arising from motor vehicle accident where a Dent County owned a Ford F250 truck and trailer being used by road bridge East. Restructed by a dump truck on October 19, 2016 at the intersection of FN 255 and Pellzo Road in Dint County. I'm moved for approval. What's your favorite approval by Commissioner Common? Seconded by Commissioner Marchin. On favor please say aye. Aye, posting aye. Mr. Carries for Tina F. As approval and a local cooperation agreement between Dan County, Texas and the town of Little Lama, Texas for the Elder Router Parkway pavement marking project located entirely within the town of Little Lama, Texas and Dan County Commissioner of Pristinct 1 with a county agreement to contribute in them out which will not exceed $60,000. Funding the amount of $60,000 to come from Rodenbridge precinct one contract road work auditor in line to 2005 to 508510. Priest, right, Penelderado, up to 720. I'll move for approval. Motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Marchand. Seeing no, hearing no questions on favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Posting a motion carries 14G. Is approval of professional service agreement between Debra County, Texas. Dr. James G. Shoot, indeed for Dr. Shoot to perform the duties responsibilities of Debra County Mental Health Court physician in the amount of $168,000. We're finally to come from psychiatric services, probate court, this is ordered or lined out in zero, one, five, nine, zero, zero, two, zero, four, zero. Sure, I'll move for approval. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell, questions or comments? Here none on favor, please say aye. Aye, post, aye, aye. Motion carries, 14-8. She's approval. Seconded by a memo to be in a local corporation agreement between Denk County, Texas and the town of Hucaric Creek, Texas for the Main Street Improvement Project with the county and the town of Green to a 12-hour revised amount which shall not exceed 3,474,899 dollars and 91 cents with the county of Green to Contributor revised amount which shall not exceed 3,274,899.91 with the increased funds in the amount of $135,894.91 to be transferred from Turbo 8, 2014 PI bond funds, precinct three discretionary funds. This is auditor mind on 81752 on 9000 FreeZero to Main Street, auditor mind item 8175290 FreeZero to Main Street Auditor, mine item 817-522-90 FreeZero. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded by Commissioner Eves, other questions. You're not on favor, please say aye. Aye, Proto-C, me. Motion carries. 14-I is approval. Amendment number one, to the local cooperation agreement to terminate the local cooperation agreement between Dan County, Texas and the city of Dan, Texas executed for the construction of metro street and equipment to Corbin Road located in Commissioner Pritzning for motion by Commissioner Eads, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell, questions or comments? You're none on favor, please say aye. Aye, post, aye, nay. Motion to carry, 14j is approval. Renewal number one to the contract for the 2017 Denton County Employee Service Award to amend. Between Denton County, Texas and genuine Texas hospitality LLC, doing business as circle, our ranch for funding in the amount of $30,000 for $30,400 to come from non-departmental awards program. This is uttered in number 0142781040. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded by Commissioner Coleman. On favor please say aye. Aye. Aye. Posting a motion is carried. Item 15 is executive session under Texas Government Code 551.072, deliberation regarding new girl property, close meeting to deliberate the purchase exchange lease or value of real property, deliberation in an open meeting and have a judgmental effect on the position of the government and the body. In negotiations with the third person regarding the property located in that kind of commissioner for with that we're in executive session. Commission's code is breaking being from executive session, there'll be no action on 15 a. We've got a question from members though under future meetings. Senate bill two is coming up in the legislature for on 15A. We've got a question from members though under future meetings. Senate Bill 2 is coming up in the legislature for the committee hearing in front of Senate Finance next Tuesday. So I'll be in Austin to testify on that legislation. And Ron is going to be gone next week too. So I want to ensure Commissioner Coleman. You're going to be here. Commissioner Eads, Bobby, you're okay. So we'll have through. And I think I think it's Bobby Mitchell's turn to provide over court next Tuesday. So with that, we're adjourned. Everybody have a great day. Have a great day.