you Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Denton County Commissioner's Court for Tuesday, July 14th is now in session. This morning, our invocation will be given by Matt Richardson, who's director of our health department, and our pledges will be led by Gary Kirk Cook. I'm sorry. Development coordinator, will you please stand? Thank you. Don't be in prayer, please. Our Father, we come to you this morning with humility and gratitude. Father, we thank you for all that you do for us, the things that we take for granted, our health, our liberty, just the freedom that we have that comes through you and comes in this great nation. Father, we thank you for the protection that we receive. We thank you for the blessings that shower on us. We thank you for the health of our families, friends, and neighbors. And Father, we ask for a special measure of wisdom this morning as public service, as these people in this court, these commissioners and the judge. We ask for wisdom, we ask for your strength. We ask for just a comfort and a piece for them to make decisions, make the right decisions for the county. We thank you for that and thank you for their service. And Father, we just thank you for the public servants in this room and we thank you for the many people who work very hard to serve others. Father, we thank you for the ability to serve others and we ask that we always remember that that's our purpose. Father, we thank you for the sacrifice of your son and it's their his name that we pray this morning. I know. A 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, a pledge allegiance to the Texas, one state, under God, one in indivisible. Well, good morning, everyone. We have a long agenda today, so we're going to get started and consideration of the time of all of our many guests here today. We're going to immediately go to our many resolutions that we have on the agenda today. The first one we're going to do is item 3a on the agenda. This is a approval of a resolution recognizing Roland Ridge's retirement and I've asked Commissioner Bobby Mitchell to read it and I believe Roland is here. Correct? Come on up to the podium please. We like to look at the people we're honoring. Come on up to the podium, please. Since when are you shy? Since when are you shy? I can't remember. I'm kidding. I'm not shy. I'm kidding you. I said since when are you shy? Come on up to the podium. So we can have a good look at you. In Commissioner Mitchell, if you would read the resolution, please. Good morning. This is a resolution honoring Roland Ridge for 30 years of service to Den County. The Den County Commission School at Den County, Texas doing a regular session on the 14th day of July, 2015, considered the following resolution. Whereas Roland Ridge, deputy for the Den County Sheriff Office since July 15, 1985, will retire on July 24, 2015, after 30 years of dedicated service. And whereas Deputy Ridge was known for his willingness to help his ability to work with the public and his outstanding performance and professionalism. And whereas doing all that time of service with the sheriff's office, Deputy Ridge has faithfully and diligently dischoised the duties and obligation of the office entrusted to him, received numerous letters of commendation, worked wail with his co-workers, and implemented the policies of the sheriff's office in an honorable and responsible manner with vigilance for the safety and security of the families and citizens of Den County. And whereas the citizens of Den County are grateful to Deputy Reage for answering the call to service, for his commitment to duty and for the service he has rendered during his low enforcement career and tenure with Den County. Now, therefore it resolved with Den County Commissioner's School. Den County, Texas does hereby extend to Roland Ridge, a sincere and grateful appreciation for his dedicated service to Den County. We congratulate Roland for 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 this 14th day of July 2015 upon a motion made by myself. We have a motion by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded by Commissioner Marchand. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to the name. Motion does carry an end. I'm going to say something. Sheriff, did you wish to say something? He just been a tremendous asset to us. We're going to miss him. But on top of that, we wish the very best for him. On that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Roland, did you wish to say anything? If you want to take 50, we're welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome. Sure. Introduce your family here. Hi. I'm Deborah Ridge, Roland Swah. Hi. This is my daughter, Hayley. Hi, Hayley. And my son, Ronnie, who worked for Sheriff. Hi Ronnie, great. Yeah. Great. Yeah, get together. You know, wherever you'd like to do some picture taking, Sheriff. Get together. So do some picture taking, Sheriff. Get together. After 30 years, we can wait a minute for you to take a picture. You've had. Thank you so much and happy return. Thank you so much and happy every time. Thank you. Well, this next resolution is for a very special lady, Lee Piper's her name, but this is a resolution for her 104th birthday. Wow. They couldn't be with us this morning, but we want to take a moment to read the resolution. Commissioner Marching. That's right. She couldn't be with us because she started just now started using a walker. And she couldn't be to not be so lucky. Yeah, I didn't believe that she could maneuver through I-35 and get here. So this is a resolution honoring Lee Piper on her 100th and 4th birthday. The Didn't County Commission Court didn't county Texas during a regular session on the 14th of July 2015 considered the following resolution. Whereas Lee Piper was born on July 19th, 1911 in San Francisco, California, and we'll celebrate her 104th birthday this year. And whereas Lee was a concert pianist for the San Francisco Ballet, and whereas during World War II, Lee was a translator, speaking fluent French in Italian, and that's where she met her husband of 27 years. And whereas she never remarried after her husband's death in 1972. And whereas Lee has two sons and one granddaughter and whereas her advice for staying young, nobody listened to this. Her advice for staying young includes never sitting still, exercising regularly, leading an active social life, never eating fast food, taking a lot of vitamins and drinking a glass of milk a day. And whereas Lee just recently started using a walker but still lives independently at the atriest senior living center in Carrollton, Texas. Therefore be it resolved that the Ditton County Commission Court Ditton County, Texas I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything. I'm not going to say anything Commissioner Barton seconded by Commissioner Mitchell all in favor please say aye aye opposed any motion does carry unanimously we certainly all wish you're a very happy birthday and congratulations all of these resolutions the people that we're honoring and the businesses that we're honoring today if you'll wait after we go through the proceedings we'll have a nice signed framed copy for you so please wait for that to be completed Okay, next I would like to go to item 16A on the agenda This is approval of a resolution recognizing Adams exterminating as a kind of heritage business And we have representatives of Adams exterminating as a kind of heritage business and we have representatives of Adams exterminating here I believe today. Yes if you would please come up to the microphone. Good morning and thank you so much for being here. Vernon thank you. I've asked Commissioner Hugh Coleman to read this resolution. I were doing that. You're not feeling good. I'm not feeling good. You're not feeling good. This is a resolution honoring Adams Exterminate. A Denton County Commissioner's Court, during a regular session on the 14th day of July considered the following. Whereas the Office of History and Culture, which is to recognize businesses that have been in operation for over 50 years, with the title of the Denton County Heritage Business and whereas for 68 years Adams exterminating has served the North Texas area as a family-owned and operated pest control company. In 1947 Virgin Harrison Adams founded the business and was joined by his son BC Adams. In 1974 Virgil Spunky Adams joined the family business In 1974, Virgil Spunky Adams joined the family business continuing the model of great service started by his grandfather. Under the guidance of Spunky and his wife, Cheryl, and their two sons Dustin and Ryan, they run and operate the business. Today, their business continues to follow its founding principles of honesty, integrity, and customer service, expanding to two offices and didn in Lewisville. The company carries on the tradition of providing customers with quick and reliable services. Now therefore, be it resolved that the Denton County Commissioners' Court hereby recognize Adam's exterminating as a Denton County Heritage Business for their continued dedication and service to Denton County. And I will so move. Thank you. We have a motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Marchin. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Poto Sini, motion does carry. Pay you riddle our director of office of history and culture. If you. For your business and another little gift from the office of the Supreme Folkers. Thank you. Congratulations and thank you for being here. APPLAUSE Peggy, did you want to do... I didn't know if you wanted to. Yeah, let's do it now. So they can go on about the business. You want to come up here? I'll just come on up here. We can come down there. to Okay. Okay. Oh, yeah. Thank you. You got the floor? Uh. Okay. One, two, three. Okay. One, two, three. Okay. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. One, two, three. Oh, yeah. Thank you. Is there anything more? Uh. Okay. One, two, three. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. I have one. Make sure your phone's such a good. Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. One, two, three. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. I have one. Make sure your phone's such a good. Oh. Okay. Next we'll go to item 16B on the agenda, which is a Provo of Resolution Recognizing Gene Goldke building products is a dental County Heritage Business and we have Gene Goldke and Party here today. If you'll come on up to the microphone. Thank you so much for being here today. We have so many wonderful heritage businesses in Denton County. It's going to take a while to get through them all, but we're going to work at it. This is a resolution that Denton County commissioners Court, Denton County, Texas during regular session on the 14th of July 2015, considered the following resolution. Whereas the Office of History and Culture wishes to recognize businesses that have been in operation for over 50 years with the title of Denton County Heritage Business, whereas Gene Goeky Building Products has been in operation for 70 years. It began in 1945 when Bert Moore opened more building products in Denton, Texas. In 1956, Gene Goeky started working at Moore Building Products for studying at North Texas State College. Gene and his wife Judy purchased the company from Burt Moore in 1963 and changed the name to Gene Gokie Building Products. Today, Gene Gokie and his son Luke own and operate the business offering quality service that residents of Denton have grown to recognize and appreciate. Now therefore, it is resolved that Commissioner's Court of Denton County, hereby recognizing, recognizes Gene Gokie building products as a Denton County Heritage business for the continued dedication and service to Denton County. Then an open court is 14th day of July upon motion by myself. Seconded by Commissioner Eads, All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to the name? Motion does carry. Peggy, we're coming down. Why don't you come to the microphone and tell people what you're given the various businesses? OK. We have made these very special. to come to the microphone and tell people what you're given the various businesses? Okay. We have made these very special weather resistant decals for each of the businesses designed by our own Ditton County curator of exhibits and then we have some of our wonderful playing cards and other goodies in our bag. We frame the resolution with your photographs so it's really nice you can put in your office. I just need to leave it here. This is my foot. Okay, so that was good. Okay. Okay, next we're going to item 16C on the agenda and this is for Smithies floor covering and Commissioner Eads I've asked to read the resolution. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Glad you're here. This is a resolution whereas the Ditton County Commissioners Court, Ditton County, Texas, during a regular session on the 14th day of July 2015, considering the following resolution. Whereas the Office of History and Culture wishes to recognize businesses that have been in operation for over 50 years with the title of Ditton County Heritage Business. Whereas Mansl-Smitty Smith founded Smitty's Floor Covering in 1958. From the start, Smitty's Floor Covering has operated as a family business with many of Smitty's relatives helping out over the years. After retiring in 1988, Smitty passed the business onto his children, Ricky Smith and Darling Rogers. Today, Smitty's floor covering continues to serve residential homeowners, commercial clients, and builders. Now therefore, it resolved that the Ditton County Commissioner's Court does hereby recognize Smitty's floor covering as a Ditton County heritage business for the continued dedication and service to Ditton County. Done an open court this 15th day of July upon a motion by myself. Motion by Commissioner Eid seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. I just want to say that since we started this program, we've been hearing from a lot of businesses in Denton County. This is a way that we can help recognize them and also to preserve their history for future generations. Okay. Thank you so much. Okay. Thank you so much. Okay. Item 16D is approval of a resolution recognizing Thomas Ethan Allen Gowery as a Denton County Heritage Business and I've asked Commissioner Ron Marchin to read the resolution. Good morning. The Dinton County Commission's Court, Dinton County, Texas during a regular session on the 14th day of July of 2015 considered the following resolution. Whereas the Office of History and Culture wishes to recognize businesses in an operation for over 50 years. The title of Dinton County Heritage Business. operation for over 50 years, the title of Denton County Heritage Business, whereas Bill Thomas opened Thomas Ethan Allen Gallery in 1962. The store has served generations of customers with quality home furnishings. They pride themselves on excellent customer service, greeting everyone with a smile and occasionally making house calls, allowing employees to help their customers make the best selections. Bill's sons, excuse me, today Bill's son Craig Thomas runs Allen gallery as a Denton County Heritage Business for their continued dedication and Servers to Denton County made by a motion by myself. Okay. Motion by Commissioner Marchin seconded by Commissioner Collin. I'll in favor please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, Cine? Motion does carry. There you go. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one. I'm going to go to the next one people are not going to stay for that, but as our hair, before our heritage businesses leave, I just like to mention something before you leave the courthouse to go to our museum right below us on the first floor of the courthouse. We have a wonderful exhibit. We're all about business here in Ditton County and we have a great exhibit highlighting things that are made in Ditton County. And so we have juice boxes and cornmeal and super bowl rings and boats and a variety of things that are made in Ditton County are highlighted in the current exhibit we have. So on your way out of the courthouse, step by our museum and take a few minutes to walk through there. And you'll be impressed by other things that are made here in Ditton County. So thank you so much. And thank you for being a part of our Heritage Business Program. And we would like to have some of your archives and your photographs and your exhibits so that we could display those in the future as well. Just like we're displaying some of the exhibits today. Good point, thank you. Okay. All right, let's go to item 3E on the agenda. This is approval of a Proclamation Honoring Dr. John Kimmy for his contributions to historic preservation in Denton County. And I believe, yeah, Commissioner Eads has a resolution. I believe we have. Yes, coming up to the new year here. I just couldn't find you. Come on up to the microphone if you would please. Derevery and Ken and Jimmy Kimmy. Correct. Morning. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Okay here. Thank you. Okay, commissioners. Yes ma'am. Just three e on the agenda. Item three e. This is a proclamation honoring John Kimney. Whereas John Kimney PhD, 1941 to 1993, taught in the Department of Philosophy and the Religion Studies at the University of North Texas from September 1, 1984 until his death on March 14, 1993. Valued his relationships on campus and in the community, serving as a teaching mentor and as remembered as a conservationist who inspired colleagues and one that changed their lives of students. And whereas John can be lived in the Graham Razer House at 928 West Hickory during the 1980s and 90s and gained the second recorded Texas Historic Landmark marker in the City of Ditton in 1989 from the Texas Historical Commission, which was a third RTHL marker from the THC for a home in Ditton County. Whereas he was dedicated to his stork preservation of Ditton County actively serving as a member of the Ditton County Historical Commission during the 1980s, supporting the efforts of Dr. Bola Lowry to champion the development of his stork preservation in Ditton County and in the city of Ditten. Where I see secured a historic landmark, marker for his home in 1987 from the city of Ditten, which introduced and included West Hickory Street as a part of the Oak Hickory Historic District. And where I see helped, to guide the city of Ditten in historic preservation, serving as a historic landmark commission vice chair in the late 1980s, during the development of the city of Ditten Pres Preservation Plan which is still the reference source for the City of Ditton whereas he encouraged other residents to do research on their homes to gain historic landmark markers which assisted Dr. Lary to begin historic preservation of buildings in the City of Ditton whereas he assisted Dr. Lary mentoring of the Oak Hickory Historic District, which is now invigorated its residents to continue their efforts to move forward, including other buildings within the residential areas which are identified as worthy of preservation. Now therefore, it would be resolved that the Ditton County Commissioner's Court honors John Kimmy for a lifetime of service in historical preservation, recognizing his efforts to preserve city and county history for generations to come. These honors are gratefully received on his behalf by his sister, the Reverend Cannon, Jimmy Kimmy. Done an open court this day upon a motion by myself. Motion by Commissioner Eads, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to the name. Motion does carry. And yeah, believe me, we have some. Yes. Let's clap. Good. And to represent, to represent historic Ditten Inc. Is Randy Hunt and representing the Ditten County Historical Commission, Lynn Yurgen. All right, thank you. I just kind of ran up here so we'll... Thank you so much. I kind of ran up here. Okay. Okay. Three F is a proof of a proclamation honoring Dr. Carol Rich for his contribution to historic preservation in Denton County. Good morning. Thank you for being here and I've asked Commissioner Bobby Mitchell to read the proclamation. Good morning Mr. Rich. Whereas Betty and Carol Rich lived in the scripture house at 819 was opened during the 1970 through the 1980s and gained the first recorded Texas historic landmark markup for their home in the city of Den in 1980 from the Texas Historical Commission, which was the second RTHL markup from the THC for a home in Den County, and where his curl rich secured a historic landmark for the Scripture House in 1981 from the City of Den, just as Randall Boyd, secured the first historic landmark in the City of Den, for the Scripture building at the northwest corner of Den County Square, and where his curl rich served on the Den County Square and whereas Carol Rich served on the Den County Historical Commission during the 1970s and the 1980s and provided the research for the JGO building at the South East corner of the Den County Square and whereas he secured a historic landmark for the Oakwood Cemetery in 1982 from the Texas Historical Commission and City of Den doing his service on the Den County Historical Committee, whereas he encouraged other residents on West Oak to do the research of their homes to gain historic landmarks, which assisted Dr. Bullitt-Lowry to begin historic preservation of buildings in Den, and whereas he joined members of the Den County Historical Commission and residents of West Oak Street when the average house burned in the late 1970 to salvage many of the old timbers, fireplaces and artifacts from the house which later were used in restoration. And whereas he appeared before the Den City Council in the 1980s with other members of the Den County Historical Commission in an effort to save old buildings. Mark in the beginning of historic preservation of homes and buildings in Den County from those who wanted to destroy them in order to make room for office buildings or apartments. And whereas he assisted bullet Larry mentoring of the Oak History Historic District, which is now invigorated its residents to continue their efforts to move forward. In fact, we always within the residential areas that they identified historical building as worthy of preservation. Now therefore, we have resolved that the Den County Commission is called on a curl rich for a lifetime of service in historical preservation. Recognize in his efforts to preserve city and county history for generations to come. Don in open court this 14th day of July upon a motion made by myself. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded by Commissioner Marchion. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, Cine? Motionless, carry men. Aye. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Thank you. I'm going to go to go back to the other side. I'm going to have to go back to the other side. I'm going to have to go back to the other side. This looks more fun in the service center. Yeah, I'm getting my exercise today, aren't I? Okay. Next we're going to go to item 3C on the agenda, which is approval of a resolution recognizing Cordelia Garcia and I understand she's here. Correct. Come on up to the podium if you would please. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for waiting. Commissioner Ease, how does to read the resolution? Good morning. Good morning. We have a resolution honoring Cordelia Garcia for eight years of service to Ditton County. The Ditton County Commissioner's Court Ditton County, Texas during a regular session on the 14th day of July 2015, considering the following resolution. Whereas Cordelia Garcia, record supervisor will be retiring on July 31, 2015 after completing eight years of outstanding service to Ditton County. It was Cordelia was hired on July 9th, 2007 by the Records Management Department as a Deputy Clerk and was later promoted to Records Supervisor as a result of her excellent skills. And was Cordelia was a devoted team member and was always willing to be available to assist whenever and wherever needed. Cordelia's high personal integrity quickly generated trust in all who worked with her. Whereas Cordelia was passionate about serving the needs of others and has been a great mentor to many employees. Cordelia always exhibited a positive attitude and through her calm nature, in creativity, has guided her team to personal and professional achievements and successes. Whereas Cordelia took pride in her work and most certainly placed considerable importance in the retention, disposition, and preservation of county records. Cordelia has been instrumental in supporting the Department of Technology Services in meeting their mission statement. And what's Cordelia was a valued colleague and her dedication to Ditton County has been appreciated and respected by her supervisors, peers and team members alike. Cordelia consistently made the workplace welcoming and fun. Whereas Cordelia has always been a depend, trustworthy and compassionate employee and good friend. She will be truly missed as she enjoys her well-deserved retirement by relaxing and spending quality time back in New Mexico with her husband and family. Now therefore, Beatriz Alde did in County Commission's Court, didn't in County Texas, as hereby extent, to Cordilla Garcia, our sincere and grateful appreciation for her dedicated service to Ditton County. We congratulate Cordilla on her well-earned retirement and extend our best wishes to her for continued success, happiness and good health in the years to come. Then an open court is 14th, day of July 2015, upon a motion by myself. Chair, we'll second the motion. I'll motion by Commissioner Ead, seconded by myself. I'll in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, singing. Motion to scary. Did you wish to say anything? Thank you so much for being here and happy retirement. We wish you well. Okay folks, we have a lot of resolutions and proclamations today that I think we made it through them. Um... Did we do one for Tammy Ganzer 3D. Did I miss one? Oh, I did, I'm sorry. 3D is a proof of resolution recognizing that Tammy Ganzer is retirement and it's my understanding that this person is not here. Is that right? I don't see her today. Okay, if you would read the resolution, please. I just wonder what Mike's gonna do with his wife home all the time. Ha ha ha. This is a the resolution please. I just wonder what Mike's going to do with his wife home all the time. This is a resolution honoring Tammy Ganser, my newer when she worked at the front pass quite a bit, for her 23 years of service to Denton County. On this day, the Denton County Commissioner's Court considers the following. Whereas Tammy Ganser, a detention officer for Denton County, following. Whereas Tammy Gamser, a detention officer for Denton County, was hired on October 29, 1992, and will retire on July 8, 2015 after a 23-year career with Denton County, which included seven years as a medical officer for jail health. And whereas Tammy worked the front desk and in the pretrial center where she was known for her willingness to help when needed as well as her outstanding performance and her professionalism. Whereas during all the time of said service with the Sheriff's Department, Tammy faithfully and diligently discharged her duties and obligations that were entrusted to her. Worked well with her co-workers and implemented the policies of the Sheriff's Office in an honorable and responsible manner, with diligence for the safety and security of the families and citizens of Denton County. And whereas the citizens of Denton County are grateful to her for answering the call to surface, for her commitment to duty and for the service she rendered during her long-forcement career with Denton County. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Denton County Commission's Court is hereby extend to Tammy, our sincere and grateful appreciation for a dedicated service to Denton County. We congratulate her on her well earned retirement, and extend our best wishes to her for continued success, happiness and good health in the years to come. I will so move. Thank you, we have a motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Marchin. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, Cine? Motion does carry. I'm telling you, we wish you a happy retirement. I think if you remember, you should probably work for four shares. Thanks, aye. Thank you, correct? Okay, I'm trying to jump around here a little bit to be considered a people's time. So bear with me. We're now going to go to item 5B and 5C on the agenda. I think we can take these together. 5B is approval of all matters incident and related to the issue. So then county Texas permanent improvement and refunding bond series 2015, including the adoption of an order authorizing the issue and such bonds, establishing parameters for the authorizing nations and such bonds establishing parameters for the sale nations of such bonds that will be adding certain matters to an authorized official of the county and 5c is approval of all matters incident related to the issuance and sale of Dent County Texas tax notes. Series 2015 including the adoption of an order authorizing nations of such tax notes establishing parameters for the sale of nation such tax notes that will getting certain matters to authorize an official of the county and well first calling James Wells. Good. Commissioners. While back in June, the commission's court approved the recommendation of the Capitol and Prevent Committee to issue some permanent improvement bonds from 2008 elections, as well as tax notes for a list of projects that were also approved by the commission's court, the road bonds will total about 336.5 million. They are mostly for roads out of the Trippo 8 project. Also fairly large amount of that will go through the hiring the architects and for the design of the final two building projects that were part of the 2008 bond election. We're also going to be issuing 11.9 million in tax notes. These are for the variety of technology projects, primarily county wide network and telephone refresh, as well as also a significant amount of funding for smaller building projects that even need additional funds or their funding. It's totally the specifics of that or couple of places in your agenda but I see on one page 176 has the list of projects for both of them. And I have the schedule here. You'll see in the schedule about a little over a week away from processing on these so it's time now for official action by the Fishers Court. We have with us today Mr. John Martin from South of Securities who serves as the county's financial advisor on the shaping and getting these bond sales together. We also have Mr. Bob Grantfield with the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright who serves as a bond attorney who has various legal documents that need to be ex-approved and executed today to keep the sale moving along. Mr. John Martin. Morning, thank you for reading. Green Judge, Commissioner John Martin with Southwest Securities, Bob Drensfield, Norton Rose Fulbright. This is, we're asking approval of a parameter delegated sale that allows us to get into the market at the appropriate time. The reason for this is there may or may not be, depending on where the market is next week. It's fairly volatile right now with global issues with the euro and Greece and so forth and extremely high volume and supply this week. So we'll see what happens. There might be some opportunity to refund some bonds. James not been very conservative in terms of being very careful about what bonds are refunded to make sure we get the most bank for our buck. So we may or may not have some, if there's something that makes sense, it could be as much as another $25, $30 million that could provide savings for $2 million or more. Anything really less than that while we're not going to look at gift horse in the mouth to say, it may be better off to wait. Time may be more valuable than lower interest rates every time. So those bonds are not cobbled for a while. The parameters are set out. The Mr. Transfield can talk to you about if you'd like. And it will allow us to move forward. And we've planned a price next Wednesday. Next Wednesday of next week. We've had our call with Moody's. Yesterday, tomorrow, we'll be talking to Standard and Pours and having a diligence call with the underwriting team and so forth. So we're moving right along and this is a necessary step to give us approval to actually move forward subject to delegation. Thank you. I remember there's a court that have questions. I hear none. James, did you receive them? I would just add and find John statements. The bond order does include authorization for a refunding if it makes economic financial sense. And we have approximately, there's a maximum in there about 35 million. And we will make sure all the courtrooms sounds the bond refunding component will only be added if it saves the county a significant amount of money. So, you know, this may look change from a $35 million issue to a $65 million issue. The net effect will be to lower the indebtedness of the county. That would be the only reason we do it. So, there's, I mean, you're approval of that. There is no risk and only gain to be done by that. And we'd only do it under the, there's, again, only under very, very favorable. We have in our bond management policy, debt management policy. We have parameters for refundings for the minimum amount of savings that we'll even consider. If we do refunding on this one, it will be far in excess of the minimal percentage amount right now. The minimal percentage is actually not even that attracted to us now in this market. This one, this court knows this dollar amount may change, but if it does, the actual indebted, it will serve to lower the actual indebted it will serve the lower the actual indebted in some county. So it's only, you know, only in a very much wins situation of the county. But we've had good success at doing this in the past and hope it works out this day and also. Had a well. So what could be our potential upside? How much what is our potential savings that we're looking at? Excessive $2 million. So it would have to be every bit more than that. Because some of these bonds are being called our two years. So we have to escrow those and it's just long story short. You're upside down. And so unless you save a bunch of money to offset the cost of the escrow, it doesn't make sense. We're better off waiting. You know, again, John said I'm potential of 25 to 30 million dollars of bonds refinance, which really is very much very similar. And now analogy is refinancing your home mortgage. You only do that to save yourself money. And it is, it is not funny math. It is real money. I mean, they sell it real money. The potential, you know, we actually, you know, we don't see a lot of money, but we owe less. The county's obligation is lessened in actuality. So that's what we do. So the potential maybe, if we have saved, the county has saved, the court has authorized at the recommendation of Southwest Security, and our bond attorneys, six or seven refunding transactions in the last six or seven, it's really since the recession, 2008. And we've saved, I think, the last total was around $15 million to the county. That's real money. You want to talk about the expectations for the use of this or even the procreate. Sure, yeah. When they get done. We're kind of looking at the interest rates are such as on the tax note deal, which is just a seven year maturity interest rates are still very, very attractive there and so really on a seven year, about 2%. So crazy low. The longer term staff these days is bumping up to three and three quarters. You know, bumping up to 4% should be well through that. But, you know, probably in the, you know, I'm hoping three and a half range, you know, don't hold me to. But that's probably, you know, wait. And if the market goes, gets goosey on us for lack of a better word, next week, you know, this authorization, this delegation is good for six months, right, Bob? Yeah. So, I'm not just saying wait a second. You know, let's wait and let the market digest some of this volume that's out and figure out what's going on, let things kind of stabilize a little bit. And in a little way, you know, fortunately you all have some nice fun bounce to be able to, if we get enough pinch, then we can draw from that and pay it back with bond proceeds if necessary. I don't think we'll get there, but you know, if we have to delay, I wouldn't think it'd be more than a week or 10 days. So, interest rates have, you know, been gradually inching up since the first of the year, but still a really good time to borrow money if you got a borrow money. So, I have two quick questions, Judge. Q. Lian. Number one, when we do this refinancing, what does it do to the length of the years of the debt? Is it the same years? We end up with the same years with this lower, the same interest rate, it was walking me through that. All you're doing is just, you're just lowering the payment, you're keeping the same maturity. So there's no extension. Perfect. So it's just, it's a cash flow savings. Right. And I don't know if this is more for James or John, but could, could you all do a brief summary for the members of the court to send to us outlining the refunding that we've done the last seven or eight years? And I think that's great. You've done a great job of that over the years. But I'd like to see that broken down that we did that in what year and how much was the savings to the taxpayer kind of compiled. I'm happy to put together a report on that. After we do this one, after we realize the savings is a compilation of all that. Absolutely. I'm going to do that. Okay. Good idea. Chair is going to move for approval of 5B and 5C. Thank you. Seconded by Commissioner Marchant. Further questions or discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, Cine? Motion does carry. Thank you all so much for being here and for waiting. Seven A is going to be pulled. We'll be no action on seven A today. That'll be reposted. And I think we can get to our county clerk here before we do our budget presentation. Judge. Seven C is the item. And see the seven a is okay. It's seven a is okay. I pulled the wrong one should be seven C. Filling seven C. Okay. I think we can do this pretty quickly first. 4A. 4A is a public hearing and approval of the abandonment of 36 feet driveway easement of the beach and tennis club addition located in the kind of commissioner of precinct 2. You need a motion to go into public hearing. Motion by Commissioner Marchant, seconded by Commissioner Ease. All in favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Sen. A. Motion to just carry. Is there anyone here to address us on this issue? Okay. Come on up to the microphone if you would please and identify yourself. Thank you for waiting. Absolutely. First of all, thank you guys for still having a prayer and pledge. You did. I'm a Jason Land owner, so I don't have anything to offer other than the fact that, you know, it's something that the land, the lots have been landlocked since this road was removed. Okay. We've been working with Mr. Gleason for some time now with this fight with a, not fight with the colony, but the colony didn't do anything to do with it. So we've arranged to give this right away that the county used to have and the city used to have. So this gentleman can have use of the property. Yeah. This gentleman can have use of the property the way he wants to use it. I certainly appreciate that. Okay. Post of public hearing. Thank you. I have a motion to close the public hearing by Commissioner Marchandnd, seconded by Commissioner Eads. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed say aye. Motion is carried. Now I believe we need a motion for the abandonment of the 36 foot driveway. Thank you. Opposed say aye. Opposed say aye. Opposed say aye. Motion is carried. All right. Leavenay. Marchant, seconded by Commissioner Eads. I'll in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposing, aye. Motion does carry. Thank you. All right. Levin A. Levin A. As approval of presentation and discussion by County Clerk, Julie Luke and records manager, Theresa Rogers, regarding the upcoming change in the scanning and indexing of our commission record records in order to make them more accessible to both the public and county employees. Thank you all for waiting. Good morning. Good morning. It's up and running again here. We'll be brief. This is just presentation and we need approval to. It's posted for approval and presentation. We should. It should just be a presentation presentation. Thank you. We. He's pointed up right now. Sorry, I had to close that for picture taking. Okay, Theresa Rogers has prepared this presentation to demonstrate the positive changes that we're trying to make in the process of archiving our commissioners court records. This change will not only make our records more transparent, but also streamline our business process and prevent duplication of work and county resources. Theresa? Thank you. Good morning. I certainly want to thank Julie for allowing us to present this presentation. And I want to thank her. We have worked as a partnership and a team since she was elected of looking at ways of reducing some duplicate processing in the departments. And this is one of the first ones that we found. And hopefully, and we are also looking at some others. processing in the departments and this is one of the first ones that we found and hopefully and we are also also looking at some others. So I appreciate her team being here as well. And what I want to do is just a brief presentation to show you how currently the preservation of commission's courts or minutes are being handled and what we're going to be doing in the future. Current, whoops. There we go. Okay, currently, what is happening is the Commissioner Court records is created through the legislature and so everybody creates those records. It is printed by the aid to the court and then it is given to Ashley here for your court signatures. From there it goes to the County Clerk's office where they review it, approve it, make sure all the signatures are there. Once that is done they will scan it at their office, and then they have to index it. So this is what they get, they get the original, which are signature on it. There we go. And what they'll do is they'll take each piece of paper that they have and they index it into their ACS system. That is their software that they use. That software is a single user software, which means that each individual person has to have a license to be able to get onto that software. So if they have five or six people indexing those records, they have to have five or six different licenses to be able to do that. From there, what Ashley has to do is she has to look at each page of Commissioner's Court Records and pick out key words on that to index it. So when they want to research it, if there's particular words for her to research, they have to actually read through each page, pick out those keywords and index those keywords, which is very very time-consuming on her end. After she is done with that, then she'll send the record to record, or the packet to records management. We again scan that and the reason we scan it is because our system we scan on that and the reason we scan it is because our system, we, uh, pedants, uh, once we scan it, it goes on to microfilm. So that's the proof permanent preservation of the records. Beginning today, what we're going to do is we're going to be skipping the step of having the county clerk scan or index these records. It is once the records, the documents are completed and signed, they're going to go right down to records management, where we will scan them as soon as we get them. And our system, Pay for Vision, automatically reads the documents, it's called OCR or Optical Character Recognition. And so that that software reads the entire document and will pick up every word on the page. It's probably 90 to 95 percent accurate. Some fonts, it might not read well, some handwriting, it might not read well. But as far as, as, like this document here, I know it's a little fuzzy, but this has got the old kind of the dot matrix font on it, it will read those. So it makes it much more easy to research items. And also paper vision is what's called a, like universal license. Bless you. And what a universal license means is that we have one license and everybody will be able to go on their computer, either within the county, employees within the county. And we also offer it to the citizens. Where the citizens can log into the county employees within the county and we also offer it to the citizens where the citizens can log into the county website and view these records. This isn't just a sample of what the website looks like. And the top, we have a user where we can use the public where they can log in, or we also have departments and employees that can log in. And along with this, we can restrict access to certain documents. We can restrict whether somebody can print or export or that type of thing. So we have a lot of security within the software as well of who can see, who can print, who can export and that type of thing. And then it also has the ability of doing a word search. So when we put the Commissioner Court records out there, if you want to do by word search, you're able to do that. Now, the thing is, is this going to be a big change for the County Courts Office? Because the County cleric, like I said, they've done the scanning, they've done the manual indexing. It's really not going to be a change for us. We have scanned Commissioner Court minutes, probably, for the past two decades. We have records back from 1965 to 2000 that we have scanned and we have put on microfilm. So those are our permanent records. One of the other problems that we've seen is when Ashley gets the commission record, sometimes she doesn't get the completed documents signed until maybe a year later or two years later. So they just sit at her desk until those documents are completed. With this process, she can send it directly to us. We can go ahead and scan it, post it to paper vision, and as new documents are signed, we can delete the documents that are not signed and put the completed documents with that. So there's always the actual original copy that's going to be in the design copy that's going to be in there. If you would like, and I know that there's a lot going on today, I can do a live demonstration for you of how to look on paper vision. If you'd like that, take just a few minutes. Do it on your own later. You do it on your own later. I'm sorry. We'll do it on your own later. You do it on your own later. OK, I'll just go through this then. This is the website that both the employee and the public, public, can get on. It's our records.denningcounty.com. If the public wants to get on there, they would just have to put public as long in and public as the password. They only have read access only so they can't do anything else with that, which is normally what we do with the county records. If they wanted to copy or something or certified copy, they still have to come in to give that copy. For any employee, they just have to put their normal debt and county user name in there, their password, and then they are able to read, print, e-vail, export that type of thing. And just to give an example of some of the full text criteria, you can put a name in there. Like if I put my name in there and I put a date of 2000, it'll put my name with everything that I did, the Commission's Court in the year 2000. If you can put in more than one name, such as Old Ought autumn bridge, it will come up with everything that has those three words in the old, autumn bridge. Same things if you don't have a full name, if you just might have a part of a name, like this is for MacManken Road, but you didn't know it was an I N or E N or an A N, you can use the asterisk as a wild card and then it will pull up everything under that name. And as, like I said, this was the first step that we're doing with the County Clark's Office. We look at some other areas that we might be able, that technology services and the County Clark's Office might be able to help and reduce some of the redundancies. That'll help efficiencies reduce costs. And of course bottom line is that's great for the citizens, because it's less money that we have to spend. That's awesome. Do you have any questions? Yes. Yes, I do. Commissioner Eads. Thank you. Julie and Teresa, I think this is, sounds like a productive step forward. Are you going Teresa? Are you still going to be scanning into microfilm? The documents that come in? Yes. Yes. We're not going to change our processing whatsoever. So we're still going to microfilm. So they'll come in. They won't be scanned by the clerk's office. Won't be coded by the clerk's office, won't be coded by the clerk's office, except function be done by a software. But you're still having a hard, it's somewhat of a hard copy, it's not because it's digitized. I mean, you're a, do the microfilm. Right. The paper vision will be the digital images, but we'll also put it on microfilm as the permanent heart copy and with the microfilm we store the original off site in a climate control room and We keep a copy of it on site just in case the service should go down or something goes down And we can't get the images that we have that available on site Julie, thank you for doing this. We've had long discussions about how we should make these documents more public. We both had discussions about paper vision and how hard it is. You know, I've had discussions with the district clerk who said that this kind of stuff is not really attainable. But what do you see about this system being used to put court records online? We won't be using this system. We're currently looking into putting our court records online. It wouldn't be through paper vision. It would be through our current vendor. Okay, because like I've told Sherry, I don't sting several times. In the 2000s, the court rules made it where you're not allowed to put your Social Security number on there and she always uses the excuse as identity theft for not putting them online. Bernie's cannot put identifying information in their pleadings now. So there's really no excuse for not putting them on the internet. We have several other cannings that do it. So I'm pleased you know I applaud you for doing this. This is really a good thing for open government. It allows access to see what we're doing. But I think we need to take it a step further and move it over to the district clerk and also with the JPEs and also open it up to the county clerk. And I believe in transparency as well. Our only concern is we do still have some documents that do contain the social security numbers. And that's what we're looking into. Like I told Sherry, those are still accessible. I agree. No. I agree. We're working on it. It's a good step forward. Absolutely. But what's the price tag? This is this. There's no cost. There's no cost. This is the current process. We're eliminating. We're actually. There's no cost. This is the current process. We're eliminating. We're actually there's step. Okay. No addition. Okay. Perfect Thank you so much. It's got thank you. Okay, we don't need any formal action on that And Donna it's a little bit after 10. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay'll finish the agenda. Okay, let's go ahead and finish the agenda here. I actually did number one, which is for public input, Friday, I'm not listening on the agenda. We had one person that wanted to speak, but they said they'd come back next week. So we appreciate that. Item two is the consent agenda. Are the items on the consent agenda? I wanted to speak but they said they'd come back next week so we appreciate that. Item two is the consent agenda. Are the items on the consent agenda that you need to pull. I need to pull actually to a for some discussion. But Evan and Nat, okay. We have a motion for approval by Commissioner Ead, seconded by Commissioner Marchion. On favor, please say aye. Aye. Foto, C&A. Motion is carried. 2B is approval of the intro department transfers. 2C is approval of payroll. 2D is approval of budget amendment quest 101, 260 for computer equipment and computer software for road and bridge precinct 4. Any amount of $3,952. 2E is approval of budget amendment quest 1-017-0 for counseling and it's a special focus for veterans court grant in the amount of $5,025 to F is approval budget of the request 1-019-0 for other medical for project access in the amount of $53,790 to G is approval budget of the request 1-013-0-0 for operating supplies and mileage reimbursement for public health environmental in the amount of $16,220. Two H is Provo Budget mental quest 101 330 for various line-inns for the purposes of remodeling the ARGOP is already the road bridge precinct 4 and the amount of $246,161 to J is approval to declare Miss Alineas furniture office supplies and equipment road bridge, equipment and vehicles is surplus and advertised and place surplus items and online auction 07152310. 2K is approval to declare a surplus HP design jet, 5500 printers, serial number I want to read it, to use this trade-in for credit towards a purchase of a unit-packed design jet, basically a newer model, full-color wide format printer. Okay, under 2A the order making appointments, I was advised that somebody from the Sheriff's Department wanted to address us concerning the promotion. Is that correct? Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to take a few moments and make a statement regarding the pay equity on behalf of not just Deputy Dustin McConnell, who has been promoted to investigator, but his all sheriff employees who have who are affected by the pay equity issue. As elected official, I know we are dedicated to fairness and this is matter of fairness to Dustin and all of our employees. I know we are asked to address pay equity during the budget process but frankly, there are so many affected by this that the matter needs to be addressed on a water scale. What you have before you is a sample of what we're talking about. This is a list of investigators that are done according to where they're assigned. You'll see mental health and you'll see just investigations beside it. Investigators and their prospective pay. As you will clearly see that their investigators are paid disproportionately to the investigators in respect to singularity. For example, you have here two employees hired in 1995, those are going to be your top two, that have $10,000 a year difference in pay. Each employee has 20 years of service and that much difference in pay. Each employee has 20 years of service and that much difference in pay. This is seen fair. Of course it doesn't. In Dustin's case he has 16 years of service to our county and would have the 17 if he wouldn't have to go to Iraq to protect our freedom. In comparison to his situation with other employees recently promoted to investigator after five years of service. Dustin will be paid $3,000 less upon his promotion. Does this seem fair? It doesn't. I know you aren't lost on this issue. It has been a one that has evolved over time. So let's start addressing this problem today. Please consider being fair to deput him, conno by approving my recommendation for his salary. Thank you guys for your time. Thank you so much. Members of the court, do you have any comments or do you want to go forward with the? So we remove this item from consent? Yes, we do. We do add, I remove the entire. I'll move to accept the recommendation of the human resources. The human resources? I second that. Further questions or comments? Here none. All in favor of the motion. Please say aye. Aye. I propose any motion just carry. Just one thing. No. We have many employees in at different levels, different experiences. And if you go all over the county, you'll find the same thing. But it's what the pay was at the time that they came in. You can look at I and administrators and everyone on my pay different salaries. And so this is not unusual for employees anymore. I have to start me thank you for bringing this attention but we'd have to address every employee in Din County to take your days. Thank you. Okay, five A is approval of the bill report, payments from CSCD, Community Corrections TIP, Sheriff's T, Sheriff's F Sheriff's F Commission, BIT Interest, G.A. Check the NDA, D.A, sure, is forfeiture, VIP interest. The check fee and the forfeiture funds are presented to recording purposes only. Logan James Wells. And as approval of bills as presented with the one addition, no, no separate page. Just this transport expense credit card payment that needs to be expedited. That's only very much in order. That's the only correction I have. I approve. Thank you. A motion by Commissioner Marchand. Second. Seconded by Commissioner Coleman. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Post and e. Motion does carry. Okay. Okay. 6A is approve of ward of a bid for a Brit Drive Colbert replacement project. Bid number 03152299 to McMahon contracting LP for $744,533.45 to be funded from the 2009 PI bonds, pressing for gravel to asphalt initiative. This is auditor number 6175159030 to be transferred to bridge drive covert replacement precinct for auditor 9 item 6175 3190 3.0. I will move for approval. I'll in favor please say aye. Aye. I would just like to say you know we this really is a lie. This is not just replacing the bridge or a culvert. This really is improving the the life safety of our residents here in Ditton County. This is a low small bridge and is actually a private road to the court took it in several years ago. And one way in one way out by replacing this structure when there's a high water and one way in, one way out by replacing this structure. When there's a high water and a flinch flood scenario, it's just like we have this whole neighborhood is completely closed off. There's no access for school bus, for public safety access. And so I'm very pleased and appreciate your support as we make this much needed, a lot of safety and privilege for improved mobility. Okay, we have a motion and a second dollar in favor, please say aye. Aye. Procedending motion is carried. Six feet is approval of acceptance of donation to 30,000 preprinted number 10 envelopes to them kind of tax office from dog demography. They did an error in printing and rather than throwing away, they're donated and I appreciate it. Motion for approval. Seconded by Commissioner Eid. So all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to say aye. Motion is carried. Six C is approval of termed. Termination of contract for fire alarm replacement. JL bid number zero, one, one, five, two, two, eight, one between convergent technologies, LLC, and then kind of do the changes in the scope of work for the project. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell. Second. Second by Commissioner Coleman. Questions or comments? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to name. Motion to carry. Sixties approval of ward of RFP03152297 Records Management and Imaging System for the kind of clerk to co-file systems incorporated is recommended by the evaluation committee. We have a motion by Commissioner Marchant. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. Beth, did you need to add anything? Just said, I would like to thank the evaluation committee. This is very comprehensive process and it is a unanimous recommendation to award to co-fall. Great. Hearing no questions or comments on favor please say aye. Aye. I, proceed. E. Motion does carry. Okay. Seven. E. The one that tried to pull. We are going to take action on it. If that's the only mistake I make on this agenda, I'll be doing well. Approval of Budget Amendment Class 101-28-0, 203-0. And the allocate expenditures for non-secure placements for Texas juvenile justice department. OK, who's found? Lynn Jürgen is in serious trouble. Opposite or bad? OK. Okay. This is for Texas juvenile justice department state a grant in the amount of 98,518 dollars. Chair, I'll move for approval. Seconded by Commissioner Marchandt. I'll in favor please say aye. Aye. Opposing a motion does carry seven B. A.I. A.I. Posting A. Motion to carry 7B is approval of budget amount of requests 101-320 to transfer funds from countywide technology to facilities management repair and maintenance in the amount of $1,100. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded by Commissioner Eads. Questions or comments? Hearing none, no in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, aye. Motionless carries, set and see, we did pull. 9A is discussion and update. Do we have any mosquito discussion today? I'm pretty free. Right ahead. Morning Judge, commissioners. So didn't county status with West N Nile virus and Chicken Gunya. We have zero cases of human disease in Denton County. That's the really, really good news. In Texas, there are three cases of West Nile virus and nine cases of Chicken Gunya, Chick-V, and all of those in Texas are imported. Here's the reason for the discussion real quickly. We're seeing a very light year so far in mosquito numbers. That's good news. We don't have any cases yet in Dint County. That's good news. But we are concerned that we're going to have a big bloom here in the next two weeks. So just be aware you may see, we may have to pull the trigger on some spraying or a ground spraying, truck based ground spraying if we do have positive mosquito pools But this is becoming a late year sometimes late years hit hard I just want to prepare the court for you may see a press release about truck race truck based spraying Will keep in communication with you if that happens in one of your precincts for sure Thank you, sure. Thank you. Okay, thank you. 9B is approval renewal of award contract 2016-001098 between Texas Department of State Health Services in Denver County and the amount of $110,606 for fiscal year 2016 City Readiness Initiative. They're approved. Motion by Commissioner Marchant. Second. $10,606 for fiscal year 2016 City Readiness Initiative. The approval. Motion by Commissioner Marchant. Second. Second by Commissioner Coleman. Questions? Hearing none, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Oppositioning. Motion does carry. 9C is approval of the interlocal agreement between Denver County Health Department and Louisville and the kind of school district for utilization of LISD facilities in the event of public health emergency. Motion by Commissioner Marchant. Seconded by Commissioner Eads. Was there a discussion? Okay, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Posting. Motion to carry 10 a is approval the final plan for a Tizion north phase one a this is in commissioner precinct one. I'm ready for a meeting. Motion by commissioner Coleman seconded by commissioner Marche. And all in favor please say aye aye. I proceed. Motion does carry. 13 a is discussion of the program and necessary actions related to kind of disaster declaration May 2015 and current federal disaster operations or public assistance and the individual assistance June 2015. Good morning, Jody. Good morning, Judge and commissioners. Just wanted to give a quick quick update. We did have two successful temporary disaster recovery centers operated by FEMA and different federal agencies and that one was in Sanger last week and one in Crumb. They were successful and a lot of what we had a lot of folks do did come out and visit those locations and talk one along with FEMA representatives. In addition, Monday of next week, from Monday through Saturday, we will have a Disassure Recovery Center open from nine to six Monday through Friday and then nine to two on that following Saturday That will be located at the Denton County Emergency Operations Center located at 90 60 T's late Wayne where citizens will come in And be able to visit directly with FEMA representative small business administration If they were looking at low interest loans the fixed property and things like that That'll be available next week starting on Monday through Saturday. In addition, lake levels are decreasing. A lot of our roads are becoming out of the waters. We're being able to evaluate some of those. I mean, Rock Hill was a significant road as well as Old Alton. Thank you, Commissioner Eads, for working hard to get that open. I know you guys were out there working about eight hours brushing that road. I'll try to get it open to the citizens and Commissioner Coleman. I know the citizens on Rock Hill. Extremely thankful for getting that road open as well because they've been walking to their houses for half a mile for about a month. So with that, we do want to say that the recovery process is ongoing. We haven't set a date for for kickoff meeting for public assistance. And that's the assistance that is granted to the counties and cities and districts and things like that to help recuperate some of the funds that are needed to replace and recover from the disaster that created issues to government infrastructure. So with that judge, I'll turn it back to you. All right questions? We've not and we don't need any action on that item today. Let's continue on. And with 13b is approved of accepting the 2015 ex officio road report commissioner precinct one is required by section 251.005 and section 252.006. Other Texas Transportation Code. Motion by Commissioner Merchant. Seconded by Commissioner Eves. On favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, Cine. Motion does carry. 13C is approval of one. Requests from Eric Mischner to film a music video, Fisherboy, elephant in the room, and the bell tower at the courthouse on the square to Commissioner's Court, waving peas, accepting the donation of the final video for any and all marketing purposes to the Office of History and Culture and three permission for the Dinkini Judge to sign the location agreement release of liability for a filming for Eric Missionary. I think this is pretty self-explanatory, but Peggy's here if thank you. We have a motion for approval by Commissioner Eves, seconded by Commissioner Marchin. I think it's a nice opportunity for us. the elephant in the room. It could be her cum rub. All right. We have a motion in second hearing no further discussion. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. I propose a name. Motion is carried. 13D is approval of placing temporary signage on the county own facilities and grounds indicating hours of use restricted between midnight and 6 a.m. and sending letters to each municipality's law enforcement officer requesting enforcement of these hours under criminal trespass laws. We've had some issues on the Card House lawn and unfortunately it's not the family friendly environment that we all would like for it to be and I know that Cheryl's working with Andy to work on and certainly and certainly Peggy too, to come up with some really nice signage to have on the lawns, everybody understands the rules. But we're going to come up with some temporary signage in the meantime. I believe you're working with Danny on that, aren't you? Yes, yes. But we have a long time ago established 6 a.m. to midnight to 6 a.m. as basically the time period we want to restrict use. Nothing good happens after midnight. Nothing good happens after midnight. That's what all of our mother said. And mother was still right, isn't she? All right right we have a motion for approval by Commissioner Eads, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. I want to take a moment and express appreciation not only for the sheriff's department but certainly to see a Denton who have really stepped up policing activities around the courthouse and I think it's been very effective. Also to Fred Braille who we found a creative way to keep them from napping on the lawn between midnight and 6 a.m. they turn on the lawn sprinklers in each quadrant and it changes every 15 minutes. That's been quite effective to keep him off the lawn at night. Hey, you do what you got to do. That's right. But really, unfortunately, it's got not a hand in the last few weeks or several weeks actually. All right, have a motion in second. All in favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed? In a motion does carry. Is there anything else you needed? Cheryl did we cover? Okay. 13 E is approval of the adding 2005 Ford Explorer to road and bridge west fleet. We have a motion by Commissioner Eid seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. There are no comments all in favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed to say nay. Motion does carry. We're going to take 14 a and 14 c altogether because they are all tax collection. 2015 Advertising Tax Collection Contracts is recommended by the Dent County Tax Assessor Collector. 14 a is for Dent County Fresh Water Supply District number one B, City of Crumb Lake Dallas, ISD, City of Little Elm, Town of North Lake, City of Pilot Point, Town of Pondor, City of Santer, Town of Shee Shores, Town of Bartonville, Town of Copper Canyon, Dent and County Emergency Services District number one, Dent and ISD, Town of Dish, Town of Dish, Town of Dubbleville, City of Highland Village, City of Ronope and 14C is between Dettna County and the City of Ronope for Collection of Special Assessments, levied by Breyer with Public Improvement District for Chaxe Year 2015. Chair is gonna move for approval of all of that. Back on it by Commissioner Ead's question. Here none. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, aye. Motion is carried. 14b is approval of sales software license and service agreement between County Texas and Chronos and corporate for a human resources management system. The funding in the amount of 423,210 dollars and 2 cents to come from 2014 tax notes, technology, ordered and lined out in 8276369010. They're approved. The motion by Commissioner Marchant, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell, other questions. Very none. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Any motion does carry. 14D is ratified and approved letter from the DIN County Judge to exercise the option to renew the lease agreement between the city of Denton, Texas, the lease order of DIN County, Texas, the leaseee regarding parking spaces that the rooms trades square with funding to come from the general fund, the ordered line out of 0167505020, parking lease payments, courthouse on the square. I know it aggravates us, but yeah. I'm going to move for approval. Second, I'm by Commissioner Eads. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Fossini, motion this carry. Okay. I think with exception of executive session we've taken care of everything if I've missed something please let me know. Can we take about a five minute break Donna and then we're gonna come back and do the presentation which is right into the right page. 7D on the agenda. So we're going to take recess for about five minutes. Okay, Commissioner Corden has recrevened and we'll call on Donna Stewart Friday to the 7D which presentation of the 2016 recommended budget. Good morning, Judge and Commissioners. This is a day we're always glad to have off of our plate and onto your plates. Thanks a lot. We have provided each of you with a budget manual at your place. Also, there's a copy of the PowerPoint and behind a tab called Slide Show for your reference. We'll also have this posted on the main webpage today. Also, Cheryl has copies of the Slide Show for anybody in the audience that would like a copy. You could get one from her right here. As you know, we provide each of you with volumes of information with regard to the department's initial requests in your budget manual and we won't go through that today, but on page S13 through 19, you'll see that department submitted budget request that curdled $262.8 million. That was an increase of $23.9 million. So at that point we knew we had to roll up our sleeves and we had a lot of work to do. The tax rate to fund that initial request would have been .273693. And it's going to be fine. The current rate is going to excuse me for interrupting you here, but in prior, I have seen things in the newspaper about this point that it would take this tax rate to support that like we're recommending that. We are not recommending that. We'll get to a slide that shows what we are recommending. Thank you. You're shortly. 7.33% would have been the tax rate increase if that initial request was submitted onto you for consideration. Like I said, that is definitely not what we're doing today. Included in the budget were a significant number of new hires, a total of 37. We had requests from technology services for three positions. That included an infrastructure manager, a technical services administrator, and an application development analyst. Department of Public Works requested an additional construction project manager, veteran services, requested an assistant county veteran service officer to. The district clerk requested five positions for senior clerks and one department manager. And don't get worried. We are not recommended in 37, but we'll get to that list in a minute to death investigations. They have a part time position now that that has been recommended as a full time position. It's a medical investigator position that would increase from 17 hours a week to 40 hours a week. The criminal district attorney requested two positions, an investigator in a felony prosecutor, too. County auditor requested an internal auditor. Facilities management requested an electronics technician. This was specifically for access control services. It would, this service would then be moved, is currently shared with Facilities Management and Technology Services. So the service would then move entirely to Facilities Management so that departments don't have to deal with two different departments when they have issues. The county jail budget request was for two positions, a DO-1 and a deputy sheriff transport. Jail health requested two positions, both being held service specialist ones. The sheriff's department requested four positions, including an investigator, a forensic tech one, a supervisor, science, drug, analyst, and a bailiff. The Sheriff's Mental Health Unit requested two deputy sheriffs for transport. Constable six requested a new deputy constable. County Extension requested one new four-h program coordinator. Red and bridge precinct one requested a driver equipment operator. Red run bridge precinct 4, requested a lead technician or lead mechanic. County clerk records management requested a total of five positions. Three of those being deputy clerk ones, and deputy clerk two, as well as an assistant department supervisor. Those positions are tied to opening at the Precinct Three Government Center and we'll get into the recommendation on that, you're shortly. Juvenile detention budget included three positions, one training transport officer and two juvenile supervision officers. So the complete breakdown for you is in your packet on page S 38 through 40. You can see what the total cost of that employee would be with salary benefits and any other supplier capital equipment. This next slide is just a quick recap of all the various funds broken out and just summarized for you. As you can see, we have 22 separate funds, which general fund being our primary fund, which comprises departments at about 59% of our budget. That service is 21% and the other 20% is spread throughout various funds. Now we're getting to the summary of the recommended budget. Information is on page S2327. This gives you recommended totals by department. It also gives you historical data, including the current budget status. The recommended budget we're presenting to you today tot is $254.8 million. We did reduce departmental requests by $11.4 million. Just as a note, if you compare the two, I want to let you know that we did add $3 million, not to the initial request, but to the recommended budget for the capital replacement fund. This was a result of the CIP committee meeting. Again, this will not, this will be taken from that fund where it is funded through fund balance. The increase in the budget is 15.9 million above the current and there's detailed budgets by line out and starting on page one behind the recommended tab. So you'll be able to see every department's budget, every line on them they had, including what they requested and what we're recommending. The next is a summary of tax levies and projected fund balances, which is located on page S27. This includes a breakdown by fund. It shows the beginning and ending fund balances for each. It shows you a column for the non-tax revenue, which are the fees and funds and other things collected, as well as the total tax revenues for the various funds. We only have six funds that require a tax levy that are listed. You'll see on that report. And it also includes tax rate information. Now, as you know, this is very early in the process. And we are estimating an effective rate this year of 0.255. We will not know that number officially until after July 25th. We expect on July 28th, we've got our fingers crossed that the tax office will have all the necessary information they have in order to calculate what that rate is actually going to be. So we're working with preliminary information and we have our fingers crossed really tight that we are close with what we estimated. The proposed tax rate that is included for this recommended budget based on that effective rate is .263253. Again, our current rate is 0.2722. So you'll see that's almost a penny less than our current tax rate. It does equate to a 3.24% tax rate increase above the effective rate. And we're estimating an ending fund balance of $52.8 million. That's for all of those 22 funds we talked about earlier. And with that, before I can really prepare a recommended budget, it takes input and assistance from James Wells and his staff. So he has a quick revenue analysis. We're going to touch on and I'll turn it over to him at this point. His full memo is located on page S4 in your book and He's probably gonna touch on some more things that I have included in the slideshow, but I will try to follow along You know we have an appointed budget officer about that's by the Commission's Court, the local government code chapter on county budgets actually gives the responsibility for estimating revenue, providing revenue estimates other than taxes to the county auditor. So that's actually the flip side of the budget. You know, we'll all focus on what we're going to spend, but we can't spend what we don't have. And you know, counties cannot must have a total, the total resource is available must be enough to adopt, to fully fund the expenditures of Commissioner's Court of Proves. And total resources are all current revenues plus reserve funds built up the start of the year. In summary, there are eight major funding sources. These have not changed for decades. The value, the approximate amounts of them have changed though. Property taxes has been and will continue to be the county's major source of revenue. As our budget, as we, you know, today, we have counties going to be issuing new bonds. Those will have to be paid off with annual debt service payments. You know, the simple fact that the county had a $500 million bond election in 2008. At that time in 2008, anyone would know that we're going to be leaving more taxes to pay for those bonds. That's just the way that that's only source to pay for them. more taxes to pay for those bonds. That's just the way that that's only source to pay for them. The good news for us is the county's tax co-the tax assessor collector has continued to administer an extremely effective tax collection program, supplemented by extremely effective the Lincolink tax collection Program with the contract of the attorney firm that assists the county with that. For 2015 taxes, well 2015 taxes comprise 71 cent of budgeted revenues for the county and supporting that is property tax collections remain extremely high. As of May 31, 2015, our current collection rate for current taxes, tax as it were, that are funding this budget is 98.9%. That's even slightly higher than last year and you keep thinking we can't really collect much more. Remember when you're doing 140 million or so in taxes, 1% is 1.4 million dollars. So I mean every percent, you know the difference between collecting 96, which is, you see in some places, versus 99 is a lot, is it, you know, a lot of money that is, that funds our budget allows us, you know, then not use, have to use other sources for it. Our tax collection program and the linkant program appears to be, is so well- run, it appears, and our demographics in Hinton County are good too. I mean, it's not like the RSL areas. In 2015, we're going to collect over 99% of our current taxes. In 2008, when the recession hit, we still collected over 99% of our taxes. 2000, when the take bubble, we still collected over 99% of our taxes. 2000 when the take bubble burst, we collected over 99% of our taxes. We appear to be quite resilient no matter what the economy throws at us. And again, our average collection percentage by and by within five years we have 99.7% of taxes way be collected. So there's not much over the link with rolloise going on collected. I got the link with tax attorney, work hard for their income belly. Very good program. I mean, it's a long term program, you know, it's all been in place and administered for years. They say laughing so I guess it's okay. Again, I mean, and again for a budget our size, you do want to ponder what it means to collect, to not leave, say, 2% of your taxes on the table, uncollected, for whatever reasons reasons, there are lots of reasons probably might not be paid. But that gives county a big plus of a lot of other entities. And believe it or not, even with this small amount through May 31, 2015, the tax is penalty and interest on the linkment collections total opportunity and knowledge. Even with that little amount remaining, there are a lot of, you know, that does actually add up and that's significantly over. And some of that's also when property changes it's used and losing the exemption. There are taxes there that are called delinquent, but they're really not, they're just not part of our current lady. So again, that's the exceptional blues there real quickly. Let's see. Yeah. Okay. Of great significance to this year's budget. I don't think he can stress it too much. We already know from the appraisal district a fairly solid number for the amount of new property going on the rolls this year. Prior to 2008 the county had managed to hit up to two billion per year which is a shocking amount of new price. You know, it's a lot of construction. 2009 it dropped about 700 or 800 thousand and since 2009 it has come back recovered to pre-recession numbers. Last year we were almost at 2 billion. This year we're at three big. I mean we're we're we're we're could well exceed our maximum by 50 percent which is fairly amazing. Some of that is property from major developments that are under some sort of tax agreement. We will still recognize a horrific amount of first-time revenue that will fund the growth in this budget significantly. Okay, so that is an amazing number. We get about 2 million more tax revenue even with no tax increase whatsoever. We'll get about 2 million more than we usually get this year. So it's a quite a year and so we'll move a little faster now. Okay and then the thing actually another kind of intricate thing is that when again they're we get a county and all taxing entities receive and a certified role from the Frazel District on July 25th that will be what our budget would based on and that's what will base our numbers on throughout the year that certified role changes due to challenges to the to the Frazel that are actually not granted to changes in use. And when this happened in the year, the tax amount changes for those individual tax accounts and in the county hour size, that actually this year we've seen brought that kind of road during the year that accounted for another 800,000 to fund this coming budget. It's another, it's just kind of a surprising thing, you really have to know, have to have experience with how profit taxes work, they even be aware of that. But it is another significant source of revenue for us. And again, it's about just said, final values will be required to be issued on the 25th axis, the 27th issue. We're hearing that they're gonna do issued on the 25th axis of the 27th this year. We're hearing that they're going to do that on the 24th. We're hopeful that they'll still fall through. But anyway, that really is the final piece of information. It's the final major piece in the puzzle of puzzle of our budget. You know, it actually will take shape then. Many, we have very good numbers at this point and we'll very much, new property will not vary. We have to turn it around. It's very fifth and statuant and this that falls on the weekend. I'm thinking maybe it does, but anyway. So anyway, there's more information in the packet, more in the down. Donna, can we go back one time or quick? Okay. Thank you. Okay. I think you can see he just wanted to look at the picture. Okay. Another major source of revenue in county, our size, is the optional $10 fee on vehicle registrations that county has assessed for many, many years. I think maybe since, at least since 1990. It is optional. It is pretty much embedded in our embedded in our budgeting process and in accounting size of ours with those ten dollars when you do it have six hundred thousand or six hundred fifty vehicles. It adds up to six hundred about six million dollars and that funds roading rich specifically. We also receive a commission or a fee on handling, actually administering the automobile sales tax program for the state. State gets the automobile sales tax. We administer it through a terrific amount of work getting money collected and reported to the state. We get a 5% commission on that, which again in robust economy will total up over over four million dollars. Now this does go in the general fund by law, although it has migrated over from the road and bridge find. But it's taking tenure process. I don't understand that at all. But it is still the net to the county is the same. And again, in a very robust economy like we have now, again, this becomes a significant source of revenue. And it goes into the general. And there are increases of about a total of 500,000 from these two sources. From these two sources of the Commission on Sales Tax and the $10 fee, there's going to be $500,000 added to a next year's budget. And besides the dollar amount there, that is also very significant to show that growth in our budget is matched by growth in the demand for services. We only get that money when the tax office does another transaction. We don't get it. We don't get an increase there if the business is going down. So you always want to see you love to see in your budget a component of the revenue that is generated by the man for services. We don't have always have a lot of that but you know a lot of our services as you're having you. I'd be curious to find out what the impact of current counter closing down their ability to issue passports. They may be open by now as well as Dallas County shutting certain offices down. I know that my the county clerk's passport office, we do get revenues from the federal government for doing that, don't we? As well as our vital records from the state of Texas. I mean, there's constantly, 30 to 40 people in line at any given time at our building for a passport site. Passport offices are being shut down everywhere and I'd be curious to know I think town counties back doing it again I'm not positive. I don't know the specifics on that but I do know that it's administered to the county clerk's Office. Office and it and County of the dishes passports and that will, you know, changes this year or if it's been an impact in the last several months of the ECU find out and try to get that report back to you. I think the intergovernmental revenues are, no one of the sources. This is one that fluctuates based on the economy, the state and federal government economies. Most of the intergovernmental revenues are either contractual or grants. They provide funds for additional services that county wishes to administer, like the cities readiness initiative grant that the court approved today. It does bring money into the county, but it goes out in an absolute equal amount in services we wouldn't otherwise provide. So most intergovernmental revenues, while they add services, they have a net zero effect on the budget. They don't really, they never abut a budget windfall. They're more about services, they're more about services and they most of them, so the communications contracts, we have the tech services contracts that we have, prisoner housing contracts, we have things like that. Those are, they supplement the budget because they allow us services that are not paid by taxes, they don't usually have a big net effect. We'll point out that prisoner housing revenue is going up. The healthcare relief fund, which we have a report on here today, have a report on here today is you know is suffering because it's all off enter investment earnings off the trust fund. Anything that's entitled to investment earnings is going down. The first thing one of the biggest impacts we've had is that does add new programs any money are the programs through the health department through the Medicaid expansion section 1115 waiver. This rip every acronym known to man we have it. But those do are doing great new model programs and they're really saved. They actually are met savings or revenue enhancements to the county. Now, ever long those last those are great ones there. These of office are the great ones there. These of office are the second largest source of revenue. Again, these we like to see these grow if the county is growing. It's just a great sign because that means people come to the county for services for any variety of services. They're projected, that we catch up with myself. These are projected totally countywide at 1817 meetings. So they are by far the largest, the second largest source of revenue. They grew significantly last couple of years because we raised the optional records management and record archive fees awarded contract for the county clerk today on the records management fee. That is a required fee but it can actually range from a dollar to $10. That's can be archived fee and those are those have both been at $10 for the last couple of years and the county records management that that's $2 million, that's a gigantic fee when you raise it at 10. So other fees are tax office, the tax assessor collector who's business is just growing every time. Their fees are going up. Some other offices are kind of a little bit stagnant right now, other than that. But there's no real pattern in things one way or the other. There's summer going up, summer going down, overall they're very steady, source of income for the county of course always think to remember. Almost every free fee that we the county assesses is set by statute. Very very the records management is one of the few that we have any way whatsoever. No summer by statute. Very, very, the records management is one of the few that we have any leeway whatsoever. No summer by statute, and they are, you know, a fee for filing lawsuit hasn't changed in about 20 years. And so, I mean, quite frankly, whatever it costs in 1995, it probably costs the county more to administer a lawsuit than the other back So but there are good social revenue for us. They were a big part of the budget Fines are and and there's vast number of fees to this can't extract how many special fees they are that have to have special accounting and separate budgeting tons of those. Court fines come from Justice Peace County Court, County Criminal Court's and District Courts, and they are, there is a statutory variances that can be in an individual fine. There's a very few set fines. There are a few set finds like a parking, handicapped parking as they set fine, but many things are not. A lot of us have to individual judge discretion and a lot of it's up to the individual defendants ability to pay those fines. Fines are actually very stagnant right now at all levels. There are various lots of different reasons because this is a, you can just think about getting an individual case to court, whether it's a high JP, just-of-the-peace traffic ticket to a major criminal case in the district courts. So many moving pieces there that that their variations and they're very interdependent and things affect those for your numbers you're just going to go down. So fines have actually shrunk, even from 2012, they've shrunk almost 8% probably. We do have on the plus side two different collection programs going. Both as County Run as mandated by statute and a contract collection process going with the same attorneys equate the link with taxes for us. But that is one that for various reasons is not, you know, I mean, again, and it just doesn't, you know, fines are a part of the criminal justice system. They are a need to necessary part. The revenue we get is not the reason they're done. You know, we like to, you know, the money helps, but that's, you know, criminal justice is way about more than make this somebody right in the search for a pain in the case. Interest income at one time was a major source of revenue. It is absolutely not right now. It's hardly worth it. It's almost front to nothing. The only thing I would say about, I mean, it's just not, it's not an important part of our budget all. Our investment program really now is about diversification, liquidity, and safety of principle. You know, return just, you cannot, we will not chase return, return on investments is not worth chasing at any risk at all. Now, I think we, Mr. Martin said you look,, you know federal reserve is poised right now. To a start the gradual climb of interest rates back from the historic loads that have now, I mean we've just been sunk sunk since 2008 and 2010 or so. Possibly in three or four years the county will get a tremendous budgetary, unexpected budgetary plus from interest rate. When they ever get back up to 3%, if interest rates got up to 2%, 2.5%, it would mean about $4 million to the count, like that overnight. We certainly not budgeting that this year. So that's more discussion than it needed. And Miss Alain and Siraneous revenues are just that. All those many of those actually are fairly large sources of funding. They're come and go, and some of them like the forfeitures of the sheriff and the A. receive. Those are called miscellaneous because they're not really a, they're just kind of an award. They're not under the control of the court, so they're not really included in the budget, you know, for say. There is some bond forfeitures, rents for various offices, phone fees, court appointed attorney refunds, believe it or not, it's fairly significant. The defendants are on probation, actually pay a fairly significant amount of money back for quarter point attorneys. Not as significant as we pay out. I mean, but there are the sources that add up to $3 million a year sometimes. Again, in a $240 million budget, it's not a lot. It's something but not a lot. You know, it's something but not a lot. But again, there is, there is, there is, there is, sound management practices maximizing every wherever you can legally, no matter if it's a $100,000 or $50 million. We'd be like, you know, we won't everybody doing their job and getting a money to reduce. Okay, fund balance and reserve funds. We're budgeting a fund balance drawdown in the general fund of $6 million. That has pretty much been our practice. Reserves in the general fund are an extremely healthy level to meet cash flow and contingency needs. We budget a drop of drawdown really at the manage that fund balance, but on the expense, if we spend 100% of our budget, we'll have a drawdown if we spend 95% which we do every year. That will be basically the $6 million. We'll be saying we will not have fund balance, you'll be saying, you do not have fun amounts will not go down to all. And then we do part of that is transfer the capital replacement fund, which is a very successful program for the county taking reserve funds, moving to the special fund for specific uses approved by the court and allowing us to avoid any type of additional debt for that. It's a very positive program for county. Mr. Martin said we talked to some meetings yesterday. We talked to Tandard and forced tomorrow. Talk to bond riders. Underwriters are turning tomorrow. This is such a plus when we tell them that. We know we're doing 11 million dollars in tax notes, but we're not doing another 10 million. We're using current funds out of it to not and not hurting our reserve fund policy. That's a they love that. I mean, it's an Instagram. It's a good financial management tool to you. Presented in fund balance is 52 million. That is a lot of money. Plus remember that much of that though is in, some of it is in special funds that can only be used according to certain terms. And again, in a $150 million budget, that's 20% or so. That's a very reasonable level. It's a lot of money, but percentage wise. And for a government who has a negative cash flow from October 1st, you know, through the end of January, we are speaking, we have to have funds, you know, just cash flow, just prudent. And then, you know, you know, floods happen, tornadoes happen. You never know what's going to happen. So it's just very, it's a prudent level of money, it's a lot, but in the overall picture not too much. And it complies, more than complies with our adopted fund balance policy, which is another big plus for the county to have. We're taking draw down six and putting forward an account for improvement. What's the difference? It is the other two in the general fund. It's contingencies. It's just part of the overall resources that are going to fund the budget. I'm sorry, I'm not talking on the microphone. It's not earmarked in one space in particular. But again, that would be budgetarily. If we spend 100% of our budget, we'd spend that two million out of reserves and reserves would go down. But we have never. It's by down the rate. We've never, we've never, actually more than 96% of the general fund budget in the last 30 years. That's a very common practice we've been doing that for years, every few seconds I can remember. It's very safe. We budget that drawdown more, is just to manage the actual ending fund balance. Again, it doesn't serve the county or its citizens. If fun balance is just some astronomical number, that's right. I've ever put the use. No, I agree. That's this is part it's part of its humanity. I know we've done it in the past. I was just curious if there's anything specific. No, it's not earmarked. It's not. It's just part of overall. What we did. Okay. Summary. Okay. So, the size is here. I mean, the big sources of revenue in one spot taxes, vehicle registration fees and fees of are all, I mean they're showing very good trends. Exbase growth plus well administered program in taxes equals a lot of benefits to the county. Robust economy means more money from delivering the services we have the registration and from the fees of offices for the services are elected officials delivered. And at that point, I think I'll wrap that up. Right when you're talking. Perfect timing. Thank you, James. Again, as you can tell, that's a huge undertaking. And it really is what we need before we can start the process. And it always does an excellent job describing that for us. Expenditure changes, we're going to get into that side of the budget which is my baby. You'll see a large increase in our budget is tied to new building expenses. As you know the capital replacement fund was established and it is going to help fund some additional money for the FreeSync 4 Government Center, total $3 million, an anticipated shortage for the Frisco Government Center at $1 million. And then a new office build out for technology services at 168,000. We are happy to recommend a 5% salary increase to all eligible employees and officials. That includes benefit rates, et cetera. We've had some turnover throughout the county, which has lowered that increase a little bit. the county which has lowered that increase a little bit but we're looking at just under 3.5 million dollars in the budget for that. Debt service payments for road technology and buildings as we talked about before the budget is increasing 3 million, $29,000. Repairs and maintenance, that's a large ticket item in this budget. There's $266,000 in the budget for remodeling, an additional $70,000 plus for landstaping expenses. Another large increase is for computer software maintenance. As you know, we've purchased several new systems lately, and with that comes long-term maintenance, that's an increase of $301,000. We also have ADA repairs in there. This is a significant amount of funding that will be addressed when we update the audio video system for the courts at the Denton County Courts Building. So that's $718,000. We are hopeful that we can get some variances on some of that, but we have the money at your mark just in case that's necessary. We also have some additional increases in service contracts and other things that fall in repair and maintenance categories. Computer equipment and software, Kevin and I are both things that fall in repair and maintenance categories. Computer equipment and software, Kevin and I are both proposing this year that in lieu of leasing computers over a four year period that we go back to purchasing them. And with that, we would purchase them out of our capital replacement fund each year in lieu of that. That is a very cumbersome process and we hope that this will be a successful endeavor. It's $770,000 impact to the budget, though. Again, it's taken from capital replacement fund, which is our fund balance drawdown, so it shouldn't be affecting the rate. On our, you're still talking about rotating those? Every four years. That's our current plan. New hires are included in the budget at $716,000 and we'll go over that list here shortly. That we have 12 positions that will be recommending as well. We have Nysolane's court expense increases by $660,000. A significant part of that is for institutional care, which is a part of the juvenile probation budget. These are court-ordered placements. We also have funding in here for the drug court. We have increased in court-affluent attorney fees, and a fairly significant increase for psychological and counseling expenses that are included both in the probate court and the juvenile probation budgets. We've been talking about the audio video upgrade for the various courts for several years and we're happy to include this year for the first time $635,000. That number has been lowered from what the original proposal was submitted. Due to the fact that the juvenile court room is in such terrible shape, the judge has asked that we not proceed with that one at this point, and we're expecting a capital improvement request to come forward during this next process to address her courtroom. Personally, I went on a tour not too long ago and we're definitely going to need to do something in my opinion for that courtroom. So this will include upgrading the audio video systems for 12 courtrooms at the court's building. 12 courtrooms at the court's building. As you know, we all talked about previously when I had to place a budget amount in agenda about tax incentives, we have two agreements still remaining that are fairly significant. So we've had to increase that budget by $525,000. We have reclassification recommendations. We'll touch on as well. They include several positions at $499,000. We have also included funding, significant amount of funding for in-par video cameras for the Sheriff's Department and replacement units for Constable Precinct IV. So we are proposing that we replace 66 of the NPR systems as you know. I think it's been reported that they're failing. They're all various different models and this will help get us started on getting into a replacement cycle for those. Donna, is it in the car systems only? Who would have those? Basically public safety, share department. Not all of the constables want them. But all that do want them? All that do want them are included. I believe constable four is the last that has requested them and they are included in the meeting. Okay. Thank you, ma'am. Increased transfers this this year. As you know, we have a courthouse security fund. When we pay for the security guard for this building, we have to budget that because it cannot. We funded with the fee. However, that fund has been dwindling down over the last few years, just based on the contract we have at the courts building in other end juvenile. We're having to supplement that fund an additional $100,000 to the budget cycle. They just don't have the fund balance anymore to continue to support that program fully. Again, we increase the capital replacement transfer this year from 3.5 million to 4 million. So there's an additional $500,000 there. And we had previously had to fund the fire code enforcement department, but last year the court approved moving a position back to General Fund, so that eliminated that issue for us in this process. Utilities, as you all know, utilities continue to increase. We've been notified of right increases. We have $433,000 increase in this year's budget, $250,000 for electric, $147,000 for gas service, and $41,000 for water service. So that's just something we absolutely have no control over and is included. Radios and radars, $361,000, that's a significant amount compared to what we usually see. This includes 67 replacement radios in the Sheriff's Department and 23 in the jail. These are to replace the older non-P25 phase 2 compliant radios. This would be a four-year phase in cycle. And this would be the first year of that plan. We are hopeful that if there's money left over from the radio modernization project that we might be able to replace the of these sooner and eliminate at least a one-year cycle of that. Faberoptic expenses are included in the capital replacement fund. This is just additional funds needed. So we instead of funding that with test notes, we're funding it with capital replacement funds. New buildings, is that for precinct four and the frisco? I believe so. I can get back with you on that. I just off the top of my head. I can't tell you that, but I'll get back with you. Prisoner medical expense. This also includes food for the jail of increase of $251,000. Operating equipment. This includes various things like document skinners, the AEDs, the automated external defibrillators. There's 19 requested for replacement. They've reached their life expectancy. We have a major camera upgrade that's necessary for the courts building. So with that, also there are 20 ticket routers that the Sheriff's Office requested through their Sheriff's Forfeiture Fund. That's included in that $238,000 figure. Survey's title is in testing. This is for various road projects that was submitted by Michael to B.O. Lo. It will take care of testing for Country Club, Fruit Road, Rock Hill, Sandbass, and Union Hill. So that's a significant increase in the budget, but it will help fund the various materials testing, et cetera, for those major road projects. Road maintenance equipment is included primarily for precinct four, includes the boom-mower and a chip spreader. Whatever that means. I do know, I'm just kidding. Pestige expense. This is a year that elections will be mailing out a new voter registration card. So we see this increase every other year, but we're also seeing an increase in the tax office postage because many things have to be sent certified now, plus an increase in the price. So, $142,000 just for postage and the number of accounts keeps going up. Social service agency funding, there's been an increase this year and the Social Service Agency funding, there's been an increase this year and the Social Service Committee is recommending a one-time increase in this recommendation for each agency totaling an increase of $80,000. Yes, it will. Now we expect those funds to decline next year. And all those agencies have been notified that this is basically the recommendation is a one time increase. I don't know. We did a delete two slots from the budget and we'll go over that shortly. We have fit those funds in contingency for some court action. Miss Laney supplies and equipment reductions are included. We have some rental reductions. Again, with not leasing computers, we'll have one year that we'll expire. And then we have miscellaneous office rent, not leave, that's the Carrollton lease for juvenile probation, is only budgeted for a very small portion of the fiscal years in resulting in a savings. Reduced contingency funds, the capital replacement fund, we actually allocated more into various projects than we had in the past. So there's a $3 million reduction in the contingency bond, but again, those are allocating for specific projects. We do have a small increase in non-departmental and there are some other decreases in other budgets as well. So the grant total is the total we're recommending an increase in overall budget. Let me ask a question, can you stream in postage? The last session will legislate sure. I'm going to be voting in November concerning the increased home state exemption. So the tax office will be sending statements in October like they normally do. But then obviously everybody's going to vote for the increase in the home state exemption on school taxes. But that means that the tax office is going to have to send out a supplemental bill for everybody that gets a school tax bill, which is, by the way, everybody. So it's just really goubled their post-eglion item. Is that what you're doing here? Well, it's my understanding that the mail mailout that they're going to provide includes both scenarios. And the assumption is going to be that it will pass. I can't imagine people will vote not to include a homestead exemption and get that tax review. So we're going to do that. That way instead. And we're pretty confident on the show and stay CEO pretty confident that we'll be We're playing it safe and that we thankful save money by doing it that way They've got a plan for it and I thought it was an excellent plan, and they're working with again I imagine people vote no, so Absolutely, it's a strange way for the legislature to do that. It's hard to have a January 1, 2016 effect of date, but then kind of crazy. But can't use that in their campaign literature to talk about the lowering of taxes. I think they've worked with other entities and I think this is going to be the way most of them go. Probably. And it's a very prudent way and we'll probably say this significant dollars by doing it this way. Yes. Yes. And we have it in writing from judgment for a link that they are all in agreement with the plan that's been proposed. the temporary plan and that upgraded in temporarily 50,000 but that was in the hopes of them requesting in everybody signing off on it. Is your microphone on? Sorry, it's like it is enough. They're all getting the same sandwich. I mean, we're not going to allow each one to, you know, if you remember when that show 80s enough, they'd go to the same, they'd say everybody gets, you know, the same, they're all getting the same. There's a little variation in cost for each. It's minimal. But we're not letting them customize it per person. Absolutely. Right? Because I for each it's not letting them customize it per person right because I've reminded them that even though we know that they're going to be there a while that there is a successor that will be there and we don't build courtrooms for particular people we build it for them and the future okay so we're not if they're all gonna get the same thing right nobody's gonna get anything special for them correct that is correct And this is what they requested. I requested it and they all signed up. The win. Well, I don't have a signature, but I haven't had any real choice. We won't get complaints. But you've got it from the administrative judges that they're all on the green. He has met with them and assured us that everybody was in agreement. Okay, because remember when we re-did the fourth floor, we had several judges talk about the ostentatiousness that was done by those commissioners and all the money that was wasted and all the TV screens and they all requested them to be taken down. Some of them remember and I was like, look, that was y'all not us. I remember. But we've been assured that they're all on the record. So that's all we can go by at this point. They're all going to get the same thing. Nobody's getting treated differently. And they requested the upgrade. It did. Okay. Is it, I know the audio has been a problem. So what is, what does that improvement look like Donna? Can you do more specifics of what they're doing? if you're talking about TVs and what is it? It also includes, right now they have issues with being able to show videos during the court. This point include where attorneys present their information there from the courtroom. They'll all be trained to learn how to do that. I can give you a more detailed information for your reference packet for one of our upcoming meetings that will summarize that a little better for you and you'll see each one broken down. So they're all going to get, it's generally used for board dire and stuff like that. Yeah. For when you're presenting various types of evidence. I did read this particular company that we're looking at has worked with Dallas County and everyone did go view those systems in place there and we're happy with what they saw and so that's why we're recommending what we are. There's some of it included the document. There's another one is being able to project the document on an A, D, a screen. You know what I'm saying? Yes, not like that. Usually in the middle of the... Like an Elma? Yes. Like this and it's rather than... that's part of that package. Yes. Well, I'll be ADA compliant. So if we have anybody with a hearing impairment, that they'll be able to, any person will be able to use that courtroom, not just to take care of it. First the expert. From technology services, Brian King has been very instrumental in working with the company on this and can probably give you more, a lot more than I can. For the best I could recall, the major difference between the setups when the courtroom is the document camera, I think the county courts did not want the document camera or district courts to do. I may have that, I may have a switch, but I believe that's the case. The county courts did not want that. But they'll have inputs at the council tables and they can project on the screens in the courtroom. I believe there's three screens per courtroom, not five. I thought was the original on the fourth floor. If anybody has a hearing impairment that they will be able to adequately use the system. Yes. Yes. All the courtrooms will be upgraded for the assistive testing. Oh, well, just not particular ones. Okay. Well. Thank you. Okay. If we're ready, we'll move on to the new positions that are included in the recommended budget. There are 11 full-time positions and one recommended from part-time to full-time. Again, we talked a little bit earlier about County Clerk. They did request five positions. We are recommending three, two deputy clerk ones and one deputy court to begin to be effective March the first. We're not expecting that facility to be finished until March or April. There'll be Louisville. According to the project schedule from Michael to the OLO it shows March or April start date. So that's what we went with If it's sooner than contractors are like preachers Yeah, they'll over embellish time So we're be close on that date So we're be close on that date. They, we'll talk about this before but aren't. Wouldn't it, if you're expanding an office in an area, would not the burden in the home office be decreased? Mrs. Early, not necessarily from what we can tell. It'll be hard. That's why I'm only recommending three to begin with. It's very hard to see how busy they're going to be. We made phone calls. In Crossroads, for example, they have two employees there. And in Carrollton, they have five. So, and full that. it's fully operational. We're not going to really know what it's going to take. We're in our population growth. But let's put it this way. And I brought it up earlier. At the right it's going. The Carrollton office almost does as many if not more at times passports than the office here and certainly the crossroads but the main office here some of that will and those people are coming from everywhere some of that will decrease because now they'll have a have you checked with her if they're gonna be doing passports there? What I would aren't how about your building yeah Well you say yeah, but you need to make sure because we designed it for that so there would be a pace to do the picture No, I understand that but we The Frisco the new Frisco building the passport office turned them down The feds turned them down, issuing passports. Just kind of just, I'm caution to you. I hope they did. As I mentioned earlier, the two additional positions they have, we did not put in their budget. We did reserve some funds in contingency and if at some point in the future they are workload is increased. We could certainly tap into that money that's your mark for that. District clerk, we are recommending two positions. We received letters of support from the district judges, the county judges, the sheriff, the DA. Currently they have situations where they do not have employees in the courtroom to handle please. That has created some issues with missing files and bailiffs and other employees having to do things that are outside of their responsibilities. So we are recommending those to senior clerk level positions for that purpose. No, and I'm not management position. No, they are not. Now they did ask for five and I'm not sure if you're going to see any appeals for that. But that's why we recommended the two. I think there could be a lot of efficiencies built into the district clerk by using the internet to just submit a lot of the documents that they have. So I don't know what the other feeling of the court is, but I would like for that to be put aside for a separate vote. Perfect. Yeah. And when it comes to voting on Newhouse, if you want to pull that from the list, we absolutely can do that. I want to be able to have that discussed through additional employees. And as I mentioned before, in death investigations, they have a part-time position budgeted at 17 hours a week. They always run over in their line item, so we're proposing that that position be made full-time. Financial, we are recommending the internal auditor position that was requested. In facilities management, again, it's the electronics technician, but the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of laboratory manager. We did ask them for a prioritization of all their departments and these were their top two priorities that were requested overall. I'm going to understand in the jail population going down. We are still leasing beds to other entities and I think James had projected an increase in revenues From that this this coming The overall jail population reducing I think based on the increased revenues that we're seeing from out of county prisoners that has been What we've been experiencing the last year. So when we go through that, we'll be able to kind of provide us with some test-fixer going in. Sorry. And you provide some jail population statistics. Absolutely. If we have less prisoners, I don't know if we would need an additional transport officer. Is that lab have to do the county health of the staff to get to forensics? forensics? Is it a mental health deputy? Is that transport person mental health? No, no that that's not one of the mental health positions. Again we ask for their prioritization and these were their talk to. Well Donna are we going to get in the back up here which I'll do a great job with. Is it the justification behind these? Is it going to be in here or can you get that to us? I can certainly get that to you. It was in the initial request finance. That's a lot to go through. So let me pull their initial request reports and we'll get that to you. Is by next meeting okay or? Red and bridge precinct one we're recommending the driver equipment operator and the for precinct four the lead mechanic position. In essence precinct four is not really earning a new position because you'll see here in just a minute, we're recommending to transfer the mechanic form and position from road and bridge to the vehicle maintenance facility. As you all know, they've been helping out for the last several years in that area and it's a full time job to work at vehicle maintenance so that position will be moving as well. So the detailed report is on page S41-344 of your buying and again we will hit you the various justification submitted to us for these various new hires. Employee reclassification and job title changes. I think you all received an email update from Amy about this a couple months ago. There are 213 reclassifications being recommended. This includes what departments requested as well as adjustments that are being recommended by human resources for all deputy clerk 1s, 2s and 3s, as well as administrative specialists 1s and 2s, assistant directors and registered nurse positions. There's also some job title changes included and that very detailed report is actually 15 pages long It's on page s45 through s60 of your packet and we'll be talking about that in more detail And it's time for a vote on that Oh, I'm sorry that should be three. One, two, and three positions. Are these assistant directors, the ones we said no to last year didn't we say no? That's correct. That's correct. So what's the difference? Why are we doing it? Because I'm recommending it again because there's still 20, 30, some of them 40 percent below market. I'm going to fill that and we'll consider that separately. Oh, I don't sure. I don't. Sure. There's a lot of. I've got a page of those here to look at. Well, how many positions is it, Amy? Go back one. 13. 213. We declined the assistant director directors last year. We recall. Okay. We've also, this next slide shows some transfer positions. Some of you will probably recall back in 2006 and again in 2010, the previous county clerk offered to fund some of the records management positions out of the records management fund. We knew at the time that that occurred, it was a temporary fix and it provided us some regulatory relief and we were very thankful for her offer to do that and they had a significant buildup of fund balance reserves. The time has come now that their fund cannot support this so we are recommending that all seven of those positions currently in the county clerk records management budget be moved back to the general fund so that is going from a fund that self-supported through a separate fee to the general fund budget and there's just absolutely no choice. We have to do that this year. Now the funds that are left in that records management fund are specifically for the archive program and has to be maintained for the reserving those old records. We also, like I mentioned before, were recommending transfer the mechanic form from Ridge 4 to Dickel maintenance. We also had a request this year from Dr. Richardson that they wanted to create a new department within public health clinical to track juvenile detention health. As you all know, we have a separate budget for jail health and they are currently intermingled with the jail staff. So we are transferring, recommending to transfer five positions from the clinical budget and the jail health budget to a newly created department in public health fund. There are 11 positions that are being transferred between the various public health grant budgets and the clinical budget in order to properly account with the various grant and clinical assignments. So after review of that, they felt it was important to go ahead and I absolutely get these changed so that they're actually working and being charged to the proper budget. In public safety, there was a juvenile account built to grant. You will all probably remember. We're recommending that that position be funded just in the sheriff's budget. As you may or may not remember, 84% of that budget was already being absorbed by the county. So we're just recommending that it be absorbed as a part of the county budget this year. There's a detailed report on page S61 through S64 of your packet that includes each one of those slots and how they're moving around. Again, we talked about some deleted slots. Veterans court grant that includes a part time or half, I should say half time position that's charged to the county criminal court number three and half is charged to the veterans court grant. We are only eliminating it because we have not received grant notification. However we've earmarked funds in contingency so that if by chance it did not get renewed this position would still be included in the budget. So we anticipate we'll get that and we'll handle that with a budget amendment just like we do all of the grants. In road and bridge engineering, there's one position that is currently vacant, the construction stormwater management position has been deleted. However, I have also, I know that you have a difference of opinion maybe on whether that position should be maintained. So I have put funding in contingency for the court to talk about that and make that determination during this budget process. We'll get back with you. That will be fine. I figured I was safe to do it this way versus totally deleting. Okay, also we have just a quick breakdown of services. We always provide you this information that shows that 58.5% of our budget is mandated. Essential services total 32% and non-mandated is 9.5%. There's a breakdown on your packet on page S28 through 36 that breaks down each and every department and shows the category that we have included in them. We also have in your packet, oops, we won't go over it today but there's a number of positions by department that gives you the 10 year history. I know we look at that a lot when we're looking at adding new hires or any departments here to appeal back. So on page 66 through 1772 you will see that full-bound report. A quick summary of non-departmental contingencies are listed here. These are our normal contingencies that we typically include in the budget. We have increased the personnel contingency quite a bit based on what we just talked about. You're marking some funds for positions. We also have $200,000. When I say for changes or appeals, it could also be for if James and I miss the boat on our revenue projections. So it's a little safeguard that hopefully we won't need, but it's there just in case our estimates are all. Basically, you know, the regular contingencies are all the same. We have a slight reduction in court-ordered contingency. However, we allocated a little bit more to a specific court this year as well. There is another expense that I failed to include on the PowerPoint that I thought about last night. And I know that when Dr. Richardson was hired, he talked about the importance of the health department being accredited. And so we have included 87,000 plus dollars for his request, which will include a community health assessment for the National Public Health accreditation. It also includes funding for a strategic plan and all the fees associated with that. So I know that was an issue that he mentioned to you when he was higher than a year ago. And so we have included those funds in the budget for that process. Kind of out of order, but I felt bad that I didn't include that on my slide because that's very important for you to know. Fixed car allowance. Again, this is allowances that court has already provided to individuals. There are no requests for new allowances for individuals. The decrease in the budget is there were two new hires that had included fixed car allowance that we are not recommending. The last year that there was ever an increase in the fixed car allowance was in 2005, some 10 years ago, where the majority of the positions receiving that all received $100 a month increase. I had been asked to research when that last occurred and so I wanted to provide you with that information. It's kind of hard to to tail bet in 2005 the price of gas was about $2.20 a gallon and what we're looking at now is $252.60 range. So you know if that's something you want to look at that's about a 17% increase from increase from 220 for gallon to what we think it is today. So that's there for your review and... I think that's something we need to look into. If there's a scenario, y'all need for us to work up. Let us know that and we can provide that at a future meeting. It was roughly 17%. Did you work up a 10% and a 15% scenario? Would that be all right guys? I think it's fine. We'll be glad to. Can you? Can you? Can you? I'll tell Tom Floss. in here. I held time flies. I was oil everything cost of the call to begin with. The next chart is just a quick recap of what's included in the budget in the way of capital equipment. This is an equipment over $5,000 unit price. You'll see that's listed there on page S81 through 91. You'll find the detailed report by department that includes all capital equipment that's being recommended. Quick recap of the vehicle assessment committee recommendations, the committee met and the result of that meeting was about $79,000 in savings with the committee reviewed the condition mileage and usage of the vehicle and transferred vehicles when appropriate. There were 30 replacement vehicles requested, 28 recommended by the committee with one surplus vehicle being changed to a replacement. And we also have four new vehicles requested for new hires. Two of those are ones that we are recommending that have been included. There were two surplus vehicles requested and three being recommended. One was requested for replacement but the committee is recommending a newer surplus vehicle for that department. We did include $100,000 in the vehicle repair conting see because we are self-funded. So we have monies in place if we need to repair or replace a vehicle. And it could also be used for any unanticipated variants in processing of the vehicles. Page S92 through 107 includes the complete vehicle assessment committee report. As you know, last year, the court approved and the committee recommended some base pricing for various departments. So basically the constable share of patrol and emergency services include base pricing. All others require a quote with various equipment attached. Departments can request less than the base price, and you request over that requires commissioners court approval. Departments have the flexibility to purchase equipment of their choice up to the budget amount. And other vehicles, like I mentioned, such as jail, mental health, and vans require separate float. The committee recommended a base price based on the following share of the troll cars increased from $43,000 to $45,000. Emergency services decreased from $42,000 to $39,000. Constables increased from $39 41. We may be having to bring something back to you during one of our peel workshops based on what we're hearing as far as the cost of vehicles. So these numbers may be changing, but we'll get back with you at next workshop. We'll get back with you at next workshop. So we're almost finished, Social Service Agency funding. They requested funds total of $4,000,000,000. The committee met and you're recommending, as we mentioned, $330,000. This is equal to the revenue for 2015, which is an $80,000 increase. Request for reduced by $81,781. And the agencies have been notified of the committee recommendation. I did give you all a handout this morning. It's a more detailed memo from Dr. Richardson that recaps that social service agency committee meeting so you can get the gist of what occurred during that meeting. So that's there for your review as well. We won't go over that in great detail today. This next chart shows you a quick recap of the agencies that are being recommended for funding and at what level. Library funding was included in the budget last year for $340,000. The library requested $347,700. We have libraries such as Denton, Carpello, Plano, Frisco, and Lake City's that do not receive county funding. So we have, as you know, Lake City's, I believe, last year, off it out, so we don't have that library this year. We did include $347,700. And after looking at this, I'm thinking that there's a mistake on your spreadsheet. So I have got to contact the library person who put their proposal together. So we might be coming back to you with some changes on that. At this point, I'm just not exactly sure, but there looks like one agency's been cut and others are not. So I need to verify that information. But on page S109 and 110, you'll see additional information. Building projects in 2016, there were 27 requests submitted by the departments for remodel tolling $786,000. We are only able to recommend five of those, but the cost of those are fairly significant, so the cost is $3,000, $39,000. This is primarily for adding heat to the lobby of the courts building and to retrofit the front doors. And this is a big concern that was this was actually submitted by facilities that project alone is a cost of $231,000. Going back on the libraries. Yes. Is the backup of their requests in here? Yes. It's in the 10310101010109. Okay, 101 through one ten. 109. What in any way to per capita figure out how many people are living in the unincorporated area and what we spend on them for libraries? Okay, there is But if you what's a question I can't hear you my question, is there any way to figure out how many people are in the unincorporated area and what we're spending on them for library access? Remember, we pay the libraries to allow people who live in the unincorporated area. They come in. They go to the library. I think all the major libraries except for Carolton, pretty much, you can't go if you live in the unincorporated area. You have to pay a fee to go to Denton. You got a fee to... That's not legal if they take our money. Oh no I'm saying because they don't take our money out. The six libraries that didn't request county funding. I think, Prisky Odom, Crown. Denton, Prisky Odom, take it. Didn't even take them up. I didn't got a wonderful library system in Prisky. I just wanted to know what we spent for Capita. The source I use, which is readily available, is in North Central Texas Council, the government's region-wide area-served population estimates each year, and they publish them, and they're available on their website. And for each county, they break it down by, each county has total population estimate, and each city within each county has total population estimate and each city within that county has the estimate and they have an estimate for the number of citizens living in uncorporated. Yep. That's the most probably reliable one that I would not be looking at right now. Looking for it right now. I didn't. And it runs about for Nitten County about. Remember now, it's not very high. Like eight to 12 percent. I think, but I can find it. I'll find it. Okay. And has split cities to you. Just have split cities to. I can get you a copy of that report. I have access to that. So I can email that out too. I always just wondered, because I know we have a big, regarding essential required and discretionary services. I want to make sure we treat all our discretionary services evenly. Because some people like the library, some people like the museum, some people like our parks. We should treat one more favorably than another because we all have constituents who all have their favorite things or who use it much more than others. Back on building projects as I mentioned,, Fiver recommended the largest one is for heat to the lobby and retrofitting the doors at the courts building. There's a county clerk restructure layout. There's an office for a bailiff supervisor being proposed as well as card readers for court room as well as tax office wall removal. All that detail is in the packet on page S11 through S135. There are also 32 preventative maintenance projects that were submitted. They're almost a half million dollars. We are recommending eight of them for a cost of $337,000 plus dollars. The majority of that money is needed for watering remediation for the basement of the courts building on all floors, replacing lighting, outdoor here at the courthouse on the square and trees, repairing some issues they have at the Bayless Selby House with wood rot. There's also some ceiling and cleaning of bathrooms and showers at the Charlie Cole or the juvenile building. There's replacing some steps at the back loading dock at the Horn Government Center and some other yearly inspections that are new for water storage tanks and carpet intake for the juvenile facility. We use the recommendations as they were prioritized by facilities management when we did this. So there's a you know that doesn't look like a lot of projects but they're large projects that add up to be you know 750 thousand dollars. That detailed report is there for you on page S111 through 135. Again, it's in prior already order as ranked by public facilities. So just in summary, we've got a lot of building related projects, remodeling, the audio video upgrade, utilities, ADA maintenance. We've got 5% raises, replacifications, and new employees. Increased debt service payments for the debt we talked about just today. Computer equipment, also including software and maintenance expenses. Court related, court ordered expenses, tax incentives, radios, and car cameras, transfers, increased prison medical, road maintenance equipment, and just a lot of other variances here and there. So basically we've received some requests from you of additional information that you'd like to have and would be providing that to you. If you have anything else you need from our office, please let us know and we'll try to have that available for you. Our next meeting has been reserved for appeals on July 28th. So you might want to pack lunch. I'm expecting not really. I think we should break for lunch. But you should plan on probably being here all day. We received a few requests, three or four so far requesting to appeal some of the reclassifications and some other things bringing in hires. The deadline for departments to submit their appeals to our office is this Thursday. And we will be taking the rest of this week and next week to summarize that for you at your July 28th meeting. Our August 4th will be our final budget workshop as well. The first public hearing on the proposed rate would be August 18th at 7pm, night court meeting, August 25th at 7pm, night, night, Courtney, August 25th at 10am. And again, if we stay on schedule, our public hearing on the proposed budget and adoption of the budget and the tax rate would be on September the first at 10am. So I'll be happy to answer any questions that you have today. But there are also some people I want to acknowledge. Our job would be so much more difficult without help of others, including, and I have to say, the Budget Office staff, again, did an outstanding job. They all put their heart and soul in this, and it means a lot to have people in the office that take their job so seriously and provide good, solid, budget recommendations. It's so big now. There's no way I could tack what by myself. There was a day when I could, back in the 80s, when we had a $12 million budget. So they're invaluable to me and I appreciate them from the bottom of my heart. County Auditor and his staff do a great job of helping us throughout the year with revenue estimates and expenditure estimates which in turn help us prepare a budget. Purchasing helps us look at various requests including supplies and equipment and helps us with processing to make sure departments are including a sufficient amount. Human resources, they go through a lot, dealing with all the reclassifications submitted by departments. Their employees go out and do audits of all those jobs. It's very time consuming and we appreciate all their help in getting that done. Director of Technology Services, they look at all of the computer related requests in great detail and provide us with recommendations and suggestions as well. So, Brian and Kevin, thank you all so much for all you do. Vehicle Assessment Committee, you don't know, they did a great job every year. Lieutenant Billy Willis with the Sheriff's Department, he has been invaluable helping us with radio information, and he is very valued to us and we appreciate that. And to all the elected officials in the Department of Heds, they spend a lot of time putting your budget requests together. And I believe that the majority of them feel like what they submit to us is needed. Unfortunately, there's not enough dollars to go around. And you know, you may be hearing from some of them that they can't, they don't feel like they can do their job. We feel confident that they can with what we recommended, but of course they're the ones that run the department, you know, sometimes better than we do. So and again, thank you. Each one of you for your continued support and the faith you put into our office for helping streamline this. I hope for you. I hope we make your job a lot easier. That's our number one goal as to present you with something that you may want to tweak here and there, but hopefully it's a good solid budget that you could support. So thank you all very much. One question. Shannon. Judge, ma'am. The only person that hasn't been given Raid's accolades and thanks is Donna Stewart. Yes. Thank you, Donna. We know that you're speaking of putting a heart and soul into it. I know she's put a lot of long hours into this like she does every year. And we appreciate all her work. We really do. Commissioner Eads, did you have question? And Donna, your good efforts helps make this a peaceful process. I look at other counties and other local governments and I think we have a very peaceful process. It's very professional. Thank you. This is not a full response today, but it's more directed at I guess Amy and Donna. So not today, but could you report back to us what steps we how did we address entry level positions and how they are in the marketplace I think we have a lot of it's a lot of entry level positions across the county about a clerical a lot of labor intensive positions and I want to make sure that we're we have a lot of vacancies in those, and across the board. And I would like to, that we deal with throughout the year, and I'd like to make, to have y'all inform the court, what did we look at, as far as entry level positions, as far as how to retain those, and make sure those are competitive in the marketplace. Okay. Any other kind of questions? Okay. With that, we're up to executive session. I think we can do this pretty quickly. So let's take item 15A, which is executive session under Texas government code 551.072, deliberation regarding real property, close meaning to deliberate value of the real property, where a deliberation in open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the government and the body, in negotiations with the third person regarding the value of the real property, located in that kind of commissioner person 4. 15B is under Texas government Code 551.087. This is regarding economic development negotiations. I'm not gonna read the whole thing. 15C is also under 551.087 regarding economic development negotiations with that. We are in executive session. Oh, did you forget? Oh no, let's look at the beans. Oh, in that cute. That's. Oh, isn't that cute? That's very cute. That's very cute. Okay, we're in executive. The session, there'll be no action on items 15A, 15B or 15C. With that, we are adjourned, everybody have a great day. Have a great day. Thank you.