Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, Denton County Commissioner's Court for Tuesday, February 10th is now in session. This morning, an invocationocation be given by Nat Richardson, the Director of our Health Department, and our pledges will be led by Cindy Brown, our county treasurer. Will you please stand? Let's pray. Our Father, we thank you yet again for this beautiful day, a gift that you have not promised to us, but we are here to enjoy today. Father, we thank You yet again for this beautiful day, a gift that You have not promised to us, but we are here to enjoy today. Father, we thank You for that. We thank You for the ability to serve our community. We thank You for the individuals in this room who give of themselves to do that. We thank You for the protection You provide. We thank You for the grace when we fail. We thank You for the strength and the wisdom that we can have to be different father as children of yours. We thank you for these things to your son's name. Jesus, amen. And to the pledges of American flag, our pledges 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. And to the Texas flag, honor the Texas flag, congratulations to the Texas one state under God, one in indivisible. Well, thank you very much. Item 1 is for public input for items not posted on the agenda. If there's any member of the public that would like to address Commissioner's Court, they ask that you please complete a public comment form. They're available on the side table. Want to remind everyone to please turn off your cell phones and pages. We have one public comment formed this morning. It's from Mr. Troy Frazier, who has asked to speak to us. Mr. Frazier, good morning. I don't know if they told you or not, but since it's not posted on the agenda, we're not allowed to respond, but we're glad to listen to you. I am, so it's not a talk as a speak right? That's a very good. Well I'm here today representing the Waterstone Community in Frisco and to speak about the New Denton County offices proposed in pre-saked one at FM 423 and Levin and Road. Let me just say up front the community and the surrounding businesses oppose this building as and its attended use. We had a town hall meeting in our community about a week ago with over 100 residents at attendance. While all county and city officials were invited, no one returned our calls except alone constable that graciously showed up, but let's be honest, of no fall to his own, he cannot do more than tell us he's getting a new office and show us the drawings from the website. I will say that Pat Fallon did send some representation also to the meeting. Some of our community used the word stealth to describe the plans to build this building while I'm sure you who live and breathe this process every day would disagree that it followed proper procedures and channels. The common everyday constituent doesn't follow the commission agenda typically and what's going on there and most don't even understand the process. This is a big deal to our community. We have concerns that need to be addressed so we can discern fact from fiction. Some examples of these, we have been told there's a holding cell to be built in this facility and we've had others tell us that is not true that there's not a holding cell. We don't know how many cars are expected on a daily basis in and out of the parking lot. There is a potential traffic pattern that dumps traffic and possible overflow parking into the middle of our neighborhood streets. Within feet and sharing the same parking lot as this building is a Primrose Early Education Center and a bar. Hmm, let's see. Convicted criminals, alcohol and children. I mean, what possibly could go wrong there? When there's also the nagging question of why this site, when just a few blocks from the current location of this Denton County office, there is a four acre lock that is for sale with no adjacent housing. Seems a little more suitable. I read a stat last night, the 13% of people on probation we offend or end up in reacarceration. That's hundreds of people that statistically will commit a crime and you're dumping them right in the middle of our neighborhood streets. We're told that the same deal, there were some deal struck that there would be no sex offenders, but really how binding is that deal and is that even true. The poor business owners at Primrose, I've already overheard parents disenrolling their children as they do not want them in the playground with convicted criminals in the parking lot and trolling that area. We don't want to talking head in this direction any longer as citizens, as residents, as constituents and voters in this community. We believe we deserve more. We want to meeting with someone that has straight and correct answers to the questions and can help you to shut this project down or modifications be made to this project to better serve the community surrounding the project. We would also ask that the County Commission add this to the public agenda so public can comment and interact with the Commission on this topic. I would end with the challenge to the whole Commission here today to come and walk this site and put a face on this community. The drawings from which you have approved this project are very sterile. They don't even represent our community and do not illustrate the true burden you are placing on our community. You carry much power with the stroke of a pen and your yes vote. Take the time to exercise great responsibility for what your yes vote truly means in this case. Plainly said, this Denton County Office in its proposed state does not respect the character, the integrity, nor the community values of the surrounding area. Judge commissioners, I thank you for your time and consideration. Mr. Frazier, if you don't mind, we have your address here, but if you would, the lady in pink back here is a aid to the court. If you don't mind, we have your address here, but if you would, the lady in pink back here is a to the court. If you would leave your telephone number with her, we'd appreciate it. Right. No problem. Thank you. Okay. Members, let's first go to item 3A on the presentation of the Denton County Citizens Council on Mental Health Progress proposed partnership between United Way of Denton County and Incorporated in the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Final Evaluation and Development of Recommendations, Identification of Denton County Commission, Final E going to do the wait a minute. Final evaluation and development of recommendations, identification of Denton County Commissioner's Court as a stakeholder within the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute final report in any appropriate action, including approval of considering financial support towards the cost of this project. Good morning, gentlemen. Thank you for being here. Good morning, gentlemen. Thank you for being here. Good morning, Judge Horn. We have your PowerPoint. When we're looking down, we're watching it down here. We're not ignoring you. Okay. Well, first of all, let me introduce Gary. I'm Joe Malloy, the co-chair of the committee, Gary Henderson, CEO of United Way, and Melinda or Neil Us, who's helping us from the United Way offices. So, and I promise not to read every line of the PowerPoint. Okay. So, good morning, and thank you, Judge Horn and commissioners, for this time today, and really for your time this past year, your time and encouragement as we've gone along. And Judge Horn, you've been especially generous and graces in your time in guiding us through the county, the key people in the county apparatus that touch on mental health. And it's really, it's actually been very enlightening and in working with those folks in the county, and actually all the practitioners that we've crossed pass was, but especially the county people I had known before, to how fortunate we are to benefit their dedication and commitment, compassion and care and concern, it's just way beyond their job titles or their job descriptions. They really bring those intangibles to the game and we're just a fortunate community to have that, and that's with all sincerity. So our problems aren't the people. It's the systems that when you stand back and look at them, we need improvement. So you'll hear many of the names from the county folks as we go through. Okay, we're gonna try to stay within the 15 minutes. So I'm gonna pace this through pretty quickly and at the end, if you wanna blow the time budget with questions, that'll be fine. So our overview is gonna give a little genesis of the committee number one, number two. Talk about the financial support that's front and center today. And then our committee findings number three and number four, we want to relate to you as part of our progress, the application for the veterans grant sponsored. It's from the state through Meadows Foundation. So we have worked with everybody, and we've got that grant and submitted. I'm Gary, we'll talk about that. Okay, so on the first item, my wife was a co-chair of the 2011 United Way Community Needs Assessment. And what, she co-chair of the 2011 United Way Community Needs Assessment. And what she co-chair would build Patterson, and at the end of that process, they heard from the sister agencies very strongly, hey, please come revisit mental health. It's such a, it's in such dire need of attention we really would like to have a supplemental report. And in fact, that's what United Way undertook and did. And the statistic years and the study years, 2012. And it was published in 2013. And upon, we pulled it off the internet at home on a Sunday morning and my wife showed me the executive summary and They're pretty dived statistics and I'm going to mention a couple of them to you and It's in your backup But in 2012 Texas ranked 50th in the United States and spending on mental health per capita In 2010 we had 38 in Bitten County. I mean, Texas had 38, 99 per capita. In 2012, it dropped to $16.25. In 2012, Bitten County was at $11.11, which was 31% below the state average. So our county was the lowest county in the state, and the state was the lowest state in the union. And that is shocking to me as a local businessman, a former elected official. We're going to do better. So another item is the veterans. I think it's typical for our county. We have, I think a higher percentage of returning veterans in 2012 over 44,000. And the statistics show that 8,000 have PTSD and 7,500 have traumatic brain injury. Well, that's a third of your veteran population. So we need to respond to that and be proactive and the things that stick out, we have waiting list in 2012. And if you look at the children down there in the last bullet point, you have 4976 that meet the criteria for severe emotional disturbance, but our local MHMR only had the capacity to serve 410. That's not our people, it's our systems. So we have improvement to undertake here. Now the state did in 2013 improve some of that financing to try to get rid of the backlog list, but that was one time financing. It's not a permanent role forward. And with some other increase in funding, we're still only the eighth lowest county in the state. So we have lots of room to improve on resources. And I'll add one more statistic that's current on November 13th, 2014, our jail population of 1100, 512 were under direct psychiatric or mental health care. And that means we need to improve over there, so our jail system is not the janitorial service for mental health. It's the number one inpatient facility in the county and we need to change that. It's not the jailers fault. They're doing everything they can. We just don't have a system to divert that. You want to move down on your PowerPoint? So. move down in your PowerPoint. So, now, so we anyway, after being faced with those statistics and most of them came from the report, we initiated, uh, farming the Benton County Citizens Committee on Mental Health. And this past year, we spent in the Discovery Mode, and that is unbornished inabuse with everybody that we could think of that had to do with mental health. I'm gonna read through the list very quickly. MHMR, HSNT, National Association, and Social Workers, Family Services from City Denton, Gene Ross from Sante on Addiction, Judge Bonnie Roveson on the Mental Health and Courts, Child Protective Services, Chief Howell from Denton on Adult Victims, Denton County Jail, Deputy Chief Randy Flemmins, Spend a Whole Meeting with us. Denton County juvenile probation, Laura Prowicz, did a great presentation. BISD on children's focus, Amy Lawrence, friends of the family, Denton County Veterans Service Office, Judge Wadal, who's gonna, wants to propose a mental health court. And then we had mental, meadows mental health policy institute And then we had men of, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute come with a community workshop. And in February, we're gonna have the adult probation, Tammy Russell come present. Now that's formal presentations. We've also interviewed the district attorney, Sheriff Travis, the veterans court, folks, Jeff Gilmore, and Forest Beedle, Matt Richardson, your health director for the county. So we've gathered in everybody's where they are today in their frustrations. So that's our unbornished snapshot of where we are, which is what the committee has. But now it's time to call upon some outside expertise being the mental health policy institute, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, to cross check what we found and to help develop a path forward. And that's Gary's going to talk about that right now. Thank you. So in September, February, November, we moved from needs assessment to fact finding discovery as we wrapped up 2014. It was very clear that while we were working locally in Denton County, the Meadows Foundation had invested over $2 million and formed their Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and had captured the knowledge of phenomenal nationally known mental health experts. Dr. Andy Keller, Dr. Kim Minkov, Dr. Chris Klein, and we wanted to not only align with their efforts and I hope that as a community as we propose and hopefully move into system changes, we are both aligning to the smartest thinking in Texas as well as the direction our state legislature may take through Jane Nelson, Sunset Commission review of Department of State Health Services. So it was a really interesting year with a lot of activity in the mental health behavioral health domain. I lost my PowerPoint slide. There we go. Post-potenment. domain, I lost my PowerPoint slide. There we go. Post-poten that. So as we move from December and January, United Way, the Denton County Citizens Council on Mental Health and several community partners engaged the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute to help us formulate the right next steps or action. United Way'sural backbone organization, this effort could simply be described as collective impact, meaning multiple organizations, public, private, nonprofits, faith-based organizations coming together with a common agenda in the hopes of solving a complex need or issue in our community. And ladies and gentlemen, they do not get more complex than behavioral health issues in a community like ours. So our goal was to ask meadows to propose a direction for us that would help assist our community in developing recommendations going forward. I think the key phrase in that first bullet, a system of care for the community, thinking in terms of not a strategic direction for a single organization or a single government or entity, but a community strategic direction for all of Denton County. These are the individuals that we connected, the interviewers from the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute too. We also turned over all of our discovery from the last year. All the data we had gathered, the presentations that had been delivered. You'll see some very important Ditton County representatives with some strong expertise in the area of behavioral health and specific areas of needs like veteran services. And we thank you for their time in this project. So today, one of the things we're coming before the court seeking is for you to join United Way, the Citizens Council on Mental Health in these organizations as a partial underwriter of this engagement. The total cost of the engagement is $22,000. We're seeking a $2,000 contribution to help underwrite this cost as a partner and to join arms with us as the recommendation is carried forward to the community. We of course would want you to participate in a final review of the Meadows report, making sure that it is directionally correct for our community. And now turning it back over to Mr. Mulroy talking about some of the preliminary findings of the council in the last year. Thank you. I want to pace through this very fairly rapidly since many of you have already seen this. And I know your agenda is pretty full. But our purpose of our committees, that the significantly increase the mental health access, services, cohesive and complete treatments in Denton County. And this is part of our missing ingredient here is cohesive and complete. Anyway, mental health will touch everybody's family. It's under coordinated and under funded in Denton County. A lot of our systems have been developed in silos apart from one another. We want to move the entry point upstream and intervene earlier. We want veterans. We need to be proactive and initiate much more comprehensive, ongoing mental health evaluation and treatment. I've already talked about the jail there on slide 13 and there's just it's hard to measure the frequent fliers but I think the jailers seeing the same folks about every two years they're making round bills and this is where we need to repair lives and break that cycle. Slide 14 we have an adequate cohesion between local providers and that's something that's already starting to mend itself. Bridges are being built through our committee meetings and people getting to know each other and sometimes good things happen on an informal basis rather than waiting for rules to be written. Like of continuing of care, we just don't have a complete wrap around. And we've heard that from many of the providers and from the judge and from the deputy clements, chief deputy clements. So we think we're headed to some form of community case management. And then we also on the resources, I do want to point out, we don't have everything that we need. Inpatient detox for women is referred to out of county. And it's not the distance of getting them there, it's just you break the connection to their local support group, and it becomes remote. So we did a complete inventory, all the providers in Denton County. I promise not to read it to you. Slide 16, the two points is that clients often start off at the wrong provider entry point. And under number 10, sometimes the bureaucratic form overrides function. And again, that's, we can solve that with trust in a different definition of our systems. Presently, the solutions, I always fixate it on increased funding. Well, I think we need to be smart in how we spend the money. Not just more money. And we need, our services are more crisis oriented, and we need to put the emphasis on preventative and maintenance directed services. Now, as a community, our statistics are surprised all those numbers I gave you. Because of the failure of the community, That's me, my fellow businessmen and others, to be fully engaged in what has been an increasing segment of society because it's going to reach every family and every home. So we need to break the cycles, repair lives, stop thinking of mental health as a remote responsibility only handled by the state. It's us and our community should engage and take ownership. So our next steps is our committee is looking that we need some kind of community case management, a community gatekeeper so we can start making sense of everybody's moves that they're making and their energy and lining things up. But we need that over arching goals and I think it's going to be, you know, matters are saying we need to make changes in many areas but the the outcome, it may take five, six, eight years to change the whole community, even though we'll get some immediate results. But it's a very large undertaking. So I would appreciate your support on the engagement with Meadows. And then we have one last item, and that's the Veterans Initiative Grant proposal. Being a Vietnam veteran, I have an understanding of the reentry upsets and I'm very pleased that United Way is able to undertake this collaborative process and Gary is going to give you a brief description. Thank you. Thank you. So while Joe has talked about, there definitely is a need for additional funding. There is a need for a structure of prioritization and coordination that hasn't existed before. And I think we'll see out of the state legislature this year a call for more communities to behave this way. In the spirit of time, I think the important part of this slide is to really brag on the collaborative spirit of our community and see the partners that would quickly come to the table to collaborate on a grant that would fund multiple organizations. Our universities, all three, UNTTW and NCTC, but really working with Denton County Veterans Coalition, that new 501C3 that is the face of services to veterans in our community, for us as a community to come alongside them and help to provide resources to them. Resources that do not always exist within the community. So as a community take advantage of these funding opportunities as they present themselves to us. This point, General, entertain questions. Well, I've met with these gentlemen. I have to. So I don't really have any questions. First of all, I want to say thank you. You all have spent so much time working with so many people to gather all this information and just really dedicated your lives to it. And I want to say thank you. I'll have to go ahead. Gary and Joe, thank you all for being here and for your considerable time and efforts. And Joe, I want to thank you for your financial backing of the initiative as well. Joe has been very generous with his time and financial resources. And I just want to publicly thank you as a member of the commissioners on behalf of the county and also on behalf of the United Way again as a board member of the United Way. Thank you for your efforts. And I think it is important when you look at the didn't county as the percentages were the lowest in the state of Texas as far as the county percentages funding and then the state, Texas is the lowest among the 50 states and so that's not a good award to win. And so I think that the mental health of our county residents is so important because it is without healthy, mentally healthy residents, it's such a burden on society in general and on our fellow taxpayers. So I think if we can help cure that problem, as we all talked about earlier, that so many other things would cure themselves. So I'm supportive of this working on this. I think we need to figure out what's the best way and the best steps that the county can engage in that and with our health department. And so I think a coordinated effort is very needed. And I've met with them too and so I'm a will aware I don't have any questions but I want to thank you both I'm going to move them that we were asking like 10 different jurisdictions to help with the matching funds which total is $22,000 So it'd be like $2,200 and I'm looking at Donna I'm assuming but the mother spot the where dollars and I'm looking at Donna I'm assuming. But the month of spot the where? Why are the only municipalities that are as Louisville and Ditton because there's other 40 plus cities in the county. 43. Well, they were the majors and we've had representation from them on our committee and the meetings. So it's, it was the natural ask to make and I think our outreach to the smaller cities is going to be mostly through the county as we move forward because you all have the apparatus. But that's why Commissioner Eitz, did you have someone in mind you want me to go? I don't think our hospitals and our, there's other big cities that you utilize these services. I'm editing myself. So you made some sort of plan. Connect with those cities and ask them to contribute also to this because it affects the whole county. And maybe they're not able to give as much as some of the cities that you have only in the hospitals that you have only. But you know, we do have a hospital in in phalmy and also and so the morning has reached point commissioner miss and so we you know and and as for cities it doesn't hurt as you and I know you all know that because you all have been asked so you know I think this is a county initiative and it affects the whole county and so the entire county needs to be having a chance to participate in helping. Point, point, well taken commission. I guess maybe since we don't have a specific dollar or amount that you're asking from the county since we haven't had an opportunity to speak to everybody. Maybe the best thing to do today is just to indicate our support for what you're trying to do. And when you had an opportunity to visit with these other not only jurisdictions with the hospitals and whomever. Let me know a dollar amount. And we... I don't... I don't- I don't- Yeah. I mean, it'd be fine. I'm back as you knew too. Yeah. From an appropriated contingency. Typically, these requests come through the budget process and we budget it in an appropriations department with a contract through our legal department. So we don't have a specific line item identified for this group. However, if the court wants to use your commissioners court dues and subscriptions line item, that might be an okay place to what is the time frame that you need the funds. The engagement will wrap up at the end of this month. So we'd like to secure the underwriters by the end of this month so we can indicate your support on the cover of the report. So does that give you time, Donna? Two. If you all are comfortable with using a line item called using subscriptions, we could do a budget amendment. Input money in the Commissioner's Court budget for that. Since there's not a specific one for this agency. So we not have any health department funds that we have not used through West Nile or other things that I know we allocated a big response to effort to that. I think that might be a- And I'd have to ask for Donna's- I have to ask her expertise on this, but the two places I was thinking would be, again, a dos and subscriptions. In other words, we would be a member organization. So we could do that, be a membership organization with me that would require a budget amendment. Same thing. Or we could talk about a contractual agreement, but I'm not sure how that would impact us with the Civil DA's office. If we needed a contract to pay out of that line item. So those are my two ideas. They sort of mirror Donas, but we do have an ability to move some dollars from contractual to dues and subscriptions to provide a membership. So we could make that happen. That's probably a two-week process, right? We'd need to put it on the agenda to make that. But it may even come out more than one line item, too. So we can do that. The short answer is yes. The long answer is we'll have to move it out. Donna's effort. Okay, well, I'll work it out. I'm going to make a motion then that we indicate our support and for an amount not to exceed $2,500. We have a second by Commissioner Mitchell for the discussion. support the study and so forth in a general initiative. I do think there needs to be continued dialogue with the county health department and the county as our local government and as our health provider and as an arm of the county government. And in the jail, which is a key importance here with our inmates. How do we look at how do we roll out an improvement to the mental health of the county and that resource allocation? How does the county, what is our role? And I think that needs to be more clearly defined as we go through that. Because I mean, the history of the United Way is a past year agency and not a service provider. And so I think the general public views that. And so I think we need to see how does that, and you engage other service providers. And so in the county, and we're in the health how does that? How does that roll out and be implemented? All right, we have a motion to second all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to me motion to carry nannes and thank you very much. You so much. Appreciate your being here this morning. Okay. Speaking of consideration, if people's time I'm going to jump around here a little bit. Let's go to 5D. 5D on the agenda is approval of text pool participant resolution for the Dan County clerk. And we have our treasurer and their County clerk here. Are there any questions on this item? Cindy, did you need to address us? Okay. I'm going to make a motion for approval. Santa, the by commissioner Mitchell hearing no questions or comments all in favor please say aye. Aye. I opposed to need motion does carry thank you all. Julie was there something else that you needed? Okay. All right. Members, let's go to item two, which is the consent agenda or the items on the consent agenda that you need to have some discussion on or do we have a motion for approval? Motion by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded by Commissioner Eads. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, Sainine? Motion does carry. Consent agenda today, consists of two a, which is approval of order making appointments. We have a promotion in the purchasing department. We have a new hire and records management tech services. We have a new hire and justice of the peace precinct one, a new hire and justice of peace precinct six. New hire in the medical examiner's office, four new hires in the medical examiner's office, four New Hyars in the county jail, New Hyar in jail health, New Hyar in Road and Bridge East, a lateral transfer in Road and Bridge East, and a New Hyar in Road and Bridge West. 2D is approval of the Intro Departmental Transfers to C is approval payroll 2D as approval renewal for flexible base grade 1 type A road and bridge west bid number 0114 2230 to CGA enterprises 2E as approval budget amendment request 100580 for county judges and commissioners association and conference of urban counties for appropriations in the amount of 937 dollars. Interesting to note they hadn't raised their price in 10 years. So I guess it was time. To F is approval of Building News Request from Beth Fleming, Director of Purchasing to use the quota sound the square of Lawn South Lawn. On Thursday, May 7th, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the Denton National Day of Prayer held by the National Day of Prayer Task Force. 2G is approval of building new suppress from Aaron Ellis and Tom Gussie to use the court as on the square courtroom in 1896 room for a wedding and reception on Saturday, May 30, 2015 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. And 2h is a pro-law of the 2015 salary grievance board membership. This is George Pryor, Sarah Taylor, Pere Kraft, Julio Ramone, Rudy K. Jack, Carol Cohenky, Larry Lipskin, Roger Hale, Hall, I'm sorry, Entiree Sagaalvin. Totally. We won't need them, but we've got our committee. That building is request for 2G for Aaron, isn't that our security guard? That's not okay. Well, at some time in the not-too-distant future our security guard here at the courthouse One of them the one that was serious today is getting married at the courthouse of the square, but I don't know am I doing that? Am I doing the service or somebody else? I don't know I Don't know I don't know that I'm doing that one. Anyway, I think that's kind of nice. Yes, we've had several here lately. 3B is approval of the Proclamation honoring the Centennial of Clare Lune and Sheridan, one of Den's most famous daughters and I get to read this for a nice resolution. Did you want to say anything on all these resolutions? Okay, okay. This is a proclamation honoring the Centennial of Clara Lou better known as Ann Chergan, one of Denton's most famous daughters. The commission's court of Denton County, Texas, meaning in a regular session on the 10th, February 10th, 2015, considered the following proclamation. Whereas Clara Lou Chergan was born on February 21st, 1915 on Bernard Street in Denton, whereas Young Claire Lou lived with a loving family and joined an outdoor life and then the world in County where she was an excellent equestrian and a great shot with a gun. And whereas Claire Lou Shadon attended Robert E. Lee grade school, Denton junior high school, and played for the girls basketball team while a student at North Texas State Teachers College, now UNT. And whereas in 1933, her sister, St. Tip Slee, sent her picture to the Dallas News as an intern in Paramount Studios, searched for beauty contest. And whereas after winning said beauty contest in 1933, Claire LuShared and left Denton County for Hollywood accompanied by her mother, father, and three or four siblings, and whereas she was put under contract with Paramount, and in 1933 adopted the name Anne from our key purposes. And whereas Gossip Collins tagged Anne Shareden as Hollywood's Oof Girl, a subroket she detested, and in 1938 she was signed by Warner Brothers Studios. And where is between 1938 and 1957, Anne Sheridan starred in over 40 major motion pictures holding her own on screen with the biggest male stars of the era. And whereas Anne shared in saying, acted in comedies, dramas and television, and throughout her career exhibited a quality of directness but never transcended into blatant sexuality. And whereas her strong feminine persona and fine performances have maintained a large following to the present. And whereas up until her last interview before her untimely death in 1967, she consistently spoke of the strength of her Texas upbringing imparted on her character. Now therefore, the Denton County Commission's Court does her body proclaim for March 21, 2015 as Anne Sheridan Bay and Denton County. The chair will so move. Seconded by Commissioner Ease on favor, please say aye. Aye, opposed any? Motion carries. Good morning, go ahead. Good morning. Thank you, Judge Horne and commissioners. We were contacted by the president of the Ann Sheridan Fane Club who wanted to try to sponsor a state marker, but we just didn't have the time. So we thought this would be something we could start with. And then we will eventually be applying for a state marker to honor Ann Sheridan. And we'll make sure the fan club gets this. Thank you so much. Look at looking around the room. I see some young people that probably don't even know who answered me is But he's kind of iffy on the back here, but I remember her I was like I always liked her. I was like her Okay, that was fun Three C is approval we voted did we not? Okay? Three C is approval of a proclamation honoring Dr. Bill at Laurie for his contribution to historic preservation in Denton County. Commissioner Eans, would you like to read this one? I need to pass these around a little bit. This is a Proclamation honoring. Bullet Laury PhD, whereas Francis Bullet Laury, 1936 to 2002, was a university of North Texas professor of history for 37 years, who prized his relationships with his students serving as a mentor, professor and friend who will always be remembered for his dry wit and warm smile, the twinkle in his eye, as a man with a great sense of humor. And whereas bullet Lowry was dedicated to the historic preservation of Ditton County, helped create the first historic preservation ordinance in 1980 the historic preservation of Ditton County helped create the first historic preservation ordinance in 1980 for the city of Ditton and champion development of the Ditton County Courthouse on the Square Museum and the restoration of the Courthouse on the Square. In whereas bullet lary was an active member of the Ditton County Historical Commission from 1970 to 1989 serving as vice Chairman from 1976 to 1985 and Chairman from 1985 to 1989. Receiving numerous awards from the Texas Historical Commission, including the 1987 John Ben Shepherd Award for the Best Chair of the Texas County Historical Commission. And whereas bullet-lowry wrote and edited several works on the history of Ditton County, including a brief history of Ditton County in 1975 with Dale Odom building the Ditton County Courthouse in 1895 to 1897 in 1987, which was the first book published by the Ditton County Historical Commission and numerous other historical works. Whereas Bullet-Laurie guided the City of Denton to create the Historic Landmark Commission, serving as its first chair in 1980, led the City of Decree to Oake, Hickory Historic District, and created the City of Denton Preservation Plan for the Historic Landmark Commission in 1986. Six still, the reference source for the City of Denton. And, whereas Bullet-Laurie stating nothing could be done in historic preservation unless the great majority of the citizens supported. And his vision affirms that a majority of citizens in Ditton County support historic preservation owing to his vision and leadership. And whereas Bollock Lowry's mentoring of the Oak Hickory Historic District has now invigorated its residents to continue his efforts to move forward, including others within the residential areas he identified as worthy of preservation. Now therefore, it resolved that the Ditton County Commissioner's Court honors Bullet Lowry for a lifetime of service in historic preservation, recognize in his efforts to refer city and county history for generations to come, then this day in open court, by motion by myself. Thank you. We have a motion by Commissioner Ead, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, sitting. Motion does carry in and this lane. motion does carry unanimously. And 3D is approval of a proclamation honoring Dorothy Bruteen for her contributions to the art world and to historic preservation in the city of Denton. It's really a pleasure for me to read this one because I know Dorothy Bruteen personally. She was a neighbor of ours for many years and neat lady. I'll tell you just one of many stories I have of Dorothy. She and her husband George, who was a local CPA, traveled all over the United States and their old beat- up station wagon. And she would be traveling down the highways and byways of America and see something that was especially beautiful that she wanted to paint. She'd tell George stop, stop. So he'd get out his lawn chair and all her art supplies and she'd paint whatever it was she was enthralled with. And one day they were, this was probably 40 years ago. They were traveling in Colorado and came, went past Fort Carson. And Dorothy decided she wanted to paint Fort Carson. And so they pulled on the side of the road and she did just that. And she had that painting in her home for many many years. And after I became judge, now you need to understand when I first got to know Dorothy and George, I think my daughter was one. She, of course, knew Jimmy too and knew that he was in the army. So later in life when she decides it's time to start parting with all these treasured pieces she had hanging on the wall, every wall of her home, she came to this picture of Fort Carson and right after I became judge, she probably went in and asked me if I could stop by her home. Obviously, I was glad to do that. And she gave me that picture that she painted a Fort Carson. She said, I can't think of a better person for this painting of Fort Carson than my son. So it is within today and she was thrilled to know recently that I told her it's hanging on his wall in his apartment in Italy right now. Anyway, nice leave. Judge me, I add something to your comment. Sure. So on February the 15th, I'll go ahead and announce this from 3 to 5 at 6 or 7 Pearl Street, Kathy and Bill Barrett are hosting an HD social to celebrate historic preservation in Ditten with the recognition of Dorothy Burtine and Bill Ellowery. And so it's going to be a great time to celebrate these individuals and thank you, Kate, for mentioning that. Okay, let's do... Marker calendars, everybody. Marker calendars, I'll be there for sure. Okay, this is a proclamation honoring Dorothy Burten, whereas Dorothy Bruteen was a leader, a leading pioneer in Denton Historic Preservation, illustrating over 30 historic homes in the city of Denton and watercolor paintings while assisting the team that crafted the Denton Historical Zoning Ordinance. And whereas Dorothy worked tirelessly, educating the public about the value of historic preservation with a rare glimpse into the historical design of architecture Aiding numerous publications and public lectures which trained new leaders and whereas she created the city of debt and bison tenio 1776 to the 1976 map of significant historical architecture 1880 to 1930 still remaining in the city, which simulated and supported the creation of the city of Denton historic landmarks. And whereas Dorothy's Texas Women's University masters thesis entitled, design elements used in high Victorian houses, documented the design and history of six of Dentons' most prominent historical homes, accompanied with watercolour illustrations of each, leading to the establishment of the Oak Hickory Historic District. Whereas she brought national and international attention to Denton through her paintings of historic homes as well as numerous other subjects, many of which in our Hain and museums across the country, held in private collections and reproduced in various publications. Now therefore, it will be resolved that the Dent McKinney's Commissioner's Court does honor Dorothy Bruteen for a lifetime of service and historical preservation and thanks her for her efforts to preserve city and county history through the recordings, through recording the beauty of Denton. The chair will still move. Seconded by Commissioner Eadz. Allen favor please say aye. Aye opposed the name. Motion does carry them. This may add that Dorothy is a young 94 years old right now. And still painting I believe. Okay, 5A is approval of the bill report, payments from CSCD, Community Decreptions, TAIP, Sheriff's Training, Sheriff's, Forfeiture, VIT, Interest, D.H. Check, V, and D.A. Forfeiture, Fethunds are represented for recording purposes. Only did morning James Wells. Mr. Nurse, I ask approval bills with three deletions and one addition note on separate page. Thank you. Are there any questions from members recorded? Do we have a motion? Let's say that Commissioner Marchant need the motion and Commissioner Mitchell seconded the motion. I hear no questions. So all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the need. Motion is carried. 5B is approved of the Den County Investment Report for the quarter ending December 31, 2014. Any questions on this issue? Do we have a motion? Motion. Motion by Commissioner Marchant. Seconded by Commissioner Eads. Hearing no questions, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the seat. Motion carries. And 5C is approval of the 2015 DEM kind of investment policy. We have a motion by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded by Commissioner Eads. Hearing no questions, all in favor, please say aye. Aye, opposed to the Senate. Motion is carrying. Seven a is approval. A budget amendment quest 100590 to transfer funds from LUTWI D8 facilities, Texas alcoholic beverage, game warden, department of facilities, management wireless services, in the amount of $2,736. Motion by Commissioner Eads, seconded by Commissioner Marchandr, are there any questions? Anything you want to add, Danny? Okay, I'll in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, Sen. Motion does carry. 7B is approval, Budget Mailquest 1006000 to increase revenues and allocated expenditures for operating equipment for the Office of History and Culture in the amount of $1,380. Motion by Commissioner Eads, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to need. Motion does carry 9A is approval of closed point of dispensing agreement between Dentcon and U.S. Department of Homeland Security FEMA. Region six deserves a corporate closed point of dispensing site in the Evenda Public Health Emergency. Motion by Commissioner Eads. Seconded by Commissioner Marchant. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the need. Motion does carry. 9B is approval of a contract amendment that will change set dates to open dates as detailed in the 2015 Hazards Contractual Requirement Schedule. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell. 13 hazards contractual requirements schedule. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded by Commissioner Eidz. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Oppositioning, motion carries. 10 a is approved of the request to hold a public hearing in March 17th, 2015 at 9 a.m. for the reply to Paul Meadow edition wants 38 through 43 block 12 a. This is in Commissioner precinct four. Motion by Commissioner Eads. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. On favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to the name. Motion does carry. We're gonna take 10 B and C together because they're appointments. 10 B is approval, I'm not appointments, they're reappointments. 10V is approval on that appointments. They're change orders. 10V is approval. Construction and change directive number senator for the Denton County Prison Three Government Center and 10C is approval. The instruction changed directive number eight for the Denton County Prison Three Government Center. I move approval with comments. Yep. Okay, we have a motion by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded by Commissioner Eadz. Go ahead. These are to revise the paving, grading around the mechanical yaw at the lab for the drain, put the drain properly, and also revises the construction of the screen around the yaw because the way it was previously designed, we couldn't get it down there because of something there. And then the other one is to clarify the conduit that goes on to the full slide up for the slide up electrical AV floor boxes. And so that's what we're doing. Okay. We have a motion. The second or the further comments for questions. Any none on the favorite please say aye. Aye opposed to need. Yes, you all ought to go after and look because we are moving and grooving. They can progress, and that's great. I'll send some people there to look at it. I'll send some people there to look at it. I'll send some people there to look at it. All right, you just wanted me to come. Moving right along, we're good at 12 a on the agenda, which is approval of change orders number two through nine to the system purchase agreement between Denton County, Texas and Motorola solutions and cooperative for the P25 radio system procurement. We'll probably revise contract amount of eight million,,257,249.54 cents with the funds for each of the change orders to be drawn, from are added to Auditor and Line Item 8276399010. We have a motion by Commissioner Eads, seconded by Commissioner Marchant. Here are no questions on favor, please say aye. Aye. Procene. Motion is carried. 12 views approval. Full and final release with creative risk solutions for payment of repairs to radio system. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded by Commissioner Marchand. Hearing no questions on favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the Senate. Motion does carry 13 a's approval of an appointment of Mr. Melony Roller to replace Tiffany Hartley to the Damp County MHMR Board of Trustees. 8 to C Tiffany Gobe and I guess you went to a better place. Yes, she did. No, for approval. We have a motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to say aye. Motion does carry. We appreciate all the time she put in on that committee. Okay, and we can take 13 BC and D together. 13 B is approval of real pointing Mr. Ray Roberts to the Transportation Committee. 13 C is approval of real pointing Mr. Ray Roberts to the Transportation Committee. 13c is approval of real pointing Mr. Roger Hinnon to the Lake Ray Roberts Planning and Zoning Committee. And 13b is approval of the reappointment of Van Carleau to the Veterans Advisory Board. The chair also moved. Seconded by Commissioner Eads. I'll in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to name. Motion does carry. 13e is approved in interlocal cooperation agreements for public safety, application support and maintenance with the little and fire department. A move for approval. Motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Marchand. Hearing no questions on favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposition Aime. Motion does carry. 14A is approved of Supplemental Agreement number one to the Engineering Services Contract between Denton County, Texas and Jacobs Engineering Group. Incorporated in the amount of $287,570 for a total revised contract amount of $2,445,590 for the US377 project from FM 1830 to State Highway 170. The funding to come from County Judge 2014-08 PI bonds, US $377, Auditor line 9 and 817-409-903-0. The motion by Commissioner Eid, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. I want to thank you Judge Eid for helping to fund that through your allocations of the 2008 bond program. Yes, what is there in the form? On favor in the motion, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, any motion does carry? 14b is approval of supplement on agreement number four to the agreement for engineering between Denton County, Texas and Jacobs Engineering Group, incorporated, successor to Carter and Burgess Inc. for the FM 423 widening project from Stutt Creek Road to State Highway 121. In the amount of $34,250 for a total revised contract amount of $3,744,263. We'll find in to be transferred from 2010 PI bond fund, 308, precinct two discretionary funds, other than line item 857, I have 259070 to the new FM 423, precinct two project, other than line item 8573589070, this is some commissioner of precinct two. Motion by commissioner Marchant. Thank you. Back in the back, Commissioner Cohn. Only favor please say aye. Aye. Post and in. Motion carries 14 C is approval supplemental agreement number three to the contract for engineering services between Dan County, Texas and HWLogner, incorporated firmly known as Blutcher, Willis and Ratliffe Corporation for US 377 Improvement Project in the amount of $202,278 for a total revised contract amount of $1,823,895 to funding in the amount of $202Eye dollars to come from 2013 PI bond funds, triple eight US $377 improvement project, out of the line out in 787-406-9060. Commissioner Ease, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. Hearing the questions on favor please say aye. Aye, post and aye. Motion does carry 14D as approval. The first renewal to the agreement for alternative dispute resolution services between Dan County, Texas, the Dan County. Alternative dispute resolution program in the amount of $120,000. The funding to come from Auditor and Line Adam 0153982025 median mediation services. A move for approval. The motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Marchant. Hearing no questions, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to any? Motion does carry. It's like to make an announcement. The right ahead. Members, while you are in Ditton today, you may want to go by the historical park. We wrote and bridged crews did some demolition yesterday on the parking lot as part of our master plan that we're expanding. And so we're reclaiming some of that parking lot for green space, which we use for our log cabins and some of our historic buildings. So what you're entitled to go by and take a look at that. I saw the picture on Facebook. I saw the picture on Facebook. Did we make any decision on the funding of the budget? Sure. Well, we asked, initially they're asking ten jurisdictions, but obviously all jurisdictions have invested interest in making all this work. So they're going to be talking to other jurisdictions, but to hospitals and stuff to secure funding too. So what we ultimately did is indicate our support for what they're wanting to do and authorize an amount not to exceed $2,500. They'll come back to us when they narrow it down and what they actually need. In the meantime, we're going to be figuring out what line item we're going to be taking it from, or line items plural. But we did indicate support for what they were doing. Okay. Any other questions? I believe with that we're adjourned. Everybody have a great day.