Tuesday March the 12th is now session this morning. We have some special guests with us since we had spring break. We have Everett and Addison Eads. Everett's going to lead us in our invocation and Addison will lead us in our pledges. We please stand. Thank you for letting us be on spring break and I'm thank you for letting us living in America as to where we can be free and have jobs. And I ask that you lead the Cardinals to find a new Pope, although I'm not Catholic. And let us have a good court session. Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God in New Zealand with liberty and justice for all. On to the Texas flag, I pledge allegiance to the Texas one state under God. One in the, in the, in the, as well. Look and good in your Boy Scott uniforms. Yeah. Thank you very much. We appreciate that. Well, item one is for public input for items not listed on the agenda. If there's any member of the public that would like to address the commission's court, we ask that you please complete a public comment form. Want to remind everyone to please turn off your cell phones and pages. Members, item two is a consent agenda. Do we have questions, comments, or do we have a motion for approval? Thank you. We have a motion for approval by Commissioner Mitchell, seconded by Commissioner Marchant. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, sen. Motion does carry. Consented agenda today consists of two a, which is approval of the order-making appointments. We have a promotion in the tax office, a promotion in the Sheriff's Department, the mental health division, promotion of road bridge east, new hire and juvenile probation, juvenile detention, demotion in juvenile probation. This is juvenile post adjudication and a new hire in public health. UV is approval of the intro departmental transfers to see those approval of payroll. 2D is approval of ward of bid for flexible base grade type A road and bridge east to CJA enterprises LLP. To E is approval budget member requests for various line items for various technology services budgets in the amount of $10,300. Two F is approval of building use requests from the Qantas to use the courthouse on the square lawn and basement restrooms for Elvis on the square concert. On Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. and 3a is approval of a proclamation once you read the proclamation here for me too much. This is a approval of a proclamation of March 17 through 23rd 2013 as Poison Prevention Week in Denton County, Commissioner Marchin. This is a proclamation whereas our society has become increasingly dependent. Excuse me, please. Is it on? Yes, Dean. Oh, they can hear it. I'm sorry. Okay. Whereas our society has become increasingly dependent on household chemicals to perform labor saving, time saving miracles. And on medicine to promote health giving life-sustaining benefits. And whereas these products, when not used as intended, are directed, maybe hazardous, particularly if children gain access to them. And whereas over the past 51 years, the nation has been observing poison prevention week to call attention to these hazards and how proper handling and disposable of these substances and proper use of safety packaging can help eliminate them. And whereas the efforts of our community organizations complemented by the efforts of the North Texas Poison Center have reduced childhood poisons in Denton County. And whereas the North Texas Poison Center, as a regional Poison Center, located at Park and Health and Hospital System, provides the ultimate in human service programming, immediate, accessible, emergency information, to save lives of victims of poison-related emergencies. And whereas these programs must continue as long as even one child swallows a household product or medicine by mistake. Now therefore be it resolved that the Commissioner's Court of Denton County does hereby proclaim the week of March 17th through the 23rd or 2013 as Poison Prevention Week in Denton County. Further we direct the appropriate agencies in our local government to continue their cooperation with concerned citizens and community organizations including our schools to develop programs which will alert our people to the continued danger of misusing medicines and how so products and to promote effective safeguards against accidental poise things among young children. Done in Opal Court this 12th day of March 2013 of Palm My Motion. Thank you. We have a motion by Commissioner Marchant, seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the name? Motion is carried. Okay, 5 a is approval of the bill report payments from CSED Community Corrections TA, T.A.I.P. Shares, Training Shares, Forefature, D.I.T. Interest, D.A. Check-P, and D.A. Forefature funds are all presented for recording purposes only. Good morning, James Wells. Good morning, Judge Commissioners. I'd ask approval of the bills as presented with the actually two additions. The one on our list on separate page for answers to the administrative complex phase two. We've been asked to expedite that and we just had a request that this morning from the district attorney's office for filing fees for the second court of appeals and the appeals case they have. It's 175 dollars and be charged to their evidence budget. Thank you. Do we have a motion by the commissioners court or do we have any questions? The moved. Motion by the commissioner Marchant. Second. Second by the commissioner Coleman. You have questions. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed to the name. Motion is carried. 6A is a word of approval of a word of RFP 12122175 transportation to human remains to Howard Mortuary and North Central Texas Crematory Services. Good morning Scott. Good morning, Tedch commissioners. Quickly on this, this being an RFP, I would like to thank Dr. Barton and Mr. Taylor for setting on our evaluation committee. It takes a lot of time to read through those proposals and takes away from their job takes. So we do appreciate the service and insisting us with that. We did receive two proposals. We interviewed both firms. After the interview, Mr. Taylor went out to the firm that we're recommending and inspected their site and their equipment. And at this time, the Bayway community would like to make recommendation to award to Howard Mortuary in North Central Texas Cream Tourist Services. Thank you. Are there any questions to members supported? A bit approval. Thank you. We have a motion by Commissioner Marchant. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Posting. A motion is carried. Seven a is approval of recommendation from the Capitol Improvement Committee to proceed with the issuance of debt for 2013, fiscal year 2013, including the list of projects for technology buildings and roads on Donnester. Good morning, Judge and commissioners. We had this on last week's agenda. This is a recommendation of the Capitol Improvement Committee that meant several times to go over the various projects included in our program as well as new projects that were submitted. We are recommending today that the court give us direction to proceed with issuing the debt and followed up by a future meeting with our bond advisers and bond council to discuss the calendar of events as well as the other specifics of the debt. So there's information in your packet on page 80 and 81 that details out the specific projects in question. We are recommending $50,573,000 and $11 in voter approved debt be issued, which would be repaid over a 20-year period, as well as issuing tax notes in the amount of $10,526,121 for other various projects that are listed on page 80. I'll be happy to answer any questions that you have. The questions from members of court? I would like to just make, oh go ahead. Thank you. Page 81. I think you gave me some money that should have been gone to Andy at the bottom of the page. It should be present for. I'll take it. I didn't give it to you. It was just a typo. I didn't give it to you. It was just a typo. A typo. Yes. Thank you for catching that. That's okay. The other... I'd like to hear from, I guess, maybe... I don't know if you or Mr. Wells would be better adequate to address this, but in regards to the eight tenths of a penny increase, what kind of an estimate is that is that kind of like a lag or a... That's pretty much based on what's being issued today or what we're requesting to be issued. As we mentioned in the briefing memo memo there is a possibility of a refinance that you'll be seeing as well that will hopefully lower that we just don't know by what specific amount just yet but hopefully next week or the following week we'll have a debt schedule and can discuss the the overall impact of what that's going to mean to us for future debt service payments, including those for 2014. So by us passing this we're all basically agreeing to increase taxes to pay for the bonds that we issue pretty much right? Okay. That would be an accurate statement. I think one of the worst things you can do is agree to pass bonds or cell bonds for impassitary infrastructure and then subsequently don't vote to raise the taxes or meet the financial obligations to pay for the bonds that you sold. I know we may have other problems or disagree with other parts of the budget. I just hope in the future if we do we can maybe... I don't think we've ever had a problem with... In our debt? Right. I agree. I just think it's a... It's something... Since it's going to be a potential large tax increase. Oh, correct. I'm in favor of this. A lot of these county road projects are something that are needed in precinct one. I'm voting for this. I guess I'm agreeing to committing to pay the to race taxes to pay the bond. And I think this is I'm sorry. I was just going to say the auditor and a budget director obviously have a responsibility to give us a heads up on that distinct possibility. Auditor and a budget director obviously have a responsibility to Give us a heads up on that distinct possibility But there's a lot of variables in your two the refinance can make a difference and also When the values come in in July that can have an effect too, so but the They're absolutely correct to Point out that it has the potential of a eight tenths of a cent potential of increasing the tax rate and we won't know that until we get further down the road. I understand. I just. Mr. Mitchell, did you have something you wanted to add? I just wanted to add that this has nothing to do with the budget itself. Right. And we're ready to do the budget. Whether it will be a tax increase or not. And whether you vote for a tax increase or not. And whether you vote for the tax increase for the entire budget or not. Just this particular part of it. Okay. Other questions concerning anything that Donna has presented or would you like to go ahead and make a motion for approval? I will but Donna in the past we've generally been able to absorb tax increases by the erasing the appraisals and the values. Correct? That's correct. I would estimate that that's not going to be a possibility this year. We have the jail will be opening up and we'll be phasing in new employees as well as the operating expenses for that as well as our juvenile probation facility as well so that will require staffing. We're going to have a lot of new employees, a lot of new expenses that we're going to have to fund this year's budget and hopefully that can all be done with any new revenue that we receive going to have to fund this year's budget. And hopefully that can all be done with any new revenue that we receive. But that's to be determined as well. Like to remind, even the public that the public went into these bond elections with their eyes wide open, with the understanding that if they voted for these bonds, and when we sold these bonds, that there will be direct repercussions as far as attacks that As we sell those bonds that that to service that debt we would have to increase taxes to service that debt and Through the election itself and the promotion of the election itself and advertising that was discussed and then it to the public and so. I think the courts following up on your promise that you would issue it in increments. That's right versus you know all the lines. So a couple of times. So we're spreading this out. In 2009, we issued debt 2010. We skipped 11 and issued debt in 2012 as well. So I think you're following through with your promises. Well, I agree. I just, just to clarify, I mean, it would be safe to say that in the past, we've used new revenue to cover our bond sales for this year because we're going to have a significant increase It would be safe to say that in the past, we've used new revenue to cover our bond sales. This year, because we're gonna have a significant increase in staffing with the Sheriff's Department. No, in the past we hadn't. No, we've had a slight increase in the past too. That's right, okay, that's true. But one of our men, we're gonna have a significant increase in staffing due to the Sheriff's Department in juvenile. And those were approved projects and necessary Okay, well move for approval Thank you. We have a motion by commissioner Coleman Second back and then by commission march and other other questions or comments on this issue You're none all in favor please say aye aye opposed to name motion does carry. Thank you Aye. Aye. Opposed? A name? Motionless carrying. Thank you. 7B is approval. A budget amendment requests 100640 to increase revenues to allocate expenditures or salary assistance benefits and various operating line items for the Sheriff's Department. Northwest Independent School of District, School Resource Officer, in the amount of $340,089. I'll second. Motion by Commissioner Eid, Seconded by Commissioner Coleman. Hearing no questions, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, in name. Motion does carry. Tanae is approval of the final acceptance of the CalSo Road Project. Thank you. We have a motion by Commissioner Coleman. Thank you. Seconded by Commissioner Eads. I'll in favor please say aye. Aye. Aye. Post-synne. Motion is carried. 10b is preliminary approval. The cash is mill road culvert project. I'll move for approval. Motion by Commissioner Coleman. Seconded. Seconded by commissioner Eads Here are no questions on favor please say aye aye Post-sene motion carries ten C's preliminary approval of the Joe Allen road project I'll move for approval Most of my commissioner commons second and I'm Mr. Mitchell on favor please say aye aye Post-sene like to say these are all examples of our county bond funds that work for placing our older. Roads and bridges out in the county. Okay, 12 a is approval of the Sheriff's Office brand application to canines for cops. We have motion for approval by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded by Commissioner Marchandt. Did you want to add anything, Sheriff? Okay. Hearing no questions or comments, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, Cine? Motion does carry. Um. Michelle, were you here on one of the legislative things? Okay. Let's go to item 13A which is approval of legislative policy statements and or resolutions and discussion or approval of other matters relating to the 83rd legislative session. We have quite a stack at least to give through today. Can tell things are really getting going down there. The first one I have is House Bill 827. In the statement reads like this, that kind of opposes House Bill 827, which relates to an agreement between Department of Public Safety and the county clerk for the provision of renewal and duplicate drivers license and other identification certificate services in certain counties authorizing a fee. Didn't kind of consider this an unfunded mandate. Whether such action is performed in the County Clerk's office or the taxes that's our clerk's office, it would increase liability issues for county staff increased costs of offering services and county offices without adequate compensation, increase wait times for customers in county offices. I assume Michelle this is one of the one of the material here for. I believe the bill authorizes us to like keep a dollar out of it. Is that correct? Which is which is inadequate to cover our expenses. That's why we went forward with opposing this opposed legislation. Thank you. We have a motion of approval for our opposition of House Bill 827 by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded by Commissioner Marchand, other questions or comments. I'll just say we're going to continue to monitor this because as they go through committee hearings, they're going to change. So it may end up being palatable, but at this point in time the way it stands, I'm glad we're opposing it. All right, on favor of the motion to oppose, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, sitting motion does carry. So opposed, please say aye. Aye, opposed, sitting. Motion does carry. The next one is House Bill 933. Then kind of opposes House Bill 933, which relates to automatic expansion of a juvenile's record actor completion of a deferred prosecution program, providing the criminal penalty. Then kind of considers this an unfunded mandate and a burden on an overextended system to identify each qualified subject, notify the office responsible for preparing an expansion order, and notify the person that his or her record is being expunged, with failure to complete such actions subject to criminal penalty. Rather than placing the burden and criminal penalty on the county, the subject of the record should make application for the expansion of their own record and bear the cost of such expansion. Everybody agree? Yeah, but let me let me I can talk a little bit about this only because of some exposure from some UVs that I think probably the I mean I'll be supporting the opposition of this, but I think probably one of the reasons why that is is because the system is so overbearing to the applicant to get their records expunged and it's so laborious, it's so time consuming, and there is no other direct reason for them to move things along. When you're a juvenile or you're an adult and you're trying to get your juvenile records expunged, what you have to go through is a long, long, laborious task. And I just see that this bill is trying to speed that up by making Making the governmental entity more responsible for move it along, but but I'll vote for it But I can see why it probably was written I'm sure that'll all come up in community hearings Do we have a motion? I don't believe we do yet. I'm going to make the motion in favor of opposing this House Bill 933s or second. I'll second. Thank you. Seconded by Commissioner Coleman. Hearing no further discussion. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Post the name. Motion does carry. Next is House Bill 3128. I would like to support House Bill 3128, which relates to the authority of the County Commissioners Court to adopt standards for lot frontages on roads in the uncorporated areas. The county, this bill clarifies that counties have the authority to set the width on private roads and future roads. This is a great idea. I take that as a motion in favor. All right, the motion by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Eans. Here no further discussion other than it's a great idea. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, Sainine? Motion does carry. Next is House Joint Resolution 137 to oppose, didn't kind of oppose House Joint Resolution 137, which proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize certain kinds to perform private road construction. Such a bill sets a precedent for county crews working on private property, even if the private property owner is charged a reasonable fee for the service. In addition, such an amendment raises the issue of defining the private road. This was brought to my attention by Bennett Hound. Slippery slope. I think it's a slippery slope also. I'll move. We have a motion for approval of the opposition of House Strength Resolution 137 by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Eidz. Here in the further comment on favor, please say aye. Aye The next joint resolution 137 by Commissioner Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Eads. Hearing no further comment on favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the name? Motion does carry. Next is House Bill 2921 for Dement County to oppose House Bill 2921, which relates to the addition of certain member counties to a regional toll authority. The bill would permit a county in which an authority turnpike project is located, or is proposed to be located to become a member of the regional toll authority after the data construction begins in the county, or September 1, 2013. In addition, it would allow all counties part of the authority, Regardless of population size to have the same voting power creating inequity with the regional toll toll way authority. I have a real problem with the arbitrary September one 2013 date whether they've had a toll road in that county or not and they've got full voting rights on the border directors of the so the NTTA for example. I see a lot of things wrong with this bill and I'm sure, like I said earlier, this is going to come out in committee hearings but I thought it was important for us to take a position on this and get it to our legislators if for no other reason than talking points. Any other questions or comments? Thank you. We have a motion for approval by Commissioner Marchant. Chair is going to second the motion further comments. Hearing none all in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the motion is carried. Next is House Bill 2231. I suggest that the county should support House Bill 2231. I suggest that Dave County should support House Bill 2231, which relates to the additional tax imposed on land appraised for ever learned tax purposes as open space land. If a change in use in the land occurs, this bill will eliminate and loophole the tax code 23.55, which prevents companies from paying rowback property taxes after converting land from agricultural use. I want to make something very clear here. This legislation was prompted by me. I requested Ron Simmons to carry the bill, which he agreed to. And it was prompted because of Nebraska Frontier Company coming to the colony area. At no point in time did the city of the colony or Nebraska furniture do anything improper or illegal? I want to make that abundantly clear. Where I have a problem here is when the property was changed from the company that owned 400 plus acres to the city of colony when a governmental body takes over that property that's an egg, there's no robot taxes to. Now Nebraska furniture and I believe the colony too from having subsequent conversations with them, they fully anticipated as they told the commission's court that they would be making application to the state comptroller's office for relief from paying the rollback taxes, which that comes under a different section of the tax code. There's certain tests that they have to meet in order to qualify to not pay the rollback taxes. What happened here is by making the ownership change and then changing the use of the property when it was in the hands of a colony, that eliminated the rollback taxes. And it's my understanding, and I fully believe that neither the colony nor the Nebraska furniture company anticipated that taking place. They anticipated, and as recently as a week or so ago, still making application to the comptroller's office. So my point in doing this is to close a loophole to force whether it's in the basketball furniture or any other company and to understand the same situation took place down in Houston someplace. Was it San Antonio? In fact, it was a bill that was written specifically to help San Antonio through Rick Perry to land Toyota. Right. Well, that's the only other time that this has ever been used. I was told Houston, but that the point is the way the law is now, without this legislation being passed, defeats the purpose of having the other law that requires the company to go through the comptroller's office and meet a certain test. So that's why Ron Marchant, and I'm sorry, not Ron Marchant, Ron Simmons. You just have promoted. Ron Simmons was asked to carry this bill in his agreed to and that's why I'm going forward with it. And I talked to the City of Colony as recently as this morning just before court to make sure that they did understand my purpose in passing this legislation. I don't want to imply in any way that anybody's done anything improper or illegal. We've had discussions about this because I had a contingent. I had a constituent who brought it up to me about them not paying the rollback. And I remember specifically talking to Misty Ventura, the attorney for Nebraska Brasker furniture, because we were talking about rollback and she said she would apply to the Secretary of State. No, do a comptroller. Yeah. Okay. Everybody understand what I'm doing here and why? No, but that's why I'd like to table it till there is some understanding. I was just contacted about this bill and truly I've tried to read through it and then there's some other connotations to another bill made reference within this bill that Tam Parker filed. In other words, there's a section of the tax code that this makes reference to a change to. So I went to that tax code and there's another bill by Parker that talks about interest on those avalorum taxes. And I know that I have a meeting to talk with represented Simmons as well as the colony later in the week to see truly what the ramifications. And I ask that same question and let me share an email that I got here concerning the two bills in regards to 2231 and the other bills, 1209. This is from Ben Lancaster, he's in round Simmons office. He says, I just laid a person, I believe. But he says in regard to the two bills, they have similar captions in both of them in the tax code, but they do not do the same thing. Representative Parker's bill. I understand they don't do the same thing but I just found out that they interacted. I just asked that I have about a week. I've got some meetings set up. Okay. discussions on that that was clarification. I know it has, I know that the City of the Colony is very, very sensitive to what the commissioners court thinks of them and their intentions. That's why it's hard to ask a furniture. I would hate to, I would just like to table this if, if, if, if, please. But we don't, we don't need a motion. We can, I think, we'll just, we'll just hold it for a week. You get your questions answered and T's crossed, I's dotted and we can take it up again later. I don't have a problem with it. No, but it's not an emergency. We don't need a motion. It's not an emergency. It's not an emergency. Certainly not. Call me if you want to talk about it. Yeah. I'd rather everybody have a good understanding. That's fine. And let me make one clarification what you said. The reason why they were prepared was they were not prepared for the appraisal districts, attorneys opinion on it that they were prepared for the rollback issue and they were surprised that they go to the controller. That's right. And they were surprised that the Denton County appraisal district had a finding that they had in which was totally opposite of what they anticipated. So thank you. In the presidential defense, I have to say all the tax courses that I took with the presidential district didn't really surprise me because the change you used to curb. I believe that he acted correctly. I think that, again, that's the clarification that needs to happen. Okay. Again, that's the clarification that needs to happen. Okay. Kate, if you'll forward that to all members support so they can see the same email that I referenced. And get the explanation. All right, let's go on to House Bill 3048. I would like to suggest that it kind of should support this bill. It relates to remedies for non-payment of tolls for the use of certain toll projects authorized. And if he and certain investigative and court costs and creating an offense. This bill includes permissive vehicle registration block authority for NTTA, TechSat and RMAs, and administrative hearing process and opportunity for a appeal authority for TechSat to post a top violators list and a provision related to enforcement for out of county violators. Out of, said out of county or out of country. I'm sorry out of country violators. I move for approval. Second. We have a motion by Commissioner Marchion, seconded by Commissioner Coleman. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, Cine? Motion to carry. Okay. We're getting there. Just a couple more here. Senate Bill 316. I suggest that the Den Connex should support Senate Bill 316, I suggest that the DEM connexion support Senate Bill 316, which relates to the substitution by a pharmacist of certain opioid analgesic drugs this bill aims to help curb the rampant use of prescription Epoids by amending current law so that when a physician prescribes an appetite of anodgesic drug that incorporates a tamper resistant technology no substitution or interchange shall be permitted without pharmacy verification. That the substitute provides substantially similar tamper resistant properties. Prescription dogribus is a growing public health concern, especially drugs like hydrocoding and oxocontin. A bill that makes abuse of this type of drug more difficult would be beneficial from public health perspective. Motion by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded by Commissioner Marchin. Questions or comments? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Post and aye. Motion is carried. And lastly, Senate Bill 1329 didn't kind of support Senate Bill 1329, which relates remedies for nonpayment original tollway authority bills. This bill is an NTT only toll enforcement remedies bill. Senate Bill 1329 includes permissive vehicle registration block for nonpayment of 100 or more tolls, as well as opportunity for administrative hearing and appeal. Motion by Commissioner Marchin. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the聲ee? Motion is carried. That's it for today. Not that there are others going on, because they're sure all. Okay. The eighth I think was the filing deadline. So what we've got is is it. Okay, 13b is approval of the Den County Board and committees. Barbara has done, I think, an excellent job of deciphering everything that we talked about last meeting. And at this updated list, does anybody have any further questions or does it stand as? I will move to adopt it as presented. Thank you, Barbara, for taking on those wonderful notes. We have a motion for approval by Commissioner Eans. Seconded by Commissioner Marchand. Hearing no further changes, additions, deletions, corrections. So in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed to name. Motion carries. Good job. Barbara. After all that conversation. 13C is discussion and possible approval of posting a hyperlink to copies of campaign finance reports from elected officials on the county's website. Commissioner Coleman, you posted this? Yes. This is something that I've seen other cities and other counties do is they basically post on their website the elected officials most recent campaign finance report. And I've talked to Frank about it in the past. And to me it's something that we can do to enhance open government and I don't think it would cost us much. I don't think it would cost as much. I don't think it would take much effort to have it done. When I had done it myself, I posted my link to my most recent campaign finance report, but it was something I thought we could talk about and see what you all thought about it. Well, I think it's a great idea, but I don't think it goes far enough if we're gonna do that I think we need to do the personal financial statement to both of them are open subject to open records the taxpayer Has the right to know if elected officials receiving an incomes In addition to the tax dollars that they get in the form of a paycheck. So if we're going to do one, I think we need to do all of it. Frank has a website on his face that he wants to make a comment. Good morning. Good morning, Judge and commissioners. Commissioner Coleman, I've talked about this several times over the last few months. Once we reach a population of 1 million will be required to post those on the website, only the commissioners court members. Some counties post all of their elected officials. The only thing I do have a question about, I believe there's a statute that prohibits the personal finance from being put on the web. Really? That's part of the county clerk. And I believe that you have to go in and sign a book. And the web doesn't facilitate that. So I don't believe those can be put on. I'll confirm that, but I believe I read that this morning. I think I read that something. Didn't know that. Handpain five reports or another story. Then let's see what the... We're working with the new, I think you all know this for working with the vendor for a new website. I anticipated go live dates, do live first. We will have the ability to do this if you want to, but a decision, y'all should make. Well, that's kind of... I talked to Frank about it a bunch of times and then we got the email from I don't know what to do but a decision, y'all should make. Well, that's kind of, I talked to Frank about it a bunch of times and then we got the email from Kevin Carr that asked about if, you know, people had suggestions for the new county website that we were fixing to have designed and I thought that I thought we could do it for everybody. I never thought we'd do it together. I think that's okay. Well, that's why I put it on for discussion today. Bobby was the, you know, I mean, I don't think we need a policy or anything. I mean, you do, you do, or you don't. I don't know. Let me ask you something just for clarification. If you are a elected official and just ran a campaign and you closed out your campaign account and you shut it down, then your requirement for filing any kind of subsequent campaign expenditures or money collected goes away, doesn't it? Yes, it's a final report. Final report. So that would be on the website as well. And the reason why I'm saying that, I don't want people to assume that because the report's not on there like everybody else's is because they were refusing to report that. There is no requirement after a final report has been made that any future reports are due. And if we do this, we need to make some kind of distinction. So if it is for open government is to find out if the elected officials are being responsible during the election laws that at the same place they need to understand that if a final report has been filed, that there should not be any subsequent Works that that would even appear until they open up and file another campaign Treasure designation That's correct. That's correct. I think there's several ways it's done if you'll look at Tarant counties They post their commissioners campaign finance reports and they also post any campaign treasure report, filing of a campaign treasure. If you look at Travis County, they post all of their elected officials every report you can possibly imagine is on there. So it really depends on what your preference is. I mean I think it can become fairly volume-ish if you did every single one. That's what my idea was just to post the most recent one. I think we could probably, you know, depending on the preference post every single one. But I thought the most current one. Whatever one came in, you just take out the old one and put up the new one. But I mean, it's really... Well, we do get a lot of requests. I mean, the requests we get are, you know, range from, I want the current one until I want the last 40 years. Right. Or whatever we have. So... There is a statute of limitations on that. How many years back? Two. We're only required to keep the past two. That's correct. But maybe we should just post the past two years. I've had a request here to... I think we need to talk to the other members of the district. Well... Request here to All right, well we could just do it for the commissioners court if we wanted to and lead by Lead by example Well, all right, thank you Frank. Thank you. Let me ask. I mean, I'm not. I guess I'm not through talking about it. But Frank. Oh, I'm sorry. I mean, to send them off of the turn. Well, Frank, do you want to. From what I understand, I don't. I mean, I think you, you know, the personal fine. I don't have a problem with posting my personal financial statement. I mean, I still practice all that's fine. You know, I own a corporation. I'm sure you can find out Mary, you know, has real estate investments. All that's perfectly acceptable because the public can find that out. So I don't have a problem. But maybe you should report back and see exactly what the requirements are of the personal financial statement. And whether we can post it on the web. I'll find you the exact statute I read it this morning but I don't know if it's prohibited from posting or if it's just not required. I lane towards the prohibited because of the manner you have to sign to look at it. All right. Well, let's check that out. We'll take it up again. All right. Thank you. I'll tell you what, it'd be, it'd make it a lot easier for these companies that put lists together for a pop. Yeah, and that's probably the majority of our request. I know what you're trying to come out of Houston. You know, so save a lot of phone calls and a lot of time. I mean I think we just need to figure out for you as best to do it for the past two years or just do the most current one does Cindy Mitchell just want to have the personal financial statements on the web or would she like to keep a log? I think those are all things we need to figure out. I think it's the commission report, and I know we, you know, it's just for initial discussion, but I think it's a good idea for us to leave by example. I mean, our campaign finance reports are easily accessible. So I don't know why it would be a problem to put it on the web, but I agree, Bobby, we should probably contact the other elected officials as well. So that's all I have to say. Miss? as well. That's all I have to say. Yes? Okay, thank you, Frank. All right. So there'll be no formal action on 13c today. 13d is approval to change to charge. I'm sorry. JC commercial incorporated $3,500 for liquidated damages is set forth under the contract terms for Dent County Courts Building, fourth floor construction project. Michael, to be all with us this morning, good morning, Michael. Morning, Judge, good morning, commissioners. I just wanted to give you a little background on this. As you know, our contract is all tied to the substantial completion date. We entered into a contract for the fourth floor with JC Commercial had a specified number of days to complete the project. There was a request made for substantial completion right about when it was due, but the project was not ready yet. The definition of substantial completion basically is that the project all systems are functioning in the project and it's basically it's ready to use for its intended purpose. At the point that that was ready we issued this substantial completion and did that and that was seven days past the contractual obligation. Since then we finished up the project and we're getting ready to close it out. I asked JC commercial to reduce their final payment request by the $3,500, which is the seven days passed due. They said that they did not agree with that interpretation and I told them well this is the contract so I told them the only option was to bring it to commissioners court if they had something that they wanted to discuss further than that. So I think what JC commercial is here today to make a request and I can answer any questions after that. Icon consulting is here. And Byron who is our project coordinator for the project is also here. OK, thank you. Good morning. Further back in if you would state your name, please. Good morning. I'm Tom Neely with JC Commercial and Project Manager. On this project we started it out. We rolled through the project, got to the end of the project. The substantial completion date as stated was supposed to be 7, 9, 12. We did achieve substantial completion on that date. We do have a C of O on that date. Means you can't occupy the space. The space was being occupied on that date. We do have a C of O on that date. It means you can't occupy the space. The space was being occupied at that time. The back office is were filled with furniture and being used for their intended purpose on that date. The county decided they needed some change orders done. They asked us to do a change order to change the AV system in the main courtroom itself at a control system to the side of the judges seat to the side. We agreed to do that change order. We did that change order. That change order didn't affect them being able to use the back offices or even the courtroom. The AV system with that being said was not totally up and running because we did have to go in and reprogram the EV system. What else? There was two other change orders that were asked at that time for us to do. One was to stop the swinging doors from being able to swing on the jury side of the courtroom, which we did get pricing back to them. On the fifth, we didn't get any word back until the eleventh, on to go ahead and do that. And that's all in the packet that I provided you We also were asked to change panic buttons in the back offices after they'd already been installed on the fifth Those took place run Somewhere around the 11th after we got approval to do those items we got approval to do those items. I give you an entire pack and it shows you that we were, what our punch list was, on the date of substantial completion, I did add my regional letter. The third page in is my regional letter asking for substantial completion. I never received anything from the architect, county, or anyone else stating that this substantial completion date was not acceptable. Later down the road, I was talking to the architect, he said he needed another substantial completion later. I did add that in the packet. I did put on there that was my second attempt to get this building to the substantial completed. JC commercial stance on this is, Sunfared Chargellis Pintle, do you want the occupant was occupying the space and using the space. If they're in there, how can you charge me a penalty? You know, they could have ran this for five years, saying a paint needs to be painted here or a scratch over here. All we want is what's fair, we're not asking for more money we're asking for. It's in the contract documents for us to be given. All right. Do you say somebody else was here that wanted to speak to Michael? I can't hear if there's any questions. I'd like to respond. Okay. I guess that statement's partially true. We did have some folks move into the offices, but by contract we're allowed to take partial occupancy. The courtroom was not functional. There was no judge Robinson actually, when we did finally move in, it still wasn't operational. And it had nothing to do with the change order. The change order was to add another control set to that. They could not use the AV system at all, so it wasn't a functioning courtroom until we granted substantial completion. So once it's substantial complete, we granted that in a timely manner. So the, you know, the project as a whole was not substantial complete, and that's how you judge it, not a portion of that, which as I said, were allowed to take partial occupancy per the contract. Okay questions or comments from members of the court? I'm moved to take the recommendation of staff. Thank you. Thank you. Yes. We have a motion by Commissioner Cullen. We have a second by Commissioner Mitchell. Are there further questions or comments All in favor of the motion. Please say aye aye pose to name motion is caring. Thank you 13 E is approval of resolution filed in the district court of Denton County, Texas to collect the Lincoln taxes on the following property Court of Denton County Texas to collect the link with taxes on the following property This is Denton kind of versus How ever you pronounce his name Troy? I guess at all and then Essentially this is property that was struck off to the county and we don't think we tax attorneys handling it The chair is going to move for approval of the resolution Seconded by commissioner merchant other questions Here none on favor please say aye aye post in in Motion does carry That's the second here. I'm happy with my letter. Let's go on to item 14A, which is approval of the 2013 amendment number one to the administrative services agreement between Denk County, Texas, member of the public employees benefit cooperative, nor Texas PVC PBC and United Healthcare Insurance Company. Thank you, judge and members of the court. This amendment reflects the increased fees that were approved earlier. It reflects the change to the Bank of America for the bank for the transactions, healthcare transactions. It reflects adding a nurse line and the fees associated with that. I'm going to go shade that you see an exhibit be and performance guarantees that you see an exhibit C3. And I don't know if there are any questions, but we are recommending approval today. Thank you. Other questions from members of court? Do we have a motion for approval? Motion by Commissioner Marchant. Chair, we'll second the motion. Other questions or comments? All in favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Aye. Motion is carried. 14v is approved of the 2013 interlocal agreement for professional services between the county's talent Dallas Denton Parker and the North Texas Toeway Authority as members of the PEC and the North Central Council of Governments COG. Thank you, Judge. This interlocal agreement update does have a budget impact. You approved that budget impact in late January. We're asking approval of the interlocal agreement today. Other questions from members of the point? I still want to know, is there any way, if we talk to about making this in October, October agreement, to decide with our budget? We have talked about that. There are some disadvantages to that too. We're making, we're not sure what we're going to have this year, but I think there are some cost advantages, not cost so much as being able to cover the costs to having it from January to January. I don't think there's been a consensus among PEC groups to change the plan year at all. What are the cost advantages? Well, as our claims, because we approve a budget in the fall, we have several months of the plan year. And if it looks like our claims are going to run high, then we can account for those in our next budget year where we wouldn't have that information if we were running concurrent with the budget year. We would be more likely to go into a deficit. I know that all the members of this except for the NTTA or counties and our budgets generally start in October and I don't know why we don't do it in that manner. I think I mean I know that we do a good job of budgeting and planning for it but I still would like to see it go October, October. I think it would help us at least help get a wrap your head around. I see your point commissioner, but I also think this gives us more flexibility in dealing with any large claims. We're all counties and we all go October to October. You can talk about that at the board meeting. I'll be glad to bring it up. We'll see how other people feel about it. But do we have any other questions concerning in our local agreement for professional services? Okay. Do we have a motion for approval? Motion by Commissioner Mitchell. Seconded by Commissioner Marchant. Here are no further questions. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed, aye. Motion does carry. 14C is approval of the 2013 ATM placement agreement between Dan County of Texas and Point Bank. Go ahead. Our last discussion when we were talking about ATMs in the placement. We brought up the fact that most of those locations were on a internet dial up using the telephone line. And I can't remember if Point Bank was here. Somebody indicated that they were going to go to a higher to an internet-based system. Do you know what I'm talking about? I'm not aware of that. I know the ones that we've placed recently are all still dial up. The person that I tackled running it all the way with all the money after they took it out of the ATM machine. Could you ask them those questions? We can check them out. We can check them out for you. Yeah, you understand. In other words, if any of you guys have ever used those, I mean, you sit there and you sit there. In fact, some people get frustrated. This is the truth. They get frustrated. Because I check it every night for a petty cash. They get frustrated because it takes so long and they walk away thinking that it didn't happen. And then all sudden money pops out. Because it's a dial up. And you know, went out for business. They only have one or two bidders. Yeah we have a hard time finding anybody to do that contract for us. But I thought that they were some and I apologize for not being so specific. Yeah and it's not my kind of it's been it's one our senior buyers' contracts. I'm not exactly sure about that. But I'll check on that for you. Would you vet that just a little bit and see if there's an opportunity for, for to go with a? We'll have to run that by Kevin also, because if it's a haspied connection that they bring in, I don't know enough about the technology to how they would bring that in unless they brought in us. Well, remember that. We've got some new facilities coming online too and they have those in there. And if they have the opportunity to do it within the new construction and they have the ability to put a machine in there that can do it. I just know that I'm very grateful for it believe me. But we'll work on that. Okay. Yeah. Please. Yes, please. First, far you can get it back to you. Okay. Thank you. I move for approval. Okay. We have a motion for approval by Commissioner Marchant. Second, I have Commissioner Mitchell. Here, no further questions or comments. All in favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the name? Motion to carry. 14D is approval of the contract in the amount of $112,500 between Denali Construction Services LP in the Denton County, Texas for construction of the Memorial Island Landscaping and Lighting Project. This is RFP-10122172, the Denton County Administrative Complex with funding to come from administrative complex phase two, construction budget, auditor line down to 6175209010, 2009 permanent improvement bonds. Chair is gonna move for approval. Seconded by Commissioner Eads, other questions or comments? Here none all in favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed, aye. Motion carries. In 14 years approval, the First Amendment to the interlocal cooperation agreement between Dantt County, Texas and the City of Lake Dallas, Texas, for the Main Street Improvement Project with the county agreeing to contribute an additional amount which shall not exceed $50,000. Towards satisfactory completion of the project for a total revised contract amount of $150,000 towards satisfactory completion of the project for a total revised contract amount of $150,000. The fund is to be transferred from Commissioner of Precinct 3, Triple-O8 discretionary funds ordered in line item 666-75219035 to Commissioner of Precinct 3, Missalaneous Project Funds ordered in line item 666-73909035. This is all in Commissioner of Precinct 3. and the committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. The committee is going to move. Aye. Opposed to name. Motion is carried. Okay. Quickly. I want to go to item 13 F and members. I hope you join me in this. I've done a letter to senators John Corne and Senator Ted Cruz and our Congress on Michael Burgess. I was just so incensed when I read this in the paper that I would hope that the commissioners court would agree to take action with me and I want to read this letter. Dear senators and congressmen, I'm concerned about the Pentagon's recent creation of a new electronic warfare service award, the Distinguished Warfare Medal, which will reward combat soldiers who never came face to face or even in the same time zone as the enemy. I do believe the Pentagon should acknowledge the role drone pilots play in advancing U.S. counterinsurgency goals overseas because you have troops lives depend on those pilots who fight battles by remote control from half a world away. However, I do not agree that their effort is comparable to that of military personnel fighting a dying on the front lines. You cannot equate a combat soldier being fully exposed daily to the dangers of IEDs and suicide by means with a cyber warrior serving in another continent away from the conflict safely protected from all combat dangers. Ranking the newly created distinguished warfare metal hire and prestige, then the bronze star and the purple heart sends a wrong message to our military. It's an insult to all veterans and current service personnel that have or are serving in harm's way. If the Pentagon will not change the ranking of military honors before awarding the medal, I respectfully request you change the ranking legislatively and I signed it obviously with my name and title. I would like to request that commissioners court send this letter with all of our signatures attached. You know, I just think this is something, I mean, I applaud you being concerned about this and I don't have a problem with you sending it on your letterhead, but it's not really regarding counting your state business. So I don't know if I've got a dog in this fight. We have a veteran service office here and I think it just falls right in line with supporting our veterans. You can affect mine. I also, since, and I hate to say this, since it's my brother, but if you see it also to my brother, he does represent didn't he? Yes't yes okay we'll add congress and march and also thank you all right well that's my motion then is for all members of commissioners court to be added to the signature line and in the heading we will add US Congressman Kidney Marching. Seconded by Commissioner Mitchell. All in favor please say aye. Aye. Opposed to the name. I'm abstain. One abstention. Thank you. All right. We're going to take about a I think that concludes all the agenda item postings that are for action items. We're going to take about a five minute break and come back to our workshop, which is item 21A on the agenda. This is workshop on account-based health plans as a component of employee benefits. There'll be no action on that. It's for discussion purposes only and we have done a congevic with us this morning. So we're going to take a five minute break and then we'll be back. you you you you you you you you I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. 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