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Becca's not here, so Lisa is going to
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message message desk service order form
texting.

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» Uh, yes. So, uh, Becca's been trying to
find a program that she can utilize by

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sending out mass texts and also be able
to, um, send out texts to, uh, people

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that are interviewing or on boarding or
offboarding and make it a lot simpler

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than, uh, doing phone calls and having
missed calls and all that kind of stuff.

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So, we're really hoping that this will
streamline all the activity she does.

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And also the um the insurance thing that
happens in October will be mandatory. So

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there's going to be a lot of
correspondence going out to all the

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employees about that. So we're hoping to
utilize that with this. There is a

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14-day grace period, but in order to get
the grace period, you had to sign an

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agreement. So uh Jenny's already
reviewed the agreement. Uh, as Becca

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uses this in that 14-day grace period,
if it's not something that she

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can utilize, like she thinks she will be
by what they have um advertised it for,

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then we'll just disconnect it. But it's
based on a annual annual fee of the

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$948.
Um, it says on here renewable each year,

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but we will evaluate that each year to
see if it's something we're still going

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to be uh using. Um so we'd like to put
this on the agenda. Uh if there is money

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in the um 9100 account 319 the computer
programming there's enough money in that

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to cover this.
I assume

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weather delay. We can send out a max
mass text through that too.

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Two hour weather delay for just to go to
the employees.

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» That it goes out to RA. This is
>> this here is just for HR to send out

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say, hey look, um are you able to
interview on these days? You know, hey

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look, we have job openings. There was
people that had

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clicked on thing. This is just for HR.
This has nothing to do with emergency or

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sending out alerts for

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» No, I think he was talking about sending
it to just employees to let them know

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that there's a two-hour delay or
whatever.

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» That's done by Ray.
>> That's still

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» Yeah, that's still this is this is
different. This is HR related issues. So

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if there's a update or you're missing
paperwork, you know, Becca can text you,

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hey, look, I need your paperwork. Why
you're may not be in office or that

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employee may not be
>> I guess I'm confused. Why would we send

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them? Why wouldn't we just send a text
to Could you only send it to one person?

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Why would we need a program?
>> Go ahead.

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» Go ahead.
>> Go ahead.

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» You're probably going to answer it a lot
better than me.

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Not necessarily just one person, but
employees.

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Uh, not all our employees have email
accounts that are county email accounts.

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Not all employees are here during
daytime shift. So when HR is here, the

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employee is not at work, employes at
work, HR is not. They can text that

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person versus emailing, you know. So if
you email that person well now I have to

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have their and then new people
onboarding or getting job applications

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you can text that person. you want, you
know, text a group of people. I say

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person, but group of people and say you
want to come in and interview on these

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times, you know, choose a
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program. Would it have the ability to be
able to acknowledge policy and

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procedures like if a new policy and
procedure come out to push it to

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employees and they go in and accept it
and acknowledge it? Do you know if it

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would do that?

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program a lot of it but it's really
helpful these enrollments these mass

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enrollments which you have to have to
have and some of the

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email set up
but just communications then

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there's no reply on this like if you
sent this out to employees can they

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reply to this to this texting
>> as far as I understand. Yes.

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» Okay.

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» When you do that and you know and I'm
thinking

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» when you send a with this program, let's
say, and you're sending out a text

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message to
30 employees because they're affected by

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the message that you're sending.
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text? Okay. So it goes to them privately
and independently

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and then when they reply it it's only
from them and it goes directly to HR and

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no one else.
>> That's why you're purchasing this type

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of program.
>> That's that is the purpose. That's

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really the main problem.
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» A privacy thing too.
>> I noticed it has an opt out option.

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So 90% of our employees opts out.
>> Then we know which ones. We get a report

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on which ones. That was my question.
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way.

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» Correct. If we're not utilizing it, we
won't renew.

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» And if within the 14 days we don't see
that it's working what we wanted to do,

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we just won't continue it.

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Any
other questions?

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» So, the money is budgeted. You do I mean
you do have the money in the budget

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obviously and um

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it's just strictly a communication tool
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Becca's time.

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Is she having trouble getting responses
back with the emails? And

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» she's been trying to find something now
for quite a while.

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Any other questions?

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» Any opposition to placing this on the
fiscal court agenda

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for um this coming Tuesday? Jenny's
already looked at it. So, all right.

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I'll make note of that then.
>> Do you have anything else?

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» All right. Thank you. Appreciate that.
>> And so, we will move on to um Aaron.

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» Anything.

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» Mike McNut.
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Magistrate Yates called me the other day
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Etown put an ordinance into theirs uh
limiting the sales of dogs and cats in

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retail locations.
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it was something that was talked about
at that point with with the rest of us,

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but I guess at that time none of I mean
several of y'all weren't part of that,

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but at that time they wanted to see how
it would work and and and it has worked

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except for now we're running into they
know where Radcliffe and Etown because

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Radcliffe and Etown both have this
ordinance.

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So they're setting up right outside so
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the one group that we recently went out
on were actually from deep in Indiana,

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like like three or four hours away from
here, but they came here to make, you

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know, to make that money.
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The ordinance um that stop pet stores
from selling dogs and cats are good

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because they shut down the supply chain
for cruel puppy and kitten meals. uh

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they protect animal welfare, safe
shelter animals, and stop buyers uh from

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getting hidden costs. Hundreds of cities
use these rule rules to promote adoption

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all across the nation. Um when we say it
stops bad bills, there are actually

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places where they will take
one male and put it in a cage with four

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females and basically all they do is
breed. Some of these dogs never see

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sunshine. They don't know the times I've
been parts of raids when you go in they

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um don't know what it feels like to
touch the ground and they are it is

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strictly a for-profit breeding facility
when we have an abundance of animals

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here already and we don't need anybody
breeding these animals. This will not

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have anything to do with reputable uh
breeders that are trying to keep the

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bloodlines for breeds and you know the
the good readers are still this has

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nothing to do with
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it's basically humans distorting
something to make money. Um, and it will

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help me out, uh, help us out because I
hopefully there there's only so many

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homes each year in Harden County. And if
we're cutting out these people from

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coming in, maybe we'll get more homes
for Harden County animals and and u plus

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the ones that we're putting out there
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have their rabies shots, stuff that, you
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health and safety and they're not
reproducing enough.

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So, we still need Jenny to
to give her approval. Um, and I'm sure

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there may be some wording she may want
to change. I can't speak for David, but

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um, I do feel it's a good idea. It is
going to be something that will cause my

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guys some extra work. Typically, in the
beginning, I've done some more research

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on this. Um, but typically when they
know that you have this set up and that

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you're actively enforcing it, they they
stay away. They move on to the next

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territory to

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Penny says she hopes to have it reviewed
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» I'll provide feedback.
>> So, this is something we can um just

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bring forth again after we get the
ordinance reviewed and the wording and

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then bring forth at our next resources
meeting.

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» Yes, that'll be fine. Hopefully,

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» you need it. Definitely. I don't I'm not
opposed to any of this. I If is there

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anyone that has a problem with
proceeding with this or has any comment

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about this?
>> What about flea markets? day. It would

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be interest.

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kittens are on there too, Larry. So,

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» there are places that
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» They breed kittens just to just to sell
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» which I don't understand. You know,
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» Wow. Yeah, there, you know, I don't that
part I I've never seen that, but

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evidently it's
>> in other areas it's big. So,

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» I can't think of any downside.
>> Yeah, I I can't either. I don't know.

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» The issue came up long time ago. Did we
have the same issue about an ordinance?

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» I, you know, I brought it up. I don't
know if it was Jim or whether it was

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Daniel who was in because this was in
2021 and I was part of working with

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Julian writing this. So, um, but I I
don't know. I think it was more let's

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just see what happens with it and then
we'll decide because, you know, I knew

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if we were keeping them out of the two
cities, it wouldn't be long before they

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were coming to the county to do it. So,
and that's actually happening now and we

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we've seen it multiple times. we were
able to find another reason to persuade

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them to go on, but we're not always, you
know, every time we come up and say

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something, they get a little smarter and
come back with what they need to

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maintain
the market. So,

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» the issue I understand right now is the
flea market. It's in between Racklet,

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Elizabeth Town. A lot of people,
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» Yeah,
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And the pro, you know, you half of them
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So, it' be good to have the license.
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» Like I said, the group we talk about,
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they drove quite a ways to get here.
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hours to get to Harden County and not
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if I remember correctly, Mike, there was
some of the discussion regulating retail

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sales getting in where you going to draw
the line. You got vape shops and you got

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this, you got that. You know,
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» Yeah. There was a lot more
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» Yeah.
>> dragging other issues into this issue.

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» And I don't want to drag anything this
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» Sure.
>> Okay. Well, we'll uh I'll put this on

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the agenda for September and we'll look
forward to seeing that and bring this

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back up again.
Thank you.

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» Let's see. Judge T.
Great work.

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» Yeah. Yeah, just uh I think our last
meeting or after class meeting some

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questions
software that currently have that is

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a free version of it and price tag to
upgrade that was $14,870.

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And so I just wanted to take some time
and clarify what this is

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so that not any misunderstanding.
Uh there was $6,120

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of this
almost $15,000. That is actually the

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software cost.
Okay. So that would be

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that's for 30 users and $17
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That's where the $6,120 comes from.
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for professional services,
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train and to bring all the users on
board. this upgrade all of the

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you know all the differences from what
they've come a little bit accustomed to.

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So it's um so that's that's where the uh
that's the breakout I guess of

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proposal for salt repair work 365.
Okay. So and what this thing is there

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may some misunderstanding there. Um,
basically

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bright work 365 free we are currently
using that and have been since

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some training got got everybody kind of
on board how to use it back in the first

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of the year. So really since about
March, we have been adding projects each

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department
to all kinds of different projects from

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quality improvement projects to
know anything that might cut waste out

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of their processes, you know, to be
productive.

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Um, you know, cost down projects, any
any type of improved project

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fit into this. We currently have 61
projects that are in progress right now.

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And so those those I can uh we can I can
get to those. I can see what the

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projects are. Um our department heads
are up updating these uh or trying to

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each week uh what whether there was any
progress or not on their on on their

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projects. So, that information is
currently being put in really. It's a

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few drop down um menus and then a couple
text boxes that they can put stuff in.

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uh there's no way to if they have um
email information or a word document, an

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Excel document that's got some chart in
it or any kind of data that's being

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analyzed,
any of that stuff, this free version,

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like I said, it's very basic version and
you can't attach it to uh to that

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project. So we've we've kind of done
some workarounds to try to to to

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be able to handle some of that. It's
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So uh anyway it I it's been a good start
and we know just to take even a step

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back from that look back last year we
spent our team that was looking into

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this spent several months uh reviewing
various different software packages that

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would do this type of thing where you
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going and then uh have it
Um it's percent complete and the health

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of the project and whether things are
moving forward or not. Uh action items

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that move the project forward. Uh team
members, you know, all these things that

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make make up a project and to document
it. And there's a lot of them out there

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and uh there's a lot of very expensive
ones to be frank. So we thought after we

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finally narrowed it down to this
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the least expensive. And the other thing
that really liked about it is it that it

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did have this free version so that we
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used to using it before we would start
to invest money to. Okay. So that was

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the reason really behind starting out
this way and uh we did get it uh just a

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note again that this software package
this this uh 15 almost 15,000 is is

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budgeted put in for this purpose and um
and the timing was good and that we

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could utilize it for you know five or
six months get projects in it play

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around with it understand it uh get used
to using a project management software

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and uh and then we would have the
ability to upgrade this particular case

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without going to a totally different
software package and having to you know

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start over again basically with all
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um
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we're trying to manage
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without something like this it's been
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years to try to track all the different
projects that are going on and

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understand how things are progressing
have some account so forth so um and

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actually have some reporting that is
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much easier to understand how things are
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I feel like we've already demonstrated
value by using the this free platform uh

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since March and the paid version is a
significant enhancement

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for sure. U control, visibility, staff
efficiency. Um, and so all those things

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will be enhanced. Um, this definitely is
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there's things that have to do with um

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it it is a centralized system reduces
reliance on spreadsheets email updates

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which is basically what you kind of
depend on you know okay well we got a

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problem here let's address it with a
project let's document it u and send

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that out as an email possibly or discuss
it in a meeting then you follow up later

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with another email well how are things
going And maybe, you know, two or three

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weeks later, you're trying to figure
out, well, [clears throat] is it did it

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get completed? Uh, you know, are there
any issues with trying to get it

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completed? It's going to cost some money
to to make this improvement, how did you

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arrive at at the at the solution? All
these types of things are going back and

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forth email or verbally or during a
meeting or maybe uh action items during

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a meeting that may be associated with
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So all these things take up extra time
not um you know there's not a process

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and a way to document them. Uh so I I
think this this uh type of

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of software which is really you know
fairly minimal in price um is is going

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to show itself to be very beneficial.
already has his limited version and this

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just takes it up to level with some
dashboard that allows um me and Bonnie

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and department heads to uh look and see
how things are going within the

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department with all their projects and
then I can all projects in the

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wholeization. So the dashboard part of
it um is very effective, very um

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help helps a lot with time it takes
right now for me to try to figure out

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how things are going overall even with
the free version.

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So yeah, there's some staff efficiency
that's improved. there's uh

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you know the uh the implementation risk
is going to be low because we kind of

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already got it started. So we're not
starting out and paying money for

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software that we don't that we know that
may or may not work. We already know it

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works.
This is going to enhance it. So the imp

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implementation part of it is is solid.
Don't have to worry about that.

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I don't know that I have some other
stuff but I I I guess you have any

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questions about this why proceeding this
or want to proceed.

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» Let me clarify this now the free
introductory software

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» was good since March from March to what
the end of the year. Uh it's it's good

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for it. It's it's good forever.
>> I mean it's okay that there's no it's

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unlimited time.
>> We could use it as long as we

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» so and we you know which was good. That
was another positive thing about some of

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the software packages didn't do.
>> This one did.

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» All right. So you're you you're wanting
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project management software at the cost
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» well nearly nearly 15,000. Okay. I just
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» Well, it was 9,000 and
>> 9,000 $8,750.

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» So a total of 1487,
>> right? is a one-time thing that doesn't

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happen. So, that's that's a one-time
charge just to get it implemented.

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» Okay, that's to get it implemented.
Then, what is the annual fee?

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» $6,120.
>> All right. Okay. That's the annual fee.

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» And and is this involve like a yearly
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» Is it an annual contract?
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the 6,120
that's included in the 14,870

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at this to initiate this. Okay,

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» I'm going to I'm going to open this up
for discussion then. Um, any of the

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committee members have any comments
about this or anything to share before I

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go to the other side of the table?
I'd like to say about the uh the

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enhanced product that the free version
doesn't have is cross collaboration with

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the departments. Right now it's verbally
when we all sit in a room whenever

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people need help with another piece of
the project. A lot of times it's Aaron

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depending on what the project is. Then
you have the department head. They also

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might have their um assistant or
somebody else working it with it. A lot

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of times what EMS is doing on some of
the projects, it involved 911 too. So

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you needed to do that in this in the
free version, you just have the leader

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and then like a sponsor, which would be
me or keys or somebody that could also

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go in there and look at it, but
everybody can look at all of it. It just

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gives you a lot more levels and plus the
ability to actually attach documents to

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it so people view it without all getting
into a meeting and then trying to go

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over stuff. And also, I know from me
coming on here partway through um trying

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to find
pri prior projects, they're all kind of

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like saved in a directory under maybe a
prior employee or um you just just have

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to do these broad searches. There's not
a a uniform way or uniform spot on the

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network where things are safe. This
would help get major projects into

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one area if you're just looking for
those and grants too.

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Quite a few grants in on this too
>> that are bigger projects.

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» There's a lot of things that are fitting
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talent. So
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the free version doesn't

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categorizing your projects like it's
safety

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cost dam quality. It's very restrictive.
Uh I'm not complaining about it. It's

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just this is what it was. So we knew
that going in. It was a place to start.

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So we're at the point now where
used to using something like this and

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now ready to make a step forward.
Uh, you know, a lot of these projects

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are team projects where you have the
team engagement like Bonnie was saying

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and this version that we're using now
doesn't allow you to to you can you can

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put your team members in a text box but
it doesn't automatically [cough]

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information out to email or whatever
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teams
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collaborate with each other.
See That's the status.

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» Whatever you're trying to communicate
it, you have to do it all by email. Just

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goes back to email. Doesn't necessarily
tie back to this project. So, um, the

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other thing just reminded me of too, the
nice thing about this too is it also

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uses Microsoft 365,
right parent? So, um, Excel,

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uh, Word, you know, PowerPoint, Teams,

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All of those are tools that this
software utilizes and functions with

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versus some of the software packages
kind of try to do their own thing.

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So yeah, so there's
automatic SK automatic scheduling.

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There's obviously centralized project
tracking, high visibility, streamline

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communication,

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bottleneck identification.

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I I can look at particular department,
department head and see how many

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projects they've got. There's some
there's some data that is provided

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through some
dashboard that says, "Hey, this too many

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projects. There's too much time um
associated with some of these. You need

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to reevaluate what you're you know what
you're asking." These types of of things

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that are helpful when you're trying to
get the you know get things done,

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prioritize, I suppose.
>> So anyway, That's kind of where we're

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at.
>> Yeah, we have three department heads

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here sitting at the table.
Do you all have any input? Um, have you

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used this? You I'm assuming you've used
the program. How do you feel? You think

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that? Um, [clears throat]
what are your thoughts? Want to share?

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» Well, I'm not the most teased heavy
person, so I'm probably slower than

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everybody else is on it. Uh, but uh I
mean, I'm putting my stuff in and

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It keeps it helps keep me on task for
what I'm trying to what I'm trying to

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accomplish. So

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» currently I'm I'm having Sarah do this
for me in my office. So that's how I'm

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streamlining it here.

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» Do you have anything you want to share?
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the
some of the downfalls is uh task

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the current version can't assign task
so the paper version assign task so I

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can assign employees task
same way with the rest of the

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departments they could assign attack
trying to get

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whatever pushed through whether it's an
ordinance or and they can assign a task

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to somebody to say hey look view this
tell me what you think make

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modifications whatever pass that do
you can we can do that now it's just

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using other tools if it's not

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» I'm hearing that
benefits

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the enhanced software
>> no I All I know is the one program I

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haven't seen yet. So,
>> but you you do you agree that that it

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would you would benefit from the
enhanced software based on what Judge T

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just explained to us?
>> Yes,

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» that's what I'm that's kind of what I'm
asking.

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» But I I I just
>> all I know is the program.

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Do we have any um then

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feedback here from any fiscal court
members questions? Uh

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» so you want you're wanting to use this
for everyday routine tasks were just

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special project.
These are projects that are outside.

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» Okay.
>> So, these are would be improvement types

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of

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types of things that are going on. I
mean, there's there's some things that

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kind of you might say might overlap a
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For instance,
may have grant that they are

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going to work on and there's a bunch of
actions and things that they need to

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pull together to make that thing come to
fruition, but and they but they maybe

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have they maybe had done a similar grant
last year and but they still want to put

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it in in the project.
They only do it once a year and so they

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may not have it well documented. So we
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» [clears throat]
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in here this time, but by the end of
this project, maybe we have this thing

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documented, so you don't have to it.
It's part of your work, right? It's part

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of what you're responsible for if it's
an ongoing grant year to year. Now, if

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it's a new grant, then yeah, I mean, I
think that's definitely

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something that you would put in there as
a project because you're having to

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develop it. You're having to learn as
you go through it and hopefully have

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success in
So you have 61 projects right now with

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the free software.
>> That's correct.

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» Right. Okay. You're wanting to expand
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» right? The enhanced we would take the 61
that we have right now.

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» Bring those into the enhanced
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» and any new projects would auto have to
>> unlimited number of

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» unlimited. That's another good thing
about this one. It had unlimited number

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of projects. Some of them had limits on
projects and then as you as you expand

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use of it had to start paying.
>> I know you mentioned grants and then

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projects. What what other type of if you
just give us a couple of examples what

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other type of pro like the main projects
that that you've got going on right now?

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Just curious.
When you say projects, that could I

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guess that could mean a lot of different
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» It does. It means it encompasses
and each department of course quite a

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bit different because they're doing a
lot of times just totally different

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things. Like for instance, um uh one of
the big ones here is the the um service

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time, shoot time.
And this is uh in

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EMS.
So looking at the time that that's the

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time it takes from whenever ambulance is
dispatched to the time the station. So

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we have goals there of how quickly that
needs to happen. And uh so this project

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is to meet that goal.
I'm not sure I can't think of what the

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the final goal is, but 95% 99% whatever
that that goal is of compliance to meet

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that goal.
>> So it's a measurement it measures.

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» Yeah. Each of these
>> put your measurements.

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» Yeah.
>> You have to go like an individual has to

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go in and put the the information. So
this measures

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» it measures. It gives you hard data as
to the success of

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» how well you're doing, meeting the goals
that you set out.

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» We already have that. Somebody doesn't
have to enter it. It comes out of our

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911 systems and and the MS. But but
actually setting up a process to monitor

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and let people know that this is more of
a requirement change. It it's it's

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trying to reduce by a whole lot of
different methods. And that's what what

423
00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:37,359
why this project is there. It's not
just, you know, report this. It's it's

424
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:42,480
trying to enhance it, make it better.
And we've done that on several things.

425
00:40:39,599 --> 00:40:48,480
Um 911 has their own. They had the whole
CAD system. They're redoing the CAD

426
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:51,599
system. It's was a project in there and
they're now they're done, but they have

427
00:40:50,079 --> 00:40:56,480
this stuff that has a lot of different
pieces that you also need to involve

428
00:40:54,320 --> 00:41:05,040
other people in on
>> and who accesses this information.

429
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:11,119
Um any of our department heads and
assistants or deputy

430
00:41:07,839 --> 00:41:16,280
have access to it
and adding projects themselves

431
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:22,560
any of them can see any of these
projects.

432
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:27,839
Um Erin is is would it not be possible
to uh essentially build the same system

433
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:34,240
using our Microsoft's existing
platforms, Power Platform, Sherpoint,

434
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:39,520
Teams, PowerBI tools. Can we not do that
instead of buying all of this?

435
00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:42,800
» You want to build it?
>> Yeah, we can't we can't [clears throat]

436
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:49,160
do that with with the stuff that we are
that we already have in system.

437
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:49,160
» I don't have a team to build something.

438
00:41:49,359 --> 00:41:54,560
I don't have a team of programmers set
and dedicated to build software.

439
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:59,040
» No, I mean they're not building
software. We're we're using what what's

440
00:41:56,079 --> 00:42:03,760
already there using the Power Platform
that's already there. The SharePoint,

441
00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:08,240
Teams, PowerBI tools,
>> you have to pull it all into one system

442
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:12,240
into a dashboard so everybody can see
everything at one time.

443
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:17,760
» That's what he'd have to program. That's
what this program.

444
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:21,839
» So you'll be doing that, Eron.
Will you be collecting all the data and

445
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:25,680
putting it into the dashboard? How's it
manage the migration integration of the

446
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:29,839
old system, new system, the old
information, new information

447
00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:34,000
from the free version to the paid
version?

448
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:39,280
» That's that's what uh we're paying them
to do that. It's all this is all the

449
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:43,760
same company will manage.
>> Right will manage taking what we've got

450
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:49,119
in pre to
>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. There won't be any

451
00:42:47,119 --> 00:42:54,480
now what what's there now will be
integrated into the to the new software.

452
00:42:52,160 --> 00:43:00,160
It'll be pulled over into it
>> and then all the pulling in of Excel

453
00:42:56,640 --> 00:43:05,359
spreadsheets and PDFs and you want to
use BI all all that will be done by the

454
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:10,079
users in the system to attach to their
project. It's all part of their project.

455
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:14,720
» So they're going to be inputting the
data into the system.

456
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:16,880
They're going to be uploading the data
>> for their for their project.

457
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:20,800
» Yeah.
>> What type of feedback have you gotten

458
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:23,119
from
>> your employees? Have you have you gotten

459
00:43:22,319 --> 00:43:27,440
any feedback?
>> Oh, yeah.

460
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:34,079
» Yeah. Gotten feedback.
>> It it varies. It varies from some, you

461
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:40,720
know, positive feedback all the way to
some negative feedback.

462
00:43:37,359 --> 00:43:46,560
Initially, I' I've done this type of
implementation a lot of times in other

463
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:52,000
other areas, other industry types of
companies, and it's it's it's always the

464
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:57,760
same. There's always going to be some
that that appreciate it, see the value

465
00:43:54,000 --> 00:44:02,640
in it right off the bat, some that don't
like it. They don't they haven't seen

466
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:07,839
the value of it yet. And then you have a
pretty big chunk that are like, "Yeah,

467
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:13,920
let's let's give it a shot." And we'll
they they will come around. They see

468
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:18,720
that does help them. It helps them to
organize. It has the accountability that

469
00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:27,839
that's there. And some people like
accountability. Some maybe not so much,

470
00:44:21,839 --> 00:44:36,240
but so it's a wide range that um that
are feeling this going forward. U so

471
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:41,760
yeah I it's it's not surprising
whenever you have

472
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:47,520
10 12 different departments that many
people that are overseeing them a lot of

473
00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:52,079
different personalities and and not too
many of them are used to documenting

474
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:56,079
their projects. So this has been a
pretty big

475
00:44:53,839 --> 00:45:02,720
um pretty big deal to get us even to
this point. And as we continue to move

476
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:07,520
forward, this software will help us to
continue to document these things. And

477
00:45:05,839 --> 00:45:12,240
there's there's also that benefit at the
end of a project actually accomplish.

478
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:18,560
you know, you've got all the evidence.
You get a report out of this uh very a

479
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:23,920
very nice report that will come out
automatically versus having time to

480
00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:27,760
power presentation or something like
that that explains your project. You've

481
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:34,640
been putting it in all along. So, it
kind of helps you to pull that out to uh

482
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:38,960
to spread that that kind of a
celebration that you've accomplished

483
00:45:37,359 --> 00:45:43,839
something
and learn something along.

484
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:48,079
» How long does it take for them to enter
this information in versus just

485
00:45:45,839 --> 00:45:55,760
completing the task?
It's it varies, but u right now it's not

486
00:45:53,520 --> 00:46:01,359
been very time consuming because it's
it's just some drop down menus and some

487
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:04,560
text that define the problem basically
define the project.

488
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:09,200
» As the the new program gets more
enhanced, will it someone going to add

489
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:13,280
more time for them again?
>> There will be some more time involved

490
00:46:11,599 --> 00:46:20,880
because you're asking for more
information to be put in there.

491
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:26,319
But right now there's also time being
that as they are working on their

492
00:46:23,119 --> 00:46:32,240
project and they have some
Excel spreadsheet or some data or some

493
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:39,040
uh communication you know with using a
word document or just an email that is

494
00:46:36,319 --> 00:46:44,079
hard to track. So with this, they're
able to easily,

495
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:48,160
you know, download that into the into
that project software. So they can get

496
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:54,000
out there very quickly if they reference
back to. So there's there's some give

497
00:46:50,880 --> 00:47:00,560
and take and
it's a little hard to tell right now if

498
00:46:56,960 --> 00:47:05,760
it'll really change it that much what's
going on. I mean, this type of software

499
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:11,599
is one of the things it does. It does
enhance things. makes things easier to

500
00:47:08,319 --> 00:47:14,640
track for them. Some of them may not see
that, but

501
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:19,040
» Well, for you as well though, I guess.
>> Oh, yeah. It definitely helps me.

502
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:23,040
Question about that.
It's probably easier to track. I get

503
00:47:21,119 --> 00:47:26,480
that. It's also going to be time
consuming

504
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:30,640
common sense standpoint. Somebody's got
to input that data. I don't want to put

505
00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:34,560
you on the spot, but you've already been
asked one question. How long are you

506
00:47:32,319 --> 00:47:39,599
averaging now putting in the data every
week? um with the projects that I'm

507
00:47:37,599 --> 00:47:42,800
working on now
10 15 minutes

508
00:47:41,599 --> 00:47:47,760
» one time a week.
>> Yes.

509
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:52,000
» Is there a followup to that?
>> If you input the data then is there a

510
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:59,520
followup as to questions about it or
>> Well, I mean they can they can tell if

511
00:47:54,720 --> 00:48:05,040
we've updated our projects. So yeah.
>> Yeah. There's you can see when the last

512
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:12,480
time that they put theirs in. So right
now we attempt to have a discussion at

513
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:18,800
any of the projects that might be
falling behind or there's some some

514
00:48:15,359 --> 00:48:24,480
problems with board with it. Try to do
those on a weekly basis

515
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:30,559
but that that would only be maybe five
minutes at the most during

516
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:35,359
so it's it's not been overly time
consuming and it you know

517
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:41,119
It's expected that there's going to be
some additional time to document these

518
00:48:39,599 --> 00:48:47,680
things.
>> It's it's part of it. As as time goes on

519
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:52,559
and you start to actually use this to
solve the problems, then you don't have

520
00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:58,319
these same problems cropping up this
office. So actually do go through this

521
00:48:56,000 --> 00:49:05,280
process, you're more likely to solve the
problem and get it put behind you.

522
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:10,319
It's right now where there's this
combination of I've got

523
00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:15,359
this problem that keeps cropping up. So,
I keep addressing it. I never really fix

524
00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:20,160
it, but I I keep it under control just
through

525
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:25,760
sheer force of trying to to that I've
got to do it. And so now if if I tack on

526
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:29,520
some more time that I'm going to start
documenting how I'm going to work

527
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:35,280
through that project, get help where I
need it, get people involved with it,

528
00:49:32,319 --> 00:49:42,720
that is going to tack on more time top
whatever. So it feels like and it is

529
00:49:39,119 --> 00:49:47,760
more time more time that taken to do all
of that. But as you solve those problems

530
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:53,440
then those start to go down. You start
to feel value.

531
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:59,040
So it's um
right now would be one of the harder

532
00:49:55,680 --> 00:50:04,319
times that we're going through as we get
used to projects.

533
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:09,200
» So in training
for this this program you already had

534
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:15,680
the initial training. I I know that. But
the continuing um training, continuous

535
00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:21,520
training, Erin, are you doing that? Are
you is this taking time for you to go in

536
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:26,240
and try to troubleshoot anything that
somebody might be having with the

537
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:29,280
software or anything like that
>> current?

538
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:34,160
» Currently or do you foresee that in the
future?

539
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:42,960
» Not in the future because I mean they
there are a set of time

540
00:50:37,359 --> 00:50:46,160
for the software provider to train us.
So they're basically going to train the

541
00:50:45,359 --> 00:50:49,599
department head
>> the provider student

542
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:53,680
» it then you have
>> now it's basically hey here it is go

543
00:50:52,079 --> 00:50:58,400
figure it out. So
>> he was involved with everybody else in

544
00:50:55,680 --> 00:51:01,200
learning the system. We had all that
training originally, just the first part

545
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:09,119
of it.
>> But the systems have builtin tutorials.

546
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:13,599
So you know, you train the super users
first and then as things change, you can

547
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:19,359
still go back in and look at the
tutorials and train yourself.

548
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:25,680
It's just nice to have the one big one
at one time to train everybody.

549
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:33,760
If we have 17 individuals designated now
to be users, uh if they delegate

550
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:37,119
to a supervisor or whatever, will they
then be a user have to pay the

551
00:51:35,359 --> 00:51:44,960
subscription fee on that?
>> It's possible down the road that

552
00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:48,480
supervisor showed interest in um some
value to it, but yeah, we could add a

553
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:52,880
feature to it.
>> I mean, it could be there's 17's not a

554
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:57,520
limit to it. You could expand it.
>> You want to do 30 at $17.

555
00:51:55,280 --> 00:52:04,440
» I mean 30.
>> I Yeah. Yeah. No, you can you can add to

556
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:04,440
it.

557
00:52:04,559 --> 00:52:15,640
» I I think the 30 though is sufficient
for some time per user.

558
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:15,640
So what about $200?

559
00:52:18,079 --> 00:52:21,079
Any

560
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:29,839
questions over here from fiscal court
members?

561
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:35,200
Larry, any comments you want to share?
>> Do you retain your documents if you

562
00:52:31,839 --> 00:52:46,400
decide not to?
>> We would we if the decision was not

563
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:52,160
you if we don't aftercription. Oh, I I I
don't I probably wouldn't have access to

564
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:53,520
» Oh, thank you. I have access to them.
>> Yeah,

565
00:52:52,559 --> 00:52:58,559
» we're not going to.
>> So, this is something we need to

566
00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:01,359
continue.
Sure.

567
00:53:00,720 --> 00:53:04,880
Really good.
>> So, we're uploading we're we're

568
00:53:03,119 --> 00:53:08,640
uploading documents that are already on
our system. So, basically, you're

569
00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:13,920
getting the two spots. You're not losing
anything. It doesn't it it we would lose

570
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:18,160
what the documentation within that
project is is about any notes that you

571
00:53:16,720 --> 00:53:22,160
made in there but
>> tie it to the project.

572
00:53:19,359 --> 00:53:23,599
» Yeah.
>> Still out there,

573
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:28,160
» right?
>> If that's what you were asking,

574
00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:31,119
» the measurement element is gone.
>> If your measurements,

575
00:53:29,599 --> 00:53:40,200
» we have a lot of our measurements are
outside. have the history and the info

576
00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:40,200
but but to continue measuring the goal

577
00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:48,160
» but the measurement for that particular
project. So if we take for instance the

578
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:55,119
shoot time service time proof project
uh that's being done on Excel

579
00:53:50,319 --> 00:53:59,200
spreadsheet okay so uh with a graph so
that graph is being uploaded into

580
00:53:57,280 --> 00:54:03,200
project so I can have access to it very
quickly but it's not to say that the

581
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:09,920
Excel spreadsheet is gone
>> okay so it's not so you don't need the

582
00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:14,880
bright work 365 for that particular one
it monitors it monitors It helps.

583
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:19,359
» What Bright Works gets you is is pulling
it all in one place where everybody can

584
00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:27,920
see it and some accountability. But
detail work can be off site

585
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:32,640
and you get reports out of the system
before you would ever stop it. You could

586
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:37,760
print reports out. It gives you the
whole thing probably in a PDF. I'm sure

587
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:41,040
right works the new
>> So you have to input this twice. You do

588
00:54:39,359 --> 00:54:47,200
it in your regular program and then you
have to upload it to the

589
00:54:43,359 --> 00:54:52,640
» 360 takes a second.
You're doing your work file. You're up

590
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:55,640
» just like we do that with a lot of our
programs.

591
00:54:55,920 --> 00:55:00,839
You're not You're not
>> not doing the work.

592
00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:17,119
» Any other questions, comments?
>> I'd really appreciate it if if we could

593
00:55:15,599 --> 00:55:21,839
move forward with this. I think it's
it's part of

594
00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:26,720
the strategy to try to continue to
improve

595
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:30,720
save time and do a lot of things that I
think that this organization any

596
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:36,800
organization should be and this would be
very helpful. It's really is at a we

597
00:55:34,240 --> 00:55:42,240
purposely picked this because of cost
compared to

598
00:55:38,720 --> 00:55:48,960
us. It's it's one time case it's almost
15,000. It's nothing to sneeze at. for

599
00:55:45,839 --> 00:55:52,240
for what we're trying to do here
um

600
00:55:50,480 --> 00:56:01,359
projects that we already have out there.
It's it'll be a really positive step.

601
00:55:58,559 --> 00:56:09,440
I was going to be honest with
when this was first discussed

602
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:15,359
across my my employees and I never
received one policy and already talking

603
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:19,520
about time that they're
required. That's why I asked you the

604
00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:24,319
question, Mike, you know, earlier. Uh I
don't know what what the timeline is for

605
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:28,400
everybody. But uh there's some concerns
about time to put in the time to

606
00:56:26,559 --> 00:56:31,760
respond, micromanagement. There's all
kinds of issues that people were

607
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:35,040
bringing up and I understand all that
from looking at it. And there is the

608
00:56:33,440 --> 00:56:39,599
potential here to put this thing to
mushroom. I we got 61 projects now with

609
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:46,160
no clear definition of what a project
entails. We could end up with a whole

610
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:49,520
different scenario six months from now,
judge. I mean, I'm just saying what the

611
00:56:48,079 --> 00:56:51,839
negatives are that I'm here.
>> Yeah.

612
00:56:49,839 --> 00:56:57,040
» And and I, you know, I went through and
and looked pros and cons to the system.

613
00:56:54,480 --> 00:57:03,920
I got three pages of pros and 13 pages
of caution on when you when you research

614
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:08,240
the system. So, uh, just reading through
all that, I could see some of the issues

615
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:15,040
that that some might be concerned with.
So, I'm not an IT person. I might uh but

616
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:20,880
I'm uh I try to listen to the employees
too and their feedback. So I'm I'm still

617
00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:27,119
have some reservations about I really do
and we're bringing at the end of this

618
00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:31,200
term as well and maybe
we may not all be here the next time.

619
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:35,920
You know, that's always an issue of
bringing something that's late into our

620
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:42,720
terms and somebody else may not like it.
Then we locked into something that

621
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:47,440
they maybe it won't be beneficial, maybe
it will be official. I have no idea. It

622
00:57:44,799 --> 00:57:53,640
just uh just concerned about bringing it
this late into the into this court's

623
00:57:49,839 --> 00:57:53,640
term. Well,

624
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:09,119
» I think every department head has daily,
monthly, yearly um deadlines that they

625
00:58:05,599 --> 00:58:14,799
have to do and sometimes this can make
that difficult to be honest, but it's

626
00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:20,400
just new. So, we don't really know what
advantages we'll have if we did go on

627
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:24,319
this. I just know that with my job, I
have so many deadlines that sometimes

628
00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:30,559
that's why I've gave it to someone else
to do in my office. But as to, you know,

629
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:35,440
six months from now, if we go to this
program, it could be an advantage. I

630
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:39,760
just don't know. I have to take that,
you know, as he's been experienced at

631
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:44,160
that and I'm not.
>> Well, that's what I'm hearing. Just one

632
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:47,520
more thing, you know, and
and I understand the other side of it

633
00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:53,839
too, Judge. I'm not I've been in
management too. You always have the

634
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:59,520
change issue that's involved and people
are opposed to change and u and it is

635
00:58:57,359 --> 00:59:03,920
difficult but I'm just trying to throw
all the issues out there that that we're

636
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:08,480
being faced with. We're have to make the
decision. I also noticed on some of the

637
00:59:06,319 --> 00:59:15,119
research that the county government's
fiscal court is using this as a a

638
00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:19,680
dashboard as well. myself.
>> But we we're not going to be I don't

639
00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:22,480
think that's your intent to allow
physical court to have dashboard access

640
00:59:21,839 --> 00:59:27,599
or
>> Oh, no. I mean, it's something that we

641
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:35,520
can get to. It's just so new.
Don't have a dashboard. So, the software

642
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:40,799
version allow that to summarize in a way
that

643
00:59:37,040 --> 00:59:46,160
see it, understand it.
>> I mean, user cost. That'sing the user

644
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:49,359
cost. But but yeah, what we don't have
now is the dashboard.

645
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:54,559
» Yeah. So
>> I mean I'm not saying we can we can

646
00:59:52,240 --> 01:00:02,160
print out reports.
It's not that we have to add users

647
00:59:59,760 --> 01:00:05,680
to see the dash
and this thing will allow us to have

648
01:00:03,839 --> 01:00:10,240
some reports.
I

649
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:16,000
I think that that will be beneficial for
fiscal too. Okay. If you want to dig

650
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:21,920
into it enough to see what this these uh
projects how they're tracking,

651
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:25,440
I mean it'll be available for you to
see.

652
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:30,400
» Well, how would we get it though? If we
ask the department head

653
01:00:28,880 --> 01:00:33,359
or do we have to go be
>> no

654
01:00:30,799 --> 01:00:37,200
» each each request go through you?
>> It would be I don't know. I don't know

655
01:00:35,599 --> 01:00:39,839
how we'll do it.
>> I mean,

656
01:00:37,839 --> 01:00:46,079
» it's kind of it's kind of new. So I I
don't know what this dashboard's going

657
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:51,040
to look like for our organization. So um
at some point it needs to be there's an

658
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:56,400
initial part where it's kind of messy
and but dashboard is that accurate or

659
01:00:53,520 --> 01:01:03,359
not. I it's only as good as the
information that's going into it. Right?

660
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:06,480
So if if I were to say, "Hey, as soon as
we buy this and we get all these

661
01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:10,880
projects in there and then put this
dashboard out there," I'd be hesitant

662
01:01:08,559 --> 01:01:17,839
until I'm able to verify that things are
going well, got good information going

663
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:23,359
in and we got some good coming.
That will probably take some time, you

664
01:01:20,559 --> 01:01:30,440
know, take
um from my past experience, I know that

665
01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:30,440
to be true. So,

666
01:01:31,359 --> 01:01:38,640
» but yeah.
>> So, what are we going to do if if u

667
01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:42,000
Lisa's not using it? Mike said decides
that he doesn't like it, they don't use

668
01:01:40,480 --> 01:01:47,440
it. Is there going to be a repercussion
to them for not using it or it's just

669
01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:51,920
going to sit in our in our toolbox that
we have it, but our employees don't want

670
01:01:49,119 --> 01:01:57,359
to use it? How's that going to work? No,
I mean it'll be an expectation that all

671
01:01:54,240 --> 01:02:03,799
the department heads will other
departments in case Lisa's case she's

672
01:01:59,920 --> 01:02:03,799
got somebody

673
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:12,480
using it so far
utilize it pretty well. So as long as we

674
01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:19,440
got each department representative
they're utilizing it, it's all good. So

675
01:02:16,640 --> 01:02:26,720
it's not again this gets into what my
responsibility is uh as judge executive

676
01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:33,200
to oversee the everyday functioning of
all these departments. So this is a tool

677
01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:39,839
that I need to make sure that we're
forward

678
01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:46,559
that's um that's for me to take care of
any issue like that.

679
01:02:43,680 --> 01:02:50,640
So, I'm just Is this more of a tool for
you to keep track of what they're doing

680
01:02:48,799 --> 01:02:54,839
or to keep them more on task?
>> It's to help keep them on task.

681
01:02:55,520 --> 01:03:03,599
It's both really. It's for me to
understand how things are progressing in

682
01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:06,720
their departments, but it's it's
ultimately for them to make the

683
01:03:05,200 --> 01:03:12,640
improvements that they need for their
department.

684
01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:20,799
And uh it's without this it's it's It's
all relying on organic approach, you

685
01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:25,280
know. So, um, you know, if you go into
wherever you're working at and you go

686
01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:29,200
in, maybe it's your own department, but
maybe it's somebody else's department,

687
01:03:27,039 --> 01:03:33,520
you're managing that department and
you're wondering how things are going.

688
01:03:31,520 --> 01:03:39,280
Um, you might ask, well, how are things
going today? Well, might get the answer,

689
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:41,440
well, things are looking good. What does
that really mean?

690
01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:48,000
» Right?
So this this uh helps define that much

691
01:03:44,079 --> 01:03:53,920
more and it's a lot
lot more accountability. Things are

692
01:03:50,000 --> 01:04:01,359
progressing in a good direction.
I I've I've gotten a lot of feedback as

693
01:03:56,160 --> 01:04:04,559
well from some employees. Um but again,
you know, some people have problems with

694
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:10,079
accountability, so that might be a
problem. I don't know. Or or it might

695
01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:15,839
not be as useful. I'm not for sure, but
I have lot a lot of feedback and

696
01:04:12,559 --> 01:04:21,200
» initially I think there are there are
there are questions. I I don't doubt

697
01:04:18,079 --> 01:04:25,440
that you've got some negativity.
It's to be expected. This is a big

698
01:04:23,839 --> 01:04:30,880
change.
It's been

699
01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:34,280
working through it slowly.
couple years

700
01:04:35,039 --> 01:04:43,760
I've been waiting for the opportunity to
to to implement this and then we're able

701
01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:48,960
to implement how to
continue to progress.

702
01:04:46,079 --> 01:04:52,559
If you're not making some movement in
continue to make movement in a good

703
01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:57,760
direction, it's going to be uh things
will tend to go backwards.

704
01:04:54,880 --> 01:05:02,319
I definitely
>> judges to help me understand

705
01:05:00,559 --> 01:05:08,000
still trying to sort through this. Let's
just use the road department for an

706
01:05:03,680 --> 01:05:13,520
example. Would it be an expectation that
supervisor the next day would come in

707
01:05:09,839 --> 01:05:19,039
say we did 89 potholes,
200 ft of guardrail,

708
01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:24,240
20 signs,
8 miles of roads paved today. Put that

709
01:05:21,599 --> 01:05:27,240
in daily. Is that the expectation of
this?

710
01:05:27,839 --> 01:05:35,240
Every department has got to figure out
and we're still in the process of how to

711
01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:35,240
measure

712
01:05:36,720 --> 01:05:42,799
a department.
All of those that you just mentioned

713
01:05:40,240 --> 01:05:48,880
could be key metrics,
>> but all of those are routine task,

714
01:05:45,440 --> 01:05:51,839
» right? That's not projects,
>> right?

715
01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:57,760
» There's a difference between putting the
those routine tasks. He's not trying to

716
01:05:54,720 --> 01:06:01,920
put the routine tasks into this system.
This system is to help people meet their

717
01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:06,240
goals and objectives which that was the
first part that probably heard

718
01:06:04,079 --> 01:06:11,039
resistance on because a lot of people
have not done goals and objectives and

719
01:06:09,280 --> 01:06:15,680
if you haven't done that in your own
workplace which some of these people

720
01:06:13,599 --> 01:06:20,720
some of the department heads have not
but it's the projects and then the

721
01:06:18,160 --> 01:06:27,119
individual key performance indicators
are a different thing. it. You're not

722
01:06:22,960 --> 01:06:30,880
putting those into this system. You're
developing them, but you're not putting

723
01:06:28,799 --> 01:06:34,240
them into this system that we're trying
to get here.

724
01:06:32,319 --> 01:06:38,559
» Are you guys going to give them the KPIs
or how's that

725
01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:46,960
» working with them trying to figure
I I they're the ones that know they're

726
01:06:42,319 --> 01:06:52,000
so a team effort to try to out. But to
your point, um, say potholes, let's take

727
01:06:50,240 --> 01:06:57,280
that one.
No, this you would put into this this

728
01:06:54,400 --> 01:07:03,359
system how many potholes we did today
this week. But initially if you're

729
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:12,960
measuring say hey we got a team out
there they're taking care of 30 potholes

730
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:19,599
a week. Okay. Is that is that if we're
looking at productivity is that good? Is

731
01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:25,280
that susceptible? Is it or not? should
we be doing for you?

732
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:29,599
Okay. And uh so those are the the things
that the same I mean it's the same type

733
01:07:27,680 --> 01:07:37,200
of idea
looking at time for um for EMS for the

734
01:07:35,280 --> 01:07:42,799
you know for the ambulance to get
average time is 2 minutes and 30

735
01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:48,319
seconds. Is that acceptable? Is it good?
Is it not good? Shouldn't we be doing it

736
01:07:45,039 --> 01:07:52,240
two minutes at 30?
Um, so those are all the questions that

737
01:07:50,799 --> 01:07:56,799
we're still asking. We're still working
through some of that right now. Road

738
01:07:54,400 --> 01:08:00,880
department's a good example. It's trying
to figure out what what constitutes a

739
01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:06,319
good day.
>> All those things have variances

740
01:08:03,839 --> 01:08:09,599
and they're in put into this too.
>> They're only they're not put into this

741
01:08:07,839 --> 01:08:14,319
system. It's only when it becomes a
project. So in the case of potholes and

742
01:08:11,599 --> 01:08:19,040
we just decide hey on the average we
have to look over maybe the last you

743
01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:23,440
know two or three months and say on you
know we're usually filling I don't I'm

744
01:08:21,920 --> 01:08:28,560
just throwing out numbers but 30
potholes

745
01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:34,000
okay and we we see variation sometimes
25 sometimes it's 40 and we decide

746
01:08:32,239 --> 01:08:38,239
really for that team and going out there
looking at what they're doing

747
01:08:36,319 --> 01:08:42,480
that's an acceptable number so that
wouldn't be a project that wouldn't be

748
01:08:39,679 --> 01:08:47,679
anything that that would go into
um we may want to monitor it, figure out

749
01:08:45,600 --> 01:08:53,679
a way to do that and maybe that becomes
a project or to uh capture a day that

750
01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:58,880
was at 35
week that was 35 and decide hey let's

751
01:08:56,400 --> 01:09:03,040
look at that and see how they did let's
standardize that or something that ought

752
01:09:00,719 --> 01:09:08,560
to be a comfort project but just the
daily where they're at right now that

753
01:09:05,920 --> 01:09:12,640
does not go in this has nothing their
daily tasks

754
01:09:10,159 --> 01:09:18,799
It's just improvement of those tasks
that will be included improvement and

755
01:09:16,400 --> 01:09:21,920
some and and that and to measure that
that's a lot of times the very hardest

756
01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:25,759
thing to do is to figure out how to
measure

757
01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:30,839
and that I know that's frustrating for
some for some of our employees because

758
01:09:27,359 --> 01:09:30,839
they've never measured

759
01:09:31,120 --> 01:09:39,520
» well the potholes are you filling up a
one by one pothole or a

760
01:09:37,440 --> 01:09:44,640
» eight by But yeah,
>> so that that makes that one more

761
01:09:42,239 --> 01:09:49,040
difficult. So that may not be one that
we can future. That was just when it

762
01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:54,800
came.
>> Do apartment heads would they have

763
01:09:51,520 --> 01:09:57,600
access to they can see anybody's
projects?

764
01:09:55,760 --> 01:10:01,280
» Okay.
you know, they exceed

765
01:09:59,840 --> 01:10:05,280
standards
>> right now. It's been beneficial because

766
01:10:02,960 --> 01:10:11,280
it'll be some somebody else could help
with uh we've seen that suggestions that

767
01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:17,560
happened in my department and I can I
can help you with that. that that's

768
01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:17,560
what's really been good about it and

769
01:10:19,600 --> 01:10:26,800
» comes to my mind
safety

770
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:33,760
happened to be in our u
animal shelter with a incline that that

771
01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:40,239
the person that was going to go in the
morning it was maybe slippery to go up

772
01:10:35,520 --> 01:10:43,480
that incline so they had to go get a
the u

773
01:10:45,040 --> 01:10:50,719
» a mat that they would had to put on
[clears throat] there.

774
01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:54,480
» So, this person forgot to do that and
slip and hurt themselves.

775
01:10:52,800 --> 01:10:57,280
So, we're going back through that and
saying, "Okay, how how we're going to

776
01:10:55,760 --> 01:11:03,360
make sure that that back goes out there
and then it this was just in a big group

777
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:10,320
discussion and um I think it was a rope
department came up

778
01:11:06,239 --> 01:11:13,520
non-stick tape. They were able to take
that over there and they put that

779
01:11:11,840 --> 01:11:16,239
non-stick tape on there. Something you
don't have to take, you know, remove or

780
01:11:15,199 --> 01:11:24,320
anything. You don't have to remember
anything. It's there." So, uh, that was

781
01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:31,280
just just a a very simple, I guess, uh,
example of how this is supposed to work.

782
01:11:28,239 --> 01:11:36,480
We have collaboration, teamwork to
figure out solutions to problems.

783
01:11:34,960 --> 01:11:41,400
» So then, are they going to be required
to read everybody else's projects?

784
01:11:41,440 --> 01:11:49,679
No, there's no requirement to do that,
>> but we discuss them in the department

785
01:11:46,880 --> 01:11:52,000
head meetings and people
>> there'll be some comments.

786
01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:55,120
» Yes, there'll be a comment or something.
>> Yeah, comments that come up and stuff.

787
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:59,280
So,
>> it sounds great. I would have loved to

788
01:11:57,760 --> 01:12:03,040
have access to that during my
construction project.

789
01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:07,120
» Oh, yeah. That's that's typical of this
project.

790
01:12:03,679 --> 01:12:11,760
» But so much of that was not under my
control. you know, I was dealing with

791
01:12:08,960 --> 01:12:15,440
vendors and subcontractors and so it
would be hard to measure the

792
01:12:13,120 --> 01:12:20,640
effectiveness of that that project in
that way and so many things I didn't

793
01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:23,040
control
but I would have loved to have tracked

794
01:12:22,480 --> 01:12:26,719
it
>> tried to collaborate with it.

795
01:12:25,840 --> 01:12:32,920
» Yeah, absolutely.
>> Some of some of it communication

796
01:12:29,679 --> 01:12:32,920
» for sure.

797
01:12:36,159 --> 01:12:41,159
» Larry, you have any comments? you want
to add?

798
01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:48,280
» I'm not going to use it. So,

799
01:12:49,840 --> 01:12:56,160
» you may access it some at some point
though.

800
01:12:54,140 --> 01:12:56,160
[clears throat]

801
01:12:56,480 --> 01:13:07,199
» Any other comments?
When you said you got 30, I guess you

802
01:13:03,440 --> 01:13:13,520
can move and remove people as whatever
as you needed. Yeah.

803
01:13:11,120 --> 01:13:23,280
It's not one of those deals got person
and they're part of this and then

804
01:13:18,719 --> 01:13:31,679
move them can't put somebody else.
like all of our

805
01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:35,679
» users Microsoft Outlook everything
users

806
01:13:33,600 --> 01:13:43,920
» is this and and and maybe correct me if
I'm wrong that might be wrong

807
01:13:40,080 --> 01:13:48,400
is this enhanced software associated
with the uh Sigma six

808
01:13:47,199 --> 01:13:54,239
» six sigma lean
>> yes this part of what you're doing with

809
01:13:51,679 --> 01:13:56,800
that Yes, there's some overlap.
>> Project of this

810
01:13:55,360 --> 01:14:02,400
» a project
>> program one of the projects.

811
01:13:59,600 --> 01:14:08,640
» Well, it's a project
by definition means that there's there's

812
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:12,239
a gap between where it should be
performing

813
01:14:10,159 --> 01:14:21,679
and where it is right now. Some kind of
gap. Okay. And so, how do you close the

814
01:14:16,800 --> 01:14:27,760
gap? And there's
there's different ways to do that. Um,

815
01:14:24,800 --> 01:14:34,000
generally speaking that most of the time
just our own abilities just going out

816
01:14:30,320 --> 01:14:40,560
and trying to solve a problem usually
usually try end up trying to solve the

817
01:14:36,880 --> 01:14:46,080
symptoms. Okay. It takes extra effort
and research and work to get to the

818
01:14:42,719 --> 01:14:51,440
actual cause so that whenever you fix
that cause, you actually solve the

819
01:14:48,320 --> 01:15:00,400
problem. So that's all lean six sigma
is. It's really just trying to uh

820
01:14:57,440 --> 01:15:06,719
you're really just trying to to learn a
methodology using some data and some

821
01:15:03,600 --> 01:15:11,920
tools to try to more likely get to the
cause so that you actually fix the

822
01:15:08,320 --> 01:15:19,440
problem. And so what these projects are
is part of it is utilizing some of the

823
01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:23,679
things that uh that that lean six sigma
plan do checkout these types of

824
01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:30,960
methodology that trying to train and get
people used to go through that process

825
01:15:26,239 --> 01:15:37,280
and document process so that we solution
and u so yeah that is part it kind of

826
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:37,280
fits into

827
01:15:41,360 --> 01:15:49,679
And then my understanding is that there
are different levels

828
01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:52,880
» of achievements and would that be part
of this?

829
01:15:50,800 --> 01:15:55,120
» Not really that play into this. That has
nothing to do

830
01:15:53,679 --> 01:15:59,440
» not really. I mean the certification
part of that is really just uh

831
01:15:57,440 --> 01:16:04,800
understand a certain level body of
knowledge that that you can um that you

832
01:16:02,640 --> 01:16:09,920
have maybe
a certification says that there's others

833
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:16,719
that did not go through that that have
that same basic knowledge but it's it's

834
01:16:12,719 --> 01:16:21,840
a growing experience of of knowing and
understanding and work through

835
01:16:19,600 --> 01:16:27,600
60 projects here. I'm not saying they're
all going to be using that to the the

836
01:16:25,280 --> 01:16:33,199
greatest extent,
but but we're learning as we're going

837
01:16:30,960 --> 01:16:36,320
through this. It's it's a learning type
organization and that's that's where we

838
01:16:35,280 --> 01:16:42,719
need it.
>> Is there an expectation then for

839
01:16:39,920 --> 01:16:48,320
department heads to achieve
uh different levels of

840
01:16:45,440 --> 01:16:53,280
» notification? No, I mean it was just put
out there that they couldn't get

841
01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:54,800
certified errors and something
>> but u

842
01:16:53,760 --> 01:16:59,520
» it's not a mandatory
>> it's not a mandatory thing.

843
01:16:58,080 --> 01:17:06,400
» Well, it started with some of not
knowing how to do goals and objectives

844
01:17:03,360 --> 01:17:12,320
and to plan a project. They asked they
asked for you know help us. So that's

845
01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:17,120
when he came up with the class on on how
to do that uh following those methods.

846
01:17:15,040 --> 01:17:22,159
But I mean they had no idea they had not
been exposed to this before.

847
01:17:20,239 --> 01:17:28,239
» So you're saying it started with that.
So this is kind of what initiated

848
01:17:26,080 --> 01:17:33,040
this
>> right goals and objectives.

849
01:17:30,159 --> 01:17:35,920
» Yeah. Just having you have you got 10
>> employees were asking for help.

850
01:17:35,120 --> 01:17:39,760
» Yeah.
>> What's the difference between tasks and

851
01:17:37,679 --> 01:17:43,440
project
they were asking? Yeah.

852
01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:52,719
that you know talking about that what's
what does it what do you mean when you

853
01:17:49,360 --> 01:17:58,159
say cause or mean by trying to work on
the symptom not the cause you know just

854
01:17:55,360 --> 01:18:02,520
terminology and just trying to
understand the method of actually

855
01:17:59,520 --> 01:18:02,520
solving

856
01:18:02,880 --> 01:18:08,040
» we have any more comments or questions

857
01:18:08,239 --> 01:18:17,840
» I am assuming that you want to place
this back on the fiscal court agenda.

858
01:18:14,560 --> 01:18:26,040
» I would like to I mean if if a majority
of of you all don't see the benefit

859
01:18:21,280 --> 01:18:26,040
don't want to proceed with it.

860
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:32,080
» We don't put it out there.
and

861
01:18:29,840 --> 01:18:37,520
» we are missing some fiscal court members
at this meeting that are are not here of

862
01:18:34,719 --> 01:18:45,199
course to speak or ask questions but for
those that are here I is this something

863
01:18:40,800 --> 01:18:49,920
move forward on we need to table this um
what's your pleasure I know that we

864
01:18:47,760 --> 01:18:56,400
don't have 100% attendance at this
meeting from fiscal court members so

865
01:18:54,800 --> 01:18:59,440
» I'm not comfortable with it right now I
mean like I said I was just I've been

866
01:18:58,080 --> 01:19:06,640
trying to dig through it and it's a
challenge for me to understand it. Goals

867
01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:10,320
and objectives I mo school I managed or
I work for someone else. They brought me

868
01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:15,199
in once a year. I sat down with them.
They told me gave what my goals

869
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:19,679
objectives for my particular profession
or what I was doing, my job

870
01:19:17,520 --> 01:19:24,560
responsibilities were. So I guess I'm
trying to confuse my old my history with

871
01:19:22,480 --> 01:19:27,760
whatever you're talking about judge.
Those and objectives are different. I

872
01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:31,760
mean, if I'm running a department, road
department, my goal is going to be to

873
01:19:29,600 --> 01:19:35,840
try to get every mile I can paved and
every pothole filled and all the

874
01:19:33,440 --> 01:19:38,880
complaints taken care of, but we're
talking about putting other stuff in

875
01:19:37,199 --> 01:19:43,199
there as goals and objectives. So, I
don't I'm confused about what what

876
01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:47,239
you're actually asking for. The goals
and objectives is a subset

877
01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:56,159
of all these 61. Some of these are
specific to your grounds and objectives.

878
01:19:52,320 --> 01:20:03,600
So if something is important for the EMS
department like meeting the uh service

879
01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:09,360
time that's a pretty big deal seconds
count right for any run that you're

880
01:20:05,920 --> 01:20:15,520
trying to so that would be a go specific
margin goal for that department some of

881
01:20:12,400 --> 01:20:21,040
these are things that just crop up there
something that goes wrong something

882
01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:25,600
isn't working the way that it should
um and that becomes a project by itself.

883
01:20:24,239 --> 01:20:30,159
It's separate from the goals and
objectives. So there there's different

884
01:20:27,920 --> 01:20:35,120
things that are associated that
different things that make up these

885
01:20:33,440 --> 01:20:42,480
projects
and um so

886
01:20:38,480 --> 01:20:49,280
is there a print out or a model that you
can we actually can see that someone has

887
01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:54,880
that's used this system to give you
reports and see an example of the

888
01:20:50,880 --> 01:21:02,560
reports and you can go on write work see
what looks like um the problem I've got

889
01:20:58,480 --> 01:21:10,000
here is that that this is a cultural
change. It's it's um

890
01:21:06,960 --> 01:21:14,880
it's internal stuff that
I believe is best for our organization

891
01:21:13,040 --> 01:21:20,719
internally.
Um,

892
01:21:16,560 --> 01:21:27,280
all we're really asking for you for all
the magistrates is to help me here with

893
01:21:23,760 --> 01:21:34,159
this with what will end up being six or
$7,000.

894
01:21:29,440 --> 01:21:38,239
Okay, the $60 million budget, right?
Granted, this first year it is almost

895
01:21:35,920 --> 01:21:43,440
15,000,
but um

896
01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:48,560
I'm not I'm not asking for a million
dollars here to help me with

897
01:21:46,719 --> 01:21:56,080
putting a tool in place. That's all it
is. It's a tool internally

898
01:21:52,080 --> 01:22:01,760
to help become more help our people
become efficient in their particular

899
01:21:58,320 --> 01:22:10,000
areas and departments. I I don't know
that I'm going to be able to convince

900
01:22:03,920 --> 01:22:16,400
you in what is now maybe 45 minutes
um or even if you gave me another hour

901
01:22:13,120 --> 01:22:23,199
or two hours or the next week to
convince you that this is the right tool

902
01:22:20,000 --> 01:22:27,840
or the right thing to do. I believe it
is the right thing.

903
01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:32,800
Okay. I've got a lot of experience about
30 35 years experience in doing this

904
01:22:31,199 --> 01:22:37,679
exact thing
>> not in in county government okay

905
01:22:35,920 --> 01:22:43,120
» but in all all kinds of other
organizations and all kinds of other

906
01:22:39,760 --> 01:22:47,040
projects that even if I'm in industry
not everybody in that industry in that

907
01:22:45,520 --> 01:22:51,840
company
is is out there making widgets

908
01:22:50,159 --> 01:22:58,560
there's a lot of other processes that
are going on that can go just as wrong

909
01:22:54,560 --> 01:23:03,040
so things like billing, invoicing,
uh, accounts payable, all kinds of

910
01:23:00,800 --> 01:23:08,719
different processes that are out there
that can cost the company just as much

911
01:23:05,920 --> 01:23:16,320
as the person out there making
assembling this part 15 seconds. Okay?

912
01:23:12,159 --> 01:23:21,760
It's there there's
I just don't know what I'm going to be

913
01:23:18,159 --> 01:23:27,199
able to do here to convince you. And I
and I don't I I was hoping I wouldn't

914
01:23:24,400 --> 01:23:34,080
have to to go through
um you know a week long

915
01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:38,320
dissertation on how this thing works and
how this type of change works in an

916
01:23:36,480 --> 01:23:44,000
organization.
I'm all I'm asking is really this time

917
01:23:41,679 --> 01:23:50,400
less than $15,000
for this u tool to help this thing

918
01:23:47,840 --> 01:23:54,880
forward. It's not that it's not I mean
money is a concern. Yeah. All dollars we

919
01:23:53,199 --> 01:23:59,760
spend are a big concern. Sure.
>> But I'm I'm more concerned with

920
01:23:57,679 --> 01:24:02,320
employees. The effect it's going to have
on them. Whether or not it's going to be

921
01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:05,360
bad on morale or whether or not it's
going to be time consuming when they

922
01:24:03,679 --> 01:24:09,600
could be putting their time in there. Do
you know of any other county that's that

923
01:24:07,520 --> 01:24:15,840
has this?
>> Not really. There's there's there's been

924
01:24:12,080 --> 01:24:19,679
uh some other cities that have
this type.

925
01:24:17,920 --> 01:24:23,840
I'm not aware of any counties not in
Kentucky.

926
01:24:21,840 --> 01:24:28,639
» Any cities in Kentucky that you're aware
of?

927
01:24:24,880 --> 01:24:34,159
» Uh the only one I had in I found that's
somewhat main I think it was the I had

928
01:24:32,639 --> 01:24:38,080
training
>> you could go to Fort Wayne and look at

929
01:24:35,840 --> 01:24:41,760
what they
link Sigma

930
01:24:40,400 --> 01:24:45,360
how to
>> so we'll be the only county or only

931
01:24:43,920 --> 01:24:51,679
government body in the whole state of
Kentucky that's doing this. I don't I

932
01:24:48,239 --> 01:24:54,239
wouldn't say that I was at for every
single city.

933
01:24:52,400 --> 01:24:58,239
» I've never I mean I've never heard of
complaining or anything.

934
01:24:54,960 --> 01:25:03,840
» Oh, definitely.
>> No, this is this really is something

935
01:25:00,320 --> 01:25:10,960
that is um
six sigma but project management is in

936
01:25:07,920 --> 01:25:15,120
several cities and counties
that

937
01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:19,840
that's what this software is is project
management.

938
01:25:16,639 --> 01:25:25,520
So that's it. He's just using the basis
of six sigma. The hospitals are using

939
01:25:22,239 --> 01:25:30,639
it. Six sigma is going into hospitals.
We had it in our accounting firm. Taught

940
01:25:28,480 --> 01:25:36,639
it in our accounting firm. A lot of
service organizations are using it. It

941
01:25:33,040 --> 01:25:41,920
just started manufacturing. It's
spread.

942
01:25:39,440 --> 01:25:44,920
» Anybody else want to speak to how they
feel?

943
01:25:45,600 --> 01:25:54,239
I'm
>> well I don't trust his judgment on

944
01:25:49,679 --> 01:26:00,000
whatever this is but I also would expect
the magistrates to have access to it

945
01:25:56,719 --> 01:26:07,960
view only or whatever
in a year or whatever

946
01:26:02,639 --> 01:26:07,960
just so we can see all the projects

947
01:26:13,120 --> 01:26:16,400
» if it's a management tool

948
01:26:16,639 --> 01:26:23,040
Supposedly, we're part of the team, so
we should be able to see what projects

949
01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:30,520
you're working on and whatever. Like I
said, view only. We can't input

950
01:26:25,840 --> 01:26:30,520
anything, but to see what's going on.

951
01:26:32,480 --> 01:26:39,440
» That's the way I feel.
>> And maybe not every magistrate, but two

952
01:26:36,880 --> 01:26:42,440
or four or something, whatever is agreed
on.

953
01:26:44,400 --> 01:26:50,440
address
from constituents.

954
01:26:50,639 --> 01:26:57,120
» Did you have something?
>> Well, I'm just going to say it's, you

955
01:26:53,840 --> 01:27:05,440
know, if it's
if it's a a welloiled machine works

956
01:26:59,920 --> 01:27:11,040
better than one is not. Uh, and if this
is something the judge needs to keep

957
01:27:08,400 --> 01:27:17,040
track of everything, I I don't see I
don't see the problem. Uh, if if the

958
01:27:14,400 --> 01:27:21,600
employees don't like it, I don't I don't
know why that's an issue. They've got a

959
01:27:19,440 --> 01:27:25,920
job to do and if if they're expected to
do it, they are to do it. If they don't

960
01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:32,880
like it, they can go somewhere else. the
way I look at it. But if the judge

961
01:27:28,320 --> 01:27:39,040
thinks this is works better and going to
be beneficial to the county county

962
01:27:36,880 --> 01:27:43,920
government, I I don't see that I don't
see the problem with so

963
01:27:42,239 --> 01:27:48,440
I don't know why we're even discussing
it to be honest with you. But

964
01:27:48,719 --> 01:27:57,040
he is a judge.
He was voted in as a judge and he should

965
01:27:54,480 --> 01:27:59,040
have some say so on over some of this
stuff.

966
01:27:57,840 --> 01:28:05,199
» I think we're just looking for
clarification on what project definition

967
01:28:02,159 --> 01:28:09,440
of project which which we on that pretty
clear and and and what this entails. I

968
01:28:07,600 --> 01:28:14,639
think we're just some additional
questions that were carried over from

969
01:28:11,280 --> 01:28:20,320
our last committee meeting and some of
us were not didn't feel comfortable

970
01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:24,960
about voting on it at that time. Um, if
I don't have any objection, I'll go

971
01:28:22,400 --> 01:28:28,239
ahead and move this forward and place it
on the next fiscal court meeting. Just

972
01:28:26,719 --> 01:28:31,920
go ahead and vote on it.
>> Well, that's the best way to do it. Then

973
01:28:29,760 --> 01:28:34,920
if you don't don't like it, vote against
it.

974
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:44,600
» I'm not hearing any objection to moving
it forward. Place it on the fiscal

975
01:28:39,920 --> 01:28:44,600
report uh agenda for next week.

976
01:28:44,719 --> 01:28:51,920
If there's other specific questions that
any of you have, give me a call or you

977
01:28:49,920 --> 01:28:55,920
want to come see me. I can sit down and
get

978
01:28:53,760 --> 01:29:01,880
specific information
as if you need to understand it.

979
01:29:02,719 --> 01:29:11,679
» All right. Thank you. Um Laura,
>> I don't have anything.

980
01:29:08,639 --> 01:29:18,800
» Thank you. [clears throat] And um Sarah
Joe. I just have a our uh FY26 our

981
01:29:15,840 --> 01:29:24,719
fiscal year runs July 1 through June 30
every year and so we've got our FY26

982
01:29:22,400 --> 01:29:32,400
impact report. So you can pass those
around. Um the report I'm passing around

983
01:29:27,840 --> 01:29:36,159
has the number for the district. Um it's
not everything we do. Everything we do

984
01:29:34,159 --> 01:29:41,120
will not fit on one piece of paper, but
it's a a highlight. So what I did is I

985
01:29:39,520 --> 01:29:46,719
went in before I came here and I pulled
out just Harden County's numbers so you

986
01:29:42,960 --> 01:29:52,960
would know what those are. So out of the
almost 22,000 W nutrition education

987
01:29:49,520 --> 01:29:58,320
visits we did across the district 10,493
of those were in Harden County. Uh our

988
01:29:56,080 --> 01:30:05,040
prenatal case management participants in
Harden County, there were 20 of them. We

989
01:30:00,560 --> 01:30:09,840
received 190 uh referrals and uh 20
women took us up on prenatal case

990
01:30:07,600 --> 01:30:13,440
management. That's just connecting on we
do a screening form. We connect them

991
01:30:11,440 --> 01:30:18,080
with the resources they need to make
sure mom and baby have the the best

992
01:30:15,280 --> 01:30:23,840
outcome possible. Our hands visits,
3,935

993
01:30:19,760 --> 01:30:27,199
of those were uh Harden County. uh the
pounds of adulterated food product

994
01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:30,080
removed. That's when our
environmentalists go and do an

995
01:30:28,480 --> 01:30:35,360
inspections and they find something
that's either contaminated, stored

996
01:30:31,840 --> 01:30:40,000
improperly, out of temp, um in some way
it's adulterated and not safe for for

997
01:30:37,600 --> 01:30:45,040
consumption. Uh in Harden County, we
removed 2,862

998
01:30:42,159 --> 01:30:50,880
pounds of adulterated food product. Uh
we conducted 4,041 environmental

999
01:30:47,920 --> 01:30:56,159
inspections in Harden County alone. We
distributed 1,46

1000
01:30:53,199 --> 01:31:00,960
harm reduction supplies. Um that was an
increase in Harden County. Uh which was

1001
01:30:58,960 --> 01:31:05,040
unique because that decreased in some of
our most of our other counties. Um that

1002
01:31:03,199 --> 01:31:10,639
includes things like Narcan and our
Narcan distribution boxes. Um that also

1003
01:31:08,639 --> 01:31:15,120
that total number on that sheet also
includes um some supplies that are

1004
01:31:13,360 --> 01:31:19,760
distributed out of our syringe service
program. So, in Harden County, when I

1005
01:31:17,520 --> 01:31:24,560
say it's 1,46,
that's only uh that's that that is only

1006
01:31:22,880 --> 01:31:29,040
at community events. That doesn't
include because we don't have an SSP

1007
01:31:26,239 --> 01:31:34,080
here. Um
and then um also if we we provide

1008
01:31:31,679 --> 01:31:38,560
supplies to quick response teams, treat
treatment or recovery programs, um those

1009
01:31:36,480 --> 01:31:43,520
types of things. um or for at community
events um things that we give out to

1010
01:31:40,960 --> 01:31:46,239
help unintentional injuries. Our harm
reduction visits and community

1011
01:31:44,880 --> 01:31:52,000
encounters. These are community
encounters only in Harden County, but

1012
01:31:49,040 --> 01:31:58,560
175 of those are in Harden County alone.
Total immunizations given um 743

1013
01:31:55,760 --> 01:32:03,280
of those are Harden County. We did see a
decrease um in immunizations

1014
01:32:00,639 --> 01:32:08,480
administered in Harden County from FY 25
to 26, but we saw an overall increase if

1015
01:32:06,159 --> 01:32:11,440
you look at Harden County. So, people
are getting vaccinated, just may not be

1016
01:32:10,159 --> 01:32:18,159
at the health department. So, it's still
a good thing. Um tuberculosis services,

1017
01:32:14,960 --> 01:32:23,199
1440 were in Harden County. Sexually
transmitted infection test.

1018
01:32:20,960 --> 01:32:28,480
Um that was down a little bit for FY25,
which may be a good good thing. Um,

1019
01:32:25,600 --> 01:32:33,920
total disease and multi-drugresistant
organism investigations, 2,146

1020
01:32:32,159 --> 01:32:41,600
were investigated in Harden County
alone. We did 29 mobile unit events in

1021
01:32:37,440 --> 01:32:45,199
Harden. Um, we referred uh individuals
uh 2,182

1022
01:32:43,360 --> 01:32:47,920
times to other community services.
That's something that's really normal at

1023
01:32:46,639 --> 01:32:51,840
the health department. They'll call us
knowing that we don't do that, but

1024
01:32:49,679 --> 01:32:55,600
asking us where to go for certain
things. And so that's that's what's

1025
01:32:53,840 --> 01:33:00,800
included in there is we referred them to
to community service that they need or

1026
01:32:58,320 --> 01:33:07,199
another agency. Um community outreach
supplies distributed 2,695 of those were

1027
01:33:04,239 --> 01:33:10,159
hardened. Um those are they can be
materials just to increase general

1028
01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:15,280
awareness of what the local health
department services are education about

1029
01:33:12,239 --> 01:33:19,920
chronic or infectious diseases. Um we
target uh hard-to-reach populations. is

1030
01:33:18,159 --> 01:33:23,520
we have a social vulnerability index map
that we use that helps identify areas

1031
01:33:21,679 --> 01:33:27,360
and we can also do that by magistrate
district. So if you ever want your

1032
01:33:25,600 --> 01:33:33,414
information for your magistrate
district, we can tell you um we can show

1033
01:33:30,320 --> 01:33:36,400
you where where the issues are in
[clears throat] your area. And then we

1034
01:33:34,560 --> 01:33:40,159
also give out dental supplies is
included in that. And this is one I'm

1035
01:33:38,800 --> 01:33:48,239
really proud of. Students receiving
evidence-based prevention education. uh

1036
01:33:42,719 --> 01:33:52,880
in FY25 that was 802 and FY26 is 1,645
and pardons. So we we more than doubled

1037
01:33:50,480 --> 01:33:56,960
that. Um that includes choosing the best
which is an abstinence based education

1038
01:33:55,280 --> 01:34:01,280
reducing the risk which is abstinence
and protection too good for drugs uh

1039
01:33:59,440 --> 01:34:08,800
which is a drug prevention program and
alternative uh sta Stanford program

1040
01:34:03,840 --> 01:34:12,560
which addresses uh vaping. So, um, that
those are your numbers if if you look at

1041
01:34:10,560 --> 01:34:16,120
that impact report of what was done in
Harden County alone.

1042
01:34:19,120 --> 01:34:22,320
» Businesses that we have in Harden
County,

1043
01:34:21,040 --> 01:34:27,600
» you know, I don't know. There's been
proposed legislation for them to have to

1044
01:34:24,719 --> 01:34:33,600
register and it hasn't passed yet. So,
um, that's hard to say because there's

1045
01:34:29,840 --> 01:34:38,400
not a there's not a um process for them
to have to register.

1046
01:34:36,000 --> 01:34:41,920
So that gives you you have gas stations
that may have it and then you have

1047
01:34:39,679 --> 01:34:47,040
standalones that may have it. And so
there's not a requirement in Kentucky to

1048
01:34:44,800 --> 01:34:52,719
get those registered. There was proposed
legislation for that to go through ABC.

1049
01:34:49,360 --> 01:34:58,480
Um but it hasn't passed yet.
>> A lot of discussion about the flu shots.

1050
01:34:54,719 --> 01:35:02,639
Uh the new MRNA.
Is that going to be mostly for folks my

1051
01:35:00,880 --> 01:35:08,239
age?
uh

1052
01:35:04,400 --> 01:35:13,280
» you know I'm not sure um about that but
you know they supposedly very effective

1053
01:35:11,280 --> 01:35:18,926
and there is special vaccine for people
that are um uh of a certain age group

1054
01:35:16,906 --> 01:35:18,926
[laughter]

1055
01:35:20,960 --> 01:35:28,560
» yes u you know and I wanted to say too
right now we're doing a lot of education

1056
01:35:26,080 --> 01:35:32,719
um on measles because we've had some
confirmed cases of measles in Kentucky

1057
01:35:30,719 --> 01:35:37,280
so look for that information to come out
and then thought I brought my

1058
01:35:34,800 --> 01:35:41,440
cycllospora numbers. I've seen I'm sure
you've seen that and everybody's scared

1059
01:35:38,960 --> 01:35:46,719
to eat lettuce and uh me
>> uh so in Lincoln Trail District Health

1060
01:35:43,760 --> 01:35:51,520
Department alone this is as of um 8:14
since this is Friday and it is slowing

1061
01:35:49,120 --> 01:35:57,520
down thank goodness but we had 75 total
cases with 32 of those in Harden County.

1062
01:35:54,800 --> 01:36:01,360
So that's 12 page that's a 12-page
history and um investigation that we

1063
01:36:00,000 --> 01:36:08,400
have to fill out every time we have a
case. So and we've had I think a couple

1064
01:36:04,639 --> 01:36:12,159
hospitalized locally too. So, but that's
slowing down. And um our environmental

1065
01:36:10,560 --> 01:36:16,880
team and our EP team have worked really
hard on on doing uh a lot of work there

1066
01:36:14,719 --> 01:36:24,159
from obtaining samples and submitting
them to the FDA for for um for uh

1067
01:36:20,639 --> 01:36:30,440
testing as well as um doing visits in
our um retail food establishment to make

1068
01:36:26,480 --> 01:36:30,440
sure the products off the shelf.

1069
01:36:32,639 --> 01:36:39,760
» Well, I have short. Thank you for
sharing those numbers with us. We

1070
01:36:38,480 --> 01:36:43,520
appreciate that. And I appreciate you
breaking it down for just the Harden

1071
01:36:41,440 --> 01:36:51,159
County numbers, too. That that kind of
gives us an idea what we're doing right

1072
01:36:45,760 --> 01:36:51,159
here in our local community. Thank you.

1073
01:36:51,520 --> 01:36:59,639
All right, then.
Um, nothing else. Meeting a journ. Thank

1074
01:36:56,639 --> 01:36:59,639
you.