[0:00] I'm going to take this opportunity to get number.

[0:06] » All right. We'll go ahead and call this meeting to

[0:08] order. This is the State County Commissioner's Court

[0:12] regular meeting of the 8th day of September, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. in the Hill

[0:16] County Courthouse. Uh we do have a quorum.

[0:20] So, we'll go ahead and start with the prayer.

[0:23] » Will you all stand, please?

[0:28] Bow with me, please. Heavenly Father, we come before you to

[0:32] give you thanks for you waking up here in the greatest state and greatest

[0:35] nation on this face of this earth. So, we thank you. We ask your blessing on

[0:38] this meeting of the Hill County Commissioner's Court. We thank you for

[0:40] our County Judge, for the Commissioners, and all the support staff that goes into

[0:44] it. Lord, give them wisdom and discernment to carry out their

[0:47] responsibilities. Father, we lift up this nation, our

[0:51] representative leaders, our president. We ask your protection to be around our

[0:55] soldiers, 911 emergency responders. Lord, be with them all. Bring them home

[0:59] safe this evening. Father, we pray for peace in the Middle

[1:02] East. Resolution of some sort.

[1:07] Finally, Lord, we ask you to send the rain.

[1:09] You know our needs. We thank you in Jesus' name. Amen.

[1:13] » Will you follow me in the pledge? >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[1:18] United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands,

[1:23] one nation under God,

[1:26] indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[1:30] » Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas.

[1:34] One state under God, one and indivisible.

[1:42] » Well, Mr. How's it going? What's good? We got uh

[1:46] the middle section uh 1414 between 9004, excuse me, between

[1:52] uh 1499 and 67 Donny.

[1:57] So, it's 9600 from to Johnson County.

[2:03] And part of that needs a little maintenance that we did several years

[2:07] ago. Uh you get on that get that fixed and it

[2:11] Thanks to Commissioner Brunton. It It It takes about

[2:16] 10 people with traffic control to

[2:20] chip seal the road. And you know, we

[2:23] neither one of us having the people to do it.

[2:26] We have to put some mouth and it's worked out really well. We appreciate

[2:30] that. Yeah.

[2:32] » Mr.? >> Well, Mr. Holcomb found out part of what

[2:36] it's about sitting up on that chip spreader.

[2:38] He might in another 30, 40 miles get pretty good at it.

[2:44] He's still got things to learn, speed up, but

[2:47] he's learning. What is 102°?

[2:51] A little warm up there, but uh Got that done, project done, moved back

[2:55] to April of May. We're about to put some rock on some roads sticking out some

[3:01] weak spots wherever start raining again. Oops.

[3:05] » Mr.? >> We took off this morning.

[3:08] Try to resolve a few issues that brought up our attention over the weekend and

[3:11] we've been just priority painting ditches and perimeter ditches.

[3:15] » Mr.? >> We're doing the same thing, cleaning

[3:18] ditches and some of them are pretty bad and we still

[3:21] probably have about 100 miles left to clean. So,

[3:24] it's it's something you never get to. Uh completely finished and we're going

[3:29] to go to the shed and we'll clean it. >> Thank you, Mr. Clayton.

[3:33] » I'm just speaking. >> Thank you.

[3:36] Mr. Parker? How are you?

[3:40] » I'm good. For my payroll, you survived our first payroll with all of our new

[3:44] insurances. So, everyone's looking good and I don't have very many issues. And I

[3:49] want to say thanks to Katie and her staff for doing us a solid surprise.

[3:52] They'll check it all and go through the super years. Uh I Everyone should have a

[3:56] medical check so I can't see the salt. Please reach out to our office and we'll

[3:59] research it for you. Other than that, we are still short staffed so bear with us.

[4:03] This may see a slight delay on this. We have so many people out of the

[4:08] office. Other than that, just business as usual.

[4:12] » Mr. P V? >> Um, we have a new budget that was passed

[4:16] last week so we're starting to put that into our accounting software and we're

[4:20] going to be doing a lot of construction but that's accurate.

[4:23] Um, and then we also have an individual one of my staff going through fixed

[4:26] assets and inventory. So the mission is we're going to be

[4:30] reaching out to you either this week or next week to schedule a time to do the

[4:34] final two weeks of the inventory to not worry necessarily about the

[4:39] office equipment but I need to know that everybody has all

[4:42] the vehicles and all this big stuff that you have. This will be the final

[4:46] inventory. >> Okay.

[4:48] Eric, how are things going? >> Oh, how are things here?

[4:52] Hiring some folks and that's always good.

[4:55] Getting close to being full staffed. Couple openings on the patrol side.

[5:01] Just a few left in the jail side. We're seeing some good applicants on that

[5:04] side. >> Good.

[5:05] » I'm looking forward to moving forward with that.

[5:07] » Good. Uh, agriculture?

[5:10] Mr. P how are you? All is well?

[5:13] » All is well. Kicking off the new year and a new 4-H year has been

[5:17] started. Uh, obviously it comes to the end of

[5:21] harvesting right now. Those yields are looking pretty good.

[5:24] Um, so basically waiting for the rain.

[5:28] But there's a line of immigrants

[5:32] » Yes, sir. Development services? Mr. P?

[5:37] » Uh, pretty good. Pretty much business as usual. The

[5:41] buildings are struggling to keep up with maintenance

[5:46] issues as you can imagine. So, we're we're keeping folks dialed in. We've got

[5:50] a couple of them go down, and just trying to keep keep the folks cool

[5:54] around here. We've got chillers over here. So, the breaker blast me for a

[5:58] quarter hour. That might have been why you why y'all got a little warm in here

[6:02] for a minute, but uh we're on top of that. Got it sorted out.

[6:07] Just trying to stay on top of it. >> I would say.

[6:11] All right. All right. Well, with that, we'll go

[6:13] ahead and move it. I hope we're not >> No.

[6:15] Um you'll have 5 minutes. Mr. Lassiter.

[6:22] » Kevin Lassiter, uh 2604 area.

[6:25] Start off, I want to say I'm passionate. If it seems like I'm

[6:29] angry, I'm sorry, but I'm passionate about what I'm fighting for here, y'all.

[6:33] Uh Friday night,

[6:36] two gentlemen thought it would be all right to stop at the corner of my

[6:39] streets and get out of their vehicle and urinate.

[6:44] Officer got over there and now to get Rudy to get in charge of it, but that's

[6:49] the neighborhood I have. My house is valued at $150,000.

[6:53] I couldn't sell it for 50 because of the condition we have.

[6:59] Septic running down the road. We have people pissing on the side of the road.

[7:03] As you know, like I said, I'm passionate about this. We have people

[7:07] living six RVs on a 50 by 100 lot with one septic.

[7:13] We have tiny homes that are moving in. There no septics.

[7:18] And I've been talking to John, and I'm I need a forum where we can sit down and

[7:24] talk. Why do we not have an environmental deputy to write tickets?

[7:28] Why are deputies coming out and saying, "Well, what do you want me to do? Give

[7:31] them a ticket? It's just going to make it worse on them."

[7:34] I want them to do their job. I want to live

[7:38] in a first world country. I don't want to live in a third world

[7:42] country. If I to live in a third world country, I'd go live in Belize.

[7:45] Beautiful country. I could wear my flip-flops. I like to live. I like to,

[7:50] you know, enjoying my life, guys. And just like I'm sure y'all do. Do you

[7:54] want to I can bring a video driving to my house.

[7:58] And on one road, there is at least at least five properties that are

[8:04] multiple people living on them. No septic, no water, no electricity.

[8:10] There's one that's put up with with pallets, y'all. They built it with

[8:15] pallets. And that's what I have to pass every

[8:19] day. I feel for the people. I'm going to

[8:22] California next in a couple weeks to see my son. It's it it hurts my heart to go

[8:27] by and see all them people. I don't want to see it here, y'all. We we got a a

[8:32] nursing home sitting empty over there. Sitting empty. Why can't somebody

[8:39] come up with a way to buy that and put all these people in there? It's got

[8:42] restrooms, bedrooms, everything. I mean, can't we do things like that? I

[8:46] mean, let's think outside of the box. I know everybody's worried economy and all

[8:51] that. There's always a way to fix something. Let's quit sending our money

[8:55] away before we fix home. Let's fix home, y'all.

[9:00] You know, uh Like I said, it's just it it it's

[9:04] difficult. And and I mean,

[9:09] how would you y'all feel if your wife walked out on the front porch and two

[9:12] guys are starting a home?

[9:15] Pissing.

[9:18] That's the answers we need. Where is our deputy? I mean, I'm only throwing some

[9:23] names out here. I know Brad Orban was our environmental deputy. I know Jeff

[9:27] was our environmental deputy. Uh I trying to think of a couple of the

[9:32] other ones. Uh John Miller. They did a wonderful

[9:35] job. What happened? Where did they go? Why didn't we notify the people?

[9:40] But you know, why aren't we pulling our you know, our environmental Can we not

[9:45] give him a 2 days a month that that's all he does

[9:49] or a day a week that's all he does. Don't pull him for patrol. Don't pull

[9:53] him for Well, I'm sorry John Blow called in sick. We need somebody. No, we need

[9:59] somebody. I need the protection in the service here.

[10:03] My people need to live down in roads. You know, the the Millers, the Villers,

[10:08] the Camarellos that live at the end of that road that we have to drive and see

[10:12] this. We need y'all's help, y'all.

[10:15] I'm begging you. I've missed all my

[10:18] conversations. I've had conversations. John and I have had conversations. I

[10:23] called your office. I finally got a phone call. Uh I'm just throwing you out

[10:27] there. TCEQ I had to threaten him with getting the news involved and and

[10:31] finally I got a phone call return call from them.

[10:34] Why did you think that? Why? Why? Why? We elected you guys to

[10:40] support us. That's what I'm asking for.

[10:43] Again, I'm going to be the squeaky wheel. I'm

[10:46] coming back, Judge. I'm asking for agenda.

[10:49] Mike Raw, thank you.

[10:52] All right. Has anybody else signed up for public

[10:54] forum? Not on the list. Nobody online?

[10:58] » No. >> All right. We're going to move on to the

[11:00] consent agenda. This is actually our minutes, invoices paid on monthly

[11:03] invoices. We have any instructions and then we'll take it from here for

[11:06] elected officials. >> I make a motion to approve the minutes.

[11:11] » I motion. >> Second.

[11:12] » I have a motion and a second. All in favor say "Aye."

[11:15] » Aye. >> All opposed?

[11:16] Motion carries.

[11:33] Hold on.

[11:50] All right, if those are around, we'll go ahead and move to board orders. Number

[11:52] one, discussion and action on employee wage or status changes. Do we have new

[11:56] hires in Donna Rosa, uh and Denver Burkhardt to

[12:01] the Sheriff's Office, Erica Holland for Development Services, wage status

[12:05] changes for Anita Rodriguez and Angela Huff with Juvenile Probation, and

[12:09] separation for Billy Magness from February August.

[12:12] Um and John Harris from Road and Bridge Department.

[12:17] I make a motion. >> Second.

[12:19] » I make a motion. >> All in favor, say aye.

[12:22] » Aye. >> All opposed?

[12:24] » Opposed.

[12:31] » And number two, discussion and action on monthly bank balances for July 2026.

[12:44] » I make a motion. >> Second.

[12:46] » Motion and second. All in favor, say aye.

[12:49] » Aye. >> All opposed?

[12:51] » Opposed.

[13:08] » Number three, a nerve ending before proclamation for Constitution Month.

[13:13] We're going to go ahead and read this proclamation.

[13:18] Whereas, it is the privilege and duty of the American people to commemorate the

[13:21] 239th anniversary of the drafting of the the

[13:25] of the United States of America, with the appropriate ceremonies and

[13:28] activities, and whereas public law 108-5 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation

[13:33] each year by the President of the United States of America designating September

[13:36] 17th through the 23rd as Constitution Week.

[13:40] Now, therefore, I, Judge Shane Brassell, by virtue of the authority vested in me

[13:43] as the county judge by of Hill County in the city of Hillsboro, Texas, do hereby

[13:48] proclaim the week of September 17th through the 23rd as Constitution Week

[13:52] and urge all citizens to study the Constitution and reflect

[13:56] on the privilege of being an American with all the rights and responsibilities

[14:00] that privilege involves. In witness whereof,

[14:05] I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the county to be affixed to

[14:09] this 8th day of September of the year of our Lord

[14:14] 2016. I'll entertain a motion.

[14:18] » Move to approve. >> Second.

[14:19] » So, motion and a second. All in favor, say aye.

[14:21] » Aye. >> All opposed?

[14:24] Carries.

[14:42] Number four, observe and report the annual salary of the district court

[14:45] reporter, county auditor, county court at law, and the county court reporter,

[14:49] and assistant county auditor.

[14:53] Um Judge Wood uh held his public hearing in

[14:56] reference to these salaries adopted these salaries and this is what

[15:01] he sent to the folks to observe and report.

[15:07] » Make a motion. >> Any motion and a second? All in favor,

[15:10] say aye. >> Aye.

[15:11] » All opposed? Carries.

[15:17] Number five, discussion or action to declare obsolete phones as property that

[15:20] has no value for which it is originally intended.

[15:23] Uh these phones are going to be in the Hip Hop and Sheriff's Office.

[15:27] Um Obviously, we know how technology works

[15:32] and >> Uh Mike motion to approve.

[15:35] » I have a motion and a second. All in favor say I.

[15:38] » I. >> All opposed. Motion carried.

[15:43] » What is What is

[15:46] » Uh number six, observe and report the disposal of the obsolete phones from the

[15:49] Hip Hop and Sheriff's Office.

[15:53] » I'll make a motion. >> I have a motion and a

[15:55] » What are they going to What are they going to do with them?

[15:58] Where? >> I believe

[16:01] » I'll give it to IT, probably for parts. >> Okay.

[16:05] » Okay. >> Salvage them.

[16:06] » Just pull SIM cards. >> Yeah, and IT actually has a machine

[16:11] that's designed to disable those. So or any electronic.

[16:17] Uh motion and a second. All in favor say I.

[16:19] » I. >> All opposed. Motion carried.

[16:26] Number 10, discuss an action to declare scrap tin horns received for the wind

[16:31] project in Precinct number three as property that has no value for which it

[16:34] was originally intended. >> I'll make a motion.

[16:38] » A motion and a second. All in favor say I.

[16:39] » I. >> All opposed. Motion carried.

[16:45] Uh number nine, observe and report third

[16:48] budget third quarter budget report for the nine months ending June 30th, 2022.

[16:53] » Wait, I skipped one. >> Uh observe and report disposal of said

[16:57] tin horns received from the wind project that are too damaged to use in Precinct

[17:00] number three. >> What are you going to do with them,

[17:03] Lewis? >> Huh?

[17:04] » What are you going to do with them? >> Well,

[17:06] we'll probably just throw them on the floor.

[17:08] » Huh? >> I told they're going to take them to

[17:10] scrap yard here in Hillsboro. >> For parts?

[17:12] » For parts. That was a

[17:15] Just getting in. >> I have anything?

[17:18] » Already done? >> Yeah.

[17:20] » Okay.

[17:23] Second. >> I'll second that second.

[17:26] » All in favor say I. >> I.

[17:27] » Opposed. >> Motion carried.

[17:30] » Now we'll move on to number nine. Presentation of the 2013 quarter budget

[17:33] amendment for nine months ending June 30th, 2026.

[17:37] » Second that. >> We're going to table that.

[17:48] All right, number 10. Discussion and action regarding the budget amendment

[17:51] for road and bridge number three to allocate $33,600 in construction to the

[17:55] utilities. $5,000.

[17:58] Bond will be insured $7,600 and contract services $20,000 for the road and bridge

[18:02] precinct number three. >> This is mostly related to spray and

[18:07] herbicide budget to cover our costs. >> All right.

[18:10] » I'll make a motion. >> Second that.

[18:12] » Motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I.

[18:15] » Opposed. >> Motion carried.

[18:18] » Number 11. Discussion and action regarding budget amendment to reallocate

[18:21] $10,000 from construction materials to contract services for FM lateral

[18:24] precinct number three. >> Same thing.

[18:27] » Same thing. >> I'll make a motion. Second

[18:30] » Motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I.

[18:32] » Opposed. >> Motion carried.

[18:34] » Okay.

[18:37] » Number 12. Presentation by Jay Kingston, District Extension Educator regarding

[18:42] 2026 Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service presentation for Hill County.

[18:47] » How are you, sir? >> Good.

[18:50] I have a newsletter here for you.

[19:01] So, it's good to be here with you. My name is Jay Kingston with the Texas A&M

[19:05] AgriLife Extension Service and I office out of Stephenville and serve

[19:09] as the supervisor for your county agents here in Hill County and

[19:14] I think uh I think you know what a good job they do

[19:17] and I just I'm here just to kind of reiterate that as well. So, definitely

[19:21] appreciate the court support of AgriLife Extension here in Hill County and

[19:27] your agents are doing a great job of reaching

[19:31] their your constituents and their their clientele as well. We put this

[19:37] newsletter together every year. The front page is kind of an overview of of

[19:41] what we do district-wide, which is 21 counties.

[19:44] The back page we drill down to what is going on here in Hill County.

[19:48] Uh If we look at the back page, we can look

[19:52] at all the ag and natural resources programming that Zach does.

[19:56] He He provides a tremendous amount of programming opportunities

[20:01] for farmers and ranchers here in Hill County.

[20:04] And we broke it down into the subject matter areas. So, row crop production is

[20:09] that first one. You can see there's numerous field days and seminars and

[20:14] activities, workshops. I like to look at

[20:19] kind of what impact we have. And so, Zach was able to reach over

[20:23] 91,000 acres worth of row crop production here in Hill County.

[20:29] If you look at that economic impact, you can see based on So, we asked attendees

[20:34] kind of what kind of economic impact this programming does or will have. In

[20:40] their production, you can see over $700,000

[20:44] of an economic impact for those producers that attended those

[20:48] programming. So, providing some good education to them

[20:52] that will benefit their operations.

[20:55] We look at the livestock and forage program area.

[20:58] Again, quite a few programming efforts going

[21:02] there. Over 130,000 acres of pasture land, over 17,000 head of livestock were

[21:09] represented at those programs, and you can see the economic impact

[21:14] just right under a million dollars for those producers.

[21:18] Uh as you know, feral hogs are always an issue, will always be an issue, and

[21:23] Zach's doing a good job addressing that with his with the landowners here in

[21:27] Hill County. Uh appreciate that support through the

[21:30] bounty program. Um I think that's making an impact. Uh

[21:36] it's it'll be a continued continued effort. It'll be a a struggle

[21:41] um moving forward as well. Uh also

[21:44] providing some programming to uh those landowners on management

[21:50] strategies for feral hogs. And then of course

[21:54] horticultural awareness, uh providing some of that programming to

[21:59] homeowners, to new landowners, uh as that population grows, providing them

[22:05] some opportunities to learn about how to take care, be good stewards of their

[22:10] properties as well. Zach also uh oversees the Hill County

[22:15] Master Gardener program. Uh they have volunteered over 1,000

[22:21] hours of of work here in Hill County.

[22:25] And uh and that is valued at

[22:29] $38,000 at volunteer hours. And so they just help extend our reach, extend

[22:35] our educational opportunities there. So appreciate Zach, uh his leadership to

[22:41] the district, the leadership that he brings to the county,

[22:44] and his programming. If we look at the Family and Consumer Sciences, uh

[22:49] Lindsay's doing a great job with with I think a full year of program so far. So

[22:54] we're proud of Lindsay in her first year here in Hill County.

[22:58] As you know, our Uh,

[23:01] responsibilities include nutrition and health, physical activity,

[23:06] uh and does a great job providing some

[23:08] programming for Hill County. You can see uh appreciate

[23:13] her doing the healthy cooking and healthy

[23:16] you programming, which is targeted to adults uh looking at cooking and

[23:23] nutrition and how that affects health. And you know, chronic diseases are an

[23:28] issue or will be an issue when when Lindsey's doing a good job of providing

[23:32] some opportunities for uh

[23:35] our clientele to learn about those, how to treat those, how to deal with those

[23:39] day-to-day. Uh

[23:42] Lindsey and uh

[23:45] works as well as in a substance abuse prevention events of

[23:50] whether that's through health fairs or working with

[23:55] different partners here in the county and providing some information on

[23:58] substance abuse prevention, uh which again is something that we need to work

[24:03] on. Angie and Lindsey

[24:06] kind of partner together and work with Hill College in providing some

[24:10] programming for some for some youth there. I think that was the first time

[24:13] that they've been able to be with Hill College.

[24:17] I know they were excited about it. I was excited that they could they could do

[24:20] that. Uh

[24:22] food science and kitchen skills, again, we're providing those young people some

[24:26] life skills. Angie does a great job in the 4-H program.

[24:32] Uh her membership grew this past year with our 4-H members.

[24:36] Uh very very proud of that. She has uh quite a few volunteers that uh

[24:42] help with that. Of course, we can't do our job without our adult volunteers and

[24:46] Angie does a good job of recruiting those and training those and getting

[24:49] those uh parents involved.

[24:55] One of the important things that we do is

[24:59] ag literacy literacy education for our young people and Angie can get into

[25:04] those schools, work with those teachers and providing

[25:08] kind of that education whether it's about water,

[25:12] whether it's about biology and life sciences through agriculture, whether

[25:17] it's just ag awareness and where their food

[25:20] comes from and and the importance of agriculture and and production to their

[25:25] lives and so Angie does a great job. You can see the number of youth that she

[25:30] impacts through her programming as well. Her forest program is very active here

[25:36] in the county, a lot of projects. You can see those listed there.

[25:40] Very active on our district level and then also on the state level as

[25:45] well. So we're we're proud of the agents and what the work that they're doing

[25:49] here in Hill County and and hope you you realize and see that impact as well.

[25:55] I'll be glad to answer any questions you may have.

[26:00] » Great job. Great team.

[26:03] Very yes, very very proud of our work.

[26:06] Very good. All right, y'all have a great day.

[26:19] » All right. We'll go ahead and move to number 13,

[26:23] discussion and action regarding the uniform 6 Hill County resolution during

[26:26] the indigent defense grant in the amount of $32,455

[26:32] for indigent defense services. >> What's that full

[26:38] what it cost us? Only 10% It's that much? I didn't think

[26:42] it'd be that much. I don't know. I don't see any back. Yeah, 4% of the

[26:46] total expense. But we always seem to come up with a

[26:51] wheel when they give us a few pennies on the dollar and that's

[26:55] » Now, if you guys if you gentlemen remember

[26:59] I'll force you back to the budget sessions that we've had, all of them,

[27:02] but 8% of our budget right off the top has to go to

[27:06] indigent defense. That's not non-negotiable.

[27:10] Which is a considerable amount of money.

[27:14] They gave us 32,000 for considered to be a waste.

[27:20] » Motion. >> I'll make a motion.

[27:22] » Second. >> I'll second. All in favor say aye. Aye.

[27:25] All opposed? Motion passed.

[27:38] » The second action regarding the surplus department funds for future projects use

[27:43] at Hill Country Sheriff's Office. Here, how do you wish to proceed?

[27:47] Morning. Morning.

[27:51] » All right. Appreciate you taking time to hear me

[27:53] out on this. So, um

[27:57] This will be the second year in a row that we've been fiscally responsible

[28:01] with the taxpayer money. Um we should have

[28:05] right now well over a million left over.

[28:11] Now, a lot of that some of that is not being fully staffed,

[28:15] which we're getting there. So, that's a plus.

[28:19] Um we have many projects that we need to

[28:22] do. I figured that this would be the perfect

[28:24] time to ask just to go ahead and use the money that we saved instead of having to

[28:29] come back next year and ask for piece by piece cuz there are several

[28:34] areas in the office that need to be addressed. One being the jail. We have

[28:38] multiple repairs that need to be done. Uh the speaker and software system is

[28:42] outdated. Some of the speakers do not work, mostly

[28:46] on the outside of the facility.

[28:49] Just to kind of give you an idea of what that may cost,

[28:53] um kind of got some a few places give us some bids um

[28:57] that are in that line of work and uh for the speaker system and the uh

[29:01] control system and the lighting system um we're looking at over 350,000 on the

[29:07] low end. Um

[29:11] dispatch center needs some repair that has the main flooring in there since the

[29:15] building was built back in '02 or '03 time frame.

[29:19] Uh some of those consoles are broken and need to be uh replaced. They can be

[29:24] quite expensive. Um I don't know exactly what Do we know

[29:28] a rough cost on that, Chief? >> Six figures.

[29:31] » Probably six figures for the dispatch center. Uh

[29:34] they won't take them down. We'll have to move them into a separate area of the of

[29:37] the building until we can get that remodel done.

[29:43] Also, the property room. Uh when we took over the property room was

[29:48] at the brink. It was full. Uh we do get it audited from an outside source. Try

[29:53] to get it reorganized. There's no uh it's just a handwriting system,

[29:57] basically. So, we have a gun range that is non-operable,

[30:00] uh not safe to operate in and uh I shut it down when I got here and got it

[30:04] inspected. Um so, I asked basically asking to use

[30:08] some of those funds that are remaining to turn the gun range, clean it out,

[30:12] turn it into a larger property room where the

[30:16] property officer will have um more access to the property, more

[30:21] safer, um more secure storage. Uh we're not

[30:24] stacking things on top of things. Uh we're not risking air conditioners

[30:29] flooding property evidence, stuff like that. So,

[30:32] uh got a little uh like a rough estimate on

[30:35] what that might cost just to do the walls,

[30:38] not not including the uh locker system and the

[30:44] store shelving but the walls itself be around 50,000

[30:47] um to clean that out and put new walls up.

[30:51] And then probably another eight to 10 for the air conditioning system that

[30:55] will need to go in there.

[30:59] Um and then anything else is left over um

[31:02] to prevent further costs, we'll just probably purchase some more vehicles.

[31:08] So that is my request to you. >> So

[31:12] you guys have done a great job in in the managing this and

[31:16] turning it around. Are part of the funds I remember that

[31:21] way last year we funded all of your step raises and I'm assuming that some of

[31:29] those funds are included in this number. You do We went We went all the way to I

[31:35] think it was um tier four on all of the

[31:40] all of the positions. >> Correct.

[31:43] » Are some of those Is this some of the funds that you got left over

[31:47] that you didn't spend because you didn't have the personnel?

[31:50] » Some personnel, correct. A lot of it it's not because of the step pay.

[31:56] It's just because we've had 10 to 10 vacancies in the jail and you know

[32:00] CID spot and couple of patrol.

[32:04] » So So you just didn't have >> It adds up. I mean

[32:06] » didn't have that staff. >> Yeah.

[32:09] And we we finally got some good applicants

[32:11] um for the jail so we're we're making those backgrounds getting those done and

[32:15] getting those spots filled. Uh there's just no guarantee I'll have this

[32:19] money left over next year. We'll do the best we can.

[32:21] » Yeah. >> fortunate this year so

[32:26] it's the part of budgetary to get things done need to be done in the jail cuz

[32:29] that could be the most costly uh area in the whole county.

[32:34] Yeah.

[32:36] » Historical reference. Uh

[32:40] prior to Sheriff Marmes and his staff taking over

[32:44] the Sheriff's office generally ran 900 to a million or more people in the red

[32:52] over budget. Uh Mr. Sheriff took over and since has

[32:56] last year was seven or 900 thousand under.

[33:01] » 700 >> 870 700

[33:03] » 870 >> 870

[33:05] 870 under budget and this year they're looking at about a little over a

[33:11] million under budget. Um as the Sheriff indicated, some of that has to do with

[33:16] staffing not being filled. >> Uh

[33:20] » But uh >> Yeah.

[33:23] » So Also, as in the jail and prison are um

[33:29] as far as the county is concerned, is one of our largest liabilities

[33:35] in the fact that we have to have it. Um and it has standards that are

[33:39] non-negotiable. So, for instance, the speaker system,

[33:43] there has to be a speaker in every cell. I mean, you took a tour of it.

[33:46] » Yeah, I did. >> So,

[33:48] if those speakers don't work, the jail shut down and now we'll have to ship out

[33:51] all our inmates and we have to pay another county

[33:54] » to house them. >> to house them and it's well over a

[33:56] hundred dollars a day >> per head. Per head.

[33:59] » It This makes a tremendous amount of sense to me. The

[34:02] » Now that you took a tour of >> I did the tour.

[34:05] » I mean, it >> And part I'm very glad I did do that.

[34:07] » I don't I don't know where he's coming from.

[34:09] » I don't know if you've been in dispatch, but the it's an eye-opener, you know

[34:12] what I mean? Very different than when I dispatched a hundred years ago where we

[34:16] had a big map on the wall and actual radios and

[34:20] push the radio. Everything is >> Yeah.

[34:22] » computerized and very very different now than it than it was then.

[34:28] » Yeah, and especially now where we We storage at.

[34:30] » Yeah. >> It's literally just a little room that

[34:33] is it's full. Well, we need to accommodate

[34:36] the old gun and gun range.

[34:39] » Yeah, the um

[34:42] again, the scary part about the evidence room is if you have a murder case and or

[34:48] some high-profile case and and that evidence is contaminated, then

[34:54] potentially the justice system fails and all that bad and it has nothing to do

[34:58] with who worked the case, how it was

[35:00] investigated, the prosecutor, the judge, none of that. It would be

[35:05] it would be solely this side of the facility.

[35:08] » Yeah. But

[35:10] » So, on the on the gun range, will you need one in the future?

[35:17] » No, I >> I mean, do you have a range that you

[35:19] train on there? >> Well, we've been contracting and then uh

[35:23] something I was going to get with y'all on, uh Latheum Springs has offered to

[35:26] let us use their facility. Um so, I don't know if there needs to be some

[35:29] sort of agreement in place, which we can get done with the county attorney if you

[35:32] need me. Uh they just want us out there. So, they

[35:35] have a not a pretty nice facility, I believe, that will accommodate our needs

[35:38] for annual qualifications and training. So, cool. Save some money

[35:43] there, too. >> Sounds like a plan. I'll make a motion

[35:46] to approve. >> That's it.

[35:48] » All right. So, we're approving the designated surplus

[35:51] department funds from the Hood County Sheriff's Office for future project

[35:54] needs of the Hood County Sheriff's Office. That's the motion and the

[35:57] second. All in favor, say aye. >> Aye. Aye.

[36:00] » All opposed? >> Aye.

[36:02] » Motion passes.

[36:12] Number 15, discussion and action regarding the memorandum of

[36:15] understanding for the Hood County Sheriff's Office to

[36:18] allow the Sheriff's Office to share information directly to the app for

[36:21] displaying specific matter regarding incarcerated individuals to the public.

[36:26] » Okay. So, this is the Sheriff's app that live with last year. Remember we uh

[36:31] we spent I believe 14,000 initial, 7,000 a year membership fee

[36:37] for the services, 7,000 on our own domain, and to build the service itself.

[36:42] Um the Sheriff's Association of Texas has

[36:45] uh gone into partnership with Equifax and

[36:48] the Sheriff's app. Um our new system that the state requires us to use

[36:53] for victim notification does not link up uh like we were told

[36:58] to the Sheriff's app. So, people cannot get on there and view

[37:01] inmate information, bonds, and bond amounts, charges, uh victim

[37:05] notification. We can't get any of that. So, the Sheriff's app, uh the Sheriff's

[37:09] Association of Texas, and Equifax has all joined together to make sure that

[37:13] that information can be placed on the app. Now, um since we're already a

[37:17] current member, our annual fee of 1,000 of 7,000 dollars will now be cut down to

[37:23] 1,000 dollars. >> By joining this MOU, they will give us a

[37:26] 6,000 dollar discount. >> And the information will actually be on

[37:30] the app, uh which is what we needed in the first place.

[37:34] » Certainly, yeah. Make a motion.

[37:37] » I'll make it. >> I'll second. All in favor say aye.

[37:39] » Aye. >> All opposed?

[37:42] » So, I I share about our Uh if you want to

[37:48] and being the signature of the county, you can sign it.

[37:51] You can send it back to me and I can sign it. Uh whatever the court wants

[37:53] done for that. >> Says County Judge.

[37:56] » Okay, I'll sign it. >> Just don't let me sign it twice.

[38:01] » Saves me. >> All right. Uh number 16, discuss an

[38:05] action on the updated interlocal agreement with the Department of Health

[38:08] and Human Services Health Network regarding the various mental health

[38:10] services for Hill County Jail inmates.

[38:15] » All right, so this interlocal agreement has been great for our jail.

[38:19] Um and we just want want continue it. The uh

[38:23] MOU's been reviewed by the county attorney and

[38:26] approved. It provides basic mental health services

[38:30] to the jail for the inmates that are in our jail.

[38:35] And it's just an annual renewal. >> Make a motion to approve.

[38:39] » Second. >> Motion in a second. All in favor say

[38:41] aye. >> Aye.

[38:43] » All opposed. >> Motion carried.

[38:54] » All right, number 17, discussion and action on the contract amendment between

[38:58] Correct Solutions Group and the Hill County Sheriff's Office for jail inmate

[39:01] phone services. >> All right, so this is an amended

[39:03] contract. Um

[39:07] The FCC ruling basically says that we can't

[39:11] give it 2 cents uh a minute

[39:16] and and commission. Uh now we waived that commission.

[39:20] With the amount of inmates we have and the amount of phone usage that is done,

[39:23] I waived the commission. Um so the county won't be getting any funds there

[39:27] off of inmate phone calls.

[39:31] » Prior to this ruling, we used to be get quite a bit of funds

[39:36] from inmate phone calls. And since the FCC got involved, now it's

[39:42] They you really get all the money.

[39:44] » It goes by jail size and population.

[39:50] » Make a motion. >> Motion and a second.

[39:53] » All in favor say aye. >> Aye.

[39:55] » All opposed. >> Motion carried.

[39:59] » What's this one? >> The sheriff has to sign all these um

[40:03] » That's it. >> What's going on with the police

[40:05] department?

[40:09] » Uh uh number 18, discussion and action on

[40:12] the contract service agreement between Tech Friends and is Hill County

[40:15] Sheriff's Office for inmate tablet service.

[40:18] » Yeah, so they just separated themselves from the phone company.

[40:21] So that we could at our request, we wanted our own contract with anyone

[40:24] else. We wanted we wanted them to the phone company's contract.

[40:28] So it just basically gives us our commission off of inmate gold pass.

[40:35] We don't get any We don't get any commission off of inmate phone calls.

[40:39] If they buy movies or stuff like that, we'll we'll get a portion of that.

[40:44] So and this just also breaks down what their

[40:48] what their duties are, something were to happen, what they provide.

[40:53] And then the exit of these are on the back. We don't need to list those.

[41:00] » Make a motion to approve. >> Motion

[41:02] » You say we get part of that back? >> Yeah, we get uh

[41:06] I believe it's 25% on certain purchases.

[41:13] » I'm good. >> I'm good.

[41:15] » And that was reviewed by County Attorney as well.

[41:18] » All in favor say aye. >> Aye.

[41:19] » All those >> Motion carried.

[41:25] » Oh. >> Number 19, discuss interaction with the

[41:27] Clear Fork Commission to discuss the Sheriff's Office fleet vehicles and

[41:30] surplus stock. >> All right, so these are our old Tahoes.

[41:33] Most have over 150, 200,000 miles on them.

[41:37] Um

[41:40] probably wouldn't get a whole whole lot from them at auction.

[41:43] And uh there's basically other needs in the county. Uh I was reached out to by

[41:47] numerous fire departments, so I figured fairest way to do it is just send

[41:51] something out to everybody and see who's interested and they all were. Believe 10

[41:55] of them uh

[41:57] who want to purchase our old fleet vehicles so that they can

[42:01] use them for medical responding vehicles so they don't have to pull the big truck

[42:05] out, diesel, repair, all that kind of stuff. They can

[42:08] just get a new Tahoe and they can go. Um so broke it down for y'all. They all

[42:12] came out, picked out a vehicle that they wanted. Um, it has the unit number, the

[42:16] last four of the VIN, and the agency that is requesting that said vehicle.

[42:22] Now, what you want to charge them, that's up to y'all. I don't I don't

[42:25] care. Honestly, you want to I don't know.

[42:28] I don't think that's in the packet. Thank you.

[42:37] Did you not get a copy? I can

[42:41] copy it for you if you'd like. Right. >> You can move to leave the clerk in

[42:44] something. >> Or second thought, um

[42:49] Hold on, I'm going to need that to I'll let my name in.

[42:51] » I included all their letters they wrote requesting the vehicles and why they

[42:55] needed them.

[42:59] » Yeah, that'd be good. >> Yeah.

[43:02] You don't look at it now.

[43:05] » All right. So, uh I have a motion and a second to declare them decommissioned.

[43:09] Uh all in favor say aye. I. And all those opposed, motion carried.

[43:13] Now, the approval of

[43:21] » disposition >> This

[43:22] » Yeah, the disposition to decommission the county sheriff's office vehicles to

[43:26] support our local volunteer fire departments.

[43:28] » Um, just a side note, we did pull one of those vehicles for development services

[43:33] for use to use it for our over um

[43:37] all over to all of our buildings. So, the sheriff You got a swarm in in there.

[43:41] So, they no longer have to drive to Commonwealth.

[43:45] Um, but that was filled before I left. So,

[43:49] um Yeah, uh so, the

[43:52] proposal is um

[43:58] what do we want to sell these vehicles to the volunteer fire departments for?

[44:02] » Both of them are free to them. >> I'm going to preface this with

[44:07] I don't know if you gentlemen have the Active Alert app

[44:11] that sends out notifications as to emergencies in the county, but it has

[44:16] been non-stop all weekend.

[44:19] Each and every one of them were requiring

[44:22] fire space of some sort, whether it be medical or

[44:26] fire uh brush fire. In fact, quite a few

[44:29] brush fires that they're pretty

[44:32] and

[44:34] pretty high on the line as to whether we were going to have to get the state

[44:37] involved just due to resources. Um our guys were able to battle them back and

[44:41] and handle business on their own, but there were a couple moments where it was

[44:45] kind of touch-and-go as to whether we were going to be able to handle them

[44:48] ourselves. I have a motion that we give them away.

[44:53] I second that motion. So

[44:57] uh approval

[45:17] So we're going to approve the donation of these Mission Hill County Sheriff's

[45:20] Department surplus fleet vehicles to local volunteer fire departments.

[45:25] All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed?

[45:29] So how would y'all like for me to do that? Just sign the titles over to them?

[45:34] Yes. >> As listed in the

[45:35] » As listed in your proposal, yes, sir. >> Thank you, gentlemen.

[45:39] » Well >> Thank you.

[45:44] » I'll make a motion, gentlemen.

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