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Okay, good morning, Jefferson County Board of Commissioners. It is March 12, 2025, and it is 815.

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We're going to get started with our administrative session, which is our department heads, electeds, and

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So I feel like I gave a pretty good update last time I was here this is can you is this go through Lindsey can you hear me all right.

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I really don't have too much more to add we just swore in Brad Hamlin.

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you're just came back to us to fill that ATV position yesterday.

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Other than that, I almost said no report.

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I feel like it's just a chair.

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But other than that, yeah, I don't really have too much more than that.

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Yep. Yeah.

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I lack of doing things for sure. But people

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are going to prison. That's part of it.

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didn't get some long-term stays out of the jail, so yeah,

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how was your conversation with the City of Maghars?

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There hasn't been anything since, they really reached out. I was supposed to have a meeting with Chief Plumber on Monday, but I didn't make that meeting, so hopefully I'll catch up with him next week and get some more news on some of that.

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That may reach out to Will, figure out where they're at.

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And staffing wise, where you at.

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Technically, minus those LATCF positions were fully staffed on the patrol side.

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We do have one retirement coming up in May, and so we'll have to fill that position but

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as far as the jail goes. I think we're still lacking one or two positions.

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Still recruiting

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on everything. Still recruiting. Still recruiting on the front office staff position.

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We got quite a few applicants for that. I think we were sitting around 18 applicants. Anything

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else? Any other questions? Yes. See you at the ranch.

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there's a lot going on but so I know some people are waiting on things. I promise

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I'm you're on my list but if you need something urgent call me.

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I won't

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elaborate on a lot of things going on. Good

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morning Phil. Good morning.

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Community Development is rolling along. We're seeing a lot of permits and

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applications coming in for single-family dwelling structures,

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department that kind of thing. We have two staff notes I wanted to share with you.

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Tony has been out for a bit. She's in the KDSRA via text that she'll be back on

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Monday, so I'm really looking forward to that. The other is our sanitary in

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Matt just informed me this morning that he has accepted a job and his last day

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will be June 5th. So we've we've been proactive in terms of June 5th. Yes. So we've

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been proactive in terms of outreach on that, so we should be in a good place for that transition.

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And like I mentioned, I'm smiling because it's time to be back on Monday, and I can certainly use the help.

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So, that's it.

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Well, it's exciting to hear the increase in permits and activity, I'm sure it's going to continue to grow.

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And I think we had mentioned earlier, keep a close eye on that, and if there is staffing

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needs, because I feel like it's going to continue to go increase.

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Let us know ahead of time so we can maybe be proactive and not have a big gap in there

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where everyone's really struggling.

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Sure.

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I'll be talking to Jeff and about it is I think we should be doing some forecasting on planning

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a little bit more there's quite a bit in play that we just need more coverage there and with that

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level of coverage is I don't know what the staff will be asking and talking about that as we as we move

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for.

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And have we have...

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Much help as far as your desk for some planning projects or is that still in the process of contracted services. We have we have reached out and we've engaged two consultants. One has done some planning work in terms of applications, but the higher level, the more difficult stuff, neither consultant is available or kind of wanting to do. It's it's it's it's a tough fine right now.

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Now, we know how to do, it's definitely how to do a lot of it, but it does get to a higher level that it's just so complicated.

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It's something hard, but there is a little bit of help in play as you see things come in if there's something that you can relieve off of your plate.

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Yes.

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Give it to one or two of them.

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Yes.

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Okay.

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Yes.

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So we, the county has also engaged Dave Allen, Dave and Allen on a project or two.

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and so we're both using consultant at a level and then David Allen's playing role with something.

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Gabe, how's the budget process going?

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It's going well. Good morning.

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Gabriel Sleece, Jefferson County Finance Director.

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Yeah, I'm working hard at budget. I'm about three-quarters of the way done with it.

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I'm hearing up to present a draft budget to the County Administrative Officer and the Budget Officer,

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Commissioner Similink, so looking forward to presenting that.

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That had a good day of meetings with both of them as well as a few different departments.

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I think we worked through a lot of questions and concerns for those various departments

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and have those ones pretty mailed down.

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I will be sending out an email to department director shortly just reminding you dates for

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budget hearings.

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We're about a month out from that as well as those of you who have not submitted a budget narrative

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yet.

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I'll be sending you a template basically what you submitted last year so you can kind of

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build a budget narrative for this year.

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So be looking for that from me.

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I'll need that by the end of next week.

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So get that out.

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I am back to being fully staffed.

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I had some staff out with some sick families

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and then out at conference for the past couple of weeks.

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So it's been kind of light in the finance department,

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juggling some duties between the desks.

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But everybody's back and healthy now.

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So we're looking forward to the rest of the month of March.

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Hi, good morning, Katie Russell, public health.

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Just working on budgets and work plans.

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We have our TPEP work plan we turned in on Monday, so that was exciting.

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And then we also have maternal child health that's coming up

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and an STI HIV plan.

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And so a lot of work plans, a lot of budgeting happening right now.

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We're also starting to look to the summer and our outreach events.

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So we have just a couple of things that we're hoping to do on a regular basis like every

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other week.

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And then just big events here and there throughout the summer.

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So we're starting to look forward to that and figure out how we're going to staff that

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you know some of our plans and supplies and things so that's exciting. We're

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heading to Jefferson County Middle School on Friday to do their career days

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so hopefully we'll plant some seeds and some middle schoolers to become public

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health employees in the future. So now I became decided to become a nurse as

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middle school career day so hopefully something will happen there. So anyways that's

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for us.

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Kate Simke, county clerk. Earlier this week, we had our first key

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meeting that stands for Property Values Appeal Board. We will be hearing two

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petitions. The board will next Friday, the 21st.

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Just preparing now for the

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special district election. We have a total of potential 55 candidates. 13 of

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those candidates are shared positions from the Shoots County. So far we have

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about 22 individuals who have filed for special district positions out of 42.

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So we're just kind of halfway there. I called or sent emails last week from

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I'm mining the districts and I will do one more time.

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That's Friday.

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The deadline is the 20.

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So, next week is the final. There will be four measures on the ballot, two measures relate to the MAC. One, the library is asking.

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have a levee and the Lake Chinook fire and rescue. Also, we'll be asking the public for money.

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In preparation for this election, we mailed out 119 inactive notices as a second reminder

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to those voters whose signatures we either challenged or who had a name changed.

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that was for the November election, it's just part of our routine process.

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We challenged 1.3 signatures, or 155 out of 12,000 voted ballots that we received.

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So we inactivate them, if they didn't respond, and then we give them another opportunity

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to remind them, we need an updated signature is really what we're looking for.

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And then, finally, but I would mention that the Secretary of State, as Reid will be

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stocking by, for a visit, April 14th.

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And just a yearly kind of update and peace-to-face conversation.

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The right thing.

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Generally, that's something that the new Secretary likes to do is visit all the counties.

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So, yeah, the last visit I visited with the office and asked if it would be okay if we

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had representatives from the PCP's come and they were very amiable to that, the previous

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administration so I'll probably do the same here too and see if they would like some company,

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like to meet a few more members of our community. That's it.

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Thanks, Kate.

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Good morning, commissioners. Matt Paulson, Public Works Director. So, in Public Works, we're busy with

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Recruitment still, still looking at different applications and working through that.

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We have started our wheat program sprain, so getting going with that, working on a hazard

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mitigation grant through OEM, and we're up to about 9 million for the cove palisades,

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So, just rock ball and different mitigation measures for the different geologic features

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that happen down there, so hopeful on that one, but, you know, with OEM, there are some

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uncertainty with funding and different things, but working through that.

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And that's focused down there at the coast.

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Yeah, pretty much rimmed around from the boat ramp all the way to the other side.

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And so quite a few miles of Jordan Road that was affected by rock ball on a regular basis.

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So that's a deal with scaling, some netting, possibly, maybe some blasting, some of the

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overburden.

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So it's quite a large project of that time.

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One thing with OEM, they're looking for a 25% match.

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So, you know, finding a couple million dollars, I think we could probably partner with state

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parts and plus we PGE, but I guess we'll just work through those details as things happen.

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But it's a pretty good project for us.

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Also working on the capital improvement payment maintenance master plan.

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That was going well.

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So we're looking at all of our roads that have had deferred maintenance for decades and come

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them up with a plan to really address the issues that are happening with those roads.

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We're also working on that safety action, transportation safety action plan.

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So that one, hopefully, will have funding for it soon and put that plan into work.

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Also working on the Ponybutte Paving Plan.

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So that one's, we had them redesigned it, so we have a really good plan now, so I'll present

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that to the board. Just present some options that we have with that road. Other than that

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we're crushing rock or rock crushers have been humming so we're doing well with getting

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our stockpiles built back up. We're also grading some roads and fixing potholes and sign

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work so yeah things are going well.

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What's one feather you know they came out with that

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That new round of funding with the Congressional Directorate's spending. So I reached out to our contact there and I can't remember her name. But she said, do not apply this year that we are still in the running. We're just waiting for the Oregon budget to pass. Once that passes, then the project will get going.

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I think once the budget gets passed,

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and funding's approved and those projects that were selected, I think, you know, the ball

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starts rolling in. I don't know if we'll get to it, you know, this fall. I mean, it's

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a possibility. Our plan, yeah. Our plan is done. I mean, we pretty much designed the new

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bridge. We just need to get the funding and...

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I guess, because I just was in a question from the situation, is it we would have to

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reapply for this money through the state?

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Through the feds.

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So our project was a portion, or it was approved.

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I think you don't have to get allocated money.

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Yeah, I think they have to get the budget balanced and passed.

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the state. The state. That's what she said. She said state budget.

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talking possibly started working to fall. Is that what you said? If if it all came

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together. I mean that would be the hope. Otherwise next fall once the water gets

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shut off. So 26. But where are we at with the bridge that got closed

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November, Eureka? Yes. We're still, I mean we shorted up, we shorted up and then did they get

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reinspected or how, what is that process? We got reinspected and everything is as it was with

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the temporary shorting. Okay, okay. So we still have a weight restriction and it's probably a short-term

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allowance for that weight restriction. Yeah and they'll continue to monitor it, you know. They

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inspect our bridges every year, so it'll be re-inspected again.

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But with that

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temporary shoring, they said it could last seven years, ten years.

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We got a little bit of time. No. It's not immediate threat, but what that did is

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it put us in line, you know, the way bridges work, they go off a sufficiency

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So once it's determined to have no capacity, which this bridge did, it went from having

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several thousand pound load capacity to zero, or I asked them, can I write a bicycle

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across it?

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And they said no.

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They said close the road, and that's how severe it was.

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They said we're sending someone out to see if the bridge is still standing.

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And the bridge is in good condition, but just the way they inspect, the way they look

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look at the timber structure, what it's going to do is allow us to really move our application

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up as, you know, this is an emergency.

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So, okay.

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Well, keep that on our radar because I think it'd be good for us to go out and look at it

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like we had talked about and see how valuable that bridge is or if we direct some more focus

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to other things or if that's a necessity and we need to make sure that that stays open

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so I think it'd be good to go out there the three of us at some point this spring and

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take a look at it, assess it, if we need to reach out to the the neighboring community to see what

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the need is for that and just value that on priority this spring. So yeah.

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They are, but I think it's a ways out.

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Yeah, I asked Josh Bailey at North Unit, you know, what if we just put some culverts

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in and he says, well, you can put a couple of eight foot culverts inside my side and

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he wasn't real sure on the hydraulics, but he thought that might be an option.

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But we just want to make sure whatever we do, it aligns with their master plan.

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We don't want to waste, you know, resources putting something in that they can't use when they do pipe it.

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Well, let's continue to talk about that.

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Well, and I'm also just thinking of putting a whole new bridge and then they put a pipe in and...

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Yeah, well, it's recent, yeah.

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Yeah, because the bridge is million and a half. I mean, why, why spend that resource if they're going to fight that? Yeah, that's all pins on when they're going to fight. Right.

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Where are you at with staff, Matt? We're down three.

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Mechanic and no, we have two mechanics. Two mechanics. Yeah, just three road workers.

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Great. Good morning, race to lease. Jefferson County assessor.

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Yesterday, I attended public hearing before the House Revenue Committee at the Capitol regarding House Bill 3518.

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As you know, this is relating to assessment and taxation funding.

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It was very well attended, standing room only.

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I estimate maybe 70 people in their many testimonies.

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The bulk of the testimonies were in favor of House Bill 3518.

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Interestingly, though, there were two opposed testimonies, and they came from the Special

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Districts Association.

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They want to get more information on some of the language in the bill.

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I think they're concerned about, well, all special districts are concerned about their

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money.

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They're usually single-purpose taxing districts, and they're really watching their nickels

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and their dimes.

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And rightly so.

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So I think we would invite them to the table, absolutely, to engage in the discussion and look at the issue.

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But overwhelmingly, the support was in favor of this House Bill.

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So I ask the commissioners, please support House Bill 35-18.

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Yeah, I think we got AOC.

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I don't know what it has to do with it, but I don't know at this point.

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That'll happen. There's plenty of bills out there. And so yeah, they know AOC's really had a focus on that

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and I'm sure the staff were there. Yes, AOC testified in favor. We all met at AOC's building

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and walked over from there. Yeah, well cool family event. Thank you for going over and being a part

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of that. I know it's important bill for only our county but counties across the state

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right trained to keep keep things floating and getting our reimbursements of the work

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that you do right. Well thank you for your support. Yeah. Good

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morning. Good morning. It feels like

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Are you guys receiving calls about VA cuts, about our office closing?

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Okay.

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We are too.

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Just think you know.

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So there's a lot of fear and panic out there with all the stuff I'm going to use.

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So formally, I haven't received anything from OBV or VA about any cuts, okay?

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So whatever amount to share is just stuff I've gathered together to try to see what's

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happening it and so you know what's being put out there and why people are

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freaking out. So on the news and online you'll find that they're going to be

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starting to cut it June 2025 this year, approximately 83,000 jobs and that's

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about 15% of the workforce. 30% of the workforce are veterans and half of those

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veterans are the same that are employed by the VM.

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90% of the gay workers are in the health care side.

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So they're looking to go back to staffing levels

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at 2019 levels.

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The problem that people are concerned about

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is this is before the PAC-DAC pass

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where they open up health care to millions of veterans,

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they add in like 20 cancers to the presumptive list

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for Gulf War, they add more presumptive to the aging

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large list, so they're worried that that's going to affect health care, and then there

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are people who are always, anytime anything happens, friends go and shut down who will

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worry about their benefits, because they rely on those benefits to pay their mortgage

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and support their families.

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So, the new VA Secretary of the Collins, he reports that they're getting recommendations

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from DOGE, but DOGE is not making the decision about the cuts that he and his staff are

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making decisions about the cuts.

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May is still saying that they're going to accomplish this without making cuts to healthcare, or to compensation benefits, or fetching benefits to veterans and beneficiaries, and that they're still going to hire for more than $300,000, sorry, $300,000, mission, critical positions, and the focus is serving veterans better than before, you know, in that, in doing so requires organization and change.

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I do an interview he had and he is aware of outdated systems that I'm not sure if you guys

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know the part of the problem with the VA was in slow was the health record site is the

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system they're using is over 30 years old.

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They've been trying, they've been saying they're going to update it for the last 8 years and

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all this money that's been spent is still not done.

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So he is aware of the outdated technology and says it's nowhere it needs to be.

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So, you know, when people call the office, I'm just trying to assure them that we are still open,

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because people are surprised when they call and call the back or just like they say we're

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closed. So I tell, you know, we're county employees, like I have no knowledge of us being

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refunded or cut or anything like that, you know, and we're still proceeding on and, you know,

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So if anything changes with funding or health care,

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anything like that, as soon as I know something definitive,

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I'll let them know.

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So I'm just telling them you can either wait it out

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and see what happens, or if you're really

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that concerned about it, then you can contact

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the VA Secretary yourself, or you're nervous of Congress

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and tell them you're concerned.

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But I mean, other than that, I have no power

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to control anything that happens at that level.

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So I'm hoping that we're going to see what updated tech, you know, and things are, you know,

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going to run more smoothly with all of this, but I.

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So anyway, hopefully things will calm down.

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So on a different note, we are on the agenda for today for out-of-state travel.

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It's 8.3.

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The afternoon of March 26, OVB is asking to be on their interview of their panel

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for the training team, so I'll be unavailable during that time, but I mean I'll still be in

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the office. The welcome home veterans dinner is Saturday, March 29, 4 o'clock. That's in the doors

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open their wrap up. That's the annual spaghetti feed. And Gabe,

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thank you so much for

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Julio. You guys have been helping me a lot with all these random people who are

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wanting checks now instead of paying by credit card can 3%. There was a lot of money

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that way so they've been having to cut quite a bit of checks for me lately with my

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grant money so I appreciate it and feel for the issue data. I emailed you guys

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last week, the tinier kind of playoffs, trying to project like what the population is going

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to be here and whatever. And then the gym and pool passes that I have with the grant

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money from OVBA. I have a few of those left and there's still probably about 20 music lessons

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on the left, joint plenoids, just put out their spring semester online, so, I'm sorry,

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that's all I got right now. Thank you.

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That's a great thing. Yeah, we can.

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I can wait. I mean, I would put back a lot this morning, I put a sign.

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Does Kevin have any other appointments that you can need to cover?

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No, I got to take care of it, but I made it back in time, so we're good, thank you.

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Well, thank you, Laura. I know it's definitely a challenging time with what's going on on the feds

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and even a little bit on the state side, so appreciate you reaching out to all your clients

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and settling their nerves a little bit.

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And I think a lot of what's going on, we need to be a little patient and trust that our federal government is going to take care of such an important role for our citizens.

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And so I think we promise them and great advice as if they do have concerns to reach out to their federal leaders and voice those concerns.

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because it's very impactful when it comes from.

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The veterans, and how it's going to affect their lives or their finances. So, if you need anything from us on that, let's go. I think we should. We're making public health. Get a message out to our veterans. I know that we're not covering more speed shots on the gay, VA, some, some issues there.

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to do a Joey press release to get some good messaging out there as far as why I have

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an update on the physical therapy. They are not taking VA matters. I think the veterans

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that had, you know, the authorization, I think, you know, there, at least in my case, you know, they received them through that authorization, and then, what's the authorization from them?

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So we were not able to resolve that issue, unfortunately.

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in the RSV shots.

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There's a lot of things to do.

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So...

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That's the...

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That's the...

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Oh, the game.

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That's the...

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The DCL.

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Yep.

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Well, I'll...

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I'll...

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what does my concern do you directly in the movie?

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I'll put it in the...

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Okay, yeah, because I haven't heard anything about...

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I'll have to check in the RSV shots.

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Well, I don't think it could be.

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Or, yeah, I think it could be.

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A code that China could be willing to run.

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There's not everything's free anymore.

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They're funding.

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Yeah.

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So, we'll talk about that.

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Okay.

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And then you're thinking maybe getting some posted.

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Well, I think there's some posted.

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Of course, constituents are, you know,

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the folks that she takes care of,

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those who wants to be alerted

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as to what their process is going to pull.

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That's why.

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Yeah.

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Here's why.

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I know what's like to say we're going down a rabbit hole, I don't want to go down so

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we can hold.

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Okay.

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Diane, come on.

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Good morning.

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Diane, how was all of the HR director?

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So we are going to view when it's gone on.

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In addition to our normal HR, it's going to be really fun.

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We have some of our program that's starting on June 16th and that's the program where we

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higher, I still feel there's a lot of change that we're in some kind of,

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either like a great school kind of program, college, or whatever.

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They're going on to something like that.

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So we're going to be reaching out to Madras, the program I school,

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and all the CSC campuses and other community colleges to see if there are kids

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going back.

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So I'm going to want to work with us.

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And then that starts on Jesus' feet.

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And then we are, we've been working on the Affordable Care Act

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reporting that was the issue contract saved by a sign

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of course, and I'm not sure.

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So I had to submit a $2,200 divorce to them.

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And so that was also been in and we're

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going to go free and go to care for the fidelity people,

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but that was a big vote.

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And then we had, and thank you, Gabe, for your help with, we had some, we've run some reports and we hope to sneak from the patterns.

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And then, working on a military memo policy that will help us putting some protocol in place for one military week and how we have benefits.

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We don't have anybody in that church right now, but I think it's really good to be.

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And then we are working with a public health restructure who is on that.

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And our state committee meeting is next Wednesday in the 19th and 7th Anniversary of this.

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And we just asked what we did inspections of all of our sites.

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So we're going to talk about that with the safety of the union.

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And then the other thing I want to mention is because the OAS supervise

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of trade.

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There's an opportunity for a supervisor training through CIS and that's

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where insurance general has a lot of research through that.

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So we can actually slide up with this very instance of training

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$30 and it's 10 to 12 on the 15th April 15th and then four they can go to the Dallas

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and it's 10 to 12.

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I'm sorry, 10 to 2 and I'm sorry.

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And it's kind of just a different overview of Supervisor,

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you know, really lives in laws and things like that.

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So, if you guys have any supervise, if you want us on that, it's a great opportunity to

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be in the department, you know, there's a lot to all the directors. And I try to figure out

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how I get back in a little bit more time, and I hit the envelope and then it's time to get

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So I have to figure out how to get that to everybody.

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Morning,

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Tony Anderson, Billings and Ground Stractors. Sorry for my tardiness. I'm running a little late this morning.

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I was hoping to be fully staffed by the end of the day.

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Okay, apparently he declined yesterday afternoon.

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So back to the draw board on that, so building, excuse me, building some grounds on continuing

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to Miller Lumber, tear that building down, get all that debris hauled off, access control

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we got installed yesterday up and running at the jail facility.

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So next stop this can be for own probation, we got the panel plugged in and IT logged on

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and everything, so making progress with excess control panels, and then Hippie Joe's

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place, the property farm property on Birch and Clackamus.

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There was some garbage debris out there, we got cleaned up, we ended up hauling some

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material and blocking off that gate, so hopefully we'll limit that in the future, and then be

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hit the ground strong with the turf grass management, so grass thatch and

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plugging that stuff so we've started to roll juniper hills part the grass

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up a juniper hills park level that off so turf grass is a growing so yeah time

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of year is easy season.

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Flags yeah they shoot I got that notification tracking

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number um yesterday I think it was her last night so yeah they're on their way

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Three flags are on their for three flag holes are on their way delivered. So

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More

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the cemetery about the fairgrounds. Oh, I hear about flag holes and flags

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Me too

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Thanks Tony

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No report

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The chair

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No, I just I feel like I'm I'm just really quiet up here. I feel like I should say but I try and reach out to you guys with questions as I have them throughout the week and so sometimes I'm here.

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Feel like all my questions have been answered so I don't have any further questions other than be patient.

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I know, you know, with the VA and everything you can reach out to the people.

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There's a lot of concerns financially right now with a lot of different entities, and

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I just have been always cautioning patients.

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I think that we have some business people in the White House right now, and they're just

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reconstructing their, you know, they're just going in and getting things revamped and everything.

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So just patients think that when they say that the disease is going to be fixed and better

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than what it was.

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I trust that it will be, so I just think that people just need to be cautioned with patience.

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That's it, it's all for me.

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She said no more.

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There's your time.

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I've probably submitted 10, 9, test loads in the last five, six days as well as on

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the things that are practiced in general.

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They did interviews on the regional solutions for our area.

444
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They identified the candidates, the candidates most of us know, and I think it's really fantastic

445
00:39:49,060 --> 00:39:57,140
Thank you for your help with the letters, there is a bunch of bills that could positively

446
00:39:57,140 --> 00:39:59,980
or a negative way affect the county and so thank you for all your support.

447
00:40:00,750 --> 00:40:30,730
And the only thing I wanted to say was we had our meeting about strategic planning for the county, with Sarah. I can't remember her last thing. She was senior Wilson. And I thought that was really productive. Doing overarching kind of plan from the county base, which would pull in a lot of your guys' plans. I know Matt's been working on a bunch with his department. But kind of just getting every

448
00:40:30,730 --> 00:40:37,650
everything to fit in somewhat seamlessly and prioritize things and have a good vision

449
00:40:37,650 --> 00:40:44,950
for the future for this county and set some precedence of what's important to our community

450
00:40:45,620 --> 00:40:56,570
which will track with some of the finances we do have and the limited about that.

451
00:40:56,570 --> 00:41:08,750
So that process has been started and we'll keep going through that and bring bring more you guys in at a more in-depth level here shortly with that.

452
00:41:09,110 --> 00:41:20,010
The other thing is, quick to have a ranch tonight. I think Sheriff's going to be there. What's are you going on going?

453
00:41:23,630 --> 00:41:34,570
I think Matt's playing on going. Tony is playing on going. So I think do we have some discussion later on of topics?

454
00:41:42,450 --> 00:41:43,570
Okay, okay.

455
00:41:45,890 --> 00:41:58,380
Well, okay. Well, thank you for coming tonight. I know they're important topics. So that can be me. So yeah, Phil.

456
00:42:00,580 --> 00:42:04,860
I'm not sure if you have any questions about that.

457
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,920
We were required to send out a notice on the set and five people.

458
00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:12,860
I'm sure if you have any questions about the set and the position,

459
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:16,900
I'm just going to go to the point where it's going to be a good question.

460
00:42:17,240 --> 00:42:17,880
It's okay to share.

461
00:42:18,620 --> 00:42:22,940
The rest is actually back at the base of that, but...

462
00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:26,820
Okay.

463
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:50,150
Yeah, anything else? Okay, well thank you all and I hope you guys have a good day.

464
00:43:01,790 --> 00:43:07,650
Okay, good morning. Welcome back from our administrative session. If I could have everyone

465
00:43:07,650 --> 00:43:09,870
please stand for the political legions.

466
00:43:15,850 --> 00:43:21,650
The political legions to the flag of the United States and America and to the Republic

467
00:43:21,650 --> 00:43:29,150
for which it stands one nation under God and indivisible with liberty and justice for the

468
00:43:30,510 --> 00:43:31,970
morning there. Good morning there.

469
00:43:33,350 --> 00:43:34,830
Would you join me in prayer this morning?

470
00:43:35,330 --> 00:43:39,050
Dear Heavenly Father, we just want to thank you for your provision for all the things

471
00:43:39,050 --> 00:43:43,210
that we do in this land and God we ask for the people that you would bring peace

472
00:43:43,210 --> 00:43:48,170
and unity of the people of our land and God that you would give us the opportunity

473
00:43:48,170 --> 00:43:53,290
to prosper in this land and so Lord is our county leaders are making decisions

474
00:43:53,690 --> 00:43:57,230
on our behalf. I pray that you would give them wisdom and God do

475
00:43:57,230 --> 00:44:01,650
also give them favor once they've made those decisions. So thank you for everything, thank

476
00:44:01,650 --> 00:44:05,670
you for all these people being here to represent. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

477
00:44:13,340 --> 00:44:19,500
Okay, so we are going to get started with public comment and it looks like we got quite a

478
00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:26,020
few people in the room. So if we can keep everything to three minutes, if there's any reason

479
00:44:26,020 --> 00:44:32,820
why you need more than that, please let me know, but let's try and keep things to three minutes

480
00:44:34,460 --> 00:44:40,160
with all the people that may want to talk. So who is first?

481
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:44,400
No one?

482
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:46,260
Online?

483
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:59,980
Come on up, come on. I'm aware of the historical society, so we'll give you three

484
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,220
Three minutes and five seconds.

485
00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:24,900
We're coming, so we'll definitely give you a little bit more time. I think we've been working on some of this for a while. I'm going to appreciate you guys coming and kind of giving us an update on where you're at. Ready?

486
00:45:47,340 --> 00:45:51,800
Do we go? Yeah. Go ahead. Please state your name for the record, please. My name is Tony Ahern.

487
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:55,400
and representing the Jefferson County Historical Society.

488
00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:00,000
My name is Tom Matting, also with the Historical Society.

489
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,540
And we were here a couple of months ago back in December,

490
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:07,980
regarding the potential of the county,

491
00:46:08,140 --> 00:46:11,620
potentially partnering with us to establish a museum

492
00:46:11,620 --> 00:46:15,780
at the historic Methodist Church in Madders.

493
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:19,720
We brought the idea before the board back in December

494
00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:25,940
as we had a closing date, because we've made an offer to purchase that church building.

495
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:32,220
So we had to kind of rush it to get here before you, because we don't feel we can move forward

496
00:46:32,220 --> 00:46:39,260
without partnership with the county. And since that December meeting, we've had the building

497
00:46:39,260 --> 00:46:46,480
thoroughly inspected, and have some local contractors come in to give us assessments, and we've come away

498
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:51,420
They even more committed to the idea that the building would make an excellent local museum.

499
00:46:52,860 --> 00:46:58,240
Another evolution we've had since we've talked to you is that as an organization we've

500
00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:05,360
decided we wanted to move very frugally with it and kind of do our remodel in phases and

501
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:10,560
with phase one being things we needed to do just to get open and some of the basics.

502
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:17,820
And we were also asked by the commissioners back in December for information about what

503
00:47:17,820 --> 00:47:26,520
other counties comparable in size and population in their rural settings and what those counties

504
00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:33,120
do for local museums and we've come up with a report on that that we've had and it's in

505
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:36,720
back it as well. And so that brings us to today.

506
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:42,060
We've also, after December, Commissioner

507
00:47:42,060 --> 00:47:47,860
Wunch volunteered or was assigned to work with us and he's met with us a couple of times

508
00:47:47,860 --> 00:47:53,840
and he's kind of helped keep us on track. It certainly hasn't made any commitments at

509
00:47:53,840 --> 00:48:01,480
all for you guys, unfortunately. But I know my place. Yeah, he's been very helpful and has

510
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:02,480
to help keep us on track.

511
00:48:03,300 --> 00:48:05,300
And we've come up with this presentation.

512
00:48:05,860 --> 00:48:08,140
It hasn't changed much from December,

513
00:48:11,340 --> 00:48:15,520
but anyway, we hope that we could go over it a little bit.

514
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:23,500
Again, we're hoping for it's a 6,000 square foot building.

515
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:27,540
We're looking to remodel just the upstairs.

516
00:48:27,540 --> 00:48:28,820
It's a two-story building.

517
00:48:28,820 --> 00:48:39,000
We're the first phase to get going. We're targeting the upstairs and our current contract

518
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:46,820
hasn't changed except for the extension date and it's for $300,000, $200,000 at closing

519
00:48:46,820 --> 00:48:50,020
plus $100,000 within the next two years.

520
00:48:53,400 --> 00:49:05,800
And what we're hoping to do, we have kind of a budgeted target of 300,000 to 325 for first phase remodeling.

521
00:49:06,660 --> 00:49:09,340
So try to hustle through this.

522
00:49:11,140 --> 00:49:17,880
So basically on page two, skip to what we're here for is the request to the county.

523
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:23,160
What we're hoping for is one time $400,000 commitment.

524
00:49:23,780 --> 00:49:27,860
$200,000 would be towards the purchase of the building and

525
00:49:27,860 --> 00:49:32,020
another $200,000 would be a kickstart to our remodel fund.

526
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:39,500
And the Historical Society, we're happy and eager to contribute $100,000.

527
00:49:40,620 --> 00:49:44,020
We love to be able to do all of it, but that's what we can afford.

528
00:49:44,020 --> 00:49:49,880
And we are eager to put in $100,000 to the purchasing fund.

529
00:49:52,940 --> 00:49:59,740
And along with that, what we are hoping for is the county's commitment for $100,000.

530
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:12,760
Annually, for a period of time, first ability, our sustainability, I should say, for an annual commitment to help us with staffing and other expenses.

531
00:50:16,330 --> 00:50:31,810
But one thing I was thinking, if the county could commit to $200,000 to the purchase, if they could do another $200,000 for the remodel, and if they could commit to that $100,000 a year sustainability.

532
00:50:32,870 --> 00:50:40,970
Over six years that would be a $1 million commitment to our local museum, to local history, and our culture.

533
00:50:42,650 --> 00:50:50,930
And that would help us immensely on getting grants, because grants is going to be the other foundation that we have.

534
00:50:52,510 --> 00:50:59,270
And every grant provider requires local buy-in, and that would just be it for us.

535
00:50:59,270 --> 00:51:02,630
If you guys doing that, you know, we could move forward very strong.

536
00:51:05,310 --> 00:51:13,230
And if you have the, we're obviously we have an open yet, but we do have budget estimates

537
00:51:13,230 --> 00:51:23,050
and we're looking at, you know, frugally a $200,000, $205,000 revenue streams for the year,

538
00:51:23,490 --> 00:51:27,970
and see annual expenses eats that almost up.

539
00:51:27,970 --> 00:51:40,000
So, and of course, obviously, these are just projections, you know, a year away or so from opening, but you can see that the county's $100,000 commitment is vital to us.

540
00:51:42,570 --> 00:51:50,650
You know, grant programs we target, there's a lot of local grants being foundation, roundhouse is based out of sisters.

541
00:51:51,830 --> 00:51:57,170
We will be going after these people, they'd be a constant effort for us.

542
00:51:57,910 --> 00:52:08,230
What we depend on at $100,000 from the county, or some kind of structure to where the county helps us pay for a director.

543
00:52:08,730 --> 00:52:15,750
And that director would be spending a lot of his or her time looking for grants and keeping us financially.

544
00:52:15,750 --> 00:52:16,930
The

545
00:52:19,720 --> 00:52:26,040
other, you know, ideas we have moving forward financially is work hard with local corporations and businesses.

546
00:52:28,300 --> 00:52:32,100
But, you know, we're confident that we could move forward with this.

547
00:52:32,380 --> 00:52:36,080
And one thing we think it's important too is our organization.

548
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:39,180
The Historical Society has been around for 50 years.

549
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:43,880
And we had a museum back in the 1970s.

550
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:51,780
Yeah, the 1970s, the 1990s and had to close when it was at the old courthouse due to structural issues.

551
00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:59,680
And since then there's been at least three major efforts to bring another museum to town.

552
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:07,060
And they've all kind of fell apart without really through any fault of the historical society.

553
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:15,500
I'm not sure there's very few historical societies in the state of Oregon that can financially

554
00:53:15,500 --> 00:53:16,880
handle their own museum.

555
00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:21,480
They all need help in the local entity, like usually the counties.

556
00:53:24,860 --> 00:53:29,260
So we're certainly not a fly-by-night organization that's asking for your help.

557
00:53:29,380 --> 00:53:30,700
We've been around for a long time.

558
00:53:30,700 --> 00:53:35,160
And we have the equipment or the exhibits ready to go.

559
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:41,250
So we think we'll be a good partner.

560
00:53:42,670 --> 00:53:47,550
In the last part of the presentations and trying to speed through this, I might make

561
00:53:47,550 --> 00:53:48,370
three minutes.

562
00:53:50,430 --> 00:53:52,010
I think you're passed, but good job.

563
00:53:52,590 --> 00:53:58,720
Anyway, the last couple of pages is our report, the counties, I think we have about 11 or

564
00:53:58,720 --> 00:54:05,700
12 of them here that have the various ways, the different counties that are comparable

565
00:54:05,700 --> 00:54:12,740
to Jefferson contribute and partner with their, for their local museum operations.

566
00:54:14,260 --> 00:54:19,560
You know, it's pretty impressive, basically every county is involved.

567
00:54:21,180 --> 00:54:28,700
You know, I think right now Jefferson County gives us $10,000 a year, which is appreciate

568
00:54:28,700 --> 00:54:36,860
I believe at one point, when we were looking at opening a museum at Westside, the budget line item got kicked up to 30.

569
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:40,880
And but only if we had a museum to operate.

570
00:54:41,820 --> 00:54:44,440
So, so we're hoping we can go from 30 to 100.

571
00:54:45,700 --> 00:54:48,800
And we think that lines up well with these other counties.

572
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:53,540
You know, we think we're a healthier county. We have more tourists than a lot of these counties.

573
00:54:56,220 --> 00:54:57,520
So yeah, there we are.

574
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:27,700
Any questions or anything you guys want to throw in? Yeah, so just a little bit. I, to my fellow commissioners, I wanted to bring the historical society kind of just to get updated where they're at. Mainly after the building inspection and the mean with the contractor just to see where this building lies as far as structural and all that. And I spoke with the contractor one-on-one.

575
00:55:27,700 --> 00:55:32,000
and thought the bones were really good about building.

576
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:35,200
There is some work that needs to be done,

577
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:39,160
but there's not a huge issue.

578
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:42,700
The local contractor also mentioned,

579
00:55:43,460 --> 00:55:46,960
I think something that intrigues this group

580
00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:49,800
is the history of the building itself,

581
00:55:50,300 --> 00:55:51,620
and how fitting that is.

582
00:55:52,780 --> 00:55:57,400
So yeah, mainly I just wanted the group to update you

583
00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:00,600
kind of bring you up to speed with some of the conversation.

584
00:56:01,260 --> 00:56:12,740
It is a big ass financially, and that's what I told the group, and that's a lot for the

585
00:56:12,740 --> 00:56:21,540
county to take on, but I think there's conversations of where we want to be as a county to help because

586
00:56:21,540 --> 00:56:27,280
you are a great organization, and I think we are probably one of the only counties that

587
00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:34,340
doesn't have any kind of museum, and in today's society history sometimes just falls off

588
00:56:34,340 --> 00:56:45,620
and it's an important piece to value where we've been as a society, and remember that, and

589
00:56:45,620 --> 00:57:14,180
and some of the education, whether it's with the schools or tourists, it's a valuable piece and we do have a rich history in this county and at what level can we help? I don't know, but appreciate the update and would like to work towards some kind of process to kind of help keep things going and especially with the direction of these two.

590
00:57:14,180 --> 00:57:23,160
But more if you guys have any questions of specifics of funding, what their vision is,

591
00:57:24,020 --> 00:57:28,380
I kind of wanted to open up to you guys to direct anything to them.

592
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:34,740
If you want to have them do any research or work or whatnot.

593
00:57:35,620 --> 00:57:41,720
So my question is, and my concern is, is I know that you guys are set on this building,

594
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:51,520
but dumping $500,000 into renovating this building couldn't I'm looking at the

595
00:57:51,520 --> 00:57:57,240
fairgrounds has two historical buildings on site is there a benefit to

596
00:57:57,240 --> 00:58:02,780
pursuing grants and to building a new facility in that area where the public

597
00:58:02,780 --> 00:58:09,400
already is familiar with and people already go so especially as the fairgrounds

598
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:17,000
complex is doing more outreach and having more venues throughout the year, is that not

599
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:21,940
a better location to build a building that can be more visible in the public?

600
00:58:22,580 --> 00:58:28,880
The fact we went down that road for about a year working with Fair Board, and it was

601
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:29,660
a good relationship.

602
00:58:30,460 --> 00:58:37,980
We talked about doing a joint structure like an event center on one side in our museum

603
00:58:37,980 --> 00:58:43,020
on the other, but it got to where I'm thinking that was going to be $4 million, you know,

604
00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:47,920
when you were $3.5 or $5 million. And you know, when you talk about building a brand

605
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:55,200
new building and everything, that would have to go in at that. So, you know, when you think

606
00:58:55,200 --> 00:59:03,420
about those kind of dollars versus $500,000, you know, again, that's what we want to be

607
00:59:03,420 --> 00:59:07,000
for, but we want to do things that we can afford.

608
00:59:08,460 --> 00:59:12,360
Yeah, there are pluses and minuses about being at the fairgrounds.

609
00:59:12,580 --> 00:59:18,400
Because there, maybe you guys looked into getting any partners, like say reach out to

610
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:26,320
Warm Springs and see if a portion of the building can be utilized to display

611
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:30,980
Warm Springs and there could be some funding opportunities from them as well to contribute.

612
00:59:30,980 --> 00:59:38,740
At this point, we haven't looked at anybody for interior museum operations since we don't

613
00:59:38,740 --> 00:59:39,340
have one yet.

614
00:59:39,620 --> 00:59:44,380
That's the kind of thing, though, that as soon as we have the building secured in a

615
00:59:44,380 --> 00:59:48,160
hard plan, that's when we go hard at partners.

616
00:59:49,960 --> 00:59:57,680
And partners are going to want to see what we've done, what's behind us at this end as well.

617
00:59:58,660 --> 00:59:59,980
I'd like to just...

618
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:29,560
Kind of echo some of the things that Commissioner once said. You know, museums are important. They tell us who we were. They tell us who we are. And, and it also is a community a sense of where we're headed. It's, I'd say it's as important an organ to the community as schools and libraries or the stores downtown in terms of.

619
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:34,120
letting people, you know, take pride in their community.

620
01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:41,060
And so I really, you know, I just like to see us move forward.

621
01:00:41,060 --> 01:00:44,700
And again, you know, the big part of moving forward is

622
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:49,600
showing to, I mean, we are part of the Oregon Cultural Trust.

623
01:00:49,860 --> 01:00:52,920
The museum already is connected with it.

624
01:00:54,100 --> 01:00:57,860
But in order to get some return from those organizations,

625
01:00:57,860 --> 01:01:03,980
They really need to see what, you know, how is the rest of the community standing behind us?

626
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:12,200
And I think that shows up in some of these other counties, how they are funded.

627
01:01:13,080 --> 01:01:16,880
They get, they all say they get grants, but a lot of it, you know,

628
01:01:16,940 --> 01:01:22,000
the basis for that is showing that they have local community support from governmental agencies.

629
01:01:23,700 --> 01:01:36,850
So basically what I'm getting down here is you're asking the county for 1.4 million over the course of six years 400,000 now and then a million or six years.

630
01:01:38,270 --> 01:01:46,890
For now, well, two towards the purchase of the building, two towards the kick start

631
01:01:46,890 --> 01:01:49,790
are remodeling, so that's four total.

632
01:01:50,370 --> 01:01:56,650
And then when I mentioned it, and then 100,000 a year for sustainability, and what I said

633
01:01:56,650 --> 01:02:02,570
as a pivot was, if you'd committed for six years, that would be a million total over six

634
01:02:02,570 --> 01:02:02,930
years.

635
01:02:05,550 --> 01:02:13,330
I know just on a lot of these other counties they have bonds that are helping to fund

636
01:02:13,330 --> 01:02:13,510
it.

637
01:02:14,210 --> 01:02:15,250
Also TRT funds.

638
01:02:15,650 --> 01:02:23,470
If you guys thought about going out for a bond at all, my biggest concern is it's

639
01:02:23,470 --> 01:02:28,810
a lot to ask financially and I would love to know where our constituents are on this

640
01:02:28,810 --> 01:02:29,250
issue.

641
01:02:29,250 --> 01:02:46,890
You know, when you're talking about, you know, over the next six years, the tap of an officer's position is this at a level right now when we are trying to fund staff at various levels in the county.

642
01:02:46,890 --> 01:02:50,710
Is this something that our community wants now or in five years.

643
01:02:50,710 --> 01:03:00,310
I'd really like to be able to see where our constituents are on this and but once again

644
01:03:00,310 --> 01:03:04,950
I'm bringing it back to a bond I know you know I mean there's some significant

645
01:03:05,770 --> 01:03:08,950
numbers here in some of these other counties that are that are funded through bonds

646
01:03:08,950 --> 01:03:16,170
is that something that you guys have thought about or I would say the plan the loose plan

647
01:03:16,170 --> 01:03:25,770
is to open, establish, be a good museum, and then go ask the county, what do you think of us, do you want us to keep us here or not?

648
01:03:26,610 --> 01:03:32,170
But I think if we have nothing to show them, then that would be a hard vote.

649
01:03:34,370 --> 01:03:45,050
I, you know, my guess is, although, like, Crick County, I would assume that they were all established before they got the local support for a bond.

650
01:03:45,470 --> 01:03:51,390
But that's definitely what we would, our goal and our hope, would be to establish a bond.

651
01:03:51,390 --> 01:04:00,590
And so a commitment of $100,000 a year for the next six years, and then also the building,

652
01:04:01,210 --> 01:04:04,170
being that it's an old structure.

653
01:04:04,890 --> 01:04:06,950
And there's going to be continued maintenance on it.

654
01:04:07,070 --> 01:04:09,790
Is that something that the county would be financially obligated for?

655
01:04:10,150 --> 01:04:10,810
Or is that?

656
01:04:11,810 --> 01:04:13,550
I would think we've talked about this.

657
01:04:13,930 --> 01:04:17,410
You know, if the county wanted to buy it, then the county would maintain it.

658
01:04:17,410 --> 01:04:21,130
But our take is if you just help us buy it,

659
01:04:21,170 --> 01:04:22,130
then that's on us.

660
01:04:23,190 --> 01:04:25,510
But that's another negotiation thing,

661
01:04:25,750 --> 01:04:28,850
like maybe say, who knows?

662
01:04:29,210 --> 01:04:31,030
But I mean, like if the county would say,

663
01:04:31,150 --> 01:04:34,030
well, we'll give you say 75,000 a year,

664
01:04:34,170 --> 01:04:36,590
but we will maintain your building or whatever.

665
01:04:37,790 --> 01:04:40,950
If you guys decide you want to go forward to us,

666
01:04:41,030 --> 01:04:43,190
then we can kind of work out the details.

667
01:04:43,190 --> 01:04:55,810
Okay, and then also on staff and you know helping you $100,000 a year and you know $189,000 what is $120

668
01:04:58,240 --> 01:04:59,720
,000 for staffing

669
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:28,720
If these grants don't go through or a bond doesn't go through in six years, are we going to be asked to continue this? 100,000? I mean, is it going to be a perpetuity? Is it going to be? I'm just, my mind's just going to go into that room. You know, that's hard to predict. You guys may, we may be so awesome. Hey, let's give you 200,000 a year or we may have a really poor museum. We're done.

670
01:05:29,260 --> 01:05:32,780
We would gamble on ourself to say that you would be happy with this.

671
01:05:33,420 --> 01:05:34,960
But it's hard to say in six years.

672
01:05:35,440 --> 01:05:37,900
Hopefully we'd have a bond that you guys can step away from.

673
01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:44,880
Just curious on the lease that we have,

674
01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:48,100
but we're on Fifth Street or whatever.

675
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:48,900
How long was that?

676
01:05:49,140 --> 01:05:49,860
How long was that lease?

677
01:05:50,300 --> 01:05:51,220
I don't know, Laudie.

678
01:05:51,720 --> 01:05:51,740
You know?

679
01:05:52,080 --> 01:05:52,880
It's been a month and a half.

680
01:05:55,780 --> 01:06:00,000
What is your timeline on your offer?

681
01:06:00,780 --> 01:06:09,120
a great question. Mr. Simlink, that is the end of April. So we would we hope to have a decision

682
01:06:09,680 --> 01:06:13,580
or a plan moving forward by the way, because we've already asked for one extension.

683
01:06:22,920 --> 01:06:28,120
What kind of a building were you guys looking at when it was $3.5 to $5 million?

684
01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:32,680
Oh, we were just working with the fair board and we were talking like a steel building.

685
01:06:38,440 --> 01:06:44,860
Yeah, it wasn't a Taj Mahal bill. No, but but but quite large, you know, it's, you know,

686
01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:53,600
because the Fair Board wanted a large exhibition and an event center. And we were, you know,

687
01:06:53,720 --> 01:07:00,920
this one is about 6,500 square feet with the two floors. And out there, I think we were

688
01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:02,100
we're talking like 4,000.

689
01:07:02,380 --> 01:07:04,760
We had needed at least, so

690
01:07:06,840 --> 01:07:08,020
large structures.

691
01:07:09,950 --> 01:07:12,260
You know, you have a great question about

692
01:07:12,260 --> 01:07:16,700
the historical buildings out there,

693
01:07:17,620 --> 01:07:20,060
the home and the school.

694
01:07:20,820 --> 01:07:23,000
And there's a lot of historical societies

695
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:26,180
that have things within their counties

696
01:07:26,180 --> 01:07:28,920
that they protect and are part of.

697
01:07:29,580 --> 01:07:32,020
And certainly, we wouldn't lose sight of those

698
01:07:32,860 --> 01:07:38,220
It was a big part of the historical society since they were put out there.

699
01:07:38,300 --> 01:07:41,220
I know the House was dropped in the 1970s, I think.

700
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:45,780
So we will continue to keep good care of those.

701
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:48,940
And we're always out there during the fair to give tours.

702
01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:51,000
And I love that.

703
01:07:51,060 --> 01:07:52,440
And I still a showcase piece for some.

704
01:07:52,480 --> 01:07:53,980
I've been on multiple tours out there.

705
01:07:54,120 --> 01:07:54,940
I love those old buildings.

706
01:07:54,940 --> 01:08:21,410
But that's a big, I guess, concern or just point of interest for me is, you know, if you're going to have potentially 25,000 people throughout the year visiting that area versus, I mean, how many people in our community even know where this building is located.

707
01:08:21,410 --> 01:08:28,790
So other than if you know the history of it, I think there's more people that come down

708
01:08:28,790 --> 01:08:34,430
fifth street than go on fairgrounds and you know our plan is you know maybe put a big

709
01:08:34,430 --> 01:08:38,570
sign up on the odd fellows buildings say hey three blocks down it's your county museum.

710
01:08:39,130 --> 01:08:44,450
So we think it'll be very visible it's an iconic building that's in pretty much every

711
01:08:44,450 --> 01:08:51,110
old photo of Madras and I think another thing you brought up and it's a good point but

712
01:08:51,110 --> 01:08:54,790
But if we buy that building for $300,000,

713
01:08:55,070 --> 01:08:58,550
that's probably a good buy even if we bail out of it

714
01:08:58,550 --> 01:09:01,350
and move into a museum that somebody builds force

715
01:09:01,350 --> 01:09:02,070
at the fairground.

716
01:09:02,730 --> 01:09:08,610
It's in the $300,000 and a half a city block.

717
01:09:10,570 --> 01:09:16,570
So I think it makes good sense just as a purchase

718
01:09:17,430 --> 01:09:21,750
that alone saving the most iconic building to have.

719
01:09:23,070 --> 01:09:23,590
Go ahead.

720
01:09:24,310 --> 01:09:24,730
No, no, no, no.

721
01:09:24,890 --> 01:09:30,770
I was going to say to me, the museum is Jefferson County Museum.

722
01:09:30,970 --> 01:09:34,950
It's not just that building, one of the buildings of the Fairfields.

723
01:09:36,890 --> 01:09:38,370
It's the agon.

724
01:09:39,450 --> 01:09:43,150
It's the threshing bee.

725
01:09:43,530 --> 01:09:44,470
I mean, it's all those of them.

726
01:09:44,470 --> 01:09:49,370
And it's a living or, and this is just a way to help sustain it.

727
01:09:50,730 --> 01:09:53,330
So that's why we didn't have to go forward.

728
01:09:53,570 --> 01:09:53,630
Yeah.

729
01:09:54,170 --> 01:09:54,230
Yeah.

730
01:09:58,100 --> 01:09:59,700
What do you guys?

731
01:10:00,210 --> 01:10:06,350
What would you suggest as a move forward or a timeline, or what, what should we expect?

732
01:10:09,980 --> 01:10:33,050
I might need to noodle on it a little bit. I mean, I mean, obviously you gave us some some the things that we asked for. I think that's fantastic. I'm a little privy to where we stand with budget right now, and it's not pretty. Of course, we haven't gotten to any kind of conclusion on anything, but you know, this is an essence creating a completely new department.

733
01:10:34,870 --> 01:10:42,730
I'm not necessarily paying member, updated paying member, but I'm consistently a member

734
01:10:42,730 --> 01:10:44,170
at points in time during the year.

735
01:10:46,330 --> 01:10:47,510
So I'd have to abstain, I guess.

736
01:10:47,610 --> 01:10:55,450
I guess I have to abstain, but like I said, I think if your timeline is towards the end

737
01:10:55,450 --> 01:11:01,690
of April, it gives us a little bit of a runway to keep it kind of top of mind here and have

738
01:11:01,690 --> 01:11:07,070
some conversations. I know I can reach out to each, I know everybody in this room to

739
01:11:07,070 --> 01:11:10,770
be able to talk through what things I'm thinking, et cetera.

740
01:11:12,870 --> 01:11:13,790
I haven't done my

741
01:11:13,790 --> 01:11:16,830
diligence as far as contacting other commissioners and other counties,

742
01:11:17,130 --> 01:11:21,650
you know, Gany and Krupp, for instance, Klamath would be a good one to go to as

743
01:11:21,650 --> 01:11:27,270
well as see how they kind of do things. We offered the grant services, you know, we

744
01:11:27,270 --> 01:11:37,880
offered global grants to look into anything on their behalf or do we know of

745
01:11:37,880 --> 01:11:41,680
anything that's out there that we could conceivably get our hands on if we suck

746
01:11:41,680 --> 01:11:47,840
you know stuck stuck global grants on them

747
01:11:51,320 --> 01:11:52,080
What's wrong with your voice?

748
01:12:25,400 --> 01:12:28,260
Is it outside the purview of CBG grants?

749
01:12:28,940 --> 01:12:31,580
Is this kind of a project outside of a community block grant?

750
01:12:32,300 --> 01:12:36,500
Um, and so we looked in and out when we were looking at Fairgrounds.

751
01:12:38,160 --> 01:12:43,020
Community development block grants provide a lot of things but they will not build the museum.

752
01:12:43,840 --> 01:12:45,420
Not by a little thing, huh?

753
01:12:45,900 --> 01:12:46,860
We're not building one.

754
01:12:49,900 --> 01:12:52,960
Fairgrounds, I still call it a museum, let's call it something else.

755
01:12:53,560 --> 01:12:54,260
Community space.

756
01:12:55,000 --> 01:13:01,560
But we did look into that, but the other thing with grants, you know, we're real confident

757
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:04,460
like the Roundhouse Foundation, even the Bean Foundation.

758
01:13:05,360 --> 01:13:07,280
We think we can really hit the ground running.

759
01:13:08,660 --> 01:13:13,340
And, you know, as a historical society, I think that opens the door for us to get a lot

760
01:13:13,340 --> 01:13:13,820
of grants.

761
01:13:14,820 --> 01:13:18,380
You know, we're not all professional grant writers and I'm sure we could use that.

762
01:13:18,380 --> 01:13:22,920
Yeah, I know I think I think that's a that's a huge tool that we've in the city

763
01:13:22,920 --> 01:13:28,460
You know, and this is a kind of a joint. Yeah, and if you're gonna be asking them for money as well

764
01:13:29,060 --> 01:13:33,140
This is a by the way. Have you have you had counsel with them yet?

765
01:13:33,780 --> 01:13:35,980
You guys are it only one of them so far

766
01:13:39,580 --> 01:13:41,140
No, that would be in the future

767
01:13:42,780 --> 01:13:48,040
And yeah, but we think it would be a really excellent addition to the city matters too

768
01:13:48,380 --> 01:13:52,110
So, yeah, we go to the city there.

769
01:13:52,770 --> 01:13:53,710
Seek their support.

770
01:13:55,070 --> 01:13:58,030
Well, I think I'll tell you where I stand right now at this moment.

771
01:13:58,190 --> 01:14:00,910
I'd kind of like to visit with some of you individually.

772
01:14:01,450 --> 01:14:04,250
And, you know, Mark, you continue your work.

773
01:14:04,510 --> 01:14:06,110
You can be in this pretty well.

774
01:14:06,230 --> 01:14:07,550
I'm very appreciative of that.

775
01:14:10,500 --> 01:14:14,520
Knowing what our deadline is is important.

776
01:14:16,260 --> 01:14:19,840
So, stop being non-committal or committal.

777
01:14:19,840 --> 01:14:25,920
Well, I wouldn't throw out an I shouldn't maybe talk out of turn but we have a hundred thousand dollars ready

778
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:32,500
Yeah, so if you get to the budget in time and you want to say we'll let we'll do a hundred now

779
01:14:32,500 --> 01:14:35,680
And then save that your second hundred for two years down

780
01:14:36,820 --> 01:14:40,520
Because it's two hundred now get a hundred and twenty-one months

781
01:14:41,260 --> 01:14:41,700
Potentially

782
01:14:42,580 --> 01:14:48,640
We can we're trying not to we're trying to save what we have in order so we can invest in the remodel

783
01:14:49,540 --> 01:14:54,880
I think it would be, I think it would be, I think we would lend credence to even having

784
01:14:54,880 --> 01:14:59,980
in those conversations with being, you know, say hey, we're, we've

785
01:15:01,040 --> 01:15:18,540
If you feel it's important, show your skin. And some of those things. And like I said, I think the other thing is we try to getting the building captured. I don't think that's the problem. I really don't. I think it's the sustainability of it into the future.

786
01:15:19,060 --> 01:15:26,180
You know, you got your one third of the way there with what's already in the budget that thanks to Commissioner Ayer back in the day.

787
01:15:27,600 --> 01:15:40,000
So, you know, like I said, I'm not kicking the can, but let's get serious about having conversations and you continue the work that you've been doing and it was loop forward.

788
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:46,380
Yeah, no, and that's part of the reason why I wanted to bring him here today was to to refresh this conversation

789
01:15:46,380 --> 01:15:53,560
Knowing that the end of April is kind of a deadline for purchase of the property and and give them feedback of

790
01:15:54,120 --> 01:16:01,880
What they need to do in the meantime and then I was planning to invite them back with more more information

791
01:16:01,880 --> 01:16:09,660
Direction from you guys once or twice and see where we can get to before the end of April was my thought process time wise

792
01:16:09,660 --> 01:16:18,060
this way. Who's the property over there? Link? It's Link, the group that's behind you.

793
01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:27,280
Very, very familiar. Thank you. Any more questions or directions or you guys want to reach

794
01:16:27,280 --> 01:16:35,880
out to them individually? Yeah, I think that I'll be reaching out and I'm going to be reaching

795
01:16:35,880 --> 01:16:42,260
not some others to see kind of what our options I know that I'm coming late into the game

796
01:16:42,260 --> 01:16:45,940
you guys have been talking about this for a while apparently so I'm trying to get caught

797
01:16:45,940 --> 01:16:51,880
up so it's it's one of those things right you know my mind's always going a hundred miles

798
01:16:51,880 --> 01:16:56,160
an hour and I'm sure that 90% of the stuff that's popping into my mind you guys have already

799
01:16:56,160 --> 01:17:01,980
hit and covered so just want to all right but thank you for coming here today.

800
01:17:01,980 --> 01:17:08,520
Do you have a, before you had, do you have a scheduled meeting coming up yesterday?

801
01:17:13,340 --> 01:17:17,800
Why did, did you want to come and go, I just thought, hey, it would be great to capture

802
01:17:17,800 --> 01:17:23,820
all in the same, same ring, okay, this is, I know where to get hold of him, I know where

803
01:17:23,820 --> 01:17:30,360
to find you, I know where to find you, and you, this, but this is a large element of our

804
01:17:30,360 --> 01:17:38,680
So, yeah, I think direction is maybe reach out to some private people at some level.

805
01:17:38,780 --> 01:17:46,740
The county is interested and you reach out to some private partners and I think you can

806
01:17:46,740 --> 01:17:51,740
definitely say we're interested in helping you at some level and see what the buy-in is

807
01:17:51,740 --> 01:17:52,760
from some of them.

808
01:17:53,020 --> 01:17:59,960
So, the more we can get certain partners, at least a warm buy-in and wanting to help, I think

809
01:17:59,960 --> 01:18:03,480
it helps make things stronger as a whole.

810
01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:05,440
So, yeah.

811
01:18:06,360 --> 01:18:07,120
All right.

812
01:18:07,260 --> 01:18:07,460
Thank you.

813
01:18:07,520 --> 01:18:09,380
So, these three minutes were like, for the long run.

814
01:18:09,520 --> 01:18:09,700
Yeah.

815
01:18:10,840 --> 01:18:16,560
And then, yeah, Jeff, can you connect them with global grants

816
01:18:24,780 --> 01:18:25,180
opportunities?

817
01:18:37,450 --> 01:18:37,550
Of course.

818
01:18:37,550 --> 01:18:38,970
It's too late to ask a capital to request.

819
01:18:45,760 --> 01:18:46,160
Yeah.

820
01:18:46,880 --> 01:18:47,280
Okay.

821
01:18:47,700 --> 01:18:48,400
Thank you very much.

822
01:18:48,520 --> 01:18:49,080
Thank you guys.

823
01:18:49,420 --> 01:18:49,820
Thanks.

824
01:18:51,240 --> 01:18:51,960
Okay.

825
01:18:54,520 --> 01:19:01,820
Good morning. Good morning. May or do you name for the name for the record please.

826
01:19:01,820 --> 01:19:09,180
John Standell, Mayor Matilda, it seems like 4 out of 10 is 9-7-7-4-1.

827
01:19:09,640 --> 01:19:13,240
So, pardon me?

828
01:19:13,440 --> 01:19:20,300
I don't know if I want to sit down, but anyway,

829
01:19:23,580 --> 01:19:27,840
we submitted a letter to Jeff in the city

830
01:19:27,840 --> 01:19:31,140
to help the grant deaf wasn't here.

831
01:19:31,480 --> 01:19:35,060
I gave it the game and he said that for a half years

832
01:19:35,060 --> 01:19:37,980
he needs to go before the commissioners

833
01:19:37,980 --> 01:19:43,120
were trying to get assistance to have the county

834
01:19:43,120 --> 01:19:48,960
or Brian with the county sheriff's office

835
01:19:48,960 --> 01:19:53,260
to write us a grant for a generator

836
01:19:53,980 --> 01:19:55,940
pursue a grant for a generator.

837
01:19:55,940 --> 01:19:59,840
So we're going in the toilet.

838
01:20:00,560 --> 01:20:30,540
I'll put in half a mobile generator with transfer switches in our facility. The Department of Energy just recently came out and said that if you 70% likelihood there will be more brownouts. So that is one of the things regarding the city and Natalius. And then regarding the VFW and the fly poll, we submitted our vice commander. And the commander submitted the vote.

839
01:20:30,540 --> 01:20:37,500
whether to you, we've got time, we'll forget the Memorial Day thing, we'd rather do it right,

840
01:20:38,920 --> 01:20:39,920
do it once.

841
01:20:40,400 --> 01:20:47,400
And then the V of W is attempting to mend our differences with the Jefferson County Senior.

842
01:20:47,560 --> 01:20:50,340
We think it's moving positively.

843
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:59,020
And we are pleased that the Redmond Community Center

844
01:20:59,020 --> 01:21:03,640
is got a grant from St. Charles that everyone

845
01:21:03,640 --> 01:21:06,820
helped the community center.

846
01:21:08,140 --> 01:21:10,740
The overall thing includes us.

847
01:21:11,140 --> 01:21:16,100
And I just submitted for a grant for $6,500

848
01:21:16,340 --> 01:21:21,780
to improve the office situation as the senior center.

849
01:21:22,000 --> 01:21:23,200
And that is installed.

850
01:21:24,080 --> 01:21:25,940
There's still a few other items.

851
01:21:27,080 --> 01:21:30,900
We met with the fairer board, and that went positive.

852
01:21:30,900 --> 01:21:43,520
We asked them to consider replacing the flag bulls and also allowing us that the W to

853
01:21:43,520 --> 01:21:51,560
have it permanent spot inside the fairer grounds during fairer and perpetuity throughout

854
01:21:53,280 --> 01:21:55,080
were us private.

855
01:21:57,520 --> 01:22:04,980
And then, let's see. So, take a look at the flagpole issue, after

856
01:22:04,980 --> 01:22:11,440
the cemetery. We get time, and you'll do whatever you want. And then, regarding the museum,

857
01:22:11,600 --> 01:22:20,560
I'm actually the advocate of the museum as a part of the fairgrounds because of the

858
01:22:31,600 --> 01:22:43,610
So I had a question on your generators and your one generator multiple transmit switches.

859
01:22:44,330 --> 01:22:49,870
So what would this generator be powering the entire city?

860
01:22:49,870 --> 01:23:01,630
the public works department, the city hall and the depot separately, because we can't

861
01:23:01,630 --> 01:23:07,550
afford true generators, you guys got your big generators, what with those 100 kilowatt

862
01:23:07,550 --> 01:23:08,270
or something?

863
01:23:13,610 --> 01:23:13,990
Nobody.

864
01:23:14,530 --> 01:23:14,790
Somebody.

865
01:23:15,270 --> 01:23:20,370
We've got two big generators, we don't need that, we're asking for a 30 kilowatt generator,

866
01:23:20,370 --> 01:23:28,290
to be able to move it, and we're going to incorporate our own welder with that trailer so we

867
01:23:28,290 --> 01:23:31,330
can weld on the movie.

868
01:23:33,110 --> 01:23:33,270
All right.

869
01:23:34,050 --> 01:23:37,470
Have you talked to Skidjula at all about the generators at all?

870
01:23:38,090 --> 01:23:38,650
Right.

871
01:23:38,990 --> 01:23:39,510
Brainskidjula.

872
01:23:39,770 --> 01:23:39,870
Yeah.

873
01:23:40,390 --> 01:23:49,310
Well, I have just a conversation, just a book, John, we can't do it because of you along.

874
01:23:49,310 --> 01:23:57,910
We have to have counsel to write it and give them the letter from the city, but I have

875
01:23:57,910 --> 01:24:06,470
talked about your generators that you just prepared, so that sounds really fun.

876
01:24:06,870 --> 01:24:11,530
I'm a big advocate for military guys, I'm talking about the operations that I think.

877
01:24:12,370 --> 01:24:18,930
I actually think the fairgrounds, the museum, the library should look at that whole thing

878
01:24:28,680 --> 01:24:32,560
Is this the work that you've done with them?

879
01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:41,100
This is what I asked them to present us with something official and then my plan is

880
01:24:41,100 --> 01:24:42,600
I talked to Tony about this.

881
01:24:44,080 --> 01:24:54,880
So my plan is that Tony and I will go up there and take a look and then he'll give me his good bad

882
01:24:54,880 --> 01:24:59,980
and nuggles and then hopefully either...

883
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:26,440
All of us, some representatives from the VFW and Tony can go over and find a middle ground. And if the price tag is too big on this, then we're going to have to go for some outside funding for different things or some donations. So we need to. But that's all part of it. So this was the first. I just was making sure that this was this. I want this. So I asked for the three things.

884
01:25:26,440 --> 01:25:29,220
The use of B word, the bond thing,

885
01:25:32,350 --> 01:25:38,730
there you go, but no, I think that this was thank

886
01:25:38,730 --> 01:25:45,790
you for this and tell the guys I appreciate the timeliness of this as well just so that

887
01:25:45,790 --> 01:25:51,230
we can have everything in black and white officially and then we can move forward.

888
01:25:51,230 --> 01:26:00,910
So, across the board, VFW, I think, for Charlie Mike, moving forward, continuing to mention

889
01:26:00,910 --> 01:26:09,090
it sounds good with the Jefferson County seniors, we would appreciate that they reported

890
01:26:09,090 --> 01:26:17,190
to you one other thing. We'd like to put our sign out in front of the community center.

891
01:26:21,110 --> 01:26:25,490
We use the same vendor that we use, and we'll pay for it.

892
01:26:26,110 --> 01:26:30,930
We use the same vendor that, I don't know if I could help with these on that deal or not.

893
01:26:32,310 --> 01:26:39,490
But rub graphics did their signage out trying, and we'll use the same vendor, same motif.

894
01:26:40,950 --> 01:26:42,670
We'd like you to consider that.

895
01:26:44,410 --> 01:26:53,530
And then we have the quasi and perpetuity a sign of our own, our, we have a play kind

896
01:26:53,530 --> 01:27:00,770
of visual representation of ourselves in the community, so it's not just for, you know,

897
01:27:00,910 --> 01:27:03,750
out in the periphery of the nowhere else.

898
01:27:05,170 --> 01:27:09,070
Is that somewhere in your being a shameless plug of your event coming up the end of the

899
01:27:09,070 --> 01:27:09,470
month here?

900
01:27:09,630 --> 01:27:09,770
Yeah.

901
01:27:09,770 --> 01:27:21,670
2019 we have our big dinner, sponsored by the BFW and we're hit, you're all of course invited.

902
01:27:22,710 --> 01:27:29,590
And by the way, part of our mending deal with the Jefferson County seniors is a congregate.

903
01:27:29,750 --> 01:27:35,970
We are offering up some discount so they can get in because you know, most of people are poor.

904
01:27:37,210 --> 01:27:42,610
Otherwise, they wouldn't be eating at the community center.

905
01:27:43,290 --> 01:27:46,070
So, something five blocks off or down.

906
01:27:46,350 --> 01:27:48,870
I can't remember what Mike did.

907
01:27:49,290 --> 01:27:52,130
But I'm subordinate to them.

908
01:27:52,550 --> 01:27:56,030
I'm the judge advocate, much lower position.

909
01:27:56,630 --> 01:27:59,090
Both those guys are operating at 100%.

910
01:27:59,090 --> 01:28:01,990
I'm operating at 70%.

911
01:28:03,030 --> 01:28:04,390
That's pretty much it.

912
01:28:04,390 --> 01:28:15,930
All right, thank you Sean, thank you George Kirk 150 Northeast Tenshreet a.k.a. 70 100 Southwest

913
01:28:15,930 --> 01:28:23,010
Shadow Road. So a couple of concerns is with like you know everybody's hurting for budgets and

914
01:28:23,010 --> 01:28:28,350
funding being cut you know like the city talked about last night they're looking but possibly a

915
01:28:28,350 --> 01:28:35,710
dollar budget shortfall, you know, the fire department asking for a bond this year, the library

916
01:28:35,710 --> 01:28:40,750
wants to expand, they're asking for a bond this year. The MAC is asking for a bond this year to

917
01:28:41,850 --> 01:28:49,230
to sustain the operate. I think that the historical society should ask the public for a bond to see

918
01:28:49,230 --> 01:28:56,270
if that's what we really want. I mean, if they ask for maybe like 25 cents per thousand or something

919
01:28:56,270 --> 01:29:26,250
might be able to be approved, but I think it would be very irresponsible of all three commissioners if they just decided to give $100,000 of my or and everybody in the county's money way, especially with a lot of my friends, family, that people who could river, we would prefer that you give $100,000 here in Mr. Pollock so we could have a share of running around out there, you know, patrolling and keeping it safe out there, not that they don't get called, but you know, it's always

920
01:29:26,250 --> 01:29:32,590
nice to have a deputy you know present just we don't call but have a deputy

921
01:29:32,590 --> 01:29:36,510
president prevents crime prevention sees a deputy old crap a better not speed

922
01:29:36,510 --> 01:29:39,810
or better not commit crimes with nobody here but if you never see a deputy

923
01:29:39,810 --> 01:29:44,230
you're more likely to commit crimes but I think the $100 a thousand a year would

924
01:29:44,230 --> 01:29:48,670
be very irresponsible because you're going up 90 percent if you're given ten

925
01:29:48,670 --> 01:29:52,370
thousand now you go to a hundred thousand you're going 90 percent up and then

926
01:29:52,370 --> 01:29:59,810
$200,000 for building, you can put $200,000 to buy the building and then $200,000 to also

927
01:30:01,360 --> 01:30:08,020
Remodel. Another concern is, so what if you do throw $500,000 of 200 for the building, $200 for

928
01:30:08,020 --> 01:30:13,420
construction, and $100,000 for operation costs? There's going to be change orders to fix

929
01:30:13,420 --> 01:30:18,480
the building, so that really, it's always change orders when you're doing remodeling, so

930
01:30:18,480 --> 01:30:23,940
it's going to cost more. It's just not feasible. Another concern is, if they do open, we give

931
01:30:23,940 --> 01:30:32,040
five hundred thousand dollars a half a million dollars and then they realize oh we can't operate

932
01:30:32,040 --> 01:30:37,260
on this money that we already have we're gonna have to come ask for two hundred and fifty to sustain

933
01:30:37,260 --> 01:30:43,640
and they can't do it so then they just close so then that will be big news if you give five hundred

934
01:30:43,640 --> 01:30:49,260
thousand dollars right away in the first year and they just close because they're not open and I

935
01:30:49,260 --> 01:30:52,740
believe there's grants and they should ask the public because if you just give five hundred

936
01:30:52,740 --> 01:30:58,920
thousand dollars away then they realize we can't operate and they close. I guarantee you

937
01:30:58,920 --> 01:31:04,140
that there will be three brand new commissioners. If you lose half a million dollars we're

938
01:31:04,140 --> 01:31:07,400
money. Thanks for your comments George. Thanks.

939
01:31:10,920 --> 01:31:14,960
We do have revenue that comes in a multitude

940
01:31:14,960 --> 01:31:24,220
of different assets and there are specific ways we can spend that money and can't spend

941
01:31:24,220 --> 01:31:33,700
eventually go to something like this, whether it's their whole ask or not, is beside the point, but some of that money can't go to the sheriff.

942
01:31:34,240 --> 01:31:50,100
And currently with the sheriff's update today is he's fully staffed on the patrol side with what the original FTE was for the last two, two and a half years.

943
01:31:50,100 --> 01:32:04,080
We've gave them latitude to hire two extra patrol staff, and those positions are still open, so we are supporting the sheriff, and we understand that, but thanks for your comments.

944
01:32:11,360 --> 01:32:11,960
Thanks, George.

945
01:32:13,560 --> 01:32:14,100
Laura.

946
01:32:14,100 --> 01:32:22,540
I wanted to follow up to Mr. Stamford's comment, I'm sorry, Laura Moore, Jefferson County

947
01:32:22,540 --> 01:32:25,380
Veterans Service Office regarding the signage on the senior center.

948
01:32:26,060 --> 01:32:32,960
I just want you to also, if you're going to look at doing the VFW to consider where the

949
01:32:32,960 --> 01:32:35,980
American Legion is in that, because they also meet there.

950
01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:44,600
So I think, you know, if they also want signage and probably appropriate to do that, you know, at the same time.

951
01:32:44,780 --> 01:32:47,680
So there's just a thought.

952
01:32:48,420 --> 01:32:49,200
Thank you.

953
01:32:49,300 --> 01:32:49,620
Thanks, Lauren.

954
01:33:03,220 --> 01:33:04,260
Thank you.

955
01:33:04,260 --> 01:33:04,660
Thank you.

956
01:33:04,660 --> 01:33:05,360
Thank you.

957
01:33:05,600 --> 01:33:05,960
Thank you.

958
01:33:05,960 --> 01:33:09,640
Do we need anyone online?

959
01:33:12,130 --> 01:33:14,990
I think Laura, was she wanting to try to get out of here?

960
01:33:15,090 --> 01:33:16,970
I don't want to wait on the sign.

961
01:33:17,110 --> 01:33:20,850
I want to make sure that if you didn't say anything,

962
01:33:21,390 --> 01:33:24,210
that anybody that wants to sign piece of motion,

963
01:33:24,430 --> 01:33:26,610
tell me my suggestion is that that building

964
01:33:26,610 --> 01:33:30,570
that the senior organization is really pleased to,

965
01:33:31,090 --> 01:33:33,030
that nothing may be purchased,

966
01:33:33,310 --> 01:33:35,610
allocated or anything that totally goes for the system.

967
01:33:35,610 --> 01:33:36,230
Yep.

968
01:33:36,230 --> 01:33:42,750
In the past, someone has come in, said they had a plan, and it looks to be something to

969
01:33:42,750 --> 01:33:43,310
install.

970
01:33:43,850 --> 01:33:44,170
Yep.

971
01:33:44,490 --> 01:33:44,590
No.

972
01:33:45,010 --> 01:33:45,810
A hundred percent.

973
01:33:46,030 --> 01:33:47,070
This is county property.

974
01:33:47,330 --> 01:33:52,330
We need to go through the proper channels, regardless of if it's privately funded or not.

975
01:33:52,570 --> 01:33:58,330
It needs to be approved through Tony, and if Tony needs assistance come through us, but it

976
01:33:58,330 --> 01:34:05,250
is county property, and there is a process, whether there's any kind of improvements need

977
01:34:05,250 --> 01:34:14,130
be approved through Tony. So thank you for that reminder. No more public comment? Okay Bora,

978
01:34:14,610 --> 01:34:20,690
thank you for your patience. We'll get you in and out. I have two things in there. Eat two.

979
01:34:20,790 --> 01:34:26,670
Two and eight three. Okay, let's do eat two real quick which is uh looks like a correction to our

980
01:34:26,670 --> 01:34:35,470
copy your contract what's the correction yeah

981
01:34:41,480 --> 01:34:45,800
the when I sent these last

982
01:34:45,800 --> 01:34:51,000
signed contract they responded saying that the PO number was incorrect and

983
01:34:51,000 --> 01:34:59,720
then that also they were incorrect on the the per copy price is actually lower

984
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:29,380
All right. Move to sign the corrected canon contract acknowledgement in Lina purchase order for veteran service office previously signed on February 12th, 2025 as m-028-25. That's signed by the chair. Second. Your motion and a second any further discussion? All those in favor of the corrected con canon contract? Please state by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Motion carries. And eight, three.

985
01:35:29,380 --> 01:35:32,300
or at a state travel.

986
01:35:36,380 --> 01:35:41,320
So this is the conference we attend every year nationally.

987
01:35:42,040 --> 01:35:47,780
It travels all over the US and this year it's going to be in Kentucky.

988
01:35:50,440 --> 01:35:56,520
So just important to note just so you know for budget is that generally the conference

989
01:35:56,520 --> 01:36:00,680
is held in May or June most years but this year is going to be held in July

990
01:36:00,680 --> 01:36:07,760
which is going to be a new fiscal year for us so and then the one next year is in Reno and

991
01:36:07,760 --> 01:36:14,540
that was in May so we're going to have two conferences in one fiscal year so I'm asking for

992
01:36:14,540 --> 01:36:21,600
permission to attend but also you know carry out those those funds so we can fund both of those

993
01:36:21,600 --> 01:36:28,680
in the same fiscal year. Yeah it makes sense. Perfect. My motion to authorize for out-of-state travel

994
01:36:28,680 --> 01:36:30,200
for Lowermore and Kevin Ellensberg.

995
01:36:30,420 --> 01:36:33,840
Do attend the 2025 National Association of County Veteran Service

996
01:36:33,840 --> 01:36:36,920
Officer Conference, July 13 through 18, 2025.

997
01:36:38,660 --> 01:36:39,140
Second.

998
01:36:39,920 --> 01:36:41,200
You got a motion and a second.

999
01:36:41,300 --> 01:36:42,260
Any further discussion?

1000
01:36:44,240 --> 01:36:47,560
All those in favor of the out of state travel for lower and Kevin,

1001
01:36:47,840 --> 01:36:48,820
please state by saying aye.

1002
01:36:49,040 --> 01:36:49,160
Aye.

1003
01:36:49,940 --> 01:36:50,100
Aye.

1004
01:36:50,380 --> 01:36:51,060
Motion carries.

1005
01:36:51,900 --> 01:36:52,660
Thank you so much.

1006
01:36:52,660 --> 01:36:53,140
Great day, Laura.

1007
01:36:53,260 --> 01:36:53,620
Thank you.

1008
01:36:53,620 --> 01:36:54,640
in

1009
01:37:02,190 --> 01:37:09,250
formal time, the 13th of all time, which is our Madras Aquatic Center in

1010
01:37:09,250 --> 01:37:13,950
recreation district. All right, come on up, 28 minutes behind schedule.

1011
01:37:26,290 --> 01:37:26,830
Good morning

1012
01:37:26,830 --> 01:37:32,370
commissioners. Good morning. Names for the record when you get a chance. So for

1013
01:37:32,370 --> 01:37:37,130
the record, Courtney Sneat, executive director of the MAC Recreation District in

1014
01:37:37,130 --> 01:37:39,550
and Janelle Lewis, our board vice chair,

1015
01:37:39,790 --> 01:37:41,490
is here with you as well, how's it going?

1016
01:37:42,050 --> 01:37:48,510
And else, we didn't expect to give you a 22-page slideshow,

1017
01:37:49,310 --> 01:37:50,650
but I wanted to take this opportunity

1018
01:37:50,650 --> 01:37:52,970
to give you a bunch of information about stuff that's going on.

1019
01:37:53,110 --> 01:37:54,250
So I'm not going to go through all of it,

1020
01:37:54,350 --> 01:37:56,410
but you have it in case you want to take a look at it,

1021
01:37:57,510 --> 01:37:58,790
and ask any questions.

1022
01:38:00,290 --> 01:38:03,130
So as you scroll through, we've got some history.

1023
01:38:03,650 --> 01:38:05,550
I wanted to just touch base real quick

1024
01:38:05,550 --> 01:38:10,650
that we do have a number of planning documents and have done quite a bit of

1025
01:38:10,650 --> 01:38:15,130
community outreach over the last few years to try and identify what the

1026
01:38:15,130 --> 01:38:20,090
priorities are of the communities that we serve within the district. And if you

1027
01:38:20,090 --> 01:38:25,270
go to the next one, right now in our 10-year master plan we're focused on

1028
01:38:25,270 --> 01:38:32,030
sustainability which is the first piece of the feedback we received that the

1029
01:38:32,030 --> 01:38:36,230
district needs to kind of get our house in order and figure out how to operate sustainably.

1030
01:38:36,890 --> 01:38:44,630
And so that's what we're doing with the measures that are on the ballot in May, and

1031
01:38:45,170 --> 01:38:48,630
the goal of that is to not have to come before you in the future and ask for tax

1032
01:38:48,630 --> 01:38:51,390
anticipation loans, which is why we are here this morning.

1033
01:38:52,250 --> 01:38:59,310
So Lindsay, if you want to just want it to remind you, if you go back one, we give all

1034
01:38:59,310 --> 01:39:03,190
All second graders at the 599J School District swim lessons every year.

1035
01:39:03,490 --> 01:39:07,930
This is a picture of our Worms Springs Cade second graders this year, and I'm life-garning

1036
01:39:07,930 --> 01:39:11,930
in the background because we don't have enough staff right now, right?

1037
01:39:12,270 --> 01:39:16,250
That should not be a photo, so if you want to go to the next thing.

1038
01:39:17,590 --> 01:39:22,270
In this presentation, one of the things that we had the board look at in the last few months

1039
01:39:22,270 --> 01:39:27,930
is really defining what sustainability means and trying to demonstrate the things that

1040
01:39:27,930 --> 01:39:32,770
we're currently able to do versus the things that we know we should be doing as a responsible

1041
01:39:32,770 --> 01:39:39,010
public organization that is required to follow at least 15 different state codes and laws

1042
01:39:39,010 --> 01:39:40,470
and rules just as you all are.

1043
01:39:41,050 --> 01:39:46,010
So the next few pages, if you just want to click through, kind of talk through the definitions

1044
01:39:46,010 --> 01:39:51,770
of sustainability and identify, you know, what happens if the measures pass within the first

1045
01:39:51,770 --> 01:39:56,270
couple years, within the next three to five years, and then also tries to identify what

1046
01:39:56,270 --> 01:39:59,830
we're already doing. And so as you kind of go through the next three or four

1047
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:28,740
You can see there's not a lot of underlined things because there's not a lot of things we can currently do with the funding level that we have. I also have in the presentation some data for you about participation numbers. Despite having to cut programs and services over the last few years, our participation rates are all up in all the things that we do. And so this kind of shows you how aquatics has grown over the years, land-based programming, which is sports and enrichment.

1048
01:40:29,900 --> 01:40:34,800
And then overall, you know, in the last year, we've just seen a boom in folks participating.

1049
01:40:34,800 --> 01:40:40,720
If you want to go to the next one, this is a breakdown of programs that require pre-registration.

1050
01:40:40,960 --> 01:40:46,120
So this is swim lessons, all of our different sports programs, tackle football, flag football,

1051
01:40:46,160 --> 01:40:47,180
soccer, all the things.

1052
01:40:47,700 --> 01:40:53,000
And you can see that over the last few years, our participation is booming in these activities.

1053
01:40:53,700 --> 01:40:58,660
If you go to the next slide, there's a lot of talk out there about our lack of open

1054
01:40:58,660 --> 01:41:04,380
and swims. Part of that is it requires about $1,500 to run an open swim for three hours

1055
01:41:04,960 --> 01:41:12,900
and we recover about $600 of that with fees. So property taxes subsidize us being able

1056
01:41:12,900 --> 01:41:18,240
to be open for open swim. But despite cutting it, we've got the highest number of people participating

1057
01:41:18,240 --> 01:41:23,300
in open swims and it's a supply and demand thing. So now that we only offer them twice a

1058
01:41:23,300 --> 01:41:27,240
months, they're full, and we're able to cover the cost of offering that.

1059
01:41:28,140 --> 01:41:33,320
If you go to the next slide, this is just a, it's hard to read, but it's a visual representation

1060
01:41:33,860 --> 01:41:37,660
of overall program participation since 2018-19.

1061
01:41:38,360 --> 01:41:44,480
Our data prior to that is, I don't trust it, I'm just going to say it that way, but you

1062
01:41:44,480 --> 01:41:49,780
can see that during the asterisk year that we will not talk about, it was really low in

1063
01:41:49,780 --> 01:41:51,280
them, it's just been booming since.

1064
01:41:52,080 --> 01:41:57,500
And we expect that trying to continue growing if the measures successfully pass.

1065
01:41:58,240 --> 01:42:03,340
If you go to the next slide, also another really important piece is memberships.

1066
01:42:03,480 --> 01:42:08,080
Most of those are, as you can see in that far right, third party health insurance.

1067
01:42:08,260 --> 01:42:10,520
Most of those are supported by Medicare.

1068
01:42:11,220 --> 01:42:14,320
So it's for our seniors who are doing fitness workouts in the morning.

1069
01:42:14,340 --> 01:42:19,700
If you come up to the pool between 9 and 11, you'll see probably 20 to 40 people in there exercising

1070
01:42:20,340 --> 01:42:24,500
because it's way easier to do in the water than it is on land once you get to a

1071
01:42:24,500 --> 01:42:30,460
certain age. I want to go to the next slide. So I just I want you guys to have

1072
01:42:30,460 --> 01:42:33,740
this information in case you're asked and I also am trying to get it out as

1073
01:42:33,740 --> 01:42:37,960
much as possible. If the measures don't pass our current reduced hours will be

1074
01:42:37,960 --> 01:42:42,000
reduced further. I'm not even sure as I've been working on the budget that we're

1075
01:42:42,000 --> 01:42:46,780
going to be able to be open for the hours that are presented here because we'll go

1076
01:42:46,780 --> 01:42:52,940
So down to three staff, right now we've got about 20 to 30 staff members, seasonally depending

1077
01:42:52,940 --> 01:42:58,120
on when that is, we will go down to three staff members if the measures don't pass because

1078
01:42:58,120 --> 01:43:02,960
instead of funding people to do programming, we're going to have to fund facility improvements

1079
01:43:05,400 --> 01:43:08,660
because we're caught in a really tricky situation financially.

1080
01:43:10,000 --> 01:43:14,200
If we have any mechanical or capital figures, we're going to be looking to all of our friends

1081
01:43:14,200 --> 01:43:19,060
and partners across Jefferson County as well as grants and there's not a lot of grants

1082
01:43:19,060 --> 01:43:24,400
for maintenance repairs to try and fund it and if we can't find that money then we will

1083
01:43:24,400 --> 01:43:29,020
close until we can save enough money. That puts us in another tricky situation because

1084
01:43:29,020 --> 01:43:33,900
we'll lay everybody off and then it'll be tough to get folks to come back. If you go to the

1085
01:43:33,900 --> 01:43:38,540
next slide I just want to point out that third bullet point if the measures don't pass that

1086
01:43:38,540 --> 01:43:43,180
we'll have to explore options for someone else taken over operation of the recreation district

1087
01:43:43,180 --> 01:43:47,020
and you all are on our list so we'll be looking to the county or the city of

1088
01:43:47,020 --> 01:43:50,980
Madras or somebody maybe a private organization to take over operating the

1089
01:43:50,980 --> 01:43:56,200
district because at the point at which those measures don't pass we don't

1090
01:43:56,200 --> 01:44:01,700
really have another option. That's out of pool. I'm sorry. That's out of pool. That's

1091
01:44:01,700 --> 01:44:06,200
everything. That's a aquatic facility. That's sports enrichment all the

1092
01:44:06,200 --> 01:44:09,800
different programs. If the measures don't pass the board is going to be talking

1093
01:44:09,800 --> 01:44:14,720
about it. Our next board meeting March 19th, not offering any sports or land-based activities

1094
01:44:14,720 --> 01:44:23,500
next year. So that 250 kids that were in basketball will not be in basketball. We are in a severe

1095
01:44:24,100 --> 01:44:29,980
budget pickle. And that's the reason last year the measures were put on the ballot. They

1096
01:44:29,980 --> 01:44:37,440
failed by one failed by about 95 votes. And that's why the board is chosen to put it on again.

1097
01:44:37,440 --> 01:44:42,560
I'm not sure that there is the will to put it on again if it doesn't pass this time.

1098
01:44:43,600 --> 01:44:47,580
And so we're talking about super significant impacts and reductions.

1099
01:44:48,700 --> 01:44:53,180
If you go to the next slide, because I like to end on a positive note, if it measures

1100
01:44:53,180 --> 01:44:55,240
past, we'll be able to triple our hours.

1101
01:44:56,080 --> 01:44:59,860
That's all dependent on how quickly we can onboard staff to help.

1102
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:27,580
We will provide those hours at the back. So I'm not sure part of that is contingent upon the discussion with you all about the tax anticipation loan. So we'll get to that in a moment. But the goal is to triple the hours by next summer with those staffing adjustments. So you can see right now we're operating during the school year with 27 to 30 hours a week open to the public. And we would go to 61 hours a week, which is a doubling during the school year.

1103
01:45:27,580 --> 01:45:30,160
and to 76 hours a week during the summer.

1104
01:45:30,560 --> 01:45:33,660
So this gets us really excited.

1105
01:45:34,120 --> 01:45:35,420
And then if you go to the next slide,

1106
01:45:35,620 --> 01:45:37,060
we can begin the process.

1107
01:45:37,200 --> 01:45:39,080
We have to redo our locker room walls.

1108
01:45:39,360 --> 01:45:41,880
I don't know if anybody remembers a few years ago.

1109
01:45:42,200 --> 01:45:44,180
I don't know if you're sure.

1110
01:45:44,460 --> 01:45:47,140
A few short years ago, it came out that the walls were not put

1111
01:45:47,140 --> 01:45:48,600
in properly into our locker rooms.

1112
01:45:48,680 --> 01:45:50,620
They were done with drywall in a wet environment.

1113
01:45:50,800 --> 01:45:52,440
And so they're crumbling from the inside out.

1114
01:45:52,560 --> 01:45:54,760
We've got about three to five years to replace them.

1115
01:45:55,320 --> 01:45:59,280
It's about a 1.2 estimated million dollar project to do that.

1116
01:45:59,480 --> 01:46:04,120
And so in addition to that, we have new aquatic health codes we'll have to follow, which

1117
01:46:04,120 --> 01:46:06,780
I'll also talk about in a second, when that project comes up.

1118
01:46:06,880 --> 01:46:09,620
So that may actually be more than 1.2 million because of that.

1119
01:46:10,580 --> 01:46:14,900
Anyway, we're really excited about the possibility of partnering with the county on programming,

1120
01:46:15,240 --> 01:46:20,280
on Shared Comes Park, and all kinds of other fun things should the measures pass.

1121
01:46:20,920 --> 01:46:22,140
We want to go to the next slide.

1122
01:46:22,140 --> 01:46:26,880
Okay, I needed to take a moment and talk about this because this is new and your county

1123
01:46:26,880 --> 01:46:32,500
health department will be responsible for implementing these rules and holding us accountable

1124
01:46:32,500 --> 01:46:33,340
for following them.

1125
01:46:34,100 --> 01:46:40,960
In our state's infinite wisdom, they have adopted the Model Health, Model Aquatic Health

1126
01:46:40,960 --> 01:46:45,920
Code, which is a best practice document for operating an Aquatics facility, both as it relates

1127
01:46:45,920 --> 01:46:49,740
to the asset itself and how we operate with staffing in the pool.

1128
01:46:50,960 --> 01:46:56,760
And I just brought for visual impact, all of those yellow tabs are money, that we currently

1129
01:46:56,760 --> 01:47:01,540
are not spending, that we will be spending because of these new regulations that the state

1130
01:47:01,540 --> 01:47:01,900
has.

1131
01:47:02,760 --> 01:47:08,120
So, kindly giving us two weeks to respond to, that they're implementing mid-March.

1132
01:47:08,740 --> 01:47:13,640
I don't know what the timeline is for us being shut down for not being in compliance, but

1133
01:47:13,640 --> 01:47:18,900
I can tell you that every pool east of the cascades is in non-compliance with these new rules.

1134
01:47:18,900 --> 01:47:22,980
We met a few weeks ago in how to discussion about it.

1135
01:47:23,300 --> 01:47:32,360
So it's about $150,000 next year that we'll have to invest because of this asset management

1136
01:47:32,360 --> 01:47:36,800
related stuff, preventative maintenance stuff that as a small district we just don't have

1137
01:47:36,800 --> 01:47:38,420
in place that will now be required.

1138
01:47:39,760 --> 01:47:46,120
Lots of documentation that we don't currently have on preventative maintenance, staffing

1139
01:47:46,120 --> 01:47:51,820
levels that are higher than what we currently have. We're close to best practice on staffing

1140
01:47:51,820 --> 01:47:55,080
levels. We've done some work over the last three years, but we're not quite compliant.

1141
01:47:56,580 --> 01:48:01,980
And so we're waiting with beta breath to see if they're going to give us a runway to

1142
01:48:01,980 --> 01:48:06,680
come into compliance, or if it'll be a, hey, March 15th, we're going to shut you down if

1143
01:48:06,680 --> 01:48:10,360
you're not in compliance. I hope they don't go that route. I hope they give us until at least

1144
01:48:10,360 --> 01:48:18,880
January of 26. I'm kind of hoping for January of 27. Because like I said, and I'm the facilities

1145
01:48:18,880 --> 01:48:27,340
guy right now. So you're saying we're one of only 10 states that have adopted these standards.

1146
01:48:27,420 --> 01:48:31,520
That's correct. And what are some of the examples of these standards?

1147
01:48:32,600 --> 01:48:38,560
So for the one that's super impactful is how they're calculating bather load.

1148
01:48:38,560 --> 01:48:43,140
Beta load is the number of people and bodies that can be in the water at one time.

1149
01:48:43,680 --> 01:48:46,440
Right now our building occupancy is 375.

1150
01:48:47,160 --> 01:48:50,100
The new Beta load calculations limit us to 158.

1151
01:48:51,420 --> 01:48:55,320
So that's one significant example that impacts how we operate.

1152
01:48:55,500 --> 01:49:00,680
Another one is we're required to have a lifeguard at the top of the slide and the bottom of the

1153
01:49:00,680 --> 01:49:01,000
slide.

1154
01:49:01,200 --> 01:49:05,560
Right now we have a deck attendant who's a 14 year old implementing rules at the top

1155
01:49:05,560 --> 01:49:06,180
of the slide.

1156
01:49:06,180 --> 01:49:08,340
But now we'll have to put two lifeguards.

1157
01:49:08,540 --> 01:49:16,280
So instead of spending $14 an hour, we'll be spending $56 an hour for every hour that we have the slide open.

1158
01:49:17,040 --> 01:49:20,300
So it's, and people get very angry if the slide isn't that way.

1159
01:49:20,600 --> 01:49:23,700
And so there's that children get very angry.

1160
01:49:23,820 --> 01:49:24,340
And they'll appear.

1161
01:49:24,860 --> 01:49:28,000
Is there, is there any, couldn't go on the slide while they were there for Rex?

1162
01:49:28,160 --> 01:49:28,500
Oh, yeah.

1163
01:49:28,580 --> 01:49:32,480
Is there anything we can do about this now reaching out to people doing that kind of stuff?

1164
01:49:32,480 --> 01:49:34,560
summarize it and give me a give me a

1165
01:49:34,560 --> 01:49:37,720
I'll forge you my comments that I made to the yeah

1166
01:49:38,540 --> 01:49:40,940
Kelly will whip out a lot of going to

1167
01:49:40,940 --> 01:49:42,060
J absolutely

1168
01:49:43,700 --> 01:49:46,140
ORPA and SDAO is also involved

1169
01:49:46,720 --> 01:49:50,820
I mean they literally we found out at the SDAO conference February 8th that

1170
01:49:50,820 --> 01:49:54,800
comments were open and were extended to February 25th and that it would be

1171
01:49:54,800 --> 01:49:56,080
implemented March 1st

1172
01:49:58,740 --> 01:49:59,760
State of work. There you go.

1173
01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:24,320
So I just, I wanted to bring this to your attention because as a huge impact and the whole aquatic's professionals community is. We want to do best practice. Should it be the law? No, no, no, you said something earlier that east side, you know, east side versus west side. What's the difference? Well, we met as an east side. We have a dry sideers meeting that we do every quarter. So it's, we do too.

1174
01:50:25,760 --> 01:50:28,960
Or Boardman, Hermiston, Ontario, the Mac,

1175
01:50:30,100 --> 01:50:31,160
Primeville, Sisters.

1176
01:50:31,520 --> 01:50:34,520
It's like all of us that have facilities on this side of the map.

1177
01:50:34,620 --> 01:50:36,680
But the rules aren't different for Eastern and Western.

1178
01:50:36,900 --> 01:50:37,620
No, no, no, no.

1179
01:50:37,620 --> 01:50:39,260
Okay, so this impacts everybody.

1180
01:50:39,480 --> 01:50:42,020
And to all it's in hills, they have their own, you know,

1181
01:50:42,320 --> 01:50:43,480
they have a lot of money.

1182
01:50:43,600 --> 01:50:46,120
They have their own legislative people that are on this, too.

1183
01:50:48,040 --> 01:50:51,560
But, you know, we don't have those kind of resources as dry ciders,

1184
01:50:51,560 --> 01:50:53,560
which is why we meet together.

1185
01:50:54,580 --> 01:50:55,140
There you go.

1186
01:50:55,520 --> 01:50:56,000
What hurts?

1187
01:50:56,520 --> 01:50:57,960
So you said you and Matilda, right?

1188
01:50:58,020 --> 01:50:58,520
You're Hermiston?

1189
01:50:58,800 --> 01:50:58,980
Yep.

1190
01:50:59,780 --> 01:51:01,720
Who else would be a big, big player?

1191
01:51:02,120 --> 01:51:02,600
Boardman.

1192
01:51:03,920 --> 01:51:04,400
Ontario.

1193
01:51:05,760 --> 01:51:06,240
LaGrand.

1194
01:51:07,660 --> 01:51:08,080
Union.

1195
01:51:08,440 --> 01:51:08,920
Malala.

1196
01:51:09,300 --> 01:51:11,700
It's not dry ciders, but they have a small district.

1197
01:51:12,960 --> 01:51:14,140
Beautiful place, too.

1198
01:51:14,360 --> 01:51:14,900
Court County.

1199
01:51:15,740 --> 01:51:15,920
Really?

1200
01:51:16,380 --> 01:51:18,000
They have their outdoor pool during the summer.

1201
01:51:18,200 --> 01:51:20,140
I mean, some of the outdoor pools in the summer

1202
01:51:20,140 --> 01:51:22,180
have different rules than what we do.

1203
01:51:22,540 --> 01:51:25,120
I'm assuming Kanita is also impacted potentially

1204
01:51:25,120 --> 01:51:27,060
as an aquatic facility.

1205
01:51:28,520 --> 01:51:30,560
I'm assuming that Redmond is impacted

1206
01:51:30,560 --> 01:51:32,700
as they're building an aquatic facility

1207
01:51:33,240 --> 01:51:35,240
because there's also a whole bunch of new rules

1208
01:51:35,240 --> 01:51:37,240
about building new facilities that we,

1209
01:51:37,940 --> 01:51:39,680
unless we substantially alter,

1210
01:51:39,900 --> 01:51:40,880
which we can't get an answer with,

1211
01:51:40,940 --> 01:51:44,140
that means I'm guessing we're doing locker rooms

1212
01:51:44,140 --> 01:51:45,440
as substantially altering.

1213
01:51:46,020 --> 01:51:47,160
Then you have to come into compliance

1214
01:51:47,160 --> 01:51:47,920
with the building stuff.

1215
01:51:47,920 --> 01:52:20,110
That's cool. So you said you don't know what the penalties are for non-compliance quite yet because there is there in your dry ciders meeting is there a consensus that you know can be united front on OK, yes, I would say even be with the Aquatics professionals community. There's a united for good because that's always a good way to get your voice. Yeah, do you want to go to the next one? Why I'm really here. So

1216
01:52:20,650 --> 01:52:26,430
Historically, the county has given us a tax anticipation loan to get us through July to November

1217
01:52:26,430 --> 01:52:31,610
when property tax revenues come in. It's a loan. It's mutually beneficial. Y'all make 6%

1218
01:52:31,610 --> 01:52:36,530
interest off of us. And then we get to have cash flow for those months before the property

1219
01:52:36,530 --> 01:52:42,590
taxes come in. This year it's even more critical. We are looking to end the fiscal year in a deficit.

1220
01:52:43,490 --> 01:52:49,650
And so those funds would be super helpful in May and June to get us through that piece. And then

1221
01:52:49,650 --> 01:52:51,670
and also to get us through to November.

1222
01:52:52,170 --> 01:52:55,750
If the measures pass, we need, we hope,

1223
01:52:56,350 --> 01:52:59,310
to try and hire staff as soon as humanly possible

1224
01:52:59,310 --> 01:53:00,730
so that we can ramp up our hours.

1225
01:53:00,830 --> 01:53:02,610
Because when people vote and they see it passed,

1226
01:53:02,830 --> 01:53:05,310
they're gonna expect that we have the hours immediately.

1227
01:53:06,150 --> 01:53:08,910
It's gonna take us a minute to get people lifeguards certified

1228
01:53:08,910 --> 01:53:10,630
and hired and all that kind of stuff.

1229
01:53:11,630 --> 01:53:14,150
So if we have a larger tax anticipation loan,

1230
01:53:14,450 --> 01:53:17,130
last year you gave us 250,000.

1231
01:53:17,130 --> 01:53:20,310
and we use 212,000 of it.

1232
01:53:22,430 --> 01:53:26,190
This year we're hoping for 400,000 so that we can,

1233
01:53:26,250 --> 01:53:27,730
like I said, quickly on board new staff.

1234
01:53:29,170 --> 01:53:32,150
If the measures don't pass, we won't need 400,000.

1235
01:53:32,390 --> 01:53:34,150
Part of it's going to depend on what the board decides

1236
01:53:34,670 --> 01:53:36,330
if we're going to operate the pool this summer,

1237
01:53:37,210 --> 01:53:40,950
if we're going to do any programming, what that looks like.

1238
01:53:41,570 --> 01:53:45,450
Because if we do, if the measures don't pass,

1239
01:53:45,450 --> 01:53:50,250
will be probably laying staff off like the middle of June as soon as we're done

1240
01:53:50,250 --> 01:53:52,710
with the school year and I don't know what kind of staffing we'll have for the

1241
01:53:52,710 --> 01:53:57,650
summer so it could be that we need less but within that tax anticipation loan

1242
01:53:57,650 --> 01:54:03,250
50,000 of it is earmarked to replace our domestic water heater I've got to

1243
01:54:03,250 --> 01:54:08,830
reset her we call her her she's very temperamental got her about 30 times a

1244
01:54:08,830 --> 01:54:17,210
day right now to try and keep the showers warm. She's 20 years old, 17 years old, operating 24

1245
01:54:17,210 --> 01:54:22,650
seven. So I got some quotes. The quotes came back at about 42,000. So I've got a little bit of

1246
01:54:22,650 --> 01:54:27,250
a buffer in there just in case they've got to replace piping and that kind of stuff. But again,

1247
01:54:27,250 --> 01:54:32,550
that's all part of the loan that we will repay and that we are paying 6% interest on. So

1248
01:54:32,550 --> 01:54:39,270
So we're hoping that the county is still open to providing that tax anticipation loan as

1249
01:54:39,270 --> 01:54:42,890
I said, a mutually beneficial loan to us.

1250
01:54:43,410 --> 01:54:49,890
So I love, you know, loans versus just grant, my name's given out, or whatever.

1251
01:54:53,260 --> 01:54:57,400
So you typically asked for 200,000, you want to double that to 400,000?

1252
01:54:57,400 --> 01:54:57,880
Right.

1253
01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:09,220
If you don't receive the $400,000, $50,000 out of that $200, we'll still go to the heater, okay? So if it, if,

1254
01:55:11,640 --> 01:55:32,160
if it doesn't pass, you just, you said that, um, you won't need all the $400,000. So my thought is, can we give you, is it possible to give you the current loan of $200,000? And then, if it's,

1255
01:55:32,840 --> 01:55:37,680
Passes come back for the remainder of what you need or is that yes

1256
01:55:39,040 --> 01:55:40,640
Last year was 250

1257
01:55:41,420 --> 01:55:47,640
So I would ask you to keep it. That's what I had that number down 250 and then when you said 200

1258
01:55:47,640 --> 01:55:51,480
I was like oh, where am I used to be 200 than it got up last year. Okay

1259
01:55:51,480 --> 01:55:56,220
Part of it is that we close every September and we do a lot of maintenance and things

1260
01:55:56,220 --> 01:56:01,380
And so we have a lot of expenses that month before we get our taxes in so the 250 helps us

1261
01:56:02,160 --> 01:56:08,400
deal with that. So yes, it would be totally reasonable and acceptable and helpful to get

1262
01:56:08,400 --> 01:56:12,820
the 250 kind of approved. And then if the measures pass, we can come back and ask for

1263
01:56:12,820 --> 01:56:13,420
the additional.

1264
01:56:13,760 --> 01:56:17,580
Is that a problem with our budget? Oh, is that going to be good to work with our budget?

1265
01:56:18,920 --> 01:56:25,200
Okay. No, not in the funds that we typically utilize to provide this anticipation. Okay.

1266
01:56:25,660 --> 01:56:30,840
It would help us. Commissioner Taylor to have a sense of whether or not the commission

1267
01:56:30,840 --> 01:56:35,340
would approve up to that 400 so that as we're doing our budgeting and planning

1268
01:56:35,340 --> 01:56:39,660
that we have a sense if that's an option or if I need to figure out

1269
01:56:39,660 --> 01:56:42,580
alternatives or really hit home that we're not going to be able to increase

1270
01:56:42,580 --> 01:56:51,880
staffing until January. I my personal belief just begin for myself as I I really

1271
01:56:51,880 --> 01:56:57,440
want to wait and see what our community says before I commit to that much more

1272
01:56:57,440 --> 01:57:02,420
alone because my fear is if we give you $400,000, that's the ability to pay it back if

1273
01:57:02,420 --> 01:57:09,200
it doesn't go through. And so it comes back. It comes right out. Okay. You just pull

1274
01:57:09,200 --> 01:57:13,360
it right out. You just pull it right out of property taxes. So it goes to that money.

1275
01:57:14,160 --> 01:57:18,920
100% guarantee it gets paid out. Okay. Okay.

1276
01:57:21,080 --> 01:57:24,920
I'm on board with supporting the pool. I'm on board

1277
01:57:24,920 --> 01:57:30,740
to support in the pool for what you're asking if our constituents approve it.

1278
01:57:30,840 --> 01:57:35,380
If I could, if I could say support in the district, because it's more than the pool, it's

1279
01:57:35,380 --> 01:57:38,040
also all the space in the enrichment and all the things.

1280
01:57:39,580 --> 01:57:43,720
We're trying to help people remember to see the whole thing.

1281
01:57:44,320 --> 01:57:52,280
Yeah, no, I think myself included, I see no reason why we wouldn't continue the $250,000

1282
01:57:52,280 --> 01:57:58,060
Now, wait and see how the voters feel about the measure.

1283
01:57:58,620 --> 01:58:03,740
And if they're in support, I definitely want to be that good partner and bridge that gap.

1284
01:58:04,720 --> 01:58:06,540
And so I think it comes down to the voters.

1285
01:58:06,540 --> 01:58:14,380
If they support the work you guys are doing and what you're proposed, I would be the vote of yes,

1286
01:58:14,600 --> 01:58:20,580
how can we help you get there with this guarantee approval by the voters?

1287
01:58:20,580 --> 01:58:24,300
So yeah, that's where I'm at.

1288
01:58:24,560 --> 01:58:29,680
I just want to add really briefly that there's a really active group right now that I'm

1289
01:58:29,680 --> 01:58:35,760
a part of the back of the MACRD going out and marketing the measures.

1290
01:58:36,180 --> 01:58:38,180
So there's two measures again this year.

1291
01:58:38,320 --> 01:58:39,500
We have to dissolve and reform.

1292
01:58:39,940 --> 01:58:41,240
It is not a bond.

1293
01:58:42,020 --> 01:58:43,480
It's to dissolve the district.

1294
01:58:43,480 --> 01:58:46,840
You have to vote yes on that and then vote yes to reform.

1295
01:58:46,840 --> 01:58:53,220
So we're really trying to get the messaging out because we were only short by 95 votes on the dissolving part

1296
01:58:53,220 --> 01:59:00,160
And I think it was very confusing for our constituents last year and so I do not think it was a lack of support

1297
01:59:00,160 --> 01:59:05,800
I think it was the confusion of the ballot and so that's why we're pretty aggressively getting out there with the two yeses

1298
01:59:06,340 --> 01:59:11,120
So trying to spread that word it's voting yes twice if you really do want to support

1299
01:59:11,120 --> 01:59:16,540
No. No. No. Thank you to the commissioners for supporting that measure. Yeah. No, it's

1300
01:59:16,540 --> 01:59:22,020
confusing. I think when we all started this conversation previously, it was confusing

1301
01:59:22,020 --> 01:59:28,460
to us as well as you guys and like all that happened. So the confusion from the voter standpoint

1302
01:59:28,460 --> 01:59:36,120
is challenging. And so I hope you guys success in that education piece because it's difficult

1303
01:59:36,120 --> 01:59:37,820
to explain that.

1304
01:59:38,420 --> 01:59:41,120
So Jeff had something like that.

1305
01:59:41,720 --> 01:59:44,400
If you guys are, kind of, it sounds like

1306
01:59:44,400 --> 01:59:48,620
I can't wish to be on the level of 400 in the past.

1307
01:59:49,080 --> 01:59:50,420
Who could do one moment?

1308
01:59:51,480 --> 01:59:52,440
That says 250.

1309
01:59:53,240 --> 01:59:56,940
If 250 is supposed to be that only first,

1310
01:59:57,280 --> 01:59:59,040
but the payment on the last day at November.

1311
02:00:14,700 --> 02:00:29,100
What I want to know is how valuable is the $50,000 earmark for that domestic water? How does it relate to operations as of today? Is it just a pain in the butt? Because you're going to reset it 30 times? Or is it just flat we're not providing hot water to people taking charge? Depends on the day.

1312
02:00:31,120 --> 02:00:35,960
I mean, if I had, if I had money sitting in a bank account would have been replaced six months ago.

1313
02:00:37,700 --> 02:00:39,640
I mean, it would have been replaced.

1314
02:00:39,860 --> 02:00:46,820
It's more like also customers has faction like having small children that get cold in the pool really easily can't go warm up.

1315
02:00:47,580 --> 02:00:48,920
Right. Well, that's my point.

1316
02:00:49,120 --> 02:00:57,280
I think I've been an advocate in this conversation about the 250 loan and then an advocate for the 50,000 just because it is an asset.

1317
02:00:57,840 --> 02:01:01,500
Now, whether you guys run or not in the future, that's to be told here soon.

1318
02:01:01,500 --> 02:01:08,340
right so somebody's going to need a $50,000 water heater at some point you know

1319
02:01:08,340 --> 02:01:13,880
if this I mean it's not going to sit up their idle no matter what right so I

1320
02:01:13,880 --> 02:01:19,200
would be an advocate for doing 300 at this time to allow them 250 you just kind

1321
02:01:19,200 --> 02:01:24,380
of look at 250 is hey this is operations that gets them through the 50 is this

1322
02:01:24,380 --> 02:01:31,160
tangible piece of equipment that is necessary for the you know to make it run and

1323
02:01:31,160 --> 02:01:34,180
And like I said, if you're going to, it's all not marketing, if you're going to

1324
02:01:34,180 --> 02:01:38,780
tell people, hey, we need you to pass these bonds, and I would have if you had

1325
02:01:38,780 --> 02:01:42,360
warm showers, you know, and I don't want that to be a, I don't want that to be

1326
02:01:42,360 --> 02:01:48,300
a detriment. So there's no difference. Again, coming back to my eyes anyways, there's

1327
02:01:48,300 --> 02:01:52,180
no difference between loan and your 350 because it's collected, we collected

1328
02:01:52,180 --> 02:01:56,000
anyways. We're going to get paid. That's a guarantee that, you know, the

1329
02:01:56,000 --> 02:02:00,520
community needs to understand fully that this isn't a giveaway. This is your

1330
02:02:00,520 --> 02:02:07,220
money that's coming in and if you tell me I need it right now that's fine. I do I do admire

1331
02:02:07,220 --> 02:02:11,000
the other commissioners and I'm not putting words hopefully not putting words in your mouth but

1332
02:02:11,000 --> 02:02:16,960
I do admire the fact that we want to see what the pulse of the community is as to what it's going

1333
02:02:16,960 --> 02:02:25,320
to look like but I don't think fifty thousand dollar water heater is too much of an ask that's my own

1334
02:02:26,020 --> 02:02:29,580
But they can use 50 grand out of the 250 in the meantime, all right?

1335
02:02:29,940 --> 02:02:37,160
Because you used 212 to the last year up until the taxes came in, so November 8th.

1336
02:02:37,160 --> 02:02:40,980
Well, and frankly, the measures don't pass and we're at the 250, we're not even going

1337
02:02:40,980 --> 02:02:44,720
to use that, because the pool might be shut down and we won't be doing any other programming

1338
02:02:44,720 --> 02:02:45,400
or activities.

1339
02:02:46,280 --> 02:02:48,140
So 300,000 wouldn't change?

1340
02:02:48,140 --> 02:02:48,400
Right.

1341
02:02:48,640 --> 02:02:50,240
I actually think 250 is okay.

1342
02:02:50,760 --> 02:02:53,100
I mean, I appreciate the sentiment, for sure.

1343
02:02:53,740 --> 02:02:58,580
because then we can plan to actually replace it in May June instead of waiting until September

1344
02:02:58,580 --> 02:03:05,680
because that 250 will come in May 1st so that's actually super helpful in itself to keep it at

1345
02:03:05,680 --> 02:03:13,480
the 250 but I mean I would rather not because I think when we calculate interest it would not be calculated

1346
02:03:13,480 --> 02:03:21,500
on the extra 150 until we get it in July so I'd rather not pay 6% on that 50,000 if I can save it.

1347
02:03:21,500 --> 02:03:24,560
So you just snatched it from the victor, the jaws of victory here.

1348
02:03:24,780 --> 02:03:25,480
It's fine.

1349
02:03:26,580 --> 02:03:26,820
Fine.

1350
02:03:27,020 --> 02:03:27,820
I appreciate it.

1351
02:03:28,520 --> 02:03:29,660
Oh, that's fine.

1352
02:03:31,200 --> 02:03:38,660
Is that something we would entertain as Jess Proposal of 250 May 1st?

1353
02:03:38,660 --> 02:03:39,380
May 1st.

1354
02:03:39,400 --> 02:03:46,900
And then if both measures pass July 1st, increasing it up to 400.

1355
02:03:46,900 --> 02:03:51,560
and so another 150 July for dependent on the measures.

1356
02:03:52,440 --> 02:03:55,620
So it's more streamlined, everything's set in place

1357
02:03:55,620 --> 02:03:58,220
and as soon as that vote count,

1358
02:03:59,380 --> 02:04:02,600
you guys know we know and there's a plan.

1359
02:04:03,320 --> 02:04:04,740
Is that, no, that's great.

1360
02:04:07,000 --> 02:04:08,520
We need a motion for that.

1361
02:04:08,740 --> 02:04:11,840
No, we'll do a loan agreement.

1362
02:04:12,240 --> 02:04:15,420
I have Alexa work to see if they can get it on there

1363
02:04:15,420 --> 02:04:17,060
or whatever your next board meeting.

1364
02:04:17,060 --> 02:04:19,180
March 19th.

1365
02:04:21,330 --> 02:04:21,770
I'll give that.

1366
02:04:22,850 --> 02:04:24,010
Alexis Browning in work.

1367
02:04:24,630 --> 02:04:25,470
No pun intended.

1368
02:04:27,170 --> 02:04:28,650
As always, thank you, Lexi.

1369
02:04:29,370 --> 02:04:31,270
So, staff directed.

1370
02:04:32,190 --> 02:04:32,550
Thank you.

1371
02:04:33,810 --> 02:04:37,670
What, uh, just, uh, this doesn't put pay any.

1372
02:04:37,950 --> 02:04:38,530
I know you can't.

1373
02:04:39,150 --> 02:04:41,550
What is the, uh, are we having town halls?

1374
02:04:41,710 --> 02:04:44,490
We haven't, are we going to get really serious about.

1375
02:04:45,670 --> 02:04:47,550
Not saying that you're not serious, but.

1376
02:04:47,550 --> 02:04:59,270
I know that the back of the MACRD local action committee is active, they've been tabling

1377
02:04:59,270 --> 02:04:59,450
it.

1378
02:05:12,420 --> 02:05:20,780
No, we're just going to be sending blackmailers, firing cars, being present at local events.

1379
02:05:21,120 --> 02:05:26,880
Anyone has feedback? I just came out with the postcard. Scott Taylor is our spokesperson

1380
02:05:26,880 --> 02:05:36,060
person this year and I'm the Vice Chair for that committee. What the building

1381
02:05:36,060 --> 02:05:43,680
itself, the bond on the building, it's done win. June, this June, 2025. So we have

1382
02:05:43,680 --> 02:05:49,860
two months or three months to pay on it basically. Then it goes away. Yes. That's why

1383
02:05:49,860 --> 02:05:53,400
we're trying to roll that into the permanent tax rate that we're establishing.

1384
02:05:54,380 --> 02:05:58,420
or it goes completely away so that it will keep the current tax rate.

1385
02:05:58,520 --> 02:06:04,980
Yeah, no, I've understood it. I just was curious because I hear conflicting things.

1386
02:06:05,180 --> 02:06:08,660
I thought it was coming up soon and then I've got other people coming out.

1387
02:06:08,840 --> 02:06:11,020
No, the other beer. That's not true.

1388
02:06:12,040 --> 02:06:18,360
To the measures do not pass, we will levy the bond next year for an amount to pay back alone

1389
02:06:18,360 --> 02:06:22,000
that the general fund has to make to the debt service fund to make the final payment

1390
02:06:22,000 --> 02:06:29,940
because of the PG&E tax refund situation so we will levy convoluted much less than we have

1391
02:06:29,940 --> 02:06:34,960
historically to make that general loan payment back if the measures do not pass.

1392
02:06:35,080 --> 02:06:38,960
All right we've got staff got everybody got idea what we're doing direction.

1393
02:06:40,340 --> 02:06:50,240
Yes thank you guys absolutely hey boss man do we think yeah let's take a quick little break we're

1394
02:06:50,240 --> 02:06:54,540
We're behind schedules and then we'll come back and jump through some of these things

1395
02:06:54,540 --> 02:06:59,660
real quick. So let's be back in three minutes.

1396
02:07:09,940 --> 02:07:17,900
Okay, welcome back. Let's go back to the beginning here. I would entertain a motion on the consent

1397
02:07:17,900 --> 02:07:22,480
agenda. There's one move to approve consent agenda six one through six three second.

1398
02:07:25,300 --> 02:07:26,860
Any further discussion?

1399
02:07:27,060 --> 02:07:32,340
All those in favor of approval of consent agenda item 612 and 3.

1400
02:07:32,600 --> 02:07:33,460
Please state by saying aye.

1401
02:07:33,620 --> 02:07:33,800
Aye.

1402
02:07:34,780 --> 02:07:35,160
Aye.

1403
02:07:35,540 --> 02:07:36,120
Motion carries.

1404
02:07:38,280 --> 02:07:41,400
Good executive session that we're late for at 10 p.m.

1405
02:07:41,780 --> 02:07:46,080
6 o'clock Board of Commissioner Meeney and Senator Ranch tonight.

1406
02:07:46,080 --> 02:07:49,160
And 8-1 GIS.

1407
02:07:56,020 --> 02:07:57,840
Yeah, can you do it please.

1408
02:08:00,160 --> 02:08:02,460
Any staff update on this?

1409
02:08:06,470 --> 02:08:06,810
State one.

1410
02:08:07,110 --> 02:08:13,230
Standard MOU with City of Madras for GIS transfer of information.

1411
02:08:18,080 --> 02:08:24,360
I know it's a data sharing agreement that I have reviewed, but I don't know what it entails.

1412
02:08:24,600 --> 02:08:26,080
That's a GIS moisture for sure.

1413
02:08:26,980 --> 02:08:30,840
If we were going to send a letter to somebody that would know what would be I'd put on the

1414
02:08:30,840 --> 02:08:31,480
front of the envelope.

1415
02:08:31,820 --> 02:08:31,920
Boo.

1416
02:08:33,820 --> 02:08:34,780
G-I-S.

1417
02:08:36,300 --> 02:08:36,700
Ray?

1418
02:08:42,520 --> 02:08:43,420
Ray is on there.

1419
02:08:43,880 --> 02:08:44,360
Are you there, Ray?

1420
02:08:47,400 --> 02:08:47,480
Cool.

1421
02:08:49,440 --> 02:08:50,300
He's running down.

1422
02:08:51,520 --> 02:08:51,760
Come here.

1423
02:08:51,920 --> 02:08:52,640
Keep going.

1424
02:08:52,760 --> 02:08:53,020
I'll go.

1425
02:08:53,320 --> 02:08:53,800
That's great.

1426
02:08:54,000 --> 02:08:54,180
Come here.

1427
02:08:54,200 --> 02:08:54,320
Okay.

1428
02:08:54,780 --> 02:08:55,960
Let's go eight four.

1429
02:09:00,540 --> 02:09:04,160
The motion to prove the salary change order for Isaac Blair building inspector two.

1430
02:09:05,240 --> 02:09:05,640
Six.

1431
02:09:09,360 --> 02:09:13,900
I think this is just continuing Isaac stepping up and

1432
02:09:13,900 --> 02:09:18,220
open us in that interim and some vacancies.

1433
02:09:18,560 --> 02:09:22,260
So appreciate Isaac for doing that and want to make sure he's

1434
02:09:22,260 --> 02:09:25,040
compensated for that extra work that he's doing.

1435
02:09:26,160 --> 02:09:27,160
Any further discussion?

1436
02:09:27,920 --> 02:09:30,900
All those in favor of the salary changer for Isaac?

1437
02:09:31,300 --> 02:09:32,400
Please state by saying aye.

1438
02:09:32,920 --> 02:09:38,280
All right. Hi, motion carries back to 8-1 with our GIS

1439
02:09:39,320 --> 02:09:45,180
Exchange of data with the city of Madras. Ray, thank you. Good morning, commissioners,

1440
02:09:45,320 --> 02:09:50,760
Racelese Jefferson County Assessor's Office. This is our memorandum of understanding,

1441
02:09:51,220 --> 02:09:56,820
same as what we established with Jefferson County soil and water district and it's just for our

1442
02:09:56,820 --> 02:09:59,980
annual subscription. You've already approved that MOU. It's the same.

1443
02:10:00,000 --> 02:10:09,930
Okay. Okay. Thank you for that. I will motion to approve the memorandum of

1444
02:10:09,930 --> 02:10:14,470
understanding between Jefferson County and the city of Madras for the exchange of GIS data.

1445
02:10:16,580 --> 02:10:22,180
Second. A motion of the second. Any further discussion on the motion?

1446
02:10:24,400 --> 02:10:24,640
All

1447
02:10:24,640 --> 02:10:25,780
those in favor say aye.

1448
02:10:28,940 --> 02:10:35,620
I. I mean, I think he's not playing around with it. Motion carries.

1449
02:10:35,620 --> 02:10:38,080
Please, that was for you, Will.

1450
02:10:41,040 --> 02:10:42,700
Thank you, gentlemen. Appreciate it.

1451
02:10:42,760 --> 02:10:43,240
Thank you, Ray.

1452
02:10:43,760 --> 02:10:43,980
Appreciate it.

1453
02:10:48,060 --> 02:10:48,780
I'm correct.

1454
02:10:48,920 --> 02:10:50,100
If I'm wrong, staff.

1455
02:10:50,440 --> 02:10:51,700
We are scratch and eat five.

1456
02:10:53,480 --> 02:10:53,700
Okay.

1457
02:10:55,670 --> 02:10:56,450
We're under needed.

1458
02:10:57,790 --> 02:10:59,310
Eight sex is this Tony?

1459
02:10:59,910 --> 02:11:00,190
Eight sex.

1460
02:11:00,850 --> 02:11:01,010
Yes.

1461
02:11:01,310 --> 02:11:06,050
Change order for our Sheriff's Office public health storage building.

1462
02:11:06,770 --> 02:11:12,210
change order number two is the mobile health clinic plug-in. It's a 220 plug-in.

1463
02:11:12,570 --> 02:11:18,950
It can be added so they can keep their clinic, mobile clinic or batteries

1464
02:11:18,950 --> 02:11:26,190
charge things cool. The HVAC permits that we normally cover. They went ahead

1465
02:11:26,190 --> 02:11:30,330
and purchased them just because the contractor purchased them because of

1466
02:11:30,330 --> 02:11:35,110
timing. So he purchased them and then so this is basically counting for those

1467
02:11:35,110 --> 02:11:41,270
cost. Change order three is the electrical overhead doors. So the contractor

1468
02:11:41,270 --> 02:11:46,170
originally thought that that was part of the bid. So he purchased them and is

1469
02:11:46,170 --> 02:11:51,350
willing to eat that cost. But there is a change order for $7,200 for getting

1470
02:11:51,350 --> 02:11:55,310
the electricity to six grudge. Yeah, six grudge door.

1471
02:12:00,220 --> 02:12:04,720
I like him eating the cost. I do think it's going to be beneficial just to have

1472
02:12:04,720 --> 02:12:11,740
electric roll up over manual or because of the variety of staff they'll be using the doors

1473
02:12:12,400 --> 02:12:14,660
both on public outside and sheriff's side.

1474
02:12:14,680 --> 02:12:18,360
Trying to initial cost, we try to keep costs as low as we could just so.

1475
02:12:18,560 --> 02:12:19,640
Absolutely, and I appreciate that.

1476
02:12:20,980 --> 02:12:22,660
There is a value for sure.

1477
02:12:22,740 --> 02:12:27,300
Yep, huge value and we're getting this counted rate and that value.

1478
02:12:29,260 --> 02:12:30,460
Okay, all motion approved.

1479
02:12:30,640 --> 02:12:33,740
The purchase requisition form sheriff's office and public health storage,

1480
02:12:33,740 --> 02:12:37,720
building change order number two and number three in the amount of $12,200.

1481
02:12:38,320 --> 02:12:38,640
Second.

1482
02:12:39,440 --> 02:12:41,880
The motion in a second, any further discussion.

1483
02:12:43,200 --> 02:12:50,220
I just want to appreciate staff for keeping the project lean and

1484
02:12:50,220 --> 02:12:56,980
mean and on line with the estimate and the budget, so I appreciate that.

1485
02:12:57,260 --> 02:13:01,300
And we went and saw it last week and it's really good and

1486
02:13:01,300 --> 02:13:06,740
going to benefit both departments well and thank you departments for working together

1487
02:13:06,740 --> 02:13:15,460
and leveraging your finances to have this asset and it's easier for both.

1488
02:13:15,920 --> 02:13:21,620
So appreciate it. Any further discussion? All those in favor of the purchase

1489
02:13:21,620 --> 02:13:25,340
requisition form for the change order of number two and number three please

1490
02:13:25,340 --> 02:13:29,120
signify by saying aye aye motion carries

1491
02:13:29,120 --> 02:13:31,560
thank you thank you Tony

1492
02:13:34,510 --> 02:13:36,970
e7 is that you Jeff

1493
02:13:37,790 --> 02:13:41,290
8 7 is yes it's the actual action you

1494
02:13:41,290 --> 02:13:45,150
guys took last week to read through the

1495
02:13:45,150 --> 02:13:46,810
job description for the public work

1496
02:13:46,810 --> 02:13:48,370
structure okay

1497
02:13:50,990 --> 02:13:52,410
I'll move to sign the

1498
02:13:52,410 --> 02:13:53,490
salary change order for Matt

1499
02:13:53,490 --> 02:13:57,050
palison the great one at public work

1500
02:13:57,050 --> 02:13:57,530
director.

1501
02:13:59,660 --> 02:14:07,400
I'll second it motion in a second any further discussion all those in favor please

1502
02:14:07,400 --> 02:14:19,460
signify by saying aye aye motion carries do we have Robert yet okay just let me know when he's

1503
02:14:19,460 --> 02:14:26,860
available I think he's doing some travel this morning so elected official reports do you have any other

1504
02:14:26,860 --> 02:14:33,160
elected updates sheriff gave a

1505
02:14:37,380 --> 02:14:41,000
do you have anything if so chime in don't

1506
02:14:43,780 --> 02:14:44,020
see

1507
02:14:44,020 --> 02:14:49,200
anyone else department head reports Katie

1508
02:14:51,250 --> 02:14:53,870
Tony Diane any other reports

1509
02:14:55,370 --> 02:14:56,110
Okay,

1510
02:14:58,190 --> 02:14:59,570
we'll come back to Robert.

1511
02:15:00,590 --> 02:15:30,570
County Council report. Okay, thank you. County administrative officer. Yeah, it's going back to the Ed Coe discussion regarding the $10,000 invoice to remain a platinum member. Front of you is the interlocal, sorry, the memorandum of understanding between the city of Madras and Ed Coe on page three, 2.6. The question was if there is a need for

1512
02:15:30,570 --> 02:15:34,410
us to continue to be a platinum member for the extra seat.

1513
02:15:34,730 --> 02:15:43,320
So in that paragraph, it says that for the period of this MOU, the city and county

1514
02:15:43,320 --> 02:15:46,720
will each have one appointed representative serving on the Edco board.

1515
02:15:47,140 --> 02:15:51,940
Additional seats may be retained through ongoing platinum membership already in place.

1516
02:15:56,440 --> 02:15:59,400
So we get one seat, maybe, in a platinum member.

1517
02:15:59,600 --> 02:16:03,440
What is the makeup with the program?

1518
02:16:04,080 --> 02:16:09,020
So yeah, so I was kind of going the other way sorry my coworker yeah so we

1519
02:16:09,020 --> 02:16:14,020
get one member for being a partner of the local program and so if we

1520
02:16:14,020 --> 02:16:17,440
continue to be a platinum member I would say this year is the year that we

1521
02:16:17,440 --> 02:16:21,940
would then have some type of decision for you all to make on who would take

1522
02:16:21,940 --> 02:16:28,320
the platinum level seat a new seat a new seat and I know we would still have a

1523
02:16:28,320 --> 02:16:32,980
a commissioner or potential through the program.

1524
02:16:33,280 --> 02:16:33,760
Yes.

1525
02:16:34,040 --> 02:16:37,080
So there'd be one, what other seats do we have with the program?

1526
02:16:38,020 --> 02:16:39,280
The city would have one.

1527
02:16:39,560 --> 02:16:40,380
The city would have one?

1528
02:16:40,560 --> 02:16:44,440
If the city and the county each independently do a $10,000

1529
02:16:44,440 --> 02:16:47,860
and then we'd have another one seat each that they would appoint.

1530
02:16:48,780 --> 02:16:50,760
And then you would appoint as well.

1531
02:16:51,180 --> 02:16:51,440
Okay.

1532
02:16:51,680 --> 02:16:52,180
You would select.

1533
02:16:53,500 --> 02:16:56,480
When we had some early discussions in the kind of the program

1534
02:16:56,480 --> 02:17:24,340
I'm going to make up Will and I, and maybe John and Kim and who else, you know, talk to potentially about trying to bring back some financial partners to help fund the local program and potentially how you would, the county may have been, it just made a 10,000 level and then look to that community partner that's also contributing to our local program and offer this as a kind of a care.

1535
02:17:24,340 --> 02:17:30,560
If you come in at a certain level and buy down the cost of the local program, don't tell

1536
02:17:30,560 --> 02:17:35,320
John Stark or Brenna, but you can have a seat on the board for not having to pay 10,000

1537
02:17:35,320 --> 02:17:41,580
of your own platinum level but maybe 5,000 to our local program and you can have a seat

1538
02:17:41,580 --> 02:17:43,160
or something like that.

1539
02:17:46,760 --> 02:17:52,500
So the question is do we want to continue at the $10,000 level to have that additional

1540
02:17:52,500 --> 02:17:55,920
When is this decision need to be?

1541
02:17:56,260 --> 02:17:58,780
I think the invoice is a calendar year invoice,

1542
02:17:58,780 --> 02:18:04,400
so we're approaching some level of tardiness.

1543
02:18:04,920 --> 02:18:05,260
Tardiness?

1544
02:18:07,410 --> 02:18:08,910
2025 dues.

1545
02:18:09,710 --> 02:18:10,570
The invoice was dated.

1546
02:18:11,250 --> 02:18:15,970
Do we have a potential interest

1547
02:18:18,080 --> 02:18:24,130
in that extra seat,

1548
02:18:25,230 --> 02:18:28,110
if we were to do something like that through the program?

1549
02:18:29,310 --> 02:18:33,090
I haven't heard anything but my guess is we would if we offered it.

1550
02:18:33,270 --> 02:18:35,670
Offered the opportunity to one of your programs, you know,

1551
02:18:35,750 --> 02:18:40,390
it could be one of your folks that you've been appointed to the local advisory group

1552
02:18:41,030 --> 02:18:45,750
until for a year and see what you want to do kind of a yearly decision.

1553
02:18:47,270 --> 02:18:52,050
I personally think that continuing with this for at least another year,

1554
02:18:53,510 --> 02:19:12,510
especially as we're going through our strategic plan of our county and developing a strategic plan, I think it would be beneficial to continue this for another year and at least have another seat of the table to kind of help in our transition of implementing our, it comes down to implementing our strategic plan for our county and it comes to economic development.

1555
02:19:17,280 --> 02:19:17,720
I

1556
02:19:22,260 --> 02:19:28,320
don't know. I'm torn because I'd like to say I'd rather say I'm not going to take

1557
02:19:28,320 --> 02:19:33,160
that 10 out of the budget, but I'd almost say I'd rather have our program director having

1558
02:19:33,160 --> 02:19:38,700
some tools in their tilt tool belt to achieve with that 10,000 as opposed to having another

1559
02:19:39,400 --> 02:19:44,060
representative. I mean, I think at some point that table is so huge, you know, it's size

1560
02:19:44,060 --> 02:19:48,160
of this room going around. I don't know what another voice from this community is going

1561
02:19:48,160 --> 02:19:52,060
to do. I mean the possibility of selling it, if you will, for half.

1562
02:19:54,760 --> 02:19:56,120
But like I said,

1563
02:19:56,120 --> 02:19:59,320
I'd kind of rather have, rent a head with an extra 10,000.

1564
02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:29,520
Is in the budget for ancillary stuff, you know, we've talked to, we've talked videos, we've talked, you know, advertising, you know, those types of things that would be a bigger picture of how we sell this community to this county to outsiders, you know, as opposed to another just another Z voting member who cares. That's true. I don't know. But what's, can I gas, can I ask, when you can do your comments, still, but I mean,

1565
02:20:29,520 --> 02:20:31,520
Brenna, would you come up?

1566
02:20:32,660 --> 02:20:35,720
What is the advantage disadvantage in your opinion?

1567
02:20:36,940 --> 02:20:37,060
Yeah.

1568
02:20:40,520 --> 02:20:41,780
Yeah, that's a really good question.

1569
02:20:41,960 --> 02:20:44,440
And I think, you know what, it really does,

1570
02:20:44,620 --> 02:20:46,580
and I don't mean to give you the diplomatic response,

1571
02:20:46,580 --> 02:20:48,620
but I think it really does come down to preference.

1572
02:20:49,500 --> 02:20:53,380
I would never argue against more tools in the toolbox, so to speak.

1573
02:20:54,360 --> 02:20:57,640
We also have a really great group at the local level on the local board,

1574
02:20:57,800 --> 02:21:00,320
so I could see where that would be a great opportunity as well.

1575
02:21:00,960 --> 02:21:04,540
but again it really comes down to preference but like I said I would never say

1576
02:21:04,540 --> 02:21:10,200
no to more tools in the toolbox. But we have you, we have Mark, no matter what.

1577
02:21:10,440 --> 02:21:16,180
City has two spots, am I correct? They have two. Correct, they have two.

1578
02:21:16,920 --> 02:21:21,100
I guess my point is that if we had 10,000 I'd rather go dangle that carrot out in

1579
02:21:21,100 --> 02:21:26,200
front of our business, you know, our business is et cetera and say hey can

1580
02:21:26,200 --> 02:21:31,800
you matches five on doing this project or whatever you know and we have something to pull

1581
02:21:31,800 --> 02:21:40,140
from as opposed to there's no there's nothing in the in the pantry you know that's mine

1582
02:21:40,140 --> 02:21:48,020
that's good we only have so much money in this area and is this money better suited to keep

1583
02:21:48,020 --> 02:21:56,300
open-ended for potential options well the story we've never done this work I mean literally

1584
02:21:56,300 --> 02:22:03,540
We have never been aggressive, you know, so to have 10,000 to go get aggressive and then

1585
02:22:03,540 --> 02:22:11,240
We've leveraged that 10,000 to your business community to say $100,000 whatever ends up being versus

1586
02:22:12,320 --> 02:22:15,240
Going and more than a seat every so often.

1587
02:22:15,340 --> 02:22:17,540
And that's truly a testament to your work already.

1588
02:22:17,880 --> 02:22:23,260
I mean, this early on, I am below, I'm crazy excited.

1589
02:22:23,260 --> 02:22:25,340
Yeah, we're going to do a great job.

1590
02:22:25,500 --> 02:22:26,300
Thank you.

1591
02:22:26,300 --> 02:22:30,200
So you're suggesting not even being a member at all?

1592
02:22:30,600 --> 02:22:31,160
We're a member.

1593
02:22:31,360 --> 02:22:32,180
We're still a member.

1594
02:22:32,360 --> 02:22:32,540
Correct.

1595
02:22:32,800 --> 02:22:36,300
But we have representation with him as the head coach person.

1596
02:22:36,520 --> 02:22:36,680
Yes.

1597
02:22:37,020 --> 02:22:41,140
And we have not an additional step at all.

1598
02:22:41,560 --> 02:22:46,880
So like bronze, gold, platinum, you're not suggesting step down.

1599
02:22:47,400 --> 02:22:52,580
We're suggesting we have a program at 90, yeah.

1600
02:22:52,580 --> 02:22:59,820
Whatever. Yeah, yeah, we've invested higher to be in the program have the same

1601
02:22:59,820 --> 02:23:06,840
representation we had, so we have put more money in, but if we were to stay at

1602
02:23:06,840 --> 02:23:11,920
this platinum level, we would have another seat, so we'd be ramping up the seat.

1603
02:23:12,400 --> 02:23:17,270
But it would be a voting member. So Mark's a voting member, Brenna's not. If I'm

1604
02:23:17,270 --> 02:23:29,110
If I'm out of line tell me you're correct. So mark is a voting member if you paid the 10,000 for additional voting member that delutes the 98

1605
02:23:30,110 --> 02:23:35,790
It doesn't dilute the 98 other votes. Let's put it that way any more than having just one

1606
02:23:36,590 --> 02:23:41,950
This is the savings, I guess and put that money to work on the ground here

1607
02:23:42,690 --> 02:23:53,270
It's what with whatever potential need maybe and so kind of put that in more of a contingency

1608
02:23:53,270 --> 02:23:59,810
or whatever versus membership or an evolution program is what it is.

1609
02:24:00,010 --> 02:24:06,130
And then you build a fund, you literally, big vision would be to build a fund by going

1610
02:24:06,130 --> 02:24:12,570
going to the folks that utilize it go mostly from this community and saying, hey, could you

1611
02:24:13,190 --> 02:24:20,190
chip in? I don't know that they even were on the advisory, but I think they would understand

1612
02:24:20,190 --> 02:24:25,990
the value that they would get out of it at that point if we have some seed money to start

1613
02:24:25,990 --> 02:24:26,290
with.

1614
02:24:27,250 --> 02:24:32,510
Yeah, I mean we'll just say so that similarly the other small or sorry I shouldn't say smaller

1615
02:24:32,510 --> 02:24:38,970
the more rural community, so Crook County, Prainville, Sisters, they have their local boards

1616
02:24:38,970 --> 02:24:42,070
function much in the same way as to kind of what you're describing.

1617
02:24:42,730 --> 02:24:48,430
So this is a conversation that we hear very often and again I hate to give you guys the diplomatic

1618
02:24:48,430 --> 02:24:53,450
answer but I put that back in your cart and what you're thinking from that standpoint.

1619
02:24:53,450 --> 02:24:59,910
I will also mention being newer to EDCO in terms of the platinum membership, I am not entirely

1620
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:28,240
I'm really sure what that actually outlines. I've been focusing primarily on the local board level, but I could get more information. If you guys think that would be, or sorry, if you all think that would be more helpful, and come back to you, whatever you think would help you inform your decision. I kind of, I agree with what Kell has been saying. And if all of this is going to do is just provide $10,000 for the regional ed co and watch more.

1621
02:25:29,460 --> 02:25:39,480
continue to focus on VIN. If this $10,000 can be more beneficial use here for you in Jefferson County, we always go that route.

1622
02:25:41,420 --> 02:25:45,060
Okay. We need...

1623
02:25:45,060 --> 02:25:46,020
No, the direction.

1624
02:25:46,420 --> 02:25:49,520
I got direction. I'll communicate back to Mr. Stark.

1625
02:25:50,100 --> 02:25:50,200
Okay.

1626
02:25:50,700 --> 02:25:57,240
And then the budget, you know, do it the same there, I think it's just, yeah, it just wrote

1627
02:25:57,240 --> 02:26:01,400
whatever we labeled out, we have a kind of a catch-all lack of better term and fund

1628
02:26:01,400 --> 02:26:08,180
250 economic development, which is then labeled economic development in this year's

1629
02:26:08,180 --> 02:26:16,160
budget. There's over 300,000 allocated. But I think, like on kind of the yellow side thing

1630
02:26:16,160 --> 02:26:23,420
on your Excel sheet is that that the message is that we're would steeply putting 10,000

1631
02:26:23,420 --> 02:26:29,840
aside as program local program assistance is very enhancement or whatever. Does that

1632
02:26:29,840 --> 02:26:36,520
make sense? Or do you not even need to do that? I would say you get confused because if

1633
02:26:36,520 --> 02:26:41,880
we have an ed code program line we try and put in the amount that we're committed to or

1634
02:26:41,880 --> 02:26:49,400
the IJA between the three cities in us and so to see that go to for example with 96 to 106 but

1635
02:26:49,400 --> 02:26:55,040
then next year the actual only 96 or it would fluctuate I would encourage to stick it out of the

1636
02:26:55,040 --> 02:27:00,520
economic development line and if we get a pattern going then we can look at another GL line.

1637
02:27:01,320 --> 02:27:07,000
Well you'll have to have a catch all four if we got contributions from business.

1638
02:27:07,000 --> 02:27:13,840
from this is the intent of which I really like was not in the room is that the city is now the fiscal agent so any any

1639
02:27:15,020 --> 02:27:20,100
Any would go to income with it. Yeah outside of the program would filter into the city

1640
02:27:21,320 --> 02:27:21,800
Okay

1641
02:27:23,100 --> 02:27:23,580
Okay

1642
02:27:24,200 --> 02:27:24,680
direction

1643
02:27:25,900 --> 02:27:28,880
Thank you, Brenna. Thank you, and did ill

1644
02:27:30,220 --> 02:27:31,840
So glad to have you here

1645
02:27:31,840 --> 02:27:36,260
excited when I had the opportunity to interview you and think you're doing a

1646
02:27:36,260 --> 02:27:41,560
great job and look forward to what you're gonna do over the next year. Thank you

1647
02:27:41,560 --> 02:27:42,120
so much.

1648
02:27:44,660 --> 02:27:53,410
Okay, Robert's there. Okay, Robert, you have a Department of Head

1649
02:27:53,410 --> 02:27:55,050
Update. Can you hear us?

1650
02:27:59,510 --> 02:28:01,570
You must hear us but we can't hear you yet.

1651
02:28:06,920 --> 02:28:07,600
Not not that

1652
02:28:07,600 --> 02:28:10,580
great at lip reading so we're still working on it.

1653
02:28:24,340 --> 02:28:25,940
More waiting Jeff do you have

1654
02:28:25,940 --> 02:28:32,960
anything else? There's a report down. You might have to change your mic. I do not.

1655
02:28:34,080 --> 02:28:36,340
Whether report? No other report.

1656
02:28:38,990 --> 02:28:41,530
So you guys go through your reports and potentially

1657
02:28:41,530 --> 02:28:50,390
then read the executive session while Robert sees the audio change. I don't know.

1658
02:28:50,390 --> 02:29:04,490
I'm having such memory loss. I can't remember what we talked about regarding Miller. What was our, what do we kind of Miller, the discussion was to talk about that in the executive session.

1659
02:29:05,090 --> 02:29:07,670
Okay. Thank you.

1660
02:29:10,320 --> 02:29:11,460
Which is the old guy.

1661
02:29:11,840 --> 02:29:12,840
It's all right.

1662
02:29:13,060 --> 02:29:13,980
You're the new one.

1663
02:29:16,160 --> 02:29:18,680
OK, so Jeff is good.

1664
02:29:20,380 --> 02:29:21,420
Commission discussion.

1665
02:29:21,640 --> 02:29:23,360
Is there anything commissioner Taylor?

1666
02:29:24,820 --> 02:29:26,680
No, not this week.

1667
02:29:28,420 --> 02:29:28,920
Is there someone?

1668
02:29:31,820 --> 02:29:33,900
Well, it's not a, if it comes, it's up, it comes.

1669
02:29:34,100 --> 02:29:35,260
So I don't fix it.

1670
02:29:37,220 --> 02:29:39,560
E-O-C-A tomorrow.

1671
02:29:40,320 --> 02:29:41,020
It's been canceled.

1672
02:29:41,620 --> 02:29:42,200
Well, it has been canceled.

1673
02:29:42,220 --> 02:29:42,360
Yeah.

1674
02:29:42,360 --> 02:29:42,760
I don't know.

1675
02:29:43,640 --> 02:29:45,220
You're not getting that update.

1676
02:29:48,740 --> 02:29:48,940
Okay.

1677
02:29:51,840 --> 02:29:53,220
And not rescheduled.

1678
02:29:53,480 --> 02:29:54,400
Not rescheduled.

1679
02:29:54,640 --> 02:29:54,760
Okay.

1680
02:29:55,140 --> 02:29:55,460
Thank you.

1681
02:29:55,580 --> 02:29:56,560
We're off to the office.

1682
02:29:56,620 --> 02:29:57,340
You guys turn it out.

1683
02:29:57,440 --> 02:29:58,620
Oh, there we go.

1684
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:29,940
Thanks, Robert. We'll jump right into what you got for us. So, yeah, as you guys know, I, what you may have in front of you is just some changes that I'm proposing and structure. Two of the three positions have existed already, which are a week positions for which you and I'll just this officer excite in the adult side to my knowledge. The leads have been used.

1685
02:30:29,940 --> 02:30:35,740
this in about five to six years, our last lead on the juvenile side was Lacey Delacruz,

1686
02:30:36,340 --> 02:30:41,020
and then the adult side was Andy Pointer. Lacey is obviously the deputy director now

1687
02:30:41,020 --> 02:30:47,420
and Andy Pointer has left. I'm going to introduce the wanting to re put these positions

1688
02:30:47,420 --> 02:30:53,600
within the organization to just offer opportunity for growth with the staff that we currently

1689
02:30:53,600 --> 02:31:02,980
have an in-house. Both are, I would guess, consider a role so they're not new FTEs. They would be given to

1690
02:31:02,980 --> 02:31:12,940
officers that are already within the organization. Five percent raised for Out of County residents and

1691
02:31:12,940 --> 02:31:20,060
seven half percent raised for in-county residents. We would be, hopefully, with your guys as approval,

1692
02:31:20,060 --> 02:31:23,960
these would take effect June 21st of 2025.

1693
02:31:25,640 --> 02:31:30,680
I think some of the benefits for me would just be having that leadership

1694
02:31:31,440 --> 02:31:37,200
with more of the ground troops being able to just focus more on the vision

1695
02:31:37,200 --> 02:31:43,280
of terms of accountability for our quality of standards in terms of contact,

1696
02:31:43,280 --> 02:32:00,440
on visits, assessments, as you guys know, on the juvenile side we're seeing a lot of growth and on the adult side, the states changing a lot of their expectations of us in terms of standards, assessments.

1697
02:32:01,440 --> 02:32:11,020
Some of the things that I can necessarily put the attention I would like to have, so having an adult lead to be able to focus on those things.

1698
02:32:12,020 --> 02:32:18,620
And then the third part of the structure change would be creating a supervisor for the

1699
02:32:18,620 --> 02:32:25,520
adult side, and that would look like turning Lacey Dallacruz, who is currently deputy director

1700
02:32:25,520 --> 02:32:31,760
of just the juvenile department, two deputy director of both the adult and juvenile side of

1701
02:32:31,760 --> 02:32:38,600
things, part of that sugar would require her to become a certified adult for information

1702
02:32:38,600 --> 02:32:45,820
officer that would include her going to the academy for the six weeks. She would become

1703
02:32:45,820 --> 02:32:47,340
fire and police pose.

1704
02:32:49,920 --> 02:32:54,940
Jeff and I and HR have kind of talked about what the raise was.

1705
02:32:55,140 --> 02:32:57,880
If she would go from 29 to 30,

1706
02:33:00,750 --> 02:33:08,260
effective, if they've approved June 21st. Again, she would

1707
02:33:08,260 --> 02:33:15,400
most of her time, not most of her time, but it's a 60-40 split, 60 being juvenile, 40 adult

1708
02:33:15,840 --> 02:33:21,020
in terms of the FTE and then also in terms of how we would cover her salary.

1709
02:33:22,360 --> 02:33:29,440
I think the benefit to this is cost savings for the juvenile department or detention costs.

1710
02:33:29,940 --> 02:33:35,560
I hope to kind of offset some of that by moving over some of her costs to the adult budget

1711
02:33:35,560 --> 02:33:36,960
which is a little bit more healthy.

1712
02:33:38,060 --> 02:33:43,880
Again, creating that supervisor on the adult side,

1713
02:33:43,960 --> 02:33:47,120
what I'm at at the office, and also what I am there to

1714
02:33:47,120 --> 02:33:50,040
and being able just to have someone to collaborate

1715
02:33:50,040 --> 02:33:54,200
with more closely in terms of what we're doing on the

1716
02:33:54,200 --> 02:33:54,940
adult side.

1717
02:33:56,040 --> 02:33:59,200
And I think it's also just giving more incentive to

1718
02:33:59,200 --> 02:34:02,520
keep lazy around. She's been with the county for 17

1719
02:34:03,160 --> 02:34:06,060
years. And I think it's just continuing to help her with

1720
02:34:06,060 --> 02:34:11,320
career development, including more multimedia, so I'm

1721
02:34:11,320 --> 02:34:14,900
heard within the county. So I don't, I'm going to

1722
02:34:14,900 --> 02:34:17,340
rambla a little bit now, but if there's any questions

1723
02:34:17,340 --> 02:34:19,800
or anything I could answer, please let me know.

1724
02:34:20,520 --> 02:34:29,680
So you said June 21st for this potential change. Why June 21st,

1725
02:34:29,680 --> 02:34:35,360
rather than like a July 1st, and for budgeting purposes, I'm

1726
02:34:35,360 --> 02:34:42,640
sure it's not going to be payroll. Payroll. Payroll. Payroll. Payroll. Here it starts on the 21st. So what we use

1727
02:34:42,640 --> 02:34:51,200
does interchangeably July 1st, June, really, June 21st. So we try to make sure you guys know it would be the real

1728
02:34:51,200 --> 02:34:58,440
effective days of June 21st. But. Hey, Robert, are we in the first session of our

1729
02:34:58,440 --> 02:34:59,640
biannual budget from

1730
02:35:00,000 --> 02:35:29,240
The community justice funding specifically for adults. Are we in the first or second year of that biennium, the second year? We're in the second. So the outlooks of, the outlooks of the next, I mean, you have, you have reserves, you have, you have lots of accessible ways for the sustainability of this, I guess in my question, or my point.

1731
02:35:30,080 --> 02:35:32,440
What's the outlet for next biennium?

1732
02:35:33,240 --> 02:35:36,400
Well, we, I'm actually at OACD right now.

1733
02:35:36,660 --> 02:35:41,360
We're just speaking on that and the comments are AOC.

1734
02:35:41,700 --> 02:35:47,480
Our BOCC has been very supportive of the growth of adult community corrections.

1735
02:35:48,300 --> 02:35:53,860
And they're the gas in terms of what we received the last biennium to this biennium.

1736
02:35:54,200 --> 02:35:57,340
And it seems like we're getting the local support we need.

1737
02:35:57,340 --> 02:36:03,880
And we'll actually be going tomorrow to the Capitol Building to advocate for ourselves

1738
02:36:03,880 --> 02:36:09,900
for an $18.18 for each adult on supervision.

1739
02:36:10,780 --> 02:36:18,080
So really back to your questions, if it proves it would be a substantial growth in terms

1740
02:36:18,080 --> 02:36:21,820
of what we would receive compared to prior bionyms.

1741
02:36:22,280 --> 02:36:23,660
What are you at right now?

1742
02:36:24,040 --> 02:36:25,080
So you said 18, 18?

1743
02:36:25,920 --> 02:36:34,080
That's what they ask is, well, we received last time based off of our population, it was about 2.2 million.

1744
02:36:35,260 --> 02:36:37,560
It's given the full app.

1745
02:36:39,880 --> 02:36:44,520
We know probably won't happen. It would be 3.5.

1746
02:36:46,280 --> 02:36:55,600
by any. So what's the breakdown for adult currently? Wasn't it like 16 or 15? I

1747
02:36:55,600 --> 02:37:01,820
think you had mentioned it here recently. I think it's even lower than that

1748
02:37:01,820 --> 02:37:07,260
because it's often a case study that was long before my time. I don't know off

1749
02:37:07,260 --> 02:37:13,180
the top of my head. So you're basically asking to be fully funded over there and

1750
02:37:13,180 --> 02:37:18,000
and currently we're probably funded per individual about 80% of what the actual cost is?

1751
02:37:19,380 --> 02:37:27,340
Yeah, I mean, our budget, I think, is reflective of what we're doing well,

1752
02:37:28,040 --> 02:37:33,690
or Steve, the population that we have with staff that we have,

1753
02:37:34,730 --> 02:37:41,370
so even if not given the full budget, we would still receive approximately,

1754
02:37:41,370 --> 02:37:49,390
If not more, we will receive the last biennium because our population has maintained through

1755
02:37:49,390 --> 02:37:52,430
COVID where a lot of these other populations have dropped.

1756
02:37:53,170 --> 02:38:00,170
We're still making up about 1.16 of the population in terms of people on suit provision.

1757
02:38:03,970 --> 02:38:10,790
Which we basically have a higher population of people on suit provision compared to our general population.

1758
02:38:10,790 --> 02:38:16,890
people in our county compared to other counties, which is a good and bad thing.

1759
02:38:20,090 --> 02:38:26,430
One question, tell me if I'm crazy, but it seems to me I ran across something the other

1760
02:38:26,430 --> 02:38:34,310
day that they're asking, they might be coming back to asking us for another bite at that

1761
02:38:34,310 --> 02:38:35,110
time study.

1762
02:38:35,430 --> 02:38:38,090
Is that sound familiar to you?

1763
02:38:41,150 --> 02:38:46,550
Yes, because they want to do a new one to kind of get reflected. Sorry, I'm walking around.

1764
02:38:47,590 --> 02:38:57,550
But yeah, they may ask, so we can get more accurate in terms of what we're doing with people on the cost.

1765
02:38:58,190 --> 02:39:04,350
But it serves me right. When we did that time study, they didn't use it. They were like, nah, that's not good enough.

1766
02:39:05,090 --> 02:39:16,150
Right, right. They didn't. And so that's more of some of the frustration like because it's showing, hey, this is how much it's costing to supervise to rehabilitate someone.

1767
02:39:17,050 --> 02:39:29,650
Because it would be huge amount compared to what we actually get in terms of the budget. I mean, it would be a lot more kind of unrealistic compared to what they've approved and given us.

1768
02:39:29,650 --> 02:39:34,090
So, yeah, it wasn't utilized how we hoped for it.

1769
02:39:35,070 --> 02:39:36,190
Well, I'm very supportive of this.

1770
02:39:36,230 --> 02:39:45,890
I think this allows growth and obviously some opportunities to capture some of these out of a very strong adult side.

1771
02:39:47,170 --> 02:39:50,030
So, I'd be advocate for this change.

1772
02:39:50,630 --> 02:39:51,410
Okay. It's a motion.

1773
02:39:52,690 --> 02:39:53,530
Is it a motion?

1774
02:39:54,310 --> 02:39:54,850
Do we need a motion?

1775
02:39:54,850 --> 02:39:58,450
to have a motion.

1776
02:40:00,000 --> 02:40:07,120
Do you want to see you could make a motion to reorganize the community justice adult and juvenile

1777
02:40:07,120 --> 02:40:12,940
department as presented, including the new job description of deputy director.

1778
02:40:13,740 --> 02:40:19,000
Some moved. Second. Okay, you got a motion and a second. Is there any further discussion?

1779
02:40:20,240 --> 02:40:26,180
So this would be given staff, it's good the ability to do all these things and then probably

1780
02:40:26,180 --> 02:40:29,480
getting a little more fine detail of what that's looking like, is that?

1781
02:40:29,860 --> 02:40:32,220
The motion before you would would implement it.

1782
02:40:32,740 --> 02:40:32,980
Implemented.

1783
02:40:33,020 --> 02:40:39,820
June, June 21st as presented and what we would work with Robert on going out for the recruitment

1784
02:40:39,820 --> 02:40:46,460
for those two leads at some point, I know he would be able to make an offer until we get closer

1785
02:40:46,460 --> 02:40:46,920
to the June.

1786
02:40:51,020 --> 02:40:52,680
Any further discussion?

1787
02:40:55,060 --> 02:41:02,720
All in favor of supporting the restructuring of adult and juvenile.

1788
02:41:03,300 --> 02:41:04,780
Please state by saying aye.

1789
02:41:05,060 --> 02:41:05,220
Aye.

1790
02:41:06,220 --> 02:41:06,420
Aye.

1791
02:41:07,180 --> 02:41:08,100
Motion carries.

1792
02:41:08,620 --> 02:41:09,000
Thanks Robert.

1793
02:41:09,660 --> 02:41:10,460
Thank you guys here.

1794
02:41:10,600 --> 02:41:11,020
It should be bad.

1795
02:41:11,240 --> 02:41:11,960
Good luck tomorrow.

1796
02:41:11,960 --> 02:41:13,780
Thank you, bye.

1797
02:41:19,100 --> 02:41:22,240
Anything further for discussion today?

1798
02:41:25,200 --> 02:41:26,360
Remember we're going to recess.

1799
02:41:27,040 --> 02:41:28,180
We are going to recess.

1800
02:41:28,980 --> 02:41:31,600
So do I have a script council?

1801
02:41:36,270 --> 02:41:38,550
We're going to go in executive session.

1802
02:41:38,910 --> 02:41:41,590
Are we going to need to come back for any decisions?

1803
02:41:42,090 --> 02:41:44,270
I do not see any need to come back.

1804
02:41:44,270 --> 02:41:49,270
Okay, I guess if we do we could always make that decision tonight.

1805
02:41:49,970 --> 02:41:50,630
That's true.

1806
02:41:50,870 --> 02:41:53,650
Yeah, you're going to be recess until six.

1807
02:41:53,850 --> 02:41:55,570
Yeah, we are going to go into executive session.

1808
02:41:55,750 --> 02:42:00,230
We will then recess for our six o'clock in Cricut River Ranch.

1809
02:42:00,370 --> 02:42:05,110
If there's any decisions that need to be made, we will do them there tonight.

1810
02:42:05,790 --> 02:42:07,970
So I will read the script.

1811
02:42:09,550 --> 02:42:12,710
The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners will now meet an executive session

1812
02:42:12,710 --> 02:42:14,750
to consider real property transaction.

1813
02:42:15,090 --> 02:42:23,590
The executive session is held pursuant to ORS192.006602E,

1814
02:42:24,090 --> 02:42:26,130
which allows the commission to meet an executive session

1815
02:42:26,130 --> 02:42:30,110
to deliberate with persons designated by the governing body

1816
02:42:30,110 --> 02:42:32,330
to negotiate real property transaction.

1817
02:42:35,030 --> 02:42:37,750
Representatives of the media and designated staff

1818
02:42:37,750 --> 02:42:40,530
shall be allowed to attend the executive session.

1819
02:42:40,910 --> 02:42:43,490
All of the members of the public are asked to leave the room.

1820
02:42:43,490 --> 02:42:49,010
Representatives of the news media are specifically directed not to report on any of the deliberations

1821
02:42:49,010 --> 02:42:54,130
during the executive session except to state the statutory section and the purpose of the

1822
02:42:54,130 --> 02:42:59,710
executive session. Specifically, the news media is restricted to reporting that the Board

1823
02:42:59,710 --> 02:43:09,550
of Commissioners met an executive session pursuant to ORS192.6602E to deliberate with persons designated

1824
02:43:09,550 --> 02:43:12,610
by the governing body to negotiate real property transactions.

1825
02:43:13,550 --> 02:43:16,530
No discussion may be made in executive session.

1826
02:43:16,710 --> 02:43:23,190
At the end of the session, we will recess and reconvene

1827
02:43:23,190 --> 02:43:25,870
at our cooking over ranch meeting at 6 p.m.