[1:57] I love you.

[2:15] » It's amazing.

[2:22] » I love you.

[2:31] » They all come down to the bottom.

[2:33] And I have good friends.

[2:39] » Okay.

[3:10] » Thank you.

[3:19] » Really?

[3:47] » I love

[4:57] » Good morning everybody and welcome to

[4:59] the information session for the

[5:00] Montgomery County Commission today,

[5:03] August 11th, 2026.

[5:06] I'm going to ask Reverend Dwayne

[5:07] Limerick Flatline Church to lead us in

[5:10] invocation.

[5:12] >> All right, let us pray.

[5:14] » All right, let us pray.

[5:14] Our Father God in the mighty, awesome,

[5:16] powerful, matchless name of Jesus, we

[5:19] come to you this morning with

[5:20] Thanksgiving and gratefulness on our

[5:22] heart. God, we thank you for breathing

[5:24] your breath into us today

[5:26] and giving us an opportunity to enjoy

[5:28] this day that you have made. God, thank

[5:30] you for what you are doing here in our

[5:32] city, Lord God, and no matter what going

[5:35] on, you still in charge. And God, we ask

[5:37] that the Holy Spirit that you will lead

[5:39] us as we conduct your business today and

[5:42] that you will lead all the decisions

[5:43] that made today and that that will

[5:45] distribute your funds the way that will

[5:47] please you and that would put a smile on

[5:49] your face. God, I ask that you bless

[5:51] each and every person that's in this

[5:53] place today and even the ones that might

[5:54] be tuning in later. Lord God, deal with

[5:57] all of us according to your will. In

[5:59] Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

[6:08] » Good morning.

[6:10] >> Is Commissioner

[6:11] » Is Commissioner

[6:11] Harris

[6:12] >> He's not going to join us this morning.

[6:14] » He's not going to join us this morning.

[6:14] >> Oh, he's not, okay.

[6:15] » Oh, he's not, okay.

[6:15] >> No, sir.

[6:18] » Thank you for having a meeting just for

[6:19] me here, Regina.

[6:20] >> I know, right?

[6:21] » I know, right?

[6:21] Your other commissioner just left.

[6:23] >> Yeah, he's coming back and and I know

[6:24] » Yeah, he's coming back and and I know

[6:24] Commissioner Costanzos

[6:26] >> He's running he's he's coming.

[6:28] » He's running he's he's coming.

[6:28] And I think Carmack is coming.

[6:29] >> Carmack is coming, too, so.

[6:31] » Carmack is coming, too, so.

[6:31] >> Yes, sir.

[6:32] » Yes, sir.

[6:32] >> not talked with her, though.

[6:37] We get a lot of things done today, we

[6:38] can't we?

[6:40] >> If they knew you were sitting here

[6:41] » If they knew you were sitting here

[6:42] alone, they would get a speeding ticket.

[6:43] >> Oh, yeah, [laughter] no doubt.

[6:49] » Anybody want to sing a little music

[6:51] while you wait?

[7:02] Go ahead and go.

[7:03] >> Yeah, let's go ahead and go through

[7:04] » Yeah, let's go ahead and go through

[7:04] this.

[7:04] >> There we go.

[7:14] Good morning.

[7:16] We do not have any scheduled attendees

[7:17] for this morning, Chairman.

[7:19] So, items to be considered at the 10:00

[7:21] session.

[7:22] Consider the donation of two

[7:24] decommissioned vehicles to Trenholm

[7:26] State Community College Police

[7:27] Department, Montgomery County Sheriff's

[7:29] Office.

[7:32] Consider memorandum of understanding

[7:33] with the City of Montgomery for the

[7:35] special election for City Council

[7:37] District 3.

[7:40] Consider FY 2027 annual transportation

[7:43] plan as per Rebuild Alabama Act

[7:46] Engineering Department.

[7:48] Consider professional services agreement

[7:50] with Thomas P. Miller and Associates LLC

[7:53] regarding Montgomery County strategic

[7:55] plan.

[7:56] Consider the appointment of Richard

[7:58] Williams

[8:00] to the Montgomery County Department of

[8:02] Human Resources Board for a term ending

[8:05] September 5th, 2029.

[8:08] Consider miscellaneous appropriations to

[8:10] agencies. Any additions?

[8:17] Okay.

[8:19] Consider miscellaneous appropriations to

[8:20] education. Any additions?

[8:25] » No, just remind

[8:27] all of commissioners that

[8:29] the fiscal year ends September 30th, so

[8:32] uh next month

[8:34] if you want to make some appropriations.

[8:36] >> You're going to have a nice attendance

[8:37] » You're going to have a nice attendance

[8:37] in September.

[8:38] >> Yeah. Get plenty.

[8:42] » Consider miscellaneous appropriations to

[8:44] designated revenue.

[8:48] » Yeah, uh

[8:50] >> Any additions? I'm sorry.

[8:51] » Any additions? I'm sorry.

[8:52] >> we want to talk about Flatline Coalition

[8:55] » we want to talk about Flatline Coalition

[8:55] Community Coalition, right?

[8:58] Foundation. Uh I sent a email out to

[9:01] everybody on that uh

[9:04] uh

[9:05] Dwayne, you want to come up and kind of

[9:07] explain what what your dilemma is and

[9:10] again for us, I know with the the

[9:11] building and all

[9:12] >> [clears throat]

[9:13] » [clears throat]

[9:13] >> what you had to do.

[9:14] » what you had to do.

[9:14] >> Yes, thank you. Uh well, um

[9:17] » Yes, thank you. Uh well, um

[9:17] I will church building is the hub for

[9:19] where we host our um nonprofit. What we

[9:23] run everything up out of it. That's what

[9:24] we do our uh did our hold our summer

[9:27] program. We have our uh feeding programs

[9:30] that we do every Sunday. We also host um

[9:33] free legal aid every first and third

[9:35] Tuesday. We're doing that for 5 years um

[9:38] with Montgomery Volunteer

[9:39] Montgomery Volunteer Law Program. The

[9:41] building is very very old as we continue

[9:43] to

[9:44] um add, you know,

[9:47] we were having ACs and things like that

[9:49] donated to us, but it was on a fuse

[9:52] system and we're trying to transfer over

[9:54] to a breaker box.

[9:56] And we can't have volunteers take care

[9:58] of that. We need, you know, professional

[10:00] people to come in.

[10:02] >> And you've already spent

[10:04] » And you've already spent

[10:04] about $10,000 already, right?

[10:06] >> Well, we did.

[10:07] » Well, we did.

[10:07] >> halfway done, right?

[10:08] » halfway done, right?

[10:08] >> Well, we didn't spend it. We just told

[10:09] » Well, we didn't spend it. We just told

[10:10] them that we had the money coming, so

[10:11] they came in and did the work. We're

[10:13] halfway done.

[10:13] >> summer camp there all summer, hadn't

[10:15] » summer camp there all summer, hadn't

[10:15] you?

[10:15] >> Yeah, we do it every year.

[10:17] » Yeah, we do it every year.

[10:17] >> And you had to suspend camp just because

[10:19] » And you had to suspend camp just because

[10:19] of the electrical

[10:20] >> We did. Yeah, about 3 weeks we, you

[10:23] » We did. Yeah, about 3 weeks we, you

[10:23] know, we had to find other places to

[10:25] take the youth to to

[10:28] continue with our program, but yes, sir.

[10:30] >> Well, you're doing great work in North

[10:31] » Well, you're doing great work in North

[10:31] Montgomery.

[10:33] Again, you're serving those

[10:34] community over there. It's

[10:36] uh uh

[10:37] that

[10:38] you're really making a difference, you

[10:39] and your people inside the

[10:41] uh

[10:42] the building there are really doing a

[10:43] great job. I I sent it out. I know

[10:46] Commissioner Constanza uh joined me in

[10:48] 4,000. So, Regina 4,000 from Doug

[10:52] District 5, 4,000 from

[10:55] uh designated revenue?

[10:56] >> Yeah.

[10:56] » Yeah.

[10:56] >> Mhm.

[10:58] » Mhm.

[10:58] And

[10:59] um give the opportunity to some others

[11:01] if they want to help today.

[11:03] Do that.

[11:04] >> Can you give me the name that you want

[11:06] » Can you give me the name that you want

[11:06] the funds to go to again?

[11:07] >> Sure. Flatline Community Coalition.

[11:09] » Sure. Flatline Community Coalition.

[11:09] >> Okay. Thank you.

[11:10] » Okay. Thank you.

[11:11] >> Yes.

[11:11] » Yes.

[11:12] >> And Tammy uh

[11:14] » And Tammy uh

[11:14] Tammy

[11:15] Flatline Community Coalition, can you

[11:17] get with Dwayne if I think he's set it

[11:19] up already. I think we've given before,

[11:21] Tammy.

[11:21] >> Yeah, you have.

[11:22] » Yeah, you have.

[11:22] >> Yeah, many times in the past, so okay. I

[11:24] » Yeah, many times in the past, so okay. I

[11:24] should be okay set up, so

[11:27] Does anybody else want to help?

[11:28] >> Put me down for 4, too, uh Ms. Walker,

[11:31] » Put me down for 4, too, uh Ms. Walker,

[11:31] please.

[11:31] >> Yes, sir.

[11:31] » Yes, sir.

[11:32] >> Thank you.

[11:37] » All right, we'll keep digging.

[11:38] >> All right, thank you.

[11:39] » All right, thank you.

[11:39] >> Okay, buddy.

[11:40] » Okay, buddy.

[11:40] >> Any other additions to designated

[11:42] » Any other additions to designated

[11:42] revenue?

[11:44] Okay.

[11:45] >> I think I think I might have two.

[11:46] » I think I think I might have two.

[11:47] Um

[11:48] >> Wait, don't you mean three?

[11:49] » Wait, don't you mean three?

[11:49] >> Well, Jamice, uh I think Doug is in the

[11:53] » Well, Jamice, uh I think Doug is in the

[11:53] program for the $750 to

[11:56] Leadership Montgomery. That's for the

[11:57] program that came and presented last

[11:59] week, is that right?

[12:00] >> Yes, yeah, that that was his ask of each

[12:02] » Yes, yeah, that that was his ask of each

[12:02] commissioner.

[12:03] >> So, I I'd like to add my $750 as well.

[12:13] And then, I

[12:17] Jamice is sharing with you right now. I

[12:18] had a neighborhood association months

[12:20] ago that

[12:22] either

[12:23] wasn't submitted

[12:25] did didn't get funded, got left off,

[12:27] whatever it is.

[12:28] Um no no fingers pointed, unless they're

[12:31] at myself, which I'll take all of it.

[12:33] But, um

[12:36] from designated.

[12:38] One Is it 1,000? All right, perfect.

[12:40] Thank you.

[13:28] » So, you got I have to resend it now.

[14:00] » She needs to allocate at this meeting

[14:01] and or she needs to rescind.

[14:08] That was designated?

[14:09] Okay.

[14:25] Got you.

[14:27] Is that right?

[14:30] Okay.

[14:31] >> [clears throat]

[14:31] » [clears throat]

[14:31] >> Consider travel training request

[14:34] » Consider travel training request

[14:34] for

[14:35] detention, engineering,

[14:38] information systems, and the sheriff.

[14:43] » Just point of clarification, most of

[14:45] these training requests are showing that

[14:46] there's no budget money. Is that because

[14:47] they're coming out of FY 27 and that

[14:49] budget hadn't been set yet?

[14:52] >> That's a good question.

[14:54] » That's a good question.

[14:54] Okay.

[14:55] >> I just I just want to make sure.

[14:56] » I just I just want to make sure.

[14:56] >> finance director.

[14:59] Item number three, um, on our formal

[15:02] agenda.

[15:04] Consider donation of two decommissioned

[15:06] vehicles to Trenholm State Community

[15:07] College Police Department.

[15:09] Sheriff?

[15:14] Nope.

[15:15] >> Now, that's

[15:15] » Now, that's

[15:15] >> I'm sorry. I'm I'm on the wrong one. I'm

[15:17] » I'm sorry. I'm I'm on the wrong one. I'm

[15:17] so sorry.

[15:18] Consider amendment to Tyler Tech

[15:19] software agreement to approve and

[15:21] implement Tyler Tech Energy Gov. Terry

[15:24] Henderson is here and I think Rodney is

[15:25] going to join her.

[15:33] He's eager. Good morning.

[15:38] » Good morning.

[15:39] Good morning, everyone.

[15:40] >> Good morning.

[15:43] » Good morning.

[15:43] >> The information that's on the agenda for

[15:45] » The information that's on the agenda for

[15:46] today, I had requested waiver rules for

[15:48] this. This is the

[15:50] software to replace our current Natco

[15:53] application that we have had for over 10

[15:57] years now.

[15:58] And it was what we had discussed during

[16:00] the budget hearing. We have since gone

[16:03] back in combination with the IT

[16:04] department and myself.

[16:06] And worked with the vendor and they have

[16:09] provided the revisions that you see

[16:11] before you. There is no travel in there.

[16:15] Of course,

[16:17] this is uh

[16:18] moving forward the way we have presented

[16:20] it so that we could use the available

[16:22] funds within the fiscal year 2026

[16:24] budget.

[16:25] And move forward there to get started

[16:28] hopefully within a 30 to 45-day time

[16:30] frame once we get the signature and

[16:32] approval on the contract.

[16:34] >> you have this money in your budget for

[16:35] » you have this money in your budget for

[16:35] 2026?

[16:36] >> Yes, sir. For the most part, the

[16:38] » Yes, sir. For the most part, the

[16:38] majority of this is in the in the

[16:40] current year budget. And then it would

[16:43] be a yearly maintenance and SAS fee

[16:46] thereafter. That would be a reoccurring

[16:49] fee

[16:50] for year two and thereafter.

[16:52] >> So, 380 382,133

[16:55] » So, 380 382,133

[16:55] dollars, that's that's available in your

[16:57] budget for 2026.

[16:58] >> Between what I have in the software and

[17:00] » Between what I have in the software and

[17:00] with what I have also in the

[17:03] 304 account for professional services.

[17:06] >> So, that's the urgency for waiving rules

[17:08] » So, that's the urgency for waiving rules

[17:08] so we can go to

[17:08] >> Absolutely. Yes, sir.

[17:10] » Absolutely. Yes, sir.

[17:10] >> And chairman, we can change that over.

[17:11] » And chairman, we can change that over.

[17:11] Terry, we apologize. We realized this

[17:13] morning that was supposed to be waiver

[17:14] rules, but they can switch it over

[17:16] during the break. Mhm.

[17:18] >> Thank you very much.

[17:19] » Thank you very much.

[17:19] >> have any questions for Terry or Rodney?

[17:21] » have any questions for Terry or Rodney?

[17:21] >> Now just to be clear, this is something

[17:22] » Now just to be clear, this is something

[17:22] we talked about in the budget hearing

[17:23] about how we've got the money allocated

[17:25] right now. So this is doing that. That's

[17:27] what we're doing. You're getting it

[17:28] spent so we're doing it right now.

[17:29] That's That's fantastic, Terry. That's

[17:31] fantastic.

[17:32] >> Right.

[17:33] » Right.

[17:33] >> And we'll we'll need to add the 131313

[17:36] » And we'll we'll need to add the 131313

[17:36] to the '27 budget for the annual fee.

[17:38] >> Yes, sir. That would be coming out and

[17:40] » Yes, sir. That would be coming out and

[17:40] that would be in the transition.

[17:42] >> Yeah. Can you pay the annual fee now if

[17:44] » Yeah. Can you pay the annual fee now if

[17:44] you have money in your 2026 budget and

[17:47] pay it in advance?

[17:48] >> It'll be paid up front at the start of

[17:50] » It'll be paid up front at the start of

[17:50] the project cuz that will allocate all

[17:53] the services software and the hosting

[17:55] part of it.

[17:57] Um then next year this time next year

[18:00] that we'll have to pay the annual fee

[18:02] again.

[18:02] >> Yeah. Exactly.

[18:04] » Yeah. Exactly.

[18:04] >> So yeah, for the '27 fiscal year that

[18:07] » So yeah, for the '27 fiscal year that

[18:08] 131 will need to be added to my budget

[18:10] to pay for it next year.

[18:12] But this year gets us started up front.

[18:15] >> But that was the 131 you talked about

[18:17] » But that was the 131 you talked about

[18:17] before, right? Was that

[18:19] on your budget hearing you'd asked for

[18:21] some software?

[18:23] >> That was uh yeah, we were moving from

[18:26] » That was uh yeah, we were moving from

[18:26] other departments to mine.

[18:27] >> Okay.

[18:29] » Okay.

[18:29] All right. I need a motion.

[18:32] >> Move to waive rules.

[18:34] » Move to waive rules.

[18:34] >> I second it.

[18:35] » I second it.

[18:35] >> All in favor say I.

[18:36] » All in favor say I.

[18:36] >> I.

[18:37] » I.

[18:37] >> Okay. Thank you.

[18:38] » Okay. Thank you.

[18:38] >> Thank you so very much.

[18:40] » Thank you so very much.

[18:40] >> Thank you.

[18:42] » Thank you.

[18:42] Consider an unbudgeted field position

[18:44] request for part-time administrative

[18:46] support associate. Uh our purchasing

[18:49] manager, Sandra Cunningham, is coming

[18:51] down.

[18:53] » Good morning.

[18:54] >> Good morning.

[18:57] » Good morning.

[18:57] >> Uh

[18:57] » Uh

[18:57] this request is for part-time

[18:59] administrative support associate to

[19:02] support operations for the purchasing

[19:04] department.

[19:05] Uh currently we have a heavy workload.

[19:08] Um

[19:10] and we support the entire county. It's

[19:12] myself and two buyers.

[19:14] So this would really help us keep

[19:16] everything efficiently and flowing to

[19:18] support the operations of the county.

[19:21] I requested this in my part two budget.

[19:25] But it's in critical that we get this

[19:26] position filled as quickly as possible.

[19:30] >> So that will bring your department to

[19:31] » So that will bring your department to

[19:31] three people.

[19:33] >> Four.

[19:34] » Four.

[19:34] >> Four.

[19:34] » Four.

[19:34] >> This makes four. You got three now.

[19:36] » This makes four. You got three now.

[19:36] >> And myself.

[19:37] » And myself.

[19:37] >> So that would be three and a half.

[19:38] » So that would be three and a half.

[19:38] >> She makes three. She has one person

[19:39] » She makes three. She has one person

[19:39] that's out until the end of September.

[19:42] So she's down to two people.

[19:43] >> Okay. And then in September she'll have

[19:45] » Okay. And then in September she'll have

[19:45] three and you're asking for one more.

[19:47] >> Yes, sir.

[19:48] » Yes, sir.

[19:48] >> Okay. And how many have we had in the

[19:50] » Okay. And how many have we had in the

[19:50] past always had?

[19:51] >> I know they've had four. I don't know

[19:55] » I know they've had four. I don't know

[19:55] when they were all right. Have you all

[19:56] ever had more than four employees in

[19:58] purchasing?

[20:05] » They've always had four then.

[20:16] » Thank you, Martha. Martha's our former

[20:18] purchasing manager, so that's why I

[20:19] asked her.

[20:25] » Any questions?

[20:28] » That'll be next agenda.

[20:30] >> Thank you, Sandra.

[20:31] » Thank you, Sandra.

[20:31] >> Thank you.

[20:34] » Consider establishing county levies for

[20:36] new ABC license types.

[20:42] » Any questions on that? That'll be next

[20:44] agenda.

[20:46] >> Actually,

[20:47] » Actually,

[20:47] I did this. Sandra, could you come back

[20:49] up real quick? I got a quick question.

[20:51] Yep.

[20:54] Cuz we don't get a whole lot of

[20:55] opportunities to talk. Just

[20:57] walk give us the 30-second overview of

[21:00] what purchasing does. And then I'd love

[21:02] for you to describe the physical

[21:04] hang-ups right now that are requiring an

[21:06] additional staff member. Does that make

[21:07] sense?

[21:08] >> Yes, sir, for sure.

[21:09] » Yes, sir, for sure.

[21:09] >> Uh currently um we handle all of the

[21:12] » Uh currently um we handle all of the

[21:12] purchasing for the entire county. Uh

[21:14] from administrative supplies all the way

[21:16] to our vehicles,

[21:18] uh buildings, maintenance, MROs, which

[21:21] is maintenance and repairs.

[21:23] Um

[21:24] the administrative support is critical

[21:25] to our operations. It allows the buyers

[21:27] and myself over management to focus on

[21:30] the things that we need to focus on as

[21:31] far as uh

[21:33] compliance, making sure we're in

[21:35] compliance with laws, uh the laws

[21:37] changes that we've had. Um

[21:40] so having this administrative support is

[21:42] is very important. Um the administrative

[21:46] support would handle all of our filing,

[21:49] um

[21:50] our postings, uh

[21:53] community um I'm sorry.

[21:55] The

[21:56] department interactions, all of those

[21:58] things as as well as our mailing and we

[22:01] do a lot of um

[22:03] manual processes still as well. Uh which

[22:05] is one of the things that I'm trying to

[22:06] focus on is bring us up to date in

[22:08] operations. Uh this will will again

[22:10] allow us the buyers and myself to focus

[22:13] on those very critical operational

[22:15] needs. Um

[22:17] >> Does purchasing supervise the mail room

[22:19] » Does purchasing supervise the mail room

[22:19] as well?

[22:20] >> We support the mail room. We don't

[22:22] » We support the mail room. We don't

[22:22] supervise it. It It falls under general

[22:24] services support services. Uh but we do

[22:26] help and support with that operation uh

[22:29] because we do have the purchasing

[22:31] component of that as well.

[22:32] >> So like

[22:33] » So like

[22:33] >> all of the PO boxes as well.

[22:34] » all of the PO boxes as well.

[22:34] >> Okay.

[22:35] » Okay.

[22:35] >> Yes, sir.

[22:35] » Yes, sir.

[22:35] >> Paying paying to make sure we got stamps

[22:37] » Paying paying to make sure we got stamps

[22:37] in the hopper ready to go.

[22:39] I've heard we've we've gotten close a

[22:40] couple times.

[22:41] >> Yes. Yes, sir.

[22:41] » Yes. Yes, sir.

[22:41] >> from you?

[22:42] » from you?

[22:42] >> As one point at one point prior to me

[22:44] » As one point at one point prior to me

[22:44] getting here, I just got here in April.

[22:46] Um but prior to me getting here um in I

[22:48] think former years purchasing at one

[22:51] time was under support services and it

[22:53] has since been separated. So we're uh

[22:56] just redistributing our our

[22:59] responsibilities as they should be.

[23:01] Um

[23:02] to answer that question.

[23:04] >> With this new position, are they going

[23:06] » With this new position, are they going

[23:06] to be you mentioned talking to the

[23:08] different departments. Is that going to

[23:09] be the person that if

[23:12] probate wants to make a purchase or

[23:13] commission wants to make a purchase,

[23:14] they would go through this person or

[23:16] does that come through you? What does

[23:17] that process look like?

[23:18] >> Uh we support each buyer and as well as

[23:21] » Uh we support each buyer and as well as

[23:21] myself, we have

[23:23] different departments that we support

[23:24] directly that we're assigned to

[23:27] but it's also a collective thing as well

[23:30] depending on the workflow. In that peak

[23:32] season like we're coming up to year end

[23:33] closeout New Year preparation, those are

[23:36] critical that we support

[23:39] all of the departments. So there's no

[23:43] there's assignments for departments but

[23:45] we all do everything collectively as

[23:47] well.

[23:48] >> What's your current processing time from

[23:50] » What's your current processing time from

[23:50] time you receive a

[23:52] request to the ability to purchase and

[23:54] have on site? What do you think that

[23:56] timeline looks like right now?

[23:57] >> It's been delayed a little bit because

[23:58] » It's been delayed a little bit because

[23:58] of the shortage. Um right now we're

[24:01] working at 7 to

[24:03] 10 days where it was normally uh same

[24:06] day or two to three days. So yes. Uh

[24:09] contract management kind of plays a role

[24:12] into that. Uh the buyers really and

[24:14] myself really need to focus on contract

[24:16] management. Um

[24:18] because we have to do research as well

[24:21] as

[24:22] build relationships with those suppliers

[24:24] that we work with. So it takes a lot. We

[24:26] work a lot with legal as well as risk

[24:29] management to make sure that we're in

[24:30] compliance with the

[24:32] insurance requirements and that that

[24:34] we're abiding to all of the law

[24:36] requirements.

[24:39] Thank you.

[24:40] >> Thank you.

[24:48] » Thank you, Sandra.

[24:49] Um item number three, consider

[24:50] establishing county levies for new ABC

[24:53] license types.

[24:56] » I I we already got that one. We got

[24:57] that.

[24:58] >> you You didn't ask You asked what are

[24:59] » you You didn't ask You asked what are

[24:59] the questions, so I didn't know. And we

[25:00] kind of got I want to make sure. I'm

[25:02] sorry.

[25:03] Um consider contract with the Jones

[25:05] Group LLC for governmental relations.

[25:08] This is a renewal of his contract from

[25:10] um this current year's contract.

[25:12] >> No increase?

[25:13] » No increase?

[25:13] >> No, sir. There wasn't an increase in the

[25:15] » No, sir. There wasn't an increase in the

[25:15] contract amount.

[25:16] >> I know that contract was

[25:18] » I know that contract was

[25:18] provided for additional expenses for

[25:20] travel, etc., etc. Did we encounter any

[25:23] of those additional incur any additional

[25:24] expenses

[25:25] during the current contract?

[25:27] >> None that I'm aware of. None I haven't

[25:29] » None that I'm aware of. None I haven't

[25:29] been informed of any um

[25:32] I don't know of any. I do see that in

[25:34] the contract.

[25:35] >> Yeah, I don't think I don't recall them

[25:37] » Yeah, I don't think I don't recall them

[25:37] ever coming to us. So far, I think it's

[25:40] been in every contract we've had

[25:43] lobbying groups, but I don't remember

[25:46] them ever coming to us with any special

[25:48] travel requests.

[25:51] Or the group before them, I don't

[25:52] remember them ever doing it either, so.

[25:54] >> Okay.

[25:55] » Okay.

[25:55] >> So So the answer is at this time there

[25:57] » So So the answer is at this time there

[25:57] >> As of today, the answer is no.

[25:58] » As of today, the answer is no.

[25:58] >> Okay.

[25:59] » Okay.

[25:59] >> Yes, sir.

[25:59] » Yes, sir.

[25:59] >> And that would have to be approved

[26:01] » And that would have to be approved

[26:01] before

[26:03] they did it, I'm sure.

[26:05] >> I would like to think so, but I would

[26:06] » I would like to think so, but I would

[26:06] ask Connie for an interpretation and see

[26:09] if we need to put something in there

[26:10] like maybe a specific amount needs to

[26:12] come before the commission or however

[26:13] y'all want to do that, but I would like

[26:15] to think that would have to be approved.

[26:16] >> Yeah. Well, I just I'll have a

[26:18] » Yeah. Well, I just I'll have a

[26:18] conversation with them just make sure

[26:20] before they

[26:21] do anything to let us know what they

[26:23] want to do.

[26:25] >> That sounds nice, but

[26:26] » That sounds nice, but

[26:26] >> I've been been up and

[26:28] » I've been been up and

[26:28] long as I've been here on the

[26:28] commission, so.

[26:30] >> Yes, sir.

[26:32] » Yes, sir.

[26:32] >> That'll be next agenda.

[26:34] » That'll be next agenda.

[26:34] >> Item number five, consider amending the

[26:37] » Item number five, consider amending the

[26:37] contract with Booth Management

[26:38] Consulting for the remainder of 2026

[26:41] and to close out 2027.

[26:44] Ms. Robin Booth is on the phone. Robin,

[26:46] are you on?

[26:51] » Good morning. Yes, I am.

[26:53] >> Good morning. As you know, commission,

[26:55] » Good morning. As you know, commission,

[26:55] we um funds were allocated to over 65

[26:58] programs for 45 recipients.

[27:01] Each of those recipients had various

[27:03] experience with managing federal money.

[27:05] So, it has been

[27:07] um

[27:09] a journey to kind of get them to spend

[27:12] the money in compliance with the rules

[27:14] set out by Treasury, and Robin and her

[27:16] team have done a great job, but now it's

[27:18] time for us to get those projects closed

[27:21] out and to get our final reports to

[27:24] Treasury, and that's going to require a

[27:27] little bit more guidance um for those

[27:30] that either

[27:33] received incorrect information in the

[27:35] beginning or need help getting across

[27:37] the line. So, this is what we're trying

[27:39] to do, and Robin has put together a

[27:41] brief presentation that will probably

[27:43] give you a little bit more information

[27:45] as to where we are right now. So, I'll

[27:46] turn it over to Robin.

[27:49] >> Good morning. Good morning. I'm not um

[27:51] » Good morning. Good morning. I'm not um

[27:51] I don't have the ability to share my

[27:52] screen. I don't know if I can get that

[27:54] ability real quickly in Teams. I was

[27:56] waiting

[27:57] for the share.

[27:58] >> I think um

[28:00] » I think um

[28:00] they are going to We have your

[28:01] presentation, so I think they're going

[28:02] to share.

[28:04] >> Oh, I I I'll just walk through it then.

[28:06] » Oh, I I I'll just walk through it then.

[28:06] I can't see it.

[28:07] >> Okay.

[28:07] » Okay.

[28:07] >> Okay. So, um as Regina alluded to, and I

[28:11] » Okay. So, um as Regina alluded to, and I

[28:11] think we made this clear when we

[28:13] initially earlier on in our contract, we

[28:15] had brought some things to the

[28:16] commission

[28:17] as we started to experience some

[28:19] some some issues that concerned us. So,

[28:22] our original scope when we started, you

[28:24] know, we we believed that let's just say

[28:27] because you had prior consultants and

[28:29] you had prior work done that your files,

[28:31] your documentation were at a certain

[28:33] level as far as compliance with this

[28:35] one-time generational funding through

[28:38] the ARPA program. Um we brought to your

[28:41] attention early on that we had serious

[28:43] concerns about some initial

[28:44] determinations made relative to whether

[28:46] the agreements with your partners,

[28:48] because that's what we call them, your

[28:49] partners and your grantees, uh

[28:52] were

[28:53] I will just say with the designation of

[28:55] the agreement type, subrecipient versus

[28:57] beneficiary, were consistent and

[29:00] compliant with both the Treasury

[29:02] guidance as well as the uniform

[29:03] guidance. And we raised those issues. Uh

[29:06] what we what we recommended and and

[29:15] » We lost you.

[29:19] Robin, we lost you.

[29:30] » No.

[29:31] >> Regina

[29:32] » Regina

[29:32] >> I'm going to put you on speaker.

[29:34] » I'm going to put you on speaker.

[29:34] >> Okay.

[29:34] » Okay.

[29:34] >> All right.

[29:36] Go ahead, Robin.

[29:37] >> Go ahead.

[29:38] » Go ahead.

[29:38] Okay, can you all hear me now?

[29:43] Unmute me. Can you all hear me now?

[29:44] >> Yes.

[29:45] » Yes.

[29:45] >> Okay. So, as I was saying, you can go to

[29:48] » Okay. So, as I was saying, you can go to

[29:48] the next slide.

[29:50] Here, too.

[29:52] Um

[29:54] And you can go to the next slide as

[29:56] well.

[29:57] So, what we

[30:01] what we identified early on was that

[30:04] those issues could potentially put this

[30:06] really the county in a precarious

[30:08] situation under audit. And one of the

[30:10] big things we are audit defensible and

[30:13] and we brought that to the table as far

[30:14] as our approach. You can go to the next

[30:16] slide. So, when we looked at the

[30:17] projects and made that it down There we

[30:19] go. So, what we identified was that for

[30:22] those projects, that determination of

[30:25] subrecipients versus beneficiary had

[30:27] tremendous impact on how you had to

[30:29] monitor projects. We elected and

[30:32] discussed with going with the

[30:33] conservative approach, so that even if

[30:35] the initial determination is questioned

[30:37] under audit,

[30:40] The approach for the county is that

[30:42] we're going to be the most conservative

[30:43] and we're going to treat them all at the

[30:45] highest standard, which would have been

[30:46] as a subrecipient. So, we did not go

[30:49] back and try to argue the point about

[30:50] the initial determination. What we

[30:52] proposed and the county understood and

[30:54] accepted was that we're going to go with

[30:56] the most conservative and the most

[30:58] protected um protective and audit

[30:59] defensible for the county and to treat

[31:02] these projects as subrecipients and make

[31:04] sure we're validating 100%

[31:07] of the dollars that were used for ARPA

[31:09] programs. So, there's 65 projects. The

[31:11] good thing is you all have obligated all

[31:13] of the money's obligated. This meant

[31:15] that as of December 31st, 2024, all your

[31:17] pro all your money's were in a pro a

[31:19] project. To date, total we've totally

[31:22] validated When I say validated, that

[31:24] mean my teams have gone through the

[31:25] actual expenditure exports supporting

[31:27] documentation, um the project scope,

[31:30] every dollar and we verified that these

[31:32] dollars were spent

[31:34] based on eligible um costs, allowable,

[31:37] reasonable, and necessary costs

[31:38] consistent with the uniform guidance.

[31:40] However, we have about 11,800

[31:43] 11,800

[31:45] that we have to validate and get spent

[31:48] by December 31st, 2026. And that's the

[31:51] population we're focused in on because

[31:53] as you all know, failure to for those

[31:55] funds to be expended by December 31st

[31:57] will result in me and the county having

[31:59] to recapture and return those funds to

[32:02] um the county and that's what Regina was

[32:04] alluding to. Of that 72 of that 11,800,

[32:08] a lot of those are your uh grantees who

[32:12] do not neces did not necessarily have a

[32:15] full understanding standing of federal

[32:17] grants. And we've had to work very

[32:19] closely with them and and getting them

[32:21] to, you know, have it, you know,

[32:23] identify expenditures, maybe modify the

[32:25] expenditures to make sure they're

[32:26] eligible. Their budgets are off. Um lack

[32:29] of documentation. They simply didn't

[32:31] realize the level of documentation, even

[32:33] though it is in their agreement. I do

[32:35] want to note that your agreements made

[32:36] it clear that all of that they had to

[32:38] provide audit supporting documentation

[32:42] as requested for any expenditure. So

[32:44] whether they were a subrecipient or

[32:45] beneficiary, your agreements made that

[32:47] clear. So at this point, we have about

[32:50] 32 projects that pretty much were ready

[32:52] that they complete documentation. We're

[32:55] ready to close out. 33 we have where

[32:57] we're in this

[32:59] period of of attempting to work with

[33:01] them to make sure these funds are spent

[33:02] and spent allowable.

[33:05] We have about 39 where we had a

[33:07] discrepancy with the classification. And

[33:09] so as I said, we've dealt with them. We

[33:11] feel like the county is in the best

[33:13] protected position based on our approach

[33:15] to treat them

[33:16] hold them to the higher standards. So we

[33:19] have 35 projects that are in process. We

[33:21] have about

[33:22] um

[33:23] 28 that are ready for closeout, which is

[33:25] going to we're closing starting to close

[33:26] them out and then two that we're trying

[33:28] to kind of determine where they are. We

[33:31] have One of the issues too is we started

[33:33] to have some poorly reporting that

[33:35] wasn't being done. So we've been working

[33:37] with them as well. You can go to the

[33:38] next slide. So where we are

[33:43] You can go to Yeah, thank you. So this

[33:46] then this deals with with advances,

[33:48] spend rate, and deobligation. So one

[33:51] other thing to keep in mind is that some

[33:52] people got money up front. So we have to

[33:54] validate their expenses. And of that

[33:57] 419,000,

[33:58] basically we have validated. We have 600

[34:01] Remember now, this money is already

[34:03] gone. We're we're trying to get their

[34:05] their actual expenditures to validate

[34:07] that they used those funds for the

[34:08] intended purposes. So potentially, those

[34:11] are the ones too and that's within that

[34:13] whole 11 million that we're attempting

[34:15] to validate. We see a potential

[34:17] obligation of 500,000 just because some

[34:20] under and over budgets, but that number

[34:22] is not firm at this point. And at this

[34:24] point, we have about 60.2% of the funds

[34:27] advanced funds that are

[34:29] validated. So we have about 38% roughly

[34:32] that are not validated. We can go to the

[34:34] next slide.

[34:39] Yeah. Yeah, thank you. So, what we've

[34:41] taken what we've done, a lot of direct

[34:43] communication, Regina, our team,

[34:46] calling, emails, not

[34:49] follow-up, conference calls. We've

[34:51] looked we've reviewed their quarterly

[34:53] reports, their financial reports, their

[34:54] project reports, their request for

[34:56] reimbursement money reports, um weekly

[34:58] conference calls on spending

[35:00] projections. We still meet weekly with

[35:02] um the county to go over these spending

[35:04] projections and even more so as we're

[35:05] getting closer and closer to that

[35:07] deadline. We have um discussed a more

[35:10] aggressive approach for these

[35:11] non-responsive. Like I said, the last

[35:13] quarter we noticed we didn't get 46 46

[35:15] reports and we're at um that quarter was

[35:18] June 30th and we're August 11th. So, we

[35:21] just talked about the fact of making it

[35:22] clear to failure to validate or provide

[35:25] us with the documentation to validate

[35:26] may result in the recapture of um of

[35:30] those funds or the re-obligation or

[35:31] re-allocation of those funds. So, that's

[35:34] the more aggressive approach we're going

[35:36] to have to that we're taking now to get

[35:38] us across the finish line. And so, of

[35:40] course, the conflict consequences of

[35:42] non-responsive, of them not responding,

[35:44] this $11 million of those in that pool

[35:46] are not is potential de-obligation and

[35:49] the county does still have some

[35:50] re-allocation they can do um within now

[35:53] and December 31st, 2026. The issue is

[35:56] understanding what needs to be

[35:58] de-obligated and rather re-allocated,

[36:00] which is what we're trying to get our

[36:01] pulse more around. Next slide.

[36:06] So, what that looks like that yeah. What

[36:09] that looks like when you see that number

[36:11] 350 increase, I just want to say our

[36:13] original contract only went through

[36:15] January 1st, 2027.

[36:18] Um Treasury has put out guidance and

[36:20] indicated that close out those to April

[36:22] 30th, 2027. So, what does that mean?

[36:25] Even if funds are expended by December

[36:27] 31st, every grant, every project has to

[36:29] be closed out. And even And Treasury

[36:31] recognized that that will not will not

[36:33] happen by December 31st, even if all the

[36:35] money's are. So, Treasury has extended

[36:38] through April 30th, 2027 for the

[36:40] closeout of the project. And we're

[36:42] recommending um our contract be extended

[36:45] to cover that period as well. So, in

[36:47] that period, um

[36:50] and you can go to the next slide.

[36:52] Oh, you can stay here. You can stay

[36:53] here. Um what this budget supports, we

[36:56] got to complete all of the ARPA

[36:57] reconciliation and closeout. One of the

[36:59] big reconciliations is to what you've

[37:02] been reporting in Treasury. Treasury

[37:04] just issued an alert about 6 weeks ago

[37:07] about the aggressive actions that how

[37:08] they're going to determine who's being

[37:10] monitored. And they're going to really

[37:12] look at those Treasury reports and the

[37:13] categories and the expense categories,

[37:16] um how you've been reporting. So, we

[37:18] need to make sure that all of the

[37:20] changes that have impacted are being

[37:22] reported in those reports. We're going

[37:24] to finalize, continue monitoring, and

[37:26] technical assistance, processing

[37:27] reimbursements, getting these files as

[37:30] complete as possible. We've done so many

[37:31] amendments and we'll continue to do so

[37:33] to get the documentation right. And as

[37:35] you know, we're working on three audits,

[37:37] which were 40% complete. And we hope to

[37:40] have the audit results on the conflict

[37:42] of interest within the next 30 days,

[37:45] putting it mildly. Within the next 30

[37:46] days, we should have

[37:48] um some

[37:49] some reporting to you at least on the

[37:51] conflict of interest audit. And we're

[37:53] very close to finishing that. All the

[37:55] other audits we're doing field work, and

[37:57] we expect to be finished by September

[37:58] 30th, 2026. You can go to the next

[38:01] slide.

[38:04] So, as I said, when we got involved and

[38:06] we made you aware that the compliance

[38:08] were issues, financial was issue. I will

[38:10] say some of your um beneficiary your

[38:13] your grantees didn't understand they had

[38:15] to keep any documentation for whatever

[38:17] reason. So, it's it's been a hill to

[38:19] climb for some. And some were just

[38:20] getting advances up front and with no

[38:23] actual expenditure testing or no actual

[38:25] documentation being having to be

[38:27] submitted. So, if I can go to the next

[38:29] slide.

[38:31] And I'll try to try to wrap up. Um as I

[38:33] said, these are all the things we've

[38:35] done to address those issues. You can go

[38:37] to the next slide.

[38:41] Um I talked about the risk to you, what

[38:43] could happen to the county. We're always

[38:44] on a audit defensible mode and how our

[38:46] act our approaches protected you, giving

[38:49] you the best position in training of

[38:50] those to mitigate those risks. You can

[38:52] go to the next slide.

[38:56] I'm going to talk to you about the

[38:57] remaining work to be done so you have a

[38:59] complete understanding of what has to be

[39:01] done between now or really 7/1 and

[39:03] 4/30/27.

[39:05] Keep the next slide and I'll wrap it up.

[39:07] We're trying to get to the wrap up. This

[39:09] is our work plan so you'll know what we

[39:10] plan to work on from now until the um

[39:13] April 30th date. We expect to be

[39:15] finished March 31st. Next slide. Cuz

[39:18] this is an important one.

[39:20] Um

[39:21] This is our the the um our

[39:23] recommendation is to complete these

[39:25] projects um and why we're recommending

[39:27] approval of this budget. So, that pretty

[39:29] much um in the final slide, that pretty

[39:32] much um wraps up the request. As you can

[39:35] see, there's a lot more detailed

[39:36] information in the presentation, but um

[39:40] thank you so much for allowing me these

[39:41] few minutes to make this presentation.

[39:43] >> Robin, this is Doug. Uh

[39:45] » Robin, this is Doug. Uh

[39:45] I've been very impressed with the work

[39:47] you have done. I would ask you um

[39:50] if you can tomorrow, I've got some time

[39:52] after about uh

[39:55] 10:30 tomorrow morning, would you call

[39:57] my cell number tomorrow? I want to ask

[39:59] you I've got a bunch of questions I want

[40:00] to ask. Um it would take at least 30 or

[40:04] 40 minutes. Uh do you mind if I just

[40:06] >> not a problem. Only thing is I got to I

[40:08] » not a problem. Only thing is I got to I

[40:08] am flying I'm I'm on travel. I'm

[40:10] actually

[40:11] >> Call me Well, call me

[40:12] » Call me Well, call me

[40:12] >> there.

[40:13] » there.

[40:13] >> Yeah, well, call me Yeah, call me

[40:14] » Yeah, well, call me Yeah, call me

[40:14] anytime Thursday uh Wednesday or

[40:16] Thursday.

[40:17] >> Okay. would be good.

[40:17] » Okay. would be good.

[40:17] >> Thursday is great. Thursday I'm back

[40:19] » Thursday is great. Thursday I'm back

[40:19] online. Thursday anytime.

[40:21] >> Yeah.

[40:22] » Yeah.

[40:22] >> Okay.

[40:22] » Okay.

[40:22] >> Okay, perfect.

[40:23] » Okay, perfect.

[40:23] >> sorry, what commissioner was this? I

[40:24] » sorry, what commissioner was this? I

[40:24] can't see you anymore.

[40:26] >> Doug Singleton.

[40:28] » Doug Singleton.

[40:28] >> Okay, Commissioner. Thank you.

[40:29] » Okay, Commissioner. Thank you.

[40:29] >> Yeah, thank you, Robin.

[40:30] » Yeah, thank you, Robin.

[40:30] >> Doug, can I ask you

[40:31] » Doug, can I ask you

[40:31] >> Please, yeah.

[40:32] » Please, yeah.

[40:32] >> of questions. It won't take 40 minutes,

[40:34] » of questions. It won't take 40 minutes,

[40:34] but

[40:35] Robin, this is Commissioner Justin

[40:36] Canstanzo. Tell me um

[40:38] give me the idea of why this addition is

[40:41] necessary

[40:42] after we made the the original contract

[40:45] and the original procurement of funds.

[40:48] Are we seeing an increase? Are we Did we

[40:50] not budget enough time? I know that

[40:52] we've we've mapped this out to end on

[40:54] March 31st, but that would have been a

[40:55] known time frame. What are What are your

[40:57] thoughts about the increase?

[41:00] >> The inc- And as I said in the slide

[41:01] » The inc- And as I said in the slide

[41:01] earlier on, it was because of the

[41:02] quality of your

[41:04] the initial determinations and your file

[41:06] compliance and what we thought what was

[41:08] thought to be in your files. We thought

[41:11] even from internally, you all's

[41:13] perspective, the determinations were

[41:15] questionable.

[41:16] Um

[41:18] the files were so incomplete. There

[41:19] There was no documentation

[41:22] as far as just expenditures.

[41:24] A lot of your unfortunately, a lot of

[41:26] your grantees weren't familiar with

[41:28] federal requirements. So, they did the

[41:29] best that they could. So, we're doing a

[41:31] lot of I I want to say maybe we're

[41:32] building some sustainability, too,

[41:34] because we're building a capacity,

[41:37] because we're building we're

[41:39] taking them through the process of

[41:40] understanding federal grant requirements

[41:42] so they so they can

[41:44] you know, comply with this grant. That

[41:45] hopefully builds capacity.

[41:47] Um

[41:48] the level of um reporting that's been

[41:50] required as far as just from them and

[41:52] understanding and making sure that

[41:54] they're in compliance, we could not have

[41:56] anticipated that um initially. I will

[41:59] say the audits, which are included in I

[42:01] am saying is included in that. 350 was

[42:03] another unanticipated. We could not have

[42:06] have anticipated that those particular

[42:09] situations and that level of monitoring.

[42:11] Um and so those are the I guess the

[42:14] largest contributing factors.

[42:17] >> How How much has the county already paid

[42:20] » How How much has the county already paid

[42:20] towards this contract? What was the

[42:21] original sum?

[42:23] >> It was I believe it was 450,000. The

[42:26] » It was I believe it was 450,000. The

[42:26] contract started April 1st of 2025

[42:29] and um, they had paid through 6/30 of

[42:32] 2026.

[42:33] >> Yeah.

[42:34] » Yeah.

[42:34] That's correct.

[42:35] How many

[42:35] >> A little bit more than a year.

[42:37] » A little bit more than a year.

[42:37] >> How many um, Booth Consulting employees

[42:39] » How many um, Booth Consulting employees

[42:39] are working this process?

[42:42] >> Um, five.

[42:45] » Um, five.

[42:46] Six. Five. Five and a half.

[42:53] » Any other questions?

[42:54] >> Yeah, Miss Jim.

[42:55] » Yeah, Miss Jim.

[42:55] >> Uh, Miss Booth, uh, Commissioner Isaiah

[42:57] » Uh, Miss Booth, uh, Commissioner Isaiah

[42:57] Sankey. Um, thank you for your time.

[43:00] Good morning to you. Your slides are

[43:02] always kind of busy even though they're

[43:03] very, very detailed. They're kind of

[43:05] busy. I would like a copy of them so

[43:07] that I could really try to understand a

[43:09] little bit more detail and more thorough

[43:11] fashion what uh, you're presenting. I'm

[43:14] I'm also concerned

[43:17] uh, you mentioned understanding the

[43:19] federal grant requirement. I don't think

[43:20] we have that luxury built into the

[43:21] contract uh, where the recipients or the

[43:23] subrecipients uh,

[43:25] can take time to understand federal

[43:27] grant requirements. That was a part of

[43:29] the criteria when they signed uh, the

[43:32] contract uh, early on uh, and the level

[43:35] of monitoring required. I think we

[43:36] should

[43:37] we should have already been aware of the

[43:39] level of monitoring required uh,

[43:41] to make sure that these uh, recipients,

[43:44] subrecipients or beneficiary uh, you

[43:46] know, were

[43:48] they understood what was at stake, uh,

[43:50] what their responsibilities uh, were and

[43:53] they they should have been been aware of

[43:55] that. So, and I I want to know, I'd like

[43:58] to have a list of the ones that you've

[43:59] currently closed out

[44:01] uh, and the ones that

[44:03] >> ready to close out.

[44:05] » ready to close out.

[44:05] >> Okay.

[44:05] » Okay.

[44:05] >> They're closing. We're We're starting

[44:06] » They're closing. We're We're starting

[44:06] the close out process now.

[44:08] >> I need that list, please, uh and and the

[44:10] » I need that list, please, uh and and the

[44:10] list of those that are pending.

[44:12] >> That goes for about all of us with that.

[44:14] » That goes for about all of us with that.

[44:14] >> Yeah, cuz we I mean, this this concerns

[44:15] » Yeah, cuz we I mean, this this concerns

[44:15] me. I mean, you know, we the the

[44:17] individuals or the entities

[44:19] uh that sought uh these these monies,

[44:22] uh and I know they were classified some

[44:24] as subrecipients, some as beneficiaries,

[44:26] and I know I had a lot to say about that

[44:28] early on. And so, I am concerned that

[44:31] even when we reclassify them, are we

[44:34] really sure that we're meeting the

[44:37] requirements and that Treasury

[44:39] guidelines are being adhered to as we

[44:41] attempt to reclassify subrecipients to

[44:44] beneficiaries or vice versa.

[44:46] So, that really concerns me. And if

[44:49] there's additional monies that are

[44:52] necessary to be expended to extend the

[44:54] time required to monitor these uh

[44:57] these recipients, it ought to come out

[44:59] of their funding. Uh I'm I'm wondering

[45:02] is the $350,000, Miss Walker,

[45:04] uh

[45:06] part of ARPA monies that we've somehow

[45:08] set aside, or would this come out the

[45:10] general fund budget?

[45:12] >> I am not aware of any additional ARPA

[45:14] » I am not aware of any additional ARPA

[45:14] funds set aside for monitoring. We spent

[45:16] $795,000

[45:18] to get the funds allocated.

[45:19] >> Yes.

[45:20] » Yes.

[45:20] >> Um what we're looking at is for those

[45:22] » Um what we're looking at is for those

[45:22] that are just not responsive.

[45:25] With in the reclassification, we would

[45:27] then use some of those funds for

[45:28] monitoring.

[45:29] >> But the $350,000 at this point, where

[45:31] » But the $350,000 at this point, where

[45:31] would it be coming from?

[45:33] >> If approved, it would be coming from

[45:34] » If approved, it would be coming from

[45:34] general fund.

[45:35] >> Is it eligible? I agree with what you're

[45:37] » Is it eligible? I agree with what you're

[45:37] saying, is it eligible? Cuz basically,

[45:39] we're being fined for the inability of

[45:42] grant recipients to do their job.

[45:44] >> Right.

[45:45] » Right.

[45:45] >> I I mean, is there a way to use ARPA

[45:48] » I I mean, is there a way to use ARPA

[45:48] funds

[45:49] >> For the money that we can recapture,

[45:51] » For the money that we can recapture,

[45:51] yes. Um I'll share with you guys the

[45:53] last spreadsheet. Keep in mind, a lot of

[45:56] these recipients got their money up

[45:57] front. So, because we gave them money up

[46:00] front, we no longer have the money.

[46:01] We're trying to get them to comply on

[46:03] the back end with funds that they've

[46:05] already expended and whether they were

[46:07] eligible or applicable to Treasury

[46:10] guidelines. For the ones that have not

[46:12] received their money, we certainly will

[46:13] use that towards if we had to do a

[46:15] reclassification towards monitoring.

[46:18] >> Booth would be motivated to help with

[46:20] » Booth would be motivated to help with

[46:20] that project.

[46:20] >> They are. So, over the next 3 weeks,

[46:22] » They are. So, over the next 3 weeks,

[46:22] what we're planning to do before we meet

[46:24] again is we have our spreadsheet here of

[46:26] everybody that received their advance

[46:27] payment and then our spend rate table of

[46:29] where they are.

[46:31] You will be amazed at the number of them

[46:32] that have spent their money

[46:34] >> but haven't reported it.

[46:35] » but haven't reported it.

[46:35] >> They just won't report it. I talked to a

[46:36] » They just won't report it. I talked to a

[46:36] couple of them and said they were told

[46:37] that they didn't have to. So, it's a lot

[46:39] of misinformation because this has this

[46:42] has gone through a lot of hands since

[46:43] these funds were given out. So, um I

[46:46] confirmed, are you receiving the emails?

[46:48] Yes. Do you understand it applies to

[46:50] you? Yes. Why haven't you responded? I

[46:53] didn't know I had to.

[46:54] Um so, we

[46:57] >> Maybe there's a way for us before the

[46:58] » Maybe there's a way for us before the

[46:58] next meeting. I I don't feel confident

[47:00] voting on this yet until we answer all

[47:02] of those questions.

[47:03] >> I understand.

[47:03] » I understand.

[47:03] >> Um and and I let me be very clear. I I

[47:05] » Um and and I let me be very clear. I I

[47:05] want to make sure that all of our ARPA

[47:07] funds are used. I've been very impressed

[47:09] with the way Booth has monitored this so

[47:10] far. Their support has been incredible.

[47:12] It has made it audit defensible. I love

[47:15] that word. Um but uh there's just a lot

[47:19] of money. $11 million in play and then

[47:21] another $350,000 payment out of our

[47:23] general general fund. Um Doug's got a

[47:26] lot of questions. I know he's going to

[47:27] ask her as well. So, after that

[47:28] conversation, maybe you guys talk and if

[47:30] there's a way before our next meeting to

[47:33] get the

[47:34] commission together to discuss or or

[47:36] whatever we need to do. I know that can

[47:37] be a public meeting or we can

[47:39] whatever we got to do. We got to do it.

[47:41] >> mind one of them is

[47:42] » mind one of them is

[47:42] the $2 million that's for the community

[47:44] center. So, we're pre-ordering, you

[47:45] know, that some of those things to spend

[47:47] that. So, our larger ticket items, a lot

[47:50] of those are

[47:51] in progress.

[47:53] Um

[47:54] some have ordered equipment that's

[47:56] supposed to be coming in soon. That's a

[47:58] large ticket item, a little bit over

[47:59] half million. So, our larger ticket

[48:01] items are in progress. We're just trying

[48:03] to get all of the documentation to see

[48:05] where we are. So, you can't recend those

[48:07] funds. But, for the funds that we can,

[48:09] certainly we will sit down and comb

[48:11] through the spreadsheet.

[48:12] >> Not trying to recend funds. I'm

[48:13] » Not trying to recend funds. I'm

[48:13] interested in who

[48:16] is doing what they're supposed to be

[48:18] doing, and if they're not, then they're

[48:19] not eligible to receive the funding,

[48:20] even if they've already gotten it, would

[48:21] be my thing. And I think that number of

[48:22] people is very, very small.

[48:24] >> It is.

[48:24] » It is.

[48:24] >> Um but, you know, now's time. Clock is

[48:27] » Um but, you know, now's time. Clock is

[48:27] ticking.

[48:27] >> Right.

[48:28] » Right.

[48:28] >> We've talked a lot about using the what

[48:30] » We've talked a lot about using the what

[48:30] might be left over well. We don't want

[48:32] to give any back.

[48:34] >> So.

[48:34] » So.

[48:34] >> There there was some criteria that had

[48:36] » There there was some criteria that had

[48:36] to be satisfied up front in order to be

[48:38] a beneficiary as opposed to a

[48:41] subrecipient. And if we allowed them to

[48:44] enter the contract as subrecipients as

[48:46] opposed to being a beneficiary,

[48:49] that would've been more additional

[48:50] burden on this the county for

[48:52] beneficiaries. And there was some

[48:53] criteria that had to be satisfied. So, I

[48:56] don't see how you can go back and

[48:57] reclassify those who were listed as

[49:00] subrecipients, now they're beneficiary,

[49:02] cuz it called for a whole different set

[49:03] of criteria. And and I'm concerned about

[49:06] that.

[49:06] >> Okay. We can include Hold on.

[49:09] » Okay. We can include Hold on.

[49:09] >> Robin,

[49:10] » Robin,

[49:10] maybe we can set up

[49:12] a conference call that everybody could

[49:14] be on because we're not going to

[49:15] deliberate. We're just going to ask

[49:17] questions

[49:17] >> Yes, sir.

[49:18] » Yes, sir.

[49:18] >> for general information purposes. So,

[49:20] » for general information purposes. So,

[49:20] >> We can do that.

[49:20] » We can do that.

[49:20] >> set that call up for sometime Thursday,

[49:23] » set that call up for sometime Thursday,

[49:23] and and people want to join, they'll

[49:25] have the opportunity to join and ask

[49:26] questions.

[49:29] » Okay. Thank you, Robin.

[49:31] >> Thank you.

[49:37] » Okay.

[49:37] >> Uh

[49:38] » Uh

[49:38] Gina, on number

[49:40] six, uh

[49:43] I got a

[49:45] email

[49:46] um

[49:48] last night.

[49:49] >> Yes, sir.

[49:50] » Yes, sir.

[49:50] >> Um

[49:51] » Um

[49:51] says we're going to withdraw the

[49:53] proposed amendment this time. We'll

[49:54] address it later.

[49:56] Uh, that came from uh Mike Jackson.

[49:59] >> Okay.

[50:00] » Okay.

[50:00] >> Webb to him. I think he represents the

[50:01] » Webb to him. I think he represents the

[50:01] volunteer Hackle Volunteer Fire

[50:03] Department, I believe. I I think that's

[50:05] who that is. So,

[50:07] number six we'll just uh

[50:10] >> Request removed from Yes, sir.

[50:12] » Request removed from Yes, sir.

[50:12] >> We'll do it down the road later.

[50:14] » We'll do it down the road later.

[50:14] We'll see if it comes back.

[50:15] >> Yes, sir.

[50:15] » Yes, sir.

[50:15] >> Regarding that particular uh item, there

[50:18] » Regarding that particular uh item, there

[50:18] are a number of people here who

[50:20] represent volunteer fire departments

[50:22] throughout the county. And so, even

[50:24] though we are taking it off the agenda,

[50:26] uh I think it might be uh

[50:29] important that we at least hear from

[50:32] them at some point based upon your

[50:33] discretion, you know, what uh concerns

[50:36] they have about the resolution and how

[50:39] the monies are being allocated. I

[50:41] understand that there's some concern

[50:43] about equity in the allocation. So, if

[50:46] you would allow at some point before we

[50:48] leave or

[50:49] before we adjourn, if they could at

[50:50] least have

[50:52] an opportunity to express their concern.

[50:54] >> Yeah, they

[50:55] » Yeah, they

[50:55] They can We got a few minutes uh now.

[50:57] They can do it now if they would like.

[50:59] Again, it's I don't know if it'll come

[51:00] back to us or not, but

[51:03] I don't know if it'll ever come back to

[51:04] us. So,

[51:05] >> Well, just for information and purposes,

[51:07] » Well, just for information and purposes,

[51:07] uh I think it would be important.

[51:08] >> If If anybody's here on that

[51:11] » If If anybody's here on that

[51:12] Uh at 10:00. Okay, we'll do it at 10:00.

[51:14] That'll be good.

[51:14] >> That'll be perfect.

[51:15] » That'll be perfect.

[51:15] >> Thank you. Can we Can we go back to um

[51:18] » Thank you. Can we Can we go back to um

[51:18] to the Jones contract?

[51:20] >> Yes, sir.

[51:20] » Yes, sir.

[51:20] >> Um

[51:22] » Um

[51:22] Also,

[51:24] it says consider amending contract with

[51:25] Booth Management under item five, but

[51:27] the the memo was attached, but not the

[51:29] contract.

[51:31] >> Correct. Um I can send you a copy of the

[51:33] » Correct. Um I can send you a copy of the

[51:33] original contract. I apologize for not

[51:34] attaching it.

[51:35] >> curious what we're actually amending. Is

[51:36] » curious what we're actually amending. Is

[51:36] it just to pay them more money?

[51:37] >> Just add add an additional 350. No

[51:39] » Just add add an additional 350. No

[51:39] language changing, just that part.

[51:41] >> Okay.

[51:42] » Okay.

[51:43] 78% increase from the original cost.

[51:46] Just saying.

[51:47] Five. Uh so, the contract with with

[51:50] Jones my only question is there's a

[51:53] there's a statement on one of these

[51:55] pages that says

[51:58] that if more money is needed that the

[52:01] county would be responsible for for

[52:03] paying those costs. Um

[52:05] >> Where are you on the contract?

[52:06] » Where are you on the contract?

[52:07] >> I'm looking. I've read it and I've made

[52:08] » I'm looking. I've read it and I've made

[52:08] a note of that.

[52:09] >> the one for additional travel where if

[52:10] » the one for additional travel where if

[52:10] additional travel is needed?

[52:12] >> [sighs]

[52:14] » [sighs]

[52:14] >> Right here on the payment.

[52:15] » Right here on the payment.

[52:15] >> number five, yeah, payment.

[52:17] » number five, yeah, payment.

[52:17] >> Okay.

[52:17] » Okay.

[52:17] >> Jones Group may seek reimbursement for

[52:19] » Jones Group may seek reimbursement for

[52:19] certain expenses associated with the

[52:21] agreement including but not limited to

[52:22] travel, lodging, meals provided that

[52:24] reimbursement of such expenses must be

[52:26] pre-approved by the undersigned. I I

[52:28] guess that is my question. I don't know

[52:29] if anybody from Jones is here. Um

[52:32] for the amount of money we're paying

[52:35] uh paying more for travel and those

[52:38] types of things would be I'm just

[52:40] curious

[52:41] is that something that has happened in

[52:42] the past? Have we had to add additional

[52:45] >> It will be in there.

[52:45] » It will be in there.

[52:45] >> You know, if they go to

[52:47] » You know, if they go to

[52:47] >> Any lobbyist firm you look at will put

[52:49] » Any lobbyist firm you look at will put

[52:49] that in there. They're going to ask you

[52:50] for additional um

[52:52] additional for if they travel and they

[52:55] set up meetings when they travel. For

[52:57] instance, if they go we go to like we

[52:59] went to the air show.

[53:00] >> Air show, yeah.

[53:01] » Air show, yeah.

[53:01] >> And they were responsible when we were

[53:02] » And they were responsible when we were

[53:02] in the air show. So, they set up the

[53:04] meet for meetings that we had in order

[53:06] to bring other um

[53:08] interest other airlines, interest other

[53:11] companies with for us. So, that will

[53:13] always any lobbyist you get they're

[53:15] going to if they don't put it that in

[53:17] there then instead of being 144 they'll

[53:19] probably ask you for 240 and then say

[53:22] okay, you don't have to reimburse us

[53:24] because they're already getting 240.

[53:27] >> I just felt like 144 already included

[53:29] » I just felt like 144 already included

[53:29] that, too.

[53:31] >> [laughter]

[53:33] » [laughter]

[53:33] >> We're in the wrong business.

[53:34] » We're in the wrong business.

[53:34] >> But it does have to be pre-approved.

[53:37] » But it does have to be pre-approved.

[53:37] >> Yeah, it does have to be pre-approved. I

[53:38] » Yeah, it does have to be pre-approved. I

[53:38] got you.

[53:38] >> you know, but we're not going to not

[53:40] » you know, but we're not going to not

[53:40] approve going to London for air show.

[53:42] We're not going to not approve. I mean

[53:44] >> I'm setting up meetings in DC for us. I

[53:45] » I'm setting up meetings in DC for us. I

[53:45] mean

[53:46] >> See there's some predictable stuff that

[53:48] » See there's some predictable stuff that

[53:48] I wish that we could include in this

[53:50] 144.

[53:51] >> some of those are some of the people

[53:52] » some of those are some of the people

[53:52] that we need to

[53:54] and that's what their job is for but

[53:56] but they still have to get there

[53:58] themselves. So it's going to be always

[54:01] any most 90% of your lobbyists firms are

[54:04] going to have that in there.

[54:05] >> Yeah and

[54:07] » Yeah and

[54:07] Jones Group like all other lobbying

[54:09] groups that that say actually went to

[54:11] like the air show in London they

[54:12] represent

[54:14] numerous companies over there and so

[54:16] it's just not one company.

[54:17] >> are all the companies splitting their

[54:19] » are all the companies splitting their

[54:19] travel costs?

[54:20] >> But they've not they're not billing us

[54:23] » But they've not they're not billing us

[54:23] for the travel for the lunch air they

[54:25] they not have they have never billed us

[54:26] for something above and beyond what

[54:28] their contract

[54:29] >> Oh that's what I was asking. I thought

[54:30] » Oh that's what I was asking. I thought

[54:30] you were saying that we have been billed

[54:32] like that before.

[54:32] >> no no no no they have

[54:33] » no no no no they have

[54:33] >> So Jones traditionally has not billed us

[54:35] » So Jones traditionally has not billed us

[54:36] >> No cuz they that's part of their job to

[54:38] » No cuz they that's part of their job to

[54:38] go over there.

[54:38] >> Well I agree. I just was curious. I mean

[54:40] » Well I agree. I just was curious. I mean

[54:40] cuz it says here

[54:41] >> No Doug if they I know that's part of

[54:42] » No Doug if they I know that's part of

[54:43] their job but now if it comes and they

[54:45] we say hey we're going to Timbuktu

[54:49] and we need you set up meetings for

[54:50] Timbuktu. That's what I thought you

[54:51] said.

[54:51] >> That's a separate contract.

[54:53] » That's a separate contract.

[54:53] >> Yeah he's he's yeah we'll have to pay

[54:55] » Yeah he's he's yeah we'll have to pay

[54:55] them for it.

[54:55] >> separate air show and DC

[54:58] » separate air show and DC

[54:58] that kind of stuff.

[55:00] >> If they ever do anything like that extra

[55:02] » If they ever do anything like that extra

[55:02] above and beyond

[55:04] >> above and beyond yeah that's in their

[55:05] » above and beyond yeah that's in their

[55:05] scope they're going to ask for us to be

[55:06] paid.

[55:09] You want I mean

[55:10] >> I'm only worried.

[55:10] » I'm only worried.

[55:10] >> I got you. We and we can get in touch

[55:12] » I got you. We and we can get in touch

[55:12] with Greg and let him call us before we

[55:14] pass this and explain everything to us.

[55:15] Other than that we we're saying it but

[55:18] yeah.

[55:19] >> That's all I have.

[55:21] » That's all I have.

[55:21] >> Okay.

[55:23] » Okay.

[55:23] >> So Genie got number seven I guess.

[55:26] » So Genie got number seven I guess.

[55:26] >> Uh-oh hold on.

[55:28] » Uh-oh hold on.

[55:28] >> General information?

[55:29] » General information?

[55:29] >> Yes sir.

[55:31] » Yes sir.

[55:31] There is an update um

[55:34] for Montgomery Thrive small business.

[55:37] Um Frank Robinson and Jennifer Anderson

[55:39] are here to give a brief update on where

[55:41] we are, how they're rocking and rolling

[55:43] with that program.

[56:23] Frank, you want to go ahead and start

[56:24] talking? I'm going

[56:25] >> Yeah, Miss trying to do that. We're

[56:26] » Yeah, Miss trying to do that. We're

[56:26] running short on time.

[56:27] >> Yeah, no problem. And I'll be quick with

[56:29] » Yeah, no problem. And I'll be quick with

[56:29] the presentation. And I want to say

[56:31] thank you

[56:33] to you commissioners, and thank you to

[56:35] um,

[56:37] thank you to our

[56:38] acting administrator Regina for her work

[56:41] and as well as

[56:43] Robin and Jennifer as well. We wanted to

[56:46] just spend just a short moment to

[56:49] give you an update on on the Montgomery

[56:52] Thriving

[56:53] as it exists today. We are thankful for

[56:56] your trust

[56:58] in, you know, everybody to get this

[57:00] redone. And we were happy with the

[57:04] fidelity as which has been done that.

[57:06] Next slide, please. I'll go through

[57:08] these slides pretty quickly. And as

[57:10] always,

[57:12] I'm a phone call or a meeting away if we

[57:14] need to dig into some of the details

[57:17] as you review this presentation. Um,

[57:22] One of the things I wanted to mention is

[57:23] that the summary of the funding, the

[57:26] program was originally at 2.5 million,

[57:28] but we were able to out reallocate money

[57:31] from other pots. And we actually wind up

[57:34] having a baseline of 2.8 million to

[57:37] distribute to businesses. Every dollar

[57:40] counts and this allowed us to do

[57:41] additional 6 to 10

[57:43] businesses here. We remain

[57:47] We want to continue to remain

[57:48] transparent on that but we're thankful

[57:49] [clears throat]

[57:50] that we were able to serve more

[57:51] businesses. Next slide, please.

[57:55] To date we have awarded 2.5 We had a

[57:59] remaining 279. This was as actually as

[58:03] of the 31st. We're pretty much

[58:06] at the end

[58:09] We're pretty much at the end of the No

[58:11] problem.

[58:12] At the cycle end we will expend or

[58:15] commit all the dollars by the end of

[58:17] this week.

[58:19] Next slide, please.

[58:21] Just to give you an overview, we had 391

[58:24] applications received. We processed 279.

[58:28] We gave technical assistance 227.

[58:31] We had a lot of messages, information.

[58:34] We were really

[58:35] through all the different kind of

[58:37] vehicles in touch with people but really

[58:41] got that message through and we were

[58:42] thankful for county commission as well

[58:44] as city council members who helped us to

[58:47] spread the news, get messages,

[58:50] send information but were able to give

[58:52] those updates as well. Next slide,

[58:54] please.

[58:57] You notice here that we had 15 million

[59:00] dollars in requests for for those

[59:03] dollars.

[59:04] We were able to process percentage of

[59:07] that. 112

[59:10] applicants were not processed but you

[59:13] can see the awards.

[59:14] Uh

[59:16] some of the final determinations here

[59:18] and I'll get into some of these by

[59:20] district and council in the next slide.

[59:23] Next slides.

[59:34] » Just make sure. Oh, here we have 116

[59:37] awarded grants, average of $21,000 here.

[59:41] And we're we're 90% probably 95 right

[59:44] now percent of the way projected. We are

[59:47] the end of this week the funds will

[59:49] totally exhaust. We won't get to

[59:51] everyone on the list, but it was a first

[59:54] come first sort of basis. We did that

[59:56] and I'll talk a little bit about the

[59:57] process in the next next next slide,

[1:00:00] please.

[1:00:04] So, here you see the award by types.

[1:00:06] Most of the as you see the most of the

[1:00:09] award programs were the capital

[1:00:11] improvements. So, business small

[1:00:12] businesses that were looking to

[1:00:15] improve their

[1:00:18] their business somehow, but we had

[1:00:20] others and other allocations as well

[1:00:22] that took advantage of that. But, really

[1:00:25] happy about how that went and how how it

[1:00:27] helped small businesses. Next slide,

[1:00:28] please.

[1:00:32] Here you look at the the county

[1:00:33] districts. This is a breakdown of where

[1:00:36] things went. Uh

[1:00:39] District 4 having the most, but

[1:00:44] kind of everybody got touched across the

[1:00:46] board here in in in in the different

[1:00:49] categories that we that you see for

[1:00:52] those areas.

[1:00:53] Next slide, please.

[1:00:56] So, wanted to talk this a little bit

[1:00:59] briefly about the

[1:01:00] grant execution agreement. This was

[1:01:02] definitely a

[1:01:06] Go back to the other slide. There, thank

[1:01:08] you.

[1:01:09] This is definitely a kind of partnership

[1:01:11] between the county city

[1:01:14] as well as what being the management of

[1:01:16] Booth Management.

[1:01:18] This process kind of was fully there.

[1:01:21] We participated in weekly sessions uh

[1:01:23] with the county and the city and Booth

[1:01:26] Management. We met every week. We

[1:01:27] discussed uh kind of the grant uh

[1:01:30] execution. Uh they were they were

[1:01:32] electronic signatures. Uh fully executed

[1:01:36] uh copies were returned. Um and then

[1:01:38] we're transitioning to the reimbursement

[1:01:39] phase now. And so, really uh

[1:01:42] collaborative um

[1:01:44] uh

[1:01:45] way that we we approached this.

[1:01:49] As you see uh here on this slide, I

[1:01:52] wanted us to mention that we are we have

[1:01:54] the disbursements. We're starting to

[1:01:56] that 312,000

[1:01:58] uh is actually higher now, but that's

[1:02:00] the total amount uh finally approved.

[1:02:03] So, once they get a uh conditionally

[1:02:05] approved, uh we they go through the our

[1:02:09] businesses have to return their process.

[1:02:11] They have a process that they have to

[1:02:12] do, watch videos, and other things. And

[1:02:16] so, that that amount that's been

[1:02:17] released because they've finished those

[1:02:19] things. Those This uh we expect this one

[1:02:22] to go up because we're at now at this

[1:02:25] portion of the phase. So, we expect by

[1:02:27] the end of the month that this would be

[1:02:29] 80 80%.

[1:02:33] Uh this this request was funding type.

[1:02:36] Uh this what you want to know is that we

[1:02:38] had a assessment that uh Booth

[1:02:40] Management has set up for us. Uh and

[1:02:43] there were two things. There was

[1:02:45] advanced uh if there was a low risk,

[1:02:46] there was a risk uh profile that

[1:02:49] everyone got. And if there was depending

[1:02:51] on what type you were in, uh there was a

[1:02:54] advanced uh that's given um at a

[1:02:56] percentage. But also, uh there were

[1:02:59] retroactive uh

[1:03:00] grants as well. So, if they were higher

[1:03:02] risk, uh they were included in the

[1:03:04] budget. They had to show certain things.

[1:03:06] Um and then the those payments were done

[1:03:07] on a reimbursement basis based upon risk

[1:03:10] and other factors. Next slide.

[1:03:13] Uh just want to just these are some I

[1:03:15] won't go into this. Uh these are some of

[1:03:17] the requirements uh that went into the

[1:03:20] risk factors here.

[1:03:22] The award amount, the years of business,

[1:03:24] and other criterias that I can

[1:03:27] get into at a later time.

[1:03:30] >> Yeah, Frank, we running a little bit

[1:03:31] » Yeah, Frank, we running a little bit

[1:03:31] short on time. So

[1:03:33] >> We're we're good. I won't Thank you

[1:03:35] » We're we're good. I won't Thank you

[1:03:35] Well, we we I'll let you read the

[1:03:37] slides. I just want You got the the main

[1:03:39] gist of what what we

[1:03:41] >> to share Regina Regina actually just

[1:03:42] » to share Regina Regina actually just

[1:03:42] mailed them to us.

[1:03:43] >> Okay, perfect.

[1:03:44] » Okay, perfect.

[1:03:44] >> Both of you have them.

[1:03:45] » Both of you have them.

[1:03:45] >> the emails and again, this was just to

[1:03:47] » the emails and again, this was just to

[1:03:48] give you

[1:03:49] an update, but we were able to do more.

[1:03:53] I know that was a something that

[1:03:55] some of the commissions asked for.

[1:03:57] We were able to go above the 2.5. We're

[1:04:00] able to do this with Fidelity. We're

[1:04:02] thankful for both management because

[1:04:03] they had a system that allowed it to be

[1:04:06] fair, accurate, audit defensible,

[1:04:09] as as it was said, but this was a really

[1:04:11] good partnership and a turnaround

[1:04:14] kind of where we were a couple of months

[1:04:16] ago,

[1:04:17] and I just want to thank you for for the

[1:04:18] partnership.

[1:04:19] >> Yeah, thank you.

[1:04:20] » Yeah, thank you.

[1:04:20] Jennifer, you got anything you have to

[1:04:22] We got You good?

[1:04:23] >> I'm good.

[1:04:24] » I'm good.

[1:04:24] >> I know I know we caught a lot of flak

[1:04:26] » I know I know we caught a lot of flak

[1:04:26] about this as it was launching,

[1:04:28] but the numbers today means incredible

[1:04:31] work has been done, and I know that

[1:04:32] wasn't easy. So thank you very much.

[1:04:34] >> Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you so

[1:04:35] » Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you so

[1:04:35] much, Commissioner.

[1:04:37] >> Thank you, Frank. Thank you, Jennifer.

[1:04:39] » Thank you, Frank. Thank you, Jennifer.

[1:04:39] Um Chairman, those are all of our items.

[1:04:41] >> That's it. Yeah.

[1:04:42] » That's it. Yeah.

[1:04:42] >> Yes, sir.

[1:04:43] » Yes, sir.

[1:04:43] >> Okay.

[1:04:43] » Okay.

[1:04:43] >> Sam, you going to do a magic switcheroo

[1:04:44] » Sam, you going to do a magic switcheroo

[1:04:44] and put Terry's item on wave rules and

County Commission - Information Session - Aug 11 2026

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