I love you.
» It's amazing.
» I love you.
» They all come down to the bottom.
And I have good friends.
» Okay.
» Thank you.
» Really?
» I love
» Good morning everybody and welcome to
the information session for the
Montgomery County Commission today,
August 11th, 2026.
I'm going to ask Reverend Dwayne
Limerick Flatline Church to lead us in
invocation.
>> All right, let us pray.
» All right, let us pray.
Our Father God in the mighty, awesome,
powerful, matchless name of Jesus, we
come to you this morning with
Thanksgiving and gratefulness on our
heart. God, we thank you for breathing
your breath into us today
and giving us an opportunity to enjoy
this day that you have made. God, thank
you for what you are doing here in our
city, Lord God, and no matter what going
on, you still in charge. And God, we ask
that the Holy Spirit that you will lead
us as we conduct your business today and
that you will lead all the decisions
that made today and that that will
distribute your funds the way that will
please you and that would put a smile on
your face. God, I ask that you bless
each and every person that's in this
place today and even the ones that might
be tuning in later. Lord God, deal with
all of us according to your will. In
Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
» Good morning.
>> Is Commissioner
» Is Commissioner
Harris
>> He's not going to join us this morning.
» He's not going to join us this morning.
>> Oh, he's not, okay.
» Oh, he's not, okay.
>> No, sir.
» Thank you for having a meeting just for
me here, Regina.
>> I know, right?
» I know, right?
Your other commissioner just left.
>> Yeah, he's coming back and and I know
» Yeah, he's coming back and and I know
Commissioner Costanzos
>> He's running he's he's coming.
» He's running he's he's coming.
And I think Carmack is coming.
>> Carmack is coming, too, so.
» Carmack is coming, too, so.
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> not talked with her, though.
We get a lot of things done today, we
can't we?
>> If they knew you were sitting here
» If they knew you were sitting here
alone, they would get a speeding ticket.
>> Oh, yeah, [laughter] no doubt.
» Anybody want to sing a little music
while you wait?
Go ahead and go.
>> Yeah, let's go ahead and go through
» Yeah, let's go ahead and go through
this.
>> There we go.
Good morning.
We do not have any scheduled attendees
for this morning, Chairman.
So, items to be considered at the 10:00
session.
Consider the donation of two
decommissioned vehicles to Trenholm
State Community College Police
Department, Montgomery County Sheriff's
Office.
Consider memorandum of understanding
with the City of Montgomery for the
special election for City Council
District 3.
Consider FY 2027 annual transportation
plan as per Rebuild Alabama Act
Engineering Department.
Consider professional services agreement
with Thomas P. Miller and Associates LLC
regarding Montgomery County strategic
plan.
Consider the appointment of Richard
Williams
to the Montgomery County Department of
Human Resources Board for a term ending
September 5th, 2029.
Consider miscellaneous appropriations to
agencies. Any additions?
Okay.
Consider miscellaneous appropriations to
education. Any additions?
» No, just remind
all of commissioners that
the fiscal year ends September 30th, so
uh next month
if you want to make some appropriations.
>> You're going to have a nice attendance
» You're going to have a nice attendance
in September.
>> Yeah. Get plenty.
» Consider miscellaneous appropriations to
designated revenue.
» Yeah, uh
>> Any additions? I'm sorry.
» Any additions? I'm sorry.
>> we want to talk about Flatline Coalition
» we want to talk about Flatline Coalition
Community Coalition, right?
Foundation. Uh I sent a email out to
everybody on that uh
uh
Dwayne, you want to come up and kind of
explain what what your dilemma is and
again for us, I know with the the
building and all
>> [clears throat]
» [clears throat]
>> what you had to do.
» what you had to do.
>> Yes, thank you. Uh well, um
» Yes, thank you. Uh well, um
I will church building is the hub for
where we host our um nonprofit. What we
run everything up out of it. That's what
we do our uh did our hold our summer
program. We have our uh feeding programs
that we do every Sunday. We also host um
free legal aid every first and third
Tuesday. We're doing that for 5 years um
with Montgomery Volunteer
Montgomery Volunteer Law Program. The
building is very very old as we continue
to
um add, you know,
we were having ACs and things like that
donated to us, but it was on a fuse
system and we're trying to transfer over
to a breaker box.
And we can't have volunteers take care
of that. We need, you know, professional
people to come in.
>> And you've already spent
» And you've already spent
about $10,000 already, right?
>> Well, we did.
» Well, we did.
>> halfway done, right?
» halfway done, right?
>> Well, we didn't spend it. We just told
» Well, we didn't spend it. We just told
them that we had the money coming, so
they came in and did the work. We're
halfway done.
>> summer camp there all summer, hadn't
» summer camp there all summer, hadn't
you?
>> Yeah, we do it every year.
» Yeah, we do it every year.
>> And you had to suspend camp just because
» And you had to suspend camp just because
of the electrical
>> We did. Yeah, about 3 weeks we, you
» We did. Yeah, about 3 weeks we, you
know, we had to find other places to
take the youth to to
continue with our program, but yes, sir.
>> Well, you're doing great work in North
» Well, you're doing great work in North
Montgomery.
Again, you're serving those
community over there. It's
uh uh
that
you're really making a difference, you
and your people inside the
uh
the building there are really doing a
great job. I I sent it out. I know
Commissioner Constanza uh joined me in
4,000. So, Regina 4,000 from Doug
District 5, 4,000 from
uh designated revenue?
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> Mhm.
» Mhm.
And
um give the opportunity to some others
if they want to help today.
Do that.
>> Can you give me the name that you want
» Can you give me the name that you want
the funds to go to again?
>> Sure. Flatline Community Coalition.
» Sure. Flatline Community Coalition.
>> Okay. Thank you.
» Okay. Thank you.
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> And Tammy uh
» And Tammy uh
Tammy
Flatline Community Coalition, can you
get with Dwayne if I think he's set it
up already. I think we've given before,
Tammy.
>> Yeah, you have.
» Yeah, you have.
>> Yeah, many times in the past, so okay. I
» Yeah, many times in the past, so okay. I
should be okay set up, so
Does anybody else want to help?
>> Put me down for 4, too, uh Ms. Walker,
» Put me down for 4, too, uh Ms. Walker,
please.
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> Thank you.
» All right, we'll keep digging.
>> All right, thank you.
» All right, thank you.
>> Okay, buddy.
» Okay, buddy.
>> Any other additions to designated
» Any other additions to designated
revenue?
Okay.
>> I think I think I might have two.
» I think I think I might have two.
Um
>> Wait, don't you mean three?
» Wait, don't you mean three?
>> Well, Jamice, uh I think Doug is in the
» Well, Jamice, uh I think Doug is in the
program for the $750 to
Leadership Montgomery. That's for the
program that came and presented last
week, is that right?
>> Yes, yeah, that that was his ask of each
» Yes, yeah, that that was his ask of each
commissioner.
>> So, I I'd like to add my $750 as well.
And then, I
Jamice is sharing with you right now. I
had a neighborhood association months
ago that
either
wasn't submitted
did didn't get funded, got left off,
whatever it is.
Um no no fingers pointed, unless they're
at myself, which I'll take all of it.
But, um
from designated.
One Is it 1,000? All right, perfect.
Thank you.
» So, you got I have to resend it now.
» She needs to allocate at this meeting
and or she needs to rescind.
That was designated?
Okay.
Got you.
Is that right?
Okay.
>> [clears throat]
» [clears throat]
>> Consider travel training request
» Consider travel training request
for
detention, engineering,
information systems, and the sheriff.
» Just point of clarification, most of
these training requests are showing that
there's no budget money. Is that because
they're coming out of FY 27 and that
budget hadn't been set yet?
>> That's a good question.
» That's a good question.
Okay.
>> I just I just want to make sure.
» I just I just want to make sure.
>> finance director.
Item number three, um, on our formal
agenda.
Consider donation of two decommissioned
vehicles to Trenholm State Community
College Police Department.
Sheriff?
Nope.
>> Now, that's
» Now, that's
>> I'm sorry. I'm I'm on the wrong one. I'm
» I'm sorry. I'm I'm on the wrong one. I'm
so sorry.
Consider amendment to Tyler Tech
software agreement to approve and
implement Tyler Tech Energy Gov. Terry
Henderson is here and I think Rodney is
going to join her.
He's eager. Good morning.
» Good morning.
Good morning, everyone.
>> Good morning.
» Good morning.
>> The information that's on the agenda for
» The information that's on the agenda for
today, I had requested waiver rules for
this. This is the
software to replace our current Natco
application that we have had for over 10
years now.
And it was what we had discussed during
the budget hearing. We have since gone
back in combination with the IT
department and myself.
And worked with the vendor and they have
provided the revisions that you see
before you. There is no travel in there.
Of course,
this is uh
moving forward the way we have presented
it so that we could use the available
funds within the fiscal year 2026
budget.
And move forward there to get started
hopefully within a 30 to 45-day time
frame once we get the signature and
approval on the contract.
>> you have this money in your budget for
» you have this money in your budget for
2026?
>> Yes, sir. For the most part, the
» Yes, sir. For the most part, the
majority of this is in the in the
current year budget. And then it would
be a yearly maintenance and SAS fee
thereafter. That would be a reoccurring
fee
for year two and thereafter.
>> So, 380 382,133
» So, 380 382,133
dollars, that's that's available in your
budget for 2026.
>> Between what I have in the software and
» Between what I have in the software and
with what I have also in the
304 account for professional services.
>> So, that's the urgency for waiving rules
» So, that's the urgency for waiving rules
so we can go to
>> Absolutely. Yes, sir.
» Absolutely. Yes, sir.
>> And chairman, we can change that over.
» And chairman, we can change that over.
Terry, we apologize. We realized this
morning that was supposed to be waiver
rules, but they can switch it over
during the break. Mhm.
>> Thank you very much.
» Thank you very much.
>> have any questions for Terry or Rodney?
» have any questions for Terry or Rodney?
>> Now just to be clear, this is something
» Now just to be clear, this is something
we talked about in the budget hearing
about how we've got the money allocated
right now. So this is doing that. That's
what we're doing. You're getting it
spent so we're doing it right now.
That's That's fantastic, Terry. That's
fantastic.
>> Right.
» Right.
>> And we'll we'll need to add the 131313
» And we'll we'll need to add the 131313
to the '27 budget for the annual fee.
>> Yes, sir. That would be coming out and
» Yes, sir. That would be coming out and
that would be in the transition.
>> Yeah. Can you pay the annual fee now if
» Yeah. Can you pay the annual fee now if
you have money in your 2026 budget and
pay it in advance?
>> It'll be paid up front at the start of
» It'll be paid up front at the start of
the project cuz that will allocate all
the services software and the hosting
part of it.
Um then next year this time next year
that we'll have to pay the annual fee
again.
>> Yeah. Exactly.
» Yeah. Exactly.
>> So yeah, for the '27 fiscal year that
» So yeah, for the '27 fiscal year that
131 will need to be added to my budget
to pay for it next year.
But this year gets us started up front.
>> But that was the 131 you talked about
» But that was the 131 you talked about
before, right? Was that
on your budget hearing you'd asked for
some software?
>> That was uh yeah, we were moving from
» That was uh yeah, we were moving from
other departments to mine.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
All right. I need a motion.
>> Move to waive rules.
» Move to waive rules.
>> I second it.
» I second it.
>> All in favor say I.
» All in favor say I.
>> I.
» I.
>> Okay. Thank you.
» Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you so very much.
» Thank you so very much.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
Consider an unbudgeted field position
request for part-time administrative
support associate. Uh our purchasing
manager, Sandra Cunningham, is coming
down.
» Good morning.
>> Good morning.
» Good morning.
>> Uh
» Uh
this request is for part-time
administrative support associate to
support operations for the purchasing
department.
Uh currently we have a heavy workload.
Um
and we support the entire county. It's
myself and two buyers.
So this would really help us keep
everything efficiently and flowing to
support the operations of the county.
I requested this in my part two budget.
But it's in critical that we get this
position filled as quickly as possible.
>> So that will bring your department to
» So that will bring your department to
three people.
>> Four.
» Four.
>> Four.
» Four.
>> This makes four. You got three now.
» This makes four. You got three now.
>> And myself.
» And myself.
>> So that would be three and a half.
» So that would be three and a half.
>> She makes three. She has one person
» She makes three. She has one person
that's out until the end of September.
So she's down to two people.
>> Okay. And then in September she'll have
» Okay. And then in September she'll have
three and you're asking for one more.
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> Okay. And how many have we had in the
» Okay. And how many have we had in the
past always had?
>> I know they've had four. I don't know
» I know they've had four. I don't know
when they were all right. Have you all
ever had more than four employees in
purchasing?
» They've always had four then.
» Thank you, Martha. Martha's our former
purchasing manager, so that's why I
asked her.
» Any questions?
» That'll be next agenda.
>> Thank you, Sandra.
» Thank you, Sandra.
>> Thank you.
» Consider establishing county levies for
new ABC license types.
» Any questions on that? That'll be next
agenda.
>> Actually,
» Actually,
I did this. Sandra, could you come back
up real quick? I got a quick question.
Yep.
Cuz we don't get a whole lot of
opportunities to talk. Just
walk give us the 30-second overview of
what purchasing does. And then I'd love
for you to describe the physical
hang-ups right now that are requiring an
additional staff member. Does that make
sense?
>> Yes, sir, for sure.
» Yes, sir, for sure.
>> Uh currently um we handle all of the
» Uh currently um we handle all of the
purchasing for the entire county. Uh
from administrative supplies all the way
to our vehicles,
uh buildings, maintenance, MROs, which
is maintenance and repairs.
Um
the administrative support is critical
to our operations. It allows the buyers
and myself over management to focus on
the things that we need to focus on as
far as uh
compliance, making sure we're in
compliance with laws, uh the laws
changes that we've had. Um
so having this administrative support is
is very important. Um the administrative
support would handle all of our filing,
um
our postings, uh
community um I'm sorry.
The
department interactions, all of those
things as as well as our mailing and we
do a lot of um
manual processes still as well. Uh which
is one of the things that I'm trying to
focus on is bring us up to date in
operations. Uh this will will again
allow us the buyers and myself to focus
on those very critical operational
needs. Um
>> Does purchasing supervise the mail room
» Does purchasing supervise the mail room
as well?
>> We support the mail room. We don't
» We support the mail room. We don't
supervise it. It It falls under general
services support services. Uh but we do
help and support with that operation uh
because we do have the purchasing
component of that as well.
>> So like
» So like
>> all of the PO boxes as well.
» all of the PO boxes as well.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> Paying paying to make sure we got stamps
» Paying paying to make sure we got stamps
in the hopper ready to go.
I've heard we've we've gotten close a
couple times.
>> Yes. Yes, sir.
» Yes. Yes, sir.
>> from you?
» from you?
>> As one point at one point prior to me
» As one point at one point prior to me
getting here, I just got here in April.
Um but prior to me getting here um in I
think former years purchasing at one
time was under support services and it
has since been separated. So we're uh
just redistributing our our
responsibilities as they should be.
Um
to answer that question.
>> With this new position, are they going
» With this new position, are they going
to be you mentioned talking to the
different departments. Is that going to
be the person that if
probate wants to make a purchase or
commission wants to make a purchase,
they would go through this person or
does that come through you? What does
that process look like?
>> Uh we support each buyer and as well as
» Uh we support each buyer and as well as
myself, we have
different departments that we support
directly that we're assigned to
but it's also a collective thing as well
depending on the workflow. In that peak
season like we're coming up to year end
closeout New Year preparation, those are
critical that we support
all of the departments. So there's no
there's assignments for departments but
we all do everything collectively as
well.
>> What's your current processing time from
» What's your current processing time from
time you receive a
request to the ability to purchase and
have on site? What do you think that
timeline looks like right now?
>> It's been delayed a little bit because
» It's been delayed a little bit because
of the shortage. Um right now we're
working at 7 to
10 days where it was normally uh same
day or two to three days. So yes. Uh
contract management kind of plays a role
into that. Uh the buyers really and
myself really need to focus on contract
management. Um
because we have to do research as well
as
build relationships with those suppliers
that we work with. So it takes a lot. We
work a lot with legal as well as risk
management to make sure that we're in
compliance with the
insurance requirements and that that
we're abiding to all of the law
requirements.
Thank you.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you, Sandra.
Um item number three, consider
establishing county levies for new ABC
license types.
» I I we already got that one. We got
that.
>> you You didn't ask You asked what are
» you You didn't ask You asked what are
the questions, so I didn't know. And we
kind of got I want to make sure. I'm
sorry.
Um consider contract with the Jones
Group LLC for governmental relations.
This is a renewal of his contract from
um this current year's contract.
>> No increase?
» No increase?
>> No, sir. There wasn't an increase in the
» No, sir. There wasn't an increase in the
contract amount.
>> I know that contract was
» I know that contract was
provided for additional expenses for
travel, etc., etc. Did we encounter any
of those additional incur any additional
expenses
during the current contract?
>> None that I'm aware of. None I haven't
» None that I'm aware of. None I haven't
been informed of any um
I don't know of any. I do see that in
the contract.
>> Yeah, I don't think I don't recall them
» Yeah, I don't think I don't recall them
ever coming to us. So far, I think it's
been in every contract we've had
lobbying groups, but I don't remember
them ever coming to us with any special
travel requests.
Or the group before them, I don't
remember them ever doing it either, so.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> So So the answer is at this time there
» So So the answer is at this time there
>> As of today, the answer is no.
» As of today, the answer is no.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> And that would have to be approved
» And that would have to be approved
before
they did it, I'm sure.
>> I would like to think so, but I would
» I would like to think so, but I would
ask Connie for an interpretation and see
if we need to put something in there
like maybe a specific amount needs to
come before the commission or however
y'all want to do that, but I would like
to think that would have to be approved.
>> Yeah. Well, I just I'll have a
» Yeah. Well, I just I'll have a
conversation with them just make sure
before they
do anything to let us know what they
want to do.
>> That sounds nice, but
» That sounds nice, but
>> I've been been up and
» I've been been up and
long as I've been here on the
commission, so.
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> That'll be next agenda.
» That'll be next agenda.
>> Item number five, consider amending the
» Item number five, consider amending the
contract with Booth Management
Consulting for the remainder of 2026
and to close out 2027.
Ms. Robin Booth is on the phone. Robin,
are you on?
» Good morning. Yes, I am.
>> Good morning. As you know, commission,
» Good morning. As you know, commission,
we um funds were allocated to over 65
programs for 45 recipients.
Each of those recipients had various
experience with managing federal money.
So, it has been
um
a journey to kind of get them to spend
the money in compliance with the rules
set out by Treasury, and Robin and her
team have done a great job, but now it's
time for us to get those projects closed
out and to get our final reports to
Treasury, and that's going to require a
little bit more guidance um for those
that either
received incorrect information in the
beginning or need help getting across
the line. So, this is what we're trying
to do, and Robin has put together a
brief presentation that will probably
give you a little bit more information
as to where we are right now. So, I'll
turn it over to Robin.
>> Good morning. Good morning. I'm not um
» Good morning. Good morning. I'm not um
I don't have the ability to share my
screen. I don't know if I can get that
ability real quickly in Teams. I was
waiting
for the share.
>> I think um
» I think um
they are going to We have your
presentation, so I think they're going
to share.
>> Oh, I I I'll just walk through it then.
» Oh, I I I'll just walk through it then.
I can't see it.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Okay. So, um as Regina alluded to, and I
» Okay. So, um as Regina alluded to, and I
think we made this clear when we
initially earlier on in our contract, we
had brought some things to the
commission
as we started to experience some
some some issues that concerned us. So,
our original scope when we started, you
know, we we believed that let's just say
because you had prior consultants and
you had prior work done that your files,
your documentation were at a certain
level as far as compliance with this
one-time generational funding through
the ARPA program. Um we brought to your
attention early on that we had serious
concerns about some initial
determinations made relative to whether
the agreements with your partners,
because that's what we call them, your
partners and your grantees, uh
were
I will just say with the designation of
the agreement type, subrecipient versus
beneficiary, were consistent and
compliant with both the Treasury
guidance as well as the uniform
guidance. And we raised those issues. Uh
what we what we recommended and and
» We lost you.
Robin, we lost you.
» No.
>> Regina
» Regina
>> I'm going to put you on speaker.
» I'm going to put you on speaker.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> All right.
Go ahead, Robin.
>> Go ahead.
» Go ahead.
Okay, can you all hear me now?
Unmute me. Can you all hear me now?
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Okay. So, as I was saying, you can go to
» Okay. So, as I was saying, you can go to
the next slide.
Here, too.
Um
And you can go to the next slide as
well.
So, what we
what we identified early on was that
those issues could potentially put this
really the county in a precarious
situation under audit. And one of the
big things we are audit defensible and
and we brought that to the table as far
as our approach. You can go to the next
slide. So, when we looked at the
projects and made that it down There we
go. So, what we identified was that for
those projects, that determination of
subrecipients versus beneficiary had
tremendous impact on how you had to
monitor projects. We elected and
discussed with going with the
conservative approach, so that even if
the initial determination is questioned
under audit,
The approach for the county is that
we're going to be the most conservative
and we're going to treat them all at the
highest standard, which would have been
as a subrecipient. So, we did not go
back and try to argue the point about
the initial determination. What we
proposed and the county understood and
accepted was that we're going to go with
the most conservative and the most
protected um protective and audit
defensible for the county and to treat
these projects as subrecipients and make
sure we're validating 100%
of the dollars that were used for ARPA
programs. So, there's 65 projects. The
good thing is you all have obligated all
of the money's obligated. This meant
that as of December 31st, 2024, all your
pro all your money's were in a pro a
project. To date, total we've totally
validated When I say validated, that
mean my teams have gone through the
actual expenditure exports supporting
documentation, um the project scope,
every dollar and we verified that these
dollars were spent
based on eligible um costs, allowable,
reasonable, and necessary costs
consistent with the uniform guidance.
However, we have about 11,800
11,800
that we have to validate and get spent
by December 31st, 2026. And that's the
population we're focused in on because
as you all know, failure to for those
funds to be expended by December 31st
will result in me and the county having
to recapture and return those funds to
um the county and that's what Regina was
alluding to. Of that 72 of that 11,800,
a lot of those are your uh grantees who
do not neces did not necessarily have a
full understanding standing of federal
grants. And we've had to work very
closely with them and and getting them
to, you know, have it, you know,
identify expenditures, maybe modify the
expenditures to make sure they're
eligible. Their budgets are off. Um lack
of documentation. They simply didn't
realize the level of documentation, even
though it is in their agreement. I do
want to note that your agreements made
it clear that all of that they had to
provide audit supporting documentation
as requested for any expenditure. So
whether they were a subrecipient or
beneficiary, your agreements made that
clear. So at this point, we have about
32 projects that pretty much were ready
that they complete documentation. We're
ready to close out. 33 we have where
we're in this
period of of attempting to work with
them to make sure these funds are spent
and spent allowable.
We have about 39 where we had a
discrepancy with the classification. And
so as I said, we've dealt with them. We
feel like the county is in the best
protected position based on our approach
to treat them
hold them to the higher standards. So we
have 35 projects that are in process. We
have about
um
28 that are ready for closeout, which is
going to we're closing starting to close
them out and then two that we're trying
to kind of determine where they are. We
have One of the issues too is we started
to have some poorly reporting that
wasn't being done. So we've been working
with them as well. You can go to the
next slide. So where we are
You can go to Yeah, thank you. So this
then this deals with with advances,
spend rate, and deobligation. So one
other thing to keep in mind is that some
people got money up front. So we have to
validate their expenses. And of that
419,000,
basically we have validated. We have 600
Remember now, this money is already
gone. We're we're trying to get their
their actual expenditures to validate
that they used those funds for the
intended purposes. So potentially, those
are the ones too and that's within that
whole 11 million that we're attempting
to validate. We see a potential
obligation of 500,000 just because some
under and over budgets, but that number
is not firm at this point. And at this
point, we have about 60.2% of the funds
advanced funds that are
validated. So we have about 38% roughly
that are not validated. We can go to the
next slide.
Yeah. Yeah, thank you. So, what we've
taken what we've done, a lot of direct
communication, Regina, our team,
calling, emails, not
follow-up, conference calls. We've
looked we've reviewed their quarterly
reports, their financial reports, their
project reports, their request for
reimbursement money reports, um weekly
conference calls on spending
projections. We still meet weekly with
um the county to go over these spending
projections and even more so as we're
getting closer and closer to that
deadline. We have um discussed a more
aggressive approach for these
non-responsive. Like I said, the last
quarter we noticed we didn't get 46 46
reports and we're at um that quarter was
June 30th and we're August 11th. So, we
just talked about the fact of making it
clear to failure to validate or provide
us with the documentation to validate
may result in the recapture of um of
those funds or the re-obligation or
re-allocation of those funds. So, that's
the more aggressive approach we're going
to have to that we're taking now to get
us across the finish line. And so, of
course, the conflict consequences of
non-responsive, of them not responding,
this $11 million of those in that pool
are not is potential de-obligation and
the county does still have some
re-allocation they can do um within now
and December 31st, 2026. The issue is
understanding what needs to be
de-obligated and rather re-allocated,
which is what we're trying to get our
pulse more around. Next slide.
So, what that looks like that yeah. What
that looks like when you see that number
350 increase, I just want to say our
original contract only went through
January 1st, 2027.
Um Treasury has put out guidance and
indicated that close out those to April
30th, 2027. So, what does that mean?
Even if funds are expended by December
31st, every grant, every project has to
be closed out. And even And Treasury
recognized that that will not will not
happen by December 31st, even if all the
money's are. So, Treasury has extended
through April 30th, 2027 for the
closeout of the project. And we're
recommending um our contract be extended
to cover that period as well. So, in
that period, um
and you can go to the next slide.
Oh, you can stay here. You can stay
here. Um what this budget supports, we
got to complete all of the ARPA
reconciliation and closeout. One of the
big reconciliations is to what you've
been reporting in Treasury. Treasury
just issued an alert about 6 weeks ago
about the aggressive actions that how
they're going to determine who's being
monitored. And they're going to really
look at those Treasury reports and the
categories and the expense categories,
um how you've been reporting. So, we
need to make sure that all of the
changes that have impacted are being
reported in those reports. We're going
to finalize, continue monitoring, and
technical assistance, processing
reimbursements, getting these files as
complete as possible. We've done so many
amendments and we'll continue to do so
to get the documentation right. And as
you know, we're working on three audits,
which were 40% complete. And we hope to
have the audit results on the conflict
of interest within the next 30 days,
putting it mildly. Within the next 30
days, we should have
um some
some reporting to you at least on the
conflict of interest audit. And we're
very close to finishing that. All the
other audits we're doing field work, and
we expect to be finished by September
30th, 2026. You can go to the next
slide.
So, as I said, when we got involved and
we made you aware that the compliance
were issues, financial was issue. I will
say some of your um beneficiary your
your grantees didn't understand they had
to keep any documentation for whatever
reason. So, it's it's been a hill to
climb for some. And some were just
getting advances up front and with no
actual expenditure testing or no actual
documentation being having to be
submitted. So, if I can go to the next
slide.
And I'll try to try to wrap up. Um as I
said, these are all the things we've
done to address those issues. You can go
to the next slide.
Um I talked about the risk to you, what
could happen to the county. We're always
on a audit defensible mode and how our
act our approaches protected you, giving
you the best position in training of
those to mitigate those risks. You can
go to the next slide.
I'm going to talk to you about the
remaining work to be done so you have a
complete understanding of what has to be
done between now or really 7/1 and
4/30/27.
Keep the next slide and I'll wrap it up.
We're trying to get to the wrap up. This
is our work plan so you'll know what we
plan to work on from now until the um
April 30th date. We expect to be
finished March 31st. Next slide. Cuz
this is an important one.
Um
This is our the the um our
recommendation is to complete these
projects um and why we're recommending
approval of this budget. So, that pretty
much um in the final slide, that pretty
much um wraps up the request. As you can
see, there's a lot more detailed
information in the presentation, but um
thank you so much for allowing me these
few minutes to make this presentation.
>> Robin, this is Doug. Uh
» Robin, this is Doug. Uh
I've been very impressed with the work
you have done. I would ask you um
if you can tomorrow, I've got some time
after about uh
10:30 tomorrow morning, would you call
my cell number tomorrow? I want to ask
you I've got a bunch of questions I want
to ask. Um it would take at least 30 or
40 minutes. Uh do you mind if I just
>> not a problem. Only thing is I got to I
» not a problem. Only thing is I got to I
am flying I'm I'm on travel. I'm
actually
>> Call me Well, call me
» Call me Well, call me
>> there.
» there.
>> Yeah, well, call me Yeah, call me
» Yeah, well, call me Yeah, call me
anytime Thursday uh Wednesday or
Thursday.
>> Okay. would be good.
» Okay. would be good.
>> Thursday is great. Thursday I'm back
» Thursday is great. Thursday I'm back
online. Thursday anytime.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Okay, perfect.
» Okay, perfect.
>> sorry, what commissioner was this? I
» sorry, what commissioner was this? I
can't see you anymore.
>> Doug Singleton.
» Doug Singleton.
>> Okay, Commissioner. Thank you.
» Okay, Commissioner. Thank you.
>> Yeah, thank you, Robin.
» Yeah, thank you, Robin.
>> Doug, can I ask you
» Doug, can I ask you
>> Please, yeah.
» Please, yeah.
>> of questions. It won't take 40 minutes,
» of questions. It won't take 40 minutes,
but
Robin, this is Commissioner Justin
Canstanzo. Tell me um
give me the idea of why this addition is
necessary
after we made the the original contract
and the original procurement of funds.
Are we seeing an increase? Are we Did we
not budget enough time? I know that
we've we've mapped this out to end on
March 31st, but that would have been a
known time frame. What are What are your
thoughts about the increase?
>> The inc- And as I said in the slide
» The inc- And as I said in the slide
earlier on, it was because of the
quality of your
the initial determinations and your file
compliance and what we thought what was
thought to be in your files. We thought
even from internally, you all's
perspective, the determinations were
questionable.
Um
the files were so incomplete. There
There was no documentation
as far as just expenditures.
A lot of your unfortunately, a lot of
your grantees weren't familiar with
federal requirements. So, they did the
best that they could. So, we're doing a
lot of I I want to say maybe we're
building some sustainability, too,
because we're building a capacity,
because we're building we're
taking them through the process of
understanding federal grant requirements
so they so they can
you know, comply with this grant. That
hopefully builds capacity.
Um
the level of um reporting that's been
required as far as just from them and
understanding and making sure that
they're in compliance, we could not have
anticipated that um initially. I will
say the audits, which are included in I
am saying is included in that. 350 was
another unanticipated. We could not have
have anticipated that those particular
situations and that level of monitoring.
Um and so those are the I guess the
largest contributing factors.
>> How How much has the county already paid
» How How much has the county already paid
towards this contract? What was the
original sum?
>> It was I believe it was 450,000. The
» It was I believe it was 450,000. The
contract started April 1st of 2025
and um, they had paid through 6/30 of
2026.
>> Yeah.
» Yeah.
That's correct.
How many
>> A little bit more than a year.
» A little bit more than a year.
>> How many um, Booth Consulting employees
» How many um, Booth Consulting employees
are working this process?
>> Um, five.
» Um, five.
Six. Five. Five and a half.
» Any other questions?
>> Yeah, Miss Jim.
» Yeah, Miss Jim.
>> Uh, Miss Booth, uh, Commissioner Isaiah
» Uh, Miss Booth, uh, Commissioner Isaiah
Sankey. Um, thank you for your time.
Good morning to you. Your slides are
always kind of busy even though they're
very, very detailed. They're kind of
busy. I would like a copy of them so
that I could really try to understand a
little bit more detail and more thorough
fashion what uh, you're presenting. I'm
I'm also concerned
uh, you mentioned understanding the
federal grant requirement. I don't think
we have that luxury built into the
contract uh, where the recipients or the
subrecipients uh,
can take time to understand federal
grant requirements. That was a part of
the criteria when they signed uh, the
contract uh, early on uh, and the level
of monitoring required. I think we
should
we should have already been aware of the
level of monitoring required uh,
to make sure that these uh, recipients,
subrecipients or beneficiary uh, you
know, were
they understood what was at stake, uh,
what their responsibilities uh, were and
they they should have been been aware of
that. So, and I I want to know, I'd like
to have a list of the ones that you've
currently closed out
uh, and the ones that
>> ready to close out.
» ready to close out.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> They're closing. We're We're starting
» They're closing. We're We're starting
the close out process now.
>> I need that list, please, uh and and the
» I need that list, please, uh and and the
list of those that are pending.
>> That goes for about all of us with that.
» That goes for about all of us with that.
>> Yeah, cuz we I mean, this this concerns
» Yeah, cuz we I mean, this this concerns
me. I mean, you know, we the the
individuals or the entities
uh that sought uh these these monies,
uh and I know they were classified some
as subrecipients, some as beneficiaries,
and I know I had a lot to say about that
early on. And so, I am concerned that
even when we reclassify them, are we
really sure that we're meeting the
requirements and that Treasury
guidelines are being adhered to as we
attempt to reclassify subrecipients to
beneficiaries or vice versa.
So, that really concerns me. And if
there's additional monies that are
necessary to be expended to extend the
time required to monitor these uh
these recipients, it ought to come out
of their funding. Uh I'm I'm wondering
is the $350,000, Miss Walker,
uh
part of ARPA monies that we've somehow
set aside, or would this come out the
general fund budget?
>> I am not aware of any additional ARPA
» I am not aware of any additional ARPA
funds set aside for monitoring. We spent
$795,000
to get the funds allocated.
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Um what we're looking at is for those
» Um what we're looking at is for those
that are just not responsive.
With in the reclassification, we would
then use some of those funds for
monitoring.
>> But the $350,000 at this point, where
» But the $350,000 at this point, where
would it be coming from?
>> If approved, it would be coming from
» If approved, it would be coming from
general fund.
>> Is it eligible? I agree with what you're
» Is it eligible? I agree with what you're
saying, is it eligible? Cuz basically,
we're being fined for the inability of
grant recipients to do their job.
>> Right.
» Right.
>> I I mean, is there a way to use ARPA
» I I mean, is there a way to use ARPA
funds
>> For the money that we can recapture,
» For the money that we can recapture,
yes. Um I'll share with you guys the
last spreadsheet. Keep in mind, a lot of
these recipients got their money up
front. So, because we gave them money up
front, we no longer have the money.
We're trying to get them to comply on
the back end with funds that they've
already expended and whether they were
eligible or applicable to Treasury
guidelines. For the ones that have not
received their money, we certainly will
use that towards if we had to do a
reclassification towards monitoring.
>> Booth would be motivated to help with
» Booth would be motivated to help with
that project.
>> They are. So, over the next 3 weeks,
» They are. So, over the next 3 weeks,
what we're planning to do before we meet
again is we have our spreadsheet here of
everybody that received their advance
payment and then our spend rate table of
where they are.
You will be amazed at the number of them
that have spent their money
>> but haven't reported it.
» but haven't reported it.
>> They just won't report it. I talked to a
» They just won't report it. I talked to a
couple of them and said they were told
that they didn't have to. So, it's a lot
of misinformation because this has this
has gone through a lot of hands since
these funds were given out. So, um I
confirmed, are you receiving the emails?
Yes. Do you understand it applies to
you? Yes. Why haven't you responded? I
didn't know I had to.
Um so, we
>> Maybe there's a way for us before the
» Maybe there's a way for us before the
next meeting. I I don't feel confident
voting on this yet until we answer all
of those questions.
>> I understand.
» I understand.
>> Um and and I let me be very clear. I I
» Um and and I let me be very clear. I I
want to make sure that all of our ARPA
funds are used. I've been very impressed
with the way Booth has monitored this so
far. Their support has been incredible.
It has made it audit defensible. I love
that word. Um but uh there's just a lot
of money. $11 million in play and then
another $350,000 payment out of our
general general fund. Um Doug's got a
lot of questions. I know he's going to
ask her as well. So, after that
conversation, maybe you guys talk and if
there's a way before our next meeting to
get the
commission together to discuss or or
whatever we need to do. I know that can
be a public meeting or we can
whatever we got to do. We got to do it.
>> mind one of them is
» mind one of them is
the $2 million that's for the community
center. So, we're pre-ordering, you
know, that some of those things to spend
that. So, our larger ticket items, a lot
of those are
in progress.
Um
some have ordered equipment that's
supposed to be coming in soon. That's a
large ticket item, a little bit over
half million. So, our larger ticket
items are in progress. We're just trying
to get all of the documentation to see
where we are. So, you can't recend those
funds. But, for the funds that we can,
certainly we will sit down and comb
through the spreadsheet.
>> Not trying to recend funds. I'm
» Not trying to recend funds. I'm
interested in who
is doing what they're supposed to be
doing, and if they're not, then they're
not eligible to receive the funding,
even if they've already gotten it, would
be my thing. And I think that number of
people is very, very small.
>> It is.
» It is.
>> Um but, you know, now's time. Clock is
» Um but, you know, now's time. Clock is
ticking.
>> Right.
» Right.
>> We've talked a lot about using the what
» We've talked a lot about using the what
might be left over well. We don't want
to give any back.
>> So.
» So.
>> There there was some criteria that had
» There there was some criteria that had
to be satisfied up front in order to be
a beneficiary as opposed to a
subrecipient. And if we allowed them to
enter the contract as subrecipients as
opposed to being a beneficiary,
that would've been more additional
burden on this the county for
beneficiaries. And there was some
criteria that had to be satisfied. So, I
don't see how you can go back and
reclassify those who were listed as
subrecipients, now they're beneficiary,
cuz it called for a whole different set
of criteria. And and I'm concerned about
that.
>> Okay. We can include Hold on.
» Okay. We can include Hold on.
>> Robin,
» Robin,
maybe we can set up
a conference call that everybody could
be on because we're not going to
deliberate. We're just going to ask
questions
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> for general information purposes. So,
» for general information purposes. So,
>> We can do that.
» We can do that.
>> set that call up for sometime Thursday,
» set that call up for sometime Thursday,
and and people want to join, they'll
have the opportunity to join and ask
questions.
» Okay. Thank you, Robin.
>> Thank you.
» Okay.
>> Uh
» Uh
Gina, on number
six, uh
I got a
email
um
last night.
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> Um
» Um
says we're going to withdraw the
proposed amendment this time. We'll
address it later.
Uh, that came from uh Mike Jackson.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Webb to him. I think he represents the
» Webb to him. I think he represents the
volunteer Hackle Volunteer Fire
Department, I believe. I I think that's
who that is. So,
number six we'll just uh
>> Request removed from Yes, sir.
» Request removed from Yes, sir.
>> We'll do it down the road later.
» We'll do it down the road later.
We'll see if it comes back.
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> Regarding that particular uh item, there
» Regarding that particular uh item, there
are a number of people here who
represent volunteer fire departments
throughout the county. And so, even
though we are taking it off the agenda,
uh I think it might be uh
important that we at least hear from
them at some point based upon your
discretion, you know, what uh concerns
they have about the resolution and how
the monies are being allocated. I
understand that there's some concern
about equity in the allocation. So, if
you would allow at some point before we
leave or
before we adjourn, if they could at
least have
an opportunity to express their concern.
>> Yeah, they
» Yeah, they
They can We got a few minutes uh now.
They can do it now if they would like.
Again, it's I don't know if it'll come
back to us or not, but
I don't know if it'll ever come back to
us. So,
>> Well, just for information and purposes,
» Well, just for information and purposes,
uh I think it would be important.
>> If If anybody's here on that
» If If anybody's here on that
Uh at 10:00. Okay, we'll do it at 10:00.
That'll be good.
>> That'll be perfect.
» That'll be perfect.
>> Thank you. Can we Can we go back to um
» Thank you. Can we Can we go back to um
to the Jones contract?
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> Um
» Um
Also,
it says consider amending contract with
Booth Management under item five, but
the the memo was attached, but not the
contract.
>> Correct. Um I can send you a copy of the
» Correct. Um I can send you a copy of the
original contract. I apologize for not
attaching it.
>> curious what we're actually amending. Is
» curious what we're actually amending. Is
it just to pay them more money?
>> Just add add an additional 350. No
» Just add add an additional 350. No
language changing, just that part.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
78% increase from the original cost.
Just saying.
Five. Uh so, the contract with with
Jones my only question is there's a
there's a statement on one of these
pages that says
that if more money is needed that the
county would be responsible for for
paying those costs. Um
>> Where are you on the contract?
» Where are you on the contract?
>> I'm looking. I've read it and I've made
» I'm looking. I've read it and I've made
a note of that.
>> the one for additional travel where if
» the one for additional travel where if
additional travel is needed?
>> [sighs]
» [sighs]
>> Right here on the payment.
» Right here on the payment.
>> number five, yeah, payment.
» number five, yeah, payment.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Jones Group may seek reimbursement for
» Jones Group may seek reimbursement for
certain expenses associated with the
agreement including but not limited to
travel, lodging, meals provided that
reimbursement of such expenses must be
pre-approved by the undersigned. I I
guess that is my question. I don't know
if anybody from Jones is here. Um
for the amount of money we're paying
uh paying more for travel and those
types of things would be I'm just
curious
is that something that has happened in
the past? Have we had to add additional
>> It will be in there.
» It will be in there.
>> You know, if they go to
» You know, if they go to
>> Any lobbyist firm you look at will put
» Any lobbyist firm you look at will put
that in there. They're going to ask you
for additional um
additional for if they travel and they
set up meetings when they travel. For
instance, if they go we go to like we
went to the air show.
>> Air show, yeah.
» Air show, yeah.
>> And they were responsible when we were
» And they were responsible when we were
in the air show. So, they set up the
meet for meetings that we had in order
to bring other um
interest other airlines, interest other
companies with for us. So, that will
always any lobbyist you get they're
going to if they don't put it that in
there then instead of being 144 they'll
probably ask you for 240 and then say
okay, you don't have to reimburse us
because they're already getting 240.
>> I just felt like 144 already included
» I just felt like 144 already included
that, too.
>> [laughter]
» [laughter]
>> We're in the wrong business.
» We're in the wrong business.
>> But it does have to be pre-approved.
» But it does have to be pre-approved.
>> Yeah, it does have to be pre-approved. I
» Yeah, it does have to be pre-approved. I
got you.
>> you know, but we're not going to not
» you know, but we're not going to not
approve going to London for air show.
We're not going to not approve. I mean
>> I'm setting up meetings in DC for us. I
» I'm setting up meetings in DC for us. I
mean
>> See there's some predictable stuff that
» See there's some predictable stuff that
I wish that we could include in this
144.
>> some of those are some of the people
» some of those are some of the people
that we need to
and that's what their job is for but
but they still have to get there
themselves. So it's going to be always
any most 90% of your lobbyists firms are
going to have that in there.
>> Yeah and
» Yeah and
Jones Group like all other lobbying
groups that that say actually went to
like the air show in London they
represent
numerous companies over there and so
it's just not one company.
>> are all the companies splitting their
» are all the companies splitting their
travel costs?
>> But they've not they're not billing us
» But they've not they're not billing us
for the travel for the lunch air they
they not have they have never billed us
for something above and beyond what
their contract
>> Oh that's what I was asking. I thought
» Oh that's what I was asking. I thought
you were saying that we have been billed
like that before.
>> no no no no they have
» no no no no they have
>> So Jones traditionally has not billed us
» So Jones traditionally has not billed us
>> No cuz they that's part of their job to
» No cuz they that's part of their job to
go over there.
>> Well I agree. I just was curious. I mean
» Well I agree. I just was curious. I mean
cuz it says here
>> No Doug if they I know that's part of
» No Doug if they I know that's part of
their job but now if it comes and they
we say hey we're going to Timbuktu
and we need you set up meetings for
Timbuktu. That's what I thought you
said.
>> That's a separate contract.
» That's a separate contract.
>> Yeah he's he's yeah we'll have to pay
» Yeah he's he's yeah we'll have to pay
them for it.
>> separate air show and DC
» separate air show and DC
that kind of stuff.
>> If they ever do anything like that extra
» If they ever do anything like that extra
above and beyond
>> above and beyond yeah that's in their
» above and beyond yeah that's in their
scope they're going to ask for us to be
paid.
You want I mean
>> I'm only worried.
» I'm only worried.
>> I got you. We and we can get in touch
» I got you. We and we can get in touch
with Greg and let him call us before we
pass this and explain everything to us.
Other than that we we're saying it but
yeah.
>> That's all I have.
» That's all I have.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> So Genie got number seven I guess.
» So Genie got number seven I guess.
>> Uh-oh hold on.
» Uh-oh hold on.
>> General information?
» General information?
>> Yes sir.
» Yes sir.
There is an update um
for Montgomery Thrive small business.
Um Frank Robinson and Jennifer Anderson
are here to give a brief update on where
we are, how they're rocking and rolling
with that program.
Frank, you want to go ahead and start
talking? I'm going
>> Yeah, Miss trying to do that. We're
» Yeah, Miss trying to do that. We're
running short on time.
>> Yeah, no problem. And I'll be quick with
» Yeah, no problem. And I'll be quick with
the presentation. And I want to say
thank you
to you commissioners, and thank you to
um,
thank you to our
acting administrator Regina for her work
and as well as
Robin and Jennifer as well. We wanted to
just spend just a short moment to
give you an update on on the Montgomery
Thriving
as it exists today. We are thankful for
your trust
in, you know, everybody to get this
redone. And we were happy with the
fidelity as which has been done that.
Next slide, please. I'll go through
these slides pretty quickly. And as
always,
I'm a phone call or a meeting away if we
need to dig into some of the details
as you review this presentation. Um,
One of the things I wanted to mention is
that the summary of the funding, the
program was originally at 2.5 million,
but we were able to out reallocate money
from other pots. And we actually wind up
having a baseline of 2.8 million to
distribute to businesses. Every dollar
counts and this allowed us to do
additional 6 to 10
businesses here. We remain
We want to continue to remain
transparent on that but we're thankful
[clears throat]
that we were able to serve more
businesses. Next slide, please.
To date we have awarded 2.5 We had a
remaining 279. This was as actually as
of the 31st. We're pretty much
at the end
We're pretty much at the end of the No
problem.
At the cycle end we will expend or
commit all the dollars by the end of
this week.
Next slide, please.
Just to give you an overview, we had 391
applications received. We processed 279.
We gave technical assistance 227.
We had a lot of messages, information.
We were really
through all the different kind of
vehicles in touch with people but really
got that message through and we were
thankful for county commission as well
as city council members who helped us to
spread the news, get messages,
send information but were able to give
those updates as well. Next slide,
please.
You notice here that we had 15 million
dollars in requests for for those
dollars.
We were able to process percentage of
that. 112
applicants were not processed but you
can see the awards.
Uh
some of the final determinations here
and I'll get into some of these by
district and council in the next slide.
Next slides.
» Just make sure. Oh, here we have 116
awarded grants, average of $21,000 here.
And we're we're 90% probably 95 right
now percent of the way projected. We are
the end of this week the funds will
totally exhaust. We won't get to
everyone on the list, but it was a first
come first sort of basis. We did that
and I'll talk a little bit about the
process in the next next next slide,
please.
So, here you see the award by types.
Most of the as you see the most of the
award programs were the capital
improvements. So, business small
businesses that were looking to
improve their
their business somehow, but we had
others and other allocations as well
that took advantage of that. But, really
happy about how that went and how how it
helped small businesses. Next slide,
please.
Here you look at the the county
districts. This is a breakdown of where
things went. Uh
District 4 having the most, but
kind of everybody got touched across the
board here in in in in the different
categories that we that you see for
those areas.
Next slide, please.
So, wanted to talk this a little bit
briefly about the
grant execution agreement. This was
definitely a
Go back to the other slide. There, thank
you.
This is definitely a kind of partnership
between the county city
as well as what being the management of
Booth Management.
This process kind of was fully there.
We participated in weekly sessions uh
with the county and the city and Booth
Management. We met every week. We
discussed uh kind of the grant uh
execution. Uh they were they were
electronic signatures. Uh fully executed
uh copies were returned. Um and then
we're transitioning to the reimbursement
phase now. And so, really uh
collaborative um
uh
way that we we approached this.
As you see uh here on this slide, I
wanted us to mention that we are we have
the disbursements. We're starting to
that 312,000
uh is actually higher now, but that's
the total amount uh finally approved.
So, once they get a uh conditionally
approved, uh we they go through the our
businesses have to return their process.
They have a process that they have to
do, watch videos, and other things. And
so, that that amount that's been
released because they've finished those
things. Those This uh we expect this one
to go up because we're at now at this
portion of the phase. So, we expect by
the end of the month that this would be
80 80%.
Uh this this request was funding type.
Uh this what you want to know is that we
had a assessment that uh Booth
Management has set up for us. Uh and
there were two things. There was
advanced uh if there was a low risk,
there was a risk uh profile that
everyone got. And if there was depending
on what type you were in, uh there was a
advanced uh that's given um at a
percentage. But also, uh there were
retroactive uh
grants as well. So, if they were higher
risk, uh they were included in the
budget. They had to show certain things.
Um and then the those payments were done
on a reimbursement basis based upon risk
and other factors. Next slide.
Uh just want to just these are some I
won't go into this. Uh these are some of
the requirements uh that went into the
risk factors here.
The award amount, the years of business,
and other criterias that I can
get into at a later time.
>> Yeah, Frank, we running a little bit
» Yeah, Frank, we running a little bit
short on time. So
>> We're we're good. I won't Thank you
» We're we're good. I won't Thank you
Well, we we I'll let you read the
slides. I just want You got the the main
gist of what what we
>> to share Regina Regina actually just
» to share Regina Regina actually just
mailed them to us.
>> Okay, perfect.
» Okay, perfect.
>> Both of you have them.
» Both of you have them.
>> the emails and again, this was just to
» the emails and again, this was just to
give you
an update, but we were able to do more.
I know that was a something that
some of the commissions asked for.
We were able to go above the 2.5. We're
able to do this with Fidelity. We're
thankful for both management because
they had a system that allowed it to be
fair, accurate, audit defensible,
as as it was said, but this was a really
good partnership and a turnaround
kind of where we were a couple of months
ago,
and I just want to thank you for for the
partnership.
>> Yeah, thank you.
» Yeah, thank you.
Jennifer, you got anything you have to
We got You good?
>> I'm good.
» I'm good.
>> I know I know we caught a lot of flak
» I know I know we caught a lot of flak
about this as it was launching,
but the numbers today means incredible
work has been done, and I know that
wasn't easy. So thank you very much.
>> Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you so
» Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you so
much, Commissioner.
>> Thank you, Frank. Thank you, Jennifer.
» Thank you, Frank. Thank you, Jennifer.
Um Chairman, those are all of our items.
>> That's it. Yeah.
» That's it. Yeah.
>> Yes, sir.
» Yes, sir.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Sam, you going to do a magic switcheroo
» Sam, you going to do a magic switcheroo
and put Terry's item on wave rules and