[0:00] 
[0:19] A non printed just one.
[0:27] It gets out that
there's actually
[0:29] a ring across the state line.
[0:33] 
[0:38] Well the unemployment system.
[0:40] Well, there were
a lot of people.
[0:43] No, I know, I know.
[0:44] But think about the time frame.
[0:46] The unemployment.
[0:48] Like I was trying to
get my mailing out.
[0:52] 
[0:55] I was coordinating.
[0:57] 
[1:00] I tried to do that.
[1:01] 
[1:08] So her husband.
[1:12] 
[1:17] Yeah so she's.
[1:18] 
[1:34] Oh, good.
[1:35] How you doing?
[1:36] 
[1:41] Oh oh, Frederick Douglass.
[1:47] And they were very
grateful, obviously.
[1:50] Thank you for lunch.
[1:52] 
[1:55] They were very grateful.
[1:57] And these are really nice.
[2:03] Yeah, we're.
[2:04] We're inviting you.
[2:05] OK, let's go.
[2:10] All right.
[2:11] Hey, good morning.
[2:14] Hi welcome to all of you.
[2:15] Our fellow Arctic travelers.
[2:17] This is Ohio, and
this is winters.
[2:19] So this ain't nothing
but a thing, right?
[2:21] Good to see you.
[2:22] All right.
[2:22] I'd like to call this
a meeting of the Board
[2:24] of County Commissioners
today is the 15th of January.
[2:29] 16th of January at 11:00.
[2:31] And the clerk,
please call the roll.
[2:33] Commissioner Gerken.
[2:34] I'm here.
[2:34] Commissioner sobecki present.
[2:36] Commissioner Lopez.
[2:37] Present can I ask you all
to stand for a minute?
[2:39] What we'd like to do is
take a minute for everybody
[2:42] to silently meditate
or pray or think
[2:45] of how they may be able to serve
their country, their county,
[2:48] and their city better.
[2:49] Thank you.
[2:49] 
[3:05] Thank you for your
positive thoughts.
[3:06] 
[3:10] OK we have a very special
opening to our meeting today.
[3:14] This is something
that the commissioners
[3:16] always look forward to.
[3:17] And with our new
commissioner, Anita,
[3:19] I think you're going
to get excited about
[3:20] is what we've done.
[3:22] And we have our lead
graduate program today.
[3:25] Thank you for all the
extra work, time and effort
[3:27] and the smiles on your face.
[3:29] I think this means
something to you.
[3:30] You're here, right?
[3:32] All right.
[3:33] We love the enthusiasm.
[3:34] County employees and
I have Brian come up
[3:37] after I make some marks and
you guys can share and give
[3:40] us the background on all of it.
[3:41] But this is part of
being a public service
[3:45] that goes above and beyond
what your normal day is.
[3:48] You think people in public
service are leaders anyways.
[3:51] They may not see it from
your every day of your office
[3:53] where you serve
the public, but you
[3:55] have to be in some kind of
have to have a leadership
[3:56] mindset to do the
work of public service
[4:00] because it's not just about.
[4:02] You're serving somebody.
[4:03] And I think we're fortunate
to be able to serve somebody.
[4:07] It's an honor that I
know the three of us,
[4:08] because we actually
are crazy enough to try
[4:10] to get elected to do this.
[4:12] But to see that commitment and
the people that we work with
[4:15] is very heartwarming
and gratitude.
[4:18] So welcome.
[4:19] We'll get you your
certificates in a minute.
[4:22] And I as well want to
commend you for taking
[4:26] this additional role on.
[4:28] And some of you
when you meet, that
[4:29] means that you're also
leaving behind a little work
[4:32] at the office.
[4:33] When you go back, you
have to catch it up.
[4:35] So I appreciate you wanting
to be our leaders emerging
[4:41] and developing and
some of the things
[4:43] that you all that your
cohort came out from
[4:46] was when we had the dog
tags from Veterans Services
[4:52] and doing the dog dog tag
re-upping for the renewal that
[4:58] came from this group of folks.
[5:00] And so I Thank you for that.
[5:02] And look forward to seeing what
we get in our future classes,
[5:07] because that was
an amazing idea.
[5:10] So Thank you.
[5:11] Thank you.
[5:12] Thank you.
[5:12] 
[5:17] But also and this
is something that's
[5:18] kind of near and
dear to my heart
[5:20] because some of where
my roots came from
[5:22] is working at jobs
and Family Services
[5:24] and thinking around
and understanding
[5:27] barriers to the clients
that use the portal.
[5:30] So I know as someone
that's worked
[5:33] in that space, that's something
that we heard from clients.
[5:37] And so you guys taking
that task on to really dive
[5:40] deeper and bring your ideas up.
[5:43] And we came up with
some pretty good ideas.
[5:46] But the ideas that you
all focused on that filter
[5:51] back up to us, I
appreciate that.
[5:55] And just because you've gone
through Lee doesn't mean,
[5:58] the ideas don't stop flowing.
[6:01] So keep those juices going
and keep giving us great ideas
[6:05] to be able to go out
there and serve the public
[6:07] in a much better way.
[6:08] So congratulate congratulations
to each and every one of you
[6:12] and looking for and
Brian Canham HR.
[6:15] Department has done
this for a while
[6:17] and I'm so thankful that Brian
continues to want to do that.
[6:22] So Thank you, Brian and
for our HR department
[6:25] for continuing to
put this forward.
[6:28] Great well, first of
all, congratulations
[6:31] because you were
nominated by your boss,
[6:34] so that means you
are already someone
[6:36] special in your department who
they clearly saw our leaders.
[6:41] And the more you learn not only
about what you do in your job,
[6:45] but how the whole
County operates
[6:47] will help you become
better leaders.
[6:50] And many of you will
go on to be supervisors
[6:52] and continue to be promoted.
[6:53] Then when one of the past
trends that we've identified
[6:59] is that those who
begin in this class
[7:01] end up going further
in leadership roles.
[7:05] I just want to give
a special shout out
[7:07] to Children's Services
because Rhonda,
[7:10] I worked at Children's Services.
[7:12] I started my career as a
child abuse investigator.
[7:16] And I think starting,
you know, all of you
[7:21] are the soldiers on the
front line serving the public
[7:24] and citizens, and you're
the face of the County
[7:27] that they first see.
[7:28] So all of you deserve a
great round of applause.
[7:31] And we can all and again,
never stop thinking that you
[7:41] can also be the elected.
[7:44] Congratulations OK, Brian.
[7:47] Thank you, Brian.
[7:49] This has been your
labor of love since I've
[7:51] been a commissioner, which
is longer than both of us
[7:53] want to count.
[7:54] But just put a
point out, you guys
[7:56] are now joined 270
of your coworkers
[8:00] before June 2004 or five.
[8:03] That's a lot.
[8:04] But it's not over the number
of years that we've done this.
[8:07] So you're pretty select group
and we really enjoy the day.
[8:10] And I think almost
as much as Brian,
[8:13] who enjoys this
more than anything
[8:15] I've seen him do in his career.
[8:16] And it's so important
that you take
[8:19] this on with the enthusiasm
and pride that you do.
[8:21] So Thank you to you guys
and Thank you to you, Brian.
[8:25] This is this is your goal.
[8:26] This is it.
[8:27] You you bring us a
great class and you
[8:29] do it with such compassionate
and passionate leadership.
[8:32] I want to recognize Brian
here, especially as Mr lead.
[8:36] We'll call him.
[8:37] 
[8:43] OK this is your Emmy.
[8:44] Yeah yeah, commissioners,
I'm the one
[8:46] that I grow every
year because I get
[8:49] to work with folks like these.
[8:52] And I can tell you, as a
resident of Lucas county,
[8:55] I am really proud
of their commitment
[8:58] to how they serve
their fellow citizens.
[9:01] And if only every Lucas County
resident could know that there
[9:04] are County employees
like this who are in it,
[9:08] you know, really, truly to
provide service and make
[9:11] their community better.
[9:12] And so these are they're the
stand ins for a lot of folks
[9:17] to you know, they've
completed a special program,
[9:20] which is awesome.
[9:21] And and they are
kind of the sign
[9:24] to the rest of our community
of the kinds of public servants
[9:26] that we have in all
of our County offices.
[9:29] So what we'd like to do now
is present their certificates.
[9:33] So usually in the past
we've had the commissioners
[9:35] come down so you can shake hands
as they get their certificates.
[9:38] And then we'll take
a group picture when
[9:39] everybody has gotten there.
[9:40] So if I could have the
commissioners come down.
[9:42] 
[9:48] And I do also want a
couple special guests.
[9:51] Over here.
[9:52] We have Shannon and Alan.
[9:54] So Shannon Rayford
and Alan Washington.
[9:56] Shannon and Alan are
actually employees
[9:58] of Toledo municipal court,
and we're franchising.
[10:01] So this year's class
and lead is actually
[10:04] going to be a joint class
with the County and Toledo
[10:08] municipal court as
TMC gets ready to spin
[10:11] their own lead program off.
[10:12] So Alan and Shannon were
with me all this past year
[10:15] and with the class all this
past year, kind of experiencing
[10:18] it for them for themselves.
[10:20] And then they'll
be co facilitating
[10:21] in our joint program this year.
[10:23] So that's, that's a
really cool thing.
[10:25] I do want to mention for folks
who are not able to join us
[10:27] today that our graduates of the
program unfortunately because
[10:31] of the Cold either their work
requires them to do some things
[10:34] right now or we did
have some schools closed
[10:37] and that didn't help.
[10:38] But Tiffany borders from the
prosecutor's office victim
[10:41] witness assistance program.
[10:43] Joshua brunelle
from Metro parks,
[10:45] Sarah Elms from the County
commissioner's office.
[10:48] And Kara Maney from the
Emergency Management Agency
[10:51] are also graduates
of the 2023 program.
[10:54] So if I could have the rest of
you all please come over here
[10:59] and we'll introduce
you each individually.
[11:02] 
[11:12] Deputy County administrator
heyrman is going to help me.
[11:14] He is also a graduate
of the lead program.
[11:17] There are actually a number of
graduates out in the audience
[11:19] that I see.
[11:20] So that's awesome.
[11:21] 
[11:27] All right.
[11:28] So first up, we
have from the youth
[11:29] treatment center, Bryan Adams
from job and Family Services.
[11:39] Angel been.
[11:40] 
[11:45] Thank you.
[11:46] 
[11:51] From the board of
Developmental Disabilities.
[11:53] Angelique de La Cruz.
[11:54] 
[12:01] Now, this next person started
the year in lead in sanitary
[12:04] engineer, and then
she got promoted
[12:06] in the middle of the
year and ended up
[12:08] at supportservices.gtcc.edu/at.
[12:09] Krista grant from
the water resource
[12:24] recovery facility Joe
Haynes from the solid waste
[12:38] Management District.
[12:39] Bethany nesteruk.
[12:40] 
[12:52] From the treasurer's office.
[12:53] Lindsay Metzger.
[12:54] 
[13:05] From planning and development.
[13:07] Angela Miller.
[13:08] 
[13:16] From human resources, the
County personnel department.
[13:19] Jenny Miller from
Children's Services.
[13:34] Rhonda Nicholson.
[13:36] 
[13:41] Yeah Thank you.
[13:48] From metro parks star Semrau.
[13:50] 
[14:02] From job and family services,
mark Zepeda from diversity,
[14:17] equity and inclusion.
[14:18] Lee Utley from the
Sheriff's Office.
[14:32] Mike Warren.
[14:33] 
[14:45] And from the toledo-lucas
County Health department,
[14:48] Sarah Worthington.
[14:49] 
[15:01] All right.
[15:01] Now if you just joined me in
one more round of applause
[15:04] for our graduates.
[15:05] 
[15:07] OK, now the hardest part.
[15:08] We got to get a picture.
[15:11] OK Thank you, Matt.
[16:25] I appreciate it.
[16:28] All right.
[16:28] Thank you.
[16:29] Commissioners, make
sure you say yes, right?
[16:36] He signed it, though.
[16:37] 
[16:40] I don't know if your supervisors
told you about taking
[16:43] the rest of the day off or not.
[16:45] No no, they didn't.
[16:47] No, no.
[16:48] Tell them.
[16:49] No, they didn't.
[16:49] Are you starting rumors?
[16:52] I would.
[16:52] I'll do it.
[16:54] You can grant a pass.
[16:56] Absolutely I'm the
fan of personal games.
[17:00] OK we're being recorded.
[17:01] 
[17:04] You know, the rest
of the year twice.
[17:07] 
[17:12] That's a mental block.
[17:14] All righty.
[17:16] Great to, Bye Thank you.
[17:20] Like approval of
previous meeting minutes.
[17:23] No objections.
[17:25] Remembering to do it.
[17:26] So moved.
[17:27] OK yeah, we don't need it.
[17:28] We just get order.
[17:30] OK all right.
[17:32] OK Matt, you have an
agenda to walk us?
[17:36] Yes, we do have a short
agenda here, commissioners.
[17:39] Nobody left.
[17:40] Item number 2 comes to us
from the prosecutor's office.
[17:42] We have Sarah Wegman.
[17:43] Sarah Wegman.
[17:44] Sorry good morning,
commissioners.
[17:52] I am here today to ask
for your permission
[17:55] to accept a grant award
for our domestic violence
[17:58] high risk team.
[17:59] The funding is
provided through CJCJ.
[18:03] It's dollars that
comes through CJCJ
[18:07] in the amount of $37,605.63
with a cash match, which will be
[18:13] provided by the Lucas
County prosecutor
[18:15] in the amount of $12,535.21.
[18:20] And it funds the coordinator of
our domestic violence high risk
[18:24] team.
[18:25] All right.
[18:25] Are there any questions?
[18:27] Go ahead.
[18:28] Motion by Commissioner Becky.
[18:30] Clerk call the roll.
[18:31] Commissioner Becky?
yes, commissioner lopez?
[18:33] Yes commissioner Gerken.
[18:34] Yes Thank you, Sarah.
[18:36] Thanks item number 3 comes
to us from juvenile court.
[18:39] We have Marcy Garlick here.
[18:42] Good morning, Marcy.
[18:43] 
[18:46] We are seeking
permission to enter
[18:48] into a professional
services agreement
[18:49] with Stephanie Williams.
[18:51] Her services will be used
as co-parenting mentor
[18:53] for court and star court,
which is previously
[18:57] named family drug court.
[18:59] She'll work with the parents
and the foster parents
[19:01] to provide work on a working
relationship with them
[19:04] in hopes of hoping that gets
children back into the home.
[19:08] Funds for the agreement are
to be paid through TANF funds
[19:11] that we've already
received $46,500.
[19:14] OK any questions?
[19:18] I'll make a motion to approve.
[19:19] Clerk call the roll, please.
[19:21] Commissioner Gerken Yes.
[19:22] Commissioner sobecki?
[19:23] Yes commissioner Lopez.
[19:24] Yes Thank you.
[19:26] And finally, items 4
through 7 come to us
[19:28] from Javyn Family Services.
[19:30] We have Benita Johnson here.
[19:31] Good morning.
[19:32] 
[19:37] Good morning, commissioners
and everyone else.
[19:40] We are asking for permission.
[19:42] Lucas County Department
of Job and Family Services
[19:44] seeks authorization to
enter into a revenue
[19:46] generator agreement
with promedica Toledo
[19:49] hospital and promedica.
[19:50] Russell J. Ebeid Children's
Hospital for the assignment
[19:53] of a Lucas County Department
of Job and Family Services
[19:56] staff member to assist in
determining eligibility
[19:58] for public assistance programs.
[20:00] The effective dates
of this agreement
[20:02] will be from January 1st, 2024
through December 31st, 2024,
[20:08] and it will be for
not to exceed $78,475.
[20:13] We're also asking for agreement
for Lucas County Department
[20:16] of Job and Family Services to
enter into a revenue generating
[20:19] agreement with Lucas County
Board of Developmental
[20:22] Disabilities for the
assignment of a Lucas County
[20:25] Department of Job and
Family Services staff member
[20:27] to assist in
determining eligibility
[20:29] for public assistance programs.
[20:31] This is not to
exceed $47,085 and is
[20:35] for the calendar year, January
1 through December 31st, 2024.
[20:41] We are also asking
for authorization
[20:43] to enter into a 4D
service agreement
[20:45] with Lucas County
Prosecutor's office.
[20:47] This is to facilitate the
enforcement of child support
[20:50] program with criminal and
non-support prosecutions,
[20:53] both misdemeanors and felonies.
[20:56] The term of this agreement
will be from January 1st, 2024
[20:59] to December 31st, 2024, and
will not exceed $154,153.46.
[21:07] And last we are
asking for agreement.
[21:09] Lucas County Department
of Job and Family Services
[21:12] entered into a title 40 service
agreement with Lucas County
[21:15] clerk of courts
domestic relations
[21:17] division for clerking services.
[21:19] These services will
include, but not
[21:21] limited to docking reporting
case activity in all 40
[21:25] criminal cases, filing and
complaints and motions,
[21:29] as well as any
required administrative
[21:31] and miscellaneous case filings.
[21:34] The term of this agreement will
be also for January 1st, 2024
[21:38] to December 31st, 2024, and
will not exceed $272,902.25.
[21:46] Any questions?
[21:47] No, I have none.
[21:49] No, I want to make
a comment, though.
[21:51] I'm so happy that we continue to
have an eligibility specialist
[21:55] located on these sites.
[21:57] I mean, this is critically
important, really
[22:00] for the mission of the agency,
but also critically important
[22:05] for those new mothers to be
able to have that determination,
[22:10] be able to apply on site
and have pre determination
[22:14] of their cases done at
that time to be able to get
[22:18] those benefits going so that
medical care and the needs of
[22:22] that mother and
new baby are met.
[22:24] So I am so happy that we're
continuing this relationship
[22:27] and having someone on site.
[22:29] So Thank you.
[22:29] Absolutely these
are all renewals
[22:31] and we love continuing this
relationship with our partners,
[22:33] community partners as well.
[22:35] I just have a quick
question on number seven.
[22:37] How many positions is that
for the domestic relations?
[22:39] Do you know offhand or no, it's
for the whole clerking office.
[22:44] So they submit a time
sheet each month.
[22:46] Perfect Yeah.
[22:46] Depending on the duties that
are under the title 40 program.
[22:49] Great Thank you.
[22:51] All right.
[22:51] And I'll make a
motion for approval.
[22:53] It's a motion by
Commissioner sobecki.
[22:54] Call roll, please.
[22:55] Commissioner sobecki?
[22:56] Yes commissioner lopez?
[22:57] Yes commissioner Gerken.
[22:59] Yes great.
[23:01] Thank you very much.
[23:01] Thank you.
[23:03] And at this time, we
do not have any items
[23:04] for executive session.
[23:05] So that concludes what we
promised was a brief agenda.
[23:09] All right.
[23:09] Well, just want to say
welcome to the public
[23:12] in our live streaming and I hope
more people will participate.
[23:17] So and then also, I want to just
Thank Matt Herman and Jessica
[23:22] Ford for allowing me to
attend the director's meeting
[23:24] and get briefed.
[23:26] It's nice to get all my
questions already answered
[23:29] in advance, so hopefully we'll
have real smooth meetings
[23:32] and we will have
smooth meetings.
[23:34] And I just wanted to say
Thank you to the directors
[23:36] for giving me all and
answering all my questions.
[23:39] Thank you, commissioner Lopez
and with that live streaming,
[23:41] though, I think Justin
and Jody's really
[23:43] been working on this
for a number of months
[23:46] to be able to get
up and running.
[23:48] And the fact that we also
have closed captioning on it,
[23:50] I'm really glad that we were
able to get that accomplished.
[23:53] So thank you for that
hard work that you
[23:55] all have been doing for a
number of months to get us here.
[23:58] Commissioner Lopez,
as our tradition here
[24:01] is that there's new people
coming to the county,
[24:03] do you have a new
person to introduce?
[24:05] Yes Andrew Yuridia
will be joining us
[24:08] and he attended South
view and has a major
[24:14] in he studied economics.
[24:16] Correct and so we've got a
great individual coming on board
[24:20] and we're looking forward
to a great new year.
[24:23] All right.
[24:24] Welcome, Andrew.
[24:25] Good look forward
to meeting with you.
[24:28] Welcome all right.
[24:29] There's nothing else to
come over to the board.
[24:31] We'll we'll be adjourned.
[24:32] We're going to stand adjourned
till this afternoon at 2:00
[24:35] PM in the same chambers.
[24:36] Thank you.