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All right. Good morning. It is nine thirty two,

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and I officially call the march 31st, uh, meeting of

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the commissioner's court to order. We will start with public

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comments. And first up is mr. Bill ver

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law.

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just hang on. Yep. Okay.

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bill cover law williamson county,

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also a proud great grand, great grandpa of the ninth generation

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texan. Understand the, uh, public, uh, meeting

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last week. Um, from what it described me, he sounded, sounded like an

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argument in sandbox in a kindergarten. First

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one, uh, item five. Um, I'm kind of baffled

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while we're trying to continue building a whole lot more housing authority and

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block grants and whatnot. Uh, now that we've got the borders under control,

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there should be plenty of, uh, vacated, uh, availability. And

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I don't know how we get past the spending problem, but, uh, more debt on our kids' future,

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and, uh, all this new housing that's gonna get built, who's actually gonna be in

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it. So it seems strange that, uh, we're

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continue to pursue this without some good analysis. Item

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23, the purchasing department award brings back memories.

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back in the, uh, mid eighties, I was a software technology acquisition

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as a purchasing manager, and, uh, was also

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a corporate chair on software technology position for texas instruments,

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probably the one of the most fun jobs I ever had in my life. That

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included, uh, putting together the specs for and

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defining a buyer workstation of automating the process, which was another fun

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task. I actually, uh, did an evaluation

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on the first prototype in 1986, and,

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um, gosh, that was 30 years ago. It's come a long way. It

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included speech technology, but that particular unit, uh,

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the speech was handled by a full pwb sized, uh, computer

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board. Now it's on a little chip in a cell phone.

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so, anyway, um, automating the, uh, purchasing

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functions, uh, really does help improve, uh, ev efficiency and, uh,

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manageability. So glad that we, uh, have

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a top end purchasing organization in our county.

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thank you, bill.

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all right. Next up, richard. Frederick.

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frederick, or fredrick? Fredrick. Fredrick. All right.

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richard frederick, uh, I live in bell county, but I'm a member

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of the, let me, let me interrupt you just real

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quick, because I noticed this is not on

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the agenda. So I just wanna clarify. These are non-ag agenda public comments now. Right. So

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go ahead. Thank you. Right. Um, yes. So you have two minutes, right?

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um, but I'm a member of the sweetner community club, which

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is in, uh, williamson county. And, um,

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there, uh, we've had a, a contract,

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a lease contract with the county for 25 years, uh,

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for the facility that's out there. And, um,

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so I'm hand delivering the, the letter saying that we'd

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like to do it again, because we're now at the end of our 25 years,

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within a couple of months. And, um, I'll, I'll

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hand this to whomever, but, um, so, uh,

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if there's any question about who we are and what we do, uh,

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it's just a, a hall out in the countryside that people can

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rent for birthdays and, um,

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weddings, various, various, um, things.

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um, we're aware and, and we're working on, um, getting

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a new lease, and we're actually, we're actually fixing the parking lot. Right. That

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was point number two. Rather than bring you a complaint, I was going to bring

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you a thank you. Yeah. Um, I, I, the contractor

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has had to shift his schedule around

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a little bit, but I believe this month it will take place. And we thank you for

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that. It's a great improvement. Um, it, it is

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your facility, but we are kind of the stewards of

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the day-to-day operations, and, um,

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I, I have been told that, oh, and, uh, victor morrick

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is our president, and he says to say hello to everyone,

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he and modine, uh, I'm vice president, and, uh,

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uh, you know, he broke his leg and he can't get around quite as well. So I'm here,

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and that's what I'm doing. Um, he told

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me that a few years ago they were a, uh, uh, a,

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a voting precinct and, um, if there is any

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interest in doing that, again, he, he is interested in that, you know, a

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facility for yeah. Uh, because right now, even though I live

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very close to sweetner, I go toledo to vote because I'm in a different county.

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yeah. . But, um, there are a lot of people in that area that

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it would save them some, yeah. Driving time. Yeah. Well, thank

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you for being here. Uh, my wife and I have been out there a couple of times absolutely. To

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meet with y'all and, uh, just a wonderful community and wonderful people. So,

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um, if you'll hand that to the bailiff and, uh,

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well, I know, I know commissioner bowles will be happy to meet with y'all and look forward to

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the parking lot improvements. And, and y'all do y'all do a really good job of

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keeping up that facility. Thank you. Great. Thank you very much. Thank

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you, richard. Alright, uh, next

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on the agenda is, uh, number two, we'll hear from the county auditor

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dooo minutes. Oh, we'll do it after that. Okay.

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, I'm ready. Discombobulated

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today? Mm-hmm . Good morning. Nathan meyer, williams county

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county auditor's office. I'm requesting approval today for the funding report that was submitted

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electronically last week in the amount of $11,144,400

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and 90 or six 79 cents. Um, in

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addition, I have four wires, two quick payments, one in impress

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payment and one benefit payment, tolling $941,045

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and 19 cents. I move, we approve. We have a motion

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by commissioner cook, and I'll second. Second by commissioner bowles. All in favor?

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motion carries. Five zero. Thank you, nate. Uh, going back to number one,

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review and approval of the minutes, and I move, we approve. And I'll

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second motion by commissioner cook, second by commissioner bowles. All in favor.

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motion carries. Five zero. Thank you. Um, court items

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three through 22 are presented to you in consent

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agenda. If there's no, uh, agenda items to pull out,

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I will entertain a motion for the consent agenda. I move, we approve

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the consent agenda, and I'll second I have any issues. Motion by commissioner

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cook second by commissioner bowles. All in favor, consent agenda

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passes five to zero, which brings

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us to item number 23. And that is receive

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a report with an update and insights into the purchasing department. Discuss and

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take app production on proclaiming the month of march, 2026

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is procurement month. And recognize the williamson

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county purchasing department as the recipient of the 2025 achievement

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of excellence in public procurement award by the national procurement

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institute. That's a lot of procurements in that. It is, it is. Agenda items. Welcome,

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joy. Thank you. Joy simonton, county purchasing agent. Good morning, judge commissioners,

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we appreciate, uh, this time every year in the month of march as the

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national institute of government purchasing has proclaimed the month of march procurement

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month. So thank you for your time this morning. Um, we do have a, uh,

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report to bring you in a slide deck here shortly with overview and insights into our department.

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but, um, we do have a proclamation to read today,

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which is important to us, and then we'll, um, talk briefly about what this

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award means and how proud we are to present it to you each year thus

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far. Um, our procurement today, procurement month proclamation

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march, 2026. Whereas the williamson county procurement professionals

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help make it possible for the county to provide maximum use of available

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resources in support of county residents and county departments by obtaining the goods and

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services needed to provide services in an efficient and economic manner.

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and whereas in addition to the purchase of goods and services,

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procurement teams add value to the organization by performing functions such

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as executing and administering contracts, developing procurement strategies,

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and cultivating working relationships with suppliers and departments within the organization.

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now therefore, be it resolved at the commissioner's court of williamson county, texas, hereby

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proclaims the month of march, 2026 as purchasing month.

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thank you. And I'll second super motion by commissioner covey. Second by bulls.

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all in favor. Motion carries. Five zero. Thank you so much. Uh,

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in addition, the williamson county purchasing department received the achievement

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of excellence in procurement award in 2025. It recognizes

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the department as one of the top organizations of all at all levels

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in public purchasing. Uh, this is at the city level, county level, school

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district state, higher education and nonprofits in the country, um, apply

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for this award. We are one of 48 agencies in texas and

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one of 45 counties in the nation, uh, to receive this

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award, the a ep award is nationally and internationally recognized

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as the gold standard for the achievement of customer service, innovation, and best

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practices in the profession of public procurement. The 2025

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award represents the 26th consecutive year that williamson

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county has achieved this prestigious honor and recognition. Um,

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and I will note that, uh, they move the goalposts on us every year with this application.

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they ask applicants to reach higher every year, and, uh, we are,

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uh, grappling for points cast in hancock. Our deputy works tirelessly

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to submit for this award every year. And, um, it's our guidepost for transparency,

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innovation, and efficiency. So we're proud to bring this to you. While

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we do have the court's attention once a year for our our march moment,

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we do also like to shout out to our, our end users

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who we teamed with this year who perhaps had a complex procurement, something lengthy

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and difficult, or have leaned in with us on a process improvement and

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our shout outs this year. Just for a moment, jaylen morris with the county auditor's

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office, judge redden, jp four delia kalan,

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uh, county judge sarah crane, the budget office, kelly murphy road

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and bridge, dati morales emergency services, julie wassink

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in it. Jennifer miller, general counsel, mariah

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ak rodent bridge. Bonita bonner in parks and chba.

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kara malik in corrections. They had some, uh, challenging

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things this year, so thank you for letting us shout out to them. And with that, we'll start our report to you.

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I was just gonna say congratulations once again on the award. That's,

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um, quite an achievement, so congratulations to the whole gear. Yes, indeed. The whole crew

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is here. We'll, we'll capture a photo at the end of the presentation if that's okay. You know, so,

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you know, from physician and county commission, we get to see, you know, many things

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that the public doesn't get. And of course, um, the county's

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a forward facing organization. We're out in the, we're out in the field. We

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we're talking to people and, uh, and our employees and our elected,

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you know, they, they need things. We have to purchase things, we have to make sure the software runs. We have to make sure

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the cars run, the buildings run, and there are ever increasing

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state laws to make sure that as a government, that we do things very,

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um, transparent and fair to, to, to the public

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out there. And it's always something new and different that you have to,

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um, comply with. And, and I mean, nothing

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sweeter to my ears than to hear that we've gotten an award and that, you know, we are,

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uh, spending the taxpayer's money wisely and per the law. And,

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uh, we thank you and we thank your department for that. Um, it's, you know, it's one of those

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positions that we don't always get to say thank you enough, but we, you know, we don't run without

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our purchasing department. We appreciate that. Thank you. We love what we do.

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okay. Alright. Congratulations. You, we love to have a picture. Okay. We've got a, oh, you've

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got your report. Yes. Thank you. We, we have about a five minute slide got ahead of for you. Thank you.

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alright, this is our, uh, overview and insights 2026 into

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the purchasing department of williamson county. We'll talk about several things

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to you for you today. Uh, our achievement and excellence of procurement, we've just talked about

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that, how, how artificial intelligence may affect public procurement.

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our by the numbers report to the court, our vendor support, our

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job order contracting initiative, and what is on our horizon.

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we've talked about our award this morning. It is our 26th consecutive year.

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we do love to show a brief, um, slide on images of things that we have been,

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um, working on or contracted for these past 12 months. We have parks

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field upgrades, uh, a lot of support to our fleet department.

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hazmat professional services for, uh, facilities and roads,

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um, fiber optic optic cabling, our animal shelter support,

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debris removal, uh, purchasing support for our justice center,

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um, ems, law enforcement corrections, our

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veteran services department, our new headquarters, our admin building,

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and of course, um, armored car services. Just a few of the things that we

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purchase and contract to deliver services to the county. Uh,

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next up, how artificial intelligence may affect public procurement

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as we're getting used to this, uh, new world of ai in the

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short term vendors will use ai to create a solicitation

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response document in minutes. What would otherwise take days and weeks

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to respond to a formal solicitation, which means we will see more

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responses, um, turned into our solicitations.

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we do expect to see more competitive pricing. We have some data on that here in a few

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minutes. Prices may flatten as vendors will have access to real time

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cost data, and then evaluating people and customer service

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in vendor finalist interviews will become even more important.

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wilco staff specification writing will become faster and easier

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in the next few years. Predictive analytics on forecasting and costs

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will help us in a lot of ways. Ai enhanced oversight

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procurement considerations will be available, uh, in our policy writing

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by the numbers for the court, we did wanna let you know that our bonfire

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solicitation portal has been, uh, acquired by una procurement.

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so in conversation and communications around the county, we'll be referencing it as

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una una does provide, uh, terrific metrics

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on several things in the formal solicitation environment. One of those metrics

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is the average responses received per solicitation.

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I've been in this field for, uh, several decades, um, and in the region

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for about 15 years. And I'm always happy when I see about four

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responses per solicitation. That's a good snapshot of the market. Gives the county,

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you know, choice when they're making a decision on an award and scoring.

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we're now up to six, six responses per solicitations an excellent number.

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uh, for some reference that's up 20% from last year. Last year we were

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seeing five, so we're averaging now six responses per solicitation.

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it also gives us insight into how long our process and our

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staff is running on a formal solicitation. This includes the two

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weeks of advertising. We close the bid or rfp, we

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evaluate it, we interview finalists, and then we bring that recommendation to court. We're

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averaging 78 days in that process. We're proud of that.

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just a reminder to the court that we do support 67 departments. And in fy

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25, we provided oversight on $434 million in spending.

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we processed 2,697 purchase orders and added dozens of

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new vendors to the county's operation. We do look at our

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purchase order volume for a number of reasons, one, to make sure we're staffed correctly,

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and two, to make sure our efficiency measures are being effective. And you can

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see we've hovered around 3000 purchase orders a year for some time.

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we, uh, clocked 2,697 last year. We're, we're good, happy

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with that. You know, our efficiency measures are working, blanket, pos, uh, multi-year

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contracts, et cetera, affect all of those things. Our active pcard

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holders, this is our most outward facing program. We're supporting roughly, uh,

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between 386 and 400 pcards throughout the county.

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this is our system for allowing end users to make low dollar point of sale

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purchases. Think amazon. This

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next graph we track, uh, to, to make sure we're balancing transactions

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correctly in terms of how we let, uh, end users procure things.

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this is number of transactions. This is not dollar spend. You can see the

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p card transactions in blue last year, 17,910

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individual transactions purchase orders. Again, 2,697.

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uh, purchase orders are more complex. We try to keep those right at to

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a minimum as much as we can because

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the cost of, um, a procurement cycle with a pcard is much less

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than the cost of a procurement cycle on a purchase order. Right? The end user's time,

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purchasing's time and aps time. And if there's any questions, just let

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me know as we go. Some of these numbers, um, are familiar.

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we do receive a rebate through our pcard program through jp morgan chase. That

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rebate is, uh, predicated on our spend level. So we received $66,892

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for a rebate last year from jp morgan chase.

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our formal solicitations, which are now a hundred thousand and higher,

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um, we ran 81 formal solicitations last year. And

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anywhere you see a green audit check we did, we did green audit, that program last year,

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our savings through solicitations. And we'd like to bring you

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this number. This is insightful for all of us. Um, I started tracking this

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last year and had a three year number that I was able to bring to the court, was averaging 7%

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and 10.3 million per year on the 22 through 24 figures.

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when we looked at the 2025 data, it's now 16.9 million

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for the year, which is 16%. And we're arriving at that number

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based on the engineer's estimate

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in a road and bridge project compared to the contracted award amount.

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and then in the formal solicitation, um, data

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for rfps, csps, et cetera, we're comparing the budgeted amount

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compared to the contracted amount. Are we always lower close?

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not always, but the aggregate for 2025, um, 16.9 million

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in the formal solicitation setting.

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we do run the sur. Uh, we do run, we we touch the surplus auction, uh,

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run by our it warehouse and, um, fleet department, but we can bring

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you the revenue numbers for 2025. This is, um, auctioned

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items, surplus items, things that have reached their, uh, end of life.

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and that was $262,000 last year. We use both gov deals

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and gaston sheehan are, those are our auction sites.

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our public information requests have, uh, spiked significantly. 78

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in fy 24, 151 in fy 25. And

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those are requests for contracts, award information, scoring information, et cetera,

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some additional updates. Just a reminder, we have, um, countywide contracts in place for

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temp labor equipment rental, uh, I think next week that's coming

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to court and pre-positioned emergency contracts, which we were glad to have in place

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this past year for debris removal, debris monitoring, generator

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purchase and rental. And our facilities contracts have been augmented with fema

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addendum language, so they are pre-positioned for that as well.

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um, we're very appreciative that the audit office

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allows us to issue professional services pool solicitations.

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and this was important and, um, really

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good for the county in that. Through these four solicitations for various professional

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services, we have been able to award 41 consulting contracts

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without these pre-qualified pool awards. These

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would be individual solicitations. So what we're able to do

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is issue requests for qualifications

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for professional services, pre-position those firms that are qualified,

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and then award from those pools. This helps us with architectural

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civil engineering, landscape architecture, mechanical electrical and

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plumbing engineering, environmental engineering, fire protection engineering, roofing

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consulting, business envelope analysis, hvac testing and balancing

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engineering. Another interesting metric to bring

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you today, our purchasing website traffic has gone up significantly

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in fy 24. The unique page visits to the purchasing landing

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page has gone from 1051 unique visits to

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4,161 visits. These are,

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uh, we hope vendors looking for opportunities and engaging with

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us, um, on opportunities to bid as to how to do business with the county.

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we also bring to you today an overview of, um, a new

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tool that we are, uh, teaming with facilities on to deploy for

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job order contracting for facilities management.

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the construction contracting volume for facilities management for the county

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who's supporting 100 buildings, um,

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required the issuance of 566 purchase orders last year.

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32 master service agreements last year, 53 contracts,

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21 professional service agreements and six solicitations.

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the court will be familiar with the master services agreements that we've

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worked hard to put in place these past few years. Um, these master service

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agreements, we now have 95 total in use by the facility maintenance department.

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these have become ideal for building maintenance.

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msas typically provide a service for one licensed trade such as hvac.

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the pricing is predetermined and established at the time of contract.

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the work is let through a work order and we're, um,

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recommending that the court, um, allow the facilities management

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director to let work through a work order under $100,000 and

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then ratify that contract through the court agenda. Subsequently

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at 100,000 and over. The commissioner's court per statute

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must authorize the work order prior to the commencement of work.

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what we're bringing to you today is the job order contracting program,

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which is ideal for construction projects, different

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from maintenance, um, the repair, alteration, renovation,

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remediation of a minor construction of a facility. Uh, when

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the work is of a recurring nature, jocks will involve one or more licensed

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trade and related contractors supervised by a general contractor

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similar to msas. We ask the court to consider that under $100,000

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a task order can be let by the facilities management director

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and then ratified through the commissioner's court subsequently. But 100,000

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and over those projects would come to the court for permission.

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this is different than an msa in that estimates through a

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are obtained through the ms means database. This is

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a way to find reliable cost data on construction materials, equipment and labor.

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and they source over 970 markets nationwide.

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uh, the awarded gc would be able to develop an estimate through

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this database. This is then an auditable figure

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so that those estimates, um, can be vetted and compared

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the msa versus the job order contracting. Um,

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williamson county solicitations issued both cooperative contract

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master services agreement on some will not be, um, a cooperative

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contract available for the jock in this setting. Construction services, job order

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contracting, building maintenance master services agreement, not to exceed amounts

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on all contracts. Yes, under 100 facilities maintenance can

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authorize over 100 commissioner's. Court must approve,

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uh, similar to any current cip requests.

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the request will be budgeted, uh, during the budget process

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estimate will be provided by the jock contractor for approval.

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the task order created and then the work would commence.

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our vendor support, uh, continues. We do have our annual vendor forum

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scheduled for april 30th from two to 3:00 pm this is a virtual setting

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and this is our way to engage with vendors that are interested in how to do business

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with williamson county. We have our written guide available on our website at all

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times, which, um, shows vendors how to register through our portal so that

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they can be notified of bid opportunities on our horizon,

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workday. We are actively working to configure this new system and

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we're excited about, uh, what lies ahead. Thank you for

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your time today. Thank you, joy. Thank you joy. Great presentation. Okay,

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a couple of things. Uh, the workday you mentioned, uh, the change

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in name for one of your software packages, the bonfire

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yes. That is going to remain as we move forward with workday,

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is that correct? That stays in place, yes. Commissioner the results through now

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una are, um, terrific and we do not, we don't, we don't pivot from that.

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correct. But everything else is going to be moving into workday, correct?

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yes. From what we can tell. Okay. And the other thing was, um,

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if you could go back to the, uh, jock discussion,

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it's a hundred thousand dollars and, but through the budgeting,

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if we're going to budget for a, a category for that into

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facilities budget, we're gonna need, I I would assume that that's when

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the court gets to have a say on how it's spent. Um, because there

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could be a lot of larger projects that go through there

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that may or may not fit into the whole plan. So,

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you know, how, how are we gonna navigate that? Uh, do you know, I'm not suggesting that we don't

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do it because I think it's good for the, the items that you listed, but indeed,

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I believe dale butler is here to answer specifics on that.

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good morning. Dale butler facilities. Um, so,

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uh, the way I see it, we would still go through the normal process of cip and

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facilities enhancement requests like we're currently doing this fy

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and uh, we would turn those in to budget like we normally do.

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those would turn back around and come back to us with an approved list. So

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it would still be planned work for the most part, especially the jock would

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be planned work your microphone button please. Okay.

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thank it. Probably just wasn't, can y'all hear me now? Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

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so, um, it would still be planned work. Like most of it normally

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is, um, some things are a surprise or an emergency, but

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most emergencies would fall under those msas. So the jocks would be more for planned.

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yeah, because they're for construction projects, those are not for maintenance. So

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something happens and you have to tend to it right away, use a different bucket. But for this,

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um, and we'll have to see how we're going, going to budget for that. But we would have a discussion

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before any money gets spent. Is that or not? For those larger,

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for those larger items, yes. Right. Okay. I

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just know that, that, um, others may call upon you to do

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certain things and it may not fit into the overall, um,

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direction that we're heading. So not to use money

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where we don't need it spent because we have a bigger plan. Understood

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that. That's my concern. Yes.

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so do you need action on this today to move forward with the jock or not? Our next

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steps are to bring the jock solicitation through the court for approval. We'll issue that

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and it would, our goal is four gcs. Not today. Not today. Thank you. You'll

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approve it at that time? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Alright.

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thanks. Joy. Now is a picture time. Picture your time. Congratulations here. Super. Thank you.

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are we going down or staying up? I think there's enough of them. We probably should stay up here.

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rest trip on the plunder down here.

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congratulations. Good morning. Good morning. Yeah, well done. Great job.

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easily the best looking department in the county.

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good. Hey, congrats. Congratulations. Great job guys. Appreciate you. Keep up

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the good work. Congratulations. You bet, johnny. Keep up the good work.

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all right, thank y'all. And congratulations again on the award.

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moving on to agenda item 24, discuss, consider take appropriate action on a line

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item for transfer for succession plan,

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uh, dollars for ems emergency medical services department.

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I'll entertain a motion. I move approval, although if we don't approve it, does

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that mean bet will stay , ? Kind of doubt it,

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huh? Yeah, I move approval. I'll second. Alright. Motion by commissioner.

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long second by commissioner cook. All in favor? Motion carries. Five

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zero. Beth will be missed tremendously. Yes. Yes. Um,

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court and audience, we're gonna move agenda item 25 to the end of the

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regular agenda. So the next item will take up is item,

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uh, or item 26, discuss. Consider, take appropriate action on approving

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servicing goods contract 2020 6,183

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between williamson county and cofi technologies incorporated for

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the preservation and restoration of historical records for the county clerk's office

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in the amount of 646,882 and 42 cents

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in authorizing the execution of the agreement pursuant to an interlocal agreement with

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denton county move approval. All right. Motion

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by commissioner long second by commissioner bowles. All in favor.

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motion carries five zero item 27,

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discuss. Consider tech property action on approving, um, agreement for

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services and goods. 2 0 2 6 dash 180 between data projections incorporated

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and williamson county for audio visual system upgrades to multiple rooms

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at the williamson county sheriff's training academy located in hu texas.

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could we get clarity on how, uh, what budget it's coming out of, please?

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good morning, richard. Simple technology services. Uh, this is coming out of

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00:33:35,885 --> 00:33:38,285
the its budget. Okay, thank you.

446
00:33:42,325 --> 00:33:46,145
any other questions? I'll move to approve

447
00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:51,425
and I'll second motion by commissioner covey, second by commissioner cook.

448
00:33:51,765 --> 00:33:55,135
all in favor? Motion carries. 5 0 27

449
00:33:57,735 --> 00:34:00,345
discuss. Consider take pro production. Oh, wait, wait, 28.

450
00:34:01,965 --> 00:34:05,845
um, richard, discuss, consider take pro production on an update on

451
00:34:06,065 --> 00:34:08,905
major products, projects by technology services.

452
00:34:10,815 --> 00:34:14,335
so, good morning, uh, richard sample, and I have julie kelly up here for the first update.

453
00:34:15,415 --> 00:34:19,355
um, these, uh, updates are mainly on our capital projects. I think there's

454
00:34:19,595 --> 00:34:23,595
only one in here that's not a capital project. So, um, if we

455
00:34:23,715 --> 00:34:27,555
just go through those, there's certainly a lot more that we're doing besides these. But, um, it's definitely

456
00:34:27,755 --> 00:34:31,715
time to update the court on a few of these major issues, um, projects that are

457
00:34:31,795 --> 00:34:35,595
ongoing. So, uh, the very first is the wow project,

458
00:34:36,135 --> 00:34:39,995
the wilco on workday, um, which is going on right

459
00:34:40,155 --> 00:34:44,075
now. And, and, um, just as a

460
00:34:44,195 --> 00:34:48,015
quick refresher, um, this is our finance procurement asset and

461
00:34:48,295 --> 00:34:51,475
hr systems, um, that are being replaced with workday.

462
00:34:52,695 --> 00:34:56,635
and, um, it's important to note that while we're replacing a

463
00:34:56,755 --> 00:35:00,655
lot of things, uh, you may see on the screen, oracle benefits portal, those sort of things. Uh, we

464
00:35:00,875 --> 00:35:03,995
are keeping ukg kronos, um, is staying,

465
00:35:04,935 --> 00:35:08,675
uh, as well as una the bonfire that, um, joy mentioned

466
00:35:08,995 --> 00:35:12,915
just a little bit ago. And, um, the funding for these

467
00:35:13,135 --> 00:35:17,095
is, is coming from cip. Um, and if you'll notice in

468
00:35:17,335 --> 00:35:21,235
all the slides I added, um, some icons to indicate, um, the time

469
00:35:21,535 --> 00:35:25,515
and and budget, um, status of each of these efforts. The red,

470
00:35:25,675 --> 00:35:28,815
if it's bad, I don't have any red ones, fortunately. Um,

471
00:35:30,295 --> 00:35:34,195
we do have a couple that are yellow, um, for various reasons and we can talk about those.

472
00:35:35,175 --> 00:35:39,005
um, but to look at the, is there anything you wanna say about this part? Yeah,

473
00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:44,135
so good morning, julie kiley, county auditor. I just wanted to take this quick

474
00:35:44,485 --> 00:35:48,165
opportunity to give a shout out to all the teams that are involved in this project.

475
00:35:49,085 --> 00:35:52,795
I know we've mentioned them in the past, but we've received a lot of great compliments

476
00:35:53,555 --> 00:35:57,325
from our implementation firm on how spot on this team

477
00:35:57,625 --> 00:36:01,425
is, how hard they're working, how well this project is on,

478
00:36:01,865 --> 00:36:05,785
uh, target. Uh, so I just wanna shout out to the benefits department, the

479
00:36:06,125 --> 00:36:10,085
treasurer's office, it, hr, budget, purchasing, general counsel's

480
00:36:10,685 --> 00:36:14,565
office. Uh, they were involved with the rfp process soon to be involved

481
00:36:14,745 --> 00:36:18,645
in some of the procurement processes and how we'll handle those. And then, of

482
00:36:18,805 --> 00:36:22,725
course, my staff that are involved in this project. I also wanna give a huge shout

483
00:36:23,045 --> 00:36:26,825
out to jaylen morris, who's the county's pm kayla, who

484
00:36:27,365 --> 00:36:31,235
re, uh, uh, represents the hr from a project management perspective, many

485
00:36:31,735 --> 00:36:35,525
batay and it who represents the it side of the shop

486
00:36:35,825 --> 00:36:39,805
as a pm and then our contracted relationship of valerie guts with

487
00:36:39,965 --> 00:36:43,695
barry dunn, who's keeping us all in tow, including myself. So thank

488
00:36:44,045 --> 00:36:47,795
you to the team. Keep up the good work. Uh, we've got implementers on site

489
00:36:48,105 --> 00:36:51,605
the next three weeks over in it, uh, and everybody

490
00:36:52,225 --> 00:36:55,885
is doing hands-on testing already, if you can believe that in this project.

491
00:36:56,385 --> 00:37:00,325
so I'll be running over there to check on the teams, uh, that we have. Hr is this

492
00:37:00,565 --> 00:37:04,545
week, next week is mostly financials and richard will cover that. And

493
00:37:04,765 --> 00:37:05,845
then the third week will be payroll.

494
00:37:09,645 --> 00:37:13,405
so as julie mentioned, there's a lot of folks working really hard on this. And, um,

495
00:37:14,315 --> 00:37:18,165
we've got, fortunately our, our folks from barry dunn, um, helping us

496
00:37:18,555 --> 00:37:22,465
along with a vap who's helping implement, uh, workday. And as

497
00:37:22,625 --> 00:37:26,625
you can see, um, we've already gone through a lot of the planning, um, and now we're really in the

498
00:37:27,065 --> 00:37:30,805
configuration phase. And this is a really key phase where we are, um,

499
00:37:31,795 --> 00:37:35,425
going through each module, each screen and configuring exactly

500
00:37:35,925 --> 00:37:39,745
how it needs to work for us as, and then testing that to

501
00:37:39,945 --> 00:37:43,785
make sure each of those functions perform the way we need to. Um, this

502
00:37:44,065 --> 00:37:48,015
is on the individual units, so as we progress, you'll see we're getting into some

503
00:37:48,305 --> 00:37:51,905
more, um, testing phases later this summer. Um, including

504
00:37:52,425 --> 00:37:56,155
end-to-end testing where we will, you know, start something like, say start

505
00:37:56,585 --> 00:37:59,855
a procurement from the very beginning, um, and work it all the way through invoicing.

506
00:38:00,965 --> 00:38:04,865
um, and, and see where all those issues and things that need to be cleaned

507
00:38:05,025 --> 00:38:08,665
up are. Um, so this, this testing is super important

508
00:38:09,165 --> 00:38:13,065
on us. Um, you know, that we take the time to make

509
00:38:13,225 --> 00:38:17,185
sure it's working exactly as we need it to function. Um, not just how

510
00:38:17,385 --> 00:38:21,215
the system works, I just wanna say how, how much I've

511
00:38:21,505 --> 00:38:25,415
seen all these teams work together. Great job. It's,

512
00:38:25,705 --> 00:38:29,625
this is a, a huge project and it's very complicated and it

513
00:38:29,785 --> 00:38:33,645
has to be, right. So I appreciate all the time that you guys are

514
00:38:34,065 --> 00:38:38,005
spending and all the other leaders that are, that are helping their departments move through,

515
00:38:38,605 --> 00:38:42,145
maneuver through this. Um, this is something we can't get wrong and, and,

516
00:38:42,705 --> 00:38:46,605
and it's at lightning speed actually for government work, uh, to start

517
00:38:47,185 --> 00:38:50,865
really, um, testing it now, but to have it online

518
00:38:51,315 --> 00:38:55,205
next year, early next year. So I appreciate it and all

519
00:38:55,405 --> 00:38:59,265
the things that are complicating it by real life stuff that happens in that time. So

520
00:39:00,165 --> 00:39:04,165
I appreciate all the work. Thank you. Yes, it, it's a, it's a lot of

521
00:39:04,245 --> 00:39:08,125
work on top of everyone's regular job duties. Um, and taking a lot of time

522
00:39:08,285 --> 00:39:12,055
out for this is certainly taxing for those folks. Um, and for everyone else who's

523
00:39:12,405 --> 00:39:16,145
having to help, um, keep the lights on. So we are, um,

524
00:39:16,455 --> 00:39:20,075
going live on december 14th for hr payroll,

525
00:39:21,585 --> 00:39:25,545
um, and a lot of the, um, other modules and then january 1st for

526
00:39:25,765 --> 00:39:29,695
all the financials. So, um, there's a bit of a, a staggered go live. And then after

527
00:39:30,555 --> 00:39:34,205
that we'll be, uh, budgeting. So the budgeting for

528
00:39:34,685 --> 00:39:38,665
fy 28 will be done, will be done in

529
00:39:38,885 --> 00:39:42,525
workday. But speaking of budget,

530
00:39:42,905 --> 00:39:46,345
you have, you continue to tell us that you have the funding needed to

531
00:39:46,915 --> 00:39:49,245
make this happen. That's correct. Good. Yep. Thank you.

532
00:39:50,945 --> 00:39:54,945
um, as, as important as the configuration is, is also the folks, um,

533
00:39:55,165 --> 00:39:59,045
that are helping get the word out about this project and then going

534
00:39:59,325 --> 00:40:03,025
to help, um, facilitate inside their departments. Um,

535
00:40:03,665 --> 00:40:07,115
so we have, uh, started the change champions network,

536
00:40:08,385 --> 00:40:12,085
um, which right now has 28 representatives from several departments and offices.

537
00:40:13,025 --> 00:40:16,925
uh, these are folks that we're gonna be working with all spring and summer,

538
00:40:17,545 --> 00:40:21,525
um, and into the fall to, you know, get feedback, to give them information

539
00:40:22,085 --> 00:40:25,875
they can give out to other folks in their departments. Um, and really help

540
00:40:26,185 --> 00:40:30,125
us ease that transition into workday. Uh, 'cause there are a lot of

541
00:40:30,245 --> 00:40:33,475
things gonna change for folks. Thanks, rich.

542
00:40:37,425 --> 00:40:41,345
uh, the next thing I wanted to update is our, uh, dispatch and law

543
00:40:41,565 --> 00:40:45,275
enforcement records management product. Um, we purchased a product from hexagon

544
00:40:46,305 --> 00:40:49,665
now called octa. They love changing names. Um,

545
00:40:51,585 --> 00:40:55,345
so, um, on that, um,

546
00:40:57,345 --> 00:41:00,885
as a, as a refresher, we are replacing our current 9 1 1 dispatch systems.

547
00:41:01,745 --> 00:41:05,725
the mobile data systems use out by units in the field and the law enforcement records management

548
00:41:06,245 --> 00:41:10,205
systems. And in, in reality, there's a whole bunch of other, uh, smaller systems that are gonna be either

549
00:41:10,725 --> 00:41:14,465
affected or replaced as part of this. Um, you'll notice the icon for,

550
00:41:14,745 --> 00:41:18,725
for budget turned yellow in this case. Um, and that is because while we are still in the,

551
00:41:19,385 --> 00:41:23,365
uh, budget we had planned, there are some additional funds

552
00:41:23,625 --> 00:41:27,065
needed, uh, to be able to complete this project, um,

553
00:41:28,055 --> 00:41:31,785
which is going live next year. And here's where we are on that project. Um,

554
00:41:33,095 --> 00:41:37,045
sorry for the small font, uh, but there is a lot, a lot going on. But essentially

555
00:41:37,485 --> 00:41:41,425
we are doing some configuration in the beginnings of testing right now. Um,

556
00:41:41,825 --> 00:41:45,785
so this week is actually a really busy week for a lot of folks because we've got, um,

557
00:41:46,505 --> 00:41:50,245
the law enforcement record system, um, configuration going on right now

558
00:41:51,505 --> 00:41:55,405
in one of our training rooms. And then our other conference rooms are filled with workday folks

559
00:41:55,685 --> 00:41:59,245
doing testing. So, um, a lot going on, but we are,

560
00:41:59,705 --> 00:42:03,175
um, moving forward to that, uh, on completion

561
00:42:03,845 --> 00:42:07,625
on these projects. Uh, this will be going live in february of next year. So,

562
00:42:08,185 --> 00:42:11,325
um, a lot of changes coming the beginning of next year,

563
00:42:12,945 --> 00:42:16,485
but this project is, is on track and we've got some really great folks,

564
00:42:17,065 --> 00:42:20,525
um, involved in that from various county offices as well.

565
00:42:24,595 --> 00:42:28,445
some of the other projects, um, we've got through cip, um, our public

566
00:42:28,835 --> 00:42:32,285
wifi project. So, um, public wifi on the square

567
00:42:33,235 --> 00:42:37,125
here, um, as well as the expo center and taylor ballfield will be

568
00:42:37,245 --> 00:42:41,245
launching in may to the public. Um, there is some available right now, we've got some

569
00:42:41,365 --> 00:42:44,585
tweaks to do. Um, and we are also, um,

570
00:42:45,935 --> 00:42:49,685
gonna expand to do some service at southwest regional park in and around the splash

571
00:42:49,985 --> 00:42:52,345
pad area as well. Um,

572
00:42:54,185 --> 00:42:58,125
and we are just now planning that part out. Um, and this is funded

573
00:42:58,725 --> 00:43:02,645
a million and a half for arpa interests. And again, we're

574
00:43:02,885 --> 00:43:06,825
on time and on on budget with that. Um, even adding in the,

575
00:43:07,265 --> 00:43:09,585
um, southwest regional park,

576
00:43:12,125 --> 00:43:16,065
the countywide fiber optic project, um, while I show green and

577
00:43:16,265 --> 00:43:19,425
on time on a budget, this has been not without its challenges, although

578
00:43:21,375 --> 00:43:25,225
it's green with maybe a few dots behind it. Um, we have definitely

579
00:43:25,505 --> 00:43:29,505
faced our share of challenges trying to run, uh, fiber around the county. A lot of aerial routes

580
00:43:29,865 --> 00:43:33,865
have had to change, um, and different routes decided and some underground,

581
00:43:34,725 --> 00:43:37,905
uh, but we will be complete with that, um, by december 1st.

582
00:43:38,885 --> 00:43:42,845
um, we've got, um, $8 million in arpa funding, uh,

583
00:43:43,065 --> 00:43:46,945
for that and as well as a million and a half of cip we always knew this

584
00:43:47,145 --> 00:43:50,865
wasn't gonna be enough to do all the fiber that's needed around, and that's future

585
00:43:51,195 --> 00:43:53,985
years. Um, we'd originally estimated about 16 million.

586
00:43:55,485 --> 00:43:59,275
um, hopefully that's still true. Um, but we will have quite

587
00:43:59,625 --> 00:44:03,585
a bit, um, complete by then. So we will have, uh, some good

588
00:44:03,745 --> 00:44:07,425
use outta this fiber and we are still working with our cities and school

589
00:44:07,825 --> 00:44:11,785
districts and other folks to discuss what their needs are and how we can help each other through this

590
00:44:11,945 --> 00:44:15,725
project. Are they pitching in? Uh, their part will be in,

591
00:44:15,965 --> 00:44:19,905
if they want to connect, we'll discuss how that those costs will be

592
00:44:19,985 --> 00:44:23,985
shared. And we didn't, we

593
00:44:24,185 --> 00:44:28,025
didn't specifically run to any of their buildings we're running nearby and then pointing out where the

594
00:44:28,265 --> 00:44:32,245
junctions are so that they can decide, you know, if that's something they'd like to connect to. We can

595
00:44:32,365 --> 00:44:36,225
discuss how that goes. Kinda like when the city pulls water up to your property and,

596
00:44:36,745 --> 00:44:40,685
and you get to pay to connect. Exactly. Yep. So are we gonna spend all of

597
00:44:40,765 --> 00:44:44,615
the money that we've assigned from arpa before the end of the year? Yes, thank

598
00:44:44,965 --> 00:44:44,965
you.

599
00:44:49,185 --> 00:44:53,165
uh, enterprise asset management system, uh, for road and bridge parks and

600
00:44:53,325 --> 00:44:57,125
facilities. Um, we are working with barry dunn, who's

601
00:44:57,405 --> 00:45:01,165
the same folks are helping us with the, um, workday project.

602
00:45:02,185 --> 00:45:06,045
um, so with this one we have received rfp responses and we are evaluating

603
00:45:06,605 --> 00:45:10,365
them right now. Um, after we select

604
00:45:10,845 --> 00:45:14,015
a system, we can also then start looking at data conversion

605
00:45:15,345 --> 00:45:19,145
and data gathering that needs to happen to go into these systems. Um,

606
00:45:19,625 --> 00:45:23,325
so if say we're gathering information for parks, you know, it's which

607
00:45:23,805 --> 00:45:27,765
specific pieces of equipment, um, and items they wanna

608
00:45:27,965 --> 00:45:31,685
track and be able to load that into the appropriate formats for whatever system

609
00:45:31,985 --> 00:45:35,885
is selected. So, um, we're expecting a go live in the

610
00:45:36,005 --> 00:45:39,805
fall of 27, um, and we do believe we have enough money,

611
00:45:40,265 --> 00:45:44,045
um, at this point without knowing specifics yet on which system we're gonna select

612
00:45:44,325 --> 00:45:48,245
and what data will cost. Um, but we are estimating that

613
00:45:48,365 --> 00:45:51,645
the two and a half million that's currently funded in cip is, is adequate for this project.

614
00:45:57,005 --> 00:46:00,995
radio towers, additions and upgrades. Um, so this is a project

615
00:46:01,155 --> 00:46:04,955
to add five additional tower sites, um, not necessarily the tower

616
00:46:05,245 --> 00:46:09,195
themselves yet. Um, we've also added in the lake creek annex tower,

617
00:46:09,695 --> 00:46:13,475
um, to provide coverage. So we are working

618
00:46:14,065 --> 00:46:17,905
with a company called mission critical partners, who's helped us with several projects in the past. They're

619
00:46:18,395 --> 00:46:21,855
also helping us with a, a body worn in-car camera system that's

620
00:46:22,495 --> 00:46:26,435
on this list 'cause it's not cip, um, to study

621
00:46:26,635 --> 00:46:30,355
those individual sites. And then we are starting discussions with partner agencies

622
00:46:30,655 --> 00:46:34,555
on specific sites that may be, um, an opportunity

623
00:46:34,955 --> 00:46:38,195
for us to put those towers in as currently funded at 3 million,

624
00:46:39,015 --> 00:46:41,675
um, from cip for the tower sites and land acquisition.

625
00:46:43,415 --> 00:46:47,395
um, which is adequate. This is the map of where the

626
00:46:47,555 --> 00:46:51,555
current sites are in, in green tribe mission critical study had identified

627
00:46:51,835 --> 00:46:55,195
needed towers. Um, so you can see they kind of fill in some of the gaps around.

628
00:46:56,175 --> 00:46:59,895
so we are working to identify some of those specific sites and

629
00:47:00,265 --> 00:47:03,815
exactly who we can partner with if necessary. Um,

630
00:47:04,415 --> 00:47:08,375
and where it's acceptable to put a tower. What's the, what's the minimum number of acres you

631
00:47:08,595 --> 00:47:12,595
need per site? So originally we had said, okay, let's look

632
00:47:12,675 --> 00:47:16,155
for five acres because that would be enough space for a guy, wire

633
00:47:16,695 --> 00:47:20,655
guy, wire supported tower, which is a little cheaper to build, um, depending on the, the

634
00:47:20,875 --> 00:47:24,035
land. Um, however, really a

635
00:47:25,585 --> 00:47:29,505
even as small as a hundred by a hundred feet, um, can

636
00:47:29,725 --> 00:47:33,505
be enough for a self-supported tower depending on the height and the land. Um,

637
00:47:34,025 --> 00:47:38,025
so it, it kind of varies, but we can go quite small and in fact, um,

638
00:47:38,385 --> 00:47:41,865
one of the sites we have identified would be a good fit. Um,

639
00:47:42,945 --> 00:47:46,165
out in the liberty hill area is actually on the property,

640
00:47:47,145 --> 00:47:50,545
um, that the liberty hills cscd office is on,

641
00:47:51,305 --> 00:47:54,915
um, which is pictured up here. And a conceptual drawing

642
00:47:55,405 --> 00:47:59,345
that we had just, um, been discussing with facilities, um,

643
00:47:59,705 --> 00:48:03,645
was potentially creating a driveway off the back of that to the back corner of the property and putting a

644
00:48:03,765 --> 00:48:07,205
tower back there that would be out of the road right of way.

645
00:48:07,825 --> 00:48:11,725
um, and that would be on a potentially good location for a

646
00:48:11,845 --> 00:48:15,685
tower, um, that would have a lot of infrastructure right nearby. Can you go back to that,

647
00:48:16,065 --> 00:48:19,985
the picture before please? That would take care of the dot that's out

648
00:48:20,205 --> 00:48:23,325
that way. Yes, the far left one. Yep. And you know, you know, the wccf

649
00:48:24,235 --> 00:48:28,125
owns property at 1 95, which looks like where one of those dots might be

650
00:48:28,675 --> 00:48:32,405
correct. Yeah, we have been studying that. It may be a little close to the

651
00:48:32,765 --> 00:48:36,525
florence, the existing florence tower. Mm-hmm . Um, but we are looking at that.

652
00:48:36,855 --> 00:48:40,765
we're also talking with, uh, city of georgetown has mentioned, um, that they

653
00:48:40,965 --> 00:48:44,945
may have some opportunities coming up, so we're right. Um, starting discussions with them on

654
00:48:45,385 --> 00:48:47,925
how we could partner there. Good, thank you.

655
00:48:52,425 --> 00:48:56,365
so lake creek annex, um, so we purchased this building in

656
00:48:56,565 --> 00:49:00,245
the fall and we've been, um, working with levy akima for architectural

657
00:49:00,845 --> 00:49:04,825
services for the 9 1 1 training center that'll go out there. Um,

658
00:49:06,515 --> 00:49:09,425
that one again has a, has a different color for the on budget. Um,

659
00:49:11,905 --> 00:49:14,025
and, and thanks to dale for a lot of this information. Um,

660
00:49:16,425 --> 00:49:20,265
the, the programming for the building, these are the spaces identified and the,

661
00:49:20,905 --> 00:49:24,885
um, southwest wing is where the, um, the 9 1 1

662
00:49:25,525 --> 00:49:29,265
training center is allocated to be. And,

663
00:49:29,825 --> 00:49:33,245
um, just some, just some budgetary numbers on there.

664
00:49:34,065 --> 00:49:36,965
um, you know, it's currently funded at 10,550,000.

665
00:49:39,425 --> 00:49:42,205
um, there is additional requests from cip for 575,000

666
00:49:43,665 --> 00:49:46,545
to be able to finish out the space for, um,

667
00:49:48,235 --> 00:49:51,905
9 1 1 training. Um, and that does not include, um,

668
00:49:52,435 --> 00:49:56,105
some future equipment that'll be needed to make that a good long term, um,

669
00:49:57,455 --> 00:50:01,395
place. However, those aren't needed day one, so, and we

670
00:50:01,475 --> 00:50:05,415
could maybe go after grant since other absolutely. Other funding sources for that. Yep. But

671
00:50:05,635 --> 00:50:09,615
the last, could you talk about the last part on that schedule and, um, the,

672
00:50:09,975 --> 00:50:13,815
the last two items, the 500,000 and the 2.1 million is,

673
00:50:14,375 --> 00:50:18,115
um, options if there are other occupants for that building, uh, in some of the other spaces

674
00:50:18,655 --> 00:50:22,495
mm-hmm . So not,

675
00:50:22,735 --> 00:50:26,475
not necessarily needed for the nine one training, but it's a separate for other. It's separate, but it's

676
00:50:26,755 --> 00:50:30,555
something that has been discussed. Yes. Mm-hmm . Thank you. It's

677
00:50:30,845 --> 00:50:34,825
for the sheriff. Thank you. Um, this is not

678
00:50:35,125 --> 00:50:38,645
a cip item, but this affects, um, nearly all of them.

679
00:50:39,265 --> 00:50:42,985
uh, and I just wanted to bring this up is that, um, we are still working to

680
00:50:43,455 --> 00:50:46,975
transition our computer domain from wilco.org

681
00:50:47,945 --> 00:50:51,765
to the wilco tx.gov. Um, all of our emails have been done for some

682
00:50:51,965 --> 00:50:55,605
time. We are now, um, working on the scope to transition

683
00:50:56,245 --> 00:51:00,205
all of the users, computers, uh, servers, those sort of things to this

684
00:51:00,385 --> 00:51:03,805
new domain that is an incredibly complicated process,

685
00:51:04,625 --> 00:51:08,545
um, and incredibly nerdy. I would put everyone to sleep by talking about it. Um,

686
00:51:08,905 --> 00:51:12,705
but it is a very important project that a lot of our other efforts are

687
00:51:12,925 --> 00:51:16,785
tied up in. Um, so we are working to complete this one. Um, we

688
00:51:17,005 --> 00:51:20,825
hope mainly by the end of the fiscal year. Um, but there will be some things

689
00:51:21,245 --> 00:51:24,085
that that drag into next year, uh, through march of 27.

690
00:51:26,545 --> 00:51:30,405
so this will affect how you sign into the network, um, how you get access to

691
00:51:30,565 --> 00:51:34,125
things and, and all of the servers that run, uh, the content that we have.

692
00:51:37,425 --> 00:51:41,095
um, our carlson cove tower, um, which

693
00:51:41,445 --> 00:51:45,105
is off the inter loop. Um, we have a new shelter and monitoring equipment going in,

694
00:51:45,465 --> 00:51:49,125
uh, that was funded a million and a half from cip. Uh, and that is on target

695
00:51:49,865 --> 00:51:52,885
to go live same time as basically everything else in january of 27.

696
00:51:53,985 --> 00:51:57,645
um, so, um, we've got that well underway

697
00:51:58,065 --> 00:51:59,125
and it is on track

698
00:52:02,135 --> 00:52:06,105
generally for all of our projects. These are the major challenges we're facing.

699
00:52:06,275 --> 00:52:09,945
these affect all the ones above, uh, and a whole lot more that aren't even on this list.

700
00:52:10,845 --> 00:52:14,825
um, but, you know, the daily work, uh, unplanned events being from,

701
00:52:15,765 --> 00:52:19,585
um, issues that come up, uh, those could be,

702
00:52:19,845 --> 00:52:23,645
you know, moves of departments, those could be cyber issues, um,

703
00:52:24,255 --> 00:52:28,225
outages of various types. Those create a challenge. Um, our many

704
00:52:28,465 --> 00:52:32,325
other projects on our list, uh, that departments are counting on to do their work. Um,

705
00:52:33,095 --> 00:52:36,945
certainly, uh, impact our ability to schedule things and, and get some

706
00:52:37,105 --> 00:52:40,825
things done. Um, just having enough staff time and, and resources.

707
00:52:41,445 --> 00:52:45,245
um, like today we're out of conference space, uh, to have all

708
00:52:45,465 --> 00:52:49,345
the testing done, um, in place. And then, uh, last thing I wanna bring

709
00:52:49,585 --> 00:52:53,585
up is it hardware, um, is very difficult to get right now. I have on here seven

710
00:52:53,815 --> 00:52:57,345
days that's, um, actually long. Um, we have,

711
00:52:58,045 --> 00:53:00,585
uh, one of our key vendors has a three day quote.

712
00:53:02,225 --> 00:53:06,225
I mean, I don't know who can get any kind of, um, purchase back

713
00:53:06,425 --> 00:53:10,095
in three days. Uh, that's asking way too much. But, uh, dell

714
00:53:10,555 --> 00:53:14,265
right now is giving us seven day quotes. Um, so making it

715
00:53:14,585 --> 00:53:18,145
very difficult for us to do business. And a lot of other folks, a lot of that's driven

716
00:53:18,645 --> 00:53:22,025
by the need for chips and ram for ai, um, data centers.

717
00:53:23,245 --> 00:53:26,365
so mm-hmm . That's creating a, a big headache for us. You got enough going on?

718
00:53:27,545 --> 00:53:31,275
you got enough going on? I, I wish this was the list. I wish there wasn't, uh, about several

719
00:53:31,765 --> 00:53:35,485
dozen other projects. We should be for a while until we, until you get some stuff. We are good with that.

720
00:53:36,005 --> 00:53:39,925
. So richard, I, I think I heard two things. Uh, as far

721
00:53:40,045 --> 00:53:43,595
as additional budget needs, um, 5 75

722
00:53:44,445 --> 00:53:48,305
for lake creek and the other one was 500 for, um, the cad.

723
00:53:48,585 --> 00:53:50,565
for the cad and rms for the cad. Yes. Mm-hmm .

724
00:53:53,035 --> 00:53:56,905
alright, thanks. Okay. And thank you. And

725
00:53:57,345 --> 00:54:00,895
to your team, I mean the, just the two major

726
00:54:01,405 --> 00:54:05,155
systems alone, are you on? Is your, is your, yeah, it's on. Okay.

727
00:54:05,465 --> 00:54:09,185
the two major systems alone are huge, but that's in

728
00:54:09,605 --> 00:54:13,605
addition to everything else. So thank, thank you for what you are doing and, and for your team. Yeah, great

729
00:54:13,885 --> 00:54:17,845
job. Great job. Thank you all for your support and please relay that info to

730
00:54:18,005 --> 00:54:21,865
your team that, yeah, it's just an amazing, uh,

731
00:54:22,345 --> 00:54:26,275
amount of work and resource y'all do to keep the county up and running and they're,

732
00:54:26,895 --> 00:54:30,845
we're grateful for y'all and your work is appreciated. Thank you. We've got a great

733
00:54:30,965 --> 00:54:34,685
team. Hey richard, we're proud of that. Um, we're gonna move into the, uh, admin building

734
00:54:34,985 --> 00:54:38,745
in a few months. Are y'all testing that before we move in? In

735
00:54:39,045 --> 00:54:42,885
every capacity? We are indeed. So there, there is already internet service to

736
00:54:43,085 --> 00:54:47,025
that building. Um, we will be installing wireless coming

737
00:54:47,445 --> 00:54:51,365
up soon. Um, there are also cellular repeaters throughout

738
00:54:51,845 --> 00:54:55,125
the building, so cell service will be excellent throughout the building, wherever you are.

739
00:54:55,985 --> 00:54:59,925
um, no matter which, no matter which brand you use for, for all those

740
00:55:00,045 --> 00:55:03,535
people who are not gonna have desk phones anymore, that's a good thing. Exactly right.

741
00:55:04,065 --> 00:55:07,965
um, so there are a lot of other efforts out there like, like that, um, which is gonna

742
00:55:08,125 --> 00:55:11,845
take a sign, significant amount of work from our staff to get that building completely

743
00:55:12,345 --> 00:55:16,205
set up, um, in, in all the different technology systems that

744
00:55:16,565 --> 00:55:20,445
are gonna run in there as well as all the users. Um, getting everyone moved,

745
00:55:20,865 --> 00:55:24,725
so, mm-hmm . Thank you. Good job. Thanks richard. Thank you. All right, thanks

746
00:55:24,885 --> 00:55:28,165
richard. Alright, moving on. Court

747
00:55:29,295 --> 00:55:33,185
items 29, 30 and 31 are all facilities related. 29,

748
00:55:34,585 --> 00:55:38,005
um, deals with electrical infrastructure, maintenance and installation

749
00:55:38,925 --> 00:55:42,735
services with doyle electric. Um, 30 deals

750
00:55:43,115 --> 00:55:46,465
with electrical infrastructure, maintenance and installation with allied

751
00:55:47,165 --> 00:55:50,185
electrical services. And 31, uh,

752
00:55:51,225 --> 00:55:55,225
is awarding, uh, half and associates for

753
00:55:55,445 --> 00:55:59,365
the architects and design services for the road and bridge training building.

754
00:56:00,085 --> 00:56:04,085
I will entertain a motion for one or all three of those items. I move.

755
00:56:04,285 --> 00:56:08,205
we approve all three. I'll second. All right. Motion by commissioner cook. Second by

756
00:56:08,405 --> 00:56:12,065
commissioner bowles. All in favor? A I just to comment on the,

757
00:56:12,465 --> 00:56:16,085
um, motion carries five, oh by the way, on 31, sorry, on 31

758
00:56:17,275 --> 00:56:20,375
that, uh, we've, we've, uh, already approved 750,000

759
00:56:21,725 --> 00:56:25,315
I think for this project. So this is coming out of that just for note.

760
00:56:26,275 --> 00:56:30,165
okay. Thank you. Mm-hmm . Alright, moving on. Items 32 through

761
00:56:30,485 --> 00:56:34,405
39, all concern road and bridge projects. I

762
00:56:34,525 --> 00:56:36,965
will entertain a motion for one or all of those items.

763
00:56:39,045 --> 00:56:42,995
I move. We approve all of those items. Motion by commissioner cook.

764
00:56:45,115 --> 00:56:49,085
I'll second. That was 32nd by commissioner bulls for items

765
00:56:49,305 --> 00:56:50,365
32 through 39.

766
00:56:54,205 --> 00:56:58,085
any discussion on any of those items? We're good. All

767
00:56:58,305 --> 00:57:02,015
right. All in favor? Motion carries five zero.

768
00:57:02,805 --> 00:57:06,485
moving on to item 40, discuss, consider tech appropriate action on the agreed

769
00:57:06,915 --> 00:57:10,865
final judgment with roger doyle bonnet and patricia lin

770
00:57:11,025 --> 00:57:14,785
bonnet, trustees of the roger d and patricia l bonnet trust order

771
00:57:15,555 --> 00:57:19,095
instrument dated october 1st, 2020 to acquire 0.109

772
00:57:21,075 --> 00:57:24,965
acres needed as right of way on baghdad road at county road 2 79,

773
00:57:25,785 --> 00:57:29,385
project partial 23 move approval.

774
00:57:30,405 --> 00:57:34,345
uh, commissioner long motions to approve. I'll second. Second by commissioner bowles. All

775
00:57:34,505 --> 00:57:38,335
in favor. Item carries five

776
00:57:38,935 --> 00:57:42,655
zero. Item number 41. I would like to pull to executive

777
00:57:43,365 --> 00:57:47,285
and address when we come back from executive. Um, before

778
00:57:47,845 --> 00:57:51,665
we, uh, recess to executive, I would like to give our people

779
00:57:52,045 --> 00:57:55,545
who signed up for non-ag agenda item, public comments, a chance

780
00:57:56,085 --> 00:57:59,865
to speak. Richard has already spoken. We will, uh, the next person

781
00:58:00,125 --> 00:58:04,105
who signed up is ben fras. Um, coming back

782
00:58:04,385 --> 00:58:08,225
to discuss the drift track, I'm assuming in hu it doesn't say on here.

783
00:58:08,725 --> 00:58:12,625
yes sir. Yes. Okay. Yes sir. I apologize for that. There seems

784
00:58:12,825 --> 00:58:16,825
to be some ben frascona williamson county. There seems

785
00:58:17,065 --> 00:58:20,985
to be some question on decibel levels requirements

786
00:58:21,925 --> 00:58:25,825
in the, in the county and the state, since the county doesn't necessarily have any noise ordinance,

787
00:58:26,565 --> 00:58:30,505
the state does, it starts at a minimum of 85 decibels. Now that's not

788
00:58:30,665 --> 00:58:34,585
a hard and fast rule. My dishwasher operates

789
00:58:35,145 --> 00:58:38,315
at 42 decibels. Very quiet. A large, large

790
00:58:39,195 --> 00:58:43,065
noisy dishwasher operates at above 85. You can see the

791
00:58:43,225 --> 00:58:47,145
comparison, but I also refer to texas supreme court address on

792
00:58:47,505 --> 00:58:51,165
nuisance law, cross tech north texas pipeline lp versus the

793
00:58:51,585 --> 00:58:55,485
gardener family, which I provided for you last week started in

794
00:58:55,705 --> 00:58:59,605
2008 where a family purchased a a 95 acre lot

795
00:59:00,965 --> 00:59:04,865
for the investment retirement and raising cattle. They purchased

796
00:59:05,305 --> 00:59:08,845
that property and over time the pipeline company came in,

797
00:59:10,225 --> 00:59:13,125
put in pipeline and a large generator, which made noise 24 7.

798
00:59:15,145 --> 00:59:18,895
it started in 2008, went to a jury trial. The plaintiffs were successful.

799
00:59:19,585 --> 00:59:22,975
it went all the way up to the state supreme court where the state supreme court,

800
00:59:24,665 --> 00:59:28,665
uh, judged for the plaintiffs in this matter. And

801
00:59:28,945 --> 00:59:32,885
it doesn't in the state. It's a three page brief, which I provided to you

802
00:59:32,995 --> 00:59:36,925
last week. It doesn't matter whether the noise is day or night. The fact, the matter is

803
00:59:37,305 --> 00:59:41,005
the family was there before the pipeline was there. In my case,

804
00:59:41,425 --> 00:59:45,045
or in my community's case, there's a bunch of homes that were there long before

805
00:59:45,465 --> 00:59:48,225
the drift track was there. And no, uh,

806
00:59:49,705 --> 00:59:53,485
no notice was given to the residents to talk to the owner about

807
00:59:53,765 --> 00:59:57,045
that. Yesterday I did an, I did an interview with kxan.

808
00:59:57,985 --> 01:00:01,795
the owner pulled up and we, the reporter told him what

809
01:00:02,085 --> 01:00:05,915
we were doing and filing a story over

810
01:00:06,205 --> 01:00:09,885
the noise. Would he like to comment? He did not want to comment on that.

811
01:00:10,905 --> 01:00:14,585
so it is being, I did ask the media to address it as well as,

812
01:00:15,665 --> 01:00:19,585
uh, caroline harris davila's office. Okay. Two

813
01:00:19,805 --> 01:00:23,725
minutes is not enough time to go through all this. Okay. But if the county attorney is in the,

814
01:00:23,865 --> 01:00:27,285
in the building, I would love to have 15 minutes to talk with him over this.

815
01:00:28,075 --> 01:00:31,565
okay. Um, he is, and, and I know, uh, commissioner

816
01:00:32,305 --> 01:00:36,065
bowles in his office is, uh, aware the situation as well. So

817
01:00:36,615 --> 01:00:40,605
we'll be in contact with you and I don't think the county attorney is in the office today. Oh. Or

818
01:00:40,805 --> 01:00:44,725
in the building today. I'm sorry. I thought you okay. I was thinking of our counsel in, and I'm still waiting from

819
01:00:45,005 --> 01:00:48,915
your schedule or to schedule a meeting with you, judge. Okay. Okay.

820
01:00:49,735 --> 01:00:52,805
we'll get that asap as well. Thank you, sir. All right. Appreciate you.

821
01:00:55,395 --> 01:00:56,505
alright. Bill cover law,

822
01:01:09,585 --> 01:01:13,235
uh, bill cover law williamson county, uh, too. Minutes, minutes goes by real fast.

823
01:01:13,705 --> 01:01:17,665
it is interesting to point out on my way to a meeting on, uh,

824
01:01:18,205 --> 01:01:21,985
saturday. I ran into a nightmare on

825
01:01:22,485 --> 01:01:26,305
1431 because of some bike ride that had been scheduled. We

826
01:01:26,525 --> 01:01:30,045
had traffic going east and west, backed up for almost two miles else.

827
01:01:32,025 --> 01:01:35,905
and all that traffic was, uh, engines running pollution, carbon

828
01:01:36,885 --> 01:01:40,065
emissions, people missed appointments, missed, uh,

829
01:01:41,295 --> 01:01:45,285
deliveries, et cetera. Probably a couple wrecks along the way

830
01:01:45,405 --> 01:01:49,145
with all of that poor planning that went into that. But anyway,

831
01:01:49,725 --> 01:01:52,525
I wanna, knowing the back roads I got to my meeting on time.

832
01:01:54,265 --> 01:01:57,875
the, um, meeting was interesting too. It kind of ties back

833
01:01:58,395 --> 01:02:02,245
into last week's, uh, sandbox argument. It's hard

834
01:02:02,525 --> 01:02:05,365
to get good civility in, in a lot of meetings.

835
01:02:07,105 --> 01:02:08,545
the, the, um,

836
01:02:12,145 --> 01:02:16,115
meeting I was in, uh, I had to bring up, uh, robert jules's issue that was

837
01:02:16,275 --> 01:02:20,105
called, uh, divide the question. And then they still wanted to debate that. So

838
01:02:20,325 --> 01:02:24,125
I had to get the parliamentarian to advise the group that it wasn't

839
01:02:24,405 --> 01:02:28,305
debatable. But, uh, one quick last item is, uh,

840
01:02:29,195 --> 01:02:33,165
citizen's use of the av equipment in the, uh, courtroom. It would be nice if

841
01:02:33,325 --> 01:02:37,185
we had equal access to

842
01:02:37,405 --> 01:02:41,025
be able to present information like all the other people that make presentations. And

843
01:02:41,835 --> 01:02:45,575
there's always an argument about security, but it can be an isolated system. There

844
01:02:45,925 --> 01:02:48,685
ought to be a way for us to be able to present some of these things.

845
01:02:50,025 --> 01:02:53,805
and if you got a noisy neighbor, I saw that problem with the noisy neighbors I had

846
01:02:54,125 --> 01:02:58,085
a couple years ago behind me. I built my own generator and it was

847
01:02:58,245 --> 01:03:01,175
150 db and I got their attention. They quit making noise.

848
01:03:03,095 --> 01:03:06,855
thank you, bill. Next we have dr. Laura

849
01:03:07,275 --> 01:03:07,275
presley

850
01:03:17,885 --> 01:03:21,825
is court. I'm dr. Laura pressley, true texas elections. I'd like to provide

851
01:03:22,215 --> 01:03:25,825
some good faith professional advice regarding resolving the serious

852
01:03:26,365 --> 01:03:30,305
voting rights issues that were raised to this court. During early voting for the primary

853
01:03:31,325 --> 01:03:35,025
number 1 21 early vote and 29 election day voters

854
01:03:35,485 --> 01:03:39,265
casted legal ballots resulting in disenfranchising of those 50 voters

855
01:03:39,695 --> 01:03:43,605
from voting on all races. These issues were raised to you to

856
01:03:43,825 --> 01:03:47,785
the court, the first week of early vote. I wanna

857
01:03:47,985 --> 01:03:51,745
provide potentially how you could have changed the outcome of

858
01:03:52,105 --> 01:03:55,965
this. Um, I wish that you had

859
01:03:56,345 --> 01:04:00,005
demanded that the election administrator provide daily reports of

860
01:04:00,485 --> 01:04:04,165
anyone casting those illegal ballots, and thank the

861
01:04:04,705 --> 01:04:08,645
citizens for bringing these issues to you. And if one person had,

862
01:04:09,205 --> 01:04:13,105
had, um, had cast an illegal ballot,

863
01:04:13,735 --> 01:04:17,685
that you would've demanded the removal of those ballot marking devices and

864
01:04:17,905 --> 01:04:21,145
you would've apologized to those voters. For that.

865
01:04:22,585 --> 01:04:26,415
I wanted to see an apology from this court to the 50 voters at cast

866
01:04:26,705 --> 01:04:30,665
illegal ballots. Number two, the ballot box surveillance

867
01:04:31,045 --> 01:04:34,855
vi videos have been going off for years, and we reported this during early vote

868
01:04:35,445 --> 01:04:39,215
the second week of early vote. Uh, commissioner bowles, we reported this.

869
01:04:40,505 --> 01:04:44,065
I wanted you to demand that it stop, that the videos

870
01:04:45,215 --> 01:04:49,145
stop turning off you. Thank the citizens for bringing these

871
01:04:49,425 --> 01:04:53,065
issues to you for the illegalities that were occurring. And you apologize

872
01:04:53,925 --> 01:04:57,905
to the voters of those early voting ballots that the videos went off, that you

873
01:04:58,135 --> 01:05:01,825
apologize for the vote for the laws being broken and you demand

874
01:05:02,225 --> 01:05:06,025
those clocks be put in all the areas. The four videos that I

875
01:05:06,465 --> 01:05:10,095
recorded were taken directly, commissioner bowles from the youtube website.

876
01:05:10,945 --> 01:05:14,105
I did not splice any of them. I want that on the record.

877
01:05:14,955 --> 01:05:18,885
these voting issues must be resolved quickly by this court. All thank

878
01:05:19,085 --> 01:05:23,045
you, dr. Presley. Criminal complaints. At this point, we will go to item number people

879
01:05:23,405 --> 01:05:27,405
going to the court of public opinion to help resolve. Will you help with dr. Presley? Thank you

880
01:05:27,555 --> 01:05:31,205
once again, refuses to follow the rules of the court. We're moving on to

881
01:05:31,675 --> 01:05:33,845
item number 25 cip.

882
01:05:36,845 --> 01:05:37,945
I think we can pull those up.

883
01:06:12,045 --> 01:06:15,835
all right, julie, when you're ready. Good morning, judge and commissioners. Julie kiley,

884
01:06:16,185 --> 01:06:19,945
county auditor for williamson county. And I have dan weiller with me, our financial advisor

885
01:06:20,375 --> 01:06:24,365
from specialized public finance. We drafted this agenda item in

886
01:06:24,585 --> 01:06:28,145
an effort to just discuss various things besides just the cip balances.

887
01:06:29,245 --> 01:06:32,945
so I'll start with the balance that's left in the 2026 cip.

888
01:06:33,875 --> 01:06:35,105
there is $17,999,753.

889
01:06:39,535 --> 01:06:43,385
that has not been allocated at this time. Uh, there are various projects

890
01:06:43,945 --> 01:06:47,895
that I think the court may want to discuss this morning. One of those being, uh, funding

891
01:06:48,445 --> 01:06:52,225
for the balance of the juvenile justice center, of which we've already,

892
01:06:53,045 --> 01:06:57,025
um, put the change orders or the contracts in place

893
01:06:57,285 --> 01:07:00,335
for those additional three phases. Uh, the 500,000

894
01:07:01,735 --> 01:07:05,585
that mr. Simple brought up this morning for the cad project. Uh, last week,

895
01:07:05,885 --> 01:07:09,455
the court negotiated, um, or, uh, finalized

896
01:07:10,185 --> 01:07:14,045
a $78.6 million contract for, uh,

897
01:07:14,785 --> 01:07:18,705
property for the justice complex. So those are some of the things I

898
01:07:18,825 --> 01:07:22,785
wanted to start the discussion with and get some feedback from the court in a direction we wanna

899
01:07:22,945 --> 01:07:26,505
move. And one other item before I, uh, forget, we need approximately

900
01:07:27,155 --> 01:07:31,025
50 million more for right of way for the 2023 program.

901
01:07:33,645 --> 01:07:36,465
is that all kidding? .

902
01:07:40,495 --> 01:07:44,365
okay. So one of the things that we would propose for

903
01:07:44,585 --> 01:07:48,545
the land purchase in the right of way at a minimum would be a tax anticipation

904
01:07:49,295 --> 01:07:53,225
note that mr. Weiller and I and bond counsel would bring back for the court's

905
01:07:53,785 --> 01:07:57,705
consideration later in april, roughly april 21st agenda is what we're

906
01:07:57,945 --> 01:08:01,425
looking at. Uh, so if we wanna start there with any discussion or

907
01:08:01,985 --> 01:08:05,945
questions, um, I know, uh, mr. Weill's here and can help answer

908
01:08:06,305 --> 01:08:10,165
any of those questions. We've been running various scenarios to make sure this works in

909
01:08:10,385 --> 01:08:14,305
the county's current debt structure. Before we get into that, um, I

910
01:08:14,425 --> 01:08:18,045
would, I would propose that we have two projects

911
01:08:18,675 --> 01:08:22,275
that we could pay for with current remaining

912
01:08:23,045 --> 01:08:26,665
cip money, 26 cip money. And that would be the,

913
01:08:27,345 --> 01:08:30,925
uh, the juvie center, uh, juvenile detention center.

914
01:08:31,885 --> 01:08:35,685
I think it's 17 at eight or something. 17.4 million. There you go.

915
01:08:36,045 --> 01:08:39,485
17 four. And then another half a million for the the cad project,

916
01:08:40,425 --> 01:08:44,365
uh, to finish those out. And that would use up, I believe, the bulk of

917
01:08:44,525 --> 01:08:45,925
that money, is that correct? It would leave $99,753.

918
01:08:48,555 --> 01:08:52,365
some, some, some change. Yeah. So that would be something that

919
01:08:52,665 --> 01:08:56,345
we have already moved forward on contractually for the, um,

920
01:08:57,025 --> 01:09:00,825
the juvie center and well both projects. And so

921
01:09:01,045 --> 01:09:05,005
that that would finish them up. And we could, and we don't have to vote on anything if, however

922
01:09:05,285 --> 01:09:09,125
you wanna do it, judge, but we can talk about how, you know, if we're gonna move forward on

923
01:09:09,325 --> 01:09:13,305
these projects, how we're gonna pay for them. That would be my recommend, my, my

924
01:09:13,685 --> 01:09:16,605
proposal and my, my motion. If you're accepting motions at this point,

925
01:09:17,985 --> 01:09:21,845
if you wanna look at the whole thing, we can. And then go back and figure out how we're gonna pay

926
01:09:22,005 --> 01:09:25,805
for each thing. So this is when we went through

927
01:09:26,025 --> 01:09:29,925
the process back in september,

928
01:09:30,725 --> 01:09:34,235
oct whenever it was. Um, we left this much on the table knowing

929
01:09:34,905 --> 01:09:38,425
we had some of these things coming up. And so at this point, um,

930
01:09:39,765 --> 01:09:43,605
I, I do think, uh, we need to figure

931
01:09:44,025 --> 01:09:47,565
out the lake creek piece. Mm-hmm . And whether that comes out of,

932
01:09:48,625 --> 01:09:52,525
um, I don't know timing wise whether it can be out of the next

933
01:09:52,965 --> 01:09:55,945
f-y-c-I-p or not. Um, but

934
01:09:57,145 --> 01:10:00,985
you know, we've already voted and committed on the juvenile piece and cad

935
01:10:01,345 --> 01:10:05,155
is, uh, we're in the middle of implementation. So that are kind

936
01:10:05,445 --> 01:10:09,405
of two commitments. I think we that's right. Have to follow, follow through on. Well, and we could

937
01:10:09,525 --> 01:10:13,105
use the rest of the cip you said about a hundred thousand dollars, is that what you said? Um,

938
01:10:13,575 --> 01:10:17,265
along with, um, other funds to, to finish out

939
01:10:17,905 --> 01:10:21,445
the lake creek aspect of the training facility. 'cause I feel like those three

940
01:10:22,085 --> 01:10:26,005
projects, everything else we can talk about, we want, you know, if we wanna move forward.

941
01:10:26,265 --> 01:10:30,165
but first I think we need to fund what we started. And I know in some discussions

942
01:10:30,645 --> 01:10:34,265
with dale, and he can certainly answer any questions, um, uh,

943
01:10:34,995 --> 01:10:38,985
both last week and, uh, again this morning, lake creek, as

944
01:10:39,205 --> 01:10:43,165
it stands right now, cashflow wise, we can keep moving on that

945
01:10:43,325 --> 01:10:47,125
project. We don't have a cashflow issue that needs to be addressed before the end of this fiscal

946
01:10:47,515 --> 01:10:51,385
year. Um, and so we could certainly, uh, tag

947
01:10:51,675 --> 01:10:55,465
some of next year's cip bucket that at a minimum should be certified to

948
01:10:55,685 --> 01:10:59,305
you at approximately $20 million for next year. Right. Um, so,

949
01:11:00,025 --> 01:11:03,925
uh, dale, I don't know if you have anything to add, but those were discussions that

950
01:11:04,125 --> 01:11:07,765
we've had making sure that we weren't gonna leave a project in a cash flow situation.

951
01:11:08,465 --> 01:11:12,215
so before, before we go any further with those

952
01:11:12,615 --> 01:11:16,485
items, because I, I feel like those need to be funded. The other things that

953
01:11:17,365 --> 01:11:20,385
I would like to put on the table for discussion, um,

954
01:11:21,985 --> 01:11:25,945
we can talk about lake creek. There's, uh, you know, we've talked to the sheriff about what his

955
01:11:26,165 --> 01:11:29,905
interim needs are until a new jail gets built. And,

956
01:11:30,985 --> 01:11:34,805
and he has, um, he has asked us to come forward

957
01:11:35,045 --> 01:11:38,925
with a plan to move certain aspects of his operations. It would also

958
01:11:39,275 --> 01:11:42,555
free up space that is better utilized in the, in the current jail.

959
01:11:44,505 --> 01:11:48,285
the numbers that dale showed us, uh, or richard, I guess in his presentation showed

960
01:11:48,605 --> 01:11:52,305
us is, um, anywhere from a half a million to 2.6 million.

961
01:11:53,985 --> 01:11:57,845
and so that would be something that would be another project to consider if we want

962
01:11:58,045 --> 01:12:01,805
to relieve the sheriff's actions over there in the jail

963
01:12:02,375 --> 01:12:06,095
until the new jail gets built. The, um, the other thing would

964
01:12:06,445 --> 01:12:10,055
be when we move out of, when we move into the admin

965
01:12:10,605 --> 01:12:14,245
building in, uh, in a few months, the interim

966
01:12:14,795 --> 01:12:18,355
plan was to, was to relieve some

967
01:12:19,045 --> 01:12:23,025
pressure on the, uh, district attorney's office and, and adjust some things on

968
01:12:23,245 --> 01:12:27,145
the second floor of the current justice center, uh, where, um,

969
01:12:27,585 --> 01:12:31,445
the county clerk is currently. And so the estimate

970
01:12:31,645 --> 01:12:35,645
for that is, um, uh, the estimate for that is about

971
01:12:35,805 --> 01:12:39,685
$750,000. Again, it can come out of

972
01:12:40,145 --> 01:12:44,125
the future cip or this next year, cip, but I feel like it's something that

973
01:12:44,325 --> 01:12:48,205
we've, we need to have, take actual action on.

974
01:12:48,405 --> 01:12:52,285
we've talked about it in the interim plan, but we haven't really voted on it. But we need

975
01:12:52,525 --> 01:12:56,525
to in order for there not to be a delay because there'll be moving out in this

976
01:12:56,685 --> 01:13:00,165
summer. So I just wanted to throw those other items out. And then if we're gonna

977
01:13:00,725 --> 01:13:04,545
continue on, the other item would be we, we purchased the land for

978
01:13:04,985 --> 01:13:08,925
the new justice complex. We haven't closed on it yet, but we're doing

979
01:13:09,005 --> 01:13:12,815
our due diligence. And to move forward on, uh, phase

980
01:13:13,175 --> 01:13:16,485
three of that project, we would need some additional funds.

981
01:13:17,285 --> 01:13:21,245
I believe the numbers that you have put into, uh, what would

982
01:13:21,585 --> 01:13:25,105
fit, because my question to you was, and to dan was

983
01:13:25,635 --> 01:13:29,285
what, what would not put us in a, uh, uh, an action

984
01:13:29,665 --> 01:13:33,315
of raising the tax rate for debt service. And your

985
01:13:33,965 --> 01:13:36,325
estimate on your spreadsheet is for $135 million

986
01:13:38,585 --> 01:13:42,385
and that would be in may this year and it

987
01:13:42,605 --> 01:13:45,965
would be a seven year tan, is that correct? Yes, ma'am. And in that,

988
01:13:46,825 --> 01:13:50,485
are the, the items that you've mentioned, the 50 million for the road

989
01:13:50,985 --> 01:13:54,845
for, um, road right away and uh, to pay for the land

990
01:13:55,045 --> 01:13:59,005
that we just voted on as well, it would give us nine or

991
01:13:59,165 --> 01:14:03,085
$10 million to move forward on the, on the justice center yes ma'am. Com justice

992
01:14:03,515 --> 01:14:07,485
complex. Yes. Um, so those are the items that I think we're talking about

993
01:14:07,735 --> 01:14:10,685
today. If we wanna move forward on those and how we're gonna fund them.

994
01:14:18,705 --> 01:14:22,595
so, um, just you, you know, you, your

995
01:14:23,365 --> 01:14:27,365
cpa mind, uh, fired off a bunch of numbers just mm-hmm . To, I

996
01:14:27,485 --> 01:14:31,265
can go back over it. So well, lemme summarize 'em. Yep. Uh, so

997
01:14:32,495 --> 01:14:35,875
using a tan, roughly 78 million

998
01:14:37,705 --> 01:14:41,645
for the land purchase, 50 for the

999
01:14:41,975 --> 01:14:45,765
right of way. Um, that would leave about, you said 135 million

1000
01:14:46,845 --> 01:14:50,605
that would leave about seven left. It, it's really less than that on the land. Yeah. It's

1001
01:14:50,885 --> 01:14:53,925
75.8 on the land. Oh, okay. So 76.

1002
01:14:54,985 --> 01:14:58,565
yes ma'am. Mm-hmm . Rounding. Yeah. Um, so that basically leaves

1003
01:14:58,995 --> 01:15:02,225
9 million left out of that 1 35. And

1004
01:15:03,145 --> 01:15:06,745
what's the cost of phase three for the,

1005
01:15:07,425 --> 01:15:11,365
and rebecca's here she can speak better to, uh, and I don't think, we don't

1006
01:15:11,565 --> 01:15:15,385
have kiel here, I don't believe, but rebecca, if you have, um,

1007
01:15:16,115 --> 01:15:19,895
information on that, I think we're gonna, we're going to finish phase

1008
01:15:20,345 --> 01:15:23,765
two this summer is what they're telling us. And so to continue to move forward,

1009
01:15:24,415 --> 01:15:27,545
phase three would be within this time period. Um,

1010
01:15:35,395 --> 01:15:39,205
rebecca, I don't know how well that one works. The other one works really well.

1011
01:15:39,595 --> 01:15:43,285
rebecca, cls. Oh, there you go. I'm back on. Um, I can look up what phase

1012
01:15:43,605 --> 01:15:47,525
three would be. We had broken it down by years moving ahead. And so I think

1013
01:15:47,685 --> 01:15:51,085
the amount that we had allocated for next year's cip

1014
01:15:51,805 --> 01:15:55,805
included phase three and maybe a small piece of phase four. Um, so I can look at the numbers and break

1015
01:15:55,965 --> 01:15:59,835
that out real quick. I think it was around three, three and a half million dollars, but I can double check. Okay.

1016
01:16:01,505 --> 01:16:03,805
and that would be, I mean,

1017
01:16:05,815 --> 01:16:08,165
we're, we're talking about the design team

1018
01:16:10,075 --> 01:16:13,985
with that money, we would be talking about the money for, um,

1019
01:16:14,835 --> 01:16:18,765
kiel and for hok and for half for our three consultants that are on the project. It would not include

1020
01:16:19,125 --> 01:16:23,125
the money for like the architecture fee. That's what I'm talking about. Right. 'cause we've,

1021
01:16:23,405 --> 01:16:27,165
we've, we've talked about moving those monies into the budget and I think ashley's

1022
01:16:27,725 --> 01:16:31,475
doing that. I'm talking about if we're gonna continue to move forward on actually producing

1023
01:16:32,285 --> 01:16:36,125
buildings, we need to hire the design team at some point in the near future, right? In phase

1024
01:16:36,445 --> 01:16:40,005
three. Yeah. It would not include the cost for that or a cr and that's what this money could do.

1025
01:16:40,665 --> 01:16:44,585
so, oh, I'd like to

1026
01:16:46,835 --> 01:16:50,685
that piece of it. We've got the land under contract

1027
01:16:51,185 --> 01:16:54,305
yep. And sort of pause and look at

1028
01:16:55,265 --> 01:16:59,045
all of those funding requirements going forward. 'cause the,

1029
01:16:59,305 --> 01:17:03,045
the big hard push was securing the land. Mm-hmm . Because

1030
01:17:04,345 --> 01:17:07,705
land's not getting any cheaper and god's not making anymore. Um, so,

1031
01:17:08,505 --> 01:17:12,405
uh, getting that nailed down. But I I, I think at least for me,

1032
01:17:12,715 --> 01:17:16,035
comfort level and I see some heads nodding yeah. That

1033
01:17:16,855 --> 01:17:20,275
let's look at how the rest of the project lays out estimated

1034
01:17:20,885 --> 01:17:24,485
costs and, and and timelines, um, on that. And then,

1035
01:17:25,465 --> 01:17:29,305
um, also get a better handle. And I, I know you did

1036
01:17:29,525 --> 01:17:32,255
this before, becca, but what are the real costs

1037
01:17:33,545 --> 01:17:37,225
of our stop gap? Um,

1038
01:17:39,085 --> 01:17:42,785
whatever that time period is. And you know, I, between, uh,

1039
01:17:44,385 --> 01:17:48,285
the extra space we're gonna open up in by opening the admin

1040
01:17:48,805 --> 01:17:52,645
building, but then the additional space we're gonna need in the current justice

1041
01:17:53,315 --> 01:17:56,665
complex justice center, um, for, um,

1042
01:17:57,385 --> 01:18:01,165
and how are we going to utilize the buildings that we currently have, and including

1043
01:18:01,685 --> 01:18:05,025
the one we purchased right across the parking lot, um,

1044
01:18:05,905 --> 01:18:09,465
to house those various individuals before we

1045
01:18:10,545 --> 01:18:14,525
lay out money to 'em. And, and I'm not expecting a vote on that today. I was just laying it

1046
01:18:14,725 --> 01:18:18,255
all out. The, the, what do we not have funded at this point, items

1047
01:18:18,865 --> 01:18:22,505
so that we can have discussion. And I think rebecca was planning on coming back anyway.

1048
01:18:22,925 --> 01:18:26,805
aren't you coming back at, I've spoken with a couple court members about coming back to court and doing another

1049
01:18:27,085 --> 01:18:30,845
interim plan because we pretty much have covered through this summer. Um, and getting some

1050
01:18:31,325 --> 01:18:35,325
feedback from the court on what it would look like timeline wise, um, to build the justice center,

1051
01:18:35,715 --> 01:18:39,525
what our interim plan would look out, look like, and what the court's preference would be. That's right.

1052
01:18:40,225 --> 01:18:44,205
so, so I I, I agree with that. I, you know, I, I

1053
01:18:44,325 --> 01:18:48,065
agree that securing the site, um, you know, that's,

1054
01:18:49,385 --> 01:18:52,945
you know, that's where we start. Um, and I wanna see where we

1055
01:18:54,185 --> 01:18:58,145
go from here. The timing, the cost, uh, the court makeup of the court has

1056
01:18:58,365 --> 01:19:01,725
changed since we came up with this plan. And, you know, I think moving forward,

1057
01:19:02,905 --> 01:19:06,765
um, you know, I wanna see, you know, I I I'd like to see the court

1058
01:19:07,465 --> 01:19:11,325
moving forward together, um, to make

1059
01:19:11,485 --> 01:19:14,325
sure we all understand the direction that we're headed. So I, I think that would be

1060
01:19:15,925 --> 01:19:19,735
great. But I, I think, uh,

1061
01:19:20,375 --> 01:19:24,075
we need to make some decision though on how we're gonna pay for the land

1062
01:19:25,175 --> 01:19:29,075
and the right of way piece, um, to, because those are two things

1063
01:19:29,275 --> 01:19:33,115
that, that again, we've committed to. And when, when are you planning on coming back

1064
01:19:33,815 --> 01:19:37,745
in april? Um, it would be probably late april or may. When

1065
01:19:38,035 --> 01:19:41,505
do we have to decide on, um, the amount of the tans

1066
01:19:43,905 --> 01:19:47,715
swap? You have a couple of

1067
01:19:47,915 --> 01:19:51,715
options on the, uh, amount of the tans it, when you

1068
01:19:52,155 --> 01:19:56,015
delegate authority, you can delegate an upper limit. Will you introduce yourself please? Dan

1069
01:19:56,345 --> 01:20:00,295
weiller with specialized public finance financial advisor to the county. The,

1070
01:20:00,515 --> 01:20:04,275
um, um, upper limit is what goes in the delegation

1071
01:20:04,795 --> 01:20:08,765
authority. And then we have up to, uh, six months

1072
01:20:09,065 --> 01:20:12,865
to a year to issue the debt. So, but if you don't wanna set

1073
01:20:13,085 --> 01:20:16,905
an upper limit, you know, it's, it's really your schedule based on need. We,

1074
01:20:17,185 --> 01:20:21,065
we can adjust as you move forward. So, so if we set an upper limit, you're,

1075
01:20:22,525 --> 01:20:25,665
you're sitting there looking for the best time. Mm-hmm .

1076
01:20:26,885 --> 01:20:30,845
con, uh, best time and confirmation of the

1077
01:20:31,065 --> 01:20:34,945
dollars going into it. What, what I'm really looking for, dan, is that if rebecca comes

1078
01:20:35,225 --> 01:20:39,105
back in april, um, late april to talk about, and we

1079
01:20:39,265 --> 01:20:43,135
can get more into detail about the justice complex moving forward, that

1080
01:20:43,425 --> 01:20:46,785
would be enough time for you guys to go forth in may. Absolutely.

1081
01:20:47,505 --> 01:20:51,345
I would say we, we come back in may with the delegation order and just

1082
01:20:51,525 --> 01:20:55,465
fit that number in and move forward. Yes. So then we'll have time to talk about it and think

1083
01:20:55,665 --> 01:20:59,505
about the next moves on that, what that amount should be. But cynthia, are, are you wanting a

1084
01:20:59,905 --> 01:21:03,505
decision today on paying for the site and the right of way?

1085
01:21:04,265 --> 01:21:07,435
I mean, I don't think we have to decide today,

1086
01:21:08,525 --> 01:21:11,855
but, um, no, we don't. There's, uh, there's

1087
01:21:12,585 --> 01:21:16,545
probably sufficient cash to pay. We just have to make this

1088
01:21:16,985 --> 01:21:20,935
decision probably within six months. Well, we'll, we'll also the next, well,

1089
01:21:21,225 --> 01:21:25,145
the way that works, so next tuesday I will bring place on the

1090
01:21:25,305 --> 01:21:29,105
agenda what's called a reimbursement resolution. This gives us the ability

1091
01:21:29,445 --> 01:21:33,285
on the land purchase to pay ourselves back within 18 months. That's

1092
01:21:33,705 --> 01:21:37,645
the trigger. Mm-hmm . Um, and so we wanna get that reimbursement resolution on

1093
01:21:38,405 --> 01:21:42,385
timely so that we don't lose sight of it. Uh, so you'll see that on next week's

1094
01:21:42,705 --> 01:21:46,665
agenda for the 75.8. Okay. We've also worked with the title company to estimate

1095
01:21:47,005 --> 01:21:50,905
any buyer's related, uh, closing costs in that number. So that,

1096
01:21:51,255 --> 01:21:55,185
that resolution is an estimate and we would only reimburse ourselves for the

1097
01:21:55,295 --> 01:21:59,245
actuals. It'll also include the $300,000, uh,

1098
01:22:00,085 --> 01:22:03,785
uh, deposit that we reimbursed to the broker this past week.

1099
01:22:04,365 --> 01:22:08,145
so, right. And the, and the current, um, due diligence period

1100
01:22:08,385 --> 01:22:12,335
that we're in, I think it's over in may. I think it's over in may. It was 75 days.

1101
01:22:13,645 --> 01:22:17,585
so in other words, march, we have april to discuss it. I'm throwing it out today. 'cause it needs

1102
01:22:17,745 --> 01:22:21,725
to be discussed, you know, in, in total concept, but, uh, in some direction for,

1103
01:22:22,045 --> 01:22:26,025
for everyone. Mm-hmm . But we don't have to make decisions right. Today, and I'm happy to

1104
01:22:26,225 --> 01:22:29,985
meet with each of you. The, the debt modeling that dan and I have been doing have taken

1105
01:22:30,295 --> 01:22:33,445
into account a number. It's, it's an estimate for

1106
01:22:34,585 --> 01:22:38,545
a justice complex. It has taken into account a future road bond election, should

1107
01:22:38,905 --> 01:22:42,865
the court entertain that at some point. Mm-hmm . So we are looking forward looking

1108
01:22:43,405 --> 01:22:47,025
at what the needs are. Uh, there is currently, from a cash flow perspective,

1109
01:22:47,725 --> 01:22:51,705
no need to issue any road bond money this year or park bond money.

1110
01:22:52,285 --> 01:22:56,245
so that's why we're looking at the, this tax anticipation note to take the

1111
01:22:56,465 --> 01:23:00,385
place of that because the cash flow is not needed for those programs. So except for the right

1112
01:23:00,545 --> 01:23:04,525
of way, which, except for the right of way yes. Why we're putting that in there. Yes ma'am. Okay. And

1113
01:23:04,745 --> 01:23:08,715
so you've, you've, you've thought about over the next five to six years what

1114
01:23:09,005 --> 01:23:12,915
it would look like continuing on, so the buildings would not keep

1115
01:23:13,305 --> 01:23:16,985
the road bond projects from happening. Right. And

1116
01:23:17,505 --> 01:23:21,325
we still have road bond money that we haven't sold correct. As well as parks,

1117
01:23:22,055 --> 01:23:25,765
right? Correct. And you've put that all into your calculation, dan, is that right?

1118
01:23:26,725 --> 01:23:30,685
absolutely. And kept what we think is fairly conservative assumptions on growth.

1119
01:23:31,175 --> 01:23:35,045
right. And it maintains the tax rate at the current level, which is probably gonna be pretty close to

1120
01:23:35,245 --> 01:23:38,805
the growth rate that we're gonna hear from a, from alvin. So question,

1121
01:23:39,345 --> 01:23:42,945
um, the, the commitment that we've made to

1122
01:23:43,405 --> 01:23:47,125
continue to fund the juvenile center, um, phases three through five,

1123
01:23:48,425 --> 01:23:52,325
um, is 17.4 million. What's the

1124
01:23:52,445 --> 01:23:55,465
timing on that? And the reason I ask is, um,

1125
01:23:56,655 --> 01:24:00,565
there are a number of projects on this cip

1126
01:24:01,315 --> 01:24:05,105
list that can't be, we can't use debt for,

1127
01:24:06,105 --> 01:24:09,865
um, that is one we could use debt for. Um,

1128
01:24:10,385 --> 01:24:14,205
but some of these others aren't. So I, I just wanna look at the balance

1129
01:24:14,905 --> 01:24:18,855
of those kinds

1130
01:24:19,205 --> 01:24:19,205
of,

1131
01:24:23,985 --> 01:24:27,805
excuse me, ga butler facilities. Um, so the timing on juvenile,

1132
01:24:28,855 --> 01:24:31,565
sorry, is, um, january of 26.

1133
01:24:33,145 --> 01:24:36,145
um, is the finish for phase one, I'm sorry, 27

1134
01:24:38,195 --> 01:24:41,895
time flies dale ? Yeah, it does. Um, the final phase

1135
01:24:42,245 --> 01:24:46,105
is three through five, and I don't remember the exact dates, but finishing in, in

1136
01:24:46,325 --> 01:24:50,125
28 calendar year of 28. Okay. So from at the end of 28,

1137
01:24:50,605 --> 01:24:54,355
a cashflow perspective, wi mean, when is, when

1138
01:24:54,645 --> 01:24:57,585
do we start owing bills on those phases?

1139
01:24:58,985 --> 01:25:02,845
so phase two would be, um, somewhere in

1140
01:25:03,005 --> 01:25:06,785
the beginning of, uh, calendar year 27. And that's, that's

1141
01:25:07,205 --> 01:25:11,035
already funded though. Um, phase two, correct.

1142
01:25:11,655 --> 01:25:15,485
phase two is already funded. Phase three would be the same timeline

1143
01:25:15,725 --> 01:25:19,645
though, because it's also a remodel. So we're starting the remodels, which

1144
01:25:19,845 --> 01:25:23,425
are three through five, the beginning of january okay. Of 27.

1145
01:25:24,705 --> 01:25:28,685
so I'm not sure, and I can get y'all a breakdown or julia breakdown the cash. So

1146
01:25:28,885 --> 01:25:32,885
this bottom line, not this fiscal year, not this fiscal year, not the current fiscal year,

1147
01:25:33,605 --> 01:25:36,245
the, the remainder of 17.999

1148
01:25:38,825 --> 01:25:42,245
is this fiscal year's remainder cip to be allocated?

1149
01:25:42,875 --> 01:25:46,465
correct. So we don't necessarily have to allocate the

1150
01:25:46,925 --> 01:25:50,745
juvenile part out of that at this point in time, except that I would say

1151
01:25:50,965 --> 01:25:54,785
yeah, you're right. I mean, it could come out of either bucket. I would suggest that we,

1152
01:25:55,435 --> 01:25:59,165
that we look at the cip list very strongly about what we

1153
01:25:59,605 --> 01:26:03,605
actually have to have. And because I don't know that that dale's group

1154
01:26:03,745 --> 01:26:07,605
can get any more done in the time period until we get some of this stuff done.

1155
01:26:08,025 --> 01:26:11,925
and so, um, I mean, yes, we could put it into debt,

1156
01:26:12,265 --> 01:26:15,765
but we have other things that, I mean, we're, we're gonna have, we're gonna have a lot in debt.

1157
01:26:16,425 --> 01:26:20,275
uh, that's not a problem. I would just want to know what

1158
01:26:20,625 --> 01:26:24,525
on this cip list is rises to the top. And I think we've talked about

1159
01:26:24,725 --> 01:26:28,195
several things. I mean, we've talked about a, uh, you know, uh, precinct four,

1160
01:26:28,985 --> 01:26:32,885
uh, we've got projects over there that can happen. I mean, I would love to see

1161
01:26:33,085 --> 01:26:37,005
a campus over there style and maybe sell all the buildings that we have,

1162
01:26:37,585 --> 01:26:41,405
you know, uh, currently have and put it into campus. But that's something that can come

1163
01:26:41,605 --> 01:26:45,485
and talk about the, the, the issue is not do we need any more money over there, but

1164
01:26:45,685 --> 01:26:49,485
what are we gonna do? And, and we haven't heard that plan yet, but I'm not sure what else

1165
01:26:49,745 --> 01:26:53,545
on here other than what we've been talking about would rise to the level of using the

1166
01:26:53,765 --> 01:26:57,525
current ci uh, cip money. Well, and because it's cip

1167
01:26:58,225 --> 01:27:02,045
we don't necessarily have to allocate it all. It can carry

1168
01:27:02,285 --> 01:27:06,085
over. Um, so I, I just, I,

1169
01:27:06,325 --> 01:27:09,965
I wanna, because we do have a lot of projects

1170
01:27:11,115 --> 01:27:15,045
that are big ticket items, um, but I also want

1171
01:27:15,285 --> 01:27:19,285
to be mindful of the things that we can't use debt for that have been

1172
01:27:19,445 --> 01:27:23,065
on this list sometimes for a while, um, before we,

1173
01:27:23,865 --> 01:27:27,765
but bottom line is we don't have to make decision today. This was just to kind

1174
01:27:27,925 --> 01:27:31,845
of update us. Um, but where are we? I I do

1175
01:27:32,005 --> 01:27:35,945
know we are mid, we know we are definitely midstream on

1176
01:27:36,185 --> 01:27:39,805
the cad project. And so I I, I'm comfortable saying

1177
01:27:40,265 --> 01:27:44,145
or making a recommendation that we fund the gap on that out

1178
01:27:44,365 --> 01:27:47,645
of current cip to, um, 'cause I,

1179
01:27:48,935 --> 01:27:52,595
I think that's, uh, already down the track. So my, I would move that we add

1180
01:27:53,315 --> 01:27:57,055
out of the cip budget 500,000 to the cad rms

1181
01:27:57,455 --> 01:28:01,355
project. Second, do we need to vote on that today or

1182
01:28:01,685 --> 01:28:05,655
next week? I can put it back on next week if you prefer. I mean, if, is it, if it's

1183
01:28:05,935 --> 01:28:09,645
a action item, it's an action item. It's an action item. Yeah. That's the only one I want to do today. Alright,

1184
01:28:10,135 --> 01:28:13,875
so we have a motion and second on the cad funding. Uh,

1185
01:28:14,325 --> 01:28:18,095
make up any more discussion on that. All right. All in favor.

1186
01:28:19,115 --> 01:28:22,815
motion carries five zero. Um, back to the cip list.

1187
01:28:23,395 --> 01:28:26,575
uh, commissioner cook, wanna give you an opportunity to speak if you would like

1188
01:28:27,475 --> 01:28:31,115
any, any, well, I'm in agreement with these, the issues of

1189
01:28:31,715 --> 01:28:35,215
the critical, let's get this one fully funded, fully funded, we're working,

1190
01:28:35,845 --> 01:28:39,795
commitments have been made and that we start looking at can we

1191
01:28:40,015 --> 01:28:43,895
do that? Um, and I do want a meeting

1192
01:28:44,085 --> 01:28:47,755
with you on show me the money. Yes, ma'am. So, um,

1193
01:28:51,445 --> 01:28:55,145
I, I like the list that we've got going. Um,

1194
01:28:55,745 --> 01:28:59,685
so I'm, I'm content. Okay. I

1195
01:28:59,805 --> 01:29:03,725
want a campus in taylor. Yeah. So let me

1196
01:29:03,845 --> 01:29:07,465
talk about a couple things, uh, on this list. Um,

1197
01:29:07,855 --> 01:29:11,525
first of all, just starting with precinct four, and you see a lot of items

1198
01:29:11,945 --> 01:29:15,865
on there in the hopper. I know, I know commissioner bowles is working really hard, but,

1199
01:29:16,585 --> 01:29:20,445
um, not a lot of new over in the taylor

1200
01:29:20,835 --> 01:29:24,205
area, right? So we're looking at other buildings to restore

1201
01:29:24,945 --> 01:29:28,805
or, sure. So, um, judge, one of the things is the

1202
01:29:29,005 --> 01:29:32,275
court has been gracious and has, uh, allocated

1203
01:29:33,035 --> 01:29:36,065
different rehab, uh, monies,

1204
01:29:37,425 --> 01:29:41,345
um, in previous budgets that haven't been spent. So

1205
01:29:41,565 --> 01:29:45,525
there is, there is some, there is some, it's 0.5 million. There's some monies waiting

1206
01:29:46,065 --> 01:29:49,995
to be spent, um, in, you know, in discussing

1207
01:29:50,615 --> 01:29:54,365
our, our electeds who have offices and precinct for, and that's, um, gonna

1208
01:29:54,715 --> 01:29:57,715
be the tax assessor, the jp and the the constable.

1209
01:29:58,935 --> 01:30:02,495
um, they without a doubt feel that the spot for,

1210
01:30:03,535 --> 01:30:06,435
uh, the campus needs to be in taylor, um, as opposed to hu.

1211
01:30:07,775 --> 01:30:11,715
so, uh, so looking at, there's, there's some existing buildings that we're looking at

1212
01:30:12,255 --> 01:30:16,155
as well as some other possibilities. Um, and looking to see what it

1213
01:30:16,315 --> 01:30:20,155
would take to acquire one of those, remodel it, uh, with the

1214
01:30:20,635 --> 01:30:24,495
existing funds. Um, you know, we're looking at the possibility of

1215
01:30:25,025 --> 01:30:27,935
selling the current hu annex, um,

1216
01:30:29,375 --> 01:30:32,775
on, uh, edge schmidt, uh, which would add,

1217
01:30:33,775 --> 01:30:37,775
um, you know, if, if you move that over with add funds and so, so,

1218
01:30:38,175 --> 01:30:42,105
so I'm working on it. Uh, I just, uh, just

1219
01:30:42,395 --> 01:30:46,135
need a, a hot second to get there. Yeah. And, uh, so,

1220
01:30:47,255 --> 01:30:51,155
so anyway, I'm, I'm working on it. I, it's something that I've discussed with dale and rebecca and I do have some

1221
01:30:51,315 --> 01:30:55,035
numbers. So, and I yeah, I know y'all have a plan. I just wanna keep that on the forefront

1222
01:30:55,435 --> 01:30:58,865
that we're just not kicking that down the road, uh, even more.

1223
01:30:59,655 --> 01:31:03,155
the second, uh, comment I have is on the lake creek

1224
01:31:03,685 --> 01:31:07,595
annex improvements. It's my understanding that the building was purchased for a variety

1225
01:31:07,835 --> 01:31:11,695
of things and, and, and dale's showing me that building, um,

1226
01:31:12,775 --> 01:31:16,635
you know, you got the nine one one call center, it's gonna take some money. You've got the needs of

1227
01:31:16,835 --> 01:31:20,675
the sheriff's office, it's gonna take some money. And sometime in the future we're gonna need

1228
01:31:20,875 --> 01:31:24,675
a medical examiner's office. So, just so the court knows, I've asked,

1229
01:31:25,255 --> 01:31:29,115
um, rebecca to get me information and do a little research

1230
01:31:29,455 --> 01:31:33,355
on that. The medical examiner's office is not on the agenda, so we don't

1231
01:31:33,555 --> 01:31:37,435
need to talk about the merits of that. Just what those capital improvements might be,

1232
01:31:38,335 --> 01:31:42,055
and just a proposed timeline on when we might look to

1233
01:31:42,415 --> 01:31:45,915
do that, spend an awful lot of money in that area. And I just wanna make sure

1234
01:31:46,965 --> 01:31:50,875
we're just not, uh, forget it. Forget it, forget it. I think there's some opportunities

1235
01:31:51,435 --> 01:31:55,265
there. So rebecca's doing some research for me at a future time,

1236
01:31:55,575 --> 01:31:59,545
and that might play into the future cip monies, um, as

1237
01:31:59,765 --> 01:32:03,745
well. Can I interrupt you for a second? She's, she's, is she looking at construction but

1238
01:32:04,075 --> 01:32:08,005
also, uh, m and o? No, she's just researching

1239
01:32:08,405 --> 01:32:12,365
what it would take to stand up the office itself. So you've got capital, then you've

1240
01:32:12,565 --> 01:32:16,275
got it on the equipment side, but not the personnel. Correct.

1241
01:32:17,265 --> 01:32:21,145
so, well, I mean, she's looking at everything, but that's not what we're talking about today. Okay, thank you. Yeah, no,

1242
01:32:21,365 --> 01:32:25,185
no, I understand that. Just as far as capitals. Alright, now

1243
01:32:25,515 --> 01:32:29,165
onto the courthouse. So fasten your seat belts for this comment.

1244
01:32:30,385 --> 01:32:34,325
um, I know we're moving down, that train's rolling pretty quick

1245
01:32:35,105 --> 01:32:38,625
on a new jail and new justice center and, um,

1246
01:32:39,775 --> 01:32:43,605
appreciate all that. Definitely understand the need on the jail

1247
01:32:43,915 --> 01:32:47,125
side. Definitely understand the space considerations

1248
01:32:47,985 --> 01:32:51,905
on the justice side. But we have a building in a justice center

1249
01:32:52,325 --> 01:32:56,325
that in my opinion is a very good building. Are we outta space? Yeah, we're outta

1250
01:32:56,485 --> 01:33:00,465
space. That's why we're talking about remodeling some space for the das.

1251
01:33:01,225 --> 01:33:05,205
but we're gonna be in that justice center for a while and our population continues to

1252
01:33:05,645 --> 01:33:09,005
increase at a rapid spot. We need another courthouse,

1253
01:33:09,945 --> 01:33:13,925
in my opinion there. And I want, I, I know they're working

1254
01:33:14,085 --> 01:33:17,825
on it. I think the deadline is when courtroom, not courthouse, courtroom. Thanks

1255
01:33:18,265 --> 01:33:22,205
for correcting me courtroom. We have space to do that. I don't think it's

1256
01:33:22,405 --> 01:33:25,965
a lot of money and it will help that court function a little bit more.

1257
01:33:26,505 --> 01:33:29,835
um, I'm, I mean I'm just one vote up here on this daas,

1258
01:33:30,585 --> 01:33:34,165
but not to put any money in that. As we continue to grow

1259
01:33:34,985 --> 01:33:38,765
in the next four to six years, we'll grow by at least a hundred thousand, maybe

1260
01:33:39,085 --> 01:33:43,005
even close to 200,000. We just got a new justice, which is getting sworn

1261
01:33:43,205 --> 01:33:47,125
in in 25 or j or judge, which getting sworn in in 25 or not

1262
01:33:47,445 --> 01:33:51,165
sworn in, what's the official word? Sworn in ceremonies coming up in 25

1263
01:33:51,565 --> 01:33:55,085
minute investiture. We'll probably need another one in another courthouse.

1264
01:33:56,585 --> 01:33:59,365
and I just want the court to consider

1265
01:34:00,705 --> 01:34:04,645
making that building as functional as possible. I'm also

1266
01:34:04,955 --> 01:34:08,405
very concerned with just simply abandoning that building in the future.

1267
01:34:08,965 --> 01:34:12,405
I think it's way too good if a building has a lot of courts to replace

1268
01:34:12,985 --> 01:34:16,965
the building that is there would cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

1269
01:34:17,865 --> 01:34:21,195
and I don't think we need to just spend that money to replicate

1270
01:34:21,875 --> 01:34:25,765
what we have and is usable in that space. Would we have to spend a

1271
01:34:25,885 --> 01:34:29,575
little money? Sure. Would we have to change the way we do things? Sure. Would

1272
01:34:29,925 --> 01:34:33,925
it make everybody happy? No, but I think when we look

1273
01:34:34,085 --> 01:34:37,965
at the amount of money we're gonna have to spend in the future on a new jail, which is

1274
01:34:38,165 --> 01:34:42,165
greatly needed and six years from now, it's really gonna be needed. And then the amount of

1275
01:34:42,365 --> 01:34:45,765
space for the justice center we're gonna need going forward, where 740,000

1276
01:34:47,285 --> 01:34:51,205
population a day by 2050. I think we're at 1.6 million

1277
01:34:52,345 --> 01:34:56,245
by the end of the century. We're building this building, you know, for the next a

1278
01:34:56,365 --> 01:35:00,085
hundred years, right? We're gonna be at 3 million people in this county.

1279
01:35:01,025 --> 01:35:05,005
so to abandon 10 courtrooms, I don't, I

1280
01:35:05,285 --> 01:35:09,205
I I can't agree with that in my role as county judge. So I want us to look at that.

1281
01:35:09,765 --> 01:35:13,525
I want us to keep that building as workable as possible and I know it's gonna take a little money.

1282
01:35:14,145 --> 01:35:17,845
so that's, that's what I feel about this list. Everything else on here is needed.

1283
01:35:18,325 --> 01:35:22,165
a hundred percent. And thank you for everybody, um, who's moving forward.

1284
01:35:22,625 --> 01:35:26,485
and I'm not saying stop the process. I'm saying we need all the new stuff as well,

1285
01:35:27,625 --> 01:35:31,525
but let's not throw away the old stuff when it's perfectly usable. And, and to be

1286
01:35:31,725 --> 01:35:35,485
honest with you, nobody in our, uh, justice, uh, working group

1287
01:35:35,945 --> 01:35:39,555
has suggested any of that. Uh, to get rid of the current justice

1288
01:35:40,105 --> 01:35:44,085
center. I mean, that would be a court's decision. I've, I've, I mean, I just

1289
01:35:44,165 --> 01:35:48,045
wanna clarify what you're saying specifically. We're not spending any money on this because we're moving

1290
01:35:48,265 --> 01:35:52,105
out and number one, I'm not a hundred percent set

1291
01:35:52,325 --> 01:35:56,245
that we're moving out at any point in the future. Even if we build

1292
01:35:56,545 --> 01:36:00,205
new and number two, while we're, we can't ignore

1293
01:36:00,585 --> 01:36:04,365
it and let it be outta space while we're there. But I've specifically heard the

1294
01:36:04,645 --> 01:36:08,605
comments, we're not spending any money on this building 'cause we're moving out. I don't know

1295
01:36:08,765 --> 01:36:12,645
what date they would be. People would be moving out, but I know

1296
01:36:12,785 --> 01:36:16,705
the county attorney's office is gonna grow. The district attorney's gonna grow and

1297
01:36:16,925 --> 01:36:20,405
we're gonna need more judges and those judges are gonna need more staff as well.

1298
01:36:21,265 --> 01:36:25,085
um, so there's things to look at.

1299
01:36:25,285 --> 01:36:29,205
there's more than one way to skin a cat, but I wanna make sure the time we spend in

1300
01:36:29,485 --> 01:36:33,345
that current justice center, it's usable and functional, um,

1301
01:36:33,665 --> 01:36:37,635
for that. And I believe they're bringing forward a ci believe the deadline's tomorrow into

1302
01:36:38,165 --> 01:36:41,485
business. I think they're bringing something for cip request.

1303
01:36:42,305 --> 01:36:46,245
oh yes. New cip requests, new cip requests for the future. Not, not the current,

1304
01:36:46,585 --> 01:36:50,565
but I'm in support of what the court has talked about so far with that.

1305
01:36:50,925 --> 01:36:54,805
I just wanna make sure, man, we got a good building over there. Let's keep it a good functional

1306
01:36:55,125 --> 01:36:59,065
building for the county. That's it. Thank y'all. Okay. For

1307
01:36:59,285 --> 01:37:03,265
listening. So just a quick clarification. Would you like us to bring back the,

1308
01:37:03,785 --> 01:37:07,725
uh, delegation order before the end of april for the tans? Or would you like us

1309
01:37:07,845 --> 01:37:11,395
to wait till the first week of may? I think we need to hear from rebecca. Okay.

1310
01:37:11,905 --> 01:37:15,605
before you do it, I'll coordin with rebecca, but we'll coordinate with rebecca,

1311
01:37:16,155 --> 01:37:20,045
make sure. Yeah. But I think we meet four times in april. Yeah, you don't meet

1312
01:37:20,555 --> 01:37:23,685
next week. So there's only three, three times in april.

1313
01:37:25,465 --> 01:37:29,385
so we meet in april. She's coming back at the end. So you

1314
01:37:29,605 --> 01:37:33,525
can coordinate that with her. We'll coordinate. Thank you. And julie and dan, thank y'all very

1315
01:37:33,725 --> 01:37:37,725
much, um, for your work on this. Okay. Great job. Um, I know ashley's helped as well

1316
01:37:38,025 --> 01:37:41,825
and, and dale with all the facilities and thanks to all the commissioners for all the work you

1317
01:37:42,045 --> 01:37:45,725
do, um, assessing all the needs of the county. Uh, just

1318
01:37:46,145 --> 01:37:50,145
one more thing on your comments, judge, just so for the record, um, our

1319
01:37:50,365 --> 01:37:54,245
guys and kiels not here today, but rebecca can back me up if I'm wrong on

1320
01:37:54,445 --> 01:37:58,445
this. Um, every year we delay, uh, building

1321
01:37:58,565 --> 01:38:02,125
something new, it's gonna be multi tens of millions of dollars

1322
01:38:02,985 --> 01:38:06,965
of additional cost. So I just want everybody on

1323
01:38:07,165 --> 01:38:11,125
the court to remember that, that uh, that's what our guys are telling us, not what

1324
01:38:11,365 --> 01:38:15,365
kobe came up with. Um, no, I I agree with that a hundred percent. I'm not saying delay

1325
01:38:16,005 --> 01:38:20,005
anything. I'm just saying we have yeah, 10 really good courtrooms right now.

1326
01:38:20,575 --> 01:38:24,395
let's not, some would argue with that, but throw away the baby with the bath water. Yeah, yeah.

1327
01:38:24,685 --> 01:38:28,185
no, I gotcha you. Thank you. So, alright, before we go to, uh,

1328
01:38:28,985 --> 01:38:32,105
and we'll close that item before we go, um,

1329
01:38:32,995 --> 01:38:36,045
into executive, is there any comments from the commissioners?

1330
01:38:37,545 --> 01:38:40,705
yes. Um,

1331
01:38:43,105 --> 01:38:47,045
hey, I want to give, I wanna give a shout out to those who, uh, attended

1332
01:38:47,305 --> 01:38:51,145
the buckle ball. Um, last thursday, um,

1333
01:38:51,905 --> 01:38:55,715
in support of the williams county fair and rodeo. Uh, 450

1334
01:38:56,525 --> 01:39:00,385
people attended and more than $40,000 was raised, uh,

1335
01:39:00,625 --> 01:39:04,485
at that event. Uh, and more importantly, every dollar generated will go

1336
01:39:04,805 --> 01:39:08,725
directly towards the wilco fair scholarship program supporting students across williamson

1337
01:39:09,045 --> 01:39:12,945
county. Um, I want to commend, um, kelly and the,

1338
01:39:13,465 --> 01:39:17,325
and the fair board for their, uh, all their hard work. It was

1339
01:39:17,485 --> 01:39:21,485
a great event and, um, the, uh, the school

1340
01:39:21,685 --> 01:39:25,605
kids across williamson county. Thank you. Good. I second

1341
01:39:25,925 --> 01:39:29,085
that. Kelly, you did an amazing job. It was a well run event.

1342
01:39:31,965 --> 01:39:35,595
commissioner cook, do you have an event coming up you'd like to? Well,

1343
01:39:36,045 --> 01:39:39,965
I will talk about the opportunities, uh, for williamson and burant county

1344
01:39:40,775 --> 01:39:44,605
meals on wheels program. Big annual fundraiser is a sip and

1345
01:39:44,805 --> 01:39:48,125
shop marble falls on the 16th,

1346
01:39:49,385 --> 01:39:53,285
um, seats at tables and you get a meal with that is or 50 bucks.

1347
01:39:54,345 --> 01:39:57,825
um, you can go online to o wbc tx.org

1348
01:39:59,345 --> 01:40:02,345
and sign up. It is so much fun. Um,

1349
01:40:03,385 --> 01:40:07,325
we have designated servers. The judge will not be one this

1350
01:40:07,565 --> 01:40:11,385
year, but he was the overall winner last year for getting the

1351
01:40:11,605 --> 01:40:15,485
most tips. And he was gracious, he was alert, he was

1352
01:40:15,685 --> 01:40:19,385
really focused on serving his tables. Um, and,

1353
01:40:19,825 --> 01:40:23,645
and we do get a good set of those designated gentlemen every year to

1354
01:40:23,845 --> 01:40:27,765
help with the tables. If you'd like to be one, let me know. I have a place at my table

1355
01:40:28,065 --> 01:40:31,475
for your wife or girlfriend to join us as the perk

1356
01:40:32,355 --> 01:40:36,165
with, uh, participating in that service. Uh, it is 11

1357
01:40:36,785 --> 01:40:39,825
to two on the 16th at the,

1358
01:40:40,865 --> 01:40:43,165
what's the facility's called? You got the cart.

1359
01:40:47,835 --> 01:40:51,705
okay. Lakeside pavilion in marble falls. Um, and

1360
01:40:52,025 --> 01:40:55,805
it is just so much fun, uh, to come do that and raise money

1361
01:40:56,145 --> 01:41:00,005
for meals on wheels and, and commissioner cook, you're doing better

1362
01:41:00,245 --> 01:41:04,245
than I am, um, including the website. So thank, thank you for putting

1363
01:41:04,405 --> 01:41:08,405
all that out there. It supports a lot of great, uh, people who need that type of

1364
01:41:08,485 --> 01:41:12,445
service and, and there's no replacing them for seniors. Yep. Um, and if

1365
01:41:12,565 --> 01:41:16,455
you'd like to support the williams county fair and their scholarship program, that is wilco

1366
01:41:16,805 --> 01:41:20,725
fair.com as well. So, and the

1367
01:41:20,885 --> 01:41:24,285
reason I won't be in attendance this year is because my son, what's today,

1368
01:41:25,335 --> 01:41:29,025
march 31st is on track to graduate from college who,

1369
01:41:29,465 --> 01:41:33,465
uh, mid mid-may . So that's, that's on the, on the schedule for,

1370
01:41:33,735 --> 01:41:37,705
we're gonna pass mid-may. That's right. Um, and just before we recess,

1371
01:41:38,285 --> 01:41:42,135
I think we're gonna recess court, um, to go to that investiture service. We'll

1372
01:41:42,485 --> 01:41:46,365
come back and do executive session. And just for the audience, I just wanna let y'all know we'll

1373
01:41:46,645 --> 01:41:50,445
be taking up item 42, which is texas governor or government

1374
01:41:51,115 --> 01:41:54,965
code 5 5 1 0 7 2 to, um, talk about

1375
01:41:55,165 --> 01:41:58,215
the items listed on the agenda. And then items 43,

1376
01:41:59,375 --> 01:42:03,025
which is texas government code 5 5 1 0 7 1 attorney client

1377
01:42:03,445 --> 01:42:06,025
privilege. Uh, the time is 1114

1378
01:42:07,625 --> 01:42:11,405
and I wish each of you a wonderful holy week and a happy

1379
01:42:11,705 --> 01:42:15,445
easter. If you're traveling, please be safe. We'll

1380
01:42:15,795 --> 01:42:19,775
come back and announce when we officially go into executive session and

1381
01:42:19,995 --> 01:42:23,355
then we'll be back. We will, uh, readdress the items that we're taking in there. Thank you.

1382
01:42:24,245 --> 01:42:25,675
happy easter. Thank you.

1383
01:42:45,315 --> 01:42:49,005
all right. The time is one 12 and we have returned from executive

1384
01:42:49,615 --> 01:42:53,105
session. We will entertain again. Agenda item 41,

1385
01:42:53,765 --> 01:42:57,615
discuss, consider and take appropriate action on the engagement of law firm

1386
01:42:57,925 --> 01:43:01,895
bickerstaff heath delgado acosta, llp, to represent

1387
01:43:02,215 --> 01:43:06,075
williamson county and williamson county individually named defendants in

1388
01:43:06,495 --> 01:43:10,435
relation to civil action number one. Uh, two five cv oh 1 3 7 7

1389
01:43:11,955 --> 01:43:15,635
rp, rug cruz jr. Versus williamson county, texas, et

1390
01:43:16,095 --> 01:43:19,895
al in the united states district court for the western district of texas,

1391
01:43:20,275 --> 01:43:24,255
austin division. And exemption of these services from the competitive bid proposal

1392
01:43:24,415 --> 01:43:27,935
requirements of the county purchasing act pursuant to the discretionary

1393
01:43:28,615 --> 01:43:32,135
exemption for personnel or professional services set forth under texas

1394
01:43:32,745 --> 01:43:36,455
government code 2 62 0.02 a

1395
01:43:36,845 --> 01:43:39,395
four second.

1396
01:43:40,995 --> 01:43:43,975
all right, we have a motion and a second. All in favor?

1397
01:43:45,515 --> 01:43:49,405
all right. Motion carries four zero. I'll

1398
01:43:49,695 --> 01:43:53,605
say commissioner cook. You can say five zero. Okay. Five zero.

1399
01:43:54,995 --> 01:43:58,365
okay. Uh, real quick, we're going back to commissioner's comments.

1400
01:43:59,475 --> 01:44:02,885
where's how all right, commissioner's

1401
01:44:03,725 --> 01:44:07,565
comments. So, county of williamson county presents this

1402
01:44:08,005 --> 01:44:11,805
certificate to how halls in recognition of his recognition and appreciation

1403
01:44:12,365 --> 01:44:16,365
of 20 years of dedication wow. And service to the citizens of williamson

1404
01:44:16,725 --> 01:44:20,175
county in witness where of april 10th, 2026

1405
01:44:22,425 --> 01:44:25,785
are affixed the signatures of the county judge. So congratulations

1406
01:44:26,985 --> 01:44:26,985
on,

1407
01:44:31,495 --> 01:44:35,485
appreciate you. I'm not retiring though. Alright. That's all

1408
01:44:35,605 --> 01:44:39,325
the speech you need. Alright. So at one 13,

1409
01:44:39,705 --> 01:44:42,835
if there's no other commissioner comments, which there might be, hearing none

1410
01:44:43,755 --> 01:44:47,525
darn happy easter and holy week to everybody, we are officially

1411
01:44:47,795 --> 01:44:49,745
adjourned at one 14. Thank you. Yep.